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Former Fidesz MEP: Are commissioner grillings going too far?
In a piece written for EUobserver, György Schöpflin outlines how the European Parliament prides itself on its commitment to the rule of law, but the commissioner hearings go too far.
György Schöpflin European Commissioner Rule of law
Former Fidesz MEP György Schöpflin has posed the question: Are commissioner grillings going too far?
In a piece written for EUobserver, Schöpflin outlines how the European Parliament prides itself on its commitment to the rule of law, but the commissioner hearings go too far.
Schöpflin, an MEP for Hungary's ruling Fidesz party for 15 years until this year, and served as the European People's Party coordinator in the Constitutional Affairs Committee, delves deep into the Trócsányi affair, NGOs and the rule of law in Europe.
The below is in Schöpflin’s own words:
It presents itself as the most rule of law committed body on the planet. It says much the same about its adherence to transparency and accountability.
Put it all together and you will get the most virtuous parliament imaginable. Every five years, parliament has a chance to demonstrate this by questioning the suitability of those designated by the EU member states as the new EU commissioners.
These are the commissioner hearings, when candidates have to show their suitability and knowledge of the portfolios they've been assigned.
Some fail, some perform poorly. Technically, parliament can't actually veto anyone, but it can make recommendations that are hard to override for political reasons.
At this point, matters become technical, so – a trigger warning – complexity follows.
The key here is that in these commissioner hearings politics and the law are very close to one another. The temptation to use legal rules and procedures for political ends is real and present.
In sum, parliament's legal affairs committee (JURI in the jargon), is required to look into the financial affairs of the commissioner candidates and confirm that all is above board.
JURI must ensure that the candidate's financial declarations are "accurate and complete" and, the killer phrase, "whether it is possible to infer a conflict of interests".
"Infer" is so vague as to be an invitation, if not actually a temptation, to abandon legal criteria and go for political power instead.
'Hearsay'?
Parliament is a political body, true, but in a democracy political power is meant to be exercised with restraint and there should be clear blue water between politics and the law.
A body that constantly alleges breaches of the rule of law in certain targeted member states can't afford to ignore the rules, even if that means giving up on a political advantage.
Crucially, when a political body, JURI in this case, is acting a bit like a court of law, in a "quasi-judicial capacity", then it must absolutely stay with the limits of both the letter and the spirit of legality. That's the heart of the rule of law.
This means above all that the evidence looked at must conform fully to what a court of law would accept.
So, no hearsay, no reliance on reports by NGOs, no basing assessments on intuition.
Further, there must be time to scrutinise the files put forward by the candidates. And, even if this may mean superhuman self-discipline, European values and the exercise of the rule of law demand that matters be scrutinised fairly.
This is where things begin to look unacceptable.
The JURI committee scrutinised the suitability of the Hungarian and Romanian commissioner candidates (László Trócsányi and Rovana Plumb) and concluded that they had not complied with the rules on financial interests.
Flimsy on facts
The case against Trócsányi was flimsy on the facts.
His law firm, partly bearing his name, was receiving contracts from the Hungarian government. The fact that he had divested himself of his interests in the firm counted for nothing. A bit of legal contortion by JURI saw to that.
The other ground, that as minister of justice, he had accepted that two Russian suspects could return to Russia had self-evidently nothing to do with financial interests.
Was JURI acting beyond its legal competence here, acting ultra vires?
Quite a few people believe this to be the case. To add to these, where was the much vaunted transparency? The JURI committee met behind closed doors and the papers are not available.
A deeper problem is that of the "inference" already mentioned.
There are no rules laid down as to the criteria of what can be inferred from the data presented by the candidate or any other information.
The committee can drive a coach and horses through this gap.
Above all, it can covertly introduce political criteria into a legal procedure – a quasi-judicial one. Where law is used for political ends one can say farewell to the rule of law.
The political evidence that political criteria came into play in the blackballing of Trócsányi is clear enough.
The media and NGOs have been loud in shouting that he has been an "enabler" of Hungary's so-called anti-rule-of-law regime.
This alleged malfeasance is so deeply embedded in the minds of the left that evidence to the contrary is simply ignored.
The EU's – yes, the EU's – justice scoreboard is ignored. Hungary comes out of it not badly, in the top third for the most part.
This is a non-fact as far as the left is concerned.
The work of Hungary's Constitutional Court and its standing in the network of the European constitutional courts are ignored.
And none of the critics ever looks at the actual work of the court, like its striking down government legislation, despite its website being available in English.
There are media in Hungary strongly critical of the government, but somehow these don't count when the left's charge sheet is compiled.
The dense institutional network of checks and balances in Hungary is dismissed as non-existent. And so on. The left's dystopic fantasy of a dictatorial Hungary is never matched with reality.
Seemingly, the members of the JURI committee voted down Trócsányi by relying on these fantasy criteria. This political decision against the Hungarian commission candidate does not say much for the JURI committee's adherence to the rule of law.
And then, there's more politics.
Although JURI only made "recommendations", these are like the proverbial offer that you can't refuse.
The majority for the president of commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was very slim, a mere nine votes.
On this basis, the chance that parliament could vote down the entire commission, which it can do legally, is real enough.
Hence the decision to accept the JURI vetoes – risk avoidance.
The meaning of all this is that parliament has de facto acquired the political, though not the legal, power to interdict commissioner candidates. There are those who would call this a power grab.
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The Press Has More Freedom in Eastern Europe than in the Continent’s Western Half
Reacting to a statement by Sweden’s foreign minister on Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in a statement that recently it has become obvious that the press has more freedom in Eastern Europe than in the continent’s western half.
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In response to a statement by Sweden’s foreign minister, on Sunday Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi told public television channel M1 that the Government of Hungary does not see the necessity for reintroduction of military conscription. Keeping the manpower of the reserve force at appropriate levels is important however, he stressed.
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The Highlife Revolution Part 1
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Performs Live in Accra, May 1956.
This is the second essay in a three-part series on Ghana’s Highlife music, documenting the story of how highlife music blew up in the heady days of the 1950’s.
by Dr. Kwesi Owusu
ACCRA: THE Swinging 1950’s
Originally built around a port, Accra became the capital of the British-ruled Gold Coast from 1877 and the new Ghana from 1957. During the 19th century, the city gradually transformed into a modern metropolis and an economic and administrative hub. Accra also attracted migrants and became a cultural melting pot where music styles from various origins met.
There was the colonial expatriate community, shuttling backwards and forwards from Europe and America and migrants from across the West African
sub region. Kru Sailors from Liberia for example visited the city regularly. They used to travel the whole length of the West African coast, usually as hired crew on European and American vessels and transported instruments like the guitar, concertina and tambourine from place to place. They also came with their music which was fused with local Ga rhythms like as Kolomashie and Kpanlogo.
From the 1950’s onwards, Accra saw a proliferation of dance bands, choral groups, church musical groups, funeral groups and traditional recreational groups. This incidentally also became a rich source of musical talent for the Highlife bands. Their successful use of western instruments to play African tunes mirrored the fact that a western socio-political structure was also becoming rapidly Africanized. Like Takoradi, Accra was a coastal city and strategically placed as a cross cultural
meeting point. The capital city also gave to Highlife a certain respectability
as the bands adopted formal evening wear to play at government functions,
sherry parties and dances.
The spectacular success of E.T. Mensah
If one musician and his band typified the excitement of the Highlife scene in Accra during its golden years between the 1950’s and 1960’s, it was E.T. Mensah and his Tempos Band. This immensely talented musician and his band literally owned the popular franchise for Highlife in Accra throughout his career spanning the post
war years and the optimistic days of Ghana’s independence. And if one event came to symbolize his dominance of the scene, it was the visit of Louis Armstrong, the legendary Jazz trumpeter, popular known as “Satchmo.”
Everybody remembers the momentous welcome at Accra Airport in May 1956. It became one of the most talked about events leading to Ghana’s independence in 1957. James Moxon, Director of the Colonial Department of Information Services had invited and provided transport for thirteen of Accra’s Highlife bands, including E.T. Mensah and the Tempos Band. Invariably the crowd was kept waiting but shortly before the plane touched down the bands took up their positions and the crowd, which would reach 15,000, slowly began to build.
In his fascinating book, Black Star in the Wind, Robert Raymond, one of Moxon’s colleagues describes the scene after the plane landed , when the bands stuck E.T. Mensah’s song, aptly improvised for the occasion – “All For You , Louie, All For You.”
Louis Armstrong’s Welcome Ceremony in Accra, 1956.
“Then the spirit took charge. The crowd suddenly swarmed over the fence into the
prohibited tarmac area, and the two cultures met with explosive zest. The
police and customs officers watched helplessly. A dozen trumpet players swung
in behind Armstrong. They blew their hardest in his ear as they marched along.
The Americans, now with the tune between their teeth, blew as hard as anyone, led by Armstrong’s swinging, driving trumpet. As the animated mass of players and singing people moved across the tarmac, gathering strength and impetus all the time, the noise and the clamor rose to the skies in the greatest paean of welcome Accra had ever known.”
Following the exuberant welcome, Armstrong and his party were taken by motorcade to their quarters in Accra. The band later played at the Old Polo Grounds in Accra where independence was declared a year later. This concert also turned out to be a sensational event by all accounts. The crowd was so huge Raymond
described it as “an overwhelming, almost frightening sight.” As the
band began to play amidst wild cheering, the crowd tried to spread out to
dance. Eventually, the speaker system was disabled and the band stand and
camera equipment came into danger. It was necessary for the band to depart.
E.T., Satchmo and all that Jazz at Paramount Club
That evening, Armstrong’s All Stars played at E.T. Mensah’s Paramount open air club in Accra. By all accounts, it was also a great work out. ” The atmosphere and the music were so infectiously happy..The American musicians spent hours on the bandstand playing with the local men. Trummy Young who must have had an unquenchable enthusiasm for music, played every number.He was the comedian of the group, and occasionally finished a frantic solo lying on his back, working the slide of his trombone with his foot.” [2]
At midnight, Armstrong and his wife left for home. But not before Armstrong is rumoured to have grabbed the microphone and made his famous request in Ga, “ ET, twaa me beatii !” ( E.T., play me the beat!) He certainly must have benefited from some language lessons. The rest of the band went to another club – Weekend In Havana – where they apparently jammed till the morning.
During the 1950’s “Satchmo” became e hugely popular in the Gold Coast as a result of Jazz and more Jazz on radio. GuyWarren, ex drummer of the Tempos as crusading DJ of Gold Coast Broadcasting Corporation always talked about him and played his music, not least When the Saints Go Marching In, All of Me, and Bye and Bye. These became listeners’ favourites.
Armstrong’s visit assumed greater significance because of its timing. Politically, it was a tense year before independence. Preparations were underway for another set of general elections and a British royal visit was pending that summer. Both the British authorities and the transitional government led by Prime Minister Nkrumah were keen to defuse the tension with a unifying event.
Armstrong’s popularity and easy going personality lent themselves to this. “By
jove, Louis is as great as his instrument”, E.T. Mensah waxed lyrically
about his idol and new found friend and earned a headline quote in New York
Herald Tribune’s report of the visit. (5/24/56)
Coincidentally, Pepsi Cola had also placed an Armstrong headshot inside bottle
tops in a popular competition with cash prizes for winners (people with the most tops). The innovative marketing campaign, complete with barefoot marketers and mobile cinema vans contributed to making “Satchmo” a household name in the Gold Coast.
Armstrong’s visit made an impressionable impact on Accra’s Highlife scene by drawing global media attention to it. Armstrong’s entourage included a filming crew from United Artists that flashed back to the world images of a happy and relaxed Armstrong blowing his trumpet on the Accra beach and enjoying time in his “ancestral homeland”. At a traditional durbar held in his honour, Armstrong sighted a woman that he said looked exactly like his mother and sent exciting telegrams to his friends in America.
His presence on the local band stand, not to mention the ease with which he played
Highlife helped consolidate the music’s progressive relationship with Jazz. And if local musicians needed a seal of approval, it could not come from anyone better than Armstrong, then establishing himself as one of the most popular Jazz acts in the world.
For the king of Highlife, E.T. Mensah, the visit consolidated his position as the leading songwriter of Ghana’s independence movement. He wrote the Ghana Freedom to mark the historic occasion in 1957 and followed it in 1958 with Ghana – Guinea – Mali, tribute to the political union of the three West African countries.
E.T.’s popularity throughout West Africa, especially in Nigeria also played well with the nationalist political emphasis on African unity at the time. As a result of his visits there, Nigerian bands had started to play Highlife . E.T. performed “Nike Nike” and “Okamo” on his return. E.T. even trained quite a few Nigerian musicians and brought under his creative influenced others like Rex Lawson, Victor Owaifo, and Roy Chicago. The Tempos visited Abidjan in 1955 and toured Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in 1958. Songs like “Nkebo Baaya” (I’ll go with you in the Ga language) and “Medze Medze”, ( I’ll eat and eat in the Akan language) a delightful but coded song about making love also became a Pan African anthem on the new external radio service of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.
*All photographs in this article are from the Ghana National Archive.
Dr Kwesi Owusu is the CEO of Creative Storm and Director of The Environmental Film Festival in Ghana.
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LANSING — State Rep. Tyrone Carter (D-Detroit) and state Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) introduced legislation today to protect Michigan’s beaches and beachgoers by expanding the state’s current smoke-free law to prohibit smoking on public beaches. Carter believes his House Bill 4936 will significantly reduce litter on beaches and reduce the risk posed by secondhand smoke.
“Most of us have fond memories of going to the beach during the summer, an unforgettable experience that we’d all like to share with our children in the future,” said Carter. “As the Great Lakes State, the pride we have in our beaches and the recreational opportunities they provide come with the duty to preserve them. Not only will this bill protect beach-going families from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, it will protect our beaches and the wildlife that call them home from further pollution.”
Chang’s Senate Bill 497 mirrors Carter’s, with the express intent of banning smoking on public beaches.
“Our public spaces should be a place that all our families can enjoy – so children and their parents don’t have to worry about second-hand smoke,” said Chang. “Beaches are part of our Pure Michigan – and we should keep them clean and safe for everyone to enjoy.”
Michigan’s smoke-free law currently bans smoking in all state-owned buildings and most buildings open to the public. Chang’s bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services, and Carter’s bill was referred to the House Committee on Regulatory Reform.
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The Flash Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice
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By Milo Milton Jefferies
By Joshua Williamson, Carmine Di Giandomenico & Ivan Plascencia
Lightning Strikes Twice is the first volume in the new Rebirth Flash series and writer Joshua Williamson kickstarts the new series on a solid, if not entirely original note as he works Carmine Di Giandomenico and Ivan Plascencia to pit Barry against Godspeed, who is a new antagonist with speedster powers for Barry to face. Whilst the initial threat of Godspeed is interesting the book quickly decides to take a similar stance to that of The CW’s Flash series which had problems of its own when it came to the number of Speedsters that it constantly throws against Barry season after season. It almost looks like Godspeed is tailor-made to show up on Season 4 as the main villain with a storyline that follows a familiar narrative, but that was probably the biggest problem with the book as for the most part it is largely an exciting and fun read.
The Flash also benefits from a few twists to the usual formula that we’ve seen in the comics in the past. Barry has suddenly found himself in the mentor role as a teacher to his new ally, who also has the Speedforce and is just as eager to solve crime as he is. This brings up the potential for discussion as to why Barry is the person best suited to be The Flash when there are others with a similar skill set, particularly as Wally West is another new speedster also dealing with his powers and learning how to control them. This further adds to the various problems that Barry has to deal with over this series and it’s something that Joshua Williamson handles for the most part effectively, making sure that each issue is action packed and contains plenty of content for fans to devour.
For the most part the artwork is effective with Carmine Di Giandomenico taking over duties as the main series artist whilst Neil Googe and Felipe Watanabe lend a hand for a couple of issues which is to be expected because of the fact that this book is one of the double-shipping Rebirth titles. Giandomenico himself has both strengths and weaknesses here because although the series looks great in the more action-oriented sequences as well as those where Barry is constantly on the move as The Flash and using his speedster powers, it unfortunately suffers with portrayals of various human emotion that never quite pay off, sometimes meaning that the emotional impact in a scene isn’t quite as powerful as it could have been. However the artwork is for the most part effective throughout the series and Ivan Plascencia really makes the most out his colouring style to help give the book a bright and vibrant feel that you’d expect from The Flash. The layouts are also inventive and varied as well, and it’s something that the book really benefits from as a result.
Putting its strength in its characters with a solid focus on its characters and its supporting cast, Lightning Strikes Twice sees the series get off to a positive start under the new creative team. If you’re a fan of the show looking to read more of Barry Allen’s adventures while the show is off air then Lightning Strikes Twice acts as a great introduction for newcomers to the character as well as at the same time it manages to appeal to returning fans with plenty of teasers to past events, especially in the opening standalone Rebirth chapter. At the end of the day even if it may not be perfect, there’s plenty to like about this series that shows the promise to only get better from here.
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60. ELEVATOR MOVIE (2004)
June 23, 2010 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies) 3 Comments
“I think it was from taking the elevator to my dorm room every day in college. I developed this weird thing with elevators. It wasn’t fetishistic or anything, I was just always thinking about the elevator, and you know how you feel your stomach move a bit when an elevator first starts or stops? I would feel that at random times in the day when I wasn’t in an elevator, and I would feel like the ground was just a rising elevator platform. I was also very shy at the time and I started to look forward to taking the elevator every day because it was the rare time I might be forced into a social situation with someone.”–Zeb Haradon on the origins of Elevator Movie
DIRECTED BY: Zeb Haradon
FEATURING: Zeb Haradon, Robin Ballard
PLOT: A woman carrying groceries is trapped in an elevator with a socially inept graduate student. Oddly, no one answers when they push the call button, and no one comes for days and weeks on end; even more oddly, her grocery bag is refilled each morning. As the weeks stretch into months, the mismatched pair—an adult virgin obsessed with anal sex and a reformed slut turned Jesus freak—form a sick symbiotic bond, until the girl undergoes a weird metamorphosis.
Per director Haradon, the budget for the film was between twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars.
According to a statement on the official website the main influences on the story were Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” the films of Luis Buñuel (particularly That Obscure Object of Desire and The Exterminating Angel), and Eraserhead.
Although the mouse-stomping scene was faked, the end of the film shows a joke disclaimer that proclaims, “No animals were harmed in the making of this film except for lobsters and mice.” Haradon received angry mails from animal rights advocates who believed that a mouse was actually killed onscreen.
Hardon’s followup film was the documentary Waiting for NESARA (2005), about a bizarre UFO cult composed of ex-Mormons.
The 2008 Romanian film Elevator features a similar dramatic scenario of a young man and woman trapped together in a cargo elevator, but without any surrealistic elements.
INDELIBLE IMAGE: Lana, after she inexplicably transforms into a metal/human hybrid.
WHAT MAKES IT WEIRD: By mixing Sartre’s “No Exit” with an ultra-minimalist riff on Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel, garnished with large dollops of fantastical sexual depravity and a pinch of body horror, writer/director/star Zeb Haradon created one of the weirder underground movies of recent years. The absurdist script is exemplary, and the simplicity of the one-set scenario means that the movie’s technical deficiencies don’t stick out, and could even add to the oddness.
Original trailer for Elevator Movie (WARNING: trailer contains profanity and sexual situations)
COMMENTS: I have to start this review of with a confession/apology: when I first reviewed Elevator Movie over a year ago, I gave it a mere three out of five stars and made an indefensible call not to certify it for inclusion on the List of the 366 best weird movies ever made. If the truth be told, I wanted to post about the movie that night and was simply too tired at the time to write a full length review, but the excuse I made for overlooking it was as follows: “Unfortunately, in a demanding two character piece that requires top-notch, nuanced dramatic performances to succeed, Haradon’s acting talent isn’t up to the level of his imagination and screenwriting ability. The resulting film looks like an A- film school final project: it tantalizingly promises more than it’s capable of delivering.”
No doubt, the key blemish on Elevator Movie is the acting. With one location, two actors, and a heavy reliance on dialogue, the movie feels like a play. But, as I said originally, although Robin Ballard is passable in the easier role of Lana, Haradon is almost unforgivably subdued as Jim. Jim is passive, so some of the wimpiness of the characterization is intentional, but when he needs to project a menacing, seething passion subdued under a calm exterior, he can’t pull it off. Therefore, at times the inherent dramatic conflict tails off into a bland “OK, OK”, just as Jim’s voice does when Lana once again rejects his advances. There are too many “ums” and pauses in his delivery, which sound less like Jim’s natural speech patterns and more like untutored acting. And there’s a moment, after Ballard tells Haradon a story about when her uncle saw a vision of Jesus in his feces that his delivery blows what should have been a perfect (if obvious) punchline.
I still stand behind those criticisms; with the right acting talent, Elevator Movie could have been an absolute classic rather than just a fascinating oddity. But time has proven me wrong in underestimating Elevator Movie; this thing gets into your subconscious and festers there, and its weird incidents linger in the memory long after more technically polished movies have faded away completely. And sometimes, like lovers, flawed movies become all the more lovable for their flaws, which make them unique.
The basic scenario is simplicity itself—Jim and Lana, two polar opposites, are stuck in an elevator together; impossibly, for months on end. Lana enters the elevator with a grocery bag, and each morning when the couple awakens the supplies are magically replenished. The problem of elimination isn’t shied away from; fortunately, whatever entity takes care of the shopping while they sleep also empties the coffee can that holds their mingled waste. The couple have no television and neither brought an Ipod, so for entertainment they only have each other to converse with. And so, as the weeks pass, they talk, and talk, and talk.
They talk about God, they talk about their personal histories, they talk about what they would do if they were on the outside, but, as their imprisonment drags on, more and more they talk about Jim’s unusual sexual desires. Jim, a virgin and a socially inept college student studying genetics, is obsessed with the allure of anal sex. That’s his primary kink, but not his only one. The longer we stay trapped in the elevator with Jim, the more we come to realize what a sick puppy he truly is. Early on, on their very first day of captivity, he confesses his dream project to Lana: he wants to genetically engineer a Venus flytrap that’s capable of performing fellatio.
As the days mount, Jim seems to have an inexhaustible store of deviant ideas and fantasies to spring on Lana, and (in the early reels, at least) the oddest thing about her is that she accepts his perversions with nothing more than mild distaste, as if he just passed wind. The panic that would possess most women if they found themselves trapped in an enclosed space with a madman is missing from her character. In fact, from the beginning the newly chaste Lana encourages Jim’s mounting sexual frustration by suggesting that they sleep together in the spoon position, and teases him with tales of her promiscuity before she found Jesus, stopping abruptly just as his hopes start to rise. There’s a powerful strain of misogyny in her portrayal as the ultimate faux-virgin tease, but oddly enough, it doesn’t come across as offensive; probably because the misandric disgust the movie directs at Jim more than counteracts it. Lana intuitively realizes Jim is too needy to force himself on her—rape wouldn’t appeal to him, since what he longs for is willing approval of his kinks—so she has the upper hand in any sexual jousting. But, as the days wear on, she also develops a genuine fondness for the only man around. With no one else to interact with, in the redefined reality of their elevator prison, Jim’s perverse peculiarities lose their ability to shock and become a simple fact of her existence, like the buttons on the wall.
While Lana seems like a perfectly normal woman, or Jim’s imaginary version of a normal woman, she turns out to have a secret of her own. Jim, with his permanently stained button down shirt and habit of picking his nose in public, begins the picture as one of those standoffish loners you wonder about as you see him shuffling around in public with his head downcast. He gradually reveals that his psychology is more twisted than your worst imaginings. Lana’s slowly revealed affliction, on the other hand, is entirely physical, taking the form of a bizarre, Tetsuo-like sickness. It’s almost as if forced exposure to Jim’s sick psychic radiation is mutating her.
Most of the film’s itchy bizarreness comes from the characters and their straight-faced acceptance of the impossible. With no money for effects, Haradon wisely chose to tackle a project that was completely within his means. The cardboard box set works in the movie’s favor, removing all distractions and highlighting the characters’ oversized psychologies, which play like grotesque shadows against the elevator’s blank walls. Weirdness is suggested on the cheap, as when the cross around Lana’s neck inexplicably turns into an air freshener for one scene before reverting back. Much of the imagery—mainly scatological, but also one scene of brutal animal cruelty—is shocking, but it always feels integral to the sickly atmosphere, never gratuitous. Sometimes shots are framed poorly, but this seems deliberate, to add to the offness. The sound is bad—some shots have a background hum that alternates back and forth with a silent scene, and the movement of Lana’s lips don’t always match what she’s saying. The audio imperfections were probably unintentional, the result of a low budget and technical inexperience, but they could be viewed as happy accidents. Unless you have a fetish for polish, none of the technical glitches—with the exception of the acting—diminish the effectiveness of the screenplay.
Haradon understands that the basis of drama is conflicting agendas, and, aside from a few missed opportunities to ratchet up the conflict up to stratospheric levels, the script manages to keep up our interest by slowly revealing new facets of the characters and keeping up the tension as Jim and Lana struggle to reconcile their need for intimacy with their utter incompatibility. Those conflicting agendas are never revealed so dramatically as when the two agree to share their deepest wishes with each other, and scrawl them on pieces of paper for the other to read. Though the screenplay never reaches the theatrical heights of its literary inspirations, “Waiting for Godot” and “No Exit,” as an x-rated first attempt at a Theater of the Absurd piece, it comes much closer to those luminaries than it probably had any right to. The simple ending is very nearly perfect; chilling, but, due to the way the movie has altered our view of reality and forced us to reluctantly identify with Jim, also touching, in a bizarre way. Despite the absurdity of the situation and the gargantuan eccentricities of the characters, if you’re willing to accept this movie’s rules at face value, you may find that it rings with a dangerous psychological truth, and hints at something unspeakably horrifying about male sexuality.
“As a champion of ‘Eraserhead’, ‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie’, ‘Naked Lunch’, and ‘Back Against the Wall’, all fine films that downright bask in their toxicity to the homogenized masses, I found Haradon’s film to be unique and fascinating and a most worthy addition to the midnight movie circuit. Just don’t ask me to spend any longer in Haradon’s mind than I have to in any one sitting. It’s very likely I’d never make it out!”–Daniel Wible, Film Threat (contemporaneous)
“…an inspired piece of weirdness and one of the more original debut films I’ve ever seen.”–Mike Everleth, BadLit.com
“…the weirdly simple, natural way Jim and Lana deal with their predicament, and relate to each other, provides more than enough sustenance to sate the adventurous movie-goer too long denied a good fix of the strange stuff… Fans of early David Lynch and other low-budget, absurdist auteurs will be delighted by Elevator Movie, a sick and sincere slice of hopeless existentialism and despair.”–Kurt Dahlke, DVD Talk
OFFICIAL SITE: Elevator Movie Website
IMDB LINK: Elevator Movie (2004)
OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST:
Zeb Haradon – interview with the director from artinterviews.com
DVD INFO: The weird movie community is lucky to have a flick as obscure as Elevator Movie (buy ) available on a duplicated (and thus Netflix eligible) DVD at all; asking for special features would be too much. The meager extras are trailers for eight other Patherfinder-distributed features (including List entry Gozu) and bios of writer/director/star Zeb Haradon and costar Robin Ballard.
2004AbsurdistBlack and WhiteBlack ComedyDramaElevatorFreudianLow budgetMinimalistPerversePsychologicalSexual repressionSurrealismUndergroundZeb Haradon
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3 thoughts on “60. ELEVATOR MOVIE (2004)”
ericgabbard says:
Just finished watching this and you’re right, it definitely deserves to make the list. You’re also correct in saying the amateurish acting is a bit of a detractor. I had a strange sensation watching the film. It felt as I had uncovered some student film someone had hidden in my attic and was forgotten about when they moved out in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Time period is never revealed but the undescript clothing, Jansport backpack, Rubik’s cube, and VHS porn videos all made it feel like ’86 or so. The hum in the background and the out-of-sync dialogue made it feel like the film could start to melt at any moment or break from the reel and start flapping on the side of the projector. Weird stuff indeed.
where did you find the movie ericgabbard? did you download it, buy it online, buy it on dvd? I’d love to watch it, but I can’t find it anywhere.
G. Smalley (366weirdmovies) says:
Elevator Movie is available in the US to buy from Amazon or to rent from Netflix. Your IP address suggests you are overseas, and I don’t think its ever been released in Europe, unfortunately.
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National Geographic's International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year's entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer's Choice competition. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose a few of their entries from 2009 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 25 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (25 photos total)
Nazroo, a mahout (elephant driver), poses for a portrait while taking his elephant, Rajan, out for a swim in front of Radha Nagar Beach in Havelock, Andaman Islands. Rajan is one of the few elephants in Havelock that can swim, so when he is not dragging timber in the forest he is used as a tourist attraction. The relationship between the mahout and his elephant usually lasts for their entire lives, creating an extremely strong tie between the animal and the human being. (Photo and caption by Cesare Naldi)
On the final leg of a six-week United States of America road trip, I was driving east across Interstate 40 when a spot storm with golf ball-sized hail struck. A sign near Groom, Texas, announcing the "largest cross in the western hemisphere" explained the large crucifix I'd been wondering about for miles on the highway; it seemed like an OK place to wait out the storm. On my way to getting stuck in the mud and a giant double rainbow, I saw this silhouetted view of the cross, splitting the sunny sky from the stormy plains. (Photo and caption by Brad Maule) #
This picture was taken during the Rinjani volcano trek on Lombok Island in Indonesia at sunrise. (Photo and caption by David Bismuth) #
An example of photo luminescence in coral in West Papua (Photo and caption by Stephen Martin) #
A male gelada baboon on the Guassa Plateau of the Ethiopian Highlands enjoys a good grooming. (Photo and caption by Robin Moore) #
I was in the front car of the short subway between Pudong and the Bund, and was treated to the wonderful spectacle of an oncoming train in the tunnel's changing light show. I put my camera up to the window and shot as fast as possible to get this image. (Photo and caption by Gail von Bergen Ryan) #
A stone's-eye-view of two tracks made by the sailing stones of Death Valley's Racetrack playa. The dried clay surface has a beautiful texture, and there is a palpable aura of mystery over the entire three-square-mile playa. The Racetrack was not entirely free of human influence though: several weeks before this taken many of the stones were stolen, leaving long trails without a traveler at the end. (Photo and caption by Tucker Sylvestro) #
On my second day visiting the astounding Iguazu falls on the Brazilian side I was forced to change to my telephoto lens as my wide angle had been damaged by the water vapour. In had rained solid for 10 days prior to my arrival and so the falls were at their most spectacular. Standing on the elevated viewing platform I was able to shoot this school group who stood transfixed, emphasizing the incredible size of the falls. (Photo and caption by Ian Kelsall) #
I took this picture on a sunny fall afternoon on a prairie near Chicago, Illinois. To improve the color saturation, I blocked the sunlight with my body. The blue background came straight from the camera. The image was not altered with any editor. (Photo and caption by Richard Susanto) #
My grandfather was born and raised on our New Zealand farm. He and my grandmother were married nearly 60 years. Preparing for a photo in the barley, my grandmother lovingly reached up to adjust his hat. This was his last harvest. (Photo and caption by Gemma Collier) #
During a rainy, cloudy morning at the Wild Goose scenic overlook on St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana, the sun peeped from under the cloud cover long enough to paint a golden-yellow swath across the face of the mountain for maybe 15 minutes before disappearing again. (Photo and caption by Rebecca Latson) #
A young orangutan swings from tree to tree in Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesian Borneo. (Photo and caption by Sean Crane) #
This is about one hour of firefly activity near my home in rural Ontario. The precision of the background star trails is an interesting contrast to the chaotic pattern of the firefly flashes. (Photo and caption by Steve Irvine) #
The edge of an iceberg floating just off the coast of Antarctica. (Photo and caption by Mike Matas) #
While visiting Kruger National Park with my son, we came across two male hippos battling for dominance as we crossed a bridge over the Sabie River. The bellowing from the animals as they fought their bloody battle was incredible. They first fought in the shallows near the bank and then moved into the deeper part of the river. We don't know how it turned out but we were so glad to see the spectacle. (Photo and caption by Steve Mandel) #
Andrew and his friend, a young sperm whale named Scar, were swimming together off the west coast of Dominica. The two of them became "friends" after Andrew saved Scar's life. (Photo and caption by Peter Allinson) #
The Darvaza natural gas crater is located in the center of the Karakum Desert in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan. The crater resulted after a Soviet natural gas exploration accident in the 1950s and has been burning ever since. The crater is approximately 60 meters in diameter and its depth is approximately 20 meters. (Photo and caption by Natalja Silver) #
When the wave conditions are right a wave appears, infrequently, as a result of the splash back off the cliff connecting with an incoming wave. This causes the incoming wave to pop up, creating fan-like shapes. On this particular day, over the two hours I spent on the rocks, this wave only appeared once. This is that shot. (Photo and caption by Aaron Feinberg) #
David Hanson crosses a fallen log beneath soaring trees and a lingering fog in Washington's Olympic National Park. (Photo and caption by Michael Hanson) #
Even during the Arirang Mass Games in North Korea, the ultimate expression of the state ideology, an individual can still sometimes stand out from the crowd and break free of the collective. If only just for a moment. (Photo and caption by Brendyn Zachary) #
Cary stands on a deserted road in Central Ohio, at sunset. (Photo and caption by Lisa Roberts) #
This bee was unfortunate enough to land in my pool, but he made some amazing patterns buzzing around in the water. He later escaped. (Photo and caption by Michael Johnson) #
Taken at Kwena Croc Farm in South Africa (Photo and caption by Wayne Holloway) #
This is one view of many dunes found in Jordan. Two steps forward and one step back made for a challenging ascent. (Photo and caption by Andrew Cwiklewich)#
Curious gulls on Sanibel Island, Florida. Meet my friend, "Gull-i-Bel"!!! (Photo and caption by Richard Rush) #
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Amalgamated Printers' Association
…AN ORGANIZATION COMPOSED OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING ENTHUSIASTS
About The APA
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Article I / General
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Article I: General
The name of the organization is Amalgamated Printers’ Association, abbreviated APA.
The purposes of APA are:
To foster interest in the art of letterpress printing.
To encourage excellence in printing.
To provide a means for collective exchange of members work, promoting mutual communication and improvement of skills.
Article II: Membership
Membership is limited to 150.
A partnership of two or more qualified persons at the same address may choose to be recognized as a single membership, provided they so advise the Secretary-Treasurer. In case of death of one partner, membership reverts to the surviving partner(s).
Qualifications for membership are an interest in printing as a hobby, possession of or access to letterpress printing equipment, and a working knowledge of letterpress printing.
Induction:
A candidate for membership may apply to the Secretary-Treasurer. The application must be endorsed by a sponsor who has been an APA member in good standing for the last two years, and must be accompanied by a specimen of the candidate’s letterpress printing.
A waiting list of applicants shall be maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer, and qualifying candidates shall be inducted in order of application.
A candidate shall be notified when his name reaches the top of the waiting list and a vacancy occurs, and invited to join by remitting dues, which at the discretion of the Secretary-Treasurer may be pro-rated.
Permanent membership numbers shall be consecutively assigned to all members at the time of induction. If a previous member rejoins, the original number shall be used by that member.
Upon acceptance of dues copies of the APA Constitution and Membership Directory shall be sent to the new member, and the sponsor shall be notified.
A new member is on probationary status until he prints a Proprietor’s Card for distribution in the Bundle, which must be done within three months of acceptance. It is encouraged that this include a brief introduction of the member, relating qualifications, background and shop information.
Dues:
Annual dues shall be in an amount determined by the Board. Members living outside the United States are asked to voluntarily contribute more than their dues to offset the extra postage in mailing their bundles.
Renewal notices shall be distributed annually in the January Bundle, with dues payable by March 1.
The Vice President shall attempt to personally contact any member delinquent as of March 15. The Secretary-Treasurer shall terminate by written notice any member delinquent as of April 1.
All members shall actively participate in APA by publication of at least four separate and different letterpress printed items per calendar year for distribution in the Bundle. Members may not submit more than two pieces for the December bundle.
Each letterpress-printed contribution to Treasure Gems may be counted toward this requirement, provided that Treasure Gems is distributed to all members. If Treasure Gems is not distributed to all members, only one such contribution may be counted toward this requirement.
Items produced as joint ventures shall be counted at half-credit for each participant.
Items produced by a partnership shall be counted as if the partners were a single member.
At the discretion of the board member responsible for checking participation, publications with multiple sheets bound together may be counted as more than one item.
In the event a member in good standing suffers a disability or other hardship, a written request for waiver of the required participation may be filed with the Vice President. If he and the President agree, a waiver may be granted for the current calendar year only, after which the member may reapply.
Members shall receive the monthly Bundle.
Subject to specific registration and fees, members are entitled to participate in all APA activities.
Article III: Activities
The Bundle is a packet mailed monthly to all members for the collective exchange of printing specimens. It may also contain announcements, reports, ballots, and other official business or unofficial items submitted by members for the general interest.
Treasure Gems is a cooperative book published annually in May, containing works of members contributed on a voluntary basis. It is coordinated by a volunteer member other than the Mailer.
The Wayzgoose is an informal annual convention held on a summer weekend and coordinated by a volunteer host financially responsible only to those who register and attend.
Other activities such as cooperative calendars, contests, field trips, newsletters, keepsakes, awards, etc., may be initiated by any member.
Article IV: Printing Specifications
Except for educational materials approved by the Vice President or official business, members are required to only submit letterpress-printed pieces for the bundle.
Variable dimensions, thickness or weight of stock in one item is discouraged.
Items sent to the Mailer shall be suitably packed, and marked to indicate intended distribution if other than the current month.
Items requiring folding, binding, or similar operations shall be so serviced before shipment to the Mailer.
Identification and contents:
Each piece submitted for distribution shall clearly indicate the name of the member who printed and/or contributed it. Neither the name of the press nor the assigned APA number constitutes the name of the member, but such further identification is encouraged.
In the spirit of the free press, there are no restrictions to subject matter, but APA is not intended as a forum for material of inflammatory or controversial nature.
Should the propriety of an item be questioned, the Mailer shall withhold distribution of it and refer the matter to the Vice President, who shall render a decision with due promptness.
Proprietor’s Card:
Each member shall print a 3″x5″ Proprietor’s Card for distribution to other members, with the following format recommended:
Name of member in the upper left hand corner with the last name first.
Assigned APA number, name of press, mailing address, telephone number, and salient facts about member’s interests and equipment.
Month and year the member joined APA in the lower right corner.
A. Month and year the Proprietor’s card was issued, reissued or revised in the lower right corner.
When new members join APA, each member is requested to welcome them by mailing a Proprietor’s Card.
Members are encouraged to reissue Proprietor’s Cards occasionally, especially in case of significant changes.
Monthly Bundle:
For a regular Bundle, items shall not exceed 6″x9″ flat, or 5.5″x8.5 folded.
For the special November Bundle, items shall not exceed 8.5″x11″ flat, or 8″x10″ folded.
Members shall furnish 155 copies to the Mailer of each item intended for Bundle distribution.
Except for official association notices or variances approved by the Vice President, all items submitted for the bundle must be printed via the letterpress process.
Treasure Gems
Items submitted for publication in Treasure Gems shall be 4.5″x6,” preferably printed both sides, and sent to the special coordinator, not the Mailer.
Use of stock thicker or heavier than text grade is discouraged.
Deadlines and particulars shall be published in the Bundle by the coordinator as appropriate.
Article V: Official Business
Items of official business may be printed by any Board member, or any lay member or outside source duly designated by a Board member.
Costs of paper, binding, typesetting, shipping or similar services performed within or outside APA membership on official business may be borne by APA funds. Such expenditures must be approved by the President.
Reimbursement for personal labor, consultation, coordination, travel, or similar expenses to any Officer or member from APA funds is strictly prohibited.
A fee determined by the Board of Directors shall be paid to each of the Secretary-Treasurer and the Mailer, over and above itemized expenses, to cover incidental costs.
Article VI: Elections
Nominations shall be by petition from the candidate seeking office. The Petition must be endorsed by another member in good standing for the last two years. The Petition shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer by August 1 of even numbered years.
Balloting is by mail in duplicate distributed in the September Bundle. Vote recorders shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and the Senior Director. A recorder who is running for office shall be replaced by an alternate appointed by the President. Ballots received by either recorder after October 15 will be considered invalid.
Results of the election shall be published in the November Bundle. If in the judgment of the President, the two sets of ballots disagree sufficiently to obscure the outcome, another balloting shall be conducted promptly.
Special elections for official business may be held any time as required, following the same sequence set forth above.
In any contest the candidate or choice receiving the greatest number of valid votes shall be the winner.
In case of tie vote the outcome shall be determined by a majority of the Board.
If there are no contested races for APA offices, the President, with the approval of the Board, may declare those who filed for an office the winners without an election.
Article VII: Officers, Board, Terms & Tenure
The four elected officers are President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Mailer: they are elected for two year terms, taking office on January 1 of odd-numbered years. These officers shall not serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office.
The three directors are elected for staggered six-year terms, one each to take office concurrently with the elected officers. Directors may not serve consecutive terms.
The Archivist shall be appointed by the President, with the advise of the Board, and serve for an indefinite term.
The holders of the above eight offices shall constitute the Board.
No member may hold more than one office simultaneously.
Vacancies:
Should the office of the President become vacant, it shall be assumed by the Vice President.
Other vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the President, and ratified by at least two other Board members.
Directors so appointed shall serve until the next general election, at which time a Director shall be elected to finish the vacated term.
At the next general election such appointees, or Vice President assuming the office of President, shall not be construed to be in conflict with the tenure rules set forth in this article.
Article VIII: Duties of Board Members
The President is the chief spokesman and serves as Chairman of the Board. He shall be the alternate signator for the APA bank account. He shall ensure that the constitutional duties of all officers are discharged as specified.
The Vice President shall assist with the coordination of duties of all Board members, and with particular regard to:
Making every effort to contact all members whose dues are delinquent as of March 15.
Evaluation of the propriety of questionable Bundle contributions.
Membership petitions for activity waiver.
The Secretary-Treasurer is responsible for APA funds and membership records, with particular regard to:
Processing applications from prospective new members.
Collecting membership dues.
Advising Vice President promptly of all members whose dues are delinquent as of March 15.
Processing election petitions from members seeking to run for office or sponsor a constitutional amendment.
Arranging ballot distribution for general and special elections.
Maintaining a current membership list.
Maintaining proper bank accounts.
Publish or have published an annual report in the February bundle, to include a financial statement from the previous year, changes in the membership, and any other pertinent official business.
Maintain and publish or have published the current APA Constitution as required.
Publish or have published annually in the September bundle a notice reminding members that the November bundle will accept large items.
Publish or have published a current membership directory annually in the June bundle.
Publish or have published annually in the January bundle a dues notice.
The Mailer is responsible for distributing monthly Bundles, with particular regard to:
Printing 6.5”x9.5” or larger envelopes, at the mailer’s descretion, for mailing regular monthly bundles and 9”x12” envelopes for the November bundle. The mailer may use any kind of envelope he/she sees fit for mailing.
Normally mailing the Bundles between the 10th and 15th day of each month.
Withholding distribution of items of questionable propriety, and referring them to the Vice President.
The Archivist shall:
Receive and file an extra monthly Bundle.
Collect historical papers, pictures, clippings, journals, and similar items concerning APA.
Maintain a log of Bundle contributions to determine compliance with the activity requirement.
Publish a report annually in the September Bundle, listing by membership number only, all members who have not yet met activity requirement for the current year. For each such member, the report shall list the number of qualifying and non-qualifying items published both year-to-date and for the previous calendar year.
File a year-end activity report with the president and secretary-treasurer within 10 days upon receipt of the December bundle.
The Directors provide continuity for APA, and with the officers, comprise the Board, which sets policy.
Article IX: Amendments to Constitution
Any member may begin amendment proceedings by publishing a proposal in the Bundle, gaining supportive petitions from at least fifteen other members, and submitting the proposal and required support to the Secretary-Treasurer.
A majority of the board may begin amendment proceedings by publishing a proposal in the Bundle and submitting it to the Secretary-Treasurer.
When either of the above procedures is duly completed, the Secretary-Treasurer shall promptly conduct a special election for the proposed amendment.
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Retro Review: Viva Morte! Viva la Plaza! Celebrate the Plaza Theatre as the Silver Scream Spookshow presents ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN!
Silver Scream Spookshow presents ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948); Dir: Charles Barton; Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Glenn Strange; Sat. Dec. 22; kids’ matinee at 1 PM (kids under 12 free & adults $7) and adult show at 10 PM(all tickets $12); Plaza Theatre; Trailer here.
By Aleck Bennett
Let me get personal for a minute here.
This month’s Silver Scream Spookshow at the Plaza Theatre is a special one for me. Not just because every Spookshow is its own special thing. And not just because the Plaza is Atlanta’s oldest running independent cinema, which is just incredible in its own right. But because the film being presented—ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN—is my very first memory. The earliest thing I can recall from childhood is trying to fall asleep while watching Glenn Strange’s monster lurching about a pier in a film on the “late-late show” my mom was watching. It’s stuck with me. That’s why one of my most treasured possessions as a kid was a glow-in-the-dark poster of James Bama’s portrait of Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein monster. (Thanks, Super Sugar Crisps!) That’s why I’ve got Glenn-as-Frankie tattooed on my forearm. In the years since that fateful day, I’ve watched this movie over and over again and I’ve never grown tired of it.
For those not in the know, here’s the lowdown on this flick: Chick (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur (Lou Costello) are bumbling baggage-claim clerks in Florida. Thanks to a late-night delivery of mysterious crates to a wax museum, they unwittingly wind up caught in Dracula’s (Bela Lugosi) evil plot to replace the Frankenstein monster’s brain with a more receptive one: that of the dim-witted Wilbur. Lawrence “Wolf Man” Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) enlists their assistance in stopping Dracula’s fiendish plot, and once the full moon rises, the whole thing turns into a large-scale monster bash along the lines of 1944’s HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN or 1945’s HOUSE OF DRACULA. Just a whole lot funnier.
Besides the film’s early imprinting on my developing mind, though, the film is notable for many other reasons. It’s Bela’s second and final feature-length performance as Dracula (he had a cameo as Dracula in 1933’s HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE theatrical short). It’s one of the few horror comedies in which the monsters are not treated as the butts of the film’s jokes; the horror elements are respected and presented practically as seriously as they were in any other Universal film, while the comedy largely rises from Bud and Lou’s interplay and reactions to the horror. (This, however, didn’t stop Boris Karloff from refusing to see the film, believing it to be disrespectful toward the horror genre.) All three of the “monster” actors had played the role of Frankenstein’s monster (with Chaney even briefly playing him during the course of this film when Glenn Strange broke his foot on a falling lighting rig), and both Chaney and Lugosi had played Dracula. Vincent Price even makes a surprise cameo (though don’t keep your eyes peeled for him).
Dracula (Bela Lugosi) hypnotizing Bud AbbotT in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Universal Pictures, 1948.
But beyond even those items of interest, there’s a larger and more personal reason why this Spookshow is a special event this month: it’s the final Silver Scream Spookshow being held at the Plaza under the watchful eye of Jonathan and Gayle Rej, the Plaza’s owners and operators since 2006.
Let me make another personal detour here. The Plaza Theatre is, to me, a sacred space. It’s almost a religious temple, dedicated to conjuring and making manifest the spirit of cinema. And over its history—from movie palace to grindhouse to a showcase for independent film and performing arts—it has presented Atlanta with the full spectrum of the cinematic experience. And more than that, it has become a central, vital spot in my life. When I first moved back to the Atlanta area in 2006 after more than a decade away, I was working from home and initially didn’t get out much. It took me a while to get settled in and motivated to check out what was going on. That was when I saw a flyer for the Silver Scream Spookshow in the window of Junkman’s Daughter. It promised a revival of the classic “Spook Show” tradition of live stage shows augmenting showings of classic horror flicks—a phenomenon that I was old enough to remember coming to my home town, but young enough to have never personally experienced—presented by Professor Morte, an old-school-styled horror host from the cracked mold of Ghoulardi and Zacherley. So I went. And went. And went again.
The Frankenstein Monster meets Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Universal Pictures, 1948.
Being a movie fanatic, the Plaza quickly became the center of much of my recreational time because more than simply being a theater, it has spawned a community. Most of the people I know and the friends I have, I have met either directly or indirectly through the Plaza. In fact, I wouldn’t be writing this piece for this fine website if it weren’t for the Plaza. And if it weren’t for the hard work and dedication of Johnny and Gayle Rej in the face of economic struggles that would have beaten down lesser mortals, none of the above would have existed.
As you may or may not know, Johnny and Gayle have sold the Plaza to Michael Furlinger, who recently revived the classic Terrace Theatre in Charleston, SC. I spoke with Shane Morton, the mastermind behind Morte, for his thoughts on the end of the reign of the Rejs and the beginning of a new era for the Plaza.
“I think out of all the phases that the Plaza has gone through, that Johnny and Gayle have really turned it into something much more than just a movie theatre. Something beyond just building the stage and clearing out the space in the back for us to work. It’s like they gave this place a soul. You can feel it when you walk in there. And if I can be selfish, they’ve given me a place to do what I think is the most important work of my life with the Spookshow. We recently did a showing of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925), and I spent 15 minutes turning a kid into Lon Chaney’s Phantom. All that time, I was talking to the audience, and I felt the passion that one of those true-believer preachers must feel—not one of those charlatans that’s just out for money or to bang chicks or whatever. I got to preach about the magic of the movies. I not only get to be this hero (or anti-hero, if you want); I get to educate kids and give them something that they don’t have enough of right now. Kids’ programming today sucks, and they don’t have the kind of stuff available to them that even you and I had growing up; they don’t see things like the original KING KONG, stuff that filled me with a sense of wonder and amazement at the age of four.”
Shane went on to discuss the creative development that the Plaza has encouraged: “It’s become a hub for a lot of creative people: Splatter Cinema, Blast-Off Burlesque’s Taboo-La-La series and all the great art shows that they’ve hosted at the Plaza. Johnny and Gayle really turned a simple movie theater into almost an art movement. I know that it has literally changed my life. It’s given me the chance to fulfill every dream I ever had growing up. I could get to be Houdini or Alice Cooper or the horror host I had always wanted to see. And no matter what happens in the future, if I wind up making the greatest movie ever made, I don’t need any more than this: I saw a kid dressed as Professor Morte for Halloween. My mother passed away recently, and I’m so glad that she got a chance to see me spread my bat wings and fly with the Spookshow. And I really have Johnny and Gayle to thank for this.”
Professor Morte (Shane Morton). Photo courtesy of Shane Morton.
And what of the future? “We’d always hoped that someone with the financial backing could come in and turn the Plaza Theatre around. It seemed like an impossible dream. And then suddenly, it all seemed to fall together at the right time. Johnny and Gayle had just had a baby, and that’s without a doubt their most important job right there! Suddenly, Mike Furlinger came in and was in the position to deliver everything anyone involved with the Plaza could hope for. New digital projectors, new seats, new carpeting…now, I like the old seats and the old carpeting. I like stuff that’s old and weird. But you have to keep moving with the times, and what he’s going to bring to the Plaza is going to help the theater thrive. The future looks really exciting. The Plaza will be able to show first-run films along with the art-house movies they’re known for and keep delivering the funky stuff that all of us bring to the table.”
After the Rejs turn the keys over to Furlinger at the end of this month and renovations begin, it may be a while before we can see Morte’s handiwork on the Plaza stage. So come out and celebrate. Celebrate that the world didn’t end on Friday. Celebrate that the solstice has passed and a new dawn is rising. That Santa’s on his way. That a new year is on the horizon. That one of the best films in the Universal Horror cycle is screening in a lovely digital restoration. That Professor Morte and his merry band of misfits are taking the stage. And celebrate the legacy of the hard work and spirit of Jonathan and Gayle Rej. Raise your tubs of popcorn in salute, boils and ghouls.
Aleck Bennett is a writer, blogger, pug warden, pop culture enthusiast, raconteur and bon vivant from the greater Atlanta area. Visit his blog at doctorsardonicus.wordpress.com
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Kool Kat of the Week: Watch out, Shirley Jones! Spooky Partridge’s Katy Graves Is a Real Mother?!
Posted on: May 9th, 2012 By: Anya99
Katy Graves and son Nick in Spooky Partridge. Photo courtesy of Katy Graves.
By James Kelly
Contributing Music Editor
With Mother’s Day approaching, ATLRetro wanted to find someone special who represents both the Atlanta music scene and makes motherhood look easy. Local musician Katy Graves is one of the most energetic, friendly and interesting people in town. She has been part of the rock & roll community for many years in such bands as Doll Squad and Catfight, and while she is currently working on her teaching degree, she is also in an amazing and entertaining band called Spooky Partridge, with HER 10-YEAR-OLD SON, Nick Christian!!! Those credentials and the fact that Spooky Partridge are rocking Shorty’s Pizza in Tucker this Saturday May 12 at 8 p.m. are more than sufficient for ATLRetro to make Katy Kool Kat of the Week just in time for Mother’s Day!
ATLRetro: How did you initially get involved with performing music in Atlanta? What was your first band experience?
Katy: I sang in a couple bands in high school starting in about the 9th grade, and by the 11th grade, our band, The Doughboys, was playing out at the infamous Margaritaville as well as The Dugout in Emory Village. We did mostly covers by bands like The Police, Squeeze, The Jam, Ramones, Echo and the Bunnymen and loads of REM. Our guitar player loved REM! Can you imagine me singing REM covers? We had some originals, but mostly covers. I played cello and and piano as a kid. Susanne Gibboney (who plays with Tiger! Tiger!, Lust and Catfight), and I started Doll Squad while I was in college. We both worked at Junkman’s Daughter at the time. We all loved The Runaways and ’60s girl groups, but also L7 and the Lunachicks so we wanted to be in an all-girl band. Doll Squad opened for Shonen Knife at the Masquerade, that was so fun!
Catfight was an incredibly popular band for several years. what do you think was the source of the appeal, and what was going on in Atlanta at that time to make the scene so open to the band? How was David T. Lindsay involved?
Ann Beaman and I had been in Doll Squad for a while, and that had kind of run its course. We ran an ad for a guitar player so we could start a new band, and Jennifer Leavey answered. She was the only person who answered that wasn’t nuts! Jennifer is just an incredible songwriter, and Catfight really took off. I think the reason we managed to do well was that we had songs with elements of a several kinds of genres and we could fit in on a lot of shows, appeal to a lot of people. We were a little garage, a little punk; we liked rockabilly; we did some girl group type songs; we also covered Van Halen, though!
David Lindsay put out a Doll Squad 7″, and he and I were friends. He had had a disagreement with someone in Doll Squad and wasn’t keen to put out any more of our records. I didn’t know if I would want to work with Catfight, but I brought a tape over of us and gave it to him. I told him I just wanted him to give me some feedback. He called me like an hour after I gave him the tape and told me he had to put out our stuff! David put out two singles and two CDs on his label, Worry Bird Records.
How did working in the music business affect your perception of playing music as a profession? Any good sleazy Green Room stories?
I remember when I got a job working for a record company, this boyfriend (a musician) said, “You are working for the enemy now!!!” I had a great run working in the music business for 15 years, but sometimes I was conflicted. It’s hard when you have to sell art like it is shoes or office supplies or something. Also, I figured out quite early on that I did not care about meeting a lot of famous people, which I thought initially would be really fun. Yawn! That being said two of the nicest people I met while working at a record company were Brittany Spears and Notorious B.I.G. Seriously! There were a few who were complete jerks – if you see me out sometime I’ll tell you who!! I can’t think of any super sleazy stories, but I do remember we took this guy from a New York band to the Clermont Lounge after his show one night. He has irritated all of us with this superior attitude, like he had seen it all/done it all in NYC. We introduced him to Blondie, she personalized a beer can for him as she does, and he just about lost it. He was completely freaked out by the whole Clermont scene! We couldn’t believe it – he was playing Mr. Badass rock guy but he got all nervous at the Clermont! Come on!
What must one do to reconcile motherhood with a rock & roll lifestyle?
Well, I began my rock’ & roll mom lifestyle when Nick was in utero – I kept playing shows with Catfight until I was more than eight months pregnant! I would have played up until I went into labor, but Jennifer but the kibosh on that. Probably the girls were sick of loading all the equipment without me at that point. Anyway, you have to rock & roll at home a lot more when you are a mom, because as you might guess it becomes difficult to be out at shows until 2 a.m. on a regular basis. The child watched THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT from an early age, which is a questionable decision when you think about how The Who treat equipment, but we escaped any serious damage around the house somehow. When I still worked for a record company I brought Nick to every daytime in-store appearance by a band that I was working. One year I took him to Ozzfest. I always tried to take him to any daytime shows I could find – he went to Warped Tour a few times. And yes – we made him wear earplugs to every show, of course! Finally I ended up being in a band WITH my son so I could still play but also keep kid-friendly hours!
Spooky Partridge's Nick poses with a pair of drumsticks.
Tell us about Nick. Do you think he will become a professional musician? Or a baseball player? He seems equally great at both…
Nick turned 10 in February. He has been in Montessori school since he was 3. He plays drums and guitar; he can play bass and fools around on piano as well. He is dyslexic, which I believe is why he is so good at music and art; I think that the things in his brain that often make reading hard make music easy. He loves to draw. And yes, he does love baseball and soccer. I am the only mom in Americawho actually asks her child to please use the Wii or the Nintendo DSI, because we have these expensive games and the kid never uses them! He loves Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Who and The Cartoon Network. Nick cooks a lot – he puts red pepper flakes and/or Siracha in almost everything, however, so if you don’t like spicy food, you have to watch out. At different times he has told me that when he wants to grow up he wants to be a musician, a baseball player, a soccer player or a pathologist. Yes, a pathologist! Recently he has gotten way interested in bird-watching, of all things! He can identify lots of birds, and he draws them all the time.
Where did the idea for “Spooky Partridge” come from, and what was the formation of the band like for everyone?
Nick’s dad is Shawn Christian from X-Impossibles and Rock City Dropouts. Shawn and I met because we were in bands that played shows together all the time, so it was only natural that we wanted our child to be a musician. Nick was almost named Marshall – after the amp, of course! Shawn and I made sure that Santa brought Nick a drum set when he was two years old. By the time he was seven, he was getting pretty good, and since I had a friend teaching at a rock band camp, we sent Nick there that summer. That is when we could see he was really progressing, when we saw him play with a band. So we sent him again two years ago. He wanted to play “No Action” by Elvis Costello, but the kids in the band couldn’t learn it fast enough to perform it, which bummed him out. There were so many songs Nick wanted to play and no one to play them with. I was like “Why am I paying for this rock band camp when we can just have rock band camp at home for free?” Those camps are crazy expensive, and we already had a practice room in our house. What was I thinking?
Shawn and I decided that we would have a family band. Shawn and I have not been a couple since Nick was two, but we get along extremely well, so the band was nothing but fun from the start. We started by learning songs that Nick wanted to do, we started writing originals. Nick has written some on guitar, and he writes words and works with his dad to write songs, like “I Hate Chores.”
Spooky Partridge performs at last year's Tunes From The Tombs.
Any plans to release a Spooky Partridge record anytime?
We have three songs recorded that we are really happy with, and we need to record some more! We recorded the songs with Jimmy Demer from The Accidents, and his two daughters sing back up on our song, “Robots Don’t Poop.” It’s me that is holding this record up, really – around the time we started the band I went back to school to become a Montessori teacher. I work full time, I am in school, I’m a single mom, and I’m in two bands since Catfight has been out playing again this year. I’m hoping after I finish my class at the end of the summer we can really focus on getting out a CD. Vinyl would be cool, too! Right now we have music up on our Facebook/ReverbNation page, so everyone go listen to that!
How do you go about booking a band in Atlanta, with a 10-year-old drummer?
Very carefully! We have been very lucky; Nick doesn’t even know how lucky he is, what great shows he has played! Before he turned 10, he got to play not only [Rock n Roll] Monster Bash and Drive Invasion, but he got to open for CJ Ramone at Masquerade! We started by playing in restaurants owned by friends, we got everyone we knew out to see us, and we were lucky that a lot of folks posted videos of us on youtube. We got a lot of good word of mouth, and that led to more shows. I have played some of the most interesting shows with this band. We have played at Atlanta Rocks rock climbing gym on top of a huge boulder! You have to get creative booking shows when you have a 10-year-old in the band, but really I would say it’s good to do that no matter what kind of band you have.
What’s coming up for the band in the near future?
Well, we are playing at Shorty’s Pizza in Tucker on Saturday, May 12. We have wanted to play Shorty’s because the food is great! This is a special show because it’s also an end-of-season party for Nick’s baseball team. The coach wanted Spooky Partridge for the party, and we were only too glad to oblige. There is one kid on Nick’s team who loves Led Zeppelin as much as Nick, so we are going to do an abbreviated “Moby Dick” for him. We are also playing an art opening at the Defoor Centre on June 10! That should be great.
Catfight is playing Tunes From the Tombs at Oakland Cemetery on Sat. May 19 at 3 p.m. in the Criminal Records tent. Also we are playing at the Plaza Theatre before the [Blast-off Burlesque Taboo-La-La] screening of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS June 2 – my dream show!
Spooky Partridge. Photo credit: Rose Riot.
Any words of wisdom for aspiring female musicians? Mothers?
I have a little anecdote about being a female musician in Atlanta 20 years ago for everyone, and I hope this is something that does not happen to women in bands anymore! Doll Squad was playing at Masquerade one night, and when we finished we got off stage and wandered around, as you do, waiting to see the next band. This guy came over and said, (imagine redneck kind of voice) “Y’all were pretty good. But you’d be better if you played naked.” We just had to laugh – what can you say?? That was not the only incident like that I experienced with Doll Squad or Catfight, but it’s been a long, long time since I heard any nonsense like that. I hope no women in bands have that experience these days, but unfortunately I bet they do . . . Just keep playing ladies! Ignore the crap and get out there and play.
Moms: Expose your child to music as soon as possible – in the womb! Play every kind of music for them. Let them explore what they like. Even if you can’t sing or play anything sing with your child anyway. Get silly, have fun! Nick and I will sing “Ma-na-ma-na” from The Muppets in the car, then we sing “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It’s all music, it’s all good.
One more word of wisdom for mothers – no matter how much you want to absolutely do not watch THE STOOGES LIVE IN DETROIT DVD with your toddler thinking that he is too young to notice what obscenities Iggy Pop is yelling out. You could find yourself in the middle of Kroger with a child who yells “F****** dirt!” in the middle of the produce department. If this does happen, do what I do – pretend you are horrified and have no idea where the child could have learned this! If you are lucky, as I was, you ask him where he learned that word and he says, “From Daddy!”
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ATLRetro Holiday Gift Guide #2: A Noel Neighborhood Spotlight on Little 5 Points
Shopping can be a wonderful experience, but for many, it’s the REAL nightmare before Christmas. The traffic, humdrum selection of gifts, mobs of people shoving each other about. The mall. Yikes! It hurts my head just thinking about it. There is another way. We can have fun shopping, help out our independently owned shops, and give some really kick ass gifts without depleting our bank accounts or losing our minds!
Little 5 Points is often thought of for Halloween and… uh, people-watching. It should be one of the first places you think of for your holiday list. Wax N Facts, Coyote Trading, Stratosphere Skateboards, Stefan’s Vintage, Rene Rene, Cherry Bomb… there are so many reasons to shop here year-round.
Junkman’s Daughter is known far and wide as the Alternative Super Store. Shoes, clothes, and accessories from Lip Service, Bettie Page Clothing, Too Fast and many others. My friend, Kool Kat Barb Hays of Blast-Off Burlesque, gave me the highlights of the season.
Keep your head and face warm with this fun Beard Hat from Beardhead. Available in several colors, $29.00.
Who wouldn’t want Frankenstein, Tiki or Shrunken Head Plush Dice by Sourpuss? Just $10.00.
Quirky Soap Spitters like Florapus and the chubby Sock Monkey by Allen Designs instantly perk up any sink. Each dispenser is $24.99.
What’s on Barb’s Wishlist? Yummy Tofu Soft Tacos from El Myr.
Next, Barb and I headed over to Criminal Records. Criminal is home to more records, CDs, comics, toys, tees and art than you can imagine. Right now they are host to the Indie Craft Experience’s Pop Up Shop through December 24. Inside the Pop Up Shop you’ll find truly one of a kind gifts for everyone on your list.
Messenger Bags featuring Crypto Zoo, Zombie Woodland Creatures, Killer Unicorns, and Sugar Skulls by Third Half Studios. They also make double-sided necklaces (I especially love Gamera) and Sugar Skull Aprons. Prices start at $25.00
Earrings and Hair Adornments by Hustle-N-Bustle. These creations add a touch of vintage glamour and romance to any outfit. I’m fond of the ranunculus flowers, $14.00-$44.00.
Crocheted toys like Cthulhu, Grim Reaper, Giant Squid, and Vikings by NeedleNoodles, $19.00.
I ended this trip at my very own little shop of curios, Libertine – a small, but fully stocked shop known for corsets, wigs, and makeup. But, wait! There’s more. Indie designers like: Wanderlust, SweetHeartSinner, Pop Art by Zteven, as well as brands like Special Effects, Tokyo Milk and Living Dead Souls. My partner in crime, Tim Scott, showed me a few of his favorite things.
Happiness Head To Toe. A 10-piece kit including: clementine-scented shampoo, conditioner, shower creme and body lotion, sugar scrub, lip scrub and lip butter. A facial scrub, facial cleanser and facial moisturizer by Love & Toast, $24.00.
Wristlets, wallets, totes, messenger bags and backpacks featuring critters like deer, whales, hummingbirds, foxes and the oh-so-popular, Youtube favorite, otters holding hands. All by Bungalow 360, $12.00-$48.00.
Ornate Flasks by Diamond*Star*Halo. Great gifts for guys or gals with designs like Conjoined Twins, Dead Elvis, Unicorns, Owls, Anchors, and much more! $28.00- $34.00.
What’s little Timmy asking Santa for this year? The Dusty Springfield box set, Goin’ Back, from Wax N Facts.
Me? I’m headed down to the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club for a cup of Boozy Hot Cocoa. I managed to whittle my shopping list down quite a bit, but there’s more shopping to do. Next week I’ll hit the shops in Avondale with Astrid Lyons and a few of other friends. I hear talk of beer growlers and sausage. Gotta love the holidays!!!
Jennifer Belgard is Co-Conspirator at Libertine, Curator of Curios at Diamond*Star*Halo, Barkeep at Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, and Co-Coordinator of Chaos for the Little 5 Points Halloween Parade & Festival. In her spare time she enjoys Turnin’ TriXXX.
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Kool Kat of the Week: Gilded Trash-Talking with Amber Taylor of The Sexual Side Effects
Posted on: Jul 20th, 2011 By: Anya99
Return to the outrageous glittery days of ‘70s glam rock at The Masquerade this Friday July 22, from 9 p.m. into the wee, wee hours. The theme party promises not just classic hits from the likes of T. Rex, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Brian Eno—we imagine there’s got to be some Gary Glitter, too—spun by Glitterdome’s DJ Tiny Tears but also live music from neo-glam bands The Sexual Side Effects, Chattanooga’s The Unsatisfied and New York’s Starbolt 9. And that’s just the tip of the sequins as attendees are fully immersed in the glam-orous life with burlesque by the always provocative The Chameleon Queen, scandalous banter by model/artist Dax Exclamationpoint, body-painting by Erick Jara’s Dreamskin Art, gilded go-go dancers on the dance floor, a glam-inspired art show by Chris Buxbaum and vivacious vendors such as Diamond Star Halo and Aries Chain Mail.
ATLRetro tracked down Amber Taylor, the creative mastermind behind this glam resurrection and lead vocalist/guitarist of The Sexual Side Effects, to find out all the dazzling details about what’s happening Friday night, what’s new with her band and whether the rumor is true that she’s about to become a TV star.
When ATLRetro first saw the profile shot for The Sexual Side Effects Facebook page, we had to do a double-take because we thought that cute chick in the middle stomping her foot was Noel Fielding. We’re guessing you’ll take that as a compliment?
If you want to get it on with Noel then the answer is yes, because chances are I want to get it on with you too 🙂
OK, let’s get to Gilded Trash? How did you get the idea and why a tribute night to glam rock in 2011?
The night is about classic Glam Rock old and new—not ‘80s hair metal. I know a lot of really great musicians around the world who are influenced and inspired by the Glam movement of the early 1970s like I am. What better way to bring all of these people from across the globe together than to have a full-blown crazy club night with burlesque queens, circus freaks and half-naked body-painted go-go dancers where they can put on a real show.
Other glam-inspired nights I have seen or been involved with have everyone playing cover songs. While this is great, this is where we bring something different to the table by showcasing original music, hopefully cultivating a classic glam revival in the music scene. Even more important than that is to give the glam experience to a new generation that is bombarded at all angles by Disney princesses, hip-hop and dance-pop that has been run through so many record label marketing groups and filters that there is no real music or emotions left. This is about bringing classic Glam Rock into the hearts and minds of the 21st century.
You’ve put together a pretty diverse line-up of live acts, DJs, go-go dancers and burlesque performers such as The Chameleon Queen? How did you decide on the line-up?
The only way to create a magical night that is this big and have as much reach is to get as many people involved as possible. The live music is the core, but we didn’t just want to have another concert, we wanted to augment the night into something beyond that. We put the word out and started getting different types of performers and components involved with the night. It doesn’t stop at bands, burlesque, dancers, drag-queens, DJs and vendors. We have so much more we want to do as far as showcasing performers in the future, but we simply have ran out of room on the bill for this first night.
A lot of credit goes to the Gilded Trash team as well—David Dominick, our production manager, and Meredith Greer, our stage manager/talent coordinator. They have been the key in cultivating the talent and organizing the night.
Category: Kool Kat of the Week | Tags: Amber Taylor, Aries Chain Mail, Barabarella, bodypainting, Brian Eno, Chameleon Queen, Cobweb Strange, David Bowie, David Dominick, Dax Exclamationpoint, Diamond Star Halo, DJ Tiny Tears, Dreamskin Art, Drivin' n Cryin', Drunken Unicorn, Edwin McCain, Erick Jara, Flat Cat, Gary Glitter, glam rock, Glitterdome, go-go dancers, Iggy Pop, John Briglevich, Junkman's Daughter, Kool Kat, Libertine, Little 5 Points, Marc Bolan, Masquerade, Meredith Greer, Noel Fielding, Party City, Psycho Sisters, Rag-O-Rama, Sexual Side Effects, Starbolt 9, Stefan's, T Rex, The Chamber, The Unsatisfied, Ziggy Stardust
BUBBAPALOOZA 20 Schedule
Posted on: May 27th, 2011 By: Anya99
The Star Community Bar presents: BUBBAPALOOZA 20 “In memory of Gregory Dean Smalley” Read the full ATLRetro sneak preview from Bryan Malone and Ted Weldon here.
FRIDAY May 27, Doors 7pm/$8
8:00 PM The Wheelknockers
8:45 PM Rod Hamdallah
9:30 PM Bareknuckle Betties
10:15 PM The Blacktop Rockets
11:15 PM Anna Kramer & theLostCause
12:00 PM Ocha La Rocha
Little Vinyl Lounge Stage:
10:00 PM Midway Charmers
11:00 PM The Atomic Rockets
SATURDAY, Doors 3pm/$10
4:30 PM Chickens & Pigs
5:30 PM Senator Artie Mondello
6:25 PM Uncle Daddy & the Kissin Cousins
7:15 PM Sonoramic Commando
8:00 PM The Stumblers
8:45 PM AM Gold
9:30 PM Cigar Store Indians (Ben)
10:20 PM Ghost Riders Car Club
11:15 PM Caroline & the Ramblers
12:15 PM The Billygoats
6:00 PM Western Union Messenger
8:30 PM The Disasternaughts
ALSO: Garage 71 will be broadcasting live.
Parking lot beside Star Bar:
The Redneck Cruise-In Car Show! Hosted by Garage 71; pre-1970’s & earlier Hot Rods & Cycles; starts Saturday at 5pm.
BBQ provided by SLOPE’S BBQ
Raffles & Prizes including gift certificates to the best shops and stores in Little Five Points (to benefit the family of Gregory Dean Smalley)
Get your official BUBBAPALOOZA 20th Anniversary photo at the PBR Photo Booth.
Sponsored by: Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Garage 71, Slopes BBQ, Starlight Six Drive-In, Plaza Theater, Memorial Tattoo, East Atlanta Tattoo, Criminal Records, Wax N’ Facts, El Myr, Junkman’s Daughter, Abbadabba’s, Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, Savage Pizza, Tin Roof Cantina & Star Community Bar
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House Republicans’ Hollow ‘Local Control of Education’ Rhetoric
Posted on October 25, 2013 by Adam DickJune 29, 2014
By guiding HR 2083, the Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act, to the Floor Tuesday for passage by a voice vote, the House Republican leadership demonstrated the hollowness of the praise it heaped on local control of education when HR 5, the Student Success Act, passed in the House three months earlier.
The nice sounding but ominous in consequences Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act presents serious federalism, constitutional, and individual liberty concerns. The legislation standardizes nationwide — and expands — school-related background check policies that states have implemented. In particular, HR 2083 mandates fingerprinting, as well as state and FBI criminal background checking, of millions of school and local or state educational agency employees. The requirements also apply to all persons who, because they work for private entities or public agencies with a school contract or agreement, have “unsupervised access” to students.
HR 2083 provides no opt-out provision for states, school districts, or any current or potential employees. Refusal to submit to any of the fingerprinting or background checks will result in being fired or refused employment. The legislation also disqualifies people who have been convicted for any of a list of crimes from the opportunity to work in any of the covered jobs despite the fact that they have served their entire court imposed punishments. This effectively creates an ex post facto punishment prohibited under the US Constitution.
Funneling all these fingerprints and background checks to the US government also helps build the databases supporting the US government’s mass spying program.
HR 2083 passed by voice vote after a chorus of praise from several Representatives, and some moderated concern expressed by Rep. Keith Ellison in the House floor debate. Indeed, the Hill writer Pete Kasperowics identified HR 2083 as part of a package of legislation “just about everyone agrees on” that House Republican leadership had scheduled for consideration after “weeks of bitter partisan fighting about spending and the debt ceiling.”
As with the PATRIOT Act and other legislation designed to expand police powers in the US and suppress local political control, HR 2083 is cleverly named to put any legislator who opposes it immediately on the defensive. “Why don’t you want to protect the children from murderers and sexual predators,” media and constituents would ask any legislator who dares to oppose the bill.
On July 19, when HR 5, the Student Success Act, passed in the House, many Republicans were singing the praise of local control of schools. Yet the Republican leadership, with the consent of the Democrat leadership, this week put HR 2083, with its one-size-fits-all US government mandates, on the House floor for passage by voice vote.
To understand the apparent shift in the Republican House leadership’s education policy goals over the last three months, it is helpful to consider what Republicans responsible for moving education legislation in the House said when HR 5 passed on July 19.
Here is what Speaker of the House John Boehner said in a press release regarding the Student Success Act the day that legislation passed in the House:
[The Student Success Act] protects local schools from new requirements and red tape, and lets school districts identify, recruit, and keep the best teachers possible.
Similarly, the Republican House leadership’s number two, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, issued a statement that day praising the Student Success Act for removing “mandates on our local schools.”
Boehner and Cantor were outdone by their fellow Republican House members Reps. John Kline and Todd Rokita, chairmen respectively of the Education and the Workforce Committee and that committee’s Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Both HR 2083 and HR 5 proceeded to the House floor via the committee. Kline (the sponsor of HR 5) and Rokita said, also on July 19, the following in their press release trumpeting the passage of the Student Success Act:
“For the first time in more than a decade, the House has approved legislation to revamp K-12 education law. This is a monumental step forward in the fight to improve the nation’s education system and ensure a brighter future for our children,” Chairman Kline said. “The Student Success Act will tear down barriers to progress and grant states and districts the freedom and flexibility they need to think bigger, innovate, and take whatever steps are necessary to raise the bar in our schools.”
“No Washington bureaucrat cares more about a child than a parent does. And no one in Washington knows what is better for an Indiana school than Indiana families do. That is why the Student Success Act puts an end to the administration’s National School Board by putting state and local school districts back in charge of their own schools,” said Rep. Rokita. “Many Hoosiers will also be pleased to know that the Student Success Act prohibits the Secretary of Education from coercing states into adopting Common Core, again returning accountability and standards to state and local school districts, where it belongs.”
This praise for local control in education is in sharp contrast to the talking points repeated by Republican and Democrat representatives on the House floor on Tuesday — they said HR 2083 is needed to make employee hiring and retention decisions uniform nationwide. Yet, Subcommittee Chairman Rokita made the motion to suspend the rules that began debate on HR 2083. Then, in his House floor speech during the debate, Rokita praised HR 2083 for moving education decisions from local school districts and private employers to the US government — the exact opposite of what he praised HR 5 for doing:
Despite the fact that States have varying policies intended to protect children from sexual predators in schools, the GAO determined the policies were largely inconsistent and insufficient. According to the report, States don’t consistently perform preemployment background checks, and when they do conduct these checks, they are not always fingerprinted or connected to the national criminal database.
There is widespread agreement on both sides of this aisle that more must be done to protect students. We have worked with our colleagues to advance legislation that will ensure that every school employee–from the cafeteria workers, Mr. Speaker, to the administrators, to the janitors, to the teachers, principals, and librarians–that everyone is subject to a complete background check that includes the FBI fingerprint identification system and the National Sex Offender Registry.
Why did Rokita and other Republicans responsible for moving education legislation through the House reverse their position on local control of education between July 19 and October 22? The answer is that they actually did not reverse their position, despite the fact that anyone looking at their comments logically would conclude that they had. The Republican leaders’ position on local control has remained the same: cloudy and inconsistent. They just change their rhetoric to defend the legislation they are pushing at the moment.
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Major Cracks at The O.K. Corral
Today is the anniversary of Billy the Kid's death and if it wasn't for Pancho Villa and Walter Noble Burns, nobody would give a damn. Here's why: if the Mexican Revolutionary general hadn't attacked Columbus, New Mexico, a news reporter from Chicago, wouldn't have gotten the assignment to travel to New Mexico and cover the story. And if the reporter, Walter Noble Burns, hadn't followed up his reporting in Columbus with another report in El Paso, he wouldn't have gone into The Coney Island Saloon. And if Burns hadn't gone into the Coney Island he wouldn't have seen the pistol over the bar that killed Billy the Kid. And if he hadn't talked to the owner about it, Tom Powers, Burns probably wouldn't have written "The Saga of Billy the Kid." And if Burns hadn't written that book none of us would care, because that best-seller raised the Kid from obscurity and launched his legend for all time. And, if Burns hadn't hit it out of the park with that book he wouldn't have gone looking for someone else to write about, which ended up to be "Tombstone An Iliad of The Southwest." and if Burns hadn't written that book we wouldn't have this paragraph to marvel at:
The Lion of Tombstone
"So hail and farewell to the lion of Tombstone. Strong, bold, powerful, picturesque was this fighter of the old frontier. Someething epic about him. Fashioned in Homereric mold. In his way, a hero. Whatever else he may have been, he was brave. Not even his enemies have sought to deny his splendid courage. The problems of his dangerous and difficult situation, he solved, whether wisely or foolishly, with largeness of soul and utter fearlessness. No halo is for this rugged, storm-beaten head. He was a hard man among hard men in a hard environment. What he did, he did. The record stands. But, weighed in the balance, he will not be found wanting. Judged by the circumstances of his career, the verdict in his case is clear—Wyatt Earp was a man."
But we're getting ahead of the legend, as we know it. Before Burns, there was Flood, hand picked by Wyatt and Sadie Earp to be the writer of the book on Wyatt's life that would make them all rich. They worked hard on it. They fought over sections and revised others. In the end they had a real door stopper: it clocked in at 348 pages and they were mighty enthused and hopeful.
Unfortunately, everyone they sent it to, sent it back with a "no thanks." The Saturday Evening Post said it was "Florid." They were being nice. It is beyond florid. It is horrid. How horrid?
The heart of the manuscript is the Gunfight in Tombstone. Even Flood knows it's Earp's defining moment, and so we begin Chapter XXXII, like this:
"Hello Wyatt!" "Hello Wyatt!" Knock! Knock! Knock! "Hello Wyatt!" But the only response was an echo of sounds along the corridor where the early riser stood before the door.
Away at the end, a ray of light struggled in beneath the partly drawn shade—the early flush of awakening day: while the moisture on the pane indicated a lowering of the temperature outside.
[To summarize: It's cold outside and Wyatt doesn't want to get up. But Flood's not done with this scene.]
For a bare thirty seconds, there was silence as the alarmist listened, with his ear towards the closed entrance of the room. Then he tried again.
"Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! "Wyatt!" "Wyatt!" still no response, and he took hold of the knob of the door and shook it violently.
"Don't that beat the band!" he exclaimed aloud. "Damn it all!" "Wyatt!" "Wyatt!" "Get up!" "Get up!" and he fairly shook the building as he pounded on the door with his fists.
[Okay, we get the picture. Wyatt Earp doesn't want to get up and it does beat the band. Certainly, we can move on to the action?]
Whether it was the vociferous superlatives of the last remarks or his impatient pounding on the door, was never explained by the sleeper within who now showed signs of life. This time, there was a faint stretching of springs as if some one had raised up suddenly in bed:
"Huh?" "What is it?" came the half conscious tones of a sleepy voice on the inside.
"Is that you Wyatt!"
"Yes, u-h-m-m, yes, what is it?" "Me?" "Yes, all right." and then there was the sound of a heavy tread upon the door, and a fumbling with the lock, and the door opened.
"Wyatt, hurry and put on your clothes: the two McLowerys [sic] and the Clantons are in town, and Billy the Kid and they're armed for a fight!"
End of quotes from the opening of the Tombstone gunfight in Flood's florid hand. Notice that we have come full circle and that Earp-Flood are trying to lean on Billy the Kid being in on the action. Yes, Billy Claiborne was known as Billy the Kid, but still, this has an extra tinge of cheesy to it, like they're trying to cash in on the Burns book.
But just wait until we get to the main action, where the cowboys and the Earps exchange 110 shots (actually 109 CRACKs! and one BANG!) and Wyatt draws a map, that places the fight in the wrong place.
"Well, we won't put them to all that trouble, we'll go down," declared the deputy, and he and his brothers, Virgil and Morgan, buckled on their forty-fives."
—Wyatt Earp, as quoted by Flood, acknowledging they wore gunbelts, although in the Spicer Hearing he puts his pistol in his coat pocket.
Posted by Bob Boze Bell at 12:16 PM
Mary Doria Russell 2:49 PM
Poor John Flood -- still taking the rap for writing what Sadie wanted: a nice clean version, with lots of peppy dialog...
Bob Boze Bell 4:31 PM
I think you are confusing "peppy" with "pontificatious." I have a hunch that is a word Flood would gravitate towards.
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Science of Sex
There's this cool thing in London I've written about before called Lates, where museums, galleries, and other cultural institutions stay open late for fun after-hours activities. Lates has been a bit quiet recently, and it seems like the website isn't really updated regularly, but that isn't stopping places like the Design Museum, the Tates, and the Science Museum from hosting their post-work events.
Last Wednesday the Irishman and I went on a nerdy date and traveled west to the Science Museum's late "The Science of Sex." Us being, well, us, it was preceded by a trip to Byron for burgers as recommended by one of my colleagues, and after delicious burgers (very American style), Brooklyn Lagers, fries and fried zucchini strips, we headed over to see what the Science of Sex was really all about.
The event was so popular that a fast moving queue extended past the length of the building itself, but once inside the atmosphere was fantastic. There were djs and dance floors set up, and we had free access to all of the exhibits as long as we wanted. Museum staff handed out flyers outlining all of the activities that were scheduled, but this was a huge source of disappointment - there weren't that many that were about sex! There was speed-dating (a bit inappropriate for me), some sexy dancing classes (not quite my speed), and a several talks that were completely mobbed with hordes of people lining up for hours to join. I really wanted to see one about Victorian sex toys (how hilarious!) but after standing in line for 25 minutes a staff member informed about half of us that we were too far back in the line to get into the limited seat auditorium. What a bummer.
So the Irishman and I wandered, checked out a Wallace and Gromit exhibit about inventions and intellectual property sponsored by Patent office, and basically enjoyed the evening out doing something we never do. But all in all, the Science of Sex was just not sexy enough. I got a free condom on my way out, and that was pretty much the sexiest thing of all. C'mon Science Museum... try harder to turn me on!
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Tag: ZEVS
A Voice Moving Over The Waters
[Image: The Jim Creek Naval Radio Station from Popular Mechanics].
For a variety of reasons, I’ve been looking at a variety of large terrestrial antenna sites built for communicating with submarines. This is the field of Very Low Frequency (VLF) and Extremely Low Frequency radio transmission (the latter wonderfully abbreviated as ELF).
This is a topic already explored here several years ago, of course, with the Project Sanguine antenna field in Wisconsin, for example, and the Cutler array up on a peninsula in Maine. But a few other examples came up that I thought I’d post.
One is the example you see above: the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station in the woods of Washington State, as featured here in an old issue of Popular Mechanics. The Jim Creek facility is basically an entire valley in the Pacific Northwest, denuded of its trees and then strung with the harp-like cables of a mega-antenna. This antenna then broadcasts “the voice that crosses the Pacific,” as Popular Mechanics describes it, including U.S. military ships and submarines.
[Image: The antenna field at Jim Creek, via Wikipedia].
Briefly, although it’s technically irrelevant, it is nonetheless interesting in this context to read about the so-called “Hessdalen lights,” a phenomenon that appears to be caused by natural electrical currents moving through a remote Norwegian valley.
The scientific explanation for these “lights” is incredible.
Back in 2011, New Scientist reported, a scientific team “analyzed rock samples from Hessdalen and found that it is a valley of two halves: the rocks on one side of the Hesja river are rich in zinc and iron, those on the other are rich in copper. Then, during the 2012 mission someone mentioned an abandoned sulphur mine in the valley. ‘For me it was news,’ says [head scientist Jader Monari from the Institute of Radio Astronomy]. ‘We found zinc and iron on one side and copper on the other. If there is sulphur in the water in the middle, it makes a perfect battery.’”
By a weird fluke of geochemistry, the entire valley is a natural electrical cell! Now imagine a valley somewhere—in Washington State, say—acting as a giant natural radio transmitter: a geological radio station broadcasting signals out to sea.
In any case, here is the Jim Creek facility on Google Maps.
Two other quick things to mention: as a commenter pointed out here a few years ago, there is a spectacular naval-communications facility located on a peninsula in Western Australia called the Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station.
[Image: Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station, via Google Maps].
As described by the Australian government, the facility “consists of one central tower surrounded by two concentric circles each of six smaller towers ranging from 304 to 387 meters in height and is 2.54 km in diameter. It communicates over immense distances with submerged submarines in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.”
According to this commenter, the station “has an eerie suggestion of sacred geometry[:] pentagons and symmetrical shapes, all concentric. It is said that under the array, light bulbs held in the hand will glow.” This is not impossible; recall the work of artist Richard Box.
Indeed, seen on Google Maps, the facility is breathtaking. Be sure to zoom out to get a sense of how isolated this place is. Here is a view of the antennas from the nearby beach.
Finally, there is something called ZEVS. ZEVS is a secretive, Soviet-era electromagnetic facility and submarine-communication antenna array that allegedly exists somewhere beneath the forests of the Kola Peninsula.
There’s not a ton of information about it online, but I’m also just lazily Googling things at the moment and have undoubtedly missed something; if you have more details, by all means please feel free to share.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on May 4, 2017 May 4, 2017 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Antennas, Australia, Cold War, Electricity, ELF, Extremely Low Frequency, Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station, Hessdalen Lights, Infrastructure, Jim Creek, Kola Peninsula, Landscape, Maine, Norway, Project Sanguine, Soviet Union, Submarines, Western Australia, Wisconsin, ZEVS
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Members in the News: Ortiz-Bobea, Knippenberg, Chambers, Zilberman, Lee, Offutt, and Brewer
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University
Erwin Knippenberg, Cornell University
Robert G. Chambers, University of Maryland
Midwesterners are being forced to face up to climate change
By: The Economist - January 11, 2019
Yet Midwesterners are being pressed to think again. Rising sea levels or fast-moving forest fires that ravaged California this year might not threaten America’s heartland. But other changes do. Take agriculture which suffers as soil dries, rain falls erratically and winters get less cold. The National Climate Assessment, published late in November, warned of especially sharp rises in temperature in the Midwest, along with more intense rainfall and periods of drought. Research published in December by Ariel Ortiz-Bobea of Cornell University concurs with that. He suggests farmers are already enduring lower yields than they would otherwise, had climate change not been under way. Those who grow crops—the region depends heavily on harvesting corn and soy beans--see productivity suffer from big changes in the weather, especially hotter summers.
Mr Ortiz-Bobea studied the impact of increasingly frequent drought years, notably in 1983, 1988 and 2012, and concluded that farmers’ productivity grew more sensitive to changing weather in the years since the 1980s, compared with an earlier period. Though some farmers gain (especially in the north) from longer planting and harvesting seasons, “the region is more vulnerable than we’d like to believe”, he says. More warming in the coming decades will mean sharper declines in the potential yield.
Read more on: The Economist, Ag Week, Capital Journal, Duluth News Tribune, Homeland Security News Wire, AZO Cleantech, Long Room, Environmental News Network, SeedQuest, Cornell Chronicle, and Phys.org
Wolf Prize laureates announced
By: The Jerusalem Post - January 16, 2019
The names of the seven laureates of the prestigious Wolf Prize in the fields of medicine, architecture, agriculture, chemistry and mathematics were announced on Wednesday at a ceremony held at the President’s Residence. Two Israelis living in the United States – acclaimed Haifa-born architect Moshe Safdie, and Jerusalem-born Prof. David Zilberman who is an expert in agricultural and resource economics – are among the seven people who will be awarded the prize in the Knesset’s Chagall Hall at the end of May.
Read more on: The Jerusalem Post, Wolf Foundation and Haaretz
John E. Lee, Mississippi State University
Susan Offutt, FAO
Is Trump Trying To Politicize Agricultural Data? Some Former USDA Officials Suspect Yes.
