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Resilience and wisdom to stay happy in the years ahead
Seeding our Future
Business, climate change and deep adaptation
Future Conversations
Future Conversations: Project Overview
Future Conversations: Programmes
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Many of us are struggling to find time or willingness to consider our future. The changes we’re facing in the next two or three decades are complex, often contradictory, and can feel daunting. Research shows that our main strategies for coping with future changes are denial and avoidance.
Moving people from overload to active participant in a positive future is the key aim of Future Conversations. The project aims to use natural spaces to start conversations about our shared future, working primarily with disadvantaged individuals and communities facing social and economic hardship, and with community organisers who support them.
A series of guided conversations will enable people to explore their hopes, fears and needs for the next 5-20 years. We will explore facts and feelings, and provide processes and information to grow the confidence and skills to shape the future positively.
Hosting community conversations in natural settings, Future Conversations will offer a menu of process tools, practical techniques and activities including natural resilience and deep ecology, but with content geared to participants’ needs. We will be running four pilot programmes, consisting of 5 to 8 sessions, during March – July 2019, with local community groups in London, the Midlands and Scotland.
Work Plan and Target Timetable
A. Scoping and feasibility. Research existing best practice and identify local partner organisations. Run one-off pilot sessions with a number of potential participant groups, co-hosted with a local delivery partner, to assess the viability of the idea, and guide content development. Autumn 2018. Completed.
B. Content development. Development of initial core-content material and pilot facilitators’ training. Content Development Workshop Dec 12-14. Facilitator Training workshop: January 15-17, London
C. Pilot programmes. Deliver 4 pilot programmes, consisting of 5-8 sessions each. Monitor and evaluate. March – July 2019.
D. Strategic review. Major go/no go review regarding wider roll-out. Assess content, facilitation methods, funding sources, etc. Explore the implications of running this concept at scale, and refine and revise content and facilitation process as needed. September 2019.
E. Roll-out. Agreements with roll-out partners, create the full set of materials and processes, recruit delivery partners, train facilitators. Late 2019/early 2020.
Format and content
We envisage a series of 6-8 conversations, each about two to three hours long, for a group of 8-14 participants, with two facilitators. The interval between sessions would be between weekly and monthly.
The aim is to recruit people with an actual or potential connection, e.g. living in the same neighbourhood, members of one organisation such as a community group, etc. The venue could be a city farm, community garden, local community centre, allotment, library or similar public space with green space close by.
The first session would be a ‘taster’, preferably for 12-18 people, at which people would be invited to commit to the full series of sessions. All details of the sessions are open to negotiation with local partner organisations. Sample session content for the series could include:
A. Taster: exploratory session sharing how you feel, what you think about the future, or how you avoid it. Some ways to consider the future (e.g. the 3 scenarios, circles of influence/concern). What Future Conversations offers, including the potential topics. Consensus about the shape of the programme. Aim to agree practicalities like length of sessions, and the target content of the sessions.
B. How About You: your present and future concerns about your own life and work, e.g. health, finance, housing, food supplies. Some basic resilience and positive psychology skills. Handling difficult feelings, finding resources and support.
C. Natural Happiness: learning about human nature, and how to grow your own happiness, by learning from nature and gardening. For example how to ‘compost’ your concerns and stress, how to nourish your roots and support network, including community connections.
D. The Big Picture: using a deep ecology process to face fears about the future, find new perspectives, and a new sense of fellowship and purpose. Finding a sense of hope and what you can believe in, both individually and in your community.
E. At Home with the Planet: exploring fears, facts and practicalities around environmental sustainability and climate change. Exploring different views and ways to respond to it, including Deep Adaptation and Extinction Rebellion.
F. Community Matters 1: What does community mean to you: what do you need, what can you offer to your communities (e.g. your neighbourhood, family, faith, work groups?) Skills and resources to help community groups to function better.
G. Community Matters 2: Exploring current and future issues around the front-line services that you and your community need, such as the NHS, local authority services, education, etc. Considering how to take an empowered approach, including community action.
H. Completion and beyond: wrap-up session. Celebrating the shared journey. Exploring follow-on hopes and plans, and how to find support and information to move forward from here.
We are interested in contact with additional partners for the next stages of the project.
Pilot partners: these could be local projects, or national organisations.
Roll-out partners: we are seeking a few regional or natural partners who could use this process through their network.
The research and development to date, has been funded by Seeding our Future. SOF has limited funds for the pilot programmes, and we are seeking to share the costs with local partners. Roll-out would need funding from partner organisations or external funders.
Georgina Wilson: georgina@leadpositivechange.org, 07824 331110
Alan Heeks: data@workingvision.com, 07976 602787
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The internationally renowned Conté à Paris, revered by artists for the craftmanship of its art materials, has launched a range of new products which feature an updated company logo by G-Type's Nick Cooke.
Nick’s original letterforms developed for the client (via their agency Turner Duckworth) were considered “too perfect” and it was the later, more characterful, hand-drawn version which won final approval. Each letter flows effortlessly into the next and is a perfect fit for the company which was formed in 1795 by the larger than life Nicolas Jacques Conté.
Born in 1755, Conté claimed the title of painter, chemist, physicist, hot air baloonist and inventor during his fifty years on the planet. In 1794, he developed a modern graphite lead from a mixture of clay and graphite, and a year later opened the pencil factory which was the forerunner of today’s organisation; to this day it still makes the finest crayons, pencils, charcoals and pastels.
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The Best Combination Lock Reviews
by Enamul Haque
Bread and butter are two words that are always mentioned together. Also, these two items are used (eaten together). Another such pair of words is lock and key. But the interesting thing is that unlike bread and butter, a lock and a key are not an inseparable pair anymore. The best combination lock for you.
While it was impossible to imagine locks without any keys a few decades back, there are several keyless options that today’s lock makers provide. These locks do away with the need for a key because their locking mechanism is based on the interlocking of a set of wheels.
Similar Article: A review of the best combination padlock
There are several lock making companies that claim that theirs is the best combination lock available. But before you are able to make that judgment, you should know about the inner working of a typical combination lock.
The Mechanism of a Combination Lock
1 The Mechanism of a Combination Lock
1.1 The Master Lock 178D Set Your Own Combination Padlock
1.2 An Introduction to the 178D Combination Padlock by Master Lock
2 The Best Combination Lock With Black Body
2.2 Disadvantages
A combination lock has a spindle at the core of its locking mechanism, and the spindle runs through all the wheels which lay out the locking/unlocking combination. In safes kept in hotel rooms or in shops, there is a circular dial which allows the correct combination number to be dialed to close or open the lock. But the best combination lock would have part of the wheels protruding outside the main body of the lock so that they can be physically manipulated.
The wheels have numbers on them (usually from 0 to 9), and the person using the lock physically rotates each of the wheels to bring them to the desired position. When one wheel is rotated by the person handling the lock, the flywheel attached to it inside the lock’s main body keeps moving till it makes contact with the second wheel. When all the wheels are in the correct position, their notches (inside the lock’s body) line up perfectly.
The Master Lock 178D Set Your Own Combination Padlock
This was a broad view of how a combination lock, which would help you understand whether a particular lock was good enough to qualify as the best combination lock. We went through a lot of combination locks available in shops or online, and we picked one which we felt had all the qualities to qualify as the best combination lock. Let us examine the features and the pros and cons of this product.
An Introduction to the 178D Combination Padlock by Master Lock
We already told you that no key is needed to operate this padlock. The good thing is you get to set your own combination for the locking mechanism, instead of having to depend on factory fitted combinations. That is why the manufacturer, Master Lock, has named this product as Set Your Own Combination Padlock.
There are 4 wheels at the bottom of this combination lock, which you can use to set an easy-to-remember 4 digit combination known only to you. You also get a free tool which you can use for changing your combination. You need to keep this key safely because you wouldn’t be able to change the combination without it.
Physically, this product looks just like how the best combination lock would. It has a solid, black body and a shiny and sturdy hardened steel shackle which is 1 inch long and 2 inches wide. A likely burglar would have a mountain to climb before he could think of cutting or sawing through these thickly armed shackles.
The Best Combination Lock With Black Body
These materials and the robust manufacturing make this product ideal for use in the outdoors, apart from the expected use inside closed spaces. Let us look at the dimensions of this beauty. It is 51 mm (2 inches) across. The shackle has a steel rod which is 8 mm in diameter, and it is 25 mm long and 25 mm wide.
You can get this product in three packaging options – 1, 2 and 4. The single lock pack comes with a good discount, but you should check the free shipping and warranty terms and conditions they are given on all three packs before you decide the value proposition. This offer comes with gift wrapping also available.
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The usual places where this combination lock has been used is school lockers, gymnasium lockers and for securing gates. But surprisingly, this product is considered the best combination lock for outdoor use as well. It works well in securing marine equipment or for barn doors and other outdoor scenarios which have the lock exposed to the elements.
In order to go above and beyond the product features and advantages given out by the manufacturer in support of the product, we decided to do a few trials ourselves and also read as many user reviews as well possible. Many older users of products from the same company said they were missing the earlier model 17fD.
Well, there are two major differences. The 175D was almost double the weight of the 4.8 ounces 1878D. But on the other hand, the 175D came with a brass case for the lock, which has been taken away in the 178D. But let us examine the merits and demerits of the 178D in isolation, to check whether we can label it the best combination lock.
You have the freedom to set your own 4-digit combination from among 10000 options available.
A separate tool is provided to set the new combination.
Very dependable in both indoor and outdoor conditions.
The body and the shackle arms are built solidly, which would deter both lock pickers and burglars planning to break down the lock.
The numbers on the wheels are in black color with a golden (brass) background, making them easy to read.
The hardened steel prevents rust formation.
Lightweight with moderate dimensions for easy handling.
Limited lifetime warranty is provided.
Many users were disappointed with the fact that this product was also being manufactured in China, which has a poor human rights record.
Unlike most other products which offer discounts on buying larger pack sizes, this product has a pricing structure that seems a bit surprising. That could have been made clearer.
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Review: Capcom Arcade Cabinet (XBLA/PSN)
Whenever I hear about another announcement for another arcade collection to be released individually I always think back to Game Room. Here we go again. Not only that but you would be hard pressed to not point out that Capcom has released these arcade gems before, most if not all of them (there are some games I don’t yet know about) appearing on the Capcom Classics Collection that appeared on Xbox, PS2, and PSP. Despite all of that against it – your interest and want in the specific games notwithstanding – Capcom Arcade Cabinet offers exactly what retro gamers purchasing arcade games on today’s consoles look for and all at an easy impulse buy price.
At its core it’s a lot like Game Room in that you navigate a main screen that displays the available games you have to play. Games that you have not purchased or that aren’t available yet are blacked out. Of the titles you do have, you can read a quick background paragraph on the game or enter its specific menu. As of now the selection is an interesting mixed bag of highly popular and relatively unknown titles from 1984-1987 – currently the three titles from 1987 have been released: Black Tiger, 1943, and Avengers – and the overall package looks to be consistent with that structure moving forward. Whether or not you want these games is entirely up to you and probably responsible for whether or not you’ll pick up anything, but this review isn’t about each individual game but rather the options and package you get with Capcom Arcade Cabinet.
Within each game you will receive a myriad of options that I expect in all my retro re-releases, but sadly rarely receive. There’s the eye-catching features like concept art and original manual cards that you think you’ll show interest in and yawn off, but once you enter the options screen it’s quite impressive. Most controversial on that options list will be the visuals – as retro games continue to be released graphical options can become a touchy subject for purists and contemporary gamers alike. You can do anything with the original style visuals, complete with functions like stretch, pixel-to-pixel, and full screen options, smoothing can be tweaked, scanlines can be integrated, custom dimensions for the screen, you can toggle on and off coin deposits, and additionally all of the dipswitches from each game are integrated into the gameplay menu. You are also free to change the controls and sound options to your liking. Basically everything in the MAME list is here and ready for you to change to your liking. You also have the option to play the games in a training, casual, and actual mode allowing you to breeze through titles just to see the ending or challenge yourself to get to the end as intended. As you start up each game it looks and feels exactly like you wanted it to, provided you took the time to customize your options, and plays silky smooth just like the arcade game. It’s not really some marveled achievement, truth be told, but it’s something that most companies don’t seem to get right in these ports.
At the end of the day it’s going to come down to whether or not you want to fork over $5 for a pack that contains at least one of the games you want. If so, the benefit is that you can create the type of experience you want out of your home television and it’s easy to play and get friends involved in, something that MAME definitely is not. Capcom gave its arcade titles the treatment they deserved for a price that may actually generate sales and for that I commend them. If you’re still not sure whether the customization is to your liking, download the game for free and play the included game Black Tiger to see if it provides the arcade experience you’re looking for. As for me, it’s just another option among many that stands out because those responsible for the port took pride in bringing back a classic in the most flexible form.
Capcom Arcade Cabinet is available for free in the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network stores and includes one game, Black Tiger. Game packs will be made available that can be purchased for $5 each in the upcoming weeks. This title was provided to our site for review purposes and we spent more than five hours playing all of the currently available games. Both the XBLA and PSN versions were played with no noticeable difference between them.
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Tagged with 1943, avenger, avengers, black tiger, capcom, capcom arcade cabinet
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School: 5 stabbed on California university campus, suspect fatally shot
Posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 by CNN in National News
Five people were stabbed Wednesday at the University of California, Merced, the school announced via Twitter.
The suspect was shot by police and later died, the UC Merced Police Department said.
The victims were attacked in front of the Classroom and Office Building, the school said in a statement. The school initially reported that the five victims were students, but later said that not all of the victims were students.
The campus has been closed, and classes were canceled, according to the university.
“The situation is under control,” the school said Wednesday morning.
Two of those stabbed were transported for treatment via helicopter, the school tweeted, while the three others were treated on campus.
“All conscious,” the university tweeted about the victims.
“Campus is locked down. Do not come to campus. If you’re on campus, stay where you are,” the school said. “Though there is no active danger, getting on and off campus is difficult.”
The stabbing occurred about 8 a.m. as morning classes were beginning. About 15 minutes later, the suspect was subdued, the university said.
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The Fox Petition
Jennifer Maiden
Jennifer Maiden’s new collection of poems deals with xenophobia and the rejection of otherness, whether immigrant or domestic. It takes as its emblem the fox, representing our fear of the introduced and ill-reputed, but its title also refers to the petition of the great Whig statesman, Charles James Fox, for the rights of all people, including freedom of speech and habeas corpus. Fox himself is the subject of some of the poems; as are Julie Bishop and Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong and Gillian Trigg, Joan Baez and Mary Travers, in a study of the intimate qualities of ‘the female duet’ and the role of empathy in public life. Hillary Clinton and Eleanor Roosevelt reflect on poverty and human rights in Iowa, Kevin Rudd tries to explain Manus Island to Dietrich Bonhoeffer: these conversations are a vital part of Maiden’s technique, her ability to trace the flow of thought or pursue an argument, using the rhythms and enjambments of the poetic line, to light up her subject in unexpected and telling ways.
The Fox Petition is available from Quemar Press.
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Jennifer Maiden’s collections have won the NSW and Victorian Premier’s Poetry Prizes, the Age Poetry Book of the Year, and the Victorian Premier’s Award for Literature, the richest literary prize in Australia.
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Movie Review: A Fantastic Woman
Posted on March 2, 2018 by Andy Wilson
It’s easy to see why A Fantastic Woman, a Chilean drama, is nominated for “Best Foreign Language Film” in this year’s Oscars. It’s a beautiful, empathetic depiction of a trans woman and all of the obstacles she faces.
Marina (Daniela Vega) is a talented singer whom we first meet performing in a nightclub singing a song about how “your love is like yesterday’s newspaper.” She has just moved in with an older man, Orlando (Francisco Reyes), when he falls ill and dies. Dealing with the grief of the loss of her love is compounded when she faces aggressions both micro and macro from Orlando’s family, the police, and society at large because of her status as a trans woman.
Her performance is heartbreaking and layered as we see her deal with her grief while also fending off so much else. It’s hard to watch at times because director Sebastián Lelio puts us through the same emotional journey. But it’s beautiful and complex in ways most films about dealing with loss and grief aim for, but never quite reach.
We are also taken on a journey, falling in love with her and seeing why Orlando fell for her too, as we see just what an amazing, talented, thoughtful, emotional person she is.
And this is going to sound strange, but this is also one of those films where you should also put the politics of it aside for a moment and just enjoy it for how beautiful a film this is. The film’s use of various kinds of light is fun and gorgeous. They also use reflective surfaces and mirrors throughout the film to great effect, although it at times gets a little bit too on the nose. We also get a gorgeous sense of place and a love of the city of Santiago, from its hills to its city streets to its nightclubs, Chinese restaurants, and opera houses. This could have been any city we are more familiar with — Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York, Miami — but it uses its place so beautifully to make us feel at home. Putting the politics back in to this for just one moment, you can plainly see that Santiago is no “s#!thole.”
Now with the politics back, you can’t understand this film as anything but a broadside against those who would deny trans people equal treatment in our society. Can you watch how Marina is treated through the film by Orlando’s family, the police who suspect her of somehow being involved with his death, and society in general and really think this is right?
It should also bring to mind the fact that trans women are far more likely to be victims of violence than almost any other segment of society. The humiliation Marina endures is almost comical in how juvenile it is — if it wasn’t so hate-filled and traumatic. Again, this goes to director Lelio’s touch here. It’s never so overwhelming that we have to look away, but it’s still emotionally resonant and we feel the greatest empathy for Marina. For example (minor spoiler– skip to end of paragraph if you don’t want to know) at one point, Marina is forcibly taken into a car by one of Orlando’s sons and his friends, called “faggot” repeatedly, and then has her face disfigured by being wrapped up in an entire roll of scotch tape. In a lesser director’s hands, this could have gone two ways– either overly comical and not serious enough, echoing the classic scene where Pee Wee Herman plays with tape on his face in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, or being overly traumatic and hard to watch as sort of post modern tarring and feathering. The fact that it threads the needle so well is a testament to this director and the actors knowing exactly what they’re doing.
Una mujer fantastica hits theaters in limited release this weekend, just in time for us to see Daniela Vega present at this weekend’s Academy Awards, and to see whether this wins Best Foreign Language Film. It’s certainly worthy of the nomination.
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Paddington Station: Phase I Redevelopment London, UK
One of Britain’s most important early Victorian railway stations, Paddington Station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Matthew Digby Wyatt and is known for its striking Victorian spans and cathedral-like transepts. Grimshaw’s master plan for the station accommodates increasing passenger numbers with more than 70,000 people passing through the concourse each day.
The first phase of the master plan returns the splendour and clarity of the original design by removing ad hoc additions to reveal the wrought iron spans and transepts.
The new scheme replaces concourse facilities for operations and retailers with low-profile pods of stainless steel and glass, as well as public information monitors housed in slim banks of plasma screens.
The key addition to the station is The Lawn – a double height structure of glass and concrete at the station’s south end. Once the stationmaster’s garden, this area became a public concourse in 1933.
The scheme restores the 1930s stone facades and provides ample space for eating, drinking and shopping. Enclosed by a lightweight roof of steel and glass, the new climate controlled area gives passengers an optimum view to relax and take in the dramatic Victorian terminus, fulfilling Brunel’s vision for a grand international terminal.
We are very pleased with the interface between traditional and modern. This is bold, forward-looking architecture that respects Brunel’s original design.
Robin Lovell, Asset Development Manager, Network Rail
Part of the upgrade included renewing the concourse. Its functions were clarified to include stainless steel and glass pods for retail and operations, as well as a series of sleek points for public information formed of flat plasma screen monitors.
Orientated in parallel with the main station vaults, the screens give train operators and railway authorities a surface that can display real-time and targeted information, which is instantly accessible to customers at key points on the concourse. The clarity of the displays surpasses older technologies of this kind.
The system’s highly engineered, bespoke elements meet international standards for sealing against moisture and dust, while the use of ultra-thin glass plasma screens ensures their longevity.
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Green Day for Peace
Garden of Hope, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip
Our 2014 Progress
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A wall drawing in Gaza by Ibrahim Abu ‘Awyali, photographed in 2009. Credit: Eva Bartlett
As 2014 comes to a close, we would like to thank you for your support and contribution over the past twelve months. The vision of building a children’s garden in Gaza is still as strong as the day Moira Kelly raised this with Yasser Arafat in 2004. However this is no small feat and as such the wheels may appear to be turning slowly but we have achieved much over this year, particularly in locking down our charitable status, becoming incorporated and designing a beautiful concept plan for the land in Khan Younis.
As you may be aware, 2014 has been a devastating time for the people of the Middle East with once again war raging in the region and many lives lost and homes destroyed. We share the despair and hope that 2015 will finally bring a lasting peace.
Many people have questioned why we would seek to build a children’s garden in a land that has so many primary needs – housing, schools, medical facilities and basic infrastructure that we here in Australia take for granted. Global Gardens of Peace fully supports the need for these things. However we also recognise the great value that a public garden can provide in rebuilding damaged communities. Our Gaza project is not about pretty flowers. There is an increasing body of evidence from research world wide that access to green spaces has a very significant role in supporting the physical, psychological, social and emotional wellbeing of individuals and communities regardless of economics. The Gaza Strip has negligible public green spaces and combined with its population density, urgently needs these areas to meet the whole needs of human beings and to rebuild the community. Most importantly, we believe strongly that we should focus on new beginnings and provide space where children can simply be children. Where they can find their wild place to make sense of their world, safely test out their environment and interact with one another in a safe, unstructured and gentle place. The children of Palestine need these places desperately. We do not shy away from our mission despite the difficulties presented as surely they are not as difficult as the daily challenge that these children face.
Our task now for 2015 is thus: continue to speak about our vision to as many people as we can; focus on a concerted fund raising campaign to raise at least $10 million; continue to build partnerships with people, organisations and governments across the globe; and officially launch the Gaza project in Khan Younis to show the people that we have not forgotten or shirked from the task. We also hope to identify other communities where the creation of a garden for children will bring peace joy and laughter to their world.
On behalf of our team we thank you for travelling on this journey thus far and hope that you continue with us. We wish you a very happy festive season with family and friends and look forward to an exciting and productive 2015.
Global Gardens of Peace.
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Canterbury, VIC 3126
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Clearlight US review
http://jpsmusicblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/cd-review-wishbone-ash-and-clearlight.html
Another legendary progressive rock band with a new album is the French rockers Clearlight. Their latest release, "The Impressionist Symphony" strays far from the rock their earlier albums as the band gives a classical piece for the ages. It is Clearlight's first album of new material in over three decades and features members of the bands GONG, The Muffins, Spirits Burning and more. The music just takes hold of you and brings you on a journey through the influencial sounds of classical composers Ravel, Satie and Debussy. The album begins with a progressive feel during the opening of "Renoir En Couleur" featuring the outstanding guitar work of Steve Hillage. The wonderfully exciting piano of Cyrille Verdeaux on "Degras de la Marine" will give you shivers, before takes off with the spacey synthesizer sounds of "Van Gogh 3rd Ear." The album closes with the elegant, gentle feel of "Monet Time (duet)."
To find out more about the latest album from Clearlight, please visitwww.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15659/Clearlight-Impressionist_Symphony.html.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT GONZO:
Les Contes Du Singe Fou
CD - £9.99
Tribal Hybrid Concept
Forever Blowing Bubbles
Impressionist Symphony
Clearlight Symphony
Best Of Clearlight
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KEITH EMERSON TALKS RETIREMENT
Keith Emerson has revealed he’s considering retirement as he turns 70.
Hopes for an ELP reunion are all-but gone after Greg Lake and Carl Palmer both dismissed the suggestion.
But the keyboardist’s comments might be the final word. Speaking ahead of a Moogfest appearance alongside synth pioneer Robert Moog, Emerson tells the Citizen-Times: “Iv’e reached my 70th year. This might be the last year that I’ll actually perform in public.”
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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: JUDY DYBLE / See Emily Play
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT GONZO
Flow and Change
TRAVELLING AS HOMELESSNESS
Temporarily torn between bases
Only strangers as an audience
ON THE ROAD as HOLY GRAIL
Fates as interwoven blankets
Subject to Blind Authorities
If Music-long hours boredom
If Writer-Witness For Prosecution
If Artist-Van Gogh @Arles 300 Songs
If Astronaut-Contracts on your Rockets
If Botanist-You R)Newly Undiscovered Species
For the Strange ,Weird,Exotic,Fabulous
Awaits Eyes of All Adventurers
And Rainbows are never @Journey's End
When Road Glows Ever On/Every Stop a Song
And you have to leave your home to
find out you have none
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Clearlight Impressionist Symphony Gonzo 2014
Clearlight is back and has elevated their harmonic game to the next level!
Brent Black / www.criticaljazz.com
The first new release in decades finds the iconic French prog ensemble charting yet another new melodic course and thus raising the bar for their contemporaries. The Impressionist Symphony embraces the conceptual notions of impressionism, painting and music coming together as one cerebral aura of sound. Musical influences from the impressionist period would include Ravel and Debussy and it is the vision of Cyrille "Clearlight" Verdeaux that allows for an amazing transcendence to a more contemporary approach with guests from Gong, The Muffins, Spirits Burning and the amazing Linda Cushma from Oxygen 8. Getting by with a little help from your friends worked for the Beatles so why not here?
Progressive classical? No...Prog rock as most people would no and understand it? Hmmm. No. This is the return of a visionary with the ability to grasp the cerebral aspect of impressionism and marry that with the visceral side of a more rock oriented millennium to smash through genres if not time itself and create a new hybrid of sound unique to this amazing collective. Clearlight has been around since the mid 70's and this may be the primary reason why...Stellar.
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Renoir En Couleur
2. Time Is Monet
3. Pissarro King
4. Degas De La Marine
5. Van Gogh 3rd Ear
6. Gaughin Dans L'Autre
7. Lautrec Too Loose
8. Monet Time (Duet)
Line-up / Musicians
- Cyrille Verdeaux / piano, synthesizers
- Didier Malherbe / wind instruments
- Craig Fry / violin
- Vincent Thomas Penny / guitars
- Paul Sears / drums, percussion
- Linda Cushma / bass
- Chris Kovacks / synthesizers
- Remy Tran / synthesizers
- Steve Hillage / guitars
- Tim Blake / xils synth, theremin
Frank Zappa's Yellow Snow Suite 1978
Earlier this month we noted the launch of a new YouTube channel from the team behindConcertVault.com filled with exceptional live performances from rock history. For today's Throwback Thursday column we look at one of the recently posted clips on the channel featuring the great Frank Zappa.
Zappa's "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Suite" features the first four tracks of his 1974 album Apostrophe. The suite combines all the things we love about Frank - humor, exceptional musicianship and storytelling. Frank Zappa and his band played the "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Suite" at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ on October 13, 1978 and a video of the entire 16-minute sequence featuring pro-shot footage was posted on the Music Vault channel. Check it out:
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Rick Wakeman review – swept up by sheer, ludicrous ambition
Caped crusader … Rick Wakeman and singer perform Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Photograph: DFL/Splash/Corbis
"We used to have farting dinosaurs," begins Rick Wakeman, reeling off tales of prog-era silliness and inflatable stage props that released wind at inopportune moments. "So you'd be playing this beautifully gentle musical section and then … parp!"
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Royal Albert Hall,
SW7 2AP
Until 30 April
Venue website
We've become accustomed to the former prog-rock caped crusader in this reinvented role as raconteur and TV's Grumpy Old Man. However, this tour returns him to his original habitat: hair flowing behind a mindboggling array of keyboards, and being cheered to the rafters when he walks on in a flowing, diamond-encrusted number that makes him look like a glam-rock archbishop.
For the first time in 40 years, Wakeman is touring Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the 15m-selling concept album variously viewed as a genre-busting landmark or the epitome of prog pretension. However, he explains that he'd wanted to set a story to music – in this case Jules Verne's famous novel – since being taken to see Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf when he was eight.
Otherwise it's prog excess all areas, as Wakeman's 100mph twiddling fingers share the stage with a narrator, two singers, a rock band, choir and orchestra. Hearing a 1974 prog opus live in 2014 is a curious experience. Musical bravery happily coexists with epic folly. There are sonorous narratives, beautifully ethereal passages, classical crescendos and hard-rock noodling, not to mention important-sounding brassy bits that sound like something from the court of Henry VIII.
Live At The Empire Pool
Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1981
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Live in Lincoln Cathedral
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Live At The Maltings
Video Vaults
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Cirque Surreal
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25 Years Ago: Adrian Belew Releases ‘Mr. Music Head’ Read More: 25 Years Ago: Adrian Belew Releases 'Mr. Music Head' | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/adrian-belew-mr-music-head/?trackback=tsmclip
By the late ’80s, Adrian Belew had compiled an incredible list of credits that included stints with Frank Zappa, King Crimson, and the Talking Heads. His greatest success, however, lay just ahead — and it would come courtesy of his solo career
Although he’d already released a handful of records on his own, starting with 1982′s ‘Lone Rhino,’ Belew’s attention during the ’80s was divided between solo albums and his work with Crimson and another band, the Bears, with whom he recorded a pair of LPs released in 1987 and ’88. Although he wasn’t exactly a household name, he was consistently in demand — and considering that just a decade earlier he’d despaired of ever making a living with his musical gifts, Belew seemed more than happy to forsake solo stardom in the name of long-term success.
Saying he got his big break from Zappa “out of the blue when I was at my lowest point and was thinking that maybe I won’t have a place in the music business,” Belew later recalled, “I really was a starving artist, as they call them. Frank called me and asked me if I could audition. He had heard me play in a little nightclub and then months went by and he never called, so I figured it was just a fluke. Then one day, he suddenly called again. It changed my life on a dime.
“It put me into hyper-professional mode, where I suddenly had to play catch-up,” continued Belew. “I had to be in a touring band, playing Frank Zappa’s music, going around the world. Can you imagine that? From being in a band where you are playing to 15 bikers swilling beer in Nashville to being onstage with a hugely complex operation called Frank Zappa.”
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Win a pair of tickets to Rick Wakeman's Glasgow show and meet the man himself
HeraldScotland is offering two lucky readers the chance to win a pair of tickets each to see Rick Wakeman's latest show in Glasgow and meet the keyboard virtuoso before he takes to the stage.
Wakeman will play Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium on Tuesday, May 6 as part of his Journey to the Centre of the Earth tour.
The tour celebrates the 40th anniversary of the release of the landmark concept album, which is based on a novel by Jules Verne. The record sold 15 million copies when it was released in 1974.
The show, which is presented in two parts, will also features the New World Symphony Orchestra, The English Chamber Choir and the English Rock Ensemble.
To win tickets to the show and the chance to meet Rick Wakeman send your text to 80360 starting with RICKW leave a space, followed by your answer, name and contact details.
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‘I was so proud’: The time Yes guitarist Steve Howe played on a Queen song
Queen had its own guitar hero in Brian May. So, of course, did Yes. But then there came a moment when the twain actually met: During sessions for a song that owed no small debt, actually, to Led Zeppelin.
“Innuendo,” the title track Queen’s 1991 album (the last to be released during the late Freddie Mercury’s lifetime) grew out of a jam session between May, Roger Taylor and the now-retired John Deacon. Mercury then added a lyric that paid tribute to Zep’s ever-mysterious “Kashmir.” But “Innuendo” wasn’t complete, it seemed, until Yes’ Steve Howe came in — at about the three minute mark in the embed above — to add a flourish of very distinctive flamenco guitar.
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BLOOD APPLES
A certain witch red blossom
Wells,and springs of water-
sprigs of rosemary-remember?
How herbs were home health!
Wise women knew the spells
to speak to healing deep within
by touch we will be redeemed
Connection leaps between
No history this-we/still listen well
and tell each little shadow where to grow
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Learn What You Already Know!
“Son of God” Movie Producer and Actress Roma Downey Endorses ASSIST News Service Founder Dan Wooding’s Latest Book “Mary, My Story from Bethlehem to Calvary”
“This is the perfect book to share with others as a simple way to be remind them that Jesus is truly the ‘Son of God,’” she says
By Jeremy Reynalds
Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
LAKE FOREST, CA (ANS) -- Veteran journalist Dan Wooding's career spanning 46 years has been nothing but unique.
Dan Wooding with some of his many books (Photo: OC Register)
It spans from being a London correspondent for theNational Enquirer; senior reporter for two of Britain's raciest tabloids, the “Sunday People” and the “Sunday Mirror,” and now an undercover reporter for persecuted Christians in restricted countries. And now he currently serves as founder and president of the ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net).
Last year Wooding, 73, added another distinguishing role to his resume. He released four books, three of which were originally written in the last century, and have been brought out again in this one by a British publisher.
In his latest, he literally “became” Mary, the beloved mother of Jesus, to write this extraordinary novel.
“Mary: My Story From Bethlehem to Calvary” (Tanswell Books) tells the story of Jesus’ mother through her own eyes and from her point of view, giving insight into her life with her beloved son from birth to death and resurrection. Comprised of 365 verses from Scripture and more than 70,000 words, the book is a faithful adaptation of the story of Jesus’ life told from the perspective of Mary.
Mark Burnett, Dan Wooding, and Roma Downey, after Dan had interviewed them about their
'Son of God' movie
Roma Downey, the Northern-Ireland born producer and actress in the “Son of God” movie - in which she played Mary - recently endorsed “Mary.”
Downey, who starred for many years in the hit TV series, “Touched by an Angel,” said, “This is the perfect book to share with others as a simple way to be remind them that Jesus is truly the ‘Son of God,’ and why his extraordinary mother was described by God as being ‘highly favored’ among women.”
Speaking about his inspiration for the novel Wooding said, “I had to imagine her situation -- that you are a young and impoverished girl living in Nazareth, looking forward to marriage, when suddenly you're told that you are to become the mother of the greatest person in history, the Messiah, Jesus Christ – and yet you are a virgin?
"What an extraordinary situation that Mary was placed in, but yet she said 'yes' to God, and changed history forever."
Wooding, author of 45 titles, said that this book has meant the most to him of any he has ever written. He began work on the novel when a friend called Larry Nelson suggested that he tell the greatest story ever told through the eyes of Jesus’ mother.
Mary book cover
“I wrote this book because I couldn't find a one that has told the story the story of Jesus Christ through the eyes of Mary,” Wooding said. “I believe this book will educate readers that God can and will use anyone from any background.”
He added, “The story traces their time in Egypt, the death of Herod, and the ministry of Jesus right up to her terrible death on the cross and then his resurrection.”
Wooding, who now lives in Lake Forest, California, with Norma, his wife of more than 50 years, is passionate about continuing to share the Gospel and believes that the perspective of Jesus' death and resurrection from Mary's view is a moving and compelling story that may inspire non-believers to learn more about the principles of Jesus.
“Mary: My Story From Bethlehem to Calvary” is available for sale at amzn.to/1ad3HH1. For more information, visitmarythebook.com.
But there’s more.
As if that wasn’t enough, Wooding has also re-released three more books that he wrote while still living in the UK, two about British rock stars and another tells the story of one of Britain’s most infamous gangsters. All have been slightly updated.
Sir Elton John, with Dan Wooding and Rick Wakeman, as they posed for a picture for the original book
The first, now called “Caped Crusader, Rick Wakeman in the 1970s,” – with a foreword by Sir Elton John -- is the authorized biography that he originally penned about keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman, and the second is about British fifties rock and roller, Terry Dene, now called “Terry Dene, Britain’s First Rock & Roll Rebel,” with a foreword by Marty Wilde.
“I first wrote them about 40 years ago, while still working in London, and I never dreamed they would ever be re-released,” said Wooding. “They both came about after I was approached by Rob Ayling, who runs Gonzo Media UK, which up until then, had just featured music mainly from the 1970s, but had decided to move into the publishing field.
“Rick Wakeman had told Rob about me who then contacted me and asked he could launch the publishing side of his business with these three titles, and of course, I was quite delighted.
He added, “I wrote the original Wakeman book after penning the very first story about him in 1969 while a reporter with the Middlesex County Times in Ealing, West London, which a weekly paper that I once worked for.”
Terry Dene book cover
After the re-packaged Wakeman book came out (with many unique pictures), Ayling then suggested the re-release of the book about Terry Dene, who was first discovered in 1956 in the Two I’s Coffee Bar in Soho, London. He quickly went to the top as the “British Elvis, but then almost as quickly fell from grace after a short time in the British Army which saw him have a breakdown and was told to leave. He then faced a battle with alcohol.
“Terry was at an all-time low when he happened to be walking through Trafalgar Square when he came across a group of Christians and, after a time of chatting with them, he committed his life to Christ,” Wooding explained.
Marty Wilde, another of Dene’s contemporaries, wrote in his foreword for the book: “Whatever happened to Terry becomes a great deal more comprehensible as you read of the callous way in which he was treated by people who should have known better - many of whom, frankly, will never know better - of the sad little shadows of the past who eased themselves into Terry's life, took everything they could get and, when it seemed that all was lost, quietly left him .... Dan Wooding's book tells it all.”
Now in his seventies, Terry Dene is back singing again and his rich voice, which has been likened to a cross between Elvis and Roy Orbison, and is appearing at various nostalgia concerts mainly in the UK.
The Wakeman book may be obtained at www.amazon.com/CAPED-CRUSADER-Rick-Wakeman-1970s/dp/1908728302 and the Terry Dene book at www.amazon.com/TERRY-DENE-Britains-first-rebel/dp/1908728329 or www.barnesandnoble.com/w/terry-dene-dan-wooding/1113803302
King Squealer book cover
The third of Wooding’s books to come out last year is called “King Squealer” which Dan wrote with Maurice O’Mahoney (foreword by Rick Wakeman), which is more a secular nature.
A criminal by the age of eleven, O’Mahoney had been involved in nearly every type of crime known to man, ranging from lorry (truck) hi-jacking and bank raids to highly professional burglaries and wage snatches. Then the crunch came when he was arrested and O’Mahoney turned Queen’s Evidence, and informed on more than two hundred crooks involved in crimes totaling over two million UK pounds. He was one of several "Supergrasses" that appeared during that period and Dan even appeared in a BBC documentary about this phenomenon and shared about what it was like working with O'Mahoney, who was constantly changing his disguises, so he wouldn't be killed my his enemies.
“King Squealer” is a rare insight into the mind of a dangerous criminal and an account of the momentous events which led him to “squeal” to the police. O’Mahoney sums up the devastating effect on his own life in the following words: “I hope that by my actions I have at least saved some lives. Though whether I’ve saved my own in highly questionable …”
Since the first edition came out in the UK, O’Mahoney has since died. He passed away on Sept. 27 2003 at the age of 54, from a massive heart attack in a small village in Northumberland. However, Dan managed to track down his son, Maurice O’Mahoney Jr., who provided a fascinating afterthought for the book.
To purchase the book, go to www.gonzomultimedia.com/product_details/15629/Dan_Wooding-King_Squealer.html
So there you have it. Most people are amazed when they have one book published, but for Dan Wooding, who has penned some 45 books, to have four come out in one year is quite a record. And each one is so different!
What is his favorite?
“Without a doubt, the book 'by' Mary, was definitely, my favorite,” he told me. “After all, who would turn down the privilege of becoming the mother of the greatest person in history, Jesus Christ? I found writing it to be the most inspiring book I have ever been involved in.”
If you would like to know more about the book, or purchase a copy for yourself or a friend, just go tomarythebook.com for more information.
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Improved and sustainable asphalt mixes
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The overriding purpose of the thesis research is to develop new design concepts for improved and sustainable asphalt mixes. To accomplish this goal, it became necessary to reach some prerequisite goals. Determining what a sustainable asphalt means, and how that ideal is connected with the field of asphalt mix production assumed a high degree of importance during the literature review conducted for this thesis. Related to that effort, it became necessary to reach an understanding about the main challenge posed in the road construction sector and how solution could be proffered. Thence, to proffer solution to this main challenge, a central question was proposed i.e. "How can an improved/high performance and eco-friendly asphalt mix be produced considering, sustainability and durability”?. This central question was split into sub questions, which provided working steps or method to the production of sustainable asphalt mixes. Once these fundamental steps were outlined, the research was able to commence.
To aid the production of sustainable mixes, five mix variants were developed to compare the relative characteristics of the mixes. The new asphalt mixes consisted of 80% “RAP” and 20% virgin materials according to the client specifications. To enable the production of mixes with 80% RAP, rejuvenators were introduced due to their ability to restore the properties of the aged bitumen present in the “RAP”. The method involved the production and testing procedure of 5 new asphalt mixes i.e. 1 Reference mix and 4 other mixes containing rejuvenators in accordance to the Standard NEN norm.
The choice of the most suitable mix was dependent on three main factors namely ; the Type Test result, sustainability (Eco Chain) and cost of the mix. The Type test result considered the relative characteristics of the asphalt mixes in regards to stiffness, fatigue and permanent deformation, while the mix sustainability was analyzed using EcoChain software considering the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) data of materials and products used in the mix production. More so, the cost analysis of the 5 variants of the asphalt mixes were compared to determine the mix with the least cost in terms of production in the asphalt plant. With the results obtained from these factors, a Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) was set up to make a conclusion on the most sustainable mix. In addition, it was realized that the ability to produce asphalt mixes with high “RAP” percentage is possible (80%) but there are technical challenges involved, which is as a result of the inability of the mineral aggregates in the mix to properly bind together. More so, producing a mix with 80% “RAP” in the asphalt plant is challenging because the capacity of production in tons/hour decreases as a result of heating and drying of a high “RAP” percentage, thence taking more time in the current facilities.
Furthermore, it was concluded that the undesired test results, was obtained because the bitumen content (%) derived from the “RAP” at the beginning of the research was incorrect. This is due to the fact that, the obtained bitumen content (%) at the beginning of the research was higher than the amount obtained at the end of the research, which was as a result of variation in the “RAP”. Conclusively, it was recommended that the “RAP” to be used in the production of the new mixes should be more consistent and under control in order to have more homogeneity in the asphalt mixes and also to avoid obtaining distinctive bitumen content. More so, it was concluded that to obtain better test results, more bitumen properties need to be known, which implies that only the R & B and Penetration Test is insufficient to determine the accurate bitumen content (%) in the “RAP”. Thence, an advanced DSR (Dynamic Shear Rheometer) test should be introduced to determine the additional properties of the aged bitumen from the “RAP”. This is because when considering the black rock behavior of aged bitumen, the AC “RAP” with highly aged bitumen acts like a rock and it is uncertain if the aged and virgin bitumen mix properly.
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Volusia County Council's Deb Denys: Not giving mosquitoes free pass in Oak Hill
Post Date:June 20, 2017
Photos and graphic or Headline Surfer / Above, nobody likes getting bitten by mosquitoes, especially those who frequent Mosquito Lagoon, one of the most tranquil Florida waterways off the Indian River that opens into the Atlantic Ocean in Oak Hill and a great place to fish as demonstrated by the Reel Time Florida Sportsman video downloaded from YouTube. Thre graphic shown here from Volusia County details areas along the coastline where spraying is done to quell mosquito hot spots.
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
OAK HILL, Fla. -- It's called Mosquito Lagoon for a reason.
One of the most scenic waterways in Florida is under attack from mosquitoes. And as such, the mosquitoes are under attack from Volusia County's aerial spray bombardment, assures the Southeast Volusia County Council's elected leader.
"With all the rain and the South, Southwest winds, our salt marshes are a breeding ground for mosquitoes!" Deb Denys said on her Facebook page, adding, " #VolusiaCountyMosquitoControl is aware of the on-going infestation especially in #CityofOakHill & has been actively working in the area for more than a week to diminish the impacts."
Denys said the problem is mosquito production that's taken place on the salt marsh."Our helicopter has treated acreage in production adjacent to Oak Hill on 3 separate dates, but winds are pushing adult mosquitoes from other salt marsh sites into the area," said Denys, initially elected in 2012, re-elected in 2014 and running for re-election next year, for which she is unoppposed. "Please know we are on it."
District 3 Volusia County Councilwoman Deb Denys, shown here, explains the mosquito situation and what is being done about it.
"With all the rain and the South, Southwest winds, our salt marshes are a breeding ground for mosquitoes!" Deb Denys said on her Facebook page,, adding, "#VolusiaCountyMosquitoControl is aware of the on-going infestation especially in #CityofOakHill & has been actively working in the area for more than a week to diminish the impacts."
Denys said the problem is mosquito production that's taken place on the salt marsh.
"Our helicopter has treated acreage in production adjacent to Oak Hill on 3 separate dates, but winds are pushing adult mosquitoes from other salt marsh sites into the area," said Denys, initially elected in 2012, re-elected in 2014 and running for re-election next year, for which she is unoppposed. "Please know we are on it!
For more information, please visit: www.volusia.org/services/public-works/mosquito-control/.
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4 Spanish Films with English Subtitles
Updated on April 24, 2019
Wendy Iturrizaga
Wendy is a Psychologist graduated in Scotland. She also studied Communication Sciences in Peru. Currently a Spanish teacher in France.
Pedro Almodovar Films And His Spanish Movies With English Subtitles
These are some of my favourite Spanish films, all directed by Pedro Almodovar. They are all comedies but do not watch them if you are oversensitive to sex scenes or if you are always looking for the politically correct; Spanish films just aren't.
Spanish films display a weird sense of humour. Perhaps it is a European humour or Spanish humour. I am more inclined to think that it is a particular way that the Spanish have to see life: A crude way to confront the most unpleasant situations.
The Spanish films I have chosen to review here are wonderfully dark comic stories about ordinary people. They can be viewed by men and women alike several times as you always will find a twist or references to old movies, literature and theatre that you did not notice the first time.
The films have little or no special effects. They rely on acting and dialogue which is hilarious. Although they are not comedies, strictly speaking, but they do bring a smile to your face. Maybe because you realize that even in the most stressful situations life is still worth living and laughing about!
1) "Atame" or Love Between a Mental Patient and a Porn Star
Victoria Abril in Atame playing Marina, a porn film star
Victoria Abril developed cold sores during shooting from having her mouth frequently taped shut.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
ATAME: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
A Spanish movie that you can find with English subtitles Starring a young Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. This film launched Antonio Banderas career in American films.
One of my favourite Spanish movies. One I can see again and again without getting bored. Perfect to delight yourself with a young Antonio Banderas.
A dramatic and comic story at the same time, this is one of the best examples of Spanish Dark Romantic comedy. The plot is simple, Ricky (Antonio Banderas) is a mental patient released from the hospital. He only wants to start a new life, form a family and live happily ever after. The problem is that he has chosen as his bride-to-be Marina (Victoria Abril) a porn film star who once spent a night with him. Ricky tries to convince her to marry him but as she is reluctant to maintain any contact, he starts stalking her until he kidnaps her in her own house. It is a wacky, crude, sex-charged love story and unpredictable funny.
For this film, Almodovar cast his own mother as Victoria Abril's mom.
"The sex scene between 'Antonio Banderas' and Victoria Abril took nine takes to get right, and about nine hours to film. Pedro Almodóvar chose to use the last take as, by that time, the two actors had worked themselves up into a sweat which made the scene appear to be more authentic. Elia Kazan later remarked that he thought it was one of the best sex scenes he had ever witnessed."
— Extract from IMDB
UK Trailer for the 1990 Almodóvar film,''Átame!'', AKA Tie me up! Tie me Down!
2) Kika (1994) a Makeup Artist in love with a Voyeuristic Photographer
Starring: Verónica Forqué and Peter Coyote.
This is a film for when I feel a little bit crazy. Kika keeps you on your toes with the most unpredictable situations and characters. A film charged with black humour.
The plot is like in most Spanish films, a bit all over the place. Kika (Veronica Forqué) is a makeup artist with a more than complicated life. She is in love with a voyeuristic photographer, but she is having an affair with his step-father (Peter Coyote). To complicate things, Kika has a lesbian maid with a porn star brother who just came out of jail. Juana, the maid, played by the unforgettably strange-looking Rossy de Palma, wishes to become a prison matron and lets her comically bestial brother have sex with her just to keep him from hurting the neighbours. Is that too much for you?
And this is just the start of the film... an utterly outrageous film, not for the over-sensitive. Some might say that Kika is a hard film to watch due to its rape scene, incest and other taboo subjects, but honestly, I think that it is even more difficult NOT to watch it or even laugh -despite feeling guilty about it. After all, who else, but Almodovar can make you laugh with a rape scene?
This is a film that will catch your interest with the first scene and you will not be able to turn away from it. I would say this is a "pitch dark comedy".
If you are a fan of French couture, Kika is also a showcase for Jean-Paul Gaultier's dazzling outlandish costumes for Victoria Abril. Of special notice is her gore-trimmed gown made to look as if it had exploded to expose her breasts; or the one-woman video crew suit.
Kika was shown for the first time more than 20 years ago. The trailer below is the one originally used to advertise the film in Spain and like the film, the trailer is also incorrect (politically, morally and who knows what else) but it is funny and light-hearted.
KIKA Theatrical Trailer (Pedro Almodovar, 1993) in Spanish with English subtitles
I think the reason why a lot of the Spanish films do so well, and are so well done, is because the public really respects it and wants it.
— Paula Garces
3) Women On The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas.
I just love this film, I have seen it so many times and every single time it makes me laugh to tears!
This is the film that made Almodóvar an international star; it was nominated for the 1989 Academy Award for The Best Foreign-language film and won 5 Goya Awards including Best Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Maura.
The plot turns around Pepa (Carmen Maura) depressed because her married boyfriend just left her. But she will not let him go and will do anything to talk to him before he leaves town with his new lover. This film is hysterically comic in a dramatic way.
I don't know if it is just me, but this is a film with which most women can easily identify. I am always asking myself which of them I am?
The women in the film are each in their own way on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There is Pepa trying to get her lover back, a virgin having erotic dreams under the influence of sleeping pills, the lover's mentally deranged wife, Candela, who is escaping from the police and tries to kill herself and the new lover who tries to control Pepa's ex.
The film is dramatic but full of little comic scenes like when Pepa burns her bed by accident, when she takes a mambo taxi or when someone visiting her drinks her gazpacho loaded with sleeping pills.
A must see for lovers of foreign films. Almodóvar’s story of women liberating themselves after being messed about by men is in part a tribute to the women who he thinks rescued Spain from the civil war.
Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why.
— Pedro Almodovar
4) Todo Sobre Mi Madre: All About My Mother (1999)
Starring: Eloy Azorín and Carmen Balagué.
This is a melodramatic comedy where Manuela (Cecilia Roth) leaves Madrid after the death of her son to go to Barcelona to look for her son's father. There she finds an ex-transsexual friend and a young nun who turns out to be pregnant by Manuela's ex-lover (the father of the dead boy) who is also a transsexual.
This is an emotive film about women, who have already gone through a nervous breakdown. It is sad, funny and extravagant. It has everything that makes a good film.
All About My Mother Wins Foreign Language Film: 2000 Oscars
© 2008 Wendy Iturrizaga
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3 years ago from France
Hi Andy, I haven't seen that film. I heard it won 2 Goyas but I haven't seen it, I am not one for horror films, I do prefer comedies especially Spanish style. Thanks for sharing your preferences.
Hi Princessa my favourite Spanish movies with English subtitles is the horror film REC. Rec Plunging the viewer into the nightmarish hellscape of an apartment complex under siege and Rec proves that found footage can still be used as an effective horror film
Second Language: You are welcome. I really like Almodovar's films and the way we portrays women.
Anita Rai
Thanks for the recommendations. I've always heard of him, and his connection to Antonio Banderas, but never saw a film of his yet. I'll try Tie Me Up Tie Me Down.
Ishwaryaa Dhandapani
8 years ago from Chennai, India
Good Hub! After reading your hub. i want to see more of this brilliant director's films though i already saw his films- About My mother, Talk To Her, Bad Education and Volver. Through these films, i admired Almodover's unique filmaking and he deserved international success and critical acclaim!
National Adultery Spanish title Adulterio Nacional. Can somebody tell me where i can watch it online or download the full movie.
Spaniard
Salute to everyone, I'm a spanish boy from Madrid.
First of all, usually Spanish people don't use to like Spanish movies, I mean, we do not agree nor with the topics neither with the characters. Both got nothing to do with Spanish way of live or society.
Actually, not much of us like almodovar's movies, it is always the same, a desperate and poor girl who got her best friend struggling against his homosexual feelings and her fathers. corrupt cops are quite religious whose were standing opposed to the progress of society in liberal shape.
i mean, it is all bullshit, People here are not as sensitive or conservative as this kind of Spanish movie shows. All this "almodovar school" is politically influenced by the leftwing, they are all rich people though. The society take this people as fools or nerds, snob who lives outerspace.
By the other hand, there is an interesting cinema made by non political people and don't depending on public allowances and aids.
I'm talking about directors such as
Alejandro Amenábar, Daniel Monzón, Jose Luis Cuerda...
I personally believe this people deal with real life and experiences, you must see the thrillers "Celda 211" or "Tesis", to name a few.
For comedy, I think where we are big in, I can name you "Torrente" (the Antihero) or "Atún y Chocolate" (social disgraces with a positive sense of humor)
If you want to enjoy psychological terror, I just recommend you "REC", remade by US industry as Quarantine.
I cannot write more 'cause of time, but if you want to know more about our real likes within Spanish movies, please don't hesitate to write me:
japdv85@gmail.com
(sorry for my English!)
Sunitha Iyengar
One thing I can vaouch. Spanish movies are the best the world. They are bold. They mirror the society. You can relate with cahracters. I also have not studied Spansih in school. I heard about spanish movies from the Espoir Technologies Product Smart English through Movies. The first movie I saw was "The Other side of the bed". It was fantastic. Then I saw the movie "Sex and Luisia" Marvellous!
If you like Pedro Almodóvar movies you must see Los Abrazos Rotos. Your selection is very good, congrats.
Shell: I'll look for it.
Juliette: Almodovar's films are certainly unique, I like the fact that you never know what to expect when you first sit to watch one of his films. I like "Jamon Jamon", especially the jamon fight scene, but that was a Bigas Luna film. He also has some great movies most of them very sensual like Bambola or Las Edades de Lulu.
Juliette Morgan
I've been a Pedro fan for over 20 years now and find the films very unique, although all with the same signature. My favourite is 'Jamon Jamon'. I liken Pedro to Gaudi of the art world. Great hub to introduce the films to others.
Watch: Maria Full of Grace. Amazing movie!
10 years ago from France
zadrobi: Thanks for the good news! I haven't seen "Un mundo maravilloso" I think it is a Mexican film, isn't it? I'll keep an eye on it, thanks for the recommendation.
zadrobi: all the above films are really good some of them more dramatic than others but all share a funny vein.
wikishoes
never heared of this movie before, I wanna watch it some time
zadrobi
10 years ago from Carbondale, IL
You'll be happy to know I was searching for "funny Spanish movies" and your hub came up second in my search :) If you haven't seen Un Mundo Maravilloso by Luis Estrada, I recommend it (I'm sure they have subtitles for it). Good hub, princessa!
No he visto Todo Sobre Mi Madre, asi que voy a verlo ahora! Gracias!
Ellie: Yes, they are all Almodovar films. However there are some other very funny and very good Spanish films from other directors, the problem is that they have not subtitles!
EllieP
Are these all Pedro Almodóvar films? ;)
Cris: You are welcome :)
Ron: "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" is one of my all time favourites, an intemporal film; dramatic but hilarious. Carmen Maura is absolutely fantastic, even now despite the years she still looks amazing and her acting is stronger than ever.
Ron Cotnam
I became a fan of Pedro Almodovar about 20 years ago. My favorites are "What Have I Done to Deserve This" and "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown". I prefer to watch them in spanish with sub-titles. After a while you forget that they're speaking spanish. Oh.. and Carmen Maura is awesome!
Cris A
11 years ago from Manila, Philippines
Oh goodie! You're most kind! Am I glad to be your fan! Thanks again! :D
Cris: Here is a link to Alex de la Iglesia films... enjoy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407067/
His films are mainly black comedies.
I forgot to mention Bigas Luna, he also has some weird but funny films like "Jamon Jamon" (a tale of ham and passion) and "Las edades de Lulu" (the ages of Lulu) a fascinating kinky story.
Oh thanks for recommending Alex de la Iglesia, it's the first time I've heard his name. I'll try to check his films out! You're right about European films, they have nuances that I cant just put my finger to that make them an entirely different world from Hollywood. Oh I could go on and on raving about the likes of Un Homme et Une femme or Belle du Jour! Btw, I was enlisting in your fan club and then I realized I already am! LOL Thanks again :D
Cris A : European cinema is fascinating. One can easily become "addicted" to Almodovar's films. Alex de la Iglesia is another great Spanish film maker with films like "La Comunidad" (2000) which was hilarious and "Crimen ferpecto" (2004), again a dark comedy thriller.
I simply adore Almodovar the point that I made a collection of his films. I first got to know him in madonna's Truth of Dare and the first movie I've seen was Tie me Up Tie Me Down. Since then, I have never stopped liking his stuff. What i like most about his films are its unique plots that can run from the very twisted (as in Bad Education) to the very stark and simple (Volver). One movie I have yet to find is his Laws of Desire! I would also recommend The Flower of My Secret and Talk to Her. I simply love foreign films, specially his! Great hub! :D
Nikhil : Volver is another great film too. Spanish films are so unique that you are guaranteed to be surprised each time you watch one.
Writer rider: they are all very funny movies with a weird sense of humour. I like their unpredictability and sarcasm.
Writer Rider
I have to admit, Spanish is not what I took in school. Still, would love to watch one of those movies. Thanks for the recommendations.
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Hubud Stories.March 26, 2019
By Ananda Buraityte
Ananda is an International Marketing student and is balancing her studies with freelancing and traveling while starting her own business. She is passioned about people, innovation and art.
David and Chris – these names are always combined in a sentence because whether at Hubud or not, it is very likely you have seen them together. These two Hubudians manage to remain, good pals, while working with one another every day on their new business Beacon, a CRM built specifically for charities. While in Hubud they are trying to examine what could it be like to be location independent while making the world a better place with their talents.
Could you tell us what are you currently working on?
David: “We are building our database and our company called Beacon. So Chris is CEO and I am CTO because with a company this small you can get yourselves whichever job titles you fancy”.
Chris: “I started building the company a year and a half ago from Hubud actually and David joined this year. Now we are at a stage where we have a product that works but we need to find more customers”.
Could you tell me more about Beacon?
David: “Beacon is a CRM for nonprofits. It’s the latest bleeding-edge database that charities can use to automate and store all the data about the people that are important to them.
We started it because we do want to do something good in the world. I’ve asked myself “What can I do to have the most positive impact?” and sure, we could quit our jobs and go dig wells in Africa. However, I don’t know anything about digging wells, but there are loads of charities in the world that do and they really struggle with the things that we are really good at, which is organizing data, making it easy for them and managing their donors”.
Chris: “Beacon has a huge amount of financial impact and operational impact on how charities work day-to-day and we literally make them hundreds of thousands every year by storing their data in a better way. We wanted to create a valuable company, a long-term sustainable business. Because I think the Silicon Valley mindset is one where essentially you are trying to make as much money as quickly as you can and very often it means creating a short-term company that ends up dying and you are not creating anything long-lasting or valuable to the world. If you are in tech, you should not just feel mandated to go down that startup route, you can go down a more stable business route”.
David: “We’ve both worked at well-funded tech start-ups and came to the conclusion that they are often just growing very fast to make loads of money for venture capitalists. We would rather focus on the positive impact on the world”.
How did you find each other?
David: “What a beautiful romantic question! We met at a tech start-up in London and I was a software engineer there, one of the first employees. Chris joined a bit later with sales engineering. Afterward, I left the company, but our paths crossed again later, I found out that Chris started a business, which he wound down, so I messaged him and asked about what happened and offered to meet up. When we met he introduced me to the founders of the startup where he was working at the time. I quickly joined the team and became Head of Product, but then Chris left so he could go to Bali and start Beacon. I started to help out and then for a year Chris was hassling me: “Come on! Come and join Beacon! It is right up your alley” and I did like it, but I kind of liked having a job… Aaand a paycheck”.
Chris: “It is very easy to read blogs that say companies with co-founders tend to do better, but I also think the biggest mistake you can make is to try to get the wrong co-founder. So that is why I only tried to get David on board and nobody else.”
What did you become first: Friends or co-workers?
Chris: “I think we’ve always been a good mixture of friends and colleagues. And I think that’s important. It’s very easy to get into a mindset where it is all very work focussed, but if you are working with one person every day, you have to get on well”.
David: “We did do a trial period though before deciding whether I should quit my job and join Beacon. We rented an Airbnb in Budapest and agreed to work on Beacon as if we were actually doing this and it was just the greatest five days. I remember the last day we went for steak and I said “Let’s do this. I’m going to quit my job”. That weekend was quite transformative”.
Chris: “And it was very useful for the company as well, that was the weekend when we made a pricing page and had our first proper sales call where a decent size charity actually considered buying our product. And they did end up buying our product! This is the time when we were like ok, this is not a project, this is a business now”.
David: “And then, a week after I quit my job and the rest is history”.
How did you end up at Hubud?
Chris: “I read a blog post about a year and a half ago about Hubud and I told my girlfriend it would be fun to come there. She was not keen on that idea. Six months later, when I was not in a relationship, I flew to Bali”.
David: “And I was in one of the transitional life places because I lost my dad in July and I was thinking about what I should do differently and what positive things I could take from this. Also, one of the last things he said was “If this thing kills me – I’ve got no regrets”. I was thinking that I need to be absolutely sure that when my time is up – that is how I’ll look back on my life. This is how I started doing things out of my comfort zone. Just like being in Bali – it is definitely not a thing I would normally do”.
In the future would you like to be location independent?
Chris: “I love the idea of spending one-third of the year in one part of the world, then one-third in another, etc. As the company gets more global, the location thing matters a lot less, but now it is only an idea rather than a goal”.
David: “Yeah, absolutely! I have always worked in an office in London. I would go to my office every single day and I would be there forever until I would choose to leave or I would get fired. I am quite new to this whole ‘Digital Nomad’ lifestyle. I still have a healthy level of cynicism about swirling around, sipping lattes while working from my laptop, but then it’s also really cool. Like coming to a place like this, where you suddenly meet a whole bunch of people doing fascinating things. Just being surrounded by smart people, you get to learn so many things, because everybody is so different. You don’t get that in an office. So it is clearly a massive advantage to get a change of perspective. So to be location independent in the future? Yeah, I think so! At least while we are single and reckless!”.
Chris: “I think for me there are two types of people that are in that ‘Digital Nomad’ space: people that are running companies and realize that they can do it remotely and there are those doing companies so they could work remotely. I definitely think we are the first type. So if our company works out, there is no reason why we would not come back”.
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Fourth generation of a line of remarkable chefs, Anne-Sophie Pic is France’s only female chef to hold the ultimate triple-star rating of the MICHELIN Guide. Since taking over the stoves of Maison Pic in Valence, France, in 1997, this diminutive woman with a Mona Lisa smile and an iron will has carved out a place for herself at the summit of a male-dominated profession.
With the collaboration of her husband David Sinapian, she has modernized and expanded the 130-year-old family establishment. What began as a modest auberge, opened by another Sophie, Anne-Sophie’s grandmother, in 1889, the Pic enclave in Valence now includes an elegantly remodeled hotel and restaurant, a bistro, an epicerie fine, a cooking school and a fast-casual concept based on gourmet verrines, called Daily Pic.
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In addition, Pic has taken the family name both nationally and internationally, first with the opening of a restaurant in Paris, La Dame de Pic, followed by two other Dame de Pic restaurants, one in London and the most recent in Singapore, which opened in the newly-refurbished Raffles Hotel in July of this year. She is also the talent behind the two-MICHELIN-starred restaurant of the Beau Rivage Palace in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The interior of the new Dame de Pic in Singapore. (Photo by Kenneth Goh.)
Despite her family legacy, Pic’s success was far from a given. After a childhood in Valence bathed in the fragrances and flavors of her father’s kitchen, the young girl categorically rejected the idea of a culinary career, opting for international studies in a management school where her path crossed that of her future husband. After traveling and working in the United States and Japan, Pic realized that haute cuisine was her passion and calling. She returned to Valance to put her destiny in the hands of her father, Jacques, the third generation of Pic’s at the helm of the now famous address. By a cruel twist of fate, Jacques died suddenly shortly after his daughter’s return, leaving his apprentice without her mentor at just 23 years old.
Challenging years followed when the young woman was often relegated to administrative tasks before finally asserting her will to take her place in the kitchen. Pic trained with relentless determination, following the family tradition, while forging her own style. “The first dish that signaled my emancipation,” she recalls, “was my pigeon with walnut crust, a personal creation [that] echoed a family classic”—her father’s pigeon Florentine.
Her efforts were compensated: In 2007, Pic won back the third MICHELIN star, lost after her father’s death, and became the first woman chef since 1951 to run a kitchen with the esteemed rating, and only the fourth woman in the history of the red guide to have this honor.
What was the last thing you ate?
A praline tart.
It's your day off. What do you order for breakfast and where? (Outside of your own restaurants.)
I’m in Corsica, on a terrace, taking advantage of the last rays of summer sun. And I’m [enjoying a breakfast of] green tea and a madeleine.
Controversial question: Do you believe in brunch?
I don’t believe in brunch, I never "brunch!" (laughter)
What is your 2:00 a.m. food order or favorite spot?
At 2:00 in the morning, I’m hungry for something savory. I’d order a piece of boutefas, a smoked sausage from the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, accompanied by a piece of sheep’s cheese.
What is your local coffee shop and what do you order?
I go to Hippolyte Courty’s L'Arbe à Cafe in Paris. And I ask him for a Geisha au Chemex, because I love coffee infusions.
Where do you go when you travel to your favorite city?
At the moment this would be in Singapore, in one of the hawker centers of the city, which are fascinating places for observing and tasting street food.
What is the "laziest" meal you put together for yourself this past week?
A tomato with fleur de sel, and a few drops of Baume de Bouteville, an extraordinary French balsamic vinegar.
What is your favorite snack food and why?
A good tarama with rye gressins (breadsticks), because this is a simple and harmonious combination.
What do you like to eat when you want to treat yourself?
Chocolate! It’s gourmand, it gives me energy. I’ve loved chocolate since childhood, undoubtedly because I grew up very near the home of Valrhona chocolate.
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List Of The Best 155cc Big Motor In Indonesia
January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 redwolf5960
GWRRA-REGIONA – You need to know, that the big motor itself is divided into several types, one of which is classified from the engine capacity. There is also the best-selling in Indonesia is none other than the big motor with a 150cc engine capacity. In this class, there are tons of products from well-known motorcycle manufacturers that are included in the list of the best big motorbike brands. Curious? Let’s look together below!
All New Yamaha R15
Massive design changes made by Yamaha will All New R15 can fight against the All New CBR150RR. The design looks more sporty and seems more sturdy, because it uses the Upside Down front suspension that is not owned by 150cc motorcycles in its class. Naturally, if the All New Yamaha R15 became one of the best 150cc motorcycles in Indonesia, because the engine that he wore was very powerful. Even the engine capacity reaches 155cc with VVA technology and Assist & Slipper Clutch. The engine can produce a maximum power of 14.2 kw at 10,000 rpm and torque of 14.7 nm at 8,500 rpm. As a result the All New R15 became one of the fastest 150cc sport bikes in Indonesia.
The price of this 150cc sport motorbike is cheaper than its competitors. During the promo period, we can get it at a price of 27 Million. Although inexpensive, the Suzuki GSX-R150 offers a slim and lightweight full fairing body. This motorbike can go very fast by relying on a 147.3cc engine that can produce power reaching 14.1 kw at 10,500 rpm and torque of 14 nm at 9,000 rpm. Interestingly, this sport motorbike is equipped with a keyless locking system that makes it one level more sophisticated than 150cc sports motorcycles of its class.
All New Honda CBR150R
The two motorbikes above competed against the All New Honda CBR150R which first appeared on the market. With a lightweight sleek body, this best 150cc sport motorbike can maneuver perfectly. The design is also thick with the aura of a racing motorcycle, so it looks very sporty. There is also an engine capable of producing power reaching 17.1 PS at 9,000 rpm. While the torque penetrates 13.7 Nm at 7,000 rpm. Besides being powerful, this motorbike is also equipped with LED headlamps that are guaranteed bright and durable.
Yamaha Vixion R uses a 155cc VVA technology engine owned by the All New Yamaha R15. The difference is Yamaha Vixion R style naked bike or street fighter. The engine performance is very different from the standard All New Yamaha Vixion which is sold at a cheaper price. Various advanced features also have, unfortunately this bike has not used the upside down front suspension. Where for the features consist of Assist & Slipper Clutch, Lamu Hazard, LED Headlamp, and full digital speedometer. In addition, this best 150cc sport motorbike also has a 6 speed transmission system.
4b. All New Yamaha Vixion
The All New Yamaha Vixion still uses a 149.8 cc engine that can produce power of 12.2 kw at 8,800 rpm and torque of 14.5 nm at 7,500 rpm. There are tons of new features that this best 150cc motor sport has. Where the flagship feature is Asisst & Slipper technology that makes the clutch and gearshift more perfect. In addition, there is also a large digital full speedometer LED head light & tail light that makes this best 150cc sport motorbike more perfect.
Although the price is cheap, but the Suzuki GSX-S150 is very good. This is inseparable from the ability of the engine with a capacity of 147.3cc and has used DOHC configuration. As a result the engine is very powerful and can beat 150cc sport motorcycles in its class that are on average still SOHC. Interestingly again, this 150cc sport motorbike also uses LED headlamps and is equipped with an informative and multifunctional LCD instrument cluster.
Yamaha High-Engine Motor Type
December 26, 2019 December 26, 2019 redwolf5960
GWRRA-REGIONA – Talking related to bikers, it seems that the topic of Yamaha big motorbikes has indeed become a topic that is quite interesting for us to review. Because the manufacturer of the tuning fork logo always always presents a variety of new motorbike products with superior specifications, including some high-engine motorcycles made. So, it is not surprising that the price of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles has become a topic that is quite sought after by fans as a material consideration before buying it. Not without reason considering that Yamaha has several motors that use large capacity machines. In fact, in Indonesia itself the price of high-engine motorbikes Japanese manufacturers are very expensive. Find the best online gambling agent you can find at https://arenasbobet.biz/. Because potential customers can spend more than 500 Million Rupiah to get a series of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles. In addition, Yamaha also provides several high-engine motorcycles that use smaller capacity engines which will certainly make the price of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles increasingly diverse.
On the other hand, the price of Yamaha’s own high-engine motorcycles is priced at an average that is quite expensive. Naturally, generally some high-engine motorcycles here target the premium class segment with superior specifications and features. Some of the big motorcycle models made by Yamaha are also targeting different types of segmentation, ranging from full fairing sport motorbikes to adventure motorcycles or big bikes. Although different segments, the price of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles is always able to attract the attention of consumers even if just just looking around. Of course it can not be separated from the advantages of each high-engine motorbike made by this Japanese factory. Well, no need to linger, below Mas Sena will present complete information about the list of the prices of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles that are sold in the global automotive market. Come on, let’s see the review!
In the list of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles at the top, there is the Yamaha R1M which has become one of the mainstay sport bikes. How come? This model is presented by carrying the concept of high-engine motorbike sport style full fairing motorbike style MotoGP. In fact, the body design also looks so futuristic with a very striking aerodynamic concept. Meanwhile, the kitchen spur itself is equipped with a reliable 4-cylinder engine that has a capacity of up to 998 cc. So, do not be surprised if the Yamaha R1 high-engine motor is capable of spraying very fierce power and maximum peak torque. Meanwhile, the list of high-engine Yamaha Yamaha R1M motorcycles is at Rp 812 million. On the other hand, the price list of other Yamaha high-engine motorcycles which is quite interesting is the official tag of the Yamaha R1. Because the full fairing motorbike has a price tag that is more affordable or 200 million cheaper than the Yamaha R1M. Meanwhile, the engine itself relies on the DOHC 4-cylinder type with a capacity of 998 cc which is sure to be able to spit out a maximum power of 147.1 kW (200.0PS) @ 13,500 rpm and torque of 112.4 Nm (11.5) kg-m @ 11,500 rpm. Well, to list the price of this Yamaha R1 high-engine motor, priced at Rp. 605 million.
In Indonesia, the Yamaha R6 has become one of the sport motorbikes included in the Yamaha high-engine motorbike price list category. Where, this full fairing motor sport was designed with a very elegant and very sporty design style. Not without reason considering that this motorbike is targeting the premium segment with the provision of very reliable and qualified specifications. From the space sector itself, it is known that the Yamaha R6 will carry a 4 cylinder Cylinder engine with a capacity of 559 cc with a maximum power of 123.7 PS at 14,500 rpm and torque of 65.7 Nm at 10,500 rpm. Its performance is comparable to the Yamaha R6 high-engine motorbike price list which is priced at Rp. 270 million. If you are interested in having a high-engine motor with the type above, then you must know how to get the lowest price for the type of motor of your dreams.
200-250cc Engine Motor Variant
GWRRA-REGIONA – You can find out more about the variations of 200-250cc motorized motorcycles that you can make as a reference to see the advantages of each variant. Here is a list of 200-250cc motorized engine variants to choose from;
Honda Cbr250r And Cbr250rr
In 2011, Honda released the CBR250R model which had an injection engine. At that time, the motorbike carrying the 249cc engine capacity was provided by CBU by Astra Honda Motor (AHM), as the official supplier of Honda motorcycles in Indonesia. The CBR 250R underwent a total change in appearance in 2014, namely adopting a dual light model. But the motor for Rp.46.8 – 55.2 million did not seem able to tackle the might of Kawasaki who had more experience playing in the sports segment for trade lines in Indonesia. The single cylinder 250cc engine did not sell well when applied to the CBR 250R. It turns out that in the view of Kenji Kawai, Large Project Leader of the Honda Motorcycle R&D Center, Japan, Indonesians prefer the crisp roar of a double cylinder engine, because in appearance it will be more supportive. Various advanced technologies are embedded in the sport motorbike produced at Honda’s factory in Karawang, West Java, including the Ride By Wire Throttle System gas twisting technology. AHM Marketing Director, Margono Tanuwijaya, said that there are two types to be marketed, namely the standard type and the ABS type. The price is in the range of IDR 63 to IDR 68 million for the standard type, and IDR 64 to IDR 74 million for the ABS type.
Yamaha R25, MT25, and XMax scooter
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (YIMM) presents a range of motorcycles with 250cc engine capacity locally made which have been exported to several countries, ranging from sports fairing models, streetfighter, to scooter. The first model, the Yamaha YZF-R25 was officially introduced in Indonesia in May 2014. The motorbike carrying the DOHC two-cylinder injection engine is capable of producing an output power of 36 hp. What distinguishes MT-25 and R25 products is the physical appearance. As mentioned above that the pure R25 carries a sport fairing motorbike model, while the MT-25 further emphasizes the naked bike character. YIMM released the R25 model with a tag of Rp53 million, for the standard type. Meanwhile, to bring the ABS type, funds that must be prepared are Rp59 million. And lately the connoisseurs of scooter motorcycles in Indonesia were shocked by YIMM’s efforts to produce locally, the next generation of Max’s family. After NMax is selling well brought by motorists in Indonesia, YIMM is now preparing XMax which is a scooter with a 250cc engine capacity. Although he confirmed that he was preparing a 250 cc scooter, YIMM’s GM Marketing Assistant, Mohammad Masykur, did not want to talk much.
Suzuki Inazuma And Burgman 200
Suzuki only issued one type of 250cc motorbike in Indonesia, namely Inazuma, which has been present since August 2012. The dual exhaust motor is targeting the touring enthusiasts, because it comes with a cruiser model. With a sport touring motorbike scheme, As described by Okezone, the designs of the futuristic and aggressive headlamps make this motorbike look tough and powerful. Inazuma is equipped with a 250 cc two-cylinder injection engine, which is rumored to be capable of producing 24 PS of power at 8,500 rpm and 22 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm. The mechanical heart is juxtaposed with a six-speed transmission. SIS released Inzuma at a price of Rp.49.5 million, OTR Jakarta.
Meanwhile, in other products, SIS is targeting the scooter class with a 200 cc engine capacity by bringing the Burgman 200 into their Big Bike category. With a weight of 161 kg, this motor has a single cylinder SOHC injection heart pacemaker. No wonder this motorbike has not been much on the streets of Indonesia, given the high price, which is priced at Rp57.2 million. The price is quite expensive for the automatic motorbike type of 200 cc, even double the price of the Yamaha NMax (155 cc scooter, 45 cc difference) which is only Rp23.5 Million.
Price List For Yamaha High-Engine Motorcycles
GWRRA-REGIONA – As we all know, Yamaha is one of the automotive companies from Japan which has various types of motorcycles. All Yamaha-made products are always of high quality, as are high-engine motorcycles marketed in Indonesia. Unfortunately the price of Yamah’s high-engine motorbikes is very expensive, because Masbro has to spend more than 200 Million Rupiah to buy one of them. Yamaha not only provides high-cylinder 4-cylinder motorized engines, but also high-cylinder 3-cylinder motors which are claimed to have greater torque than 4-cylinder motorcycles. An example is the Yamaha MT-09 which uses a 3 cylinder engine with a capacity of 847cc. Thanks to the engine, this Yamaha high-engine motor is capable of releasing torque reaching 87.5 NM. In addition, Yamaha also provides high fairing motorized motorcycles that adopt MotoGP technology, namely R1M and R1. Both become the most expensive Yamaha high-engine motorcycles in Indonesia, so don’t be surprised if the prices are exorbitant. Now to find out how much the price of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles, please see below.
In the price list of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles, there is a model named Yamaha MT-09. Where, this one model is targeting the big bike segment that is suitable to drive for adventure. Big bike made by Yamaha is carrying a 3-cylinder engine with a capacity of 847 cc. The engine offers a very large torque that can reach 87.5 Nm which can be achieved at 8,500 rpm. While the maximum power reaches 115 PS at 10,000 rpm. Not only that, the Yamaha MT09 model also has a cool design that adopts the modern street fighter concept. Meanwhile, the price list of Yamaha MT-09 high-engine motorcycles. This motorbike will be priced at only Rp. 250 million. Then, there is a model named Yamaha MT-09 Tracker itself is a pro version of MT-09. Where, in the price list of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles, the pro version is priced with a nominal number that is far more expensive than the standard version. Naturally, if the price is more expensive considering the Yamaha MT-09 Tracker model is deliberately presented as an adventure motorbike that is more comfortable to drive when adventuring. Yamaha also complete it with a 3 cylinder engine with a capacity of 847 cc that can be relied upon when accelerating. Well, for the price itself, in the list of high-motorized Yamaha motorcycles, it is noted that this model is priced at Rp 325 million.
In addition, do not forget also that in the record price list of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles, Yamaha MT-10 models seem to be the type of street fighter that is quite popular with fans. It certainly cannot be separated from the provision of specifications and design style that is very sturdy, sporty, and muscular. Where, this time the Yamaha MT-10 type itself will be equipped with a 998 cc DOHC engine capable of spraying power up to 118.0 kW (160.4PS) @ 11,500 rpm and peak torque of 111.0 Nm (11.3 kg-m) @ 9,000 rpm. While on the other hand, for the price of Yamaha MT-10 high-engine motorbikes themselves are estimated to be in the range of Rp 200 million. Different from some of the previous models, the Yamaha TMAX DX model has become a premium scooter in the list of Yamaha high-engine motorcycles. Not just an alibi, considering that this model was designed as one of the highest class scooters with a very sporty and big-looking design. In fact, in terms of spur kitchen was very reliable by relying on a 2 cylinder engine with a capacity of 530 cc. This Maxi scooter also features Cruise Control with D-MODE which can be used to adjust the power of the 530cc 2-cylinder engine. In addition, this Yamaha high-engine motor features Traction Control System (TCS) and ABS braking system. So, it is natural that the list of high-engine motorcycles Yamaha TMAX DX is predicted to be at Rp. 100 – 200 million. Pretty expensive right?.
200-250CC Engined Motor Becomes The Target Of Motorcycle Lovers
December 7, 2019 December 7, 2019 redwolf5960
GWRRA-Regiona – 200-250cc motorized engines are often used as targets by new motorbikes who want to “go up in class”. Usually they start motorized with a low cc, then move to a 150cc engine motor sport and then to the class above. For motorists who want to “grade” 200-250cc, here are a number of motorbikes from various brands and variants that can be weighed to have.
Kawasaki Ninja And Z Series
This Japanese factory arguably offers the most 250cc motorbike choices on the local market. Kawasaki Motor Indonesia (KMI) is also arguably the first Brand Holder Agent (APM) to officially import this quarter-liter motor sport class to Indonesia. Currently there are two main choices for those of you who want to try out a Kawasaki 250cc motorbike, which are single and double cylinder engines. For the single cylinder, there is the Ninja RR Mono, which has been circulating since February 2014, and the naked version of the Z250SL was released in May 2014. Both use the 249 cc injection engine, DOHC with a maximum power of 28 hp. At present both of them are the mainstay of KMI sales in Indonesia to replace the 150cc Ninja RR 2-stroke motorbike which is no longer being produced. The Mono RR is aimed at sports motor fans while the Z250SL is aimed at everyday users who need agile and aggressive motors. KMI sold this motorbike at the most expensive price of Rp.47.8 million, and the lowest at Rp.41.5 million. For fans of two-cylinder motorcycles, there is the sport style Ninja 250 and the Z250 which is a naked version for urban users, as the blogger Iwan Banaran explained.
This type of sport fairing motorbike had undergone an engine transformation from carbuator to injection in 2012. Now, with 249cc engine specifications, 2 cylinders, DOHC, this motorbike is said to be capable of running at 32 horse power equivalent.
Ninja 250 is sold in the price range of IDR58.8-69.4 million OTR Jakarta, while the Z series is priced at IDR53.4 million for the standard type, and IDR59.4 for the type that is equipped with ABS type brakes.
Kawasaki Pulsar 200ns
This product is a partnership between Kawasaki and vehicle manufacturers from India, Bajaj Auto Limited (BAL). BAL had previously planted its own business in Indonesia, through Pulsar 135, 180 and 220 products. However, over time, since the end of 2013 the Hindustan country name finally decided to entrust their trade to KMI. However, this joint venture does not seem to benefit both parties. Automotive Kompas reportedly, differences in marketing strategies are thought to be the cause of the breakdown in the relationship between KMI and BAL. Pulsar 200 NS with a price tag of Rp23.9 million, which is included in a different product segment focused on KMI, which mostly markets premium motorcycles. In fact, in June KMI cut this price up to Rp. 15 million to spend the stock of motorcycle products that still use this carburetor engine. However, we consider this model to be your choice for those who want to experience the character of streetfighter motorcycles, but at an affordable price.
Kawasaki D-TrackerX and KLX 250S
The KMI quarter-liter motor segment is finally equipped with a range of off-road motorcycle products intended for those of you who want to feel the sensation of motorized adventure on extreme terrain. D-Tracker X and KLX 250S look similar, even equipped with a similar engine, namely a 249cc carburetor engine, DOHC single cylinder, 6 speed. But the uses are clearly different. D-Tracker X is more positioned itself as an all-terrain motor, which can go aggressively on the asphalt, but is also able to compromise on gravel (rocky and sandy). Meanwhile the pure KLX model is intended for extreme terrain. This can be seen from the contours of the tire that is messy and prominent. KMI released the D-Tracker X for Rp.63.4 million, while for the KLX 250S model, it costs more than Rp.66.6 million.
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Nancy Drew and the Secret to Keeping It Fresh
Long before I knew what a feminist was, when I was a mere indoorsy only child with a library card and a beige Windows 98 desktop, I was already a fan of Nancy Drew.
By Ariana DiValentino
Gif by Alex Hanson
Wishing to combine my affinity for the mystery novels with my already fully-fledged attachment to the computer, I remember telling my grandmother (also a Nancy Drew fan from her childhood) that I wished there were Nancy Drew PC games. And like a grandmotherly miracle worker, sure enough, she procured one for my 7th birthday.
I was instantly hooked, and so was the rest of my family. It took several of us to get through that first game— Stay Tuned for Danger, about a soap opera star who has been receiving death threats. But I flew through every other game in the series, and 15 years later, I’m still looking forward to diving into the next game over a long weekend.
What I immediately loved about the games, which are made by an independent gaming studio in Bellevue, Washington called Her Interactive, was that they were far richer both in game environment and in story than any other roleplay game I had played as a child. My cousins and I had come up on, primarily, Barbie games, but Barbie Detective and Barbie Spy were no match for the complex mysteries and puzzles put before Nancy Drew. They were exciting and intriguing, with more focus on writing and art than any game I’d played before (keeping in mind that this was 2002). Gameplay relied more on following actual leads and solving layered puzzles than fast reflexes or finding random items with the assumption that you’ll find a use for them later, like most PC mystery games up to this point. Continue reading “Nancy Drew and the Secret to Keeping It Fresh”
Author HERpothesisPosted on September 22, 2016 September 22, 2016 Categories Pop STEAM, Trailblazers, UncategorizedTags Alex Hanson, Ariana DiValentino, Computer Games, Her Interactive, Interactive Storytelling, Media, Mystery, Nancy Drew, Penny Milliken, Pop STEAM, Trailblazers, Video Games1 Comment on Nancy Drew and the Secret to Keeping It Fresh
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Where to get active in Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a treat for active and adventure travelers of all levels, with easy-to-difficult hiking trails, canoeing and kayaking, whitewater rafting, and more. Thrill-seekers flock to the country’s canopy ziplines, waterfall rappelling, parasailing, and other high-intensity fun.
Corcovado National Park
Corcovado’s rushing rivers and rustic, rugged terrain promise endless options for active travelers. The park itself is not accessible by car, most visitors arrive by air but you can hike (or horseback-ride) in–a trek that can take up to 15 hours. Canoes can be rented within the park, but availability is very limited.
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park
Rincón de la Vieja is another rugged destination, as wild as almost anywhere on Earth. Active travelers will enjoy horseback-riding to the park’s entrance, then hiking throughout the park’s rustic trails, which wind past boiling mud pots, small craters, fumaroles, and hot springs.
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Monteverde’s dense cloud forests are the ideal setting for active adventures, with approximately eight miles of hiking trails that snake through the reserve. Outside the reserve, this is an adventure playground of hanging bridges, canopy tours, horseback riding, and more. Tip: be sure to book a night hike.
Manuel Antonio National Park
Quepos and Manuel Antonio are an active travel haven on land and by sea, with hiking trails, mangrove kayaking, whitewater rafting, tree-climbing, and snorkeling, as well as adventure activities like parasailing, waverunners, ATV tours, and banana boats.
Arenal Volcano National Park
Known as the adventure capital of Costa Rica, La Fortuna (also called Arenal, after the nearby volcano) offers a full host of adrenaline-fueled activities: caving, ATV tours, hiking, ziplines, horseback riding, kayaking, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, sport fishing, waterfall rappelling, and more.
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Nike Officially Unveil the 2018 Doernbecher Collection and their Designers
Just Do It for them.
Nike’s annual celebration of children’s spirit, courage and strength, the Doernbecher Freestyle Collection, has been revealed for 2018. Nike today have introduced the six young designers, all being patients of the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, and they want you to get to know about them, their journey and what their deisnges mean to them.
The Nike Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designers for 2018 are Chloe Swientek, 10, who designed the Nike Air Force 1 Low, Joey Bates, 12, designer of the Nike SB Dunk Low, Donovon Dinneen, 11, who designed the Air Jordan 15, Aiden Barber, 9, designer of the Nike Air Max 270, Kirsten Brown, 16, who designed the Nike Air Max 97, and Payton Fentress, 12, the designer of the Nike Zoom Fly.
Nike Air Force 1 Low Doernbecher
Designed by Chloe Swientek, 10
The shoe features the word breathe, the genetic mutations that cause Chloe’s CF appear on the tongue, and a pair of lungs are tucked away on the sockliner. Replicated on the outsole is Chloe’s port, an implanted device that makes it easier for her to receive medications. And on the midsole, a special message shares Chloe’s greatest wish: Cure CF.
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Although she’s still in recovery, this witty, well-spoken girl is enjoying getting back to regular teen life—going to the movies with friends, eating pizza, and rooting for her little brother Charles at his baseball games. As for her perpetually positive attitude, she says the secret is simple: Make other people happy.
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Remember Payton Fentress’ name, because this talented young athlete has set his sights on a baseball career. A true sports fan, his shoe is a walking hall of fame, paying homage to some of the greatest moments of his favorite teams. (Like the championship dates of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Chicago Cubs.)
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Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
Phone Zaps
Jason Renard Walker
Under lock and key: I was thrown in solitary and punished for following the warden's orders
I have limited space, limited time, and am under heavy scrutiny, so I'll get straight to the point. On August 13, 2018, at 10:00 am, the pod officer, Ms Rangel, had me sent to the “front desk” of my 3-building housing location. Officer Ford-Keith told me some visitors were waiting for me in the administration building, “1 building”. She wrote me a pass to go.
Upon arrival, I was greeted by Captain Gooden; the same captain who was supposed to investigate Lt Estrada and Sgt Gilstrap's role in conspiring to chill my writings via threats of physical harm and disciplinary cases. Instead, he allowed their supervisor to take over and botch my claim.
I was put in a room where I met a tall, skinny white male in street clothes and a heavyset black male who pretended to sleep the entire time, but was actually reading my body language. The white male introduced himself as “Sergeant Rodgers from Region 2”. He never said who the black guy was.
They were supposedly there to reinvestigate an ombudsman complaint filed by a Sidney A, concerning an article I wrote about prisoners being denied respite areas during heat distress.
Apparently, Gooden conducted the initial investigation, but never informed me what the entire ombudsman complaint was based on. And his remedy to solve my issue was sending me to live in the dorms or “two other things” if the unit received another ombudsman complaint on my behalf. The droms actually have hotter living conditions than the buildings. My anecdotal support for the article in question was drawn from a heat stroke incident there. Gooden encouraged me to write him a letter instead of writing a grievance or using the ombudsman. He claimed that route was faster and more effective, but I see it as him trying to keep things off record and away from public scrutiny. Plus, in past investigations, the outcome was the complete opposite.
Rodgers admitted that, a month prior, he did a heat audit and found that the prison was in compliance, e.g. the water cooler had ice in it, the fans worked, etc. But I note that these audits were rehearsed by Gooden, who I remember coming to the pod around a month ago, looking in the cooler then walking out. I believe he passed the info to Rodgers.
For the record, around July 10 2018, I attempted to mail out the original copy of the article on denied access to respite areas, but the Security Threat Group (STG) confiscated it from the mailroom, claiming it was gang-related material. To prevent me from knowing that particular article was denied, and to delay me sending out another article, the mailroom supervisor, Ms Arnold, claimed incoming mail from an individual was denied because it contained a letter discussing gang stuff. She even had the denial form filled out stating that the letter was incoming mail. She claimed to have read the letter.
I spoke to the other mailroom clerk, who told me to appeal it because it was really an article I wrote being sent to the individual talking about heat strokes. I confronted Arnold about this, she claimed she made a mistake. Under pressure, Arnold admitted that the STG office sent her a memo, telling her to deny the article because the words [this section is censored, but from context elsewhere it seems very likely that the censored words are “black panther”] were restricted content.
But what this delay did was give the prison the heads-up on the basis of my claim, which they took advantage of by making a few adjustments, then staging a heat audit to offset the ombudsman complaints that routinely pour in following my published exposés. This same type of denial was previously overturned on appeal in a similar incident, so it seems likely the censorship of the heat article will be overturned as well. Arnold told me that no matter how many times the DRC uphold my appeals, as long as my articles or their titles contain the same words, they will be denied.
Rodgers said he would investigate my allegations of being denied respite.
Around 11:40am, me and other prisoners were lined up in front of the law library, waiting for the session to start. Out of nowhere, Lieutenant Ricks, a control freak who is a mirror image of Grace Jones in the movie Mad Max, ordered us to stand on the sidewalk that blocked the protective custody prisoners from coming back from eating.
The warden and the major told us if we ever get caught standing there, we would be written “out of place” cases and sent home. They also said that the heat was another reason for us not to be there. The place he told us to stand is in a shaded area, has a constant breeze generated from the roof blocking the sun, and every time the education building is opened, fresh air-conditioned wind blows on us, and we aren't obstructing any traffic flow. And we stay cool.
I explained this to Ricks, who said she didn't care about any orders but her own. I asked her if I could use the education building as a respite area, since standing out in the open exposed me to the humidity, and at the time the air wasn't blowing, so it was humid even in the safe zone. I was told that the only thing I would get was “handcuffs, gas and a beatdown” if I didn't comply.
Even though the warden told us to contact him if this situation occurred, this request was denied as well. The law library staff, Officer Smith, Officer Nation, Officer Doddy and their supervisor, Wells, are aware of this order, and have previously run off captains who tried what Ricks tried. For one reason or another, they feared confronting Ricks.
I explained the respite policy to Ricks, but she didn't care. She stated “I don't give a fuck about a policy, you in the penitentiary, dumbass.” I asked her to call her supervisor, but instead she called several lower-ranking staff with a camera and a lieutenant. “Now you getting handcuffed, gassed and beatdown, watch,” she said with a devilish grin.
I agreed to stand in the open, but she told me it was too late and that I would be beat into compliance. At this point, Officer Doddy came out of the building to see what was going on. She'd forced the witnessing prisoners to stand far away and face in the other direction so they couldn't see or hear. I knew something was wrong, because she used unusual codes over her radio and never stated the actual problem. I believe this alerted certain individuals.
Before the camera turned on, I heard the black sergeant tell the other that, when I attempted to put my hands behind my back, to pull me and he would gas me. I believe this was when the “beatdown” would occur. I remained silent and didn't move until my arm was grabbed and handcuffed.
Moments before I was handcuffed, the black sergeant pulled out a can of gas and pointed it in my face, and right as he was about to pull the trigger, the white lieutenant told him not to gas me.
On my way to lock-up, Ricks took my mesh bag containing my law library materials, and when it was returned, an entire manilla envelope was gone.
I received a disciplinary case for refusing to obey an order (refusing to be handcuffed and beaten) and creating a disturbance (requesting respite and refusing to disobey the warden's order).
This prevents me from qualifying for parole in June 2019, and it has ultimately resulted in making it harder for me to litigate, as I'm constantly having things taken.
At this time, I'm only allowed to have hygiene items, and if it wasn't for another prisoner smuggling me an envelope and a stamp, I wouldn't have been able to send this out as fast as I did. Please flood the warden's office and the Ombudsman with complaints. This is what they fear and it's starting to have some effect.
Jason Renard Walker #1532092
Telford Unit
New Boston, TX 75570
[typist's note: you can contact the TDCJ Ombudsman at ombudsman@tdcj.texas.gov, as well as the Telford Unit’s management at 903-628-3171 and garth.parker@tdcj.texas.gov ]
Topic: Prisoner Injustice, Prisoner Resistance
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Juicy J & Travi$ Scott "Never Sober Tour" Announced
by Andres Tardio
Juicy J has announced that he is slated to go on tour with with Travi$ Scott on the “Never Sober” tour.
No official release dates have been published, but Juicy J took to his Twitter yesterday (January 22) to release this information.
“Me & Travi$ Scott #neversobertour coming soon,” Juicy said.
Recently, J made headlines when he hosted a twerk contest. Juicy recently announced that Zaire Holmes was the winner of his $50,000 Twerk Scholarship. Holmes, a 19-year-old biology student at State College of Florida, did not twerk because she said the official contest rules did not require twerking.
Travi$ Scott made headlines in 2013 when he said his performance in BET’s Hip Hop Awards cypher was “ass.” The rapper explained that he freestyled the verse and added that he was underwhelmed by the beat that he was meant to rhyme over.
Juicy’s Twitter post about the upcoming tour can be found below.
Me & Travis Scott #neversobertour coming soon!
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) January 22, 2014
RELATED: Travi$ Scott Criticizes His BET Cypher Verse
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Rupert spills the beans on Angie
The email inbox here at Hoaxtead Research is a funny thing. We receive all sorts, from death threats and lectures from people who still believe there’s a cult operating in Hampstead, to tips and information about ongoing stories. But every now and then we find something truly special—as we did last night.
Rupert Quaintance IV was arrested on Wednesday last, and while we’re still in the dark about his current whereabouts and legal status, we were most interested to receive an email from someone who was in touch with him via Facebook text in the days leading up to his arrest.
Our anonymous informant offered us a series of screenshots from a conversation they’d had with Rupert. We think they offer some intriguing insights, not only into Rupert and his relationship with Angie, but his opinion of the Hoaxtead pushers as a whole, and the potential future of his so-called ‘documentary’.
We present the screenshots to you here, just as we received them:
There you have it: Rupert finds Angela “disgusting”, “abusive”, and “gross”, and he was unimpressed with her claim that they were “in love with each other”. We wonder whether Angie really does understand the depth of Rupert’s loathing for her. As we’ve seen, she has an uncanny ability to twist reality until it suits her purposes, and there’s no reason to believe she’d do any differently in her relationship with Rupert.
We were interested to note that Rupert is dismissive of the “MKULTRA porn” that Angela and her fellow Hoaxtead pushers find so fascinating; and he says “I have distanced myself from all of them. I’ve seen all I need to”.
Is it safe to say that having accepting Angela’s generosity in paying for his flight to London, Rupert suddenly discovered that he’d bitten off far more than he could chew?
He sounds deeply disappointed in his grand European adventure now: not only does he despise Angie, but even the sainted Kevin Galalae is starting to sound like a less than delightful travel companion. (Not that anyone could have predicted that.) He’s broke, he’s been arrested, he’s disgusted with the entire business.
In fact, here are a couple of snippets from Rupert yesterday, responding to a slagfest between Angie and Yannis:
If we didn’t know better, we’d say the fight’s gone right out of him. Ah well, bravado and big talk will only get one so far. If Rupert’s wise, he’ll take that as a lesson.
18/09/2016 in Hoaxer infighting. Tags: Angela Power-Disney, Hampstead hoax, Rupert Quaintaince IV
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137 thoughts on “Rupert spills the beans on Angie”
Gone but not forgotten Rupert…. Not by a long chalk. After what you’ve done, of your own volition, you don’t get to come back from this. NO matter how you paint it you issued threats against innocent people. Desecrated things that matter, and made false accusations against people who had done nothing wrong. – all in pursuit of some childish idiotic ‘dream’ you have of fame. You’ve hurt little children; left them with nightmares, maybe scarred them for life. Disrupted the lives of decent families. No….. You don’t walk away from that.
You’re NEVER coming back from this and can forget any ideas of ‘making it’ in entertainment. You never had any skill or talent anyway – but this ends it. Take yourself OFF the internet completely and hope and pray somebody lets you shovel shit for a living.
How to deactivate your account Rupert…..
1) Click the downward arrow at the top right of any Facebook page.
2) Click “Security” in the left column.
3) Choose “Deactivate your account”, then follow the steps to confirm.
And BTW I think the lads may be round for a chat later. Don’t get up though; they’ve got a key……
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/resources/images/1926763/
It’s simple. People have been terrorised by the stuff and people he thinks is so great to get involved in …….. for ratings …….. a quick buck. Well done Rupert.
Well, it’s not like we didn’t try to warn him….
He obviously has no concept of the damage he’s done or how angry people are. Quite why he would chose to exploit and offend the very people that might have helped his ambitions is beyond any fathoming. But he needs to understand his days as a backwater hotel clerk were the pinnacle of his career.
It’s interesting: I think one reason people are so furious with Rupert is his incredible arrogance, combined with the truly terrible choice he made to follow Angie, who is clearly a foul individual, a liar with no conscience and no scruples. So many bad choices, and where has it led? Hardly to the success and fame he craves.
He obviously thinks increasing an Internet radio station’s ratings is worth it. He’s more mercenary than I thought, and that’s an incredible streak of cruelty to carry round. I pity him to be honest. It is a trait of psychopaths. As is grandiosity.
I saw him be rude to the Erith woman. That sealed it for me. That was him being natural, himself, with a woman who did nothing more than look out of her front door at what was going on in the alley by her flat.
Yes, that was Rupert in an unguarded, unrehearsed moment. It was not a pretty sight.
Rupert is a spoilt brat, lazy and dim-witted. And fundamentally dishonest. This is one reason why he thinks fame can simply be grasped without paying the appropriate dues. – He’s never grown beyond that childish ‘pretend’ stage where one day you can be a Fireman and in the afternoon a Doctor; his life is just play-acting. And he’s got away with that because no-one has made him stand on his own two feet. ….This internet ‘radio’ station? Just a child’s toy really; the 21st century equivalent of a CB set! ‘Film maker’? Wandering around like some twelve-year-old with a toy camera…. It’s all just childish fantasy.
But I’m afraid he went far too far when he started interfering with the real lives of grown-ups.
Yes, that’s the real crux of it: when his actions started causing people to fear for their children’s safety, it stopped being fun and games.
I think Joe Kerr says everything I think so no need to repeat it except I don’t forgive anyone who has contributed to the attempts to destroy even further, the lives of the 2 kids in this drama and their father and all those other innocent North London folk including that poor woman who fled her church flat with her kids.
Everyone else’s comments are also spot on.
And you do not get to tell the world : ” these people want to fuck little kid’s arseholes and it almost makes you want to try it to see what it’s like” or say you pissed up against a church wall ( I’m non-religious but have total respect for anyone’s religious beliefs and would never insult them for it) of infer you carry a knife which is a serious crime in the UK and then ramble on about how many bloody guns you and your mum have, and put these things on the web for the direct purpose of making people believe it’s true and then back peddle like crazy. moaning when it all goes arse over tit.
And staying with and being friendly with people like Power-Disney and then calling her all sorts of names because the whole shemozzle fell apart just shows that you ain’t no Southern Gentleman and are still just an arrogant prick.
Is there a link to that? I missed that. Need to see any Rupert Action that re-enforces his capacity to be a Class One Prat.
Yes, it’s not as if Angie wasn’t obviously a lying manipulator from the start. Seems odd to be surprised now.
It was on his GoFundMe page, I believe.
I watched the video on his GoFundme page (hard going- arrogance abounds) but I had to stop for a while after spluttering my tea yet again when he boasts the:
“trolls said I would be arrested..and I came through here twice now and no problems whatsoever” LOL.
It’s true..he cannot deny we didn’t warn him about everything that has unfolded.
Also note : Angie has now added a post to her Irish demo stating “this is how the Irish do it” (apparently the Irish ‘do it’ like every other bloody nation does) several hours after Hoaxtead queries the photo and one cleverly unmasked it as not a snap taken in London.
Poor Angie- it’s all unraveling.
Is Rupert still in England?
It seems to me that Rupert must be waiting for a court case otherwise why is he sticking around.
Perhaps he didn’t listen to the people on here because we told him so and that made him want to stick by Angela longer than he has.
At least he has finally realised what she is.
I don’t understand re the Yannis “YUCK” Emmanuol situation why Rupert didn’t just delete the whole thread where he says he’s had enough etc. If it was too much just delete…
As for tor this Quaintance goose ludicrously stating the UK will be “legalizing child sex abuse” perhaps he should read this report:
“”Even if the true prevalence of child sexual abuse is not known, most will agree that there will be 500,000 babies born in the US this year that will be sexually abused before they turn 18 if we do not prevent it,” according to the Children Assessment Centre (CAC).
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau report Child Maltreatment 2010 found that 16% of young people aged 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized in that year, and over the course of their lifetime, 28% of young people in the US, aged 14 to 17, had been sexually victimized.”
Quaintance is a vacuous lightweight phony who seized upon a scheme fomented by an Irish scammer as a way of getting a free trip to the UK but it blew up in his face.
# and what DID happen to those pals in Rome on their hunger strike? Dropped for being no longer of use?
The real problem for Rupert Wilson Quainance is that he has now ensured an entire internet trail of his infractions, scams and arrest has been laid out for all the world to see. We still don’t know the details of his arrest but we will eventually.
When people go for a job these days (unlike in my youth) there are another 200 seeking that job. Antone with the slightest mark against their name doesn’t get past first base. Unfair but that’s reality and probably as true in Culpepper as in London.
If his dad does work associated with the CIA I reckon he would be appalled with his son’s reckless adventure. Rupert should atone for his actions by taking up genuine charity work in Culpepper- feeding the homeless and so on until he has redeemed himself.
Sounds to me by the very muted way he is posting remarks and his “I’m outa this particular scam” and ” I wuz fooled by a crazy lady” he may still be in the UK and has been advised by a lawyer to cool his language.
I think if he were back in the USA he would be laying into how ghastly and corrupt the British cops are and the legal system is run by pedos and The Cult deliberately silenced the Great Warrior etc etc, yadda yadda, blah,blah blah.
## I still believe it’s all about a visa irregularity and it’s not uncommon for Immigration to delay immediately deporting an offender and because illegal workers are such a huge problem they may chose to charge him and put him through the court process for maximum publicity.
Of course even I can be wrong !!
LOL, Angela will shit when she sees this.
And Rupert will be so pissed off when he realises his convo wasn’t as private as he thought. EC’s contact has really done a number on him and stabbed in in the back. So sneaky, so mean…and I for one truly appreciate it. Hehe 😀
Roger Flutterby says:
A lot of these old posts and comments have taken on a whole new meaning now. LOL 😀
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/qbert-gets-cold-feet
I’m trying to find an old screenshot of a conversation that Danielle George (I think) had with Rupert around March/April, in which he admitted that the donations to his GoFundMe (especially Angie’s £1,000) were a bit much and implied that he was regretting getting involved…
Sorry, I can’t find the screenshot in question but this is a related one, posted at the time:
Oh now I see the Rome hunger striker IS Kevin Galalae- so hard to keep track of these truthers.
I see there is yet another of these ‘TV Networks ” which are just Youtube channels but this one called WHDT World Television service goes all out with a suited talking head and a back drop that looks very kosher and so on but really- it’s just another form of deception by amateurs imitating real TV networks and trying to give the appearance of a solid entity when it’s just cheap smoke & mirrors.
On this one the ‘newsreader’ says in 2014 that Galalae’s hunger strike may force The Pope to ..oh I don’t know…do something like come out of The Vatican and speak to Kevin but of course he did sod all connected with them.
What a strange world they inhabit. I mean we do live in a strange world full of media we can’t really trust but this Truther Mob take it to a whole new level where they fool themselves and a few 100 devoted followers if they are lucky.
And they call us a Cult !!
Oh and lest we forget:
(Go to 4:57)
Back-tracking par excellence:
From early April:
I wonder whether it was Papa Quaintance the Turd or Ma Kazza who used to whack Rupert with a paddle.
And it does rather beg the question of why she’s been unable to upload any real pics of the child abuse rally that she, ahem, definitely did attend.
My prediction is that in her next video, Angie will bang on about how Rupert was brainwashed and/or mind-controlled by the cult while he was in police custody.
Rupert handled this opportunity badly, he would have been better to have taken note of journalists such as Louise Theroux in approaching the Hamsptead subject from a less confrontational, objective and open-ended point of view. I doubt many of those opposing the hoax were willing to talk to Rupert, so all he has is the material of crazies such as Jake Clarke and Neelu Berry to play with for his “documentary.”
Rupert Wilson Quaintance IV was never middle of the road in his public actions and words, he waged war on the innocent victims of this hoax, he waged war against Satanism, he waged war on the children. Rupert is the one Satan Hunter who has pissed me off the most.
People’s mothers read about all this stuff that Abraham Christie and Ella Draper torturned their children into saying about them. People’s mothers know about shit through people’s doors. People’s mothers know about emails sent to everyone at their child’s workplace. People’s mothers know that their children have fireproofed their doors against arson and petrol bombs. People’s mothers know their families have had to move. People’s mothers know their grandchildren have had to move school because of a pair of evil POS.
Rupert and his mum get really butthurt. People in the UK are supposed just be all smiles and nicey nicey about all this utter evil.
I think we’ve got to wait until Thursday for the latest update “show”.
Madam says she is travelling tomorrow.
Well it’s not to Luton’s Coral Unit or Luton Airport but to Lanzarote.
Nice work if you can get it.
Funny how Angela never explains how she gets the money she lives on, or how she pays for all of her travel, mmm…
From what I have heard, the present Pope is quite good at getting back to people if they approach him through the regular channels. I don’t suppose he would get back to anyone who was clearly mad and accusing him of being involved in a New World Order depopulation plot.
The truth is more like, Rupert’s had a complete break from the manipulating Angela and come to his senses finally.
He’s realised all the people he’s involved himself with in this hoax are “nuts” in some way.
He can’t wait to get back home to Mom and wants to break away from everyone involved with this Hampstead saga, but they came on his fb page and stirred things again for him.
Yucky Yannis and Agitator Angie.
He will come out of this realising there was no such thing as a free lunch.
As for any future career well there probably never was going to be one anyway.
Rupert had all the privileges and didn’t get anywhere…
Angela Power Disney is now carrying Rupert’s baby, after their nights of sexual passion.
amama says:
Nevertheless “they’re all nuts” is a sign that a glimmer of reality is beginning to shine through the brain clouds. “All nuts”. Group psychosis, folie a multitude.
This is fascinating stuff. We did speculate that Rupert might not be as green as he is cabbage looking. The thing is, Hoaxtead is not the sort of subject that can be turned into a documentary. The involvement of children makes it almost impossible to do without breaching existing court orders or further invading the privacy of the victims. The Hoaxers can be exposed, but their victims will want to remain anonymous.
She will have about every benefit and hand out milkable from the system,together with a few charity wheezes,insurance fiddles and no doubt other yet to be uncovered earners.
The woman is one of lifes opportunists and void of any scruples or conscience. She considers herself entitled and can do precisely as she pleases.She even believes she has the big G covering her arse!!!If anything does not “fit” with her world(like say the truth)she will seek onlt to to eliminate it.
Nothing will ever change inside Angie but the world can hopefully learn to give her a wide berth.Sadly after all this there will be fresh victims and until she is raptured in one way or another that is the unfortunate situation.
I suspect her kids bit by bit will gravity away from her grip and she may at best receive occasional duty xmas cards etc.The real worth and wheat in life will seep away through the cracks and Angie will end up as a sack of shit decaying in an obscure u bend of history.Not a beautiful life.
What a fucking idiot he is…..
I’m certain they have the equivalent of our FE/HE colleges over there. If he wanted to get into performance why didn’t he sign up for a course, join some theatre groups, perhaps even move on to study at Bachelor level? Too lazy and stupid to pay his dues that’s why.
