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__label__cc	0.725011	0.274989	Our 40 years of experience and combined skills underpin our approach to design and our support of clients who are demanding responses in the face of potentially catastrophic climate change and biodiversity loss. We are working towards the imperative transition to a zero-carbon economy. Using benchmarks of standard building types within each sector and establishing models of zero carbon buildings for the same, we apply first principles to each new project. FCBStudios are setting carbon performance targets for all projects currently at planning stage and the inclusion of zero carbon plans for all projects completed from 2025 in order to establish achievable operational performance in use by 2030. Our design approach not only targets the direct construction and operational carbon impacts of the environments we design, but considers ways to encourage more ecological, minimum resource use, and carbon positive lifestyles and consumption. One Planet Living Since 2004 FCBStudios have been working with Bioregional’s vision for a world where we can all live happily and fairly within the Earth’s resources. We have helped to test the application of the ten One Planet Living Principles within architecture, establishing goals and guidance for achieving environmentally and socially sustainable change. In 2017 FCBStudios became the architectural founding partners of OnePlanet.com, a web tool that will enable wider engagement with the OPL initiative. Zero Carbon Timeline We are establishing design processes for client carbon targets to be demonstrated at each project stage, incorporated into specifications, delivered on site, and monitored in use. By April 2020 all FCBS projects up to RIBA stage 3 will include alternative zero carbon plans. In 2020 all projects will have One Planet Living Action Plans, and all projects submitted for planning will include an achievable zero carbon plan. By 2025 all projects completed on site will include zero carbon plans with operational performance targets for 2030. Regenerative Design Our ambition on every project is to create positive social and environmental outcomes: improving the functional use of land for local communities, balanced with improvements in biodiversity, and reduced negative impacts from climate conditions and severe weather events. FCBStudios are working to establish benchmarks to balance these outcomes in the context of the very different development densities, ranging from rural to inner city. Retrofit First Retaining, retro-fitting and intensifying the use of existing buildings is a key means to tackle the climate emergency whilst enhancing historical character and social and economic capital. The industry has the skills to extend the life of buildings to benefit from the embodied carbon in foundations and built fabric, giving renewed value to existing structures whilst upgrading services and accommodation to respond better to contemporary needs. Our expertise in historic building conservation alongside our research and knowledge of sustainable design encourage and facilitate creative re-use. Examples of our refurbishment and creative reuse work include Middleport Pottery, University of Bristol Richmond Building, Murrays’ Mills, Southbank Centre, Alexandra Palace, Fareham Theatre and the School of Bioglogical Sciences, University of Edinburgh.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1220
__label__cc	0.728115	0.271885	Q BioMed and Collaborator Chemveda Life Sciences Announce Potential Chemotherapeutic Breakthrough in Liver Cancer PR Newswire August 20, 2019 - Novel Therapeutic Shows Remarkable Efficacy in HepG2 Cell Lines - Q BioMed Anticipates Filing Orphan Drug Application followed by an Investigational New Drug Application for a Clinical Program Expected to Commence Early 2020 NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Q BioMed, Inc. (QBIO) and Chemveda Life Sciences are very pleased to announce the successful chemical synthesis of a unique natural compound that has shown remarkable efficacy as a potential chemotherapy for the treatment of liver cancer. This is a significant advancement for Q BioMed's portfolio asset "Uttroside B" and the compound's derivatives as a chemotherapeutic agent against, the most common form of liver cancer. Additional confirmatory cell line efficacy data from current testing is expected to be completed in the next few weeks. The collaboration will advance the Q BioMed portfolio asset "Uttroside B" and its derivatives as a potential chemotherapeutic agent against hepatocellular carcinoma. The efficacy of Uttroside B, a potent saponin, against liver cancer was recently demonstrated in a preclinical study published in the November 2016 issue of Scientific Reports, a Nature journal. The compound was isolated and characterized from the leaves of Solanum nigrum Linn, a plant widely used in traditional medicines. In the Scientific Reports study, researchers showed that in animal models, Uttroside B was ten times more cytotoxic to the HepG2 liver cancer cell line than sorafenib, the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for liver cancer approved at the time and the current first line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. Sorafenib has been shown to increase survival by less than 3 months and has significant serious side effects, including hypertension, hemorrhage, and cardiovascular events including decreased blood flow to the heart and heart attacks. Uttroside B drastically shrunk tumors in mice bearing human liver cancer xenografts. In addition, in pre-clinical experiments Uttroside B induced cytotoxicity in all liver cancer cell lines, and researchers were also able to confirm its biological safety, both by in vitro and in vivo studies. Denis Corin, Q BioMed CEO said, "Having a synthetic molecule and several derivatives to work with now makes the ultimate production of a clinical drug candidate possible. Along with our collaborators in the project, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, we will now advance the most promising candidates into preclinical testing and validation over the next few months in anticipation of an orphan drug application and an IND clinical program in early 2020." Bheema Paraselli, President & CEO, Chemveda Life Sciences said, "Obtaining Uttroside B, even in milligram quantities, from its natural source is very challenging. Our Chemveda scientists achieved the first total synthesis of the molecule, which can now be scaled in large quantities for clinical development and ultimate drug product. Uttroside is one of the most complex natural products we have seen and worked on. We are very glad to have achieved this significant scientific milestone and look forward to ensuring its pre-clinical and clinical success in the fight against liver cancer." Chemotherapeutic options for liver cancer are limited, and the prognosis of patients remains challenging. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is the second most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide, claiming approximately 750,000 lives each year. In the US, the American Cancer Society estimates that 42,000 people will be diagnosed with liver cancer in 2019 and that 32,000 will die from the disease this year. Liver cancer incidence has more than tripled since 1980 and deaths in the US have increased 56% since 2003. The Uttroside B technology is covered by a provisional patent application. To see the full Scientific Reports study, go to: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep36318 Please visit www.QBioMed.com for more information on our various pipeline products. About Q BioMed Inc. Q BioMed Inc. is a biotech acceleration and commercial stage company. We are focused on licensing and acquiring undervalued biomedical assets in the healthcare sector. Q BioMed is dedicated to providing these target assets; strategic resources, developmental support, and expansion capital to ensure they meet their developmental potential, enabling them to provide products to patients in need‏. About Chemveda Life Sciences Chemveda Life Sciences (http://chemvedals.com) is a chemistry focused, aggressively growing, contract services partner helping global pharmaceutical & biotech companies, and academia improve their cost and timeline efficiencies over internal R&D. Chemveda is headquartered in Hyderabad, India and is creating a niche by providing cutting edge solutions ranging from highly exploratory discovery chemistry to drug product development across multiple chemistry classes. Chemveda's team of over 200 vastly qualified scientists is supported by its significant investments in client oriented facilities, systems and processes defined on the guiding principles of quality, safety and compliance. 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Denis Corin Q BioMed Inc. ir@qbiomed.com View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/q-biomed-and-collaborator-chemveda-life-sciences-announce-potential-chemotherapeutic-breakthrough-in-liver-cancer-300903924.html Cows Have Unique Moos That They Use To Express Their Feelings, Study Finds YUM Brands misses same-store sales estimates News on the Move: Cyber attack hits city of Pensacola, FL, Report on FBI Russia inquiry debunks anti-Trump plot European Union considering Brexit extension to January 31 Coca-Cola beats Q3 earnings estimates Pete Buttigieg has a big new plan to shake up the retirement system Google’s Neha Palmer on green initiatives 20 businesses that died in the 2010s	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1229
__label__cc	0.740837	0.259163	Record online sales give U.S. holiday shopping season a boost: report (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year's holiday shopping season, a report by Mastercard Inc <MA.N> showed on Wednesday, with e-commerce sales hitting a record high. The holiday shopping season is a crucial period for retailers and can account for up to 40% of annual sales. But this year, Thanksgiving, which traditionally starts the U.S. holiday shopping period, was on Nov. 28, nearly a week later than last year's Nov. 22, leaving retailers with six fewer days to drive sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas. E-commerce sales this year made up 14.6% of total retail and rose 18.8% from the 2018 period, according to Mastercard’s data tracking retail sales from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve. Overall holiday retail sales, excluding autos, rose 3.4%. "E-commerce sales hit a record high this year with more people doing their holiday shopping online," said Steve Sadove, senior adviser for Mastercard. "Due to a later than usual Thanksgiving holiday, we saw retailers offering omnichannel sales earlier in the season, meeting consumers’ demand for the best deals across all channels and devices,” Sadove said. Retailers have invested heavily to provide same-day delivery, lockers for store pick-up and improve their online presence as they battle against retail giant Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> for market share. U.S. President Donald Trump, whose support in the polls has been buoyed by strong economic data despite his impeachment by the House of Representatives, heralded the news in a tweet in all capital letters. "2019 HOLIDAY RETAIL SALES WERE UP 3.4% FROM LAST YEAR, THE BIGGEST NUMBER IN U.S. HISTORY. CONGRATULATIONS AMERICA!," Trump tweeted. However, Mastercard spokesman William Tsang, citing 2018's 5.1% growth in total sales, said this year's holiday sales growth was not the biggest ever. The White House had no immediate comment on the apparent discrepancy. Despite slowing global growth, U.S. consumer spending is benefiting from wage growth and a strong labor market, retail consultants and analysts say. The holiday season was challenging for retailers after Amazon expanded its free return policy to include products that were not previously eligible, giving consumers until January to return even small purchases bought on the website. The National Retail Federation had forecast U.S. holiday retail sales over the two months to increase between 3.8% and 4.2%. That compares with an average annual increase of 3.7% over the past five years. The SpendingPulse report tracks spending by combining sales activity in Mastercard's payments network with estimates of cash and other payment forms but excludes automobile sales. (Reporting by Nivedita Balu and Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru and Andrea Shalal in Washington; Editing by Dan Grebler) American health care is a farce What's the Average 401(k) Balance by Age? Startup founder: Why retirement funding is 'completely different' from year's past Why Democrats bomb with rural voters Former Export-Import Bank chair on U.S.-China trade deal Stock market news: December 20, 2019 Astros GM Jeff Luhnow's cheating scandal is latest ding on McKinsey Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, worth $117 billion, is getting burned online for only donating $690,000 to Australian wildfire relief Should I Go For a Traditional or Roth Retirement Account? Why Disney's Bob Iger could face greater hurdles in 2020 as 'Rise of Skywalker' disappoints	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1230
__label__cc	0.735945	0.264055	Meet the Practitioner: Daisy “Sharing Knowledge Builds Community” Tsang October 30, 2018 - Meet the Practitioner, Practitioner Marketing - meet the practitioner, practitioner content marketing By: Yolanda Fintschenko Have you ever read a technical blog post and wondered how a developer made their way into writing? Are you curious about the backgrounds, inspiration and motivations of practitioners churning out blogs? For us, it’s simple. We know by experience that our practitioners come from diverse backgrounds. Not every developer wants to write about their work (unless it is code in GitHub). There’s certainly a fear that comes with putting one’s voice out into the world. The ones who do intrigue us. So we want to share our practitioners’ stories. With that, I’d like to introduce you to Daisy Tsang — developer, writer, and a young woman who uses her practitioner communities and writing to build and share her development knowledge archive. Tell me about yourself. Your name, where you live, where you are from, your job/company, your area(s) of expertise. My name is Daisy Tsang. I grew up in Toronto (Canada) and currently live in Berlin (Germany). I work as a freelance developer and technical writer at the moment and have a strong interest in open source software, fostering diverse and inclusive cultures, self-care, and mentoring underrepresented groups in programming. I’m a full-stack web developer that leans toward the backend. I am a strong believer in good docs, learning new things, refreshing fundamentals, and maintaining healthy work-life balances! I have long been a user of open source software and have recently begun to delve more actively into making contributions. How did you come to live and work in Berlin? I studied abroad in France while I was in college. That gave me a taste of living outside North America, and I really enjoyed it. I was able to get a working holiday visa to Germany, so I moved to Berlin. I love it. What motivated you to become a developer? As a child, I was a curious and avid learner who was interested in a wide variety of things (which is something that I still identify with as an adult). When I entered university, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to study, took some introductory programming courses and was drawn to the creative and analytical aspects of programming. I ended up graduating with a double major in Media Studies and Computer Science in Canada. After graduation, I still wasn’t sure what I wanted to do professionally. I was a marketing intern for a few months and also applied to be a flight attendant, among other things. I wasn’t sure whether a career in programming was for me but I randomly decided to apply to this one programming job that came on my radar amidst a bunch of communications/marketing ads, got offered the job, and had my first taste of working as a software developer in a small company in Canada. Over the years, I have learned that although the software industry can be stressful and unwelcoming at times, I do love how it is quick-evolving and offers an infinite amount of things to learn about. What motivated you to start writing about developing? On a personal level, I started to write about developing because I am a bit of an information sponge and I am always reading up on something and doing deep dives about topics that interest me. I figured it would be a good idea to organize my thoughts and research and share them publicly (https://infoverload.github.io). I see it more as a documentation of things that I have learned about, and if other people should find it interesting and useful, then all the better! I write about whatever I find interesting. The articles largely relate to tech at the moment, but that could definitely change. I started to write technical articles professionally because it seemed perfect for me. Doing market and technical research on current technologies helps me to stay up-to-date on the ever-changing technical landscape and feeds my thirst for learning new things. How did you find out about Fixate? I found out about Fixate through a friend! Why do you continue to write for Fixate? I write for Fixate because it is the perfect combination of learning, doing research, and writing about it to solidify and communicate my learning. My Fixate colleagues are very professional, passionate about technology, and friendly. Writing for Fixate is a different way of writing. It’s more of a professional platform and a different audience. I am quite proud of my work with them. I enjoy doing research and learning new concepts and delivering quality work to a community that trusts and values my efforts. I enjoy collaborating with others who are passionate about the same things as I am. Contributing to Fixate helps me to stay current and learn a lot. Can you point to something meaningful that has happened for you personally or professionally as a result of writing for Fixate? So far, I receive a lot of consistent and positive feedback from my Fixate editors, and that is rewarding. People have also reached out to me about things that I have published when I post them on Twitter. Moreover, I have a never-ending list of things I would like to learn about, and being assigned a given topic with Fixate often gives me the focus to push to pick up a new skill. For example, I recently learned ReactJS in order to create a simple web app that interacts with the API of a client that I was writing for. I also dove into GraphQL a lot for another article that I wrote about how to replace REST APIs. What makes you interested in a client project? I become interested in writing for a client if the topic interests me, basically. I will see if it is something that I already have some knowledge in or if it is a topic that I am really interested in learning more about. How do you stay current yourself in terms of your profession? My favourite way to stay current is listening to podcasts! There are a lot of good podcasts out there relating to software and web development. I find that to be a great, optimal, easy way to keep up-to-date on things and I will often listen to an episode when I am going for a run, doing groceries, etc. Aside from that, I attend a lot of technical conferences and am quite active in the Meetup scene in Berlin. I have also made friends who are very interested in learning about networking concepts, and we meet up around once a week to study together. Being around the right people is a great boost, needless to say! I am a huge fan of Julia Evan’s blog (https://jvns.ca), and she was a great motivator in my decision to start a blog myself. I love the way she can present seemingly complicated topics in very fun, casual and accessible ways. What new technology are you most interested in/learning about? It is difficult to choose, and always changing! Generally, I am interested in all parts of the technology stack and enjoy having a well-rounded, general knowledge of how computers, the Internet, and the Web works. But I write about containers quite a bit, so it was pretty interesting for me to learn about Podman and Flatpak at a conference around Linux technologies. Podman is a project that aims to build and manage containers differently than Docker and improve upon some of its weaker points (e.g. running as root). Flatpak is a new way to build and distribute applications on the Linux desktop. Through containerization features, apps can be built once for all the different distributions. What have you written that you are most proud of and why? I am proud of pieces that I have written that I feel are well-researched, and I have put a spin on things. I strive to produce work that I would like to read myself and would find useful, and that has a different perspective. I’ve written a few pieces about containers and container monitoring that I think are helpful to other developers. I recently finished a piece about the differences between monitoring containerized applications and traditional applications that I think turned out quite well, and was a joy to write about. Daisy introduced me to a concept that I had never considered — writing as a way to organize and build a personal knowledge archive. She engages the expertise of the Fixate contributor network and other developer communities routinely. Through her published writing, she literally gives us that mindshare. Mind. Blown. Yolanda Fintschenko Yolanda is a scientist, writer, marketer, coach and avid runner who lives and works in Livermore, CA. 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__label__cc	0.666724	0.333276	Task force to clean the Alternate Spelling field Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next Moderator: Site moderators Forum Index » Site Feedback » Suggestions and Complaints » Site-Related Tasks Evenfiel Heavy Metal Hunter Post updated for v2. List of bands with alternate names: http://v2.metal-archives.com/todo/alt-spelling After years of misuse of the "Alternate spelling" field, we ended up with a lot of useless information that only clutters the search results. Due to the huge work to clean that up, I'm starting a task force to clean that field. If you're already a veteran and feel like helping out, just join in. About the "Alternate spelling" field (Or AS): 01. What it is? It's a hidden field used only to refine your search results. 02. What it isn't? A field to add the band's previous and future names. 03. What should I add? Just think "Will this information help someone to find this band more easily?". If your answer is yes, then you should add it. Please keep on reading to understand how exactly the AS field can help you to find a band. 04. Examples on how it should be used: -The band Stormtroopers of Death is commonly known as S.O.D, so some people might search for S.O.D. instead of the band's official name. Add S.O.D. as an AS. -The band D.R.I. is also known as Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, so you should add it as an AS. -Band X just changed their name to Y, but they still didn't release anything under the new name, hence the band Y don't have a MA page. Y can be added as an AS until they have their own page. 04. Examples of what I shouldn't do: -The band Slayer began as Dragonslayer, but never recorded under that name. That sort of information should be in the additional notes, not as an AS, because nobody who's searching for a band called Dragonslayer is looking for Slayer, and vice-versa. -After the band Death Angel broke up, some members recorded under the name The Organization, while others under Swarm. Adding both names as an AS for Death Angel will not help me to find any of those bands, hence I should not do it. Furthermore, I should not add Death Angel as an AS of either The Organization or Swarm. 05. What about accents? -They don't make any difference. -I can find the band Motörhead without using the umlaut. Likewise, can also find the band Genocídio without using the acute accent. In both cases, I don't need to add anything as an AS. 06. What about lower and upper cases? They don't make any difference. 07. What about bands with a dot (.) in their name? -This is where it gets tricky. If the band name already contains periods, it is not necessary to add the version without periods in the AS field, because during the indexing, both the versions (with periods, and with periods stripped out) of the name will be indexed. However, the opposite is not true: if the band name does NOT have periods in the name, but could be potentially searched for with periods, the version with periods should be added. - I can find D.R.I if I search for DRI, because "D.R.I." is what is entered in the actual band name field. So there is no need to enter "DRI" in the AS field. - However, I cannot find RDX if I search for R.D.X.. Therefore, I should enter "R.D.X." in the AS field, because it's not unreasonable that someone would search for "R.D.X.". - I can find the band A.Death.Experience by searching for "A Death Experience" or "adeathexperience". I can also find the band ...and Here I Lie by just searching for and Here I Lie. No AS needed here. - For a case like Stormtroopers of Death, if I enter "S.O.D." in the AS, I will be able to find the band by searching both SOD and S.O.D., so I don't need to enter the two versions of the acronym. However, if I only enter "SOD", searching for S.O.D. will not return any match. So when entering an acronym, I should always enter the version of the acronym that contains periods. 