By: FiveThirtyEight - January 17, 2019
The new plan would move ERS from the research arm of the USDA to one that supports the administration’s policies from within the agriculture secretary’s office. That’s worrisome, said John E. Lee, the administrator of ERS from 1981 to 1993, because the agency’s position under the undersecretary for science and education has helped to protect it as a place for objective science. Moving it to the offices of the chief economist places it in a branch centered on policy, which could threaten its ability to remain policy-neutral. (Lee recently wrote an op-ed in The Hill voicing his opposition to the plan.)
“Every administration I’ve worked for — both Democrat and Republican — at some point gets uncomfortable with one piece or another of ERS analysis,” said Susan Offutt, the ERS administrator under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. As an example, she pointed to research showing that most farmers are fairly well off. “It’s not a politically popular finding,” she said, adding such finding are why it’s essential to keep the agency in a neutral role, lest inconvenient statistics like those disappear.
Read more on: FiveThirtyEight
Brady Brewer, Purdue University
Ag Lenders Preparing for Tough 2019
By: Hoosier Ag Today - January 15, 2019
Ag lenders are preparing for a tough 2019 as well as farmers. Purdue Ag Econ Professor Brady Brewer told attendees at the Purdue Top Farmer Conference the results of a survey given to ag lenders.
“What the lenders are saying is that they have some farmers that are doing alright, and they have some farmers that they’re worrying about. Overall, their loan portfolio is pretty stable, but just given the decreasing commodity prices and some of the trade issues, they’re worried about repayment capacity moving forward here to 2019.”
Brewer said that the most common response from the survey was that lenders are looking for a plan for 2019. Even if that plan includes a loss on the year.
Read more on: Hoosier Ag Today
Send a link of the article to Sinais Alvarado at salvarado@aaea.org
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KIP MOORE ANNOUNCES UK HEADLINE DATES FOR SEPTEMBER
‘ROOM TO SPARE’ SHOWS IN MAY SOLD OUT
Multi-Platinum US singer/songwriter Kip Moore has confirmed a second run of UK headline shows for later this year.
With tickets for his initial 4-show UK run in May – part of his intimate ‘Room To Spare’ acoustic tour – selling out immediately, the Nashville-based artist will return in September for a trio of full-band, full-throttle electric dates.
“To have a fan base in the U.K. is never lost on me, and especially to be playing rooms like the ones we do. There’s a unique thing between us and these fans that’s been building for years. I can’t wait to get back in front of them.“ – Kip Moore.
KIP MOORE UK HEADLINE SHOWS 2019:-
ACOUSTIC SHOWS:-
26th May – Manchester, Academy 2 (sold out)
27th May – Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket (sold out)
29th May – Birmingham, Town Hall (sold out)
30th May – London, Cadogan Hall (sold out)
Support on these shows comes from Jillian Jacqueline.
NEWLY ADDED ELECTRIC SHOWS:-
2nd September – London, Roundhouse
4th September – Glasgow, O2 Academy
5th September – Belfast, Ulster Hall
Support tbc.
Tickets for the new shows go on sale Friday 29th March at 10:00AM
www.gigsandtours.com || www.ticketmaster.co.uk || www.axs.com/uk
In advance of these shows, Kip Moore’s ‘Room To Spare: The Acoustic Sessions’ EP – already available on CD / digital – will be released on vinyl for Record Store Day on
13th April; this special RSD version adds 5 additional tracks from Moore’s previous studio recordings – ‘Plead The Fifth’, ‘Last Shot’, ‘The Bull’ & ‘Guitar Man’ from his latest, wildly-acclaimed ‘Slowheart’ album (2017), plus ‘That Was Us’ from the highly-praised ‘Wild Ones’ (2015).
All of the tracks on this release were hand-picked by Moore, providing an essential playlist for his loyal following.
“I’m still a big believer that there’s something special about the physical part of buying a record,” says Moore. “For me, there’s nothing better than the sound of vinyl, so I’m really happy that these songs can now be heard in that way.”
‘ROOM TO SPARE: THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS’
Official Vinyl Track-List:-
SIDE A: ‘Room To Spare – The Acoustic Sessions’
1. Plead The Fifth
2. Tennessee Boy
3. Love You To The Moon
4. It Ain’t California
5. Wish It Was Me
6. Come Home With You
7. Part Of Growing Up
SIDE B: Kip Essentials
1. Plead The Fifth (Studio Version)
2. That Was Us (Studio Version)
3. The Bull (Studio Version)
4 Last Shot (Studio Version)
5. Guitar Man (Studio Version)
Fans can purchase this special limited edition vinyl format at participating record stores, available to locate here.
Moore recently unleashed his new single, ‘The Bull’, from his aforementioned third studio album, ‘Slowheart’, a record that garnered instant praise from critics as the "sound of an uncompromising, genre-defying artist firing on all cylinders” (NOISEY); his energetic, emotion-driven live performances prove why he’s "one of country music’s most tireless and powerful live draws” (Rolling Stone).
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China and Africa jointly promote sustainable development
Author:Bureau of International Cooperation, CASS Source: Chinese Social Sciences Today 2019-12-16
Hosted by the China-Africa Institute and the African Union (AU) Commission, the international symposium “China and Africa jointly promote sustainable development” was held in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Dec. 6–7. More than 300 people including scholars from Chinese and African major research institutions, government officials, business executives, media personnel and representatives from such international organizations as the AU participated in the symposium.
CASS president Xie Fuzhan , ambassador and head of the Chinese mission to the AU Liu Yuxi, and AU commissioner for trade and industry Albert Muchanga attended the opening ceremony and made speeches. Arkebe Oqubay, special adviser to the Ethiopian prime minister, delivered a keynote speech.
Xie said that at the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, both sides unanimously decided to build a China-Africa community with a shared future that assumes joint responsibility, pursues win-win cooperation, delivers happiness for all, enjoys cultural prosperity, ensures common security, and promotes harmony between man and nature, setting an example for pushing the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Under the chaotic international situation, China and Africa jointly bear the historical mission of countering global development challenges, shaping international development momentum and building an inclusive and interconnected global development governance pattern. Both sides should deepen their comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership, solve development problems, and strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, Xie said.
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The latest solo project from Sergio Trejo, Wladyslaw, has released a new single titled 'Dos Agujas'. It is described as a look inside the junkies' lives of Trejo's neighborhood. The song comes along with a video directed from experimental photographer and director Juan Carlos Quindos, and can be streamed below.
The single comes packed with two remixes from Miguel Grimaldo and Joaquin Posac and can be ordered HERE.
Wladyslaw Releases New Single "Dos Agujas"
Steven Gullotta http://www.brutalresonance.com/news/wladyslaw-releases-new-single-dos-agujas/ March 5, 2016 March 5, 2016
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unTIL BEN Releases New Single "Computer Decadence"
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24 College Football Head Coaches That CANNOT LOSE In Week THREE – Sing It Steely Dan…Deacon Blues…Deacon Blues!
COACHES HOT SEAT > Uncategorized > 24 College Football Head Coaches That CANNOT LOSE In Week THREE – Sing It Steely Dan…Deacon Blues…Deacon Blues!
Harry September 17, 2015 0 Comments
Coaches Hot Seat, Coaches Hot Seat Rankings
“They got a name for the winners in the world….I want a name when I lose…they call Alabama the Crimson Tide….call me Deacon Blues…Deacon Blues.”
Enjoy the GREAT Steely Dan singing Deacon Blues!
1. Bobby Petrino, Louisville vs. Clemson – After a 9 – 4 first season Louisville HC Bobby Petrino is very close to having his Cardinals football team go off the tracks after opening the 2015 season with losses to Auburn and Houston and with the mighty Clemson Tigers coming to town who could leave Louisville with a BIG…
…on the board with 7 ACC games remaining to be played and a game against Kentucky in Lexington to end the season. There will ALWAYS be more pressure on Bobby Petrino because of his past coaching and personal incidents and a loss to Clemson on Thursday night will see a return of Bobby Petrino to the Hot Seat where he will be joining his brother Paul Petrino the head coach at Idaho!
2. Randy Edsall, Maryland vs. South Florida – Randy Edsall got his ass off the Hot Seat in 2014 with a record of 7 – 5 before getting destroyed in the bowl game against Stanford BUT Edsall will be heading back to the Hot Seat if he cannot get his team refocused and ready to play South Florida after the Terps got whipped by MAC Conference team Bowling Green in Week 2. It’s all very simple for Randy Edsall…to stay off the Hot Seat Maryland team MUST beat South Florida who has a head coach in Willie Taggart who has his own Hot Seat problems and who is in desperate need of some wins also right now! Come on Willie Taggart…get off your ass and get YOUR Bulls to start winning some football games!
3. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma vs. Tulsa – Yes, it was precious watching Bob Stoops crow about his used-to-be mighty Sooners having to storm back to beat a middling SEC team in Tennessee that had a head coach in Butch Jones that coached the last three quarters of that game like a COWARD but then why don’t we let Bob and Mike Stoops crow a bit since after all…
Baylor now routinely treats the Oklahoma like a red-headed stepchild!
Memo to Bob Stoops: Most Big 12 Head Coaches don’t coach like Butch Jones…..COWARDLY….so don’t expect to come roaring back in games when you get into Big 12 Conference play this season son!
As for Tulsa….we cannot imagine that Oklahoma could lose this game with Tulsa having a new head coach and all….but with the Stoops Boys these days one never knows and if the Sooners come out un-focused after their “Big” win over Tennessee…one never knows!
Just don’t lose to Tulsa Bob because a loss would have your ass roaring back up the Coaches Hot Seat Rankings just like the Sooners roared back against Tennessee and their COWARDLY coach last Saturday!
4. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech vs. Purdue – In the 12 football seasons between 1999 and 2011 Virginia Tech under Frank Beamer won 10 or more games…
…and won 11 games…
…BUT over the past three seasons the Hokies under Beamer have put-up records of…
2012: 7 – 6
…and if that is acceptable to the fans of Virginia Tech football then Virginia Tech football is about one thing and one thing only…
Being Very Damn Average!
The above is why this game at Purdue is a CRITICAL game for Frank Beamer and the Hokies to win because if the Hokies lose to a Purdue football team that has won…
4 Football Games
….the last TWO seasons then it will truly be OVER for Frank Beamer in Blacksburg…..right? RIGHT!
5. Darrell Hazell, Purdue vs. Virginia Tech – We said it before and we will say it again the Purdue football team that lost to Marshall in Week 1 looked like a much-improved team over 2014 and frankly we will be SHOCKED if the Boilermakers lose to a stumbling and bumbling Virginia Tech football team this Saturday but then we have been shocked many Damn times before in our short lives on this Earth!
Very Damn Simply….Virginia Tech is a CRITICAL game for Darrell Hazell and the Boilermakers to win especially with a game against Bowling Green in Week 4 and Big Ten Conference play beginning on October 3 at Michigan State! Just Damn CRITICAL!
6. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech – Brian Kelly was lucky to get out of Charlottesville with a win and not find his ass scalding at the top of the Coaches Hot Seat Rankings which is where Kelly’s ass would have been with an Irish loss to Virginia and now the pressure is on again in Week 3 because if Notre Dame truly is a…
“College Football Playoff Contender”
…as Brian Kelly seems to believe then for Damn sure the Irish shouldn’t lose to a Georgia Tech team in South Bend…right? RIGHT!
With games remaining at Clemson, Navy, USC, at Temple, at Pitt, Boston College and at Stanford the Irish have very little margin for error especially when Brian Kelly is another 4-plus loss season from finding his ass out of a job in South Bend!
7. Mike Riley, Nebraska vs. Miami – As Bo Pelini said in 2011 after Nebraska came back to beat Ohio State….
“Our crowd. What a bunch of f-ing fair-weather fucking—they can all kiss my ass out the f-ing door. ‘Cause the day is f-ing coming now. We’ll see what they can do when I’m f-ing gone. I’m so f-ing pissed off.”
…we are all going to get to see what Nebraska can do with Pelini’s “ass out the f-ing door” and since Bo Pelini spent a good deal of time on the Hot Seat over the past SEVEN seasons even while putting up a lot of..
9 – 4 like records
….the standard for Mike Riley is very simple…
Either EXCEED Bo Pelini’s performance at Nebraska or your “Golly Geez Whiz Mr. McGoo” persona will find it’s ass on the Hot Seat Mike Riley in the same way Bo Pelini’s ass did during his time in Lincoln.
YES…beating Miami is Very Damn Important for Mike Riley and Mike Riley knows it!
8. Al Golden, Miami vs. Nebraska – We made another call down to our buddies in South Florida in the last couple of days and asked again…
“How many wins does Al Golden need this season to return in 2016?”
South Florida Buddies Response = “9….maybe 10 wins….and Miami better not lose to Duke!”
Hmmm….”9 or 10 wins and Miami better not lose to Duke” means that with Miami now sitting at 2 – 0 and 10 games left on the board Al Golden needs 7 or 8 more wins playing 10 these games….
At Cincinnati
At Florida State
At Duke
At North Carolina
At Pitt
Since we are talking about the Miami Hurricanes here…”The U”….we see no Damn reason at all why Al Golden in his FIFTH season at Miami cannot win…
10 Regular Season Games in 2015…..PERIOD!
9. Les Miles, LSU vs. Auburn – LSU looked so bad at times in 2014 that a win over Mississippi State which used to close to an AUTOMATIC WIN for the LSU Tigers was received with a sigh of relief in Bayou Country and now with Auburn on the ropes and another loss from going into a Complete Tailspin (more on Auburn and Gus Malzahn in a moment) there is a chance that LSU could beat Auburn in Baton Rouge and roll through their next 5 games to be 7 – 0 when they go to play Alabama in Tuscaloosa on November 7!
On the other side of that coin though which we call the Les Miles Roaring Hot Seat Side of the coin if LSU does somehow lose to an Auburn team that looks to be in Complete Disarray right now Les Miles can expect to wake-up Monday morning and see his mug and ass on a Raging Hot Seat!
10. Gus Malzahn, Auburn vs. LSU – A few years ago someone asked a Coaches Hot Seat member:
“Why do you guys do that Quotes of the Day thing with famous people on your website?”
The Coaches Hot Seat member responded by saying:
“Nothing wrong with getting a little education on great people along the way especially considering how little folks read these days.”
With the above in mind we are going to give a little education to Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn who we think a lot of here at Coaches Hot Seat before he finds his ass on the Hot Seat which is where Malzahn’s ass will be if the Auburn Tigers lose to LSU on Saturday.
As has been written about in the Coaches Hot Seat Blog a few times we had a lot of interest in the up-tempo offense that Gus Malzahn and many other high school and now college…and even one NFL coach…have brought to the game of football and one Coaches Hot Seat member has been watching the Auburn offense very closely in recent years both when Malzahn was the offensive coordinator and head coach at the school, and from that watching of the Auburn offense he produced a paper this past Summer that he distributed to all Coaches Hot Seat members that is titled:
“The Gus Malzahn Offense at Auburn: As Predictable As the Sun Coming Up in the East”
What the Hell does the above title mean and what is in that paper on The Gus Malzahn Offense at Auburn exactly?
Well….we can’t say exactly what is in that paper but one can probably discern from the title that if a Coaches Hot Seat member spending approximately 50 hours over a year can come up with some very clear tendencies of Gus Malzahn’s offense that opposing coaches with people on staff making collectively Millions of Dollars a year can come up with a Helluva lot of tendencies also!
To that point let’s go to a lesson from long ago from the Late Great Bill Walsh which is of course paraphrased since it was a Helluva long time ago:
“Boys, tell me what this word is with three letters missing:
P E A _ _ _
Yes, that’s right it’s P E A N U T.
OK, let’s try another word…tell me what this word is with four letters missing:
A I R P _ _ _ _
Right again…the word is A I R P L A N E.
Now, how do you think your mind was able to figure out those words with the missing letters so quickly and what the Hell does that have to do with calling offensive plays?
Yes…the human mind is wired to fill-in blanks and notice tendencies quickly based upon past experiences which goes back to the caveman days when a caveman would be in great danger if he was not able to think quickly on his feet and deal with his changing circumstances and environment. Likewise an offensive playcaller must be able to think quickly on his feet and deal with the changing circumstances and environment of a football game but the very thing that makes human beings so successful is also a great liability because human beings also will have great tendencies that they will go back to time and time again when confronted with the same situation and unless a football team is superior to another team and can overwhelm it with talent, power and strength it will be those tendencies of the offensive playcaller that can do great damage to a team’s chances to win the game.”
What the Hell exactly does all of the above mean?
Let’s go to an article in the New York Times from December 1996 that quoted Bill Walsh extensively on the importance of offensive play-calling and see if we can give a little help to Gus Malzahn down on The Plains of southeast Alabama:
The ABC’s of X’s and O’s: The Art of Play-Calling in the N.F.L., Thomas George, New York Times
‘The coach making the calls must have full command of all of the plays,” said Bill Walsh, who won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers, in part because he was a master of the play-calling trade. He currently is in the Hall of Fame and is back with the 49ers as an administrative assistant. One of his key roles this season, in fact, has been fine-tuning the 49ers’ play-calling.
”The coach must be well-grounded,” Walsh continued. ”When I was calling the plays early in my career as an assistant with a passing background for the Cincinnati Bengals, I used to fight tooth and nail right there on the sidelines with running backs coach Bill Johnson. He wanted to call all runs. If it was left up to me, we’d be dropping back there and throwing downfield all of the time. That taught me something. If you get a coach calling the plays who’s trying to prove his philosophies in his area, you’re in trouble.”
If the play-caller cannot make adjustments on the fly, trouble also lurks.
”I was also an assistant with the Raiders and we were playing Denver,” Walsh said. ”Denver blitzed on every play. Tom Flores was our quarterback. He hit maybe 6 out of 20 passes for 160 yards. But he hit four long touchdown passes and we won, 28-0. That game left a mark on me, because we hadn’t planned it or practiced it that way. That’s showing adaptability to what defenses are trying to do to you.””
We will assume that all of the above makes sense to anyone that coaches in or follows the Great Game of Football but let’s go to the MONEY quotes in this New York Times article as it pertains to what Bill Walsh always tried to impart to people on the importance of not getting too predictable when calling offensive plays since not only will opposing coaches pick-up on those tendencies before the game is played BUT well-coached players themselves will pick-up on those tendencies during the game itself!
And quoting again from the above New York Times article:
“It was Walsh who helped introduce into the pro game the concept of scripting the plays. When a play-caller scripts, he creates a list of plays — usually 15 to 25 — that he uses at the start of the game.
”Scripting is planning; it’s contingency planning,” Walsh said. ”The fewer decisions to be made during the game, the better. You don’t want to live by your instincts. It’s isolating each situation that comes up and establishing what comes up.”
In essence, scripting plays does two things: 1) It forces an offense to implement what it has practiced during the week and 2) It focuses on your strengths, regardless of what the defense is doing. As many as eight current N.F.L. teams, most of them led by former Walsh assistant coaches, now script plays, usually the first 15 of the game.
”It takes real nerve,” Walsh said. ”If things aren’t working, you can lose your nerve. The script makes you stay in the game plan and make it work. I often did the first 25. So, I did less thinking in the early stages of the game and I’d be less nervous. I would have check points for the defense. This way, I could orchestrate the first quarter of the game. I was able to initiate my plan. On third-and-1, for example, I’d go off that list to a short-yardage list. Then I’d go back to the script.
”You make much better decisions on Thursdays and Fridays than you do on Sundays. If anybody thinks they can make all of the decisions on Sundays, then that person often is simply hoping to be lucky.””
No…an offensive playcaller doesn’t have to script plays to open a game to be successful BUT a head coach and/or whoever is calling the offensive plays must be very aware of how easy it is to get into the same situation over and over again and often calling the same or a very similar play over and over again and in an age when very little escapes notice those tendencies will not only be noticed they will be exploited by your opponent and in our opinion the very obvious playcalling tendencies of Gus Malzahn’s offense at Auburn is a big reason why Malzahn is 10 – 6 in his last 16 games at Auburn with that on the verge of moving to 10 – 7 with a loss to LSU.
Memo to Gus Malzahn: What is this word Gus that is missing three letters?
O B V I _ _ _
Yes…it is…
O B V I O U S
…as is your offense at Auburn!
Lose to LSU and expect to find your ass on the Hot Seat come Monday morning Gus!
11. Kevin Wilson, Indiana vs. Western Kentucky – Well, this one is O B V I O U S as well because if Kevin Wilson’s Hoosiers lose to Western Kentucky on Saturday to drop to 2 – 1 on the year with a tough Big Ten Conference schedule ahead….
Well, let’s just say it would NOT BE GOOD so play hard Hoosiers!
12. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina vs. Georgia – Longtime radio show host and all around good guy along with being Steve Spurrier’s official biographer Buddy Martin appeared on the Paul Finebaum show earlier this week and said that most of all Steve Spurrier didn’t want anyone feeling sorry for Steve because of his recent troubles winning football games at South Carolina.
What person with a working brain would feel sorry for Steve Spurrier who won the Heisman Trophy, played in the NFL, is in the College Football Hall of Fame and is one of the Top 10 college head coaches in the last 50 years?
Hell, we don’t feel sorry for Steve Spurrier but instead we are ready to roast Spurrier’s ass if he doesn’t get off his ass and get his South Carolina football team playing some winning football again starting with this game against Georgia in Athens on Saturday!
There is NO downside for Steve Spurrier in his current situation because even if the 2015 season imploded at South Carolina and Spurrier decided to end his legendary coaching career come December and head to beach and play golf and maybe do some TV work in around college football games life will be very good for Steve Spurrier….just as it is for Bobby Bowden right now….and life everywhere else on Earth and in the Universe will continue on whether Spurrier is on the sideline coaching games or not.
YES…we want the Ol’ Ball Coach…
Hell, Steve you are 70 so that makes you OLD!
…..to start coaching South Carolina to wins again BUT we also know that there are cemeteries all over the world filled with men and women who many thought were “indispensable” and yet the world continued on without their presence and South Carolina and College Football will continue on without Steve Spurrier if the Ol’ Ball Coach decides to do something else with his life later this year.
Hell, what about putting Steve Spurrier in the booth with Jesse Palmer and Brent Musburger to do the SEC Game of the Week on the SEC Network in 2016 and then Steve can play a lot of golf and travel around the SEC Conference each Fall talking to coaches and critiquing what they are doing right and wrong?
Hell, that sounds good to us but how about beating Georgia on Saturday Steve?
13. Mark Richt, Georgia vs. South Carolina – Oh, this one is Very Damn Simple:
IF Mark Richt and Georgia somehow lost to a reeling Ol’ Ball Coach and South Carolina on Saturday….
Welcome Back to the Hot Seat Mark Richt!
14. Todd Monken, Southern Miss vs. Texas State – It’s time…Hell, it’s way past time to get Southern Miss football back on track and a win against Texas State on a road would be a good way to get that “back on track” thing started BUT if USM loses this game….the Hot Seat only gets Hotter for Todd Monken!
15. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech vs. Arkansas – This Saturday’s Arkansas game is HUGE for Kliff Kingsbury and this Texas Tech football team because if the Red Raiders were able to go into Fayetteville and avenge the loss they took to the Hogs in 2014 and get to 3 – 0 on the season that would make the game against TCU at home in Week 4 VERY DAMN HUGE because if you can beat Arkansas on the road you might just be able to beat TCU at home….right? RIGHT!
Besides…if Texas Tech beat Arkansas on Saturday we will quit calling Kliff Kingsbury PBK = Pretty Boy Kingsbury FOREVER and Hell that just by itself is worth the Texas Tech players playing like a House on Fire in this football game!
16. Bret Bielema, Arkansas vs. Texas Tech – Just a couple of weeks ago Bret Bielema was popping off about Ohio State and about every other Damn thing under the Sun but after the loss to Toledo for some Damn reason we haven’t heard much from Bret this week and we cannot figure out why!
Memo to Head Football Coaches on the Importance of Communication: In the late 1970s the Dad of a Coaches Hot Seat member was having dinner with a legendary college football coach on the West Coast and this Dad had read something in the newspaper earlier in the day about “X player” on this coach’s team and the Dad asked the coach if had meant to make such a borderline negative comment about that “X player” and the legendary coach said:
“Hell Yes, I made a point of making that comment about “X player” in that press conference and I even requested to that the reporter personally to make sure my comment about “X player” made it into the newspaper. My players are paying attention to what is being said about them in the media and often hear things better through the media than on the practice field.”
The above coach’s comment was made in the late 1970s and some 35-plus years later in the Social Media + Information Age do you think players are hearing what is said about them in the media?
Be careful what you say coaches and make sure all of your comments in the media are on target and measured well especially during the football season.
Getting back to Bret Bielema after the loss to Toledo…
Bret Bielema and Arkansas CANNOT LOSE THIS GAME…PERIOD.
17. Mike MacIntyre, Colorado vs. Colorado State – Talk about a head coach that CANNOT LOSE A GAME that would be Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre who CANNOT LOSE to Colorado State on Saturday for so many reasons but especially because CSU has a first-year head coach in Mike Bobo and the Buffs really need this win over CSU and a win over Nicholls State in Week 4 to be 3 – 1 when they enter Pac-12 Conference play on October 3 against Oregon in Boulder.
Good Luck Mike and DON’T LOSE THIS GAME!
18. Charlie Strong, Texas vs. California – Last time we checked Texas is still Texas and NOT Louisville and since Texas is still Texas we don’t believe in these “not enough talent” excuses for Charlie Strong or anyone else that coaches the football team at the University of Texas and thus why Strong better start winning some football games and in a hurry starting with a win over California on Saturday.
Should we really expect Texas to beat California on Saturday?
HELL YES and that is because what Charlie Strong took over at Texas is no Damn worse off than what Nick Saban took over at Alabama and what was Alabama’s record in Saban’s second year at Alabama?
Oh, what was Alabama’s record in Nick Saban’s third year at Alabama?
14 – 0 and National Champions!
We expect no less at Texas than we would at Alabama and anyone at Texas, or around Texas, or loves Texas football shouldn’t accept anything less either and thus why it’s time for Texas football to start winning some football games starting with a win over California on Saturday which posted a record of…
….in 2014 so we aren’t exactly talking about Alabama coming to Austin on Saturday…right? RIGHT!
IF Texas did lose to California looking over the rest of the Horns’ schedule how many wins might Charlie Strong post in 2015?
At TCU
At Iowa State
At West Virginia
At Baylor
Hell, if you can’t beat a mediocre California team in your home stadium in Austin just who in the Hell besides Kansas is Texas going to beat on the rest of its schedule exactly?
Geez…could Texas really go 2 – 10 or 3 – 9 in 2015?
Maybe so and if they do we will have to invent a new name for Charlie Strong’s Hot Seat Category like….
RXJ1347 = The Hottest Place in the Universe = 300 Million Degrees C!
Hottest Spot in the Universe Found, Paul Sutherland, Skymania
19. James Franklin, Penn State vs. Rutgers – With Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood being sent to the showers for three games…
Kyle Flood suspended 3 games, fined $50K for contacting professor, Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com
…in what can only be characterized as…
“That’s just Rutgers folks!”
….a coach that CANNOT afford a loss in this spot is Penn State HC James Franklin who is coaching what seems like one of the most fragile teams in college football right now.
Penn State played a little better in Week 2 against Buffalo BUT than in their Week 1 loss to Temple which was a lot like many of Penn State’s games in 2014 when it seemed that the Penn State players were playing not aggressively but almost as if they were afraid to make a mistake that might lead to something else….perhaps them getting their ass chewed out royally maybe?
One thing for sure James Franklin’s Vanderbilt teams seemed to have a lot of fun playing football for James Franklin…just an observation from the peanut gallery here at Coaches Hot Seat….and this and last year’s Penn State teams look miserable as Hell playing for James Franklin.
20. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa vs. Pitt – It’s impossible for us to know if the 2015 Iowa football team is any good or not since the Hawkeyes have wins over Illinois State and Iowa State on the board which is like saying you beat a team slightly tougher than AIR and even in Week 3 with Pitt coming to town with a new head coach in Pat Narduzzi it’s hard to know if a win in this spot over the Panthers will be that big of a deal or not.
One Damn Thing For Sure….a loss to Pitt will send Kirk Ferentz flying BACK UP the Coaches Hot Seat Rankings!
21. David Shaw, Stanford vs. USC – The other day we posted a Stanford Athletics video of the 2009 Stanford – USC game in the LA Coliseum when the Cardinal whipped the Trojans by a score of…
….and many of us after watching the above video could not help but notice with how much…
Passion, Fire, Determination, Kick-Ass Intensity, Craziness, Sheer Will
…that Stanford football was playing with against USC in 2009 especially compared to the 2015 Stanford football team that was barely awake when they lost to Northwestern in the opening game of the season.
One Coaches Hot Seat Member even said after watching the above video and comparing it to the Northwestern game earlier this year:
“That’s it! Stanford football is now DEAD ASLEEP under David Shaw and is on the verge of going into a COMA!”
The old joke among Coaches Hot Seat members before Coaches Hot Seat ever existed was that the Stanford football teams under coaches Buddy Teevens and Walt Harris were so WEAK that the then 30ish and 40ish Coaches Hot Seat members could whip the Hell out of the entire Cardinal team on or off the football field.
That reality changed when Jim Harbaugh got to The Farm….
…and now it’s quickly becoming the consensus again that the now 40ish and 50ish Coaches Hot Seat members could whip the Hell out of the entire Cardinal team on or off the football field and that is nothing less than a…
Complete Freaking Disaster for Stanford Football
Can David Shaw and Stanford beat USC in the LA Coliseum on Saturday night?
Better question might be can Stanford keep the final margin below a 21 point plus defeat at the hands of the Trojans?
One of the worst feelings in the world is embarrassment and we would recommend that David Shaw’s Stanford team not embarrass the Stanford alumni that are traveling to Los Angeles for this game many of whom will be hanging-out with and staying with USC alumni and will rightly be hearing a lot of crowing if USC destroys the Cardinal. No, don’t embarrass yourselves, Stanford fans and alumni, and Stanford University on Saturday night because that leads to people getting pissed-off and pissed-off people is the LAST DAMN THING IN THE WORLD David Shaw wants right now.
22. Paul Rhoads, Iowa State vs. Toledo – Talk about bad timing just when Paul Rhoads needs a win in the worst way he has to take his Iowa State football team on the road to play a MAC team on their home field in Toledo which just beat Arkansas on its home field!
A loss in this spot and Iowa State drops to 1 – 2 on the season with NINE Big 12 Conference Games ahead and our guess is that the Cyclones will be the underdog in…
Eight of those Nine Big 12 Conference Games!
Geez…these are not good times for Iowa State football.
23. Mike Leach, Washington State vs. Wyoming – Mike Leach somehow pulled a win out of his ass that was sitting on a very Hot Seat last Saturday against Rutgers and now the Cougs needs to refocus and make sure they beat a reeling Wyoming team at home before starting Pac-12 Conference play at California on October 3.
Absolutely Wyoming is a game that The Pirate CANNOT LOSE!
24. Norm Chow, Hawaii vs. UC Davis – Now sitting on a record of 1 – 1 Norm Chow’s Hawaii team MUST beat UC Davis on Saturday because their next two games are…
At Boise State
….and there is not a Chance in Hell that the Warriors will win either of those games on the road so clearly UC Davis is a CANNOT LOSE game for Norm Chow and Hawaii!
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A note about snowballs in Hell: According to the Washington Post, the normal high temperature for D.C. is 85 degrees at this time of year. Yesterday’s high was 96. It has been that way for several days. The heat wave is supposed to continue into next week.
Question: Have you seen any stories about the way the heat wave proves that global warming is happening? We ask because of the lunacy that occurred when it snowed in D.C. this year.
As you may recall, Washington’s snowstorms produced a wave of mocking claims about the foolishness of climate change theory. All over talk radio, all over Fox, voters heard a ludicrous claim: The heavy snow means that climate change isn’t really happening! Voters heard this again and again. Many voters believed it.
We can ridicule these people all we want. But many of them are voters.
For our money, our big newspapers did a very poor job responding to this perfect nonsense (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 2/15/10). There has been no corresponding nonsense about this week’s heat wave.
There has been no nonsense this week—and that, of course, is good. But in these well-twinned weather events, we can’t help seeing the shape of American politics over the past forty years. One tribe has broadcast well-known bits of nonsense: Socialized medicine has failed wherever it’s been tried! The Social Security trust fund has already been spent! If we lower tax rates, we get extra revenue! In the absence of active attempts at rebuttal, such nonsense has been quite effective. Claims of this type have driven American politics, as in the past year’s debate about the Obama health plan.
Many people believed what they heard about that unusual snow in D.C. This week, it’s been very hot in D.C. Thankfully, not a word has been said.
CHIMP-ON-CHIMP CRIME (permalink): How do bands of chimps wage war?
If you’re curious, you can read Nicholas Wade’s intriguing report from Tuesday’s New York Times (click here). Or you can watch your own tribe’s alpha chimp as he blusters each evening on Countdown.
Our chimp can be quite a sight. On Tuesday night, you could have watched his latest “Special Report,” in which he blustered, pronounced and proclaimed, instructing pitiful dumb-ass Obama about why he shouldn’t fire McChrystal. Our head chimp knew exactly what Obama should do. He also knew, with perfect certainty, what the political outcomes would be—and he knew which camera to wheel toward as he thundered about these events.
On Tuesday, you could have watched him doing that. Or you could have seen his pitiful attempt to rebut Sharron Angle. Angle seems to favor some form of privatized Social Security. (We doubt that she’s ever explained in detail.) But Angle seems to know how to talk about this potent issue—and Keith Olbermann pretty much doesn’t. On Tuesday night, after several teases, he named Angle worst person in the world—and he offered this hapless report about this potent issue:
OLBERMANN (6/22/10): But our winner, Nevada Tea Party Senate candidate Sharron Angle. After the profusion of evidence that she was lying when she denied she wanted to gut and privatize Social Security, she has now changed her tune slightly. She did an interview with the Human Events site, the people who brought you that headline "Liberals Hate Sarah Palin Because She’s Beautiful."
ANGLE (videotape): We need to look at personalizing the Social Security and Medicare programs, so that we can keep the government out of the lock box, keep them from raiding our retirement and raiding our health care.
OLBERMANN: Personalizing Social Security does not mean selecting your own screen saver. It means privatizing. Make people invest their Social Security earnings into the stock market, where a chunk will automatically be skimmed off the top by brokers, and the rest could vanish in, you know, the next mortgage crisis or BP Gulf disaster. And if any of that is still unclear, Ms. Angle’s website says, at this moment, that Social Security needs to be, quote, "transitioned out." So when she says she doesn’t want to gut and privatize Social Security, she’s lying. Sharron Angle, Tea Party and “Let’s restore the 19th Century” party candidate for the senate from Nevada, today’s worst person in the world.
Angle is working with talking-points which have been successful for decades. (The Social Security trust fund is just a bunch of IOUs! The money isn’t there—it’s already been spent!) These talking-points have been quite successful, even though they’re misleading, because the right has endlessly worked to promote them—and because the liberal world, sleepwalking through life, has never made any serious attempt to create a coherent rebuttal. For the record, Angle isn’t “lying” when she uses the language of “personal” accounts; going back at least as far as Candidate Bush in 2000, Republicans use the language of “personal” accounts (not “private” accounts) because that language poll-tests better. (Democrats use the language of “privatization” because it poll-tests worse.) But no, Angle’s language isn’t a “lie. Somewhat sadly, that’s the only type of ordure our head chimp knows how to throw.
Conceivably, this issue could serve Angle well in the coming campaign. She seems to know how to talk about it; major bozos on our side still don’t. As a general matter, Olbermann’s thunder will be pleasing to liberals, unconvincing to everyone else.
Later that evening, preening and wheeling to various cameras, Olbermann loudly instructed dumb Obama why he should keep McChrystal.
But then, our liberal channel is increasingly a joke, a route to long-term disaster. If progressives are ever going to succeed in changing American politics, we need to learn how to persuade voters in Arkansas, the state Gene Lyons discussed last week—and in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, the states David Brooks named this week. This effort would take a good long time, but there’s no other route to progressive consensus. But at our pseudo-progressive channel, the chimps are inclined to insult such voters. This approach makes for good entertainment TV—and it serves the interests of Power.
(As long as the two bands of chimps keep fighting, Power will stay on top.)
Can liberals build a progressive politics? We’ll certainly have to do it ourselves, if it’s ever going to happen. Just consider what happened this week when several major mainstream columnists tried to stand and fight.
By this time, the dumbness of mainstream press corps culture almost defies belief. Consider what happened when the New York Times’ Charles Blow tried to say that Obama is doing a pretty good job.
Blow thought Obama’s address from the Oval Office was “just fine.” And not only that! “On balance, [Obama] is doing a good job,” the columnist judges—“not perfect, but good.” But you had to hunt through Blow’s piece to ferret these favorable judgments. This was Blow’s picture of the state of American politics—a picture in which he went straight to insulting psychiatric assessments about the guy he defended:
BLOW (6/19/10): On one side is America—fickle and excitable, hotheaded and prone to overreaction, easily frightened and in constant need of reassurance.
On the other side stands Obama—solid and sober, rooted in the belief that his way is the right way and in no need of alteration. He’s the emotionally maimed type who lights up when he’s stroked and adored but shuts down in the face of acrimony. Other people’s anxieties are dismissed as irrational and unworthy of engagement or empathy. He seems quite comfortable with this aspect of his personality, even if few others are, and shows little desire to change it. It’s the height of irony: the presumed transformative president is stymied by his own unwillingness to be transformed. He would rather sacrifice the relationship than be altered by it.
Blow’s portrait of “America” is remarkably dumb. (Is everyone “fickle and excitable, hotheaded and prone to overreaction, easily frightened and in constant need of reassurance?) But his portrait of Obama defines the fallen state of the upper-end press corps. Obama is doing a good job, Blow says. But he’s “the emotionally maimed type,” the pundit confides, making a remarkable judgment—and he goes on to offer a very unflattering portrait of Obama’s psyche, without offering any examples which might help us know why he thinks such things. (When has Obama dismissed “other people’s anxieties…as irrational and unworthy of engagement or empathy?” Blow forgets to say.) But then, this column is a pure example of the species known as Hardening Dowdism; it’s an almost perfect copy of Lady Dowd’s simpering style. (Note especially the pseudo-irony found in Blow’s silly word-play: The presumed transformative president is stymied by his own unwillingness to be transformed! Later: The president must accept the basic fact that he, as the agent of change, must himself be open to change!) Blow is becoming the latest Lord Dowdinpants. You know the formula! He offers dim-witted psychiatric assessments wrapped in silly word-play.
Blow, remember, was praising Obama. Richard Cohen is less impressed with the president—but he too turned to psychiatric assessments in Tuesday’s Washington Post. According to Cohen, Obama “hugely misunderstood what some people were saying when they demanded that he get angry over the gulf oil catastrophe.” In this utterly ludicrous passage, Cohen explained what he meant:
COHEN (6/22/10): What these people were seeking was not an eruption of anger, not a tantrum and not a full-scale denunciation of an oil company. What they wanted instead was a sign that this catastrophe meant something to Obama, that it was not merely another problem that had crossed his desk—and this time just wouldn't budge. He showed not the slightest sign in the idiom that really counts in a media age—body language—that he gave a damn. He could see your pain, he could talk about your pain, but he gave no indication that he felt it.
One can understand. Obama's father deserted the family and afterward visited his son only once. He twice was separated from his mother, who lived in Indonesia without him. He was partially raised by his grandparents—an elderly white couple. If the president is what the shrinks call "well-defended," who can blame him? It's ironic that Oprah Winfrey was maybe Obama's most significant early backer when the man himself is so un-Oprah. He cannot emote.
Cohen made a fool of himself before turning to the pseudo-psychiatry of that second paragraph. A sensible person would assume that Cohen must be speaking ironically about body language—but in truth, there’s no sign that he is. Understand what Cohen says here: Obama had just obtained a $20 billion fund to help the victims of this disaster—but because of the president’s failed body language, Cohen couldn’t spot “the slightest sign…that he gave a damn” about them.
Whatever one thinks of Barack Obama, there you see the terminal dumbness of the mainstream press elite.
How hapless is this mainstream press? Consider this column by Colbert King, who tried to defend Obama against an ugly insult—an ugly insult of the type has been quite common in the past week.
After Obama secured that escrow fund, the insults came rolling down. Joe Barton made the “shakedown” insult famous, but Sarah Palin had piped up several weeks before, offering an ugly insult on the June 9 Hannity. (This was the week before the escrow fund was announced.) Obama “needs to call in those around him and kind of broaden his inner circle of confidants because right now it sounds like the inner circle that he has are some Chicago thugs,” Palin sweetly observed. Quite rightly, Colbert King was angered by this remarkable language. Burt good lord! This is what happens when your mainstream press corps tries to create an argument:
KING (6/19/10): [W]hat would a Father's Day discussion of the nuclear family and a moral society be without bringing into the picture Mrs. Family Values herself, Sarah Palin?
The same Palin who last week said of President Obama, “It sounds like the inner circle that he has are some Chicago thugs.” Well, Palin knows lawbreaking, too.
Her sister-in-law, Diana Palin, half sister of the former governor’s husband, got a 15-month sentence this year. Burglarizing the same Alaska house three times for money to satisfy a drug habit is the kind of thing that can get you arrested. Thuggery? How about Sherry Johnston, the mother of Levi Johnston, the high school dropout who fathered Palin’s grandson? She was arrested and charged with selling drugs; after pleading guilty to one count with intent to deliver the drug OxyContin she was sentenced to three years.
Because of her medical condition, the woman who was once Bristol Palin's future mother-in-law was released from prison to home confinement, where she wears an ankle-monitoring device.
And the whereabouts of 19-year-old Levi on this Father's Day weekend? His bonds with the Palins were so tight, he said on TV, that Sarah and her husband, Todd, allowed Levi to live in their house with Bristol while they dated. Conservative family values?
Levi can be found on the cover of Playgirl magazine, his nude body blocked from full exposure by his strategically placed arm.
“Palin knows lawbreaking too,” King wrote. Did he realize that he seemed to be saying that Obama is surrounded by thugs—but that Palin has thugs around too? King went on to present a remarkable string of insults, insulting Palin about the things her distant relations have done.
Just a guess, based on knowledge of people: Many voters in Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio would be inclined to react in negative ways to insults about “thugs” and “shakedowns.” These insults might provide a route to these voters’ minds—a way to help these voters think twice about the people who author these insults. That said, King’s column was a classic example of the best known way to lose an argument. All over the country, his column would tend to build sympathy for Palin. Let’s hope few voters read it.
Last Saturday, Blow explained that Barack Obama is “emotionally maimed.” King seemed to say that Obama is surrounded by thugs—though Palin has thugs around her too. A few days later, Cohen explained why Obama seems to be “what the shrinks call ‘well-defended.’” Translation: Over the course of the past few decades, the dumbness of the mainstream press has hardened and turned into stone.
Will this country ever have a progressive politics? If so, we liberals will have to create it. Do you see that happening on our liberal channel? Silly insults are good solid fun—but will they be enough?
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The Loar!
Comments January 22, 2019
To quote Michael Wright of Vintage Guitar Magazine, “There are bad accidents and there are good, or “happy” accidents. Bad ones are when you bend over, your rear-end knocks over your axe, and suddenly you’ve “created” a headless guitar. An example of a happy accident is the invention of the Alvarez Dana Scoop.” Another example of a happy accident is finding a Gibson F-5 mandolin in an old barn that was signed by Lloyd Loar on February 18, 1924..
-Discovering a “Relic”
As reported by Gilchrist Mandolins & Guitars, this Gibson Master-Model F-5 Mandolin was found in the mid 90’s “wrapped in plastic, in its case and stored outdoors for years”. Identified by its factory order number (11965) the life of this F-5 started in 1923 at the original Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, MI. All wood pieces (Top, Back, Sides, & Tone Bars, F Holes) were carefully handcrafted by Gibson’s luthiers under the watchful eye of Loar. Each piece was then tap-tuned by Loar and paired with pieces that would produce a perfectly harmonious frequency. Loar adapted Stadivarius’ technique of “Plate-tuning” (tap-tuning) each piece in perfect harmony, ultimately providing an instrument with more volume and better freq. balance. Today(2019) tap-tuning plays a major role in acoustic guitar manufacturing. Without the creation of Loars Master Model Series instruments, more specifically the F-5 Mandolin (& L-5 Guitar), todays “Sound-Box” instruments might have a different voice. Of the (311) F-5 mandolins that have passed through the hands of Loar in his first floor laboratory at 225 Parsons st. this mandolin is (1) of (247) recorded by Daryl Wolfe (Wolfes F5 Journal).
-Restoring a piece of history
Recently DSR, INC, Master Luthier Dana Sutcliffe had the unique pleasure of restoring an instrument known as the “Holy Grail” of mandolins, a 1924 Master Model F-5 Gibson Mandolin, signed February 18, 1924 by, none other than, Lloyd Loar.
The damage looked obvious, as the back soundboard was coming apart from the heel and binding, as well as cracks starting at the tail guard screws. But to understand what was creating the issue we needed to see what was happening on the inside. For this task a high definition borescope made it simple for Master Luthier Sutcliffe to identify that defective adhesive was allowing the back soundboard to peel apart from the heel block and was starting to expose the Kerfling. And upon further review, the top soundboard was separating from the sides/heel block, the back soundboard center seam was starting to separate, the fret board was severely damaged w/ binding falling off, and the frets were in terrible shape. All things considered this repair was now a restoration and we had to make plans for our new guest.
First step in repairing the bonding issues, was designing a custom jig and clamping system for securing areas needing bonding with an even amount of tension Then after cleaning and prepping each interior area Master Luthier Sutcliffe applied protocol specific adhesive from inside the instrument while monitoring his progress via borescope. As soon as the curing process was completed it was on to the fingerboard.
The fingerboard and frets showed a lot of wear, which was great to see as this means the current owner is an active player. Loar would be pleased. Nonetheless this part of the restoration required securing the binding, carefully removing the frets, planing and slotting the fingerboard. The customer chose a player specific fret size for installation. Prepping frets for installation includes measuring, cutting, and bending fret wire by hand so all 20 frets, plus 9 on the tongue, to match the fingerboard radius for a safe and secure installation. As soon as the 29th fret was installed Master Luthier Sutcliffe resecured neck binding to Loar’s protocol.
-The “Loar” – Protocol
In 1918 on the first floor of 225 Parson rd, The Gibson Co. witnessed the introduction of an iconic new mandolin that featured among other things a longer neck with 12 frets clear of the body, violin style f-holes, a distinctive shaded ‘Cremona’ finish and most importantly “Plate-Tuning” (aka “Tap-Tuning”) which would change the protocol of how Gibson instruments would be made for years to come. Under the scientific guidance of Lloyd Allayre Loar, soundboards and backboards for Gibson’s Master Model mandolins, mandolas, and guitars were carefully graduated from their thickest to their thinnest regions. For mandolins, this called for soundboards and backboards to be carved to about .110″ in the thinnest or- “minimum area” (about 1″ in from the perimeter) and about .180″ at the center. Since these components were later “tuned,” the final thickness would differ from instrument to instrument depending on the stiffness of the wood, grain distribution, density, etc. Soundboards were also arched to give them strength. The graduation from the center outwards provided for a means of efficient distribution and transfer of energy (from the bridge outwards). This carving technique, often called “Stradivarius arching,” allowed the soundboard and backboard to “pump” like the paper cone of a common speaker, generating greater compression and rarefaction within the instrument’s air chamber; a movement that provided theses instruments with greater amplitude then their former counterparts. Longitudinal tone bars were also “tuned” by thinning them to adjust the stiffness of the soundboard. The bass bar and treble bar were positioned in a non-symmetrical manner, and sized differently so that the treble side and bass side of the soundboard could be separately adjusted (i.e. the two tone bars were not symmetrically positioned). By removing wood from the tone bar, the soundboard would become less stiff, resulting in a lowered pitch. By tuning the tone bars to a specific note, Gibson engineers could be assured of likewise adjusting the soundboard to a known and very repeatable stiffness. The tuning process is so controllable that a whole-tone difference could be attained between the two tone bars. As a final tuning step, the f-hole openings were also “tuned”. To do this, the size of the f-holes was adjusted after the instrument was assembled, to achieve the final tuning of the instrument. As the f-holes were made wider (larger), the pitch of the air chamber would be raised until the proper note was achievable. Loar followed the teachings of Hermann L. F. Helmholz (1821-1894) who studied the resonant frequencies of variously sized air chambers. Loar carefully sized the air chambers and f-holes of the instruments he designed to provide a correctly tuned space for each type and size of instrument. Since an adjustment to one part of the instrument effects the tuning of another part, one can appreciate the hours of trial and error that preceded the development and subsequent finalization of the dimensions of Gibson’s “Master Model” instruments. As final proof of the hand-tuning process, Loar gave his signature on a label inside the instrument attesting that “The top, back, tone-bars, and air-chamber of this instrument were tested, tuned and the assemble(d) instrument tried and approved ___(date)___.” (Siminoff, Instrument Design)
-Restoring History – Cont.
Once the restoration process was complete it was time to level, crown, and polish the frets for balance string frequency and no string buzz. Removal and replacement of the existing nut which included leveling the nut slot and hand crafting a new bone nut. Installation of new D’Addario EJ75 strings, carving string slots to support the gauge of each string and correct placement of the bridge (13-15/16”) for accurate intonation. The current book value on this F-5 is $156,000 while street value is almost as high as $175,000.
This has been one of the utmost wonderful restoration experiences we at DSR, INC have had the pleasure of completing. Our goal at DSR, INC is to preserve the history of every instrument within its original design protocol.
Wright, M (2010, January). ‘The Alvarez Dana Scoop’. Vintage Guitar, vol. 24, no. 03.
Gilchrist, S (2016) Gibson F5 Mandolin #75325. Retrieved from https://www.gilchristmandolins.com/75325-restore
Siminoff, R (2014) Loars Contributions To Instrument Design. Retrieved from Https://www.siminoff.net/loars-contributions/
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Comments August 20, 2013
I have a large amount of hard to find Crate / Ampeg amplifier and speaker parts. Most are from the the mid 90’s to the mid 2000’s. Handles, feet, knobs, fuses, foot switches, input jacks and mixing board parts. If you need a part that doesn’t appear on the partial list above please send me an E-mail.
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Death by Education / Ideas and Reflections
Meanwhile, back in the cosmos…
by Daren Jonescu · Published January 5, 2020 · Updated January 5, 2020
Some weeks ago, a student who knows a great deal about my character and interests contacted me with the urgent advice to run outside as quickly as possible, so as not to miss the gorgeous moonrise she was witnessing from a bus across town. Yesterday, the same young woman contacted me with similar urgency, at roughly the same late afternoon hour, to ask, “Do you like the sun too? It is setting beautifully now!”
I replied, “I like everything that reminds me of eternal things, and makes daily life seem small.”
Last week, during a close study of Plato’s Republic, a keenly inquisitive Korean university junior, whose soul has recently been ignited with political enthusiasm, told me that he dislikes Donald Trump because of the things Trump has said about black people. I asked which “things” he was referring to. Of course, the student — a very bright young man who hopes to pursue graduate studies in philosophy — could not cite any specific examples. He had read about these matters on the internet, and heard them spoken of among his politically-inclined friends. The reports were agreeable to his current political perspective, so he felt no reason to question them.
I gently explained that while he will probably never meet another human being less inclined to defend Trump than I, I would have to see evidence of these supposed anti-black sentiments before putting any credence in such claims, since it is intrinsic to today’s political climate that people who oppose a man ideologically will typically say anything about him that will place him in a bad light, i.e., they will lie without hesitation or remorse in order to appeal to the feelings of the crowd. And that crowd, in turn, will be all too eager to believe stories or interpretations that “feel right” from their adopted perspective. Hence, when we encounter such claims, it is always important, lest we become mere crowd followers ourselves, to wonder what political interests might be furthered by encouraging people to believe, for example, that Trump has “said things” about black people.
My response to this student’s claim was entirely different — diametrically opposed, in fact — to my natural response to the very same claim when it issues from hardened progressive ideologues. For the latter are cynical and disingenuous, which is to say they are lying and they know it. People like my student, on the other hand — intelligent young people in their first flush of sincere political excitement — are merely letting their interest in half-digested ideas run up ahead of their capacity for contextual judgment, i.e., their ability to apply an adopted set of principles to specific cases.
I recall my own first days of political enthusiasm, in which the forcefulness of Ayn Rand’s polemical style, combined with my general paltry awareness of serious political philosophy, led me to believe I was encountering the heights of certainty and rationality in virtually every rabid declaration made by Rand herself, or even by those who claimed to be aligned with her “objectivist” views. It took time, experience, and many sharp theoretical objects poked into my enthusiastic bubble, to fully awaken me from my dogmatic slumbers.
Such is the character of intellectual seriousness in the heart of one with insufficient learning. It is therefore the essential nature and purpose of teaching to provide those sharp theoretical objects — to deflate youthful illusions of wisdom, but to do so without simultaneously diminishing the enthusiasm for the search. In other words, the trick is to undermine unreasoned beliefs without destroying the desire for truth itself, usually by fostering an awareness of, and interest in, alternative paths, paths promising even greater delights than the student’s initial attractions to the intellectual realm.
And so my bright student, his soul swayed not by the raging proto-libertarian vitriol that was my gateway to political thought, but rather by the “forward-looking” tones of doctrinaire progressivism, has spent the past few months studying the foundations of political philosophy with me, including, these days, The Republic.
Such an opening of the excited mind to wider horizons of thought and living is essentially what the university is for, though its current proprietors, throughout our ever-shrinking modern world, have collectively taken quite the opposite view of the matter.
Today, with thousands of years of recorded human history accessible to us, we simply take for granted the remarkable fact of knowing the identities, words, and even life choices of actual, particular men who lived on this Earth more than two millennia before our birth. For example, we know there was a man named Socrates, who lived in Athens and was executed for impiety and corruption of youth in 399 B.C. But even more bracingly, in a way, we may also discover, with minimal investigation, that this famous man Socrates had many otherwise non-famous friends and students, men with names like Crito, Apollodorus, Aristodemus, Phaedo, and Simmias. We know them, and not merely their names; we have had their minds and words reported to us, we know something of their individual characters and predilections — at least as much, I daresay, as we know of the souls and tendencies of most of the flesh-and-blood humans we meet in our daily lives.
Our very ability to know such details from the remote past (even apart from the details themselves) ought to stir our imaginations and fill us with wonder. Instead, due in part to our progressive educational norms, this miracle has come to seem the most banal and obvious triviality in the world, and no more extraordinary to us than knowing our own parents’ birthdays — which is why we increasingly think nothing of losing those distant men in their specificity, and so unthinkingly reduce these preserved treasures of ancient spiritual vitality to nothing but generic textbook summaries about “what men believed back in those days.”
It is most instructive to compare our own dismissiveness about the vast recorded antiquity actually available to us, to the perspective of those ancient men whose unique lives we carelessly dissolve into sand, and to observe their response to the relatively limited historical framework accessible to them. For today, we measure what we call “the universe” in billions of years, and calculate known human existence in tens of thousands of years, whereas Socrates and his companions had written records of only a few centuries, and few other tools for measuring the world beyond the range of their own bodily senses. And yet today we live and think as though our material blink of an eye on this planet exhausts the entire breadth of our individual interest in the cosmos, whereas Socrates and his friends conjectured, almost matter-of-factly, about ten-thousand-year cycles of personal spiritual development.
We moderns imagine we are on the verge of seeing everything at last, and yet we live our own real lives in accordance with a vision extending no more than a few years. The ancients, by contrast, saw almost none of our “known world,” but lived their lives in a manner that encompassed pasts and futures far outreaching any tangible time they had much evidence for, and stretching beyond all conceivable spatial limits, into the theoretical infinite.
Hence their love of symbols, and of all evidence of repetition — resonances — and their attraction to every tantalizing mystery of existence, including of their own personal existence. Meanwhile, we very late moderns feel an overwhelming desire only for comforting evidence of our smallness, because the certainty of smallness (that is what materialism means) allows us to carry on blithely with our empty pleasures without fear that we might be missing something.
The psychological risk of ancient man was always hubris — that is, feeling strong enough to burst the barriers of heaven and challenge the very gods. Our great psychological problem is what we, with apt triviality, call “lack of self-esteem” — that is, feeling too insignificant and puny even to get out of bed in the morning, to steal oxygen from the animals, to be worthy of our meaningless handful of years on this Earth.
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Chinese patent applications surge 45% in 2016
March 28, 2017 JChen Leave a comment
World Intellectual Property Organization recently published 2016 Report on Global Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international patent application. The report shows that PCT international patent applications from China reached 43,100, surging 45% over the previous year, ranking third behind the United States (56,000) and Japan (45,000).
From the number of applications point of view, the distance between China and Japan is already very close, while China maintained a higher growth rate. The World Intellectual Property Organization predicts that China will surpass Japan this year, surpassing the United States in two years, ranking first in the world.
Report from China Supreme People’s Court – Chinese Courts Concluded more than 14.7 million IPR Cases in 2016
On March 12, 2017, Chinese Supreme People’s Court Chief Justice Zhou Qiang pointed out in his annual report to National People’s Congress that in 2016, the Supreme People’s Court issued judicial interpretation on trials of patent disputes and improved the protection of intellectual property rights rules. The “Jordan” trademark case highlighted China’s judicial protection of intellectual property rights. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou Intellectual Property Courts explored the application of punitive damages, made efforts to solve the low cost of infringement, and the high cost of copyright protection. Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu set up intellectual property tribunals that have cross-regional centralized jurisdiction of intellectual property cases. The Chinese courts at all levels concluded 14.7 million intellectual property rights related cases in the first instance.
Michael Jordan wins trademark case in Chinese Supreme People’s Court
December 8, 2016 JChen Leave a comment
On December 8, 2016, Chinese Supreme People’s Court ruled in Michael Jordan’s favor for his right in the Chinese version of his name “乔丹”， which was previously registered as a trademark by a Chinese company – Qiaodan Sports. However, the Court dismissed Jordan’s challenge to the Romanized version trademark, which is “Qiaodan”. The presiding justice is Vice-chief of the Supreme People’s Court, Tao Kaiyuan.
See http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-zhuanti-aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jaGluYWNvdXJ0Lm9yZy9hcnRpY2xlL3N1YmplY3RkZXRhaWwvaWQvTXpBd05FZzNONEFCQUElM0QlM0Quc2h0bWw.html
Novartis Anti-Cancer Drug Patent Invalidated by Chinese SIPO Patent Reexamination Board
November 28, 2016 JChen Leave a comment
In an initial decision on November 16, 2016, Chinese State Intellectual Property Office Patent Reexamination Board invalidated Novartis’ Chinese Patent No. 01809781.2 related to treatment of advanced malignancies involving bone and tumor-induced hypercalcaemia and the drug Zometa (zoledronic acid) for lack of novelty and inventiveness. Please note that this decision can be subject to judicial review. Keep posted.
Eli Lily lost a patent infringement appeal at the Chinese Supreme People’s Court
June 21, 2016 JChen Leave a comment
Eli Lily lost a patent infringement appeal at the Chinese Supreme People’s Court last week, 13 years after its initial lawsuit. The Court held that Changzhou Watson Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. did not infringe Eli Lily’s Chinese Patent No. 91103346.7 directed to olanzapine manufacturing method. Although Eli Lily initially obtained a favorable judgement of infringement and damages of 3.5 million RMB, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court ruling overturned the initial judgement. Notably, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court hired a technical expert from the Patent Reexamination Board of SIPO. see trial video at http://ts.chinacourt.org/1124.html.
China Revoked Gilead’s Viread Patent in a Final Judgement
May 19, 2016 JChen Leave a comment
In a final judgment on April 26, 2016, Beijing Highest People’s Court invalidated Gilead Science’s Chinese Patent No. 200710196265.3 related to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B drug Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for lack of novelty.
Latest Beijing Intellectual Property White Paper includes Statistics of Beijing IP Court
April 21, 2016 JChen Leave a comment
On April 14, 2016, Beijing Intellectual Property Office and Beijing Municipal Government Information Office jointly issued the 2015 White Paper on Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Beijing. White Paper shows that the courts received 13,939 first instance IPR civil cases, an increase of 24.1% from last year; concluded 11, 858 cases, an increase of 8.49% from last year. The first intermediate court and the intellectual property courts in 2015 received a total of 7948 new first instance administrative intellectual property rights cases, a reduction of 18.38% from last year. The Beijing Intellectual Property Office handled 126 patent infringement cases, an increase of 57.5% from last year; investigated 551 cases of counterfeit patents, an increase of 96.1% from last year.
Shanghai Intellectual Property Court released its first White Paper
On April 14, 2016, Shanghai Intellectual Property Court released the first white paper. According to the white paper, the Court in 2015 received a total of 285 cases involving foreign, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan parties, accounting for 16.13% of total cases of 2015.
The foreign parties to the cases involve the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, Hong Kong, a total of 15 countries and regions and include General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, BASF, Microsoft and other Fortune 500 companies as well as Burberry, BMW, BOSS, LV, Rafi, Gucci, Victoria Secret, ZOJIRUSHI and other international brands.
New Development of Patent Administrative Enforcement in China
March 5, 2016 JChen Leave a comment
SIPO publishes new enforcement guidelines for comments on March 4, 2016. The new guidelines include:
(1) Patent Infringement Activity Identification Guideline(《专利侵权行为认定指南》);
(2) Patent Administrative Enforcement Evidence Guideline (《专利行政执法证据规则指引》);
(3) Other Patent Disputes Administrative Mediation Guideline (《其他专利纠纷行政调解指南》).
The deadline for comments is April 5, 2016, see http://www.sipo.gov.cn/tz/gz/201603/t20160304_1246757.html.
For those prefer or advocate judicial enforcement, the administrative enforcement appears to be here to stay. It is important to take advantage of the administrative procedures. According to available statistics, SIPO and its local offices handled 24479 patent-related disputes in 2014, and 21334 patent-related disputes in the first 10 months of 2015.
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Nick Molina
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Anika Agarwal and Sammy Minkowitz | Daily Texan Staff
Anika Agarwal
Election Supervisory Board
Jonathan Dror
Katherine Jensen
Sammy Minkowitz
Published on March 2, 2015 at 3:31 am Last update on March 2, 2015 at 4:44 am
By Samantha Ketterer
The Election Supervisory Board suspended two Student Government candidates, University-wide representative candidate Anika Agarwal and Liberal Arts representative candidate Sammy Minkowitz, from campaigning for two days.
In a majority opinion, the Board concluded that Agarwal and Minkowitz violated the election code of “prohibited association” by showing support for other candidates.
Graduate school representative candidate Katherine Jensen submitted a complaint to the Board, saying Agarwal solicited votes on behalf of Minkowitz via social media. In the complaint, Jensen said Agarwal’s support of Minkowitz on Facebook showed a clear collaboration between the two campaigns because Minkowitz did not “untag” herself in Agarwal’s endorsement photo in the two days following the original post.
“Sammy and Anika were kind of confused on whether they were associated,” Molina said.
Agarwal said Minkowitz asked her to make her campaign photo Agarwal’s profile picture on Facebook, and Agarwal instead shared the photo on her Facebook wall. Agarwal said she did not consider her actions to be co-campaigning because she did not share the photo within her campaign page.
“I didn’t really see it as co-campaigning,” Agarwal said. “It was a miscommunication and forgetting how open Facebook can be.”
Minkowitz said she had similar misunderstandings as to what co-campaigning meant.
“I thought of co-campaigning as putting two candidates’ names on the same poster, two candidates speaking together or two candidates posting a campaign photo with both faces,” Minkowitz said. “I didn’t think I was co-campaigning, and nobody told me what I was doing wrong.”
Jensen also said Minkowitz showed public support for University-wide representative candidate Jonathan Dror. On Facebook, Minkowitz clicked that she was going to the event “Vote for Jonathan Dror,” and she also liked his Facebook page. The Board found that Dror was not in violation of the code.
According to the election code, candidates can not support other candidates unless the candidates are running together in an Executive Alliance campaign for Student Government president and vice president.
“We take the prohibited association clause very seriously,” Board chair Nick Molina said. “We don’t want any students to get the idea that two candidates can run together.”
In their resolution, the Board said Agarwal was in direct violation of the election Code and Minkowitz received undue benefits from the prohibited association. Both candidates are suspended from campaigning between 7 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Monday.
“Except in cases of a bona fide executive alliance as provided for in this code, no candidate is allowed to contribute financially or provide any other form of tangible support, including but not limited to campaign materials, to another candidate’s campaign,” the code says.
In addition to a temporary ban from campaigning, the Board required that Agarwal and Minkowitz no longer spend 10 percent of their total available campaign funds for their respective campaign races. University-wide representative candidates are allowed to spend $612, and college representative candidates may spend up to $408.
“The way that I see it, it’s meant to not necessarily hurt the candidates. It’s meant to level the playing field,” Molina said.
The two will be able to campaign again Monday night in time for the University-wide representative debate.
Photo Credit: Marshall Tidrick | Daily Texan Staff
Baylor Morrison
Executive Alliance
Kimia Dargahi
Matthew Normyle
Student Government Executive Alliance
Published on March 1, 2015 at 4:36 pm Last update on March 2, 2015 at 3:51 am
Baylor Morrison and Matthew Normyle, who were running as a Student Government Executive Alliance team, said Sunday they are planning to withdraw from the election, though their names will still appear on the ballot.
Morrison, who was running for SG president, said he and Normyle, who was running for vice president, mutually decided to withdraw from the race because of the time commitment of campaigning. Morrison said he and Normyle learned valuable lessons from the time they spent in the campaign process.
“This whole election process has been a lot of fun and a crazy learning experience for Matthew and me,” Morrison said in a statement to The Daily Texan. “But in the course of the campaign, a lot of things fell to the way side, like schoolwork and other organizations we’re a part of. As great as it’s been, we’ve got to honor our existing commitments and admit we’ve stretched ourselves too thin … We wish all the candidates good luck with the rest of their campaigns and hope for a big turnout on Wednesday.”
Click here to view our interactive database of all campus-wide candidates and their platforms.
Election Supervisory Board Chair Nick Molina said the two have not yet sent an official letter of withdrawal from the race. If Morrison and Normyle send in a signed letter, they will then be officially out of the Executive Alliance race. Even if they formally withdraw, their names will still appear on the ballot, because Friday to have names removed, Molina said.
“As of right now, they’re still in the race,” Molina said.
If they hope to endorse another Executive Alliance, Morrison and Normyle cannot formally do so until they officially send their withdrawal to the Election Supervisory Board.
Morrison and Normyle’s platform centered around a “Happy Campus Initiative,” which pushed for therapy puppies, more eco-friendly water bottle fillers and more live music on campus. Their platform also included expanding Freshman Leadership Organization and Camp Texas, as well as implementing a service project after Round Up, an annual weekend of music and festivities hosted by the Greek community.
Morrison and Normyle’s Facebook page, Baylor Matthew 2015, had 404 likes at the time of publication. In an online poll hosted by the Daily Texan Opinion section, Morrison and Normyle totaled 3 percent of the roughly 5,000 votes.
Kimia Dargahi, who is running for vice president, said she is not sure how the withdrawal will affect the race.
“I can’t predict how it’s going to affect the race,” Dargahi said. “I honestly did not know how they were doing and how they were campaigning. Social media, and even The Daily Texan poll, can be misleading at times.”
David Maly, who is running for president, said he is also unsure how the withdrawal will affect the race.
“I thought they were good guys,” Maly said. “I don’t know how much support they had; I don’t know how it’s going to play out.”
For Executive Alliance candidates Xavier Rotnofsky and Rohit Mandalapu the withdrawal came out of left field.
“It was a surprise, because we, Rohit and I, would cross paths with them at different speaking events, and they seemed very into the race,” Rotnofsky said. “It did come out of nowhere.”
The three remaining executive alliances — Braydon Jones and Dargahi, Maly and Stephen Svatek, and Rotnofsky and Mandalapu — will participate in a debate The Daily Texan will host Monday at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.
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the advocate, catalogue, edition of 1928-1929 (1)
bethune-cookman university -- catalogs (1)
bethune-cookman university -- curricula (1)
universities and colleges -- curricula -- florida (state) -- daytona beach -- catalogs (1)
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Description-TOC: Records
St. Cloud Tribune Vol. 06, No. 49, August 05, 1915
St. Cloud (Fla.) -- Newspapers.; Advertising -- Florida -- St. Cloud -- Newspapers.
Newspaper for St. Cloud (Fla.) from 1915.
The Advocate, Catalogue, Edition of 1928-1929
Universities and Colleges -- Curricula -- Florida (State) -- Daytona Beach -- Catalogs; Bethune-Cookman University -- Catalogs; Bethune-Cookman University -- Curricula
Annual catalog providing pertinent information at the time for the students. It includes information about the university and its academic programs, and also rules and regulations regarding student life and activities. The catalog also includes...
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ministerial convention (5)
meeting in school library. 1990 (4)
michael mikler, st, with some of his children and grandchildren, early 1950s. (4)
rev. alfred cookman hall exterior (4)
st. luke's church expansion. demolition phase, just after removal of transepts, c.1991. (4)
bethune-cookman wildcats marching band (3)
hurricane donna damage (3)
project fla.8v5a4 construction (3)
st. luke's congregation, c. 1927 (3)
sunday community meeting (3)
black and white photography -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (128)
women -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (54)
college buildings -- florida -- photographs (51)
men -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (43)
students -- african americans -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (39)
trees -- florida -- photographs (35)
slavia (fla.) -- history (30)
outdoor photography -- photographs (18)
ca. 1960s (12)
ca. 1910 (8)
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Jefferson C. Ensminger's photography studio
Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs.; Dwellings -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs
Black and white image of the building housing Jefferson C. Ensminger's home and photography studio. At the left of the image is a multi-storey white building with the name, "The Park Drug Store" painted on the side. Two individuals can be seen...
First library building
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Pickup trucks -- American -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Utility poles -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Water towers --...
A black and white image of the first library building on the campus at Bethune-Cookman University. The library is the white building at the left of the image, behind a larger, unidentified building. The library has paned windows and a shingled...
Helen Kottle Memorial Building
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Helen Kottle Memorial Building (Daytona Beach, Fla.) -- Photographs; Utility poles -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs;...
A black and white image of construction on the Helen Kottle Memorial Building taking place on Bethune-Cookman College's campus. The building is multi-winged, and two stories, with a brick edifice. On the right side of the image, the exterior of...
Bethune-Cookman College old laundry building
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Laundries -- Florida -- History -- 20th century; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Utility poles -- Florida -- Daytona Beach --...
A black and white image of the exterior of the old laundry facility at Bethune-Cookman University. The building has a brick exterior, but part is also made of wood. There are two doors, one on the front of the building and the other at the left...
Cavaliers and Cavalettes float
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Men -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Students -- African Americans -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs;...
A black and white photograph of the Cavalier and Cavelettes float during a Homecoming parade for Bethune-Cookman University. The float is being towed down the middle of a street in Daytona. The back end of the car is just visible. The float has...
Harrison Rhodes Memorial Library
Outdoor Photography -- Photographs; Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Harrison Rhodes Memorial Library (Daytona Beach, Fla.) -- Photographs; Students -- African...
Black and white image of the exterior of Harrison Rhodes Memorial Library. The building consists is large and square-shaped with a pyramid shaped roof, and building wings on both right and left sides. The building has large, elongated, paned...
Palatka Metropolitan Council of Negro Women building
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Buildings -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Chimneys -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Electric lines -- Florida -- Daytona...
A black and white image of the Palatka Metropolitan Council of Negro Women recreation center, of which Mary McLeod Bethune was a member. The building is white, two-story building with a metal roof and a small chimney. On the side of the building...
Faith Hall
Outdoor Photography -- Photographs; Black and white photography --Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Girls -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Students -- African Americans -- Florida -- Daytona Beach...
Black and white image of Faith Hall Refectory after its remodel in the late 1930s. In the center of the image is Faith Hall, a brick building with multiple wings. A chimney is visible on the left part of the roof. The building has large paned...
John O. Gross Science Hall
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Postcards -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Spanish moss -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; John O. Gross...
A black and white printed postcard of the front of John O. Gross science hall. The building has a brick edifice and a triangular roof. The building also has paned windows and a columned entrance. On the right side of the building is a door that...
Thomas White Hall
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Automobiles -- American -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs
A badly damaged black and white image of the exterior of Thomas White Hall on the grounds of Bethune-Cookman University. At the left of the image can be seen a large tree, and in the background behind that, an unidentified building. Thomas White...
The Manor
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; The Manor (Daytona Beach, Fla.) -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs
A black and white image of the side of the Manor, a building which housed the education department at Bethune-Cookman University. The building as white plank sides, paned windows, and a shingled roof. The building is sitting on cinder block...
Homecoming parade float
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Outdoor photography -- Photographs; Students -- African Americans -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Men -- Florida...
A black and white image of a parade float for a Bethune-Cookman University parade. The float has a cage design, four on each corner of the float. In each of the "cages" is an African American woman. Each of the women are dancing, and are wearing...
Founder's Day pilgrimage
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; African Americans; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Men -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Boys -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Girls --...
A black and white photograph of the faculty and students from Bethune-Cookman University making the annual pilgrimage, which occurred around October 4 of each year, to the original site where Mary McLeod Bethune established her school. In the...
Sanford, the City Substantial
Advertising -- Florida -- Sanford.; Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs.; Tourism -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs;
Brochure advertising the City Substantial, Sanford, Florida. Published by the Sanford Chamber of Commerce. Includes information about agriculture, tourism, banks, transportation, schools, religion, and neighboring towns. Also includes a map of...
"Log Cabin" building dedication ceremony
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Building dedications -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Log Cabin (Daytona Beach, Fla.) -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Chimneys --...
A black and white image of the Log Cabin at its building dedication at Bethune-Cookman University. The building has a large chimney on its exterior, with a log exterior, and a wraparound porch. African American men can be seen sitting in chairs...
Project Fla.8V5A4 construction
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Utility poles -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Offices -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs
A black and white image of a one-story office building on the Bethune-Cookman University campus. To the left of the building can be seen another building with a wood exterior and a barrel sitting by the front door. Trees can be seen behind the...
Rev. Alfred Cookman Hall exterior
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Rev. Alfred Cookman Hall (Daytona Beach, Fla.) -- Photographs; Birdbaths -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs
A black and white image of the entrance to Cookman Hall. The building is brick, has three stories, with evenly spaced windows and a columned entranceway. Attached to the entrance is a sign that reads "Cookman Hall." Above the door to the building...
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Trees -- Florida -- Photographs; Thomas White Hall (Daytona Beach, Fla.) -- Photographs; McLeod Hospital (Daytona Beach, Fla.) --...
A black and white image of the right half of Thomas White Hall. At the left of the image can be seen the building, with half of the columned entranceway, the triangular roof, and brick exterior in the image. The word "-ALL" can be seen hanging...
Stewart Memorial Church
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College buildings -- Florida -- Photographs; Chimneys -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Stewart Memorial Church (Daytona Beach, Fla.) -- Photographs; Doors and...
A black and white image of the exterior of Stewart Memorial Church on the grounds of Bethune-Cookman University. The building is one story, with white, wood plank siding and a shingled roof. There are two entrances, both of which are covered. ...
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Central Florida Future, Vol. 04 No. 32, June 30, 1972
We Live in the Present,
By the Past, but
for the. .
SG Legal Bill Dies
With'71-'72 Budget
During its first meeting of the summer session, the Student
Government Senate voted unanimously to override an administrative veto
of a bill intended to provide legal counsel for Student Government use.
However, the senate's actions • ;
were futile because the bill
specifically calls for the allocation
of funds from the budget for the
1971-72 fiscal year, which ends
today. Even if the bill's last
remaining obstacle, approval from
President Charles Millican, is
overcome, the bill contains no
provision for continuation of the
funding for the legal counsel for the
new fiscal year.
The bill, which calls for an
appropriation of approximately
$2,000, was approved by the senate
on the last day of former SG
President Frank Santry's
administration, and was vetoed two
weeks later by Vice President for
Student Affairs W. Rex Brown.
Brown stated that SG does not
3-Car Pileup,
FLORIDA HIGHWAY patrolman records one of
two accidents that occurred on Pegasus Drive
Tuesday, June 20. One accident involved three cars,
while the second, which occurred about an hour after
the first, involved two automobiles. (Photo by Jon
Findell.)
at Austin Peay State University,
Clarksville, Tenn., to participate in
a "Poets in the Schools" program in
Kentucky, sponsored by
the National Endowment for the
Arts. A similar program is being
proposed for Orange County.
The program consists of poets
who visit five schools for six weeks
each, teaching creative writing. All
grade levels are included.
"In college the students are in on
what I'm doing," Glass said, "But
the kids are having fun."
Glass teaches these classes with a
minimum of structuring. Students
often call him by his first name,
and he said they are not afraid to
offer criticism. He does not talk
down to his younger students, and
said that his communication with
them is an exchange of ideas. He
said one person even told him,
"You talk to children as if they
were people."
In the class both poet and
students write and read their works.
Glass said the students were rarely
inhibited about criticizing his work
- "Sometimes they'll say something
like, "That sounds dumb.' Til ask
them why, or how they'd write it
differently. Sometimes well work
out something that sounds better."
Poet Tells Classes
Of Education Work
Tennessee poet and creative writing teacher Malcolm Glass recently
read some of his works to English and education classes and talked about
increasing productivity in education.
Glass is currently on a leave of
absence from his teaching position
For Library
Proves Worth
The new data collection unit of
the FTU library which was installed
spring quarter has proven more
accurate and cheaper than the
manual entry used before the
installation. According to John C.
Sanderlin, assistant director of
university libraries, only one
problem has arisen with the
"Some of the ID cards aren't
holding up," fie said. A different
vendor, which is more stable, helps
with this difficulty, he said.
Sanderlin added that students with
damaged identification cards could
still check out books.
The machines, however, are more
efficient, keeping a record of each
book checked out, the name of
persons checking books, and the
day the books are due back in the
library. Expenses have been cut as
well, Sanderlin said, because the
machine is cheaper than people,
and people didn't like doing the
jobs now performed by the unit.
have the responsibility of proposing
legal action against any agency or
organization, and that this
responsibility lies in the hands of
appropriate university officials in
consultation with the general legal
counsel Brown added, "Professor
(John) Mahaffey (the university's
attorney) has advised that the
Florida Board of Regents is the
correct body to institute a legal
suit."
Previous SG officers have
arranged with the Office of Student
Affairs for the services of Mahaffey
as a legal consultant for SG.
However, Vice President Brown has
stated that Mahaffey's services as a
legal consultant are not extended to
the general student population.
SG President Steve Adamick
replied to Brown's statement,
saying that SG wishes to remedy
2f^ €k T* T^£>T1 rinr* • this situation by eventually forming
"\~acLm Lj eitiXer • a legal counseling service open to all
FTU students. However, to clear
away any red tape involved, he
maintained it will require the
services of a lawyer capable of
devoting sufficient time to the
Adamick said he feels that hiring
legal counsel is necessitated by the
nature of the legal complications
involved in forming a legal
None Injured
A three-car accident occurred on
Pegasus Drive at the campus
entrance June 20 at 8:45 a.m. when
a car stopped to pick up a
pedestrian.
The chain reaction pile up
occurred when Carolyn Hackett,
7811 Lillwill Road, stopped her car
150 feet from Alafaya Trail. Benard
Mortenson of Orlando stopped his rF11Tt!i^r, TT^aPiityiai
car behind Ms. Hackett's, but a lllUll lKeiXL1
third car driven by Ralph Burt,
Campus Liquor Sales
Investigation Continues
Legal work intended to clear the way for the eventual selling of
alcoholic beverages on campus is now progressing rapidly. The work was
initiated in early February when Student Government passed a resolution
calling for the reversal of the
present university policy
prohibiting the possession or
consumption of alcoholic beverages
on campus.
Presently there is no Board of
Regents rule which prohibits
alcohol on campus, and there are
several other campuses in the State
University System which permit
their students to consume
intoxicating drinks.
The office of student affairs has
requested Dr. John D. Mahaffey,
the university attorney, to research
the legal complications involved in
the reversal of the present
university policy and the
requirements needed to be met in
order to obtain a state license for
the sale of drinks.
Mahaffey has found that there is
an Orange County ordinance stating
that alcoholic beverages may not be
sold within 1,000 feet of an
established school, and that in
order to avoid interpretation of
FTU as an established school, he is
seeking a zoning variance from the
Orange County Planning and
Zoning Commission.
SG President Steven Adamick
said that a facility for the sale of
the beverage would be located in
the vicinity of the Village Center, if
and when all the legal
complications are solved and a
license procured. He said he is
hopeful that the sale and
consumption of beer and wine will
become a reality here by fall
quarter.
There will be no classes on
Tuesday, July 4, according to the
vice president for academic affairs,
Dr. C. B. Gambrell.
There will be class on Monday,
July 3, however; and classes will
resume on July 5, after the break.
SNEA-FEA
The Student National Education
Association-Florida Education
Association (SNEA-FEA) will have
a meeting Thursday, July 6, at 11
a.m. in GC 115. All members
should be in attendance, according
to Sally Weatherhy, member of the
executive committee.
BULLETIN ADDITION
The newly revised Environmental
Studies Program is explained in an
addition to the University Bulletin,
and is now available at the
admissions office in the
Admistration Building.
The new program does not
include the previously required
senior seminars, which were
abolished in accordance to many
requests.
The new addition, however, does
contain one omission. Under the
social sciences category, in Section
"B", one of the choices should be
Communication 100, for three
hours credit.
The FTU Bookstore was closed
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week for inventory. Through an
oversight, announcement of the
closing was not made in the
FuTUre in advance. The FuTUre
regrets this error.
VC MOVIES
"World Without Sun," a Jacques
Cousteau movie, will be shown
Wednesday, at 8:30 p.m., on the
Village Center Patio. Admission is
3766 Harbor Acres, Jacksonville,
hit the second car, causing the
pile-up. All three drivers are FTU
students.
Burt was charged with careless
driving.
"No injuries were reported, but I
would estimate $800 damage to the
third car, $150 to the second and
$75 to the first car, " said State
Trooper Joseph G. Crabtree who
investigated the accident, assisted
by Campus Security.
Almost within an hour a second
accident occurred on Pegasus Drive
at 9:50 a.m. Elaine Bohn, 384
Magnolit Place, DeBary, and Robert
Maple, 478 Falmouth Ave., Merritt
Island, were involved.
Ms. Bohn was changing lanes
when her car hit Maple's. She was
charged with improper change of
Trooper Crabtree estimated $100
damage to Maple's car and $75
damage to Ms. Bohn's car.
Neither driver was an FTU
Quieted By Regent
The rumor of an increase in
tuition was quieted last week by
Board of Regents member, Dr.
Louis Murray, during his visit to
campus. Dr. Murray and Mrs. E. D.
Pearce were on campus June 22 as
part of the 'Regent-A-Month'
program initiated by the board last
fall.
"We feel that very possibly the
tuition will be just the same as it is
now," said Murray, "$190 per
quarter." Murray said tuition has to
be raised by the legislature, and
since the legislature is not presently
in session and will not be before
fall quarter, tuition is not likely to
increase before then. Murray also
said the Regents have not requested
that the legislature increase tuition,
and have no immediate plans to do
"Tuition wfll probably not go up
during the next legislative session,"
he said, "but this is a guess because
no one can second-guess the
legislature."
Communication Prof
Heads Faculty Senate
Dr. K. Phillip Taylor, assistant professor of Communication, was
selected chairman of the Faculty Senate at the May meeting. The senate is
an advisory group of approximately 50 faculty members, which submits
recommendations to the vice
A headline in the June 16
issue of the FuTUre erroneously
reported that Doug Holmquist
would be head coach of FTU
basketball. The headline should
have read that Holmquist will
coach varsity baseball
president for academic affairs.
A major project for the senate
this year, according to Taylor, is
the study of a three year program
leading to a B.A. or B.S. degree.
The study is currently in the
curriculum committee.
"We're in the process of
analyzing all the various options,"
Taylor said. "It looks as if they will
favor maintaining the present
requirements for graduation."
Taylor pointed out that under
the present system FTU students
can graduate in three years.
"FTU has five specific options
currently available to students that
would reduce the number of
quarters needed to graduate." The
program includes credit through the
College Level Examination
Program, early admission of high
school students prior to their
graduation, an advance placement
program, credit by examination and
credit for military experience and
courses taken while in the service.
Another option available to
students now is simply to attend
school on a year-round basis or to
average 20 hours per quarter on a
three-quarter-per-year basis.
Taylor stressed that the
"potential is just tremendous" for
the senate. "The vice president (Dr.
C. B. Gambrell) has urged us again
and again to give him input."
DR. TAYLOR
Title Central Florida Future, Vol. 04 No. 32, June 30, 1972
Issue Vol. 04 No. 32, June 30, 1972
Description SG legal bill dies with '71-72 budget; Communication Prof head faculty senate; Car accidents on Pegasus Drive (photo); Poet [Malcolm Glass] tells classes of education work; New style for library proves worth [The New data collection machine at the library]; Campus liquor sales investigation continues; Communication prof heads faculty senate (with photo of Dr. K. Phillip Taylor); FuTUre Editorials: 'Time, O time...'; Oviedo photo supplement (3 pages); Rights bill, elections statutes get revision.
Collection Description Semi-weekly student newspaper of the University of Central Florida (UCF). It started in 1968 upon the opening of Florida Technological University (FTU), UCF's predecessor. Initially it was called "FuTUre" and published weekly. The words "Central Florida" were added around the time the school changed to UCF. It is available in microfilm (1968-1986, library call number LD1772.F9 A1438), online (September 2001-current, at http://www.centralfloridafuture.com) and in University Archives (1968-current).
Subject-People Taylor, K. Phillip
Number of pages 8 pages
Transcript We Live in the Present, By the Past, but for the. . SG Legal Bill Dies With'71-'72 Budget During its first meeting of the summer session, the Student Government Senate voted unanimously to override an administrative veto of a bill intended to provide legal counsel for Student Government use. However, the senate's actions • ; were futile because the bill specifically calls for the allocation of funds from the budget for the 1971-72 fiscal year, which ends today. Even if the bill's last remaining obstacle, approval from President Charles Millican, is overcome, the bill contains no provision for continuation of the funding for the legal counsel for the new fiscal year. The bill, which calls for an appropriation of approximately $2,000, was approved by the senate on the last day of former SG President Frank Santry's administration, and was vetoed two weeks later by Vice President for Student Affairs W. Rex Brown. Brown stated that SG does not 3-Car Pileup, FLORIDA HIGHWAY patrolman records one of two accidents that occurred on Pegasus Drive Tuesday, June 20. One accident involved three cars, while the second, which occurred about an hour after the first, involved two automobiles. (Photo by Jon Findell.) at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tenn., to participate in a "Poets in the Schools" program in Kentucky, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. A similar program is being proposed for Orange County. The program consists of poets who visit five schools for six weeks each, teaching creative writing. All grade levels are included. "In college the students are in on what I'm doing," Glass said, "But the kids are having fun." Glass teaches these classes with a minimum of structuring. Students often call him by his first name, and he said they are not afraid to offer criticism. He does not talk down to his younger students, and said that his communication with them is an exchange of ideas. He said one person even told him, "You talk to children as if they were people." In the class both poet and students write and read their works. Glass said the students were rarely inhibited about criticizing his work - "Sometimes they'll say something like, "That sounds dumb.' Til ask them why, or how they'd write it differently. Sometimes well work out something that sounds better." Poet Tells Classes Of Education Work Tennessee poet and creative writing teacher Malcolm Glass recently read some of his works to English and education classes and talked about increasing productivity in education. Glass is currently on a leave of absence from his teaching position New Style For Library Proves Worth The new data collection unit of the FTU library which was installed spring quarter has proven more accurate and cheaper than the manual entry used before the installation. According to John C. Sanderlin, assistant director of university libraries, only one problem has arisen with the machine. "Some of the ID cards aren't holding up," fie said. A different vendor, which is more stable, helps with this difficulty, he said. Sanderlin added that students with damaged identification cards could still check out books. The machines, however, are more efficient, keeping a record of each book checked out, the name of persons checking books, and the day the books are due back in the library. Expenses have been cut as well, Sanderlin said, because the machine is cheaper than people, and people didn't like doing the jobs now performed by the unit. have the responsibility of proposing legal action against any agency or organization, and that this responsibility lies in the hands of appropriate university officials in consultation with the general legal counsel Brown added, "Professor (John) Mahaffey (the university's attorney) has advised that the Florida Board of Regents is the correct body to institute a legal suit." Previous SG officers have arranged with the Office of Student Affairs for the services of Mahaffey as a legal consultant for SG. However, Vice President Brown has stated that Mahaffey's services as a legal consultant are not extended to the general student population. SG President Steve Adamick replied to Brown's statement, saying that SG wishes to remedy 2f^ €k T* T^£>T1 rinr* • this situation by eventually forming "\~acLm Lj eitiXer • a legal counseling service open to all FTU students. However, to clear away any red tape involved, he maintained it will require the services of a lawyer capable of devoting sufficient time to the issue. Adamick said he feels that hiring legal counsel is necessitated by the nature of the legal complications involved in forming a legal (Continued on Page 7) None Injured A three-car accident occurred on Pegasus Drive at the campus entrance June 20 at 8:45 a.m. when a car stopped to pick up a pedestrian. The chain reaction pile up occurred when Carolyn Hackett, 7811 Lillwill Road, stopped her car 150 feet from Alafaya Trail. Benard Mortenson of Orlando stopped his rF11Tt!i^r, TT^aPiityiai car behind Ms. Hackett's, but a lllUll lKeiXL1 third car driven by Ralph Burt, Campus Liquor Sales Investigation Continues Legal work intended to clear the way for the eventual selling of alcoholic beverages on campus is now progressing rapidly. The work was initiated in early February when Student Government passed a resolution calling for the reversal of the present university policy prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus. Presently there is no Board of Regents rule which prohibits alcohol on campus, and there are several other campuses in the State University System which permit their students to consume intoxicating drinks. The office of student affairs has requested Dr. John D. Mahaffey, the university attorney, to research the legal complications involved in the reversal of the present university policy and the requirements needed to be met in order to obtain a state license for the sale of drinks. Mahaffey has found that there is an Orange County ordinance stating that alcoholic beverages may not be sold within 1,000 feet of an established school, and that in order to avoid interpretation of FTU as an established school, he is seeking a zoning variance from the Orange County Planning and Zoning Commission. SG President Steven Adamick said that a facility for the sale of the beverage would be located in the vicinity of the Village Center, if and when all the legal complications are solved and a license procured. He said he is hopeful that the sale and consumption of beer and wine will become a reality here by fall quarter. HOLIDAY There will be no classes on Tuesday, July 4, according to the vice president for academic affairs, Dr. C. B. Gambrell. There will be class on Monday, July 3, however; and classes will resume on July 5, after the break. SNEA-FEA The Student National Education Association-Florida Education Association (SNEA-FEA) will have a meeting Thursday, July 6, at 11 a.m. in GC 115. All members should be in attendance, according to Sally Weatherhy, member of the executive committee. BULLETIN ADDITION The newly revised Environmental Studies Program is explained in an addition to the University Bulletin, and is now available at the admissions office in the Admistration Building. The new program does not include the previously required senior seminars, which were abolished in accordance to many requests. The new addition, however, does contain one omission. Under the social sciences category, in Section "B", one of the choices should be Communication 100, for three hours credit. ERROR The FTU Bookstore was closed Wednesday and Thursday of this week for inventory. Through an oversight, announcement of the closing was not made in the FuTUre in advance. The FuTUre regrets this error. VC MOVIES "World Without Sun," a Jacques Cousteau movie, will be shown Wednesday, at 8:30 p.m., on the Village Center Patio. Admission is free. car 3766 Harbor Acres, Jacksonville, hit the second car, causing the pile-up. All three drivers are FTU students. Burt was charged with careless driving. "No injuries were reported, but I would estimate $800 damage to the third car, $150 to the second and $75 to the first car, " said State Trooper Joseph G. Crabtree who investigated the accident, assisted by Campus Security. Almost within an hour a second accident occurred on Pegasus Drive at 9:50 a.m. Elaine Bohn, 384 Magnolit Place, DeBary, and Robert Maple, 478 Falmouth Ave., Merritt Island, were involved. Ms. Bohn was changing lanes when her car hit Maple's. She was charged with improper change of lane. Trooper Crabtree estimated $100 damage to Maple's car and $75 damage to Ms. Bohn's car. Neither driver was an FTU student. Quieted By Regent The rumor of an increase in tuition was quieted last week by Board of Regents member, Dr. Louis Murray, during his visit to campus. Dr. Murray and Mrs. E. D. Pearce were on campus June 22 as part of the 'Regent-A-Month' program initiated by the board last fall. "We feel that very possibly the tuition will be just the same as it is now," said Murray, "$190 per quarter." Murray said tuition has to be raised by the legislature, and since the legislature is not presently in session and will not be before fall quarter, tuition is not likely to increase before then. Murray also said the Regents have not requested that the legislature increase tuition, and have no immediate plans to do so. "Tuition wfll probably not go up during the next legislative session," he said, "but this is a guess because no one can second-guess the legislature." Communication Prof Heads Faculty Senate Dr. K. Phillip Taylor, assistant professor of Communication, was selected chairman of the Faculty Senate at the May meeting. The senate is an advisory group of approximately 50 faculty members, which submits recommendations to the vice Correction A headline in the June 16 issue of the FuTUre erroneously reported that Doug Holmquist would be head coach of FTU basketball. The headline should have read that Holmquist will coach varsity baseball president for academic affairs. A major project for the senate this year, according to Taylor, is the study of a three year program leading to a B.A. or B.S. degree. The study is currently in the curriculum committee. "We're in the process of analyzing all the various options," Taylor said. "It looks as if they will favor maintaining the present requirements for graduation." Taylor pointed out that under the present system FTU students can graduate in three years. "FTU has five specific options currently available to students that would reduce the number of quarters needed to graduate." The program includes credit through the College Level Examination Program, early admission of high school students prior to their graduation, an advance placement program, credit by examination and credit for military experience and courses taken while in the service. Another option available to students now is simply to attend school on a year-round basis or to average 20 hours per quarter on a three-quarter-per-year basis. Taylor stressed that the "potential is just tremendous" for the senate. "The vice president (Dr. C. B. Gambrell) has urged us again and again to give him input." DR. TAYLOR
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Taipei Organic Acupuncture
by Super User on Thursday, 21 April 2011 5854 hits Comments
Marco Casagrande is now principle at the Ruin Academy at the JUT Foundation's Urban Core Arts Block as well as professor at the Department of Architecture at Danjiang University, Taipei. After his group was given a studio on the block, his group built the Ruin Academy, and even produced a whole magazine on the groups theory, practice and projects - Anarchist Gardener - the rest of which can be viewed here. Their conception of space are wildly beyond the current mainstream practice bent on urban development, beautification and modernization at all costs. Here, Marco lays out some of his main ideas in Taipei.
