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About Full Grown
Taking a radical stance on the way we produce our objects, Gavin Munro and Full Grown are at the cutting edge of an emerging art form, an art form that highlights an interesting way to be closer to art and nature and to create symbiotic abundance for both.
Challenging the way we create products as well as how we see the items with which we surround ourselves, the Grown Furniture has an immediate tactile, visceral and organic appeal.
2006 – Research starts on two small plots of land in the Peak District, UK.
2008 – Rent 2.5 acres of field and plant 3,000 trees in case ‘it works’ later.
2012 – First generation of chairs, lamps and experiments begin.
2013 – Second generation of chairs and experiments started.
Full Grown registered as a limited company. By the end of the year the company comprises of Gavin, and 2 part time staff.
2014 – First lampshade harvested and word gets out locally bringing in pre-orders.
Came 2nd in the UK Climate KIC Incubator and one of the course leaders, Richard Davis MBE, continues to be Full Grown’s mentor.
Gavin delivers TEDx talk in Derby, during which he unveils the first prototype chair, which is now part of the permanent collection in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
2015 – Third generation chairs begin. First batch harvest of 30 lamps.
The global media avalanche begins with a paragraph in The Times nature corner, to be quickly followed by The Guardian, Vice, Design Week, Architectural Digest, International Business Times, MIT Technology Review and 100s of other articles. Combined with appearances on BBC News, ZDF GermanTV and Countryfile,this leads to Full Grown reachingTens of Millions worldwide,an invitation to lecture at Kew Gardens, and an offer to collaborate with designer Martin Baas.
2016 – First completed lamp delivered by hand to Zurich.
Exhibitions begin: Little Morton Hall in Cheshire; National Centre for Craft & Design in Lincolnshire; Ars Electronica in Berlin; Museum Boijmans & Tutti Cortex, both in Rotterdam. The Nat. Museum of Scotland purchases the prototype chair for their permanent collection. Due to increasing volume, we learn not to say yes to every media request, although highlights include CNN’s Great Big Story,The Daily Telegraph, French National TV News, Country Life magazine, and The Daily Record, who call us one of ‘the best treasures in the new galleries at the Museum of Scotland’
2017 – Three more Prototype Chairs sold to the Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Manchester Metropolitan University, and a private collector in North America. First batch despatched to New York, Connecticut, Paris, Germany, UK, and Norway. Kickstarter campaign, with 200 backers, raises 260% of original target. Begin collaboration with artist Wolfgang Buttress (The Hive at Kew Gardens).
Received the honour of giving Keynote speeches to the European Academy of Design in Rome and at Cologne’s Interzum Furniture Fair, followed by hosting a visit from the International Dendrology Society the very next day. Exhibition at Messums in Wiltshire. Delivered a talk at Thomas Heatherwick Studios, in London, were nominated for the San Miguel Rich List, and featured in the Book ‘Change Makers’ from the Museum Boijmans in Rotterdam.
An early experimental Chair – shaped, grafted and held in place.
The first seed was sown when as a young boy playing in the garden, Gavin noticed an overgrown bonsai tree had the distinct appearance of a chair.
It was an image that stayed in his mind for 25 years.
The second seed had time to germinate when he had lots of time to think about that chair a few years later. Gavin went through several operations to straighten his spine.
Gavin in the frame that held his neck straight while the bone graft healed.
“It’s where I learnt patience. There were long periods of staying still, plenty of time to observe what was going on and reflect. It was only after doing this project for a few years a friend pointed out that I must know exactly what it’s like to be shaped and grafted on a similar time scale.” – Gavin Munro
The third and final seed of the project sprouted twenty years later on a beach in San Francisco – after Art College, a Degree in Furniture Design, an apprenticeship to a cabinet-maker and a long stint building with natural materials in Scotland and California – Gavin had a period of making driftwood furniture.
It was a sheer delight to see what new materials each tide would bring, then a matter of stitching the wood back together – each ‘stitch’ fitting into carefully cut-out mortices.
This was the moment Gavin realised that we could grow trees directly into beautiful and useful shapes.
The first driftwood piece that got the ball rolling – 2004
A detail from a redwood coffee table
The Spider Table – 2005
A chair and desk made from the same piece of redwood – 2005
The Redwood Coffee Table – 2005
Gavin Munro
Gavin is the visionary designer behind Full Grown. After studying Art at Chesterfield, Furniture Design at Leeds Becket University and a stint with a London Design Studio, Gavin worked as an apprentice to a traditional cabinet-maker before travelling to Scotland to build a replica Saxon Barn and after this, to California to build eco-houses and furniture using sustainable materials. It was during his childhood in Derbyshire that the seed of the living furniture idea took root. Gavin founded Full Grown during 2006 and has built the business from scratch. His invaluable experience over the past 12 years has made him a leading expert in the very niche field of furniture growing, developing new techniques and experimental approaches.
After a degree in English and German, Alice eventually began work in Financial Print, working in London, Frankfurt, Paris and New York. Alice also worked with VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) for 2 years in China, and in Germany for 4 & 1/2 years. Alice taught in fields varying from teaching German and English, environmental & HIV AIDS education, to manufacturing, supply chain, shipping and export, as well as gardening and outdoor roles. Alice’s current role with Full Grown encompasses social media, export documentation, and customer relationship management.
Ed Lound
Field Manager and Arboriculturalist
After studying criminology at the University of York, Ed worked overseas for a year in site management before returning to the UK to accept a job with Full Grown as Field Manager. Having now worked for Full Grown for 5 years, Ed is an expert in Arboriculture, overseeing the cultivation of the trees as they are shaped into pieces of furniture, coordinating and analysing growing and development trends alongside ensuring the healthy ecology of our site.
“It didn’t take me long to fall in love with the idea, and almost five years later I’m still here, still just as passionate about the project. It’s just too good an idea not to put into practice, and I feel incredibly lucky to be a part of such an incredible thing.”
Head Arboriculturalist and Furniture Finisher
Chris first met Gavin in design college, and they have remained friends ever since. With a Masters in Fine Art, work held in the collections of the Centre for Fine Print Research in Bristol, the Tate Library in Tate Britain, the Baltic in Gateshead, and in University College London, as well as his published work available in many bookshops. Chris has taken the role of Head Arboriculturalist, making sure all pieces are manipulated into shape and tended to, from seed to seat. He has provided his fantastic design skills towards all our new pieces, models, and plans, supplying an aesthetic and artistic eye to proceedings and has also developed the finishing process for our pieces.
“I had to get involved with this project for a number of reasons. There was obviously my close friendship with Gavin, and I wanted to see him succeed, but my own personal reasons came into play as well. I saw this as an opportunity to do something that nobody else is doing, and as a chance to be able to create our own art form, and set the parameters ourselves. Finally, it was just really cool. How could I have said no?
How are these Grown Furniture pieces made?
In essence it’s an incredibly simple art. You start by training and pruning young tree branches as they grow over specially made formers. At certain points we then graft them together so that the object grows in to one solid piece – I’m interested in the way that this is like an organic 3D printing that uses air, soil and sunshine as its source materials. After it’s grown into the shape we want, we continue to care for and nurture the tree, while it thickens and matures, before harvesting it in the Winter and then letting it season and dry. It’s then a matter of planing and finishing to show off the wood and grain inside.
The whole process takes place over seasons and years – between 4 and 8 years to grow a chair – but when you look at how long and how much effort it takes us now to go from having no tree to the final wooden object, then you realise that the craft we’re a part of developing is not just more cooperative with the natural world; it has an elegant efficiency all of it own.
Has this been done before?
Yes, It’s been going on for millennia. Apparently, the ancient Greeks & Egyptians grew stools and the Chinese dug holes and filled them with chair-shaped rocks and grew tree roots through the gaps.
More recently in 1904 John ‘Dammit’ Krubsack planted the ‘Chair That Grew’. It took him 11 years and I can completely see why he was nicknamed ‘Dammit’! He inspired Axel Earlanderson who made the tree circus in the 1950s in California – sadly he died without telling anyone how he did it. He in turn inspired even more people, some of whom we’ve had the pleasure of meeting; The wonderful Dr. Chris Cattle (http://www.grown-furniture.co.uk) whose grown stools directly inspired me to take the plunge and have a go, and the creative and knowledgeable Peter Cook and Becky North, (http://pooktre.com) who have a book to help folk start their own grown projects.
What are the biggest challenges in making them?
The biggest challenges are twofold.
The first challenge is the practical fact that what we’re doing is neatly organising a small forest. I’m only making 50 or so pieces per year but for every 100 trees you grow there are a 1,000 branches you need to care for, and 10,000 shoots you have to prune at the right time. It’s an art-form in itself keeping track of everything.
The second challenge is the emotional fact that, while there is the regular joy of seeing birds and beasties living our production rows, most of the tasks I do on an average day won’t come to fruition until several years later. That’s quite hard to live with – especially as it’s taken 9 years already and we’re still a year or two away from the first substantial harvest. Thankfully prototypes and early pieces are starting to come online but still, it’s a hefty act of faith. It’s certainly not instant gratification!
Are the pieces fully functional and ergonomic?
They’re still growing now, but when harvested and finished we expect them to be not just fully functional and ergonomic but grown, grafted and fastened into one solid piece, ie. no joints that only ever loosen over time. These could last for centuries. We hope and trust that this will eventually become an improvement on current methods.
Finally, let’s clear up some common misunderstandings…
Isn’t this cruel to the trees? We learnt early on that an unhappy tree won’t do what you want, just because you want it to. It will send off a shoot in the direction it wants to grow (usually towards the light), or sprout a shoot just below the carefully-positioned graft. As a species, humans have been grafting and coppicing (not to mention topiary, pollarding and espalier) trees for thousands of years, and this developing craft is taking advantage of some of that ancient knowledge, as well as the renewable fuels of sun, water, soil and air. When we finally cut down the furniture pieces from the trees, they will sprout new shoots (coppicing) and continue to have a life, possibly to grow something else later. We nourish and nurture the trees, employing as many natural, permaculture and organic methods as we can, as optimum nutrition means optimum growth.
We think this method is kinder and less wasteful than planting a (frequently monocultural with all those implications for biodiversity) plantation of trees, growing for a specified lifetime, then chopping down, leaving an uncared-for, cleared area, with all the additional problems like desertification.
If this is so ‘Green’, why have you got plastic moulds? Isn’t that a waste of valuable oil?
The (recycled) plastic moulds (same amount of corrugated light plastic used in about two ‘For Sale’ signs for a chair mould) were a prototype design. We’ve been reusing them as far as possible, and now we’re moving on to different formers, moulds and ways of constructing the grown chairs and furniture. Please be assured we aren’t pouring oil down the drain to produce this furniture!
We’re constantly looking for ways to reduce our energy use, and we currently estimate we use about the same energy as 8 x 60w lights, burning for 8 hours a day for a year (in an office, for example) to run the whole Furniture Field for a year. We recycle everything we can, and constantly reuse even the tiniest bits of wire, string and plastic. The tea bags go on our compost heap – (more nourishment for the trees), we’ve got a composting loo, and have just got solar power (no electricity before that!).
It’s estimated, from early calculations, that we use about 25% of the energy needed to produce a wooden chair with conventional means. As the items take some time to grow, we are currently looking at designs & methods we have developed further, and things are constantly changing in this fledgling production method.
After the 1% inspiration comes 99% perspiration.
Back home to England AND in early 2006, we had a generous offer of some land for growing the experimental prototypes. The first year went well but the trees needed more light. We moved to a bigger spot and spent a few weeks preparing the ground for thirty neatly planted trees for chairs and tables.
Two days after planting, cows from the farm next door escaped and trampled everything.
Start again - 2007
It’s here in Gavin’s mother-in-law’s garden that the first group of willow trees started to really look like a chair in 2010.
The first breakthrough was realising that you can’t force the trees – a tortured branch just dies and other pops up elsewhere.
This was fortunate, because two years earlier we had planted 3,000 trees very neatly on a 2.5 acre site.
Production began in earnest in late 2011.
Since then, the team has grown, the Furniture has grown, and there have been more and more exciting developments every week.
The first Prototype Willow Dining Chair
Setting up our current field
Our first pieces were grown around these plastic formers
How is wood normally processed?
How we make wooden furniture now
Currently we grow trees for 50+ years and then chop them into smaller and smaller pieces, before putting them back together in ways that always come loose over time.
At each stage of this process, the wood is moved from forest to saw-mill to timber yard to the factory or workshop, using even more energy.
Make a big mess cutting trees down.
Build the roads and trucks before you can take the timber away.
Timber is then often dried in large, energy-intensive kilns.
Cut the wood into smaller bits again.
Put the pieces back together again in ways that can only ever come loose over time.
How do we grow a chair at Full Grown?
Plant trees and water well.
Train and graft chosen shoots around the frame.
Once the chair has formed, leave to thicken for a few years.
HARVEST! Season well, plane and polish to your chosen finish.
Le Monde – March 28th 2019
Another day, another marvellous article, this time in French from the world-famous Le Monde... The article talks about other exhibitors in St Etienne using the natural world to create objects &...read more
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Articles tagged “TravelInSpace”
Planetary Defense, Future Of Space Travel Could Hinge On Kickstarter
by Chris Owen on Jun 28, 2013
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Planetary Resources, the group of world leaders charged with building the ground floor opportunities for a space travel industry, needs our help. One of those opportunities involves mining asteroids, believed to hold riches beyond belief. Developing technology that will enable travel to those pots of gold is already a daunting task, but the real concern is finding those asteroids in the first place. Luckily, Planetary Resources has a plan.
This week, Planetary Resources announced plans to empower citizen scientists to aid in the search for potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and support planetary defense. Funded by the ARKYD Kickstarter (if it reaches $1.7 million by Sunday, and you can help make that happen), Planetary Resources will partner with Zooniverse to create Asteroid Zoo, a program to find potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) at home.Asteroid Zoo will allow students, citizen scientists and space enthusiasts to search through terabytes of data collected by Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) for undiscovered asteroids in a fun, game-like process from their personal computers, and help train computers to better find them in the future.
Sound interesting? Want to have a hand in forging the future of space travel for all? Check out this video from Planetary Resources with Chief Asteroid Miner Chris Lewicki:
PayPal Galactic Makes Buying Stuff On Your Space Trip Easy
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So you’re on your way to Mars and forgot to pay a bill back on Earth. Before today, there would really be no way to do that, what with interplanetary currency still undefined. No problem. Now, on its 15th anniversary, PayPal announced the launch of PayPal Galactic and there is indeed a way to make universal space payments.
“Trips to Mars, the moon, even orbit will require we provide astronauts and astro-tourists with as many comforts from home as possible, including how to pay each other,” said astronaut/author Buzz Aldrin in an announcement made with PayPal President David Marcus reported by Laboratory Equipment.
PayPal Galactic addresses concerns of the SETI Institute and Space Tourism Society about how to prepare and support the future of space commerce. Working with PayPal, leaders in the space industry will address real life questions ranging from what currency will look like in a cash-free interplanetary society to the evolution of risk and fraud management.
“Whether it’s paying a bill, even helping a family member on Earth, we’ll need access to money. I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime,” said Aldrin.Right now the need for PayPal Galactic exists, with astronauts manning the International Space Station year-round. “Within five to 10 years the earliest types of ‘space hotels’ and orbital and lunar commerce will be operational and in need of a payment system,” said John Spencer, founder and president of the Space Tourism Society.
Yet another good reason why space travel will happen in your lifetime; Buzz Aldrin, 83, is banking on it.
Planetary Resources To Change How We Explore The Cosmos
by Chris Owen on May 25, 2013
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Planetary Resources is a group of world leaders that are building the ground floor opportunities for a space travel industry. Not long ago, in “One Good Reason Why Space Travel Will Happen In Your Lifetime,” we told of their idea to mine near-Earth asteroids for raw materials, basically making space travel profitable. Now, the forward-thinking team at Planetary Resources has tapped a diverse group of supporters to make access to space widely available for exploration and research.
Planetary Resources already includes Google’s CEO Larry Page, filmmaker James Cameron and others who are known for turning exploration into profit.
Recently added to the roster are Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson, actor Seth Green, Star Trek’s Brent Spiner (Data) and Rob Picardo (The Doctor), Bill Nye the Science Guy, futurist Jason Silva and MIT astrophysicist Dr. Sara Seager.
Coming up on Wednesday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. PDT in Seattle at the Great Gallery at The Museum of Flight (also streaming live), Planetary Resources’ Peter Diamandis, Eric Anderson and Chris Lewicki, along with vlogger Hank Green, will announce an unprecedented project that proposes to change the way humans explore the cosmos.While exact details are being kept secret for now, the plan is to give students, teachers and the public access to “the most innovative space observation technology ever built,” said Planetary Resources in a Reddit post. Also to be covered at the live event, an offer for the public to directly participate in cutting-edge citizen science and discovery.
Doubtful? Check this video with Chief Asteroid Miner Chris Lewicki. Looks legit to me. What do you think?
Claim Your Place In Space, Free
by Chris Owen on Apr 13, 2013
If being part of the first commercial space trip sounds like something only the ultra-wealthy might actually do, think again. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has a competition going on right now that will award a trip into space, billions not required.
Called the Claim Your Place In Space contest, KLM is giving us the chance to be in Curacao on January 1, 2014, when the first commercial space trip takes off.
First, on April 22, KLM goes to the Nevada desert to launch a special high altitude balloon that will carry cameras and GPS tracking equipment to monitor the mission. Your part in the deal: guess how high the balloon will get before it pops.
Get it right (or have the closest estimate) and win a flight for two to Curacao, stay at a luxury hotel then board the SXC Lynx spaceship for a free ride.”If you win, you win big,” says KLM on its dedicated Claim Your Place In Space website (takes a while to load but worth it). “An all-inclusive ticket to space aboard the SXC Lynx … will rocket you 103 km (64 miles) up into space at 4 G’s of thrust.”
Win the prize, worth $95,000, and “you will see the earth as you never have before and experience complete weightlessness.”
[Photo credit- Chris Owen]
Space Travel Update: What NASA Is Up To These Days
by Chris Owen on Mar 11, 2013
With the Space Shuttle program coming to an end and commercial space flight organizations providing service to the International Space Station, one might wonder what the people at NASA are doing these days. While we’re not sure about other NASA facilities, Kennedy Space Center is keeping busy with a variety of activities.
The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has been the launch site used for every NASA human space travel flight since 1968. KSC is also a major Florida tourist attraction hosting attractions that include the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated journey of launching into space and orbiting Earth, as well as the Astronaut Training Experience, Rocket Garden, two IMAX theaters, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame and more. Now, KSC is adding yet another attraction, Angry Birds.
The new Angry Birds Space Encounter will be the first comprehensive, interactive Angry Birds attraction in the United States. Designed for people of all ages, the new attraction promises to “brings to life the space adventures of the Angry Birds as they follow their kidnapped eggs into an inter-galactic wormhole, come face to face with Space Pigs and gear up with heroic superpowers,” said KSC in a press release.Set to open at the KSC Visitor Complex on March 22, NASA has a serious reason behind the Angry Birds fun. Collaborating with Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment, the idea is to teach players about physics and space exploration, energizing young people regarding future careers in science and technology.
But it’s not all work on the Space Coast of Florida as we see in this video:
[Photo credit – NASA]
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A Gal For All Seasons
I Used To Think I Was Alone…United In 365 Day Sports Love
About Gal For All Seasons
About The Coop
Smile On Your Brother
September 30, 2016 MLBDodger Stadium, Jose Fernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, MLB, Vin Scully, Yoenis CespedesCoop View all 2 comments
Some may come and some may go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass
~ The Youngbloods, Get Together
I usually approach the last home game of the regular baseball season with sadness but joy. But as I related here, this season was very different. In fact, it was quite possibly one of the saddest and weirdest weeks of baseball if I can ever remember.
I described what went on with my team, and the perspective I had with watching them after they closed their regular home season.
We anticipated some sad news that was about to happen: Vin Scully, voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was retiring. His last home game we knew would be Sunday, September 25.
What we didn’t know was that we would awake that day to some horrific news that crushed Major League Baseball, and that was the death of young phenom, former Rookie of the Year and All-Star pitcher, Jose Fernandez, who died in a tragic boating accident early Sunday morning. The story could end right there, and it would be tragic. Yet, it was more so not just because of his age and the potential he had to be one of the all-time greats, but because we also knew his back story. How he attempted to defect from Cuba four times, and the last time when he was successful he dove into the rough waters to save his own mother, who had fallen overboard. And the news that he had just announced mere days before his death that he and his girlfriend were expecting a baby girl.
I don’t think my generation can even come close to thinking or feeling any loss like this that hit so close to home. I guess maybe when Clemente died in 1972. Yet, that was in the offseason. I’m sure that it didn’t make the fact he was gone any less tragic. Two others passed during the season, Thurman Munson and Darryl Kile, that all sent shockwaves.
Nick Adenhart was killed in a drunk driving accident after his very first start as an Angel in 2009. The Adenhart happened early in the season, and yet the pain was still so very raw when I happened to visit Angel Stadium late that same season.
But also I couldn’t help but be reminded of Bobby Ojeda, who was the lone survivor in a boating accident that took two of his teammates in 1993, Steve Olin and Tim Crews of the Cleveland Indians. Mets fan favorite Ojeda rarely talks about the incident, has endured flashbacks since and describes the feelings he’s had since as a “black pit.”
Baseball is a family that we can feel as spectators, but the close knit communities really hit close to home.
We saw Keith Hernandez break down on the air, talking about how the time to talk to your loved ones is now, mentioning his good friend Bobby O. Gary Cohen cracked after the memorial service on Monday at Marlins Park. Dee Gordon visibly cried as he ran the bases after hitting a home run off of Bartolo Colon on Monday night. Many teams around baseball had ways of honoring Fernandez, whether it was creating jerseys in his honor, writing his initials on their caps…there was something special about Jose.
And now he’s gone.
I think I only saw him pitch once at CitiField. He did have one year that he was out due to injury. We saw him on the parade route for the All-Star Game in 2013, which was held here in New York. The time was short, sweet and oh so memorable. There wasn’t a person in baseball he didn’t touch and namely, his Cuban compadres (like Yoenis Cespedes, who apparently didn’t even know him all that well, but had a fellow Cuban bond automatically).
Wrigley remembers #JoseFernandez #Cubs pic.twitter.com/xoXjmRtBhw
— crawly’s cub kingdom (@crawlyscubs) September 25, 2016
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— SportsNet New York (@SNYtv) September 25, 2016
Sadly, I have to say I don’t think I appreciated him enough when he played. Some of it had to do with the fact that he played for our enemy but also he was out for an entire season of his short career. I didn’t make it a point to see any games against the Mets when he started. Sadly, that was all my loss. I’ve had this sort of regret cast a pall over several instances in my life. I said earlier this year that I always regretted never seeing the Ramones when I had a chance. After Glenn Frey died, I lamented the fact that I had never seen the Eagles. I had plenty of chances to do either. I just didn’t.
Seems silly to think this way. It just never occurred to me that they might be gone one day. I said as much early this year, when Frey passed away.
And especially in the case of Jose Fernandez, it is the idea of wasted talent like Sonny talked about in Bronx Tale that will probably haunt me as I get older.
What added another level of sadness was that we were losing Vin Scully, who we knew was retiring. When I was in college, someone told me that when her mother was a little girl, she said that she had no idea that anyone else besides Franklin Delano Roosevelt could have been President, since he had been all of her life (till he passed). It didn’t occur to me that Scully would ever want to retire. I guess there comes a time for everything though.
Luckily, for me, I’ve had the opportunity to hear Scully. As a Mets fan, you can’t help but think about the 1986 World Series that he called. Famously said after the Game Six heroics, after allowing the fans’ reaction do the talking for him, he said…if a picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million!
If you are reading this because you follow me for the Mets…tell me the thought of that quote in Scully’s voice did not put a big smile on your face. I know it always does for me.
I had a tough time getting through Sunday. It was supposed to be a happy time for us fans, celebrating our team and their accomplishments. Yet, the moment was so much bigger than any shellacking of the Phillies could be for me.
Not one person had a harsh word for Fernandez, and later we celebrated Vin.
I had felt sick to my stomach most of the day. Then we got home and finished watching the Dodger game, which ended on a walk off. Because Vin Scully’s last game had to have additional baseball at no extra cost.
Of course it did.
I smiled. As the Dodgers not only celebrated their walkoff win, but their NL West championship clinching, they took a moment to honor Vin. As he addressed the crowd, he should have warned me, thatt I was about to cry as audio of him serenading the crowd with the song “Wind Beneath My Wings” played in the background.
Oh come on Vin, we really can’t do this today!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭
— The Coop (@Coopz22) September 25, 2016
This has been a really rough day and of course this Vin Scully tribute to the fans is not helping 😢
I can’t actually believe that after the horrific way Sunday had started for baseball fans everywhere, I finally broke down and cried during Vin Scully’s last stand.
Baseball has brought generations of fans and families together. Families we choose. Families by blood. Yet, the biggest family in baseball are the actual teams, and how each player feels loss. We seem to think that these guys are robots. They are not. This was evident by how everyone came together and lifted one another up to get through this difficult time.
While our hearts broke for the loss of Jose Fernandez, baseball players lost a friend, a brother, a teammate or fellow countryman. We said so long to Vin Scully, but his voice will be alive I’m sure in many Dodger classics.
I have to say, it was such an odd day of loss and feelings I won’t forget for quite some time.
What I will most remember is how we all came together as a family to say some sad goodbyes and saw just how healing and good that baseball could do.
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What music makes us feel: At least 13 dimensions organize subjective experiences associated with music across different cultures
Posted on 12 January 2020 by davidrcurry
Featured Journal Content
PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/
[Accessed 11 Jan 2020]
Alan S. Cowen, Xia Fang, Disa Sauter, and Dacher Keltner
PNAS first published January 6, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910704117
Do our subjective experiences when listening to music show evidence of universality? And if so, what is the nature of these experiences? With data-driven methodological and statistical approaches, we examined the feelings evoked by 2,168 music excerpts in the United States and China. We uncovered 13 distinct types of experiences that people across 2 different cultures report in listening to music of different kinds. Categories such as “awe” drive the experience of music more so than broad affective features like valence. However, emotions that scientists have long treated as discrete can be blended together. Our results provide answers to long-standing questions about the nature of the subjective experiences associated with music.
What is the nature of the feelings evoked by music? We investigated how people represent the subjective experiences associated with Western and Chinese music and the form in which these representational processes are preserved across different cultural groups. US (n=1,591) and Chinese (n=1,258) participants listened to 2,168 music samples and reported on the specific feelings (e.g., “angry,” “dreamy”) or broad affective features (e.g., valence, arousal) that they made individuals feel. Using large-scale statistical tools, we uncovered 13 distinct types of subjective experience associated with music in both cultures. Specific feelings such as “triumphant” were better preserved across the 2 cultures than levels of valence and arousal, contrasting with theoretical claims that valence and arousal are building blocks of subjective experience. This held true even for music selected on the basis of its valence and arousal levels and for traditional Chinese music. Furthermore, the feelings associated with music were found to occupy continuous gradients, contradicting discrete emotion theories. Our findings, visualized within an interactive map (https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/∼acowen/music.html) reveal a complex, high-dimensional space of subjective experience associated with music in multiple cultures. These findings can inform inquiries ranging from the etiology of affective disorders to the neurological basis of emotion.
The State of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
December 2019 Volume 65, Issue 6, Supplement, S1-S62
https://www.jahonline.org/issue/S1054-139X(19)X0005-1
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Progress in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development and Prospects for the Next 25 years
Edited by Caroline W. Kabiru
Mengjia Liang, Sandile Simelane, Guillem Fortuny Fillo, Satvika Chalasani, Katherine Weny, Pablo Salazar Canelos, Lorna Jenkins, Ann-Beth Moller, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Lale Say, Kristien Michielsen, Danielle Marie Claire Engel, Rachel Snow
S3–S15
Published in issue: December 2019
In the 25 years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, significant progress has been made in adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR). Trend analysis of key ASRHR indicators at global, national, and subnational levels indicates that adolescent girls today are more likely to marry later, delay their first sexual experience, and delay their first childbirth, compared with 25 years ago; they are also more likely to use contraceptives. Despite overall progress, however, unequal progress in many ASRHR outcomes is evident both within and between countries, and in some locations, the state of adolescents’ lives has worsened. Population growth in countries with some of the worst shortfalls in ASRHR mean that declining rates, of child marriage, for example, coexist with higher absolute numbers of girls affected, compared with 25 years ago. Emerging trends that warrant closer attention include increasing rates of ovarian and breast cancer among adolescent girls and sharp increases in the proportion of adolescents who are overweight or obese, which has long-term health implications.
The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, B. Jane Ferguson, Marina Plesons, Mandira Paul, Satvika Chalasani, Avni Amin, Christina Pallitto, Marni Sommers, Ruben Avila, Kalisito Va Eceéce Biaukula, Scheherazade Husain, Eglé Janušonytė, Aditi Mukherji, Ali Ihsan Nergiz, Gogontlejang Phaladi, Chelsey Porter, Josephine Sauvarin, Alma Virginia Camacho-Huber, Sunil Mehra, Sonja Caffe, Kristien Michielsen, David Anthony Ross, Ilya Zhukov, Linda Gail Bekker, Connie L. Celum, Robyn Dayton, Annabel Erulkar, Ellen Travers, Joar Svanemyr, Nankali Maksud, Lina Digolo-Nyagah, Nafissatou J. Diop, Pema Lhaki, Kamal Adhikari, Teresa Mahon, Maja Manzenski Hansen, Meghan Greeley, Joanna Herat, Danielle Marie Claire Engel
S16–S40
Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas. This article reviews progress made in low- and middle-income countries in the 25 years since the ICPD in six areas central to ASRH—adolescent pregnancy, HIV, child marriage, violence against women and girls, female genital mutilation, and menstrual hygiene and health. It also examines the ICPD’s contribution to the progress made. The article presents epidemiologic levels and trends; political, research, programmatic and social responses; and factors that helped or hindered progress. To do so, it draws on research evidence and programmatic experience and the expertise and experiences of a wide number of individuals, including youth leaders, in numerous countries and organizations. Overall, looking across the six health topics over a 25-year trajectory, there has been great progress at the global and regional levels in putting adolescent health, and especially adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, higher on the agenda, raising investment in this area, building the epidemiologic and evidence-base, and setting norms to guide investment and action. At the national level, too, there has been progress in formulating laws and policies, developing strategies and programs and executing them, and engaging communities and societies in moving the agenda forward. Still, progress has been uneven across issues and geography. Furthermore, it has raced ahead sometimes and has stalled at others. The ICPD’s Plan of Action contributed to the progress made in ASRH not just because of its bold call in 1994 but also because it provided a springboard for advocacy, investment, action, and research that remains important to this day.
Forward, Together: A Collaborative Path to Comprehensive Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Our Time
Marina Plesons, Claire B. Cole, Gwyn Hainsworth, Ruben Avila, Kalisito Va Eceéce Biaukula, Scheherazade Husain, Eglė Janušonytė, Aditi Mukherji, Ali Ihsan Nergiz, Gogontlejang Phaladi, B. Jane Ferguson, Anandita Philipose, Bruce Dick, Cate Lane, Joanna Herat, Danielle Marie Claire Engel, Sally Beadle, Brendan Hayes, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development established a basis for the advancement of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR) that endures today. Twenty-five years later, our vision for the future warrants reflection based on a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges before us. Inclusion of adolescents on global, regional, and national agendas; increased investment in ASRHR policies and programs; renewed commitments to universal health coverage; increased school enrollment; and advances in technology are all critical opportunities we can and must leverage to catalyze progress for adolescents. At the same time, a range of significant challenges remain, have newly emerged, or can be seen on the horizon, including persistent denial of adolescent sexuality; entrenched gender inequality; resistance to meaningfully engaging adolescents and young people in political and programmatic processes; weak systems, integration, and multisectoral coordination; changes in population dynamics; humanitarian and climate crises; and changes in family and community structures. To achieve as much progress toward our vision for ASRHR as possible, the global ASRHR community must take strategic and specific steps in the next 10 years within five areas for action: (1) mobilize and make full use of political and social support for ASRHR policies and programs; (2) increase and make effective use of external and domestic funding for ASRHR; (3) develop, communicate, apply, and monitor enabling and protective laws and policies for ASRHR; (4) use and improve available ASRHR data and evidence to strengthen advocacy, policies, and programs; and (5) manage the implementation of ASRHR strategies at scale with quality and equity.
Ebola – DRC+
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
Ebola Outbreak in DRC 74: 07 January 2020
Situation Update
Since the last Situation Report 73 issued on 24 December 2019, 28 new confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported from five health zones in two affected provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 23 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. The new confirmed cases in the past 14 days are from Butembo, Katwa, Kalunguta, Mabalako and Mambasa. The source of exposure for the four new cases reported from Mambasa Health Zone, Ituri Province is currently under investigation. Mambasa Health Zone had previously not had a confirmed case for 66 days. Similarly, the source of exposure of the initial case reported in Kalunguta at the end of December is still under investigation…
…As of 5 January 2020, a total of 3390 EVD cases, including 3272 confirmed and 118 probable cases have been reported, of which 2233 cases died (overall case fatality ratio 66%). Of the total confirmed and probable cases, 56% (1903) were female, 28% (956) were children aged less than 18 years, and 5% (168) were healthcare workers.
http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/
Summary of new viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives):
:: Afghanistan — two WPV1 cases and two WPV1 positive environmental samples;
:: Pakistan — 11 WPV1 cases, 13 WPV1 positive environmental samples and two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples;
:: Malaysia — one cVDPV2 and one positive environmental samples;
:: Zambia — one cVDPV2 case.
WHO has posted a refreshed emergencies page which presents an updated listing of Grade 3,2,1 emergencies as below.
WHO Grade 3 Emergencies [to 11 Jan 2020]
:: Ebola Outbreak in DRC 74: 07 January 2020
[See Ebola above for detail]
Mozambique floods – No new digest announcements identified
Nigeria – No new digest announcements identified
Somalia – No new digest announcements identified
South Sudan – No new digest announcements identified
Syrian Arab Republic – No new digest announcements identified
Yemen – No new digest announcements identified
:: Strengthening national laboratories’ oversight capacity to support measles and rubella elimination 08-01-2020
[See Milestones above for detail]
Afghanistan – No new digest announcements identified
Angola – No new digest announcements identified
Burkina Faso [in French] – No new digest announcements identified
Burundi – No new digest announcements identified
Cameroon – No new digest announcements identified
Central African Republic – No new digest announcements identified
Ethiopia – No new digest announcements identified
HIV in Pakistan – No new digest announcements identified
Iran floods 2019 – No new digest announcements identified
Iraq – No new digest announcements identified
Libya – No new digest announcements identified
Malawi floods – No new digest announcements identified
MERS-CoV – No new digest announcements identified
Myanmar – No new digest announcements identified
Niger – No new digest announcements identified
occupied Palestinian territory – No new digest announcements identified
Sudan – No new digest announcements identified
Ukraine – No new digest announcements identified
Zimbabwe – No new digest announcements identified
Chad – No new digest announcements identified
Djibouti – No new digest announcements identified
Kenya – No new digest announcements identified
Mali – No new digest announcements identified
Namibia – viral hepatitis – No new digest announcements identified
Tanzania – No new digest announcements identified
UN OCHA – L3 Emergencies
The UN and its humanitarian partners are currently responding to three ‘L3’ emergencies. This is the global humanitarian system’s classification for the response to the most severe, large-scale humanitarian crises.
:: Syrian Arab Republic: Recent Developments in Northwestern Syria Situation Report No. 5 – As of 8 January 2020
UN OCHA – Corporate Emergencies
When the USG/ERC declares a Corporate Emergency Response, all OCHA offices, branches and sections provide their full support to response activities both at HQ and in the field.
Ebola in the DRC has bene added as a OCHA “Corporate Emergency” this week:
CYCLONE IDAI and Kenneth – No new digest announcements identified
EBOLA OUTBREAK IN THE DRC – No new digest announcements identified
Posted on 5 January 2020 by davidrcurry
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This edition of 4 January 2020 begins the seventh year of weekly publication.
Happy 75th Birthday, United Nations!
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
2 January 2020, New York
The United Nations makes a difference in the lives of everyone, everywhere. From providing food and assistance to 91.4 million people in 83 countries, supplying vaccines to 45 per cent of the world’s children, to working with 196 countries to keep global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius. The examples are many of how this 193-Member-State strong global organization makes an impact on the ground. This year, we will commemorate and reflect on the organization’s first 75 years of existence by inviting YOU to join the largest-ever global conversation.
The United Nations saw the light of day in 1945, when it was created in the wake of the devastating World War II, with pledges to save future generations from the atrocities of war and reiterate faith in fundamental human rights. Since then, the organization has played a vital role on the world stage, bringing countries together in addressing problems that transcend national boundaries and which no country can solve on their own…
Through this UN75 initiative, the United Nations is embarking on the largest, most inclusive conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. The organization is calling on people from all walks of life to join dialogues hosted both online and offline, throughout the year. By bringing together people’s voices and views in this way, the organization seeks to find out how enhanced international cooperation can help realize a better world by 2045, when the UN will celebrate its 100th birthday…
Through this worldwide listening exercise, the UN75 initiative aims to foster a greater sense of global citizenship and to empower a critical mass of international actors to address global issues. The views and ideas generated, will be presented by the Secretary-General to world leaders and senior UN officials on 21 September 2020 at a high-level event to mark the anniversary…
For more information: UN75 – Shaping our future together
In First Annual Budget Since 1973, Fifth Committee Approves $3.07 Billion for 2020, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fourth Session
Delegates Clash over Funding for Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria
General Assembly Fifth Committee
GA/AB/4350 27 December 2019
21st Meeting (AM)
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded the main part of its seventy fourth session on Friday, approving resources totalling $3.07 billion for 2020, its first annual budget since 1973 and $200 million more than the $2.87 billion outlay proposed by Secretary General António Guterres in early October.
With the new one year fiscal cycle for its regular budget, the Organization temporarily leaves behind more than four decades of biennium budgets and a year in which it grappled with a severe liquidity crunch. The cash crisis has forced the Organization to limit staff hiring and travel, the hours of operation at the New York Headquarters and carry out other cost saving emergency measures.
At the close of the day long and at times contentious meeting, Fifth Committee Chairman Andreas D. Mavroyiannis (Cyprus) thanked the delegates and the Secretariat staff for their dedication and hard work. The Secretariat handled more than 1,300 questions submitted in writing by Fifth Committee members scrutinizing an initial proposed programme budget resolution with more than 500 paragraphs…
The public health crisis of underimmunisation: a global plan of action
Lancet Infectious Diseases
Volume 20, ISSUE 1, P1, January 01, 2020
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/issue/current
Lawrence O Gostin, James G Hodge Jr, Barry R Bloom, Ayman El-Mohandes, Jonathan Fielding,
Peter Hotez, Ann Kurth, Heidi J Larson, Walter A Orenstein, Kenneth Rabin, Scott C Ratzan, Daniel Salmon
[Excerpts]
Vaccination is one of public health’s greatest achievements, responsible for saving billions of lives. Yet, 20% of children worldwide are not fully protected, leading to 1·5 million child deaths annually from vaccine-preventable diseases. Millions more people have severe disabling illnesses, cancers, and disabilities stemming from underimmunisation. Reasons for falling vaccination rates globally include low public trust in vaccines, constraints on affordability or access, and insufficient governmental vaccine investments. Consequently, an emerging crisis in vaccine hesitancy ranges from hyperlocal to national and worldwide. Outbreaks often originate in small, insular communities with low immunisation rates. Local outbreaks can spread rapidly, however, transcending borders. Following an assessment of underlying determinants of low vaccination rates, we offer an action based on scientific evidence, ethics, and human rights that spans multiple governments, organisations, disciplines, and sectors.
Vaccination is among public health’s greatest achievements, saving billions of lives. Global scourges such as smallpox have been eradicated, with polio nearing eradication. Childhood diseases (such as measles, mumps, and pertussis) have substantially diminished through modern vaccination practices. Yet, one in five children worldwide are not fully protected, resulting in 1·5 million child deaths annually from diseases that are preventable by vaccination, including diarrhoea and pneumonia, equating to one death every 20 s.1 Millions more people have severe disabling illnesses, cancers, and disabilities from infections caused by underimmunisation. Ten highly populous countries with suboptimal immunisation systems account for over 70% of the world’s unvaccinated children.1
Despite vast benefits, immunisation levels are falling among specific populations in countries at all wealth levels. Reasons vary, ranging from low public trust in vaccines to constraints on affordability or access. The WHO rates vaccine hesitancy—reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite vaccine availability—as among the top ten global health threats for 2019.2 Overall, both WHO and UNICEF report in 2019 that global immunisation rates for common childhood vaccines have flat-lined at 86% over the past decade.2, 3 Country rates vary widely, from 25% in Equatorial Guinea to 96% in Norway.3 Vaccinations in many countries are falling below levels needed for so-called herd immunity, or community protection, resulting in outbreaks. The global incidence of measles increased by 30% over the previous year in 2017 alone, with major diphtheria outbreaks in multiple regions.4
The vaccination crisis ranges from hyperlocal to national and worldwide. Outbreaks often originate in small, insular communities with low vaccination rates. Yet, local outbreaks can spread rapidly, transcending borders. Mass migration and international travel propel infectious diseases across the globe. Anti-vaccine messaging targets local communities, but is also disseminated widely on internet platforms and social media. Multiple forces driving the resurgence of childhood diseases also threaten immunisation campaigns, such as for polio and malaria.
The remarkable promise of immunisation has stubbornly stalled, with losses measured in deaths and human suffering.5 In 2018, 20 million children missed out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria, and tetanus vaccines.3 Underlying this public health crisis is a striking paradox—vaccines are victims of their own success. Immunisations are remarkably effective, closely monitored, and very safe. Consequently, many clinicians and parents have not seen the consequences of vaccine-preventable diseases and underestimate their harms. Governments also fail to adequately invest in vaccines, from research to cold storage and delivery.
There are no simple solutions to this problem, but innovative policies and programmes working in concert would substantially increase vaccination rates. We offer an action plan based on scientific evidence, ethics, and human rights. Crucially, an effective response must be multidisciplinary and multisectoral, spanning governments, international organisations, the private sector, and civil society. Our plan begins with an examination of underlying determinants of low vaccination rates…
Generating sustainable solutions
Underimmunisation is a global crisis requiring sustainable solutions. We offer a three-pronged strategy: innovative financing for vaccine affordability, accessibility, and availability; evidence-based health communication campaigns at local, national, and global levels; and law reform that has public acceptance and is fairly implemented.
:: Vaccine affordability, accessibility, and availability
Projected global funding shortfalls of $7·2 billion (between 2016 and 2020) undermine immunisation goals.36
WHO’s 2013 Global Vaccine Action Plan estimated $60 billion needed for 94 LMICs from 2011 to 2020,37 nearly half of which is unsecured through government or philanthropic sources. WHO also seeks an additional $10 billion for its own operations by 2023, including $667 million to “strengthen routine vaccination and health systems” and $1·6 billion for polio eradication.38
Most costs focus on immunisation services, including management, training, social mobilisation, and surveillance. Rapid deployment of vaccines in response to emerging threats is also essential to save lives and reduce costs.
WHO’s Action Plan partners focus on the entire vaccine pipeline—from research, price, storage, and delivery to robust health systems. Dedicated funding for national immunisation programmes is an essential driver for national and global initiatives. Gavi, for example, generates long-term resources through the international finance facility for immunisation and advanced market commitments to support pneumococcal vaccines. A global campaign to raise financing to scale should be a major priority, especially for low-income countries that are unable to pay for or administer vaccines across their populations. Solidarity for universal vaccine availability is warranted because deficiencies in any country threaten populations worldwide. Each government must assure robust national immunisation systems, but the international community also shares responsibility to fill gaps in capacity through enhanced coordination, forecasting, and manufacturer incentives. Global partnerships like the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) align public and private actors to fund, develop, and equitably distribute vaccines.
:: Trustworthy information environment
Resources alone, of course, cannot ensure high immunisation rates if the public distrusts the quality, safety, or effectiveness of vaccines. Gaining trust has become difficult with the rise of nationalist populism, which often questions science and casts doubt on expert opinions. The public cannot rely on the media to provide unbiased or accurate messages. Although some parents remain vehemently opposed to vaccinations, most are open to non-judgmental messages and want the best for their children. Altering the informational environment to afford greater salience to accurate, science-based messages could assuage parental concerns. WHO, governments, and partners (eg, philanthropists, industry, and civil society) should sustainably fund evidence-based engagement and health communication strategies that are proactive, timely, and credible, and tailored to specific audiences. WHO is generating a hub for vaccination acceptance and demand to provide reliable information and tools. Governments should similarly develop national and regional campaigns, including an emphasis on behavioural changes. Key components of effective communication campaigns include objective messaging in traditional and social media designed to assuage fears and promote accurate health information and immunisation outcomes. Campaigns should recruit well trusted spokespeople such as leaders in sport, entertainment, and religion. Health engagement is often the most effective at the community level through local leaders, teachers, and religious figures.
Governments should also adopt transparent, lawful, and measured regulations to correct or remove disinformation from the internet and social media. In the same way that states limit malicious hate speech and violent images, they can sensibly regulate patently false or misleading vaccine information. Social media enterprises should be held accountable for rooting out irresponsible vaccine rumours pervading their platforms. For example, searches for vaccine-related terms on Pinterest are automatically diverted to trustworthy vaccine sources like WHO and CDC.39 Furthermore, internet search engines should prioritise reliable scientific sources over anti-vaccine websites.
Traditional and social media play a special role in open and free societies, and their independence is highly valued. Encouraging self-regulation and ethical corporate responsibility could avoid formal regulation. Governments at the 2019 G20 Summit, for example, asked social media companies to remove violent, terrorism-related messages and images. Facebook agreed to assess its policies governing anti-vaccination information and advertising on its site. YouTube has begun taking down misleading videos and images. Moreover, Amazon is removing anti-vaccination videos, books, and documentaries.
:: National or regional law reform
Governments can use legal tools successfully to increase vaccination rates. Efficacious vaccination laws can lead to higher immunisation coverage.30 Vaccination mandates passed in France and Italy are associated with increased vaccine rates.40 A meta-analysis of European laws, however, did not find a strong link between vaccination laws and coverage.24 These disparate findings might suggest that legal approaches tailored to local cultures work best.
Vaccination laws must exempt people for legitimate medical reasons, such as infants and immunosuppressed individuals. Yet, overzealous reliance on non-medical exemptions can result in preventable outbreaks.27 Multiple US studies conclude that school vaccination laws with fewer exemptions lowered the incidence of childhood diseases. Governments should consider repealing or restricting permissive religious and philosophical exceptions. Such reforms are consistent with freedoms of religion and conscience because they do not target particular religious or other communities, but are applied fairly and equally throughout society. Parents are responsible for not placing their own, and other, children at risk of serious infections. Well tailored laws can also help reduce the number of people objecting to vaccinations due to misinformation.
The global crises of underimmunisation risks hard-won gains in preventing infectious diseases. Resurging childhood diseases and fragile global vaccination campaigns necessitate concerted action. Our action plan focuses on the prime causes of underimmunisation: vaccine availability, public distrust, and lax immunisation laws. Immunisation is a potent public health tool. Finding the political will and holding governments accountable are essential. Countless lives can be saved if the international community sustainably funds vaccination systems, assures reliable information, and safeguards the common good through meaningful law reform.
Lancet Editorial – Youth without freedom [UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty]
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
Volume 4, ISSUE 1, P1, January 01, 2020
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/issue/current
Youth without freedom
The 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on Nov 20, 2019, is a chance to reflect on the global status of children’s rights. A report by UNICEF addresses the progress made in the past three decades, including reduced child mortality rates and increased global access to education, but notes many outstanding challenges such as increasing poverty, dangers posed by climate change, and declining vaccination rates. A Viewpoint by Jeff Goldhagen and colleagues discusses these threats to children’s health through a rights, justice, and equity lens.
One focus of the convention is a child’s right to an appropriate justice system, protection from danger and conflict, and provision of humane detention when necessary. It stresses that deprivation of a child’s liberty should only be used as a measure of last resort, and for the shortest appropriate period of time. The UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, published on Nov 20, 2019, is therefore timely because it provides the first comprehensive data determining the magnitude of the issue of children deprived of liberty, its possible justifications and root causes, as well as conditions of detention and their harmful effect on the health and development of children.
The UN study indicates that at least 1·3 million children are globally deprived of liberty per year; an estimated 410 000 in the administration of justice, 330 000 in migration-related detention, 35 000 in armed conflict situations, and 1500 for national security reasons. An additional 19 000 children are living with their primary caregivers in prisons and a further 1 million children are in temporary police custody. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex children and adolescents, boys, and those with a disability are at increased risk, and constitute a disproportionate share of institutionalised youth. External risk factors also contribute—eg, ineffective child welfare systems, insufficient support for family environments, low minimum age of criminal responsibility, harsh sentencing, discrimination, socioeconomic hardships, and a lack of resources for the administration of justice.
The UNCRC specifies that when children cannot live with their families, “the State should endeavour to provide a family-like environment where they can develop their personality, their emotional relationships with others, their social and educational skills and their talents”. Due to the formative nature of childhood, deprivation of liberty during development can have highly detrimental effects on a child’s physical and mental health. Although there is little evidence that detention alone is a primary cause of health problems, living in overcrowded conditions increases the risk of communicable diseases, unnecessary restrictions on movement and physical activity negatively affect development, and abuse or neglect while in detention often cause or compound mental and cognitive health problems, such as anxiety, depression, or regression of language. Often, health problems in children deprived of liberty are further exacerbated by limited accessibility to and low quality of health care.
On Nov 21, WHO released a status report on prison health in Europe detailing the health status of those incarcerated in the region. The data present a dire situation, showing enormous health disparities between people detained in prison and those living in the community, and highlighting the increased risk of suicide and self-harm. The report suggests that prisons and other institutions should be considered as public health opportunities, where existing health conditions can be treated and improved, and interventions to promote healthy lifestyles and positive behavioural changes can be administered. Such approaches are particularly appealing in the context of youth detention. While adolescence is a period of unique vulnerability, it also offers great potential because many children and young people are receptive to behavioural change and interventions are applied early enough for any lifestyle modifications to make enormous gains in future health outcomes.
The UN study shows that sentencing children to custodial prison sentences remains widespread, despite recommendations that even when a child has committed a crime, alternative solutions such as probation, foster care, or education and vocational training programmes should be considered. Where alternatives to custodial prison sentences cannot be found, it is imperative that detained youth are able to access the same standard of health care as available in the community. The UNCRC declares that all children and adolescents have a right to the highest attainable standard of health. We must not accept anything less for those young people deprived of their liberty.
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Martin Gould Wins 2019 Championship League
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Martin Gould Wins 2019 Championship League - 03-15-2019, 03:02 AM
https://snookerhq.com/2019/03/15/mar...onship-league/
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Leo Scullion to Officiate World Championship final
Leo Scullion to Officiate World Championship final - 03-20-2019, 03:46 PM
https://snookerhq.com/2019/03/20/leo...ionship-final/
Rebecca Kenna quits snooker league over 'men only' rule
Rebecca Kenna quits snooker league over 'men only' rule - 03-26-2019, 01:28 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-47710362
Controversial Changes for 2019/20 Challenge Tour
Controversial Changes for 2019/20 Challenge Tour - 03-26-2019, 01:29 PM
https://snookerhq.com/2019/03/26/con...hallenge-tour/
Si Ferry Meets… John Higgins
Si Ferry Meets… John Higgins - 03-26-2019, 04:23 PM
Si Ferry Meets… John Higgins | Life & Laughs as Snooker World Champion and Following Celtic
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Not the usual type of of sportsman joining us this week as we’re delighted to welcome the Wizard of Wishaw and 4-time Snooker World Champion, John Higgins to the show!
John is in great form as he recounts some of the best stories from his career at the top level of snooker involving some of the biggest names in the game, combining that with some of his fondest memories following his boyhood team, Celtic over the years.
http://www.open-goal.co.uk/siferryme...pT-BLFbA5Ew16c
Hail Hail !
Women still snookered by loopy men-only rule in 2019? Give us a break!
Women still snookered by loopy men-only rule in 2019? Give us a break! - 03-29-2019, 03:51 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-47732213
Snooker’s Judgement Day on Facebook and YouTube
Snooker’s Judgement Day on Facebook and YouTube - 04-03-2019, 04:53 PM
https://snookerhq.com/2019/04/03/sno...ebook-youtube/
World Championship Top 16 Confirmed
World Championship Top 16 Confirmed - 04-07-2019, 06:27 PM
https://snookerhq.com/2019/04/07/wor...-16-confirmed/
A Night of 1000 Centuries
A Night of 1000 Centuries - 04-15-2019, 05:23 AM
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Jimmy White relegated from professional tour after defeat to Ali Carter in World Cham
Jimmy White relegated from professional tour after defeat to Ali Carter in World Cham - 04-18-2019, 06:35 AM
http://www.livesnooker.com/category/...d-up-20190416/
Jimmy White's got the gig at Eurosports so all's not lost .
John Higgins Makes Big Hearted Gesture to Great Celtic Cause
John Higgins Makes Big Hearted Gesture to Great Celtic Cause - 04-22-2019, 01:32 PM
https://celtsarehere.com/john-higgin...3firxu8GJYKyUM
Jimmy White reveals new two-year Tour Card invitation
Jimmy White reveals new two-year Tour Card invitation - 04-25-2019, 04:49 PM
http://www.livesnooker.com/category/...tion-20190425/
Snooker star Shaun Murphy to try and qualify for golf's Open Championship
Snooker star Shaun Murphy to try and qualify for golf's Open Championship - 06-14-2019, 11:27 AM
https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker...ication/167664
These guys built a snooker table completely from mud and the results are astonishing!
These guys built a snooker table completely from mud and the results are astonishing! - 07-24-2019, 05:16 PM
https://www.facebook.com/uniladmag/v...Mjc3/:thumbup:
Jimmy White: Snooker legend triumphs at the Crucible - at last
Jimmy White: Snooker legend triumphs at the Crucible - at last - 08-19-2019, 02:46 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/49394278
Jimmy White Wins World Seniors Championship at the Crucible :
https://snookerhq.com/2019/08/19/jim...-the-crucible/
Snooker results: Jimmy White finally wins a Crucible title after triumphing at the World Seniors Championship :
https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker...s-title/170383
Well played Jimmy White !
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First charges filed in the Mueller investigation
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Re: First charges filed in the Mueller investigation
The **** sticking against the wall score is 4 Trumptards to 0 Libs.
Flynn, Manafort, Papdopulous, & Gates to Zip!
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Busy night last night on breaking news.
Hope Hicks telling Trump....Don't worry about the e-mails, they'll never get out. --- As reported that Trump lawyer your resigned. I'm sure that had something to do with it. The guy knew being there would not fare well.
Nunes altering the "memo" after they agreed to a different set of language being released.
When Nunes was asked if he or his staff spoke with the WH in drafting the memo he refused to answer that question.
What's interesting is most of these leaks coming out lately have all panned out to be accurate. A lot of birds singing the closer Mueller gets.
Also read that Mueller asked that Flynn sentencing be delayed which could mean the investigation will be heading into Spring.
At the rate things keep popping up I guess it could make it to summer. Trump won't like that since his handler's told him it would be over by last year.
WTH?
New Strzok, Page Texts Discuss Evasion of Message Archiving
Newly released text messages between a pair of FBI anti-Trump officials at the center of the Russia investigation controversy show that they sought to “get around” rules established by the government to preserve text messages, stating that none of the agencies abide by the rules then “why should we.”
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page discussed getting new Apple iPhones, in lieu of their Samsung 5 government issued phones in text messages they exchanged in August 2016. They noted in the texts that the new phones would help keep their text messages from government collection after speaking with the FBI’s IT director, according to newly released August 2016 text messages.
“According to text messages produced by the committee, Ms. Page and Mr. Strzok make references to communicating with other FBI employees via text message, phone call, email, and voice mail,” stated Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson, in a letter dated Jan. 31, to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. “Additional text messages suggest that FBI officials used non-official email accounts and messaging programs to communicate about official business.”
Here’s a portion of the text messages:
Strzok: “Hot damn. I’m happy to pilot that…we get around our security/monitoring issues?”
Page: “No, he’s proposing that we just stop following them. Apparently, the requirement to capture texts came from omb, but we’re the only org (I’m told) who is following that rule. His point is, if no one else is doing it why should we.”
Page: Helps that Dd had a terrible time with his phone [redacted] which made him concerned for our folks all over the place.
Page: These phones suck as much as they do because of the program we use to capture texts, full stop.
Strzok: No doubt.
Strzok: I’m not convinced short of OPR, that text capture capability really deters anything.
Strzok: If I want to copy/take classified, I’m sure as hell not going to do it on this phone.
In the above text messages, Strzok’s reference to “Dd” is possibly referring to Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, per Johnson’s letter’s footnote.
Strzok was removed from his role in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office after the text messages were obtained by DOJ’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s investigation. He is now in the FBI’s Human Resources department. Page is no longer with the Special Counsel’s office but remains employed at the FBI.
The committee is investigating the full context of the text messages and asking Rosenstein to provide answers, according to the letter.
A number of congressional committees are investigating Page and Strzok’s involvement in the bureau’s investigation into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to send classified information. Intelligence agencies believed Clinton’s communications were intercepted by foreign state actors.
Gates lawyers quit. Signals cooperation with investigators!
http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...s-lawyers-quit
Oh, I also forgot that Ben Carson being looked at for possible fraud/corruption I think it was.
Yeah, awarding his son fat contracts that had no other bidders.
Only the best!
Well you know how Trump only picks the best.
Lie after lie after lie. But they've got nothing to hide. Why was the president writing up a letter about a meeting he had no idea about until it came up in the news? Wait, you mean that was a lie too???
This is what I said earlier in the week. I think Trump thinks he's just too wily and clever to be figured out by Mueller's team. So far he's sure not doing very good. It would literally be an act of God for him to testify under oath and not get caught lying about something. And knowing him, it would be something so stupid that even his base would be shaking their heads.
WASHINGTON — Aboard Air Force One on a flight home from Europe last July, President Trump and his advisers raced to cobble together a news release about a mysterious meeting at Trump Tower the previous summer between Russians and top Trump campaign officials. Rather than acknowledge the meeting’s intended purpose — to obtain political dirt about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government — the statement instead described the meeting as being about an obscure Russian adoption policy.
The statement, released in response to questions from The New York Times about the meeting, has become a focus of the inquiry by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Prosecutors working for Mr. Mueller in recent months have questioned numerous White House officials about how the release came together — and about how directly Mr. Trump oversaw the process. Mr. Mueller’s team recently notified Mr. Trump’s lawyers that the Air Force One statement is one of about a dozen subjects that prosecutors want to discuss in a face-to-face interview of Mr. Trump that is still being negotiated.
The revelation of the meeting was striking: It placed the president’s son and his top campaign officials in direct contact with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on Mrs. Clinton, and an email to the president’s son emerged saying that the information was part of Russia’s effort to help the Trump campaign. The special counsel is investigating how those revelations were handled in real time in part because the president was involved in his administration’s response.
Some lawyers and witnesses who have sat in or been briefed on the interviews have puzzled over Mr. Mueller’s interest in the episode. Lying to federal investigators is a crime; lying to the news media is not. For that reason, some of Mr. Trump’s advisers argue that Mr. Mueller has no grounds to ask the president about the statement and say he should refuse to discuss it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/u...s-mueller.html
Looks like Rick Gates is going to be the next bird to sing.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...89424806191104
The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!
Sessions is a Republican
Rosenstein - I think is Republican
Wray - Republican
Aren't all of these Trump nominees?
And if the FBI really wanted to subvert against Trump - why did Comey release the Clinton stuff a week before the election.
I am not saying the memo or this Mueller will find anything out - but this seems like he is barking up the wrong tree. Republicans are in positions as he put them there
Does he want them to do their jobs? Or just cover his backside
Again - I look forward to reading the memo, hopefully MEMOS! and finishing the Mueller but I think he has this one a bit wrong.
This is nothing but a WH ploy with Nunes running a suicide mission hoping to either sure a random hit or rile up the base against any fbi or doj investigation.
This wh likes poisoning the well.
Boltdiehard
Pretty sure a FISA warrant was used in the Flynn investigation and the judge that issued that warrant recused himself.
Trump Jr posts a lot of stuff on twitter
That guy is a dip s**t
I mean - he really is stupid
I do think its a ploy but am open to seeing how it plays out
For dum dum jr to be brazenly criticizing the FBI while under investigation, is about the dumbest thing I've ever seen. like father like son.
As far as Nunes goes, I heard someone compare what he's doing to a sacrifice fly for Trump.
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James Taylor to donate Alberta show proceeds to Fort McMurray wildfire relief
Fort McMurray Wildfire
Info for evacuees
By David Friend The Canadian Press
Posted May 9, 2016 8:08 am
Updated May 9, 2016 11:54 am
Singer James Taylor performs for President Barack Obama and the First Family during the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting on the Ellipse, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Washington. . THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Carolyn Kaster
James Taylor is leaning on his music to help Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees.
The “Carolina in My Mind” singer has made two Alberta concerts next month into benefits that will raise money for the wildfire rescue efforts.
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He says proceeds from tickets to his shows in Calgary on June 7 and Edmonton on June 8 will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross.
“To turn those couple of shows into benefits is just too good an opportunity to pass up,” Taylor said in a phone interview from his tour bus.
“It’s a major national catastrophe and it’s just impossible to ignore it.”
READ MORE: Notley to visit Fort McMurray as wildfire action plan enters phase two
Taylor says the idea came from conversations with his Canadian manager Sam Feldman on Friday, as he rolled into Ottawa for the first of a 15-concert tour of Canadian cities over the next month.
“You just don’t want to think of profiting at a time like this,” Taylor says.
“It’s a time when something better can be done with the money.”
READ MORE: Fort McMurray wildfire response now in ‘Phase 2’: officials
More than 80-thousand residents of Fort McMurray have been displaced by the fires which began last week.
Forest fire officials say it could be months before they’ve fully extinguished the massive blaze, which has already spread across two-thousand square kilometres of northern Alberta.
Taylor has frequently participated in fundraising events for social and political causes.
“It’s a feeling … of community hat happens at a concert that is so compelling,” he says.
“It’s kind of a spiritual thing. It’s the closest I get to church.”
READ MORE: Where Fort McMurray fire evacuees can get help and information
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Massachusetts Attorney General Calls For State Plan on Electric Cars, Clean Energy Goals
February 15, 2018 February 15, 2018 Framingham Source Editor Susan Petroni 328 Views 0 Comments Clean Energy, Electric Cars, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
BOSTON – Today, Feb. 15, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey called for a comprehensive statewide plan for electric vehicles and new, ambitious goals to meet electric power needs with clean energy at a hearing before the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on its use of $75 million in mitigation funds that the AG’s Office helped secure for Massachusetts as part of a multi-billion settlement with Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi.
“Massachusetts can lead the nation with a comprehensive plan for electric vehicles that will transform how we move around,” Healey said, in a media release. “This is a critical moment to invest in electric vehicles and grow our clean energy economy.”
Massachusetts is receiving the environmental mitigation funds to reduce dangerous air pollution, as part of a series of state and federal settlements totaling $15 billion with Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche for their marketing, selling and leasing of diesel vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed software that cheated emission tests.
These settlements included multistate settlements led by AG Healey that required Volkswagen to pay more than $720 million for violating state consumer protection and environmental laws. Massachusetts received more than $40 million of those settlements, including the largest ever civil environmental penalty recovered by the state.
In her testimony before the DEP, AG Healey laid out the office’s position on three major topics:
Use Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Dollars as a Catalyst for Future Investment
Use funds as a catalyst to advance electric vehicle infrastructure consistent with a comprehensive state plan.
Work with mayors, state environmental, energy, and transportation agencies, utilities, and regional transit officials to discuss how to leverage the funds to build out needed EV infrastructure.
Continue to work with DEP to ensure optimal priorities for funds.
Commitment to Electric Vehicles
Develop a comprehensive Electric Vehicles plan to exceed the state’s current goal of 300,000 registered zero emission vehicles by 2025, including comprehensive plans for charging infrastructure and rate design, including “Time-of-Use Rates.”
Make 100 percent of new buses purchased in Massachusetts electric by 2030
Advance policies that make EVs accessible to families of all incomes, those living in multi-unit dwellings, including making rebates available for used EV purchases.
Create better incentives for buildings to put charging stations in parking lots and garages.
Clean Power Goals
Advance a credible plan to meet most of our electric power needs with renewable energy by 2050, and 50 percent or more by 2030.
Modernize the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), and drive advances in energy efficiency, renewables, and residential storage that will get Massachusetts to the next level.
Continue incentives in expanding solar while making landmark investments in off-shore wind.
“The Volkswagen settlement is an unprecedented opportunity for Massachusetts to accelerate transportation electrification and achieve statewide energy and environmental goals,” said Colleen Quinn, Senior Vice President of Global Public Policy for ChargePoint. “We strongly support Attorney General Healey’s call to maximize Environmental Mitigation Trust investments in EV charging infrastructure and ensure equitable access to clean transportation by electrifying buses and trucks.”
“At Mass Energy, we see great opportunities for our state’s economy, public health, and greenhouse gas reduction by shifting from gasoline and diesel to EVs of all kinds,” said Eugenia Gibbons, Clean Energy Programs Director at Mass Energy, a Boston-based nonprofit consumer and environmental advocacy organization. “Massachusetts needs tangible policies that align with its clean energy and climate goals, including EVs. Mass Energy is pleased to see Attorney General Healey call for a comprehensive plan that includes investments in public charging infrastructure, electrification of buses, and a path to achieve 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.”
“NECEC commends Attorney General Healey for her leadership in advancing the Commonwealth’s clean energy future with strong investments in clean transportation and renewable energy,” said Northeast Clean Energy Council President Peter Rothstein. “The Attorney General’s actions are crucial to advancing the Commonwealth’s leadership in a regional clean transportation initiative that invests in clean vehicles and infrastructure. To reach the 50 percent renewables by 2030, Massachusetts must increase the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), encourage net metering, and aggressively advance energy storage and efficiency targets.”
Today’s testimony is a continuation of AG Healey’s commitment to be a 21st century ratepayer advocate for the state’s clean energy future. Her office works to ensure that customers do not pay more than they should for their utilities, and to protect the state’s residents and environment.
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AFI Fest Review: ‘DISORDER’ Is Ironically Tidy, Ripe For A Remake
Courtney Howard // Film Critic
DISORDER | 101 min | NR
Directed by: Alice Winocour
Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant, Percy Kemp
A trophy wife and her child are left alone on an estate in the south of France by her controversial political-figure husband, with only a PTSD-stricken security guard to protect them. This is a great set-up for a Liam Neeson/ Joel Silver movie – only it doesn’t really go to any of the places you’d think in director-writer Alice Winocour‘s DISORDER. It’s a bit rote as both a PTSD and home invasion picture.
Vincent (Mattias Schoenaerts) has just gotten off a tour of duty in the Army when, to make ends meet, he takes a gig as a security guard for a wealthy couple’s party at their palatial estate, Maryland (which incidentally is the film’s international title). While attempting to stave off madness, he refocuses his energy and skills, keeping a close watch on Imad Whalid (Percy Kemp), his beautiful wife Jessie (Diane Kruger) and their young son Ali (Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant). Before the guests trickle in, Vincent surveys the grounds, and we too become familiar with the security features that will come into play later – the cameras, the headsets, the home alarm and the skylights. We also see that Imad’s gotten himself into some hot water with the Prime Minister’s pals. Imad is called away on an emergency business trip and needs Vincent to keep watch Jessie and Ali an extra two days. The first day is fine, but, on the second day, things go haywire and Vincent’s special set of skills are needed. It then becomes apparent that these pursuers have messed with the wrong man.
Winocour does a sufficient job at infusing atmosphere into the narrative. A pervasive sense of paranoia courses through the film’s veins. She takes her time building a foreboding dread. She also places minor tension explosions in non-traditional places within the traditional three-act structure which, in hindsight, is interesting. Plus, the dog, Ghost, lives.
It’s refreshing that there’s nothing predictable about the story, but at the same time, it’s also a little disappointing elements aren’t explored to their fullest extent. Where did the pursuers disappear to for so long? Rather than an unrelenting force, psychologically torturing this trio, they only pop up now and then. Where did the house staff go? Are they dead somewhere in the mansion and their scenes were cut for time? Ali has no function except as a frankly unnecessary “but the children” manipulative tool. Vincent and Jessie barely form any kind of a relationship before Vincent decides he’d follow her to Canada if need be. Even sharing a terrifying experience doesn’t bring the two closer as you’d assume it would. Their relationship is far too understated for its own good.
Though the narrative is clean and straightforward, a little more dizzying disorder would have been greatly welcomed. Maybe we’ll get that with the inevitable remake that seems like it’s percolating – so long as they keep Schoenaerts.
DISORDER plays AFI Fest on November 7 and 8. It has no US release date as of print.
Alice Winocour2 Diane Kruger4 DISORDER1 Matthias Schoenaerts4 Paul Hamy1 Percy Kemp1 Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant1
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Plasticity varies with boldness in a weakly-electric fish
Kyriacos Kareklas1,
Gareth Arnott1,
Robert W. Elwood1 &
Richard A. Holland1,2
The expression of animal personality is indicated by patterns of consistency in individual behaviour. Often, the differences exhibited between individuals are consistent across situations. However, between some situations, this can be biased by variable levels of individual plasticity. The interaction between individual plasticity and animal personality can be illustrated by examining situation-sensitive personality traits such as boldness (i.e. risk-taking and exploration tendency). For the weakly electric fish Gnathonemus petersii, light condition is a major factor influencing behaviour. Adapted to navigate in low-light conditions, this species chooses to be more active in dark environments where risk from visual predators is lower. However, G. petersii also exhibit individual differences in their degree of behavioural change from light to dark. The present study, therefore, aims to examine if an increase of motivation to explore in the safety of the dark, not only affects mean levels of boldness, but also the variation between individuals, as a result of differences in individual plasticity.
Boldness was consistent between a novel-object and a novel-environment situation in bright light. However, no consistency in boldness was noted between a bright (risky) and a dark (safe) novel environment. Furthermore, there was a negative association between boldness and the degree of change across novel environments, with shier individuals exhibiting greater behavioural plasticity.
This study highlights that individual plasticity can vary with personality. In addition, the effect of light suggests that variation in boldness is situation specific. Finally, there appears to be a trade-off between personality and individual plasticity with shy but plastic individuals minimizing costs when perceiving risk and bold but stable individuals consistently maximizing rewards, which can be maladaptive.
Variation in behaviour between individuals has been shown extensively in many animal populations and linked to the way animals cope with their environment [1, 2]. Often, the variation is indicated on a continuum ranging from the lowest to the highest level of behavioural response within the population [3] and as such indicates the degree each individual exhibits the behaviour in relation to the rest of the population. This variation can be consistent across contexts (i.e. functional behavioural categories such as feeding), situations (i.e. sets of current conditions such as feeding with and without predators) and time [4–6]. Each behaviour that is consistently variable between individuals is termed an animal personality trait and a number of such traits can be used to describe personality in animals [7]. One of the most examined animal personality traits is boldness, which is indicated on a shy–bold axis [8]. Human-derived terminology defines boldness as the consistent willingness to take risks in unfamiliar situations [9]. This definition is often appropriated when studies consider its evolutionary and ecological consequences [10]. However, ‘ecologically-based’ approaches typically define bolder individuals as those that are the least affected by risk and more willing to approach and explore novel objects or environments [11, 12].
Boldness, like all personality traits, remains consistent depending on the degree in which behavioural plasticity varies between individuals [13]. On one hand, individuals can adjust their behaviour, but the extent of adjustment may be relatively uniform within the population. Thus, even if mean levels of behaviour change, between-individual variation is maintained, i.e. all individuals show similar plasticity [14]. For example, the mean boldness (propensity to exit shelter) of salamander larvae decreases in the presence of predators, but the variation between individuals is maintained across situations with and without predators [15]. On the other hand, environmental changes can affect the behaviour and physiology of some individuals more than others [16, 17], e.g. rainbow trout that exhibit lower activity and aggressiveness are affected more by increasing environmental stressors [18]. Consequently, behavioural variability within populations can be biased by the variable degree in which environmental changes affect individuals. Individuals may be more or less flexible over an environmental gradient of changing conditions, i.e. they exhibit variable levels of individual plasticity [19].
Links between personality and individual plasticity have been reported when testing boldness across situations varying in their level of risk and familiarity [20]. Lima and Bednekoff suggest that behavioural response depends on the level of perceived risk, which can vary between individuals [21]. A greater response can thus be associated with a greater perception of risk, even when uncertain about its presence, while the ability to adjust response, depending on risk levels, can be overall more beneficial for surviving in the wild [22]. This manifests in risk-taking behaviour, with individuals that respond more to risk (i.e. those taking less risk) also showing greater changes across shifting levels of perceived risk. For example, between situations that vary in perceived predatory risk (presence or absence of sparrowhawk model), shy chaffinches (least active in a novel environment) show greater behavioural plasticity than bold chaffinches (most active in a novel environment) [23]. Mortality, growth and fecundity can all be affected by an individual’s response to changes in risk [24], e.g. shier damselfish show lower mortality rates by being less active in unfamiliar environments [25]. It is therefore imperative to examine how changes in levels of perceived risk can affect boldness and individual plasticity.
For weakly-electric fish, the level of perceived risk in their environment is most significantly affected by light conditions. Most species prefer lower light transmission, where they can integrate their electric-sensing with other senses in the absence of light [26, 27]. One example is the Central African mormyrid Gnathonemus petersii, which favours nocturnal activity and turbid, vegetated waters [28, 29]. This species can perceive spatial features, navigate and explore objects and environments by using active electrolocation, i.e. the sensing of changes to a self-produced electric discharge [30, 31]. Though often being prey to bigger electric fish, it is argued that a function of electrolocation is avoiding risk from visually-guided predators in darker environments [31, 32]. The lower predation risk would increase their motivation to approach and explore objects and environments, hence their preference to be active in the dark [26, 27]. However, the change in motivation can be greater in some individuals, depending on how plastic they are, which can affect mean boldness levels. This is supported by evidence of differences between individuals in the degree of change in food searching times across light conditions [32]. The aim of the present study was to examine boldness and changes in boldness across situations, with a particular interest in the effect of light conditions on individuals.
