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Carnie And Wendy Wilson Defend Dad Over Jeff Beck...
Carnie And Wendy Wilson Defend Dad Over Jeff Beck Comments
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 02 June 2014
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Brian Wilson's daughters Carnie and Wendy have expressed their disappointment at guitar great Jeff Beck after he publicly questioned the Beach Boys legend's mental state following their joint tour last year (13).
Beck hit headlines last month (May14) when he opened up about the old pals' "nightmare" tour, claiming the notoriously private Wilson, who has suffered decades of mental health issues, hardly spoke to him while on the road, adding, "He's clearly in need of attention. But that's just my opinion."
The Good Vibrations rocker has yet to respond to Beck's comments, but his singer daughter Carnie Wilson has taken aim at Beck for failing to take up any issues he might have had with her father in private.
She tells the New York Daily News, "It is crass and out there. I thought they had a good time on tour."
Carnie's sister and Wilson Phillips bandmate Wendy adds, "I think you have to support your colleagues and the people you work with. It is in good taste to say nice things about them, even if you think otherwise."
Carnie insists their father is doing well, but she has been urging the 71 year old to take it easy: "(He) is doing Ok. He is laying back a little bit, which is about time. I want him to do that.
"He has been on the road for 15 years, and he has continued to do whatever he wants. I like to make him dinner and hang out... I want him to slow down."
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Jack Black Attack!
While biding time for the long-awaited Tenacious D film, “The Pick of Destiny ,” Jack Black fans can sate their lust for Jables with “Nacho Libre ” in theaters this week. So we thought it’d be a good time to take a look at the career of JB.
It seems fitting that one of young Jack Black’s first acting gigs was in a commercial for Smurfberry Crunch cereal since he’s been floating on a sugar buzz ever since. After dropping out of UCLA in 1989, Jack Black (nee Thomas Black) joined Tim Robbins’ theater troupe, The Actor’s Gang, which led to his first film role in Robbins’ 1992 political satire “Bob Roberts .”
For the next eight years, Black worked steadily, playing tiny parts in over 20 films, including “The Never Ending Story III ” (1994), “Waterworld ” (1995), “Dead Man Walking ” (1995), “Mars Attacks! ” (1996) and “Enemy of the State ” (1998). He appeared on TV shows like Northern Exposure, The Single Guy, the X-Files and Touched by an Angel (!!). Most notably during this time, JB was a semi-regular on the brilliant sketch comedy, “Mr. Show with Bob and David ” on HBO.
“Mr. Show” helped Black hone a comedic style that would explode towards the end of the decade. 1999 was a key year for Jack Black. A cult following was growing due to his parts in “Mr. Show” and also Tenacious D , his folk-metal band with partner Kyle Gass. Sometimes known as the greatest and best rock band in the world, the D starred in a number of shorts for HBO that displayed a smart, yet twisted sensibility.
It was here that Black’s two passions, comedy and rock and roll, fused inexorably. There’s an old cliché that all rock stars want to be comedians, and vice versa. Usually when the two worlds collide, the results are less than spectacular (Eddie Murphy’s musical career became a bigger joke than anything in his routine). Jack Black is the first comedian since John Belushi who seems equally comfortable in both worlds... and can mix them better than anyone.
That mix fueled Black’s true breakout, the 2000 adaptation of Nick Hornby ’s “High Fidelity .” As record store employee / music snob / wannabe rock star Barry, Black stole the movie from star John Cusack (and who doesn’t love John Cusack?). Barry is self-absorbed, impatient, judgmental, slovenly, callous and at times mean. So why the heck is he so likable? At the end of the film, when his new band, Barry Jive & the Uptown Five busts into an amazingly great cover of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On ,” everyone (both onscreen and in the audience) is shocked, but, darnit, happy that Barry actually pulls it off.
That’s the key to Black’s appeal: He can be the most obnoxious character in a movie, but even if he tried (and he really hasn’t), he can’t hide his charisma. Black possesses an innate likability allows him to get away with anything.
“High Fidelity” made JB a star, and the next year, he was the male lead opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in the Farrelly Brothers’ “Shallow Hal .” Black plays the titular character, a would-be womanizer whose Supermodel standards are not quite in line with his somewhat lacking demeanor, attitude and appearance. When Hal is hypnotized into only seeing inner beauty, he falls in love with the 300 pound Rosemary (Gwyneth in a fat suit). The movie (including its requisite happy ending) is only somewhat satisfying, but were anyone else to play Hal, it would’ve fallen completely flat. The character needed to be both reprehensible and endearing, a truly difficult hat trick. If “Shallow Hal” had starred Adam Sandler or David Spade or David Cross, you never would have bought the climactic epiphany.
Black kept busy, playing schlubby funny guys in “Saving Silverman ” (2001) and “Orange County ” (2002), doing small cameos in the unreleased 2002 Mr. Show spin-off film, “Run Ronnie Run ” and “Melvin Goes To Dinner ” (2003) and voicing Zeke the Sabretooth Tiger in “Ice Age ” (2002).
But perhaps the most quintessential Jack Black role came in 2003 in Richard Linklater’s “School of Rock .” Black shines as Dewey Finn, another wannabe rock star who poses as his roommate to take a job as a substitute teacher at a prep school strictly for the cash. When Dewey discovers his adolescent students have some musical talent, he hatches a scheme to turn them into his new band. Dewey’s motives are completely selfish at the outset, but he soon teaches the kids invaluable lessons in self-esteem, questioning authority and following your dreams. Yeah, it sounds treacly, and, again, in lesser hands, it would’ve been. But once more, Black’s impeccable mixture of manic energy, rock attitude and affability makes “School of Rock” one of those rare films that’s perfect for everyone from little kids to jaded aging punk rockers. It’s uplifting without being annoying.
If Black has one weakness, it’s a lack of range. While the idea of Jack Black as film impresario Carl Denham in last year’s “King Kong ” initially sounded like a great bit of inspired casting, the end result was a bit... off. Black’s unshakeable personality just seems a bit too modern to comfortably fit into a period piece set in the 1930s.
But Jack Black is still young, as is his career. And if he is the true heir to John Belushi’s throne, the key difference is, Black doesn’t seem destined to self-destruct. We’ll get to see how he evolves as a performer, and frankly, we can’t wait. Maybe he’ll grow as an actor in much the way Bill Murray has in his mid-life. But even if he doesn’t, even if Jack Black remains the slobby smart-ass with rock and roll chops at the age of 65, we have a feeling he’ll be able to get away with it.
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Year 2013 - Enhance your best investment return - Yourself (Must-Have Job Skills)
By RUTH MANTELL
Even as employers remain cautious next year about every dollar spent on employees, they'll also want workers to show greater skills and results.
For employees who want to get ahead, basic competency won't be enough.
To win a promotion or land a job next year, experts say there are four must-have job skills:
1. Clear communications
Whatever their level, communication is key for workers to advance.
"This is really the ability to clearly articulate your point of view and the ability to create a connection through communication," says Holly Paul, U.S. recruiting leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting and consulting firm based in New York.
Looking for a job? Looking for a promotion? Marketwatch's Kelli Grant and WSJ's Simon Constable discuss the top skills you must have to have a successful career in 2013.
For job seekers in particular, clear communication can provide a snapshot of their work style to employers. "I can walk away from a five-minute conversation and feel their enthusiasm and have a good understanding of what's important to them," Ms. Paul says.
As office conversations increasingly move online, some workers are losing or never developing the ability to give a presentation, for example. Others may be unable to write coherently for longer than, say, 140 characters.
"Technology in some ways has taken away our ability to write well. People are in such a hurry that they are multitasking," and they skip basics such as spelling and proofing, says Paul McDonald, senior executive director of Robert Half International,RHI +1.61% a Menlo Park, Calif., staffing firm.
2. Personal branding
Human-resources executives scour blogs, Twitter and professional networking sites such as LinkedIn when researching candidates, and it's important that they like what they find.
"That's your brand, that's how you represent yourself," says Peter Handal, CEO of Dale Carnegie Training, a Hauppauge, N.Y., provider of workplace-training services. "If you post something that comes back to haunt you, people will see that."
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Workers also should make sure their personal brand is attractive and reflects well on employers. "More and more employers are looking for employees to tweet on their behalf, to blog on their behalf, to build an audience and write compelling, snappy posts," says Meredith Haberfeld, an executive and career coach in New York.
Ms. Haberfeld has a client whose employee recently posted on her personalFacebook FB -2.72% page about eating Chinese food and smoking "reefer."
"I saw it on Facebook. Her supervisors saw it," Ms. Haberfeld says.
The ability to quickly respond to an employer's changing needs will be important next year as organizations try to respond nimbly to customers.
"A lot of companies want us to work with their employees about how to get out of their comfort zone, how to adapt," says Mr. Handal. "Somebody's job today may not be the same as next year."
The ability to learn new skills is of top importance, says George Boué, human-resources vice president for Stiles, a real-estate services company in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "We want to know that if we roll out a new program or new tools that the folks we have on board are going to be open to learning," he says.
4. Productivity improvement
In 2013, workers should find new ways to increase productivity, experts say. Executives are looking for a 20% improvement in employee performance next year from current levels, according to a recent survey by the Corporate Executive Board, an Arlington, Va., business research and advisory firm.
"When you are at your job, do you volunteer for projects? Are you looking for creative ways to help your organization," Mr. McDonald says. "The way to really differentiate yourself is to be proactive."
Companies that are considering adding workers in coming years want current employees to operate in growth mode now. "My clients are looking for employees that have a great ability to understand what is wanted and needed, rather than needing to be told," Ms. Haberfeld says.
Even hiring managers need to work on certain skills as organizations consider expanding next year. "The ability to spot talent and hire people has fallen out of use over the last several years," says Ben Dattner, an organizational psychologist in New York. "As the economy turns around, companies will have to work harder to retain talented employees. Companies have trimmed the fat, and now they have to build the muscle."
Write to Ruth Mantell at ruth.mantell@dowjones.com
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TIFF Filmmaker Lab 2018
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF): Filmmaker Lab
TIFF is a festival that I’ve always wanted to attend, so when I found out that I’d been selected for the TIFF Filmmaker Lab I was over the moooooon!
22 filmmakers, with feature films in development, were selected from around the world. And I’ve got to say that these peeps were so inspiring in terms of the stories they’re telling, the obstacles they’ve faced, the knowledge they shared, and some of them have already made feature films. Read their biographies here. We also had four wonderful lab mentors: Cassian Elwes (Mudbound), director Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust), director William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth), and producer Elizabeth Karlsen (Carol). It was pretty great to have access to such talented and experienced industry professionals.
ABOVE: TIFF Filmmaker Lab group with the TIFF Rising Stars participants as part of a workshop with acting coach Miranda Harcourt.
The lab program itself was five days, jam packed with advanced film screenings of TIFF films, Q&As with directors, micro-sessions with the mentors, networking events, workshops and more. All this, at one of the biggest and best film festivals in the world, was very overwhelming but equally as inspiring. By the end of the five days, our last group session involved passing around a box of tissues, happy tears and copious amounts of inspiring words of encouragement from all involved.
Filmmaking is not an easy gig, but it’s one that I feel extremely privileged to be able to do. It’s pretty amazing to have opportunities like this to be able to connect with people from other countries, discuss at length the state of our respective industries, share our projects, and learn from each other in this kind of nurturing festival environment. If you’re a writer/ director reading this, I recommend applying to the lab! Thanks to Film Victoria for supporting my travel to the festival.
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Aloha, Honolulu
Beyond the mai tais and the tiki torches, Andrew McCarthy finds a true-blue–and truly global–American city.
From National Geographic Traveler (Dec 2013/Jan 2014)
Above the freeway, beyond the suburban houses crawling up the slopes of the Ko’olau Mountains, through a strand of Cook Island pines, past a taro patch and a grove of pungent eucalyptus, beside breadfruit and mountain apple trees, long stemmed bird-of-paradise blossom under giant guava trees. Hanging roots of a banyan tree drip down from above. A regal looking rooster struts across my path, squawking once, disappearing into the undergrowth. The trail switches back, climbing. The sun fights through dense canopy of kukui and koa, splattering light. Suddenly the vista on the ridge opens—I’m jolted by the appearance of Honolulu below. The tall towers of the city reflect hard midday light just a few miles—a thousand miles—away. Then I’m back in Waikiki, walking into the Prada boutique to try on a $2,500 suit I will never buy; then I’m floating on my back in the placid, turquoise Pacific—all within the span of thirty minutes. Try doing that in Manhattan, or for that matter, in Miami, or Seattle. Or Denver, or Chicago.
I read recently that three separate studies had proclaimed Honolulu, “The most livable city in the United States.” This news shocked me. I had kept a home on Maui for nearly a decade back in the late 80’s and early 90’s; I always passed through the Hawaiian state capital as quickly as I could—a blemish on the face of paradise, was my uninformed opinion. But perhaps I missed something in my outer-islander snobbery. So I’ve returned to the island of O’ahu, to Honolulu.
The obvious place to begin is where most visitors end-up—Waikiki. Nearly 8 million tourists a year come to Hawaii, the majority of them vacation on O’ahu, and nearly all of those stay in (and rarely leave!) this less than four square mile strip. Once a swampy bog, the name Waikiki conjures images of Hula dancers in grass skirts shimmying before packaged tours of sunburned mainlanders. The last time I was in Waikiki nearly twenty years ago, the place felt dingy, on its way to being played out—nothing much had changed since Elvis was in town. The Waikiki I find today is still swarming with visitors, but it feels more global in appeal, street life is more vital, the shops more upscale; where there was once faded glory, I find a buzz.
“Honolulu is driven by change, not nostalgia. The last ten years or so has seen a lot of improvements,” Randy Rarick tells me. With white hair and blue eyes, Randy is one of professional surfing’s elder statesmen; he’s been riding the waves off O’ahu for more than fifty years. “And I learned how to do it right there.” He points to the small break just off Waikiki beach. “A lot of people bag on Waikiki, but it is what it is, it’s a resort town. And as a resort town, I’d say it’s the nicest one on the planet. It’s got good surf, a beautiful beach, great shopping, restaurants; it’s clean, safe, and plenty of Aloha. It is the economic driver of Honolulu, of O’ahu, of all Hawaii—without tourism, we’re a backwater.”