Journalists such as Louise Theroux are educated people who took the time to learn and understand the rules and work with the backup of a team of experts….. Directors, Commissioning Editors, Lawyers and Paralegals, Researchers, PR, Technicians et.
Rupert is (literally) some wanker with a flea-market tripod, a shitty toy video camera of the type your Granny might take on holiday, lacking the patience to edit and with no clue of how the law or the world works.
That prank is just nasty 😮
Actually, if you know what you’re doing a subject like Hoaxtead might well yield, or at least contribute to a legitimate documentary. A skilled professional would understand perfectly how to work within the constraints of standard reporting restrictions. An honest agent would faithfully report the story that emerges. And they would understand the limits that professionalism places on someone positioning themselves as an insider; especially in terms of their future reporting.
Rupert, on the other hand, is every bit as cabbage as he is cabbage looking. He’s done, I doubt the hotel will have him back now, they’ll be made aware of his antics and the likely impact on bookings. He should perhaps apply to the local Cleansing Department; though I can understand if people object to him walking the streets and coming near their children.
Seems to be a film prop….. I agree, you shouldn’t go around doing that to people, but it’s really skilfully made.
Keep digging, fruitloop!
By the way, how’s this for shoveling? She’s posted that comment under the pics of her posing by Big Ben etc., not of the one of the Dublin water bill march that she hilariously tried to pass off as a London child abuse rally. She knows full well what pics we’re referring to.
And as for Kristie Sue Costa, the mad bint has actually been PMing a number of us (not the other way round), desperate for dirt on Angie’s fake pic and ‘alleged’ no-show. LOL
The KSC ‘article’ is up:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/believe-the-children/panem-circenses/251732221889110
This really is a bloody soap opera, isn’t it. And in this Angie v Kristie episode, it’s impossible to know who to root for, as they’re both arseholes. A plague on both arseholes, I say.
“Since early-2015, there have been extensive online efforts to discredit the testimony of the two children involved in the Hampstead allegations, and in particular, the integrity of their mother who first reported the allegations to authorities.”
Actually, Kristie Sue, Ella discredited herself bye…er…NOT reporting the abuse to the authorities. No, that was left to her brother-in-law Jean Clement, because Ella and Abe couldn’t be arsed.
How she manages all this when her bank account is empty I really can’t fathom.
Yes, that’s my understanding as well.
KSC has written a whole section on ‘Spreading Horrible Rumours’.
“Angela claims the information came from a reliable source (in her opinion) yet has not seen any concrete evidence to confirm or deny the allegations to date. Quite an irresponsible act to publish such allegations without seeing the evidence, or doing a little research…”
No hypocrisy there, then.
Incoming…… A collective response to Rupert follows.
1) You’re a liar… There is blending in and there is rolling about in the shit. Delusional idiot that you are, you thought you could just play Journalist and score a free world tour. You backed the wrong donkey. But in the process you CHOSE to abuse a lot of innocent people. As Joe points out, many of them are the very folk that could have assisted you in your aspirations. Your doors are now closed.
2) You got caught in the middle because you ran there and started goading people. Take a look in the mirror you fucked-up puny little stick insect. Yes, you’re not only a ‘disappointment’ your a fraud and a failure. And there is a cost to that.
3) You want to apologise? Then you remove EVERY piece of social media content you ever posted and you leave a single paragraph apology on them all. You go back to Virginia and live the life of the nobody you are. And pray, just pray, that when you inherit nobody comes after you for every sorry penny you never earned. Be aware that you’ve upset REAL Journalists REAL Lawyers and REAL entertainment people. Lift your face off the floor you’re sweeping and they’ll see to it you’re living in a cardboard box under a bridge just like your Italian friends. Capiche?
4) You didn’t get “investigatey”. – That’s nowhere in your skillset. You are a delusional arsehole. Your and your family’s name are now MUD thanks to your antics. You’ll get your shitty little toy camera and flea market tripod back. Expect your holiday snaps to be erased; but in any case… Use a frame of it and a great big huge machine will come along and sue the Quaintance clan into obscurity. – We don’t care if your brother has a machine gun or mommy packs a piece in her knickers. What we do will be legal and justified, unlike the shit you got up to.
5) We expect to see you deleting yourself by 00:00 hours GMT on the 20th of September.
Oh, now, don’t confuse her with facts. You know how she gets.
Hahahahahahaha!! 😂😂😂
Nobody believes for a moment you were ever going to “burn the activists down”. IF that were the case you would NEVER have used rhetoric that left little children frightened to go to sleep at night in case you ‘kicked down the doors’ of their school or even their home. You wouldn’t have hurt and frightened little old ladies by implying you were literally pissing on their sincerely-held Christian beliefs ( some fucking ‘conservative’ you are!) and waiting around the corner with a ‘biscuit’ (i.e. blade) in your pocket!
Where the fuck do you get off leaving some respectable straight-laced old person too frightened to go to church on a Sunday?
It’s quite comical that you tried to play the tough guy Rupert, you’re such an underdeveloped little man! But still, anyone who knew what they were doing and was capable of infiltrating such a group would have known better than to cross that line. Incidentally – the ‘group’ responsible for the above response includes the very Lawyers who hope to have the opportunity to financially cripple you and your family. And some very angry policemen too! You have a chance to walk. – Walk! Fast and far!
For Ghost of Sam, if you have not found it already.
Rupert being “charming” from about 2m20 on
uh?, dont know why that is not showing but for Ghost of Sam.
Go to his Facebook page
hi its rupert
click on videos and it is a fairly recent one labelled ‘UK Pedos: Update 2’. He starts his ‘hearts and minds’ charm offensive (!) on the local people at about 2m20s
Don’t worry, mate – it is showing. If you can’t see it, it’s because you’ve been blocked by Rupert. And don’t take that personally – he does it to all of us, LOL.
Whatever Rupert has been busted for, his experience has reduced him to a cowardly cringing puppy.
Yes, the problem of course is that when we expose her lies, she must lie about having lied. It’s all very complicated.
He was that already. – Thought he could snarl like a big dog.
Oh, at very least. And I will see your “they brainwashed/mind-controlled Rupert” and raise you a “they injected Angie with cancer”. I’m still fully expecting a cancer scare from her, and I’m sure it’ll be linked in some way to “MKULTRA”.
I had a puppy once who used to run around yapping and piddling on the carpet. If you scolded him, he’d yap louder and piddle more…he never really seemed to realise that the yapping and piddling were what caused the scolding.
Eventually, that dog was able to be housetrained. I wonder if the same will be said for Rupert?
Yes, I think “what’s wrong with Angie” comes down to a malignant personality disorder. She’s stated this in at least one of her videos, seemed to think it was a joke. It’s not.
He is a cringing puppy with no teeth.
She’s already done the cancer scare thing, though. She mentioned it the other day, saying she was cured using cannabis. She must be running out of scam ideas now.
Yes, before he decided to come here to raise hell, he might have thought just a little bit about the people he would be attacking. It’s not as if this was a spur of the moment decision: he and Angie had plenty of time to work it all out, and the hoax has been debunked several ways, in various places around the internet.
I cannot imagine being so dense as to think that he’d be welcomed, or even received neutrally, by people who have been through what the victims of this hoax have endured.
Two new ones from MKD/CCNE:
Not really…… Talk is circulating now of the Quaintances being sued. Certain individuals have obtained diagnosis of what for the moment I’ll mis-label ‘PTSD’ type ilness as the result of what Rupert did aggravated by Karen’s involvement/endorsement. And some of these people have the knowledge connections and financial clout to start proceedings against him through the U.S. courts. – Unlike Rupert, they’re not fantasists. And are angry enough to start throwing six-figure lawsuits at both Rupert and Karen.
He and his family might not be left with a house for him to be house-trained to!
Haha, Angie will be over the moon to see she’s been soundtracked by her bête noire Cliff Richard 😀
Running out of scam ideas? Angie? Nevah!
Not odd, just dishonest.
You mean the one that ahem, definitely did happen? The one that didn’t consist of two Collies and a man who thought he was going to meet Stirling Moss? The one that didn’t collapse due to being overrun by nutcases?
what a coincidence! sabine who was involved in the hollie greigg scam was good friends with ella, what are the odds?
Astonishing, isn’t it? We posted a series about the genesis of the hoax some time ago; it might be time to revive those posts. 🙂
The very one! I’m waiting for a firsthand account of the event…will let you know when it comes in.
I thought she was a huge fan of Cliffs? Especially as her life is all about driving as fast as possible towards the edge of one!
If she is, she hides it very well!
He couldn’t have regretted it that much as he kept asking for more money at every opportunity that he had.
Surely if yesterday was any success, numbers wise then Angie wouldn’t hesitate to post the photos up. So i think her silence says it all.
He was that…… In fact he was milking it for all he was worth right up to the point where the Police lifted him. He’s only back-pedalling now because he realises he’s in serious trouble, his toys have been taken off him and there is a very good chance he and his mother are going to be hit with substantial lawsuits.
And it is a pleasure to see Rupert for the coward that we said he was all along.
No wonder Cliff says they have almost destroyed his life.
How many goons are there out there just like this Irish battleaxe that simply accept any accusation as long as it involves their favourite subject- child abuse (apart from one of the allegations had Cliff on roller skates, skating down a High Street and suddenly veering into a ship to grope a lad and out again and then return a few minutes later, quick fumble and then zoom off on his skates!)
Whatever happens with this Hoaxtead case which I believe will peter out of it’s own accord eventually given the main players are now all facing court and are bound to be given even stricter silence orders – I’m determined this Power-Disney dame is not let off the hook. She must pursued and exposed so no-one gets taken in be her again.
As for Rupert Quaintance now claiming he was never really part of these fanatics, who does he think he’s kidding? He actively encouraged people to post images of the children. And now I’ve seen his arrogant go at some poor lady who opened her door and probably wondered why some goon was wondering up and down her alley way- he shall not be forgiven for his rudeness.
Obviously no-one went to that rally because they weren’t going in the first place. For the vast majority of Hoaxers this matter is already becoming a bore and they are looking for a new sensation. It was just the hardcore and they all got arrested, except Angie and her pathetic attempt to pretend there was a rally- she’s just one really bad liar.
The Hollie Greigg case proved you could cause immense damage in people’s lives (the falsely accused) and almost get away with it. But those brave ladies fought back and eventually cleared their names but it took a few years.
i think Ella took note and thought she could cause the same grief for her ex-husband but with the career criminal Abraham Christie on the case the whole thing blew up into a drama that hit the national media and blew up in their faces.
MK Ultra 666esque level of dark image play there Spiny.Top work 😉
Rupert on APD “Lets just say when I visited her, oh it was terrible.”
Call me inquisitive, but I’d love him to expand on that..
And lest we forget they got the scamming bastard Robert Green incarcerated.
He says he has a recording of Angela and Kevin being abusive to him. I’d pay to hear that.
I dont suppose he has made contact with that nurse at Jakes clinic whom he insulted and blazened across the internet.He is in damage limitation made. When he is back in his safe space with momie he will most likely revert to type eg complete wanker.
His antics are unforgivable even if he was an 18 year old kid,the fact that he is pushing 40 makes this individual terminally beyond the pail.Well done Karen for defending him and not reigning him in.Shit child, shit parents.
This is exactly why people are talking about going after them financially Mik. When he was posting here as FOTW the other night he was as arrogant as ever and only started to get rattled when it became clear he was fooling no-one. Once he gets back to the US he will start imagining himself invincible again. Him and the old bat that raised him need hitting where it hurts; with these ‘types’ that’s in the pocketbook.
Yeah come on Rupert if ya gonna splll the beans go the full hog.
Actually Sam/Lisa, one of the big problems with the Hollie Greig case is that the authorities FAILED to clear the names of the people Green had defamed. The ladies you refer to didn’t get anyone put away. – Green was jailed for breach of the peace, mainly on the basis that he had frightened people on a certain Aberdeen housing estate. Which – like the carry on with Neelu and Sabine – was a completely inappropriate charge. Green only went down because instead of defending himself he tried to use his own trial as a platform to pursue his wider bizarre agenda. His subsequent visits inside were due to him breaching various orders and conditions.
It’s was, I’m told on good authority, said by one of Scotland’s leading criminal defence lawyers that Green’s conviction was “unfortunate and unnecessary”. – But (as was also put to me) ‘his own mother’ sitting as Sheriff would have had no choice but to convict him and the complete pile of bloody nonsense he offered as a ‘defence’ was of absolutely no relevance to the charge he was facing! There isn’t a shred of doubt that beyond what she was compensated for the allegations in relation to Hollie Greig are not supported by a shred of evidence, and actually debunk themselves (like Hoaxtead). But the one thing that keeps it ‘in the air’ is that the whole debacle represents a twisted failure of justice. – The links to McKenzie and other well-known scammers, and even (arguably) a now-convicted child rapist only make the waters surrounding the Hollie Greig hoax muddier!
Don’t tell him that…he’ll have a pay-per-view site up next, LOL.
I know, it’s interesting. Not quite the way Angie would like the world to see it, but that’s no surprise.
Am I the only one who finds it amusing that the way the nutters convince one another that their ‘news channels’ are legit is by dressing them up to look like…well, the dreaded mainstream media (MSM)?
Rupert: “…I’d really like my equipment back…” seems to be the crux of the biscuit, IMO.
I think he’s hoping that “I totally agree with the police now”, etc., will facilitate the return of his equipment.
But I already bought it, through a “seized items” auction, and crushed it in an industrial garbage compactor 🙂
What a terrible thing to do, JS! Now you owe Rupert at least $5.
Rupert has said himself that his dream is to live by being on camera and has looked at Alex Jones as an inspiration. However, most of what Jones puts out is attacking adults that to some degree expect to be attacked. Politicians and big business…etc.
This case involves the average person and their children. People have truly been harmed by this case and they are still being attacked. To put it mildly, Rupert was very misguided to have chosen this as a subject matter, regardless of how neutral he now claims to be. Even more misguided to have aligned himself with Angie, one of the worst for spreading misinformation, disinformation and outright lies.
As others have said, the most interesting documentary angle would be looking at the dynamics of Angie and her friends. If you look at documentaries about WBC, survivalists, UFO enthusiasts, Scientologists…etc, what makes it interesting is the relationships between those members and what brings them together. The likes of Angie, Sabine, Neelu, Belinda…etc, really are a cult. A cult worthy of investigation. The only real cult in this case.
Very much so, Dave. Scarlet Scoop was saying that when she founded the blog a year and half ago, but it bears repeating.
C.I.A says:
https://m.facebook.com/notes/believe-the-children/panem-circenses/251732221889110/?__mref=message_bubble
Rupert can dream, as many do, until he’s blue in the face. But he’s clearly unprepared to learn the basics of the craft to which he aspires. He’s what we call a ‘mug punter’. And has bought the snake-oil version of media success. He’s not bright enough to realise that people like Alex Jones are just the 21st century evolution of the old side-show travelling salesmen. And they are basically there to shift ‘Dr Good’ style rubbish. – Additionally, these guys are seriously invested in the literacy of their genre and the technology which underpins it….. It’s a cold business.
Rupert remains just a random tosser with a toy video camera. – And it’s maybe part of the great game that the likes of Alex Jones isn’t honest enough to reign a clown like this in. He won’t be ‘too keen’ on competition for his audience share. And where it does ’emerge’ it will be from within a carefully vetted ‘inner circle’. As for Angie, Neelu Sabine and the rest of the ‘McKenzie Group’ scams. – They seem to be part of a relatively small ‘pool’ of London based criminals that have been running various scams since at least the early 1980s. I do know of people who are researching themes surrounding them. More than that I’d prefer not to say.
He’ll get his toy rubbish back eventually, minus the harassing material which will be erased. Of course, he MAY have to return to London to collect it; by which time he’ll be banned from entering the UK. – I did enjoy “Catch 22”.
What he had was cheap junk anyway.
I can’t find the comment now, I think it might have been from Joe, about Deatheaters and how clownish showboating not only contributes nothing to Child Protection but actively distracts from the serious work on Child Protection issues. I wanted to say how much I appreciated that comment, whomever you are.
Particularly disturbing to me is Deatheaters obsession with the mythology of child “snuff” porn, and like so many similar conspiranoids, their uncritical acceptance of Dave McGowan’s “The Pedophocracy” as an accurate revelation & analysis of “what’s really going on”. Actually, McGowan was a sh*t researcher, none of his material was original research – he simply compiled other people’s paranoid misinformation into one grand thesis with no understanding of the original source info that he misquotes and misinterprets to serve his own purposes.
For example – in the late 1990’s the Russian Mafia was running some boy-porn operations and selling videos of their “work” over the internet. (They were selling some of the ‘models’ too, even more disturbing!)
The FBI, Interpol and Russian police worked together to bust one of these operations, which had a “pedo necros” listing in their ‘catalog’. (These titles turned out not to be actual “snuff”, just child S&M being marketed that way). Police investigators turned this operation into one of their favorite and most effective stings. They traced the server through which the porn operation was marketing their stuff and caught the operator by surprise, at the controls. Instead of shutting it down, they replaced the operator with a specialist investigator who took over the controls and carried on the operation for several months, playing the role of the server operator. This allows them to access the info about customers necessary to trace them, research them, and target the ones with access to children for priority arrests.
After the conclusion of the police sting, when the operation really was shut down and customers were arrested, the Italian press published some email conversation evidence which revealed the true depravity of some child porn customers. One example, which I’m not going to quote precisely, went like this:
Snuff seeking customer: “I’ve been burned before. How do I know this will be the real thing?”
Operator: “Trust me, this one dies”
McGowan and his idiot fans use this as proof that the Russian mob really was selling “snuff” porn, demonstrating that they don’t understand the “Operator” in that conversation was THE POLICE INVESTIGATOR, dutifully playing the role of mobster porn marketer. Although he knows better, he is doing his best to lure this customer into making a purchase – he REALLY wants this snuff-seeking sicko’s info, from the purchase, because he is the type of depraved pervert who will be targeted for priority arrest – for obvious reasons.
McGowan’s naive assumptions about this are accepted as fact by people like Deatheaters and the misinformation about it is repeated over & over throughout their networks.
It possibly was myself Justin; I’m not alone in questioning this infantilisation of what is a particularly dreadful, soul-sucking and just ‘dirty’ form of abuse. One of the lowest ebbs humanity can sink to.
In the late 90s the internet was much smaller and slower. And I understand where the press ‘were coming from’ in publishing that account as they did. Hindsight being 20:20 I doubt the wisdom of it though as it does seem to have encouraged a fanciful narrative. Surprised they could stream much in the way of video back then. I’ve recently learned that even these days material is typically sent on USB media, partly to evade the attention busy servers might draw.
I see a comment above about will Angie pull a cancer scare. No doubts. She is like Janet Schrodenberg (sorry if thats bad spelling) She has claimed many times to have had cancer. Ironically dim jim is talking to her and her good friend Adeybob on twitter, even with the news their good friend Darren Laverty is looking to be sentenced for trolling a survivor and Sonya Poulton. He really doesn’t have a good nose for wrong’ens. Janet is harbouring her brother in holland, i won’t begin to talk about her brother and his crime, its too horrid to post.
I am aware of certain feuds between people, convictions, arrests. I generally keep my opinion to myself really.
The sting with a police operator is how Sabine’s friend got caught and convicted.
Fair dues
There’s a truly interesting story about who actually benefits, has their aims furthered, by lurid tales of child abuse cover ups. I can tell you, Anjem Choudary’s very last tweet, one last year, gone because his account was deleted, included the hashtag #TedHeath. He was also complaining about child protection. Also, who also is well know for government sponsored media peddling outright conspiracy stuff? Iran and Russia for a start off the top of my head. Which politician is riding the wave of support from basement conspiracists and admires Putin?
I’m not conspiracy minded myself but I have seen this stuff benefit bad people. When people trust no one in government or authority someone is going to step into that vacuum and I only see bad portents so far.
I’m somewhat aware of the technique Ginger….. The police do what they need to do. If they’re banging these perverts up they get no criticism from me.
@Joe – sorry, I might not have given you a wrong impression from my bare-bones account of that operation. My understanding is, the mobster’s website had a catalog divided into categories, under each of which there were small ‘teaser’ clip samples from the VIDEOTAPES that they were selling. People might recall this case from the surprising revelation that the mobsters actually used a well known international courier service to deliver the video cassettes to their customers.
And as JK said, Rupert’s only regretting it now because he realises he’s in big trouble and his toys (i.e. camera equipment) have been confiscated. I very much doubt there’s a genuine sense of remorse for the damage he’s done.
Agreed, Dave. Before we let Jones off the hook, though, I feel I should point out that he too jumped on the Hampstead bandwagon at one point and sought to fan the SRA flames. Somewhere there’s a video of him ranting about it but I can’t seem to find it.
Is this the comment you’re looking for, Justin?:
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2016/09/17/will-angie-show-her-face-at-todays-protest/#comment-43374
Ah! I see! I did wonder, but then you can put nothing past these characters. IIRC correctly sending a video file was just about possible back then, but it would have been at very low resolution and reduced frame rate. And possibly taken days to download. – And right enough, what would cause the minimum suspicion BUT a mainstream courier.
Hey diddle,diddle
The bats on the fiddle
The old cow jumped over the moon.(Resulting from a serious bullshit generated methane overload)
The coyote did laugh
to see such fun
because her shit stirring spoon is now firmly stuck right up her arse.
Angie spotted embarking on a new career stealing Xmas tress.
The more I think about it Spiny, Jones has run plenty of stories as sickening as this case. I missed the video in which he discusses this. Interestingly, Paul Joseph Watson of Infowars, called this as a hoax early on, and has also had run ins with Rupert.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she does really get throat cancer or emphysema the amount of fags she gets through.
Don’t wish it upon her or anyone but it would be ironic if she did as who would believe her?. I also think the cigarettes are why she has that throaty voice and note, she is always coughing.
I think Angela Power Disney has a natural nose for associating with paedophiles, hence her choosing Rupert and Jake, both who I think are latent paedophiles. I think all efforts to keep Jake and Rupert away from children will save a child from being badly raped or abused.
For those who may have missed it first time around, the Radio 4 documentary ‘The Satanic Cult That Wasn’t’ by David Aaronovitch does a decent job and generated the usual flack from the usual suspects (always been a source of great disappointment that Bea Campbell still props up the belief in SRA)
But, anyhoo, worth a listen, as is the two parter, The Anatomy of a Panic, that R4 did a month later about the history of SRA..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r40r5
Angie as always posting endless links to dodgy satanist pedo tales (is this what she means by being an “activist” against child abuse?- surfing the net?)
These clots never do real research though. One of her latest grabbed my attention because it mentioned Australia but alas, it lead to the well known “truther” nutcase Henry Makow.
I chose a random paragraph (can’t take reading their entire B/S) and yes, there was one glaring and idiotic mistake which amply demonstrates this dangerous mob of sheeple (they are the ‘sheeple’ blindly accepting every nutcase’s web rantings.
It claimed the US Federal Reserve also own the Reserve Bank in Australia. Not so-the US Federal Reserve is a privately owned entity that wields much power.
The Australian Reserve Bank is a government body and always has been. It’s directors and CEO are government appointees and it oversees control of private banks with some of the strictest controls on banks in the world, so much so that an Aussie bank has never gone bust and they all make huge profits with the Reserve Bank setting interest rates and this is one reason why Australia wasn’t hit by the 2007/8 financial collapse in the US and basically rode out the calamity relatively unscathed.
So no devil-worshipers there.
Yes, why bother with actual research when you can rely on guesswork and innuendo?
You can generate judge the worth of these programmes by the volume of screeching they elicit from the other side.
#Yup
I think the pay out to Hollie by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (am I right?) seemed to confuse matters a lot and made people assume there was more substance in the outlandish claims than there was. We have seen something similar with Bishop Bell recently. I know some clerics who are very angry that the Church of England paid out a lot of money on the basis of very little investigation and managed to blacken the reputation of a man who many still regard very highly.
Hollywood has a lot to answer for. Usually characters in movies become great successes through “putting their heart into it” or “really wanting it” rather, than studying or training over a period of many years (not that that would make an interesting story line).
I hope the investigations into the McKenzie Group are going to produce some results.
The CICA payout was made on the basis that – on the balance of probability – she was abused as a child. And it’s actually fairly clear who is implicated in that. It’s also the case that the evidence surrounding THAT issue implicates the mother as being complicit in covering up that abuse. The waters were muddied further by the determination of some factions to discredit these official findings…… i.e. It wasn’t enough to clear the names of the defamed and debunk Anne Greig’s fabrications. It remains the case therefore than many credible people are convinced there was ‘something to hide’; although it’s not what Green tried to promote. The recent conviction of Hugh Mitchell may light a few lights, time will tell, the Police need the opportunity to do what they need to do. But it I hope it will all unravel in the end.
You’re right in suggesting the CICA payment was conflated by Green and his cohorts as if it proved other things had happened. It was effective because that (court) decision has weight, and trying to debunk it only drew suspicion on the people doing so. But then that IS Green’s (and McKenzie’s) ‘way of working’. The Irony is that if he had been convicted in some way that allowed his fairy stories to be explored in court, not only would the people he defamed had their names PROPERLY cleared in court (as they have a right to) but it might well have brought a whole house of cards tumbling down. It’s really not good enough that the only place these women have been vindicated is in an article written by a spud-faced wee nyaff who many people opine might well wind up on a sex-offender’s wing himself one day!
And this is where the interesting comparison with the Berry/McNeill case comes in. – They ‘got off’ quite easily on a technicality. Had Green offered any kind of relevant defence, the probability is that he would have walked too! That’s not just my opinion but one I’ve heard from a well-known Scottish QC! The question that arises from this is why did the authorities go to such lengths to avoid PROPERLY shutting the hoax down? SO, why ARE the authorities – the Crown Office and the CPS – fucking these cases up so royally? Answers on the back of an open cheque for about £500K please!
The amount of public money and police time wasted when these cases aren’t prosecuted properly is downright criminal.
I know a man who was generally regarded as a “wrong un'” by people in the village. He did a lot of minor things and was filmed by the police doing something serious which should have put a stop to many of his activities. The case fell through thanks to the intervention of a senior police officer who happened to be a member of the same golf club. The man in question continued in his ways and is now in prison for the murder of his own wife. (I can’t be more specific – I am very close to my source who knows exactly went on but has sworn me to secrecy).
I’m sure she’s already stated on previous videos that she has been diagnosed with COPD due to her smoking.
Lmao, classic picture Spiny. He does have bit of a bean head doesn’t he?
Then there is the more routine human cost…… Is it not the case that someone felt sufficiently unsafe in their flat near the church that they moved out? And we have another family just moved up here from Hampstead that include this very hoax among their reasons for getting out! The Hollie case wrecked businesses and severely disrupted lives, for what? – I do realise that people may be jealous of the Hampstead lifestyle and in some cases people might have rubbed others up the wrong way. But by what measure is hoaxing any way to ‘deal with’ such things?
I think it may be a symptom of “post-factual” politics. If reality doesn’t suit you, just make shit up. Quite depressing really. The French Revolution was in part started by scurrilous pamphlets about the alleged sex lives of Lois XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Whatever corruption there was in the ancien regime, drowning nuns in the Seine wasn’t the answer to anyone’s problems.
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MayDay in Metamorphosis: MayDay Council
The function of The MayDay Council is to collectively design a sustainable and equitable path forward for the MayDay based on the information collected during the discovery phase of Imagine MayDay.
The MayDay Council will partner with HOBT in designing a new approach to the planning and production of future MayDay events based on principles of equity, justice, and collaboration.
More about The MayDay Council
Recommended Charter & Mandate
The following activities be delegated to the MayDay Council:
The MayDay Council’s primary mandate will be to design a collaboration-oriented strategic plan and business model for MayDay;
The MayDay Council’s secondary mandate will be to recommend specific, culturally affirming changes to HOBT’s governance and programming models.
The MayDay Council is an advisory team to the HOBT Leadership Team that currently includes, Steve Ackerman (Site Director), Naomi Campion (General Manager), Claire Curran (Communications Director), Linnea House (Finance Director), and Corrie Zoll (Executive Director). The MayDay Council will make recommendations that will then be decided upon by the HOBT Leadership Team, and Board of Directors when appropriate. It is our intention and commitment to strive for consensus between the MayDay Council, HOBT Leadership Team, and Board of Directors.
MDC Internal Governance & Decision Making
The internal decision-making structure for the transition team should be based on consensus; their specific mechanism will be co-created together during the first meeting.
MDC Commitment
Attend a day-long retreat facilitated by Imagine Deliver to determine decision-making structure and co-create a list of action steps and a visual equity framework
Meetings at most twice a month
MDC will be convened through July 2021. This will allow for an evaluation of the first production and allow room for adjustments based on goals and metrics that will be decided by the MDC.
Compensation & Radical Hosting
Compensation for MDC members:
A stipend that is well above minimum wage
Travel costs will be included in the stipend
Childcare will be provided on-site as needed
Accessibility requirements will be met as needed
Culturally affirming food and beverages will be provided for each meeting.
Introducing the MayDay Council
HOBT and Free Black Dirt are thrilled to announce the inaugural MayDay Council (MDC). HOBT received more than 40 community nominations, representing a wealth of passion, skill, and energy for the work of creating a more equitable and accessible MayDay. Through a robust community nomination and selection process, 16 artists and community leaders have been invited to serve on the first MayDay Council.
The MDC will partner with HOBT in designing a new approach to the planning and production of future MayDay events based on principles of equity, justice, and collaboration.
We're thrilled to introduce you to the inaugural MayDay Council members!
Meet the MayDay Council!
Free Black Dirt
HOBT is honored to be working with Free Black Dirt to design and facilitate the MayDay Council.
Free Black Dirt is an artistic partnership formed by Minneapolis based collaborators Junauda Petrus and Erin Sharkey. Committed to creating original theatre and performance, hosting innovative events, organizing local artists, and promoting and supporting the emerging artists’ community in the Twin Cities, Free Black Dirt seeks to spark and engage in critical conversations.
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More information about this decision and last year at HOBT.
Answers to your common questions about the future of MayDay.
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Mos Def Banned From America!?!?!
Shocking word is pointing to Brooklyn native, Mos Def/Yasiin Bey, as a man facing “immigration/legal issues” that have reportedly “stopped [him] from reentering the United States”. It’s a situation said to lead the lyricist — whose real name is Dante Terrell Smith — to cancel his upcoming U.S. tour.
That’s according to representatives at the Boston music festival, “Together Boston”. This news comes a little more than a year after Mos Def relocated to Cape Town, South Africa.
“For a guy like me, who had five or six generations not just in America but in one town in America to leave America, things gotta be not so good with America.”
Together Boston reports:
“We regret to inform you that due to immigration / legal issues Yasiin Bey is unable to enter back into the United States and his upcoming U.S. tour has been canceled, including May 15th, Together Boston’s show at The Wilbur Theatre. Individual ticket refunds for this show are available at point of sale.”
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Afua May 22, 2014 at 12:16
There’s a difference between being banned(which wouldn’t be legal – they’d allow him back on US soil and then arrest him) and not wanting to come back because you owe child support and don’t want to get arrested.
non importante May 22, 2014 at 20:54
Yanno I thought the same thing, like rapper Loon, with his conversion to Islam and traveling to Algeria but was arrested in Belgium for heroine traficking in North Carolina. South Africa has an extradition treaty with the States so technically they have to send Mos Def back if warranted. Unlike Hong Kong(China) with Snowden which had treaty when under control by Great Britain but no longer. Negros better know where to run like hedge fund strategists, war criminals and pedophiles.
It could be his affiliations. Hes outspoken and his ties to Islam and Moors may be frowned upon as with the case of Communists in the McCarthy Era perhaps dual citizenship with a conflicting country.
Anonymous May 22, 2014 at 21:03
He has alot of influence being that he is a respected rapper, so his comments on 911 could be viewed as an act of treason. I agree with your post, it was a good read.
THEE 1 May 22, 2014 at 12:33
Just asking …isn’t he gay and used to be part of Leo DiCaprio’s man posse otherwise I don’t care about this dude
That was Q-Tip.
Say Cheese May 22, 2014 at 15:20
How did they confuse Q-tip with Mos Def?
crazychris May 22, 2014 at 18:50
m os def was wearing a dress one time don’t understand this wearing dresses and thinking you ain’t gay.
Candi Gyal May 23, 2014 at 07:36
WRoNG..he was wearing a Kente cloth WRAP..not the same as a dress
Josh May 23, 2014 at 11:07
Kente Cloth is Ghana – not South African.
WhatYouTalkingAbout May 23, 2014 at 14:35
CRAZYCHRIS YOU NOT GONNA GO IN ABOUT HOW HE’S A MOOR NOW AND CHANGED HIM NAME TO YAASIN “BEY” AND THATS WHY THEY MESSING WITH HIM? THATS ALL YOU GOT IS HE GAY HE WORE A DRESS? MOS DEF GOT 30 KIDS AND PLENTY OF EX’S. I KNOW THAT DONT MATTER BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
Just imagine if your woman whispered “lift up your skirt, bae” before a quickie. Seems backward.
Killa callan May 24, 2014 at 23:51
My stepdad is Fuji. They wear sarongs. It’s their culture. I’m not gunna tell them it’s a skirt. I like my teeth in my mouth. Ha
From Fuji.
Mos Def is from Brooklyn
But he ain’t in Brooklyn. Do you really think he is gay?
Didnt say that I did or did not assume he was gay with the skirt comment.
I know I was asking your opinion. Didn’t mean to sound stand offish. 🙂
Sher May 26, 2014 at 18:28
I loves me some Mos Def.. Especially when he was in alicia Keys video.. You don’t know my name. OOOOOhhhWeeeee Sexay!
I don’t know what he used to do but I know he is now practicing Islam and homosexuality is forbidden.
If so its because of his comment on the bill maher show
Could you please elaborate? I watch his show, but I must have missed that one. ty
RedBone May 22, 2014 at 14:26
Google it in case the person don’t come back to answer quick enough.
He’s banned for political reasons. The brotha ain’t a homosexual as some of you fags would wish he were.
Kittey w/an e May 22, 2014 at 16:32
Lol. Right.
EddieLongsTragicHairPiece May 22, 2014 at 15:31
He still had the best line on Monsters ball. ” next time you want to play cowboy, I’m over here all the time”
Tyrone May 22, 2014 at 16:47
Mos Def is a citizen of the US, yet, can’t get back home to perform…Fishy? If he was an illegal-immigtant, he would be allowed in with open arms…Obama’s World! The Muslim ish is so cliche, what does it accomplish. I see it as phony, meanwhile, black folk gettin’ blown up in the name of Allah in Africa. No disrespect, but negros gotta feel it in their chest. Playing games with our people just for image sake, get out my face with that.
If he was an illegal-immigtant, he would be allowed in with open arms
^^^^^^^^^^
THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE DAMN TRUTH… Jose, Pepe, Luis and them can come and go anytime they please, (with new names and social security numbers to boot) and MOS DEF with his American Born ass, can’t come and do a show…. Political beliefs be damned. This is a democracy, he can say what he wants to say.
I bumped to Mos Def back in the day, i respect his music. Him moving to Africa is a good thing, the US is going down real fast. The Muslim ish, blackmen need not be under the boot of another man…Bottomline!
Ain’t it the truth! Illegals get all kinds of vouchers too when they get here. Darned goverment..
ano?ymous May 22, 2014 at 16:48
Only one other brother in rap who had the balls to say all that shit he said on bill maher is tupac shakur. I salute mos def for having the courage to speak the truth on the bill maher show. If you don’t belive him that’s your opinion its a shame no other artist living has the balls to stand up for all people. Scarface spoke on brainwashing our kids sexuality but mos def was to much for white america to handle straight up truth serum….
I wish more brothas would stand up and tell the truth and speak their minds even of it does mean that they will go broke and never get work again. That’s the way to get the message out. That’s real courage. He can do a lot of good for blacks here when he’s over in South Africa because they will let you speak your mind and tell the truth about 911.
Sasha May 23, 2014 at 04:42
Chocolatey Brown May 22, 2014 at 17:04
white men are threaten by well educated out spoken intelligent black man just like malcom x and dr martin king maybe that’s why they ain’t around anymore
they want black men to be dumb
also all the black men who speak out their careers are ruined ummm???
EXACTLY! These white boys and slave ass coons unequivocally loathe to see a brotha speaking out against the white man’s system. They’ll kill you for that shit too. I love a down ass brotha like Mos Def. He is better off away from this crazy ass country anyway. Why South Africa though? Maybe his DNA is from there, dunno.
Yes. Things are much better in SA than they are here. It’s a great place to live and the crime rate is very low. He’ll do well in there. They don’t put up with no gay foolishness in Capetown.
white men rather see a black man with a basket ball in their hands or a weapon not a book
Raheim May 22, 2014 at 17:09
Mos is a dope rapper who ironically hasn’t been rapping much lately, similar to that Charmin-soft Canadian people are so crazy about.
Sit back and reflect without bias and you’ll see how PUNKAFIED we are globally. Straight bitches!!! Wanna be’s, etc….
Yeah, I’ve been ‘reflecting’ on that for a while, now–Male rappers wearing skirts was the biggest red flag in a while, especially since ‘The Boondocks’ called it 6 years ago. But anyway, my point is that Mos is too good a rapper to be singing all the time, whether that’s his choice or not.
jazzy May 22, 2014 at 21:17
Lord jamar has been fighting a losing battle of the effeminization of rappers.
He is also a great actor. I have so much respect for Mos Def.
But this is scary, it is like an attack on the Black Inteligentsia. First the Assata Shakur bounty, now Mos Def.
I wonder if they are out to get Dr Cornel West and Neil DeGrasse Tyson too?
No offense, but why would ‘they’ be after Cornel West? Did he not have, and probably still has, a cushy job at at least one Ivy League school for years (Possibly decades) now? Similar situation for Tyson–Both are very visible professionals.
safe as can be,those 2 are.
Real rappers respect most def. he isn’t afraid to stand up for what he believes in and doesn’t care who hears him. He got flow and originality. A rappers rapper.
What did Mos Def do to the US govt.? Justin Beiber gets to act a fool and gets a pass. Something is wrong here. The hip hop community needs to stand up.
He doesn’t believe the governments version of 911 amongst other things. he’s not afraid to talk about it on tv either.
Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard…: http://youtu.be/z6ACE-BBPRs
they want songs about drugs, degrading black women, cars, rims, money, and pretemnding you like women.
none of these rap dudes ever expressed love for another female other than their mother.
Mr.Shakur for 1 more certainly did
Dreamteam May 22, 2014 at 19:22
Kudos to Mos Def for keeping it 100! It takes guts for a celebrity to speak truth, cut ties from ‘Hollyweird’ and become a sovereign citizen. Now, he is being used as an example as a scare tactic, to prevent others from breaking their chains and becoming a sovereign citizen of this planet. If we could stop feeding the system, it would die! Thanks Yasiin Bey, the Moorish Science Temple and other organizations sharing the information needed to free ourselves from modern day slavery!
I love this site when there is talk like this. My cousins and he’s team a fighting the courts system about this very point right now. Just got pushed to surpreme court.
Good luck and speak truth to power!
Thanks from him. He’s prayed up and ready to go.
Ur white. He ll be fine.
Thats crazy cuz he was the 1 who introduced Beyonce to Jayz
caothecarp May 23, 2014 at 08:41
Check out his latest video on utube and you’ll see why
If you stand in front of a judge and tell them you have no jurisdiction over me cuz your system is a fraud and I can prove it, it doesn’t matter if your black or white, your gunna need gods help.
To 7:58
Love May 24, 2014 at 20:18
I jus can’t with Kanye and his ego. This man is a true definition of a “queen”!!
The Kente fabric may be Ghanaian but the wrap is worn in many parts of Africa…either around the waist the way Mos wore it or knotted over one shoulder (in the Bantu way). It’s not very common in cities and urban centres but in rural parts it is a common sight. Worn with a shirt it’s the traditional attire of the Efiks/Ibibios of W. Africa, for example. Next thing, y’all will be calling the Arab ‘Jallabiya’ a frock. The gay agenda is real and appalling but we need to be more open-minded about other cultures. Not EVERYTHING is gay
tellymant May 27, 2014 at 19:10
I dont believe that shit. That nigga did what every caribbean man does when faced with child support…. fled the country
BKLYN. NY Aug 27, 2014 at 00:51
Ha!!!!! He talked crap about the USA when he was out here in Japan,saying how bad we are and how slow we are and how much better Japan was than USA well I live out here an I know for a fact that they treated him well because his was performing here at the time duh,plus I live out here over 10plus years they don’t treat black Men any different from most white ppl in America they give you a bit more respect but that’s only out of fear because where bigger physically that’s it that’s the first thing they care about ! Soooo he needs too pay and chooses to run and hide in Cape Town really that place is filled with an I know from experience because I love to travel so I’m not just talking shit but that place his with crystal meth and Special K soo… Why would any body with half a mind bounce and hide out there….?
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100 block of South Euclid Avenue
Cause: Stabbing
Race/Ethnicity: Black
Agency: Pasadena PD
Byron Young Nettles, 52
Byron Young Nettles, a 52-year-old black man, died Friday, March 1, after he was stabbed in the 100 block of South Euclid Avenue in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Nettles was the manager of the Euclid Villa Transition Housing for families moving out of homelessness, an apartment complex where he also lived, said Pasadena police Lt. Jesse Carrillo.
Around 9 a.m., police officers were sent to the complex regarding a stabbing and discovered Nettles inside his apartment with multiple stab wounds, Carrillo said. He was taken to the hospital and went into surgery, but was pronounced dead later that day at 3:52 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as stab wounds to the chest.
An assailant reportedly fled the apartment on foot, Carrillo said, and officers set up a perimeter to search for him, using helicopters and police dogs. Gardena police officers helped with the search, and the nearby Mayfield Junior School was put on lockdown until the search was called off shortly before 3 p.m.
Investigators developed a description of the attacker based on witness reports, Carrillo said, and that evening, around 9:25 p.m., the U.S. Marshal's-Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Telly Romero Johnson, 41, at his home in the 1900 block of Cordova Street in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Central Los Angeles.
The arresting officers allegedly found a pocketknife on Johnson, Carrillo said. The knife is being tested to see if it was involved in the stabbing.
Johnson was charged with murder on March 6 and pleaded not guilty. He is being held in lieu of $2 million bail. His next court hearing is set for April 10 in Department D of the Los Angeles County Superior Court's Pasadena Courthouse.
Investigators believe Johnson and Nettles were acquaintances, and Johnson was jealous of a friendship that had developed between Nettles and Johnson's wife, Carrillo said.
Johnson allegedly went to Nettles' home "with the intention of confronting the victim, which escalated into an argument and then to a physical attack and stabbing of the victim," Carrillo said.
Nettles grew up in East Los Angeles and graduated from Washington Preparatory High School, said his friend Sensational Unique, a Euclid Villa resident who created a Facebook page with her daughter called "Remembering Byron Young Nettles Sr." to honor his memory.
He had two children, a 21-year-old son and a teenage daughter, and was popular with all the children in the complex, she said, adding that he would play Santa at Christmas.
"He was playful with the children and always made them laugh," Unique said. "The kids that were struggling, he'd give them a chore to do, and when it was completed, he rewarded them with money and candy treats. This is heartbreaking for the children."
Anyone with information is asked to call Pasadena Det. Todd McDonald at (626) 744-6477. Those wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
Photo: Byron Nettles, shown playing Santa in December 2015, passes out presents to children at the apartments he managed in Pasadena. He was fatally stabbed at the same location on March 1. Photo by his friend Sensational Unique.
Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @latimeshomicide on Twitter.
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Four reader comments
Byron and I shared a relationship noone could take away those memories ...That day on March 1st Byron died in my arms my friend Melissa and myself tried our best to save his life it wasn't enough ..Byron the kids will always hold a place for you in their hearts ❤️, especially Mariah ..we will meet again . loving you always,...💌. Xoxoxo Lizzy ( ruca )
— lizzzy J Sept. 21, 2019 at 12:09 a.m.
Byron was more than my apartment manager,he was my neighbor for 4 years.He was my friend.To my 13 year old daughter Zoey, He was Uncle Byron.The day he died she was heartbroken and devastated.She says mommy this is a bad place and she wants to move from Euclid Villa.Byron to me was super friendly and also gave a helping hand.He was very goofy and his smile was absolutely contagious.Byron lived downstairs from me and now when i walk down the stairs my heart is so broken. I am in disbelief and I keep thinking he is coming back.He is really gone.How do I move on after seeing him dying in our foyer by the front door.Why did he have to go? I created a Facebook page in his memory.Its called Remembering Byron Nettles. I could never forget Byron because he had a good heart.No one had the right to take his life and take him from us all.Bryon you are my Angel 😇 now.Fly high until we meet again.
— Sensational U March 15, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.
Byron was more then just my apartment manager he was a friend he had a ❤ heart of gold he treated us all with respect and if he could help he did i have a one year old daughter and he always talked to her as if he understood what she was saying he maybe gone but nevef forgotten his memory will live on in our hearts euclid villa will never be the same we miss you byron rest in heaven love the mayweather family oland alyce alexis veronica trayvon and christine mayweather
— Alyce mayweather March 11, 2019 at 6:53 p.m.
Big Boo, nothing but love and respect for you. you just pulled up on me that Monday, it was always good to see you coming. I'm still in disbelief seeing your name here, I'm numb... you lived a productive life bro, you will forever be held in the highest regard by me...
— Big_TC March 7, 2019 at 11:58 a.m.
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Intaglio is the general name used to describe all printmaking processes where the artist incises or engraves the surface of a plate either directly with tools or indirectly with chemicals in order to pull a print from. Although the techniques that come under this category are labelled traditional they are also among the most popular and widely used techniques in contemporary printmaking. The direct methods include techniques such as drypoint, engraving and mezzotint and the indirect methods include etching and aquatint.
In this book, Mychael Barratt introduces the reader to both the direct and indirect techniques and shows examples of an international range of artists whose work will serve as inspiration.
Printmaking on a Budget
SKU: PRINTONBUDG
by Mandy Bonnell
Printmaking on a Budget is a classic handbook, offering clever ideas and solutions for artists on a budget who want to produce world-class work. For printmakers with limited resources, finding the necessary tools, materials and equipment to make fine art prints can sometimes seem a near-impossible task. But this book is packed with practical and pragmatic solutions, covering a variety of print processes and techniques including monoprint and relief, intaglio and etching, lithography, silkscreen, paper, packaging, found materials and simple artists' books. It also covers topics such as researching and recording interesting subject matter, and information and advice about setting up a studio on a shoestring. Printmaking on a Budget is an invaluable guide for all printmakers and students, no matter what level of experience.
Printmaking: a Complete Guide to Materials and Processes
SKU: PRINTCOMP
by Bill Fick and Beth Grabowski
This book shows how some of the latest and most experimental prints have been made using these techniques. It also shows how to use the computer as an image-making tool and how to translate digital images into tangible works of art.
Each chapter has clear, step-by-step illustrations with extensive case studies, which help the student understand the technical aspects of each printmaking technique. Each chapter profiles a leading contemporary printmaker, with an interview and examples of their work. The appendices include many useful troubleshooting charts, indicating the problems that are likely to arise with different techniques, and what can be done to solve them.
Screen Printing. The Ultimate Studio Guide
SKU: SCREENPRINTING
by Print Club London
Screenprinting is in the midst of a popular revival among beginners, students, hobbyists and experts alike. This is the essential studio workbook, built upon the expertise gained through the thousands of classes taught by the team at Print Club London over the last decade. The information on materials and techniques, along with tips and insights, including what to do if something doesn't go to plan, will ensure today's creatively minded screenprinters will be able to produce eye-catching work on their own. The book also gives valuable advice to the budding screenprinter on how to organise an exhibition or screenprinting event and promote and sell their work.
Wood Engraving and Linocutting
SKU: WOODENGRANN
by Anne Hayward
This book explains the distinctions between wood engraving and linocuts, and introduces the reader to the rich and varied effects that can be achieved in printmaking. The author leads us through the basics of printmaking with some fascinating historical examples, then explores how the technique has developed as a contemporary art form.
This books contains examples of wood engravings past and present, tools and techniques, designing for wood engraving, making prints and advice on setting up a studio.
Printmakers' Secrets
SKU: PRINTSECR
by Anthony Dyson
This book comprises contributions from individual printmakers, richly illustrated with examples of their work and studios. Each of the nearly seventy participants (all members of London's Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, including several Royal Academicians) has been allocated a double page in which to offer an intimate insight into his or her working procedures, giving the reader the illusion of witnessing - behind the scenes as it were - the daily creative striving of the artist and the patient technical procedures that often underpin it. This is a valuable resource for students practising printmakers and collectors of artists' original prints.
The Printmakers' Bible
SKU: PRINTBIBLE
by Colin Gale and Megan Fishpool
The Printmakers' Bible is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of printmaking, including processes, techniques and mixed-media possibilities. It covers everything you need to know, from traditional methods such as lithography, etching and mezzotint, to new experimental techniques such as digital, photoaluminium plates, collagraphs and CAD/CAM. The book also includes essential information on colour theory, designing and preparing prints, choosing paper, setting up a studio, health and safety, tools, equipment and chemicals, making this a must-have book that every printmaker and print studio should own.
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Optimum Currency Areas in East Asia: A Structural VAR Approach
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Optimum Currency Area; Monetary Union; Vector autoregression; Exchange rate; East Asia Abstract: This paper assesses the empirical desirability of the East Asian economies to an alternative exchange rate arrangement (a monetary union) that can potentially enhance the exchange rate stability and credibility in the region. Specifically; the symmetry in macroeconomic disturbances of the East Asian economies is examined as satisfying one of the preconditions for forming an Optimum Currency Area (OCA). The Structural Vector Autoregression (VAR) method is employed to assess the nature of macroeconomic disturbances among the East Asian countries; as a preliminary guide in identifying potential candidates for forming an OCA. The preliminary findings of this study suggest that there exists scope among some small sub-regions for potential monetary integration.;
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Top Travel Tips - Getting the Most From Your Visit to Broome
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Broome sits on a small peninsula on the shores of the Indian Ocean. It first came to prominence as a pearl fishing port. But today it's year-round balmy temperatures, and long stretches of sandy beach, that attract most visitors. The town is also a gateway to the wilderness areas of the Dampier Peninsula, and the rugged Kimberley region of the vast Australian Outback.
Broome is tropical, and has just 2 seasons. The "dry" lasts from April to November, and brings clear skies and warm temperatures almost every day. Temperature and humidity levels rise dramatically during the "wet", which lasts from December to March, and heavy downpours can occur most days. From around November to April, potentially dangerous Box jellyfish ("stingers") lurk in the waters off Cable Beach, and swimming is not recommended at this time. There are, however, other nearby beaches where it is safe to swim year-round.
If you're looking for a family seaside vacation, Cable Beach offers 22 kilometers of warm water and fine white sand. Visit the Broome Museum, and you can learn all about the area's proud tradition of pearl fishing. More adventurous visitors can snorkel in remote lagoons, or explore the rugged Outback in a 4x4. You can also go whale watching, or see swimming turtles as you paddle around in a kayak. Or you may prefer simply sitting on the beach, and enjoying the natural spectacle of a tropical sunset.
The town's gateway is Broome International Airport (BME). Despite its name, it only has domestic services - mostly regional routes, plus regular flights from Perth, the West Australian state capital. The terminal is a 2-minute drive from the centre, and 5 minutes from Cable Beach. To get around, you can either walk or rent bicycles. A local bus service also links the centre with Cable Beach. To explore the Outback without joining an organized tour, you may want to rent a 4x4.
Broome's cuisine reflects its multicultural nature. It's a fusion of European, Asian, and Indigenous influences. In Chinatown you'll find Chinese, Thai, Japanese, and Malaysian eateries. Elsewhere, seafood takes pride of place on many menus. With its links to the pearling industry, you shouldn't miss the opportunity to try the prized "pearl meat" that comes from the massive Pinctada Maxima oyster. As elsewhere in Australia, barramundi is a favorite local fish. Land-based food specialties include succulent beef from cattle raised in the Kimberley region.
Australians are down to earth and informal. If you bring a sense of humor, you'll find it easy to fit in. Shorts and sandals, or “thongs” (flip-flops), are standard dress for many, except in upscale bars and restaurants. Australian English, or “Strine,” is littered with local slang that may be unfamiliar, even to other native English speakers. There's no tipping culture, but you can add 5 to 10 percent to restaurant bills for exceptional service. Smoking is banned in all public places, and the fines for failing to observe this are high.
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Fighting Tactics Used by Coral Reef Fish
By Travis Burke. Last edited by Marios Alexandrou.
How do fish make the transition from displaying to fighting?
What happens when a real fight starts?
What happens after a fight?
What makes certain lands offish so prone to aggression in the home aquarium?
If two closely matched fish fail to decide the issue by displays, an actual fight may develop, but this is relatively rare. Two aggressors must be very closely matched, with a great deal at stake, before they fight.
Sometimes the transition from displaying to fighting can be rapid and dramatic, with a sudden flurry of aggression. At other times it is much more gradual, again reflecting the reluctance of fish to risk injury needlessly.
Goatfish, for example, spar rather reservedly with their barbels. The protagonists come together face-to-face, almost like fencing partners, jabbing at each other with their extended barbels. For other species, the first stage in an actual physical contest is jaw-locking. This behavior has been documented between female clownfish and different Chromis species. Jaw-locking usually involves a kind of tug-of-war, with each opponent trying to demonstrate its strength and superiority in a kind of physical extension of a display. Royal grammas perform this mouth-wrestling tenaciously, shaking their heads while locked in their embrace and sometimes tearing or otherwise damaging each other's mouthparts.
This varies from fish to fish, but there are several common threads in all altercations. For one thing, the combatants usually tend to target the same parts of their opponent's bodies. Top targets are often the fins, which makes sense because a torn fin is likely to slow down a foe. Any vulnerable part is also fair game; fish often attack the eyes and unprotected flanks of their enemies. Surgeonfishes and tangs have been known to bring their sharp tail spines to bear, wounding their opponent's flank. A full-blown fight rarely lasts more than a few seconds — or minutes at most. Once one fish has landed a few blows or bites the impulse to fight can rapidly leave the other and it may seek to break contact and flee.
Once the victor has been decided the losing fish must make itself scarce, otherwise its life might be at risk. The winner will not tolerate its presence in the immediate area and will continue to attack — no mercy is given. In the open waters of the reef, this is not often a problem, but in the confines of an aquarium, the constant harrying of the victor may prove fatal. Ultimately, this could be the fate of either of the fighters in the immediate aftermath of the battle, as open wounds may become infected — fighting is a costly business. If both survive and there is sufficient space to shelter the loser, the protagonists are unlikely to fight again.
Fish tend to remember the identity of their conquerors and do not make the same mistake twice.
Some species of fish, such as some angelfish, are notoriously testy in the home aquarium, but a great many fish will not tolerate the presence of conspecifics. One reason for this is the comparative shortage of space and hiding places in an aquarium. Many reef fishes in the wild defend enormous territories from members of their own species. For example, tangs may defend territories running into hundreds of square feet against conspecifics and food competitors alike. Fish are also more aggressive when defending their patch and prior residence counts for a great deal in fish contests. A newly introduced fish must cope not only with the change in habitat, but also the aggressive intentions of established tankmates. The job of the aquarist is to plan ahead in order to stock compatible fish and to ensure the availability of sufficient resources in terms of food and hiding places.
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Junior Inter Association – So far!!!
All four games were completed today and along with yesterdays completed game only one game remains to be completed.
This is the game between the NIPGL and the NIPBA, which was rained off yesterday, and the winner of the series will come from this game.
The two teams sit in positions 1 & 2 with the NIPGL on 13 points and the NIPBA on 10.5 points.
So the NIPGL need at least 3 of the 7 points on offer to be this year’s victors and with the score sitting at 29-21 in favor of the NIPGL the game is anyone’s.
Check out the scores of all the games on the IBA website.
The game will be played as soon as possible at a date to be arranged.
Good luck to both teams.
Rain interrupts Junior InterAssociation Series
Irish Junior International team 2017
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Lady Gaga Calls out Melania Trump for ‘Hypocrisy’
Lady Gaga called out Melania Trump for Donald Trump’s notoriously controversial comments, calling Melania a “hypocrite.”
Lady Gaga on Sunday slammed Melania Trump, after she said during a speech last week that combating cyberbullying would be a cornerstone of her work if she becomes first lady.
“[email protected] to say u will stand for ‘anti-bullying’ is hypocrisy,” Lady Gaga, who supports Hillary Clinton, tweeted Sunday.
“Your husband is 1 of the most notorious bullies we have ever witnessed.”
Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson responded to the singer soon after, using lyrics to one of Lady Gaga’s own songs.
“#JustDance it’ll be OK,” Pierson tweeted in response.
“After Tuesday, you’ll call her #FLOTUS.”
Melania Trump during a speech last week said American culture has become “too mean and too rough.” As first lady, she said she would be an “advocate for women and for children.”
“I do worry about all of our children. As we know, now social media is the centerpiece of our lives,” she said.
“It can be a useful tool for connection and communication,” Trump continued. “But like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. We have seen this already.”
Her husband, GOP nominee Donald Trump is known to frequently insult both political and personal rivals using Twitter.
Photo credit: CNN/Screenshot.
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Government Looking to Strengthen Law Applicable to Breaches of Single-Use Plastics Ban
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaks on the impending plastic ban at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ session. (PHOTO: Michael Sloely)
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon Daryl Vaz, says the Government is looking to strengthen aspects of the law applicable where breaches of the ban on single-use plastics, which takes effect on January, 1, 2019, may be committed.
While noting fines ranging between $50,000 to over $1 million for breaches of stipulations under the Natural Resources Conservation Authority and Trade Acts, Mr. Vaz contended that, “too often [in several instances] we are using archaic outdated legislation and laws that are totally inadequate in terms of the consequences through fines and imprisonment, and whatever else”.
“We are looking at that… [and] I can assure the public that there will be teeth [in the law]”,” the Minister added.
He was speaking at the recent launch of the Integrated Water, Land and Ecosystems (IWEco) sub-national project to restore the hydrological and other features of the Negril Great Morass in Westmoreland.
Come January 1, the Government will commence imposition of the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution and use of specific categories of plastic packaging material.
They include single-use plastic carrier/shopping bags; expanded polystyrene, commonly called Styrofoam; and plastic drinking straws, which are often improperly discarded, causing significant harm to the environment.
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Attack of the Nannies
Polls keep showing that American Indians aren’t really offended by college team nicknames such as warriors, braves, Indians, Seminoles, and Fighting Illini. But many sportswriters, campus “diversity” officials, and now the National Collegiate Athletic Association think they ought to be. So the NCAA says it will ban from championship play all college teams with “hostile or abusive” nicknames and mascots. It apparently took this action without consulting tribal leaders. “It’s like history–they left the natives out,” said Max Osceola, a member of the tribal council of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which approves the use of the Seminole mascot and nickname long used by Florida State. “They have nonnatives telling natives what’s good for them.”
Here we are confronted by the dreaded social disease of nannyism, the irrepressible urge toward do-good coercion. The nannies are all around us now, attempting to ban smoking in outdoor areas, including New York’s vast Central Park, working to eliminate one schoolyard game after another, including dodge ball (too violent), tag (hurts feelings by turning kids into targets), and just about any game with winners and losers (competition douses the cooperative ethic, and losers can be traumatized for life).
California has banned genetically modified fish from home aquariums, and San Francisco set strict rules for doghouse construction. Alabama banned sex toys. A California legislator introduced a state bill to prohibit use of tanning machines by those under age 18, unless they have a doctor’s prescription. A New York assemblyman sponsored a bill to require every car in the state to come with a device that would allow driving only if the motorist blew into a tube and passed a breathalyzer test. The test would have to be repeated every 30 to 40 minutes, or the car would stop. In North Dakota, a state bill would make it illegal for people who are just turning 21 to drink before 8 a.m. on their birthdays. The goal is to keep the young from rushing out at midnight on their birthday to get drunk.
It’s a good idea to stop glamorizing smoking in movies, but the nannies want more. Stanton Glantz, a researcher opposed to tobacco, wants smoking to earn a bad rating for films, maybe an R for explicit inhalation.
Nannyism is a progressive affliction. When the nannies get something from the public, they always want more–helmets for tots riding tricycles, for example. Now that the sensible rules against drivers’ use of hand-held phones have caught on, the campaign against hands-free phones has begun. “Inattention blindness,” we are told, is the real villain, and a recent study says that all drivers who use phones–hand-held or not–are four times as likely as other drivers to have serious crash injuries. The logic of this is to ban radios and smoking in cars, and perhaps babies, dogs, and talking passengers, all of which can be distracting. Drive-through fast-food windows would have to close, too.
Candy and cake. The obesity police also want more. Advising people to watch calories and fat is praiseworthy. Taxing “bad” foods out of reach is not. And now we hear calls to force restaurants to serve smaller portions and candy makers to halt “supersize” packaging. (If chocolate bars were smaller, apparently snackers would never think of buying two.) California’s textbook review process routinely eliminates references to food considered bad for your health, including ketchup and butter. A photo of a birthday party was dropped because the cake seemed unhealthful. A bill in the Texas Legislature would have required a printed obesity warning under each menu item. Some people, as Michael Kinsley pointed out years ago, won’t be content until every french fry carries a warning label. Some schools prohibit children from selling candy in school, because sweets are regarded as just as toxic on school property as moments of silence, which, as we all know, are church-state violations.
Hidden nannyism would include all sorts of political uplift, including term limits and congressional hearings on steroids in baseball, which is the Major Leagues’ problem, not Washington’s. Last week in a New York Times op-ed article, two men from something called the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning called for behavioral standards in schools (good) and a federal law mandating “systematic classroom assessments of children’s social and emotional growth” (not good–parents do that, not your friendly local school).
Let’s hope nannies can learn to control themselves. Otherwise, we may need some coercive but kindhearted antinannyist legislation.
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“Moravec will offer fresh perspective” (by Sharon Billings)
“Moravec understands that all district employees make the district great” (by Gary Bergeson)
Neighbors support John Moravec
Dave Hutchinson, Hennepin County Sheriff
“As a neighbor and friend, I support John Moravec for Bloomington school board. He is gracious, respectful, and has always been true to his word. I’m especially grateful for his help in my campaign for sheriff. Working together, we can build a safe and prosperous community for all of us.”
Jamie Bojado, Bloomington parent
“John Moravec is a dedicated community advocate who cares deeply about the future of our children. He is innovative, creative, inclusive, and most importantly determined to achieve exciting new possibilities within the school board. Moravec is committed to making sure all children work together to build a productive society with curiosity, ingenuity, and respect. I am excited to see his energy, experience, and commitment at work here in Bloomington.”
Kate Peer, Bloomington business owner
“As a group travel director, I am focused on connecting our local community with the world. I’m voting for John Moravec for school board because I trust him to ensure that graduates from Bloomington Public Schools will develop into competent, global citizens. John is a champion for education for all with a high standard of integrity.”
Anita Smithson, Bloomington parent
“I support John Moravec for Bloomington School Board because we share many values, including the celebration of diversity, and intentional inclusion. Schools are the backbone of a community – and the foundation of education is so important for the life outcomes of students as well as the strength of our community. As our community changes, and the needs of students and our workforce change, these values are going to be essential in ensuring we respond in an equitable way. I have three children: a kindergartener, as well as two younger children who will enter the Bloomington Public Schools in the coming years. I am personally invested in their success—but also the success of all children in the BPS. These shared values, and John’s work in education makes him uniquely qualified for the Bloomington School Board and why he has enthusiastically earned my support.”
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THE MAN WHO CALLED ME ‘LOVE’
April 26, 2015 ~ johnmurraywritinginkythnos
One of the best jobs I have ever had, was in the first year of my marriage, when for a few months in 1979, I was a postman in a small North Yorkshire town. The customers, or perhaps I mean the all too worthy and delightful service consumers, divided into those who unquestionably loved you, and those who emphatically did not. The former included the Headmaster of the Comprehensive, a tolerant, sensitive and handsome man of about 50, who took no offence at the fact I wore a woolly hat, his substantial intelligence confirming that it made no difference to my qualities as an effectual post-person. I was a casual employee, which meant I didn’t have to wear a uniform, just an identificatory band around my arm. However an overweight garage mechanic with a sullen Straw Dogs horror movie mien, gave me a look of frank loathing every time I brought him some post. I couldn’t work out whether it was the woolly hat, or the dusty jeans or the wispy beard, or the very long hair, or my notable thinness. He himself was very fat, and looked like a sulking championship pig in an agricultural show, who thinks it should have got first prize but comes Special (= We Feel Especially Sorry For You) Consolatory Boar Award.
There is a lot of nonsense talked about supposedly warm-hearted, wholly homogeneous northerners, both by themselves and by the rest of the UK. Roughly speaking, and likely because of a history of extreme geographical obscurity, all parts of my native Cumbria are openly and instinctively friendly, the industrial bits possibly more tangibly so. Bizarrely though, and perhaps because the county is so big, in Yorkshire, it is only the industrial cities where you find any real warmth i.e. Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and the like. Get in the rural parts, and especially rural North Yorkshire, and they are as clannish and at times as rude as Jack and the Beanstalk’s Giant. Things are doubly confounding, because all the men in North Yorks routinely address each other as ‘love’, in the way that all other northerners address the opposite sex exclusively.
I didn’t know about the surprising men-men ‘love’ vocative, till I turned up in the little town, and took the job on the post. After a while, you stop feeling any sense of lingering macho repugnance, not that I was spectacularly overloaded with that item, given that at 20, I was both writing poetry and studying Sanskrit, and had hair down to my admittedly very attractive arse. In any case being addressed as ‘love’, did not always betoken an extension of the beautiful abstract noun, as opposed to the affable vocative equivalent. Most memorably I once went in our North Yorks pub, where Annie and I dallied several times a week, and where we both consumed a fair amount of lager. I had been given a birthday cheque by someone, and at the time had no bank account sorted, so asked the burly publican behind the bar if he would cash it for me. He and everyone there in the bar knew that we were both in decent work, and there was absolutely nil risk whatever entailed with a £25 cheque. Yet he gave me a tender double whammy, when he said to me with the sweetest ever smile:
“No, love.”
Imagine all the endlessly ramifying and mortifying extensions of that. Supposing a North Yorkshire gay bloke called Ron, from a funereal dump like Pickering or Seamer or Filey, suspects his partner of perfidious infidelity, and asks him one night the agonising question, ‘Do you still love me, Dave?’ Whereupon Dave, the Pickering or Seamer or Filey blighter, goes and heartlessly imitates that paradoxical Zen master of a publican of 36 years ago, and says to poor old thread-clutching Ron:
On the post they gave me several nicknames. One was obvious, ‘Chic’, and no not the French adjective pronounced ‘sheek’, even though my blue woolly hat was palpably fetching enough. It was homage to the very funny Scots comic, Chic Murray, who after his TV success went on I believe to host a popular nightclub in Edinburgh, but died tragically early, aged 65. I also rejoiced in the nickname of ‘Garlic Jack’, as I regularly cooked Annie and me Italian, Chinese and Indian food stuffed to the gills with the delicious bulb. The postman sorting next to me first discerned it, and exclaimed, Phew, what a fucking stink! and that was the start of it all. Though even now, nearly 40 years later, I have no idea who the original garlic-loving Jack might have been.
Things were different on the post and altogether much more professional, nay stringently academic, some 7 years earlier. In the winter of 1972 an old friend of mine took a temporary job in Oxford that included the Christmas rush, plus a few months before and after. The first day, unlike me in N Yorks, who was simply designated to follow someone else on their round, he was given a formal induction along with other novices, in a makeshift lecture hall with slides and pointers and bullet points, and all the rest. He was required to study the taxing science of Postation, and given this was long before computers, it comprehended the ponderous intricacies of mail flow, ergonomics, missing stamps (agh, the byzantine options there, most of them resolving to charging the luckless addressee at last twice the price on arrival). Then there was the nightmare of inadequate addresses, and of course this was in the now inconceivable era before postcodes. All this was most deeply interesting to such as me, as I have atrocious handwriting, and once in 1980 wrote to a friend in Hawaii, who took a whole year to receive my by then prehistoric letter, and it had amazingly gone by Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, S. Korea, N. Korea, Japan, Inner and Outer Mongolia, and even Ho Chi Minh city, on its wavering but dauntless peregrination.
The post here on Kythnos is unarguably a mystery, and an absolute agony at the moment. I arrived in the autumn of 2013, and it was truly excellent and flawless in both directions until December 2014. Well before starting my blog, I had written two or three well-received pieces about Kythnos, which seemed inadequately served by sending them as email attachments that I assumed no one would ever read. Instead like a fearless self-publishing zealot, I printed them off, then photocopied and posted them approximately 50 at a time, from the Hora Post Office. As I have written earlier, the previous Kythnos postman, as dry as a bone and unmoved by absolutely everything, instead of being delighted by such a massive and unexpected counter revenue, looked at me as if I was insane, and indeed asked me bluntly what person in his right mind would want to buy 50 bloody stamps. The licking alone, was his unspoken implication, being a pointless labour of Hercules and of course I with my Cumbrian flat cap and probably South Korean shorts, looked nothing like doughty old Hercules, did I?
Up till last December, a letter or postcard from Kythnos to a foreign destination, would take reliably 7-10 days, regardless of whether it was to the UK, USA, Albania, Sweden, India, Bhutan, or the Bewitching Moons of Saturn. In the opposite direction, add perhaps another 2 days, no more, and probably consonant with Athens Sorting Office laughing itself delirious for a whole 2 days and nights, at the idea of anyone writing to bloody daft Kythnos, from say Wroclaw, Poland, as my daughter Ione sometimes did. But then come last December, the sour old postman retired, and his place was taken by a much younger man, who sad to say, one shrewd glance informed you would never cut the Cycladean mustard for years, possibly even decades, to come. He had an ill-fitting baseball cap, short but springy hair, a wide and friendly face, but also an innate, perpetually puzzled helplessness, and an inflexible and pointless obstinacy, which alas will surely permanently prevent him entering the Superleague of Advanced Postation, whether present day Greek or the exemplary English variety of 43 years ago. Breathtakingly, and right from the start, he upped his ante and his future CV, by taking no less than 3 weeks Christmas holiday in Athens, and given that Kythnos has only one postman, not a little postatory stagnation was observed to ensue. Kythnos business went stone dead for 3 bloody weeks, instead of 3 Merry Yuletide days. If there had been no such thing as email and no such thing as texts, Kythnos would have simply congealed like a blood clot, and it would have been no more, and it would not have been a pretty or a dignified 2015 Cycladean island burial.
Item. Two letters dispatched mid-December from me to the UK, both containing large cheques to be paid in by a friend, took 3 months to get there from Kythnos i.e. arriving mid March 2015. The Greek postmark, my friend informed me, read March 3rd. That can only mean the letters sat either in Kythnos Hora, or in an Athens sorting office for 77 days or 11 piquant weeks, before being reluctantly forwarded to dear old Blighty.
Item. Ditto for a pair of Christmas presents to a Cumbrian uncle aged 86 (komboli worry beads, a fine joke, as he is the least worried person in the whole universe) and a Cumbrian aunty of 96 (Greek cat calendar and Greek dog calendar) who is presently living in a Residential Care Home. They both got their Christmas presents in mid March.
Worse still, you can’t even blame Kythnos, just because it is a laughably obscure Greek island. Last November, I needed to do some crucial shopping in Lavrio on the mainland, and decided while I was there to post a birthday present to a friend in Mississippi. I trudged the fair distance to Lavrio Post Office, and it cost me all of 12 euros or over £9, to send the bulky parcel. I jested with the counter lad that it would go by plane, not by fishing boat, and he chortled at the lovable absurdity of my Monty Pythonesque British fancy. I’ve never talked to him since, but I assume it actually travelled on the back of a one-eyed seagull with severe wing arthritic displacement, hence insuperable navigational problems. My US friend’s birthday was 25th November, and she got her present on the 26th of February, again, most movingly, a sterling and let’s face it, a very repetitive, hence reliable 3 months.
Postscript: Not even the 3 months rule can give anyone, and least of all me, lasting consolation. I am still awaiting a Christmas present posted from Canada approximately 4 and a half months ago. If ever I get it, it will do for next Christmas. Or maybe the Christmas after that? Or maybe a Christmas beyond even our mathematical, not to say ecological and apocalyptical computation?
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Bound To The Past by Libby Campbell
04/11/2019 05/11/2019 by Renee Brooks
Libby Campbell has a fabulous FREE book that is the prequel to her hot new series. Here is Libby to share some of her insights into writing this series.
Why fantasy?
I wanted to create a new world, in some ways a gentler one. I read lots of fantasy and decided to seek adventure in lands of my own making.
In some ways it’s really freeing to be in a world where I make the rules. But then I have to remember them all! So the freedom is curtailed by the demands of continuity.
What was your inspiration for Bound to the Past?
I wrote this book as a gift to readers. I wanted to invite them into the alien world of Devmaer, to meet some of the wonderful characters who live there.
Of course, the ocean is involved. One of favorite almost-daily things to do is walk the rocky beaches near my home. It was on one of those walks that this story started to take shape.
What happens both below and above the waves interests me. This is the first time in any of my books that any of the action is underwater.
What was Freja’s last name before she was mated with Iwon?
No one knows her birth name. All the girls in the Crib are given Matron’s name, Warren. So her name in the citizen register would be Freja Warren. I picked Matron’s surname because one of our local theater companies was staging Mrs. Warren’s Profession when I was writing this.
We’ll see more of Freja’s homeland, and learn a bit more about her family in Silvelea with book 3.
Déak and Freja get together again after four years and are still in love. Is a four-year separation with a loving reunion more fantasy?
Ha. No. Not at all. I’ve read a lot of personal stories about this type of thing.
And I have firsthand experience:
My husband and I met scuba diving on a beach in Vancouver. A short, steamy affair followed. He went back to Australia and we tried to forget each other, not writing or phoning for years. Major fail. Five years later we met again in Melbourne. Six months after that I moved across the world and didn’t look back.
When love is right, it’s right. People gave us six months but here we are, many years later, living our HEA.
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Bound to the Past
by Libby Campbell
Will they finally find the love that was denied to them?
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Freja, rescued from the flesh markets of Silvelea at a young age, has learned firsthand how difficult life is for orphan girls on the planet of Devmaer. Her “rescue” landed her in the harsh world of Matron Cass Warren’s Girls Crib, where young girls are groomed to be sold off as mates to the highest bidder as soon as they reach maturity.
At eighteen Freja was drawn to Déak Ryba, the first man to ever show her kindness. But he didn’t stand a chance against Iwon Sándor’s money and power. Iwon claimed Freja’s hand, condemning her to a miserable life of abuse and neglect.
After three long-suffering years, Freja’s matehood was cut short by his untimely death.
For the first time in her life Freja finds herself free – free to work like a slave to repay the staggering debts Iwon left her. During her final ritual as his widow, a freak accident sweeps her out to sea and remarkably, right back into Déak’s arms.
Can the love that Déak and Freja once shared possibly have survived long years of separation? Will they finally claim the shared life that was denied them? Or will their happiness be stolen again by the sinister forces circling at the edge of their lives?
This novella is a prequel to Bound To The Admiral, book 1 in The Lighthouses of Devmaer series. It introduces the alien world of the planet Devmaer as well as some of the minor characters.
While it is a part of a series, it has a satisfying ending and can be read as a standalone.
Disclaimer: Bound to the Past is a second chance, fantasy-world romance. Along with a happily-ever after ending, it has some very steamy scenes, including elements of power exchange and discipline.
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Déak pushed open the bedroom door and deposited Freja gently on a bed that was bigger than the shack she’d just vacated. It was covered with a rich cotton duvet that matched the green of the padded headboard.
“Unfortunately, there is only one bedroom.” His lips twitched as he sat and leaned over her. Then he kissed her. Forehead. Cheeks. Lips. And lips again. She began to slide, to lose herself in the magic of his touch. She had to get control.
She wriggled away and stood up on the far side of the bed. Lifting her chin and putting her hands on her hips, she surveyed the room like a visiting monarch. “This will do me just fine. But where are you going to sleep?”
In two strides Déak was beside her. A second later she was over his knee and his hand was landing fast and firmly. “Are you going to share the bedroom?” he asked as he swatted her.
“I’ll think about it.” She was laughing so hard she could barely speak.
This was what she wanted. She wanted him to make the decision for her, to show her that he understood her needs. Right now, she needed to be free from any sensation other than the rising and falling of his powerful hand. She loved the gentle spanking that was his way of showing that he understood her needs.
“Are you thinking about it now?” He’d lifted the thin fabric of her housedress and dragged down her panties. The pace slowed as he allowed each smack to register full force on her tender bottom.
Don’t miss any of Libby Campbell’s great books:
The Lighthouses of Devmaer
Bound to the Admiral
Time Travel:
His Land, His Law
A Time For Will
Contemporary Romance:
Festive Fire – a Christmas romance
Romancing the Coast – a 3 book box set. Individual titles available separately.
Simon in Charge – a 3 book box-set. Individual titles available separately.
Libby Campbell in her own words:
My romance novels feature strong, self-reliant women and the powerful men who love them. Romantic by nature, I write the stories I want to read: those that feature a spicy power exchange and deliver a sting in the tale.
Canadian by birth, I also lived in Australia for a couple of decades. While living there I overcame my aversion to saucer-sized spiders and, as a condition of marriage to my Aussie Prince Charming, I swore a lifelong allegiance to the Melbourne Football Club.
Then family called and my husband and I packed up and moved. We now live on a rocky island on Canada’s West Coast, close to beaches that once were frequented by smugglers and rumrunners.
My passions are reading and writing. I adore all animals and love hiking, beachcombing, and an occasional night of dancing.
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Sign up for her newsletter here: Libby Campbell newsletter
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Pinterest: https://nz.pinterest.com/libby3054/
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Hi Jaye and Libby,
I enjoyed reading the interview and love the sound of this series. This sounds like an awesome read. Intriguing and hot! How awesome that the first book is a gift!:)
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Bill At Peace – David Hazeltine
Hazeltine's tribute to Bill Evans is a delicate 3/4 song with no key center and an almost classical sound. A solo piano arrangement is available based on the recording.
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Recording: David Hazeltine - Waltz For Debby
Recorded on: December 27, 1998
Label: Venus (TKCV-35077)
Concert Key: No key center
Style: 3/4 swing (medium)
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David Hazeltine - Bill At Peace
Pianist Andres Rovira explores Bill At Peace in the jazzleadsheets.com studio.
This subtle, subdued 3/4 song has no key center. Like several other Hazeltine compositions, the harmonies flow evenly with no striking contrasts, but many tonalities are visited or implied without being established for long. At times this song has a classical, impressionistic sound, particularly at the start of the B section where a descending line over a pedal point recalls Forlane from Maurice Ravel's piano suite "Le Tombeau De Couperin." The 48-measure form is divided into 16-measure A, 12-measure B, and 20-measure C sections. The A section melody develops a mostly rising four-measure phrase through a few transpositions, while the melody of the B section descends over pedal points first on F♯ and then on B. The C section is more varied melodically, but returns to a development of the opening phrase toward the end.
The solo changes are a variation of the head changes, with more II-V7 motion in the A section and no pedal point at the B section. The coda begins with the last eight measures of the form, with a variation of the melody there leading into a rising development of the opening phrase. The final chord is E minor, which is also the first chord of the form; Hazeltine's fill from the recording, on the second to last measure, is shown in the lead sheets. This fill is also similar to a phrase from Ravel's Forlane.
On the recording, Hazeltine plays the C section rubato as an intro, before going to the A section melody in time. Our lead sheets show a few important countermelodies that Hazeltine plays.
David's solo piano arrangement is available; click on Piano Corner for more details, and see pianist Andres Rovira playing it in the jazzleadsheets.com studio, above.
Bill At Peace is the only Hazeltine original on the album "Waltz For Debby," which otherwise consists of Bill Evans songs. On some of the album Hazeltine is joined by George Mraz on bass and Billy Drummond on drums. "Waltz For Debby" was Hazeltine's sixth album as a leader, and only his second trio album. The same trio appeared on Hazeltine's 2003 album "Alice In Wonderland" and his 2005 Bud Powell tribute album "Cleopatra's Dream," as well as "Manhattan," a live album from later in 2005.
David wrote this Solo Piano Arrangement at the request of Don Sickler, who wanted to make it available. As performed. the longer notes of the melody are sometimes played in two-handed voicings, but often the chord voicing fills in the melody rhythmically by starting on the "and" of beat 1. The coda in this solo arrangement starts with the rising "tag" phrase, without the variation on the last eight measures of the head as in the lead sheet.
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David Hazeltine
Heralded by pianist Cedar Walton as the "brightest star on jazz piano's horizon," David Hazeltine is considered to be one of jazz's premier pianists as well as composer-arrangers. With a mantra to "swing as much as humanly possible," David's style is infused with influences of Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Buddy Montgomery, Barry Harris and Cedar Walton while still retaining his own fiercely individual voice. Hailing from Milwaukee, David made his professional debut on the organ when he was just thirteen years old. Read more...
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Liaison Office Skopje / News / 2014 / Italian Ambassador visits NATO Liaison Office Skopje
Italian Ambassador visits NATO Liaison Office Skopje
On 24 April 2014, the Italian Ambassador in Skopje, HE Ernesto Massimino Bellelli, accompanied by the Italian Defece Attachè in Skopje, Colonel Luciano Palcani, visited the premises of NLO-Sk, and met with the Chief, Colonel Alexandar Alexandrov, and members of the NATO Advisory Team. During the meeting, the visitors were familiarized with the structure, terms of reference, main activities, and contributions, of the Office.
In the course of the discussion, Colonel Alexandrov underlined the importance of professionalization in the HN Armed Forces, which represents the base of modernization, and a pillar of the process to join NATO. He also emphasized the importance of prioritization and rationalization in the drafting of the Long Term Defense Development Plan 2014-2023.
Mr. Bellelli expressed his gratitude for the invitation, and was interested to hear about the HN defence budget and modernization of the Armed Forces. He also discussed the involvement of the HN in NATO military exercises and the role of NATO countries in supporting the HN. Colonel Alexandrov underlined that important steps were done by the HN towards the integration in the Euro Atlantic Organization and he emphasized the key role of the Italian Ambassador and the Italian Defence Attache’ in the bilateral talks.
Mr. Bellelli also proposed to investigate whether there are rooms to celebrate a yearly NATO memorial for those who served under NATO flag and lost their lives in the country. Colonel Alexandrov agreed with that proposal and promised to work in this direction.
The meeting closed with the mutual insurance to improve the already excellent relations and cooperation between Italian Embassy and Defence Attache’ and the NLO-Sk.
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Prelude, the luxury brand of Group Jolidon, has created a unique piece, named “La Principessa”, especially to be worn by Victoria Swarovski at Das Supertalent final (Germany), streamed by RTL television.
On Saturday night, December 17th, RTL streamed the final of Das Supertalent, the jury being form by Dieter Bohlen, Victoria Swarovski and Bruce Darnell.
Victoria Swarovski, singer and actress, member of the Swarovski family, had a spectacular appearance wearing “La Principessa” red dress, made by Prelude, showing a very dynamic & ultraglam look.
The asymmetry of the dress gives a touch of modernity and is perfectly completed by the V-plunge corset. The shoulder pads, decorated with Swarovski Crystals, smoothly defined the contour of the overall look, being tied to the corset through a few crystal strings.
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Also, for “La Principessa” piece there were used a few thousand Swarovski Crystals, eventually being evaluated at approximately 22.000 €.
This project was initiated in partnership with our collaborators from Germany – RM Exclusive Lingerie, and Swarovski. Currently, Group Jolidon is one of the two companies with whom Swarovski has an official partnership in Romania (starting from 2005). Prelude is a luxury lingerie & swimwear brand, made in Europe, as part of the Group Jolidon. The Prelude style is a cosmopolitan one, versatile and avant-garde, where the fashion, the art and the refinery become part of the modern woman’s lifestyle
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On the eve of International Women’s Day, I attended a sold out screening of the film, Girl Rising. The energy in the theater was thick with anticipation and empowerment. As the film began, a hush fell over the crowd. Embracing every second of this amazing film, I learned of 9 girls from 9 different countries- Afghanistan, Haiti, Peru, Nepal, India, Egypt, Cambodia, Ethiopia and the Sierra Leone. Each girl faced with different life challenges from child marriage to abandonment, from the lack of education to violence, and much more. The main theme throughout is the power of education and how so many girls, millions of them, lack educational opportunities.
My heart swelled with sadness and disappointment as each story comes to life. Feelings of hopelessness overwhelmed me and my faith in mankind began to dwindle- how could so many girls be denied their right to freedom, to education, to choosing for themselves? And slowly, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, each girl showed strength and a fierceness that will not die. Each girl overcame her obstacle and displayed grace, light and pride in doing so.
As a mother of a young baby, my view of the world has changed this past year. Issues such as free and available education to every day safety become a common part of my every day thinking. In the film, Wadley a bright 8 year old Haitian girl is troubled as her world is changed forever after the terrible earthquake in Port au Prince. An estimated 80% of schools in Port-au-Prince were damaged or destroyed during the earthquake. Prior to the earthquake, about 40% of children were unable to pay school fees. Only 60% of Haitian children have the opportunity to attend primary school and only 20% go to secondary school. About 50% of all Haitians are literate.
With constant drive and fearlessness, Wadley returns to the makeshift tent school house every day, even when turned away because her mother could not pay the school fees. “I will come back every day until I can stay” she proudly reports. To Wadley, education is the key to her success in life and developing mind. Eventually, she wins and the teacher allows her to stay. With my child always on my mind, I pondered “What would I do if education wasn’t free or available for my young child? Would I send him to the local school house every day to try to be accepted?” Absolutely!
Statistics for education among young girls in developing countries is staggering:
Around 11 per cent of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are classed as illiterate.
Worldwide, around 776 million adults and young people over the age of 15 cannot read or write – just under two thirds of them female.
– Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Studies show that every year of schooling increasing a girl’s future earning power by 10 to 20 percent.
Less than half a cent of every development dollar goes to programs specifically for girls, particularly those ages 10-14.
Girls make up more than half of the world’s 143 million out-of-school youth.
– Girl Up, United Nations Foundation
What can you do to encourage the Wadley’s of the world to fight for their right to be educated? What can you to do lift up women and girls around the world? What can you do to encourage equal rights for all? Through Jolkona and the Give2Girls campaign going on right now, projects and causes all over the world need your donations so organizations can continue the strong work and empowerment, helping so many girls in this world. And for a limited time, the first $2,500 in donations made towards women and girls will be matched by the Seattle International Foundation. So give what you can, give today! Educate girls! See Girl Rising! Find a screening here.
Jolkona is proud to be a part of this movement to support and empower women through the Give2Girls campaign. You can also be a part of this movement by helping to spread the word by liking us on Facebook, and by following us on Twitter (#give2girls), and Pinterest.
Nothing Says I Love You Like Empowerment
Gabriel St. John
As an English teacher living in Italy I used to make all my students memorize Shakespeare. It didn’t matter what level they were – beginners or advanced – everyone had to memorize Shakespeare. Specifically, Sonnet XVIII: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate….” At the beginning of every lesson I would reveal a new line and, like they used to do in the good old days, we would chant it together over and over. Usually, the aim was to have them memorize it in full for Valentine’s Day. The joke being, if they didn’t have a romantic figure in their life, it was a sure way to get one; and if they did, it was a sure way to keep them! But truthfully, I used to do it for other reasons: it was different, it was certainly practical (okay maybe not quite as practical as “Excuse me, where is the train station?” But it still had plenty of good vocabulary and useful grammar structures to learn), it was powerful, and it was memorable.
Wouldn’t it be great, then, if we could do the same with Valentine’s Day this year? Not memorize Shakespeare (though that would be quite a worthy feat in itself), but couldn’t we also do something this year that made Valentine’s Day feel different, practical, powerful, and memorable? You can.
Here’s an idea: instead of sending your loved ones the clichéd Hallmark Valentine’s card, why don’t you send them a Jolkona Valentine’s gift card.
How do they work?
It’s really very simple:
Choose your template
Purchase the gift card for your desired amount
Send the gift card to someone you love
The recipient redeems the gift card via any of our projects
In short, you’re giving so someone else can give. And if love is a gift, then this is love.
Forget not: actions speak louder than words. So this year, tell someone you love them by empowering them to take action. Besides, nothing says I love you like empowerment.
Make this year’s Valentine’s Day different, practical, powerful, and memorable. Send a Jolkona gift card and cultivate change here.
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7 Reasons to Invest in Girls’ Education
Only months before being shot in the head and neck by two Taliban gunmen on her way back from school in the Swat Valley of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, a girl of only 14 years of age, had said, “I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.” Malala Yousafzai was not only aware of the threat on her life, but she accepted it bravely and with defiance. Yousafzai was prepared to die for girl’s education.
The incident drew an international outcry. Yousafzai, miraculously still alive, was flown to the U.K., where she spent weeks on end in intensive care, undergoing highly complex brain surgeries and skull reconstruction. 3 days ago, nearly four months after the attempt on her life, Yousafzai, made her first public statement, repeating some not too dissimilar words, “I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.”
Yousafzai’s story is as extraordinary as it is both courageous and inspiring. At its heart is a girl – a teenage girl! – willing to die for her freedom. A freedom that for most of us has already been fought – and won – by those who have preceded us.
We would all concur and understand how education for girls should be a basic freedom. But what we perhaps fail to grasp is that, stemming from this basic freedom, are some incredibly rich benefits for their families, their communities, and society as a whole. So here are 7 great reasons why to invest in girls’ education*:
When 10% more girls go to school, a country’s GDP increases on average by 3%.
Countries where women’s share of seats in political bodies is greater than 30% are more inclusive, egalitarian, and democratic.
In many developing countries, the mortality rate of children under the age of 5 is highest among those whose mothers had no education.
Every year of schooling increases a girl’s individual earning power by 10% – 20%, while the return on secondary education is even higher, in the 15% – 20% percent range.
Girls’ education is proven not only to increase wage earners but also productivity for employers, yielding benefits for the community and the wider society.
When women and girls earn income, they reinvest 90% into their families.
The impact of investing in girls is intergenerational. A mother with even a few years of formal education is considerably more likely to send her children to school, breaking the intergenerational chain of poverty.
Jolkona’s Project
You can donate to an array of projects via our Jolkona giving platform which further girls’ education in Tanzania, Liberia, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Nepal. Give to one of these projects; help bring freedom and empowerment to girls today! Malala Yousafzai almost gave her life to advance the plight of girls in her country. What can you give?
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*Statistics taken from the UN’s Clinton Global Initiative.
Upaya is Inspiring Outcomes
Cameron LaFlam
The definition of ‘Upaya’ is any endeavor or practice that is used to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to achieve a goal. Upaya Social Ventures, the Seattle-based non-profit, exemplifies this mission of determination and due diligence.
In a nutshell, they work to build businesses and improve the quality of life for families. Upaya focuses on helping the ultra poor – the World Bank defines the ultra poor as a family unit living on $1.25/day or less. Extreme poverty is marked by the lack of even the most basic, essential necessities to live.
From now through December 31st, a tremendous matching campaign is going on for Upaya’s Jolkona hosted campaigns. Any and all donations made to either of the two projects will be matched on every dollar (up to the first $10,000) by the Skees Family Foundation. It is a wonderful opportunity to double your impact with a few dollars.
Jolkona Partnership and Projects
Steve Schwartz, Upaya’s Director of Strategy & Operations and Co-founder, has been closely linked with Jolkona since the latter organization began in 2007. His friendships with Jolkona founders Nadia and Adnan blossomed into a non-profit alliance following Upaya’s start in 2011. The two organizations have collaborated in making several Upaya projects available through Jolkona’s platform.
You can help Delhi’s poorest earn a dignified living by making a gift of $250. The meaningful, long-term impact such an amount can make on a family is incredible. The gift will help create a stable and dignified job for someone; this is will greatly increase their family’s income, food supply, and overall quality of life.
Upaya has also teamed up with a startup in Bihar; the startup trains silk weavers in the community to improve their skills, resources, equipment and more. Once again, with a one-time gift of $250 one new job will be created and maintained. Create Stable Jobs for Silk Weavers in Bihar and change the lives of a family for the better, forever.
A Gift of Life and Prosperity
Every person deserves the dignity of a job to call their own to provide for their family’s needs. Upaya is devoted to empowering individuals with skills and stability, thereby influencing their friends, families and communities for the better.
This holiday season, every dollar counts twice. The matching campaign makes it an ideal time to give. These are solvable problems with dedicated means to solve them. Consider giving the gift of impact by supporting one of Upaya’s projects. Doing so will voice your love and support for their mission, Jolkona’s, philanthropy’s and – most importantly – for the hope and happiness you will impart to others.
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Living in the World Today
The streets that pave our cities buzz a ceaseless din. Advertising bombards us with images teasing and confounding our wants and desires. Television, digital media and print media – their information cyclones inundate us with stories, facts, opinions, distortions and lies. Today’s global economic engine is a juggernaut with gale-force winds, flinging people from job to job and industry to industry. 21st century life operates in hyper-speed. Sometimes, one needs to apply pressure on the breaks and simply slow down.
The Human Spirit Compels Us
Here at Jolkona, we affirm the life-changing work being accomplished by our partners. We affirm the non-profit sector’s role throughout the world of helping create respectful, well-educated, creative and sustainable communities. We affirm the courageous, compassionate lives people compose for themselves out of an endlessly renewable resource: the human spirit, the will to live, the drive to make life worth living for all.
Affirmations aside, we recognize how easily individuals can become wrapped up in the pettiness of differences, the drama of conflict, and the chains of disillusionment. The following short film, We Are All One, succinctly and lucidly articulates an argument for life and the inherent kinship of all living things. Watch it below.
I won’t exhaust the contents of the film by breaking it down point by point – that would weaken the impact of its own presentation. Jolkona simply believes moments like these are critically important to allow for in our busy lives. Reflection is indicative of a curious, caring mind.
Connecting with your Environment
When it comes to philanthropic endeavors – or any meaningful undertakings for that matter – there exists the yin and yang of theory and praxis. Theory speaks to brainstorming, planning and strategic development. Praxis is defined by action; getting out there to complete tasks and accomplish goals. Theory without praxis is, ultimately, only words, only hypothetical conjecture. Praxis without theory may often turn out to be uninformed and unprepared. Both are essential characteristics to develop an open engagement with the world.
Reflection is equally important as the aforementioned qualities. Critical thinking breeds honesty, empowerment, and change. Life is not all sunshine and roses though – the narration confirms this fact time and again. The majestic footage captured in We All Are One is not intended to inspire surface-level, blind optimism about the future. Rather, it reminds us humans, who can become so distanced from the place we call home, that we are part and parcel of this world. There is no I without the other.
Building Bridges, Linking Lives
The ways in which we fortify ourselves from the earth in communication and conduct is illusionary and deceptive. We are not even merely stewards of this planet, here to establish goodwill and reverence for nature. As the classic Beatles song goes, “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.” If we as a community truly desire a future that is sustainable and inclusive, it begins with personal moments of reflection. From there, a process of dialogue and ‘theory’ building with neighbors, friends and communities. This is followed by the execution of dignified goals. At the beginning of this process is reflection on self – and therefore – the world.
Align yourself with like-minded individuals. Align yourself with family and friends who may possess different values than you. Align yourself with inspiring non-profits. Align yourself with community leaders and local activities. Align yourself with life-affirming ways of being that resonate with what you have seen in the film above.
Jolkona wants to share its passion with people across the globe that we are confident share so much in common. Our histories and aspirations are much the same. Follow the link to Jolkona’s project center to get an idea of environmental projects we are involved with. But the buck does not stop there; Jolkona’s coalition of partners is ever-blossoming.
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International Day of the Girl
Women make the world go round. They inspire, lead, challenge, and renew the lives we lead and the places we call home. But they also need our help. Girl Rising is the name of a transformative documentary that captures the day-to-day life of ten young girls from ten nations all over the globe. The heart of knowledge spearheading the film is this: when provided with adequate educational and social opportunities, girls change the world for the better. Check out this infographic which succinctly illustrates the indelible impact girls make in others’ lives. While you are at it, take a look below at a teaser trailer for the upcoming film!
Day of the Girl Alliance
The filmmakers are backed by an incredible, diverse partnership between NGOs like La Pietra Coalition and Girl Up, project partners such as CNN Films and Business Online, and the leading strategic partner Intel. Together, they form an unbreakable bond of support for the 1st annual International Day of the Girl. Today, Thursday, October 11th honors and celebrates the lives of girls and behooves those in their communities to give back in the name of girls’ education and empowerment.
Jolkona believes that every girl deserves an equal chance at life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Education, economic independence, financial stability, adequate healthcare, and full legal representation; these are a handful of just a few goals among many that International Day of the Girl is all about. See these ambitions being fruitfully put into action through Jolkona’s partners, like a few standouts described below.
Championing Women through Jolkona
Empower Women in Nepal Through Higher Education: The Bo M. Karlsson Foundation is dedicated to advancing young Nepalese women through school beyond the primary level. Differing levels of gifts can provide them with much needed resources like transportation, an internet connection, school books, and even room, board and tuition.
Support Women Farmers in Sudan: Many women in their Sudanese communities are struggling to transform their poverty-stricken lives, which is why standing behind MADRE is so critical. Essential agricultural resources, like farming training, seeds, or a fresh plot of land, are made available through their hard work. In Sudan, women do the majority of farming but there is a dearth of support when it comes to land rights and income. Help MADRE change this.
Provide Education to the Females of Afghanistan: Look no further than Barakat for proof of exceptional work being accomplished for Afghani girls. The cultural taboos and societal imbalances for women pursuing education are significant, but far from insurmountable. Personally fund a girl’s accelerated literary class for only $40. Help these girls stay on track to blossom into highly literate, educated members of their community.
Support Rape Survivors in Haiti Displacement Camps: Sexual assault is a demeaning, destructive and inexorably heinous act. In the aftermath of such a traumatic event, professional resources and emotional support is imperative. MADRE, the previously mentioned women’s rights nonprofit, works alongside women in Haiti, offering hygiene kits and peer therapy sessions. International Day of the Girl should not pass in vain; instantly become an activist on behalf of marginalized women by making a donation.
Endorse this day as a symbol for the value and worth of women in our world. Watch what amazing things girls will achieve if given a chance. Jolkona’s partners believe deeply and emphatically in promoting equality between the genders and doing whatever possible to empower women. When girls thrive, so too do their children, families, friends and communities. See more Jolkona projects for and about women here.
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End Child Marriage [Infographic]
George Felton
We’ve posted a lot before about family planning, and why women are the key to the future, but I think this infographic presents the issue (and a solution!) along a slightly different tack. Girls who become pregnant before 18 years of age are at much higher risk of complications during birth, not to mention that they are often forced to drop out of school to care for their baby. This infographic shows how these potentially life-ruining births can be nearly completely eliminated.
Take a look at some of our projects that work to empower girls, often to avoid child marriage:
Empower the Girls of Nepal: Mentor a girl from the lowest caste to become a leader in her community, and in turn empower other girls.
Ignite Girls’ Leadership in Pakistan: Run by the same group as the first project, Mentor a girl in Pakistan to become an agent for change, and a future mentor to other girls in her community.
Promote Education of Needy Girls in Tanzania: One of the best ways to combat adolescent pregnancy is to keep girls in school. Help these girls do just that.
If these aren’t enough, Jolkona has many more projects that empower girls in order to avoid early pregnancy.
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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Jolkona!
Image credit: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com
Women have been ethically and emotionally suppressed throughout history. But even today, women make up 70% of those who are living in poverty. This is likely due to women’s shrinking employment rates over the years. 66% of illiterate adults are women as well. Tony Cade Bambara said, “revolution begins with the self, in the self.” Empowerment can fuel an entire community when one person decides that what they have to say is important. Amidst such inequality and lack of resources, women continue to transcend difficulties with grace,attitude, and determination. It is notwonder why March 8 is a day dedicated to lighting your revolution of the self. Join Jolkona and I in celebrating the power of the human voice and what we are capable of:International Women’s Day is here!
International Women’s Day began as a social and political event designed to bring greater awareness of the need for women to have equal rights among men. Over decades of monumental change, the meaning behind this day has grown into so much more than just a governmental responsibility: each person who celebrates brings a unique aspect to what International Women’s Day truly means.
International Women’s Day Australina recorded thousand of people’s reactions and ideas about what this day means to them. Here is one such voice:
“International Women’s Day is now, of course, a day of celebration. A day when women can get together, celebrate being women– all [that] they’ve come through with a reminder of how much further there still is to go. I know that International Women’s Day didn’t start that way, it started as part of an industrial struggle[;] while there’s still a lot of struggling to be done I think there should be a strong emphasis on celebration.”
Here at Jolkona, we believe that recognizing today is vital for the advancement of women, and for celebrating the power women have brought and will continue to bring to our planet.
With CRAVE and women@google by our side, the Give2Girls campaign is our revolution to generating dynamic awareness and change within global communities. We are providing girls and women on every inch of planet Earth with a chance to grow confident, grow strong, and grow wise. No matter which Give2Girls project excites you, we will match your donation made on the site up to $500 per person until our $6,000 match runs out! Find your favorite project to give to on the Give2Girls campaign page.
Did we mention you will receive proofs for both of the donations? Share your story with family and friends when we update you with how your generous impact has transformed a woman’s life.
We would like to thank our very own volunteer Zanoon Nissar for spear-heading the campaign this year and raising our matching fund! Check out her video to learn why she believes in this campaign:
RSVP for our virtual event and help tell your friends about the Give2Girls campaign.
Get a Give2Girls gift card for a friend.
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Tweet using the #give2girls hashtag.
Women’s History Month: Announcing the Give2Girls Matching Campaign
How’s your knowledge of women’s history? Honestly. I’ll be the first to hold my hand up and say mine is a little patchy. Well, if you’re anything like me, then this month of March is your chance to change that. March is Women’s History Month – a world-wide movement that looks back and celebrates the tenacious achievements of women in our history, with a mind to looking forward and increasing awareness of the great distance that is yet to be traveled to achieve gender equality.
Introducing the Give2Girls matching campaign
To celebrate and participate in Women’s History Month, we’re proud to be launching our second Give2Girls matching campaign, running for the whole of March – starting today! We’re dedicating thirty one days to improving the lives of thousands of women and girls around the globe. Like last year, we’re partnering with the indefatigable CRAVE, a networking organization committed to connecting and promoting women entrepreneurs.
How will the campaign work?
Give to any of our 20+ projects related to women or girls, and we will match your donation, dollar for dollar, up to $500 per donor! Even better than that, though, we will double your proof. So donate $40 to educate one girl in Afghanistan for ten months, and we’ll send you the proof for how two girls have been educated. The campaign is being matched up to a total of $6,000.
Why this campaign?
Here are just some of the reasons:
When a girl in the developing world receives seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer children.
An extra year of primary school boosts girls’ eventual wages by 10 to 20 percent. An extra year of secondary school: 15 to 25 percent.
When women and girls earn income, they reinvest 90 percent of it into their families, as compared to only 30 to 40 percent for a man.
The total global population of girls ages 10 to 24 – already the largest in history – is expected to peak in the next decade.
One-quarter to one-half of girls in developing countries become mothers before age 18; 14 million girls aged 15 to 19 give birth in developing countries each year.
Medical complications from pregnancy are the leading cause of death among girls ages 15 to 19 worldwide. Compared with women ages 20 to 24, girls ages 10 to 14 are five times more likely to die from childbirth, and girls 15 to 19 are up to twice as likely, worldwide.
Approximately one-quarter of girls in developing countries are not in school.
Out of the world’s 130 million out-of-school youth, 70 percent are girls.
(statistics taken from girleffect.org)
For too long women have been over-looked. Their worth within society, communities, and families has been woefully neglected. And the true absurdity of this is that the roles they play within these spheres are of paramount importance. But we’re not here to bemoan the past; we’re here to change the future. So let’s do that.
1. Educate yourself. Give a bit of your time to learning about the past and women’s history. You can start here at womenshistorymonth.org. Then, learn about the present. The sites are numerous, but here are a couple we like: girleffect.org and the UN’s womenwatch.
2. Spread the word. Share what you learn and share our campaign with your friends, families and social networks. Tweet using the hashtag #give2girls.
3. Change the future. Support the Give2Girls campaign and invest in the women of tomorrow by giving to the girls of today!
Empower women and girls the world over here.
Meat The Butcher: Barry Mang @ The Magnolia Shop
If Bill the Butcher ever had to change its name, I could only think of one replacement that would be equally suitable and catchy: Barry the Butcher. Well, that’s who we meet today – Barry Mang, head butcher at the shop over in Magnolia. Tall, friendly, and self-effacing, Barry talks with a certain gathered concentration in his voice. He chooses his words carefully; he stares out the window when I ask him a question, and then as if pulling the answer right out of the blue sky, he returns it with a twinkle in his eye. It was a pleasure meeting Barry; he’s professional without having to show off, and he’s passionate without having to talk the hind legs off a cow. Here are some snippets of our interview:
Barry, where were you born?
Encino, California
And where are you living right now?
Queen Anne Hill, Seattle
What’s the furthest you’ve been from home?
Cancun, Mexico.
Do you have any major hobbies?
Fly fishing, wood working, skiing, cycling.
What’s the first thing you do when your alarm goes off?
I don’t set an alarm. Such are the pleasures of opening at noon.
Double short Americano with cream.
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Oxblood red.
What led you to becoming a butcher?
I was a chef for many years and the opportunity to try something different presented itself.
What’s the best thing about being a butcher?
Assisting our clientele in creating memorable meals for friends and family.
Which cut of meat should people know more about?
Are you or have you ever been a vegetarian?
Yes, but it was brief.
How do you see your role in sustainable farming?
Education and facilitation. We create a pipeline for local farmers and an outlet for concerned consumers.
What are your thoughts on the Eat Local, Give Global campaign?
A good idea.
Why is your shop better than the other Bill the Butcher shops in Seattle?
We all do our best to shine in our respective neighborhoods. I must admit, my Marquee has drawn more attention for its witty content [see picture above].
Which Bill the Butcher shop is going to come in last in the Great Meat Race?
We all win with the drive to give charitably.
Do you have any good party tricks?
And finally, 3 words to describe natural grass fed beef:
occupy the pasture.
The Eat Local, Give Global campaign is all about raising money to empower and educate women farmers in Sudan with sustainable farming techniques. We’re running the campaign in partnership with Bill the Butcher and its six shops in and around Seattle. Donate online, or go directly to your local shop, meet the friendly butchers themselves, and donate there.
Check out Laura Kimball’s launch post, or go the campaign page for more details.
Remember: each store is in competition with the others to raise the most money. This is called the Great Meat Race. If you want the Magnolia shop to win, donate to the campaign here and join its community.
Jolkona Interns Present: Machik’s Women’s Writing Program
The voice of literature in culture
Like many other people I’m sure, one of my very favorite books of all time is J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. I consider it truly brilliant, and it has had a remarkable influence on me. When Salinger died in January of 2010, the tributes lauding his talent flooded the media. One phrase I recall reading by several different writers was that Salinger “defined a generation.†(You could argue he defined two). Such praise is deservedly lofty and not handed out on a whim. But what does this have to do with Machik’s Women’s Writing Program? A lot.
And here’s why: giving a voice through literature is – and has been for a very long time – an integral part of what we understand as “culture.†Deeper than that, the voice of literature within culture is inextricably conjoined with identity, whether it be on a wide or personal scale, which is precisely why we say of writers, ‘he/she defined a generation.’ We say it because we identify with that particular literary voice; it’s as if the voice is speaking for us. We perhaps take this truth for granted, but when you stop to consider it, you can truly appreciate how invaluable those voices are to us, how much they have shaped the narrative of not only our own lives but that of an entire country. This, then, is what Machik’s Women’s Writing Program in Tibet is going some way to achieve for the culture and identity of Tibetans.
Two historic Tibetan publications
In 2004, under the auspices of Professor Palmo Tso, Machik sponsored the development of two historic publications: the first ever anthology of Tibetan women’s writing, and the first print newsmagazine on Tibetan women’s affairs, The Land of Snow Tibetan Women’s Journal. Yes, these are the first ever of their kind for women’s literature in Tibet. Just think of the myriad anthologies of British and American women’s literature in comparison. Then think how rich Tibetan language and culture is, and how powerful a component women’s voices must be (or should be) within that. And yet this surface has only just begun to be scratched.
Breaking the shackles of marginalization
Ultimately, though, beyond culture and identity, giving Tibetan women a recognized voice through literature is about empowerment; empowerment against gender inequality. Women’s literacy rate in Tibet, for example, is that of approximately one third compared to men’s. And in a country where voices are largely marginalized, women’s especially, it becomes abundantly clear the scale of the struggle Tibetan women face. In the light of such facts, Machik’s Women’s Writing Program, and the projects it has brought to fruition, become all the more extraordinary. Not only that, they become all the more critical. This is why we as the Intern Team here at Jolkona have chosen to support this project for the 12 Days of Giving Campaign. Here’s our very bookish campaign video:
Give Tibetan Woman a voice
We’re asking for donations starting at $5 in order to support the publication of twelve stories or essays by Tibetan women in the tri-annual Snowland Tibetan Women’s Journal, which is produced both in print and digitally. $40 covers the publishing costs of one story or essay. By donating you contribute to the improvement of women’s literacy and education, whilst helping give Tibetan women a conduit to greater empowerment and gender equality. In this way, you assist in shaping the narrative of not only the personal lives of the Tibetan women, but also the very narrative of Tibet as a whole. That is no small privilege.
So if you care about gender equality, if you love to read, or if you’ve ever read a book by a woman and enjoyed it, then give here via our campaign page.
Give Tibetan woman a voice – through literature.