08. What about bands with apostrophes? -You should add the version with or without an apostrophe as an AS. -I can't find Autumn's End by searching for Autumns End unless I enter "Autumns End" as AS. Likewise, I cannot find Sanitys Dawn by searching for Sanity's Dawn unless "Sanity's Dawn" has been entered. 09. What about American vs International English for band names that might be entered differently? -You can add it as an AS. Foe example, Demonise for Demonize and The Organisation for The Organization. 10. What about all those bands with acronyms as an AS? Most of them are useless and should be removed. While it's true that some bands, especially more famous ones like Children of Bodom, Cradle of Filth and Stormtroopers of Death, are also known by an acronym, like CoB, CoF or SOD, that is not the case with the majority of bands that have composed names. As a rule of thumb, unless you are sure that a band is known by an acronym, particularly when spoken out loud (nobody ever says "did you hear the latest cee-oh-eff [CoF]?", but they might say, "did you hear the latest ess-oh-dee [SoD]?"), you can remove it if the band does not use an acronym in their logo. Last edited by Evenfiel on Tue May 08, 2012 10:05 pm, edited 9 times in total. EntilZha I've already removed the ones for German bands that have a former name in them a while ago, never got around to doing it for other countries. I'm doing it by country because in the advanced search you can't search for the "changed name" status by itself, only if you combine it with a second search criterium. Join my awesome last.fm groups: -1- / -2- / -3- ralfman Humm... interesting, i´ve already came up with some of those situations before but didn't pay much attention. I guess i'll keep an eye for that field on future updates. (not trading at the moment) viewtopic.php?t=36592 INCOMPLETE Items- viewtopic.php?t=54424 Selling: https://www.metal-archives.com/board/vi ... 9&t=119265 Just search for "a" and you'll have 52k bands as a result. At least 1/5 of them have something in the ANS field. Good idea. Time for some free points. kimiwind Thanks for clarifying this issue. I have some bands in mind, ill fix them up! Shouldn't it be noted to check if the band is like Rhapsody/Rhapsody of Fire before deleting? And if the name in the field isn't in the additional notes to check if it is a former name on the band's website/myspace/whatever before deleting and adding it to the additional information it if it is? Last edited by Halloween on Tue May 18, 2010 7:08 pm, edited 1 time in total. I always look before I delete anything. I was meaning it to the lazy people just out for points (I haven't seen any yet, just trying to foresee issues). ksevile It's OK to remove translations of band names, correct? I haven't done any yet, just to be on the safe side. Example: http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6941 See the ANS field. Instinct is no match for reason. ksevile wrote: I believe it must be deleted. I think the translation of the foreigen names must be only on additional notes. In the other hand it might even confuse, if another band got the same translated name "for exp". Yes, you can delete any translations and add them to the additional notes. destruccion Location: El Salvador Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 10:42 am About bands with no roman alphabet names, i.e. Russian, Chinese, etc bands, is it valid to fill this field with their original language? I have done it before with some Chinese and Taiwanese bands, specially because people from this countries sometimes doesn't even know the english name of the bands, so they wouldn't search for Chthonic, but for 閃靈, and so on. Is it valid to add the band's name in the band's original language in the ANS field? This is about an specific band: if all the Russian bands have their names in roman alphabet, why Kursk (from Finland) is still called Kypck? Fulgurius destruccion wrote: They write their name as KYPCK (with latin characters), and not Курск or Kursk: http://kypck-doom.com/ Sure, you can do that. Thanks to both for your reply todesengel_hell What about proper spellings of purposely misspelled band names? ex: Kataklysm as Catalclysm, White Wizzard as White Wizard, Kult ov Azazel as Cult of Azazel, etc. Or the "u instead of v" spellings of "kvlt" bandnames? ex: Kvntvr as Kuntur, Panzerkvlt as Panzerkult, etc. Whatcha, bitch!!! I'd say no for both cases. Evenfiel wrote: I'd like to also note a shortcoming of the MA search function for other people planning on helping to clean up ANS fields. Due to the way the search function was programmed, certain bands whose logos look like this will have to have an ANS added while other won't. In cases such as Job for a Cowboy where the logo appears to have no spaces, but the band is listed on MA with spaces in between each word, an ANS with no spaces will have to be added. Job for a Cowboy ANS: Jobforacowboy Broken Glazz ANS: Brokenglazz Gore Fagor ANS: GoreFagor However, bands whose name already have no spaces such as Angelcorpse or 13Rituals will not have to have an ANS added to account for their name with spaces due to the fact that the search function returns results for a query with or without any spaces that the user initially typed into the search field. Goreobscenity Don't spend your energy adding those alternative names. I'll check if the search can be tweaked to return results in such cases. Okay, that would make efforts a lot easier. todesengel_hell wrote: It's already working! cool! Are you sure you are trying the right thing? I just tried searching "miseryindex" and got no results. It doesn't seem to have been changed at all yet. Well, I thought your request was the other way around (like "Over Kill" for example) Hellblazer's answer: As for the search stuff, I'd rather not add the possibility to search for stuff like "jobforacowboy" right now due to performance concerns. The search in V2 will run on a completely different system that should allow me to do that without problem. Ironically, the reverse (searching for "angel corpse" and finding Angelcorpse) might not work as well as on the current version though... but I'll see what I can do about it. Does this mean that I should remove any "compressed" names from ANS fields? If you want to, though I wouldn't consider it top priority. Would it be possible to ask Hellblazer to compile a list of all bands with something in their ANS fields if it isn't too much of a bother? In the unique case of A Canorous Quintet, is the band's name considered an insignificant name/spelling change from their previous name A Canorous Quartet similar to the case of Rhapsody and Rhapsody of Fire, or is this considered a completely separate incarnation which would have its own page if they made any releases under their original name. It is a somewhat significant choice as there were members that left the band previous to their name change to A Canorous Quintet. It also decides whether or not the original name is listed in the ANS field. P.S. I guess I'll take that as a no to my previous request. OzzyApu They were named A Canorous Quartet before? Might want to put that in the additional notes, as I've never heard that. gomorro wrote: Yesterday was the birthday of school pal and I met the chick of my sigh (I've talked about here before, the she-wolf I use to be inlove with)... Maaan she was using a mini-skirt too damn insane... Dude you could saw her entire soul every time she sit... OzzyApu wrote: http://www.myspace.com/canorousquintet yep. first line in the bio Huh, never noticed that before - even after reviewing three of their releases; or maybe I forgot, whatever. Anyway, glad that you put it in their MA page bios (I was too lazy to wait for the confirmation / look myself). Thye have never released anything under that name, so it obviously shouldn't have its own page. I know that, I just wanted it mention on that page regarding the band because it was necessary information that was never put there before. No, no. That part was evident to me. The part that I was asking about was whether it should be considered an insignificant name change, therefore all band members from both names would be listed and the ANS field would have "A Canorous Quartet" in it; or is that name considered a completely separate band (which would have its own page if material had been released under the name) and the name would be merely listed in the additional notes without the pre-Quintet band members listed? Gate of Darkness / Gate from Darkness insignificant name change or separate band page needed? http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=44469 http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=90049 That's a pretty insignificant change. Rhapsody of Fire was more significant, but even that was still merged with Rhapsody for one page. That was the way I was looking at it too so I'm leaving Gate from Darkness in its ANS field. I'm guessing that the same goes for A Canorous Quintet/Quartet, so I've modified the ANS and former members fields to refect this. Why exactly do you want to add A Canorous Quartet as an ANS? They have never released anything under that name. Merely for consistency. I have been putting the alternate/former name of bands with an insignificant name change (ex: Krimpartûrr Bürzum'Shi-Hai to Krimparturr) in the ANS field just because they seem to be relevant. I understand that this is somewhat of a special case due to the fact that the band never released anything under this name. There were however a couple members that left the band before they changed their name. It really does not matter to me if the name is in the ANS for them or not. I was moreso trying to ask for future reference. Page 1 of 3 [ 119 posts ]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1236
__label__wiki	0.791234	0.791234	Northwest Ohio Southwest Ohio Projects And Transportation Toledo Express Airport By noozer, November 18, 2005 in Aviation MyTwoSense 759 Jeddah Tower 3,281' They have no planes. This is a disaster in the making! Old AmrapinVA 0 Key Tower 947' I'm actually shocked they chose Lansing over Flint. I think Lansing was chosen for several reasons: Lansing had funds readily available for an entrant like JetAmerica. Lansing is terribly underserved for their catchment area, and has seen several carriers pull out of the market in recent months. Lansing's more centralized location will help it pull potential customers from more of the state than Flint could. Lansing has no low fare service by any airline. Flint already has low fare service via AirTran to Atlanta and Orlando, as well as weekend service to Tampa and Ft. Myers. Flint's Bishop Int'l is one of the fast growing airports in the nation It certainly WAS, back in the early 2000s. Actually, both FNT and CAK mirrored each other for several years as AirTran came in and stimulated both markets to the point that both were ranked among the fastest growing airports in the nation. As far as I know, FNT no longer ranks as one the fastest growing airports as air travel all around has softened and Flint has lost some service, including mainline jets to DTW, point-to-point service by Northwest to Florida, as well as Delta service to CVG. As long as Delta competes directly along any routes tied to LAN, I have little faith that JetAmerica will come out a winner there. The only other low cost carrier of recent memory who tried Lansing was Indy Air. NW put direct competition on that route...and soon Indy yanked it. Not surprisingly, after Indy left Lansing...so was the direct NW Lansing-Dulles service. There's a reason that Toledo and Lansing had almost non-existent commercial passenger service even before the economy slipped: Poor airport management. Maybe JetAmerica can make it work, we'll have to see. C-Dawg 0 I honestly think TOL just gave up. With DTW only 40 miles away from Downtown Toledo (and our airport is nearly 20 miles from Downtown over in Swanton), it's just assinine to think we can compete with one of the continent's largest airports in that kind of situation. DTW > TOL for passenger service, it's that simple. For most people in Toledo, there's not a very substantial difference in drive time to get to either airport. We're seriously only talking a 20 minute difference for the majority of the city. That's it. Keep in mind too that the drive from Toledo to our airport is very inconvenient due to the hellish sprawl of Springfield. Airport Highway is a f$&king mess out there, and that's a gross understatement (the whole point of the road was for easy access to the airport, but that's just not the case anymore). The DTW drive is actually much easier, I-75 to 275, that's it. To get to TOL, you either either waste time idling in traffic on Airport Highway or drive down to Maumee and pay money for the Ohio Turnpike. Given Toledoans' penchant for being cheapskates, nuff said. In a peak traffic scenario, I'd argue the drive from Downtown Toledo to DTW is even with the drive from Downtown Toledo to TOL. I think DTW's plan from the start was to snake passenger business from Toledo. Otherwise they would have built it north of Detroit by the more populous suburbs, not in Romulus. TOL is a major national cargo hub, will stay that way in the future, and may eventually lose passenger service altogether. I just hope it happens after Detroit and Toledo are connected by passenger rail. dmerkow 0 One World Trade Center 1,776' Toledo's airport really is out in the middle of nowhere, though I guess if Toledo's economy hadn't slowed down so much since the mid-70s and the region had another 200,000 people, the airport would have been better located with the sprawling population, but that never happened and now it is just too far away with DTW on the southwest side of town. Robert Pence 0 I think Toledo is in a rivalry with Fort Wayne to see who can lay out the most incentives and investment to attract carriers who will pack up and leave in a year or two. They're only a hundred miles apart, give or take. Maybe they should pool their money and effort and build a joint facility at, say, Defiance. The Fort-to-Port Highway makes it a natural choice; it would be equally inconvenient for both cities. The people who already drive from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis could continue to do so, and the people from Toledo who already drive to Detroit, likewise. :\| gildone 4 Great American Tower 665' I've heard folks with the Toledo Port Authority say that they aren't really trying to develop the passenger airline industry at the Toledo Airport. They are more interested in air freight. CMH_Downtown 0 Rhodes Tower 629' The Other Paper's take on the whole JetAmerica plan: “Dear Columbus: Let’s make up. Love, JetAmerica” BY STEPH GREEGOR Published: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 6:33 PM EDT http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2009/06/04/front/doc4a26f9614adc3629458034.txt Yeah, yeah, Skybus failed in April, 2008. We know. We remember. It was a catastrophic, monumental billion-dollar disaster that brought government and community leaders to their knees asking: “What the…?” And now, the founder of the failed discount airline that offered up bright orange planes and a brilliant marketing campaign boasting $10 tickets is giving that same business model a second go-round with the low-fare, no-frills airline JetAmerica... noozer 0 Article published July 09, 2009 JetAmerica's status disputed http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090709/NEWS16/907090341 FAA says landing slots are needed; carrier disagrees By NEENA SATIJA BLADE STAFF WRITER Scheduled or unscheduled? For indirect air carrier JetAmerica, the label isn't clear, but the distinction is key. JetAmerica officials say the company is an unscheduled public charter. That definition means it does not need to secure take-off or landing slot times from high-density airports such as Newark. "We're not scheduled service, we are charter service, so there are no limitations for that," said Vice President of Operations Brian Burling, adding that the Federal Aviation Administration told the company as much earlier in the year. But he said the FAA changed its tune when it learned of the company's success offering fares as low as $9 from a variety of airports, including Toledo Express Airport... Contact Neena Satija at: nsatija@theblade.com The Port Authority actions seem to be in line with maintaining passenger service. They've practically accepted every handout the Federal Government could provide to them in terms of starting new passenger service from TOL. A few years back they wanted to use Federal Dollars to start up TOL-NYC service. Then there's this campaign: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,10356.0.html Their website sure isn't focusing on the "cargo only" idea that's being implied on this thread: http://www.toledoexpress.com/ And honsetly, if they really weren't interested in having passenger service...why even bother with JetAmerica? TOL management dropped the ball on this one. I have to believe that when AirTran was expanding their operations in the Midwest back around 2000, they were interested in serving Toledo either in tandem with Flint or as their station for "Metro Detroit". And while it's true that Flint's pax flight operations have leveled off over the last few years....they're much higher than Toledo's now. Toledo is a large cargo hub, no doubt, but it's basically one carrier away from becoming Wilmington. Even its relevance has declined a bit: it used to be a top 20 cargo hub ten years ago in terms of tonnage moved, last year it was #50. I'm sure the Port Authority wants to maintain pax service at TOL for revenue balance in case the cargo ops "go south". Wally 2 Dirt Lot 0' http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090717/BUSINESS07/907179959 JetAmerica cancels all flights BLADE STAFF JetAmerica, the start-up airline that announced plans earlier this year to fly to three cities from Toledo with deeply discounted fares, has canceled all of its planned flights and was beginning the process of paying refunds to ticket-holders, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has announced... As if this is shocking? ^Yeah, it was a pipe dream to begin with. No one is surprised in Toledo, that's for sure. Same bunch of schmucks who screwed Columbus, its investors, employees and passengers with Skybus. When will communities stop throwing dollars at these hucksters? JetAmerica outlay chalked up as 'learning experience' If nothing else, the JetAmerica saga was a learning experience for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. "I think that we had a successful campaign," Michael Stolarczyk, president and chief executive officer of the port authority, said at the authority's airport committee meeting Monday. "It was a learning experience and we need to continue to move forward." The campaign Mr. Stolarczyk mentioned was the $119,000 the port authority spent marketing for JetAmerica, a low-cost air carrier that offered $9 flights at Toledo Express Airport. On Friday, it canceled all air service before the first flight took off... Contact: Carla Firestone - Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Communications Director Mobile: 419-260-9981 -- Office: 419-243-8251 Delta To Begin Service to Minneapolis-St. Paul from Toledo Express Toledo, OH – Aug. 4, 2010 – Beginning Nov. 1, Delta Air Lines will provide jet air service to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) via Toledo Express (TOL). The twice daily service, operated with 50-seat regional jets, replaces service to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Country Airport (DTW). “We focus on air passenger service development everyday at Toledo Express. The Minneapolis-St. Paul market is one that we have targeted for some time now and we are pleased to be able to offer this option to our community,” says Paul L. Toth, President and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. “The success of service to this destination depends on community support.” The proximity to the Detroit market and the concept that Detroit area airports are close enough to drive to have continued to challenge the success of the Detroit destination from Toledo Express. Rechanneling the destination to MSP introduces 40 new one-stop destinations from Toledo Express. “Delta’s new nonstop service from Toledo to our Minneapolis-St. Paul hub will give our customers access to more than 500 daily flights to destinations worldwide,” said Joe Esposito, Delta’s managing director – Network Planning. “Minneapolis-St. Paul’s convenient one-stop service includes flights across the U.S. as well as Amsterdam, Paris, London-Heathrow and Tokyo-Narita.” The new service will be operated by Delta Connection. Currently, nonstop service from Toledo Express is available to Chicago (ORD), Detroit (DTW) Orlando/Sanford (SFB), and St. Pete/Clearwater (PIE). Seasonal nonstop service to Ft. Myers/Punta Gorda (PGD) begins again on Nov. 19. Delta, American Eagle, Allegiant Air and Direct Air operate air passenger service out of Toledo Express. Toledo Express provides a quick and easy alternative to larger, less convenient and more expensive airports. Parking is available within 50 feet of the Toledo Express terminal and daily parking rates at Toledo Express are just $8 per day compared with more than $20 at other airports. “This change comes during a particularly difficult time for air passenger service and we perceive this new market to be a good service for the travel community that utilizes Toledo Express,” added Toth. “We understand that our region has many choices when it comes to air travel. Departing and arriving from Toledo is not only more efficient but also supports the local economy - we encourage our community to check the viability of flying out of Toledo Express first.” Toledo Express Airport, owned by the city of Toledo and operated by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, is a publicly operated airport located in Swanton, Ohio. Major facilities at the airport include a 10,600-foot primary runway (Runway 07/25) with full parallel taxiways and a 5,599-foot long crosswind runway (Runway 16/34). Other facilities include fixed base operators, air traffic control tower, precision instrument approach and fuel. Toledo Express Airport supports commercial airline activity, air cargo operations, corporate and general aviation activity. Toledo Express Airport, which is home to approximately 30 on-airport businesses, is a major component of the area’s public transportation network. The airport is frequently used to support business-related activities and is home to numerous flight departments, including such major corporations as Owens Illinois, Owens Corning and ProMedica Air. Toledo Express Airport supports several flight schools, including Flight Safety International and serves as the base for the 180th Fighter Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard. BAX Global, an air cargo carrier, utilizes the airport as its national hub. The airport is served by four passenger airlines including Allegiant Air, Delta, Direct Air and American Eagle. The airport also supports corporate operations, air cargo, law enforcement flights and military exercise and training. Toledo Express Airport has an annual economic impact of $640 million on northwest Ohio. The aviation businesses, on-airport construction, visitors arriving to the area via the airport, and the associated multiplier impacts create more than 7,500 jobs. It is the mission of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority to continuously leverage our strategic geographic position, resources and economic development proficiency to provide increased business opportunities—built upon and around our innovative transportation and logistics expertise—while promoting our community and region within the global marketplace. We will accomplish this through unmatched speed and efficiency of service, collaborative and strategic partnerships, community stewardship and the continued generation and execution of new ideas and innovations. Airship venture stuck on ground at Toledo Express BY JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Three years ago the inventor of an experimental airship designed to haul cargo moved his fledgling company from northeast Ohio to the Toledo area in hopes of elevating his unusual business idea past the start-up phase. Despite numerous meetings with potential investors and assistance from local development agencies, Ohio Airships Inc. remains grounded, figuratively and literally. The company's 110-foot long Dynalifter prototype has proved it can maneuver on a flat surface, but it has yet to fly after five years of development because the company cannot pay for the insurance that would allow the Federal Aviation Agency to clear it for an inaugural test flight. Read more at: http://www.toledoblade.com/business/2011/05/19/Airship-venture-stuck-on-ground-at-Toledo-Express.html BAX Global to close hub at Toledo Express; 700 jobs lost BY LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE BAX Global Inc., a division of German transportation giant DB Schenker, announced Friday that it will close its U.S. air hub at Toledo Express Airport and sell its fleet of planes as part of what it is calling a “strategic realignment” of its North American business model. About 700 jobs, mostly part-time, will be affected, the company said. Some employees will be given an opportunity to "redeploy to other parts of our business," the company said. "We deeply regret that there will be some layoffs as part of this realignment. However, we are working to redeploy as many employees as possible to other parts of our business," Heiner Murmann, chief executive officer of Schenker, said in a written statement. "Our employees represent the cornerstone of our company and we will treat all affected personnel in an open, transparent and respectful manner throughout this transition." The Toledo Express operation has been a key U.S. hub for the air-freight shipping company. Contact Larry P. Vellequette at: lvellequette@theblade.com or http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2011/07/22/BAX-Global-to-close-hub-at-Toledo-Express-700-jobs-lost.html Airport lands $750,000 grant Goal is to develop Denver route at ailing Toledo Express BY DAVID PATCH For the second time in five years, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has won a federal grant to support development of air service at struggling Toledo Express Airport, this time with a Denver route as the primary candidate. The $750,000 grant announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation through its Small Community Air Service Development program is nearly double the funding the port authority secured in 2006 for New York service -- a grant the agency returned unspent last year after failing to land an airline to fly from Toledo. "Obviously, we're ecstatic. We put a … lot of work into that application," port authority President Paul Toth said after receiving notice of the grant award. Read more at: http://www.toledoblade.com/Economy/2011/09/28/Airport-lands-750-000-grant.html Pugu 385 Hey that's great. I hope an airline does come through with service to DEN. Can it be any airline (UA, WN, or Frontier) or does it have to be Frontier? Hilariously, there is now a cheaper flight from SFO to TOL than from SFO to DTW. It's an American flight that involves a layover at O'Hare and is usually about $100-$200 cheaper than flying direct to Detroit on Delta. If I visit Toledo again, I may consider this. Toledo Express! At least the TSA lines will be a breeze there compared to other airports... Columbo 403 DHL shifting Toledo cargo stop to Detroit By David Patch, Blade Staff Writer Saturday, 10/3/2015 Four years after BAX Global closed its cargo hub at Toledo Express Airport, the airport has lost a smaller-volume cargo carrier that took over some of that traffic. DHL, which had booked cargo space on BAX Global flights before the September 2011 hub shutdown, now is shifting the Toledo stop on replacement flights to Detroit. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/10/03/DHL-shifting-Toledo-cargo-stop-to-Detroit.html Blade Opinion - Guest Column about Toledo Express Airport: http://www.toledoblade.com/Opinion/2015/10/11/How-to-revive-Toledo-s-depressed-airport.html You often hear the excuse that Toledo Express is too close to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Yet the Dayton and Akron-Canton airports are thriving, even though Dayton must compete with larger operations nearby in Cincinnati and Columbus, while Akron-Canton must battle the larger airport in Cleveland. Not remotely the same situation. Detroit Metro is many times larger than any airport in Ohio, and it's a major international gateway airport. It's on a completely different level than CLE and CVG. DTW is the second or third busiest airport in the Midwest most years. It only competes with O'Hare and MSP. Dayton and Akron-Canton have benefited from cuts at Cincinnati and Cleveland (and Pittsburgh). Detroit hasn't cut flights and has more passenger volume than the entire state of Ohio. I hate to say it, but it's going to be very tough for TOL to pull off the transition to low-cost flight alternative that has been achieved at other Ohio airports. DTW is too big and offers too many great non-stop flights. And yes, it is too close to Toledo. Drive time from Downtown Toledo to DTW is only about 45 minutes. To Toledo Express, it's almost 30 minutes. Who cares about 15 minutes? Add in road construction, and that's the difference. It was clear from the start that DTW's location was meant to land the vast majority of Toledo and Ann Arbor business. And the introduction of low-cost Uber has only made this situation worse. I can Uber between DTW and Downtown Toledo for cheaper than I can Uber between SFO and Downtown San Francisco despite the mileage difference. Crappy cab service was an issue everywhere in Ohio and Michigan, but Uber fixed this. There is potential to pull off the low-cost flights seen at Flint, Akron-Canton, and Dayton, but it has to be on routes or carriers not available at DTW. I think it's unlikely to happen if it comes at the expense of DTW. What's happening in Ohio is a race to the bottom. Ohio is playing musical chairs with the deck chairs on the Titanic. Keep in mind both Cincinnati and Cleveland used to have major airports. Columbus will never have a major airport. All three are unlikely to ever hit 10 million passengers in the future (but could see more cuts if any Fortune 500's relocate to cities with major airports). "Success" at Akron-Canton and Dayton came at the expense of the Three C's. I don't buy that Akron-Canton and Dayton are sustainable models. Ohio built too many airpots too close together. Now they're all in a deathmatch with each other and Detroit. :\| *Where Toledo Express has failed is properly marketing those American Airlines flights to Chicago O'Hare. Detroit Metro does not have many American flights, so it's usually not direct competition, and American Airlines flies way more places from ORD than it does at DTW. At a four-hour drive from Toledo, Chicago O'Hare is far enough away to make you want to fly instead of driving. It also has good transit connections, so people visiting Chicago without a car find it to be a good airport. Most business travelers are loyal to one major airline, so people in American's system generally are not competing with people in Delta's system. Toledo still has four Fortune 500 companies in the area, and they're probably all flying at DTW on Delta right now. Has Toledo Express gone after any of this? If TOL was better at marketing those puddle jumpers to ORD on American, it could probably do 1 million passenger a year. I've seen flight itineraries to TOL with a layover at O'Hare that are cheaper than the non-stop flight to DTW. On cross-country flights, people are more willing to do a layover. SFO-ORD-TOL is not a horrible flight itinerary, particularly for people visiting family in West Toledo or South Toledo (or for cross-country Toledo business travelers hitting the West Coast markets). I suspect management at Toledo Express is really dropping the ball on this potential American Airlines market... I also suspect American Airlines isn't marketing this much either. They don't talk about Toledo in their magazine, despite the fact it has one of the best art museums and best zoos in the world, not to mention the nation's best Lebanese restaurant, and the nation's best coney dogs. Toledo also has the nation's best restored lake freighter. ColDayMan 664 ♫ An Apollo Legend ♫ Keep in mind, Metro Dayton and Metro Akron-Canton are rougly 1.1 million people alone, without CVG or CLE. That alone can support the airport "model." Toledo is more similar to Metro Youngstown (700,000ish) so it's likely they would not have the same volume of areas that are larger. Youngstown is hurt by half-way between Akron-Canton, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. Toledo should have a more substantial airport as a catch-basin for Northwest Ohio (Detroit Metro Airport is a poor excuse; Flint is thriving and is closer to Detroit sprawl than Toledo). It's baffling that Toledo Express Airport is so small. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers ^Metro Dayton is likely pulling at the expense of CVG, which has abysmal numbers for a market its size, and was on a death trajectory not too long ago. Dayton's location is attractive to northern Cincinnati area residents. Ditto with Akron-Canton being able to pull some metro Cleveland residents. The situation is not the same at Toledo Express since it is far removed from Downtown Toledo (over 20 miles away) while DTW is very close. Also keep in mind Flint is much further away from DTW than Toledo is from DTW. Suburban sprawl doesn't matter in this case. Drive time does, which sprawl only makes worse. Flint Bishop's selling point is it's easy for Flint residents to get to. Flint's drive to DTW is heavier with traffic and much longer than Toledo's drive to DTW. Flint is 80 miles from DTW. Toledo is only 45 miles from DTW. That's a significant difference. It's a different situation. CVG and CLE are small airports with limited non-stop flights. DTW is a massive airport with tons of non-stops, and it's one of the largest and best international hubs in North America. DTW has more passengers than all Ohio airports combined by a huge margin. It is the main international gateway for the entire eastern Great Lakes region along with Toronto Pearson. Toledo Express has a legit excuse for being a failure. DTW is much stronger competition than CVG or CLE. This is the situation with enplanements: DTW: 15,775,941 CLE: 3,686,315 CMH: 3,115,501 CVG: 2,875,844 DAY: 1,120,842 CAK: 771,155 http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy14-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf Also, suburban sprawlers 20 miles outside Dayton are not the numbers that matter most. Those folks might only fly once or twice a year. As an airport, you really need to go after business travelers, since they are flying 10 to 20 times as much as the average person. Business travelers matter a lot more. Metro Toledo has four Fortune 500 companies. These are large, global companies, and they're all flying at DTW. If anything, there is more business travel coming out of Toledo due to Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Dana, and Andersons. It's a market that DTW has on lock. :\| Does Dayton or Akron-Canton go after any business travelers? I've got to imagine they are nabbing at least some business travel at Cincinnati and Cleveland area Fortune 500 companies, particularly since both CVG and CLE have been dehubbed...also, Southwest is becoming increasing business competition with American, Delta, and United. If Southwest beefed up service at CVG and CLE, I'd bet you'd see declines at DAY and CAK. DAY and CAK have been successful with low-cost flights, and I give them credit for much stronger marketing. Toledo Express has weak marketing, and I suspect management of the airport is not good. Regardless of suburban population or Fortune 500 base, Toledo Express could be doing better with its American flights to O'Hare. Dayton and Akron-Canton took passengers away from nearby airports because they marketed themselves well as cheaper, less stressful alternatives. They're better-run airports too. But it's important to remember they are up against much weaker competition... Toledo Express competing with DTW is like Duluth International competing with MSP. It's a really bad situation to be in, and at this point, I'm not sure if the airport has much hope... If anything, the Toledo Express airport should move north to near Dundee, Michigan so it can market to both Toledo and Ann Arbor area residents (while also being an alternative to DTW). Get Alaska or Virgin America in on this, and it will work. Or have Southwest leave DTW and move to this new airport. I cannot see any good reason why they built Toledo Express where they did, unless they thought some massive sprawl corridor would connect Toledo with Fort Wayne. Obviously, no such thing ever happened. It's time to move the airport! Here's to TAA (Toledo-Ann Arbor)! This Dundee airport will actually work and would be perfect for newer airlines. Delta could use more competition in this market... It was a mistake from the start to not build Toledo Express between Toledo and Ann Arbor. That's really what's going on here, and it's why if I were a betting man, I'd bet on Toledo Express shutting down. I'm not joking when I say TAA would be a very successful airport. All public money should go into making that happen. There are plenty of examples of smaller airports near major hubs being successful around the nation. They key is those smaller airports are convenient to the region. Toledo Express is not convenient for anybody... The Toledo-Ann Arbor airport is a surefire bet that would do better than other small airports in the Midwest. Delta has too much power in that region and people would gladly support better airlines. That Blade editorial sucked and missed the big picture. westerninterloper 24 Kettering Tower 408' I live in Bowling Green, and in the last eight years, have used Toledo twice, and Detroit countless times. CDawg is right - the availability of flights out of DTW is unbeatable, and even driving through metro Toledo usually saves time and money compared to trying to fly out of Toledo. However, for the ticket I bought for a trip last month to Asia, I checked out a deal from American from CLE via ORD, and happened to look at other airports, including Columbus and Dayton; it wasnt offered through DTW. I bought the CLE ticket, then the next day wondered if it might be available via Toledo, and it was - so I cancelled the first purchase and rebooked the flight from TOL via ORD. I was very happy to fly through Toledo, the airport is only 30 minutes from BG, no traffic, absolutely no wait through security (though DTW is always very quick for me too), and it was a very quick trip to ORD. I will start looking again for tickets through Toledo, but only when I know I cant get a similarly priced direct flight from DTW. DTW is an excellent airport, one of the best that I've been to in the US; I often tell people its one of the best things about living in NW Ohio. Now, about this Tol--AA airport business, CDawg, that makes no sense to me. Why would any Toledoan or Ann Arborite need a second airport so close to DTW? There would be no reason to build something so close to a world-class airport like DTW; if anything, City Airport in Detroit would host flights before anything new would be build in SE Michigan. Recall that the original plan for Toledo Express was to bulldoze all of South Toledo, because the current Executive Airport was boxed in and couldn't expand, as I recall. If anything, the airport should have been built just south of the city, to catch traffic from Lima, Sandusky, and over to Defiance. Express was quite successful in the 1980s and 1990s, as I recall, until the collapse of the airline industry after 9/11 and the completion of the new terminals at DTW. I agree that TOL probably doesnt have much reason to exist, but a metro area the size of Toledo will always need an airport of some size, and it should have regular flights to the major hubs in the area at least - DTW, ORD, ATL, MSP, and maybe Philly/DC. plinth857 21 Metropolitan Tower 224' I am not surprised Delta doesn't do anything to MSP considering Toledo's proximity to DTW. I am surprised United doesn't do a flight to ORD. Did Continental ever do a flight to CLE when it was hubbed there? If any of Toledo's big business has a route they need to happen and it can pick up enough ancillary passengers to fill at least a 64 seat CRJ, maybe another route could pop up. I could see a flight to CLT or PHL if business traffic warranted it in the future. I thought that there was a flight to MSP, maybe that was a few years ago. The TOL website says the only flights are Allegiant direct to three Florida cities, and the AA flights to ORD. The Fortune 500 companies in Toledo are mostly connected to the auto industry, or are so globally diffuse that there probably isn't enough traffic to go to any one airport, even in the US - at least, not with DTW so close. A lot of the money in Toledo is on the NW side of town, quite close to DTW already. Rather than a new airport, I would rather see regular direct train or, less ideally, bus service to DTW from the new transit hub at the Amtrak station. Couple that with some regular transit from points SW, South and SE from Toledo, and getting to DTW would be a breeze. Continental stopped their daily flights to CLE in 2008. WestBLVD 0 Huntington Tower 330' "Secondary Airports" have certainly fallen out of favor the past few years by the major airlines. Even DAY and CAK, which were seen as thriving a few years ago, have lost considerable numbers of passengers the past few years. The trend is nationwide as secondary airports in Manchester, NH; Bellingham, WA; Wilmington, DE; Islip, NY; and Newport News, VA have all declined in recent years. Trenton, NJ seems to be one of the few exceptions to the trend, but Frontier has slashed destinations there recently as well. It certainly makes it hard for TOL to compete when DTW is so close and has many nonstops and low cost carrier options. For much of the Toledo area, DTW can be accessed in under 45 minutes. For many office parks in suburban Cincinnati and Cleveland the drive time to their respective airport is the same, if not longer than Toledo is to DTW. Likewise across dozens of metro areas in the US, many downtowns, intl headquarters, and significant cities are a 45 minute drive to their respective airport. My friends who live on the northside of Chicago have to take at least an hour to get to Ohare, so I think Toledo is quite luck to have such easy access to such a great airport - there's no urban traffic to fight, and I-75 and I-275 are six lanes from downtown Toledo to DTW. Not much to complain about, really, except the lack of regular public transit. I get where you're coming from on this. My main point was that Toledo Express could not have been built in a worse location if they tried. There is practically nothing between Toledo Express and Fort Wayne (or South Bend) except for Defiance, Bryan, Napoleon, and Wauseon (all small towns). Toledo Express was built in Oak Openings, which is nuts since not only is that far removed from the city, but it's also a world biosphere containing the highest level of plant and animal diversity in the state of Ohio (a lot of endangered species in that park). I heard the construction of Toledo Express Airport practically made extinct some animal species. The Massasauga Rattlesnake used to populate that area, but they're never seen in Ohio anymore. So basically, they built Toledo Express Airport on the most biologically important piece of land in the state of Ohio, and there was no good business justification for it. Oak Openings should never have been chopped up like that, and it's a crime against mother nature. I just picked partnering with Ann Arbor because it's much larger than Sandusky, Fremont, Findlay, Lima, etc. No matter where you build it, it's going to compete with DTW, since DTW is such an awesome airport with so many non-stop flights. Also, secondary airports still do work well on the West Coast. Oakland International is booming (it is much busier and has higher passenger numbers than any Ohio airport). Long Beach Airport is healthy. Burbank Airport, which looks a lot like Toledo Express, is also healthy. Burbank or Long Beach are the models here. In both of those cases, they are competing directly with LAX, but sell people on short TSA lines, low stress experience, cheap regional or alternative flights, and locations convenient to certain sections of the LA metro area. Toledo Express just isn't convenient. Why on earth they built that airport in Oak Openings is baffling. There must be some weird history on how that happened. They were never going to realistically level part of South Toledo for an airport. Toledo had a strong protest movement back then that was able to get I-75 rerouted away from the water while also saving a lot of historic landmarks. Toledoans also protested street widenings and demolitions in a lot of the city (East Toledo in particular had an extremely strong protest movement for a Midwestern urban area). Toledo actually had the Midwestern version of the freeway revolt seen in San Francisco, and they largely succeeded in preventing freeways from destroying the urban core (though sadly many buildings still ended up being lost due to the incredible economic decline of the city and widespread arson fires). Notice how I-75 snakes around key areas of the city rich in historic landmarks. That was done on purpose, because Toledo did not allow the government to build the freeway through downtown. Even collapsed urban corridors like Cherry and Dorr were demolished later than in other major cities. In short, that airport didn't have a shot in hell of being built in South Toledo. It would have been far too expensive, and tens of thousands of people would not have given up their homes without a fight. I think the airport proposal you're referring to was part of something called "Toledo Tomorrow," which was just a crazy modernist pipe dream representative of the era. None of it ever got built except for the Ohio Turnpike and Detroit Pike, and it was never part of any official plan. It was just the modernist pipe dream of Paul Block: In its simplest terms, Toledo Tomorrow was a large, $150,000 scale model of a future Toledo that went on display July 4, 1945 at the Stratford Auditorium of the Toledo Zoo. But it was much more than that. It was part of an effort by The Blade and its publisher, Paul Block, who footed the bill for the exhibit, to give the city a push into the second half of the 20th century. ...Thirty-six years later in 1981, at a University of Toledo conference, Block said it was never intended as a master plan, but more as a boost, a way to get people thinking in a city that needed it. “I conceived it as a stunt,” he said. The exhibit. From the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library's "Images in Time" website: http://www.toledohistorybox.com/2011/02/15/toledo-tomorrow-exhibit/ So how did Toledo Express end up at its remote location? Agreed. Toledo is incredibly lucky to have such good access to DTW. The Ann Arbor-Detroit commuter rail line will hopefully get a spur to Downtown Toledo's Amtrak station. It could be like the new Union-Pearson Express train in Toronto. If you've haven't ridden that train yet in Toronto, it's absolutely amazing. It's the best airport connection in North America and takes you right to Union Station in under 30 minutes. I look at the Detroit-Toledo-Ann Arbor triangle as being feasible for this given the sheer size and magnitude of DTW. Like in Toronto, it will be expensive, but still cheaper than cabs or Uber. If you look at the Detroit-Toledo-Windsor-Ann Arbor-Flint region, it's about the same size as Greater Toronto. All of the cities in the Southeast Michigan/Northwest Ohio region use DTW. Toledo really should be marketing the hell out of its access to Detroit Metro. It's critical for a lot of Fortune 500 companies to be near a major airport, and I'd argue DTW is a big part of the reason Toledo has been able to hold onto some of its corporate base in the face of massive economic decline and population loss. Companies will leave areas without a major airport. This has happened in other Ohio cities. With DTW, Toledo doesn't have to worry about this. DTW is also a huge selling point for corporate relocations to Toledo. Detroit Metro Airport is Toledo's ace in the bag. Toledo's Fortune 500 base is construction materials (Owens Corning), bottling/containers (Owens-Illinois), agribusiness/railcars/shipping/retail (Andersons), and automotive parts (Dana). Toledo's Fortune 500 companies are global in reach and have customers all over the world. Toledo also has tons of parts suppliers for Detroit, and there is no downplaying the importance of Jeep, Chrysler, and GM to the economy of Northwest Ohio. It is heavily connected with Detroit and always has been (which is the main reason Toledo is more economically depressed than the rest of Ohio). Detroit and Toledo are economically attached at the hip. When I worked in Toledo, besides the "Glass City" moniker, it was also referred to as the "Auto Parts Capital of the World." Even in the face of industry decline with Gen Y, the auto industry still travels a lot. If you've flown at DTW, chances are you were on a plane with Chrysler, GM, and Ford people. You also were probably flying with parts suppliers from Detroit and Toledo. The auto industry is very global, and it's heavy on marketing. A lot of the biggest trade shows and conventions in North America are automotive related. If anything, that makes me think Toledo has more business travel than most cities its size... And though I forgot to originally put it in my post, Ann Arbor also has a fair amount of business travel. A lot of regional automotive offices are located there. Sandusky, Findlay, Fremont, etc. likely don't have as much business travel. :\| I just assumed TAA would produce the most business travel in a Long Beach or Burbank type of scenario... But it can only happen if the airport is moved to a better location. The Toledo Blade is usually a top notch news organization, so I was surprised they missed this obvious argument. It was a glaring oversight in that editorial. Regardless of whether the airport moves to Dundee, Michigan or moves to somewhere between Toledo, Sandusky, and Findlay (something near Walbridge, Ohio would make sense), it can't do worse than its current location... A TAA Airport (Toledo-Ann Arbor) in Dundee, Michigan or a TSF Airport (Toledo-Sandusky-Findlay) in Walbridge, Ohio would do way better than Toledo Express even in its heyday. I think such an airport would match Burbank's or Long Beach's passenger numbers with the right airline. There is some stability in those two small LA area airports, more stability than has ever existed at Toledo Express. Why not just move Toledo Express to Toledo Executive Airport near Walbridge, Ohio? That would capture the TSF market, and offer a good alternative to DTW. Just combine Executive Airport with