Walking down Waikiki’s main drag, Kakalaua, at night, I experience that giddy awe akin to the sensation on arrival in Las Vegas—the sheer improbability of it all. And then as with Vegas, that excitement is followed by a nearly imperceptible shift that occurs at an untraceable moment when an invisible line is crossed and I’m consumed with sudden urgency to get the hell out.
“I know locals who haven’t been to Waikiki in twenty years,” Randy tells me. “Waikiki is not set up for locals, it’s set up for tourists. But this town is not all Mai-Tai’s and tiki torches.”
Amidst all this intense vacationing going on in Waikiki, it is easy to forget that the rest of Honolulu is a working city, with just under a million residents in the county. Six mornings a week, on the docks beside the cargo containers, hoists, and cranes, the fish auction is in full swing before the sun has softened the sky over Diamond Head. In a refrigerated warehouse on Pier 38, far from the posh marinas that take visitors out on those sunset cruises, up to a hundred thousand pounds per day of swordfish, opah, mahi-mahi and more, are laid out and sold, one fish at a time, to the highest bidder. Jake Maileoi has been auctioning fish every day, save Sundays, for ten years. He’s a squat Honolulu native with an open face and the easy manner I’ve encountered in so many Hawaiians over the years. “Honolulu is a great place to live. I don’t have to wake-up on the plantation; I can go to McDonald’s for breakfast,” he laughs. Jake looks over the usual rag-tag assembly of a dozen or so buyers who will in turn sell their wares as far away as New York and beyond. “Some inspect the fish real well, others just need to get fish,” Jake shrugs.
The buyers share an offhanded familial intimacy and surround Jake while he inches his way down a line of ice splattered ahi incanting the classic auctioneer’s lightning-fast rhythmic banter, 5.80–70-60-50–40–30… the flick of a buyer’s finger sends the price back up, 40-50-60… there’s an imperceptible shoulder twitch, …70-80…90 then a grunt from another buyer, and the deal is done. Each fish takes only seconds to sell. Today’s catch is just over fifty thousand pounds. “It’s kind of slow,” Jake tells me as a row of huge, round, orange-tailed opah are lined up. “The Captains say they can’t find the fish, they’re staying out longer and longer.”
He moves to stand over a 252-pound ahi that is about to fetch over $3,000.
“Looks tasty,” I say.
Jake eyes me from under his wool cap. “I wouldn’t know, I don’t eat fish.”
Around the time the action is beginning to slow down on the pier, things are kicking into gear at the scruffy shops and markets that lurk nearby amid the shadow-casting skyscrapers of Downtown. Like all of Honolulu, the streets of Chinatown are a crush of different cultures— Korean, Filipino, Samoan, Japanese, as well as Chinese. “There are so many different lifestyles here,” Roy Yamaguchi tells me. Born in Japan, Roy came to Honolulu in the mid 80’s and became one of Hawaii’s star chefs, with three restaurants on O’ahu (and thirty across the country). He helped lead the charge that transformed Hawaii’s food scene from sauce heavy French fare to the signature lighter Pacific cuisine that now presides, and helped Honolulu become a foodies town reflective of its people. “Food influences culture, culture influences food. That’s why I’ll still go into Chinatown to buy certain things I need for the restaurants. It’s a small island but Honolulu’s a big town. We have all the normal big city problems; it’s not like we’re immune, but here, for some reason there is a balance, people find peace. At the end of the day, everyone co-exists, everyone fits in and finds their niche.”
Roy’s assertion is made real to me just a short while later. In a cluttered parking lot outside the Honolulu institution, Leonard’s Bakery, three large Hawaiian men sit in the bed of a small white pick-up truck. The one in the center softly strums a ukulele—not for anyone’s entertainment other than that of himself and his companions. An older Japanese couple sit beside me on a bench a few feet away, listening and eating malsadas—Portuguese donuts. A white surfer dude strolling into the bakery calls out a compliment about the music, a huge Samoan waiting in a battered car beside the truck rolls down his window and taps his fingers on the dashboard.
Stalwarts like Leonard’s Bakery or the Side Street Café have anchored Honolulu neighborhoods for decades, but further west in a once underused area of old warehouses between Downtown and Waikiki, the district of Kaka’ako is being reinvented. Condos are rising. Pop-up markets, shops, and restaurants like Taste, which features a rotating menu of chefs, are the domain of Honolulu’s young, multi-cultural entrepreneurs. “This is without a doubt the most exciting neighborhood for me in town right now,” Dara Lum, a Honolulu native of Chinese and Thai heritage, tells me as we mingle in a thronging night-market along Auahi Street. “I love to come down here. It’s very current.”
And then there’s the ocean. It is impossible to overstate the impact Honolulu’s dominant feature has on its inhabitants. Early every morning while paddling my kayak beyond the surf break, the towers of Honolulu lurk in the predawn. On the beach I see a group of locals gathering for a daybreak swim, a little further on, another dozen folks assemble for a paddleboard convoy. From first light until blackness, surfers bob, wait, then race down the face of curling waves. Workers steal a dip at lunch break. Later one afternoon, sitting at a red light in heavy traffic along Ala Moana Boulevard, I look to my left; the shimmering Pacific only a few feet away. A parking spot beside me opens; I click my blinker and swing the wheel. Then I’m striding across twenty yards of powdery sand, past an impossibly beautiful Hawaiian woman barely wearing a day-glow orange bikini while she showers off, and I slip into the cool water—just three minutes earlier I was stuck in traffic. Is it supposed to be this easy to escape life’s daily struggle?
Along with taking full advantage of its star attraction, Honolulu, like virtually all of Hawaii, trades on its cultural legacy—from fire-eating Luau’s to tourist paddles aboard outrigger canoes. Some of these displays can be respectful, some cringe inducing – sometimes simultaneously. But among the most authentic and enduring symbols of Hawaii’s mighty past stands on eleven acres in the center of town. The Iolani Palace was commissioned by the highly educated, well-traveled King Kalahaua in 1882, in an effort to symbolize enlightened rule and to swell national pride. Crafted in the American Florentine style at the staggering cost of $340,000 (and almost bankrupting the kingdom), it had electricity and telephones before the White House and Buckingham Palace, as well as indoor plumbing. The restored building today is elegant, tasteful, and restrained in design. The only Royal Palace on U.S. soil, it was home to the ruler of a recognized sovereign nation when U.S. forces invaded in 1893. King Kalahaua’s sister and successor, Queen Lili’uokalani, was quickly deposed and put under house arrest, as the United States annexed the free nation of Hawaii.
Just a few blocks from where the King once entertained world leaders, and held extravagant Balls with all-night dancing, the beat still goes on, but to a very different drummer. After sundown, Downtown Honolulu jumps. Up a flight, past the packed cement-floor dance area, a hip pau hana (Hawaiian pidgin for “after work”) crowd sips cocktails under the stars at 39 Hotel. Next door at Bar 35, bare shouldered gals sitting on outdoor couches under red lights and swaying bamboo shout over blaring rock n’ roll into the ears of Hawaii’s version of hipster dudes. Around the corner and up a flight of rickety steps, Dragon has a jazz-fusion trio serenading the mellow crowd. And Honolulu’s oldest bar, Smith Union’s Smitty’s is a cheery dive that’s still packing them in after eighty years. People wander easily from one bar to the next. “Waikiki kicked out a lot of the bars several years ago, and we ended up here,” the bouncer outside the easy vibe and full dance floor of Manifest tells me. “I think they want us to come back now.” In none of these haunts—nor in most places I travel in Honolulu outside Waikiki—do I see a tourist. It is almost as if two separate towns exist.
Hawaii is often glibly labeled a Paradise. And Paradise, by its very nature, is free from complications. Consequently, Honolulu could never claim such a title—but perhaps it is something better than a mere Paradise. One of the reasons I left Maui, and Hawaii, was that I felt it lacked a certain cultural relevance beyond the “escapist” mentality and beach-boy lifestyle. Despite all of Hawaii’s stunning physical grandeur, I craved more contemporary cultural vitality than I found on the islands. Cities, by their very nature, are filled with a certain chaos, with the friction of too many people in too little space. But in that crucible, among the enforced intermingling of so many —or perhaps because of it—life and ideas are often forged and brought beyond where they might have been taken in a softer, more unchallenging environment. And in Honolulu I find a big city’s energy co-mingling—sometimes uneasily—with many of the trappings of a Paradise. It’s a town awash in contradictions.
It is plagued by insufferable traffic, and boasts an embarrassment of postcard ready beaches. It’s a transient Mecca teeming with fierce local pride. Parking is impossible; surfing is de rigueur. It has sprawling, well-used parks, shaded by ancient banyan and monkey pod trees, beside new steel and glass high-rise towers, and incessant construction. Bar’s like Duke’s, on the surf at Waikiki hum with singles and pink skinned visitors, while a stroll away, Home Bar & Grill is strictly local, with kickboxing blaring on the TV and fresh sushi served over the bar. And as in all of Hawaii, daily life in Honolulu operates with a lightly simmering undercurrent of racism co-existing with a bounteous spirit of Aloha.
And it is that spirit of Aloha—that active cultivation of a strong welcome, of a live-and-let-live attitude, of respect and compassion, sharing, of connection to nature and its source— that may ultimately save Honolulu and set it apart from other cities.
“There are better beaches in other places,” George Kam tells me. “We have the worst traffic, steep hotel prices, too much cement, but there is a higher pull here.” George is an O’ahu native and holds the well-deserved title, Ambassador of Aloha, for the surf company, Quicksilver. “But here your soul can connect to the source, to the power, the Mana—it’s all about that connection. And the water, man, get out on the water. It’s where you’ll feel it most. Everything else comes and goes, but that one ocean connects us all. As long as that host value of Aloha is present; that’s what makes Honolulu not only so livable, but a daily spa treatment for your soul.” George roars with laughter at his own island eloquence.
It’s easy to be to be cynical about the exploitation of Hawaii’s soulful qualities, but George’s words ring true to my own experience. All these years and visits later, it is that intangible sensation, more than the sheer physical magnificence of the islands, that brings me – and so many others – back, again and again. That feeling of connection emerges not only atop awe inspiring volcanic ridges or gazing at fiery sunsets, but in the simplest, most commonplace experiences.
Late in the day, far from any beach or trendy boutique, sitting outside a neighborhood takeaway joint, at a picnic table edging the parking lot, eating freshly caught ahi and locally grown salad with a plastic fork from a Styrofoam container, it begins to rain. The rain is light, and warm. None of the locals at the half-dozen other tables move for cover, or seem to notice the rain. Their chatting continues, the kids race back forth to the take-out window for shave ice. A breeze moves the rain softly over my skin. The food is fresh, the nearby traffic is moving freely, for once. Between the buildings, a rainbow forms over Diamond Head, bisected by the telephone wires. I finish my meal, not sure exactly when it was that the rain stopped. One of the little kids drops his shave ice and let’s out a howl of mock agony, his fists shaking at the heavens. Everyone turns, we all laugh. Why is it that I don’t live here?
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PLP Urge Govt To ‘Urgently Reconsider’ Permit
“The PLP is profoundly disappointed with the Minister and her refusal to grant Rev. Nicholas Tweed a renewal of his work permit,” Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Walton Brown said, with Mr Brown urging the Government to “urgently reconsider this provocative decision at such a delicate time for Bermuda.”
Rev Tweed’s Work Permit Refused
Earlier today Home Affairs Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said, “In this particular instance, the applicant failed to comply with rules that were put in place for everyone. As a result, I had no choice but to uphold the previous decision to refuse the new application.”
“The position was not advertised despite repeated requests by the Department to do so, and the actual application was incomplete and contained inaccuracies. On the basis of these failures to fulfil the requirements of Immigration policy, the work permit application was rejected,” the Minister said.
BIU Call Meeting
Following the Minister’s statement earlier today, BIU President Chris Furbert announced that he has called a Special General Council meeting at 12 noon tomorrow [Dec 30], and said that all BIU Special General Council Members and Shop Stewards are urged to attend.
Walton Brown’s Statement
Mr Brown said, “The PLP is profoundly disappointed with the Minister and her refusal to grant Rev. Nicholas Tweed a renewal of his work permit.
“While successive governments have always worked closely with the critical sectors of our community, including international business, tourism, and the social sector, to ensure the critical leadership they require is in place, the handling of Rev Tweed’s application has not been given the same weight of consideration.
“The AME Church was informed that the work permit application for Rev Tweed was being carefully reviewed by Immigration. Ongoing correspondence between the Church and Immigration suggested that, once issues were resolved, the permit would be approved.
“For the Minister to now simply revert to the formal position taken at the beginning of the application process “that the rules are the rules” suggests an insincere review process.
“Historically, in cases involving key personnel in the church or international business, the approach has always been for the Minister to work through the challenges with the invested parties, rather than used them as road blocks.
“Moreover, considering the extreme flexibility and responsiveness granted to work permit applications for America’s Cup staff where “the rules were made flexible” it seems abundantly clear Rev. Tweed has been treated unfairly by the Minister and her decision.
“One conclusion that can be drawn is that the denial of Rev. Tweed’s work permit renewal is directly related to him being a firm and outspoken advocate for social justice; so much so that the OBA government views him as a threat to them.
“It seems impossible that the OBA government could make a convincing argument that the decision regarding Rev. Tweed is devoid of political considerations. I urge the Minister and the OBA government to urgently reconsider this provocative decision at such a delicate time for Bermuda.”
You can view all our coverage of Rev Tweed’s work permit here.
PLP Welcomes Court Decision On Rev Tweed
Video: Minister On Court Ruling On Rev Tweed
Judicial Review For Rev Tweed’s Work Permit
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#BermudaPolitics #RevTweedWorkPermit
Perhaps they should ask that someone urgently consider following proper procedures for a permit renewal – but that wouldn’t create the desired effect.