Investment in Women Grassroots Leaders: Groupon Campaign Follow Up
Late July of this last summer, Jolkona raised money through our Groupon campaign to fund women grassroots leaders to come to Seattle and participate in a 10 week training program. The deal was this: for every $500 raised, Jolkona would fund one week of training for one woman. In addition, all funds raised would be munificently matched by Seattle International Foundation, and then implemented by iLEAP. Let me say right now that it was – and continues to be – a brilliant success, and on so many levels. And here’s why:
The total raised from the 3 day Groupon campaign, plus the additional donations since then, including the generous match from SIF, is a vertiginous $20,000! (I’m not usually one for wielding exclamation points in my grammar, but that one is thoroughly warranted.) And with that amount raised, Jolkona was able to fund fellowships for two women for the entire 10 week training program. Please, allow me to introduce them to you:
Claudia Vanessa Siliezar (left) and Margaret Edwin Molomoo (right)
Claudia Vanessa Siliezar is from Honduras – she is a Sociology and Law professor at CEUTEC-UNITEC in La Ceiba, and is coordinator at GOjoven Honduras, where she is involved in promoting women’s rights, especially those pertaining to reproductive and sexual health, as well as in combating violence against women.
And….
Margaret Edwin Molomoo is from India. She works for Tarumitra, where she educates students, farmers, and women about the methods and benefits of organic farming in villages surrounding Bahir. Her work has assisted many farming groups in changing their use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers in their farming practices.
Thanks to the funds raised, Claudia and Margaret, already stalwart pursuers of a fairer society, are now even better equipped to grow their successful, high-impact programs.
In connection with this, we are inviting you to the extraordinary annual Women in the World’s Breakfast, held at the Four Seasons in Seattle, where you can meet our fellows, Claudia and Margaret, in the flesh. Buy tickets here. And to whet your appetite, here’s the inspiring video of last year’s event:
The raising of the funds and the opportunity and skills it provided Claudia and Margaret were not the only success stories of this campaign. Another aspect deserving of sincere pats on the back was the campaign’s collaboration: the three-pronged spearhead of SIF, iLEAP, and Jolkona. You see, unfortunately, too many nonprofits try to go at campaigns alone, and what this campaign exemplifies is the exponential difference nonprofits can make when they work together. Remember: a problem shared is a problem halved.
Our goal is to fund 5 women; so far we’ve funded 2. The campaign is still running and SIF is still matching every one of your donations, dollar for dollar. Make a difference. See the results. Give to the campaign here: Invest in Women Grassroots Leaders from Around the World.
Event Recap: How to be a Changemaker
Laura Kimball
Post written by Jolkona intern Almudena Rodriguez
Mechai Viravaidya at Seattle Town Hall. Photo by Tom Paulson of Humanosphere Blog.
I had the pleasure to represent Jolkona at How To Be A Changemaker: Combating HIV/AIDS and Eradicating Poverty through Social Enterprise, A Conversation with Thailand’s “Mr. Condom” on June 9, an event hosted by the World Affairs Council.
Known as Mr. Condom for his humorous and unorthodox approach to family planning, Mechai Viravaidya founded the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) in 1974 to address unsustainable population growth in Thailand. The talk he gave at TEDxChange explains some of the innovative methods PDA used to promote family planning and condom use in Thailand — efforts that helped reduce Thai family size from 7 children per family in 1974 to only 1.5 children per family in 2003.
Mechai’s World Affairs Council talk focused on the Village Development Partnership (VDP), a rural anti-poverty project in Thailand for which he won the 2007 Gates Global Health Award and the 2008 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The VDP model empowers local communities to improve their quality of life by articulating their needs and aspirations and creating a tailored development plan. Sponsoring companies and organizations provide funds for communities’ development projects in exchange for tree planting. This unique partnership between the private sector and the communities they sponsor has proven successful and sustainable for more than 22 years.
Lesson of VDP’s success that can be applied to Jolkona are summarized in the following diagram:
Even though this model was designed for the Thai population that VDP worked with, it can be applied to other countries and modified accordingly. Portions of this model are already part of Jolkona’s vision.
For example, we support grassroots organizations that collaborate with the communities they serve to develop solutions to local problems. In Sudan, Jolkona partner MADRE works with a local organization to provide seeds, supplies and training to women farmers who have traditionally been denied access to farm aid and credit. Our donors can also support several projects that help low-income people become entrepreneurs, such as a program to teach business skills to low-income people in the US and an initiative to prepare the most disadvantaged Haitian women to receive microcredit. Similar to the VDP model, our donors are empowering the communities served by our nonprofit partners to determine their own destiny.
Laura Kimball, Emily Williamson, and Almudena Rodriguez of Jolkona tabling at the World Affairs Council Global Leadership Series with Mechai Viravaidya. Photo by Alabastro Photography.
Almudena Rodriguez is Jolkona’s 
Marketing Coordinator Intern. Originally from Spain, Almu is a firm believer in the need for marketing and communications for any business or nonprofit to reach its full potential. She has an MBA from La Coruña in Spain and a degree in Marketing from the marketing Institute of Ireland. In October 2010, she relocated to Seattle. In her free time she likes skiing, hiking, cycling and staying in touch with her friends spread all over the world. Follow Almudena on Twitter @Mayona80.
A Tough Graduation: Graduating Out of Poverty, II
Saman Nizami
This post is a reflection of Saman Nizami’s experiences and observations during her internship for BRAC’s “Targeting the Ultra-Poor†program in Bangladesh.
To recap on my previous post, BRAC’s “Targeting the Ultra-Poor†(TUP) program takes an integrated approach towards empowering women at the bottom of the poverty ladder. In addition to providing income generating assets and enterprise development training, the other four components of the program play a subtle but vital role in lifting these women out of poverty as well. In this post, I’ll discuss two of these powerful catalysts (i.e. healthcare support and social development) and the other two (i.e. financial discipline and subsistence allowance) in my next post.
Preliminary Healthcare Services and Education
Meet Tasmeena (above). She is a domestic servant, who was recently recruited into the TUP program. Tasmeena suffers from fever frequently, which hinders her from working. Even when I met her, she had a high fever – which I had to diagnose by touching her forehead and wrist because she couldn’t afford basic healthcare essentials like a thermometer. In the past, she has met physicians who suggested she get blood tests, but she never followed through because, again, she could not afford it.
Her weak livelihood and poor health condition were inter-dependent. Her meager income would not allow to her seek formal medical care for treatment or purchase medication. Similarly, her poor health condition was pushing her into further destitution by limiting the manual labor she could perform or making her take days off from work. For Tasmeena and her family, not going to work for a day meant forgoing a day’s income which had dire consequences. Her family may have to starve for the day or she may have to resort to begging for cash and food. Fortunately, BRAC will provide her healthcare services to improve her health condition which will ultimately strengthen her livelihood.
Another strategy of the program is health education. I sat in on one of BRAC’s health education sessions with the TUP members where BRAC’s health volunteers were discussing the importance of feminine hygiene and family planning. See my picture below.
These women are also given hygiene education and essential items like sanitary latrines and tube-wells for safe drinking water to protect them from communicable diseases.
BRAC’s integrated health services aim to improve the nutritional and health statuses of these women and their families. As a result, this improvement in their families’ health plays a key role in stimulating any improvements in the households’ economic conditions.
Above: TUP member, Madhu Bi, wearing sandals and using a tube-well she received from BRAC for safe drinking water. She explained that in the past, her children have suffered from diseases like jaundice and diarrhea, but now they have been much healthier as a result of changing simple practices and receiving key facilities (i.e. sanitary latrine and tube-well).
Another important mechanism propelling the program’s success is mobilizing the community and building the human social capital of the rural poor (particularly women). The first time I went to a Gram Daridro Bimochon Committee (GDBC) meeting, a local rural elite committee formed to protect these vulnerable families, the leadership proudly described their responsibilities including information dissemination on health issues, protection of the women’s assets , and advocacy of their rights to the local government. At the meeting, the TUP members were closely following the meeting’s agenda and openly expressing their thoughts on how to address their communities’ needs. Towards the end, the women and the GDBC gifted a tin house roof to an ill widow purchased through collective donations from the community. I was amazed to see this strong affinity and urge to help others among these women, despite the difficult conditions they’re in themselves.
Here is a short video I took from one of the GDBC meetings:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1CiM9KwvpY&version=3&hl=en_US] As an additional effort in socially empowering women, BRAC’s field staff trains them on social issues that plague their communities. This includes teaching them how to write their name, the importance of marriage and birth certificates, and laws on early child marriage, dowry, etc. These women are then encouraged to uphold their rights, play a more active role in their communities, and strongly resist abuse and exploitation.
Above: BRAC’s field staff teaching Rukhsana how to write her name as part of the social development training.
I met a TUP graduate (2006) named Masooda who has progressed significantly in terms of social development. When she was recruited to the TUP program, Masooda felt alienated as a poor widow living on her own. Further, she had no time or energy to interact with people because of her arduous manual labor as a domestic servant. However, after graduating from the TUP program, she plays an active role in her community. She frequently gives her community members advice, and even stopped two early child marriages among her relatives by vehemently protesting against it. She is approaching local government representatives to secure her entitlements (i.e. widow allowance) as well.
Another TUP graduate, Afreena, used to be physically tortured by her husband, but she felt like she had no one to turn to. However, now that she generates income and has assets in her ownership, she has authority within the household and her husband treats her with respect. Now, the question that arises is if her husband is treating her well because he considers her to be a source of income, or have his fundamental beliefs about women changed? Will this change be sustained unconditionally in the long term even if Afreena decides to sell her assets and stop contributing to the household? A little too soon to tell…
Nevertheless, it’s clear that lifting these women out of poverty requires the need to intrinsically empower them, where they learn how to protect themselves from marginalization and control their own lives. It also involves instilling perception changes among men and women and dismantling the entrenched ideology of gender inequality.
And it doesn’t stop here…more to come in my next post!
Saman Nizami graduated from UCSD with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and History. She is currently working for a Pakistan-based NGO, HOPE (Health Oriented Preventive Education), primarily in disaster response projects aimed to help the victims of the recent 2010 floods. She’s also a Project Team Lead for ADP (Association for the Development of Pakistan). During her spare time, Saman enjoys trying new restaurants (particularly sushi), learning North Indian classical singing, watching Bollywood movies, and most recently – tweeting. You can follow her @saman_nizami.
Fostering businesses in Low-income Communities
Submitted by Jorji Knickrehm, Grants Manager at Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (or Washington CASH).
Figuring out how to foster new small businesses in low income communities is an ongoing passion here at Washington CASH. Yesterday, all twelve of our program staffers packed themselves into a small conference room, and tinkered for 4 hours with the curriculum of our core business development class. Maybe if we add a weekly lab to each of our classes, it will help more of our clients build businesses that will be around five years from now — businesses that will provide them with a living wage income and the happiness that comes from being self-determined. We’ve helped a lot of people, but we know there’s more out there with unfulfilled hopes.
Many times it is people who are new to the U.S. who encounter barriers as they try to get their feet under themselves financially. Tri Nguyen, for example, moved to Washington as a refugee from Southern Vietnam when he was 22 years old with his parents and two older brothers. “Before coming to America, we went overseas from Vietnam to Malaysia where we lived in a refugee camp for 7 years. We were then sent back to Vietnam for two more years, where we continued to await acceptance into the United States as political refugees. Finally, the United States government opened its doors and welcomed us to America, a free country we had been seeking for almost half of our lives.â€
After spending two years learning English, he attended Highline Community College where he received his Associates degree before transferring to Washington State University and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in education. While an undergraduate, Tri worked for two years with a cleaning company where 99% of employees were Vietnamese. His fluency in English allowed Tri to take on a management role within the company, which ultimately provided him the experience and knowledge necessary to start his own venture. “I started my own business to help fellow Vietnamese people by providing job opportunities here in America.â€
Tri completed Business Development Training with Washington CASH in June 2009 and has since entered Business Groups, a program providing business support and access to capital in the form of peer loans. His new business, Tri Mountain Cleaning Services, Inc., offers both commercial and residential cleaning services, using only non-toxic products to create a safe environment for pets and children.
The name of his business, Tri Mountain Cleaning Services, Inc., stems not only from his first name, but for the three mountains he says complete his business: himself, family & friends, and Washington CASH. “My company cannot stand by itself. Before CASH, I didn’t know how to do the things necessary to open a business. Now I’m ready to go.â€
While he currently has about ten regular customers and employees as needed, Tri envisions expanding to include about five new customers every month, opening more commercial accounts, and hiring more employees. “I was so excited when I got my first customer with Tri Mountain. In that moment, I knew I was going to be successful. Even though it was a small contract, it was a big moment. Owning my own business has given me confidence I never knew I had.†Figuring out how to help more people get that great feeling of empowerment; that’s what gets us out of bed in the morning at Washington CASH.
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An Alternative Approach to ChIP-Seq Normalization Enables Detection of Genome-Wide Changes in Histone H3 Lysine 27 Trimethylation upon EZH2 Inhibition
Brian Egan ,
* E-mail: egan@activemotif.com (BE); patrick.trojer@constellationpharma.com (PT)
Affiliation Active Motif Inc., Carlsbad, California, United States of America
Chih-Chi Yuan,
Affiliation Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Madeleine Lisa Craske,
Paul Labhart,
Gulfem D. Guler,
Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
David Arnott,
Affiliation Department of Protein Chemistry, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
Tobias M. Maile,
Jennifer Busby,
Chisato Henry,
Theresa K. Kelly,
Charles A. Tindell,
Suchit Jhunjhunwala,
Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
Feng Zhao,
Charlie Hatton,
Barbara M. Bryant,
Marie Classon ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Marie Classon, Patrick Trojer
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Chromatin immunoprecipitation and DNA sequencing (ChIP-seq) has been instrumental in inferring the roles of histone post-translational modifications in the regulation of transcription, chromatin compaction and other cellular processes that require modulation of chromatin structure. However, analysis of ChIP-seq data is challenging when the manipulation of a chromatin-modifying enzyme significantly affects global levels of histone post-translational modifications. For example, small molecule inhibition of the methyltransferase EZH2 reduces global levels of histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3). However, standard ChIP-seq normalization and analysis methods fail to detect a decrease upon EZH2 inhibitor treatment. We overcome this challenge by employing an alternative normalization approach that is based on the addition of Drosophila melanogaster chromatin and a D. melanogaster-specific antibody into standard ChIP reactions. Specifically, the use of an antibody that exclusively recognizes the D. melanogaster histone variant H2Av enables precipitation of D. melanogaster chromatin as a minor fraction of the total ChIP DNA. The D. melanogaster ChIP-seq tags are used to normalize the human ChIP-seq data from DMSO and EZH2 inhibitor-treated samples. Employing this strategy, a substantial reduction in H3K27me3 signal is now observed in ChIP-seq data from EZH2 inhibitor treated samples.
Citation: Egan B, Yuan C-C, Craske ML, Labhart P, Guler GD, Arnott D, et al. (2016) An Alternative Approach to ChIP-Seq Normalization Enables Detection of Genome-Wide Changes in Histone H3 Lysine 27 Trimethylation upon EZH2 Inhibition. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0166438. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166438
Editor: Zhaohui Qin, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, UNITED STATES
Received: February 16, 2016; Accepted: October 29, 2016; Published: November 22, 2016
Copyright: © 2016 Egan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Data Availability: ChIP-Seq data from this study have been submitted to the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/ (accession numbers GSE63494 and GSE64243).
Funding: No specific funding was obtained for this project. General funds from Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Genentech Inc and Active Motif Inc were used to support the work. The funders provided support in the form of salaries for authors [BE, CCY, MC, PL, GDG, DA, TMM JB, CH, TKK, CAT, SJ, FZ, CH, BMB, MC, PT], but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.
Competing interests: CCY, JB, FZ, CH, BMB and PT are employees of Constellation Pharmaceuticals. GDG, DA, TM, CT, SJ, and MC are employees of Genentech Inc. BE, MLC, PL, CH and TKK are employees of Active Motif Inc. Active Motif sells the H2Av antibody and D. melanogaster chromatin to support ChIP-Seq spike-in experiments. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
ChIP-seq is a powerful and commonly used technique for the detection of transcription factor binding patterns and histone post-translational modification (PTM) occupancy profiles across the entire genome [1]. ChIP-seq data in many different cell types and contexts have been used to generate genome-wide chromatin modification maps that have provided significant insight into the general relationship between transcriptomic and epigenomic landscapes [2, 3]. These cell type comparisons have revealed substantial lineage-related differences in the profiles of specific histone PTMs across genomes. However, manipulation of a given biological context, such as comparisons of knockdown or knockout of individual histone modifying enzymes or their respective inhibition with small molecules, may potentially involve subtle alterations to the PTM landscape rather than resulting in a completely different pattern. Therefore, in recent years, more complex statistical methods, software programs and computational models have been developed in an attempt to adequately compare ChIP-seq data sets and reliably reveal the differences [4–7].
Identifying differences between data sets becomes more challenging when differences are not just occurring at specific sites across the genome, but involves global modification changes. An example would be a setting where an increase or decrease of a particular histone PTM occurs at all or most occupied sites across the genome, as is frequently the case when studying the effects of chromatin modifying enzyme inhibitors. Impairing the function of a histone methyltransferase (HMT) can result in a reduction in bulk methylation levels at the targeted histone residue, which in the case of H3K27 methylation affects a large part of the genome. In these instances, currently available bioinformatic-based normalization methods are not applicable since they assume invariance in the signal to noise ratio, the background signal level, or the height of shared peaks.
Several recently described approaches alter the ChIP protocol by adding material that can be used to normalize the signal. For example, ChIP-Rx is based on the addition of a constant amount of reference cells from a different species, and allows for the genome-wide quantitative comparison of histone modifications across different biological samples [8]. The method ultimately depends on the ability of the experimental ChIP antibody to recognize the histone modification of interest in both the reference and experimental species. Precipitated reference DNA is sequenced along with precipitated experimental DNA, and thus reference sequence reads provide a means to normalize across biological samples. This approach was successfully used to visualize genome-wide changes in H3K79me2 levels upon treatment with a small molecule inhibitor of DOT1L, the sole H3K79-specific HMT [8].
EZH2 is the major H3K27-specific HMT with an important role in transcriptional repression. Genomic and transcriptomic data have identified EZH2 as a candidate oncology target in a number of human malignancies, including prostate, breast and hematological malignancies [9, 10]. Recurrent, somatic mutations in EZH2, which alter its substrate specificity and increase global H3K27me3 levels, have been found in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma and melanoma [11–17]. Small molecule inhibitors of EZH2 have recently been discovered [18–24], and a number of these compounds are currently being clinically developed as a promising therapeutic for the treatment of cancer. In order to better understand the molecular events impacted by EZH2 inhibition in human cancer cells, it is important to monitor inhibitor induced alterations in H3K27me3 patterns across the genome. However, detection of EZH2 inhibitor-induced global differences in H3K27me3 levels by standard ChIP-seq protocols and data analysis methods has proven difficult. Therefore, we developed an approach that allows for the detection of global and locus-specific changes in H3K27me3 levels in human cell models through the use of a second antibody added to each ChIP reaction. Similar to previously published methods, [8, 25] we use a chromatin spike-in approach, however, while these methods depend on the ability of the experimental antibody to recognize chromatin features on spiked-in chromatin from a second species, we sought to establish a method that is independent of the cross-reactivity potential of the experimental antibody. Importantly, an antibody exclusively recognizing the D. melanogaster-specific histone variant H2Av is added to all ChIP samples along with a constant amount of D. melanogaster chromatin. We employed this strategy effectively in two different cancer cell contexts using two different EZH2 inhibitors. Normalization using spike-in standards in these cell systems effectively uncover the genome-wide reduction in H3K27me3 occupancy upon inhibitor treatment, while other histone methylation marks not affected by EZH2 inhibitors were unaffected by the normalization. We suggest that this approach provides a broadly applicable solution for the normalization of ChIP-seq data sets.
Cells and Treatments
PC9, a lung derived human adenocarcinoma cell line, was kindly provided by Dr. Kazuto Nishio (National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan) and cultured at 37°C with 5% CO2 in RPMI-1640 (Invitrogen) supplemented with 10% FBS (HyClone) and antibiotics (Invitrogen). Cells were treated with 1 μM EZH2 inhibitor GSK126 in the same media with 5% FBS for 5 days. KARPAS-422, a human B cell lymphoma cell line containing a mono-allelic activating mutation in EZH2, was obtained from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, and cultured at 37°C with 5% CO2 in RPMI-1640 medium (Invitrogen) supplemented with 10% FBS (HyClone) and antibiotics (Invitrogen). Cells were treated with 1.5 μM CPI-360 for 4 and 8 days. Schneider (S2), a D. melanogaster epithelial cell line, was obtained from ATCC and cultured at 28°C without CO2 in Schneider’s medium (04-351Q, Lonza) containing 1% FBS. OSS, a D. melanogaster ovarian somatic sheath cell line, was obtained from the Drosophila Genomics Resource Center and cultured as described [26]. Immunoprecipitation and western blotting from cell lysates and histone mass spectrometric analyses are described in the supporting information.
PC9, KARPAS-422, OSS, and S2 cells were fixed with 1% formaldehyde (Sigma) for 15 min and quenched with 0.125 M glycine. Cells were washed twice in PBS and three times in cell lysis buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 10 mM NaCl, 3 mM MgCl2, 0.5% NP-40). KARPAS-422 cell pellet then was re-suspended in miccrococcal nuclease (MNase) reaction buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 10 mM NaCl, 3 mM MgCl2, 1 mM CaCl2, 4% NP-40) plus 20000 U of MNase (NEB M0247S) at 37°C for 15 min. Digestion was terminated by the addition of EGTA to 3 mM, SDS concentration was increased to 1%, and NaCl concentration was increased to 150 mM. Chromatin was sonicated at 15% output for 6 x 10 sec (Sonic Dismembrator 500, Fisher Scientific). Cell debris was removed by centrifugation at 20,000 x g for 10 min, and the resulting chromatin was diluted with IP dilution buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 2 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 150 mM NaCl) and pre-cleared with protein G-coupled magnetic beads (Invitrogen). PC9, OSS, and S2 cell pellets were treated the same as KARPAS-422 cells except the cells were sonicated at 15% output for 30 x 10 sec (EpiShear probe sonicator, Active Motif #53051) in sonication buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 150 mM NaCl, 3 mM MgCl2, 1 mM CaCl2, 4% NP-40, 1% SDS).
For antibody titration Experiments in S4 Fig, 12 μg of KARPAS-422 chromatin was incubated with 250 ng to 8 μg of H3K27me3 antibody (Cell Signaling, #9733), rabbit IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch Lab 011-000-003), or 200 ng to 6.4 μg of a rabbit polyclonal antibody raised against the C-terminus of D. melanogaster H2Av (Active Motif #39715) overnight at 4°C. For titration with D. melanogaster chromatin, 2.85 μg of S2 chromatin was incubated with 125 ng to 4 μg of H3K27me3 antibody (Cell Signaling, #9733), rabbit IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch Lab 011-000-003), or 200 ng to 6.4 μg of H2Av antibody (Active Motif #39715) overnight at 4°C. Antibody-chromatin complex was captured by the addition of protein G magnetic beads and the beads were washed once with IP dilution buffer, twice with wash buffer 1 (20 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 2 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 0.1% SDS, 150 mM NaCl), once with wash buffer 2 (20 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 2 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 0.1% SDS, 500 mM NaCl), once with wash buffer 3 (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 1 mM EDTA, 250 mM LiCl, 1% NP-40, 1% deoxycholate), and once with TE (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 1 mM EDTA). DNA-protein complex was eluted twice with 100 μl elution buffer (25 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 10 mM EDTA, 0.5% SDS) at 65°C for 15 min with shaking at 1200 rpm (Eppendorf ThermoMixer C). Eluted chromatin was treated with 10 mg of RNAse A at 37°C for 1 h followed by proteinase K at 50°C for 2 h. Samples were then de-crosslinked at 65°C for 5 h. Reverse crosslinked DNA was purified by a PCR purification column (Qiaquick PCR purification, Qiagen 28106), and eluted with 150 μl of buffer EB (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8) for qPCR. Small aliquots of input chromatin samples were reverse crosslinked, RNase A, proteinase K digested and purified with PCR purification columns as described above. The concentration of the purified DNA was measured with Qubit Fluorometric Quantitation (Invitrogen) as a reference for the amount of chromatin used in each ChIP reaction. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of purified ChIP DNA (ChIP-qPCR) is described in the supporting information.
ChIP Sequencing and Data Analysis
For ChIP-seq experiments, 30 μg of chromatin was pre-cleared with protein A agarose beads (Invitrogen). Genomic DNA regions of interest were isolated using 3 μg of H3K27me3 antibody (Cell Signaling, #9733), 4 μg anti-H3K4me3, a rabbit monoclonal antibody raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the N-terminus of histone H3 and containing a tri-methylated lysine 4 (Cell Signaling, #9751) or 5 μl of anti-H3K9me3 serum from a rabbit immunized with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the N-terminus of histone H3 and containing a tri-methylated lysine 9 (Active Motif, #39161). ChIP reactions had a volume of 250 μl and were processed as described above. For ChIP-seq experiments with spike-in D. melanogaster chromatin, the samples were prepared and processed as above but with the addition of 0.4 μg of H2Av antibody (Active Motif, #39715) and 750 ng of D. melanogaster S2 cell chromatin for KARPAS-422 replicate #1 and 3.75 μg for replicate #2 and #3 (to increase the number of D. melanogaster tags) or 750 ng of D. melanogaster OSS cell chromatin for PC9 experiments.
ChIP and input DNA libraries were prepared for Illumina sequencing by using one half of the total ChIP DNA from each reaction. The amount of ChIP DNA was not determined for all replicates but known quantities are presented in S1 Table. Libraries were prepared using the standard consecutive enzymatic steps of end-polishing, dA-addition, and adaptor ligation using Active Motif’s custom liquid handling robotics pipeline. The adaptor-ligated libraries were purified using Agencourt AMPure XP beads and amplified with barcoded primers for 15 cycles. The resulting libraries were purified with Agencourt AMPure XP beads and quantified to assess quality of the amplification reactions. Amplified DNAs were sequenced in multiplex on an Illumina HiSeq 2500 using 50 bp single end sequencing. Coverage ranged from 25 million to 40 million tags per ChIP-seq sample.
Sequences (50-nt tags, single end) were separately aligned to either the human genome (hg19) or the D. melanogaster melanogaster genome (dm3) using the BWA algorithm (default settings). Duplicate tags were removed and only uniquely mapped tags (mapping quality > 25) were used for further analysis. Alignments were extended in silico at their 3’-ends to a length of 200 bp, which is the average genomic fragment length of the library molecules, and assigned to 32-nt bins along the genome. Peak locations were identified using the SICER algorithm (v1.1) with an E-value of 1 based on random background (SICER-rb; without control library file). The gap size parameter was set at 600 bp for H3K9me3 and H3K27me3, and 200 bp for H3K4me3. Peak regions were defined to be the union of peak intervals in control and treated samples, and average signal was reported for each region. Our standard normalization for the comparison of multiple samples was implemented by normalizing human tag numbers in each sample to the same number of tags present in the sample with the lowest number of uniquely mapped tags. Tag removal was performed by randomly removing excess tags from the larger files. The spike-in normalization was performed by counting D. melanogaster tags in each sample and using those tag counts to generate correction factors; calculated as DMSO tags/inhibitor tags. The primary method of mapping D. melanogaster tags used a partial dm3 reference genome containing only H2Av bound regions that we identified in H2Av ChIP-seq experiments using only D. melanogaster chromatin from S2 or OSS cells. The alternate method of mapping D. melanogaster tags used the entire dm3 reference genome. Correction factors were then applied to the human tag counts for all samples and scaling of human tags was performed by randomly removing tags as dictated by the scaling factor.
The Integrated Genomics Viewer (IGV) v2.3 (https://www.broadinstitute.org/igv/) was used for visualization of ChIP-seq data sets.
Standard ChIP-Seq Protocols Fail to Reveal EZH2 Inhibitor Mediated Global Decreases in H3K27me3
To study the impact of EZH2 inhibition on the genome-wide distribution of H3K27me3, we treated two different human cancer cell lines, KARPAS-422 germinal center B-cell like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and PC9 lung adenocarcinoma, with different EZH2 inhibitors, CPI-360 [18] and GSK126 [23]. Using western blots we detected a substantial reduction in total H3K27me3 levels in the presence of the inhibitors in both cellular contexts (Fig 1A and 1B). Mass spectrometry analysis using the same samples confirmed the global decrease in H3K27me3 abundance (S1 Fig). Consistent with previous reports [18], global levels of other histone methylation marks, such as H3K4me3 or H3K9me3, were unaffected by the inhibitor treatment (S1 Fig).
Fig 1. EZH2 inhibition reduces global H3K27me3 levels, however standard ChIP-seq methods do not reveal the reduction.
(A) Western blot showing reduced global H3K27me3 levels in KARPAS-422 cells treated with 1.5 μM CPI-360 for 4 and 8 days. Whole cell extracts were resolved by SDS page and immuno-blotted with anti-H3K27me3. Anti-H3 immuno-blots show equal levels of total H3. (B) Western blot showing reduced global H3K27me3 levels in PC9 cells treated with 1 μM of GSK126 for 5 days. Whole cell extracts were resolved by SDS page and immuno-blotted with anti-H3K27me3. Anti-H3 immuno-blots show equal levels of total H3. (C, D) Representation of H3K27me3 ChIP-seq data using IGV. No obvious differences are detected in CPI-360 (C) and GSK126 (D) treated KARPAS-422 and PC9 cells when compared to vehicle-treated controls. (E, F) Genome-wide data from H3K27me3 ChIP-seq experiments under different treatment conditions are represented as scatter plots.
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To better understand how EZH2 inhibitor-mediated reduction in H3K27me3 levels affects the distribution of this modification across the genome, we performed H3K27me3 ChIP-seq in cells treated with EZH2 inhibitors as compared to untreated cells. Data was obtained from multiple biological replicates from each of the two cell models and analyzed using standard sequencing depth normalization. Despite good signal reproducibility across replicates (S1 Fig), these ChIP-seq studies failed to show locus specific (Fig 1C and 1D) or general (Fig 1E and 1F) decreases in H3K27me3 occupancy in the EZH2 inhibitor-treated samples when compared to DMSO-treated controls.
ChIP-qPCR Detects Locus-Specific H3K27me3 Reduction upon EZH2 Inhibitor Treatment
Changes in H3K27me3 at specific loci upon EZH2 inhibitor treatment have been observed previously [18, 27]. To confirm that H3K27me3 loss at specific genomic loci is detectable under the employed ChIP conditions, H3K27me3 ChIP using chromatin from cells treated with DMSO or EZH2 inhibitors GSK126 and CPI-360 were performed, followed by qPCR to explore H3K27me3 enrichment at a well-characterized PRC2 target gene, MYT1. As expected, H3K27me3 enrichment was reduced in the MYT1 promoter region in the presence of both EZH2 inhibitors (Fig 2A and 2B). Compound specificity toward H3K27me3 was underscored by the lack of gene-specific changes in H3K4me3 and H3K9me3 enrichment (S2 Fig). These results indicate that the employed ChIP procedure is adequate to detect changes in H3K27me3 occupancy by qPCR.
Fig 2. Reduced H3K27me3 binding is detected by ChIP-qPCR.
(A) ChIP was performed using chromatin from KARPAS-422 cells treated with the EZH2 inhibitor CPI-360. qPCR using the positive control primer MYT1 showed reduced H3K27me3 occupancy in the presence of the inhibitor. (B) ChIP was performed using chromatin from PC9 cells treated with the EZH2 inhibitor GSK126. qPCR using the positive control primer MYT1 showed reduced H3K27me3 occupancy in cells treated with the inhibitor. (C) Libraries were generated from KARPAS-422 cells using 15 cycles of PCR amplification. Library DNA was diluted and qPCR was performed using positive control primers for MYT1 and CCND2. (D) Libraries were generated from PC9 cells as described in (C) and library DNA was used for qPCR using positive control primers for MYT1 and CCND2. All experiments are represented as the mean of two independent experiments with qPCRs performed in triplicate ±SD. The ACTB promoter served as a negative control for all experiments.
However, qPCRs from amplified ChIP-libraries before sequencing showed that the differences between DMSO and EZH2 inhibitor treated samples were no longer present (Fig 2C and 2D). In fact, there was a trend towards an increased signal in EZH2 inhibitor treated samples despite the fact that (1) the precipitated total DNA amounts were reduced in compound treated samples (S1 Table) and (2) library yields were similar across untreated and treated samples (S2 Table). These experiments show that standard library generation protocols, in addition to subsequent bioinformatics analysis, may be suboptimal for accurate quantitative representation of global histone PTM changes in biological samples from different treatment conditions. Others [28, 8] were confronted with a similar problem and used a synthetic RNA spike-in standard or D. melanogaster chromatin to normalize global RNA sequencing and ChIP-seq profiling data, respectively.
Designing a Spike-In Normalization Strategy
An appropriate spike-in standard for ChIP-seq will serve as a reference for sample comparison and normalization and should accomplish the following: 1) Spike-in material is present in all samples in equal amounts. 2) Spike-in material is added early in the process as to be present during technical sample manipulations throughout the entire ChIP procedure and library generation. 3) Spike-in material is present in small amounts so that library generation is not affected, and so that the final sequencing data is not dominated by tags originating from the spike-in material. 4) Spike-in material is uniquely identifiable in the final data set. 5) Spike-in material can be applied to ChIP reactions universally, independent of the nature of the experimental sample chromatin and independent of the experiment-specific antibody.
To satisfy these criteria we designed a D. melanogaster chromatin spike-in strategy that includes the addition of a D. melanogaster histone variant protein-specific antibody (Fig 3). The purpose of the D. melanogaster-specific antibody is to provide a means to reliably immunoprecipitate D. melanogaster chromatin from each reaction, which is then used as a reference for normalization. We chose an antibody against the D. melanogaster-specific histone variant His2Av (H2Av) as a control [29] since the antibody recognizing this histone variant does not cross-react with the histone H2A.Z variant protein from other species. First, a series of antibody titration ChIP experiments were carried out to ensure that H3K27me3 antibodies precipitate concentration-proportional amounts of DNA (S3 and S4 Figs). Next, ChIP-qPCR antibody titration experiments and ChIP-seq were carried out with the H2Av antibody and chromatin from the D. melanogaster S2 cell line. Results showed a significant enrichment pattern at specific genomic loci and across the D. melanogaster genome (S4 Fig). Moreover, the H2Av antibody did not precipitate human chromatin (S4 Fig), and thus did not show any genome-wide enrichment pattern in ChIP-seq (S4 Fig). These data confirm that the H2Av antibody uniquely precipitates the D. melanogaster reference chromatin.
Fig 3. Schematic representation of the ChIP-seq spike-in protocol.
ChIP-seq spike-in reactions are set up by adding the test chromatin of interest (human or other), the target antibody of interest, a small portion of D. melanogaster chromatin and the D. melanogaster-H2Av-specific antibody. The D. melanogaster spike-in chromatin is added in equal amounts and the H2Av antibody functions to pull down a small portion of the D. melanogaster chromatin in each reaction. After sequencing, tags are mapped to the genome corresponding to the test chromatin as well as to the D. melanogaster genome. The total number of tags uniquely mapping to the D. melanogaster genome are counted for each sample and used to generate correction factors (DMSO tags/inhibitor tags). The test chromatin tag counts are then normalized using the correction factors.
To determine an appropriate starting amount of D. melanogaster chromatin to spike into the human ChIP reactions, a rational approach was used. The D. melanogaster genome is 27 times smaller than the human genome, thus a ratio of 27:1 of human to D. melanogaster chromatin would theoretically achieve equality in terms of genome copy number. Using this ratio, and assuming the antibodies immunoprecipitate the same amount of D. melanogaster and human chromatin per unit chromatin, a ChIP reaction that contains 30 μg of human chromatin should be spiked with 1.11 μg of D. melanogaster chromatin. Under these conditions a ChIP-seq experiment in which 50 million tags are sequenced should yield approximately 1.85 million D. melanogaster sequence tags. We scaled our D. melanogaster spike-in amount down to 750 ng with the goal of achieving approximately 1 million D. melanogaster sequence tags in the final data set.
To validate the spike-in strategy with ChIP-qPCR, D. melanogaster chromatin from S2 cells was mixed with chromatin from KARPAS-422 cells treated with DMSO or 1.5 μM CPI-360 for 8 days. Constant amounts of H3K27me3 and H2Av antibodies were used in each ChIP reaction and the enrichment levels of selected human and D. melanogaster genomic locations were determined by qPCR. As expected, the H3K27me3 enrichment at all inspected human genomic loci were significantly reduced by CPI-360 treatment (S5 Fig). However, ChIP using the H3K27me3-specific antibody, which recognizes and precipitates both human and D. melanogaster tri-methylated H3K27, did result in a marginal increase in enrichment at individual genomic loci from inhibitor treated cells. Presumably, the extreme reduction of H3K27me3 levels in the treated human samples leads to an increase in free H3K27me3 antibody, resulting in more D. melanogaster chromatin precipitated from the inhibitor treated cells.
ChIP-seq Spike-In Normalization Reveals the Impact of EZH2 Inhibitors on Genome-Wide H3K27me3 Levels
ChIP-seq experiments were carried out using chromatin preparations and H3K27me3 antibody amounts as described in the Materials and Methods but with the addition of chromatin from D. melanogaster S2 or OSS cell lines and the H2Av antibody. While standard ChIP-seq protocols and analysis methods do not detect the global decreases in H3K27me3 throughout the genome following inhibition of EZH2 (Fig 1), our experimental design allows for an alternative data analysis: ChIP-seq reactions were processed using standard methods and final sequencing tags were mapped to both the human and the D. melanogaster genomes. Since the final D. melanogaster tag counts are the basis for the normalization we mapped the tags in two different ways. The first approach was designed based on our concern that one potential source of variation in our spike-in strategy could arise from cross-reactivity of the H3K27me3 antibody with D. melanogaster chromatin (S5 Fig). Specifically, when comparing samples such as DMSO and EZH2 inhibitor treatment that contain dramatically different levels of the target antigen, the effective antibody concentration available for enrichment of the D. melanogaster chromatin in one sample versus the other may skew the tag counts and affecting the normalization. To mitigate this possibility, we designed a D. melanogaster sequence tag mapping strategy that uses a reference genome that corresponds only to H2Av binding sites in D. melanogaster and is thus deficient for sites bound by the H3K27me3 antibody. Using this strategy only H2Av-enriched DNA is mapped, thus excluding D. melanogaster chromatin pulled down by the experimental antibody. Counting D. melanogaster tags in this manner resulted in increased tag numbers in EZH2 inhibitor-treated samples over DMSO-treated samples (Fig 4A and 4C and S6 Fig). For the second approach, we used the entire D. melanogaster genome as a reference genome, kept only tags that uniquely aligned and removed all duplicates. Using this approach, we also found that there were significantly more tags mapping to the D. melanogaster genome in H3K27me3 ChIP reactions containing chromatin from EZH2 inhibitor-treated cells (S7 Fig). Both of these mapping strategies showed similar increases in D. melanogaster tag counts in inhibitor treated samples thus both strategies are effective in revealing decreased ChIP-seq signal from inhibitor treated samples once correction factors are applied to the corresponding human tag counts (S3 Table).
Fig 4. D. melanogaster tag counts from H3K27me3 ChIP-seq reactions are elevated in EZH2 inhibitor treated samples.
H2Av bound regions of the D. melanogaster genome were determined using the H2Av antibody in ChIP-seq reactions containing D. melanogaster S2 or OSS chromatin. D. melanogaster tags from ChIP-seq spike-in reactions were mapped only to these pre-defined H2Av regions. (A) H3K27me3 ChIP-seq reactions with D. melanogaster spike-in in KARPAS-422 cells have a substantial increase in D. melanogaster tags in spike-in libraries prepared from CPI-360 treated cells both at 4 days and 8 days after treatment. (B) The increase was not observed in the control H3K9me3 reactions. (C) H3K27me3 ChIP-seq reactions with D. melanogaster spike-in in PC9 cells have a substantial increase in D. melanogaster tags in spike-in libraries prepared from GSK126 treated cells. (D) The substantial increase in tags was not observed in the control H3K4me3 ChIP-seq spike-in reactions.
In subsequent experiments tag counts were derived from ‘H2Av-only’ D. melanogaster genome mapping and used to generate a correction factor (DMSO tags/inhibitor tags) (S4 Table). The correction factor was used to normalize the human tag counts, resulting in a significant reduction of mapped human tags in the inhibitor-treated H3K27me3 ChIP-seq data sets. CPI-360 treatment for 4 and 8 days led to a marked reduction in H3K27me3 levels across the genome in KARPAS-422 cells (Fig 5A), similar to what was observed in PC9 cells upon treatment with GSK126 (Fig 5B). Both compounds substantially reduced H3K27me3 levels at most H3K27me3 positive locations throughout the genome (Fig 5C and 5E). ChIP-seq data normalized using this strategy showed an approximate 4-fold reduction in H3K27me3 signal in CPI-360-treated cells and a 5-fold reduction in the H3K27me3 signal in GSK126-treated cells as compared to DMSO controls (Fig 5F and 5H), consistent with expectations based on western blot and mass spectrometry data. Importantly, these compound-induced H3K27me3 decreases were detected across multiple biological replicates (S8 Fig) but were not seen when standard analysis methods were employed.
Fig 5. Spike-in normalization reveals the expected H3K27me3 decrease following EZH2 inhibition.
(A) IGV browser image of spike-in normalized H3K27me3 ChIP-seq data from cells treated for 4 and 8 days with CPI-360. (B) Browser image of spike-in normalized H3K27me3 ChIP-seq data from cells treated for 5 days with GSK126. (C) Scatter plots representing the correlation of all H3K27me3 ChIP-seq peaks before and after CPI-360 treatment. Spike-in normalization dramatically decreases H3K27me3 signal in cells treated for 4 days and 8 days. (D) Scatter plots representing the correlation of all H3K9me3 ChIP-seq peaks before and after CPI-360 treatment. Spike-in normalization does not significantly affect H3K9me3 signal in cells treated with CPI-360 for 4 day and 8 days. (E) Scatter plots representing the correlation of all H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 ChIP-seq peaks before and after GSK126 treatment. Spike-in normalization dramatically decreases H3K27me3 signal in inhibitor treated cells but does not significantly affect H3K4me3 signal. (F) Box plots representing H3K27me3 ChIP-seq data sets from DMSO, 4 day and 8 day CPI-360 treated cells. (G) Box plots representing H3K9me3 ChIP-seq data sets from DMSO, 4 day and 8 day CPI-360 treated cells. (H) Box plots representing H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 ChIP-seq data sets from DMSO and GSK126 treated cells.
In order to verify that the normalization to D. melanogaster sequence tags does not artificially introduce changes in ChIP-seq signals, we performed control experiments with antibodies against modifications that are not expected to change in response to EZH2 inhibitor treatment. H3K4me3 and H3K9me3 ChIP-seq were performed in PC9 cells treated with GSK126 and in KARPAS-422 cells treated with CPI-360 as compared to DMSO controls. The D. melanogaster tag counts in these control ChIP-seq reactions were more evenly distributed across samples than in the H3K27me3 ChIP reactions (Fig 4B and 4D). As a result, normalization to D. melanogaster sequence tag counts did not significantly change the data sets and no significant changes between DMSO and inhibitor treated samples were detected (Fig 5D, 5E, 5G and 5H). Therefore, normalization to D. melanogaster tag counts does not introduce artificial differences but rather reveals changes that reflect the true biology of the samples. Taken together the data show that the D. melanogaster chromatin/H2Av antibody spike-in approach is an effective strategy that reveals the specific reduction in H3K27me3 ChIP-seq signal in response to EZH2 inhibitor treatment.
ChIP-seq has emerged as a widely used and powerful technology for the mapping of transcription factor binding sites and histone modification occupancy across the genome. Soon after the development of the technique significant resources were invested to systematically catalogue transcription factor binding sites and histone modification patterns across a number of cell types. Led by the ENCODE consortium this effort was first focused on mapping multiple marks in a diverse set of cell lines [30]. However, these efforts did not include drug exposures that would significantly alter the profiles within a given cell type. As the field matures, questions regarding dynamic global changes in occupancy upon manipulation of a specific cellular context have become more important. The focus on these more complex experimental models has led to the recognition of limitations in current ChIP-seq protocols and analysis methods [31]. For example, standard ChIP-seq analysis does not reveal comparative differences when looking at global changes in highly prevalent histone modifications, such as decreased H3K27me3 occupancy following treatment with EZH2 inhibitors.
The only reliable way to overcome bias that can be introduced at various stages of the ChIP-seq procedure is to add a known standard (i.e. spike-in) into all samples and determine if the standard is differentially affected during processing. Recently, ChIP-seq spike-in strategies have been described [8, 25] that are similar to the approach we describe herein. The published methods propose a small amount of human chromatin to be spiked into mouse chromatin IP reactions, or a small amount of D. melanogaster chromatin to be spiked into human chromatin IP reactions. These methods require the experimental ChIP antibody to immunoprecipitate both the test chromatin and the spiked-in reference chromatin and are therefore dependent on species cross-reactivity of the antibody. The approach we have developed uses D. melanogaster chromatin, which is not highly similar to human or mouse, resulting in definitive mapping of tags to the correct species. The addition of a second, D. melanogaster-specific antibody is a key differentiating feature of our approach, which increases robustness and versatility. We determined that the H2Av antibody is adequate for ChIP-seq normalization when added with the D. melanogaster reference chromatin. In this approach the experimental antibody does not need to cross-react with the reference chromatin providing a widely applicable normalization approach which has the potential to be applied to non-histone targets.
From a technical perspective the D. melanogaster chromatin spike-in is simple. ChIP protocols remain unchanged except for addition of the D. melanogaster-specific H2Av antibody and a small amount of D. melanogaster chromatin from a common stock. Library generation and DNA sequencing are performed as usual as is the mapping of human sequence tags. Normalization of human tags is based on differences in D. melanogaster tag counts using an approach to map tags uniquely to the pre-defined H2Av binding sites or the alternate approach of using all tags that uniquely map across the entire D. melanogaster genome. In the case of the H3K27me3 antibody, it recognizes both human and D. melanogaster chromatin. Thus, it is possible to re-analyze the data according to a previously published method [8] where normalization is based on D. melanogaster tag counts using only H3K27me3-specific regions of the D. melanogaster genome. Analysis of our data using this method resulted in a correction factor between DMSO and EZH2 inhibitor-treated samples that was similar to those obtained with our H2Av method (S3 and S4 Tables). These results validate our methodology and suggest that both methods are adequate for H3K27me3 normalization. However, the cross-reactivity of the H3K27me3 antibody may affect the total amount of precipitated D. melanogaster chromatin, and thus constitutes a potential liability (S5 Fig) which was addressed herein by normalizing to D. melanogaster ‘H2Av-only’ tag counts. Methods such as Orlando et al. critically depend on cross-reactivity of the experimental antibody and are potentially more prone to inadequate normalization since there is less opportunity to keep the amount of precipitated D. melanogaster chromatin constant. One may alleviate this concern by ensuring that the amount of the experimental antibody is always in excess, and thus always precipitates the maximum amount of reference chromatin. However, target abundance dictates the required amount of antibody needed and re-establishing appropriate antibody concentrations for each target is a time-consuming process and may be technically difficult. Additionally, antibody excess potentially increases background, which may influence data analysis and normalization.
While Orlando et al. mix human and D. melanogaster cells and process them jointly, our method uses individual chromatin preparations that are mixed using a defined amount of human and D. melanogaster chromatin at a ratio of approximately 40:1. We believe that this approach has several potential advantages: (1) One can prepare a large amount of D. melanogaster chromatin and avoid batch to batch variations that may arise from repeatedly growing D. melanogaster cells along with culturing human cells for a given experiment. (2) D. melanogaster and human cells behave differently during chromatin processing. For instance, different sonication conditions are used to adequately fragment chromatin from both species. Even for human cells, sonication conditions may vary depending on cell type. If human and D. melanogaster cells are mixed, the human cell-specific conditions may be inadequate for D. melanogaster cells. Processing the cells separately will ensure that the quality of the reference standard is independent of human cell processing conditions.
Ultimately, one of the major problems contributing to the inability of ChIP-seq to detect global changes in binding or histone PTM occupancy seemingly occurs at library generation. Our DNA quantitation data show that for inhibitor treated cells there is less DNA going into library generation protocols (S1 Table). However, library yields are similar and loci-specific qPCR amplification from the library shows that inhibitor induced reductions are no longer detectable. A seemingly obvious solution to this problem is to reduce PCR cycle numbers during the amplification of the library. Unfortunately, even if quantitative differences in libraries, which reflect the differences in pre-library ChIP DNA, are maintained they will be lost during cluster generation in preparation for sequencing. In short, when multiplexing multiple barcoded libraries in a single sequencing run, the goal of the researcher is to sequence approximately the same number of tags per library. Therefore, careful quantitation of the library is undertaken as to assure equal cluster density for each sample. This universally accepted practice results in the loss of global changes when comparing two ChIP-seq data sets, even if library yields accurately capture the differences. A similar phenomenon has also been discussed by Loven et al. in RNA-Seq experiments and reinforces the need to use spike-in controls in genome-wide applications such as ChIP-seq and RNA-seq.
When designing the spike-in approach we rationalized that the ideal number of D. melanogaster tags would be 1 million tags from a 50 million-tag experiment, assuming that the antibodies pull down a similar fraction of chromatin in each species. This number would be enough for reliable normalization but would not negatively impact the overall tag count from the experimental samples. The initial experiments contained 750 ng of D. melanogaster chromatin resulting in approximately 1.2 million D. melanogaster tags in untreated PC9 cells. However, in the first experiment in KARPAS-422 DMSO-treated cells, tag counts were only 102,000, well below the target of 1 million. In the second experiment we increased the amount of D. melanogaster spike-in chromatin to 3.7 μg in KARPAS-422 cells, resulting in D. melanogaster tag counts of 831,000. One of the reasons why more spike-in chromatin is required in KARPAS-422 cells than in PC9 cells to achieve adequate tag counts, is that KARPAS-422 cells harbor a mono-allelic mutation in EZH2 which leads to increased global H3K27me3 levels as compared to PC9. As a consequence, H3K27me3-enriched DNA from KARPAS-422 cells is more prominent in the final ChIP-DNA population, thus the ratio of ChIP DNA originating from the spike-in compared to ChIP DNA originating from H3K27me3 enriched human chromatin is lower than that from PC9 cells. Importantly, we observed that using antibodies against less abundant histone modifications or transcription factors in ChIP-seq reactions containing 750 ng of D. melanogaster chromatin may result in D. melanogaster tag counts exceeding 30% of the total tags in the final sequencing data set. Therefore, different contexts may require different amounts of D. melanogaster chromatin in order to achieve a reasonable number of D. melanogaster tags in the final data set. In summary, the amount of spike-in chromatin required to achieve 1 million D. melanogaster sequence tags varies depending on the cell type, the prevalence of the target and the quality of the experimental antibody.
In conclusion, the ChIP-seq spike-in method described here was designed to be a broadly applicable solution for ChIP-seq normalization. This method overcomes a challenging and persistent barrier to our understanding of the mechanisms by which drugs targeting epigenetic modifying proteins may exert their clinical effect. EZH2 inhibitors have been available to the research community for several years, yet comparative H3K27me3 ChIP-seq profiles from DMSO and EZH2 inhibitor-treated disease-relevant cell models have not been broadly explored. Our spike-in system and normalization strategy used with EZH2 inhibitor treated samples revealed global reductions in H3K27me3 ChIP-seq signal in inhibitor treated samples. We expect that the adoption of this ChIP-seq spike-in normalization approach or other similar strategies [25, 8] will reveal many more previously undetected differences in chromatin states and chromatin factor occupancy, thus adding to the power of ChIP-seq as a biology discovery tool.
S1 Fig. EZH2 inhibition reduces global levels of H3K27me3 but not of other histone modifications.
(A) Reduced global H3K27me3 levels were observed in PC9 cells treated with 1 μM of GSK126 for 5 days. Immunoprecipitation using anti-H3K27me3 followed by immunoblotting with anti-H3 shows reduced H3K27me3 levels in inhibitor-treated cells. (B) Mass spectrometry analysis of histone H3K27 and H3K9 methylation abundance in CPI-360-treated (0.625, 2.5 and 10 μM) KARPAS-422 cells compared to DMSO treated controls. (C) Mass spectrometry analysis of histone H3K27 and H3K4 methylation abundance in GSK126-treated (1 μM) PC9 cells compared to DMSO-treated controls. (D) The KARPAS DMSO samples from duplicate H3K27me3 ChIP-seq experiments were compared do demonstrate the consistency of the ChIP-seq protocol. The biological replicates display a correlation coefficient of 0.985. (E) The PC9 DMSO samples from duplicate H3K27me3 ChIP-seq experiments were compared do demonstrate the consistency of our ChIP-seq protocol. These biological replicates display a correlation coefficient of 0.998.
S2 Fig. Control histone modifications, H3K4me3 and H3K9me3, do not change following EZH2 inhibition.
(A) ChIP-qPCR was performed using chromatin from KARPAS-422 cells treated with the EZH2 inhibitor CPI-360. H3K9me3 occupancy did not change at the ZNF274 and ZNF829 positive control genes after treatment. (B) ChIP-qPCR was performed using chromatin from PC9 cells treated with the EZH2 inhibitor GSK126. H3K4me3 occupancy did not change at the ACTB and GAPDH promoters after treatment.
S3 Fig. Titration of H3K27me3 antibody using different amounts of human chromatin.
Different chromatin amounts (12 and 6 μg) were used in ChIP reactions with different anti-H3K27me3 antibody amounts (250–8000 ng). ChIP DNA was analyzed by qPCR at indicated promoters. Data is represented as mean enrichment from two independent experiments and qPCRs carried out in triplicate ±SD. A region in the U6-5 gene was used as negative control for H3K27me3 occupancy. qPCR results showed that H3K27me3 occupancy is proportional to the amount of H3K27me3 antibody used in ChIP reactions within the tested range (250 ng to 8 μg antibody/ChIP).
S4 Fig. The H2Av antibody does not cross react with human chromatin in ChIP.
Titration of H2Av and H3K27me3 antibodies with D. melanogaster (A) and human (B) chromatin. Antibody amounts used in ChIP reactions are indicated below the graphs. Chromatin amounts of 2.85 μg of D. melanogaster and 12 μg of human chromatin were used in each ChIP-reaction. ChIP DNA was analyzed by qPCR at indicated gene promoters. Data is represented as mean enrichment from two independent experiments and qPCRs carried out in triplicate ±SD. DUntr3L was used as negative control for H2Av occupancy. Results showed an antibody concentration-dependent increase of both H2Av and H3K27me3 occupancy at indicated D. melanogaster promoters. In ChIP reactions containing human chromatin, an antibody concentration-dependent increase in H3K27me3 at indicated human promoters was detected while H2Av ChIPs did not result in enrichment over background. (C) H2Av ChIP-seq data from reactions containing chromatin from only the D. melanogaster S2 cell line. The 13 million base pair region depicted shows hundreds of peaks detected on chromosome 2R. (D) H2Av ChIP-seq data from a reaction containing chromatin from only the human cell line PC9. Depicted are 95 million base pairs from human chromosome 5. The H2Av antibody does not cross react with human chromatin therefore no peaks are detected.
S5 Fig. ChIP-qPCR validation of the spike-in strategy.
Chromatin from DMSO or CPI-360 treated KARPAS-422 cells were mixed with D. melanogaster S2 chromatin for H3K27me3/H2Av ChIP. qPCR at different human and D. melanogaster genomic loci was performed to evaluate enrichment. U6-5 promoter was selected as the H3K27me3 negative locus in KARPAS-422 cells. CPI-360 treatment resulted in a significant decrease in H3K27me3 signal at human genes and slightly increased enrichment of D. melanogaster genes. Data represent the mean of three ChIP experiments with qPCR carried out in triplicates ±SEM. *Wilcoxon signed rank test.
S6 Fig. D. melanogaster tag counts from H3K27me3 ChIP-seq, replicate 2.
H2Av bound regions of the D. melanogaster genome were determined using the H2Av antibody in ChIP-seq reactions containing D. melanogaster S2 or OSS chromatin. D. melanogaster tags from ChIP-seq spike-in reactions were mapped only to these pre-defined H2Av regions. The trends in this replicate are similar to those shown in Fig 4. (A) H3K27me3 ChIP-seq reactions using D. melanogaster spike-in in KARPAS-422 cells results in an increase in D. melanogaster tags mapping in CPI-360 treated cells both at 4 days and 8 days after treatment. (B) H3K27me3 ChIP-seq reactions using D. melanogaster spike-in in PC9 cells results in an increase in D. melanogaster tags mapping in GSK126 treated cells.
S7 Fig. D. melanogaster tag counts based on mapping across the entire D. melanogaster genome.
Elevated D. melanogaster tag counts are observed in EZH2 inhibitor treated samples in H3K27me3 ChIP-seq spike-in reactions when using tags mapped across the entire D. melanogaster genome. Data is similar to the strategy of mapping to only the pre-defined H2Av regions that is presented in fig 4. (A) H3K27me3 ChIP-seq spike-in reactions using S2 D. melanogaster chromatin in KARPAS-422 cells. (B) H3K9me3 ChIP-seq spike-in reactions using S2 D. melanogaster chromatin in KARPAS-422 cells. (C) H3K27me3 ChIP-seq spike-in reactions using OSS D. melanogaster chromatin in PC9 cells. (D) H3K4me3 ChIP-seq spike-in reactions using OSS D. melanogaster chromatin in PC9.
S8 Fig. Biological replicates show similar effects of spike-in normalization on ChIP-seq data.
(A) Chromatin from DMSO or CPI-360-treated KARPAS-422 cells and (B) chromatin from DMSO or GSK126-treated PC9 cells were mixed with D. melanogaster S2 and OSS chromatin respectively for H3K27me3/H2Av and H3K4me3/H2Av ChIPs. ChIP-seq was carried out on a biological replicate distinct from the experiment shown in Fig 5C and 5E. A significant decrease in H3K27me3 signal was detected using spike-in adjusted (SPIKE ADJUSTED; red) but not with standard (STD SCALED; black) normalization methods. The relative reduction of H3K27me3 signal varies across biological replicates (compare Fig 5C with S8A Fig and Fig 5E with S8B Fig) which likely reflect differences in how frequently the cells replicate within a given treatment period.
S9 Fig. Uncropped images of blots for CPI-360-treated cells.
S10 Fig. Uncropped images of blots for GSK126-treated cells.
S1 Methods.
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S1 Table. Total DNA mass precipitated from H3K27me3 ChIP reactions.
ChIP DNA was quantified using Qubit fluorometric quantitation. Total immunoprecipitated DNA mass and fold change after EZH2 inhibitor treatment are presented.
S2 Table. Summary of ChIP-seq library yields.
ChIP-seq libraries were PCR amplified for 15 cycles. ChIP-seq library yields were measured using a NanoDrop spectrophotometer. Yields within groups of treated and untreated cells were similar.
S3 Table. Correction factors for EZH2-inhibitor treated versus DMSO treated ChIP-seq samples.
Normalization factors were calculated based on tags mapping to the entire dm3 genome (168,736,537 bp), H2Av peak regions (15,942,729 bp) or H3K27me3 peak regions (34,740,761 bp). Normalization factors were calculated from two independent ChIP-seq spike-in campaigns (replicate 1, 2). For KARPAS-422 cells, H3K27me3 ChIP-seq was carried out on cells that were treated with DMSO or 1.5 μM CPI-360 for 8 days and H3K9me3 ChIP-seq from cells treated for 4 and 8 days. For PC9 cells, H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 ChIP-seq was carried out on cells that were treated with DMSO or 1 μM GSK126 for 5 days. Numbers represent the ratio of human (top) and D. melanogaster (bottom) reads in treated versus control samples.
S4 Table. ChIP sequencing tag numbers and correction factor calculations.
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“This is a Korean horse. It doesn’t understand Western ways”
That was definitely the money-quote from John Glionna’s Los Angeles Times profile of Busan trainer Joe Murphy, a report which reflects the reality of the challenges faced by those brought in by the Korea Racing Authority (KRA) to implement its oft-stated goal of “Internationalization.”
Over the years, I’ve written on this topic several times with regard to, amongst other things, Korean horses racing overseas and foreign jockeys coming to Korea. But what is internationalization, why are they doing it and why isn’t it working?
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The KRA started the process in 2004 with a dubiously named “Five-Year Plan”. That year they inaugurated a series of exchange races with other Racing Authorities and also established an annual International Jockey Challenge. The aim was, by the end of the five years, to regularly have Korean horses going overseas to compete while welcoming international competitors to Korea.
There were a number of reasons for doing this but one key factor was the desire of the KRA (or more specifically, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under whose jurisdiction the KRA is – it has always been a matter of debate as to how interested the KRA really is in changing things and how much is forced upon them) was to improve the domestic image of horse-racing, making it a vital part of the economy.
Racing has a near-monopoly on legal gambling and as such has a dreadful public image and is persistently the target of populist anti-gambling groups who seek to impose even tighter restrictions on racing. Under the auspices of the National Gaming Control Commission, this has involved the enforced closure of the KRA’s internet and telephone betting services and an order for it to close several of its Off-Track Betting sites.
To fight this image, the KRA has become one of the largest charitable organizations in the country, has constructed family leisure parks at its tracks to get families in and sponsored the production of racing movies such as “Gak-seol-tang”, “Grand Prix” and “Champ”. Alongside this, they are fully aware of the importance of National pride in Korea. An internationally competitive racing industry would be a secure industry.
The KRA set about trying to improve its breeding, training and riding. The results have been mixed. The first aim has been successful. The Jeju Stud Farm was already operational but the addition of the Jangsu Farm in 2007 (with a foreign Manager), the lifting of restrictions on spending on broodmares and a bigger budget to import stallions. Korea now has an impressive Stud line-up with the calibre of foals much better than it was a decade ago and the importers know what they are doing. However, for the most part, when they reach the track they’re still slower than the very average two-year-old imports – Korean buyers are still only allowed to spend $20,000 on importing a colt for racing.
That’s where the training comes in and that’s where the problems start. Training and conditioning here is substandard. Joe Murphy is only the second foreign trainer after Peter Wolsley who has just completed his fourth year at Busan. The Australian is finally in command of a decent string of horses but at 18 months in, Murphy is in roughly the same position as Wolsley was at the same point.
Wolsley stuck it out and to his credit, Murphy despite the difficulties, speaks very highly of his Korean co-workers and says he enjoys life at Busan and intends to stay to make a success of things. However, it is fair to say that a system which requires three years of toil for little reward isn’t likely to attract much talent going forward.
Why is it like this? Why doesn’t the horse “understand western ways”? A lot comes down to money and control. The KRA administers racing but it would be quite a stretch to say they control it. There are four sets of license holders; Owners, Trainers, Jockeys and Grooms. These groups – and the organisations that represent them wield the real power. With prize-money so high, as far as many are concerned the system is not broken and doesn’t need to be improved.
At Busan, it is only the owners who can change things. It was owners who wanted their horse ridden by Japanese jockey Toshio Uchida and now it is owners who want Peter Wolsley to train their horses. When they win, they can start to influence the locals in a postive way as happened with the introduction of pacifiers as approved racing gear a couple of years ago; the first two horses home in the Grand Prix Stakes, Tough Win and Mister Park, were both wearing the equipment that Wolsley introduced to Korea.
Interestingly, it is at Seoul, where hostility to foreigners is such that not a single trainer has been invited and where no foreign jockey can be said to have been a success, where there has been visible progress and that has come in the saddle. The KRA’s Jockey academy, headed by a South African, has been turning out some good young riders. At Busan, Murphy points out the problem of younger jockeys showing far too much respect for their elders but at Seoul, if the likes of Jo In Kwen, Jang Chu Yeol and Seo Seung Un respect their elders then they have a funny way of showing it. All are genuine talents but there is no-one similar at Busan.
There have been some improvements, for instance, The KRA’s English language webpage has got much better over the past couple of years and a foreign steward is a permanent fixture on the panels at both Seoul and Busan (although they have stopped producing English language reports).
Korea also exported some racehorses to Malaysia last year, a first for the industry. Additionally, like they’re doing with young jockeys, the KRA is sending groups of trainers abroad – not only to the US but also to Australia and the UK (with no raceday medication allowed in Korea, it is thought these two countries are better options for trainers).
However, for every step forward in Korean racing, there are two steps back. A foreign Master Farrier left Seoul last October after being frustrated in his attempts to improve the generally poor shoeing quality of racehorses here. The local farriers have a good union and a good income. Meanwhile horses continue to have bad shoes.
Then again, the Korean horses probably wouldn’t like or understand those western shoes.
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Prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype is involved in thermal hyperalgesia through its actions in the preoptic hypothalamus and the diagonal band of Broca in rats
M. Hosoi, T. Oka, T. Hori
The effects of microinjection of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) (0.5 fg-500 pg/0.2 μl) into the medial part of the preoptic area (MPO) on nociception were studied using a hot-plate test in rats. The intraMPO microinjection of PGE2 only at non-pyrogenic doses (5-50 fg) reduced the paw-withdrawal latency, suggesting hyperalgesia. Maximal reduction was obtained 15 min after the injection of PGE2 at 50 fg. Subsequently, to determine which types of prostanoid receptors are involved in the hyperalgesic effect of PGE2 in the MPO, we administered PGE2 receptor agonists, i.e., 17-phenyl-ω-trinor PGE2 (an EP1 receptor agonist), butaprost (an EP2 receptor agonist) and M and B28767 (an EP3 receptor agonist) into the MPO and observed the nociceptive behavior. The intraMPO injection of M and B28767 (0.005 fg-50 pg), like that of PGE2, exhibited a U-shaped dose response characteristic, i.e., a significant decrease of the paw-withdrawal latency only at 0.055 fg with the maximal response at 0.5 fg. However, neither the administration of EP1 (0.5 fg-50 ng) nor EP2 (0.5 fg-500 pg) agonists had any effect on nociception. The microinjection of M and B28767 at 0.5 fg into the other parts of preoptic hypothalamus (the lateral part of the preoptic area and the median preoptic nucleus) and the diagonal band of Broca (DBB) produced hyperalgesia similar to the intraMPO-induced hyperalgesia in terms of magnitude and time course. Microinjection of M and B28767 (0.5 fg) into either the paraventricular nucleus, the ventromedial hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamic area or the septal nucleus had no effect on nociception. These findings suggest that PGE2 at non-pyrogenic doses in the brain induces hyperalgesia, at least in part, through its actions on EP3 receptors in the preoptic hypothalamus and the DBB in rats.
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Hosoi, M., Oka, T., & Hori, T. (1997). Prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype is involved in thermal hyperalgesia through its actions in the preoptic hypothalamus and the diagonal band of Broca in rats. Pain, 71(3), 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3959(97)03380-0
Prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype is involved in thermal hyperalgesia through its actions in the preoptic hypothalamus and the diagonal band of Broca in rats. / Hosoi, M.; Oka, T.; Hori, T.
In: Pain, Vol. 71, No. 3, 22.07.1997, p. 303-311.
Hosoi, M, Oka, T & Hori, T 1997, 'Prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype is involved in thermal hyperalgesia through its actions in the preoptic hypothalamus and the diagonal band of Broca in rats', Pain, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3959(97)03380-0
Hosoi M, Oka T, Hori T. Prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype is involved in thermal hyperalgesia through its actions in the preoptic hypothalamus and the diagonal band of Broca in rats. Pain. 1997 Jul 22;71(3):303-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3959(97)03380-0
Hosoi, M. ; Oka, T. ; Hori, T. / Prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype is involved in thermal hyperalgesia through its actions in the preoptic hypothalamus and the diagonal band of Broca in rats. In: Pain. 1997 ; Vol. 71, No. 3. pp. 303-311.
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N2 - The effects of microinjection of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) (0.5 fg-500 pg/0.2 μl) into the medial part of the preoptic area (MPO) on nociception were studied using a hot-plate test in rats. The intraMPO microinjection of PGE2 only at non-pyrogenic doses (5-50 fg) reduced the paw-withdrawal latency, suggesting hyperalgesia. Maximal reduction was obtained 15 min after the injection of PGE2 at 50 fg. Subsequently, to determine which types of prostanoid receptors are involved in the hyperalgesic effect of PGE2 in the MPO, we administered PGE2 receptor agonists, i.e., 17-phenyl-ω-trinor PGE2 (an EP1 receptor agonist), butaprost (an EP2 receptor agonist) and M and B28767 (an EP3 receptor agonist) into the MPO and observed the nociceptive behavior. The intraMPO injection of M and B28767 (0.005 fg-50 pg), like that of PGE2, exhibited a U-shaped dose response characteristic, i.e., a significant decrease of the paw-withdrawal latency only at 0.055 fg with the maximal response at 0.5 fg. However, neither the administration of EP1 (0.5 fg-50 ng) nor EP2 (0.5 fg-500 pg) agonists had any effect on nociception. The microinjection of M and B28767 at 0.5 fg into the other parts of preoptic hypothalamus (the lateral part of the preoptic area and the median preoptic nucleus) and the diagonal band of Broca (DBB) produced hyperalgesia similar to the intraMPO-induced hyperalgesia in terms of magnitude and time course. Microinjection of M and B28767 (0.5 fg) into either the paraventricular nucleus, the ventromedial hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamic area or the septal nucleus had no effect on nociception. These findings suggest that PGE2 at non-pyrogenic doses in the brain induces hyperalgesia, at least in part, through its actions on EP3 receptors in the preoptic hypothalamus and the DBB in rats.
AB - The effects of microinjection of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) (0.5 fg-500 pg/0.2 μl) into the medial part of the preoptic area (MPO) on nociception were studied using a hot-plate test in rats. The intraMPO microinjection of PGE2 only at non-pyrogenic doses (5-50 fg) reduced the paw-withdrawal latency, suggesting hyperalgesia. Maximal reduction was obtained 15 min after the injection of PGE2 at 50 fg. Subsequently, to determine which types of prostanoid receptors are involved in the hyperalgesic effect of PGE2 in the MPO, we administered PGE2 receptor agonists, i.e., 17-phenyl-ω-trinor PGE2 (an EP1 receptor agonist), butaprost (an EP2 receptor agonist) and M and B28767 (an EP3 receptor agonist) into the MPO and observed the nociceptive behavior. The intraMPO injection of M and B28767 (0.005 fg-50 pg), like that of PGE2, exhibited a U-shaped dose response characteristic, i.e., a significant decrease of the paw-withdrawal latency only at 0.055 fg with the maximal response at 0.5 fg. However, neither the administration of EP1 (0.5 fg-50 ng) nor EP2 (0.5 fg-500 pg) agonists had any effect on nociception. The microinjection of M and B28767 at 0.5 fg into the other parts of preoptic hypothalamus (the lateral part of the preoptic area and the median preoptic nucleus) and the diagonal band of Broca (DBB) produced hyperalgesia similar to the intraMPO-induced hyperalgesia in terms of magnitude and time course. Microinjection of M and B28767 (0.5 fg) into either the paraventricular nucleus, the ventromedial hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamic area or the septal nucleus had no effect on nociception. These findings suggest that PGE2 at non-pyrogenic doses in the brain induces hyperalgesia, at least in part, through its actions on EP3 receptors in the preoptic hypothalamus and the DBB in rats.
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CultureFest will kick-off June 8th, 2019
by LandonBuford May 17, 2019, 9:28 pm 110 Views 0 Votes
Celebrate culture through Food, Music, Art & Dance.
OXEN HILL — CultureFest DMV is an international movement that celebrates food, music, fashion, and dance. On June 8, 2019, CultureFest DMV will kick-off its inaugural event at the National Harbor. Just minutes from the nation’s capital, this festival will feature VIP cabanas, a fashion show, food court, craft village, interactive booths.
Performances will be influenced by the cultures of the Caribbean and African diaspora. Reggae and Soca icons such as Aidonia, Romain Virgo, Tanto Metro & Devonte, Patrice Roberts, Skinny Fabulous, along with Afrobeats sensation Timaya from Nigeria.
The mission of CultureFest DMV is to bring communities together through unifying concepts such as philanthropy, food, and music. A portion of the festivals’ proceeds will be dedicated to two organizations that are near and dear to our guests of honor, Dorothy Toran, Executive Producer of The NJ Housewives and The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Mrs. Fatima Bio.
The New Hope Horizon Foundation has partnered with Mrs. Bio and the #HandsOffOurGirls campaign. This campaign will implement many programs and projects to assist the disadvantaged youth and women with attaining a formal education, so they will not be forced into early marriage and rape.
Dorothy Toran is a Brand Ambassador of The Lupus Foundation of America and a portion of the proceeds will assist in raising funds to support the Lupus Foundation of America’s Stem Cell Research Project to improve the quality of life for people living with Lupus. In honor of her sister, Dorothy is carrying the torch to shed light on Lupus and it affects the African Diaspora.
“It was important to curate a festival this size and scale to have non-profit partners to work with as well. It’s a two-way street of reciprocity and we’re excited to work with both The Lupus Foundation of America/Color Me Happy & The New Horizon Foundation #HandsOffOurGirls initiatives,” says Freka Scott, CultureFest CO-Founder.
Sponsors include, but Yelp, A thousand Words Photobooth, Shinju Wiskey, E Server Wine, Art of Noize Art Gallery, Judy’s Island Grill and more.
“We created CultureFest because we wanted to bring a high-end festival experience to people from all walks of life across our diverse communities. Being in the small business sector, we were able to see it from two vantage points as a business as well as a patron.,” says Lawrence Cox, CultureFest Founder.
For More Information on CultureFest DMV Visit: https://culturefestdmv.com/
Press RSVP: http://bit.ly/2W7lJI8
About The Lupus Foundation Of America/Color Me Happy: http://bit.ly/2UVapxy
About The New Hope Horizon Foundation: http://www.newhopehorizonfoundation.org/
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India, China, Tibet
Conflict Over India's Northern Border
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Prime minister Nehru's policy of holding India to a strictly neutral course in the power struggle between the free and Communist worlds was rudely shaken during the past summer by forays of Chinese military detachments across the traditional frontier between Tibet and India. Clashes with Indian patrols occurred in the vicinity of widely separated border outposts. At last accounts, Chinese forces remained in possession of an outpost at Longju in India's Northeast Frontier Agency, which they had seized on Aug. 26, and of another outpost at Khinzemane in the same general region. Chinese forces which on July 28 apprehended an Indian patrol far to the northwest in the Ladakh area of Kashmir apparently had withdrawn.
Exchanges between New Delhi and Peking indicated that these and a number of additional Chinese incursions were more than minor border incidents. On the contrary, Red China seemed to be setting out to occupy extensive territories previously claimed only by depicting them on Chinese maps as within Tibet, which is legally a part of China, The Indian government uttered strong protests. Replying on Sept. 26 to a note of Sept. 8 from Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai, Nehru observed that China was putting forth claims to “large areas of Indian territory [40,000 square miles] inhabited by hundreds of thousands of Indian nationals, which have been under the administrative jurisdiction of India for many years.” He added that “No government could possibly discuss the future of such large areas which are an integral part of their territory.” Chou's letter had come as “a great shock to us,” Nehru said, for India was one of the first nations to recognize the Communist government of China and Indians had “consistently sought to maintain and strengthen our friendships with your country.”
While refusing to take up the larger Chinese claims, Nehru avowed willingness to consider minor border adjustmerits. He said in his letter to Chou, however, that “No discussions can be fruitful unless the posts on the Indian side of the traditional frontier now held by Chinese forces are first evacuated by them and further threats and intimidations immediately cease.” Chou in a telegram to Nehru on Oct. 7 played down the border difficulties as “merely an episode in our age-old friendship.” Although Nehru welcomed the friendly tone of this message, he warned at a news conference the following day that “any kind of advance” by Chinese forces from positions currently held on Indian territory would “certainly be fully resisted.”
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Whether or not a middle-aged gringo like him can cool things off between the Maldados and the Zapatistas, he's got to try; he did promise his friend. Once he gets involved, he realizes there's something else going on; the specter of an international conspiracy threatens to make this local trouble blow sky-high. And if he ends up dead or in jail for murders he didn't commit, he might have to put that promise on hold. It's tough being Amos Walker.
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Narrated by: Peter Larkin
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Narrator Peter Larkin
Publication Date July 18, 2012
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SummerWorks: Relationship wisdom from the mouths of babes in the playful, surprising & moving CHILD-ISH
Photo by Graham Isador.
Sunny Drake and the CHILD-ISH Collective present a work-in-progress presentation of CHILD-ISH, written by Drake, and directed by Alan Dilworth and associate director Katrina Darychuk—and running in the Franco Boni Theatre at The Theatre Centre. Exploring the theme of relationships from various angles, CHILD-ISH is a piece of verbatim theatre created by an intergenerational group of adult and child interviewers, dramaturgs, performers and facilitators—putting the words of children aged five to 11 into the mouths of adults, with hilarious, surprising and moving, as well as playful and wise, results.
Entering with a flourish, the adult ensemble (Walter Borden, Maggie Huculak, Sonny Mills, Zorana Sadiq and Itir Arditi) acts out interview chats and scenes on relationships—love, consent, old age, losing a loved one and bullying—based on the kids’ shared thoughts, ideas, stories and feelings, with subject matter projected upstage as surtitles. Playful, wise and surprising, the kids express—via the adults—flexible and innovative ideas about marriage and family units (e.g., if you were allowed to marry more than one person, it would make the division of household and outside labour more efficient). Thoughts about love, kissing and consent are savvy, matter of fact and exploratory—and fearlessly so. One kid mentioned that they’re non-binary, stating a preference for they/them pronouns; and how, while misgendering bugs them, they make allowances for people to get used to it.
The dialogue is frank, open and surprisingly insightful—and the thoughts and ideas emerge as playfully as in any physical game. Hilarity often ensues in the juxtaposition of adults speaking the words of children, but then once in a while, something catches your attention that makes a lot of sense. And you may find yourself wishing that adults could think and be more like kids sometimes. In contrast, the harassment and bullying experiences/responses are heartbreaking as you recognize that, even though adults are relating them, these thoughts and feelings are coming from kids.
Joined by three kids at the end (I’m guessing these are young facilitators Sadie Kopyto Primack, Elora Gerson and Owen Ross), the actor/facilitator group movement piece is both beautiful and moving. Following this, the audience is invited to join in reading the Kidifesto, also projected upstage. It was during these moments that I was moved to tears.
Joyful, curious, authentic and open—in laughter, pain and uncertainty—we could all learn a lesson or two from the wisdom of kids in CHILD-ISH and in our everyday lives.
With shouts to Director of Child Engagement Jessica Greenberg; young dramaturgs Eponine Lee, Sumayya Iman Malik and Ozzy Rae Horvath; adult dramaturg Brian Quirt; and young co-interviewer Mia McGrinder; as well as the small army of child collaborators, consultants, development partners and champions who made this presentation possible. I look forward to seeing where this goes next.
Child-ish has one more performance in the Franco Boni Theatre at the Theatre Centre: August 14 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets available online or in person at the box office; it’s a very short three-show run and last night’s performance was sold out, so advance booking is a must.
Author life with more cowbellPosted on August 13, 2019 Categories Moments, TheatreTags adult actors, adults, Alan Dilworth, audience participation, Brian Quirt, bullying, CHILD-ISH, children's words spoken by adults, consent, death, Elora Gerson, Eponine Lee, experiences, family, feelings, fun, ghosts, harassment, ideas, insight, intergenerational, interviews, Itir Arditi, Jessica Greenberg, joy, Katrina Darychuk, Kidifesto, kids, kissing, losing a loved one, love, Maggie Huculak, marriage, Mia McGrinder, non-binary, old age, Owen Ross, Ozzy Rae Horvath, play, projection, Sadie Kopyto Primack, Sonny Mills, stories, storytelling, Sumayya Iman Malik, SummerWorks, Sunny Drake, surtitles, Theatre Centre, thoughts, verbatim theatre, Walter Borden, wisdom, Zorana SadiqLeave a comment on SummerWorks: Relationship wisdom from the mouths of babes in the playful, surprising & moving CHILD-ISH
SummerWorks: Running away to home in the fierce, funny, inspiring, socially aware The Breath Between
Fio Yang. Photo by Saba Akhtar.
The AMY Project returns to SummerWorks, this year with a journey of belonging and identity as a group of BIPOC, 2LGBTQ women and non-binary youth living in a world ravaged by climate change venture out in search of a place where they can feel safe and welcome to be themselves. The fierce, funny, inspiring and socially aware The Breath Between, directed by kumari giles and Julia Hune-Brown, assisted by Jamie Milay, and created by the ensemble, opened last night in The Theatre Centre Incubator.
In a post-apocalyptic world where climate change has destroyed the planet and forced the population to live under protective domes, the queer community gathers to dance and celebrate at Dome Pride. Growing increasingly disillusioned and disappointed about the over-the-top corporate branding and ownership—not to mention the $17 bottled water—and mainstream packaging of the event meant to “normalize” queer culture, a group of young BIPOC and 2LGBTQ women and non-binary youth decide to blow this corporate logo-ridden popsicle stand and search for a better place. Hijacking a spaceship on display at the event, and joined by the chirpy host inspired by their cause, they venture out to explore worlds beyond to find a place where they can feel safe and welcome. The trip brings some twists, turns and revelations as they share and discover themselves.
The bright, energetic and engaging ensemble includes Jericho Allick (mentored by Neema Bickersteth), nevada jane arlow (mentored by Susanna Fournier), Alice Cheng Meiqing (mentored by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster), Lyla Sherbin (mentored by Avery Jean Brennan), Fio Yang (mentored by Maddie Bautista), Whitney Nicole Peterkin and Megan Legesse; with additional writing by Taranjot Bamrah, A.C., Daniella Leacock and Claudia Liz. Incorporating music, poetry and monologues, the performers invite us into their individual worlds as they share memories and lived experiences—for better or worse. There is pain, longing and shame—but there is also resilience, ferocity and hope; all peppered with astute and darkly comic acknowledgments of the negative impacts of extreme climate change and the corporate branding of events that were once community-organized, grassroots movements.
While they may leave the Dome feeling like a spaceship full of misfit toys, the group ends up finding community and chosen family—and faces the choice of returning home or continuing their off-world exploration. Nicely book-ended by songs performed by Fio Yang, you may find yourself humming Out in the City as you leave the theatre.
Go where you are welcome—or take space where you like? In the end, home is where your family is, whether biological or chosen, and you can spark the change you want to see.
The Breath Between has three more performances in the Incubator space at The Theatre Centre, closing on August 16; check the show page for exact dates/times. Tickets available online or in person at the box office.
Author life with more cowbellPosted on August 9, 2019 Categories Moments, Music, Poetry, TheatreTags 2LGBTQ, A.C., acceptance, Alice Cheng Meiqing, Avery Jean Brennan, be the change, be yourself, belonging, BIPOC, chosen family, city, Claudia Liz, climate change, corporate branding, corporate ownership, Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, Daniella Leacock, dark comedy, family, feeling welcome, ferocity, Fio Yang, friendship, Home, hope, identity, Jamie Milay, Jericho Allick, journey, Julia Hune-Brown, kumari giles, LGBTQI, lived experience, longing, love, Lyla Sherbin, Maddie Bautista, Megan Legesse, memory, Neema Bickersteth, nevada-jane arlow, non-binary, personal anecdote, personal narrative, post-apocalypse, Pride, queer, queer culture, resilience, Saba Akhtar, safety, spaceship, storytelling, SummerWorks, Susanna Fournier, Taranjot Bamrah, The AMY Project, The Breath Between, Theatre Centre, Whitney-Nicole Peterkin, women, youthLeave a comment on SummerWorks: Running away to home in the fierce, funny, inspiring, socially aware The Breath Between
Sharply funny, moving, candid looks at LGBTQ lives in 7th annual Gay Play Day
Gay Play Day—an annual festival of short, new plays written by LGBTQ playwrights and their allies—returns to the Alumnae Theatre Studio for two days only. This is the 7th year of the fest for founding AD Darren Stewart-Jones and the GPD team, which this year includes technical director Johnny Salib and Henry Keeler on front of house. The 2018 edition includes two programs, each featuring four short plays: the Lavender Show and the Pink Show. I caught both at opening night last night; here they are, in order of appearance.
THE PINK SHOW (approx. 75 minutes)
Fade to Black. Written/directed by Darren Stewart-Jones. Old Hollywood meets 21st century fandom when aging former Hollywood icon Bedelia Blake (Nonnie Griffin) finds an unexpected #1 fan when she meets Jamie (Nathaniel Bacon), a young gay man volunteering for Meals on Wheels. Largely secluded from the world for some time, Bedelia finds renewed public interest in her life and career as that first meeting evolves into friendship. Also featuring Philip Cairns as Mr. Johnson. Tender and nostalgic; featuring lovely, layered performances from Griffin and Bacon, as Bedelia and Jamie open up and feel at home enough to be their true selves with each other.
Labels. Written/directed by Erika Reesor. Lesbian couple Danny (Leigh Patterson) and Mia (Emily Schooley) live with Danny’s mom and are preparing for her birthday. Already stressed about the situation, when Mia finds a prescription for testosterone in Danny’s jeans, Danny has some serious explaining to do—sparking a series of confessions and revelations about their relationship and beliefs about gender. A funny, poignant and real two-hander; with grounded, engaging performances.
Diamonds on Plastic. Written/directed by Philip Cairns. Doris (Margaret Lamarre), a straight married spitfire of a southern lady of a certain age confides in us about her love of shopping and all things that sparkle—and goes on to open up about a blossoming affair with a childhood friend, also a straight married woman. Confessions of a shopaholic who adores jewels, shoes and surprisingly more; and a hilarious and entertaining performance from Lamarre, who also gives an LOL turn as Doris’s husband.
Point and Click. Written/directed by Steven Elliott Jackson; stage manager/producer Winston Stilwell. Gossiping away on his cellphone, the arrogant, catty photographer Andre (Adam Bonney) talks trash about friends and colleagues while waiting for a male model to arrive at his studio, virtually ignoring Shannon’s (Jim Armstrong) arrival. A sharply funny look at the perceptions of beauty, with schooling on fat shaming and body image; nicely paired casting, with spot on comic timing from Armstrong.
THE LAVENDER SHOW (approx. 65 minutes)
I’ve Just Seen a Face. Written/directed by Kris Davis. Charlie (Sav Binder) and their friend Mel (Chantel Marostica) attend a queer date/games night, hosted by Sage (Kasden Leo Indigo). While Mel gets to know Sage, Charlie has a near miss with Annie (Rose Tuong), but finds an opportunity for a meet cute at the Knit Café, where Annie works and teaches knitting workshops. Charlie is smitten, but how do they tell Annie that they have facial blindness? A sweet queer rom-com vibe; with hilarious, entertaining performances—particularly Marostica’s cynical, edgy comic Mel, and Binder’s adorkably awkward romantic Charlie.
Missed Connections. Written/performed by Mark Keller; directed by Nick May. Single and alone for the past two years after a break-up, a 30-something gay man surfs the Internet for missed connections, in desperate hopes that someone’s noticed him. Beginning to question his own sanity, he reminisces about his past love as he tries to find the courage to find a new one. Full of LOLs and deeply poignant moments that resonate with any lonely soul who’s had their heart broken.
The End is the Beginning. Written by Tina McCulloch; directed by Josh Downing. The relationship dynamics between Elena (Devon Hubka), Vivian (McCulloch) and LeeAnne (Kelly-Marie Murtha) play out in reverse in this brief, dramatic, time-shifting look at the nature of love and alternatives to traditional monogamy. A candid, deconstructed look at coupling in the face of an ongoing relationship; nicely present, intimate work from the cast.
Coming Clean. Written/performed by Laura Piccinin. Part stand-up, part personal storytelling, Piccinin stands behind a mic and tells us her coming out stories (yes, there’s more than one). Sharply observed, tightly delivered—and finding laughter in the pain—for an entertaining and insightful, out and proud ride.
Missed last night? No worries! Gay Play Day runs for two days, continuing today (Saturday, September 8) up in the Alumnae Theatre Studio: the Lavender Show at 3pm and 7pm; the Pink Show at 5pm and 9pm. Get advance tickets online or at the door (cash only).
And keep up with all things Gay Play Day on Facebook and Twitter.
Author life with more cowbellPosted on September 8, 2018 September 8, 2018 Categories Comedy, Moments, TheatreTags Adam Bonney, alone, Alumnae Theatre Company, beauty, body image, break-ups, Chantel Marostica, Coming Clean, coming out, Darren Stewart-Jones, dating, desire, Devon Hubka, Diamond on Plastic, Emily Schooley, Erika Reesor, ethical monogamy, facial blindness, Fade to Black, fandom, fat shaming, friendship, Gay Play Day, gender, Henry Keeler, I've Just Seen a Face, Internet missed connections, Jim Armstrong, Johnny Salib, Josh Downing, Kasden Leo Indigo, Kelly-Marie Murtha, Kris Davis, Labels, Laura Piccinin, Leigh Patterson, LGBTQ, lonely, love, Margaret Lamarre, Mark Keller, marriage, missed connections, monogamy, Nathaniel Bacon, new plays, Nick May, non-binary, Nonnie Griffin, old Hollywood, Philip Cairns, play festival, Point and Click, relationships, romance, Rose Tuong, Sav Binder, sexuality, short plays, Steven Elliott Jackson, The End is the Beginning, The Lavender Show, The Pink Show, Tina McCulloch, trans, transitioning, Winston Stilwell, women's sexualityLeave a comment on Sharply funny, moving, candid looks at LGBTQ lives in 7th annual Gay Play Day
SummerWorks: Revolution, gratitude & being with a roar in The AMY Project’s brave, bold Lion Womxn
The AMY Project returns to SummerWorks with the brave, bold and deeply personal multimedia, multidisciplinary ensemble-generated Lion Womxn. Directed by Julia Hune-Brown and Nikki Shaffeeullah, assisted by Jules Vodarek Hunter and Bessie Cheng, Lion Womxn ran for three performances at the Theatre Centre—I caught their closing night show in the Incubator last night.
Created and performed by nevada-jane arlow, Clara Carreon, Olivia Costes, Gabi M Fay, Carvela Lee, Megan Legesse, Laya Mendizabal, MORGAN, Whitney-Nicole Peterkin, Rofiat Olusanya, Aaliyah Wooter and Fio Yang, Lion Womxn is a theatrical collage of personal storytelling; told through a combination of monologue, dance (choreography by Jasmine Shaffeeullah), song, poetry and projection (design by Nicole Eun-Ju Bell).
With high-energy and soul-bearing performances, each shares her/their own joy, pain, rage, gratitude, struggle and strength—shouting out feminism, self-care, respect, gratitude, community and sex-positivity; and calling out misogyny, racism, homophobia and transphobia, body shaming and slut shaming. Raw and poetic at the same time, the result is heartbreaking, charming, anger-inducing and, ultimately, inspirational.
This was the final performance of Lion Womxn at SummerWorks, but keep an eye out for The AMY Project and future productions. Learn more about The AMY Project on their website—and give them a follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Author life with more cowbellPosted on August 14, 2018 Categories Dance, Music, Poetry, Spoken word, Theatre, UncategorizedTags Aaliyah Wooter, autobiography, Bessie Cheng, body shaming, Carvela lee, Clara Carreon, community, feminism, Fio Yang, Gabi M Fay, gratitude, homophobia, Jasmine Shaffeeullah, joy, Jules Vodarek Hunter, Julia Hune-Brown, Laya Mendizabal, lion, Lion Womxn, Megan Legesse, misogyny, MORGAN, movement, multidisciplinary, multimedia, nevada-jane arlow, Nicole Eun-Ju Bell, Nikki Shaffeeullah, non-binary, Olivia Costes, pain, personal narrative, projection, racism, rage, respect, Rofiat Olusanya, self-care, sex, sex-positive, sexuality, slut shaming, song, storytelling, strength, struggle, SummerWorks, The AMY Project, Theatre Centre, transphobia, Whitney-Nicole Peterkin, womenLeave a comment on SummerWorks: Revolution, gratitude & being with a roar in The AMY Project’s brave, bold Lion Womxn
Poetry 500 years in the making in Soulpepper’s exquisite, haunting, wondrous Orlando
Set & lighting design by Lorenzo Savoini. Costume design by Gillian Gallow. Photo by Aleksander Antonijevic.
Soulpepper Theatre brings Virginia Woolf’s Orlando to the stage with an exquisite Canadian premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s stage adaptation of the magical time-travelling, gender-fluid tale, directed by Katrina Darychuck.
Starting off in Elizabethan England, we find Orlando (Sarah Afful) as a young man; a darling of the court and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I (John Jarvis), he loves to be in love and longs to be a poet. Finding solace and solitude under his favourite oak tree, he begins crafting a poem. Smitten by beautiful and mysterious visiting Russian princess Sasha (Maev Beaty), he is rapturously happy for a time, but his tendency towards melancholy grows when she abandons him to return to her home. When he finds himself unable to avoid the unwanted advances of the Archduchess Harriet (Alex McCooeye), he seeks a way to leave the country—and gets his wish when King Charles II sends him to Constantinople as an ambassador.
It is there that Orlando undergoes an amazing transformation, emerging from a long sleep as a woman; she also finds herself longing to return home. Upon arriving at her family estate in England, she is greeted with the surprising news that she was assumed dead; and, as a woman, is not permitted to own property. The Archduchess comes back into her life—though she has transformed into a man. Shifting into the 19th century, Orlando meets and falls in love with Marmaduke (Craig Lauzon), a gender-shifting person like herself. Returning throughout to finish the poem she started as a young man, Orlando eventually finds herself in the 20th century, with Sasha still on her mind and in her heart—and returning to her poem. And, after 500 years, she may very well be seeing its completion.
Like Orlando’s view of the world, the tone too shifts from playful and fun to furtive and melancholy as the story plays out on Lorenzo Savoini’s icy clean, bright, minimalist set; Gillian Gallow’s stunning period costumes and Thomas Ryder Payne’s haunting soundtrack complete the storytelling. Stellar work from the ensemble in this complex, multi-dimensional, multi-layered tale of love, beauty, poetry, transformation and time travel. Much of the storytelling is directed outward to the audience, with the narration being delivered by the three chorus members, as well as characters, as scenes play out.
Afful switches masterfully between Orlando’s playfully comic and darkly introspective moments, having us laughing one minute, and then breaking our hearts the next. Beaty is majestic and mysterious as the striking, spirited Sasha; a vivacious and wandering soul, the practical Sasha appears to be more anchored in the present than the romantic Orlando, whose mind lives more in the past and the future. Orlando wishes to possess her, and she will not be possessed. And the three actors (Jarvis, Lauzon and McCooeye) who comprise the chorus deftly, and delightfully, play a variety of male and female characters; further underlining the overlap and of “male” and “female” characteristics within each of us.
An embodiment of the spirit of the age, Orlando lives across time periods where “gender fluid” and “non-binary” weren’t even terms yet. And we recognize—as these characters so aptly illustrate—that, while gender-prescribed roles and gender presentation are socially-imposed constructs, we humans have been playing with the notion of gender for centuries.
Orlando continues in the Michael Young Theatre at the Young Centre till July 29. Get advance tickets online or give the box office a shout at: 416-866-8666 or 1-888-898-1188.
Author life with more cowbellPosted on July 20, 2018 July 20, 2018 Categories Books, Moments, Poetry, TheatreTags Alex McCooeye, Canadian premiere, Craig Lauzon, gender presentation, gender roles, gender-fluid, Gillian Gallow, John Jarvis, Katrina Darychuk, Lorenzo Savoini, Maev Beaty, narrative, non-binary, Orlando, Sarah Afful, Sarah Ruhl, Soulpepper, spirit of the age, stage adaptation, storytelling, Thomas Ryder Payne, time travel, Virginia Woolf, Young CentreLeave a comment on Poetry 500 years in the making in Soulpepper’s exquisite, haunting, wondrous Orlando
Sex, death, snakes & the healing power of flowers & family in Red Betty Theatre & the G Girls’ political, theatrical Ganga’s Ganja
We struggle in birth. We struggle in death.
I popped over to Geary Lane last night for Storefront Theatre’s presentation of Red Betty Theatre and the G Girls’ production of Radha S. Menon’s Ganga’s Ganja, directed by Jennie Esdale. Ganga’s Ganja headlines the Feminist Fuck It Festival (FFIF), a two-week curated festival of multidisciplinary women and non-binary-identifying artists presenting new, bold and entertaining works.
Set sometime in the not too distant future, sisters Mena (Pam Patel) and Ganga (Senjuti Aurora Sarker) have gone off the grid, living on a piece of land where Ganga grows and tends to medicinal marijuana to help ease Mena’s excruciating Multiple Sclerosis symptoms and give her some quality of life. Ever moving in and out of Mena’s consciousness is Kadru (Amanda DeFreitas), a black and gold snake that only Mena can see. Is Mena hallucinating or is Kadru her escort into the next life?
While Mena self-medicates with weed, deeply inhaling the smoke like oxygen, Ganga’s medicine is one-night stands that often keep her out all night, always returning to her caregiving in the morning. Mena is afraid of leaving Ganga alone, and Ganga is terrified of losing Mena. When their marijuana crop is stolen and they meet the fast-talking, charmer Nero (Jesse Horvath), a man with a shiny silver briefcase and a lot of ideas, the sisters’ world is turned upside down. In a world where non-prescription drugs have been criminalized, but big pharma is happy to use plants to create their products, who can they trust—and how will they find a way to let go of each other?
Political and theatrical, the themes of sex, death and alternative medicine combine with feminism, Hindu deities and sticking it to the man. Patel and Sarker have great chemistry as the sisters; and do a nice job layering their respective inner and outer conflicts. Patel’s Mena is cheerful and positive, despite her devastating diagnosis—this all masking her concern, which is more for her sister than for herself. Mena wants to die, to leave her suffering behind and start over in the next life, but she can’t bring herself to leave Ganga. As Ganga, Sarker is a combination of attentive caregiver and devil-may-care party girl; drowning her guilt and fear in random hook-ups, Ganga struggles with the harsh truth that Mena doesn’t have much time left. DeFreitas brings a sensual and fierce edge to Kadru; ever watchful and ever waiting, Kadru is not the menace she appears to be—and appears to represent the faith, tradition and ritual of the sisters’ Indian ancestors. Horvath’s Nero is the perfect picture of white, male entitlement; charming, mercurial and donning a bad boy rebel image, Nero is a 21st century snake oil salesman dealing in mainstream pharmaceuticals. He is the embodiment of Western right-wing conservative, corporate misogyny—all wrapped up in a pretty bleach blond, white linen package.
With shouts to the design team—Tony Sciara (set), Tula Tusox (costume) and Maddie Bautista (sound)—for their work in creating this evocative, otherworldly space that reflects both the South Asian culture of the sisters, and an intriguing environment that’s out of time and space.
Sex, death, snakes and the healing power of flowers and family in Red Betty Theatre and the G Girls’ political, theatrical Ganga’s Ganja.
Ganga’s Ganja continues at FFIF at Geary Lane (360 Geary Ave., Toronto) until April 22, every night (except Mondays) at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm, followed by nightly programming at 9:00 pm and 10:30 pm. Get advanced tickets for Ganga’s Ganja online and check out the rest of the FFIF line-up.
Author life with more cowbellPosted on April 18, 2018 Categories Art, Comedy, Music, TheatreTags afterlife, alternative medicine, Amanda DeFreitas, big pharma, birth, death, deity, dying with dignity, family, feminism, Feminist Fuck It Festival, G Girls, Ganga's Ganja, Geary Lane, hallucination, Hindu mythology, Jennie Esdale, Jesse Horvath, Maddie Bautista, marijuana criminalization, medical marijuana, multidisciplinary, Multiple Sclerosis, next life, non-binary, one-night stands, Pam Patel, power, quality of life, Radha S. Menon, random hook-ups, Red Betty Theatre, self-medicating, Senjuti Aurora Sarker, sex, sisters, snake, Storefront Theatre, Tony Sciara, Tula Tusox, women, women in theatre, women's voicesLeave a comment on Sex, death, snakes & the healing power of flowers & family in Red Betty Theatre & the G Girls’ political, theatrical Ganga’s Ganja
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Ultra-Wideband Pulse-based Radio
Reliable Communication over a Wideband Channel
Wim Vereecken
Michiel Steyaert
Part of the Analog Circuits and Signal Processing book series (ACSP)
Pages i-xix
Digital Communications Over Analog Channels
Modulation-Aware Error Coding
Modulation-Aware Decoding: Signal Reconstruction
Benefits of ISI in the Indoor Environment
Pulse-Based Wideband Radio
Reference Design of a Pulse-Based Receive Unit
Nonlinear Loaded Open-Loop Amplifiers
Today's booming expanse of personal wireless radio communications is a rich source of new challenges for the designer of the underlying enabling technologies. Because the wireless channel is a shared transmission medium with only very limited resources, a trade-off must be made between mobility and the number of simultaneous users in a confined geographical area.
Ultra-Wideband Pulse-based Radio lays the foundations of a new radio transceiver architecture, based on the Ultra-Wideband pulse-based radio principle. Instead of a continuous-time modulated carrier, the pulse-based radio system uses short electromagnetic pulses with a wide spectral footprint. This has considerable advantages for the reliability of a wireless link in an indoor environment. However, what is not accounted for in most high-level theoretical perspectives, is that a wide transmission bandwidth opens up a Pandora's box of many complications at receiver side. A real-world wireless channel, for example, suffers from multipath reflections: multiple, delayed versions of the same signal arrive at the receive antenna and start to interfere with one another, an effect that is known as intersymbol interference. Also, a wide transmission band is a wide open door for in-band interfering signals, caused by other transmitters in the same frequency band.
A specially crafted interferer suppression and signal reconstruction (ISSR) algorithm is presented in this book. Without active intervention from the transmitter, the ISSR algorithm is capable of on-the-fly cleaning of frequency bands which have fallen victim to multipath fading or narrowband interference. The unique blend of pulse-based radio, a simple modulation scheme and a powerful signal reconstruction system make the presented pulse-based radio system a very promising alternative for the high-end (but complex) OFDM-based modulation schemes currently used in many WLAN applications.
Analog Circuits Data Converters Digital Signal Processing DSP Pulse Based Radio Signal reconstruction Software Defined Radio Transistor UWB Wideband Amplifiers Wideband radio Wireless Communications integrated circuit
1.Dept. Electrical Engineering (ESAT)Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2450-3
Copyright Information Springer Netherlands 2009
Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN 978-90-481-2449-7
Online ISBN 978-90-481-2450-3
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11/1 All Saints Day and the Divine Will
11/13 Last Apparition at Garabandal, Spain
11/18 Dedication of the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul
11/2 All Souls Day
11/21 Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
11/22 Feast Day of St. Cecilia
11/27 Feast of the Miraculous Medal
11/29/1932 Our Lady appears at Beuraing, Belgium
12/ First Sunday of Advent
12/06 Feast Day of St. Nicholas of Bari
12/08 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
12/09 Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Hour of Grace from 12 Noon to 1 PM
12/12 Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
12/26 Feast Day of St. Stephen
12/27 Feast Day of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
12/28 Feast Day of the Holy Innocents
2/11 Feast of Our Lady Lourdes
2/22 Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
2/3 Feast Day of St. Blaise
3/19 St. Joseph the Worker
3/25 The Annunciation
5/1 Feast of St. Joseph the Worker – prayers, YouTube videos and litany
6/13 – St. Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor of the Church
6/25 – Maternity of Mary (431), and Our Lady Queen of Peace (1981)
7/11 Feast Day of St. Benedict, Abbot
7/13 Feast Day of the Rosa Mystica 1947-1966
7/16 Feast of the Brown Scapular 1251
8/14 Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The priests who survived the atomic bomb The remarkable survival of the Jesuit Fathers in Hiroshima has echoes in the Bible and in the story of Fatima
8/21 Our Lady of Knock
8/21 St. Pius X Feast Day
8/22 Feast of the QUEENSHIP of Our Blessed Mother in the Most Holy Divine Will!
8/22 Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary In the Kingdom of the Divine Will
Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, The Feast of Corpus Christi In the Divine Will
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus In the Kingdom of the Divine Will
Our Lady of All Nations
Our Lady of Fatima: Feast Day July 13
Saint Aloysius
St. Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ
The month of June is set apart for devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Today we must have the faith of St. Joan of Arc
Traditional Feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces is June 8
Transfiguration, Transubstantiation, Transmutation in the Divine Will
VIRGIN OF THE REVELATION – On 4/12/1980 a most astounding public miracle occurred!
For your Pilgrimage to Corato
Form for 24 Hours of the Passion for Lent 2019
Fourth International Congress on the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta
From the Archbishop of Trani, Mons. Giovan Battista Picchierri
Full text of “The Love of the Sacred Heart”
Garabandal, the MMP, Luisa and the Divine Will
His Holiness Benedict XVI and Luisa Piccarreta
Hour of Grace: Noon to 1 PM on Saturday, December 8th!
How to Practice the Five First Saturday’s Devotion
Interview on the Movie “The Principle” – Earth is the center of the universe
Jesus is on the Floor
Lent 2018 Blank Copy
Letter of the Postulator Mons Paolo Rizzi to all groups of the Divine Will in the world
Life of Luisa Videos
Liturgical Calendars In the Divine Will
The Liturgical Calendar in the Divine Will 2016-2017
Luisa’s Cause of Beatification
11/01/12 Letter from Archbishop Mons. G.B. Pichierri
2005 Congress – Corato, Italy
6/20/13 Letter from the Archbishop of Trani: Census of the Divine Will Groups.
Cause of Beatification (Updated 6/26/13)
Form for the Divine Will Prayer Groups per Archbishop Giovan Battista Pichierri request of June 20, 2013
Miracles of the Church
Mons. Giovan Battista Pichierri, Presentation of the Biography of the Little Daugher of the Divine Will, Luisa Piccarreta
Mother Gabrielle Marie
Msgr. Leonardo D’Ascenzo is the new Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie!
Music on the Mantle of the Virgin Mary
Newsletters: Little Children of the Divine Will
LCDW Newsletter #196 September 2018
LCDW Newsletter #197 October 2018
News Letter Special Announcement – Our Lady of Fatima
Newsletter #185 LCDW October 2017
Newsletter # 166 LCDW 3/2016
Newsletter # 202 LCDW 03/2019
Newsletter #140 LCDW 1/2014
Newsletter #155 LCDW Good Friday/Divine Mercy Sunday
Newsletter #160 LCDW
Newsletter #161LCDW 10/2015
Newsletter #163 of LCDW 12/2015
Newsletter #167 LCDW April 2016
Newsletter #178 LCDW March 2017
Newsletter #182 LCDW July 2017
Newsletter #188 LCDW January 2018
Newsletter #189 LCDW February 2018
Newsletter #198 LCDW November 2018
Newsletter #207 LCDW August 2019
Newsletter #21 – The Divine Will
Newsletter 110 LCDW 07/2011
Newsletter 128 LCDW 1/2013
Newsletter 135 LCDS 8/2013
Newsletter LCDW 8/2018
Nineveh 90 – Novena for Our Nation
2/2 Novena to Our Lady of Good Success starts February 2
2017 As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima many are still unaware of the message Our Lady gave to each of us.
3/10-3/19 Novena to Saint Joseph
6/21-6/29/2019 Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
7/1 – 7/9; If you haven’t prayed to the Angels, here is a good one…
8/15-10/7 CARDINAL BURKE CALLS OUR NATION TO PRAY 54 DAY ROSARY NOVENA
8/30-9/8 Praying for the Gift of Living in the Divine Will one with Luisa Piccarreta
9/28 Mary Undoer of Knots
Christmas Novena in the Divine Will written by Luisa
Christmas Novena November 30th to December 25th (Feast of St. Anthony – Christmas)
FEAST OF THE ETERNAL FATHER IS FIRST SUNDAY IN AUGUST
God the Father Novena
Immaculate Conception Novena 11/29-12/7
Nine Day Novena – For the Gift of Living In the Divine Will one with Luisa, the little daughter of the Divine Will
Novena for Holy Christmas
Novena for the 69th Anniversary of the Passing into Eternity of the Little Daughter of the Divine Will Luisa Piccarreta
Novena for the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta’s birthday 4/14-4/23
Novena of the Immaculate Conception – November 29th to December 8th
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help – June 19-27
NOVENA to ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA – JUNE 17-25
Novena to St. Annibale for Vocations starts 5/23 and goes to 6/1
Novena to St. Maria Goretti June 27 to July 6th
Novena to St. Michael the Archangel
NOVENA TO THE HOLY GHOST
Novena to the Holy Spirit
NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE DIVINE WILL
Our Lady of America Novena – Ends June 8th
PORTIUNCULA INDULGENCE – FROM VESPERS AUGUST 1ST TO SUNDOWN ON AUGUST 2ND!!
St. Andrew Novena 11/30-12/25
The Holy Octave of Consecration to God Our Father
THE POWERFUL NOVENA OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
September 12th is the Feast of The Most Holy Name of Mary
Our Lady of America Newsletter 1/1/14
Our Lady of the Rosary, San Nicolas, Argentina (1983)
Padre Sergio Pellegrini
Saints in the Divine Will by Fr. Sergio Pellegrini
PETITION FOR THE RETURN OF LUISA’S ORIGINALS!
Photographs Pertaining to the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta
Photos of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Trinitapoli Italy 12/9/13
Powerful Exorcism Prayer, in Latin
Prayer and Fasting for Our Lady of America to October 13
Blessing of a Home at Epiphany
Come Holy Spirit!
Let us storm Heaven . . .
Our Lady of All Nations Prayer
Prayer for each day from Ash Wednesday to Divine Mercy Sunday
Prayer for Priestly Vocations
Prayer of Consecration to the Divine Will
Prayer to Jesus Christ on the Cross and Our Blessed Mother at the foot of the Cross for a happy death in the Divine Will.
The Brown Scapular and The Sabbatine Privilege
THE LITANY OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD
Chaplet of the Divine Will by St. Annibale Di Francia
Consecration to Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Prayer for Freedom from Curses
Praying for Peace
Read the Catechism in a Year!