Acupuncture is the procedure of inserting and manipulating needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.
Urban planning integrates land use planning and transportation planning to improve the built, economic and social environments of communities.
Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space.
Environmental art is art dealing with ecological issues and possibly in political, historical or social context.
Sociology is a science of human social activity.
Anarchy is acting without waiting for instructions or official permission. The root of anarchism is the single impulse to do it yourself: everything else follows from this.
The community gardens and urban farms of Taipei are astonishing. They pop up like mushrooms on the degenerated, neglected or sleeping areas of the city, which could be referred to as urban composts.
These areas are operating outside the official urban control or the economic standard mechanisms. They are voids in the urban structure that suck in ad-hoc community actions and present a platform for anarchy through gardening.
For the vitality of Taipei, the networks of the anarchist gardens seem to provide a positive social disorder; positive terrorism. They are tuning the industrial city towards the organic, towards accident and in this sense they are ruining the modern urbanism. They are punctual organic revolutions and the seeds of the Third Generation City, the organic ruin of the industrial city.
Corners are windy
Claude Lévi-Strauss believes in the beauty of the human nature as part of nature. Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno lost all the hope for the industrial development and said it has failed the promise of the Enlightment - it had corrupted humanity. Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalke (Mosfilm, 1979) is taking sophisticated people into the Zone, where their deepest wishes may come true. The Zone which is the organic ruin mirroring the surrounding mechanical reality. For the Strugatsky brothers (Arkady & Boris) the Zone was a Roadside Picnic (1972, Moscow).
Missis Lee in the Gongguan community garden, an illegal garden farmed by National Taiwan University professors and staff.
The community gardens of Taipei are Roadside Picnic. Grandmothers can take us there, like Stalker. The honorable Lévi-Strauss could be happy to start new ethnographical research between the parallel realities of the cultures of the urban compost gardens and the surrounding city – the reversed modernization and focusing in Local Knowledge. Horkheimer’s & Adorno’s graves should be moved in one of these urban acupuncture spots of Taipei. Here even they would find hope, surrounded by the valueless modernity and hard industrialism. Prof. Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila has said: “The valueless void of the society of today will be filled with ethics: the corners are windy.” With the recognition of the urban farms and community gardens Taipei has found its corners.
What is the ethics then pushing through these corners into the city? It could be called Local Knowledge, site-specific reactions building a bridge between the modern man and nature. The gardens of Taipei, these acupuncture points, are penetrating through the industrial surface of the city and reaching the original ground. The self organized community gardens are the urban acupuncture needles of Taipei. Local Knowledge is in connection with the first generation city, when the built human environment was dependent on nature and regulated by nature. Now the anarchist gardeners are regulating the industrial city.
Dominate the no-man’s land
The community gardens are taking over abandoned construction sites and ruined housing areas, empty city-blocks waiting for development, flood banks of the rivers and even grave-yards out of fashion. In many cases the gardens are flourishing on spots of land where the land-owner issues are unsettle or complicated. Sometimes the garden will stay in the spot for only a couple of years, as in the cases of soon to be developed areas and sometimes the urban farming has decades long traditions as with the river flood plains or on the island in-between Zhongxiao and Zhongshing bridges. The smaller urban farms are flexible and eager to overtake the empty spots of the city, eager to dominate the no-man’s land.
Treasure Hill in 2003 (Photo: Stephen Wilde)
One of the more famous urban farming communities of Taipei was the Treasure Hill settlement, originally an illegal community of KMT veterans. During its legitimating process Treasure Hill became so famous that eventually the original community was kicked away by the city government and the houses were taken over by artists and art related organizations. All the farms were destroyed on the process. Sounds like urban warfare against urban acupuncture. Treasure Hill was powerful and self-sustained when it was illegal. The community built its own houses and its own farms and it made its own rules. The official city wanted to eliminate this unofficial organic rival. NGOs found the issue sexy and stepped in to protect and legitimize the settlement. In the end the NGOs and artists took over the now-famous community and hooked up with the city government. The original urban farmers didn’t fit the picture anymore and had to leave. Now you can listen gansta-rap in a yellow plastic tent where the gardens used to be. Local knowledge died.
But Treasure Hill is not alone. Urban farming happens through different social classes and through out the city. The socially disordered citizens are ready to occupy land and start the community farms over and over again. Some acupuncture spots get hot and benefit the surrounding urban tissue while others fade away. The industrial surface of the city keeps constantly being broken up and herbs and vegetables are planted into the cracks. People are ruining the industrial city. Ruin is when man-made has become part of nature.
Urban Editors
Compared to Western cities Taipei plays in quite different rules. The aesthetics of the city is dominated by the functionality of a big collective machine and the urban mechanism is constantly being edited and rendered as with changing the micro-chips or other parts of a super-computer into more powerful ones. The urban data is people and this is what the machine needs to process. Mostly it goes smoothly, but also people get viruses – they get together to spontaneous demonstrations, they do tai-chi in improvised city-corners, they launch ad-hoc night markets or under-bridge sales on temporarily occupied streets or city corners. And they do farms – they are squeezing organic material into the machine like a creeper crawling into an air-conditioning box. Why they do this? Why does the nature want to break the machine?
Developers are the true urban editors. They are linked with the city authorities and necessary political powers and they make the urban editing. Architects are in a secondary role – something like the hyenas after the lions have made the kill. Money is a good consultant and the generating force of the developer run urban editing process. This is not urban acupuncture though; it is more like a western style medical practice – operations on the body removing, changing or maintaining parts – or even plastic surgery. (Oh, Shanghai has bigger tits than Taipei.) The body is not necessarily seen as one big organism.
In this rough editing process the anarchist gardeners seem to act as micro-editors, parasites benefiting of the slow circles of the big-scale development. They occupy the not so sexy areas of the city and they jump in the more sleepy parts of the development cycle. For example – the developer buys a whole city block with originally many land-owners. The process is slow because he has to negotiate with all of them. While the process is dragging behind the urban farmers step in and start farming the area. The developer doesn’t want to cause any more fuss and let it happen. It takes 3-5 years before the developer has got all the area to his possession and those same years the site acts as the community garden. When the actual construction starts the gardeners have already occupied a next vacant spot in the city.
Third Generation City
First generation city was the human settlement in straight connection with nature and dependent on nature. The fertile and rich Taipei basing provided a fruitful environment for such a settlement. The rivers were full of fish and good for transportation and the mountains protected the farmed plains from the straightest hits of the frequent typhoons.
The second generation city is the industrial city. Industrialism claimed the citizen’s independence from nature – a mechanical environment could provide human everything needed. Nature was seen as something un-necessary or as something hostile – it was walled away from the mechanical reality.
Third Generation City is the organic ruin of the industrial city. The community gardens of Taipei are fragments of the third generation urbanism when they exist together with the industrial surroundings. Local Knowledge is present in the city and this is where Ruin Academy focuses its research. Among the urban gardeners are the local knowledge professors of Taipei. Third Generation City is true when the city recognizes its local knowledge and allows itself to be part of nature.
The 101 Community Garden besides the Taipei Word Trade Center. Photo: Isis Kang.
Photos courtesy of M. Casagrande
For more information on the Ruin Academy and their projects in Taiwan, you can read the full content of the magazine Anarchist Gardener here
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Welcome, America, to the Baby Bust
The watchwords for a new generation will be: smaller and leaner
By John S. Demott Monday, Feb. 23, 1987
Unable to find enough young people to flip its Big Macs, McDonald's has launched a recruiting program called McMasters to entice older Americans into staffing its grills and cash registers. Competitor Wendy's offers cash incentives, scholarships and "career ladders" to hang on to teenage employees. Dow Chemical, vilified on college campuses during the Viet Nam War for manufacturing napalm, is reaching out to young people in television commercials that show freshly minted college graduates signing on to help feed the world. Across the U.S., colleges are out hustling for freshmen in innovative ways: the University of Rochester offers a tuition-free fifth...
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Steve Duffy talks about driving after a car that sped through his neighborhood, tearing up a portion of his lawn and striking other vehicles across from his home Sunday morning.
KEVIN E. SCHMIDT, KSCHMIDT@QCTIMES.COM
Vigilante justice? Former racer chases vehicle that drove through his Davenport yard
A former Davenport racer took to the streets again Sunday morning — this time, in pursuit of a driver who sped through his lawn and crashed into two cars in the neighborhood.
Here’s what happened, according to Steve Duffy, 70, of Davenport, who was involved in go-kart races in Grand Mound, Iowa, for many years:
Duffy lives in the 2600 block of Ripley Street near Hayes Street. He heard a commotion about 10:30 or 11 a.m. Sunday.
A stolen vehicle was traveling westbound on Hayes Street, coming from Harrison Street, he said. “I didn’t see it approaching but the other neighbors did — it was traveling at a high rate of speed.”
The vehicle tried to turn left on Ripley Street, possibly ran through a stop sign, “went into my yard, lost control and hit a parked car on Ripley Street,” said Duffy, who eventually spoke with police officers and witnesses.
“The driver tried to back up to get away and backed into another parked car, then fled. I saw all that impact out my living room window.”
Duffy is a self-described man of action. “My instinct is to run outside and get in my car and chase him.”
Duffy had two options: His little red Smart Car or his Ford Edge SUV, which is the one he chose.
“I chased (a silver or gray Chevrolet Equinox) south on Gaines Street through the neighborhood there on 15th Street and Warren Street, then another car got in my way,” Duffy said. “I had to go around it. I chased him south on Warren Street down to about 12th Street.”
The driver headed west toward Marquette Street and was about two blocks ahead of Duffy in a silver or gray Chevrolet Equinox, then Duffy lost the vehicle.
Duffy said when returned to the scene police officers were there, and he stopped and told them about his pursuit.
A license plate — possibly from the Equinox — was ripped off the car and left at the scene, Duffy said.
He said during the chase, he reached 45-50 mph. The other driver was going a lot faster than that, but Duffy didn’t want to go that fast. “He was flying, going 60 mph-plus,” Duffy said.
He suspects the driver, whom he couldn’t see, might have been young. “I couldn’t see (the driver) over the headrest,” Duffy said.
Afterward, Duffy talked to police at the scene. An officer told him such a pursuit isn’t recommended, he said.
“That’s just my nature, to get involved,” Duffy said.
Davenport police said the vehicle was found abandoned later. As of Monday, no arrest has been made in connection with the incident.
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MOVIE REVIEW: UP – Reserve a Spot on Your Top Five List for Pixar’s 10th Wonderful Movie in a Row!
May 28, 2009 Sheldon Wiebe 2 Comments
When the Disney rep asked me what I thought of UP at the conclusion of the screening, my immediate response was, “Several million points out of ten!” Yeah, I know. Douglas Adams. Zaphod Beeblebrox. What can I say – I only steal from the best. The thing is, UP is going to make more top ten, top five and top three lists than almost any other film to be released this year. Why? Because it is Pixar’s biggest risk and most fully realized motion picture.
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TELEVISION: SCI FI Casts Allison Scagliotti in Warehouse 13
April 9, 2009 Sheldon Wiebe
The SCI FI Channel’s newest sci-fi/fantasy series, Warehouse 13, has added Allison Scagliotti [Drake & Josh] to its cast which already includes regulars Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek and CCH Pounder.
In the series – which focuses on two FBI agents who are assigned to a massive storage facility for “strange artifacts, mysterious relics and supernatural souvenirs” – Scagliotti will play Claudia Donovan, a young, hip, brilliant techno-whiz who cracks the facility’s security in search of Rubinek’s character, Artie. Her natural aptitude for science and technology enable her to figure out and manipulate many of the facility’s pieces in order to help the team.
Artie is the caretaker of the Warehouse, while Pete [McClintock] and Myka [Kelly] are the FBI agents who are charged with finding and securing new objects to cache there.
Warehouse 13 premieres with a two-hour episode on July 7th, 2009, at 9/8 Central.
AdventureAllison ScagliottiDramedySCI ChannelWarehouse 13
Hollywood Insider, Television
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Burn Notice Creator Matt Nix Gives Surprising Intel!
January 23, 2009 Sheldon Wiebe
How do you create and write a series like Burn Notice? What influences – from life and classic TV – go into the unique mix that is Burn Notice [USA, Thursdays, 10/9C]? Series creator Matt Nix answers these questions and more…
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TELEVISION: Burn Notice: USA’s Spy-Cum-Detective-Cum-Caper Series Picks Up Steam!
Tomorrow marks the return of one of the summer’s brightest lights, Burn Notice [USA, Thursdays, 10/9C]. When last we saw burnt agent Michael Westen [Jeffrey Donovan], he was caught in a freeze frame in mid-air after a bomb planted inside his door had gone off. It should come as no surprise that the winter premiere of the show picks up right at that precise instant. Nor will it come as a surprise that Westen survives – though he is banged up enough that he’s less than subtle in both his dealings with Carla [Tricia Helfer] and the con artists who benefited financially at the expense of a perhaps terminally ill boy named Jack. Westen saves Jack’s father from a terrible mistake [suicide] and after a very brief conversation, Kenny [David Barry Gray] becomes his next “side job” [as Carla puts it].
In our interview with Bruce Campbell [Westen’s right-hand man, Sam Axe] mentioned that he thought the show had a core of innocence, like The Rockford Files. Actually, I’d take that a couple of steps further and suggest that Burn Notice is a mash-up of Rockford and It Takes a Thief – only the hero is I Spy’s Kelly Robinson [in an upcoming interview, Nix talks about the way classic TV influenced the show].
In Do No Harm, the Season 2.5 premiere, Westen, who was pretty banged up after surviving the explosion, decides that he’s not exactly in the mood for subtle –something to do with almost dying [attempts on his life, he says, “are like snowflakes. Each one is different – and icy cold]. This puts Sam a bit on edge, and makes Fiona [Gabriel Anwar] a hair crazier than usual. It also means babysitting duty for Westen’s mom, Madeline [Sharon Gless].
The episode – which was written and directed by creator Matt Nix – seems to move a bit faster than usual. Probably because of Westen’s decision to forego subtlety. Also probably because of a twist in regard to his would-be assassin. Mostly, though it’s the combination of the above and con artists who target fatally ill children. As a result, the voiceovers aren’t quite as matter-of-fact as usual. There’s just a slight tonal difference, but we can tell Westen’s objectivity isn’t exactly intact.
Nix proves to be a capable director. He keeps the pace up and knows when to let the show’s trademark humor relieve the tension. Because he is so good, it should come as no surprise that Do Not Harm is one of the series’ best episodes, to date. After all, there’s compromising of the writer’s vision.
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TELEVISION: Stargate Universe: Four More Cast Members Announced!
SCI FI Channel has announced Justin Louis, David Blue, Brian J. Smith and Jamil Walker Smith will join the cast of the highly anticipated new original series Stargate Universe. The four will enlist alongside Robert Carlyle (Dr. Nicholas Rush) in the latest adventure in the Stargate franchise produced by MGM television. Production will begin in Vancouver in February 2009 with an eye toward a fall ‘09 premiere.
Edgier and younger in tone than the two previous series, SGU follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves as they are forced through a Stargate when their hidden base comes under attack. The desperate survivors emerge aboard an ancient ship, which is locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth.
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MOVIE REVIEW: Hotel For Dogs: Undemanding Fun
January 16, 2009 Sheldon Wiebe 4 Comments
The trailers for Hotel For Dogs make much of the Rube Goldberg devices that are created for the titular hotel and, in truth, they are pretty amazing. The film is not nearly as much fun, but it does have its good points.
Andi [Emma Roberts] and her little brother, Bruce [Jake T. Austin] are foster kids who have adopted a stray dog they’ve named Friday. Their latest foster parents, Lois [Lisa Kudrow] and Carl [Matt Dillon] are obnoxious, and talentless, would be rock stars who have a no pets policy. In trying to find ways to keep Friday with them, yet unseen by Lois and Carl, they have gone to extraordinary lengths – which take them into a closed down hotel, where they find two dogs, that Bruce names Lenny and Georgia. Before long, Andi and Bruce are being helped by a pair of pet store employees named Dave [Johnny Simmons] and Heather [Kyla Pratt] as they turn the place into a hotel for dogs. Along the way, a guy named Mark [Troy Gentile] joins the band, maybe because chunky kids are funny… or something.
The Rube Goldberg devices in all those trailers? They’re to take care of feeding the dogs and give them typical doggie experiences – like playing fetch, barking when there’s someone at the door, or sticking their heads out of a car window. The devices are created by Bruce [who is clearly the reincarnation of Mr. Goldberg], but one of the key plot points is what happens when the devices malfunction and the dogs all flee the building.
The villains are the pet control officers who rake sadistic glee at putting strays in their cages and count the moments until the unclaimed ones will be put down. Other than the sympathetic Bernie [Don Cheadle], the kids’ social worker, all the remaining adults in the film are pretty much twits [though not as bad as Lois and Carl].
Despite its flaws [and they are several], Hotel For Dogs kinda works. The dogs are well trained and steal every scene, though the kids hold their own, for the most part. There’s a certain lowbrow charm to the piece – though perhaps one too many dog poop jokes. The movie is aimed at tweens [the Nickelodeon demographic], but the dogs and Bruce’s wacky machines will keep adults interested while the forced romance between Dave and Andi develops.
Hotel For Dogs is a put your brain on hold and eat your popcorn movie. That’s precisely what it intends to be and, on that level, it works.
Final Grade: B-
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Sci-Fi Channel, Television, TV Reviews
TELEVISION: Battlestar Galactica Returns With Big Answers And Even Bigger Questions!
“…You are one of a small number of trusted BSG enthusiasts with whom we are sharing a review copy.”
While that statement from the letter that accompanies the mid-season premiere of BSG [Sci Fi, Fridays, 10/9C], Sometimes a Great Notion, doesn’t exactly hurt my ego, it does come with some hefty caveats. I can’t give away a couple of HUGE plot points – like they’d have to tell me that in the first place – and then there’s the scene that has been withheld from screener in the interests of maintaining “the secrecy surrounding an extremely sensitive reveal” [which only guarantees that I’ll be in front of my TV for the premiere – but I’d have been there anyway, the ep is that good].
What’s left? Forty-two minutes of pretty frakkin’ awesome stuff! [Remember, I saw it without commercials.] Which means you should set your TiVo for an extra three minutes or so…
In the past, I’ve been known to complain about episodes that are way too talky and slow – episodes where it’s all about exposition, or recapitulation of themes that maybe didn’t need to be recapitulated – or about the Messiah Baltar [James Callis] and his harem. Well, Sometimes a Great Notion is a talky episode – the one burst of unexpected violence [not counting a fist fight in one of the Galactica’s corridors as a major character walks by] is one of things I can’t talk about – but even without the violence, so much happens here that it will be one of the best television episodes of 2009 [and that’s without the missing scene]!
The episode begins mere moments after the conclusion of Revelations with the various human and Cylon characters wandering about in a daze. The only one who is actively doing something, really, is Starbuck [Katie Sackhoff], who is looking for something. Before the teaser is over, there have been answers to at least a couple of major questions, including one about the Final Five – not to mention… but that would be too much to say here…
Essentially, Sometimes a Great Notion is about what happens when your biggest and best hopes and dreams are dangled before your eyes then ripped ruthlessly away. Some of the responses are dire [see HUGE plot point #2] while some are just there – a kind enervation. Then there are those who see the situation not as an invalidation of their hopes and dreams, but an opportunity to be completely free from any expectations, or prophecies. The characters who fall into these categories might not necessarily be the ones you’ll be expecting.
Written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson [they wrote Revelations – every resolution of a cliffhanger should be written by the same writer[s] who did the cliffhanger] and directed by Michael Nankin, Sometimes a Great Notion is an amazing example of how a mostly violence-free episode should be done. Nankin’s pacing is best described as deliberate – just slow enough that we can pick up on the many subtleties of the episode [watch the reactions of the crew in the background after the announcement is made about the state of the Earth] – even as we watch the main characters fall apart, go into shock, or buck up and decide to keep going forward.
The bleached palette of the bleak Earth scenes contrast with the much warmer palette aboard the Galactica [warmer tones that make that one burst of violence even more mind-boggling]. It’s partly because of contrasts such as these that we buy into most of the responses to the news about the Earth – though, as in real life, some will never be understood. Though I haven’t said much about the Cylons who allied themselves with the humans, they, too, are caught up in the situation with an equally wide range of reactions – especially Leoben [Callum Keith Rennie] and D’Anna [Lucy Lawless].
Because of the missing scene, I can’t give Sometimes a Great Notion an unqualified A+ – but it is close to perfect as it can be without that scene [and I can’t wait to see what it is!].
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TELEVISION: Patrick Swayze Gives A&E’s The Beast Its Power!
The new A&E series, The Beast [Thursdays, 10/9C], is built around a familiar premise – the veteran cop/FBI/CIA agent being teamed up with a green partner. The main difference between most movies and TV series that use this premise is that this one has Patrick Swayze and some very effective writing.
Swayze is the unorthodox [and possibly corrupt] veteran FBI agent, Charles Barker, who is partnered with the wet-behind-the-ears Ellis Dove [Travis Fimmel – who’s learned to act since The WB’s Tarzan]. Dove was handpicked by the cantankerous Barker to become his new partner, though you’d never know it from the way he treats him. The show opens with the two working undercover – and Barker shoots him! When they’re not actively pursuing a case, Barker has Dove fetch coffee, deal with obnoxious drunks and generally act as a gopher. By hitting the kid in his pride, Barker is pushing him to work on his undercover skills.
Then there’s the Internal Affairs thing. In the premiere, Ellis is approached by a handful of IA people who try to recruit him to prove Barker’s corruption – of the four, only “Ray” [Larry Gilliard Jr.] reappears in the second episode, and then to give Dove a DVD that allegedly implicates Barker in something illegal. Throw in something that disappears from the evidence room, and a woman who lives in Dove’s apartment building [Rose, played by Lindsay Pulsipher], and you’ve got most of the ingredients for a formula show.
Fortunately, series creators Vincent Angell and William L. Rothko aren’t interested in the standard tropes of the genre. Instead, they set up a selection of standard characters and play with their motivations and situations. The result is a smarter, darker show than you’d expect on basic cable – and an entertainment that would be more engrossing than most even without Swayze. With him, though, the show has serious heft.
Michael Dinner directs the first two episodes with an eye toward mixing noir-ish lighting with slightly bleached colors to give the show an individual look. He has a knack for lighting his characters so that we get a sense of who they are even before they say anything. Dinner does a good job of exploiting the chemistry between Swayze and Fimmel – not to mention Fimmel and Pulsipher – in a way that doesn’t seem forced. When you put it all together, it’s safe to say that The Beast is the best hour-long series that A&E has had since Nero Wolfe.
Final Grade: B+
AdventureBasic CableCop ShowMichael DinnerPatrick SwayzeTravis FimmelVincent AngellWilliam L. Rothko
TELEVISION: Preview: ‘Lost’ in Time & Space
I’ve just seen the two-hour premiere of season five of Lost [ABC Wednesdays, 8/7C, beginning on Jan. 21st]. You think it was strange and wild and exhilarating before? Just wait until you see what’s next!
Although my agreement with ABC is that I can’t give away plot points, I can, perhaps, give clues. I can tell you that Vincent’s back – and that Sawyer plays a more prominent role. I can tell you that things have changed between Benjamin Linus [Michael Emerson] and Sayid [Naveen Andrews]; that Hurley [Jorge Garcia] has reached his limit on lying – and that Sayid’s life may depend on him; I can tell you that a potential legal problem may change Kate’s [Evangeline Lilly] and Aaron’s lives, and that Charlotte [Rebecca Mader] may not be well. And speaking of Hurley, remember Dave? And Charlie’s enigmatic appearance at the mental institution [“I’m dead. And I’m here”]? I can safely say that Hurley sees dead people.
There are lots more clues that I could give you in that vein, but when the events to which they allude happen, all that’ll happen is that some answers will be given [like why Hurley finally reaches his limit with The Lie] and more will be asked [like what’s happening to the people who were left on the island]. Even the titles of the two parts of this season’s premiere have titles [Because You Left & The Lie] that are carefully gauged to give hints that spawn unexpected answers and set the stage for more [and possibly bigger] questions. As is always the case with Lost, context is everything.
Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof co-wrote Because You Left and Stephen Williams’s direction keeps up a pace that matches that of last season’s three-hour finale. Revelations are given in quick bursts and emotional moments in almost a state suspension – but no scene lasts for more a few moments. The Lie, written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed by Jack Bender, keeps up that pace, for the most part but lingers a bit more over the key emotional sequences, giving them more heft as the give and take of answers and questions mounts.
I have to say that I enjoyed the season five premiere episodes as much as the three-part season four finale. Everyone we care about gets a choice moment or two and the plot forges onward. The rollercoaster ride that is Lost is definitely maintaining the quality level it regained last season.
Final Grade: A+
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HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Executive Producers Talk Battlestar Galactica and Caprica
January 12, 2009 Sheldon Wiebe 1 Comment
I had the opportunity to take part in a teleconference with Battlestar Galactica’s Ronald D. Moore and David Eick this week. The forty-minute touched on BSG’s upcoming prequel series, Caprica as well as the final ten episodes of BSG, itself. Somehow, Moore and Eick got through the ordeal without leaking any spoilers, but we still had fun.
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TELEVISION: The Best and Worst of 2008!
January 2, 2009 Sheldon Wiebe 2 Comments
There was an overwhelming amount of great TV, this year [and, as you’ll see not too much later, an almost equally overwhelming amount of excessively bad TV]. Given the truly amazing amount of quality to be found between the networks and the various cable outlets, I’ve decided to list my favorite fifteen shows of the year.
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Two nabbed for allegedly stealing drugs from hospital, including ARV
Two workers of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital are in police custody for allegedly stealing government drugs.
Sam Mugisha, the lab technician, and Herbert Byomugisha, a pharmacist, are accused of stealing anti-malarial and antiretroviral drugs among other items from in the hospital.
Police say the duo was nabbed over the weekend in possession of the drugs worth Shs 2 million.
After his arrest, Mugisha immediately told police that he was taking the stolen drugs for sale in the Democratic Republic of Congo via Kasese Mpondwe border post.
Mbarara district police commander Nicklaus Ngonzi says as security people they highly suspect that the duo could have been stealing drugs and selling it to rebels of the Allied Democratic Front (ADF) reportedly regrouping in the Congo jungles.
But Mugisha, who was the first to be arrested by police, maintained his innocence before the media.
Recently, a team of legislators led by the leader of opposition in Parliament Nandala Mafabi toured Mbarara regional referral hospital and were surprised to learn that most essential drugs were not in stock at the hospital pharmacy and yet it had been disbursed by the National Medical Stores (NMS).
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partys poll symbol)the BSP seems to be walking on a razors edge Arpita Roy New Delhi For all the latest Opinion News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by Arita Sarkar Tabassum Barnagarwala | Mumbai | Published: August 27 2017 4:00 am The poclain machines were on the top floor of the building and collapsed on to the second floor Dilip Kagda Top News One person died two others were injured and six more feared trapped under debris after a portion of a seven-storeyed building — Krishnan Business Park — in Chandivali caved in Saturday under the weight of poclain machines kept on the top floor The building was being demolished when the incident took place at around 5:30 pm The poclain machines fell on workers on the lower floors While officials claimed there were 12 labourers in the building labourers who survived said there were at least 18 men in building Six are feared trapped including 30-year-old Manav and 21-year-old Gauri Shankar Officials from L ward said the building was in the process of being demolished While details about the building remain unclear Ajit Ambi assistant municipal commissioner of L ward said “The building was under the jurisdiction of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) It was in the process of being demolished when the poclain machines collapsed on workers One death has been reported” A BMC official at the site said the building had been constructed for commercial purposes but was to be converted into a residential building “Crystal Group the builders had approached the building and factory department for the conversion but permission was denied for demolition” said a civic official adding the proposal was handed over to the SRA which was monitoring the demolition of the structure to convert it into a residential building Pralhad Mahishi executive engineer at SRA said “We gave a Letter of Intent to the builder for permanent transit camp in June this year He was supposed to utilise FSI of 075 for SRA and the remaining 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we are waiting for the structural audit report to devise a strategy for the rescue operations” said a fire official Civic officials said preliminary inquiry revealed the building was an 18-storeyed commercial structure and 11 floors had been demolished Chief Fire Officer P Rahangdale said “The poclain machines collapsed and fell to the second floor… One person was removed from under the debris and taken to Rajawadi Hospital” he said Police said two poclain machines were still on the seventh floor According to Mohammed Akbar a labourer who was on the seventh floor at the time there were over 16 labourers and four poclain machines on top of the building While Akbar survived 32-year-old Gurahu Nandlal Malhar who was from Uttar Pradesh and lived in Sakinaka died Malhar was straightening rods on the first floor when the machines collapsed on him His body was found on the ground floor and he was declared dead at Rajawadi Hospital Bijesh Ram Tiwari security guard of the building who has been working at the site for over a month said “I was in office when the building collapsed When I ran out there was a lot of smoke I think 12-14 labourers were on site today” At first local people helped rescue those trapped and took them to hospital The injured included 25-year-old Bablu Ajit who sustained a fracture in his leg and 19-year-old Tiras Paswan who sustained minor injuries Rajawadi Hospital superintendent Dr Vidya Thakur said “Bablu has been admitted with a fracture His condition is stable” Feared trapped Kumar Kauntar (50) who owned one of the four poclain machines is feared trapped in the debris According to co-workers Kumar had come for inspection of the demolition work at 430 pm “He left the top floor and workers saw him go down But his bike is still parked outside the construction site and his phone is off We fear he may be trapped inside” said Santosh Gupta a local resident For all the latest Mumbai News download Indian Express App More Top NewsWritten by Samarpita Das | New Delhi | Updated: December 5 2016 2:21 pm Parineeti Chopra and Aditya Roy Kapur at Karan Johar’s show Koffee With Karan Related News When Aditya Roy Kapur and Parineeti Chopra sat on the couch of Karan Johar’s celebrity chat show one wondered why the two gorgeous actors don’t date each other The two were in the same Dream Team tour They have even done a film together and are the best buddies in B-town While sipping coffee on the show the two seemed to have slipped out a lot about their friendship Parineeti was cute all along the show and Adi was at his shy best Also read |Koffee With Karan Season 5: Here’s what Mira Rajput said about Shahid Kapoor on Karan Johar’sshow Throughout the episode both PC junior as Parineeti liked calling herself and Aditya laughed off and rubbished all rumours linking them up Apparently Karan Johar has a source (probably Adi’s closest buddy Ranbir Kapoor) who says Aditya does not perform well at the gym Amidst many jokes here are all the collected fun moments from the show 1 In the first half of the show they confessed how the two (ARK and Parineeti) spoke to each other more like a dietitian and patient suggesting each other tips on how to lose weight Well it’s out there now #AdityaRoyKapoor had something to do with @ParineetiChopra’s fab transformation #KoffeeWithKaran pictwittercom/D8yGnFLrzz — Star World (@StarWorldIndia) December 4 2016 2 Parineeti openly said even when she is wearing the sexiest dress none of the guys she is friends with would hit on her Aditya agreed that no matter how sexy her dress is that would never ever interest him 3 The two also discussed Varun Dhawan and Katrina Kaif and a lot of it Love him…hate him…but you simply cannot ignore @Varun_dvn #KoffeeWithParineeti pictwittercom/h0nQDTSHaD — Star World (@StarWorldIndia) December 4 2016 Turns out @ParineetiChopra is petrified of Katrina Wait but why #KoffeeWithParineeti pictwittercom/vIBHy7yo8P — Star World (@StarWorldIndia) December 4 2016 4 She also perfectly demonstrated the size of Aditya’s brain And it can fit in a teaspoon @ParineetiChopra and Aditya Roy Kapur’s friendly banter is one crazy sight #Shenanigans on #KoffeeWithKaran pictwittercom/4ByuQDZxUG — Star World (@StarWorldIndia) December 4 2016 5 When Parineeti Chopra totally rocked it at every situation thrown by Karan Johar 6 The two were even more adorable when they were made to confess their love for each other in regional language 7 Sitting right in front of Karan Johar Aditya was totally lost when Parineeti did the impression of Pooh from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham #AdityaRoyKapoor has interesting roles for his Bollywood colleaguesin his fictional college –especially @ParineetiChopra #KoffeeWithAditya pictwittercom/CSdmd1oRPT — Star World (@StarWorldIndia) December 4 2016 8 Parineeti said she hates Aditya for never calling or texting her back because he is sleeping at a times 9 Parineeti was asked who is the sexiest man in India and her reply was Fawad Khan thus taunting KJo Aditya was once again totally clueless about all kinds of jokes she was referring to @ParineetiChopra & #AdityaRoyKapoor face some ‘personal questions’ on the Koffee couch #KoffeeWithKaran pictwittercom/wnBgXDu6wS — Star World (@StarWorldIndia) November 28 2016 10 When Aditya Roy Kapur confessed that if he ever meets Arnab Goswami in a lift he would star a debate and keep on interupting him For all the latest Entertainment News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related NewsWritten by C Raja Mohan | Updated: January 21 2015 11:52 am As Obama ends America’s more-than-a-decade-long occupation of Afghanistan there are questions about the future of the US-Pak relationship Related News As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama expand the scope of the India-US partnership they have a rare opportunity to strengthen bilateral engagement on regional issues in the subcontinent including the stability of Pakistan During the Cold War one of the main reasons for the estrangement between India and the US was Washington’s support for the Pakistan army While the American interest was not directed against India Rawalpindi’s ability to leverage the relationship in its rivalry with New Delhi produced unending complications for Indo-US ties The frequent US efforts to mediate on the Kashmir question between India and Pakistan only made matters worse for Delhi It was President George W Bush who broke this paradigm by unveiling a policy of “de-hyphenation” early in his first term which began in 2001 Recognising India’s potential role as a major power in Asia and beyond Bush discarded Washington’s tradition of viewing India through the South Asian prism Despite the renewed importance of the Pakistan army for the US after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington Bush did not abandon the special outreach to India Instead he defined an American policy towards South Asia that dealt with India and Pakistan on their own merit Bush would not give Pakistan a veto over Washington’s India policy Unlike his predecessor Bill Clinton Bush made it absolutely clear that he would not let America meddle in Kashmir Bush also turned down Pakistan’s repeated demands for a nuclear symmetry with India and insisted that the civil nuclear initiative was an exclusive arrangement with Delhi When Obama succeeded Bush in 2009 Delhi was concerned that the Democrats with their Kashmir itch would take America back to the bad old days in South Asia After his initial momentary musings on Kashmir mediation Obama stayed the course adopted by Bush Despite the huge turbulence in Kashmir during his visit to India in November 2010 Obama chose to maintain silence This fundamental change in US policy was critical in building mutual trust over the last decade between Delhi and Washington After the Hyphen As Obama ends America’s more-than-a-decade-long occupation of Afghanistan there are questions about the future of the US-Pak relationship With most of the American troops out of Afghanistan some argue American interest in and aid to Pakistan will begin to rapidly decline Others however argue that Washington is unlikely to abandon the relationship with Rawalpindi any time soon They point to America’s interest in ensuring a reasonably stable Afghanistan its concerns about the consequences of state failure in Pakistan and the fear of loose nukes falling into the hands of extremist groups Whatever direction the ties between Washington and Islamabad may take in the coming years India needs to engage the US on the future of Pakistan at a moment when our western neighbour is struggling to cope with a deepening crisis at home and mounting challenges on its western frontiers Many in Delhi and Washington will instinctively resist the construction of such a dialogue After all it has never been done before The fact however is that both countries have a big stake in Pakistan’s stability But neither America nor India is in a position to unilaterally shape the future of Pakistan Working together might give them a slim chance of influencing outcomes in Pakistan one of the world’s pivotal nations Delhi’s Region India’s wariness of America’s regional policies was not limited to Pakistan As political trust diminished between India and the US during the Cold War Delhi became increasingly suspicious of the American role in its neighbourhood and sought to limit it in the subcontinent It was Bush who once more broke the mould of the US policy He ordered a substantive dialogue with India on regional issues and was quite happy to let India take the lead in the subcontinent beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan Delhi too began to shed its reluctance to work with America in the neighbourhood Recall that it was Delhi that drew the US as an observer into Saarc when Pakistan was pushing for a larger Chinese role in the regional forum in 2005 In the last few years Delhi and Washington seemed to slip back to the old habit of working at cross-purposes in the region Amidst their effort to revitalise the partnership Modi and Obama must initiate a high-level regional dialogue for sustained political consultation and policy coordination between Delhi and Washington in the region The apparent cooperation between Delhi and Washington in supporting an orderly transfer of power in the recent presidential elections in Sri Lanka may provide a valuable precedent for future joint efforts to promote political stability and regional economic integration in the subcontinent The writer is a distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation and a contributing editor for ‘The Indian Express’ For all the latest Opinion News download Indian Express App More Related NewsNew Delhi:The Congress and the BJP on Friday engaged in a war of words over Pakistani authorities harassing Kulbhushan Jadhav’s kin as the former sought to know why India did not ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to facilitate the meeting through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or any other UN body In response the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at the Congress and said that the Congress party’s misdeeds had emboldened Pakistan to indulge in uncouth behaviour Pak’s mistreatment of Jadhav’s family unequivocally condemnable but-1What were ground rules settled between India&Pak about the meeting2 Knowing Pak’s perfidy fully well why did India not ask ICJ to facilitate meeting through ICRC or any other UN body rather than bilaterally? — Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) December 29 2017 Reacting to it BJP national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao tweeted Congress party’s misdeeds misadventures misdemeanor junkets secret meetings & loose statements have emboldened Pakistan to indulge in uncouth behaviour @INCIndia It’s time not to ask questions but to atone for Jaichand-like acts https://tco/9W9GaJR7O9 via @timesofindia — GVL Narasimha Rao (@GVLNRAO) December 29 2017 Pakistani authorities made Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother remove their mangalsutra bangles and bindi and also made them change their clothes before the meeting India said on Tuesday India also slammed the meeting conducted across a glass panel terming it "lacking in credibility" and "intimidating" By: Express News Service | Updated: June 24 2014 8:34 am Related News The ratification of the Additional Protocol (AP) to grant the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) greater access to India’s civil nuclear programme is a signal from the NDA government that it is serious about implementing the Indo-US nuclear deal The AP was part of India’s commitment under the civil nuclear initiative with the US that ended New Delhi’s prolonged nuclear isolation and allowed it to regain access to civil nuclear technology without giving up its weapons programme The IAEA had approved an India-specific AP in 2009 after signing a pact with Delhi in 2008 which cleared the path for the Nuclear Suppliers Group’s India-specific waiver After the initial effort made towards lifting the global technological blockade on India’s nuclear sector the UPA visibly lost the momentum in its second term allowing itself to be cornered into passing a bad nuclear liability law The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010 hinders the entry of foreign nuclear suppliers as the law’s right to recourse clause in case of a nuclear accident places liability on the supplier Earlier this year former PM Manmohan Singh had to return from Moscow without an agreement on units 3 and 4 of the Kudankulam plant The Russians have since communicated their “in principle” nod to the law paving the way for a contract on Kudankulam 3 and 4 Problems persist however with the US and France whose vendors are held back by the liability law as are Indian private sector companies The law is inconsistent with the Convention for Supplementary Compensation that India signed in 2010 Global regulations fix liability solely on the operator and the global nuclear industry was revived with state assurances of bearing liability The UPA had tried to finesse the law by writing rules of implementation making it the operator’s call to exercise the right to recourse and only if it was written into the contract In its current form the law may see suppliers apply for large insurance covers which could make nuclear energy too expensive The BJP partly responsible for this state of affairs in opposition has now signalled its willingness to push ahead But it must accept that this egregious law needs to be amended first For all the latest Opinion News download Indian Express App More Related NewsBy: Express Web Desk | Bengaluru | Published: March 3 2017 12:51 pm Amala Paul’s ex-husband A L Vijay breaks his silence on remarriage rumours Related News Kollywood grapevine is abuzz with rumours that director AL Vijay ex-husband of actor Amala Paul is planning to tie the knot again However the Devi(L) director has issued a press statement in order to put all the rumours to rest Terming media reports on his remarriage as “baseless” Vijay said “To my dismay I found that in a certain section of media there were some fabricated rumours on my remarriage This is baseless This sort of unchecked and unauthorised information disturbs me a lot” Just two weeks ago Vijay and Amala were granted divorce by a family court in Chennai And the speculations were rife that Vijay’s father AL Alagappan was looking for a suitable match for his son According to some Tamil newspapers Amala was so upset about news about Vijay’s “remarriage” she even cancelled the shooting and took off from the sets “Media had been largely instrumental in my growth and I feel I have the moral right to ask them to avoid such rumours My commitment to the audience and the media is films of substance and I will strive hard to deliver it” he added More from the world of Entertainment: Amala and Vijay got married in June 2014 after dating for three years They separated in March 2015 and decided to get a divorce in August last year Following the divorce rumours were rife that Vijay and family forced Amala to quit acting and it was the main reason for their split However the director issued a statement saying he and his family supported Amala to pursue her acting career to the best of their abilities He also added that only Amala and he know the real reason for the divorce and now they have decided to move on with their lives in a dignified manner After a small hiatus Amala is now focusing on her film career and she has signed a slew of interesting films in Tamil and Malayalam She recently made her Kannada debut with Hebbuli Vijay who tasted box office success with his last directorial venture Devi(L) is now busy with the post-production of his upcoming film Vanamagan which has Jayam Ravi in the lead role For all the latest Entertainment News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News
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For all the latest Mumbai News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by SUSHANT KULKAR | Pune | Published: May 20 2016 12:15 am Officials of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission show the newly-installed marble gravestones at the Kirkee War Cemetery Arul Horizon Top News THE MEMORIES and stories of valour of the war heroes live on for ages However the symbols of their memories have to be maintained so that these memories remain etched on our minds With this objective as many as 164 gravestones — at St Sepulchre Cemetery Kirkee New Cemetery and Kirkee War Memorial — of soldiers who laid down their lives in World War I and II have been replaced with new ones between January and May this year Share This Article Related Article There are three major war cemeteries in Pune which have burial or commemorative memorials of soldiers and officers who fought at various places during WWI and WWII The biggest of them all the Kirkee War Memorial located on Mula Road in Khadki has commemorative gravestones of 1678 soldiers who died during WWII and over 1800 of those WWI soldiers This is one of the biggest and best-kept war cemeteries in India and was visited by royal couple of Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall The St Sepulchre Cemetery also called Poona Cemetery located on Solapur Road and Kirkee New Cemetery have 146 and 115 burial gravestones respectively Manoharlal Bahanwal of Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) who is the manager at Kirkee War Cemetery said “Almost all the gravestones are made of a limestone called the Portland Limestone Due to weathering and other effects many of them do not remain in the condition they were in The CWGC has started to replace all such stones that are in bad condition with new ones which are specially manufactured in France Each stone has the name of the soldier date of death name of his battalion or regiment and its insignia engraved on it” Most of the graves and memorials located in Pune are of soldiers of UK the then undivided India then Burma Australia and New Zealand “From January till now our team has replaced 80 gravestones from St Sepulchre Cemetery and over 75 from Kirkee New Cemetery Both these have World War I memorials Nine more gravestones of World War II soldiers in Kirkee War Cemetery have also been replaced The new stones are made of Botticino Marble and they were engraved by an agency in France and shipped to India Till now as many as 1163 gravestones in war cemeteries across India have been replaced with new ones in last few months” Bahanwal added “It is not a very complicated job but doing it gives a feeling that we will keep reminding people of these veterans” said Senthil Kumar who headed the team of masons as he stands next to the two newly-installed gravestones of Lt Col EFW Grellier of Royal Army Medical Corps who died on December 6 1944 at the age of 58 and Warrant Officer RH Strachan of Royal Australian Air Force who died on January 6 in 1945 at the age of 26 Bahanwal added “The CWGC is now aiming to woo visitors especially daughters sons granddaughters and grandsons of these soldiers as almost all the widows have passed away” For all the latest Pune News download Indian Express App More Top NewsBy: Express News Service | Gurgaon | Published: January 6 2017 3:30 am Top News Officials posted at the Kherki Daula toll booth in Gurgaon have registered a case against several residents of the nearby Rampura village after the two groups got into an altercation leading to a scuffle late Wednesday night In the complaint submitted to Yashpal Yadav the Station House Officer (SHO) of Kherki Daula police station toll officials alleged that the issue began after some passengers in a Swift Dzire demanded they be allowed to pass without paying toll When toll collectors refused the group of “three or four men” got into an altercation with personnel beating and threatening them alleged officials Watch What Else Is making News Toll booth officials have alleged that the men were intoxicated and were eventually allowed to pass for free However despite crossing the toll booth for free the group allegedly called more accomplices at the spot Toll booth officials claim that “40 to 50 people” from Rampura village were involved in the incident and terrorised personnel at the booth for over an hour “They beat up all the toll collectors and panicking the collectors grabbed their cash bags and ran towards the control room They caught hold of two collectors beat them up and seized their cash bags” states the complaint filed by the officials adding that the group also barged into the office of the toll plaza beating up personnel in the control room IT department and damaging equipment” Police said investigation is underway For all the latest Delhi News download Indian Express App More Top NewsLos Angeles United States:Venus Williams will end her 15-year boycott of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells next week following in the footsteps of sister Serena who returned to the event last year The 35-year-old former world number one has not played the prestigious Californian event since 2001 when she and Serena were booed by sections of the crowd Her father Richard Williams has long alleged the family was subjected to repeated racial slurs after Venus withdrew from a semi-final against Serena due to a knee injury Venus Williams at Indian Wells in 2001 Getty Images Explaining her decision to return to the tournament in a commentary on The Players Tribune website Williams said the criticism directed at her family had left a lasting mark on her "I remember the pain of my knee injury and how badly I wanted to play in the semis against Serena – before finally accepting that I wouldn’t be able to" Venus wrote "I remember the accusations toward me and my sister and our father I remember the crowd’s reaction as I walked to my seat during Serena’s match in the final And I remember how I couldn’t understand why thousands of people would be acting this way – to a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old trying their best "There are certain things where if you go through them at a certain age you simply don’t forget them" Venus said she had been prompted to return after seeing the warm reception her sister received last year when she was given a 57-second standing ovation before her opening match on Stadium Court "It was in that moment seeing Serena welcomed with open arms last year at Indian Wells that I think I fully and truly realized what being the big sister means" Venus wrote "It means that for all of the things I did first and all of the times when I paved the way for Serena the thing I can be most proud of is this time When Serena paved the way for me" AFPSatish Mani, We have been considering the matter for long, said Vice-Chancellor R C Sobtiwhile addressing the senators today One of the senators pointed out that the publications of a University indicate the quality of research being conducted by itbut the Publication Bureau of PUapart from printing and reprinting textbookshas not come up with good quality publications in the past few years The senators also said that PU should take inspiration from other universities in the regionincluding Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) Amritar and Panjabi University Patialain promoting the Publishing house Shelley Waliafrom Department of English pointed out that the Bureau should have an organised set-up It should be headed by a director and also have an editorial board It should function like a Department and all the faculty members should be a part of the Bureau? The High Court had on Wednesday disposed of the petition challenging the exemption, a police officer said. Public reaction has followed a pattern,the ban comes at a time when the CPM and other parties have already declared law violation programmes.
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Diego Godin announces Atletico Madrid departure after nine years
Posted on October 25, 2019 in mayitfactdvf
Reuters MadridMay 7, 2019UPDATED: May 7, 2019 17:28 IST Diego Godin broke down in tears as he announced that he will be leaving Atletico Madrid (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSDiego Godin announced that he will be leaving Atletico Madrid after nine yearsGodin has played 387 matches for Atletico since joining from Villarreal in 2010Godin didn’t say where he will go but reports suggest that he may join Inter MilanAtletico Madrid captain Diego Godin is leaving the club after nine years when his contract expires in June, the Uruguayan defender said at a news conference on Tuesday, fighting to hold back tears.Godin, 33, has played 387 times for Atletico since joining from Villarreal in 2010, scoring 27 goals – including famously clinching the club’s first La Liga title in 18 years with a header in a 1-1 draw at Barcelona in 2014.Godin did not say where he is going, but numerous Spanish media have reported that he is on his way to Italian Serie A club Inter Milan.”I’m a little nervous, much more than I am before a game, but I have called everyone here to inform you that these are my final days at the club,” Godin said.Atletico president Enrique Cerezo added: “We are here to say goodbye to an Atletico legend. You have been a vital part of this great era for the club, with your efforts and your goals, like the one which gave us the title at the Nou Camp.”You have fought in a thousand battles and defended the club’s shirt in every game and you have worn the captain’s armband. Wherever you end up, Atletico wishes you a lot of luck. Atletico is your family, the Wanda Metropolitano is your home.”OFFICIAL: Atlético legend Diego Godín will leave the club in the summer after 9 successful seasons. #UCL pic.twitter.com/uQKSh7mDHgUEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 7, 2019© CAPTAINEXAMPLELEADERU RU GUA YO!DETERMINATIONCOMMITMENTLEGEND9 seasons in Red & White#GraciasGodín!#AúpaAtleti pic.twitter.com/jNHZCoAV76advertisementAtlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) May 7, 2019In addition to the La Liga triumph, Godin won two Europa League titles, one Copa del Rey, one Spanish Super Cup and three UEFA Super Cups with Atletico as well as reaching the 2014 and 2016 Champions League finals, only to lose both times to Real.Godin’s departure will leave another hole in Atletico’s defence, with France international Lucas Hernandez already agreeing to join Bayern Munich in June after they paid his 80 million euro release clause.Also Read | Manchester United’s top four ambition a disappointment in itself: Ashley YoungFor sports news, updates, live scores and cricket fixtures, log on to indiatoday.in/sports. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for Sports news, scores and updates.Get real-time alerts and all the news on your phone with the all-new India Today app. Download from Post your comment Do You Like This Story? Awesome! Now share the story Too bad. Tell us what you didn’t like in the comments Tags :Follow Diego GodinFollow Atletico MadridFollow LA Liga Diego Godin announces Atletico Madrid departure after nine yearsDiego Godin said that he would be leaving Atletico Madrid after nine years when his contract expires in June. He hasn’t announced where he will go but Spanish media have reported that he may be on his way to Inter Milan.advertisement Next read more
Sears Canada wants to close 11 more stores Is one of them
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TORONTO — Sears Canada is planning another round of closures involving a total of 11 stores, including major locations in Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal, if it gets approval from the court overseeing the retailer’s restructuring.The 10 additional full-line Sears department stores and one Sears Home store had survived the initial list of 59 closings that was announced in June when the company got court protection from its creditors.The new list of stores, announced late Friday, includes the Fairview Pointe-Claire location in Montreal, the Scarborough Town Centre and Fairview Mall location in Toronto, and the Polo Park location in Winnipeg.The other full-line stores are in St. John’s, N.L., Oakville and Hamilton, Ont. and in Nanaimo, Burnaby and Kelowna, B.C. The one Sears Home store to be closed is also in Kelowna.The Toronto-based company will also seek an extension of the court’s protection from creditors until Nov. 7.Sears Canada says it wants more time to work on a potential purchase of the company by a group led by Sears Canada’s executive chairman Brandon Stranzl.The court hearing at Ontario Superior Court in Toronto is scheduled for Wednesday. read more
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A breath of fresh air in Geneva
Ulysse Nardin A breath of fresh air in Geneva
The doors of 10, quai du Général-Guisan, in Geneva, has just opened on the new Ulysse Nardin flagship store.
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Located in Geneva, the capital of prestige watchmaking, this new storefront measures 2000 square feet and is entirely dedicated to the Maison's collections. It promises to be the key boutique of the Le Locle-based brand, with a new contemporary architectural concept entrusted to architect Bertrand Fairerol, founder of BF BF Retail Design & Architecture in Paris and London. The sea is invited into the heart of this bright and airy project by playing up the concepts that evoke it. Like a slice of a panorama, the new Ulysse Nardin store concept follows a natural order: the sea below, the sky above, and the horizon that separates them.
Ulysse Nardin new flagship boutique in Genève © Ulysse Nardin
Two years after Patrick Pruniaux took up the helm of the company in September 2017, Ulysse Nardin is still riding the wave of modernity: new life has been brought to the brand through the new crown jewel of its boutiques. While Ulysse Nardin has operated a store in Geneva since 2000, this new address will be a complete 360 for the brand. As a matter of fact, together with the Moscow and Shanghai stores, the Geneva boutique is Ulysse Nardin’s most important to date and the only one in Europe—for the moment—to feature this new architectural concept.
“It's a perfect location, which Ulysse Nardin chose to showcase its creations,” explains Françoise Bezzola, Chief Marketing Officer of the brand. “Our new retail concept is younger and more dynamic than before, and follows a brand rejuvenation strategy that started close to two years ago. It features subtle marine nuances, which have been characteristic of Ulysse Nardin since its beginnings, and will be rolled out in all retail locations. We must remember that Ulysse Nardin is a 95% wholesale brand, whose strength comes from its exclusive network of retailers. ”
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Starting in August, the very first visitors to the Geneva store discovered a spacious, airy, well-arranged boutique with an impeccable flow and clarity. The space is laid out in several areas: client reception, showcases, and product discovery, along with a VIP room.
Playing up both contemporary and natural styles, using refined, raw, patinated or brushed materials on which time can leave its trace, Ulysse Nardin achieves a bold contrast with the facades of the historic building. The space features an array of details as a nod to the watchmaker of the seas: display counters in raw stone reminiscent of submerged rocks; unique translucent light fixtures in blown Murano glass; display cases and screens that evoke the air and the horizon; touches of blue that echo “Ulysse Nardin blue” ; and finally, sand-colored oak wood ... The entire concept brings us above and below the water, in a chic and zen ambiance.
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Taking steps toward good health is important to living a good life. Health professionals encourage us to exercise, eat well, and have regular checkups. But good health is more than just physical. We also have to take care of our mental health. Stress and anxiety can cause us to feel as miserable as if we were physically sick. In the same way that we can go to a doctor to treat our physical illnesses, we also can go to one to get mentally healthy.
However, a lot of people have the attitude that mental health is something each of us should be able to deal with on our own. They believe that a mental issue can be corrected merely by thinking differently.
But mental health problems can be caused by things outside of our control. Just as we cannot simply decide not to get a cold or cancer, we cannot decide not to have a mental illness. But because of the attitude that “it’s all in your head,” many people postpone seeing a doctor, hoping they can solve their problems on their own. Others avoid asking for help because they fear being teased or bullied.
Middle school is an especially difficult time to stay mentally healthy. As bodies change, emotions run high. Longstanding friendships fall apart. Social circles emerge, leaving some people feeling unwanted or invisible. Sarah Wood experienced some of those issues firsthand. She struggled with depression, self-injury, and thoughts of suicide.
Sarah fortunately had the support of a friend who encouraged her to talk with an adult about her struggles. She later said doing that saved her life. As Sarah recovered, she realized how many other kids her age had the same struggles she did. To address the issue, she developed Depression Awareness as a means of helping others learn about and cope with mental health issues.
When she was a freshman at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Sarah set out to raise awareness on self-injury and suicide within middle schools. She wanted to teach students and teachers that recovery was possible and show them how to get help.
Sarah wanted to present her story to health classes in middle schools. But first she had to convince principals, counselors, and administrators from the school district’s central office of the value of changing the perception of mental illness. Many of them were afraid to bring up such a serious issue with middle school students, believing that they couldn’t handle it.
But Sarah convinced the skeptics and eventually was allowed to meet with 12 middle school health classes. She shared her story and produced a video series to reach more students. Some of her peers also shared their stories related to mental health in the video. She wanted to highlight this message for students: reach out, get help, there is hope.
Sarah realized from her interactions with students that many were curious about the symptoms of depression. She also was gratified that because of her talks, at least 19 students reached out to school counselors for help. Because depression is such a serious mental health issue, Sarah felt she would have succeeded if even one student had sought help.
After graduation, Sarah began pursuing degrees in psychology and Spanish at Indiana University in Bloomington. With plans to become a counselor, she continued her involvement with mental health awareness by working with such organizations as Mental Health America and Crimson CORPS, an awareness and training group. She hoped to expand Depression Awareness by training school nurses and producing more informational videos.
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New poll finds Labour has six-point lead over Conservatives
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The BBC and other British outlets reported that the delay of the speech was, in part, down to the fact that the Queen's Speech, according to tradition, must be written on goatskin parchment paper. And she's consulting with Conservative MPs as she scrambles to unite her party heading into coalition talks with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP ). Read More »
Putin just arrested his biggest critic on the way to a protest
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Navalny held as thousands protest Putin
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I didn't ask for Comey's loyalty and would say so under oath
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Want to return to private practice, Rohatgi tells government
Besides Rohatgi, two additional solicitors-general, P S Patwalia and Neeraj Kishan Kaul , have also chosen not to seek reappointment. If he does not have any prior commitments and agrees then the government would only be happy to appoint him as the next Attorney General of India. Read More »
Everything you need to know about the anti-government protests in Russian Federation
But Navalny said late on Sunday that the authorities had pressured firms into refusing to supply him and his allies with sound and video equipment, a move he said was created to humiliate protesters. The protests in March took place in scores of cities across the country, the largest show of discontent in years and a challenge to President Vladimir Putin's dominance of the country. Read More »
Explosions, gunshots at resort in Philippines capital
He said the man then fired again at a stock room containing gambling chips and filled a backpack with chips worth 113 million pesos (US$2.28 million). "They have this reputation of claiming all atrocities all over the world to perpetuate themselves to gain global notoriety". "We are looking into a robbery angle because he did not hurt any people and went straight to the casino chips storage room". Read More »
Labour election result not good enough, Chris Leslie says
Looking tense as she delivered remarks after being re-elected to her Maidenhead constituency, 30 miles west of London , May said, "The country needs a period of stability and whatever the result the Conservative Party will ensure that we fulfill our duty in ensuring that stability ". Read More »
Philippines fight against ISIS grinds on, victory still 'weeks' away
According to local media reports , a US P-3 Orion surveillance plane was seen flying over the town on Friday. A spokesperson for the Philippines military asserted on Saturday that USA military forces were providing logistical and reconnaissance support, but have no "boots on the ground", according to Reuters , confirming a Pentagon statement that United States involvement in the fight was requested by an unnamed agency within Duterte's government. Read More »
Fresh questions for Sessions _ and he'll answer in public
Comey's recent testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, it is important that I have an opportunity to address these matters in the appropriate forum", wrote Sessions. The move is a prominent switch from his previous plans to testify publicly on the Justice Department's budget and puts him more directly in the firing line over questions about his contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States and a federal investigation into Russian attempts to influence the ... Read More »
Shivraj Singh ends his indefinite fast
On being asked whether he had agreed to the demand for loan waiver , Chouhan, however, avoided a direct reply, maintaining he had told the farmers what he had to say. The chief minister would hold talks with farmers on Sunday as well. "Farmers should be educated about agriculture, means and methods", Singh said. Read More »
Israel approves highest number of settlement homes since 1992: minister
According to Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, 3,651 settlements were approved last week, Haaretz reports. While the majority of those are for pre-existing homes, some will be built in the first new official settlement units in some 25 years, Peace Now said. Read More »
Panama Establishes Formal Relations With China, Breaks Ties With Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that President Varela had ignored the friendship between their countries and the efforts that Taiwan had made to help Panama's overall development. "The Panamanian government is today breaking its "diplomatic ties" with Taiwan, and pledges to end all relations or official contact with Taiwan", the statement read. Read More »
Qatar Airways CEO: US 'fueling' the fire of Gulf crisis
While the reaction was "understandable", there is no need to worry as Qatar has all the tools required to defend its economy and currency, Al-Emadi said. Qahtani meanwhile told Al Jazeera that Qatar "was facilitating the talks between the Americans, the Taliban, and the government of Afghanistan". "I think that President Trump´s comment about my country is ill-placed, ill-informed, and I can again repeat that I´m very disappointed in him". Read More »
13 marines killed as fighting rages in Marawi City
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been battling to retrieve the southern city of Marawi from Islamist militants who seized it and kept it for the last three weeks. "As long as there is martial law and unrest in Marawi City , the "independence" of our nation is a farce", said Bishop Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon. Read More »
Lubbock speller out of national bee
Despite the incorrect spelling Camerota praised Vinay for her efforts, with Cuomo chiming in. The pair were the last two standing of the initial 291 spellers. Vinay is the first girl to win the bee solo since Snigdha Nandipati's 2012 win (in 2015, Vanya Shivashankar tied with Gokul Venkatachalam). The Spelling Bee tested the contestant's knowledge of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, as per ABC news. Read More »
AG Sessions wants Senate testimony to be public
Sessions is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 EST. Democrats are pushing for a public hearing. White House spokesman Sean Spicer is declining to say whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions should invoke executive privilege in testimony to Congress Tuesday. Read More »
United States opts out of G7 pledge committing to Paris climate accord
McKenna also said Canada remains committed to keeping up the pressure at the upcoming G20 leaders meeting in Germany , denying a German report that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to convince Chancellor Angela Merkel not to insist on mentioning the Paris accord in the G20 communique. Read More »
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New Book Releases for Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Fantasy – November 10, 2009
Today there aren't any Urban Fantasy or Paranormal Romance releases that I could find but there were a few from the other Speculative fiction genres. There's plenty here to find something new to delve into.
As Always: If you have a book review for one of new releases listed here, link it in comments and I will be happy to add it to this post. Or if I missed a book please let me know so I can add it.
Jaclyn the Ripper by Karl Alexander
Science Fiction Thriller
In Time After Time, H.G. Wells used his time machine to chase after Jack the Ripper who was on a killing spree in 1979 San Francisco. After H.G. met Amy Catherine Robbins, the love of his life, and banished the serial killer to the indefinite future, H.G. and Amy returned to 1893 London, believing they could live happily ever after.
But that wasn’t the end of the story. In Jaclyn the Ripper, Amy returns to the present to tell her parents what happened to their missing daughter, accidentally freeing Jack from his prison in the far future while also transforming Jack into a woman. Jaclyn the Ripper sets out on a new killing spree in 2010 Los Angeles, vowing revenge on H.G. and Amy.
H.G. follows Amy to modern L.A., but neither he nor Amy knows Jaclyn is on their trail. In the brave new world of the new millennium, H.G. must navigate a world of cell phones, the internet, and identity theft and find his wayward wife . . . before the Ripper slays her. With the panache, excitement, and thrills that made Time After Time so popular, Karl Alexander has penned another winning tale of Wells: author, inventor, and unlikely hero.
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The Big Thrill
Burn Me Deadly: An Eddie LaCrosse Novel by Alex Bledsoe
Alex Bledsoe’s first novel, The Sword-Edged Blonde, drew rave reviews for its ingenious blend of fantasy and hard-boiled detective fiction. Now Bledsoe returns with an all-new tale of mean streets and medieval intrigue.
Above Angelina’s Tavern in down-and-dirty Neceda you’ll find the office of Eddie LaCrosse, a freelance sword jockey who, for twenty-five gold pieces a day, will take on any task short of murder for hire. Eddie’s on his way back from a routine investigation when his horse almost runs down a half-naked blonde in serious trouble. Against his better judgment, he promises to protect the frightened young woman, only to find himself waylaid by unknown assailants and left for dead beside her mutilated body.
Eddie isn’t the kind of guy to just let something like this pass. But who killed Laura Lesperitt? Eddie’s quest for payback leads him to a tangled mystery involving a notorious crime lord, a backwoods dragon cult, royal scandals, and a duplicitous femme fatale who has trouble keeping her clothes on. As bodies pile up, attracting the unwelcome attention of the king’s guards, Eddie must use all his wits if he hopes to survive . . .
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The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw
A thrill-seeking Harvard linguistics professor and an ultrasecret branch of the Catholic Church go head-to-head in a race to uncover the secrets of the lost city of Atlantis. The ruins of the technologically-advanced, eerily-enigmatic ancient civilization promise their discoverer fame, fortune, and power… but hold earth-shattering secrets about the origin of man.
While world-famous linguist and archaeologist, Thomas Lourds, is shooting a film that dramatizes his flamboyant life and scientific achievements, satellites spot impossibly ancient ruins along the Spanish coast. Lourds knows exactly what it means: the Lost Continent of Atlantis has been found. The race is on, and Lourds' challengers will do anything to get there first.
Whoever controls the Lost Continent will control the world.
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Under the Dome by Stephen King
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
*From Simon & Schuster
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The Shadowmask by R.A. Salvatore and Geno Salvatore
Book 2, Stone of Tymora
Cross swords with a blue-skinned pirate and unravel the mystery of the masked spellcaster in this second book of the Stone of Tymora trilogy!
Though robbed by a masked spellcaster and left for dead by a demon, twelve-year-old Maimun refuses to give up the magic that rightfully belongs to him. After reuniting with dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and Captain Deudermont's crew, Maimun sets off on a sea-faring chase that will test both the strength of his spirit and of his friendships. As perilous storms rock Sea Sprite and vicious pirates bombard its decks, a mysterious force gathers in the Moonshaes, determined to bring Deudermont's ship - and Maimun's quest - crashing to an end on its shores.
In this second book of the Stone of Tymora trilogy, R.A. Salvatore and his son Geno continue their gripping tale of coming-of-age in a world filled with magic, featuring a cameo of R.A. Salvatore's signature character Drizzt Do'Urden.
Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Book 2, Touch Series
Last fall, sixteen-year-old Camelia fell for Ben, the mysterious new boy at school who turned out to have a very mysterious gift--pyschometry, the ability to sense the future through touch. But just as Camelia and Ben's romance began to heat up, he abruptly left town. Brokenhearted, Camelia has spent the last few months studying everything she can about psychometry, and experiencing her own strange brushes with premonition. Camelia wonders if Ben's abilities have somehow rubbed off on her. Can the power of psychometry be transferred?
Even once Ben returns to school, Camelia can't get close enough to share her secret with him. Despite the romantic tension between them, Ben remains aloof, avoiding contact. Then when an unexpected kiss leads to a frightening argument, Camelia makes the painful decision to let Ben go and move on. Adam, the hot new guy at work, seems good for her in ways Ben wasn't. Adam is easygoing, and seems to really care about her.
But when Camelia and Adam start dating, a surprising love triangle results. A chilling sequence of events upturns secrets from Ben's past--and Adam's. Someone is lying, and it's up to Camelia to figure out who-before it's too late.
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*About the book descriptions are from Amazon.com unless otherwise stated.
Category: book reviews, Fantasy, Horror, New Book Releases, November 10 2009, SFF, YA Paranormal 9 comments
You know my TBR pile is too big when I'm relieved that none of this week's releases tempt me!
JaimeLovesStuff said...
Well crap, there are a few on here that have now been added to my tbr! Great! LOL.
LOL! Chris! Today was more of a Fantasy/Horror day. The 24th has a lot of PNR and UF books releasing. Something to look forward to.
Jaime - Cool! Glad I could help with 'ol TBR. I'm sure you needed that helping hand...*winks*
My eyebrow went up(good thing) when I saw Deadly Little Lies...I'm really into YA books right now
Thanks Donna. I've got Atlantis Code on my tbr list. I'm a sucker for anything dealing with the lost continent.
There's very slim pickings this week my dear...
The only one that stiike my eye is BURN ME DEADLY... both the cover and the blurb are wonderful...
The one that caught my eye was The Atlantis Code. I have a weakness for anything that has Atlantis in the title or storyline.
KC - I'm starting to read a few YA myself. I haven't read many YA books but there are so many that looks so very interesting.
Abigail & Colette - Same here! I love to read about different theories on Atlantis. I was lucky I won an ARC of The Atlantis Code. It's also a book my dad will read. Gives me someone I chat with about it here.
EH - LOL! Nope, the PNR and UF was slim pickings today. I think there were several more Fantasy titles released today but I didn't catalog them.
Glad I could help with 'ol TBR. I'm sure you needed that helping hand...*
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Chris Hardwick Will Return to 'Talking Dead'
Chinaski Santa Cruz, CA
July 2018 in Other TV
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/chris-hardwick-will-return-talking-dead-amc-investigation-1129835
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telephoneofmadness
I'm not sure how the TWD franchise can get worse at this point. Chris Hardwick sexually violating dolls of baby Hitler?
All the Chickens Birmingham, AL
telephoneofmadness said:
*baby Jesus while dressed as Hitler*
JoshTheBlack Atlanta, GA
Contrary to 99% of these forums, I think this is the right move.
Several of Chris' ex girlfriends have come forward and stated that they had never seen anything close to the behavior that is described in Ms. Dykstra's blog post during their relationships.
Pictures of Ms. Dykstra backstage at the Nerdist podcast recording at SDCC 2011 are available on twitter, as well as pictures of her hanging out with porn star April O'Neal at the same convention. This is the convention that her blog post stated she was not allowed to leave her hotel room. (link)
As far as I can tell, nobody credible has come forward to support Ms. Dykstra's allegations.
Before you start bashing on AMC (or me!) about this, keep in mind that they hired an attorney that specializes in investigating sexual harassment claims.
TaraC73 Manchester NH
I ALWAYS err on the side of victims/“victims” telling the truth until/unless concrete evidence comes out one way or the other but something just felt off with her story from the get-go (and it has nothing to do with the fact that I might have a tad bit of a crush on Mr hardwick) something as horrid as she described is never a one time only thing; maybe a first time thing but never a one time... nobody came forward, nobody even heard rumblings of anything - nothing but full
support of him.
Remember with Cosby, Weinstein and everyone else who’s been outed, after the first person made a big grandstanding accusation there were immediate rumblings of other people who knew about their incident and/or other victims (maybe not revealing themselves but definitively saying so and so is a predator) nothing of the sort happened with hardwick.
If more people come forward or she has some kind of irrefutable proof i will eat my words and apologize.
emnofseattle Mason County, Washington USA
Which is good news now that we're starting to see pushback on these. Having a failed relationship isn't cause to lose your career.
cdrive Houston, TX
Who knows. But false claims are possible. Everyone is capable of being cruel.
#LesandroJuniorGuzman-Feliz
#EmmettTill
A_Ron_Hubbard Cincinnati, OH
As I said in the previous thread, anyone claiming abuse deserves to be taken seriously and have their claims investigated. I also said Chris Hardwick has plenty of resources with which to defend himself.
This is not a referendum on #metoo and those taking it as such are being foolish.
and 1 other.
Travis CA
I haven't followed this much, but they took it all seriously enough to pretty much cast him out at first. I imagine that if they're bringing him back they must have cleared him. They didn't seem to hold back on indefinitely suspending him. I assumed he was done. I could be missing something, like I said I haven't really followed this beyond seeing a headline here and there and not reading further, but he could be innocent, right?
When Ms. Dykstra's letter was published, I was at first on her side for a few reasons - female supporting female, belief in the #metoo movement, and not wanting Chris to 'get away with it' if the allegations were true. I even posted on here a lengthy and revealing comment, indicating my reason for understanding why she would stay in that sort of a relationship. But as time wore on and no one came out against him, yet many came out in support of him, I began to wonder - is he actually innocent of this? I mean, it's possible. I'd hate to think that someone could falsely accuse someone of horrible acts and ruin their entire life, but there are people out there who are willing to do that for one reason or another. Let me be clear and reiterate, I am in support of #metoo. However, I'm also in full support of an innocent person having their name cleared and not having their life destroyed by a false accusation. It's sounding more and more like he truly is innocent and if that *is* the case, then I fully support his return to his job(s).
Natter Cast San Francisco, CA
He's back, like some sort of animated revenant brought back to life after dying. I dunno, a mummy or maybe a lich or something like that. Honestly, my mind is drawing a blank for the correct analogy here, but the big idea is it's some sort of mythological creature that has died and returned to animated life that I'm thinking of.
Natter Cast said:
Phoenix? Risen from the ashes?
I hope he goes on WTF with Marc Maron or something similar
Frakkin T Currently Offline
Hot take: he shouldn't come back because he's a corporate hack. Think of all we've seen on TWD and how fair & honest BM has been on their podcast. If you listen to Hardwick it's the most amazing show ever and every episode deserves all the emmys, and it's not just TWD. He shills for everything to the point where I don't even think he has any critical thinking skills or actual taste.
Also I believe @skydart.
duncanpowers
She claims to have receipts, which, I imagine, she's holding in case he sues her for defamation. If AMC's legal counsel was able to reconcile keeping him over breaking contract based on whatever information they were able to get in the limited scope of a civil investigation, fine. It doesn't mean her claims were false or vengeful, nor does it mean he is innocent. It just means the situation as AMC's lawyers understand it doesn't clash with continuing to cut him a check, and from the limited information we've seen, I think most have to agree with that decision whether or not we think he's a hack (which he is). That's all.
A_Ron_Hubbard said:
Its not a total referendum, but it represents some pushback from an extreme. remember the guy from Lake Wobogon and how he got sucked up into the metoo on an allegation of literally doing nothing wrong, like immediately after Weinstein men who did nothing wrong were kind of wrapped up into this, and finally it seems like a return to rationality, yes some behavior is bad but just because someone’s upset doesn’t mean by necessity something was wrong, and not all wrong is so bad as to immediately lose your career
JaimieT Atlanta, GA
Someone being upset does by necessity mean something was wrong.
Dee Adelaide
Hearst money and power. Quelle surprise.
Hunkulese Québec, Canada
Frakkin T said:
I'm not sure if you're serious or not. The whole reason Talking Dead exists is to praise the Walking Dead. It's an AMC show talking about an AMC show. Of course they're not going to let the host shit all over the show.
emnofseattle said:
It's not even a partial referendum. That would imply that we should return to some sort of skepticism when people report abuse, that there is a correct amount of skepticism to have. There have been a helluva lot more men that get away with abusing a helluva lot more women then then there have or ever will be men falsely accused. I continue to think the over concern for the latter is something people need to think about. Holy shit, Hardwick had to sweat a month. Rose McGowan got raped. Yes, yes, let's find the middle ground of concern here.
I mean, if we want to get down to brass tacks this is not exactly the kind of due process dudes demand before condemning a fellow dude on the internet, is it? Who was interviewed? What did they say? Who conducted the interviews? Who judged fact from rumor? What were their qualifications? What kinds of conflicts if interest did they have?
I personally think Ms. Dykstra told a pack of lies at this point. But many are acting like she has been proven guilty. This continues to be largely tried in the court of public opinion yet it's okay now because...? AMC has historically been wise and judicial in legal dealings with their employees?
Also, when the hell did Garison Keilor get exhonerated? MPR settled with him out of court. Also, he was accused of inappropriately sexually touching someone at work. How would that behavior "not even be wrong?"
There were a lot more men who were confirmed to be predators in the wake of #metoo than men who got "wrapped up in it". Supposedly 219 men in public positions in total have been accused since April 2017 (https://www.vox.com/a/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-list/garrison-keillor). How many have been exhonerated?
CretanBull Toronto
JoshTheBlack said:
I don't see any of this as being contradictory to her claims. She said "Our first convention together, San Diego Comic Con, he instructed me to not leave the hotel room. He went to parties by himself". The fact that he allowed her to attend the recording of his show doesn't go against anything that she said...she didn't say "I was locked in a hotel room the whole time" she said that he "instructed" her to stay in the room and went to parties on his own. All of that could still very well be true.
My money is on the woman 99 times out of 99.1. Public opinion sucks I guess but, not to mansplain, hell yes the Patriarch is real. Women still need to step forward. We also need to be wary of where we are in addition to the me too movement. The Twitter era , fake news, doxxing culture, hashtag justice... all converging at once. So much good in that and so much to be careful about too.
I’ll just refer to my post in the first Hardwick thread, as my opinion hasn’t changed at all.
Ms. Dykstra should be taken seriously and the claims she has made should be investigated. I also think that we as a society should not be so quick to judgement. I don't think we should presume guilt of either party.
All I advocated for was withholding judgement. Let the people who are tied to the situation evaluate it and make their decisions. Hell, if you don’t think the investigation was done properly, get mad about that. The credentials are listed on the lawyers page that I linked earlier.
Dee said:
I don’t think it’s proper to blame the Hearst’s family money for getting a guilty man off free. If you think that is the case, are you insinuating that the independent firm hired to investigate did a poor job or lacks integrity? I think AMC did the best thing they could have done here. They hired an unbiased 3rd party who is an expert in the field of sexual harassment to conduct an investigation. How could they change that protocol to meet requirements you can agree with? If you have ideas on how this could be done better, I’d love to hear it. If you don’t is there anything that would make you happy except him being found guilty? If that’s the case, what are you advocating for? It doesn’t seem to me it’s the truth. If you would rather have a man found guilty than find the truth (which is not meant to imply the two are mutually exclusive in any way), how are you helping to solve any problems?
Edit: Rereading this, it sounds accusatory towards Dee, which is not my intent. When I say you, I mean that in the royal sense. I’m not speaking from a place of anger.
I changed some of the wording to be less monologue (read: mansplainy) and more inquisitive.
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The Crown Season 3 - SPOILERS
November 2019 edited November 2019 in Other TV
Is anyone else watching? I wondered how the casting changes would affect the quality of the show but wow, I'm blown away by these performances. I'm calling it now - Olivia Colman should be nominated as Best Actress (as Queen Elizabeth of course), and Charles Dance as Supporting Actor (as Lord Mountbatten), in the upcoming Baldies (I like Tobias Menzies and Helena Bonham Carter, and they're doing incredibly well in their roles as Prince Phillip and Princess Margaret, but I don't think they're my first choices for nominees out of this cast).
Episode 3 really got to me. I wasn't aware of the Aberfan tragedy before today. How horribly heartbreaking it must have been (and probably continues to be). I'm not surprised that it's the thing that finally moved her to tears, even if it was in silence once she was home. I read online that to this day, not visiting sooner than she did is her biggest regret in all the years of her reign.
bazjenster
We started yesterday. I think the casting is excellent as well but I think they have made Tobiaz mendes look a little too old for 1960s Phillip.. I loved the Spy in the Palace in the first episode too!
kingbee67 Los Angeles Ca.
Amazing just started ep 3 and the first two exceeded expectations. I underestimate this show every time. Every time they prove me wrong. The second ep was I think the best since the scene in in season one where the king tells Phillip about his duty. I have been Loving Victoria and this show. After ep 2 I think this the best stuff Netflix has done. Sorry but I gotta get back t the show.
Noel Dallas, TX
I was finally able to catch up during the holiday break and I’m so happy with the decision. Like Michelle, I went into the season with a bit of hesitation about the new cast. I love Olivia Colman but it was going to be hard to get Claire Foy out of my head. And not to mention Vanessa Kirby, who I fell head over heels from the moment I saw her as Margaret.
Needless to say, I’m so damn impressed with the third season of the this show. Olivia fucking kills it even though her role seems reduced in a lot of ways. Just a middle aged version of the show, not as much pure excitement. Helena Bonham Carter is amazing when she gets to shine, but she also feels underutilized. It doesn’t matter through, they hit the same levels as the first two seasons.
My biggest revelations were Prince Charles and to a lesser extent Princess Anne. I thought the actor who portrays Charles knocked it out of the fucking park. The episode where he goes to Wales was, in my opinion, the best of the season and one of the best episodes that I’ve seen in all of television this year.
And of course Aberfan. I actually went for a walk around my block when it was over. Just to clear my head and let the breeze dry away the tears. The set up had me thinking that something was going to happen to all the fathers saying goodbye to their children. Man, what a massive gut punch. I felt bad for knowing nothing about this devastating event.
Well, I didn’t plan on writing multiple paragraphs but here we are. I’m here for discussion. Shout out to The Crown season 3!
amyja89 Oxford, England
Yeah Aberfan is still something that is very much in the public consciousness here in the UK. It was the anniversary of it a few weeks ago and there were plenty of pieces about it on the news. My granny was saying she found that episode difficult to watch because she can remember it happening so clearly.
manhattnik the big apple
I loved Philip’s mother. I do think the moon landing episode seemed about five hours long. Like, creaky, obvious, tedious. Wales was great.
The Princess Alice episode is my 2nd favorite this season just behind the Aberfan episode. She had a very sad yet interesting life, and my heart broke watching Phillip stay away from her yet her wanting to see him. Also, the actress portraying her was just stellar.
They really did lay on the whole “astronauts are dumb rocket jocks” thing way too heavy. They could’ve written Phillip’s not-very-original or interesting arc in a way that wasn’t so condescending to those truly heroic men. Maybe Phillip found them banal but I think that says more about him.
Catching up with the season now, just finished the Aberfan episode. Tough stuff, especially all the scenes pre landslide. I knew exactly what was about to happen but still found myself shouting GET OUT as all the kids got under their desks. Heartbreaking.
Like I said I'm only three eps in at this point, but I have to say I'm surprised by much I'm NOT enjoying Olivia Colman, I had expected to love her.
I'd never seen the show before so decided to binge the entire thing over the last few weeks, and compared to Claire Foy, it sort of feels like Colman isn't bothering with characterisation as much? That sounds like a daft thing to say given her calibre, but there is just something about her Elizabeth that isn't as immersive as Foy's, something in the accent perhaps, or more. 100% the same for Helena Bonham Carter as Margaret too, I think Vanessa Kirby was just too fucking good in the first two seasons.
I'm also not discounting the fact that as a Brit I might just be getting slightly more uncomfortable watching the drama the closer things get to my living memory haha. It was all fun and games watching the 1950s go down, but it's going to feel really weird when Diana and the like start to show up!
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Learning Java, 4th Edition
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Not All Advice is Created Equal
September 29, 2015 October 14, 2015 Holly Payberg
After Mhairi and I had released the first season of Feathers and Toast, and were in our experimental year where we were playing around with social media and attempting to build an audience, we began receiving a lot of advice from many diverse sources about what we needed to do to enhance the show and get our numbers up, some we listened to and some we did not, because as I said before “Not all advice is created equal.”
Now I am not saying this in order to give myself and others an excuse to just throw away any advice you get that is not to your liking, in fact, I think you should listen very carefully to all advice, particularly the advice that’s hard to hear, there are gifts in there, I am saying this because advice is something you need to treat with caution.
The thing is, it is the rare person that can step out of their own life experiences, needs and wants, and listen to yours purely and deeply in order to give you unbiased advice tailored just for you and what’s best for achieving your specific vision.
More times than not the advice you are going to get will be based on the advice givers view of how things work, or the brand of success they themselves are seeking, their personal area of expertise, or the style of entertainment they like the best.
All of this information is very valuable and should not be overlooked, its just that when listening to it, it needs to be placed in the right context, particularly when you are a creator at the early stages of your vision.
The early stages are a precarious time for content creators. You haven’t even worked out all the answers yourself yet and already there are opinions about the direction you should go, opinions that are often presented to you with great confidence, as if they are fact, at a time when you are anything but confident, and if you are not careful they can alter your vision in a direction you never intended for it to go which leads me to…
Industry Tip #12
When receiving advice regarding your content (particularly in the early stages) it is important to remember 4 things:
1) Always be grateful to those who take the time to give you solicited advice. (those who give you unsolicited advice, you can do whatever you want with them 🙂 )
2) Always consider the source (what their personal experiences and biases are) so that the information they give you can remain in proper context.
3) Give yourself permission to trust your own gut. Regardless of the stature of the advice giver, if the advice given doesn’t jibe with the direction you feel you are going, give yourself permission to respectfully follow your own intuition.
4) If in following your own path, you discover that one of your former advice givers was right along, its okay and encouraged to admit that, readjust your course and become all the more grateful.
As some of you know, this particular topic became fodder for a good portion of Season 2 of Feathers and Toast as we delved into the age old battle between Art and commerce. But even earlier on it came into play with the clip I am about to show you that comes from our Holiday Tidbit series.
We had been given advice from a senior exec in the Youtube world who had suggested we needed to incorporate topics that were trending into our show, like twerking. Naturally the Tallulah side of Mhairi was like “twerking? Does he really expect me to twerk darling?”
But after much thought, we decided, yes, let’s have Tallulah twerk, but in her own Tallulah way. The result was our most viewed video to date. I guess that guy did have a point, particularly when it comes to increasing your views.
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3 thoughts on “Not All Advice is Created Equal”
Karen Flynn says:
Yes, that was one of my favorites! And good advice on the advice LOL!!
Anne Flournoy says:
Beautifully analyzed and dissected on advice and the advice givers, Holly.
feathersandtoast says:
Thanks Anne. Naturally I feel very protective over artists in the early stages but also know how valuable advice can be so its a tricky dance.
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And I'm back, after a long weekend at a professional conference in Orlando (yes, Jai Ho is a real person sometimes and participates on panels and discusses scholarly stuff with professors and theorists and such...and also almost gets kicked out of the hotel for bringing vino to the pool and fangirls out in a hotel suite full of academics when Koby randomly showed up in this thread). In other news, I will be moving away from Texas next week, so this week will be full of tearful goodbyes and trying to figure out how to fit several hundred books and academic journals into a station wagon. Oh, and a few changes of clothes, a coffee maker, and a broken chair. It'll be rough but I'll try to keep up, if only to placate myself as I prepare to head to a mysterious new location where I will commence studying for my PhD so I can become Dr. Jai Ho (eeep...not ready for that yet)
Fought through the jetlag, if only to present you with this guy:
Episode 22: Fear and Clothing in Las Vegas
Glitter and Darth Vader bring us back to Las Vegas. Just to update, D/D, Purples, and Falafel are looking for couples to marry, and TaKo, Blue Collar, and Sisters are off to the double battle.
Cab. Talia and Koby reminisce over the great love of Jessica and Andrew. They also point out the international-ness of Las Vegas, and how it’s a microcosm of the world. They clearly have not visited World Showcase at Epcot (which I did last week, and it was AWESOME. I ran between countries pretending I was on the race and made a pit stop in Japan where I ate teriyaki salmon.) Sisters, in their cab, are seeking the Strip, and say “strip” about 120 times in a minute.
Inferno Limo. We see a giant honkin’ red limo, where the teams will face off in a game of strip poker. AMERICA. The losers? 15 minutes on the strip in cardboard boxes. Why don’t they just give them graduate degrees while they’re at it? AMERICA.
Double Battle. TaKo vs. Blue Collar. Teams take off clothes, and TaKo are off to a good start, then get a string of bad cards. Koby’s socks smell – more on this story as it develops.