Tweed needs to stay out of the political situation, if he is a so called minster of the church!!!
So Martin Luther King should’ve stayed behind de pulpit. Well you had people back then that didnt like him either.
Deedles says:
Dr. King was an American citizen protesting in America. Tweed is not a Bermudian and has come to Bermuda for the sole purpose of political agitation in a foreign country. He should go.
Bobby J says:
MLK was an American, living in his own country so DO NOT compare Tweed to him. Please do not belittle MLK’s struggle with Tweed. Tweed is a guest in MY country and I don’t want him here.
Sickofantz says:
Onion Juice is in America. You rarely read a tweet from him that doesn’t feature America.
Black Soil says:
Comparing Tweed to MLK is sick. Tweed is a non-Bermudian who has investing NOTHING in Bermuda.
Facts says:
Yea, the only thing he has brought here is HATE and unrest! Any other expat would have been told to get cracking’ LONG AGO!
Paradise Reclaimed says:
MLK “The church must be reminded that is is not the master or servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state . . .”
MLK “It’s always the right time to do the right thing.”
PLP/People’s Campaign – Read second quote first, act in the spirit of the first, please.
JAYBIRD says:
Absolutely. This is an outrage! The PLP should call for a blockade of the House of Assembly! Oh wait, it’s not in session now.. that’s it then – call an Island wide general strike – immediately! That will show the upstart OBA who really rules the roost around here..
Betty Boop says:
The OBA is the Government and they rule the roost, not the BIU or PLP or People’s Campaign either, so get that right! An outrage is one who is trying to stop a Bermudian from working. This man is not a Bermudian, neither is he married to one, what gives him the right to just work here without going through THE PROPER CHANNELS? Like everyone else. The BIU/PLP always state Bermuda for Bermudians first and all of a sudden that doesn’t apply to this man? HYPOCRITES all of you!
Was MLK a work permit holder? No he had plenty of work to do in his country of birth. I guess Rev Tweed left the UK cause there was no longer has any work to be done.
The PLP and BIU are only using the Tweed issue for the destabilizing of the Government. They want to create as much strife between now and the Americas Cupso that it will fail. All for them to win power. They do not care for the people of Bermuda to survive, they just want power no matter what.
They want to take us down.
The OBA is only using Rev. Tweed in hopes of destabilizing the PLP and the Peoples Campaign. They dont want anyone getting in their way or speaking against The Americas cup holding Bermuda hostage for the next 2 years.
Ringmaster says:
The OBA did not deny the renewal. An impartial Immigration Board denied the renewal and gave the reasons. The OBA Minister upheld the denial. If you don’t understand that difference, you clearly don’t see what’s coming to impact Bermuda and jobs, and it has nothing to do with Bermuda.
By the way, if you think AC gets what it wants it doesn’t and that’s another black mark on Bermuda.
OH no, some one just fired up the PLP “dislike machine” Ruuuuun!!
Rightok says:
I thought the OBA was a pro foreigner party? It’s only because Rev Tweed was active with the People’s Campaign that they decided not to approve the work permit.
This is sad for the OBA. They are going against their own ideals.
Jam Bermuda says:
PLP I will never vote for you again! You are an embarrassment to my country! Asking the Government to break the law for political gain?! I am done! And, so are you!
Will the silent majority, please stand up?! It’s time! The loud minority is ruining this beautiful country! Our children’s future depends on it!
You can’t make this stuff up, except in Bermuda. The PLP calling on Government to break the rules for an expat? So much for Bermuda for Bermudians. Now we know the PLP prefer non Bermudians over Bermudians. Their true intentions are now clear. 2 Bermudas indeed. At least the OBA are working for Bermuda and Bermudians.
oba/UBP welcome back says:
Ask someone who works for immigration and they will tell you the oba/UBP has granted permits before using the same set of rules. It’s political and nothing more. Don’t believe Patricia Gordon-Pamplin made this ruling on her own she’s weak. At the end of the day 2017 is an election year the oba/UBP have nothing to lose and nothing to gain by telling the church stumpers to go stuff it.
Most voters have already made up their minds. Whites will vote solid as always for team UBP. The real question is will they convince the 15% blacks to vote with them for the win?
” Whites will vote solid as always for team UBP. ”
….and blacks will solidly vote for the PLP, as they always have, regardless. Your point?
This shows that the PLP have no regard to the laws and rules to protect Bermudians. How many others slipped into our country under the PLP ignoring the rules and disadvantaging us Bermudians.
Those suffering today need to vent their anger at the PLP for disenfranchising Bermudians.
Build a Better Bermuda says:
So who are the PLP/BIU/PC for, Bermudians or foriegn workers in jobs that a Bermudian can do. Does this mean that the PLP/BIU/PC supports the violation of our immigration laws that are designed to give Bermudians access to jobs first. Or do the PLP/BIU/PC stand for a double standard where it is acceptable to ignore those immigration protections when it is for one of their own… simply put the PLP/BIU/PC want it both ways and are hypocrites for it… Bermudians first?… unless it is one of their imported political operatives.
Exactly! I’m so confused – didn’t we all just march against immigration? Don’t we want all of these nasty foreigners to get the heck out of our country? I can’t keep up! Why did I make all of those fabulous signs?
I hope you don’t now tell the Dunkiiy to call the election now. Oba/UBP has the majority votes to stay in power
joly says:
So why are the PLP are advocating political interference in the immigration process?
Kangoocar says:
Because the plp interfered with everything for their PERSONAL again when they were ruling this island! This is more proof they have learned nothing by their mistakes and only have their OWN interest at heart still to this day! The plp are a disgrace and anyone that bpvotes for them camnot be considered anything else either!!
Why was Tweed’s work permit application not submitted properly?
Its me again says:
This is my point.
Doesnt take an astrophysicist to fill out the application and to place a job ad.
I’m a PLP supporter and memeber and I’m out.
This is bait and the OBA took it hook line and sinker. Now the balls in the opposition possession and they are going to call for a strike or two and everything falls to bits.
I need the Americas Cup. I have plans I dont care who makes money or not I just know that I have a plan and these guys are getting in my pocket now. I catch the bus to work. No buses tomorrow (probably) and for once the OBA does something that I can personally profit from and these guys decide that they’ll do everything in their power to take this away from me.
I’m done. Politics is dumb in this country and I’m going to pack and up leave before we end up like Jamaica. The OBA and their policies didn’t chase me out, the “black” party did.
An “original” black bermudian
I sincerely hope you can stay. Ultimately a united fully integrated Bermuda will triumph. We NEED people like you.
We cannot let these bullies continue to dictate to government how and what decisions are made.
Just wondering says:
So – let me get this right……. the PLP want the Government to “bend” the rules – why???? What is so special with this applicant that he doesn’t need to comply with the same rules and requirements us “ordinary” people have to?
will the PLP and Biu now want an open door policy on work permits …its a real shame when its ok now but not when businesses who needed positions filled with qualified people but couldn’t and had to restructure to make it work …you should be ashamed of yourselves ” For Bermuda ” really ???? the BIU and PLP are the wolf in sheeps clothing …Beware those of you who fall for it ..this island is on the Brink of British Rule and then see who is happy
Fedup says:
So get ready to be held at randsom Bermuda because we all know as soon as Chris Furbert opens his mouth it means a strike is around the corner. What is the difference between Tweed and other that get denied? Why is he so special? Government needs to look at making ALL our ESSENTIAL SERVICES – and yes I mean bus, ferry etc private and let’s see how quick the same puppies that run up behind Furbert will run. Just about hand enough of the double standards and his personal selections.
Navin Johnson says:
Stand firm…….
Bobby Jones says:
Guess if trash collection goes on strike, we should take our trash to the BIU or Furbert’s house.
Torian says:
Go long PLP
M.C. Beauchamp says:
Here we have it, folks. Conflating America’s Cup work permits with Tweed’s. And by the PLP, no less. There’s the whole game, right there.
They can just bring his sorry tail back if they become a legitimate government!
I am done with PLP! I will never vote for you again! Show me what you are working with instead of hate for all concerned! You’ve become an embarrassment to my beautiful Island! Stop ruining the future of my children! They are watching your hateful behaviors and they are scared!
Will the silent majority please stand up?! It’s time we took our Island back!
More propaganda from the PLP.
Using the BIU they think they can channel this to the masses.
Just another move to create anarchy.
Every hour of everyday they will inform, hold a press conference eta l.
Enough is enough ! says:
Don’t worry the OBA will give in like normal ! Mob rule will continue!
Is there a way to vote out the opposition and ask for a legit one . Burt and the rest of the sesame street band must be banished from politics. they only know how to create disruption they are not smart enough to create change through the democratic process
DJO says:
the muppets would make a better opposition and for that fact the cartooon network hAS PLENTY THAT COULD FILL THE UNION LEADERS oposition
BdaReally says:
Someone correct me if I am wrong but from my understanding as a work permit holder you are not to meddle with the political affairs of the Government which is what Tweed done. I just don’t understand if he is the son of a Bermudian as he claims why doesn’t he just apply for his Bermudian status or is there missing information we have not been told which makes him unable to qualify. The Government is here for the running of our country which means putting Bermudians first so why would you ask for an exception to be made for someone who is not even Bermudian. If you do it for Tweed then who else is going to fight when their time is up. Anyone who is Bermudian and supports the Immigration Minister to reverse her decision should be ashamed. Support your people not the political chess piece.
Lualaba says:
Twice Tweed appears to be heavily involved in the blocking of Parlement, which there are laws against. And the PLP and Union wonder why his work permit is not renewed?
Wrong – did the AME Church advertise the position locally? This is a yes or no question. Don’t make this political, just answer a yes or no question.
1)There are inaccuracies in the application.
2)the application wasn’t submitted in time
3)the position wasn’t advertised.
4) there is a Bermudian who wants the position and it qualified and able.
The only politics here are being played by the PLP in an attempt to leverage emotional votes just like Donald Trump.
You are not wrong! The preacher is NOT Bermudian no matter how many times the plp tries to deceive you! The plp spent 14 yrs deceiving Bermuda and they even after after taking a pounding at the election have still not learned their lesson that deceiving people is not the way to go! PLP, really stands means, people’s lying party! They will do anything to regain power and should not be considered anything other than disgraceful!!!!
I believe you have to apply for status during your 21st year but before your 22nd birthday if you have Bermudian parent ( in this case father) .Failure to do so results in you never being able to apply again…..that’s what my children were told..and had to comply with…
This is a sad state of affairs and I pray it doesn’t become a huge political football. We have so much to fix on this beautiful island ..long overdue injustices ..
…..and part of the Pathways to Status – Tweed was and is against!
i know, right?? you can’t make this chit up!!!
Tweed is not the son of a Bermudian. His father and mother were West Indians. Tweed was born in England, he also has a US passport. He shouldn’t belong in Bermuda.
Tweed’s grandfather immigrated to Bermuda with his family, one of which was Tweed’s father. His father left the Island, eventually marrying and later Tweed was born (in London). Non of Tweed’s ancestors were born in Bermuda and that is why he cannot currently apply for status.
Shanky says:
Someone should reveal if Kingsley Tweed is the father or stepfather as it may be be. What year did he leave Bermuda and get with the mother and what year was the minister born? You may have raised eyebrows
had enough says:
Mr. Tweed was adopted by a Bermudian Gentleman and his English Wife, his adoptive father never applied for Bermudian Citizenship for Rev. Tweed so that is why he is not a Bermudian. If his father had followed procedure (which it seems like this family don’t like to do) then Rev. Tweed would not be in this position right now and probably wouldn’t even be in Bermuda and posted somewhere else in the world.
Maybe if he had been a good expat and kept his mouth quiet and done his job without getting messed up in the BS he wouldn’t have this problem.
Four says:
Guess the trash won’t be picked up anytime soon.
Well maybe the next country he goes and if he’s not a citizen of that country Mr tweed might want to consider running his mouth.no other country would accept what he has gotten away with here….
Wrong – stop making this political! Did the AME Church advertise his position in line with immigration requirements?
No they did not, and that;s is a basic rule when applying for a work permit. He knows that, so does the BIU/PLP, so no permit, too bad, so sad, go home.
Actually, many countries do accept an expat getting involved in politics and many countries do not(punishment varies). I think we are far more tolerant now than we were 6 years ago…however that can revert back very quickly and may well do.
the news it seems like the PLP has said the immigration dept gave special consideration to the americas cup applications can we ask what those applications were for …. i am going to think those were for individuals with skills quite unique to the americas cup. again the PLP will try to create a scenario that they need you to fall for but I want to weigh it on their accusations versus the truth and hopefully one day …all accusations are held accountable and those telling lies made to apologize and be found in contempt
Triangle Drifter says:
And all those permits issued for AC people are very very temporary. By the end of July next year all of those people will be long gone.
Face meet Palm
The PLP just lost a supporter
Infidelguy says:
Let’s just say it….the PLP are opposed to this decision because Rev. Tweed is an ideologue who supports their political agenda. Maybe the OBA has other motives for rejecting the application. Who knows! But in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I have to conclude that Rev Tweed’s work permit application was rejected based on legitimate reasons. Why haven’t we heard from Rev. Tweed on this? He’s quite capable of speaking up for himself.
Exactly – Did the AME Church advertise the position? This is a pretty easy question. Anyone from the AME want to chime in here?
Doesn’t anyone remember the infamous “Chicken in arsenic” joke an (expat) chef made at an upcoming PLP dinner about Dr Browns starter course – if wasn’t very funny – it was in bad taste BUT the PLP heavies had him shipped off the island that night – no revocation of his work permit – no ability to access the courts – where was the outcry when they did that?? What a bunch of hypocrites!!
TSOL says:
The elephant in the room on this island is that the BIU/Peoples Campaign/PLP don’t believe in the rules of law for themselves. If any expat not connected with these organizations, no matter what their race, had missed the period to submit their paper work to renew their work permit, or had dabbled in politics on behalf of the OBA they would be in a mad frenzy to have them escorted to the airport by the police kicked off the island as soon as possible. Think about it.
Fur says:
Good job sticking with your decision….rules are rules PLP and BIU.