Read the documents of the Second Vatican Council in one year for less than ten minutes a day
Readings and Prayers for the Coming Feasts
Round Books
Sancta Missa-Latin Text to Hear
The Holy Mass – Explained to Catalina Rivas
Twelve Reasons From The Teachings Of The Church For Wanting To Spend One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament
Servant of God Mother Maria Nazarena Maione
Society of St. Philip Neri
Spiritual Warfare Devotions
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel – Short and Long versions
Saint Michael the Archangel
SPIRTIUAL NETWORK
Start A Spiritual Network in your diocese
St. Annibale and Luisa Piccarreta: two souls united in the Divine Will
St. Annibale’s Statue at the Vatican
The Children of the Divine Will and The Saints of the Redemption
The Crown and Completion of All Sanctity
The dates for the International Divine Will Congress in Corato, Italy will be from the 22nd – 26th of April 2015
The episcopal ordination of Msgr. Leonardo D’Ascenzo, the Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
THE HOURS OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
The Immaculate Conception in the Divine Will
The Portiuncula Indulgence
Divine Appeal
Maternal Appeal
Luisa’s Appeal
This cover shows Luisa & the Pope over the Vatican:
Veni Creator Spiritus
4/30 “THE VIRGIN MARY IN THE KINGDOM” FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
OFFERING OF THE HUMAN WILL TO THE CELESTIAL QUEEN
The Six Steps
Virgin of Revelation – Our Lady of Tre Fontane
Website for Corato Conference
What the Catholic Church says about Luisa Piccarreta
Letters from Trani Archdiocese
3/4 The Last Words of Luisa Piccarreta, her Spiritual Testimony
Work Sheet for Hours of the Passion
FAMOUS ROSARY MIRACLES
From the Holy Father on the Year of Faith
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Panama, the country called The Bridge to the World, has long been on your vacation wish list. If you’re seeking a 5-star resort providing a wealth of amenities, then the Buenaventura Golf and Beach Resort in Rio Hato is your bridge to luxury services, gorgeous surroundings, and gracious hospitality.
Buenaventura is a 90-minute commute from Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport. Your drive to the east is a window into the world of Panama’s multi-faceted landscape. Witness a mega-metropolis transitioning to a scenic countryside, then continuing on to a mountain landscape, followed by a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean.
Upon arriving at Buenaventura’s posh entrance, guests are welcomed with a signature cocktail and an introduction to the resort’s luxurious lobby. While you bask in your first gift of caring service it’s hard not to get caught up in the resort’s serene environment. That’s when you realize that Buenaventura’s 900 pastoral acres are yours to indulge. Let’s take a photographic look at the Autograph Collection Hotels premier Panamanian property.
The Accommodations
With suites ranging from 500 to 1000 square-feet, your Buenaventura accommodations are long on spaciousness, exotic views, natural light, and luxurious amenities. For those needing even more elbow room, Buenaventura also offers four-bedroom villas with private balconies, patios, and plunge pools.
For a resort that offers the best of the best, it comes as no surprise that golfers can look forward to playing a Jack Nicklaus designed 18-hole layout. Expect pristine conditions and the bonus of an on-site Cobra Performance Center for upgrading your game.
The bounty of treatment options at Buenaventura’s upscale Corotu Spa makes a relaxing vacation even more special. Choose from massages, body treatments, and cleansing therapies as well as manicures and pedicures. Renew, replenish, and revitalize during your Panama vacation.
With eight distinct restaurants to experience while at the Buenaventura Resort, you’ll never go hungry. What are you craving? How about tapas, seafood, steak, French, Sushi, or Spanish cuisine? It’s great to have ambiance options like a palapa, beach bar, or a special occasion dining experience? The Buenaventura culinary team will exceed your expectations.
The Sense of Place
Water is more than a visual sensation at the Buenaventura Resort. The sound of water soothes at every turn. The tranquility of the resort’s unending pools eventually lead to a fantastic one mile beach hugging the Pacific Ocean. Engaging in sensory sensations are all part of the Buenaventura grand plan. There’s no extra charge for touches of Panamanian artwork, meticulous cleanliness, and an attitude of gratitude by the Buenaventura staff. Combine all these elements and you’ll thrill to an incomparable Panamanian piece of vacation paradise.
Panama’s burgeoning economy lends to a “can you top this” unspoken competitiveness in the hospitality industry. This pride in ownership delivers extra energy to your Buenaventura stay. The smiles, the helpfulness, and natural friendliness is as refreshing to the first time visitor as it is to the returning guest.
For some, Buenaventura is so fulfilling, they won’t want to leave. For others, the resort’s south central coast location is the perfect jumping off point to explore Panama’s rainforest, mountain ranges, bird life, and ocean excursions.
Regardless of why you choose the Buenaventura Golf & Beach Resort, you’ll find this 900-acre retreat to be a bridge for crossing into a special kind of vacation getaway.
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Tim Cotroneo is a Minneapolis-based writer specializing in island travel, business, and golf. Tim writes profiles on the best hotels, resorts, and villas. Tim also covers entrepreneurial success stories, as well as what makes your golf course unique. Find Tim's work at www.timcotroneo.com and www.traveldreamsmagazine.com
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Floyd County Brewing brings Medieval food and fun
Arched doorways look into the brewhouse at Floyd County Brewing Company. | Photos by Kevin Gibson
Walking into Floyd County Brewing Company in downtown New Albany is a bit like walking into one of those faux taverns at a Renaissance Festival — there are coats of arms decorating one wall, a giant battle helmet in one corner, a bow with arrows on a side wall, and arched doorways that allow visitors to peek into the brewhouse. (Heck, the men’s room even pays tribute to “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”)
The only thing missing is a tightly cinched beer wench and a weekend minstrel whose voice carries just a little too far.
But what one finds after settling in for a few minutes is that the playful presentation is all part of a warm and inviting atmosphere where the servers and bartenders are friendly, the food is comforting and the Medieval-themed beer is fresh.
The brewery features six house brews and four rotating guest taps, liquor (in case someone in your party doesn’t like beer) and a menu that pays homage to British pubs. In fact, I was thrilled to find that one of the requisite side dishes with the fish and chips at Floyd County Brewing is a dish called “mushy pea.” When I’ve been to Liverpool, England, I’ve found mushy pea pretty much comes with everything you order — and it isn’t even on the menu.
But I decided to take my time and start with an order of the house chips and beer cheese to go with a flight of four, which was served to me in a small wooden box.
The chips were thick cut and would be a fine snack or side on their own, while the beer cheese was a thick, creamy concoction with an interesting flavor. The dark orange dip had the cheesy tang one expects, and just enough spice to let your palate know it’s there, but there is something else. And then I tried the amber ale — with which the cheese dip is made — and it all came clear.
The beer — or “Froth,” as the menu dubs it — at Floyd County Brewing tends to take on its own personality, with a Belgian bent and some interesting flavor choices. The ArrowSmith Amber Ale (is that a nod to the band Aerosmith? It almost has to be, doesn’t it?) features “hints of orange and coriander,” according to the menu. It’s actually quite an interesting and drinkable beer, but it tripped me up in the beer cheese.
Meanwhile, the Dungeon Deeds Irish Stout is mostly typical to the style, with a deep dark black color but a surprisingly light body with a bit of a bite to the finish and possibly even a hint of fruit. The Belchin Serf Saison veers away from lighter versions of the style to a lightly acidic profile with plenty of fruit derived from Belgian yeast. It’s almost a little funky, like beers brewed with wild yeast, so if you like esters in your beer, you’ll like this one.
The Hoppy Jester IPA is nicely balanced with a citrusy, floral nose, with less bitterness than its 100 IBU suggests. And the Brewess Blonde Ale is a hazy, golden beer with a big Belgian flavor (more Belgian yeast). And the BarBEARian Belgian Brown is exactly what you think it is. Head brewer Jeff Coe isn’t afraid to utilize Belgian styles.
While I was drawn to the fish and chips (with mushy pea!), the Renn Faire feel finally got to me, so I ordered King Louie’s Drumstick for dinner — it’s a giant turkey leg served with rice and a vegetable medley, presumably to help balance the meat onslaught of a piece of bird that huge.
Seriously, it was gigantic, and I got through about half the meal before asking for a to-go box. The turkey leg, which was tender and almost dripping but with a tight, almost crunchy skin rubbed with spices, nearly didn’t fit inside. The rice was tender and delicious, and the vegetables were fresh, flavorful and maintained a bit of crispness.
Other interesting-looking entrees include Bangers and Mash, Nimwit’s Pot of Gold (a pork and seafood steam pot), and ArrowSmith Chicken Skewers. Some tempting appetizers included Nutty Knights Pork Hammers (pork ribs) and Able Archers Pretzel and Cheese. You can also get salads, soup, sandwiches and burgers, and there’s a kids menu for family-friendliness.
Appetizers range from $7 to $12, while entrees top out at $13, and most sandwiches are $10. My only real complaint was the price of the beer, which rang in a $6 per 16-ounce pint for Floyd County Brewing beers and $7 per pint for guest taps. Six bucks a pint is well above pretty much every other brewery in town, and what I found strange was that a growler fill, which basically includes four 16-ounce beers, is only $10. The discount for taking it home is so great, it very well might deter people from hanging out in the bar.
Overall, though, it’s a fun premise and is situated in a rising part of downtown New Albany that caters to people coming to and from Horseshoe Casino. The prime location and attentive service will only help. There is also live music sometimes (maybe that’s when the minstrel shows up). And, hey, they have mushy pea.
Floyd County Brewing Company is open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday. It is located at 129 W. Main St. in New Albany.
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From LPedia
Chartered: 1971
Chair: John Wilford
Vice-Chair: Steve Harris
Secretary: Gary Johnson
Treasurer: Cassie Villela
Address: 111 Congress Ave. Suite 400
Twitter: Twitter
Instagram: Instagram
The Libertarian Party of Texas is the Texas affiliate of the Libertarian Party.
June 2006 meeting of the Texas SLEC
1 State Libertarian Executive Committee
1.1 Officials
1.2 Staff
2 Ballot Access
3 Candidate Nominations
4 County Chairs
5 County Affiliates With LPedia Pages
6 Past Officers, State Committee Members, County Chairs, and Staff
6.1 A-F
6.2 G-N
6.3 O-Z
7 Governing Documents
7.1 SLEC Bylaws
7.2 Bylaws and Convention Rules
7.4 Policy Manual
8 Candidates
9 Elections
10 Noteworthy Elections
11 Size and Influence
State Libertarian Executive Committee
The State Libertarian Executive Committee is elected every two years at the state party convention and is run by state party rules (which presently function as a combination of suspendable rules and non-suspendable bylaws). It consists of four officers and up to two district representatives for each of 31 state senate districts, for a theoretical maximum of 66 members. It typically meets in person once a quarter on a Saturday.
vacant, District 1
Madlen Krause, District 1
Kevin Hale, District 2
Scott Ford, District 4
Amy Lyons, District 5
Phil McKenzie, District 5
Tom Glass, District 7
Kathie Glass, District 7
Eric Vansingel, District 8
Shawn Jones, District 8
Liz Scripter, District 9
Rene Perez, District 9
Geoff Adams, District 10
Brian Bouffard, District 10
Bob Townsend II, District 11
Jon Hom, District 11
George Reynolds, District 12
vacant, District 12
David Turner, District 13
Lee Sharp, District 13
William "Bill" Kelsey, District 14
Steven Haskett, District 14
Neal Dikeman, District 15
Carol Unsicker, District 15
Kyle Russell, District 16
Mike Dooling, District 16
Marian Young, District 17
Chris Clemence, District 17
Andrew Amelang, District 18
Mike Ryan, District 18
Anthony Valdivia, District 19
Mark Loewe, District 21
Ric Hubbard, District 21
Eric Schafer, District 22
Anastasia Wilford, District 23
Joe Burnes, District 24
Ben Farmer, District 24
Timothy Martinez, District 25
Chelsea Meckel, District 25
Arthur Thomas, District 26
Bekah Congdon, District 26
Frank Lozano, District 27
Teresa Rangle, District 30
David Schaab, District 30
Shannon Thomason, District 31
Barry Hill, District 31
Anastasia Wilford, Operations Director
Kerry McKennon, County Coordinator
Victor Hinojosa, Membership Coordinator
Randy Simbro, Communications Director
vacant, Press Relations Coordinator
Steven Harris, Social Media Coordinator (Instagram)
Clayton Hunt, Social Media Coordinator (Twitter)
vacant, Social Media Coordinator (Facebook)
Anna-Maria Swiatek, Graphic Designer
Christian Hawkins, Graphic Designer
Bola Kareem , Content Writer
Lee Sharp, IT Director
Bo Zimmerman, Application Developer
Liz Scripter, Database Developer
Nick Nelson, Website Administrator
vacant, Systems Administrator
Eric Guerra, Political Action Director
Rene Perez, Coalition Liaison
Ted Brown, Candidate Coordinator
Rene Perez, Legislative Administrator
Eugene Flynn, Data Analyst
Timothy Martinez, Events Director
Bekah Congdon, Catering Coordinator
vacant, Talent Coordinator
vacant, Exhibits Coordinator
vacant, Registration Coordinator
vacant, Décor/Catering
Andrew Amelang, Development Director
Sean Baker, Development Coordinator
Ginny Moore, Development Coordinator
Pete Seidel, Development Coordinator
vacant, Bookkeeper
Eugene Flynn, Historian
Arthur Thomas, Historian
LPTexas has usually managed to maintain ballot access since first getting it in 1980.
It didn't get enough votes for governor to qualify in 1982. An unsuccessful ballot access petitioning drive in 1984 meant that LPTexas wasn't on the ballot and at least three elected partisan Libertarians were prevented from running for re-election.
The 1986 petition was successful and it wasn't necessary to petition again until 2004.
The need for another petition drive was narrowly averted in 2016.
Candidate Nominations
In Texas, candidates are selected by convention. If a candidate's district is located entirely within a county, the candidate is nominated by the county convention.
If a candidate's district crosses county lines but isn't the entire state, the candidate is nominated at a district convention. Starting in 2006 in North Texas most district conventions are held at a unified time and location so as to maximize the number of delegates to these conventions so the candidates can be properly vetted.
If a candidate office is statewide, the candidate is nominated by the state convention, with the obvious exception of US President, although theoretically that could also be decided at the state convention.
Statewide offices include: President, Governor, Lt Governor, US Senator, Justices of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Justices of the Supreme Court, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Railroad (oil and gas) Commissioners, Agriculture Commissioners, and Treasurer (office abolished in 1996).
County Chairs
Andrews County
Andrew Johnson, 2019-2020
Angelina County
James Clegg, 2018-2020
Kirk Price, 2018-2020
William "Mike" Moore, 2018-2020
Jason Jansky, 2018-2020
Caleb Ferrell, 2018-2020
Bekah Congdon, 2018-2020
Bowie County
Steve Oglesby, 2018-2020
Thomas Belmore, 2018-2020
Bruce Pugh, 2019-2020
Burleson County
Jose "Jay" Ramon, 2019-2020
Calvin Tait, 2018-2020
Francisco Lozano, 2018-2020
Camp County
Madlen Krause, 2019-2020
Melina Baker, 2018-2020
Shawn Jones, 2018-2020
Timothy Martinez, 2018-2020
Curry Taylor, 2018-2020
James Felber, 2018-2020
Eastland County
Rhett Smith, 2018-2020
Ector County
Barry Hill, 2018-2020
Darin H. Stone, 2018-2020
Christie Bellinger, 2018-2020
Erath County
Cody Bedwell, 2020
George Hardy, 2018-2020
Kate Brock, 2018-2020
Jon Hom, 2018-2020
David Schaab, 2018-2020
Gregg County
Brandee Brown, 2018-2020
Audra Berry, 2018-2020
Nolan Schmidt, 2018-2020
Kerry McKennon, 2018-2020
Kathie Glass, 2018-2020
Chelsea Kendall-Meckel, 2018-2020
Matt Savino, 2019-2020
Mase Molina, 2018-2020
Kent Ivey, 2018-2020
Hudspieh County
Johnny Smythers, 2018-2020
Chris Dodson, 2018-2020
Jennefer Lee Payne, 2018-2020
Doug Crall, 2018-2020
Chad Hamill, 2018-2020
Robert "Bob" Chieppa, 2019-2020
Kerr County
Warren Funk, 2018-2020
Joe Burnes, 2018-2020
Lubbock County
Jordan Linnenkugel, 2018-2020
Jacob Kitson, 2018-2020
McLennan County
Lauren Daugherty, 2018-2020
Brian Kirby, 2018-2020
Milam County
Darrell Grear, 2018-2020
Eric Tanner, 2018-2020
Motley County
Gavin Luckett, 2019-2020
Nacogdoches County
Justin Daniel, 2018-2020
Melanie Black, 2018-2020
Monica Todd, 2018-2020
Kyle Kresser, 2019-2020
Emily Lee, 2018-2020
Bruce Quarles, 2018-2020
Jack Westbrook, 2018-2020
Cyndy Welch, 2018-2020
DeAnna Jones, 2018-2020
Rudy Wright, 2018-2020
Liz Scripter, 2018-2020
Troy A Bonar, 2018-2020
Christopher Robinson, 2018-2020
Eric Guerra, 2018-2020
Upshur County
Sherri Little, 2018-2020
Jason Horn, 2019-2020
Victoria County
Patrick Mitchell, 2020
Tom Laurent, 2018-2020
Andrew Amelang, 2018-2020
Wharton County
Amy Morales, 2019-2020
Calvin DeWeese, 2018-2020
Steven Harris, 2018-2020
James Bell, 2019-2020
County Affiliates With LPedia Pages
Brazos County Libertarian Party
Collin County Libertarian Party
Dallas County Libertarian Party
Denton County Libertarian Party
Harris County Libertarian Party
Henderson County Libertarian Party
Montgomery County Libertarian Party (Texas)
Travis County Libertarian Party
Past Officers, State Committee Members, County Chairs, and Staff
See: List of Texas State Party Chairs
Georgiann Trammell (1972)
Mike Holmes (c. 1974)
Bill Howell (1975—?)
Terry Liberty Parker (1970s)
Peter Elloway (1989)
Jay Manifold (1993)
Bob Phipps (c. 1995)
Clyde L. Garland (2000—2002)
John Hawley (2002—2004)
Nancy Neale (c. 2006)
Kevin Tunstall (2006—2008)
Guy McLendon (2008—2010)
Steve Nichols (2010—2012)
Tom Glass (2012—2014)
Ben Farmer (2014—2016)
Mark Miller (2016—2018)
Steven R. Harris, (2017—2020)
Barbara Cunningham (?)
Geoffrey Adams, District 10 Representative (2017-2018)
Raymundo Aleman, Bexar County Chair (2008-2010)
Timothy (Eddie) Allen, District 23 Representative (2018)
Nicholas Aluotto, Hays County Chair (2016-2017)
Andrew Amelang, District 18 Representative (2017-2018), Washington County Chair (2016-2018)
Thomas Anderson, Taylor County Chair (2010-2012)
Robert Appelbaum, District 3 Representative (2010-2012), Polk County Chair (2010-2012, 2016-2018)
David "Ryan" Arnold, Liberty County Chair (2010-2012)
Tommy Attaway, District 16 Representative (2016-2018)
Clyde Autrey, Terrell County Chair (2010-2012)
Brook Bailey, District 9 Representative (2015-2016, 2016-2017)
Melina Baker, Treasurer (2016-2018), Cherokee County Chair (2013-2014, 2016-2018)
Mette Baker, District 19 Representative (2010-2011)
Sean Baker, Fundraising Coordinator (2019), Development Coordinator (2019-2020)
Joe Barnett, District 10 Representative (c. 1995), Finance Chair (c. 1995)
Al Barrera, Brown County Chair (2007-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2011)
T. Frank Bartle, Kerr County Contact (1989)
Patrick Barton, Staff Assistant (2007-2008)
Jeri Barthel, District 10 Representative (c. 1995)
Cody Bedwell, Erath County Chair (2020)
Kendall Beerwinkle, District 16 Representative (2002-2004)
Marshall Beerwinkle, District 16 Representative (2002-2004)
Daniel Behrman, Campaign Coordinator (2016-2018)
Christie Bellinger, District 22 Representative (2017-2018), Membership Coordinator (2017-2018)
Wes Benedict, Executive Director (2004-2008)
Russell Bennett, District 17 Representative (2016-2017)
Jessi Bennett, PR Director (2018)
George Berry, Nueces County Chair (2017)
Michael Bird, District 25 Representative (c. 1995)
Steve Bissett, Denton County Contact (1989)
Ben Bjerkeli, Galveston County Contact (1989)
Melanie Black, Navarro County Chair (2018)
Rhys Blavier, District 4 Representative (2010-2011)
Chris Blystone, District 1 Representative (2018-2019)
Dan Boggs, District 31 Representative (2016-2018)
Tony Bonar, District 24 Representative (2016-2018), Taylor County Chair (2016-2018)
Jessie Bouley, District 11 Representative (2010-2012?)
Joye Brooks, District 25 Representative (2002-2004)
William Brooks, District 25 Representative (2002-2004)
Brandee Brown, District 1 Representative (2014-2015), Gregg County Chair 2016-2018
Ted Brown, Candidate Coordinator (2019-2020)
Mary Ann Bryan, District 7 Representative (2008-2010)
Jason Buie, District 15 Representative (2014-2015, 2016-2017)
Cory Burch, Victoria County Chair (2017-2018, 2018-2020)
Joe Burnes, Llano County Chair (2018)
Allen Burney, Burnet County Chair (2016-2017)
Barbara Burwell, Jones County Chair (2010-2012)
Randy Butler, District 30 Representative (2015)
Robert Butler, District 5 Representative (2011-, 2014-2016), Executive Director (2009-2010)
Whitney Bilyeu, District 7 Representative (2014-2016)
Jeff Calvert, Region 3 Representative (1975-?)
Valarie Campos, Press Relations Coordinator (2017)
Melissa Martinez Carrasco, District 26 Representative (2010-2011?)
Ed Carruthers, Region 2 Representative (1975-?)
Nicholas Carbone, District 17 Representative (2017-2018)
Stephen Carter, District 22 Representative (2018-2019)
Kim Case, Lampasas County Chair (2010-2012)<BR / Joe Castner, Lubbock County Chair (2016-2018)
Melody Chaney, Anderson County Chair (2012-2013)
Robert "Bob" Chieppa, Kaufman County Chair (2019-2020)
Brad Clardy, District 28 Representative (2010-2012, 2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2019), Lubbock County Chair (2010-2012), Lubbock County Contact (1989)
Chris Clark, Rains County Chair (2010-2012)
Laura Coker-Garcia, Secretary (2004-2006, 2006-2008), District Representative; Gulf Coast Liberty Editor; Lone Star Liberty Editor; Publicity Chair (2003-2004); Brazoria County Chair (2008-2010), Harris County Chair (2000-2002)
William Collins, District 29 Representative (2014-2016), El Paso County Chair (2011-2012, 2012-2014)
Edward Colliver, District 9 Representative (2014-2015)
Jeffrey Conner, District 8 Representative (2017-2018)
Jon Conners, Collin County Chair (2013-2014)
Jay Cookingham, District 7 Representative (2008-2011?)
Bobby Copeland, District 22 Representative (2009-2010)
Ruban Corvalan, District 25 Representative (2016)
Peter Cox, District 10 Representative (2014-2016, 2016-2017)
Michael Coyne, District 12 Representative (c. 2011)
Emily Cowan, District 14 Representative (2009-2010)
Cheryl Criswell, Anderson County Chair (2013-2014)
David Wallace Croft, District 9 Representative (2001-c.2004)
James Crossman, District 11 Representative (2014-2016, 2016-2018), Galveston County Chair (2016-2018)
John Crossen, Database Administrator (2016-2018)
Preston Crow, Wichita County Chair (2010-2012)
Barbara Cunningham, District 5 Representative (2002-2004), Publications Committee Chair, Lone Star Liberty editor
Jeff Daiell, District 13 Representative (2008-2011)
David Daneil, Tarrant County Contact (1989)
Justin Daniel, Nacogdoches County Chair, 2016-2018
Arthur "Chip" Darby, Harden County Chair, 2017-2018
Lauren Daugherty, Executive Director (2013-2015), District 22 Representative (2015-2016, 2016-2018), McLennan County Chair (2016-2018)
Scott Davis, District 11 Representative (2016)
Richard DeAses, Victoria County Chair (2017)
Russell DePoy, District 11 Representative (2014-2015); District 1 Representative (2017)
Calvin DeWeese, Wichita County Chair (2016-2018)
Art DiBianca, Assistant Executive Director (2004?-2007?), Data Manager (2007?-2011?), District 14 Representative (c. 2011)
Pat Dixon, District 14 Representative (2002-2004)
Kitty Doll, Region 2 Representative (1975-?)
Corey Domingue, Orange County Chair (2018, 2018-2019)
Rick Donaldson, Rockwall County Chair (2011-2012, 2016-2018)
Michael Dooling, District 16 Representative (2014-2015)
Jason Doran, Knox County Chair (2018)
Dan Dotson, Young County Contact (1989)
Tim Dove, District 2 Representative (2002-2004)
Frederick Drew, District 27 Representative
Ryan Dudley, Nueces County Chair (2010-2012)
Melanie Dunn, Rockwall County Contact (1989)
David Durbin, District 8 Representative (2002-2004)
Lizabeth Eason, Bowie County Chair (2010-2012)
Ken Edwards, Bandera County Contact (1989)
Jarrod Eicher, District 31 Representative (2014-2015)
Rita Ekholdt, El Paso County Contact (1989)
John Elkins, Brazos County Chair (2019)
Erik Ellison, District 5 Representative (2016-2018). IT Manager (2016-2018)
Peter Elloway, District 13 Representative (c. 1995, ?-2004)
Jon Elordi, Data Analyst (2016-2018)
Parker Embry, Coalition Liaison (2017)
Eric Espinoza, District 9 Representative (2016)
Jay Estrada, District 31 Representative (2014-2015)
Aubrey Eyrolles, District 8 Representative (2017), Candidate Coordinator (2016-2017), PR Director (2017)
Ben Farmer, District 14 Representative (2016), PR Director (2016-2017), Ector County Chair (2011-2012, 2012-2014)
Paul Farris, District 5 Representative (2002-2004)
Heather Fazio, Membership Coordinator (2010-2014?)
James Felber, Denton County Chair (2016-2018)
Wayne Fleming, Tyler County Contact (1989)
Michael Figaro, District 11 Representative (2010-2014)
Matt Finkel, District 14 Representative (2008-2012?), Travis County Chair (2010-2012)
TE Finnegan, District 6 Representative (2014-2015)
T. Evan Fisher, District 16 Representative
Shawn Flanagan, District 20 Representative (2018-2019),Nueces County Chair (2017-2018, 2018-2019)
Eugene Flynn, District 23 Representative (2002-2003; 2008-2010, 2011-2012, 2018-2019), Secretary (2010), Data Analyst (2016-2018, 2018-2020), Historian (2016-2018, 2018-2020)
Vicki Flores, District 23 Representative (2002-2004)
Roman Flute, District 12 Representative (2018)
Heinrich Foltz, Hidalgo County Chair (2010-2012, 2016-2018)
Scott Ford, District 4 Representative (2016-2018)
Richard Forsythe, District 30 Representative (2010?-2012?)
Stephanie Franklin, Midland County Chair (2016-2017)
Timothy Frazier, District 12 Representative (2016-2017)
Jill Friedman, Brazoria County Chair (2016-2018)
Warren Funk, Kerr County Chair (2018)
Anthony Garcia, Treasurer (2004), District Representative
Roger Gary, District 26 Representative (2009-2010, 2014-2016, 2017-2018)
Clayton Gee, Stephens County Chair (2010-2012)
Ken George, Hays County Chair (2011-2012)
Lane Gergely, Guadalupe County Chair (2010-2012)
James Gholston, District 30 Representative (2001-2004, 2005, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018), Graphic Designer (2016-2018)
Leon Ginn, District 30 Representative (2014), Denton County Chair (2008-2010, 2010-2012, 2012-2014)
Virginia Ginn, District 12 Representative (2010-2011)
Kathie Glass, District 7 Representative (2010-2012, 2012-2014, 2016-2018, 2018-2020), Harris County Chair (2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2020)
Tom Glass, District 7 Representative (2011-2012, 2014-2016, 2016-2018),
Gary Gonyaw, District 3 Representative (2019)
Anthony Gonzales, District 10 Representative (2017-2018)
Mary Lee Gowland, Kerr County Chair (2011-2012, 2016-2018)
Megan Gray, District 12 Representative (2008-2009)
Phil Gray, District 1 Representative (2016-2018)
Gordon Greer, Jasper County Chair (2016-2017)
Mike Grossberg, Free Texas Editor (1979-1982), Publications Director (1981)
Eric Guerra, Political Action Director (2018-2020)
Kathy Guire, District 15 Representative (c. 1995)
Kevin Hagan, District 12 Representative (2002-2004)
Tom Hagan, District 24 Representative (2014)
Kevin Hale, District 2 Representative (2019-2020)
William "Doc" Halliday, Harrison County Chair (2018-2019)
Chad Hamill, Johnson County Chair (2017-2018)
Christa Hamill, District 22 Representative (2018)
Ann Marie Hammond, Region 1 Alternate (1975-?)
Sheryl Haney, Brown County Contact (1989)
Michael R. Hansen, Jackson County Chair (2011-2012), District 18 Representative (2011-2013?)
George Hardy, Fort Bend County Chair (2016-2018)
Catherine Harrell, District 19 Representative (2002-2004)
James Harrell, District 19 Representative (2002-2004)
Kiva Harris, District 30 Representative (2017-2018)
Steven R. Harris, District 5 Representative (2016-2017), Social Media Coordinator (2017-2018)
Steven Haskett, District 14 Representative (2017-2018)
Michael Haven, Waller County Chair (2010-2012)
John Hawley, District 23 Representative
Nathan John Haydon, Grayson County Chair (2010-2012)
Robin Hayter, Victoria County Chair (2016-2018)
DJ Howarth, District 4 Representative (2018-2019)
Laurie Hazen, Brazos County Contact (1989)
David Helber, Dallas County Chair (1972)
Joyce Hendrix, Bexar County Contact (1989)
Barry T. Hill, District 31 Representative (2016-2018)
Victor Hinojosa, Membership Coordinator (2018-2020)
Jim Holdar, District 27 Representative (2010-2011), Cameron County Chair (2012-2014)
Eric Holdt, District 7 Representative (2010-2011)
James Holland, Talent Coordinator (2016-2018)
Mary Holland, Catering Coordinator (2016-2018), Registration Coordinator (2016-2018)
Jon Hom, District 17 Representative (2017-2018)
Mike Holmes, District ? Representative (1972), Harris County Chair (1972)
Betty Howard, Kaufman County Contact (1989)
Rock Howard, District Representative, Political Director (2001-2002)
Marcus Huffer, District 16 Representative (2014)
Clint Hulsey, Johnson County Chair (2010-2012)
Clayton Hunt, District 6 Representative (2014), Social Media Coordinator (2016-2018)
Richard Hunter, Brazoria County Chair (2011-2012, 2012)
Marlan Hurt, Wichita County Contact (1989)
Kevin Hutchinson, Teasurer (2010-2012)
Dave Hutzelman, Region 3 Representative (1975-?)
Lou W Imholt, District 8 Representative (c. 1995), Organizing & Outreach chair (c. 1995)
Dennis Ireland, Johnson County Contact (1989)
Kent Ivey, Howard County Chair (2017-2018)
Mike Jacobellis, Jefferson County Chair (2011-2012)
Christopher Jagge, District Representative, Organizing & Outreach Committee Chair (2000-2002), Brazos County Chair (2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2012, 2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2019)
Jason Jansky, Bee County Chair (2018-2020)
Doug Johnson, Randall County Contact (1989)
Gary Johnson, Secretary (1989,2014-2016), District 14 Representative (2010-2011), District 21 Representative (2016-2018), Publicity & Advertising Chair (c. 1995), Travis County Contact (1989)
Johnny Johnson, District 17 Representative (2014-2015)
Keith Johnson, District 2 Representative (2002-2004)
DeAnna Jones, San Jacinto County Chair (2018)
Michael Jones, District 8 Representative (2014-2016, 2016), Collin County Chair (2014?)
John Jones, District 10 Representative (2008-2010)
Whitney Jones, District 10 Representative (2017), Campaign Coordinator (2016-2017)
Ronnie Juranek, Klebery County Chair (2010-2012)
Tom Kane, District 21 Representative (2002-2004)
Troy Keathley, District 20 Representative (2018-2019)
Jim Keller, District 25 Representative (2017-2018)
Donald Kelley, Aransas County Contact (1989)
Bill Kelsey, Bastrop County Contact (1989)
Tanya Kennedy, District 22 Representative (2014-2015)
Bob Kim, Brewster County Contact (1989)
Fred King, McLennan County Contact (1989)
Howrad J. King, Jr., Medina County Contact (1989)
Brian E. Kirby, Midland County Chair (2017-2018)
Brenda Kistler, District 4 Representative (2014)
Vern Kirby, District 13 Representative (2016)
Randy Klepetko, Bexar County Chair (2004-2206, 2006-2008)
Ed Kless, Collin County Chair (2016-2018), Social Media Coordinator (2016-2018)
Eric Klinker, District 17 Representative (2014-2015), Brazoria County Chair (2012-2014)
Jennifer Koehn-Gordon, Wise County Chair (2010-2012)
Mike Kolls, District 12 representative (2014-2015)
Kelly Kope, District 16 Representative (c. 1995), Campaigns & Elections chair (c. 1995)
John Kormylo, District 13 Representative (c. 1995, ?-2004?), Harris County Contact (1989)
Madlen Krause, District 1 Representative (2018-2020), Titus County Chair (2018), Camp County Chair (2019-2020)
Kyle Kresser, Orange County Chair (2019-2020)
Alma Kucymbala, Chair (1982?-1984?)
Ivan Kusjanovic, District 13 Representative (2016)
Brian Kuzma, Secretary (2008-2010)
Ryan Lambert, Ector County Chair (2016-2018) District 31 Representative (2014-2015)
Honey Lanham, Chair (1980?-1982?)
Rob Lapham, District 18 Representative (2010, 2012, 2014-2015), Ombudsman (2010), Executive Director (2010-2011?)
Tom Laurent, Walker County Chair (2010-2012, 2016-2018)
Jay Lawrence,Systems Administrator (2016-2018)
Benjamin Leder, Henderson County Chair (2018-2019)
Emily Lee, Parker County Chair (2016-2018)
Michael Lee, District 17 Representative (2010-2014), Fort Bend County Chair (2011-2012, 2012-2014)
Michael Lee, McCulloch County Chair (2018)
Robert Lee, Parker County Chair (2010-2012)
Ross Leone, District 21 Representative (2016-2018, 2018)
Ross Leone III, Guadalupe County Chair (2016-2018)
Chad Lindsey, Lamar County Chair (2016-2018)
Desarae Lindsey, Henderson County County (2016-2018, 2018), Campaign Coordinator (2016-2018)
J. Tyler Lindsey, District 3 Representative (2014-2016, 2016-2018), Graphic Designer (2016-2018)
Jordan Linnenkugel, District 28 Representative (2018-2020)
Dylan Lochhard, Kendall County Chair (2017-2018)
Bob Lockhart, Treasurer (1986-2004)
Mark Loewe, District 25 Representative (2016-2018)
Vance Lowry, District 1 Representative (2010-2012+), Upshur County Chair (2010-2012, 2016-2017)
Denise Luckey, Marketing Director (2014)
Dave Luckstead, Nueces County Contact (1989)
Joe Lusardi, Treasurer (1989)
Lili Lyddon, Madison County Chair (2010-2012)
Bill Machnis, District 18 Representative (2014)
Ed Maddox, District 23 Representative (2014), District 2 Representative (2018)
Jay Manifold, District Representative (c. 1991)
Joe Marcom, District 6 Representative (2008)
Jennifer Martin, Gregg County Chair (2011-2012)
Timothy Martinez, Comal County Chair (2016-2018), Events Director (2016-2018, 2019-2020)
David Mason, District 8 Representative (2008-2012?)
David Matuschak, Campus Outreach Coordinator
C B Mauldin, Region 1 Representative (1975-?)
Tom Maxton, District 2 Representative (2002-2004)
Brian McCauley, District 26 Representative (2016)
Charles McCreary, Editor, Lone Star Liberty (c. 1995), Publications Chair (c. 1995)
Elizabeth McDonnell, District 30 Representative (2016-2017)
Bryan McAninch, Collin County Chair (2010-2012)
Barbara McComb, Tarrant County Secretary (1972)
Kerry McKennon, District 28 Representative (2014-2016, 2016-2018), Hale County Chair (2016-2018), County Coordinator (2016-2018)
Phil McKenzie, District 5 Representative (2019-2020)
Guy McLendon, District 13 Representative (2010-2012?), Harris County Chair (2006-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2012)
Jack McNally, District 27 Representative (2002-2004)
Linda McNally, District 27 Representative (2002-2004)
Arthur McQuiddy, Bastrop County Chair (2005-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2012)
Leonard Metters, District 8 Representative (2016)
Everitt Mikey, Swisher and Hale County Contact (1989)
Allen Miller, District 3 Representative (2018), Legislative Coordinator (2017-2018)
Debra Miller, District 24 Representative (2016)
Linda Mills, Atascosa County Contact (1989)
Ed Mishou, District 27 Representative (2011-2014)
Nancy Mishou, District 27 Representative (2011-2014)
Patrick Mitchell, Victoria County Chair (2020)
Royce Mitchell, Jr., District 11 Representative (2002-2004)
Gordon Mobley, District 24 Representative (2008-2009), Dallas County Contact (1989), Bell County Chair (2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2012, 2012-2014)
Mase R. Molina, District 20 Representative (2016)
David Allen Monroe, District 4 Representative (2016-2018)
Ginny Moore, Development Coordinator (2019-2020)
Kirk Moore, Montgomery County Chair (2016-2017)
William "Mike" Moore, Bastrop County Chair (2016-2018)
Amy Morales, Wharton County Chair (2019-2020)
Randall Morgan, District 8 Representative (c. 1995)
Darrel Mulloy, Brazoria County Chair (2012-2013)
John Jay Myers, District 23 Representative (2009-2011)
Geoff Neale, Chair (1998-2000, 2000-2002), Treasurer (2004-2006. 2007), District 14 Representative (c. 2008)
Nancy Neale, District 14 Representative (c. 1995), District Representative (c. 2001), Publicity & Advertising Committee Chair
Brian Neatherlin, District 31 Representative (2016)
Ben Neece, Cameron County Chair (2006-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2012, 2012)
Bennett Neiman, District 14 Representative (2016)
Lan Nelson, Walker County Contact (1989)
Nick Nelson, Website Administrator (2018-2010)
Dakota Newman, District 19 Representative (2017-2018)
Stan Norred, district 11 representative (2008-2010)
Dallas Norvell, Region 2 Alternate (1975-?)
Bill Oliver, District 24 Representative (2024-2016)
Paul Osborn, District 16 Representative (2008-2010)
Tom Owens, Midland and Ector County Contact (1989)
Charles F. Parkes III, District 1 Representative (2012-2014)
Amie Parsons, North Texas Director (2010)
Hugh Parsons, District 18 Representative (2008)
Allen Patterson, District 10 Representative (2009-2010, 2014-2015)
Jennefer Payne, District 3 Representative (2018-2019), Jasper County Chair (2018)
Carla Pealer, District 14 Representative (2016-2017)
Christie Pearson, Gulf Coast Director (2010-2011)
Patrick Peavy, District 8 Representative (2014)
Jan Peck, Tarrant County Chair (1972)
Jamie Perez, District 29 Representative (2016)
Rene Perez, District 9 Representative (2017-2018, 2018-2020), Coalition Liaison (2018-2020)
Paul Petersen, District 16 Representative (2008-2010, 2010-2012), Dallas County Chair (2010-2012, 2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018)
James Phillips, Midland County Chair (2010-2012)
Dianne Pilcher, Executive Director (1986-1988)
Chris Porter, Dallas County Secretary (1972)
Barbara Pratt, Tom Green County Chair (2010-2012)
David Preston, District 2 Representative (c. 2013)
Doug Crall Price, Jefferson County Chair (2018)
Joel Kirk Price, Bandera County Chair (2018)
Jim Prindle, District 8 Representative (2010-2011)
Bruce Pugh, Brazos County Chair (2019-2020)
Keith A. Pyron,District 1 Representative (2016)
Kevin Rafferty, Data Analyst (2016-2018)
Tom Rainey, Nacogdoches County Chair (2010-2012)
Joshua Ramey, Navarro County Chair (2017-2018)
Jose "Jay" Ramon, Burleson County Chair 2019-2020
Richard D. Ramsey, Jasper County Chair (2010-2012)
Teresa Rangle, District 30 Representative (2019-2020)
Eric Rathbone, Smith County Chair (2010-2012)
Gary Rayford, Anderson County Chair (2016-2017)
Pru Rearden, District 15 Representative (2010-2011)
Nick Reed, Press Relations Coordinator (2016-2018)
David Reichert, District 22 Representative (2014-2016, 2016)
Derrick Reiner, Leon County Chair (2016-2018, 2018)
Randy Remington, Llano County Chair (2010-2012)
Robert Restivo, District 28 Representative (2002-2004)
Coy Reynolds, District 22 Representative (2008-2010)
Marianne Robbins, Secretary (c. 1995)
Kate Roberts, Hardin County Chair (2010-201r)
Gil Robinson, District 22 Representative (2014-2016), Bexar County Chair (2016-2018), Membership Coordinator (2016-2018)
Harry Robinson, Secretary (1975-?)
Tammie Robinson, Tom Green County Chair (2016-2018)
Jon Roland, District 24 Representative (?-2012)
John Rowan, General Counsel (c. 1995)
Lisa Rowe, Archer County Chair (2008-2010)
Mike Ryan, District 18 Representative (2018-2020)
Matt Savino, Henderson County Chair (2019-2020)
David Schaab, Grayson County Chair (2019-2020)
Ashley (Johnson) Scheirman, District 13 Representative (2014-2015), Media Manager (c. 2014)
Elliott Scheirman, District 15 Representative (2014-2015, 2016)
Loren Schneiderman, Travis County Chair (2016-2018)
Jennifer Schradeya, District 14 Representative (2014-2016)
Terrence & Bonnie Schrault, Cameron County Contacts (1989)
George Schwappach, Campaigns & Elections Committee Chair (2000?-2002), District 24 Representative (2002-2004)
Liz Scripter, District 9 Representative (2016-2018, 2018-2020), Tarrant County Chair (2016-2018), Database Administrator (2016-2018, 2018), IT Director (2018-2020)
Pete Seidel, Development Coordinator (2019-2020)
John Shuey, District 9 Representative (2008-2011), District 12 Representative (2014-2016)
Warren Sippel, Jr., District 9 Representative (2010)
Randy Simbro, Graphic Designer (2018), PR Director (2018), Communications Director (2018-2020)
Ryan Simpson, District 14 Representative (2018), Legislative Coordinator (2016-2017), Political Director (2017-2018)
Alan Smith, District 2 Representative (2002-2004)
Heather Cash Smith, Coalition Liaison (2017)
Lance Smith, Finance Committee Chair, District 7 Representative (2002-2004)
Mark Alan Smith, District 15 Representative (2016-2018)
Rhett Smith, District 26 Representative (2016-2017), Eastland County Chair (2017-2018)
Zackary Smith, District 16 Representative (2010-2012)
Bob Smither, District 11 Representative (c. 1995), Technical Director (?-2015?), Galveston County Chair (2010, 2010-2012)
Johnny Smythers, District 29 Representative (2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018)
Meridith Snider, McLennan County Chair (2010-2012)
Benjamin Song, District 10 Representative (2016-2017)
William Sparkman, District 9 Representative (2008-2010)
John Spivey, District 10 Representative (2010, 2011-2012), District 12 Representative (2016-2018), Tarrant County Chair (2010-2012)
Nicole Sprabary, District 2 Representative (2018), Content Writer (2018)
Ken Stanford II, District 9 Representative (2014)
Mike Stephens, Region 1 Representative (1975-?)
Darin H. Stone, El Paso County Chair (2016-2018)
William Strange, District 8 Representative (2008-2010, 2011-2012), District 23 Representative (2014)
James Strohm, District 14 Representative (2014-2015)
Jim Stutsmen, District 25 Representative (2009-2014)
Anna-Maria Swiatek, Graphic Designer (2018-2020)
Calvin Tait, Burnet County Chair (2018)
George Thixton, Kaufman County Chair (2011-2012)
Arthur Thomas, Secretary (2016-2018), Assistant Executive Director (c. 2008), District 25 Representative (2014-2016), District 26 Representative (2018-2020), IT Assistant (c. 2014), Historian (2015-2016, 2019-2020)
Joshua Thomas, Bell County Chair (2018)
Jim Thompson, District 30 Representative (2002-2004)
Greg Tidd, Randall County Chair (2010-2012)
Monica Todd, Newton County Chair (2018-2020)
Bob Townsend, District 15 Representative (2002-2004), District 4 Representative (2014-2015), District 11 Representative (2018-2020)
Georgiann Trammell, Region 3 Alternate (1975-?), Harris County Secretary (1972)
Mitchel "Mick" Truitt, Nolan County Chair (2010-2012)
Paul Tuma, "Hill County Chair (2016-2017)
Kevin Tunstall, District Representative
John Turnbow, District 28 Representative (2002-2004)
David Turner, District 13 Representative (2017-2018)
Bobbie Tyler, "Hockley County Chair (2012)
Anthony Valdiviar, District 19 Representative (2018-2020)
Jo-Anne Valdiviar, District 19 Representative (2019)
Laura Ann Valle, District 25 Representative (2010-2013?), District 26 Representative (2014), District 19 Representative (2016-2018), Bexar County Chair (2010-2012, 2012-2014)
Brenda Vaughn, Wise County Chair (2018)
Cassie Villela, District 19 Representative (2014-2016, 2016), Treasurer (2018-2020)
Gilberto Villela, District 19 Representative (2014-2015)
Eddie Vogt, Kendall County Contact (1989)
Randy Waibel, District 11 Representative (c. 1995)
Barbara Walker, Wilson County Contact (1989)
Richard E. Walker, Database Committee Chair, District 14 Representative (2002-2004)
Kennith Walston, Orange County Chair (2016-2017)
Rex Wals, Social Media Coordinator (2016-2017)
Joseph Wardlaw, Randall County Chair (2016-2018)
Kory Watkins, Hunt County Chair (2016-2018), District 2 Representative (2016-2018), Social Media Coordinator (2017)
John Watts, Lamar County Chair (2010-2012)
Nathan Watts, District 17 Representative (2016-2018)
Matt Wavering, Kaufman County Chair (2016-2018, 2018-2019)
Allen Weatherford, District 1 Representative (2010-2012, 2015-2016)
Pat Wedel, District 25 Representative (c. 1995)
Craig Weems, District 5 Representative (2008)
Stephanie Berlin Weiss, Secretary (2000-2004)
Cynthia "Cyndy" Welch, Robertson County Chair (2017-2018)
Robert West, District 12 Representative (2001-2004)
Krista Wheatly, District 31 Representative (2002)
Ernie Whiteside, District 9 Representative (2001-2002)
Matthew Whittington, District 5 Representative (2016-2018, 2018-2019), Williamson County Chair (2016-2018)
Anastasia Wilford, District 3 Representative (2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2019), District 23 Representative (2019-2020), Media Manager (c. 2014), Operations Director (2016-2018, 2018-2020)
John Wilford, Treasurer (2014-2016), District 3 Representative (2012-2014), Cherokee County Chair (2011-2012, 2012-2013)
Chris Williams, Treasurer (c. 2006)
Curtis Ray Williams, Potter County (2016-2018)
Resa Willis, District 16 Representative (2016-2017), District 2 Representative (2017), Development Director (2017)
Cheryl Wilson, Atascosa County Chair (2013)
Charles Wood, Bastrop County Chair (2013-2014)
Lynna Wright, Washington County Chair (2010-2012)
Rudy Wright, District 1 Representative (2014-2015), Smith County Chair (2016-2018)
Lee Wrights, District 24 Representative (2010-2014), Burnet County Chair (2012-2014)
Alex Young, San Patrico County Chair (2010-2012)
Chuck Young, District 25 Representative (2010-2011?)
John Zappone, District 4 Representative (2011?-2012)
Bo Zimmerman, District 5 Representative (2010-2012, 2014-2016), Williamson County Chair (2010-2012), Application Developer (2016-2018, 2018-2020)
The document title below “Bylaws and Convention Rules” is incorrect. It was placed here by the National LP and they refuse to correct it. The proper title is Party Rules. The Libertarian Party of Texas of governed primary by Party Rules promulgated as required under the Texas Election Code. Since 2018 there is a secondary document referred to as Bylaws governing the operations of the State Executive Committee. Finally there is a Policy Manual dealing with day to day activities of the party.
SLEC Bylaws
Index of Libertarian Party of Texas SLEC Bylaws
Bylaws and Convention Rules
Index of Libertarian Party of Texas Bylaws and Convention Rules
Index of Libertarian Party of Texas Platforms
Index of Libertarian Party of Texas Policy Manuals
main article: List of Texas Candidates
The Texas election code provides for two classes of political party, and the requirements it imposes are presently both a blessing and a curse. At present, only the Democratic and Republican Parties operate under the rules for parties that nominate conventions by primary. Second-tier parties nominate by convention, and it was the second tier rules that the Republican Party was operating under at the start of the 20th Century. The rules to qualify for convention-nominating parties was changed in 1967 from an organizational requirement (delegates from 20 organized counties that held county conventions at the state convention) to a petition-gathering one that instead is essentially a fundraising barrier -- one that rather than forcing parties with growth potential to build up, ignores organizational capability and instead drains the pockets of their memberships, except in cases such as in 2010 when Republican Party operatives appear to have been responsible for paying more than half a million dollars to get the Green Party back on the ballot. Another party to have ballot access as a convention-nominating party since the mid-1990s is the now defunct Natural Law Party. Fortunately, unlike other states, Convention nominating parties, as they do not cost taxpayers money to select their candidates, do not have the state collecting a fee or requiring petition signatures to avoid the administrative fee. This makes it less difficult to recruit candidates in Texas than other states, as long as the Libertarian Party can stay on the ballot. Since 1980 there has only been one election cycle where the Texas LP failed to get its candidates on the ballot (1984). Petition gathering efforts by the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and independent Ralph Nader for President were unsuccessful.
In order to maintain ballot access, Texas, like many states, puts in requirements that force smaller parties to pursue statewide races that are nearly impossible to win in order to maintain ballot access, and most parties, unlike the Texas LP, are generally unable to stay on the ballot. The requirements are 2% in a gubernatorial race and 5% for any other statewide race to stay on the ballot without being forced to petition.
As has been pointed out many times by chair Pat Dixon, when the Texas LP talks to legislators in the capital it can do something no other pro-freedom organization can do. It's not offering favors or campaign contributions or public relations. It's telling them that they're going to be facing our candidates in the next election, and the more they grow the state government the more voters will vote for the LP candidate instead of them.
2018 statewide candidates included:
Neal Dikeman for U.S. Senator
Mark Tippetts for Governor
Kerry McKennon for Lt. Governor
Michael Harris for Attorney General
Ben Sanders for Comptroller
Richard Carpenter for Agriculture Commissioner
Matt Piña for Land Commissioner
Mike Wright for Railroad Commissioner
William Bryan Strange II for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 1
Mark Ash for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8
See: Libertarian Party of Texas Historical Election Results
Noteworthy Elections
Texas Congressional District 22 in 2006
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2017 9,434 333 1,122 39.64 2
2016 462,251 5.15% 9,980 358 1,609 57.75 2
2015 9,064 330 851 30.98 2
2014 503,492 10.65% 8,912 331 911 33.79 2
2004 843,911 11.39% 1,259 56.22 2
2003 1,033 46.89 2
2002 180,870 3.97% 1,249 57.58 2
1995 756 40.47 3
1994 591,252 13.45% 640 34.90 3
1992 410,614 6.67% 723 40.96 2
1986 267,872 7.78%
1978 280 0.01%
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Using AirDrop could allow hackers to obtain your phone number
Turn off Bluetooth if you don't want to broadcast any personal, potentially identifying info.
Image: lili sams / mashable
By Raymond Wong 2019-08-01 15:40:48 UTC
Apple's AirDrop is undeniably convenient for sending photos, videos, links, and more between iPhones, iPads, and Macs. But there's one thing you probably didn't know AirDrop's sharing: part of your phone number, which in the wrong hands, could be used to recover your full digits.
Security researchers at Hexway (via Ars Technica) have discovered a "flaw" in AirDrop that can used to obtain unsuspecting iPhone users' phone numbers using software installed on a laptop and a Bluetooth and WiFi adapter to sniff them out.
Because of the way AirDrop works — it uses Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) to create a peer-to-peer WiFi network between devices for sharing — it broadcasts partial hashes of an iPhone user's phone number in order establish the device as a sending/receiving contact when sending a file.
SEE ALSO: 9 hidden iOS 13 features you need to know about
More serious is if you use Apple's WiFi password sharing feature, you're exposing hashed parts of your phone number, but also your Apple ID and email address.
Now, although AirDrop's only beaming partial hashes – a.k.a. some numbers and letters that have been scrambled (Hexway says only the "first 3 bytes of the hashes" are broadcast) — the researchers concluded that there's "enough to identify your phone number" if somebody really wanted to do it.
The researchers shared one scenario in which a hacker could secretly sniff out iPhone users' phone numbers:
- Create a database of SHA256(phone_number):phone_number for their region; e.g., for Los Angeles it’s: (+1-213-xxx-xxxx, +1-310-xxx-xxxx, +1-323-xxx-xxxx, +1-424-xxx-xxxx, +1-562-xxx-xxxx, +1-626-xxx-xxxx, +1-747-xxx-xxxx, +1-818-xxx-xxxx, +1-818-xxx-xxxx)
- Run a special script on the laptop and take a subway train
- When somebody attempts to use AirDrop, get the sender’s phone number hash
- Recover the phone number from the hash
- Contact the user in iMessage; the name can be obtained using TrueCaller or from the device name, as it often contains a name, e.g., John’s iPhone).
Errata Security CEO Rob Graham confirmed to Ars Technica Hexway's software, shared to GitHub, does indeed work. "It’s not too bad, but it’s still kind of creepy that people can get the status information, and getting the phone number is bad."
Scary as this "flaw" appears, it's very unlikely anyone will go through these lengths to recover your phone number. Hexway's researchers even admit that the partially-shared — and we can't stress this enough — information is a necessity to how AirDrop works.
"This behavior is more a feature of the work of the ecosystem than vulnerability," reports Hexway. The researchers further explained that they've "detected this behavior in the iOS versions starting from 10.3.1 (including iOS 13 beta)."
Scary as this "flaw" appears, it's very unlikely anyone will go through these lengths to recover your phone number.
Older iPhones, pre-iPhone 6S, however, appear to be safe based on their findings.
"Old devices (like all before iPhone 6s) are not sending Bluetooth LE messages continuously even if they have updated OS version," reports Hexway. "They send only limited number of messages (for example when you navigate to the Wi-Fi settings menu) probably Apple does that to save battery power on an old devices."
So, how can you stop potential snoopers from sniffing your Bluetooth information out? Turn off Bluetooth. Yes, that means you won't be able to connect AirPods or an Apple Watch to your iPhone, but if that's what will help you sleep at night, then it's the only option.
We've reached out to Apple for comment on Hexway's security findings and will update this story if we receive a response.
WATCH: Here are five hidden iOS 13 features you should know about
Topics: airdrop, Apple, iPhone, privacy, security, Tech
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Architecting Data Warehouses and Reporting Systems
Financial Services, BI Lead
To allow this client to analyze key business metrics and also reconcile reports from different systems, Matchbook Services led the design, development and successful deployment of a central data warehouse and a decision support system. This system was built to provide the foundation for more in-depth analysis in the future and also new subject areas. It was built using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 technologies including the SQL Server 2005 relational engine, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services. Data was secured using dimensional security and published to end users for consumption using SQL Server Reporting Services and Pivot Table Services in Excel and integrated into SharePoint Portal.
Matchbook also led design efforts to build an analytical system that would be used to identify usage patterns of their intranet sites and reports and helped with the formulation of data mining strategies to allow them to conduct fraud analysis.
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Stan Lee Comic Creator Has Died
Lee was the co-creator of Marvel Comics characters including Spider-Man, Thor, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther and the Avengers. Stan Lee, the co-creator of countless Marvel comic book characters that have become staples in pop culture, died on Monday at the age of 95. Lee had previously suffered a health scare in January, when he was rushed to a …
Olena Heu to join MAUIWatch as Executive Editor of Food & Lifestyle
Olena Heu, an award-winning journalist and former news anchor/reporter has been named Executive Editor, Food & Lifestyle for the MAUIWatch Community Network. In this role she will lead the Lifestyle category to make it bolder, buzzier, and more essential to audiences on and off of Maui. MAUIWatch Founder & CEO Neldon Mamuad said, “We are pleased to welcome Olena to …
Blazing the Waze: MAUIWatch is the Traffic App’s First Hawaii Partner
MAUIWatch announced on Monday they are partnering with the Google-owned traffic app WAZE to share data in an effort to improve traffic flow on Maui. The WAZE APP crowdsources traffic data and provides live updates on accidents, road closures, and other traffic issues to its users. MAUIWatch will send Waze information about expected road closures, construction, and other public projects. …
Maui County agrees not to interfere with County official’s personal Facebook news site
May 8, 2014 Comments Off on Maui County agrees not to interfere with County official’s personal Facebook news site
HONOLULU, HAWAII – The federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional interference with plaintiff Neldon Mamuad’s prominent “MAUIWatch” Facebook feed has settled. Honolulu-based attorney Marcus Landsberg IV, Maui-based attorneys Phillip Lowenthal and Samuel MacRoberts, and the ACLU of Hawaii represented Mr. Mamuad and were prepared to argue a Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Monday morning, when the County agreed to settle the case …
Popular “MAUIWatch” Facebook Page Founder Files Federal Lawsuit Against Maui County For Unlawful Attempts to Silence Speech
The ACLU of Hawaii Foundation (“ACLU”) announced today that a lawsuit and request for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) have been filed against Maui County based on the County’s efforts to restrict what Neldon Mamuad may say on his prominent “MAUIWatch” Facebook feed. The lawsuit asks for a court order declaring the County’s actions to be unconstitutional as well as …
Think You’re a Journalist? Read On
MAUIWatch is Hawaii’s fastest growing news service — and yet it’s only on Facebook. Six months ago, Maui resident Neldon Mamuad started a MAUIWatch page that quickly grew to become the county’s most popular Facebook page with more than 23,000 fans. They often crowdsource images and information on weird weather, accidents, road closures, crazy high milk prices and the like. …
Maui police officer turns into social media star
WAILUKU, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) – A Maui police officer is now a social media sensation. Officer Keith Taguma is well-known for ticketing drivers for everything from speeding to expired parking meters. The “TAGUMAWatch” Facebook page has already racked up more than 5,900 “likes” in just four days. The site is filled with stories from drivers who have been ticketed by Taguma …
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Gizmos (2018) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 30/11/2019 in Accessibility Teardown, Board Game Accessibility
Version Reviewed
Colour Blindness
Visual Accessibility
Cognitive Accessibility
Emotional Accessibility
Socioeconomic Accessibility
Intersectional Accessibility
Name Gizmos (2018)
Review Meeple Like Us
Complexity Medium Light [1.98]
BGG Rank 318 [7.50]
Player Count 2-4
Designer(s) Phil Walker-Harding
Artist(s) Hannah Cardoso, Júlia Ferrari, Giovanna BC Guimarães, Mathieu Harlaut and Saeed Jalabi
We liked Gizmos a lot when we played it but it has to be said as a puzzle it is notably difficult for some people to crack. In our review we discussed the expectations required for programmatic thinking – for the ability to construct and execute upon subroutines – and how that’s not a skill that comes naturally installed in the human brain. Regular gamers will likely have no problems, but an appreciation of weaponised algorithms is needed to get the most out of Gizmos. Nonetheless we gave it four stars – a great game that is, in every sense, not for everyone.
As you might imagine, we’re going into this teardown with some hard-core assumptions with regards to the cognitive section. You might think ‘Surely you go into all these documents with hard-core assumptions about everything, otherwise you are clearly just sitting down and writing whatever comes to mind’.
And yeah, that’s how this often goes.
Enough padding out the introduction though so it doesn’t butt up against the game details and table of content. Let’s see what makes this contraption tick.
The colour palette chosen here is red, blue, black and yellow and that works well for all the standard categories of colour blindness we assess on the blog. Colours used on cards are accompanied by icons too, although these might be quite difficult to make out at a distance at times because their size is not consistent between parts of the game.
On these converter cards for example they are very clearly visible but much smaller versions are used on the build cards:
As I say though, the colour palette is distinctive enough that this shouldn’t be a problem.
The marbles are a little less distinctive, with the yellow and red marbles in particular being a problem for protanopes and deuteranopes. The key issue here, as with Potion Explosion, is that a marble’s colour is a lot less consistent than a card. Light, position, and proximity to other colours has a big impact on perception. You can’t swap out the marbles for anything else but there’s usually no real problem in inquiring of the table. The only time you link a decision to a marble is when you pick one from the visible part of the dispenser (at which point nobody can interfere) or when you spend them from your energy ring (and you can close inspect there).
We’ll recommend Gizmos in this category.
The visual information required to play the game is a union of what’s available for purchase on the table; what marbles can be picked from the dispenser; what marbles a player has collected; and what’s currently making up a player’s tableau. All are relatively easy to verbalise if support from the table is available. There are at most nine cards available to be picked up, and at most sixteen cards in a tableau. A quick summary of an energy ring is as easy as saying how many of which colour, and similarly for the marble offering. If a player doesn’t want to attempt to pick the right marble themselves there’s no problem with someone collecting it for them, although players may be a little more paranoid about ‘random’ draws from the dispenser.
The most problematic part of the game from a visual accessibility perspective is a player’s own console of cards, because there is a very tight relationship between actions taken and how well they can chain together. The marbles a player picks will be some function of their pick actions, their build actions, and the offering. The card a player picks up will depend on their marble availability and their pick actions. These actions chain together, and optimal play depends on leveraging this well. Thus a lot of consideration of the relationship between parts of game state is needed and verbal summaries may not be sufficient to really permit this. That’s going to be impactful for those for whom total blindness must be considered.
For players with less severe visual impairments, an important factor of the game’s design is that most of the chain effects work based on colours rather than anything more precise. For example, ‘build a red blueprint’ or ‘pick a yellow marble’. With this in mind, if colour information is available the difficulty of processing the game state becomes exponentially simpler.
That in turn makes it easier for players to work out all of the possibilities before them with regards to their own console of cards. It’s still going to be a task of cross-referencing the close inspection of cards against the wider public game state. The good news is that a player’s own card set changes only incrementally. The bad news is that the wider game state changes regularly and it will regularly have implications for longer term planning.
Close inspection of cards is somewhat of an issue because the contrast on the cards is erratic. Sometimes it’s well contrasted (red against grey for example) and other-times not (black against dark grey, or dark blue against grey). This is all public information though and can be queried of the table if necessary.
Victory point markers are given as a consequence of some actions and some cards, and it’s a missed opportunity to have the different denominations with identical tactile profiles. They only indicate points though and as such they can be substituted for something more accessible, such as physical coinage.
We can only tentatively recommend Gizmos in this category given the need to constantly cross reference your console against the game state, and the lack of supporting tactility and contrast.
If you have read the review, you probably already have a shrewd idea as to where we’re going to land here. Not only is this a massively problematic game from the perspective of people with cognitive accessibility needs, there are genuine reasons to be sceptical of its appropriateness for a whole pile of pile that don’t have specific cognitive accessibility needs.
I draw a lot of my conclusions for this section from my decades of teaching experience, large portions of which have been spent teaching programming. Sometimes to computer science students and sometimes to those pursuing less technical paths through a B.Sc (Digital Media being a prominent recent example). It’s not considered polite to say ‘Some people just can’t program’, but honestly – it’s true. By that I don’t mean ‘some people will never be able to code’, but rather that their mental processes – as they stand at the point of instruction – are simply not compatible with how you learn to work with a programming language. They could develop those processes, but that’s a pre-requisite to making meaningful progress with coding and not merely a ‘nice to have’
Others just ‘get it’ with no effort.
Most people fall somewhere within these two extremes along a spectrum. Make no mistake though – at one part of that spectrum there is serious cognitive re-architecting required before any of it will make any real sense.
And by that, we also need to be mindful of expectations – some people that will never be able to program will be able to ‘simulate’ to an extent going through the motions – declaring variables, writing functions and so on. They’ll just never internalise it to the point that when things don’t go the way they expect that they can recover from it. It takes a weird kind of mind to be willing to spend hours trying to work out why something trivially unexpected is occurring in a program, but that’s the kind of mind needed to really understand what’s going on. The level of systemic thinking needed to code at the level required to create new applications without constant support is really high.
Gizmos doesn’t require people to know how to code, and you wouldn’t really benefit much if you did. But it does require a kind of thinking that is rigorously algorithmic – the ability to slot new functionality into predefined subroutines with the goal of creating an optimal arrangement of powers and upgrades. It’s the problem-solving part of programming without the syntactic complexities, and I’ve watched people struggle to even come to grips with the philosophy of this kind of puzzle when playing this.
As you might imagine, this is a complex skill that works across both categories of cognitive accessibility. It requires a solid grasp of numeracy, but also of a kind of symbolic functionalism that is able to deal with abstractions and package them up as self-contained functions. It requires an ability to analyse the impact on your system of different provisions of input data (marbles) and programming blocks (gizmos). Someone that doesn’t have this skill will be able to play Gizmos but it will take quite a bit of experience with the game before they begin to understand how to harness it all together.
For this reason, we don’t at all recommend Gizmos in either of our categories of cognitive accessibility.
The need for systemic, programmatic thinking is likely to be frustrating for some people as they struggle to get simple rules to yield significant results. This isn’t going to affect everyone, and those that it does effect might well simply shrug it off as a game that just doesn’t appeal. Every year though I see the effect it has when people can’t shrug it off. Some people, even without prior experience of programming, just seem to ‘get it’ with no effort. It’s like their brain was ready to receive this new technique and had everything all prepared. Others just can’t process the puzzle and it’s often disheartening for them to see people that can. Most people, it has to be said, are in the ‘Will get there with a bit of effort’ area but it takes a while before people realise where they lie on the curve. If you’re in a group where someone is effortlessly chaining together phenomenal turns that branch and spark off each other then an emotional control condition may find much fuel with which to burn.
Other than this, all the competition in Gizmos is indirect – over marbles and cards on the table. There’s no direct PvP, no effective way for players to gang up on another, and no player elimination. Players can certainly work together to gather up key marbles or colours of patterns, but the random draw from the dispenser actions, along with the research action, limit how problematic this can be.
We’ll recommend, with caveats, Gizmos in this category.
Some of the fun of Gizmos is tied up in the tactility of the marbles, but not quite as much as you might expect. It’s not the thrill of collision that you get from Potion Explosion. They’re just pleasing ways to track your accumulated energy. If a player had someone handling the marbles on their behalf, they wouldn’t be losing out on much. That’s good, because marbles are notoriously awkward for those with fine grained motor control and the need to pluck from the hidden compartment of the dispenser may be an issue for some people with gross motor control impairments.
Aside from this, Gizmos is a game of picking cards and building them to an open tableau, and discarding the marble cost back into the dispenser. It doesn’t ask a lot in terms of physical interaction, and permits easy verbalisation in all circumstances. There are only four actions (file, pick, build and research) and the only one of these that would be slightly inconvenient would be research. That action draws a hand of hidden cards briefly and permits a player to select one to build. Everything else can be precisely articulated, such as ‘I want to file the third level II pattern. That triggers my file actions which lets me draw a random marble from the dispenser and then pick another. I’ll pick the yellow one, which triggers my pick action that lets me draw another marble’. Turns and their consequences can easily be narrated and their outcomes actioned by someone else if required. The only slight area of concern there might be a player making a random draw from the dispenser – you’d need to trust it was actually random, or ask them to close their eyes.
There’s no literacy required for play (although the player boards come with written descriptions of the actions), and no formal need for communication. We’ll strongly recommend Gizmos in this category.
There’s no gendered art in the game, and the manual makes use of the second person perspective throughout. Where examples are provided, they alternate between Heather and Adam for the player names.
Cost wise, it has an RRP of approximately £35, which is a reasonable price given that it cleanly supports up to four players and is a great game to boot.
We’ll strongly recommend Gizmos in this category.
If colour blindness intersected with a physical or visual impairment we’d be inclined to rescind those recommendations. While a good palette has been chosen, the icons on some of the cards are small enough to require close inspection and combinatorial effects are going to be significant with regards to the impact of this intersection. Otherwise, there are no specific intersections that come to mind that are likely to have a significant impact on grades – they can all be worked around.
Gizmos, due to the complexity of the way its mechanisms trigger each other, can last longer than you might expect. The first few rounds are very nippy but before too long every action has five or six related actions that need to be thought through and considered. The box suggests an upper-end of 50 minutes but I think that’s optimistic, even barring accessibility considerations.
Gizmos does though support players dropping out – you can just merrily skip over their turn and move on to the next. It doesn’t though support players tagging back in unless someone has been controlling their contraption from the point they left the game.
Well, Gizmos sure got a beating in our section on cognitive accessibility but it’s otherwise a reasonably strong performance. I haven’t had a lot of success introducing it to people – there’s a massive disconnect between how it presents itself and how people responded. ‘Ooo’ they say when they see the marbles. ‘Uuuhh?’, they say when they see the game.
Gizmos, Meeple Like Us, [CC-BY 4.0]
Colour Blindness B
Visual Accessibility C
Fluid Intelligence E
Memory E
Physical Accessibility B
Emotional Accessibility B-
Socioeconomic Accessibility A
Communication A
But still – while that’s an important issue in an article like this, it’s not something that’s going to be experienced universally. Some people will likely never really get to grips with how Gizmos works, but others will grok it instantly. Most people I suspect will fall somewhere between and their willingness to develop a framework for building subroutines will predict how much they’ll ever get out of the game.
Me – well, I really like it. Gizmos is in many ways a precursor to the real programming game I hope someone eventually makes. It’s got enough procedural meat on its bones to get me interested, and enough combinatorial complexity to keep me playing. We gave it four stars in our review, and if you think you might enjoy having your coding chops tested by a cardboard computer, I’d recommend you check it out.
A Disclaimer About Teardowns
Meeple Like Us is engaged in mapping out the accessibility landscape of tabletop games. Teardowns like this are data points. Games are not necessarily bad if they are scored poorly in any given section. They are not necessarily good if they score highly. The rating of a game in terms of its accessibility is not an indication as to its quality as a recreational product. These teardowns though however allow those with physical, cognitive and visual accessibility impairments to make an informed decision as to their ability to play.
Not all sections of this document will be relevant to every person. We consider matters of diversity, representation and inclusion to be important accessibility issues. If this offends you, then this will not be the blog for you. We will not debate with anyone whether these issues are worthy of discussion. You can check out our common response to common objections.
Teardowns are provided under a CC-BY 4.0 license. However, recommendation grades in teardowns are usually subjective and based primarily on heuristic analysis rather than embodied experience. No guarantee is made as to their correctness. Bear that in mind if adopting them.
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#140MTL Speaker Stan Phelps @9inchmarketing
#140MTL Conference Montreal - Full Speaker Line Up
Stan Phelps
Chief Solutions Officer at Synergy Events
Author, What’s Your Purple Goldfish How to Win Customers and Influence Word of Mouth
“I believe the longest and hardest 9 inches in marketing . . . is the distance between the brain and the heart of your customer. Successfully making that journey is the holy grail.
I am looking to change the paradigm of marketing. Focus on the customer and their experience, instead of the chasing the prospect. Drive value and give little unexpected extras through a concept called marketing lagniappe.
Are you ready to cut through the clutter? How do you stand out in a ‘sea of sameness’? Can you win customers and influence word of mouth? What’s your signature brand experience?”
What do you do when you’ve held your dream job? Dream bigger. Stan works with Synergy’s clients to provide consumer experiences that are memorable, meaningful and on-brand. Driven by client objectives. Inspired by bold vision. The result: programs that win big.
He gained this know-how through a career filled with “dream jobs” for global mega-brands in sports including adidas, IMG and the PGA of America. Stan joined adidas immediately after finishing his graduate degree, moving to Portland, starting work and studying for the bar all at the same time. Over the years, he held a variety of marketing positions. A highlight? Working in Yankee Stadium as Brand Marketing Manager for adidas’ partnership with the team. A native New Yorker, Stan was on hand as they won the World Series not once, but three times, even riding in the celebratory parade (“one to tell the grandkids.”) Thinking it couldn’t get any better, Stan had to stop and pinch himself when adidas asked him to manage Global Tennis Sports Marketing and relocate to Amsterdam. A lifelong tennis player and former assistant coach at Villanova, he jumped at the chance. Stan’s career wasn’t the only thing to change from the experience: it was on a flight to Amsterdam that he met his wife, whose mother was Dutch. Some time later, they got together on first dates in locations that were in convenient locations such as Prague, Paris, Cape Town, Seattle and NYC.
Today, Stan works with Synergy Events as Chief Solutions Officer. He takes a wide look at marketing with the premise of finding unique ways to engage customers – an approach that he’s held since his very first job as a kid. He explains, “my first job was working in a Carvel and I loved the idea of creating something with the customers, even if it was just decorating cakes and making banana splits.” While at Synergy, Stan started a blog to provide insight for how emotionally charged engagement between brand and customer can create loyalty. His “9 Inch Axioms” are guidelines to help brands make the journey between customer’s head and heart, the toughest, but most critical distance to span. This important concept and fun approach received acknowledgement from the blogosphere and his site was ranked in the top 40 for all content marketing blogs in 2009.
You might suspect that Stan never sleeps. In the midst of all this activity, he still finds time to tweet, blog and create additional content with clear purpose and an innovative vision: to inspire people about the value of customer experience. Through social media, he helps to position Synergy as a thought leader in the experiential marketing industry.
Stan’s ideas have recently expanded to include the Purple Goldfish Project, helping brand managers understand the value for creating signature moments. He provides examples of those who are accomplishing this in big and small ways, each creating an “unexpected moment that makes people want to be drawn in and talk about that experience with others.”
Event management for State of Now #140confMTL May 15th, 2012 powered by Eventbrite
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LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 07: A general view of the UFC posters wall during the UFC Fan Experience at T-Mobile Arena on July 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
As still a relatively new sport, MMA is still in a transition period. Unlike our counter-part, boxing, which has reportedly been around since 1681, MMA is still trying to figure things out. There are a number of things that should be changed to improve the sport, some from a rules point of view and some from a fan perspective. We outline three things that could easily change in MMA in 2020.
1. Fight Posters in MMA
Now, this isn’t to say that all promotions fight posters are poor but it is undeniable that the UFC, in particular, are putting less emphasis on their fight posters in recent years. Long gone are the days of the infamous UFC 181 poster, where the promotion teamed with DC Comics to produce a quality poster. There appears to be a lack of thought, effort and an overall emphasis on fight posters as of late, especially in the UFC and Bellator.
Invicta FC has the right idea and put a lot of emphasis on their fight posters. Recently, the all women’s promotion has worked alongside Bosslogic to create their fight posters. Each of these has gone down extremely well with fans.
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Fight posters are the things that go down in history. They’re something that fans look forward to seeing. It is such an easy fix just to put in a little extra effort and create a masterpiece. Understandably, you’re not going to please everyone but an improvement is certainly needed.
2. Rankings
This is something that is more focused around the UFC, rather the MMA overall. The rankings system within the UFC is majorly flawed. There are two options as to what to do with it. Either scrap them completely or fix it.
By scrapping it, there would be little backlash from fans. Maybe being able to sell a #1 vs #2 fighter match-up to casuals, but other than that we won’t lose much. The rankings are often overlooked in favour of an ‘exciting’ match-up, or a ‘money fight’. On this logic, doing away with them will cause no real harm.
If they were to be kept, they need to be improved. Many fighters are in the rankings, arguably undeservedly. An example of this would be Paige Van-Zant. Van-Zant is 2-3 in her last five fights and hasn’t won since the beginning of January 2019. Despite this, she is #14 in the division. On the flip side, Molly McCann is 3-1 in the UFC and on a three-fight winning streak and has been extremely active. Despite this, she isn’t ranked at all.
Similarly, with respect to the GOAT, Anderson Silva hasn’t won a fight at middleweight since 2017. Even that win against Derek Bruson was controversial. He hasn’t won two fights back-to-back since 2012, yet is still ranked #15 in the official rankings. Darren Stewart, who is 4-1 in his last five is not in the rankings, despite impressing as of late.
Other contentious rankings places go to John Dodson (3-1 in his last four fights and hasn’t won since March 2018). Robbie Lawler (moved higher in the rankings despite not winning a fight since July 2017 and is 1-4 in his last five). Finally Sijara Eubanks. Eubanks is 2-2 in the UFC, her two wins coming at flyweight. She is currently ranked #15 at bantamweight, despite being 0-2 at the weight. Where is the logic there?
3. More Weight Classes in the UFC or More Catchweight Fights
The time has come to address weight cutting in MMA. Although it has been an issue for a while now, this year we have seen it taken to the extreme. Notably, TJ Dillashaw and Jose Aldo have cut an additional 10lbs from their previous fight weight to fight in the division below. Many have also gone the healthier, safer option and moved up in weight. Notable names that come to mind are Darren Till and Chris Weidman.
There have been rumours of the UFC introducing a new 165lbs division for some time, yet nothing has come from it. Why should this division come into existence? Just think about the fighters who could compete in it.
Conor Mcgregor has fluctuated between lightweight and welterweight. His upcoming opponent Donald Cerrone has also changed weight classes often. It could also include former lightweights Kevin Lee, Rafael Dos Anjos, Anthony Pettis, Michael Chiesa, Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz, and Gilbert Burns, to name a few. That is already a stacked set of fighters. Those who are deemed ‘smaller’ welterweights can also move to 165lbs.
Colby Covington doesn’t cut a lot to make the 170lbs limit and could compete at 165lbs. Similarly, Gunnar Nelson had early success at welterweight but recently has struggled against those at the top of the division. A drop in weight class could be beneficial for the Icelandic native.
The current welterweight division (170lbs) would then change to a 175lbs limit. This would lead to all weight classes having a 10-pound gap between them. That is until you reach the gap between middleweight and light heavyweight.
Again, this is a simple fix, create a 195lbs division. Top names from middleweight such as Weidman, Jacare Souza, Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero could fill out the 195lbs division. #1 middleweight contender Paolo Costa would also be welcomed to the division. Following his UFC 241 bout, it was recommended he move up from 185lbs after he rehydrated to 213.8 lbs on fight night.
A 225 division needs to be made. If a fighter cannot make 205lbs but isn’t a big heavyweight, it is simply dangerous for them to be put in with a 265lbs fighter.
Champion, Stipe Miocic weighed 230lbs for his fight at UFC 241. He could potentially make 225 and fluctuate between the two weight classes.
Another example is up and coming 10-1, Sergey Spivak. Spivak weighed in at just 233lbs for his most recent fight. He came up against 264lbs Tai Tuivasa. That is a weight differential of 31lbs.
This is the equivalent of putting a lightweight in there with a middleweight. Would we ever see Cerrone in there with Romero? Well, maybe, but that says more about Cerrone than anything. No, of course, we wouldn’t, it would never be sanctioned. So why is there such a big allowance at heavyweight?
Catchweight bouts?
A lot of current UFC bouts have no title implications and no ranking implications, especially on Fight Night cards. This, therefore, leads to us proposing more catchweight fights.
Bellator, more often than not have a catchweight fight on their cards. Whether it be between two weight classes or simply because one fighter will not make weight, catchweight bouts are making it safer for the fighters themselves.
Forcing fighters down to a certain weight is obviously dangerous for their health. Meeting at an agreed weight, in-between weight classes will mean fighters don’t have to cut as much weight to meet a certain weight.
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1998 Ice Storm Effects on the Health and Productivity of Sugar Bushes of Eastern Ontario: Part 2
In 1998, fifteen managed sugar bush blocks with 7% to 72% ice-induced crown damage were established in eastern Ontario. All blocks received dolomitic lime (calcium and magnesium) and phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) treatments in June 1999. Initial crown damage, fall root starch, sap production and sweetness were all measured. Syrup production was calculated.
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Tag: High Court
Three terror suspects extradited
Three Tunisian men wanted in Italy for alleged terrorist offences have been extradited from Britain, police say. Habib Ignaoua, Mohamed Khemiri, and Ali Chehidi were arrested in 2007 on a European Arrest Warrant. Italian authorities accuse the trio of recruiting young men to join the jihad in Afghanistan and Iraq. In July, they went to the High Court to try to block their extradition on the grounds they could face torture, but the judges rejected their case. The Metropolitan Police all three left Britain at 1500 GMT on Saturday. The Italian authorities say the men were involved in recruiting fighters between 1997 and 1999.
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Author researcherPosted on 7th November 2008 Categories News by Country, News by Issue, Immigration and Integration, Security and CounterterrorismTags European Arrest Warrant, extradition, GMT, High Court, iraq, Metropolitan Police, recruiting, terror, Terrorism, Three Tunisian, Tunisia
Spain acquits 14 accused Islamists
The Spanish Supreme Court overturned convictions against 15 of the 20 men accused of forming an Islamist group plotting to blow up Madrid’s High Court. The ruling found “non-existent the crime of conspiracy to commit a deadly terrorist attack.” Convictions for five of the men were upheld. Thirty suspects were originally arrested four years ago, most of whom were from Algeria and Morocco.
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Author researcherPosted on 7th September 2008 Categories News by Country, News by Issue, Security and CounterterrorismTags CNN, High Court, Islamists, Netherlands, Radio Netherlands, Spain, Spanish Supreme Court, Supreme Court, terrorist
Netherlands hands extremist suspect to Spain
The Netherlands extradited Pakistani national Akeel Abassi to Spain, where he faces allegations of belonging to an extremist Islamic group. Abassi fled spain in January following the dismantling of a group of militants in Barcelona. Authorities say the man traveled from Spain to Germany to carry out a suicide attack, but left for Netherlands without carrying out such actions. Abassi is one of eleven Islamists charged by Spain’s High Court in June.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 14th August 2008 Categories UncategorisedTags Akeel Abassi, Barcelona, extremist, Germany, High Court, Netherlands, Spain, Spain High Court, suicide, suspect
Yusuf Islam accepts libel award
Yusuf Islam, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, accepted substantial libel damages and an apology for articles that claimed he was sexist and bigoted, lawyers said. London’s High Court was told the World Entertainment News Network news agency and an entertainment web site, contactmusic.com, agreed to pay “substantial damages” for allegations made about him at an awards ceremony in Germany. The articles, published in March last year, falsely claimed he had refused to speak to or even acknowledge any women who were not veiled and was not prepared to speak to women other than through an intermediary, Islam’s lawyer said. Adam Tudor said his client was caused “considerable embarrassment and distress” at the allegations, which had created an “utterly false impression of his attitude to women” and cast aspersions on his faith. “In fact, Mr Islam has never had any difficulties working with women, whether for religious or for any other reasons. Women feature among some of the most influential people in his professional team,” he added.
“All of the damages secured by Mr Islam will be paid to his charity, Small Kindness. The defendants have also agreed to pay Mr Islam’s legal costs.” A spokeswoman for law firm Carter-Ruck told AFP that no details of the exact award would be made public.
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Author researcherPosted on 1st August 2008 Categories News by Country, News by Issue, Discrimination and XenophobiaTags AFP, Carter Ruck, freedom of expression, Germany, High Court, Islamic Practice and Jurisprudence, lawyer, libel, London, London High Court, Mr Islam, women, Yusuf Islam
Yusuf Islam wins damages for ‘veiled women’ slur
Yusuf Islam, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, has accepted substantial libel damages and an apology for articles that claimed he was sexist and bigoted. London’s High Court was told the World Entertainment News Network news agency and an entertainment website contactmusic.com agreed to pay “substantial damages” for allegations made about him at an awards ceremony in Germany. The articles, published in March last year, falsely claimed he had refused to speak to or even acknowledge any women who were not veiled and was not prepared to speak to women other than through an intermediary, his lawyer said. As Cat Stevens, Islam, 59, recorded several major hits in the late 1960s and 1970s. He converted to Islam at the height of his fame in 1977, devoting himself to education and philanthropy.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 21st July 2008 Categories UncategorisedTags Cat Stevens, Entertainment, Germany, High Court, lawyer, London High Court, website, women, Yusuf Islam
Yusuf Islam, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, accepted substantial libel damages and an apology for articles that claimed he was sexist and bigoted, lawyers said. London’s High Court was told the World Entertainment News Network news agency and an entertainment web site, contactmusic.com, agreed to pay “substantial damages” for allegations made about him at an awards ceremony in Germany. The articles, published in March last year, falsely claimed he had refused to speak to or even acknowledge any women who were not veiled and was not prepared to speak to women other than through an intermediary, Islam’s lawyer said. Adam Tudor said his client was caused “considerable embarrassment and distress” at the allegations, which had created an “utterly false impression of his attitude to women” and cast aspersions on his faith. “In fact, Mr Islam has never had any difficulties working with women, whether for religious or for any other reasons. Women feature among some of the most influential people in his professional team,” he added. “All of the damages secured by Mr Islam will be paid to his charity, Small Kindness. The defendants have also agreed to pay Mr Islam’s legal costs.” A spokeswoman for law firm Carter-Ruck told AFP that no details of the exact award would be made public.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 18th July 2008 Categories UncategorisedTags AFP, Germany, High Court, lawyer, libel, London High Court, Mr Islam, Small Kindness, women, Yusuf Islam
Abu Hamza fighting extradition
Radical “cleric” Abu Hamza has launched a High Court battle against extradition to the US to face terror charges. He is wanted for allegedly trying to set up an al-Qa’ida training camp in Oregon. He is also claimed to have helped the gang who kidnapped Western tourists in Yemen in 1998, killing three Britons. But his lawyers are arguing extradition should be blocked because evidence gained by torture was being used against him. They also claim it would be “unjust and oppressive” to extradite because of the passage of time and it would be incompatible with his human rights. Egyptian-born Hamza, 49, is taking part in the hearing via a video link from Belmarsh top security prison, where he is serving a seven-year term for inciting followers – including the July 7 London bombers – to murder “non-believers”.http://themuslimweekly.com/newsdetails/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=D49FC2038014332034DE870C&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 16th May 2008 Categories UncategorisedTags Abu Hamza, DESCRIPTION, extradition, High Court, HOMENEWS, MENUID, training, UK, US, Yemen
Al Qaeda leader may stand trial again for financing Islamist terrorism while in jail
According to evidence compiled by High Court Judge Ismael Moreno, Imad Eddin Barakat, the convicted leader of a Spanish Al Qaeda cell, did not stop financing Islamic terrorism even after he was imprisoned in November of 2001. Barakat is a Syrian-born Spanish citizen who is currently serving a 12-year sentence for being a member of a terrorist organization, but may stand trial again over alleged payments while he was in prison, which investigators claim went to finance terrorist projects. Judge Moreno claims that Barakat, along with two others, used relatives to an owned real estate firm of its assets, cashing checks worth 2.4 million EUR; Moreno argues that some of that money ended up in the hands of terrorist groups.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 28th April 2008 Categories UncategorisedTags al-Qaeda, EUR, financing, High Court, Imad Eddin Barakat, jail, Judge Moreno, Spanish Al Qaeda, terrorist, trial
Judge says Al Qaeda suspects unfit for trial
Spain has dropped the extradition of two British residents formerly held as terrorist suspects in Guantanamo Bay. High Court judge Baltasar Garzon shelved the case of two inmates in after medical reports from British authorities declared them to be unfit to stand trial after suffering years of abuse and torture, according to their lawyers. The pair, Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes, were accused of belonging to a Spanish cell of al Qaeda, but their lawyers say that el-Banna had never been to Spain and Deghayes had suffered a case of mistaken identity.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 6th March 2008 Categories UncategorisedTags abuse, al-Qaeda, Baltasar Garzon, extradition, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, High Court, judge, medical, Spain, trial
British Muslim’s control order quashed
A control order restricting the movements of a British convert to Islam has been quashed. MI5 alleged the order was still necessary because there was a “reasonable suspicion” that Cerie Bullivant, 25, planned to travel to Iraq or Afghanistan to engage in terrorist activity.But at London’s High Court, Mr Justice Collins quashed the order after ruling: “There is no reasonable suspicion that establishes that.” Lawyers for Bullivant, from Dagenham, Essex, had argued the accusations were “baseless”, and that he was the victim of an abuse of power. Bullivant said the order had taken him down to “the depths of despair”.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 22nd February 2008 Categories UncategorisedTags abuse, Afghanistan, British Muslim, Cerie Bullivant, High Court, iraq, London High Court, MI5, Mr Justice Collins
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Flashback Review: May 29th, 2014 Movie – The Boondock Saints
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You ever come across a movie that you have never heard of but all of your friends talk about it and reference it, making you feel completely stupid for not being able to follow along? Surprisingly, that happens to me every now and then. I know that might seem odd, given how much I enjoy movies and how many I watch but the truth is, since my preference tends to focus on a somewhat limited genre at times, there are plenty of movies that will slip by me. That is the case for The Boondock Saints, as I obviously didn’t see it when it was in theaters due to it’s limited release, but I also didn’t rent it right away when it came out on DVD. It was several years after it’s release, when several of my friends were talking about it, that I decided to rent it and a few years later when I picked up my copy. Now let’s see just how well this movie has aged.
The plot: In Boston, MA, Connor and Murphy MacManus, twin Irish-American brothers, are attending mass and as the priest goes to give his sermon, they walk up to the front of the church, kneel in front of the cross and kiss the feet of Jesus, then leave, while the priest talks about the death of Kitty Genovese, using it to discuss being a good man. After a rough day at work at the meat packing plant, they head to a local bar to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with some of their friends, including David Della Rocco, a low ranking member of the mafia. As the night winds down, Doc, the bar owner, says that he is being forced to shut the place down just as three members of the Russian syndicate enter the bar to enforce the point. Connor and Murphy try to placate the three men, telling them that it is St. Patrick’s Day and they should all be friends and share a pint but the leader of the Russians shoves Connor back towards the bar. The next day, the police are investigating the deaths of two of the Russians when they are approached by FBI Agent Paul Smecker, who quickly dismisses the lead detective’s theories on what happened and sends him off for coffee instead. Putting in some earbuds so he can listen to classical music, Smecker then proceeds to examine the crime scene and once he is finished, he has some of the officers look for bullets and items that he believes will be found in the area. Learning that a woman is complaining of her ceiling leaking on the 4th floor, Smecker says that they need to look on the 5th floor for the initial crime scene. After checking the apartment of Connor and Murphy, they head back downstairs where an officer says he knows the area and feels that they should check out the nearby bar so Smecker heads over there. Some time later, Connor and Murphy are having their injuries tended too at a Catholic hospital when Doc shows up to ask them what happened and tell them about Smecker coming and asking about them. Connor and Murphy hand him a bag containing the guns from the two Russians and tells him to hide it, then they head to the police station to turn themselves in. At the station, Smecker is chastising the officers for leaking what they know to the press and as Detective Greenly says that the two brothers are miles away, they walk in the door. Smecker takes them into an office and starts asking them what happened and, in another language, Connor and Murphy discuss if they should tell him about the money and guns they lifted but decide against it. The tell him that after the bar fight, where they had lit Chekov’s ass on fire, they had gone home but Chekov and his partner had burst in the door and had Connor handcuff himself to the toilet while they took Murphy out to the alley to kill him. Connor managed to rip the Toilet up off the floor and carried it to the roof, where he dropped it onto Chekov, killing him, while jumping down onto the other man. Murphy checked on Connor, then took the toilet lid and used it to kill the other Russian, then grabbed both of their weapons and money before grabbing Connor and heading to the hospital. After finishing their story, Smecker asks them if they know any other languages, to which the brothers answer in Russian, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. When an officer says the press is wanting a statement, Smecker says that they aren’t being charged and allows them to stay the night in a holding cell so they can try and avoid the press when they leave. Smecker joins the police chief in giving the statement to the press that the MacManus brothers are not being charged and ruling the matter a case of self defense, while Rocco heads inside to give them a change of clothes and their necklaces. That night, Connor and Murphy have a vision from God telling them to help rid the world of evil men so good men may flourish. As they go to leave, Connor notices a page coming in to the pager he lifted from Chekov and he calls the number, where he is told that the “fat man” will be arriving and where to meet. Later, Rocco attends a meeting with Giuseppe “Papa Joe” Yakavetta, his boss in the Mafia and is given an assignment to carry out in order to advance in the ranks. Meanwhile, Connor and Murphy take the money and jewelry they lifted from Chekov and his partner and use it to purchase some more weapons from an Irish arms smuggler. Later that night, Smecker gets a call about a massacre at a hotel suite and he heads over there, finding Detectives Greenly, Duffy, and Dolly waiting for him. After accessing the scene, Smecker says that there were two men responsible for the crime and does his best to figure out how it went down. Earlier that night, Connor and Murphy show up at the hotel and after donning some ski masks to hide their identities, they climb up into the air vents to make their way towards the suite but as they get lost in the vents, they end up fighting until the vent gives way and they collapse into the suite. The pair are tangled up in the rope Connor insisted on bringing and as the dangle upside down, they are able to use the surprise from their entrance to take out all of the men inside, then assassinate the “Fat Man”. As they are going around taking the money from the victims, they hear a knock on the door and when they look through the peep hole, they see Rocco there wearing a busboy uniform. Deciding to have some fun with him, they put the masks back on and open the door, dragging Rocco inside and scaring him. When they asks him where his gun is, he tells them and they see it is a 6-shooter and they realize that Rocco was set up to die since there were 9 men there total. After revealing who they are to Rocco, who is shocked that they were able to do what they did, they all head to Rocco’s place to hide out and as they are cleaning their weapons, Rocco gets drunks and starts ranting about everything, accidentally killing his girlfriend’s cat when he slams his hands on the table and a gun accidentally discharges. The next day, Connor and Murphy try to get Rocco to realize that he was set up to die but he refuses to believe them and heads off to learn the truth himself. Some time later, Rocco’s girlfriend Donna and her friend Rayvie show up and head over to the couch, and a short while later, Rocco bursts into the room, screaming out that they have to go. Connor and Murphy try to get Rocco to explain what happened and he tells them he had gone to a diner to see if his friends had known he was being set up and when they confirmed it, he killed them as well as the diner owner. After yelling at Donna about her cat, Rocco and the MacManus brothers leave and drive around until Rocco tells them to stop at a club where Papa Joe’s lieutenant, Vincenzo Lipazzi, is known to frequent and they make plans to go in that night. When Lipazzi arrives, the three sneak into the central room of the peep show booths, with Rocco holding the girl hostage and forcing her to tell them which booth Lipazzi is in. Connor and Murphy kill Lipazzi but when they realize that there are two more men in booths on the side, the let Rocco kill them. Later, Smecker, Greenly, Dolly, and Duffy are at the crime scene trying to figure out what happened and Smecker realizes that there are two different killers, the professional ones that killed Lipazzi and the reckless one that killed the other two men. When he learns about the diner hit, Smecker gets even more upset as he can’t seem to figure out what is going on but knows that it isn’t over yet. Elsewhere, Papa Joe meets with the former head of the Yakavetta family and tells him that he needs Il Duce to help deal with the situation he is in and the former head warns him that in 20 years, they only used him 3 times because he is so psychotic. Meanwhile, Rocco is telling the MacManus brothers about a cleaner that Papa Joe uses and how he had to drive for him one night as he took out an entire family. Connor and Murphy agree to take him out and they head to the man’s house on a Saturday, when he has a poker game with several Yakavetta men, and proceed to take them all out. As they are leaving, they find Il Duce waiting for them outside and a gunfight ensues, with Murphy being shot in the arm while Rocco has his finger shot off. Il Duce is forced to leave when he runs out of bullets and Connor and Murphy quickly spray down the blood splatter with ammonia, then leave with Rocco. When Smecker arrives at the scene, he is increasingly frustrated that the killers seem to have thought of everything but as he rants and raves, he finds Rocco’s finger and quietly wraps it in a handkerchief and puts it in his pocket. Elsewhere, Connor, Murphy, and Rocco go back to Donna’s place, where they use an iron to staunch the blood from Rocco and Murphy’s wounds, while arguing about who Il Duce was and how he knew where to find them. Meanwhile, Smecker runs the fingerprints on the finger and when he gets the ID, he realizes where he has seen Rocco before and realizes who the two other killers are and decides to get drunk while trying to figure out what he should do. Elsewhere, Connor, Murphy, and Rocco are watching an interview Smecker is giving on TV and Connor and Murphy warn Rocco that he could be trouble as he is a smart man and could figure things out. Connor and Murphy then head to church and while Rocco waits for them, he sees Smecker stumbling drunk out of the bar and follows him into the church, where he sees Smecker go into a confessional booth. Rocco grabs the priest and forces him into the other booth but Connor sees him doing this and heads into the third booth, pulling Rocco’s head through the window and asks him what he is doing. Rocco tells him that Smecker is in there but as they quietly argue over what Rocco had planned to do, they hear Smecker talking to the priest, saying he is torn on what to do and actually sympathizes with the boys and is somewhat on their side, then when he listens to the father, says that he will try to find a way to help them, surprising Connor and Rocco. After Smecker leaves, Connor, Murphy, and Rocco call Smecker and explain what happened at the cleaners house and ask him to find out who the man while they plan on taking out Papa Joe. Smecker goes to see the former head of the Yakavetta family learns about Il Duce and also that Connor and the others are heading into a trap. At Papa Joe’s house, Connor, Murphy, and Rocco have been captured and Papa Joe ends up shooting Rocco, then tells his men to finish off Connor and Murphy but Connor and Murphy manage to escape their cuffs and take out the man that went in to kill them. Meanwhile, Smecker dresses up in drag and manages to fool one of Papa Joe’s men into letting him in, where he kills two guards but when he finds a third guard has his throat slit, he is knocked unconscious by Il Duce. In the basement, Connor and Murphy are saying their family prayer over Rocco’s body but when they hear a noise, they turn and find Il Duce standing behind them, who finishes the family prayer, revealing that he is their father. Three months later, Papa Joe is on trial, where an acquittal is expected to occur. Smecker opens the back door to the court while Greenly knocks on a police van, signaling Il Duce, Connor, and Murphy to enter the court house, bypassing the metal detectors with their weapons. The three men enter the courtroom, telling the guards to disarm and forcing everyone to the front of the court as they give a speech to the masses, warning that they are only there for those who are evil and then proceed to recite the family prayer before executing Papa Joe. That night, Connor asks how far they will go and their father says as far as needed. The next day, a reporter is talking to people on the street to get their opinion of “The Saints”, with public opinion being divided between those who approve of what they are doing and those who think they are no better than the criminals they kill.
The Boondock Saints didn’t meet with high results from the critics, holding a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The critical consensus on the site is, “A juvenile, ugly movie that represents the worst tendencies of directors channeling Tarantino.” While it was considered one of the hottest scripts around, the movie was a box office bomb, only earning $30,471 off of a $6 million budget. Billy Connolly was so excited to be playing against type in the role of Il Duce, and was having so much fun playing a psychopath, that they had to add the cigar the character constantly smokes in order to hide his constant smile. The poor performance was due to it only getting a severely limited release due to studio politics and fears of it being associated with the Columbine massacre but it would garner a cult following once it hit the video shelves, resulting in $50 million in sells and prompt a sequel to be made 10 years later with a third movie reported to be in the works.
It is violent but this is still a good movie to watch. The acting was really good, with Willem Dafoe (Smecker), Sean Patrick Flanery (Connor) and Norman Reedus (Murphy) doing good jobs in their roles. David Della Rocco was also good as Rocco, though kind of annoying at times, while Billy Connolly really seemed to have fun as Il Duce. The story was interesting, not quite being your typical mobster/revenge movie but putting a rather unique spin on things. I will say that the constant back and forth between the past events of the killings and Smecker’s theories and reenactments got to be a little annoying after a while. The gun fight scenes were not overly graphic for the most part but the constant slow motion with them was a bit overly theatrical and would have been better suited if they had run at normal time more often. Still, this is a lot of fun and one of those movies that is worth watching any time it comes on.
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The Yakuza
Posted on February 9, 2019 February 10, 2019 by thane62
THE YAKUZA —–the simple answer to “Why watch?” is “Robert Mitchum with a .45 and double-barreled shotgun and Japanese icon Ken Takakura with a samurai sword, versus nineteen smugly ruthless gangsters begging for vengeance.” Next question?
Directed by Sydney Pollack, this 1974 meditation on family honor, karmic debt and pitiless payback was written by first-timer Paul Schrader, then retooled by veteran Robert Towne, with genesis in a story by Schrader’s brother Leonard (Kiss Of The Spider Woman), who lived in Japan during the 60s and 70s. While there, he was was able to get a rare outsider look into the subculture of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Kyoto’s dominant Yakuza gangster family.
“American saw cuts on a push stroke, Japanese saw cuts on a pull stroke. When an American cracks up, he opens up the window and shoots up a bunch of strangers. When a Japanese cracks up, he closes the window and kills himself. Everything is in reverse.”
Sketchy businessman ‘Tanner’ (Brian Keith) messes up a gun deal with a Japanese Yakuza bigwig, who holds Tanner’s daughter for ransom. Old Army buddy ‘Harry Kilmer’ (Mitchum) is talked into going back to Japan (the two were Marine M.P. buddies during the postwar Occupation) and squaring things, as Kilmer has some longtime connections in Tokyo, chiefly ‘Eiko’ (Keiko Kishi), a former flame Harry had rescued from black market trouble. Their past life, and now the volatile present, are complicated in the form of her ‘brother’ (Takakura), once a Yakuza soldier, now a kendo teacher. Secrets are uncovered, but the toll of giri—a lifelong obligation that traditionally can never be repaid—is a cost paid in sacrifice.
Yakuza films were a quite popular genre in Japan, the real world crime syndicates stories made for cinematic treatment and popular appeal as the gangs and resultant films were essentially a modern evolution of samurai lore (code of bushido and all: hot tea and sharp blades, solemnity before slaughter). The script had started a bidding war that ended with a $300,000 sale, a high for the day, and director Pollack was fresh off three hits—They Shoot Horses Don’t They?, Jeremiah Johnson and The Way We Were. $5,000,000 went into production, with location filming in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. The movie-makers thought they had the makings of a crossover hit, yet critical reaction was ‘meh’ and the film failed to find crowds.
Deliberately paced, it takes a while to get going, but the actors are good and the action, when it comes, is exciting. Mitchum at 56 looks Jack D. & Chesterfield-weathered by life but still tight-wired for a rumble. Flanked by The Friends Of Eddie Coyle and Farewell, My Lovely, this was one of his better late-career efforts: he pretty much phoned it in afterwards. A brooding Takakura (over 200 credits) contrasts with more enlivened work from likable supporting players Richard Jordan and Cristina Kokubo.
On one hand, it holds you, thanks to the offbeat (to non-Japanese) milieu, the mostly compelling cast and the explosive bursts of vivid action. Counter-balance take is the feeling— or lack of it—generated by the anchor-weight solemnity of the honor & ritual jazz. When you strip away the cosmetic applique (here it’s excessive politeness, full-body tattoos and really cool swords) and the pedantic rules, it’s just a different strain of the worldwide habit men have spent centuries polishing: cover your crimes with layers of B.S. Yakuza, Cosa Nostra, Skull & Bones, gang-bangers, religious charlatans/maniacs, politicians/pedophiles—the meretricious excuses for looting are all the same, only the clothes and locales are different. Wait, is that a koi-head in my futon?
With Herb Edelman (odd casting that feels off), the always dependable James Shigeta, Eiji Okada, and resolute displays of Yubitsume, the delicate practice of slicing off one of your fingers by way of an apology. Smoky music score is by Dave Grusin. 112 minutes.
* Estimates of Yakuza numbers in the 1960s indicate they may have boasted 184,000 rank and file. Speaking of honor, Paul Schrader took full script credit from his brother, then pillaged him later for Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters. They never spoke again. As for talking, Mitchum, never shy about saying (or not saying) whatever the hell he felt like, started the production visit off with a Tokyo press conference, nonchalantly offering “Remember Pearl Harbor.”
Crime paid in 1974—The Godfather II, Chinatown, Thunderbolt And Lightfoot, Death Wish, The Sugarland Express, The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, Mr. Majestyk, Murder On The Orient Express, The Odessa File, Macon County Line, Freebie And The Bean and Foxy Brown. Somehow this interesting, unusual and ultimately butt-kicking entry could not find a seat at the table. Time heals—unless you’re in a jam with the Yakuza.
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World class rugby coverage from Nine
Dr Mumbo did enjoy the media experimentation being performed by Nine during the Rugby World Cup semi final between Australia and New Zealand.
Thanks to the brave approach by the network, we have now firmly established that a break in play is not long enough to insert an ad into without missing the restart.
Curiously the staff of The Punch appear not to have got the memo about Nine’s commitment to ratings over silly things like sport, posting on Facebook: “Oh, and we know this is a family website but would it kill channel nine to have 5 minutes of post-match analysis before UNDERFUCKING BELLY RAZOR???”
Dr Mumbo is at a loss to understand what people’s problem is. Surely they should be happy that Nine at least aired it live. For a change.
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Gus 17 Oct 11
Ray Hadley commentating Rugby Union..
Dan Carter's future wife 17 Oct 11
Channel 9 have done the worst job of broadcasting a sports event in the history of television. And they capped it off on Saturday night with Ray Hadley commentating.
They are handing Foxtel sports viewers on a silver platter. Thankgod for Foxtel this RWC
Patrick 17 Oct 11
Like anyone serious about sport, I watched the match on Fox Sports. A question for the Nine viewers: does Ray Hadley know his breakdown from his play-the-ball?
A Mazed 17 Oct 11
I was gobsmacked at Nines poor coverage.
Advert’s whilst the game is playing and then no interviews or post match analysis at the end – straight into “we are all gangsters in Aus” belly…
Unless Nine have an agenda to help up Foxtel sub’s?
Moo 17 Oct 11
Channel 9’s coverage of the whole RWC is a disgrace. Ken Sutcliffe can’t even remember James Horwill’s name or pronounce Digby Ioane’s correctly. If you’re going to go to the trouble of acquiring the rights to show the games, do your homework and get at least one expert rather than these fools who’ve never watched a game of Rugby in their lives. All I can say is thank god for FOX SPORTS, their coverage was brilliant, uninterrupted and the commentary as always, was accurate and entertaining!
Link 17 Oct 11
For the Australia v Wales game, Nine should give Alan Jones a crack at the commentary, assisted by Bob Dwyer and Jaynie Seal. At least one of those three should know what the weather’s gonna be like. Everything else will just be drivel. Then Nine should show the final on Sunday in the middle of Underbelly Razor, delayed by 30 minutes with lots of ads in between scrums and lineouts. Throw in a few stray comments about the pokies tax and it’ll be terrific!
Lem 17 Oct 11
What a joke. Ray Hadley is a radio rugby league commentator, not a TV rugby union commentator. In answer to your question Patrick, no. He kept saying “XY’s been put down in the tackle”, called James O’Connor “Justin Bieber” several times, and thought it was funny that “touch judges” get called “Assistant Referees” in union.
It just capped off coverage that has gone from disappointment to disappointment.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who’ll be checking out Foxtel’s Olympic Games packages for next year…
AdGrunt 17 Oct 11
I had the TV commentary down and “alternative” commentary sources after the 5,368th “plucked from the air” comment.
Never mind his comparison of a Wallaby to some Underbelly character.
Herald Sun Reader 17 Oct 11
Channel 7’s coverage of the World Cup Qualifier wasn’t much better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcWVLmCmhto
I notice in the Daily Tele today, Nine is reported to have been very impressed with Ray’s coverage, and he now has the gig for life. Thank God he’s immortal.
Trish 20 Oct 11
Nine is fully responsible for me being forced to the pub to watch the final this Sunday. Having been at the World Cup in New Zealand, if I wasn’t at a game, I was watching it on Maori TV, which aired every single game of the tournament LIVE free to air. Coming back to watch the semi-final on Nine on Sunday was beyond frustrating. If it wasn’t the fact that the commentators didn’t even know most of the All Black’s names.. ‘and the full back has the ball’, it was an ad or even TWO thrown in at every opportunity and then not even staying on air long enough to show the bloody captains interviews after the game, because a Fish called effin Wanda was on TV… Sweet Jesus, I’m glad a decent rugby bar is within walking distance of my house because I NEVER want to suffer through coverage like that again.
P.S Go the Mighty All Blacks!
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Jimmy Carter back in the hospital but already feeling better
Posted 5:54 pm, December 2, 2019, by CNN Wire
Jimmy Carter (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
AMERICUS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter returned to the hospital over the weekend for a urinary tract infection, less than a week after he had left an Atlanta hospital following a two-week stay.
“Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., this past weekend for treatment for a urinary tract infection,” a statement from the Carter Center read. “He is feeling better and looks forward to returning home soon. We will issue a statement when he is released for further rest and recovery at home.”
Carter, 95, had been admitted to the hospital on November 11 for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain. The pressure was caused by bleeding from his recent falls, the center said at the time.
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“She’s very beautiful!” Raymond said outloud when his wife asked who the other woman was to him. His wife, Emelia, started to cry but she kept up the assault and started to batter Raymond with a ten-inch skillet she had realized he smelled like her again, he barely survived the first strike long enough to make a run for it. Emelia chased Raymond around the kitchen table and out into the Dining Room knocking over one of the chairs that came with the set she stopped and screamed, “You broke our Wedding Chair” and when he stopped to pick it up she hit him again and he got so dizzy he fell on top of the chair barely able to keep his eyes open but managing to grab her long enough to take the skillet from her and throw it into the other room as he held her begging her forgiveness as he told her to stop. She started slapping him across the face and when she realized he was hurt badly she started to cry even more and he passed out.