Boldness was indicated by the willingness of G. petersii to approach (latency times) and inspect (exploration times) novel objects and environments. First, fish were tested with a different novel object on four occasions, to control for differences in object characteristics. The tests were carried out in a bright, familiar environment. Then, individuals were tested in two separate novel-environment situations differing in light condition, i.e. a dark and a bright novel-environment. Finally, an intra-individual variance statistic was used to measure individual plasticity across the environmental gradient between bright and dark [19, 33]. It was tested whether boldness from the novel-object tests 1) was consistent with boldness in the bright and dark novel-environment situations and 2) related to individual plasticity across these novel-environment situations.
Animal maintenance and housing
Twelve juvenile (70–100 mm length), wild-caught G. petersii of unknown gender (external sexual dimorphism is lost in captivity) [34] were imported and commercially supplied by Grosvenor’s Tropicals, Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Fish were housed individually in ~25 L of water, fed 15–20 chironomid larvae daily and kept on a 12 h:12 h light to dark photoperiod. Housing tanks were enriched with shelter (plastic pipes), sediment and plastic plants, stones and ceramics. Housing and experimental tanks were fitted with filtering and heating equipment and kept on same-level benches. Water quality in all tanks was tested twice-weekly and maintained by partial water changes (mixed tap and reverse osmosis water). The pH was kept at 7.2 ± 0.4, temperature at 26 ± 1o and conductivity at a range between 150–300 μS/cm.
Behavioural tests
Test conditions and procedures
Light conditions varied between those within (bright light at 350–600 nm and 300 lux at water surface) and those exceeding (dark in infra-red light >800 nm and 0 lux at water surface) the visible spectrum of G. petersii [35]. Water conductivity in the test tanks was 150 ± 50 μS/cm. External cues were limited by attaching visual barriers (opaque blue plastic sheets) around both the novel-environment test tanks and the housing tanks, during testing. Behavioural variables were measured live during the novel-object test and from recordings of the novel-environment test. This was carried out by a single observer (KK), with a response latency of 1–2 s, using a stopwatch with a ±0.2 s measuring error.
Novel-object tests
Novel-object tests were in bright light. These were carried out following a 2 week acclimatisation period to ensure that the objects were novel to the fish, but not the environment (housing tank). Each individual received four separate novel-object tests, with a 5 min interval between each test. The test was repeated with different novel objects in order to control for variation in potential effects elicited by the differences in the characteristics of novel objects. These effects could result from how each object is perceived by individuals. G. petersii can sense multiple properties of objects, some of which are typically not perceived by non-electrosensing fish, such as resistance and capacitance [29]. To that end, the novel objects not only differed in shape, colour and size, but also material. Objects included: a ~ 5 cm long black fishing weight (A), a ~7 cm long stainless-steel fishing lure without the hook (B), a ~15 cm long yellow/green plastic dinosaur toy (C) and a 10 cm3 multicolour wooden cubic toy attached to a small brass weight (D). Following recommendations from Wilson et al. [36], objects were presented to each fish in the same order (A-B-C-D) to control for carryover effects. The objects were lowered in housing tanks at the furthest non enriched area from the individual’s shelter using a monofilament-line pulley-system. Fish were given up to five minutes to approach each object (within ~1.5 body-lengths), which was measured as latency time [11]. Then a further 1 min was allowed for exploration (75 % of individuals explored new objects under 55 s in preliminary studies; see Additional file 1), during which the time spent performing electrosensing movements (motor probing acts, e.g. lateral and chin probing) [37] within the 1.5 body-length distance was measured as exploration time.
Novel environment tests
The recording of the novel-environment tests was carried out both under bright light and in the dark and started a week after the novel-object tests (overall 3 weeks in the laboratory), which allowed individuals to acclimatise to laboratory light conditions. Timers switched between bright light and dark photoperiods every 12 h (lights went on at 7 am and off at 7 pm), daily. Novel-environment tests were carried out with a random light-condition order between fish. Individuals randomly selected to be tested first in the dark, were tested between 5 am and 6 am and then in bright light between 8 am and 9 am. Those randomly selected for being tested first in bright light, were tested between 5 pm and 6 pm and then in the dark between 8 pm and 9 pm. This procedure of recording during normal laboratory photoperiods controlled for the risk of effects from circadian rhythms [31]. Each individual was introduced to a segregated housing section (30 cm Length by 30 cm Width and 30 cm Height, ~27 L) of the experimental tank with shelter and enrichments. Here, individuals were allowed to habituate for ~12 h prior to their first novel-environment test, and ~2 h during photoperiod changes between tests (~ an hour before and ~ an hour after lights turned on or off). Tests began by lifting the plastic opaque divider creating the housing section via a pulley system, allowing the fish entry to the rest of the tank (60 cm Length by 30 cm Width and 30 cm Height, ~54 L). This area constituted the novel environment and included items that were similar to enrichments in their housing tanks i.e. shelters (plastic pipes), ceramics, stones and plastic plants of variable sizes. The items within the novel area were rearranged and/or replaced between bright and dark tests for all fish. A wall-mounted infra-red camera provided a live feed of the entire novel-environment test-tank from a birds-eye view. This was relayed through a recorder to a computer placed out of view from the tank. During recording, fish where allowed up to a maximum of 1 h to enter the novel environment (i.e. until an individual’s tail passed the mark on the bottom of the tank) and a further 10 min to explore. During the later viewing of the recordings, latency time was measured until an individual entered the novel environment or until the hour-mark was reached, in which case latency was recorded at 3600 s and exploration at 0 s (this was the case for only one individual in the bright novel environment). Exploration was measured as the time actively moving in the novel area and performing electrosensory probing acts.
Calculations, statistical analyses and graphical representations were all produced in Minitab® statistical software (version 17; Minitab Inc., State College, PA). Data from the novel-object tests were either normally or approximately normally distributed. Only exploration times from the novel-environment test data were normally distributed. Measures were summed to produce composite, standardized boldness scores. This was carried out by adding positive (time exploring) and subtracting negative (latency time to approach) indicators and then standardising (z-scores).
In novel-object tests, some individuals were both less latent to approach and more explorative than others (Fig. 1a). Preliminary analyses on the novel-object tests indicated a strong linear relationship between latency and exploration (R 2 = 0.500, F 1,47 = 47.32, P < 0.01). Even though some differences were apparent between objects (Fig. 1a), these were not significant (R 2 = 0.065, F 3,47 = 2.04, P = 0.122). This suggested that boldness levels were indicated by both measures with no effect from object characteristics. Measures from all four novel-object tests were, thus, used to create boldness scores. Inter-individual differences in latency and exploration were not similar between bright and dark novel environments (Fig. 1b). Separate boldness scores were produced for each novel-environment situation, dark and bright. Composite scores were used to test consistency in boldness across novel-environment situations and between novel-environment and novel-object situations. For this, two Linear Regression models (LR) were used. The first (LR1) tested the relationship between bright and dark novel-environment scores. The second (LR2) tested if the effect of situation also affected how novel-environment scores related to novel-object scores, i.e. were predicted by situation, dark or bright, and its interaction with novel-object scores.
Latency and exploration times for each individual, as measured in all novel-object tests (a) and each of the novel-environment situations (b). Individuals that were more explorative, were also less latent to approach objects. Similarly, some individuals were more explorative and less latent in the bright novel environment. However, in the dark novel environment individuals were overall more explorative and less latent
To calculate individual plasticity statistics, typically a measure of each individual’s variance between two situations is used [38]. Following Asendorpf’s [33] suggestions, here, this was measured as the intra-individual variance (Var) of each fish such that
$$ Va{r}_{xy}=\frac{{\left({z}_x-{z}_y\right)}^2}{2} $$
where z is the standardized phenotypic score (here the novel-environment boldness score) at situation x (bright) and y (dark). Higher intra-individual variance values designated greater degree of change and therefore greater individual plasticity. In order to test if individual plasticity varied with boldness, intra-individual variance statistics were then correlated with novel-object boldness scores (Spearman’s, r s ).
Individual scores were not consistent between novel-environment situations (LR1, R 2 = 0.251, F 1,11 = 3.35, P = 0.097) (Fig. 2a). Boldness was significantly different between the bright and dark novel environment (LR2, R 2 = 0.211, F 1,23 = 6.85, P = 0.016), being on average greater and less variable in the dark (x̄=0.45, s = 0.09) than in the bright (x̄= -0.45, s = 1.28) novel environment (Fig. 2a). However, the change between bright and dark was greater for some fish (Fig. 2b). Those with the greater change were also ones with below-median novel-object boldness (Fig. 3). The change between bright and dark affected the relationship between novel-object and novel-environment scores (LR2, interaction: R 2 = 0.143, F 1,11 = 4.65, P = 0.043), which was stronger with the bright than the dark novel-environment scores (Fig. 3). The intra-individual variance in boldness between the two novel-environment situations was strongly negatively correlated with boldness score from the novel-object tests (Spearman’s, r s = -0.776, P = 0.003) (Fig. 4).
Comparisons between the bright and dark novel environment. The marginal plot (a) shows an average increase in boldness and a decrease in variability in the dark novel environment (box-plots), but also no significant linear relationship between boldness scores from the two novel-environment situations (regression). The individual line plot (b) shows some individuals changing more than others between bright and dark
Linear relationships in boldness between the novel-object situation and each of the novel-environment situations, bright and dark. Novel-object boldness scores were significantly more consistent with those in the bright than those in the dark environment. Those with novel-object boldness scores below the median (dotted line) showed more change between light and dark
Rank correlation between intra-individual variance and boldness scores from the novel-object tests. Bolder individuals were less plastic between the bright and dark novel environment
This study provides compelling evidence supporting the hypothesis that the degree of individual plasticity varies significantly with personality. Boldness was inconsistent between bright and dark novel-environments (Fig. 2a) and the intra-individual variance exhibited across these environments depended on boldness (Fig. 4). However, when maintaining bright light conditions, changes in levels of familiarity/novelty (whether it is a single unfamiliar object in a familiar environment or a completely unfamiliar environment) seem to have little effect on behavioral variability between individuals (Fig. 3a). These findings emphasize the overwhelming effect of light condition and indicate a boldness trait which is specific to higher risk situations, given that bright light is naturally avoided by G. petersii [27].
An indirect effect of the environment can be seen when regularly changing conditions (e.g. light, temperature and turbidity) influence the motivational state of individuals. For example, small within-day increases in temperature relate to an increase in the tendency of damselfish to exit a shelter (measure of boldness), but more so in some individuals than others [39]. It is suggested that an increased motivation to exit shelter and look for food can be associated with the need to compensate for the increased metabolic rates under elevated temperatures [39, 40]. The present study reaffirms that a similar effect is induced by perceived risk through manipulations of light. The decrease in risk in the dark (lower predator threat) increases the motivation to explore a novel environment in some individuals and as a result impacts mean boldness in that situation. Notably, the results presented here also show that the effect varies with boldness (Fig. 3), i.e. perceived risk affects the motivation of shier individuals more. Motivation levels can vary as a function of personality [41] and therefore the impact on motivation by changing conditions may also vary depending on personality traits like boldness.
The negative relation between boldness and individual plasticity (Fig. 4) indicates trade-offs that enable bolder individuals to out-compete shier ones (e.g. for food) in higher-risk situations. However, maintaining bold behaviour in risky situations can be disadvantageous and in the long-term maladaptive [42]. Shier individuals, which are more responsive to change and more plastic [43], gain less when risks are high but compensate in safer environments. This manifests in the behaviour of G. petersii, which is more variable in situations with greater selective pressure (i.e. in bright light with high predatory risk) where risk-aversion is elicited in shier fish, while in the safe dark situation boldness scores are overall high (Fig. 2).
The selection of plastic or consistent behaviour with changing conditions can depend on both the physiological and cognitive state of individuals [44, 45]. Differences between individuals in their physiological stress response [16, 17] and cognitive risk-assessment [22] can explain the differences in strategy, i.e. plastic boldness vs. stable boldness [46]. For example, recent evidence suggests that bolder fish make faster decisions [47]. There is therefore a need to examine mechanisms further, including those used for sensing and processing information, and test how they relate to individual plasticity and personality.
The current study highlights that individuals can vary in the degree of behavioural plasticity exhibited between situations differing in risk level depending on their position along an important animal personality axis, the shy-bold continuum. This strongly suggests that the ability to cope with changing conditions, especially ones associated with the perception of risk, vary between individuals as a function of their personality. Finally, it accentuates that individual variation can be a significant predictor of behaviour and behavioural change in wild populations.
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We thank Clair McAroe, Gillian Riddel and Iolanda Rocha for husbandry and ideas. The project and K.K. are funded and supported by the Department for Employment and Learning, NI, and the School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast.
The datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are included within the article and its additional files.
KK carried out the set-up, tests, recordings and data collection, participated in the study conception and design, carried out statistical analysis, results illustration and data interpretation, and drafted the manuscript; GA offered critical revisions and input for the final version of the manuscript; RWE contributed significantly to the design of the project, assisted with data analysis, interpretation and results illustration, participated in the writing of the manuscript and carried out manuscript revisions; RAH conceived and coordinated the study, participated in the design, data analysis and interpretation of results, and revised the manuscript. All authors gave final approval for publication and agreed to be accountable for all the aspects of the work.
No animal was harmed. Strict procedures were followed [48] and sample size was the minimum required. Procedures and laboratory conditions were inspected by the Veterinary services of the DHSSPS Northern Ireland which deemed no need for licensing. Fish were kept for separate experiments.
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Datasets and calculated statistics. The file includes: 1) datasets of recordings from preliminary and experimental (novel object and novel environment) tests, and 2) tables with calculated boldness scores and intra-individual variance statistics. (XLSX 15 kb)
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Tesla Model 3 SR+ Has Better Top End Performance Than Long Range
Mountain Pass performance recently conducted a dyno test on the latest Tesla Model 3 SR+ and found some interesting results. During the dyno test run, the Tesla Model 3 SR+, also known as the Tesla Model 3 Mid-Range, defeated the long-range Model 3 in a top-end performance above 65 mph.
Tesla electric cars are notorious for struggling with top-end performance. The same was demonstrated by Top Gear presenter Chris Harris, who tested the Tesla Model 3 with a bunch of other sports cars. Needless to say, it didn’t come out on top.
Tesla Model 3 SR+ vs Tesla Model 3 Long Range
During the dyno test, the Tesla Model 3 SR+ took over the Model 3 Long Range at around 5,800 RPM. The power curve of the Tesla Model 3 Long Range peaks and flattens at around 5,000 RPM while the horsepower of the Tesla Model 3 SR+ flattens around 5,700 to 5,800 RPM.
The horsepower of the Tesla Model 3 SR+ remains higher than the Tesla Model 3 Long-range, even after it hits its peak. The power delivery in the Model 3 Long Range is low and falls off at the top end. In the Tesla Model 3 Long-range, users will notice a decrease in performance after 6,000 RPM. The overall power delivery of the SR+ remains higher than the Model 3 Long-range even in higher RPMs.
The resultant peak of both these electric cars is due to the fact that torque delivery is different in them as compared to conventional petrol cars. In electric cars, the torque is delivered instantaneously, as you can easily see in the chart. However, it falls massively after hitting the peak. This could be due to the battery management system, heavyweight of the battery packs, etc.
Compare this to something like a 2015 BMW M3 and you’ll see quite the difference. Here’s a dyno chart of the BMW M3 and you can see that the torque rises steadily, reaches the peak and comes down slowly.
The dyno tests were conducted by Mountain Pass Performance and they have published an official blog post which you can read here. However, to give you the short version of it, they tested the cars at different battery charge levels (SOC) on the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range+ and Model 3 Long Range.
The team came out with really solid research, which is a must for a Tesla owner to read. Tesla cars are notorious for losing performance when battery levels are down. However, there is no difference in the performance of Tesla Model 3 within the charge range of 100% to 75%.
After coming down to 60%, both the electric cars start losing power. At around 50% charge, the peak power comes down from 275 HP to 255 HP. The peak power in the top end goes down from 245 HP to 215 HP.
There is a 300+ pound difference between the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model 3 Mid-range which is quite significant. According to Mountain Pass performance, Tesla Model 3 can be quite a fun track car.
The Tesla Model 3 SR+ recently began shipping to Norway after a record-breaking registration of the base Tesla Model 3.
Tesla Model 3 SR+ Vs Tesla Model 3 Long Range: Specs
Tesla Model 3 SR+ Tesla Model 3 Long Range
Torque 350 NM 527 NM
Range 240 Miles Per Hour 310 Miles Per Hour
Battery Size 62 kWh 74 kWh
0-60 mph time 5.3 seconds 4.4 seconds
Weight 3,627 pounds 4,072 pounds
The Tesla Model 3 Standard Range+ is lighter but not faster in a 0-60 mph run when compared to Tesla Model 3 Long Range. It is, however, rear-wheel drive and super fun around the track.
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Ilmu Seks: How to get more Malays to talk openly about sex
February 9, 2018 HAKAM_Intern
https://hakam.org.my/wp/2018/02/09/ilmu-seks-how-to-get-more-malays-to-talk-openly-about-sex/
Source: Malay Mail Online
(From left to right) Shayne Wyatt, Mischa Selamat, Herinza and Mussy Del C pose for a picture after an interview with Malay Mail in Kuala Lumpur. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa via Malay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Medical graduate Shayne Wyatt, 24, first had sex a few years ago and it was also when he caught a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
For a month, he was in pain as he visited several general practitioners, even undergoing the uncomfortable procedure of a colonoscopy — an examination where a probe with camera is inserted into the anal cavity.
And yet, he was misdiagnosed as suffering from a haemorrhoid.
“I was at the same time nervous… not just because I was sexually active, but I was having gay sex as well.
“How do I tell the doctor, ‘I slept with a man and my butt hurts right now’?” Shayne (a pseudonym) told Malay Mail, when recounting his experience.
He was also humiliated by a female Malay doctor in a public hospital who performed a rectal examination on him right in front of nurses who were tittering the entire time, before questioning why he had anal sex while pointing to his Malay-Muslim name.
He finally got treated at his university’s hospital, but only after he “self-diagnosed” himself and personally requested a specific test for gonorrhoea.
“I was 21, I was a medical student… I was privileged to know my own illness, and even then it took me one month to get proper treatment.
“What about those below 21 who had earlier sexual exposure, then got STD with no knowledge at all? Do they see a shaman? Do they just wait until the pain fades away?” he asked.
That agonising experience drove Shayne’s desire to educate the public on sex, and he found kindred spirits in magazine editor Herinza, 23, whom he met on Twitter, and student-turned-activist Mussy Del C, 22, whom he met after at an event organised by progressive Muslim group Komuniti Muslim Universal (Universal Muslim Community, or KMU).
“We wanted to create a space for LGBT people to talk about themselves, we wanted to be more inclusive,” said Herinza.
Mischa Selamat, a transgender activist who has been involved with Seksualiti Merdeka and PT Foundation since 2011, joined them a few months ago, rounding out Projek Ilmu Seks — Malay for “Sex Knowledge Project.”
Vocabulary of sex
By their own admission, Projek Ilmu Seks is a “very gonzo” and low-cost production. Its set-up consists merely of Shayne’s Samsung Galaxy smartphone on a tripod, with the phone’s handsfree kit serving as its microphone.
But that has not been an obstacle for them and the group has already produced 10 videos of roughly 10 minutes each for the first season, addressing topics such as safe sex, consent, STDs and contraceptives.
Its most watched video, however, is still its first one — a 8:58-minute introduction by Shayne on the steps towards safe sex, which include knowing yourself and your partner, understanding consent, sex education, birth control, and protection against STDs.
The group collaborates on the draft script shared on Google Drive, before meeting after work to shoot. (Its first video was recorded in Shayne’s hostel room, Herinza’s office and a professional studio in Cyberjaya.)
“The funny thing about creating content on our side is we always write it in English… It’s easier to explain sex in English, but when we try it onscreen and talk in Malay, there is a lack of Malay vocabulary to speak about sex.
“For example, someone once asked me, ‘What is blowjob in Malay?’,” Herinza explained.
Shayne edits the video while Mussy inserts the subtitles when the video is uploaded to video sharing platform YouTube.
“For me doing the subtitle, the struggle is real… I would check Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka’s dictionary, but there is no entry for ‘blowjob’ there either,” Mussy told Malay Mail.
A chance to ask questions
Projek Ilmu Seks consciously chose to produce content in the Malay language in order to fill a niche that is largely underserved, leaving many Malay speakers in ignorance, superstition, and unscientific religious arguments.
Speaking in Malay opened them to a new audience, but also negative attention, with the biggest backlash so far on an episode on birth control where Herinza was shown holding a dildo.
“Some people accused us of not providing ‘true’ sex education. They thought we were encouraging sex.
“Our policy is we don’t want to put religion in our video at all, we just take the aspects of science and health,” Shayne said, pointing out that there would always be commenters who insist on them endorsing abstinence.
“There was a teacher who said, ‘Don’t let youths watch these videos, this is wrong sex education’. Another said, ‘You should’ve censored the dildo, then I could show this to my students’,” Mussy added.
The group also provides a chance for viewers to ask them questions on the anonymous platform CuriousCat, and they were surprised by what was asked.
A popular question, they said, is whether a woman can get pregnant if she has penetrative sex with her partner but practises coitus interruptus.
“Everyday I saw around 10 questions on the same thing… basically they were asking us for approval because they didn’t want to use protection. That freaked us out,” Herinza revealed.
Other topics that the viewers were interested in were virginity, length of the penis, methods to last longer in bed — and of late many have started to ask them for medical advice by listing out their symptoms.
“We’re not doctors, it’s illegal for us to provide medical consultation. So we provide them with a safe place to tell stories, and provide references to medical professionals like friendly clinics,” Shayne said.
Plans to cover more topics
Currently, Projek Ilmu Seks is supported by five NGOs: Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia, PT Foundation, Malaysian AIDS Council, All Women’s Action Society, and Federation of Reproductive Health Associations.
The group plans to explore more feminine topics in its second season, and to encourage more women to be more open about their sexuality.
“Girls should be more confident to talk about sex, virginity and sexuality, to explore those topics,” said Herinza.
It also wishes to cover topics such as gender identity and sexual orientation, and people living with HIV; and trying out presenting them through social experiments and inviting guests to talk on the show.
The group also has plans for outreach programmes aimed at university students, and joining public consultations with the Health Ministry and Education Ministry to formulate sex education for youths.
The public can subscribe to Projek Ilmu Seks through its YouTube channel and Twitter account @ilmu_seks.
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Informative Speech Outline
Title: How Could These Little Seeds Have Such A Big Impact On Our Health? Date: 3/19/2018
Speaker: Tanveer Ajimal
Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about the effects of chia seed consumption on the human body at the
physical and molecular level.
1. Attention Getter: Many people, nowadays, want to become healthier, lose weight, or increase their energy levels
in daily life. With these goals, chia seeds have become the latest health craze and gained the reputation of being known as one of the super-foods. According to Merriam-Webster, Super food is defined as “a food that is rich in compounds (such as antioxidants, fiber, or fatty acids) considered beneficial to a person’s health.” It has come to peoples’ knowledge that chia seeds can help them become healthier and boost energy levels. They put it in every food they can think of, from drinks to snacks to meals. So, what can be inside these tiny seeds that can greatly impact our health? You are about to find out soon.
2. Central Idea: First off, I would like to say that these tiny chia seeds can impact one’s health physically and at the
molecular level.
3. Credibility Statement: I know this because I have tried chia seeds and I have also done research in the lab at the
molecular level to find out how they impact my body. In terms of the physical level I
can say that I did feel that I received an energy boost from consuming chia seeds. In
terms of the molecular, I will later explain to you what research has found to prove
whether chia seeds are a super-food or not.
4. Preview of Points: Today, I would like to inform everyone about what chia seeds are, how they impact the
human body physically, and how these seeds impact the human body at the molecular level.
1. Main Point 1: First, I would like to start with explaining what chia seeds are?
a. According to the article, “The Promising Future of Chia, Salvia hispanica L.” written by Norlaily Mohd Ali, chia seeds are also known as Salvia hispanica Labiatae in the scientific world. Chia seeds are a common and traditional food in Central and South America. It is most commonly grown in arid environments. Chia seed flowers can produce white or purple flowers. In this same article, chia seeds are described as “varying from black, grey, and black spotted to white, and the shape is oval with size ranging from 1 to 2?mm.”
b. These tiny seeds gained reputation for being healthy when people found out that chia seeds have nutritional benefits. According to an article on ABCNews named, “Chia Seeds the ‘It’ Food of 2013”, written by Genevieve Shaw Brown, chia seeds are known to contain high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, which help lower cholesterol. Chia seeds are also very high in fiber, so eating too many chia seeds can upset the stomach. Drew Rosen, a nutritionist, recommends eating now more than one ounce of chia seeds per day. The reason why chia seeds are so popular are because they are so easy to use. People can use these seeds in pudding, use them as an egg substitute (for vegans), add them into yogurt, oatmeal, or smoothies and some people even add them to plain water.
c. In addition to these benefits, chia seeds are also known to help reduce weight. According to the ABCNews article, Lisa Goldberg, another nutritionist, says because chia seeds are high in fiber, they keep one full longer and prevent one form overeating. Chia seeds keep a person fuller for a longer period of time because when chia seeds are wet, they form a gelatinous coating around itself, which make them harder to digest. Since digesting them take more energy and keep a person form eating too much, it helps a person lose weight. Goldberg does not recommend substituting chia seeds for a meal because they do not provide enough nutrients and calories to a person’s body so that it can function properly. Goldberg also says that pregnant women should also add chia seeds to their diet because they provide omega-3 fatty acids for the developing baby’s growing brain. With chia seeds pregnant women do not have to worry about eating fish that may have mercury in them.
Transition: Since chia seeds have the reputation of being healthy, they can help people reduce the risk of diseases and
boost energy levels.
2. Main Point 1: Chia seeds contain substances that can help reduce the chances of diseases; however, the consumption of too many Chia seeds can also be bad for one’s health.
a. According to a Huffington Post article, “Chia Seed Benefits: 10 Reasons To Add Chia To Your Diet” written by Terri Coles, there are ten most common benefits of eating chia seeds. The benefits of chia seeds are that they help control diabetes and help improve blood pressure. They provide the body with fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, manganese, phosphorus, tryptophan (an amino acid) and protein. It has been said that chia seeds help reduce belly fat, but science has not proven this yet.
b. According to healthresearchfunding.org, an article name “Chia Seeds Side Effects,” chia seeds can also have some side effects to eating too many at once. If you have allergies to mustard seeds, it is advised that you also stay away from chia seeds. Allergic reactions can result in eruptions on the skin’s surface, watery eyes, and diarrhea. Any person taking medications for cancer should check with their doctor to see if it is okay to consume chia seeds. As mentioned earlier, these seeds are high in calcium, potassium, and iron, but too much of these seeds can also be harmful to the body. For older individuals, chia seeds may drop the blood pressure level too low. You also want to be careful of eating chia seeds with other forms of vitamins in case of the intake of too many vitamins. Bloating is another side effect of consuming too many chia seeds. As you can see, consuming an excess amount of chia seeds can result in negative effects on the body.
c. According to the article on verywellfit.com titled, “Can Chia Seeds Boost My Energy Level?” written by Sharon Basaraba, it has come to people’s attention that chia seeds help boost energy levels and help lose weight. However, is this claim true? According to this same article, “David Nieman, Director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Appalachian State University, has conducted some of the few research trials on chia seeds that exist, examining their role in weight loss, and reduction in disease markers.” In his research, the subjects took 50 grams (about 6 tablespoons) of chia seeds everyday. However, he did not find any changes in body mass or composition. Nieman says that chia seeds are a good source of energy because they contain a lot of fat. Chia seeds carry a significant number of calories in a small volume. Nieman and his colleagues also tested whether chia seeds have an effect on performance or not. There were two cyclist groups in the experiment: one group was given 25 grams of ground chia seeds and the other nothing. In the end it was found that the group that consumed chia seeds performed no better than those who did not get chia seeds. In theory, chia seeds are supposed to help you lose weight because they absorb water and expand in the stomach making one feel fuller. However, taking into consideration the calorie count and the high fat content, this may not be true. Further research still has to be done to confirm if chia seeds help lose weight or not.
Transition: Now that we have looked at how chia seeds impact the body physically, let’s look at how it impacts the body
at the molecular level.
3. Main Point 1: To prove that chia seeds help reduce weight using cell and tissue responses, there is still ongoing research at Los Angeles Valley College.
a. Before I go on to say what research has found on this topic, I would like to give from background information about our bodies. According to an article on National Center for Biotechnology Information, “Effect of different concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids on stimulated THP-1 macrophages” chia seeds have two omega-3 fatty acids: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which inhibit Interleukin-1B. Interleukin-1B is a cytokine protein that mainly causes inflammation. If inhibited, it can also help reduce weight.
b. As I mentioned earlier, I have done research at Los Angeles Valley College to confirm if chia seeds help reduce weight or not, so now I will tell you how the experiment was performed and what conclusion we came to. For the experiment, we used J774-A mouse cells. Into one flask of mouse cells we injected chia seed oil and into the other flask we did not put any chia seed oil into it. Next we let them grow for 24 hours. After this, we tested the cells to see if they contained any Interleukin-1B. Our results showed that there was faint hint at Interleukin-1B, however, it was not enough to confirm if it was present or not. We were not able to determine this was because there was a lot of background from the solution we used to dye Interleukin-1B. As a result of this, we were not able to determine if chia seeds help lose weight or not. However, because definite results were not found, research is still ongoing in this topic and further experiments are being done to determine if chia seeds contribute to weight loss or not.
1. Summary: Chia seeds are one type of superfood that can help improve one’s health in many ways.
2. Review: Today I have informed everyone about what chia seeds are, how they impact the body physically, and how they impact the body molecularly.
3. Tie to the Introduction: As shown today, one should not believe everything they hear. Today it was proven that chia seeds in fact do not boost energy levels or enhance performance. However, much research has still yet to be done.
4. Creative Conclusion Thought: So stay tuned in for more information on how chia seeds affect our health.
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Mohd Ali, Norlaily et al. “The Promising Future of Chia, Salvia Hispanica L.” Journal of Biomedicine and
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Brown, Genevieve Shaw. “Chia Seeds the ‘It’ Food of 2013.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 6 Feb. 2013,
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Coles, Terri. “Chia Seed Benefits: 10 Reasons To Add Chia To Your Diet.” HuffPost Canada, HuffPost Canada, 24
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Basaraba, Sharon. “Is Boosting Your Energy a Benefit of Chia Seeds?” Verywell Fit, www.verywellfit.com/can-chia
seeds-boost-my-energy-level-2223491.
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£25 Million Health and Housing Scheme Falls Through
August 30, 2018 ~ HCS Editor
Seven years ago planning consent was given for a new community hospital on the old Oak Park School site in Havant. The new unit would have provided a range of services including older people’s beds, replacing those at the Emsworth Victoria Cottage Hospital and Havant War Memorial hospital after they both closed.
Despite planning consent the NHS decided in 2010 not to proceed with the hospital but agreed to extend the existing Childrens’ Service building close to the Oak Park site in Havant. The Oak Park Clinic resulted and now offers day services such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy but not the beds for older people which would reduce bed blocking at QA Hospital.
To recover the lost hospital beds, an imaginative scheme was drawn up to develop the large site, owned by Hampshire County Council (HCC) and the NHS. It would be a nursing home with eighty beds and a hundred rented flats for older people. These are flats that include a range of services on site including social care. The tender was drawn up and a consortium won the bid in 2014. The following year the planning application was approved.
Contradictory government policies initially paralysed the project. While encouraging extra-care housing their Welfare Reform policy capped rent levels making supported housing more expensive relative to Housing Benefit which would not cover the costs. After much lobbying nationally, the government agreed to support these higher rents for these supported homes and negotiations continued. Most recent investigations reveal that the appointed contractors have now pulled out thus wasting another 4 years work on the £25millon project and forcing HCC to start again.
In summary we started a journey eight years ago with the prospect of a community hospital; that gets cancelled and was replaced with a scheme to provide homes for older people and also a nursing home. This has now fallen through and we are back to square one. It’s hard to resist the view that there has been inadequate scrutiny, poor procurement, no information from Hampshire County Council and now a much smaller development than originally specified.
Surely Havant Borough deserves better?
[This post submitted by Ann Buckley, Coordinator of the Havant Borough Residents Alliance and member of the Havant Civic Society Committee. Ann is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and former Hampshire county councillor]
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Title: Long-term effects of the Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial
Author: Anderson, E.
Howe, L.
Kipping, R.
Campbell, R.
Jago, R.
Noble, S.
Wells, S.
Chittleborough, C.
Peters, T.
Lawlor, D.
Citation: BMJ Open, 2016; 6(11):e010957-1-e010957-11
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
Responsibility: Emma L Anderson, Laura D Howe, Ruth R Kipping, Rona Campbell, Russell Jago, Sian M Noble, Sian Wells, Catherine Chittleborough, Tim J Peters, Debbie A Lawlor
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the long-term effectiveness of a school-based intervention to improve physical activity and diet in children. Design: Cluster-randomised controlled trial. Setting: 60 primary schools in the southwest of England. Participants: Primary school children who were aged 8-9 years at recruitment, 9-10 years during the intervention and 10-11 years at the long-term follow-up assessment. Intervention: Teacher training, provision of lesson and child-parent interactive homework plans and teaching materials. Main Outcome Measures: Primary outcomes were accelerometer-assessed minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day, accelerometer-assessed minutes of sedentary behaviour per day and reported daily consumption of servings of fruit and vegetables. Results: 60 schools with 2221 eligible children were recruited. As in the previously published assessment immediately after the end of the intervention, none of the three primary outcomes differed between children in schools allocated to the intervention, compared with those in control schools at the end of the long-term follow-up (1 year after the end of the intervention). Differences in secondary outcomes were consistent with those at the immediate follow-up, with no evidence that these had diminished over time. Comparing intervention with control schools, the difference in mean child-reported screen viewing at the weekend was -16.03 min (95% CI -32.82 to 0.73), for servings of snacks per day, the difference was -0.11 (95% CI -0.39 to 0.06), in servings of high-energy drinks per day -0.20 (95% CI -0.39 to -0.01) and in servings of high-fat foods per day -0.12 (95% CI -0.39 to 0.00). None of these reached our predefined level of statistical significance, especially after accounting for multiple testing. Conclusions: School-based curriculum interventions alone are unlikely to have a major public health impact on children's diet and physical activity.
Keywords: physical activity; diet; children
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The length of a Black Friday checkout line affects how much you buy, according to science
Published Fri, Nov 22 20194:59 PM EST
Aditi Shrikant@aditi_shrikant
Customers wait in line to enter a Walmart on Thanksgiving Day in Troy, Michigan.
Waiting in lines is a ceremonial part of Black Friday. Even with almost half, or 46%, of shoppers planning to exclusively shop online, according to data from Decluttr, stories of people camping outside their favorite store on Thanksgiving night still dot the internet.
Despite past studies that estimate retailers can lose billions due to long checkout lines, a recent Georgetown University study by business professors John Cui and Sezer Ulku actually found the opposite. The longer the line, the more money you're likely to spend.
The mental traps that can lead you to spend more
Cui and Ulku study the effect of lines on how much we buy, something they call "purchase intention." They attribute shoppers' line-influenced behavior to two mental traps known as sunk cost fallacy and cognitive dissonance.
The sunk cost fallacy is when you continue a behavior because of a previous investment. For example, if you order too much food at a restaurant, you may force yourself to eat everything to "get your money's worth." That money is already gone, though, and your eating more or less doesn't change that.
Cognitive dissonance refers to the feeling of discomfort when your beliefs and behaviors don't align. For example, if you think consuming beef is bad for the environment but love to eat burgers, you may experience some cognitive dissonance.
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Your purchase intentions are due to a marriage of these two phenomenons, the professors found. For the study, they recorded purchase intentions of shoppers in six different queues including a line for a salad restaurant and a line for a cupcake shop. In all lines, they found that purchasing intention increased with the length of the line.
"You wait for one hour, now you have wasted all this time, and if you end up buying something small, you may feel like it wasn't worth it so, as a result, you may adjust your purchase behavior," Ulku says. "You experience mental discomfort so you change behavior to reduce this discomfort."
How 'purchase intention' can cost you on Black Friday
Cui's own Black Friday experience led him to study purchase intention. When he was a 20-something grad student at the University of Pennsylvania, he and his wife waited outside a handbag store on Black Friday for four hours. By the time the two were finally let in, "everything good was gone, anything you would want to buy was gone," he says.
But that didn't stop them from making a purchase. "Because we had waited so long, my wife decided to buy a product just to justify the long wait we had suffered," he says. "And in the end, she didn't use that product at all."
Because we had waited so long, my wife decided to buy a product just to justify the long wait we had suffered. And in the end she didn't use that product at all.
Dr. John Cui
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You don't have to suffer the same fate.
Cognitive dissonance depends on you feeling uncomfortable. So, theoretically, the less agitated you are while waiting on Black Friday, the less you may feel the need to buy.
In their study, Cui and Ulku found that people who were distracted by a video felt less pain while waiting and therefore didn't buy as much, though they still bought more than those who didn't have to wait in any line. Distracting yourself with a book or a downloaded movie could relieve some of the discomfort of waiting.
A Black Friday line is can also be less painful than other shopping lines because it is an event in itself. You're usually shoulder to shoulder with fellow intense shoppers, or perhaps it's a tradition for your family members to rush the doors of Best Buy at 4 a.m. together. All of these exciting emotions, Cui and Ulku say, could lower your purchase intentions and help you resist the need to buy more to justify your time in line.
Regardless, Cui says, the emotions around Black Friday do make purchase intentions hard to predict. "If you're happier, according to our theory, you end up buying less," he says. "But because you're happier, you're more likely to make impulsive purchases. If you enjoy the Black Friday atmosphere, it could be very likely you end up buying more."
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A modern-day Viking - the Heroic Deed of the Fisherman Guðlaugur Friðþórsson in the Westman Islands
By Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir
Vestmannaeyjar, the volcanic Westman Islands in South-Iceland, are an archipelago south of Iceland, and a really interesting place to visit. A volcanic eruption took place in the town of Heimaey island back in 1973; with all the inhabitants having to flee to the mainland.
In this travel-blog, I want to tell you about one of the heroes of the Westman islands - Guðlaugur Friðþórsson - and tell you why there is a free-standing bathtub in the open on Heimaey island.
If you see a bathtub in Heimaey island, with an information sign in both Icelandic and English then you are looking at Guðlaugssund; a memorial of the rescue of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson and of the fishermen, who perished in the cold Atlantic ocean on the 11th of March 1984. This memorial, which was donated by the captains and deck officers in the Westman islands, was unveiled on the Fishermen's Festival in 1996.
Late at night on the 11th of March 1984, a herculean task was performed, when an Icelandic fisherman, Guðlaugur Friðþórsson (born in 1961), swam for 5.7 km from a sinking boat. The boat, Hellisey VE-503, had capsized and sunk east of Stórhöfði on Heimaey island.
The crew consisted of five men, the 23-year-old Guðlaugur being one of them. The other men in the crew were all young men as well, family men in the prime of their lives. Two of the five men perished when the boat capsized, but the other three were able to crawl up on the keel of the boat.
The outside temperature on this winter night was only -2 degrees C and it breaks my heart thinking about my countrymen hanging on to the keel of the boat, cold and frightened :( They had to start swimming when the boat sank and lost sight of each other in the rough sea.
The sea was only 6 degrees C cold, but Guðlaugur, who was a deck officer, kept on swimming in the darkness alone in the cold Atlantic ocean. He saw the lights of Heimaey island and swam towards them and reached land 5 hours later! I remember Guðlaugur talking about an Arctic fulmar which had kept him company during his entire swim, almost like a guardian angel. And a star shining brightly the entire time in the overcast sky.
What an outstanding achievement, it is totally incomprehensible how this young man survived in the cold sea for so long. When he finally reached land, totally exhausted, the cliffs turned out to be too steep for him to climb them and the waves were crashing against the cliffs, so he had to step into the cold sea again and look for a better place.
I remember him saying in an interview on TV, that this was the hardest moment, finally having reached land and having to get back into the cold! I hope I am not mistaken when I say this.
When Guðlaugur finally came ashore at a better place he had to walk barefoot in the frost and wind over a sharp lava field to reach the inhabited area of Heimaey island. And we, who live in Iceland, know what sharp lava is like, like knives which tear one's shoes; I cannot even imagine walking on this sharp lava barefoot :(
When Guðlaugur had reached land he was exhausted and very thirsty. He noticed this tub which had water for the sheep. He broke through the ice on the water with his bare fist and was able to drink from the tub.
Guðlaugur then had to walk for 2-3 km in the frost before he reached the first house; 9 hours after the boat sank. What an ordeal! His body temperature could not be measured, it was below 34 degrees C, yet he didn't have hypothermia!
He was immediately driven to the hospital where his feet were attended too, but both his feet were badly cut and he had deep wounds from walking on the sharp lava and rocks.
How Guðlaugur endured the cold sea of 5.4 degrees C for so many hours is incomprehensible, and hypothermia experiments were made on him both in Iceland and in the Physiological Department of the London Hospital Medical College. They found out that the fat in Guðlaugur's body was almost like seal-fat and thus he was able to survive for so long in the cold sea.
The other 4 fishermen drowned. This is such a sad and heroic story. Guðlaugur does not want the focus to be on his outstanding achievement, but on the 4 fishermen who lost their lives on that night. I cannot even write this without tearing up :(
On Stórhöfði cape you will find a view-dial, like in many places in Iceland. I seek out these view-dials as my husband's family has made many of the view-dials in Iceland.
On the view-dial at Stórhöfði cape is written on the right-hand side: "On March 11th, 1984 the fishing boat Hellisey perished in the waters east of Heimaey. Four crew members were lost, but the ship's mate, Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, swam a distance of a 3.2 nautical miles or 6 kilometres." The view-dial will show you the direction from which Guðlaugur swam.
Here you will find photos of this extraordinary man Guðlaugur Friðþórsson. A film was made in 2012 on Guðlaugur and the night of this incredible deed. It is called Djúpið in Icelandic or the Deep.
Guðlaugssundið - the Swim of Guðlaugur - has been an annual tradition in the Westman islands since 1985, a year after Guðlaugur's heroic swim. This tradition, which takes place in the swimming pool of the Westman Islands, commemorates the deed of Guðlaugur, and all the fishermen lost at sea.
It also serves as a reminder to keep our vigilance in the prevention of accidents at sea. In 2018 fifteen participants swam a distance of 6 km, which is the distance Guðlaugur swam 35 years ago.
All around Iceland you will notice memorials, which I call the heart of every town and village in Iceland; the Memorial for drowned fishermen in Iceland, on which I am writing a special travel-blog. We Icelanders have lost too many good men at sea and on this day we lost four more; we are glad that Guðlaugur Friðþórsson survived.
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The price of liquidity: The effects of market conditions and bank characteristics
Fecht, Falko
Nyborg, Kjell G.
Rocholl, Jörg
Falko Fecht
Kjell G. Nyborg
We study the prices that individual banks pay for liquidity (captured by borrowing rates in repos with the central bank and benchmarked by the overnight index swap) as a function of market conditions and bank characteristics. These prices depend in particular on the distribution of liquidity across banks, which is calculated over time using individual bank-level data on reserve requirements and actual holdings. Banks pay more for liquidity when positions are more imbalanced across banks, consistent with the existence of short squeezing. We also show that small banks pay more for liquidity and are more vulnerable to squeezes. Healthier banks pay less but, contrary to what one might expect, banks in formal liquidity networks do not. State guarantees reduce the price of liquidity but do not protect against squeezes.
Fecht, Falko & Nyborg, Kjell G. & Rocholl, Jörg, 2011. "The price of liquidity: The effects of market conditions and bank characteristics," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(2), pages 344-362.
Handle: RePEc:eee:jfinec:v:102:y:2011:i:2:p:344-362
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.05.015
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Banks; Liquidity; Money markets; Repos; Imbalance; Short squeezing; Financial health; Liquidity networks; State guarantees;
G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions
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Expert opinion and compensation: evidence from a musical competition
GINSBURGH, Victor
VAN OURS, Jan C.
Victor A. Ginsburgh
Pianists who achieve high scores in the Queen Elizabeth musical competition are rewarded by subsequent success. This is not surprising in itself, but it is not immediately clear whether this is caused by the score or because those who have high scores are better pianists. Data on eleven consecutive competitions make it possible to distinguish between the two explanations, since an unexpected situation allows us to use an instrumental variable (the randomly assigned order in which musicians appear at the competition), uncorrelated with ability, but correlated with the results of the competition.
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GINSBURGH, Victor & VAN OURS, Jan C., 2003. "Expert opinion and compensation: evidence from a musical competition," CORE Discussion Papers RP 1617, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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Victor A. Ginsburgh & Jan C. van Ours, 2003. "Expert Opinion and Compensation: Evidence from a Musical Competition," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(1), pages 289-296, March.
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the world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. – e.e. cummings
Posted on June 29, 2014 by beth
children and the young at heart
are encouraged to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty
in honor of International Mud Day.
a man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it. ~R.C. Ferguson
image credits: letthechildrenplay.com, firefliesandmudpuppies,g2goutside.org
Filed under adventure, children, international mud day, kids, Life, mud, play, puddles and tagged children, international mud day, kids, life, mud, play | 66 Comments
fictionfitz on June 29, 2014 at 7:47 am said:
Reblogged this on Good Morning and commented:
Using R.C. Ferguson’s definition, I became old a long time ago.
ksbeth on June 29, 2014 at 8:09 am said:
there is still time, fitz ) and thanks for the reblog. one can never have too much mud, i think.
ramblingsfromamum on June 29, 2014 at 7:50 am said:
Mud glorious mud…smiles xx
glorious indeed, jen )
markbialczak on June 29, 2014 at 8:41 am said:
I am not one to quibble about mud, Beth, but they should have made it on the anniversary of the original Woodstock festival. Or the 25th anniversary edition, which I wallowed through in Saugerties, N.Y., after which I returned with the saying: “I didn’t cover Woodstock II, it covered me.”
Thanks for making me aware of International Mud Day.
great line mark. and why can’t every day be mud day?
I look at my clothes and declare, they are, Beth, they are.
LAMarcom on June 30, 2014 at 10:54 pm said:
International Mud Day?
Is there a T-Shirt?
ksbeth on June 30, 2014 at 11:57 pm said:
i’m quite sure there is a shirt lance, and cool about the mud guppy history )
LAMarcom on July 1, 2014 at 12:00 am said:
I had always hoped so.
Paul on June 29, 2014 at 8:43 am said:
Said as only a Grandmother can. Great post Beth. Are the joeys there yet?
true indeed, paul. soon, in 11 hours )
Mark Myers on June 29, 2014 at 9:21 am said:
Yay, I’m not getting old…ran right through one today. I love that quote…and mud.
ksbeth on June 29, 2014 at 5:07 pm said:
i’m so happy to hear that, mark !
peakperspective on June 29, 2014 at 9:48 am said:
I am putting International Mud Day on my calendar from now on. It is party time!
hitandrun1964 on June 29, 2014 at 9:50 am said:
How fabulous is that???????? Love this post.
i so agree, and thanks!
Me too. Lovin’ it.
dhonour on June 29, 2014 at 11:44 am said:
My favorite poet, mr. cummings is.
i love him too.
Roy Sexton (Reel Roy Reviews) on June 29, 2014 at 11:48 am said:
love that quote! my mom has said that one often too!
me too, and i have no doubt susie would say this often!
laurie27wsmith on June 29, 2014 at 12:21 pm said:
Mud’s great until you get it in your eye. 😦
and even then )
laurie27wsmith on June 29, 2014 at 7:22 pm said:
You wash it out and keep throwing it……
unfetteredbs on June 29, 2014 at 2:46 pm said:
Love! Those faces :). How much fun 🙂
pure fun.
Peter Wells aka Countingducks on June 29, 2014 at 3:27 pm said:
I love people who are not fussy about getting a bit messy and I’m a long-time fan of e.e.cummings, and especially that his initials are always in small letters
me too, all of that.
kateshrewsday on June 29, 2014 at 4:45 pm said:
Fantastic post! I was trying to explain what a mud kitchen was to someone only the other day. Mud is the stuff of life. I still love the myth that we started from clay and were fashioned from mud.
thanks, i’m a huge fan of the mud kitchen too. and love the myth too )
David Kanigan on June 29, 2014 at 8:07 pm said:
I love walking through puddles, even today.
i’m happy to hear that, dk )
authormbeyer on June 29, 2014 at 10:19 pm said:
I didn’t know there was such a holiday. Thank you for waiting to tell me about until my kids are too big to want to celebrate it!
it is completely open to all ages, good news!
sheridegrom - From the literary and legislative trenches. on June 29, 2014 at 11:34 pm said:
Oh the fun of making mud pies and such – thanks for the memories.
there’s still time, sheri )
sheridegrom - From the literary and legislative trenches. on June 30, 2014 at 12:05 am said:
I think that’s why I like to garden so much. Are you being affected by the heavy rains?
me too, sheri, it gives me another reason to get in the mud. rains not too bad in our part of the country, really so far, it’s just been enough to make things lush and green.
murphysmission on June 30, 2014 at 12:07 am said:
i adore e.e. so much–fabulous, beth!!!
thanks, susie, me too. and like us, he’s a lower case letter guy )
Wilder Man on Rolling Creek on June 30, 2014 at 12:26 am said:
The last image, the young one with his goggles … So unique. He looks like a little wild man. Good job, Beth. I learned two new prolific expressions, on your blog: “mud-lucious” and puddle-wonderful”.
always good to add to our vocabulary of fun )
Eric Alagan on June 30, 2014 at 1:12 am said:
I will not enter a mud bath now but as I kid – thoroughly enjoyed it 🙂
it is pretty fun isn’t it?
Gray Dawster on June 30, 2014 at 4:32 am said:
Sloppy mud pies and caked up
children, what a treat for any parent 🙂
Now it is the turn of all the
adults, are you game Bet? 😉 lol
Beth too 😉 lol
earthriderjudyberman on June 30, 2014 at 10:07 am said:
As Calvin and Hobbes said when they saw a puddle, “I think our day just got packed.” Looks like fun times. 😉
that is a fantastic quote, judy!
Minuscule Moments on June 30, 2014 at 5:49 pm said:
Beth love the photos and the quote and my kids still like mud. I remember making mud pies as a child….my father would dig a huge hole and fill it with water…..Nine little siblings in a mud hole, we would think it was christmas.
there are few things as freeing as playing in the mud, and what a wonderful father you had!
Minuscule Moments on July 1, 2014 at 3:18 pm said:
Beth I was a lucky girl he was a beautiful, fun-loving man. Thanks for sparking those memories.
ksbeth on July 1, 2014 at 11:47 pm said:
you really were, mm )
Ya know Beth, back in the Day, when I was a ‘Tadpole,’ trying to become a ‘Frog Man,’ (SEAL), they used to call me ‘Mud-Guppy’
Just a fun fact.
Loved it.
The Guat on July 1, 2014 at 4:11 pm said:
Duuuuuuuuude … Had I known 🙂
well now you can put it on your calendar for next year and be ready, gust )
Thom Hickey on July 5, 2014 at 2:43 am said:
So true about the puddle! Regards from Thom at the immortal jukebox (plugged in now).
ksbeth on July 5, 2014 at 7:50 am said:
it is thom, it is )
Bonnie on July 5, 2014 at 11:04 am said:
❤ the third pic 😀
ksbeth on July 5, 2014 at 6:14 pm said:
reocochran on July 6, 2014 at 4:40 pm said:
I remember mud pies, dolls in mud and my toes in mud! Squishy and funny memories! Smiles, Robin
me too, and thanks, robin )
Joe Bradshaw on July 9, 2014 at 12:08 am said:
My kind of fun! Loved the post, the pics and the smiles! 🙂 Thanks for sharing them.. I hope you got muddy too! 🙂
ksbeth on July 9, 2014 at 12:49 am said:
thanks, joe )
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What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Rent Control?
Several U.S. cities use price controls to limit the rent a landlord can charge for residential properties. Generally, rent control exists in expensive markets. San Francisco, for example, employs some of California's toughest rent control laws. As of 2010, the average price for a two-bedroom unit in the city is $1,760, compared to the statewide average of $1,327, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. While rent control presents a good deal for some, there are associated costs.
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Clearly, rent control results in lower rents for some of a city's residents. Not all cities operate rent control the same way--if they even use it to begin with--however, San Francisco's program is representative of most rent control schemes. The city allows landlords to raise tenants' rent once per year on the "anniversary date" of their initial move-in, according to the San Francisco Rent Board. The Rent Board sets the annual allowable rate of increase in December, for implementation the following March 1st. Between March 1, 2010 and February 28, 2011, San Francisco landlords can raise rent by just 0.1 percent. The previous year's allowable hike was 2.2 percent. When a tenant leaves a rental unit in San Francisco, the landlord can charge any rent she pleases; however, she must still abide by the aforementioned limits.
Related Protections
Cities with rent control typically legislate related tenant protections. San Francisco in the north and Santa Monica in the south are two classic California examples. Both cities' rent control laws stand side-by-side with other considerations for renters, most notably policies regarding evictions. While California law allows landlords to end a month-to-month tenancy in the state with nothing more than a 30- or 60-day notice, according to the state's Department of Consumer Affairs, San Francisco and Santa Monica do not. Both cities only allow landlords to evict a tenant for a "just cause," which includes nonpayment of rent, violation of the lease agreement and unlawful use of the rental unit.
As the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) argues, rent control discourages people from moving. If a tenant is in a rent-controlled unit, especially in a large and expensive city, such as New York or San Francisco, he might, for obvious reasons, want to stay in it. This can lead to older individuals not choosing to downsize and younger families deciding to stick it out in smaller quarters. NMHC contends that this hurts the poor, who are often forced to travel considerable distances to jobs they are qualified for since most rent-controlled units are located in high-priced city centers.
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April 18, 2015 · 157 Comments
Upcoming Public Tour of Willard Asylum for the Insane
Upstate New York and the Finger Lakes Region
Willard Asylum for the Insane
In a nutshell Willard officially opened in 1869. By 1877 Willard, at 475 acres (1500 patients) was the largest asylum in the United States1 . In 1995 Willard Psychiatric Center closed its doors, but a portion of the campus is a New York State Department of Corrections rehabilitation facility for inmates.
Obviously, because of the New York State Department of Corrections facility Willard is usually off-limits to the public, but once a year historical tours are permitted. Currently, there are no plans for any future tours.
Upcoming 2015 Public Tour of Willard Asylum for the Insane
The tours have been scheduled for Saturday, May 16th 2015.
At 11 a.m. May 16 Lawrence Mocha (the Willard Grave digger) will be memorialized at the Willard Cemetery.
Times have been confirmed and are 9 am and 1 pm. , they are three-hour tours of the former Former Willard Psychiatric Center
The cost of tour admission is $10 per person. Children under 10 years of age are free. Proceeds from the event will benefit a local Child Care Center, an accredited not-for-profit daycare center in the Jackson Building, which once housed Willard’s School of Nursing and is also on the tour.
Visitors should gather at Camp Edgemere to purchase tickets. There will be unlimited space, but once the tours begin no more tickets will be sold.
Some of the buildings that will be visited are: Elliot Hall, Brookside, Bleak House, Hadley Hall and the Mortuary. Visitors will also have a chance to visit Romulus Historical Society building on the grounds and the Willard Cemetery where 5,776 Willard patients were buried from 1870 to 2000.
A chicken barbecue will also be available at Camp Edgemere.
I can’t wait, I think it will be interesting!
Books about Willard
The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic , by Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, and Lisa Rinzler
The Inmates of Willard 1870 to 1900: A Genealogy Resource , by Linda S. Stuhler
What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman Fictional story, but very good read!
The Back Building by Julie Dewey, another Fictional work, but very good thought provoking story.
An Inside Tour of ‘Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane’ – Ovid, NY
The Willard Suitcase Exhibit Online
Willard State Hospital @ NYasylum.com
Willard Asylum Suitcases by Jon Crispin
Historical photos from Willard.
Willard Asylum on Destination Fear | Travel Channel
If you only check one of these links out make it Willard Asylum Suitcases by Jon Crispin the photography is beautiful, and the glimpse into the lives of Willard residents intriguing.
What do you think? Would you go check out an old asylum? I would! I think the history alone would be fascinating, and there has to be a few good photo opportunities in a big old building like the ones at Willard!
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Bobbie Cadwell says
Ok… I know this is a little late. But, we were there for the early tour. We stood in line for a short time. We then got our tickets (which were bracelets). We then started our tour with the fire house. We visited each building. We even went in a building that we weren’t supposed to (unbeknownst to us). That was the best part by the way. We had a good time. The tour could have been better. But, understand this… They got 800 people last year for the tour. They were expecting the same number of people this year. They were sooo overwhelmed. They tried really hard to accommodate. When it showed up on Facebook it really attracted many people. Also, there wasn’t a fire…… it was steam from the water facility. They said they’d be much more prepared next year.
Craig says
I would really like to see this facility as my Grandfather died there in 1972. He suffered from Alzheimer’s. I was only 15 then.
I’m amazed that this “tour” could be scheduled and not be professionally planned. Any big event pre-sells tickets, plans group size and has hand-out literature, as needed. It also seems the security was not professional (or enough of them on-hand) either. From what I’ve read much of this was not done.
I now live in Ohio, but I may be able to come out sometime during the year to see what I can see.
coryed says
This tour was such a disappointment. Our five family members traveled over two hours to go to it. We arrived at 11:30 am for the 1:00 tour. We passed hundreds of cars parked along the narrow road outside the grounds. We entered the grounds and asked a passer-by where to go for tickets. He said they were all sold out. What!! Unlimited tickets it said! We parked in the first space we found. A security guard told us where to go for tickets. We hiked a long way to Camp Edgemore but got our tickets. We waited in a large group for the tour to begin. No maps and no one seemed to know anything about the tour before hand. Finally, we were told to get in groups of 50 with a guide. Our group had over 100 and some people had no tickets…no one checked or nor cared. Our guide was a spry lady who must have thought we were there to run a race. She ran us up and down the hills which was ridiculous. She got confused and led us to one building and then realized were to be somewhere else. So, off again, we ran again. Twice this happened. She read from her paper the description of the building we would enter. We were in the back of this large crowd and heard nothing. We went in the hospital which certainly wasn’t the one used for the patients of long ago. The recreation building might have been a bit older but nothing to pertain to the real living conditions of the patients of past. The morgue, inside, looked old but the new skylights didn’t correlate. The last building was the present children’s center. I didn’t even bother going in since obviously, again, it wouldn’t show us what life was like long ago here. And that was it. They said we missed he firehall because of a ruckus with the 9:00 am tour. Who cared anyway? Some of the people on the 9:00 tour took it upon themselves to enter some of the actual, old buildings where the patients lived…..that we all had hoped to see. No way…they were off all bounds. What a disappointment. This was poorly organized and poorly delivered. I realize the volunteers were trying to do a good thing with this fund raiser. However, there was no direction or leadership. We would never return for another tour. I could see this much in some of our own buildings in our home town. Those people who were turned away missed nothing except for the time and effort they took to get here.
I took the day off from work and drove an hour to sit in traffic for 45 minutes and then be told that they were sold out. The job of an events coordinator is to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for an event. I feel as if this was a failure on that person’s part, I was told that they didn’t expect this big of a turnout but if anyone had done their research they would know that social media will take a small event and make it huge. In addition to doing their homework they should consider pre-sale tickets online, set a number and that should alleviate some of the chaos that ensued. The fact that there was no parking for the people that were there on time is also an issue. I read that they had to purchase their tickets and then drive to another building, this should not have been the case with the amount of traffic issues already occurring. I feel as if this event is going to be attempted again that it might be a good idea to hire some more tour guides and stagger the tours from 9am – 1pm every hour, this would give the second tour guide an opportunity to keep an eye on the end of the first group as well to rid themselves of any potential trouble makers, and so on with the remaining tour guides. Please take this as constructive criticism and utilize some of these ideas to make an optimal experience for future tours. Although I am very disappointed that I was turned away from taking the tour I would consider going again. The fact that over $300,000 was turned away is a little sickening, what organization wouldn’t be able to put that money to good use.
We drove all the way up there to be told by the CO directing traffic that the 9am crowd was so big and became unruly by climbing over fences and destroying the historical site that they cancelled the afternoon tour
sb says
It was also canceled due to a fire in another building.
Also, I live in Willard. The amount of people flying down my road, which happens to be a dead end, was ridiculous
Thinking they could avoid the traffic getting out. EVERYONE missed the NO OUTLET sign as you drive in to Willard. Did they expect 3,000 people? No. Poanning future tours with shuttle busses would be a fantastic idea so mext time I dont6take it upon myself to block my road do my kids can play outside safely.
Youbeentoldoff says
You knew that there would be a tour being local. You also should of seen all the cars doing about 2mph. Im sure you had enough time to be safe.
my niece was able to take a tour at one p.m. My sister and I were turned away at that time
We drove there and were in bumper to bumper traffic for about 2-3 miles and then turned around by a cop at the top of the road who said it was cancelled because of a fire. However, my friend meeting me there had gotten her tickets and when I called she said they were just waiting for their guide and it looked like people were still buying tickets.
We found out later about the vandalism. I had bought BBQ tickets too, but was not able to pick them up because we were turned around. I tried to call to ask about getting my money back, but there is no one answering the phone and you can’t leave a message at the ESC child care where I bought the tickets from.
Suggestion: Sell tickets for the tour ahead of time so you have an idea of how many people are coming and do the tour more than once a year. Definitely press charges on those trouble makers that obviously have no respect.
This was very disappointing and I don’t understand the lack of planning!
Sandra Guentet says
Cris, we had a similar experience and I would like to leave my comment. I can’t figure where to make this comment, however. How did you do it? Thanks, Sandy
Jennifer Powell says
Drove from Toronto, Ontario…… 4 hours for nothing! I’d really like to know the truth, was it fire or bad tour planning!??,?
Gina Donnelly says
There was a fire call to the Day Care center basement. I happened to be going to my car which was parked nearby.
Courtney Sobiegraj says
there was no fire though. someone turned on the furnace in the children’s building which caused smoke to set off the fire detector (I was there when the 2 fire engines showed up and cleared the building). Honestly, I think they were ill prepared for the crowd that showed up & shut down early because it became so unruly.
Kathy Turcsik says
We were so disappointed today after driving for the afternoon tour, sitting in traffic for over 1hr only to be told it was closed. We are hoping you will continue with the tours maybe more often in the summer months so more people have the chance to come. I’m sure everyone was caught off guard with the volume of the crowd. Would be a great way for the state to make money giving tours.
Will they be rescheduling? I got there almost an hour and a half early only to be turned away after sitting in traffic for over an hour. Very disappointed.
Kylie Murtha says
This was very disappointing. The 1:00 tour was sold out at 9:00am. There may have been only 1000 people there last yr, but when u advertise on Facebook and other social networks, word gets around fast! They may not even do it again after this year because of lack of security! Seriously!? This said there was unlimited space!! Tickets need to be sold in advance next yr. And if they were smart, which this state is clearly not, they would open Willard more then 1 day a year! Perhaps every weekend for the entire summer! Look at how much money they lost because of being so unorganized. So many people we so excited for this tour and now we may not ever have the chance to go again. Thanks to the people that ruined this for 100’s of people.
Definitely a disappointment….we figured that 2 hours would be plenty enough time to get there for a 1.5 hour drive. We were making really good time and about 2 miles out we ran into traffic backed up and we sat in it for 45 minutes for the 9 am tour. We found a parking spot that we thought was fairly close as we had only seen 1 officer directing traffic and only a couple of arrows with directions. Once we arrived at the facility we found that the tours were going already and we were not able to go on one until 1 pm. We tried to get directions to where we might be able to get tickets as no one really seemed to know what was going on. They ran out of maps really early so you couldn’t even get one to see what the other buildings were as very few were marked. Arrows showing the way down in to get tickets were not up or had fallen down so it was a trick to find out where to go. We were told by some of the volunteers that last year they had 200 people and were expecting 300 this year. I asked if they had any idea how many tickets they had sold and they had no idea. We also ran into people who had paid for the tour and then lost their groups and were told to get in their cars and drive around to find them. It was extremely disorganized and chaotic for everyone!! I was so excited for this tour and we ended up not doing it because we did our own “tour” and made our own afternoon out of it. I would love to have the opportunity to do this again but in a far more organized fashion and more days opened up!!
Laura L. Kelly says
VERY disappointing. I am spreading the word on FB and any other social media that it was very disorganized and this is false advertising. There was NO tour inside any asylum. It was offices that were currently occupied. The abandoned asylum was OFF LIMITS and no one could enter. Elliott Hall, famous for being haunted – you could only go on the first floor. Couldn’t even go on the second floor or into the basement! Sure, you could tour outside the buildings. You can do that anytime. So many people were so excited and showed up. So many were turned away! I was told by a few people on my walk down in that they were turning people away, but I continued down to the ticket place. Which, by the way, there was no directions to Edgemere. Online or at the site! Then you had Corrections Officers everywhere telling you that you can’t go there. I asked my tour guide when the ceremony was for the caretaker and she said that it was at 11 a.m. Oh, that was NOT mentioned on this site either. Thanks for disappointing a lot of folks. Enjoy your $10.00 from literally thousands of people. It’s no wonder it was the last year, you people don’t know how to plan anything. It’s too bad. My sister said “DITTO” what everybody is saying on here. I’m so happy to see that at least a few of the many people I spoke with today are on here complaining because the majority of people today said that the tour was awful.
Rolling Hills in Bethany NY does one each year, I don’t have a lot of info on it but have been told it’s worth it. Not chaotic like this one.
Karla, my friend Chris at Exploring Upstate wrote about Rolling Hills! https://exploringupstate.com/rolling-hills-asylum-east-bethany-ny/
Rolling Hills Asylum is actually opened year round, with at least four pre-scheduled tours & ghost hunts each week. Public 2 Hr guided tours through the 60,000 sq. ft complex are just $20 and limited to about 40 people. Public Ghost Hunts all have the guided tour (about 75-90 min) followed by self-guided ghost hunts. The 3 Hr options are $30, 5 Hr are $40 and 8 Hr are $55. Private group options are also available. Everything is PRE-SOLD through their website and max out at about 40 people per tour/hunt. They also offer Horror Movie Nights for $15 includes snack and soft drink – starting in June with titles such as Poltergeist, The Others, White Noise and the Conjuring. July 11 & 12 – SyFy’s Brian Cano and Aug 2 they are hosting the Jason M. Jewett Memorial Cruise In Car & Motorcyle event benefiting Wounded Warriors with Pet Adoptions, Psychics, Vendors, and more – their website is http://www.RollingHillsAsylum.com
It was out of control, the Correction guards did not want us there and kept telling us to leave. We started the 2nd tour at 1 and it only lasted an hour because the correction guards kept driving around asking everyone to leave. The tour guides could not keep control as to many people and the guide would disappear and you couldn’t find him again. I believe this is why people were just walking at will. Only got through 2 bldgs. and was told to leave. I drove a long way and found this to be very disappointing.
I completely agree! I was told that it was closed and they weren’t handing out tickets too, but I got down there and they were. Yet, i wonder if it was even worth it because they didn’t even take us into any buildings that were worth it. VERY disorganized and my sister, who’s disabled, came with me and she couldn’t come in because they was no accommodations, no parkings, and MILES of walking!
to expect a facility that closed down many years ago to be handicapped accessible is kind of not realistic.
Midge Van Etten says
When I called or information regarding the tour the recorded message said that most of the buildings WERE handicapped accessible. What a fiasco all the way around. A waste of time, money, and what could have been a productive day.
Mary Romano says
I took my 85 yo mother to this from Rochester and was so looking forward to this. My Great Grand parents worked and met there in the late 1800’s. I called a news reporter to set up info on an article as we had pictures and artifacts from Willard. We were turned away by the state trooper in the middle of the road saying there was a fire and a riot. We went out to lunch in Geneva then met the reporter anyway. I didn’t want the day to be a total loss, but I was bummed!
Highly disappointing! Should be rescheduled.
we rented a bus that cost $500 a bunch of us split the cost. we got there, stuck in traffic to have police tell us it was closed. friends that drove themselves got in and walked around and did indeed go on a tour. They heard nothing about a fire but said that it was a big disappointment. We went to some wineries but was not the same. so after paying for the bus and a hundred dollar tip for the driver. we never got to reach our destination..very disappointed
WOW! I can’t imagine that! I think this tour should be rescheduled and better planned as well. Especially since a lot of people were turned away! The more people complain, maybe they will reschedule.
Got caught in traffic almost an hour before the afternoon tour. Police and fire went roaring by us headed towards the site. Cars in the opposite direction said the crowds were out of hand and that the tours were canceled.
Three hours of driving, shot. I really hope they reschedule – and maybe learn a lesson and sell a limited number of tickets, in advance only, to avoid this problem.
We were told here a problem in the prison
Susanne Marie Schuster says
That’s what we heard also
We were one of the hundreds wanting to go on the tour only to find out it was cancelled! Very poorly run! There should be only a certain number of tickets sold ahead of time! It was for a good cause and I would love to visit this establishment! Could there be another attempt at this only run better? Kudos to the police officers trying their best to direct that huge volume of traffic!
I hope in the future there is another attempt at a tour, I think there is a lot to learn from events like this.
Carmella says
Was so looking forward to this tour. On my way there, I ran into backed up traffic and police/sheriff directing traffic. Was told it was cancelled due to a fire? Seemed very disorganized.
We were told there was A fire and to leave. Does anyone know if the tours will be rescheduled?
Tracy W. says
The 1:00 tour was cancelled with no reason given. Some people said they heard there was a problem with the morning tour, that visitors were leaving the group, or that here was a fire at the prison, but no one official said anything. They didn’t post any signs, so everyone parked up and walked all the way up before hearing a thing. Very poorly run. I was so looking forward to this tour, but the way it was cancelled was utterly chaotic. Does anyone know the reason why?
Debbi B says
We drove 2.5 hours to get there early for the 1pm. Got 2 miles from the turn into the facility and were met with an enormous line of traffic. When we got to the trooper directing traffic, we asked where the facility was. At that time we were informed that the 9am tour ended early and the 1pm tour had been cancelled due to “a problem at the prison”. Very, VERY disappointing to drive all that way.
Kelly M says
Friends of mine were at the 1:00 pm tour and had gotten me tickets. The police wouldn’t let me near it despite having tickets purchased even though my group went through with it. it was not cancelled. It was just such a huge turnout that they started turning people away.
RyAnn says
I went to the 9:00 am tour. Traffic was horrible, and we got in there around 10. They decided to do more tours than the 9 and 1. They were just putting together big groups as they came in. It was all chaos. But when we left around 2, there were people that had came in for the 1:00 tour and they were letting them come in. There were tours going on when we left. There was no fire, but someone had turned the heat up in the daycare and steam was coming out of the vents and the fire department went to that, and there were no problems at the prison while we were there. I think maybe they just weren’t letting people in at a certain time, but you still could come back and buy tickets to the tour. Which was not worth the money anyways. It was just too unorganized for so many people and you lost your group and the guide as soon as you started the tour, so you were left wandering around and wondering where they heck you could go and what was going on.
We arrived at 8:10 a.m. to find about 500 people already in line, and, while we were there, probably 500 more come in behind us. The groups started being formed about 8:30a, by 9:00, we were doubled up with another group, told to get in our car, drive to Elliott Hall, where we were told by a CO we couldn’t park. That’s when the chaos began. When we parked and walked to it, there was only a lady at the door explaining what that building was. Never saw another guide the whole time. Complete disorganization and chaos. Could’ve parked and wandered about without paying, for that.
Hello, we drove out for the tour and they told us that it was cancelled for today. Will you reschedule the tour?
Nikki J. says
Well, I don’t know where to directly leave a message for the people running Willard tours but I’m hoping someone will see it here. I just drove two hours for the tour and was even “early” nut ran into an hour long back up in traffic. Suddenly, car after car turned around. After another thirty minutes I found out they closed the tours and we’re turning people away. Hundreds of people, we’re turned away. I totally understand that they may not have been staffed for this outcome. I’m just hoping that by seeing such a turnout this year they will consider opening the tours for a longer period of time or even more times during the year. There is obviously a huge interest in it with a lot of money to be made. Thanks for opening the Willard grounds for tours. Very disapointed that I was turned away.
Cheyenne says
I think the event coordinator for these tours should learn the definition of “unlimited space”. Drove over an hour and arrived 40 minutes early to be told the tour was closed.
Not happy says
For future reference, “once tour begins no more tickets will be sold” means each tour separate. That way you don’t stand in line for a friggin hour before the first tour for them to be rude and ignorant and tell you to come back and wait in line again to attend the second tour, especially when you were instructed to do so from calling the day before. Completely disorganized.
Delia says
Will there be other tours? Possibly Sunday????? I work Saturdays ;(
Renee Tiaskkun says
My father worked at Williard for 34 years. I use to visit when i was younger, it was very intimidating for sure, I cannot wait to take my dad on the tour this Satuday he has soooo many stories of the place…
Jennifer Duffany says
Drove 3 hours for them to say it was canceled with no explanation!! Highly disappointing!!
Same thing here! We even got there over an hour early! Very poorly planned on their part. Thankfully we only drove an hr. I can’t imagine how angry you are after a 3 hr ride and then another 3 hrs home
KaraJean Yates says
Us too! We drove 3 hour for my sisters birthday gift. We waited in line till we got to the front and then a cop told us it was shut down for the day and we had to leave. I’ve never been so disappointed.
Same here drove from Rochester
Me too, Michelle!! Had been soooo looking forward to it, especially since I’m a social worker at RGH ED and frequently took the Greyhound thru Willard on my way from Cornell to Rochester. The sheriff told me there was a fire… and as I was driving away I smelled smoke
Nancy S. says
I was very disappointed that I could not attend the 1 pm tour!!! I was looking forward to it all week! I left early just so I could buy my ticket for the tour and the chicken barbecue! I was turned away before I could even reach the road to the facility. Had to drive all the way around and spent a half a tank of gas to get home. Hope there is some reason why the tour was cancelled!! If the tour is schedule again, I hope there is better planning and maybe advanced tickets sold!!
I can imagine the frustration and confusion you must have experienced today. I really hope we learn what happened, hopefully this can be avoided in the future.
Hello. I will say we feel lucky to have been able to see the grounds and such. I will say that it should have been limited and tickets presold..and maybe do it two days. We were one of what started as a tour led by a woman who was sweet and understanding.. Even with rude people in our crowd. We noticed shortly into our tour that people (that probably didn’t pay) were in our group. We were lucky..like I said. I suggest limited presold tickets and tour guides at each building. I feel bad for your staff that undoubtedly had to deal with everything, and those who had to be turned away.