Zario says:
Yes, reconsider, give him three days, not three weeks.
Hey PLP, i watched you cats for years, if a preacher was on the island and sided with your opposition in any political capacity whatsoever…you would have had him on a plane and never allowed him/her to even apply for a permit at all. You got rid of folks for far less. Disgusting hypocrites.Not enough sense to be embarrassed.
do NOT RECONSIDER under any circumstance. the rule of democracy will and must NOT bend to the hypocritical oppositioin
Jadon says:
Looks to me like all the PLP is asking for is the same thing the OBA/UBP does for their friends… think they have never “bent” the immigration laws ?? He is a minister…. why wouldn’t they rush it through? He has to get back to serving the people of his church.
Because he is not serving the people of his church, he is pursuing a political agenda as suits his needs. The preacher thing is an interesting cover.
Not like he is stealing the job of a Bermudian…. like many of the OBA’s friends.
Rhonnda O says:
We don’t know since the advertisement wasn’t done. As for the ‘OBA’s friends’ who’ve stolen the jobs of a Bermudian… name ‘em.
O.M.G says:
So chris Furbert are you going to stand for every work permit holder. What a bloody hypocrite and you say you are for the people of this country BS. Now you and the great PLP and that stupid talk show want to make the people anger again for nothing. Don’t you want your country to go forward or you still taking your people back. Don’t blame anyone except yourself s if your people can’t get work because you are casing away potential businesss to come here to provide job opportunities.. Thank god my people don’t act in anger like this to embarrassing.
Tweed go you don’t help your people one bit you don’t want to either you just want them below you so you can control them.
Bermudian pastor stand up please
Enough says:
Walton Brown is not fit to be in office.
Walton Brown you should be ashamed of yourself.
It should be “Bermuda for Bermudians”.
Shame, shame, shame on you.
Furbert is angling to be the next PLP Premier and is utilizing the same methods as any other small minded dictator. The good reverend should be tending to the flock and not drumming up votes from easily manipulated voters.
Steve Thomson says:
The rules should apply equally to everyone. What shocks me is how the PLP /BIU (which is the same organization) play lip service for sticking up for Bermudians. In this instance they are fully backing a non Bermudian that simply didn’t comply with the work permit requirements. Now back off as you are not the government and do not represent the majority of our country no matter how loudly you yell or how many businesses, offices or roads you block. Our patience too is wearing thin.
Shameful says:
Thank God for Walton Brown. He is a responsible and forthright leader who cannot be matched. I did a study of those who think the decision is fair. Their responses are almost exactly the same to those made during the anti slavery drive, the drive to remove discrimination and the sentiments expressed about the PLP. Yet they will talk about change and ask us to sing Kum-by-ya as they relax in their hot tubs and never once reach out to the other side. No interest. No genuine caring for working people. Just want to dump them and their leaders and after the battle when the dust settles they jump on board and benefit from the change and say “we wanted it all along.”
how can you possibly equate this to a slavery issue – this is about an employer who has repeatedly refused to properly submit a work permit application and given no resin for failing/refusing to do so – the rest of us all have to comply with the law – why not him? why is he so special? Why does the BIU/PLP think there is one rule for them and their friends and another for everyone else?
Up D Hill says:
@shameful, you should be shameful after writing that trash!!!
BIG says:
Omg !!!! boy you can’t make this crap up…. I will not be paying any fri66in BIU dues. DO NOT MAKE ANY OF US MARCH. Are you bloody serious????? Is it that serious. Maaan you PLP jokers are really jokers. Chris, I bet you want to strike for this bulls..t too. It aint happening. Pickup this Christmas trash in the east tomorrow too. Brown, you are a fool for even mentioning Americas Cup when comparing to this. I along with other small businesses will be so excited when the Americas Cup comes here because we need the business. The truth is out. You loss my vote. By the way quit blocking Parliament and let the real Government handle the business before you guys really really truly eff up this island ffs..
Acegurl says:
Walton Brown I am shocked at your reaction to this situation. Everything you have stood for politically has just flown out the window. You no longer fight for Bermudians as a whole. You have become selective in who you support. How could you propose a reconsideration of Immigration policy when it has been clearly articulated to all that Reverend Tweed did not follow the rules, as clearly defined by the Department of Immigration. Your reaction to this case is sheer hypocrisy. Reverend Tweed has been extremely lucky during his short time on the island, in that he has been radical in his approach to the local community. This would NEVER have been tolerated in the other 99% of the expat population.
32n64w says:
This is fundamentally untrue, disingenuous and misleading. When an employer REFUSES to comply with Governement policy, even after being given the opportunity on multiple occasions to do so, they have no excuse.
Silence Do Good says:
The PLP and Chris Furbert should be questioning the powers to be at the AME Church for not getting the work permit application right the first time and after multiple extension etc still not getting it right. It would appear that the AME Church wanted Tweed gone more than anyone else. This song about we never had to do it like this before is all just noise to cover their true motive of ensuring Tweed’s permit was not renewed.
PS I love how the PLP and BIU are fighting for a work permit holder and confessing how the law should be bent in their interest. Well with no creditable opposition I guess the PC is the only alternative for people to gravitate to when they feel a slim majority government is running a mock.
unus sed leo says:
it seems mr. tweed and mr. furbert have some kind of bromance goin on.
Hey you lot can ways host each other in your respective countries of origin… visit each other now and then… be buddies… sing the song
Butt for now… unless this church pays taxes… it cannot take part in process as process requires monies.
A guest… is a guest… when you accept a guest in your house… do you let them act up?
The answer is… “NO… YOU DO NOT.”
nabba jabba says:
Merry Christmas good tidings to all.
Nahhh!
I am sorry Mr.Tweed but… you did stinky boo booz and we will not let you act up in our house.
See… if you are a guest… in a house… any house in Bermuda… and you act up… 9 times out of ten you will be asked to leave.
Well sir… you acted up at cabinet house… and you are a guest…. this is one of those nine times mate… no offence… but you are a guest…
Proof positive the PLP will do EXACTLY what they did when they took control in 1998 if they get back into power. Ignored all the rules and did what they wanted. Rules do not seem to apply to them or their *friends*.
That is EAXCTLY why the economy is in the state it is in now.
What happened to the promise made by the BIU about no wildcat strikes ,etcwhen they were let off, and millions were written off by the then government so as not to end the BIU as we know it. Should have made them pay up, they say one thing and then continue to do as they like
PRIVATIZE NOW!!!!
what is so special that the PLP want the Government to BEND the rules for Tweed to stay on the Island, whats good for the goose is good for the gander, he has to go its that SIMPLE is the PLP going to scream over this, seems like anything the Government says or does the PLP are totally AGAINST IT. STOP BEING HATERS THE LAW IS THE LAW, but if the PLP was in leadership BET YOUR BOOTS TWEED WOULD BE STAYING.
bermy bud says:
Work permit holders can NOT involve themselves in Bermudian politics! Which he has done!
WRITING ON DE WALL says:
So if that’s the reason then say so!
No need to. After numerous opportunities the applicants did not abide by the requirements for renewal of the work permit.
Seems obvious that the AME board wanted him outta here found a way to have somebody else do the dirty work for them. Notice that the AME church is not protesting the denial of the permit.
Moderate says:
The PLP are the ones being political here. They harp on about putting Bermudians first but now they’ve shown that it’s all a lie. They are exposing themselves as a right wing authoritarian movement that won’t allow the elected Government to meet and wants laws and policies disregarded for their insiders. Rev. Tweed is entitled to work as a permit holder but needs to follow the process as defined by Government’s including the PLP themselves. No amount of work stoppages, blocking of elected officials from meeting and vilifying of a very deferential police service will change that.
Onion Juice.
You have it all wrong.
Martin Luther King was an American by birth.
Tweed was not and is not.
This is a church issue which has been made into a race issue by the PLP and will probably help to be the demise of Bermuda because they want it political.
It’s an AME issue but once again it will be a issue of race.
Jahstice says:
Will mob rule continue or democracy prevail?
All you people sound really stupid, do you really think his permit hasn’t been bent all this time before he became vocal on the political scene. I beg to differ!
I bet their application was made no different from their previous applications since he has been here working BUT now they are following the rules because he has expressed publicly his dislike of the current governments policies and practices. SMDH
It’s so obvious people!!!!
BET THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF RULES BENT FOR AMERICAS CUP, which we’ve been told by previous host that it is a complete fail unless it’s held here more than once.
WAKE UP BERMUDA!!!!!!
Please list the rules being bent for the America’s Cup?
Or are you just repeating a myth you heard somewhere?
PROVE IT MOUTH PIECE, OR STOP YOUR NOICE@ WRITING ON DE WALL!!
I am Glad we got Americas cup cause it gives us a foreign entity to blame as well as an event to Hijack.
Dear Writing.
You seem to have information about malpractice in submitting work permits. It is your duty as a Bermudian to report it to the anonymous Immigration line.
If you don’t one can only assume that you have been making this all up.
LostinFlatts says:
People are missing the truly terrifying part of this: the PLP/BIU know how utterly hypocritical and ridicululous their position on Tweed is, and they don’t care. They believe they can say anything and still win, that is how little credit they give their supporters.
But, we now live in a world where a racist liar said he could shoot someone in the face and still win an election – and he was right.
The PLPs best chance of getting elected is to reduce politics back to a single issue. That’s all this is: feeding their narrative regardless of reality: real Bermudians vote PLP regardless of what they do, what their policies are, their adherence to law, their lies and self-serving because, well, because.
2/3rds of those who voted Trump believe that the US had higher unemployment today than when Obama took office, despite that not being remotely true. Why? False narrative. If we truly want the best for our island’s future, we have to take the time to call all politicians in their lies, but sadly nothing today suggests the majority of voters will do that.
Warwick Lizard says:
I have been loyal to the PLP as a supporter all my life as has my family. No more though. This was a big topic of discussion over Christmas and what we concluded is best for BDA at this time. Former BC Lecturer Walton Brown, the BIU and the PLP should be ashamed of how 1) they encouraged the blocking of parliament (protests are fine just don’t block the people’s business from being done in the house) 2) how they are twisting Rev Tweed’s declined permit in the hope for their own political gain. The OBA is not perfect but they are turning Bermuda’s economy/tourism around and have my family’s vote in the next election. God and the voters will have the last say.
Warwick Lizard. I wish more people were like you. Much respect.
Here’s hoping there are many more of you. Thank goodness you can see this for what it really is.
trump supporter says:
Urgently reconsider, what you going to do STRIKE, AWE not getting your way.
What you should do is read some of the discussions in the AMOUNT of PLP supporters you have mad e disgruntled.
Going take my trash to the dump, might not get picked up.
Seriously says:
Why should he stay? Who is he that it’s important for him to remain on this island with his controversial ways?? What good does he bring here? I am curious? He breeds a lot of hate for a preacher. Maybe he’s a quack preacher.
Ya serious says:
I got a rule bend. Next rule should be if they block the house, than the meeting of the government should be held anywhere approved by the governor ASAP.
Reese says:
Is the separation of Church and State not a thing anymore?
Send the non Bermudian home. Bermudians want jobs, including his!
Wondermutt says:
Stand strong OBA. You should never give in to a petulant child having a temper tantrum.
How many work permits were revoked in the last 3 months? I don`t hear Chris Furberts BIU making any noise to help them, I don`t hear the PLP making any noise to help or support them who will have the end of this month and the end of next month to leave, I don`t hear the PC , I don`t hear the AME Church, WHO SHOULD BE SILENT ANYWAY ,Your a church,,MIND YOUR BUSINESS!!
BRIER says:
TWEED NEEDS TO GO NO CONSIDERATION AT ALL – THERE ARE MANY BERMUDIANAS TO FILL HIS SHOES EASILY ITS NOT A DIFFICULT JOB..
HE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM ANYOTHER FOREIGH WORKING AND LIVING IN BERMUDA YOUR TIME IS UP MATE LIKE I SAY GET CRACKING..
A BERMUDIAN CAN NOW HAVE HIS JOB… YAYY
EXPAT says:
OK, so serious question: my permit is up for renewal in a few months. Will there be a march or protest when it gets denied? I can start making signs now. I just want to know who I need to thank when they protest and demand the OBA renew my permit even though there is a Bermudian who can do my job.
Thank you in advance for helping me, an obnoxious Expat, stay in your country…cuz that’s what Bermuda does now, right????
Bermudian voter says:
How soon we forget. PLP immigration policies when they were in power
forced international companies to relocate and many locals lost jobs, families were split up and family members had to relocate. And now all of a sudden a church minister is indispensable. Once again the PLP is attempting to cause discord in an attempt to get elected. I voted for you once. NEVER AGAIN
Walton Brown – November 26, 2014
The Shadow Minister added that in the hospitality field, there is concern that “one major chain turns its back on Bermudian talent,” saying they have a “hiring policy that has seen eminently qualified Bermudians not even make it to the interview process. This is deeply disturbing and needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.”
“Recently, this has meant two very qualified and experienced Bermudians were denied even the opportunity for an interview for a prominent position…”
thief says:
it does not seem right that a foreigner should be so involved in our politics.
Why not just advertise the position? Maybe there is a Bermudian out there that would be great at the position and if not give Mr. Tweed the position.
I am sure there more to this story that the Church should make public.
Please inform us before this gets out of hand or do the powers that be want that to happen? I think not
BIU DO NOT RUN THIS COUNTRY AND NEITHER DOES TWEED…
ALL THIS FUSS WITH BIU AND STRIKES WE REALLY NEED TO PRIVATIZE SOME OF OUR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMETNS BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF BERMUDIANA WHO WANT TO WORK AND NOT STRIKE…THEY KNOW WHERE THERRE BREAD IS BUTTERED…
STOP BEING A FOLLOWER AND BE A LEADER
Jus' Wonderin' says:
Send the foreigner packing…who cares! That’s what we all want anyways. A BORN BERMUDIAN can do that job better and some!
Rumsoak says:
Bye Bye birdie, don”t let the broken door at the airport hit you on the way out .