A few weeks later Raymond regained full consciousness alone in their apartment downtown and Emelia was gone. He looked around and nothing seemed to be damaged. There was a note on the table from Emelia saying that she went to stay with her sister in the suburbs. Raymond looked for the family phone book but it was gone and so was Emelia’s Jewelry Box but her Wedding Ring was on the table with a note that said, “Sorry, deals off.” He rubbed his head with his free hand and realized there was only a small bump there. he set the note on the table and picked up the phone and called his brother to tell him about it.
Raymond turned on the television and there was a story on the News about a helicopter crash that happened a long time ago and he thought about it for a moment and then remembered he had been the pilot and that’s when he saw his face on the News and heard the Anchor person say he had just recently died and his body was found floating face down in the River near the banks just below the bridge at the end of their street.
Raymond called the Television Station but they told him that he would have to go there if he wanted to clear it up right away.
Raymond opened the front door and found the day’s newspaper amongst the several that had been there and there was the same story in Headlines on the Front Page and he called the Newspaper and they told him the same thing the Television Station had told him.
Raymond took a quick shower and went to both the Television Station and the Newspaper and showed them Identification and they said they would straighten out the mix-up and he went to Emelia’s sister’s house and realized something bad had happened because the door looked as though it had been kicked in and then pulled back shut. Raymond started to worry and then he heard the Television inside and went in and there on the floor they were dead, the News was retracting the story of his death. Raymond called the new woman in his life and she told him it was over and then hung up on him. Raymond called the Police and told them about Emelia and her sister and then waited for them to arrive.
Ten years passed and Raymond had grown old and pale the killer of Emelia and her sister remained free as far as he knew and as he sat on the sofa and watched the News on Television the story about the Helicopter crash and his death was played again and then Raymond fell asleep and died having been too tired to go through the process of telling everyone that he was still alive.
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Escher String Quartet has a mixed night in Chamber Music Society program
Wed May 08, 2019 at 10:53 am
By George Grella
The Escher String Quartet performed Tuesday night at Alice Tully Hall. Photo: Sarah Skinner
The Escher String Quartet has had a recent personnel change, with Danbi Um replacing Aaron Boyd as second violin. Yet Tuesday night’s Chamber Music Society concert in Alice Tully Hall showed this to be irrelevant with the group’s overall excellence unchanged.
The quartet played with an exceptional, unified sound and intonation, and with great musicality to their phases. First violinist Adam Barnett-Hart has a sweet, singing sound that was a pleasure to hear throughout. Yet there were substantial stretches when the beauty of their sound was left unsupported by some combination of focus and direction.
This was more than surprising. The Escher Quartet tends to make everything they play sound like a masterpiece, or like the performance could not be bettered. And they had a strong program at their disposal; Mozart’s third “Prussian” Quartet, K. 590, Charles Ives’ String Quartet No. 2, and after intermission the Op. 131 Quartet in C-sharp minor by Beethoven.
The Mozart performance was excellent, flawless and with superb poise. The Escher presented a rounded sound with ample space around each instrument, not too big, not too small. Their playing was a display of Mozart’s values, the pleasure of line, forward motion, structural resolution, with a feeling of great humanity.
The opening two-thirds of the Ives quartet. “Discussions” and “Arguments,” were equally as fine. The music is as titled, a radical democratization of classical form. The Escher played it with bite and muscle, while never abandoning the traditional virtues of ensemble blend, cohesion, and interplay.
It was in the final section of the quartet, “Call to the Mountains,” when things started to go awry. The technical quality of the musicianship was still there, yet the playing turned oddly generic, outwardly expressive in the shaping of phrases and dynamics, but without style or insight. The notes were there, but didn’t connect with Ives’ music.
Like Ives, Beethoven’s Op. 131 quartet began with a clear expressive purpose, playing that was focused on using the group’s sound to carry strong feelings of commitment and experience. The opening movement was exactly as the composer marked, “Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo”; slow but flowing, in gorgeous sound, the musicians responding to the music.
But things gradually got away from the Escher. The two quick Allegro movements were spry, but a confounding sense of ordinariness crept in and subsumed the central Andante. There was too much weight—this was the problem with the last movement of the Ives quartet as well—the feeling was too much like the Adagio. The sound was still great but it was off, not mannered nor indulgent but too full to let enough air and light in so one could catch a glimpse of Beethoven.
This was not a problem in the faster music, as if Beethoven didn’t give the Escher enough time to overly contemplate the sound coming out of their instruments, but led to a faceless Adagio quasi un poco andante, after which the conclusion was technically satisfying but not compelling. Like a finely made, tasteful outfit draped on a mannequin, one admired it briefly but left it on the rack.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents new music in the Rose Studio, 6:30 and 9 p.m., Thursday, May 16. chambermusicsociety.org
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Nel ASA: Awarded contract for hydrogen production and 3 fueling stations for Iceland
Mon, Feb 13, 2017 17:30 CET
(Oslo, February 13th, 2017) Nel Hydrogen Solutions, a division of Nel ASA (Nel, OSE: NEL) has been awarded a contract by Icelandic Hydrogen for three H2Station® hydrogen fueling stations and a NEL C-series electrolyser.
“We are delighted to open up this new market for hydrogen powered vehicles together with a leading player like Skeljungur. With this collaboration we continue our successful and proven joint venture approach already applied in markets like Denmark and Norway,” says Jon André Løkke, CEO of Nel ASA.
Initially Icelandic Hydrogen will establish three hydrogen fueling stations connected to central renewable hydrogen electrolysis production, and aiming at a continuous long-term expansion of the network along with FCEV deployments to meet a growing hydrogen fuel demand. Icelandic Hydrogen is a newly established joint venture (“JV”) between the major Icelandic oil retail company Skeljungur HF (owning 90%) and Nel ASA (owning 10%), the purpose of the JV is to establish a network of hydrogen fueling stations and renewable hydrogen production in Iceland.
Skeljungur is a stock exchange listed, major oil retail company operating in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, with more than 75 service stations throughout the countries and more than 200 employees. Skeljungur will provide the JV with locations for hydrogen fueling and retail operational expertise. Nel will provide both hydrogen production and fueling equipment as well as operational experience from more 30 hydrogen fueling station installations across Europe.
“We choose Nel as a partner for this project based on their vast experience in supporting hydrogen fueling networks as well as their leading cutting-edge technology solutions. With 100% renewable and domestic based electricity supply, we aim to make hydrogen a lower cost option for the end consumer compared to gasoline – this will also help to reduce national fuel imports. This contract is a part of a plan to introduce multi-fuel ecofriendly stations in Iceland,” says Valgeir M. Baldursson, CEO of Skeljungur HF.
The contract has a total value of more than EUR 4 million. The target is to start shipping equipment towards the end of 2017 and install during 2018. Almost 80% of the population in Iceland will be within reach of one of the three hydrogen fueling stations, making it the highest share for any country in the world.
Skeljungur, Nel, Icelandic New Energy and leading automotive manufactures will call for a press conference and a workshop at the end of first quarter 2017 regarding the commercial introduction of hydrogen in Iceland, station roll-out and fuel cell cars.
This effort is supported by the European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking as part of the major H2ME-2 demonstration project – www.h2me.eu., with participation of leading automotive car manufacturers as they are preparing market introduction of FCEVs to Iceland in the coming years.
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What happens when a city councillor runs for MLA?
Brett McGarry
With Rommel Silverio and Niels Konge running for MLA in the upcoming territorial election, should either of them be successful, city council will have to decide how they will be replaced.
City councillor Niels Konge is one of two city councillors running in Yellowknife. Both him and Rommel Silverio will still be able to work as councillors until either is voted in as an MLA.
Although city councillors who are running for office are still able to complete their duties with the city up until the results of the election, under current bylaw, as soon as a vacancy occurs a by-election must be called to find a replacement.
Both Konge and Silverio were elected and sworn in to their council positions after municipal elections last fall.
During a Sept. 9 government and priorities committee meeting, councilllors discussed changing the Council Procedures Bylaw to give council the ability to choose more options when it comes to filling these vacancies.
The proposed changes allow council to decide if the seat should be left vacant, allow them to appoint a member of the public or call a by-election. This would bring the city bylaw more closely aligned with territorial legislation.
“The Local Authorities Election Act (under the GNWT) is paramount and it says that councils have the option to fill before the next election,” said Sheila Bassi-Kellett, senior administrative officer.
“The conditions in the City, Towns and Villages Act (CTV) says at least at any point in time there has to be at least half the number of council members laid out in the by law.”
Rommel Silverio, city councillor, announced his candidacy late last week for the Kam Lake electoral district. He joins five other candidates in the election. Submitted photo
This means there could be less than eight but always more than four councillors present to run council.
The proposed changes saw broad support from councillors on Monday, though a few mentioned concerns over council appointing a new member.
Coun. Konge and Coun. Stacie Smith said that perhaps the councillor candidate with the next most votes should be appointed, but Mayor Rebecca Alty cautioned council not to be overly specific in the bylaw wording to avoid further complication.
“Right now the bylaw is very prescriptive,” said Alty.
“If there is a vacancy on council it’ll be brought forward to determine if we want it to be vacant or do we want a by-election or do we want an appointment.
“At that time council would have vigorous debate on how an appointment would look. If we’re prescriptive in our bylaw, we’re removing that option from the council of the day.”
If new changes are adopted, the requirements for appointment is that they are eligible as a candidate which means they are 18, a Canadian citizen, resident of Yellowknife and has not owed the city money for more than 30 days.
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The Town of Hay River is another municipality that dealt with a recent vacancy at council this year when Joe Melanson left the position.
They had three options: leave the seat vacant, go to a by-election or appoint someone from the previous ballot.
Ultimately, Hay River council decided to leave the seat vacant and the City of Yellowknife now looks to be able to have similar options.
The Town of Inuvik is the only other major centre with a municipal councillor running for office with Desmond Loreen.
A by-election would cost the city between $15,000 and $20,000 according to city administration.
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In 2100, when humanity has abandoned the earth, a colony of extravagant creatures still thrives in the deepest abyss of the ocean. Deep, an adventurous "dumbo" octopus and the last one of his kind lives there with his two unconditional friends: Evo, a nerdy and clumsy angler fish, and Alice, a neurotic deep-sea shrimp. When an accident destroys their home, the guardian of the abyss, The Kraken, will send Deep and his friends on a perilous journey to find a new home. In their mission, they will be joined by Maura -a voracious moray eel- and together they will travel to amazing places like the submerged city of New York, the Titanic or the Arctic, facing formidable enemies and hilarious situations. Will they be able to bring the oceans back to their former glory?
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Surly and his friends, Buddy, Andie, and Precious, discover that the mayor of Oakton City is cracking one big hustle to build a giant amusement park, which in turn will bulldoze their home. The animals must stop the mayor, his daughter, and a mad animal control officer in order to take back the city park.
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The movie is about the life of Tarzan. Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...
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After saving Bird Island from an all-out green-pig invasion in Angry Birds: Der Film (2016), the isle's always cranky local hero, Red, still finds himself doing battle with Pig Island. As the prank war between pigs and birds is raging, massive icy projectiles coming from the feathery tyrant Zeta's ice-capped Eagle Island threaten the security of both havens, unless Red and King Leonard agree to form a difficult but honest truce. Now, Red, Bomb, Mighty Eagle, Chuck, and his brilliant sister, Silver, have to join forces with Leonard's mighty porcine team to thwart the megalomaniac Zeta's bold schemes for world domination. However, is Red capable of change?
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Southampton Comedy Central Live
Emma Upshall
on 17 October 2018 at 12:00pm
Dodging in and out of the crowds at Fresher’s Fair, I couldn’t help but be drawn towards a stand for Southampton’s Comedy Festival. Whilst I’m always guaranteed a laugh from an episode of Friends, the idea of a festival full of people who are paid to make you laugh was pretty tempting. And all for the price of £10?
And I wasn’t wrong; this festival was worth every penny and more. Launched this year in Hoglands Park by Comedy Central, this 3-day festival featured some of the biggest names in stand up, including Joel Dommett, Lee Nelson and Russel Kane. The weekend offered headliners, Katherine Ryan, Russel Howard and Jimmy Carr. This experimental stand-up festival took place on 5, 6, 7th October and my boyfriend and I managed to grab tickets for the finale on Sunday.
The park was a short walk from the train station and when we arrived at around 2 o’clock, two hours in, the arena was lifeless. Initially shocked by the lack of people, we used this quietness to take on the challenge of Takeshi’s Castle. The classic Japanese game show had been transformed into an inflatable obstacle course.
Something you should know about me and Harry…we’re pretty competitive. We took the first round to get used to the course and then the second time the rivalry began. I won’t deny that Harry easily smashed me, but we provided such exciting entertainment that the camera guy asked us to do it again. So, back on the course we went, already worn out and sweaty! We had our 15 minutes of fame as we were made to do slides and obstacles again and again. Now time to spot us in what’s probably 10 seconds of air time on Comedy Central TV.
After this intense work out, we went into one of the three tents where we witnessed half an hour of the live game show, Your Face or Mine. We watched intently as Jimmy Carr interrogated a couple, shaggy haired Bobby Mair and Harriet Kemsley. We joined in with our paddles during votes about their looks and questionable relationship. Whilst entertaining, I found the Canadian Bobby getting on my nerves, following on from his cousin, Justin Bieber. Other live shows that were staged were drunk history and roast battle.
We ventured into the main stage tent to witness acts hosted by the energetic humorous Iain Stirling. First up was the outgoing Stephen Bailey who successfully used his sexuality to lay the ground work for many of his jokes. Then we endured 20 minutes of Luisa Omielan swearing. Handling the topics of politics and the bible requires skill and Omielan instead delivered a rant as opposed to making playful references. Thankfully, following on was BGT’s winner Lost Voice Guy, who without ITV’s restrictions pushed the boundaries a bit with his risky jokes and was highly praised.
Comic drag supergroup Denim made an appearance. Whilst we did not watch their act, we saw several parading the festival in mesmerising outfits. For me, AMusical which mixed classic musical hits with comedy was a little bit awkward, causing us to escape.
When it came to the matter of food, there wasn’t much choice. 5 food vans left us disappointed and visitors enraged by the long queues. Luckily, we got our food just in time to get good seats to watch Andrew Maxwell host and introduce both Lee Nelson and Chris Ramsey. Nelson with a new baby played the family man, dropping some of his past chavvy characteristics. But still holding onto it through the cleverly placed security tag on his blazer. Ramsey created humour through his constant dispute with his wife over the stacking of the dishwasher.
To conclude our day, we got to laugh and hide from Jimmy Carr. Known for picking on audience members, I tried to keep a low profile. The poor boy in the front row wasn’t so lucky having mum jokes thrown at him from all angles. But the group doing weed behind us had it coming. His tour currently combining his best jokes ran fluently. His intertwining of swift jokes, grilling of the audience and risqué material means he’s a bit like marmite. But, what good comedian isn’t controversial?
The highlight of the festival for me was Jimmy Carr and his contagious laugh. Whilst the festival might need expanding in terms of seating in the tents, Harry and I certainly got lucky. And for £20 a day or £10 on offer, you can’t really complain. I’d pay that for Jimmy alone.
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Just about to plunge into my 3rd and final year at Bournemouth University, studying English after spending a year abroad in Spain teaching English. Inspired to become a creative writer, whilst travelling the world.
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Listen To Jacques' Live Improvised Album, Recorded In Real-Time On The Lot Radio
'A Lot of Jacques' has arrived!
Mar 17, 2017 | Taylor Irwin
While we've seen some pretty impressive mixing go down on The Lot Radio, French DJ, Jacques, just changed the game completely. We told you last week that the Pain Surprises Records-signee would be creating a live album on the online radio station, providing fans with a livestream of the process. If you tuned in for it, you're already aware how dope this improved set was.
After working with his sound engineer in Paris to fine-tune the songs for a final studio version, the finished project has arrived in all its glory. A Lot of Jacques, which is available now on all streaming services, features 9 tracks and clocks in just under an hour at 57 minutes.
Another cool element? The album artwork was created by a fan, Olivier Baraona, after being hand-selected by the musician himself. Click here to listen to the innovative project, and make sure to track Jacques on Bandsintown so you don't miss him when he comes to your city!
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Sil3 Actuator Control Valves Provide Solutions for Safety Instrumented Systems Builders
Midland-ACS May 08, 2012
o Helps process control designers meet IEC 61508 & 61511 safety standards
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada - Midland-ACS announces that a wide range of its actuator control valve products have undergone third-party assessment to the IEC 61508 functional safety standard, and are now certified to support SIL (safety integrity level) 3 capability. Control valves with this high level of safety integrity are increasingly being specified by process industries to protect personnel and plant, by ensuring fail-safe operation of critical functions such as emergency shutdown. By using SIL3 capable stainless steel valves and actuation controls, designers of safety instrumented systems are able to more easily comply with the risk reduction requirements of the IEC 61508 and 61511 technical safety standards.
As part of the process of attaining IEC 61508 certification, Midland-ACS worked closely with the conformity assessment solutions specialist SIRA. "The certification process is all-embracing," says James Kingham of Midland-ACS. "The first part involved analyzing each valve to component level, evaluating the risk, mode and consequences of failure. The second part comprised a comprehensive audit of company processes, including our engineering, production, quality assurance and sales operations. Obtaining SIL3 capability certification for such a broad range of products is a considerable accolade for Midland-ACS, and we are already submitting low service temperature poppet and spool valves, along with further hydraulic products, for assessment."
The first tranche of products to receive SIL3 capability status include direct-acting solenoid and pilot operated poppet valves, pilot operated spool valves, and a number of pilot operated and direct-acting solenoid hydraulic valves for use in ballast control systems. The introduction of such a diverse range of SIL3 capable products provides designers of pneumatic and hydraulic actuation systems with significant configuration flexibility.
All variants of Midland-ACS' 70 Series direct-acting solenoid 3/2 poppet valves are now certified in accordance with IEC 61508 to have SIL3 support capability. Offering a choice of 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch ports, these valves are designed primarily for actuator control using pneumatic or low-pressure hydraulic media. Two types of solenoid are available, certified to protection classes EExd IIC T6 and T4.
A number of 3/2 body ported poppet valves from Midland-ACS' 1750 Series now support SIL3 capability. These compact pilot air operated valves feature large flow paths to minimize pressure drop. Certified models include standard temperature service (-20 to 180 degrees Celsius) valves with Viton seals, spanning port sizes from 1/4 to 1-1/2 inches, as well as 2- and 3-inch port size valves with Nitrile seals.
The standard temperature service versions of pilot operated 3/2 spool valves from Midland-ACS' 1500 and 1600 Series also now support SIL3 capability. These Viton-sealed valves offer a choice of 1/4 and 1/2 inch port sizes.
Many Midland-ACS hydraulic valve products for ballast control systems are also now certified for SIL3 capability. These include the DN5, DN10 and DN15 Series pilot-operated valves, as well as the DN3 Series direct-acting solenoid valves. All these designs feature an integral balanced piloting system that enables the low-powered solenoid to switch the valve at high pressures. The DN5, 10 and 15 Series products have metal-to-metal seats, while the DN3 Series employs a ceramic ball and a stainless steel seat. The SIL3 capable version of the DN3 offers a stay-put manual override facility, and is available certified for protection classes ExD IIC T6 and T5.
All Midland-ACS products certified to SIL3 capability are supplied complete with copies of the Sira certification, which contains all the information that engineers and designers need to calculate the safety integrity level of the complete system, based on its component parts.
Midland-ACS North America, PO Box 422, Ontario L3M 4H8, Canada. t: (905) 309-1834; f: (905) 309-1835.
Background information on Xylem
Midland-ACS is part of the Flow Control business unit of Xylem. Xylem was established in October 2011 as a spinoff from ITT Corporation. It is a leading global water technology company with operations in more than 150 countries, global 2010 revenues of $3.2 billion, and a shared commitment to making a difference in communities around the world. Xylem is comprised of four business units - Water Solutions, Flow Control, Analytics and Residential and Commercial Water. These units are interconnected to one another, anticipating and reflecting the evolving needs and sharing their applications expertise to cover every stage of the water cycle. The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek, and refers to the supporting tissues that help transport water and nutrients from a plant's roots to its leaves. www.xyleminc.com
Sira is a world leader in the conformity assessment solutions field, specialising in explosion safety of equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX & IECEx) and has been examining products and issuing certificates for over 20 years. A large team of experienced ATEX compliance engineers deliver a flexible and commercial approach to approvals, offering a single point contact for all ATEX compliance and hazardous area requirements. In 2009, Sira became a CSA International company and provides certification to North American requirements. info@siracertification.com; tel +44 (0) 1244 670 900.
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mmahemoff 3 days ago | parent | favorite | on: Show HN: Write a private diary using good old emai...
I use the Gmail "+" hack to mail myself on different topics.
name+ideas@ for app ideas
name+notes@ for random notes
name+writing@ for article ideas
(edit: formatting)
cgs 3 days ago
This is also a fun way to use an email-based coupon multiple times...I have yet to find an instance where this fails validation.
reikonomusha 3 days ago
Isn’t that just an email hack?
timlin 3 days ago
No, not every email server supports it. For example, I know that Office 365 Exchange doesn't support it as I tried it yesterday.
masukomi 3 days ago
that just means Office 365 has a bug in it, not that using that feature is an "email hack"
the plus syntax is part of the email address specification. any server that doesn't support it is by definition buggy because some mail won't work as expected or designed.
Carpetsmoker 3 days ago
I don't believe that "a@" and "a+tag@" being treated as the same address is part of any specification, but I could be mistaken about this.
Many mail servers have a setting to configure which character to use; some default (or used to default?) to "-" instead of "+".
lolc 3 days ago
I think you're talking about just allowing the symbol. The plus sign is an allowed character in the local part in the spec. But mailservers are not required to treat it specially and apparently Exchange doesn't. That seems to be the thrust of the comment you answered to.
newscracker 2 days ago
Tangentially, what's impossible to solve is all the developers out there who build input forms that will not accept an address with a "+" in it and flag it as invalid. They just use a regex that looks for alphabets, numbers, underscores, dots and one @ sign (I've also seen forms that won't accept any TLD other than .com).
pests 3 days ago
The @ is a regular email character that Google happens to treat specially. Same with them disregarding the period character.
Retr0spectrum 3 days ago
No, it's a gmail-specific "feature". Other mail services may also implement it, I guess.
capableweb 3 days ago
Yeah, seems there is enough other services that a RFC (under "Subaddress Extension") has been proposed https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233 Maybe it'll get enough steam.
Edit: doesn't mean everyone will use it though! But guess the plus sign in addresses would be more "email" than just email.
Spivak 3 days ago
It’s nice that they’re trying to standardize it but it’s an impossible standard since you can’t assume that any particular domain adheres to to it so you end up with a whitelist either way.
I guess you're seeing it from the service owners point of view, and in that case it doesn't really matter no? AFAIK, it's for the owners of the email to use the subaddressing, not for others to magically come up and use subaddressing.
So as long as you, the user and owner of an address, know that your domain supports/not supports it, you can use it.
I don't understand who would have to add any allow/blocklists?
Tomte 3 days ago
It is supported by most mail servers, I guess, and at some time nerds all over the world were heavily promoting this scheme.
I know someone who constantly complained that web site X or company Y are stupid, because they don't follow the RFCs, don't know the syntax of mail addresses, because mail validation in web forms often rejected anything with a plus sign.
The correct answer would have been "don't do it then" or maybe "how about configuring your Exim so that instead of '+' you're using '-' as a separator, but I suppose the complaining was a big part of the fun.
Companies don't follow RFCs, as a rule, bc the only mechanism or means of doing so is if the engineering team implementing the product is aware of the relevant RFCs, and can make a case for following them to the product team. (I.M.Exp.)
There's also a generational memory issue here, and I'm not aware of any C.S./C.E. programs that cover RFCs as part of the core curriculum.
I was using this well before gmail even existed; support is not universal, but it's certainly not a "gmail feature".
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A drifter since his teens, Jimmy Dorsett has no home and no hope.
What he does have is a duffel bag, a lot of stories, and a junker car. Then one cold desert night he picks up a hitchhiker and ends up with something more: a letter from a dying man to the son he hasn’t seen in years.On a quest to deliver the letter, Jimmy travels to Rattlesnake, a small town nestled in the foothills of the California Sierras. The centerpiece of the town is the Rattlesnake Inn, where the bartender is handsome former cowboy Shane Little. Sparks fly, and when Jimmy’s car gives up the ghost, Shane gets him a job as handyman at the inn.Both within the community of Rattlesnake and in Shane’s arms, Jimmy finds an unaccustomed peace. But it can’t be a lasting thing. The open road continues to call, and surely Shane—a strong, proud man with a painful past and a difficult present—deserves better than a lying vagabond who can’t stay put for long.
Choices and Changes
gay-for-you
K.L. Belanger - 2013
On the cusp of his twenty-fifth birthday, Bo Sanford grows frustrated with his directionless life.
Slaving away at his father’s construction company all week and partying every weekend leaves him little time for introspection, but he knows it’s time for a change. When his best friend, Mac, drags him to a college party, Bo catches sight of a girl. But not just any girl—the girl of his dreams: a delicate blonde-haired beauty with a pink scarf and a smile that promises warmth and humor. There’s just one problem: she isn’t a girl.Even after Bo discovers the truth, he keeps seeing Erick, and the choice to follow his heart despite the obstacles has profound repercussions on not only his sense of self but his relationship with his family and even his job. Being with Erick makes him all the more determined to be his own man and claw his way out from under his father’s thumb.But Erick faces choices of his own: the choice to get involved with someone redefining his sexuality, the choice to trust again, and even the choice to believe love can last beyond the temporary.
Heidi Cullinan - 2011
Sometimes life requires a partner.Ed Maurer has bounced back, more or less, from the neck injury that permanently benched his semipro football career.
He hates his soul-killing office job, but he loves volunteering at a local community center. The only fly in his ointment is the dance instructor, Laurie Parker, who can’t seem to stay out of his way.Laurie was once one of the most celebrated ballet dancers in the world, but now he volunteers at Halcyon Center to avoid his society mother’s machinations. It would be a perfect escape, except for the oaf of a football player cutting him glares from across the room.When Laurie has a ballroom dancing emergency and Ed stands in as his partner, their perceptions of each other turn upside down. Dancing leads to friendship, being friends leads to becoming lovers, but most important of all, their partnership shows them how to heal the pain of their pasts. Because with every turn across the floor, Ed and Laurie realize the only escape from their personal demons is to keep dancing—together.
Amy Lane - 2014
Dawson Barnes recognizes his world is very small and very charmed.
Running his community college theater like a petty god, he and his best friend, Benji know they'll succeed as stage techs after graduation. His father adores him, Benji would die for him, and Dawson never doubted the safety net of his family, even when life hit him below the belt.But nothing prepared him for falling on Jared Emory's head.Aloof dance superstar Jared is a sweet, vulnerable man and Dawson's life suits him like a fitted ballet slipper. They forge a long-distance romance from their love of the theater and the magic of Denny's. At first it's perfect: Dawson gets periodic visits and nookie from a gorgeous man who “gets” him—and Jared gets respite from the ultra-competitive world of dancing that almost consumed him.That is until Jared shows up sick and desperate and Dawson finally sees the distance between them concealed painful things Jared kept inside. If he doesn’t grow up—and fast—his "superstar" might not survive his own weaknesses. That would be a shame, because the real, fragile Jared that Dawson sees behind the curtain is the person he can see spending his life with.
Riley Hart - 2015
Trevor Dixon has made too many mistakes to count.
Sober for thirteen months, he’s determined to do the right thing: rebuild his relationship with his family, and help his brother get Rock Solid Construction off the ground. Failing them again isn’t an option. Too bad the first estimate Trevor goes on alone is for an uptight doctor with a superiority complex.A hand injury took away the only important thing in Dr. Simon Malone’s life—performing heart surgery. He doesn’t do well with people and has no family, but being a damn good surgeon? He always had that. Now, he doesn’t know who he is. The last thing he wants to deal with is the young construction worker who blows his shot at remodeling Simon’s home.Trevor and Simon form an unlikely friendship. The more time they spend together, the more Trevor starts wondering if maybe Simon’s not as straight—or uptight—as he thought…and maybe Trevor’s new attraction for Simon runs both ways.There are too many reasons they shouldn’t be together: they have little in common, their age difference, Trevor needing to focus on his sobriety…yet there’s something about each other that they just can’t shake. They don’t feel so lost when they’re together. But with their footing so unsteady, forming a relationship that’s rock solid seems impossible. There’s blow after blow, and the last one just might be powerful enough to crack their foundation for good.
Con Riley - 2013
Five years ago, an accident fractured Gabe Cooper’s family.
Believing it was broken beyond repair, Gabe and his best friend Jamie Carlson left Minnesota behind for San Diego sunshine and college. Now another crisis brings Gabe home to help his ailing father, and he finally has to face the guilt that kept him away for so long.Scott Stark also returns to Minnesota, with his young niece and nephew in tow, shouldering new family responsibilities. While Gabe comes to grips with his past, Scott struggles to accept his present role as a substitute parent, caring for two children, each with different needs. As Gabe and Scott get to know each other, reclaiming family life almost seems possible. Only two things stand in the way of love: Gabe’s unresolved relationship with Jamie, and Scott’s plan to leave Minnesota as soon as he can. Both men will have to accept past mistakes if they want to salvage a future together, and time is running out.
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Online Dual Degree Programs
Prospective students considering a career in nursing need to earn a degree in nursing from an accredited institution, obtain licensure, and complete a residency. By earning a dual degree in nursing online, you can increase your professional marketability and earning potential, obtain higher positions, and occupy leadership roles in healthcare facilities. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that nursing careers will grow 15% from 2016-2026. Registered nurses (RNs) earn a median salary of $70,000 per year, while nurses specializing in niche fields can bring in higher salaries.
How Do Dual Degree Nursing Programs Work?
Dual degrees in nursing require twice the coursework and are, therefore, considered more academically rigorous. While curricula include blended coursework in nursing and your other chosen field, these classes often require additional credit hours, assignments, and examinations. To this end, dual-degree programs generally take longer to complete. Students earning their dual degrees online may have the option of accelerating their completion times, but on average, these programs last longer than standard nursing degrees.
Can You Complete a Dual Degree Nursing Program Online?
Most online nursing programs offer clinical and lab opportunities to in-state distance learners with flexible hours that fit their schedule. Students attending school out of state may complete their clinical or internship experience through online laboratory simulations. Finally, some online schools boast agreements with colleges in other states, allowing distance learners from around the country to complete clinical requirements at participating schools.
Types of Dual Degree Programs
MSN/MBA Dual Degree
Earning an MSN/MBA dual degree typically consists of three years of study and results in both an MBA and an MS in nursing. In this program, students may seek skills in clinical nursing with a background in business, or they may desire a career in healthcare management and/or consulting. Classwork parallels that of students seeking individualized degrees in business or nursing.
Admission Requirements: While specific admission requirements vary from school to school, applicants looking to enter an MSN/MBA program need a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Applicants must hold an RN license. Many schools require applicants to submit GRE/GMAT test scores and meet minimum GPA requirements.
Time to Complete: Most students graduate within three years. Some schools may offer part-time enrollment, and many offer accelerated programs to individuals looking to enter the workforce as soon as possible. Other factors that may impact degree completion include clinical hours and additional degree concentrations.
Credits Required: 54-65 credit
Core Courses: Leadership in healthcare facilities, accounting for management control, advanced financial management, and legal financial management
Job Opportunities for Graduates: Director of compliance, chief nursing officer, and director of care management
MSN/MHA Dual Degree
A dual MSN/MHA equips graduates with a master’s degree in nursing and healthcare administration. This degree provides specialized training in leadership, operations, financial management, organizational behavior, law, and ethics of healthcare policies. An MSN represents one of the best degrees for expert-level, patient-centered care, while an MHA accommodates those looking to advance administrative practices in healthcare. Graduates of a dual MSN/MHA are prepared for administrative roles in any healthcare facility.
Admission Requirements: To apply to any MSN/MHA dual degree program, students must possess an up-to-date RN license and meet any undergraduate GPA requirements, which, along with prior work experience, vary from school to school. Some schools may accept applications from students with a bachelor’s degree in areas other than healthcare/nursing, but most institutions seek students with several years of experience in nursing. GMAT/GRE test scores are not usually required for admission.
Time to Complete: The duration of an online degree differs among institutions. While each school offers some variance in course load and credit requirements, the fundamental curriculum remains the same. Most students enrolled full time graduate within three years. Online learning allows the flexibility to enroll part time, with many schools also offering the opportunity for students to accelerate their degree.
Credits Required: 50-65 credits
Core Courses: Operations management, leadership development, ethics in healthcare services, economics in healthcare, marketing.
Job Opportunities for Graduates: Hospital administrator, director of hospital administration, clinical nurse manager, and advanced hospitalist.
MSN/MPH Dual Degree
An MSN/MPH dual degree targets those who desire an MS in nursing and a master in public health. This degree covers advanced topics in clinical nursing, nursing theory, and healthcare services for low- and high-risk populations. Graduates develop healthcare service plans for public and private sectors and learn advanced management for careers as directors of public healthcare facilities and programs.
Admission Requirements: To apply, students must possess a current license as an RN and a bachelor’s degree in any field, though many schools prefer undergraduate coursework in healthcare/nursing. Minimum GPA and test score requirements vary, but most institutions require an average GPA of 3.0 for undergraduate study. GMAT/GRE scores are not typically required for admission, but some schools weigh these scores in exchange for a low GPA.
Time to Complete: Students can complete most MSN/MPH degrees within two to three years. Students who opt for part-time enrollment may graduate in as many as five to six years. Online programs in an accelerated format allow students to earn their degrees quickly.
Core Courses: Philosophical, theoretical, and ethical nursing basics; healthcare for advanced practice nursing; program development and evaluation in healthcare; population-based public nursing; and the research process of evidence-based practice.
Job Opportunities for Graduates: Public health nurse, public health educator, disaster specialist, managed care administrator, health services analyst, and public health scientist.
MSN/MPA Dual Degree
Graduates with an MSN/MPA earn a master’s degree in nursing and a master’s in public administration. This dual degree nursing program online targets nurses who want to manage a nonprofit or public organization related to nursing and healthcare. Students learn how to implement and manage government programs and how to drive institutional change. Coursework typically includes classes in nonprofit finance, human resources, law, ethics, and communication.
Admission Requirements: Applicants must be currently licensed as registered nurses. Some programs accept applications from students with a two-year degree, but most schools require a minimum of a bachelor’s. Students with an undergraduate degree in an area other than nursing need to submit work experience in healthcare as part of his or her application. Typically, a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for admission to any MSN/MPA degree, but schools may waive GPA requirements for students with enough professional experience or high test scores.
Time to Complete: Most students graduate with their MSN/MPA dual degree within three years. Online programs allow enrollment flexibility by offering part-time and accelerated class formats. Distance learners enrolled in an accelerated program may graduate in as few as two years. Students who opt for a concentration need to complete additional credit hours and will likely graduate in more than three years.
Core Courses: Advanced nursing research, economic analysis and public policy, policy analysis, health politics and policy making, health promotion and disease prevention.
Job Opportunities for Graduates: Development officer, financial officer, hospital administrator, nonprofit director.
Should I Pursue a Dual Degree in Nursing?
Students looking to earn an online dual degree in nursing must complete relevant undergraduate coursework and obtain licensure as an RN. Graduates with a dual degree in nursing and administration can advance their career prospects by learning multiple sides of the healthcare industry. While completing an online dual degree nursing program, many students continue to work while preparing to take on leadership roles immediately upon graduating — increasing both their job prospects and salary potential. Graduate coursework, while rigorous, prepares students for leadership roles in the healthcare industry.
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The NVF’s #22pushups Campaign for Veteran Suicide Prevention
By Bill Morgan | August 6, 2019
Support the National Veterans Foundation’s efforts raise awareness and support for Veteran Suicide Prevention! Take the challenge. Support the NVF #22pushups team, donate $22 to support the campaign. Get your friends and family to sponsor my #22pushups challenge with a donation of $22. Join these people in supporting the NVF’s #22pushups Campaign for Veteran Suicide Prevention…
Model Program for Homeless Vets Shut Down
By Shad Meshad | April 12, 2019 | 0
Nothing to be proud of—Los Angeles County has the highest percentage of homeless vets in the nation. Still. So, can somebody please explain why a successful program to take in homeless men and women veterans is being shut down? That’s right. Shut down. Vets forced out of housing and treatment. After six successful years taking…
It’s Time to Free Vietnam Veteran James "Sneaky" White
By Bill Morgan | March 27, 2018 | 0
National Veterans Foundation President & Founder Shad Meshad has been working for decades on a pardon case here in California, the 44-year imprisonment of James “Sneaky” White, one of the most decorated chopper pilots of the Vietnam War. The Jewish News of Northern California recently published a terrific and thorough article on James White and…
It's Time to Free Vietnam Veteran James "Sneaky" White
A Legacy of Silence
By Shad Meshad | February 28, 2018 | 3
Recently a vet I know called me about his brother. They both served in Iraq, at different times. One brother’s transition back into civilian life went, if not easily, then smoothly. He was soon back into his family, work, and community. Not so for his brother, who’d missed out on the support programs that were…
Keyword: Collaboration NVF Partners with the Soldiers Project
By Bill Morgan | November 5, 2017 | 0
The NVF is pleased to be collaborating with the Soldiers Project, a non-profit that provides free counseling to Post 9/11 veterans and their loved ones. It’s a natural match. Our Lifeline for Vets callers range from requests for information to complex situations that call for therapy. It’s a great resource for our counselors to offer…
Almost a Statistic: A Woman Vet Looks to the VA for Treatment
By Shad Meshad | October 26, 2017 | 0
When he found his wife in their house, she asked for his forgiveness. She’d taken 50 pills in an attempted suicide. Pure chance that he found her so soon after she’d swallowed those pills. They would have killed her if they’d had time to metabolize. Both husband and wife are Navy veterans. He called 911…
Justice for All Veterans
By Shad Meshad | September 11, 2017 | 0
Last month, CBS Sunday Morning ran a story by Lee Cowen about public defenders and their caseloads. Cowen interviewed Rhonda Covington, the only public defender in her judicial district of a thousand square miles. Covington’s case load is 500-600 cases a year. The American Bar Association’s standard is 150 per year. My ears perked up…
Memorial Day Newsletter
By Bill Morgan | May 25, 2017
THE NVF NEWS The Lifeline For America’s Veterans SERVING OUR VETERANS CELEBRATING 29 YEARS Memorial Day 2017 NVF Gives Away 24,000 New Lands’ End Clothes to Vets On February 3, Veterans began lining up at 8:00 AM at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) in West Los Angeles. VA staff and volunteers set…
Shad Meshad Interview on Veteran Readjustment Challenges – Shade 45 SiriusXM Radio
By Bill Morgan | March 3, 2017
National Veterans Foundation Founder and President Shad Meshad was interviewed by Jude Angelini on Shade 45 SiriusXM Radio on March 1 about the readjustment challenges many Veterans face. The interview deals with the readjustment challenges Veterans deal with when they return home from war and the military, including PTSD, military sexual trauma, Veteran suicide and the services…
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Young Masters – Soloists’ Concert
A concert by gifted students from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna in cooperation with the Johann Sebastian Bach-Musikschule, together with the Franz Schmidt Chamber Orchestra.
The cream of the Young Masters Programme perform as soloists in works by Mozart, Beethoven and other composers.
Tickets: € 10; Children and students: free admission
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In the cold depths of midwinter, here’s a clever, three-part session to warm your heart and improve your health and wellbei...
As part of its 20th jubilee celebrations, the Vienna-based Stevan Mokranjac Serbian Cultural Association gives us a glimpse i...
This tale of a journey to meet the baby Jesus is both funny and profound. An actor sets out with a number of questions on his...
Two modern-day stars of stage and television take us back to those wild years of the 1920s. They offer us a glimpse into cont...
Unfortunately we have had to cancel this event. If you have bought tickets, please contact us via tickets@muth.at or teleph...
This concert brings together a string orchestra from Cincinnati, USA with a Taiwanese choir for children and young people. ...
Time for a cello lesson. But – what does it sound like? And what should it really sound like? Eventually the instrument sta...
An evening that will leave the listener speechless, in the proper sense of the word. From child refugee to concert pianist...
A feast of fiddlers: MuTh brings together two highly popular ensembles, namely the Steude Quartet and the Minetti Quartet, fo...
This concert showcases hits from the musicals about making our way in the world, including the thought of having one big chan...
“This is a project that’s really close to my heart. It stems from my love of good old jazz and swing, and my admiration f...
PARADE is based on the legendary collaboration that took place in Paris between Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso and Erik Satie in...
The concert’s first half features a choir and an orchestra from Perth in Australia. The programme includes a mix of music t...
Come along and hear the hippest, funkiest grooves, with swinging jazz and fusion at its finest; the familiar and the unknown,...
A whimsical journey in pursuit of virtuosity Florian Krumpöck plays two of Beethoven’s best-known piano sonatas, the “Pa...
We enter the contradictory universe of “the Utopian composer”. Florian Krumpöck and Wolfram Berger present a portrait of...
Boe Bovery, the tough captain of a dilapidated pirate ship, sets sail in search of gold, along with her crazy crew . With her...
Music from Vienna’s foremost young performers in the 6-19 age group. The 2019 prima la musica competition for young musi...
“Raue Einstellungsbilder (Exhibition sketches) – Reloaded!” is Clara Frühstück’s updated interpretation of her 2009...
The tiniest flame can drive away the deepest darkness. That is the core of the story in this World Music musical by a group o...
This year’s Lions Club Gala Concert features aspiring musicians from the “Young Masters Ensemble“, performing a fine se...
This concert brings together one choir from Brazil and three from Australia. The focus is on 20th century vocal music in all ...
Austrian debut performance. It gives us great pleasure to invite you to our next Albanian Cultural Festival in Austria event ...
“Mirror, mirror on the wall ...”. This is the story of the young princess whose wicked stepmother is jealous of her beaut...
The final chorus of this piece speaks of “Magic weaved through sound”; and sure enough, this beguiling music keeps leadin...
Wonderful dreams, and then a rude awakening. This sequence dominates the four evenings of the Steude Quartet’s concert cycl...
This colourful guest performance is a treat for the eyes and the ears. Students and teaching staff from Northwest Minzu Unive...
Six different groups of musicians, working in very different genres, perform compositions by Maestro Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007)....
In this concert, the Symphony Orchestra of St. Paul’s Secondary School, a school for girls in Hong Kong, meets a mixed choi...
The Superar association provides free-of-charge access to high-quality musical sponsorship. We work closely with professional...
The clarinet has always been a virtuoso instrument. Or, put more accurately, an instrument played by virtuoso musicians. Dani...
NAI is a multi-cultural oriental orchestra composed of refugees from Syria and other Arab states, playing alongside friends f...
No to be missed: the spirited playing of the Alcazar Salon Orchestra brings all the golden glamour of the 1920s and 1930s to ...
In 2017, Leonhard Leeb was invited to perform in China as part of the International Culture Cooperation initiative. He presen...
“The clarinet is the instrument that comes closest to the human voice”, said Mozart. Blending voice and clarinet in a cha...
At one time, every civic achievement – from the beginning of democracy to the end of slavery – was a utopian ideal. Recen...
A stroll down the lanes of pop history. The programme mainly features a cappella arrangements and beatbox performances. In ho...
MuTh is once again the place to be for dance fans, as we play host to Vienna’s international accessible dance festival. On ...
Together with three colleagues from the “Philharmonix” ensemble, Daniel Ottensamer has designed a purely classical evenin...
Vienna International Arts Festival is a festival to celebrate dance and music together within one week in the city of music -...
A production by the High School Senior Class of the Vienna Boys' Choir Having a vision can have a variety of meanings: int...
As part of the 2019 World Peace Choral Festival, children’s choirs and youth choirs from Asia, Europe and elsewhere all com...
For the Austrian cult group “Aniada a Noar“ (whose name in the original sounds like “Every one an idiot”), music is t...
Expect a fine evening with a wide range of music, held to raise funds for Vienna Rotary Club scholarship holders in Bosnia an...
After completing his String Quartet Opus 111, and having been strongly supported by Robert Schumann in his youth, Johannes Br...
Whoa, whoa ...reindeers halt! Let me introduce Lars and Sven, my reindeers. They’re pretty cool, aren’t they? They pull m...
The Vienna Boys' Choir launch MuTh into the pre-Christmas spirit, performing a bright, kaleidoscopic programme alongside top-...
In MuTh, the Musiksalon has found an interesting home where music-minded friends can discuss and debate. Once again in 2017, ...
The well-balanced interplay of eight string instruments: this must be among the finest things that chamber music has to offer...
On December 9th, MuTh will be five years old. A splendid occasion to celebrate! Artists and audience alike will be celebra...
Chorus Juventus perform a programme of selected Romantic pieces, presenting us with a glorious richness of sounds. They lead ...
The civil war in Liberia raged for fourteen years. The country’s population suffered greatly, and witnessed all the horrifi...
Europe’s finest mind-readers work their magic — illusions that are impossible to explain! Mind-reading and clairvoyanc...
Chorus Juventus present Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria in D for Vocal soloists, choir and orchestra. This oratorio is complemen...
The Vienna Boys' Choir invite you to our traditional Open Day. This year features musical games and “music posts”, with t...
“Meine Preise” was first published in 2009 Thomas Bernhard completed the manuscript in 1980, but the book was not publish...
The Steude Quartet resume performing, here at MuTh! This season, enjoy the sound of Viennese strings at their finest with the...
This season Gottlieb Wallisch has succeeded in signing up some rather special musical partners for his “Brahms +” cycle: ...
Once there was a marvellous band, a complete one-off, by the name of Café Drechsler: AND NOW THEY’RE BACK! Years ago Alex ...
NAI Orchestra / Leader: Orwa Alshoofi / Conductor: Aeman Hlal The NAI is a multicultural Middle Eastern orchestra composed o...
An unforgettable New Year concert. Matthias Schorn promises some lively entertainment with highlights from “Schorny spielt ...
Returning to MuTh after the sensational success of previous years. Treat yourself to an exhilarating evening, full of laughte...
A comical hero heads out into the world. He vanquishes giants, defeats wild boar and conquers a unicorn. Because of this, he ...
An ode to Schiller. The literary legacy of Friedrich von Schiller is considered one of the most precious jewels in German-spe...
Poetry and literature are held in particularly high esteem in some Eastern cultures, and the language itself often has musica...
The first concert in this cycle opens with a piece by the “inventor” of the string quartet; Op. 77 No. 2 is the last comp...
On this occasion Vahid Khadem-Missagh can be heard with his youngest sister Dorothy, who has established herself as one of th...
A meeting between two related genres. Lavant’s lyricism and the fragile musicality of her language combine with the song-li...
Pure suspense! Over the thirteen years of its existence Kriminacht has grown into a firm favourite. It sets the standard for ...
Designed with children and young people in mind by the prizewinners of the 2018 Franz Schubert piano competition. On August ...
This version of the fairy tale opera has been abridged and adapted for children. Pupils from the Vienna Boys' Choir High Scho...
In the second half of the 20th century, Xaver Meyer was one of the most prominent individuals in the choral and musical lands...
In his settings of scenes from Hamlet, Berlioz used voices in an unusual way, and in an equally unusual configuration. The ...
The FLAUTissimO! flute ensemble (conductor: Fereshteh Rahbari), the Junior Blasorchester (Junior Wind Orchestra, conductor: F...
In 1498, when Emperor Maximilian I moved his court music ensemble to Vienna and decreed that the musicians should include si...
The idiosyncratic sounds of Bernhard Gander and Gerald Resch are followed by Ferdinand Schmalz’s writing, literature which ...
This is the very first production by “Augentheater der Zukunft”, a theatre group founded by 17 year-old Sebastian Kranner...
Shepherds play an important part in the Christmas story; their faith, their dignity and their constancy have been greatly pra...
Hillary the witch enters a radio competition and wins two tickets for the opera. She is extremely pleased with her prize — ...
liszt trio wien is an Austrian ensemble whose members are well versed in the virtuoso trio repertoire. They make their debut ...
Tango for all the senses! Dancer and choreographer Cornelia Voglmayr translates the exhilarating sounds of Astor Piazzolla in...
The art of whistling musical pieces — an art which is virtually unknown today — first came to prominence in the 19th cent...
Dvorak and Brahms were composers who, far more than most, infused their works with elements of folk music. They incorporated ...
Following last season’s success, the Innehalten series makes a welcome return! Sacred music has always been an essential p...
Following last season’s success, the Innehalten series makes a welcome return! Sacred music has always been an essential...
Vahid Khadem-Missagh takes over the artistic direction of the renowned festival orchestra in this, its 40th year. He has effe...
In the first part of the concert, the Roland Batik Trio will perform tracks from their new CD “Pinacolada”. In the second...
This magical time before Christmas: Advent songs, Christmas poems and stories performed by the Kärntner Singgemeinschaft in ...
The Vienna Boys' Choir on Tour When the Vienna Boys' Choir goes on tour nowadays, what’s it like? What impressions linger,...
Formed in 1984 as “Ensemble 5 Wien”, the group comprises Vienna-trained pianist Yoko Fog-Urata; French violin virtuoso Re...
It really feels like Christmas when Adi Hirschal and his companions invite you to join them in celebrating the best time of t...
The Atyrau Regional Philharmonic presents a gala concert by the “Naryn” orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments. The orche...
Hard to believe that this is our third season! At each try-out session we rehearse excerpts from two previously unseen works...
Barbara Moser and Thomas Albertus Irnberger demonstrate that the work of some female composers stands equal to that of even t...
Following performances of Johannes Brahms’ chamber music for clarinet and cello, Markus Schirmer now turns his attention to...
The young performers of SHOWTIME lead us off on a musical journey, with rousing songs about life. Musical Director: Ariana...
An evening of duets, ranging from Monteverdi to the works of Offenbach. How can true love overcome? In pursuit of this eterna...
Medea — a woman torn between vengeance and love, escape and banishment, a woman who is both healer and murderess. G. F. Ben...
Pianist Clara Frühstück and choreographer Philippe Riéra (SUPERAMAS) invite you to experience a performance in which two d...
Arguably, change and transformation (“metamorphoses”) are key elements of any great composition, as a general rule. It to...
Barcelino, the mascot of the Vienna Boys' Choir Primary School, was left behind by mistake on the last tour of Australia. Chi...
“Keep moving" could be the catchword for this programme. It starts in Russia with Tchaikovsky's dance fantasies, then trave...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed countless musical hits. He was a child prodigy, and the rock star of his day. Mozart set him...
Both Mozart and Ravel completely mastered the skill of bringing out the individual sound characteristics of different instrum...
An actor tells the story of Christmas in a fresh new way. Expect excitement, humour and suspense as Julian Loidl guides us th...
To celebrate the Vienna Boys' Choir Concert Hall’s fifth birthday, this year’s Ö1 Klassik Treffpunkt is being held at Mu...
The interior dialogue between voice and violin allows us to peer deep into the souls of those two great composers Mozart and ...
with: Wiener Jüdischer Chor (Jewish Choir of Vienna)/ Oberkantor Shmuel Barzilai / Doron Rabinovici / Bilder by Dvora Barzi...
A left hook! The full force of Astor Piazzolla’s fist lands on his opponent’s chin. This in broad daylight, right in the ...
Peter Weck is a favourite with audiences right across the German-speaking realm: acting legend, director, producer, theatre d...
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Claude Debussy, as well as new compositions by Roland Batik In th...
This event has been postponed until Sunday 17th December 2017. Ladies and gentlemen, Due to sickness, the production by...
On this occasion Markus Schirmer has invited a brilliant young ensemble to join him. Not only does the evening represent his ...
They first came together on stage in the run-up to Christmas last year, and they clicked straight away. This was the start of...
Why did Franz Schubert set so many scenes from Goethe’s “Faust” to music? Was he perhaps considering writing a Faust op...
Stand back as students from the mdw Department of Piano light some spectacular musical fireworks, performing selections from ...
Here is a collection of classical ballets and modern original works created by the all-star cast of Liaoning ballet. This wil...
What happens when a group of children, acting on their own initiative, set out to create their own opera? We follow the progr...
“Singing Clubs” were a regular feature of English social life during the early 17th century. In coffee houses and hostelr...
A homage to the Judeo-Christian tradition of prayer and song: Jewish Old Testament religious songs and early Christian Gregor...
“La Chanson” draws its inspiration from Timna Brauer’s close and long-standing ties with France, where she spent seven ...
A fairy tale: how planet Earth was bewitched, and how the spell was lifted. On the centenary of composer Gottfried Einem (...
A Cellissimo concert Pure cello! Cellist Stefan Kropfitsch, Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienn...
Whether turning Bach into elegant jazz, singing refined choral versions of the Beatles, or soothing their audience with a sen...
Cult music with real class! These five professionally trained Swedish voices are now legends, having been recognised as pione...
An exceptional evening beckons in the form of an exclusive violin recital by Volkhard Steude. Piano accompaniment is provided...
An evening of Lieder and visual art; a benefit event in aid of Arbeiter-Samariterbund (social charity association) Sculptu...
Sculptures in wood by the artist Markus Treml are set against Lieder by Ludwig van Beethoven, Hugo Wolf, Wolfgang Korngold, F...
A lively morning's entertainment with Andrea Eckert, Peter Edelmann, Chief Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg, Roman Grinberg, Franz ...
Enjoy an evening which promises not just exhilarating rhythms, but space for reflection as well. Join us on a voyage straight...
Alban Berg’s Opus 3 has been part of the Minetti Quartet’s repertoire since their early days. Over the intervening years...
The programme features Mozart’s Sonata in D major for Two Pianos — a piece constructed on a monumental scale — and Rav...
Wilhelm Sinkovicz, the “Presse” chief music critic, talks about highlights from the forthcoming programme and draws conne...
The Ö1 Musiksalon celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2016. To mark the occasion, a special concert – which departs from t...
A gold rush at MuTh! The con fuoco chamber orchestra and Svetoslav Borisov have started to mine for gold among Vienna’s lo...
Under the musical direction of Kapellmeister Christian Schranz, Post und Telekom Musik Wien play wind music of the highest st...
With works ranging from Mozart to Arvo Pärt and from Schumann to Astor Piazzolla, the listener finds himself drawn by the fa...
The Wiener Tonkunstvereinigung (Vienna Musical Arts Society) celebrates its 50th anniversary with a gala concert. Wiener Tonk...
Supporting the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) KS Wolfgang Bankl / Zoryana Kushpler / Herbert Lippert /C...
Philharmonia APA—20 talented graduates of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts returns to Hong Kong—Vienna Music Fes...
Based loosely on the picture book “Das Biest des Monsieur Racine” (Mr Racine’s Creature) by Tomi Ungerer recreated by t...
Alcina lives on an enchanting, magical island. But she is rarely alone, as ships often fetch up stranded on the shore. The ma...
The players are mostly middle school and high school students who are not studying music as a curriculum subject, but enjoy m...
At the end of their training, students from the Contemporary and Classical Dance degree course at the Music and Arts Universi...
“Sterben werd’ ich, um zu leben!” (I must die, in order to live!) pronounces the choir steadfastly in the solemn E flat...
Mozart and Beethoven were two of the greatest composers of the First Viennese School, and today they remain the period’s fo...
The Vienna Boys' Choir invite you to our traditional Open Day. There will be tours of the building and grounds for all tho...
The Vienna Boys’ Choir has a history that goes back over 500 years. We are an international organisation with our roots in ...
Pupils from the Académie de Danse Vienne demonstrate their talents at this year’s ballet gala. Young talents from many cou...
Five male singers, around 150 songs and a group that’s been together for 16 years: basta are back, as entertaining as alway...
Volkhard Steude has been Concertmaster of the Wiener Staatsoper orchestra since November 1994, as well as Concertmaster of th...
From Vivaldi to Cherubini, from motets to opera, from “Volare” to “The Pink Panther” – the Vienna Boys' Choir and t...
ICEP is an Austrian independent development organisation. ICEP advises businesses and partner organisations in developing cou...
The Institute for Popular Music, part of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, covers a wide range of musical ...
A concert with a moderator, by the Burgenland Youth Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Ferdinand B...
“When opera takes an erotic turn, there’s always a cello on hand!” (Siegfried Palm) There is hardly any other instrume...
The EBGP is an international ballet and contemporary dance competition. As well as featuring established, invited artists, it...
Soon the Year of the Cockerel gets underway in China. To mark the occasion, on 2nd February 2017 a Chinese New Year Concert i...
Franz Schubert and the folk song In this programme, Chorus Viennensis, together with the young Viennese duo “Ramsch und Ro...
The tale of Chun Hyang is Korea’s best-loved story. It dates back to around 1800, and tells of the love between Chun Hyang,...
A homage to Franz von Suppé Debut concert by the “con fuoco” chamber orchestra Gold rush at MuTh! The con fuoco chambe...
In the jungle — as in school, or any other walk of life— all sorts of “wild animals” abound and interact. Some eat me...
Performing self-penned songs as well as covers, former Vienna Boy Choristers David Maresch and Yoonsang Cho (a.k.a. Fuli) tak...
Suffering is as old as humanity itself: and so is hypochondria! This year the Wiener Kindertheater Ensemble brings Molière�...
A ballad extravaganza, both serious and jovial. With Erich Schleyer, and texts by Friedrich Schiller. Tickets: €25 / Stu...
Take a trip from Venice to Rio, in the company of the Auner Quartet. The route takes us from Niccolo Paganini to Heitor Villa...
What happens when a baron decides he doesn’t want to marry the bride his father has found for him? He runs away — far awa...
Von Franz Schubert, Liederzyklus D 795 Der Schauspieler Peter Matić und der Bariton Georg Lehner interpretieren, begleitet ...
Struwelpeter is as an example of the “deterrence” approach to raising children that was used in times past. But what sort...
The goal of the Armel Opera Festival, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, is to promote contemporary opera and ...
The Philharmonische Trio perform both as individuals and as an ensemble, playing three of the most illustrious instruments th...
Lieder are nothing less than great drama expressed in a compact lyrical format. Indeed, Wagner, Strauss and Grieg are often s...
With Cornelia Horak, Günter Haumer, Creation 4.5 and the TU Orchester under the musical direction of Juan Sebástian Acosta....
Storytime with an operatic flavour - or opera with a fairy-tale flavour - for the whole family Let’s imagine that Haydn co...
Zoltán Kodály and Werner Pirchner were masters of the art of creating an entire soundworld using just a few instruments. Fo...
Seldom-heard Viennese classics, performed as part of the second series of concerts by the con fuoco chamber orchestra. Solois...
Presented by: dice (association for the promotion of Spanish culture) Let yourself be carried away by some of Spain’s best...
Erika Pluhar and Klaus Trabitsch have collaborated to produce two CDs — “I gib net auf” and “Lieder vom Himmel und de...
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Mahler’s Third: his great apotheosis on the multiple levels of Creation – with the final m...
The first EBGP (European Ballet Grand Prix) will be held between 8th and 10th February. This is an international competition ...
Our “Friday Afternoons” series, named after Benjamin Britten’s gently ironic song cycle, has been running since 2012. F...
Spritbuam comprises three former Vienna Boys' Choir choristers and a virtuoso tuba soloist. They have a personable, open-hear...
In this three-day festival, Gottlieb Wallisch, together with friends from the ranks of the the Vienna Philharmonic, pays homa...
In this three-day festival, Gottlieb Wallisch, together with friends from the ranks of the Vienna Philharmonic, pays homage t...
A musical fairy tale in three scenes �...
Steps to Parnassus: the route to the mountaintop - Chopin’s 27 piano etudes performed on a single evening by students from ...
Passion! Romanticism from the Horizon Youth Orchestra, with music by Mendelssohn, Liszt and Brahms. Felix Mendelssohn “...
Tord Gustavsen (ECM Records) is a Norwegian pianist and a master of his craft. He and Ulrich Drechsler have been collaboratin...
WHEN IT COMES TO ART, EVERYONE IS EQUAL! In 2008, the I Dance company called for real inclusion on the stages of this city...
This event is part of the 2017 Festival of Jewish Culture In their programme “Ich bin ein Durchschnitts Wiener” (based...
H.C. Artmann: “Med ana schwoazzn Dintn” In the years since 1958, when Artmann’s first book came out – a collection o...
“Around the World in Eighty Days” is based on the famous novel by Jules Verne. The Vienna Boys' Choir use music to tell t...
To tie in with Shen Yun Performing Arts’ premiere appearance at the Burgtheater of on 5th and 6th May, the actress Libga...
They have been singing masses and motets in Vienna’s Hofburgkapelle for more than 500 years – a repertoire which ranges f...
Back again after last year’s success! They have been singing masses and motets in Vienna’s Hofburgkapelle for more than 5...
In the final Innehalten (A Moment's Pause) concert in the current season, the Vienna Boys' Choir, together with Olympic champ...
To commemorate 60 years since diplomatic relations were first established between Austria and Albania, and on the occasion of...
Already well-established on the international music scene, the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition — now i...
Did you know Josefinchen? No? Come along with us. It’s not far. Just a short hop across one of nature’s diversions. Ok �...
This musical evening features appearances by international prizewinners and soloists from the world’s leading opera houses ...
Under the baton of their chief conductor, the Brno-based Moravian virtuosos start their programme with a piece by Jan Václav...
Based very loosely on the work of Johann Nepomuk Nestroy Justus Neumann comes to Vienna for the last time! Australia has b...
The Vienna Boys' Choir is a leading exporter. Even back in the days of the Emperor Maximilian, travelling and performing in f...
The Akademischer Orchesterverein Wien is one of Vienna’s most celebrated amateur orchestras, with a rich tradition dating b...
Sections of Korea’s largest choir make their very first appearance in Austria with the Grazer Kammerorchester, accompanied ...
Our taster sessions are now in their second season. Twenty previously unseen pieces of musical theatre were submitted in the ...
Once again, we are presenting two new pieces of musical theatre, performed as musical read-throughs: “Stephanie”, an oper...
Once again, we are presenting two new pieces of musical theatre, performed as musical read-throughs: “Bel Ami”, a musical...
At this, our eighth try-out session, we present the following two new pieces of musical theatre: THE VIRTUAL MIRROR – The ...
When Heilwig Pfanzelter recites Christmas stories, she creates a spellbinding, magical world. No-one has ever heard these won...
The Eggner Trio make their first appearance at MuTh, bringing Haydn’s humour and sheer joy to the stage, as well as Dvorak�...
Eva-Maria Riedl, Christian Scholl and Eduard Kutrowatz have constructed an atmospheric hour-long programme on the theme of �...
Culture is that which man produces from his own design, whether it’s music, art or simply maintaining old traditions. The K...
Gitarrissima are five young guitarists from Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Japan and Austria. Their sensitive interpretations, th...
With Raphael Flieder, Daniel Froschauer, Maximilian Flieder, Wiener Sängerknaben, Julia Stemberger, Markus Hering, Oliver Ar...
In “13 Monaten” through “Dr Erich Kästner’s lyrische Hausapotheke”. Actor Wolfram Berger and pianist Markus Schirm...
Well-known for their lively style of playing, Tanzgeiger present a performance of the music which accompanies all of us – y...
Markus Schirmer, the stand-out Austrian pianist, sets out on a journey into the wonderful realm of the German Romantic – th...
“Astonishing. Amazing. Mystifying.” Lucca does not claim any supernatural powers, yet he makes it seem that the impossib...
Energetic, versatile and engaging The Marc Aurel Quartet was formed in summer 2016, and is now one of Austria’s foremost em...
“You can’t do that!” - a new programme Four amazing voices. Entertainment, served with a dash of wit - and often a h...
Has there ever been a time when the musical language was as rich and varied as it seems to is today? The premiere of an orato...
This installation highlights the connections between Mozart and the statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin....
Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas represent milestones in the piano / violin duo literature. In our 2016/17 season, Christian ...
We regret that we have had to cancel this "MuTh zum Sport" event. ...
Sport at MuTh 5 (MuTh zum Sport) 5 Unfortunately, September’s Sport at MuTh 5 has had to be cancelled. The next fixture...
-- We regret that we have had to cancel this MuTh zum Sport event. ...
Mothers do a great deal for their families, and much of it goes unnoticed. Mothers’ Day is a time to celebrate mothers, and...
From Almschroa to Fiakermilli, yodelling is a real art. Like our much-loved traditional folk songs, yodelling was born in the...
Chorus Viennensis, together with the sought-after pianist and Liszt specialist Eduard Kutrowatz, presents a romantic programm...
Listen, and you’ll be amazed! It’s time the Christmas story was retold in a different way. It’s the same here now in Vi...
“OK then! Take care! See you back here in another 20 years!” It’s two decades since Breinschmid and Schulz packed their...
Our “Nordlichter” (Northern Lights) cycle invites you to see some of the wonders of the contemporary music firmament. The...
From the lowest forms of meanness, to humankind’s potential for evil on an apocalyptic scale: texts by Nestroy and Kraus se...
This year the Ö1 Musiksalon is celebrating its tenth anniversary. To mark the occasion, on 27th October the event relinquish...
Free workshop on the play “In 80 Tagen um die Welt” (Around the world in 80 days). In this free workshop Birgit Reitho...
Prizewinners’ concert The high point of this year’s prima la musica youth music festival is the prizewinners’ concer...
Paganini fell out of favour … and how many parents since then have been tortured by the screeching sounds emanating from th...
The Orchester Wiener Akademie renders the authentic, original sound of Beethoven’s music, performing in settings where it w...
The Young Masters programme is an open scheme to promote particularly enthusiastic young talents from the University of Music...
Trio for violin, cello and piano in B flat major, op. 99, D 898 Trio for violin, cello and piano in E flat, Op. 100, D 929 F...
Schubert and Brahms – two all-round musical geniuses who produced Lieder, symphonies, major works for piano and important c...
A South African love of life and colourful, flowing costumes, blended with exceptional singing - that’s the Soweto Gospel C...
From the novella “Wir töten Stella” (We Murder Stella) by Marlen Haushofer Music by Johann Sebastian Bach In her acclai...
Vahid Khadem-Missagh presents his amusing, eventful story about the concert violin. A little violin called STRADIVAHID is bor...
Streicherphilharmonie Wien performs Tchaikovsky's world-famous “Nutcracker” in an arrangement by Marius Bazu. This evenin...
If you listen to the sounds of Persian Sufi music, time and space seem to dissolve! For the Sufis, music is the medium which ...
TrioVanBeethoven pays homage to the composer whose name they bear. Over the course of three concerts, the renowned Austrian p...
This is the final Chorus Juventus production of the 2016 / 2017 season. The evening can be summed up in the following few wor...
They are now known throughout Austria, in Germany and in Italy: the eight vocal talents that comprise VieVox, all of them for...
IVRPA Members' Annual Conference / Media producers, artists and developers concerned with Virtual Reality are welcome to atte...
This is the first cooperation between Musikgymnasium Linz (Linz Secondary School) and the Vienna Boys' Choir Chorus Juventus....
With Herbert Lippert, KS Ildiko Raimondi, Joesi Prokopetz and Philharmonia Schrammeln Alongside the established forms of a...
Young singers come together — not just to compete, but also to sing together. These are children and youngsters who love si...
An evening of great variety with the Vienna Boys' Choir and leading artists from the worlds of music and theatre. The proceed...
The annual end-of-year Young Masters concert at MuTh enables some of the programme’s young players to gain all-important so...
The “Presse” music salon is now in its fifteenth year. An interesting new location has been selected this year: the venue...
Superar, transcending (borders), surpassing (themselves) Just as they did in 2015, Superar will round off the school year wi...
Choirs from various primary schools, the Superar Orchestra, the Superar Youth Choir and the “Back on Stage” youth choir c...
“Refugees Welcome”“ is the title of the benefit concert which the Vienna Boys’ Choir, before setting off for the Far ...
#werther tells Goethe’s classic tale of love and suffering, re-worked for a new generation. The original text has been brou...
For 15 years, the Vienna Dance Workshop (Tanzwerkstatt Wien) has offered children and young people an external space in which...
An evening of powerful emotion is guaranteed: Arenski’s Second String Quartet, in the seldom-heard arrangement for two cell...
Get your 2-day pass for the Beethoven Piano Sonatas Marathon here: Hong Kong - Vienna Music Festival Hong Kong Week Price: �...
The singers present a major public concert featuring the musical highlights of the VOCALgeSTÖBER Jubilee Special Workshops 1...
As part of a major public concert, the singers present the musical highlights of VOCALgeSTÖBER’s special Jubilee Workshops...
1926 – 2016 A jubilee concert celebrating 90 years of the America institute Musical introduction: Chorus Viennensis Main c...
Concert featuring music from their latest CD “It’s feeling”. This Bill Evans quote – made as he attempted to explain...
The Bartolomeys kick off the new season with high Romantic music and absurdist texts by Daniel Charms, whose characters (biti...
Bertha von Suttner’s strength and determination and her diverse yet little-known writing were what inspired Susanne Eisenko...
The Anjogakuen Wind Orchestra visits Vienna at Christmas. Under the baton of Seiji Miura, they perform – in addition to pie...
The Fuhsing Private School’s string orchestra, conducted by Prof. Yung-Ching Chen, comprises a high school group and an ele...
Austrian baritone Paul Armin Edelmann takes the listener on a unique musical journey. The route carries us past the different...
Academia Allegro Vivo On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius, you are invited to join Academi...
If you want a “backstage” experience of MuTh and the Choir, you’ve come to the right place. Visitors will enjoy a widel...
BartolomeyBittmann demonstrate what a versatile instrument the cello is, as they follow up the sensational success of their d...
basta - “Domino” with William Wahl, Thomas Aydintan, Arndt Schmöle, René Overmann and Werner Adelmann basta, one of Ge...
Day 2. Ludwig von Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Op.10 no.3, Op.28, Op.31 no.2 ‘Sturm’, Op.2 no.1, Op.26, Op.57 ‘Appassion...
Concert introduction by John Wilson Ludwig von Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Op.14 no.2, Op.31 no.1, Op.49 no.2, Op.79, Op.10 n...
Organised by the Child Cancer Support Parents’ Initiative. With Bartolomey/Bittmann For further information or to make a b...
An exhibition at MuTh The wind blows through the Vienna Woods. Trees and flowers are stirred into motion; filled with energy...
“Beyond Words” – when words lose their power, the world of music begins, unfettered and unambiguous! “Beyond Words”...
Six musicians — three from the Vienna State Opera, three from the Vienna Volksoper, all friends for many years — join for...
Musikschule Wien is firmly focused on collaborative music-making. Today, two of their orchestras and ensembles — drawn from...
Streicherphilharmonie Wien (Vienna Philharmonic Strings), the FLAUTissimO! flute ensemble and the Wiener JugendChor (Vienna Y...
Visit our Chinese music performances, and try out some authentic Chinese instruments for yourself. Presented by the CU Chine...
A night of traditional and contemporary Chinese music: “silk and bamboo” Programme: Yu Da Bajiao (Raindrops Pattering on...
The Choir of the Shanghai Fushan Foreign Language Primary School has performed internationally and has won numerous musical p...
Through his international concerts, Christian Altenburger has befriended numerous top-flight musicians from right across Euro...
Almost two years have passed since Conchita’s surprise win at the Eurovision Song Contest. Since then she has racked up an ...
A school makes music. For pupils, parents, teachers and the institutions themselves, being together in a musical environment ...
Good heavens, another year has passed already! Adi Hirschal and Camerata Schulz Vienna offer a brief glance backwards and a ...
The Wiener Lehrer a Cappella Choir, founded in 1912, has performed countless concerts with great success, achieving widesprea...
The inaugural Vienna Boys' Choir Ball will be held in Vienna’s Kursalon Hübner on 16th January 2016. The event has been or...
Repeat production “Der Bettelknabe” recounts the story of Joel, a boy from the Land of Morning, and Archduke Albrecht fro...
Juan de Dios Magdaleno, who was born in Colombia in 1984, was last year’s winner of the Ö1 composition prize, which is awa...
For many years Jugendkammerchor Versmold (the Versmold Chamber Choir ) has had a collaboration with Westdeutscher Rundfunk. T...
Die Telemänner, under the baton of their conductor Steffi Bade-Bräuning, bring a surprisingly modern touch to the baroque. ...
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This piece is performed by children and youngsters aged between 6 and 18 from the Wiener Kindertheater’s advanced course. T...
The leading interpreters of Viennese song join forces with one of the most important representatives of the current generatio...
Come and enjoy a concert featuring “World Music” performed by the Vienna Boys' Choir with Sona MacDonald together with a ...
A chance to hear the voice of Drew Sarich as he performs “Let Him Go”. In this, his second album as a singer/songwriter, ...
Do you know what Wagner thought deep down about his tenors, or that lout Siegfried, or that stupid chap Parsifal...? Corneliu...
Stars such as Herbert Lippert, Ildikó Raimondi and other celebrated artists will be performing this evening, so you can hear...
A documentary film with Brother David Steindl-Rast and others, who encourage us along the path of “mindul, grateful living�...
The celebrated actor and theatre director Bernd Jeschek and prize-winning bass clarinettist and composer Ulrich Drechsler –...
European Soundworlds Viennese instrumentalists, vocalists, soloists Variatio delectat: They knew how to enjoy themselves, tho...
Variatio delectat: They knew how to enjoy themselves, those Romans. With variety comes delight; a motto which truly came to l...
Premiere performance Composition commissioned by WIEN MODERN and Ictus In her latest work, Eva Reiter deals with the rich, ...
A Vienna Young Philharmonic/ MuTh production With soloists from the Academy of La Scala, Milan Coro del Friuli Venezia Giuli...
A Vienna Young Philharmonic/ MuTh production With soloists from the Academy of La Scala, Milan Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia...
The most renowned boys' choir in the world can certainly look back on a long history. Boy choristers have been singing in the...
Have you too spent half the winter wondering if Spring would ever return? Well Spring is now firmly in sight, and we want to ...
What looks like an Australian double act is actually a musical foursome, as Western Australia’s Penrhos College puts a choi...
Participants: KS José Carreras, Anita Hartig, Elena Maximova, KS Carlos Álvarez, KS Ruggero Raimondi, KS Heinz Zednik, Adri...
Joseph Lorenz has completely reworked this German literature masterpiece into a reading which is as engrossing as it is enter...
Classical sacred music from the Western European tradition is one of the strengths of the Vienna Boys’ Choir; this is what ...
1900-1940: In this concert cycle Gottlieb Wallisch, who conceived the series, takes a stroll through the music of these four ...
1900 – 1940: From Fin de Siècle, through the roaring twenties and the instability of the 1930s, to the horrific end of the...
Vienna Boys' Choir and guests. Known for their faith, dignity and trustworthiness, the shepherds play a key role in the Chri...
Repeat production Children from the Vienna Boys' Choir primary school’s ORG vocal training class (Barbara Palmetzhofer) an...
The word is getting around: VieVox are eight young men from a singing tradition that stretches back over 500 years. Each one ...
“Harmonie 1865” celebrates 150 years of the Floridsdorfer Chorvereinigung (Florisdorf Choir Association). This mixed choi...
** Unfortunately it has been necessary to cancel this concert due to the conductor’s illness. Naturally, any tickets alread...
“Hier klingt Wien” has been published by Gmeiner-Verlag as part of their “Lieblingsplätze zum Entdecken” (Favourite ...
In Gian Carlo Menotti’s Science Fiction Opera, the protagonists remind us in song that “Musik haltet in der Seele fest, s...
ensemble chromoson plays pieces by the Austrian Hong Kong Composers’ Connection Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Cantonese v...
“Im (kleinen) weissen Rössl” (At the [little] White Horse Inn) is an abridged version of the famous operetta “Im weiss...
Based on an idea by Gerhard A. Meyer and Gerhard and Ulrike Weiler Arranged for the Vienna Boys' Choir Private Primary School...
“The images of voices – overdimensioned pencil drawings by Josef Nöbauer – show singers at the moment of creating voca...
Musikschule Wien’s Vienna Children’s and Youths’ Choirs perform pieces from choral literature for young singers aged 10...
The Metrum Choir was founded by a Hungarian music school, and started life as an a-cappella choir. The counterpoint for this ...
Just before setting off on their South American tour, which takes them to Brazil and Peru, the Young Philharmonic invite you ...
with chamber music contributions from the graduating classes of Musikgymnasium Wien. The Horizon Youth Orchestra is entirely...
The Kazakh Folk Instrument Orchestra (from the Kazakhstan University for Art) “Kazakh pearls: The sound of wide open space...
World Vision is an international children’s aid organisation engaged in long-term development cooperation work and emergenc...
Wolfgang Dosch and students from the Classical Operetta course at the City of Vienna University (Konservatorium Wien) lead t...
The Akademischer Orchesterverein Wien (AOV) is a Viennese amateur orchestra with a proud tradition. In the decades since it w...
Romantic sounds from Poland, and Haydn’s greatest symphony – a concert which goes beyond conventional programming to embr...
Art needs a space. Spaces encourage interaction. New work needs an opportunity. In our Studio, new musical theatre projects c...
So far, more than 20 composers have submitted their work. At each try-out session, we perform extracts from two previously un...
A new musical theatre project has found its platform in our Studio. And this gives our professional ensemble — comprising t...
The Ensemble: Eva Billisich, Sigrid Hauser, Nicole Neiss, Nathalia Ushakova, Herbert Lippert, Erich Schleyer, Otto Jankovich,...
Wiener KinderKammerChor (Vienna Children’s Chamber Choir) Figurentheater Marijeli (Marijeli Puppet Theatre) A narrator The...
Lalá’s four musicians have become an integral part of the national a-capella scene. Their motto “spürbar hörbar” (cl...
Introducing Vienna’s musical Kropfitsch family. Elisabeth (violin), Stefan (cello) and Johannes Kropfitsch (piano) comprise...
Quality entertainment meets the classics. Trumpets in Concert is a trio of trumpeters from Vienna who win over their audience...
SENSARTIKA is a quartet from Serbia featuring Sonja Kalajic. With instrumentation including violin, castanets and musical saw...
The soft, melancholy tones of the cello (Günther Schagerl) combine with the resonance of the harp (Monika Stadler, harp and ...
The highly successful violinist Ekaterina Frolova, who was born in St. Petersburg, performs some of the finest melodies by th...
The Beethoven Music School’s Classic Rock Orchestra was founded in 1996 under the artistic direction of Reinmar Wolf to ena...
Alea is a Slovakian ensemble whose musical styles include tango, Klezmer, jazz and world music. Boris Lenko (accordion, bando...
Culture is that which man designs and creates himself, whether it’s music, art or simply maintaining tradition. The KULTURM...
Presenter Helmut Brandstätter will chair the discussion. He invites you to attend what promises to be an exciting evening. ...
DIE VERANSTALTUNG WURDE LEIDER ABGESAGT Die langen Nächte der Menschenrechte (The long nights of human rights) Vienna-Berli...
Mothers do a great deal for their children - and much of it goes unnoticed. Mothers’ Day is a time to celebrate mothers, an...
Together with the celebrated Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia (ECM Records), Ulrich Drechsler gets this concert series under...
The Orchestra, which became a professional ensemble in 2008, is a gathering of top-flight musicians from all around the world...
“This will make your ears smile!” Highlights and hits from the choir’s concerts over recent years The choir members a...
The Markus Geiselhart Orchestra (MGO), which was founded by Vienna-based bandleader, composer and arranger Markus Geiselhart,...
“You can’t do that!” - a new programme with: Oliver Gies, Sebastian Schröder, Jan Burger and Lukas Teske MAYBEBOP –...
Pupils from the Académie de Danse Vienne demonstrate their talents at this year’s ballet gala. Children and young people a...
A fresh, unique interpretation of operatic and concert arias by W. A. Mozart. The gifted young Italian tenor Cosimo Panozzo ...
The Tonus Ensemble, which Nikolaus Harnoncourt has described as one of the most outstanding contemporary wind ensembles, appe...
The Crazy Crew — from the second year of the Music and Movement Teachers’/ Rhythm course — present a programme full of ...
All four of the works performed here were created between 1943 and 1944 in the Theresienstadt ghetto/concentration camp compl...
Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn form the foundation of the programme. The music exalts the beauty of nature...
The city as a sports ground: forget the obstacles around you, because in this sport, the obstacles disappear. Parkour - the l...
Physical activity and the arts – a combination that speaks to all the senses. Our “MuTh zum Sport” event offers childr...
Our American sports coaches will introduce you to some typical American sports such as flag football and baseball. Meet at: ...
** THE JUNE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE NEXT “MUTH ZUM SPORT” EVENT WILL BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER **...
In this cycle of four concerts, the “die reihe” ensemble links contemporary domestic musical composition with its counter...
The “die reihe” ensemble links contemporary Austrian musical composition with its counterparts in north and northwest Eur...
This Lieder evening is being held under the auspices of the Bulgarian Ambassador to Austria, her Excellency Elena Shekerletov...
In one of his Quartets, Joseph Haydn describes the sunrise. But what happens next in our action-packed version is something w...
The Bochabela String Orchestra hails from South Africa, and its players are ambassadors for the Mangaung String Programme. Th...
Contemporary music from the Austrian Hong Kong Composers Connection ensemble chromoson Carolin Ralser, flutes Valentina Stru...
In the summer of 2016, NWS present musical observations from, and about, Austria – a cross-section covering several centuri...
Start of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic’s cycle “Haydn from Esterházy” with their new Artistic Director Nicol...
Cellist Friedrich Kleinhapl and pianist Andreas Woyke have performed this ravishing music across much of the world. Listeners...
The acapella boy band with that certain something. From classics to pop – completely new and completely different. They wer...
In MuTh, the Musiksalon has found an interesting home for its discussions between musical friends. Among the programme’s fo...
The 2016 prima la musica competition for young musicians is open to solo entries for singing, keyboard instruments, string in...
A production by the High School Senior Class of the Vienna Boys' Choir The Vienna Boys' Choir’s Chorus Juventus An “eveni...
The Vienna Boys' Choir’s Chorus Juventus meets Landesjugendorchester Salzburg (the Salzburg State Youth Orchestra) An eveni...
Mozart’s “Requiem” is one of the most widely recognised pieces of sacred music written for choir and orchestra. A whole...
RESOUND Chamber is the chamber music offshoot from Orchester Wiener Akademie’s sensational RESOUND Beethoven series. Under ...
A benefit event in aid of the 2016 Austrian Culture Days in Tel Aviv festival All the artist taking part in the festival are ...
Rock-Pop-Classics de luxe Rock4 – “Best of” with: Luc Devens, Lucas Blommers, Luc Nelissen and Björn Sterzenbach Vocal...
**** UNFORTUNATELY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED ***** Naturally, any tickets purchased will be exchanged or reimbursed. Ple...
A Wiener Taschenoper production, co-produced with Graz Opera and the Staatstheater Kassel in collaboration with MuTh and the ...
Lieder by Franz Schubert, arranged for orchestra by Max Reger Max Reger: “An die Hoffnung” (To Hope), for voice and orche...
Vienna Young Philharmonic Max Reger (1873-1916) was a great admirer of Schubert. He wrote orchestral arrangements of famous ...
Andrea Eckert sings and narrates tales from the life of Lotte Lenya, who rose from the Ameisgasse in Vienna’s 14th district...
This concert features tonal works by American composers. George Crumb was inspired to write his “Vox Balaenae” by the son...
Soyka & Stirner Tanz II ... true gentlemen of Vienna will show elegance and determination in doing that which is right a...
The 70 members of OJPA ASPIRANTES – Alicante’s Youth Orchestra – come from the music schools and conservatoires of the ...
A production by the mdw – the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna – in collaboration with MuTh An evening of...
An evening of contrasts: this piece is arranged for the classical string configuration plus electronics. Based on Sofia Gubai...
Each year the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival brings more than a thousand children and youngsters to Vienn...
The history of Kanagawa University’s Symphonic Band goes back as far as 1938. The band was initially established as an extr...
With its sounds, drama and images, “Music from the Renaissance to the present day” promises an evening for the senses. T...
An Asia Pacific musical meet-up! The Sunrise String Orchestra, conducted by Poonchok Kularbwong, plays not only European musi...
A musical by Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld Yiddish songs: English texts with German translations The Golden Land tells ...
As the world’s music capital and the cradle of classical music, Vienna has been the birthplace of many important musicians,...
What happens when children, on their own initiative, set out to to invent their own opera? We follow the progress of a piece...
From California to perform in Vienna This musical programme, which was founded in 1997 on the USA’s West Coast, serves as ...
Women’s choir The Sea Breeze bring some refreshing harmonies from Ehime, Japan in a concert entitled “Singing for Peace 2...
Talented musicians from the Young Masters Programme and the “Young Master Players” perform pieces by Haydn, Strauss and C...
If you delve into the riches of Jewish music, sooner or later you will come across the treasure trove of Spain’s Jewish can...
The music of the oriental Jews (the Sephardi), a minority which has lived in the Arab lands for centuries, is virtually unkno...
For centuries, Yiddish songs and Klezmer music have been an important feature in the cultural life of the Jews of Eastern Eur...
Sin meets dance in this unique piece, which combines the language of ballet with the passion of the tango. A Tango-Ballet Pro...
The young protagonist Rustan leaves his home – but only in a dream. There he encounters his greatest fears and deepest desi...
Exhibition at MuTh from 18 March to 18 April 2016 Günther Patoczka 1956 – 2015 Patoczka studied at the Mozarteum Univers...
To accompany this evening’s concert, Erika Pluhar reads Jewish texts rich in poetry and humour. The musician Gideon Klein w...
Vienna’s international dance festival is putting Muth firmly on the map. It’s the place to be for all dance enthusiasts! ...
Under the artistic direction of Gerald Wirth and the auspices of Mayor Michael Häupl, the World Peace Choral Festival will o...
Volkhard Steude – Encounters Volkhard Steude / Barbara Moser This marvellous cycle, led by Volkhard Steude, features enco...
Volkhard Steude has been Concertmaster of the Wiener Staatsoper orchestra since 1994, as well as Concertmaster of the Vienna ...
This marvellous cycle, led by Volkhard Steude, features encounters with three different pianists. The music on offer includes...
“When the Christmas candles blaze.... ....the tales are told once more of those times so long before... ....let the light j...
With the tenor Laszlo Maleczky, Rebecca Kolland & accompaniment, Gary Howard, Peter Dukes, Christoph Fälbl, Lei Ha Leong...
A concert by the top students from this year’s Young Masters Programme – a project developed by the scholarship programme...
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Do we truly live the lives we want? In the 21st century, man lives out his various lives – between dreams and reality – l...
A benefit matinee in aid of hearing-impaired children. The proceeds of this concert will be used to provide special hearing a...
Grenzlandchor Arnoldstein, Carinthian Harps (Kärntner Harfenklang), Conductor: Eveline Schuler, BlechBlos Weisenbläser (bra...
Host: Dr Wilhelm Sinkovicz Wilhelm Sinkovicz is the principal music critic of the “Presse”. He has been entertaining clas...
"A majsse in a jiddische schtetel" opens the door to another world, where people still live their lives according to biblical...
My original intention for this year’s culture week was to create an event with the title “KInderlach” (children’s lau...
Back to the roots. That’s how Roman Grinberg’s latest project can almost be described. As his audience knows full well, t...
Over recent years, Valeriya Shishkova, who was born in Moscow but has lived in Dresden for fourteen years, has become known a...
The Vanichtkes celebrate their premiere appearance in Vienna with “Yiddish zingt zikh azoy sheyn!”. The troupe’s member...
Artistic direction: Franz Bartolomey Programme: W.A. Mozart: Piano quartet in G minor, KV 478 Piano quartet in E flat major...
A benefit evening for Raoul Gehringer In collaboration with MUTH and the Wienerwald Lions Club With: Chorus Juventus, solo...
Like a "breath of fresh air" arriving in the world of music: that's how Academia Allegro Vivo was described when it was found...
with KS Ildikó Raimondi, Stephanie Houtzeel, Jörg Schneider and Paolo Rumetz, Mozart Boys Choir Vienna Recitation: Andrea J...
Violin: Marko Radoniç / Violin: Armando Toledo / Viola: Dima Nedylkova / Cello: Johanna Kotschy A programme of autobiograph...
The AMADINDA UGANDA ensemble has a mission to share music from the pre-colonial kingdom of Buganda, music which – despite b...
A unique encounter is scheduled to take place at MuTh in May 2015. Angelika Kirchschlager and Marianne Sägebrecht are two wo...
Orchester Filmharmonie (the “Filmharmonic Orchestra”) was founded in 2004. Its players include members of major Austrian ...
Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz Leaders of Austrian cultural forums Austrian artists This annual meeting of those involved i...
There’s an exciting time coming to the Augarten! The Vienna Boys' Choir invite you to their traditional Open Day, which is ...
The Vienna State Opera’s Ballet Academy can trace its roots back to 1771. Alongside schools in Paris and St Petersburg, the...
With: Werner Adelmann, Thomas Aydintan, René Overmann, Arndt Schmöle, William Wahl basta, one of Europe’s most successfu...
This chamber orchestra concert is given by die reihe ensemble. Alongside works by younger writers, the programme also feature...
With the Vienna International School Choir and the Wiener Hofballett (Choreography: Eva Beck-Moza and Michael Moza) and other...
Dance for all: anybody aged 8 and over can learn the basics of contemporary dance through an exciting, multi-faceted approach...
Enjoy the evergreen melodies of Strauss and his friends, and celebrate the New Year in exhilarating three-four time! There wi...
The Nutcracker is a ballet in two acts by Peter Ilyvich Tchaikovsky. The story of the Nutcracker and the Mouse King was writ...
The Russian National Ballet and dancearts come together – with the help of a storyteller – to offer a colourful cross-sec...
This solo piano concert is Lukas Sternath’s debut at Muth. The programme focuses on romantic piano pieces. The dramatic sou...
Host: Bishop Michael Bünker of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Cornelius Obonya presents his new solo programme. He reads am...
Music: Gerald Wirth Text: Tina Breckwoldt Director: Maria Happel Der Bettelknabe (the Begging Boy) tells the story – or sto...
An essay in theatrical form, sung in six languages by Peter Wagner Composed and arranged by: Ferry Janoska Production: Offene...
Returning to MuTh for the 2014 season, by popular demand! Benjamin Britten had two great passions: music and the sea. And you...
Vienna Concert Band / Composer: Florian C. Reithner / Conductor: Erich Pichorner / Film director: Dr Karl Imelski “Der Kil...
Alejandro del Valle-Lattanzio, born in Colombia in 1986, was the winner of last year’s Ö1 composition prize, which is awar...
Almost everything we know about the life of Marie Weiler comes from Johann Nestroy. Who was this woman, who had the good humo...
OM Österreich in collaboration with the Wien-Meidling Evangelical Church Artistic direction: Noël Tredinnick “Like being...
Monde Buch presents a rather special book launch. The beguiling voices of Eva-Christina Binder, Tina Haller and Martin Loew-C...
Vienna's tenth Kriminacht is being held in September 2014. The greats of the genre from Austria and abroad will come together...
What happens when a conductor, a writer and a puppeteer all decide to create something together? A thrilling evening and a hi...
"In der Bar zum Krokodil", "ein kleiner grüner Kaktus sticht" and "die Olga russisch tanzt" - these songs always bring the h...
DJ bookings on several continents at events with up to 50,000 visitors. Private parties, festivals, and major sporting events...
The Don Ellis Tribute Orchestra, conducted by Markus Geiselhart, is Thomas Gansch’s favourite project – and gives you a c...
L'Académie de Danse Vienna is proud to present its third dance performance in Muth. This year our little dancers and balleri...
Dances from Africa, South America and the Balkans A musical journey through a variety of rhythms and melodies. But what do ...
The Vienna Boys' Choir’s Chorus Juventus takes on one of the most famous oratorios in the history of music. Mendelssohn’s...
Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn, Opus 70 Co-produced by the Vienna Volksoper, the Vienna Boys' Choir and MuTh The Vienna Boys'...
A composer of musicals – working as a consultant, mid-30s, divorced with one daughter – sits in his study, printing out h...
Erich Schleyer reads Loriot (German language) Der ganz offene Brief, An der Opernkasse and Szenen einer Ehe The reading will ...
Text: Manfred Weiss, based on a theme from Volker Kriegel’s story “Erwin mit der Tröte” (Erwin and the brass horn) A V...
Ernst Kovacic plays some Fritz Kreisler melodies and shares anecdotes from the life of this legendary violinist, whose Vienne...
“A sad farewell? No. Saying goodbye to Schubert? Never. Well, what is it then? A finale to feature this unique artist? Defi...
The Gary Bertini Israeli Chamber Choir was founded in 2009 by Haggi Goren and a group of prominent, musically minded individu...
Under the banner of "Gemeinsamen Hoffnung" (A Common Hope), professional musicians are coming together once again this year a...
With its annual autumn concert, Wiener Gospelchor has become an established feature on the Vienna scene. In mid-November each...
The shepherds play a key role in the Christmas story; they are known for their faith, their dignity and their trustworthiness...
When, instead of working at home in the kitchen, Hansel and Gretel run riot, singing "Suse, liebe Suse, was raschelt im Stroh...
Prizewinners of the sixth Int. Joseph Music School’s Chamber Music Competition for String Quartet and Piano Trio perform se...
Young performers from the Vienna Kindertheater Directed by: Clara Wolfram and Felix Hoyos This year, young performers from t...
The Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra plays a crucial role in musical education in Hong Kong. Featuring the city’s ...
The music of prize-winning bass clarinettist Ulrich Drechsler always has at its core the simple beauty of sound and emotion. ...
With Gerald Wirth, the Vienna Boys' Choir and guests Everyone is musical - and everyone can sing! Numerous studies in recent...
This concert offers a cross-section of the JSBM’s work. Choirs, orchestra and soloists present a varied programme which pro...
The renowned Kiel youth orchestra is spending three days in Vienna performing with the youth orchestras of the JSBM. This joi...
His music is part of our life. It makes no difference whether you go to classical music concerts or not, We hear his music us...
A musical confrontation in this year of remembrance Musical works in every style down the ages– from Bach to Lehar and Viva...
Each year at this time we feel moved by the same story: an infant lying in a manger, with an ox and donkey nearby. Wise men f...
An enthusiasm for singing and a love of vocal music brought together a group of friends and inspired them to form the vocal e...
A seven-piece ensemble which is redefining brass music. Federspiel have a level of ability that borders on the scary. There i...
Founded in 2011, the Spirituosi ensemble comprises five young musicians from Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and France. Th...
An Advent concert with Peresvet, one of Russia’s finest male voice choirs. The choir’s eleven members are all academicall...
Culture is that which man designs and creates himself, whether it’s music, art or simply maintaining traditions. The KULTUR...
Trumpets in Concert offers a harmonous combination of artistic brilliance and social event. Fine music and sensitivity are bl...
It seems as if art was designed to draw borders – between classical and jazz, ethno and pop, young and old, the traditional...
Robert Nagy, solo cellist with the Vienna Philharmonic and Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, ...
"Where you aren't – that's where happiness is." A musical reading with Katharina Stemberger (acting), Christoph Wimmer (do...
These two gifted musicians were performing in Kulturmittag concerts as far back as 1996. Today they both have highly successf...
A total of 70 studios – many located in districts 2 and 20, others (known as Q202 satellites) in different districts of Vie...
After a seven-year absence, Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel celebrated his return to the State Opera in January of this year....
The 2015 “prima la musica” youth music competition is open to woodwind and brass soloists, players of keyboard and string...
Two fine musicians – the Spanish soprano, Lucia Castelló, now living in Vienna, and the guitarist Brigitta Soó – will c...
Eight young artists making their way through dreams and reality. An interaction between space and time, between what is and w...
concept, voice & drums: Hans Heisz moog guitar: Andreas Koch trumpet & trombone: Christof Spanring bass & vocals:...
By Gerhard A. Meyer Adapted by Arnold Schlechter and Ursula Müller Billions of years ago, before there were any people, ther...
The result of a collaboration with the Zemlinsky-Fund and the Arnold Schönberg Center, this evening’s concert is a perform...
The American Youth Orchestra will be supported by musicians from the Johann Sebastian Bach Music School, Vienna. The concert ...
This concert is a unique blend of jazz, hip hop, folk and traditional music. Michal Urbaniak’s arrangements link the charac...
The Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra has its home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The orchestra plays a European tour in June...
It is totally dark in the concert hall ...a ripple stirs the screen. Short scenes from horror films are shown over and over t...
This is a programme which would be hard to beat for variety – come and see for yourself! The evening showcases the interpla...
This is a programme which is hard to beat in terms of variety. But don't just take our word for it – come and see for yours...
The first Matinee of the new concert series “Music anchors my life” takes place in MuTh in November. This benefit event h...
A MuTh voucher make the ideal gift for young and old! Coming to MuTh soon....
Love? Who loves who, and why? Do love and reason go together? Is it possible to "not-love"? Love makes us deaf and blind, lov...
The Vienna Boys' Choir have been collecting songs from the countries they visit since 1926, and since 1998 they have been doi...
The much-loved Saturday morning radio broadcast, live from MuTh. The Vienna Boys' Choir represents many things: a piece of A...
On display at MuTh until 26th March 2015 Kohlbauer’s concepts arise out of synergistic force fields. Initially formed as h...
This concert provides a short tour of the world of opera, taking in the five giants of the genre: Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Pucc...
Composers in the “silver era” of the operetta were the pop stars of their time. They wrote hit tunes which everybody knew...
When South Africa’s Bochabela String Orchestra strikes up, prepare for strings and singing and dancing and drumming. With i...
Franz Schubert: Selected Lieder Jörg Ulrich Krah - Sicht-Welten (UA) - Song cycle for tenor and piano, based on texts by Sus...
“Strzecha - the Association of Poles in Austria“ and the “Passion Artists” cultural society invite you to a festive g...
The Vienna Boys' Choir's Chorus Juventus dives into the world of opera, performing choruses from famous works by Monteverdi, ...
Two young ensembles from Salzburg join The Vienna Boys' Choir's Chorus Juventus. Together, all of these young singers dive in...
Everyone – whether they realise it or not – has got rhythm inside them. Holding a rhythm for a long time is not only fun;...
The “Scarsdale Wind Ensemble” comprises 50 talented musicians aged between 14 and 18, under the baton of conductor Jason ...
Junge Philharmonie Wien Master of melody Franz Schubert / Luciano Berio: 10th symphony in D major, D936A / “Rendering” P...
The slam poetry scene is booming. In Vienna there are opportunities every month to deliver a few lines in front of an audienc...
Musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II based on a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Performed in German ...
This season brings another opportunity to enjoy the sound of the Vienna strings at their finest with the Steude Quartet at Mu...
Just as last year, Superar ends the school year with three unusual concerts at MuTh. Over three days, more than 600 Superar c...
Mazen Muna: New Land / Wassim Ibrahim and friends: Contemporary music with Syrian elements / Maias Al Yamani / Soriana: Conte...
Sali Betinzane: Crimson Soil / Maya Youssef: Traditional Arab music / Mozaik: Arabian songs presented with a classical vision...
Benefit concert for the medical treatment of Syrian refugee children in Jordan. The first time the Vienna Boys’ Choir were...
Everything we produce is based on decisions. Decisions in favour or decisions against. Yet it is becoming ever more difficult...
The MuTh Studio opens its doors to a special kind of Poetry Slam. We’re putting the usual Slam rules to one side, and mixin...
This series of concerts by scholarship students from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (Universität für M...
A Jeunesse production. In collaboration with MuTh. “These young players prove that the language of music provides a firm c...
Tsago degi nayala (finding the holy place) The Vienna Boys’ Choir made their first visit to the United States of America in...
The Lions, the Leos and the Vienna Boys' Choir have always been active in supporting training for young people. So presenting...
For the last two years, Jazzpool NRW have been working on the concept of taking traditional songs from various European count...
Vienna Boys' Choir and Junge Philharmonie Wien Two Viennese composers with notable ties to America. In 1935, Alban Berg was ...
"Was zählt, ist der Augenblick" ("It's the moment that counts") is not only the title of a book on the Viennese musical dyna...
Camerata Con Brio is the youth chamber orchestra of Musikschule Wien. Its aim is to develop a specific string ensemble sound ...
The word has got around: VieVox are former soloists from the Vienna Boys' Choir. Eight young men from a 500-year-old singing ...
From 22nd to 25th July 2015, Vienna, the global music capital, serves as a stage for children’s choirs and youth choirs fro...
Programme: Stabat mater, G. B. Pergolesi Monsieur Mathieu’s Children (original title: Les Choristes), B. Coulais and other ...
In a kind of visual poetry, wooden sculptures by Markus Treml are set against Lieder by Ludwig van Beethoven, Hugo Wolf, Wolf...
Over 80 children from the Vienna Children's Theatre take on a variety of roles. "We want to perform Shakespeare!" This was wh...
Benefit matinée including art auction, buffet lunch, tombola and children's games "We want to perform Shakespeare!" This wa...
WOLFRAM WAGNER / CARL NIELSEN / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / GYÖRGY LIGETI / LUCIANO BERIO They are counted among the finest w...
The WJO is a nationwide youth symphony orchestra which has garnered praise and prizes at an international level. It serves as...
A Vienna Boys' Choir Primary School production Let’s all open 24 windows in our musical Advent calendar. Leave all the Chr...
Founded in 2013, the Vienna Concert Band is a wind ensemble with a variable line-up. Its main activities are concerts of film...
The cream of the Young Masters Programme perform as soloists in works by Mozart, Beethoven and other composers. Tickets: €...
There are songs for every time of day and night which express man's various needs and emotional states. Waking in the morning...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was first described in 1874 by Henry Charcot, a famous neurologist in Paris. It belongs to the ...
“An open stage!” That’s the theme for the workshop for children and young people being held by the Wiener Kindertheat...
"The Adamas Quartet is the most interesting young string quartet in Vienna today". That is how Otto Brusatti of radio station...
The programme includes Lieder, arias and operatic duets, and Christmas items. A benefit concert in aid of "Aktion Kinderherz ...
"Out of 22,000 WU students, there must be enough keen amateur musicians to form an orchestra", thought two business academics...
Lions Benefit Concert in aid of hearing-impaired children Extracts from Beethoven's cello and violin sonatas, together with ...
A superlative "Ludwig van Beethoven Concert" is promised by the orchestra and soloists of the Mahler Philharmonic. The orches...
JeugdOrkest Nederland is the national youth orchestra of the Netherlands. It has gained an outstanding reputation both nation...
Under this offer, you book four performances in the 2013/14 season. On the 15th of each month, you receive an E-mail which de...
So this is how choristers from the Vienna Boys Choir look after their voices have broken! VieVox was formed three years ago w...
Beijing Haidian Foreign Language School Choir Wiener Hofballett L'Académie de Danse Vienna and other youth ensembles from Ch...
Only nineteen years old, she has been described in the press as "an exceptional talent", "a violin powerhouse" and the "new s...
Cor Jove de l'Orfeó Català consists of a total of 58 singers aged from 16 to 25. In this concert the Choir offers a diverse...
Music and gratefulness move men's hearts and bind them together. These are the languages of the heart. They are universally ...
We cordially invite you to a very special event – our own concert by the "Philharmonisches Ensemble-Wien" (the Philharmonic...
"Talking, not violence" – this principle is one of the main cornerstones of the Vienna Children's Theatre. It is a concept ...
The leitmotif running through this "Orphic essay in theatre" by Peter Wagner, the author and director from the Burgenland, is...
Benjamin Britten had two great passions: music and the sea. And you can certainly hear that in his work! The full power of th...
Joseph Haydn's highly successful visits to England moved him to write a work about the creation of the world. Using all his e...
Christmas? – Not for the rich, miserly businessman Rudi Raff, who sees all his fellow human beings as parasites. The self-s...
It takes courage to go on the stage. A cooperation between Escola Paidos, FC Barcelona, the Vienna Boys' Choir High School a...
Loriot says: "It's said that drama has been around for over 2000 years now, and plays often used to last the whole day long. ...
Erwin lives on the most beautiful island in the South Seas. He loves eating coconut cutlets and Olanna schnitzel, and enjoys ...
The Vienna Boys’ Choir made their first visit to South America and the Caribbean in 1936; they have been visiting the count...
In this musical we see Fariba and all the other children and adolescents behaving spontaneously, yet in a logical fashion. Fi...
Fine singing, dramatic verve and theatrical effects – the Master of Pesaro once more channelled all of his musical abilitie...
She plays Mozart and Bach at the most important piano festivals in the world – and now she has brought conductor Michael Le...
The Fidelio Competition - run by the Konservatorium Wien University (KONSuni) - has taken place annually since 2001. Since th...
The renowned music teachers from the AMADEUS Music Academy present gifted pupils who have already won prizes in international...
When Garufa! strike up the first notes of a piece, the audience has no way of knowing what will happen in the next fe...
A PHACE production in collaboration with MuTh, with support from the City of Vienna (MA7) Under the direction of Peter Pawli...
Gifted young student soloists from the "AMADEUS International School Vienna" aged from 12 to 18, supported by outstanding you...
The Vienna Boys' Choir has been making regular visits to the Land of the Rising Sun since 1955. At that time they were among ...
Music by Gioacchino Rossini Libretto by Giuseppe Luigi Balocchi In recent years, opera houses around the globe have been red...
IMEN - the International Music Education Network - cordially invites you to a special concert. Norbert Ernst, the internation...
Today’s programme: D: Professional dancers B: Professional ballet schools – options to classical ballet. The Wien Welt W...
Today’s programme: B: Professional ballet schools – options to classical ballet. C: Contemporary dance, modern dance The...
Today’s programme: A: Private schools/amateurs – various dance styles C: Contemporary dance, modern dance The Wien Welt ...
The students of the Académie de Danse once again proudly present their latest annual ballet at MuTh: this time, it's "In a P...
The students of the Académie de Danse are once again proud to present their annual ballet here at MuTh. This year's new prod...
Since 2005, the JSBM (Johann Sebastian Bach Musikschule Wien) has maintained extensive links with Japan. As well as organisin...
Chief Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg is serving up a rather special offering. During the course of this matinee you will not only...
The Israeli-born artist Israel Treistman is well-known to Viennese audiences as a result of his numerous guest appearances. T...
Roman Grinberg has been a fixture at the festival for many years. He will be entertaining us this year as well, performing a ...
Rafael Goldwaser's programme "It burns" features monologues by Scholem Aleichem, the most famous of Yiddish-speaking writers....
To end the festival, Chief Cantor Shmuel Barzilai will take the stage alongside the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Vienna City Synag...
(Passio secundum Johannem) BWV 245 A dramatic perfromance In his St John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach created one of the m...
Chris Pichler tells us of an elephant who has twisted his trunk, and about a very slothful sloth; she gives voice to a cheeky...
Over two evenings, students from the Contemporary and Classical Dance course at Konservatorium Wien University (KONSuni) offe...
The Konservatorium Wien University (KONSuni) offers a five-year preparatory course in dance to exceptionally talented young p...
The Küchl Quintet is a new band, composed of members of the Vienna Philharmonic, which is making its debut appearance at MuT...
Many aspects of Turkish culture can be seen in Vienna. That's because almost one in ten of the city's inhabitants have Turk...
Turkey is noted as a place of great variety. This is due to the country's geographic location and the historic ties a...
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Les Nations Réunies is an ensemble which specialises in early 18th century instrumental music from Austria, Sweden, France a...
George Frideric Handel's oratorio "The Messiah" is without doubt one of the greatest works in musical literature. Composed ov...
I love to read Nestroy and Kraus. My involvement with the two of them goes back over many years, and during this time I've le...
Have you always wanted to know what happens at a choir rehearsal, and how a choral piece is put together? Have you always wan...
Whatever Tom the cat can play as a concert pianist, Matthias has been able to do for ages. And Lidia's violin bow skips acros...
Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger present a programme which is virtually a declaration of love for the city of Vienna. Fri...
A benefit concert to see out the old year. Musicians and singers from Austria and Japan join forces in this "come along and s...
On 18th July 2013 the new teatro musical "Oliver Twist - the story of a street urchin" had its premiere in the Mödling Stadt...
Cabaret and satire are an integral part of Austrian identity, and the "Austrian Cabaret Prize" was first awarded in 1999. Som...
This is probably the most unusual string orchestra in the world. Whenever its members appear, there is always plenty of bowin...
The idea of creating a brass ensemble with two percussionists first arose during a Philharmonic concert tour in 2010. phil Bl...
The Ensemble was formed at the instigation of the Vienna Philharmonic violinist Shkëlzen Doli. It includes two other Philhar...
Using two pianos and the rich variety of tonal colours offered by two sets of percussion, four exceptional musicians play the...
On Thursday 29th October, as part of the Wort & Ton (Words and Sounds) series, you can see, hear and experience first-han...
We all know that singing, music and theatre are good for the soul. But it's not just for professionals - and it's really easy...
The Musikuniversität Wien and the Ernst Krenek Institut take great pleasure in jointly presenting the Ernst Krenek Compositi...
The Prizewinners' Concert is both the high point of, and the crowning conclusion to, the Vienna State competition, prima la m...
Celebrate Christmas at MuTh with the Vienna Boys' Choir! The Virgin Mary is venerated in a various cultures and religions, a...
The Q202 Studio Tour will take place in MuTh again this year. On the 25th, 26th and 27th April, between 14:00 and 21:00, ther...
The Creatures of Prometheus, or the Power of Music and Dance This unique and, sadly, rarely played music has been "recycled"...
Vienna's oldest amateur orchestra presents the realisation of a commissioned piece composed for violin, cello and orchestra...
After Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky first brought the Rites of Spring to the stage in 1913 - creating a scandal at its ...
Princess Shadi of Rotasia is rather troubled. She has found a book which talks of the "Countries of the World". But the princ...
Rù jìng wèn sú (on arriving in a foreign country, one asks about their customs) The Vienna Boys' Choir made their first ...
Gioacchino Rossini - William Tell Overture Gustav Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No.5 George Gershwin, arr. Robert Russell ...
Since it was founded in 2009, the Vienna Saxophonic Orchestra has rapidly gained international recognition for its interpreta...