Lover of History says
Well im sure they have heard all the feedback by now, but something different happened to me and my husband today. After waiting 45mins in traffic (and thats being there 30mins early) we called it quits. While i understand the parking and the fact its on a dead end road…we drive past the campus and about a 1/4 mile up the rd was the grave site, i said, “hey lets go check that out until traffic cool down” BAD IDEA!!! REMIND YOU THERE were no signs at all about posted prop. We get up the driveway and and fast as we said the place a very rude, old lady (there were about 4 of them) approached my truck and asked, “why are you here”? i answered to look around real quick and turn around! we never even got out of the car
we followed the mowed path up a little bit past some other parked cars and started turning around at this point this rude women (about 50yards away) started screaming! ” GET OFF THE GRASS, GET OFF THE GRASS, IS THIS NESSCIARTY? AT this point we just wanted to get outta there. while coming back down, she and another old rude person approached my car again and started yelling at us!!! “what are you doing”!!!!! I dont know who these women were, but im sure they were with the planning group and were setting up a tent and a booth. There were about 8 cars up there and its all grass!!!
I hope this women and her group of “guardians” gets fried. We were from out of town, no room to drive, couldnt go on the tour and just trying to look around a PUBLIC PLACE!!!!
Not to even talk about the guy yelling at people from his house telling people to GO HOME!
very gross.
Very disappointing event all around. Unorganized and rude people. Will never go to this town again.
anonymous local says
Just to let you know- the people who planned the ceremony at the cemetery were actually a different group from the people who planned the tour. They decided to hold it the same day as the tour to get maximum exposure.
Also the people who run the tours do so as a volunteer. I know a few of them and they are wonderful people who most likely did not expect the turn out that happened. I live locally and it was more traffic in town than we ever see. I am sure changes will be made for any future tours.
For those of you who missed the tour, you didn’t miss much! The two buildings and the nurse’s building that you WERE allowed in are currently occupied. If you are looking for an Abandoned Asylum. This is not the kind of tour to go on. They will NOT let you in those buildings for liability reasons. Don’t go.
Are we allowed to bring/use cameras, camcorders oe GoPro During the tour?
walt wolverton says
very poorly planned says unlimited space now I’m being told its sold out
Is the tour the 16 th or 17th
Saturday the 16th!
This campus is quite far from the actually psych center how do we get back and forth ?
What is the physical address of amp Edgemere so that we can get tickets on Saturday?
7116 County Road 132 Willard, NY 14588 is the address for the main campus, once you are there watch for signs from the event organizer the Elizabeth Cady Children’s center
There is a huge traffic backup!!! Are we going to miss it??? I tried calling the number on fb but its full.
Keri says
Will other tours be offered in the future?
I can’t wait to take this tour. I grew up , and my parents still live in the same house, across the street of the willard psych center. I have lots and lots of memories of riding they the ground, swimming at the lake and going up to the cemetery .
Will the tour be over by 4:00?
Would the 1:00 session begin at 1:00 for everyone. We need to leave by 4:00.
What’s the address?
what is the address? Also will they be selling tickets before each tour or just the first one?
7116 County Road 132 Willard, NY 14588 is the address for the main campus, once you are there watch for signs. Last year tickets were sold before each tour, you could confirm this with the event organizer the Elizabeth Cady Children’s center
Betty Jo Youngs says
Ok , there are inmates that are to receive visits from 9am to 3pm on May 16 , 2015 . How if any will it affect the tour or the visitors ?
Hi Betty Jo,
I don’t really see how this would be a conflict, the treatment center is fairly self contained within a high fence. Maybe just a few more cars entering and exiting the grounds would be the only thing I could see resulting in the visiting hours coinciding with the tour, but if you have concerns you could always contact the Elizabeth Cady Children’s center.
7116 County Road 132 Willard, NY 14588 is the address for the main campus, once you are there watch for signs.
Bambi Lobdell says
We are coming quite a distance to go on this tour. I have an ancestor who was in Willard from 1880 – 1890, and we are doing a story of that person’s life. My concern is if there will be enough tickets. If we drive for hours, will we be able to get into a tour? Or is there a limited amount or slots?
Hi Bambi,
I would plan on arriving slightly early and giving yourself some time for the trip. There is no limit on tickets available for the tour, but once the tours begin no more tickets will be sold. Enjoy the tour!
Debra A Myers says
My grandmother was a patient there for most of her adult life. Once they shut the psychiatric portion down she was moved to a home that housed other people like her.
Victoria Britton says
SO If we show up at 12:30pm to buy tickets we should be good right?
It is my understanding if arrive before the tours have started, you are fine. Last year I cut it very close, but they process payments (cash only) very quickly and I was able to get in a group with no problem. If you are late you will most likely be turned away.
ellen blanc says
How much is the chicken bbq
Tickets are $10 per dinner and are sold until May 8th. See this post for more details
I have a group of 10 or so people who would like to attend the tour in May. Is there a limit to how many people? Would hate to drive 2 hours and not get all of us in. Thank you much!
Last year the tour groups were quite large, but I suggest you contact the Elizabeth Cady Children’s center to see what size they will be running the groups this year.
Debbie Sargent says
what motels would be close by? Would like to come up for the May 16 th 2015 tour
Geneva and Seneca Falls are both fairly close (Geneva is about 25 minutes, & Seneca Falls is about 19 minutes away from Romulus) and both are a short distance from the New York State Thru Way, and will probably be your best bet for lodging. In Geneva I have always had good stays at Ramada Geneva Lakefront, but there is also a Hampton Inn and Geneva on the Lake.
There is a Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn in Seneca Falls. If you stay in Seneca Falls make sure to check out Sauder’s!
DebbeSagent says
Thank you very helpful…
Can we order online???
No, tickets are only available at the door 🙁
This look so awesome! I read the book, The Life They left Behind few years ago and as much as I would like to, I never thought I would get a chance to actually walk among the hallways at Willard. I am definitely grabbing this opportunity!
Couple of questions, is this a self-tour or guided tour?
If it’s guided tour, would it be possible to obtain an ASL interpreter? I am deaf and plan on bringing along my deaf son and possibly few friends as well.
Can’t wait! 🙂
Kathe says
What’s the name of the book you read ?
Hi Randy, I found The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic, by Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, and Lisa Rinzler incredibly interesting too.
This is a guided tour, and to be honest I am not sure if it is possible to obtain an ASL interpreter. I would definitely contact the organizer of the tour, the Elizabeth Cady Children’s center to see if an interpreter will be available.
Hi I was wondering if this is haunted?
No. 🙂
Rebecca L. says
I am looking forward to visiting Willard for the first time. I currently work with individuals who have been diagnosed with mental illnesses and I’m taking this opportunity to learn more about the past.
They Should Have tours more often I Wish i could go to this one just found out about it.
I ran across this tour of Willard state Hospital. I am a 66 yr old NY State resident, who was a patient there in 1969, age 20 yrs old. i cannot remember how long i was there but i recall almost three months. It was later discovered, much later that I had Bipolar illness, but not here.. This facility was not charming nor very effective for me. Too many medications were given that did not work, but made things worse. Practices like locking a patient in a room with just a mattress on the floor were carried out. This hospital had all kinds of people in there and it was not a pretty sight at times. For over 25 years i have been taking the drug lithium for my disorder and have had no major episodes. However this place was not a help in any way.
Hello miss Kay , I am sorry that you had to go thru that experience . I have heard rumors of the actions that you speak of . I do believe that this place was not very high on patient care . it seems that the people who want to take these tours are not even interested in the real details . for them i cannot speak . but i will say i understand mental illnesses . i have been diagnosed with bi-polar type 2, and a couple other conditions . it bothers me that people just think this Willard place is a great place to visit . maybe they should try visiting actual survivors of the mistreatment and lack of care that was provided in this hell of a place . i would rather learn from a fellow person that went thru the nightmares and survived , then from some one who read about it all. again i am grateful for you speaking out.
ingy says
Hi Kay & Chad, sorry for what you endured there. I had similar experience at another facility including shock treatments and over medication with a doctor I wouldn’t trust with my dog now.. If I where to go there it would be strictly to see if I could get a feeling any past residence if their spirit remained. No , I am not crazy or a ghost hunter but very sensitive to my surroundings. Glad you made it out & doing ok, me too , there are too many places that family just sends someone too without checking them out even now because they don’t want to take care of their own. Bless you both.
Thank you for sharing your personal experiences. I for one would not care to see the facility yet rather hear some who know, I am sorry for your experiences and wish you both well.
Kay Scutt says
To chad, Ingy and Joanee…and any others i may have missed. Thank you for your response to my post..I just read it Apr 20 2017. Can u believe that/ i twas nice to have you all concerned and Chad..you know where i am coming from. my life was consumed with these hosp or should i say Institutions of Horror..Binghamton State hosp included. It took me 17 years to begin on the right meds and therapy. It is hard remembering the shock treatments and other horrors…BUT i am a survivor. Today i am disabled with a severe spine disease…but i handle
it cause i have learned to be strong ! God Bless you all ! Kay
Kay and Chad, thank you for speaking out on your personal experience to lend a human voice to the interest and mystery surrounding institutions like this. As you are probably aware, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Destigmatizing brain illness is the goal. Creating compassion, understanding and acceptance is the goal. You are courageous for enduring your illness and for sharing your stories. Thank you.
william peace says
Any info about wheelchair access
If my memory is right almost all of the buildings (with the exception of the fire department) had multiple floors, and I only remember seeing a functional elevator in one of the buildings.
The steps into each building were just a few to a handful and I don’t remember seeing any ramps.
I suggest you contact the Elizabeth Cady Children’s center to confirm this, but I would not personally call the tour accessible.
willard is awesome !! i got a great ghost picture while touring there last time .. its on our site ghosthuntersofthefingerlakes.com love the history and storys too 🙂
Laura Boylan says
Is there a way to purchase tickets online if we do not live in the area? I’d love to do this.
There is a great novel written by Ellen Wiseman “What she left behind” That follows the “patient” thru the trials of her stay at Willard. Great read.
Molly,
That is actually the book that got me interested in Willard last year! I loved the book, and it was very interesting to take the tour after reading it.
teri netzer says
What is the exact address to go to…I have to use my GPS…I’d be lost otherwise.. Thanks n I will be bringing 7 ppl w me …yay excited can’t wait
Hi Teri,
Yay! You will love the tour, it is very interesting!
The address of the Drug treatment center that lies in the middle of the Willard campus is below This is not where you want to go to buy tickets, but you will see signs for tickets before you get there! :
Willard Drug Treatment Campus
7116 Co Rd 132
Willard, NY 14588
And also check out this Google Map of the Willard campus, it is huge, you can’t miss it!
Julie Holmberg says
My husband and I worked at Willard during the summer when we were in college. He worked in the recreation department, I worked at The Little House where we taught patients daily living skills in preparation for leaving the facility. Both of his parents worked there as nurses as well. An amazing history…
I have heard Willard had a “family atmosphere” and many families employment there would span several generations!
I have a friend who really enjoyed his time working at Willard up until it closed. The buildings look cold and creepy on the surface, but for many there are happy memories and a lot of history there!
Ron Hanley Sr. says
It’s getting much closer now to this year’s weekend of touring Willard. Colleen Spellecy and her wonderful group have worked toward dismantling road blocks put in position by the State Health laws. These HIPPA laws currently prohibit persons who have died at Willard, been buried in the previously obscure cemetery without grave markers, to have lived their lives only to be forgotten children of God. The laws do NOT protect the dead who deserve to be found and recognized, however those families out there who wish to reunite with their ancestors are told the law is protecting them.
There simply is no sense to conger up by anyone living 100 years after their ancestor died to say they need to be protected. Living descendants should have the right to locate the departed and to place a marker where they can visit their spirit. Colleen’s group has reached out to many of the descendants and they now have been given a voice to prove the connection to the ancestor. The State is contemplating a Memorial Marker with the names of these ancestors. Personally I will be proud to see my Great Grandfather recognized, however this should be made possible for ALL by the State releasing the 5776 names to be publicized so that others too may find the lost souls.
I agree Ron, medical records should be protected, not names.
Colleen and Willard Cemetery Memorial Committee have worked tirelessly. The fact the Lawrence Mocha, your Great Grandfather the 5,776 patients will be remembered during a celebration on the same day as the tour in May, is definitely encouraging, but the names still need to be released.
Is this tour wheelchair accessible?
I believe almost all of the buildings (with the exception of the fire department) had multiple floors, and I only remember seeing a functional elevator in one of the buildings.
The steps into each building were just a few to a handful, but I don’t remember seeing any ramps.
Ed Traphagen says
Hi Jennifer! I grew up in the hamlet of Willard the first 11 years of my life on Prospect Str. My father was head cook at the Main Kitchen. I have many fond memories of riding my bike through the Willard grounds and many conversations with the residents. It is wonderful that they have tours and so much history there. Looking forward to the tour and the memories.:) Everyone will enjoy it!
Hi Ed!
I am also really looking forward to the tour!
Hearing all the stories has been the best part of going on the tour and writing about it. I love how sincerely fond of Willard people are who had connections there!
Tulin Bulay says
We used to live on the hospital grounds in Willard. My dad was a psychiatrist there. There were some homes on the top of the hill.Are they still there. They were like 3 story homes..
We had a great time in Willard and walking to Seneca lake. My dad is 100 yrs old..I just wanted some pics of the hops. grounds n homes
Hi Tulin,
We were given very strict instructions not to wander the grounds on the tour, so I am not sure if there are other houses we just didn’t see, but we did visit Brookside house which served as the home to the medical directors at Willard, (and it was 3 stories). I took 1000s of pictures on the day of the tour, many never made it off my sd card, if you would like I can look through my SD card for more pictures of Brookside.
Dick Tuttle says
Hi Tulin. I worked at Willard in the Rehabilitation Dept. I remember your father, Doctor Bulay. Hard to believe he is 100.
Tammy Kerr says
I think the memorial in May is wonderful. 🙂 will they also be offering toirs that day? My Great Aunt spent several years at Willard.
I have heard there might be one in the works, but approval is pending. I will definitely update as soon as an official date and time is set!
Marc Arvilla says
Hello, I am curious about Willard Asylum. Would you be willing to share your contacts info with me? I can be reached at m*********@gmail.com
Hey Jennifer,
I saw your blog on Willard Asylum today and saw you went on a tour back in the spring. I’m a psychology student in Pennsylvania and this would be a perfect thing for me to experience! I’m wondering if you know if they’ll be another tour in 2015 or if you had any contact information that I could use to get ahold of someone in charge?
Hi Brooke,
I have not heard anything yet if there will be a 2015 tour. I am also looking forward to going back for another tour and have been wondering the same thing. I was thinking about contacting the Romulus Historical Society after the holidays about any tentative plans. I will definitely pass along any information I get.
If you would like to reach out to the historical society use the “contact us” form at https://www.romulustown.com/ (the email is forwarded to the appropriate person)
Rob Cary says
Did you get any information?
I have reached out to a couple of contacts, I will update this as soon as I hear back!
Colleen Kelly Spellecy says
Hoping you saw the New York Times article on Willard that was on the front page last Friday. Google “Restoring Lost Names, Recapturing Lost Dignity.”
Colleen Kelly Spellecy
chair of Willard Cemetery Memorial Project
I just found it and shared it, what a great article and video, well done!
I hope you come up to the Cemetery and view the sight of the burial of 5,776 patients who have no lasting memorial of their life at Willard. While our hands are tied by OMH, we still do all we can to fight for the right to remember them.
You are going Jennifer?! Hmm… maybe I should as well.
I took this tour in 2010 and wrote a lenghthy post about it. The post has been my number one attraction on my blog 4 years running. The tour is absolutely facinating and definitely worth the $10 bucks. A definite must do in my book! Cute blog Jennifer 🙂
I am really looking forward to the tour Eileen!
I love finding other Finger Lakes bloggers, especially foodies 🙂
I have checked out all your posts on your tour to Willard and they were very interesting!Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing 🙂
Hey Jennifer, I am doing a school project on Willard and I am required to do an interview with someone, unfortunately I can not find anything on the internet that can help me find a supervisor of the tours at Willard, if you have an email address to that person, or anything that can help with my interview let me know please.
I sent you an email, if you don’t see it check your spam folder 🙂
Sounds great! The idea of talking your way out (especially back then) sounds downright terrifying.
LOL, that’s about 90% of what people know about Lowville. You’re missing roughly diddly and squat at best. We’re (I’m dragging my 10 yr old along) only making the drive because of the book and our mad rush to see ‘all things NY’ before moving back to TX 🙂
My mother is riding along with me, she also read the book 🙂
Texas is quite a change from NY! I bet you won’t miss the snow next year after the winter we just had :-p
Thank you so much! I was hoping they’d have a tour this year. We will absolutely be there. Do you just get tickets that day or reserve a spot ahead of time with anyone?
Hi Heather!
I just heard back last night, and have a few more details, I will update the post, but this is what I heard back from the coordinator:
The tour takes over an hour
It starts at 9am.
It is rain or shine, but I am hoping for shine 🙂
Tickets are bought at the door
I was looking around for how to get to this “Grandview” they mention, and I found a few references to it being “the Grandview building, built in 1860 and now used by the Finger Lakes Credit Union”. On the FLFCU.org site, they list a branch at :
Ovid Branch (Willard) – 7116 County Road 132, Ovid, NY 14521
So I think that’s where we’ll head, and hope for the best … it looks promising at least =)
I sent a message to a friend whose husband worked there, who will be going, and I got a few directions, it sounds like Grandview is at the main entrance to the Willard campus. This is what was sent to me “On 96a turn right at main entrance there will be a big white modern looking building on your right, Next building on left is Grandview.”
Let’s hope there will be signs too I would like to avoid a wrong turn to the inmate section :-O
Lol, thanks! I feel much better driving from Lowville with a destination 🙂 And yes, signs would be great … I’m pretty sure I could not talk myself out of the patient side …. I can’t even talk my way out of a traffic ticket.
See you then!!
Bahaha, there is no way I could talk myself out of the patient side, any talking I might do would probably only elongate my stay LOL!
Lowville is a drive! We drove through Lowville once when we took a very wrong turn home from the Thousand Islands, That was a long trip home.
We will have to chat after the tour about the book and seeing Willard after reading What She Left Behind!
Wow! Thanks for posting about that tour. We drive past there when we go up to the Adirondacks, and it has always interested/freaked me out a little!
That suitcase link was… haunting.
We just drove by a few weeks ago on our way to a travel basketball game for one of the kids. It has always piqued my curiosity.
You are right the suitcases are haunting. The documenting and photographing of the suitcases was part of the story line in What She Left Behind, after reading the book it was interesting checking out the suitcases.
Belinda says
when will there be another tour? my husband and my daughter and myself would like to go?
Hi Belinda,
Unfortunately, tours of Willard are only offered once a year, this year the tour will be held on May 16th. Tours will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Ticket sales will be at the door only. If you have further questions contact the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Children’s Center
Will there be any tours this year (2016)? if so when, and what are the times, also how much $.
I have no idea if a tour is planned for 2016. I will pass along any information as it becomes available, though.
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Tall Basements
448 Runnymede Road Toronto ON M6S 2Z1
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JoQ
Underpinned basement
Basement Renovation review in Toronto
Kevin and his team were great until the end of the project. During the dig they were awesome, good communication, the worksite was kept super clean considering it was a dig out, the guys on site were great too. We lived at home during the work. We had to replace the old clay drains from the city and Kevin was great about finding a plumbing and drains company for this quickly. He also recommended the HVAC company, who did our infloor heating before Tall Basements poured the slab. My only complains come at the end of the project, I expressed concern the drains for the bathroom the toilet flange and shower were very close, and was told they were standard, they are super close and now our shower has to be narrow. Tall Basements also knew we wanted to polish the concrete but the finished pour ended up pretty poor quality- there are rough sections and the edges and around the support columns and drains were not even finished. The guys even left the machine on the concrete floor leaving blade marks like helicopter blades stamped into the floor! Since the pour it’s been hard to get ahold of them with these concerns and chase them down for plumbing invoices for rebate programs. Good underpinners but a frustrating finish.
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Caroline in Toronto
1 review Toronto, ON Joined 2017/08/08
Waterproofing review in Toronto
Tall Basements came highly recommended by a neighbour and after speaking with 3 other contractors, we were impressed by Tony. Unfortunately we have had problems in the area they waterproofed and an unprofessional response from the company. When we experienced basement flooding less than 2 years after the work was done, we called Kevin and Tony in January. It took repeated calls and emails before they finally came to look at the problem IN APRIL. Kevin recommended interior waterproofing ad a solution and said he would send a quote the following week. It's now August and we have received nothing despite our follow up phone calls. We have never had these issues with a contractor and are surprised as well as disappointed.
J2kilbur
5 reviews Pickering, ON Joined 2016/03/17
Amazing Basement Underpinning
Tall Basements has been a pleasure to work with. From walking us through through everything, managing safety, keeping the place extremely clean and delivering on what they promised - when they promised, we are extremely pleased with how the construction phase went and the end result.
We also worked with other vendors recommended by Tall Basements - having that pre-existing relationship made each phase of this project run smoothly without me having to be a project manager.
When looking for someone to dig out our basement we wanted a company that specialized in this complex work. After meeting with multiple vendors, Tall Basements clearly demonstrated their expertise. We could not be happier!
Underpin and damp proof house
I met with a lot of companies before signing on with Tall Basements to underpin and damp proof our house.
I chose them because they are innovators in the industry. The forms and methods they use maximize the space (the new foundation is flush with the old wall) so you get every inch of possible space. They included insulation and piping for in floor heating in their scope of work AND they guaranteed the work for the life of the house.
What we didn't know was how lucky we were to have them work on our house! We got a super respectful team and given how mucky the work is, an incredibly tidy crew. The site supervisor made sure our neighbours were happy, optimized bin pick up and removal so they could be working every day and kept the project on track. Kevin was on the ground for inspections and always available by text and phone.
Kevin had great recommendations on how to lay out the living space, where to put the laundry room, bathroom and furnace room, all of which were on point.
Any people Tall Basements recommended (HVAC) were excellent - and everyone stands by their work.
TB was on budget and absolutely fair about any change requests we made.
We LOVE the space we've gained by the space Tall Basements helped create for us and would not trust anyone else but this team to do this type of work! Would highly recommend them and if I do ever underpin again, would call them first.
Earl in Riverdale
Basement Underpinning
I contracted Tall Basements to underpin, waterproof, install new drains and sump pump in my 100 year-old, semi-detached, down-town house.
I chose them in part due to their technical approach to the project, which was well explained to me at the beginning of the project. The team was well organized and methodological in their implementation of the various tasks. They were always polite, professional and helpful.
I was very happy with the results and would either use them again, or recommend them to others.
aya mcmillan in Toronto
Basement underpinning and full renovation/refinishing
Kevin and his team met with us when we could barely get any contractors in the city to call us back. We liked the fact that they focused and specialized on one thing—and at the highest level. He understood our vision and thoroughly detailed the entire process.
Once the team was onsite, they were incredibly professional: tidy, respectful, quiet (as possible, considering there are jackhammers and drilling) and efficient.
We had a hard deadline for them to finish by Christmas eve - with a guarantee that the heat would be reconnected by then- and true to his word, they did it.
I am so pleased with the space - the ceilings are so much higher than I ever imagined, it's completely tight and waterproof and the quality of their 'product' is incredible. I would absolutely not hesitate to recommend Tall Basements again.
The only reason i'm not giving a 100% rating is that, as echoed in some other reviews, Kevin can be a bit lacking in communication. For example, it took several months and many calls/voicemails and emails for his team to finally arrange to pick up their equipment and rubbish from our yard which included our old furnace. It was a bit of a pain and an eyesore but to nothing that would stop me from working with them again.
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k8lloyd in Toronto
Underpinning and creation of basement apartment.
Kevin failed to live up to his promises. His incompetence in managing the project has resulted in delays, frustration and financial hardships. The project has taken 2 years to complete and we are now unable to get Kevin to address the list of deficiencies for the final inspection. Despite the fact tha the list was provided to him on December 14th and it is now Jan 24th, we have had no information from Kevin on progress or when the inspector will be booked. He continually ignores text messages and fails to return phone calls. The lack of professionalism is shocking. The lack of respect for the vulnerable place that he puts his clients is disheartening. We regret choosing Tall Basements and strongly suggest that anyone interested in renovations look to other companies.
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Private User reviews Toronto, ON Joined 2014/09/22
Great job underpinning and water proofing
These guys are upstanding business people which is hard to find these days. I signed a contract and paid a deposit 2 years ago but had to cancel my original contract when I found out I would not be able to duplex my house and create the basement apartment I was hoping. Kevin suggested he return the deposit until I sorted out what I was going to do. That meant the world to me and when we decide to go through with underpinning, Tall Basements certainly got the business again. Kevin suggested a Window Well and it looks beautiful and feels less like a basement when we are in the rec room. The ceilings are almost 8ft high and both Tony and Kevin returned to do a couple of very small things after we had paid the contract in full. You can trust them to get the job done and the building inspectors respect their work. Kevin helped navigate the city building department to get all permits closed. I was extremely thankful for the help.
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'Abandon the traditional nine-to-five working day'
Aussie boss’ message to the workforce
For many working Australians, the constant struggle to maintain a sensible work-life balance is tough. Throw 24/7 high productivity expectations into the mix and stress can become full-time feeling.
Dr Amantha Imber, an innovation psychologist, thinks she has a solution to the battle most workplaces face when it comes to building high performance teams, and it all centres around abandoning the traditional nine-to-five working day and ditching the mentality that has been a workplace norm for too long.
"Workplaces would do well to challenge the assumption that the best work gets done between the hours of 9am to 5pm, because the reality is it generally doesn't get done between those hours," says Dr Imber.
"Workplaces need to recognise that individuals run on different time clocks and rather than trying to force everyone into your time clock you're far better off adjusting your working hours to suit when your employees are going to be at their cognitive best."
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Dr Imber is the founder of Inventium, Australia's leading innovation consultancy, she's also the best-selling author of "The Innovation Formula" and hosts the How I Work podcast, she knows a thing or two (or twenty) about running a successful team.
Three years ago, her Melbourne-based innovation consultancy firm announced they would be introducing an unlimited paid annual leave policy for all staff. It made headlines worldwide and, naturally, attracted skeptics. Most naysayers believed it was another way for employers to guilt their staff into working more but for Dr Imber the policy is a way for the business to commit to being truly flexible.
"It was really based on what I was observing in terms of people lacking a balance between their working and non-working life," she says.
"We typically work long hours; we travel a lot and it's an industry that doesn't pay overtime so what I was seeing was that essentially the hours were uncapped but the leave was capped at four weeks.
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"So basically, uncapping leave seemed like a fairer way and a better way to manage things so that people could just be adults and take leave into their own hands and decide how much they need based on how hard they're working and their work load."
Three years in, Dr Imber reveals that staff take five and a half weeks paid annual leave a year (on average), their engagement scores are in the ninetieth percentile for their industry and sick leave is well below the Australian average of eight or nine days per year at two and a half days per person annually. Another added bonus is the average tenure has almost doubled since the policy was put in place.
But giving staff the option to holiday for as long as they desire isn't the only reason the company has seen success.
Staff are encouraged to work whenever they want, by working to their Chronotype.
According to Dr Imber, your Chronotype is basically your natural energy rhythms and sleep-wake cycle over the course of 24 hours. Everyone's is different. So, while you might work best in the morning, the person next to you might thrive closer to midnight and for this reason staff at Inventium are allowed to work when they are at their most energetic and focused.
There are 15 workers based in Inventium's head office, but pay a visit and you'll see only three to four there each weekday. For managers, this might sound counter-productive but, in fact, it’' the opposite.
"Staff are strongly encouraged to work from wherever they get their best work done, which for many means working from home where they can work uninterrupted," says Dr Imber.
"Others choose to work from café's where the white noise, but lack of interruptions from co-workers, creates the perfect focus-inducing environment. One worker has spent the last six months working part-time from a villa in Italy."
It's the dream right? Here's hoping it doesn't take long for this to become the workplace setup of the future.
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Watch This Eye-Popping Werewolf Transformation Clip From Hemlock Grove ASAP (NSFW)! (HD)
Let’s start with a quote from an interview with Eli Roth (read it here), who seems to be the main face/name for the Netflix series Hemlock Grove.* This despite the fact he only executive-produces three episodes; (one of which he does have directing credit, the premiere with the fun title “Jellyfish In the Sky”) and didn’t in fact create the series – Hemlock Grove is based on a novel of the same name by first-time author Brian McGreevy (released on March 27, 2012). Even if Roth has little participation, the below quote was more or less exactly what we wanted to hear!
I thought about the average viewers that have watched Twilight and seen the transformation of a shirtless guy walking by a tree and transforms*. Our idea of a transformation is Rick Baker and Rob Bottin. So, we’ve got to do something modern that’s in the classic tradition. It has to be a violent birth, I want it to eat its placenta after and Deran was into it. It should shake off all of the blood and goo. And that’s how we approached all of the kill scenes.
–Eli Roth, on his vision for Hemlock Grove‘s werewolf transformations
Check out the clip of the grisly transformation below (which appears in one of the six episodes directed by Deran Serafian; his first directing credit is episode three, titled The Order of the Dragon), and decide for yourself if they hit their goal. It IS a pretty ugly, painful “violent birth”…
Novel synopsis (official): A young girl is brutally murdered and found near the former Godfrey steel mill. As rumors mount, two of the suspects in her killing—Peter Rumancek, a 17-year-old Gypsy trailer trash kid rumored to be a werewolf, and Roman, the heir to the Godfrey estate—decide to find the killer themselves.
The novel’s author Brian McGreevy wrote five of the episodes, which include the premiere and the finale. The episodes will also mark his screenwriting début.
We love the cut-aways; Lilly Taylor’s character is just smiling calmly to herself like she’s watching a Mickey Mouse cartoon, while the other character watching looks shocked and horrified:
“You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me…”
He’s pretty wide-eyed as he gapes at Peter’s wolf transformation, but hey, it could have been worse:
Hemlock Grove will be available on Netflix this Friday …all thirteen of them will go up at once. Let’s cross our fingers that the show will have us so hooked that we mainline all of them in one (or two to three, since we have to eat and most of us have to work) greedy marathon/s. We don’t exactly have a busy social calendar this Friday, and no deadlines coming up, so let’s hope is turns out to be addictively entertaining!
HOAH!
*BOOOOO! on the candy-ass movie series and the technique! With the exception being Joe Manganiello (AKA “Sexiest Goddamned Werewolf Alive”) stripping naked down to his cock sock “modesty sock” on True Blood and the bonus of seeing his bare ass for a second before he shifts. And the way he growls is just so …OK, we better just shut this footnote down right now.
Exactly how does Peter turn back into a human when the time comes?
Check Out Entertaining, Twisted New “Hemlock Grove” Red Band Trailer – NSFW, HD (Toothpaste Not Included) (horrorboom.com)
Eli Roth On Hemlock Grove’s Werewolf Transformation, Italian Horror Connection, and Mainstream Gore (Shock Till You Drop) (horrorboom.com)
Netflix’s ‘Hemlock Grove’ Takes On ‘True Blood’ (thinkprogress.org)
Hemlock Grove – Eli Roth directs Werewolf goodness on Netflix (thepuremassacre.com)
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Eli Roth On Hemlock Grove’s Werewolf Transformation, Italian Horror Connection, and Mainstream Gore (Shock Till You Drop)
I thought about the average viewers that have watched Twilight and seen the transformation of a shirtless guy walking by a tree and transforms. Our idea of a transformation is Rick Baker and Rob Bottin. So, we’ve got to do something modern that’s in the classic tradition. It has to be a violent birth, I want it to eat its placenta after and Deran was into it. It should shake off all of the blood and goo. And that’s how we approached all of the kill scenes.
Ryan Turek does a great interview (as usual) here with Eli Roth, as quoted above. We fucking agree!* Yeah, that’s exactly what werewolf transformation scenes should look like. Click on the big red link below to read the Shock Till You Drop WonderCon interview with Roth, and get a little info on the Green Inferno cannibal flick!
WonderCon Interview: Eli Roth On Hemlock Grove’s Werewolf Transformation, Italian Horror Connection & Mainstream Gore / Shock Till You Drop.
Make up artist Rick Baker (middle) at the 2011 Saturn Awards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
*OK, so personally, Mrs. HB isn’t going to complain about Joe Manganiello on “True Blood stripping off his clothing until he’s just wearing a ‘modesty sock’, then quickly morphing into an actual wolf, but that’s because GOOD LORD what a fine, fine hunk of a man. OK, uh, anyway, that’s an exception for personal reasons…
WonderCon 2013: HEMLOCK GROVE Panel Recap Featuring Eli Roth and Famke Janssen (collider.com)
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Twenty Facts About Total Recall (1990) –Including a Lobotomy– That Might Just Blow Your Mind!
What’s an article about the 1990 action/sci-fi/horror/thriller (the 2012 ‘reboot’ doesn’t really matter; I’m mainly including the year of release for clarification) doing on Horror Boom, you might ask? Well, the photo from the climax of Total Recall used in the “featured image” above was on the cover of Fangoria in early summer 1990 (with better photo quality; if either of us had the time and energy, we could dig through our storage area, find the hard-copy Fango magazine archive and post a photo of that, but we’d have to really apply ourselves). Based on that horrifying Fangoria cover, the photos inside the issue, the fact that Rob Bottin did the EFX, and some really freaky things that were described but not pictured, I put it on my must-see list and did indeed see it in the theater. I was very entertained, and certainly not let down at any point. Oh, and as far as the horror factor- I’ve heard from dozens of younger fans that saw it when they were a kid and still recall having some pretty vivid nightmares. Cross-genre? Yes. Devoid of horror? Shit, no!
Douglas Quaid: Ever heard of Rekall? They sell those fake memories.
Harry: Oh, “Rekall, Rekall, Rekall.” You thinking of going there?
Douglas Quaid: I don’t know, maybe.
Harry: Well, don’t. A friend of mine tried one their “special offers,” nearly got himself lobotomized.
Douglas Quaid: No shit?
Harry: Don’t fuck with your brain, pal. It ain’t worth it.
That actually turns out to be pretty good advice. We re-watch Total Recall every so often; it’s still a great popcorn movie, and elaborate, often gruesome practical effects still hold up just fine. I’m not sure how one’s eyeballs (the rest of their faces didn’t look so great either) can pretty much get back to normal less than thirty seconds after being exaggeratedly bloated up from oxygen deprivation, causing them to pop about as far out of the eye socket as they can without completely exiting your skull (Schwarzenegger’s and Rachel Ticotin‘s characters were seconds away from looking like the hideous guy in the featured image) , but we’re not complaining, it’s a great effect. To this day, though, that and the scene earlier on where Schwarzenegger somehow wrenches a tracking object that was implanted in his head, almost to eyeball level (roughly the size and density out of an extra-large gumball) of his nasal cavity* while making horrible pained grunts still makes us wince.
SPOILER ALERTS for the 1990 movie are all over the place after the link below…
Mindhole Blowers: 20 Facts About Total Recall That Might Blow Your Mind.( pajiba.com)
Apparently not only did I miss the fact that the ending of the movie is not quite as storybook-happy as it seems, I missed the fact there was any ambiguity about the ending or even a discussion taking place. However, the facts speak for themselves after doing my research, and now everything that seemed a little unrealistic (such as being about to shriek for over a minute without any air in your lungs), or too perfect, makes perfect sense in light of what really happened. If Verhoeven says the lobotomy scenario was the real, intended ending, I’ll side with the director of the movie on this. Plus, this movie has enough borderline headache-inducing mindfucks in it already without going back and forth on it for months… though I very much respect the fact it’s still open for discussion among fans, writers, geeks, and critics alike after over two decades. Oh, and the dream/lobotomy scenario explains the two lead character’s faces going back to normal–their eyes weren’t even the least bit bloodshot seconds after– that they can share a romantic, picture-perfect Hollywood kiss until that light in the background spreads to fade the entire screen to white.
Most people who saw the movie remember this hooker, and if they are male, also wishing they had three hands.
I also wish they would put out a restored edition, with all the graphic violence they had to censor to avoid an X-rating put back in. OK, it wouldn’t be an X-Rated version of Total Recall, as cool as that sounds, it’d be Unrated, NR, NC-17, of more likely released as “Special Director’s Cut” these days. I’d still go out of my way to see it.
I actually repressed this horrifying character’s image until I re-watched the movie today, though.
Check out the linked article above for more facts that might blow your mind. Unless you wrote the article (or a similar one) I’m guessing more than a few of them will probably surprise you.
We do NOT own the rights to this image (or any images in the article) of Arnie from Total Recall. Gee, I wonder why some kids who saw it had some slightly disturbing dreams?
*IN YO FACE, CGI! The practical effects in this 1990 movie are amazing. Oh, I know there’s digital FX in the movie and composite shots (though I don’t think composite shots, especially the way they were done back then, qualify as digital). I’m just saying that Total Recall’s practical FX, much like Bottin’s practical FX in John Carpenter’s The Thing and almost all of The Howling, to name a few, hold up to this day without looking phony (unless you’re seriously jaded). I’m not totally anti-CGI, but my belief is: only use it when a practical effect isn’t possible.
Some of the Most Unbelievable Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger, In Order of Implausibility (Feature) (popmatters.com)
Tracker, scanner, detector, spy… (thehindu.com)
“TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D” (Movie Review) From Fangoria.com – Psst! Want To Save Some Money? (horrorboom.com)
5 Films That Seriously Need A Reboot (nerdlikeyou.com)
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EMMANUEL FLORES, MANAGING EDITOR
Responsible for media content, mobile responsiveness and front-end development.
Likes sports, racing, air combat, fighting games and some of the 1990’s arcade classics.
Had recently begun reconstructing the website’s mobile platform for best compatibility.
TOBIT HOSHEA, SENIOR EDITOR
Responsible for public relations, reviewing games and posting the latest media updates.
Likes racing, puzzles, building simulations, old-school arcades and coop sports action.
Had recently shopped for a next-gen router, 4K Samsung TV, and a new Alexa device.
SAMUEL FLORES, ASSISTANT EDITOR
Responsible for reviewing games and news on upcoming releases for various platforms.
Likes fighting, racing, difficult puzzles, role-playing games, and anime-inspired comics.
Had recently purchased a 6-speed Mazda for a road trip from Bay Area to Southern Cal.
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Responsible for reviewing Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch titles and movies…..maybe?
Likes Super Smash Brothers, Red Dead Redemption, and Legends of Zelda series.
Had recently attended a rock concert in L.A. and will skip work if there’s another one.
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WOAH! Gurinder Chadha’s Blinded by the Lights was the closing film at IFFM 2019
Sujoy Dhar August 16, 2019 Bollywood 3 Views
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2019 officially closed its tenth edition with the screening of Gurinder Chadha’s Blinded by the Lights. Complete with Bollywood performances by children, Chadha will grace the occasion to take questions for the audience post-event. Based on the book by journalist Sarfaraz Manzoor, Blinded by the Lights has been lauded for its fresh narrative. It’s said to be amongst the best coming of age stories from the sub-continent talking about the quintessential immigrant inside story from a lived-in perspective. It’s also a tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s and his works
The film was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and bagged a mega worldwide distribution deal. It’s scheduled for an Indian release this week. The movie, featuring Viviek Kalra and Hayley Atwell along with Nell Williams in the lead, is Chadha’s offering post Bend It Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice.
Mitu Bhowmick Lange said, “Soaked in all issues and things close to our hearts, this is the film that will have a strong connect with the audience. Every Indian in Melbourne will feel in sync with the story as it is a narrative replete with stories close to their hearts. The universal story of immigrants said with the most personal touch.” This year, the IFFM screened over 60 films in over 20 languages, including Vijay Sethupathi’s Super Deluxe, National award-winning Bulbul Can Sing, Bhoga Khirkee and the Oscar-winning Period: End of Sentence.
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Scotch derricks – their use in Hong Kong construction projects
October 5, 2016 Hugh Farmer Articles, Construction, General, Industrial Buildings + Demolitions
Ian Wolfe: The second photo shows construction of the basement of the Old Bank of China in progress with a Scotch [also known as a stiff-leg] derrick as the only means of rigging heavy steel sections, which was required for the excavation and lateral suppport (ESL) work when this was getting deeper.
Scotch derricks were common in the old days when tower cranes were not popular, this type of crane can be found in local dockyards, casting yards and container handling yards as late as in mid-80s.
Jointing of the last bridge segement at mid-span of Ting Kau Bridge made use of Scotch derricks, imported from Britain as second-hand equipment. Four were operated simutaneously to get the job done, probably the last time Scotch derricks were used in Hong Kong.
Elsewhere in Bangkok, Taipei and Tokyo, Scotch derricks with modern safety devices and control consoles can still be seen, thanks to the popularity of building highrise structural framing that made use of steel sections.
The major shortcoming is that Scotch derricks can only slew 270 degrees maximum, it is forbidden to install a derrick boom within the quardrant between two raking struts.
As far as I am aware, the last time Scotch derricks were deployed on a construction site in Hong Kong was when the Ting Kau Bridge was being built. The last bridge segments were lifted from barges and had to be installed by four Scotch derricks in order to join the bridge sections together. These were old second hand cranes from Britain probably scrapped from shipyards etc.
Scotch derrick, Admiralty, c1900 Courtesy: Ian Wolfe
Ian adds: The Admiralty C1900 image was believed to be an accident investigation record photo. The derrick at the front had collapsed probably due to overloading or misuse !
Scotch derrick, Old Bank of China basement work, early 1950s. Courtesy: Ian Wolfe
Scotch derricks employed in the construction of Tin Kau bridge Courtesy: Wikimedia
“The stiff-leg derrick is one equipped with a vertical mast that is shorter than the boom. This support member is tied into the framework of other members, which are the angling legs extending from the peak of the mast toward the boom to form a triangle with the mast’s base at the bottom frame level.
This derrick is a piece of erection equipment to consider where there is a strong base level to support the entire horizontal under-frame. It may be used on level ground, a boat deck, or the more-or-less horizontal chord members of a bridge. In the latter case the derrick’s width between the bottom of the angling support legs would have to equal the bridge width between trusses with a cross member equal to that width. A stiff-leg derrick could also be used for higher lifts by having it supported at a higher level on a triangular tower with vertical legs under the mast and bases of the angling support legs. This would be called a tower derrick. Generally, the whole supporting frame for the derrick is moved on rollers by winching under its own power along beams or rails, but not when it is hoisting a load.
In order to avoid taking too much area at the base level and to keep the supporting legs relatively short, it will be necessary to use counterweights or ballast on the base frame around the mast bottom of the stiff-leg derrick. This is somewhat similar to the arrangement for a mobile crane. It is done to avoid negative reaction under the mast that would indicate the derrick is about to tip over in the direction of its boom.
Any negative reactions must be counteracted by the derrick weight and counterweights on the base supporting frame. These reactions, which can be readily calculated, act as vertical loads on the bearing surface. They are vertical forces, but the axial forces in the angling support legs will be larger. In the case of a tower derrick the vertical legs will have to support these reaction loads as their axial force.(1)
Courtesy: Ian Wolfe
This article was first posted on 5th October 2016.
Images of Scotch derricks are also found, but not featured, in these posts by Ian:
Kai Tak cinema
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91722684@N05/9058057613/in/photostream/
Third generation HSBC building
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91722684@N05/15752821249/in/photostream/
Kai Tak bund
http://www.yjcrane.com/solution/cranes/derricks.html
Chung Wah Shipbuilding & Engineering Company a Scotch derrick can be seen to the right of Ian Wolfe’s photo labelled c1970s
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Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for multiple myeloma
Kana Hasegawa1 &
Naoki Hosen ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9570-09471
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is a new cancer immunotherapy targeting cancer-specific cell surface antigen. CD19-CAR T cells have been already shown to be very effective to B cell leukemia/lymphoma. Now, many researchers are developing CAR T cells for multiple myeloma. CAR T cells targeting B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) showed promising efficacy in early phase clinical trials. We have recently reported that CAR T cells targeting the activated integrin β7 can selectively eradicate MM cells including CD19+ clonotypic B cells and are preparing a clinical trial.
CAR T cell therapy
CAR T cell therapy is a new cancer immunotherapy targeting cell surface antigens expressed on tumor cells. CAR is generated by fusing the antigen recognition domain of a tumor-specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) with CD3z and a co-stimulatory molecule (such as CD28 or 4-1BB). CAR T cells, which are established by transduction of CAR into T cells, are activated by recognizing the cancer cell surface antigen and kill cancer cells. CAR T cells have both advantages of mAb and those of cytotoxic T cells. CAR T cells have high affinity and specificity to tumor cells and also high potential of cytotoxicity and proliferation (Fig. 1).
CAR T cells have both advantages of mAb and those of CTLs
In clinical trials of CD19 CAR T cells against acute lymphocytic leukemia and malignant lymphoma, very high complete remission rates were reported [1,2,3]. Consequently, CD19 CAR T cell therapy has been approved by the FDA in the USA in 2017. Severe adverse events such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity are big problems. However, it has been shown that anti-IL6 receptor mAb is highly effective to CRS, and CAR T cell therapy is becoming safer. Importantly, IL-6 is secreted mainly from macrophages but not T cells, and anti-IL6 receptor mAb treatment does not likely inhibit the cytotoxicity of CAR T cells [4].
BCMA-CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological cancer derived from plasma cells. Myeloma is one of the most frequent hematological cancer. Recent advances in MM treatment are remarkable, but the cure for MM is still extremely difficult. Therefore, the development of new therapeutic drugs is needed, and CAR T cell therapy is considered promising.
Several antigens have been investigated as targets for CAR T cell therapy against MM. One promising antigen is B cell maturation antigen (BCMA). BCMA is expressed in a part of B cells, normal plasma cells, and MM cells, but not in other hematological cells including hematopoietic stem cells and other normal organs. BCMA expression is detected in most MM cases, although the expression levels of BCMA in MM cells vary from case to case. Anti-MM CAR T cell therapy targeting BCMA has been tested in several clinical trials, and some trials are now on-going. According to the results that have been recently reported from NCI’s group [5], the overall response rate was 81% (13 out of 16 patients), and very good partial response or complete response was observed in 63% (10 out of 16 patients). Median event-free survival was 31 weeks. CRS was severe in some cases but reversible. These results suggest that BCMA-CAR is very promising.
Development of novel anti-MM CAR T cell therapy targeting activated integrin β7
We have been trying to identify MM-specific cell surface antigens. Since the search for genes and proteins specifically expressed in MM cells has already been carried out thoroughly all over the world, it seems to be extremely difficult to identify new MM-specific transcripts or proteins. However, cancer-specific antigen epitopes formed by post-translational events, such as glycosylation, complex formation, or conformational changes, might have been missed in previous screens. Indeed, a cancer-specific glyco-epitope on the Muc1 protein (Tn-Muc1) was recently shown to be an excellent target for CAR T cells against several types of cancers [6]. Such antigen epitopes could be discovered by thoroughly searching for cancer-specific mAbs and characterizing the antigens they recognize. Thus, we started developing mAbs that bind to MM cells and searching for mAbs that bind to MM cells but not to normal hematopoietic cells. As a result, an antibody called MMG49 was identified as a MM-specific antibody from more than 10,000 clones of mAbs that bind to MM cells. Next, we found that the protein to which MMG49 binds is integrin β7. Interestingly, MMG49 did not bind to normal lymphocytes although integrin β7 is certainly expressed in them. Then, we found that MMG49 binds only to the active (extended) conformation of integrin β7, but not to the inactive (bent) conformation of integrin β7. The MMG49 epitope is located in the N-terminal region of the β7 chain, which is predicted to be inaccessible in the resting integrin conformer, but exposed in the active conformation (Fig. 2). Elevated expression and constitutive activation of integrin β7 conferred high MMG49 reactivity on MM cells, whereas MMG49 binding was barely detectable in other types of cells, including normal integrin β7+ lymphocytes. MMG49 unlikely binds to non-hematopoietic tissues since integrin β7 mRNA is not expressed in tissues other than blood cells. Furthermore, MMG49 antigen was also highly expressed in CD19-positive clonotypic B cells, which are candidates for MM precursor cells [7], suggesting that the MMG49 antigen is a good therapeutic target for eradicating the whole MM clones. All of these results strongly suggest that the MMG49 antigen is an ideal target for CAR T cells against MM. T cells transduced with MMG49-derived CAR exerted striking anti-MM effects without damaging normal hematopoietic cells, demonstrating that MMG49 CAR T cell therapy is promising for MM. Preparation for a clinical trial is now underway. More importantly, these results provide the first clear evidence that a receptor protein with a rare but physiologically relevant conformation could serve as a target for cancer immunotherapy [8] (Fig. 3).
Integrin β7 is constitutively activated in MM cells and MMG49 specifically reacts with the activated conformation of integrin β7
MMG49 CAR T cell provides the first clear evidence that a receptor protein with a rare but physiologically relevant conformation could serve as a target for cancer immunotherapy
Future prospects for CAR T cell therapy
CAR T cell therapy is a promising immunotherapy, but still needs to be improved. Major issues are listed below.
Efficient trafficking of CAR T cells to the tumor sites
Efficient migration of CAR T cells to tumor sites is important for the success of CAR T cell therapy, especially for solid tumors. Some studies have shown that the introduction of chemokine receptors into CAR T cells can improve the trafficking to tumors [9, 10]. Translational research of such inventions and further basic research on the mechanism of T cell trafficking are needed.
Avoidance of T cell exhaustion
Upon chronic antigen stimulation, T cells are exhausted [11]. Most of infused CAR T cells are likely to be exhausted after repeated stimulation by tumor cells in vivo. One way to address this problem is to use checkpoint inhibitor antibodies such as anti-PD-1, PD-L1, or CTLA-4. Another strategy is gene-editing of CAR T cells, for example, removal of the PD-1 receptor from T cells [12]. Manipulation of T cells using genome editing is becoming much easier because of the remarkable advance in genome editing technology [13]. However, it has recently been shown that fully exhausted T cells cannot be reversed by PD-1 blockade alone [14, 15]. Thus, the additional genetic/epigenetic modification should be a need for avoiding exhaustion of CAR T cells.
Control of T lymphocyte metabolism
It has been clarified that metabolism is important for T cell function. Tumors can inhibit antitumor immunity by affecting T cell metabolism by nutrient depletion [16]. In the tumor microenvironment, tumor cells compete with T cells in the usage of glucose [17]. In addition, due to potassium released from dead tumor cells, the level of potassium ion in the tumor microenvironment is 5- to 10-fold higher than that in the bloodstream, which strongly inhibits T cell activation [18]. These findings suggest that it is possible to perform more effective CAR T cell therapy by controlling T cell function via control of cell metabolism.
Persistence of CAR T cells
Persistence of CAR T cells predicts durable clinical effects in patients with hematologic malignancies [2]. In clinical trials with CAR T cells that lack clinical efficacy, poor T cell persistence was reported [19]. The molecular design of CARs is likely to strongly influence T cell expansion and persistence [20]. The signals delivered by the current CAR constructs may not be optimal for long persistence of CAR T cells, and many researchers are trying to develop novel CAR constructs that can induce long persistence of CAR T cells. CAR constructs currently being tested in the clinic contain a CD3z (TCR signaling) domain and co-stimulatory domain(s). Kagoya et al. recently reported a novel CAR construct that encodes a truncated cytoplasmic domain from the interleukin (IL)-2 receptor beta-chain (IL-2Rbeta) and a STAT3-binding tyrosine-X-X-glutamine (YXXQ) motif, together with CD3z and CD28 domains [21]. This novel CAR can transduce antigen-dependent cytokine signaling in addition to TCR engagement and co-stimulatory signals, which promoted their proliferation and prevented terminal differentiation.
Development of off the shelf CAR T cells
The extremely high cost of CAR T cell therapy is a critical issue. One major reason for the high cost is that CAR T cells have to be made for each patient. To address this issue, many researchers are now trying to develop “off the shelf” CAR T cells, which are established from a donor and can be used for many patients. One strategy is allogenic donor-derived CAR T cells. T cell receptor, which may cause an allogenic immune reaction, can be deleted using genome editing techniques [22]. Another promising strategy is iPS cell-derived CAR T cells. Some researchers have already succeeded in producing functional T cells from iPS cells [23, 24] and are now trying to use them for the source of CAR T cells.
CAR T cells are a very promising treatment for cancers. Because of its potential for eradicating the targets, CAR T cells are expected to be a good tool for curing cancer patients. After the big success of CD19-CAR T cells, many researchers are working on CAR T cells against MM. BCMA-CAR is an excellent candidate. We also developed an anti-MM CAR T cells that can target not only MM plasma cells but also immature clonotypic B cells and will test it in a clinical trial very soon.
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Maude SL, et al. Chimeric antigen receptor T cells for sustained remissions in leukemia. N Engl J Med. 2014;371:1507–17.
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This work was supported by grants from JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP26461404 (to N.H.).
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NH received research funding from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company for CAR T cell research. The other author declares no competing interests.
Hasegawa, K., Hosen, N. Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for multiple myeloma. Inflamm Regener 39, 10 (2019) doi:10.1186/s41232-019-0100-6
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Spectroscopic and structural characterization of pure and FeCl3-containing tri-n-butyl phosphate
The spectroscopic properties and liquid structure of pure tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) and FeCl3/TBP solutions have been investigated by Uv–Vis and Raman spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction and conductometry. Uv–Vis and Raman spectra, supported by conductometric measurements, consistently indicate that the solubilized salt is present mostly as TBPn[FeCl3−n]n+ and FeCl4 − complex ions due to specific interaction with the TBP phosphate group. Thanks to this interaction, a high amount of salt (up to 13 % w/w) can be dissolved despite the relatively low dielectric constant of TBP. The X-ray diffractogram of pure TBP has been interpreted in terms of three main contributions which can be attributed to spatial pair correlations between atoms of interacting TBP molecules. In the presence of increasing FeCl3 amounts, it has been observed a progressive structuring effect, exerted by the dissolved salt, on the layers of opportunely oriented TBP molecules due to the formation of the complex ionic species. By simple treatment with NaBH4, the synthesis of Fe nanoparticles has been achieved. The absence of water, the easiness of preparation, the high amount of salt which can be suspended and the peculiar physico-chemical properties of such systems are all elements worth of note for the fields of nanoparticle synthesis and for specialized technological applications.
Titolo: Spectroscopic and structural characterization of pure and FeCl3-containing tri-n-butyl phosphate
Calandra, P
De Caro, T
Caschera, D
Lombardo, D
Todaro, L
TURCO LIVERI, Vincenzo
Citazione: Calandra, P., De Caro, T., Caschera, D., Lombardo, D., Todaro, L., & TURCO LIVERI, V. (2015). Spectroscopic and structural characterization of pure and FeCl3-containing tri-n-butyl phosphate. COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE, 293(1), 597-603.
COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/s00396-014-3439-x
Abstract: The spectroscopic properties and liquid structure of pure tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) and FeCl3/TBP solutions have been investigated by Uv–Vis and Raman spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction and conductometry. Uv–Vis and Raman spectra, supported by conductometric measurements, consistently indicate that the solubilized salt is present mostly as TBPn[FeCl3−n]n+ and FeCl4 − complex ions due to specific interaction with the TBP phosphate group. Thanks to this interaction, a high amount of salt (up to 13 % w/w) can be dissolved despite the relatively low dielectric constant of TBP. The X-ray diffractogram of pure TBP has been interpreted in terms of three main contributions which can be attributed to spatial pair correlations between atoms of interacting TBP molecules. In the presence of increasing FeCl3 amounts, it has been observed a progressive structuring effect, exerted by the dissolved salt, on the layers of opportunely oriented TBP molecules due to the formation of the complex ionic species. By simple treatment with NaBH4, the synthesis of Fe nanoparticles has been achieved. The absence of water, the easiness of preparation, the high amount of salt which can be suspended and the peculiar physico-chemical properties of such systems are all elements worth of note for the fields of nanoparticle synthesis and for specialized technological applications.
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CHURCH OF ST MARY
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CHURCH OF ST MARY, HIGH STREET
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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 07/12/2012
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SANDBACH HIGH STREET Church of St Mary
GV II*
Anglican Church. C15, restored in 1847-49 by George Gilbert Scott, and signed above the west entrance. Sandstone, in many places casing the original masonry; repaired in 1894-5 following fire at the west end; choir vestry by Austin and Paley of 1930. Furnishings of various dates. Choir and nave of five bays, with aisles, side chapels and west tower; choir vestry projects from northwest. The base of the latter is open on three sides and spans a public footpath across the churchyard. Largely Perpendicular Gothic style, with authentically medieval masonry of C13 and C15 to arcades, particularly on the south side. Interior furnishings of note include: Caen stone font, southwest corner of nave, 1859 by builder Thomas Stringer, with the Romanesque stone font opposite. Leversage Arms in panelled ceiling, north aisle, c1587, choir stalls, pulpit and carved Jacobean altar. Excellent collection of monuments installed by Scott along the aisle walls. Of particular note is the marble relief of the Rev. John Armistead, M. A. Vicar from 1828-65, designed by G. F. Watts and sculpted by George Nelson in 1876. For a full account see John Minshull, 'A Short History and Description of St. Mary's Church Sandbach, Cheshire', rev. ed. 1990.
Listing NGR: SJ7595360775
Minshull, J, A Short History and Description of St Mary's Church Sandbach, Cheshire, (1990)
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Old Railroads
Steam Navigation
This 1836 "Grasshopper" is typical of the first successful American-built steam locomotives. With vertical boilers and indirect gearing, they were slow but surprisingly powerful.
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Until the "Age of Steam," neither land nor water transport had changed much for two thousand years. Americans still relied on sheer muscle, using animals to pull wagons laden with as much as' eight tons of freight. A traveler on horseback might manage 40 miles per hour in short spurts, but seldom exceeded that distance in a day's travel.
For most people, transportation on land meant walking. On a good road in good weather, a hearty person could cover 20 miles in a single day; in bad weather, or over rough terrain, half of that was normal. By the early nineteenth century, coach travel was available over main routes along the eastern seaboard and inland to burgeoning cities like Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. The roads of the period were muddy in spring, dusty and rutted in summer, and often impassable in winter.
The canal boom of the 1820s sought to lace populated areas together with "ditches" three to six feet deep and anywhere from 20 to 40 feet wide, along which sturdy freighters and packet boats could be towed by animals. Canal transport was cheap and effective, although canals were expensive to build, especially if they required costly stone locks or complex engineering. Traffic was slow, averaging three miles per hour, and canals often froze in winter.
This photograph shows coal being dumped from railroad cars into a waiting canal boat. For transporting minerals, water was still the least expensive option.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
More critically, the Appalachian Mountains posed an insurmountable barrier to east-west links. The lack of water in large sections of the country precluded the use of canals, so that despite the immediate success of the Erie Canal (opened from the Hudson River to Lake Erie in 1825), shippers and travelers recognized the limitations of canals as they sought an effective means to reach the rapidly advancing western frontier.
Americans had more success with steam navigation. Both Atlantic coastal and Ohio-Mississippi, or "western," steamboats introduced the nation to fast, cheap, comfortable transportation. The first steam-powered trans-Atlantic crossing and the introduction of steamboat service between Pittsburgh and New Orleans both took place in 1819. By the mid-1820s, well-appointed boats were plying most of the Mississippi River system, the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, Hudson River, and anywhere else there was enough water to float a hull and enough traffic to attract an entrepreneur.
Yet like canals and roads, river traffic was seasonal and subject to the vagaries of weather. Water routes often were roundabout, and there simply were not enough rivers in the right places to serve the entire country. For the prevailing tide of traffic between the East and West, water transportation was important, but at best inconvenient and often inadequate. What Americans really wanted was a steamboat that could run on dry land, anywhere they needed it to go. And that is what they proceeded to build, using ideas stretching back to antiquity.
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Portland Ecologists Unite!
By inquiline / October 14, 2016 / art, observations and enquiry, plants / Leave a comment
I was invited to give a short presentation and meet up to talk with Portland Ecologists Unite in Portland Oregon, USA on 13th October 2106, as part of my WCMT Travel Fellowship looking at innovation in participation in public urban green space.
EcoUnite! works to improve the resilience of the community of ecologists by coordinating discussions, transfer knowledge, and build networks that create a foundation for quality ecological land management.
Toby Query started Portland Ecologists Unite five years ago in 2011. After attending a conference in BC and hearing about ‘novel ecosystems’, Toby was inspired to create a place to talk about ecology in an expansive and inquisitive way.
‘The conference blew my mind. Conservation tended to focus on ‘kill everything non native and plant only native’ with no self-reflection on that. The conference had people talking about the faults of this mindset and discussed the positive effect of new arrivals providing natural processes – novel ecosystems. We have to talk about all this. There are important issues at work – we have to deal with the complexity.”
“And my partner Tahni Holt, a choreographer and dancer, was hosting dinners with artists and everyone would come round and talk about a particular area or focus of work. I thought it would be good to have something similar happen around ecology.”
EcoUnite! meet once a month in the Green Dragon bar back room in NE Portland – people working in or interested in all areas of the environment, both volunteers and professionals, with teachers, land managers, ecologists, consultants, designers among them. It’s grown really fast, with a list membership of around 450 people. Generally they have around 25 people at each meeting, with the talk about wolves drawing 150. People value the expansive and open minded agenda and topics.
“I wanted to invite people interested in ecology to meet together to talk about the dominant culture in environmental management and improving ecosystems.
“I grew up in Portland and lived near Forest Park. I grew up playing in woods, around birds and plants. I’ve spent 17 years as a Natural Resource Ecologist for the City of Portland. I’ve helped plant 3 million trees in and around Portland, and many tons of native grass and wildflower seeds! I’ve been involved in planting many trees on waterways to improve the water quality for salmon. A lot of money has been invested in salmon habitat restoration. Now we’re asking – how do we manage land and environments in the long term where it’s not immediately obvious what we should do? And what are our future forests going to look like?”
One of the recent discussions at EcoUnite! has been around the growing population of houseless and homeless people living on the green spaces in and around Portland, and trying to understand the affect on biodiversity. This is a pressing concern both in terms of the scale of the human side of the problem arising from complex multiple reasons, and the impact on the environment (biodiverse or bird nesting habitat damage, creek and river pollution, sewage, refuse).
As a visitor to both Vancouver and Portland, I have been really struck by the size and scale of the homeless problem in both cities and the really difficult challenge it sets. It’s a humanitarian crisis driven by the lack of affordable rent, sudden rent increases, unstable incomes, relationship break down, substance abuse, domestic abuse, mental health problems, and from the people I spoke to, it is getting worse each year. In both cities, the homeless are present on many of the streets, public spaces and parks. And in the larger green spaces around the city, camps have also grown – at Johnson Creek in Portland, the environmental impact has been contentious and costly to manage. It’s a powerful problem, that needs addressing with care from many directions, and the EcoUnite! discussion reflected the complexity and concern.
Portland Ecologists Unite! and the Society for Ecological Restoration NW teamed up to host “Art and Ecology Unite!” featuring six Portland-based artists in April 2016. Vanessa Renwick, Lisa Schoenberg, Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Adam Kuby, Eric Steen, and Peg Butler shared some of their work, described their processes, and discussed the connections between art, nature, and science. (Photo credit: Adam Kuby)
PDX EcoUnite! generally host a speaker who presents for half an hour on a chosen topic, which then sparks a conversation. Discussion notes are taken and posted on their blog. These ‘points’ make for very interesting reading – for example the recent discussion about ‘nativenonnative’ raises views and thoughts of both cultural and environmental reflection, with transparency and curiosity. PDX EcoUnite! talk about what it is to talk about ecology – what are our concepts, our ways of thinking? – how can we develop and expand our understandings both culturally and ecologically?
The greeting to welcome everyone and introduce is an elbow-to-elbow ‘salmon spawning’ action. It’s excellent.
I spoke about my interest in public green space arising from my work as a social artist meeting my fascination with the non human – animals, plants, creatures of all kinds – and how we participate in and relate to the environment. And about the nature-human relationship and the meaning of ‘inquiline’ and the impossible possibility of being outside and inside nature: observing, questioning, seeking, doing, being, while all the time being part of it; we are nature.
And about a film I’d made which articulated some of these immeasurable complexities ‘Succession’.
I shared the initiative to make London a National Park City, information about the environmental charity I work for in SW London, and our biodiversity work.
I drew out the things that I encounter in my work that I find challenging, especially with reference to conservation and the lack of discussion about the role that culture plays in our decision making. For example, the dominance of images of volunteers out in green spaces with loppers, cutting back greenery, signifying environmental participation and action. These kinds of images can be unhelpful in relation to how we ‘see’ people and nature – we’re stuck in a culture of control, tidying, human organisation, with a tendency towards attacking and dominating environments, without acknowledging that in the main, our behaviour is driven by our cultural attitudes and values.
The National Park City initiative in London is attempting to bring a new generation and a diversity of people into ecology and environmental engagement. Much of the campaign is generative, creative and questioning: why are there no ball game signs on the only patch of grass? why is all the amenity grass cut? why aren’t children playing outside? – and that feels essential. Co-leading some Dawn Chorus Walks earlier this year, I was aware how some people who came along were rather aloof towards others who wore unsuitable footwear. It made me glad that I had letterboxed a neighbourhood and this was the first time some had stepped out at dawn to hear the birds. No one has a claim on what nature is or how to meet it.
At Eco Unite! it was an inspiration to sit among people who were up for questioning, discussing and figuring out what this whole environmental and ecological thing is about – conversation I long to have.
There were people working in nature conservation, bookbinding and design, people who hunted and explored in the wild, a plant geek, environmental scientist, and people from Portland Parks & Recreation and Friends of Trees. These kinds of cross overs of interests are vitalising.
Our conversation ranged and circled over many things – far more than I have noted here – these were some of the things that came up:
– it’s easier to control things the further you are away from them. People end up controlling the control.
– we’re coming to a time where the level of control is diminishing
– the tidying impulse: put down the loppers, put down the chainsaw, do nothing!
– rivers function because they are messy. Stream clear outs in the 70s were habitat removal. The forest floor is rotting wood.
– I grew up with the idea that when you’re in nature, you’re doing damage
– I hear clashes of worldviews in my job – whether humans are part of the environment, or a part from it and different from it. Polarising views – we’re part of it and we’re making it, or we have to leave it alone
– we have a very ‘Western’ perspective on nature – got to stay on the path, don’t touch that frog – you’re part of it, but it’s better if you’re not in it.
– casual cruelty towards nature is generally acceptable – why is that? where does it come from? From Western culture / religious attitude that nature is there for humans to exploit?
– the National Parks are full of people, but off trail out in the ‘wilderness’, there are very few people
– there’s an upwelling of nature play and pre-school groups
– kids in Portland two blocks away from Forest Park don’t go there, there’s a disconnect from nature for them
– some people refer to the places that kids use for Forest School as ‘sacrificial space’? What does that say?
– there’s 31% tree canopy in Portland
– trees are migrating due to climate change
– for Friends of Trees there’s been an expansion out of the white middle class ‘trees are important’ demographic in the last decade with a drive for equity. One of the important connections is between people, nature and human health. The cleaning of the air and the water and being in green affects us.
– the graveyards have not been ploughed and they are places safe from the plough – they hold the native prairie
– the Backyard Habitat Programme in Portland has started to tackle the lawn! But notice it’s called the ‘Backyard’ programme because people still can’t accept long grass. The lawn is still so present as a cultural product, a legacy of an aristocratic history.
– art and artists can help expose the culture of nature
– ecology enables understanding of time and space
– “Look up The Goat Blocks, Sue!” So I did: The Goats and click on ‘How to be our next neighbourhood’
And something that sticks:
“Portland OR is home to people who want to make things better, people who want to make things better in their own way.”
Such a great evening and I’m not sure this write up does it justice. I left, walking down the street, resounding with all the views and experiences from this wonderful cross section of people.
It’s inspiring – I want to start a sister group here where I live.
Then we can start twinning. Thanks Toby. Thanks PDX Eco Unite!
Tags: ecology, EcoUnite!, nature, PDXEcoUnite, Portland, Portland Ecologists Unite!, WCMTUK, we are nature
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OSHA drug testing, incentive proposals can bring relief to employers
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The Trump Administration's proposal to confirm their attitude that employers are not prohibited from establishing incentive programs for workplace protection or after drug drug testing in a standard could assure employers that such programs are legitimate but much depends on the possible language and whether the proposal moves forward despite a full legislative agenda and presidential election in 2020, experts say.
A drug testing program and safety incentive rule was one of six items on a long-term action list for the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, meaning that the Agency did not expect to have a regulatory measure within 12 months of the publication of the latest Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. . A notification of the proposed regulatory framework for such a regulation is planned to be released in September 2020, according to the Unified Agenda, which was released last week.
"I do not necessarily hold the spirit that something will grow," says Taylor White, Dallas-based senior adviser to Foley & Lardner LLP, who advises employers on workplace safety and other issues. "If it does, I will be interested to see what the actual language is to see if it provides more clarity than what employers have had so far."
OSHA's improved tracing of workplace injuries and diseases, otherwise known as the electronic register of the registry, was a source of fraud for employers and their representatives largely due to the provisions on countermeasures that did not prohibit drug testing of employees but banned employers from use drug testing or the threat of it as a form of negative action against employees reporting injuries or diseases. Similarly, employers opposed OSHA's strong position to use incentives in the workplace security program, which they considered a valuable tool to encourage employees to follow the safety and health regulations of the workforce set up during the Obama administration.
However, in October 201
8, the agency issued a memorandum to its regional administrators, who said OSHA "believes that many employers who implement security programs and / or drug testing for incidents do so in order to promote workplace safety and health. the employer consistently applies legitimate rules of work (regardless of whether the injury or disease is reported) show that the employer is serious about creating a safety culture, not just the appearance of lowering prices. "
" Trump administration has had a general focus on rolling back rules from earlier administrations, especially the Obama administration, and the security inspection and drug testing rules included in the anti-retaliation focus were major ticket items at the end of the Obama administration, "said David Klass, of advice with Fisher & Phillips LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina. "It seems that the Trump administration has paused at the moment. I see that the latest legislative agenda puts a permanent stop to these rules."
Actions taken under a security incentive program or a subsequent drug testing policy would only violate the recovery regulations "If the employer has taken measures to punish an employee for reporting work-related injury or illness rather than for the legitimate purpose of promoting the safety and health of the workplace," noted the note.
"I thought it was very interesting, because it looks like I think it is compatible with the memo they issued in October 2018 and clarified their position, and now it takes the position that drug testing and safety incentive programs are reasonable, that they are valuable to employers if they are applied consistently, says Matthew Deffebach, Houston-based partner and director of employment and employment at Haynes and Boone LLP law firm.
Employers spent time and resources trying to plan for compliance with the anti-language language in The rule's introduction before the October 2018 message came out, as Mr Taylor described as "a little whiplash".
"It sounds like they are going down the road as they said they were
OSHA generally checks workplaces based on accidents, says mr. Class.
"Although there has been a lot of concern, there has not been much quote under the rule," he said. "OSHA will not inspect an employer over a drug test or safety incentive program."
Previously, OSHA changed the electronic registration registration register by canceling the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically send information from OSHA forms 300 and 301, but these facilities are still required to provide information from their forms 300A summaries, including confidential business information.
"I think the criticism when they abolished some of this rule of uploading the OSHA logs in January was …" why not cancel it more "applying to the anti-retaliation rules that they relate to drug testing and security incentives program? "Mr Deffebach said. "I think this is a signal that the administration would like to do. The next step is to return to the status quo before the rule, for right now it is just a guide." significant changes in their drug test or safety incentive program in response to the original rule, he said.
"I think they see it as really good news," he said. "Although not the law, it is an indication that they will not be quoted by the agency if there was an investigation."
The drug test program and the safety proposal suggested the rule was the big change in the spring of 2019 Unified Agenda, but experts noted that the agency seems to move slowly with a standard for violence in the workplace in health care and social assistance. A mandatory review of the consequences of such a rule for small businesses is planned to begin in October according to the Unified Agenda.
"I'm interested in seeing how it plays," White says. "It is really the only remark, because it is very relevant in the light of much of the violence that has been going on in our country."
The Health and Safety Committee has recently sent clear signals that OSHA will adopt standards to address thermal stress and workplace violence in the healthcare sector rather than relying on the general obligation clause in the Health and Safety Act to quote employers. Bills have been introduced to steer OSHA to implement an industry-wide violence standard, whose employees are disproportionately exposed to such violence.
"I think it will continue to be an active problem," says Deffebach. "Setting this deadline is just an indication of that."
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With over 30 years in the green sector, it’s exciting to see how sustainability is now part of mainstream thinking – and I’ve played a part in that.
When, I started working with John Elkington in 1986 we wanted to show people the connections with the choices they were making every day and their environmental impact. Our Green Consumer Guide, published in 1988 got this idea off the ground.
Since then, I’ve worked as a sustainability consultant, writer and speaker.My approach is challenging and at times provocative as I’m not interested in just supporting the status quo but aim to be a driver for change.
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Author Jaime Castle
The Buried Goddess Saga
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WEB OF EYES (NOVEMBER 13, 2018)
Web of Eyes
The Buried Goddess Saga Book 1
By Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle
from 12.99 print | 2.99 eBook
A rotten thief. A stubborn knight. Only together can they save a broken kingdom.
Self-proclaimed “World’s Greatest Thief”, Whitney Fierstown, has yet to find a trinket or treasure he couldn’t steal. He nearly pulls off the heist of the century by snatching the Glass Crown off the dying king’s head until rotten luck throws him into the path of Torsten Unger, a steadfast knight determined to save his vulnerable kingdom.
Torsten offers this ultimatum: rot and die in a dank cell or join him on a dangerous expedition and put his skills to good use. The Queen’s treasonous brother has cursed the Crown Prince by taking a piece of his soul and hiding it in the haunted Webbed Woods. Only a master thief can steal it back.
Rebellion building in the south. Madness seated upon the throne. Famine and death spreading throughout the land. The kingdom is in peril.
If this unlikely pair is to thwart their devious target, save the prince, and survive the horrifying monster lurking in the darkness, they must first put aside their differences…or die trying.
“A gritty, dark fantasy disguised as a lighthearted epic. I am looking forward to the sequel!” (David Estes, best-selling author of Fatemarked)
Web of Eyes is the exciting first book in an epic fantasy adventure series perfect for fans of R.A Salvatore, Brandon Sanderson, and Nicholas Eames.
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WINDS OF WAR
After the crowning of a new and unfamiliar king, the Glass Kingdom is changing. A full scale rebellion has emerged in the south and Sir Torsten Unger must lead the Glass Army to face it. But when he is forced to march alongside one of his fiercest rivals, Torsten must draw on his faith to keep the army from fracturing.