Toledo Express. I wonder why they didn't do this from the start? Sandusky was bigger back then, and I think Findlay was about the same size. Also, when you consider the location of DTW, it's most similar to Seattle-Tacoma International. The only difference is that DTW markets itself as "Detroit Metro" while SEA markets itself as "Seattle-Tacoma." Everyone knows DTW is also the airport for Toledo and Ann Arbor. They could easily rename it DTA (Detroit-Toledo-Ann Arbor International), and it would make perfect sense. Romulus was a really smart choice for the Detroit Metro Airport. The reason they didn't build it north of Detroit where the bulk of suburban Detroit lives was likely because of Toledo's Fortune 500 base. Historically, Toledo had seven Fortune 500 companies. Flint never had a big corporate base, so the airport made a lot more sense in Romulus than up in Oakland County or Macomb County where it could have also pulled the Flint and Thumb region. DTW has always been able to pull the vast majority of Toledo's business travel. So I guess if you compare DTW with SEA, the chances of survival at Toledo Express Airport look slim... Tacoma doesn't have any commercial airport. It just has the short runway general aviation Tacoma Narrows Airport, which is like Toledo Executive Airport. All very good points, CDawg. It dawned on me that when DTW was built in the 1920s, it was kind of in the same location as Toledo Express is now in relation to the metro area. Perhaps Toledoans after WWII thought the city would spread out the same way? As for Toledo Express, my hunch is that was the cheapest land to build on. There was no consideration of environmental factors in the 1950s, unless they were concerned about the capacity of the land to handle use such as an airport. Otherwise, it was not useful for farming or agriculture, so it was probably considered a wasteland. I know that the the poor agricultural quality of the Oak Openings, and thus its low price, led several realtors to sell land to African-Americans before and after WWII - and many took them up on it - they were able to get out of the city and have some land - thats the Spencer-Sharples area today. In the 1960s, there was a proposal to build a "new town" north of the airport for 50,000 residents, complete with a new GM factory, but that was scuttled in the Nixon Administration's move to block grants and the end of urban renewal funding; the same developer who proposed New Town went on to create Portside a decade later. ^Good point about Spencer-Sharples. I completely forgot about that history. You're right that in the 1950's they probably didn't care about the ecological importance of Oak Openings. It probably was the cheapest land in the region back then. It was sand dunes mixed with poorly-drained swamp forests. The importance of Oak Openings Preserve today is far greater than it would have been in the 1950's. They probably just didn't grasp the gravity of Oak Openings back then ("Oh God, a rattlesnake! Kill it!"). It's quite likely that knowledge came later once the environmental movement got into full swing: The Oak Openings Region of Northwest Ohio is a globally rare ecosystem declared by the Nature Conservancy as “One of America’s Last Great Places”. The region is much more than just Oak Openings Preserve Metropark. The Florida Everglades is on the same list as the this region. Who would have thought a sandy stretch of land in Northwest Ohio would be included with such prestigious company as the Everglades? They are both included on the Nature Conservancy's list of America’s Last Great Places. It is home to more endangered native plant species than any other place in Ohio. More than one-third of all Ohio’s rare plant species can be found here. ...The Toledo airport destroyed hundreds of acres of Oak Openings Region land in the 1950s. http://www.ohio-nature.com/Oak-Openings.html I've got to imagine if they knew this information back in the 1950's, Toledo Express Airport would not have been built there. *This is all really depressing to think about. Not only was the airport built in a terrible location for Toledoans, but it also destroyed a large chunk of Oak Openings. This had to have been one of those "what's the cheapest way we can get this damn thing built?" type of decisions... Port authority gets grant to help pay for customs area The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has received a $502,561 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, leaving Lucas County taxpayers to foot the rest of the bill for a new $1 million customs office at Toledo Express Airport. The port authority said it built the customs office, which opened in April, at a cost of $1,005,000, because U.S. Customs and Border Protection was refusing to clear international flights through the previous customs office at Toledo Express, instead sending them in some cases through Erie-Ottawa International Airport at Port Clinton. More below: http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2016/09/01/Port-authority-gets-grant-to-help-pay-for-customs-area.html Rumor has it that a non-Allegiant airline will begin new service to a new nonstop destination. If the rumor is true, this is long overdue and will be a significant change in the local air service portfolio. 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__label__wiki	0.50019	0.50019	Ashley Steiner Becky Kurk Dave W. Laura Schaubschlager Paula G. Sarah Johnson Ted Saydalavong Vince Caro Kevin G. Twin Cities Film Fest ARCHIVES Hearts Want Film FlixChatter Review: ELYSIUM On August 11, 2013 August 14, 2013 By ruthIn Flix Reviews As a big fan of District 9, I had been looking forward to this for some time. I erroneously thought this was the follow-up to Neill Blomkamp‘s sci-fi thriller set in South Africa when I did this post but by the time the trailer came out, obviously this is an original story that doesn’t involve aliens from another planet. This sci-fi fantasy takes place in 2154, where the gap between haves and the have-nots have reached astronomical proportion. 99% of humanity’s population are still slumming in a ‘diseased, polluted and vastly overpopulated’ earth, whilst the 1% of the elite and wealthy folks live in the lush and green ELYSIUM. It’s the ultimate ‘gated community’ aboard a lavish space-station where every mansion is complete with robotic servants and magical medical beds that can heal ANY ailments, yes including cancer and a full facial reconstruction surgery in a matter of seconds! Ok, so there’s no superhero in this movie but heck, who needs one when you’ve got a SUPER healing mechanism at your beck and call. Unfortunately, the machine only works if you’re a citizen, and Elysium’s border patrol is equipped with rockets ready to fire at illegal aircrafts entering its airspace. Elysium VS Earth – It’s definitely better up there! Matt Damon plays a down-on-his-luck Max, a parolee who’s dreamed of leaving in Elysium ever since he was a little boy living in an orphanage. There’s one comedic moment in the entire movie where Max had to see a mechanized parole officer, as the rest of the law officers and other service workers are in the form of robots. Things just gets bad to worse when Max gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation at the factory. With only 5 days to live, he’s desperate to get to Elysium. In order to get up there, Max has to somehow download crucial information from an Elysium citizen’s brain straight to his. That’s what those exoskeleton stuff you see on the film posters are for. The surgery scene is brutal, I have to shut my eyes as metals are drilled and screwed into Max’s body as if he’s a car in auto shop. When he finally comes out of it, Max practically looks like a robot with powered metals attached all over his body and a computer implanted into the back of his head. I enjoyed watching all the fantastical futuristic elements, and Blomkamp surely isn’t lacking imagination and ambition. What this film also lacks is subtlety, just like D-9 was an allegory for apartheid, Elysium’s political and sociological themes on class warfare, healthcare and immigration are sure to divide audiences. He cites that growing up in South Africa is the main inspiration of the class division theme in this film, and despite the seemingly obvious commentary about border security and universal healthcare, he said that there’s no political agenda here. Even the über Liberal and politically vocal star Matt Damon downplays the political overtone. I think how much those stuff bother you depending on your political views and interest. For me, this is just another big Summer thrill ride that gives us a bit more food-for-thought amidst some bombastic (literally) action sequences. Speaking of Damon, I think he acquits himself well here though I didn’t really have as big of a emotional connection as I did with D-9’s character Wikus, who I think is a far more tragic character than Max. I also think that though Max is played out like an action hero (Bourne meets Terminator?) instead of a truly desperate and ruthless character hellbent on saving his own life at any cost. I read that Blomkamp originally wanted Eminem in the role, now I’ve never seen him act before but I wonder if he’d actually do a more convincing job. Jodie Foster as Elysium defense secretary Delacourt is distractingly awful here with her robotic acting style and absurd accent. Yes I know that Blomkamp intended the accent of Elysium residents to be an amalgam of different languages but it just makes me laugh! I wonder if having those residents speak multiple languages (like in the underrated sci-fi drama Code 46) instead of with a myriad of accents might’ve been more realistic. It’s also too bad that Sharlto Copley is reduced to this sadistic special ops agent whose killing method of choice is blowing people up into pieces. His character can’t be more dissimilar than his debut in District 9, which proves he’s a capable actor, but his villainy role is written like a caricature. I like the International cast here, Brazilians Wagner Moura and Alice Braga, Mexican Diego Luna, Pakistani-descent Faran Tahir, as well as veteran character actor William Fichtner made up the supporting cast. In terms of special effects and production quality, clearly this film delivers, thanks to a much bigger budget of $100 mil. But having more money and A-list cast don’t always translate to a better film, in fact, D-9 with its uniquely organic style is still more compelling in terms of my the emotional connection I have with the protagonist. Plus, Elysium is decidedly more ‘Hollywood’ in that it’s more predictable and comes with a feel-good and simplistic ending. Yeah as if it were THAT easy to solve such an extreme class warfare. Seems that Blomkamp ends up being preoccupied packing the third half with relentless fight scenes and stuff blowing up that the finale feels rather out of sync with all the sense of realism and intriguing ideas that preceded it. At a relatively brisk 109 minutes, there’s barely room for character development either, the villains are just evil for evil’s sake with no real motivation. Final Thoughts: Now, even though I think Elysium is a bit of a downgrade from D-9, there are still many things to appreciate. As I mentioned before, the futuristic space stuff are fun to watch and the story also gives us something to ponder even if we don’t necessarily subscribe to the idealism being presented on screen. It could’ve been a more in depth and compelling film though, alas the the typical Hollywood happy ending keeps this from being a notch above a cool Summer sci-fi escapism. 3.5 out of 5 reels What are your thoughts on this movie? Did you like this more or less than I did? Share please? Alice Bragaclass warfare ElysiumDiego LunaDistrict 9ElysiumElysium political messageElysium reviewJodie FosterMatt DamonNeill Blomkampsci-fi fantasySharlto CopleyWilliam Fichtner FlixChatter Review: We’re The Millers Weekend Roundup … Dragon Knight review + Musings on Matt Damon 58 thoughts on “FlixChatter Review: ELYSIUM” That’s unfortunate about Foster’s role, when I read the script, I thought the same. Her character was so one dimensional and I was hoping they’d give her more to do when the film finally goes into projection, but sounds like she’s just a typical villain in a big action flick. Hopefully I’ll win free passes to see it at IMAX soon, I just want to watch the cool action scenes. August 11, 2013 at 15:17 Reply Hi Ted! Yeah, it’s odd why they even bother to get someone of her caliber as her character is so one-note and just plain weird. It’s sad to see Copley wasted as well as he’s really a good actor despite his lack of experience. If you only want to see the cool action stuff then this is a movie for you 😀 It’s funny because I read behind the scenes story on EW and Neil didn’t want to cast any big named actors for this movie since he didn’t want to deal with the dramas. Somehow Foster convinced him to hire her by promising him that she won’t act like a diva on the set, Matt Damon promised the same thing. That’s rarely happened to such a young director but with this film’s not so good performance at the box office, Neil might not get the same treatment for next big film. I really enjoyed the script and I’m quite sure I’ll enjoy the movie. Also, I’m one of the few people who didn’t really care for District 9 so there’s a chance I’ll really like this movie. LOL. You didn’t like District 9?? 😦 Ah well, then you’ll probably like this one Ted. I’d rather see a moving story and character that I care about than great action/cool visuals, and this one has more of the latter. Yes D-9 has some really gross sequences and the violence is grittier (which I don’t usually go for), but story-wise I think it’s much stronger and has a more emotional gratification. I still hope Neill would do the sequel after this one, no A-lister needed as obviously it doesn’t translate to a better film. I actually enjoyed the first half of District 9 but when the film became a shoot’em up action adventure, it lost me. Also, I didn’t like Wikus that much, he’s just a selfish a-hole whose personality changed because he didn’t have a choice. CMrok93 Foster’s performance was very weird. But that aside, everything else was pretty solid, in terms of the look and feel of the scientific future Blomkamp had laid out. Can’t wait to see what he has built up for us next, as it seems like he’s continuing to chose better and better material to work with, even if it his own. Good review. Yeah, and the comical accent just makes it worse! I hope he made a follow up to D-9 next, there’s such a good story in there and the ending was a cliffhanger, too. I’d like to see more of what he’d do w/ that Wikus character. Totally right there with you, Ruth. Decent, but no D9. D9 had a great story, and as you point out, Sharlto Copley had a MUCH better role in that one. You’re 100% right, he is kind of a caricature here. His accent got in my way, too. 😦 Still, not a BAD movie I wouldn’t say. I think 3.5 is more than a fair grade 😉 Hi Fogs! Nope, it ain’t D-9 by a long shot. It goes to show that bigger budget and A-list cast don’t always add up to a GREAT film. I think D-9 was compelling because the filmmaker didn’t have to resort to a ‘feel good’ story and there’s a substantial character development. No, not terrible but it could’ve been A LOT better. Brittani Burnham Great review! I’m really looking forward to seeing this on Tuesday. Hi Brittani, I’d say temper your expectations when you do. Curious to hear what you think 😀 JustMeMike Hi Ruth – my discussion with Didion will occur tomorrow, but I have to agree whole-heartedly with your spot on review. I think Foster was brought in to sell tickets, and I think she showed so little because she had so little work with. If anyone was a caricature it was her Delacourt.and the Delacourt write by Blomkamp. Hi Mike! Pls send me the link to your discussion post, sorry I had to bail but the timing just isn’t possible. Funny that Foster was brought in to sell ticket as I never saw a movie because of her, ahah. But yeah, the script was already weak to begin with in terms of character. I think both villains were indeed caricatures. cindybruchman Okay, great review. I haven’t seen it yet, but I love Foster and Dillian and like you really loved ‘District 9’ so I had high hopes for this. Seems like everyone is giving it an above average rating; I had hopes for a unique film. Hi Cindy! I had high hopes too, as I LOVED D-9, alas it was a downgrade IMO. Unique or not is in the eye of the viewers, to me it still has something different from other post-apocalyptic sci-fis, but not nearly enough to be a classic. quirkybibliophile My son and I are big fans of District 9 — it sounds like this one might be worth a look. Hello Steph! Worth a look definitely, but taper your expectations 🙂 keith7198 Very good review. Still probably a rental for me but I’m not as apprehensive about it after reading this. Visually it looks stunning. Too bad about Foster’s performance though. I’ve heard several others with that same reaction. Hi Keith! I understand your apprehension about this one, and the political message isn’t exactly subtle here. Still if you just want some cool sci-fi w/ some food for thought, this is still worth a look. Foster’s distractingly bad here, I actually laughed a few times she was on screen! Pingback: Elysium Review: Class Warfare… In Space!!! \| Rorschach Reviews Issy R. Yea I agree Blomkamp went a lite too Hollywood in this one but it was still a good fun film. Nice review. It’s still fun, but I don’t think it’ll be as memorable as D-9 for me. Terry Malloy's Pigeon Coop Nice write up Ruth. I’m slightly disappointed with the underwhelming reviews of this since I loved D-9 but I do still fancy checking this out. Foster’s performance sounds a little par for the course for me (obviously haven’t seen it yet). She really seems a bit overrated in my eyes. I think you might’ve a point there about Foster being overrated. I do think this isn’t a bad film per se, I just expected more. Given how heart-wrenching the ending of D-9 was, it’s a bummer that this one resort to the typical feel-good ending, way too neat and wholly unrealistic. Good thoughts Ruth. I really enjoyed D-9 and this looks very similar in many ways. I’m a little anxious to see what Blomkamp can do with a non-sci-fi script and try to dive into these divisive issues that he seems drawn to just a little more. Thanks! Hi Gene! I think there are some similar themes here than in D-9 but the execution is totally different. I don’t know if Blomkamp is up for non sci-fi stuff, but yeah I’d be curious to see it if he does. I’d also like to see a sequel to D-9 though, seems like the ending lends itself to an interesting follow-up story to the protagonist Wikus. Yes, definitely! A sequel would be great. I’m not a big fan of District 9, I was always baffled by the acclaim as for me the film was like a video game. I was actually sure Elysium is an actual sequel to that one 🙂 I don’t think I’ll see it, shame about Jodie I never would have thought she is even capable of giving a bad performance. Hi Sati! Hmmm, D-9 doesn’t feel like a video game to me, and I’m no gamer. I realize not everyone shares my appreciation for that film though. Yeah I was hoping Elysium would be a direct sequel to that but when they hired Damon I was like huh?? Well, I think Jodie gave a bad performance here but it could be how it was written. It’s too bad as she’s a strong actress. iluvcinema (@iluvcinema) I run hot and cold regarding whether to part with my cash on this one. In the end I will probably wait and see it later. I take your words about it being a downgrade from District 9 as a warning heeded 🙂 HI Iba! Well, it looks great on the big screen so if you’re into sci-fi stuff I’d say go for it. Are you a fan of D-9 I take it? This is a much more ‘Hollywood-ized’ version of a similar theme, but things are more black and white and of course you’ve got to have a hero in it that saves the day 😀 Great review….and to be honest, reading this with its predictable story made me NOT want to go to the cinema. I don’t have that thing that I got after seeing a trailer and usually it’ll end up as an okay movie…however, it has Sharlto in it!! Does he appear a lot? you know, like Cillian in In Time. Or only in limited time? I will wait for the DVD if he only appears in such short time. Hi Nov! Well, I guess if you’re not super enthused about the story, I’d say just rent this. Sharlto has a supporting role so he’s got a decent screen time but not as much as you and I would like (I mean we wanted him for the lead role!) 😀 I also don’t think his role was written very well either, more like a caricature. Just chatted with Sharlto’s fan on twitter…I think I will give it a chance to see it in cinema. She said, it worth to see him looking buffy like that on big screen 🙂 ….although I have a feeling it’ll be In Time all over again. I only skimmed your review here, Ruth, but see that you gave it the same score as the one I have on mine (it will publish this evening later). It was still a good flick, just not completely phenomenal. Hi T! The more I think about it, I feel that I’m a bit too generous w/ my rating. I think the movie warrants 3/5 at best. Ah well, too bad as I had high hopes for Neill after D-9. See, now, I haven’t finished District 9 all the way through (there was a time it was always playing at work in the break room so watching it completely was always ruined for me and took away my interest). That being the case, I had no true expectations of Elysium. Your score works perfect to me. 🙂 Pingback: Review: Elysium \| The Focused Filmographer Mark Hobin You unearth some very interesting tidbits of info I wasn’t aware of. That the director wanted Eminem as the star is surprising to me. that would’ve been a risky choice to anchor such an expensive production. As far as I’m aware he hasn’t acted since 8 Mile where he played himself. If Jodie Foster’s accent was suppose to be an amalgamation of different languages, that would’ve explained a lot. It kept changing, even in the same scene. Matt Damon on the other hand was great. He really added a lot to the movie. Hi Mark! Yeah, I read that in a few articles which was a surprise to me too. But then again perhaps Eminem has the um, sensibilities Blomkamp was looking for? I dunno but he might’ve been better suited in a role that isn’t supposed to be an ‘action hero’ the way it came off in the film, for me anyway. Still Damon was good, he’s always pretty watchable. It’s too bad about Foster, but I was even more dismayed how they made Copley’s character to be, given how good he was in D-9 and how his character affected me emotionally. Your review pretty much confirms what I was expecting, but I do want to see it. I didn’t know Eminem was Blomkamp’s original casting choice. That would’ve been… interesting. Nice review Ruth. Hi Josh! Yeah, it seems odd but who knows Eminem might actually work better here. Are you gonna still check this out Josh? Sorry for the late reply. I saw it and enjoyed it a lot, despite some flaws. 3.5/5 for me too. 🙂 The Blog of Big Ideas I’m surprised to see such a harsh review of Jodie Foster’s role in this film. I can’t remember the last time I saw such a harsh criticism of the acclaimed actress. At the same time, there is already a hint of miscast in the trailer, as she just looks out of her element. I’ve been reading similar reviews to yours in general. Most of them conclude that Elysium is enjoyable but not as compelling as District 9 was (can’t say I’ve seen more than 10 sci-fi action films that are better). As for Sharlto Copley, perhaps we should be content to see him star and lead in “Europa Report” which is also out right now. Nice review. Hi Niels! Sorry for the late reply. Yeah I wish Foster were better here but it is what it is. It’s too bad that a bigger budget doesn’t translate to a better film but that’s what happen when Hollywood studios meddle too much w/ the final product. I’m still keen in checking out Europa Report. sidekickreviews I noticed how much time was spent on Earth compared to Elysium which I didn’t expect. But I did enjoy the world building in the first half hour … a day in the life of Max. I would have loved more character development like you mentioned in your review. Because of Jodie Foster’s star power and presence in the trailers, I thought she’d have more to do. Trying to place her accent distracted me. Haha. Great review Ruth! Yeah that’s interesting that they spend more time on earth but that alone doesn’t bother me. I think the film is just too idealistic (read: fanciful) for its own good to be honest. Foster’s character arc is rather pointless too. Didion of the Feminema website, and I had invited Ruth to participate in a three-way joint discussion on the film, Elysium. Ruth agreed to join us, but because of work and other scheduling conflicts, she had to drop out. Ruth has graciously granted permission for a link to the discussion on our sites to appear on this site. http://jmmnewaov2.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/just-back-from-elysium/ Feminema http://feminema.