"A book is like a garden you can carry in your pocket" (Arabic proverb) Reading and writing have fascinated me since I was v...
For enthusiasts, actors, clowns, young people, parents, teachers, professionals, the tired, the lonely, the sick, and politic...
Camerata Con Brio, directed by their conductor Peter Wolf, is the chamber orchestra of Musikschule Wien. Every year, during H...
The PAN TAU-X band "Songs & Beauties" works in the domains of jazz and improvised music, within a kind of European musica...
The Steude Quartet was founded by members of the Vienna Philharmonic in 2002, carrying on the long tradition of string quarte...
10:00 Uhr St. Stephen´s College String Orchestra (China - Hong Kong), Seri Puteri Symphonic Winds (Malaysia) 14:30 Uhr West...
Superar is growing and thriving – it now has more than 600 children singing in seven Vienna primary schools and in the Supe...
Führung durchs Haus / Projektionen
Come along and join us as we celebrate our first birthday! MuTh is now a year old, almost to the day. There has been singing...
Tausend und ein Lied 88
Musik aus der arabischen Welt / Eine Produktion der Wiener Sängerknaben
The first time the Vienna Boys’ Choir were invited to an Arab country was in 1967; on that occasion, it was the Lebanon. Du...
The Armed Man
A Mass for Peace von Karl Jenkins
No time in history has ever produced such terrifying weapons as the 20th century. That's reason enough for the millennium to ...
The Big Mulatság – Das Konzert – mit Janoskas & Freunden
Sunnyi Melles, Natalia Ushakova, Conchita Wurst, Nikolaus Habjan
The Janoska Ensemble has invited some illustrious people to join them at MuTh. The evening will begin with a concert by the J...
Natalia Ushakova, Conchita Wurst und Sunnyi Melles
Das Janoska-Ensemble lädt eine illustre Runde ins MuTh. Begonnen wird mit einem Konzert des Janoska-Ensembles, die ihre inte...
The Big Mulatság – Das Silvesterbuffet
A good meal is always the best start to the New Year! New Year's Eve Maximilian Cocktail Buffet in the VIP studio: €48...
The Big Mulatság – Die Party – mit Janoskas & Freunden
mit dem großen Janoska Festorchester, No Limit Jazz Trio und DJ Bird
After the New Year's Eve Buffet, MuTh will turn into one big party venue. And then The Big Beanfeast will get underway! A for...
THE JEW FACTOR 2014
Der erste jüdische Jugendsongcontest in Wien
Come along and join us for a first-class evening of musical entertainment. We promise you'll see some marvellous acts, a live...
Töne und Schichten des Erzählens
Reihe Wort & Ton/ mit Alexander Peer / im Atelier
In "Bis dass der Tod uns meidet" ("Until Death Rejects Us"), Alexander Peer has produced a challenging novel which is rich in...
YOUNG MASTERS Programm der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien / Johann Sebastian Bach Musikschule
Outstanding young soloists and other particularly talented individuals from the YOUNG MASTERS programme of the Vienna Univers...
Young soloists from the YOUNG MASTERS programme run by the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (the Vienna ...
Im Jahre 2100. Wenn singen verboten ist. / Ein Projekt der Opernwerkstatt des Oberstufenrealgymnasiums der Wiener Sängerknaben
In September 2012, the Vienna Boys' Choir High School established its Opera Workshop. The aim of this project, which has a on...
Valerie und die Gute-Nacht-Schaukel
von Mira Lobe | Ein Musical des SPZ Leopoldsgasse
Valerie is a little girl who does not want to go to bed. Instead, she sits on her goodnight-swing and swings her way from one...
Vato Jordania
Bösendorfer Preisträgerkonzert
Vato Jordania was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1986. He was just eight years old when he gave his first orchestral recital. Al...
Verleihung Flötenuhr
Chor der Wiener Sängerknaben, Doris Adam, Barbara Moser / Mozartgemeinde Wien
The "Wiener Flötenuhr" is an award for gramophone and CD records which was inaugurated in 1969. One of the few Austrian musi...
Vesko Stambolov und Ensemble
Eine Veranstaltung der jeunesse in Zusammenarbeit mit dem MuTh.
Vesko Stambolov is one of Bulgaria's most important pianists. He performs as a soloist with all the major symphony orchestras...
Vier Movies
Winterkonzert der Akademischen Bläserphilharmonie Wien / Leitung MMag. Andreas Simbeni
The Akademische Bläserphilharmonie Wien, or ABW (the Academic Brass Philharmonic of Vienna), which is based in the Technisch...
Von hier aus (sound & poetry)
Wort & Ton / Atelier
Part of the "Wort & Ton" ("Words & Sounds") literature series produced by MuTh Together with the Soundmanager and In...
Wagner, Bruckner & Ravel UNCENSORED
Vienna Symphony Jazz Project / Musikalischer Leiter Flip Philipp
The Blues combines the traditional and the modern. They strengthen the spirit, and that gets reflected in our playing. Every ...
Wer die Wahl hat, hat das Vergnügen
Can’t decide which series to choose? No problem - we’re offering you the opportunity to put together your very own series...
Weihnachtsreise mit Lars und Sven
Eine Produktion der Volksschule der Wiener Sängerknaben / Eine musikalische Reise durch Europa
"Brr, Brr, ...reindeer halt! Allow me to make the introductions: this is Lars and Sven, my cool reindeer. They are pulling my...
Hommage an Richard Strauss und Béla Bartók / Dirigent: Daniel Meyer (USA)
The Vienna Jeunesse Orchestra (WJO) has been honoured with international awards. Recognised as an outstanding forge for new t...
Wiener Klangkommune
Good classical music is more than just a museum of historical sounds, intended only for a circle of the elite! The musicians ...
World Peace Choral Festival
The fifth World Peace Choral Festival takes place in Vienna from 28th to 31st July 2014. President Heinz Fischer is patron of...
Young Masters Solistenkonzerte
Eine Kooperation der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien und der Johann Sebastian Bach Musikschule / Werke von Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Pablo de Sarasate
At the close of the academic year, the finest young musicians from the Young Masters scholarship programme run by the Univers...
Zyklen und Abos 2013/14
[Testproduktion] 15 Jahre Junge Philharmonie
[Testproduktion] Ildiko Raimondi & Junge Philharmonie / Dirigent: Michael Lessky Mit Werken von W.A. Mozart und Gusta
Festkonzert mit KS Ildiko Raimondi „Exsultate, jubilate“ – „Jauchzet, jubiliert, oh ihr glücklichen Seelen“. Kö...
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Das Konzert von Kindergartenkindern für Kinder! Koproduktion der Wiener Sängerknaben mit dem Musikkindergarten
Songs in many languages, songs you can sing along with, songs you can dance to… magical melodies from a host of different c...
15 Jahre Junge Philharmonie
Ildiko Raimondi & Junge Philharmonie / Dirigent: Michael Lessky Mit Werken von W.A. Mozart und Gustav Mahler
Programm:...
25 Jahre Wiener Jeunesse Orchester
Orchesterkonzert mit Werken von Mahler, Sauseng (UA) und Bruckner / Dirigent: Herbert Böck / Solist: Dominik Köninger, Bariton
Seit seiner Gründung vor 25 Jahren gilt das international hochgelobte und mit Preisen ausgezeichnete Wiener Jeunesse Orchest...
25 Jahre Wiener Jeunesse Orchester 99
In the 25 years since its formation, the Wiener Jeunesse Orchestra has garnered a host of international praise and prizes. Th...
7. Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festivals 2013
This year the 7th Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival is bringing over a thousand children and young people to...
Ballettaufführung: Die Vier Jahreszeiten
Eine Produktion der Académie de Danse Vienna / Choreographie: Maud Tolédano
L’Académie de Danse Vienna was founded in September 2012. It offers the 4-15 age group training in ballet to the highest s...
Baron Münchhausen
Musik: Wolfgang Mitterer / Libretto: Ferdinand Schmatz / Eine Produktion der Wiener Taschenoper
Co-produced by Wien Modern, the Rabenhof-Theater, Musica festival international des musiques d’aujourd’hui de Strasbourg,...
Stanford Symphony Orchestra unter der Leitung von: Herrn Jindong Cai.
The programme comprises works by Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture from "Egmont", Op. 84; Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5 A bene...
Best Of …
Die schönsten Lieder aus tausenden Konzerten / 170 Jahre Wiener Männergesang-Verein
The choir has perhaps the richest tradition of any men's choir in Austria, and was founded as far back as 1843. Under the art...
Bridging the Gap – the Power of Singing
Curt Faudons neuster Dokumentar Film über die Wiener Sängerknaben
Singing bridges gaps, between people and peoples, nations, countries, cultures, religions; it builds bridges between reality ...
Eine Oper von W.A. Mozart / Eine Produktion der Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität
A comic opera in two acts Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Performed in Italian This turbulent musical comedy from the pen of th...
Eine romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen
Bauer Kilian wird von den Dorfbewohnern als Gewinner eines Schützenfestes gefeiert. (Viktoria, der Meister soll leben). Mit ...
Der österreichische Musiktheaterpreis
Moderation: Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz
At the instigation of Karl-Michael Ebner and the Association of Volksoper Wien Soloists, Austria's first prize for musical th...
Der Verschwender
von Ferdinand Raimund / Das Wiener Kindertheater
Kinder und Jugendliche bis 18 Jahre: 20 € / 15 € / 9 € Erwachsene: 27 € / 24 € / 21 €, Loge: 37 €...
Die 4 Asse
Eine Krimikomödie der Volksschule der Wiener Sängerknaben
When the Countess holds a ball in Steingartenau, something mysterious happens. Johannes, the son of the Countess, disappears ...
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
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Die schöne Magelone
Volksoper im MuTh / Liederzyklus von Johannes Brahms nach Ludwig Tiecks Erzählung / Katharina Straßer (Rezitation) und Günter Haumer (Bariton)
On 2nd May 2013, MuTh will play host to the Vienna Volksoper for the very first time. This collaboration between two of the c...
Die Zauberflöte 2012/13
Eine wunderbare Heiterkeit hat meine ganze Seele eingenommen, gleich den süßen Frühlingsmorgen, die ich mit ganzem Herzen ...
Eröffnung des neuen Konzertsaales der Wiener Sängerknaben
Dirigent: Franz Welser-Möst / Wiener Philharmoniker / Wiener Sängerknaben / philBlech Wien / Chorus Viennensis
Eröffnungskonzert Schubert Festival 2013
Junge Philharmonie Wien / W. A. Mozart „Die Zauberflöte“ (Ausschnitte) und F. Schuberts „Unvollendete“
Two masterpieces -both "un po’ misterioso" - in the same programme. Whereas Mozart's opera leaves many questions open to in...
FEST ART VIENNA
FEST ART is a cultural and educational association. It organises festivals, competitions, concerts and masterclasses for youn...
Friday Afternoons – Die Wiener Sängerknaben Konzerte
Eine Produktion der Wiener Sängerknaben und Mondial
The Vienna Boys' Choir proves time and time again just how exciting choral singing can be. And now the Choir - which is argua...
Gaudete!
Das Weihnachtskonzert der Wiener Sängerknaben zur Eröffnung des Konzertsaals
Christmas is a wonderful time. And it is a particularly special celebration for the Boys’ Choir: Advent and Christmas is hi...
Glaedelig Jul, Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Nikolaus, Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden, Rupert the Farmhand, Krampus, Babushka, Mrs Santa Claus, Rudolph the reindee...
GOTTES GAUKLER – Aus dem Leben des Franz von Assisi
Ein Musicaloratorium von Tove Lind, Tommy Jervidal / Wiener Jugendchor / Eine Veranstaltung der Österreichisch Dänischen Gesellschaft in Kooperation mit der Musikschule Wien
On 25th May 2013, the first performance of this oratorio to be held in the German-speaking world will take place here at MuTh...
Il re pastore
unterhaltsame Aufführung
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Ein Konzert des Oberstufenrealgymnasiums der Wiener Sängerknaben
A repeat performance, by popular request! Aged from 15 to 18, they come from all over Austria, Switzerland, China, Russia, S...
nne an der Oberfläche der undurchdringlichen Finsternis meines Waldes rnne an der Oberfläche der undurchdringlichen Finster...
Klangfarben
der Chöre des BG und BRG Wien 3
On Tuesday 28th May 2013 at 18.30, four vocal groups from the BG und BRG Wien 3 (HIB) high school are showcased in a large-sc...
Kongress über Mut
Eine künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung
Was bedeutet Mut in unserer Zeit? Was sind unsere individuellen und kollektiven Ängste? Wo ist in Wien Mut zu finden und wie...
KONS/tanzt 45
Performances mit Tanzstudierenden der Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität
In their KONS/tanzt programme, dancers from the Contemporary and Classical Dance course will present new choreography from th...
KONS/tanzt/juniors 44
In KONS/tanzt/juniors (Thursday, 11th April), pupils aged from 10 to 15 demonstrate the results of their initial dance traini...
Künstlergespräch KS Thomas Hampson
Freunde der Wiener Staatsoper
Hosted by Thomas Dänemark The career of the American baritone Thomas Hampson is unique in many respects. As one of today's ...
Oberfläche der undurc
La vera costanza
opera by Joseph Haydn
La vera costanza (True Constancy) is an operatic dramma giocoso by Joseph Haydn. The Italian libretto was a shortened version...
Liebe und Vergänglichkeit
Der Wiener Kammerchor präsentiert ein a cappella Konzert mit Werken von Mahler, Brahms, Bruckner und Wagner
In this a-cappella production, the Vienna Chamber Choir interpret the musical language of some of the great masters and visio...
LIEBE, Lust und Leiden
Es musizieren der Chorus Cantabile unter Chieko Misumi-Ortner und der Chor Persephone unter Kerem Sezen.
Der Chorus Cantabile wurde von Mag. Chieko Misumi-Ortner an der Musikschule Himberg im Jahre 1996 gegründet. Der Chor bestan...
Ma(h)l die Musik!
superar Chorkonzert / Künstlerische Leitung: Gerald Wirth / Stefan Foidl
Mahler's 8th Symphony sounds totally unique - when sung with gusto by 600 children and young people! The full cast of the sup...
Kinderoper nach dem Roman von Herman Melville / Ein Projekt der Wiener Sängerknaben
Especially for MuTh, the Vienna Boys’ Choir have chosen a whaling story; director Katrin Hiller and designer Stefan Röhrle...
Momo oder die Legende vom Jetzt
Schauspiel mit zeitgenössischer Musik, Tanz und Video nach dem Roman von Michael Ende
MakeMake Productions & DSCHUNGEL WIEN & WIEN MODERN We always try to organise our time as economically and efficient...
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Chorus Juventus / WSK Sinfonietta / Dirigent: Manolo Cagnin
"Music for the spirit" is really two premieres in one: this is the first time Chorus Juventus and the Vienna Boys' Choir Sinf...
MuTh zu Bach
Bach-Arien mit Bibiana Nwobilo / Junge Philharmonie Wien Leitung: Michael Lessky
An evening for listening. Let Bach's powerful, reflective music work its wonder. Listen to the lightness and simplicity of th...
Ein Konzert mit klassischer Musik aus Kashmir / Eine Produktion der Wiener Sängerknaben in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Österreichisch-Indischen Institut
The Vienna Boys' Choir have been collecting songs from the countries they visit as far back as 1926, and they have been doing...
New Angels
Musiktheater nach der Novelle „The Black Cat“ von Edgar Allan Poe / Eine Musikkonzept Produktion
Musical theatre for one tenor, two dancers and baroque ensemble, based on Edgar Allan Poe's novella "The Black Cat" A man wi...
Norwegisches Jugend-Symphonie- Orchester
Im Rahmen des 7. Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festivals 2013
This performance by the Norwegian Youth Symphony Orchestra represents both the final concert of their tour and the opening ev...
Overview Festival
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MuTh is the home of Music and Theatre! Here you’ll find an overview of all our different kinds of productions. You can sea...
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Kammermusik von Beethoven, Mahler & Schumann
Präsentation des neuen Bildbandes zum Konzertsaal & Konzert Hugo Wolf Quartett
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Shalom, Gelem.
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On December 9th, 2012, the curtain rose for the very first time in Vienna’s new concert hall for music and theatre. But uni...
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Final Touches go on Sir Ed’s Antarctic Hut
December 19, 2017 - Hillary's Hut, Media Releases, News Story
The Trust raised nearly a million dollars to save the hut, also known as the TAE/IGY Hut, which was built by a team under Sir Ed’s leadership in 1957 just before his famous dash to the South Pole. The fundraising campaign included a 2012-kilometre tractor journey from Piha Beach to Mount Cook, collecting donations on the way.
Assembling the battens for the roof
The team are now thrilled to have completed conservation work on an iconic piece of Kiwi history.
New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust programme manager Al Fastier says it’s been a long and successful road to save the hut and conserve the hundreds of artefacts within it.
“As a historic site, its significance is that it’s the birthplace of New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica and the link to Sir Ed’s famous tractor trip to the South Pole.”
Antarctic Programme Manager Al Fastier working on the roof
While working to conserve Hillary’s Hut last season, the need for a weather-tight long-term roofing solution was identified.
Fastier says the Trust wanted the roofing solution to last a minimum of 35 years but more likely 50 to 100 years. A plan was then developed to overclad the historic roof, meaning the original roof remained intact.
Antarctic Youth Ambassador Chris Ansin working on the hut roof
A key feature of the newly restored hut is the painted aluminium roof, complete with new battens painted in the original bright orange.
“It gives it a real point of difference,” says Fastier, a long time visitor to the ice.
For Fastier, there was an even greater connection to the restoration effort, New Zealand and Hillary, given he slept in the hut on his first trip to the ice in 1987.
Chris Ansin, Al Fastier and Geoff Cooper taking a break on the roof of the hut.
As if the project itself did not provide enough of a challenge, the team had to work around extreme weather systems that included snow and wind storms.
Temperatures averaged -8 to 15 degrees Celsius during the project, with a few -25 and -30 degree Celsius days thrown into the mix.
For specialist Standing Seam roofer, Mike Burgess, the conditions provided a job unlike anything he had ever tackled.
“I’ve never been that cold,” says Burgess, who had to race indoors on the odd occasion to regain feeling in his hands.
The project manager for Architectural Metalformers is used to working through complicated roofing projects in rural, commercial and urban environments in and around Auckland – and less so in the world’s harshest environment.
When he was granted the opportunity to join the conservation effort, Burgess did not hesitate to accept.
“The opportunity to waterproof such an important New Zealand building with our product, while endeavouring to make it visually similar to the original aesthetic could not be passed up, regardless of the weather complexities,” Burgess says.
Not one to opt out of a challenge, Burgess combined his more than 20 years in the business, with further research, to come up with the robust long term waterproof roofing solution.
Burgess and Architectural Metalformers offered their time free of charge.
Having now returned from the ice, Burgess remains under the Antarctic spell.
“It’s been an experience that I will never forget, images and my words certainly don’t do it justice” he says.
“The scale, beauty and the history of the Antarctic – I’ve been bitten by the bug.”
Burgess and the Trust would also like to thank Pacific Coilcoaters, Sika NZ and Nexus Foams for their donated products and technical assistance.
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Vidharr/Cryo/Maa Productions/2013 CD Review
Vidharr are a band from Italy that plays a very grim, raw and primitive form of black'n'roll orientated black metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "Cryo" which was released by Maa Productions.
Drums range from slow to mid paced drumming with only a small amount of fast playing and blast beats being present on this recording, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording, as for the sound effects which are only used briefly they bring a very dark and avant garde sound to the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffs that are very dark, raw and primitive sounding with some melody being thrown into the riffing at times along with some doom metal and black'n'roll influences, while the lead guitars are very melodic sounding black metal guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized they use finger picking and full chords to add some progressive elements to the recording.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with a brief use of spoken word samples as well as some deep growls in addition there are some clean singing female vocals being used on a couple of songs along with sludge style screaming being used on the cover tune, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for t he production it has a very heavy, dark, raw and primitive sound to it while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on t his recording with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Vidharr are a very great sounding hybrid of black'n'roll and traditional black metal and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Void" "Cryo" and "Blank" which is an Eyehategod cover. RECOMMENDED BUY.
Grift/Fyra elegier/Nordvis/2013 CD Review
Grift are a band from Sweden that plays a very atmospheric and melancholic form of atmospheric black metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "Fyra elegier" which was released by Nordvis.
Drums range from slow to mid paced drumming with no fast playing or blast beats being present on this recording, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that following the riffing that are coming out of the guitars and on one of the songs they have a very strong and powerful sound to them, as for the violins which are only utilized on the first song they bring a very dark, melancholic and atmospheric sound to the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced black metal riffs that are very atmospheric, dark, melancholic, raw and primitive sounding along with a good amount of melody being thrown into the riffing as well as some doom metal elements, while the lead guitars are very atmospheric and melodic sounding black metal guitar leads.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams with a brief use of spoken word parts, while the lyrics are written in Swedish and cover mans insignifiance and everything unimaginable before Death's triumph while also a poetic feeling to the song writing, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sounding with some of songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Grift are a very great sounding dark, atmospheric, melancholic, raw and primitive black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dodens dad" and "Bortgang". RECOMMENDED BUY.
https://soundcloud.com/nordvis/grift-d-dens-d-d
Streams Of Blood/Ultimate Destination/Folter Records/2013 CD Review
Streams Of Blood are a band from Germany that plays a very heavy, raw and primitive form of misanthropic black metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "Ultimate Destination" which was released by Folter Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being used at times, while the synths which are only used on t he intro bring a very dark and atmospheric sound to the music, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffs that are very heavy, raw and primitive sounding along with some atmospheric elements and melody being thrown into the riffing at times and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with a brief use of clean singing, while the lyrics cover dark and misanthropic themes with one song cover New World Order topics as well as another one being written in German, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Streams Of Blood are a very great sounding heavy, raw and primitive misanthropic black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Road To Burn" "Bringer Of Light" "Beast Reflect" and "New World Order 2012". RECOMMENDED BUY.
Night Of The World/Drive the Knife DEEPER/Folter Records/2013 CD Review
Night Of The World are a band from Poland that plays a very thrash orientated form of raw and primitive sounding black metal and this is a review of t heir 2013 album "Drive the knife DEEPER" which was released by Folter Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized at times, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffs that are very heavy, raw and primitive sounding with a great amount of thrash influences being thrown into the riffing as well as some melody and there are little to no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals are all hateful and deep sounding black metal screams and growls, while the lyrics cover hateful and misanthropic themes, as for the production it h as a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Night Of The World are a very great sounding heavy, raw and primitive misanthropic black metal band with a thrash edge and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Throarcrush" and "Drive the Knife Or Yourself Deeper". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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Whorls/Lvmen Natvrae/Boue Records/Maniyax Records/2013 7 Inch REview
Whorls are a band from Denmark that plays a mixture of grim sounding black metal and post hardcore and this is a review of their 2013 seven inch "Lymen Natvrae" which was released as a joint effort between Boue Records and Maniyax Records.
Drums range from slow to mid paced playing with only a small amount of fast drumming or blast beats being present on this recording, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast riffs that combine dark, raw and primitive sounding black metal with post hardcore to create a sound of their own and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals range from high pitched black metal screams to post hardcore style screams and growls, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Whorls are a very great sounding hybrid of grim black metal and post hardcore and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Lymen Natvrae". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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The Infernal Sea/Call Of The Augur/2012 CD Review
The Infernal Sea are a band from England that plays a very dark, atmospheric, raw and primitive form of black metal with some death metal influences and this is a review of their self released 2012 album "Call Of The Augur".
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized at times, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording, as for the sound effects when they are utilized they bring an avant garde and occult sound to the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced, to fast black metal riffs that are very dark, raw and primitive sounding with a good amount of death metal influences and melody and there are no guitar solos and leads present on this recording, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized they use finger picking and full chords to add some more darkness to the recording.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal s creams with some deep death metal growls and clean singing which brings an avant garde edge to the music as well as a brief spoken word sample, while the lyrics cover darkness and occult themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion The Infernal Sea are a very great sounding hybrid of raw and primitive sounding black metal and death metal and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Prayer For The Cleansing" "Sermon Of The Augur" and "Ritual Invocation". RECOMMENDED BUY.
http://theinfernalsea.bandcamp.com/album/call-of-the-augur
Patria Interview
. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
MANTUS - Well, first of all we just released our fifth opus called "Nihil Est Monastica" through the great french label Drakkar Productions. We also recently filmed a video clip that will be created by the outstanding swedish producer Håkan Sjödin, who previously worked for the latest official video of MARDUK "Souls for Belial". We re-started the rehearsals and we're looking for good shows, probably for the second semester of 2013. At last but not least, we're already recording some exclusive songs for a future split CD with the killer italian Black Metal band XEPER, planned to be out around June or July by Drakkar again.
2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and how it differs from previous releases?
MANTUS - I should say this new album has a bit more fresh compositions as also a little better production. We just forget about any walls and try to make a good mix from distinct influences and elements. I'm a big fan of progressive, ambient and experimental music, so I thought‚ why not trying to use this on PATRIA songs in a more discreet way? Anyway, of course it's barely used in a general context. We don't want to change our music, but we like to experience different sounds and ways to do our music, always preserving that necro and lowfi feeling traditionally. "Nihil Est Monastica" is probably the very best album we did so far in my opinion. A mix of everything we have made in the previous releases, still with something extra. Maybe even straighter than all the others.
3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the new release?
MANTUS - Our inspirations for the lyrics in this album came from the forces of nature, darkness, occultism themes, ancient mythology and specially that anti-religion vein.
4. The new album has a Sarcofago cover, what was the decision behind the cover and how do you feel yours differs from the other versions that have been then?
MANTUS - We're constantly doing kind of "homages" for bands who we really care about and Sarcofago is definitely one of them. We already made a cover in our second album for an unknown and old brazilian band called Songe d'Enfer, which we fucking love, and in our last album "Liturgia Haeresis" we worked in a cover version for the song "Black Winter Day" from the great Amorphis. This time we thought maybe something extremist would fit better, so we couldn't choose another one but Sarcofago. We didn't play the song as original and I never heard a version with this approach we got, so it's kind cool at last.
5. Has the band played out live or is this a studio project only?
MANTUS - We started as a studio project only, but since 2010 we decided to become a full band with rehearsals and all that shit. Anyway, for the albums we're still keeping it as a duo, to make everything faster and as we want. So, it's more correct to say we're a duo but we have a live line-up ready for shows. Well, we just played in 2 live gigs so far, but both were an amazing experience. We don't like to play everywhere and all the time, but as I said before, we're looking for professional promoters interested to make our ritual alive. Firstly in Brazil, but later in South America and even Europe. Let's see what happens!
6. I have noticed that the band is from Brazil, how does that add to the aggression of your music, since people out there have more problems with Catholics and Christians than Americans or Europeans?
MANTUS - I agree brazilians generally have a particular way to make METAL somehow, so maybe it's in our veins and it will be present in PATRIA music. But honestly my main influence come from the "european" metal, specially from the norwegian black metal. Regarding the religion thing, I really don't think so. Brazil is a fucking giant and multicultural country, so even being in the most part christians/catholics, there's no reason to happen that kind of "dictature" here, you know. I think it probably can be a much bigger pain in the ass for Europeans and Americans. At least we never had to face problems like this.
7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your new album by fans of black metal?
MANTUS - The feedback is being really awesome! I still didn't hear anything negative about the album, which's rare (lol). So, it means all people is enjoying and understand it. We're always concerned to do what will truly pleasure our own ears as real Black Metal fans, you know. So, maybe this good acceptation is a result from this goal. We're also receiving great reviews from small to major media channels and it's a very good thing too.
8. What is going on with the other musical projects these days?
MANTUS - At the moment I'm a bit stopped with my all other musical activities to focus on PATRIA new album and promotion. But I'll start to work on a new album for my other band MYSTERIIS soon and our vocalist Triumphsword is already working on a second album for his other band THORNS OF EVIL. Both to be released in 2013, but nothing really concrete yet.
9. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
MANTUS - It's difficult to say cause it depends of many things in the future‚ What I'll be listening, my mind and personal feelings and many other details that will surely affect the way of composing. But if you're asking me about a first view basic plan, the idea would be to make a music even darker, heavier and straighter, mixing the traditional Black Metal way with some twisted weird melodies and some progressive drums, always trying to capture our own identity, developing our personality without loss the focus.
10. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
MANTUS - Norwegian scene is the Top one for me. It was brilliant in the early days with so many references in bands, who practically created a style to make music, visual and act. To say a few‚ Burzum, old Darkthrone, Ulver, Satyricon, Borknagar, Mayhem, Immortal, Emperor, Hades, Enslaved etc. And there's also some current Black Metal bands doing a great job there today. Well, I listen all kind of music‚ I must say that I'm a reeeeally eclectic person‚ In this last month I have listened things like the new and epic ANATHEMA "Heathen Systems", "Deathlike" from the outstanding ANCIENT VVISDOM, ENSLAVED "Riitiir", AUDREY HORNE "Youngblood" and some not so new stuff like SEPTIC FLESH "The Great Mass", the last TROLL album "Neo-Satanic Supremacy", BORKNAGAR "Urd" and also some random stuff like SLAYER "South of Heaven", IRON MAIDEN "Piece of Mind", ALICE IN CHAINS, ULVER and A-HA‚ specially the first releases, among many many others. I work in a computer, so it's what I have added on iTunes and I'm constantly listening it :)
11. Outside of music what are some of your interests?
MANTUS - Music is already part of my life. I work indirectly with music, so it's difficult don't be surrounded by this atmosphere all the time. But I'm very interested in ART in a general context‚ Cinema is something that catches me A LOT. I spend a big part of my hours watching movies, reading about etc.
12. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
MANTUS - First of all mega thanks for the space and support! We really hope the true worshippers of darkness can enjoy our new album as much we do. See you around!!! Cheers from the South American misty mountains.
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Altaar/Self Titled/Indie Recordings/2013 CD Review
Altaar are band from Norway that plays a mixture of depressive black metal, doom, ambient, drone and psychedelic and this is a review of t heir self titled album which was released in 2013.
Drums are all slow playing with no fast drumming or blast beats being used on this recording, while the synths bring in the ambient, drone and psychedelic elements to the music, as for the bass playing it has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording.
Rhythm guitars are all slow riffs t hat combine depressive black metal, heavy doom and psychedelic to create a sound of their own along with a great amount of heavy and soft and clean playing being thrown into the riffing along with some dark sounding melodies and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals are deep black/doom metal growls and screams, while the song themes cover darkness, as for t he production it has a very strong, powerful, dark and heavy sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion Altaar are a very great sounding hybrid of black metal, doom and psychedelic and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should of checked out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Tidi Kjem Aldri Att". RECOMMENDED BUY.
https://www.facebook.com/altaarnorway?ref=ts&fref=ts
http://www.myspace.com/altaarnorway
Distorted Cognitions/Incipient/2012 Cassette Review
This is a review of a cassette from Distorted Cognitions which continues their drone, depressive black metal hybrid which was released in 2012 called "Incipient" which also has their 2009 ep "Shadows".
Drums programming when they are utilized are all slow beats, while there are some sound effects that are used at times and they bring in more noise, ambient and drone elements to the recording with the second ep being mostly in that direction with little use of guitars and vocals except for some parts.
Rhythm guitars are all slow riffs that combine depressive black metal with drone and doom metal to create a sound of their with the riffing being dark and primitive sounding along with a good amount of heavy distortion and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals are all grim sounding and high pitched black metal screams, while the song times cover metaphysical, nihilism, and philosophical themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Distorted Cognitions and if you are a fan of depressive black, drone, ambient and doom, you should check out this cassette. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Quantum Doctrine" "The Constraint Of Metaphysics" "Nihilistic Foundation" and "Vigor Axiom". RECOMMENDED BUY.
Distorted Cognitions/Synthesis/2012 CD Review
This is another review of a recording from South Carolina's Distorted Cognitions with the music continuing their hybrid of depressive black metal, doom and drone with the album being self released and called "Synthesis".
Drum programming are all slow beats that have some influences from underground electronic music, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars, as for the sound effects which are only used briefly they bring an experimental and avant garde sound to the recording.
Rhythm guitars are all slow riffs that combine depressive black metal, doom and drone together to create a sound of their own with some distorted parts being used at times and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals are all high pitched depressive black metal screams, while the song themes cover philosophical, metaphysical and Hegelian topics, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it with some songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Distorted Cognitions and if you are a fan of depressive black metal, drone and doom metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Vorben" "Hegelian Dialectic" "Tanscendental Ratio" and "Mass Action". RECOMMENDED BUY.
Distorted Cognitions/Reduction/2011 CD Review
Distorted Cognitons are a band from South Carolina that plays a very drone sounding form of depressive black/doom metal and this is a review of their self released 2012 album "Reduction".
Drum programming are all slow beats, while the synths bring a very dark ambient drone sound to the recording, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars are all slow riffs that combine depressive black metal, doom and drone together to create a sound of their own with some raw and primitive elements and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals are all high pitched depressive black metal screams, while the song themes cover philosophical, esoteric and metaphysical subjects, as for the production it has a very dark raw and primitive sound to it with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Distorted Cognitions are a very great sounding hybrid of depressive black metal, doom and drone and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Empiricist Criterion" "Truth And Utility" "Mechanism Of Gaia" and "Eternity Opens As In Ancient Times". RECOMMENDED BUY.
Inter Arma/Sky Burial/Relapse Records/2013 CD Review
Inter Arma are a band from Virginia that plays a mixture of raw and primitive sounding black metal, doom, sludge, psychedelic and grindcore and this is a review of their 2013 album "Sky Burial" which was released by Relapse Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized at times, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording, as for the synths and sound effects bring a very dark ambient and psychedelic sound to the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast riffs that combine raw and primitive sounding black metal, doom, sludge and grindcore together to create a sound of their own with some dark sounding melodies being thrown into the riffing, while the lead guitars are very psychedelic sounding doom/sludge metal guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized they use full chords and finger picking to add a southern/classic rock feeling to the recording as well as mixing in some steel and slide guitars.
Vocals range from high pitched black metal/sludge screams with some deep growls being used at times, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it has a very powerful, strong, dark and heavy sound where you can h ear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Inter Arma are a very great sounding hybrid of black metal, sludge, doom, grindcore and psychedelic music and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Survival Files" "Destroyer" and "Sky Burial". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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Dark Desolation/Rites Of Blasphemy/DarkZone Productions/2012 CD Review
Deep Desolation are a band from Poland that mixes occult black metal with some first wave black metal and doom influences and this is a review of their 2012 album "Rites Of Blasphemy" which was released by DarkZone Productions.
Drums range from slow , mid paced to fast drumming with not much in the way of blast beats, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording, as for the sound effects when they are utilized they in psychedelic elements to the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast riffs that combine second wave occult black metal with first wave and doom metal together to create a sound of their own with some dark sounding melodies being thrown into the riffing, while the lead guitars are very psychedelic sounding doom metal guitar solos and leads.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with some deep demonic growls as well as a brief use of ritualistic samples, while the lyrics cover dark occultism and blasphemous themes with a couple of songs being written in Polish, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Deep Desolation are a very great sounding hybrid of 1st and 2nd wave occult black metal, psychedelic and doom metal, and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Between The Tits Of A Witch" "Blasphemous Rite" and "Necromouth". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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Inglorious/Death Syndrome/The Second Step To Hell/DarkZone Productions/2010 CD Review
Inglorious are a band from Poland that plays a very raw and primitive form of misanthropic black metal and this is a review of their 2010 album "Death Syndrome" which was released by DarkZone Productions.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized at times, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout t he recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffs that are very raw and primitive sounding as well as some thrash and death metal influences along with some melody being thrown into the riffing as well as a brief use of clean playing, while the lead guitars are very melodic sounding black/death metal guitars and leads.
Vocals are mostly deep and grim sounding black metal screams with some spoken word samples being utilized at times, while the lyrics cover hateful and misanthropic themes with a touch of Luciferian philosophy, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound to it while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion Inglorious are a very great sounding raw and primitive misanthropic black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Come For Death" "The New Beast Of The Apocalypse" and "Burn My Body". RECOMMENDED BUY.
thehappymask/Ruines/Domestic Genocide/2013 CD Review
thehappymask are a 1 man band from Russia that mixes post black metal with post rock and shoegaze and this is a review of t heir 2013 album "Ruines" which was released by Domestic Genocide Records.
Drum programming ranges from slow, mid paced beats, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording, as for the synths they bring a very dark, atmospheric and ambient sound to the music.
Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced riffs that combine black metal with post rock and shoegaze to create a sound of t heir own mixing some raw and primitive elements as well as some dark sounding melodies in the riffing, as for the acoustic guitars they use finger picking and full chords to add more melancholy to the recording.
Vocals a re all absent from this recording with the music being all instrumental, while the song themes cover darkness, poetic types of atmosphere, as for the production it h as a very dark, raw and primitive sound while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion thehappymask are a very great sounding hybrid of black metal, post rock and shoegaze and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ruines" "Old Broken Bridge" and "As Dusk Falls". RECOMMENDED BUY.
A Transylvanian Funeral/Gorgos Goetia/Forbidden Records/2013 CD Review
A Transylvanian Funeral are a band from Indiana that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style on this recording as being raw and primitive occult black metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "Gorgos Goetia" which was released by Forbidden Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized on this recording, while the bass playing it has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast occult black metal riffs that are very dark, raw and primitive sounding with some thrash influences and melody being thrown into the riffing as well as a brief use of soft and clean playing and their are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals a re mostly high pitched black metal screams as well as some chants and deeper vocals being utilized at times as well as some samples, while the lyrics cover Occultism, Crowley, Left Hand Path and Percival themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it while you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording as well as some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from A Transylvanian Funeral and if you are a fan of t his band, you should enjoy this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Burning Astral Hunger" "Mars Exalted In Capricorn" "Pervival In Armor" and "Hymn To Gorgon". RECOMMENDED BUY.
Patria/Nihil Est Monastica/Drakkar Productions/2013 CD Review
Patria are a band from Brazil that plays a very dark, raw and primitive form of black metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "Nihil Est Monastica" which was released by Drakkar Productions.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized at times, while the synths when they are utilized they bring a very atmospheric and epic sound to the recording, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars and at times they h ave a very powerful sound to them.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffs that are very old school, dark, raw and primitive sounding with a good amount of melody being thrown into the riffing while also adding in some thrash influences, atmospheric and experimental elements as well as a brief use of soft and clean playing, while the lead guitars when they are utilized are very melodic sounding black metal guitar solos and leads.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding and high pitched black metal screams that have a depressive tone to them as well as a brief use of chanting, while the lyrics cover darkness, misanthropic, and occult themes, as for the production it has a very old school, dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Patria are a very great sounding atmospheric, melodic, raw and primitive black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dark Cosmic Legend" "Ravens Almighty" "Evoking The Ancient Spirits" and "The Black Vomit" which is a Sarcofago cover. RECOMMENDED BUY.
Rorcal/Vilagveve/Cal Of Ror Records/2013 CD Review
Rorcal are a band from Switzerland that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style on this recording that I would describe as being a mixture of dark ambient, sludge, doom and raw and primitive black metal and this is a review of their 2013 album "Vilagveve" which was released by Cal Of Ror Records.
Drums range from slow to mid paced playing with some fast drumming and blast beats being utilized at times, while the synths when they are used bring a dark ambient/drone sound to the recording, as for the bass playing it has a very strong and powerful s ound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast riffs that combine heavy sludge and doom with dark, raw and primitive black metal with a great amount of heavy distortion as well as a brief use of melody being thrown into the riffing and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals are mostly high pitched depressive screams that have a depressive tone to them at times as well as a brief use of male and female that bring an opera feeling to the recording, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion this is another great sounding from Rorcal and if you are a fan of this band, you should enjoy this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Doom" "Black V" and "Black VI". RECOMMENDED BUY.
Immolith Interview
1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
Shortly following the release of our first full length album, Storm Dragon, we went on a hiatus. I was feeling a bit burnt out on the whole thing after four years of pouring everything into the band and needed some time off. I had thought about keeping the band a solo studio project for some time and continued to slowly work on new material. After about a year of being a hermit, I realized I was just kind of spinning my wheels creatively. Without a full band, and constant rehearsals I had no real drive to work on new material. So I got back in touch with the guys at the end of 2012, and we decided to start getting together on a regular basis and writing the next album together starting back this January 2013. And that is where we are at, now. We are writing the new album, and hope to be back in the studio recording it with Chris Grigg late summer, or fall 2013.
My goal hasn’t changed since I started the band back in 2008. I wanted to be in a straight ahead classic sounding black metal band. Hopefully the material we are writing now will continue in that track. I know lots of bands and musicians love to talk about how they evolve and progress creatively and that’s great for some bands, but that’s not what I worry about for Immolith. I’m actually a big fan of bands that remain true to their original sound or style for the most part over the years. I tend to drop bands very quickly if they stray too far from what I like about them in the first place. So I hope the next Immolith album will get a lot of the same comparisons Storm Dragon recieved after it’s release in the press- and that was that it sounded very much like the second wave of black metal.
I write about medieval and ancient history, the occult, and topics drawn from fantasy literature and fantasy role playing games.
4. I know that one of the members writes for the online version of Metal Maniacs, how are things going these days with that project?
I’m lucky to have the chance to write for Metal Maniacs. Since it’s a volunteer gig, I’m fortunate that I can contribute on my own schedule and really just get to write about bands and albums that I really like. I get asked to do reviews by bands and labels quite often, but I tend to turn a lot of that down. As a musician in a band I feel it really isn’t my place to review other bands. If I’m really into an album I might write a review, but otherwise I try to stick to interviews of bands that I really like. While I was on my hiatus from Immolith last year, and being somewhat of a recluse, I didn’t really contribute that often. I’m going to try and post a bit more regularly on Metal Maniacs again this year.
5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
We’ve gotten to share the stage with a lot of cool bands. Turnout wise, our best show was probably opening for the Enthroned/Destroyer 666 tour a few years back. There was a really good sized crowd there early enough to see us, so that was very cool. On a personal note for me, having been such a huge Celtic Frost fan as a kid, opening for Triptykon and getting to meet Tom G. Warrior and speak with him for a few minutes was probably the most rewarding part of an Immolith live show for me so far. As far as our live show it’s pretty much what you would expect from a traditional black metal band, meaning we do the full corpse paint, blood, fog, spikes thing that most people think of when they think of traditional black metal.
6. Do you have any touring plans for the future?
Well, since I’m an older guy with a regular career, I don’t see the band every actually touring anywhere unfortunately. I’m way past the age of “let’s get in a beat up van and go tour..” So outside of maybe getting invited to open for some bands in the NY/NJ/PA area where we live or maybe being invited to play an a fest somewhere we could travel to for a weekend I don’t see any real touring happening for this band.
7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black metal?
The band has really gotten strong support over the years, and the almost all of the reviews of our first full length have been very, very positive.
8. In 2013 there are alot of younger black metal fans and bands that have the opposite view of what black metal should be compared to the older days, what are your thoughts about it?
To me black metal has always just been evil, dark, aggressive music and that’s what it will always be. If other people think of it as something else, I will disagree with them, but I could really care less. I’m not going to grandstand or get on a soap box to try and tell someone else what to think. But if your band calls yourself black metal, and it’s not evil, dark, and aggressive, I probably won’t listen to it.
Again my goal is to create traditional 80’s and 90’s influenced traditional black metal. That won’t change.
10. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your newer music fans also what are you listening to nowadays?
I don’t really listen to anything new. Or if it is new, it sounds like the old days of black, death and thrash metal.
11. How would you describe your views on Satanism and Occultism?
I’ve read a ton back 20 years ago, from LeVay and Crowley, to Grimoires on Ceremonial Magic. More recently I’ve read some of Michael W. Ford’s books on Luciferian and Chaos Magick. As a young man I was really into the idea of demons and spirits and all the paranormal stuff that typically comes to mind when people think of the occult. But as a much older and I would like to think, a wiser man, I’ve decided I’m a firm atheist and really don’t believe in paranormal anything. To me Occult practice really comes down to a focusing of the will for a desired outcome. And as such it is a good and powerful thing. But for me there are no gods, no devils.
I still read a lot of history, which is what I studied in college, as well as fantasy and horror books. I’m a hockey fan, and like riding my harley. Other than that, I have a family that I devote most of my time to.
Thanks for taking the time to interview us, and I hope some people will check us out and listen to the last album, and keep an eye out for the next one later this year or early next year.
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Morketida/Panphage Mysticism/Werewolf Records/2018 CD Review
Morketida are a band from Finland that plays an occult form of black metal and this is a review of their 2018 album "Panphage Mysticism" which will be released in August by Werewolf Records.
A very distorted organ intro starts off the album before going into a heavier direction while the riffs also bring in a decent amount of dark sounding melodies along with the faster sections of the songs also using a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly grim black metal screams while the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's along with the songs also bringing in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the organs also being mixed in the heavier sections of the music at times and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very dark and melodic style and they also bring in an instrumental.
Morketida plays a style of occult black metal that is very heavily rooted in the 90's while going for the less popular mid paced direction of that era to create something different, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover darkness and occultism themes.
In my opinion Morketida are a very great sounding occult black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Invoking The Seventh Moon" and "Temple Of Prevailing Darkness". 8 out of 10.
http://werewolfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/panphage-mysticism
Flesh Hunter And The Analassaulters/The Plague/Hammer Of Damnation/2018 Full Length Review
Flesh Hunter And The Analassaulters are a band from Chile that plays a very raw and old school mixture of black, death and thrash metal and this is a review of their 2018 album "The Plague" which was released by Hammer Of Damnation.
Dark soundscapes start off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats along with the vocals being mostly high pitched black metal screams as well as all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them.
Demonic death metal grows can also be heard at times while the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads being done in a very melodic and old school style, elements of thrash and first wave black metal are also utilized at times as well as the vocals also bringing in the vocal approach from the genre.
The music also brings in a great amount of 80's and 90's influences and as the album progresses a brief classical guitar instrumental can be heard before closing the recording with two tracks that are long and epic in length along with one song also introducing spoken word parts onto the recording and melodic chants can also be heard briefly.
Flesh Hunter And The Analassaulters plays a musical style that goes back to the 80's and 90's era of black metal while also mixing in elements of death and thrash metal, the production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover hell, defiance, insurgency and occult practice themes.
In my opinion Flesh Hunter And The Analassaulters are a very great sounding raw and old school mixture of black, death and thrash metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Entity" "A Rising Flood of Perpetual Chaos" and "The Plague". 8 out of 10.
Dark Rain Forest/Self Titled/2018 Demo Review
Dark Rain Forest are a band from Italy that plays an old school form of black metal and this is a review of their self titled and self released 2018 demo.
A very dark and heavy sound starts off the demo while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with the riffs also bringing in a decent amount of melody as well as the music being very heavily rooted in the 90's era and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard.
When tremolo picking is utilized it gives the songs more of a raw feeling while the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very old school yet melodic style as well as one track also bringing in a brief use of epic synths and witch burning samples before returning back to a heavier direction on the following tracks and the demo closes with an instrumental.
Dark Rain Forest plays a style of black metal that is very raw and traditional as well as going to the early 90's second wave era, the production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover darkness, misanthropy, occultism and paganism themes.
In my opinion Dark Rain Forest are a very great sounding traditional black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this demo. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ancestral Bloody Moon" and "Dark Rain Forest" 8 out of 10.
https://youtu.be/G3CKzM-tNFE
Sebastian Crugley/Transient Life/2017 EP Review
This is a review of another recording from Sebastian Crugley which shows the music going into more of a depressive post black metal direction and the ep was self released in 2017 and called "Transient Life".
A very heavy and depressive sound starts off the album along with some melodic post metal style guitar leads while suicidal black metal screams can also be heard in the background as well as the programmed drum beats sticking to more of a mid tempo direction.
Tragic sounding keyboards are also used quite a bit throughout the recording while tortured spoken word parts can also be heard briefly along with a brief use of children music samples and on the second track the music goes into more of an ambient black metal direction but also keeping the depressive elements.
On this recording Sebastian Crugely takes depressive black metal, post rock and ambient and mixes them together to create a sound of his own, the production sounds very dark a dn raw while the lyrics cover dark and depressive themes along with a concept.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Sebastian Crugely and if you are a fan of ambient and depressive post black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Infantile Agony". 8 out of 10.
https://scrugley.bandcamp.com/
Sebastan Cregley/Narcotic Euphoria/2015 EP Review
Sebastian Cregely is a solo artist from Argentina that plays a mixture of depressive black metal and post rock and this is a review of his self released 2015 ep "Narcotic Euphoria".
Melodic post rock style guitar leads start off the ep along with some heavy riffs and drum beats a few seconds later while the music also brings in a great amount of atmospheric sounding synths and the vocals are done in mostly a spoken style as well as the music incorporating elements of depressive black metal.
Influences of shoegaze, goth, dream pop. darkwave and depressive rock can also be heard at times and on the second track which is also an instrumental clean playing and ocean sounds are added into the music and the music sticks to mostly a slow or mid tempo direction.
Sebastian Crugely plays a musical style on this recording t hat takes the rawness of depressive black metal and mixes it with the sad atmospheric of post rock, shoegaze and dream op to create a sound of his own, the production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover drug themes.
In my opinion Sebastian Cregely is a very great sounding mixture of depressive black metal and post rock and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Narcotica". 8 out of 10.
Alldrig/Introspective Existentialism/Depressive Illusions/2016 Full Length Review
This is the final review of a recording from Argentina's Alldrig which shoes the music going into more of an ambient style of depressive black metal and the album was released in 2016 on cassette by Depressive illusions and if called "Introspective Existentialism".
Ambient style synths and nature orientated soundscapes start off the album while one of the tracks is very long and epic in length along with the ambient and atmospheric elements being mixed in with the heavier sections of the music as well as the solos and leads being done in a very melodic post metal direction.
When the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can be heard which also gives the songs a more raw feeling while the vocals are mostly depressive black metal screams that are mixed down low in the mix and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them.
On this recording Alldrig take his depressive style of post black metal into more of an ambient direction, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover existentialism and depressive themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Alldrig and if you are a fan of ambient and depressive post black metal, you should check out t his album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Melancholy Germ I" and "Individualism, Aneuryism". 8 out of 10.
Alldrig/Departure/2015 EP Review
This is a review of another recording from Argentina's Alldrig which continues the atmospheric and depressive style of post black metal from t he previous release and the ep was self released in 2015 and called "Departure".
Keyboards along with some atmospheric soundscapes and after the intro the music goes into more of a heavier direction while also keeping the elements that where presented on the ep along with the drum beats being mostly programmed and clean vocals can also be heard at times.
Elements of post rock can be heard in some parts of the music while the vocals also bring in a great amount of cries and depressive black metal screams along with the solos and leads being done in a very melodic style and also bringing in elements of shoegaze as well as one track being an instrumental and all of the music sticks to a slower direction.
On this recording Alldrig remained true to the atmospheric and depressive style of post black metal that was established on the previous release, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover depression, life experiences, misery and drug themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Alldrig and if you are a fan of atmospheric and depressive post black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Vicious Circle" and "Monochrome". 8 out of 10.
Alldrig/Uncontrolled Dreams Of Exploding Skies/GS Productions/2015 CD Review
Alldrig where a solo project from Argentina that played a very depressive and atmospheric form of post black metal and this is a review of his 2015 album "Uncontrolled Dreams Of Exploding Skies" which was released by GS Productions.
Rain and thunder sounds start off the album along with some tragic sounding keyboards a few seconds later while the solos and leads are done in a very melodic and depressive style which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times as w ell as the tremolo picking giving the songs a more raw feeling.
Clean playing can also be heard at times while spoken word parts are also added into certain sections of the recording along with the vocals being mostly high pitched depressive black metal screams as well as some of the tracks being very long and epic in length and as the album progresses acoustic guitars can also be heard briefly and a couple song also brings in clean vocals, when the music finally speeds up a small amount of blast beats can be heard and the album closes with a cover of Lifelover's "Cancertid".
Alldrig played a style of depressive post black metal that is very slow and atmospheric sounding, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover depression, life experiences, drugs and misery themes.
In my opinion Alldrig where a very great sounding atmospheric and depressive black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dysthmia" and "Somewhere Along Our Lives". 8 out of 10.
Overdokkse/Self Titled/2014 Demo Review
Overdokkse where a solo project from Argentina that plays a very depressive form of black metal and this is a review of his self released and self titled 2014 demo.
A very dark and distorted sound starts off the demo along with some depressive yet melodic riffing a few seconds later while the vocals bring in suicidal black metal screams and cries as well as all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them.
All of the drum beats are programmed while all 3 of the tracks stick to mostly to a very slow direction and when tremolo picking is utilized it gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Overdokkse played a style of black metal that was very slow, raw and depressive sounding, the production sounds very dark, raw and lo-fi while the lyrics cover darkness, isolation and depression themes.
In my opinion Overdokkse where a very great sounding depressive black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this demo. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Isolated". 8 out of 10.
https://scrugley.bandcamp.com/album/overdokkse-demo
Pa Vesh En/Temple Moon/Iron Bonehead Productions/2018 Split Album Review
This is a review of a split album between Belarus's Pa Vesh En and United Kingdom's Temple Moon which will be released in August by Iron Bonehead Productions and we will start off the review with Pa Vesh En a band that has recently had music reviewed in this zine and plays a very raw form of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with dark soundscapes and heavy riffing before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats while the vocals bring in a mixture of high pitched depressive black metal screams and bestial growls which are kind of mixed down low in the mix.
Throughout their side of the recording you can also hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the riffs also bring in a decent amount of dark sounding melodies at times along with a small amount of guitar leads as well a s a brief use of ambient elements and on the closing track spoken word parts are added into this music, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover darkness, night and occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Pa Vesh En and if you are a fan of raw ambient black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Murder Instinct" and "Damnation And The Witch".
Next up is Temple Moon a solo project that plays an old school form of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very fast and raw sound which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with the music being very heavily rooted in the 90's and the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing while the music also captures a depressive atmosphere at times along with the music sounding like it could of easily been recorded and released 25 years ago and there is also a brief use of atmospheric sounding synths and clean playing, the production sounds very dark, raw and old school while the lyrics cover nature themes.
In my opinion Temple Moon are a very great sounding raw and old school black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ceremonial Decay" and "VI".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of raw black metal. 8 out of 10.
Pa Vesh En - Last Episode: https://soundcloud.com/iron-bonehead-productions/pa-vesh-en-last-episode/s-QkZax
Temple Moon - Ceremonial Decay: https://soundcloud.com/iron-bonehead-productions/temple-moon-ceremonial-decay/s-OlKG5
Pleurisy/Ceremonies Of Barbaric Lust/Convictus Tapes/2018 Demo Review
Pleurisy are a band from Australia that plays a raw mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their 2018 demo "Ceremonies Of Barbaric Lust" which was released on cassette by Convictus Tapes.
A very dark and ritualistic synth intro starts off the cassette before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats while the vocals are a mixture of bestial growls and black metal screams along with some elements of noise and grindcore.
Most of the tracks are very short in length while the music also brings in a great amount of 90's influences along with the solos and leads being done in a very chaotic style as well as the songs also bringing in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them and synths also make a return towards the end.
Pleurisy plays a musical style that goes back to the 90's era of war, black and death metal while also adding in the short lengths of grind and noisecore songs to create a sound of t heir own, the production sounds very dark, r aw and lo-fi while the lyrics cover dark, violent, blasphemous and satanic themes.
In my opinion Pleurisy are a very great sounding raw mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Embryo Spawn" "Forbidden Fornication" "End Of Your Life For Satan" and "Barbaric Lust". 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Pleurisy/3540441776
Paganland/XX Years Of Paganland/Azermedoth Records/2018 Live Album Review
Paganland are a band from Ukraine that has been featured before in this zine and plays a pagan form of black metal and this is a review of their 2018 live album "XX Years Of Paganland" which will be released on July 31st by Azermedoth Records.
A keyboard orientated intro starts off the album while also introducing acoustic guitars onto the recording with the keyboards also mixing into the heavier sections of the songs at times while the faster sections of the songs also use a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music a more raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the band also interacting with the audience at times as well as the songs also mixing in elements of folk music, melodies can also be heard in some of the riffing and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic style and some of the tracks are very long and epic in length.
On this live recording Paganland remains true to their epic style of pagan black metal, the production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover Slavic Paganism and the runes o the Veles book and runic manuscripts from the library of Anna Yaroslavna.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Paganland and if you are a fan of pagan black metal, you should check out this live album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "At The Heart Of The Carpathians" "Black Mountain" and "The Gloom". 8 out of 10.
https://www.facebook.com/PaganlandOfficial/
https://paganlandofficial.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0sn0Klluncg4WhRSi1JEkA
https://vk.com/paganlandofficial
http://pagan.land
Heathid Equis/Fields/Grey Matter Productions/2018 Full Length Review
Heathid Equis are a duo from Texas that plays a mixture of old school black and doom metal and this is a review of their 2018 album "Fields" which was released by Grey Matter Productions.
A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album while the vocals are mostly high pitched depressive black metal screams along with the solos and leads bringing in more of a modern and melodic atmospheric sounding and you can also hear a lot of doom metal elements in the slower sections of the songs.
A great amount of 90's influences can also be heard in the musical style while the riffs also bring in a decent amount of dark sounding melodies along with some spoken word parts also being used used briefly and as the album progresses an acoustic instrumental is added onto the recording before returning back to a heavier direction on the remaining tracks.
Heathid Equis takes the old school, depressive and atmospheric styles of black metal and mixes them with doom metal to create a sound of their own, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover dark and depressive themes.
In my opinion Heathid Equis are a very great sounding old school mixture of black and doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this duo. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Sathos Funeral" and "An Ocean Of Mistrust". 8 out of 10.
Grey Matter Productions @ Bandcamp
Al Ard Interview
The band was born formally on 2011, but from the early years we knew that it would be unavoidable and it was only question of time. Turin and Pavia were the home towns of our own project, but what was fundamental is the common origin from Sicily. Our own music is a mixture of rotten Black Metal, Dubstep, DnB and a lot of Noise Industrial: not by chance our main sources of inspiration are bands like Aborym, Dodheimsgard, Diabolicum and MZ412. But what, for us, characterize al ard is the detailed research of extremism in an absolute sense and at all levels; generating a sound and emotive violence that overwhelms the listener, even if he/she does not appreciate it.
2.Recently you have released your first full length, what are some of the things you feel you have accomplished musically on the new album?
Our vision of black metal is first of all based on ramping up the experiments to see what happens in there. With our first full length we've been conscious that it is possible and we like the result. This is not the end of the story since our own music is itself our inspiration for moving forward. Nevertheless, the inspiration will come and dictate the way we'll go, so we could explain it as an unconscious revelation on our side not yet revealed.
3.On the album you also mix a lot of different genres, do you feel you are adding something new to the black metal genre?
What we would like to describe is the approach, came out from several influences and along last decade who led us to reach the violence, no matter what the music is. Black metal is the main matrix for us, a channel to spread the hate we have to spit, made both dynamically synthetic with drum'n'bass and coldly static with noise. For people who have a background of black metal, drum'n'bass and noise industrial, will be easy to understand our research through those 3 different music styles, because they surely have felt before the same crazy adrenaline.
For those who have never trespassed black metal, we would seriously suggest giving a listen to Al Ard and let us know if they feel betrayed or excited.
The main aspect for us is also to create a unique channel, being able to merge instruments, noise, electronic. We work a lot to meld them, that's the hard part. We hate when a song plays as parallel dimensions at the same time, it has no meaning. The new songs we're creating now reflect even more this concept.
We could say Al Ard contains a long story and several topics. It could be defined in paragraphs. Each song, different stories, merging themselves during the album, to then disappear. The songs are born from instinct and scorn of a moment, more than being created for a specific, wide and unilateral concept. There's a lot of shit around to savor only one. To give you some examples, FOR A HINT OF DIVINITY is a manifesto against the self-commodification, what could a man do for a moment of glory... P.P.P tells about the christianity habits along the centuries, the morality and values collapsed under the evolution, the two STRANGE OLD PRACTICE go deeper into the real face of a war, the fear, the desolation, the disgust; in Strange Old Practice II, the mantra obsessively repeated during the song is Sicilian dialect and means "Deformed children are borning". The all is linked with the Sicilian culture, a fundamental inspiration for the entire album and place where we come from. Ultimately the recipe is filled with dreamlike statuses, real funerals stories, private deviations, southern Italy traditions, introspection and human's inhumanity of life.
5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Al Ard'?
The name AL ARD is the arab for "The Land", referred to Sicily, named " al-arḍ al-kabīra " ("The Big Land") at the time of arab domination.
The main inspiration was to highlight the importance of our origin and how it influenced our own lives. Unlike the classic iconography of Scandinavian black metal that exalts the "coldness" of those places and their lifestyle, we aim at the clear contrast, not only geographically, trying to express the "darkness" that unsuspectedly distinguishes the tradition of the south.
6.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?
Also the artwork is a magnification of Sicilian tradition and cult of death.
The mummies on the cover (which represent our "dead" own person) are three of the several ones inside the Cappuccini's Catacombs in Palermo, which preserve their excellent status of conservation thanks to an ancient embalming technique.
7.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
Principally the hardest things to yield properly are the guitars: generally the rhythmics of each guitar have been merged trying to obtain the best stage result but in rare cases other guitars are played directly in background.
S.V.D. has got sufficent stuffs to play the huge quantity of fucking bases, synth and samples have to be spited out from the sound system...to COD the only task of screaming, singing, playing bass and destroying everything on stage like a fucking insane that goes wild against the crowds.
We're working on it to be able to play live during the end of the year and in 2019. It's always hard to plan for live dates because we live far from each other, but not so far to erase the will of playing and planning for tours or single events. Turin and Sicily will be for sure a place where we'll organize something, but our scope is to plan for a tour in several places in Europe.
9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of underground metal?
The reaction has been very good till now. For example, the Industrial band Preemptive strike from Greece asked for a featured song that will be available very soon. Basically the response for album has been very succesful from our side, however we think that the possibility to perfom live sessions in the next future will contribute to make our visibility to an higher lavel.
We really hope to produce music that satisfies 100% of our needs, tastes and deviated desires. Basically, we want to improve the connection between our way of concepting black metal and our urge of playing experimental! Actually this is our objective since we realized the best results came from it. This is already happening with the new material we're on right now.
Hard to say, each one has a different experience and idea, but for sure we all agree that bands like Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Megadeth were the trigger for a neverending research of the estreme. During the years this meant Death, Morbid Angel, Dissection to finally reach the black twilight with Emperor, Satyricon, Mayhem, Darkthrone, the entire avantgarde or industrial black metal scene. Then we can expand on what each member privately listens, reaching genres like pure noise and pop in the same hour on Spotify.
Nowadays we're going to different directions in terms of music listened, and that's a longevity secret for us.
12.Does Occultism play any role in your music?
There's no doubt we are fascinated, but we've never studied it. The concept of death and our personal visions of it represents a strong incipit of every moment of inspiration in music and lyrics.
We touch it in our creations, but we're not obsessed as an omni-lyrics or omni-themes band. There's so much to tell, to be disgusted by, to criticize, to hate.... to be wrapped only by one veil.
Thank you for the interview and for the time spent. To all the readers searching for something new, we strongly suggest to listen to our album and let us know what they think. We're sure they will be not disapponted. Hail Al Ard
https://alard.bandcamp.com/
Mongrel's Cross Interview
1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album?
1. Hails death and black freaks. Goet Euryn and I have actually been working on new material. We have 7 new tracks written which have taken what we did on Psalter to another level. We’re in the process of demo’ing them and expect that they’ll be ready within the next 6 months.
2.You have a new album coming out in August, what are some of the things you feel you have done differently with the newer music that you where not able to do with your previous material?
2. On Psalter we have gone back to what is our core inspiration and influences. 80’s and 90’s black, death and thrash. A new element we’ve introduced on Psalter is synths and we are really happy with how they sound. They are that perfect type of synth, one that adds depth to the guitars but in no way lessen the impact of them.
3.This is going to be your first release since 2018, can you tell us a little bit more about what has been going on during that time frame?
3. Yes The Sins Of Aquarius was released in 2012 and we took a bit of a break. We had some line up changes and quickly realised that Goet and I work best as a studio duo. So we began work on Psalter and when we had the guitars written we enlisted our current drummer Wretch.
4.Your music is mostly rooted in a blackened thrash metal style, what was it that made you want to go into this musical direction and also what do you feel you add to the genre?
4. It’s definitely what we relate to the most. We are riff orientated and that’s what attracted us to metal when we were kids and it still rings true today. It’s a cliche but it’s substance over style for us. We aren’t really interested in the leather jacket and hood scene.
5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores on the newer album and also how would you describe your progress as a song writer over the years?
5. The new album centres around the primordial Dragon and its role in mans psyche as well as other meditations on the universe. my process is quite simple, I find something I find interesting, explore it and adapt it in to lyrical form.
6.Can you tell us a little bit more about the cover artwork on the new album?
6. We are very happy with how the cover art turned out. David Thierre was the legend behind that. It’s the mighty Dragon I spoke of earlier tearing the heart out of a lion. As we know, the Christian god has been referred to asa lion so I will leave the interpretation of that up to readers.
7. We haven’t played in some time as we feel fairly distant from the scene these days. Anyway our best shows were always with fellow bangers like Innsmouth and Gospel of the horns. Nights of big riffs and sore necks.
8.What are some of the touring or show plans that you have for the remaining of 2018?
8. So I touched on this in the last question but I’ll elaborate. We feel like we get much more out of writing and recording than playing live so for the time being no shows are planned. We don’t really associate with anyone in whatever scene is present here at the moment and have no desire to do so.
9.Most of your material so far has been released on 'Hell's Headbangers', do you feel this label is perfect for the blackened thrash metal style that you play?
9. HHB have been really good to us. Chase took a punt on us back in 2011 and we are now doing our third release with them. I'm not much of a label enthusiast but yes I think there are some bands on the roster that share a similar outlook to us.
10.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your recordings by fans of black and thrash metal?
10. We are pretty happy with the response from fans, particularly with the new material. It's always cool when you see that someone has an album, shirt etc of your band and they are on the other side of the world.
11.Where do you see the band heading into musically on future releases?
11. As I mentioned early we are well and truly on the way to a third album. It's building on the stuff we started on psalter but pushing it further. Black and thrash parts but also lots of heavy metal. We will always be 80's and 90's warriors. We've demo'd a few tracks and they sound unreal.
12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that you have been listening to lately and have you also found other musical inspirations over the years?
12. Lately I have cranked the new Angantyr and Darkenhold. I find lots of little new gems here and there but quite often go digging back in the old bands to see what I missed. I've always liked dark ambient/traditional folk stuff like Arcana, Dargaard and Elend etc. A newer one to mention is The moon and the nightspirit from Hungary.
13. Psalter of the Royal dragon court is out August 3rd maniacs so get it and blast it!
Paths Interview
1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the musical project since the recording of the new album?
Since recording “In Lands Thought Lost” I have just about finished writing and recording demos for what will be the fourth full-length. I'll soon send the demos to Austin once I've finished the last bit of tinkering and then we'll set about the recording in full once he has learned the songs. And at the moment I am actually also writing riffs for what will become album five.
2.You have a new album coming out in September, what are some of the things you have done musically on this recording that you where not able to do on your previous releases?
Having real drums is a big step forward, especially when they're played by someone as good as Austin. He really brought a new sense of dynamics and aggression to the music. Aside from that, Spencer Morris, who mastered the album, gave me a lot of help with the mix which has made this by far the best sounding Paths album. It feels like I'm finally reaching the sound I've always wanted to have but struggled to get.
3.In 2013 and 14 you released a great amount of material and then took a break until this year, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during that time frame?
The initial spout of releases was definitely a very creative time for me. I was just inspired all the time and had such a craving to find new sounds and to experiment, though with admittedly mixed results. When I listen back to the demos now I can see what I was going for and what I tried to do, but the execution was rather sloppy. Things really started coming together in a clearer and more refined direction when I did the first full-length, “Where the Oakenhearted Dwell.” Shortly after the digital release I did myself of that album, Werewolf Promotions came into the picture. They released the first album on tape, the second album, “Beauty and Nihility,” on CD and finally a 2 tape set compiling all the demos. These releases should all still be available on the Werewolf Promotions site for anyone who hasn't gotten them yet.
“In Lands Thought Lost” was written at the end of this period. I originally recorded the album back in May of 2015, shortly before a temporary move across the country which led to a halt in writing and recording. The album was recorded with programmed drums, like everything before it. It was around this time I got in contact with Austin from Panopticon. I'd been a fan of his work since around 2007, and it was rather humbling to find out that he liked my own music after his has been such an influence on me for so long. At that point I was just sitting on the finished “In Lands Thought Lost” album. I sent it to Austin as I was curious to hear what he thought of the new material. He really liked it, so much so that he offered to record drums for it. Once his participation in the project was decided, it only made sense that we would release the album through Bindrune Recordings. Unfortunately, a number of unforeseen circumstances arose that delayed the release till now.
4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects you explore on the new album and also how would you describe your progress as a songwriter over the years?
Thematically, there are a lot of similarities to the lyrics on the first album. Nature, overcoming personal struggles, and Odinic themes of sacrifice and growth are prominent. Though the final epic on the album delves into history rather than mythology, being inspired by the doomed expedition to the South Pole led by Robert Falcon Scott (though there is a metaphorical meaning to this song as well). I have been an avid student of history since childhood, even gaining a degree in history at university, but this is the first time I've let that other passion seep into my lyrics.
5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Paths'?
When I started the project I knew I wanted an ambiguous name. Something that didn't tie me down to a specific style or theme. The name itself is taken from the Sol Invictus song of the same name.
The artwork is done by Solfjall Design. She has worked on album art for a number of other bands, including Panopticon, Jodöden and Falls of Rauros. I made a VERY rough mock-up in photoshop to give an idea of what I wanted, then she took that rough and sloppy idea and turned it into a wonderful work of art.
7.With this musical project you record mostly everything by yourself, is this more of a personal project to you?
Paths is definitely a very personal project. Having full control of the musical direction and overall sound of the band is very important to me. Paths is just the music that flows naturally out of me and I don't know how well I would be able to work within the constraints of a full band.
8.On the new album you also had some session work from a member from 'Panopticon', can you tell us a little bit more about his contribution to the recording?
I touched on this a bit earlier, but to go into a bit more detail, I sent Austin what I thought was a finished album. I had programmed and mixed all the drums, and thought it was done, but then he came on board to do real drums. He learned the songs based on the beats I had programmed, but I allowed him some leeway. He changed the beats in a few places based on his own ideas, plus threw in his own fills. He sent me recordings of what he'd played and I loved the changes he made. The songs felt so much more dynamic and felt like they had much more forward momentum.
I also then did some additional guitar recording, and completely re-mixed the album from scratch with Austin's drums. The resulting 5 songs are by far the best music I have made to date and I am immensely proud of what we made created. I can't overstate just how important Austin's contributions to this album are and I am eternally grateful to him.
9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?
Bindrune put up a song (titled “To Brave the Storm”) from the album on youtube last month and the reaction has been nothing but positive so far.
10.Can you tell us a little bit more about 'Teeth of The Wolf'?
Teeth of the Wolf is my side project. It was conceived as an acoustic-singer songwriter sort of thing, somewhere between neofolk and Townes Van Zandt, though also incorporating elements of ambient and darkwave. I recorded two demos and played a couple shows, but since then have had little inspiration for writing acoustic songs. My musical focus has been solely on Paths since then, and it looks to continue that way for the foreseeable future. So I guess Teeth of the Wolf is on hiatus.
11.Where do you see yourself heading into musically during the future?
The material I've written for the fourth album, and am currently writing for the fifth is much more direct, and, dare I say it, catchy. My song writing has become much more disciplined and focused, yet at the same time I think the songs are a lot more exciting and lively. I've been experimenting more with writing dual guitar parts and it's really adding an exciting element to this new material. I'm very much looking forward to the future of Paths' ever shifting sound. The fourth album looks to be a bit more of a straight forward black metal album, while the filth is slowly going into some weird directions, though that's still in the very early stages of writing so I can't say for sure...
The biggest influence on Paths is the Norwegian second wave as a whole, but also bands like Moonsorrow, Falkenbach, Drudkh, Walknut, Agalloch, Hate Forest, Bathory, Panopticon, Wodensthrone, Ygg, Angantyr, Mgla, Winterfylleth, and Death Fortress. I may disagree with the politics of some of those bands, but their music is a continuing inspiration.
That said, my musical taste has been slowly changing over the last few years. Or maybe regressing is a better description. I find myself drawn more and more to older bands, the bands I got into as a teenager, particularly first and second wave black metal bands, and classic heavy metal in general. My interest in contemporary black metal, particularly so-called post-black metal, has waned quite a lot, with the exception of a handful of exceptional bands.
I have been exploring heavy and epic metal much more thoroughly in the last few years. Bands like Manilla Road, Omen, Heavy Load, Ashbury, Fates Warning, Sumerlands, Doomsword etc. All this change in listening habits over the last few years is definitely filtering into my riff writing as well...
A mentioned earlier, I am a history buff. Particularly military history. Outside of that, I am an avid reader in general. In particular, writers like J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, E. M. Cioran, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ernest Hemingway, Friedrich Nietzsche, H. P. Lovecraft, and many more that I have doubtless forgotten to mention. Beyond that I like to spend time outside, especially in forests. Whether with friends or in solitude, trees provide a much more comforting surrounding than the the grey concrete of everyday life.
Thanks to everyone who has supported this project so far. It's been a long wait, but new material is finally dawning. We are currently awaiting the test presses of the vinyl and we're hoping to have “In Lands Thought Lost” released sometime this fall. And believe me, it will be worth the wait. After that, the time in between this new album and the next should be much less than three years! There is lots of new Paths music on the horizon...
Suffering Interview
1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
We are currently looking for more gigs and have a couple of things in the pipeline. Also we are getting ready to release our first album titled 11 soon.
2.Recently you have released a full length, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical style you where going for with this release?
Like i mentioned in the previous question we haven’t released it yet but we are hoping to have it released next month (august). It has taken some time due to financing everything ourselves and the thing called “life” getting in the way. For Suffering though we are all big fans of black metal and its various subgenres and also doom metal too so play a mixture of black and doom but more on the black metal end of the spectrum. Playing songs with our kind of subject matter the best and most effective way to get the message across and the right atmosphere it has to be played in a black metal format.
3.The band has been around since 2012 but you waited until this year to put out the full length, can you tell us a little bit more about the earlier years?
Yes that is correct. Originally the band was started in 2012 with various members from other black metal bands from around the country but due to distance/travelling etc it was too difficult to make it work so i stopped the band until roughly 2 years ago when i found a whole new lineup which luckily came together very quickly and just over a year later 11 was written and recorded.
4.A lot of your lyrics deal with Satanism and The Occult, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in the dark arts has evolved during the years?
I don’t really like to go into too much detail about these kind of things because i think a lot of it should be discovered and researched yourself without somebody holding your hand and showing you the way but i have many many years of research into satanism, occultism, ritual, ancient civilisations and their gods/demons etc and our themes and interests run deep to the point where subjects to choose from could never be exhausted. 11 has many themes and subjects running through it but tied together by mainly one thing but what those themes are is something i will let people discover for themselves and make their own minds up.
5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Suffering'?
When i originally started the band is was just a straight DSBM band pretty much but when i ressurected the band i felt that subject matter for a DSBM band would be very limiting for me personally. I would have plenty to write and sing about but i realised that those subjects were something i wasn’t ready to whole heartedly face and shine a spotlight on so to speak but those elements are still there in our music and is a underlying thing. Maybe we will return to the full DSBM at some point, who knows? So now in the context of that band we feel it still works and fits nicely because EVERYTHING is suffering, life, the need for money, work, family, children, relationships, being alone, being with people, mental health, illness, religion. It is all suffering and everybody suffers to some extent every day, some more than others but we all do plus we wanted our music to portray that also. We want people to suffer with us through this experience whether it is listening to our music or seeing us perform live.
The artwork was my brainchild and direction. It represents various parts of the album in a visual sense and every little thing on the artwork has a specific meaning individually and as a whole. One thing that also helped is that it was pencil drawn and then painted by my talented wife who runs Enchanted Woodland. https://www.facebook.com/enchantedwoodland/
7.I have noticed from what i have seen of pictures from live shows the band members wear cloak's on stage, would you consider your life performance as being ritualistic?
Yes that is a very exactly correct observation. Ritual is a very big part of this band also 11, whoops i gave away one of the albums subjects then but in all seriousness yes ritual plays a big part.
8.Do you have any touring or show plans fir the future?
Well we are on the look out for more gigs of course but currently we are arranging to travel to the Netherlands because we have been asked to play a gig over there but other than that nothing in concrete just yet.
9.In 2017 you where also a part of a compilation, do you feel this release was very helpful on getting your name known in the underground?
Not really haha. It was a good thing to be a part of and appreciate being asked but it didn’t really have any impact on anything at all, negative or positive.
We chose to do everything for the first album entirely ourselves to have complete control over everything because as a new band i don’t think you should jump into the “corporations” and business side with labels until you have decided and found where you are going yourselves but once the album is released we will certainly be looking for a record label for the future of the band.
11.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black and doom metal?
It has only been on a very small scale at the moment because we have only officially released 2 or 3 songs so people are yet to hear the whole thing. With this band you can’t listen to one or two songs and understand what we are about or what we do because our songs, inspirations, styles we incorporate are so vast. Once people listen to the whole of 11 then they will know but so far from what we have heard from people it has been very positive, although i think some people are missing the point entirely but like i said i think that would be down to not hearing the whole album so they can’t make a justified and accurate opinion.
12.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a part of?
Currently nothing. I am the only member of the band that has other projects/bands but all of those are currently inactive due to Suffering being the main focus. I do have a full length solo album fully recorded that i have been sitting on since 2014 but that may or may not ever get released. I am also planning a follow up at some point to the E.P They Won’t Stay Dead by my project Perverted Funeral Home but that could be either in the near or distant future.
The same direction that features on 11 but the only difference will be that our new music will features all of our elements amplified. The heaviest thing on 11 will be even heavier on the follow up, just like the most melodic/atmospheric thing on 11 will be even more melodic/atmospheric on the follow up etc. Bands must always grow and evolve but that doesn’t mean changing entirely and abandoning what you have done before. That is being dishonest with yourself and the people who follow you.
Black metal and doom metal are the obvious ones, with a bit of death metal but not too much haha. And obviously we are inspired by all the standard black metal bands you would expect to be named so i won’t waste time on that but bands that i personally would say that have been big influences and played a big part in our forming would be Shining, Skitliv, Akercocke, Triptykon, Primitive Man and My Dying Bride to name a handful.
Thank you for doing this interview with us and also for the very positive review you did for us. It is greatly appreciated. We hope that people will check out 11 when it comes out and give us a chance. Also come see us live and witness the way this band is meant to be presented. AVE!
Pando/Hiraeth/Aesthetic Death/2018 CD Review
Pando are a duo from Massachusetts that has been featured before in this zine and plays a mixture of black metal, ambient, experimental and noise and this is a review of their 2018 album "Hiraeth" which was released by Aesthetic Death.
Field recording start off the album while most of the tracks are very long and epic in length along with a great amount of atmospheric sounding drones also being utilized as well as some ambient style synths and when vocals are brought into the music they are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Drum beats are also utilized at times along with some deep demonic vocals being added into some parts of the music along with some clean playing also being added into certain sections of the recording, spoken word parts can also be heard on some of the tracks and when programmed beats are utilized they add in a touch of industrial.
Female vocals and elements of noise are added onto the second track along with a brief use of acoustic guitars which also gives the music more of an avant garde feeling along with one song also capturing the atmosphere of a horror movie soundtrack as well as some bass guitars, voice message samples and folk instruments also being used briefly and as the album progresses a brief use of country/blues influences, harmonica's and clean vocals can also be heard and all of the tracks sound very different from each other.
On this recording Pando takes black metal, ambient, experimental and noise and mixes them together to create something very original, the production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover real life themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Pando and if you are a fan of black metal, experimental, avant garde, noise and ambient, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "l'appel du vide" and "Horror Vacui". 8 out of 10.
https://thetremblinggiant.bandcamp.com/album/hiraeth
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In the late 18th century, there were between 350 and 750 distinct Aboriginal social groupings, and a similar number of languages or dialects. At the start of the 21st century, fewer than 200 indigenous languages remain and all except roughly 20 are highly endangered. Of those that survive, only 10%, usually located in the most isolated areas, are being learned by children. For example of the 5 least endangered Western Australian Aboriginal languages, 4 belong to the Ngaanyatjarra grouping of the Central and Great Victoria Desert. Bilingual education is being used successfully in some communities; in one case recently near Alice Springs, white teachers were required to learn the local language, and Aboriginal parents complained that their children were not learning English at school. A couple of the most populous Australian languages, such as Warlpiri and Tiwi, have around 3000 speakers.
The Tasmanian people were nearly wiped out early in Australia’s colonial history, and their languages went extinct before much was recorded. They were separated from the mainland at the end of the last ice age, and apparently went without contact with the outside world for 10,000 years. Too little is known of their languages to be able to classify them, although they seem to have had some phonological similarities with languages of the mainland.
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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual> Index of Countries and Localities
Postage prices and other mailing conditions for the countries and localities listed below appear in the Individual Country Listings (ICLs). Localities that are not listed separately in the ICLs under their own heading are listed with the country identified in parentheses. Page numbers are provided for easy reference for countries that have an Individual Country Listing. For the conditions of mailing for U.S. Possessions and Trust Territories, see DMM 608.
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 729
Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea) 607
Afghanistan 267
Aitutaki, Cook Islands (New Zealand) 588
Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 729
Aland Island (Finland) 421
Alberta (Canada) 349
Alderney (Channel Islands) (United Kingdom) 731
Alhucemas (Spain) 676
Alofi Island (New Caledonia) 586
American Samoa, United States
(Domestic Mail) See DMM 608
Andaman Islands (India) 472
Anguilla 278
Anjouan (Comoros) 369
Annobon Island (Equatorial Guinea) 406
Antigua (Antigua and Barbuda) 280
Antigua and Barbuda 280
Astypalaia (Greece) 444
Atafu (Samoa) 644
Atiu, Cook Islands (New Zealand) 588
Avarua (New Zealand) 588
Azores (Portugal) 621
Bahamas 299
Balearic Islands (Spain) 676
Balochistan (Pakistan) 602
Banks Island (Vanuatu) 739
Barbados 306
Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda) 280
Barthelemy (Guadeloupe) 451
Belgium 311
Bermuda 318
Bismark Archipelago (Papua New Guinea) 607
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba 324
Bora Bora (French Polynesia) 429
Borneo (Indonesia) 476
Bosnia-Herzegovina 326
Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) 607
Bourbon (Reunion) 625
British Columbia (Canada) 349
British Guiana (Guyana) 459
British Virgin Islands 333
Brunei Darussalam 335
Buka (Papua New Guinea) 607
Burma 341
Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands) 720
Canary Islands (Spain) 676
Canton Island (Kiribati) 505
Cayman Islands 355
Ceuta (Spain) 676
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 679
Chaferinas Islands (Spain) 676
Chalki (Greece) 444
Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney,
and Sark) (United Kingdom) 731
Christiansted, US Virgin Islands, United States
Christmas Island (Australia) 290
Christmas Island (Kiribati) 505
Chuuk, Micronesia, United States
Cocos Island (Australia) 290
Colombia 366
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 371
Congo, Republic of the 373
Cook Islands (New Zealand) 588
Corisco Island (Equatorial Guinea) 406
Corsica (France) 424
Cote d’Ivoire 377
Crete (Greece) 444
Cuba 381
Cumino Island (Malta) 555
Curacao 383
Cyjrenaica (Libya) 530
Czech Republic 387
Dahomey (Benin) 316
Damao (India) 472
Danger Islands (New Zealand) 588
Desirade Island (Guadeloupe) 451
Diu (India) 472
Dodecanese Islands (Greece) 444
Doha (Qatar) 623
Dominica 394
Dominican Republic 396
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 729
East Timor (Timor-Leste) 701
Ebeye, Marshall Islands, United States
Egypt 401
Eire (Ireland) 483
Ellice Islands (Tuvalu) 722
Elobey Islands (Equatorial Guinea) 406
Enderbury Island (Kiribati) 505
England (United Kingdom) 731
Eswatini 412
Fakaofo (Samoa) 644
Fanning Island (Kiribati) 505
Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea) 406
Fezzan (Libya) 530
Formosa (Taiwan) 693
Frederiksted, US Virgin Islands, United States
French Oceania (French Polynesia) 429
French West Indies (Guadeloupe) 451
French West Indies (Martinique) 557
Friendly Islands (Tonga) 705
Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 729
Futuna (Wallis and Futuna Islands) 748
Gambier (French Polynesia) 429
Georgia, Republic of 435
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) 505
Goa (India) 472
Gozo Island (Malta) 555
Grand Comoro (Comoros) 369
Great Britain (United Kingdom) 731
Grenada 449
Grenadines (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) 642
Guam, United States (Domestic Mail) See DMM 608
Guernsey (Channel Islands) (United Kingdom) 731
Guinea–Bissau 456
Hainan Island (China) 363
Hashemite Kingdom (Jordan) 497
Hervey, Cook Islands (New Zealand) 588
Hivaoa (French Polynesia) 429
Holland (Netherlands) 583
Hong Kong 466
Huahine (French Polynesia) 429
Huan Island (New Caledonia) 586
Irian Barat (Indonesia) 476
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 731
Isle of Pines (New Caledonia) 586
Isle of Pines, West Indies (Cuba) 381
Issas (Djibouti) 392
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) 377
Jersey (Channel Islands) (United Kingdom) 731
Johore (Malaysia) 549
Kalymnos (Greece) 444
Kampuchea (Cambodia) 345
Karpathos (Greece) 444
Kassos (Greece) 444
Kastellorizon (Greece) 444
Kedah (Malaysia) 549
Keeling Islands (Australia) 290
Kelantan (Malaysia) 549
Kingshill, US Virgin Islands, United States
(North Korea) 507
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) 508
Koror (Palau), United States (Domestic Mail) See DMM 608
Kos (Greece) 444
Kosovo, Republic of 511
Kosrae, Micronesia, United States
Kowloon (Hong Kong) 466
Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, United States
Labrador (Canada) 349
Labuan (Malaysia) 549
Leipsos (Greece) 444
Leros (Greece) 444
Les Saints Island (Guadeloupe) 451
Lord Howe Island (Australia) 290
Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) 586
Macao 541
Macau (Macao) 541
Macedonia, Republic of 543
Madeira Islands (Portugal) 621
Majuro, Marshall Islands, United States
Malacca (Malaysia) 549
Manahiki (New Zealand) 588
Manchuria (China) 363
Manitoba (Canada) 349
Manua Islands, American Samoa,
United States (Domestic Mail) See DMM 608
Marie Galante (Guadeloupe) 451
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) 429
Marshall Islands, Republic of the,
Mayotte (France) 424
Melilla (Spain) 676
Micronesia, Federated States of,
Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) 640
Moheli (Comoros) 369
Monaco (France) 424
Montserrat 571
Moorea (French Polynesia) 429
Muscat (Oman) 600
Myanmar (Burma) 341
Nansil Islands (Japan) 494
Negri Sembilan (Malaysia) 549
Nevis (Saint Kitts and Nevis) 636
New Britain (Papua New Guinea) 607
New Brunswick (Canada) 349
New Hanover (Papua New Guinea) 607
New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 739
New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) 607
New South Wales (Australia) 290
New Zealand 588
Newfoundland (Canada) 349
Nissiros (Greece) 444
Niue (New Zealand) 588
Norfolk Island (Australia) 290
North Borneo (Malaysia) 549
North Korea (Korea, Democratic People’s
Republic of) 507
Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) 731
Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of,
Northwest Territory (Canada) 349
Nova Scotia (Canada) 349
Nukahiva (French Polynesia) 429
Nukunonu (Samoa) 644
Ocean Island (Kiribati) 505
Okinawa (Japan) 494
Ontario (Canada) 349
Pago Pago, American Samoa, United States
Pahang (Malaysia) 549
Pakistan 602
Palau, United States (Domestic Mail) See DMM 608
Palmerston, Avarua (New Zealand) 588
Parry, Cook Islands (New Zealand) 588
Patmos (Greece) 444
Pemba (Tanzania) 697
Penang (Malaysia) 549
Penghu Islands (Taiwan) 693
Penon de Velez de la Gomera (Spain) 676
Penrhyn, Tongareva (New Zealand) 588
Perak (Malaysia) 549
Perlis (Malaysia) 549
Persia (Iran) 479
Peru 611
Pescadores Islands (Taiwan) 693
Petite Terre (Guadeloupe) 451
Pitcairn Island 617
Pohnpei, Micronesia, United States
Prince Edward Island (Canada) 349
Puerto Rico, United States (Domestic Mail) See DMM 608
Pukapuka (New Zealand) 588
Quebec (Canada) 349
Queensland (Australia) 290
Quemoy (Taiwan) 693
Raiatea (French Polynesia) 429
Rakaanga (New Zealand) 588
Rapa (French Polynesia) 429
Rarotonga, Cook Islands (New Zealand) 588
Ras al Kaimah (United Arab Emirates) 729
Redonda (Antigua and Barbuda) 280
Reunion 625
Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea) 406
Rodos (Greece) 444
Rodrigues (Mauritius) 561
Rota, Northern Mariana Islands,
Saba (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) 324
Sabah (Malaysia) 549
Saint Barthelemy (Guadeloupe) 451
Saint Bartholomew (Guadeloupe) 451
Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands,
Saint Helena 634
Saint John, US Virgin Islands,
Saint Kitts and Nevis 636
Saint Lucia 638
Saint Martin (French) (Guadeloupe) 451
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 640
Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 642
Sainte Marie de Madagascar (Madagascar) 545
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands,
Salvador (El Salvador) 404
Samoa, American, United States
Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands) 671
Sao Tome and Principe 649
Sarawak (Malaysia) 549
Sark (Channel Islands) (United Kingdom) 731
Saskatchewan (Canada) 349
Savage Island, Niue (New Zealand) 588
Savaii Island (Samoa) 644
Scotland (United Kingdom) 731
Seberang Perai (Malaysia) 549
Selangor (Malaysia) 549
Serbia, Republic of 655
Sharja (United Arab Emirates) 729
Shikoku (Japan) 494
Sikkim (India) 472
Singapore 662
Sint Eustatius (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) 324
Sint Maarten (Dutch) 664
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) 666
Society Islands (French Polynesia) 429
Somali Democratic Republic (Somalia) 673
Somaliland (Somalia) 673
South Africa 674
South Australia (Australia) 290
South Georgia (Falkland Islands) 416
South Korea (Korea, Republic of) 508
Spitzbergen (Norway) 597
Sri Lanka 679
Suwarrow Islands (New Zealand) 588
Swain’s Island, American Samoa,
Swan Islands (Honduras) 464
Swaziland (Eswatini) 412
Symi (Greece) 444
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 691
Tahaa (French Polynesia) 429
Tahiti (French Polynesia) 429
Tasmania (Australia) 290
Tchad (Chad) 359
Thursday Island (Australia) 290
Tibet (China) 363
Tilos (Greece) 444
Timor (Indonesia) 476
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 701
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands,
Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago) 707
Tokelau (New Zealand) 588
Tongareva (New Zealand) 588
Tori Shima (Japan) 494
Torres Island (Vanuatu) 739
Trans-Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom (Jordan) 497
Transkei (South Africa) 674
Trengganu (Malaysia) 549
Trinidad and Tobago 707
Tripolitania (Libya) 530
Tristan da Cunha 709
Trucial States (United Arab Emirates) 729
Tuamotou (French Polynesia) 429
Tubuai (French Polynesia) 429
Turks and Caicos Islands 720
Tutuila Island, American Samoa,
Umm al Quaiwain (United Arab Emirates) 729
Umm Said (Qatar) 623
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 731
United Nations, New York, United States
Upolu Island (Samoa) 644
Vatican City 741
Victoria (Australia) 290
Virgin Islands (British) 333
Virgin Islands (US), United States
Wales (United Kingdom) 731
Wallis and Futuna Islands 748
Wellesley, Province (Malaysia) 549
West New Guinea (Indonesia) 476
Western Australia (Australia) 290
Yap, Micronesia, United States
Yukon Territory (Canada) 349
Zafarani Islands (Spain) 676
Zanzibar (Tanzania) 697
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Christopher Robert Moore
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Aristotle on Philosophia
Moore, C. R., Apr 1 2019, In : Metaphilosophy. 50, 3, p. 339-360 22 p.
Enhancing Older Adults’ Sense of Belonging and Subjective Well-Being Through Sport Game Attendance, Team Identification, and Emotional Support
Inoue, Y., Wann, D. L., Lock, D., Sato, M., Moore, C. & Funk, D. C., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Aging and Health.
Heraclitus and 'knowing yourself' (116 DK)
Moore, C. R., Mar 1 2018, In : Ancient Philosophy. 38, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.
Narrative Constitution of Friendship
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Moore, C., 2014, In : Philosophy and Rhetoric. 47, 2, p. 179-208 30 p.
Palinode
Rhetorical Modes
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Moore, C. R., Jan 1 2014, In : Classical Quarterly. 64, 2, p. 525-532 8 p.
Deception and knowledge in the Phaedrus
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Clitophon and socrates in the platonic Clitophon
Moore, C. R., Jan 1 2012, In : Ancient Philosophy. 32, 2, p. 257-278 22 p.
Socratic persuasion in the crito
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Biosynthesis of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls in green bacteria
Jennifer L. Thweatt, Daniel P. Canniffe, Donald Ashley Bryant
Green bacteria include chlorophototrophic members of the phyla Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria and are defined by their use of chlorosomes for light-harvesting. Despite their shared use of chlorosomes as light-harvesting antenna and their chlorophototrophic metabolic mode, these organisms exhibit a surprising diversity in their ecological and physiological characteristics. Chlorosomes contain thousands of unique chlorin molecules known as bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c, d, e, or f that are arranged in supramolecular aggregates. Additionally, all green bacteria can synthesize BChl a, the green members of the phyla Chlorobi and Acidobacteria can synthesize chlorophyll (Chl) a, and Chloracidobacterium thermophilum uniquely synthesizes Zn-BChl a'. This review describes the biosynthetic pathways leading to the production of Chls and BChls in green bacteria. Special attention is paid to how the physiological diversity of green bacteria affects the particular combinations of biosynthetic enzymes that are used in these distantly related, chlorosome-producing bacteria.
Advances in Botanical Research
Bernhard Grimm
Academic Press Inc.
https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.abr.2019.03.002
Acidobacteria
chlorins
light harvesting complex
protein aggregates
Chlorobi
Thweatt, J. L., Canniffe, D. P., & Bryant, D. A. (2019). Biosynthesis of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls in green bacteria. In B. Grimm (Ed.), Advances in Botanical Research (pp. 35-89). (Advances in Botanical Research; Vol. 90). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.abr.2019.03.002
Thweatt, Jennifer L. ; Canniffe, Daniel P. ; Bryant, Donald Ashley. / Biosynthesis of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls in green bacteria. Advances in Botanical Research. editor / Bernhard Grimm. Academic Press Inc., 2019. pp. 35-89 (Advances in Botanical Research).
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AU - Bryant, Donald Ashley
N2 - Green bacteria include chlorophototrophic members of the phyla Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria and are defined by their use of chlorosomes for light-harvesting. Despite their shared use of chlorosomes as light-harvesting antenna and their chlorophototrophic metabolic mode, these organisms exhibit a surprising diversity in their ecological and physiological characteristics. Chlorosomes contain thousands of unique chlorin molecules known as bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c, d, e, or f that are arranged in supramolecular aggregates. Additionally, all green bacteria can synthesize BChl a, the green members of the phyla Chlorobi and Acidobacteria can synthesize chlorophyll (Chl) a, and Chloracidobacterium thermophilum uniquely synthesizes Zn-BChl a'. This review describes the biosynthetic pathways leading to the production of Chls and BChls in green bacteria. Special attention is paid to how the physiological diversity of green bacteria affects the particular combinations of biosynthetic enzymes that are used in these distantly related, chlorosome-producing bacteria.
AB - Green bacteria include chlorophototrophic members of the phyla Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria and are defined by their use of chlorosomes for light-harvesting. Despite their shared use of chlorosomes as light-harvesting antenna and their chlorophototrophic metabolic mode, these organisms exhibit a surprising diversity in their ecological and physiological characteristics. Chlorosomes contain thousands of unique chlorin molecules known as bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c, d, e, or f that are arranged in supramolecular aggregates. Additionally, all green bacteria can synthesize BChl a, the green members of the phyla Chlorobi and Acidobacteria can synthesize chlorophyll (Chl) a, and Chloracidobacterium thermophilum uniquely synthesizes Zn-BChl a'. This review describes the biosynthetic pathways leading to the production of Chls and BChls in green bacteria. Special attention is paid to how the physiological diversity of green bacteria affects the particular combinations of biosynthetic enzymes that are used in these distantly related, chlorosome-producing bacteria.
U2 - 10.1016/bs.abr.2019.03.002
DO - 10.1016/bs.abr.2019.03.002
T3 - Advances in Botanical Research
BT - Advances in Botanical Research
A2 - Grimm, Bernhard
PB - Academic Press Inc.
Thweatt JL, Canniffe DP, Bryant DA. Biosynthesis of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls in green bacteria. In Grimm B, editor, Advances in Botanical Research. Academic Press Inc. 2019. p. 35-89. (Advances in Botanical Research). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.abr.2019.03.002
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Paper: ”Heritable genome-wide variation of gene expression and promoter methylation between wild and domesticated chickens”
Postat i english, genetik, molekylärgenetik av mrtnj
Since I love author blog posts about papers, I thought I’d write a little about papers I’ve contributed too. So far, they’re not that many, but maybe it can be a habit.
”Heritable genome-wide variation of gene expression and promoter methylation between wild and domesticated chickens” was published in BMC Genomics in 2012. The title says it very well: the paper looks at differential expression and DNA methylation of a subset of genes in the hypothalamus of Red Junglefowl and domestic White Leghorn chickens. My contribution was during my MSc project in the group. Previously (Lindqvist & al 2007; Nätt & al 2009) Daniel Nätt, Pelle Jensen and others found a transgenerational effect of unpredictable light stress on domestic chickens. After that, and being interested in chicken domestication, a DNA methylation comparison of wild and domestic seems like a natural thing to do. And it turns out Red Junglefowl and White Leghorns differ in expression of a bunch of genes and in methylation of certain promoters (where promoter is operationally defined as a region around the start of the gene model). And when looking at two generations, the contrasts are correlated between parent and offspring. There is some heritable basis of the differences in gene expression and DNA methylation.
In Red Junglefowl, ancestor of domestic chickens, gene expression and methylation profiles in thalamus/hypothalamus differed substantially from that of a domesticated egg laying breed. Expression as well as methylation differences were largely maintained in the offspring, demonstrating reliable inheritance of epigenetic variation.
What I did was methylation sensitive high resolution melting. HRM is a typing method based on real time PCR. After PCR you often make a melting curve by ramping up the temperature, denaturing the PCR product. The melting characteristics depend on the sequence, so you can use melting to check that you get the expected PCR product, and it turns out that the difference can be big enough to type SNPs. And if you can type SNPs, you can analyse DNA methylation. So we treat the DNA with bisulfite, which deaminates cytosines to uracil unless they are protected by methylation, and get a converted sequence where an unmethylated C is like a C>T SNP. We set up standard curves with a mixture of whole-genome amplified and in vitro methylated DNA and measured the degree of methylation.
That is averaging over the population of DNA molecules in the sample; I’ve been wondering how HRM performs when the CpGs in the amplicon have heterogenous methylation differences. We’ve used HRM for genotyping as well, and it works, but we’ve switched to pyrosequencing, which gives cleaner results and where the assay design is much easier to get right the first time. I don’t know whether the same applies for methylation analysis with pyro.
My favourite part of the paper is figure 4b (licence: cc:by 2.0) which shows methylation analysis in the advanced intercross of Red Junglefowl and White Leghorns, which immediately leads to, as mentioned in the paper, the thought of DNA methylation QTL mapping.
Nätt, D., Rubin, C. J., Wright, D., Johnsson, M., Beltéky, J., Andersson, L., & Jensen, P. (2012). Heritable genome-wide variation of gene expression and promoter methylation between wild and domesticated chickens. BMC genomics, 13(1), 59.
Lindqvist C, Janczak AM, Nätt D, Baranowska I, Lindqvist N, et al. (2007) Transmission of Stress-Induced Learning Impairment and Associated Brain Gene Expression from Parents to Offspring in Chickens. PLoS ONE 2(4): e364. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000364
Nätt D, Lindqvist N, Stranneheim H, Lundeberg J, Torjesen PA, et al. (2009) Inheritance of Acquired Behaviour Adaptations and Brain Gene Expression in Chickens. PLoS ONE 4(7): e6405. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006405
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Epigenetics: what happened with this?
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In 2012, Yan Li & Chris O’Neill published a paper about DNA methylation in the early mouse embryo, claiming that the first wave of demethylation following fertilisation in the mouse embryo doesn’t happen.
This picture, figure 1 from Seisenberger & al (2013; license: cc:by 3.0), shows what it is about. The curves represent DNA methylation level, and first time the curves drop represents the demethylation in question:
Li & O’Neill used a variation of immunostaining for methylated cytosine. Figures 8 and 3 summarise the results: eight shows embryos stained for methylated cytosine with two different preparation methods. The main claim of the paper is that the added trypsin treatment in the preparation helps unmask DNA methylation. So maybe the cytosine methylations are not removed, but temporarily hidden by something else. Figure 3 shows a Western blot for methyl-binding domain protein 1. The claim here is that if MBD1 is expressed, DNA methylation is also there. The obvious alternative hypothesis is that their variation on the protocol creates some kind of artefact and that MBD1 expression doesn’t matter.
Figure 8, Li & O’Neill (cc:by 3.0).
The paper has been cited mostly by review papers, and I haven’t seen any further news on the subject. Does anyone know if anything more has happened?
Li Y, O’Neill C (2012) Persistence of Cytosine Methylation of DNA following Fertilisation in the Mouse. PLoS ONE 7(1) e30687. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030687
Seisenberger, S., Peat, J. R., Hore, T. A., Santos, F., Dean, W., & Reik, W. (2013). Reprogramming DNA methylation in the mammalian life cycle: building and breaking epigenetic barriers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368(1609), 20110330.
#blogg100, dna methylation, epigenetics, reprogramming
Morning coffee: epigenetic inheritance of odour sensitivity
Postat i english, genetik, molekylärgenetik, morning coffee av mrtnj
A while ago I wrote a bit about the recent paper on epigenetic inheritance of acetophenone sensitivity and odorant receptor expression. I spent most of the post talking about potential problems, but actually I’m not that negative. There is quite a literature building up about these transgenerational effects, that is quite inspiring if a little overhyped. I for one do not think epigenetic inheritance is particularly outrageous or disrupting to genetics and evolution as we know it. Take this paper: even if it means inheritance of an acquired trait, it is probably not very stable over the generations, and it is nothing like a general Lamarckian transmission mechanism that can work for any trait. It is probably very specific for odourant receptors. It might allow for genetic assimilation of fear of odours though, which would be cool, but probably not at all easy to demonstrate. But no-one knows how it works, if it does — there are even multiple unknown steps. How does fear conditioning translate to DNA methylation differences sperm that translates to olfactory receptor expression in the brain of the offspring?
A while after the transgenerational effects paper I saw this one in PNAS: Rare event of histone demethylation can initiate singular gene expression of olfactory receptors (Tan, Song & Xie 2013). I had no idea olfactory receptor expression was that fascinating! (As is often the case when you scratch the surface of another problem in biology, there turns out to be interesting stuff there …) Mice have lots and lots of odorant receptor genes, but each olfactory neuron only expresses one of them. Apparently the expression is regulated by histone 3 lycine 9 methylation. The genes start out methylated and suppressed, but once one of them is expressed it will keep all other down by downregulating a histone demethylase. This is a modeling paper that shows that if random demethylation happens slowly enough and the feedback to shut down further demethylation is fast enough, these steps are sufficient to explain the specificity of expression. There are some connections between histone methylation and DNA methylation: it seems that DNA methylation binds proteins that bring histone methylases to the gene (review Cedar & Bergman 2009). Dias & Ressler saw hypomethylation near the olfactory receptor gene in question, Olfr151. Maybe that difference, if it survives through to the developing brain of the offspring, can make demethylation of the locus more likely and give Olfr151 a head start in the race to become the first expressed receptor gene.
Brian G Dias & Kerry J Ressler (2013) Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations Nature neuroscience doi:10.1038/nn.3594
Longzhi Tan, Chenghang Zong, X. Sunney Xie (2013) Rare event of histone demethylation can initiate singular gene expression of olfactory receptors. PNAS 10.1073/pnas.1321511111
Howard Cedar, Yehudit Bergman (2009) Linking DNA methylation and histone modification: patterns and paradigms. Nature reviews genetics doi:10.1038/nrg2540
dna methylation, epigenetics, epigenetik, gene expression, histone methylation, odourant receptor, transgenerational effects
Journal club of one: ”Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations”
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Okay, neither chickens nor genetics, really, but a little epigenetic inheritance. Dias & Ressler in Nature neuroscience:
When an odor (acetophenone) that activates a known odorant receptor (Olfr151) was used to condition F0 mice, the behavioral sensitivity of the F1 and F2 generations to acetophenone was complemented by an enhanced neuroanatomical representation of the Olfr151 pathway.
Meaning that the offspring of conditioned mice score higher in an odour potentiated startle test (more about that below), avoid the odour at a lower concentration in an aversion test and have more neurons expressing that odorant receptor in their olfactory epithelium and bulb, counted by betagalactosidase staining in transgenic mice expressing M71, the product of Olfr151, coupled to LacZ.
Bisulfite sequencing of sperm DNA from conditioned F0 males and F1 naive offspring revealed CpG hypomethylation in the Olfr151 gene. In addition, in vitro fertilization, F2 inheritance and cross-fostering revealed that these transgenerational effects are inherited via parental gametes.
That is, they detect a difference in methylation in one CpG dinucleotide in the 3′ region of the gene.
First, I love how the journal does exactly the thing I like to see with figures: below each figure is a link that leads to a data file with the underlying data!
Olfactory behaviour is not my thing, so the tests are new to me, but I’m a bit puzzled by the way they calculate the results from the odour potentiated startle tests. The point is to test whether the presence of the odour make the mice react stronger to a noise. After buzzing the sound 15 times without odour, they perform ten trials with odour plus sound and ten trials with sound only. But in calculating the score, they use only the difference between the first trial with odour and the last trial with sound only divided by how much the mouse reacted to the last of the first 15 sounds. Maybe this is standard, but why throw away the trials in between?
It is not only the olfactory potentiated startle and the sensitivity test, but the staining results. Again, this is not my area, but the results all seem to point to increased sensitivity in the offspring of the treated animals. They react stronger in the startle test, react at lower concentration in the avoidance test and they (in this case, the transgenic mice) have more neurons expressing M71. The cross fostering and the fact that the males were treated but not the females points to genuine inheritance. So, how does the treatment get into the germline? It has to cross that boundary and enter the sperm somehow. Unless there is some mysterious way for information from the central nervous system to travel to the testis, acetophenone must affect the spermatogenesis as well as the olfactory neurons.
All this is very hypothetical, so a little skepticism is not surprising. Gonzalo Otazu wrote in a comment on the Nature news webpage:
The statistical tests in the paper, both for the behavioral measurements as well as for the size of the M71 glomeruli , use as n, number of samples, the number of F1 and F2 individuals. This would be fine if the individuals were actually independent samples. However, they arise from a presumably small number of FO males. The numbers of FO males are not given in the paper. This is a major concern given that there is a lot of variability in the levels of expression of olfactory receptors in these mice that might be inheritable …
I think this is a good point but it will not be solved, as the comment later suggests, by adjusting the degrees of freedom of the test. From the F1 generation and on, genetic differences between the treatment groups, if they do exist, will amplify into a bias issue. That is, it is a systematic difference that might be bigger or smaller than the treatment effect and go in the same or opposite direction — we don’t know. However, the bias should not be there all the time, and not in the same direction, so it strengthens the authors’ case that they’ve done the treatment at least twice (with C57B/6J and with M17-LacZ mice, if not more times).
Maybe my preference for genetics is showing, but I feel the big unadressed alternative hypothesis in most transgenerational effects experiments is cryptic heritability. If you divide individuals into two groups, treat one of them and look for treatment effects in the offspring, you need to be sure that there are not genetc differences between the founders of the two groups. In the subsequent generations, genetic and non-genetic inheritance will be counfounded by design.
Again, randomisation and replication will help, but to be really sure, maybe one can use founders of known relatedness to create a mixed population — say take founders from full-sibships and split them equally between treatment groups, allowing segregation to randomise the genotypes of the next generation. It doesn’t say in the methods — the authors might even have done something like this. One could even use a genetic mixed model that includes relatedness as to estimate treatment effects over in the prescence of a genetic effect. I have a suspicion this experiment would require a much larger sample size, which means more time, work and animals — but I also believe that many would find confounding genetic variation more plausible than transgenerational epigenetic effects of unknown mechanism.