Meanwhile, Whitney Fierstown continues his tutelage of Sora, who is desperate to get a better handle on her mysterious powers. Their journey brings them to the merchant city of Winde Port, where they seek passage aboard a ship. It’s smooth sailing until they realize an old nemesis is hunting them, desperate for vengeance and willing to turn to an evil unlike any they’ve ever faced before.
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WILL OF FIRE (JANUARY 1, 2019)
Will of Fire
A Kingdom held hostage. A thief lost in time. The battle to seal Elsewhere has begun.
The villainous Drad Redstar has won the favor of king and country after leading a decisive victory over the rebels at Winde Port. Now, with a seat on the Royal Council, he condemns Torsten to a lifetime in the dungeon and invites his militant people to take up residence in the capital. But not all light has been squelched. There is one disgraced King’s Shieldsman left who remains loyal to Torsten, and only he can help free the Glass Kingdom from Redstar and his dark desires to revive the Buried Goddess.
Across the known world, Sora deals with the loss of her one and only friend. She seeks out a Mystic of the Panping; someone who can help her figure out what really happened to Whitney in a journey that illuminates her past and present. With the true nature of magic revealed to her, she finds that Whitney is lost in Elsewhere, the world between worlds, and she’ll stop at nothing to bring him back.
As magic and war collide in Will of Fire, the third installment in the Buried Goddess Saga, the fate of the entire world will change.
Way of Gods
With old enemies vanquished, new heroes emerge.
Sir Torsten Unger must deal with the aftermath of the Drav Cra’s failed occupation of Yarrington. But with so much power up for grabs, old enemies begin to show their faces from the darker corners of the city.
Desperate to find Sora, Whitney Fierstown joins a traveling troupe of entertainers in order to secure safe passage to Yaolin, where he believes he can find her. What seems like a simple journey, however, when Whitney finds himself growing too close to his new companions and must chose between saving them from certain death, or continuing on his own.
In the south, a new warrior rises up to fight in the name of her father, Muskigo Ayerabi. It will take everything she has to prove that the time of the Shesaitju has come as he once taught her.
Don’t miss the highly anticipated 4th Book in the epic and unpredictable Buried Goddess Saga.
War of Men
As men squabble amongst themselves, the Buried Goddess makes her move.
Torsten Unger marches east in the name of the Glass Kingdom to put an end to Drad Mak, eliminating the Drav Cra threat once and for all. But can it be that simple—or is he just another pawn in the Buried Goddess’ game?
After discovering that Nesilia has possessed Sora’s body, Whitney Fierstown has a plan to get her back. All he needs to do is find a way to contact his old friend Kazimir, who as an upyr, knows the secrets of existence between worlds. It won’t be easy, but when has it ever been?
Having won the Tal’du Dromesh, Mahraveh is now an afhem, and with her new fleet, she has the power to save her father. Muskigo has been cut off and surrounded by the Glass Army, but the time has come to bring the fight to them and for her to win this war between men.
Grab Book 5 in the Buried Goddess Saga today and continue the adventure! The end is near…
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What Do You Want To Know About The Electric Smart ForTwo?
Stef Schrader
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Look at this adorable friggin’ thing. Photo credit: Smart
Long name, tiny car. I’m off to drive the 2018 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive Cabrio. I love weird, quirky, teeny city cars, and the Smart car has always been as close to a mass-produced microcar that the U.S. gets in modern times. The new one even looks properly cute! So, what do you want to know about it?
[Full disclosure: Mercedes wants me to drive their new drop-top ForTwo so badly that they’re picking up the tab for travel, lodging and food on this trip so I can see if it’s the cute sardine can on wheels we need.]
The entire cram-tastic Smart car lineup is going electric, which makes sense, given that it would be hard to pack for a road trip for more than one person in the little ForTwo.
I’m hoping the electric drivetrain gives it the low-end oomph that can make tiny cars a real blast, but I’m also skeptical: will it still be fun with only a one-speed transmission? It’s supposed to have 80 horsepower and 118 lb-ft of torque, but then again, it weighs just 2,383 lbs. Promising!
The 17.6 kWh battery sits down low in the car, which also sounds good, but the ForTwo’s always been a tall car, and convertibles all too often don’t handle as well as their hardtop counterparts. Will that low battery be enough to make a car whose funky proportions will never, ever pass the SCCA’s autocross “Rollover Potential Guidelines” handle well anyway?
I’m weirdly excited about one feature on the spec sheet: Crosswind Assist. The tendency for tiny cars to get blown around at freeway speeds are their one lone downfall of having a subcompact. If this works well, it could be a game-changer for those of who who feel like most cars are just too big.
I’m less excited about the “Cabrio” part, and not just because I’m not a fan of convertibles. Personal preferences aside, that rear fold with the top down sits awfully tall. Can all five-foot, three-and-a-half-inches of me actually see over that or will the Cabrio be the fun lil’ urban kart-car exclusively for The Talls?
Our press-herders have a scavenger hunt around San Diego planned for us, so here’s hoping its claimed 58 miles of range is enough. That should give me plenty of time to flog it around, and the weather should be nice enough for us to even drop the roof. What do you want to know about the new electric drop-top Smart? Ask away in the comments below!
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Marshland Restoration Near Crissy Field Will Cause Months Of Detours
Carrie Hodousek
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A section of Mason Street near San Francisco’s Crissy Field has closed for six months to create marshland.
The closure will allow crews to revive an old stream that is currently covered by concrete. They will install culverts under a section of the road just east of Halleck Street to allow fresh water to flow from the Tennessee Hollow watershed and mingle with the salt water of the San Francisco Bay, creating the habitat that will be known as Quartermaster Reach.
“This is a really wonderful opportunity for us to restore seven acres of marsh,” said Dana Polk, spokeswoman for the Presidio Trust, which manages the park.
“It’ll be a new natural resource for visitors to enjoy,” said Polk. “There’ll be trails, they’ll be able to restore some of the native plants and vegetation that was there.” That includes marsh plants as well as frogs, fish, salamanders, birds and the native Olympic oyster.
Access to West Crissy Field will remain open as will all of the businesses and attractions in the area. But pedestrians, cyclists and drivers will have to take detours and should account for extra travel time.
Drivers will be rerouted up Girard Road and onto Halleck Street before continuing on Mason Street. The PresidiGo shuttle will continue to run and drop riders off at West Beach, but stops at Crissy Field Center, Girard Road and the Presidio Community YMCA will be closed. A new stop will be added on Halleck Street and Mason.
When the project is completed in 2020 it will include a raised bridge which visitors can use to walk the 1.2 mile watershed from the bay through the park.
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Home Garage New Products Dodge celebrates Challenger’s 50th birthday with ‘Gold School’ option
Dodge celebrates Challenger’s 50th birthday with ‘Gold School’ option
Dodge introduced its pony car, the Challenger, for the 1970 model year | FCA photos
Ford had its Mustang and Mercury its Cougar. Chevrolet had the Camaro and Pontiac the Firebird. American Motors doubled up with the Javelin and AMX. Why, even Plymouth had the Barracuda.
But until 1970, Dodge had nothing to compete in the pony car category that had become so popular with the Baby Boomers who were just getting their driving licenses and were causing a generational shift in the American automotive marketplace.
But with Chrysler redoing its E-body chassis for the 1970 model year, Dodge finally would have its own challenger in the pony car category, a vehicle quite aptly named the Challenger.
Dodge unveils the 50th Anniversary Edition Challenger
And for the 2020 model year, Dodge is celebrating the anniversary with a limited-edition 50th Anniversary Edition Challenger package that includes special “Gold School” 20-inch wheels, Satin Black hood, roof and deck lid, a body-colored hood scoop and, speaking of colors, a new body color, Gold Rush.
The package, which includes black Nappa leather and Alcantara interior with Sepia-accent stitching, carbon fiber accents, special gauge cluster and “50” logos, will be available on selected 2020 Challenger models, but will be limited to 70 (as in ’70, the first year for the Challenger) of each model in each of the available colors.
Four models — GT RWD, R/T Shaker, R/T Scat Pack Shaker and R/T Scat Pack Shaker Widebody — and seven colors means a total of 1,960 units what does this mean? Variations? . The option will be available starting in December 2019, Dodge announced, with prices ranging from $4,995 to $5,995 depending on model.
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In addition, Dodge said, all 2020 Challenger SRT Hellcat and SRT Hellcat Redeye vehicles will wear 50th anniversary badging.
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A had 6-pack carbs atop 340cid V8
“When the Dodge Challenger first entered in the muscle car ranks of Detroit’s Big Three 50 years ago, it arrived with something its competitors didn’t have: the greatest range of powertrain choices in the industry, from the small but durable 225-cubic-inch ‘Slant Six’ to the fearsome ‘Elephant Motor’ — the 426 Hemi,” Dodge said in its anniversary news release.
The original Challenger also had sleek styling, “a low profile with full-width, scoop-like grille opening,” according to The Standard Encyclopedia of American Cars. “Body sides had the familiar ‘Coke-bottle’ profile with raised rear fenders tapering down at the taillights.”
The car looked fast, and it was, especially in the R/T series with a 383cid V8 topped by a 4-barrel carburetor, and in the T/A series, a homologation special that qualified the car to compete in the Sports Car Club of America’s Trans Am racing series. The road-going T/A, available only in hardtop form, was equipped with a 340cid V8 topped by a “Six Pack” setup with a trio of 2-barrel carbs.
On the race track, the Autodynamics Challenger was driven by Sam Posey (Dan Gurney drove the AAR Plymouth Barracuda) in the series in 1970.
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Chrysler ended productionof the Challenger/Plymouth ‘Cuda after the 1974 model year, loaned the Challenger nameplate out to the Dodge Colt Challenger, a captive Mitsubishi sold by Dodge dealers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but then revived the Dodge Challenger in 2008 as a retro-styled 2-door muscle car.
“The ‘golden age’ of muscle cars is now,” Dodge proclaimed as it announced the Challenge 50th Anniversary option.
“A half-century later, Dodge Challenger still leads the pack with the most powerful muscle car powertrains in the industry, ranging from the Pentastar V6 engine to the fastest, most powerful muscle car, the 797-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye.”
bill goszinski November 26, 2019 At 3:15 PM
50th anniversary model looks great! Way better than Mustang or Camaro!
Greg Boss November 26, 2019 At 3:45 PM
My 1970 Challenger R/T Convertible just had its 50th birthday (day it left the assembly line) a week ago November 20th.
Ryan Corman November 26, 2019 At 4:33 PM
Graduated high school in ’78. Unlike the anime styled new Camaro & Mustang, the current Challengers bring the ’70’s and all the best memories back with a vengeance; I’m a GTO guy, but always smile when I see a Challenger, even the base V6 models. Just the shape, I guess, but so many good friends/times then. Dodge grabbed the era perfectly. I hope they never change.
Four door Charger shoulda been a Polara, tho’ (imo). Or Royal Monaco- fierce cop cars in the day, 440/4bbl police package maybe wasn’t the best stoplight dragster, but those things could flat roll on the Interstate… don’t ask how I know this.
Happy and blessed Thanksgiving to all y’all.
Rob Guzanek November 26, 2019 At 6:01 PM
The yellow challenger photo you are showing is a retouched 1970 TA Challenger that includes a 1971 grille. The art was made in case a 1971 TA Challenger was release, but it was not.
Luky One3 November 26, 2019 At 8:34 PM
I’m sure you love the Dodge’s with the yellow shipping plastic pieces that people leave on their cars as well. You are fanboy. Probably love the Patriots Too.
Joe Couchman November 27, 2019 At 5:44 AM
My 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT, will also be turning 50 years old soon.
Bob Anderson November 27, 2019 At 7:20 AM
Iet me see, I brought my first Dodge in 67, coronet R/T 426 two fours four speed, GM, ford no one had anything for me! Never was beaten at any track!
Logan McCarrell November 27, 2019 At 3:08 PM
I bought my cream1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 with 4 speed hurst 12-28-70 used and I still have it and what Fun to drive even with manual steering and drum brakes!
kent Cotterell November 29, 2019 At 5:25 PM
you still have it? Wow. I had a 1970 shaker 340 4 sp Challenger in 76/77 and a 1970 340 4 sp Swinger in 1978. Cars were just too much fun that I had to get rid of them after awhile. I have more memories of those cars than cars and trucks that I put 200k miles on over 12 years. Never could forget those cars. Bought and sold for 800 & 450 and they ran great & were in good shape. Not perfect.
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sneak preview of the university of michigan’s football performance center
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J.S. Vig Construction is excited to be a part of this dynamic project! Thanks to Coach Harbaugh for tweeting his views on the renovation: [embed]https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1055895473742077954[/embed]...
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION BREAKS GROUND
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Credit Union (UMCU) took another step forward in serving its members and the community today as Tiffany Ford, UMCU President and CEO, joined UMCU Board members, Mandy Grewal, Pittsfield Township Supervisor and the J.S.Vig Construction team (Joe Vig, Valerie Vig, Sue Hasson and Mike Voltner) to break ground on a new 4,400 square foot, state-of-the-art branch. Members of the Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Pittsfield Township business, government and educational communities attended today’s groundbreaking celebration as well. “We’re...
Project Highlight: Greenhills School New Library
Quiet study spaces. Up-to-date technology. Collaborative learning areas. All of this and more is now available in the reimagined Harry Anderson Library located at Greenhills School, a private middle and secondary school in Ann Arbor, MI. Designed by Integrated Design Solutions (Troy, MI), the J.S. Vig project team consisted of Valerie Vig, Project Manager, Kris Mackmiller, Project Superintendent and Sue Hasson, Project Engineer. “My favorite feature of this new library is the window study pods,” reports Sue Hasson, J.S. Vig. “They...
University of Michigan’s North Campus Web Cam Now Live!
J.S. Vig is proud to be managing the construction of Gerstacker Grove, the University of Michigan's North Campus outdoor central meeting spot. Designed to be an open park gathering space for events, exhibits and general outdoor recreation for the North Campus, this 4 acre park will feature a large paved plaza, multiple walkways, a sand volleyball court and unique theatrical lighting. Cut and paste this link into your browser to watch the construction progress happening live! http://www.umaec.umich.edu/projects/major-projects/eda-u-gerstacker-grove/web-camera/...
CAM Magazine profiles Schembechler Hall!
CAM Magazine chose the J.S. Vig Construction - Integrated Architecture - University of Michigan/Schembechler Hall project team as the focus of this month's Construction Highlight. Written by Mary Kremposky, with images from Justin Maconochie, the feature article walks through the intricate design and construction process of this football museum that is in itself a work-of-art. For the full article, please see:...
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Virginia Becomes First State to Fully Digitize Professional Licensing
James Tatum
Friday, September 13, 2019 at 01:44 PM
On Sept. 3, 2019, Virginia became the first state to fully digitize its professional licensing and credentialing system. Many professions take advantage of current technology to offer digital copies of licenses and certifications, but before September, no state offered universal electronic licensing. Through a partnership between the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and the free online credentialing service, Merit, all licensed professionals in Virginia will be able to receive a digital copy of their license. According to the 2018-2020 Virginia appropriations bill, electronic licenses now satisfy any statute or regulation that requires credentials to be posted, displayed or produced.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced the partnership stating, “Electronic credentials will help cut red tape and modernize what is currently an antiquated system. The innovative use of technology by a state agency to streamline and enhance its services to Virginia's citizens, consumers, workers and industry is one of the reasons why our Commonwealth is the best place for business.”
Starting immediately, the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation will issue digital licenses and invite licensed professionals to create an online account with Merit. Once professionals create an account, they will always have access to a digital copy of their most recent licenses and certifications using Merit’s website or mobile app. Professionals will also be electronically notified when licenses must be renewed. Digital licenses will be issued in addition to physical licenses, and professionals will still receive mail and physical licenses from the department.
Digital credentials are now available to all 310,000 licensed professionals in over 40 professions serviced by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. These benefits come at no cost to licensees or to the state, and no funds were set aside in the 2018–2020 appropriations bill for this service.
The Home Builders Association of Virginia represents more than 83,000 licensed members and supports the partnership.
“This partnership is the beginnings of an infrastructure that will help ensure that people with the right skills find the right jobs,” said CEO M. Craig Toalson. “This new system will make licensing easier for everyone involved and will allow workers to spend less time navigating a complex paperwork process and more time focusing on the careers that they love.”
This announcement comes less than two years after Virginia Regulatory Reduction Pilot Program (HB 883) was signed into law by Gov. Northam. The program aims to reduce 25% of regulations and regulatory requirements in the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation by July 1, 2021.
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Microsoft Reveals Gears Of War 5 (And Two Spinoffs)
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Microsoft announced Gears of War 5 at its E3 Media Briefing today with a story trailer and is slated to arrive next year on Xbox One. But that’s not all: Microsoft-owned studio The Coalition is also working on two Gears of War spin-offs, Gears Pop, a mobile game, and Gears Tactics, a strategy game for PC.
First let’s start with Gears of War 5. The trailer begins by showing Gears of War 4's Kait Diaz telling Marcus Fenix about the nightmares she’s been having before showing the two of them set off to find out what these premonitions mean. We still see some squad-based exploration and combat, but overall the game looks a lot more cinematic and ruthless than past games, which is saying something given the series is about humanity being almost snuffed out by one hostile race of monsters after another.
2016's Gears of War 4 shifted the narrative tone of the series away somewhat from the deep bro-love of the original trilogy and delivered an even better Horde mode than its predecessor, but it didn’t dramatically reinvent the wheel. It based on the story trailer alone it remains to be seen whether Gears of War 5 will be just another refinement of the hulking, cover-based, third-person shooting that popularized the series or something more.
As for Gears Pop and Gears Tactics, we know even less, other than that they’ll each be taking the COG and Locust characters to new genres and platforms for the first time.
Gears of War 5 was one of the games listed in a Walmart Canada leak back in May, alongside other games like Hitman 2, Just Cause 4, Rage 2, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey which have since also turned out to be real.
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Wisconsin Court Casts Doubt About Anti-Poaching Agreements
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An “anti-poaching” provision is a common feature of many employment contracts for higher-level employees these days. While the wording can vary a bit, the provision usually provides that if the employee is terminated or otherwise leaves the employment, he or she cannot solicit former co-workers to quit or accept employment with a competitor, supplier, or customer. While not barring anti-poaching provisions altogether, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in Manitowoc Co. v. Lanning, 2016 Wisc. App. LEXIS 537 (Aug. 17, 2016), recently cast doubt on their enforcement.
Former Employer Had Been Awarded More than $1 Million in Attorney’s Fees and Costs
Lanning, the former employee, was what the Wisconsin called a “big fish.” An engineer with more than 25 years experience, many at Manitowoc held him in high regard. He signed an agreement with Manitowoc that contained a nonsolicitation of employees (NSE) provision. For two years following his employment with Manitowoc, he agreed not to solicit, induce, or encourage any other employee from accepting employment with a competitor, supplier, or customer. Manitowoc said Lanning breached the NSE provisions and sued. Eventually the trial awarded Manitowoc $97,844.78 in damages, $1 million in attorneys’ fees, and $37,246.82 in costs.
NSE Provision Was Not Enforceable
The Wisconsin appellate court reversed. Finding first that the NSE provision was subject to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 103.465 since it sought to “restrain competition,” the court added that while Manitowoc articulated legitimate, even protectable, concerns, the provision it drafted was “far too sweeping” to withstand the close scrutiny the court gave such restrictive covenants. The court observed, for example, that NSE provision barred Lanning’s solicitation of “any employee” of the company, including employees in a division separate from the one in which Lanning worked. The court offered an interesting hypothetical, indicating that since Starbucks was a Manitowoc customer, the NSE provision would be violated if Lanning encouraged a young former colleague to leave Manitowoc and work part time as a barista at Starbucks to pursue graduate studies. The court added that the NSE provision focused too much on Lanning’s actions, and not enough on Manitowoc’s reasonable needs.
With Careful Drafting, Nonsolicitation Provisions Can Still Stand
In its decision, the court said that Manitowoc’s stated interest – protecting itself from Lanning’s specialized knowledge of its talent base and his relationships with employees – did not justify the broad ban on the solicitation, inducement, or encouragement of any employee. The court left some room for valid restrictions. One thing seems absolutely clear: The kind of “cookie-cutter” restrictions found in many employment agreements will not withstand court scrutiny. Careful, specific drafting of non-compete agreements is required.
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Published January 8, 2020 2:08 pm
A woman driving on a Miami interstate was shot and killed. Police want your help finding the shooter
Melissa Gonzalez had recently graduated from college and had her sights set on law school.
But while driving on Interstate 95 in Miami, the 22-year-old was struck and killed by gunfire.
Authorities aren’t sure who shot Gonzalez, or why. But they’re asking for the public’s help.
Gonzalez was driving southbound on I-95 near NW 79th Street around 8:30 p.m. Friday when gunfire broke out, according to Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys.
Julian Veliz Cortina, a passenger in Gonzalez’s car, told police the sound came from a dark-colored vehicle, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alex Camacho said.
Cortina jumped out of Gonzalez’s silver Chevrolet sedan and called 911.
Gonzalez was hospitalized and died from her injuries. Authorities say it’s not clear whether she was targeted or hit by a stray bullet.
Her mother, Sheilla Nunez, told CNN affiliate WFOR that her daughter graduated from Florida International University and had plans to become a lawyer.
“Someone unjustly took away her life and shot her,” Nunez said. “At this moment, I don’t know why.”
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Hello Ross, here's that email on the eclipse you asked for...
Special Edition of Real Science Radio: Driving back from Real Science Radio's trip to totality in Nebraska, Bob called into a KHOW radio talk show. The start of today's BEL program rebroadcasts that call. And here, at kgov.com/kaminksy, we've posted the email that Ross requested as he, as an atheist, considers airing a follow-up eclipse program on the apparent fine-tuning of the universe.
See Also: Part 1 and Part 2 of RSR's pre-eclipse show, RSR's post-eclipse show (this program), RSR's Fine Tuning Argument, RSR's Problems with Solar System Formation, and RSR's Problems with Star Formation.
From: Bob Enyart <bob@rsr.org>
Date: Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:20 AM
Subject: Here's the email you asked for Ross for a possible follow-up eclipse fine-tuning show...
To: "Kaminsky, Ross" <*******@********.com>
Ross, great eclipse shows! Scientific observations that challenge the nebular hypothesis of a gas cloud condensing to form our solar system include these few:
1. 400-to-1 "coincidence" ratios: one of many examples of apparent fine tuning
2. Conservation of angular momentum should give Sun 98+% of spin energy; it only has 1%
3. If the nebular hypothesis were true, the planets, with ~1% of system's mass should have 1% ang momentum; they have 99%
4. Planets and sun should rotate on same axis, but the Sun rotates 7 degrees off the planetary ecliptic
Hawking, the most famous atheist astrophysicist who (naturally) holds to the anthropic doctrine, wrote, "The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers seem to have been very finely adjusted..." [speaking not of the eclipse but of physics generally]
Mike Brown, NASA astronomer and exoplanet database manager, says: “Before we ever discovered any exoplanets we thought we understood the formation of planetary systems pretty deeply… It was a really beautiful theory. And, clearly, thoroughly wrong." Ross, the theory was "idiosyncratic". It didn't actually flow from an objective application of the laws of physics but, like with so many grad students' theses that explain the inexplicable, if flowed out of the desired conclusion, to explain our own solar system. Now that theory is solidly contradicted, i.e.,"thoroughly wrong", by the amazing discovered characteristics of exoplanets.
I interviewed physicist Lawrence Krauss on such matters. Because he and NASA, et al., say that it's the "predictions" of the big bang that confirm the theory, I decided to write a critic of that claim. So for two years now, when anyone uses the search term: big bang predictions, Google ranks my rsr.org/bbp article (on kgov.com) as #1 or so out of thousands. We then follow the bb model through to the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets, to show where the predictions fail throughout and are undermined anyway by fundamental physics.
So Ross, if you'd like a recommendation for a guest to take the "fine-tuned" side of a discussion, we can easily provide you with one, including the physicist/cosmologist who endorse my Blu-ray/DVD/download video Evidence Against the Big Bang. (He also won the 2010 IEEE Cady award for constructing the world's most precise clock, used to calibrate atomic clocks in Japan, Europe, etc.)
- Bob Enyart
1-800-8Enyart on air
KGOV.com - rsr.org - rsr.org/fine-tuning - rsr.org/solar-system-formation-problems
p.s. On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Kaminsky, Ross <RossKaminsky@iheartmedia.com> wrote:
Wendy Walsh and her attorney Lisa Bloom now have your e-mail. Confirmed.
Btw Ross, after you connected me with Wendy and Lisa, that led directly to me getting a phone call from Kevin Lord, Fox News Channel's executive vice president of human resources (who moved over from NBC). He apologized for the sexual harassment and I decided to accept his verbal apology and not ask for anything else. So, thanks Ross. Your discernment in connecting me to those prominent women really did help.
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Poor Widdle Romania
Cultural Suicide
Posted by Sam Cel Roman on September 30, 2015
Well, I don’t think that it’s news to anyone any longer than the refugee crisis that I wrote about is now effecting serious changes on all of Europe. Last week, the EU member states (which include Romania, but not Moldova) had a vote and it split almost perfectly down the east/west axis, with western European countries voting in favor of absorbing immigrants into their population while the eastern countries (including Romania) voted against.
This isn’t so surprising. Even aside from my own personal issues, I’ve heard those devils in the local Immigration department complaining in very racist terms about the migrants, even though Moldova (and Romania too) aren’t really being affected by the hundreds of thousands of people now making their way into Europe.
So on one side you’ve got people (and governments) who openly are welcoming migrants, believing that it’s a) the humanitarian thing to do, b) it’s good for the economy, and c) a little fresh blood is a good thing. On the other side is the purely racist side, which argues that admitting migrants (particularly dark-skinned Muslim ones) is tantamount to cultural suicide.
So which side is right?
Well, obviously a million studies have shown that a) Europe’s population is declining (including most definitely Romania and RM) and b) huge amounts of migrants ends up being an economic boon to the countries where they resettle. So the only issue left on the table is the race one, and few people think of racism as a good thing, so they’re left forced to use mealy-mouth double-talk like the arch racist himself, Mr. Viktor “Rivers of Blood” Orban, the dictator (oops: president) of Hungary.
But let’s just examine, for a moment, if it’s true that immigrants cause “cultural suicide”, or destroy the way of life for the nation that absorbs them.
On one hand, this argument has some validity, as long as you open your history book and look in the chapter entitled White Christian European Expansion 1492-1965. A few examples:
United States: 90% or more of native population wiped out, culture erased almost entirely
Australia: 90% or more (100% in Tasmania) of native population wiped out, culture almost completely wiped out
Canada: 90% of population wiped out, most of native culture wiped out
Aztecs: complete genocide and destruction of culture
Inca: 99% of population wiped out, culture erased almost entirely
Maya: more than 50% of population eradicated, all books but 3 burned and destroyed, cultural heritage nearly destroyed
Haiti/DR: complete genocide and destruction of culture
Africa: entire continent minus Ethiopia colonized, enslaved, and mass destruction of native culture
And so on, and so forth. Clearly, the arrival of white Christian migrants is bad news for anyone living in that area. But what about modern day migrants, some of whom are most definitely Muslim and dark-skinned?
Honestly, I can tell that the Viktor Orbans and Victor Pontas of the world who are screaming about migrants have never been to England. I have, and it’s a country that’s changed a hell of a lot since I was first there more than 30 years ago.
Old England from 30 years ago: most industries nationalized, 80% of food grown locally, 99% of food bought at local shop, milkman still delivering to your house, population 99% white skin and members of Church of England, public food is dull and bland, consisting of almost nothing but fish, chips and mushy peas
Modern England: utilities and transport owned by private firms, including foreign ones, 90% of food now imported, almost all food sold at multinational chain stores (Tesco, Sainsbury, etc), inter-racial population common, multi-faith houses of worship (temples, mosques, etc), street food is wild and colorful, including curries and influences from both Jamaica/Caribbean and India/Pakistan/Bangladesh
So did England commit “cultural suicide” in the last 30 years? I’m sure there are a few folks you’ll meet who will agree with that thought. But last I looked, England was a vibrant, bustling place that everyone still wants to visit and go for work. The economy is doing well, and even “benefits” (welfare) pay better than a full-time job in the “pure” Eastern European countries that are frightened to death of migrants.
Germany? After World War 2, their economy was in the toilet. With massive infusions of cash from the United States, they started turning things around. But by the 1960s, they had a severe labor shortage, so they invented the “gasterbeiter” (the rebooted ostarbeiter), and imported a few million dark-skinned, Muslim people from Turkey to work in their factories. Guess what? The economy started doing even better, and now Germany is one of the leading industrial nations in the world.
Did Germany commit “cultural suicide” when they let all those Turks in starting in the 1960s and 70s? I’d say no. There are mosques in every major German town and yet I was there in 2014 and it all looked plenty German to me. There are Muslim women wearing head scarves doing their business just fine alongside bare-headed white German women. And the automatic kiosks and ATMs (bankomat/cash point) just have Turkish as a language you can select, if German, French and English don’t suit you.
France? After their colonies in North Africa became independent, following bitter wars against France, some of those local people in the former colonies started moving to France. France too was once an almost exclusively white, “European” country, and yet if you go to France today you’ll see a rich heritage of dark-skinned people, some of which yes, attend mosques and wear head scarves. But the food is more varied, the music is FAR better now, and life continues to look pretty damn French to my eyes.
So England stayed English, Germany stayed German, and France stayed French, even after millions of immigrants made those countries their new permanent homes. Oh, and those three countries also happen to have some of the most robust economies in the world. Next time you buy a German-engineered car, drink a British ale or gin, or spray yourself with French perfume, remember that those products were made, in part, by dark-skinned Muslim people. Yep. Same for Italy, which has its own growing population of Somalis (Italy wasn’t much of a colonizer), some of whom work for Armani, Dolce & Gabbani, or Ferrari.
So somehow western European countries have managed to still hang on to their identity even after absorbing and integrating millions of migrants. Were there some changes? Of course. Most for the best (especially the food and music) and a few for the worse (poverty and ghettos). So it goes.
But what about Romania, and to a lesser extent the Republic of Moldova? If the migrants are able to be kept out, will the old traditional way of life still last?
Of course not. As I’ve been writing about (literally) for years, there’s barely a trace left of the “good old days” of Romania/Moldova. People like to dress up in the old traditional costumes, and hoist a glass of wine, and sing the old songs, but after all that’s over they slip on a pair of Calvin Klein jeans, lace up their Adidas/Nike shoes, fire up their BMW and drive on over to the mall for a fucking Big Mac or three-piece KFC chicken dinner. Is that really preserving the culture?
No. Cultures change, even without immigrants. I had the sad experience of driving through most of Poland last year, and saw the almost complete eradication of village life. The Poles who still live in Poland are almost all clustered in the cities now, working in big office towers, fiddling with their smartphones and checking Facebook. Same for half of Czech Republic and huge swathes of Hungary.
And those three countries especially depend on a special kind of “migrant” called the Tourist, for their economies to even stay afloat. Take away the millions of tourists who visit Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland and those three countries would be poorer than most African states in no time at all. Romania, as well, draws millions of tourists (roughly 6-8 million per year), and cities like Sighisoara, Brasov, Cluj, and Bucharest would suffer massively without that huge influx of tourists.
So, whether the migrants come or not, the world keeps on turning, and the past is rapidly slipping behind us in the rearview mirror (Ro: luneta), and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. So migrants aren’t going to cause “cultural suicide” for Romania/Moldova, as all the locals are already busy killing traditional culture as fast as they can get their hands on an iWatch.
And, last but not least, let’s not forget that every single one of the racist/anti-immigrant countries is themselves the source of millions of migrants. Half of Moldova’s population is working abroad, and between 10-15% of Romania’s population is permanently beyond its borders. So why is it okay for a Romanian/Moldovan to be a migrant, but not a Syrian/Eritrean? Bit of hypocrisy, if you ask me. And the same question goes for the Hungarians, who themselves are immigrants from Asia, and now have millions of their people working and living somewhere beyond the borders of Hungary.
But wait! I know some people are saying that migrants are awesome, just as long as they’re not Muslim migrants. To that, all I can say is “try visiting a Muslim country some time”. Guess what? It’s just like the Christians in Romania/Moldova, i.e. it’s mostly just nominal, go to church/mosque once a year (if that), celebrate the party festivals (Christmas/Eid al-Fitr) and skip all the tedious hardcore religious stuff (Lent/Ramadan). Literally 99% of Romanians /Moldovans never crack open a Bible, and hardly anyone under age 60 ever goes to a church for any kind of religious service on a regular basis. Guess what? Same for Muslims. Contrary to what you’ve seen on TV, 99.9999% of Muslims are not fanatics, terrorists, or even give a shit about religion other than when it’s time to get married or buried.
So yeah, I say bring on the migrants! And let’s get some fresh blood, new ideas, tastier food, and awesome new fashion ideas into Eastern Europe, instead of hanging on to stupid old ideas about the past that aren’t even true, such as the fact that not one woman in a traditional Romanian/Moldovan village would’ve worn make-up and lipstick, and yet that’s EXACTLY what every “pure” Romanian/Moldovan woman does today when wearing the national costume on TV or as part of some public performance.
And even if you want to move up to Baia Mare somewhere, and wear homemade clothes, guess what? The migrants won’t bother you. In fact, they might be curious about it and want to try it for themselves. Shocker! :O
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when you enter Romania leave your libcrap at the door
we are sick of leftists…
first Russian idiots now US…?
what the hell is wrong with you people? There is never gonna stop with this crap ideology? Just let people be and stop trying to “fix” them…
you talked about gypsy and how they are “unfixable and happy”… well fuck you, we are also unfixable and happy… can UE, USA, Russia or anyone else stop trying to fix us?
we do not fix others… here gipsy people are free to do whatever the fuck they want… but in your dear liberal europe they need “fixing”….
Let the fucking people be free and stop telling them what to do!
Romanians and Eastern Europeans were SLAVES to the islam… for your information WHITE SLAVERY was a thing here… for hell sake how dare you and any other libdem to talk like this with us?
Search the friking google at least:
“ottoman slave trade”
“ottoman blood tribute”
“Saqaliba”
even the name “slavs” comes from “slaves” ffs…
how dare you, a liberal to tell us to welcome among us a culture that tried and mostly succeed to enslave and destroy us?
1200 years of invasions, persecutions, enslavement, tribute, wars and colonization… and you thing we should WELCOME THEM?
you mention we got muslims in Europe… yes we do… because they INVADED US and convert part of the population to islam by force!
stop telling us about “Bosnia”…
search about the history of this bastard state and you will find out that they were conquered and their entire culture and religion destroyed and replaced with the conqueror’s….
this kind of fate was reserved for the entire region if we did not fight back and resist…
and we did fight back, and we did resist…
and you libtards come and blame us? for resisting invasion? for keeping our culture? for preserving our traditions and religion?
you say that “whites did a shitton of crap, enslaved and conquered the “natives””…
yes..YOUR WHITES… the western ones…
OUR WHITES were slaves to turks, ottomans, tatars for centuries…
what YOUR WHITES did to others… others did to OUR WHITES
we pay for what you take…
and now you want us to PAY MORE?
no…!!
give back whatever you took from others, and stop your shitty propaganda against us!
there is a reason people here are somehow racist…
not because we think we are superior
but because we are afraid
and rightfully so
from islam to communism, from nazism to UE… all the fucking scum of the world tried to conquer us…
that is why Eastern Europe is racist…
because we refuse to be conquered by scum
Sam Cel Roman says:
De pretutindeni says:
Yo, Sam… check this one out, fresh news on your buddies:
A Female Physician in Munich, Germany sends a message to the world . . . . . .
Yesterday, at the hospital we had a meeting about how the situation
here and at the other Munich hospitals is unsustainable. Clinics
cannot handle emergencies, so they are starting to send everything to
the hospitals.
Many Muslims are refusing treatment by female staff and, we, women,
are refusing to go among those animals, especially from Africa.
Relations between the staff and migrants are going from bad to worse.
Since last weekend, migrants going to the hospitals must be
accompanied by police with K-9 units.
Many migrants have AIDS, syphilis, open TB and many exotic diseases
that we, in Europe, do not know how to treat them. If they receive a
prescription in the pharmacy, they learn they have to pay cash. This
leads to unbelievable outbursts, especially when it is about drugs for
the children. They abandon the children with pharmacy staff with the
words: “So, cure them here yourselves!” So the police are not just
guarding the clinics and hospitals, but also large pharmacies.
Truly we said openly: Where are all those who had welcomed in front of
TV cameras, with signs at train stations?! Yes, for now, the border
has been closed, but a million of them are already here and we will
definitely not be able to get rid of them.
Until now, the number of unemployed in Germany was 2.2 million. Now it
will be at least 3.5 million. Most of these people are completely
unemployable. A bare minimum of them have any education. What is more,
their women usually do not work at all. I estimate that one in ten is
pregnant. Hundreds of thousands of them have brought along infants and
little kids under six, many emaciated and neglected. If this continues
and German re-opens its borders, I’m going home to the Czech Republic.
Nobody can keep me here in this situation, not even double the salary
than at home. I went to Germany, not to Africa or the Middle East.
Even the professor who heads our department told us how sad it makes
him to see the cleaning woman, who for 800 Euros cleans every day for
years, and then meets young men in the hallways who just wait with
their hand outstretched, want everything for free, and when they don’t
get it they throw a fit.
I really don’t need this! But I’m afraid that if I return, that at
some point it will be the same in the Czech Republic. If the Germans,
with their nature cannot handle this, there in Czechia it would be
total chaos. Nobody who has not come in contact with them has no idea
what kind of animals they are, especially the ones from Africa, and
how Muslims act superior to our staff, regarding their religious
For now, the local hospital staff has not come down with the diseases
they brought here, but, with so many hundreds of patients every day –
this is just a question of time.
In a hospital near the Rhine, migrants attacked the staff with knives
after they had handed over an 8-month-old on the brink of death, which
they had dragged across half of Europe for three months. The child
died in two days, despite having received top care at one of the best
pediatric clinics in Germany. The physician had to undergo surgery and
two nurses are laid up in the ICU. Nobody has been punished.
The local press is forbidden to write about it, so we know about it
through email. What would have happened to a German if he had stabbed
a doctor and nurses with a knife? Or if he had flung his own
syphilis-infected urine into a nurse’s face and so threatened her with
infection? At a minimum he’d go straight to jail and later to court.
With these people – so far, nothing has happened.
And so I ask, where are all those greeters and receivers from the
train stations? Sitting pretty at home, enjoying their non-profits and
looking forward to more trains and their next batch of cash from
acting like greeters at the stations. If it were up to me I would
round up all these greeters and bring them here first to our
hospital’s emergency ward, as attendants. Then, into one building with
the migrants so they can look after them there themselves, without
armed police, without police dogs who today are in every hospital here
in Bavaria, and without medical help.
Is this “situation” coming to America?
Rejoice….more good news!
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/cologne-attacks-trigger-raw-debate-on-immigration-in-germany-a-1071175.html
Yes 10 maybe criminals out of a refugee population of 200,000 sure does prove your point :-D
10 criminals? .. 200,000 refugees?… where do you get your numbers man? there were over 1,000,000 in Germany in 2015 alone!
There were over 175 complaints of women being groped and probed in EVERY body orifice in Koln alone… how would you have liked your wife to be in the crowd of the “culturally renewing” fresh blood of the beastly kind?
Sorry Sam, you’re either seriously biased, unrelentingly vain on what proved to be a misguided and ill-conceived post, or just plain stupid… but I guess you’re pretty safe in Moldova, none of this shit is coming to a city near you, thanks to Putin.
listen to this guys, maybe you learn something:
First of all, nice fantasy, as obviously I wouldn’t want my wife groped by anyone. Whether they’re a Muslim immigrant or Christian native is irrelevant.
Secondly, your own number of about a million looks accurate. Hence you’ve proved my point, that a tiny fraction of a group does bad things. Do native Germans never commit crimes? How many assaults were charged against natives of that city last year?
The truth is you are afraid, so you look for data to justify your fear. It’s called confirmation bias. I recommend you vote for the PMP party, as they share your fear of the alien.
OK, you picked up the glove so here we go, point by point. Brace yourself, another long one:
1) You have no problem with the Latino invasion in US because you do not live there anymore, remember? Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against them, they have a great culture(s) and most of them are hard working, honest people trying to make a better living in US. But we were talking about massive, uncontrolled migration, not integration of the willing and worthy of a decent life in US (although I’m not sure that is possible or worthwhile anymore). It’s one thing to like their music and food and customs and quite another to create social upheaval. Ah, and did I mention they are Catholic?
2) It’s one thing to write about Romania’s mixed-ethnicity culture as a foreigner (and yes, you are still one no matter what you may think) and quite another to have been brought up. lived in and inherit that cultural matrix. Not having roots in that ethnicity may give you the false impression of being more “objective” in talking about it, but you are missing the important ingredient of belonging to that nation, that culture or the family history of those generations that have sacrificed their lives and suffered unspeakable hardship in order that there still would be a Romania to talk about. Most of us Romanians, especially those born after the war, FEEL it, you can only TALK about it.
The fact that Muslims have, and always had, a place in Romania’s political, social and cultural life proves that we were always an integrative and accepting culture, giving shelter, food and respect to our fellow humans, most of the time to our own detriment. I’m not talking about governments, I’m talking about ordinary people, the Ion’s and Maria’s of the Romanian villages and cities. To us Romanians religious faith is sacred, whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim or whatever denomination. We lived with them for hundreds of years and none of our wars were religiously motivated.
3) Ada’s reply saves me further comment other than Islam is the SAME all over, one Q’uran, one unified language, but Muslims may be of a different degree of adhesion or fanaticism. Islam literally means “following”, unconditional following that is, unlike Christ’s ” follow me if YOU WILL”. You may want to update your research on Islam or take a look around you at what’s really happening in the world these days in the Muslim world.
4) We do agree here. And it’s not a question whether a Christian migrant is OK and a Muslim one not, rather that the two cultures, social customs and individual behavior are at odds more often than not when integration is expected in western societies. Whilst the Europeans thrive to be inclusive, most Muslims will want their tribal customs to be recognized and become social norm. Look at what happened to Paris and London, listen to all the advocacy for Shariah Law to govern their communities and how everything western is haram being voiced in your beautifully “integrated” UK, France, Netherlands, etc. where no-enter zones are keeping the police and emergency services out in THEIR OWN countries.
These countries seem fine to you because you don’t bother to look beyond superficial appearances and have never took a deeper look at their social problems, played out every day. And let’s not even get into the issue of the “integrated” Muslims going over to fight for ISIS in Syria, Libya, Iraq and Yemen.
5) Yes I do realize that. That’s why it’s called the Balkans and those countries are still tributary to what the previous hordes left behind, a legacy of poverty and mixed-ethnicity hate. I wonder why you didn’t choose to live there yourself as a social experiment, instead of Romania or Moldova, where as an American you can be buddy-buddy with almost everyone over a glass of palinca. I’m sure your liberal views on forced mass migration and mixed-ethnicity in Europe would have been somewhat different.
Most importantly you don’t seem to understand that EU, unlike US, is a Union of nations, where people value, cherish and safeguard their perceived or true national identity above everything else. Dampen that reassuring feeling with massive migration from different cultures and I bet you my long lost pioneer cravat that there is going to be trouble, massive trouble.
And finally here’s one anecdote for you, right on the subject:
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De 60 de ani un bătrân mergea zilnic la Zidul Plângerii din Ierusalim.
Despre acest bătrân aude şi o reporteră de la CNN şi se hotărăste să-i ia un interviu.
Ajunge ea la Zid şi află care este bătrânul.
După 45 de minute bătrânul îşi termină rugăciunea şi reportera îl abordează pentru a-i lua interviul.
– Scuzaţi-mă,eu sunt reporteră la CNN şi mă numesc Rebecca Smith. Dvs. cum vă numiţi?
– Moritz Fishbein.
– De când veniţi la Zidul Plângerii?
– Aproximativ de 60 de ani.
– De 60 de ani! Şi pentru ce vă rugaţi?
– Mă rog ca evreii, creştinii şi musulmanii să trăiască în pace. Mă rog să nu mai fie războaie şi să dispară ura dintre oameni. Mă rog să nu mai fie foamete nicăieri în lume.
– Şi ce simţiţi după 60 de ani?
– Parcă aş vorbi la pereţi…
Just on the word Islam (from an Arabic speaking person, i.e. myself): In Arabic, the word “Islam” means submission or surrender – however, it was derived from the root word “salam”. From this root word, you can also derive the words peace and safety. Many people feel that Islam implies some sort of enslavement to Allah, but others find it more helpful to define the word “Islam” as surrender.
Many religions have a concept of surrender to God. In Jewish history, when the ancient Hebrews obeyed God’s commands, they had a long period of prosperity and stability.
In Christianity, surrendering to God is a way of putting your life into more capable hands – in fact, Jesus asked many of his disciples to surrender their livelihoods and follow him.
So, if we look at the word ‘Islam’ in this way, we can understand why obeying Allah’s commands and trusting in Allah’s wisdom could bring about peace for a Muslim.
The word does not represent a one-sided relationship, where the believer is enslaved to Allah. Rather, the word Islam indicates a covenant between Allah and his followers, where a Muslim surrenders his or her will to Allah in return for peace or safety.
source:http://muslimvoices.org/word-islam-meaning/
Thanks Ada for saving me the trouble to correct Sam’s vacation pamphlet understanding of the Muslim world. Get your facts straight, oh King of Romania, before you bring a counter argument.
hei Sam!
The local population in Bali is lamost entirely hindu. Not everyone in Indonezia is muslim,
Other islands are majority Christian like Flores.
I have been in both places … pretty cool :)
Statistics: 88.1% of the Indonesian population is Muslim. ( Pew Research Center report of The Future of the Global Muslim Population, as of 27 January 2011
Sam, two things:
1. Nice rethoric notwhistanding, you come from a country, born out of democratic principles and founded on the highest moral values, that has recently erected border walls and spends millions and countless resources on detention centers for the “aliens” pouring in from Mexico. The latinos have taken over majority in Florida and LA, bringing with them many good things and decent people, but also horrendous crime, drugs and gang violence. Last time massive “immigration” influx happened in US, the whiteys were the ones at the trigger side of the gun whipping out the natives. If you’re such an advocate of mindless migration and refugee influx, why don’t you write to Congress to take over a few millions of them, nay, the whole lot displaced by the wars and apocalypse they themselves created and voted for? They sure have the might, the means of transportation and the resources to feed and cloth them all from the Pentagon budget. Not to mention that they have the MORAL obligation to do so, and not lecture everybody on how Europe and others should take their human dump.
2. You obviously have NOT been to a Muslim country, or if you have passed through one in your globe trotting you definitely have not lived in any of them. The cliches about how they match the Christians in their disregard of religion and customs are bar talk habibi. They take their religion very seriously, Islam is a way of life not a whim. And when one prays 5 times a day, day in day out, the muscle is getting strong, just like in fitness. Look at how they’re killing each other, Sunni against Shia, both against the infidel. Maybe it’s time to turn on the TV on Russia Today (RT) and take a look at the world around you before you put forth politically correct blurb. Well-intended humanism, without proper checks and balances is a ticket to disaster – the way to Hell is paved with good intentions. History has proven it plenty.
Last but not least, we Romanians, unlike the “civilized” Europe, had more than our share of migrators, mixed cultures, new blood and the like for the last 2000 years.
Whether by sword or diplomacy, we have stood at the gates of western Europe and shed blood so the migrating hordes and Islam do not overtake Europe and the precious little Austro-Hungarians, the Germans and the Poles do not speak Arabic as their mother tongue.
So excuse us if we’re not that open minded as you seem to be to the “refugee” and migration crisis facing Europe. The invasion is here, the Muslims have managed to do via the refugees what Suleiman the Magnificent, Mehmet the Great and all the Turkish might have failed to in so many wars… conquer western Europe and make them kneel at their plight. Resistance is futile, but then Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.
Woah, that’s quite a lengthy response so:
1) I have no problem with Latino immigrants in the United States. I cannot imagine the country WITHOUT them. The population would starve immediately without Latino farm workers, just for starters. And huge swathes of the United States were outright stolen from Mexico, so who is the real “illegal” migrant?
2) I’ve written plenty about Romania’s mixed-ethnicity culture, and how it has absorbed several waves of immigrants over the centuries. I even wrote about how Romania has not one, but TWO Muslim members of parliament. Somehow they get their jobs done without praying non-stop :)
3) Bali is in the world’s most populous Islamic nation. Are you seriously telling me that’s a bad place? Or that sharia mullahs are constantly dictating life there? Islam varies from place to place. A place like Jakarta or Bali is a billion miles away from Riyadh or Tehran, or even Qatar.
4) Not every migrant is Muslim, even from countries like Libya and Syria. I’m not quite sure why a Christian migrant is okay but a Muslim one isn’t. There are millions of Muslims living in Germany, France, and Britain and – just as I wrote – those countries seem fine to me. There are millions of Muslims in the United States. Frankly I don’t see a problem with Islam, any more than Hinduism, Buddhism, or any other religion. The Tamil Tigers launched plenty of terrorist attacks without a single one of their suicide bombers being Muslim, same for the FARC and half a dozen other groups I could name.
5) You do realize Albania and Bosnia are two countries IN Europe that already have huge Muslim populations, right? So somehow the “horde” is mighty slow moving as they’ve been in Europe for centuries now :P
Oh, and last I heard it was Jan Sobieski, a Pole (or Polish-Lithuanian if you prefer), who led the charge at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, and even if the Turks had won, you do realize that they speak an Altaic language, right? Completely different than Arabic. So I don’t know how Romanians defended Poland from speaking Arabic but maybe I’m reading a different history book than you :))
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Jackie Kennedy’s Pink Suit
Posted in Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Kennedys, the, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lyndon Johnson & Lady Bird, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, tagged biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Chanel suits, Chez Ninon, Dallas, Fort Worth, Jackie Kennedy, jackie kennedy and the pink suit, jackie kennedy's blood-stained suit, Jackie Kennedy's pink Chanel suit, jackie kennedy's pink suit, John Connally, Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Johnson's swearing-in as president, Nellie Connally, Texas, the Kennedy assassination on February 12, 2011| 71 Comments »
Jackie Kennedy wears the famous pink suit in this 1962 photo. She is looking at plans for Lafayette Square.
President John F. Kennedy looked out the window of his Fort Worth, Texas, hotel suite. The November sky was dark and threatening. It looked like rain. Forecasters predicted cool weather. The president advised his wife Jackie to dress warmly for the long and demanding day and personally selected her oufit. He chose a pink wool suit with three-quarter-length sleeves and a blue underblouse. To it, Jackie added a pink pillbox hat and white gloves.
Jackie, 34, had worn the suit before – she called its color “raspberry” – and it was one of the president’s favorites. He had told mutual friend Susan Mary Alsop that Jackie, his wife of ten years, looked “ravishing in it.” (1)
President and Mrs. Kennedy at the White House, October 1962. Jackie Kennedy is wearing the pink wool Chez Ninon she wore in Dallas, November 22, 1963
Jacqueline Kennedy‘s pink suit was made in 1961 by the New York dress salon, Chez Ninon. It was a copy of a Chanel pink boucle wool suit trimmed with a navy blue collar. (1)
Jackie Kennedy was a style icon. People noticed what she wore. Kennedy critics were quick to pounce when Jackie wore Paris fashions. Jack urged his wife to buy American and she did. Such a move was both financially and politically savvy. The Chez Ninon knockoff cost between $800 and $1,000 compared to over $10,000 for a custom-made Chanel suit. Plus, he and Jackie were in Texas with Vice President Lyndon Johnson and wife Lady Bird to officially kick off their 1964 presidential campaign. They had to minimize the fallout from Jackie’s expensive French taste.
Jackie’s pink suit was a hit at the Fort Worth breakfast that morning. The president beamed at the attention she drew, noting that “nobody notices what Lyndon and I wear.” A short plane ride later, they were disembarking at Dallas Love Field to a promising reception. Jackie was presented red roses.
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy arrive at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
The sun had come out and the day had become unseasonably warm. The Kennedys climbed into the back seat of the presidential limousine to begin the winding 11-mile route through downtown Dallas where the president was to speak at a Trade Mart luncheon. Texas Governor John Connally and wife Nellie got into the jumpseat in front of the Kennedys and behind the driver and two Secret Service agents.
The presidential limo was a midnight blue 1961 Lincoln that had been flown in from Washington, D.C. Because the weather was so nice, the plastic bubble top had been removed and the bullet-proof side windows were rolled down. This is how President Kennedy preferred to ride. At 11:50 a.m., the 12-car motorcade with its motorcycle escort and Secret Service attendants left the airport “on its rendevous with fate.” It was November 22, 1963. (2)
The crowds lined the parade route so thickly that the motorcade moved at a crawl of only 6-7 miles an hour. The president clearly loved the warm Texas welcome, smiling and waving at all the friendly faces.
JFK and Jackie ride in the presidential limo through the streets of Dallas, November 22, 1963. Texas Governor John Connally sits up front.
The temperature was 76 degrees. The sun was blindingly hot. Jackie was wearing wool. She shielded her eyes from the big Texas sun with her trademark sunglasses.
The people shouted, “Jack, Jackie!” recalled Nellie Connally. “They seemed to want her as much as they wanted him.” She could hear Jack say to Jackie,” Take your glasses off….When you’re riding in a car like this, in a parade, if you have your dark glasses on, you might as well have stayed at home.”
November 22, 1963: Up front, Texas Governor John Connally and wife Nellie ride with the President and Mrs. Kennedy through downtown Dallas.
Nellie Connally smiled to know that Texans were treating their president with such courtesy. She turned to him and said,
Mr. President, you can’t say that Dallas doesn’t love you.” (3)
Thirty seconds later, at 12:30 p.m., three shots rang out. The 35th President of the United States was shot. As the car sped toward Parkland Hospital, Kennedy slumped in his wife’s lap, his blood and brain fragments staining her pink wool suit, gloves, stockings. Jackie crawled out the back of the limo for help from the Secret Service riding in the car behind them.
In an image from the Zapruder film, a fatally-wounded President Kennedy slumps over as Secret Service agent Clint Hill leaps onto the president’s car and pushes Jacqueline Kennedy back.
At the hospital, the doctors worked feverishly to save the president but it was futile. President Kennedy was declared dead, his once vital body loaded limply into a coffin. Jackie accompanied his body to Dallas Love Field where it was loaded onto Air Force One to be flown to Washington.
In her bedroom on board the plane, Jackie’s personal assistant had laid out a fresh outfit for the First Lady. Despite urging from staffers and handlers to “clean up her appearance,” Jackie refused to get out of her bloodied clothes. She shook her head hard:
No, let them see what they’ve done.”
Just hours after her husband's assassination, widow Jackie Kennedy stands next to Lyndon Johnson on Air Force One as he is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. Although her personal assistant laid out a fresh change of clothes on her bed aboard the plane, Jackie refused to change out of her blood-spattered clothing. Also aboard Air Force One was the casket carrying the body of President John F. Kennedy, age 46.
Somehow, that was one of the most poignant sights,” Mrs. Johnson later wrote, “that immaculate woman exquisitely dressed, and caked in blood.”
At Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., JFK's brother Attorney General Bobby Kennedy meets Jackie Kennedy when she arrives on Air Force One with the coffin carrying her slain husband's body. Note Jackie's bloodstained suit. Her left leg is caked in blood.
It was not until 5 a.m. the next morning at the White House that Jackie took off the bloodied suit, bathed, and changed outfits. Her mother put the suit in a plastic bag and stored it in her house for many years.
The suit was never cleaned and never will be. It sits today, unfolded and shielded from light, in an acid-free container in a windowless room somewhere inside the National Archives and Records Administration’s complex in Maryland; the precise location is kept secret. The temperature hovers between 65 and 68 degrees; the humidity is 40 percent; the air is changed six times an hour. (4)
Meanwhile, the whereabouts of the pink pillbox hat remain a mystery. It has never been found. Somewhere inside Parkland Hospital, the hat came off. Jackie’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher recalls:
While standing there I was handed Jackie’s pillbox hat and couldn’t help noticing the strands of her hair beneath the hat pin. I could almost visualize her yanking it from her head.”
What happened to the hat after that is unknown. Mary Gallagher lost track of it.
(1) Source
(4) Source: The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 30, 2011.
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M.L. Chabinyc, M.F. Toney, R.J. Kline, I. McCulloch, and M.J. Heeney. "X-ray scattering study of thin films of poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene)." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 129 (2007): 3226-3237.
M.L. Chabinyc. "X-ray scattering from films of semiconducting polymers." POLYMER REVIEWS 48 (2008): 463-492.
C.K. Mai, B. Russ, S.L. Fronk, N. Hu, M.B. Chan-Park, J.J. Urban, R.A. Segalman, M.L. Chabinyc, and G.C. Bazan. "Varying the ionic functionalities of conjugated polyelectrolytes leads to both p- and n-type carbon nanotube composites for flexible thermoelectrics." ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 8 (2015): 2341-2346.
M.L. Chabinyc, and J.I. Brauman. "Unusual ionic hydrogen bonds: Complexes of acetylides and fluoroform." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 122 (2000): 8739-8745.
C.K. Mai, G.M. Su, Daniel Spitzer, S.L. Fronk, M.L. Chabinyc, and G.C. Bazan. "Tuning thermoelectric properties of conjugated polyelectrolytes via structural modifications." ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 248 (2014).
H.A. Evans, A.J. Lehner, J.G. Labram, D.H. Fabini, O. Barreda, S.R. Smock, G. Wu, M.L. Chabinyc, R. Seshadri, and F. Wudl. "(TTF)Pb2I5: A Radical Cation-Stabilized Hybrid Lead Iodide with Synergistic Optoelectronic Signatures." CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 28 (2016): 3607-3611.
E. Gann, Anne Watson, John R. Tumbleston, J.E. Cochran, H. Yan, C. Wang, Jaewook Seok, M.L. Chabinyc, and H. Ade. "Topographic measurement of buried thin-film interfaces using a grazing resonant soft x-ray scattering technique." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 90 (2014): 245421.
Burkhardt, Martin, Wei Liu, C.G. Shuttle, Kaustav Banerjee, and M.L. Chabinyc. "Top illuminated inverted organic ultraviolet photosensors with single layer graphene electrodes." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 101 (2012): 033302.
S.E. Ready, W.S. Wong, A.C. Arias, A. Salleo, R.B. Apte, M.L. Chabinyc, and R.A. Street. "Toolset for printed electronics." In Digital Fabrication 2006, Final Program and Proceedings, 17-20. 7003 KILWORTH LANE, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22151 USA: Soc Imaging Sci & Technol; Imaging Soc Japan, 2006.
C.K. Mai, Yao Li, M.L. Chabinyc, Mary B. Chan-Park, and G.C. Bazan. "Thermoelectric properties of single wall carbon nanotube/conjugated polyelectrolytes composites." ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 248 (2014).
M.L. Chabinyc. "THERMOELECTRIC POLYMERS Behind organics' thermopower." NATURE MATERIALS 13 (2014): 119-121.
J.E. Northrup, M.L. Chabinyc, R. Hamilton, I. McCulloch, and M.J. Heeney. "Theoretical and experimental investigations of a polyalkylated-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene semiconductor." JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 104 (2008): 083705.
B. Russ, M.J. Robb, B.C. Popere, E.E. Perry, C.K. Mai, S.L. Fronk, S.N. Patel, T.E. Mates, G.C. Bazan, J.J. Urban et al. "Tethered tertiary amines as solid-state n-type dopants for solution-processable organic semiconductors." CHEMICAL SCIENCE 7 (2016): 1914-1919.
J.G. Labram, D.H. Fabini, E.E. Perry, A.J. Lehner, H. Wang, A.M. Glaudell, G. Wu, H.A. Evans, D. Buck, R. Cotta et al. "Temperature-Dependent Polarization in Field-Effect Transport and Photovoltaic Measurements of Methylammonium Lead Iodide." JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 6 (2015): 3565-3571.
N.D. Treat, T.E. Mates, C.J. Hawker, E.J. Kramer, and M.L. Chabinyc. "Temperature Dependence of the Diffusion Coefficient of PCBM in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)." MACROMOLECULES 46 (2013): 1002-1007.
Wang, He, Manas Shah, Venkat Ganesan, M.L. Chabinyc, and Yueh-Lin Loo. "Tail State-Assisted Charge Injection and Recombination at the Electron-Collecting Interface of P3HT:PCBM Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells." ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS 2 (2012): 1447-1455.
J.E. Cochran, E. Amir, Kulandaivelu Sivanandan, S.Y. Ku, Jung Hwa Seo, B.A. Collins, John R. Tumbleston, M.F. Toney, H. Ade, C.J. Hawker et al. "Synthesis, solid-state, and charge-transport properties of conjugated polythiophene-S,S-dioxides." JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS 51 (2013): 48-56.
E. Amir, Kulandaivelu Sivanandan, J.E. Cochran, John J. Cowart, S.Y. Ku, Jung Hwa Seo, M.L. Chabinyc, and C.J. Hawker. "Synthesis and Characterization of Soluble Low-Bandgap Oligothiophene-[all]-S,S-dioxides-Based Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers." JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY 49 (2011): 1933-1941.
A.V. Fratini, M.L. Chabinyc, T.J. Perko, and W.W. Adams. "Syn and Anti Isomers of [2.2]Paracyclonapthane." ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS 51 (1995): 904-908.
J.B. Sherman, C.Y. Chiu, R. Fagenson, G. Wu, C.J. Hawker, and M.L. Chabinyc. "Suppressing crystallization in solution-processed thin films of organic semiconductors." MRS COMMUNICATIONS 5 (2015): 447-452.
E.P. Socci, B.L. Farmer, M.L. Chabinyc, A.V. Fratini, T.J. Bunning, and W.W. Adams. "Structure of Cholesteryl-4-vinylbenzoate." ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS 51 (1995): 888-891.
M.L. Chabinyc, A.V. Fratini, E.P. Socci, B.L. Farmer, T.J. Bunning, and W.W. Adams. "Structure of Cholesteryl-4-octeneoxybenzoate." ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS 51 (1995): 1444-1447.
A. Gujral, K.A. O'Hara, M.F. Toney, M.L. Chabinyc, and M.D. Ediger. "Structural Characterization of Vapor-Deposited Glasses of an Organic Hole Transport Material with X-ray Scattering." CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 27 (2015): 3341-3348.
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). It was astonishing. We teased Chuck that his neighbors should quit complaining, since they could live across from THAT instead of him.
Arrived in McMinnville in time for the parade, which was fun enough. our contingent was 75% of the "floats", and the response I got from the parade viewers was positive, so that was nice. afterwards, there was food and chat at a nearby house, which was good, except for one thing; participating in parades almost always means you miss all the rest of the events that are held with the parade. No exception here; we didn't really get to do or see any of the UFO stuff. But we got to hang out with other artists and cool folks, so okay. Headed back to PDX, went for Thai food and then later, drinks in a black velvet Elvis decorated biker bar. Did not do any stripclub hopping as originally planned, which is probably just as well since I'm taking Won't to the vet tomorrow (since she's had some weight loss and has been vomiting today) and will need cash for that.
The next morning was late breakfast/ early lunch with Chuck and a few friends of his to celebrate "Mother's Day of the Dead". The idea is to mark Mother's day for those whose moms are dead, or in the case of an estranged ex-Mormon, those who are dead to their moms. Chuck brought along his dead mother's ashes in a cookie jar, along with the ashes of Phyllis, an elderly lady he'd been friends with whose kids had pretty much disappeared when she went into assisted living. Phyllis's urn was a cookie jar shaped like a squirrel. Also in the jar was a photo of Phyllis, along with some oreos that had apparently been there a while. Chuck offered/dared the asssembled to eat the cookies, and since Phyllis was in a bag and not mixed into the Oreos, I had one. It was pretty stale, but had no discernable taste of death. A 40 oz. Pabst (in a champagne bucket) was brought out for mom and Phyllis. However, it was NOT poured on the ground to acknowledge their status as "dead homies".
Also arranged to meet up with CK, a PDXer who I went to high school with. Due to planning problems, she ended up joining the mother's day/artcar lunch, and we got to chat amongst ourselves even though we were part of a large group. It was good seeing her, and hopefully she wasn't too freaked out by my odd friends and eating lunch among dead moms.
Chuck's house is easy to spot:
It's hard to read the signs, but one says :"Oregon dept of Corruption: Are they a good neighbor? I don't think so!"
Another sign asks for donations of 43 more busses.
The above pic doesn't seem so shocking. It's when you realize how much acreage this guy has that you understand the seriousness of the 43 bus request:
This car shoots propane flame:
While Extremo's car has a working fountain:
2 of Chuck's cars:
Feed store closed on Sundays + signs at street level + pranksters =
we didn't get a chance to finish this one, but "Suck Bird Ass" has great potential as an insult:
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Mood: chipper
Aliens, neighbors, and lunch with 2 dead mothers
Went down to the Land of Port this weekend with 4 other Seattle art car folks.Caravaning was fun, but would have been more fun had I had a CB like all the other folks. after getting lost a couple of time and missing exits, we arrived at the house of semi-famed artcar guy Rev. Charles Linville. The house was fairly remarkable: one artcar parked out front 15 feet from 2 artcars in the driveway (all his), a lighted sign above the porch proclaiming "Dog Bless America" with a large portrait of Chuck's canine companion, Reverend Bill, an airport metal detector on the porch in front of the door, and various signs and art objects affixed to the house. It wasn't until morning I realized that the house itself was painted garish green with purple trim. Yes, the neighbors don't like it much. No, he doesn't care.
Next morning, Portland artists met us at Chuck's house for the caravan to Mcminnville for the parade. Included were Extremo the Clown, Gremchild (AMC gremlin with a kermit motif), Emily with a beaded VW beetle and others. When we left PDX I think there were 9 or 10 cars in our convoy. Along the way, we stopped at something which is either a bizarre social protest, or a folkart environment, depending on your viewpoint. Basically, there's a guy who lives across the road from a prison, who has a beef about zoning, so he's chosen to bury a bunch of school busses sticking out of his yard (a la the Cadillac Ranch). It was astonishing. We teased Chuck that his neighbors should quit complaining, since they could live across from THAT instead of him.
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Shitloads And Zingers: On The Perils Of Machine Translation
Years ago, on a flight from Amsterdam to Boston, two American nuns seated to my right listened to a voluble young Dutchman who was out to discover the United States. He asked the nuns where they were from. Alas, Framingham, Massachusetts was not on his itinerary, but, he noted, he had ‘shitloads of time and would be visiting shitloads of other places’.
The jovial young Dutchman had apparently gathered that ‘shitloads’ was a colourful synonym for the bland ‘lots’. He had mastered the syntax of English and a rather extensive vocabulary but lacked experience of the appropriateness of words to social contexts.
The subtleties; an orginal edition of Swann’s Way from the personal archives of Marcel Proust. Photo by Getty
This memory sprang to mind with the news that the Google Translate engine would move from a phrase-based system to a neural network. (The technical differences are described here.) Both methods rely on training the machine with a ‘corpus’ consisting of sentence pairs: an original and a translation. The computer then generates rules for inferring, based on the sequence of words in the original text, the most likely sequence of words from the target language.
The procedure is an exercise in pattern matching. Similar pattern-matching algorithms are used to interpret the syllables you utter when you ask your smartphone to ‘navigate to Brookline’ or when a photo app tags your friend’s face. The machine doesn’t ‘understand’ faces or destinations; it reduces them to vectors of numbers, and processes them.
I am a professional translator, having translated some 125 books from the French. One might therefore expect me to bristle at Google’s claim that its new translation engine is almost as good as a human translator, scoring 5.0 on a scale of 0 to 6, whereas humans average 5.1. But I’m also a PhD in mathematics who has developed software that ‘reads’ European newspapers in four languages and categorises the results by topic. So, rather than be defensive about the possibility of being replaced by a machine translator, I am aware of the remarkable feats of which machines are capable, and full of admiration for the technical complexity and virtuosity of Google’s work.
My admiration does not blind me to the shortcomings of machine translation, however. Think of the young Dutch traveller who knew ‘shitloads’ of English. The young man’s fluency demonstrated that his ‘wetware’ – a living neural network, if you will – had been trained well enough to intuit the subtle rules (and exceptions) that make language natural. Computer languages, on the other hand, have context-free grammars. The young Dutchman, however, lacked the social experience with English to grasp the subtler rules that shape the native speaker’s diction, tone and structure. The native speaker might also choose to break those rules to achieve certain effects. If I were to say ‘shitloads of places’ rather than ‘lots of places’ to a pair of nuns, I would mean something by it. The Dutchman blundered into inadvertent comedy.
Google’s translation engine is ‘trained’ on corpora ranging from news sources to Wikipedia. The bare description of each corpus is the only indication of the context from which it arises. From such scanty information it would be difficult to infer the appropriateness or inappropriateness of a word such as ‘shitloads’. If translating into French, the machine might predict a good match to beaucoup or plusieurs. This would render the meaning of the utterance but not the comedy, which depends on the socially marked ‘shitloads’ in contrast to the neutral plusieurs. No matter how sophisticated the algorithm, it must rely on the information provided, and clues as to context, in particular social context, are devilishly hard to convey in code.
Take the French petite phrase. Phrase can mean ‘sentence’ or ‘phrase’ in English. When Marcel Proust uses it in a musical context in his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913-27), in the line ‘la petite phrase de Vinteuil’, it has to be ‘phrase’, because ‘sentence’ makes no sense. Google Translate (the old phrase-based system; the new neutral network is as yet available only for Mandarin Chinese) does remarkably well with this. If you put in petite phrase alone, it gives ‘short sentence’. If you put in la petite phrase de Vinteuil (Vinteuil being the name of a character who happens to be a composer), it gives ‘Vinteuil’s little phrase’, echoing published Proust translations. The rarity of the name ‘Vinteuil’ provides the necessary context, which the statistical algorithm picks up. But if you put in la petite phrase de Sarkozy, it spits out ‘little phrase Sarkozy’ instead of the correct ‘Sarkozy’s zinger’ – because in the political context indicated by the name of the former president, une petite phrase is a barbed remark aimed at a political rival – a zinger rather than a musical phrase. But the name Sarkozy appears in such a variety of sentences that the statistical engine fails to register it properly – and then compounds the error with an unfortunate solecism.
The problem, as with all previous attempts to create artificial intelligence (AI) going back to my student days at MIT, is that intelligence is incredibly complex. To be intelligent is not merely to be capable of inferring logically from rules or statistically from regularities. Before that, one has to know which rules are applicable, an art requiring awareness of sensitivity to situation. Programmers are very clever, but they are not yet clever enough to anticipate the vast variety of contexts from which meaning emerges. Hence even the best algorithms will miss things – and as Henry James put it, the ideal translator must be a person ‘on whom nothing is lost’.
This is not to say that mechanical translation is not useful. Much translation work is routine. At times, machines can do an adequate job. Don’t expect miracles, however, or felicitous literary translations, or aptly rendered political zingers. Overconfident claims have dogged AI research from its earliest days. I don’t say this out of fear for my job: I’ve retired from translating and am devoting part of my time nowadays to… writing code.
Arthur Goldhammer
This article was originally published at Aeon and has been republished under Creative Commons.
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We, as humans, have the tendency to anthropomorphize objects around us. That is to say we attribute human characteristics, such as emotions or even intent to non-human things. To do so is literally within our psychological nature. However, it is one thing where a home vacuum, like a Roomba, can be seen as an endearing pet. It is a completely different scenario to give an AI a pronoun (Project Debater is referred to as a “she”) and proceed to debate with it as if it were another human with actual stake in the issues being argued about. However, that is the exact situation we bore witness to at IBM’s Think 2019 conference held last February 2019 in San Francisco as IBM’s Project Debater went against world champion (human) debater, Harish Natarajan to discuss the topic of “Should we subsidize preschools?”.
As I sat in the audience, listening to each participants’ arguments unfold, I had no idea if I should amazed or afraid. In truth, I was perhaps more afraid than amazed — and this is coming from someone who avidly wrote her dissertation and subsequent policy proposals advocating for the promotion of AI in society. What if Project Debater was so good at debating (not unlike the AI that was able to beat the world champion chess player – also coincidentally developed by IBM), and ended up setting a precedent for humanity to follow AIs’ reasoning without question?
Such fears aren’t unfounded. Just a couple of days after the debate on Monday evening, OpenAI revealed they had developed a text generation AI that could write convincing walls of text with just a click of a button. It wasn’t like the comedic machine learning attempts of AIs of the past. No, this AI could create eloquently written passages that perhaps would put some of the best journalists to shame, and it didn’t even need any machine learning input. In a climate where human journalists are getting mercilessly laid off, an AI that could do their job with a simple point and click seemed to put the final nail in the coffin. But it was the developers themselves who decided against releasing the AI to the public despite its obvious potential for success. Why? Because it was too dangerous.
IBM Project Debater at CES 2019. Image Credit: IBM Research
Despite my fears, I continued to listen to the debaters argue for their cases, with Project Debater in favour of subsidizing preschools, and Natarajan against. The longer I listened, the more it seems we were all drifting into an uncanny valley. While appealing to the emotions generally tends to be a weak tactic in debates, there was something surreal about an AI making an argument based on fundamental human ethics and morals. As Project Debater so monotonically put it, “Giving opportunities to the less fortunate is a moral obligation of every human being,” and “It’s basic human decency [to provide welfare].”
Project Debater had a point, but as an AI herself, coming from her the point felt moot. That nevertheless didn’t take away from the amazing fact that we were all listening to an AI coherently make those exact statements. It was then I realized the purpose of this debate (ironically) wasn’t necessarily to convince anyone of either side, but to highlight how far we have come when it comes to AIs’ capability — and we can go even farther.
Ultimately, this debate was showing not only that anyone — or anything, for that matter — was able to arrange facts into a logical argument, as evidenced by both Natarajan and Project Debater, but also showing us innovative ways of going about debating as a practice. Instead of simply making a point, Project Debater had set out to educate the audience about preschool subsidies in general. While the AI lost the debate, she was voted as having informed the audience best about the subject. Perhaps winning debates competitions won’t be AI’s main focus in the future, but it goes to show that there are certainly other avenues ripe for exploration.
Now with support coming from both the private sector and governments around the world, there is just no telling how far we can go with developing this technology. On the same day as this debate, President Trump signed an Executive Order to start an AI Initiative in the United States and to take steps to ensure “American leadership” over the fledgling field. And in just the week prior to signing the Executive Order, Trump also made it a point in his State of the Union address on how pivotal technological developments were to advancing our society, stating that “investments in the cutting edge industries of the future” would act as the catalysts we have always needed and finally have the capability to provide. It is not unheard of to have both private and public entities’ interests align, but to have those interests align in benefit of societal good assures me for the time-being that we’re headed in the right direction and that I can set aside my fears at least for now.