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/can-dystopia-end-happily-a-conversation-about-elysium-2013/ Please visit either site – same discussion – different titles – different images for our perspectives. Hi Mike! Sorry again I couldn’t join but I enjoyed the discussion post. Elysium could’ve been a lot better but hey at least it’s still thought provoking enough to spark an intelligent discussion 😀 Didion Ruth, I finally allowed myself to read your review and it’s exactly where JustMeMike and I were going … although I might have been a teeny bit more harsh than he was (I said 3 stars; he agrees with you at 3.5). Glad to see another District 9 lover out there — brilliant film. Hi Didion! Thanks for reading. I could’ve easily gone w/ 3 stars too, to be honest. I guess I enjoyed the sci-fi aspects that I still had fun w/ this movie. Yay, glad you love D-9 too, brilliant indeed. I still wish Blomkamp would do more w/ Wikus’ character. Blomkamp is an exciting director so I’m looking forward to this but it’s a shame it doesn’t look like it lives up to District 9. Hi Dan! Yeah it’s a shame that he went too Hollywood w/ this one. I hope he return to form w/ his next film. Pingback: » Movie Review – The A Team Fernby Films Pingback: FlixChatter Review: JUPITER ASCENDING (2015) \| Pingback: Question of the Week: Which movie(s) are you looking forward to in March? \| Pingback: FlixChatter Review: CHAPPIE (2015) \| Pingback: FlixChatter Review: Tomorrowland (2015) \| Join the conversation by leaving a comment Cancel reply Search FlixChatter Email Subscription to FlixChatter Want to receive fun movie updates delivered to your inbox? Enter your email address below. 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__label__cc	0.696054	0.303946	Infantile Colic Improved with Chiropractic The National Health Service in Ballerup (Copenhagen, Denmark) conducted a study involving 50 infants with diagnoses infantile colic. Half of the group was given the drug dimethicon while the other half was given chiropractic care. In this study nine of the 25 taking the drug dropped out of the study because the infants were getting worse. These infants were then not counted in the final results which would have shown a worse result for the drug than published. Even with the removal from the tabulations of the infants who got worst using the drug, the results showed a significant improvement in the group that were under chiropractic care. By days 4 to 7 of the study, the infants remaining in the drug group had reduced their hours of crying by only one hour while the entire chiropractic group had reduced crying hours by an average of 2.4 hours. The results after 8 to 10 day into the study continued to show the drug therapy infants at a one hour improvement while the chiropractic group further improved to 2.7 hours less of crying. The researchers noted that the removal from the study of the infants that got worse from the drug made the results from the drug look better than they actually were. Chiropractic Care Conquers Colic The above title appeared in the December 1998 issue of Country Living’s Healthy Living, beginning on page 53. The article details the concerns of a mom whose new baby was suffering from colic. The article featured the mother’s account of the situation starting from her initial phone call to the pediatrician. “When I phoned my doctor to ask if he thought it was safe (to see a chiropractor), he was ambivalent: Chiropractic would neither harm nor help. He told me that if it was colic, it would run its course in three months.” After this advice, her next stop was to take the child to the chiropractor. She recalled that the first visit was an extended one with a lot of time spent caring for the child and the parents. Following the first adjustment, the child seemed to be more reactive and colicky, but she followed the instructions given her by the chiropractor and the baby calmed right down. “We had five more sessions with the chiropractor. Each lasted 20 minutes and Lucy (the infant!) really seemed to enjoy them. It completely changed what was fast becoming a nightmare. I’d like to recommend to everyone with a colicky infant see a chiropractor. It certainly worked for us.” Infantile Colic Probably one of the most frustrating situations new parents find themselves in is having to deal with a child that is suffering from colic. For these parents a recent study conducted in South Africa offers some good news. In a study by Mercer and Cook, thirty infants who had been diagnosed medically with colic were randomly divided into two groups. One group received chiropractic care while the other group did not. All infants in this study were newborn to 8 weeks old and had been diagnosed with colic by a pediatrician. For the purposes of this study, the infants in the chiropractic group received care for a two-week period with a maximum of six adjustments. The results of the study were very impressive. In the group that received chiropractic care, there was complete resolution of symptoms in 93% of the infants within the two-week period. Even more impressive was that in a follow up survey performed one month later, none of the infants had experienced a reoccurrence of problems from colic. The chiropractic care rendered in this study was spinal adjusting. Differential compliance instrument in the treatment of infantile colic: A report of two cases Leach RA, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics January 2002, Volume 25, Number 1 Case 1: A 6-week-old female infant crying almost continuously since birth, which the mother described as often “violent screaming,” had steadily gotten worse. She slept only 3 hours a night and had 15 minutes of rest 3 or 4 times per day from brief periods of feeding or riding in a car. Her pediatrician diagnosed the infant with infantile colic, and the mother brought the infant for chiropractic evaluation after a nurse suggested that adjustments might help. [Diagnosis of] T8 segmental dysfunction was made on the basis of the mother’s statements and observation of the child’s behaviors since entering the clinic. After a single adjustment the child rested for 11 hours during the following 24-hour period and slept for 9 uninterrupted hours during the night. The infant awakened smiling and laughing. Case 2: A 9-week-old male infant had infantile colic. The mother had been taking Lorazepam T, Paxil T, Zyprexa T, and Wellbutrin T for the first 4 months of her pregnancy until she discovered she was pregnant. At that time she discontinued all medications except Zyprexa, which she continued throughout her pregnancy. Child was diagnosed with acid reflux as a result of crying day and night; unrelieved by normal parenting behaviors, and Zantac T was prescribed. On entrance to the office 3 weeks later, the parents stated the crying had progressed to about 14 hours per day in spite of these interventions. After 4 consecutive daily adjustments crying was reduced to 7 hours, uninterrupted sleep increased to 5 hours (from 3 hours before care), and total sleep in a 24-hour period increased to 13 hours (from 5 hours before care). After 9 adjustments over 2 weeks, the infant was crying an average of only 2 hours per day, was sleeping 5 hours per night and averaging 14 hours of total sleep per day. The baby no longer screamed but smiled and remained awake without crying for long periods and responded appropriately to normal parenting efforts. On subsequent consultation with the pediatrician, all medications were discontinued except Benadryl T as needed. However, the mother occasionally gave the infant Mylicon T on occasion. Colicky behaviors, such as inconsolable crying and clenching of fists, did not return. The short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic: a randomized controlled clinical trial with a blinded observer, Wiberg JMM, Nordsteen J, Nilsson N. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. October 1999; Vol. 22, No. 8, pp. 517-522. This is a randomized controlled trial that took place in a private chiropractic practice and the National Health Service’s health visitor nurses in a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. One group of infants received spinal care for 2 weeks, the other was treated with the drug Dimethicone T for 2 weeks. Changes in daily hours of crying were recorded in a colic diary. Hours of crying reduced by 1 hour in the Dimethicone group compared with 2.4 hours in the chiropractic group by day 4-7. On days 8 through 11, crying was reduced by 1 hour for the Dimethicone group, compared with 2.7 hours in the chiropractic group. In the 12 days of the study, the children under chiropractic care had a 67% reduction in crying while the group treated with drugs had a 38% reduction in crying. The mean number of adjustments given during the two-week study was 3.8. From the popular press: “Chiropractic Care Conquers Colic” December 1998 issue of Country Living’s Healthy Living, Page 53. An inconsolable newborn finds comfort after six sessions with a chiropractor; Nicholas Roe tells the family story. Following the first adjustment, the child was more reactive and colicky, but mom followed the instructions given her by the DC and the baby calmed right down. “We had five more sessions with Stephen. Each lasted 20 minutes and Lucy (the infant!) really seemed to enjoy them. It completely changed what was fast becoming a nightmare. I would like to recommend to everyone with a colicky infant see a chiropractor. It certainly worked for us.” A six week old baby with colic. International Chiropractic Pediatric Association Newsletter. May/June 1997. A six week baby with colic who could not sleep for more than one hour at a time and could not hold food down was brought in for chiropractic check up. A subluxation at C1 was corrected. After the first adjustment the infant fell asleep before leaving the office and slept for 8 hours straight. The baby gained two pounds in one week. The child was seen three times per week for two months, thereafter once a week. The colic symptoms never returned. Chiropractic management of an infant experiencing breastfeeding difficulties and colic: a case study. Sheader, WE, Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1999. This is the case of a 15-day old emaciated male infant experiencing inability to breastfeed and colic since birth. When he entered the chiropractor’s office, he was crying constantly, “shaking, screaming, rash, and vomiting during and after feeding”. The baby also had “increased distress” 30 minutes after feeding and had excessive abdominal and bowel gas since birth. The mother reported the infant was given a Hepatitis B vaccination within hours after birth. The pediatrician prescribed formula but baby reacted poorly to it. During the examination the infant continuously cried, with high-pitched screams, and full-body shaking. Child had a distended abdomen with excessive bowel gas. After the first adjustment (to C1) a significant reduction of crying, screaming and shaking occurred. On the second visit, two days later the mother commented, “This is a completely different baby”. The vomiting before and after feeding had ceased. Another adjustment was given. By the third visit, a “significant decrease of symptoms” was reported and complete remission of abdominal findings. Baby had been successfully breastfeeding since last visit. No adjustment was needed. The baby had been symptom free for 5 days and received a second Hepatitis B vaccination. All symptoms returned to a severe degree, plus a low grade fever. Adjustment was given but there was no reduction of symptoms. The patient was adjusted three more times over the next week with minimal reduction in symptoms. By the eighth visit, eight days after receiving the vaccination, the child began to show marked improvement and by the 11th visit, no symptoms were noticed and no adjustment was given. Seventeen days after vaccination there was a return of all symptoms; by the 13th visit “the infant did not exhibit any significant recurring symptoms. Colic with projectile vomiting: a case study. Van Loon, Meghan. J of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. Vol. 3 No. 1 1998. 207-210. This is the case of a three-month-old male medically diagnosed with colic and projectile vomiting increasing in severity over the previous two months despite medical intervention. Care consisted of chiropractic spinal adjustments and craniosacral therapy with the resolution of all presenting symptoms within a 2-week treatment period. Proposed cranial and spinal etiologies are discussed as well as the connection between birth trauma and non-spinal symptoms. Chiropractic care of infantile colic: a case study. Killinger LZ and Azad A. J of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. Vol. 3 No. 1 1998. Pp. 203-206 This is the study of an 11-month-old boy with severe, complicated, late onset infantile colic. He was unable to consume solid foods for a period of four months, and suffered from severe constipation, muscular weakness and lack of coordination. The baby was unable to crawl, stand or walk and was greatly unresponsive to his surroundings. [The child had been under medical care at the Rochester Medical Clinic, with no improvement in his condition.] Following upper cervical specific chiropractic adjustments for a subluxation of the first cervical vertebrae (atlas), there were immediate improvements in muscle strength, coordination, responsiveness, and ability to consume solid foods without vomiting. Systemic effects of spinal lesions. Dhami MSI, DeBoer KF In Principles and Practice of Chiropractic, 2nd edition, Appleton and Lange, East Norwalk, CT 1992. The authors list “organic disorders reported to be related to spinal lesions or affected by chiropractic manipulation,” including: “abdominal discomfort, asthma, Barre-Lieou syndrome, cardiac arrythmia, colic, constipation, dysmenorrhea, high blood pressure, low-blood sugar and hyperinsulinism, migraine, pulmonary diseases, ulcers, and vertebral autonomic dysfunction.” Chiropractic management of an infant patient experiencing colic and difficulty breastfeeding: a case report. Cuhel JM, Powell M, Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics 1997 2(2) 150-154. A 12-day-old male with difficulty in feeding on the right breast, “fussy” and producing excess bowel gas was brought to the chiropractor. Subluxations were found at the occiput and atlas. The infant showed visible signs of distress on palpation of the right cervical soft tissue structures. A chiropractic adjustment was performed to the atlas and the mother was able to breastfeed the infant at the office immediately following the adjustment with no problems nursing on the right breast. However additional chiropractic adjustments met with limited success. The mother was advised that the injections of Depo-Provera (contraceptive injection) she was receiving may be contributing to the infant’s problem. She did not receive the next injection as scheduled. Adjustments were continued and the infant’s pattern of breastfeeding and bowel function normalized. Infantile colic treated by chiropractors: a prospective study of 316 cases. Klougart N, Nilsson N and Jacobsen J (1989) Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 12:281-288. Seventy three chiropractors adjusted the spines of 316 infants (median age 5.7 weeks at initial examination) with moderate to severe colic (average 5.2 hours of crying per day). The mothers used a diary to keep track of the baby’s symptoms, intensity and length of the colicky crying as well as how comfortable the infant seemed. 94% of the children showed a satisfactory response within 14 days of chiropractic care (usually three visits). After four weeks, the improvements were maintained. One fourth of these infants showed great improvement after the very first chiropractic adjustment. The remaining infants all showed improvement within 14 days. Note: 51% of the infants had undergone prior unsuccessful treatment, usually drug therapy. Infantile colic and chiropractic. Nilsson N. European Journal of Chiropractic 1985;33 (4) :264-65. In this study, a retrospective uncontrolled questionnaire of 132 infants with colic, 91% of the parents reported an improvement after an average of two to three adjustments and within one week of care. Vertebral subluxation and colic: a case study. Pluhar GR, Schobert PD. J of Chiropractic Research and Clinical Investigation, 1991;7:75-76. A three-month-old female suffering from colic with resultant sleep interruption and appetite decrease received three adjustments with two weeks between adjustments. The areas adjusted were T-7 and upper cervical area. Colic symptoms were relieved. Chiropractic adjustments and infantile colic: a case study. Hyman CA in Proceedings of the fourth National Conference on Chiropractic and Pediatrics. International Chiropractors Association. Arlington, VA 1994: 65-71. This is the case story of a five-week-old male infant delivered with vacuum extraction. Two weeks after birth he began to have episodes of “gut wrenching” crying accompanied by arching of the back and gas and flatulence. The child was adjusted at C-1 and T-9 and his condition improved greatly after each adjustment. Kinematic imbalances due to suboccipital strain in newborns. Biedermann H. J. Manual Medicine 1992, 6:151-156. Dr. Biedermann, at the time of this paper, had treated more than 600 babies for what he determined to be “suboccipital strain,” (an upper cervical subluxation.) 135 infants were reviewed in this case series report whose suboccipital strain’s main symptoms included torticollis, fever of unknown origin, loss of appetite and other symptoms of CNS disorders. Other symptoms included swelling of one side of the face, asymmetric development of the skull and hips, crying when the mother tried to change the child’s position and extreme sensitivity of the neck to palpation. Most patients in the series required one to three adjustments before returning to normal. Dr. Biedermann writes: “Removal of suboccipital strain is the fastest and most effective way to treat the symptoms…one session is sufficient in most cases. Manipulation of the occipito-cervical region leads to the disappearance of problems….” Some of the cases included: Case #1 – 4-month-old girl who always slept on her left side, left side of the neck was extremely sensitive to palpation and left lateral flexion of the cervical spine was reduced. A single C-1 adjustment corrected motor activity and child now has normal sleeping patterns. Case #2 – 5-month-old boy with torticollis, reduced left arm use, asymmetrical development of the skull. A single C1 adjustment and several months later symmetrical development was noted. Case #3 – 6-month-old girl who was colicky with retarded motor development and recurrent fever. Could not turn head to left. Within hours of her first C1 adjustment she spontaneously turned her head to the left. Her health returned to normal. The side-effects of the chiropractic adjustment. Burnier, A Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol. 1 No. 4 May 1995. E.L. male age 4 months suffered from uncontrolled crying and screaming during all waking hours for months. There was an immediate resolution of behavior following the first adjustment of CO/C1 on 5/1/91. To date (2/10/94) the child is a normal healthy baby. Birth trauma results in colic. Krauss LL, Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol. 2 No. 1, October, 1995 This 9 1⁄2 month old female child was diagnosed as colicky: paroxysmal abdominal pain and frantic crying. The child was adjusted C1 on the right side (using an adjusting instrument) T4-T5 was manually adjusted and the sacrum was instrument adjusted. The following day the mother reported that the infant had slept through the night, a consistent 12 hours, and woke up happy and playful. Treatment of infants in the first year of life by chiropractors. Incidents and reasons for seeking treatment. Munck LK, Hoffman H, Nielsen AA. Ugeskr Laeger 1988; 150:1841-1844. The authors performed a retrospective survey of 162 children cared for by doctors of chiropractic in their first year of life The conditions seen by DCs were: Infantile colic 73% Curvature 8% Bronchitis 3% Allergy 2.5% Sleep disorder 1.8% Middle ear inflammation 1.8% Eczema 0.6% Childhood Ailments	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1247
__label__cc	0.675805	0.324195	Individualism: the plague of the high-I.Q. community © May 2014 Paul Cooijmans Observation of the problem I.Q. societies, especially those with higher pass levels than the 98th centile, are supposed to consist of intelligent members. This has made many ask the obvious question If they are so smart, then why do they not solve the world problems? And indeed, I.Q. societies as groups rarely or never achieve anything in the real world, although individual members certainly do but are not always identified or willing to identify as members. Instead, what one sees within the societies is socializing, pleasure-seeking, self-promotion, megalomania, narcissism, endless discussion, infighting, badly functioning organizational structures, and schisms. Hereafter it will be attempted to explain a likely cause of this. The individualist nature of I.Q. society members Those who join I.Q. societies appear inclined to individualistic behaviour within those societies. They are not necessarily individualists outside of the societies, and it may be that their individualistic behaviour within the societies is partly caused by their not having anything in common with the other members besides a high test score. It is also plausible that intelligent persons in general are more disposed toward individualism than is the average person. The meant behaviour can be summed up as follows: Low sense of attachment and commitment to the group or its other members; Low willingness to recognize and respect authority and conform to rules within the group; Low sense of in-group/out-group distinction, therefore treating members the same as non-members; Frequent disagreement between members and high tolerance of adverse opinions; Holding memberships in multiple societies; Joining and leaving societies on a whim; No sense of a common goal; Unwillingness to share one's contact and other personal data within the group (concern for privacy); Low level of participation in the group; Low sense of a common interest with other members; No sense of a group interest, or valuing one's own interest or any out-group interest over the group interest; Acting against the interest of the group, for instance, speaking negatively of the group to new or prospective members to thus discourage them or warn them off. To observe these behaviours in I.Q. societies does not constitute a value judgment; it merely answers the question If they are so smart, then why do they not solve the world problems? For comparison, here are characteristics of collectivism, such as one typically finds in political or ideological movements, religious cults, religions, interest groups, some business enterprises, societies devoted to a shared hobby or field of interest, and so on: Strong group ties and commitment to the group; Authoritarian leadership and penalties for not conforming to the rules; Strong in-group/out-group mentality with nepotism regarding the in-group and discrimination of the out-group; High amount of agreement between members — speaking with one voice — and disapproval, punishment, or expulsion of dissenters; Membership in other, competing groups is unthinkable; Joining and leaving the group are major steps requiring serious consideration; There may be formal initiation rites and a system of promotion through ranks; There is a group goal or philosophy on which all members agree; Within the group one has no secrets for one another, surrenders one's privacy, and in extreme cases one's possessions; One is expected to participate in the group; The group interest prevails over individual interests and interests of out-groups; The group is presented positively to prospective members. Again, to observe these characteristics is not a recommendation to I.Q. societies; it serves to illustrate why other types of groups do get things done in the real world. Individualism versus collectivism When it comes to performing as a group, collectivist groups are stronger than groups of individualists. In the latter, intelligence and other positive abilities and traits are recessive: the group's output level is determined by the level of the least able members of the group. In the former, the members' individual qualities are combined synergistically toward a common goal. It is worth noting that individualism has been actively promoted and become positively valued in the Western world, in particular since the 1960s. Collectivism, on the other hand, has been devalued and come to be associated with fascism. Were one bent on weakening or destroying the social fabric of a society in order to facilitate domination, precisely such promotion of individualism and demonizing of collectivism would be the the golden move, combined with retaining a collectivist structure within one's own group. [I.Q. societies]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1249
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__label__cc	0.655298	0.344702	Written by Rob Allen April 22, 2019/3 Comments 8 Proven Email Funnels That Increased Conversions and Generated Millions in Sales Email is powerful. I’ve seen what it can do, studied it, bought stuff because of it, and in the past five years, sold over $50 million worth of products online using email funnels. In my career of writing copy for over a billion emails, I’ve observed how a well-crafted funnel can have customers begging to learn more about your product, generate over $100,000 in a single day, and lead to conversion rates that will have you doing a double take. In this post, I’m going to walk you through the most powerful email funnel secrets I’ve come across, and used myself, over the years. I suspect there will be some surprises in the mix. For example, I’ve sent emails about $250 burgers that doubled sales, buried offers behind lots of clicks to generate $10,000, and told people not buy a product, only to close $210,000. The following examples are actual emails I and other marketers have used to great success, using the exact