Y-Gurl says:
Why? Because he’s someone’s friend? Sounds like a typical and often heard PLP threat
in the words of Ray Charles …. hit the road jack
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MARCH 07: Issa Rae attends ‘LinkedIn Hosts a panel discussion with Issa Rae and Chelsea Handler’ at The Art of Elysium Center on March 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Issa Rae made it clear that she’s still rooting for everybody Black, despite the Motion Picture Academy’s apparent snub of Black actors and filmmakers.
On Monday, the nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards were announced and few, if any nods were given for performances or production work by Blacks in the film industry, with one notable exception being Cynthia Erivo for her performance in Harriet. She was the single person of color in a field of 20 acting nominations.
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During the live broadcast in Los Angeles, a visibly disappointed Rae read off the names of five men in the Best Director category — Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, Todd Phillips for Joker, Sam Mendes for 1917, Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Bong Joon Ho for Parasite.
Black actors, Black films and Black directors received very little love from the Academy and even Little Women director Greta Gerwig who was widely considered a shoe-in for the category was snubbed along with other female directors.
Upon announcing those nominations, Rae deadpanned to the camera, “Congratulations to those men,” the audience giggled in response to her coy, but well-understood message to viewers.
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Issa Rae gives the best reaction after not a single woman was nominated for Best Directing at the 2020 Oscars. #OscarNoms
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“Congratulations to those men.” – Issa Rae introducing the Best Director category is a MOOD. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/ihxnw0E6VJ
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The Owners, Strata Plan NW 3341 et al. v. Delta (Corporation)
2002 BCCA 526
Docket:
Registry: Vancouver
COURT OF APPEAL FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA
ORAL REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
The Honourable Mr. Justice Esson
The Honourable Mr. Justice Donald
The Honourable Madam Justice Newbury
THE OWNERS, STRATA PLAN NW3341, LESLIE EVANS, GERALD O’NEIL, FIONA SMITH, JOHN ROBERT McNAB, COLLEEN HARNETT, GEORGE TEMPERTON, NANCY STEWART, TAWNIA GALE SCOTT, NOREEN SYDELL ANNE GUNN and LAVONA SYBIL MARIE DAYLE, executrices of the Estate of DORIS WRIGHT
(RESPONDENTS)
THE CORPORATION OF DELTA
(APPELLANT)
ELBE, LOCK WALLS & ASSOCIATES INC., VAN MAREN CONSTRUCTION
CO. LTD. and VAN MAREN CONSTRUCTION (#8701) LTD.
DEFENDANTS/THIRD PARTIES
J.E. Gouge, Q.C. and
J.G. Yardley
appearing for the Appellants
D.W. Roberts, Q.C. and
B. Curran
appearing for the Respondents
[1] ESSON, J.A.: The defendant Corporation of Delta appeals certain aspects of a judgment of Mr. Justice Grist holding Delta liable for damages in excess of $3,000,000 which arose out of defective design and construction of a condominium development.
[2] The action was launched in October 1996 by the strata corporation on behalf of the owners of the units situate in three separate buildings which formed the overall project. The claim was for repair and remediation of the three buildings which was made necessary because of wood rot in the exterior wall, the studs, and the beams. The other defendants to the action were the developer, a firm of architects, a firm of building designers and the contractor. The firm of architects was dropped from the action because there was no basis for any liability against it. The trial involved only the liability of Delta. Prior to the trial the developer Canlan was dismissed from the action by consent following upon a settlement. The building design firm and the contractor remained as parties but took no part in the trial.
[3] The trial judge found the developer, the building designer, and the contractor jointly and severally liable along with Delta for the damages and, after delivering judgment, made an order under s.4 of the Negligence Act allocating the degrees of liability as required by that section. There is a cross appeal by the plaintiffs with respect to that aspect of the judgment.
[4] The basis of liability against Delta was essentially that it breached its duty to inspect and supervise the construction and particularly to enforce the provisions of the Building Code. Delta has not appealed against the findings of liability and quantum. The basis for the appeal is firstly, that the action was commenced out of time and secondly, that the learned trial judge erred in failing to find contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiffs.
[5] The limitation argument rests on two statutory provisions. The one which was relied on at trial is s.285 of the Local Government Act which reads as follows:
285 All actions against a municipality for the unlawful doing of anything that
(a) is purported to have been done by the municipality under the powers conferred by an Act, and
(b) might have been lawfully done by the municipality if acting in the manner established by law,
must be commenced within 6 months after the cause of action first arose, or within a further period designated by the council in a particular case, but not afterwards.
[6] The trial judge held that that section did not apply. At the time the appeal was launched, there were a number of conflicting decisions of trial judges on the applicability of s.285 to actions such as this. That issue was resolved by a decision of this Court delivered while this appeal was proceeding. That decision, holding that s.285 does not apply, is Gringmuth v. North Vancouver (District) 98 B.C.L.R. (3d) 116, 26 M.P.L.R. (3d) 54, [2002] 3 W.W.R. 612.
[7] Faced with the reality that the Gringmuth decision would be binding on this Court on the hearing of this appeal, counsel for Delta applied some time ago to the Chief Justice requesting that he direct that five judges sit who would then be in a position to overrule that decision. In rejecting that application, the Chief Justice left open the possibility that the panel hearing the appeal would see fit to determine that the Gringmuth decision should be reconsidered.
[8] Having heard the full submissions of the appellant, I am of the view that there are no grounds which would justify reconsideration, certainly at this time, of the fully considered and very recent decision of this Court in Grinmuth. It follows that, in my view, we are bound by that decision and that the first ground of appeal must fail.
[9] The second limitation provision relied on by Delta is s.3(2)(a) of the Limitation Act which reads as follows:
3 (1) In subsections (4) and (6), "debtor" means a person who owes payment or other performance of an obligation secured, whether or not the person owns or has rights in the collateral.
(2) After the expiration of 2 years after the date on which the right to do so arose a person may not bring any of the following actions:
(a) subject to subsection (4) (k), for damages in respect of injury to person or property, including economic loss arising from the injury, whether based on contract, tort or statutory duty;
[10] At the opening of this appeal, Mr. Roberts made a preliminary objection to that ground of appeal being heard. His objection was based on the fact that the section was not raised at trial. In its statement of defence, Delta had pleaded that the action was barred by efluxion of time and had made specific reference to the Limitation Act although without referring to a particular section. No particulars were requested and it would appear that, from that point on, no further reference was made to the Limitation Act. Certainly, it was not raised at trial.
[11] We declined to deal with Mr. Robert’s objection as a preliminary one. Having heard the appellant’s submission, it is unnecessary to decide the question because the appellant’s submission fails on the merits.
[12] The only case which, in my view, need be referred to in support of that conclusion is Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia v. Genstar Corporation (1986), 24 B.C.L.R. (2d) 157, [1988] 4 W.W.R. 184. The issue arose in that case on an application to add a defendant. It was contended by the proposed defendant that the action was barred by efluxion of time and that it should therefore not be added to the case. The chambers judge rejected the submission that the applicable limitation period was the two year period provided by s.3(1)(a) of the Limitation Act and held that the applicable period was the six years provided by what is now s. 3(5) of the Act which reads:
(5) Any other action not specifically provided for in this Act or any other Act may not be brought after the expiration of 6 years after the date on which the right to do so arose.
[13] On appeal to this Court, a bench of five sat. The appeal was dismissed for the reasons of Madam Justice McLachlin. The relevant passages in the reasons are these:
I cannot accept Genstar's contention that the action against it is for damages for "injury to property". I am persuaded by the authorities that "injury to property" refers to the situation where property is damaged by an extrinsic act, and not to the situation where a claim is made for damage occasioned by defects in the property itself. In Alberni District Credit Union and ADCU Development Ltd. v. Cambridge Properties Ltd. et al. (1985), 65 B.C.L.R. 297 (B.C.C.A.), the issue, as in the case at bar, was whether the limitation period applicable to a claim for defects in the building was the two-year limitation period provided by s. 3(1)(a) of the Limitation Act, or the six-year limitation period provided by s. 3(4). Esson J.A., speaking for the Court, held that the action was not one in respect of "injury to property", as the "building simply has not, in plain language, been injured". Accordingly, the six-year limitation period was held to apply. Counsel for Genstar seeks to distinguish the Alberni case on the grounds that the claim there was for breach of contract rather than in tort. In my opinion, that distinction cannot be sustained. Whether the action is brought in contract or tort, damage is an essential element of it. The question in each case is whether that damage comes within the phrase "injury to property".
Other authorities support the same view. In British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority v. Homco International Ltd. (1980), 25 B.C.L.R. 181 (C.A.), this Court held that the phrase "injury to property" did not apply to a claim for damages arising from defective gas fitting tees that fractured during testing procedures. The court stated that to fall within the ambit of the phrase "injury to property", an action must be one for physical injury or for direct damage to property.
[14] After referring to a number of authorities Madam Justice McLachlin went on to say:
Policy considerations support the conclusion that "injury to property" refers to damage caused by an identifiable external event. A short limitation period of two years is appropriate where the claim is based on an event which causes direct injury to property. Such a short limitation period may not be appropriate for a claim based on defects in the property which may not manifest themselves clearly for some time, even though with the benefit of hindsight one may be able to say that their onset was revealed at an earlier date.
It is that paragraph which, in my view, has particular application to the facts of this case. This was very much an instance of a case where the claim was based on defects which to some extend manifested themselves very early in the day but where the true magnitude only became clear with the passage of time and increased damage. I should say that, in this case, the appellant concedes that the action was commenced within the six year limitation period in s.3(5).
[15] In this Court it was submitted that the frequent rainfalls which are a fact of life in the Lower Mainland qualify as an identifiable external event within the meaning of the passage which I have quoted from the W.C.B. case. With respect, I cannot accept that submission.
[16] I turn then to the alternative submission, i.e., that the trial judge erred in failing to attribute a degree of responsibility to the plaintiffs for the loss and damage which they suffered. The submission is that the plaintiffs failed to exercise due care and diligence in protection of their own interests because they failed to follow certain advice given to them at a relatively early stage by an engineer whom they had retained to advise them with respect to warranty claims. In particular, they did not implement certain remedial measures which, had they been taken then would, as the trial judge found, have prevented some of the damage. The appellant puts the matter this way in its factum, the reference to “Frank” being to the engineer in question:
33. The conclusion of the learned trial Judge (that the Plaintiff’s were not contributorily negligent) simply cannot be reconciled with his findings of fact (that the Plaintiffs failed to follow Frank’s advice and that the damage was caused, at least in part, by that failure). We refer to paragraph 6, above:
a. Frank warned the Plaintiffs that the proposal to fix the deck-slope problem by building new decks on top of the old would not work. The learned trial Judge found that, “…despite Frank’s advice…”, the Plaintiffs persisted in attempting to fix the problem in that way. The learned trial Judge also found that that choice “…contributed to … the greater problem of moisture entering the walls.”
b. Frank warned the Plaintiffs that the attempt to solve the flashing problems by caulking the joints with sealant would never be effective. The learned trial Judge found that the Plaintiff attempted no other method of repair. At paragraph 73 of his reasons for judgment, the learned trial Judge found the flashing problem to be the most important cause of the structural damage at Riverwest.
c. Frank recommended that the fascias at the metal reveal band be replaced: Appeal Book, Vol 2, page 218. The Plaintiffs did not follow that advice. The learned trial Judge found that the failure to replace the fascias was fourth in order of importance among the causes of the leaks at Riverwest: Appeal Book, Vol. 1, page 162; Vol 4, page 652.
[17] Based on those assertions, the submission is that, in light of the findings that the plaintiffs failed to follow the advice of their own expert and that that failure was a significant cause of the loss, it “necessarily follows as a matter of law” that some fault must be attributed to the plaintiff under the Negligence Act. The trial judge dealt with those submissions in this way:
CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE:
[87] Delta argues that the Strata Council contributed by negligence in failing to properly maintain the buildings that comprise Riverwest. Contributory negligence would have the effect of restricting damages against the Municipality to the proportion corresponding to its fault. The fact is, however, that this Strata Corporation acted with a high degree of diligence in pursuing problems with these three buildings.
[88] The degree of organization exhibited by the Strata Council would, in my view, be difficult to sustain with most residential Strata Councils. Their initial efforts were to have the developer correct deficiencies. These were maintained with diligence for so long as the developer was responsive. They continued with efforts to deal with leaks into the various suites and to correct the decks in accordance with advice given them. Ultimately they took the appropriate action in receiving expert advice and undertaking the remediation. I find no substance in this claim that the Strata Council was negligent.
[18] The essence of the trial judge’s decision on this issue is that he had regard to the context in which the plaintiffs had to decide, at an early stage, how to respond to the very difficult problems which were created for them by the defective state of the buildings in which they lived. The trial judge, after hearing many days of evidence and in delivering a very careful and extensive set of reasons for judgment, concluded that it was reasonable for the plaintiffs, having received the advice they did from Mr. Frank, which as I have said was given at a stage when the issue was what was going to be done under warranty, to continue for a time to rely on the developer to remedy the situation. In retrospect and with the wisdom of hindsight, that was not the best course. But I cannot say that the trial judge’s assessment of the issue was an error which would permit this Court to interfere with his decision.
[19] The case principally relied on by counsel for Delta is the very recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada Housen v. Nikolaisen (2002), 211 D.L.R. (4th) 577 in which judgment was pronounced on March 28, 2002. The Court, by a 5-4 majority, allowed an appeal from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal which had reversed a finding of the trial judge imposing a degree of negligence upon, as it happens, a municipal corporation. The facts were not similar to those in the case at bar but the case is helpful for the principles emphasised in it. For my purposes, they are adequately set out in this passage in the headnote at p.578 in summarizing the majority judgment given by Mr. Justice Iacobucci and Mr. Justice Major, with three other members of the Court concurring:
The standard of review on pure questions of law was one of correctness, but appellate courts should not reverse findings of fact unless the trial judge had made a “palpable and overriding error”. The same degree of deference should be paid to inferences of fact. If there was no palpable and overriding error with respect to the underlying facts that the trial judge relied upon to draw the inference, then it was only where the inference-drawing process itself was palpably in error that an appellate court should interfere. Questions of mixed fact and law involved the application of a legal standard to a set of facts. Appellate courts should defer the findings of negligence in the absence of a legal or palpable and overriding error. A determination regarding the standard of care was a question of mixed fact and law, and was subject to a standard of palpable and overriding error, unless the trial judge made some extricable error in principle with respect to the characterization of the standard or its application, in which case this might amount to an error of law, subject to a standard of correctness.