April Lat
This article originally appeared in Impakter.
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2016 MDA
This year was my 11th MDA run after missing the 2014 ride …and it still hasn’t lost its charm of being a great ride while serving a great cause to see some joy brought to the lives of some children afflicted with Muscular Dystrophy.
This year my involvement included sorting a budget and coming up with a ride plan, which was to be very different from all the other years I have been attending.
Last year would have been the worst (hardest) year because we had 5 schools to visit through the Wai’rapa on the Friday before provisioning and preparing a bbq for the Hawkes Bay children that evening, then we had 8 visits through Taranaki and Whanganui on the Sunday so didn’t get home until about 6pm.
This year we only had one school to visit on Friday and we didn’t have to work the Friday evening as it was catered for us, then on the Saturday we had lost out little man north of Taupo, but we had 10 visits to make on the Sunday. This really opened up the route options so Route 52 from Masterton to Waipuk’ instantly entered the mix and not having to travel the Western Access road was a relief because having moved the run forward a week, we would now conflict with the Round Taupo Bike Race, so two really easy days but we would be very loaded up on the Sunday.
Several options were considered and in the end we settled on a couple of weather-dependant choices that could be made on the day …and Friday was looking dismal! Sheesh, the end of November (a few days before summer), it was only 14° and looking decidedly gloomy over the Rimutakas, so I rolled out of Brown Owl with the thermal liner still in my jacket and my wets on. By Featherston it was looking clear, the temp was up a few degrees, so the wet jacket came off, then at Carterton with the temp still rising the liner came out.
At this point it was time for the ‘D’ on route and with it looking clagged-in to the west and clear to the east, Route 52 was the option of choice, so after pausing in Carterton to re-register the bike, then regrouping with the others at the fuel stop in Masterton, I led out through Te Ore Ore and Alfredton to Pongaroa, where we had a lunch stop. …and what a big burger that was!
From there we headed up to the Weber turnoff, then over to Porongahau and that bit of road is a bit marginal at the moment with a couple of sections where there are cracks in the road and damn, they have got weeds growing in them!! Once one is past Wimbledon the road does get wider and smoother for an easier pace and a couple refuelled in Waipuk’, but I wasn’t finished with them yet, we turned off at Waipawa to head for another break at the Patangata Tavern before finishing the ride with a jaunt across Middle Rd, then over to Bayview where we were staying the night. The temp leapt up to 24° through here so I even had to open the vents on my jacket.
We arrived at Bayview at 1630, settled in, showered up, chatted for a bit before kitting-up in Santa outfits, or in my case, my Pix-E cape and we were taken for a bus ride so that we could arrive back at the hall for Santa to make a grand entrance. That all went well and that was day 1.
I awoke pretty early and eventually arose at 0530 to what was shaping to be a cracker of a day in Hawkes Bay. I scrubbed up, put air in the tyres, fuelled, packed up and we had breakfast at 0700 for an 0800 start. We’d opted for the Gentle Annie route but a couple of the guys and the car took the Napier-Taupo option (which, according to MapSource, should have been about an hour quicker). Tiny from HB led us over to Omahu via Puketapu, then another couple of HB Ulys joined us there, but they were on cruisers and Trev led out at a reasonably brisk pace, so they peeled off once it started to get curly.
Once we started to climb, I had the GoPro set up and I captured the ride through the middle part where the temp dropped from 18° to 14° and I was really feeling the cold, but it wasn’t until we arrived in Waiouru for a fuel stop for Woody that I realised the vents were still open on my jacket from the day before …what a dickhead! At this point we were running 1¼hrs ahead of the predicted MapSource time so we continued on to Ohakune to have a refreshment stop.
About half an hour later we continued to Taumarunui where we filled, made our visit, relaxed for lunch, then continued up SH4. We got a bit of a fright through here when a cop going the other way turned his lights on after just passing us and we might have been 1 or 2 km over the limit. That pushed the heartrate up a bit, as we reviewed our options …19km to our turn-off – nah, …take the Ohura road – nah, take our medicine - *Sigh*!! But he never turned and then Trev advised that his detector device hadn’t activated!! That turned out to be pretty bad timing as he must have received an emergency call right as he passed us!
We soon took Ramaroa Rd for Aria and I had a blast through there, but Totoro Rd was as bad as it always seems to be, and then we were poised to enjoy the Awakino gorge…when it pissed down. Fortunately I had donned my wets at Taumarunui so I limped on at a nanny pace until about half-way through the rain eased so I was riding on a steamy, wet road, then at about three-quarters the road became more dry than wet. All in all it must have been one of the slowest transitions I’ve made through that gorge.
Awakino was time for another refreshment stop after which we continued to Urenui for more fuel for the tiny-tanks and to get supplies for the evening before finishing the day with visits to Waitara and Bell Block, after which we were then welcomed on to the marae before settling down for the night. …and that was day 2 done.
Well almost!! …I was awoken a few times by Mike who was snoring up a storm and I’d left my plugs in the bike.
By 0530 I’d had enough so I got up for a scrub, then go through the motions of tyres, pack etc before brekky at 0730 to get back on the road by 0800. The day was looking dismal and we even had a few dumpings before we left so everyone was fully kitted in wets as we went about our business of 8 visits for the day.
There’s nothing worse than getting on and off the bike in these conditions and sure enough, it transpired that after one of the visits I didn’t do my gear up properly and the moisture got in. Bugger!
We ended up making the visits in a real mix of conditions, but made quite good progress so we had time for a fuel and snack stop at BP Whanganui before our two visits there and the last one in Palmy, where we got dumped on big time before our work for the day was complete. We just had to make our way home and as one would expect, having left Palmy fully kitted, by the time I got to Opiki it was clear, by Levin it was nice and by Otaki I was starting to overheat …but I wasn’t stopping because I had an ETA of 1600 and I just wanted to get home.
The traffic from Shannon on got thicker and thicker with big queues at several places where I was glad I was on the bike and could just scoot along the line of cars. In the end I got home at 1603, satisfied that we had done a good job of bringing some joy to otherwise less than fortunate lives, satisfied that I’d enjoyed a bloody good ride and enjoyed a few jolly good fangs, and satisfied that that was pretty much me done for the year as far as organising rides etc was concerned.
I’m looking forward to a break.
2016 1KC – The Super Thou
Well that was another nice wee fang!
Apparently I have a problem when it comes to riding and creating routes for longer rides ….I like corners!
After all, let’s face it, I’m not one to throw my arse around or hang off the seat, but the subtle shifting of weight that occurs whilst negotiating a delicious string of lefts and rights does wonders to alleviate the aching-numb-bum that manifests when sitting for hour after hour in the saddle on a boring, straight state highway.
Anyway, I don’t know how it happened but after coming up with a route for this year’s 1KC (Sth) ages ago, I happened to revisit the route in MapSource a month or two back and, for some reason I can’t fathom, I happened to look at the anticipated duration of the ride and had one of those ‘Holy Shit’ moments! Mr MapSoruce was telling me that the ride was going to take 15 hours!
Of course, we all know that Mr MapSource is rather conservative when it comes to these things, but 15 hours!? “Hell”, I thought so grabbed the unit, dumped the route into it and doublechecked, a tad under 14 hours …bugger me, that wouldn’t do so I shared my discovery with the (NZDR) boys. I agreed to come up with a more subdued variant, but in the discussion, it also came to light that this was the 10th one thousand Km ride out of Wellington, so we figured, ‘what the hell, let’s keep the curly route and offer it to hard-arses as a treat …and call it the Super Thou. And so it was we came to offer an extension that didn’t add Km, just more corners.
…and yesterday we got to do it.
I set the alarm for 0500, but awoke at 0300, lay there, turned this way and that trying to doze and eventually turned the TV on to watch a programme I’d recorded and eventually got up at 0445 to scrub and get ready. The bike and car were already packed so we were gone by 0530 to get to Caltex Rimutaka at 0600 to set-up …and there were already riders waiting.
I gassed up, helped Ann sort the table and chair and lay out all the guff and after taking a few pix and everything looked under control, I advised that I’d get on the road, so I could get back as soon as possible to help with the check-ins on return, with a loose plan to do a sub-13 hour ride in ‘GC mode’.
And so it was that I embarked on my adventure at 0615 with the GPS registering an ETA back in Wellington of 1939. The weather was dry, but a coolish 11°, it was light but the sun was yet to rise and I could expect a good dose of sunstrike as I progressed over the Rimutakas and into the Wai’rapa. At last, I was into it and with the Rimutakas as our doorstep, I got to warm-up with a few corners …..sweet.
With little traffic and being on a mission, I had shaved a few minutes off the ETA by Featherston, a few more by Masterton, and then they began to tumble. I don’t think I’ve been out to Castlepoint for a couple of years but it is a nice road and I seemed to be in a good groove …that is, until I passed 30kph and roadwork sings as I approached a wee rise. I buttoned off to let the speed bleed off as I approached the crest, out of the shad and into the sunstrike, so I couldn’t see much apart from that the road was swinging to the right and before I could identify where the works and any grit was, both wheels were drifting left. It was one of those heart-stopping moments that is over before one has had time to make more than an insipient correction, and although one doesn’t tend to ease off at all, it was a good wake-up cool to be on guard and take more care.
I didn’t know if I was the first to leave the start at Caltex, or what time the Masterton crew were getting on the road, so I was constantly waiting and expecting to see bikes coming at me for the last 27 Km into Castlepoint, but when I pulled into the carpark for the first checkpoint pic, I knew I must be in the lead, but with turning onto Te Ore Ore Rd in Masterton at 0658, I figured there wouldn’t be much in it and half-pie expected riders to roll in as I took my pics, had a snack, relieved myself and generally wasted 4 minutes before turning for Riversdale.
Yay, I now had the sun behind me and within a Km or two I had bikes coming at me so the field were in hot pursuit, although maybe only a dozen or so passed by on the way to Langdale Rd. Much of this road is a narrow lane and once again I found myself drifting on grit I failed to see (and I found out after the ride that another ST rider managed to wash-out the front through here, doing a bit of cosmetic damage). All good though and I was soon pulling up at the Riversdale store, 180Km done in 1:55, it was 0910 and the gents enjoying a coffee and a chat at the store were probably wondering why the idiot that just turned up, hopped off his bike, grabbed his camera, took a photo and was gone again within a minute. They’d be more perplexed if they were still there in the next 20-30 minutes!
Heading out and it was hard to tell if Ken (the next rider behind me) had made up any time or not, but he had certainly made some time on his Masterton compatriots and all credit to him, I was riding briskly on an ST but he was on a cruiser!
More care, steady, curly riding and I was soon turning back onto the Masterton-Castlepoint Rd at Blairlogie and shortly after, I was surprised to see two riders heading out as that made them 120+Km and an hour and a quarter plus behind, already. From there, the road is a bit more open and flowy and as I turned onto Bideford Rd, I figured I would now have about a 10 minute buffer as most if the riders would need fuel before embarking on Route 52, but my first fuel stop wasn’t scheduled until Woodville. At this point, the weather to the north was looking dark and bleak.
The bottom end of Route 52 has a few sections where the trees prevent any sunlight from getting on the road and hence they are normally damp and green, so care is required, but it is one of those roads that one always needs to expect the unexpected, be it grit, slumping, damp green ooze on the centre hump, pine needles or other foliage littered in abundance, wandering sheep, rogue sheep, crazy sheep …or for me on this occasion, all of the above (except for the rogue and crazy sheep) plus a row of ducks who thought better of their intended crossing (must have mistaken the purr of the ST for a rampant cat)….and a bloody great, huge turkey which finally took to the air after I had diverted to the right lane! Oh yes, and then there was the wet paint! I hate it when an errant line encroaches on the centreline resulting in a twitch and I had a couple of those.
By the time I turned onto Bideford Rd, the ETA was down 40 minutes, to 1900 and after a careful but brisk transition to the next CP at Pongaroa, even though I had encountered squalls and wet roads and even considered stopping to don the wets, I had now shaved an hour off the ETA and the routine this time was, photo, nutbar, water, then put the wets on …and all this time, the whole two minutes of it, the three ladies gossiping outside the Pongaroa shop never missed a beat or even seemed to notice I was there.
I was now heading in to Pahaitua then over the Track to Aokoutere and this part of the Wai’rapa is really wind-wracked. The westerlies seem to get funnelled by the track and they can be intense …and so it was on this occasion. I had turned head-on into a gale force westerly, but fortunately the ST has that big fairing and screen so apart from the bike getting buffeted around, I was relatively comfy. More care was required but!
I made more good progress though and realised it’s been quite some years since I’ve done this road, but it’s actually quite a nice ride. As I approached Pahiatua, I decided on a change to the plan. It’s only about 50km from Pahiatua to Aokoutere and up to Woodville, so I could do that on reserve (the last bar on the gauge) and I still had two bars, although I wasn’t sure how far into the 2nd-last bar I was ….and I needed a pee, so I opted to fuel in Pahiatua as I would still easily make my 2nd fuel stop at Z Waiouru. Shame on me thugh…refuelling an ST at only 358Km, but let’s face it, rolling on out of corners does suck a lot of gas on the 300+Kg machine …and there was that brutal headwind …ok, and the pace was fresh at times!!
So I enjoyed a leisurely 8 minute stop, pumping gas, paying for it, enjoying the relief of a natural break, woofing down a banana and a nut bar, before hitting the Track. At this point the rain was only occasional squalls, although the roads were generally wet and it was hard to say if the Track was taking me into the gloom, or if I was going to just miss it, so I left the wets on. Not that it mattered though because 19 minutes later I had done the 30Km at an average of 93kph, then wasted 2 minutes taking the pic and forcing another banana though the narrow gap in the helmet.
I was now in for a quick 10Km squirt up to SH3 before having to endure a 100Km grind up SH2 to Waipawa. I did get to wave to Palmy crew as they exited the Gorge though, and it was an easily achieved 96kph average, without exceeding the allowable tolerances. I did avoid the main road through Dannevirke though and encountered a huge wet-paint-induced rear wheel twitch as I tried to get around some twat dithering as he exited an intersection! Who needs the monitors to keep one on the straight and narrow!?
Waipawa reached and I was now able to lift the pace (just a little) for the 15 Km to Patangata, have a 1 minute photostop, then enjoy the delight that is Middle Rd. (another treasure that I haven’t done for a year or three), but I did cut it short, taking Mutiny Rd to get on 50A and across to Omahu to embark on the Gentle Annie. At this stage I should have taken off the wets because I did start to cook with the thermal liner still in the cordura jacket, and the wets on when the temp was hitting 20°, but I could be bothered as I expected I’d have to put them back on by Waiouru.
I thought the Gentle Annie was in much better condition than the last time I did it on the 2014 NI1600, but there were a few wet sections that required care to miss the slick patches and I was able to maintain a 94kph average through to the next CP at the double bridges over the Rangitikei River. This stretched into a 3 minute stop as I forced another banana through the slit and sought relief as I admired the view.
It only took 32 minutes for the 52Km to Waiouru for my fuel stop and there were a few 1KC (Nth) riders there as this was a CP for them and the 1KC (Sth) riders as they were all coming down from Turangi and we didn’t want to let them have the opportunity to slip down SH4 and miss the delight that is Fields Track (for some maybe). This point was around 630-660Km for both rides, so I suppose they were near the front of that Field (although no doubt well behind the northern lead rider)
I dithered for 7 minutes gassing, texting, then having a brief chat before moving on. This was a really strange section, because I texted home, advising 1745 as the expected ETA from Waiouru, however I expected to peel a chunk more time off that through Fields Track because the GPS tends to overstate the time through narrow winding roads, but I got a surprise to find myself losing time through Fields Track!!?? I’d forgotten how narrow it gets and how much nicer it is to ride with some other fool leading the way. I picked my way through though at a miserly 88kph avg, paused for 2 minutes at the bridge to get the statutory pic before hitting the final leg of the journey, just 254Km to go, …190Km of it trudging down SH’s 3&1.
It was more dry than wet now and as always, I really enjoyed the final curly gallop down the Para’s, before the steady-as-she-goes, stick-within-the-allowable-limits finish to the day.
At Levin I managed to make a call on the go (thanks to the Sena) to advise Ann I’d be in by 1730, so to wait for me at home and we could go to the Backbencher together ….in the car, as I’d had enough of the bike by this stage. Thanks to wearing the wets for most of the day, my inner thighs were feeling it a bit and I could feel myself getting a bit tight between the shoulders and around the neck, but what a bloody good fang! I contemplated how I’d ridden this ‘hard’ 1,000Km quicker than I normally ride a standard one and how nice it was to ride at a free pace on unmonitored roads, although, thanks to the corners, much of it was done going ‘hard-out’, but still well within the allowable limits!
We got to the BackBencher by 1800, but had to wait until 1845 before the next rider got in and I was surprised to find most of the Super Thou riders coming in before those on the standard offering, although these guys were all seasoned distance riders. It was nice to chat and listen to the tales and finally, the season is over for the NZDR year and I can get my life back. ….briefly before starting work on next year’s routes!
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Tuesday Twilosophy: My confession
Posted on October 6, 2009 by Bekah
Dear Twilosophy 101 Classmates,
Sometimes we like to put aside the funny & have real talk about the deep, meaningful issues of Twilight- because there are so many. Twilight is serious. Just like Tweed. So Twilosophy must be taken seriously. In fact I made an image to accurately reflect the seriousness of Twilosophy.
Moving on, I was recently chatting with The Quad:
EastFriend: You know what I think, “Don’t have sex till you’re married, kids!” But… I wanted Edward and Bella to do it. I was literally breathless during those parts of the book…dying…
And then I threw my copy of Eclipse across the beach when she kissed Jacob. And admitted to Edward that she loved Jacob–“but I know whom I love more.” I kid you not, like a 3 year old having a tantrum, I flung that book across the sand, in disgust…going, “STUPID BEOTCH!” I then sat there for a good minute before picking it up and beginning to read again. Love me through it. (And yes, that copy of Eclipse–I have 3–still has sand in it. No lie.)
UC: I wanted her to get it on with Jacob for a quick second.
WestFriend: UC……I could kick you for that remark.
I am with EastFriend…I literally threw my book across the floor too. I did. I yelled in agony too. I said, “Oh no she did NOT!” and then told my family I wasn’t crazy. And then kept reading.
EastFriend: Ewwwww. You did not! I mean, yeah he’s cute and warm and cuddly and semi-sexy. But not for one minute did I want her to even put her lips near his. Nope. Not at all.
UC: I didn’t want it. until he DID it. until he kissed her. Then i wanted it. Then i was mad. And felt ashamed. Just like Bella. I AM Bella, clearly. Minus the bad cover-up mullet-wig.
I’ll confess, and this is hard for me knowing the ridicule and scorn I’ll receive from my beloved readers (it’ll be like any time KStew makes a fashion decision without the help of a stylist or how TammyO is treated in her real life that causes her to be so cruel on LTT), but I wanted Bella to kiss Jacob back!
My kind of shirt
I did. I wanted the kiss to happen. I wanted it to be hot. I wanted there to be tongue. I wanted there to be grinding up against each other (Clearly I needed to get laid that day) And I wasn’t disappointed. Until I remembered Edward. And how I had been thinking about how I wanted HIM to grind up against me Bella a chapter earlier. And I felt torn. And confused. And unsure of what to do. So I re-read the kiss part and tried to ignore those feelings for a few more seconds.
I’m not alone right!? There are other Team Edward members who think it would be fun to dabble in a little Team Jacob action from time to time, right? RIGHT!?I mean, I know Bella agrees. She liked that kiss- she CRIED over that kiss. And she’s the biggest Team Edward fan around!
Well, I did a little asking around in hopes that I would find an underground community of avid Team Edward members who occasionally had a little daytime fantasy about Jacob:
TooFarGone: I didn’t want Bella to kiss Jacob, in fact it kind of makes me sick when I think back to that part of the book. Mostly I just was super annoyed with Bella for being such a hussy, leg-hitching with Edward in one scene and then making out with Jacob in another… MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND WOMAN. I’ll probably love the kiss in Eclipse for just what it is – someone making out with super-smoking-hot-and-finally-legal-in-all-states-including-Georgia Taylor Lautner.
Forget TooFarGone! Who needs her?
Brooke: Perfect timing since I just reread Eclipse. I HATE BELLA in this book. I really felt for her in New Moon, and I understood the friendship with Jake. HOWEVER, once she accepted Edward back into her life, she needed to see let go of Jake. He had stronger feelings for her than she him. It wasn’t right for her to lead him on.
When Bella kisses Jake in the woods, she is cheating on Edward. She committed her life to Edward and accepted his proposal. She CHEATED on her fiance. She is a selfish bitch in this story and I wished that Edward would have been more upset. What made me feel even more sick was Bella being hysterical with Edward after she sees Jake to tell him she’s made her choice. How could she make Edward doubt that she made the right choice? I do not accept that she was in love with Jake. When you are going to spend FOREVER with a person and you are willing to give up everything for that person (or in normal people terms, get married) you shouldn’t be feeling those types of strong feelings for another person. If you are, you shouldn’t be getting married or becoming an immortal. Her feelings of hating herself are completely justified at the end of the book, but yet she brought that totally on herself. Edward shouldn’t have been so accommodating to her.
Can you tell that I’m a scorn woman? I need a hug.
Remind me to stay out of Brookie’s way. NEXT
Moon: No way in HALE do I want Bella to kiss Jacob in Eclipse (the book) cause she has the face Edward in the tent after and that pretty much breaks both of their hearts! AND MINE!! I want to slap some sense into her stupid head in that book because she acts like a lunatic without a brain. She’s made a decision to be committed to Edward but then “all of a sudden” is kissing Jacob. She makes it seem as if it was unavoidable and she had no choice but to kiss him. Yes you have a choice Bella and you chose wrong!
NOW if we’re talking the movie version of Eclipse…. HALE YES there better be a kiss in the movie version of Eclipse if not that will be the biggest box tease in the history of film. If I’m being honest I want them to kiss in New Moon but will settle if we get a hot one in eclipse. I mean hello you can’t not have them kiss in the movie.
Don’t you love double standards!?
Sigh….am I really alone? Kristin? Please!?
Kristin: Oh yes, I wanted them to kiss.
YAY! I KNEW I could find someone!
Kristin: (Not done yet) because I wanted her to completely feel icky about it afterward and them not feel the spark…sigh. I was pissed however that Edward was all but saying that Bella should just go with him because he didn’t deserve her…whatever. EDWARD, you are..uh..EDWARD, stop with all the insecurities. I digress. I will say that something wasn’t right, and I called it during New Moon when they told about imprinting (Or was that in Eclipse? they all run together sometimes) and I noticed that even though he loved her, wanted to be with her, they never said that he imprinted. I was all: something is fishy here….
Something IS fishy here!! I am …. ALONE!? I don’t do well alone guys… First of all I sing to myself. Secondly I’m a little paranoid. Picture this: Buttcrack Santa in a boat at a fishing wharf singing to himself. Now replace Buttcrack Santa with a slightly more attractive female (only slightly more attractive though- he’s a pretty good looking guy, you gotta admit) Now picture that girl singing “Mama said you gonna have to make a kitty meowww” alone. Paranoid. That’s how I feel right now.
Please tell me I’m not alone! PLEASE!
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BrookeLockart, on October 6, 2009 at 8:18 am said:
I still need a hug.
I think that I pretty much said it all above, but I really wish there were more consequences to Bella’s actions.
Sigh. Stupid Bella.
Katie S, on October 6, 2009 at 9:37 am said:
All I have to say about your commentary is AMEN! This book killed me. And I wanted to smack the hell out of Bella.
I still do.
Faith, on October 7, 2009 at 9:20 pm said:
I TOTALLY AGREE! and the more i read eclipse (Which is my fave book, so its hard not to) the more and more mad i get that edward doesnt freak out on her and get all mad. she DESERVES IT. she totally cheated on him! and with a DOG, no less!! and later she even says that she wished edward had been mad…ugh. SM. you get me so worked up sometimes (DAMN U JACOB! (and bella for kissing him!))
StotheP, on October 6, 2009 at 9:42 am said:
I am SO right there with you, Brooke! When Bella asked Jacob to kiss her, and then realized she really DID love him? In the words of Sue Sylvester, ” ‘I was AROUSED . . . and then FURIOUS.’ ” Except, minus the aroused part. Continuing with the wit and wisdom of Sue, what did I want to do to Jacob/Bella/Stephenie Meyer at that point? ” ‘YES, WE CANE!’ ”
I just think that if Bella had loved Edward ENOUGH, there would have been NO ROOM in her heart left for Jacob. And that shiz about her heart splitting in two and never being totally whole again? So lamespice.
Wow, I think I’m starting to hyperventilate, and that will NOT be conducive to finishing these TPS reports. Must . . stop . . . the . . . hate . . .
I just can’t leave it alone.
Addendum: For me, whatever (lesser) attraction I felt for Jacob completely disappeared when he manipulated Bella by threatening to commit suicide/not try to not die. I mean, c’mon, how is that not childish and stupid? Pissypants Jacob is total buzzkill.
Rubytuesday, on October 6, 2009 at 10:04 am said:
Just a comment not a criticism…. it was childish and stupid cause both Jacob and Bella are young, 17 and 18 respectively.
Edward acted differently cause he has more perspective and was playing the long game, by not acting all pissy and jealous he got what he wanted……
Ang, on October 6, 2009 at 10:13 am said:
I agree. I always think of Edward as more mature because he has so much more life experience – or in his case, post-life experience!
StotheP, on October 6, 2009 at 10:28 am said:
True, true. I guess I always expect more than teenage reactions because the characters are dealing with much more mature issues, and have been for awhile. Accelerated maturity, no?
I have to stop myself sometimes when I’m reading and remember that they are teenagers. I get annoyed because I think how I would react to the things that are happening…but then I have to remind myself how different my thoughts where when I was 17!
Ahhh. I was 17 when I met Mr. P. And I don’t know how I would have reacted to having a vamphot and a wolfhot, but I have to say I would NOT have let Mr. P/vamphot stop after the leg hitch!
Does that make me sound slutty? ‘Cause I wasn’t, but c’mon . . .
If not wanting to stop at the leg hitch makes you slutty, then I am right there with ya!
aerie67, on October 6, 2009 at 12:54 pm said:
I totes agree with Rubytuesday. That being said, it still pissed me offfff! I hate Eclipse for that kiss and what sometimes feels like the character assassination of all three of them. I found it hard to believe that Bella wouldn’t know better than to play along with Jacob, knowing full well that what she was doing was really just hurting him more & Jacob knowing that the imprint didn’t require a kiss to happen, so why waste anymore time on Bella? The description of E & B’s love for each other in the prior 2 books didn’t lend itself well to that kiss! I really hated that kiss!!!
BrookeLockart, on October 6, 2009 at 12:55 pm said:
I hear your point about them being teenagers, but if your love is all consuming and you are willing to give your entire life to that person, how in the world can you be in love with someone else?
SM also made it seem like Bella had no choice in her love for Edward it was more Cosmic and maybe something she wouldn’t want. I understand that you can’t help who you love, but in rereading Eclipse, it made it seem like the love was forced beyond her control.
PS I love this discussion topic. I’d love to have a sit down with SM to hear her thoughts…
Ang, on October 6, 2009 at 1:09 pm said:
Brooke – I just went back and reread your thoughts from the original post. I agree…even though I realize my thoughts/actions might have been different as a teenager than now, Bella’s actions were flat out wrong. She did CHEAT! I’m re-reading Eclipse now and am so angry with her all the time. It’s painful to me the way she treats Edward as a result of her actions with Jacob. Edward seems at times like the combination of a saint and doormat in Eclipse!
But I always think my opinion is coming from my deep Edward love. But really, Bella’s Edward love should be deeper than mine! Don’t ya think?
Geez – I could so get fired for all the time I’m spending on LTT today!
ambushed by twilight, on October 6, 2009 at 1:14 pm said:
no, not that love was forced ON her, beyond control, but that love is a FORCE beyond control. she was compelled, torn and drawn between to guys that, by anyone estimation, she had major connections with.
plus there’s a scripture in the Bible that says ” the heart is treacherous, who can know it”, so there you go.
TeamSeth, on October 6, 2009 at 3:04 pm said:
ambushed: I love that you closed the argument by quoting the Bible. That was so hilarious. (Not in an anti-religious way, but in a contextual way, and how you were all “So there ya go!” So friggin’ cute)
thank you Team Seth! that was sweet! yeah… i am quite a religous gal… it’s focal point in my life. but that just popped into my head and i thought it really applied!
Steph is a Mormon, i am not, but there is a theme of definite morality in her books that i understand…
Pattilicious, on October 6, 2009 at 10:13 pm said:
totally agree!!!! I hate him for the rest of the story…until Edward said: “Goodbye my brother, goodbye my son”…then I realized I’d forgiven him and that I loved him again as a friend…
southernbelle, on October 6, 2009 at 11:32 pm said:
That’s sweet :-).
unintendedchoice, on October 6, 2009 at 9:49 am said:
haha.. Sue Sylvester.
I WAS aroused.. but I already confessed that..
allryans, on October 6, 2009 at 10:23 am said:
Sue Sylvester … FTMFW! Cuz that’s how Sue C’s it.
Bellasnemisis, on October 6, 2009 at 5:58 pm said:
I love you for bringing Glee into this conversation.
Janetrigs, on October 6, 2009 at 2:08 pm said:
I love your rants!
themoonisdown, on October 6, 2009 at 3:51 pm said:
i think the same thing brooke. even at 17 i think i would have known “stick with edward” you are not in LOVE with jacob, he is your VERY close friend. ugh.
oh i also meant to say i agree there should have been more consequences, edward lets her off WAY too easliy
themoonisdown! there you are! i was wondering where you were… must’ve had a busy day! (i inquired as to your where-abouts on the other page of posts…)
type on…
BrookeLockart, on October 6, 2009 at 6:12 pm said:
I may have discovered a Fan Fic where there are some consequences to her actions, going to check out the first chapter tonight!
…will keep you posted, as in when I harass you over chat at all hours.
Katie S, on October 6, 2009 at 9:43 pm said:
There is a one-shot on twilighted.net involving a very angry (and sexy) Edward after the kiss in the woods. I’m looking for it.
jtwilightaddict, on October 6, 2009 at 7:08 pm said:
Amen Brooke! *hugs*
Ems, on October 6, 2009 at 11:30 pm said:
I hated Bella for kissing Jacob in Eclipse. But, after the initial distress, I realized that it means more for her to have chosen Edward knowing what she was giving up. She could have been reasonably happy with Jacob and their two kids. The sacrifice of her human life is more significant because of that kiss. Also, Bella used Jacob in New Moon. Not intentionally. But, she let him make her feel better knowing that he loved her and that she didn’t feel the same way in return. Kissing Jacob and recognizing that she’s hurt him helps Bella grow up enough to make the important decisions she has to in order to join Edward’s world.
Leila, on October 6, 2009 at 8:19 am said:
OMG ! I just wanted to say somemthing ..yesterday my teacher was wearing a jacket and the fabric (I’m not a fabrics expert) but it seemed tweed to me and I almost fell off my chair .. seriously I had a “Tweed is serious”flash back .. which could have been the end of me .because this teacher ..much like her jacket .. is very ..VERY serious .. she doesn’t take crap from anyone …LOL
Alice - Not an Addikt, on October 6, 2009 at 8:26 am said:
I might have a tweed pencil skirt in earthy tones.
TheColdWoman, on October 6, 2009 at 8:43 am said:
Seriously??
heehee 🙂
notanaddiktbella, on October 6, 2009 at 8:57 am said:
I have a tweed miniskirt in in purple plaid. Srsly.
You win. Because of the purple.
Because purple’s cool, of course.
JGroIsMyEdward, on October 6, 2009 at 9:03 am said:
i had tweed slip-on shoes…pink
you know what? i have a black & white tweed (which is probably fake tweed, i dunno) skirt that I wear on serious days with a serious pair of tights, a serious white shirt and my glasses.
HeyyyBrother, on October 6, 2009 at 10:26 am said:
that sounds seriously hot.
myria101, on October 6, 2009 at 11:03 am said:
I heard Goo Goo Dolls the other day and thought of you. =]
Oh, and UC… that seriously does sound hot.
HAHAHA YESS!! That’s awesome. I don’t know why I love that so much, but I do ❤ Funny thing is I can't even remember the last time I listened to them. Should totally rock out to "Dizzy Up The Girl" when driving home today. Yessss.
I’m thinking the Lindsay Price character on Eastwick. I’m very much hoping you let your hair down and try some witchy/Jedi eye tricks on D. Choice. Maybe get him to do a follow-up interview with Paddleston? A “Never Think” polka?
I’m diggin’ the Star Wars shout-outs today! last night in bed, while UC was twilosophizing, I was thinking about what George Lucas would’ve made his sets look like in episodes 4-6 if he’d had access to CGI then. That’s normal.
And ps-your paddleston comment was super amazing.
StotheP, on October 6, 2009 at 5:06 pm said:
Ahhhh. 4-6 would have been uhmazing if made w/today’s tech. Although, I believe quite a bit o’ that tech is responsible for the Binks fail. Boo.
Everytime I watch the forest scenes in Twilight, I wish some Ewoks would pop up.
Nah, I think that George is responsible for that fail. The techs were just doin’ their jobs 😉
Anyway, I just moved up here to PacNW and every time I walk around I’m waiting for ewoks to pop out. They’re so friggin’ cute. I keep looking for Endor, ‘cuz I know I’m on the Endor Moon!
LUCKY! I feel like I was born to live in the Pacific NW! Except for my prone-to-frizziness hair . . . and the driver’s license that reads “Texas.”
Please, next time you’re on one of those mossy, misty walks, think of me. Hugging an Ewok. Making out with Edward. In the forest.
And to think that R2 and 3PO came AFTER Binks? Guess Lucas perfected his sidekick formula! Let the Wookie win!
Actually R2 was there on Naboo with Anakin in episode 1 and Anakin created 3PO to help out his mom on Tatooine. So, I’m not sure how the timeline is decided since they exist, but aren’t really playing roles as minor characters yet. (If you think I know too much about Twilight, omg, you have no idea how into Star Wars I am).
ps-StotheP, up until like 4 response comments ago I thought your avatar was SlotheP. ‘Cuz I’m soooo stupid 😉
Also, there’s not really a lot of humidity here. Not like in Texas.
Mmmhmm, the Force is strong with you. I was just referring to when R2 and 3PO really became integral to the storyline.
Don’t be ruining my PacNW fantasies. Texas is HOT, alternately muggy and marrow-sucking dry, HOT, HOT, and ohdidimention HOT? To me, the grass will always be greener in your neck of the woods. Probably because it actually IS greener.
So maybe you should check again. It’s MISTY and MOSSY and ALWAYS COMFORTABLY COOL and there are HIDDEN EWOKS and ANGSTY VAMPIRES and shouldn’t these all be worked into the state flag or something?
Well yesterday it was gorgeous blue cloudless sky, 60 degrees, and I went to the really nice park on the hill. I thought of you actually, and ewoks, and of course Twilight (but when am I not thinking about that?)
I used to live in FL, so I know heat and muggy all too well. I knew I was made for the PacNW too, that’s why I moved out here w/out a job in a recession. Yeah, stupid, stupid, stupid.
But in 3 months when it’s still grey, 35 degrees, with 6 hrs of daytime a day, you should ask me, “How you likin’ the rain, girl?”
StotheP and TeamSeth – don’t mean to highjack your conversation, but I had to jump in on the PacNW/Texas weather thoughts! I’m in the South with heat and humidity – the worst of both your worlds! I’m with StotheP and the PacNW fantasies! About a year ago, before I got engrossed in the Twilight world, I read a bood called Good Grief (which I loved, btw) and the main character moved from California to Oregon. The descriptions of the climate (and her new life) in that book started my PacNW fantasies…but Forks solidified them!
Oops – I can’t type. I meant I read a “book” not a “bood” called Good Grief!
Serious, like James Spader Secretary serious? Um, because, that’s smoking hot in a sadomasochistic kind of way.
in “THE OFFICE” kind of way!!! whoohoooo!
I’m so fighting the urge to start reading The Office. I mean soooooo hard. Esp. after the author made her comments today and I know that it’s gonna be that good.
Oh man. Oh man.
marie, on October 6, 2009 at 6:05 pm said:
Talking of THE OFFICE and all things twilight related, My local tabloid reported a doctor who tried to poison his pregnant mistress to cause her to miscarry after a month long affair. She was his secretary. Guess their names? Dr Edward Erin and Bella Prowse!! thats just THE OFFICE gone wrong – Twilight inspiration….
lovemesomecullens, on October 6, 2009 at 7:26 pm said:
Oh TeamSeth, go there. Go there, to The Office. Smut in every chapter, sometimes more than once, but a good story. Or maybe that’s why it’s good.
ambushed by twilight, on October 6, 2009 at 8:24 am said:
oh no, my passionate friend. you are NOT alone. i was comPLETEly torn… i could completely see why she was willing to kiss Jacob that 2nd time… and then to cry over it… feeling all torn. after all, she does love him, too… just not the same way… and she thought he was, like, suicidal! i’d’ve had to’ve kissed him too (sorry hubby). i mean i LOVE the tee you pictured above. that’s the one i want. i mean don’t get me wrong! I LOVE EDWARD! but sheesh… that’s what makes it all angsty… which, com’on ladies, you know that “drama-trama” is what we love!
oh by-the-way, my hubby just started BD, but when Jacob (as my husband put it) “wouldn’t step off”, he was SO mad. “she should’ve kicked him in the ‘nads the 1st time”… i was laughing so hard at how angry he was. he was all “God, she is so stupid! if i wa Edward i’d’ve had to kill him right there.” my hubby is an endless source of delight for me these days! the Twilight Saga is what we discuss over dinner every night…
now i absolutely do NOT approve of the 1st “rape-kiss” from Jacob. “No” means no. he was just being a horney bugger, but, after all he is only 16-17… he still has a lot of growing up to do for his brain/”member”/hormones to catch up to his hot grown bod. but the 2nd kiss was not about lust. at least not at 1st. ok… she got a bit too “into it” but she does love him and feels an established connection to him. hence the BD imprinting on her offspring. they had already admitted that they belonged in each other’s lives.
egregiousgirl, on October 6, 2009 at 9:08 am said:
you are so lucky! i’ve been trying to get my husband to read them for a while, but to no avail. i have however, gotten him hooked on anne rice, and i’m hoping she will act as a gateway drug….
uc you are so not alone. maybe my opinion doesn’t count because i’m on the other team, but hey, i love edward too! the kiss was hot though. and i wanted it. i totally empathized with bella in eclipse –
she thought she knew what she wanted, but she wasn’t very self-aware. i think sometimes we forget how young she is. not arguing, she def made mistakes, but i know i did at that age too….i probably would have done the same. *pleasedonothateonmetoohard*
ha-ha-HA! “*pleasedonothateonmetoohard*”
cute. no, it’s understandable. you’re right, and we must remember that this written for… uhh… “teens”… they(we all did) do stupid things. she’s being rushed into permanent life choices! Yikes! she has hormones too!
and seeing my hubby reading these books in bed til the wee hrs of the night, well as i told him yesterday, “that is so hott”. i love it. he said he can see why i was all caught up in it when i read it for the 1st time b/c he’s exactly the same way. he takes the book to work w/ him! he got throught the 1st and 2nd parts of BD in one day! heh-heh-heh… tell your hubby that even from a guys point of view, he’ll be enthrawled…
“he needs to step off!”
LOVE IT!!!!!!!
Krystle, on October 6, 2009 at 4:08 pm said:
LMAO!! @ “that is so hot”!!!! It is!!! 🙂 I’m still working to get my bf to read them…..
thanks Krystle! (‘cus it SO is…)
kathleen02, on October 6, 2009 at 3:03 pm said:
That’s so funny because my husband is reading BD too and he’s finding Edward really obnoxious at this point (Bella’s PG back in Forks). He’s on the side that Edward is the master manipulator.
hmmm… your hubby must need “more time”… hee-hee… Edward will grow on him… my hubby stared REALLY liking Jake, then when he got to BD he was like “WHAT AN A**HOLE! HE’S ACTING LIKE A FRIGGIN’ IDIOT!”
When that comes out of his mouth i ROFL!!!
JodieO, on October 6, 2009 at 8:28 am said:
It’s been a while since I read Eclipse, but I always thought the book should have been named “I Need to be Smacked” because Bella, Edward, and Jacob all needed a good smacking, though all for different reasons. Most of them revolving around that kissing scene. Which makes me roll my eyes when I read it, but which I’m dying to see in the movie.
Shleeeigh, on October 6, 2009 at 8:40 am said:
Haha – Twilight, New Moon, I Need to be Smacked, Breaking Dawn. Works for me!! 😉
tiffanized, on October 6, 2009 at 8:42 am said:
They wouldn’t even need to change the name of the third one when they made its porn spoof.
HAHHAHA!
Katie S, on October 6, 2009 at 10:31 am said:
Gives a whole new meaning to “the tent scene”!
Alice - Not an Addikt, on October 6, 2009 at 10:33 am said:
JodieO, on October 6, 2009 at 11:46 am said:
*snicker!*
Shleeeigh, on October 6, 2009 at 1:11 pm said:
MAHAHA!!!
KP, on October 6, 2009 at 8:28 am said:
He had been there for her when Edward wasn’t (regardless of what E’s motives had been), he was safe, he was a genuine friend, obviously hot… I mean, how could you not be at least a little turned on by someone fighting THAT hard for you?
I’m Team Edward and I was so glad when he finally grew a pair and decided to not fight fair. 🙂 But I didn’t hate Bella for testing the waters.
Charlotte, on October 6, 2009 at 2:31 pm said:
Amen Sista! SING IT!
I sang the praises of Jacob Black when I was WAY more turned on by the kiss between the two of them than I was between any shared by Edward and Bella. I’m team Edward- but it was a different type of passion. Not a slow burning out of complete adoration one like the Eddy ones- but a desperate, life or death, knowing-it’s-wrong-but-not-being-able-to-stop-yourself, intense type of passion. And I was thankful once it happened because she got it out of the way. It would have always been just sitting there between them if they didn’t experience it at least once.
Brianne, on October 6, 2009 at 8:31 am said:
You are NOT alone. In the books and in fanfic, I am ALWAYS Team Edward.
However, in NM and Eclipse, my heart was torn and I wanted to jump on the Team Jacob bandwagon.
I think in fantasyland, where Edward isn’t REALLY an emotionally abusive boyfriend, being Team Eduardo is A-ok.
However, if this were real life and E+J+B were all fleshy and real and stuff, I would have to vote for Jake hands down. He would be the best choice for flesh and blood reality and I, personally, think every girl should have a Jacob in her life with a splash of Edward intensity.
P.S. 90% of the time, guys like Jacob have a teensy bit of Edward intensity, you just have to find it and help them to bring it out.
P.P.S. Sex toys help.
Moonjenn, on October 6, 2009 at 10:51 am said:
Brianne,
I am SO with you on this!
I’m Team Jacob with an occasional TE lapse, but you’re so right about the IRL thing. Edward usually just depresses me, but he is very romantic. Jacob is just so much fun – I couldn’t resist that, but he can be a real ahole.
*ah* so glad to have someone in my head. Was worried I was nuts or something…
Brianne, on October 6, 2009 at 10:57 am said:
OH THANK GOD someone agrees with me. I was beginning to hear crickets in my corner.
Jacob can definitely be a real asshole but you always know what he’s thinking and he’s extremely passionate. Of course, nothing really compares to the romantic passion that Bella shares with Edward…but that’s not RL for the most part. Oh, how I wish it was!!
Not nuts, bb…although…if you’re on my side, maybe ;o)
Kate, on October 6, 2009 at 12:50 pm said:
I always feel so alone in my Team Jacob shirt! You’d think I just accounced that I wished Germany won WWII! Although Edward started to win me back in Midnight Sun..I just need the meadow scene to know for sure!
Back to Jacob: I would take a tall beefy stud muffin mouth raping me outside a tent with hair pulling and waist grabbing WAY BEFORE a cold peck and a leg hitch with no follow through…you gotta follow throught.
chimaera2009, on October 6, 2009 at 2:16 pm said:
You’re singin my song, sisters 😉
babiesbrown, on October 6, 2009 at 10:53 am said:
“Sex toys helps.”
ROTF LMAO!!!
lovemesomecullens, on October 6, 2009 at 11:43 am said:
Edward has just waited soooo long, and he is torn. Is this the best for Bella? I mean, dang, when was the last time a man (teen boy) actually placed a woman’s (teen girl), safety, virtue, and soul in the forefront of his thoughts. I could have done with out the whole lookin out for her virtue thing and totes voted for them to get it on when they reunited in new moon! But alas, even tho Jake is a hawt wolfy ball of hormones, we all know she wanted to take a sample. And I can’t say I can blame her, What with Edward leaving her with female blue balls, I’d want a sample of something!!
Long live Team Edward with just a sample of Team Jacob on the side, just for experimental purposes
Holly, on October 6, 2009 at 12:21 pm said:
This is so damn funny.
Dannygirl, on October 6, 2009 at 2:19 pm said:
Female blue balls! a sample of something! bwha ha ha ha! tots brill.
I’m sooo with you on this. Team Edward with a Team Jacob on the side, just for experimental purposes -dirrrty experimental purposes-.
Right, I mean, Bella has to break those virginal ties that bind her. Get a little experience other than dry humping a vampire and tear that S*%t up!! Then she can totes rock Edward’s world!!
Charlotte, on October 7, 2009 at 12:03 pm said:
This totes reminded me of “Just the tip, just for a second, just to see how it feels…” from Wedding Crashers.
Your post postscript was unbelievably awesome. I’m so happy you exist and wrote that.
bianca, on October 6, 2009 at 8:34 am said:
which kiss are you taking about? The Mouth Rape or the Kiss where he manipulated her into doing?
How can you want Bella to kiss Jacob?? Jacob pisses me off more than Bella in Eclipse which is saying something.. He acts like such an asshole and completely messes with her head, so theres no way I want her to kiss Jacob!
THANK YOU. The only thing that made me madder than the forced kiss was the way Charlie was all proud of Jacob for doing it. He went back and told Bella later that no one had the right to kiss her without her permission, but damage was done. One has to ignore one’s feminist switch when reading these books.
natasha, on October 6, 2009 at 9:00 am said:
I liked when Bella called Edward and told him about the kiss.
I want to see the scene where Edward gets angry at Jacob and tells him that Jacob will run on 3 legs if he hurts Bella again mwahahahahahahaha
allryans, on October 6, 2009 at 9:18 am said:
Yes. This. He kissed her twice and both times completely manipulated the situation. Telling her he was going to basically go kill himself because she wouldn’t choose him? He’s a complete DOUCHE. He is the anti-Edward. Edward was willing to live simply near her if she chose Jacob, so that he could see she was happy, but Jacob was willing to pretend to kill himself if she chose Edward. He’s an ASShole.
I found Bella’s reaction to that first kiss very satisfying. I was proud of her for smacking him, and completely HOT that Edward threatened him. As it should be. Well done, yous. Her reaction to the second kiss (thinking she was in love with him as well) pissed me right the hell off, and I agree with Jodes, I wanted to smack the hell out of her, but I understand it …. a little.
She’d never been with anyone but Edward, never kissed anyone else, and apparently had never been attracted to anyone else … somehow. She was attracted to Jacob, had strong feelings for him, friendship or otherwise, and he manipulated her into kissing him fully. I’m sure her body had a physiological response she only experienced or expected with Edward, so that confused her some. She should have recognized hormones for what they were, but with Edward twatblocking her for months, maybe she just couldn’t see past the horny haze.
HA-HA-HA-HA! insightful observation compiled there! go on…
lol completely agree he is a douche!!
I totally see your side, and this is how I felt reading Eclipse for the first time. But upon a few (ahem, 10) rereads, I feel like I get where Jacob is coming from, mouth rape and all…did I just say that? He was acting like a complete asshole, but he loved her so much that he wouldn’t give up. He also knew that she loved him, too – he just had to make her see it. Being a 17 year old boy, this is the only way he knew how. He was also totally right about a few other things: she could have children and keep Charlie and Renee if she chose him (Jacob). He felt justified in his actions because he thought he was the healthier choice for her and felt like he had to save her from becoming immortal. Even Edward agreed with that ( though he didn’t agree with the way he went about trying to do it). And Charlie’s response (“atta boy”) was because he had a predjudice against Edward for leaving her and breaking her heart. He saw that Jacob brought her out of her zombie state, so for a while, he was rooting for Jake. I also like the way that Stephenie describes it:
“Does this love [for Jacob] devaluate her love for Edward? Not for me. For me, it makes that perfect true love stronger. Bella has another option. She has a really good one. An option that’s easier in many ways, that takes nothing—like her family, present or future—away from her. She would have love, and friendship, and family—an enviable human future. But she chooses Edward over all of this. This makes it real for me.”
The first time I read Eclipse, I didn’t really like the kiss, but now, it’s right up there with the leg hitch for me. I’m Team Edward all the way, but I would have wanted a taste of hot wolfy goodness before I commited to forever with Edwardian perfection.
“An option that’s easier in many ways, that takes nothing—like her family, present or future—away from her. She would have love, and friendship, and family—an enviable human future. But she chooses Edward over all of this.”
And then Stephenie goes on to reward her with still having all of these things and Edward. UC, whenever we chatted about how there’s zero conflict in BD, I totes agree with you on that now! You are so right, Stephenie loves her characters too much to make them suffer or die in the end.
cledbo, on October 6, 2009 at 7:21 pm said:
Ugh TeamSeth I totally agree with you there – it’s actually, more than any other niggling thing, the part of the series that irritates me the most – she just won’t kill anyone! It’s a book about vampires!! Yeah, sure, Irina buys the farm, but that’s OK because she kinda deserved it for being a bitch and hooking up with Laurent in the first place, but come ON! I was so jonesing for that fight and it just….fizzled. She could have given *something* up – even a Mid-Summer Nights Dream didn’t have this many happy tied-up-in-a-ribbon endings!
*end rant*
Ang, on October 6, 2009 at 9:55 am said:
I JUST read this part of the book this week. I was so mad at Jacob and Charlie for their behavior in this part! And I loved how Edward handled the situation – taking care of Bella, being forceful with Jacob, and at the same time not letting his anger get the best of him. I love with when he makes a comment about not killing Jacob because it was upset Bella, and he smiles and says at least it would upset her “in the morning.” Love it!
that was a good line!
Yep of the whole ‘mouth rape’ incident Charlie’s reaction was the one that REALLY REALLY PIS*ED ME OFF!!!!
If my father or my husband had responded like that I would seriously do them some damage. In my experience father’s are protective of their children’s sexuality and do not encourage willing interaction let alone the more or less ‘well done boy’ attitude Charlie shown Jacob……
ambushed by twilight, on October 6, 2009 at 11:52 am said:
well i think the point was that he was clearly taking sides… he always said, “you need to give him a chance” so… a guy is a guy is a guy.
maddy, on October 6, 2009 at 8:36 am said:
the only way i can justify bellas stupid cathy from wuthering heights behavior is that she couldnt help feel a pull toward jacob because she eventually would have a kid that he imprinted on. like when i read eclipse i was hating bella for doing that shit to edward, but when i read breaking dawn it made sense and i didn’t think she was such a bitch anymore haha. but the kiss was hot not gonna lie. i mean shit how could it not be with a 6’7″ muscled up tan woodsy beefcake?
Sorry UC You’re alonein this .. I really hated Bella .. She broke my heart and I DID throw the book away and Said ..WHAT?! like a lunatic (thankfully it was in the middle of the night and everyone at home was fast asleep in their own room away from me) And in Eclipse it was the very first time I ever fely sorry for Jacob ,. before that I hated his guts because to me he was “the home-wrecker” but then when Bella did what she did ..I realized the REAL villian .. I didn’t even want her to end up with Edward after that .. because she’s the one who doesn’t deserve him (Like she said all along) and not the other way around !
OK now I’m gonna stop ranting 😛
UC! YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!
thank you. I was about to go TammyO on Leila’s ass
oh-snap
Mandy, on October 6, 2009 at 8:38 am said:
I’m ashamed to admit that Eclipse turned me Team Jacob. The scene where she chooses after the battle breaks my heart in about a million different ways. It (along with the kiss scene) threw me straight into Jacob’s corner.
I guess it all worked out in the end, though. 😀
I had to throw on my glasses and tweed jacket before I could comment.
Now that I’m serious, let me say that I’ve been all over the map with my thoughts on the Jacob/Bella kiss. I hated it, I loved it, I hated again. I landed on “hated it” when I realized that Edward and Jacob were in some dick-banging contest over Bella like she was property, and while Bella was agonizing over the kiss, Jacob and Edward were having a good chuckle over how manipulative they could both be. Then I decided that if I wanted to enjoy the Twilight saga at all, I was going to have to keep my feminist theories out of it, and now I just skip the kiss when I read Eclipse. Just like I skip the entire section of New Moon where Edward is gone. Sorry, Team Edward to the freaking core over here.
fangbanger06, on October 6, 2009 at 8:43 am said:
I skip the part where Edward is gone in New Moon also.
I wonder how I’ll get through that part of the movie?
Ghostward.
Oh. Yes. Thanks for making my day a little brighter!
Mmmmm …. Ghostward.
“… some kind of dick-banging contest…”
OMG, I just visualized this. I’m not entirely sure it was a pretty image. LOL!
Oh no, it is very pretty.
I totally skip that part as well. As Fallonward would say “BOTHERED.”
My fave part of NM is when Edward is gone. But now I’m rereading it again. I still kind of feel like I’m not on either team. Maybe I need to put on my tweed so I can be more serious about this. Or…maybe I’m not Bella and I don’t have to make a choice!!!!
And amen to your feminist theories. If we’re gonna really say who she should date, it’d be Ben Cheney. He’s the nicest male in Forks and the only one who sees his love interest as a real human and not some prize to be won (to quote Jasmine from Disney’s Aladdin).
fangbanger06, on October 6, 2009 at 3:47 pm said:
20000 points for referencing Aladdin. Watched that the other day w/ my daughter!
Alice - Not an Addikt, on October 6, 2009 at 5:53 pm said:
Team Cheney FTW!
Okay, but we may need to specify that it’s Ben Cheney so things don’t get all political.
Holly, on October 6, 2009 at 9:54 pm said:
I gave you a thumbs up just for this ‘serious’ comment.
I did not want Bella to kiss Jacob until Breaking Dawn when she was pregnant with the “nudger” (Nudger is a sickening word for a fetus, btw).
I then wanted her to get rid of the life sucker and have beautiful indian babies w/ Jacob.
Completely irrational but it was Edward’s idea!
Or puppies, or whatever. Edward’s own words!
i thought “little nudger” was a cute nic-name (since they couldn’t determine the sex)… that’s the way it feels, after all…
Been there, done that (pregnancy). But nudger?? No.
Maybe I am just fussy. lol
Not a mother myself, but I totally agree. I get the “perfectness” of the Renesmee issue for completing the storyline, but I guess I just got turned off by Bella being pregnant with a nudger/Jacob imprinting Bella’s baby/Bella & Edward being parents. Sigh. I know I may be in the minority here.
I think I could more adequately express my feelings here by relating a Twitter I received from my Twilight kindred spirit, after she finished Breaking Dawn:
‘Did I read that wrong? Did the baby EAT HER WAY out of Bella’s stomach?’
I did set her straight, but still, her tone was not far off from my perception. Sicknast.
aerie67, on October 6, 2009 at 2:21 pm said:
Truth to the sicknast. Imprinting on Renesmee after his relationship with her mother, it was like finding out Luke and Leia were brother and sister and that formerly fabulous kiss before the Death Star core shaft swing was…incestuous. Ugh, extreme sicknast.
Yep, I never knew the sex of any of mine {3 boys by the way} but they we always just “my baby” sigh….soft old thing with no imagination I suppose….
Thumbs down to Indian babies? Seriously? Have you ever seen one?
Unlike some other races babies, they are absolutely adorable, even when newborns.
Trust me. I like in Oklahoma.
like = live
I fail.
Woot! Oklahoma! Land of my birth! Shout out to the Native American newborns!
All hail the great casino!
I agree with Brooke. You don’t go kissing “the friend” when you’re getting married to EDWARD! *Emphasizing EDWARD some more*. I can understand that she felt a bit “neglected”, but she should have turned to her effin’ purple pillow some more, instead of leading on her best friend.
If she was secretly getting back at Edward for leaving her in New Moon, then disregard the above and way to go Bella! You teach that bastard!
tuesdaymidnight, on October 6, 2009 at 9:02 am said:
Ooh, good point about the revenge kiss. I mean, Edward absolutely broke the poor girl. She could have done the *mature* thing and made him slowly suffer an existence of little guilt trips, but we need to remember, she IS only 18.
*mature* thing lol.
PLUS kissing the friend is probably more fun anyway. Gotta make the most of the revenge-opportunity.
Oh definitely! Plus, kissing the hot friend doesn’t preclude future guilt trips.
PS. I’m still together with my first bf and would probably sit and cry in a corner if he left me. But that doesn’t mean I can’t force my superwoman alter ego’s opinion on a fictional character, right?
tuesdaymidnight, on October 6, 2009 at 12:16 pm said:
Of course not! That’s normal!
I had never looked at it from that perspective before… so really, contrary to popular belief, Bella is totally feminist, because she keeps Edward under control by leading on Jacob. Complicated, but the more I think about it, the more genius it becomes.
Yeah, until we remember that the book is first person POV, so the reader would know that’s what she was doing, because she would know.
maria, on October 6, 2009 at 8:46 am said:
Are we forgetting that Ed broke her heart !!!!! srly he left her broken & crying in the forest. OMEJ I have no love for Ed’s feelings when they kissed. Jake had to try at least. For the record i am team switzerland lol
yes! *fist-pump*
Ok, I too threw the book at the wall when Edward left in NM. I didn’t pick the book up for 3 days. However, does no one understand that Edward’s and Bella’s relationship was unhealthy?
She completely ditched friends AND family to be with him and his stalker tendencies. She was completely ready to end all ties with EVERY PERSON IN HER LIFE to be with Edward in the afterlife.
Speaking with a human heart, Jacob would be the better choice.
Ok…now that that’s out, I can say that immortality must be painful but cool as hell and I’d love to give it a whirl ;o)
KP, on October 6, 2009 at 4:06 pm said:
Yeah, have to agree with you there too. When I was reading the series for the 3rd time, I was like, “Hmm… maybe the overprotective thing isn’t as endearing as I thought it was. It’s more stalkerish.”
Now picture that girl singing “Mama said you gonna have to make a kitty meowww” alone. Paranoid
My face is hurting cause I am trying not to laugh out loud (my boss has a meeting next door and the walls are paperhin!)
Damn you UC if I am going to get fired!!! giggles
meowwwww
I always think of him saying “Well haa-llo” when Victoria lands on the boat. That’s my second fave line, besides when Edward says “Hello” for the first time and his voice is so weird.
No, no! You’re not alone at all. I, too, was torn when I was reading Eclipse. When Bella had the moment where she pictured what her life could be like with Jacob, with their family, it just about killed me. I mean, I wanted her to become a vampire even before I started reading the books, and OF COURSE she should end up with Edward, but I felt more than a twinge of “what if.”
Plus, it still sort of bothers me the way that Bella gave up her human family in the books. I know that she was able to reconnect with Charlie after she was turned. But the explanation that she just drifted away from her mother, or that it was time for them to be out of each other’s life just felt so wrong to me. In Twilight she calls her mother her best friend. Even though her mother is hair-brained and flighty and childlike, doesn’t mean that Bella doesn’t have a mother-daughter bond with her. If some guy, even Edward Cullen, put me in a situation where I had to choose him or cut off all contact from my mother, I’m pretty sure wouldn’t hesitate to kick that man to the curb. On the other hand, I’ve never been presented with the option of being turned into a sparkly vampire.
And if that’s not enough justification, I have two other theories:
1) Even though I KNOW it’s just a fictional book, I still wanted Edward for myself.
2) Maybe Jacob was already starting to get imprinty feelings for Bella’s ovaries.
Sorry for the novel here, but I’m finally getting a chance to put my philosophy degree to good use!
If some guy, even Edward Cullen, put me in a situation where I had to choose him or cut off all contact from my mother, I’m pretty sure wouldn’t hesitate to kick that man to the curb.
Edward is trying to get her to kick him to the curb and she just won’t do it.
tuesdaymidnight, on October 6, 2009 at 4:25 pm said:
Damn Edward and his passive-aggressive ways!
Cecpet, on October 6, 2009 at 8:58 am said:
UC, you´re not alone! I liked that Edward had some competition, I liked the kiss and hoped for more. A bit more at least… I might be a hussy as Brook described it but come on, its Edward and Jacob, I would kiss both. Yes, I´m a hussy but I blame the Swedish sin (you can´t help your hertitage…) Maybe Bella´s part Swedish 😉
What is “the Swedish sin”? And why can’t I have it as a fall back excuse?
UC – love the Twilosophy banner!
Oh East Friend..if I waited for marriage, i’d still be holding my V-card. 🙂
you’re not?
friendship over
i’m only friends with virgins
You are in luck because I am a born-again. I get less action than the Audio-visual club in high school.
OME!! someone send this girl the link for the sparkling peen!!! Girl, there’s no excuse for not getting any action. ;o) Get the peen and read some fan fic ASAP.
Um my self-satisfaction and fan fic usage isn’t the problem. I’m running low on batteries, duh!
e, on October 6, 2009 at 9:04 am said:
I think I was/am Team Edward and Jacob too. I didn’t get too upset with Bella for kissing Jacob but I did feel bad for Edward. I was really hoping Jacob would imprint on wolf girl Leah in BD, but instead he imprinted on Renesmee which was a bit weird! Nonetheless I hope Tacob can pull off the sexyin Eclipse and BD, at least by BD he’ll be legal right?
Puddlekifer, on October 6, 2009 at 9:05 am said:
Didn’t have time to read ALL the comments (YET) but wanted to say…I freaking YELLED (at work it was a slow day) and WANTED to throw the book (but it wasn’t mine) when she kissed Jacob. I mean seriously? Jacob?
When you have EDWARD?
Idiot Bella – idiot.
But then again…I’m pulling for the sexy kiss in Eclipse – yes, with Jacob.
Team Double Standards
jb, on October 6, 2009 at 9:06 am said:
Definitely not alone. I’m just about as Team Edward as they come, but I was dying for just a little Bella-Jake action. David Slade better not disappoint!
David Slade is my hero.
NotWutheringHeights, on October 6, 2009 at 9:08 am said:
Gag me. The kissing was gross. First mouth rape then masterful guilt-inducing manipulation. Hated the stupid wolf for that.
And what was up with the engaged ho? Huh? Kissing the kid! There is not enough guilt worthy of her. Ho!
I repeat…. gag me.
And how dare the NM snaps make it look like there’s a B and J kiss in that movie? There was no kiss in NM! No way. I’ll be screaming at the screen at about 1am on Nov 19 if that’s the tragic case.
kathleen02, on October 8, 2009 at 2:28 am said:
Sounds to me someone is a little repressed 🙂 Kissing is healthy and good for the soul…come on, live a little. She’s a teenager not a nun.
i HATED bella (tent) cuz i was kinda feeling what she was feeling thru the book and so it made me feel like I cheated on Edward. i cried tears of anger and rage then screamed at Edward, saying that it was all his fault. this is what he gets for leaving her in the first place. i hope he was happy. back to reading in five minutes. in BD, didn’t like how she was always hanging onto jacob still, even at her wedding! i think i resisted reading book 2 (jacob’s pov) for about a day, then quickly read thru it, tho i LOVED claire and quil. way weird, but too cute, the dialoge. hated Edward again for even suggesting “puppies”…i’ve gotten over some parts after the first reading, but there are some parts i avoid (too fresh), then some parts i re-read over and over, like the leg-hitch (not enough)…this is ‘normal’ right?
dazzledtodeath, on October 6, 2009 at 9:23 am said:
puppies…Uggh. Edward totally lost his manhood in that scene.
Yeah. That was really sad and sickening for him to suggest that. Ick. However, it’s totally what I wanted. 😉
I’m sorry, I’m team Edward all the way… I thought Jacob should’ve just been a man about it and let Bella go. (But of course, if he did the story wouldn’t be so juicy.) I was mostly angry at Jacob for manipulating Bella into kissing him. OF COURSE she kissed him when she thought he was going to commit suicide over her. On the other hand… how could she fall for that trick? Sheesh…
Pinky, on October 7, 2009 at 10:14 am said:
I think subconsciously she wanted the kiss and letting herself believe that he was in danger was the perfect opportunity to “test the waters”. At least I hope she was that savy.
But Jake’s not a man, he’s sixteen. I’m sure we all did stupid things for “love” at that age. And seriously, the manipulation thing is so overused. Jake may have manipulated Bella then, which he admitted to but Edward manipulated Bella throughout the series. I like how people conveniently forget that.
No,no,no,..I HATED that Bella thought for one minute that she should be with Jacob. Obviously she was madly, crazy in love with Edward-how could she even consider it?? I thought she was a tease, flipflopping between them.
And what the hell was wrong with Edward? He came off like such a p*ssy. And Jacob was such a chauvinistic ass. That “love triangle” was like something you’d see on some crappy daytime TV talk show where everyone ends up brawling onstage.
EXACTLY! Or a freaking soap opera! Now if only Meyer had thrown in some other old chestnuts:
“Is Renesmee really Bella’s baby? Or did she switch her at birth with Alice’s hidden pregnancy baby? Will Carlisle finally tell Esme the truth about his relationship with Laurent? Will Jasper be able to help Alice overcome her amnesia, or will she continue to believe that she is in love with Charlie?”
“I didn’t want it. until he DID it. until he kissed her. Then i wanted it. Then i was mad. And felt ashamed. Just like Bella.”
Oh god… It’s true… I HATED Bella in Eclipse and I hated Jacob for interfering in the love to end all loves, but in that moment, Steph describes Jacob’s hands being EVERYWHERE and the HEAT of him, I lost myself. Just like Bella lost herself. And then the GUILT! I suddenly felt the creeping shame of kissing another man, when my only true love was off preparing to fight for me.
Um…….. Normal?
Quite apparently a terrifically written scene.
achc, on October 6, 2009 at 9:35 am said:
I don’t have time to read the comments but HELL YES, I wanted them to kiss!!!!! YES YES YES.
I’m TOTALLY team Jacward. Have always been and will always be.
Dr. Blondie, on October 6, 2009 at 9:36 am said:
I hated that Bella was so gullible and fell for Jacob’s ploy (and then had the nerve to enjoy the kiss!), but I have to admit that it kept me reading. I read the fire and ice chapter (which I thought was brilliant), and then the chapter that included the kiss with Jacob, right before bedtime. Needless to say, I was not going to sleep after that because I couldn’t put the book down. I stayed up and finished Eclipse that night. I HAD to know that she chose Edward.
FullyALive, on October 6, 2009 at 9:38 am said:
You are not alone on this one! First, let me say that I am more of a fan of Edward that Jacobs. BUT, how could you not be cheering on the underdog? He was willing to make a complete fool of himself to try to win over Bella’s heart AND to save her life. He knew that if she chose Edward that she would die, and he was willing to do anything to stop that, even being a manipulative little bastard to do it. How could that kind of adoration go unnoticed by Bella?
That said, I think they all were being completely ridiculous throughout the entire series. Edward was such an ass for leaving in the first place, Bella was all drama queen, Jacob didn’t know what the Hale he was getting himself into and they collectively were making severely poor choices throughout. But what kind of drama would it have been if Bella falls for Edward and Edward falls for Bella and they all lived happily ever after? No, conflict is the heart of any good story.
Also, what kind of great choices did any of us make at 17?
GayAnn, on October 6, 2009 at 9:40 am said:
I think Bella was just mentally messed up. Human emotions are irrational, especially when it comes to love and I think that is why it doesn’t make sense that Bella should be kissing Jacob and dreaming about wolf babies – oh yeah they are teenagers too which means at times there is no reasoning. She intensely loves Edward and wanted to be with him forever, but I also think she couldn’t let go of her love for Jacob – and she didn’t want him to get hurt, even though he really did manipulate her into that kiss. I think her kissing him that way was leading him on, but he knew that and wanted it anyway… Ah, the analyzing of twilosophy, will it ever end.
Btw, I am mostly for Edward, but really didn’t mind the Jacob kiss.
Kendall, on October 6, 2009 at 9:46 am said:
Wow. Nothing like a little friendly Team Edward and Team Jacob banter early in the morning.
UC, I typically find myself agreeing with you during Twilosophy class but not today. I hated Bella in Eclipse and I was so pissed when she went sneaking around to La Push and then even ends up kissing Jacob. Seriously?! News flash, Bella. You can’t have the best of both worlds…you made your choice. You chose Edward and his life – not Jacob. Now put your big girl panties on and live with your decision.
And another thing that pissed me off about B., she had been trying nonstop to get E. to have sex with her and finally when he says okay at the end of Eclipse, she ends up saying “no, never mind, let’s wait till we’re married.” NOW that’s when I threw my book.
Wait? What? WHEN does he say okay?! What?!!
Kendall, on October 6, 2009 at 4:29 pm said:
At the end of the book, they go back to the meadow. They are talking about getting married, etc. and then things get hot and heavy (well, in a PG kind of way) and then that’s when Edward says they don’t have to get married to have sex and then she says that she wants to wait.
I so much don’t remember this. I really hated Eclipse though. It took me 1 week to read Twilight, 1 day to read NM, a month off for Christmas break and salvaging my relationships that I’d been ignoring, 2.5 months to read Eclipse, and then more time off to be annoyed before finally picking up BD which took about 2 weeks to finish (but I was pretty busy at that point in time).
I’m rereading NM now, for the second time. And then I am going to reread Eclipse. And I think I’m going to try to read it from the “darker” frame of mind that some other commenter was saying she read it from. That seemed like the way to go.
Oh yeah, and I read MS before I read NM.
I think I’m going to just try and embrace the angst of Eclipse. Otherwise, god knows how I’ll manage.
I need to read them again, too. I have only read the series through once and it was a blurry haze. I was an addict for two weeks…when I was done with Twilight and read the NM sneak peek at the end. I was a mess because I couldn’t start NM right away – I didn’t have the book yet. After that, I went out and bought all three so I could just pick up the next book when I was done with the previous one. I’m sure I missed so much the first time around. Especially hearing everyone’s great comments – I must read them again.
Very timely post for me – I am rereading Eclipse now. When I read it the first time (and the second) I remember being annoyed a lot with Bella because I felt like she was taking advantage of Edward’s patience with her feelings for Jacob. I was also annoyed with Jacob for being a pushy twit. But I think it took me awhile to get there in the first couple of readings. This time (3rd time) I am realizing how annoyed I am early on and surprised by it. Even though I am Team Edward all the way, I was a little annoyed with him in New Moon because of his overreacting nature and how he didn’t think through any consequences of his leaving. But in Eclipse, I think Edward is amazing and it’s hard for me to imagine anyone being Team Jacob in that book!
I think it’s hard to imagine being for either team.
cupcakechanel, on October 6, 2009 at 9:51 am said:
I wanted them to kiss… just to see what it was like *blushes*
But im still Team Edward all the way! Im just so happy that Jacob is forever part of their lives after Breaking Dawn (not gonna spoil it for those who havent read it so gonna stop there)
Can I also add how angry I was at Edward after Jacob kissed her in the woods? How turned off I was when he tells her, basically, “It’s fine. You were manipulated. You’re just a dumb girl who fell for his wolfy charms.” But seriously. HE was comforting HER! I’m sure Edward’s own guilt was a factor, but COME ON! Be a MAN!
I read a fanfic once where Edward went into the tent to see Bella after she kissed Jacob and she was blubbering on about it. So, Edward got angry and they had angry let-me-show-you-how-a-REAL-man-does-it sex.
Hot. Sorry, this is a subject I could go on and on about for days. 😉
I agree that Edward didn’t react like I thought he should have post-Jacob kiss that Bella participated in. He should have been angry. And I HATE when she sobs repeatedly over Jacob when she’s got Edward right there in front of her. Silly girl.
That sounds like a fic that I need to read.
I can’t remember who wrote it now… Which is making me crazy. I do remember that it was on Twilighted.net as a one-shot. I’ll try to find it later.
Ok. I’ll be the horndog and ask:
What’s the name of that fanfic? 😉
“let-me-show-you-how-a-REAL-man-does-it sex” with Edward – YES PLEASE. That is basically all I wanted to happen after that whole kiss debacle.
whyamidoingthis, on October 6, 2009 at 9:52 am said:
You’re definitely not alone. I’m all for playing the field. Especially when you’re only 18 years old, desired by apparently the entire male populuation in the Olympic Peninsula, and on the verge of making a decision about whether or not to join the undead. forever.
I also happen to love me a sexy, warm man. I am Team Edward definitely. But there is something about him feeling like ice cold, rock-hard marble that kinda sucks when you’re still human yourself. And especially if your hot vampire boyfriend keeps refusing you sex and refuses to turn you into one of his kind so sex won’t hurt you and give you frost bite.
Edward was right–she should get a taste of what she would be missing in human life. I mean, seriously, the girl never ever ever had a human boyfriend. Come on!
Sorry to be such a floozy. I am weak, horny and indecisive. Just like Bella I guess.
Yeah! What’s with the wanting to have cold sex? Wouldn’t that make her vag tense up and the sex would suck anyway?
I HAVE THOUGHT THE SAME THING!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
you know what they say about “brilliant minds”!
They think for themselves!
(Sat. morning cartoons reference from the genie in Aladdin, but not the movie itself. Man, I’m all about the Aladdin references today)
lilnelablack, on October 6, 2009 at 9:54 am said:
I was Team Edward after Twilight & hated Bella for even hanging out with Jacob in NM. Then I hated Jacob with a passion in Eclipse… until that kiss. I didn’t know I wanted it until it was forced on me. And that kiss is what made me sign my name on the Team Jacob recruiting list.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Edward & I wanted Bella & Edward to ened up together. I became Team Jacob simply for moral support. Once upon a time I had a guy best friend, we were friends for a looong time, & I cared more for him than he did for me, so I could relate with Jacob… So, what I’m saying is: I was totally ok with Bella wanting to ‘test the waters’ because I knew she would never choose him in the end : )
Twisessed, on October 6, 2009 at 9:59 am said:
New Here or I must say ….new on posting a message but I just couldn’t resist I just finished reading Eclipse (again…. for the 4th time) and this is a susceptible topic for me ….. I heart you unintendedchoice… you and Moon are brilliant!!!! BUT NO YOU DIDN’T !!! I HATE that scene I can’t read it I just… want to get myself inside of the book and slap everybody in the face. Edward, Jacob and especially Bella are so STUPID……. But I definitely want to see all of this on the movie… yes I’m sadomasochist =)
Pinky Stardust, on October 6, 2009 at 9:59 am said:
I didn’t know I wanted them to kiss until they did. And once they did I was like HALE YES! So UC, you are not alone. I loved that they kissed. The only way it could have been better was if Edward joined in.