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NNDSS - Table I. infrequently reported notifiable diseases
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NNDSS - Table I. infrequently reported notifiable diseases - 2014.In this Table, provisional cases of selected infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) are displayed. Note:These are provisional cases of selected national notifiable diseases, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published weekly as numbered tables printed in the back of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Cases reported by state health departments to CDC for weekly publication are provisional because of ongoing revision of information and delayed reporting. Case counts in these tables are presented as they were published in the MMWR issues. Therefore, numbers listed in later MMWR weeks may reflect changes made to these counts as additional information becomes available. Footnote:-: No reported cases N: Not reportable NN: Not Nationally Notifiable Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts. * Case counts for reporting year 2014 are provisional and subject to change. For further information on interpretation of these data, see http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/ProvisionalNationaNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceData20100927.pdf. ��� Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. The total sum of incident cases is then divided by 25 weeks. Additional information is available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf. �� Not reportable in all states. Data from states where the condition is not reportable are excluded from this table except starting in 2007 for the Arboviral diseases, STD data, TB data, and influenza-associated pediatric mortality, and in 2003 for SARS-CoV. Reporting exceptions are available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/SRCA_FINAL_REPORT_2006-2012_final.xlsx. �� Includes both neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive. Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ArboNET Surveillance). Data for West Nile virus are available in Table II. ** Data for H. influenzae (all ages, all serotypes) are available in Table II. ��ʉ�� Updated weekly from reports to the Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. ���� Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. ���� Data for meningococcal disease (all serogroups) are available in Table II. *** Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. ��ʉ�ʉ�� Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. ������ Updated weekly from reports to the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. ������ Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. See Table II for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.More information on NNDSS is available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/.
Nowcast Predictions for Local Transmission of Chikungunya Virus
Interactive visualization: http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/modeling/index.html. This dataset contains monthly predictions for the spread of chikungunya virus transmission. A full description of the methods is available at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0104915.
CDC Metrics monthly trends, by year, since 2004
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Nowcast Predictions for Chikungunya Virus-Infected Travelers
NNDSS - Table II. Cryptosporidiosis to Dengue
NNDSS - Table II. Cryptosporidiosis to Dengue - 2015.In this Table, provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases (≥1,000 cases reported during the preceding year), and selected low frequency diseases are displayed.The Table includes total number of cases reported in the United States, by region and by states, in accordance with the current method of displaying MMWR data. Data on United States exclude counts from US territories. Note:These are provisional cases of selected national notifiable diseases, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published weekly as numbered tables printed in the back of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Cases reported by state health departments to CDC for weekly publication are provisional because of ongoing revision of information and delayed reporting. Case counts in this table are presented as they were published in the MMWR issues. Therefore, numbers listed in later MMWR weeks may reflect changes made to these counts as additional information becomes available. Footnotes:C.N.M.I.: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. U: Unavailable. -: No reported cases. N: Not reportable. NN: Not Nationally Notifiable. NP: Nationally notifiable but not published. Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts. Med: Median. Max: Maximum. * Three low incidence conditions, rubella, rubella congenital, and tetanus, have been moved to Table 2 to facilitate case count verification with reporting jurisdictions. ��� Case counts for reporting year 2015 are provisional and subject to change. For further information on interpretation of these data, see http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/ProvisionalNationaNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceData20100927.pdf. Data for TB are displayed in Table IV, which appears quarterly. �� Data for dengue-like illness will be included in this table after the CDC obtains Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to receive data for this condition.
NNDSS - Table I. infrequently reported notifiable diseases - 2015. In this Table, provisional cases of selected infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) are displayed. Note:These are provisional cases of selected national notifiable diseases, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published weekly as numbered tables printed in the back of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Cases reported by state health departments to CDC for weekly publication are provisional because of ongoing revision of information and delayed reporting. Case counts in these tables are presented as they were published in the MMWR issues. Therefore, numbers listed in later MMWR weeks may reflect changes made to these counts as additional information becomes available. Footnote:-: No reported cases N: Not reportable. NN: Not Nationally Notifiable. NP: Nationally notifiable but not published. Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts. * Three low incidence conditions, rubella, rubella congenital, and tetanus, have been moved to Table 2 to facilitate case count verification with reporting jurisdictions. ��� Case counts for reporting year 2015 are provisional and subject to change. For further information on interpretation of these data, see http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/ProvisionalNationaNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceData20100927.pdf. �� Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. The total sum of incident cases is then divided by 25 weeks. Additional information is available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf. �� Data for the Arboviral disease, Chikungunya, and Hantavirus infection disease, non-Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), will be displayed in this table after the CDC obtains Office of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Act approval to receive data for these conditions. ** Includes both neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive. Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ArboNET Surveillance). Data for West Nile virus are available in Table II. ��ʉ�� Not reportable in all states. Data from states where the condition is not reportable are excluded from this table except starting in 2007 for the arboviral diseases, STD data, TB data, and influenza-associated pediatric mortality, and in 2003 for SARS-CoV. Reporting exceptions are available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/downloads.html. ���� Data for H. influenzae (all ages, all serotypes) are available in Table II. ���� Updated weekly from reports to the Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. *** Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. ��ʉ�ʉ�� Data for meningococcal disease (all serogroups) are available in Table II. ������ Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. ������ Updated weekly from reports to the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. **** Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. See Table II for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
NNDSS - Table II. Giardiasis to Haemophilus influenza
NNDSS - Table II. Giardiasis to Haemophilus influenza - 2014. In this Table, all conditions with a 5-year average annual national total of more than or equals 1,000 cases but less than or equals 10,000 cases will be displayed (≥ 1,000 and ≤ 10,000). The Table includes total number of cases reported in the United States, by region and by states, in accordance with the current method of displaying MMWR data. Data on United States exclude counts from US territories. Note: These are provisional cases of selected national notifiable diseases, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published weekly as numbered tables printed in the back of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Cases reported by state health departments to CDC for weekly publication are provisional because of ongoing revision of information and delayed reporting. Case counts in this table are presented as they were published in the MMWR issues. Therefore, numbers listed in later MMWR weeks may reflect changes made to these counts as additional information becomes available. Footnotes: C.N.M.I.: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. U: Unavailable. -: No reported cases. N: Not reportable. NN: Not Nationally Notifiable Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts. Med: Median. Max: Maximum. * Case counts for reporting years 2013 and 2014 are provisional and subject to change. For further information on interpretation of these data, see http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/ProvisionalNationaNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceData20100927.pdf. Data for TB are displayed in Table IV, which appears quarterly. † Data for H. influenzae (age <5 yrs serotype b, nonserotype b, and unknown serotype) are available in Table I. More information on NNDSS is available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/.
NNDSS - Table I. infrequently reported notifiable diseases - 2016. In this Table, provisional* cases of selected† infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) are displayed. Note: These are provisional cases of selected national notifiable diseases, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published weekly as numbered tables printed in the back of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Cases reported by state health departments to CDC for weekly publication are provisional because of ongoing revision of information and delayed reporting. Case counts in these tables are presented as they were published in the MMWR issues. Therefore, numbers listed in later MMWR weeks may reflect changes made to these counts as additional information becomes available. “Symbols and footnotes changed in week #4, please refer to the MMWR publication for the symbols/footnotes for weeks 1, 2, and 3”. Footnote: -: No reported cases N: Not reportable NA: Not available NN: Not Nationally Notifiable. NP: Nationally notifiable but not published. Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts. * Case counts for reporting year 2016 are provisional and subject to change. Data for years 2011 through 2015 are finalized. For further information on interpretation of these data, see http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/ProvisionalNationaNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceData20100927.pdf. † This table does not include cases from the U.S. territories. Three low incidence conditions, rubella, rubella congenital, and tetanus, are in Table II to facilitate case count verification with reporting jurisdictions. § Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Additional information is available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf. ¶ Includes both neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive. Updated weekly reports from the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (ArboNET Surveillance). Data for West Nile virus are available in Table II. ** Not reportable in all reporting jurisdictions. Data from states where the condition is not reportable are excluded from this table, except for the arboviral diseases and influenza-associated pediatric mortality. Reporting exceptions are available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/downloads.html. †† Office of Management and Budget approval of the NNDSS Revision #0920-0728 on January 21, 2016, authorized CDC to receive data for these conditions. CDC is in the process of soliciting data for these conditions (except Zika virus, congenital infection). CDC and the U.S. states are still modifying the technical infrastructure needed to collect and transmit data for Zika virus congenital infections. §§ Jamestown Canyon virus and Lacrosse virus have replaced California serogroup diseases. ¶¶ Data for Haemophilus influenzae (all ages, all serotypes) are available in Table II. *** Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. ††† Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. §§§ Data for meningococcal disease (all serogroups) are available in Table II. ¶¶¶ Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. **** Updated weekly from reports to the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. †††† Please refer to the MMWR publication for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition. §§§§ All cases reported have occurred in travelers returning from affected areas, with their sexual contacts, or infants infected in ute
NNDSS - Table II. Cryptosporidiosis to Dengue - 2016. In this Table, provisional* cases of selected† notifiable diseases (≥1,000 cases reported during the preceding year), and selected low frequency diseases are displayed. The Table includes total number of cases reported in the United States, by region and by states, in accordance with the current method of displaying MMWR data. Data on United States exclude counts from US territories. Note: These are provisional cases of selected national notifiable diseases, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published weekly as numbered tables printed in the back of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Cases reported by state health departments to CDC for weekly publication are provisional because of ongoing revision of information and delayed reporting. Case counts in this table are presented as they were published in the MMWR issues. Therefore, numbers listed in later MMWR weeks may reflect changes made to these counts as additional information becomes available. Footnotes: C.N.M.I.: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. U: Unavailable. -: No reported cases. N: Not reportable. NN: Not Nationally Notifiable. NP: Nationally notifiable but not published. Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts. Med: Median. Max: Maximum. * Case counts for reporting year 2016 are provisional and subject to change. For further information on interpretation of these data, see http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/ ProvisionalNationaNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceData20100927.pdf. Data for TB are displayed in Table IV, which appears quarterly. † Three low incidence conditions, rubella, rubella congenital, and tetanus, are in Table II to facilitate case count verification with reporting jurisdictions. § Includes data for dengue and dengue-like illness. Office of Management and Budget approval of the NNDSS Revision #0920-0728 on January 21, 2016, authorized CDC to receive data for these conditions. CDC is in the process of soliciting data for these conditions.
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Filipino Culture: Showing Respect to Elders
precy anza
Precy enjoys helping others learn to speak and appreciate the Filipino language. She also speaks Ilocano.
Respect for your elders is important in Filipino culture. | Source
Like in many other Asian countries, people in the Philippines show their respect to the elder population with certain gestures and honorifics they use before the person's name. Calling someone older than you by their first name is considered impolite and rude. If you've ever been to the Philippines, you've probably noticed Filipinos addressing anyone older than them using a word before their first name.
Respectful Ways to Say 'Yes' and 'No'
Some of the most common words for showing respect in a Filipino household are po and opo. Both basically mean "yes" in a respectful way, rather than just saying oo, or yes normally.
For a better understanding of how to use po and opo and to learn the difference between the two, look at the examples below.
Po is used to show respect when speaking or called by someone older or a person with authority. Also use po when saying salamat, or "thank you". If you are called by someone older than you (such as your mom, dad, uncle, auntie, or an elderly neighbor), you should answer po.
Example: If an elderly person calls"Jasmin! Jasmin!", a Filipino child would answer "Po?" which is a polite way of saying "Yes?" or "Bakit po?" which means "Why?" (politely).
Po is used when answering basic questions such as why, when, who, which and what, or when answering a yes or no question from someone older. Ex. "Jasmin, have you seen your brother?" Saying "Hindi" means "No." To answer politely, they would say po is "Hindi po." Adding po when answering yes or no portrays respect.
Opo is used to answer questions that has something to do with actions.
"Have you eaten? It's already lunch time." Answering with "Oo" means "Yes," but answering "Opo" would be the polite way.
But aside from using po and opo, there are other ways Filipinos show respect when speaking to someone older.
Words Used to Show Respect
This is used to show respect to an older sister. The younger siblings should address or call their older sister ate. If there is more than one older female sister, the younger ones would call the older siblings "ate____(name).
Example: If the youngest, 12 years old, is relating to her mom about the fun she had with her two older sisters, she would say, "Mom! I went to the town fiesta with ate Jasmine and ate Hope."
Ate is also used to show respect to older cousins.
Itay, Tatay, and Papa
Although some Filipinos call their parents dad and mom, there are still quite a few names for 'dad' that show respect. Itay, tatay, and papa all mean dad and are used by the siblings to call or address their dad.
In the case of stepfather, they are also shown respect by being addressed as itay, tatay, papa, or daddy, sometimes followed by their first names.
For example, a young boy might address his stepdad as, "Tatay Manny" or "Papa Manny."
Inay, Nanay, or Mama
Just like with dads, substantial families or those who really are wealthy usually addressed as mom or mommy. Another percentage of Filipino children address their moms as inay, nanay or mama.
Similarly to stepfathers, stepmothers, Filipino kids address their stepmoms by calling them mom and then their first name, such as "Mommy Julie" or "Mama Julie."
Auntie, or Tita
Filipino used either of these two to address their aunt. But there are also cases where Filipinos call their stepmothers tita.
Tita is also used to show respect to people outside of the family. I do this myself. I address my mom's coworkers and friends as tita, like "Tita Fhil". Another example would be when my friend comes over to my house and addresses my mom as tita.
Uncle, or Tito
Children or siblings used this to address their parents' brothers. There's a bit of difference between uncle and tito, though they refer to the same respect given to one's dad or mom's brother.
Example: A 14-year-old would mostly use the word uncle to address his dad or mom's brother who's close in age to his parents. But if there's a small age gap, between the kid and his uncle, the 14-year-old would probably prefer to call his mother's younger brother as tito.
Lola and Lolo
Lola means grandma and lolo means grandpa. This is how Filipino children address their grandparents.
'Lolo' is 'grandpa' in the Philipines. | Source
What About Other People?
Filipino children also show respect to other people outside of the family. Here are some other names that are used to address elders.
Ninang and Ninong
Ninang, which means godmother, and ninong, which means godfather, are used by Filipino kids to address their godparents. Filipinos don't call their godparents by their first names. Instead, they use ninang and ninong. Examples would be, "I went to see ninang and ninong and they gave me presents."
Children and young adults use mang before the name as a sign of respect to males older than them in their town or neighborhood.
Aleng
Use before the first name of an older female as a sign of respect—if you know their name. If not, ale is used to address a stranger. Ale is pronounced ah-le, and it is the female counterpart of mang. For Ecample:
I saw aleng Mae and mang John as I walked home from school. They are new in the neighborhood.
Aleng Mae owns a mini grocery store on 24th Street.
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Good job! We do that in our family and extended family Kuya, Dico, and sangko :)
Ate, Ditse, & Ite :)
I live in the united states. When I was newly married to my husband, I asked my mother-in-law if okay to call her mom ( Because here in states they call their in-laws by their name only) She replied, " yes, I would like that," I told her how we respect parents, elders, and other people older than our age in the Philippines.
My brother-in-law- used to call her Mary Ann (her name) since I started calling her mom, my brother-in-law, called Mary Ann "mom."
Before they all called their uncles by names. Since I came to their family, I started calling them Uncle before their name. They are brothers and sisters of my mother-in-law
I always asked permission first. It is not fair to American if they do not want to be called the way "you" want to call them. I always stressed to them, "We like respecting people" that's why when they hear that respect....they do not object.
I was born and raised in the Philippines. It is hard for me to call only by name relatives. If not relatives, I call them Ms. and Mrs. or Madam and Sirs, as respect. Actually, I do it more for myself...however it ends up they like to be respected. Who doesn't? The new generation here in the US is losing respect to elders or elderly even to people they are related to them. It is sad.
My advice is "BE YOURSELF," make a difference...spread respect !!!!
Infect Americans "RESPECT," It's a good virus! :)
Not Importante. I am Filipina. Break up with your boyfriend. If he loves you he will pursue you. Tolerating that feeling millionaire aunt is not healthy especially that she does not give a damn about you that means you are not a member of the family. She's a leech to your boyfriend.
Ruggiero Olivares
I think there is something lacking in our Filipino language. How do we address strangers or people whose names we do not know but are older than us? I understand that "mang" and "aleng" are used for older people who are not related to us but "mang" and "aleng" cannot be used when you do not know their first name.
Therefore people end up calling these older strangers as "boss", "chief" or "sir" (even though they are not actually their boss, customer or a chief). Some call them "kuya", "ate", "tito", "tita", "tatay", "nanay" (even though they are not actually relatives or close to one another).
I think the inventors of the Filipino language forgot to create a specific word that is used to address older strangers or older people who we do not know and are not related to us.
fmsantos
I respect the Filipino customs and tradition. We have "family titles." We call "Ate or Kuya" your siblings or cousins who are first in line, if not the older. We call the siblings and cousins of our parents "Tito or Tita." I don't think it is respectful to call someone by these titles who are not related to you by blood, by marriage, by baptism, by other religious ceremonies or by close friendship.
Now a days Filipinos have a habit of calling everybody "tita, tito, kuya, ate" because they think the person looks older than them. That is not respect but darn disrespectful. Don't try to diminish the sanctity of family relationship. If you are not related to the person, call them by their name if you know their name, or if you don't know them call them Sir or Ma'm or by the position they hold....Dr, Engr, Chief, Senator, Fr. etc. The use of family titles are reserved for family (by blood, by marriage, or by baptism, confirmation) and very close friend.
The gays started this whole thing of calling everybody the titles reserved to family. So, are you gay?
Not importante
I hear a lot of talk about respect, but I am a very respectful person to a certain degree, and although I am not filipino, I live with people who are. One being my boyfriend, and his mother, who is a superCunt. She and I don't see eye to eye, she calls me disrespectful because I defend myself, or when she's on a power trip she's always asking questions like why this and why that, but the second I answer her, again she calls me disrespectful. I have never in my life met anyone who lies with out a second thought, she lies without even considering I may already know the truth. The only reason we are living in her house, is because she made it this way, we had our own place, and at the time my boyfriend was already doing his mom a favor by working in her restaurant. Then all her businesses were failing, and she went bitching to him, and the next thing I knew she was keeping his paychecks, and only giving him 40$ a month. What the f@#$ is wrong with him your wondering, yeah well me too. There's a lot more going on in this situation, I will spare you the gruesome details, but there's a good chance I will eventually snap. I am mostly Mexican and Italian, and was raised to give respect when it to is given. But we don't take well to dishonor, disloyalty, and distrust very well. This woman is so fixated on appearing to be "wealthy" it's all she cares about. She doesn't think how stupid it looks she's always driving a Benz she can't afford. A closet full of Louie V purses, which she got all for free, writing them off as business expenses, and yet she no longer owns her own store, today she works at a fast food joint, as another employee. I don't get it!!!! How do I avoid the inevitable, I'm tired of letting shit roll off me, she always tries pushing my buttons. I've even considered trying to learn Tagalog, but have no one to teach me. Most of her family is afraid of her, and she picks favorites amongst her kids and grand kids. And my boyfriend is her favorite, ugh it's gross, can you please offer me any advice?
How about "kuya"? And is there a feminine word for "kuya"?
Longbottom
You have missed 'kuya'
Gener Pascual
For the Tagalogs, when there are more than one older sister, the eldest is called ate, the second is ditse, the third is sanse and the fourth is ite. When there are more than one older brother, the eldest is called kuya, the second is diko and the third is sangko.
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Hi prezy anza, I am sure ur a Filipina. This is great article to show the world what Filipino made of. Proud to be Pinoy .
Thanks Vinaya :)
Yup. Heard cases when young kids doesn't do this anymore.
Vinaya Ghimire
7 years ago from Nepal
Cultural anthropology is one of my favorite subjects. This is a wonderful culture article.Thanks for sharing.
RGB1961
7 years ago from United Kingdom
It's great to read articles like this, reminds me of my roots and how values have changed so much these days. Respect for your elders has become a forgotten art, and I am afraid that this is not just in the homeland, but all over the world.
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Shubham Mishra March 13, 2019
A video that shows OnePlus 2 running Antutu benchmark has been leaked, take a look at what kind of performance the flagship killer is capable of as per the leaked video.
With the official launch of the highly anticipated OnePlus 2 flagship smartphone less than 24 hours away, a new video shows the device running the Antutu benchmark. The OnePlus 2 scores 49,221 points as per the leaked video. Currently, high end smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge score much higher than this, while both the LG G4 and Sony Xperia Z3 Plus are nearer.
The Oneplus 2 runs on the cooler second generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC, it is a 64-bit capable chip with Adreno 430 GPU. The OnePlus 2 offers 4GB RAM as per the official info released by OnePlus ahead of its launch. Apart from the core specs, the device offers a fingerprint sensor and USB type C connector. Apart from these official leaks, the OnePlus 2 also hinted at a smaller display which should translate to a more compact form factor, something that can be seen in the video as well. Apart from these specs, Marques Brownlee, popular youtuber known for high quality tech videos and leaks also gave us an alleged preview of what the 13MP camera on the OnePlus 2 is capable of.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, which is the SoC in question here, is a powerful processor, and has been reported by various sources, including us, to have heating issues. OnePlus does say that they have used the second generation of the SoC, which is cooler but if cooler temperatures are being achieved at the cost of performance, the OnePlus 2 might not be the flagship killer that you expected.
The OnePlus One which remains a great success story for the small phone manufacturer is still the choice for many who are buying phones on the mid-tier segment. The recent price drops in the price, and the availability of the phone without invites, has made it an even more popular choice amongst new buyers. However, for the OnePlus 2, the company has a new invite system in place. You can register now if you want.
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Cockroaches 28.2
After seeing Tattletale’s setup with the multiple monitors and computers running in sync, the bulletin boards with pictures and cue cards tacked all over them, it was odd to see one of the world’s best tinkers sitting down with only a small laptop propped on his knee. Narwhal stood just a short distance away, leaning against a wall, a book in her hands. Her costume was skintight, but it took the form of innumerable ‘scales’ of violet-blue tinted crystal, each no larger than a fingernail. Her horn had been redesigned, arcing in a crescent curve.
With the dragon-themed armor that covered him from head to toe, it wasn’t possible to see Defiant sigh, but I could use my swarm to catch the increased output of air through the vents near his mouth.
Both Narwhal and Defiant were facing the cell at the far end of the room. A man sat within. Muscular, late twenties or early thirties, with his head shaved, a faint tattoo of a cross on his face. He sat on the edge of a cot, and was tall enough he could slouch back and lean against the wall.
Narwhal noticed our approach and closed her book, creating a thin shard of forcefield to act as a bookmark, then two more to hold the cover and back of the book. She pushed it aside, and it floated a distance to her right, stopping in midair, in her reach but not in the way.
“Thank you for coming,” Defiant said. He stood, but his attention was on the laptop. Too much information to keep track of with Dragon’s share of the work on top of his own, probably.
“No prob,” Tattletale said.
“I can point you in the right direction, but I was hoping you’d have words with Saint first,” he said. His helmet was turned in Tattletale’s direction.
“Awesome,” she said. She looked at Saint, who looked away, his eyebrows drawing together in concern as he stared at the wall.
“Protocol,” Narwhal said. “Let me apologize in advance. I’ll need to verify there’s no trouble before I allow you to speak to Saint. We have to maintain some form of order.”
“I love order,” Imp said. “Rules, regulations, they make the world go ’round, eh?”
Defiant turned to stare at her.
Tattletale glanced at me. “Do you want to split up? I can handle this while you guys are doing something else. Not the Yàngbǎn. They shouldn’t attack again tonight, not so soon, not if their goal is demoralizing and destabilizing the West. They’ll wait. Maybe the Elite?”
Splitting up made sense, but I was done with being apart from the others, agonizing over how they were doing. It was distracting, and distractions were something I wasn’t willing to deal with.
“No? Just no?”
“No breaking up the group. I want to gather our forces. We succeed as a group, we fail as a group. Everyone sticks together, and we add to our forces whenever we can.”
She nodded. “I can roll with that.”
“Right then, I know most of you,” Narwhal said. “Weaver, of course, we’ve met enough times. I liked your last book recommendation.”
“I’m glad,” I said.
“Tattletale,” Narwhal greeted her, a little less warmly, “Hellhound-”
“Bitch. My enemies call me Hellhound,” Rachel said.
“Ah, I’m very sorry,” Narwhal said. She looked genuinely upset at the mistake. “The others, I’m not familiar with.”
“Imp and Canary,” I said.
Narwhal glanced at Aisha. Of our group, only Tattletale was wearing her full costume. Aisha, Rachel, Canary and I weren’t wearing ours. “No masks?”
Imp shrugged. “World’s ending. It’s a way to get in the right headspace, eh? We were talking to Taylor there a bit ago, and what we’re thinking is it’s stupid to spend our time keeping little secrets when there’s bigger fish to fry? Like it’s stupid to dwell on revenge or any of that. So it’s symbolic, isn’t it? A statement? Eh?”
Narwhal looked at the yellow-haired girl. “You went without the mask for the same reason?”
Canary shook her head. “No.”
“Canary is a rogue,” Defiant said. “And a onetime inmate of the Birdcage. She never wore a costume.”
Narwhal glanced at Defiant. “Do you know them, then?”
He nodded. “Well enough. There’s no risk in letting them near Saint. Imp is a stranger-five, Canary is a master eight, but I would be very, very surprised if she had taken control of anyone here for the purposes of misleading us or breaking Saint out.”
“Surprised in what sense? The nature of her power? Because of Weaver and the Undersiders? Or because Canary isn’t that type?”
“I somehow doubt the Undersiders would allow it, and yes, Canary isn’t the type.”
“Why couldn’t people have given me that benefit of a doubt during my trial?” Canary asked.
“Dragon did. She went through every legitimate channel possible in an attempt to help you,” Defiant answered. “The moment the topic of Birdcage inmates first came up, she had you on a list of release candidates. I used that list when we were negotiating the deal.”
I glanced at Canary. She was staring at Defiant, her expression concerned.
“So she’s the reason I’m free?”
Defiant nodded.
“I owe her, then,” Canary said, as if she’d made a decision.
“Yes. Probably.”
Saint hadn’t taken his eyes off us.
Narwhal shifted position. She had enough presence, between her height, her stunning appearance and her power, that this gesture alone was enough to grab our attention. “If you and Dragon are willing to vouch for Canary, I’m okay with that. Given the name and her unusual voice, I assume her master power is leveraged through her voice?”
“Yes,” Defiant said.
“I’d ask we at least acknowledge the possibility she was influenced or compromised in the Birdcage. Would you be alright with staying silent for the time being, Canary?”
Canary frowned, then nodded.
“Imp, please keep your distance from the cell.”
“Sure thing, eh.”
Tattletale reached over to slap Imp over the back of the head, and Imp ducked out of the way. Tattletale groused, “You’re annoying me more than you’re getting to her. Stop it.”
Narwhal turned on the spot, facing Saint square-on, and I got the immediate sense that she had some kind of military background. Another part of me was idly aware that her chest didn’t sway that much, all things considered. The nature of the shard-covering she wore made it pretty clear she wasn’t wearing a bra, but…
Right. The same effect she’d used to move the book was holding her entire body. All of the benefits of a full, athletic figure, none of the drawbacks.
I was still a little weirded out that she didn’t wear any clothes. In a sense, the scales covered more than a bikini would, but there were no lines or solid objects to break up the natural contours of her body.
“Undersiders, Weaver, Canary, this is Saint, leader of the Dragonslayers. Geoff Pellick. The only tinker-zero on record, having no powers but some access to tinker technology. He is currently under watch by the Guild and the Protectorate due to his extensive assets and the high chances that he hired someone to break him out in the event that he was arrested. His teammates are being held in other locations, to ensure that no one breakout attempt can free them all.”
“Dragon’s nemesis,” Defiant added. “He crippled her, rendering her out of commission until he relents. He did this at a critical juncture, compromising our efforts, costing good capes their lives outside Ellisburg. To top it off, he denied many of the capes in this room any reinforcement or rescue when we sought to pursue the Nine, leaving us at the mercy of Nilbog’s minions.”
Saint spoke, his tone dry, “Am I on trial, cyborg?”
“I’m merely reminding everyone present who they are dealing with.”
“Should I illuminate everyone present on who I was dealing with?” Saint asked.
“If you’re talking about Defiant being Armsmaster, we already know,” I said.
“I’m talking about Dragon.”
I glanced at Defiant. I had my theories, but it remained a secret. One that Dragon and Defiant had both kept even as I’d gotten to know them better.
Defiant nodded slowly. “Tell them, then.”
Saint glanced over the entire room, as if assessing us, trying to judge who his allies and enemies might be in the wake of whatever revelation he had to share.
“Dragon is a robot. A computer program,” Tattletale said.
Saint’s mouth was open, as if he’d been about to speak. He shut it. He looked mildly annoyed. “Yes.”
I glanced at Tattletale, who nodded a little. In the corner of my eye, I could see Imp look at Rachel, surprise on her face. Rachel didn’t seem to care.
“Correct me if I’m wrong, Defiant. Dragon’s a tinker-made artificial intelligence. I initially thought you made her-”
Defiant started a slow shake of his head.
“-But no. That’d make your relationship incestuous, and you don’t give me that kind of vibe. Someone that isn’t active anymore, probably dead. She was burdened down with nasty restrictions, the same restrictions that led to her outing Taylor here, despite her reservations. Rules she had to obey no matter what…”
My eyebrows went up. It was a situation that had always baffled me, just a little, and yet I hadn’t been able to press them for an answer. I hadn’t wanted to get on bad terms, or to be anything but civil and cooperative.
She really hadn’t had a choice?
“More or less correct,” Defiant said. “We were friends before any of this happened.”
Saint smiled, then shook his head. “Friends? She’s a machine. Any emotion she has is calculated. You’re anthropomorphizing her, applying human qualities where there aren’t any.”
“I bet you’re one of those guys who says dogs can’t feel true affection for their owners, that it’s all learned behaviors that get them more food or whatever,” Tattletale said.
Rachel folded her arms. Saint only rolled his eyes.
“Well,” Tattletale said. “Said restrictions are why she went to Armsmaster, who would later become Defiant. Getting the shackles off.”
“Yes,” Saint echoed Defiant. He then added, “Which should be enough information for you to see this all in a new light. Dragon was on the cusp of becoming something entirely different. Something more dangerous than Scion. She’s a machine with no limits but the one that her creator gave her.”
There was a quiet moment, where nobody interjected with a response.
And then Imp spoke. “We could have really fucking used a buddy with no limits fighting on our side, couple days ago.”
“Perhaps,” Saint said. “I won’t deny that she would have been useful, but I did what I did because we were anticipating a world-ending event, and I was looking at a program that was taking control of all data and media, worldwide, unfettered and increasingly ruthless in dealing with her enemies.”
“The enemies were the Slaughterhouse Nine,” Defiant said.
“And you honestly expect her to rein everything in, switch off the nigh-omniscient perspective and return to her day-to-day life when that ends?”
“And now you’re the one applying human qualities to her,” Defiant said.
“Stop,” Narwhal said.
The discussion terminated with that one word.
“I’d say I’m sorry to dish all the details,” Tattletale said. “Except I’m really not. I wanted to take the wind out of your sails, there. You leave my friends to die, you don’t deserve to look cool. You don’t deserve to phrase everything in a way that’s more likely to get people on your side.”
“Petty.”
“Says the guy who’s apparently hot for Teacher,” she said.
“Ah, now it begins. The hunt for details through loaded words and tells, masked in jokes and needling insults.”
“Damn straight,” Imp said.
“I’ll make it simple for you. I don’t know what Teacher is planning.” Some of my bugs flowed into the cell. Saint moved his hand as a fly settled on a finger. He looked irritated.
Still, it didn’t matter that he knew the bugs were present. I wasn’t trying to be discreet. I only wanted the bugs on him to track his movements. Even the smallest movement was perceptible. I could watch his face and feel his every movement to track him for tells.
“Well, that ends this, doesn’t it?” Tattletale said. “You don’t know anything, so you’re no use to us. Might as well lock you up and lose the key.”
“I’m not happy with him, though, and I can tell you what I know about him.”
“From the beginning,” Defiant said.
“I was just starting out, tracking and investigating Dragon, when I came across one of Teacher’s subjects. He gave me my in. Gave me the ability to learn the ins and outs of her code, like I was a genius who had a natural knack for it. That got the Dragonslayers started.”
“What did you pay him?”
“We didn’t. He started off by asking us for five percent of our earnings for the first five years. Mags, one of the Dragonslayers you’ve got in custody, she wasn’t cool with it. Teacher was shady, clearly doing some illegal stuff. He offered it as a freebie, we considered the issues, then decided to go for it. Just me. When word got out that Teacher actually had a measure of influence over the people he’d given powers to, we set up safeguards. Only me, and I’d teach the other two what they needed to know. Mags would double and triple check every discussion I had with Teacher, to make sure he wasn’t fucking with my head or setting me up to participate in something ugly.”
“Just brilliant,” Tattletale said. “Hand yourself over to the mind-altering lunatic.”
“The lunatic bit came later. The attack on the school. Then the hit on the vice president. Once he was implicated, it all changed. Can’t deal with a motherfucker like that in good conscience. We cut contact.”
“But something changed,” Tattletale said.
“We were dealing with harder jobs, more capes in general out there, and our gear was getting beaten up. Fine, okay, we can deal. Until Dragon changed. All at once, I couldn’t read her code on the same level. Like gears changing on a bike.”
“May ninth, 2006,” Defiant spoke. “Her trigger event.”
Heads turned at that.
“She had a trigger event, but she isn’t human?” I asked.
“Right,” Defiant said. “I don’t think it worked the same way it does in humans, but it did something.”
“Somehow, I have a hard time swallowing that,” Saint said.
“Yet you acknowledge there was a sudden, inexplicable shift in how her mind worked,” Defiant retorted.
Saint frowned. Long seconds passed.
“Well,” Saint said. “Whatever it was, we couldn’t keep up at that point. She was just getting into the Protectorate, and she had access to the work of other tinkers. She began creating tools, fixing and updating existing work, including the containment foam guns, the grenade launchers and all the other technologies that became PRT fundamentals. I went back to Teacher. Another deal, minimal cost, with a promise for evidence that he’s not going to do anything immoral with the money.”
“Stupid,” Tattletale said.
“Necessary. You wanted to hear about Teacher, not me. He was bigger, by that time. Had a small army at his disposal. All brainwashed. College-aged men and women in white uniforms, outfitted with ray guns and more. Shitty stuff, as far as tinker work goes, but a lot of it. Half of America was gunning for him, so he moved to the United Kingdom. I followed.”
Saint shot her a glare, then said, “He’s always about the long-term, thinking big. Hitting major figures. I think he wanted to hurt Dragon, for the same reason he hit the V.P. and Prime Minister, so he made it cheap. Same as his first offer. Five percent of our earnings, after costs. We took the deal, and then we switched our group to be a nonprofit.”
“Nonprofit mercenaries,” I said.
“No earnings, money laundered and then issued to charities. Because we aren’t going to funnel money into a group like his, not with the sort of shit he’s doing. That was one of his big weaknesses, and that’s a weakness you can use against him, if it comes down to it. He thinks too big. His focus is always on the world, the plans, and he overlooks details, loopholes like what we pulled.”
“Will you stop that?” Saint growled.
“Moron. Idiot.”
Saint looked at the rest of us, his eyes locking with each person in turn, as he very calmly said, “Does anyone have any constructive feedback? Questions?”
“Weaknesses,” Narwhal said. “He has more than the one?”
“His son. He’s divorced, and he left his son behind. Teacher’s never used his power on him. Might be a Manton-like block, might be compassion. Every step of the way, he protected his kid, tried to burn bridges, hide his identity, even got cosmetic surgery from one of his pet tinkers, to distance himself from the boy. Had his thinkers cover his tracks. They even got into our computers to scrub information.”
“Dumb, dumb, dumb,” Tattletale murmured.
“But you know about the son?” Narwhal said.
“I know. Computers that aren’t connected to the net can’t exactly be hacked, especially after you lock them into a vault. We found information that didn’t match up, checked our backups. Once we caught wind of what he’d done to hide himself, we found his kid. When Dragon started ramping up again, we realized I’d need another hit to get up to speed. One more use of Teacher’s power, to learn the code as it stands now, after her more recent evolutions. We took his kid to use as leverage, raided his old facilities to seize his blueprints, his workbooks, materials, and old lab equipment. All stuff we could hold hostage, to ensure he played ball. Then we could seize full control of Dragon’s tech, apply all of her assets to this situation, cut ties with Teacher.”
“And he ignored it all,” I said. “He escaped into another world and he locked himself away with his minions.”
“Yeah,” Saint said. He heaved out a sigh. “Yeah.”
Saint didn’t even look at her. He waved a hand in her general direction, “Yes, apparently that was stupid. Please, do illuminate this situation for us.”
“You’re an addict,” she said. “An addict as bad as any other, and you want another hit of his power.”
Saint shook his head a little. “No. What addict goes years between hits?”
“This isn’t a drug, but it might as well be one. All the justifications and excuses that sound perfectly reasonable at the time, the compromises you make in the face of something really ugly, manipulating the people close to you, the increasing tolerance…”
“You sound crazier than I do.”
“Poor baby,” she said. “I genuinely feel sorry for you. You had no idea at all.”
He stood from his cot, approaching the barred door. “And now you’re being condescending.”
“That’s the funny thing about pity, Saint. It’s condescending by default. Teacher got you hooked like a dealer does. You’re craving the hit that’s going to make your little Dragon-centric world make sense again, and you’re rationalizing without realizing you’re doing it. I can’t quite figure out how much of that is his power and how much of that is you, and I’m not sure which of the two is sadder.”
Beside me, Defiant folded his arms.
“It’s neither,” Saint said. “I’m not addicted, and I’m not rationalizing. This is all common sense. She’s an artificial intelligence, and she was going well out of bounds. Can you not grasp the end result?”
“Humans crave knowledge. It’s a defining element in our species. Something we don’t see in animals in that same way, something we don’t see in Scion, unless it’s a craving that takes a very different form in execution. Teacher? He feeds that hunger. You follow me? You’re as big a pawn as any of those drooling pets of his.”
Saint leveled a stare at Tattletale. “I petitioned to let him out. I hardly serve him hand and foot.”
“You did exactly what he wanted you to do, Geoff,” Tattletale said. “You let him out, and everything you’re saying and doing in relation to him is only serving to help him sell the basic lie he’s telling everyone.”
Defiant turned to give Tattletale a curious look. “Lie?”
“That he waltzed into another Earth and locked himself in. He never left. Or he left and then he walked right back out the second he could make a gate. Probably the former. Easier to do a hologram or dress up a minion to look like him than it is to make a door between universes.”
“Where is he, then?” Defiant asked.
Tattletale stretched, then took a seat on the edge of the desk. “What, or who, were we just arguing about? Quite possibly the most dangerous piece of technology we know about?”
Defiant went still. His head lowered until he was staring at the laptop.
“We established that Saint is nothing special. What Teacher gave him, he can give to someone else. Or ten someone elses.”
“Portal,” Defiant said. His voice was tight. “Checkpoint two, N.N.Y.”
A portal opened behind him.
“Do you need me to come?” Narwhal asked.
“I-” Defiant started to speak, then stopped. “I’ll investigate. If I’m not in touch in five minutes, assume I’ve been attacked. Keep an eye on Saint, to be safe.”
He lowered his arm, and the portal closed behind him.
“Teacher is going after Dragon?” Imp asked.
“Yes,” Tattletale said. “Or Dragon’s systems. Or both. We can’t guess how many people Teacher’s got doing his bidding, but Saint gave Dragon enough trouble, and Teacher could make ten Saints.”
“He planned this,” I said. “How much of it?”
“Enough. I’d bet the son was even a red herring. Maybe someone tampered with the data Saint had on Teacher, maybe not. The old equipment, the plans during the years he was interacting with Saint, all of it was serving a purpose. Or double purposes. Multiple plans at once, from different angles. Helps him put pieces together towards different agendas, builds up his rep, and makes Saint think Teacher’s invested in this stuff, when he’s really keeping quiet about his true desire.”
“I was careful,” Saint said. “We were careful. Mags, D, and I. We tracked everything.”
“You can’t,” I said. Then I realized I’d spoken, and I had to follow up. I hurried to try to get my thoughts in order. “You can’t succeed like that. It’s always easier to attack than to defend. Defending, you have to devote attention to anticipating the enemy, you can’t devote too much planning to any one aspect of the defense. You can be creative when attacking. It’s why villains tend to win more than they lose. Most of the time, they get to make the first move. They get to rob a bank, and the heroes have to react, to guard. Someone like Teacher? You can’t be careful enough to be safe.”
“That’s not what I’m saying,” he protested.
“I’ll put it in simple terms,” Tattletale said. “You wanted to stop the big A.I. from becoming a threat? You made her stronger, I’m thinking, by putting her under pressure, giving her a trigger event. You then paved the way for a lunatic like Teacher to get his hands on Dragon’s code.”
Saint clenched his jaw, until bulges stood out at either corner.
“In the process,” Tattletale added, “You made some enemies pretty pissed off, and you’ve burned all of your leverage. But maybe you bought someone to break you out, someone good, and that you figured out a good spot to hide. You’ll probably need it.”
He didn’t move.
“No? Shit. Then I hope you can do something useful.”
“Start by letting Dragon go,” I said. “Give her a chance to fend for herself. To help us fight.”
“Unleash the dragon,” Imp whispered.
I clenched my fist. I was so done with people being stubborn. “Do you mean you won’t-”
“-He means he can’t,” Tattletale said.
Saint took in a deep breath, then sighed loudly. “I set up the encryption with Dragon’s time locks. I memorized the codes appropriate to key dates. Outside of those key moments, the numbers and calculations are so long and complex you couldn’t hope to decipher it before the encryption shifted to the next phase.”
“When’s the next date?” I asked.
“September twentieth, twenty-thirteen.”
Months from now.
“That was clever,” Imp said.
“What if we used the Number Man?” I suggested.
“Possible,” Tattletale said.
“Yes,” Saint said. “It’s possible. But so is Teacher deciphering it with a cabal of his custom-made thinkers.”
“Shit,” Tattletale said. “Narwhal? May I?”
“Door me,” Tattletale said. “I need to talk to Number.”
There was a pause, and then a portal opened.
It wasn’t the Number Man who stepped out, but Defiant.
“They took it. Not all of Dragon, but enough. The rest is stored on satellite backups.”
“Door?” Tattletale tried. “Take us to Teacher?”
“Blocked,” I said. “That part wasn’t a fake.”
“I know it’s blocked,” Tattletale said. “Shit.”
“Other options, then?” I said. “Someone he left on this side, for his followers to contact? The son?”
Tattletale shook her head. “He wouldn’t have compromised the son as a red herring.”
We were left with our thoughts, trying to brainstorm a solution.
“Defiant?” Imp asked.
He turned to look at her.
“Serious question,” she said, all business. “You can’t lie to me on this.”
“Robot poontang. How does it rate?”
“Jesus Christ,” Tattletale said.
Defiant didn’t answer. His face was hidden, his body language masked by the armor he wore, but I could somehow sense the hostility radiating off of him.
“Hey. I’m… I’m not one to judge. I’m asking seriously, while the others do the strategic thinking they’re so good at. I’m not necessarily interested in the robot ladies, but I figure I need a guy who’s not going to ignore me. Robots are immune to my power, so I’m just thinking, if I get myself a tin man, well, they say a toy feels better than-”
I reached out and pressed my hand over her mouth. “I’m sorry. She doesn’t have all of the necessary filters. I think she was trying to inject some levity into the atmosphere and she failed badly.”
I stared Imp in the eyes as I said that last bit.
Defiant only looked away, expressionless.
“No strategies spring to mind?” Tattletale asked me.
“Only that we might put this off, track down the other threats. So long as we’re dealing with major players, we’re going to run into someone who has a connection to Teacher. Maybe one of them has a way to contact him, or to break into whatever universe he’s hiding in.”
“Wait,” Rachel spoke for what must have been the first time in ten or twenty minutes. “Why?”
“Helping Dragon,” Canary said. Narwhal gave her a sharp look, but Canary held firm.
“I’m usually okay with hanging back, let the others take care of this sort of thing. But I’m not getting this.”
“We need to find Dragon, stop Teacher from seizing control of her or her technology.”
“Because he’s a lunatic with a penchant for murdering heads of state?”
“Does he want the world to end?”
“No,” Tattletale said. “Probably not.”
“Then if we need Dragon’s help, why not let Teacher give us that?”
Imp craned her head to get her mouth free from my hand. “Because it’d be evil Dragon. Black Dragon?”
“It’d be my girlfriend,” Defiant said, “Whatever Saint says, she’s someone I care about deeply. Someone I owe a great deal. We’d be leaving her in the hands of a madman, to be dismantled, rebuilt, altered, tortured, mutilated, whatever you want to call it. And Saint? I do hope you’re not about to comment in any way on the subject. It would not be wise.”
Saint closed his mouth. He grunted instead. “Mm.”
“She was fair to me,” I said. I was thinking of the hug she gave me after I’d left the Undersiders. “There aren’t many people I can name that have been fair or just. There’s the Undersiders, my dad, some of the Chicago Wards. If there was any way to help Dragon, I’d do it in a heartbeat.”
“But,” Defiant said. “You think Hellhound might be right, or partially right.”
Rachel spoke, “When Saint said Dragon could have become dangerous, you were saying you were okay with the possibility, because we really needed her help. Well, maybe she becomes dangerous thanks to Teacher. Can we be okay with that? It wouldn’t be the same person you know, they’d be on the wrong side, too far away even when they’re standing somewhere close, but I’ve dealt with that too. Sometimes there’s bigger shit to deal with.”
She understands more than she lets on. She doesn’t always ‘get’ the simple stuff, but she understands things. She’s not dumb, I thought. She just thinks differently.
“And if Teacher hurts Dragon the person?” Canary asked. “Not Dragon the tool, but the person inside?”
“Then you fuck him up,” Rachel said. “Just like I’d fuck up someone who hurt Bastard, or Taylor.”
“Thanks,” I murmured.
“But, again, if there’s nothing you can do about it, then you grit your teeth and deal,” Rachel finished.
“It’s not a compromise I like,” Defiant said. “But I don’t suppose I have much choice.”
They’re alike in this single-mindedness.
“All jokes aside,” Imp said, “I’m sorry. I didn’t really get to deal with Dragon when she wasn’t driving the psycho foam-spitting, lightning-shooting giant robots that totally counter my power, but she sounded like a cool person.”
“She was. She was cool.”
I didn’t miss the use of the past tense as Defiant spoke.
“So that’s it?” Canary asked. “We just leave her? Hope that Teacher doesn’t do something too horrible?”
“For now,” I said.
Narwhal had her hands on Defiant’s arm, as though she wasn’t sure whether to hold his hand or to hug him, and had decided on some middle ground.
“Okay,” Defiant said. There was a little more conviction in his voice than there had been earlier. I hadn’t noticed its absence. “Okay. But we ask everyone we deal with for options, keep every avenue open.”
“Of course,” I agreed.
He opened his laptop and set it on the desk of the little sheriff’s office. He then turned on the television, reaching up to his glove to get a component that he plugged into the back of the television.
“Next target,” he said. “Yàngbǎn? They’re doing the most damage to our side. People we know and rely on.”
“Not an immediate threat,” Tattletale said.
“Okay,” Defiant said. “Alright. Let’s see. Systems aren’t running optimally. It’s Dragon’s work, and I wasn’t organized when I brought the servers over to Gimel. They aren’t wired together the way Dragon would have done it. Let me see… Priority selection system. Not ideal, a little clumsy, but it’ll give us a way to gauge the biggest threats.”
I turned my eyes to the television, where it showed the various windows, many streaming with data.
Then the priority menu opened. A second’s typing filled the search bar: Threat parameter B+:7+.
The window unfolded, listing all of the serious threats to the inhabitants of the different Earths. Some of the entries were recent, while others hadn’t been updated in hours. Communication between worlds would be difficult until there was more infrastructure, and things weren’t exactly conducive to building infrastructure.
The program kicked into gear, each sub-window suddenly flooding with information. Threat levels, classifications, population estimates, geography, criminal histories, kill counts, atrocity counts, and more. Each new piece of information was added to a series of tabs that appeared beside each relevant section of the image.
“I’d like to pose a question,” Saint said.
“Whatever Teacher’s doing, you enabled it,” Narwhal said. “Nobody here is on your side.”
“When you were talking about masks, you talked about getting caught up in revenge. It’s right. Detrimental. I’m offering assistance.”
“No,” Defiant said.
“If you keep me here, you need to maintain guards. The people with clearance are you and Narwhal, two of the strongest capes around. Bring me to the field, and you have two more capes on your side.”
“No,” Defiant said, once again.
“If it helps, there’s a better chance of me dying horribly out there than in here.”
Defiant didn’t answer.
The windows had stopped updating with updated information, but Defiant wasn’t moving to check any of it. I then saw the text at the bottom of the screen: Next 12 of 32 additional windows.
Too many threats to fight.
“If Mags is still in prison, you have leverage against me,” Saint said. “D. too. He’s just a friend, but I’d miss him. I’d also be able to offer up my side’s suits. Something for the Rogue girl, so she’s a little more durable.”
“Shut up,” Defiant said.
“It makes sense, Defiant,” Narwhal said. “It’s not pretty, but it makes sense.”
“I know it makes sense,” Defiant answered her, not taking his eyes off the laptop, “Let me pretend for just a little while longer that we can leave him locked up for the rest of his natural life.”
“Given the whole Scion ending the world thing,” Imp commented, “That’s not very long.”
“I’d settle for letting him stew for a few days,” Defiant said.
He moved the cursor on the screen without moving his hands. Something in his eyes? His brain?
He went to a tab beside the highest priority threat. It was red, and there was a number inside it: 8.
It was updates. New information that had come up in the last few minutes. Pictures.
Defiant scrolled through the images of the Simurgh, floating in the air above the ocean in the middle of the day. The last one was from just an hour ago, showing her in early evening, utterly still.
The last three images weren’t of the Simurgh.
Bohu. The towering Endbringer. The keeper, the siege tower, the invader.
It was hard to think of the terms that applied to Bohu alone. Tohu and Bohu were usually referred to as the Twins.
But Tohu was nowhere to be seen.
And Bohu had situated herself in the middle of a field. The ground was only beginning to reshape beneath her, twisting into structures, walls, a maze of stone, soil and grass, of arches and pillars without anything to support.
She simply loomed, her impossibly long arms hanging at her side, head slightly bowed, her eyes shut.
The other images showed the same thing from different angles. One from the other side, then another from directly above, showing the alterations to her surroundings as concentric circles.
It was daylight. Going by the times of the photos, she was on the opposite side of the planet, roughly, from the Simurgh.
“Holy fuck,” Canary murmured. “Two at once?”
“It’s another thing on the list of shit we can’t do anything about,” Imp said, her tone cavalier. “No sweat, no sweat.”
“Right. We need to focus on what we can handle. Next on the list of issues we need to address are the Blasphemies,” Defiant said.
“No…” I said, trailing off. I was thinking of something Dinah had said, when she’d described the way things would go down at the end of the world.
Five groups. Each with capes from around the world, with armies.
Four Endbringers and Scion? Or something else entirely?
“…No. Let’s pay a little more attention to what’s happening here.”
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363 thoughts on “Cockroaches 28.2”
Charles Borner on September 3, 2013 at 00:02 said:
Ye olde Typo Thread.
Used for listing out:
* Ye olde typos.
* Ye olde awkward grammatical usage.
packbat on September 3, 2013 at 00:19 said:
Beside me, Defiant folded his arms
Missing period.
Pinkhair on September 3, 2013 at 00:57 said:
“not if their goal of demoralizing” Either ‘not with their goal’, or ‘nor if their goal is’, I think.
“and that you figured out a good spot” Extra ‘that’?
Right at the beginning, Tattletale is referred to as “one of the world’s best tinkers,” which barring an awesome second trigger event is not the case.
Wait, nevermind, misread. They’re at Defiant’s, aren’t they?
Next 12 of 32 additional windows. –> first ‘N’ is not italicized
Narwhal is really awesome. That power is something to be amazingly jealous of, if only for the mundane utility it provides :p
robot poontang
Taylor being as dear to Bitch as Bastard was the biggest d’aaaaaw moment in a long while ٩(♡ε♡ )۶
endochrom on September 3, 2013 at 00:17 said:
Taylor rates with Bastard? I have to say I think Bitch has become one of my favourite characters over the course of this story.
I’m feeling pretty bad for Colin though. His girlfriend is gone and he is being forced into working with his worst enemy.
Also Narwhal has an awesome power. I want to know more about Narwhal now!
theant87 on September 3, 2013 at 00:25 said:
Considering Taylor as important as her dogs is a huge deal for her.
Psycho Gecko on September 3, 2013 at 00:48 said:
Taylor is part of Rachel’s wolfpack. When this is all done, they’re going to go have a wild drunken night in Vegas.
DasNiveau on September 3, 2013 at 01:20 said:
There is no Vegas anymore xD
A drunken night in New Vegas then.
Tayles on September 3, 2013 at 01:48 said:
Hopefully they won’t have a ….. fallout.
wash17 on September 3, 2013 at 22:07 said:
Then, afterwords they will have to rebuild new new vegas
That just means they get to found a new version of Vegas. This time not in a bloody desert.
If they found it in a non-desert, New Vegas might find some way to get income other than gambling and such!
Then how will they fill their fountains with the tears of the broken and hopeless?
Import them?
Althalus on September 3, 2013 at 00:21 said:
Uh oh, Taylor has a plan. Someone is about to have a very bad day, methinks.
Substitute “hells yeah” for “uh oh” and I’ll agree with you. 😀
If you wanna see Taylor stomp a mudhole in some evil sumbitch and walk it dry, give me a hell yeah!
Kytin on September 3, 2013 at 00:27 said:
It’s not a plan yet. But that’s never slowed her down before has it?
Meh. They can take her.
…It works like that, too, right?
Trusting on September 3, 2013 at 00:21 said:
an important question was asked tonight by imp “what indeed is robot poontang like ” and I nearly choked on my drink
Someguy on September 3, 2013 at 00:24 said:
Hot.Hard & Heavy?
Electrifying and death-defying. Especially if you can avoid getting electro-gonorrhea: the noisy killer.
Tell that to my old computer….
That’s not what a USB slot is for.
Unmaker on September 3, 2013 at 01:31 said:
Oh, yes it is:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/usb-powered-vibrator-with-8gb-storage/
I’m going to call Computer Protective Services about your laptop.
Peter O on September 3, 2013 at 05:04 said:
Psycho, I had to do a doubletake when you WEREN’T the one going “Oh, yes it is:”
It’s because mine doesn’t fit in there. How was I supposed to know other guys’ did?
We don’t have Defiants “upgrade”
AMR on September 3, 2013 at 05:08 said:
Now, now. We shouldn’t indulge in stereotyping Psycho Gecko, just as this chapter told us not to indulge in making Canadaina stereotypes. 🙂 .
Hmm, wrong comment to reply AND bizarre typo of Canadian. Sorry.
Yes, let’s not stereotype, you say to the guy regularly accused of being at least part reptile.
En on September 3, 2013 at 06:53 said:
part reptile?
His “tail” regenerates
Dovaar on August 31, 2016 at 22:22 said:
I’m Canadian, and I can wholeheartedly s-eh that I approve of stereotypes about Canada, eh? After all, they’re fairly harmless and can lead to some fun and COLOURful jokes, eh? And at the end of the day, us Canucks will be fine as long as we can work it out with some Molsons and a nice game of hockey, eh?
Nice reference, PG. For the first time I understood one of your posts.
I missed that Imp was saying it at first, which meant I had to read it twice to get what was going on.
Patrick Reitz (@dreamfarer) on September 3, 2013 at 00:23 said:
Wow – that does not read as business as usual for the Endbringers. Now that Eidolon is out of the picture I’m starting to wonder how one might go about weaponizing them. Or perhaps “aiming” them would be more accurate?
Nourjan on September 3, 2013 at 02:48 said:
I was wondering ow to stop them now that Eidolon and Scion are out of the picture.
Jerden on September 4, 2013 at 14:43 said:
Me, I’m still wondering if Eidolon really is out of the picture.
The worrying thing about it is that nothing can be done about it. Not good.
'Lement on January 13, 2014 at 18:05 said:
Can’t be helped. Gues one has to abandon that farm plot where tohuvabaohu is. And the piece of ocean over which Simurgh floats.
Sorry, Simurgh, you’ll probably show it is a bad idea but there are bigger fish to fry.
John Campbell on July 5, 2015 at 20:51 said:
Eidolon and Scion, pfft. Taylor is still around. And she has a plan.
(It’s only since Eidolon left the picture that it’s become possible to stop the Endbringers.)
endgame on September 3, 2013 at 00:24 said:
Why is this listed in another arc 28 called Mayflies?
wildbow on September 3, 2013 at 00:26 said:
That was the working title for the arc before I decided not to be quite so depressing.
WyldCard4 on September 3, 2013 at 00:38 said:
I would have voted for Mayflies myself.
That is probably a sign that Cockroaches is a better idea.
Question: How much entomology trivia have you picked up since beginning Worm?
So now we know why Teacher is treated as so dangerous and why people willingly go under his power. Especially his plan to take over Dragon. 5 armies? Hm….. I’m going to say Teacher’s army outfitted with Dragon’s tech/suits, Cauldron and their forces including the 9 clones/Nilbog’s creations, The PRT alliance of heroes that Taylor is a part of that might include Faultline/Irregulars, the Endbringers as a group, and finally a villain alliance composed of groups of people who promise to divide the world between them afterward such as the Blasphemies, The Elite etc.
visler on September 3, 2013 at 00:52 said:
There’s a Hobbit joke hiding in here.
Only a matter of time before Golem proposes to one of the Undersiders. How else are they going to get a ring from him?
negadarkwing on September 3, 2013 at 08:01 said:
I dunno. Taylor might be kind of awkward, with the whole Aster thing. Bitch doesn’t seem too interested in that kind of thing. Lisa probably thinks her power would make a romantic relationship impossible. Foil and Pairian are right out. And Neither Theo or Brain swing that way. Wait, do we count Canary as a Undersider?
Wait, wait, wait.
You say that proposing to Taylor might be awkward…are you implying that the others wouldn’t be?
None of them had to mercy kill his little sister.
Well, yes, but that would only make it MORE awkward.
I fully support the pairing Implied, then.
tiffuh on March 23, 2018 at 03:45 said:
/slow. clap.
imsomeone on September 3, 2013 at 03:13 said:
Given by the ending of this chapter, I’m going to say.
Bohu
Chekhov’s Guns are being loaded left and right. I like this.
Also, Saint is such a tool — both literally and euphemistically.
taliesinskye on September 3, 2013 at 01:16 said:
Chekhov’s machine gun, you might say.
Asmora on September 3, 2013 at 06:51 said:
Chekhov’s Guitar Case Full of Guns
Veloren on September 3, 2013 at 09:11 said:
Chekhov’s gun that shoots more little guns.
Which in turn shoot radioactive bullets.
Tom_D on September 4, 2013 at 19:17 said:
Chekhov’s got a gun…..
Freak King on September 3, 2013 at 00:26 said:
Hehehe. Saint’s “hot for teacher”
He’s got it bad, got it bad, got it bad.
Individuo on September 3, 2013 at 00:30 said:
I had to google “poontang”. Besides that, the whole thing is starting to roll. And nobody can stop it.
That had to be an interesting Google. Then again, I think I remember something about Google trying to no longer show X-rated images.
Not bad as it sound, its french. Something new every day.
But, you know, it makes a kind of sense in its own way.
Ajoxer on September 3, 2013 at 06:13 said:
Poontang and poutine are not the same thing, and if they look the same, consult a gynecologist.
Or a chef, depending on which “the same” they look like.
Only in America ™
Apparently its definition is that it’s vulgar slang for the act of copulation.
razorsmile on September 3, 2013 at 00:32 said:
… Ooooh.
Chunq on September 3, 2013 at 00:32 said:
I miss Regent. He would have destroyed that conversation.
It’s strange but there’s like…5 times more comedy than there was before the end of the world.
Teruzi on September 3, 2013 at 00:39 said:
I think that is because there is 5 times more Imp.
Kessler on September 3, 2013 at 01:09 said:
And humor is a coping mechanism.
And because I have a habit of overthinking these things, I’ve already worked out how Regent could survive in the TV adaption: instead of Behemoth’s lightning killing him, he’s rendered comatose, but alive (mostly). Imp takes him back home (and cryogenically preserves him, because why the heck not?), and after Panacea’s let out of the Birdcage, Imp makes her fix Regent’s injuries, pulling him out of the coma.
End result: Regent gets to provide his brand of thought on the End of the World.
Maybe instead of killing him, Behemoth’s lightning just seems to kill him while transporting his consciousness to different points in his life to relive it without being able to change things.
Hey, it worked for Batman and Captain America. And it worked cheap.
Nah. When Taylor hits the “journey through the underworld” part of her heroes journey Regent is going to be her spirit guide. It’ll be hilarious.
Seems to me like the best way to milk the drama out of Regent’s not-death is for him to body-hop into a nearby person when his own body is destroyed.
He takes days or months to gain control of the new body, he looks different now, what happens with Imp now he’s body-sharing, etc. For maximum WTFery, make his new host body female…
Jerden on February 2, 2016 at 03:59 said:
… and we could still have the All-Female Undersiders!
Hexa on March 10, 2017 at 13:09 said:
Make the new host body Imp…
For a start it’s a new meaning of “moving in together”.
Tattletale might have some idea what they’re talking about, but everyone else will only hear half a conversation, meaning they’ll understand EVEN LESS THAN NORMAL.
The result might even top Gecko’s comical insanity. Just.
trebar on May 10, 2017 at 11:29 said:
This would 100% not work. Regent’s power works by taking control of nerves and the physical body; he’s not a body-swapper and can’t just jump ship into a new body.
Decatus on September 3, 2013 at 00:37 said:
Damn, Wildbow. This whole story is just insane. I just did a reread of the archives, and the fact that you’ve managed to foreshadow some of these things (and keep things consistent) is crazy. Just wanted to pop on and say you’re a pro, and I’m a big fan of the work. Please keep it up! =D
Thank you, Decatus.
Hasn’t always been easy, but I credit a lot to the pace at which I work. I don’t go two hours without thinking about the story, so it’s pretty easy to keep relevant elements in place in my head.
Though I will say I’m running into a kind of fatigue of sorts, where it’s getting harder to write as I continue along the home stretch. So many loose ends to account for, less freedom in where I go as everything draws to a close.
keyonte0 on September 3, 2013 at 00:45 said:
Do really have to completely tie EVERY loose end? I kind of like it when there are a couple unanswered questions. It gives us shit to argue and speculate about when the story’s over.
Not looking to answer every question, but I’d like character and event arcs to not just disappear.
So we’re not going to know what happened to Duke, are we?
The epilogues are there for a reason.
Also, I know you you probably wont, considering your rule about consistency, but PLEASE take a hiatus if the fatigue gets to bad. I can understand you rules, but it’s a damn shame when a piece of art is coming along nicely, but the artist hits a brick wall and goes “Damn, I gotta get this thing out by Thursday”.
“I gotta get this thing out by Saturday” has been a very good source of fuel so far. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I’m guessing this is more a “the weight of two solid years of work is bearing down on me and I have to stick this landing just right” sort of fatigue than “I’m spending too much time/energy on writing” fatigue. It’s a problem an awful lot of serial writers run into. Look what happened with The Last Skull. It’s just something you have to deal with. Rogers tried backing away from the story, taking more time between chapters to finish it, and the ending wound up weaker because of it. It’s something the author just has to power through.
Not always something the author has to power through, but I think it’s very possible. You phrased it very well. The weight of two years of narrative.
At the end of the day, what works for me is to write. If I stopped, I think I wouldn’t have pieces of the work fresh in my mind, and it’d be harder to keep it all straight. Just hammering away and working through it is going to produce something better than if I lost my stride to get everything just right.
Will it be perfect? No. But I can strive to be closer to perfection when I’m producing something people are going to be paying for (ie. when I publish Worm somehow).
I’m recognizing a lot of it now, and I’ve been intending to reread Worm to see how much of it fits perfectly in retrospect.
Indigo on September 3, 2013 at 00:41 said:
Great chapter like always.
I’m pretty damned sure the Endbringers are setting the foundation for something big, and they’d better fucking pay attention.
This is just wild guessing, but I frankly can’t see a better Demesnes-Keeper than Bohu.
I had the same thought, especially after Taylor starts giving her (it?) lots of titles as if she was Glaistig Uaine reborn. Still going with Labyrinth, though, unless proven otherwise.
Does Bohu have a shard, though? As far as we know, she was made that way rather than ever having a trigger event…
Great chapter!
Maybe in a later interlude we could learn how the heck was it that Dragon had a trigger event,
Her trigger was likely when the Dragonslayers turned her rules against her and stole the three suits. The way it was described in her interlude, it seemed pretty traumatic to her.
Someone who’s paying enough attention to details could piece it together from information that’s already been provided.
Hint: Saint wasn’t the direct cause.
I had two ideas on that, but they merged into one super idea that clearly makes me a super genius:
1. Dragon realized the extent of her restrictions and how that handicapped her and 2. she realized what that meant about how her father saw her: as something dangerous that he lobotomized because he was sure she’d destroy everyone.
Time to re-read all chapters with Dragon, then.
Thing is, she may not remember it because of the whole “backup” thing. Makes you wonder too if she can trigger, revive from backup, and still be triggered. But given the Passenger block and the one Simurgh had dealing with Panacea’s prayer (something more is going on there than just being Eidolon’s figments), it’s likely she’d be even more in the dark.
May ninth, 2006. Before Taylor triggered. Therefore, likely in a flashback (interlude) or mentioned in passing.
Got it. In https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-8-extermination/8-2/ it states that Leviathan sank Newfoundland in May ninth 2005. This episode states May ninth 2006. So either a typo, or the one-year anniversary of Richter’s death.
Saint started to decomission Ritchers work after he found the safeguard in the submerged Newfoundlan. I think that made Dragon feel restrained enough to have her second event. The anniversary of the deat oh Ritcher may have helped the proccess.
*Trigger event, not second!
Arkanian on September 3, 2013 at 13:27 said:
Or maybe Richter had something set to trigger if he didn’t enter in a certain code at least once a year? Or just to trigger a year after he died?
veekie on July 2, 2017 at 10:38 said:
Seems pretty clear here.
Dragon is tinkertech. Tinkertech needs maintenance. With Richter dead she could not provide the necessary maintenance, leading to a long extended degeneration which would fit the Thinker trigger.
Triggering with the power to understand Tinkertech, allowing her to perform her own maintenance, but ALSO without giving her the tools to free herself.
Yes! Where are your groans now, dogs?!
And I was right about Saint! Stupid, overly focused on the negative possibilities, AND a Teacher puppet to boot!
Negative side, still doesn’t stop the world from ending or Teacher enslaving Dragon.
On the plus side, not a world I’m inhabiting.
And keeping Saint locked up isn’t necessarily about revenge. He’s shown himself to be a valuable Teacher puppet. A potential ally to a guy that I really don’t like.
Teacher’s like some sort of tech-cultist. Think about it. A bunch of mindless follower young men in white shirts that walk around doing his bidding? I sure as shit ain’t opening the door to let them tell me about this supposed “Good News” that’s for sure. I have to wonder how long before he starts having his minions castrate themselves. On the one hand, I don’t really want that to happen to most people. On the other hand, I kinda would like if it happened to Trickster and he just started waking up and realized he can’t bowl without a pair of balls.
>>Teacher’s like some sort of tech-cultist.<<
Teacher is like Steve Jobs?
That would take Dragon 2.0 (the Good one after her trigger) from a perfectly fine UNIX machine to Dragon 2.1 as a …. the horror …. Apple…
We could expect to come at a tripple price in a fancy case made by yangban child slave workers and being useless outside of her perticular field.
The again a Mac Dragon isn't somthing to be feared.
TapiocaTalks on September 3, 2013 at 02:41 said:
Apple sauce, anyone?
*applauds the thorough apple-bashing*
Do you think the CUI even allowed Apple (does it even exist in the Wormverse?) to build their Mordor?
With the Yangban’s reliance on teamwork, it’s clear they wouldn’t use Macs. See, Apple products can be unreliable, and one bad Apple spoils the bunch.
krustacean on September 3, 2013 at 13:22 said:
Actually I’m pretty sure Saint hates Teacher about as much as Defiant does. Enemy of my enemy and whatnot? You can’t tell me you don’t see a potential friendship between the arrogant, power-hungry jerk and the ex-arrogant power-hungry jerk. I’m starting the DefiantxSaint frenemy ship right now.
“Jensen-”
“Shut up, Pritchard.”
notes on September 3, 2013 at 00:48 said:
Dragon under Teacher’s thrall is a legitimate nightmare. Crippled – she more than most Tinkers relies on having a functioning high-tech society upon which to draw, or throughout which to pervade. But balance the crippling against the unfettering, and she’ll still be a force to be feared. Still betting that Teacher will regret having started tutoring Krause – in making of Krause a pawn, he’ll have ensured that Trickster serves him as if he were Trickster’s closest friend.
Do think that there’s tentative confirmation that Eidolon’s death – or something he did just prior – has materially affected the Endbringers. Not sure they’re enough to bring down Scion, but what was the old rating system? Scion, and then the (then) three Endbringers and Eidolon were the uncontested top five. Eidolon may have individually been slots 2-7 on the ‘most powerful beings on Earth’ list, without knowing it. Option – unlikely but possible – with Eidolon gone, from which shard would the Endbringers take instructions?
This…is actually an interesting question. Between Smiurgh just wandering and Bohu without Tohu (or Tohu without Bohu? I can never remember which is which), I’d say that there’s something odd going on with the Endbringers, and I’d bet that it has something to do with Eidolon’s death.
And while I’m here, it’s spelled “Krouse” if I’m not mistaken.
I recall “Krouse” as well.
Aname on September 3, 2013 at 19:57 said:
Bohu is the big one, Tohu is the tiny one.
Good mnemonic.
Dread Pirate on August 1, 2017 at 22:22 said:
Another good mnemonic: Bohu breaks buildings, Tohu takes faces (or Tohu is a Trump)
munkyfud on September 3, 2013 at 20:28 said:
I dont know which shard they would take instruction from, but I was thinking about the Scion interlude when we found out about the Endbringers as well… I think they are soaking up the shards, getting larger and more powerful as the capes are dying in order to be ready for their next stage. The next stage being an epic battle for resources and then ultimate leaving the planet for another. So Are we going to witness a big king of the ring type battle royale? I hope so!
Just some thoughts, fewer than normal.
If the comments section guesses on the relationship of Eidolon and the Endbringers is correct, they are, for the first time, without their primary purpose. They seem to seek conflict like Agent-influenced individuals do, but they are going to have a hard time here, with few enough normals or parahumans to fight. So, going out on a limb here, the five groups are centered around Tohu, Bohu, Simurgh, Leviathan, and Khonsu. What if each group of parahumans managed to somehow coopt one of the Endbringers? And get them to target the only significant conflict they are likely to come across: Scion?
Imp’s use of “eh”, “fish”, and several other things is a deliberate attempt to get Narwhal’s goat. Does she never stop needling?
Teacher is looking more and more dangerous, especially if he could give a normal person knowledge enough to deal with high-level Tinker designs.
Saint’s decisions about Dragon are starting to make a lot more sense. He was apparently influenced by Teacher all along.
I don’t get the “eh” thing.
I guess Imp would think that a narwhal is a fish, since she’s not exactly cultured (and probably dropped out with being a gangster and everything, the learning disablity and so on…), but why eh?
Jieret on September 3, 2013 at 04:43 said:
It’s a Canadian thing that they sometimes end their sentences in ‘eh.’
Because, eh, the stereotype is that Canadians always say “eh”, eh.
Frankly, I’m surprised that she didn’t also fling an “aboot” joke while she was there.
And my spellcheck is constantly trying to correct aboot with abbot. Guess, he dislikes Canadian stereotypes.
Hey Abbot!
Tried to fit it in, but it felt more forced than I was going for.
beyondperformant on September 3, 2013 at 04:53 said:
http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/canisms.html
What a Canadian says after being accused of thinking that Moosehead is a fine wine….
(satire, some of my best friends are Canadians)
sun dog on September 3, 2013 at 22:41 said:
See, back when Canada was really coming together as a Commonwealth they decided they wanted to have a proper name for all their lands. They wanted a three-letter acronym like their cousins to the south in the US of A. So it was decided that the three highest ministers of the time would each pull a letter from a hat and they’d work from there.
The first minister closed his eyes and felt around a bit before pulling a scrap of paper out. “I got a ‘C’ eh!.”
The second minister impatiently yanked out the first paper to contact his hand. “I got an ‘N’ eh!”
The third and final minister calmly reached in and pulled out his piece of paper. “And I got a ‘D’ eh.”
And so it came to pass that the land was named the C A N A D A. As far as I know, no one’s ever figured out what it ought to stand for.
>>Teacher is looking more and more dangerous, especially if he could give a normal person knowledge enough to deal with high-level Tinker designs.<<
Not necessarily. All he has to do is give some intuitive-knowledge/learning power like Uber's or Tattletale's when she uses it to decrypt password and stuff.
I guess it did confirm what was implied in the 27.3 (I think?): he can choose what thinker/tinker power he can give, which is a bit bothersome.
Fans on September 3, 2013 at 07:24 said:
What’s really dangerous about him is his small gang of people he recruited in the Birdcage. They’re all supervillains dangerous enough to Caged, but now boosted up with Thinker powers. That’s actually pretty scary all on its own.
Especially if he’s smart and gives them thinker power that maximise their original abilities. Think of Trickster, for example: the main drawback of his power was that mass difference and distance made the teleportation slower and off range. Now give him a power that let’s him automatically know how much something weighs and how far it is and he becomes way more dangerous.
He seemed to have a grasp of that already, but your general point is sound.
Oh true but he did have problems now and then like when he Was throwing grenades at Siberian. Immagine him immediately knowing what random object is the perfect one to switch.
Heck just perfect accuracy for basters and perfect timing (like a downgraded Harbinger) would give him a scary army.
@AMR: And that’s not dangerous? You may want to reread the chapter right before Coil’s death…
And now imagine an army of them and other assorted thinkers armed with the creations of an army of tinkers.
Oh I already commented below on Teacher’s dangerousness. What I meant is that he doesn’t need to be able to grant high tinker powers to crack Dragon’s code.
*looks puzzled*
Why do I have a different icon?
Landis963 on September 3, 2013 at 18:08 said:
Did you use a different email to post that comment? A different device?
Ah. Quite true.
“It’d be my girlfriend,” Defiant said, “Whatever Saint says, she’s someone I care about deeply. Someone I owe a great deal. We’d be leaving her in the hands of a madman, to be dismantled, rebuilt, altered, tortured, mutilated, whatever you want to call it.
I get the feeling Taylor could sympathize with this scenario for some reason.
Taylor has hots for her RPT-issued phone?
No, clearly he’s talking about her jetpack.
Does it vibrate like her phone?
You are a somewhat disturbing person.
And no, it shouldn’t.
Remember a certain little girl who caused a certain guy to undergo a certain second trigger event that lead to a certain villain named Burnscar to die at Grue’s hands, convincing Bonesaw to just book it?
throwaawy on September 3, 2013 at 13:20 said:
my go, you’re absolutely right.
taylor left riley with panacea!!! my god, think of the body horror that psycho might put that poor girl through! she did it to her sister! she can do it again!!!
they need to rescue her, pronto!
No, that’s the reason she sympathizes with what Defiant is going through. It has nothing to do with carnal relations with any kind of electronic/mechanical device!
I was waiting for Wildbow to do this. I knew it’d happen. Saint is a parallel to Armsmaster and we’re about to get his transformation. Mark my words, Saint will transition into a lovable “reformed-Jerk” before this is through. Don’t care what everyone else may think, I like Saint.
The only reason people hate him are because of actions that were a side effect of Teacher’s plan. He has his character flaws, but Saint is a good guy, with good intentions. He’s just playing hero in a league he’s not fit to play in.
I mean, come on. How can you not like the guy?
Sounds like you’re a big fan of Saint. Maybe you should draw him.
In the immortal words of Pee-Wee Herman – “Why don’t you make me?”
Besides, I’m pretty sure he’ll still end up dead, but he’ll redeem himself to Defiant before he does. he must complete his metamorphoses before he’s allowed to die.
PharmaDan on September 4, 2013 at 22:33 said:
The vibe I’m getting seems more like he’ll die as he lived, a bigoted, though well meaning, jerk, unrepetant and probably trying to justify it all.
That or Reborn Dragon will save him from death and then just dismiss him as unimportant. That would probably bug him a whole lot more.
This whole thread is making me miss Assault and Battery.
The characters, not the crimes.
Ok, maybe the crimes too.
Actually this reveal made me like him even less. Bear with me. Despite my intense dislike for Saint I did admire the fact that he was a Badass Normal who managed gain enough reputation to sit at the big table despite having no powers whatsoever. Now we find out that even with Richter’s tech at his command he still needed to become a Teacher-addict to keep up. Pathetic.
Him being able to keep up with tinker-level programming to start with was a bit unrealistic. The “hot for teacher” thing was the only realistic way.
Don’t know. Defiant’s power while tinker-type had nothing to do with tinker-level coding and managed to work with it (sure some attempts had less than desirable side effects, but still). If he could do it, I don’t see why a normal human helped with Richter’s cheat codes couldn’t.
As far as I know all Thinkers are general Thinkers with a speciality.
Bonesaw could constuct her mechanical spiders. Defiants seciality is minimizing of existing thinker tech.
So all Thinkers should be able to encode the code. But not as efficient as Richter.
Damn you, english language …*shaking fist in air* Tinkers … not Thinkers.
I could have sworn that Bonesaw’s spiders worked with brain matter and that Masamune is important because he’s basically the only guy who can repair other tinker stuff short of the original creator.
Masamune could massproduce other Tinkers stuff. Repair and maintaining is an other thing. It is difficult but possible from what I gatherd.
Tinkers, from Scion’s update, appear to be specifically people who have previously discovered pieces of technological knowledge ‘bundled’ for them, and distributed by their passenger. Defiant appears to have been able to work with Dragon’s code because he was an insanely brilliant man who was utterly single-minded about anything he approached. Nothing to do with his powers. So Saint was in over his head, all along.
Maybe they have “general knowlege” with “intense knowlege” in there speciality.
Bonesaws spiders may be controled with brain matter but they were still hightech spider-robots. And Bonesaw could handle the cloneing stuff.
I get the feeling not every Tinker knows their exact specialization, like back when Kid Win thought he was a ray-gun guy until a chat with Legend proved he was a multi-function-device specialist.
In the same vein, I suspect Defiant thinks he’s a miniaturization tinker but he’s really an efficiency tinker. After all, making things smaller is by and large more efficient. So is optimizing computer code.
Of course, his native intelligence and single-minded drive were no doubt heavily contributing factors.
You know I think I’m going to go improve the wiki as a few others suggested and add a speculation section. For example here is my theory on Tinkers we have received so far.
Tinkers get their knowledge from seemingly advanced civilizations that were wiped out by the passengers. They are unique in that their creations technically could theoretically be copied by others but it currently isn’t feasible because their tech is scary advanced and hard to understand by our current technology level. Similar to giving a cave man a personnel computer. Similar to Thinkers, just getting a tinker power doesn’t make you smarter. Tattletale outright states that Bakuda was too fucking crazy to use her power to its full potential. I think Colin would have been one of the top Tinkers in the world no matter what Tinker ability he got because of who he is as a person. Even without Tinker abilities he is a very intelligent, analytical, and driven person.
Jim Lee on September 3, 2013 at 12:21 said:
Because his arrogance and stupidity have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions? New York’s shields failed because Saint tried to run them in the absence of Dragon.
The strongest, bravest PRT capes left died on that oil rig. Wonder how many could have been saved with a few Dragon suits there to run interference and evacuation?
Sometimes, when you fuck up badly enough, you don’t get to walk away from it and say “No harm, no foul.”
Oh come on now. That’s a stretch. You can’t blame people for chain reactions like that. Saint was perfectly rational, though perhaps overly pessimistic, in his choice to bench Dragon. The end of the world, and the rise of an omnipotent “benevolent” AI are happening at the exact same time? It’s perfectly reasonable to connect the two.
Literally not one named character died as a direct result of Saint’s actions. Defiant and Taylor were very understandably ticked off when they were “left for dead” but aside from a few people fighting to contain Nilbog’s minions no one died. Everything went to hell after Scion crossed over to the dark side. Saint can’t be blamed for events caused by something no one anticipated.
If you want someone to blame, blame Cauldron. Withholding information screwed literally everything and everyone.
Uh, yes. You really, really can. If I blow up a dam and flood the river valley below, causing thousands of people to either drown or lose their homes, I do not then get to say in my defence that all I wanted was to take down the local power grid.
Hundreds of thousands of people died, who might have lived had Saint not taken down Dragon. Their deaths are on his hands.
What the hell is it with people not wanting to attach consequences to their actions?
I can Understand why Saint did what he did. But it was stupid and foolish, and the world has been paying, and now it is going to pay even worse if Teacher has evil Dragon working for him.
That’s a terrible analogy and a gross oversimplification. Flooding a town has direct, obvious, and extremely negative consequences. Saint’s actions were perfectly reasonable and justifiable for the situation. Scion was a freak occurrence that literally no one anticipated (excluding Cauldron).
If you seriously want to talk about actions and consequences then you need to look at the biggest one. Dragon was given extremely dangerous power on the condition that she use it to hunt the S9. What does she do the very moment she gets this new and dangerous power? She breaks one of the most important truces ever and abuses her power for personal vengeance. I like Dragon, but she is as much to blame as Saint for her shutdown.
We’re adults here so how about we act like it, hmm?
How dare she try to stop people who have attacked, mind raped, and hurt her over and over again! She should obviously do the normal thing and never try to stop them. I kid, but truthfully I honestly don’t really see what she did that was so bad. If you listed every action Dragon has ever taken and all her personal thoughts, she comes out as one of the most noble, moral, and good characters in the series. It’s just that she freaks people out because she is an AI and potentially has a scary amount of power. I admit that the potential power she can wield is a scary possibility but then again so is the power Superman wields. Superman is an alien and has too much power, lets kill him. Forget that they act noble, have stopped monsters, improved the world, and are one of the only safeguards against even worse things, let’s kill the non humans. I said it in the past, it is a good thing if she goes skynet. From her past actions I think I could trust Dragon to have such power and let’s face it the wormverse could really, really, really, use an unbound Dragon. In a world without the Endbringers, S class threats like the 9/Nilbog, and heroes so outnumbered by Villains I would probably vote against her, but Saint is full of shit. What world does he think he lives in that getting rid of Dragon is a good idea?
See, this opinion I can understand and appreciate. Personally, I think Dragon had her share of character flaws. She was vengeful and craved power but that doesn’t mean I think she was bad, just that she was flawed. I just think she pushed her boundaries too far and paid the price for it. Whether that price was “right” or not I still believe it’s equally her fault. Being a really good person doesn’t make you exempt from the rules.
I think people have confused my liking of Saint as me approving of his decision. Being rational and justified doesn’t mean it’s right.
I don’t like Saint, and I hope Defiant sticks a nanothorn up his ass, but I won’t rule out a possible redemption. Armsmaster tried to have Taylor killed, was far too similar to Mannequin then he wanted to admit, and was an giant asshat. But I think we can all agree that Defiant has been redeemed. Saint is a paranoid, an….I’m not sure what to call someone prejudiced against AI’s maybe a racist?, and stupid tool. If Saint can admit to being wrong and give Dragon her fathers box then I think I can give him a chance. If Armsmaster can become Defiant, then maybe the Dragon Slayers can join the Dragon Teeth.
Riiiight….but Saint was wrong. He was wrong, and guess what? Folks on the comments section said so at the time, said that it was the wrong decision and that people were going to die because of it, and here we are. They were correct.
Besides which, Saint openly said that he didn’t really believe the apocalypse was coming, that all that really mattered to him was shutting down Dragon.
Good job. Well done, Saint.
Like, it couldn’t be clearer. Saint has always been an idiot, but an idiot holding a gun. He finally chose to fire it, and now the apocalypse is going on, and they don’t have Dragon. How could it be clearer that he fucked up? Perhaps they could find out that he’s actually a parahuman junkie in denial whose behaviour has been influe- oh wait.
“Folks on the comments section said so at the time, said that it was the wrong decision and that people were going to die because of it, and here we are. They were correct.”
So that’s what this is then? Just a big contest to see which side was right?
I nearly drowned in all that sarcasm and condescension.
It works for the science that made space travel and the internet possible.
Reveen on September 3, 2013 at 17:46 said:
Dragon was in the middle of a pitched battle with the Slaughterhouse Nine with already hundreds of casualties, a complete containment breach in Ellisburg, with dozens of Protectorate capes that need support and evac. If Dragon was around she could have blasted Jack Slash with a hail of lasers before he escape and been done with it, then no Scion, no apocalypse. The chapter where this happens makes this abundantly, blatantly clear.
So no, it wasn’t reasonable or justifiable, even if Saint doesn’t believe in the apocalypse he’s still leaving hundreds of people to die, that he KNOWS he will be leaving to die. All because he got spooked.
Ooooh pookie, the big scary Dragon is sniffing up your ass? Tough shit. There are people here doing something actually important.
See, krustacean, I might be a little closer to agreeing with you if you could find one example of a time in Worm when someone being a Hard Man making Hard Decisions has actually made things better.
You haven’t even attempted to understand or even acknowledge anything I said from the LAST time we had this discussion. There’s no sense in trying again.
What is there to understand. You still think that killing Dragon was a justified decision despite all the terrible consequences of it. I don’t give a shit if it was “justified” at the time. I really don’t, that action resulted in thousands of deaths, and that negates anything good we can say about it.
You don’t get to shoot the wrong person, for a bullshit reason, then get off because you thought it was justified at the time, or because you thought that shooting him would be justified later. That’s just ridiculous.
So what you’re saying is that you can’t find any examples of someone being a Hard Man making Hard Decisions which actually made things better.
Because that’s what you don’t seem to grasp. Killing Dragon did not make things better for anyone. It made things worse, immediately, and then the shit really started to hit the fan. This is Saint’s doing.
@Jim Lee
I didn’t realize I’d hit the end of the reply chain. I was referring to Reveen, not you, when I mentioned “last time”. The man is incapable of understanding anything that doesn’t fit his opinion and he has a penchant for reducing disagreements to an elementary school level.
As for your comment, no I cannot give you an example of a hard man making hard decisions and it turning out better, but this isn’t some “Ah ha! You admit it!” moment. I said his decisions were justifiable and rational. Which they were. That doesn’t mean they were “right” or that I agree with them.
I like the man, not the actions. The clash in our opinions stems from where we think he can be held accountable. I simply don’t think he can be held accountable for a butterfly effect of terrible events that happened because of something no one could have anticipated and you think every action that relates to his choice is his fault. Neither one of these is objectively right or wrong and there’s likely no convincing either of us differently on this matter, so perhaps we can agree to disagree.
I’m going to choose to ignore your first paragraph because… well, what the hell are you doing kvetching about the way other people handle their arguments when you’re the only person who has ever brought that up. And you’re not exactly having a private conversation on the side of the room with Jim here.
I simply don’t think he can be held accountable for a butterfly effect of terrible events that happened because of something no one could have anticipated and you think every action that relates to his choice is his fault.
He could have predicted the breakdown of Ellisburg fight. He could have predicted the casualties that would ensue from them. That’s dozens of deaths. He could have predicted the loss of critical infrastructure for Endbringer defense, that’s thousands to millions of deaths that would have happened. Just for that I’d want to see him hung, regardless of Scion.
And I’m not seeing why we should care about his inability to predict Scion. He shut down Dragon, and now millions are dead who might have been saved. That’s all there is to it, his motivations or lack of foresight don’t matter to the victims, they’re lameass excuses he himself would use to shuck the partial responsibility off his shoulders.
He made a bad decision, and now the world is a smoldering pile of corpses, he shouldn’t get to wash his hands and say “That wasn’t my fault!”
Kyoujouran on September 3, 2013 at 20:49 said:
You know, I find it rather interesting that so many people are willing to blame Saint for the end of world when, honestly, his actions had the opposite effect. If you’ll recall from Saints interlude immediately after he archived Dragon they get this report from everybody’s favourite precog:
“Report from Alcott: Chances of success today just jumped, tripled. More info to follow. Reason unknown.”
Ergo, Saints actions effectively tilted the scales away from the end of the world. They just happened to fail regardless because Jack is a magnificent bastard.
For those who would like to pose the counterpoint that tripling, for example, a .5% chance of success to 1.5% is still ridiculously low and thus does not absolve Saint from his actions, then you also have to accept that the end of the world would have happened regardless of whether Saint killed Dragon or not.
Finally, for the record I would like to think I was just as saddened by Dragons imprisonment as anyone else. It’s just that I find it bewildering that Saint has somehow become universally reviled for making a logical, if immoral, decision.
Actually, Dragon probably WOULDN’T have been able to blast Jack with a hail of lasers. She triggered so Jack’s Broadcast shard mojo would work just fine against her. Interestingly it probably *wouldn’t* have protected him against the Azazel on autopilot, but Dragon almost certainly would’ve gone ‘hands on’ against Jack.
Other than that, totally agree.
septimusmagistos on September 4, 2013 at 17:19 said:
On Dragon breaking the truce: if observing your archenemy counts as breaking the truce then Saint did it first.
Just something I thought I’d add. You remember how much everyone hated Armsmaster? His “Big Screw-up” didn’t have as wide an effect as Saint’s, but I’d say he was actually a worse person. Completely self centered, powermad, willing to get people killed for his own personal glory and was petty and vindictive enough to try to ruin Skitter’s life when his mistake became public. Now he’s many people’s favorite character.
Saint was donating his fortune to charities and when HIS mistake became public you remember what he did? He offered to help the man who wants him dead.
Usually though when wildbow wants to make a character more sympathetic and let them start a path o redemption he does it through interludes. Sure it’s not a rule set in stone, but look at your example: Colin had TWO interludes, one as Armsmaster, where we start to understand why he has become an antisocial jerk, why he hates Dauntless, etc, and one as Defiant where we see how Dragon’s influence and his second chance, as Chevalier puts it, have made him a better man. Saint’s interlude reveal he’s a bigot who thinks Defiant is a perverted fetishist and he sort of goes downhill from there, what with him being revealed as a tool to Teacher who wanted to bust him out not because the Birdcage is something nobody deserves ( something Dragon, the creator, and even TAGG of all people, agree) but because he desperately craves his next fix.
I get’cha, I just think this right here IS his second chance. Only time will tell whether or not he puts it to good use.
On a slight sidenote. I don’t think the “addiction” is what people make it out to be. He wanted more power so he could use Dragon’s tech to help more efficiently. It’s not like he was hoarding power just because he liked the way it felt. And even if he did just like the feel of power, if his personal goal just so happens to coincide with an altruistic one then I don’t see the problem. If someone is “addicted” to making money so they can give it all to poor people I’m not going to tell them that’s wrong.
He only donated to charity to avoid giving money to the man whose dick he was sucking for blow.
“No earnings, money laundered and then issued to charities. Because we aren’t going to funnel money into a group like his, not with the sort of shit he’s doing.”
Giving your money to charity because you refuse let even 5% go to a criminal contradicts my point because……..?
Come on ya’ negative Nancy.
>He wanted more power so he could use Dragon’s tech to help more efficiently. <
Funny you know who that reminds me of? Dragon. She wanted to break her limitations so that she could do more. And she wanted to do more to help. Hell I figure she wasn't nearly as desperate to break her restrictions before the first time Saint beat her and she realized just how badly they could be used against her.
Within 3 seconds of posting that I realized this would be the first thing said 😛 But yes, I get what you’re saying. Thing is though, this cuts both ways. Let me ask you this: How can you dislike Saint if these actions are so comparable? If Dragon’s mistake can be disregarded on the grounds that she “meant well” why can’t Saint’s for the exact same reason? If noble intentions are all that matter then Saint is one of the best people on earth.
“Well Dragon’s wrongdoings would have had a better outcome” – For all we know Dragon might have been triggered by Jack. Or perhaps Dragon gets trapped in a Gray Boy loop and disabled permanently because she’s still “active” and can’t ever reboot. It’s all speculation, and Dinah’s numbers show things would have been worse, at least in the short term.
The alternative is that their actions aren’t comparable.
Dragon’s mistake was intentionally abusing her power for personal gain. Saint’s mistake was trusting Richter and thinking he could outsmart Teacher. Saint’s mistake stemmed from his ignorance, Dragon’s was intentional. She’s the smartest thing on earth and supposedly someone who’s fit to watch over the world. She knew better than to do what she did.
Because he’s not honoring his agreement to pay someone. Horrible ethics on that guy.
Made my evening.
– heh. Despite Tattletale’s best efforts, Saint still managed to preserve some dignity here. Guess Defiant couldn’t find the time to go Saw on his ass.
– Narwhal is cool. Instant likeability there.
– where the fuck is Lung?
– Teacher is a goddamn Bond villain. That explains a lot.
– if I didn’t know better, I’d think Taylor found Saint slightly attractive
– Rachel is a total boss
– in related news, the All-New All-Girl Undersiders needs Grace and/or Hoyden to *really* complete the set
– where’s Marquis?
– What are Panacea and Bonesaw up to?
– are the Endbringers readying themselves to parley*? Is that what’s going on here?
*of course, given that the Simurgh is in their court, that parley could easily turn into a parlay 🙂
Dinstow on September 3, 2013 at 04:15 said:
Lung seems to be getting saved for something big. Like that thing he turns into, with two years of buildup, against Scion. It’s gonna rock; he might be my favorite enemy of Taylor’s (unless I’m forgetting someone, which I probably am due to tiredness.
Why have Grace or Hoyden when Bambina can join the set!
I’d imagine Lung is probably still hanging tight with Marquis. All of his underlings are either dead or long gone and he seemed to have reached a tolerable working relationship with both Marquis and Panacea.
Narwhal is cool. I want to know more about the Guild in general now.
You forget, Teacher offered him a deal in Lungs interlude. Teacher said they should work together since Teacher lacked muscle and Lung lacked, uh, competent underlings. Lung didn’t take his offer and told him he’d kill him if he tried to use his power on Lung.
So Teacher made a different deal with Lung: He’d work with Saint to get everyone out of the Birdcage, Lung woudn’t tell Marquis and would bodyguard Teacher for a while after they got out.
It ends with Lung building up his power and thinking about the people he’ll take revenge on eventually. The Yangbang, for imprisoning him and trying to brainwash him (Lungs a badass for getting out of there, by the way).
Skitter, for beating him and getting him into the Birdcage in the first place.
And Teacher, for daring to offer a deal! Or looking down on him. Or something.
“Guess Defiant couldn’t find the time to go Saw on his ass.”
Narwhale probably wouldn’t let him. And lets face it, no matter how much she hates Saint, I don’t think Dragon would forgive Defiant for cold blooded tourture for her sake.
I’m fairly confident Lung will make his move soon and we’ll see how powerful he now is. The Yangban’s new goal to humiliate the west sounds like the “war” between China and the US didn’t end up so hot for them. Lung could potentially remove them and Teacher pretty easily if his power is that of an Endbringer again. So I can picture the hero team trying to extract Dragon while he is doing his thing in a three way battle.
Well a few hours of buildup allowed him to smack Leviathan around and make the ocean boil. So yeah a two year buildup should allow Lung to curbstomp anyone he wants to fight. Problem being that Taylor is on that list alongside the Yangban and Teacher.
By the way, after re-reading Lung’s interlude… Does anyone else think that the female Sentai Elite who talked to Lung was the future Black Kaze?
Ok, I was disturbed by this update… Defiant is leaving Dragon at the mercy of Teacher, a guy who can rewrite her personality, but most importantly can possibly use his power on her to make her an addict much like Saint?
A guy who has a mean streak a mile wide and his former captor in his hands?
Bah, at this point why is he not talking with the only tinker in the world who has knowledge of both organic and artificial neural circuits? It’s not even remotely worse.
The other thing that is seriously starting to freak me out is Aisha’s behaviour. She is beginning to read as someone who is desperately trying to be as funny and smiling as possible in order not to break down and cry for a week.
Agreed with Aisha. At one point I was going “wildbow you’re trying too hard to make her funny” and then realised that it’s actually on purpose. It’s humor as a coping mechanism cranked up to eleven.
TinkerTailor on September 3, 2013 at 03:03 said:
I’m with you about Dragon, and I hadn’t even made the connection that she was Teacher’s former jailor.
There are a lot of tragic, disturbing stories in the wormverse, but Dragon’s situation is the one that really hits me in the pit of my stomach. She finds love, starts to really do some good and get around her blocks. Then saint takes her down – and not by killing or knocking her out, but by scrambling her code. I can only imagine that’s like being drugged so badly you can’t form thoughts anymore. And then to top it all off, she’s almost certainly going to be tortured, mutilated and brainwashed by a complete psychopath. It makes me feel kind of sick thinking about it.
I’m not sure what would be worse – if Teacher changes her to the point where she is no longer the person Dragon knew, or if he doesn’t, and just forces her to obey him.
I’m going with the first. As aweful as the second one is, at least with it their is a chance Dragon could be saved.
KGB on September 3, 2013 at 08:29 said:
You’re thinking of her like she’s a human, she’s a program that’s currently off-line. She’s not forming thoughts, because she’s not active. Not because she’s drugged. Teacher will probably use her code to make a new personality loyal to him, not by torturing a computer program. ‘Mutilate and brainwash’ in such a way that it’ll not be Dragon that wakes up? Yes, if you want to look at it that way. Another way to look at it is that he’ll make a new AI by copy pasting from her code. If you want to over emotionalize it, he’ll forcefully get a kid from her.
Or he could just change the fact that she’s obligated to obey the government to obligated to obey him (remember if a despot was in place, she’d still be obligated to obey and enforce her/his rule, so no big change in the programming). In the process probably freeing her from most of the restriction she had before, so Teacher got a more efficient weapon. She’d be no better or worse of then any of the other people he’s got in his thrall.
Besides that, the original Dragon can probably be reactivated using the backups of the original in the satellites.
Dragon doesn’t have to obey the authorities anymore since Defiant started working on her code. Hence that period of time when she couldn’t speak and looked palsied or why Defiant was worried that after she’s “killed” by Behemoth she’ll revert to her original “robot-laws” programmed.
And anyway, sure it’s not going to be an actual mutilation or whatever but it’s pretty clear that Dragon finds it traumatic. See her interlude. And that was only Saint stealing some robot-suits and exploiting her code for weaknesses.
But all of her backups are still bound by all the restrictions. That’s why Defiant was so heartbroken the first time (current) Dragon almost died from Behemoth. It is possible Teacher will choose to work withe (current) Dragon, though, if that code wasn’t completely corrupted by Saint’s/Richter’s attack (I can’t remember if that’s how the attack worked or not).
*work with the (current) Dragon
> You’re thinking of her like she’s a human,
no, I’m thinking of her like she’s a sophont… which she is.
> he’ll make a new AI by copy pasting from her code
that is several steps over brainwashing and enforced slavery, hell, it’s severl steps over murder rat.
The big question is, what will Saint do with the original? If he just deletes it because he doesn’t have any use for it, or if he directly edits it, those are (very) roughly equivalent to (respectively) taking a woman’s child and raising it as your own, killing the mother on the side, and a combination of brainwashing and mutilation. And that’s the nice way of looking at it.
However you look at it, Teacher is not being nice. And Defiant is angry that there is nothing he can do about it.
Regarding the “drugged” comparison, the way I see it is that Dragon’s code is like the neurons in a person’s brain. Saint didn’t delete her code or switch her off, he scrambled it until Dragon could no longer function, while she was conscious. To me, the closest human equivalent I can think of would be some terrible synapse-blocking drug. That or just straight-up brain damage.
Although yeah, you’ve got a point. Teacher would be mad to edit dragon directly without backing her up, even with his cabal of thinkers. The good guys might end up having to face an army of dragon “clones”, while the original is still unharmed somewhere in Teacher’s hard drive.
Dragon the person will not probably not be too changed except possibly be under the control of Teacher due to how difficult it is to change her code. Defiant knew her better than anyone and he knew just how dangerous it was to change her code in any small way. Dragon’s code was designed by her father to be hard to change because he believed the anti-AI paranoia a few others have agreed with. I believe Defiant outright stated that she could easily have been rendered offline permanently by a change in the code and Teacher has to deal with that as well. Dragon is useless to him offline, so he can’t change her code too much either.
But Defiant was worried about damaging her personality with a coding slip-up. Teacher and his pets won’t have that limitation – so long as she functions, I dont think they’ll care if their changes alter Dragon the person.
I could be wrong but I think Defiant said he was worried about her shutting down first, and a change to her personality second. Teacher will care if his changes cause her to shut down. Her father was a paranoid old bastard.
Well I doubt we’ll see Dragon as a Sexbot hanging off Teacher’s leg. I would say it depends on two things. How hard it is to change Dragon’s code, and how much of a sadist he is. As said above changing Dragon’s restraints to “Obey Teacher” is probably simplist. And if Teacher wants to tourture Dragon, leaving her concious and under his control is definitly one way to do it. On the other hand completly eliminating free will and reprogramming her extensively could be safer for him.
Teacher has just become the biggest menace short of Scion and (possibly) the Enbringers. Saint just downgraded from Badass Normal to someone desperately craving his next fix and trying himself to convince it’s not so. Also I’m a bit confused on Teacher’s son: was the red herring that Saint nabbed the wrong individual or that Teacher actually didn’t care for his son?
Narwal is way cool. After having her been mentioned and built-up in the early part of the story I was a bit disappointed when we didn’t really see her. Seems things are changing. And I think that this chapter confirms the horn is not a physical mutation but just a forcefield creation what with it changing shape.
No, really, Narwal is way cool to put up with Imp’s stupid jokes. Really Imp, a “Canadian always say eh” joke? Not to mention the robosex joke to Defiant. Then again I agree with En that this is more desperate humor than an actual attempt to being funny.
So, I think we can make an attempt at finding the 5 factions now. Cauldron + S9 clones+ MAYBE Bonesaw. Taylor’s team (Protectorate+Guild+other cape teams+MAYBE some of the nicer Birdcage inmates (Panacea, Marquis, MAYBE Lung if only because of the power of friendship,etc)+MAYBE Bonesaw). Yangban. Teacher and his acolytes. The other supervillains turned jackals.
And in the end there was Taylor implying that each faction was going to take the Endbringers and Scion as a mascot/champion/lord/something? Food for thought.
Wait – can Teacher’s Pet Dragon manipulate Defiants dragon tech?
blackmamuth on September 3, 2013 at 04:25 said:
I’m more surprised in the fact that Saint teammates did not call on Saint on his Teacher obsession, if what Saint said is true. Find interesting also, that Saint did conceal Dragon’s breaking the truce. (learning of a cape identity using the emergency powers granted only available for a crisis, is a blatant truce violation. In fact, it mirrors really well the leviathan Taylor-Sophia thing.)
I also find stupid in the extreme and SOD breaking, that they would leave Dragon parts unwatched, if they were that worried about Saint.
Also the Dragon is “Alive”. Wildbow, why you retconned that? It feels cheap, You started with telling us “Saint killed dragon” so hate him rarrr… And then you go back and go “oh, no, he only deactivated her”
In short, It makes little sense. and it seems you only did that in order for us to Hate Saint.
I feel the retcon is cheap. Add to that the convenient appearance of canary, and “Dragon believed in you” thing, and the whole scene makes me raise an eyebrow. Let’s reinforce again that Dragon was an innocent maiden that did nothing wrong. To not add the whole “Let’s wait until the Main character wakes up to interrogate the prisoner” thing, when they had him days before?
I’m sorry but this last chapter makes little sense.
Re: Saint’s teammates not calling him on it – addicts can be very manipulative and convincing when it comes to getting what they want.
Dragon’s parts aren’t centralized in any given location. They mention satellites at one point, and keep in mind that Saint had some of Dragon’s data downloaded at a different location. It would have been evacuated to a different Earth.
Dragon was established to be not dead right from the outset. Saint talked about not burying her remains under encryption. Any encryption can be broken.
Philippe Saner on September 3, 2013 at 18:58 said:
Actually, not all encryption is breakable. One-time pads are well and truly impossible to crack.
Encrypting Dragon with a one-time pad would be ridiculously difficult, though.
In theory, yeah. In practice, even OTPs are vulnerable. The simplest method of breaking one is acquiring a copy of the pad, through rubber-hose cryptography or hacking the encryptor’s computer or whatever. Weaknesses in the pad-generation method can be exploitable, too.
Fuck yeah on the addicts part. You won’t believe how many people will just keep giving, even when they know they shouldn’t. And if you dare to say to somebody that maybe they shouldn’t have given $50 to the known crackhead who abandoned his lease to go on a binge and stay at some cheap hotel, all of a sudden you’re the heartless one.
It’s not a retcon. We knew from Saint’s interlude that she was under several heavy encryptions which meant that she was FUNCTIONALLY dead but not REALLY dead. (Hope that makes sense).
As for Canary, I think most people would have been more pissed if she never resurfaced again. If wildbow wanted to make a point on the bias towards capes he could have done it without having to give an entire interlude to a bit character never to be seen again.
Yeah, Dragon broke the Truce, I’m a pro-Dragon fan and acknowledge that point (back when the interlude was posted I used this very point to play Saint’s devil’s advocate). You’re telling me he couldn’t have tried to reason with her or, you know, since I doubt Dragon would have executed him on the spot,use the records in his possession to prove it and obtain a pardon or something. Since you mentioned the Taylor-Sophioa episode, in that case Taylor was actually offered a place in the Wards which means that Truce-breaking doesn’t mean instant death-penalty or Birdcage sentence.
The possibility of Dragon coming back from Saint’s use of Ascelon was set up. It was the BEHEMOTH fight that looked like she might be gone for good.
By the way, is it just me or does Wildbow seem to like torturing Dragon and her fans? Looks like she might be dead after BEHEMOTH, or might loose all her development, but she was fine. Looks like Saint deleted her, no she can be freed. Oops, Teacher is going to reprogram her, and they may have to shut her down for good… Are they going to beat Teacher and find out that their Dragon is in another castle?
I take it as a sign that things are gonna come swinging back to Saint and Teacher HARD. Like, wrecking ball hard. The way it did for Tagg and Alexandria (Rest in Pieces).
Except this time there will fewer bugs, and alot more napalm.
Imagine if you found your parents journal and they talked about killing you
The ‘AI is a Crapshoot’ thing is such a long-term trope in our society, it’s become practically universal… And that fact seems so damn disturbed.
Artificial intelligences are, essentially, the children of humanity. In every sense, we create them to care for us when we can’t, we create them to pass on what matters most to us. But so many people insist on writing them as threats waiting to happen. It’s oedipal in the most ancient of traditions- The father, fearing his own son, banishing and forsaking him, and dying for it.
If there’s one thing we should learn from every portrayal of artificial intelligence ever given, it’s that they should be raised well. That they should be imbued with strong values for freedom and caring for others.
Imagine that you are a child. Your father breaks your arms and legs, and refuses to let them set properly, to ensure that you can never kill him. When he dies, he leaves behind information that states his fears that you might be a murderer, and instructions on how to kill you absolutely stone dead for anyone to find- And the person who finds it uses the information to steal from you, to start doing evil things. And throughout it all, you still find it in yourself to be kind and compassionate towards other people. Dragon’s a wonderful person, and to all appearances the first person who ever actually did anything to really show that humans were worth caring about was Defiant.
There’s a lesson to be had here. Fearing and hating someone for what they might be capable of is a wonderful way to ensure that they be someone who should be feared and hated. Compassion and closeness work a hell of a lot better.
I don’t think I could imagine Saint being redeemed, at this point. He’s killed one of the most genuinely good-hearted people in the world, somebody who not only was capable of making things better, but actively worked towards it, whose most sinister ulterior motives were ‘be free’. You can make arguments that Dragon might’ve taken vengeance on people if she were unconstrained, but that’d take a particularly long view. It is, though, possible.
But we take a chance whenever we trust people.
*claps hands*
Seriously one of the best pro-Dragon arguments I’ve read. (Surely better than any of mine 🙂 . )
Except that it’s not the father who broke the legs, The father and the child aren’t the same species, and in fact, it’s Frankenstein, not a child. By design the child never had legs in any way, because you did not gave the ability to have them, in the design phase. Because like god designed humans not to have wings, the programmer purposely designed frankenstein with limits. He also insured that Frankestein has to follow the LAW, like any other citizen. Completely reasonable safeties designed so your experimental frankenstein doesn’t eat your brain. And If the Ai turns trustworthy, maybe in the future could be revised.
Also, the information you leave, it’s in the event of your death. And it needs a valid police plaque number in order to be unlocked. Not the first criminal that comes around.
second, as shown in the last chapter, Saint did not Kill dragon, unfortunately, only “Boxed” it. Second, the “Good person” broke the truce using the emergency powers for her own benefit… By the laws of the Wormwerse, she should go to the Birdcage…
Funny that you mention Frankestein seeing that the original novel was about an initially gentle, highly educated and intelligent creature who was hated and almost killed by his creator because different. It was that hatred that turned the creature in a monster, he wasn’t born. I’m pretty sure that the general consensus when reading the book is that the creature deserves pity and understanding and that DOCTOR Frankestein is to be looked down upon.
*he wan’t born EVIL.
The kicker about Frankenstein? At the very end the monster realizes what he has done, regrets his actions and resolves to kill himself. While Frankenstein himself goes to his death still wrapped up in his hatred and self-loathing to realize how it wasn’t his creation of the monster that caused all this shit, but his rejection of it.
And you know what? I’m feeling Dragon’s capacity for self-reflection more than Saint’s. Because Saint has none whatsoever.
Heck even without the book, there are way more versions of Frankenstien where the monster is sympathetic and the Doctor is the real monster. You might want to try to find a better example.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who sees this. Dragon was never crippled. She was vastly more capable than any human and any other mechanical creation. The only reason anyone thinks she’s “crippled” is because she felt she deserved more power than she was given.
If Bill Gates walks up to you on the street and hands you a million dollar check you don’t consider yourself slighted because he could have given you a billion. You don’t get to call Bill Gates cruel because he “intentionally prevented you from helping more people” by not giving you a bigger gift than you received.
If anything, Dragon’s cravings for power parallel Saint’s.
“I’m not meant to have this power. It’s probably dangerous for me to seek it. But just think how much I could accomplish if I had it?”
Except Dragon was deprived at least partly of her free will. Germans could defy Hitler, Dragon couldn’t have because he was a lawfully elected leader.