Somewhere in Vegas. Old-timey music must lead us to the oldest lady still in the Race, Debby, and indeed it does. They are still searching for a couple, and Debby’s turning on the charm. Dana is unimpressed and her social awkwardness is really turning her into Dana Downer for the time being. Elsewhere, the Purples have an incredibly awkward English conversation with their Arab taxi driver. Now at the strip, they resort to begging and wheeling and dealing. They hold up the Hebrew clue and the American has no clue what it says. Ma’Ayan bear hugs a lady in an Ohio State sweatshirt and then a bride.
Double Battle. Elvis ft. JXL brings us back to the battle, and now all three men are shirtless. And it’s wonderful for Talia. And me. And most of Israel and the Israeli expat community. Blue Collar gets an ace so it’s ta-ta to Talia’s top. Victory music sounds as Blue Collar beats TaKo 8-2, and they get their next clue, to head to Star Costume, which opens in the morning. But first! Yield Queen board. It’s anybody’s guess as to who they’ll yield and…it’s Talia and Koby?!?! Just kidding, of course it’s Debby/Dana. He man woman haters. They head to a Howard Johnson for the night and wonder if this is the best place the producers could find.
Somewhere in Vegas. Itzik and Eliran are still dumbfounded that they got ditched instead of hitched. “MA’AYAAAAAN!” screams someone, probably Batel, and it is. They find a randomly-matched couple named Bill and Penny, and head off to city hall. Batel gets a little too trigger happy in the cab, and since they’re so packed in, the producers probably can’t reach her Xanax, so their mulleted cab driver tells her to shut it.
Double Battle. TaKo vs. Romi/Michele. Lady Gaga provides mood music. The gals are in heavier clothes, so they have more (or less?) to lose. The Black Eyed Peas lead us to a montage of stripping in which we get the sisters down to their bras and panties. All seems lost, but then…bam, the girls get lucky, and make a comeback. It comes down to a king for the ladies and a 2 for the couple, so the sisters are now in second place. Talia is not a happy camper. The free-thinking sisters will provide us with an interesting choice as always, and this time, they gravitate towards Blue Collar, who are shown exercising in their hotel room. Howard Johnson for them, and they’re out of the episode with over a half hour to go.
Somewhere in Vegas. D/D walk hand-in-hand past KISS and beeline to a bespectacled couple who look vaguely Asian/Native American, and Dana praises her mother’s chutzpah for once.
City Hall. Debby confuses “excited” with “exciting,” giving herself undue praise. The purples are also there.
Somewhere in Vegas. Falafel find a magician, and employ the “get everyone’s attention” strategy, and they ambush a random couple, about whom we learn nothing while they shove them into a cab.
Chapel. Silly music must mean that Batel and Ma’Ayan are coming anon, and that they are. Bill hugs Penny, so Ma’Ayan sees that as an excuse to hug…everyone. Not that she needs an excuse. D/D enter the wedding dress warehouse room, and Debby must, of course, look for a dress for herself. Batel claims bride, so Ma’Ayan must be the man. She then calls the bride Fiona, which is either a funny mistake or a horribly insulting Shrek reference. Over at Debby/Dana, their bride has a mini dress while the Debby is diva’d out in a floor length gown. She contemplates marriage as she applies her lipstick, and one gets the impression that this is an activity she does on a regular basis. Batel has an ugly 70s dress, while Ma’Ayan and Dana look foxy in their suits. In an interview, Debby/Dana sing an off-key wedding march. We learn that the Purples’ couple is Bill and Patty, not Penny…screw you, captioners! D/D’s vaguely Asian couple is Ira and Maddy. Wedding speech time, and if this was a double battle, nobody wins. Ma’Ayan and Batel barely speak English, lacking pronouns and making odd nonhuman noises. Debby’s got a better handle on English, but then mentions how, like this couple, she married a Canadian…and then they got divorced. Make your own Debby Downer joke here. Little Peggy March sings as the couples kiss, and of course, the purples must dance and call their bride Fiona once more, and hug everyone in Las Vegas, and Debby does another dress twirl and leads the hora.
City Hall. Badly-In-Need-of-Lipstick-License-Lady makes her last cameo, and the Falafels head to the chapel. The groom has a guitar. Eliran is bored. When he gets hitched, everyone go to his wedding and so the Makayla Maroney. This couple is seen reading their vows. He (Nicholas) seems sincere, but she (Julie) seems a little strung out. Itzik says a wedding speech that probably neither the bride nor groom understand. They get a Hebrew song. I guess the producers ran out of American wedding songs? Groom Nicholas then sings to his bride, who looks on floppily.
Limo. All we have left are three double battles, so this should end pretty quickly.
Double Battle: TaKo taking on D/D. We do not, however, get to see how Debby Does Vegas, because take off her clothes, she does not. Madonna sings “Material Girl” and that must mean the girls win. Indeed, D/D only lose their footwear, leaving Koby and Talia all “holy effing ****.” At the Yield Queen board, it’s a second vote for David/Eliran.
Double Battle: TaKo vs. Purples. Talia’s all “so lovely to see you.” She also looks carsick. You would be too if you had to ride around all night in that thing. We get Donna Summer to accompany us as Koby rapidly disrobes and Talia’s all, “the hell, Koby?” (that one’s for Talia ;-)) The tide seems to turn, and the floor of the limo becomes littered with purple garb as Hot Chocolate sings to us. We are getting a crash course in one-hit wonders tonight. The girls decide that they can take off no more, and Talia actually starts crying. The hell, Talia? (That one’s for Koby ;-)) The cameramen must be getting lax because we get two long montages where we see equipment, one with Talia telling her Ethiopian taxi driver about Itzik, and another where Falafel practices counting with their Jamaican cab man. Practice makes perfect, guys. Maybe before this race is over, you’ll learn how many fingers old you are! Hint: get extra hands. TaKo vote for D/D, tying this thing up.
Double Battle: Purples vs. Falafel, for all the marbles. Falafel have previously done a naked task, so this would ironic if they lost. This one’s actually an interesting one, as both teams have roughly the same levels of intelligence and maturity. And…we get to see Batel in her panties! Yay! This is the girl who swam in a dress. And the final cards are drawn, giving the purples a win. They pick D/D, giving them their third vote, complete with doom music. But what if Falafel vote for Blue Collar? What happens then. SUSPENSE.
Streets of Las Vegas. Petula Clark (a BRIT) leads us to our naked Falafel friends traversing the streets in embarrassingly written cardboard boxes. A granny in pink peeks under Itzik’s box, and it’s uncomfortable for everyone but him. They go in a diner which clearly has no dress code, and get their clue. At the Yield Queen Board, they go straight for Blue Collar, giving them their first “dun dun dun” of the race. End of ep.
Next Time: Fun with obesity! Intersection! Disgustingly large hamburgers! Itzik still hasn’t learned English. AMERICA.
TAR. USA/Israel.
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Took a quick break from packing to finish up this episode - this will probably be the last recap written in the Lone Star State. This episode actually made me hungry...going to grab a quick bite at my favorite Houston diner, probably for the last time
Episode 23: Heart Disease Hotel
Everything’s bigger in America? Texas begs to differ. Jus’ sayin.
Credits.
Vegas. It looks lackluster in the morning. David/Eliran look forward to new challenges. Romi/Michele are seething about David/Eliran. Romi says “Vegas Baby!” You know what that means. I’m drinking club soda tonight so I’ll probably have to stop and pee a few times.
Costume Shop. Blue Collar and Sisters get their clue, which tells them to dress up in one 7XL outfit, hail a cab, and go to Roxy’s Diner to eat a burger. D/D arrive and suit up. The sisters are in a wine-colored ensemble, and David/Eliran can’t help but laugh at their own purple outfit. D/D seem to get a move on in their red ensemble. Blue Collar bounces across the street. D/D get some laughs from the crowd. They high-five a jogger, and then Dana trips and falls, bringing her team to a stop.
Cab. Talia comments that Las Vegas in the daytime looks like Gymboree. The hell, Talia? In the Purples cab, they’re all “Vegas woo!” Eliran, in the Falafel cab, is homesick and disenchanted with the city. That’s what you get for waking up in Vegas.
Costume Shop. TaKo compare themselves to Humpty Dumpty as they head out in green. Talia compares it to wearing a jean skirt in religious school, which I can totally see. Elsewhere, Coral takes a tumble and TaKo gamely help them up. Fat people need love too. Here come Falafel, hopping along in yellow. In another part of town, D/D are still on the ground. They get up though, and have a funny fat person race with Blue Collar and the Sisters, claiming the first cab. Falafel get lucky and find a cab. Blue Collar wonder where everyone went off to. Sisters get a cab in third.
Diner. D/D attempt to exit their cab with grace, but fail. A friendly passerby ties their shoes, hopefully not together. Clue box. It’s an Intersection. The ladies hope a boy team comes, but it’s Romi/Michele, and the girls…don’t want to work together. Hopping in in third are Itzik/Eliran, whom D/D are quite happy to intersect with. Their task: eat a giant burger and cola together. Ah, supersizing. They walk past a bunch of diners and get settled at a table. The camera shows us a particularly corpulent American. I wonder if the producers found him specifically for this task. Mom/Daughter/Falafel get their burger and dig in. Debby’s all about the ketchup, but neither she nor Itzik can open it after some serious trying. Israelis do love their ketchup.
Streets of Vegas. TaKo ask a local pet shop owner for a taxi, and they have to resort to a phonebook. Elsewhere, Blue Collar snag a cab, as well as the Purples.
Diner. In toddle the Blue Collars, and Romi/Michele flag them over, but the boys are set on helping out Ma’Ayan and Batel, rather than start now with the sisters, because who knows how long it’ll be before the cousins show up. In come said cousins, and since the sisters want to get it over with and the boys are not cooperating, they snag the cousins. Romi Smarty-Huge-Ass-Pants calls Batel and Ma’Ayan Yemenites instead of Persians. Unlike the every-man-for-himself approach of the other group, the ladies opt to slice pieces for each team member, with Romi doing the slicing. Meanwhile, TaKo arrive and are paired with the boys by default. Debby joke that Talia won’t be able to handle the meat, but she shows her who’s boss when Koby, David, and Eliran task her with eating the buns. Montage of teams eating. Despite starting last, David/Eliran/Koby/Talia finish their burger first and get their next clue, which is to go to Dino’s Lounge, where they will dress up as Elvis and do an Elvis act. Also featured: Yield board! In the cab, David/Eliran feel bad for their friends, but a race is a race.
Dino’s. Yield board, and the newlyweds are safe. They get suited up as Elvis. On their iPad, they must learn “Hound Dog,” and dance to it.
Diner. Team Mom/Daughter/Falafel finish, with the girls soon after. Romi/Michele call over Falafel and D/D and tell them about Blue Collar’s bitch move. They engage in a dish session about the boys, about which the cousins are uncomfortable.
Yield board. Blue Collar? Yielded. They suit up in blue Elvis costumes.
Elvis task. TaKo are ready to perform for him. They clearly do not know the words, and they have little to no rhythm. Talia attempts a pose a la Saturday Night Fever – wrong decade. He tells them they need to practice. Elsewhere in Vegas, D/D are hopelessly looking for a cab when a lady in pink offers to help. Debby promptly yells at her. And Americans are the ugly ones? Back at the Elvis, the blue suede Blue Collar boys sing “Blue Suede Shoes.” They have some pretty good rhythm and skills at performing, and even get the judge to dance with them. Victory for them, and they head off in first. Their next clue tells them to head to Golden Gate Casino. They duck into several stores, hoping someone will help them get a taxi. Eliran is particularly titillated by a sex shop.
Yield board. Neither Romi/Michele nor Ma’Ayan/Batel are yielded. They suit up as Elvis. Their song is “All Shook Up.” They don’t know this song, but they pay attention to the video. The cousins get “Hound Dog,” and they don’t even know Elvis.
Streets of Vegas. D/D and Falafel are still plodding along the road in search of a taxi. In their cab, Debby offers Dana some Orbit to rid themselves of burger breath. Eliran sings and scratches Itzik’s nose.
Elvis task. TaKo are on their second try, and they shake it up a bit more this time, and even get the lyrics down. Their judge shows mercy and gives them the clue, and they head off. In their cab, Blue Collar note that the sisters are a threat, under the radar. At the task, Elvis practices with each of the girl teams that have arrived. Up first are Romi/Michele, and they get into it and don’t sound too bad, getting the words pretty well. Ma’Ayan/Batel break it down pretty well, but not so much with the English. Back at the Yield board, Falafel are safe, and D/D are not. Usual suspects. Dana even comments that this is getting old. They get “Blue Suede Shoes.” Eliran remarks how odd Itzik looks as Elvis, because Elvis was white. Oh dear, I’m already face-palming for their attempt at “Hound Dog.” Back at the task, it sounds like Ma’Ayan is singing about a hot dog. Romi/Michele get the clue and Romi Know-it-All comments on the “Elvis lives” myth. Ma’Ayan, upon getting the clue, must hug Elvis, and they get a cab, where she babbles to the driver about being from Mea Shearim with her ringlets.
Elvis task. Debby, the only racer old enough to have had Elvis have any impact on her upbringing (ok, she’s not THAT old, but she’s a little closer in age to Elvis), comments that she loves Elvis. They completely butcher their song, and get instructed to do it again. This judge means business. Here come Eliran and Itzik, and this is already a disaster. First, they don’t know the difference between “sound” and “song,” and then they think they’re singing about “Ando.” They don’t even try to get the lyrics, and just go “wady wady wa,” to which Elvis cuts them off and is all, back to square one for you. Their second try is just as bad, and now they probably wish they paid more attention in English class. Debby and Dana head up for their second try, and they do sound better. They get their clue. And…third try for Falafel. They still mumble the lyrics, but at least they dance better. Elvis is displeased with their butchering of his song, but gives them a pity clue, literally, because I think if he didn’t give it to them until they learned the song lyrics correctly, he would have to come back from the dead several more times.
Next Time: Revolving doors! Partner-carrying! Base jumping! Everyone looks pissed off because apparently this leg isn’t over – I feel you on that one.
stekay
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It's amazing how Ma'ayan & Bat-el have now won two legs on the trot after being yielded twice. Would love to be able to watch this.
Quote from: SteKay on August 12, 2013, 09:15:39 AM
Yep they're a slow starter <3
No one I think is in my tree... I mean it must be high alone
Maxine Rama
When in doubt, smize!
Omg Ma'ayan/Bat-El to be the next Bar/Inna <3
Brannockdevice
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Hey guys. So apparently leg 11 of this season is going to be in Arizona (wikipedia never lies)- but I'm so pissed because I live here and I never heard anything I'm really sorry I couldn't find anything on this, I feel terrible. Although if I'd had to guess, they'd probably be going to Grand Canyon/Monument Valley area up north. Again, I'm really sorry I couldn't be there myself to find any spoilers
"Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit." -Frank Borman
Hey kids, greetings from Jai Ho..meless, coming to you live from Omaha, Nebraska. No, really. As I mentioned, I've been on the road for a few days with the family, who are kindly helping me move. This is actually one of the first times I've gotten to be at the computer in two weeks, and no, I haven't forgotten about you guys, but I'm further behind than ever and I still have a few days left until I get to my new place, and settle in, so bear with me. For your reading pleasure...
Episode 24: In Which General Tasks Involving Superheroes Happen. (yeah, nothing came to me this week )
We open on teams heading to Golden Gate Casino in Elvis attire.
Cabs. TaKo make alien sounds, sing, and talk about their views on money and gambling. Eliran and David are worried about the upcoming yield. In the Sisters’ cab, they reminisce about a cab driver from their hometown named Elvis.
Golden Gate Casino. Roadblock. In this roadblock, one team member must change in a revolving door from Elvis gear into superhero gear within 30 seconds, and then carry their teammate and a plastic car to find a damsel in distress, who looks more like a misplaced Woodstock flower child. Heroic music plays as the guys head into the revolving door. Out comes Eliran, in a purple costume. They get a strong start, notable considering their weight. They ask a local bikini barista if she needs saving. Probably from her embarrassing job but that’s for a team from another show. Back at the roadblock site, TaKo hit the revolving door…like a lead balloon. The door could not go any slower. Their time runs out and they must try again, but for now, we go to Debby, reminiscing about Vegas…we get it, you like the city, so what else is new.
Streets of Vegas. Itzik gets a cab, and Eliran bitches at him for constantly being in last. Well, being in a country where you’re the only team who doesn’t have at least a basic grasp of the local tongue is not an Itzik thing, it’s a “both of you” thing.
Golden Gate Casino. Purples arrive in third and argue over who’s going to do it as security personnel chit chat in the background. Batel is taking this one and unwieldily carries her much taller partner. Romi/Michele arrive next, with Romi opting to perform this task. Coral enjoys this task, which mostly involves sitting for the majority of it. Romi interviews that her left arm is still sore. Back at the door, Talia demonstrates either how to become a superhero or run from a burning building. She comments that Koby dawdles while brushing his teeth and other sundry tasks. He changes and jumps out, and she…takes a tumble. Oops. They take off, but it’s only a few steps before Koby’s shoulder starts to hurt. Elsewhere, Batel is struggling. Eliran, carrying his big sack of partner, finds the lady in white. He makes a little show of carrying her. Purples, having passed up TaKo, arrive at the lady as well. David and Ma’Ayan do the rip and read, and it’s a double-barrelled roadblock, with the other member jumping from the top of the Stratosphere, so David and Ma’Ayan will be performing this task.
Stratosphere. Blue Collar and Purples arrive and learn their fate. Eliran and Batel show their disappointment at missing out on the fun jump after having to carry their partner through the streets. At the top, David tells Eliran that he will scream his name from the top, and Eliran comments that that’s gay, just do the damn jump. Ma’Ayan asks her handler if there’s an ambulance waiting, getting the ever-popular response “you’ll be fine.”
Golden Gate Casino. It’s Dana’s turn for a roadblock, so she must carry her mother. Eliran will take it for the Falafels. Eliran compares his lime green outfit to that of Peter Pan. On a street in Vegas, Talia/Koby are kind of lost, with Talia wondering if a random orange-haired dude is their damsel in distress. This allows the sisters to find her in third, with TaKo in third.
Stratosphere. Romi is thrilled that her sister must jump. Coral? Not so thrilled. Ma’Ayan has Batel sing a psalm. First up to jump is David, though, who gently falls off and lands on the ground as four random old ladies clap. Ma’Ayan is asked if she wants to look down, and she’s all “…no.” She does the jump with much screaming and flailing, being Ma’Ayan. Next clue, read by Eliran, is to find the pit stop at the corner of Ali Baba and Giles, in a suspiciously empty part of town, where a limo will pick them up. Ok…so we’re going for an Ocean’s Eleven angle? Also, Yield right before the pit stop? Not cool, show. Both teams get in cabs to the pit stop.
Streets of Vegas. Dana is struggling, not aided by the fact that Debby is probably wearing about nine pounds of makeup. Falafel passes them up on the street, with Eliran commenting that Itzik is rather light. D/D watch Falafel disappear further and further into the distance while Dana ends up literally on the ground, with Debby commenting that she should have done this one.
Stratosphere. Talia is stoked to jump off yet another high thing. And predictably, she pirouettes while thinking about it. Maybe one of these legs she’ll surprise us and do the Bump. Coral suits up. Three, two, one…and no jump, yet. At the top, Talia gives us another history lesson on women of the Israeli war team who have also participated in jumping activities. The hell, Talia? Only you. Unlike Coral, she jumps right away. Talia asks Koby how she looked, and he responds, “like a dot that got bigger.” Well, at least he’s accurate, if nothing else. Back up top, Coral just needs another minute but she’s over the edge as well, looking rather graceful and not nearly as flail-y.
Cabs. Blue Collar arrive first and turn over their sand glass. Ma’Ayan realizes that since they’re behind only David/Eliran, who are yielded, they’ve got a very good chance of being first. Their cab crosses under the Mandalay Bay, and here they are, at the flags. They run down a nondescript patch of sidewalk, and nothing happens. But wait, here’s a limo. Out pops Marilyn Monroe to welcome the ladies into the limo, where Ron waits. Ma’Ayan and Ron banter, and Marilyn actually says, “I don’t understand what you’re saying.” Oh, Marilyn. A linguist, you are not. Stick to welding. They get the news that they’re first, but that the leg is not yet over. Marilyn hands over their next clue and Ron says, see ya at the next pit stop, and they’re back out on the street where they must get their next clue at Vegas Western.
Streets of Vegas. D/D are plodding along, slowly but surely. They acknowledge that they’ve got a yield coming up. They find the white lady, and head to Stratosphere. In their cab, Romi/Michele realize that they’ve got little money left, and they’re nowhere near the pit stop. TaKo are also shown going to the pit stop. Eliran yells at the sand glass to go faster. Sisters arrive at the pit stop, and their driver is incensed that they don’t have the money. Like any cab driver, he holds Coral’s bag as collateral while the girls run off in search of money. Suddenly, Talia/Koby appear and run past Blue Collar to the mat. Talia immediately recognizes Marilyn, and references the birthday song, because she hasn’t been living under a rock, but we all know that. Since they speak English, they get to include Marilyn in the conversation, who comments on how handsome Koby is, while Talia comments that he’s still chubby but less so. They are second, but they get their next clue. I hope Ron knows that Talia has once again had alcohol.
Pit Stop. The sand glass runs out, and David/Eliran, now in third, meet Marilyn. David comments that seeing Ron means rest. But, not this time! Marilyn sings them a song and then they complain about Romi/Coral. Then they get booted out of the limo with their clue.
Stratosphere. Itzik comments that he dislikes heights, even going to his sister’s thirteenth story apartment. Eliran gets clotheslined by a turnstile. Ball hard, Eliran. D/D arrive and Dana whines that Mom gets to do all the fun stuff while she gets to carry stuff and fight animals. Itzik heads out on the edge. Three, two, one…and no. Eliran does not see his friend falling from the air, so he gets worried. Deb fiddles with her suit. The handler tells Debby to say hi to her kids, which she does weakly. Despite her fear, she does the jump. They head off to the pit stop, now no longer in last, but with a yield ahead. Itzik jumps now, and in a rare moment of Itzik introspection, he comments on how meaningful it is. They head for the pit stop. Eliran comments how fierce of a competitor Debby is. In the Debby cab, she begs the driver to go faster. She name-checks the fact that they’re on The Amazing Race, and their driver actually says, “Why didn’t you say so?” and speeds off. He also almost leaves them without their bags. Back at the Sisters cab, they have gathered the money, and run up to the mat. Marilyn welcomes them with champagne and they are in fourth. Romi looks forward to sleeping and showering, and of course that will not be happening, so they get their clue and go.
Pit stop. Debby/Dana sit on the corner and wait for their hourglass to run its course. Itzik/Eliran’s driver gets a little confused, but only for a block or two. Even though the ladies’ hourglass is just about out by the time the gents arrive, the latter team gets fifth place. Shockingly, Itzik knows who Marilyn Monroe is, and is surprised to see her alive. Eliran is less than enchanted about continuing immediately. Last placers Debby and Dana arrive at the mat and get in the limo, where Debby is pleasantly surprised to se Marilyn. They do the “we’re last and we know it” speech, but then get saved and live to race another day, because at least the producers know better than to have a team be eliminated by a stupidly placed yield, which I still don’t understand. They head off into the Vegas night.
Next time: Halloween! Frogs! Teams get buried alive. Yikes.
Overall, a poorly planned leg, but interactions with Americans made it worth watching. Can't wait to see what other shenanigans these teams get into here in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Whopper.
Hey everyone, Brannockdevice here again. So apparently the teams are going to Flagstaff, AZ!! I'm so mad, as I only live a little less than 2 hours away from there
I'm so sorry I couldn't be there to get pictures or anything however, I could tell you all about Flagstaff!
Flagstaff is a small college town in northern Arizona; it's home to NAU (Northern Arizona University). It's a mile in elevation, so in the winter it's a haven for winter sports buffs (yes, it does snow in parts of AZ). I believe they went here in the summer, so there won't be snow, but it's still stunning there! I don't think they'll be visiting the Grand Canyon (they would've passed it on their way to Flagstaff), but if they do its about a 1.5 hour drive north. As for predictions for the rest of the leg, I think they'll continue their journey south, and visit Slide Rock State Park/Sedona, which is about 45 minutes south (Sedona is a quaint little town right in the heart of Red Rock Country, where the mountains are literally rust red! Slide Rock is a popular tourist destination- it's a river that nature has kinda eroded into a sort of water slide. Upriver there are cliffs that you can go cliff jumping. It's really fun). It's also possible that they have a challenge in Flagstaff, then take a bus to Los Angeles or San Diego (both are about a 6-7 hour drive). I also think its possible they'll end up in Phoenix, (which infuriate me even more, as I live here and never saw them!) where they can play golf in 115 degree heat
Again, I'm really sorry I couldn't get pictures of them. Although I hoped you all enjoyed a little bit of commentary about where they went
So, greetings from my new digs, where I'm currently sitting in a nest of sheets on the floor because my furniture won't be here until next week. Next week is also finale week, and I know I'm crazy behind, but this past one has taken me three states to do, and I have 4 days of nothing coming up until orientation so I should be good to go.
Anyway, from the beautiful Midwest, here's Episode 25.
Episode 25: Tales from the Crypt
We open on Purples opening their clue, directing them to Dig This. Ma’Ayan and Batel are happy to be first, for the first time. TaKo have a cab driver that is a bit more enthusiastic than they’d want, and they argue with him over his speed, and he tells them about his drinking problem. Maybe they should’ve switched cabs with the Purples, who seem to have a driver that’s happy enough to clap. Talia looks tired and frustrated. In the Blue Collar cab, their driver is ten kinds of crazy, triple-checking the address and talking about his fascination with Hebrew. David looks like his current fascination is exiting this cab as soon as possible.
Dig This. TaKo’s argumentative driver must have been good because they pull up just in front of the girls. A guy dressed as a ninja has their next clue, a route info. They have a Blair Witch style video featuring Ron giving them clues to a location. The X-Files theme plays as David/Eliran arrive and try to figure out the clue. TaKo thinks they’ve got it – the theme of the words is horror movies – and they are correct. The ninja gives them their next clue, and it’s a roadblock. The teammate that performs the task must be buried alive for ten minutes without panicking. I…would not be able to do this. Well, actually, maybe I could do it by lying there making lists of all the places I would rather not be, or maybe by playing a bunch of TV theme songs in my head. But back to the race. Koby will do it. The purples get the clue as well, and Batel will perform this roadblock. Koby is very scared, while Batel’s all…whatever. All the team members get their pulses, heart rates, etc. checked. Koby wonders if he can be buried with his inhaler.
Graveyard. Koby, now blindfolded, gets escorted in with one arm around the wife, and one around the executioner. I’ll let you guess which is which. Koby comments that it’s lie Friday the 13th.
Pit start. Sisters and Falafels open the clue. Eliran/Itzik are notably beaten-down and remark how tough it is to stay in the race. Sisters’ cab driver is lost. He pulls out an old-style phone book. They trash him in Hebrew, and a completely uncomfortable conversation ensues.
Roadblock. The task starts to hit Batel as she approaches the coffin. Koby lies down in his coffin and starts to get buried. Talia is scared and hoping that she doesn’t have to do this again. Batel starts to get buried and screams out. In an interview, she comments on the sound of the dirt hitting the coffin. Ma’Ayan and Talia watch their partners on little video screens. A completely creepy girl sings “Itsy Bitsy Spider” in the background.
Dig This. Sisters and Falafel arrive and get the ninja clue while Blue Collar is still working on it. Eliran actually says the answer in his interview, inadvertently. Romi Know-it-All actually does know the right answer this time, and gets the clue for her team before Blue Collar, with Falafel right behind them. They open the roadblock clue. Eliran, Eliran, and Romi (who reveals that she’s claustrophobic) will do it.
Roadblock. Blue Collar Eliran gets led out first, then Romi. They climb in their respective coffins, and all Coral has to say about gangsters burying their victims is, “that’s sad.” Coral comments that she isn’t afraid of stuff like this and she should’ve done it. Flash over to Romi, singing Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life” in her coffin. And they say dead men can’t sing. Eliran of Itzik/Eliran gets buried, and Itzik comments on how real it is.
Coffin-cams. Blue Collar Eliran is quite a chatty corpse, talking the night away. Coral comments that it’s kind of like a tanning bed, kicking herself for not doing this. Elsewhere, D/D start the leg, trying to keep positive about their non-elim, and still love Vegas, for everything that it’s put them through. Back at the coffins, Koby and Batel finish. Koby sits up with dramatic flair, Batel…is kind of disoriented, all “what’s this thing called light?” They get the next clue.
Dig This. Debby and Dana get the clue quickly, and it’s Debby’s turn for a roadblock. She turns a little white at the task.
Haunted House. As TaKo have a chat with their driver, the cousins have already made it to the Haunted House. They approach the door and a creepy man answers, asking THEM “trick or treat?” Ma’Ayan says treat, hoping for the best, as do TaKo. The man comes out with a pie for the cousins, and as Ma’Ayan reaches for it, he pies Batel in the face. Batel has a moment of shock, then is all “Ron Shacher!!!” Valid person to complain to. Koby also gets a baked goods facial, and Talia sees this as an opportunity to have a late-night snack. The hell, Talia? For their next trick, the teams must kiss frogs. TaKo do this with pleasure, and Batel points out that this is Ma’Ayan’s first kiss. Ma’Ayan hopes her next kiss will be outside the amphibian family.
Roadblock. Debby gets led to the grave, with much fear and freaking out and praying. Eliran, Eliran, and Romi are all done and leave. Itzik yells that they’ve returned from the dead. Well, your teammate but who’s counting. Romi/Michele ask a hospital to order them a cab. It comes and they fight with Eliran/Itzik about the cab. The sisters get their same crypt-keeper guy from before, who finally, after a convo with Romi, picks up that they’re on the Amazing Race. Meanwhile, Debby is (appropriately) upset in the coffin because it sucks in there.
Haunted House. David/Eliran ask for a treat, and David dodges the pie which ends up mostly on the ground. Good on you. Batel/Ma’Ayan and TaKo get their final treat, a gummy bear on steroids. Batel still has a face full of pie. Talia finds all this hilarious, but the guy looks like he wants them off their property. Both teams get the clue, and one team hugs the creepy guy. Bet you can guess which. Next clue is out back, where one racer has to dunk their partner. Carnival games for everyone! Sisters and Blue Collar get the frogs, Romi is happy to get the affection, whereas Coral, Eliran, and David are less than thrilled but do it without too much commentary.
Roadblock. Debby is actually glad she did this one, in retrospect, because she’d probably be in more emotional trouble seeing her daughter getting buried, and now Dana has a renewed appreciation for her mother. They walk off without letting go of one another.
Cab. Falafel get a lesson in Halloween, which they refer to as “Elvin.” Um, he was on The Cosby Show, and he wasn’t even the scary one. That would be Denise, or Bill towards the end. Eliran says “trip or tit,” and I can’t even imagine that one.
Haunted House. David/Eliran have to bob for apples now, as do the sisters. Romi Know-It-All thinks they can pick it up between their faces. Um, no?
Dunk Tank. Ma’Ayan comments that the lady looks like Alice in Wonderland. Ma’Ayan climbs in, and Batel throws like a girl. Talia reluctantly climbs in, looking like she needs some alcohol to either numb her from the cold or from the experience. Koby hits it lightly, but not enough to tip Talia.
Haunted House. D/D and Falafel get frogs to kiss. Itzik looks like he’s smoking the frog. Debby freaks out at the frog, and I would too,
because I found one on my patio a few weeks ago and I can admit I did the same. At the apple bobbing, Eliran of Blue Collar has seemed to get the hang of it, but David mostly gets water, getting it eventually. They get the clue in third. David/Eliran draw rocks to see who will be the lucky guy to sit in the tank, and it’s Eliran getting the short end of the stick again.
Dunk Tank. Long montage of failures, broken up by Batel getting Ma’Ayan in, then Koby getting Talia in. The clue is a small yellow piece of paper which they redeem for their clue. Next clue: lingerie football. The purples pass up Talia and Koby and their chatty cabby to get the first slot at the football stadium. Blue Collar’s driver suddenly wakes up from his haze and starts to book it. It looks like they got pulled over, but they stop and are there, beating TaKo, who arrive in third and not too happy about it.
Haunted House. Debby gingerly kisses the frog before it hops away. Sisters and Falafel are still struggling at the apples. Romi/Michele bump out the apples with their heads and then pick them up off the ground with their mouths…um, you’re doing it wrong, but okay. They get their final treat, the pie, and the man does the old “smell this” trick, and picks Coral. Romi Know-It-All saw it coming, or so she says, and Coral Sour Puss is all, “don’t look at me, I’m hideous…but tasty.” They head to the dunk tank, where Romi gets up on the stand.
Haunted House. D/D get the gummy bear, and Itzik gets the hang of the apples, teaching Eliran in the process. Debby claims that because of her age, she can’t finish the bear, and Dana’s all “wtf mom, that makes no sense.” The two teams get their pies, but the guy must be getting tired because he only gets Eliran on the side, and I think he tries to get Dana but Debby’s surprisingly quick reflexes deflect the pie from hitting her.
Dunk Tank. Romi gets dunked, and Buzz Killington gets them to the next task in fourth. Eliran and Dana sit in the tank while their partners throw balls. Debby, unsurprisingly, throws like a girl, but Itzik gets Eliran down pretty quick. Just as Dana jokes that she’ll be there until August, Debby beans the button and down she goes.They get the clues in that order, and end episode.
Next time: Hoover Dam! Ladies in lingerie! Truck pulling! Someone’s on the ground – looks like Ma’Ayan.
FINALLY got wireless in the new apartment today and finished this one which I've been working on for awhile. I will be skipping 27 and 30, since I skimmed those episodes and they're pretty much clip shows, so only two left after this.
Oh, and happy birthday to racer David!
Orientation is tomorrow, all day, but maybe I'll skip out early on an activity to get started on Ep. 28. Until then, enjoy this piece.
Episode 26:Washing Away the Competition
For the bazillionth time, we open in Nevada.
Cabs. In first are the cousins, who are hoping against hope to stay in first. Batel looks notably fresher, with straighter hair and a face full of makeup. Blue Collar and TaKo are in cabs as well.
Longevity Sports Center. Time for the first task of the day, scoring a touchdown against the Lingerie Football League. Of course the race would do this. Only on the Merotz. Side note: lingerie football? why is this even a thing? Batel thinks that the girls are pretty, and Ma’Ayan does not think so. Koby comments that one of the girls looks like his ex. TaKo are up first and do pretty badly. Ma’Ayan and Batel have no clue (as if we expected them to) how to play American football. Ma’Ayan instructs her cousin that the whole point is that the ball doesn’t touch the ground. That’s pretty much a basic tenet of the game, so I’ll get on board with that. Also, the cousins look cute in their skirts, like they’re grade-school field hockey players who got lost on the way home from practice at Our Lady of Many Sorrows. Blue Collar are similarly unimpressive.
Cabs. Romi’s singing “We Are Family.” Elsewhere, reality has set in for Itzik/Eliran, who realize that their race could be their last. In another cab, last-place Debby shares her personal philosophy of positivity. Debby and philosophy are not two things that normally go together.
Longevity Sports Center. All six teams are now there, and Romi and Michele are on the field. Romi becomes the first racer of the day to complete a pass, only to get man-handled (woman-handled?) by the other team and turned on her head. Owch. To no one’s surprise, Itzik and Eliran have no clue what is going on. The cousins cheer on the lingerie girls, and Itzik dives for a pass but misses. D/D are very intimidated and inquisitive about the ladies and their bodies. Debby ask for some fitness tips and is challenged to a push-up contest against a girl and it’s hilarious. Time for second chances, and Batel scores the first touchdown of the day, followed by David, who looks like he’s being invited to a Sadie Hawkins dance. Next clue: hitch a ride on a truck to Boulder City (finally, no more Vegas!) where they’ll compete in a strongman task involving a truck pull.
Trucks. Ma’Ayan and Batel are overjoyed at learning that their truck’s driver is Louis, and they clap. Ma’Ayan tells the driver that her father is also a trucker. Blue Collar climbs in a truck, and for the second time in the race, we hear Eliran call himself Luke, which is in fact his last name and not something he picked out of the sky. “Country Roads” comes on, which is a prerequisite to any open-road-driving sequence, anytime, anywhere. Also look out for “Life is a Highway,” “Highway to Hell,” and “On the Road Again” (which we heard a bit of). Bonus points for “Shut Up and Drive.” Ma’Ayan stretches out, and Batel cries for some reason. They also ask Louis to take them home “but lo hayom (not today),” this season’s “I speak but not maspik.” Just as Ma’Ayan drifts off, the prerecorded radio message starts to play and the girls are genuinely and pleasantly surprised to hear Batel’s uncle and Ma’Ayan’s aunt (who also happen to be Ma’Ayan’s father and Batel’s mother) talk to them.
Football. Romi misses again on her second try. Eliran also gets an incomplete. Koby scores for him and Talia, as does Dana for her and mom, keeping the top three in the same order they left and bumping up D/D from sixth to fourth. Outside, Talia dances in the street until the truck arrives. D/D also climb in a truck. Both teams know “Country Roads,” although Debby’s a bit wrong on the lyrics. We get a crotch shot of David and Eliran. Their announcement comes on, and Eliran shouts “Sylvie!” about a half-second after David’s mom starts talking. Eliran’s mom gives a shout-out as well.
Boulder City. Cousins de-truck and we learn that they must pull a several-ton truck across a line painted on the ground. The strongman gives them their clue, and is probably surprised to see Stretch and Skinny power walk across the lot. David/Eliran arrive and get briefed by a lady in pink. Unlike Ma’Ayan/Batel, the boys don’t seem too fazed, probably since they do a lot of physical labor involving pulling on a day-to-day basis working at the port. In fact, their opening sequence in the credits shows them doing just that, so they’ve probably got a good chance of passing the cousins here. Both teams start, and the combination of wind and difficulty of task almost blows them away into the air. Blue Collar’s truck starts to move, and Eliran tells us about how momentum works.
Football. We get a brief shot of Romi twerking followed by a montage of the four remaining racers doing pretty badly. Itzik barely scrapes by the end zone and scores. Romi’s touchdown shot shows her actually going into the end zone. Both teams get into yellow trucks.
Trucks. In the D/D truck, Debby gives us her surprised face as Dana’s husband’s voice comes over the radio. Dana promptly cries her big blue eyes out. We do not hear from Debby’s Canadian ex-husband, rather from her son Adam (who has a twin named Eve), whose voice is remarkably similar to Dana’s husband. A British lady comes on the air in the TaKo truck (hehe, taco truck) and it’s Koby’s mother, followed by Talia’s mother. We do not hear from Talia’s father, who must not have gotten the message in a bottle Talia tossed into the Caribbean Sea a few weeks earlier.
Boulder City. Blue Collar gets their truck rolling quickly, with the girls still struggling. However, we don’t see the girls at all in the shots of Eliran/David, nor hear their loud voices, so maybe they took a break or something? Ma’Ayan/Batel’s truck starts to move, with Ma’Ayan doing the majority of the pulling, followed by a plotz in the parking lot. The next task for the teams is to earn money through a bikini car wash. I wish I was kidding. Whatever happened to Nevada’s natural beauty? Cousins get into their religious-chick bikinis to the sound of Miley Cyrus. Ma’Ayan talking-heads “who’s gonna stop for the boys? Gay drivers?” You’d be surprised. Meanwhile, D/D and TaKo have arrived at the task. In an interview, Talia makes dinosaur sounds. The hell, Talia? Debby calls the strongman a “refrigerator.” Koby then makes dinosaur sounds as he actually pulls the truck and does it rather quickly, as Debby/Dana stay in the same spot.
Trucks. At first, Romi seems like she knows something, but then they both react in surprise when their mother comes through the stereo. She starts off by saying, “Hi girls, it’s your mother,” as if they may have forgotten their voice. Then again, my mom leaves me voicemails tell me that she’s my mother, so maybe it’s a way for moms to validate their life choices. Since they have the same mom, they only get one voice, unless they didn’t air the second message for them. Eliran and Itzik hear their own names, but can’t understand why (really?) until Itzik’s mother’s voice starts speaking over the radio, followed by Eliran’s father.
Car Wash. Purples get their first car as Ke$ha sings to them. Batel impresses me with her knowledge of car parts. All I know about cars is that I have one, and it gets me where I need to go, except for last week in Iowa when my front right tire disintegrated about halfway between Omaha and Des Moines, leading to a fun-filled two hours at a rest stop waiting for a tow. And then a few days later, when my brand-new tire decided on a repeat performance. Back at the car wash, the purples’ customer reveals himself to be a Hebrew speaker. Talia/Koby show up, and they and Blue Collar score their first cars of the day and the second for the girls, which is apparently enough to pay their driver for gas and their next clue, which leads them to their pit stop, the Hoover Dam, which meets my criteria for “appropriate and interesting pit stop.”
Boulder City. Falafel arrives. We see Debby/Dana clearly struggling in the background as the boys make quick work of the task, which makes me further doubt that the Purples/Blue Collar were pulling at the same time. The sisters arrive, and Dana takes the lead and finally gets the game in gear.
Car Wash. Itzik/Eliran show up and flag down a pickup to clean. Nearby, Dana and Debby arrive, with Dana prancing around in a bikini while Debby holds up the sign in her little black dress. Of course, Debby must flirt with the driver of the car, as if she isn’t already offering to perform a service for money on the side of the highway. Dana is not impressed. She also probably doesn’t want a new father. Debby is also probably soaking wet when she hugs the driver. Talia and Koby finish a vehicle.
Boulder City. Romi leads the way in moving the truck, doing a little hoppy dance as she pulls the truck. They are happy learning about the bikini task, as Coral either bought or brought with her an American flag bikini. AMERICA. They manage to steal a huge, decorated pickup and pretend they’re in American Pie. They ham it up, and it works out in their favor as their second car pulls up right behind them. They even have time to pose for pictures with their clients.
Hoover Dam. Purples arrive and admire the dam, but are even happier to arrive in first for the second leg in a row.
Car Wash. Talia and Debby flag down the same car, and a chase scene ensues. The driver is a guy, and is probably tickled at the women fighting over him, and chooses the mom and daughter over the couple. Eliran/David are shown washing a pickup with Texas plates, so I’m going to take that as a shout out to me. A small crowd of guys has gathered behind Dana, which her mom takes notice of. The sisters finish, followed by Debby/Dana who get a 12 dollar tip. Blue Collar finishes as well, and it’s a three-way race to the dam.
Hoover Dam. They show up in a caravan, with Blue Collar somehow in the lead, followed by sisters and D/D. All three teams jet to the dam, and David/Eliran arrive, officially in second place. Romi/Coral check in, moving them back up towards the front of the pack. D/D arrive in fourth, with Debby asking if she can bungee, and getting a no from the greeter.
Car Wash. The two remaining teams finish pretty close, with TaKo slightly ahead. They campaign with their driver in English to stay ahead of the guys, who are kind of just sitting their truck doing nothing. To add insult to injury, the boys get stopped by a red light, but then their driver points out that the other truck is going the wrong way. General confusing shots of teams on the run, but it’s Talia’s shoes and leggings that are seen first on the pit stop mat. It’s notably darker when Itzik/Eliran show up, and are eliminated. Eliran looks surprised, but Itzik smiles it off. Their loser lotto ticket contains 7000 shekels, and of course Falafel sings us out with a montage of their greatest hits, a great many of which involve them naked and Eliran falling over things. Roll on, you crazy beach bums.
Next time: Snow tasks! Huskies! Romi complains about the weather, while Debby looks like she actually has something to complain about.
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Episode 30 of the last season was the end ;_;
I love HaMerotz LaMillion, but this is just tooo muuuch....
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Episode 28: Lovely Weather For A Sleigh Ride Together
We learn that the teams have taken a train from Hoover Dam in Nevada to Flagstaff, Arizona.
Pit start. Ma’Ayan welcomes us to Arizona, where the clue leads them to the Snow Bowl. They are driving cars this leg, and with Batel in the driver’s seat, it’s uh-oh, Grand Canyon State. They remark that this is the first time that they have no one to follow. As David drives, Eliran notices some moose. The sisters wonder if they’ll see bear.
Snow Bowl. Ma’Ayan and Batel are the first to arrive on the Snow Bowl, which is actually quite snowy. Their task? Search and rescue a doll from the snowy mountain, and sled down the hill with them. The cousins take off with their sled just as Blue Collar arrives. Ma’Ayan declares it too cold to smile. But probably not too cold to sing! Sisters arrive, and immediately Romi shuts down in the cold. It appears as if Coral ties her sister to the sled, but only because there’s no tree to tie her to. We see a montage of teams racing up the hill. David/Eliran arrive first and get instructions which are said quickly and in English. Kudos to them for understanding…I think. They argue about which way to go but it’s probably not a big deal. Next to the top are the cousins. We check in with Romi/Michele, and…whoops, their little red sled goes back down the hill. Romi sulks off behind it.
Pit start. D/D and TaKo leaving. Talia is confident that she and Koby can propel themselves above D/D and the cousins. They start off by beating at least D/D to the mountain. The newlyweds head off up the hill, with asthmatic Koby needing to stop for some air. Elsewhere, Romi has decided to play nice with Coral for the time being and head off to look for the missing sled. Red-faced TaKo make it to the top and get their receivers. We see a montage of the three top teams searching, with Ma’Ayan beginning to shovel, followed by Koby. David/Eliran get into it as well. The boys perform some mock CPR on their doll as the girls and newlyweds struggle to dig up their friends nearby. I know who I’d want rescuing me. The boys begin their slide, with David on a shovel and Eliran on the sled. A second sled pops up next to them. Maybe it’s Romi/Michele’s missing sled? Talia/Koby start their descent as the boys complete theirs with a swivel. They get a snow globe, which contains within it their next clue, Flagstaff Nordic Center. But first! U-turn board. That picture of Romi/Michele in the bikini tops looks awfully silly against that background.
Snow Bowl. David/Eliran correctly identify the clue, as do the cousins. Talia/Koby appear to not get it right away, but they along with Blue Collar show up at the U-turn board. To no one’s surprise, Blue Collar pick D/D, and Koby/Talia agree, hoping to increase their lead. Ma’Ayan and Batel do the same, and their fate is sealed. David/Eliran leave. Koby/Talia have no clue where they’re going, and apparently all three teams end up at the right spot, ready for a…
Double Battle. It’s time to dog sled! I can attest to the fun of this activity – I did it in Alaska once back in high school and it was amazing and made me want to become a professional dog musher, and I managed to convince many gullible classmates at my school that I had withdrawn my college applications and was moving to Alaska to pursue this dream of mine. It didn’t go much further than that, but those kids were pretty stupid. First up: David vs. Talia. Talia is in the lead, but falls, allowing David to pass her. Eliran looks like a pro at this, whereas Koby spins around in little circles. Blue Collar wins, and gets the detour clue. I’m calling it Pick Up or Pile Up. In the first option, the teams must carry some ladies, piggy back, while wearing snowshoes, and in the other, build a huge stack of wood.
Snow Bowl. The sisters retrieve their sled, but they’re barely up the hill when D/D are done with the task. They pick Blue Collar, and wonder if Koby/Talia stuck up for them this time.
Double Battle. We start off with Talia vs. Batel. Talia takes off like a bullet, and Batel, who is scared of the dogs, goes quite a bit slower. Talia takes another tumble around a tree. (The hell, Talia? Drunk again, I see.) Batel briefly catches up, but it’s the couple’s to lose, especially when Ma’Ayan has a complete wipeout, watching her dogs run elsewhere.
Detour. David/Eliran have chosen Pick Up, and put on snowshoes. The task is more difficult than the boys anticipated, with them stopping several times. Koby and Talia pick this side as well, but get like five steps before realizing that this is not a walk in the park and switch. Blue Collar appears to have somewhat better luck. They talk about the ladies’ weight, and it’s a good thing that they do so in Hebrew.
Snow Bowl. The sisters finally finish, and choose Blue Collar as their u-turn victim. Coral believes they have a chance as they head to the double battle.
Double Battle. D/D arrive. Cousins tell D/D that it hurts to fall off, scaring Debby. Dana starts off strong, but hits a snag at a sharp turn, allowing Batel to pass. They pass off to their partners. Both ladies seem to be going on strong, with Ma’Ayan leading, but then Debby goes flying, just like Ma’Ayan said, although it appears a log tripped her up and not a person. Purples for the win.
Pile Up. Circus music plays as Talia chucks wood and Koby stacks it. Their pile goes up rather quickly. Ma’Ayan/Batel appear, with Ma’Ayan humorously adding that the couple’s pile looks like a house already. They start piling when lo and behold, said couple runs out of wood. Koby tries a quick fix but their whole wall crumbles down.
Double Battle. Romi shows her first positive emotion of the day as she plays with the dogs while Debby reports of her fall. The dogs show signs of fatigue, with both Romi and Dana neck and neck at much slower speeds. Coral hits a tree this time, allowing Debby to cruise in for the win. Coral looks like a yeti as she rolls up, knowing she lost. At least they have dogs to play with.
Pick Up. Debby is, for some odd reason, excited about this task, and they choose their ladies. They take a few spills. I really hope these girls have workman’s comp. Over at Blue Collar, David is suffering. It starts to snow, and it turns out to be Eliran’s first snowfall, so he makes a snow angel. They get back up, and complete this ridiculous task. Their next clue? Wig Wam Valley, Arizona. Since there’s no W sound In normal Hebrew, Ron calls it “Vig Vam Valley” which is adorable. They will meet some Native Americans (NOT Indians, politically incorrect producers), but first, find out the results of the u-turn. It’s a double u-turn. David/Eliran are affected by neither, so they exit the episode.
Pile Up. After their time runs out and little purple girl gives them their clue, the sisters start to stack. TaKo seem to have less knowledge in the way of architecture, enduring several spills and calling their pile names. The purples lose a little bit. The sisters, however, lose it all.
Pick Up. Debby reevaluates her choice of task, but she and Dana power through it. A victory for them, but wait a minute…u-turn board. At least they did this one first, which seems like more of a pain to do. They know they’ve got a good chance of being u-turned, and they are. Usual suspects Blue Collar and Purples do not surprise them, but seeing Talia/Koby’s picture flips a switch, and they proceed to become cray cray. Debby gets bleeped out a lot, so it must be pretty bad.
Pile Up. D/D show up and all hell breaks loose. Not even a wall of wood can hide Talia/Koby from Debby’s wrath. Indeed, their wall falls as Debby cackles with glee. Ma’Ayan tells her cousin to ignore the crazy lady in red, but Debby’s evil eye collapses the others’ towers. These two. TaKo and Romi/Michele rebuild quickly and leave. The sisters hit the road, but Koby/Talia have been revenge-turned and must go back and carry. Either gravity, Batel’s paranoia, or Debby’s witchcraft collapses the cousins’ wall, but they mobilize, rebuild, and leave in third. In a quick montage, we see D/D completing their wall and TaKo completing their carry, with Koby taking a nasty fall along the way. Both teams drive off in anger.
Next time: Native Americans, Indians, American Indians…whoever they are, it’ll be interesting to see the culture shock. Stay tuned.
Tomorrow: Moment of truth. Will I finish in time for the finale? Stay tuned.
Episode 28: Bury My Hatchet at Wigwam Valley
Ron opens by telling us that the teams are going back to their Indian roots in Wigwam Valley. Chosen People, meet the Jews.
Cars. Blue Collar is in the lead. Romi/Michele are not, and Romi celebrates the upcoming task by doing the Tiger Lily “wa-wa-wa.” Good going, Racist Romi. Purples are on the trail as well.
Wigwam Valley. Arizona is home to 21 Indian tribes, yet this show will condense them into a general idea of “Indians.” This task requires teams to do an eagle dance and get new names. This is all so Brady Bunch three-parter. (Middle Buffalo? Sleeping Lizard?) David/Eliran arrive first, and props to Eliran for calling them Native Americans. Take that, Ron Shachar and your script writers. They encounter a dance circle and join in, marveling at the hoop dancers and their fancy footwork and colorful garb. They are given hoops and instructed in the fine art of hoop dancing. We don’t see that much of this before they are escorted to a chief, who is probably an actor. He speaks with a vague Jay Silverheels impression and gives the boys blankets, red face paint, and feathers. Eliran’s name is Ground Nut, oddly appropriate, and David will be Wind River. To make it official, they get a plank of wood with their faces and their new names painted in Hebrew, the official language of Vague Native America. At least they’re doing something cultural and not commercial.
Wigwam Valley. Ma’Ayan and Batel debate the authenticity of the Indians, with Batel dubious. Their patterned jacket fits right in, and the girls comment on how the ridiculous dancing makes them feel at home. I can imagine that. The sisters show up and enjoy dancing as eagles as well.
Cars. Talia and Koby share some gum. Why are they the only ones who are ever shown eating? Talia hopes the pit stop will come soon. D/D are also on the road and are surprisingly calmer and hopeful. Let’s see how long this rational equanimity lasts.
Wigwam Valley. David/Eliran open their clue, and their task will involve archery, spear throwing, and dancing. Eliran tries with bow and arrow. Apparently, “bow” and “rainbow” are the same words in Hebrew, which is cool. I learned something new today. He learns that this task is harder than it looks. Elsewhere, Ma’Ayan and Batel learn that their escort for the day is Janet. Coral asks what tribe their lady is from, and she says Navajo. Good on you, Coral, for actually showing cultural awareness. Racers are being all kinds of impressive today. Ma’Ayan teaches Janet her catchphrase. Enya plays as Ma’Ayan accepts her blanket with surprise. Coral gets painted and feels like Pocahontas. Ma’Ayan is now Raging Curls and Batel is Soul of the Cat. The cousins are less than impressed. Coral is Swan Feather and Romi, Moon Storm. The girls try to reason with the chief to slow up the remaining teams, and both teams head off to the games. I will not be using these names because they are even more confusing. Batel and Coral try their hand at archery, and we get a montage of general failure, followed by the dance of failure. Finally, Eliran connects and they go on to spear throwing.
Cars. Talia admires the scenery as they pull in to Wigwam Valley and start the eagle dance task. Talia reveals her love for Indian culture. They dance and get dressed for the tasks. Koby becomes Eye of the Owl, and Talia, Tiger Lily. She fails to connect it to Peter Pan. I’m surprised and disappointed in her. Also in the fact that she hasn’t changed her hair to braids. But there’s still time. Talia will be doing the bow and arrow, and for some reason, I’m scared that they gave her weapons. Koby instructs her, and it seems to work, as she scores on one of her first tries. Coral is the next to connect. Koby and Romi give their best shots at spear-throwing, but neither connects. Back at Blue Collar, David focuses and hits the target. Their next task? Sit in a sweat lodge for a powwow with a chief in their skivvies and some mud.
Sweat Lodge Task. Eliran/David enter the tent and begin their ceremony. The chief gives them a blessing in his language, and the boys exit and begin to roll in the cold mud. It starts to snow a little as they gingerly step into the cold water. If I were them, I’d just dive in and get it overwith. Eliran gets in, but David is scared.
Wigwam Valley. Debby and Dana arrive and begin the dance task, admitting to not knowing much about this subject. Debby manages to be surprised and confused and flirtatious at the same time before becoming the appropriately-monikered Red Beak. Her daughter is Dawn Blossom. I resist the urge to make a Red/Dawn joke, although that was a fun little movie. The purples are still scared with Evil Debby and her eyes. Batel makes a perfect connection and Ma’Ayan starts her spear throwing. Koby and Talia debate physics, no surprise there. They have to dance again, before failing several times and beginning to get frustrated at each other. Debby is shown with a bow and arrow – now that’s scary. Romi redeems herselfby hitting her target before Koby, but then does the wa-wa-wa thing. Boo you. Koby also scores a point.
Sweat Lodge. David hasn’t moved into the water yet, but Eliran goes for it and submerges, and even does it a second time, which convinces David to join him. They return to the tent and asked what they have learned. It’s actually a nice moment as the usually stoic boys show some emotion and head off to the next task, making fire and building a tipi to house them for the night. The boys are excited to make a fire – wait, they get matches? Laaaame. They start to build their home.
Sweat Lodge. The sisters enter and Coral finds it romantic. She also calls her sister a fighter, which is nice. Now, the true test for cold-hating Romi. She shivers and begins to waver as she nears the cold, and loses it and runs away in tears, as Coral begs her to come back.
Games. Ma’Ayan is struggling at the spear-throw, and Debby at the archery. Ma’Ayan connects and they leave, leaving mom and daughter dispirited.
Sweat Lodge. TaKo do the task, and Talia needs a sandwich, stat. Seriously, how does she stay upright with that tiny torso? Hand in hand, they walk among the torches to the ice water, both of them trying their best to stay sane in the water. In another part of the lake, Coral tries valiantly to console Romi. The couple squats in the water as the girls jump around. Back in the tent, the sisters make each other smile and get directed to the tipi task.
Tipis. David/Eliran’s tipi looks more like an alien dwelling, so they get help from some locals and before long they have a tipi worthy of How the West was Won. The sisters quickly make their fire, and get help from Eliran to build their tipi.
Sweat Lodge. Koby tells Talia that she has proven herself to be strong in many ways, and it’s really charming. They really love each other. Aww. They begin to build as the suddenly helpful David/Eliran come over to assist the couple before finishing their own tipi and climbing inside for the night.
Games. Debby is still at the archery, but the Horns of Victory sound, so of course she succeeds. Dana gets the spear on her second try, proving again that she’s awesome.
Sweat Lodge. The cousins roll around in the mud in their little dresses, Ma’ayan more enthusiastic than her partner. We don’t see Debby/Dana in the tent, but we see them in the mud and for some reason Debby didn’t get the whole “change your clothes” memo and she’s fully dressed as she rolls around. At the Lake of Icy Death, Ma’Ayan bravely submerges as Batel watches in awe. Both Debby and Dana are not pleased about the water, but surprisingly it’s Debby who shuffles into the water first, before Dana gets in and splashes around. Meanwhile, Ma’Ayan threatens to give Batel an ice hug. We don’t see Batel enter the water, but they’re both back in the lodge completing the task, so she must have done it. Nearby, D/D huddle by the fire. Dana admits that she’s hated her parents for a long time, and it’s touching seeing Debby tell Dana that she is a special girl, and Dana cries a little and tells Debby that she’s understanding her more. It’s nice to see them both embrace this task, and I think that they’ve probably changed the most out of all the teams.
Tipis. Batel admits her dislike of camping, and feminism suffers a blow when David/Eliran appear out of the darkness and basically do the whole task for them. At one point, Ma’Ayan is just watching in awe. Come on ladies. Exhausted, Dana sits by her fire while Debby starts to build, letting her daughter rest. Of course, Eliran comes over to add more fuel to the fire that is Debby and Dana Scorned. The ladies go all Mean Girls on the boys, but Eliran should know by now not to mess with Debby. Debby says that she and Dana are just fine without them, and indeed they build their tipi. The good hearted dock workers must have been feeling inspired, but, you know, yielding/u-turning D/D every chance they can basically killed their chances at starting a friendship with the mom and daughter. Make your bed and lie in it. Everyone heads off to bed. No preview.
Aaaand here we are, finale day!
I've been working on the final few episodes, but am taking a break to watch the finale. It's Labor Day weekend here in America, so I will for sure finish it all and have it up by Monday at the latest. Thanks for reading thus far and good luck to the three teams in the final in Taiwan.
While waiting for the finale to be uploaded, here's the long awaited finale drinking game:
Take a small sip when:
1. There is a montage of racers failing at some task
2. Ron says something mechanical or Ron-like
3. A taxi driver is confused
4. Coral tells Romi she's being annoying
5. Romi tells Coral she's being annoying
6. Ma'Ayan hugs someone
7. We hear "chaim sheli"
8. Batel puts her face in the camera
9. Talia seems drunk
10. Koby does a muppet voice
Take a big drink when:
1. Ma'Ayan/Batel double-hug someone
2. There is a task involving dressing up in women's clothing
3. Koby mentions being the only guy in the finale
4. Talia is drunk
5. Talia gives a history lesson
6. Talia/Koby says "ocho cocho"
7. Romi acts like a know-it-all
8. Romi sings
9. Coral looks embarrassed/like she wants to fall into a black hole
10. Any team says "money time," "this is a race," or "please, please, go"
Finish your drink when:
1. Racers clap at the finish line
2. A team with a woman on it crosses the finish line first
3. A team with a woman on it crosses the finish line second or third
4. The winners are officially announced.
I know who I think the winners will be, but hopefully whoever wins will buy a new inhaler for Koby, a handle for Talia, throat lozenges for Ma'Ayan and Batel, something for Romi to read and a top for Coral that actually covers her stomach. Again, good luck to everyone and watch this space for a finale recap of the best season ever!!!
No Wish finale had a different result
I sorta predicted that final result
Koby and Talia
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Quote from: SteKay on August 31, 2013, 05:38:10 PM
One thing I will say: I've seen ~25 seasons - and this has to be the closest thing to a photo finish in race history.
Quote from: Koby and Talia on September 04, 2013, 04:52:17 AM
Hi Talia/Koby I didn't mean to be mean, I was just rooting for the cousins for no particular reason. I was tracking results on Wiki but I have never seen the show because of country restriction.
Wow! Congratulations and well done. Most wins of the season and coming from behind the pack to win.
Also there seemed to be thousands of nice comments about you on the Facebook page so you guys must have been a lovely pair.
Goodluck in the future
That was a perfect example of Never giving up, Talia & Koby! Congratulations on a well deserved victory!!
No more recaps?? What about the end? We're hanging on a thread here!!!! (or at least our English speaking families are...)
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Announcement Update 0.8 - Alert System Update
Update 0.8 - Alert System Update
We've been made aware that our discussion board was closed. This was not intended. We have reopened it and apologize for the mistake
Here we are with the second content update for The Fifth Expedition.
This time around we've done a lot of things under the hood.
Most importantly, the alert system. The game now keeps track of the alert level within each map. Destroying parts of the security system or getting spotted by cameras will increase the alert level.
If it goes to high, new enemies will emerge into the map and complicate matters.
Also of note: an overhaul to the movement system that gives every character a bit more of an self preservation instinct.
Characters will now try to avoid traps they can see and, unless ordered to be reckless, refuse to cross obviously harmful areas, asking for new orders instead.
The system will be expanded in future updates to make the characters AI and pathfinding even smarter and including the perception attribute into things.
Additionally, we added some quality of life abilities.
One such is that characters who fall into holes will no longer automatically be killed, but try to grab onto the edge.
If their strength attribute is high enough, they'll just pull themselves up. If not, another character can pull them up if they arrive in time.
Also new: Once any enemy has been damaged by a character, you'll be able to hover over them to see their hitpoints.
These are just some examples in a long list of small changes and fixes. For a full picture, take a look at our patch notes.
We're hoping you'll enjoy the new additions while we work on the next batch of improvements and new content.
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Car Accident Pictures: Car Crash Photos! 2011 Crashed Car Pictures. Madison Heights, VA - State Police have now identified the driver killed in a three car crash in Madison Heights Thursday afternoon. Elizabeth Medical Center. Traffic accident report & alerts today and recent events, road incidents, collisions and other accident-related news. "When officers arrived, the sedan was found fully engulfed in flames," a police spokesperson said. The accident occured Friday morning by the traffic circle in Broadalbin on Route 29. Virginia State Police are investigating an accident on Interstate 64 that left two people dead and two people injured. Montgomery County Coroner Dr. WDTV Local Radar. The Capitol Region Water Authority is planning a pavement restoration project this weekend on Route 230 (North Cameron Street) in the City of Harrisburg. Yona car crash closes Route 4 north, southbound lanes Traffic on Route 4 in Yona is being rerouted due to a two-car crash, according to the Guam Police Department. The Philadelphia native. LISBON — Police said Thursday that the driver of a Subaru traveling east on Route 196 on Wednesday appears to have driven across the centerline and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Traffic crash reports may […]. Authorities are investigating. VSP spokeswoman Corinne Geller said there’s one confirmed fatality at this time. The crash involved a tractor trailer and a car. 16-year-old killed in 2-car crash in Roseville The two-car accident happened at the intersection of Little Mack Avenue and 12 Mile Road in Roseville just after midnight. Tags: Latest News Semi Truck Accidents Crashes, Semi Truck Wrecks Accidents News Reports, Global News 18 Wheeler Crashes Accidents, Big Rig Accidents Latest Tragic Events, Distracted Truck Drivers Accidents News Blog, Updated News Blog Truck Accidents Crashes, Big Rig Truck Collisions Recent News Investigations. Man passes stopped bus, crashes into pedestrian on Del. The Philadelphia native. The accident happened around 8:30 p. Brenda Tucker, 21, was at her family-owned bar early Sunday in Detroit, Mich. 29) with a message for his supporters. due to a crash, state police said. Lake County IL Car Accident Lawyer Immediate Contact: (773) 392-8182. Search and request crash reports online from the Maine State Police Crash Database. Nezaj died in a car crash on Route 304 in Pearl River. A Minneapolis family of five was killed in a car crash on Sunday on their way to a training session in Colorado to become missionaries. 40 near New Carlisle Wednesday morning. Two people were killed and two others were injured early Sunday in a crash in Paramus, New Jersey. A car crashed into a utility police on Route 88. Two cars trying to beat a red light through the intersection of Cedar Bridge Avenue and Route 70 were struck by another vehicle. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. Police said one man was killed when he was thrown from the vehicle and another man sustained a head injury. Police Identify Victim in Fatal Rose Township Crash; Oct 29 2019. EAST HAMPTON, CT (WFSB) - East Hampton police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left multiple people injured on Wednesday morning. This happened near County Road Dinninger around 5:30 Thursday morning. The 8:51 AM crash at the intersection of the East Berlin Road (Rt. Police say a. The shutdown caused. A major multi-vehicle crash injured several people and shut down a portion of U. Get the latest news reports on car crashes that occurred near you today on the New York Post. The crash occurred on Route 495 northbound near Exit 31. traffic accident news stories - get the latest updates from 6abc. The crash happened in the 800 block of Yorktown. Driver Killed in Three Car Crash on Route 29, Identified. A vehicle accident on route 28 near Fox Chapel has resulted in one death. It happened around 3:30 a. around mile marker 130 in the westbound lane, north of Mayflower. FIve years ago, while staying. The southernmost terminus of the designation is at U. Chief Marc. The reports listing is sortable by the event date, report date, city, and state. 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Crash closes Highway 118 in Somis area for heavy rescue. The crash, on Route 9, was caused by a pickup truck driving into the opposite lane, Keene Police Lt. WATCH: Truck slams into squad car during traffic stop. Robinson dead in car accident. car accident news stories - get the latest updates from abc7NY. EAST HAMPTON, CT (WFSB) - East Hampton police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left multiple people injured on Wednesday morning. on Tuesday, Kevin Lee Jones. VIDEO: SUV pulling U-Haul trailer plows into 2 firefighters. Posted 11:11 PM, October 2, State Police say one person was killed after a car collided into a tree on Route 6 in Mansfield. , occurred on Route 15, near Golf Course Road, according to York. The men killed last weekend in a single-vehicle crash on Route 28 in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Dulles International Airport have been identified. VIDEO: Danny Trejo rushes in to rescue child in Sylmar car crash. 29, 2019, in Las. 29-year-old man dies after crashing van on Route 5 The single-vehicle crash happened at about 4:20. today on County Route 517, also known as Munsonhurst Road, when the car he was driving hit a dump truck head-on. A Quakertown man was killed and a woman hurt in a vehicle crash on Route 309 in Hatfield Township Thursday morning. Highway Safety Data. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office has released the name of a woman who died in a two-car crash. Notice: you are using an outdated browser. Eduard Gutiérrez: 1995 2017 21 years Colombian footballer car Garzón, Colombia Arthur Guyton: 1919 2003 83 years American physiologist car Jackson, Mississippi. A two-car crash took place on Route 24 in Brockton on Monday afternoon, according to state police. A woman is taken to an ambulance after she was involved in an accident. DALLAS TOWNSHIP, Pa. There are two main types of crashes: the most common (falls), and the most serious (the ones with cars). Get the latest news reports on car crashes that occurred near you today on the New York Post. A 29-year-old New Jersey police officer and father of two young boys was killed in a three-car accident on his way to work Tuesday, authorities say. Route 79 MetroExtra was selected for the project due to its proximity to retail stores and Metrorail stations to purchase or load SmarTrip® cards, as well as alternative bus service for cash-paying riders. NEW MILFORD — Police, fire and EMS responded to a head-on crash with entrapment on Route 7 Wednesday morning. Benn Bathgate, Ruby Nyika 20:35, Jul 29 2019. Police say they first got a call about a car going north in the southbound. LISBON — Police said Thursday that the driver of a Subaru traveling east on Route 196 on Wednesday appears to have driven across the centerline and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Route 120 in Grayslake was shutdown for several hours Monday while police investigated a 'serious crash' that left one person dead and another injured. On Sunday night, Maryland bid goodbye to a superhero. (The Leader-Herald/Briana O'Hara. -- Crews are on the scene of a fiery semi crash that blocked all lanes on eastbound State Route 512. The westbound lanes of I-285 in Cobb County were shut down for more than four hours Thursday morning after a pedestrian was struck by multiple vehicles and killed, police said. A man was killed Monday morning in a multiple-vehicle car crash after witnesses said he began drifting across lanes on Highway 50. Family doesn't believe street racing was cause of deadly SJ crash. A man was killed after his Ford Fusion struck the back of a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of Route 80 west in Parsippany. Emergency personnel work the scene Thursday evening of a car-pedestrian accident on Route 29 across from Middle Falls Fire Department in Easton. Contact Hunterdon County Democrat, comment on the. Route 29 has reopened after a dump truck crash forced the roadway to shut down in both directions in Howard County. UPDATE: Fatal Car Accident on Rt. 2 Women Injured In Car Crash That Temporarily Shut Down Route 8A car accident shut down Route 8 for a short time on Monday night. CENTREVILLE, Va. OSSIPEE — An Enfield truck driver was killed Tuesday afternoon in a crash on Route 16 just south of Center Ossipee. Route 29 Batman Lenny B. The identity of the victim has not been released. This happened near County Road Dinninger around 5:30 Thursday morning. Route 29 in Howard County. Route 422 in Slippery Rock Township between Route 388 and Route 19. 234) and Lake Road, left two vehicles heavily damaged and post crash departure from the roadway left a structure with damage to the front porch. Man killed in motorcycle crash on SH 99 in NW Harris Co. car accident news stories - get the latest updates from ABC30. Apr 28, 2019 · Four victims who died in Thursday's 28-car crash on Interstate 70 identified Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Colorado snow totals for Oct. ) (Route 444=Garden State Parkway, 445=Palisades Interstate Parkway, 446=Atlantic City Expressway, 95=New Jersey Turnpike). We invite you to submit your auto accident pictures as a reminder and a warning. 1 Route 91 Harvest festival shooting only to die two weeks later in a vehicle crash. Driving through the busy traffic is a hassle in itself, we are all mostly in a race against time yet finding a traffic accident only worsens the dilemma. Route 47 Closed by Major Two-Car Accident Posted on 04/16/2010 by Cal Skinner April 16, 2010 McHenry County Sheriff's Squad Car was the second one I saw heading toward the Route 47 accident. The wreck took place around 11:30 a. CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. Man riding lawnmower killed by car on Route 17 Posted: Updated in a crash involving a car and a lawnmower in Rockland County. 29) with a message for his supporters. One person is dead and another person is injured after a two-car crash in Loudoun County, authorities said Tuesday afternoon. 911 calls from Kevin Hart's car crash detail aftermath of accident. Details on Route 7 accident: one fatality Tweet. Car Accident Lawyers In Savannah Ga For that extra daring mountain bikes is usually employed, and with a variety of excursions and excursions for many ranges and everyone in the family, you can create holidays in Paphos a cycle-structured group of tours. It's pretty intense. Hertman said a two-car crash on Route 211 near Fitzgerald Drive happened when Ronald Mergenthaler was driving west and struck a car driven by James Walcott. traffic accident news stories - get the latest updates from 6abc. When crews arrived, the truck was flipped on the side. A fatal one-car accident shut down Route 11 southbound in Johnston Township Sunday afternoon. Sunday about a half-mile south of Route 714. 10-year-old girl dies in crash on I-90 in Mentor after semi-truck hits car. Fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents in Pennsylvania. At least one person was seriously injured in a crash that closed a stretch of Route 222 between Reading and Allentown for nearly two hours Thursday. The accident was at the intersection of Route 662. The authority’s contractor is scheduled to remove steel plates and perform concrete restoration work at approximately 25 locations on Route 230 from Calder Street to Market Street in the city. Deputies from the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office were on scene of a two vehicle crash late Monday afternoon. Alamo's Car Rental FAQs is your one stop shop for all questions related to renting a car. Fatal Accident Sponsored By Macomb County Dispatcher Dies After Deer Hit By Other Car Crashes Into Windshield A Macomb County dispatcher has died after a crash involving a deer Tuesday morning. 2 Women Injured In Car Crash That Temporarily Shut Down Route 8A car accident shut down Route 8 for a short time on Monday night. This Clarendon Hills collision happened on Route 83, to the north of the 55th Street intersection. The crash happened. ARGIRO, Margaret. The passenger car was crushed, killing the driver. A five car accident took place on U. Multi-car crash blocks traffic on Route 42 near I-295. Learn more about Car Accidents and Car Insurance. Madison Heights, VA - State Police have now identified the driver killed in a three car crash in Madison Heights Thursday afternoon. Leonard Simpson Jr, 24, of Morrisville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 11:30 p. Statistics on left side of page are for 2018 from January 1 - October 22, 2018. A fatal head-on crash shut down the Hobson Pike Bridge over Percy Priest Lake during the Tuesday morning commute. on Route 404 eastbound. DOVER- The Dover Police Department is currently investigating a serious car accident that occurred on McKee Road south of Scarborough Road at approximately 2:30 p. The westbound lanes of I-285 in Cobb County were shut down for more than four hours Thursday morning after a pedestrian was struck by multiple vehicles and killed, police said. According to the TBO. Traffic accident report & alerts today and recent events, road incidents, collisions and other accident-related news. Marlboro teen Adam Rarela killed in crash on Route 9 in Old Bridge An 18-year-old Marlboro man died after a box truck crashed into a dump truck on Route 9 in Old Bridge Friday morning. Try using an alternate route such as Routes 7 or 28. 3 Globally, car accidents are the leading cause of death among young adults ages 15-29 – and the 9 th leading cause of death for all people. That's why it's important to brush up on post-accident procedures now, when you're good and levelheaded. Click the link above for the latest versions. Harmony Road near Grantham Drive. PENN FOREST TOWNSHIP, Pa. Two people were killed after police say a tractor trailer crashed into an SUV on Route 41 in Kennett Township. Grant Austin Christensen, 39, of Gainesville died Tuesday night after he lost control of his vehicle following a two-car collision on Route 29/Lee Highway in Gainesville, and crashed it into a concrete pillar. com: https://www. traffic accident news stories - get the latest updates from 6abc. ) A four-car accident with injuries has occurred on eastbound I-66 near the Roosevelt Bridge and the ramp to Route 110. Lake Region Middle School teacher dies in crash on Route 302 in Casco. Fatal accident on Route 22 - Road Closed until this evening has claimed the life of one driver and injured the driver and a passenger in the other car. Route 29 Car Accident; Justice Available to Family?. The Ossipee Police Department and Center Ossipee Fire Department were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle accident at approximately 1:20 p. Reports provide details about the accident, analysis of the factual data, conclusions and the probable cause of the accident, and the related safety recommendations. Route 29 as crews worked to clear the scene and get the center divider back in place. Around 1:46 p. VSP spokeswoman Corinne Geller said there’s one confirmed fatality at this time. If you do not see the crash report you are looking for, please contact the local Highway Patrol troop headquarters or the Patrol Records Division at General Headquarters. Route 29 in Howard County. 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STAMPING GROUND — A 60-year-old woman was killed Monday morning when her car rear-ended another vehicle before slamming into a pickup truck in downtown Stamping Ground, the police chief said. Crime News. Changes to a report may have been made to clarify the data prior to being entered. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office has released the name of a woman who died in a two-car crash. The crash is located on the northbound lanes of Route 29. Bigelow Blvd. 29) with a message for his supporters. He was westbound on his bike when Shane Irish was eastbound in his Kia passenger vehicle. A State Law Enforcement Division agent was driving South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pam Evette when he crashed into another car, injuring the driver. Virginia State Police are investigating an accident on Interstate 64 that left two people dead and two people injured. ca your source for the latest news on Car Accident. ” The data obtained through the sample of 5,470. CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. The southernmost terminus of the designation is at U. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Fatal Accident Sponsored By Macomb County Dispatcher Dies After Deer Hit By Other Car Crashes Into Windshield A Macomb County dispatcher has died after a crash involving a deer Tuesday morning. on Route 322 West at Fiddlers Elbow Road. Colonie police car involved in crash. The exit ramp from I-66 west to north Route 29, Exit 43B, was closed due to the crash, according to initial reports. Regardless of the reason for the crash, prevention is the name of the game. She was reported missing, but then her body and damaged vehicle were found six days after her death. 40 near New Carlisle Wednesday morning. One dead, three injured in crash on Route 41 in Lake Forest Lee Filas Updated 3/29/2019 10:36 AM. The north and southbound lanes on Route 29 are open again, law-enforcement officials say. A portion of state Route 417 in eastern Steuben County was closed Monday following a reported serious highway crash. October 29, 2019 October 29, 2019 - by Staff Writer One lane of I-495 southbound at the Christina River Bridge remains open after Monday morning crash. Howard County police have reported a fatal crash on Rt. com, this car accident involved 10 vehicles and sent two adults and one infant to the emergency room. Three people were killed after a multi-vehicle crash on Route 80 eastbound in Parsippany-Troy Hills early Friday morning, authorities said, as police investigated the crash into the morning. also 29, were hit as they tried to cross Route 17 on a lawnmower. Every driver in a crash involving $1,000 or more in property damage, or injury or death, MUST COMPLETE this form and send it to Driver and Vehicle Services within 10 days. 56K Views 1 Comments 10 Likes. Injuries sustained in road accidents are 27 times higher than those of fatality rates and there are concerns that this number will continue to rise. Police said the two car fatal accident occurred around 4:10 p. Crash on Route 29 in Pittsylvania County leaves one dead, others injured The two-vehicle crash involved a passenger vehicle and what Slemp described as an armored car. 29 South in Albemarle - WVIR NBC29 Charlottesville News, Sports, and. Alamo's Car Rental FAQs is your one stop shop for all questions related to renting a car. Avoid the area. motorcycle accident news stories - get the latest updates from ABC13. Kenneth McRae, 31, died after the crash, which sent three other people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, including city resident Henry Arevalo-Martinez who has been charged with vehicular homicide. The net effect was complete closure of Route 70 in both directions near Marriottsville An overturned box truck apparently resulted in a fuel spill. Head-on collision kills Lewes man in Route 1 crash. E-PAY cannot be used to obtain unredacted traffic crash reports. Get breaking Hunterdon County NJ local news, weather, events, sports and more from Flemington, Clinton, Lambertville, Lebanon, Raritan and others. This service can now be used to perform a real time search using either a crash report number or detailed crash information. Woman critically injured in Plenty Road crash in Melbourne's north, Route 86 trams disrupted. The crash occurred on Route 495 northbound near Exit 31. Leonard Simpson Jr, 24, of Morrisville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 11:30 p. Robinson was known for visiting Maryland hospitals dressed as batman to cheer up sick children. The driver of a gravel truck died in a crash on Route 29 near Columbia Friday morning, police said. One person died today in accident on Route 29 in Nelson County between a car and tractor-trailer. A memorial set-up at the site of a crash that killed Altin Nezaj, a Pearl River High School. Police said one man was killed when he was thrown from the vehicle and another man sustained a head injury. , Lt Grigas said “it was a single car crash into a house, with significant injuries. Some local advocates are concerned the cancellation will have a adverse effect on county residents in need. Monday December 4, 2017 06:22 AM Crash closes Route 100 in Hereford Township. Fullscreen. 610 (Aquia Road) in Midland on Thursday, 26th September 2019. "Route 29 Batman," the quirky 51-year-old who would would visit sick children in the hospital donning his Batman gear, has died in a car accident. The accident happened around 8:30 p. A pickup truck went off of the road near the State Route 87 and State Route 5 interchange and struck. The New Jersey State Police Traffic Incident Management Unit has Route 29 traffic being detoured onto County Routes 546, 579 and 518 around the crash scene. 3 victims of fatal head-on crash in Orleans County identified — Three people died in a head-on collision on State Route 63 in the Town of Shelby Saturday. BARNSTABLE – State Police responded yesterday to a two-car accident on the Mid-Cape Highway in the westbound lanes at exit 6. Accident kills Poughkeepsie man on Route 9 in Wappingers Falls. Penticton firefighters used the jaws of life to extricate one person from a car. , first responders received a report about a serious motor vehicle collision and they were dispatched to Route 1 north near the Square at West. Civil actions are lawsuits brought by the victims of a car crash or, in the case of a death, by the estate or family members of the victims.
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Psychometric evaluation of ‘The 25-item Sex after MI Knowledge Test’ in a Swedish context
Svedberg, Petra
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare, Centre of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI), Health promotion and disease prevention.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4438-6673
Johansson, Ingela
Division of Nursing Sciences, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden & Department of Cardiology, Linköping Heart Centre, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden & Faculty of Health Sciences, Molde University College, Molde, Norway.
Persson, Sylvie
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
Roxberg, Åsa
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden & University College of Haraldsplass, Bergen, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0017-5188
Fridlund, Bengt
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden & School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Baigi, Amir
General Practice and Public Health, Halland County Council, Falkenberg, Sweden.
Brunt, David
Alm Roijer, Carin
The Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
Malm, Dan
School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden & Department of Cardiology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden .
Nilsson, Ulrica
Centre of Heath Care Sciences Örebro County Council and School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden.
2012 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, ISSN 0283-9318, E-ISSN 1471-6712, Vol. 26, no 1, p. 203-208Article in journal (Refereed) Published
The patients’ sexual life after a myocardial infarction is important for his/her quality of life. In spite of this, many patients are in doubt regarding their sex life after a myocardial infarction (MI) and the sexual information received, and counselling from health care providers has been seen to be insufficient. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of ‘The 25-item Sex after MI Knowledge Test’ in a Swedish context. A convenience sample was recruited. The scale was translated into Swedish and completed by 79 former patients from The Heart and Lung Patients’ National Association on two occasions, with an interval of 2 weeks. The scale was tested for face and content validity, internal consistency and test–retest reliability. The result in this study indicates that the instrument has good face and content validity and displayed a moderate internal consistency (alpha 0.61). The instrument showed some level of instability in test–retest reliability with 60% of the items presenting moderate or strong agreement between the test and retest. Further studies that use this instrument in larger and more diverse samples are thus needed.
Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Vol. 26, no 1, p. 203-208
heart disease, The 25-item Sex after Myocardial Infarction Knowledge Test, validity, reliability
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We don’t have a crystal ball, and we don’t know what the future holds in store. However, when we examine what has transpired in recent months, and in spite of the fact that the election results in September were comparable to those in April, the pictures following these two rounds were substantially different. This may point to a potential breakthrough in the third round.
Uri Regev 12/12/2019 18:59
Tags: 2019 elections · coalition · Yisrael Beiteinu · Blue and White · Likud
Many with whom we speak in North America throw their hands up in despair, turning their backs on the struggle for the future and soul of Israel. They see what’s happening now as “more of the same” and cannot understand why a third round may be different than the first two. Cynics in Israel are already calculating when the fourth, fifth, etc., rounds will take place. We don’t have a crystal ball, and we don’t know what the future holds in store. However, when we examine what has transpired in recent months, and in spite of the fact that the election results in September were comparable to those in April, the pictures following these two rounds were substantially different. This may point to a potential breakthrough in the third round:
1) Following the September elections, Liberman’s increased hold on the political balance of power was a direct outcome of his choice to focus his party’s campaign on issues of religious freedom and equality of civic burden. 2) Blue & White’s ascending star, which is now glowing as brightly as the Likud’s (and perhaps even more so), is linked not only to the fact that many voters were seeking an alternative to Netanyahu, but also to its platform, rich with revolutionary religion & state changes. Shortly before the September elections, Blue & White internalized the significance of Liberman’s maneuvers and added a last minute commitment to a “secular unity government”.
If you read Hiddush's recent survey findings, following our most recent survey, you will easily see that Yisrael Beiteinu and Blue & White (as well as Labor-Gesher and the Democratic Camp) sought to base their campaigns on a clear-eyed reading of a political map similar to the ones that emerges from Hiddush’s surveys.
There is no doubt that the campaign in the coming third round will greatly focus on Netanyahu’s saga, which has already resulted with unprecedented attacks on Israel’s legal system and rule of law. This divisive and dangerous matter is tearing apart the Israeli public, but at this stage is does not seem to be enough to decide the outcome of the elections. Religion & state issues, rising and fall like a pendulum, which have fallen victim to politician’s cynical manipulations and the misleading label of “status quo”, represent an arena rich with potential and significance. Unlike the battle over personalities that threatens Israel’s rule of law, issues of religion & state unify a wide spectrum of the public spanning from right to left and from secular to traditional. This is very unlike the issues of security, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Territories, which divide Israelis.
On the face of it, one could have put together a wide, stable coalition that reflected the fact that the majority of Israel’s Jewish population defines itself as being on the political right. It would have been a coalition based on Likud, Blue & White, and Yisrael Beiteinu.
On the face of it, one could have put together a wide, stable coalition that reflected the fact that the majority of Israel’s Jewish population defines itself as being on the political right. It would have been a coalition based on Likud, Blue & White, and Yisrael Beiteinu. Such a coalition could have brought about a historic transformation in relations between religion and state, for it would not have been dependent upon any religious party’s dictates (usually – religiously-based prohibitions). However, instead, the Likud chose to latch on to its pact with the religious parties and prevent the establishment of a coalition based on religious freedom and equality of civic burden.
However, what transpired in September may not replicate itself in March. It’s interesting to note that voices of soul searching and deliberation are being heard among the political and religious leadership of the ultra-Orthodox community in the face of Netanyahu’s inability to assemble a majority, raising questions on whether they shouldn’t free themselves from this bear hug and attend to their own needs. Undoubtedly, parallel questions may also arise within the Likud, especially if reality forces a change of leadership and a realization that only collaboration between Likud and Blue & White can provide a stable foundation for a civil coalition that would preclude the need for further election tournaments.
The more the public is exposed to new facts (for example, the drugging of homosexual yeshiva students) and to open, bold discourse on the threats to Israel’s economy and security, as well as the harm to civil liberties and human dignity and the destabilization of Israel’s partnership with world Jewry, etc., etc., which are linked to the perpetuation of the “status quo”, the greater the pressure on politicians to listen to their voters, heed the majority, and bring Israel onto a path that will ensure its future and strengthen the state and its society.
Organizations such as Hiddush hold great importance in exposing the facts and encouraging public discourse. Our role is particularly significant, for we uniquely represent a unified struggle for religious freedom and equality, which cuts through religious and political camps. We have done much, and we can do even more in these critical months leading up to March. For this we need your help – please contribute to Hiddush now, before the end of the year, to enable us to continue (y)our struggle for the Israeli of our shared values.
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March 27, 2019 · by Karina · in Delhi, Mumbai, Reviews, Single Malt, Videos, Whisky
For International Whisky Day, I’ve done the research (hic!) and picked a range of whiskies to stock your home bar with. From the fun to the fancy, the pocket-friendly to the precious, the casual to the complex – there’s a bit of everything.
The one caveat for this list was – AVAILABILITY. A lot of readers have a problem with that and as for options that can be picked up at a nearby retail store. So, here they are! If you’ve tried these before (some usual suspects included) or this makes you want to pick up a bottle leave me a message on Instagram, Facebook or a comment below and let me know.
Paul John Bold: I’m so proud that we have quality, award-winning single malt out of India! Paul John is an Indian single malt brand that’s hugely successful, even internationally and has been raking in the awards. The Bold is their peated version. Peat is formed from plant decay over thousands of years. Large parts of Scotland are covered in it. And the grain for making whisky is dried over peat fires, it imparts a smoky flavour that translates to the whisky. The Bold uses peat from Islay in Scotland, and is aged in ex-bourbon barrels. This is a good introduction to a peated style whisky – pleasantly smoky balanced with lots of rich honeyed notes. A must-have in your bar to show off to all those NRI cousins.
Delhi: Rs.4500, Mumbai: Rs.5000, Bangalore: Rs.3272, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Pune, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Telangana, Assam, Meghalaya, Goa, Puducherry.
Singleton of Glendullan: The Singleton is a Scotch whisky that is made in three different distilleries. What’s been available until now in India was The Singleton Glen d’Or. Now there’s a brand-new launch – The Singleton of Glendullan. This is a delicate, versatile, and a crowd-pleaser of a single malt. It’s also quite attractively priced. Considering our taxes, a quality 12yo single malt Scotch at Rs.4800 in Delhi, is a good deal. Try this one and if you enjoy it keep an eye out for 15- and 18-year-old expressions, coming soon to our shores.
Delhi: Rs.4800, Mumbai: Rs.7250, Haryana, Bangalore, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Punjab, AP, Telangana, Goa, West Bengal.
Jameson Caskmates: Jameson + Craft beer stout casks = Jameson Caskmates. The Irish know how to have fun and everything about Jameson seems to symbolise that. A cool brand at a great price – it’s a no-brainer really!
Delhi:Rs.2700, Mumbai: Rs.4200, Bangalore, Goa, Chandigarh and a bunch of cities.
Glenfiddich Project XX: So my favourite thing about this malt is the story behind it. If you’ve watched the video, you’ll know. It’s part of the ‘Experimental Series’ from the Glenfiddich Distillery in Scotland and so is simultaneously trendy but familiar. One that your friends will lap up and the connoisseurs will appreciate. I wrote a detailed review on Project XX (Project Twenty) the first time I tasted it. You’ll find the tasting notes – HERE.
Delhi: Rs.8600, Mumbai: Rs.13,500, Goa and Bangalore.
Monkey Shoulder: Despite all the single malt snobbery going around nowadays, EVERY bar needs a blended malt. There are a bunch of traditional and premium blended whiskies available in India but the one I’ve chosen is this trendy, fun one. The quirky name is reference to a condition that the malt workers sometimes picked up while turning the barley by hand. Due to the long shifts their arms had the tendency to hang down a bit like a monkey’s. Hence the phrase ‘monkey shoulder’. The blend is of three malt whiskies from Soctland’s Speyside region. It has been the ‘most trending whisky’ for 5 years in a row and works really well in a cocktail but also so easy to drink straight.