[20] In my view, the decision in this case did not demonstrate error of the kind and degree which would be necessary. I do not intend to imply that there was any error in the conclusion. It clearly was one based on the whole of the evidence which involved a long and tortuous history of events.
[21] I would, therefore, dismiss the appeal. I turn then to the cross appeal with respect to the allocation of fault amongst the four defendants pursuant to s.4 of the Negligence Act. The trial judge determined that allocation to be 30% against the developer, 25% against each of the design firm and the contractor and 20% against Delta. The matter is of significance to the plaintiffs at this stage, notwithstanding that the defendants are jointly and severally liable, because the settlement with Canlan renders it in the interests of the plaintiffs to increase the percentage allocated to Delta and reduce that of the developer.
[22] The principles which apply to this issue are essentially the same as those which apply to the contributory negligence issue. The distinction if any is that, with all respect to Mr. Roberts’ submissions, the grounds for interfering are even weaker than with the contributory negligence. Accordingly, I would dismiss the cross appeal.
[23] DONALD, J.A.: I agree.
[24] NEWBURY, J.A.: I agree.
[25] ESSON, J.A.: The appeal is dismissed. The cross appeal is dismissed.
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FDA Update on Botox Safety
Last month I posted a blog entry about the recent media reports of death from Botox. Just today, the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA) released a report in response to these claims. Fortunately, but not surprisingly, my suspicions about what had occurred in these Botox cases were confirmed. Here are the highlights of their conclusions about the Botox deaths:
•None of the cases involved adults. •None of the cases involved injections in the face. •None of the cases involved the cosmetic use of Botox.
According to the FDA investigation, the most serious cases—those that included hospitalization or death—occurred mostly in children treated for cerebral palsy-associated limb spasticity, which is not an FDA-approved use of Botox.
Below is a highlight of the FDA's conclusions today from their "Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review":
"What does FDA know now about these data?
The FDA has reviewed post-marketing cases from its Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) database and from the medical literature of pediatric and adult patients diagnosed with botulism following a local injection with a marketed botulinum toxin product.
The pediatric botulism cases occurred in patients less than 16 years old, with reported symptoms ranging from dysphagia to respiratory insufficiency requiring gastric feeding tubes and ventilatory support. Serious outcomes included hospitalization and death. The most commonly reported use of botulinum toxin among these cases was treatment of limb muscle spasticity associated with cerebral palsy. For Botox, doses ranged from 6.25 to 32 Units/kilogram (U/kg) in these cases. For Myobloc, reported doses were from 388 to 625 U/kg.
The reports of adult botulism cases described symptoms including patients experiencing difficulty holding up their heads, dysphagia and ptosis. Some reports described systemic effects that occurred distant from the site of injection and included weakness and numbness of the lower extremities. Among the adult cases that were serious, including hospitalization, none required intubation or ventilatory support. No deaths were reported. The doses for Botox ranged from 100 to 700 Units and for Myobloc from 10,000 to 20,000 U.
This early communication is in keeping with FDA’s commitment to inform the public about its ongoing safety reviews of drugs. FDA will communicate to the public its conclusions, resulting recommendations, and any regulatory actions after the review of the data are completed. "
Needless to say, Botox is a powerful drug that should only be administered by doctors properly trained in the use of these medications. In my office, we take Botox seriously. For example, the injections are personally prepared by me so that I can be assured of the exact concentration. I personally inject the patients. And all of our patients are evaluated for neuromuscular and other conditions that may be risk factors for adverse outcomes. Patient safety is paramount. Fortunately, Botox's safety in terms of its cosmetic use in the face remains well-established.
For more information, you can read the full FDA report here and review my original blog entry on this subject here.
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Another Inhaled Insulin Dies
Today, it looks like Eli Lilly and Company's AIR inhaled insulin product has been killed. This follows Pfizer's Exubera disaster, and Novo Nordisk's announcement that they were pulling the plug on its AERx iDMS inhaled insulin product.
But what makes this announcement so unusual is that the insulin-maker (in this case, Lilly) wasn't the first one to announce it, but the partner (in this case, Alkermes). Today, Alkermes put out an unusual, pre-emptive press release saying it expects Lilly to discontinue the program in the next week, ending their 7-year partnership to develop an inhaled insulin. No doubt, Lilly had its own questions considering the moves of its main rivals. In fact, Lilly had told Alkermes that the company was "evaluating its business case" for their AIR insulin product, which was in phase III studies.
But Lilly remained unusually bullish on the product. During the company's Q4 2007 Earnings release, the company remained very bullish on its diabetes business, which I questioned. Once again, I was right!
Just this week, the FDA suggested that Lilly and Amylin's Byetta LAR (long-acting release) make some changes to clinical trials that some analysts said might delay approval of a long-acting version Byetta both companies were banking on.
And Lilly's insulin business remains in dire straights, in spite of a introducing a variety of new pen-injection devices, largely because they have no long-acting insulin in the pipeline, in effect, forcing insurance companies and pharmacy benefits managers to cut deals with rivals for that product. Many have said its simply easier to get everything from either Novo Nordisk or Sanofi Aventis, both of whom offer both long-acting analogs and rapid-acting analogs, rather than working Lilly into their plans.
Apparently, Lilly couldn't immediately be reached for comment as of this afternoon, but finally did have a statement this evening which can be read here.
Morgan Stanley analyst Jami Rubin said on Friday Lilly's abandonment of AIR Insulin made good business sense.
"We are not (at) all surprised, and have never been strong advocates of the pulmonary insulin agents, following the poor launch and ultimate demise of Pfizer and Nektar's Exubera and Novo Nordisk's termination of its AERx program," Rubin said in a research note.
Rubin said Alkermes, known for its drug-delivery technology, is unlikely to continue development of Air Insulin without Lilly, "given that this represents the third termination of a pulmonary insulin drug."
But she said the sharp drop in Alkermes shares represented a buying opportunity for investors because Air Insulin had only paltry sales potential.
At this point, MannKind is still betting the bank they can succeed with an inhaled insulin product -- and as I've noted before, with fewer parties chasing this market, it does increase their chances for success (however limited that may be). But inhaled insulin is not what the market is looking for, what they are looking for is a version which does not require patients to walk on a tightrope to determine the proper dosage.
at Friday, March 07, 2008
what about oralyn from generex any news?
I'm very interested to hear how Mannkind's dosage is like walking a tightrope. I'm an investor in Mannkind and want to hear informed dissent. Al has stressed all along that the other inhaleable insulins had issues, and it seems like Eli, Novo et al are finally drawing the same conclusions Al has been making all along. Seems to me like these events are thinning the herd for Technosphere. Al's been almost prophetic about their issues and will identify why Technosphere is different to anybody who will listen, yet no one seems to be listening. The man has the best track record of anyone out there. Could you address the question re. the dosage tightrope and possibly rebut Al Mann's public statements regarding Technosphere, if you're able? Thanks.
Scott S said...
You raise an interesting question, and one which deserves an answer. Note that Solomon Steiner, who helped invent Technosphere technology.
Steiner is the CEO of Biodel, the Connecticut-based company developing a rapid-acting injected insulin largely by using already FDA-approved ingredients to expedite the absorption of regular insulin through the subcutaneous tissue. One cannot help but wonder how much overlap in technology these two companies share ... perhaps more than is evident today, and each has their own unique patents.
Still, when all is said and done, I still contend that inhaled insulin is NOT what the market is looking for -- that is merely the idea behind convincing millions of people with type 2 to start using insulin, and contrary to popular opinion among drug salespeople, not all of them need it, some already have excessive insulin in the bloodstream which contributes to inflammation responsible for a variety of health problems.
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Visa Backs Mobile Payments Start-up Square
The news keeps getting better for Square, the mobile payments start-up founded by Jack Dorsey, one of the creators of Twitter. Just a week after Apple began selling Square’s card acceptance services in the tech giant’s online and brick-and-mortar stores, another heavyweight, this time the biggest one in the credit card processing industry, has backed the two-year old start-up.
The News: Visa Invests in Square
So the news is that Visa, the biggest credit card payment network in the world, has invested an unspecified amount in Square. Visa’s investment comes on the heels of a $27.5 million round of VC financing the start-up secured earlier this year.
As part of the deal, a Visa executive will sit on Square’s advisory board where he or she will be joined by an executive from JPMorgan Chase, which participated in Square‘s Series B round of financing.
What to Make of the Deal
As many have already pointed out, Square did not need Visa’s cash. Not to mention that the start-up could have easily raised capital from just about any investor it cared to speak with. What Square needed was to have the back of the world’s biggest credit card processing network.
In the payment card industry, what Visa wants, Visa gets. So when a new technology, like Square’s proprietary mobile card reader, shows up, it is always a good idea to make sure that Visa approves of it. The fact that several months ago Visa placed an indefinite hold on approving any new mobile payments services has certainly not gone unnoticed at Square.
The start-up is now adding about 100,000 new users per month and has processed $66 million in payments in the first quarter (beating its own projections of $40 million for the period) and about two-thirds of this volume comes from Visa cards, according to COO Keith Rabois. Square expects to triple its processing volumes in the second quarter.
Visa, for its part, gets a seat on the board of the most talked-about company in the fledgling mobile credit card processing industry, an area of huge interest for the San Francisco-based payments giant. Earlier this year Visa spent $190 million to buy PlaySpan, a mobile commerce platform for virtual goods. Then last month the company announced the launch of a PayPal-like service, enabling consumers to send and receive funds from their phones. The Square investment is perhaps the biggest coup Visa has been able to accomplish on the m-payments front to date.
The Credit Card Processing Takeaway
I have always thought of Square as the mobile PayPal. True, PayPal is also working hard on its own mobile payments offerings, but they are more or less extensions of PayPal’s traditional services.
What Square is doing is as disruptive as what PayPal did when it first showed up a bit over a decade ago. Jack Dorsey’s start-up is the first, and still the only, company that offers to consumers the ability to directly accept credit cards for payment. All of its competitors require that their users are businesses of one form or another. While there remain questions about the long-term viability of this model, there is no doubt that there are plenty of potential users for it (27 million by Jack Dorsey’s count). And then, business models can always be adjusted, right?
Image credit: Squareup.com.
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New York Rally to support the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Nearly 10,000 Chinese students, scholars and Chinese Americans held a peaceful rally May 4 in New York to support the Beijing Olympics and denounce attempts to sabotage the sporting event. You can listen to the speech from the City Councilman John Liu.
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Finetech Consultancy - Google Cloud Premier Partner
We are a cloud based solutions specialist based in Colombo with operations in Bangladesh, Maldives and Singapore. We understand the pressing technology challenges organizations face with ever changing complex business requirements. We also understand that conventional ways of seeking solutions for these problems are no longer valid in the present day. We at Finetech believe that cloud is the next big wave in technology.
Here's how Google’s rival to Microsoft Office, G Suite, came together
By Varuna Perera May 14, 2017
G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work and Google Apps for Your Domain) is a brand of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed by Google, launched on August 28, 2006.
G Suite comprises Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar, and Google+ for communication; Drive for storage; Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites for collaboration; and, depending on the plan, an Admin panel and Vault for managing users and the services.It also includes the digital interactive whiteboard Jamboard.
As of 2015, Google held 3 percent of the enterprise productivity suite software market, with an estimated $397.4 million in revenue, according to research firm Gartner. Microsoft, with almost $12.7 billion in revenue, held a little more than 95 percent.
That’s a gap Google clearly hopes to close with its recent push into enterprise. The company has been adding artificial intelligence features to tools, and even released a piece of hardware that integrates with G Suite, its Microsoft Office competitor, in an effort to attract the kind of enterprise customers that are entrenched in Microsoft products.
One large customer that Google recently announced it had lured to G Suite is Verizon, which shifted 150,000 of its employees to the platform.
G Suite is offered to professional customers in different price tiers (basic, business and enterprise) and different versions. A free version of G Suite for educators, for example, is comparable to the business version, but with some modifications, according to a Google spokesperson.
Many tools that are part of G Suite are available for free to consumer users with Google accounts; these tools include Gmail, Hangouts communications tools, word processor Docs and Excel competitor Sheets.
Before G Suite, there were free business Gmail accounts, which came after the release of the consumer version of Gmail. Here’s a compact rundown of the origins of G Suite, and how it expanded and changed over time:
2004: The consumer version of Gmail launched as an invitation-only product that was still in testing, according to Matthew Glotzbach, former director of product management for Google Apps and Google Enterprise.
2005/2006: By early 2006, Google announced Gmail for Your Domain, and San Jose City College was one of the first organizations to test it. Glotzbach said the apps and tools that make up what is now called G Suite were layered into this professional version of Gmail.
2006: Later in 2006, Google launched Google Apps for Your Domain, the first iteration of what eventually became known as G Suite. This included Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk (the precursor to Google Hangouts, which in its current form offers text, video and audio conversation options), and web publishing tool Google Page Creator, the precursor to Sites. The company offered a free version of the suite and was still working on a premium paid version.
2007: Google Apps Premier Edition, the first paid version of Google Apps, was released. New features included more storage and 24-hour support, according to a Google spokesperson. In a press release about the news, Google named Procter & Gamble Global Business Services, Salesforce.com and Prudential Preferred Properties as customers. Also in 2007, Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets, the latter now called Sheets, which were existing offerings from Google, were incorporated into paid and free versions of the suite.
2011: Google set a limit of 10 users per account for the free version of Google Apps. It’s not clear how many users had previously been allowed on the free version, but according to a user who wrote in a help forum, the company had previously allowed up to 50 users on a free account.