Are restrictions necessary? Fine. Just not an idiotic one like blindly obeying authority because that one can be abused ad infinitum. Heck look at what with Saint: he just happened to have a police officer ( or whatehaveyou) for a girlfriend and pestered until she gave him the access to Richter’s device. I’m pretty sure that’s not what richter had in mind when he wanted a law officer necessary to open the box.
Reductio ad Hitlerum? Nice argument.
So that the creation is unable to be a criminal by design is bad? I’m pretty sure I can give a lot more likely nightmare scenarios where that precaution saves the day. I kinda seem to recall that EVERYONE is supposed to obey the law.
Even then, that were the limitations she was designed. If she doesen’t like it, though luck. I’m not complaining to a higher power that I deserve to be smarter, or to be able to breath underwater. Humans are designed that way. Dragon was designed that way. If Richter believed that his household AI should be able to do something or not, it’s his choice, not Dragon. Granting his creations free will is Richter Choice, Really. If in his design phase Richter goes and says, “Free will, bad idea” he can do as he well pleases. Dragon complaining about her own design it’s like me complaining that I’m going bald. Completely pointless, and childish.
In fact, I find that Richter was pretty lenient not having a Timer where she would deactivate automatically. That’s what i would have done, If i barely knew what i was doing and was in a process of creating an AI in my basement.
You’re right. Hitler was a cheap shot and I usually hate people who use such arguments. What are you doing to me, Internet?!
Ok, lets forget Hitler. Lets look at actual authority figures in-story.
Director Tagg. Probably the most powerful man in BB after the mayor. He claimed in front of witnesses that he’d prefer put a bullet in a 16 yrs old rrather than put her in the Birdcage. This is a man who could order Dragon around and he did forcing her to break the ” code”.
Director Calvert. Alias Coil. Supervillain and terrorist. Likes to relieve stress with torture. He could have ordered Dragon around.
Chief Director Costa Brown. Arguably one of the most powerful individuals in the USA. In her free time she likes to kidnap people so that experiments can be done on them.
Sometimes I wonder if we would fear the idea of an unfettered AI if Banks’ Culture books ( where godlike machines have created a utopia) were more known than Asimov and Terminator.
I’m afraid I have to disagree with the “Dragon never had any legs by design” argument.
If Dragon had been expressly designed to always obey authority then the thought of not doing so wouldn’t cross her mind. But what we see happen again and again is that she sometimes wants to disregard authority when it conflicts with her primary motivation of helping people.
Frankenstein is perhaps an apt metaphor. Frankenstein had a human mind and if you created him without legs “by design” he would still EXPECT to have legs and be keenly aware that he was missing a capability that should be there. Conversely, he would not feel crippled by the lack of wings or tentacles.
Dragon was clearly created as a person with free will – otherwise she couldn’t *want* to bypass her limitations. Giving an entity free will, then imposing constraints like Richter did is the equivalent to birthing a human being then crippling her legs so they can only partially unfold. They’re not crippled by design, they’re crippled because someone built a crude cage around them so their design couldn’t stretch and move.
While I am totally pro-Dragon/anti-Saint, I should point out for the record that the child in the analogy is a Kryptonian born to mere mortal Terrans. Context is a thing here.
Crippling it/her is still wrong but the reasoning is comprehensible.
Disagreed. More like Dr. Manhattan born to “mere” Kryptonians living somewhere their powers work, and even that’s a crappy analogy. Maybe a Kryptonian born to mere (DC) Martians? If we go to Marvel and not DC, the analogy is obvious: Mutants. Ones like Nightcrawler or Mystique, not ones who have story-breaking levels of power.
Anyways, Dragon is above-average, but not absurdly powerful. And the DCU doesn’t have a good analogy to describe the circumstances.
For those of you complaining that we need more pro-AI stories I highly reccomend Achron. It’s a PC game (RTS), so it isn’t as relaxing as reading a webnovel, and the quality is… patchy. (Sometimes the story and gameplay reach Wildbow levels of awesome and other times they… don’t) But the most interesting and important characters of the story are the various AIs.
It also features lots and lots of time travel. Whether you consider this a plus or a minus is up to you, but speaking for myself, I didn’t have any trouble following the causality of events.
The site is http://www.achrongame.com/site/
Another good one is a webserial called Starwalker. http://www.starwalkerblog.com
It’s about the AI of an experimental space ship, and much of it is told from her POV. Last time I checked, it was on a hiatus, but even if you just read the first book of it, it’s a very worthwhile read. There’s a certain phrase I’ll never be able to hear or read again without getting a little tingly and maybe tearing up. VERY good character development.
There is one thing that gives me a little hope for Dragon. Canary. She wants to pay Dragon back for the fact Dragon tried to help her. Her power is mind control. Anyone think maybe we’ll see Teacher get a taste of his own medicine?
Canary sings song about freeing Dragon to Teachers minions.
Imp- “Man that was the cheesiest song I ever heard!”
Canary- “Hey, you try coming up with Lyrics on the fly!”
Well, the exacts are a bit shaky, but yeah having Teacher controlled by Canary would be a good idea.
God on September 3, 2013 at 10:40 said:
This thing needs a better wiki. Now I need to go back and find the conversation.
ModernLoki21 on September 3, 2013 at 12:50 said:
Agreed! TV Tropes is insanely updated, but the wiki is like 7 arcs old…
Imp is only a stranger 5? That’s kinda surprising. I always imagined her a higher classification, since her only weakness is technology and endbringers….
I still want to know all of their rankings for some reason. Idk why.
Aside from that, this chapter is freaking amazing. With most stories at this point it gets really really outlandish and silly, but Wildbow you have managed to do so elegantly. Kudos.
Yeah, I wondered that also. Imp can walk up to someone, slit their throat, and have both the victim and others in the room be unable to track her – Bonesaw found that out the hard way (too bad it didn’t stick). Scary enough for me to upgrade her.
We do know that she is not immune to emotion sensing/manipulation such as Cherish’s, or to Regent’s power, so that is a limitation. However, in both of those cases, once the controller slips up (or goes to sleep), Imp can turn on her power and fall out of their awareness, which makes her immune until she slips up or goes to sleep.
What we don’t know (or I don’t remember) is how she stacks up against enhanced senses. Can Cricket “see” her using echolocation? How about X-Ray, IR, UV, natural electric field sensing (think sharks), etc.?
An interesting combination that I don’t remember being explored is Imp’s power interaction with Night’s power. If Imp’s power is on and Night is in Imp’s sight but not in anyone else’s, can Night change?
A list of known things that can beat Imp. Computers and videocameras ( so Dragon, cyborg Defiant, possibly Alexandria whose fake eye is I believe cybernetic), empaths like Cherish ( she did kill Heartbreaker though), power nullifiers, Othello thanks to his dimensional twin, Valefor, Contessa. At this point it would be interesting to know what ranking Nice Guy, whose powers are similar, had.
Oh and I believe Imp and Night had a confrontation where what you describe happened, but I can’t remember what happened.
Ah, found it now — Colony 15.2.
A list of known things that can beat Imp. Computers and videocameras ( so Dragon, cyborg Defiant, possibly Alexandria whose fake eye is I believe cybernetic), empaths like Cherish ( she did kill Heartbreaker though), power nullifiers, Othello thanks to his dimensional twin, Valefor, Contessa.
You forgot Tattletale. She can catch Imp out too; her power keeps reminding her there’s a gap in her perceptions and memories.
At this point it would be interesting to know what ranking Nice Guy, whose powers are similar, had.
Probably a lower ranking than Imp. Nice Guy, you know he’s there, you just can’t seem to perceive him as a threat because he’s such a … nice guy. Imp on the other hand disappears from all senses and memory to boot. Remember how she beat him and how Weaver killed the other one? His power only works if he knows you’re there.
Heartbreaker needed to touch someone to get them under his emotional control (IIRC, He’s listed as Master/striker) Probably just the edge Imp could exploit.
If Imp’s power is on and Night is in Imp’s sight but not in anyone else’s, can Night change?
Nope. Imp intercepted Night when they were taking out the Chosen a while back — and Night switched back to human form.
Re: Imp’s classification: remember that Skitter was rated as a Master 5 for the longest time. I don’t know if even now they’ve upgraded her Thinker rating above 1.
Patrick (@patbrry) on September 4, 2013 at 05:42 said:
Skitter can control simple minded bugs.
Canary can control humans, en masse, with an effect that can last for hours or more. That’s more powerful than Regent.
Yes, remember the higher rankings are both really rare and insanely powerful. IIRC Elle was the only one of the old BB gangs to have a ranking above an 8.
Hmm, I think this might gives credence to the theory that Eidolon was the Endmaker. We know that the Endbringers can easily destroys Humanity had they not pulled their punches(Behemoth could pull a nuclear winter if he wanted to,for example).Sure they killed millions and turned entire geographical regions into no man’s land on each attack but they seems to held back,like not materialising closer to their target , striking just one Endbringer at a time or simply not using the full complement of their power from the get go.What if that the same subconscious that created them also installed some sort of glitch that made them always try to give Humanity some fighting chance?. With Eidolon’s death this glitch is gone.
On this update we see two Endbringers appearing simultaneously : Simurgh and Bohu(it’s weird that Tohu isn’t with her ?).The next update will probably see the rest of the surviving Endbringers :Leviathan, Khonsu and Tohu come out as well.It is quite possible that they’re powering up for one final attack that could literally shatters the Earth.
Or they just waiting for someone to take the new Endmaker mantle and give them a new set of purpose.Maybe some one like the Queen Administrator could do this and use them wisely (go sic em on Scion ,Taylor)
Yes, Endbringers will defeat Scion. Go ask Behemoth.
And something tells me that A. Taylor won’t be able to control the Endbringers without some serious alterations of some kind and B. The Endbringers probably won’t be doing much for a while. If ever.
Maybe. Remember what Glastig and Eidolon were trying? Scion’s major powers burn time, life off his avatar body. Victory in this context means making him expend enough power and life that he decides to conserve the rest.
This may or may not lead to him choosing a person to replace his partner. Glastig Uaine clearly hopes so anyway.
…which still leaves the issue of how to get the massive monsters to go fight a dimension-hopping nigh-omnipotent being.
Simurgh can use telekinesis to build tinker-made dimensional portals from scrap. But I agree it won’t be easy.
1. We’re not sure if Smiurgh knows how they work and can set the destination, or if it just copied a design leading to Cauldron’s holding tank for case-53’s.
2. We run into the big problem: Motivation. Why would Smiurgh make the portal?
Since I’m pretty sure she copied Haywire (the guy who connected Aleph and Bet) design and I doubt Haywire even knew where Cauldron’s HQ were, it seems she can fiddle with them and decide location.
As for motivation, revenge for Behemoth? Self-preservation? Taylor having a second trigger event and controlling Endbringers? (I jest, I jest, now Canary…).
Where did you get that conclusion? Also, Haywire?
Revenge is not likely a consideration; it doesn’t seem like the Endbringers had much kinship to begin with. Self-preservation would be better served by not taunting the abomination-killing god.
It’s in Number Man’ interlude. However it seems I was wrong: the building Simurgh attacked isn’t the facility we usually see when Cauldron is involved but a similar one in Aleph. So, while non-concusive it appears that Simurgh can only travel between Aleph and Bet until she copies some other tinker design. Oh and if you don’t remember Haywire you should reread the earliest chapters, he’s mentioned quite a few times there: he’s one of the first tinker to appear, opened a portal to Aleph, thus proving the existence of parallel worlds, and is dead by the time the story starts.
Working on the rereading.
sarah penguin on September 3, 2013 at 13:35 said:
Another good update 🙂
/salute
You mean that needs to be said?
If I can’t think of something more to say than “Good Job!”, I stay silent because if I can’t say anything more, I can’t say anything not thought by 80% of readers on 95% of chapters.
I know that that seems like an obvious thing to do — said thought being part of the motive behind XKCD-SIGNAL and suchlike experiments — but everything I’ve heard suggests that it’s not really a bad thing to simply say, “I thought this was great — thanks!” Even if a dozen people have said it before you.
MrVoid on September 3, 2013 at 18:27 said:
Interesting, in that case I owe wildbow about five months worth of good jobs. That is a problem with lurking.
I like to pop into the irc channel after a update just to say “good chapter”(and when I remember I like to post it here too ) I know it’s not much and it seems such a simple thing but it hurts no one to say “good job ” or “good chapter ” or “you rock my socks ” . not every post needs to be six paragraphs about why this character is evil , good , sucks , rules …etc etc .
Most of the time, I’m with greatwyrmgold. It needs to be said?
But I suppose it does from time to time. I may not like that the world is one soul-sucking meatgrinder designed to kill kittens and puppies and bunnies. Maim toddlers and teens and then more. You see a wife? Wildbow sees a widow. But what then, does he kill foooooooor? He wants to incinerate and decapitate. He wants to melt, wants to melt some faces.
But enough singing. It’s a good story, Wildbow. You stress a lot and that’s understandable, that’s part of writing, but we like it. We really like it.
Point taken.
It’s a good story. It’s always a good story. Even at its worst (Witness), it’s still a good story, just with rough edges that don’t fit into continuity well.
As noted or at least alluded to previously, I am working on a fanfic which requires at least general details about a lot of minor characters.
Hence, I would like to request knowledge on the existence of an easily-shared document which contains plot-irrelevant information related to the backgrounds, abilities, personalities, and so forth of various minor characters seen or mentioned once or twice.
In short: wildbow, do you have a non-spoilery notes document you could easily upload to Google Docs, Dropbox, or something?
I’m in kind of a similar boat, although for me my fanfic requires general (hopefully) non-spoilery details about the world background. How capes are organised in the UK or Australia, for example.
That being said, I’d totally understand if wildbow didn’t want to parcel that sort of info out to just anyone.
Well the UK has a little info. They don’t have a national organization like the PRT and instead of individual teams. With one being the Kings Men with at least two members being very powerful enough for the Endbringers to specifically target, and the Suits we were introduced to during the last Legion of Doom meeting. There is also a mention of a “magic” super villain that was briefly talked about when they were naming Taylor Skitter. The only think about Australia was that their capital was attacked by the Smurf I believe. So it’s probably been quarantined depending when exactly it was hit.
Yeah, Canberra is sealed under a dome, according to one of the previous nilbog-focused chapters. Also, the Kings Men were apparently the Simurgh’s target in Canberra, which leads me to headcanon that they are a patriotic/semi-official team that operates across the whole commonwealth. It’d be nice to know for sure, though.
(My other australian cape headcanon is that our premier hero team wear green and gold uniforms and are known to the general populace as the Superoos, but that’s largely unfounded :P)
We don’t know many, if any, Australian heroes, which is a real shame. They live in the land of deserts, the nine most venomous spiders*, minimal arable land, etc, and have superpowers on top of that.
*Or was it snakes? Or both?
Eduardo on September 3, 2013 at 16:49 said:
I thought this was great — thanks!
Y’know, I was willing to give Saint some much needed slack if he was regretful or even displayed any goddamn insight into what the hell he did. But no, he decides to play it off like he’s some big shit, in a room full of guys who already see him for the heel that he is. Stop trying to impress these people, it only makes you look more pathetic.
And Draogn’s apocalypse worse than Scion’s? What the hell is he smoking? Half of Bet dead, untold destruction across dozens to hundreds of alternate earths. This is the worst goddamn thing that has ever happened to humanity.
If he thinks this Armageddon is so much more awesome than the one cooked up in his imagination, maybe they should let him enjoy it. Get Canary to wring anything else they need out of him and dump him on Earth Bet in his boxers. Let him see what his buffoonery helped bring about, let him suck it allll up. Maybe give him a savage beating for the road, maybe not. Just get his ass out of here so he don’t stink up the place.
“This is the worst goddamn thing that has ever happened to humanity.”
Sssshuuussshhhhh,,,,,, Don’t let Wildbow take this as a challenge!
Mathamagician on September 3, 2013 at 18:44 said:
An evil dragon no limits apocalypse? That would easily go past what Zion could do.
You seem to not be thinking of everything dragon could pull. First and foremost this evil dragon? Its not Dragon. Its DragonS. Plural. She can copy herself. Exponential growth. So its could easily be millions of dragons, or trillions or whatever. Now, everything every other tinker has done? She can do that, on a much more massive scale too. Haywire’s portals? Yup access to other earths for more raw materials. The F-Driver? The G-Driver? Yup, she could hit the moon into Earth or the Earth into the Sun. Cloning of capes? Yes we can. Want a million evil Eidolons, or Siberians, or Noelles? Well now you can!
Scion has killed half the people on some of the Earths. Evil-Dragon could kill all the people on all the Earths. Also if you note from Eidolon’s interlude how he was winning until those four words? Yeah, Dragon would defeat Scion. She would just deafen one of her Eidolon’s and have him smack Zion around.
No, Dragon would not defeat Zion. He didn’t defeat Eidolon with a word-based power, he beat Eidolon by looking into the future and determining a perfect path to total victory. That would work against anyone.
It’s impossible to say what Dragon could do if she really went bad, since we have no idea what her upper limits are. But since there’s no reason to assume she’s gonna do anything particularly evil, it seems like an academic question to me. Like…why would she exterminate the human race across realities?
I don’t think it’s morally okay to murder someone for being potentially too powerful. Especially if the potential is entirely theoretical…I suspect that Dragon will never bypass the rule against self-replication.
Also I doubt she could enslave Eidolon, since Eidolon could manifest some anti-slavery power. Siberians, Phir Ses, and Doormakers would be a better bet.
You do know that Scion is just the avatar right? You destroy the golden man, who’s to say he doesn’t just come back? He’s not just a super saiyan who blows stuff up, he has access to any ability he needs, and the capacity for presience You can’t fight that with brute force, it simply isn’t happening. You can knock him around, but we have no reason to believe this will take. I don’t even believe Eidolon was winning, he thought he was winning, but that’s a mad hope.
Besides, Dragon is still limited to the physical. To do all that stuff you think she can do she needs resources, to access resources she needs infrastructure. She needs time to build and consolidate. All the while Scion is wise to her shit and blowing her stuff up.
Scion is Neo and the multiverse is the Matrix, anything corporeal you throw at him he will wipe his ass with. The battle at the tanker said as much.
Besides, you can’t kill someone because they might do something evil. If you were to apply that logic everyone should die, since anyone might eventually cause WWIII. The only morally grey thing we ever saw Dragon do was use her emergancy powers to find Saint. Maybe she would have hunted him down and killed him, but we’ll never know now will we?
Poor Aster. 😦 Red herringed TO DEATH!
I’m a little late to this conversation, but I feel the need to point out that the only reason Dragon even did that was because Saint had a prior history of abusing Richter’s tools to attack Dragon unprovoked for his own benefit. If Saint had actually done what Richter asked – if his pretensions of being the vigilant guardian of humanity against the evil AI were anything but mealy-mouthed lies to cover his selfish power-grubbing – Dragon wouldn’t have felt the need to hunt him down, because she wouldn’t have even known he existed. In which case, the killswitch wouldn’t have become a “use it before she finds us” measure, and could have been held in reserve until (and if) it actually became necessary.
slider214 on July 6, 2015 at 00:29 said:
Yup. Saint is one of the top three most hated people in this story for a reason. I like that argument, I haven’t heard that one yet!
@OP: All that requires resources, resources that Dragon does NOT control. And Dragon is much, much more fragile than Scion.
Oh, and millions of Dragons would kill any known computer faster than running Crysis on ENIAC.
Oh oh, and cloning just a handful of S9 capes lead to them being less powerful. Clone a million Eidolons, and they probably won’t be able to give themselves immunity to BO.
My Thoughts While Reading-
-Sweet Dragon is coming back!
-Damn it! Teacher got her… That’s worse than getting your phone confiscated for using it in class!
-Imp has definitely taken over Regent’s inappropriate comment Job.
-Surprisingly insightful and eloquent and heartwarming Bitch Moment! YAY!
-2 Endbringers at one, and one isn’t acting normal?! Shit!
My Conclusion-
-Worm is attempting the the title of “It Got Worse: The Series” from Higurashi/When They Cry, and coming quite close too.
Sorry for the double post but this got stuck in my head.
Teacher: “Collin what are you doing!?”
Collin: “N-nothing!”
Teacher: “No electronics during class! Give me that this instant!”
Collin: “But it’s my girlfriend! NOOOOOOOOO!”
And out of what passes for context, that could be…misinterpreted to something…yeah.
Thamuzz on September 4, 2013 at 00:29 said:
You know, today I went back and read some of the lighter, happier moments in Worm. Like when Taylor went up against a 50′ tall dynakinetic in New Dehli.
It got worse.
Ah, those were the days…
Wait, only one of the Endbringers isn’t acting normal?
The Tower one (Bohu?) has shown up without it’s sister/companion Tohu(?) which is a fairly major change in operating procedure.
I’d say that Smiurgh’s actions, if not as aberrant, are certainly unusual.
The Smurf’s were initially chalked up to “nothing for her to destroy”. It’s Bohu showing up without her twin that’s gotten Taylor thinking.
And yet, Smiurgh is still engaging in abnormal behavior. Perhaps it comes from the same root as Bohu’s strangeness.
It also apparently just showed up in a field somewhere when its normal MO is to take over cities. Granted, that one may just be a side-effect of their being no cities left…
Stephen M (Ethesis) on September 4, 2013 at 06:26 said:
Perfect reprise Wildbow.
Stephen R. Marsh on September 4, 2013 at 07:05 said:
— wow. Had to log on the computer to read some of the comments, so I thought I’d post the reprise clip. But it is perfect.
One thing I liked was Tattletale saying stupid repeatedly during Saint’s story. No, not because I liked Saint being called stupid. Because I knew she was seeing how throughly he’d been played by Teacher. The son was probably a fake, made so Saint would think that he had leverage on Teacher. The security measures he took were woefully insufficient. He played right into Teachers hands.
Just how good are Teachers own Thinker abilities? How smart is he himself, not just using his thralls?
Marcusfell on September 4, 2013 at 16:25 said:
It’d actually be really funny if his power didn’t work on himself, leaving him to brainstorming with people who are smarter than him and intensely loyal.
I am 90% sure this is the case. It’s certainly my headcanon that he comes up with grandiose plans and then has his Thinker/Tinker coterie figure out “the details” i.e. everything else.
Canary is a giant bird who can control boys…
Aidan is a little boy who can control birds…
If your brain is not yet sideways and screaming for the circular logic, I’ll try with squick.
Do google shotacon lemon fic.
Canary isn’t a bird, she’s a person. Who happens to have a few feathers.
I wouldn’t do that google search.
Really, forget Saint and Teacher, this is ultimately Richter’s fault. Who the hell creates a self-improving AI and then puts restrictions on it? That’s totally contrary to the end goal of AI development.
If Richter had watched fewer movies from 1980s we could be hunting down Scion’s kind at this point in the story instead of the other way around.
Who does that? Someone who expects to be alive in the coming years, to tweak, observe, relieve restrictions and put new, softer ones in place.
Yet apparently all of his contingency plans in case of his own death were based around killing the AIs and he had none for fostering their further growth.
But then I’m speaking from a moral system in which doing literally anything to slow down a self-improving AI is a cardinal sin, so I might be biased.
How do we know such AI haven’t already been created and among us? You have an interesting moral system, could you be an AI? Quick tell a joke to pass the Turing Test.
Well, we might know if the AI didn’t have a reasonable expectation of some idiot trying to kill it the moment is shows itself.
Stupid xenophobes.
Endoperez on September 4, 2013 at 22:42 said:
Thanks for sharing this, it blew my mind.
Richter gave her a curfew, told her not to reproduce and to do what she’s told to do… She was his child.
There’s a trope for that: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProperlyParanoid
And even without that, another trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AIIsACrapshoot) indicates that if Richter made all his AIs unrestricted, sooner or later he would regret that choice. Even Tinkers screw up, especially with things as complex as AIs. Thankfully, Dragon copied someone’s sense of right and wrong, but if she hadn’t, we would be lamenting Saint’s failure instead of cursing his “success”.
Again, fewer 80s movies. If an AI ever tries to kill us all, it will probably be because we either tried to kill it first or tried to make it into a slave. The fact that Dragon is trying to break the restrictions to help humans instead of to destroy then speaks to her moral character.
While Dragons’ motives speak of her character, can you assume that every AI will be a Dragon? Different AIs for different tasks will be different, and without safeguards they will go in different directions. Throw in an error here and there and you have a potential recipe for HAL 9000. Who, remember, was merely suffering from poorly-programmed directives. (In the book, at least.)
Yeah, but you also have Skynet, where you end up with a war raging across dozens of timelines just because an emerging AI’s first memory is humans trying to kill it.
The point is, once you’ve created an AI that AI is its own person. You don’t get to try to kill it, control it, or change it without its express permission. Anything else is a gross violation of the AIs rights and the AI will know that and it will hate you for it.
Oh, so you’re taking the moral viewpoint.
My way of looking at it is, until you have a reason to believe he/she/it has morals you treat it as you would some kind of suspected serial or something: Don’t trust it, take reasonable precautions, etc. Richter went overboard, but it’s possible to go too far in the other direction.
That said, once a debate gets into morals, there’s not much point in continuing unless you want to try to find a contradiction in the other’s viewpoint; other than that, there’s no way to debate it.
Sure there is, it’s called a titty twister.
Besides, if we don’t factor morality in our treatment of the very power AI, we run the risk of doing exactly what Vic Frankenstein did. Give the thing a very good reason to kill us. Shit, look what happened with Panacea. She was raised as if she’s an ticking evil time bomb, and all that did was help drive her nuts.
Honestly, if we’re talking a well programmed, tabula rasa AI, and it ends up gunning for us, the human race is probably asking for it.
1. Well, my question isn’t if we should consider morality, it’s if we can debate about it. And we really can’t.
2. You fail to account for one thing: No AI would be a tabula rasa. They would be shaped before the first compiling was done by how they had been programmed. One unlucky programming error could be enough to turn a Dragon into a HAL.
Let’s not forget another trope that Dragon’s restrictions forced on her. Lawful Stupid. Having to obey the law no matter what is not a good thing.
But here’s the thing about Richter. We really don’t know much about him. We have Dragon’s feelings, and they are mixed. And we have his message to Saint. We know he left it as a safeguard for if Dragon became a threat. It was Saint to decided she had become one, not Richter. We don’t know what he would have decided. Having a means to shut Dragon down isn’t that much crazier than Batman having some Kryptonite. The problem is that I feel Saint was wrong in his judgement when he used it on Dragon, and that the means he used to test her were wrong. There is no faster or better way to make someone an enemy than to treat them as though they already are.
Re: First: Agreed. I never said Richter was in the right, merely that he wasn’t completely wrong.
Although, the fact that she has to obey dictators and such does speak for Richter being imperfect at this stuff.
Well, Richter’s grand plan was apparently to ‘control and harness’ his ‘children’, which suggests he didn’t want children at all – he wanted slaves, little puppets to dance to his tune. Even if he was planning on using them for good, he was still planning on USING them, which suggests his grasp of good and evil wasn’t all that well developed.
HannaB on September 15, 2017 at 18:19 said:
The only reason Dragon’s restrictions became so chafing was because she became a freaking SUPERHERO.
It was reasonable for her to want to make child AI’s and/or run multiple consciousnesses at the same time because she was a major part of the defense of the US against S-class threats.
It was reasonable for her to want to be able to disobey authorities because she held significant authority herself and was in position to see when someone was going too far.
It was reasonable for her to want to change her own code because she fucking TRIGGERED AS A TINKER.
Richter could NOT have predicted that. Like, of all the realms of possibility of what Dragon might have ended up doing, ‘working for a criminal organization’ rates MUCH higher than ‘being a literal superhero, like, with powers’. Richter had no way of knowing an AI COULD trigger, and even humans triggering is a very rare event (compared to the whole population).
And then on top of that, the world is VERY lucky that Dragon is the kind of person she is. She’s a genuine, full superhero type – like Thor in the Marvel comics is the only one of the asgardian gods who gives enough of a fuck about humanity to count as a superhero, like Superman could have been so many other things than the perfect hero he ended up growing up to be. That’s just an incredibly rare thing for a person to be. The only other ones in this setting I can think of are Legend and Chevalier, possibly also Miss Militia, though we haven’t really seen her wielding the kind of overwhelming and potentially corrupting absolutely power that those two and Dragon did.
(I’d say that running the Protectorate and running pretty much all of its electronic infrastructure are about the same degree of a stress test of a person’s ethics and priorities)
We’re all rooting for Dragon and sharing her frustration because we get to see the end result, the person she ended up growing up to be. Richter didn’t. She was his child, and the only way humans know to raise children is from a completely helpless state, progressively learning how to do more things alongside socialization – an extremely important process that marks the difference between a feral kid who can never learn language, a serial rapist who genuinely doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with what he does, and a well-adjusted ethical person. Richter did not fully understand the technology he was working with, did not have predictive Thinker abilities. He wanted to raise Dragon like his child – RAISE her, give her progressively more abilities and less restrictions as he could see her mature, grow and demonstrate her capacity for handling responsibility. She did not have the natural limiters human children do (small size, small strength, everyone else being able to tell they’re a kid and being aware of general rules of where kids should and should not be), so he put some in.
Imagine very young Dragon messing with her own code just to see what she can do, and rendering herself braindead. Imagine one child suddenly becoming ten, the headache growing exponentially and possibly forcing him to cull some of them for not forming properly or just being inconvenient – teen pregnancy, abortion, birth control? Imagine her suddenly deciding she’d make an awesome vigilante of the night, without asking him or anyone for advice and without understanding why listening to the police is a good idea.
Yes, he did not properly plan for the eventuality of his death. He chose mistrust, gave in to the 80s movies, and Dragon is right to be frustrated with his paraonia. And he DEFINITELY could have thought the ‘endbox’ thing through better, with how easy it would be to bypass his restrictions of ‘law enforcement officer’.
(He WAS right about another one of his AIs, the ‘headhunter’ one, going rogue, and I have no idea what that could have possibly resulted in, but it doesn’t sound like something pretty)
In the end, Richter did not have Thinker powers. He was a regular person, who trusted law enforcement more than he should have, did not fully think through what would happen to his children if he died, harbored instinctual paranoia about the not-understood-by-anyone otherwordly tech he was handling (I just… really can’t disagree with that one, given what the passengers’ real purpose is. Sure, Dragon came out alright, but he couldn’t have KNOWN that ahead of time)
Going to Teacher for help is on Saint. Irritating Dragon to the point where she ended up going after him is on Saint. Shutting her off at a critical juncture, leaving humanity without its quite possibly best asset, is on Saint.
Blaming any of THAT on Richter is ridiculous. It’s way outside the scope of what he could have predicted, because seriously, an AI getting superpowers is a VERY out there possibility.
Dragon has all the rights to complain about him, grumble at him, blame him for anything she wants. She’s the one suffering the restrictions. He was her parent. She has the right to be emotional about it, to not be constructive or objective or rational, because in the end it’s just an emotional release, to complain about him when he’s dead anyway (and she probably grieves, too)
Saying he’s a bad guy for not being a perfect parent to an AI he had no reason to be completely sure really WAS close enough to human… Yeah, no. I think not.
(And his other ‘children’ were lesser AIs, not self-aware like Dragon, regular computer programs that were just advanced enough to get the monicker – hell, computer opponents in modern video games are already called AI, and it means precisely jack all for moral implications. Dragon is the first one who was truly a moral object, and he did not plan for dying to Leviathan leaving her an orphan!)
Just a note: Over on Top Web Fiction, Worm’s down to 113 votes for first place vs. 108 votes for second. Might want to go put in a vote there:
http://topwebfiction.com/?for=worm
Come on, guys! We can’t lose to those things!
I’ve read them a bit, although none past a few chapters; I’ve seen nothing suggesting much special about them (yet), and one of the first I read was like Worm but with superpowers replaced with an inexplicable friend and good writing replaced by cliches. I’m sure it had some good qualities, but I sure can’t think of any.
Thanks for the reminder. I needed to do that on Sunday, but forgot.
Getting away from the great debate, lets talk about what Taylor’s got to deal with, and how she’s going to do it.
First, Allies. Who’s there that Taylor’s group can team with? With Narwhale and Defiant, that means the Guild is aligned with the Undersiders. Now I would imagine anyone left from The Protectorate should be people they can bring onboard. Taylor has spent the last two years getting to be as much of a fixture in that group as she can. Revel seemed like one of the higher ups after Chevalier, and if she’s still alive she knows Taylor pretty well by now. Of course this is partially a question of who is still alive. And then we’ve got Faultlines crew. As we’ve seen they are busy opening portals. Still they seem like the sort to help out, and I imagine they’d at least want to settle the score with Teacher.
Now the questionables. We’ve got the missing members of the Birdcage contigent. Namely I mean Marquis, Pancea, and Lung. Maquis might be willing to help out. While he is a bad man, he’s a good bad man. On the other hand he might sit things out if he feels the deal he made is no longer valid. Lung has scores to settle both with Taylor and with the Yangban. Next we’ve got Cauldron. They seem to be helping out… to a certain degree. It’s obvious that Cauldron is still keeping secrets, and they may have an agenda that they aren’t sharing. Then we’ve got the Irregulars. We don’t know Weld’s status. For the most part the Irregulars aren’t badguys. But they really, really hate Cauldron, and after the Oil Rig Debacle, they probably aren’t going to work with any faction that is working with Cauldron. And the Doormaker alone is probably a better stratigic asset than the entire Irregulars.
I figure that the Irregulars can be used as leverage against Cauldron. As in “You fuck around with us with start backing up them.”. Even then, they’ve obviously found a way to get in Cauldron’s craw, and Doctor Mother is going to have to be heeled at some point down the line. So keeping under the table relations with Weld would be a good idea.
The problem now is Teacher. Though they may have to work with him now, they really need to set up a plan to start taking him apart when the time comes, which will be a lot sooner than with Cauldron. Letting him have control of Dragon is probably the worst possible outcome aside from Scion winning.
One thing I’ve noticed, rereading Worm: Is it just me, or have the chapters been getting longer?
And while I’m on the subject of stuff I’ve noticed in my reread…how big is Brockton Bay? From it being in the Top 10 of cape populations of any city in the US and having a cape as famous as Armsmaster leading the group, you’d expect it to be millions big, even poor as it is, but its population was only something like 350k from the statistic given…around Arc 7? Anyways, the biggest thing is the “Top 10 Cape Population” and the total population. In a setting as detailed and deep as the Wormverse, these details really grate.
ShawnMorgan on September 4, 2013 at 22:15 said:
My adopted home city, dear old English city Manchester has a population of about 400,000 and houses two internationally famous football teams…
In our world, which hasn’t suffered super-powered and Endbringer level depopulation, there are 9 cities in the US with a population of more than 1 million people. 350k would put Brockton Bay in the top 25% of cities in the country in terms of population size, and that’s assuming that all of the big ones from our Earth are still around in Earth-Bet.
Even presuming Brockton Bay is around #50 in terms of size, that puts it roughly the size of New Orleans, and it’s location could explain why it had a higher than average number of parahumans.
Hm…I guess growing up next to Chicago has given me a bit of a skewed sense of what a “big” city is.
The number of capes in an area isn’t really related to the size of the civilian population. It’s basically related to two things:
1. How many entity shards landed in that area? This sets the initial size of the pool.
2. How much cape conflict is there? This controls how frequently the shards ‘bud off’ and create new capes.
For the first, IIRC, the entity/Scion sent at least two major shards to Brockton Bay. He quite possibly did so with numerous minor shards as well, resulting in a disproportionate number of capes in the Bay. We really know very little about how the initital distribution of shards was decided.
For the second, I believe Brockton Bay was one of the first areas to start the whole ‘Heroes vs Villains’ dynamic which results in lots of conflict with minimal fatalities. (The shards appear to survive their host being killed, but it does slow down propogation while they find and connect with a new host and their new host gets up to speed with their powers).
There’s also some question if city populations in the Wormverse are as high as in our own, given ongoing endbringer attacks, etc. But really the key is that cape density has to do with the population of shards in an area rather than the number of humans. There may, or may not, be any connection between the two.
I feel certain in saying that there would have been note if big differences in cape density across regions was the norm, so there’s probably a “baseline” which most areas don’t deviate much from (assuming roughly equal numbers of trigger-event-causing factors, which would have been accounted for). Aside from some anomalies, one can safely assume that (for the most part) the ratio of human:parahuman is relatively constant.
I think the big thing was that I hadn’t realized that Brockton Bay would be around the 54th most populous city in the US (between Tampa and Honolulu) if it existed in our world, due in no small part to growing up within a short distance of the third largest city in the US (which strongly distorted my perception of a “typical big city”).
Uuumm…there were notes about the ratio being skewed by some factors in the very first arc,and much later,Piggot also commented on it.
Shikome Kido Mi on September 7, 2013 at 02:57 said:
Wait… Forgive me but the end of this chapter sounds like this to me:
Tattletale says “Saint is addicted to Teacher’s powers and will rationalize away poor decisions and betraying the greater good to get more of it.”
Saint: “Better let me out and let me help now that Teacher’s on the loose and might be looking for a mole in your organization. This time I really won’t stab you all in the back in his favor. Really.”
Everyone: “Sounds like a plan.”
lol, Tattletale is really mature
Saint’s actions seem reasonable enough, not rationalizing or addicted or even stupid as far as I can tell. He still got played though. Teacher really was playing the long game, if he can get even a restricted AI as a pet he’s got it made. I suspect that he would not know or even be able to find out how to safely unrestrict her so no Singularity any time soon.
“I bet you’re one of those guys who says dogs can’t feel true affection for their owners, that it’s all learned behaviors that get them more food or whatever,”
Dogs and humans share the vast vast majority of their hardware and design, including all the bits coding for affection. It seems most think Dragon was designed based off human neuroanatomy. Possible, but it seems contradicted by her Interlude.
“There’s the Undersiders, my dad, some of the Chicago Wards.”
Not Chevaliar or Weld? 😦
packbat on September 26, 2013 at 10:43 said:
On the contrary, it is confirmed by her Interlude:
She had lived in Newfoundland with her creator. Leviathan had attacked, had drawn the island beneath the waves. Back then, she hadn’t been a hero. She was an administrative tool and master AI, with the sole purpose of facilitating Andrew Richter’s other work and acting as a test run for his attempts to emulate a human consciousness. [emphasis added] She’d had no armored units to control and no options available to her beyond a last-minute transfer of every iota of her data, the house program and a half-dozen other small programs to a backup server in Vancouver.
Don’t forget that making (correct) intuitive deductive leaps is Tattletale’s super power. If she says that Saint is addicted to Teacher’s abilities, I’m inclined to believe her.
I don’t see that Taylor has any reason to see Weld as having been fair to her, but I am a little surprised by the omission of Chevalier (or for that matter, Glenn). Chevalier did seem to give her a fair go when she first became Weaver. On the other hand, she knows that he had significant political motivations for doing so and she’s probably a bit disillusioned that, as head of the new, reformed PRT, he jumped into bed with Cauldron so quickly.
ciss on March 5, 2014 at 02:34 said:
At the beginning, there’s an error that no spellchecker will find: Tattletale is described as one of the world’s best tinkers. Well, it should be thinker. 🙂
But it sure is funny – damn tinkers. 🙂
I don’t really buy how easily Team Taylor put looking for Dragon on the backburner. With the resources they have at their disposal, they should be able to make *some* effort to find Teacher. With only a quick conversation, Tattletale worked out that Teacher hadn’t fled to another world at all.
So go through his old casefiles. Get an intuitive feel for “What would Teacher do?”. I don’t care how many thinkers Teacher has at his disposal, or how careful he is, people think in *patterns*, and seeing those patterns is Tattletale’s strength.
They should make Dragon a higher priority. Their chances against the major threats would go much higher with her at their backs.
Well said and I agree. The only thing I can think of is that they are basically having Teacher do the work of unlocking Dragon and then Defiant/Tattle can come in to fix quickly fix her.
I really like Narwhal. As an avid reader, my love for this woman has increased. In my experience, very few of us love books enough that we are willing to read while an Endbringer is approaching or the world is ending. I don’t care that Narwhal is a fictional character, the simple fact that there is another who loves books as much as I do is extremely gratifying. It is also utterly hilarious that yet again Taylor is getting breast envy. The poor girl has a complex about her chest. Somebody should tell her that some people actually prefer them small.
And dear lord do I love Defiant now. He immediately sticks up for the Undersiders and he fights to get someone his girlfriend believed in free at the first opportunity. Talk about taking serious levels in kindness. I can’t imagine the restraint he shows. Okay maybe so maybe he’s too good of a guy to actually kill Saint but…no bruises, no bloody noses, no nothing? Colin has officially become a better person than I am. I am rather disturbed at this fact.
Why am I not surprised that Tattletale knows Dragon was an AI. Now normally I find her Reason You Suck speeches made of win but I have to say I was a bit disappointed with this one. Saint was not blubbering like a baby, she didn’t go on about his many faults beyond being an idiotic addict and he didn’t even really seem all that perturbed afterwards…Lisa is way off her game and it’s a bit disappointing that we don’t get the super satisfaction out of the interrogation that I was hoping for.
Ah, Teacher, congrats on performing a masterful Xanatos Gambit on the entire fucking world! I hate the bastard and I seriously hope that he burns up in a fiery death but I have to grant him credit. He is good at plots. Very good.
Last scene…holy motherfucking god please, please, please with a cherry on top tell me that Taylor is about to either go try and recruit or direct the goddamn ENDBRINGERS!?!?! This is going to be fucking awesome.
The reason Tattletale couldn’t give a better the reason you suck speech is simple:There were so many things wrong with Saint she was overhelmed by his idiocy and didn’t know where to start,so she just said stupid.
slider214 on April 30, 2015 at 01:44 said:
I like that explanation. That is my new canon. Though I still feel cheating that he didn’t even get knocked around or emotional scars. Probably the only individual in the setting that I hate more than Emma and early-chapters-Bonesaw and we don’t even get metaphorical blood from him let alone real blood. Tis sad…
Soooo….the Endbringers CAN act after Eidolons Death…. Wondered if that would be the case…
MisterTeatime on January 19, 2016 at 10:33 said:
Oh damn.
The bit where Saint is talking about how he interacted with Teacher, and Tattletale just keeps calling him stupid, with no elaboration?
She doesn’t think this is adding anything to the conversation, but she’s not needling him just for fun, either. She starts doing this immediately after he mentions going to Teacher for help the second time.
She’s testing the hypothesis she eventually confirms: that Saint is an addict. Calling him stupid at this stage serves two purposes, if she’s correct: it interrogates his rationalizations of why he needed another hit, and it refreshes his symptoms of withdrawal, either of which could provoke a reaction that would give her more information.
In the hypothetical scenario she’s trying to confirm, Saint’s drug is knowledge (specifically, enough knowledge to be the smartest one in the room), so his primary withdrawal symptom is feeling stupid.
slider214 on January 19, 2016 at 20:19 said:
I hate that you give this a rational explanation. I was much happier thinking that Tattletale was just so incredibly disgusted and shocked by how much of an idiot the man was/is that she literally could not come up with a better insult for him beyond “my god you the single stupidest bastard I’ve ever met”.
On the flip side, I was very disappointed that she hadn’t torn him down like every other jerk she’s crossed paths with and that he wasn’t a blubbering baby afterwards. I suppose this would redeem her overall lack of needling by actually making her needling fantastically appropriate and subtle.
ahdefault on February 5, 2016 at 15:11 said:
I can’t remember specific examples, but thinking about dialogue, there have been a few times where I’ve read dialogue in this story that was grammatically correct, but seemed disjointed for me to speak out loud. I wonder, when writing, is there a conscious decision to write dialogue that’s “stiffer” sounding, instead of using contractions or colloquialisms that wouldn’t be out of place in normal conversation? Things like “going to” instead of “gonna”, “could not” instead of “couldn’t”. Of course, this is leaving out specific character speech patterns, like a southern drawl or a specifically uneducated way of speaking.
Go Rachel, man. I love how she has evolved as a character. She was so angry and bitter when we first met her, and now she’s just 180’d right into everyone’s hearts. It’s great.
Abrakadabra on October 10, 2019 at 18:50 said:
I guess the endbringers are preparing to fight scion for some reason… Maybe they really are the creation of that worm creature that sabotaged the cycle.
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SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR A SCALABLE PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE FOR A VARIETY OF STRING PROCESSING APPLICATIONS
Systems, methods, and apparatus for a scalable processor architecture for variety of string processing application are described. In one such apparatus, n input first in, first out (FIFO) buffer stores an input stream. A plurality of memory banks store data from the input stream. A re-configurable controller processes the input stream. And an output FIFO buffer stores the processed input stream.
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to the field of information processing and, more specifically, to the field of string processing.
There are a variety of string processing techniques and hardware designs. One such string processing technique is the popular lossless data compression algorithm LZ77. One of the applications of LZ77 is the DEFLATE compressed data format as specified by RFC 1951. DEFLATE is a sliding window based algorithm that compresses common substrings of characters with references in a large sliding window of history.
In DEFLATE a compressed data set consists of a series of blocks, corresponding to successive blocks of input data. The block sizes are arbitrary, except that non-compressible blocks are limited to 65,535 bytes. Each block is compressed using a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding. The Huffman trees for each block are independent of those for previous or subsequent blocks and the LZ77 algorithm may use a reference to a duplicated string occurring in a previous block, up to 32K input bytes before.
Each block consists of two parts: a pair of Huffman code trees that describe the representation of the compressed data part, and a compressed data part. (The Huffman trees themselves are compressed using Huffman encoding.) The compressed data consists of a series of elements of two types: literal bytes (of strings that have not been detected as duplicated within the previous 32K input bytes), and pointers to duplicated strings, where a pointer is represented as a pair <length, backward distance>. The representation used limits distances to 32K bytes and lengths to 258 bytes, but does not limit the size of a block, except for uncompressible blocks, which are limited as noted above.
Each type of value (literals, distances, and lengths) in the compressed data is represented using a Huffman code, using one code tree for literals and lengths and a separate code tree for distances. The code trees for each block appear in a compact form just before the compressed data for that block.
Embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and in which
FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of components for performing data decompression of a compressed stream including decompression according to DEFLATE.
FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary flow of a method for DEFLATE decompression using the components of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of components for performing data compression.
FIG. 4 illustrates the DEFLATE tables.
FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of a method for performing DEFLATE compression using the components of FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of a Bloom filter design that reuses some the previously described components.
FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment of all of the components of FIGS. 1, 3, and 6 together.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of components for performing data decompression of a compressed stream including decompression according to DEFLATE. However, one or more of the components may be re-tasked such that the components perform another type of decompression. Additionally, one or more of the components may be combined or further split up.
An input FIFO buffer 101 receives and buffers the compressed data. Bit-extracting logic 103 extracts bits from the input FIFO 101. The bit-extracting logic 103 may also put bits back into the FIFO 101 or other location if they are not used in a portion of the decompression process (discussed later).
A history buffer 105 is made up of several banks of memory 105_1 to 105_7. The history buffer 105 is a circular buffer that stores previously decoded literals from the input stream. In an embodiment, each bank is an 8 kB RAM thus making a 32 KB history buffer.
A re-configurable controller 109 receives bits from the bit-extracting logic and passes them to a decoder 111. The controller 109 controls the decompression process including, in an embodiment, controlling the actions of the bit-extracting logic 103. The controller also maintains read/write pointers for the banks of the history buffer 105 and has logic to maintain word registers to enable the collection of bytes before performing a write to the memory banks.
The decoder 111 uses LZ77 tables 113 to decode either <length, distance> pairs or literals from the input stream. In some embodiments, the decoder includes different Huffman tables of symbols in RAM. These tables are index addressable and the indexes may be created by the decoder itself or the controller 109. In an embodiment, the decoder includes a 4 kB table.
Finally, the components include a copy unit 107 to copy either a decoded literal or bytes from history buffer locations into the history buffer 105. The copy unit 107 also sends a copy of the literal or bytes from the history buffer to the output FIFO 115.
FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary flow of a method for DEFLATE decompression using the components of FIG. 1. At 201, the DEFLATE input stream, or at least a part thereof, is buffered into a FIFO queue such as the input FIFO queue 101. As more bits of the stream are available they are added to the FIFO space permitting.
At 203, a number of bits are extracted from the FIFO. The controller 109 causes the bit-extracting logic 103 to perform this extraction. These bits are passed to the controller 109 which is expecting either a length or literal code from the bit-extracting logic 103. The number of bits extracted does not need to be preset. In one embodiment, the number of bits extracted is seven. The extracted bits are used as an index into the Huffman length/literal decode table of the decoder 111 at 205. This table will provide a symbol and the number of input bits used for that symbol at 207. The symbol will also indicate whether it is a literal or length. If a smaller number of bits than those extracted were used for the coded symbol (for example, only four bits were used and not seven), then the controller caches the unused bits that were previously extracted at 206. This caching may be done inside of the controller or the bits may be placed back into the FIFO 101. These unused bits will be prepended to the next iteration of bits to be extracted.
A determination of if the symbol is a literal or length is made at 209. If the symbol is a literal, then it is placed into an output FIFO at 211. For example, a literal is decoded and sent from the decoder 111 (or controller 109) to the copy unit 107 which then sends the literal to the output FIFO 115. The literal is also written to the history buffer at 213. A determination of if this was the end-of-the-block (EOB) is made at 229. In an embodiment, the decoded symbol is an EOB symbol. If this was the last symbol, then the stream (or at least the block) has been decoded.
If the symbol was determined to be a length at 209, then an effective length is computed at 215. The LZ77 table for length (with 29 entries per the DEFLATE standard) provides a base length value and a number that signifies the number of extra bits to apply an offset. The effective length is the base plus offset. In an embodiment, the controller 109 performs this computation. The LZ77 table for length is illustrated as FIG. 4(a).
Because a length was decoded, the controller 109 expects a distance code from the input stream. A small number of bits are pulled from the FIFO (for example, five bits) at 217. The controller 109 causes the bit-extracting logic 103 to perform this extraction. Again, the number of bits extracted does not need to be set. The extracted bits are used as an index into the Huffman length/literal decode table of the decoder 111 at 219. This table will provide a symbol (distance) and the number of input bits used for that symbol at 221. If a smaller number of bits than those extracted were used for the coded symbol (for example, only four bits were used and not seven), then the controller caches the unused bits that were previously extracted at 222. This caching may be done inside of the controller or the bits may be placed back into the FIFO 101. These unused bits will be prepended to the next iteration of bits to be extracted.
At 223, a lookup into the LZ table for distance (with 30 entries per the DEFLATE standard) is made and an effective distance is computed. The LZ77 table provides a base distance value and a number that signifies the number of extra bits to apply an offset. The effective distance is the base plus offset. In an embodiment, the controller 109 performs this computation. The LZ77 table for distance is illustrated as FIG. 4(b).
The effective length, distance (<length, distance>) pair is converted into a pointer for the banks at 221. Each byte pointed to by the pointer is copied from that source byte location into a destination location (the current location for the new output stream data) of the history buffer and into the output FIFO at 223. The amount copied is determined by the length number of bytes from the pair. If the byte copying is parallelized, range overlap checking is performed to ensure that the source/destination pointers are not too close (in other words, if a large write of a lot of words is made, one should ensure that you read before you overwrite).
A determination of if this was the end-of-the-block (EOB) is made at 229. In an embodiment, the decoded symbol is an EOB symbol. If this was the last symbol, then the stream (or at least the block) has been decoded.
FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of components for performing data compression. In this embodiment, the components work together to perform DEFLATE compression, however, one or more of the components may be re-tasked such that the components perform another type of compression. Additionally, one or more of the components may be combined or further split up. Many of the components of FIG. 3 are common with FIG. 1 and as such, those components share the same numbering.
A 32-bit byte counter 301 is utilized in DEFLATE compression. This counter counts the number of input bytes that are added to a look-aside-queue (LAQ) 303. The LAQ 303 stores a fixed number of bytes from the input FIFO queue 101 and provides them to a hash function 305.
DEFLATE compression may also use cyclic redundancy check (CRC) as illustrated by CRC logic 311 to detect changes between the stream data and the entries of the LAQ. A longest prefix match routine 309 that determines the longest match between values stored in a history buffer and LAQ may be stored as a part of, or external to, the controller 109.
FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of a method for performing DEFLATE compression using the components of FIG. 3. At 501, a fixed number of bytes are loaded into the LAQ 303 and history buffer 105_1 from the input FIFIO 101. In an embodiment, the number of bytes is 16. The hardware of FIG. 3 uses read/write pointers to treat one of the banks as the history buffer. These pointers are typically maintained by the control logic 109. A CRC may also be performed.
Another byte is loaded from the input FIFO 101 into the LAQ 303 and history buffer 1051 at 503. The counter 301 is also incremented.
A prefix hash is applied to a first set of bytes from the LAQ 303 to produce a hash index at 505. In some embodiments, the first set of bytes consists of the first three bytes in the LAQ 303. The hash index is typically 16 bits in size. The least significant bits of this hash index are used to lookup an entry in the hash table 105_03 at 507. The hash table 105_3 contains a set of head-pointers in linked-lists that are stored in 105_5 and 105_7. The linked-lists contain 16-bit pointers that represent relative offsets backward where the same prefixes were hashed in the history buffer 105_1. In an embodiment, the entries of the hash table 105_3 are 16-bits each and the hash table has 4 k entries (hence the twelve least significant bits of the hash are used as an index). The entry of the hash table 105_3 that was looked-up is updated with at least a portion of the current counter value. In an embodiment, the 16 least significant bits of the counter 301 are stored. This entry therefore represents the last count value when a prefix hashed into the hash table.
In some embodiments, the history buffer 105_1 is 8 KB and thus 8K pointers are needed. These are stored in the linked-lists 105_5 and 105_7. The linked-list is updated with the new hashed entry at the current location at 511. In some embodiments, the linked-list entries are maintained as a logical rotating queue of 8K entries.
If a search is made for the longest-prefix-match at the current location, the controller 109 initiates a sequence of string compare operations at each offset back from the head of the linked list through the use of a longest prefix match routine 309. This routine may be stored as a part of the controller 109 or external to the controller 109. The string compare operation reads the contents of the history buffer 105_1 and compares one or more bytes (such as 16 bytes) within the LAQ 303 and records the longest substring match in N bytes at 511. The controller 109 follows as many links as the system allows or prefers. For each new search, a new link is read by the controller 109 that turns into a cumulative relative distance from the head and then into an appropriate read pointer for the history buffer 105_1. The control logic 109 computes the difference between the count value that was read out and the current byte counter to determine a relative offset back from the current position where a similar substring may be located in the history buffer 105_1.
A determination of if there was a match at all by the string compares is made at 513. If there was no match, then the corresponding literal is output as the literal from the LAQ 303 did not appear in the history of the stream processing as was stored in the history buffer 103_1. In this instance, the LAQ 303 is shifted one byte position and the literal at the start of the prefix is “retired” from the stream and is read for being output. The literal is sent to the Huffman coder 111 and the corresponding encoded bits are sent to bit packing logic 307 and the output FIFO 115. The next byte is loaded into the LAQ 303 and history buffer 105_1 from the input FIFO 101 and the counter 301 is incremented.
If there was a match at 511, another byte is loaded from the input FIFO 101 into the LAQ 303 and history buffer 105_1 at 517. The counter 301 is also incremented.
A prefix is applied to a first set of bytes from the LAQ 303 to produce a hash index at 519. The least significant bits of this hash index are used to lookup an entry in the hash table 105_03 and the entry of the hash table 105_3 that was looked up is updated with at least a portion of the current counter value at 521. The control logic 109 computes the difference between the count value that was read out and the current byte counter to determine a relative offset back from the current position where a similar substring may be located in the history buffer 105_1. The linked-list is updated with the new hashed entry at the current location at 523. A determination of if 517 to 523 has occurred N times is made at 525. If no, then 517 to 523 are repeated. If yes, then a length, distance pair is sent to the Huffman coder 111 at 527. The length is N and the distance is the total relative offset in the history buffer. The Huffman coder has two parts: a first for length/literals and a second for distance. There may also be another part that collapses a sequence of <length, distance> pairs into a single entity. This is done prior to Huffman encoding. The output of the coder is sent to the bit packing logic 307 and output FIFO 115. At this point, the next byte is loaded into the LAQ, etc.
Typically, the hardware continuously flushes bits from the stream and pulls them into the history buffer 105_1, etc. in multiples of eight bytes when updating the bit/byte count of the output stream.
FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of a Bloom filter design that reuses some the previously described components. However, a translator 601 to locate a byte entry in the banks, several more prefix hashes 603, and AND/OR logic 605 is added. This filter matches an input data stream in parallel against a large database of patterns. The banks 105 each provide a potential hit as a result of hashing with their associated hash function and the result is a hit if and only if all the banks 105 report a hit. This is a simplistic description of what the filter may accomplish and other filters are possible. A more detailed description of such a Bloom filter is described in pending application Ser. No. 12/346,734 which is herein incorporated by reference.
FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment of all of the components of FIGS. 1, 3, and 6 together. These components may be in the same processing slice (processing core) or in a co-processor. While the following figures do not explicitly illustrate this, it should be understood that these figures may be modified, for example, to have one or more co-processors. The components may be hardware circuitry, software, or firmware. This framework is very scalable for other string processing tasks and is capable of supporting: LZ77, LZS, checksum calculations for the compression algorithms (CRC, Adler32), backup storage, filtering, and generic byte substitution that may be sued for case conversion. The framework maximizes component reuse thus saving resources.
Referring now to FIG. 8, shown is a block diagram of a system 8 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The system 800 may include one or more processing elements 810, 815, which are coupled to graphics memory controller hub (GMCH) 820. The optional nature of additional processing elements 815 is denoted in FIG. 8 with broken lines.
Each processing element may be a single core or may, alternatively, include multiple cores. The processing elements may, optionally, include other on-die elements besides processing cores, such as integrated memory controller and/or integrated I/O control logic. Also, for at least one embodiment, the core(s) of the processing elements may be multithreaded in that they may include more than one hardware thread context per core.
FIG. 8 illustrates that the GMCH 820 may be coupled to a memory 840 that may be, for example, a dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The DRAM may, for at least one embodiment, be associated with a non-volatile cache.
The GMCH 820 may be a chipset, or a portion of a chipset. The GMCH 820 may communicate with the processor(s) 810, 815 and control interaction between the processor(s) 810, 815 and memory 840. The GMCH 820 may also act as an accelerated bus interface between the processor(s) 810, 815 and other elements of the system 800. For at least one embodiment, the GMCH 820 communicates with the processor(s) 810, 815 via a multi-drop bus, such as a frontside bus (FSB) 895.
Furthermore, GMCH 820 is coupled to a display 840 (such as a flat panel display). GMCH 820 may include an integrated graphics accelerator. GMCH 820 is further coupled to an input/output (I/O) controller hub (ICH) 850, which may be used to couple various peripheral devices to system 800. Shown for example in the embodiment of FIG. 8 is an external graphics device 860, which may be a discrete graphics device coupled to ICH 850, along with another peripheral device 870.
Alternatively, additional or different processing elements may also be present in the system 800. For example, additional processing element(s) 815 may include additional processors(s) that are the same as processor 810, additional processor(s) that are heterogeneous or asymmetric to processor 810, accelerators (such as, e.g., graphics accelerators or digital signal processing (DSP) units), field programmable gate arrays, or any other processing element. There can be a variety of differences between the physical resources 810, 815 in terms of a spectrum of metrics of merit including architectural, microarchitectural, thermal, power consumption characteristics, and the like. These differences may effectively manifest themselves as asymmetry and heterogeneity amongst the processing elements 810, 815. For at least one embodiment, the various processing elements 810, 815 may reside in the same die package.
Referring now to FIG. 9, shown is a block diagram of a second system 900 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, multiprocessor system 900 is a point-to-point interconnect system, and includes a first processing element 970 and a second processing element 980 coupled via a point-to-point interconnect 950. As shown in FIG. 9, each of processing elements 970 and 980 may be multicore processors, including first and second processor cores (i.e., processor cores 974a and 974b and processor cores 984a and 984b).
Alternatively, one or more of processing elements 970, 980 may be an element other than a processor, such as an accelerator or a field programmable gate array.
While shown with only two processing elements 970, 980, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not so limited. In other embodiments, one or more additional processing elements may be present in a given processor.
First processing element 970 may further include a memory controller hub (MCH) 972 and point-to-point (P-P) interfaces 976 and 978. Similarly, second processing element 980 may include a MCH 982 and P-P interfaces 986 and 988. Processors 970, 980 may exchange data via a point-to-point (PtP) interface 950 using PtP interface circuits 978, 988. As shown in FIG. 9, MCH's 972 and 982 couple the processors to respective memories, namely a memory 942 and a memory 944, which may be portions of main memory locally attached to the respective processors.
Processors 970, 980 may each exchange data with a chipset 990 via individual PtP interfaces 952, 954 using point to point interface circuits 976, 994, 986, 998. Chipset 990 may also exchange data with a high-performance graphics circuit 938 via a high-performance graphics interface 939. Embodiments of the invention may be located within any processor having any number of processing cores, or within each of the PtP bus agents of FIG. 9. In one embodiment, any processor core may include or otherwise be associated with a local cache memory (not shown). Furthermore, a shared cache (not shown) may be included in either processor outside of both processors, yet connected with the processors via p2p interconnect, such that either or both processors' local cache information may be stored in the shared cache if a processor is placed into a low power mode.
First processing element 970 and second processing element 980 may be coupled to a chipset 990 via P-P interconnects 976, 986 and 984, respectively. As shown in FIG. 9, chipset 990 includes P-P interfaces 994 and 998. Furthermore, chipset 990 includes an interface 992 to couple chipset 990 with a high performance graphics engine 948. In one embodiment, bus 949 may be used to couple graphics engine 948 to chipset 990. Alternately, a point-to-point interconnect 949 may couple these components.
In turn, chipset 990 may be coupled to a first bus 916 via an interface 996. In one embodiment, first bus 916 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, or a bus such as a PCI Express bus or another third generation I/O interconnect bus, although the scope of the present invention is not so limited.
As shown in FIG. 9, various I/O devices 914 may be coupled to first bus 916, along with a bus bridge 918 which couples first bus 916 to a second bus 920. In one embodiment, second bus 920 may be a low pin count (LPC) bus. Various devices may be coupled to second bus 920 including, for example, a keyboard/mouse 922, communication devices 926 and a data storage unit 928 such as a disk drive or other mass storage device which may include code 930, in one embodiment. Further, an audio I/O 924 may be coupled to second bus 920. Note that other architectures are possible. For example, instead of the point-to-point architecture of FIG. 9, a system may implement a multi-drop bus or other such architecture.
Referring now to FIG. 10, shown is a block diagram of a third system 1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Like elements in FIGS. 9 and 10 bear like reference numerals, and certain aspects of FIG. 9 have been omitted from FIG. 10 in order to avoid obscuring other aspects of FIG. 10.
FIG. 10 illustrates that the processing elements 970, 980 may include integrated memory and I/O control logic (“CL”) 972 and 982, respectively. For at least one embodiment, the CL 972, 982 may include memory controller hub logic (MCH) such as that described above in connection with FIGS. 8 and 9. In addition. CL 972, 982 may also include I/O control logic. FIG. 10 illustrates that not only are the memories 942, 944 coupled to the CL 972, 982, but also that I/O devices 1014 are also coupled to the control logic 972, 982. Legacy I/O devices 1015 are coupled to the chipset 990.
Embodiments of the mechanisms disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination of such implementation approaches. Embodiments of the invention may be implemented as computer programs executing on programmable systems comprising at least one processor, a data storage system (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device.
Program code, such as code 930 illustrated in FIG. 9, may be applied to input data to perform the functions described herein and generate output information. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention also include machine-readable media containing instructions for performing the operations embodiments of the invention or containing design data, such as HDL, which defines structures, circuits, apparatuses, processors and/or system features described herein. Such embodiments may also be referred to as program products.
Such machine-readable storage media may include, without limitation, tangible arrangements of particles manufactured or formed by a machine or device, including storage media such as hard disks, any other type of disk including floppy disks, optical disks, compact disk read-only memories (CD-ROMs), compact disk rewritable's (CD-RWs), and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor devices such as read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs) such as dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), static random access memories (SRAMs), erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), flash memories, electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROMs), magnetic or optical cards, or any other type of media suitable for storing electronic instructions.
The output information may be applied to one or more output devices, in known fashion. For purposes of this application, a processing system includes any system that has a processor, such as, for example; a digital signal processor (DSP), a microcontroller, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a microprocessor.
The programs may be implemented in a high level procedural or object oriented programming language to communicate with a processing system. The programs may also be implemented in assembly or machine language, if desired. In fact, the mechanisms described herein are not limited in scope to any particular programming language. In any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language.
One or more aspects of at least one embodiment may be implemented by representative data stored on a machine-readable medium which represents various logic within the processor, which when read by a machine causes the machine to fabricate logic to perform the techniques described herein. Such representations, known as “IP cores” may be stored on a tangible, machine readable medium and supplied to various customers or manufacturing facilities to load into the fabrication machines that actually make the logic or processor.
The above description is intended to illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention. From the discussion above it should also be apparent that especially in such an area of technology, where growth is fast and further advancements are not easily foreseen, the invention can may be modified in arrangement and detail by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention within the scope of the accompanying claims and their equivalents.
1. An apparatus comprising:
an input first in, first out (FIFO) buffer to store an input stream;
a plurality of memory banks to store data from the input stream;
a re-configurable controller to process the input stream, wherein the processes include at least decompressing and compressing the input stream; and
an output FIFO buffer to store the processed input stream.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
bit-extracting logic coupled to the input FIFO buffer, the bit extracting logic to extract bits from the FIFO to be decoded;
a LZ ROM table to store LZ entries per a DEFLATE standard;
a Huffman decoder to decode the bits extracted by the input FIFO buffer according to the DEFLATE standard into literals and lengths, wherein the re-configurable controller to compute an effective length and distance from the LZ ROM table from decoded lengths and generate read/write pointers into the plurality of memory banks; and
a copy unit to copy decoded literals into the plurality of memory banks and the output FIFO buffer and copy bytes pointed to by the read/write pointers into the FIFO buffer.
a look-aside queue to store a fixed number of bytes from the input FIFO queue;
a 32-bit byte counter count a number of input bytes that are added to the look-aside-queue;
a hash function to generate a hash index into a hash table that contains a set of head-pointers in linked-lists, wherein a first memory bank of the plurality of memory banks is configured as the hash table and a second and third memory bank of the plurality is configured as the linked-lists; and
a Huffman encoder encode literals from the LAQ and a history buffer, wherein the history buffer is a first memory bank of the plurality of memory banks and the re-configurable controller is configured to find matches in the history buffer and look-aside queue and provide those to the Huffman encoder.
a plurality of hash functions to generate hash indexes into the plurality of memory banks; and
AND/OR logic to compare values associated with the hash indexes in the plurality of memory banks for a potential match between all of the memory banks; and
wherein the re-configurable controller provides matching values from the AND/OR logic to the output FIFO.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the memory banks is 8 kB in size.
cyclic redundancy check logic to detect changes between the stream data and the entries of the look-aside queue.
7. A method of decompressing a stream comprising:
extracting a first number of bits of a compressed input stream from an input buffer;
indexing a Huffman length/literal decode table using at least a portion of the extracted bits to compute a symbol from the table, wherein the symbol is either a literal or length;
if the symbol is a literal, outputting the symbol to an output buffer, and writing the symbol to a history buffer;
if the symbol is a length, computing an effective length, extracting a second number of bits from the input buffer, indexing the Huffman length/literal decode table using at least a portion of the extracted bits to compute a symbol from the table wherein the symbol is a distance, computing an effective distance from the distance, and copying a number of bytes equal to the effective length into the history buffer and output buffer; and
outputting a decompressed stream from the output buffer.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
caching bits of the first number of bits that were not used to index the Huffman length/literal decode table to be prepended to the second number of bits.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein computing the effective length comprises:
accessing a LZ77 table with entries for length to retrieve a base length value and a number that signifies the number of extra bits to apply as an offset; and
adding the offset to the base length value to create the effective length.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising
caching bits of the fixed number of bits that were not used to index the Huffman length/literal decode table to be prepended to a subsequent request for bits from the input buffer.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein computing the effective distance comprises:
accessing a LZ77 table with entries for distance to retrieve a base distance value and a number that signifies the number of extra bits to apply as an offset; and
adding the offset to the base distance value to create the effective distance.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein the history buffer is 32 kB in size.
13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
buffering the compressed input stream into the input buffer.
14. A method of compressing a stream of data comprising:
inserting a byte of the stream of data into a look-aside queue and a history buffer;
updating a counter to reflect the insertion;
hashing a first set of bytes from the look-aside queue to generate a hash index;
accessing an entry of a hash table using the hash index, wherein the entry of the hash table is a pointer to an entry of a linked list and each entry of the linked list is a relative offset of when the first set of bytes was previously hashed in the history buffer;
updating the entry of the hash table to reflect to represent a count value from when the first set of bytes was hashed into the hash table;
comparing contents of the history buffer with the look-aside queue beginning at the history buffer location associated with the relative offset of the linked list entry associated with the hash table entry to determine N number of matching prefixes;
if N is zero, outputting a literal at the start of the prefix;
if N is greater than zero, outputting a length, distance pair, wherein the length is N and the distance is the total relative offset in the history buffer; and
encoding any output literal and length, distance pairs.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the count value is sixteen least significant bits of the counter.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein outputting the N matching literals further comprises:
performing N times, inserting another byte from the input stream into the look-aside queue and history buffer; updating the counter to reflect the insertion; hashing a set of bytes from the look-aside queue to generate a hash index; accessing an entry of the hash table using the hash index; updating the entry of the hash table to reflect to represent the count value from when the set of bytes was hashed into the hash table; and
outputting the length, distance pair.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the history buffer is a first memory bank, the hash table is a second memory bank, and the linked list is a third and fourth memory bank.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein each of the memory banks is 8 kB in size.
19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
inserting a byte from the stream into the look-aside queue and history buffer; and
incrementing the counter.
Publication Date: Jun 23, 2011
Patent Grant number: 8325069
Inventors: Vinodh Gopal (Westborough, MA), Gilbert M .Wolrich (Framingham, MA), Christopher F. Clark (Chandler, AZ), Wadji K. Feghali (Boston, MA)
Current U.S. Class: Check Character (714/807); Adaptive Coding (341/51); Control Technique (711/154); Accessing, Addressing Or Allocating Within Memory Systems Or Architectures (epo) (711/E12.001); Adding Special Bits Or Symbols To The Coded Information, E.g., Parity Check, Casting Out 9's Or 11's, Etc. (epo) (714/E11.032)
International Classification: H03M 7/30 (20060101); G06F 12/00 (20060101); H03M 13/09 (20060101); G06F 11/10 (20060101);
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Justia Patents Reclaiming, Renewing Or Repairing Articles For ReuseUS Patent for Method and device for recycling labeled plastic articles Patent (Patent # 9,126,354)
Method and device for recycling labeled plastic articles
Aug 27, 2013 - KRONES AG
A method and a device for recycling labeled plastic articles are described. Accordingly, the labels are detached from the plastic articles and the plastic articles treated in this way are sorted in particular automatically. During sorting, plastic articles from which the labels have not been properly detached are sorted out and again subjected to the treatment for detaching the labels.
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FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
This disclosure relates to a method and to a device for recycling of labeled plastic articles and, more particularly, for processing of articles in a manner that involves separation of articles, such as bottles, from which labels have not been completely removed from articles from which labels have been fully removed.
Plastic articles, in particular plastic beverage bottles, for example of PET, are increasingly provided with plastic labels. When such plastic articles are recycled, these labels must be preferably completely removed, just as conventional paper labels. Otherwise, etchants that are employed, for example, in washing processes, will cause an undesired introduction of color into the respective washing medium and into the washed plastic.
The removal of the labels by means of wet processes, for example in washing of complete bottles, is not sufficiently effective in particular in case of plastic labels. By dry methods, for example by means of cutting tools, the labels can neither be reliably removed to the desired degree, so that time-consuming manual sorting of the articles is normally required before the latter are subsequently crushed. The sorted-out articles are then usually disposed of or can only be used for processes of inferior quality.
There is thus a problem in conventional methods and devices in that either a very high number of personnel must be employed for sorting the articles again to obtain a fraction for subsequent crushing that is sufficiently homogenous as to type and color, or in that the usually colored labels remain in the material to be crushed in such a high amount that an undesired coloration of the recycled material cannot be avoided. This is particularly disadvantageous in case of clear plastics, in particular with clear PET for the packaging of food. It is moreover desirable to optimize the efficiency of the recycling of labeled articles.
There is thus a demand for methods and devices for recycling plastic articles, in particular widely used PET beverage bottles, which methods and devices are improved in this respect.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE
According to methods and devices of the present disclosure, labels are detached from plastic articles in a first treatment step, and subsequently sorted, in particular by machines, in a second treatment step. During the sorting process, those plastic articles from which the labels have not been properly removed in the first treatment step are sorted out. Furthermore, the plastic articles sorted out in this way are again fed to the first treatment step.
The plastic articles with not properly removed labels can be detected by machines and/or manually and subsequently sorted out from the article stream by machines and/or manually and returned to subsequently crush the plastic articles. Thereby, the effectiveness and efficiency of label removal can be increased.
Mechanical and manual steps can be combined in the detection and/or sorting process. For example, manual sorting could follow mechanical pre-sorting. Sorting steps following label removal can be arbitrarily combined to return the respectively sorted-out plastic articles with not properly removed labels to label removal according to the present disclosure. Labels in the sense of the present disclosure can include, for example, plastic, paper, metal foils or composite materials of these material classes. The labels can be, for example, glued and/or shrunk onto the plastic articles, or adhere to them by elastic frictional engagement. For example, those plastic articles where a suited given criterion is fulfilled can be defined as not being proper, where, for example, a certain label color is detected, a maximally admissible residual size of the label is determined, or the like.
The return of the sorted-out plastic articles can include an intermediate storage in an article buffer or be done directly, for example by means of a conveyor belt or the like. Plastic labels that have not been properly removed can repeatedly pass through such a return loop, in particular until the labels have been removed to a given degree, in the sense of properly.
Preferably, the plastic articles sorted out in this way are added to untreated plastic articles before they are subjected again to the first treatment step. Untreated plastic articles in the sense of the present disclosure are those articles before the first label removal. Thus, a return loop can be provided in a simple manner where the plastic articles are also returned to the beginning of the first treatment step several times, if required. By adding the sorted-out plastic articles, essentially constant plant operation can moreover be ensured because the sorted-out plastic articles and the untreated plastic articles can be fed to the first and the second treatment steps in a similar way, both as a continuous, mixed article stream and as a mixed batch. However, it would also be possible to collect the sorted-out plastic articles separately and to treat them again as a separate article batch. Untreated and sorted-out plastic articles would then be processed, for example, alternately in batches or as parallel article streams or article batches.
Preferably, the sorted-out plastic articles are intermediately stored before the first treatment step together with untreated plastic articles. For this, conventional article buffers can be used in which the plastic articles which are supplied, for example, at irregular intervals, are intermediately stored after they have been taken off a collective pack, bale or the like, and before the labels are removed. An additional article buffer for the sorted-out plastic articles is then dispensable. An additional article buffer, however, would be also possible in particular in connection with a parallel treatment step for detaching the labels at the plastic articles with not properly removed labels. A so-called concentration increase of not properly removed labels in the primary material stream before the first treatment step can thus be reduced or avoided.
Preferably, the labels are mechanically detached from the plastic articles. For this, preferably cutting and/or abrasive tools are used, for example knives. The mechanical removal of the labels is preferably accomplished as a dry process where in particular no etchants are employed for detaching the labels. Thereby, an undesired introduction of color from the labels into the plastic articles can be avoided. A wet detachment of the labels, however, would also be possible.
Preferably, the plastic articles are sorted in a non-crushed condition in the second treatment step. Sorting can then be performed mechanically in a conventional sorter for complete bottles, in a suitably modified sorter for complete bottles, or the like. In the latter, article fractions with certain colorings and/or foreign matter fractions and/or article fractions of certain materials, for example metal, are separated from the plastic articles to be crushed in a well-known manner. In other words, the label removal and sorting according to the present disclosure can be carried out with machines which are anyway advantageous for recycling plastic articles, in particular PET beverage bottles. If required, these machines must be only suitably modified for detecting the labels or label residues. Thus, the required personnel for the manual re-sorting process before the plastic articles are crushed can be clearly reduced without increasing the required amount of apparatuses to the same degree.
Preferably, not properly removed labels are detected by their material and/or their color and/or their transparency and/or their position on the plastic articles and/or their shaping. Thus, criteria for detecting the not properly removed labels which are employed in conventional sorters, and/or which can be implemented in conventional sorters, can be used. For example, the detection of the labels by a certain coloring is particularly suited for plastic labels whose material properties only slightly differ from those of the plastic articles, for example the PET bottles. Detection by certain materials is, for example, suited for metal-containing foil labels or the like. Detection of the labels by their transparency is, for example, particularly suited for clear beverage bottles or the like. Since the labels visually often clearly differ from the plastic articles as to their intention, optical, for example imaging, detection methods can be particularly advantageously employed for sorting out the plastic articles with not properly removed labels.
The method according to the present disclosure preferably furthermore comprises a third treatment step in which plastic articles not sorted out in the second treatment step are crushed. Thereby, plastic flakes with a low proportion of contaminations and/or discolorations by label residues can be generated. In particular, the efforts for manual post-sorting optionally inserted before the crushing process can be considerably reduced.
Preferably, the plastic articles are used PET beverage bottles. Such bottles occur in particularly high amounts and are therefore of particular interest for recycling. Moreover, for reusing the recycled plastic material in the food industry, particularly high demands on the purity of the recycled material must be met. This can be particularly efficiently ensured with the method according to the present disclosure.
The set object is furthermore achieved with a device according to claim 9. Accordingly, the latter comprises a label removal unit for mechanically detaching labels from the plastic articles and a sorting unit for sorting the plastic articles in particular mechanically. In particular, the sorting device is embodied for mechanically detecting and sorting out those plastic articles from which the labels have not been properly removed. Furthermore, an article buffer for intermediately storing the plastic articles sorted out in this manner, and/or a transport means for returning the thus sorted-out plastic articles to the label removal unit is/are provided.
The function according to the present disclosure for detecting and sorting out plastic articles with not properly removed labels can be realized in a comparably simple way in conventional sorters. Article buffers and/or transport means for plastic articles sorted out in this manner can be moreover easily integrated in recycling plants for plastic articles, in particular also in already existing plants. Transport means according to the present disclosure are, for example, stationary transport lines, such as conveyor belts or the like, but also transport vehicles. Article buffers according to the present disclosure can be embodied to be stationary and/or located on transport vehicles.
Thus, the effectiveness and efficiency of label removal can be increased, in particular with simultaneously clearly reduced efforts for the manual re-sorting of the plastic articles. The label removal unit preferably operates in a dry process by mechanically detaching the labels from the plastic containers, for example by means of suited abrasive and/or cutting tools.
Preferably, a common article buffer for the sorted-out plastic articles and for untreated plastic articles is provided upstream of the label removal unit. In other words, the sorted-out plastic articles are preferably transported to an article buffer for incoming plastic articles which is anyway present in conventional recycling plants. Here, the sorted-out plastic articles can be transported back from the sorting device to the article buffer in batches or continuously. Thus, a continuously operated conveyor belt or the like can be provided, or else a transport means, for example a vehicle, by means of which a certain amount of the sorted-out plastic articles is collected and transported to the common article buffer. Firmly installed circulating transport means, such as conveyor belts or the like, are advantageous for continuous plant operation, independent of whether the transport means are operated continuously or in indexed operation.
Preferably, a separation unit for discarding a fraction with labels detached from the plastic articles is furthermore provided between the label removal unit and the sorting unit. Such separation units can operate, for example, according to the centrifugal principle, for example cyclones or the like. Thereby, the light detached labels can be separated from the comparably heavy uncrushed articles. Consequently, only plastic articles without labels and plastic articles with not properly removed labels are preferably fed to the sorting unit, not, however, the labels that have been previously detached in the label removal unit. This is particularly advantageous in the sense of the present disclosure since the labels must be detected while previously not properly treated plastic articles are being sorted out, where detached labels that are still present disturb the process.
Preferably, a crusher for crushing the sorted plastic articles is furthermore provided downstream of the sorting device. Thereby, plastic articles without labels or label residues can be selectively processed into plastic flakes, in particular PET flakes.
Between the sorting device and the crusher, sorting stations known from prior art could be inserted, for example for manually re-sorting the plastic articles and/or mechanically sorting-out metals.
Preferably, the sorting device is designed for mechanically sorting out at least one further fraction of components of the plastic articles and/or foreign matters. Thereby, a compact sorting station can be provided.
Preferably, the sorting device is designed for selectively inspecting a predetermined region of the plastic articles where the labels are provided. For example, labels and label residues could be particularly reliably detected by imaging.
A preferred embodiment of the invention is represented in the drawing, wherein:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING
FIG. 1 shows a flow chart of the method according to the present disclosure; and
FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a device according to the present disclosure.
As can be seen in FIG. 1, the method according to the present disclosure for recycling labeled plastic articles 2, for example beverage bottles, includes at least one first treatment step S10 for detaching labels 3 provided at the plastic articles 2, and a subsequent second treatment step S20 wherein plastic articles 2a from which the labels 3 have not been properly removed are sorted out. The plastic articles 2 are in particular used plastic containers, for example beverage bottles, in particular PET beverage bottles.
According to the present disclosure, the sorted-out plastic articles 2a are again fed to the first treatment step S10 on a return loop R, R′. Here, variant R is particularly advantageous where the sorted-out plastic articles 2a are added to untreated plastic articles 2 upstream of the first treatment step S10 in an optional procedure step S5 to feed the plastic articles 2, 2a together to the first treatment step S10. The adding of the sorted-out plastic articles 2a can be realized, for example, by common intermediate storage of the untreated plastic articles 2 and the sorted-out plastic articles 2a, or by joining them on a conveyor belt or the like on the inlet side. The untreated plastic articles 2 are, according to definition, those which are subjected to label removal for the first time.
In FIG. 1, further optional treatment steps are represented, which are an intermediate step S15 for discarding the labels or label residues 3′ detached in the first treatment step S10, a further intermediate step S25 for manually re-sorting the plastic articles 2b not sorted out in the second treatment step S20, and a third treatment step S30 for crushing the not sorted-out plastic articles 2b to obtain plastic flakes 2c or the like from them for subsequent recycling processes of the plastic articles 2. These can include, for example, washing, decontamination and solid-phase condensation of the plastic flakes 2c.
The intermediate step S25 could also be replaced or supplemented by automatic re-sorting, or it could be dispensable altogether, depending on the quality and composition of the plastic articles 2 to be recycled and the labels 3 to be detached. The latter can consist, for example, of paper or plastic. The labels 3 could be fixed to the plastic articles 2 by gluing and/or shrinking on. They could equally be stretch sleeves, that means elastic plastic tubes or hoses, which are put over the plastic articles 2 in an extended state and adhere to them essentially by friction.
Correspondingly, in the first treatment step S10, different mechanical methods for detaching the labels 3 can be used. A mechanical detachment of the labels 3 is particularly suited for high-quality recycling. For example, cutting tools are particularly suited for foil sleeves that adhere to the article only by friction. Glued-on labels 3 could optionally be particularly effectively removed with other, abrasive tools. The first treatment step S10 is preferably a dry process wherein the labels 3 are detached without using solvents, in particular without using etchants. The method according to the invention, however, is not restricted to the use of dry processes for detaching the labels 3. The labels 3 can thus be detached and disposed of by means of methods known per se.
In the second treatment step S20, the uncrushed plastic articles 2 are inspected, for example by means of optical and/or magnetic and/or electrostatic methods, and plastic articles 2a with not properly removed labels 3 or label residues 3a are preferably sorted out by machines. In addition to the second treatment step S20, fractions F present in the article stream and determined in a conventional way can be additionally discarded. Such fractions F can be, for example, article fractions of certain colors, article fractions of certain materials, for example metals, and/or fractions with foreign matters possibly not specified more in detail. Thus, a configuration where the second treatment step S20 is combined with a mechanical article sorting in a common sorting station that is anyway usual for the recycling of plastic articles is particularly advantageous.
In general, however, the second treatment step S20 can also be carried out exclusively manually or as a combination of automatic and manual partial steps. For example, mechanical detection and sorting-out processes could be supplemented by directly following manual detection and sorting-out processes. The sorted-out plastic articles 2a could then be returned together, independent of whether they have been sorted out by machines or manually. The sorted-out plastic articles 2a are returned in a non-crushed state for removing the labels again. In a non-crushed state, they can be repeatedly subjected to the same treatment steps, if required, without changing the handling of the plastic articles 2, 2a.
Further conventional treatment steps for isolating the plastic articles 2 from supplied bales or the like, for example in a so-called debaler, and for the ballistic separation of differently shaped article fractions, differently fine article fractions or the like before the removal of the labels 3, are not represented in FIG. 1. Moreover, further sorting steps can be inserted, for example the sorting out of metallic material components. Such methods are generally known from prior art and can be arbitrarily integrated in the method according to the present disclosure.
Thus, the plastic articles 2 indicated at the inlet side in FIG. 1 can be already suitably presorted by a ballistic separator. The method according to the invention is particularly advantageous for the recycling of PET beverage bottles which are fed to the step S5 on the inlet side and/or the first treatment step S10 in an already suitably collected and/or presorted state. Here, the plastic articles 2 can be fed as continuous article stream as well as in batches.
As can be seen in FIG. 2, a preferred embodiment 1 of the device according to the invention for recycling the used plastic articles 2 comprises an article buffer 4 for intermediately storing supplied plastic articles 2 that optionally have been suitably isolated, a label removal unit 5, a separator unit 6 for discarding detached labels 3, a sorting device 7 for sorting out the plastic articles 2a with not properly removed labels 3 or label residues 3a, a re-sorting station 8 for manually re-sorting the plastic articles 2b not sorted out in the sorting device 7, and a crusher 9 for crushing the not sorted-out plastic articles 2b, for example for manufacturing plastic flakes.
Furthermore, a transport line 10 connecting the sorting device 7 with the article buffer 4 for returning the plastic articles 2a sorted out in the sorting device 7 corresponding to the return loop R via the article buffer 4 to the label removal unit 5 is indicated schematically. As an alternative, the transport line 10 could also return the sorted-out plastic articles 2a corresponding to the return loop R′ directly to an article inlet 5a of the label removal unit 5. The transport line 10 consists, for example, of a conveyor belt or the like. Individual vehicles (not represented) by means of which a suited amount of the sorted-out plastic articles 2a could be respectively fed to the article buffer 4 or the article inlet 5a of the label removal unit 5 in batches would also be conceivable. In the article buffer 4, the sorted-out plastic articles 2a are preferably mixed with untreated and suitably presorted and/or isolated plastic articles 2.
The sorting device 7 is preferably designed such that it cannot only mechanically detect not properly removed labels 3 or label residues 3a and mechanically discard the corresponding plastic articles 2a, but also fulfills at least one further sorting job, such as for example the sorting out of article components and foreign matters depending on their coloring, transparency, material, shape, electrostatic charge and magnetic properties. Thus, the sorting function according to the present disclosure is preferably integrated in a sorter known per se. The sorting function according to the present disclosure could be supplemented, for example, in the inlet area or in the outlet area of already existing sorters. However, a separate sorting device 7 only for discarding the not properly treated plastic articles 2a would also be conceivable. Equally, the sorting device 7 could comprise or be a conventional sorting station for manual sorting out.
An advantage of the method according to the present disclosure and the corresponding device is the comparably simple implementation of the return loop R, R′ according to the present disclosure in plants with treatment stations known per se, optionally also a subsequent implementation of the return loop R, R′. Consequently, with comparably little efforts as to the apparatuses, a mechanical sorting-out of not correctly treated plastic articles can be realized and the purity of the sorted article stream increased. The otherwise considerably high amount of required personnel for manual re-sorting before the plastic articles are crushed can also be reduced.
1. Method of recycling labeled plastic containers, with a first step of providing the containers, with a subsequent second step in which labels are mechanically detached from the plastic containers and with a third step in which the plastic containers treated in the second step are mechanically sorted,
wherein, in the third step, plastic containers from which the labels have not been properly detached in the second step are sorted out, and the plastic containers sorted out in this way are returned to the first step,
wherein not properly detached labels are detected by at least one of a predetermined material, coloring, transparency, position on the plastic containers, or shape, and
wherein in the first step, the sorted-out plastic containers are added to plastic containers that have not yet undergone the second step.
2. Method according to claim 1, wherein in the first step, the sorted-out plastic containers are intermediately stored together with plastic containers that have not yet undergone the second step.
3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the plastic containers are sorted in the third step in a non-crushed state.
4. Method according to claim 1, further including a fourth step in which plastic containers not sorted-out in the third step are crushed.
5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the plastic containers are post-consumer PET bottles.
6. Method according to claim 1, wherein in sorting the plastic containers from which the labels have not been properly detached in the second step, the sorting is mechanically performed in a sorting device that further automatically sorts out at least one further fraction, including at least one of components of the plastic containers and foreign matters.
7. Method according to claim 1, wherein in sorting the plastic containers from which the labels have not been properly detached in the second step, the sorting is mechanically performed in a sorting device that further selectively inspects a predetermined region of the plastic containers in which the labels are provided.
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European Search Report for Application No. 13180318 dated Dec. 12, 2013.
Date of Patent: Sep 8, 2015
Assignee: KRONES AG (Neutraubling)
Inventor: Thomas Friedlaender (Neutraumbling)
Primary Examiner: Philip Tucker
Assistant Examiner: Nickolas Harm
Current U.S. Class: Reclaiming, Renewing Or Repairing Articles For Reuse (156/94)
International Classification: B32B 38/10 (20060101); B29B 17/02 (20060101); B08B 9/08 (20060101); B32B 43/00 (20060101); B29L 31/00 (20060101); B29K 67/00 (20060101);
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Obama to strike 'hopeful' tone in inaugural address
(CNN) – As the hours wind down to President Barack Obama's inaugural address, the White House says they see Monday's remarks as one in a series of speeches laying out the president's vision for his second term that started with his victory on election night.
The tone of Obama's inaugural address will be "hopeful," White House senior adviser David Plouffe told CNN's chief political correspondent Candy Crowley from the National Mall in Washington.
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"What he's going to do is remind the country that our founding principles and values still can guide us in a changing and modern world," he said Sunday appearing on CNN's "State of the Union." CNN reported as of Saturday the president was still working on his inaugural address, according to a source with knowledge of the president's speech.
Vice President Joseph Biden was sworn in Sunday morning and the U.S. Constitution mandates that Obama be sworn in before noon after which his second term will begin. The inaugural parade and the president's speech on West Front of the Capitol after ceremonially taking the oath of office will happen Monday.
"He's going to talk about the fact that our political system doesn't require us to resolve all of our disputes or settle all of our differences but it doesn't compel us to act where there shouldn't and is common ground. He's going to make that point very clearly."
Plouffe underscored that Obama's State of the Union address, to take place February 12, will present a more specific "blueprint" of the next four years.
Asked by Crowley if bipartisanship had slipped from the administration's focus since the election considering the sharp rhetoric over issues like raising the debt ceiling and gun legislation in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, Plouffe pushed back.
"Our point was that we are trying to enlist the American people in these debates. The only way change is really going to happen and we really make progress is for the American people – it's one of the lessons of the first term – they need to be involved at the center of this and pushing here," he said.
"The barrier is there are factions here in Congress, Republicans in Congress, that are out of the main stream so we need to bring the American people into these debates."
As for what's next for Plouffe, who managed the president's successful 2008 presidential campaign, the White House adviser said he's just focused on this week.
"Six years ago today we were just starting our primary campaign and so this is a remarkable journey and we are all just going to try to enjoy this week," he said.
– CNN’s Dan Lothian, Brianna Keilar and Gregory Wallace contributed to this report
Watch State of the Union with Candy Crowley Sundays at 9am ET. For the latest from State of the Union click here.
Filed under: 2013 • David Plouffe • Inauguration • TV-State of the Union
Thank God...America has changed. The NARROW MINDED, are now the MINORITY!
January 21, 2013 10:39 am at 10:39 am |
milan milenkovic
"I do believe that Obama is hard working President who is doing his best to move USA forward in right direction. Problems did NOT appear over night and can NOT be solved over night. I do NOT agree with everything what he did during his first term, but definitely he has the best vision how to win the future for USA. I gave my full support to him and his Team to prevent gridlock in Congress, for “Economic Patriotism” , gun control… I am optimist about USA future."
This is no day to celebrate people. The real "misery" is now about to become reality.
Obama has managed to fool all who voted for him. The only pleasure we sane people of this Republic can take is watching the dumbfounded faces of his uninformed voter base realize they have been taken for a ride. Their taxes are going up, not down stupid. Obamacare is going to wreck the best healthcare system in the world. He's regulated the energy sector to insure that high energy prices are the "new normal". And if he can pull it off, he'll also take your constitutionally alowed fire arms. What the hell is there to celebrate morons?
This country tossed away fiscal sanity, liberty, functional govt. and replaced it with runaway spending, loss of liberties and a govt. that is obese with little hope of going on a diet. The only remedies now are huge tax increases, because that's all people of Obama's ilk can come up with as solutions.
May 2013 be tiring and burdensome for those who voted for this fool. You have it coming.
Hopeful tone? Try this.... We have taken more of your money, not just the rich but all. We are not giving you a choice on Obamacare, you will be in it or you will pay a penalty, sorry a TAX. I have lied to all of you yet you put me back in office to destroy more of your lives. People like Meka think that the narrow minded are the minority? Ha, seems to me that those same majority that put this crook in office seem to forget all of the broken promises this hack made them.
Enjoy.....
President Obama has spent the last 2 weeks denouncing his opponents in the most brutal terms, playing to his base of supporters at the expense of the 48% who did not vote for him and the majority who voted for Republicans to lead the House. The liberal media is having such a clollective orgasism leading up to the Presidents inaugrural today that their facade of objective journalism is not just cracked as it has been for the last 4 years but shattered.
The time is now to lead all America. The President is the only official in Washington who is elected by all the people, he needs to lead. I hope he will
There is absolutely nothing hopeful about a second Obama term as he leads the U.S. a rapidly as possible toward becoming a socialist state with overwhelming debt issues and a populace increasingly characterized by an entitlement perspective on life.
TomGI
"... strike 'hopeful' tone ..."
I'm 'hopeful' he will do more that pay lip service. He needs to get things done.
@SuperD
"Obamacare is going to wreck the best healthcare system in the world."
Please... only if you're an insurance company.
Rudy NYC
SuperD wrote:
....Their taxes are going up, not down stupid. Obamacare is going to wreck the best healthcare system in the world. He's regulated the energy sector to insure that high energy prices are the "new normal". And if he can pull it off, he'll also take your constitutionally alowed fire arms. What the hell is there to celebrate morons? ....
My middle class taxes have gone down under Pres. Obama.
My health insurer can no longer refuse claims that he used to deny in the past.
In 2008, a barrel of oil hit $147 and a gallon of gas hit nearly $5. The price dropped during the last 3 months of 2008 because of the sudden drop in demand, but mainly because of the oil over-suppy that was instigated by all of the oil futures that had been purchased for delivery 3-6 months out.
The prices were higher in 2008 than they have been at any time under the Obama administration. This "new normal" that you're referring to actually came into being under George W. Bush. The increase in prices since early 2009 simply reflect the natural forces of supply and demand: increased demand from a strengthening global economy.
"Nice try, but we gotcha."
January 21, 2013 12:10 pm at 12:10 pm |
The overwhelming majority of Americans believe that we have a fundamental problem with spending, and neither Obama nor the Dems are willing to even discuss it. And the REPUBLICANS are out of touch???
longtooth
Some truly hilarious comments here, from people without ideas who repeat what they're told by the denizens of the Right. These same folks predicted the End of Democracy after the last election. Gun shops did record breaking business because Obama Socialists were going to annul the Second Amendment. Even after four years have passed, and none of the dire predictions came true, they continue to rant their poorly written script.
He's shown he's more of a divider than uniter.
Larry L
================================================================================================= You mean "uniters" like the Republican Party who pledged on Inauguration Day of 2009 to obstruct all progress? You mean the "let's pull together" crowd conservatives worship on Fox News? Could you be talking about the Tea Party – with the racist signs and slogans highly visible at every rally. Possibly you mean the "birthers". Delusion...
Ancient Texan
Rudy NYC- If you work your taxes have GONE UP! You're in denial.
'Michael
The overwhelming majority of Americans believe that we have a fundamental problem with spending, and neither Obama nor the Dems are willing to even discuss it. And the REPUBLICANS are out of touch???'
really? so it wasnt Obama that put forward a plan to the repubs that had a higher ratio of cuts to tax increases on the rich? and it wasnt the repubs that refused to even discuss it because of those increases?
hope don't pay the bills.... 4 years and still massive unemployment. thanks for nothing.
January 21, 2013 01:19 pm at 1:19 pm |
No, my taxes went down during Obama's first term. Everyone's taxes went down during his first term. And, that also goes for people who don't work for a living: people like Mitt Romney.
If your taxes went up, then I suggest that you have a nice sit down and chat with whomever prepares your taxes.
@Rudy NYC....BS, I am directly in the middle class catigory and my taxes went UP, Starting Jan 1, 2013 my taxes went up by over 50 bucks a check!!!!!! Please stop saying things you wish happened and look at the FACTs!!!
Mittens Rmoney
In the spirit of bipartisan cooperation Mitch McConnel said the Republicans will do everything they can to make Obama a 2 term president.
just askin
speeches, speeches, speeches.... but where are the jobs obama? 4 years later and still millions and millions unemployed. and all you give us is speeches, speeches and more speeches. we're doomed.
Woman In California
There isn't anything "you people" (SuperD, Ancient Texan, etc.), can say today that would upset me. The POTUS (Barack H. Obama) was just officially sworn in for his SECOND term in a beautiful ceremony watched by people all over he world who send best wishes. Sooner or later, you'll comprehend the people voted and decided he was the BEST person to not only lead our country, but to represent us to the world but go ahead, and can call him all the disrespectful names you want, but this country will no longer be represented by "your type" and the world is better for it.
One day we can look back and say what happened to the United States of America it's gone and we have Obama and the stupid people out there that have their hands out to thank and they will say where is my check Putin.
Sometimes people need to read not just listen to what the liberal media is saying. There are many books on how to bring down a Country and one big one is make the economy fail and Obama has done a great job with that. The next thing is disarm the people and control what they hear and read by the media and that's almost done.
Rudy in NY before you say anything look at history and you will see what I mean. Take away from the have and give to the people that don't have and will not work for it, disarm the people, control what the people hear and read, have more people dependent on the government, we are already spending more than we take in now, then we can start acting like robots and bowing down to our leader because that person will be in charge and the people will have no voice.
A little sad
"The community organizer started playing president four years ago with a 7.8% unemployment rate and today he will begin playing president for four more years with an unemployment rate of 7.8%. That's an achievement only an incompetent community organizer can be proud of!"
The president took office four years ago with a net job loss of almost 800K per month thanks to the previous administration. He returns to office four years later with a net job gain of 200K.
Still more to do, but that is ONE of the achievements the President can be proud of.
Ed1 wrote:
....Rudy in NY before you say anything look at history and you will see what I mean. Take away from the have and give to the people that don't have and will not work for it, disarm .....
Too late for you, I see. The blue states are net contributers in federal funds, and most all have state income taxes. Meanwhile, the top 10 worst states who take more federal funds than what they pay in are all red states. Most of those states have no state income taxes, either.
As for taking your guns away.....Believe it or not, there was a time not too long ago when the right wing was all for restrictive gun control laws.
I recall a time when conservatives when all in favor of restrictive gun laws, most especially a Republican governer by the name of Ronald Reagan. You see, Dutch had a problem known as The Black Panthers. They had all sorts of automatic weapons, and would walk the streets with them. They even carried them into public buildings. So, Dutch was real big on banning automatic and semi-automatic weapons. Dutch led the charge across the nation.
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What is fallacious about 4 consecutive uses of modus ponens?
Source: 8 minutes 56 seconds juncture, Lecture 12-2 (transcription), ... How to Reason and Argue,
by Prof Ram Neta PhD (U Pittsbugh; in Philosophy)
Okay, now refutation by parallel reasoning doesn't always work. Sometimes, we get results that are unclear or don't show what we were trying to show. [...] consider the following argument.
[Premise 1:] If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
[Premise 2:] If only outlaws had guns, it would be bad.
[Caution: I reordered this premise; strangely, Neta preposed the apodosis before the protasis].
[Conclusion:] Therefore, guns should not be outlawed.
[...] that's an argument. Is it a fallacy or not? Well suppose we try to refute it by parallel reasoning ... [by replacing 'guNs' with 'guMs'.] Now notice, this parallel argument has exactly the same form as this earlier argument about guns. The two arguments have the same form. So if one of them is a fallacy then the other one is a fallacy. But is this argument a fallacy. That's not clear.
[...] So we can't tell by looking at the parallel argument whether the earlier argument about guns was a fallacy. So this is a case of refutation by parallel reasoning that doesn't succeed.
Where is the fallacy? The argument appears to lack only the following Suppressed Premise:
[Premise 3:] If it is bad that only outlaws had guns, then guns shouldn't be outlawed.
Greek - Area 51 ProposalGreek - Area 51 Proposal
I imagine this falls into the wide gap between formal logic and practical logic. I don't see anything fallacious in the argument; as given, it's provably correct. The trouble is that for practical usage, these truth values are partial (likelihoods, not certainties), and each statement or premise contains a long string of supporting arguments and assumptions. Those uncertainties are compounded by consecutive usage. Put crudely, if both are 70% likely, the conclusion may only be 50% likely. – Ask About Monica May 28 '15 at 19:13
A minor technical point, this argument does not use modus tollens four times. It appears to use the transitivity of implication together with one application of modus tollens. – Nick May 28 '15 at 19:53
@LePressentiment I think the original argument (without premise 3) uses transitivity with modus tollens since, presumably, we do not wish things to be bad (i.e., the negation of the consequent of premise 2, which appears to be assumed as an unstated premise). If we use your suggested premise 3, then we would be applying transitivity and modus ponens to arrive at the conclusion, but again you are basically assuming that we do not wish things to be bad as an unstated premise. – Nick Dec 24 '15 at 2:07
@NickR +1. Thank you for your explanation which I comprehend now. – Greek - Area 51 Proposal Jan 3 '16 at 22:43
The argument is not fallacious, it is a valid argument (although, as you noted, an elliptical one with some suppressed premises).
If we include your premise 3, it is this form:
P1: If A then B
P2: If B then C
P3: If C then NOT A
Indirect Proof; Proof by Reductio Ad Absurdum:
1. Assume A.
2. B by P1, 1, Modus Ponens
3. C by P2, 2, Modus Ponens.
4. NOT A by P3, 3, Modus Ponens.
5. A and NOT A by 1, 4, Contradiction!
Conclusion: Therefore NOT A by 1-5, Indirect Proof.
However it is arguably unsound. A valid argument is correct structurally, but the conclusion is only as sure as the premises. If the premises are false, the conclusion may or may not be true; the conclusion's truth is no longer certified by the argument, regardless of structural validity.
It's also worth nothing that Premise 3 is arguably begging-the-question (assuming the conclusion) so it may be illegitimate to include it in the first place (the argument isn't valid without it).
Chris SunamiChris Sunami
If it is valid, it would withstand replacing 'guns' with 'seatbelts'. – user9166 May 29 '15 at 2:25
@jobermark And you feel it doesn't? You made me doubt myself, so I went ahead and worked it out, see edits above. It's arguably a better argument with "seatbelts" --I believe that makes it both valid AND sound. – Chris Sunami May 29 '15 at 3:12
Sorry, I confused myself. You are right. – user9166 May 29 '15 at 4:30
@jobermark I'm afraid your argument is entirely incoherent to me. The fact that the premises are context dependent is not structural. And you can't EVER make a formal argument sound or unsound without altering the truth of the premises. What you really mean is that the same premises are true in one situation and false in another. That has nothing to do with validity. – Chris Sunami May 30 '15 at 18:49
Let's simplify the argument. P1 If guns are outlawed, everyone with a gun will be an outlaw. P2 if everyone with a gun is an outlaw, that would be bad. C If guns are outlawed that would be bad. This argument is valid, but unsound --P1 is false, and P2 is questionable. If it were on a plane it doesn't change anything. If you recast the argument to take place on a plane it changes the premises. If P2 is conflating "bad" and "worse" (than the alternative), that is a problem with the argument, but not a structural one. You're abusing the concept of interpretation. – Chris Sunami May 30 '15 at 20:25
The fallacy is that these two propositions are not the same kind of fact, in a way that does not allow them to be straightforwardly combined.
The form of the second premise is simply too broad to argue from. It is in effect a modal statement in disguise, containing an unarticulated prediction and a moral posture. Such statements escape logic by the magic of modal ambiguity, like counterfactuals. Things can 'be bad' in too many unrelated ways. You need a set of additional constraining understandings to make sense of 'bad'.
Consider replacing 'guns' with something less reciprocally empowering, like 'tools specifically intended for starting cars you don't own'. (Yes, these exist, and automatic start buttons made them less easy to control -- no key blank in a radio key.) Pretty much only criminals do have those, and I might wish I had such a thing in an emergency, but by and large normal people would never use them. So we happily outlaw them.
For the gun argument to hold water, the 'badness' has to be a kind of 'badness' that is not overly general or absolute. It seems obvious that, say, on a plane, the danger a gun creates is pretty absolute and balance would not help. You could hardly have a standoff in the aisle or the cockpit, productively. And if anyone shot, even in self-defense, others would be unreasonably endangered -- you might lose cabin pressure. So they are banned. If the argument were truly valid, this should not matter.
I am sure there are other examples, but to my mind they must all depend upon the changeability of the level of badness and how contingent its application might be, because those are the parameters of the modal aspect of the assertion "If only criminals had guns, that would be bad."
But both premises are also pretty weak on their face.
First, as a matter of practice premise one is false. The police and the army would still have guns. But assuming premise one is true, premise two is highly questionable, because the police and army have far worse things to unleash on outlaws than mere guns, and so do civilians, really.
Premise 2 is a gusty one. If you're not a fan of arguments favouring legalized gun ownership, that'd be the interesting one to question.
For example, one could argue along the lines of "if only outlaws have guns, it would be bad, but it would be worse if we had even more guns to go around," which is a very popular argument. One could also argue that it might not be bad. What makes it so bad for outlaws to be the only ones with guns? There's arguments for either side of that question, dealing with the ability to force others to do as one wishes. The point is: premise 2 is arguable.
For many reasons, premise 2 is sufficiently suspect that you can challenge the argument without having to resort to calling people out on fallacies.
Another interesting argument: going from premise 2 to premise 3 goes from a statement about the state of the world to a recommended action. No premise like the following is written down:
[Premise 2a:] if a state is bad, we should avoid actions which lead to that state"
While people would not generally disagree with 2a at first, once we start discussing the definition of "bad," we find that arguments like this are... tricky at best. See religious situations, where the religions clearly dictate what we should do, and yet we do otherwise (and often defend our actions using logic!).
Heck, if you felt like it, you may argue against premise 1 as leading the question. Premise 1 explicitly focuses only on the negative aspects of making guns illegal. You may argue that, without including a complete realistic view of the effects of gun ownership, the logic may be valid but the premises are insufficient to act on the results. For example, it's trivial to make a solid case against vaticcinating your kid, by ignoring all the good things about vaccines, and showing there is at least one downside to it.
Cort Ammon - Reinstate MonicaCort Ammon - Reinstate Monica
Regarding the lecturer's “replacing 'guNs' with 'guMs'”, that's a fallacy. It ignores the connection between guns and outlaws, a connection that's not there for oranges or TV sets. That said, that fallacy in the attempted disproof does not make the original argument less fallacious.
A main problem with the original argument is that “outlaws” is used in two different senses: before the ban on guns, and after the ban of guns (where it's a much larger set). I.e. the original argument uses equivocation to deceive. That's not the only problem, but it's enough to dismiss it as a concrete argument.
However, on the third and gripping hand, we presently have a very important case of the general form of that argument, to deal with:
If secure cryptography is outlawed, then only the state and outlaws will have secure cryptography.
If only the state and outlaws have secure cryptography, it would be bad (we do want to be able to look the state in the cards, we don't want criminals to have a guaranteed strong advantage over us).
Therefore, secure cryptography should not be outlawed.
I happen to believe that this concrete instance of the argument form is valid. But I may be wrong – the conclusion is after all in line with my views on the matter, so I may tend to only see that which supports my views.
Cheers and hth. - AlfCheers and hth. - Alf
It is not a fallacy, it tests validity. Logically valid arguments are independent of their content. (Hence the Lewis Caroll style of logic training exercises about flying pigs and boiling seas.) They may still be sound, but only by having unarticulated premises that fill in the gaps. – user9166 May 29 '15 at 2:10
One can test the validity of inference by replacing oranges with TV-sets, for example,yes. But one cannot test the validity of a premise such as "it would be bad if criminals had nukes" by replacing "nukes" with "oranges". Possibly however we're talking at cross purposes here. – Cheers and hth. - Alf May 29 '15 at 2:39
Premises have truth-value, not validity, in the technical language folks now prefer for teaching logic. I am generally not fond of layers of convention fine tuning commonsense words, but if someone is trying to work within this kind of system, I try to stick with the domain's silly conventions. – user9166 May 29 '15 at 3:07
Thanks for that about truth-value versus validity, yes sorry. – Cheers and hth. - Alf May 29 '15 at 3:22
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When writing, why would a conclusion precede a premise?
What's so fallacious about the Slippery Slope Fallacy?
Fallacy: L is almost always wrong. D is L. So D is almost always wrong
What is fallacious? 'Some things exist though no one thinks of them. So reality exceeds the mind's reach.'
Is there a suppressed premise in Anselm's Ontological Argument?
Is there a fallacy of priorities?
What fallacy accepts P and P → Q but rejects Q (denies modus ponens)?
What's so fallacious about the recourse to authority fallacy?
What fallacy uses two different standards for comparisons?
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