Delhi: Rs.4000, Mumbai: Rs.5800, Bangalore: Rs.5500, Goa.
Glenmorangie 18 year-old: Although I’m not one to harp on about age-statements and single malts, but there is an elegance that sometimes only age can bring. This Glenmorangie 18 year-old is testament to that (Silver for Best 18 YO Scotch at the International Whisky Competition) Matured in ex-Bourbon casks for 15 years after which a portion is finished in Oloroso sherry casks for another three years. A rich and complex dram with tropical and dried fruits, and a gentle floral note.
Delhi: Rs.13,670, Mumbai: Rs.23,805.
Why no American or Japanese whiskies, you ask? The answer’s in the video so don’t @ me.
Happy International Whisky Day. Today and everyday. I feel like I must follow that up with Drink Responsibly. Cheers!
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VENTURA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–XponentialWorks, a venture, advisory and product development firm, announced today its sponsoring of the annual Abundance 360 Summit, which will be held in Beverly Hills on January 19-21. An arm of Singularity University, Abundance 360 is Peter H. Diamandis’ membership-only community of unique exponential entrepreneurs.
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Charles Lucroy | Mardi, Avril 17, 2018
Kyle Larson is leading the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, but he'll have to wait a day to see if he can win it. "I'm not so sure that [Larson] had that there at the end", Busch said.
"I knew it would be hard to get back to him", Larson said. "I just really didn't have any grip". I thought it would tighten up for me and I could get going, but it never really did. If he got back to my rear bumper, so be it, that's fair game to race that way.
The forecast was spot-on, as the race was paused three times Sunday due to rain at the half-mile Tennessee track.
"We knew we were going to have a great long run auto". "We were all just getting ready to move up to the top. I don't know if there is a dominant lane after that".
"It seemed like Kyle gave their guys room, and Brad and [crew chief] Paul [Wolfe] gave us room".
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The win was Busch's second straight win on the 2018 season and his seventh win at Bristol.
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Larson held on for second but was clearly dejected after the checkered flag flew.
On Lap 471, Keselowski got into the wall to bring out another caution. It was a result that left him visibly frustrated.
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Effect of processing on Chemical Composition and biological value of cowpeas
Department of Food Science and Technology
Title: Effect of processing on Chemical Composition and biological value of cowpeas
Author: Nugdallah, Gaafar Abdelatif
Abstract: Two cowpea cultivar (Vigna unguiculata) namely "Ain Elgazal" and "Buff" were obtained from Elobeid Research Station and were used in this study. The seeds were analyzed for their chemical composition, protein soluble fractions, in-vitro protein digestibility (IVPD), phytic acid, trypsin inhibitor activity and tannin content of raw, boiled, roasted, autoclaved, germinated for four days, and germinated cooked samples. The proximate composition showed that moisture content ranged from 4.4% to 5.9% for Ain Elgazal cultivar and ranged from 4.4% to 5.5% for Buff cultivar. Protein content ranged from 25.6% to 31.0% for Ain Elgazal cultivar and ranged from 24.6% to 28.9% for Buff cultivar. Ash content ranged from 3.2% to 4.3% for Ain Elgazal cultivar and ranged from 3.5% to 4.3% for Buff cultivar. Fibre content ranged from 2.5% to 3.2% for Ain Elgazal cultivar and ranged from 2.2% to 3.1% for Buff cultivar. Oil content ranged from 1.5% to 1.6% for Ain Elgazal cultivar and ranged from 1.6% to 1.7% for Buff cultivar. All the processing treatments had little effect on oil content and significantly (P X04; 0.05) increased protein content, ash content and fibre content for both cultivars. The raw and germinated samples were fractioned, the major protein fraction Globulin showed significant (P X04; 0.05) decrease, they were 87.5%, 80.6%, 76.4%, 71.4% and 70.2% for Ain Elgazal raw seeds, the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for buff raw and germinated seeds, they were 89.8, 81.3, 78.3, 75.6 and 72.7% respectively. The Albumin fraction significantly (P < 0.05) decreased they were 4.0%, 3.8%, 2.3%, 1.9% and 2.5% for Ain Elgazal raw seeds, the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds, 3.6%, 1.5%, 2.2%, 2.2% and 1.2% respectively. The prolamin fraction for Ain Elgazal raw and germinated seeds were 4.0%, 3.3%, 4.0%, 1.6% and 4.6% respectively. Similarly for buff raw and germinated seeds were 4.5%, 2.7%, 2.8%, 3.9% and 1.4% respectively. The G1-glutelin fraction for Ain Elgazal raw and germinated seeds showed significant (P X04; 0.05) decrease, they were 2.4%, 2.1%, 1.3%, 0.8% and 1.7% respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 2.3%, 1.2%, 1.3%, 2.1% and 1.3% respectively. The G2-glutelin fraction for Ain Elgazal raw and germinated seeds were 2.4%, 2.1%, 1.9%, 1.4% and 1.7% respectively. For Buff raw and germinated seeds were 2.5%, 6.4%, 5.1%, 3.9% and 4.5% respectively. The G3-glutelin fraction showed significantly (P X04; 0.05) increase, they were 4.8%, 9.8%, 12.0%, 13.5% and 10.4% for Ain Elgazal raw seeds, the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff, they were 4.5%, 10.0%, 12.5%, 11.1% and 11.7% respectively. The insoluble protein fraction showed significant (P X04; 0.05) increase, they were 1.2%, 2.5%, 2.1%, 9.2% and 6.0% for Ain Elgazal raw seeds, the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 1.2%, 1.7%, 1.9%, 3.6% and 6.1% respectively. Cooking significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduced globulin, they were 16.4%, 19.0%, 18.1%, 18.0% and 17.8% for Ain Elgazal raw first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 15.7%, 19.9%, 22.0%, 22.6% and 23.0% respectively. Cooking significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduced Albumin, they were 1.9%, 2.8%, 3.1%, 1.8% and 1.4% for Ain Elgazal raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 2.2%, 1.6%, 1.6%, 2.1% and 1.3% respectively. Cooking significantly (P X04; 0.05) increased prolamin fraction, they were 4.2%, 6.3%, 4.8%, 5.1%, and 5.0% for Ain Elgazal raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and first and then decreased second, third and fourth days they were 4.6%, 5.1%, 2.7%, 2.7% and 1.8% respectively. Cooking significantly (P X04; 0.05) decreased G1-glutelin fraction they were 2.0%, 1.4%, 1.3%, and 1.3% for Ain Elgazal raw, first, second, and third days respectively, but it increased to 2.6% in the fourth day. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 2.7%, 1.2%, 1.1%, 1.6% and 1.0% respectively. Cooking significantly (P X04; 0.05) increased G2-glutelin fraction, they were 3.4%, 4.4%, 4.4%, 4.0% and 5.7% for Ain Elgazal raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 5.1%, 7.5%, 7.5%, 7.9% and 8.8% respectively. Cooking significantly (P X04; 0.05) increased G3-glutelin fraction, they were 63.8%, 61.0%, 62.0%, 61.6% and 57.0% for Ain Elgazal raw first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 69.3%, 59.0%, 62.3%, 60.1% and 62.1% respectively. Cooking significantly (P X04; 0.05) increased the insoluble protein fraction, they were 5.5%, 8.0%, 8.8%, 9.6% and 10.2% for Ain Elgazal raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw and germinated seeds were 5.5%, 6.6%, 6.5%, 6.1% and 6.5% respectively. Autoclaving at 120؛C under 15 psi for 30 min for Ain Elgazal raw seeds significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduce globulin fraction from 87.5% to 29.2% and albumin from 4.0% to 1.2% but increased prolamin from 4.3% to 4.5%, reduced G1-glutelin from 2.3% to 1.2% and G2-glutelin from 2.4% to 1.2% and increased G3-glutelin from 4.8% to 59.5% and insoluble protein fraction from 1.2% to 8.0%. Autoclaving at 150؛C under 20 psi for 30 min for Ain Elgazal raw seeds significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduce globulin fraction from 87.5% to 27.6%, albumin fraction from 4.0% to 1.2% but increased prolamin from 4.3% to 4.8%, decreased G1-glutelin from 2.3% to 2.0%, increased G2-glutelin from 2.4% to 4.0%, increased G3-glutelin from 4.8% to 60.2% and increased insoluble protein fraction from 1.2% to 6.0%. Roasting Ain Elgazal raw seeds at 90؛C for 60 min significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduce globulin fraction from 87.5% to 85.0%, albumin showed changeless, prolamin fraction reduced from 4.3% to 3.6%, G1-glutelin fraction reduced from 2.3% to 2.0%, G2-glutelin fraction reduced from 2.4% to 1.2%, G3-glutelin fraction increased from 4.8% to 6.0% and insoluble protein fraction increased from 1.2% to 3.0%. Roasting Ain Elgazal raw seeds at 120؛C for 60 min significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduced globulin fraction from 87.5% to 41.0%, albumin fraction reduced from 4.0% to 1.2%, prolamin fraction reduced from 4.3% to 4.2%, G1-glutelin fraction reduced from 2.3% to 1.2%, G2-glutelin fraction increased from 2.4% to 3.2%, G3-glutelin fraction increased from 4.8% to 48.0% and insoluble protein fraction increased from 1.2% to 6.0%. Autoclaving at 120؛C under 15 psi for 30 min for Buff raw seeds significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduced globulin fraction from 89.8% to 32.0%, albumin fraction from 3.6% to 1.0%, prolamin from 4.5% to 3.0%, decreased G1-glutelin from 2.3% to 2.0%, G2-glutelin fraction increased from 2.5% to 3.0%, G3-glutelin increased from 4.5% to 55.0% and insoluble protein fraction increased from 1.2% to 6.0%. Autoclaving at 150؛C under 20 psi for 30 min for Buff raw seeds significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduce globulin fraction from 89.5% to 36.0%, albumin fraction from 3.6% to 1.0% prolamin fraction from 4.5% to 4.0%, G1-glutelin from 2.3% to 1.2%, G2-glutelin increased from 2.5% to 3.2%, G3-glutelin increased from 4.5% to 50.8% and increased insoluble protein fraction from 1.2% to 7.0%. Roasting Buff raw seeds at 90؛C for 60 min significantly (P X04; 0.05) decreased globulin fraction from 89.5% to 88.0%, albumin showed changeless, prolamin fraction decreased from 4.5% to 4.0%, G1-glutelin from 2.3% to 2.2%, G2-glutelin fraction increased from 2.5% to 2.8%, G3-glutelin fraction showed changeless, insoluble protein fraction increased from 1.2% to 1.4%. Roasting Buff raw seeds at 120؛C for 60 min significantly (P X04; 0.05) decreased globulin fraction from 89.8% to 45.5%, albumin fraction from 3.6% to 1.0%, prolamin fraction increased from 4.5% to 6.0%, G1-glutelin decreased from 2.3% to 2.0%, G2-glutelin fraction increased from 2.5% to 3.0%, G3-glutelin fraction increased from 4.5% to 42.0% and insoluble protein fraction increased from 1.2% to 6.0%. Samples were analyzed for phytic acid, tannin and trypsin inhibitor activity. Germination reduced phytic acid from 310.3 (mg/100g dry weight) of raw seeds to 286.1 mg/100g, 248.9 mg/100g, 201.7 and 139.8mg/100g for Ain Elgazal germinated seeds in the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw seeds phytic acid was 376.3 which reduced by germinated to 346.2, 301.0, 225.7 and 180.7mg/100g for the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Cooking showed significant (P X04; 0.05) decreased of phytic acid for Ain Elgazal raw and germinated seeds, they were 290.3mg/100g, 268.9mg/100g, 229.0mg/100g, 181.5mg/100g and 128.6mg/100g for raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff they were 353.7mg/100g, 311.6mg/100g, 270.9mg/100g, 205.4mg/100g and 162.6mg/100g for raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Autoclaving at 150؛C under 20 psi for 30 min reduced phytic acid for Ain Elgazal raw seeds from 310.3 to 300.0mg/100g. Similarly for Buff raw seeds autoclaving reduced phytic acid from 376.3 to 350.0mg/100g. Roasting at 120؛C for 60 min reduced phytic acid for Ain Elgazal raw seeds from 310.3 to 301.0mg/100g. Similarly for Buff roasting reduced phytic acid from 376.3 to 352.0mg/100g. Germination significantly (P X04; 0.05) decreased tannins from 0.48g/100g of Ain Elgazal raw seeds to 0.36g/100g, 0.30g/100g, 0.24g/100 and 0.20g/100g in the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff raw seeds tannins was 0.50g/100g it reduced by germination to 0.42g/100g, 0.36g/100g, 0.30g/100g and 0.22g/100g in the first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Autoclaving at 150؛C under 20 psi for 30 min reduce tannins for Ain Elgazal raw seeds from 0.48g/100g to 0.38g/100g. Similarly for Buff autoclaving reduce tannins from 0.50g/100g to 0.40g/100g. Roasting at 120؛C for 60 min reduced tannins for Ain Elgazal raw seeds from 0.48g/100g to 0.36g/100g. Similarly for Buff roasting reduced tannins from 0.50g/100g to 0.42g/100g. Cooking showed significant (P X04; 0.05) further reduction of tannins for Ain Elgazal raw and germinated seeds, they were 0.26g/100g, 0.18g/100g, 0.15g/100g, 0.12g/100g and 0.10g/100g for raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff they were 0.30g/100g, 0.22g/100g, 0.20g/100g, 0.18g/100g and 0.11g/100g for raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Germination significantly (P X04; 0.05) reduced trypsin inhibitor activity for Ain Elgazal raw seeds from 22.0 TUI/mg protein of raw to 11.8 TUI/mg protein, 10.6 TUI/mg protein, 8.0 TUI/mg and 8.0 TUI/mg protein for first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff they were 25.0 TUI/mg protein, 12.5 TUI/mg protein, 10.0 TUI/mg protein, 9.6 TUI/mg and 9.0 TUI/mg protein for raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Cooking autoclaving at 150؛C under 20 psi for 30 min and roasting at 120؛C for 60min eliminates trypsin inhibitor activity. Germination improved in-vitro protein digestibility (IVPD), it were 73.4%, 75.3%, 77.9%, 80.4% and 84.4% for Ain Elgazal raw seeds, first, second, third and fourth days, respectively. Similarly for Buff they were 74.2%, 75.7%, 79.3%, 82.4% and 83.6% respectively. Cookin germinating seeds showed significant (P < 0.05) further increase of in-vitro protein digestibility, they were 86.2%, 87.2%, 87.5%, 88.8%, and 88.5% for Ain Elgazal raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Similarly for Buff were 85.4%, 86.3%, 86.6%, 87.9% and 88.3% for raw, first, second, third and fourth days respectively. Autoclaving at 150؛C under 20 psi for 30min increased IVPD for Ain Elgazal raw seeds from 73.4% to 86.0% and increased by roasting at 120؛C for 60min to 84.0% Similarly Buff increased by autoclaving from 74.2% to 87.0% and by roasting to 84.0%. Effect of substrate on in-vitro protein digestibility was carried out using mixed samples. Increasing the proportion of heat treated material in comparison to raw material significantly (P X04; 0.05) increased in-vitro protein digestibility. For Ain Elgazal the proportion were 0.192g raw materials plus 0.192 heat treated material, 0.096g plus 0.282g, 0.048g plus 0.336g, 0.0 plus 0.384g, 0.288g plus 0.096g, 0.336g plus 0.048g and 0.384g plus 0.0g. The heat treated material were roasted at 90؛C and 120؛C for 30min, 45min and 60min. The material were autoclaved at 115.5؛C under 10psi and at 120؛Cunder 15 psi for 15 min, 30 min and 45min. The IVPD ranged from 73.4% to 84.0% and 73.4% to 84.2 for raw plus roasted mixed samples respectively. The IVPD ranged from 73.4% to 82.0%, 73.4% to 83.0%, 73.4% to 84.0%, 73.4% to 85.0%, 73.4 to 85.5% and 73.4% to 86.2 for raw plus autoclaved (mixed samples) for Ain Elgazal respectively. Similarly for Buff IVPD were ranged from 74.2% to 79.7%, 74.2% to 79.9%, 74.2% to 79.8%, 74.2% to 83.8%, 74.2 to 84.0% and 74.2% to 84.6 for raw plus roasted (mixed samples) respectively. The IVPD ranged from 74.2% to 80.2%, 74.2% to 84.8%, 74.2% to 84.8%, 74.2% to 85.0%, 74.2 to 85.0% and 74.2% to 85.4 for raw plus autoclaved (mixed samples) respectively.
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JB ballroom couple place fifth at world championships!
Svetlana Rudkovskaya (left) and Pavel “Pasha”
Cherdantsau compete in a dance competition. The
Jacksonville Beach pair were one of two couples representing
the United States at the World Professional Dance
Championships in Russia in May.
By CHUCK ADAMS STAFF WRITER
Pavel “Pasha” Cherdantsau and Svetlana Rudkovskaya, a husband and-wife ballroom dancing
team that teaches in Jacksonville Beach, placed fifth in the Classic Show Dance Division at the
World Professional Dance Championships May 5 in Omsk, Russia.
More than 6,000 people were at the stadium where the championships were held. The event was carried live on Russian TV. A link is http://www.wdcdance.org/index.php?set_ActivMenu=99.
As one of two teams representing the U.S. at the international competition, Cherdantsau and
Rudkovskaya had a unique opportunity in Omsk. They qualified by finishing runners-up in the national show dance championships in September.
Born in Belarus, the couple came to U.S. nine years ago. Rudkovskaya began dancing when she was 13, Cherdantsau started at 6. They became choreographers and ballroom teachers at the Belarusian
University of Culture, became dance partners in 1999, later opened their own school.
The couple, who lives in Jacksonville Beach, married in 2005 in Las Vegas. They teach ballroom dancing at Bolero’s in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Beach couple, were runners-up in the national show dance championships in September.
Working in the U.S. under green cards, they’ve applied for American citizenship. “The NDCA [National Dance Council of America], of which we’re a member, they have some requirements,”
said Cherdantsau earlier this year.
“You have to live in the country some period of time, so you can represent it. But not necessarily you have to be a citizen.” Rudkovskaya started dancing when she was 13, Cherdantsau began at 6.
They met in Belarus. “We danced in different studios and dance clubs, with different couples,”
recalled Rudkovskaya. “And we were competing against each other. Pasha started very long before I
did, and he already was a very good dancer.”
Asked that, when they competed against one another, who won, she responded, “Well, of course
he was winning, because he was already a star when I start. But I was coming up pretty fast.”
They became choreographers and ballroom dance teachers at the Belarusian University of Culture. They became dance partners in 1999, and later opened a school.
They came to the U.S. with a two-year stop in South Korea, because “it wasn’t a good situation economically in Belarus,” said Cherdantsau. “We couldn’t support ourselves there, we couldn’t
continue to compete. We were looking for more opportunity for our professional career and development.” Sarah Bohr of Atlantic Beach has been dancing with Cherdantsau as his amateur partner for eight years, or since the couple came to the U.S.
She is at the silver or second level in dance competition. Gold is the top level. “All their students love them. They’re like family to us,” said Bohr earlier this year. “They’re devoted, wonderful
instructors. They’re a little different than typical ballroom teachers. They really teach you the
fundamentals of movement, and how you move. If you can move better, you can dance better. They’re very good with beginners, and experienced dance students, as well,” she said.
Pavel Cherdantsau and his wife, Svetlana Rudkovskaya, compete in ballroom dance competitions around the world. They are among the top professional ballroom dance couples in the country.
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How long should your story be?
a) as long as it takes to tell
b) a predetermined length that automatically fills a slot
If you picked b) you have a much better chance of selling your work.
Short stories usually have length limitations, due to space constraints. It's much easier to find a market for something 5k than 15k.
And whenever you speak of length, speak in terms of word count, NOT page numbers. Someone using hevlecta 10pt single space can cram 700 words on a page, while an arial 14pt double-spacer with a lot of dialog might fit 150. (for the record, use courier 12pt double space, 1 inch margins, unless you know it's okay to do otherwise)
You should find out the writer's guidelines for length for a particular market before you begin--after all, why write anything without knowing who might buy it?
But if I am writing without a market in mind, I try to keep my shorts between 1500 and 7500 words.
If I go over 7500, I cut. And if I've learned one thing, it's that EVERYTHING can be cut.
Why keep it that length? I edited an anthology (coming out next year from Bleak House Books) and I learned that if given the choice between two 3000 words stories, and a 6000 words story, I go with the two.
When you pick up an antho or a magazine, do you read it cover to cover? Or do you skip around, sampling this story and that story? And which stories do you read first?
In my case, it's the shortest ones.
Every word should count in a narrative, and if you can make it shorter, you should. Didn't Hemingway have some kind of comment about, "I apologize for the length, I didn't have time to make it shorter?"
As for novels, there are no rules set in stone, but this is what I've noticed.
First novels have a better chance of selling if they are under 90k.
The reason is wholly monetary. Your publisher will probably lose money on your first book. But a 150k book will cost more to print, more to ship, and less will fit in a carton. Cost of production figures heavily into a publisher's decision whether to buy or not to buy.
Some genres, such as fantasy and historical romance, tend to be lengthier.
If your book is under 60k, it will have a harder time finding a buyer, both through a publisher and through a customer.
Fiction has set prices. Around 6 bucks for a paperback, 13 bucks for trade paper, and 24 dollars for a hardcover. Some are slightly more or less. Bestsellers command higher prices (I've seen a lot of 29 dollar price tags) but then they're discounted 30%.
So chances are your book will be about $24. A consumer will look at a thin 60K word book, and a thicker 100K word book, see they're both the same price, and assume bigger is better.
It's unlikely a publisher will price your book lower because it's shorter, for the same reason Shell sells gas comparable to Mobil--they want to stay competitive.
Are there exceptions? Always. But if you're trying to break into this business, which is hard enough, why stack even more odds against yourself?
Whiskey Sour was 68k. The hardcover was 270 pages, and it was 45 chapters.
Bloody Mary was 71k, 307 pages, 53 chapters.
Rusty Nail was 78k, 289 pages, 54 chapters.
Same font size/style/typesetting for all of them, so why do the numbers seem strange?
The page count/word count ratio changes, depending on how much dialog is in a book. Dialog takes up page space, but involves less words.
Rusty Nail was more action in it than Whiskey Sour, which had more dialog.
This brings up another point: White space.
Be aware of white space. Readers like dialog. They like looking at a page and seeing a lot of white space. Long, clunky paragraphs are intimidating.
Have you ever watched someone browse? They'll flip through a few pages, and you can see the gears in their heads turning as they think: Do I have time to read this? Will it be fun or a chore? Can I finish it in one or two sittings? Does it have long chapters, or short ones I can finish before I go to sleep or while I take a bath?
Think about your own reading habits. What do you like to see on a page? What makes a book look inviting, before you've even read a single word?
In my younger days, when I needed to buy some classic for some college class, I'd crack open different editions and find the one that was the most eye-friendly. Big font, not a lot of words crammed on each page.
Dialog makes a book more eye-friendly. At least, to my inner reader.
If I have a paragraph that lasts for more than half the page, I try to break it up. If I have a chapter that lasts longer than 15 pages (3700 words) I try to break it up.
Your words should be good, but also be aware of how they look on the page. Are they enticing your eyes to lock onto random bits of dialog or action? Or do they look boring?
Readers skip long paragraphs.
I randomly picked 5 pages from each of my three novels, to see how many paragraphs they averaged per page (by couting the indents.)
Whiskey Sour averaged 16.8 paragraphs per page. Bloody Mary was 13.4. Rusty Nail was 14.4.
Overall, if you open one of my books, you'll see 14.8 indents per full page.
Let's look at some other authors (hardcover editions.) Here are some bestsellers:
ONE SHOT by Lee Child - 16.6 paraphs per page
CHILL OF FEAR by Kay Hooper - 11.4 per page
TO THE NINES by Jaent Evanovich - 13.8 per page
SCARECROW by Matt Reilly - 16.4 per page
VANISH by Tess Gerritsen - 15.8 per page
STONE COLD by Robert Parker - 17 per page
Here are some debuts:
HUNDREDTH MAN by Jack Kerley - 13.8 per page
BAHAMARAMA by Bob Morris - 13 per page
MISDEMEANOR MAN by Dylan Schaffer - 16.2 per page
KILLER SWELL by Jeff Shelby - 14 per page
STILL RIVER by Harry Hunsicker - 11.8
What does any of this mean?
Well, if you write mysteries or thrillers, it means to avoid long paragraphs, and have a lot of dialog.
Besides looking good on a page, this also has the side-effect of making the books move faster.
By comparision, I went through some POD books that I have from previous contests I've judged.
I looked through three of them. They averaged 7.2 paragraphs a page.
Draw your own conclusions.
Awesome post, Joe.
One question: What's the preferred method of calculating word count (assuming 12pt courier). The software count isn't really practical from a production standpoint, because of all the white space you mentioned. I've seen a variety of word count methods, but I'm just curious which one is used by most agents and editors. It can make a big difference, as much as 10K words per 50K.
12pt courier double space 1" margins words out to 250 words per page average--at least, that's what editors say.
Convert text from some of your stuff into that, then get an average word count to see if you're in the ballpark.
But the software count is the most accurate, and the one you should use when pitching your work.
As long as you're around 90k, the actual page count doesn't matter... but watch the white space.
A general rule these days is if you're using a 12-point font in a standard font--that is to say, Courier, Times New Roman, Ariel--a page is 250 words. Therefore, at least for mysteries and thrillers for first authors, your manuscript is quite safe in the 350 to 400 page range with some room on either side of that.
A note about font choice. I use Times New Roman, which is readily acceptable. I'm not a fan of Ariel, but it's common. Out of the dozens available on Word and WordPerfect, you can't go wrong with those three no matter what type of writing you're doing.
And I wanted to mention something that happened to me recently. I'm a book reviewer. I get a lot of ARCs. A lot of time I know what I want to review, so that's what I pick. I went through a period where I wasn't sure. My publicist was asking about a book they had sent me, which I didn't get to. I thought I still might get to it, although it would be a significant time period past when I prefer to review books (versus their pub date). I picked up the ARC (that's advance reading copy, for the uninitiated, and generally appears as a trade paperback without any significant artwork on the cover, although that varies). The first thing to jump out at me was how tiny the print--font--on the page was. I just stared at it for a second. I'm very near-sighted, going on 42, and as much as I hate to admit it, smaller font's getting tougher and tougher to read. I'm on the cusp of needing reading glasses to go with my contact lenses. And I just looked at all these pages of tiny font and said, "Too much work for me." And found something else to read. In manuscript, it's even more important to NOT give an editor or agent one more reason to reject you. They've got a thousand reasons already, why give them 1001?
Mark Terry
Matt Forbeck said...
Good points, Joe. When I write, I try to keep my paragraphs to no more than three sentences each. I find it keeps things flowing along.
It's a question of maintaining digestibility. Entertainment—which is what most fiction is—should be easy for people to consume. Remove every obstacle you can.
With my widows and orphans function ON, using 12pt dark courier, my pages end up with 22 or 23 lines. That's with 1" margins all around. I think the 250 word/page is based on a 25 line page, but I can't fit that many lines on a page unless I turn widows/orphans off and decrease the size of the bottom margin.
I know in the end it's the work that counts, but like Mark said I don't want to prejudice an editor right off the bat with improper formatting.
So what's the rule here? Go with 25 lines/page with tiny bottom margins, or let MS word do its thing? To me, a manuscript looks better and is easier to read with widows/orphans ON.
Also, Mark, I'm pretty sure the word count/page is much higher using Times New Roman 12 pt, more like 350. I think courier is the touchstone for word count purposes.
Joe--
I don't mean to hijack anything, but I wanted to share some of my own writing experiences, because your post is highly, highly instructive. So instructive, in fact, that I wish I'd read it before writing my novel.
Because I had to learn it all the hard way.
I love long books. Big, long, bold thrillers are fun. And I'd always wanted to write one.
So I started working on my own big, long, bold thriller.
First draft came in at 259,000 words. Which means the page count is somewhere North of a telephone book. Second draft came in at 256,000 words and I was pleased with myself.
I queried an agent who represents a (published) friend of mine, and he suggested I "trim" it (his words, not mine). So I got all pissed off... and then I cut it to 175,000 words and called him back.
The only thing he wanted to know was the word count. The rest of the conversation was: It's still too long.
I got it down to 125,000 words and the agent showed a lot of interest at that point. Enough that things got serious, but not enough for him to represent me.
I had to cut story, rearrange things, make it more of a thriller and less of whatever it was before it was a thriller... but I kept it at 125,000 words. Shorter pages. Snappier dialogue. More, as you said, white space. I use Palatino 12, by the way, with one inch margins, on Word, for Mac.
After a ton of rejections, I "Thriller-ed it up" again, cut about 2,000 more words, and queried one of the agents from my "I dream of having this agent represent me" list.
She represents me. She represents you, too, Joe.
It's now 5,000 words shorter than it was when I signed. Thing is, I had to cut some story, and you're right, everything can be cut, but it's still the same story, at a lot less than half the original length.
And the thing that proves your point is that it's a much, much, much better story.
If I'd written it the way I like to read books, it would have been different still... 256,000 words, sure, but with nice short chapters and snappy paragraphs. Sort of a hybrid between the monster I created and the thing I pared it down to over several more rounds.
The only exception to your method, for me, is All the King's Men.
That's still the best book I've ever read, and it violates everything I know about what readers want. It certainly violates everything you said.
It has hundreds and hundreds of pages, often with only 2 or 3 paragraphs/indents per page.
There's dialogue, but it's spaced out and sparse.
The chapters last 30 or 40 pages, with few breaks. I think Chapter 1 is about 75 pages long.
And yet it's the best book I've ever read. It's clearly the exception, however, and not the rule.
Lots and lots of writers who know they can write resist constructive criticism from people who know the writing business. They think they can drop a 250,000 word manuscript on somebody's desk and sign a contract in 15 minutes.
What I'm saying is: Resist the urge NOT to listen to agents. They do know what they're talking about.
The goal is to get published, right? So write it the way that agents and editors want it written, and you're more likely to get published.
Again, I learned that all pre-Joe, the hard way. Joe is right on target here.
Thanks for sharing, Joe.
Good advice, all of it.
Cap'n, that may be the case overall concerning Times New Roman, but I've run word counts, too, and it averages out somewhere in the 220 to 270 range on my manuscripts depending on the amount of dialogue versus exposition, etc., so I happily settle for calling it 250.
Mindy Tarquini said...
*screams in laughter, raises hand*
Guilty as charged. I do ALL this stuff now. I wrote my masterpieces, got little interest. Now I package the product like a...product. Short chapters, punchy dialogue, breaks for action, lots of paragraphs, lots of white space. I even pay attention to where certain pages end - page 5, 10, 20, 30, 50. I'm ruthless about word counts and how long each major section of the story has to be.
The new experiment - write for the market. Does the writing suffer? I don't think so, not in my case. In some ways, it's more liberating. I'm free to tell the story without feeling like I have to create the next classic piece of literature. I'm a storyteller. I like people to read my stories. I want them to be entertained. Best way to do that is to write something that will sell.
Great post, Joe. Thanks.
I found a good explanation of word count at www.darkecho.com/darkecho/workshop/word_count.html
Mark, my point on Times New Roman is that it doesn't work out to the same number of words per page as courier. In my middle-grade mystery, for example, using the software word count, it averages 178 words/page in courier, and 222 words/page in Times New Roman. I guess TNR saves paper come printing time, but to me it's harder to read than courier. And, TNR being a proportional font, it would be more difficult for an editor to estimate how much space the manuscript will take up when set into type.
Joe has a pdf on his site that handles all those pesky questions. He even has an example page of 'How the Manuscript Should Look.' Probably seems ridiculous to many-times published authors, but that information is like gold to those of us fairly new at navigating the waters.
www.agentquery.com said to use Times New Roman. Somebody I know has gotten a Very Good Deal using Times New Roman.
I suppose story content had something to do with it also (she deadpanned).
This has created a mid-query font crisis for me.
TNR makes sense for a query letter, because you can fit more words on a single page (queries should always be only one page).
But for manuscripts, I don't think you can go wrong with courier. I've read comments from editors on a variety of websites, and they all prefer courier. Why? It's easy to read, for one thing, and it's non-proportional, meaning that each character takes up the exact same amount of space. Therefore, it's easier to estimate how many pages (i.e. the production costs) the book will end up being when typeset.
Look at a variety of sources and then make up your mind. I saw several things (at a glance) on agentquery.com that I don't agree with.
Rob Flumignan said...
Very helpful post. It's nice to see your word counts to compare to what I have in my novel. Mine is around 340 pages in courier new, but it's around 70k words. (So obviously that 250/page thing is bunk.) But here I thought that might be too short for a mystery. Now I'm thinking I still might cut a couple Ks.
Font, font, font.
All my queries went out in Palatino 12, just like my MS.
I have an agent, but no book deal, so I'm more than halfway there, but I'm not as qualified as some of you to say Font doesn't matter.
Something close to a traditional font (Times, TNR, Courier, Palatino) should be fine.
The MS needs to look professional and it needs to look like whoever wrote it treated the MS and the agent professionally.
The thing is, from everything I've read, courier is universally accepted. So why gamble? You can write your drafts in whatever font pleases you, but when you send it out why not go with the industry standard?
Palatino does appear to be non-proportional, so I suppose it's preferable to TNR, which is proportional (various letters take up different amounts of space on the page). But why use an odd font when it's so easy to change everything to courier? Obviously Jane has no problem with reading Palatino, but perhaps some of the editors she's pitching to would rather read courier. It's a no-brainer. Go with what's universally accepted.
By the way, congrats Adam for getting rep from one of the best agents in the biz.
Exact word count, I'm told, is not as important as space. The 250 word per page thing is merely an average for the publisher's benefit, even though short paragraphs and dialogue may cut that count down considerably.
Joe, I wish I'd listened to your advice before writing my first book. I went 100k and now they want another one at the same length. To think I could have shaved at least a quarter off that.
Good post Joe! Thanks for the info. This is one of those posts that I print out and stick in my manuscript check folder.
As usual, you've answered questions I didn't even know I should be asking.
Capt. Anom--
Thanks re: Jane. Jane rules. Jane's partner Miriam also rules.
I don't want to put words in Joe's mouth, but I'm fairly sure he agrees with me on that front.
It's been a very easy two years for me.
They don't seem to care a bit about which font I'm using, and they'd tell me to use a different font if they thought it would make a difference.
The other thing I meant to add is: the query font and the MS font should be the same, which was one reason why I DID NOT use Courier.
For me, and this is only for me, I thought it looked less professional to use 2 different fonts.
Bottom line remains that I don't think it makes a hell of a lot of difference what font to use as long as it's one of the more commonly accepted serif fonts (Times, TNR, Courier, Palatino).
I also made liberal use of Italics, smaller font sizes (part of the novel includes newspaper stories), etc. All those big no-nos, but they worked, and nobody said anything, and Jane and Miriam have been repping me for 2 years, and we're working on another novel.
So my take-away from that was very similar to what Joe said early on in his blog, and earlier still on his website: You don't need to follow all the rules to land an agent. He didn't include SASEs, for example, but he sent very professional looking brochures.
The key is that if you're going to break rules, look like a professional when you break them.
Stacey Cochran said...
This is good solid advice. Particularly for the short stories.
I'll only add that it's different for other genres. For example, many major sci-fi editors prefer novels to be at least 100,000 words and usually under 150,000. Fantasy is much the same.
Romance novels tend be shorter 50,000-75,000 words.
Young Adult novels (age 12-18) tend to be in the 30-50,000 word range. And for middle grade readers, 20,000-30,000 words is ideal.
A quick Amazon scan shows that all of Dan Brown's novels incidentally (even his first) were over 120,000 words.
But for those who are just starting out, I'd agree. Shoot for a 70-90,000 word novel.
That's your best bet.
As always, there are exceptions to every rule. If you can sell readers on a 500,000 word novel, hey, go write it. Here's a list of several long novels followed by their word counts:
War and Peace: 540,853 words
The Stand: 464,218 words
The Brothers Karamazov: 384,361 words
East of Eden: 226,979 words
Watchers: 161,814 words
Elizabeth K. Burton said...
I would second everything you said but offer one caveat about paragraphs.
I am seeing more and more books and manuscripts where every sentence--or nearly so--is a separate paragraph. Sentences that should be together for pacing and rhythm are hacked apart.
Although the advice to avoid long, text-heavy paragraphs is good, one also needs to be aware of pacing and the flow of language. Arbitrary division of paragraphs is no better than not dividing them enough.
I'm going to be a contrarian here, I guess. While I agree it is wise to err on the side of brevity -- especially if you're just starting out -- you still have to tell the story. And as someone point out, what works for a thriller or a chick-lit cozy might not work for a P.D. James-esque mystery with multiple narrative threats and big cast of characters.
I've read crime novels of 200 pages that felt like gum surgery. I've read mysteries of 400 plus-pages that, because of the author's mastery of pacing and suspense, fly by in one night.
My MSs clock in at 120K words or more. I've tried but I just can't tell the story in anything less.
But I gotta agree with those of you preaching the value of white space. Reading is a visual thing (aural too but that's another topic!) and what worked for Dickens and Proust doesn't cut it in our age. At least if you're writing entertainment.
You can also sell by deliberately going against the trends and filling a void that's currently in the fiction of your category. I am making more as an author than I would have as an engineer (my original major) by doing this, starting with my first 1.5 books (I started on a 9-month publishing schedule--and no, I didn't have a huge advance). No kidding.
Common wisdom says to have lots of paragraphs (because readers are lazy, is the implication). But I average about 8, and that is with 38 lines per page. Common wisdom say to write on a second to their grade reading level (because readers are stupid, is the implication). But I write on an 8th grade plus level. (I just checked two mega-bestsellers in my subgenre--both write around the 6th-grade level, so apparently, if this is not a total myth, is is restricted to certain kinds of books.) I can't count the number of emails I've gotten from readers thrilled to find a "grown up" book that treats them (and the characters) like intelligent adults.
I do stick to page count, but there are two reasons for this. One, in my genre, page count is NOT flexible unless you're a mega-bestseller. Less than 80k or more than 120k, and your editor will be very peeved. Second, I can write more books in a year if they are 100k and not 200k, and they sell for the same price (about) and disappear off the shelves as quickly. It's better to build an audience and line your pockets with two books.
If I ever write fantasy, though, the books will probably be around 200k. BUT that's expected for the subgenre!
What genre do you write for? Are your books better edited than your blog posts?
What is a 1.5 book?
Do you really think that paragraphs are getting shorter because of reading level? Do you purposely write on an eighth grade level?
Read Joe's "Quitting" post.
allyford said...
Captain,
Did you miss the part where Lydia said she's making more as an author than she did as an engineer? Why suggest she quit? Seems like whatever she's doing is working for her.
Are you jealous? Or just in a pissy mood? Your attack on her is completely uncalled for and petty.
Lydia just sounds a little too cute to be true. Where's her web site? If she has books out there, why is she hiding? Is she afraid to promote her own work?
What's up, Lyd? If you're for real, I'll be happy to swallow my snark. In fact, I'd be happy to learn some things from you. Sounds like you've found some angles that nobody else knows about.
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UCLA shocked everybody over the weekend by not only hiring Chip Kelly, but stealing him away from Florida. I guess Dan Guerrero got tired of me making fun of him for not giving a crap about his football program, and not actually paying up for good coaches. The reality of it is that this was the perfect storm for the Bruins. Kelly loves the Pac 12, loves the fact Bruin football isn’t under a microscope, and was not heavily influenced by money because the 49ers are going to be paying him until he dies. Kelly’s system is fast and exciting. Even faster than the Bruins were eliminated from Pac 12 contention this season.
Meanwhile listening to Trojan fans complain about the Kelly hire is hilarious. It’s hilarious because many of those Trojan fans wish it was Kelly coaching their team rather than Clay Helton. In fact, at the beginning of last season, Helton was on the hot seat, then turned things around for the Trojans. Kelly was rumored to be the next Trojan coach. Now Helton appears to be just good enough to keep the Trojans competitive in the Pac 12, but not nationally relevant. That’s not good enough to fire him. USC should be happy though because they lucked out getting to play Stanford again for the conference title, instead of a Washington State team that beat them earlier in the season. It’s also probably a good thing they aren’t playing in the college football playoff, because they would have been embarrassed by any of the teams playing in it.
Elsewhere around College Football, you didn’t really think that Notre Dame wasn’t going to find a way to disappoint their fans before the season ended did you? Only the Irish could let their season unravel in a matter of three minutes during the 4th quarter against Stanford. Notre Dame can definitely kiss their hopes of a New Year’s Six Bowl game goodbye. Then there’s Alabama, who lost the Iron Bowl to Auburn. That will likely put the Tide on the outside of the CFP looking in. Alabama fans haven’t been this upset since the integration of public schools. This boycott Tennessee made against Greg Schiano had nothing to do with his connection to the Penn State scandal. It’s obvious the Volunteer alums and fan base were not having anything but a big name coach their program. Too bad there aren’t enough big names out there.
To the NFL, where the Rams got a nice win against the Saints yesterday at the Coliseum. If the Rams get a big win, and nobody was there to see it, did it really happen? There were only about 45,000 people at the Coliseum on Sunday, and another 15,000 dressed as empty seats. That was against a great New Orleans team. I really don’t know what it’s going to take for people to support this team because they are winning, and might even end up in the NFC Championship game. Jared Goff has improved so much, he’s completely destroyed my ability to make jokes about him. Were it not for Carson Wentz, Goff might be talked about as one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL. The scary part is it’s going to take 10 wins just to make the playoffs in the NFC, so the Rams need to keep winning. That won’t be that easy considering they still have to play at Seattle, and against the Eagles.
Somehow, the Chargers are not only back in contention for a playoff spot, they might even win the AFC West. Their huge win over the struggling Cowboys on Thanksgiving put them just a game behind Kansas City in the division. It was clear that with Tony Romo working the broadcast on CBS, the Cowboys honored their former quarterback by committing lots of turnovers against the Bolts. Phil Rivers’ family is so big, it probably took him four hours just to feed his entire family Thanksgiving dinner.
The Clippers may have won their last two games, but prior to that their losses were piling up faster than sexual harassment victims in Hollywood. It’s time for the Clip show to pull the plug on the season and tank. They should be used to that since they did that annually prior to Chris Paul arriving in LA. They finally have their own draft pick this season, Patrick Beverly is out for the year, and Danilo Gallinari will be hurt five minutes after he comes back. This is really what some members of the Clipper front office wanted to do, but Doc Rivers sure didn’t. Speaking of Doc, Steve Ballmer should just lock himself in a room with him and stare at Doc until he quits. He should probably trade DeAndre Jordan and listen to offers for Blake Griffin after that, since those two are fairly inept in the 4th quarter. I wouldn’t be shocked if DJ or Doc were gone by Christmas.
As for the Lakers, you knew Lavar was going to do this at some point. Sure enough, last week he criticized Luke Walton and the organization for going soft on Lonzo. Well Lavar, if you wanted the Lakers to go tough on Lonzo, he probably would never see the floor, since he’s shooting 32% from the field. Luke’s response was pretty epic though, basically saying the team doesn’t care what parents think. Unlike those of you that hate Lavar though, I don’t take most of what he says seriously. He is trolling everybody, including the President of the United States. You can actually take this guy seriously???
There’s talk that Giancarlo Stanton is going to find a way to force his way to the Dodgers since he has a the ability to veto certain trades. There’s also some talk that he could end up with the Giants. I could care less if that happens. As I’ve said, the Dodgers do not need Stanton at all. The Giants can have him, and they can enjoy paying his $300 million salary for the next decade, while they continue to put a lineup around him that can’t even hit little league pitching. Obviously at a certain price the Dodgers would have to go get Stanton, but building from within is much more desirable for LA at this point, and probably more likely to get them where they want to go. Not some shiny new toy in Stanton, who will give the Dodgers nothing more than offseason headlines.
Finally, The Walking Dead went down last night on AMC. Spoiler alert for those of you who haven’t seen it, so read no further if that is the case, and you plan on watching it later. Why are kids just obsessed with following Carol? That episode should have been called, “come with me.” Rosita went with Michonne. Carol went with Siddiq, and Tara went with Darryl. Rosita just welcome herself back to the show by using a bazooka on a Savior. Was Rick doing arts and crafts while naked in the container? Admit it, now that Morgan is crossing over onto Fear The Walking Dead, you are pissed because you are thinking of catching up on that crappy show. Once again, everybody like Michonne, Rosita, and Carl were making stupid decisions this episode. Only two more episodes in 2017, which is both exciting and disappointing. Hoping for a lot more in those two episodes.
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Yesterday was Jim Mora Jr.’s birthday. Happy Birthday Jim! You’re getting $11 million to go home and not coach the UCLA football team anymore. When is Dan Guerrero’s birthday? Hopefully UCLA doesn’t have to wait that long to fire him. I’m surprised Guerrero had the guts to make this move with some much money left on his contract, but it was the right decision. It’s the right decision if UCLA can convince someone like Chip Kelly. I say “someone” because Florida is a better option for Kelly. As for Saturday night, Josh Rosen proven he’s the better quarterback over Sam Darnold, but Darnold played on the better team. It just goes to show you how Mora completely wasted the talent he recruited over the last 6 years. Meanwhile, the Trojans may have escaped with the win, but that’s about all they can feel good about. Darnold looked about as accurate as Hellen Keller throwing darts, and the offense had about as much rhythm as Ashley Simpson. The Trojans need coaching just about as bad as the Bruins do, but their talent sometimes hides it.
On the hardwood, the Bruins basketball team is 3-0 after a couple of wins over those powerhouse programs Central Arkansas and South Carolina State. This is what this “basketball school” has become. Frankly, had it not been for the side show that is Lavar Ball and those three idiots that shoplifted in China, people would be talking more about how unimpressive the Bruin basketball team looks. Trump tweeted that he should have just left the three kids in jail in China, after Lavar didn’t acknowledge the President’s role in their release from prison. However, if Trump really wanted to punish the three kids, he’d make them watch film of Lonzo Ball playing for the Lakers.
The Dodgers don’t need to trade for Giancarlo Stanton. That would be like buying a Ferrari when all you need is an oil change in your Honda. Contracts that are ten years in length never work out. Besides, the Dodgers don’t need a power-hitter in their lineup who strikes out a lot. They need a reliable contact hitter who can put the ball into play. One they already have returning from injury, in Andrew Toles. They also don’t need to waste their money on Yu Darvish. Darvish can’t be trusted to win a big game in the postseason, so why pay big money for a guy who is a glorified middle of the rotation pitcher? The Dodgers should sign Shohei Ohtani though. His potentially elite right-handed pitching is exactly what this team needs. Aren’t you proud of me? I wrote a whole Dodger paragraph without criticizing Andrew Friedman.
Lonzo Ball went eight days between triple doubles, and in between everybody was trying to send him to the G-League. Yes he’s had some ugly games, but get a grip people, this is what it looks like building around a 19-year old in the NBA. He’s actually turning out to be a decent defender, clearly he can pass, and he’s already a good rebounder. Shooting is the easiest part of an NBA players game to fix, if they work on it. That’s exactly what happened to a player like Jason Kidd, who turned out to be a Hall of Famer. If there was no Lavar Ball and this wasn’t happening in a big market, you might have some more rationale perspective on this. The same can be said for Brandon Ingram, who is much improved from last year, yet people are still finding a way to bitch about him. This is simply rebuilding in the NBA. It takes time. You just don’t have the time to wait. Do the Lakers have the time though? That remains to be seen.
Looks like the Clippers are back to being the worst team in Los Angeles. Doc Rivers decided to call his team out after losing to Charlotte, which was the team’s 8th straight loss. Is anyone going to call out Rivers for his inability to actually design an offense? Everyone thought Blake Griffin was an MVP candidate after 4 games. Since then, when the 4th quarter comes around he disappears like Amelia Earhart. This is just another reason why Blake is a good #2 or #3 option, but not the guy you want as your #1. Doc Rivers on the other hand is not the guy you want at all.
Disappointing loss yesterday for the Rams at Minnesota. Was Cooper Kupp shaving points? Because he left about 10 of them on the board. You’ve gotta give Jared Goff credit for not turning the ball over against a tough defense, but the Rams have bigger picture problems. They lost Robert Woods, and look like they are going to lose the battle for home field advantage to the Eagles, Vikings, and Saints. Those are all teams whose defenses are going to be a matchup problem for the Rams and their high-scoring offense. This Rams team is much improved, but it looks like this is where the fun ends, with the schedule getting much tougher from here. Amazingly enough, people still aren’t showing up to the Coliseum, despite the fact the Rams have been winning. Adam Thielan is the fastest white guy I have ever seen…..
Not even the Chargers could blow it against the Bills yesterday. Buffalo made one of the stupidest personnel decisions by benching Tyrod Taylor in favor of Nathan Peterman, who was giving out interceptions like he had a Groupon for them. Shockingly, the Bolts are only only one game out of the AFC Wild Card spot. Even more exciting for them is the fact they get to play the Cowboys in four days, who are sinking like the Titanic. The Charger players said they felt disrespected by the Bills quarterback switch, which motivated them to put up 54 points. They should feel disrespected over the fact that they don’t have any fans showing up to their games, and that their owner has no idea what he’s doing.
Elsewhere around the NFL, Roger Goodell got a good laugh last night at Jerry Jones’ Cowboys getting blown out by the Eagles. The Chiefs’ season is disappearing faster than Andy Reid’s food at a Chinese buffet. The Steelers dominated the Titans. It was so cold in Pittsburgh that Le’Veon Bell’s bong water froze. Jay Cutler threw 3 interceptions in the 1st half in Miami’s loss to Tampa. That means everybody attending the game in Miami gets 50% off on cigarettes at 7-11. If the Redskins lose any more players to injury, they are going to have to start asking people from Trump’s cabinet to play on Sunday. The Raiders had more fans arrested in Mexico than points scored this weekend. Things are going so badly for the Packers that they are actually peeing themselves…..
Finally, The Walking Dead went down last night on AMC, which was episode 5 of season 8. Spoiler alert for those of you who have yet to see it, so read no further if that is the case. Admit it, for just a second, you were feeling bad for Negan when you found out that his wife died of cancer. Then you remembered he killed Abraham and Glenn and you hated him again. Why don’t people put Walker guts on themselves all the time? It’s the most effective trick we’ve seen again them. Creepy Gabriel not only lived, but he’s back after declaring he was present to take Negan’s confession. If everybody claims they are all Negan, then why do they have to kneel before the real one? Darryl and Rick are fighting like brothers, but I do love the reference Rick made back to season 1, when he told Darryl “the chokehold is illegal”. The look on Gabriel’s face when that women said “thank God for you Negan” was priceless! I’m not going to be like these whiny babies that say they aren’t liking the show, but that episode had much more potential and fell short. It would have been nice to see a more extensive flashback of Negan pre-apocolypse and how he came into power. Not just an explanation. Nevertheless, this episode was better than the last.
So Luol Deng wants a trade? That’s hilarious. Deng really doesn’t know the Lakers have been trying to trade him for over a year? If they could find a taker for him, I’m sure Rob Pelinka would carry Deng to Minnesota, Phoenix, Philadelphia, or any other sucker franchise that might take him. If the Lakers are so focused on moving Deng’s contract, and maybe even Clarkson or Julius Randle, why the hell doesn’t Luke Walton actually play them? It would actually help their trade value. I get that Kyle Kuzma is pretty good, and that Lonzo Ball needs to develop, but Clarkson and Randle can actually help them win games now. You would never be able to tell by the way we are treating them though.
I love those idiots that supported the idea that the Clippers were somehow going to be better without Chris Paul this year. The Clips have lost five in a row, are sinking like the Titanic, and some of you think it will be all good once they get healthy. I’ve got news for you, they have a bunch of injury prone players on their team. They are never going to be healthy. Even when they are, they just aren’t that good.
Do you realize how disappointing this UCLA story was last week? The whole program goes to China, three people get detained, and none of them included Dan Guerrero or Steve Alford. Even more disappointing is the fact that we didn’t get a Lavar Ball-Donald Trump press conference. Nothing could possible be more entertaining. I guess LiAngelo Ball already leads the Bruins in steals. He probably wouldn’t have gotten that many minutes on the Bruins’ team this year anyway, and neither would the other two players who were arrested. That’s says a lot considering UCLA struggled against Georgia Tech on Friday, looking nothing like the solid they were last season.
So that’s it for Trojan football huh? They couldn’t just wait another week to clinch the Pac-12 South and make their game against UCLA next Saturday a little bit more interesting could they? Sam Darnold didn’t have any problems against Colorado on Saturday, and USC jumped out to an early lead, while toying with the Buffaloes on the way to another win. Colorado just couldn’t match the talent of the Trojans, which was reflected in the number of big plays USC made on both sides of the ball. I’d expect that to continue next week against an inconsistent UCLA team, but trouble could be ahead come the Pac-12 Championship game on Dec 2nd.
It was nice of Josh Rosen and the Bruins to show up against Arizona State. By show up, I mean it was only the offense that showed up, but that was enough to actually beat the Sun Devils. How do the Bruins rack up that many points and still don’t have a 100-yard rusher? If feels like Jim Mora has to win his last two games just have a chance to keep his job, and I’m not even sure that’s enough to ensure him he stays.
Just when you start to believe in Notre Dame they go back to being the same old Irish, disappointing against top 10 opponents. That’s exactly what happened when they got embarrassed by Miami on Saturday. Things haven’t been this bad for Notre Dame since the movie Spotlight game out.
To the NFL where the Rams are now 7-2 after destroying the Texans. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Jared Goff is turning himself into an MVP candidate. He’s probably not going to win it because ESPN is in bed with Carson Wetnz, as well as the fact Todd Gurley is going to split votes with him. In any case, with Richard Sherman done for the season, the Seahawks are toast, and the Rams might as well pencil themselves in as NFC West champs. The next three games against Minnesota, New Orleans, and Philadelphia will really tell us whether or not the Rams are going to have any real chance once they actually get to the playoffs.
i’ve gotta hand it to the Chargers, who just find new ways to lose games all the time. This time it was at the hands of the Jaguars, and their former kicker Josh Lambo. How many more games does this team have to lose before the league just forces them to go back to San Diego? How many more embarrassments at the StubHub Center involving opposing fans do we have to witness? Probably a lot more.
Finally, The Walking Dead was back on AMC last night with episode 4 of the season. Spoiler alert if you have yet to see it, so read no further if that is the case. I was wondering all along who the next character to die would be. It’s been way too long since somebody of significance died. We’ve seen horrible deaths, but this time, the show may have gone too far. They killed Shiva, who died at the hands of a pack of Walkers. I can just see the amount of letters the show producers are going to get from PETA this week. You haven’t bent this upset since Glenn died at the beginning of last season. I’ve gotta say that most of the time, I don’t like these episodes that side track and focus on one character who doesn’t need one whole episode dedicated to him or her. However, we needed to see the backstory on King Ezekiel, who lost his whole army, as well as Shiva. I hope they do the same with Negan. Speaking of Negan, where the hell is he? When do we find out what happened to him and Father Gabriel? Will we ever see Carl again? He might as well be dead.
Congratulations to the Houston Astros and their fans on winning the World Series. As if Justin Verlander’s life couldn’t get any better. As for the Dodgers, their cockiness caught up with them. After game 6, Yasiel Puig and other Dodger players told the media that the Astros had no chance to win the series. That cockiness extended to Dodgers’ radio host David Vassegh, who was even more cocky after game 6. Screw Yu. Yes, as in Yu Darvish, who couldn’t win the big games the Dodgers acquired him for. The Astros treated Darvish like a Harvey Weinstein victim. Carlos Correa’s girlfriend still got a ring before Clayton Kershaw. The Dodgers also couldn’t hit with runners in scoring position when it mattered most. LA will be in contention next year, but their chances of winning the World Series are no better than getting hot on the tables in Vegas. That’s just baseball. Kenley Jansen and Clayton Kershaw won’t be great forever. Hopefully the Dodgers don’t sabotage themselves with an overuse of analytics moving forward, which is a major reason why they lost this series.
Very quietly, the Angels made a big move by re-signing Justin Upton to a 5-year deal. In general, giving long-term deals to outfielders over 30 hasn’t worked out well for many teams. However, this is a good start to the offseason for the Halos, as they need to spend lots of money to fill a lineup that has more holes than a piece of Swiss cheese. They also need to spend because they need real quality major league players while they rebuild their crummy farm system. If the Angels can also find a way to trade for Giancarlo Stanton, they may actually make the playoffs next year. Of course having the Astros in their division means the Halos will be relegated to fighting for a Wild Card spot and the right to get punked early on in the postseason.
The Lakers may have won last night, but is it too soon to be concerned about Lonzo Ball? It’s been 10 games already and he’s played well in about 2 of them. The biggest issue is actually not his shooting, but rather his lack of aggressiveness. I never expected him to be Ray Allen from the 3-point line, but he is capable of doing much more on the offensive end. Screw this “let the game come to you nonsense”. Lonzo’s best chance to contribute more offensively is with his speed and playmaking ability in transition. The more the Lakers run and he attacks the paint, the sooner we can stop making fun of his shot and Lavar. I hope Luke Walton plans on making this adjustment very soon, or else people will start calling Lonzo a bust. On the bright side though, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma are coming along just fine, as is the Laker defense. It just so happens that the Lakers also have a better record than the Cavs too, which can’t hurt their chances with Lebron next summer either.
Meanwhile, the Clippers are like high school girls, finding a way to continue their drama when you think it’s gone. We’re a couple of weeks into the season now and Doc Rivers is still doing damage on the team’s chemistry issues and culture last season. His latest proclamation was that JJ Redick was practically begging the Clippers to return last summer, which Reddick denied. Doc needs to stop talking about this nonsense and focus on basketball. If the Clippers hope to add any free agents in the near future, any NBA player will start thinking twice about joining them knowing that Doc might be responsible for that negative culture. Doc is definitely responsible for his team running the YMCA offense, which is nothing but Blake Griffin hero ball at the end of games. We’ve seen much of that in the Clipps latest losing streak.
To college football, where the Trojans found the win column on Saturday against Arizona. This one was actually much more unsettling than the final score, with Ronald Jones needing to do his best Bo Jackson impression to secure the win. USC is a good team, but not the elite team everybody thought they were going to be. They nearly collapsed, giving away a 21-point lead. They’ll easily win the Pac 12 South, but the next real test they’ll have will be against Washington in the Conference Title Game. If that game turns into another embarrassment against an elite team, they’ll be more pressure on Clay Helton. Unfortunately for Sam Darnold, the disappointing play by the Trojans has raised more questions about his career potential in the NFL. Darnold doesn’t care and reportedly just doesn’t want to be drafted by the Browns. Can you blame him though? Wouldn’t you rather party with sorority girls then spend your weekends taking a beating in Cleveland.
Elsewhere around the college game, “The Ohio State University” just took “The Biggest Beatdown” of the season on Saturday. The Big 10 is doing everything possible to not send a team to the College Football Playoff. Baker Mayfield put up video game numbers, and Oklahoma outlasted Oklahoma State. It feels like those two teams scored more points than 49ers and Browns have all season. The Irish keep winning, which is weird for the fans. Notre Dame fans feel like Cub fans before the World Series win last season, always waiting for disaster to happen. To Brian Kelly’s credit, that disaster hasn’t struck yet.
I think its safe to say the Rams are a lot better at football this year. The Rams and Seahawks both faced injury decimated teams yesterday. The Rams dismantled the Giants, while Seattle lost a close one at home to the Redskins. That’s where this team is easily the best in the division right now. The Rams have also scored 263 points in 8 games this season. They had just 224 points all of last season. It just goes to show you that the NFL is more unpredictable than who Donald Trump is going to argue with next. The best part is the Rams still have to play the Eagles and the Saints at home, which is potentially huge for home field advantage in the NFC playoffs. Did I really just write that? Playoffs? The Rams are really that good, and they are getting even better. Let’s just hope they get the support they deserve next Sunday the Coliseum.
Week 9 was filled with blowouts. The Eagles ripped the Broncos, and replacing Brock Osweiler with Trevor Siemian is like using a bandaid to stop an oil leak. Leonard Fournette was benched by the Jaguars for being a highly successful player, which is a direct violation of team rules. The Jags still managed to destroy the Bengals. DeShaun Watson with a torn ACL is probably better than Tom Savage. So is a coat rack. The Raiders beat the Dolphins, and used Amare Cooper on the “hands team” to recover an onside kick. Cooper leads the NFL in drops. The Raiders just trolled the Dolphins. Ezekiel Elliot’s “on again” then “off again” suspension was back off, and the Cowboys beat the Chiefs. Elliot and the NFL are more on and off than Rachel and Ross on “Friends”. It was also a fantastic week for the Browns, who didn’t play, which means they didn’t actually lose. Great potato sack race celebration by the Chiefs here…..
Finally, The Walking Dead was back on AMC last night. Spoiler alert for those of you who have yet to see it, so read no further if you plan on watching it later. I like how Morales was around for about 15 minutes before getting killed. It was like he got his acting job back and taken away in the same day. He talked more in those 15 minutes than he did during the entire first season. Can we just find out already what happened to Father Gabriel?! This is turning into that moment when we thought Glenn died after falling off the dumpster, but didn’t find out he lived for a couple of episodes. I prefer Daryl and Morgan’s “kill now and ask questions later” strategy. Daryl is clearly not big believer in the idea that you “don’t shoot the messenger.” If you like spaghetti on this show, you’re going to die. Herschel, now Eric. After we learned that the Saviors were ordered not to kill Rick, Maggie, or the King, no way the King is going to die in the shootout we saw in the cliff hanger. Michonne and Carl just hanging back in Alexandria like they are on vacation. Hope the next episode moves a little faster.
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Miami Mass Choir – Live at the Adrienne Arsht Center
Posted by: Bob Marovich in 5 Stars, CDs, Reviews February 3, 2017 1,488 Views
Miami Mass Choir
Miami Mass Choir Live at the Adrienne Arsht Center
MaJo Records (release date: December 9, 2016)
Available from online music retail outlets
By Bob Marovich
Having fun while worshiping is the overall impression one gets listening to Miami Mass Choir Live at the Adrienne Arsht Center, the choir’s latest full-length release in some fifteen years.
And I don’t mean frivolous fun, but a bouncy joie de vivre from enjoying the worship experience. In other words, no new age religion, no extended moments of quiet rapture, no overly complex arrangements, no whispering all over the place. It’s about extroverted and stirring contemporary gospel music delivered in the dynamics of a live setting.
The Miami Mass Choir was founded in 1995 by Pastor Marc Cooper with the encouragement of Savoy Records’ Reverend Milton Biggham. Cooper is still the choir director, and he’s the producer and executive producer of this album.
The most inspired decision was to invite “Miami Soul Queen” Betty Wright to lead “That’s What He Is.” To the rhythm of clapping hands and clomping feet, Wright relates with relish how she calls on Him in time of need. The star turns continue with Beverly Crawford rendering the slow-burning, minor-keyed “Calvary.” Crawford is her usual effervescent self as she ponders the rhetorical question of why Jesus would die for wretches like us. The emotional pitch of the song stimulates the first of the album’s two praise breaks.
The other praise break comes after “Thank You Jesus.” Zacardi Cortez and JaLisa Faye take a simple melody and easy-to-learn lyric—ready made for congregational singing—and turn them into an explosion of improvisation. I can’t remember the last time I listened to an album that contained two praise breaks. The musicians, singers, and live audience must have been exhausted by the end of the recording session, and it’s almost certain the Arsht Center hadn’t seen the likes of it until then.
With its salsa feel and Spanish lyrics, “Good News” pays homage to Dade County’s significant Hispanic Christian population. During the song’s reprise, the tempo moves from andante to feet-flying frenetic as horns blast out improvisational riffs of white heat.
“All I Need,” featuring vocalist Avery Jones, is the album’s “let’s go to church” track. It feels like a quartet arrangement for gospel choir, especially during the “Holy Ghost Power” segment, which evokes the Victory Travelers’ version of the latter. Although broken into two parts for radio friendliness, the selection needs to be heard in its entirety.
Listen for masterful guitar work throughout by veteran studio musician Jonathan DuBose Jr.
The Christian rock-fueled final cut, “Overcome,” could easily be overlooked because it is of a different construct from the other tracks. Nevertheless, it employs the familiar “We Shall Overcome” mantra to carry an important message for our time: keep up the fight for a better nation–for your children’s sake and to honor our ancestors’ many sacrifices.
Five of Five Stars
Picks: “That’s What He Is,” “All I Need,” “Calvary.”
Adrienne Arsht Center avery jones betty wright Beverly Crawford dade county florida JaLisa Faye jonathan dubose jr. MaJo Records Marc Cooper miami mass choir milton biggham savoy records victory travelers Zacardi Cortez 2017-02-03
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You give me the Needles...
The day started well with a lay-in until about 9AM - now that in itself takes some beating! However we've had a top day out in the forest on our bikes, it's been like the middle of summer today. We rode out along the trail from Brockenhurst with our bags all packed for a picnic, and the plan was to make a connection with the Castleman Trail which leads from Ringwood to Poole. Although several chunks of the old railway line have now been lost we had great fun findinding alternate tracks and remains of the old railway line. It's a really pretty route, especially the water meadows around Ringwood, which I'm sure we'll do again.
By the end of the day we were exhausted but all in good spirits, so we had chippies on the beach at Keyhaven overlooking the Needles. And this is the final portion of the day as we pelted stones into the sea....
I'm listening to Lizz Wright 'Speak your Heart'
We've had a visit today from Caroline's Mum and Dad, who is celebrating his 78th birthday tomorrow. So we've had a fairly leisurely lunch in the sunshine.
Tonight we've had a barbeque in the garden. It's quite surprising how dirty and tired the kids were after playing in the sandpit and chasing around the garden all day.
We'll be having an early night...
Twice in a Week!
Yesterday it was the Southampton Echo, today it's the New Forest Post....
Lewis has been rather chuffed with the media interest in his bike ride, and now we've had calls from various neighbours saying that they've seen him in the paper, he's well and truly got the taste of celebrity!
We've not had a blog posting for a few days as BT have been incapable of digging a hole and reconnecting a few wires, so the whole street has been without landline and internet services. - six days trying though I suppose is a fair effort?
There's not nearly enough pictures of me on this blog. You'd think someone would want to take the odd picture of me, and show it off to the world?
I've found some great old photos from the National Library of Wales collection, now shared via Flickr.com
I'm listening to the new Andy Shepherd album Movements in Colour with John Parricelli on guitar, Elvind Aarset on guitar and electronics, Arild Andersen on bass, and Kuljit Bhamra on tabla. Nice unusual textures on this CD.
Hawk eyed
Look out Grandad, Lewis will be applying for the Wildlife Illustration Course any day soon!
A Taxi for Tootles
Just enough time for a brief play with the kids tonight before popping them in the bath - how does one manage to fit in a bike ride and a football match, and more besides?
Bathtime was accompanied by a singsong as Lewis played "The Saints go Marching in..." and Greg and Miranda chirruped away.
Tonight I'm listening to "Cannonball and Coltrane" on Verve
The boys fancied having a painting and drawing session this morning and this is Greg's rendition of the Cuckoo.
The cuckoo she's a pretty bird
She sings as she flies
She brings us glad tidings
And tells us no lies
She sucks all sweet flowers
To make her voice clear
She never sings cuckoo
Till summer is near
She flies the hills over
She flies the world about
She flies back to the mountain
She mourns for her love
We have a particularly beautiful version of this song of one of our Smithsonian compilations by Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley. Check it out if you get a chance.
If you want some music to explore try some of these rare recordings
A nice sunny morning chasing Lewis around the forest trails, which turned rather wet before our return. We've had a very strong headwind today also which Lewis found quite hard going. I can still remember my early years chasing up and down the Towy valley against the wind, it really knocks the stuffing out of you.
Walked the new trail at Lepe this afternoon, and had the place to ourselves. Lewis found a basking grass snake and also spotted a Green Woodpecker.
Come here...
She used to wail like a banshee if I didn't hold her hand when we walked through the field with the goats. Now she's happy to pull them along by their collar, whether they want to come or not.
It's bizzare really as they are now quite large, and they nibble you (or your clothing) almost constantly.
Shining example
I had a call earlier from Lewis who was clearly bowled over with excitement. "Dad you'll never guess what..... I've raised £250 from my sponsored bike ride"
He's been very lucky to have so many people who have helped him make a success of his effort, and I think he's learned a lot along the way too. So a very big thank you to everyone who backed my number one champion rider...
When I was much younger I used to love climbing trees, and I still have many fond memories of playing in Mr Perkins' Woods by my parents house in Alltycnap. There has been a bit of a gap but now I find myself doing it again where I am able, and it's not as easy as I might like to think.
Age (or a lack of agility) and a reduced appetite for taking risks have taken a toll on me.
Lewis by contrast can hardly wait to shin his way up any number of trees in an afternoon, willing me to chase up after him!
If you go down to the woods today
We've had a jolly nice bike ride in the forest today; the weather has been fab and a nice breeze to keep it all pleasant on the bike. Miranda had it in her mind that she was riding her bike so we had to persuade her otherwise.
We had lunch at the Royal Oak in Fritham, a fine country pub with oustanding beer and local food, done simply.
We are all looking a bit sunkissed tonight, especially after the barbeque in the garden at sundown!
In for a penny...
Miranda now much better at going to the lavatory, both independently and when prompted. It's even fun sometimes when you've managed to get her to go to the loo! Dwell time is improving too, and anyday soon the process will be complete/
(Small typographical joke above)
I am Listening to Bobo Stenson - Live in Berlin Jazzfest rec 2008
Long Live Jazz on vinyl
Close up and Personal
I smudged him a bit, to give it a slightly oldie worldy look, but he still looks as fresh as ever.
Hurray, ....it's the weekend!
Mippy was very keen to tell me all about her bike riding at cuddle time tonight. She thinks she'll be able to ride it in the forest on the weekend...
Umm yes Miranda, we'll have to get you riding without stabilizers first!
I can still remembr Greg's first ride in the forest on the same bike. We set off from Denny Wood and as Lewis was racing ahead up in front we didn't think to stop Greg on the first bit of downhill gradient. It wasn't steep but the loose gravel meant that he lost control easily and crashed dramatically. He howled and the keeper came out from his cottage and administered first aid. Oh the joys of learning to ride with a group of mixed ability, never a dull moment.
I'm listening to Uri Caine and Paolo Fresu - "Think" 2009
Michelin Man
On Sunday at Calshot Lewi came striding across the beach carrying two tyres. It had followed on from a conversation on Saturday when I'd challenged him to pick up a tyre that was lying in the mud, which in turn had led to a comment that I needed to get two new tyrs fo the car....
You can imagine how excited he was to tell me that he'd found me two new tyres! How could I refuse?
I'm listening to Nils Petter Molvaer - "Hamada" Sula Records 2009
This is one thing that I've never had any difficulty getting Miranda to do. (Don't get me started on the other list though...)
When we are anywhere near a rope swing or death slide she has to be on it, and she has to be on it first. You can throw her on and hurl her towards the abyss, and yet she hangs on compelling you to keep pushing her harder...
I think all of the kids have enjoyed playing hiding in the shed, at one stage or another. I wasn't sure how Miranda would take it when I sneaked up and locked her in the shed though, she has a tendency to screech for the least injustice...
She loved it though, hooting wildly and asking for more, ...so who am I to disappoint. No sooner I was in the shed than she locked me in and of course the fun began.
There was tiny knot hole in the door and before I knew it our garden shed had become a giant camera obscura. Lewis was fascinated by the image of Greg and Miranda projected onto a piece of paper, and I'll be honest it was fantastic fun. To see the stop motion characters upside down was just like watching a Laurel and Hardy movie....
Take it to the top
Whoever said girls shouldn't climb trees? Miranda making sure that she gives Lewis a run for his money!
She's had a busy day, riding Domino earlier this morning, then riding her bike and finally chasing Lewis around in Stubbs Wood.
Meanwhile Greg has been playing football in the Hythe and Dibden Tournament, something he's been looking forward to all week.
Tonight it's my 1000th posting on the mippy blog....
Long Lost Friend
One of the joys of owning lots of film cameras was that occasionally you'd process a film and become reunited with a long lost image.
Well last weekend I used Chris' underwater camera again as it was looking like heavy showers when we did Lewis' sponsored bike ride. And so I came to revisit this frame taken last autumn at Calshot when I was out with Miranda and Lewis in the kayaks. Hopefully this weekend we'll be out paddling again....
A nice sunny morning chasing Lewis around the for...
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Tag Archives: Jay Lawrence
Max and 99 cut the wedding cake – a cake we didn’t see in “With Love and Twitches.”
Fifty years ago on Nov. 16, 1968, Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 said their vows in “With Love and Twitches.” NBC hoped the union would boost Get Smart’s ratings. Nuptials, though, would not be enough to save Get Smart. NBC canceled the show at the end of the fourth season. CBS would pick the series up for a final season, but we won’t get into that animal.
During its run, Get Smart netted seven Emmys – three of which were awarded to Don Adams. However, the show never made the top 10 in the Nielsen ratings. Get Smart ranked 12 in the 1965-66 season and 22 in the 1966-67 season. The final three seasons failed to crack the top 30. So, as Max said, it’s not how good you are – it’s where you stand in the ratings.
Weddings attract a lot of attention — whether we want that or not. In that aspect, while the show’s ratings didn’t climb, the marriage of 86 and 99 still managed to garner a lot of publicity. There were news articles, a TV Guide cover and Don Adams and Barbara Feldon appeared in the Rose Parade wearing their wedding clothes.
It was a quick engagement. Aired during sweeps week, “With Love and Twitches” was the climax of season four’s wedding saga. Many of the episodes in this season were common tropes building up and then reacting to marriage.
• Snoopy Smart vs. the Red Baron – the “Meeting Mother” episode.
• Closely Watched Planes – the “Announce Your Engagement to Your Boss” episode.
• Diamonds are a Spy’s Best Friend – the “Engagement Ring” episode.
• The Worst Best Man – the “Best Man/Bachelor Party” episode.
• A Tale of Two Tails – the “Wedding Preparation” episode.
• The Return of the Ancient Mariner – “Best Man Part II.”
• The Laser Blazer – the “Husband with the Wandering Eye” episode.
• The Farkas Fracas – the “Invite the Boss Over for Supper” episode.
• Temporarily Out of Control – the “Ruined Honeymoon Part I.”
• Schwartz’s Island – the “Ruined Honeymoon Part II.”
Spy hi-jinks work their way into the plots and it is amusing, but this is where the criticism
What is the Smart bride wearing? The answer is floral head gear.
comes in: The show had become sitcomy. Get Smart was less a parody dipping from the absurd and more a vanilla comedy.
In “With Love and Twitches” it’s a classic case of wedding day catastrophe. Hours before he is to be married, Max is duped into drinking Dr. Madre’s (Alan Oppenheimer) drug that contains a map to the Melnick Uranium Mines.
The map is to appear in the form of a rash on his chest. As if that’s not bad enough, he has to stand upright for the next 48 hours in order for it to work. Max asks to postpone the wedding but the Chief and 99 write off his story as a case of wedding day jitters.
Bad becomes worse when Kaos agents manage to hold Max, along with Madre, hostage in his own apartment. 99, in the meantime, is convinced she’s about to be jilted. Thankfully the arrival of his best man, Admiral Hargrade (William Schallert), gives Max a window to work out an escape plan.
The funniest scene is Max trying to put on his tux while standing in a moving Citroen. A close second is the pre-ceremony brawl pitting Control agents against Kaos agents which leaves Max and the Chief in tatters.
After all of this, we do not learn 99’s name — nor does anyone else. The Admiral manages to snore at that precise and critical moment.
No Herbert, you don’t get to join in on the brawl. Attending the Smart’s wedding were Mace Neufeld and Dorothy Adams.
The episode has a few notable guest appearances: Don’s wife Dorothy plays 99’s Matron of Honor; Mace Neufeld, Don’s agent, plays her husband; Jay Lawrence, brother of Larry Storch and Don’s stand-up partner, appears as a Kaos agent; and Get Smart writer Arne Sultan is a wedding guest. Agent 99’s floral bridal helmet should have a credit of its own.
Cutting to the chase, is the episode any good? It does its job. It offers a wedding (which the powers that be thought viewers were waiting for) and a lot of silliness. Is it a powerhouse episode like Mr Big, 99 Looses Control or the Emmy winning Ship of Spies? Nope.
I love the romance between Max and 99 (see my previous blog entry), but I really think the show should have held off on having them tie the knot. Too soon, folks.
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Target’s exit leaves suppliers and pharmacists with debts and doubt, Marina Strauss
…already mobilizing to push the company for a better deal. They formed an association to fight Target, charging on a website they created that their pharmacy franchise operations were “a failed business model for pharmacy franchisees.” Target was “forcing franchisees to continue to bleed money, while giving periodic financial injections to stay alive and knowing that one of the only ways out is by declaring bankruptcy,” the pharmacists said on the PFAC.ca site. The pharmacists’ message in 2014 was eerily prescient.
Target’s exit leaves suppliers and pharmacists with debts and doubt
Marina Strauss
A Target store in Saint-Eustache, Que., is shown on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. (Ryan Remiorz/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
When U.S. retailer Target Corp. this month announced its decision to exit Canada, the shocking news reverberated across the country. Just two years into its major cross-border expansion, the company was suddenly calling it quits.
To some who did business with Target Canada, however, the company’s misguided strategies and financial pain were evident early on. Long before the retailer pulled the plug, Target had created rifts with pharmacists, suppliers and other stakeholders, often steamrolling along without seeking input, industry insiders say.
Among the first to feel the pinch were Target’s franchised pharmacists. They had each sunk more than $50,000 into inventory to team up with the retailer for its much-touted arrival in 2013, encouraged by projections of high-volume prescription sales and heavy shopper traffic.
But about a year after Target’s launch in the spring of 2013, some struggling Target pharmacists, grappling with lower-than-expected revenues, were already mobilizing to push the company for a better deal. They formed an association to fight Target, charging on a website they created that their pharmacy franchise operations were “a failed business model for pharmacy franchisees.”
Target was “forcing franchisees to continue to bleed money, while giving periodic financial injections to stay alive and knowing that one of the only ways out is by declaring bankruptcy,” the pharmacists said on the PFAC.ca site.
The pharmacists’ message in 2014 was eerily prescient. Last week, Target Canada sought bankruptcy-court protection from creditors and is now moving swiftly to close its 133 stores by May, letting go 17,600 employees. Despite $7-billion of investments in its operation here, Target couldn’t see a path to profit until 2021.
The grim outlook was partly formed during an executive visit to the Canadian stores. On the weekend before Christmas, typically the busiest shopping days of the year, Target Corp.’s new chief executive officer, Brian Cornell, visited several stores in Ontario and Quebec. Strolling the aisles, he found “not as much traffic as we would have expected,” a company source said.
But Target’s pharmacists, suppliers and other stakeholders had felt cracks in the operations long before Mr. Cornell’s pre-Christmas store tour.
Even so, the company’s abrupt decision to stage a wholesale retreat from Canada remains a mystery to some, who thought Target was slowly starting to turn a corner. Some suppliers said that in the month leading up to the chain’s Jan. 15 bankruptcy-protection filing, they received merchandise orders from Target that were considerably larger than previous ones in 2014.
“They were really starting to get it together,” said Gary Grundman, president of Garbo Group Inc. in Toronto, which supplied private-label fashion accessories, such as jewellery and scarves, to Target Canada. Garbo is owed $39,160. “I think there is a back story here that we don’t know about.”
Santo Fata, vice-president of Sager Food Products Inc. in Montreal, which is owed more than $11,000 – he calculates $16,000 – said he was finally beginning to see “wonderful” sales numbers of its cooking oils at Target by late November, receiving its last order the day before the filing.
The inventory orders “were steady, regular and getting larger,” Mr. Fata said. “We were happy.”
Now some suppliers owed hundreds of thousands of dollars are considering ways they can force Target to return their unsold goods that were shipped within 30 days of the filing – rather than have the inventory be included in the chain’s liquidation sales.
The vendors would have had the right to try to reclaim unsold merchandise that had been delivered 30 days before the filing had Target filed for protection under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, said Ivan Bern, a lawyer for Elfe Juvenile Products in Montreal, which is listed as owed $38,294. (Mr. Bern says the debt is $147,758). But instead, Target filed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, which doesn’t have the 30-day goods provision.
Target spokesman Eric Hausman said this week its Canadian team “was operating the business as normal until the day of the announcement” of the filing. Mr. Cornell and other Target executives weren’t available for interviews.
From the start, Target was plagued with supply chain problems that often left its store shelves empty, while it grappled with customer complaints of high prices. “We missed the mark from the beginning by taking on too much too fast,” Mr. Cornell said last week.
He said the retailer had “undertaken a massive effort” to ensure that it entered the crucial holiday season with levels of stock that were at “an all-time high.” But Target didn’t see as much of an improvement during the holiday season as it had been seeking, he said.
While wrestling with its supply challenges, Target also faced increasingly disgruntled franchised pharmacists, many of whom were struggling with mounting losses. They initially had been assured by Target that the stores would enjoy heavy traffic, which they counted on for a healthy prescription business. But by the spring of 2014, some Target pharmacists had formed the Pharmacy Franchisee Association of Canada to take on Target.
By the end of 2013, Target had agreed to provide ailing franchised pharmacists with annual payments of up to $110,000, a source familiar with the situation said.
However, “only some received this while others who were in a similar or worse financial situation did not receive anything,” said Stavros Steve Gavrilidis, a Target pharmacist in Windsor, Ont., and PFAC’s acting secretary.
Now many of the Target pharmacists face an uncertain future. Other drugstore retailers aren’t generally rushing to pick up Target prescription lists, suggested Clint Mahlman, chief operating officer of London Drugs Ltd. of Richmond, B.C.
Not many Target pharmacists have lucrative lists of prescription customers because they didn’t have the two to three years usually needed to build them up, he said.
Target typically shared little sales information with suppliers about how business was going, Garbo Group’s Mr. Grundman said. “They didn’t really take advantage of the knowledge in the market. … They just came in here with a preconceived idea of how they were going to land and market in this country.” Still, suppliers were starting to see improvements in recent months, Mr. Grundman said.
And not all creditors see the Target experience as a disaster. Michael Budman, co-owner of fashion chain Roots Canada Ltd., said it successfully re-ignited the Beaver Canoe line, which generated strong sales at Target. Now Roots, which is owed $433,248 in royalties, will “assess all our options” for selling the brand elsewhere.
Some industry observers said Mr. Cornell may have had little upside in hanging on to Target Canada because the stumble would have quickly become part of his legacy with no quick fix in sight.
Sager Food’s Mr. Fata said he doesn’t blame Target for deciding to leave Canada given the anticipated long turnaround period.
“It was a little shocking and disappointing,” Mr. Fata said. “But it’s a tough market.”
But Rick Chad, president of executive search firm Chad Management Group, said he helped recruit some executives for Target – plucking people from secure jobs – and found the retailer’s officials he dealt with “wouldn’t take anybody’s advice.”
“In my estimation, they threw in the towel too early,” Mr. Chad said. “I think they came in in a ridiculous way – they ran before they walked. Americans sometimes seem to think they know more about Canada when they come here than Canadians do.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/targets-exit-leaves-suppliers-and-pharmacists-with-debts-and-doubt/article22614003/
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Huawei also announces the Nova 6 SE
In addition to the Nova 6 phone, which has achieved the first rank in selfies, Huawei also announced another phone to join the Nova 6 series, which is the Nova 6 SE phone, as the phone has a new design for the rear cameras with great colors.
The 6.4-inch phone screen with Full HD + IPS-LCD type includes a 16MP front camera within a hole in the screen, while the fingerprint sensor is on the side of the phone and not under the screen.
In the back there are four rear cameras, which are similar to the design of the iPhone 11 cameras, the first with a 48MP accuracy, the second with an 8MP resolution for wide-angle photography, and the third with a 2MP resolution to improve the depth in the pictures and the fourth with a resolution of 2MP to photograph close objects.
The phone runs Android 10 and carries the Kirin 810 chip with 8GB RAM and 128GB internal memory
The 4200mAh phone battery supports 40W fast charging
The price of the phone will be about $ 315
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Married To Her Enemy
The Convenient Felstone Marriage
Besieged and Betrothed
Captain Amberton’s Inherited Bride
The Warrior’s Bride Prize
The Viscount’s Veiled Lady
Reclaimed by her Rebel Knight
Miss Amelia’s Mistletoe Marquess
Redeeming Her Viking Warrior
An Unconventional Countess
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Reclaimed by her Rebel Knight - First Chapter Sneak Peek
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Lincoln, England—November 1214
Constance crouched down beside her cousin, pressing her eye to a gap in the slats of the gallery railing above the great hall. In the gauzy light of the fireside below, she studied each of the new arrivals in turn, waiting for some flash of recognition or long-distant memory to stir. None did.
‘So?’ Isabella nudged her in the ribs. ‘Which one of them is he?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘But he’s your husband! How can you not know?’
‘Because I only met him once five years ago and I was only fourteen at the time! It was before I came to live here, remember?’
‘Oh, so it was…’ Isabella giggled. ‘I couldn’t believe that you were only a year older than me and already married. And to Matthew Wintour of all people!’
‘Sir Matthew now, Uncle says.’
‘Whoever he is, I’ve been pestering Father to find me a husband ever since.’
‘I know.’ Constance threw her cousin a half-affectionate, half-exasperated look. ‘I’ve had to listen, but at least you’re betrothed now.’
‘Finally. You know, he might not be as well connected or important as your husband, but I think I’d recognise Tristan anywhere, even after five years.’
‘Maybe because you want to be married. I don’t.’
‘Well, it’s a little late to do anything about that, but you must remember something about him. What about his hair? His eyes? Was he dark or fair?’
‘Fair… I think.’
‘You think? Didn’t you spend any time alone with him?’
‘No. There was a short ceremony and then he and his father left. I never saw either of them again.’
She lifted a hand to her mouth, chewing nervously on her fingernails. As far as she recalled, she and her so-called husband hadn’t exchanged a single private word on their wedding day. They’d barely even looked at each other, except for one brief, disconcerting moment when he’d slipped the gold band over her finger. Of course he’d been older than she was, around the same age she was now at the time, but he’d barely acknowledged her existence while she’d been too nervous to throw more than a few tentative glances in his direction. They’d simply stood side by side, reciting their vows like the strangers they were. It was no wonder she didn’t recognise him!
Even so, Isabella’s questions were making her feel more and more uncomfortable. Maybe she ought to remember more about the man she’d vowed to spend the rest of her life with, but then she hadn’t particularly wanted to. Truth be told, she’d done almost everything she could to put him out of her mind since their wedding day, as if by doing so she could somehow forget the fact it had ever happened. The only thing she’d never been able to forget was the icy, almost glacial impression he’d left behind. Of all the men her uncle might have chosen for her to marry, why had it had to be him? She’d regretted her vows ever since, dreading the day when he’d come back to claim her.
But now he had and her nails were already chewed down to stubs.
‘That was really all that happened?’ Isabella sounded as if she didn’t believe her. ‘He never wrote or sent gifts?’
‘No, you know that he didn’t.’ She glanced over her shoulder quizzically. After sharing a bedchamber for five years, surely they both knew it would have been impossible to hide any gifts?
‘Not necessarily.’ Isabella shrugged. ‘I know that you don’t like to talk about him. I thought maybe you were just being secretive. Either that or you’d thrown them away.’
‘Well, I wasn’t and I didn’t. I haven’t heard anything from him since our wedding day. All I know is that he’s been away fighting for the King in Normandy. Uncle says this is the first time that he’s set foot in England in five years.’
‘He still could have sent a few messages.’ Isabella sounded offended on her behalf. ‘How strange.’
‘Mmm…’
Constance made a non-committal murmur. Strictly speaking, Isabella was right, he ought to have sent word occasionally. Not that she’d wanted him to, but since he apparently hadn’t forgotten about her existence then he could at least have sent a few gentle reminders of his own, some token attempts at gallantry at least, instead of turning up at her uncle’s manor with barely a week’s worth of notice and simply expecting her to be ready. Then she might have accustomed herself to the idea of being a wife again, as much as she ever could anyway. The only good thing about his return was that it meant she could finally go home… Five years away from Lacelby was far too long.
‘I wouldn’t want a husband I could forget.’ Her younger cousin, sixteen-year-old Emma, came scurrying along the gallery to join them, bending over to avoid being seen from below.
‘Not so loud!’ Isabella hissed with a look of irritation. ‘Father will be furious if he finds out we’re up here. And you’ll be lucky to find a husband at all with your long face. You look like a horse.’
‘I do not! Take that back!’
‘Not when you listen in to other people’s conversations.’
‘If you don’t take it back, then I’ll tell Mother you’re spying!’
Constance rolled her eyes as the two sisters began hurling insults at each other. It was a regular occurrence, though if they weren’t careful, their increasingly irate whispers would start to attract more than their father’s attention below. It wasn’t even as if they had anything to insult each other about. They were both strikingly pretty, blue-eyed and flaxen-haired with small figures and even smaller features, whereas she…
She looked down at her body in chagrin. She was too tall for a woman for a start. As tall as, and frequently taller than, most men, with curves in places she hated and a bosom that drew all the wrong kind of attention. She was the one who felt like a horse. A giant carthorse beside two delicate palfreys. Even her face looked wrong, her wide forehead and round cheeks a long way from the ideal of pale, fragile beauty that both of her female cousins naturally exemplified. The only thing she did like about her appearance was the dark hair she’d inherited from her mother, a thick wavy mass that reached all the way down to her too-wide hips, though even then the deep sable shade was unfashionable.
As much as she loved her cousins, it hadn’t been easy growing up with such paragons of female beauty. Men looked at them with expressions of admiration and awe, as if Isabella and Emma were somehow pure and untouchable, perfect examples of womanhood to be idealised from a distance. It was a stark contrast to the way they looked at her, their eyes raking over her figure with a darker, more primal emotion that made her feel obscurely frightened and even more self-conscious. She couldn’t help but wonder if her husband would look at her in the same way. Or would he simply be disappointed that he hadn’t married one of her golden cousins instead?