Now that’s a fanfic that needs to be written.
closertofine, on October 6, 2009 at 10:00 am said:
Here’s my feeling on the Bella/Jacob kiss thing.
I am HARD CORE (that’s what she said) team Edward, but I like Jacob. I didn’t like him in Eclipse, at all. I thought he was a dick. But I started to like him in BD. But I NEVER wanted him and Bella together. (Sorry, UC. The cheese stands alone.)
See, I interperet that kiss a little differently. They are young, and they are mistaking a very close connection for being IN love. We find that out in BD – “we went wrong somewhere, Jacob.” (Or whatever she says.) So she does love Jacob, she is very connected to him, but she’s not IN love with him.
(I just wish Meyer had pointed that out more bluntly.)
I, too, wanted Bella to kiss him but picture Edward the whole time. Because clearly, the REAL reason she got so into that kiss is bc she is always restrained by Edward. (Mmm… restrained by Edward….) Jacob was pulling her in and letting it all escalate, and she didn’t feel any resistance from him. So really she was unknowingly using him as “sub-Edward.” Poor girl had so much tension built up, that she released it (ahem) with Jacob. And that feeling of freedom and abandon (along with her platonic love for Jake) was misunderstood.
So she was never actually “in love” with Jacob, she just confused what her feelings meant.
I guess it’s good, in a way, bc one big gripe is that she never even had a boyfriend before Edward, and she was instantly willing to be with him forever. So her “entertaining” the idea of Jacob at least helps that a bit.
Not to over-analyze the teen book series or anything….
JGroIsMyEdward, on October 6, 2009 at 10:17 am said:
that’s EXACTLY what i was getting at.
youth+hormones+inexperiece=confusion
and “friend-love” is not the same as “romantic-love”.
oh, le sigh… but i absolutely adore the whole gammit of torn emotions the the books. it’s all angsty. and i have been there. and in the heat of the moment you do stupid things.
there are so many types of love that it can get mi-i-i-i-ighty confusing so no one should honestly get too upset w/ any of the 3 of them. it’s the way it had to be… or there would have been 2 books.
Exactly. Again, the horny haze Edward kept putting her in had her all hot and bothered. Can’t blame the girl her girly bits’ response. Jacob was giving it to her, after all, and Edward was all … not.
Disagree.
SuperVixen, on October 6, 2009 at 10:05 am said:
I never wanted her to kiss Jacob. I was like NOOOOO when it did happen, twice.
The 1st time ok, it was all him, she broke her hand for god sakes but the 2nd time. I was majorly pissed with Bella. Yeah she wanted to give him something to make him come back but she didn’t have to be so into it and torn up about it later. She should not have had such strong feelings for Jacob when she pledged herself to Edward.
TJB, on October 6, 2009 at 10:09 am said:
First off, I’m lazy and there are a lot of replies to go through to see if this point has already been made but I get why she kissed Jacob even if he did manipulate her a little bit. Manipulation and hotness goes a long way and can make the Pope think about kissing Satan if done properly.
But I so get it her kissing him and being in love with Jacob as well. Edward left her and broke her heart in a million pieces and Jake was there – he was always there. Bella goes saves Edward they get back together and essentially it flowed like nothing, no major screaming matches, no I can’t stand you and let me stay away for a bit so I can reevaluate this situation, just sorry, no, I’m sorry more, no you can’t be sorry more, because I’m the sorriest, leg-hitch. At this crazy point this was Bella’s time to think, to re-evaluate and hence that kiss. So I’m glad she did – I’m glad it happened even if it was cheating, Bella needed to be sure.
So I’m Team Edward and Team Jacob – whatever floats her boat.
tby789, on October 6, 2009 at 10:09 am said:
Stupid Bella.
I totally got the whole “he’s my sun” thing in NM. She was a needy mess and he helped her through it. But…I’m not a huge fan of book Bella to begin with, probably why I wrote my own, and I grew to hate her more with each book. When Edward came back and she accepted him, it was time to cut the pup’s leash and say, bye bye.
I still get mad remembering her kissing Jacob and then the major meltdown that follows. grrrr.
I feel a level of loyalty to the “original” Bella, but your Bella? She owns me. I’m a total fake lesbian for her.
tuesdaymidnight, on October 6, 2009 at 11:07 am said:
And not just because I’m jealous her lingerie collection.
BHBabe, on October 6, 2009 at 3:34 pm said:
tby789 – Love The Office. Chapter 19 soon???
Totally agree w/hating the kissing scene. Every time I (re-)read Eclipse I just skip it. Glad I’m not alone – makes me feel normal (?).
BHBabe
p.s. currently on vacation in the Seattle area and thinking of doing my own Twilight tour of Forks and Port Angeles … suggestions, anyone?
Oh oh! I’m in Portland, and do you want to do a book or a movie Twi tour? ‘Cuz unfortunately none of the movie was shot in the northern Washington region.
Gah, so don’t ask for fan fic updates on here. They’ll never come back. Actually, never ask for updates. They get enough of that!
Sorry – not up on protocol. Just trying to show some love for the fan fic.
Ldawg, on October 6, 2009 at 10:13 am said:
UC, I heart you. Love today’s dose of Twilosophy. I also struggled with the love triangle in New Moon and Eclipse (I refuse to count what happened in BD because it’s a clusterf*@k of crap). Personally, I think ALL three of them need some time with a therapist, but taking this strictly at face value, with what Stephenie gave us, I think we’re all SUPPOSED to waver in our “team” stances, just as Bella does. She loves Edward; we get that and never question it. But she loved Jacob too in a different way. And let’s face it – Edward messed with her REALLY bad, but then, so did Jacob. So it’s a tough choice I think. I think the love she has for Jacob was forged through her grief and self-destruction. It’s like when two people are thrown together in tragedy, it tends to cement your bond like nothing else. It’s a different kind of love, although Jacob doesn’t see it that way (he’s a bit immature, obviously). He’s a boy and she’s a girl; end of story.
A few folks smartly pointed out that Jacob never imprints on Bella – though he wants to – and if he were a big boy wolf he probably would’ve realized that was “nature’s way” of telling him to let Bella go. But he’s a little boy wolf and damnit, he wants the girl! Hilarity and highjinks ensue.
If I were her, I’d tell them both to eff off and go find myself a nice normal Mike Newton-type guy *hides under the desk from all the produce being thrown at her.* But luckily our gal isn’t that smart. What would we have to discuss if she had been? *sigh*
Team Ben Cheney!
P.S. And by the way, I was like NOOOOO when Jacob trick-kissed Bella in the book, but I too will be SO looking forward to movie Jacob kiss movie Bella. Definitely.
It seems like everyone on all sides of the fence (cuz there are obviously more than two sides to this issue) can agree on some level that Bella is a damn idiot in Eclipse. And the fact that everyone’s opinions run the gamut here makes me wonder … perhaps SMeyer actually wrote something *gasp* compelling?
high-five!
exactly. and we all seem quite compelled today! i know i was compelled for all 4 books…
and that’s why we all have on our invisible tweed today. and i put on my (figurative) serious frames.
Have you read the Host?
talk about compelling. the thought process is from more of a “big-girl” perspective…
I haven’t read The Host, and don’t really intend to unless all of you guys insist. Should I?
WHAT! “you don’t indend to”?!?! *faint*
unless reading is “torture” to you, you absolutely should. it was awesome. a guy friend of mine (that also read the twilight sage) read it and loved it.
if you ask me, i insist. you will not regret it. and the movie is in the works. the confict between Melanie and Wanda is intense and there’s a suprise “hook” at the end. go for it. you won’t regret it. you will clammor for a sequal.
Kate, on October 7, 2009 at 4:28 am said:
I actually gave the Host a C+ my first reading but it honestly gets better each time. I think the story is much more conflicted and the heroine is way less annoying (though the very typical selfless-to-a-fault heroine). It also reads a lot faster the second time though, make no mistake, there aren’t any juicy scenes. It’s a self discovery story not a love story like it’s presented on the sleeve.
I haven’t read all the comments yet so sorry if someone covered this……
I loved the kiss…..mainly because it showed Bella something she hadn’t had before ever… not even with Edward….PASSION…..yes as full grown women we know and appreciate a man with control and restraint, but as an inexperienced teenager with a boyfriend that keeps it all under a tight reign { no tongues, hardly no touching} well …..what’s a girl to do when her ‘second’ hot boyfriend puts it all in that kiss {you just KNOW Jacob was excited like really excited}, she lost her head a little bit and Edward was mature enough to understand and forgive it after all it was a kiss that actually worked in his favour as it made Bella aware that she had to let Jacob go and let them all move on.
Sorry I got a bit carried away there all I’ll finish up saying is when they put it in the movie it had better be HOT and HEAVY I’m sure ‘legal in Georgia’ will give it his all just hope eyebrow twitching aside Kstew can pull it off….if she needs coaching I’m not afraid of flying I’ll stand in her place and she can watch and learn…….
as of now… after that post… i heart you!
Yes, good point!! In BD, she was willing to put off being turned in exchange for sex, so we know she’s got some vixen in her. Edward wasn’t letting her (or may not have had the self-control to at that point) experience that side of herself.
As you say, she’s only a teenager! Who didn’t kiss someone they probably shouldn’t have when they were a teenager?
And thank heavens “Legal in Georgia” will be “Legal Everywhere” when Eclipse comes out…
Whoa tons of comments already!
I can’t even remember if I wanted them to kiss to be quite honest. I did want them to kiss in New Moon. But Eclipse? Eh… I wasn’t as upset as some of the Quad members, but I also wasn’t jumping for joy.
Also: “EDWARD, you are..uh..EDWARD, stop with all the insecurities.”
AMEN, Kristin. Amen. Seriously – that whole thing drove me crazy. You’re a gorgeous friggin vampire and CLEARLY she loves you so stop being a whiny little bitch. That is not a turn-on.
“You’re a gorgeous friggin vampire and CLEARLY she loves you so stop being a whiny little bitch. That is not a turn-on. ”
And allt he comments? I love it when everyone gets fired up on Twilosophy. Makes me work day so much better. 😉
YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!! Edward is soooooooo annoying in that way.
Edward really loses a lot of his appeal to me with how he handled things in Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. It’s like start lifting cars and showing your dominance, we love that! Don’t let your GF kiss other men and offer up her uterus for rental.
Kalgirl, on October 6, 2009 at 10:25 am said:
Ok so I’ve been reading both LTT and LTR for months now but this is the first time I’m commenting. I have to say I’m with UC all the way! I know, I know how can that be? But let me explain. I know the kiss was wrong and all that junk and that in the end there is ABSOLUTELY NO other choice but Edward and honestly I do kinda wish he’d been all screw you with Bella over the kiss, but I have to confess that there is a part of me that was squealing like a little girl when that kiss happened. I want to make it clear though that I wanted this kiss for Jacob. I mean talk about give a dog a bone. Bella has done nothing but mess with his feelings from day one. (Hello fake flirting on the beach to get a story) Anyways I was happy for Jake that he finally got his moment, I mean I’m team Edward all the way but you can’t help but feel for the Wolfboy wonder. I mean this guy lives for Bella and she just jerks him around and leads him on. To be honest Bella just plain P@!*$d me off in a lot of Eclipse. But in the end the whole thing just made me love Edward more. I mean he sits and comforts her all night while she cries over another guy. He’s a better man than…well…..ummm….well lets just go with the the good ol’ no one can measure up to Edward.
unintendedchoice, on October 6, 2009 at 10:56 am said:
I like your first comment is in agreement with me. This is a good day:)
lapushbaby, on October 6, 2009 at 10:52 am said:
I think I need to re-read Eclipse and go buy a tweed suit before I can have a SERIOUS opinion about this, because I can’t remember if I was mad enough to throw a book, but I think I remember is that I was ready for SOMEONE to get some action, so I was just glad there was more kissin’!! Of course I read it before I knew about FF……Maybe my opinion will be different, now.
UC, I sing to myself, too. I had to take a 4 hour drive by myself recently, and I actually had a sore throat at the end, because I sang the whole way…
LPB…I don’t remember being as upset with Bella during my initial two readings. This third time sent me over the edge. I was complaining to whomever would listen. I suggest rereading New Moon and then go into Eclipse. Gives you a bit more perspective.
lapushbaby, on October 6, 2009 at 4:10 pm said:
BL…I’m for sure going to read NM before the movie, It will be my 4th time, and then I think I have only read Eclipse about twice (except maybe re-read that leg-hitch scene 100 times) So MAYbe the third time will send me over the edge, too, LOL. I kind of want to reread now to have more to contribute to Twilosophy discussions, they are one of my favorite days on LTT!
((hugback))
I need to reread but I’m saving myself until after all the films come out so I feel like when I see the film everything is ‘new’ again – but it’s damn hard not to just bust them out again so I can get really stuck into these twilosophy posts!!
That’s so funny, I’m the opposite!! I am going to read NM before the movie so the story is all fresh in my head!! I do the same thing with the Harry Potter movies, too. You have more restraint than I, I can’t keep my hands off them!
I didn’t reread HP6 in time for the movie because my S.O. had to read it for the first time before the movie and he’s a super slow reader, and I was majorly regretting it. The whole time it was, “Wait, what did they not put in here?” and certain details that of course my SO couldn’t recall.
Definitely NOT making that same mistake with New Moon. I’ve already started in on it and got past the hardest part. Now I’m about to “wake up” to January 🙂
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New EU accession reports: LGBT rights in South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and Iceland
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The European Commission’s annual reports on accession countries were published yesterday, and include important information on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in those 9 countries. Both positive and negative developments are noted.
European Commissioner Štefan Füle presented the 2012 enlargement reports to the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs. All reports except Kosovo’s mention the social and legal situation for LGBT people.
Positive and negative developments
No overall trend emerges from the reports. Both positive and negative developments are noted for most countries, and efforts by Croatian authorities ahead of the country’s accession on 1 July 2013 were welcomed.
Whilst Albania and Montenegro‘s legal frameworks were positively updated and governmental efforts are noted, Macedonia‘s anti-discrimination law stil falls short of EU standards in relation to sexual orientation.
Major occurences of intolerance against LGBT people, including threats and attacks, are noted in Croatia, Serbia and Turkey, with repeated harassment and aggressions of transgender people very high in Turkey. The report falls short of mentioning several murders of transgender people in Turkey.
Serbia is singled out for its problematic ban of Belgrade Pride and overall negative attitudes. LGBT people are still subject to violence and acute discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Finally, only positive developments are noted for Iceland.
European Parliament reports
Ulrike Lunacek MEP, Co-President of the Intergroup on LGBT Rights and Rapporteur for Kosovo, commented: “This year’s progress reports paint the uneven picture of LGBT rights in South-Eastern Europe. I regret the Commission didn’t see fit to mention LGBT people in its report on Kosovo, as much remains to be done there too.”
“I look forward to continuing the good cooperation with the European Commission, and count on Commissioner Füle to strongly condemn negative attitudes and policies against LGBT people, like he did for Belgrade Pride.”
Jelko Kacin MEP, Member of the LGBT Intergroup and Rapporteur for Serbia, continued: “Although I’m happy to see positive developments in Croatia, Albania and Montenegro, the situation in Serbia worries me greatly. Serbia is worth more than the way it treats LGBT people today, but the pride ban cannot be set aside.”
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“The European Parliament will take this up extensively in our own reports.”
The European Parliament will now adopt its own accession reports over the next few months.
Download a summary of LGBT rights in all accession reports
Read the individual reports
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Louisville Bespoke and Design Terminal: New efforts to highlight Louisville’s fashion community
Gunnar Deatherage. Photo by Clay Cook (claycookphoto.com).
There is a new effort underway to foster Louisville’s fashion scene.
A team of collaborators has created Louisville Bespoke, which describes itself as a community atelier that connects fashion with the fashion-minded.
The idea is the brainchild of Yamilca Rodriguez, a former Procter & Gamble executive and recent Louisville transplant. She hopes that by creating the community, it will foster collaborations among artists, designers and other creatives.
Her collaborators include Gill Holland, developer and entrepreneur, and Lisa Kahl-Hillerich, fashion industry entrepreneur.
Rodriguez said that she has always loved fashion, and when she moved from Cincinnati, where she worked at Proctor & Gamble, to Louisville two years ago, she said, “I realized I needed to do something new with my life.
She discovered over time that Louisville has a “wealth of fashion talent” but few of them know one another. Rodriguez hopes Louisville Bespoke changes that.
According to the release, Louisville Bespoke “is the mind space that will serve Louisville with fashion collaboration, shared resources, fashion design classes and manufacturing opportunities.”
Three-time “Project Runway” alum, Gunner Deatherage, internationally known fashion designer from Louisville, will speak at Louisville Bespoke’s first fashion event in October. The event will be held at the Design Terminal, the newest acquisition of the Portland Investment Initiative in the East Portland Warehouse District at 1403 Rowan Street.
The Design Terminal will be the redesigned old Portland Station. The building is 13,000 square feet and one block east of the University of Louisville’s MFA building. Design Terminal also borders the west side of Waterfront Park Phase 4. The pedestrian bridge over the train trestle lands on the edge of this property
Image provided by Gill Holland
Partners in the development of Design Terminal include Holland, real estate developer Matt Gilles (who will be the person in charge of the leasing and development), dentist and real estate investor Ali Navigar, Shine Contracting principal Gregg Rochman, Nashville-based social entrepreneur Ryan Brown, and Greg Brown (owner of Ford Lincoln, Franklin, TN).
“We’re excited to bring more designers of all types to this hub in the future,” Pii Managing Director Stephanie Kertis told IL.
Rodriguez and partners are working toward building “a maker space, but for fashion designers,” in the Design Terminal, Rodriguez said. Much like other maker spaces, there is a membership fee based on how often you use the space.
Rodriguez said they plan to have a retail store and a training space. They’ll offer classes and curated events. “It could be a place for someone to get their start in a fashion business,” she said.
Rodriguez told IL that she will start working on the financial aspect of setting up such a space next week because “everyone is asking.” The maker space will not be complete by the October event, but she imagines that this event will help with fundraising.
A number of local designers and fashion industry professionals will be on hand for the October event including Amanda Dare from The New Blak, Olivia Griffin of The Mysterious Rack and Matt Multerer of Finespun Clothing. The goal, according to the Evite, is to “engage local talent and bring the fashion industry to Louisville.”
More will be coming about Louisville Bespoke’s first event, but save the date: Oct. 21.
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Aïssata Traoré won her first title abroad
The 21-year-old Malian striker, Aïssata Traoré won Turkish Women’s League with Beşiktaş Ladies.
Aïssata joined Turkish Top flight side Beşiktaş in early February from Malian club Super Lionne. She has contribuated a lot for Beşiktaş to this title. Since her arrival, she featured in all league games, scoring eight goals in nine appearances.
Beşiktaş ended the regular season on level terms with ALG Spor, so to decide the winners, the Turkish Football Federation scheduled a final play-off between the two teams last Sunday at a neutral venue in Manavgat. Aïssata scored the only goal of this game, thus offering Beşiktaş their fist league title.
With this achievement, the team will be part of UEFA Champions League next term.
LTA Agency manager, Anton Maksimov, was present at the final to support and congratulate Aïssata in person.
LTA Agency wish her more success in the years to come.
Barcelona FA lift 2019 Cyprus Cup
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UPDATE 4-BA parent IAG ups bet on Latin America with Air Europa takeover
Yadarisa Shabong
* Buys Air Europa for 1 bln euros
* To be funded by external debt
* Shares rise more than 2%
* To be run by Iberia CEO
* Regulators may set requirements -analysts (Adds Brazil, paragraphs 11,12)
By Yadarisa Shabong
Nov 4 (Reuters) - IAG, the parent of British Airways and Spain’s Iberia, announced a 1 billion euro ($1.12 billion) takeover of Spain’s Air Europa to boost its presence on routes to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The deal follows a setback in Latin America for IAG after Chile’s Supreme Court ruled against a plan that would have allowed it to bolster cooperation with partners in the oneworld airlines alliance.
Chile’s LATAM Airlines in September then announced it planned to leave the alliance, opting instead for a tie-up with SkyTeam member Delta Air Lines.
IAG shares initially rose more than 2% following the Air Europa takeover announcement but some analysts said IAG may have to shed routes in order to win regulatory approval.
IAG shares were up 1.2% at 1315 GMT.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said his company will ask the UK’s market watchdog to force IAG to make divestments as part of its Air Europa takeover, a deal he said would be bad for competition.
“Potential remedies, perhaps in the form of slot release or behavioural restrictions, may be required and these could impact the potential synergies,” an analyst at Liberum wrote in a note.
IAG also owns carriers Iberia Express, Level, Ireland’s Aer Lingus and Vueling.
“We are not convinced that having just another brand platform is the optimal move, and could see it potentially combining with Level, Vueling or potentially Iberia Express after some time,” analysts at Bernstein said.
Air Europa serves 69 destinations, including long-haul routes to the Americas and the Caribbean. It had a fleet of 66 aircraft at the end of 2018.
Air Europa’s Spanish parent company Globalia earlier this year received authorisation from the Brazilian government to explore the possibility of flying domestic routes within Latin America’s largest economy.
It is unclear if that authorisation will remain with Globalia or be transferred to IAG.
Air Europa will initially keep its brand and as it gets integrated into the existing hub at Madrid it will be a standalone operation run by Iberia boss Luis Gallego, IAG said.
It will also withdraw Air Europa from the SkyTeam alliance once the deal is completed. Air Europa has a joint venture with Air France-KLM.
“This is of strategic importance for the Madrid hub, which in recent years has lagged behind other European hubs,” said Gallego, adding that Madrid had the potential to serve as a gateway between Asia and Latin America.
IAG said it expected the Air Europa deal, which will be funded through external debt, to close in the second half of next year and for it to add to its earnings in the first full year after the closure.
$1 = 0.8951 euros Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; additional reporting by Andres Gonzalez in Madrid and Marcelo Rochabrun in Sao Paulo, editing by Patrick Graham and Jason Neely
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Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in a patient with aplastic anaemia
K. R. Nishanth, Shubha Seshadri, Vinay Pandit, N. Krishnanand
Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
A 42-year-old female patient of aplastic anaemia on maintenance blood transfusion presented with a 3-week history of fever, cough, dyspnoea and pedal oedema. Upon examination she was found to have severe pallor, temperature of 101°F, tachycardia, bilateral pitting pedal oedema, raised jugular venous pressure, ejection systolic murmur (grade 2/6) in pulmonary area and petechiae over extensor aspect of both lower limbs. Blood investigations revealed low haemoglobin, thrombocytopaenia and mild increase in serum creatine. Chest x-ray was normal. Initial 2D trans thoracic echocardiography performed after hospital admission was normal. Antibiotics were started empirically to treat a possible underlying infection. Subsequently, three sets of blood cultures grew Enterococcus faecalis. Upon searching for the source, repeat echocardiograph done showed 2×0.5 cm vegetation on both pulmonary leaflets with severe pulmonary regurgitation, all other valves were free of vegetations. She was treated with intravenous antibiotics for the endocarditis and improved.
BMJ Case Reports
https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-008769
Systolic Murmurs
Pulmonary Valve
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Venous Pressure
Enterococcus faecalis
Nishanth, K. R., Seshadri, S., Pandit, V., & Krishnanand, N. (2013). Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in a patient with aplastic anaemia. BMJ Case Reports, [008769]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-008769
Nishanth, K. R. ; Seshadri, Shubha ; Pandit, Vinay ; Krishnanand, N. / Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in a patient with aplastic anaemia. In: BMJ Case Reports. 2013.
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Demonizing families in poverty and misleading actions
Posted on August 15, 2012 by Marcus Ampe
Just in between the articles on the Judeo-Christian values some news of the day (before it gets to old news):
President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., during the nationally televised bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform at Blair House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Paul Ryan insisted that under a Romney presidency, they would repeal all of Obamacare. Not keep the things that work or expressing concern for those who are enjoying some of the benefits of Obamacare already, but entirely repeal it.
Wheaton College (Illinois) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Imani Gandy (ABL) (= from Angry Black Ladies Chronicle) writes: “Wheaton College filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration–like so many other Catholic churches, schools, and companies have done–claiming that the birth control benefit–the policy under the Affordable Care Act which ensures that all insurance policies cover preventive health care services for women, including contraception, without a co-pay–infringes on its religious liberty. According to Wheaton College, the Administration’s policy requiring that all insurance plans offer coverage of contraception without a co-pay is of the devil. Big Government and secular liberals are forcing Wheaton College to participate in the dissemination of slut pills to co-eds, and Wheaton College has decided to be outraged about it.”
In an interview with KXNO sports radio on August the 14th, President Obama was asked to say something nice about Mitt Romney, Politico reports. Here’s his response:
“He seems to have a great family. And I really think he had a great health care plan when he was in Massachusetts,” Obama said. “Seems to be working really well — One of the reasons why we set up the same kind of plan nationally and we’re implementing it right now.”
Sister Simone Campbell
The group behind the Nuns On A Bus tour that highlighted the ill-effects of the House Republican budget in congressional districts across the country is now setting its sights on the party’s presidential candidate. They invited Mitt Romney to spend a day with the nuns to learn about the plight of America’s poorest citizens.
The Executive Director of the organization, Sister Simone Campbell, knows that these are the people who will be further harmed by the policies Romney is proposing and the recent divisive political ads about welfare. She released a statement that pretty much nails what is happening at the moment.
“Recent advertisements and statements from the campaign of Governor Romney demonize families in poverty and reflect woeful ignorance about the challenges faced by tens of millions of American families in these tough economic times. We are all God’s children and equal in God’s eyes. Efforts to divide us by class or score political points at the expense of the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters reveal the worst side of our country’s politics.”
Travis Waldron writes: “Romney has endorsed the House GOP budget plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). It was that plan, which includes deep cuts to food stamps and other safety net programs that benefit the middle class, that NETWORK’s Nuns On A Bus tour targeted, with Campbell and other sisters blasting it as “immoral” at the tour’s conclusion in Washington D.C. Romney has also proposed massive tax cuts for the rich that would likely come at the expense of lower- and middle-class families, which would see higher taxes or significant cuts to the programs they depend on.”
“Those policies,” Campbell told ThinkProgress, “show that Romney “doesn’t have clue” about the struggles the poor face. “The fact is, his policies shift wealth to the upper class,” she said. “Yes, it hurts the middle class, but it devastates those at the margins of our society.” If Romney were to accept their invitation, Campbell said she would take him to places like St. Augustine’s in Cleveland, where food programs “provide a hand up” to the community’s neediest members. “He thinks they’re lazy,” Campbell said, in reference to Romney’s misleading welfare reform ad. “It is hard work to keep things together when you’re poor. He doesn’t have a clue. Let him talk to them, and maybe they’ll touch his heart. And his mind too.”” (Nuns Challenge Romney To Spend A Day With Them To Learn About Plight Of America’s Poor)
Mitt Romney – Caricature (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)
The group of Catholic Sisters have previously protested against House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R) over proposed budget cuts they said would hurt struggling families. The nuns are not the only Catholic group to have criticized Ryan’s budget. Referencing Matthew 25, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have claimed that cuts in Ryan’s budget plan are “unjustified and wrong.”
“Paul Ryan has claimed to be a faithful Catholic, and I have no reason to suspect that that isn’t accurate,” Sister Mary Ellen Lacy Daughter, a lobbyist for NETWORK, told Raw Story last month. “What we do know, and what the bishops agree with us on, is that the document, the budget that he wrote, is not a moral document. It is not a faithful budget. It is not consistent with the Catholic social teachings. He may claim one thing, but it is clearly in opposition to what we believe.”
With the choice of Paul Ryan as Romney’s running mate, the 2012 presidential election will be the first in U.S. history with a Roman Catholic on both sides of the ballot.
From Peter Sagal on his NPR show Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me…
For his next stop, Romney went to Israel and gave a speech comparing the Palestinian culture unfavorably to Israeli culture. When everybody got mad, he said “I never said anything about culture.” He did, you can see it in the transcript provided by his campaign. Then after saying it, and then denying he said it, he wrote an op-ed and said it again. Now, in the Olympics they name a difficult move after the first person to do it in international competition. So from now on, the “Triple Self Contradiction with Vaguely Racist Backflip” will be known as the “Triple Romney” (Extreme liberal)
Christian College Provided Emergency Contraception to Employees… But They Only Got Mad When Obama Mandated It (patheos.com)
In the early stages of the battle over the contraception mandate, coverage mostly focused on the protest from the Catholic Church, but a growing number of Protestant organizations have joined the fight. The Wheaton College alliance marks the first-ever partnership between Catholic and evangelical institutions to oppose the same regulation in the same court.“This mandate is not just a Catholic issue — it threatens people of all faiths,” says Kyle Duncan, general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents the college in its suit. “Wheaton’s historic decision to join the fight alongside a Catholic institution shows the broad consensus that the mandate endangers everyone’s religious liberty.”
**As it turns out, Wheaton’s old health care plan already covered emergency contraception. So they’ve been frantically trying to get rid of it so they can pretend to be angry about it:
“In order to be eligible for the safe harbor, the institution has to certify that it has not covered contraceptives after February 10, 2012,” said Emily Hardman, communications director for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Wheaton didn’t qualify because “for a short time after February 10, Wheaton’s policies inadvertently covered emergency contraceptives. Wheaton was in the process of fixing that error in February, but it was not fixed before the cutoff date.“
No word on how long Wheaton offered employees emergency contraception before the “mistake.” But I don’t remember anyone at the school freaking out before last month. It’s almost as if the coverage wasn’t a big deal until it became part of Obamacare…
Maddow mocks Wheaton College over contraception coverage (rawstory.com)
But the conservative Christian college, which only recently lifted its ban against dancing on campus, already covered emergency contraceptionprior to the mandate.“So what do you do when you get called out in something like this?” Maddow wondered. “Do you give up? Do you admit the fact you’ve already been offering birth control in the health plans, and that means, by definition, a rule making you offer birth control doesn’t exactly trample on your rights? Of course you don’t admit that.”The college has scrambled to remove its coverage of emergency contraception and plans to continue its legal fight.
Nearly 60 plaintiffs now suing Obama administration over HHS mandate (hotair.com)
The Obama administration is facing growing resistance to its anti-conscience mandate two weeks before the policy goes into effect. Yesterday evangelical Wheaton College announced it was joining a lawsuit against the mandate. Last week another Illinois institution, Catholic Charities of Chicago, sued the administration.The Department of Health and Human Services mandate becomes official on Aug. 1. It requires employers to cover abortion drugs, contraception and sterilization, even if they have religious or moral objections. The administration’s so-called “accommodation” has failed to address the concerns of organizations, prompting the rash of lawsuits attempting to overturn the directive.
+Monsignor Michael Boland, the organization’s president and CEO, said the Obama administration wants Catholic Charities to compromise its principles:
As all of us know, Catholic Charities serves the poor because we are a Catholic organization, not because our clients are Catholic. We strongly believe at Catholic Charities that we witness our faith by our service to the poor. We ask only, “Are you hungry?” “Do you need clothing?” or “Are you homeless?” Under the HHS mandate, to be a “religious employer” we would now have to ask, “Are you Catholic?” This goes against everything that Catholic Charities stands for as an organization. Under the HHS mandate, we are punished for both employing and reaching out to serve non-Catholics, which is an injustice.
{Marcus Ampe wonders:(Is this realy true????) Nohumanitarian organization has to ask the person they are helping if he or she is such or such, belonging to such church or non-believer.}
Wheaton College sues administration over contraception mandate (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Despite the change in policy many of those groups have said the mandate remains a violation of their beliefs against contraceptives. Catholic teaching forbids the use of any contraceptives. Many evangelicals do not oppose the use of contraceptives, but believe life begins at conception and say some contraceptives, like emergency contraceptives, induce abortions.The government mandate covers all forms of FDA approved contraceptives and the administration has said time and again they felt the policy and its exceptions “struck the right balance” on religious freedoms and providing health care for people who need it.The suit was filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the college by the Becket Fund, the same law firm that is representing multiple lawsuits against the HHS policy.
Romney-Ryan: America’s New Dream Team and a Clear Choice (askmarion.wordpress.com)
Some commented that Ryan was a bit stiff in his roll out speech (Paul Ryan’s remarks) but he has quickly found his wings and wowed them at the Iowa state fair. Remember, Ryan has had the courage to go head to head with Obama and has proposed alternative plans for both a budget (more than once) and ObamaCare. “Where are the jobs, Mr. President?” has become Ryan’s new motto?
Before the announcement Rasmussen reported that 39 percent of all voters had a favorable opinion of Ryan, while only 25 percent had a negative review.But leftist rags like the New York Times immediately put out a negative editorial about Paul Ryan’s economic plan full to half truths, innuendos and down right falsehoods, and the leftist pundits like the vile Debbie Wasserman Schultz showed up on Fox spewing her normal misleading and untrue talking points rather than asking the questions put before her.+March 23rd Second Anniversary of ObamaCare… March 26th a Future Day in American Infamy?
Government-controlled/run healthcare is the jewel socialism and the most Progressive president and congress America has ever had crammed this bill down the throats of the American people without most of them ever realizing what happened. They even managed to force both the House and Senate to vote on this program, several times each, without reading the bills.
{Marcus’s remark: Did it not get time somebody progressive took it up for those who are in misery and are not as blessed with wealth as certain other American citizens, who have a job and do think they are safe for many years? Do they also not have to be protected in case something goes wrong in the future … do they not think they would loose their job or would have a serious illness or serious accident which shall have to bring them under medical treatment for years?}
Recently several important provisions have come to light. Below are back-up articles and information for those who did not read the bill or at least the reviews of those who did:
Abortion, Birth Control an Woman’s Health:
Rep. Chris Smith on Obama Violating Own Executive Order, Funding Abortion
Obama Admin Finalizes Rules: $1 Abortions in ObamaCare
The Obamacare Second Anniversary: No Gift for Women
Sebelius: Decrease in Human Beings Will Cover Cost of Contraception Mandate
Timing of War Over ObamaCare Mandatory Birth Control Payments… God’s Answer to Prayers for Intervention?
What is the real purpose of birth control? Why is all of this so important to progressives?
Obamacare Will Not Value Human Life – Proof Lies In A Killer Theory
Costs and Funding of ObamaCare:
Democratic Leaders Run From Budget Deadline As Health Law Threatens Nation’s Finances
Oops ObamaCare’s Cost Has Doubled
ObamaCare 2nd Birthday, No Surprise: Still Not Lowering Costs
Insurance and Doctors:
Side Effects: Doctors Fear Obamacare
Obamacare Knows Best?
Power Grab:
Updated: 5-Reasons Obama is Losing the Contraceptive Mandate Battle… But Could be Winning the Power Grab Mandate War
Religious Liberty:
Stand Up For Religious Freedom Nationwide Rallies Friday – Coalition to Stop the HHS Mandate
Religious Liberty: Obamacare’s First Casualty
War On: Obama and ObamaCare verses Constitutional Patriots and Religious Freedom
‘We Will Not Comply’: Catholic Leaders Distribute Letter Slamming Obama Admin Contraceptive Mandate
Seniors and Rationing:
Meet the ObamaCare Mandate Committee
Obamacare rationing panels an ‘immediate danger to seniors’: former AMA president
Obamacare’s Second Anniversary: No Gift for Seniors
IPAB Spells Gloom And Doom For Medicare
Romney struggles to get square with Ryan’s Medicare plan (firstread.nbcnews.com)
Stumping here on Monday, Mitt Romney told reporters he couldn’t think of how he differs from running mate Paul Ryan when it comes to their views on Medicare.“We haven’t gone through piece by piece and said, ‘Oh, here’s a place where there’s a difference,’” Romney said of his running mate’s plan. “But my plan for Medicare is very similar to his plan, which is ‘Do not change the program for current retirees or near-retirees but do not do what the president has done and that is to cut $700 billion out of the current program.”Sustaining Medicare, the government’s health care program for seniors, will likely become a central issue in this election campaign – particularly because Ryan, the House budget committee chairman, crafted a controversial plan that analysts say would increase costs for low-income and unhealthy seniors down the road.
Obama ‘Robbed Medicare’ for Obamacare (itmakessenseblog.com)
President Barack Obama “robbed” Medicare to pay for the healthcare legislation he pushed through Congress in 2010, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in an interview broadcast Sunday night.
Romney made the claim when asked on the CBS program “60 Minutes” about the political risk of picking Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate. Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, has led efforts to revamp Medicare, the government health-insurance program for the elderly.
Ryan has proposed replacing Medicare with a plan giving seniors a fixed amount of money to buy private coverage. The theory is that competition among health insurers for their business will bring down spiraling costs. Since his initial proposal, he has softened the plan to offer the elderly a choice between the traditional Medicare and the fixed subsidies.“My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida,” Ryan said in the CBS interview. “Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they’ve organized their retirements around. In order to make sure we can do that, you must reform it for those of us who are younger. And we think these reforms are good reforms.”
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Missing mail: As postcards celebrate 150 years, they’re also disappearing
By June D. Bell|on September 25, 2019
Rumana Sultana, who has been collecting postcards for years, cozies up to part of her collection of over 3,000 postcards.
Photo: Russell Yip / The Chronicle
When was the last time you sent a postcard? If you can’t remember, you’re not alone. While we’ve been texting, tweeting, emailing and Instagramming, the postcard has been plummeting in popularity. Americans mailed about 630 million postcards last year, an all-time low since the U.S. Postal Service began keeping track in 1926.
But in early October, fans of the postcard’s compact charms will gather in cities around the world, including Paris, Brasilia, Brazil, El Cerrito and Burlingame to swap, ogle and mail commemorative cards. They’ll celebrate the stationery’s 150th anniversary on Oct. 1, as well as the humble card’s evolution into a nimble vehicle for secret confessions, a canvas for mail artists, a uniquely personal souvenir and an object of desire for postal collectors.
Frank Warren, who has received more than a million postcards bearing anonymous confessions since he founded PostSecret in 2005, calls postcards “visual haikus.”
“The economy of the postcard has led to the potency of the project,” said Warren, who lives in Laguna Niguel (Orange County). Each week he receives about 100 cards — decorated with disclosures that range from lost faith and eating disorders to secret love for Katy Perry — which he shares on www.postsecret.com and in books. A selection is on display at the San Diego Museum of Man through 2022.
For Warren, postcards embody the tension of an intimate revelation in a public forum: “There’s something subversive about writing something personal and then physically letting it go … and having it be touched and exposed and maybe read by strangers.”
Postcard enthusiast Rumana Sultana, 27, embraces the succinctness that postcards demand. “I’m the kind of person who likes to keep communication short,” she said. “Postcards let me do that.” In 13 years of collecting, the Union City resident has amassed more than 3,000 cards from 138 countries. Eventually, she hopes to have a postcard from every country in the world.
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Sultana sends three or four postcards a day to strangers around the world through Postcrossing, a free exchange site created in 2005 by a Portuguese postcard lover. At any given time, more than 350,000 Postcrossers’ cards are traveling the globe. California is home to more Postcrossers than any other U.S. state — nearly 8,700 — with 600 in San Francisco. Sultana will meet a few dozen at two meetups she’s organized for the sesquicentennial. She’s ordered commemorative cards to share with attendees, who will also bring their own to show and swap.
Part of Rumana Sultana’s collection of over 3,000 postcards from around the world.
Part of Rumana Sultana’s collection of over 3,000 postcards from...
The postcard was born on Oct. 1, 1869, when Austria-Hungary took the suggestion of Viennese economist Emanuel Herrmann, who proposed a faster, cheaper alternative to the letter. The “correspondence card,” as it was originally known, took off, and postcard fever swept the globe. Billions circulated during the postcard’s peak years of 1900 to 1915.
Where to find missive meetups
San Francisco Correspondence Co-op: Monthly gatherings for mail lovers at the San Francisco Public Library. Next meetings 1 p.m. Oct. 19 and 1 p.m. Nov. 17. The group will also meet on Dec. 9 at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Find members’ work on Instagram: #sfcorrespondencecoop. www.sfpl.org
San Francisco Correspondence Society: Fans of handwritten letters and cards, stationery and penmanship can find like-minded friends at instagram.com/sfcorrespondence
Postcrossing meetups: Oct. 5 at the Junket in El Cerrito and Oct. 6 at Sapore’s Italiano Ristorante in Burlingame. (RSVPs requested). 150yearsofpostcards.com/events
But telephone lines and then the internet dealt postcards a powerful one-two blow. More than five times as many postcards were sent in the U.S. in 1990 as in 2018. Over the past decade alone, the volume of mailed postcards has plunged by two-thirds.
Yet there will always be devotees happy to spend 35 cents for the pleasure of sending a postcard. San Francisco artist Jennie Hinchcliff favors postcard-size formats for her correspondence art, which blends mixed media, collage and rubber stamping.
“People really do want to slow down, and sending a postcard or letter through the mail lets you do that,” said Hinchcliff, author of “Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art.” “You have to be patient and craft a response. You get to have all these feelings and thoughts on this one simple piece of paper. I think people will never let go of that.”
Rumana Sultana, who has been collecting postcards for years, holds a few.
Rumana Sultana, who has been collecting postcards for years, holds...
The desire to transform a memory into something tangible inspired the San Francisco-based Postagram app, which turns a smartphone photo into a glossy postcard for a small fee. Co-founder Matt Brezina got the idea in 2010 after using his iPhone 4 to shoot dazzling photos on a Hawaiian vacation.
“When a postcard shows up in your mailbox, you look at it 10 times as much as you would a picture on Facebook. And how often are you getting a picture of someone you love in the mail? It ends up on your fridge. It’s a great way to save memories,” said Brezina, who sold Postagram in 2013 but still uses the app.
Enthusiasts fret that postcards will go the way of pay phones and telegrams, another casualty of our fast-paced, hyper-connected age. “I have that worry,” PostSecret’s Warren said. “I’m trying to do my part to keep that mode of communication alive.”
June D. Bell is a freelance writer in San Francisco. Email: style@sfchronicle.com
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Realize you are not in the leadership role right now. Concentrate on a more supportive role that promotes the overall objectives.
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Learn the meaning of the Queen of Wands Tarot card in under a minute!
Traditionally, representing the energy of a Queen, this woman represents the natural manager, whose gift is to inspire teamwork and divvy up tasks. She is the one who sees ensures everything runs smoothly. She'll be sweating in the sun along with her family or crew, inspiring everybody to keep up and supporting morale with her infectious energy.
She is the best kind of manager to have, because she is like a challenging but encouraging mother, who knows you have it in you. She believes in her charges and they work hard to please her. She is not, however, sentimental. Like a good farmer, she views her crops, her animals, even the people who work for her, as necessary resources for the achievement of the higher goal. If any aspect is no longer productive or cost-effective, she can let them go without a second thought. Do not look to her for sympathy.
Reveal any hidden agendas before they alienate partners or associates.
The Queen of Wands reversed points to a controlling tendency that is no secret, and the people around you have the insight to perceive what is happening. Don't think your hidden agenda is undetected, and don't deny it if it is brought to light. It's more important that your team members trust you than it is to preserve an image.
The Queen of Wands in this position reveals a need to hold your place in the chain of command and respect the hierarchy (at least for now). This may not be a time for you to be at the helm, even if you are motivated by a strong dedication to completing a project or overcoming a challenge.
A perceived deficiency in leadership may make you want to take hold of the reins, but don't do it! Restrain yourself and remain loyal to your higher-ups. Stay focused and energetic. Enthusiastically confront the challenges directly in front of you. Perform in good faith and encourage others to do the same.
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WestCasino Review
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WestCasino at a Glance
Top highlights: An especially juicy welcome package; quirky visual style
Other offerings: Poker
About WestCasino
WestCasino is certainly one of the more obscure gambling sites around right now, although that's partly because it was only recently introduced.
Launched in 2017 by EveryMatrix Software Ltd, WestCasino is based around the discerning character of 'Mr West' and his feline sidekick 'Purrrfect', and sure enough, there's an assortment of well-sorted games for passionate online casino fans to get their teeth into.
The promos and bonuses that a given casino portal offers are usually central to its appeal, and the situation is no different at WestCasino, a site that serves up:
A generous welcome package for new players
As with other casino sites, WestCasino does vary its promotions over time to keep things interesting. It's therefore well worth keeping a close eye on the relevant page of the site for the most recent updates.
With more than 500 games presently accessible on the site, encompassing all of the obvious categories from video slots and table games to video poker and jackpot games, you shouldn't feel short of choice when you make WestCasino your principal online gambling destination.
Here are a few of our current favourites on the site:
Berryburst MAX
Blackjack Low Limit
One other definite perk of being a member of WestCasino is the ability to continue playing casino games here 'on the go', via your mobile device. There isn't a dedicated mobile app to download, but the site does optimise itself neatly for smaller screens, while also giving you especially smartphone-ready versions of games like:
Jumanji Video Slot
WestCasino tends to keep things on the straight and narrow with its slots-centric selection of gambling games, although it does also offer a few poker titles. Bingo and sports betting are both absent, so if these categories are particular priorities for you, you'll need to look elsewhere.
The main WestCasino site, with its use of multiple shades of light blue, is straightforward and easy on the eye. It might not win any awards for graphical flair, but it also hardly needs to, especially given the high calibre of its games. Navigation is performed largely via a left-hand sidebar that you can tuck in if preferred.
As for the games themselves, the site sources them from multiple leading providers of casino software such as NetEnt, Play'n GO, Leander Games, Quickspin and NYX Interactive. With most of the games here being slots games, the general theme is of bright colours, slick action and a strong sense of fun.
WestCasino has only fairly recently launched, so unsurprisingly, the people at EveryMatrix have focused mainly so far on making it a good all-round casino site, instead of trying to dazzle its prospective gamblers with unusual features.
Nonetheless, the visual style here is interestingly quirky, featuring the sharp-suited and bespectacled 'Mr West' himself, alongside the glamorous cat on his shoulder named 'Purrrfect'. It'll be intriguing to see how this aspect of the site develops in the months and years to come.
One sign that WestCasino has thought long and hard about what will keep its players satisfied and active on the site is its impressively multi-layered loyalty scheme.
You start off as a West New member with such privileges as a fast cashout process and birthday bonus, and can then work your way up to West Bronze, West Silver, West Gold and other statuses, right up to West Elite.
The latter can only be reached by personal invitation, unlike many of the lower levels that can be accessed simply by accumulating an adequate number of points through your play on the site. West Elite status grants you a series of advantages, including an instant cash payout process, exclusive VIP live tournaments, personalised offers and a personal account manager.
You'll find most of the usual payment methods accepted at WestCasino's cashier, save for a couple of notable exceptions, such as PayPal.
Visa Minimum £20
MasterCard Minimum £20
Trustly Minimum £20
ecoPayz Minimum £20
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Skrill Minimum £20
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You can generally expect to wait a day or two for your money to be returned to you, although some payouts can be as quick as two hours. Withdrawals can be requested at any time, but will only be remitted to the same account from where the funds paid into your WestCasino account originated.
Visa 2 hours to 48 hours £20-£2,000
MasterCard 2 hours to 48 hours £20-£2,000
Trustly 2 hours to 48 hours £20-£2,000
ecoPayz 2 hours to 48 hours £20-£2,000
Neteller 2 hours to 48 hours £20-£2,000
Skrill 2 hours to 48 hours £20-£2,000
Paysafecard 2 hours to 48 hours £20-£2,000
An obvious first place to look for help at WestCasino is its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section. This part of the site replies to common queries ranging from "How do I join WestCasino?" and "Do you charge fees on deposits?" to "What is a free spin?" and "What kind of play-limits do you offer?"
However, there is also a 'live chat' facility that enables you to get in touch directly with members of the site support team if you so wish, as well as such more 'traditional' means of contact as a phone number and email address.
You are barred from opening an account at WestCasino if you reside in any of these parts of the world:
EveryMatrix Software Ltd is licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission, so you don't need to worry about the site's respectability as a place to play casino games online.
While the stark and simple appearance of the main WestCasino site may give the impression of an online casino still under development, there's already a lot of reason to be excited about this newcomer. The range of games is impressive, it's great to see that the site draws upon such a variety of reputable software providers, and the VIP scheme is already very convincing, too.
Register an account at WestCasino today, and you'll get a sense of why we rate this site as highly as we do - and why it might not remain so 'undiscovered' for long.
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Grindr is a mobile matchmaking app that primarily serves gay and bisexual men. It is considered to be the largest of its kind in the world, with over 27 million users, and is currently available in 192 countries. The app was introduced in 2009 and is now estimated to have approximately 3.6 million active users daily. The app allows users to upload a brief profile and pictures and connect to other users in their area. In 2012, Grindr introduced "Grindr for Equality" which provides geotargeted information about political candidates' positions on the LGBTQ community. Grindr allows users to list their HIV status and recent testing dates, though the app has been accused of releasing that data has been released to third parties. Grindr has also come under fire for failing to police racist and homophobic speech on the app. It is blocked in multiple countries that have strong anti-LGBTQ laws, including Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In 2016, the company was valued at $155 million. Beijing Kunlun Tech Company, a Chinese gaming company, has a 60% majority stake in the company.
Report: Grindr, OkCupid send your private data to third-party companies
Written by Jack Morse
Like, your *seriously* private data. Yeah, *that* stuff.
Grindr, OKCupid found to be sharing private information with third-party companies
Written by Saavon Smalls
The third-party companies include Facebook and Braze.
Who's behind the mask?
Image: alexander pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images
U.S. orders Chinese owners to sell Grindr dating app
Written by Rachel Kraus
It could be a sign of escalating international tensions.
Grindr is attempting to stamp out discrimination.
Image: grindr
Grindr aims to stamp out discrimination on its platform with 'Kindr' initiative
Written by Johnny Lieu
The gay dating app wants to eliminate racism and other discrimination.
It's a small (Grindr) world after all.
Image: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images
Grindr conversation comes with an excellent Lady Gaga-related plot twist
Not your typical Grindr conversation.
It may not be the sexiest new feature — but it could be the most important one.
Image: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Grindr, other dating apps are working to add STD notification features
In-app STD notifications could help stem the rising tide of infections in the gay community.
Wrap it up, folks.
Blaming dating apps for the rise of STDs is just the latest form of sex panic
STDs are on the rise, but the story is not so simple.
Not sexy.
Image: Thomas Trutschel/Getty Images
Grindr is sending all kinds of user data to third-party companies, including HIV status
Not a good look.
The Grindr app
Image: Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
This new Grindr feature could persuade users to regularly get tested for HIV
Written by Mark Kaufman
Getting more people to get tested is critical in order to reduce the number of HIV diagnoses among millennials.
Image: vicky leta/mashable
Here are the best gay dating apps, since meeting people IRL is hell
Written by Heather Dockray
Swipe for love without going bankrupt.
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Should Craigslist ban “adult” listings around the world?
Julie Schwietert
Screenshot by author.
Last month, Craigslist banned “Adult Services” listings in the US. Its “Erotic Services” listings continue to run, though, on its non-US platforms. Human rights advocates say the site is being used for human trafficking, especially of women and children. Should the website ban adult listings for good?
I was walking with Francisco and Mariel in Union Square a couple weeks ago when I saw a skeevy-looking guy holding a hand-lettered sign: “Restore adult services to Craigslist.”
He was the kind of guy who looked like he’d never be clean no matter how much he scrubbed. He looked like a perv. I pulled Mariel closer and kept walking. Who would actually stand in Union Square and hold a sign like that? Was he a provider of said services? A “client”? Both? Neither? And what did he expect people to think or do when they saw him with the sign?
He disgusted me.
I had to give him some props, though; he had balls.
Craigslist is an inelegant but often useful website launched in 1995 by Craig Newmark. I found Matador through Craigslist. I’ve used it for home swapping and subletting my apartment, finding gigs to keep me financially afloat when I quit my job as the assistant director of a social service agency in New York, and looking for a dogsitter. If you’re not familiar with Craigslist, just imagine the classified section of your newspaper, but online, with hundreds of sections, including pages for most major cities around the world.
Like Google, Craigslist won’t win any awards for its aesthetics, but it gets the job done, apparently. Its FAQ page says the site receives more than 20 billion unique views per month, making it the seventh most trafficked site in English.
In other words, Craigslist is a major player.
Turns out, though, the site is a player in other ways, too.
One section of Craigslist, once termed (transparently and aptly) “Erotic Services” and more recently gussied up and renamed “Adult Services” (at least in the US), was voluntarily terminated by Craigslist last month in response to pressure from government officials and human rights advocates. The “Therapeutic Services” section, it’s worth noting, is still up and running… and a quick glance suggests advertisers aren’t psychotherapists soliciting clients who need a psychological readjustment.
Opponents of the “Adult Services” listings contended that the site facilitated human trafficking, especially of women and children. CNN took Craigslist to task for profiting from the sex ads– to the tune of $36 million in 2009 alone–and suggested that the brisk business of “Adult Services” made the company’s management resistant to shutting down that section of its site.
Though it’s free to list most goods, gigs, and services on the site, Craigslist charges a fee to brokers and individuals listing certain services, including “Adult” and “Therapeutic” services. These fees support the site’s operational expenses, so it’s not surprising that Craigslist would be opposed to shutting down this part of its site completely.
Craigslist, for its part, touted the many security measures it took to pre-screen would-be traffickers, including:
• Educating and encouraging users to report trafficking and exploitation
• Prominently featuring anti-trafficking and exploitation resources
• Creating specialized search interfaces for law enforcement
• Providing support for law enforcement anti-crime sweeps and stings
• Actively participating in the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s cyber-tipline program
• Leading all awareness efforts for the National Trafficking Hotline
• Meeting regularly with experts at nonprofits and in law enforcement
• Manually reviewing every adult service ad before posting
• Requiring phone verification for every adult service ad
• Implementing the PICS content labeling system.
On August 10, a month before he changed course and decided to shut down the “Adult Services” section, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster argued that ceasing “Adult Services” listings would actually push human trafficking even deeper underground. In an opinion piece he wrote that was published by CNN, Buckmaster stated:
“…declassifying adult services ads back into Craigslist personals, services, and other categories, and offsite to venues that have no interest in combating trafficking and exploitation or in assisting law enforcement, would simply undo all the progress we have made, undermine our primary mission of evolving Craigslist community sites according to user feedback, set back the efforts of our partners in law enforcement and exacerbate the very societal epidemic we all seek to end.”
Opponents and the media kept the pressure on Craigslist, though, and the company finally pulled the plug on the “Adult Services” section on September 3.
But that was only in the United States.
Click through to any other country, and you’ll still find “Adult Services”– though still listed as “Erotic Services”, and business appears to be brisk. In short: Craigslist is still making money by allowing anyone with an Internet connection sell sex.
What’s the message Craigslist is sending by keeping these listings running in every country but the United States?
That’s a rhetorical question, of course.
Community Connection:
Visit Change.org to sign a petition asking Craigslist to shut down all of its “Adult/Erotic Services” listings around the world.
Matador travelers and editors have encountered trafficking survivors in their travels. Read Matador Goods’ editor Lola Akinmade’s account of one such encounter in the blog post, “Trafficking Innocence.”
Wombats are the heroes of the Australian fires, sheltering animals in their burrows
Eben Diskin
The travel guide Anthony Bourdain started writing before his death is coming out this year
A Flat Earth Cruise will sail to the ‘edge of the world’ in 2020
A WWII submarine base is being transformed into the world’s largest digital art center
2019 was a record year for elephant deaths in Sri Lanka
Same-sex marriage is now legal in Northern Ireland
Ikea to use ‘mushroom packaging’ that will decompose in weeks
‘Rage Yoga’ lets you curse and drink beer to achieve inner peace
This Australian company gives employees 12 weeks of ‘life leave’ every year
The 13 wisest things Anthony Bourdain said about travel
Noelle Alejandra Salmi
Russian volcano erupts for the first time in 95 years and astronauts captured the moment from space
Heavy rainfall brings some much-welcomed relief to Australia
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Transportation Policy Making in Beijing and Shanghai: Contributors, Obstacles, and Process
Title Transportation Policy Making in Beijing and Shanghai: Contributors, Obstacles, and Process
Authors Chun J, Joanna Moody, Jinhua Zhao
Conference Name Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
With continued motorization and urbanization in Chinese cities, there is a growing demand for innovative transportation policies to address the challenges of congestion, local air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. Using Beijing and Shanghai as case studies, this paper draws on in-depth interviews with municipal government officials and non-governmental experts to document the ways in which transportation policy is currently implemented at the city-level in China. Using recursive and iterative qualitative data analysis techniques, this study (1) further justifies existing factors that contribute to transportation policy decisions, (2) identifies other factors that contribute to or obstruct effective transportation policy implementation in the two cities. The results indicate policy learning, public opinion, and data informatization emerge as key contributors to policy implementation; while public complaint, unilateral decision-making, inadequate coordination among relevant departments, and failure to commit to adaptive policy implementation practice pose significant challenges to adopting timely and appropriate transportation policies. This study finds that in Beijing, and even more so in Shanghai, public opinion is both a contributor and an obstacle to the introduction of new transportation policies. The motivation for policy comes partly from public opinion, but it is also public complaint that sometimes stops policy implementation. The authors conclude by describing the transportation policymaking process in Beijing and Shanghai and identifying where contributors and obstacles fit within this process.
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Posts Tagged ‘Shammi Kapoor’
The passing of an era – RIP Rajesh Khanna
Posted: July 20, 2012 by fattiemama in bollywood, cinema, film, Thoughts
Tags: Dev Anand, Fatema Kagalwala, filmstars, heroes, Rajesh Khanna, Shammi Kapoor
Fatema Kagalwala puts on those nostalgia-wala goggles and remembers Rajesh Khanna.
I have a very 70’s generational angst. I have a theory that we, all of us born in the 70’s are marked. And politely speaking quite fucked. We are the in-between generation constantly straddling two worlds, one full of a traditionalism no longer serving us, and another of modernisation hurtling us to a place that has stripped us completely of our original identities. We have one foot in both. Our childhoods were wrapped in what was probably the blackest period of modern India – the 80’s where decay, political, social and personal was at its ugliest, poverty and disillusionment with the Great Indian Dream had left us utterly hopeless and arts were a shadow of their original selves. Maybe, it is for this that I (we?) continue to feel like an alien in this uber-modernised, superficial millennium and keep asking myself ‘Where do I belong?’ And probably it is this that makes me misty-eyed with nostalgia, sense of loss and emptiness when I but merely watch a yester-year film song especially of the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s.
Films and the heroes we loved in our childhood keep us connected to our past and the entire world it embodied. No other medium or star can do that for us, but yes, film heroes can. And that’s why when I heard of Rajesh Khanna’s demise yesterday I had a lump in my throat like he was a long-lost childhood friend. His going brought up all that sense of immense loss and pain that had been growing ever since Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor left us.
I was having lunch when I heard it. My first reaction was ‘Don’t go!’, ‘Don’t do this to us…’ ‘We need you…’ I was screaming inside, ‘You don’t know the way you keep us connected us to ourselves…’ ‘We don’t recognise this world we live in but with you it’s bearable…’ ‘What will we do without the dreams you gave us to dream?’ I felt I had lost yet another link to myself, my past, my world. It wasn’t about cinema anymore. It was about the world Rajesh Khanna was a part of, the world he kept alive for me. The world I could go to at will, to rejuvenate myself. A sort of coming home when tired… Rajesh Khanna, Dev Saab, Shammi Kapoor symbolised a world of gentility and innocence that I was born in and then rudely shaken out of before I had my fill. They kept me connected to what was no more…And now they are…
Rajesh Khanna the star and Rajesh Khanna the man were both something that I wasn’t personally attached to, like I was to Dev Anand, the first man I ever fell in love with. Yet, his charming smile, the innocence in his eyes, the warmth he invested in his characters and his eccentrically crooked style, all remained endearing to me no matter how frail a shadow of himself he became. In my eyes, he remained Anand, Arun, Raj and Kamal, none of his later life pursuits ever diminishing all the beautiful worlds he had created for me in my childhood. It must be the dreams he (and others before him) sold to my wide-eyed child that makes me cling to a world that has long past…
A world where innocence meant thinking that when actors died in films they died in real life…
Where women scraped the mud of an actor’s car tyres and marked their foreheads with it as sindoor…
Where an autograph or a mere sighting of our favourite star would leave us in a tizzy for days…
Where the word ‘matinee’ gave us shivers of delicious delight be it pre-fixed to our loved idol or show…
Where we dressed up for a film outing and carried tiffins to movie halls…
Where we were willing to sit on the aisles if need be and would get up dance when we felt like…
Where we could sit on the footpath to watch a film being projected at a random street celebration…
Where we made films run for months and months never tiring of watching it for the 5th or 15th time as long as it was in the halls…
Where it was a big big deal to escape school / college to watch that film’s first day first show…
Where first day first show meant a lot more than our careers ever would…
Where men were gentlemen and women ladies…
Where stars were gods…almost…
…until they passed on. And left us bitter about the fact that they are mortal after all.
This is less of an obituary to a man we all loved and will continue to and more of an obituary to the passing of an era he and many like him embodied. An era that holds the key to me, an era that gave me my roots only to find that they no longer sustain me in this weird world I find myself living in. I will always live by the dreams that you, my childhood stars showed me and hope it will suffice. Because now that you are gone, what else do I have?
Saying goodbye with one of my most favourite Rajesh Khanna song.
Thank you for that world
Thank you for those dreams
Thank you for those movies…
Without them, my childhood wouldn’t have been half as beautiful.
First Look : Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar (Trailer)
Posted: August 31, 2011 by moifightclub in bollywood, film, first look, Trailer
Tags: A R Rahman, first look, Imtiaz Ali, Nargis Fakhri, Ranbir kapoor, Rockstar, Shammi Kapoor, Theatrical trailer, trailer
It’s raining trailers and how! After Agneepath and The Dirty Picture, the trailer of Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar is finally out. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri. And the most interesting bit – A R Rahman’s music. And we will also get to see Shammi Kapoor one last time on the big screen. Bring it on!
So it looks like Imtiaz is recycling his old formula once again – cool and confused lovers will travel a distance (physically and emotionally) and discover true love. Socha Na Tha, Jab We Met, Love Aaj Kal, all follow the same formula. Lovers just take one more step ahead – about to marry(SNT), almost married (JWM), just married (LAK) and then they discover their true love. This one seems to be following the same route. New track – Rockstar bit and the music scene. Let’s see how it plays out.
And if sadda haq, aithye rakh is the sound of the film, gimme more!
Tip – DaMovieManiac
Remembering Shammi Kapoor
Posted: August 15, 2011 by moifightclub in RIP, songs & videos, video, VOTD
Tags: Geeta Bali, Naseeruddin Shah, Rangeen Raatein, RIP, Shammi Kapoor, Sitam, Wanted
Every time a Shammi Kapoor song plays on tv, I stop everything and stare at the screen with eyes wide open. Grinning from ear to ear, my face looks like McDonald’s Ronin. And his songs needs to be seen because there is so much fun and energy in the way he danced. Nobody entertained like him.
Now obits have been written, wikipedia page has been edited and his songs have been played non-stop though the day. Putting three songs/videos in this post which you might not have seen/heard.
First one is a special tribute to Shammi Kapoor by one of the greatest actors of our time, Naseeruddin Shah. This song is from his film Sitam in which he played a Shammi fanatic. And I have been told that he is Shammi fan in real life too. Play on.
And here’s another tribute to him…this song’s lyrics is all about Shammi Kapoor’s film titles.
And the last one. After Shammi Kapoor married Geeta Bali, he was doing a film with Kidar Sharma, Rangeen Raaten. And Geeta Bali wanted to be with him. She requested Kidar to have her as the heroine but Mala Sinha was already signed on for the film. Since Geeta had no female role, she played the role of a man, not in disguise but a male character in the film Rangeen Raaten.
All info and videos via Pavan Jha.
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Role of Renin-Angiotensin System in Optic Neuritis
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The optic neuritis is strongly related to multiple sclerosis. During the inflammatory stages, optic neuritis may lead to serious health consequences such as visual disorder which is clinically known as neuromyelitis optica.
In a recent paper published in American Journal of Pathology, researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science in Japan discovered a new pathway that can be targeted to restore visual impairment. They looked carefully at Renin-Angiotensin System and its role on neurodegeneration. They also studied the therapeutic potential of candesartan, an Ang II receptor antagonist, against optic neuritis.
The clinical significance of Renin-Angiotensin System is undeniable. Renin is secreted by the juxtaglomerular cells in the kidney and responsible for controlling perfusion pressure. This enzymatic system is known for carrying vital functions in a human body and disruption of its hemostasis can cause cardiovascular and renal diseases.
In the current study, Guo et al. found that Renin-Angiotensin System is responsible for regulation of neurodegeneration. They discovered that Renin-Angiotensin System carries a vital role in the progression of EAE, an animal model of multiple sclerosis. Earlier studies reported involvement of Renin-Angiotensin System in the oxidative stress-induced RGC death and the current research experimentally confirmed its association with the pathogenesis of EAE.
The research team looked at the pharmacological activity of candesartan on a MOG-induced EAE mouse model and observed that impaired visual function of the EAE mice was partially improved when treated with candesartan. According to their research findings, candesartan treatment considerably reduces the severity of EAE and delayed disease onset while with no impacts on the incidence of EAE.
Guo et al. also reported that Ang II concentrations in serum were considerably higher at the first stage of EAE mice in comparison with healthy mice, suggesting a detrimental role of Ang II during EAE. Ang II also upregulated TLR4 in microglia and increased the generation of reactive oxygen species inside the paraventricular nucleus. The authors concluded that Renin-Angiotensin System is a therapeutic target for optic neuritis and other neurodegnerative diseases.
It will be interesing in the future to perform epidomiological studies to look at whether patients administered with ACE inhibitors or Ang II receptor antagonists have lower incidence of multiple sclerosis and thus protection from inflammation.
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Xiaoli Guo is a senior researcher at Visual Research Project in Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science in Japan. She graduated from Fudan University with a Master degree in Biophysics and Physiology in 1997 in Shanghai, China. Afterward, she attended Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and earned her Ph.D. in United Graduate School of Agricultural science in 2002. She then moved to the United States and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. John Troy at the Biomedical Engineering Department in Northwestern University in Evanston, Chicago.
Dr. Guo joined Visual Research Project, headed by Dr. Takayuki Harada, in 2006. Since then she has been working on elucidating the mechanism and potential treatment strategies for multiple sclerosis and optic neuritis by using genetically modified mice and existing drugs and chemicals. Her work also includes promoting neuroprotection and neuroregeneration for neurodegenerative diseases such as normal tension glaucoma.
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High consumer expectations for fast deliveries are prompting retailers to turn toward automation to help speed up distribution. Almost 28% of warehouses globally are expected to be using commercial robots by 2025, up from just 3% in 2018. Since 2015, $1.2 billion in U.S. venture-capital has been invested in logistics-focused robotics and automation, and the broader market for warehousing and logistics market is expected to top $80 billion in 2023.
Tight Labor Market Encourages Automated Forklifts
Automated forklifts are becoming a reality in warehouses, as qualified and reliable workers become harder to come by. These forklifts can reduce product damage and prevent physical injury to warehouse workers, as well as improve productivity and accuracy. Many of the forklifts can also integrate with a WMS or ERP.
25% of SMBs’ Logistics Strategies Are Influenced By Amazon
Supply Chain Dive reports that one in four small to medium-sized businesses say that Amazon and Walmart’s one-day shipping offering will influence their logistics strategy in 2020. 47% of those surveyed said they plan to increase shipping and logistics spend, with many focusing that spend on new technologies.
Self-driving delivery vehicles plus self-flying drones? Now there’s an Amazon patent for that BY ALAN BOYLE on December 24, 2019 at 12:10 pm
For a long time, Amazon has been looking into applications for self-driving vehicles — and testing fleets of self-flying drones for making package deliveries. So it only makes sense that the Seattle-based online retailing giant would meld those vehicles for a warehouse-to-doorstep delivery system virtually untouched by human hands.
In a patent published today, Amazon inventors Hilliard Bruce Siegel and Ethan Evans describe a system that has autonomous ground vehicles transport packages to a customer’s neighborhood — perhaps even the street in front of the customer’s door — and coordinate the doorstep delivery with a drone.
Both types of robo-carriers would be in contact wirelessly with a central computer network that would manage the operation. The ground vehicle could be directed to head over to a fulfillment center, pick up shipments and plot a course for deliveries. Drones could flit back and forth to drop off packages and charge up at the vehicle.
Various diagrams show how the drones could pick up packages from a vehicle in the street, then fly over to drop off deliveries on doorsteps, designated drop zones and upper-floor balconies. Some diagrams show big delivery truck as the base of operations, while other show a smaller delivery robot like the ones that are being tested north of Seattle.
The drones could be owned or operated by an entity that’s distinct from the ground-vehicle service — for example, by the managers of the apartment building that’s being serviced. You could have different companies put in charge of deliveries in different neighborhoods. The important thing is that everything’s coordinated through a central network.
Such a combination system would solve several challenges: For example, the battery-powered drones wouldn’t have to use as much juice as they would if they were flying directly from a fulfillment center to make a delivery. There’d be less noise, and less need to fly over other people’s property.
For ground vehicles, the system not only bridges the “last mile” of a delivery route — it addresses the last 100 feet. Siegel and Evans, who are veterans in the patent business, say that’s becoming increasingly important.
“Over time, an increasing frequency and volume of deliveries of items from e-commerce and mail-order companies has resulted in an increased need for faster and more efficient delivery methods,” they write.
There’s one more twist to the application: It cites a GeekWire story about Google’s patent for using drones to pick up shipments and fly them to a mobile dropbox.
The application was filed back in 2016, and there’s no guarantee that Amazon will develop an all-autonomous delivery system like the one described. But the description does provide an indication of what Amazon has been thinking about as it builds out its own end-to-end delivery system.
For what it’s worth, Amazon has been investing what’s thought to be hundreds of millions of dollars with transportation startups such as Rivian and Aurora. Amazon plans to buy 100,000 all-electric Rivian vans for its delivery fleet. And recentlypublished patent applications indicate that both Rivian and Aurora are putting a lot of effort into making their vehicles autonomous, even under challenging conditions.
The big question is, what took so long for someone to get the patent for this idea? We’ve reached out to Amazon for comment, and will update this item with anything substantial we hear.
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Chipman Relocation & Logistics Acquires Olsen & Fielding Moving Services
Chipman Relocation & Logistics, a full-service moving,
storage and logistics company, is pleased to announce the
acquisition of Olsen & Fielding Moving Services in
Olsen & Fielding provided professional moving solutions to
residential and corporate customers, as well as the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD). Founded in 1952 under the
name National Transfer and Storage, the company
rebranded as Olsen & Fielding Moving Services in 1988.
“During that time, Olsen & Fielding continued to set
themselves apart from other companies with each customer-
centric relocation they performed,” says Justin Chipman,
President and Chairman of the Board at Chipman Relocation
& Logistics.
“Like Chipman, Olsen and Fielding has a rich history,” he
adds. “Culturally, it’s a synergistic fit for both companies, as
we share common core values and a deep-rooted understanding of operating as a growth-oriented family-
owned business.” The Chipman family looks forward to welcoming the talented members of Olsen & Fielding into
our organization.
Olsen & Fielding will be under the management of industry veteran Edward Melton. Edward will blend the Olsen & Fielding team into his existing 25 person team in the Natomas area of Sacramento. The combined companies will give Chipman 145,000 sq ft of warehousing in Sacramento and daily capacity of over 50 crews.
About Chipman
Chipman Relocation & Logistics began in 1939 when Arthur &
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Vallejo, California. A multi-generational family business, the
company has continued to expand through the years. Today,
Chipman operates multiple locations throughout the West
Coast, and is a shareholder agent of Unigroup, Inc., the
largest household goods transportation company in North
The acquisition of Olsen and Fielding will provide Chipman
with wide access to one of the most recognizable names in
moving–Mayflower Transit–in the Sacramento
market. Chipman says the acquisition will also allow
Chipman Relocation & Logistics to better serve agent partners
and clients with additional capacity, warehouse space, and
customer facing resources.
“Together, we will make an impact by having a stronger team
with increased capacity, while maintaining the singular goal
of providing our collective customers with a remarkable
experience every step of the way—everyday,” says Justin
Chipman.
Chipman Driver Chesney Humlick Rescues Animals during the Camp Fire in Paradise California
Chico resident and animal lover Chesney Humlick risked her life to save animals during the recent Camp Fire disaster in Northern California.
Chesney is a long time Van Operator for Chipman Relocations/ United Van Lines.
We are very proud of Chesney!!
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Why did Spider-Man take a detour to Dorset?
In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man ends up in the Netherlands. He then calls his friend Happy who picks him up in a private jet and they fly to London to fight the bad guy.
However before they reach London there is a scene where the jet flies over the Dorset coast (there is even a caption saying Dorset so there is no dispute there). What were they doing in Dorset? The movie gives no explanation as to why they needed to go there, and Dorset is not on the way to London from the Netherlands (in fact the quickest route to Dorset would involve pretty much flying over London).
The scene depicts the plane flying over the Old Harry Rocks in a south west direction (old harry points North East). Therefore I think the flight path would have looked something similar to this:
I can't remember the name of the dutch town so I have assumed Amsterdam.
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StaceyStacey
My theories so far: 1. They needed time to print his new superhero costume so they flew to Brittany first just to kill time. 2. It wasn't actually Dorset, instead it was just one of the Bad Guy's illusions. 3. During the 5 years of the 'blip' a no deal Brexit has occurred and entry into the country from Europe is now illegal. They have to smuggle themselves in across the quietest bit of coast they could find, even though this substantially lengthens their journey. However this raises the question as to how his class mates were able to get there. – Stacey Jul 14 '19 at 20:22
this question reminds me of the Robin Hood film with Kevin Costner where Robin Hood lands at the white cliffs of Dover, walks along Hadrian's Wall, and arrives at Sherwood Forest – Aaron F Jul 15 '19 at 9:26
Because the Dorset coast is lovely! Sod the fate of London, lets go see some fantastic examples of coastal erosion, they were supposed to be on an educational trip after all! – Crazy Dino Jul 15 '19 at 10:09
The real question is how did Happy get from New York to Europe so quickly? They even established at the beginning of the film that it's an ~8 hour flight (though that was to Venice, not Amsterdam, still probably comparable). Probably a bit less than that in his super fancy Stark Industries plane, but still not a short trip. But the movie made it seem like he made it there, what, maybe an hour later? Quickly enough that the entire incident (starting from the morning after Peter gave up Edith) took place in one day. Seems a bit unlikely. – Darrel Hoffman Jul 15 '19 at 16:46
@DarrelHoffman: it’s a really fast plane! So fast they overshot London and didn’t realise and turn around until they were over the Atlantic and heading for Mexico! – Paul D. Waite Jul 15 '19 at 17:29
Unclear.