strategies I would use if you hired me to write copy for your business. You can put these very strategies into action right away. I present to you 8 email funnels proven to increase conversions and sales. High-Converting Email Funnels Email Funnel 1: The Tease-Release Formula Email Funnel 2: The Anger-Offer Formula Email Funnel 3: The Exit Package Email Funnel 4: The Director’s Cut Special Offer Email Funnel 5: The Damning Admission Funnel Email Funnel 6: The Tipping Point Email Funnel 7: The Easter Egg Email Funnel 8: Goodnight and Goodbye You know the feeling: You’re watching your favorite Netflix show, get to a crazy plot twist, and think, “I have to keep watching.” Then, you look up three hours later and realize you’ve binged half a season. Why does that happen? …curiosity. (See what I did there?) When there’s a gap between what we know and what we want to find out, it builds desire to get the answer. You know it works for TV shows and books, so why not use it in your email marketing? Over the years, I’ve refined and tested dozens of approaches to this. But the single best way is what I call a Tease-Release Funnel. Example Tease-Release Funnel I used this technique to launch a product for a former health and supplement client of mine, Perfect Keto. For some context, their audience had been begging them to create this product for years. Where a lot of companies might have approached this launch with a typical, “It’s here!” email, we tried something a little different, as seen below. First, we teased that something big was coming. We told them the precise time that we would be emailing them with the announcement. Plus, we linked out to an Instagram post where we blurred out the product package. This piqued people’s interest to the max. Check some of the comments on Instagram: Here’s the 2-part tease-release email funnel: Email 1: The Tease Email 2: The Release Imagine if you had your fans asking you to sell them. It completely flips the dynamic of most product launches. The result for Perfect Keto was one of their biggest product launches to date. This formula can work for any niche or product. You just have to be strategic about when you use it. When to use the tease-release funnel in your business: If you have a new product/feature coming out, try teasing the release date. Put timers in your emails, counting down to the date you’re releasing it. You can actually copy the template I used, just change around a few words and watch how much better your launch performs. The subject line: “Watch your inbox for [[[date]]]] 👀” works like clockwork. If you have a big announcement like a webinar or event or piece of content, instead of just releasing it, TEASE it first. There’s a reason that movies release trailers teasing out their content months in advance. Treat your webinars, events and big releases the same way. If you have a new partner for your product, don’t just announce it. Send an email with their face blurred out, tease a few facts about them and ask people to guess who it is. It turns a routine announcement into something people are eagerly anticipating. Get The Simple Copywriting Techniques Behind 11 Multimillion-dollar Product Launches! Learn More Now. A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through the ClickFunnels Facebook group and I noticed something fascinating. A guy who’d just bought a Clickfunnels product wanted to know if anyone could share a success story. So he drafted up this post: The post got a tepid response at best. A few likes and 11 comments (mostly from other people just typing “f” to follow the post). After a few hours, he decided to take a different approach. Look at what happened: With 424 comments and 80 likes, he was blown away by the response. One of these posts elicits emotion and leads to engagement (the people who love Russell Brunson and Clickfunnels software aren’t going to stand around and let shots be fired like that! Defending him and the tool is a battle cry). The other sounds boring and is easy to scroll by. Humans pay more attention to negative information. It’s hardwired into our biology as a survival mechanism. In fact, researchers have tested this and found people respond quicker to negative words than positive ones. Take note of this, because it’s an important lesson you can apply to your emails. How? People need to open your emails before they can click through to your offers. And one of the best ways to get people to open is by tapping into strong emotions through what I call the Anger-Offer Formula. Example of Anger-Offer Funnel A great example of the Anger-Offer formula was an email I co-wrote with my former boss, Ramit Sethi, about a $250 hamburger. Click here for the full post: A $250 Hamburger…WTF?! For his audience (financially savvy readers), the fact that anyone would pay $250 for a hamburger was ridiculous. We got a crazy open rate and a ton of engagement on that email. But the real ninja part is what we did in the P.S. Notice that in the bottom, we were teasing content that’s coming out tomorrow (a paid offer for one of Ramit’s courses). Put another way: People were eagerly waiting on us to send them a sales email and it performed 2x better than a similar promotion for this product. If you want to boost engagement and get the most number of people paying attention during product launch, this is how you do it. And notice, you don’t have to use politically polarizing topics or hateful ideas. You just need to choose a subject that you know your audience will feel moved by. When to use the Anger-Offer Formula in your business: If you have a big product launch coming up and want to make sure as many eyeballs as possible see it, using the Anger-Offer formula can be a great way to stand out in your customers inbox before making the offer. If you want to engineer interest in a new product, this is a powerful way to do it. If you haven’t emailed your list in awhile, the Anger-Offer technique can wake them up so that your pitch stands the best possible chance of succeeding. Once a year, Amazon offers its employees $5,000 to leave the company. The workers can take the cash free and clear. There’s just one catch: Those who accept the offer can never work at Amazon again. Why in the world would they do this? Turns out Amazon is leveraging a very powerful psychological principle every time they do this. Employees who resist the initial temptation to quit Amazon and walk out with cash may actually feel happier, more fulfilled, and more committed to their jobs by sticking around. The reason has to do with confirmation bias, or the tendency to search for information that confirms your previous choices. By making the decision to turn down a sizable chunk of money to stay with the job, employees will likely focus on things that back up their decision down the line. This can be a powerful tool to use in your email marketing, using what I call the Exit Package Funnel. As marketers, sometimes we try to hide the fact that we’re going to try to sell something. But we’re not fooling anyone. A better approach is to set expectations firmly in the beginning and ask anyone who’s not up for it to leave. If you plan to email every day, tell them that. If you’re going to unapologetically try to get them to buy your new product, be open about it. Yes, some people will unsubscribe, but the people who do stick around will make your list a lot healthier, being more committed to their previous decision to do so. When I see articles that talk about the average open rate being around 20%, I know those people aren’t creating enough Exit Packages. If you do so frequently and strategically, 40-50% opens can become your new normal. Example Exit Package Email Here’s a great example of the Exit Package email at work from a legendary a copywriter who’s sold over $100 million worth of products online, Henry Bingaman. Henry knows his stuff when it comes to selling things online and this is the first email he sends when you join his list. As a result, his list is relatively small, but when he asks them to do things, they perform similar to what a list 10-100x the size might be expected to do. I’ve used a similar approach with companies I’ve worked for. For example, I wrote this email for Jumpcut on the six types of people who should not join their course. We sold over $210,000 worth of programs in 48 hours. When to use Exit Package Emails in your business: One of the best places to use an email like this is when someone just opts in to your list. It sets expectations around future emails and gets that burst of buy-in. If you’re going to be launching a new product and emailing about it, tell people! It helps your opens and the performance of a launch to set expectations before you start sending a ton of emails about it. During a recent launch for Jumpcut, we told people in the emails: Engagement stayed high throughout the entire campaign and we did over half a million dollars in sales. If people are not engaging with your content after a while, asking them to unsubscribe can be a powerful strategy for reigniting the leads and monetizing them. A while back, Unbounce shared an interesting case study on how you can actually increase engagement and sales by emailing unengaged people and asking them to leave. Why do people stay all the way to the end of the movie just to see outtakes? We love going behind the scenes. It’s like having a little secret between you and the filmmakers. It creates intimacy, loyalty and a larger, more engaged fan base. It can also play a powerful role in your email marketing strategy. I do it by using what I call Director’s Cut Special Offers. Example Director’s Cut Special Offer I recently used this technique during a launch for Jumpcut. At the time, we were planning to open up one of their bestselling courses to kick off the New Year. We were doing a final check on the launch, when we noticed a big, gaping hole in our plan. For the launch, we would only be marketing to people who’d never bought from us before. That meant for 13,000 customers (the people who’d already taken out their wallets and given us money), we were just going to leave them in the dark for a month. It would’ve been a huge mistake. But thankfully we had the Director’s Cut Special Offer formula to fall back on. All it took was a short, six-part “behind-the-scenes” email series where we showed customers the inner-workings of this launch. We told them about our strategy behind emails that other readers (the non-buyers) were getting, shared open rates for the emails, and even told them about sales numbers for the other course. Check Out The Funnel Right Here, For Free At the end, we made an offer to this group to join one of our other courses on starting and growing an online business. This little email series brought in an additional $64,000. That’s over $10,000 per email and didn’t take much effort on our part. Of course, every niche and product is different, but when it comes to creating behind-the-scenes content for your customers, it can be a powerful way to boost engagement and grow sales. When to use Director’s Cut Special Offers in your business: If you’re are making an offer to an established customer, showing them the inner-workings of the product or giving them exclusive access to behind-the-scenes material can be a powerful way to create more trust and intimacy. Note: This can be simple plain text emails. For Jumpcut, we sold a $1,000 product with just a couple emails to a small list of 13,000. Andrew Warner is one of my favorite podcast hosts of all time. On his show “mixergy,” he poses fascinating questions and presses his guests hard to share real numbers and tactics. A while back, he was interviewing Robert Cialdini about his new book Pre-suasion and asked a question about why Warren Buffett goes on stage at his company’s annual meeting and talks negatively about his company. Andrew: You know why he does that. Why did he do that, Robert? Robert: His company is based on trustworthiness. That is, they don’t make a product. They don’t manufacture anything. They’re a holding company. They invest in other companies, and they ask us to invest in Berkshire Hathaway. All they have is trust. And one way it’s possible to engender trust is to honestly admit to weaknesses. It establishes you persuasively as an honest and reliable trustworthy source of information. Once you’ve established that, now when you present the strengths of your case, people listen more deeply. They process the information more fully, and they believe it to a greater extent. In other words, one of the most persuasive tools marketers have in their toolbelts is to not hide the flaws, but expose them. You can do just that through a Damning Admission email. Example Damning Admission Funnel A great example of a Damning Admission Email at work is Neville Medhora’s famous HouseofRave “Hey…I screwed up” sale, seen here: Notice Neville points out the mistake he made (sending the product to his house), calls himself a “dummy” and admits that he was “wrong” about how people use these finger lights. Putting all these flaws in an email breaks every rule in the marketing playbook. “What about the benefits and the great product!?” According to Nevill, “My previous emails made 0 sales. This properly written email made 120 sales in two hours!” You can’t even do a percent increase because it was so exponentially more effective! You can use this in your business, too. You just need to focus on being honest and transparent. When to use a Damning Admission Funnel in your business: If you bought too much of a product or have a lot of inventory sitting around you need to sell, admitting your mistake can be amazing. I used this technique with a client and we sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of collagen in days. You can also use this framework if you’re making a change to a product and want to sell through the old ones before they’re all gone. Just admit that you have too much inventory on hand and need to get rid of it. If you made any other kind of mistake with a product—have a delay, mislabeled it, etc. One of my favorite quotes of all time is: “No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. But one definitely did tip the scales and send the snow down the mountainside.” I like this quote because it points out an important truth about life: You can trace back any big change to one moment, one precise change in time. Boiling water is stable until 211 degrees, then the scales are tipped and it’s boiling. These tipping points exist everywhere and can work wonders in your email funnels. You find the point that “tips” things for your customers, and then optimize your email funnels around that point. That’s why I call it a Tipping Point Funnel. Here’s an example of how it works. Example Tipping Point Funnel My friend Preston Millo has a course on helping people start a blog. Now, he knows that most people who sign up for this program will not take action. But if someone is going to find success, the most important step in that process is actually signing up for a blog-hosting service. Without a blog hosting service, they won’t have a domain or hosting platform. And without that, they don’t have a blog. He could just keep chugging along in his training, showing people how to do advanced things with their blog. That’s the approach most people take (and why course completion rates are so low). But he knows there’s one step that acts like a domino to everything else: setting up hosting. So he optimizes his emails around that fact and tries to tip the scales in his students favor so they find success. Notice that he offers to send people $5 via PayPal if they prove they signed up for Bluehost. In the grand scheme of things, $5 is nothing because he makes 10x that back from referring people to Bluehost. But more importantly for him, he went from having few or zero people actually taking action to converting 6.6% of people who went through this series. When to use the Tipping Point Funnel in your marketing: When there are multiple steps your customer needs to take to be successful, try identifying the key one and reward them for that. How could you incentivize that? Could you send a cash reward or gift like Preston does? If retention plays a big role in your business, could you build a series of emails that highly incentivize them to take a key step? Maybe it’s actually downloading and using the thing. Whatever it is for your business, consider building out a little micro series like Preston’s to incentivize this action. In 1979, video game developer Warren Robinett was feeling underpaid and underappreciated for his work. So he hatched a plan to get the credit he deserved. His idea? Hide his name inside the game. In the game, if you made it to a secret room, the screen filled up with a flashing movie marquee that said, “Created by Warren Robinett.” No one knew about this secret feature until a 15-year-old boy in Salt Lake City found out about it. And once word got out, it spread like wildfire. Fans hunted down the secret room in droves, likening it to hunting easter eggs. The name stuck, and these hidden features have become staples in video games ever since. Easter eggs can also be a powerful tool in your email marketing, too. One of the simplest ways to include “easter eggs” in your emails is by sending a reward, perk, or special offer to subscribers who take certain actions. That’s what Ian Stanley, the guy many call The King of Email, did in his funnel to sell seats to his LionHeart Workshop series. Here’s how the funnel played out: Example Easter Egg Funnel Ian started his Easter Egg Funnel by delivering an amazing piece of content to his followers about time management. After you engaged with that first email, things got interesting. Anyone who clicked the link that email got a follow up message: Notice how Ian calls attention to the fact that they are receiving this follow up for because they read the earlier one: “A little birdie told me you just read an email about me so I felt the need to reach out.” In this email, Ian delivered another piece of content, going even deeper on time management. If you clicked that email, you received a final follow up. This time with an offer inside. Notice how Ian frames this final email: “if you’re reading this right now it means you read my email about time management. Then you read my email from ‘time’ AND clicked the link.” It feels exclusive. It’s something he’s only offering to his most engaged subscribers. And he’s also giving you the chance to hop on the phone with him to discuss getting signed up for his workshop. Imagine being a fan of Ian’s and then getting this follow up? Even if you weren’t considering joining a $5,000+ workshop, you might be nudged ever so slightly to get started, or at least jump on the phone with Ian to talk about it. This approach works wonders for conversion rates. Ian grew LionHeart to seven figures in under a year primarily through email. And a huge part of that growth is because he’s constantly burying little easter eggs like this for his most engaged readers. I modeled Ian’s approach recently to sell tickets to a $10,000 mastermind. Suffice it to say, this is powerful stuff. Instead of sending your offer to everyone, you’re only sending it to the people who engaged with the previous step in the funnel. This makes some marketers nervous. “What if people don’t see my offer!?” But don’t fret. The truth is, tailoring your message can actually lead to better performance. People using behaviorally triggered emails (like clicking within an Easter Egg Funnel) see up to 60% higher conversions than mass marketing emails. When to use The Easter Egg Funnel in your business: If you have offers that are best suited for a specific segment of your audience, narrow down that audience by burying an easter egg at the end of the series for those who take certain actions. If you want to test out a new product for a small group of your most engaged fans, Easter Egg Funnels can be a great way to get a small group of beta testers to try it out. And because their engagement is higher, they’ll be a great group to get feedback from before taking it to mass market. If you have a high-ticket offer ($2,000-$10,000) but don’t have a phone sales team, burying easter egg offers for those most engaged prospects can be a great way to close sales. If you’re sending prospects to a sales page, your easter egg can be a simple email saying, “Hey, I noticed you checked out my [[insert product]] but have yet to try it out. Totally cool. But if you don’t mind sharing, which of these reasons best describes why not? Money/Costs Time/Too Busy Trust/I don’t know you well enough I’m not sure this will work for me You then follow up with a message that specifically answers those objections. Instead of feeling like a blanket message to everyone, it will feel exclusive to that person and convert a whole lot better. When the New York Yankees decided to build a new stadium in 2009, one man was willing to pay $18.5 million for the remains. His plan? Take the stadium’s old seats, restroom signs, and even dirt to sell as memorabilia to fans. What most people thought was a crazy idea turned into a business that does over $50 million per year in sales. For fans, the idea of losing a product forever can be painful. This is called loss aversion, an idea put forward by Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, where people fear loss twice as much as they desire gain. In other words, say your product is going away forever, and prepare for a flood of orders. When you do this through email, I call it the Goodnight and Goodbye Funnel. Example Goodnight and Goodbye Funnel This technique has been worth millions to the businesses I’ve used it with. Here’s how it works. You first create an email telling people that a product is going away or a big change is coming. In that email, you announce a sale with a deadline. You then follow up a couple times before the deadline is up (or you run out of the product). Here’s example of an email I wrote for a supplement company talking about a change to one of their top products. We told people very clearly that this product was going to be updated and these older editions were going away. But before we made the switch, we needed to sell these remaining tubs to fans. The result was we sold almost 13,000 tubs in days. This was an 37x spike in daily sales for this product and it’s all because we closed it out with a Goodnight and Goodbye Funnel. Derek Halpern also recently used this approach to announce the fact that he was going to be shutting down his online course business and focus on his new company, Truvani. He sent an email announcing that he was quitting. But before he closed up shop, he was going to offer his courses at a great price one more time. I don’t know the specifics of Derek’s situation, but my guess is this campaign was worth a lot to his business. When to use Goodnight and Goodbye Funnels in your business: If you’re planning to make a change to a product, don’t just make the switch. If it’s a physical good (like a supplement), sell final additions of the old one. If it’s digital, tell them to get it now and get the update at no additional charge. If you’re discontinuing a product, give fans one last chance to get it (at a discount). If you sell a software and need to drum up a lot of sales at once (for the cash), create an offer for a lifetime deal and tell people that plan is going away forever. Are you ready to put these funnels to work in your business? Leave a comment below to let us know what you think of these email funnels, or if you have any questions about how it all works! About Rob Allen Rob Allen is a direct-response copywriter and marketing consultant. He’s sold over $50 million worth of products online and one channel has been responsible for more sales than any other: Email. If you want to see how he writes emails that sell (really well), download his free guide on the 6 secrets to writing 6-figure emails right here. joao says: THIS IS GOLD! 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__label__wiki	0.739229	0.739229	In Emotional Reunion, Shooting Survivor Meets Hero Who Saved Her Posted 9:17 PM, October 4, 2017, by CNN Wire (CNN) — “Thank you so much.” So began the emotional reunion between Addison Short, a young woman who was shot in the Las Vegas massacre, and Jamie Jackson, the hero who placed his own life in danger to save her. From her hospital bed Monday, Short, 18, recounted being shot in the leg, and her dramatic rescue, telling Anderson Cooper an unknown good Samaritan used his belt to wrap her leg to stop the bleeding before carrying her away from the the hail of bullets. “Please get me out of here,” she remembered saying to the man, a stranger to her. “[H]e just picked me up and threw me over his shoulder” eventually delivering her to an off-duty police officer who put her in a taxi to the hospital. “I hope the guy that helped me is watching,” she added Monday. “I just really want to tell him how grateful I am for basically saving my life.” On Wednesday she got that chance. Jackson wasn’t watching but says he discovered Short’s identity when his mother-in-law saw the interview on CNN. In his own telling of the night’s horrific events, Jackson said he and his wife dove for cover when shots began to ring out. It was there, on the ground, where he says he encountered Short, her boot “soaked through with blood.” “Right above us we could hear, probably like four or five feet above our head, bullets going off the stanchions that were there,” he said. When he realized Short couldn’t walk, he threw her over his back and carried her to safety, eventually leaving her with an off-duty police officer who sent her to the hospital in a taxi. When Short and Jackson finally met on Wednesday, the reunion was short and sweet. “You have no idea how much I appreciate you guys,” Short told Jackson and his wife. “I’m glad we could help,” he replied. “I was worried,” Jackson added. “[T]he whole night, until I saw the news article, I like was freaking out.” “I was worried about you guys, I was just hoping you were OK,” she said. On Sunday evening, the shooter firing from the window of a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, killed 58 people and wounded about 500 others. A nurse, a special education teacher and kindergarten teacher are among the dead. Police are still trying to piece together a motive. The gunman killed himself in his hotel room, where police found 23 guns, said Clark County Nevada Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo. “We believe Paddock is solely responsible for this heinous act,” Fasulo said Topics: Las Vegas, Las Vegas Shooting A woman wounded in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting has died of her injuries California Connection News ‘I ran to the school’: Parents make emotional reunion with students after school shooting They survived New Zealand’s volcano eruption, then went back to rescue others Experts cite training gaps in accidental shootings by police Stockton resident dies after being shot at his home; 3 men at large Las Vegas Shooting Survivor Responds to MGM Settlement Las Vegas woman is first female professional MMA fighter with autism Officer donated her organ to a young stranger and then helped pay the medical bill Woman found in desert after harrowing, week-long kidnapping Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1270