Not that it mattered what he thought of her, she reminded herself. Her marriage had nothing to do with looks, or compatibility for that matter, and definitely nothing to do with love, that all-consuming emotion the minstrels sang about. It was simply about her inheritance, about the property and fortune that nobody thought a woman ought to be allowed to keep or to manage on her own, no matter how much her upbringing might have prepared her for it.
As the only child of Philip and Eleanor Lacelby, she’d found herself one of the most eligible heiresses in the east of the country when they’d both succumbed to the same illness just weeks before her fourteenth birthday. It was a position that, according to her uncle, had left her vulnerable to fortune hunters, would-be seducers and villains alike. After weeks of attempting to assert her independence, she’d eventually realised that protestations were futile and marriage inevitable. Exhausted and numb with grief, she’d agreed to a union in name only until she came of age, though she’d still been unprepared for the consequences…
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Posts Tagged ‘cast’
Jessica Brown Findlay joins Tom Wilkinson and Jeremy Irvine in ‘This Beautiful Fantastic’
By Jess • July 13, 2015 • 0 Comments
This Beautiful Fantastic
“Downton Abbey” actress Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson (who was Oscar nominated for “In the Bedroom” and “Michael Clayton”) and Andrew Scott (“Sherlock,” “Pride,” “Spectre”) have joined the cast of Simon Aboud’s “This Beautiful Fantastic,” which starts to shoot this week in London.
The feature project has been greenlit by AMBI Group principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi, with Christine Alderson and her Ipso Facto production banner.
Others in the cast include Jeremy Irvine (“War Horse,” “Now Is Good,” “The Railway Man”), Anna Chancellor (“What a Girl Wants,” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”) and Sheila Hancock (“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” “3 Men and a Little Lady”).
“This Beautiful Fantastic” is a contemporary fairy tale revolving around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower, set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London.
AMBI will oversee global distribution of the film through its international sales division, AMBI Distribution. Medinah cashflows the U.K. tax credit, and Head Gear, LipSync Post, The Project Post and private investment complete the financing. Kami Nagdi’s Constance Media was previously involved in the script development.
The Riot Club cast with Glamour
By Jess • September 17, 2014 • 0 Comments
The Riot Club • The Riot Club
The Riot Club Photocall, London
Jessica joined Max Irons, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Holliday Grainger in London to promote their new movie The Riot Club yesterday, she looked chic in a white jacket, patterned blouse and skinny jeans with court shoes, while styling her brunette hair in centre-parted natural waves.
The story follows a prestigious dining club at Oxford University – based upon the infamous Bullingdon Club that boasts prominent Tory politicians Prime Minister David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson amongst its alumni. Irons plays Miles Richard, a member of The Riot Club who quickly becomes disillusioned with the group after their bullish behaviour goes too far one night after they rent out a country pub for a private dinner.
Jessica plays the waitress and daughter of the pub landlord, while Holliday is Miles’ ‘common’ love interest.
Certainly Max, Douglas, Freddie Fox and Sam Reid have some idea of the private education system their characters came from having all attended public/independent school in some form or other.
Though Booth says his experience of school was nothing compared to that he witnessed when visiting Eton College with co-star Sam and director Lone Scherfig.
‘We sat down with an 18-year old, even there you feel the sense of class and elitism,’ the actor told Collider.
He also explained that once they had the background of their pompous parts down, the group of upcoming actors found other ways to make sure their bond was easily recognisable on screen.
‘We went paintballing together, went for dinners and parties to make sure we all had great chemistry and I’ve come away from it with great friends.’
The Riot Club is out on Friday September 19
Jessica Brown Findlay cast in Sadie Jones’s The Outcast
Jessica Brown Findlay has been cast in a new two-part adaptation of Sadie Jones’s The Outcast on BBC One.
Jones has based the script on her own Costa First Novel Award-winning book. The 2×90 minute drama also stars George Mackay, Greg Wise and Hattie Morahan.
It will be produced by Blueprint Pictures and directed by Iain Softley.
Head of BBC Films Christine Langan said: “The Outcast is a captivating and heart-breaking story of a young man’s desperate situation.
“I’m thrilled that we’ve been able to work with BBC One to bring a two-part adaptation to screen to retain the essence of Sadie Jones’s award-winning novel.”
Mackay plays Lewis, who is 10 years old when his mother Elizabeth (Morahan) dies, leaving him his father Gilbert (Wise) who he barely knows.
Gilbert remarries Alice (Brown Findlay), while Lewis relies on his friendships with neighbouring children Tamsin and Kit (Daisy Bevan and Jessica Barden).
The Outcast is described as “a deeply romantic, uncomfortably honest coming-of-age story set in booming post-war Britain”.
Jess to star in Full Bodied
By Jess • April 28, 2014 • 0 Comments
Its rumored that Jessica Brown Findlay will join Miranda Richardson and Naveen Andrews in the Comedy Full Bodied, we have a little plot summer available too…
If you’ve got the bottle, with a little planning you can dine free-of-charge every night in London’s smartest restaurants, and leave with very pricey vintage wine under your wing. Artful bill-dodgers, Terry Morris and Dick York, have acquired a taste for expensive wine. Too expensive; their palettes are becoming ever more refined, much to the bemusement of their friends. Terry has what is known as, “the mouth”. Not a natural scholar; nethertheless he’s the brains behind the wine scams. His rough charm and quick wit ensure he has more success with women than is morally acceptable. Dick is living proof that a university education guarantees you the pick of the best low-paid shop work; an amateur connoisseur in the field of wine – a confirmed amateur in the field of women. Rosalind Downing is a young actress from a famous acting family. She’s icily unimpressed by all of Terry’s usually failsafe lines, until her Aunt needs to retrieve her priceless bottle of Margaux. Professor Hermione Radcliffe is a famous academic with a secret identity as a High Priestess of Isis – leader of the ancient cult of Nefertiti. Harry Cutler & Sons; four generations of this East End family have lived and worked at the same Smithfield butchers. Terry and Dick’s mate Chopsy, aka Russell Cutler and his bullying father Gordon, are the current proprietors. Chopsy’s great grandfather Harry disappeared in strange circumstances. You can’t claim to be a wine connoisseur until you’ve sampled a bottle of Margaux. Undaunted by the price, age or circumstances, Terry still has a 1932 vintage away at The Ivy but the true cost to the boys has yet to dawn on them.
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Podcasts- Interviews – Profiles
Tag: Hong Kong
DVD: Soldier of Fortune (1955)
November 25, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
Upon it’s original theatrical release, Clark Gable’s first picture after being ‘dumped’ by longtime studio MGM wasn’t well appraised by critics, and although the passing years may have enhanced the film’s curio value…
What's New / Editor's Blog
Solo Narratives 1: The Guilty / Den skyldige (2018)
Review of the tense, single-person narrative THE GUILTY / DEN SKYLDIGE (2018) from Magnolia.
January 7, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
Werewolves, Sex, and Steamy Delinquents
WEREWOLF IN A GIRLS’ DORMITORY / LYCANTHROPUS (1961) gets a deserved second chance in Severin’s lovely Blu-ray.
December 28, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
Susan Lacy’s Spielberg (2017)
Review of Spielberg (2017), Susan Lacy’s engaging doc on the iconoclastic filmmaker from HBO.
December 6, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
Clark Gable at Fox: Soldier of Fortune + The Tall Men (1955)
Clark Gable’s 1955 diptych is comprised of an underrated gem + a dud: the stellar THE TALL MEN on Twilight Time Blu + SOLDIER OF FORTUNE on Fox DVD.
Examining the Image: Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) + Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018)
Two recent docs on TV and cinema icons: MIKE WALLACE IS HERE (2019) from Magnolia + JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS (2018) from HBO.
November 9, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
Latest Podcasts / Interviews
Podcast: Austin Wintory’s REMNANTS + ERICA (2019)
In a new podcast, composer Austin Wintory discusses scoring the interactive PS4 video game ERICA + the eclectic music on the compilation album REMNANTS.
October 11, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
Dante Tomaselli’s Out-of-Body Experience (2019)
Admirers of Dante Tomaselli’s prior sonic explorations will be quite surprised at the shift the director of Torture Chamber (2013) and Desecration (1999) took with his latest album, titled Out-of-Body Experience, released July 4th, 2019 via TuneCore…
July 27, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
ArtScopeTO 09: Interview with Photographer Pengkuei Ben Huang
ArtScopeTO Podcast interview with photographer Pengkuei Ben Huang, whose series SOLEMN PINES FADING THINGS is running at Toronto’s Urban Gallery as part of the 2019 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival.
May 8, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
New Film Reviews
DVD: Guilty, The / Den skyldige (2018)
Told entirely from the perspective of one person, The Guilty is ostensibly about the last hours of a detective shoved into dull administrative duty as a dispatcher…
BR: Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory / Lycanthropus (1961)
The original title of this Italian-Austrian co-production made more sense: the girls are actually delinquent young women in a remote juvenile facility being terrorized by a rabid creature…
DVD: Spielberg (2017)
Distilling the career, the creative and industry accomplishments of Steven Spielberg into even a 147 mins. doc is quite a chore, but like her subsequent portrait…
BR: Tall Men, The (1955)
Director Raoul Walsh may have been attracted to The Tall Men by the oddness of the story, in which former Confederate Col. Ben Allison (Clark Gable) rescues young lass Nella Turner (Jane Russell) from an Indian massacre, falls for her one night…
New Soundtrack Reviews
LP: John and Mary (1969)
Written during his busiest period (1968-1970), Quincy Jones’ score for John and Mary was quite sparse, leaving obligatory space for the film’s myriad dialogue exchanges and source music, but the score is memorable for being atypical of the material Jones was writing at the time: action comedies (The Italian Job, The Hell with Heroes), comedies (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,Cactus Flower), and the funky style of They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
March 8, 2017 | By Mark R. Hasan
CD: Runaway Train (1985)
For some soundtrack fans, it was a bit of surprise to learn the composer of pioneering synth scores had begun his career with large orchestral scores for John Boorman’s Excalibur (1981) and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal (1982)…
LP: Bourne Identity, The (2002)
The first film in the enduring franchise gave John Powell the perfect opportunity to write what remains both his definitive action sound, and the definitive action score of that decade, blending large orchestral sounds with layers upon layers of electronics…
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Galeries Nomades 2018
Translated by Anna Knight
Centre d’Art Contemporain de Meymac, abbaye Saint-André
by Fabrice Gallis
Caroline Bissière and Jean-Paul Blanchet, 2019.
© Fabrice Gallis
Marie-Claire Mitout
A proposition for the « Calendrier de l'Avent », 2017, CAC Meymac.
© Aurélien Mole
Heidi Wood
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Gabriel Garcia
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View of the 40th birthday exhibition « Le réel est une fiction, seule la fiction est réelle », 2019, CAC Meymac. Nicolas Guiet, giozbvljazbeo, 2019, acrylic on pvc, in situ, variable dimensions. With the artists Virginie Barré, Anne Brégeaut, Daniel Firman, Lilian Bourgeat, Martin Kasper, Jan Kopp, Valérie Mréjen, Étienne Bossut, Saverio Lucariello, Claude Lévêque, Nicolas Guiet, Séverine Hubard, Katharina Ziemke.
View of the 40th birthday exhibition « Le réel est une fiction, seule la fiction est réelle », 2019, CAC Meymac. Séverine Hubard, El tutor, 2019, a video with Julian d’Angiollilo, 7min 01. With the artists Virginie Barré, Anne Brégeaut, Daniel Firman, Lilian Bourgeat, Martin Kasper, Jan Kopp, Valérie Mréjen, Étienne Bossut, Saverio Lucariello, Claude Lévêque, Nicolas Guiet, Séverine Hubard, Katharina Ziemke.
Meymac, 14 October 2019, 11 am, cuisine by Caroline Bissière and Jean-Paul Blanchet.
A pile of potatoes dominates the table.
Fabrice Gallis: I’m preparing a focus for La belle revue on the Centre d’Art Contemporain de Meymac, and I’m wondering how the desire for this project emerged?
Caroline Bissière: Grab a peeler.
Jean-Paul Blanchet: The desire? When we met at the Biennale de Paris, we had both made the observation that the provinces were a cultural desert. So, in 1975, we drafted a project for an agency for cultural projects designed for towns that lacked a Culture Department – villages or towns with
1 000 to 10 000 residents.
In 1978, by a stroke of luck, we met a marquis in Pierre-Buffière who was easily convinced. He presented our project at a farmers’ committee meeting to a newly elected mayor in Meymac, Corrèze. The latter hoped to energise his city, particularly through cultural animation.
We then discovered the exceptional architectural heritage of the village, but also a restaurant, the Hôtel Moderne, where we had delicious meals and that had a Château Taillefer on its wine list that was absolutely remarkable! We couldn’t let that get away! We got started very quickly, as early as 1979, with a summer exhibition. From the outset, we launched the idea of programming autonomy. In 1982, the mayor bought back the Abbey, which was then a summer camp, owned by the city of Dieppe since the sixties. That’s how the story of the Centre began.
CB: This story is important. The way in which we considered the mission of the Art Centre, designed primarily for the audience, here, in Meymac, finds its origins in these encounters. We didn’t initially design it as a mission in support of artists, but more as a tool for raising awareness of contemporary practices within a community.
JPB: Art can be an instrument of awakening. This community was in decline. The project of the Centre has, in a certain sense, demonstrated that a small town can capture the world’s imagination and thereby recover a form of dignity. If it was possible in Meymac, it was possible anywhere.
FG: Do I cut the potatoes into cubes? How did you chose the artists for the early exhibitions?
JPB: Yes, cubes. We started with a relatively pedagogical approach. The first two exhibitions were on the themes of farming, then on forestry, two of the components of the economic identity of the Plateau de Millevaches, with artworks in relation to these activities. We then developed a programme based on fundamental principles present in modern and contemporary art: trompe l’oeil, hyperrealism, and kineticism. Then we laid milestones throughout the history of contemporary art, from one exhibition to the next, through overviews of the dominant strands of a given period, with major works featured each time.
CB: The idea was to form an audience and give them references, as a way of educating their gaze.
JPB: This was also the case with the Advent Calendar, designed this year by Portuguese painter Gabriel Garcia. From 2005 onwards, we built this proposal on the basis of collaborative funding provided mainly by the people of Meymac, artisans, retailers, private individuals and a few people from outside the village. It was a collective way of appropriating an artistic project.
CB: The exhibitions are mainly thematic at the Art Centre. They are designed like a book read in chapters. Based on a significant body of artworks, we develop a pertinent and sensitive message that facilitates the public’s access to contemporary creation.
This year, in a way, we retraced the steps of this approach in reverse! Over the years, by welcoming to our table the artists who were exhibiting at the Centre, special connections were created with some of them.
This guild mentality is the main theme of the exhibition Le réel est une fiction, seule la fiction est réelle [Reality Is a Fiction, Only Fiction Is Real] which has just finished. The guests, for instance Claude Lévêque, Saverio Lucariello, or Daniel Firman, are artists to whom we have dedicated monographs – often their first solo exhibition. Artists whose work the public has seen on several occasions in thematic exhibitions or for the creation of the Advent Calendar. The thirty-year anniversary was a kind of “best of” of the past thirty years of activity, the forty-year celebration is cosier.
FG: What I hear is that the Art Centre is a familial and hospitable place. The artists come back, encountering a long period where the way of life is an integral part of the operation. Every year, you also host very young artists in the same conditions.
JPB: Since 1995, yes. With the exhibition Première, the Centre is presenting a selection from the young graduates of the year from the École européenne supérieure de l’image Angoulême/Poitiers, the École nationale supérieure d’art de Bourges, the École supérieure d’art de Clermont Métropole, and École nationale supérieure d’art de Limoges. Most of the time, it’s their first exhibition outside of their school. They rub shoulders with more experienced artists – this is the case this year with the four exhibitions that are underway until next 12 January (Vendange Tardive [Late Harvest], Gabriel Garcia, Nuno Lopes Silva, and Première).
To return to the conviviality evoked in your question, we would be incapable of running a venue that was purely institutional and hierarchical. The team who accompany us, from the design to the organisation of the exhibitions, comes from a network of friendships. I think that’s also the reason for your presence here today!
FG: It’s true, the Centre doesn’t strike me as a seat of power, but more as a zone of cooperation where relationships develop with a sense of shared necessity. During the installation periods that I’ve participated in, the relationships were convivial and non-hierarchical, the team ate at the same table as the artists, the installation team were present according to their primary skills (artists, graphic designers, etc.) and not as basic employees. So it was possible to actually meet.
CB: It’s a mammal-logic, not a purely social logic. I often draw a parallel between the Centre and a ship; the whole crew needs to work together, otherwise nothing is possible, because if there’s the slightest squall, it’ll be a disaster. We like to think that professionals like Solenn Morel, who came through the Centre, and who now directs the Centre d’art contemporain Les Capucins in Embruns and has just taken on the curatorship of the Résidence des Arques, has inherited here, alongside us, a kind of empathy, modesty, and a healthy relationship with public service.
Have you finished the potatoes? I’ll put them in the oven. Can you slice the tomatoes?
JPB: The Centre has a flexible enough structure for trust to be built up between its stakeholders, keeping competitive relationships at bay.
CB: The relationship with the artists Séverine Hubard or Nicolas Guiet, present in the fortieth anniversary exhibition, are clearly built on the basis of an interest in their artworks, but also through a shared taste for this familial context that conditions the working relationships. You have to enjoy communal living, spending time with the team.
FG: The tomatoes are done. I’ll start on the vinaigrette! Today we are observing among young artists a desire to revive this kind of conviviality by creating spaces, workshops, or residencies based on communal living (résidences bi-1, De derrière les fagots2 or Monstrare Camp3, for example). As an extension of this, how do you see yourselves in the years to come?
CB: Passing on the baton is obviously one of the things we’re starting to be concerned with!
JPB: It’s clear that we’ll eventually hand over the reins, but first we will have to ensure that the Art Centre’s resources are boosted to enable a new team to make it work, without the logistical contribution that our house here and our partly voluntary management represents.
The next step for us also has to do with a residency project that we launched in 1991. The idea is to offer five or six long-term residencies in houses in the heart of the village, mainly with artists, but also philosophers, musicians… Since each resident will have their own house, the city becomes the space where meetings can happen: in the street, supermarket, or at the bistro. Our primary concern is to make art every day, that this small community not spread itself too thinly, that we restore a dynamic and make life more enjoyable.
CB: Shall we eat now?
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Rebecca Long-Bailey is not ‘continuity Corbyn.’ She’s just been a good sport
As campaign launches go, it was inauspicious. Rebecca Long-Bailey’s piece in yesterday’s Guardian was her first public attempt to flesh out both an analysis of the party’s disastrous election defeat and to tentatively suggest why she is the person to repair the damage.
How did it go? As I say, inauspicious. There was some stuff about upending ‘the broken political system’ and uniting communities ‘in all their diversity’ through ‘progressive patriotism.’
But she is still ‘considering’ whether to stand for leader. (It might have been wiser, then, for those advising her to set some clearer expectations about her strategy and timeline?)
Hey-ho.
What was interesting, however, amid the bromides about having an ‘honest discussion about why we lost and how we can win,’ is what she didn’t say.
There wasn’t a single reference to Jeremy Corbyn in the piece, less still to him having ‘won the argument,’ if not the actual, you know, election.
There was no attempt to justify the party’s manifesto, widely seen, to misquote Mario Cuomo, as an attempt to ‘govern in poetry’ with a string of unaffordable and outdated commitments.
‘There are many lessons to learn from the defeat,’ she said, ‘but it’s clear we didn’t lose because of our commitments to scrap universal credit, invest in public services or abolish tuition fees.’ (Code for ‘our expensive programme of nationalisation was a disaster?’)
Creditably, there was nothing that sought to gloss over the failings of the election defeat.
What she did say is that Labour cannot ‘blame Brexit alone’ (code, presumably, for ‘yes, Jeremy was an issue on the doorstep’) and the party ‘must recognise that it’s no good having the right solutions if people don’t believe you can deliver them.’ (Translation: ‘No-one believed our grandiose policies could be paid for’).
(One interesting footnote is that she didn’t use the word ‘socialism’ once – a de rigour affectation in Labour politics since the 2010 defeat).
Winners invariably repudiate their predecessors in their bid for redefinition and that, in an understated and careful way, is what Long-Bailey seems to have been doing. The piece is a polite attempt to put clear red water between her and Corbyn (and McDonnell too, often touted as her main benefactor).
This is important because, to all intents, Long-Bailey is a clean skin. She’s only been an MP since 2015 and has little political form before that.
Feel free to pick over the particulars in the comments section, but I can’t see much in her parliamentary contributions or the Early Day Motions she has signed since becoming an MP to frighten the horses either.
While her speeches as shadow business secretary – all green new deal and infrastructure spending – are dialled-up versions of previous Labour policies and no more interventionist than Peter Mandelson’s ‘industrial activism’ (aka picking winners) of a decade ago.
She seems a perfectly pleasant, if not fully-fledged, mainstream Labour politician. For my money, she comes across well in broadcast interviews.
What she most certainly is not is Corbyn V 2.0.
Long-Bailey has simply been a good sport and played a constructive role on the frontbench these past few years, while disgruntled moderates huffed and puffed, to little effect, from the backbenches.
That she is seen by many – putative supporters and detractors alike – as the candidate of the left owes much to Corbyn and McDonnell having made precisely the same mistake as Blair and Brown in failing to plan their succession.
There is no obvious hand-on-the-shoulder follow-on candidate from the left in this race (so far at least) and the Labour leadership really is up for grabs. The Corbynistas are trying to make sense of where to go, with reports of an all-too-familiar leaching of support away from the hard left from its more ambitious denizens – who have already worked out that losing elections on a regular basis pretty much sucks.
Can Long-Bailey successfully refloat the party off the sand dunes of the hard left’s fantasy island? Perhaps she can. People change and people in politics often change a lot.
Her predecessor as MP for Salford, Hazel Blears, might have ended up as an impeccably Blairite minister, but she was a leading light in the ‘Save Clause Four’ campaign following Blair’s pledge in his 1994 conference speech to scrap it.
Rebecca Long-Bailey’s rise is down to adroit personal positioning and the stupidity of more experienced moderates in abandoning the high ground of the frontbench. She has played her cards well and left few hostages to fortune.
Of course, this will be a recommendation to some and a criticism for others.
That she can present such wildly different interpretations underscores the depth of the crisis of direction Labour now faces.
Kevin Meagher is associate editor of Uncut
Tags: general election 2019, Jeremy Corbyn, Kevin Meagher, Labour leadership election 2020, Rebecca Long-Bailey
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10 Responses to “Rebecca Long-Bailey is not ‘continuity Corbyn.’ She’s just been a good sport”
Alf says:
RLB is probably the best candidate to represent the Party’s socialists. Wes Streeting would make a good candidate for the Blairites. But do the Blairites actually have any policies?
I agree with your piece Kevin – I think Rebecca has done well – she has been a very good shadow business minister and did well in the debates and she is a northern lass but I don’t think it is not her time just yet. At the moment, I think it going to be a long road back. You are right in saying the moderates should never have backed off when Corbyn was elected leader and Chucka should never have left the party – he could now have been in a position to rebuild Labour but we are where we are.
I still believe Kier Starmer is the man to be leader – he has the ability but I would be including Rebecca, Lisa and Jess in prominent posts in the shadow cabinet – they will gain experience and play a dominant role to help rebuild our party.
John p Reid says:
RLB’s comment when labour took No deal off the table in the commons vote “because the EU didn’t want it“ was unbelievably dumb
When a union negotiated a deal with someone you always have the possibility you’re prepared to walk away, the fact our ace card to say if we only get a bad deal we’d prefer no deal was our trump card, I was so embarrassed for her when she did t realise that.
Tafia says:
Long Bailey is not ‘continuity Corbyn’ and was never designed to be.
I said on here 3-4 years ago replying to John P Reid about future leaders, that Long Bailey (a fraud and chancer by the way if ever there was one) was being groomed to be leader by John McDonnell – who in turn is the real brains behind Cult Corbyn. Corbyn always merely being a short term stop-gap ‘useful idiot’ to hold the line while McDonnell prepares a younger long term replacement in the shape of Long Bailey. Corbyn’s ‘jusefullness was to energise the young voters particulalrly in urban areas. Now they will be given a young leader. (Think Little Finger in Game of Thrones)
McDonnell knows he is electorally unacceptable to the public at large and thus despite harbouring a desire to be the leader, he knows that can neve be the case, but that does not bother him as he is more concerned with being the Vanguard of the Marxian take-over of Labour, a task that will be largely complete once his acolyte Long Bailey is safely in place. Labour being reduced to a rump as it is now also serves this purpose as it enables scores of lost Constituencies where there is now no Labour MP, to be taken over at grass roots level and have fresh, young, far more left wing candidates in place ready for 2024.
Of course the problem with all this is that within England the voter base is and largely always has been, right of centre so quite how they intend to get round that I haven’t figured out yet – possibly extreme left wing populism dressed up as new Blairism.
Has anyone noticed Long Bailey’s election logo is very similar in design to Momentum’s logo?
(Prediction – Becky Wrong Daily to win. Expect Scottish Labour to be dumped this year and to become an entirely separate party in it’s own right but dressed up as them deciding to go their own way so that they can adapt to the different politics of Scotland. It will then move to a position of ‘federalism/ scottish Home Rule’ positioning politically somewhere midway between the union as now and full independence. A compromise position to enable it to compete against the SNP. At the same time expect the main Labour Party to seriously grip Labour Wales – which is basically running Wales into the ground by doing it’s own thing, much of the time against what the main Labour Party are saying, and by it’s sheer incompetence slowly collapsing the Welsh Labour block vote much along the lines of what happened in Scotland but at a slower rate.
Another point to consider – In the run up to the general election Rebecca went head to head with Rushi Sunak who is being tipped for promotion to a high profile trade job in the new government. Now I thought that Rebecca got the better of Rushi in that debate. She is the right person to challenge Rushi.
Ann, Yes RLB was good on the TV debate she made points about Tory cuts to police officers
Paying tribute to those killed in the London Bridge attack, but just scoring points saying the Tories cut public services won’t win a election
That stuff didn’t appeal to the Working Class North
People want solutions if there had to be cuts in how services can be kept running by using other things such as spending more effectively
Vanity projects and how the money can affectively be used on letting regional assemblies wotk our they know how to spend it where it counts better
The times reported that Alex Halligan, a McCluskey stooge, was co ordinating her campaign and Jon Lansman was ‘advising’ Her. If that’s not continuity Corbyn I don’t know what is.
McDonell is supposed to have objected to this and has had no further involvement in the campaign.
As for her piece, it’s something of nothing. A wishy washy attempt to triangulate, mentions for the unions, the membership and the northern voters.
Only problem is that politics doesn’t begin and end in Westminster.
As an inoffensive darling of the politically bankrupt Labour Party RLB will undoubtedbly appeal – what is there not to like?
But unfortunately, despite Blairite wishful thinking, the bothersome electorate hasn’t gone away.
And for the voters it appears that the LP has nothing to offer. The Brexit referendum result was rejected. The PLP is packed almost entirely with Tory look-a-likes who, given the chance would implement Tory policy while expressing more concern for the victims produced.
And the alternative policy cupboard is bare.
Worst of all for ex-Labour Students, never-had-a-proper-job politicians, there are no career opportunities to be had within the sinking LibDems.
So it’s game over for the Labour Party as a party of government.
The involvement of both Halligan and Lansman would indicate a pivot away from McCluskey (and Murphy, Milne etc.) who took over, back to those who got Corbyn elected leader. But it’s easy to read too much into it by obsessing with the political over the personal. Halligan has been a community organiser in Salford (RLB’s consitituency) for years so it’s just her bringing in a long-standing friend and colleague; he in turn is friends with Lansman.
John P Reic says:
Tafia https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/01/09/keir-starmer-enemy-of-liberty/?fbclid=IwAR2cKZEBRRn7ijL_FapogotniUa_MU57tnXfFSyafzymn9KeoQdnQbxzgrI
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Michael Interactive, Michael's touch, TD stories, Video March 8, 2019
TD Bank prides itself as the “human bank.” These are some of the stories, together and each in itself, that differentiate the brand through the lens of its employees and its work in the communities it serves.
I am honored to have the opportunity to play a role in all these stories:
Unfold here to watch individual episodes below:
CoLab Philadelphia
This Airstream-retrofitted mobile health clinic is bringing some fresh excitement in Kensington, Philadelphia, where a lot of folks lack access to health care.
Special Olympics Torch Run at TD University 2019
A lot of organizations are supporting the Special Olympics campaigns each year. But when you attend one of these live events, it tugs at your heart. Watching the small steps John Glenn was making during the torch run has been the most heart melting moment for a long while. All the love, support, cheers and hugs around John’s family make me so proud of being part of an organization that “Choose to Include.”
True Colors Conference XXV
Life sometimes throws a curve ball at you. Fishbaughs had three biological boys, but the youngest took the family onto quite a journey. They found a home away-from-home at one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ2+ youth conference in Connecticut…
Memorial Day Flowers 2017
TD Bank is a proud supporter of the Memorial Day Flowers Foundation, placing 35,000 flowers at cemeteries from Maine to Florida, honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Eastern Baltimore Revitalization | Housing for Everyone
Collie Thomas left prison and got a fresh start in a new apartment. Joanne Hinton went from struggling with addiction on the streets to managing apartments for those in need.
#ForeverProud: The Fabulous China
For the past 5 years, the 86 year-old drag queen China has ridden on the TD Bank float in the New York City Pride Parade. How did she get there?
TJ Phelps and Paid Parental Leave
A dad of two takes 10 weeks to bond with his newborn daughter, while spending some quality time with his 2-year-old son.
Housing & Services Inc. | Bring Change
Doug Collins came to New York to treat AIDS, and ran pretty close to homelessness. Thanks to HSI, he now has his own home.
Veterans Day: Felicia Barnett
Once feeling helpless while witnessing human trafficking during her Asia tours, now Felicia Barnett finds her work fighting financial crime rewarding.
Michele’s Family of 1,500
A hobby project tracing a great-great grandfather leads to a deep-dive research that uncovered a large family of 1,500 for Michele LarMoore.
Winter Coat Drive 2018
Story of two young brothers sharing a winter coat inspired TD colleagues to donate coats to bring warmth to those in need.
Hugh Allen’s Family Dinner with Martin Luther King Jr.
Hugh Allen’s mother grew up with Martin Luther King Jr. and they walked to school together. Allen has kept what is known among his family as the ‘Martin Luther King china,’ which was used to serve dinners when Dr. King and other civil rights leaders
Marla Willer and Women’s Prison Association
Seeing homelessness on the streets every day in high school prompted Marla to help children in need. Now as one of the most senior executives, she still finds time to volunteer.
Infographic Snacks @TDNews_US
Michael Animation, Data & Graphics, Michael's touch, TD stories January 12, 2019
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Video: True Colors, Where Everybody Belongs, 2018
Michael Michael's touch, TD stories, Video August 30, 2018
I was snapping pictures and videos outside the expo center during the 25th True Colors Conference at the University of Connecticut, Storrs and hunting for good suspects for our story. Someone said hi, and struck up a conversation. All the rest just came together naturally. Here it is the video about the largest LGBTQ2+ youth conference in the country.
Emily is brave, smart, beautiful and inspiring. She has also been fortunate to have her extremely supportive family always behind her. But she was an angry boy…
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Celebrate America and Veterans Fireworks Show 2018 on June 30
Michael Audio, TD stories, Video June 21, 2018
With a baby too young to enjoy extended, multi-hour trips, we will sadly miss this year’s TD Celebrate America Fourth of July fireworks/concert show at Eisenhower Park in Long Island on June 30. But I can still vividly remember all the fun my boy had with his buddy Brian and family on the beautiful evening and Grucci’s spectacular presentation. This year it will feature live music by 45 RPM, starting 7:30pm. (TD customers and veterans get to enter starting 4:30pm for better seating, one hour before general ticket holders.)
Below is the finale of the fireworks show from last year.
Remember to tweet your photos to #TDCA.
Video: Memorial Day Flowers, 2017
Michael Michael's touch, TD stories, Video April 27, 2018
Last year this time, I was busy working on this video story, one that exemplifies the culture of TD. Every year, employees across the footprint join forces to pay respect to those veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. There was a good problem we had: having too many story candidates to choose from. And I wish we had space for more characters. On the other hand, though, less is more!
Stories from TD, 2017
Michael Film, TD stories, Video December 21, 2017
Paid Parental Leave: TJ Phelps Family
I adore this family and I am so honored to have the opportunity to film them. I am indebted to their generosity with their time, and their son Chase’s camera-friendliness gave me a lot of fond memories. TJ talked about Chase’s bossy, Arnold Schwarzenegger-like tone while saying “Sit down!” And I tried to put that bit in an earlier draft, but eventually it didn’t make the cut; otherwise the video will end up like 5 min.
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World Bank report underlines value of robust independent tax stamp technology
By J.L. Dabaw
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An international trade association has backed calls to implement latest technologies that underpin tax stamps and track and trace systems designed to combat illicit tobacco trade.
A recent World Bank report outlined a number of key measures that could reduce illicit activity in the trade of tobacco products, including effective systems that can track the secure movement of cigarettes and other items through the supply chain from production or import to point-of-sale.
The report acknowledges a pioneer track and trace system already in operation in Brazil, highlights the strong performance of the current system in Ecuador and welcomes its expected implementation in Chile. It also hails the success of a “robust” excise stamp programme in Ireland, notes the high rates of stamp usage in the Philippines, and acknowledges how a track and trace system in Kenya is contributing to industry best practice.
The International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA), which promotes the benefits of tax stamp programmes and best practice within the sector, has welcomed the World Bank’s recommendation for greater investment in security solutions, which could ultimately drive down fraud and help governments around the world to collect additional excise revenues and control tobacco consumption.
Christine Macqueen of ITSA said: “The World Bank report highlights how illicit tobacco trade is a major obstacle in the drive to control tobacco consumption and improve health outcomes. Taxes and prices can have a major impact on curbing this illegal trade but need to be supported by strong governance and high-level security.
“As the case studies in the report show, countries should be encouraged to use the latest technology when putting in place high security excise tax stamps, be they labels or secured digital marks, which form the basis of robust systems to identify and track products as they move through the supply chain. This is in line with the provisions outlined in the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Protocol.”
The World Bank report warns against relying on the tobacco industry when forming a strategy to combat illicit trade. It states that case studies from the UK and Ireland emphasise the need to fulfil obligations under Article 5.3 of the FCTC to prevent the tobacco industry from influencing public policy. Other case studies, including those from Georgia, Columbia, Australia and Malaysia, also confirm prior findings that the tobacco industry regularly overstates levels and changes in tobacco illicit trade to pressure governments into reducing taxes.
Christine Macqueen said: “It is vital that product identification and track and trace systems should be fully independent and not controlled by the interests of the tobacco industry. We welcome the World Bank and WHO’s position that tobacco industry interference in public policy should be prohibited. We hope that the EU moves towards this stance; the revised EU Tobacco Products Directive currently mandates that only one of the five authentication features on cigarette packets needs to be provided by an independent third party. To improve transparency and best practice in the movement of tobacco goods, this must change.”
ITSA was founded by several leading industry companies and stakeholders to ensure the better understanding of the benefits of tax stamp programmes and to promote the highest professional standards within the sector. To this end, one of its key objectives is to support and promote the introduction of the ISO 22382 standard for tax stamps.
Its members, which include global leaders in document and product authentication and traceability, are Advanced Track & Trace, Agfa NV, Allexis sro, AM-PG Group, Ashton Potter, Authentix, Chanwanich Security Printing, De La Rue, Garsu Pasaulis, Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, Jura JSP, KBA-NotaSys, Leonhard Kurz, Luminescence Sun Chemical, Madras Security Printers, Manipal Technologies, OpSec Security, Rolland Enterprises, Securikett Ulrich & Horn, SICPA, SURYS, Thomas Greg & Sons, and Uflex. More at www.tax-stamps.org
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Ice and isolation in the Karakoram
Here is a story I wrote for The Financial Times about Karakoram:
Tour operators are hoping trekkers will return to northern Pakistan after the UK relaxed its warning against visiting. On a hike over the remote Hispar Pass, Matthew Green experiences the spectacular sights that await them
Ever alert to the risk that one of his guests might stray on to a trapdoor-like patch of ice, plunge into a hidden crevasse and never be seen again, Atta Khan gave the gleaming crust of the Biafo glacier another exploratory prod. A well-weathered guide, who had once rescued a man wedged 35m below the surface, he put aside his stick and uncoiled a yellow cord. “Better rope up,” he said. “I don’t trust this snow.”
The clink of metal striking metal pierced the thin air as our three-strong party snapped open carabiners and, one by one, clipped on to Atta’s line. His orders were strict: maintain single file and walk perpendicular to the chasms. Otherwise, if one should slip, the rope may drag everybody down.
It was day four of our attempt on the Hispar Pass, a 5,151m saddle deep in the Karakoram, an ethereal, granite-spired bastion in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of north-east Pakistan. Dominated by K2, the world’s second highest peak, the range began to lure a growing influx of trekkers in the early 1980s, but a surge in militant attacks in Pakistan after 9/11 has since deterred all but the most intrepid international tour companies and hit local operators hard. A further blow came on June 22, 2013, when gunmen entered the base camp of the 8,126m Nanga Parbat, killing 10 foreigners, among them Ukrainians, Slovakians and Chinese, as well as a local Pakistani cook.
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Results tagged ‘ B.J. Ryan ’
Ryan has no comment, Thigpen traded
Headed over to Dunedin Stadium this afternoon to try to catch up with B.J. Ryan before his appearance here tonight in Bradenton. Ryan was polite and apologetic, but said he declined comment in relation to his velocity issue right now.
“I don’t have anything to say,” he said. “Nothing prosperous.”
Soooo, I guess that’s that for now. We’ll obviously keep trying as the next week rolls along.
Some other movement today: The Jays have dealt catcher Curtis Thigpen to the A’s in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. I hope Thigpen can find a place with Oakland. His stock had fallen with Toronto and catchers J.P. Arencibia and Brian Jeroloman had flown passed Thigpen on the depth chart.
Had he not been traded, Thigpen would’ve likely would up at Double-A as the backup to Jeroloman, and maybe would’ve been moved around the field as a kind of super utility guy. Thigpen is a guy I also covered briefly when he was with the Lansing Lugnuts back in ’04, when I was still at Michigan State, so I’ll be pulling for him.
The Jays also released pitchers Mike Maroth and Rick Bauer today. As for Matt Clement, he showed up at Minor League camp and has accepted the invite to pitch at Triple-A. Good move on his part. If he pitches well, he’ll likely receive a chance to start for the Jays at some point this season. He gives the club some veteran depth in a year that will feature a lot of young arms.
It’s a windy night here in Bradenton. More later…
Brad Emaus, 2B
Rod Barajas, C
Howie Clark, DH
Roy Halladay, P
Nyjer Morgan, LF
Freddy Sanchez, 2B
Nate McLouth, CF
Ryan Doumit, C
Eric Hinske, 1B
Brandon Moss, RF
Andy LaRoche, 3B
Brian Bixler, SS
Virgil Vasquez, P
Tags: B.J. Ryan, Curtis Thigpen, Matt Clement, Mike Maroth, Rick Bauer
Nightcap vs. Phillies pregame
Back in the pressbox after what seemed like forever off. When you’re in Florida flying solo, days off don’t do you much good, especially when you’re not really a beach person. Spent some time reading, watching Flight of the Conchords and picking up the running again.
But, I’m glad to be back at work. The Jays host the Phightins tonight here at Dunedin Stadium, which is hardly known for its quality light towers. Got here early and had a nice chat with John McDonald, who isn’t taking the field worrying about if he has a spot on the Opening Day roster.
Sounds like Johnny Mac doesn’t have much to worry about anyway. Both manager Cito Gaston and general manager J.P. Ricciardi said he has a spot on the team as things stack up right now. Said Cito: “We’d be breaking camp with one shortstop, so I’d almost think he’s on the team.”
Jays had a “B” game this afternoon against the Phils as well, over at Bright House Field. Scott Rolen homered twice, Kevin Millar once, and B.J. Ryan made his first appearance since opting out of the World Baseball Classic. Ryan’s line: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 1 K.
Ryan said he’s currently working on shortening up his stride, one issue he’s had this spring. Earlier this spring, he said he felt he was holding back due to the surgery he had on his elbow. Ryan said he isn’t holding anything back this spring, and his health is fine. It’s still just mechanical problems that need sorting out.
Doc Halladay on the hill tonight against Philadelphia.
Eric Bruntlett, SS
Marcus Giles, 3B
Raul Ibanez, LF
Greg Dobbs, 1B
John Mayberry Jr., CF
Geoff Jenkins, RF
Mike Carvenak, DH
Pablo Ozuna, 2B
Ronny Paulino, C
Chan Ho Park, P
Joe Inglett, DH
Jason Lane, CF
Posted on March 6, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Tags: B.J. Ryan, John McDonald, Roy Halladay
Ryan pulls out of Classic
Blue Jays closer B.J. Ryan has pulled himself out of the World Baseball Classic due to concerns about the current state of his mechanics. Ryan labored through his first two spring outings for Toronto and has decided that remaining in camp with his own club was the best way to sort through the issues.
Ryan was scheduled to pitch for the United States in an exhibition against the Blue Jays on Wednesday at Dunedin Stadium, but the left-hander will be replaced on Team USA’s roster. Ryan, who chose not to take part in the Classic in 2006 after just signing a long-term contract with Toronto, was looking forward to participating in the unique event this year.
“This was an especially tough decision because of the honor of playing for my country,” Ryan said in a statement released by Team USA. “But I feel it is the best interest of Team USA and the Toronto Blue Jays organization to not participate. I do not see it as being fair to my USA teammates, my Blue Jay teammates or myself to try to compete when my mechanics and delivery are not where they need to be in order to perform at the highest level.”
In his first two Grapefruit League appearances, Ryan allowed four runs on four hits with three walks and no strikeouts over one inning.
Posted on March 2, 2009 at 6:42 am
Tags: B.J. Ryan
Morning notes
I upgraded my White Mocha from Starbucks to Venti size this morning to help rebound from what was a very entertaining evening out with some of the writers last night. Feeling tip top this a.m. and ready to get to work.
Walked into the work room this morning and was greeted with a nice little new “Spring Notes” handout courtesy of the PR staff — nice touch, guys. Besides noting that tomorrow’s workout doesn’t begin until noon, helping us scribes avoid the early-morning mistake we made yesterday, there are some other minor items of interest.
Among them, lefty prospect Brett Cecil is slated to start in Toronto’s first spring game against the Yankees on Wednesday. Ricky Romero, B.J. Ryan, Brian Burees and Rick Bauer are also skedded to appear. On Thursday in Clearwater, Scott Richmond will start against the Phightin’ Phils. Also penciled in: Ken Takahashi, Bryan Bullington, Luis Perez, Bill Murphy and Fabio Castro.
The Jays will also play 3 “B” games this spring, which will help get innings for the pile of pitchers in the running for a starting job. All 3 will be against the Phils, with games on March 2 at 10 a.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. at the Philly’s park, and another on March 18 at 10 a.m. at the ol’ Mattick here.
Tomorrow is the Jays’ photo day as well. More later.
Posted on February 22, 2009 at 9:10 am
Tags: B.J. Ryan, Bill Murphy, Brett Cecil, Brian Burres, Bryan Bullington, Fabio Castro, Ken Takahashi, Luis Perez, Rick Bauer, Ricky Romero, Scott Richmond
Continued to break down the looming roster decisions with manager Cito Gaston today and he provided a little more insight into what he’s thinking at this point. Of course, with five weeks left, anything and everything is subject to change. That injury bug doesn’t care about the plans.
As for the bullpen, which I find a more interesting race this spring than the rotation, Gaston said that his four lefties — B.J. Ryan, Scott Downs, Brian Tallet and Jesse Carlson — are all considered “locks” at this point. He added that some pitchers will have to beat out Jeremy Accardo for a job, so he’s the front-runner among the righties. Everyone else? Time to show something.
Last week, GM J.P. Ricciardi said he could see a scenario in which Travis Snider started the season at Triple-A. Today, Cito said Snider would have to play “real bad” not to be on the Jays’ Opening Day roster. As for the bench, which probably won’t have room for all of Kevin Millar, Jose Bautista, John McDonald and Joe Inglett, Cito said he has a tough decision ahead.
Someone made a comment on one of my stories recently about the fact that I always say there are only two openings in the rotation, when it’s been reported elsewhere that there are three jobs up for grabs. My reason for continuing to say that there are only a pair of vacancies?
“I would think there’s two spots. That’s what I think. Two spots open. I think Purcey pitched well enough to be one of the three guys that we have right now — unless he absolutely pitches himself off the club.”
Thanks, Cito.
So that’s Doc Halladay, Jesse Litsch, Purcey, and a pair of front-runners in Casey Janssen and Scott Richmond. Behind them, Toronto will take a good, hard look at prospects Brett Cecil, Brad Mills and Ricky Romero. Other candidates include Matt Clement, Brian Burress, Ken Takahashi, Mike Maroth and … I think I got ’em all.
One team insider told me the prospects might be ahead of Clement and the others on the depth chart at the moment. It’s also more likely that Janssen and Richmond make the club, barring injury or poor showings, and the Jays ease the youngsters into the rotation as the season moves along. Moving Janssen to the ‘pen during the year to clear a spot for another starter is also a possibility.
Got some stories to write. Later…
Tags: B.J. Ryan, Brad Mills, Brett Cecil, Brian Burres, Brian Tallet, Casey Janssen, Cito Gaston, David Purcey, J.P. Ricciardi, Jeremy Accardo, Jesse Carlson, Jesse Litsch, Joe Inglett, John McDonald, Jose Bautista, Ken Takahashi, Kevin Millar, Matt Clement, Mike Maroth, Ricky Romero, Roy Halladay, Scott Downs, Scott Richmond, Travis Snider
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Fulltext Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to a top quark and a τ lepton at s = 13 Te
Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Asilar E, Bergauer T, et al.
Eur Phys J C Part Fields, 2018;78(9):707.
PMID: 30839784 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6143-z
A search for pair production of heavy scalar leptoquarks (LQs), each decaying into a top quark and a
lepton, is presented. The search considers final states with an electron or a muon, one or two
leptons that decayed to hadrons, and additional jets. The data were collected in 2016 in proton-proton collisions at
with the CMS detector at the LHC, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9
. No evidence for pair production of LQs is found. Assuming a branching fraction of unity for the decay
, upper limits on the production cross section are set as a function of LQ mass, excluding masses below 900
at 95% confidence level. These results provide the most stringent limits to date on the production of scalar LQs that decay to a top quark and a
lepton.
Search for Narrow Hγ Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2019 Mar 01;122(8):081804.
PMID: 30932612 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.081804
A search for heavy, narrow resonances decaying to a Higgs boson and a photon (Hγ) has been performed in proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb^{-1} collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016. Events containing a photon and a Lorentz-boosted hadronically decaying Higgs boson reconstructed as a single, large-radius jet are considered, and the γ+jet invariant mass spectrum is analyzed for the presence of narrow resonances. To increase the sensitivity of the search, events are categorized depending on whether or not the large-radius jet can be identified as a result of the merging of two jets originating from b quarks. Results in both categories are found to agree with the predictions of the standard model. Upper limits on the production rate of Hγ resonances are set as a function of their mass in the range of 720-3250 GeV, representing the most stringent constraints to date.
Fulltext Measurement of the top quark mass in the all-jets final state at s = 13 TeV and combination with the lepton+jets channel
PMID: 31031568 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6788-2
A top quark mass measurement is performed using
of LHC proton-proton collision data collected with the CMS detector at
. The measurement uses the
all-jets final state. A kinematic fit is performed to reconstruct the decay of the
system and suppress the multijet background. Using the ideogram method, the top quark mass (
) is determined, simultaneously constraining an additional jet energy scale factor (
). The resulting value of
(stat+JSF)
(syst)
is in good agreement with previous measurements. In addition, a combined measurement that uses the
lepton+jets and all-jets final states is presented, using the same mass extraction method, and provides an
measurement of
. This is the first combined
extraction from the lepton+jets and all-jets channels through a single likelihood function.
Fulltext Measurement of the weak mixing angle using the forward-backward asymmetry of Drell-Yan events in p p collisions at 8 TeV
A measurement is presented of the effective leptonic weak mixing angle (
) using the forward-backward asymmetry of Drell-Yan lepton pairs (
) produced in proton-proton collisions at
at the CMS experiment of the LHC. The data correspond to integrated luminosities of 18.8 and
in the dimuon and dielectron channels, respectively, containing 8.2 million dimuon and 4.9 million dielectron events. With more events and new analysis techniques, including constraints obtained on the parton distribution functions from the measured forward-backward asymmetry, the statistical and systematic uncertainties are significantly reduced relative to previous CMS measurements. The extracted value of
from the combined dilepton data is
(stat)
(theo)
(parton distributions in proton)
Combination of Searches for Higgs Boson Pair Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2019 Mar 29;122(12):121803.
This Letter describes a search for Higgs boson pair production using the combined results from four final states: bbγγ, bbττ, bbbb, and bbVV, where V represents a W or Z boson. The search is performed using data collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment from LHC proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb^{-1}. Limits are set on the Higgs boson pair production cross section. A 95% confidence level observed (expected) upper limit on the nonresonant production cross section is set at 22.2 (12.8) times the standard model value. A search for narrow resonances decaying to Higgs boson pairs is also performed in the mass range 250-3000 GeV. No evidence for a signal is observed, and upper limits are set on the resonance production cross section.
Fulltext Search for new physics in dijet angular distributions using proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV and constraints on dark matter and other models
PMID: 30956565 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6242-x
A search is presented for physics beyond the standard model, based on measurements of dijet angular distributions in proton-proton collisions at
. The data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9
. The observed distributions, corrected to particle level, are found to be in agreement with predictions from perturbative quantum chromodynamics that include electroweak corrections. Constraints are placed on models containing quark contact interactions, extra spatial dimensions, quantum black holes, or dark matter, using the detector-level distributions. In a benchmark model where only left-handed quarks participate, contact interactions are excluded at the 95% confidence level up to a scale of 12.8 or 17.5TeV, for destructive or constructive interference, respectively. The most stringent lower limits to date are set on the ultraviolet cutoff in the Arkani-Hamed-Dimopoulos-Dvali model of extra dimensions. In the Giudice-Rattazzi-Wells convention, the cutoff scale is excluded up to 10.1TeV. The production of quantum black holes is excluded for masses below 5.9 and 8.2TeV, depending on the model. For the first time, lower limits between 2.0 and 4.6TeVare set on the mass of a dark matter mediator for (axial-)vector mediators, for the universal quark coupling
Fulltext Measurement of charged particle spectra in minimum-bias events from proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
PMID: 30839770 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6144-y
Pseudorapidity, transverse momentum, and multiplicity distributions are measured in the pseudorapidity range
for charged particles with transverse momenta satisfying
in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of
. Measurements are presented in three different event categories. The most inclusive of the categories corresponds to an inelastic
data set, while the other two categories are exclusive subsets of the inelastic sample that are either enhanced or depleted in single diffractive dissociation events. The measurements are compared to predictions from Monte Carlo event generators used to describe high-energy hadronic interactions in collider and cosmic-ray physics.
Measurement of differential cross sections for Z boson production in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
Eur Phys J C Part Fields, 2018;78(11):965.
The production of a
boson, decaying to two charged leptons, in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13
is measured. Data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC are used that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.19
. The cross section is measured as a function of the jet multiplicity and its dependence on the transverse momentum of the
boson, the jet kinematic variables (transverse momentum and rapidity), the scalar sum of the jet momenta, which quantifies the hadronic activity, and the balance in transverse momentum between the reconstructed jet recoil and the
boson. The measurements are compared with predictions from four different calculations. The first two merge matrix elements with different parton multiplicities in the final state and parton showering, one of which includes one-loop corrections. The third is a fixed-order calculation with next-to-next-to-leading order accuracy for the process with a
boson and one parton in the final state. The fourth combines the fully differential next-to-next-to-leading order calculation of the process with no parton in the final state with next-to-next-to-leading logarithm resummation and parton showering.
Fulltext Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 Te
Measurements are presented of associated production of a
boson and a charm quark (
) in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13
. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.7
collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The
bosons are identified by their decay into a muon and a neutrino. The charm quarks are tagged via the full reconstruction of
mesons that decay via
∓
. A cross section is measured in the fiducial region defined by the muon transverse momentum
, muon pseudorapidity
, and charm quark transverse momentum
. The inclusive cross section for this kinematic range is
(syst) pb
. The cross section is also measured differentially as a function of the pseudorapidity of the muon from the
boson decay. These measurements are compared with theoretical predictions and are used to probe the strange quark content of the proton.
Study of the underlying event in top quark pair production in p p collisions at 13 Te
Measurements of normalized differential cross sections as functions of the multiplicity and kinematic variables of charged-particle tracks from the underlying event in top quark and antiquark pair production are presented. The measurements are performed in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13
, and are based on data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9
. Events containing one electron, one muon, and two jets from the hadronization and fragmentation of
quarks are used. These measurements characterize, for the first time, properties of the underlying event in top quark pair production and show no deviation from the universality hypothesis at energy scales typically above twice the top quark mass.
Fulltext Search for supersymmetry in events with a photon, jets, b -jets, and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at 13 Te
A search for supersymmetry is presented based on events with at least one photon, jets, and large missing transverse momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13
and were recorded at the LHC with the CMS detector in 2016. The analysis characterizes signal-like events by categorizing the data into various signal regions based on the number of jets, the number of
-tagged jets, and the missing transverse momentum. No significant excess of events is observed with respect to the expectations from standard model processes. Limits are placed on the gluino and top squark pair production cross sections using several simplified models of supersymmetric particle production with gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking. Depending on the model and the mass of the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle, the production of gluinos with masses as large as 2120
and the production of top squarks with masses as large as 1230
are excluded at 95% confidence level.
Search for rare decays of Z and Higgs bosons to J / ψ and a photon in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
Eur Phys J C Part Fields, 2019;79(2):94.
A search is presented for decays of
and Higgs bosons to a
meson and a photon, with the subsequent decay of the
. The analysis uses data from proton-proton collisions with an integrated luminosity of 35.9
collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The observed limit on the
decay branching fraction, assuming that the
meson is produced unpolarized, is
at 95% confidence level, which corresponds to a rate higher than expected in the standard model by a factor of 15. For extreme-polarization scenarios, the observed limit changes from
with respect to the unpolarized scenario. The observed upper limit on the branching fraction for
where the
meson is assumed to be transversely polarized is
, a factor of 260 larger than the standard model prediction. The results for the Higgs boson are combined with previous data from proton-proton collisions at
to produce an observed upper limit on the branching fraction for
that is a factor of 220 larger than the standard model value.
Fulltext Search for new physics in events with a leptonically decaying Z boson and a large transverse momentum imbalance in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
A search for new physics in events with a Z boson produced in association with large missing transverse momentum at the LHC is presented. The search is based on the 2016 data sample of proton-proton collisions recorded with the CMS experiment at
, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9
. The results of this search are interpreted in terms of a simplified model of dark matter production via spin-0 or spin-1 mediators, a scenario with a standard-model-like Higgs boson produced in association with the Z boson and decaying invisibly, a model of unparticle production, and a model with large extra spatial dimensions. No significant deviations from the background expectations are found, and limits are set on relevant model parameters, significantly extending the results previously achieved in this channel.
Fulltext Measurement of associated Z + charm production in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 TeV
A study of the associated production of a
boson and a charm quark jet (
), and a comparison to production with a
quark jet (
), in
collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8
are presented. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7
, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The
boson candidates are identified through their decays into pairs of electrons or muons. Jets originating from heavy flavour quarks are identified using semileptonic decays of
flavoured hadrons and hadronic decays of charm hadrons. The measurements are performed in the kinematic region with two leptons with
, and heavy flavour jets with
production cross section is measured to be
. The ratio of the
production cross sections is measured to be
production cross section and the cross section ratio are also measured as a function of the transverse momentum of the
boson and of the heavy flavour jet. The measurements are compared with theoretical predictions.
Fulltext Combined measurements of Higgs boson couplings in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 Te
Combined measurements of the production and decay rates of the Higgs boson, as well as its couplings to vector bosons and fermions, are presented. The analysis uses the LHC proton-proton collision data set recorded with the CMS detector in 2016 at
. The combination is based on analyses targeting the five main Higgs boson production mechanisms (gluon fusion, vector boson fusion, and associated production with a
boson, or a top quark-antiquark pair) and the following decay modes:
. Searches for invisible Higgs boson decays are also considered. The best-fit ratio of the signal yield to the standard model expectation is measured to be
, assuming a Higgs boson mass of
. Additional results are given for various assumptions on the scaling behavior of the production and decay modes, including generic parametrizations based on ratios of cross sections and branching fractions or couplings. The results are compatible with the standard model predictions in all parametrizations considered. In addition, constraints are placed on various two Higgs doublet models.
Fulltext Search for vector-like quarks in events with two oppositely charged leptons and jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 Te
A search for the pair production of heavy vector-like partners
of the top and bottom quarks has been performed by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC using proton-proton collisions at
. The data sample was collected in 2016 and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9
. Final states studied for
production include those where one of the
quarks decays via
and the other via
, or
, where
is a Higgs boson. For the
case, final states include those where one of the
and the other
. Events with two oppositely charged electrons or muons, consistent with coming from the decay of a
boson, and jets are investigated. The number of observed events is consistent with standard model background estimations. Lower limits at 95% confidence level are placed on the masses of the
quarks for a range of branching fractions. Assuming 100% branching fractions for
quark mass values below 1280 and 1130
, respectively, are excluded.
Study of B Meson Production in p+Pb Collisions at √[S(NN)]=5.02 TeV Using Exclusive Hadronic Decays
Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2016 Jan 22;116(3):032301.
The production cross sections of the B^{+}, B^{0}, and B_{s}^{0} mesons, and of their charge conjugates, are measured via exclusive hadronic decays in p+Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The data set used for this analysis corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 34.6 nb^{-1}. The production cross sections are measured in the transverse momentum range between 10 and 60 GeV/c. No significant modification is observed compared to proton-proton perturbative QCD calculations scaled by the number of incoherent nucleon-nucleon collisions. These results provide a baseline for the study of in-medium b quark energy loss in Pb+Pb collisions.
Studies of Beauty Suppression via Nonprompt D^{0} Mesons in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2019 Jul 12;123(2):022001.
The transverse momentum spectra of D^{0} mesons from b hadron decays are measured at midrapidity (|y|<1) in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center of mass energy of 5.02 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The D^{0} mesons from b hadron decays are distinguished from prompt D^{0} mesons by their decay topologies. In Pb-Pb collisions, the B→D^{0} yield is found to be suppressed in the measured p_{T} range from 2 to 100 GeV/c as compared to pp collisions. The suppression is weaker than that of prompt D^{0} mesons and charged hadrons for p_{T} around 10 GeV/c. While theoretical calculations incorporating partonic energy loss in the quark-gluon plasma can successfully describe the measured B→D^{0} suppression at higher p_{T}, the data show an indication of larger suppression than the model predictions in the range of 2
Search for a heavy pseudoscalar boson decaying to a Z and a Higgs boson at s = 13 Te
A search is presented for a heavy pseudoscalar boson
decaying to a Z boson and a Higgs boson with mass of 125
. In the final state considered, the Higgs boson decays to a bottom quark and antiquark, and the Z boson decays either into a pair of electrons, muons, or neutrinos. The analysis is performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9
collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment at the LHC from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13
. The data are found to be consistent with the background expectations. Exclusion limits are set in the context of two-Higgs-doublet models in the
boson mass range between 225 and 1000
Search for a Light Charged Higgs Boson Decaying to a W Boson and a CP-Odd Higgs Boson in Final States with eμμ or μμμ in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV
Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Ambrogi F, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2019 Sep 27;123(13):131802.
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Post by DeepSpacer » Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:33 pm
Several days have passed as well-needed supplies were passed out to the survivors and enhancements made to the Red Dawn. Samoc Farr has been safely transported back to the Rebel base in the jungles of Darlyn Boda.
Commander Farr has called everyone together for what she says is an important meeting. Present are about 50 persons standing, and about 20-30 more wounded who were moved to within hearing range. Some 10-20 others were too critical to be moved. Toryn Farr served as the Chief Communications Officer at Echo Base, and before that, at Yavin 4. She stands atop a pile of empty crates to address the troops.
“During my time in Boda City looking after the health of my sister, Samoc, I was able to make contact with some of our allies in the Anoat Sector. I wanted to find out what has been happening in the galaxy while we’ve been here.”
“Our sources tell us that most Alliance personnel that fled Echo Base made it to the rendezvous point safely outside the Anoat Sector. Although, some key personnel are still unaccounted for…….including Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, the one who struck to fatal blow to the Emperor’s Death Star some time ago. The fate of those who were jettisoned in escape pods while over Hoth is still unknown. I will keep you updated if new information becomes available.”
“The Imperial Fleet, now under Admiral Piett, has left this sector in pursuit of the Rebel Fleet. Lord Vader has left Admiral Tindale in charge of the remaining Imperial forces here. Their orders are to locate and destroy any Alliance forces left behind. To that ends, the Admiral has initiated a blockade of the entire sector. The “Iron Blockade”, it is being called. All traffic and communication going in or out the sector is being intercepted and controlled by the Empire. I am afraid that we won’t be receiving help soon. We’re on our own.”
“BUT……. all has not gone well for the Empire since the blockade was initiated. There is sector-wide disgust among the populace with The Iron blockade. Trade is crippled, business stagnant, and mining operations have been suffering reduced activity. Citizens on Mexeluine have erupted into angry riots due to the loss of trade and commerce and the local government is at odds with what to do next. Around Gerrenthum, the capital of the sector, smugglers disabled the orbital security station to allow larger ships to escape the Empire’s clutches.”
“Those disturbances, combined with the loss of their fuel depot on Ione (thanks to Vesper, Helios, Cpt. Kettel, & crew), has pushed the Empire to its limit. We intend to push it further………push it over the edge!!! We need the rest of the systems to join in the rebellion.”
“To that ends, I will take the evidence gathered by Oona, Vesper, Helios, and Jameis and create a propaganda holovid to broadcast to Mexeluine, Gerrenthum, and all the remaining systems. In this presentation, I will present the evidence of Imperial atrocities on Ione and call on all systems to resist the Empire and join together in rebellion. “
“To do this, however, we’ll need access to a facility capable of broadcasting across the HoloNet. We’ll need access to the HoloNet Uplink Station on Gerrenthum. From there, it is possible to broadcast a transmission to the entire Anoat Sector, most of the Outer Rim, and, perhaps, the entire Galaxy!"
"This will NOT be an easy task! The HoloNet uplink codes will no doubt be in the hands of the Imperial Agents who supervise the station, most likely ISB Agents. One will need to acquire those codes, gain access to the broadcast transmitter, and send the message uninterrupted."
"Thankfully, the HoloNet Uplink Station is not a military-built secure, installation. It was civilian-built and run. As such, there may be ways to enter it (unseen) from the outside: a window, an unattended entryway, a sewer pipe, an air duct, etc… Civilians still run the station, but under tight Imperial supervision. It may also be possible to bribe an official to gain entry. Officials on Gerrenthum (both civilian AND Imperial) are notoriously corrupt."
"We’ll need a ship, a daring team of individuals, and a lot of luck."
"Any volunteers???"
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Review, The Taming of the Shrew. Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
When I read that in Justin Audibert’s production the men would be played by women and the women by men I was all set to hate it. But then I thought it might be interesting. If, at the end of what Shakespeare wrote, Katerina triumphs then it might be interesting to see a production when the men triumph and I was amazed that I would be seeing an anti-feminist interpretation of the play.
That’s the great thing about live theatre. You can be completely wrong and I was wrong here on both counts.
Amanda Harris is strong and dominant as Baptista Minola and so sets the matriarchy setting firmly right from the start. The boys, Katherine (Joseph Arkley) showing a little bit of feistiness at the start and Bianco (James Cooney), established as a wimp at the start and maintaining this throughout, were nowhere as interesting as those characters played by women. Straight from a triumphant Jacques in As You Like It Sophie Stanton as Gremia is equally good here, showing off by gliding on metaphorical casters except at the end of the first half where for a single moment she realises she is defeated in her absurd quest for the juvenile Bianco. Claire Price is wonderful as Petruchia. Her character is much less obnoxious than usual and I found myself rooting for her in her task of subduing a dull Katherine. Melody Brown is also energetic and powerful as Vincentia.
Amy Trigg in her turbo charged wheelchair as Biondella is full of life and vigour. She could outsprint everyone – clever for the resourceful Biondella, whose set pieces were delivered at breakneck speed with every word audible. Charlotte Arrowsmith as the signing Curtis is as good here as she was in As You Like It and it is a great touch by Audibert not to translate what she signs. All Petruchio’s household know exactly what she is saying by her signs, even though we don’t. After all, she is talking to them.
The rest of the cast are all o.k. One thing I didn’t understand, though. The only significant character not to be gender switched is Grumio (splendidly played by Richard Clews). Why? Bill thought it might be because he was played as gay. If so I don’t approve. I don’t think gay men are women really.
There is song and dance. Indeed the play opens with a Spanish style dance. I didn’t get why it was appropriate to be Spanish but the dancing was great – better than the singing at the Preview we went to, but that might improve. You could see why Leo Wan was in it. He can sing.
There were several interesting and stimulating choices. In the sun and moon scene both Katherine and Petruchio drink water before she metaphorically baptises him. I liked the way Katherine was defiantly eating a chicken leg in his opening scene and eating another at the festivities at the end. I liked the way Petruchia kissed Katherine at the end rather than treading on her hand.
Hannah Clark’s costumes are sort of period, sumptuous, beautifully made, and full. Katherine’s wedding outfit, lit at first with black light, is stunning. Gremia’s handling and fondling of her sword was hilarious, particularly the way she wanked it at moments of stress. Petruchia’s odd boots and Grumio’s down-gyved one at the wedding scene were nice touches. I didn’t understand why Katherine didn’t have a wig, though. It certainly made her look out of place in company with these people. Can that be the purpose of it?
There’s a lot to enjoy here. Unfortunately for me it made clear the weaknesses in Shakespeare’s script. In this production it seemed obvious that Shakespeare was not interested in either Katherine or Bianco in the openings Acts they are barely characterised and have almost no motivation. I didn’t think Katherine was worth listening to before the final speech and the only characterisation of Bianco seemed to be an exaggerated walk and the tossing of his absurdly long locks. There was far too much sub-plot in the first half and I thought all the suitor for Bianco stuff was not only strung out but rather tedious. The play is about sex and money. Money was brought out well.
I think that seeing As You Like It and Taming of the Shrew as a pair is the way to do it. That experience shows off the versatility and skills of the best actors and the ways Shakespeare can be interpreted in many different ways.
Come and see them. There will be a warm welcome for you at Moss Cottage.
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Review, As you like it. Royal Shakespeare Theatre
I had the misfortune last year to see two execrable productions at Shakespeare’s Globe – As You Like It and Hamlet, both of which contained subsidised theatre’s latest obsessions: a character who used British Sign Language and gender switching. Gender switching usually means that women play men’s parts but the Globe went further and switched the genders of both Orlando and Rosalind. These two gimmicks both led to the text often being rendered incomprehensible, particularly as there seemed to be no good reason to feature a relationship between a female to male transvestite and a drag queen. Just as bad was having a main role (Celia) signing so that he lines had to be reallocated to other people. Confusing and ludicrous. Similar nonsense was in Hamlet where the main character’s university friends were a white geriatric man and a signing woman and where both Hamlet and Laertes were female (the latter of challenged stature).
Such decisions went right against the text so it was with some trepidation that I went to the RSC to see this production as it featured both gender switching and signing. And yet in the hands of director Kimberley Sykes these decisions enriched the text and worked perfectly. I was amazed. It just shows the different between a play which has a talented and inspired director and one which has a rubbish one (or, in the case of Hamlet no director at all).
The central concept of Kimberley Sykes’s (and designer Stephen Brimson Lewis’s) production is ‘All the world’s a stage’. So, when the actors from Duke Frederick’s court become characters in Duke Senior’s, curtains fall, costume racks come on and we watch the actors change in front of a metallic strip globe which forms the backdrop to the Forest of Arden. Ironically there had been a large round fake grass carpet in Duke Frederick’s Court which is folded in two by Rosalind when she and Celia reject it for a bare wooden floor with a large circle in the middle. Set, metaphor and symbol come together. And what about Jacques? Just as M. le Beau becomes Madame Le Beau, tottering hilariously in her heels on the fake grass, so Jacques becomes Madame Melancholy. It is an inspired choice which places Jacques at the heart of the play. It is even more inspired that Jacques is played by Sophie Stanton, usually part of but on the fringes of the court, remote yet sensitive, exquisite in her verse speaking, completely devoid of histrionics and by far the best Jacques I have ever seen and heard.
This production is in many ways a breath of fresh air. There are no gimmicks. Even the giant puppet of Hymen who presides over the weddings at the end proved to be a deus ex machina, another example of the world as a stage and vice versa, joining the lovers together but whose task could not be performed without stage mechanisms and the assistance of other human characters.
The range of possible relationships is fully highlighted by the imaginative choice to make Audrey use sign language (so that she can’t hear or grasp Touchstone’s almost ceaseless bibble babble) and provide the touching moment when she rejects her signer, the loyal William, for the hilariously clad Touchstone, he of the large lunchbox. Even making Silvius Sylvia has its benefits, introducing a touch of modern non-binary into the play.
It is a strong cast. Lucy Phelps is splendid as Rosalind and Sophie Khan Levy almost convinces that Shakespeare created a viable female character in Celia. Even she can’t give Celia’s falling in love with Oliver credibility, though. For me the real joys of the show were Sophie Stanton’s Jacques and Richard Clews’s Adam. Their verse speaking, movement and stillness were quite magical.
I really enjoyed this production, even more on a second viewing. You should see it. And you can sample the homemade jams and marmalades at Moss Cottage, especially as for the first time Moss Cottage has gained a gold award in the World Marmalade Competition.
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September 19, 2018 by billbruce Leave a Comment
Tartuffe. Review by Peter Buckroyd
Some time after his inspired production of Much Ado about Nothing, set in India, which made sense of a lot of Shakespeare’s tiny details which often strain comprehension and credulity, comes his much awaited Tartuffe. Not only is the play set in Birmingham, it is also in a rewritten version by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Moliere is the French Ben Jonson and Tartuffe’s early history robbed it of some of its originally conceived satirical pungency because of the political situation and its warring elements in the early 1660s. Gupta and Pinto restore much of Moliere’s biting satire of hypocrisy, combining it with the hot potatoes of religion and politics. The transposition to Birmingham is a joy and the introduction of the narrator/participant character Darina as the Bosnian cleaner (brilliantly played by Michelle Bonnard) creates further universality and contemporary relevance.
The Muslim Pervaiz family is ruled over by Imran, beautifully played as a thoroughly convincing rather stupid and gullible despot by Simon Nagra, gets religion and becomes besotted by Moliere’s Tartuffe character. Imran’s zealous conversion causes credible complications for his westernised family – his sharp but astute wife Amira (Sasha Behar), his daughter Mariam (Zainab Hasan) and street boy son Damee (Raj Bajaj) – because they have no love for the ‘adopted’ Tartuffe and can see that he is an outsider. They catch Taruffe’s phoniness which Asif Khan so cleverly conveys in subtly gradated stages at the same time as the audience does. Imran eventually gives his house over to Tartuffe before the latter’s hypocrisy is unmasked because he is unable to find fault in him despite his lecherous groping his wife’s breast. In the end Tartuffe is unmasked and the new surprise ending gives some measure of order to the chaos that unthinking devotion to pseudo-religion has caused. There are so many contemporary jokes and references throughout the play that the audience can hardly fail to realise that religious infatuation is no different from political infatuation.
The text is hilariously funny, the pace extremely brisk, the music wonderful in the variety of ways it characterises, the direction inventive and full of gags of different kinds (Darina vacuuming in the stalls seats, Damee hiding in a huge floral display, Imran hiding in the sofa in the unmasking scene, fun with cushions, Tiger briefs, Tartuffe playing basketball, for example). The wonderful music catches elements both of contemporary England and the Baroque elements of the play’s source, as well as being used as a tool for characterisation, culminating in a concluding dance rap.
The satire is sharp. At the end it is revealed that Imran was an illegal immigrant who realises in his moment of anagnorosis that he should never have voted Leave and that Tartuffe is not the only imposter. He may have brought the family close to disaster but his religious sidekick Usman (Riad Richie) turns out completely unexpectedly to be an undercover police agent. Opposite sides of the moral spectrum, then, both use religion as their tool. It leaves you with something rather more complicated to think about that you had reckoned.
The whole thing is a romp, a suspense story, a keen satire, a delight to see and hear. Moreover it shows up the stupidity of most men (Mariam’s finance Waqaas, charmingly played by Salman Akhtar and Usman apart) and the potential power of women caught up in evnents over which they have apparently little control.
Filed Under: RSC Reviews Tagged With: Anil gupta, Moliere, Richard Pinto, Rsc reviews, Swan theatre, Tartuffe, Theatre Stratford upon Avon
September 7, 2018 by billbruce Leave a Comment
Merry Wives of Windsor. Review by Peter Buckroyd
There are several quite different ways of going about mounting this play. One extreme is to highlight all the darker edges: the cruelty to Falstaff; the scheming malevolence of women; generational conflict; the subjugation of young people by parents; male power; satire of the rising Elizabethan middle class; subduing the old order. At the other is a light hearted romp, with farcical elements.
Director Fiona Laird chooses the latter in a very funny and delightful comedy. In order to gain some contemporary resonances she uses the Essex cliché, choosing the Old Lady of Brentwood (rather than Shakespeare’s Brentford) in order the make the audience think about The Only Way is Essex. It works beautifully, the mood and genre established right at the start by a messenger announcing that Queen Elizabeth wants a new play with Falstaff in it and wants it quickly.
There is a lot of light hearted music, some of it country and a long dumb show dance which introduces the characters. Falstaff’s arrival is heralded by cacophonous music Liz Brotherston’s costumes are wonderful, combining modern dress, tastlessness and Elizabethan ruffs. There is lovely detail such as Slender’s chavvy rings and Falstaff’s codpiece. There are some clever and witty jokes. The statement that there are ‘some simples in my closet’ is made hilariously literal because Simple is hiding in the closet. Dr Caius’s franglais is a joy throughout, with some Brexit allusions and jokes. Ford’s disguise as Brook is great with plastic nose and coat while he still wears the same posh M and S carpet slippers that he wears as Ford. I guess he knew that Falstaff never looks at anyone’s feet! The director also has fun with Nym, Pistol and Bardolph, the latter played by Charlotte Josephine who is also splendid as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Nym (Josh Finan) is used as the boy who dresses up to masquerade as Anne at the end, giving rise to a lovely joke as Caius (Jonathan Cullan) realised ‘it’s a Nym’ (it’s an him’). Nima Taleghani has very little to do as Robin but executes an audience focussing role splendidly in several scenes where he has no lines as well as being very welcome eye candy. Nym and Pistol (Afolabi Alli) act as the servants who manipulate the laundry basket (here transmogrified into a wheelie bin) with delightful cod Slavic (Polish?). Fenton is short sighted and accident prone, falling over frequently when he isn’t wearing his glasses. Sir Hugh’s Welshness is highlighted by a Welsh choir. The Essex girls display themselves on sunbeds which Falstaff attempts to hide under. Mistress Page displays Carry On style Barbara Windsor (get the joke?) tits. There is an absurd remote control golf buggy. Slapstick and high farce and well handled for Falstaff’s escape.
David Troughton is close to perfection as Falstaff. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an actor play Falstaff before when I haven’t been drawn to the farcical nature of the fatty prosthetic padding. Not so here. I could have been deceived into thinking that Falstaff was grossly fat.
Laird just gets rid of the Herne’s Oak stuff and sets the final scene in the town square presided over by a statue of Queen Elizabeth with a Spanish carnival like atmosphere. I always find the Herne the Hunter stuff irritating as well as barely comprehensible, despite my work on provenance and footnotes and Laird obliterates the problem so easily.
It’s all great fun.
I only had one disappointment. Shakespeare’s text is striking in its use of prose except for Mistress Anne and Fenton. Their parts were cut and I could not hear any verse. I ended up caring only for what happened to Falstaff (in keeping with the way the play began and with what Laird was doing) but I missed the extra layer of aural stimulation and seriousness that Shakespeare creates.
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Tamburlaine. Rsc review by Peter Buckroyd.
I guess it was a mistake to go to a Preview of Tamburlaine because it is directed by Michael Boyd and his productions are often not in their finished form for the Previews (unlike Gregory Doran’s or Erica Whyman’s). However I did. Friends tell me that it is much better ten days or two weeks into the run. Good.
The story itself is pretty simple. Tamburlaine, born a shepherd, wants to rule the world and sets out to do so by whatever means it takes. He invades, kills and conquers. It was immensely popular with Elizabethan audiences, the first play to spawn a sequel in Tamburlaine the Great Part 11.
This production puts the two plays together, cutting them violently, to result in 2 hours 55 minutes playing time. And for me this is the main part of the problem. A vast number of Marlowe’s mighty lines have inevitably been cut, resulting in a loss of poetry, lyricism, political philosophy and debate and leaving sometimes little more than plot. There are vast numbers of characters (or at any rate named people) involved and so doubling and trebling is parts is necessary. It only takes about an hour or so for the audience to realise that the issues are the same regardless of who is being conquered and that the motivation of the main character is simply megalomania. It’s interesting to see kings killed and reappear as other kings whose behaviour is similar as is their fate. Maybe that is the message of the play, warning Elizabethans of the danger of expansionism and drawing parallels with modern day atrocities. The primary women (Tamburlaine’s wife Zenocrate (Rosy McEwen) and Bajazeth’s wife Zabena (Debbie Korley)) do a good job of attracting audience interest and involvement, despite their curtailed parts and both Tamburlaine (Jude Owusu) and Bajazeth (Sagar I M Arya) are powerful and effective as oppressor and oppressed.
Mycetes, King of Persia, is made semi-comic. Sychophantic Meander (James Tucker), in black, looks out of place and therefore transcends particular time and place.
There is much casual walking over dead bodies. Characters are either smeared in chocolate blood when they die or have chocolate blood poured over them from a bucket. There is a good deal of subtle unobtrusive music, mainly percussion. Bajazeth’s cage is pushed in and off efficiently and serves several symbolic purposes. There are dodgy human horses who pull on Tamburlaine’s chariot after the interval, making obvious political links with Bajazeth in the first half.
There is a horrifying violent immoral ending with the sacrilegious burning of holy books. Kings, we sense, are ten a penny. There are guns and a good deal of leather at the end. All becomes gratuitous violence and slaughter.
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Home Entertainment ‘Joker’ Bags 11 Oscar Nominations
‘Joker’ Bags 11 Oscar Nominations
Todd Phillips attends the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 12, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association/AFP
Todd Phillips’s “Joker,” a dark, arthouse take on the comic book villain starring Joaquin Phoenix, on Monday topped the Oscar nominations with 11.
The pre-dawn Academy Award announcement capped months of ceaseless campaigning by A-listers and studios, revealing which stars and movies have a shot at Hollywood’s ultimate prize next month.
Todd Phillips’s “Joker,” a bleak, arthouse take on the comic book villain starring Joaquin Phoenix, was just ahead of three films.
Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s Tinseltown homage “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” Sam Mendes’s World War I odyssey “1917” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” each earned 10 nominations, including best picture as well as best director.
South Korean class satire “Parasite,” from Bong Joon-ho, secured the final best director slot, meaning once again no female directors made the shortlist.
Much of the focus so far this award season has been on the lack of women and ethnic minority filmmakers honored.
Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed “Little Women” adaptation has been notably absent in several award nominations announcements, although it was one of nine films nominated for the best picture Oscar.
“Unfortunately there are just five nominees” for best director in an “incredibly strong year,” one Academy voter who asked not to be named told AFP, pointing to the revered track records of the likes of Scorsese, Tarantino and Mendes.
Controversy over those omissions, in an industry criticized for its lack of diversity, was fueled at last week’s BAFTA nominations, which were also condemned for overlooking ethnic minorities.
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The Oscars picked only one non-white actor — British star Cynthia Erivo, who plays US anti-slavery icon Harriet Tubman in “Harriet.”
Notable snubs included Eddie Murphy for blaxploitation biopic “Dolemite Is My Name,” Jennifer Lopez for “Hustlers,” Awkwafina for “The Farewell” and Lupita Nyong’o for “Us.”
Last year, three of the four acting Oscars went to non-white performers.
Voting for Oscar nominees ended last Tuesday, two days after the Golden Globes.
But Taron Egerton’s Globe-winning turn as Elton John in “Rocketman” was not enough to earn an Oscar nomination in an outrageously competitive best actor field.
Renee Zellweger, who has swept the best actress nominations so far during this awards season, headed the best actress Oscar shortlist thanks to her acclaimed turn as showbiz legend Judy Garland in “Judy.”
Some 9,000 Academy members vote for the Oscars.
In the nominations round of voting, members were asked to rank their top choices only for best picture, and for the categories corresponding with the specific Academy branch to which they belong.
Voting for winners — in which members can vote in every category — begins January 30, closing five days later.
The Oscars will be handed out in Hollywood on February 9.
Source: channelstv.com
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Should teachers give homework for the sake of giving homework?
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is considering a two-word policy change that reflects a decade's worth of research and thought in the education world.
At its heart is a question students and parents have been asking for years: What's the point in giving homework?
Right now, the board has an instructional policy about homework. It reads, in part: "Homework is a necessary part of the learning process...."
A proposed change would change it slightly: "Homework can be a necessary part of the learning process..."
It seems like a small change. And it is. But board members said Thursday they saw how this could cause a lot of confusion from parents. Would homework now be optional?
Chief Academic Officer Brian Schultz said that's not really the case. Homework would continue to be a major part of many classes in CMS. But, "It needs to be meaningful homework," he said.
Afterward, Shultz told me that the initial policy was written around the year 2000, when the thinking in education circles was that homework was important no matter what. Teachers were encouraged to assign it even when it wasn't necessary. More recent research has shown that homework is only effective when it serves a specific purpose, he said.
So, should the policy be adopted, it likely won't make a huge difference in math and English classes. It could, however, mean changes in philosophy in some elective classes or in lower grades. Schultz said there hasn't been any research proving that homework is effective or not effective for children in kindergarten through third grade.
Another change being considered could be equally meaningful.
What it would do is remove "preparation for class" as a criterion that can factor into a student's grade. That means teachers would no longer be able to ding students for forgetting paper or pencil, or not having the right three-ring notebook.
Schultz said the thinking behind that is that preparation doesn't have anything to do with whether students are mastering the material.
Both changes were discussed at a meeting of the board's policy committee Thursday. It'll be presented to the full board for the first time in December, and is scheduled to be voted on sometime in the new year.
Labels: board policies, grading, homework, policy committee
Good grief, what difference does it make?
They already get a 50 anyway for turning in a paper with only their name on it and the grading scale has been widened to snare more students to ensure a passing grade.
Somewhere, the discipline in doing a thing, whether it's meaningful homework or not is getting lost in all this.
I guess we should have never constantly told our son to pick up his clothes, put away his toys and brush his teeth?
....and the dumbing down continues.
So Mr. Schultz says that preparation has nothing to do with mastering the material. Evidently he has little familiarity with reading acquisition skills. Preparation and previous knowledge are keys to increased skills.
One would also assume that if CMS doesn't provide required technology and little Hyacinth has no IPhone, neither is prepared but both, along with the school board, legal team, and the interim "leadership" are?
I think the benefit of homework is more for the parents; to make them aware of what their child is learning in school.
You do not want to start a trend to buck the "gap" system do you? BTW its not just in CMS. Its every single school system in America plus ingrained into the adult welfare system.
You cant get all these 100s of billions or trillions collectively if you close the "gap" or if so called oppressed don't have a "card" to pull at any given convenient time.
If the race gap govt freebie benefactor did not exist then it would mean that the welfare proletariat socialist 3rd world class in America would be forced to make an effort to do homework and study and not just claim discrimination. Right?
Do not attempt to change the status quo or even liberal media writers would be terminated without cause on a dime like Gorman or Morrison.
Although readers know these school blogs are just faking it and pretending to be concerned in order to aid and abet the "gap" status quo in bed with the 3rd world class of govt moochers and whiners to keep everything easy and free.
Why do you think 100 million 3rd world illegals are ready to flood America who is 20 trillion in the red as Obama the #1 card puller advertises in Mexico and all over South America to come here and get everything free?
What if Las Vegas or Myrtle Beach advertised all free expense paid luxury hotels, food, entertainment etc if you just come there? Would you not go?
The lame duck is promising a lifetime of everything free for coming here and bring the whole family and relatives and friends etc.
America is one big money tree and everything is on the house as long as you vote democrat to keep him in power for life like Castro. That is real goal.
This is the same principal at CMS as the "gap" and "card" are essential items to continue to extort billions of free cash so it cannot be tampered with by any white boy superintendent token who was hired only as front man side show.
Obama, Holder, Jackson, Sharpton Lee Winfrey etc etc who have shaken down Wall St for trillions thrive off the "gap" and the "card" that works on the federal, state and local scale.
50-100 million illegals are slated to be legalized to vote democrat by Obama who knows it will be over all for America though he did not anticipate the crushing We The People last week defeat so he has to act quickly before the end of the yr if he wants to be a lifetime socialist tyrant like his hero Castro.
Timing is everything now.
CMS board chair and attorney McCray and Battle use the exact same principals in this shakedown game and were caught red handed but will lie their way out of it and it doesn't matter anyway because of the Obama immigration policy abuse of power.
Obama and the CMS situation are all tied in neatly as one big extortion power grab worth many trillions to destroy capitalist democratic We The People America and make it 3rd world socialist dirt poor owned by Big Bro as banks are emptied with all business and private property seized as the so called govt oppressed become govt oppressor class struggle ends into one single workers paradise class except for his elite 1% class. You get a monthly bone and Obama and his 1% elite live like kings with trillion dollar off shore bank accounts.
the real bj
there are many pretenders but only one real deal.
Okay people, settle down. Before you go off with more hyperbole about the fall of America, think about this a little. 30 years ago, I graduated from a great local school with a 4.1GPA and NEVER remember having four or five hours of homework... EVER...
I'm all for assigning work for Math & Science (where we're woefully behind the world leaders), as well as English. But do we really need our kids doing another two hours of politics, oceanography or marketing homework (because it happens). Or would we rather they use that time to be more well rounded with hobbies, sports, arts and other interests, as well as real job experiences?
I for one would like to see my high schoolers with more time to focus on the important stuff (Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, etc.). And God forbid they'd have a couple hours to just be kids now and then...
BJ, I'm exhausted after reading your rant. Although I agree with some of it, I would certainly not take you up on your free offer to Las Vegas or Myrtle Beach because I know the person that deal would attract, not my type. Wouldn't be worth it, I'll gladly stay home and read my book.
There should be absolutely no exception with reading and math. Both you have to continually do even at a young age in order to master, change the way the brain synapses are shooting. I think the occasional drawing a map with your parents or making a geosphere of some sort would be ok.
But like Wiley said, what is the point in CMS anyway when you have kids who do not have responsible parents (or probably parent/grandparent) helping at home, with no respect for school, getting a 50 for just putting their name on the paper? It lowers the bar for the entire class. And if the bar is set to high it now becomes a race issue and back to good old Battle and the BOE to lower the bar again and slapping the teachers hand.
So moving on....
Totally off topic... but anyone know who had the construction contract for the UNCC early college???
Of course some amount of homework is good for kids, teaches them about responsibility and work ethic (seeing that most kids nowadays don't have jobs, where else will they learn this valuable lesson?).
How do expect a current High school student to be successful in college if you don't assign homework?
Homework?
A mom I know blew a gasket recently when her "son" got an "80" on a paper "he" worked on for TWO HOURS!! I know her well enough to know she did more on the paper then her "son", thus her reaction.
Much of the homework CMS sends home cannot be complete without direct parental involvement. Go to any science fair and ask yourself how many of the award winning projects were actually completed by a student. They're not!!
My feeling has always been that CMS assigns so much homework to force the parents to get involved, because the students can't do it all on their own without their parents help.
I naver dod homewrd and I trned out jst fine.
No homework? Is this to appease a certain demographic of student?
If CMS weren't in jeopardy of losing state and federal funds, we'd be hearing that attendance "can be" necessary, as well.
How about a rule against parents doing homework and projects for their kids? Teachers should start calling parents out for this.
The only way teachers can stop parents from doing their child's homework is to stop assigning it. If it's done at home, there is no way to stop parents from "helping".
Most of the homework I see brought home is 'off-the-shelf'. If the teachers had to spend much time in developing the homework themselves, they might not assign so much of it. It's easy to hand out several pages of homework to complete, when you pull it from another book you purchased.
HOMEWORK IS LOVE HOMEWORK IS LIFE
9+10=21
This is an unnecessary argument. if the students need homework, give it. if they dont, then dont
Adam ^
Whats 9+10...21
Homework: An unnecessary evil? … Surprising findings from new research
By Valerie Strauss November 26, 2012
Alfie Kohn writes about what a new homework study really says — and what it doesn’t say. He is the author of 12 books about education and human behavior, including “The Schools Our Children Deserve,” “The Homework Myth,” and “Feel-Bad Education… And Other Contrarian Essays on Children & Schooling.” He lives (actually) in the Boston area and (virtually) at www.alfiekohn.org.
By Alfie Kohn
Let’s start by reviewing what we know from earlier investigations.
First, no research has ever found a benefit to assigning homework (of any kind or in any amount) in elementary school. In fact, there isn’t even a positive correlation between, on the one hand, having younger children do some homework (vs. none), or more (vs. less), and, on the other hand, any measure of achievement. If we’re making 12-year-olds, much less five-year-olds, do homework, it’s either because we’re misinformed about what the evidence says or because we think kids ought to have to do homework despite what the evidence says.
Second, even at the high school level, the research supporting homework hasn’t been particularly persuasive. There does seem to be a correlation between homework and standardized test scores, but (a) it isn’t strong, meaning that homework doesn’t explain much of the variance in scores, (b) one prominent researcher, Timothy Keith, who did find a solid correlation, returned to the topic a decade later to enter more variables into the equation simultaneously, only to discover that the improved study showed that homework had no effect after all[2], and (c) at best we’re only talking about a correlation — things that go together — without having proved that doing more homework causes test scores to go up.