This is most likely a goof or an overlooked detail. The only source on Google that mentions "spiderman far from home dorset" is IMDB, and here's what they have to say,
When the Stark Jet enters the UK, the caption states the Dorset coastline. Flying from Amsterdam to London you would cross the eastern coast of England, entering over the coast of Essex but the Dorset Chalk Cliffs are on the South West coastline which is 160 miles away.
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) Goofs
I strongly doubt there's anything more to it because of how tiny a detail it is.
DaeronDaeron
The chalk cliffs are fairly well-known, and often used in cinema to present a recognisable "you are now entering England" moment to international audiences (of course, the most famous ones would be the White Cliffs of Dover, which are not in Dorset, but hey, they look very similar). My guess would be that this clip was included for a similar reason. It's similar to how the Eiffel Tower seems to be visible from every window in Paris, according to movies. – anaximander Jul 15 '19 at 8:36
@Chronocidal To be fair, to make Dover plausible, all you'd need is "the official flight corridors go this way" or "minor diversion for traffic/noise abatement" or something. Contrary to common belief, most civil flights don't just beeline point-to-point (even after accounting for great circle routing). – anaximander Jul 15 '19 at 9:58
@CptEric First, Dorset is highly unlikely to be "over" any flight path - it features Lilliput, not Laputa. Second, with Dorset being on the South-West coast of Great Britain, it is only slightly less likely to be under any East Coast flight plans. – Chronocidal Jul 15 '19 at 12:23
Might be a good question for Aviation.SE, but Heathrow is west of London, and you might want to approach it from further west so as to avoid flying over the city, so doing a loop over Dorset might not be all that uncommon. It does mean most of your flight would be over the Channel rather than over land, which is another possible advantage. – Darrel Hoffman Jul 15 '19 at 14:49
@DarrelHoffman Prevailing winds in the UK are from the west and aircraft typically land into the wind. On most days, most arrivals into Heathrow come in over central London. Even with an easterly wind, one wouldn't need to travel 150-200km beyond the destination just to turn around, which would almost double the distance flown from Amsterdam. As it happens, flights are landing at Heathrow from the west right now, and flights from the east are beginning their 180-degree turn roughly over Marlow, which means they only get about 20km west of Heathrow. – David Richerby Jul 15 '19 at 16:16
Airspace is not a free-for-all. Being a responsible pilot, Happy (or, more likely, the AI that's actually flying the plane) would have made sure to avoid restricted airspace, which could be much more expansive in 2023/4 given the damage caused by multiple alien invasions, and Britain's presumably-implemented-by-then exit from the European Union.
Out-of-universe, it might have been be an intentional joke about tourists mis-identifying landmarks (like when Flash temporarily confuses Happy by referring to Tower Bridge as London Bridge in a livestream). The location captions are used for comic effect previously, when they appear as a subtitle to the Dutch gentleman telling Happy which town Peter is in.
However, I think the coastline shown is indeed Dorset, rather than Dover, so it's probably not a joke.
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@Stacey yeah we've probably got a defence system built right into the chalk. – Paul D. Waite Jul 15 '19 at 12:40
@Oliver_C his goal is to safely reach London while no attack is happening. If he were to fly in restricted airspace he would be “attacking” England and would be the biggest threat at the time. However, a little plane isn’t going to do much damage when you have a giant monster over London about to destroy everything. After the monster attacked, he was able to land in London without worrying about the military. – Grant Garrison Jul 15 '19 at 21:24
@PaulD.Waite - Why would east of London be restricted airspace, but not London itself? If there are heightened security concerns, why leave the south border open? And one would think that during an attack on London, the authorities would tighten security, making it even harder to enter London airspace without permission. – Oliver_C Jul 16 '19 at 7:16
It might've still been a joke on people confusing Dorset and Dover - i.e. they got so confused that they flew hundreds of miles out of their way just to get the wrong white cliffs. – Martha Jul 16 '19 at 16:46
@Oliver_C A no deal brexit wouldn't necessarily mean we would be enemies but we would have left the eu aviation market. bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-45019603 – Stacey Jul 19 '19 at 6:05
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“On the outside looking in” Views from opposition fans on RDM sacking part II
November 24, 2012 · by ramonisaac91 · in Opposition Views. ·
So, what do fans of football outside of Chelsea think about the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo? I asked a number of them and here are their thoughts:
Scott, @R_o_M creator of the Manchester United blog Republik of Mancunia
“As for Di Matteo, he’s been screwed over here… He deserved until the end of the season.”
Whilst it was clear that Roberto Di Matteo was never Abramovich’s first choice, he certainly deserved the job on a permanent basis after the success that he brought last season. Were Chelsea the best side in Europe? No. They were comprehensively outplayed in both the semi finals and the final, but they wouldn’t give up and managed to achieve something no London club ever had before. Possession, shots and completed passes all mean very little when you’ve got your hands on the cup, a cup that the likes of Mourinho, Ancelotti and Hiddink couldn’t manage to win in their spells at the club.
It seems as though Abramovich was just waiting for Di Matteo to make a mistake though and after losing top spot in the league and looking unlikely to progress past the group stages in Europe, the Chelsea owner seized the opportunity to get rid. Reports that have emerged since suggest that Di Matteo’s decision to drop Torres, a decision welcomed by many Chelsea supporters, was the final straw. Torres is a couple of months short from marking his two year anniversary at the club and he’s looked nothing like a £50m striker in the whole time he’s been there. After making the £30m mistake with Shevchenko, it’s strange that Abramovich still feels as though he should meddle in business that should only concern the manager. Chelsea spent £50m on Torres because Abramovich wanted him and now that it’s proven to be a duff buy, he’s opting to bring in the last manager who Torres enjoyed his last spell of good form under, over three seasons ago, in a last ditch attempt to salvage something from the transfer.
Unfortunately for Chelsea fans, this is the manager who has developed a long-standing feud with them, following his years in charge at Liverpool. Five years ago, Benitez mocked the plastic flags Chelsea dig out for big occasions and claimed the fans had “no passion”. I’m struggling to think of other occasions when a manager has chosen to criticise rival fans like this. It certainly is out of the ordinary and illustrates the feelings between Benitez and Chelsea supporters.
However, fans are fickle, and if Benitez does half as well as Liverpool fans say he will, he’ll win most of them over. I don’t mean he’ll be put up on a pedestal like he is by that barmy bunch from Merseyside, but if the trophies start pouring in again and he can distance himself from the Liverpool love-in in a way that Torres hasn’t managed, he might have a chance. Again, unfortunately for Chelsea fans, Benitez isn’t the manager Liverpool fans think he is, as Inter fans realised when he destroyed their Treble winning team. Inter were 13 points behind Milan when he was sacked, having finished 12 points ahead of them the season before. In the second half of the season they managed to close this gap to 4 points. Will Benitez turn Chelsea in to world beaters? Doubt it.
As for Di Matteo, he’s been screwed over here. I personally don’t think he is a world class manager and he probably wasn’t good enough for Chelsea, but he deserved until the end of this season. Whilst I don’t believe you should keep the manager for the sake of longevity, it’s daft to give the manager the boot when your team is 4 points away from the top of the league. But that’s how Roman does things and given the trophies Chelsea fans have lifted and celebrated entirely thanks to him, how much room is there to complain?
Tom Moseley, @PlayedOfThePark creator of Played Off The Park
“I thought Roman Abramovich would take a bit more of a backseat… I probably couldn’t have been more wrong.”
After finally winning the Champions League last season, I thought Roman Ambramovich would take a bit more of a backseat, and not be so hasty with his decisions, and allow the team to slowly go through transition, letting the talented youngsters at the club to start to get game time, and for them all to develop as a group, slowly replacing ‘the old guard’. However, after the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo, I probably couldn’t have been more wrong.
Chelsea hit a slump, without a win in four is bad by most standards, but not disastrous. There’s still a long time to go in the league, and anything can still happen. The loss that will hurt them most is the one to Manchester United, as losing to one of your rivals at home will always have an effect over the season, but The Liberty and The Hawthorns are tough places to go, which is why their bad results for Chelseas stature, but not disastrous.
They have a brilliant replacement in Rafael Benitez, who, if given enough time and room, can deliver good things, but it shows a huge amount of disloyalty to sack the man who delivered the coveted Champions League trophy the first time things go badly, not even giving him a real chance to turn it around.
Romans money may be a huge factor behind Chelseas success, however, with the constant ‘hire and fire’ he’s not helping the club at all – not giving managers enough space or time to fully integrate their ways into the club. The disloyalty shown saddens me, but I’m almost accustomed to it with Romans ‘strategy’, but, all the best to Benitez, a top-class manager like him deserves a bit more
@CL_Football Editor of ChampionsLeague.Ca
“Roman Abramovich has replaced a club legend with one of the most polarizing managers in Premier League history.”
At this point in time, football fans should be surprised by absolutely nothing that Chelsea do. The fairytale end to the tumultuous 2011/12 season raised expectations to an all-time high. The club seemed reluctant to appoint Di Matteo, but perhaps it was the first time that the club appointed a manager based solely on emotion. It was seemingly a victory for supporters: from a struggling side to FA Cup & Champions League winners within less than three months. Finally, a manager that they could hold close to their heart. Given Di Matteo’s swift exit from the club, his reputation will remain untarnished.
Perhaps the Chelsea had Benitez lined up in case of Di Matteo’s eventual ‘failure’. There is precious little margin for error at Stamford Bridge, and that will surely be at the forefront of Benitez’ mind. Is Benitez really anything more than a stop-gap at Chelsea?
Chelsea finally became the Champions of Europe in May but, with the appointment of the third manager in 2012, have done little to galvanize a poor reputation. Roman Abramovich has replaced a club legend with one of the most polarizing managers in Premier League history. Once again, the club has shown there is little room for sentiment at the Bridge.
Rob Marrs, @MarssioFootball creator and editor of Left Back In The Changing Room
“Di Matteo has been treated appallingly but his CV will be improved for it. A few bad results after the turnaround – and success – he achieved last year should be tolerated. Chelsea have success despite the revolving door policy of Abramovich.”
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Crucial ESM court hearing set to start this coming Tuesday
October 21, 2012 by namawinelake
“It’s high time that we brought democracy and transparency to Europe – the fight’s not over yet” Deputy Thomas Pringle in July 2012 when the Irish Supreme Court referred to the European courts, three issues in his bid to stop the European Stability Mechanism
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) was finally launched on 8th October, after two legal challenges – one in Germany, one in Ireland – both failed. However, whilst the bid by Donegal South-West TD, Thomas Pringle (pictured above) at Ireland’s High Court and subsequently, Supreme Court, failed to stop the launch of the ESM, his challenge still has the potential to put an end to the scheme, at least for now. The Supreme Court in Ireland referred a number of matters to Europe’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in Luxembourg, and the oral hearing is set to commence this Tuesday on 23rdOctober, 2012. Whilst the hearing will not stop the scheduled payment of €258m into the scheme by Ireland tomorrow, the hearing does have the potential to stop the ESM in its tracks if the Court ultimately decides the manner in which the ESM has been created is incompatible with EU law. The Supreme Court in Ireland thought the matters were sufficiently arguable and legally feasible to allow it to refer these matters to Europe where they have been fast-tracked, though the Irish Supreme Court did not grant Deputy Pringle his request for an injunction halting progress of the ESM pending the ultimate outcome of the court hearings. This blogpost examines the issues, and will be the flagship blogpost on the subject with updates posted as the case progresses. The three matters which the Supreme Court in Ireland has referred to the CJEU are: 1. Is the ESM Treaty compatible with the EU Treaties? 2. Is the related decision by heads of government to amend the EU Treaties legally valid? 3. Can the ESM come into operation before the EU Treaty amendment comes into force (1st January 2013 at earliest)? Deputy Thomas Pringle has said he welcomes the fast-tracked hearing which will start on Tuesday and has said “I welcome the decision of the CJEU to use the accelerated procedure available to it to allow for an oral hearing in October. This shows that the Court recognises the urgency of this matter and its utmost importance to all EU states involved, including Ireland.” Deputy Pringle has stressed the potential exposure to Ireland of membership of the ESM. We seem to have formed the impression that money in the ESM will flow in only one direction to Ireland – that’s wrong, tomorrow €258m is set to be paid into the fund by Ireland and this will grow to over €1.25bn in the next 18 months. And the ESM commits us to pay in a maximum of €11bn to the scheme should things really get out of hand in Europe, and worse, the ESM allows itself the freedom to increase the uppermost cap. Though the hope here was that the ESM would be a backstop source of cheap funding when our IMF/EU programme expires at the end of 2013, tere is risk to Ireland from the ESM – it is not a one-way bet. Should Deputy Pringle be successful there will be an urgent need for European leaders to devise a lawful bailout mechanism, and you never know, we might have to have a new referendum in Ireland to approve such a mechanism. You can read the Irish Supreme Court decisions here and here. You can read the flagship blogpost on the High Court and Supreme Court hearings here. There will be updates here on the progress of the case.
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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at http://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/9782, first published Feb 28, 2018.
Using Psychological Artificial Intelligence (Tess) to Relieve Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: Randomized Controlled Trial
Russell Fulmer1*, PhD ;
Angela Joerin2*, MS ;
Breanna Gentile2*, MS, MA ;
Lysanne Lakerink3 ;
Michiel Rauws2*, MBA
1Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
2X2AI Inc, San Francisco, CA, United States
3Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, Netherlands
Russell Fulmer, PhD
633 Clark Street
Phone: 1 312 609 5300 ext 699
Email: russell.fulmer@northwestern.edu
Background: Students in need of mental health care face many barriers including cost, location, availability, and stigma. Studies show that computer-assisted therapy and 1 conversational chatbot delivering cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) offer a less-intensive and more cost-effective alternative for treating depression and anxiety. Although CBT is one of the most effective treatment methods, applying an integrative approach has been linked to equally effective posttreatment improvement. Integrative psychological artificial intelligence (AI) offers a scalable solution as the demand for affordable, convenient, lasting, and secure support grows.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of using an integrative psychological AI, Tess, to reduce self-identified symptoms of depression and anxiety in college students.
Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 75 participants were recruited from 15 universities across the United States. All participants completed Web-based surveys, including the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), and Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) at baseline and 2 to 4 weeks later (T2). The 2 test groups consisted of 50 participants in total and were randomized to receive unlimited access to Tess for either 2 weeks (n=24) or 4 weeks (n=26). The information-only control group participants (n=24) received an electronic link to the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH) eBook on depression among college students and were only granted access to Tess after completion of the study.
Results: A sample of 74 participants completed this study with 0% attrition from the test group and less than 1% attrition from the control group (1/24). The average age of participants was 22.9 years, with 70% of participants being female (52/74), mostly Asian (37/74, 51%), and white (32/74, 41%). Group 1 received unlimited access to Tess, with daily check-ins for 2 weeks. Group 2 received unlimited access to Tess with biweekly check-ins for 4 weeks. The information-only control group was provided with an electronic link to the NIMH’s eBook. Multivariate analysis of covariance was conducted. We used an alpha level of .05 for all statistical tests. Results revealed a statistically significant difference between the control group and group 1, such that group 1 reported a significant reduction in symptoms of depression as measured by the PHQ-9 (P=.03), whereas those in the control group did not. A statistically significant difference was found between the control group and both test groups 1 and 2 for symptoms of anxiety as measured by the GAD-7. Group 1 (P=.045) and group 2 (P=.02) reported a significant reduction in symptoms of anxiety, whereas the control group did not. A statistically significant difference was found on the PANAS between the control group and group 1 (P=.03) and suggests that Tess did impact scores.
Conclusions: This study offers evidence that AI can serve as a cost-effective and accessible therapeutic agent. Although not designed to appropriate the role of a trained therapist, integrative psychological AI emerges as a feasible option for delivering support.
Trial Registration: International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number: ISRCTN61214172; https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN61214172.
artificial intelligence;
mental health services;
anxiety;
Approximately 20 million college students suffer from mental illness in the United States alone [1]. More than 50% of college students report experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety that impact daily functioning within the last year [2]. Despite a clear need for clinical services, up to 75% of college students do not access adequate mental health care [3]. With a growing desire for on-demand services that engage students and reduce stigma, Web- and mobile-based mental health interventions offer a scalable solution.
Mental health care solutions such as computer-assisted therapy (CAT) have been shown to be a less-intensive and more cost-effective method to deliver empirically validated treatments for depression and anxiety [4,5]. Although traditional in-person treatment remains the standard of care for those with clinical levels of depression, preliminary studies suggest that self-help computer-based cognitive and behavioral interventions produce similar outcomes [6] and are efficacious in the treatment of subthreshold mood disorders.
Moreover, 1 study revealed that nearly 70% of patients expressed interest in using mobile health (mHealth) apps to self-monitor and self-manage their mental health [7]. Early evidence suggests that patients open up more while using an mHealth app than during face-to-face therapy [8]. With 1 app for patients suffering from suicidal thoughts, more subjects reported suicidal ideation using the app than they did on the traditionally administered Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [9]. Psychological artificial intelligence (AI) delivering cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to be a feasible, engaging, and effective solution for reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in college students [10-12]. However, the efficacy of using psychological AI to deliver integrative mental health care, including CBT, requires further exploration. Although CBT is one of the most effective methods for treating anxiety and depression, evidence shows that alternative forms of therapy lead to equally successful outcomes [13]. Applying an integrative approach to therapy for treating patients with depression has been linked to similar levels of posttreatment improvement as those receiving cognitive therapy [14].
The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of using the integrative psychological AI, Tess, to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in an engaging way. Tess was designed to deliver personalized conversations based on the expressed emotions and mental health concerns of participants, not to replace trained therapists. Tess focuses on language as the most explicit form of communication, with the proposition that communication between people reveals individual conceptualizations of specific emotions (unpublished data [15]) [16].
This study compared outcomes from 2 to 4 weeks of using integrative psychological AI (Tess) with an information control group (National Institute of Mental Health’s [NIMH] eBook) in a nonclinical college population. It was hypothesized that engaging in conversations with Tess would lead to greater improvement in symptoms relative to the information control group. In addition, we predicted that the duration of time in which participants interacted with Tess would impact the level of symptom reduction. To assess this, participants in the test group were randomly selected to participate in 1 of the 2 groups, which received either 2 or 4 weeks of unlimited access to Tess.
Participants were recruited using a flyer (Multimedia Appendix 1) distributed to professors and alumni via email and posted through social media outlets such as Facebook and university community channels targeting students across 15 universities across the United States. Inclusion criteria included current enrollment at a university in the United States, aged 18 years and older (screened at the first level via checkbox confirmation), and able to read English (implied). To guard against compromise, for example, from malicious bots, all potential participants were sent an email requesting that they respond using their university email denoting their confirmation.
Confirmed participants were randomized via a computer algorithm that automatically generated a number between 0 and 2 (Figure 1). All participants completed the baseline questionnaires. Participants with number 0 were sent a link to NIMH’s eBook [17] on depression among college students. Participants with numbers 1 and 2 were allocated to receive a direct link to begin chatting with Tess via an instant messenger app. To assess the impact on duration of access on symptom reduction, group 1 participants were granted unlimited access to Tess for 2 weeks and group 2 participants for 4 weeks. Because the randomization allocation occurred algorithmically, allocation concealment was in place. However, the condition to which each participant was allocated was not masked for the service providers (Tess). After approximately 2 weeks (group 1) or 4 weeks (group 0+2), participants were contacted again to complete a second set of questionnaires online. Participants were offered a prorated incentive of US $20 for completion of both assessments.
Figure 1. Participant recruitment flow. AI: artificial intelligence.
Ethics and Informed Consent
This study was retrospectively registered under the trial number of ISRCTN61214172, and involved a nonclinical population of college students. Refer to the Multimedia Appendix 2 for this study’s Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials-eHealth checklist [18].
Participants indicated their consent to the study’s terms via a checkbox (e-signature) on a closed form (Multimedia Appendix 3) sent via email. The consent informed participants about the study criteria, intervention details, confidentiality, incentives, participant rights, and whom to contact for questions or request to withdraw. Participants who expressed suicidal ideation or self-harm were provided with numbers to a crisis helpline and suicide prevention text line. A total of 75 participants signed the informed consent, and 74 of those completed this study with 0% attrition from the test group and less than 1% attrition from the control group (1/24).
The third author of this paper served as an external representative to support data collection and analysis, which was provided by X2AI Inc. All data, including usage, was deidentified so as to protect the privacy of participants and was reported in aggregate only.
Tess is a psychological AI chatbot designed by X2AI Inc to deliver brief conversations in the form of integrative mental health support, psychoeducation, and reminders. Tess serves as a therapeutic tool or resource that can be used as an adjunct to therapy that supports an integrative approach and is not intended to replace the role of a therapist.
Tess was inspired by the first conversational AI, ELIZA, which examined natural language communication between people and machines in the 1960s [19]. Where ELIZA was limited, Tess has excelled with the rapid advancement of technology and machine learning strategies that help improve AI memory and emotion identification.
The novelty of Tess is that it is a customizable platform, which allows for content to be tailored aligning with a specific form of treatment or user demographics, for example, 1 large health system in the United States customized Tess to deliver interventions based on motivational interviewing and behavioral activation to help reinforce weight management goals in a group of adolescents suffering from prediabetes symptoms (unpublished data [20]). To prevent misuse of the system, organizations are educated on Tess’ ethical AI code, which includes principles from the 2018 Lords Report [21] and the American Psychological Association Code of Conduct [22].
Tess is maintained using a combination of technologies, emotion algorithms, and machine learning techniques to support a variety of features. Collaboration with mental health and emotion experts is a critical element of Tess’ capacity for success. All content is developed, screened, and matched to specific user inputs (ie, emotions and topics) by experienced professionals. The partnership required between humans and technology to create and maintain the chatbot is made possible through an administration panel that may be integrated with existing electronic health record systems. Each organization or clinician is provided a log-in with restricted access to manage their clients (Tess users) and content. For this study, the principal investigator and authors were provided with unique log-ins to a restricted view of participant interactions with Tess. Personally identifiable information was removed from all transcripts. Processing and storage are done on secure servers that meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act–compliant regulations. Data are stored within the country of residence for all participants given access.
Tess can be configured to deliver services through existing communication channels such as Facebook messenger, Slack, and short messaging service text messaging, without requiring users to download an app. Users can access Tess using a mobile phone number or through their personal accounts associated with a specific communication channel. Tess is capable of interpreting free text messages; alternatively, users can opt for preselected responses similar to existing chatbots. This enhances Tess’ capacity to deliver more personalized and integrative interventions.
Content was specially selected, expanded upon, and tested by mental health professionals for the purpose of this study. Furthermore, 30 min to 1-hour interviews were conducted with students, professors, and university counselors to support content development. User acceptance testing was conducted with a small group of students, which provided feedback to enhance the quality and reliability of interventions and scripts. A modest amount of emojis were included in the conversations to increase user engagement.
To support the evaluation of duration and frequency of automatic messages from Tess, the test groups were assigned to 1 of the 2 experiments. Group 1 received daily messages from Tess over a 2-week period, introducing new topics or following up on previously discussed concerns. Group 2 received the same content and option for follow-up messages from Tess, but with biweekly messages over a 4-week period. It is of note that Tess was disguised as Zara for this study to prevent bias in the unlikely chance that participants had been exposed to Tess through another initiative.
Although Tess is capable of connecting users with a counselor in case of crisis, this study limited crisis support to match the methodology of a previous study [10]. If users reported suicidal or homicidal ideation or indicated a crisis, Tess provided numbers to the national suicide prevention hotline, crisis text line, and 911 and encouraged the user to end the chat and reach out for professional help.
Integrative Support Approach
Tess delivers mental health interventions that have repeatedly been shown to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety, such as CBT [23], which maintains a strong evidence base [24]. In addition to CBT, Tess can also deliver a variety of similar, clinically proven therapies, dependent on both the emotions reported by the individual and the nature of their concern. These include interventions based on the transtheoretical model [25], emotionally focused therapy [26,27], solution-focused brief therapy [28], motivational interviewing [29], and more. By interacting with Tess, users experience the benefits of journaling, which has been shown to increase the positive perception of experiences [30] and significantly improve self-efficacy [31].
During the study, Tess delivered interventions rooted in a variety of psychological modalities such as CBT, mindfulness-based therapy, emotionally focused therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, self-compassion therapy, and interpersonal psychotherapy. For example, journaling and relaxation strategies are used across multiple modalities, although the strategy and language used to deliver these interventions vary. Tess is structured to reply with prescripted statements, reviewed by mental health professionals, to replicate an empathic response that is appropriate to the participants’ inputted emotion or concern [32]. For example, in response to endorsed loneliness, Tess replied “I’m so sorry you’re feeling lonely. I guess we all feel a little lonely sometimes,” or Tess showed excitement by replying, “Yay, always good to hear that!.” Specific interventions are delivered based on the users’ reported mood. For example, a participant indicating that he or she feels anxious may be offered a relaxation strategy to cope in the moment.
Just as therapists adjust their style to accommodate a client’s therapeutic preference over time, Tess gathers feedback to deliver interventions that best meet a user’s needs. After every intervention, Tess asks a simple question such as “was that helpful?,” to which user replies are coded as either positive, negative, or neutral. For example, if a user responds positively (ie, yes, thank you) to a CBT-based intervention and negatively (ie, no, not really) to self-compassion therapy, Tess will deliver more interventions rooted in CBT. For users who respond negatively or neutrally, Tess will continue to offer alternative interventions until the user responds positively or voluntarily ends the conversation.
Information Control Condition
Participants in the information-only control group were provided with an electronic link to the NIMH’s eBook on depression among college students [33]. The eBook is free for the public and provides evidence-based information and resources to help students identify, and seek treatment for, symptoms of depression. It also recommends additional literature and provides helpline numbers. Although participants in this group were not granted access to Tess during the course of the study, they were provided access on completion as an additional source of support.
Participants were invited to take the following assessments via a closed email survey so that only those who were invited could gain access. All assessments were delivered through Google Forms.
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9
The PHQ-9 [34] is a 9-item, self-report questionnaire that evaluates the frequency and severity of symptoms of depression within the previous 2 weeks. Each of the 9 items is based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-4) criteria for major depressive disorder and can be scored on a 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) scale. The PHQ-9 is one of the most widely used, reliable, and validated measures of depressive symptoms. If a participant scores between 0 and 5, this indicates they do not experience symptoms of depression. Scores of 5 to 9, 10 to 14, 15 to 20, and >20 indicate mild, moderate, moderately severe, and severe depression, respectively.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) [35] is a valid, brief self-report tool to assess the frequency and severity of anxious thoughts and behaviors over the past 2 weeks. On the basis of the DSM-4 diagnostic criteria for GAD-7, the scores of all 7 items range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). If a participant scores less than 10, it indicates moderate anxiety. A score greater than 15 indicates severe anxiety.
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) [36] is a 20-item self-report measure of current positive and negative affect. Half of the items represent positive affect (ie, interested, excited, and determined), whereas the other half are indicative of negative affect (ie, hostile, scared, and ashamed). Items are scored on a 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely) scale, with higher scores representing higher affect. Scores range from 10 to 50, and positive and negative affect are summed independent of each other.
User Satisfaction and Engagement
A user satisfaction survey was created, tested for usability and technical functionality, and delivered to all participants at the end of the study to gather qualitative results. The survey included 9 questions, with 4 scaled questions, such as: “How satisfied were you overall?” and “How satisfied were you with the content?” as well as 2 open-ended questions, such as “What was the best thing about using the chatbot?” The remaining 3 questions were forced choice with response options of yes or no, such as “Did you learn anything new?.” Finally, for test group participants only, we measured engagement based on the number of messages exchanged between Tess and the participants per group and in total.
Analyses were conducted using SPSS. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANOVA) was used to compare the anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), and PANAS scale means of male and female students for the 3 groups, namely, control, group 1 (Tess for 2 weeks), and group 2 (Tess for 4 weeks). The multivariate analysis showed significance between the control group and group 1, F3=3.146, P=.3. The univariate F tests for anxiety and depression were significant across all scales, between control and group 1, F2=3.491, P=.3 for PANAS, F2=4.037, P=.02 for PHQ, and F2=4.497, P=.01 for GAD-7. Thus, anxiety and depression were significantly decreased through students’ use of Tess.
A post hoc analysis showed a significant difference was found with the Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference Test (Multimedia Appendix 4) on the PANAS between the control and group 1. A statistically significant difference was found on the PHQ-9 between the control and group 1 at an alpha level of .05. For multivariate tests, the tests of between-subject effects, and intervention sample GIF, see Multimedia Appendix 5,Multimedia Appendix 6, and Multimedia Appendix 7, respectively. This finding confirms Tess was helpful in decreasing depressive symptoms. A statistically significant difference was found on the GAD-7 between the control group and both groups 1 and 2, at an alpha level of .05. This finding supports the hypothesis that Tess would be helpful in decreasing anxiety symptoms. Due to attrition, 1 control group participant was dropped out and not included in the total N for the control group.
Participant Demographics
Table 1 shows the demographic information and baseline scores on clinical variables for those with data from the entire sample (N=74). Participants were aged on an average 22.9 years and over two-thirds were female. The majority of participants were Asian (37/74, 51%) and white (32/74, 41%).
In the control group, 67% (16/24) of participants were females, 29% (7/24) were males, and 4% (1/24) identified as nonconforming. The average age for the control group was 22.5 years. The majority of the control group participants were white (11/24, 46%). The remainder of the control group participants were Asian (8/24, 33%), other (3/24, 13%), and African American (2/24, 8%).
Group 1 consisted of 17 (17/24, 71%) females and 7 (7/24, 29%) males out of 24 participants. The average age for group 1 was 24.1 years. This group consisted of mostly white (13/24, 54%) and Asian (11/24, 46%) participants.
Group 2 consisted of 19 (19/26, 73%) females and 7 (7/26, 27%) males out of 26 participants. The average age for group 2 was 22.2 years. This group had mostly Asian participants (18/26, 69%), with 31% (8/26) being white.
Participants’ Clinical Variables
Table 1 shows the scores for the 2 scales and for the subscales of the PANAS. In the control group, the average PHQ-9 score was 8.17, for group 1 it was 6.67, and for group 2 it was 7.04. The GAD-7 had an average score of 9.46 for the control group, 6.71 for group 1, and 7.5 for group 2. The average positive affect scale of the PANAS for the control group was 22.13, for group 1 it was 19.88, and for group 2 it was 21.31. The average negative affect scale of the PANAS for the control group was 15.75, for group 1 it was 13.08, and for group 2 it was 14.38.
Demographic and clinical variables Information control Tess group 1 Tess group 2
Scale, mean (SD)
Depression (PHQa-9) 8.17 (4.2) 6.67 (4.6) 7.04 (4.9)
Anxiety (GADb-7) 9.46 (3.9) 6.71 (4.0) 7.5 (4.9)
Positive affect 22.13 (1.4) 19.88 (1.4.) 21.31 (1.3)
Negative affect 15.75 (1.3) 13.08 (1.3) 14.38 (1.3)
Age in years, mean (SD) 22.5 (4.0) 24.1 (5.4) 22.19 (2.8)
Gender, n (%)
Female 16 (67) 17 (71) 19 (73)
Male 7 (29) 7 (29) 7 (27)
Nonconforming 1 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Ethnicity, n (%)
African American 2 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Asian 8 (33) 11 (46) 18 (69)
White 11 (46) 13 (54) 8 (31)
Other 3 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0)
aPHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire.
bGAD: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale.
Table 1. Demographic and clinical variables of participants at baseline.
Statistical power calculations using MANOVA revealed a moderate to large effect size (Cohen d=0.68) for depression, with an alpha at 5%.
A statistically significant difference was found between the control group and group 1, which had unlimited access to Tess with daily check-ins for 2 weeks (P=.02) as measured by the PHQ-9. Figure 2 shows that MANOVA revealed a significant group difference on depression such that for the test group participants, symptoms of depression over the study period were significantly reduced, whereas for the information control group, their symptoms of depression were increased. Although the increase found in the control group is probably because of the inability to adjust for potential confounding variables, participants in this group may have experienced a slight increase in symptoms over time. Overall, these findings suggest that Tess was helpful in decreasing depressive symptoms.
Figure 2. Change in depression by group (patient health questionnaire-9 score).
A statistically significant difference was found between the control group and both test groups 1 and 2 for symptoms of anxiety as measured by the GAD-7. Group 1 (P=.045) and group 2 (P=.02) reported a significant reduction in symptoms of anxiety, whereas the control group did not.
A statistically significant difference was found on the GAD-7 between the control group and both groups 1 and 2. For group 1, the P value of .045 was statistically significant at an alpha level of .05. For group 2, the P value of .02 was statistically significant at an alpha level of .05. Figure 3 shows that MANOVA revealed a significant group difference on anxiety such that those in the test group experienced significantly reduced symptoms of anxiety over the study period as measured by the GAD-7, whereas those in the information control group experienced increased symptoms of anxiety. This increase might be explained similarly to the aforementioned depressive scores—inability to adjust for potential confounding variables, or simply that, participants may have experienced a slight increase in symptoms over time. These findings support the hypothesis that Tess would be helpful in decreasing anxiety symptoms.
A statistically significant difference was found on the PANAS between the control group and group 1 (P=.03) and suggests that Tess did impact the scores.
Table 2 shows the difference between the information control group and the test group based on answers for the user satisfaction survey to gather qualitative results. This table shows a significant difference between both groups. For example, 86% (43/50) participants were overall satisfied with Tess and only 60% (14/24) with the eBook. Moreover, 80% (40/50) learned something new from Tess, and 43% (10/24) learned something new from the eBook.
Figure 4 shows a thematic map of participants’ responses to the question “What was the best thing about your experience using Tess?” Two major themes emerged in respect to this question: process and content. In the process theme, the subthemes that emerged were accountability from accessibility (noted by 15/50 participants); the empathy that the bot showed (6/50 participants); and the learning that the bot facilitated (11/50 participants), which in turn was divided into further subthemes of emotions and general insights.
Figure 3. Change in anxiety by group (generalized anxiety disorder-7 score).
Post survey questions Control group (N=24), n (%) Tess group (N=50), n (%)
Overall satisfaction 14 (60) 43 (86)
Content satisfaction 15 (65) 40 (80)
Extend emotional awareness 17 (73) 43 (86)
Learned something new 10 (43) 40 (80)
Information relevant to everyday life 11 (47) 40 (80)
More comfortable with therapeutic process 11 (47) 32 (64)
Table 2. Qualitative results to post survey questions.
Figure 4. Thematic flow of participants’ most favored features while interacting with Tess.
Figure 5 illustrates a thematic map of participants’ responses to the question, “What was the worst thing about your experience with Tess?” Two themes emerged: process (31/50 participants) and problems with content (19/50). The most common subtheme to emerge among the process violations related to the limitations in natural conversation (12/50) and the bot not being able to understand some responses or getting confused when unexpected answers were provided by participants (11/50). Problems with content were described by 20% (10/50) of participants, most of which related to not enough interactivity (7/50, 14%).
A total of 48 open comments were received as feedback from 50 participants. Overall, 2 participants appeared to find their interaction with Tess to be particularly meaningful:
Based on our interactions I do somewhat feel like I’m talking to a real person and I do enjoy the tips you’ve given. In that sense, you’re better than my therapist in that she doesn’t necessarily provide specific ways I can better myself and problems.
I’ve been learning new things and I have some ideas on ways I can make small changes that could help me!.
Engagement was measured based on the number of messages exchanged between Tess and the participants. The X2AI Inc administration panel was used to calculate engagement metrics reported in this section. Participants from both test groups exchanged a total of 14,238 messages with Tess. Group 1 exchanged an average of 283 messages with daily pings and unlimited access to Tess for 2 weeks (SD 147.6; median 278; range 72-755). Group 2 exchanged an average of 286 messages with biweekly pings and unlimited access to Tess for 4 weeks (SD 104.6; median 288; range 133-535). Although we were unable to measure engagement of the NIMH eBook as it was not possible to track page views or URL click rates, 15 (15/24, 63%) control group participants reported that they were satisfied with the content supplied.
Figure 5. Thematic flow of participants’ least favored features while interacting with Tess.
The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility and efficacy of using an integrative psychological AI to reduce self-identified symptoms of depression and anxiety in college students. The methodology and results aligned with those from a previous randomized trial, which examined the potential for a chatbot to deliver CBT-based interventions to college students [10]. Our hypotheses were that students would experience a greater reduction in symptoms of (1) depression and (2) anxiety after interacting with the integrative psychological AI for a period of 2 or 4 weeks when compared with participants in the information-only control group. Furthermore, we predicted that the test groups would report a more engaging and convenient experience than participants from the control group.
Results revealed that both test groups 1 and 2 experienced a significant reduction in symptoms of anxiety with unlimited access to Tess over the course of 2 or 4 weeks. Furthermore, the test group that received daily check-ins from Tess over 2 weeks experienced a significant reduction in symptoms of depression. Participants who interacted with Tess displayed higher levels of engagement and overall satisfaction than those from the control group. Test group participants indicated that the content was more relevant to their everyday life and made them more comfortable with the therapeutic experience.
Although this study included participants across 15 universities across the United States, the generalizability of results is limited, particularly as socioeconomic status was not formally assessed. The recruitment method further limits generalizability as we are unable to evaluate differences between the participants in this study who were recruited via social media and individuals who may use Tess but are not active on social media. The methodology called for 2 test groups and 1 control group, making the number of participants per group more limited. In addition, this study did not collect follow-up data to assess if benefits were sustained over time. Alternative to previous studies, the control group experienced a slight increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression, suggesting that the eBook was not a sufficient form of mental health support. One possible explanation for this outcome is that the eBook may have increased awareness of symptoms without providing ongoing treatment, leading to an increase over time. One study revealed that consumers of self-help books are more sensitive to stress and show higher depressive symptomatology [37]. Due to recruiting participants from a nonclinical sample, baseline depression (measured by PHQ-9) and anxiety (measured by GAD-7) scores were low. Therefore, additional research needs to be done to assess the feasibility of Tess in supporting individuals with clinical levels of depression and anxiety. Future studies should include control conditions that allow for a more direct comparison between delivery of services such as traditional therapy, as well as tech-based solutions, including teletherapy, interactive Web-based courses, and virtual reality.
Traditional therapeutic methods allow for emotional assessment on many different levels, including facial expressions, body cues, tone of voice, and language. The psychological AI used in this study delivered interventions via conversation, and therefore emotion identification was limited to language. It is unclear how much this limited the psychological AI’s assessment of emotion, as language is the most readily available nonphenomenal access people have to emotions. Assessing emotion through facial expressions [38,39] appears unreliable because of the overlap of expressive characteristics among seemingly basic emotions, resulting in the taxonomy of facial expressions not adequately describing the taxonomy of emotions [15].
Finally, the system errors, as expressed during qualitative feedback, are explained by the research team’s limited resources and attempt to keep all content approved by experts intact. During the study, changes to the system were restricted, and so the research team was unable to report errors related to natural language processing or emotion mismatch until the completion of the study.
Comparison With Prior Work
Aligned with results from a previous study, using Tess was associated with a significant reduction in depression and anxiety as measured by the PHQ-9 and GAD-7, respectively. The effect size (Cohen d=0.68) for depression was moderate and greater than previously published studies [10,40-42] that measured the efficacy of using alternative mobile app interventions to relieve symptoms of depression. This study included 2 test groups to evaluate differences in symptom reduction based on 2- to 4-week intervention periods. The effect size for reduction of symptoms is aligned with that found by a previous study when delivering a CBT-based chatbot to college students in the United States [10]. Although speculative, the greater effect size found in this study may be due, in part, to the integrative mental health approach applied to deliver more personalized interventions. In addition, the content used to create Tess conversations was derived from written transcripts that allowed participants to respond with free text, versus predominantly using buttons to receive videos and other resources on a timely basis as the chatbot in a previous study did [10].
With a growing demand for scalable solutions that deliver more cost-effective mental health support, it has been shown that CAT is capable of delivering empirically validated treatments for depression and anxiety [26]. Preliminary studies suggest that self-help computer-based cognitive and behavioral interventions produce similar outcomes to in-person treatment [27]. Clinical treatment outcomes have been higher for patients prescribed to use psychotherapeutic computer programs compared with programs that are delivered in a self-help format with no clinician involvement [38].
Previous studies suggest that individuals are more willing to disclose personal information to a psychological AI than to a virtual therapist purportedly operated by a human [9,10,43]. This was supported by feedback given by student participants who engaged on a more personal level with Tess for this study. Students reported:
I do somewhat feel like I’m talking to a real person.
...you’re better than my therapist [who] doesn’t necessarily provide specific ways I can better myself.”
And that Tess was able to:
coach [the participant] through a difficulty.
These comments reinforce the potential for psychological AI to remove barriers and stigma and operate as an adjunct to traditional therapeutic methods.
This study reveals that AI offers a cost-effective and accessible mental health solution and may serve as a scalable tool to complement traditional treatment methods. Although integrative psychological AI is not designed or intended to replace the role of a trained therapist, Tess emerges as a feasible option for delivering emotional support. The results support and expand on findings from a previous randomized controlled trial [10] and demonstrate that psychological AI has the potential to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety by delivering CBT-based interventions in the form of conversations.
The authors would like to thank Russell Fulmer, PhD, for academic advisory contributions; Angela Joerin, MS, and LLP for project management; Bre Gentile, PhD, for statistical analysis; Lysanne Lakerink for research design and implementation; Michiel Rauws, MBA, for review and approval of the manuscript; Romi Sadlik for manuscripts edits; X2AI for providing a budget for the student reimbursements and giving the research team free access to their customization platform and chatbot.
Editorial notice: This randomized study was only retrospectively registered. The editor granted an exception from ICMJE rules mandating prospective registration of randomized trials, because the study was considered formative. However, readers are advised to carefully assess the validity of any potential explicit or implicit claims related to primary outcomes or effectiveness, as retrospective registration does not prevent authors from changing their outcome measures retrospectively.
AJ and MR are employees of X2AI Inc that created the intervention (Tess) that was used in this trial and, therefore, have financial interest in that company. X2AI Inc covered the cost of participant incentives.
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AI: artificial intelligence
CAT: computer-assisted therapy
CBT: cognitive-behavioral therapy
DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
GAD: generalized anxiety disorder
MANOVA: multivariate analysis of covariance
mHealth: mobile health
NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health
PANAS: positive and negative affect scale
PHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire
Edited by G Eysenbach; submitted 28.02.18; peer-reviewed by J Wright, M del Pozo Banos, I Gabashvili; comments to author 15.06.18; revised version received 27.07.18; accepted 27.08.18; published 13.12.18
©Russell Fulmer, Angela Joerin, Breanna Gentile, Lysanne Lakerink, Michiel Rauws. Originally published in JMIR Mental Health (http://mental.jmir.org), 13.12.2018.
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Keznamdi Hits the Steam Chalice at Skyline Levels
Eclectic roots artist and Rastafarian Keznamdi takes MERRY JANE on a tour of Skyline Levels.
by MERRY JANE Staff | culture | Aug 2, 2017
August 6 marks the 55th anniversary of Jamaica breaking free from the United Kingdom’s colonial rule. To honor the occasion, we are proud to bring you MERRY JANE Presents Jamaica Week. All week leading up to Jamaican Independence Day, MERRY JANE is celebrating the Jamaican people and the many great things that the island has given to the world — from music, dance, and food, to the Rastafarian religion, cannabis culture, and good vibes.
When people think of Jamaica, they often think of lush, verdant hills where cannabis and other plants grow with ease. Eclectic roots artist and Rastafarian Keznamdi grew up in such an area in the hills of St. Andrew, on the outskirts of Kingston. The son of parents who played in the reggae band Chakula, his home was Skyline Levels, which also functioned as the family recording studio.
As part of Jamaica Week, Keznamdi takes MERRY JANE on a tour of Skyline Levels and also talks about his music, his recreational, sacramental, and medicinal use of cannabis, why he prefers weed be grown and consumed a particular way, and how the climate of cannabis in Jamaica is changing for the better.
Check out the video above.
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Some Korean Tech Predictions for 2010
I'm tired of making all these predictions that come true in my media and culture classes, but then didn't formally write down to prove I said them. Now, that's gonna change. Sometimes, I reach a bit, but it's fun to also imagine. I got the plots of the new Star Wars episodes right, as well as predicted that UCC would fail out the gate, and that iPod Nanos would sell like hotcakes back when Koreans were really not buying iPods.
Let's get right to the points, though. Here goes:
The iPhone will gain 40%+ of the Korean smart phone marketshare in 2010.
Seems like a no-brainer, but remember all these nationalistic Koreans were naming reason after reason the iPhone can't/won't succeed in Korea. And espousing the same old "consumer exceptionalism" of the Korean market using the false assumption that consumers in Korea somehow operate under different rules here, especially as they relate to nationalism. To the contrary, I think they don't -- Korea just often has special circumstances, such as a protected cellphone market and the history of already having had a robust MP3 player market when the rest of the world had nearly none, which is when the iPod was introduced. The iPhone is not only better than its copiers, but also a better deal. Which has already forced companies such as Samsung to slash its prices and start doing silly dances to compete. Ah, the fresh air of a more open market. And speaking of Apple...
After the impending announcement of the iTablet or whatever it will be called, Steve Jobs will announce his retirement from Apple.
Just makes sense, doesn't it? It's the last major paradigm-shifting product, in the last remaining unconquered medium for Apple. Apple won't have conquered print by 2010 alone, but it's the beginning of the end of the Tree Holocaust. Apple will have revolutionized the worlds of the computer, music, television, film, and even audio content (audio books and podcasts), as well as the telephone. The only remaining area is print. The Kindle really made the big crack; the iTablet or whatever will have us bringing print with us in major ways that we didn't before. And with that, Steve Jobs will make take his much-needed rest.
Facebook is gonna "tip" this year in Korea, starting now, really cruising by the summer.
My "domestic" Korean friends have started adding Facebook, which is the last frontier here in Korea. Of course, many foreign-educated or experienced Koreans have Facebook accounts, which they generally don't use regularly, but now "domestic" Koreans have started popping up across my Add list. These are the people who have never been or rarely go overseas, effectively speak no English, and often have nationalistic attachments to things such as Naver or Cyworld. But enough international Koreans, along with younger college students, both international and domestic have started using Facebook -- and with the iPhone taking off, the apps that are well-integrated with that masterful machine (Facebook and Twitter) are going to drive their use even more.
Twitter, already tipping, is going to become all the more popular on mobile apps, under Korean versions of the program.
Again, the "YouTube Korea" effect will ensure Twitter's success. Remember when I was talking up YouTube Korea as succeeding when I participated in its launch party? Oh, so many scoffed, while people talked up the Korean streaming services' better image quality. Umm, where are they now? Even WITH -- and partly BECAUSE of trouble created by the government's "real name system" requirement, YouTube is the way people post things to the Internet here. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, "It's the vast user base, content, and reachable audience, stupid." And there it is -- the ever-present problem with Korean Internet companies: they think too small, rely too much on a captive Korean market. Why can't a Korean company launch a worldwide-level site/biz idea? One COULD -- but remember, this is an culture so conservative and incapable of thinking outside of the box that it take weeks or even months for spellcheck corrections to reach the English versions of corporate web sites here.
Does Korea have the raw capability to put together a world-class site, in terms of technical skills, raw English power, and infrastructure? Sure. Does it have the organizational, creative, or think-ahead abilities to do so? Not at all. In terms of Internet ideas, of creative content, of cultural content -- expect 2010 to continue the ongoing pattern of Korean companies copying or adapting to innovations coming from the outside, while contributing nearly nothing of their own.
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A Celebration of Western Movies … Pardner!
My Favorite Westerns
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
The Great Western Directors
MFW Cowboy Hall of Fame
The Unforgiven / 1960
The Appaloosa (1966)
One Eyed Jacks / 1961
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Buck (2011)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Monte Walsh … 1970
Murphy’s Romance / 1985
The Professionals / 1966
Bob Dylan Soundtrack https://myfavoritewesterns.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bob-dylan-knocking-on-heavens-door2.mp3
3 Versions / 3 Title Pages
Posters / Media
Preview Trailers
Original Trailer 1973
Clip: Slim Pickens Knocks on Heaven’s Door
Then there were three:
The butchering and saving of a masterpiece …
There are several accounts of the vicious infighting between Pekinpah and the studio over the movie.
Wikipedia has an excellent report: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Garrett_and_Billy_the_Kid.
Three different versions of the movie now exist:
The Original Film release (1973); The Director’s Cut (1988); and a Warner Brothers Special Edition (2005).
Below is review of all three:
Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid: Three Films, One Man’s Opinion…
Comparing The Three Different Cuts
Written by grandpa_chum on Mon, 03/20/2006 – 11:17
http://listology.com/list/pat-garrett-and-billy-kid-three-films-one-mans-opinion-comparing-three-different-cutsnow-screen
Kris Kristofferson: “One of the best descriptions I ever read of Sam, some guy said that ‘he looked like a man that was stalking an amimal much larger than himself’.
That’s the way Sam appeared to me. And I think that animal was violence.”
Internet Movie Firearms Database: http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Pat_Garrett_and_Billy_the_Kid
“The end of a picture is always an end of a life.” – Sam Pekinpah
“Audios …”
Writings:
Questions & Inconsistencies Regarding the Killing of Billy the Kid
http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/billythekid/qandi.html
Billy The Kid: Behind the Alias
Part 1 … Who Was He Really? http://www.h2g2.com/entry/A247691
Created Jan 15, 2000 | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Main » American Western Outlaws / Billy the Kid http://www.criminals.lt/page.php?al=billy_the_kid
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Billy the Kid � My Favorite Westerns”. Thank you -Stella
jcalberta February 4, 2013 at 9:36 pm #
My goodness ! Thank you. I really wish that were true. There surely are people out here who are experts on the ‘Kid’- even though there is much controvery surrounding this mysterious individual – many theories, rumors, conflicting evidence, myths and legends. I am a mere fan of the movie by Sam Pekinpah – which was also surrounded by controvery – and now exists in 3 separate versions. The 2nd one – the attempt to restore the butchered first version to what Pekinpah really intended is the best (in my opinion). Avoid the original 1973 theatrical release which was edited (it is said) by as many as 6 different people. The 3rd version probably has the best film quality, but has also endured some questionable editing.
Forgive my long-winded response. Enjoy !
blankend May 4, 2015 at 8:28 pm #
I saw this on the big screen when it first came out. Being a lifelong Westerns fan and a big music fan, the combination of Bob Dylan (who also scored the movie) and Kristofferson, Plus the all-star Western character actor cast, this was a must-see for me. I wanted to like it so much because there were so many good things about it. In spite of some really good scenes, the movie was hard to follow and understand what was going on most of the time. I later heard about how Peckinpah and the studio fought, and that the movie was taken from him and re-edited into the nearly incomprehensible version I saw at the theatre.
I still had a soft spot for this movie, even with the flaws. When the directors cut came out I was finally able to see Peckinpah’s original vision. That was when I realized this was another of Sam’s masterpieces, a modern classic.
I agree with you that the director’s cut is the best version. If anyone out there has not seen this yet, don’t bother with the original release, go for the director’s cut.
jcalberta May 5, 2015 at 8:02 am #
Coincidentally this was on TV yesterday. The uncut version – definitely an adult movie/Western. Definitely a Western Classic. Thanks again.
timesmightidontBill Hartley August 29, 2018 at 3:12 pm #
Arguably the most ‘political’ of Westerns
jcalberta August 29, 2018 at 4:09 pm #
Howdy Bill. How do you mean?
Sam was a master at making a great Western. That’s for sure.
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What happens when I decide to make a Pilgrim costume for my child? Well. . .
November 17, 2015 ANerd Uncategorized Leave a comment
Hester Prynne
I embroider a red A to her chest and take photos of her with her baby doll. Because that’s normal. Hopefully when she get to high school and reads The Scarlet Letter she will find this amusing and not reason for therapy.
On a sewing note I used Simplicity 3725 and it was super easy and went together well. You know, just in case you need an Hester Prynne costume a pilgrim costume for your kid.
Supernatural: Thin Lizzie Has [SPOILER] Lost their Soul?
November 8, 2015 November 11, 2015 ANerd Supernatural Tags: Amara, Borden murders, Len, Lizzie Borden, Soul, Souless, Supernatural, Thin Lizzie Leave a comment
OK even I have a strange fascination about the Lizzie Borden case so I was really interested in this episode when I saw the previews and it did not disappoint.
Ghostfacers
Right out the gate the about-to-be-dead guy mentions how the Ghostfacers can’t capture the rage in the house. Come on– the Ghostfacers are the best and it makes me happy that they are still relevant in the Supernatural Universe. Then of course him and his girlfriend got an ax to the back.
The Lizzie Borden house
The house in general was a great backdrop for this episode. It had all the macabre elements that those kind of places have plus the creepy, too personal, feel of a bed a breakfast. Turns out though that all the flickering lights, strange sounds, EMF readings and all of that were staged by the owners to make guests scared/excited about the possibilities of a haunting.
What would be better than Lizzie Borden’s house? The Winchester House. I have always wondered why they haven’t done an episode focused on that house or at least mentioned it at some point. Of course maybe they don’t have working squeezy things on their perfume bottles and that’s why.
The episode moves on and Dean sees a creepy dude taking pictures outside and then overnight the owner got hacked to death too. Leading them to go interview said creepy dude. On their way to interview him though the cops call and tell Sam that there has been another victim. So the boys split up.
Odd behavior from interviewees
Sam interviews the newest victim’s family (and babysitter) and the wife of the victim acts very very strangely– like she doesn’t care at all that her husband was just found on the driveway chopped up. Odd right?
Well then Dean interviews Len, who may be the best new character we’ve seen this season, and we find out that Len has recently met Amara and she most definitely sucked out his soul. This explains a few things and Dean finds out that Amara is aging super quickly.
Dean throws Len in the car with him because he knows that soulless people usually end up in a bad way. Len is showing an odd amount of compassion though for a soulless individual.
Dean can’t bring himself to break the news to Len though and tries to get Sam to do it (and seems sad that he doesn’t have an excuse to kill Len– which seems odd to me). Sams stalls at breaking the news though. . .so Dean does it.
Seriously though Len is the best thing about this episode
Don’t tell Mom the babysitter’s. . .oh wait
So the babysitter ends up being the bad guy here. Well– she seems like she was a nice girl until Amara sucked her soul out. We still haven’t figured out Amara’s end game and although she’s filling up on souls all over she could be doing much worse damage if she wanted to. Is there a reason she’s pacing herself? Is her growth limited or is she playing a bigger game?
The babysitter gave her evil speech which ends in her saying that she wants to take care of her murder victim’s son and says Sam and Dean are going to be sacrifices to Amara— who she’s contacting through “prayer”. My thoughts on this are: Does she feel the connection that Dean has to Amara? Is that why she doesn’t kill him? Why does she want to care for the boy? They talk all about how Len isn’t acting like someone who lost his soul completely, but why would she care about the well being of some kid. I would think a truly soulless person would kill the kid too.
We never find out though because Len buries an ax in her back, but with her dying breath she says, “The Darkness is coming. It’s so peaceful. It’s coming for all of us.” What if the Darkness is just life without a soul? A life without feelings or concerns.
Len turns himself in
Wait, what? Len ripped his thumb off out of curiosity to see if he could do it to get out of the cuffs and then went in and saved the day for Sam and Dean. Not because he felt obligated to help, but just because he could. He knows that he’s going to become a bad guy eventually and doesn’t want to hurt someone. But here’s the thing. He turns himself in so that way he’ll be locked away for crimes he didn’t commit, but won’t be able to hurt other people. What about the inmates though? Some of them may deserve getting murdered by a soulless person, but I’m sure there’s also people in there that just made a few mistakes, or can’t cope with the real world. I just find it slightly flawed that Sam and Dean were so cool with this option. Why not just admit to the final murder and ask for help/therapy? Maybe commit yourself to an institution?
What kind of person can murder and feel nothing?
Dean. Dean is that kind of person right now. Len asks that question, but Dean has been had to be corrected numerous times by Sam who has reminded him that he’s there to save innocents not kill people. Did Amara take Dean’s soul too and he just doesn’t remember that? Does he know and he’s keeping it from Sam? Something just feels off about Dean and I wonder if Amara’s coming took away an important part of Dean. Len says, “I remember what it was like to do the right thing so I’m going through the motions for as long as I can,” and that seems to me to be exactly what Dean is doing right now.
Can Dean feel Amara?
He seems to look right in the woods where Amara is hiding when he and Sam pull away. Does he feel her presence? Of course something is up with her– I just wonder which way they are going to take it.
Well goodbye Len– I’ll miss you. You were like Castiel with your cluelessness, but without the desire to do good.
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Cooper, Cuaron, Farrelly, Lee, McKay Vie for DGA Best Director Prize
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Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuaron, Peter Farrelly, Spike Lee and Adam McKay will compete Saturday evening for the top feature-film honor from the Directors Guild of America.
Cooper (“A Star Is Born”), Farrelly (“Green Book”) and Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”) are first-time DGA nominees, while Cuaron (“Roma”) and McKay (“Vice”) earned their second DGA feature film directing nominations.
Cuaron, who has already won Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice awards, previously won the DGA award in 2013 for helming “Gravity.”
McKay was previously nominated for “The Big Short” in 2015.
Since 1948, there have only been seven times that the winner of the DGA award for feature film directing has not gone on to win the Oscar for best director. The most recent time was 2013, when Ben Affleck won the DGA Award for “Argo,” but wasn’t even nominated for a directing Academy Award, even though the film won the Oscar for best picture.
Despite their DGA nominations, neither Cooper nor Farrelly are nominated for the best-director Oscar this year. They were replaced on the Oscar nominations list by Yorgos Lanthimos for “The Favourite” and Pawel Pawlikowski for “Cold War.”
Cooper, who stars in as well as directs “A Star Is Born,” is also nominated in the DGA’s first-time feature film director category, along with Bo Burnham (“Eighth Grade”), Carlos Lopez Estrada (“Blindspotting”), Matthew Heineman (“A Private War”) and Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”).
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On the small screen, Jason Bateman, who recently won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance work in Netflix’s “Ozark,” is nominated for the DGA Award for drama series directing on the show. McKay is also in the category for directing an episode of HBO’s “Succession.”
Also nominated for drama series directing are Lesli Linka Glatter for Showtime’s “Homeland,” Chris Long for FX’s “The Americans” and Daina Reid for Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
For comedy series directing, the DGA nominees are Donald Glover for FX’s “Atlanta,” Bill Hader for HBO’s “Barry,” Hiro Murai for FX’s “Atlanta” and both Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino for separate episodes of Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
The 71st annual Directors Guild Awards will be presented at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland center. Actress/comedian Aisha Tyler will host the ceremony.
Don Mischer will receive a lifetime achievement award during the event, while FX Networks will receive the guild’s Diversity Award for its “commitment to, and leadership in, inclusive hiring in DGA-covered categories.”
Here is a complete list of nominees:
Feature Film:
— Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
— Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
— Peter Farrelly, “Green Book”
— Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
— Adam McKay, “Vice”
First-Time Feature Film Director:
— Bo Burnham, “Eighth Grade”
— Carlos Lopez Estrada, “Blindspotting”
— Matthew Heineman, “A Private War”
— Boots Riley, “Sorry to Bother You”
Documentary:
— Morgan Neville, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
— Ramell Ross, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, “Free Solo”
— Tim Wardle, “Three Identical Strangers”
— Betsy West and Julie Cohen, “RBG”
Drama Series:
— Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
— Leslie Linka Glatter, “Homeland”
— Chris Long, “The Americans”
— Adam McKay, “Succession”
— Daina Reid, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Comedy Series:
— Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
— Bill Hader, “Barry”
— Hiro Murai, “Atlanta”
— Daniel Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
— Amy Sherman-Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Movies for Television and Limited Series:
— Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Maniac”
— David Leveaux and Alex Rudzinski, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”
— Barry Levinson, “Paterno”
— Ben Stiller, “Escape at Dannemora”
— Jean-Marc Vallee, “Sharp Objects”
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming:
— Paul G. Casey, “Real Time with Bill Maher”
— Sacha Baron Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Daniel Gray Longino, Dan Mazer, “Who is America?”
— Jim Hoskinson, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
— Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live”
— Paul Pennolino, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”:
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials:
— Louis J. Horvitz, “The 60th Grammy Awards”
— Tim Mancinelli, Glenn Clements, “The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018”
— Beth McCarthy-Miller, “Bill Maher: Live from Oklahoma”
— Marcus Raboy, “Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life”
— Glenn Weiss, “The 72nd Annual Tony Awards”
Reality Programs:
— Neil P. DeGroot, “Better Late Than Never”
— Eytan Keller, “Iron Chef Guantlet”
— Patrick McManus, “American Ninja Warrior”
— Russell Norman, “The Final Table”
— Bertram van Munster, “The Amazing Race”
Children’s Programs:
— Allan Arkush, “A Series of Unfortunate Events”
— Jack Jameson, “Sesame Street”:
— Greg Mottola, “The Dangerous Book for Boys”
— Barry Sonnenfeld, “A Series of Unfortunate Events”
— Bo Welch, “A Series of Unfortunate Events”
Commercials:
— Steve Ayson, for Dollar Shave Club, Speight’s
— Fredrik Bond, for Virgin TV, BT Sport, Confused.com
— Martin de Thurah, for Audi, Chase, Macy’s
— Spike Jonze, for Apple Homepod
— David Shane, for Babbel, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund
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Finland picks world's youngest PM to head women-led cabinet
By Anne Kauranen and Tarmo Virki
Reuters December 9, 2019
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's new prime minister - about to become the world's youngest serving premier - will have a finance minister two years her junior in a new women-led coalition cabinet, party officials said on Monday.
Sanna Marin, 34, from the dominant Social Democrats, was chosen by her party as the sole candidate for prime minister on Sunday. Centre Party chief Katri Kulmuni, 32, will get the finance post when the new cabinet is officially nominated on Tuesday, party members said.
Finland's government resigned last week after the Centre Party said it had lost confidence in Social Democrat Prime Minister Antti Rinne over his handling of a postal strike.
The five parties in power - four of them led by women - decided to stay in coalition and continue with the same programmes, but said there would be a reshuffle.
Marin will take over in the middle of labour unrest and a wave of strikes which will halt production at some of Finland's largest companies from Monday. The Confederation of Finnish Industries estimates the strikes will cost the companies a combined 500 million euros ($550 million) in lost revenue.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE FAN
Marin has had a swift rise in Finnish politics since becoming head of the city council of her industrial hometown of Tampere at the age of 27.
"I myself have never thought about my age or my gender, but rather about the issues for which I took on politics and about the reasons for which we were trusted in the elections, the former transport minister told public broadcaster YLE after being picked as the prime minister candidate by her party.
Political scientist Jenni Karimaki of Turku University said the new government reflected what voters had wanted in last April's election, with many new young women and men voted into parliament.
"There are more women in the parliament's composition than ever before...Voters and citizens wish to see more women in top positions, bearing even the heaviest responsibilities the society can offer," she told Reuters.
Finland was one of the first country in Europe to give women voting rights back in 1906 and the first country in the world to vote women to parliament in 1907. Marin will be the third female to head the government.
"For the world it's interesting that they are young, and that they are all female. For Finland, this is not a sensation," said political commentator Risto Uimonen.
Marin, who has spoken about growing up in a disadvantaged family, is a left-winger within her party and a strong defender of Finland's generous welfare state.
A long-time fan of alternative metal band Rage Against The Machine, she has said she "dreams of free daycare" for all to add to Finland's public education, which is already free of charge from primary school to university.
The new government, consisting of 12 female and 7 male ministers according to media reports, will be nominated on Tuesday.
The Centre Party's Kulmuni, who previously held the more junior position of Minister of Economic Affairs, replaces Mika Lintila as finance minister. She took over as the head of the Centre Party from ex-prime minister Juha Sipila in September.
Green Party leader Maria Ohisalo, 34, will continue as interior minister, the Left Alliance's chairwoman Li Andersson, 32, as education minister and the Swedish People's Party's Anna-Maja Henriksson, 55, as justice minister.
Rinne will remain the Social Democrats leader at least until he chairs the party's conference in June.
Centre Party said it removed Antti Rinne over his handling of a two-week postal strike which spread to other industries.
"We had to blow the whistle and calm down the worsening situation. I explain this with the chance to move ahead on important topics," Kulmuni said on social media on Monday.
(This story refiles to clarify in 1st and 2nd para that Marin was nominated as PM candidate by her own party on Sunday and will be officially nominated on Tuesday.)
(Reporting by Anne Kauranen and Tarmo Virki; Editing by Toby Chopra and Andrew heavens)
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◀VIDEO▶ ALLONA RETURNS WITH “FADE IN THE STARS”
Awit Award winning singer Allona who is best known for her 90’s hit single “Someone’s Always Sayin’ Goodbye” is back with a new song entitled “Fade In The Stars.” Although the song has been available on iTunes and Amazon since April last year, it’s only this year that she released a music video. “Fade In The Stars” is her first single from her still untitled album set for release this year.
Here are some behind the scenes footage taken from her official Facebook Page.
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OPM MUSIC VIDEO’S RELEASED IN DECEMBER 2013
Here are the local artists who released new music video’s on YouTube for the month of December:
Loonie Feat Smugglaz_Pilosopo
The latest single from Loonie’s new album “Ultrasound” now out in stores. Visit his official facebook page for more info.
Sandwich_New Romancer
The seconds single from Sandwich’ seventh album “Fat, Salt and Flame” to celebrate their fifteenth year. Check out the music video below.
She’s Only Sixteen_Walrus
New single from alternative rock band, She’s Only Sixteen.
Mayonnaise_Paraan
Check out the first single off the band’s upcoming album this 2014. The music video was shot in Los Angeles, California last November.
Click below to see the rest of the videos release in December:
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MUSIC NEWS ROUND-UP | Week of Nov 4 – Nov 10, 2013
Here are the latest news about your favorite OPM & US artists (Week of Nov 4 – Nov 10, 2013)
Oktaves is back w/ “Paakyat Ka Pa lang Pababa Na Ako”, their ff-up to “K.U.P.A.L” from their self-titled album. Watch the music video here http://youtu.be/dv6aYWwiZXU directed by Ely Buendia and Neil De La Cruz. #OPM
Watch the Director’s cut of gloc-9 music video for “Magda” ft Rico Blanco http://youtu.be/UlrMUV00L1w from “Liham At Lihim” #opm #musicnews
Here’s the official music video for Richard Yap‘s new song “Don’t Know What To Do, Don’t Know What To Say” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9onK6qEJJW8&feature=youtu.be w/ clips from ‘Shes The One’ movie under ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc. (Star Cinema).
The Voice PH coach, Apl.de.Ap has dropped the music video for his new solo single “Going Out”! Watch now http://youtu.be/GqChQldIji0 #OPM
Jason Derulo has premiered the music video for “Trumpets”, his 4th single from ‘Tattoos’ album. Check it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOAfz0H4f00&feature=youtu.be
One Direction reveals the “Story Of My Life” music video, their latest single from Midnight Memories http://youtu.be/W-TE_Ys4iwM #1D
Demi Lovato has released the music video for “Let It Go” from the soundtrack of Disney’s animated film Frozen! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHue-HaXXzg
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OPM MUSIC VIDEO’S RELEASED IN OCTOBER 2013
Here are the local artists who released new music video’s on YouTube for the month of October:
Richard Yap – Don’t Know What To Do, Don’t Know What To Say
Don’t Know What To Do, Don’t Know What To Say is the themesong of ‘She’s The One,’ Star Cinema’s latest movie starring Bea Alonso & Dingdong Dantes.
Gloc-9 Feat Rico Blanco – Magda
Up Dharma Down – Luna
TJ Monterde – Sa Tuwina
Mark Bautista – Bato Sa Buhangin
Sarah Geronimo – Ikot-ikot
Click below to see the rest of the videos release in October:
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MUSIC NEWS ROUND-UP | Week of Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2013
Here are the latest news about your favorite OPM & US artists (Week of Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2013)
Dennis Trillo & Tom Rodriguez performing “Forever” during ‘TomDen’ album launch http://youtu.be/zO9EhC0OmZU #opm #musicnews
Watch gloc-9‘s music video for ‘Magda’, the 1st single from “Liham at Lihim” http://youtu.be/D83fOh9-O0g Read about his new album here http://dlvr.it/4DJwxL [LionhearTV]
Up Dharma Down‘s music video for “Luna” w/c peaked at #1 on Pinoy Myx is finally out. Watch here http://youtu.be/M8hrQHL45Ks #opm #musicnews
Amber Davis new song “Paralysed” debuts at #4 on Wave 89.1. Watch BTS (Behind-The-Scene) of her upcoming music video here http://youtu.be/ucsWaGM-XeE
Balladeer & #Ngiti hit maker Ronnie Liang has released the music video for “Di Mo Man Sabihin”. Watch here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO9t8VVJGC4 #opm
PolyEast recording artist TJ Monterde has released the full video of his latest single “Sa Tuwina” watch here http://youtu.be/Qh6WVNj6pyc #OPM #musicnews
Australian artist Cody Simpson performs the acoustic version of “All Day” http://youtu.be/HZ2-BCHbsQ4 from his debut EPs: 4 U & Coast to Coast.
Preview Beyoncé‘s new single “God Made You Beautiful” for her upcoming ‘LIfe is But a Dream DVD http://youtu.be/H-fiy-VcluI set to come out in the US on Nov 25. #musicnews
Ariana Grande plays Juliet for her “Right There” music video w/ her Romeo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Arnold’s son http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhcpubAVdmc
Justin Timberlake‘s music video for his new single “TKO” from The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 is finally out! Watch here http://youtu.be/FyXtoTLLcDk #musicnews
Listen to Eminem‘s 4th single “The Monster” ft Rihanna http://youtu.be/ZDXXi19_7iE from his 8th album The Marshall Mathers LP 2
P!nk unveils the tour video for “Are We All We Are” (Live From Melbourne) http://youtu.be/9IB8S2uWGws it’s the 6th single from Truth About Love album.
Katy Perry performs her latest single “Unconditionally” http://youtu.be/dSztMUbfJjM and her no.1 hit single “Roar” http://youtu.be/yaptkhmeBT4 Live on The X Factor – Australia 2013
Listen to Taylor Swift‘s latest single “Sweeter Than Fiction” from the soundtrack of the British film “One Chance” the true story of British Got Talent winner Paul Potts http://youtu.be/-QfAY4uzWDY
Listen to Demi Lovato‘s “Let It Go,” the theme song from Disney‘s ‘Frozen‘ animated film http://youtu.be/sGlb71bae_I Out in PH theaters starting on Nov 27, 2013.
American rock band Daughtry returns w/ “Waiting For Superman” from their upcoming album ‘Baptized.’ Check out the new music video here: http://youtu.be/SXjXKT98esw #musicnews
Listen to One Direction‘s new single “Story Of My Life” http://youtu.be/0OJpbfprVro from their upcoming album ‘Midnight Memories.’ #musicnews
Latin singer Enrique Iglesias releases “Heart Attack” music video. It’s the 3rd single from his upcoming 10th album. Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2nElyx7Ds&feature=youtu.be
Check out Little Mix music video for “Move” http://youtu.be/RwD4eJGxPc4 the carrier single from their 2nd album ‘Salute.’ #musicnews #video
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On the good ship Boaty McBoatface
Posted on April 1, 2016 by Ellen Hawley
The British are famous for their dry sense of humor, but not long ago they took it out for exercise and got it wet.
What am I talking about? The Natural Environment Research Council will be launching a new polar research vessel, which they say “will be the UK’s largest and most advanced research ship yet. She will allow scientists to carry out research safely and efficiently, even through the harshest of winters, in both Antarctica and the Arctic.”
So far, so unfunny. But in an effort to create the illusion of public involvement, some genius launched a Name Our Ship campaign.
Irrelevant photo: Yes, the prevailing wind blows from the right. If, of course, you’re facing the right way. Photo by Ida Swearingen.
Beware of media consultants bearing catchy ideas. The Research Council didn’t. Instead, they set up a web site, invited public involvement, and it all went wrong. So many people were voting that at one point the site crashed. You think that’s a success?
Nope. The top entry is Boaty McBoatface (ships’ names are italicized, in case anyone’s taking notes), and ol’ Boaty’s the reason so many people voted. Maybe the name caught something the spirit of the times or maybe there’s some more profound reason that I’m too shallow to spot.
After Boaty, you get a couple of serious names and you’ll forgive me if I skip those, right? Then we come to It’s Bloody Cold Here and Usain Boat. After that come Thanks for All the Fish (if you don’t catch the reference, you need to read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; try to read around the ingrained sexism, because it’s funny in spite of the [I’d like to think] dated attitude) and What Iceberg?
Scroll down a bit and you come to my favorite, Big Metal Floaty Thingy-Thing, as well as Not the Titanic and Boat Marley and the Whalers.
Enough with trying to patch together interesting sentences. Others include:
Ship Happens
Boaty O’Boatface
Boatback Mountain
Science!!! (I like that one. I hear it in a high, manic, advertising voice.)
It Ain’t Half Cold Mum
ColdTrouser
Aunt Arctica
Float Like a Butterfly (for anyone who’s not old enough to remember, that’s a Muhammad Ali reference)
Big Ship Innit (in case you’re not British, innit translates to isn’t it) and
Bbrrrrrrr (with, yes, two B’s)
At this point, I was reading names that had thirty or so votes and I lost the will to scroll any further. By way of comparison, Boaty McBoatface had 76,470 votes. The next most popular ones were serious, and they had around 7,000 and 5,000. It’s Bloody Cold Here also had some 5,000 and no apostrophe. I added one. I had to. I trust someone will add it officially if the entry wins. Unless either maritime safety or the law of the sea forbids apostrophes.
After Boaty crashed the website, the Natural Environment Research Council announced that the vote is only advisory and they’ll make the final decision themselves, thank you very much. But you kind of knew that, didn’t you?
So there you have the British sense of humor. You thought I meant the names, right? I don’t. I’m talking about public consultation. Bureaucrats just love consulting the public.So much so that when I had to decide what category to file this under, Traditions won out. What could be more traditional than involving and then ignoring the public?
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88 thoughts on “On the good ship Boaty McBoatface”
Chris White on April 1, 2016 at 9:18 am said:
The hole of tomfoolery opened up before him and he jumped in willngly. The journey down was uneventful and ended with a smile.