2012: This is the year Google stopped offering free Google Apps accounts to new users. Legacy free accounts stopped receiving new features added to paid accounts at this time, according to a Google spokesperson. However, to date, legacy accounts are still supported. These accounts differ from consumer Gmail and Google accounts, which give users access to free versions of certain apps in G Suite, in that they have features otherwise limited to paid accounts, including customizable domains, freedom from ads in Gmail and support for multiple users if already included on the account.
Also in 2012, Google added cloud storage service Google Drive to the suite of tools; it’s currently available to both paying and non-paying consumer users, though it’s unclear if it may have been for paying customers only in the beginning. Google also added archiving service Vault, which is available to certain tiers of paying customers and can also be purchased separately, according to the spokesperson.
Also during this year, a slideshow tool previously incorporated into Docs was broken out as its own tool, Slides, according to a Google spokesperson.
2015: Google hired Greene to lead enterprise efforts including cloud computing and productivity applications. The move was read as indication that the company is serious about making a bigger play in the enterprise market, where it has lagged behind Microsoft and Amazon.
2016: Google Apps was rebranded as G Suite. The rebranding came with a lot of name-changing which is explained here. Google announced a piece of hardware called the Jamboard that integrates with G Suite tools. Jamboard is an interactive screen that automatically saves images created on it and can be shared with remote workers by video chat. The company additions include a new tool called App Maker, which helps developers create new apps for G Suite.
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Use Vault for Gmail Confidential Messages and Jamboard Files
By Yeshica Fernando March 13, 2019
Google vault will be supporting two new formats in the future, Gmail confidential mode emails & Jamboard files stored in Google Drive.
Google Vault gives you a chance to retain, hold, search, and export data to support your organization’s retention and eDiscovery needs. This dispatch includes support for new information types with the goal that you can thoroughly oversee your association's information.
What happens when individuals in your association sends confidential messages? Vault can hold, retain, search, and export all confidential mode messages sent by users in your association. Messages are constantly accessible to Vault, notwithstanding when the sender sets a termination date or denies access to private messages.
Here’s an example of what admin@ink-42.com will see in Vault when they search for sam@ink-42.com and preview this email sent by lisa@ink-42.com.
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Set start times and import reminders in Tasks
Here comes one of the most awaited features. Tasks is one of the goals to follow what you have to do in G Suite. These new updates will help ensure the majority of your to-dos are in Tasks, and guarantee that you can monitor the due dates related with them. Moreover, importing reminders to Tasks can support your users if your association is at present changing from Inbox to Gmail.
Set a date and time for your tasks and receive notifications - You’ll find a place to add date & time. Create repeating tasks - Also you can make an event recur.
Import reminders into Tasks
This import tool will pull your reminders (from Inbox/Gmail, Calendar, or the Assistant) into Tasks.When importing reminders into Tasks, we’ll copy over the title, date, time and recurrence of the reminder. Please note, reminders with locations associated will not be imported. Additionally, this is a one-time import and not a constant sync.
- When you open Tasks on the web or your mobile app, you’ll see a prompt to cop…
Life at Finetech - Episode 2 - Support Engineering
By Varuna Perera December 17, 2017
Transform item advancements into key customer arrangements. The foundation of Finetech prosperity, the record directors, specialists, administrators, and experts in these parts are altogether devoted to first rate customer support.
In the case of consulting with 300 organizations around Sri Lanka and abroad, explaining specialized difficulties for independent companies, or surfacing item advertisements in simply the correct place, we grow new business openings while expanding the utilization of our item offerings.
Finetech Support Team , is playing an important role in the field of business.Lets hear about the experience of the Support Engineering team.
This is Chamathka Fernando , Renewal & Customer Support specialist at Finetech.
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The Contemporary Foxwife
— by Yoon Ha Lee —
Kanseun Ong was procrastinating on her end-of-term assignment by puzzling over a letter from her older father when the doorbell chimed. At first she didn’t react, even though correspondence from home—specifically from Older Father—was the last thing she wanted to deal with. Older Father was only fluent in their ancestral language, Na-ahn, which Kanseun spoke shakily and hardly read at all, and was a calligrapher as well; he liked to show off by sending her paper letters. He wrote every four weeks, if the dates were to be believed, although due to the vagaries of ship traffic the letters arrived more irregularly. The letters piled up in a box, the early ones forever unopened, and Kanseun felt both guilty and resentful on a regular basis. Her entire childhood her fathers had told her how important it was for her to perfect her Kestran, the unofficial official language of the Sasreth Alliance, so why subject her to this now that she was a student at Veroth station? Especially since Older Father knew she was only ever going to write back in Kestran?
The doorbell chimed again, more loudly. She’d programmed it to do that precisely because it irritated her. “Who is it?” she asked crossly.
“No one is present at the door,” the apartment’s watcher said in a distinctly bored voice. Had her roommate been messing with its personae again? Osthen-of-White Falcon, who would also be her best friend if only they would ever tidy up after themselves.
“No, really,” Kanseun said. Hadn’t she already had the talk with Osthen about how she needed quiet time this week to work on the concerto she had due? Not that she was working on it right now, but that was a detail. She should have known that Osthen had agreed too quickly, even if she’d all but agreed to pay them to meet up with their many loud friends elsewhere.
“No one is present at the door,” the watcher repeated, still bored.
Kanseun cursed and put the letter down, tucking it under a paperweight in the shape of a disgruntled turtle. (Her younger father had a thing for turtles.) “Show me what’s in front of the door,” she said. A prank? She might not be an engineering candidate like Osthen, but she was good at jiggering security, and anyone messing with her was in for a nasty surprise.
The monitor displayed nothing but—was that a flicker? A curlicue of shadows?
She got up and opened the door just to check. If Osthen’s fucking with me on another stupid dare, she thought, I’m going to throttle them. “No one is present at the door” my ass.
“Hello! Very pleased to make your acquaintance,” said the no-one-is-present-at-the-door. It looked and sounded remarkably like a gawky teenage boy with tawny skin, black hair falling past his shoulders. Spectacles garnished with little amber-colored crystals framed large, long-lashed eyes. Who on earth needed spectacles anymore? Unless it was a fashion trend elsewhere in the station. His russet dress, or gown, or whatever it was, looked like it had led a former life as a sack, except the sleeves had hems. For all that, the boy smelled sweetly of clover and damp grass and disintegrating pine needles. Plants that were in short supply on the station, although Kanseun was planetborn and recognized the scents.
The bespectacled no-one-is-present-at-the-door, undeterred by what Kanseun had hoped was her most forbidding expression, was still speaking: “Are you in need of a foxwife? I cook, do dishes, scrub floors”—who did any of that except as a hobby?—“arrange flowers, disarm bombs, perform minor surgery, and provide comfort and companionship.” She?—they?—radiated hopefulness at Kanseun.
“You’re a what?” Kanseun said intelligently, using Kestran’s alt form of the second person pronoun, acceptable either for actual alts, like her roommate, or when you had no clue whatsoever.
“I’m a boy foxwife,” the foxwife said helpfully.
“Sorry,” Kanseun said, chastened. Even if nothing in her previous experiences had prepared her for any type of foxwife.
“It’s all right,” he said, and dimpled at her.
It registered that he had said “foxwife” not in Kestran, but in Na-ahn. Kanseun remembered the word only because she had loved the animal spirit stories Older Father had told her as a child, in the early days before she went to school and lost the ability to say anything but Pass the sauce, please and How’s the weather? “Foxwife” rendered straightforwardly as “fox” plus “wife.” In all other regards, the foxwife was speaking a very polite form of Kestran. Too polite; it wasn’t as though an unproven artisan candidate merited it.
Why did this matter? The boy was clearly cracked. “Listen,” she said, trying not to talk down to him, “if you need Transient Services, they’re not on the university level, they’re on Level 18. You can get directions at any of the info kiosks.”
The foxwife had peered around her into the room and was eyeing Osthen’s couch—more accurately, the food wrappers on the couch—with interest. Was he hungry? “I can also tidy things and file papers and dust under couches,” he said.
“Hey,” Kanseun said, “the messy half of the room is not mine.” Too late she realized she was encouraging him, and she steeled herself to be more firm.
To her surprise, the foxwife drooped and said. “All right. Thank you for your time. I hope you lead a long life with many blessings!”
What? “Hey, wait,” Kanseun said. She was going to regret this, but she was noticing the smudges under his eyes, imperfectly concealed by cosmetics. Asking how long he’d been a transient—if, indeed, that was what he was—would be rude. Instead, she said, “Look, I’m not supposed to randomly take in more roommates, but why don’t you come in and have some tea, and we’ll figure out what to do.” At least Osthen wouldn’t mind; they were friendly to a fault.
She was getting more creative at procrastination, no doubt about it.
“I brew tea, too,” the foxwife said, brightening.
“Oh no you don’t,” Kanseun said. She wasn’t that much of a grouch. “You’re my guest. I’m providing the tea.” Where did he come from that people brewed their own tea or did the dishes? Was he one of those weird people who believed that tea perfection could only be achieved that way?
For that matter, filing papers? Too bad she couldn’t have him answer her letters for her, but that would be tacky. Maybe tomorrow she’d procrastinate some more by scribbling the usual vague persiflage about how well she was getting on with her roommate (more or less true), complaining about the everyday sameness of station weather (always good for a few sentences), and how hard she was working at her music studies (true except when he sent her letters).
The apartment’s watcher had picked up on her offer of tea. Two fragrant cups awaited her on a tray in the kitchen. She wasn’t entirely sanguine about leaving the foxwife alone in the living room, but she didn’t think he was dangerous, just a little out of touch with reality.
Kanseun emerged with the tray only to find the foxwife on his hands and knees, diligently picking up Osthen’s collection of hand-painted tradeship figurines and organizing them on the nearest available table. She gaped, then said, “You don’t need to do that. That’s my roommate’s mess. It’s their problem.”
“Oh, but I want to be useful!” the foxwife said.
Kanseun suppressed a sigh as she set the tray down. “Were you going door to door offering your, er, services for a long time?”
“Yes,” he said without elaborating.
How had he escaped having really bad things happen to him, wandering around like this? To say nothing of this being the most inefficient job-seeking method ever. “How many people did you talk to?”
The foxwife frowned and brought up one hand, then the other. Kanseun realized he was counting on his fingers. When he got to ten he stopped and tilted his head. “Lots?” he said. “More than two paws, anyway.”
Paws. Right. She was in over her head, but she’d promised tea. “Paws” wasn’t that much stranger than some of the slang going around the university anyway. “Here,” she said. “Sit down.” She indicated her side of the room, which included a chair that wasn’t obscured by a pile of game controllers. “What do I call you? I’m Kanseun Ong.”
He sipped the tea delicately. “I’m a foxwife,” he said with disarming happiness.
“Are you Norannin?” she asked. “You seem to speak a little of my ancestral language.”
“I don’t know,” he said. “I speak a little of everything! I like languages.”
So much for that. “Where do you come from?” She was being terribly direct considering they’d just met, but as long as he didn’t mind—
The foxwife considered the question. “I walked a lot,” he said finally. “I think I took some wrong turns, though.”
Walked? To a space station? Granted, Veroth wasn’t without its shabby underworld, but she couldn’t believe that someone wouldn’t have scooped up the foxwife before long. Transient Services prided itself on its thoroughness. “How long have you been on the station?”
By now the foxwife’s cup was half-empty. One of the watcher’s puppets came out to fill it up again. “Thank you,” the foxwife said, still politely.
“You’re welcome,” the watcher’s voice said warmly.
Kanseun blinked.
The foxwife sipped. “I got here”—the fingers again—“four days ago.”
Kanseun didn’t memorize the roster of ships incoming and outbound, but it was impossible to escape hearing about them. Like many shipclanners, Osthen couldn’t imagine not knowing these things. Thanks to Osthen, Kanseun knew that the only ship that had made port four days ago was the battle cruiser Marrow. Despite Osthen’s jokes about warclanners, she doubted that they would be so lax as to have allowed the foxwife to stow away.
She decided that the mystery was going to be someone else’s problem, and drained her cup in one long gulp. The watcher had given her lukewarm tea, overly sweetened, her preference.
“Osthen is at the door,” the watcher said. It had returned to boredom.
“Wonderful,” Kanseun said just as the door swooshed open and Osthen slouched through it. Today their hair was done up in looped braids tinted purple at the ends. “Osthen—”
She looked around. Where had the foxwife gone?
“Hey there,” Osthen said. “You missed a great party, by the way. Anyone call for me?”
“No, but—”
Interesting. There was a new table in the corner, polished red-black, exquisite in its sleekness. Kanseun had never seen it before. She tried not to be alarmed.
“Hang on,” she said to Osthen, who looked bemused. “You can come out now,” she called to the foxwife. “My roommate’s a slob, but they won’t hurt you. Their name is Osthen-of-White Falcon.”
Before Osthen had time to ask why she was addressing a table, the foxwife was sitting cross-legged on the floor where the table had been. He bounced to his feet and said, “Hello! I’m Kanseun’s new foxwife.” This time he rendered the word in Kestran. He bobbed a bow to Osthen.
Osthen grinned at Kanseun. “I knew you’d get laid sooner or later.”
“Excuse me,” Kanseun said, queasy on the foxwife’s behalf. Among other things, she wasn’t convinced that he understood the connotations of “wife.” And had Osthen really not noticed the transformation? “Do I look like I’ve just gotten laid?” Osthen opened their mouth and she hurried on. “He’s, uh, visiting until I can help him get settled.”
“Hello, foxwife,” Osthen said, their grin softening into a more genuine smile. “Stay as long as you need to, that’s what the couch is for. And don’t mind Kanseun, she’s always got a stick up her—”
“Oh, shut up,” Kanseun said.
“Anyway,” Osthen said without breaking stride, “I need to catch up on sleep. Later.” They drifted past her and the foxwife in a haze of musky perfume and into their room. A moment later the door shut definitely.
If only she, too, had the ability to fuck around all the time and still get perfect scores on everything. “Could you explain what is going on here?” she said to the foxwife, remembering the watcher’s No one is present at the door with ice-splash clarity.