Too Much Homework Is Bad for Kids
Piling on the homework doesn't help kids do better in school. In fact, it can lower their test scores.
That's the conclusion of a group of Australian researchers, who have taken the aggregate results of several recent studies investigating the relationship between time spent on homework and students' academic performance.
According to Richard Walker, an educational psychologist at Sydney University, data shows that in countries where more time is spent on homework, students score lower on a standardized test called the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA. The same correlation is also seen when comparing homework time and test performance at schools within countries. Past studies have also demonstrated this basic trend.
Inundating children with hours of homework each night is detrimental, the research suggests, while an hour or two per week usually doesn't impact test scores one way or the other. However, homework only bolsters students' academic performance during their last three years of grade school. "There is little benefit for most students until senior high school (grades 10-12)," Walker told Life's Little Mysteries.
The research is detailed in his new book, "Reforming Homework: Practices, Learning and Policies" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
The same basic finding holds true across the globe, including in the U.S., according to Gerald LeTendre of Pennsylvania State University. He and his colleagues have found that teachers typically give take-home assignments that are unhelpful busy work. Assigning homework "appeared to be a remedial strategy (a consequence of not covering topics in class, exercises for students struggling, a way to supplement poor quality educational settings), and not an advancement strategy (work designed to accelerate, improve or get students to excel)," LeTendre wrote in an email. [Kids Believe Literally Everything They Read Online, Even Tree Octopuses]
This type of remedial homework tends to produce marginally lower test scores compared with children who are not given the work. Even the helpful, advancing kind of assignments ought to be limited; Harris Cooper, a professor of education at Duke University, has recommended that students be given no more than 10 to 15 minutes of homework per night in second grade, with an increase of no more than 10 to 15 minutes in each successive year.
Most homework's neutral or negative impact on students' academic performance implies there are better ways for them to spend their after school hours than completing worksheets. So, what should they be doing? According to LeTendre, learning to play a musical instrument or participating in clubs and sports all seem beneficial, but there's no one answer that applies to everyone.
"These after-school activities have much more diffuse goals than single subject test scores," he wrote. "When I talk to parents … they want their kids to be well-rounded, creative, happy individuals — not just kids who ace the tests."
Not needed especially with stellar homework like this (is it dumbing down the standard or making the wording more appropriate for those involved?)
A Charlotte mother is expressing concern after a class assignment she considers offense was given to high school students, some say it has racial undertones.
“I was completely stunned,” the mother said. “This is not appropriate language at all for the children in the school.”
The question was from a test on genetics.
"LaShamanda has a heterozygous big bootie, the dominant trait. Her man Fontavius has a small bootie which is recessive. They get married and have a baby named LaPrincess," the biology assignment prompts students.
The assignment then continues to ask "What is the probability that LaPrincess will inherit her mama's big bootie?"
The mother says the assignment was given last Monday and she reached out to the teacher for an explanation for the question.
"I am extremely concerned that this type of language is being used and considered expectable [sic] to be issued to students," she said while asking for an explanation.
According to an image of the assignment provided to WBTV, the questions before and after the "bootie" question revolved around "stinky feet" and the height of plants.
The mother showed WBTV an email apology she reportedly received from the teacher "if the question offended you."
"I had asked the students to pick two of the remaining questions on the worksheet and did not necessarily assign that particular one," the teacher said.
She continued, "I apologize if it offended you or your child."
The teacher said the worksheet had been passed down to her by other teachers who have been using it. It was also reportedly part of the "Summer School Biology Notebook Packet" that teachers were given by the school district.
WBTV's Dedrick Russell reached out to the school district to ask about the worksheet. "The worksheet does not appear to be a document created by CMS," the officials said. "The school has taken the worksheet out of circulation and requested its teachers to discontinue using it."
The mother is relieved the question will not be used again
Maybe the wackos who made their kids not take End of Year Testing last spring (or whatever) will tell their kids it is now okay to boycott homework. Since it is too much of a workload.
1. we never got our end of grades test scores from last spring. Shocking
2. What no homework? Go to a personalized learning school-there is little work at all there. Problem solved.
3. Personalized learning investigation needed!!!
PL is the next big breakthrough for public education.
What child doesn't want to play with an iPod, iPad, or other technology device while at school?
Sure it stunts the brain development of young children, boys in particular, but it's fun!!
If your child is not doing homework after school, maybe he/she is playing hours of video games. Is that a better use of their time?
If your child "doesn't want to do homework" after school, maybe he/she would prefer playing hours of video games....
Teachers in CMS can't even call students out. Teachers in the state of North Carolina have no authority. Education here is ran by people in office's. People in downtown Charlotte or Raleigh.
Well I will guarantee you that the local private schools are giving out homework. What a bunch of nonsense CMS.
NOBODY KNOW ANYTHING about the UNCC contract or anything else because of the lack of investigative journalism in Charlotte. The last time the CO did anything that did not come out of a PR department was the good work they did on Jim Baker and the PTL disaster.
On the test question. Is the question racially biased ? Is the SAT test questions racially biased ? Almost any question will offend someone in CMS. If you dont believe me then go ask Dr. Morrison what he thinks.
When I started teaching here teachers were forced to give excessive amounts of homework. When teachers questioned the practice they were shut down by administrators. Homework should be used to practice already taught skills. This place is nuts.
Anon at November 14, 2014 at 5:02 said "Homework should be used to practice already taught skills" You nailed it. My kids sometimes are assigned new material to learn at home on skills they haven't been taught yet.
My 5th grade homework policy posted on my website the first week of school (August, 2014).
NO EXCUSE HOMEWORK POLICY:
After decades spent trying to assess the value of homework, researchers still argue over the simplest findings.
What we think we know:
1. A Duke University study concluded that in elementary school, there is no measurable correlation between homework and achievement.
2. However, the same Duke University study concluded that by high school, the average student doing homework outperformed 69% of students in a class with no homework.
Ms. Durand's philosophy and policy on homework:
Students will be assigned a reasonable amount of homework at the beginning of each week which will be due every Friday. Students may choose to complete all homework at once or spread it out over the week creating a "NO EXCUSE" policy for incomplete and late assignments. Any homework assignments that are submitted late or incomplete will receive an automatic "0". Parents and students are responsible for making sure all homework assignments are completed and submitted every Friday. Homework will count for 10% of a student's grade per subject area with the primary goal of developing good time management skills and study habits needed to successfully function in school and in life.
Let's be clear. No school is perfect.
However, one of the things I really like about my charter school is the ability to independently decide my homework policy which is different than the other 5th grade teacher I work with. The other 5th grade teacher I work with assigns homework every night with the expectation of it being due the next day. The one thing we do have in common is giving out "0's" for students who don't hand their homework assignments in on time. My two person 5th grade team doesn't believe in giving students a grade of a 50 for doing nothing. We're not adverse to giving "F's". We've given out plenty already. This being said, we're also sensitive to things that occur in daily life that warrant occasional exceptions to "the rule". And isn't this how things work in the real world? Different supervisors and bosses with different expectations and rules?
"Homework can be a necessary part of the learning process..."
Can be means won't be. But hey it's easier on the staff. That's what what we're all about now.
How about this: Meaningful homework IS a necessary part of the learning process.
Black folk calling that test question having racial undertones is somewhat ridiculous.
Can tests not have simulations from predominate names of a race ? Would it be an uproar if the name was Nam or Juan ?
Come on folks. I know a student that was named after lemon jello.
Lemonjello
Alicia,
I'm happy that you're happy to be doing the same thing that thousands of teachers worldwide have been doing for decades innumerable, even us poor louses in CMS that have principals that allow us the same leeway that you crow about.
How wonderful you happen to work at a school that also allows teacher's enough autonomy to implement something called common sense.
Common sense is not something I've always experienced or witnessed in public education. And let me be clear, I'm as much of a public school teacher as you are.
As you know, a supportive and competent principal greatly matters.
And in case you haven't been paying attention..
My father is a former public school principal and public school superintendent.
A good principal matters. Really matters. Count your blessings you have a principal you like to work for. Although, I suspect, you might be a principal yourself in which case I fully support your homework policy albeit CMS' Board of Education thoughts and policies on the subject.
You do realize we're talking about a public school system with a Board of Education that voted in favor of standardized testing dance and yearbook?
I was physically present at this meeting.
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MOVEMBER Update in " OIl Country"
Movember is coming to a end very soon. Only 9 days to go and upper lip growth is in full growing mode for some. For some maybe little growth but you got to admire the efforts of anyone who wants to raise awareness for men's health. The NHL is still in CB negotiations (or lack of) and very little focus has been on the raising funds
Brandon Davidson
Brandon one of the Oilers prospects has been under going some treatment himself and we wish him a speedy recovery. Brandon has always been a fighter when it comes to overcoming adversity and we here at Oilers Jambalaya stand firmly behind Davidson and his family.
Alex Plante
Its been a tough early start this year for Plante but I always appreciate a hard working player regardless of the results on the ice. Plante has always been a good supporter of Movember.
We here at Oilers Jambalaya are trying our best to raise funds and awareness. If your able to donate anything to our cause just click on our cause for movember and donate to the team. If your unable to do so, all we ask is you continue to spread the word for awareness around your community. Is it silly growing a stache in a community where many people think they look awful? It may be, but in the end, that is the point. What a better conversation piece then growing a funny looking mustache? All donations are tax receiptable and can easily be donated to with our above links on our page.
Here is my personal update as promised when this month started. Day 1 was clean, Day 11 was a start, now today is Day 21...I would like to take this time to not only thank you for your continued support of our blog site but also in your continued support in this awesome cause of raising awareness for Men's Health!
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REVS 2013 Top 15 Draft Prospects #5. Hunter Shinkaruk
#5. Hunter Shinkaruk
As a late birthday, left winger Hunter Shinkaruk has been on the draft radar longer than other players but like Seth Jones will be one of the older prospects in this draft class. Hunter had a impressive rookie campaign that saw him net 42 points in 63 games. Then he exploded for 91 in his full sophomore season. This year at his current pace he could possibly top the 100 point mark and that is without Etem Emerson who was a linemate of his last year in route to a successful year. Hunter has recognized the attention on him this year comes with great difficulties. He is no stranger to adversity. Hunter states “I was getting hit after whistles more than before whistles,” he said. “But that’s what I want, to have that spotlight and to be the best player I can be.”
Shinkaruk will need to tighten up defensively scouts will agree. “He has a lot to learn, as all young kids do,” said one scout. “Hunter was always so gifted growing up that he was allowed to get away with some things defensively. Now he needs to learn to play a team game.” Hunters speed is his greatest assest. He is listed as at 5-foot-11, 175 pounds but most scouts aren’t worried about him handling the rigors of the pro game. “He’s not that small anymore,” said one scout. “Look at Patrick Kane or Sam Gagner; they had elements that brought them success. Hunter’s element is his speed. He’s a highly skilled kid and a very explosive skater.”
Season Team League GP G A TP PIM +/- Postseas. GP G A TP PIM +/-
2007-08 Calgary Royals Gold Bantam AAA AMBHL 33 10 30 40 24
| Playoffs 3 2 2 4 0
| Playoffs 10 11 11 22 6
2009-10 Calgary Royals Midget AAA AMHL 3 0 1 1 0
2010-11 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 63 14 28 42 24
| Playoffs 14 4 5 9 0
Canada Pacific U17 WHC-17 6 5 4 9 2
2011-12 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 66 49 42 91 38 17 | Playoffs 8 2 9 11 6 -4
Canada U18 WJC-18 6 4 4 8 6 3 |
2012-13 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 22 15 18 33 8 2 |
I have Hunter ranked to start this year at #5 but he will be in tough to stay in that top 5 lottery position at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. It is less of what is wrong with Hunter and more of what is happening with the other players ranked around Hunter. Hunter has the possibility of going anywhere from #4 OV to dropping to #8 OV. As much as they say his size is not a issue it is still a consideration in the overall game of selecting a top draft pick.
High Skill Isn't All You Need / OKC Barons Need Some Help
What nice Jerseys eh!
The OKC Barons have lots of skill on their team brought about by the work stoppage and there has been HUGE expectations for this team early on.
In my opinion, they really haven't hit their stride with Taylor Hall (coming off injury), Jordan Eberle, RNH, and Justin Schultz. At this point, they should be better. There are reasons for this and its not all because of their young guns not putting up the points. Schultz is leading the league in scoring with Eberle trailing not far behind.
The Barons biggest weakness is defensive depth. Especially with the veteran defensemen. I think, because of the hype of the young guns, the forward depth players have been passengers instead of adding secondary scoring. Even the young guns have on occasion, made some errors defensively which is bound to happen. The only cure being more experience.
Hopefully we will see the trio of Hall, Eberle and Nugent-Hopkins on Rexall ice soon. But when its all said and done in OKC, this team is doing well. But they could still do more with all their talent.
I hope they make some kind of AHL trade for more experienced D.
-WRITTEN BY NOAH FUCHS-
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What Gets Us Found: edmonton oilers, Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz, Oklahoma City Barons, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall
If This Continues, the Oilers Dodge a Few Bullets
Couldn't help but look at the contracts that are essentially being wasted with this lock out. Hall and Eberle are on their last years of their ELC. This is the last year they won't have a $6M cap hit. After this season they are paid handsomely.
Another reason to look is to see which players are in their final contract years. Let's be real. The league isn't going to fire up at all this year, so at some point, the Oilers have decisions to make.
Nikolai Khabibulin - This is the final year in his questionable contact. I can't see the Oilers resigning him even if it's a one year extension. He's past his prime and will never be a good goaltender again. However, not sure Dubnyk can carry the whole load. Oilers will have to sign a replacement goaltender once Khabibulin is gone.
Ryan Whitney - What do you do with a player who has been injured the last few years and still hasn't played a game this year with another league? I don't know either. Sign him for one more year as a "feeler" and see how it plays out? When he's 100% he's the best guy on the backed the Oil have. But will he ever reach that again?
Ladislav Smid - I like Smid. He's just turning into a stud on the blueline and I can't imagine the Oilers let him walk away for nothing. I'd do what it takes to ensure he comes back with a multi year contract.
Ryan Jones - Another North American talent wasting away sitting at home. Jones is a great team player, but can a guy like Hartikainen fill his spot? Most defiantly. If management truly likes him, he will be back for at least one more season.
Darcy Hordichuk - Meh! Fringe player who isn't really part of this team moving forward. Good team guy, but really, that's all he is.
Andy Sutton - From the word on the street, the big man might be headed for retirement. Sad if true. He's a decent 6th man.
Lennart Petrell - I didn't see the big hub bub about him. He's an OK player, but why not give his 4th line minutes to one of the kids whose earning a spot playing with the OKC Barons. I wouldn't bring him back.
Yann Danis - He's a solid goaltender for the OKC Barons and he's worthy of a one year renewal. But, never forget that Tyler Bunz could be ready to play in the AHL next season. With Bunz and Roy, they won't need Danis.
Dane Byers - I don't know a whole lot about Byers. All I really know is he's a good team guy and it's worth signing him for more term with the OKC Barons.
Sam Gagner - Gagner has been playing over in Austria and is trying to stay in game shape. He's still in the "to be determined" catagory with the Oilers and not having him play in front of Oilers management on a nightly basis makes it harder for the team to decide what to do with him. I'd resign him for two more years if he would go for it. But much like last year, he will probably ask for a one year deal. If the Oilers want long term, the price needs to go up. I like Gagner and I want him to be part of this team moving forward. Do the Oilers?
Teemu Hartikainen - The big man is really finding his game this season. He's been good for most of his games played. No doubt the Oilers try and lock him up for two years minimum. He will be a main part of the future of the Oilers for years to come.
Magnus Paajarvi - He's really meshing well with Lander and Hartikainen so far this season in Oklahoma City. Can that carry over to the NHL? Not sure. But the Oilers will resign the Swede and decide down the road if he's a fit with the team or not. Very possible he's trade bait once the general managers get talking again.
Theo Peckham - What do you say about a player who was just released by an ECHL team? Oy!!! (To be noted: Peckham allegedly asked to be released) What happened to this guy? If the Oilers make any decisions on Peckham, it's probably only a one year extension. Also probably trade bait.
Colten Teubert - He replaces the lost muscle that the Oilers will lose with Peckham. I like Teubert's game. He's a standup guy who takes no shit. Once he's seasoned, he can be a great 5/6 guy for any NHL team. He should get at least a two year extension.
Taylor Fedun - He scored his first professional goal last night and that must be a huge monkey off his back. Oiler fans everywhere are proud of his commitment on getting back into the game after his leg injury last year. Before the injury he was a solid player with big potential. Oilers now hope he can regain that form once again. So far this year he's made strides. No doubt the Oilers resign him for at least a couple of years. He's part of the future.
Mark Arcobello - He's a decent AHL talent and I can see him coming back for another year with the OKC Barons. Not sure if he will ever play in the NHL though.
Chris VandeVelde - While some players have developed, I'm not 100% sure CVV has. It's possible that he could become a 4th line center, but his faceoff % needs to improve for that to happen. I'm not sure if the Oilers want to keep developing him. He's kind of at a stand still. Give him one more year with the Barons then decide?
Alex Plante - Plain and simple, his foot speed is slow. As is, he will never become a regular in the NHL. I'd resign him for the purpose of including him in a trade down the road. I don't see him as part of the future.
Tanner House - Effective AHL'er at times. Not entirely sure what the projected output is of this guy, but it doesn't look that good. Is he worth keeping around for the Barons sake?
Philippe Cornet - He led the Barons in goals last year and was swiftly sent down to the Stockton Thunder at the beginning of this season. It was puzzling. Maybe something happened between him and the coach? Either way, after being sent down he's produced pretty well in the ECHL. He has 18 points as of right now. I'd resign him for sure. Two more years to see if he can evolve some more.
Antti Tyrvainen - From all reports that I've read about him, he's not a player the Oilers should continue developing. I'd move on.
CAP HIT (BUYOUTS)
Sheldon Souray - His $1.5M cap hit is over after this 2012-13 season is officially over.
- WRITTEN BY SMOKIN' RAY-
What Gets Us Found: Alex Plante, Colten Teubert, edmonton oilers, Magnus Paajarvi, Nik Khabibulin, Oklahoma City Barons, Ryan Whitney, Sam Gagner, Theo Peckham
Rajala and Cornet Continue Assault on ECHL
Once again this dynamic duo of Oilers prospects Toni Rajala and Philippe Cornet light up the oppositions goalie.
Both players finished the night with 3 points each. Cornet scored 2 goals and had an assist, while Rajala had 2 assists and a goal.
Since joining the Stockton Thunder they have been excellent. They have really helped make this Thunder team a high scoring group and are currently on a push for 1st place.
Rajala sits with 9 goals and 11 assists for 20 points so far this season. Cornet isn't much farther behind with 8 goals and 10 assists for 18 points. Coach Thomas can't be happier to have those two on his roster.
On one hand, having the kid line demoted to play with the OKC Barons was terrible for Cornet and Rajala. Some guys had to be sent to Stockton. However, this couldn't have worked out better. The confidence level on these two guys will be an asset if, and when, they get recalled to Oklahoma City in the near future.
Big question is, can this success they are having translate to the AHL game?
On a side note, new/old Thunder player Cameron Abney who was just recently returned to Stockton also scored tonight. His hands aren't just for punching people. Deep down inside that rough exterior is a goal scorer. OK, so that's not entirely true. But it was sweet to hear Abney finally scored his first goal of the season.
Another Oilers prospect is creating a buzz in California too. Goaltender Tyler Bunz again played lights out. He was 1st star of the game and has been solid most nights he starts. Nice to see the kid is developing down there. Hard to believe in a few years he could be the Oilers starting goalie.
Until next time... GO THUNDER!!!
Written by Smokin' Ray at 11:26 PM 0 COMMENT HERE
What Gets Us Found: edmonton oilers, Philippe Cornet, Stockton Thunder, Toni Rajala, Tyler Bunz
I'm Sick Of This... Boycott Still On!
You have to wonder at what point the players and the league say, "screw this!"
Good luck sharing revenue when there is no revenue. Just like at the beginning of the season, I encouraged our followers to boycott buying any NHL or Oilers related merchandise to show them the fans are not stupid. We want the game back more than the players or the league do. So to show them, we as a group, have been keeping our money in our pockets while the owners make nothing and the players wonder why their bank accounts never get filled up.
I still encourage our followers to continue this trend. For the first time in over 25 years, I have asked for my family to NOT buy me any Oilers stuff. Just because it's Christmas, doesn't mean we should support a bunch of morons who are killing the game they "so called" love.
This on again, off again talks they have been having are pissing more than the average fan off. It's becoming a joke around the nation and beyond.
Enough is enough!
I want replacement players.
MOVEMBER UPDATE
Thanks for all the support from the Oilers Jambalaya fans. Feel free to donate $5 to www.mobro.co/brenthuska
The Mo looks better everyday!
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What Gets Us Found: edmonton oilers, Movember, NHL
OilersJambalaya MOVEMBER update Nov 11/12
Movember is in full stride but with the NHL in CB negotiations still the focus on the raising of funds is very minimal. Got to appreciate our CHL in Canada and the effort they put into raising awareness but have to say, I am not happy with the efforts of the AHL in that regards. Players that are doing the Movember in the AHL are players who have been supporting this from the early base roots.
Regardless of their efforts, we here at Oilers Jambalaya have our own cause. The Cause to raise awareness among the Oilogosphere for Men's Health in the Month of November. We have a friendly competition to raise funds in the fight for Men's Health. All donations are tax receiptable and can easily be donated to with our above links on our page. Also feel free to jump in and raise funds yourself by joining our team here at OilersJambalaya.
Devan Dubynk is one player who has a baby face and finds it difficult to grow the 'MO'. No matter how much one laughs at you, you still got to love the determination to stand in front of your teammates day after day and face jokes about your baby face.
Nicolai Khabibulin is a player who can grow a 'MO' within 5 days. Of course many of these Oilers like to cheat some. They grow the beard with the stache, but in all fairness at least they are raising awareness.
Ladislav Smid is always a favourite in that dressing room and one who can be counted on for a hilarious 'MO'. Smid would really have made a good actor in the 80's. Got to love how proud he always is of his 'MO'.
So fellow hockey fans,time does grow the 'stache' some more and some less. As promised I am posting a picture every 10 days here at Oilers Jambalaya keeping you updated on the progress of the 'MO'. Feel free to get behind our effort.
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Toni Rajala Is Runner Up
It was announced today that Edmonton Oilers prospect Toni Rajala was named runner up for ECHL Player of the Week.
He's produced 7 points in 3 games with the Stockton Thunder. He's having himself a nice start to the season. Let's hope he can continue what he's started.
What Gets Us Found: edmonton oilers, Stockton Thunder, Toni Rajala
'Oilers 1st Team Prospects'
Sometimes taking time to look through a NHL franchise system can be a good indicator of exactly what areas look strong and what areas need improvement in. This past week, Bob Stauffer has Oil Country 'buzzing' with conversation of WHO the Oilers could be looking for as the 'WOW' factor possibilities. Bob has gone on to say that all you have to do is look at the areas that they need the most work in. This brings me to this blog.
What better way to figure out which position is the weakest and which positions have little depth. I am planning on posting my thoughts on 3 Teams of Prospect within the Oilers organization. Today we start with the best of what I believe is the best of the Oilers organization. As far as who is eligible and who isn't for the Prospects, I am going to make it simple. A player can not have played more then 60 games in the NHL and not be over 25 years of age.
Introducing your Oilers 1st Team Prospects!
Starting at Right Wing, at 5'11 and weighing 190 lbs. The 'Sniper from Russia'...
Nail Yakupov
Nail Yakupov has done nothing but answer his critics since he entered the CHL. He has set records and stirred controversy. Regardless of what has happened off the ice, Nail has performed on the ice. His Goals per game pace in the KHL is really making teams take notice and no doubt has become the talk of the NHL in many circles not just in Edmonton. In the words of Nail Yakupov "We score more goals, we win!"
On Left Wing, standing 6'1 and weighing in at 215lbs. The 'Beast from the East'...
Teemu Hartikainen
Teemu has been honing his craft in OKC with the Barons now for while. He has had a couple shorter stints with the Oilers but has shown this year to start off his season with some gusto. Teemu is known as a slow starter who comes on stronger as the season wears on. Good strong player who seems to compliment skill better then that checking line player. A good bet to be a good NHL player in the future.
At Center, Standing 6'0 and coming in at 194 lbs..."The Competitive Swede"
Anton Lander
Anton is a work in progress. Never known his his scoring touch but being a good two way centre can go a long ways in any organization. Lander stuck with the Oilers last season till the later point of the season and was then sent down to work more on his overall game in OKC. This year he has not flown out of the gate and will likely need to show some more progress if he wants to get a call up at centre should a centremen go down with a injury. I have ranked as the #1 Centre but only because of potential not performance.
On Defence, standing at 6'2 and weighing 185lbs..."The Smooth and Silky"
Justin Schultz
Justin Schultz is a rarity in today's game. There are few and far players like him in today's NHL that can play offensively like he can. Already this season he has outperformed expectations and this adjustment to pro hockey in OKC seems to have come at a perfect time for him. Justin will take some time to work more on his defensive game but his gap control at the minor pro level is excellent. Could potentially become a star in the NHL.
On Defence, at 6'3 and 204 lbs..."The Bomb"
Oscar Klefbom
Oscar comes exactly as advertised. He is a big, and physical defencemen. Some expect his point totals to be better but that is not his fortay. Oscar is more of a Pronger style player except without the dirty play (that we know of). Is logging big minutes and being a major difference this year in Sweden. Has been injured but once back and playing at 100% health, Klefbom will be putting on his final preperations to get ready to start 2013/2014 training camp for the Oilers.
In Goal and standing at 6'1, weighing 198 lbs..."Bunzzy"
Tyler Bunz
Tyler is a competitive and self motivated player who can be found working on his game every moment he gets a chance. His strides of growth each year have been sensational and has him poised as being a good NHL goaltender in the future. The proof is always in the pudding and for Tyler he is working on continuing to show Oilers management exactly how good he is this year in Stockton with the Thunder of the ECHL.
Oilers 1st Team Prospects
Hartikainen/Lander/Yakupov
J.Schultz/Klefbom
I believe this is a team the Oilers could be proud of for Prospects, however 1 position definitely looks weaker then the others when comparing talents. While I do like Lander, this list shows us we definitely have a weakness at the Centre Position in the future. My bet? This team will be dealing for a centre or waiting till the 2013 Draft and attempt to grab a Centremen with their 1st Pick in the 1st round. Centre's are plentiful in the higher rankings should the Oilers get another high pick. Nathan MacKinnon, Sean Monahan, Aleksander barkov, Curtis Lazar. Of these names, I would say their is a good chance we could see one of them putting on a Oilers Jersey at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Movember in 'Oil Country'
Movember has arrived in Oil Country. NHL or NOT, Movember carries on in the greatest hockey city in the world. It's for a cause far greater then the sport itself and gives the guys another reason to be lazy and not shave. Now a true 'MO' is only the 'Stache'. Can't be lazy here, you still need to shave the entire face. I know, I know many a people will grow facial hair in other area's. Why? Because they hate the look of the 'MO'. I get it, my entire family and 80% of people I know, hate it too. But it's not about looking good, it's about raising awareness and dollars for men's health.
I am putting a challenge out to all our readers here at Oilers Jambalaya. Join our team and raise awareness and dollars yourself. Just click on the link and follow through. Don't want to grow a 'MO'? Feel free to donate towards 'changing the face of men's health'.
http://ca.movember.com/team/599053
In years past the oilers have taken a shot at it themselves.
Sam Gagner has always had a beauty, err maybe we should say a 'baby Mo'?
Taylor Hall did not bad, but too blonde and he cheated, he grew a beard with it.
'Booo! Loser! Go back to the OHL!'
Hordichuk can always be depended on for a beauty of a 'stache'
Personally I think the 'Nuge' wins it hands down! This guy can grow a 'Lanny McDonald' MO.
OK, I know Ryan Nugent-Hopkins picture is photo shopped but you can't say it doesn't make him look that much more mature.
Being a goalie myself, I absolutely love this tribute to Movember portrayed on a Goalie Lid.
'Sweet Fuhr!'
So my friends, I will be posting a picture every 10 days here at Oilers Jambalaya keeping you updated on the progress of the 'MO'. Feel free to get behind our effort but remember, you need to start clean shaven today. Off with all the hair and start from scratch. (I also will be updating some pictures of Oiler players in the system as the month goes on.)
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List of products by brand Atlas Games
Gloom 2nd ed. Card game
Gloom - weird gothic card game about one strange family members and pain. In the Gloom card game, you assume control of the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game is sad, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. You'll play horrible mishaps like Pursued by Poodles or Mocked by Midgets on your own characters to lower their Self-Worth scores, while trying to cheer your opponents' characters with marriages and other happy occasions that pile on positive points. The player with the lowest total Family Value wins.(Source - Boardgamegeek.com)
Gloom: Unhappy Homes card...
The Gloom: Unhappy Homes expansion adds one player and 55 cards to the game. Just mix the 55 transparent cards included in this set together with your copy of Gloom to add morbid new Modifiers, Events, and Untimely Deaths, and a new family -- the artistes of Le Canard Noir, whose creative endeavors always end in disaster.Also included are five Residences with a light blue background behind their central illustration. These are each placed next to their related family at the start of the game. New cards called Mysteries, which have a dark blue effects bar at the bottom, are also shuffled into the deck before play. (Source - Boardgamegeek.com)
Gloom: Unfortunate...
Unfortunate Expeditions introduces expeditions into the game. Only one expedition can be in play at a time. An expedition's rules affect all players as long as it remains in play. When you play a modifier of untimely death that has an expedition symbol, resolved the immediate effects of the card, then replace the current expedition with the one shown on the card. Some cards also have special effects that occur if an active expedition is already in play when the card is played.(Source - Boardgamegeek.com)
Gloom: Unwelcome Guests...
Unwelcome Guests expansion adds one player and 55 cards to the game. New effect icons on cards allow their special effects to continue to be active even if covered by another card. An effect ends only when the attached character is killed. Also inside are five Unwelcome Guest cards. Deal one or more face up to the table’s center at the start of the game. Guests “follow” the card types noted on them; no matter where it currently is, a living Guest immediately moves to join the family of the character on which one of its “trigger” cards is played. All its Modifiers are moved with it, and it’s considered a member of that family until it moves again. This may delay the game’s end if a final play draws a Guest to the near-winner’s family. (Source - Boardgamegeek.com)
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The Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society of Calumet
Sons of Norway Ulseth Lodge:
News Pictures History Restoration The Society Contact Home
2008 Activity Kalender:
Click here to join the local Sons of Norway Lodge
Click here to join the Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society of Calumet
2008 Kalender Events: (please email Connie email webmaster if you have pictures that can be included here)
20 January 2008 Last day to submit your ancestry info to be included in the book "Norwegians in Michigan" Michigan State U Press. They want info about Norwegians who immigrated to Michigan. Click here for page 1 and page 2 of the form to fill out. For more info, contact Dennis Darling, Pres of the Askeladden Lodge of Kalamazoo.
9 February 2008 Michigan Tech Winter Carnival Torch Light Parade down Mt Ripley & Fireworks. The Sons of Norway, Ulseth Lodge members have reserved a room on the campus of MTU to view the parade and fireworks from the warmth of the Chemical Sciences Building. That is building number 19 on the campus map here: www.mtu.edu/tools/map.html We will meet and socialize starting at 7:30pm Saturday in second floor room 208, the Chemistry Learning Center. Bring a Norwegian desert snack or cheese/crackers etc and watch this spectacular event!
16 February 2008 Barneløpet (children's ski race) at Hancock's Maasto Hiihto cross country ski trail, sponsored by our Ulseth Lodge, Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club and Portage Health System. Registration at 10am in the Chalet; first race starts at 11 am. Volunteers are need to bring baked goods, help with the race, and inside the Chalet for this 1st Annual event. Click here for registration form. Contact Stordahl's 482-0292 if you can help or for more details.
Feb 23, 2007 The National Sons of Norway co-sponsor the Barnebirkie, a race for over 1,300 children during the famous annual Brikebeiner cross country ski race in nearby Hayward/Cable, Wisconsin as a tribute to the original Birkebeiner ski marathon to save the infant future King of Norway in 1206. Our Ulseth Lodge is asked to send cookies to give to the children as they finished the race. Local members, Richard & Nancy Imm volunteered at the race and delivered our cookies again this year.
17 May 2008 Saturday, Syttende Mai !! Celebrate Norway's National Constitution Day! We will host inspirational speaker Frida Waara talking about her Arctic & Nordic Adventures! Exhibits will start at 10am; lunch smorgbord from 11-1; Friday's talk at 1pm at Finlandia's Portage Campus, 200 Michigan Street, Hancock. Volunteers are needed to help with this Ulseth Lodge sponsored community event; please contact Nancy Imm for details.
June 8th: We are having our "2nd Sunday of the month" meeting this Sunday, June 8th at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock. We will have a social beginning at 6:00pm (bring goodies to share), meeting at 7 and a Norwegian movie at 8pm. Please come for any or all of this!
21 June 2008 Saturday, Scandinavian Midsummer Fest in Marquette celebrating the summer solstice; longest day. Events run from 10am to 10pm at the Presque Isle park in Marquette. This is a really fun event starting with a May pole raising, live Scandinavian entertainment all day, including the 3pm bunad parade, tents of Scandinavian arts/crafts & demos, good food, big bon fire at the end of the day etc.We will not have a table for the Sons of Norway, Ulseth Lodge this year, but hope to next year, so please attend this fun event this year to see what it is all about. We have been invited to participate by bringing our bunads to wear for their National Costume parade across the stage at 3pm on Saturday. A brief description of the costume and its origin will be helpful for use by the narrators during the program. Organizers for the National Costume Show are Leenamari Bowers and Dorothy Beckman. Call 906-228-9190 for more information, and to be in the show.
24, 25, 26 July 2008 Thursday, Fri, Sat Nordic Fest in Decorah, Iowa. In 2008, Nordic Fest will celebrate its 42st anniversary. Since 1967, over 1.5 million visitors from throughout the country have attended this festival. "This Summerfest with Nordic Neighbors" begins with Thursday night opening ceremonies, followed by two full days of fun activities. The whole family will enjoy delicious food, traditional crafts with live history, a colorful outdoor parade, lively entertainment, an indoor Bunad parade, the Saturday night torchlight parade and fireworks and so much more!
10 August 2008 Regular monthly Sunday meeting at 6pm at the Norwegian Lutheran Church which is located at 608 Elm Street in downtown Calumet, one block West of the Calumet Theater. We are welcoming 4 special guests from Norway to our meeting, including Sverre and Liv Sandberg. Sverre is the President, Norway Chapter, of the Michigan Tech Alumni Association in Stabekk Norway. Our other guest is Norwegian born businessman and his wife Trygve Ivesdal & Unni Johannessen who are the parents of our Lodge member Terry Smythe. They are all in town this week for the MTU Alumni Reunion and have accepted our invitation to join us.
Our program starts with introducing these guests and hear about their experiences as Norwegians in this country, see their pictures of Norway, and learn about their lives in Norway, as well as any experience they may have had with Sons of Norway in the past. This will be informal, and will include questions and comments from the audience.
Then we will have a tour of the church and a review of its history, recent improvements, and plans for the future. This will include the church's place in the development of the Keweenaw and the settlement of Norwegians in the area. Lodge members are urged to attend, and are asked to bring some snacks to share, such as "heavy" h'ors d'oeuvres and dessert items. Drinks will be provided.
Trygve Ivesdal speaking
Sverre Sandberg speaking
Sillers, C. Monette in back
J. Mihal & guests
church guardian
16 August 2008 Heritage Days in Calumet. Norwegian Waffle Bake and Fundraiser Saturday morning for the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Volunteers needed to help at out table at this community event!
20 September 2008 Parade of Nations coordinated by Michigan Tech University, through Hancock to Houghton on Saturday with ethnic entertainment & food to follow. The Tech Norwegian students walked in the parade with the Norwegian Flag in past years, lets join them this year! We tentatively plan to have a Sons of Norway table and sell Norwegian lefsa or waffles, please contact Nancy or Susan for details. If we sell food, we will have to attend one of two required food prep seminars on the Tech campus. See the Parade of Nations webpage for details.
30 Sept to 4 Oct 2008 Norsk Høstfest, in Minot, ND is North America’s largest Scandinavian Festival, celebrating its 31st year in 2008 "Tens of thousands of people attend the event annually to celebrate and partake in the Scandinavian culture and entertainment. Over 200 internationally recognized artisans, craftsmen and chefs participate. The experience is an eclectic array of contemporary and traditional. The cuisine as well as the clothes, art and jewelry are authentic, fine quality and exquisitely Nordic." Looking forward to next years' September 29 - October 3, 2009.
12 October 2008, Celebrate Leif Erikson Day!!! please bring a dish of finger food to share!
WE will Eat Like the Vikings!!
6pm Sunday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, we will watch a short Scandinavian movie and
we will also be Nominating officers for the upcoming year!
Sons of Norway Ulseth Lodge will be electing officers for the coming year,
and we need nominations & volunteers (yes, you can nominate yourself) for 4
officer positions: President, Vice-President, Secretary, & Treasurer.
The current officers have served for 2 years, since our lodge started up,
but the terms for incoming officers will be for only one year. We need more
participation to keep the lodge operating, so think about this and send in
names for consideration to V. Pres. Richard Imm by Monday, Sept. 29th.
Nominations will be approved by the membership at our monthly lodge meeting
October 12th, and Elections will be held the following month, November 9th.
18 October 2008, Saturday: Nordic Fiddle Workshop and Concert: we will need volunteers to bake and serve snacks for the group's mid-afternoon break, please contact Eileen Stordahl if you can help bake or serve!
From their Press Release: Folk Music Workshops Feature
The Nordic Fiddle Fusion Band - Frigg
HANCOCK, MI – At Folk Music Workshops at the Finlandia University Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC), and in conjunction with their North American tour, the seven members of the Nordic fiddle fusion band Frigg will share their skills on a variety of instruments.
The Frigg music workshop is Saturday, October 18, 2008, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the FAHC. Participants can join Frigg on stage at the historic Calumet Theatre later the same night, and at the Crystal Theater in Crystal Falls, Mich., Sunday, October 19 at 2 p.m. CST.
Frigg is a multitalented Finnish-Norwegian group of seven young musicians who play fresh Scandinavian folk fiddling accompanied by fretted instruments, upright bass and endless energy. The style they represent is a mixture of Kaustinen (Finland) and Nord-Trondelag (Norway) — traditions flavoured with a taste of Americana and Irish folk music.
Kaustinen, a cluster of villages on the slow-winding River Perho in the western Finnish region of Ostrobothnia, has long been famous for its fiddlers. But, largely as a result of the innovative influence and success of Kaustinen band JPP (the acronym derives from "Järvelän Pikkupelimannit") and the teaching by that band's Mauno Järvelä of all the kids in the area who want to learn, the standard of playing, tune writing and arranging has increased even further, and rapidly, over the past few years.
The band Frigg is at the crest of this new wave, full of fresh ideas and taking the next leap forward for Finnish fiddle music. The members of the band include Esko Järvelä, Alina Järvelä, Antti Järvelä, Petri Prauda and Tuomas Logrén. Playing both ordinary and Hardanger fiddle are brothers Gjermund and Einar Olav Larsen, from Verdal in the central Norwegian region of Trøndelag. The kinds of instruments you'll see and hear in their concerts are fiddles, bass, mandolin, cittern, Estonian bagpipes, guitar and dobro.
Advance registration for each of the workshops is required. The cost of a workshop is $15.
Frigg is on tour in October in the Upper Peninsula. Tour stops include:
October 17 – NMU University Center, Marquette, Mich.
October 18 – Calumet Theatre, Calumet, Mich. 7:30 pm call 337-2610 for tickets or www.calumettheatre.com
October 19 – Crystal Theater, Crystal Falls, Mich.
9 November 2008, Sunday, 6pm Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, regular monthly meeting; Bring a snack to share at 6, then a short business meeting at 6:30 we will be Electing officers for the upcoming year! Our program will start at 7 pm. Lynda and Doug Boose, local members of Ski for Light, will tell us about the organization and show us pictures of their ski trip to Iceland and Norway last winter with Ski for Light. Public is invited to hear their exciting presentation. From the SFL webpage: "...Each year Ski for Light, Inc. conducts a week-long event where blind and mobility-impaired adults are taught the basics of cross-country skiing. The event attracts upwards of 300 participants and guides. The location of the event changes from year to year in an effort to spread the Ski for Light philosophy and idea to as many parts of the country as possible..."
Note: all officers from last year were re-elected with the exception of secretary, who declined, Eileen Stordahl will be the secretary this year.
7 December 2008 Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock has a Swedish Santa Lucia Pot Luck Dinner 5:30-8pm
12 December 2008, Friday at 10 AM at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church: Learn to bake Norwegian lefse! Bring your ingredients: cooled cooked riced potatoes, butter, sugar, flour, and pans, rollers etc if you have them.
14th December 2008 Julefest !! 5 pm Social, 5:30 pm Smørgåsbord Pot Luck Dinner! at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock. Our entertainment will be Paul and Sue Slinde of Atlantic Mine as Ole & Lena! We will have a silent auction fundraiser, so please bring a Scandinavian item for the auction, if you can. This can either be an item donated to our Lodge by a local merchant or an item you may have from home. The Lodge will provide beverages for the Pot Luck Dinner. This is our big social program of the season, so we all hope to see everyone there to celebrate Julefest!
Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the church food pantry as a big thank you for letting us use their facilities.
If you missed Julefest 2008, you can still view the skit by our local Ole & Lena by clicking here to see the video of the skit!
We have started a scrapbook with pictures of Ulseth Lodge past events, so if you have any pictures you could share for this scrapbook, please bring them to our meetings!
Here are a few Julefest songs on youtube: Kerstin Blodig: Det kimer nu til Julefest and Sissel album "Glade Jul (Silent Night)"
Click to see activities from previous years:
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, current year
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Calumet, Michigan 49913
(906) 337-3731 for further information or email webmaster
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PICINISCO 1000
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In 2017, Picinisco, one of the towns which lie in Val di Comino, will celebrate its first Millennium.
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PICINISCO, VAL DI COMINO 1017 -2017. An important anniversary for the town and all our neighbours.
In 2017, Picinisco, one of the towns which lie in Val di Comino, will celebrate its first Millennium. While undoubtedly older, the first mention of Picinisco is to be found in a document dated 6 March 1017, when the Princes of Capua restored to the Abbey of Montecassino the Monastery of S. Valentino to be found in the "Contea" di Comino in the area called Picinisco.
Val di Comino itself is, to coin a phrase, a Borgo Diffuso a town dispersed around the Valley in around a dozen districts each with a slightly different character and history. This celebration marks an important anniversary not only for Picinisco but also for the whole of Val di Comino, and our neighbours in Cassino, Sora, Filignano and, of course in the Ciociaria generally.
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Italian heritage, language & citizenship.
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with the Comune of Picinisco, the Pro Loco, other local organisations in Val di Comino as well as the Church to promote harmony.
100000 Fundraising Target
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The following projects are already funded and in course of preparation
Film: A Millennium Celebration
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Photographic Exhibition
A photographic exhibition is proposed with prizes in 3 categories: Il Tramonto, L’Alba, People and...
Picinisco: Uncovering 1000 Years of History by Virginia Arcari.
Has now been published and is available on Amazon. Virginia has very generously committed the...
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THE EPHEMERAL STUDIO | RMIT INTERIOR DESIGN | MELBOURNE | 2008
The Ephemeral Laboratory, a design studio developed by Lynda and Ceri within the School of Architecture & Design (Interior Design) at RMIT University, investigated pop-up and temporal design as a platform to encourage a range of engagements within the public realm. The studio acted as a live laboratory using the RMIT City Campus as a representation of the broader city context of Melbourne. Here students conducted hypothetical and real (1:1 scale) experiments that explored the relationship between the individual, the city and temporal spaces; insertions; overlays and events.
“In the current debate over the use of public space in cities, temporary uses are seen as tools of empowerment: revealing the possibilities of space.” from Temporary Urban Spaces.
Project: 24/7 was the first in a series of hands-on experiments where a temporal device was inserted, overlayed or attached to a part of the built fabric of RMIT Building 8 and observed over time.
Project: Conversation Booth investigated how temporal spaces could be created to enable social interaction via a full scale built structure. Facilitated by artist provocateur Neil Thomas, this experiment required students to design, construct and inhabit a temporal device within the public spaces of RMIT and measure it’s success as an engaging &/or interactive experience.
The Cardboard House: Jonathan Ong and Beth Mann
The aim of the studio was to develop a process, language and a conceptual underpinning for a temporal practice that could engage the community in which it was situated. Culminating in the final design project, students were asked to critically examine an aspect of the RMIT City campus within either a commodified, cultural or civic context and develop a proposition for a hypothetical and temporal design response, building on existing social relationships.
Project outcomes: Com-ver-gat-ion, Gavin Ho. Reels on Wheels. Jacquie Holland. 40,608 Identities, Kate Brinn.
The final project challenged students to question the social and spatial amenities provided by the educational institution of RMIT University and to feel empowered to offer alternatives within an environment they had assumed was beyond their control.
The studio concluded with a one night ‘pop-up’ exhibition and walking tour open to the public and the RMIT community showcasing hypothetical possibilities for the RMIT City Campus. Each design proposal was presented as an installation, located at each student’s selected site, using innovative and participatory methods to convey their ideas.
Developing the conceptual framework for this studio offered Public Assembly the chance to explore their design methodology. In particular, the shifts between the urban, campus, room and object scales of operation and applying these modes within an intensive 14 week project. It also allowed Lynda and Ceri the opportunity to develop teaching tools to impart this design methodology to other designers. The most powerful of these tools was the creation an unfettered zone for play and experimentation via hands-on workshops and the engagement of external practitioners as collaborators to share their knowledge within this context.
Student Participants: Kate Brinn, Liz Grimmer, Greta Mak, Adrian Preman, Lauren Hunt, Yvonne How, Hamish Adamson, Marissa Kefalianos, Alice Wensor, Jonathan Ong, Alex Brown, Yangzi Li, Angela Neylon, Charlotte Dethick, Jacquie Holland, Ashleigh Rye, Gavin Ho, Ana Garcia, Beth Mann. Guest Provocateurs: Neil Thomas, Erin Ender. Subject Coordinator: Roger Kemp.
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Royal Discord: The Family of George II
Veronica P.M. Baker-Smith David Starkey
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April 16, 2019 April 16, 2019 Veronica P.M. Baker-Smith David Starkey
Royal Discord: The Family of George II By Veronica P.M. Baker-Smith David Starkey,
Title: Royal Discord: The Family of George II
Author: Veronica P.M. Baker-Smith David Starkey
The family of George II has been ill served by history and by most historians He was a German, the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great Britain, but by the end of his long reign the House of Hanover was firmly established as the British ruling family, while the dangerous and legitimate claims of the Stuarts had finally been laid to rest It has beeThe family of George II has been ill served by history and by most historians He was a German, the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great Britain, but by the end of his long reign the House of Hanover was firmly established as the British ruling family, while the dangerous and legitimate claims of the Stuarts had finally been laid to rest It has been said that he was the first British king to wield little real power, but he was the first genuinely to understand the concept of constitutional monarchy and allow his ministers to guide him, although he certainly made them suffer in the process The family has been further neglected because the early death of his eldest son, Frederick, the Prince of Wales, meant that the succession passed to George s grandson, the familiar mad George III This, and the tendency of European royalty to use a very limited number of Christian names, has caused a genealogical blurring that has erased the family of George II from the consciousness of history To make matters worse, Frederick has usually been viewed through the distorting glass of his father s often unreasonable animosity rather than for his actual contribution His brother, the Duke of Cumberland, has been dismissed simply as the Butcher of Culloden and his lifetime achievements overlooked Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange is the only English princess ever to rule in her own right in a foreign country but she is virtually unknown And their four sisters are even less remembered Royal Discord seeks to redress the balance and restore the members of this remarkable family with their undoubted strengths and their undeniable weaknesses to a fitting place in the pageant of not just British but European history.
Royal Discord The Family of George II The family of George II has been ill served by history and by most historians He was a German the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great Britain but by the end of his long reign the
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In Royal Discord Veronica Baker Smith explores the British Royal Family during the time of King George II The children of George II are often ignored in British history despite the fact that they had significant contributions At first glance the reason seems obvious none of this King s children had ever sat on the throne themselves The heir Fredrick, the Prince of Wales, died before his father did, but not before he himself had many children to ensure that the throne would never pass to his sibl [...]
This book starts off being great because it s unique as the author herself says, George II and his family have been largely ignored by History And there s no reason why they should be, this family was fascinating.George II was the hated son of George I, the last British monarch to be born outside of Great Britain, probably one of the few Kings who really understood the concept of being a constitutional monarch and his reign saw the end of the Stuart threat to the throne His wife, Queen Caroline, [...]
It should have been called Anne, Princess of Orange because the book is almost entirely about her.
A great and much needed book about the early Georgians This gave a brilliant insight into the lives of the Princes and Princesses who have largely been forgotten by history Well worth a read
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Nobody's Slave
Tim Vicary
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January 09, 2019 January 09, 2019 Tim Vicary
Nobody's Slave By Tim Vicary,
Title: Nobody's Slave
Author: Tim Vicary
Two boys meet on a voyage which transforms their lives Madu, a young African, is captured by the Elizabethan slave trader, Sir John Hawkins Tom Oakley is a young sailor in charge of the slaves At first the two boys hate each other But as the story develops their roles are reversed, and each comes to depend on the other than either would have once thought possible.Two boys meet on a voyage which transforms their lives Madu, a young African, is captured by the Elizabethan slave trader, Sir John Hawkins Tom Oakley is a young sailor in charge of the slaves At first the two boys hate each other But as the story develops their roles are reversed, and each comes to depend on the other than either would have once thought possible.This is a fast moving adventure story based around real historical events History as you never learned it in school
Nobody s Slave Two boys meet on a voyage which transforms their lives Madu a young African is captured by the Elizabethan slave trader Sir John Hawkins Tom Oakley is a young sailor in charge of the slaves At firs
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Nobody s Slave by Tim Vicary shows a look at the slave trade from the people doing the capturing and trading, to those that they captured It is told in different POV s so as to give the big picture, and in my opinion that really worked for this novel Especially because we see how Madu and Tom s worlds intersect and change I thought it was interesting that there were real characters from history that played such important roles like the slave trader John Hawkins and Francis Drake Also, the author [...]
After reading this book, then re reading the description, the description does not do this marvelous story any justice Not that it s bad I imagine it is a tough task for an author to sum up all the amazing events in this novel into just a few sentences this really is the type of story that you have to read to experience yourself I almost this that this book should be taught in the high schools as it gives such a human face to slavery in Africa at the hands of the English It s one thing to learn [...]
Ripped from some of the most evil parts of our history as humans, Nobody s Slave celebrates the human spirit in an unexpected and touching way I was particularly impressed by the authenticity that Mr Vicary brought to the scenes and with his characters It is clear that this author has done his homework and it shows It is almost impossible to separate fact from fiction as the story seamlessly transitions from character to character, and country to sea There is heart pounding action and written in [...]
Madu and his friend Temba are doing their manhood training by killing a leopard They are successful, but soon afterwards their village is attacked by a warring clan and the friends are forced to flee and not everyone survives Soon slave traders arrive and Madu is taken away What follows next is a gut wrenching tale of heartache and drama between the young Madu and his captors There is much action at sea, one battle after another This fast faced historical novel blends fact with fiction, and I fo [...]
The book Nobody s Slave, by Tim Vicary, was an interesting book and it shows what the slaves had to face on the ships and their struggles when on the ships The book portrayed many themes but the two that it portrayed most were the themes evil and loyalty To begin with, the book Nobody s Slave shows that slave trading in our history was evil and he showed this by the struggles that the slaves had to go through For example, the slaves struggled when they transported them from one place to another [...]
Madu and his friend, Temba, have gone into the jungle to catch a leopard Madu has a plan which will let him catch the beast without sacrificing his goat Right now it is the most important thing in his life.Tom Oakley, a nephew of Francis Drake, is on his first voyage The ship is bound for Africa to pick up slaves.Soon these two will meet and both their lives will be changed forever This is a very exciting and moving tale about the early slave trade The story is fiction but the history is real Th [...]
Nobody s Slave was about two very different boys from two completely different worlds that meet in a sad way Throughout the book they both learn very valuable lessons that will shade away their ignorance and probably affected them for the rest of their lives This book based off of a true story may spark your interest or it may not.This book is a excellent read for a class but personally I would not read it for pleasure by myself, the book was quite long and hard to get into At the beginning the [...]
I really enjoyed reading this book I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Transatlantic Slave Trade This story is mostly for young adults and older This book was really interesting because I got to learn a lot about the Slave Trade and its process For example, I learned that the process is really rough for the slaves, and I also learned the process the slaves go through from Africa to America It was really interesting because almost every other chapter is alternated between the [...]
This book is about a African boy and a sailor white boy becoming friends They hate each other so much that they try to kill each other multiple times The main character is Madu who was captured by European sailors, such as the other main character Tom They don t like each other then soon realize they need each other than they think When I received this book I was really excited to start reading When I started reading it started interesting and then soon became boring I did not like this book be [...]
This book is about an african slave named Madu and a European boy named Tom At first Tom hated all African but later on in the book, his views changed Towards the middle of the book, Tom and Madu cross paths and at first there was a lot of hatred Towards the end of the book, through collaboration, Madu and Tom like each other This book tells readers about the Trans Atlantic slave trade and the mistreatment of slaves.From the beginning to the end I loved the book I thought there was a lot of acti [...]
The novel Nobody s Slave dwells into the tale of an African child being abducted and taken away from his homeland in Africa to experience the horrors of being apart of the slave trade Tim Vicary used his novel to highlight the perspective of becoming a slave and the struggles and hardships that come with it The slave trade occurred between the 15th and 19th century, spreading to mainly North America, South America, and Europe Through his characters, readers begin to understand what it is like to [...]
Not my usual type of book but, I read it because I love historical books and it was a new perspective I was curious about how the two young men in the story would interact and how their feelings and experiences compared Usually, I can relate to the characters in a story but in this case, I couldn t imagine dealing with the things they had to and, I hated even reading about how horrific their experiences were I believe that we all need to see or read about the past and the wrongs committed in the [...]
True friendship between enemiesExcellent tale of 16th century slave trade with many elements of the story borrowed from historical accounts Who is nobody that enslaves you Maybe you can enslave yourself Lots of action and the characters are interesting and well developed I love this story of how people can mature and change their opinions and feelings about other people.
This was a very moving story about slavery from many perspectives Vicary writes about two young boys on seemingly opposing sides both trying to understand The descriptive writing made you feel like you were right with them as they cross the ocean and beyond.
A really thought provoking storyNobody s slave yet slavery did exist This story shows both sides within an incredible story Vicary writes with vivid details and a continually moving plot.
Tim Vicary s Nobody s Slave teaches many important lessons The most important one being that facing reality takes maturity and self acceptance The title of this book strongly relates to the content of the novel in various ways For example, the book focused on two boys, and their life journeys First, a boy who was on a slave ship working as a sailor Next, the second boy was captured as a slave and brought on the ship Their journey across the Atlantic, and what happens when they get to the new wor [...]
An enjoyable read by an excellent author He has combined history, fiction, and a touch of modern day morals to tell a spellbinding action adventure story It highlights the unseen, and often untold, cruelty of the early slave trade between the English and Spanish residing in the new world.I have rated this book 4.25 stars.I obtained this book from in Kindle format.Thank you Frank
Spoiler Text view spoiler In the novel Novel Nobody s by Tim Vicary it was held in a pretty chanced and deadly time period for the slaves In this time period for the slaves it was chanced because every decision they made was very risky but they did it for their survival and to be free, on page 104 they were thinking out the escape plan and Okafo says , I have said before We must look for a chance to steal a knife, and cut ourselves free That will be the signal to fight And if we lose If u drop t [...]
I recommend this book because it informed me about the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and how different people were treated during this time period Also, it included interesting characters who were a good representation of the two main opposing sides of the group of people at the time In Nobody s Slave, Tim Vicary portrays the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade as an age of violence and loyalty To start off, Tim Vicary s use of imagery helps convey the various aspects of his message about violence For examp [...]
I really enjoyed this fictional account of survival and friendship between Tom a young English sailor and Madu a young black slave set amidst the back drop of Francis Drake s third voyage to obtain slaves from Africa to sell to the Spaniards.I feel that I have an affinity with Francis Drake as I originally hail from Plymouth in South Devon and, before his retirement from the Royal Navy, my late father was based at HMS Drake in Devonport and my wedding reception was held there too However, after [...]
Tim Vicary s Nobody s Slave was written based on the Trans atlantic slave trade that took place during the 16th century This time period included slave owners capturing Africans and traveling overseas to sell them later In my opinion, this novel portrays many themes throughout it such as development, division, conflict, as well as many After reading this novel, I now know a lot about what it was like for people in this time period I also learned about different groups of people and the conflic [...]
Set during the Transatlantic slave trade in the mid 1500s, Nobody s Slave highlights many issues with prejudice against the Africans Tim Vicary uses his novel to portray the pains of a slave being traded and a young boy in charge of the captured slaves Slavery began in 1619, when slaves were brought from Africa to the American Colony of Jamestown Virginia to aid the production of tobacco As Vicary points out, this was a time when white people took advantage of Africans just because of their inab [...]
Set in the 1400s during the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, Nobody s Slave addresses many social problems Tim Vicary uses his novel to express the horrific struggles of the Africans during the Slave Trade when they were traded by the Spanish and English In the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, the Africans were captured out of their villages by the English, taken on appalling voyages overseas, and then traded with the Spanish Vicary points out that this was a time when war between the English and Spanish [...]
In Nobody s Slave, Tim Vicary has a shocking portrayal of the Slave Trade of the 1600s in a way that shows just how miserable slaves were because of the restraints and oppression they had to face on an unwanted journey to the new world and when they arrived to the Caribbean they find a struggle to survive against the Spanish The story just continues from there with the slave ships surviving a terrible storm and going into a Spanish harbor to be repared But at the same time the new mayor of South [...]
Nobody s slave is a story of how two boys from totally different worlds and totally different backgrounds, cross paths during the 16th century transatlantic slave trade The story is told from two perspectives one of the perspectives is from a European boy, Tom, who works on the slave ship for the captain, the other is from the African boy, Madu, who is a captured slave from Africa and is being taken across the world to be sold into slavery The story tells of how the boys first start out by think [...]
Set in the Elizabethan time period, nobody s slave informs readers of the obstacles Africans had to face in order to survive their new lives as slaves Tim Vicary uses this novel to highlight the unique struggles of Africans in the early 1500 s During this time in history, english slave traders sailed from Europe to Congo, Africa to capture Africans as slaves to bring back to Queen Elizabeth towards the end of the book Readers begin to understand that nobody wants to be a slave, and everyone dese [...]
In the book, Nobody s Slave, Tim Vicary portrays the 1500 s realistically, by slavery and religion Vicary makes clear images about what happened during the horrible time of slavery He portrays slavery as a bad thing and religion as a good thing In the story, hope is a main theme The main character, Madu states that he is nobody s slave many times throughout the story It s also clear that he is hopeful and determined to escape, trying numerous times, knowing the consequences, and not giving up Th [...]
Nobody s Slave is a book about slavery and the consequences of it on everyone concerned It is a story about Africans, Europeans, human suffering and cruelty, but also of hope and judgement When I first started reading it, it had the ring of Roots, but very soon it diverged The message of this author was different.The story was well told, and both the protagonists, Tom and Madu are both well etched characters and their stories run parallel to each other, till the very end The other characters are [...]
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RBI announces 2019-20 Fellowship awards
The Renewable Bioproducts Institute has announced four new Fellowship awards for the upcoming academic year.
The selected projects include:
“Control of Fiber Orientation in Dispersion of Microbubbles with Application to Multiphase Web Forming,” Professor Cyrus Aidun (ME) and Associate Chair and Professor Devesh Ranjan (ME)
“Degradation and Recycling of Paper Towels and Packaging: Triggered Degradation of Crosslinks,” Assistant Professor Blair Brettmann (ChBE/MSE) and Associate Professor Stefan France (CHEM)
“Non-thermal Fractionation of Crude Tall Oil and Crude Sulfate Turpentine,” Associate Professor Ryan Lively (ChBE) and School Chair and Professor M.G. Finn (CHEM)
“Advancing Nanocellulose-Based Barrier Packaging: Performance and Manufacturability via Hybrids with Soluble Polysaccarides and Metal Oxides,” Professor Carson Meredith (ChBE) and Professor Natalie Stingelin (MSE/ChBE)
The lead faculty of each project will recruit students to join their teams in the fall.
Each year, the executive director of RBI issues a Request for Proposals (RFP) to Georgia Tech faculty. Fellowships are awarded based on alignment with the strategic thrusts of Georgia Tech and RBI, and the research priorities of the forest bioproducts industry.
The Fellowships are funded through a major grant awarded to Georgia Tech from the Institute of Paper Chemistry Foundation (IPCF) in 2014. One of the largest gifts in Georgia Tech’s history, it affirmed the Institute’s position as the leading driver in the forest bioproducts arena. This gift constitutes the funding that supports the RBI graduate research fellowships.
The Fellowship supports approximately 40 students each year who conduct faculty-directed research to advance technologies and applications in the bioeconomy.
For more information about the RFP and the Fellowship program, visit our website.
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Relevant. Essential. Denver.
Volunteering: A bright idea - RED - Relevant. Essential. Denver.
Volunteering: A bright idea
Students pitch in to help their communities – and in turn, themselves – during the 2018 Illuminate day of service.
By Cory Phare
3 tons. 6,000 pounds.
That’s about how much an African forest elephant weighs – and it’s also the amount of donated items that MSU Denver students moved at A Precious Child, a nonprofit dedicated to providing area youth with resources for a better life.
Thanks to their work, more than 500 area children will have access to clothing, school supplies and sporting equipment. And it was just one of five locations amplifying the impact during the recent Illuminate day of service and leadership development program.
“MSU Denver students have always been great,” said Nichole Karpinsky, director of volunteer services for A Precious Child.
“They’re hardworking, flexible, and up for whatever it takes to get the job of helping others done. We can’t wait to have them here again for another service opportunity.”
It’s no secret that MSU Denver students are tenacious and purpose-driven, taking part in events like the upcoming Roadrunners Give Back Day to serve the Denver-area communities in which they live.
That same spirit of philanthropy was on display for the Student Activities-led Illuminate, as more than 85 individuals turned out to volunteer their time – and sweat equity – to the greater good.
The day kicked off with an alumni panel, featuring José Guardiola, postsecondary specialist at Lester Arnold High School and Commerce City Council At-Large; Jeremy Priest, president at CEO of Knotty Tie; and Erica Ingalls, director of academic advising at Front Range Community College. Students had the chance to ask questions and learn about the panelists’ experiences with the value of the community work they were about to embark upon.
“Service is so important,” said Priest. “It really takes you out of yourself – that’s a good thing that helps you continue to grow.”
That was a takeaway for Jackie Marquez, a political science freshman who was the site coordinator for the visit to A Precious Child.
“It’s incredibly humbling to see how many people are in need,” she said. “Volunteering inspires you, it helps you see the difference it makes in someone’s everyday life.”
She described her first semester as difficult, but credited faculty like Chicana/o Studies professor Adriana Nieto, Ph.D., for sparking her interest in community engagement. And she saw the experience as site leader as another positive step in her leadership journey
“Through the College Works program I had a pathway to enter and succeed in college, and volunteering has been amazing,” said Marquez. “As a DACA student, MSU Denver gave me hope. I feel safe and confident; thanks to my experiences I know I can overcome the challenges I face.”
In addition to A Precious Child, volunteers also went to several nonprofit organization volunteer sites: Project Angel Heart, Food Bank of the Rockies, Metro Caring and Project C.U.R.E.
Upon returning to campus at the end of the day, students had the opportunity to reflect upon their experiences. The group created paper lanterns, inscribed on one side with their one-word service goals for 2018 – and on the other, the strategies it will take to achieve them.
The lanterns will be on display in the Tivoli atrium, an ongoing reminder of the positive potential in collective efforts.
For Jordan Dunbar, human services junior, it was insight into the real impact volunteering has for all involved. And as a future family counselor, it’s an insight into the power of community.
“I love to help because it does take a village to help individuals grow,” he said. “You can put yourself in the shoes of the kid who’s showing up on the first day of school, who has clothes and a backpack.
“I look forward to volunteering again soon – being part of a bigger solution like that just warms your heart.”
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Blue Jackets start strong, end with 7-5 win over Red Wings
NHL Headlines
'Canes D Hamilton undergoes leg surgery
Crosby's PPG in OT lifts Pens over Wings
Cirelli has hat trick as Tampa rips Jets
Ducks edge Hurricanes on Steel's OT goal
Bruins put veteran F Backes on waivers
Arvidsson fined $2000 under NHL Rule 64
Ovechkin's hat trick gets Caps by Devils
Stone stars in return, DeBoer wins debut
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Kreider scores late, Rangers edge Isles
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
By LARRY LAGE
AP Hockey Writer
DETROIT (AP) John Tortorella hopes his team learned a lesson.
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored two goals to help the Columbus Blue Jackets hold on for a 7-5 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.
The Blue Jackets led 3-0 after the first period and led by four goals early in the second. They started to coast and it almost cost them.
"Things are never safe in this league anymore," Tortorella said. "You have to stay within your system and you still have to check. It turned into a slop fest."
After its slow start, Detroit rallied with three straight goals and pulled within one twice in the third period.
"We didn't play the first period," said Anthony Mantha, who scored two goals for the Red Wings. "We didn't do anything until we got told to wake up between periods. That was pretty much the whole message."
Dubois' second goal midway through the third stood after a video review and challenge, giving Columbus a two-goal lead.
"It was kind of confusing for everybody," said Boone Jenner, whose goal gave the Blue Jackets a 5-1 lead in the second.
Mantha's second goal with 2:12 left pulled the Red Wings within a goal again and they pulled goaltender Jonathan Bernier to add an extra skater. Seth Jones took advantage, sealing the victory with an empty-net goal less than a minute later.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for the Blue Jackets, who had lost two of three.
"We're up 3-0 after the first period, but Bob made some really big saves," Tortorella said.
Jimmy Howard gave up three goals on 16 shots in the first period and was replaced by Bernier, who finished with 12 saves.
Detroit has lost three straight after winning six of seven.
"The first period, we got outworked," Detroit's Frans Nielsen said. "They skated more than we did. We got outworked, basically. We don't have the talent in here that we can afford to get outworked. We gotta show up every night for 60 minutes if we want to win in this league."
Columbus' Cam Atkinson's goal-scoring streak ended at seven games, tying Geoff Sanderson's franchise record set in 2002. Atkinson was on the ice when Jones scored his empty-net goal.
"I was just trying to get the thing out," Jones said. "I wasn't worried about the streak at that point."
Dubois, Josh Anderson and Artemi Panarin scored in the first period to put Columbus up 3-1.
Detroit's Gustav Nyquist scored in the opening minute of the second, but the home team had any momentum stunted by Markus Nutivaara and Jenner putting the Blue Jackets ahead 5-1 in the second.
Mike Green and Dennis Cholowski scored in the second, pulling the Red Wings within two goals.
Mantha scored his first of two goals early in the third, giving coach Jeff Blashill another encouraging sign.
"He's really starting to heat up," Blashill said.
NOTES: Tortorella won his 589th NHL game, moving past Nashville coach Peter Laviolette for the most victories in the league by a U.S.-born coach. ... The Blue Jackets won the season series 2-1. They opened the season with a 3-2 overtime win at Detroit and lost to the Red Wings last month at home 5-3. ... Columbus scratched D Dean Kukan and F Oliver Bjorkstrand. ... Detroit D Jonathan Ericsson missed his 11th straight game with a lower-body injury.
Columbus: Hosts Minnesota on Thursday.
Detroit: Hosts St. Louis on Wednesday.
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Funny about texting. It seems complicated until you try it, and then you see how easy it is. How convenient. Soon enough it becomes addictive. The bell goes off, telling you have a message, and your fingers twitch. I have (I blush to confess this, and I don't do it any more) replied to texts while driving, which has to be one of the stupider uses of modern technology. I feel like a zombie, reaching out for my phone ... MUST BE CONNECTED. Yeesh.
Sam is a latecomer to texting. Last year his cell phone bill was non-existent. But he is an addict now, all right -- I was investigating a ridiculous phone bill a few months ago, and the person at the Rogers store told me that Sam had sent 3000 texts in that billing period. My jaw dropped. A hundred texts a day. Double yeesh. I changed plans at once. Forget long distance, internet, frequently called numbers: just give me more of that sweet sweet texting.
And it seems to be the way of the future. Friends have a toddler (also named Sam) who was playing with Mommy's phone last time we were over. Playing how? you ask. Well, remember how your toddler played telephone, holding it up to her ear, babbling into it? You probably played that way yourself -- they've had toy telephones since the 50s. But this Sam -- like my son Sam -- had the phone open in front of him, and was busy pushing buttons. That's right. Fourteen months old and already texting the infinite. I assume that Fisher Price has come out with a folding button-pushing toy, maybe with digital display. The old model with the the cord and rotary dial has about as much relevance as a Victrola Phonograph.
texts from the boy
I hadn't heard from my son Sam in a while, so I was pleased to get his text. Ever had a pork rind? he sent.
No, you? I sent back.
No, sounds awful, he replied. And that was it for the night. He often sends me his random musings, and I enjoy opening my phone and finding out what is on his mind. It's a small and slightly grimed window into his life, but I am happy to peer and ponder. Aqua velva -- great invention or world's greatest invention? he sent last month. Of course my reply was along the lines of, What are you using it for? Turned out that he was putting it on his face. I told him congratulations, and that he now smelled just like his grandpa. He didn't reply.
The texts aren't always about him, and sometimes require some extrapolation. Recently he sent: Simon has 2d degree burns from our AMAZING new kettle! And when I asked if Simon (his roommate) should see a doctor, he replied, We're making more tea. From which I inferred that they had taken time off to deal with Simon's burn, and were now getting back to refreshment. I do not know if they are dealing with the rodent situation, because Mice are noisy was a one-off text. I asked for more info, but his next one -- Best half-book I have ever read -- went back to a conversation about a PG Wodehouse novel with some pages missing.
The last book I lent him was called Rats (I have to say -- is that a great cover or what?). Maybe it will prompt him to enlarge on his mouse problems. Or not. I'm happy to hear about whatever he wants to tell me.
good idea bad idea
You ever run across an idea of yours in someone else's hands? Not just the, Gosh I wish I had thought of that, but more the -- Hey, that's mine! This is not about plagiarism. But sometimes two people can get hold of the same idea. For instance, there was a bad Robin Williams movie (a bit of a long list, much as I admire him) back in the early 80s that happened to have as a subplot the exact idea I was trying to build into a satirical novel about terrorism. I watched the movie, cringing every moment not simply because the acting direction camerawork and so on were iffy, but because so much of the film was so much like my book.
Then there's the idea of yours that ends up in good hands. Driving home tonight I was listening to a piece of music on the radio that sounded eerily familiar … and I realized that it was because I had written it. Well, not quite. Way back in high school, I was sitting at the piano when a melody came into my head. A simple walk-down melody, 16 bars of beauty. The chord changes fit, the ending satisfied … it was perfect. I performed it for my girlfriend at the time, who thought it was okay but that it needed something. I got angry and we split up, and I went into an emotional tailspin as I realized that she might be right. Maybe the piece did need something, but what? I waited for inspiration. I sat at the piano, and sat at the piano, but nothing came to me. I gave up on music as a career, and started writing a satirical novel about terrorism.
So this melody comes on the radio tonight, and it's mine. The same 16 perfect bars. After all these years it has finally found an audience. Then the tune ends and the composer starts playing around with it. There are, like, variations. Quite a lot of them, actually. The thing lasts five or six minutes. And, you know, it's good. Something came to this guy when he sat at the keyboard. I pull off to the side of the highway to write down his name. If you want to hear it -- my idea in good hands -- find the first movement of Handel's Organ Concerto in G minor, part of his Opus 7. It was his idea more than 200 years before it was mine.
Back from Vancouver now, and the locals are at it again. Toronto, city that can't help itself. A parking ticket on the dash, a used condom on the gravel, and raccoon poop on the bar of soap. It is to sigh.
Let me explain. The laneway at the back of our house (from which the boron-rich dump site was recently removed) is a daytime hangout for graffiti artists and home repair enthusiasts, who add beauty and noise and life to the place. Come nightfall, the sawyers and taggers go home, and the laneway becomes home to a more furtive crowd: parking cops, prostitutes and raccoons. We have tried to keep an open mind here -- even parking cops, we argued, were God's creatures (it had been weeks since B McGivern had ticketed us, and our hearts were softening). But you have to draw the line somewhere, and poop on the back porch and used condoms by the back fence were a bit too much. So we put a bar of soap (a piece of grandmotherly lore) on the porch to discourage the animals, and a garbage can (with a sign saying PLEASE USE!) by the back fence to encourage the johns. And for a few days it seemed to be working. The porch and back fence area stayed clean. I went to Vancouver.
And now I am back and the beasts are at it again. This morning I woke to find fresh spoor from all three nocturnal perambulists. Poop, condom, ticket. The cop is a new name. Monterey, it looks like from the signature. I wonder if the raccoon and sex trader are new too? I put out some fresh bar of soap. We'll see how that works.
If I am awake at 2:00 this morning I may head outside with a flashlight to catch whoever is doing what. Maybe the bar of soap trick will work with the parking cop ...
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119. WILL THE WORLD PEAK WHEN GHAWAR PEAKS?
ANSWER: No.
This is one of the silliest and most rampant myths out there. Every peak oil idiot out there is parroting the soundbite:
The gold bugs: "When Ghawar peaks (Ghawar is the largest oil field ever found) Saudi Arabia peaks and when Saudi Arabia peaks the whole World peaks."Source
Investors: "The common mantra is that when Ghawar peaks, Saudi Arabia peaks and hence the world peaks."Source
Newshounds: "Those who study oil depletion have long known that when Ghawar peaks, the world peaks."Source
The nice folks over at Armageddon Online: "Yeah, I think when Ghawar peaks, the world peaks."Source
Chinese investors: "Saudi Arabia peaks when Ghawar peaks(Ghawar is the largest oil field ever found in Saudi Arabia)."Source
Here's the FYI folks... Ghawar peaked in 1981:
The Ghawar Field was discovered in 1948. Production began in 1951 and reached a peak of 5.7 million barrels per day in 1981. This is the highest sustained oil production rate achieved by any single oil field in world history. At the time that this record was achieved, the southern areas of Hawiyah and Haradh had not yet been fully developed. Production was restrained after 1981 for market reasons, but Ghawar remained the world's most important oil field. The production of Russia's Samotlor field was greater during the mid-eighties, but this was because Ghawar's production was restrained. Development of the southern Hawiyah and Haradh areas during 1994 to 1996 allowed production from the Ghawar Field to exceed 5 million barrels per day once again, more than Samotlor ever produced.Source
Did Saudi Arabia peak in 1981? No. Did the world peak in 1981? No.
If you're wondering what Ghawar's been up to lately, here's the production stats from Aramco(pdf) (click the image for a clearer view):
Notice that the water cut has been dropping since 1999. All this hysteria about water cut is just another diaper load of hype from the peak oil hysterics and profiteers. Oil fields are routinely produced with water cuts of even 90% without anyone batting an eye. Here's the real info from Ali Daneshy, director of petroleum engineering at the University of Houston and retired vice president of Halliburton:
Regarding water production, this is a natural and unavoidable aspect of oil and gas production and often intentionally induced by water flooding. Water injection helps boost production by sweeping the oil out of the reservoir and maintaining its pressure. We are doing this in Texas every day, producing more than 1 million barrels of oil with a water-oil ratio over 12! In Prudhoe Bay this ratio is more than 3. By comparison, the estimated water-oil ratio for Saudi Arabia is slightly over 1. When considered with the long-term high oil production, this low ratio is a strong testimony to the thickness and size of Saudi oil zones and their ability to sustain this production for some time. Depending on specific location, each barrel of produced water may cost the operator $0.10-$2.00. At today’s prices, one can produce 20 barrels of water for each barrel of oil and still maintain a profitable operation. And the Saudis are a long way from it!Source
Isn't that amazing? Texas has a water cut of 92%, and Prudhoe Bay has a water cut of more than 75%. How come the gold bugs and the profiteers aren't shrieking about the imminent collapse of Texas and Prudhoe Bay?
I guess it all comes down to who you want to believe about water cuts:
a) Matt Simmons, an MBA from Houston who dabbles in reservoir engineering as a hobby, and has a banking firm with $60 billion in assets under management -- a large portion of which are no doubt ballooning in value with all the water cut hysteria he is whipping up. OR
b) Ali Daneshy, director of petroleum engineering at the University of Houston.
Also, referring to P. 306 of the DOE's Annual Energy Review 2004, we see that, in 2004, Saudi Arabia produced 9.1mbd and Russia produced 8.8mbd. So why aren't we all getting hysterical about the Russian peak and Russian horizontal wells and Russian water cut? How come the sound bite isn't: "When Russia peaks, the world peaks"?
I'll tell you why: This isn't about logic, it's about Matt Simmons' obsession with the Saudis. Why is he so obsessed with the Saudis? Because he's one of those Americans who think they own Saudi Arabia. They think Saudi oil is their oil, and they don't trust the Saudis with their grubby hands all over it.
posted by JD @ 1:33 AM 13 comments
118. HUBBERT'S NUCLEAR FUTURE
The following thought-provoking figure was drawn by the godfather of peak oil himself, M. King Hubbert, in his 1956 paper Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels(pdf):
Some nimwit in the comments is trying to advance the idea that "peak fossil fuels" in the diagram refers to peak oil. Let's put that nonsense to rest. In Figure 29, which precedes Figure 30 above, Hubbert shows the relationship between peak oil and nuclear power in the U.S.: As you can see, when Hubbert wants to refer to peak oil, he uses the label "PETROLEUM". When he wants to refer to peak fossil fuel he uses the label "FOSSIL FUELS".
It's interesting to note that the U.S. is right on schedule according to Figure 29. Net summer capacity in 2004 of operable nuclear generating plants in the US was about 100 million kW (source: DOE, Annual Energy Review 2004, P. 274).
posted by JD @ 5:35 PM 23 comments
117. IS IT TOO LATE TO SWITCH TO NUCLEAR?
In the long run, the solution to peak oil works like this:
1) Conservation to reduce demand for energy (liquid fuels in particular) to the lowest possible level. This will involve retrofitting first world cities to eliminate the need for cars in ordinary life.
2) Using replacements (tar sands, natural gas, GTL, ethanol, coal liquefaction etc.) to substitute for liquid fuel demand which cannot be eliminated.
3) Shifting as much of the electrical grid as possible to nuclear (supplemented with wind/solar) to free up natural gas and coal for transport and feedstock applications (see #42).
4) Managing with nuclear and the remaining fossil fuels until plentiful, clean space energy (see #5, #33, #51, #104) can be brought on line.
Nuclear energy is a critical part of the solution, and the doomers often criticize it for it being unscalable. They say:
i) It takes 10 years or more to build a nuclear power plant.
This is a myth.
The new-generation nuclear reactors being talked about after a pause of three decades are not much different from those of the past, though the designs should make them safer, more efficient and easier to build.
Here are some characteristics of each of the top three light-water reactor designs and a next-generation gas-cooled reactor:
The Westinghouse AP1000:
This would have one-third fewer pumps, half as many valves, and more than 80 percent fewer pipes than current reactors. It can be built using modular units manufactured in a factory and transported to the reactor site, cutting construction time to three years.Source
ii) Nuclear power can't be scaled up quickly.
This is false. Nuclear power generation rose from 21.8 billion kilowatt-hours in 1970 to 576.9 billion kilowatt-hours in 1990 (Source: DOE Annual Energy Review 2004, P. 275). That's an increase of 2500% over 20 years -- a growth rate of about 17.7% per annum.
iii) We won't be able to build nuclear plants after peak oil because building nuclear plants is dependent on oil.
This is also false, as can be seen from the history of the late 1970s/early 1980s, when world crude oil production dropped by -15%, while nuclear power in the U.S. rose by +60% (see #69).
116. DALE ALLEN PFEIFFER WISES UP
Dale Allen Pfeiffer is a top peak oil author/advocate. It appears from his new website that he doesn't want Mike Ruppert in his life anymore:
Maybe it's time the rest of the peak oil community wised up like Dale. Stooges like Ruppert need to be jettisoned if peak oil is to ever gain credence as a serious issue.
Note from JD) Dale has chronicled the whole pathetic saga of his relationship with Mike Ruppert here. It's interesting to note that Ruppert was paying Pfeiffer $1500 a month at one time. Kind of gives you an idea of what the total payroll for the FTW site must be. Lots of spare cash floating around over at that paranoia superstore. Makes you wonder how much Ruppert and Savinar are grossing these days from their peak oil fear-mongering. Maybe Matt Simmons needs to run a little campaign for greater "transparency" in the doom-merchandising sector. :P
posted by JD @ 11:27 PM 12 comments
115. MIKE RUPPERT, PEAK OIL STOOGE
For those of you just coming to peak oil, Mike Ruppert is one of the top merchants of peak oil doom -- right up there with Matt Savinar and LATOC.
To put it bluntly, Ruppert is a conspiracy theorist paranoid, and a shameless media whore, with well-documented mental health issues.
To give you an idea of how reliable Ruppert's predictions are, check this out:
While I had serious doubts about America's ability to recover from Katrina, I am certain that - barring divine intervention - the United States is finished; not only as a superpower, but possibly even as a single, unified nation with the arrival of Hurricane Rita.
-- Mike Ruppert, September 21, 2005Source
114. EROEI AS A POLITICAL NUMBER
When talk turns to the EROEI of mining coal, the EROEI advocates want to show that coal mining is becoming increasingly unfeasible, so they try to make EI (Energy Invested) as large as they can. For example, in the case of strip mining, they stress that mining companies are supposed to put the overburden back into the hole, compact the dirt, do landscaping etc., and that the energy necessary to do that restoration must be included in EI.
Whatever your position on such restoration, it is clearly a political/regulatory requirement, not a physical requirement necessary to harvest and use the coal energy.
If we include energy inputs like this, then EROEI is not an objective, physical number. It's an advocacy number.
It may be that the EROEI of coal (or other energy sources) is decreasing not because the energy is getting harder to mine or use, but because of an ever increasing load of regulatory requirements. In that case, EROEI isn't a hard physical number at all. It's a value which depends on the regulatory climate. Which of course means that the EROEI of coal can also be instantaneously increased by eliminating regulations (i.e. eliminating the requirement to fill in overburden). EROEI loses a lot of credence as a hard physical limit, if the coal lobby can change it by making a few phone calls to the right people.
posted by JD @ 7:12 PM 3 comments
113. THE DECLINING EROEI OF COAL
If you go over to eroei.com, and look at their coal page, you'll find the following blurb, sitting in the middle of the page, with no further explanation:
While it is true that deeper mines have higher costs, it is typical of peak oilers to ignore exactly how much higher the costs are. The impression you get from this soundbite is that the EROEI of coal is declining (because the coal is getting deeper and deeper), and that at same point soon, we will reach a point where coal mining will no longer be feasible because EROEI<1.
Let's calculate, and find this point. A short-ton of coal weighs 2000pounds=907kg. To lift one ton of coal one meter requires an energy expenditure of 8,889joules (8.4btu). Also, a short-ton of coal contains about 20 million-btu (MMbtu).
So, how deep would that ton of coal have to be buried in order for EROEI to be 1 (i.e. for the energy required to lift the coal to be equal to the energy in the coal)? It would have to be so deep that raising it would require 20MMbtu.
Setting up the equation:
(8.4)D=2 x 10^7
Solving, the depth is 2.4 x 10^6 meters = 2,400km. For comparison the deepest mine on earth has a depth around 3.7km (Source).
Also, the radius of the earth is 6,378km. Thus the coal would be in a deposit 1/6 of the way through the earth, deep in the lower mantle.
Grades of coal are irrelevant to this argument. Even if we calculate with lignite (the lowest grade of coal, with a heat value of around 15MMbtu/ton), the deposit would still have to be 14% of the way through the earth, deep in the mantle.
Increasing depth does affect the decision of whether or not to strip mine. But the fact that strip mining requires too much energy does not mean that mining the coal requires too much energy. If the overburden is so high that removing it will make EROEI<1, then the answer is simple. Don't remove it. Dig a deep mine, and that will bring the EROEI back up again.
The deepest Coal Mine in the world is over 5000 feet below the ground in the UK. Many in the United States are over 1200 feet deep, most of those are closed and now few are remaining. There is a mine in Alabama, which is the deepest vertical shaft coalmine in North America, with operations at 2,140 feet beneath the surface."Source
Clearly depth (and the costs imposed by it) are not a serious limiting factor. The heat produced inside the earth (and its effects on human beings) will become a limiting factor way before the energy required to lift the coal to the mine mouth. The increasing depth of coal will not decrease the EROEI of coal mining to any meaningful degree.
In the comments, anon brings up a common but invalid objection to this calculation:
This is actually not very well thought out. The calculation you perform doesn't have anything to do with finding the coal (although that is not a problem for the present), digging the mine, actually mining the coal, transporting it to the surface as you say (I don't see any friction coefficients in there, although those'd probably have to be averaged), processing it, and transporting it. Those costs are going to be gargantuan compared to the energy cost to lift it.
Nice try, anon, but virtually all the costs you mention (finding the coal, actually mining the coal, processing, transporting) are costs whether the coal is 10 feet deep or 1000 feet deep. Therefore, the increasing depth of the mine does not add anything to those costs.
What you call "digging the mine" is avoided as far as possible by coal miners because it is unproductive work. The mine is dug by following the coal seam -- i.e. digging the mine and mining the coal are, for the most part, the same process.
Finally, yes, friction is a factor, but the fact remains: even including friction, the amount of energy in the coal is vastly larger than the energy needed to lift it from any real-world coal mine depth.
112. FERTILIZER LOBBY JUMPS ON DRILLING BANDWAGON
As we've seen earlier (#97), Matt Simmons has had a hard-on for years to drill ANWR, the OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) and Lease #181 in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
The fertilizer lobby is now jumping on the same bandwagon:
"U.S. farmers provide a safe and abundant food supply for the entire world. Agriculture is the basis for the reliable food, fiber, feed and now energy for the United States and many others around the world. Like any other industry we need a reliable supply of inputs including fertilizer and fuel," said Leon Corzine, NCGA president. "Farmers are being impacted now with the high prices of fertilizer, natural gas and diesel at a time when our energy needs are at their highest. As an energy dependent nation, it is more important than ever that we diversify our nation's supplies of natural gas by using domestic resources and bringing stabilization to our supply". The Alliance members are urging Congress to reform public policies that create demand for certain energy resources, like natural gas, while restricting access to supply sources. According to the Minerals Management Service, there is an estimated 406 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the Outer Continental Shelf. This potential supply is clearly needed, yet it is off limits due to federal policies that leave 85 percent of all federally controlled offshore areas subject to a federal moratoria on development. The moratoria that were put into effect 24 years ago must be reexamined to reflect the new reality of short supply and greater demand. Advanced drilling technologies have proven that these energy resources can be produced in an environmentally responsible manner.
The agricultural community believes that it is strategically critical for Congress to remove these production barriers now to provide new sources of natural gas and oil supplies. A high priority should be placed on opening up to exploration Lease Area 181 in the Gulf of Mexico which is known to have an abundant supply of energy resources with access to existing pipeline infrastructure. This action would facilitate speedy delivery of much needed natural gas to the marketplace. This area alone could insure that agriculture has access to natural gas to continue manufacturing fertilizer, grow our crops and feed our citizens. Source(pdf)
The fertilizer lobby is a crew of short-sighted fools who are only worried about their own pocketbook, and not the future well-being of the country or the world. Somebody high profile, in the congress or the media, needs to ask these fucking idiots one question:
What's the plan for when ANWR, Lease Area 181 and the OCS dry up?
111. THE REBOUND
Here's the energy consumption breakdown for the US for 2002 from the DOE (Source: New York Times Almanac, 2004, P. 361):
Coal: 22.7%
Natural gas: 23.6%
Petroleum products: 39.5%
Nuclear electric power: 8.4%
Renewable energy: 6.0%
If we have a 3% per annum decline in petroleum consumption after the peak, that will translate into only a 1.2% decrease in total energy. A decline in oil will only have an attenuated effect on total energy.
For a brief period after the peak, there may be no growth in coal, gas, nuclear or renewable. So we can expect total energy to drop slightly -- i.e. at 1 or 2% per year. (In fact, this is what happened when oil consumption dropped by 15% from 1979-1983. Total energy only dropped by 3% over five years. See #69.) However, high gasoline prices will drive consumers to shift to non-petroleum sources, which will raise prices and encourage investment and growth in those sources. For example, electrical scooters/cars/trains will switch some transportation fuel demand to the grid. Similarly, people will switch from central fuel oil or gas heating, to highly localized electric space heating. Certainly massive new investments will be made in non-conventional, coal, gas, nuclear and renewables. Some of these investments are even underway today.
If coal, gas, nuclear and renewables all grow slightly, their growth can overcome a 3% drop in petroleum, and enable growth in total energy consumption despite declining oil production.
Imagine total energy after the peak, declining by 1 or 2% a year. At some point, the decline in oil (which is getting smaller every year) will be compensated by growth in the non-oil sources, and the curve will stop falling. For convenience, call the subsequent period of new growth the "Rebound". At the latest, I feel the Rebound will begin 10 or 15 years after the peak.
In 2002, the U.S. consumed 38.4 quads of petroleum products, vs. 61.6 quads for C+G+N+R (coal + gas + nuclear + renewables).
The following shows the depletion per year in total energy consumption (units: quads), assuming an oil decline rate of 3% per year (starting in 2005), and no growth in coal, gas, nuclear, renewables or unconventional oil:
2006 - 1.152
2007 - 1.11744
2008 - 1.0839168
2009 - 1.051399296
2012 - 0.95958375
The absolute amount of energy lost is decreasing in size every year. Furthermore, the percentage decrease in total energy consumption starts at 1.2, and steadily decreases.