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Ellen Hawley on April 1, 2016 at 10:07 pm said:
I hate to admit this, but you’ve completely lost me.
Ah … well … You posted on April 1. Your post had that sort of a feel about it. Also … when I read the post, the link you included was down … hence my comment.
Hate to think I completely lost you.
Ellen Hawley on April 2, 2016 at 11:39 am said:
The site must’ve been swamped again. I just checked and it’s back up. Boaty‘s piled up 109,700 votes. One of the new entries in Whatever Floats Ya.
Ice_Badger on April 1, 2016 at 9:42 am said:
I really wanted the ship to be called Boaty Mc Boatface!
just for the fact that serious scientists would have to stand in serious meetings and say serious science things and then include the words Boaty McBoatface :-D
I now also want it to be called Thanks for all the Fish…
I hadn’t stopped to picture all those scientists saying “Boaty McBoatface.” They might think it’s pretty funny.
Ice_Badger on April 1, 2016 at 10:08 pm said:
They probably would, but then they would be in meetings with serious funding/investor/serious people and would have to say it like it was a perfectly normal name :-D
And you’re saying it isn’t?
Nonononono…
Of course it is perfectly normal…
Honestly :D
And I should take your word for this?
Yes, totally!
I am an expert in what is completely normal…
You can tell by my pink hair and taste for new rock boots :)
Ellen Hawley on April 2, 2016 at 1:47 pm said:
Right. Understood. Completely.
Ice_Badger on April 2, 2016 at 1:55 pm said:
Excellent ;-)
derrickjknight on April 1, 2016 at 10:01 am said:
How about Blogger Me?
It took me a minute–and a bit of accent rearrangement–to get this.
ellenbest24 on April 1, 2016 at 11:15 am said:
Boaty McBoatface has made (forgive my reference), people most ignorant of environmental issues… smile. They got on the bandwagon and just for a laugh perpetuated the ludicrous vote. Never mind that it isn’t a boat… if a ship can hold it; it is a boat. Although it wouldn’t have been my choice, it did spin it out get it noticed and had people discussing (I heard some myself ) what tasks this beast would undertake. People that you couldn’t get to sort their rubbish were saving the world with their ludicrous vote. Now does it really sound sensible to ignore the consequences the knock on effect of the vote???
Love this post and thank you for allowing me to hijack Boaty McBoatface.
I wonder how many more people would follow its work if they actually named it that. Probably a lot.
Retirementallychallenged.com on April 3, 2016 at 12:58 am said:
I would have loved hearing the scientists refer to their ship as Shipface.
Ellen Hawley on April 3, 2016 at 9:31 am said:
Shippy Mc? Someone missed a trick by not proposing this–although there’s still time if you want to.
First Night Design on April 1, 2016 at 11:39 am said:
Big Metal Floaty Thingy-Thing is perfect!
Val on April 1, 2016 at 11:50 am said:
Spot on, Ellen. That’s exactly what happens here. The powers-that-be (or think so, anyway) offer us something then take it away. They think we’re naughty children and don’t deserve what we want. Then you have a few pleasant individuals who do this (though that didn’t last either): http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/trainy-mctrainface-south-west-trains-commute-boaty-mcboatface-waterloo-a6947831.html
Thanks for the link. I’m glad to know the guy who put the name on the train didn’t get fired for it.
Dan Antion on April 1, 2016 at 12:05 pm said:
I kinda like Boaty McBoatface (sorry, I can’t italicize in the comments without knowing HTML tags). The name might help encourage young children to take an interest in science. OK, that was a lame attempt, but it might show that you guys actually have a sense of humor.
Here in Hartford, CT, we had a similar contest to name our new minor league baseball team. We didn’t think to make the contest advisory (before or after the fact) so The Hartford Yard Goats begin playing baseball in a few weeks. Maybe they could name the mascot Batty McBatface.
The decision to make the contest advisory was taken after the fact. If the baseball team played by the rules–I’d have to say they have no one to blame but themselves.
southamptonoldlady on April 1, 2016 at 12:44 pm said:
I knew about Boaty McBoatface but didn’t read the list. I have been rolling around the floor laughing my head off. This is why I prefer reading local newspapers online these days – the comments are so more interesting than the news. National Rail at Waterloo also joined in with the fun by displaying and announcing the next train in as Trainy McTrainface! A new cafe opening up the road from me is also considering Cafe McCafeface!
National Rail has a sense of humor? I love Trainy McTrainface. The cafe, though, is pretty much unpronounceable. At least with my accent.
southamptonoldlady on April 2, 2016 at 9:46 am said:
Perhaps there might be a Donald McDonaldsface?
This is going to be like that song, The Name Game. I don’t know if it was played over here, but it’s basically a kids’ rhyme game that you can plug any name into. And once it gets into your head, you’re stuck with it. Forever.
idioglossiablog on April 1, 2016 at 1:17 pm said:
A giant April Fools Day story. I’d laugh if I had not been stung so hard by the foolery of it all. ;) Not that it matters (sorry wetting down my own dry humor), but I’m partial to “Searching For Sun”. P.S. please forgive the lack of italicized lettering. :) G-uno
It’s not an April Fool’s joke. Really. Honest. I swear.
ellenbest24 on April 1, 2016 at 10:11 pm said:
Sorry but the fact that people commenting think it is an April fools is just hilariously funny. Goodbye from him and goodbye from me… A nod to Ronnie Corbett who I am sure would be stifling a grin. 😉
Karen on April 1, 2016 at 2:05 pm said:
I don’t know. Is Boaty McBoatface supposed to be funny? The fact that it’s the leader of the contest may be a very powerful argument that the British don’t have a sense of humor at all.
I’m just joking, put away the pitchforks. ;) My vote would be for Fish N Chips, only because I didn’t have any breakfast this morning and I’m starving, but I’m also liking What Iceberg? because dark humor is the best kind.
I don’t think Boaty‘s the funniest of the suggestions, but I’m fascinated that it took off the way it did. Which probably testifies to the power of social media rather than its inherent funniness. And–sigh–there’s a lesson there, although I’m not sure what it is. Do more with social media, probably. Crap. I didn’t want to know that.
John Evans on April 1, 2016 at 3:10 pm said:
I love this. It’s all in the grand British tradition of extremely silly humour. The person who suggested the leading name is obviously very much in touch with their inner child – hooray for them, I say.
Your favourite (and mine too) “Big Metal Floaty Thingy-Thing” is in the same delightfully childish vein. It’s reminiscent of Baldrick in the episode of Blackadder 3 where he’s put the manuscript of Dr Johnson’s dictionary (the only copy) on the fire:
Blackadder: ” Right, let’s get the book. Now; Baldrick, where’s the manuscript?”
Baldrick: ” You mean the big papery thing tied up with string?”
Blackadder: “Yes, Baldrick — the manuscript belonging to Dr. Johnson.”
Baldrick: “You mean the baity fellow in the black coat who just left?”
Blackadder: “Yes, Baldrick — Dr. Johnson.”
Baldrick: “So you’re asking where the big papery thing tied up with string belonging to the baity fellow in the black coat who just left is.”
Blackadder: “Yes, Baldrick, I am, and if you don’t answer, then the booted bony thing with five toes at the end of my leg will soon connect sharply with the soft dangly collection of objects in your trousers. For the last time, Baldrick: Where is Dr. Johnson’s manuscript?”
Baldrick: “On the fire.”
Blackadder: (shocked) “On the what?”
Baldrick: “The hot orangy thing under the stony mantlepiece.”
Oh, and I guess the suggestion “It Ain’t Half Cold Mum” derives from the 1970’s BBC sitcom “It Ain’t Half Hot Mum”, which was about the experiences of a Royal Artillery concert party in India and Burma at the end of World War 2.
The half hot reference went over my head. Predictably. Thanks for filling that in. But what strikes me is that you memorized that dialogue–and I’m terrified to think how much more of it.
No I didn’t memorise it – I’m too old for that sort of thing. Just searched the web, found the script and copied that bit of it. I do have the video of that episode of Blackadder though; it really is one of the funniest ones of the lot.
After I wrote that and hit Reply, I did stop to think that it’s a hell of a lot of text to memorize unless you’re actually mounting a production.
Laura (PA Pict) on April 1, 2016 at 5:07 pm said:
Ha ha ha ha! What on earth did they expect when they opened it up for public consultation. I wonder if they even received one non-amusing suggestion. They are obviously going to undermine the consultation and name it something snoringly sensible that their own heads generated but oh how I wish they would go with the public vote.
Sadly, they received all sorts of sensible suggestions. I skipped those. And I have no idea what they were thinking. I can only assume they don’t live in the same world as the rest of us.
Diane on April 2, 2016 at 1:09 am said:
This reminds me of the recent online petition supporting open carry for any and all types of weaponry at the upcoming Republican convention. Democrats pounced on it and suggested the addition of firecrackers. Other reader comments on the Huffington website included ” This gives “Donald. Duck!” a whole new meaning” and “First candidate to get hit by 1,237 bullets will be the nominee. Pass the popcorn.” All the gleeful humor and clever comments came to a halt when the FBI said it wasn’t a good idea despite over 45,000 signatories. Darn!!!
Geez, a person just can’t have any fun anymore. The comments are inspired.
meanderingmav on April 2, 2016 at 2:02 am said:
I now have the song Blinded me with Science stuck in my head. I believe there is a part in the song where he says the word science louder than the rest of the song.
I don’t know the song, but I apologize for trapping it in your head. The voice I heard it in came from a lunatic series I used to hear on National Public Radio, which introduced the presenter by saying, “He knows more than you do. He has a master’s degree. [Pause.] In science!” I wish I could remember what it was called.
meanderingmav on April 2, 2016 at 4:47 pm said:
It’s funny how a simple word can trigger a memory, and that memory is different for different people.
I like your blog, can’t wait to read more.
Glad you wandered in.
dwdirwin on April 2, 2016 at 2:37 am said:
Ah things are making sense- I follow a Great Britain site on Facebook and today they had a post on “the new clocktower to be built in London, twice the size of Big Ben” (or something of the sort-obviously April Fool’s). And someone commented “it would be named Clocky McClockface” which garnered all kinds of likes and accolades for the wit of it. Good thing I read your blog to help me sort these things out :)
And it’s a good thing I write it, because there’s always someone who’ll come forward and fill me in on the references I’m missing. When you move to another country as an adult, you never entirely catch up.
joey on April 2, 2016 at 4:10 am said:
Seriously, that’s hysterical. Boaty McBoatface is CHARMING but I really did like them all. Wonderful humor, indeed.
I can’t help picturing a plastic boat in a bathtub, though.
Marie Therese on April 2, 2016 at 10:52 am said:
I just discovered your blog from http://akinderway.com/
I’m so glad I did, as I thoroughly enjoyed this post. Looking forward to reading more now, too.
KokkieH on April 2, 2016 at 5:44 pm said:
This is really too good not to be an April Fool’s! Proving once again that truth is often stranger than fiction.
My vote goes for *Insert Pun Here*, though RSS Feed had me rolling on the floor :D
You found a couple I missed. I’m currently drawn to Retirementally Challenged’s suggestion, Shippy McShipface, so everyone will have to talk, ever so seriously, about Shipface.
Gunta on April 2, 2016 at 7:01 pm said:
I’m picturing a plastic boat in a bathtub, too. Painted bright orange. I had missed the comments about the open carry at the GOP convention. As a member of the opposing party, I thought it a great idea as long as they locked the doors and let ’em all have at it. ;)
Play nice, now, kids. (You can apply that in any way you want. It’s open to several interpretations.)
Anna on April 3, 2016 at 6:59 am said:
This was fun reading. We have public consultation here too, that always meets the politicians ignorance. They think they’ve done with the public consultation thing when all the answers from public are done. They don’t think they actually have to listen to what people say, if they don’t agree with the politicians. It’s only when you agree with them you get their ear.
Exactly. They consult. They go back to their offices and do what they planned to do anyway.
Anna on April 3, 2016 at 11:10 am said:
Exactly! And here they use the consult opportunity as an argument for defending their own opinion. They just say, well there have been plenty of ops to say something so we can now do what we think it’s best.
We’ve been suffering through the same meetings.
Anna on April 3, 2016 at 1:22 pm said:
Next time you bring a thermos of tea and I’ll bring crumbly cakes and at least we’ll keep ourselves amused.
Yes! That sounds very nice!
Bea dM on April 3, 2016 at 10:08 am said:
When I’m desperate for a break, first thing I do is go offline. Just back from 3 days out of town out of internet. Thank goodness for your posts that are a sound reason to be online at all! I had a good laugh with your list, cringe to think of what the “serious” suggestions were :)
Oh, a lot of them were commemorating people I’ve never heard of. Or who have heard of but who it’s hard to take seriously given the company they’re keeping. I wonder if I should go online and propose the Thomas Cromwell. Or the–oh, I don’t know. The Anne Boleyn.
Bea dM on April 3, 2016 at 2:33 pm said:
Good you made a choice: your shortlist works wonders fun-wise!
trE on April 3, 2016 at 8:13 pm said:
Sounds a lot like America. Ignoring the public, that is.
True, but I don’t remember quite so elaborate a farce of public consultation in the U.S. Or maybe I just wasn’t paying attention. You notice things as a foreigner that you don’t pay attention to in your home country.
This is true, on the smaller scale though… It’s quite the reminder.
greg-in-washington on April 10, 2016 at 5:10 pm said:
I just saw this news today so I am a bit late on it. The US Air Force wants name suggestions from all 1/2 million Air Force Military and civilian workers to name the new B21 bomber, which will cost 1 billion $ each minimum. Names suggested include National Debt, Surprise, Justice, and Vader. I cannot vote but the obvious choice here is “Boomy McBoomface”
Ellen Hawley on April 10, 2016 at 5:33 pm said:
Just when I despair of human beings, something like this comes along to restore my faith–in people’s sense of humor if nothing else. “I just got bombed by the National Debt.” Who could resist?
Northern Dragon on July 26, 2019 at 4:39 pm said:
Please. Stop. Now. Cannot. Take. More. Laughte. Rolling. On. Floor… :D
Ellen Hawley on July 26, 2019 at 8:33 pm said:
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Alice on April 12, 2016 at 3:35 am said:
Big Metal Floaty Thingy-Thing gets my vote. Without a doubt. Because Thingy-Thing. “This is not just a Big Metal Floaty THING”, that name exclaims. Though it is LIKE that, it is a Thing LIKE THAT THING BUT NOT ACTUALLY THAT THING.
I feel a sudden, desperate need to start working “thingy-thing” into conversation…
This is gonna make for some interesting conversations. You’ll let me know how they go, right?
Alice on April 12, 2016 at 8:51 pm said:
You are my first phone call.
I’m sitting beside it, waiting.
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Reblogged this on itsgoodtobecrazysometimes and commented:
One of the things I am liking about reading some old posts is being reminded of some funny things that have happened this is one of them and Ellen has put it better than I could ever have done
Ellen Hawley on June 8, 2016 at 4:46 pm said:
Thanks for the reblog and the kind words. I appreciate them both.
Most welcome and thank you for the chuckle,
TT on June 8, 2016 at 3:25 pm said:
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Hilarious! #smileoftheday
Thanks for the reblog. Much appreciated.
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The Internet is the source of many troubles. And… much laughter ;)
Let’s think of ourselves as trying to redeem it, then.
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Chapter 669 Big Buyer
Chapter 670 Bad Be
Chapter 671 Alternative Solution
The Mech Touch Chapter 670 Bad Be
The group along with their cargo bot trundled along the nearest route back to the shuttle bays. Their progress was hampered by the fact that Mancroft Station's ad hoc upgrades and expansions never planned for rapid transit.
Normal space stations at least incorporated tunnels of fast-moving trains that brought people from one side of the station to the other side within minutes. Other stations, particularly those built within hollowed-out asteroids, allowed the use of aircars which brought people from place to place without disturbing the foot traffic beneath.
Mancroft had to make due with cramped corridors and a schizophrenic station architecture that changed every five-hundred meters or so because of the addition of different modules over the years. Each station owner had different intentions for the Independent Harbor, so Ves could practically read the history off his surroundings.
Throughout their silent journey home, they passed by thousands of frontiersmen and adventurers, each of them wearing different styles of clothes and armor.
Mancroft was a melting pot of cultures, just like Harkensen. The difference between the two was that the latter hosted more people from civilized space, while Mancroft became a microcosm of what the frontier had to offer.
People grouped themselves around their outfits rather than their origins. Pirates who looked as if they grew up on the same dusty planet acted like enemies against each other as they belonged to rivaling pirate gangs. They eagerly forgot their shared birthplace, and shifted all of their loyalty to their fellow comrades and brothers.
Another noticeable difference between the crowds of Mancroft and Harkensen stood out to Ves. A high proportion of the scum on the space station consisted of men. This made sense to Ves, as the conditions and technological conveniences that equalized the differences between the genders was absent in the frontier.
In a more primitive society, women lost more advantages than men. In a society ruled by the law of the jungle, the physical strength of men alone already placed them in a leading role.
Therefore, while female pirates existed, they formed the exception rather than the rule. Those that did join looked like they were able to take care of themselves. Much like the Swordmaidens, the women who were able to escape the settlements and prosper in the stars needed to be at least twice as ferocious as their male counterparts.
Still, male or female, a pirate remained a pirate. Almost none of them earned an honest living. Even in the remote galactic rim, the sheer amount of commerce that took place constantly attracted robbers, who could easily become instant millionaires after pillaging a single unsuspecting shipping vessel!
Sadly, the glamorous life of a pirate was anything but the unrealistic dramas portrayed. Logistical and practical issues such as maintaining your own ships and mechs as well as keeping unruly, badly-educated subordinates in line consumed an awful lot of time and money.
By the time the rank and file finally obtained their share of the spoils, only breadcrumbs landed in their hands. Perhaps their total earnings didn't even surpass one K-coin!
It was no surprise therefore that the pirates on shore leave at Mancroft all sought to distract themselves from their less-than-glamorous career choices. Some were constantly drinking or injecting themselves with stimulants. Some threw what pitiful money they saved on carnal pleasures or the feeble chance to win more money at the gambling venues.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Right now, their gambling woes became the biggest concern to Ves and his increasingly tense security guards. The majority of the pirates placed their bets on the Deathless, a significant portion even going all in! The stupid pirates trusted the Deathless' of never dying on the arena grounds to double their savings.
Gosh, the sheer brainlessness of these dolts rankled Ves. Hadn't they ever heard of making a proper risk-reward assessment? Couldn't they have one little lick of common sense in them? Just because an event was ninety percent certain to happen didn't mean the remaining ten percent could be ignored!
Naturally, clueless idiots who went all-in on their bets vented their frustrations in public.
"My life savings! I lost all my life savings! I was saving them up to pay for my daughter to attend an elite school!"
"The entire grudge match was rigged! It's a conspiracy, I tell you! Both the Boseys and the Castle Breakers are in on it! They took all of our money in one fell swoop!"
"The Hellvoice cheated! The Hellvoice cheated! The Hellvoice cheated!"
"Everyone who lost out, this isn't the end! Don't let the Bosey goons shut us up! As long as we make ourselves heard, the Boseys will have no choice but to return our money!"
A handful of exoskeleton-suited Bosey guard arrived from nowhere and approached the latest loudmouth in an indomitable march. Their loud footsteps thundered against the rusty deck with implacable force, causing everyone's footing to grow to sense the rumblings come closer.
"Look! The riggers of the grudge match are coming to shut us up! Don't let them keep our life savings!"
"ALRIGHT NOW, THIS MATTER ENDS HERE. YOU, COME WITH ME, YOU'LL BE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE BRIG!'
"NEVER!" The pirate who lost everything shouted back and yanked out a laser pistol from his shoulder holster.
Before the pirate could even bring his weapon to bear, a shoulder-mounted electrorod from the Bosey guard captain fried the man to a crisp!
Electrorods were short-ranged weapons that could zap people or objects from a distance. They worked instantly, though required a fairly careful aiming mechanism to ensure the electric bolt it projected didn't hit anything it wasn't meant to. If anything went wrong, it could have easily diverted and hit Ves!
Mech-sized electrorods generally didn't show up in third-class mechs because of the high stresses needed to generate an electric bolt strong enough to damage a mech. The melee version of the electrorods, called electrifiers, did show up now and then.
Ves knew a thing or two about electromagnetism, and knew enough about electrorods that the Bosey guard captain could have opted to dial down the power to a nonlethal setting.
Evidently, the patrol leader didn't want to bother with taking the desperate pirate into custody. Right now, everyone stepped back from the epicenter of the incident as the foul smell of cooked human flesh started to proliferate. They also didn't want to implicate themselves!
"Move along, folks!" The guard captain growled. "Unless you want to join your pal that's smoking like a barbeque, I suggest you move elsewhere right this instant!"
The message was clear. The Boseys liked their space station to be orderly, and they really didn't want to hear about refunds!
This kind of scene repeated many times as Ves and his escorts made their way back through the main shopping streets. The closer they got to the arena, the more they stumbled upon the aftermath of brutal executions.
The reign of terror from the station owners succeeded in cowing the reckless gamblers into silence, for now at least. However, whenever Ves looked into the eyes of the aggrieved visitors of the space station, he saw anything but resignation!
Nolsen noted the same thing. "These losers will never be satisfied until they get a refund or bailout."
"Hmph!" Ketis huffed. "I don't get all the fuss. They placed a bet on a candidate who's strong, but not invincible. Didn't they get their just desserts? It's their fault they lost all their money! Serves them right for emptying their entire savings for a gamble!"
Ves kept a wary eye to his surroundings. The people milling on the crowded streets resembled a powder keg that was about to blow!
"It's not as simple as that, Ketis. Think of how much they worked for to accumulate their savings. It represents months and years of serving aboard a crappy ship, risking their lives to rob a trade vessel, fending off assaults from rivalling pirate gangs and more. Almost literally all their lives had been wasted due to one awful decision. Even if it's their fault for making such a stupidly risky bet, these bankrupted pirates don't want to hear anything about why they are to blame. They're looking for a chance to go back in time, or failing that, a scapegoat!"
Pirates embodied selfishness. If anything went wrong, they were never to blame! It was always someone else's fault! The nature of gambling made it so that the most committed suckers sometimes tended to be the people who managed their money the worst.
Gambling was a pretty dubious way to earn more money in the first place. It didn't surprise Ves that the people who were the least qualified to manage their money often splurged out the most!
And underneath it all, a different threat lurked. The shouting about the possibility that the Hellvoice cheated her way to victory came from the most ardent fans of the Castle Breakers.
If the fans all thought this way, what about the outfit itself?
An alarm tone suddenly rang throughout the entire space station! It quickly cut off, but each and every individual stopped what they were doing!
Moments later, word spread out why the space station suddenly rang an alarm. The Castle Breaker fleet had lurched into action! It abandoned its stable orbit in the vicinity of the Independent harbor and started to move towards the ships belonging to the Omen of Misfortune.
"Not good!" Ketis exclaimed. "The Castle Breakers are larger and better than the Omen of Misfortune in almost every way! The Hellvoice's outfit is going to lose badly if it comes to a fight!"
Already, a minor panic broke out in the space station as worried visitors scrambled to get to their parked space vessels and move them as far away from the impending battle as possible! Even though thousands of kilometers separated their ships in orbit, that was still too close for comfort!
Worse, the losers who were irate at losing their money over their bad bets saw an opportunity. Instead of following the visitors who were worried about their rides, the rotten gamblers started stirring up trouble again, brandishing their weapons and shouting calls for refunds!
"Oh, you fools." Ves sighed, already imagining the carnage that would ensue. "Everyone! Projectiles and laser beams will start flying at any moment! Get ready to fight our way out!"
They pulled down their faceplates to form an airtight seal. Ves retrieved his ballistic handgun from his holster and deactivated most of its safeties. While the military-issued firearm wasn't as good as his Amastendira, it was a lot less conspicuous.
The others prepared their weapons as well. Ketis unsheathed her greatsword and flourished her naked blade as a deterrent and a threat. Nolsen and the Vandal guards readied their heavy caliber rifles to fire at the drop of a hat.
None of this was their fault. The Flagrant Swordmaidens just happened to stop by the Independent Harbor just as a prominent grudge match between two famous mech champions commenced.
If Ves knew the significance between the two duellists, he would have suggested to Major Verle to skip the space station!
News continued to pour in from the situation out in space. Ves and the others had to rely on second and third-hand information to learn what went on outside.
"The Omen of Misfortune fleet is on the move! They're trying to run away, but they're failling because the Castle Breakers have a head-start!"
"The Bosey Clan's spaceborn forces have deployed all of their reserves! They're holding their ground before their space station, but aren't moving in to stop the fight!"
"Those useless cowards!"
"Did you expect any different?"
The grumbling of the visitors didn't change the stance of the Boseys. Their highest priority was to keep the peace in the space station and to keep it together in one piece. If they intervened in every petty conflict between two rivalling pirate gangs, then they would have lost all of their men and mechs from attrition within the year!
Too many fights erupted for all sorts of reasons that it was better to stand aside than to play the hero!
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Home Movies & TV Reviews Burlesque
Cher the pain
Singer Christina Aguilera shouldn’t quit her day job.
BURLESQUE (Steve Antin). 100 minutes. Now playing. For venues, trailers and times, see Movies. Rating: NN
Burlesque cribs from any number of trashy pictures about showbiz, but it's not nearly as much fun as Showgirls. A small-town entertainer (Christina Aguilera) tries to make it as a dancer/singer in a floundering nightclub, but first she must win over the club's owner (Cher), piss off the drunken diva (Kristen Bell) and flirt with the sexy bartender (Cam Gigandet). When she finally shows everyone her star quality, a smouldering suit (Eric Dane) gets interested even as he's negotiating to buy the club.
Despite the familiar material, Burlesque leaves you with more questions than answers.
What kind of nightclub is this, and who are its patrons? (It's not a strip club, and it's not a Las Vegas-style show.) Why don't any of the performers have other aspirations? If business is so bad, how can they afford the sets and costumes for their Broadway-style numbers?
Why didn't Bob Fosse get a credit for the derivative choreography?
How does Cher, in her mid-60s, look so amazing? Will she thank her personal trainer and/or plastic surgeon when she wins a Razzie?
Why does Alan Cumming, who won a Tony playing Cabaret's emcee, get so little screen time?
Why is Stanley Tucci getting typecast playing fairy godfathers? (See The Devil Wears Prada.)
What other movies has Gigandet - this year's Ryan Phillippe - made, and how can I get his oblique muscles?
Why did anyone think Aguilera could act? Does Jersey Shore's Snooki realize that if she put on a blond wig and growled a lot she could do a mean Xtina impression?
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Opening Scotland: Museums Galleries Scotland’s Wikimedian in Residence & the diversification of
Authors: Sara Thomas
Chair: J Wilson
Room: Pentland (East)
Theme: Innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage collections for education
In January 2015, Museums Galleries Scotland employed Scotland’s second ever Wikimedian in Residence, the first for the Scottish museums sector. In contrast to most residencies of this kind, where the resident is embedded with just one institution, MGS’s resident was to work with the entire sector, with the aim of increasing open knowledge capacity and beginning to effect culture change with regard to open knowledge in a cultural context.
This case study will reflect on what can (and can’t) be achieved in a year, will offer provocations with regard to the challenges faced by the museums sector, and suggestions as to the best direction for future activity.
In terms of training and reach, the project was highly successful: engaging 26 cultural institutions, 20 universities, creating 241 new Wikipedia editors and reaching 460 people through 23 conferences and seminars. But in terms of producing open knowledge, results are harder to quantify, with written material vastly outweighing images, largely down to repeated difficulties encountered surrounding the open licensing of out of copyright imagery. Instigating policy change was also difficult, and the presentation will explore the reasons for this.
In MGS’ experience, the sector is extraordinarily enthusiastic about the possibilities offered by collaboration with open knowledge projects, but Wikipedia’s rules and policies can be opaque and difficult to navigate. Wikipedia’s status as a tertiary resource relying on secondary sources and in search for a neutral point of view can and often does clash with an academic understanding of true objectivity as impossible, and where cutting-edge research will often disprove accepted thinking on and around a subject.
One interesting and unforeseen outcome of the project were instances of the co-production of open knowledge artefacts between cultural and educational institutions, where an alignment of objectives resulted in productive, mutually beneficial partnerships. This model will be compared with that of more traditional residencies in educational institutions. Another unexpected outcome was the internal organisational impact the residency had within Scotland’s national development agency, Museums Galleries Scotland, and Glasgow Life/Glasgow Museums, where the resident was embedded for the first four months of the project.
Studies show that the opening of museums’ collections online can increase in-person museum visits, pointing to a positive correlation between engagement with web based information about a museum and its collection, and a physical visit. (CHIN 2004, IMLS 2008) Open access to heritage collections can inspire braver, more innovative practice, and open up new revenue streams. At a time when museums are under increasing financial pressure, open culture should be able to provide both inspiration and access to new audiences. But often, open knowledge can simply feel like a luxury that cannot be afforded. So where do we go from here?
Evaluation of the project is ongoing at the time of writing, but this presentation will put forward the case for the necessity of a three pronged approach for success in open cultural heritage: Infrastructure, Skills & Attitude, which will inform the second phase of the project, due to finish in June 2016.
CHIN / Canadian Heritage Information Network: 2004 Survey of Visitors to Museums’ Web Space and Physical Space: Survey Documentation and Findings, prepared by the Statistical Consultation Group Statistics Canada for the Canadian Heritage Information Network February 2005. http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/contenu_numerique-digital_content/2004survey-2004survey/index-eng.jsp, accessed October 2015.
IMLS / Institute of Museum and Library Services: 2008 National Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums and the Internet, Institute of Museum and Library Services, http://interconnectionsreport.org/reports/ConclusionsFullRptB.pdf accessed October 2015.
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Warner Archive Collection (series)
Margaret O'Brien sings, dances and keeps the faith in this heartwarming musical drama.
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Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
Video: Black & White
Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.37
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Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring Robert Preston, Danny Thomas, George Murphy, Margaret O'Brien & Karin Booth
Performer: Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins & Lotte Lehmann
Featured: Page Cavanaugh Trio
Directed by Norman Taurog
Edited by Gene Ruggiero
Screenwriting by Whitfield Cook & Aben Kandel
Composition by Janice Torre, George Stoll, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Berlin & Sidney Miller
Art Direction by E. Preston Ames
Story by Miklos Laszlo
Produced by Joe Pasternak
Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
Description by OLDIES.com:
Midge (Margaret O'Brien) is the luckiest girl in New York. Found abandoned as an infant, she's adopted by a cantor (Danny Thomas), a reverend (Robert Preston) and a Catholic cop (George Murphy), who raise her together as only three loving fathers can. But when the police officer marries a saloon singer (Betty Garrett) and insists on sole custody, the trio winds up in court, where Midge, with the help of a kind-hearted judge (Edward Arnold), must decide what's best for her fathers as well as herself. Highlighted by opera legend Lotte Lehmann in her only American film appearance and featuring Broadway star Betty Garrett in her big-screen debut.
MGM's all-purpose title THE BIG CITY was deployed once more for this treacly 1948 drama. To prevent orphaned Midge (Margaret O'Brien) from being sent to an institution, Protestant minister Andrews (Robert Preston), Jewish cantor Feldman (Danny Thomas) and Catholic cop Patrick O'Donnell (George Murphy) jointly "adopt" the girl. Midge grows up in Feldman's home, and all is rosy until O'Donnell, on the verge of marrying funloving "Shoe-Shoe" Bailey (Betty Garrett in her film debut), announces that he wants to take full custody of the child. It's up to Midge herself, with the help of kindly Judge Abercrombie (Edward Arnold), to sort things out. Meanwhile, the Reverend Andrews finds romance in the shapely form of Florence Bartlett (Karin Booth). Though it's hard to forget that Danny Thomas was one of show business' most prominent Catholics, he delivers a convincing performance as the tune-happy Cantor Feldman, at one point foregoing his usual Kol Nidres in favor of a rousing cowboy song!
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On Unrepresentative Leadership
I read with interest Principal Carol Burris' column on whether education groups are really listening to their members. It's interesting that the statewide PTA is deaf to the concerns of regional PTAs. When parents see their kids suffering from overtesting and preposterous high stakes, they tend to object. This is something Reformy John King learned when he actually went around the state and heard from people not contained in his particular cone of silence.
Unfortunately, the state PTA leaders appear to be precisely the sort of people Reformy John hangs with, the ones who tell him that everything is wonderful and he is unconditionally a prince. And while it's clear he believes that, I'm not at all certain readers of this blog will concur. So what do you do when you have a leadership that doesn't represent you? According to Carol Burris, you vote the bastards out.
That makes sense to me. Of course, for those of us in the UFT, it's another story. So few of us deem it worth our time to vote that it's very tough to compete with avid patronage recipients. To make things worse, more than half of all voting is done by retirees, who have limited skin in the game. But the very worst aspect of our voting is it's winner take all, and all dissenters, bar none, are shut out. Were that not the case, you certainly wouldn't have a UFT President not only supporting Common Core, but also publicly threatening to beat the crap out of anyone who doesn't.
And whenever it appears there's some slim chance opposition may break a little sunshine into the monopolistic one-sided regime, action is taken. When Mike Shulman won UFT HS VP, they waited until he was out of office and changed the rules so those meddlesome high school teachers couldn't elect anyone who actually represented them. Now the elementary and middle school teachers help us, which ensures a Unity VP even if we choose otherwise.
But that wasn't enough. Randi Weingarten reached out to Shulman's party, New Action, and struck a deal. If New Action would only endorse her, she'd let several seats on the UFT Executive Board go unopposed. At that time, when New Action members like James Eterno refused to buy into the deal, they formed ICE, contested the seats and won them. As opposition voices were completely unacceptable, Unity then cross-endorsed the New Action candidates and made sure that no one they didn't have a deal with got any voice whatsoever.
More recently upstart caucus MORE has gotten a little traction, and that apparently could not be tolerated. So Randi Weingarten met with a teacher who's now formed yet another caucus, a teacher who's already running a campaign for UFT President in 2016. So just in case MORE should catch on enough to threaten even the high school seats New Action now holds, Weingarten and this teacher have made it just that much more difficult. In my opinion, buying out New Action was one of the most effective steps our union has ever taken against democracy. Perhaps this new caucus will prove the second best.
Since absolutely everyone who represents us has either signed a loyalty oath or struck a deal with the UFT Unity Caucus, there is not one single person who represents us at a significant decision-making level. Sure, we can bring things up at the DA, but we're overwhelmed by people who need to vote as told at risk of being ejected from not only their patronage jobs, but also the glitzy free trips to conventions where they reliably say nothing and represent no one.
And then, of course, there is NYSUT and AFT, where we also have no representation whatsoever. I keep hearing ostensible leaders claim teachers support this and that, but they never ask me or anyone I represent. Their bad decision-making and short-sightedness threaten our very survival as union. We all hope our enemies won't kill tenure, but we have to know that whether or not that happens it's far from the end game.
Leadership, in the vain hope that appeasement will keep our enemies at bay, has given in to major reformy initiatives, including mayoral control (which apparently exists only for reformy mayors), charter schools, value-added junk science, and deterioration of seniority rights and due process. Evidently, this leadership is up for just about anything. Personally I don't know one single teacher who supports any of this stuff.
Carol Burris offers a great closing line:
I suppose it is always nice to have a seat at the table. It is important, however, to be sure that those you represent are not the main course.
The question remains--with leadership like we have, and a blatantly rigged election process, how do we go about changing it? How do we achieve a real representative union?
Labels: Carol Burris, Micheal Mulgrew, Mike Shulman, Randi Weingarten, rigged UFT elections, UFT democracy, UFT leadership, UFT Unity loyalty oath, Unity-New Action
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Dalai Lama congratulated Tsai Ing-wen on her re-election as President of Taiwan
Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama have congratulated Tsai Ing-wen on her re-election as President of Taiwan, expressing confidence that under her continued leadership she will be able to make further strides in bringing peace and prosperity to the people of Taiwan.
Dalai Lama wrote in his message , “I fondly recollect my three visits to Taiwan which provided me an opportunity to visit and interact with the people. I have warm memories of the enthusiastic welcome I received and am continuously inspired by the strong devotion Taiwanese Buddhists have shown towards their faith. As a Buddhist monk, I try my best to fulfill as much as I can their desire for teachings and to provide them the necessary spiritual guidance.”
“As someone devoted to fundamental democratic values, I would like to commend the Taiwanese people for not only achieving a flourishing robust democracy but for the achievements made in the economic and educational fields and in the preservation of their rich traditional culture.”
The Tibetan leader added , “As complicated and difficult as Taiwan’s relationship with the People’s Republic of China is, I feel it is important that the two enjoy good relations, including through expanding people to people exchange.
Central Tibetan Administration President Dr Lobsang Sangay, have also congratulated Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen .
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Capitalizing After the Colon
I’ve read a number of books, and when an author uses a colon in a sentence to define something he wrote in simpler terms or to define in a more detailed manner, he capitalizes the next word. Such as, “The blue sky was beautiful: The sky resembled a cascading fall into the bountiful white clouds.” Should I also capitalize the T in “The”?
Posted by rhen
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I don't believe it is necessary, although I assume that the capitalization is commonly used, and therefore proper.
tk Sep-26-2005
I believe that the capitalization rule comes into effect when a new 'sentence' is started after the colon. In the case of a list, it's not necessary.
So, you could say "He saw several things on the shelves: cookies, jam, bread, and soda." and since the continuation after the colon isn't a new idea per-se, it isn't capitalized.
However, in the example you cited, there is almost a new sentence. Lets replace the colon with a period for sake of argument. "The blue sky was beautiful. The sky resembled..." As you can see, it can be two seperate sentences, the colon is just more gramatically correct in this situation, and that's (I believe) why it is capitalized.
Astartes Sep-27-2005
It should not be capitalized. Capitalization should only occur in the case of the beginning of a new sentence or the in the use of a proper noun. Colons are never used (at least not correctly) to indicate the end of a sentence, and "the" sure isn't a proper noun, so "the," in your example, should not be capitalized. While the two parts of the sentence may be independant clauses, the author has grouped them into one sentence using a conjuntive tool (:). The author is incorrect, and the editors did not know or did not care about the error. Even though, as tk stated, it would commonly be capitalized, it doesn't mean it is correct. In fact, the English language is commonly butchered.
Voltaire Sep-28-2005
It is not appropriate after a colon, but it is appropriate after a semi-colon.
The sky was blue; It resembled the ocean.
The sunset was colorful: blue, pink, and orange.
Scott_Connerly Sep-28-2005
Scott Connerly Sep-28-05 1:38AM
Buh?
Jon2 Sep-28-2005
Scott, it is also improper to capitalize after a semi-colon (;). The semi-colon is also a conjunctive tool, thus there need not be a capitalization after such.
Jon, I think we may be connected; we had the same thought about Scott's ridiculously incorrect statement at nearly the same time. I am amazed, and I like you...I think.
You know what else is weird? It shouldn't really be a colon used in the example in the first place; it should be a semi-colon. Wow! Note my proper use of the semi-colon as well.
It would seem that there are a few sources that disagree. See:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/colon.htm
anonymous4 Oct-26-2005
I believe both the colon and the capitalization in this example are acceptable. A colon is used to draw attention to what comes after it. In this case, the second phrase is an expanded explanation of the first phrase; therefore, it is acceptable that a colon is used instead of a period. Because the second phrase is a complete sentence, it is acceptable that the first letter of the first word is capitalized.
On both questions, however, "acceptable" is not the same as "desirable" or "required." Whether to use a colon or a period is a matter of style or the writer's intent. Whether or not the first letter after a colon should be capitalized depends on the style manual you choose: APA requires it when the second phrase is a complete sentence; other manuals are not as clear.
DaveFarmer Nov-20-2005
Voltaire, are you implying that a colon cannot be used to join what would normally be two sentences? I vaguely recall such a joining as correct and proper as long as the colon is demonstrating some relationship between the sentences, but that semicolons should not be used to join two complete sentences.
porsche Nov-21-2005
What an introduction to this site. As my first time here, I must say I'm impressed! It is my understanding that it is incorrect to capitalize after a colon unless it is a new sentence. In most cases it would be more appropriate to use a period.
Polianne May-10-2006
A colon, stylistically (this isn't really a matter of grammar), can appropriately be used to join sentences if the second sentence explains the former.
Semicolons are a bit murkier to me, although it was explained once. They should *not* (stylistically, again) be used to join any random pair of sentences. I think the proper relationship is one of comparison or contrast.
"The sun comes up in the morning; the moon comes up in the evening."
I'm aware that I, personally, *massively* overuse semicolons; I'm trying to cut down.
Avrom May-10-2006
Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (the bible of book publishing in the U.S.), section 6.64, says:
When a colon is used within a sentence...the first word following the colon is lowercased unless it is a proper name. When a colon introduces two or more sentences...or when it introduces a speech in dialogue or an extract...the first word following it is capitalized.
(I've elided the references to other sections within the manual.)
Nancy1 Oct-01-2006
Such a lot of misinformation you've kicked up! After a colon, the first word is capitalized only if it starts a full sentence. If it kicks off a phrase, then, no. The semi-colon, by contrast, is always followed by a complete sentence which is not capitalized, ever.
Abigail1 Oct-02-2006
I was with Voltaire until I started working with Chicago style (as Nancy noted above). It's one sentence, so why doesn't the CMoS treat it like the semicolon? I don't know.
grokmann Feb-08-2008
with respect to Voltaire ~ because, after all, how can one NOT respect Voltaire? ~ I agree with Ryan on this, and Abigail. Thanks to you both in seeing it and expressing it simply and clearly.
amazed Feb-14-2008
Semi-colons can also be used as separators in a list that contains commas in its elements: Joe, from Mississippi; Anna, from Georgia; and Mike, from Kansas all competed for the prize.
Porsche, darling, your recollection is indeed vague if you think that semi-colons are not used to separate complete sentences; it may shock you to learn that this is their main use.
And Anonymous, thanks so much for the lovely link to the colon information: Maybe readers will learn something there!
Patricia1 Feb-25-2008
A colon is used when the sentence could end, but as a small amount of words after to descibe some thing or someone
He was a natural leader: brave and fearless.
and the first letter after should not be Capitalization
anonymous4 Mar-28-2008
Strunk and White would disagree with part of Anonymous's 3/38/08 post. It seems that they say a colon may be used after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation: there is no restriction on the length of what comes after the colon. However, they do agree that one should not capitalize the first letter after the colon. Lynne Truss (one of my heroes) does use a capital letter sometimes after a colon, when it introduces a quote that is either in quotation marks or indented.
Patricia1 Apr-04-2008
John4 Apr-05-2008
I must apologize. 4 years later, I've finally come to realize the truth: you don't capitalize after the color or the semi colon. Sorry for the misinformation.
Scott_Connerly Jun-16-2009
Please look at the Chicago Manual of Style:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ch06/ch06_sec063.html
The Elements of Style is a good book, but the CMoS is a higher authority. Wikipedia's article on "Style Guide" refers to EoS as a work for the "general public".
m1 Sep-17-2009
Rhen's question was whether to capitalize after a colon when, as in the example given, the colon is being used to link two separate clauses. The short answer, as Scott Connery has recently noted, is no. There are exceptions, of course–this is English, after all.
However, many postings betray confusion over the proper usage of colons and semicolons. Each has multiple uses, but the misunderstanding here is which one to use between independent clauses. There is a simple way to understand the distinction. (I am resisting the urge to use a colon after that sentence.) A colon joins two clauses; a semicolon separates them.
There is more to it than that, of course. A colon indicates that the second clause follows from the first in a definite manner. It may be from premise to conclusion, from general to specific, or from cause to effect. A semicolon separates clauses that are too distinct for a mere comma yet too closely related to live separately, each in its own sentence.
douglas.bryant Sep-17-2009
Douglas, that was one of the best examples ever.
killerkitty777 Nov-01-2009
Hey, M, regarding your posting of links to the Chicago Manual of Style: you have to register to see those links. While they do offer a 30-day free trial, it's a PAY site. You aren't selling something, are you?
Lena, Thanks, that's nice of you to say.
I was re-reading Strunk and White's "The Elemsnts of Style" and found the following entry for 'while' in the chapter "Misused Words and Expressions":
"While. Avoid the indiscriminate use of this word for and, but, and although. Many writers use it frequently as a substitute for and or but, either from a mere desire
to vary the connective, or from uncertainty which of the two connectives is the more appropriate. In this use it is best replaced by a semicolon."
That's good punctuation advice, even if it does "bury the lead."
douglas.bryant Nov-07-2009
This was so helpful! Thank you all. :)
azigay Dec-28-2009
This thread is informative enough that I may just bookmark it.
I take issue to someone's stating: "The Elements of Style is a good book, but the CMoS is a higher authority."
While this may literally be the case; the literary community commonly accepts TEoS, and it is recommended reading in a lot of cases.
I have had instructors attempt to teach some of Strunk & White, picking and choosing, while disregarding the rest. I believe this is foolhardy; one should stick to a manual of style either wholly or not at all. One should choose the accepted manual that best fits their own style.
So again, to the original poster:
It is a matter of style.
I would much prefer an auteur misusing a device, as long as they are consistent, to an auteur overusing a device.
My girlfriend reads the "Twilight" series, and is often confused by a classic Stephanie Meyer usage of the dash. It may just be my bias, I hate to use dashes, but Stephanie is murdering the dash throughout her series.
meatloafsalad Feb-05-2010
According to this site, capitalization following a colon is considered acceptable in America, but (aside from proper names or the like) not in England. I rather think, though, that even in America it is only OK if the part after the colon is a grammatically complete sentence.
Dresden: Many excellent writers thoroughly despise Strunk & White. They think it is full of horrible advice, and is far too prescriptive, although I doubt that any would claim that every bit of advice therein is bad. Certainly it is sensible to pick and choose.
As for the Chicago Manual, that is not just advice. If you are writing something to be published by University of Chicago Press, or another publisher that uses Chicago style, you have to do things their way. However, it does not follow that their way is better, and other publishers may insist on something different (or may trust the author's judgement).
You are right about the dash, though. It is not a good thing to overuse.
Nigel1 Feb-06-2010
This is a great website and after reading the entire discussion, I changed to lower case after my colon in the following sentence. However, is it too messy to include the semi-colon?
"However, even this agreement presents a problem: since the time for a chain to diffuse via reptation over a distance equal to its contour length should increase as M (eqn 1.46), if D ~ M??, then n0 and ?d should vary as M1+?; that is, the respective experimental M-dependences of the viscosity and diffusion constant are mutually inconsistent."
croland Mar-04-2010
Just use a period and get rid of the years of bickering and comments.
jack2 Nov-09-2010
Jack nailed it: Strunk and White tells us that if a period is sufficient, we must use one; other than that, Nancy's post was the gem: Only capitalize if a complete sentence, formal name, quote, or extract follows the colon; the Chicago Manual of Style is where it's at; but really, people, embrace the period: Isn't this ridiculous?
Habberdash Jan-04-2011
Wow, this thing gets off-topic a lot sometimes.. Anyways, to answer the original question, you wouldn't even use the colon in the first place in that example, you would use a semi-colon and then *not* capitalize the first letter of the first word after it. But lets just say that you had an urge to use a colon instead for some reason, then I think that, (I've finally come to this conclusion after reading all the comments on this thread), yes you would capitalize it like you did in the example, but only if both clauses on either side of the colon can stand alone as sentences. I may be wrong about that, but thats what it seems to be after reading all the other comments. If the clauses on either side can not stand alone as sentences, *Don't* capitalize the first letter of the first word after the semicolon, only capitalize the first letter of the first word of the sentence.
However, if you have two sentences that you want to connect, I would rather just use a semicolon instead, it looks better, at least to me, and then you don't have to worry about this to capitalize or not to capitalize business, you just don't capitalize the word after the semicolon at all (unless it's a name or something).
Cork Top Mar-15-2011
If the clause that comes after the colon is independent you must capitalize the first word of it, this i know, but my question is is that considered another sentence?
Alyssa Apr-07-2011
In my entire lifetime, after hearing and seeing many different uses of semi colons and colons, I have only learned one concrete fact--they always drudge up a good amount of debate and frustration.
Jordan1 Sep-20-2011
For legal writing, the 19th edition of the Bluebook requires that any word immediately following a colon be capitalized. Rule 8(a).
Jabir Oct-15-2011
I find it entertaining, yet unfortunate (like the presidency of George W. Bush) to watch the hungry, readily poised, feral lions relentlessly devour the poor rabit, naive enough to bounce into the lions den; in other words, the critical people who stare at their computer screens, stalking the slight errors of anyone less educated than they. Forget what your friend told you that one time, or what your mother taught you was right. Look it up, then kindly bring the correct information to those who are wrong.
colon Oct-16-2011
To all the smart people in this discussion: Read The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. You will learn that there is no absoluteness in using the colon.
"But even so, there was a directness and dispatch about animal burial: there was no stopover in the undertaker's foul parlor, no wreath or spray."
"The squalor of the streets reminded him of a line from Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
Samir Hafza Dec-11-2011
@Alyssa
Clause - A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Capitalization is never used, under any circumstances whatsoever, after a colon or a semi-colon in British English.
Skeeter Lewis Mar-16-2012
Jabir: That's only in headings and titles, not in the text of the actual document.
Ms. Deeds Jul-20-2012
The gross overuse of semicolons in one of those strange artifiacts of British, Irish, and African English.
Jack said it right: "Just use a period and get rid of the years of bickering and comments," and this is the good habit of American and Canadian English.
Just end your thoughts with periods, and then start new sentences.
There isn't any need to try to "blend" them together.
D.A.W.
D. A. Wood Jul-21-2012
My English is American. Still, it's too bad that we have to be sparing in using the colon. Just like in a good piece of music, it can add color to our prose.
What's next, dashes, semi-colons? Are we going to be reduced to just commas and periods?
Samir Hafza Jul-21-2012
Ha - ha: "Capitalization is never used, under any circumstances whatsoever, after a colon or a semi-colon in British English"
"2001: A Space Odyssey",
"2010: Odyssey Two",
"2061: Odyssey Three", and
"3001: Final Odyssey",
All written by the great, great Englishman, Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
To: Samir Hafza
Oh, we will grant you some question marks and exclamation points, now and then
With the Internet, we will give you as many @ signs as you want. .
Yes - nice point, D.A. I should have learned by now never to say 'never', although titles fall under a different category.
At the moment I am reading 'Cuba Libre' by that master of stripped-down English, Elmore Leonard. I do believe I came across a semi-colon. Hallelujah!
Skeeter Lewis Jul-21-2012
A colon is used for various reasons in BE or NAmE:
to introduce a list; to introduce a quotation; to give an explanation (cause, etc) of the aforesaid; to tell rules and regulations; to tell reasons; and after a short introductory phrase to introduce the main sentence.
Capitalize if:
* list has proper nouns (All except Peter were there: Samantha, Ted, Natasha...),
* if the clause after the colon is a complete standalone sentence meant to explain the aforesaid (Napoleon Bonaparte had to suffer the consequences of delay made by one of his generals: Time and tide wait for none.),
* if the introductory phrase introduces a formal quote (This was what Sir Winston Churchill had to say about dictatorship: "Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry."),
* if the explanatory statement after the colon consists of more than one sentence, begin, the first sentence with a capital (The drop in enrolment this year may be ascribed to many concomitant causes: First, the last year's incident of the on-campus rape. Second...)
* If the introductory phrase is very short and the main sentence is what follows the colon (Understand: Some adjectives may only be used as predicative adjectives and never as attributive adjectives.)
* If the clause before the colon is meant just to introduce the clause after the colon (Let us repeat that again: Some adjectives may only be used as predicative adjectives and never as attributive adjectives.)
* all the tenants must take care of the first clause of the contract: No tenant is allowed to sublet his/her apartment in any case.)
I hope that helps
Kamran Saif Qureshi Oct-29-2012
Capitalize after the colon if there are a secession of sentences following. If there is only one sentence following, do not capitalize. That's the general rule, but it can change depending on the sort of style guide one is using. There is the Gregg, APA, Chicago, AP and whatever else is out there that you can choose from. Gregg style says always, always, always capitalize after a colon.
One thing all people need to remember, especially on this board, is there are different rules of writing. You are not right and neither is the next guy.
Jolie Mar-17-2013
@Jolie
I am sure you meant to say, "Capitalize after the colon if there IS a succession of sentences," not "ARE."
I am a non-native English speaker. But with all due respect to Gregg, my loyalty remains with the period. We can't have two chiefs; we can't have two presidents. The renegade, envious colon can make trouble and try to convince others, but this reader will capitalize following only one punctuation mark: the period.
Levant Mar-17-2013
@Levant - Although "there is a quick succession of ..." is the more common expression, a quick check with Google Books shows that there are quite a few examples from reputable publishers that include "there are a quick succession of ...". For example this is from the London Literary Gazette of 1831 - "then there are a succession of flats". The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (2007) has "Again there are a succession of milestones", and here's one from the Oxford Companion to the American Musical (2008) - "there are a succession of specialty spots that pad out the thin storyline".
Just because we have "a" plus a singular noun it doesn't necessarily mean that we always have to use a singular verb. Indeed sometimes a plural verb is necessary - "There are a small number of questions still unanswered" or "There are a lot of different ways of seeing this.". The expressions "a number of" and "a lot of" are quantifiers, and I would argue that "a succession of" could be seen here in the same light. So I wouldn't be so quick to correct Jolie on this one. Actually, I wouldn't be so quick to correct somebody period, even if they really were wrong, which personally, I doubt if Jolie is.
Warsaw Will Mar-19-2013
@Warsaw Will
"I wouldn't be so quick to correct somebody period, even if they really were wrong, which personally, I doubt if Jolie is."
Hmm. Since you yourself were "so quick" to correct Levant for correcting Jolie, I wonder if that makes you hypocritical. I sure hope it wasn't because they said they're non-English speaker.
Samir Hafza Apr-03-2013
@Samir Hafza - On forums like this it is absolutely fair game to disagree with language points other commenters make, and what I was quick to do was to question the grammar point Levant had made, which I thought was questionable.
But personally I don't think it is very good manners to criticise the actual language other people use unless it has a bearing on the point in question, or the other person has asked for our opinion on something. What Levant said about punctuation was a good point, and I pretty well agree with it, but I felt his picking on Jolie's grammar was rather gratuitous, having nothing to do with the subject under discussion, so yes, I did have a mild go at this in my closing remark.
The fact that Levant is not a native speaker is really neither here nor there: it wasn't his language I was (very mildly) questioning, rather the action, so no, I don't think I was being hypocritical. As you can see in these pages, most of the people who take it on themselves to "correct" others are in fact native speakers, and I would have said exactly the same to one of them. I'm surrounded by non-native speakers all day, every day (I'm an EFL teacher), so I assure you I'm not going to pick on people just because they're not native speakers.
In fact, in my experience, most of the people who make comments like this about strict agreement are American native speakers. For example, in your last sentence you use "singular they". For me as an EFL teacher and BrE speaker this is absolutely standard, and I use it myself. And good usage guides will tell you the same. The people who are most likely to think this is an error are in fact native-speaker Americans.
On the other hand, I do think a non-native speaker who hasn't lived for some time in an English-speaking country does need to think (or better still check) very carefully before correcting a native, as there are all sorts of exceptions and nuances that a native speaker will know instinctively that a foreigner may not. And the same applies to me and, for example American English (and vice-versa). I've seen a quite a lot of critical comments made on these pages of language which was perfectly standard within the part of the English community that the original commenter belonged to.
So I will just restate my opinion, that unless asked, it is simply good manners (and often wiser) not to jump in and criticise somebody else's language when it is irrelevant to the question. But once someone crosses that line, then as far as I'm concerned they are fair game.
I will thank Levant, however, as his comment got me thinking about the particular grammar point he brought up, which lead to me writing a post about it on my blog.
Warsaw Will Apr-05-2013
@Warsaw Wall
Thank you very much for your thoughtful reply. Sorry for being so quick to judge you.
I know we're probably tearing Colon to shreds with all these side issues. But since I deserve partial credit for your post inspired by Levant, could you tell me the link?
@Samir Hafza - You can certainly have the link (I'm always happy to blow my own trumpet). I hope you enjoy it, although it's not very conclusive :
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/2013/03/can-succession-of-take-plural-verb.html
Being a journalist, I use "Associated Press Stylebook" as my guide. Its explanation is so very simple: "Capitalize the first word after a colon only if it is a proper noun or a complete sentence." Let's just make it simple for everyone and use that as the authority.
BigZav Jun-17-2013
My apologies in advance for the absence of italics in my reply; shrinking text for the examples was out of the question! We’ve always used Hart’s Rules here (I’m very surprised no one has brought this up in all these years), and there’s no capitalization under their convention. Here’s the OUP link:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/colon
I understand some have cited the Chicago Manual of Style. As I understood it, the capitalization after a colon that it advises is to cover cases such as captions, e.g.:
Above: Some examples of text. Tinker believed these did not aid legibility. Below: A secondary example.
As far as I can recall, even in US typesetting, until the late ’90s, there was no capitalization after a colon in text. This began emerging around 1999, and since then, it has become commonplace Stateside. I’d be interested to learn if my recollection is correct.
I started as a proofreader in the 1980s, had stints on computer terminals on phototypesetting machines before most people had heard of the word font, and I now publish. I kept more than a casual eye on how these things developed, and even remember discussing it with a colleague in New York in 2001 when I worked there, a few years after the post-colon capital began appearing Stateside.
I’m not attacking those who feel there should be a capital; I just wanted to get an extra perspective into this long-running discussion.
Jack Yan Apr-17-2015
Is PITE losing its appeal?
1) No new topics are being published. Although some have been submitted.
2) New comments are few and far between.
user106928 Apr-19-2015
@HS. Well, I keep looking in hope that someone will provoke one of my rants, or, simply an explanation, if I can give one. I often prefer PITE to other language forums such as Stack Exchange or Word Reference, because it' s not as hectic (or as competitive, pointswise), but I agree things are getting a bit too quiet around here, which is a shame.
@WW
I have submitted a couple of items during the past month but as yet they have not been published.
Perhaps Dyske is unwell or on vacation?
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Plant-based techniques to measure crop water status offer advantages over soil-based methods. The objective of this study was to quantify the relationship between leaf thickness measurements, as a promising plant-based technique, with leaf relative water content (RWC) and assess the model across different species and leaf positions. The relationship between RWC and relative thickness (RT) was determined on corn (Zea mays L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench), soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), and fava bean (Vicia faba L.). RWC was calculated as measured leaf water content/leaf water content at full turgor, and RT as measured leaf thickness/leaf thickness at full turgor. Two leaves from the top, middle, and bottom of five plants of each species were collected at 60 days of age. Leaf samples brought to full turgor were left to dehydrate in a lab. Leaf thickness was measured using a magnetic field sensor and water content using weight loss. The RWC-RT relationship showed a distinct breakpoint, which we hypothesise coincides with the turgor loss point. Linear piecewise modelling was used to regress RWC versus RT, resulted in models explaining 86–97% of the variations. The precision was improved by including leaf position on the plant in the model. The piecewise model parameters were related to salt tolerance of the species, which is also an indicator of drought resistance. Generally, the species with greater drought and salinity tolerance had a larger RT at the breakpoint.
Biosystems Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.01.011
Water content
turgor
Salt-Tolerance
drought resistance
salinity tolerance
Afzal, A., Duiker, S. W., & Watson, J. E. (2017). Leaf thickness to predict plant water status. Biosystems Engineering, 156, 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.01.011
Afzal, Amin ; Duiker, Sjoerd W. ; Watson, John E. / Leaf thickness to predict plant water status. In: Biosystems Engineering. 2017 ; Vol. 156. pp. 148-156.
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Rose McGowan Files for Divorce from Davey Detail Citing Irreconcilable Differences
The actress filed in Los Angeles on Monday
By Patrick Gomez
Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Rose McGowan has officially decided to end her marriage to artist Davey Detail.
The actress filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Monday, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
McGowan, 42, and Detail, 39, were wed in a "romantic and ethereal" ceremony in October 2013 after a little over a year of dating.
“Hell to the yeah! I’m a Mrs.! What?! AWESOME!” the former Charmed star tweeted after the ceremony. “Love to you all!!!!!”
The divorce filing says the former coulple separated in May of last year. McGowan cited irreconcilable differences and is asking the court to award neither her nor Detail the opportunity to receive spousal support.
McGowan – who recently shaved her head, calling it “liberating” – had previously been engaged to Marilyn Manson and her Grindhouse director Robert Rodriguez. This was her first marriage.
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This week we’re focusing heavily on Windows. We have some new vulnerabilities, device driver design flaws, and a malspam campaign leveraging Office documents. Let’s get this party started.
Seven Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities
According to a Microsoft advisory published yesterday, August 13, 2019, seven new vulnerabilities have been disclosed with patches released – three of which are rated as ‘important’ and four are rated as ‘critical.’ Exploits have been developed by researchers so we should expect to see exploits for these vulnerabilities running wild soon.
CVE-2019-1181, CVE-2019-1182, and CVE-2019-1222 are all remote desktop services remote code execution vulnerabilities and were each given a critical risk score higher than 9 (9.7, 9.7, and 9.8 respectively).
All three affect every version of Windows, including Windows 10, 2012, 2016, and 2019. Microsoft notes, ‘exploitation [is] likely’ for all of these.
CVE-2019-1223 is a denial of service vulnerability in remote desktop protocol, affects all versions, and is rated as ‘important.’
CVE-2019-1224 is an information disclosure of memory vulnerability and is rated as ‘important.’
CVE-2019-1225 allows authenticated disclosure of memory and is also rated as ‘important.’
CVE-2019-1226 allows for pre-authentication remote code execution in remote desktop protocol on every version of Windows, including Windows 10, 2012, 2016, and 2019. Being pre-authentication, it requires no user interaction, and is rated as ‘critical.’
Current mitigation recommendations include downloading the most recent software update. Users are also advised to consider enabling network level authentication (NLA) and leaving it enabled for all and internal systems. Doing so raises exploitation requirements to needing credentials for some of the issues.
Users are advised to note that some of these vulnerabilities are not exploitable on Windows 7 and 2008 if enabled; RDP 8+ is not enabled, aka RemoteFX (these are available by default in later versions of Windows).
Windows device driver design flaw
A recently discovered design flaw in device drivers allows attackers to escalate privileges and quietly persist on host machines. According to recent research performed by Eclypsium, drivers affected are those that provide access to system BIOS or system components for the purposes of updating firmware, running diagnostics, or customizing options on the component.
The flaw reportedly impacts more than 40 drivers from at least 20 different vendors, including every major BIOS vendor, as well as hardware vendors like ASUS, Toshiba, NIVIDA, and Huawei. All vulnerable drivers are also certified by Microsoft.
The flaw allows the driver to act as a proxy to perform highly privileged access to the hardware resources, such as read and write access to processor and chipset I/O space, Model Specific Registers (MSR), Control Registers (CR), Debug Registers (DR), physical memory, and kernel virtual memory. This is a privilege escalation as it can move an attacker from user mode (Ring 3) to OS kernel mode (Ring 0). Even Administrators operate at Ring 3 (and no deeper), alongside other users. Access to the kernel can not only give an attacker the most privileged access available to the operating system, it can also grant access to the hardware and firmware interfaces with even higher privileges such as the system BIOS firmware.
A vulnerable driver installed on a machine could also allow an application running with user privileges to escalate to kernel privileges and abuse the functionality of the driver. This means that any malware running in the user space could scan for a vulnerable driver on the victim machine and then use it to gain full control over the system and potentially the underlying firmware.
However, if a vulnerable driver is not already on a system, administrator privilege would be required to install a vulnerable driver. A vulnerable driver could also give an attacker access to the ‘negative’ firmware rings that lie beneath the operating system.
At the time of this writing, no patches have been released. The following is a list of affected vendors:
ATI Technologies (AMD)
Insyde
Micro-Star International (MSI)
Phoenix Technologies
New Ursnif campaign leveraging Microsoft Word docs
A new Ursnif variant has been spotted in the wild that targets vulnerable systems by using malicious Microsoft Word attachments in an attempt to steal financial details and other credentials.
Ursnif new variant uses some anti-analysis techniques to make it harder to analyze. In addition, it appears to have been compiled on July 25, 2019, and is spreading through phishing emails with malicious VBA code. Once the victim opens the malicious content, it will prompt a security message to protect users from malicious macros to trick potential targets.
After the set of macro permissions is granted, the malware launches a malicious Visual Basic for Applications code which then downloads the main payload to the victim’s computer. It also generates several “iexplore.exe” in the task manager that appears and disappears from time to time in an attempt to send out the harvested data from the infected system back to the attacker’s command-and-control server.
To evade detection, Ursnif command-and-control server contains a list of security companies to deceive researchers who capture and analyze the traffic. Users and organizations best defense is to consider adopting security solutions which can track malicious related activities to prevent any potential attacks.
The following indicators of compromise were released with this report.
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aaa7758d75967d28847b3cb8a9b3e3032f31ec45d12c9904a7bc98c189726005
http://npkf32ymonica[.]com/sywo/fgoow.php?l=joow8.gxl
Playing steam games on your work laptop?
Steam game client for Windows was impacted by a privilege escalation vulnerability which allows attackers to gain administrator rights on the compromised machine.
The software has reportedly over 100 million registered users that could be abused by attackers to perform a variety of malicious activities since its developer. Valve has not released a security patch yet. The researcher who discovered the vulnerability has reached out to Valve, however, the company responded that the flaw was not applicable and that they would fix it.
In addition, while analyzing the Steam Client Service with administrative privileges on the Windows machine, it shows that the service could be started and stopped by the user group which allows anyone to log onto the computer.
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Myanna F. Dellinger
University of South Dakota Law School
Associate Professor of Law
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Rank 20,935
Using Dogs for Emotional Support of Testifying Victims of Crime
Animal Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2009
Trophy Hunting Contracts: Unenforceable for Reasons of Public Policy
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law Vol. 41, No. 3
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 20 Aug 2016
contract law, unenforceable contracts, void contracts, voidable contracts, endangered species, cites, endangered species act, unenforceable for reasons of public policy, void for public policy, esa, trophy hunting, poaching, cecil, cecil the lion, species extinction, precautionary principle
Ten Years of the Aarhus Convention: How Procedural Democracy Is Paving the Way for Substantive Change in National and International Environmental Law
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2012
Aarhus Convention, public participation, international environmental law, international law, environmental law, governance, environmental democracy, democracy, environmental justice
An 'Act of God'? Rethinking Contractual Impracticability in an Era of Anthropogenic Climate Change
67 U.C. HASTINGS L. J. 1527 (2016)
Act of God, Force Majeure, Act of Nature, Contracts, UCC, Uniform Commercial Code, Risk Allocation, Allocation of Risk, Climate Change, Global Warming, Extreme Weather, Severe Weather, Hurricanes, Drought, Floods, Snow Storms, Rain, Damages, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose, Basic Assumption
From Jumping Frogs to Graffiti-Painted Walls Legal Issues Caused by Mistranslation in International Commercial Arbitration
Rutgers Conflict Resolution Law Journal, Vol. 7, pp. 1-43, 2010
Trophy Hunting – A Relic of the Past
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 Mar 2018
Trophy Hunting, Elephants, Rhinos, Animal Kingdom, Lions, Hunters, Trophy, Trophies, Poaching, Habitat Loss, Wildlife, Endangered Animals, Threatened Animals, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Precautionary Principle of Law, Rio Declaration, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
An Unstoppable Tide: Creating Environmental and Human Rights Law from the Bottom Up
Oregon Review of International Law, Vol. 15, Issue 2, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 11 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2013
bottom up, top down, climate change, environmental law, international law, human rights, NGOs, urban law, polycentric,
Narrowed Constellations in a Supranational Climate Change Regime Complex: The 'Magic Number' is Three
37 Fordham Int'l L.J. 373 (2014)
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 29 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2014
climate change, climate agreement, climate treaty, climate clubs, climate myths, UNFCCC, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, post-Kyoto, minilateralism, exclusive minilateralism, multilateralism, progressive multilateralism, international environmental law, develop
Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark: How Nation States Not Recognizing Dual Citizenship Deprive Residents In Their Territories and Their Citizens around the World of Significant Democratic Rights
Localizing Climate Change Action
Climate Change, bottom up, top down, polycentric, international environmental law, public international law, UNFCCC, CRAG, EU Covenant of Mayors, Climate Savers, Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, Carbon Rationing Action Groups, local climate change action, climate change guidelines, NGO
Rethinking Force Majeure in Public International Law
Myanna Dellinger, Rethinking Force Majeure in Public International Law, 37 Pace L. Rev. 455 (2017)
Climate change, extreme weather, force majeure, Weather-related Excuses, Public Policy, the Paris Agreement, Act of God, torts, contracts law, international law, international environmental law
Public Participation: A Bottoms-Up Approach to Law-Making and Enforcement
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Aug 2013
See You in Court: Around the World in Eight Climate Change Lawsuits
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2018
Climate change, human rights, public nuisance, private nuisance, negligence, causation, Urgenda, right to life, right to healthy environment, SEC, Securities Exchange Act, dieselgate, fuel efficiency, state liability, national liability, environmental justice, future generations
Post-Jesner Climate Change Lawsuits Under the Alien Tort Statute
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law Vol. 44, No. S
Climate change, ATS, Alien Tort Statute, Post-Jesner, tort liability for climate change, liability against American corporations for climate change
California as an Oil Boom State
Electric Utility Wildfire Liability Reform in California
Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 49, No. 11, 2019
Downloads 6 (626,588)
wildfire, climate change, western United States, wildland-urban interface ,WUI, wildfires, risk, lives, home fires, PG&E bankruptcy, California climate change, AB 1054, environmental justice, EJ, public utility liability, California Assembly Bill 1054, white flight
Rethinking Force Majeure in a World of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Climate change, global warming, extreme weather, force majeure, act of God, contracts law, contracts law defenses, torts, torts liability defenses, international environmental law, private international law, public international law
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From Paragon Wiki
Revision as of 18:29, 29 June 2012 by SekoiaBot (Talk | contribs) (Replacing Consignment House with Auction House.)
2 Earning and Using Inf
3 Inf Cap
4 Abstractions
4.2 Role-playing
Influence, Infamy, and Information are the three currencies used within City of Heroes. Influence is the currency for heroes, infamy is the currency for villains, and information is the currency of Praetorians. In terms of game mechanics, all three currencies are equivalent and are often referred to as inf.
Earning and Using Inf
Inf can be earned in several ways:
completing missions
defeating enemies
selling items to stores or contacts
selling items on the Auction House
Inf is used within the game for many purposes:
purchasing Inspirations and Enhancements from stores or contacts
purchasing Inspirations, Enhancements, Recipes, and Salvage from the Auction House
fees for crafting salvage and recipes into Invention Origin Enhancements, Temporary Powers, costume pieces, and respecs in the invention system
purchasing recipes from an invention workbench
purchasing prestige at the Super Group Registrar at the rate of 1 million inf for 2,000 prestige
Inf can be traded or sent through the in-game mail system to characters of any alignment. (Prior to Issue 18, trade and mail were limited to same-alignment characters.)
Inf Cap
The maximum amount that Free Players can hold on-hand is 25 million inf; for Premium Players, the inf cap increases as the player gains more Reward Tokens.
1 Reward Token: 25,000,000 (25 million) per character (Free players occupy this tier)
2 Reward Tokens: 500,000,000 (500 million) per character
5 Reward Tokens: 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) per character
VIP Players have an inf limit of 2 billion regardless of how many Reward Tokens they have earned.
Characters can continue to earn more inf beyond the cap, but it won't be recorded and the system will still see it as 2 billion. There are ways around the inf cap, such as bidding on non-existent items in the Auction House (requires an Auction House License or active subscription), or using "mules" (characters made for the sole purpose of carrying inf).
If a VIP Player with fewer than 8 reward tokens allows their subscription to lapse and they have characters with more inf than their cap allows on hand, they are allowed to keep the extra inf. However, new inf will not be earned until the character drops below their cap, either by spending it or trading it with other characters (their own via email or another player's via direct trade or email).
To the new player, or even many advanced players, it may seem confusing at first to refer to the in-game currency as "Influence", "Infamy", or "Information" rather than something more descriptive and intuitive such as "Credits", "Dollars", "Gold/Silver/Copper"
To understand what's meant by these names, a player must understand the concept of "abstraction". Like many of the aspects of game play, currency has been abstracted to provide more room for role-playing and player character development. This allows more room for a wider array of characters to interact with the in-game economy.
The name "Influence" is an abstraction that refers to the fact that a hero's influence with the citizens of Paragon City increases with their actions.
The name "Infamy" is an abstraction that refers to the infamy a villain earns with the citizens of the Rogue Isles for committing dastardly deeds.
The name "Information" is an abstraction of the most valuable currency in the dimension of Praetoria, where no one knows whose side anyone is on.
As illustrative examples, consider the in-game stories behind three of the Signature Heroes.
Mynx is a young, college-age woman who was granted super-powers against her will by the corrupt Crey Corporation. As a young woman, she doesn't really have a lot of financial clout. However, her repeated service to the city has ensured that when she needs resources to help fight crime, those resources will be available to her regardless of how much money (paper currency) she has on her person or in a bank account.
Mynx's earned Influence is primarily in the form of "good will" support available to her from her allies and the businesses located in Paragon City.
Manticore is an adult man who inherited a vast fortune and runs powerful businesses. His real identity is not particularly well known. As a more secretive hero, he's not likely to depend upon the good will of the city or his allies for support. Rather, he'll purchase it outright or use his existing financial assets to manufacture what he can't purchase.
Manticore's Influence is primarily in the form of his vast financial assets.
Statesman is an immortal being who's been protecting the city and the world for the better part of a century. He was a wealthy man when he began his exploits as Statesman, and we can assume that he's been responsible with that wealth. He's been active in the fight against evil for so long that he's become the very epitome of heroism to many in the city.
Statesman's Influence comprises not only the good will of the city and his extensive personal financial resources, but is also bolstered by the sheer amount of authority and expertise he wields.
This same level of abstraction can be used by players in many situations. For example, suppose a character purchases an enhancement with influence. For a partially-crazed, homeless vigilante, this might be rationalized as a gift from one of the confused but thankful people he's saved from violence. For a wealthy heiress who uses powered battle armor to fight crime, the purchase might instead be rationalized as an actual financial transaction that draws upon her considerable wealth.
Infamy is similarly abstracted, but substitutes fear and domination for good will and authority. A villain gains infamy not only by robbing a bank and stealing the cash and valuables stored there, but also by holding citizens in the grip of dread. Not only can he purchase supplies, but he can also easily extort them when he chooses.
Ultimately, this level of abstraction provides a richer role-playing experience for City of Heroes players.
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