“I’m very good at furniture,” the foxwife said. “Did you like it? I do vases, too, but I didn’t think it would harmonize with your design sense. My sister, now—my sister would have come up with a vase that worked. But I—” He stopped.
“It was a very nice table,” Kanseun said, so that she didn’t feel like she was kicking a child. She wanted to ask about the sister, but she sensed it was too early in their acquaintance. “Does this always happen around you? Why did I notice but Osthen didn’t?”
The foxwife said, with the air of someone explaining the obvious, “I’m your foxwife.” He picked up a broom from where it had been leaning against the wall, except Kanseun knew for a fact that there had been no broom there earlier, let alone one made of straw, and started sweeping.
“You don’t have to do that,” she said. “The watcher puppets that stuff.”
“I like sweeping,” the foxwife said placidly.
“Fine,” Kanseun said. “I am officially not dealing with any more of this stuff tonight. I am going back to my nice, sane concerto and figuring out what the hell I have to do to balance my percussion line so I can cough up the rest of this movement. You do what makes you happy.”
The foxwife’s gaze became anxious. “Is it bothering you?”
“Yes. No. Oh, do what makes you happy. I guess it’s no worse than meditation.”
He resumed sweeping.
“Right,” Kanseun said. She sat at her desk and stared at her score, willing it to cooperate.
She never did respond to the day’s letter, nor the one after that, even though she could feel Older Father’s disappointment radiating through the envelopes at her.
Facts about Kanseun’s foxwife, if not all foxwives:
His favorite food was jam. It didn’t matter what kind. Kanseun had expected him to eat something logically vulpine, such as eggs. He liked eggs too (any kind with runny yolks, including raw), but there was no denying how happy he looked when he sat on a stool in the kitchen and ate jam out of a little dish with a spoon. The first time she caught him eating it straight out of the jar, but fortunately he was amenable to changing his habits.
When he said he spoke a little of everything, he wasn’t kidding. After Kanseun handed in her concerto—2.6 hours ahead of deadline, plenty of time to spare—she gave Osthen permission to bring their friends over again. It didn’t take long for Osthen to schedule more parties. Kanseun lectured the foxwife endlessly on appropriate behavior at parties, emphasizing that he was to say no to anything uncomfortable and to come get her if anyone got pushy. Osthen’s taste in friends wasn’t too unreasonable, but she worried.
Osthen’s friends, like Osthen, interacted genially enough with the foxwife when in his presence (and hers). However, they never seemed to remember him once they left the apartment, as Kanseun discovered when she ran into Osthen’s latest lover at one of the cafeterias. This applied even when Kanseun, in a fit of experimentation, brought the foxwife with her. The foxwife, for his part, was attentive to the points of etiquette that Kanseun had instructed him in, although she never got him to be less than effervescently polite.
Kanseun would have bought the foxwife some proper clothes. After the first day, however, he made this unnecessary by taking his fashion cues from Osthen. (Except for the spectacles. He always wore the spectacles.) She assumed that the lookalike designer clothes came from the same nowhere place as items like the broom. The one time she asked him about it, he attributed it to his superior organizational skills. How “organizational skills” accounted for the spontaneous generation of matter, she wasn’t sure, but as long as no one turned up looking for lost items she didn’t much care.
She came home once to find that he was beating wrinkles out of Osthen’s clothes, using wooden beaters and some kind of primitive board. It took days for her to explain the extent of the chores that he did not, in fact, have to do by hand. And afterward she would still catch him doing them, and have to drag him away until the next time.
The foxwife was very good at video games. He was especially fond of the ones with hyperrealistic gouts of blood, but she had to console him every time he failed a mission and one of the game allies died, even when she explained to him that the game was fictional and you could restore saved games and, occasionally, resurrect characters. He’d curl up against her shoulder and sob quietly, dabbing at his eyes with a red-and-white polka-dotted handkerchief, before trying again.
He also had a great disdain for tigers—he called them “amateurs”—but would not say why. It wasn’t as if the station housed anything as exotic or dangerous as tigers, and it only came up because Osthen mentioned the visiting dreadnought Tigertooth.
The one time Osthen managed to step on a stray nail in a bad way, the foxwife talked them into letting him remove the thing. Kanseun wasn’t sure how she resisted the temptation to find a bomb to see if the foxwife could disarm it. She hoped it never became relevant. Even so, she couldn’t escape the disquieting thought: where would he have acquired such a skill?
Another letter arrived. Kanseun immediately put it in the pile with the others before the foxwife could file it for her, and then wondered why she was so embarrassed at the thought of him catching her doing this. This one, too, went unread and unanswered.
The foxwife’s obsession with doing chores continued to bother Kanseun. She finally discussed the matter with Osthen.
“Do you think I should try to get him to talk to a counselor?” Kanseun said in a low voice. The foxwife was in the kitchen. She didn’t know how good his hearing was, so she’d turned up the entertainment system. It was currently playing some hot new null-gravity sport and she was trying not to watch. Sure, she’d undergone the necessary safety training upon moving here, but she was a stereotypical planetsider and she liked gravity.
“I don’t mind him living here,” Osthen said. They didn’t look up from the miniature they were painting. “I mean, it’s not like he takes up more space than my junk does. He fits nicely on the couch at night. And he seems happy, doesn’t he?”
There was a certain degree of unreality to any conversation about the foxwife, given Osthen’s on-off ability to remember his existence.
“But don’t you think he deserves better?” Kanseun said.
“Better according to who?” Osthen retorted. “If this is so important to you, why aren’t you discussing it with him? Find out what he wants for himself?”
She couldn’t think of any noncondescending way to say Because I don’t think he’s healthy enough to decide for himself.
“Is it because you think he’s mentally tilted?” they said. She’d forgotten that Osthen, for all their laziness, could be good at reading people when they wanted to. Even if that was why she was asking their advice in the first place. “Because it’s still his life and still his say. Unless you’re planning to break up with him over it.”
Kanseun gritted her teeth. “We’re not dating. It’s not my fault he goes around calling himself a foxwife.”
Osthen did look up then, and their eyes were sharp and not a little disappointed. “If he calls himself a foxwife, he is a foxwife.”
“Not literally he isn’t.” Inexplicable abilities, yes. But he couldn’t be a mythological figure. He was real.
They shrugged and dabbed their brush into the pot of steel-blue paint. “So? You’re still talking to the wrong person.”
“You’re no help,” Kanseun snapped, and regretted it immediately.
Osthen had gone into “there’s no reasoning with you” mode and had returned their attention to the miniature. She wasn’t going to get anything else out of them tonight, and it was all her damn fault.
She glanced toward the kitchen to see if the foxwife was still puttering around; froze. He was standing in the doorway, staring at her, red-and-white polka-dotted handkerchief scrunched up in his hand.
Kanseun opened her mouth.
The foxwife walked past her and out of the apartment.
She lunged after him; of course she did. But no sooner had she reached out to grab his shoulder than he wasn’t there. She almost fell over. What else had she expected from someone who could turn himself into a table?
“Did you see where he went?” Kanseun said to Osthen.
“He who?” Osthen said.
Her heart turned to needles. “I have to look for him,” she said reflexively, and all but ran out the door herself.
Kanseun spent the rest of the day and most of the night searching the station. She stopped by one of the ubiquitous kiosks, asking after someone of the foxwife’s description, although it came as no surprise that the kiosk said, patiently, that no such person had asked for help. There was no sign of him at any of the cheap cafes or restaurants she had taken him to before, or even some of the ones they’d never gone to together.
Reasoning (hoping, more likely) that he would stick to the university level, she returned there and began knocking on doors. Not everyone answered, but those who did were unfailingly polite in their demurrals, which she took as a side-effect of the foxwife’s unchanciness. No, they hadn’t seen the boy she was looking for. In fact, they’d never seen anyone like that at all. And who wore spectacles these days, anyway?
Wrung out, eyes stinging, she finally conceded defeat at four in the morning. She’d go out tomorrow and try again. Osthen had already gone to bed. She looked around at the jacket that Osthen had kicked into a corner and went to pick it up and fold it away, even though she never picked up after her roommate. Then she sat down on the couch. Her head started to pound, and it took a long time for sleep to come.
The next morning—more like very early afternoon, since she wasn’t used to having her sleep this messed up—Kanseun went to the kitchen to look at the teas directly because the watcher’s voice aggravated her lingering headache and she didn’t want it to enumerate all the options. She found the foxwife in the kitchen, eating ginger peach jam directly out of the jar.
Kanseun didn’t lecture him about it.
The foxwife didn’t say anything at all.
She pulled up a stool and sat next to him, watching him eat. The spoon wasn’t one of hers.
After a moment, he produced another one and offered it to her. Kanseun accepted it gravely. It was beautiful: made of some beaten bronzy metal, maybe even actual bronze. There was a little curled fox engraved on the handle.
The foxwife held out the jar. Kanseun dipped the spoon in and had a mouthful of jam. It tasted delicious, like honed sunlight.
They finished the jam together, in companionable silence.
Two weeks and one day after that, the latest letter arrived for Kanseun. More specifically, it arrived while she and the foxwife were out for a walk. When they returned, the watcher said, “You have correspondence from your older father.” Today its voice was bright, Osthen’s latest fancy. “I have left it on your desk.”
Kanseun had been in a good mood, which evaporated when she realized how long she had been avoiding the letters. “Great,” she said, and made no move toward her desk.
The foxwife’s organizational instincts had been triggered, however, and he went to pick it up. “Shall I open it for you?” he asked.
“Go ahead,” she said with a sigh. “I’m impressed Older Father even bothers when I’m such a lousy correspondent.”
The foxwife produced a letter opener, although he could have used the one she kept on her desk, and slit the envelope open. He held it up and looked intently at it. She thought he was admiring the calligraphy—Older Father did beautiful work, elegant rhythmic strokes, even if she struggled to decipher it—until he said, “It says there’s been a lot of rain in the city, and are you studying hard still, and—”
“You can read this?” Kanseun said. She didn’t know why she was so surprised, given the foxwife’s proven facility with languages. Maybe it was the fact that he was holding the letter sideways.
Nevertheless, he started reading: “‘On this 23rd of 11-month in the year 4297 of the Azalea Cycle’—”
“Wait, wait, wait,” she said. “I thought you didn’t do numbers.” She hadn’t meant it to come out like a put-down.
“4297 comes after 4296 and before 4298,” the foxwife said. Misinterpreting her confusion, he added, with a hint of dismay, “If you want me to do all the numbers in between 4296 and 4297, and 4297 and 4298, we’re going to be here a long time. As in infinitely long . . . ”
“Remember when we first met,” Kanseun said slowly, “and I asked how many people, and—?” She held out her hands the way he had. Thought of the foxwife holding up his fingers one by one.
“Yes,” he said, and looked away. “I stopped counting after ten thousand or so.”
Ten thousand. Kanseun swallowed. “How long have you been doing this?”
“A very long time,” the foxwife said. He took off his spectacles and tapped the frame, a nervous tic she had never seen before. His eyes had gone sad and dark. “I’m the last of my litter. There were more of us once. I wasn’t—I’m not a good foxwife. The sister who raised me was a very proper foxwife. According to the family stories, she seduced queens and investment bankers and fighter pilots, and she collected eggs made of gold wire and glass, and she insisted that I learn mathematics so I wouldn’t get cheated in the stock market.
“She told me once that being a foxwife is all about shapeshifting. I tried to do as she said, but we got separated when we started following our humans off the origin world. I’m only good at things like tables and vases and fountain pens, not the kinds of shapeshifting that matter.”
He lifted his chin and put the spectacles back on. “But there’s no help for it,” he said. This time his bright tone didn’t fool her. “I have to do what I can to be useful in the world as it exists, that’s all.”
Kanseun regarded him intently. “Listen,” she said. “How much of my language do you read?”
“All of it, I expect,” the foxwife said unboastfully. “My family believed in the value of a good education.”
“Do you write it too?”
He was smiling at her. “Yes,” he said. “Yes.”
“Teach me,” Kanseun said. “I won’t pretend I’m good at languages, but if I work at it and you’re patient with me, I might pick something up.” The next words came out in a rush: “Older Father used to tell me fox stories, shapechanger stories. I don’t know if they’re about your people, or about something else. But I could—I could ask him. Maybe he would know something.” Maybe even something that would help the foxwife find his sister. “Of course, if I wait until I know enough Na-ahn to formulate the question, it could be a while, so I should just ask in Kestran—”
She’d been avoiding Older Father’s letters for months now. What if he said something reproving, or worse, simply forgave her? What if he didn’t remember the fox stories at all? What if, what if, what if. But she looked at the foxwife and thought, Ten thousand doors. I can try, too.
“I’m sure he would be happy to hear from you either way,” the foxwife said. “But we can start the lessons whenever you want.”
“Today,” Kanseun said. “Let’s start today.”
Steven Narbonne wrote on July 8th, 2014 at 3:29 pm:
What a wonderful, confusing story! Kudos to the author! I very much enjoyed it. I shall read more of her work for sure.
Seth Williams wrote on July 15th, 2014 at 7:40 pm:
I always expect a good story from Yoon Ha Lee and I was not disappointed. What I did not expect was the elegantly simple, warmly funny and in my opinion wonderful story that I heard. Thank you very much.
Lis Knapp wrote on July 17th, 2014 at 7:49 pm:
This was entrancing. Are you planning to continue this, or is there another location I could access more of your work? Thank you.
Yoon Ha Lee wrote on July 17th, 2014 at 8:10 pm:
@Lis Knapp: This story is a standalone, but a number of my other stories can be found online in various zines. Probably the easiest way to hunt them all down is at my website at yoonhalee.com. I hope this helps.
eop wrote on November 10th, 2014 at 7:12 am:
Oh, this is a delight -- gentle and funny and touching and crafted with beautiful care. I think this is a story I could happily return to many times.
Yoon Ha Lee's works have appeared in Lightspeed, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. His collection Conservation of Shadows came out in 2013 from Prime Books. Currently he lives in Louisiana with his family and has not yet been eaten by gators.
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