It seems clear that, eventually, an increase due to growth in C+G+N+R will be able to compensate for the ever decreasing loss in oil energy. At that point, growth in total energy consumption will resume ("The Rebound").
There is no good reason to think that peak oil will cause C+G+N+R to peak.
"Oil will peak; therefore coal, gas, nuclear and renewables must also peak at the same time." That is an extreme, hard-to-defend statement which does not accord with the historical facts (see #69).
Here's another calculation:
Start with the DOE figures for U.S. consumption in quads for 2002:
Coal(C): 22.18
Gas(G): 23.08
Petroleum products(P): 38.40
Nuclear(N): 8.15
Renewables(R): 5.9
Suppose there is a 3% drop in P, to 38.40(.97)=37.24
The total amount of lost energy is 38.4-37.24=1.16 quads
We can divide this loss proportionally to C, G, N and R. The assignment comes out to be (in quads):
C: .43
G: .45
N: .16
R: .11
If each of C, G, N and R can produce that much more, the loss in oil energy can be completely compensated (i.e. .43+.45+.16+.11=1.16).
Doing the calculation, it turns out that each of C, G, N and R must increase by 1.9% per annum to totally compensate for the loss of oil energy.
That's a surprisingly low rate of growth, achieved by dividing the burden of compensation evenly among the alternatives.
So what are the forecasted growth rates for C, G, N and R for a given country? C+G+N+R can probably mask peak oil and allow total energy to grow (or at least stabilize) even after peak oil occurs. How fast can R grow (2%, 3%, 6%?), and how big can it get? What is the forecasted growth in G over the next 10 years for the U.S.? I would be very surprised if it was negative. LNG import facilities are being built. Where will they be sourced, and what is their scheduled capacity? If you knew that, you could calculate the expected growth in G. I would bet the US can compensate by importing gas, for as long as a decade -- much as they have compensated by importing crude oil after the 1970 lower-48 peak.
110. IEA DISMISSES EARLY PEAK HYPE
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has gone on record stating that the early peak theory is hype :
IEA Dismisses Peak Oil Talk, Says Technology Can Boost Reserves
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The International Energy Agency said technological investments will expand world oil supplies, dismissing "peak oil'' theories that supplies are running out.
"There is no shortage of oil and gas in the ground, but quenching the world's thirst for them will call for major investment in modern technologies,'' IEA Executive Director Claude Mandil said in a statement marking the publication of a 150-page book "Resources to Reserves, Oil and Gas Technologies for the Energy Markets of the Future.''
At least $5 trillion in investment will be needed in the next three decades to tap reserves, the IEA said, repeating a figure it has already used. The IEA has never before directly responded to "peak oil'' theorists who say the agency is overly optimistic about estimates of increased production.
"The hydrocarbon resources in place around the world are sufficiently abundant to sustain likely growth in the global energy system for the foreseeable future,'' the IEA said in its report. "The doomsayers are again conveying grim messages through the front pages of major newspapers. The IEA has long maintained that none of this is cause for concern.''Source
109. PETROTHEISM: THE QUEST FOR FUEL
My buddy jkl sent in this timely and amusing link:
Petrotheism: The Quest for Fuel
As an added bonus, you're gonna love this. This is the "Y2K TEOTWAWKI" commercial from 1999. Ignore the Y2K references, and pretend that it's the "Day After Peak Oil".
Doomer heaven!!
TSHTF QuickTime Movie
108. LIEBIG'S LAW AND SUCCESSION
Liebig's Law is a perennial favorite in die-off circles. The law states that the population of a species is constrained by whatever essential resource is in shortest supply.
Here's a classic statement by Jerry Abbott, a peak oiler over at whiterevolution.com:
Every species of living organism follows a characteristic pattern of population growth. If the species' numbers are not limited by predators, then they will be limited by the full utilization or by the depletion of the first essential resource to fall into short supply. Often, that resource is food.
When caribou were introduced to a Canadian island years ago, they had much moss to eat. But there were no wolves on the island, so over the years the caribou kept munching on moss and breeding up more caribou. The herd grew in numbers. Then, one year right before winter, one of the caribou ate the last mouthful of moss. Canadian foresters were able to save the last three dozen animals of what had been a herd of thousands.
The end came swiftly. A generation before the end, there was no obvious sign that the end was near.
That is where we are with the energy resources we require to grow our food. Source
Doomers portray Liebig's Law as the mechanism of collapse, the executioner of species which have gone into overshoot, but this is a biased oversimplification.
In his book "How Many People Can the Earth Support?", Joel E. Cohen goes into great detail on Liebig's Law, and this part is especially interesting:
But natural communities are far more complex than the monocultural experiments on which the law of the minimum [i.e. Liebig's Law] is based. Different species have different requirements for a given element, as Liebig knew. Consequently, when one element is limited in a community of species, population growth typically does not grind to a halt; rather, a species that is less constrained by that limiting element replaces another that is more constrained in a process called succession.
This observation is extremely important when Liebig's law of the minimum is used to think about human carrying capacity. For humans, different technologies, like different species in nature, are ways of extracting life from the physical, chemical and biological environment. In ecological succession, as time passes some species become less abundant and other species become more abundant, in a more or less repeatable pattern. Analogously, in human ecology, some technologies decline and are replaced by others. The changes in technologies imply changes in how people live and how they make a living, but do not necessarily imply constraints on human numbers.(P. 242)
Here's a more detailed variation of the same concept:
Conclusion: Collapse as a Succession Process
Even within the social sciences, the process by which complex societies give way to smaller and simpler ones has often been presented in language drawn from literary tragedy, as though the loss of sociocultural complexity necessarily warranted a negative value judgment. This is understandable, since the collapse of civilizations often involves catastrophic human mortality and the loss of priceless cultural treasures, but like any value judgment it can obscure important features of the matter at hand.
A less problematic approach to the phenomenon of collapse derives from the idea of succession, a basic concept in the ecology of nonhuman organisms. Succession describes the process by which an area not yet occupied by living things is colonized by a variety of biotic assemblages, called seres, each replacing a prior sere and then being replaced by a later, until the process concludes with a stable, self-perpetuating climax community (Odum 1969).
One feature of succession in many different environments is a difference in resource use between earlier and later seres. Species characteristic of earlier seral stages tend to maximize control of resources and production of biomass per unit time, even at the cost of inefficiency; thus such species tend to maximize production and distribution of offspring even when this means the great majority of offspring fail to reach reproductive maturity. Species typical of later seres, by contrast, tend to maximize the efficiency of their resource use, even at the cost of limits to biomass production and the distribution of individual organisms; thus these species tend to maximize energy investment in individual offspring even when this means that offspring are few and the species fails to occupy all available niche spaces. Species of the first type, or R-selected species, have specialized to flourish opportunistically in disturbed environments, while those of the second type, or K-selected species, have specialized to form stable biotic communities that change only with shifts in the broader environment (Odum 1969).Source
This is something the doomers always leave out in their treatment of Liebig's Law. In nature, resource constraints lead not to die-off, but to succession, where more complex, resource-conserving species steal the niche of the wasteful species that preceded them. Countries, people and technologies which do not depend on oil will thrive during peak oil -- growing into the niches vacated by the withering oil-dependent "species".
107. MANURE CALCULATIONS
In 2001/2002, the breakdown of fertilizer consumption in the U.S. was:
Nitrogen: 10.9 million metric tons (MMtonnes)
Phosphorus: 4.2 MMtonnes
Potassium: 4.5 MMtonnes (Source)
The following Table comes from a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute called "Guidelines on the Use of Urine and Faeces in Crop Production" Source(pdf), P. 6
In 2002, the population of the U.S. was about 288,000,000 (source: New York Times Almanac, 2004). Therefore, calculating from the Chinese values, the total fertilizer production in the U.S., per year, in the form of human urine/faeces is roughly:
Nitrogen: 1.1 MMtonnes
Phosphorus: .17 MMtonnes
Potassium: .5 MMtonnes
Percentages of total U.S. fertilizer use which could be supplied with human urine/faeces are thus:
Nitrogen: 10%
Phosphorus: 4%
Potassium: 11%
Now let's turn to the figures for livestock waste (click to enlarge).
Fertilizer in livestock waste, per year, in the U.S. is roughly:
Nitrogen: 5 MMtonnes
We can also get the following ballpark figure for potassium, assuming that animal waste contains 3 times as much potassium as phosphorus (as is the case for humans):
Potassium: 4.1 MMtonnes
Manure from humans + livestock can thus compensate for the following percentages of chemical fertilizer consumption:
Phosphorus: 43%
Potassium: 102%
This is pretty good, although there are clearly a lot of leaks in the system which allow nutrients to escape the cycle. These include:
1) Run off waste (nutrients flowing into water)
2) Escape of volatile nitrogen into the air (ammonia)
3) Human carcasses which are not composted
4) Animal parts which are not composted (bones, blood, hides, teeth etc.)
5) Kitchen/yard/garden wastes buried in land fills
6) Food exports etc.
106. THE GREENING OF HATE
Richard Heinberg, author of "The Party's Over" is a "peak oil" promoter and population reduction advocate whose book sports endorsements from Virginia Deane Abernethy and David Pimental.
The greening of hate
Interview of Betsy Hartmann by Fred Pearce, [20 February 2003]
The poor are to blame for environmental decline because they have been putting their own ecosystems under intolerable population pressure. That's the hidden ideology of far too many environmentalists in the US who really should know better, says Betsy Hartmann, a radical feminist and academic. So much for the green on the outside, red on the inside label that's often hung round eco-campaigners; some conservationists, she told Fred Pearce recently, are the new conservatives
What do you think is going on among environmentalists? Is the right wing taking over?
I first realised that the right wing was attempting to penetrate the mainstream environment movement when I sat on a panel at an environmental meeting in the University of Oregon in 1994. Beside me was a professor and environmentalist, Virginia Abernethy of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. She seemed to me to blame immigrants for overpopulating our country and destroying our environment. Some of the audience liked her ideas but I thought they were racist.
I started to investigate and found she wasn't alone among conservationists. She was a leader of the group called the Carrying Capacity Network, which sounds like a benign environmental organisation but its main campaign is to halt what it calls mass migration to the US. They blame migrants for destroying pristine America. For instance, they blame Mexican migrants for starting fires in national forests near the border. This group has prominent environmental scientists on its advisory board. People like biologist Tom Lovejoy, the green economist Herman Daly and the ecologist David Pimental. I call this the greening of hate.Source
Buzzing over to Carrying Capacity Network, I notice a lot of big peak oil "names" on the Boards of Directors and Advisors:
Virginia Abernethy, David Pimentel, Albert A. Bartlett, William Catton, Jr., Marcia Pimentel...
Here's some of their recent "action alerts":
What's New at CCN
* September 2005 URGENT: NEW HEALTH THREAT - Mass immigration bringing (ever more) new diseases to the U.S. - Now more than ever a moratorium is crucial to Stem the Tide and Prevent an Epidemic
* June 2005 URGENT: NEW THREAT - Bill Would Amnesty Millions of Illegals - URGENT: NEW THREAT - Bill Would Amnesty Millions of Illegals CCN's HOLISTIC STRATEGY STOPS THE TRIPLE THREAT to U.S. Social Security, Jobs, and Border Security Social Security Serious Immediate Threat - Must Act NOW
* May 2005 IMPORTING VIOLENCE: How mass immigration is bringing violent crime to your community - Culture is just one determinant of individual behavior – and is never predictive of any particular behavior or particular person's behavior. Nevertheless, violence characterizes some of the diverse cultures that are increasingly represented in the United States.
Virginia Abernethy has definitely got some racial issues. She's on the editorial board of the "Occidental Quartlerly".
http://theoccidentalquarterly.com/toq-information.html
The Quarterly believes, among other things, that: "4. The European identity of the United States and its people should be maintained. Immigration into the United States should be restricted to selected people of European ancestry."
http://theoccidentalquarterly.com
I don't think we can blame Heinberg for this woman (yet), but this is definitely another case of white racists glomming onto peak oil, much like the BNP in Britain. Here's Virginia's picture:
KEEP AMERICA WHITE
DARKIES ARE VIOLENT AND HAVE DISEASES
105. VAT-GROWN MEAT
This is another radical development which will increase carrying capacity by freeing up lots of land, water, grain etc.
Fancy a beefburger, but want to spare the cow? Tissue engineers experimenting with ways of growing meat in a lab dish could soon provide a solution. [...]
His dream is that we will eventually be able to grow and cook fresh sausage overnight at home in special machine, just like a home bread maker.Source
This technique will also eliminate massive volumes of waste, such as:
a) 1.4 billion tons of farm animal wastes produced annually in the U.S.
b) Green-house gas methane produced by farm animals, which constitutes 25% of all human-induced methane production in the U.S.
c) Energy wasted producing animal parts which are not eaten (i.e. bones, brains, intestines, hooves, hair, teeth etc.)
Here's a site with some resources on this technology:
www.new-harvest.org
104. MORE ON LUNAR SOLAR POWER (LSP) AND INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE MOON
Here's more information on a proposed manufacturing process for LSP (see #33):
Alex Freundlich, a UH researcher, along with Charles Horton, senior research scientist at the Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials, see a way to create huge solar cell arrays on the Moon. They can be fabricated by using materials found in the lunar regolith -- the upper crust of the Moon.
Working with NASA's Johnson Space Center, Freundlich and his colleagues have used "simulated" Moon material to devise solar cell devices.
The work has lead to a master plan for the Moon.
What's required is a robotic lunar rover that cuts across the Moon's surface, melting the regolith into a very thin film of glass. Then, a thin film of solar cells is applied to that lunar glass substrate. An array of such lunar solar cells could then be used as a giant solar energy converter that cranks out electricity.Source
This is interesting, and shows how "refutations" of LSP can be based on incorrect assumptions. If solar cells are just burned directly onto the lunar surface, then the whole "lunar factory" idea is a lot simpler than it would appear at first glance. People are still thinking "inside the box" of terrestrial manufacturing techniques, imagining a solar panel as a packaged object which comes from the factory in a box. But why not just make the ground itself the glass substrate, and do processes like (printing, cleaning, vacuum deposition etc.) on top of it, in situ, with moving rovers? The moon is an ideal industrial environment -- it's already at vacuum!
The original lunar rovers from the 1970's were designed and deployed very quickly. As Criswell points out in the above cite:
Lunar rover development began after Apollo 11, and the first rover traversed the lunar surface 33 months later.
Question: Why build solar farms on the moon, when you could build them in deserts like the Sahara?
Answer: One problem with PV in the deserts is the weather. The power can be interrupted by clouds at any time, and you have to deal with issues like weathering, corrosion, and sand/grime build-up on the panels. The panels must be enclosed in protective glass, and the fabrication of that glass would require massive energy. As of 1994, EIA stats show that 60% of the energy used in glass manufacturing comes from natural gas.
The moon, on the other hand, is an ideal industrial environment. There is no weather. It may also be possible, on the moon, to fuse glass with lens or mirror furnaces (i.e with free, inexhaustible energy). The daylight temperature on the moon is 123°C. You can cook food there with ordinary sunlight. You can freeze food too, at night or in the shadows, because the temperature is -173°C. High temperature superconductors can work in the shade/night on the moon with no cooling. That would be convenient for lossless power transmission, energy storage and maglev mining etc. Oddly enough, lunar soil (regolith) is a good insulator:
A habitat less than a meter beneath the surface of Luna will experience a very constant temperature equal to its mean surface temperature. That's about -9°F (-23°C). The lunar regolith is such a good insulator that the habitat will need a heat-rejection system even at night because of the heat given off by equipment and inhabitants of the lunar habitat."Source
Just for comparison, -23°C is higher than some sleeping bag ratings.
Another problem is energy transmission. In the U.S., the best spot would be the southwest, but what about areas which aren't near any deserts? Do they cover up farmland, or open space, or grassland, or forest, or tundra? Covering up the Sonoran desert with solar panels or algae farms is often mentioned, but the Sonoran desert is not a dead parking lot of sand. I've seen it many times, and it is very alive and beautiful. Covering it up will only increase the footprint of man, and is in no way an "environmental" solution. (Neither is burning coal, even with filters.)
Another problem is energy storage. What do you do when the sun goes down on the Sonoran Desert? This is a very severe problem with all terrestrial solar. The solar has to be parasitic on a waste generating process, like nuclear or coal.
It's also interesting to consider the geopolitics of desert power. If a desert power technology can be established, deserts will function economically like dams. The power can only be transmitted so far, so deserts and their satelittes will function as cores of development, and desert-rich countries will become rich because they own the real estate. Las Vegas will boom like never before. Is it good for the US/Europe to switch from one form of power monopolized by desert nations to another form of power with the same problem? After all, when you talk about the "Sahara", you're actually talking about the property of Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Egypt and Sudan. They'll nationalize the sands. The moon, on the other hand, doesn't belong to anybody. In fact, isn't the U.S. flag still flying up there? :P
In a word, the long-term solution to peak oil is the grid. But (IMO) there are only two realistic, environmental ways to provide non-intermittent base power: nuclear and space solar (although hot dry rock may play a role at some point). I prefer space solar because it is 100% sustainable (peak-proof), eliminates toxic processes like uranium mining, and moves our industrial footprint off-planet.
103. EARLY MITIGATION PORK
Many peak oilers believe that global peak oil is imminent, and the world is completely unprepared for it. They like to cite this passage in the Hirsh report:
The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk management problem. As peaking is approached, liquid fuel prices and price volatility will increase dramatically, and without timely mitigation, the economic, social and political costs will be unprecedented. Viable mitigation options exist on both the supply and demand sides, but to have substantial impact, they must be initiated more than a decade in advance of peaking.(P. 4)
These folks are alarmists, in a big hurry, who claim that the only prudent course is to start mitigating NOW!! Then if peak comes early, we'll be ready, and if it comes late, there is no harm done. But this ignores the fact that mitigating too early does cause harm.
Hirsch et al. allude to this problem in their report:
2. Oil Peaking Risk Analysis: Cost of Premature Mitigation versus Waiting
The date of world oil production peaking is unknowable, but it may occur in the not too distant future. Large-scale mitigation is needed more than a decade before the onset of peaking if economic hardship is to be avoided. If major efforts were initiated early and peaking was to occur decades later, there might be an unproductive use of resources. (Hirsch report, P. 88)
That's putting it charitably. What we're actually talking about here is massive-scale pork, the classic example being oil shale in the late 70s, early 80s:
The second great challenge the Democrats faced was an OPEC-induced surge in energy prices. Carter came in with some good and some bad ideas about how to alleviate the energy crisis. Democrats in Congress rebuffed the president's best plan--Carter's attempt to lift the price controls Richard Nixon had imposed on domestic energy. But congressional Democrats eagerly adopted his bad ideas, including the creation of the Department of Energy, which would become perhaps the most dysfunctional agency in Washington. House Speaker Tip O'Neill set up a task force to speed along passage of the authorizing bill, getting the agency running in a matter of months. Congress happily signed on in 1980 when Carter asked it to set up the Synthetic Fuels Corporation. The program ultimately spent $88 billion subsidizing American oil and gas companies to try to extract petroleum out of oil shale, an enterprise only slightly more cost-effective than trying to wring water from a stone. The SynFuels concept dispensed a lot of taxpayer money to a lot of Democratic interest groups but did nothing to solve the energy crisis.Source
There you go. $88 billion of public money oinked down by Unocal and others in the hog-trough of "early mitigation". That's the cost of mitigating too early.
Speaking of pork, wasn't the Iraq war a $200 billion subsidy for the oil companies and a porkfest for Halliburton?
Coal "synfuels" are still a multi-billion dollar a year tax credit scam 25 years after Jimmy Carter.
And right on cue, the refiners just can't seem to get the job done without another government hand-out:
Bob Slaughter, the president of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, told a House committee last week that Congress could expand tax incentives included in the energy bill as a way to encourage growth of the refining industry.Source: The Hill
102. PEW POLL: ENERGY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ENVIRONMENT
A new Pew poll came out a couple of days ago (Sept. 15), and the verdict is in; 57% of the public now believes that energy is more important than the environment: Thanks to the unflagging efforts of environmentalists like Richard Heinberg, great strides have been made in increasing awareness of peak oil. The public is now aware that we're running out of oil, and the solution is (yep, you guessed it): stamping out environmentalism. The gloves are going to come off, and from the standpoint of the Earth Firsters, it's going to look like full scale war on mother nature: ANWR, Florida, Yellowstone, drilling every remaining pristine refuge, strip mining the ocean floor, well-shooting, massive coal and uranium mine tailing ponds, nuking the tar sands, whatever it takes to get those damn gasoline prices under control.
I think there's going to be a lot of disappointment and rage in the "peak oil community". Peak oil was supposed to usher in the new age, but it just ushered in a new age of even more crass exploitation.
101. DATA TRANSPARENCY
Matt Simmons is on a never-ending crusade about "data transparency" in the global oil industry. Here he is speaking on the topic at the Hudson Institute:
And so, basically, I think it's time to take really seriously an era of real data reform, and create some real transparency that means something. You know, if we were all the owners of a refrigerator company or let's say BMW, and we just designed a fabulous new line of cars, and these cars are going to sell like hotcakes and then someone says, “You know, look, the only thing that makes us a little nervous is that we have one steel mill that provides us with all of our rolled steel, but we have actually, we lost their phone number, but I just found it, and I said, “how good are your steel mills?” And they say, “Oh, our steel mills are in great shape.” Don't you think that we would want to send someone there, and actually check them out, to just make sure they were ready? And I think it's time to check them out and a total - I am not talking about Saudi Aramco; I am talking about every single oil producer on earth that wants to be counted serious, including Exxon, BP - the whole nine yards - because we are too close to the edge - and my solution (and there are probably a lot of better solutions) but the only advantage to this is that it could be done by the end of the year is that we enforce, hopefully voluntarily, we enforce timely production of field-by-field production.Source
Despite the spaghetti grammar, I think we all get the drift of that last sentence. Basically, we're talking about a team of first-world inspectors "enforcing" oilfield checks in sovereign nations like Saudi Arabia because it's a matter of U.S. national security. Sort of an extension of the arms inspectors they sent into Iraq. (In fact, you can regard oil as arms. It's like the South African attorney said in #96: "oil likely falls within the definition of munitions of war".) It's obvious why the Saudis and other nations will not allow that. It's an infringement of sovereignty.
How come Simmons never mentions the Russians? Doesn't he want to inspect their arms too? It seems to me their oil production is a lot more likely to collapse than the Saudis. But strangely, he doesn't mention the Russians (or the Venezuelans, or anybody else for that matter). After the obligatory "all nations need to get on board", he always hammers the Saudis. Maybe it's because Russia and Chavez are going to tell him to buzz off.
Transparency is also hypocritical, as usual. Simmons' argument: "Despite the fact that Saudi oil numbers are state secrets, they pose huge potential risks to mankind, so we have a right to know them." You could make the same argument about secret bio-weapons programs in the U.S. Why don't we have some transparency there? If "trust us" isn't enough from the Saudis, then it isn't enough from the U.S. either.
Note the veiled threat, where Simmons says "enforce, hopefully voluntarily" in the quote above. The Saudis are right to resist it.
It's sort of like the junky telling the dealer: "I'm going to enforce an inventory of the dope in your closet, hopefully voluntary, to check whether there's plenty in there for me to use."
To which the dealer says: "First of all, it ain't your dope, and second, how do you plan to enforce it? Stop buying?"
The reserve/production (R/P) ratio is often used as a shorthand way of indicating how long current reserves will last at current production rates. The peak oilers often criticize this ratio (and rightfully so) because it fails to take growth into account. For example, at present the U.S. has about 270,000 million short tons (MMst) of coal, and a production rate of about 1,000MMst per year. Dividing, we obtain an R/P ratio of about 270. This is where the sound bite "we have more than 200 years of coal left" comes from. It's true that this neglects the effects of growth in demand, but it also neglects the effects of growth in reserves (which occurs as previously uneconomical deposits become exploitable due to higher prices and improved technology). The R/P ratio definitely has defects as an indicator of how long a reserve will last, but it is useful for reducing a large reserve number to a human scale. It's a lot more comprehensible to the layman to say "we have 270 years of coal left at current mining rates" than to say "we have 270 billion short tons of coal reserves". In that sense, the R/P ratio is useful.
That said, let's take a different tangent. Let's look at the reciprocal of the R/P ratio -- i.e. the P/R ratio. This ratio is interesting because it gives an indication of how fast coal can be mined. Granted this is a rough estimate, but it seems reasonable to conjecture that the maximum speed at which a country can mine coal (in MMst per year) is a function of the size of that country's reserves.
The following Table gives the P/R ratios for all countries which are significant players in coal mining. Reserve figures are recoverable reserves as of 2002 from the DOE's Annual Energy Review 2004 (P. 323). Production figures are from 2003, obtained from the same Annual Energy Review (P. 325), and the DOE international coal production spreadsheet located here(excel file). Reserve figures are given in MMst, and production figures are given in MMst/year. Click on the Table for a clearer view. Some countries, like Brazil, Pakistan and Russia, have substantial coal reserves which they are exploiting at a very low speed. In terms of R/P ratio, Brazil's reserves will last for about 2,000 years at the current rate, and Russia's massive deposits will last for about 590 years. As noted above, the figure for the U.S. is about 270 years. On the other hand, we have countries which are mining at high speed like the Czech Republic (see #36), China, Germany and the UK -- which have R/P ratios of 87 years, 77 years, 32 years and 8 years, respectively.
A common doomer argument is that coal will not be able to save the day because it cannot be mined fast enough, but these numbers give us a rough indication of how fast coal can be mined. For example, the U.S. currently mines 1,072MMst/year. If the U.S. were to mine coal at a rate comparable to that of China (the world's largest coal producer), the figures indicate that the U.S. could mine 3,507MMst per year, or roughly 3 times what it is mining now. That's a lot of coal. In fact, on a btu basis, it is almost enough to replace all primary energy currently provided by oil and natural gas. On the other hand, if all of that coal were liquefied at the usual thermal efficiency of 65% (see the coal liquefaction energy flow diagram in #94), it would be equivalent to about 22 million barrels per day of liquid fuel -- i.e. roughly the amount of oil which the U.S. consumes today.
The situation can be furthered improved if the U.S. adopts a nuclear electricity strategy like that of France (see #42). If nuclear generators are installed to eliminate coal generators, natural gas can be substituted with coal gas, and oil can be substituted with coal liquefaction (see #43). In this way, the entire economy can run on nuclear power and coal.
Matt Simmons is all mixed up. As we saw in #97, just a couple of days ago he was claiming we could lose 75-90% of world oil production by 2030. What's his solution? Drill ANWR -- which might (if the drillers luck out) produce 500,000 barrels a day for 10 years.
How in the world is that going to help? If we're going to lose 75-90% of world oil production by 2030, car culture is dead. The dealer is going to run out of dope. So what good is one last "hit" going to do? Wouldn't it be more proactive to begin the quitting process by implementing demand side measures like carpooling, speed restrictions, telecommuting, land use planning, driving bans etc. -- as described in the IEA Report Saving Oil in a Hurry: Measures for Rapid Demand Restraint in Transport(pdf)? (For an extensive list of demand side measures from the IEA report, see #35.)
According to Matt himself, there's a very real possibility that NOBODY will be driving a private auto in 2030, so why not get our feet wet?
The IEA Report (P. xii) states that the U.S. could reduce its fuel consumption by about 10% simply by enforcing car pooling and speed restrictions. That's about 1 million barrels a day -- or twice what ANWR is going to produce even in the best case scenario. Furthermore, those savings aren't going to deplete like ANWR. They also won't contribute to global warming, so you might save a few bucks on Gulf Coast city reconstruction, if you catch my drift.
One of the funnier parts of the transcript cited below is where Simmons says: "We can also never wean the country [i.e. the U.S.] from imported oil..."
Matt, with all due respect, if world oil production is going to be down 75-90% in 2030, the U.S. is going to get weaned hard. Like so hard their eyeballs are going to pop out and rot. Your little trickle from ANWR is going to be like a band-aid for President Kennedy's head wound.
Transcript of Matthew R. Simmons, testifying on the topic of CAFE standards before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, April 3, 2001
Mr. Simmons. Let me give just two examples to illustrate this point. If we suddenly had a fleet of one million 80-mile-per-gallon vehicles on our roads taking the place of one million average automobiles, this would only save 50 thousand barrels of oil use each day. Ten wells or less in the deep water Gulf of Mexico produces an equivalent energy amount. Refrigerator----
The Chairman. Could you repeat that?
Mr. Simmons. If we created a fleet of one million 80-mile-per-gallon cars and they replaced one million conventional cars, that would save 50 thousand barrels a day. Not much.
The Chairman. I am sorry. Mr. Simmons, you were pretty much highlighting CAFE, too.
Mr. Simmons. The 80-miles-per-gallon car.
The Chairman. Go ahead.
Mr. Simmons. You know, first of all I did that analysis myself, so I know the number is right. It is actually 49,600 barrels per day.
The Chairman. Just give us--slow us down again so we pick it up.
Mr. Simmons. You take an 80-mile-per-gallon car----
The Chairman. An 80-mile-per-gallon car. Do we have any of those now?
Mr. Simmons. No, we have a prototype that will be out in 2004. It is an imaginary----
The Chairman. We have got a 56-mile-per-gallon car if you want to buy one. Toyota makes one, Nissan makes one.
Mr. Simmons. And what we do is we replace that car with a car that gets an average of 17 miles a gallon, because if you take the vehicle fleet, that is our average today, and the delta is the savings. So a million 80-mile-per-gallon cars is a phenomenal concept, but it does not make a dent, a single dent.
The Chairman. A million 80-gallon cars would save us how much oil?
Mr. Simmons. 50 thousand barrels a day.
The Chairman. 50 thousand barrels a day, and we consume 19----
Mr. Simmons. Well, we are getting up a little over 20 million during the seasonal peaks, so it has absolutely no relevance. It is a great concept.
The Chairman. Okay, well--50 thousand barrels a day is what you would save if you had one million cars that go to 80. And how many cars do we have in this country? Somebody figured it out.
Mr. Simmons. 220 million vehicles.
The Chairman. 220 million. Well, I do not know if you could stretch the car buyers to that point.Source
It's hard to shake the impression that environmental peak oilers are being incredibly naive and stupid thinking that Matt Simmons is a "hero".
It seems to me that Matt Simmons isn't an investment banker. His current "job" is to talk up peak oil in the media, and scare the shit out of everybody so oil industry lobbyists can pressure Congress into drilling ANWR. He's a tool of Dick Cheney. He also contributed $100,000 to George Bush's last inauguration party (Source). And all the fool environmentalists like Heinberg are just getting used. They're a bunch of poultry deferentially inviting the wolf to speak in the hen house.
Exhibit A: Matt Simmons has been obsessed with opening ANWR for years, even prior to his peak oil activism (see transcript at the bottom of the post). And he's still obsessed with it. His most recent interview on peak oil appeared in Petroleum News on Sept. 11, 2005. Here's the headline of the story:
Saudi oil shock ahead
Simmons pokes holes in image of unlimited Middle East oil; prepare for worst
And here's the first two sentences:
As Congress turns to legislation that could open a new era of Alaska Arctic oil production, one highly regarded energy analyst says he's convinced the move is critical to the success of a national energy strategy.
Matthew R. Simmons, author of "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy," (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2005), says crude from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1.5-million-acre coastal plain could play a valuable role in the nation's energy policy.
Seems like a disconnect, doesn't it? Actually, there's no disconnect at all.
Matt Simmons is turning up the "Saudi collapse" rhetoric to create a climate of fear which will result in the U.S. Senate signing off on drilling in ANWR. Yes, it's just another amazing coincidence that Simmons is fearmongering like never before, just as the provisions on ANWR are entering a delicate phase in the Senate:
The Senate Energy committee was scheduled to meet September 14 to vote on language for the federal budget that would raise an estimated $2.4 billion from leasing tracts in ANWR to energy companies for oil exploration.
That language would then be forwarded to the Senate Budget Committee, which would fold it into the giant budget bill that funds the federal government.
However, after Senate and House leaders decided to delay crafting the budget package for at least two weeks, the energy panel said it postponed its meeting on the ANWR drilling language.Source
Matt's really pulling out the stops on this current fear-mongering tour. Check this out:
But by 2030 we could easily have a world that can only produce 10 or 15 or 20 million barrels per day, and the shortfall from what we thought we were going to produce is only a modest 100 million barrels per day. So this is really a major, major, major global issue(Source: Petroleum News article cited above. Also see Note* at the bottom).
This is nothing but pure lobbyist FUD, a load of major, major, major bullshit that nobody agrees with. Nobody believes world oil production will be 10-20mbd in 2030 -- not Exxon/Mobil, not Shell, not the USGS, not the DOE, not Sadad Al Husseini (see #89), not Colin Campbell, not ASPO, not Jean Laherrere... Nobody. Simmons is talking out his ass. He is not a petroleum engineer, or a geologist, and he has a sum total of zero first hand knowledge of reservoir engineering, and zero first hand knowledge of the Saudi oil fields -- the two subjects on which he is now respectfully regarded as the world's foremost expert.
This is all just part of a trend. Boone Pickens is all over the media hyping peak oil because every time oil ticks up he nets an obscene profit (see #12). Chevron is all over the media hyping peak oil because it helped them muscle out CNOOC and lock up the Unocal deal (see #80, #82). And Matt Simmons is all over the media hyping peak oil because he wants to drill ANWR and tend to his own bread and butter as a deal architect for the oil and gas industry.
Personally, it's not drilling ANWR that bothers me. Energy is important, and we will have to drill ANWR at some point -- with the proper environmental protections in place, of course. The question I have is this: What the hell are we going to do with the oil we pump out of ANWR? If we're going to use it to fuel the status quo -- i.e. 10-mile long traffic jams every morning, and the Ford Explorer of Amanda P. Suburbia driving all over town to find just the right frisbee for her dog -- then I'm firmly against it. I don't care how environmentally sound the drilling process is. That's just greenwashing, because that oil is just going to get wasted in passenger car engines, and that isn't environmentally sound, or even necessary.
Note*) There was some controversy about whether Simmons actually said this, so I contacted the editor-in-chief of Petroleum News. The author, Rose Ragsdale, confirms that the quote is genuine, and there is an audio recording of Simmons making the comment, verbatim.
Note from JD) This discussion is continuing in the Peak Oil Debunked Forum
Transcript of Matthew R. Simmons, testifying on the topic of ANWR before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, April 3, 2001 (Read the original too. Matt does a long spiel pooh-poohing fuel-efficient vehicles. Conservation isn't going to cut it, doncha know. The only thing that's going to help is drilling ANWR ANWR ANWR...):
At the end of the day, we have to increase our domestic supply of oil and natural gas, but getting this done requires fast action by both public and private sectors to begin eliminating all of the obstacles that now make it so hard to make real gains in the supply of either domestic gas or oil.
Access to where these reserves reside is obviously extremely important. While it is politically popular to attack the need to open up a few thousand acres of ANWR, this important area could create several hundred thousand barrels a day of extra oil and natural gas, and possibly even far more. So it is too important to abandon. It is time for ANWR's opponents to stop broadcasting photographs of pristine alpine mountain meadows of areas within the 19 million acre reserve which happen to be hundreds of miles away from where any oil and gas development would ever take place.
Lease Sale 181 in the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico is just as vital as ANWR, perhaps even more so. This highly gas-prone area is over 100 miles west of Florida at its closest point, but it is right next to the most efficient infrastructure to bring these reserves to where they can be
consumed.
The Department of the Interior is just beginning a critically important survey or inventory of all of the reserve prospects to the lower 48 States. I would highly encourage expanding this inventory assessment to the entire Outer Continental Shelf of the United States, including the waters offshore of California. This exercise does not commit any area to development, it would merely help identify where emergency relief might be found.
How tragic it would be to see the economy of a State like California destroyed through a lack of natural gas and electricity, all because natural gas lying just off its coast was never developed.Source
I think we've all heard how South Africa (SA) survived the Apartheid-era oil embargo by producing synthetic fuels from coal.
So why didn't South Africa collapse? They went off a cliff from the "subsidy of cheap oil" as people like to say. They stepped back down from high EROEI oil, and reverted to crappy old low EROEI coal. Granted, the South Africans had access to limited amounts of smuggled oil, but it was expensive. In that sense, South Africa is an almost exact analog of peak oil. Peak oil does not mean a complete closing of the taps. At least in its initial stages, it means higher oil prices, and an embargo-like degradation of supply -- very similar to what happened in SA. SA coped with it to some degree by liquefying coal, and (judging from the Hirsch Report(pdf)) that is part of the U.S. "Plan B":
1. Fuel efficient transportation
2. Heavy oil/Oil sands
3. Coal liquefaction
4. Enhanced oil recovery
5. Gas-to-liquids
SA did have economic problems, but the worst case scenario didn't pan out. This seems even more astounding considering that mining (a very oil intensive process) is the backbone of the South African economy.
I find the details of what happened in SA during the embargo fascinating. They give us clues about how a developed nation responds to liquid fuel stress.
Apparently, the infrastructure needed to dig coal was so expensive that SA is now switching to GTL (Gas-to-Liquid) to save money:
Under the belief that partially replacing coal with natural gas as the synthetic-fuel feedstock would reduce investment expenditures in coal mining operations, Sasol began importing gas from Mozambique in 2004.Source
The following are some interesting tidbits from a SA court case:
288. Oil was the one major raw material not produced (except synthetically from coal) in South Africa. The Apartheid regime established a high degree of control over the industry in its attempt to ensure a constant supply of oil.
289. Without oil, the police and military could not have functioned and the economy of South Africa would have come to a standstill. The South African regime took a number of steps to ensure an adequate supply of oil.
290. In November 1978, in response to the fall of the Shah and the decision by Iran to join the oil embargo, then-Minister of Economic Affairs Chris Heunis, called a meeting with the managing directors of the oil companies. He met with them in alphabetical order: BP, Caltex, Mobil, Sasol, Shell, then Total and told them each "Our petrol pumps must stay wet."
300. Mobil received from its South African attorneys the following legal advice: "[a]s oil is absolutely vital to enable the army to move, the navy to sail and the air force to fly, it is likely that a South African court would hold that it falls within the definition of munitions of war."
349. In order to reduce its vulnerability to oil sanctions, South Africa began a coal to oil conversion program. The Apartheid regime expected to be able to meet up to 50% of its oil needs from this program. SASOL - the South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation, was a state controlled company formed to oversee the oil from coal program. Three plants were to be built. SASOL II and III constituted the largest and most expensive project undertaken by the South African government.
357. The Natref refinery had been regarded a National Key Point of the South African economy even before the adoption of the Act. A South African army journal explained the role of the ‘SASOL Commando,' a unit comprised of SASOL employees: "When the men of the SASOL Commando change their white coats for the uniform of the South African Defense Force they become members of a specialized unit, which in times of war will defend two key points of the South African nation. The SASOL factory ... and the Natref Refinery are two of the most important installations in the country. The importance of the task which the SASOL Commandos have in defending these two key points cannot be overemphasized."Source
From a study of the impact of sanctions:
In late 1970s, early 1980s, South Africa depends on oil for less than 20 percent of its total energy needs, but 80 percent of energy needs of transport sector. Moreover, South Africa has stockpiled at least one to two years' supply and is completing two nuclear power plants, a third Sasol coal-conversion plant. By one estimate, the stockpile would entail "tying up $1-$4 billion or more in capital, depending on acquisition price." In 1990 it is estimated that Sasol plants provide one-third of South Africa's oil consumption. Some estimates of total cost of oil embargo, including price premium on imports, costs of stockpiling, costs of construction and operation of Sasol plants, fall in range of $1 billion to $2 billion. Others question magnitude of these estimates, noting that some South Africans (e.g., dealers and shippers) have gained from embargo, and that South Africa might have pursued coal-conversion technology in any case after 1973-74 oil shock. (Chettle 82; Spandau 153-55; Lewis 60, 103; Lipton 1988, 86-87)
Direct costs [of the oil embargo] have more than doubled South Africa's oil import bill… Direct costs of the oil embargo in the 1980's equaled South Africa's gross foreign debt, which by the end of the decade was estimated at between $15 to 20 billion. Indeed, had the oil embargo not been imposed, the 1985 South African debt crisis would probably not have emerged… In addition to these direct costs, economic activity in South Africa suffered from spillover effects to other markets and opportunity costs, while the country's long-term development was hurt… Economic activity in South Africa has also been hampered by the fact that fewer new technologies became available to the country during the implementation of sanctions."(Van Bergejik 343-344)
Economist Stephen Lewis estimates that oil embargo, other trade sanctions impose cost on South Africa of $2 billion a year, primarily in terms-of-trade effects.
On the oil embargo: "The oil embargo has probably been the costliest international action against South Africa to date.... However, the decisions forced on South Africa by the oil boycott have resulted not only in higher costs. The SASOL projects, for example, have pushed South Africa into international leadership in coal conversion technology.... Policy actions by the government effectively mitigated both the economic costs and the disruption of the oil embargo, and South Africa is in a better position today to meet short-term cutoffs in oil than it was a decade or two ago." (Lewis 103-04)Source
Some doomers say the U.S. can't conserve oil, and can't crack down on the private automobile because waste is the foundation of the U.S. economy. For instance, MonteQuest (a doomer moderator at peakoil.com) is fond of saying that one out of every six jobs in the U.S. is tied to the automotive industry. His position is that waste=jobs. We have to be wasteful to keep people employed, and any attempt to reduce consumption or car use will cause an economic collapse.
This is incorrect, as can be seen from the following chart of U.S. automobile production:
Note the big dip for WWII. This shows that society can still function, even if fuel is rationed and passenger car production is swiftly ramped down to very low levels.
In fact, in terms of production volumes, the economy performed superbly during WWII. Look at these aircraft production numbers:
1939: 2,141
1945: 46,001Source
This shows the sort of focused, rapid production scale-up industry can achieve when it has to.
Energy flow diagrams are useful for visualizing where energy comes from and where it goes. In this post, I will collect a number of diagrams for reference purposes (click on the image or the source for a clearer picture):
Source: US Energy Flow Trends(pdf), P. 2, 3
U.S. Energy Flow, 2004 Source: DOE, Annual Energy Review 2004
U.S. Petroleum Flow, 2004
Source: DOE, Annual Energy Review 2004
U.S. Natural Gas Flow, 2004
U.S. Coal Flow, 2004
U.S. Electricity Flow, 2004
Energy Flow Diagram, Coal Liquefaction, Liquid Solvent Extraction (LSE) Process Source: Technology Status Report: Coal Liquefaction(pdf), Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
Material Flow in the U.S. Food System
More flow diagrams
Finally, a first world government starts using its head. From the Independent Online:
Secret plan to ration fuel on the forecourt
Ministers draw up crisis strategy to combat petrol protests as prices soar
By Francis Elliott, Deputy Political Editor
Motorists face rationing at petrol stations under emergency plans that are being drawn up by ministers to combat this week's fuel protests, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.
Ministers met secretly last week to finalise the Government's response to blockades of Britain's refineries threatened for Wednesday.
Petrol prices - which passed the £1-a-litre mark in the wake of Hurricane Katrina - are expected to remain at record highs in the coming weeks because of damaged refineries on the US Gulf Coast.
Soaring petrol prices are likely to add to growing demands for fuel tax cuts and further encourage militant hauliers and farmers into taking direct action in order to force the Government's hand.
Planned measures to combat a successful blockade include rationing of supplies, limiting the hours during which petrol can be sold and reserving some filling stations for "priority users". Source
This is a radical development which could greatly increase carrying capacity (i.e. the ability of the earth to feed large numbers of people using fewer resources). Quorn is mycoprotein -- a meat-like food produced by fungi from corn syrup, ammonia and air. In short, it is protein grown in vats. It is vastly more efficient as a protein source than the chicken or cow. Its production requires far less water and land than conventional protein, and it produces less waste. Furthermore, it is a viable commercial product, right now.
I've tried this stuff, and it was quite good. The response was also positive at a taste test at Wired Magazine:
For about an hour on Thursday, the office went a bit Quorn crazy, with 10 or so people popping into the coffee bar to taste this advanced food. The feedback was mostly positive. Everyone liked it, and some people said they loved it. Several said that the nuggets were indistinguishable from chicken, and others said that while they could taste a difference, they thought Quorn was very similar to meat.Source
More mycoprotein facts:
Many attempts have been made to manufacture foods that are rich in protein as cheaper alternatives to meat. Microorganisms can be made to grow on some industrial or agricultural waste materials (e.g. paper, wood sugar-refining waste) that contain the right balance of nutrients. They can produce protein rapidly and efficiently. In addition, protein products from microorganisms, such as the commercially available mycoprotein Quorn, are suitable for vegetarians.Source
One calculation suggests that the protein requirements of 1 billion people could be satisfied by a vat protein facility covering only 4 square kilometers of land. (Source: How Many People Can the Earth Support?, Joel E. Cohen, P. 327).
Call me a party-pooper, but I'm a little wary of peak oil websites that try to sell me something. My alarm bells start going off when I see the little shopping cart icon.
Have you folks buzzed over to the LATOC (Life After the Oil Crash) Store run by peak oil marketing genius, Matt Savinar? Apparently they've got these nifty tote bags coming out in October:
Stylish White-On-Black LATOC
Reusable Shopping Bag Made From
Expected Price: $14-$17
Available October 2005
Thanks Matt! I owe you so much for opening my eyes to peak oil. I don't know about you, but I've got my credit card out already. I'm sure a stylish LATOC shopping bag will come in real handy once civilization as we know it has ended, and the global monetary system has collapsed.
I think I'll also get me one of those bitchin' From the Wilderness Tees to go with it:
And the Peak Oil Medical care special offer:
You know yer gonna need those books because the modern medical system is utterly dependent on crude oil. They pump it into the back of hospital facilities through 15" hoses.
Let's recall the "die-off" scenario, as concisely described by Wikipedia
Some envisage a Malthusian catastrophe occurring as oil becomes increasingly inefficient to produce. Since the 1940s, agriculture has dramatically increased its productivity, due largely to the use of chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and increased mechanisation. This process has been called the Green Revolution. The increase in food production has allowed world population to grow dramatically over the last 50 years. Pesticides rely upon oil as a critical ingredient, and fertilizers require both oil and natural gas. Farm machinery also requires oil. Arguing that in today's world every joule one eats requires 5-15 joules to produce and deliver, some have speculated that a decreasing supply of oil will cause modern industrial agriculture to collapse, leading to a drastic decline in food production, food shortages and possibly even mass starvation.Source
This is complete bollocks, as we have seen from numerous previous articles (see #15, #22, #28, #46, #48, #55, #72, #76, #84 and #87), but fertilizers are a key factor, so let's look at them once again, and see where they actually go.
In 1999, corn (maize) accounted for about 41% of all fertilizer consumption in the U.S. The exact breakdown by fertilizer type was:
N (Nitrogen): 40.58%
P2O5 (Phosphate): 39.45%
K2O (Potash): 41.89% (Source: U.S. Fertilizer Application Rates, The Fertilizer Institute)
Where does all that corn go? You can see in the following chart:
Most U.S. corn is used to feed livestock (dark blue); another large chunk is used for ethanol (purple); another large chunk is exported (yellow); and another large chunk goes into stocks (green). The part consumed by humans, directly as food, is a subset of the orange band, which represents FSI (Food, Seed and Industrial). This category also includes high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) which is a component of soft drinks, juices and ice cream, and a major cause of obesity. The USDA notes: "Food and starch, other segments of FSI use, are mature markets and projected gains largely reflect population growth."
This is further evidence that human beings aren't even close to the point of die-off due to the inability to produce enough food from the earth.
Here's another interesting data point from the Fertilizer Institute (click on the image for a clearer picture):
Since 1980, corn production has increased by 57.8 percent. Interestingly, that increase was achieved using less nitrogen fertilizer. Notably, in 1980, nearly 6.395 billion bushels of corn were produced using 5.245 million tons of nitrogen. However by 2003, U.S. corn production soared to 10.089 billion bushels, even as the amount of nitrogen fertilizer used dropped to 5.14 million tons. Source
So, as we've seen earlier (#84), growth in the food supply is not dependent on growth in production of nitrogen fertilizer, and thus is not dependent on growth in the supply of oil or natural gas.
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381. EXPORT LAND MODEL: DUE DILIGENCE AUDIT
380. A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH MATT SIMMONS
379. TWILIGHT IN THE DESERT, MY ASS
378. WHY ROBERT HIRSCH IS DEAD WRONG
375. HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC TRUCK
374. NATURAL GAS "CLIFF" BENDS THE WRONG WAY
366. FUTURES PRICES DETERMINE PHYSICAL PRICES
365. MASSIVE DROP IN U.S. DEMAND IN APRIL
364. THE OTHER "PEAK OIL"
355. BANKS HOARD OIL IN STORAGE TANKS
351. BALLOON MIRRORS FOR SOLAR POWER
342. MATT SIMMONS: SPECULATORS SET OIL PRICES
339. CARGO SCOOTERS AND BICYCLES
336. CUBA: SUCKLING THE TIT OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE
325. JIM KUNSTLER: WORLD'S SHITTIEST FORECASTER
324. THE BIG GLITCH
323. LARGE BLOCKS PLATEAU FOR DECADES
322. HUBBERT'S CLIFF
321. PEAK PHOSPHORUS? HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON
320. ELECTRIC TRUCKS
319. NON-MECHANIZED AGRICULTURE
318. MOPEDS SAVE SUBURBIA
317. ELECTRIC AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
314. PEAK OIL AND FERTILIZER: NO PROBLEM
311. PEAK OIL DEBUNKED IN FOUR EASY WORDS
307. CONFESSIONS OF AN EX-DOOMER
284. RENEWABLES PROVIDE A LOT MORE THAN A "TINY" FRACTION OF PRIMARY ENERGY
282. LAHERRERE: LIQUIDS WILL PEAK AROUND 2020
279. THE MANY WRONG PREDICTIONS OF KEN DEFFEYES
277. WHY A MASSIVE POPULATION IS GOOD
275. THE FUTURE OF HOUSING
272. DRILL OR DIE
267. WHERE DOES APOCALYPTIC THINKING COME FROM?
266. MORE FUN WITH FOOD AND OIL PRICES
265. WILL FOOD GET EXPENSIVE AS OIL PRICES INCREASE?
264. SIMMONS' PREDICTIONS FLOP... PATHETICALLY
263. ARE THE LARGEST FIELDS DISCOVERED FIRST?
262. THE WOOD TO COAL TRANSITION
260. MORE EVIDENCE DEBUNKING THE ECO-COLLAPSE OF EASTER ISLAND
259. KEN DEFFEYES STARTS BACKPEDALING
258. U.S. CRUDE INVENTORIES HIGHEST IN 7 YEARS
257. U.S. DISCOVERS ANOTHER SAUDI ARABIA IN ITS OLD OIL WELLS
255. "OLDUVAI" DUNCAN RESURFACES IN RACIST PUBLICATION
253. MONOPOLISTS SITTING ON OIL
252. THE TWO TONGUES OF MATT SIMMONS
250. THE OIL WEAPON IS A BLUFF
249. THE ECO-COLLAPSE OF EASTER ISLAND IS A MYTH
245. WHERE IS THE UNDISCOVERED OIL?
244. USGS EVALUATES ITS OWN TRACK RECORD
240. CLEANING THE PETROLEUM CRACK PIPE
239. GHAWAR NOW EMPTY
238. MORE FUN WITH "THE GROWING GAP"
233. THE REAL USGS PREDICTION
231. PEOPLE ARE STUPID
230. THE GROWING GAP
229. OIL IN GREENLAND
228. USGS: THE MOST UNDISCOVERED OIL IS IN IRAQ
226. THE SUPPOSEDLY "DISCREDITED" USGS
224. THE USGS PERSPECTIVE
223. INDUSTRIALISING SPACE - PART TWO: ESTABLISHING INITIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
221. AMORY LOVINS: THE REAL GENIUS
219. JIM JARRELL'S "ANOTHER DAY IN THE DESERT"
209. THE ULTIMATE PEAK OIL HERESY
208. URANIUM FROM SEAWATER (PART 2)
197. FREEMAN DYSON ON OPTIMISM
193. SUBMARINE COAL
192. GIGANTIC COAL DISCOVERY BY STATOIL
191. INDUSTRIALIZING SPACE - PART ONE: AN ECONOMIC FRONTIER
185. SHOULD WE MITIGATE EARLY BECAUSE THE MARKET IS MYOPIC?
184. THE ISLANDS
181. DERRICK JENSEN
180. JEVONS PARADOX REFUTED
176. THE "OIL-BASED FERTILIZER" MEME
174. ARE HIGH FERTILIZER PRICES A THREAT TO THE FOOD SUPPLY?
172. ELECTRIC CARS, PART 2
170. ELECTRICITY IN MEXICO
154. CHINDIA SAVES US FROM PEAK OIL
152. WHY EXACTLY IS GROWTH NECESSARY?
150. "DICK CHENEY" PEAK OILERS
149. DOOMER PORN
147. THE DEBT VIRUS HYPOTHESIS
146. PAUL EHRLICH
144. YOUR BUDDY: THE SPACE HEATER
142. U.S. MILITARY KEEN ON COAL LIQUEFACTION
138. WHY CALL IT "PEAK OIL DEBUNKED"?
136. WILL DECLINING EROEI CAUSE COLLAPSE?
135. THE BARTER SYSTEM
131. UPDATE ON LUNAR SPACE POWER
129. WHERE'S THE RELOCALIZATION?
127. PEAK OIL: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
123. MORE RACIST CONNECTIONS
122. COLIN CAMPBELL: WRONG AGAIN
117. IS IT TOO LATE TO SWITCH TO NUCLEAR
104. MORE ON LUNAR SPACE POWER (LSP) AND INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE MOON
91. LETS MAKE A DOOM DEAL
89. SADAD AL HUSSEINI
87. EATING URANIUM
85. THE GAME OF "RESOURCE WAR"
84. MORE ON THE GREEN REVOLUTION
72. WHO NEEDS OIL? SHIT IS FERTILIZER
70. LASER DRILLING
69. WILL PEAK OIL MAKE GROWTH OF ALTERNATIVES IMPOSSIBLE?
68. PEAK OIL FASCIST LETS IT ALL HANG OUT
67. BRITISH RACISTS ATTEND "PEAK OIL UK" CONFERENCE
60. GAS-TO-LIQUIDS (GTL)
56. SUGAR CANE ETHANOL
55. WILL PEAK OIL MAKE LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORT TOO EXPENSIVE TO CONTINUE?
54. MANUFACTURERS DON'T USE MUCH OIL
53. OIL WILL PEAK IN 5 MINUTES
52. PEAK OIL ALREADY HAPPENED
51. SPACE MIRRORS
48. WHAT ABOUT PESTICIDES?
46. WILL PEAK OIL HIT THE POOREST COUNTRIES WORST?
45. CARS ARE A VIRUS
44. AN AMUSING WAR SCENARIO
43. COAL LIQUEFACTION
38. IS PEAK OIL SCIENTIFIC?
35. SMOKING OUT THE OIL SPECULATORS
34. OIL IS THE "NEW NASDAQ"
33. LUNAR SOLAR POWER (LSP)
32. IS PEAK OIL DOOM A RELIGION?
31. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RICHARD "OLDUVAI" DUNCAN?
29. COLIN CAMPBELL "LETS THE MATTER REST"
28. ISN'T FERTILIZER MADE FROM CRUDE OIL?
22. MORE ON OIL AND FOOD PRICES
21. THE DOOM CHRONICLES
20. GROWTH=DEATH OR GROWTH=LIFE?
18. NINE DELAYS FOR PEAK OIL
17. JEVONS ON PEAK COAL
15. FOOD VS. PETROLEUM PRICES
12. THE "AMAZING" BOONE PICKENS
6. THE PEAK OIL CONSPIRACY
5. BEAM IT DOWN: HOW THE NEW SATELLITES CAN POWER THE WORLD
4. EROEI MISCONCEPTIONS
2. WHY HUMANS MUST GROW INTO SPACE
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429. THE "OIL DRUM" BITES THE BAG
428. EVEN HUBBERT WAS WRONG
427. PEAK OIL SNOOZE-ATHON CONTINUES
426. LOCAL FOOD GUZZLES MORE FUEL THAN LONG-DISTAN...
425. GOING RURAL FOR PEAK OIL: BAD IDEA
424. OIL AND FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCE: LEADERS AND L...
423. MIKE RUPPERT, THE "PROPHET"
422. RENEWABLES STATUS REPORT FOR 2008
421. OIL DRUM CENSORING ARTICLES
420. MATT SIMMONS: THE BUFFOONERY NEVER ENDS
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To Begin Again
(A large empty space. Grey floor. One old worn out armchair, back and slightly left. A figure slumped in the chair. 50-ish, sloppy in appearance. Wearing an old tattered bathrobe. Neutral tones. Bare feet.
Sole light is that dim one which illuminates figure and chair.
Figure sleeps, stirs, mumbles. Awakens, rouses, amuses, ponders, drones in reverie, convinces, drifts in and out of sleep. Never leaving the chair. Grandest gesture is a raising of an arm, an unclenching of the fist. The rest consists of lolling the head about. Slight shifts of weight. Once or twice they hesitate, considering to rise, yet each time abandoning such a notion.
In the end they fall back asleep. The light dims, and all is as it once was.)
(the figure stirring, half-asleep) huh — what — oh — damn, must have fallen asleep again — really i — i should get up and stroll about — i’ve been sitting here for who knows how long — anyhow long enough, too long in fact — a little stroll, that’s the thing (makes as if to rise) but shit, to rise and begin again — yes, forget — that’s the thing — blot out the transgressions, both great and small, all the simple joys, as well the greater pains, all those forlorn and weary moments which make up happiness, the old claptrap of smiles and buggery of giggles can you blame a man his sorrow? it all goes to make up a life — however putrid that life might be — oh, there’s always a laugh, a chuckle hidden somewhere, however slight — ah, but these too must need forget — fine then, let’s pretend there’s nothing left — just that which is sitting here, its head nodding slowly off, a bit of spittle dribbling down the chin, one arm dangling to the side, the whole lot slumped and sagging: body, chair, and all — christ, that’s the way i am now — isn’t it? — the pathetic posture of an idiot, or an old man — a very old, very senile old man — ah, but no matter — not quite pleasant to be sure — no, not an ideal circumstance; but there you have it: i’m an old idiot — all that need be done now is forget, simply forget — aww, but shit, i can’t — i refuse (reflects) — it wasn’t always like this (pauses) even though i might not be able to clearly remember — i can still imagine something else, another time — before all this — for instance — let me see now — for instance — the window — that’s it — the window — rising and going over to the window — yes — yes, i used to take long strolls to a window — oh yes, long strolls — this space is vast, quite vast indeed — no need to lock yourself in a box, never any reason to do that (pause) the window — that’s something to think about, something to keep the chin up for a bit — long strolls to the windows — windows? (reflects) yes, there had to be more than one — in the beginning anyway, it was necessary, several windows, each with a different view — so one day you could shuffle this way and see whatever there was to see, then, on another day, same shuffle, somewhere else, and there to gaze at all that wonder (doubts, reflects) no, originally there had to be several windows — i would think three — at least three — for in order to get tired of things they must become quite familiar, don’t they? — that much i do remember — there must have been a bit of choice, enough, at least, to make those endless shuffles last the greater part of youth (pauses, reflects) unless, of course, there was sufficient change within the view, enough to keep the restless viewer occupied, taking in a bit of this, a bit of that (quite animated, for him anyway) by god, never seen that before, ah there’s that again, haven’t seen that in a fair bit, no, when was the last, three, four trips ago? i wonder, no matter, now there’s something, lordy-lordy, would you look at that — or words to that effect (back to normal drone) on and on — precise too, not so general or vague — real concrete images — the kind that stick in one’s gullet up until even the darkness fades (pause) ah, the windows — let’s say three windows — one facing each way — not that you can tell the difference, never having known in which way you were headed — but those panoramas — how else explain them than by other vistas, other directions, directions taken after all the fumbling and confusion necessary in order to rise and find one’s balance — then god knows (reflects) petty sentiment that (pauses)god knows (reflects) whether one is bound on a straight course, an arc, a weave — what with all the wobbling, the head bent to watch the feet, the teeth buried in the lower lip, the shoulders drawn up to the ears, the fists clenched tight, the eyes seeing little further than the grey before the toes, the neutral surface across which you so boldly stride — all to come to wonder before that which extends beyond the glass (ecstatic) oh happy days — such a view — stretching endlessly — so far that it’s no longer a view at all, merely whiteness — infinite whiteness — that too being a cause to wonder — in the early days at least (not so enthusiastic) before it was noticed not to change — and then, i imagine, was not noticed at all (pause) but those first journeys — when at last you could see the light, when carefully raising the eyes up, away from the feet, the toes and the grey, beyond, across that brighter grey surrounding you, ‘til dark along the wall, the sight settled upon the light, the filtered haze which seeped from without, and spread its dim glory within your hovel (pause) it was then, wasn’t it, that you shed your first tear — you who had never been known to cry, the one who had sat complacent before all that which had gone before, now with the stain of a single tear that trickled through the dust which had settled upon your cheek — there you stood, or rather wavered, the tear a faint sparkle above the lip, the eyes caught in glassy startle by that yellowed mist which hung, there in the dark, before you — there you remained, without a single twitch, not a single movement, except for the slight waver required to keep one upon their feet — who knows how long it was before you drew up the jaw, which had dropped in reverence, and looked to find that the light had gone — all there remained to be done was to turn and shuffle back through the dark to the place from which you had come — so down went the head, as you began the elaborations and calculations required to bring about a change in direction, then, when this was done, to shuffle on, unwavering on, to there from whence you came — the neutral grey, stretching before the toes, not quite the same as it once had been, now a little darker, though, so, somehow, with the glow which seemed to burn still behind the eyes (pause, reflects) it was after that, that first stumbling upon the light, that your struggle began — when, with the dust still muddy upon your cheek, you first learned what it was to suffer — the memory of your joy so painful that you struggled to rise only to discover that you could do little more that prop an elbow, or place a hand as brace — to rise was out of the question your weariness was so great — so there you curled, and stared upon the grey, until at last, your jaw went slack and you closed your eyes — or when, finally, your strength had returned and you were able to rise but after such elaborate struggles the excitement was so great, your impatience so intense, that you forgot to lower your eyes, so fixed were they upon seeing again the sight, and without such support as the gaze before the toes, your feet could do no more than stumble, and you were left crumpled in the dark (pause) there were other times too — ones when all went well — when after the toil of struggling to your feet you gathered yourself, lowered your head, steady going your gaze upon the grey, then slowly shuffled your first foot forward, whichever one that might be, followed, with only a minor wobble, by the other, as on you went to search in vain for whatever light might again be found — but instead you only staggered about in the dark — sometimes bumping into a wall, most often the forehead finding it first, then fumbling along until, unredeemed, you gave it up and headed back, groping to your chair — othertimes you simply started out only to find that you had returned, unknowing of the way in which you had went, let alone by which came back — but all this left the will undaunted — god knows how many times you attempted to rise, both failures and successes combined — how many times struggled to find your way, shuffling through the dark, groping the walls, banging your head and sometimes toes, falling you know not where, giving up and beginning again — each time the hope faint, but a hope just the same — enough to make it seem worthwhile — until in the end one last try before giving it up for good, unable to even remember why or how it felt when the light was found — now, perhaps, merely addicted to the struggle (brief pause)when once to sit was more than just respite, not now — now the monotony of the grey started one to fiddle, to fidget and twitch, until at last to remain was simply not possible, when to stare with eyes open or closed was just not enough, and you would brace yourself to begin anew what had become such torture (pauses) it was at that time, or perhaps another, one of the many alike which followed after, but one such time, when the hope was finally gone and all that moved one to shuffle was the dread of having to remain, quiet and still, not moving from that place — once, when raising the leaden head from between the shoulders, drawn as they were to the ears, when, for a moment, you had paused, uncaring to go any further, needless of return, that you followed your sight from before your toes, to a space which hung golden there before you — but this time the dust which had once been caked to your cheek remained dry, as it cracked with an upward turn of the lips, the mouth which had formed a smile — then, wavering there, you began to shuffle a few hesitant steps forward — put forth your hand (mimicking the action)unclenched the fist, trying to cup the mist which only sight could fathom, let alone grasp and hold (pause, the hand outstretched, until it drops, the head slumps, then raises to resume)this went on, the venturing out, the sad returns, the miserable fatigue, the dreams which began to plague you — your once so placid sleep now a thrashing as limbs respond to imagined falls, the musing head butting against its dreamt of walls — but enough times you journeyed forth to find, until, at last, you looked beyond the light to the place from which it came — then, lowering the head, you shuffled close, to press the nose upon the glass — and there to marvel, nearly blind, at all that stretched before you — yet each time returning to your place of sleep, unsure of ever finding again the window from whence the light — until a time when the dreams, though unredeeming, were at last enough — the staring at the grey itself a marvel — the need to rise and venture forth no longer came — as you once had endured complacent, so again you found yourself — with head bent and body slumped, the spittle dribbling down to your chin, occasionally awakening with a start, or slowly with a mild disgust — but tired still, not up to the effort of dragging foot and limb, one after the other, unknowing still of the proper course (pause, begins to doze, jerks awake, remembers and mumbles) huh — oh — the windows — they were something — shit, the views, the — the things i’ve seen — there with my nose pressed up against the glass — christ (disgusted) there’s folly enough to pass the time — enough foolishness to bring a smile (still disgusted) if i try hard enough i might even manage a chuckle — huh (pause) aw, but to rise and begin anew — no, not that — must need forget all that — all the pain and wonder — the stumbling and groping — the finding too, that too must be forgotten — the simple joy when at last the light had come, in the end the light was found (pause) fuck it — fuck it all — all the crippled memories which keep me here — still in the dark (nodding off) curled and quiet — silently remembering — what little comfort — here — in the dark — such — such little comfort — such — (at last he dozes, the light, though dim, fades)
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Round Table: Is Comix Zone too hard?
July 20, 2014 by George
[Above art by SavinArtem via DeviantArt]
Welcome to another installment of our Round Table series. This one will be part of our Comix Zone week and will be looking at the questions asked by SEGA fans in the mid-90’s: Is Comix Zone too hard? There have been very few people I know that have beaten the game without using stuff like safe states or cheats. It is just one of those games that takes dedication and patience. Something most of us didn’t have much as a kid. Of course you can tell us your opinions in the comments.
Let’s get this discussion started!
I loved my SEGA Genesis as a kid, but most of the time I felt that I was just too young to be able to master many of the system’s games. Now, 25 years later, I’ve come to realize that games back then were by and large just very difficult. With a game like Comix Zone, a title that I rented but never owned in the 90’s, it has all the aspects of a great Genesis game but it is also hard as nails. I think the best way to reintroduce Comix Zone would be as a Nintendo 3DS 3D Classic release. As 3D Ecco the Dolphin demonstrated, a simple invincibility option goes a long way in allowing players to fully experience a game without the frustrations.
However, I don’t think Comix Zone would benefit from invincibility, as without the risk of dying where is the challenge at all? Instead, I’d add an option in which the health bar doesn’t drop so fast (especially when attempting to break objects) and give players unlimited lives. The 3DS Shinobi (the packaged release, not the 3D Classics release) comes to mind as a difficult game made tolerable thanks to check points and the Easy option which gives players unlimited lives. That right there would make Comix Zone the perfect game. Sure you might die a lot, but at least you wouldn’t have to start all over.
Can a game be too hard? Certainly. I’ve played plenty of games (mostly Sonic games) loaded with cheap deaths. Is Comix Zone too hard, though? Well, sort of. I’ve never actually gotten past the first few areas of the second level, and even that I only did with the help of save states. Still, the game never seems unfair in its difficulty: every piece of damage I receive is usually due to my own screw ups, and there are few gaming experiences more satisfying then perfecting my skills with a game’s mechanics.
If the game only had more lives, or some kind of password system, I think the game’s difficulty would be pitch perfect. As it is, I’m afraid I might have to rely on save states in an official emulator or on my Mega Everdrive if I’m ever going to see the game all the way through. There’s no denying the satisfaction a purist run on a classic Genesis cart would bring, though.
Comix Zone is one of my most played video game on the SEGA Genesis during my childhood along with the likes of Streets of Rage and Golden Axe. I remember coming over to my cousin’s house to play Comix Zone listening to Sketch Turner’s opening quote (“Testing 1,2 Seegaa!”). The game’s visuals are dazzling with comic style characters and settings. Not to mention the rocking tunes composed by Howard Drossin, known for his work on Sonic & Knuckles and Dynamite Deka (Die Hard Arcade) during his time in Sega Technical Institute. However, when it comes to the game’s difficulty, Comix Zone can be a bit tricky to play through to the end.One of the issues I had while playing Comix Zone is during a certain part of a level, you have two enemies to worry about while hanging on a rope. One enemy would be a flying stinger while another is a humanoid man shooting projectiles at the same time. Another issue I had was not having a life system programmed in Comix Zone and continues only popping up at random.If we had a few changes for Comix Zone, I would definitely agree with Barry on Comix Zone receiving the 3D Classic treatment with newer features such as a easy mode. Another suggestion I have when it comes to rebalancing the game, maybe our friends from Sonic Retro could maybe one day bring the game back in HD like their doing with Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Nothing is greater than finding a game with the perfect balance of difficulty, great level design and of course a kick-ass art style. Comix Zone had almost everything done outside of the perfect balance of difficulty. Don’t get me wrong, I love a challenging game but there comes a point where it is almost annoying. Comix Zone is one of those game that really needed some sort of difficultly option in the menu. The game should have had at least three difficulties:
Hard: This option would have had the game we know now.
Normal: Reduce damage when hitting objects, throw in a few continues.
Easy: No more damage when hitting objects, a few more health hiding places and the same amount of continues as Normal.
Comix Zone is just one of those games where they take a bit of your health here and there. Its frustrating to be forced to lose health on doing simple tasks such as moving foward in a stage due to some obstacle placed there. Where is the skill in that? At least when I play a game like Shinobi, I know what I did wrong and how to correct it so I won’t die in an area. But in Comix Zone, I can’t do anything when it comes to mandatory objects that take health away when you hit them. I understand that part of the game is saving your health and being patience, but sometimes I just think partly the game is cheap. Partly. I still love the game but I think having the ability to choose difficultly would have made it quite a bit more replayable.
What do you guys think? Tell us in the comments below.
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12 responses to “Round Table: Is Comix Zone too hard?”
Centrale says:
It seems to me the idea that just anyone should be able to experience the whole story of a game, is some newfangled contraption-type thinking. Oh, you want to see the whole story? How about you take an a$$whippin’ instead! GAME OVER. That’s how it was in my youth. That’s how it should always be!
But, admittedly, taking damage from knocking down an obstacle is a bit weird… not too many games have a mechanic like that, unless it’s obviously something dangerous like spinning blades.
Whatever says:
Yeah the game was kind of hard honestly. I also agree with what centrale said
cube_b3 says:
I believe the PC version did have difficulty options. I am sure it did.
Comix Zone is one of those games that compensates it’s short length with hard difficulty. That said, I did master the game and could finish the game anytime I played it although getting the Good Ending… now that’s a different story.
Andre Santos says:
In my opinion, Comix Zone is not a hard game. Of course, I lost a lot of lives but, when you learn what needs to be done…
Buru says:
As far as I remember, it was a tough game. It got to the point where I had sections memorized or knew glitches to clear a panel without fighting enemies. It’s a rough game solely because the levels are long, and the Tea is few and far between. Don’t use the airplane unless you know you can continue on well enough. That airplane will also hurt you..badly I might add.
CopyMirror says:
That game has the correct difficulty. It’s actually games today that lack the difficulty… unless it’s DarkSouls XD
segagen85 says:
Hitting objects and losing energy is just a cheap way to make it harder. I cant imagine this in streets of rage or any other game. 1 life, no continues, yea this game wasnt being cheap at all. Lol
I love the game but damn its CHEAP! 😄
the game wasnt cheap. most of the parts with objects you had to break to continue came with an enemy that could do the job for you. for example the rope part. i only had the bad ending but still it was great.
CataCat says:
I’m honestly kind of surprised. I played this game several times as a kid and finished it many times because I didn’t want the girl to die. But I never thought it was difficult. I honestly thought the mechanics were easy enough and that the game was rather challenging. Or course I died a couple of times, but that was pretty normal back in the day, and this game never made me throw my joystick afar in anger, as ECCO the dolphin did in the final levels…
And now… Now I’m 33 years old and I just learnt this game is supposed to be hard.
Honestly? I mean? Have we gotten so used to thing being easy?
Where is the thrill of the challenge? The happiness of finally finishing a level? The discovery of a hidden passage? Avoiding a trap you fell for the first time and thinking “oh no… Not this time, mate!”
I honestly wouldn’t add anything to the game itself. If some people can’t handle it. Maybe just the addition on an easy level for them and that would be it.
And copymirror is totally right!
Comix zone is difficult, not in the actual gameplay, but in the manners the devs programmed things like lifespan, and losing life for hitting objects. In the 90’s I couldn’t understand it. As an adult all I can figure is games in general back in those days were NOT created in the interest of fun or ease of play, they were all arcade- oriented which meant the games were built to be enjoyed in small bite-size amounts and then to take more of your money. Concepts like 1 life in the entire game, no continues, having to start at the beginning of the GAME not the level your on were all so you could lose the game quickly, and put in your money to play it some more. When consoles began imitating arcade titles the mentality behind games remained the same. Its no coincidence even the kids games’ of the 90’s are blindingly more difficult then they are today.
And unfortunately, a game isn’t fun any longer once you have to once the systems impede on the game play experience
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Climate Change | Sorry Greta Thunberg, the world is not ready to tackle the climate crisis
The much-hyped United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on September 23, starring UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, and millions of children from around the world rallying for urgent and enhanced climate action, delivered near to nothing.
In 2015, governments pledged in the Paris Agreement to attempt to keep global warming since pre-industrial times to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This requires achieving net-zero global emissions by 2050. Science shows that phasing out coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, is essential to achieving that goal. This year, Guterres asked world leaders to come to the UN with concrete plans to cut emissions to net-zero.
Instead, rich countries and large emitters such as the United States, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil brazenly ignored Guterres’ call and skipped the summit, while others practically came empty-handed to the table. Chinese President Xi Jinping’, leader of the world’s largest emitting country, sent his envoy Wang Yi with nothing but a promise to meet its Paris pledge.
Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of installing 450 GW after 2022 was received with scepticism given India’s continued dependence on coal-fired power plants. According to BP Energy Outlook 2019, coal’s share in India’s primary energy consumption will be almost half at 48 per cent in 2040, oil’s share will be 23 per cent, and the contribution of renewables will rise fivefold to a mere 16 per cent.
Worldwide, despite the extraordinary growth of renewable energy in the last decade, the share of coal-fired powered plants continues to dominate the global energy system.
According to a report by Climate Analytics, the current and planned coal power plants globally would lead to a generation increase of 3 per cent by 2030 compared to 2010 levels. If the world follows these present trends, this would lead to cumulative emissions from coal power generation almost four times larger than what would be compatible with the Paris Agreement by 2050.
Even if all the planned and announced coal power plants would be cancelled, shelved, or converted to other fuel, the operating coal plants would exceed the Paris Agreement benchmarks by four times in 2030 and more than 20 times by 2040, highlighting the huge risk of stranded assets that the coal sector will be facing in the next decades.
The UNEP Emissions Gap Reports, aka ‘where we are likely to be and where we need to be’, current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are estimated to lower global emissions in 2030 by up to 6 GtCO2e (gigatonnes of equivalent carbon dioxide) compared to a continuation of current policies. This level of ambition needs to be increased around fivefold to align with the 1.5°C limit.
For now, levels of the main long-lived greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)) and nitrous oxide (N2O) have reached new highs. CO2 emissions grew 2 per cent and reached a record high of 37 billion tonnes of CO2 in 2018. There is still no sign of a peak in global emissions, even though they are growing slower than the global economy.
According to the UN’s Science Advisory Group, ‘the average global temperature for 2015–2019 is on track to be the warmest of any equivalent period on record’. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is of the view that ‘warming and changes in ocean chemistry are already disrupting species throughout the ocean food web, with impacts on marine ecosystems and people that depend on them.’ It also noted that ‘if current trends continue wildfires and heat waves would sweep across the planet annually, and the interplay between drought and flooding and temperature would mean that the world’s food supply would become dramatically less secure.
The IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5° clearly states that, “avoiding that scale of suffering, requires such a thorough transformation of the world’s economy, agriculture, and culture that “there is no documented historical precedent.”
Scientists believe that “this is not physically impossible” but as Thunberg and Guterres discovered, the world is nowhere near ready to tackle the climate crisis on the basis of science. Not yet.
First Published on Sep 26, 2019 in Moneycontrol
Posted by SHAILENDRA YASHWANT
Labels: Antonio Guterres, China, Climate Analytics, climate change, climate crisis, Coal, Greta Thunberg, India, IPCC, United Nations Climate Action Summit, USA
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the o'reilly factor: "library porn?" - feb 7, 2007: watch the library lawyer lying! read the "so what" transcript.
is geoffrey nathan an ala-trained lawyer-propagandist? watch him lie, get caught in the lies, than change his answers. watch him explain why libraries should ignore the law and allow children to watch hardcore pornography on public library computers! as he says, "so what?"!! watch him claim local libraries need to write ordinances or bylaws to stop this while admitting the ala stops the local governments from acting to protect children.
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look at video investigative reports like these, some with video news reports of internet crimes in progress in public libraries, each having a common thread hidden from view—the ala:
chicago, il: "pornography at the library," by julie unruh, wgn tv, 26 november 2008.
st. paul, mn: - "10-year-old girl molested at st. paul library," by nicole muehlhausen, kaal tv, 15 august 2008. a 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a st. paul library wednesday afternoon. the girl told police she was molested in a bathroom at the riverview library on east george street around 3:30 p.m.
hartford, ct: - "librarian defends viewing porn at library; chief librarian cites first amendment rights," by wfsb.com channel 3 eyewitness news, 23 may 2008. "channel 3's dennis house asked chief librarian louise blalock if pornographic web sites should be blocked at the library. 'libraries across the country support first amendment rights,' she said." even if it results in rape of an 11 year old girl? it is so bad the librarians went public and the police chief has told the public to call the police despite what the library says. see more stories on this at http://delicious.com/plan2succeed/hartfordct.
san antonio, tx: - "sa public library porn viewing has some upset," by ksat 12 news, 20 may 2008. "according to library officials, user logs provided to ksat 12 news show that less than 1 percent of all the sites viewed on its computers were of sexually explicit web sites, but some parents are angry that any are allowed to be viewed in the same libraries their children use. 'i'm angry,' district 4 city councilman philip cortez said. 'obviously, the current policy is not working and we need to look at more aggressive approaches.'"
lindsay, ca: - "lindsay librarian fired for reporting man viewing child porn," by kgpe cbs 47 fresno, 13 mar 2008.
among the dozens and dozens of stories about this lindsay, ca, librarian firing are also about a dozen news videos to watch in local and national media including the initial story, the community holding public vigils to support the librarian, and family friendly libraries awarding the fired librarian a gold star award, as presented by the lindsay government.
new bedford, ma: - "authorities slam release of accused despite rough childhood," by joe cohen, the standard-times (ma), 1 feb 2008. six year old raped within feet of his mother by a low iq psych patient who "somehow bypassed" the filters. that's the library director's excuse in a library with a written policy against filtering in an ala article naming safelibraries.org: "massachusetts library revisits security after child molested," by the ala, american libraries, 8 feb 2008.
hudson, fl: - "family shocked by web images at library," by mike deeson, tampa bay's 10, 4 jan 2008. "cherry toler, a pasco county mother, says she is dumfounded. she can't believe it would happen at a public place. toler is talking about what happened when her husband todd took their ten-year-old, sierra, to pasco public library. todd toler noticed there was a guy sitting there and he had some pornographic stuff on the computer. toler also says he noticed he had his hand on his pants."
franklin county, oh: - "libraries tightening security to curb lewd incidents; franklin county records show 11 cases of indecent exposure in past 17 months," by tracy townsend, 10 wbns-tv, 24 may 2007. "wbns-tv (channel 10) reviewed all police reports pertaining to sex- or indecency related complaints in franklin county libraries from jan. 1, 2006, to april 15 of this year. eighteen were found, including 11 in which police or witnesses said individuals exposed themselves.
boston, ma: - "hank investigates: porn in public," 7 whdh-tv, 1 may 2007. "an exclusive, hidden camera investigation uncovers disturbing pictures your children may see in public places! hank phillippi ryan found explicit videos, adult content and even pictures of nude teens but who job is it to keep your children away? hank investigates 'porn in public.'"
syracuse, ny: - "sex offender arrested at library," newschannel 9 wsyr, 1 mar 2007. again, another librarian hero, clara burton, sure to be condemned by the ala: "burton looked up [the criminal's] name after he signed in to use a computer [because he was acting suspicious]. she found him on the sex offender registry website. she then called police."
marshfield, ma: - "man accused of watching child porn at library," cbs 42, 27 feb 2007. "in the middle of a library packed with kids, a man is arrested for online [child] porn. .... librarians say this incident is a good example of why certain sites need to be blocked."
boston, ma: - "assaults, x-rated incidents occuring at library; banned patrons return repeatedly," wcbv-tv 5abc, 23 feb 2007. "assaults, thefts and even x-rated incidents are happening within the walls of boston's public library."
minneapolis, mn: - "child porn sting at minneapolis library," wcco cbs, 22 feb 2007. librarians are the heroes in this must-see video news story. they fully filter and monitor. they caught someone who evaded the filters. they added the filters after tv news showed repeated violations. they say filters are working fine. no false claims of censorship or first amendment violations. and they assisted the police! these are all things the ala advises libraries not to do!! these librarians deserve an award for defying ala policy and defending the local community! this is a model library!!!
rochester, ny: - "i-team 10: public library porn policy," 10nbc, 19 feb 2007. "with a hidden camera, we made a half dozen trips to the library, and on nearly every visit, we found someone looking at porn. .... after seeing our footage, state police investigators took [a criminal] into custody on saturday. 'he was videotaped by news 10 watching little boys in underwear and naked pictures of them for a lengthy period of time a couple weeks ago.'" naturally, the aclu is riding to the rescue of the criminals. see "aclu knocks brooks on library porn stance," by joseph spector, rochester democrat and chronicle, 22 feb 2007: "forsyth said the aclu may consider suing the library if it doesn't allow adults to get web sites unblocked." so much for local control, right? see also "library porn policy stuns monroe exec; brooks threatens to pull funds over access to blocked web sites," by joseph spector, rochester democrat and chronicle, 22 feb 2007, and "why no porn on paper?," whec-tv news10, 23 feb 2007: typical library lie to keep children sexualized—"'we choose not to carry penthouse because it doesn't fall in with our collection policy, but we also can't control what is on the internet,' says patricia uttaro, assistant to the library director." this library claims to be cipa complaint—apparently it is not, so we will report the library for cipa compliance failure by calling (888) 203-8100.
it is not surprising the former virginia aclu president charles rust-tierney was himself arrested for downloading child pornography, and he was involved in the case underlying us v. ala! no wonder the aclu supports criminals! rust-tierney argued "individuals will continue to behave responsibly and appropriately while in the library, [so] the default should be maximum, unrestricted access to the valuable resources of the internet." and we're all supposed to be frightened by aclu criminals supporting criminals?
denver, co: - "some offended by library pornography access," by arturo santiago, cbs4, 17 feb 2007. "an adult male was on an internet pornography site at the schlessman family branch library recently. library patron nancy strear saw him. 'i don't believe [this] is the right place for pornography, within a couple of feet of where parents were standing with small children,' strear said. .... a small group, including strear, is trying to change library policy by handing out flyers to inform patrons about what can happen, and get them to sign a petition."
sacramento, ca: - "sacramento officials refuse to ban online porn in libraries," by pacific justice institute, 30 jan 2007. take an online poll: should taxpayer-funded public libraries provide access to online pornography? from the article: "officials who oversee the sacramento public library system rejected pleas from parents and students late last week to prohibit the viewing of online pornography in libraries" choosing instead to follow an attorney "claiming affiliation with the aclu."
el paso, tx: - run by an ala past-president: "pornography allowed in el paso public libraries," kfox, 26 jan 2007. "the man was using a computer everyone in the lab could see, including leyva and his 3-year-old son. '[h]e was watching ... x-rated hard-core pornography,' leyva said. leyva said he immediately reported what he saw to library workers, who couldn't do anything about it. 'the answer that the library people gave us -- i mean, i was shocked. i couldn't believe that they weren't able to do anything about it,' leyva said. .... '[w]e do not monitor what people are looking at on the computer,' said carol brey-casiano, director of el paso public libraries.
'that's not acceptable. opening all of these brand-new libraries with our taxes and everything, there has to be some kind of software that blocks that,' leyva said. .... [casiano-brey] said privacy screens have been ordered or will be ordered for the new library on pebble hills." but the san fran story below illustrates privacy filters do not work, librarians know they do not work, then librarians just say "avert your eyes"!
kfox has on its site a "web extra: official response from el paso public library; unedited response from the el paso public library." the documented reasons for not filtering are totally and completely false, and knowingly so, and should be used as a basis for a lawsuit against the library and el paso when the inevitable child rape or molestation occurs! for example, the claim that filtering may violate first amendment rights is false after us v. ala, a case that ala lost on that very issue, and the ala past-president who runs that library knows that! this knowledge means punitive damages could be sought as well!! taxpayers, fasten your seatbelts! el paso, the ala has a total and complete grip on your library and on your children, and the ala past-president running your supposedly public library is purposefully misleading the public to ensure the library does what the ala wants, not what the public wants, as this story illustrates clearly. just ask mr. levya.
the next day, in an unrelated story from vail, co, the aclu is called in when someone complains, "i looked up and saw leviticus staring at me [in the public library]. i was appalled and incredulous. what does a reasonable person think when they see this? they think the religious right has taken over the library." see "religious posters lure aclu to library; display appears to criticize divorce and homosexual couples," vail daily, 8 feb 2007. apparently, porn is "so what" and leviticus is "appalling" and "age inappropriate."
chicago, il: - home of the ala: "how safe are our kids in public libraries? convicted sex offenders have free and legal access to pornography at chicago libraries," cbs, 21 dec 2006. "online pornography is so clear and evident at chicago libraries that we could actually see a patron looking at porn simply by standing on a city street and looking through the window. .... but what he did was legal because there are no guidelines against viewing pornography at chicago libraries. even convicted sex offenders can use those computers to access sexually graphic images. one-third of the offenses involve people masturbating while at computers. .... we repeatedly tried to get an interview with chicago public library officials. instead, a spokesperson gave us a statement [quoting] library policy."
in the home town of the ala, libraries are sexual free-for-alls and library officials refuse to respond to questions!! when the ala says "@ your library." this is what it really means. - see also ifi's smith interviewed for chicago's cbs investigative report on criminal activity in neighborhood public libraries, 21 dec 2006.
san francisco bay area, ca: "porn, sex crimes at libraries; i-team investigation," kgo, 29 nov 2006, "[t]he martin luther king library has a problem with pornography. they have no rule against viewing photographs or full-screen sex videos from internet sites, even with children nearby. chief librarian jane light says it's a matter of free speech. .... abc7's dan noyes: 'i've seen the [privacy] screens and i see how they work and the stuff is visible from behind. you can see everything.' jane light...: 'so you can avert your eyes.' .... san jose's police blotter over the past year lists several arrests for child porn at the library, at least ten cases of child molestation or other sex crimes involving kids and several cases of men viewing porn and performing a lewd act, right at the terminal. .... sgt. john laws, san jose library police: 'it showed him sitting at the computer terminal and ... masturbating.' .... marcia stacke, child quest international: 'you know, sometimes i wonder if we're just too afraid to be, i don't know, sued in this country. we've got to step out and protect our kids. enough is enough.'"
los angeles, ca: "lawless libraries?," cbs 2, 16 nov 2006 (an anonymous library security officer warns, "i absolutely wouldn't send my kids to any branch in the city of l.a. because they are unsafe." a librarian said, "i think that it's gonna take somebody getting killed before management really pays attention. that's how bad it has gotten." "[t]he library wants to keep this information under wraps. 'the management wants to cover this up because they don't want people to think the libraries are unsafe but all you have to do is talk to any library staff member and they'll tell you how safe it is,' the anonymous officer says.")
naperville, il: "library confidential: crimes kept secret; indecent acts, violent attacks and sex crimes not reported to police," wbbm-tv, 2 nov 2006 ("he visibly had his hand down his pants," mcnichols said. and for a second time they say library officials did nothing. .... "it is atrocious what is going on in some of these libraries throughout the metropolitan area," said naperville police chief david dial.); and "your library may be a safe haven for criminals; library confidential: police say library law hinders their ability to nab offenders," wbbm-tv, 3 nov 2006 (the current law prohibits library staff from revealing the identity of a patron to police once they have left the library. .... "we have helped these laws be created and passed because they balance the right of the users of the libraries with the rights of law enforcement officer," said judith krug of the american library association. [what about the rights of the victims?]).
cleveland, oh: "sexual activity at library caught on tape," wkyc-tv, 23 may 2006. that link, like the ones above from wbbm-tv, even has the undercover video so you can see for yourself, or visit reporter carl monday's blog called "perverts paradise." police say the tape "clearly shows him engaging in a sex act." library response? banned for six months, likely just to make it appear as if they care. see "carl monday story leads to sex charges for library patron," 1 jun 2006;"$500,000 bond for library porn viewer," 6 jun 2006; "library porn viewer sentenced" 17 jul 2006, and associated videos.
these types of crime occur regularly in public libraries; usually librarians shrug their shoulders at it. some libraries even have hazmat kits to clean up after men because it happens so often, but they still refuse to use us supreme court-approved internet filters. are ala-influenced librarians following ala-directed policies in your own public libraries? is this what you want? another town, another library, another undercover video, another reason to cry for our children: lewd behavior at public libraries investigated, 10 july 2006, atlanta, ga.
and while they refuse to use constitutionally-approved internet filters to protect children, they seek to impeach president bush for "subverting the constitution of the united states"! what does that have to do with librarianship? talk about out of the mainstream! and the ala is running our libraries with policies of "assuming a leadership role" in providing children with "comprehensive, sex-related materials"?
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