__label__wiki	0.949778	0.949778	History of Our Movement Campaigns & Alliances About the Royal Commission FPDN Forums NuunaRon Art Group Elders Group Friends of FPDN Our Way Planning Resources Benny Boy Goes Bush Mobcasts Community-driven research Culture is Inclusion Wellness Through Cultural and Community Participation Research Project Ten priorities to address disability inequity Policy Platform Federal Election 2019 Action still needed on Deaths in Custody Royal Commission recommendations By Lisa Hindman October 26, 2018 May 29th, 2019 No Comments FPDN is a member of the Change the Record coalition. Change the Record released the following statement regarding the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and its recommendations. Change the Record has questioned the report released by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion yesterday, which claims that the majority of recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) have been implemented. “In 2015, Clayton Utz and Amnesty International found that the implementation of most recommendations had been inadequate,” said Damian Griffis, Co-Chair of Change the Record. “The report released by the Minister yesterday is only based on self-reported actions by government agencies. This report seems to be a whitewash of the inadequate, half-hearted response to RCIADIC over the last 27 years. It doesn’t show a meaningful picture of the whole response to the Royal Commission because it excludes the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities,” said Mr Griffis. “Incarceration rates and deaths in custody are increasing, which the report acknowledges,” said Mr Griffis. “It shows that the actions reported have fallen short of the intentions of the Royal Commission, especially where it comes to ensuring self determination,” he said. “It’s extraordinary for the Government to claim most recommendations are implemented. Unfair laws and policies remain on the books that disproportionately target Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, like mandatory sentencing and imprisonment for unpaid fines,” said Cheryl Axleby, Co-Chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services. “The Federal Government is yet to respond to the 35 recommendations of Australian Law Reform Commission, many of which echo earlier Royal Commission findings. In our view, there’s a long way to go before the Royal Commission’s recommendations are implemented”. In 2015, an Amnesty International commissioned review by Clayton Utz found that “the development of strategic plans to incorporate the RCIADIC Recommendations as well as the reporting on the implementation of these strategic plans by justice agencies has been highly inconsistent.” “We challenge some of the claims in the report,” said Mr Griffis. “It cites initiatives like the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) as examples of self-determination, when several inquiries and reviews have shown that IAS disadvantaged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations, and the Government didn’t even consult sufficiently with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities when establishing the IAS,” he said. “The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was silent on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women,” said Antoinette Braybrook, National Convenor of the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services Forum. “Since the Royal Commission, the rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women being imprisoned have skyrocketed by nearly 250 per cent, but there has been no action by Government to put solutions in place to prevent this. Claiming that most of the Royal Commission’s recommendations have been implemented does nothing to help the women in our communities being criminalised,” said Ms Braybrook. Recommendation 223 of the RCIADIC recommended establishing protocols where police notify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services when an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person is arrested or taken into custody. “Two solutions that governments can implement immediately are to legislate and fully fund mandatory Custody Notification Services across Australia, and set national justice targets,” said Ms Axleby. “Custody Notification Services have been shown to save lives. National justice targets are needed for progress on reforming justice across Australia.” Change the Record is advocating for justice targets to be established as part of the Closing the Gap strategy, which include targets to reduce rates of incarceration and rates of family violence affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 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__label__wiki	0.588625	0.588625	oneworld cuts prices of its alliance fares by 10 per cent for 10 more weeks to mark 10th anniversary oneworld®, the leading quality alliance, is cutting the prices of its market-leading range of alliance fares worldwide by 10 per cent for another 10 weeks to mark its 10th birthday - and the 10th anniversary of the addition of its first airline recruits. The alliance initially offered the 10 per cent reduction for 10 weeks from 1 February - its actual birthday. This was the first time any of the global alliances had offered this kind of special promotion across its full range of consumer fares - and oneworld offers a wider choice of alliance fares than any of its alliance competitors. There's something for everyone who wants an extensive journey - from a captain of industry flying right around the world to a student backpacker exploring a continent or two. It is repeating the special offer now to mark the 10th anniversary of the first recruits being added to the alliance. Finnair and Iberia joined oneworld's founding members American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas on 1 September 1999. Since then, LAN, Japan Airlines, Malév Hungarian Airlines and Royal Jordanian have been added too. Mexicana will board the alliance later this year, and Russia's S7 Airlines in 2010. This second 10 per cent discount offer runs from Wednesday 26 August 2009 to Tuesday 3 November inclusive. It applies to all oneworld's alliance fares - but does not apply to fares offered by its member airlines individually or in conjunction with other carriers. It means savings on a typical trip using the alliance's flagship round-the-world oneworld Explorer fare of US$1,690 flying through six continents in First Class from the USA, GBP979 from the UK or A$1,819 from Australia. For a typical oneworld Explorer journey through four continents in Economy Class, it means savings of US$440 for travel from the USA, GBP154 for travel from the UK and A$369 for travel from Australia. For more examples of savings, see below. Using any of the alliance's fares, flights can be on any of its ten member airlines - which include some of the best and biggest in the world - plus their 20 affiliated airlines - providing more choice and flexibility and great value for money. Between them, these airlines serve some 700 destinations in around 150 countries worldwide with 9,000 flights a day. oneworld is the only airline alliance that offers a truly global network, as the only grouping with any member airlines based in South America, Australia or Asia's Middle East, making it an ideal choice for travelers who want to visit those regions. oneworld became the first in the travel industry to sell multi-airline round-the-world air tickets on-line when its new internet booking tool for its oneworld Explorer fare was switched on late last year. This also made oneworld the first global airline alliance to offer any of its consumer fares for sale through the worldwide web. So the 10 per cent 10th anniversary promotion is an added incentive for consumers and travel agents to try out that facility. oneworld Vice President Commercial Nicolas Ferri said: "This special offer is one extra great reason to try oneworld's unmatched range of attractively priced, highly flexible fares, flying on some of the highest quality airlines in the world - and to be among the first to book a round-the-world trip on-line. We hope as many people as possible will take advantage of this special oneworld 10th birthday present to our customers. "oneworld is in business to offer more services, products and value than any airline can provide on its own, and our alliance fares are a classic example of this - fares covering more destinations in more countries than any individual airline can offer, with more flights to choose from, all on some of the world's best airlines." When oneworld was launched in 1999, it had just one alliance fare. Today its portfolio of consumer fares has grown to 12 - more than any competitor alliance offers - and all of these are available through its 10 per cent discount offer: The world's most popular alliance round-the-world fare, oneworld Explorer, which uniquely is based on the number of continents you travel through, rather than the miles flown, making planning as simple and as flexible as possible. Four multi-continent Circle fares - Circle Pacific, for travel through Asia, Southwest Pacific, North and South America. - Circle Trip Explorer, for travel through Africa, Europe, Asia and Southwest Pacific. - Circle Asia and Southwest Pacific, for travel through Asia and Southwest Pacific. - The new Circle Atlantic, for travel through Europe and North and South America. Seven single continent or country fares - its Visit passes for Africa, Asia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, North America and South America. oneworld is the only alliance offering this kind of pass for each of the world's six continents. Many of these fares are available for travel in a choice of cabins - Economy, Premium Economy, Business or First - and most earn frequent flyer miles and points. Members of any oneworld member airline frequent flyer programme receive all their regular privileges when they fly with any of the alliance's carriers, including lounge access for Emerald and Sapphire cardholders. Almost 100,000 passengers travelled on oneworld fares last year, generating revenues for its member airlines totaling some US$850 million. In oneworld's first year of operation ten years ago, its then single alliance fare, oneworld Explorer, generated revenues of just US$200 million. oneworld Explorer remains the most popular of the alliance's fares, used last year by around 50,000 passengers. The following table indicates savings on typical journeys using two of the most popular versions of the oneworld Explorer round-the-world fare from oneworld home and key markets. Typical savings from 6 continent oneworld Explorer A$1,819 Euro-zone countries EUR1,244 EUR339 HUF300,000 HUF82,000 JPY142,300 JOD920 GBP979 Typical prices for all oneworld fares from most countries, after the 10 per cent discount, can be seen at www.oneworld.com/ow/air-travel-options Savings are valid as of 26 August 2009 and may vary depending on exchange rate fluctuations. Global Explorer, which offers travel on all oneworld carriers plus a number of airlines that are not members of the alliance, is not included in the 10 per cent discount offer. Extra coupon charges, extra stopover charges, Premium Economy/World Traveller Plus surcharges, and charges for rebookings, reroutings or cancellations are not subject to the reduction oneworld's corporate sales products - businessflyer and or other corporate programmes - are not included in the 10 per cent discount offer. For all terms and conditions, see oneworld.com/10years oneworld benefits are only available to passengers on scheduled flights that are both operated and marketed by a oneworld member airline or on a oneworld member airline affiliate. En période de pointe, l'accès à certains salons peut être limité suite à des contraintes de capacité. L'accès est disponible le jour du départ quand le vol de correspondance suivant s'effectue avec une compagnie oneworld. Access may not apply at a limited number of lounges operated by third parties. Access is not available to AAdvantage members travelling on solely North American itineraries. American Airlines AAdvantage and British Airways Executive Club members can earn and redeem miles, and earn tier status credit, on all eligible flights except: - American Airlines AAdvantage members will not earn or redeem miles or earn tier status credit on British Airways transatlantic flights between the USA and UK. AAdvantage miles and top tier status credit may be earned though miles may not be redeemed on all American Airlines code-share services operated by British Airways when the booking is made under the AA code. - British Airways Executive Club members will not earn or redeem miles or earn tier status credit on American Airlines transatlantic flights. BA miles and tier points may be earned though miles may not be redeemed on all British Airways code-share services operated by American Airlines when the booking is made under the BA code. A propos de oneworld oneworld brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business - American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Qantas and Royal Jordanian, and around 20 affiliates including American Eagle, Dragonair, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru. Mexicana and its affiliate Click Mexicana will join the alliance in 2009 and Russia's S7 Airlines in 2010. Ensemble, ces compagnies aériennes : Serve almost 750 airports in nearly 150 countries, with some 8,500 daily departures. Offer nearly 550 airport lounges for premium customers. Carry some 330 million passengers a year. Employ 300,000 people. Operate almost 2,500 aircraft. Generate some US$100 billion annual revenues in total. It is the only alliance with any airlines based in Australia, South America or Asia's Middle East. The alliance enables its members to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. These include a broader route network, opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles and points across the combined oneworld network and more airport lounges. oneworld was voted the World's Leading Airline Alliance for the sixth year running in the latest (2008) World Travel Awards. It is the only winner of this award since it was introduced in 2003.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1272
__label__cc	0.695058	0.304942	Tech startups get N11 million in grant 17 Oct Appointments Four technology startups in Nigeria have received the sum of N11 million as grant at the just-concluded, 25th National Economic Summit (NES) Startups Pitch Competition, in Abuja. What every startup must know about tech policy in Nigeria 21 Aug Technology N48 million is a decent sum, in any currency. That was the price tag for NigeriaAir.ng, as stated by a business-savvy Nigerian who registered the domain name on July 18, 2018, a day after the national airline was unveiled. Nigerian - American firm makes 500 startups list 15 Aug Appointments EZFarming, a Nigerian-US agritech startup pioneering the expansion of smallholder farms to commercial sizes through micro-lending and easy access to produce buyers worldwide, is the only Nigerian startup selected for Batch 25 of the 500 Startups accelerator programme in San Francisco, California. Refundit wins maiden UNWTO Global Tourism startup competition 16 Feb 2019 Travel & Tourism Refundit, an Israeli startup, has been declared the winner in the final phase of the 1st Global Tourism Startup Competition, organised by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Globalia, and held within the framework of the FITUR International Tourism Fair, topping 3,000 entries from around the world. The Competition, launched in June 2018 by the… When should a startup raise money? 10 Nov 2016 Technology Now make no mistake, motives can be a slippery thing. Unless the proposed venture is clearly illegal, I wouldn’t go so far as to declare anyone’s motives to be good or bad. 2 hours ago Property	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1275
__label__cc	0.652077	0.347923	GrimmFan Welcome to Grimm Fan! We are your first fansite dedicated to the NBC show Grimm! We provide you with nothing less than high quality screen captures, promotional images, as well as in-depth episode guides and biographies of all your favorite characters from the show! Check back often for the latest updates! Home > The Show > Season 6 > Episode Captures > 6x13 - The End Filename: grimm6x13_2306.jpg Album name: Courtney / 6x13 - The End URL: https://grimm-fan.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=650105 © 2013-2018 Grimm Fan / Designed by / Powered by Coppermine Photo Gallery / Privacy Policy Grimm Fan is an unofficial fan site and has no affiliation with NBC, or any of the actors in anyway. All trademarks and copyrighted materials on this site are the property of their respective owners. The intent of this site is not to infringe on any copyrights, but rather to serve as a resource for fans of the TV show Grimm. Tags and watermarks on photos exist only for promotional purposes and do not imply ownership. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1287
__label__wiki	0.754354	0.754354	Official Done Deal ‘I Have Sign A Four-year Contract Star Striker Reveals Arsene Wenger has missed out on Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy despite activating the player’s release clause. Wenger had been hoping to sign the Foxes striker this summer and activated the £20m release clause needed to sign the striker but Leicester City fought hard and did everything possible within their means to convince the player to stay and it now appears the England international has concluded by signing a four-year-deal at the King Power Stadium. Leicester City vice chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has now confirmed the player has rejected a move to the Emirates to stay with the Premier League Champions. Vardy was one of the best player’s in the league last season and would definitely improve our team but it seems his current club has won the race to keep him.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1292
__label__wiki	0.911516	0.911516	Davos: How meditation and creative mindfulness took centre stage in Davos \| The Economics Times DAVOS: Seated in suits and ties with snowy treetops glistening through the window, visitors to the Davos business summit listen to meditation leader Jayanti Kirpalani’s soft voice guiding them towards inner peace.While US President Donald Trump heads to Davos having fended off questions about his mental fitness for office, others are making a daily task of tending to their psychological wellbeing, combating stress and overwork. “Ten years ago, doing morning meditation sessions at Davos would have been unthinkable. Now it has become fashionable,” said Matthieu Ricard, a French Buddhist monk who took part in the summit. “So you have to be careful,” he told AFP. “You have to keep a minimum of authenticity to it.” Beyond prosperity and justice, for many delegates the World Economic Forum’s stated mission of “improving the state of the world” starts with health — and increasingly mental health, the subject of several panel discussions at Davos. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought two yoga gurus in his delegation to Davos. Addressing the forum on Tuesday, Modi advised delegates that yoga and Ayurvedic medicine can “give us physical, mental and spiritual health and balance”. Meditation and “mindfulness” training have taken off in the corporate world in recent years. Ricard said he has visited big companies such as Google which have started encouraging their staff to cultivate mindfulness. That is defined as a capacity for attentiveness and calm that is aided by meditation practice — even for just a few minutes or seconds at a time. “There is very strong interest in it, because people realise that in businesses there is a problem of burnout and a deterioration in human relations” caused by stress at work, the monk told AFP. According to data presented at the WEF, 320 million people suffer from depression worldwide. In Britain, the Mindfulness Initiative, a policy institute, says mental health problems account for 70 million sick days a year. Based on various scientific studies, the US Department of Health and Britain’s National Health Service are among the bodies that recognise mindfulness as a potential way to prevent depression. The British parliament released a report in 2015 with recommendations for expanding mindfulness in the workplace and beyond. “It’s gone from being ignored in the political sphere to being right at the top of the political agenda. People are doing great work in the workplace to dispel the stigma,” said Jamie Bristow, director of the Mindfulness Initiative. “Mindfulness training helps people right across the curve of wellbeing, from depression and anxiety to those who are really flourishing,” he said. “This is why it’s really taken off in Silicon Valley, where people aspire to be on top of their game and also to be happy.” The Mindfulness Initiative cites studies estimating that companies and institutions which improve wellbeing through mindfulness could save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. “If you want to be cynical about it, it is cheap — that’s a great thing for companies and corporations to say that they have,” said Dean Burnett, a British neuroscientist and author. “If it’s handled in a ham-fisted way, it’s going to backfire. Managers may have 100 percent good intentions but the employees may not necessarily trust them.” Parham Vassaiely, 32, is a senior manager working on developing driverless vehicles for Jaguar Land Rover in Britain. He meditates for a few minutes to start the day and for shorter periods during work, to clear his mind before attending meetings or making decisions. “After the practice I feel more focused and clearer about the tasks ahead,” he told AFP. “I am able to recognise and analyse situations quicker than I would without doing the practice.” He says he has also helped organise training in mindfulness exercises for 3,000 other employees in the Indian-owned company. Dressed in white robes, Kirpalani ends her meditation with a broad smile and the Davos delegates disperse quietly. Trump is not expected to join one of her sessions. But could mindfulness help the abrasive US president? “That’s a difficult case,” said Ricard, the Buddhist monk, asked what he would say to Trump given the chance. People like the “narcissistic” Trump “are so focused on themselves that they do not listen”. 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__label__wiki	0.697631	0.697631	Collaborations and Affiliated Projects Call for Participation and Materials All Productions by Shakespeare Play Study Modules How Shakespeare Cures a Stuttering King By Alexa Alice Joubin \| December 10, 2019 The King’s Speech (dir. Tom Hooper, 2010) portrays a figure that suffers from speech impairment. Lines from Shakespeare play an important role in scenes about speech therapy in The King’s Speech. Ethics of Citing Shakespeare in a Global Context By Alexa Alice Joubin \| November 16, 2019 Global Shakespeare can be studied through two interrelated concepts: performance as an act of citation and the ethics of citation. Appropriating the classics carries strong ethical implications. A crucial, ethical component of appropriation is one’s willingness to listen to and be subjected to the demands of others. These metaphorical citations create moments of self and mutual recognition. Seeing the others within is the first step toward seeing oneself in others’ eyes. The act of citation is founded upon the premise of one’s subjectivity, the subject who speaks, and the other’s voice that one is channeling, misrepresenting, or appropriating. Read More Teaching King Lear in a Global Context How might we engage with the “essence” of King Lear in a networked culture? Juxtaposing the clips of the division-of-the-kingdom scene from different films allows us to reexamine our perceived ethical burden to explain Lear’s problems away. The scene in Peter Brook’s 1971 film is dominated by close-ups of Lear and other characters, framing Paul Scofield’s Lear as a solemn statue. Peter Brook’s 1962 RSC production and subsequent 1971 film of King Lear engages with the theme of ecocriticism through an apocalyptic mise-en-scène. Read More Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare: Quartercentenary Commemorations Cultural memory is actively constructed through embodied and political performances. Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare, two “national poets” of unequal global stature, have recently become vehicles for British and Chinese cultural diplomacy and exchange during their quatercentenary in 2016. The culture of commemoration is a key factor in Tang’s and Shakespeare’s positions within world theatre. Performances of commemoration take a wide range of approaches from grass-root events to government-sponsored festivals. With a comparative scope that explores the afterlives of the two dramatists, this cluster of essays examines commemorative practices, the dynamics of artistic fame, comparability of different dramatic traditions, and transformations of performance styles in socio-historical contexts. Read More Global Shakespeares in World Markets and Archives By Alexa Alice Joubin \| October 28, 2018 Shakespeare is a local force to be reckoned with in the global marketplace and in digital and analog archives of collective memory. With the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth in 2014 and quatercentenary in 2016, there are several high-profile instances of global Shakespeare being tapped for its market value. The exchange value of Shakespeare is reflected in uses of Shakespearean themes and artifacts in appropriations, cultural diplomacy, and venues where nation states project soft power. There are no world markets without the proliferation of archives built on collective cultural memory. Conversely, there would be no archives without the cultural marketplace to validate that Shakespearean artifacts are archive-worthy in the first place. Read More “To unpath’d waters, undream’d shores”: Shakespeare in the World In the centuries since William Shakespeare’s death, numerous stage and, more recently, film and television adaptations of his work have emerged to inspire, comfort, and provoke audiences in far-flung corners of the globe. As early as 1619, for example, Hamlet was performed in colonial Indonesia to entertain European expatriates. In 1845, U.S. Army officers staged Othello in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a distraction from the run-up to the Mexican-American War. Read More Global Shakespeare Criticism beyond the Nation-State On a sunny afternoon in early June, 2015, in a rehearsal room at the University of Warwick, director Tim Supple was rehearsing a globally envisioned King Lear with a group of talented actors from Ukraine, France, Nigeria, South Korea, India, and other parts of the world. When the actress Hong Hye Yeon playing Kent lamented in an aside in act 1 scene 4 that ‘[i]f but as well I other accents borrow, / That can my speech defuse’ in Korean (commenting on her and Kent’s disguise as part of the character’s effort to serve and assist Lear), the Ukrainian Lear (Oksana) responded powerfully in Russian. Read More Reflections on TNT’s China Tour By Paul Stebbings \| December 06, 2017 TNT theatre are currently on tour in China with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Paul Stebbings reflects on their experience touring Shakespeare productions in China. Read More Review of Richard III from the 2013 Bitola Shakespeare Festival By Randall Martin \| March 09, 2016 The expectant audience for the Bitola Festival’s Richard III had been brought up to speed by Henry VI Parts One and Three earlier in the week (the scheduled production of Part Two from Tirana was unable to come at the last moment). But even if they hadn’t seen these shows, spectators needn’t have worried. The National Theatre of China’s dazzling production made clear the narrative of Richard’s bloody rise and fall within the pivotal end of the War of the Roses and beginning of the new Tudor dynasty through superb visual story-telling. Read More Review of Poor Poor Lear from the 2013 Bitola Shakespeare Festival The audience was waiting to get into the basement playing space of the National Theatre. Behind the door an old woman’s voice screamed “Go away!” The door opened. “Oh, welcome my friends!” The 90-year Nina Sallinen appeared in faded white shoes and stockings, a long 1960s coat, yellowed lace collars, stained white leather gloves, and wild hair. Excitedly she escorted us into “the unfair, cruel, sad, story of poor King Lear!”, as it said on the hand-scrawled programme notes she handed out. Read More Review of Romeo and Juliet from the 2013 Bitola Shakespeare Festival Last night the local mayor who had once played Hamlet in the state theatre inaugurated the first Bitola Shakespeare Festival. It opened grandly with a bilingual Macedonian and Russian production of Romeo and Juliet performed by the Vera Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, St Petersburg and the National Theatre Bitola. Read More Review of Henry VI Part Three from the 2013 Bitola Shakespeare Festival What does it feel like to watch Shakespeare’s darkest story of civil war in a region whose past and recent history has been written by endemic conflict? Bitola’s Henry VI Part Three gave an affective answer. When I saw this show at year’s Globe to Globe, I was thrilled by its kinetic dynamism and visual translation of Shakespeare’s poetic imagery. All those elements impressed me again last night. Read More Shakespeare’s Shadow: The Belarus Free Theatre’s King Lear at the Globe Theatre By Natalia Khomenko \| August 17, 2015 In 2012, the Belarus Free Theatre participated in the Globe to Globe festival, staging King Lear in Belarusian, radically edited and modernized. The choice to use Belarusian as the primary language of this performance was a daring one, for it is a language that does not exist in a single accepted version and, even within Belarus, is frequently superseded by Russian. An online comment posted under a 2012 review in The Guardian offers a vivid example of indifferent dismissal that such a choice might have produced: “I can imagine few things worse than being subject to Shakespeare in Belarusian. Honestly who’s interested?” Read More Shamlet: Shakespeare as Palimpsest By Alexa Alice Joubin \| July 20, 2014 This article investigates one of the most traditional yet uncanny literary recursions in recent practices of cultural translation—the turn to Shakespeare. It explores a range of questions regarding the mediated nature of transnational experiences. How, for example, does this mediation articulate a diverse range of ethnic and cultural identities in the visible, palpable and audible world of theatre? Why Shakespeare? How do stage translations of Shakespeare evince very specific ways of adapting culture in the postmodern Taiwanese context? What is the relationship between cultural translation and national imperatives? Read More Sulayman Al-Bassam’s The Speaker’s Progress: Introduction By Graham Holderness \| July 26, 2013 The third installment of Sulayman Al-Bassam’s Arab Shakespeare Trilogy premiered in New York in 2011. The Speaker’s Progress used Twelfth Night as a starting point to explore events in the Middle East. Read More Sulayman Al-Bassam’s The Al-Hamlet Summit: Introduction Shakespeare touched the Arab world astonishingly early. In 1608, during the 3rd voyage of the East India Company, on the island of Socotra at the entry to the Gulf of Aden, the crew of the Red Dragon staged a performance of Hamlet, a play then less than a decade old, and published only 5 years previously. Read More Arabesque: Shakespeare and Globalisation On April Fool’s Day 1607 the crew of the Red Dragon weighed anchor off the coast of southern England and set sail into global history –mercantile, cultural, and imperial. Read More From Summit to Tragedy: Sulayman Al-Bassam’s Richard III and Political Theatre Richard III is one of Shakespeare’s best-known characters, a familiarity independent of the history plays, Henry VI and Richard III, in which he appears. Read More Arab Shakespeare There’s still something of novelty about that concatenation “Arab Shakespeare”. Compared to many topics under discussion in this conference programme, “Arab Shakespeare” is a relatively new and unfamiliar concept. Read More Sulayman Al-Bassam’s An Arab Tragedy: Introduction Sulayman Al-Bassam’s Richard III: An Arab Tragedy premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in February 2007 as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Complete Works’ project. Read More The Failed Literary Revolt: Shakespeare and the Early American Left By \| July 25, 2013 “We cling to the old culture, and fight for it against ourselves. But it must die. The old ideals must die. But let us not fear. Let us fling all we are into the cauldron of the Revolution.” Read More Listening to Global Shakespeare By Kendra Preston Leonard \| July 24, 2013 Music has always been an important element in Shakespeare’s plays, assisting the audience in understanding the setting of a film, the atmosphere of a scene, or the tone of an entire act. Read More Globalization and the Humanities in the Twenty-first Century By Alexa Alice Joubin \| May 24, 2013 Some people register a sense of place through sweet memories of taste and sounds, others through scent and smell, and still others through images in their mind’s eye. Read More “What Country, Friends, Is This?”: Multilingual Shakespeare on Festive Occasions By Alexa Alice Joubin \| January 30, 2013 \| One Comment Touring theatre is a place where theatre studies and globalization come into contact. The year of 2012 was a year of global festivities in which Shakespeare’s works played a major part. Read More Nós do Morro: Voice, Art, and Empowerment By Cristiane Busato Smith \| January 08, 2013 \| One Comment Nós do Morro (Us from the Hillside) is a community based theatre company and school based in the Vidigal[i] Morro, one of the largest favelas (shanty towns) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read More The Impermanence of Son and Stone: Transience as Personal Narrative in Wu Hsing-Kuo’s Lear is Here, Wu Hsing-Kuo Meets Shakespeare By Haylie Swenson \| September 11, 2012 First performed in a workshop with Ariane Mnouchkine in 2000 and later toured, in an extended form, around the world, this one-man show is a professional and emotional tour de force for Wu. Read More What Multilingual Shakespeare Can Teach Us The World Shakespeare Festival in London in 2012 is arguably one of the most important and ambitious festivals since David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee. Reading Shakespeare in multilingual and multimedia contexts is important. Read More Shakespeare in Borrowed Robes an Shakespeare’s plays give a “local habitation” to the “airy nothing” of globalization? Shakespeare is proclaimed, once again, the bearer of universal currency and Britain’s national poet as the London Olympics draw nearer. Read More Shakespeare in Latin America By Aimara da Cunha Resende \| July 25, 2012 In Brazil, the first translation of a whole play by Shakespeare appeared in 1842, from the French adaptation by Jean-François Ducis. Read More The Paradox of Female Agency: Ophelia and East Asian Sensibilities: Excerpt Excerpted from “The Paradox of Female Agency: Ophelia and East Asian Sensibilities,” in The Afterlife of Ophelia, ed. Kaara Peterson and Deanne Williams. New York: Palgrave, 2012. pp. 79-100 Read More Shakespeare and Translation: Excerpt By Alexa Alice Joubin \| February 07, 2012 Literary translation is a love affair. Depending on the context, it could be love at first sight or hot pursuits of a lover’s elusive nodding approval. Read More Tang Shu-wing’s Titus Andronicus 2.0 and a Poetic Minimalism of Violence By Howard Choy \| January 23, 2012 Tang Shu-Wing’s approach in Titus Andronicus 2.0 (Hong Kong: Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, 2009) shows his rejection of sensationalist and consumerist presentations of the violence in the script. Read More Shakespeare in India: Modes of Performance By Poonam Trivedi \| June 22, 2010 The universalized Shakespeare stream is seen through a Marathi production, directed by Sharad Bhuthadia, by profession a pediatrician, but belonging to a category prominent in India, of the amateur professional. Read More Shakespeare in India: Chronology of King Lear Productions in India 1832 Scenes, Lear (III.iii), English, Chowringhee Theatre, Calcutta. 1880 Atipidacarita, Marathi, tr./adapt. S M Ranade, Aryodharak Company, Poona. 1897 Rajavu Lear, Malayalam, tr./dir./actor Govinda Pillai, Trivandrum. Read More Shakespeare in India: History of King Lear in India King Lear is an appropriate play with which to illustrate these tendencies and periodisation in the performance history of Shakespeare in India. Read More Hamlet in China: Translation, Interpretation and Performance By Ruru Li \| April 05, 2010 \| One Comment Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet has attracted the most Chinese translators, with no fewer than twelve different translations into Mandarin1 having been published since 1922. Read More Shakespeare, Performance, and Autobiographical Interventions By Alexa Alice Joubin \| April 05, 2010 The idea that Shakespeare belongs to the world has become a cliché. When examining the global and “worldly” Shakespeare, instead of focusing on cultural and national appropriations, we must now ask: does Shakespeare also belong to the individual readers, actors, directors, re-writers? Read More Shakespeare, Asian Actors and Intercultural Spectatorship By Li Lan Yong \| April 05, 2010 \| One Comment This essay reflects upon the interculturality of spectatorship: How do we relate to what we watch, when a performance foregrounds and implicates the particular cultural position from which we are watching, with its values, habits, and limitations, all of which define what we are able to see? What part does the spectator play in the staging of an encounter between Shakespeare and Asian forms and worldviews? Read More MIT Global Shakespeare Project Add to this Archive! Collections for other parts of the world are in progress. We are very interested in hearing your suggestions about expanding this archive with additional regions and productions. Peter S. Donaldson Director & Editor-in-Chief Alexa Alice Joubin © Massachusetts Institute of Technology	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1302
__label__wiki	0.640314	0.640314	Category: crypto exchange Envion AG: Offices of Matthias Woestmann and Thomas van… The premises belonging to Envion AG’s former CEO Matthias Woestmann, and the law offices of Berlin lawyer Thomas van Aubel (Van Aubel & Partner Attorneys at Law) were recently raided by Berlin police. Envion AG offices raided by Berlin police The surprise raid saw investigators seizing documents and hard drives. The raids were ordered by prosecutors at multiple locations “connected to an illegal scheme which led to the collapse of the Swiss cryptocurrency mining company.” For some time, state prosecutors had been investigating Van Aubel and Woestmann. The investigations came after the pair’s illegal “takeover and subsequent cover-up caused a scandal in the blockchain world.” Woestmann and Van Aubel could end up facing criminal charges and possible jail time. How Envion AG went belly up Envion started off on a good note when a Berlin team wanted to move the energy-intensive crypto-mining to areas that offered “cheap and green energy with mobile containers.” The company subsequently raised $ 100 million from 37,000 investors. This achievement was hailed as a German record-breaking ICO (initial coin offering) in 2018. However, not long afterwards, the founders and management split up. The company was never started and investors lost money as their investment continued to lose value. Woestmann and his adviser, Van Aubel, were held responsible for the mess. Who is to blame for the company failing The pair was blamed for “a covert majority takeover without prior arrangement which paralyzed the company.” In turn, the former CEO and lawyer accused the founders of producing too many Envion tokens in order to become A small group of investors also blame the founders for the company crumbling. They’ve since initiated legal measures against them. Woestmann and Van Aubel claim raids were unlawful However, the raid by the Berlin State Prosecutor has signaled positive tidings for Envion token holders. According to Finance Forward, the prosecutor declined to give further details and analysis is ongoing. Speaking through a lawyer, Woestmann and Van Aubel claimed the searches were unlawful. Investigators also didn’t clarify whether the raids meant there was a charge of guilt or innocence in the case. Founders opened a case against ex-CEO and lawyer About a year ago, a preliminary investigation was opened against the two men after the founders laid a criminal complaint against them. The founders accused the two of “an unlawful capital increase.” Woestmann and Van Aubel denied any wrongdoing. In June 2018, the district court ruled that “the majority takeover by the management was illegal and injurious to the founders.” The verdict was then upheld at the Berlin Court of Appeals at a subsequent hearing. In 2018, Envion founder Michael Luckow blamed the pair for stealing their company. How Woestmann and Van Aubel joined Envion AG Woestmann was approached in 2017 by Envion’s founders because he appeared to be an “extremely well-connected energy expert.” They believed he would give the “company a respectable face.” Woestmann, in turn, brought in Van Aubel in January 2018. The lawyer then proceeded to take over “shares in the company as part of the controversial capital increase.” Envion AG dissolved at the end of 2018 In March 2019, the Swiss financial regulator Finma meaninglessly “declared the Envion ICO illegal.” However, in November 2018, the Cantonal Court of Zug had already ordered the dissolution of Envion AG because of a lack of “statutory auditors.” The founder’s way forward Bankruptcy proceedings were held by the founders. The founders hope to “unlock a portal where token holders can register their claims at the end of October.” Luckow and the other founders launched the “Liquidation Update Program (LUP)” for this purpose. The premise for it is that token holders will receive millions of dollars’ worth of claims in the liquidation and damages lawsuits which will be donated by the founders. According to Presse Portal: “An independent trustee will distribute money awarded to the founders during the liquidation for their tokens or shares in envion to token holders who sign up for the program via the website www.liquidation-upgrade-program.org.” Presse Portal Membership is completely free and open to anyone holding Envion tokens acquired during the ICO or afterwards. John McAffee launches his decentralized crypto exchange in beta The ever-vocal cryptocurrency advocate and American entrepreneur John McAfee recently launched a decentralized exchange (DEX) which runs on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. McAfee DEX in beta The aptly named McAfee DEX has launched in beta as of today, October 7, as per the new platform’s website and McAfee’s personal Twitter profile. Revealed via a tweet on October 5, McAfee stated that “it takes time for enough users to join to make it real, but if you play, and be patient”, the exchange could ultimately function as “the door that frees us from Government’s cornerstone of control: Fiat currencies. It can’t be shut down.” McAfee argues in an embedded video, that the crypto industry currently faces the notion of whether its aspirations are merely limited to the expansion of the possibilities for pure speculation ie “all about money” or are in fact about a certain ideal, this being freedom, of course. McAfee is affectionately known for his denouncement of government’s control over fiat currencies and the losses it poses to individual liberty before he turned to the crypto arena. McAfee stated: “Centralized exchanges are our weak point.” The American entrepreneur, is, of course, referring to China’s move to shut down local exchanges back in September 2017. He continued: “A distributed exchange can’t be shut down by anyone. Decentralized meaning that nobody controls it, distributed meaning that it is everywhere and therefore impossible to stop. We’ve had privacy coins, that’s the other part of this equation, because privacy coins with decentralized, distributed exchanges is the goose that lays the golden egg for us. We don’t use it though.” DEX beta details As per the details released to the public so far, the McAfee DEX will reportedly feature no Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, block no jurisdictions and charge a single platform fee of 0.25% for takers. Furthermore, any ETH-based token (ERC-20 standard) can be added without any fees incurred to the beta version, with more unnamed tokens to be supported in the near-future. In his video posted on October 5, McAfee pointed out the low number of traders currently making use of decentralized exchanges, considering that this almost makes them “useless” McAfee, however, speaking about his DEX, urged users to: “Play with it, don’t expect miracles at first. Play with it until it becomes real.” Non-custodial cryptocurrency exchanges give users the ability to trade peer-to-peer, via smart contracts to automate deal matching and asset liquidation, thus allow the user’s funds to remain under their full control. A survey published back in January 2019, compiled from the data of over 400 international crypto exchanges, indicates that only 19% of the global exchange ecosystem belongs to decentralized platforms. Notably, their trading volumes also only account to less than 1% of those on centralized exchanges. Back in April, Binance launched its DEX on its native mainnet, while other major exchanges with plans to launch DEX’s include Bithumb and OKEx. Ripple will face “Thor’s Hammer” from the SEC Ripple, the company behind XRP has recently come under fire from a serial Bitcoin (BTC) proponent earlier week, following the news that the company is facing a class-action lawsuit. Ripple will answer to U.S regulators The company behind the cryptocurrency XRP is currently facing legal action by Bradley Sostack, an investor who alleges that the company is selling crypto as unregistered securities. Sostack upped his game earlier this week when he had his original claim amended to include new guidance from the SEC AKA the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. As per reports, the SEC’s newest pronouncements lend weight to Sostacks accusations with a new filing staring that Ripple has to respond to allegations by next month. The SEC to bring down “Thor’s Hammer” Tone Vays, the host of the Bitcoin Law Review podcast, commented on the events, flinging harsh sentiment at Ripple: “The SEC is bringing Thor’s Hammer.” He tweeted the above statement on August 14 and publicly called XRP a scam cryptocurrency. Furthermore, Vays promised he would hold a debate pertaining to the lawsuit in his next podcast. Moreover, Ripple and XRP have both been at the behest of rampant controversy during recent years. Mixed sentiments surrounding the relationship between Ripple and XRP coupled with the questionable behaviour of social media supporters of the company has garnered Ripple a nasty reputation. To add fuel to the fire Ripple is currently being roasted upon, as reported earlier today by TSA, crypto exchange, Beaxy announced that it has delisted XRP after a malicious attack on Ripple resulted in a massive sell-off on its order book. The attack resulted in XRP prices dropping by 40% on the exchange. Notably, XRP/BTC is currently trading at its lowest level since November 2017. At the time of writing, XRP is down by 1.93% and trading at $0.292065 per token as per data from CoinMarketCap. Investing in crypto: Beware of these pitfalls There are several common mistakes which the novice cryptocurrency investor should take note of before investing in crypto. Let’s dive into the most common pitfalls new investors make. Avoid these common pitfalls in crypto investing As an investor, you need to know and understand what the coin resembles as well as develop a good understanding of its trading history. Should you be interested in buying Bitcoin, firstly understand what Bitcoin is before you buy or sell Bitcoin as it is not the same as trading gold, silver or shares on an index. Invest the time to build an understanding of the cryptocurrency landscape and eco-system before you go on an extravagant buying spree. Invest only as much as what you can afford to lose. Starting out in cryptocurrency At the onset of your journey in crypto investing you should try and understand all the fees which are involved in a trade. Standard to any trade you should consider the fees which are associated with deposits, withdrawals and trading fees. It is advisable to do an end to end investment and disinvestment analysis with a small bit of money before you go all in. Before you do complete the actual investment identify the best exchange which is able to take your fiat funds, which has the lowest fees and offer trade pairs(BTC and ETH) on the coin you are seeking to invest in. It is important to know where to buy and sell the crypto and know that the exchange has the liquidity e.g. volumes (supply and demand) for the coin you are trading in. Crypto storage Securely storing your crypto assets is of the essence once you have purchased your holdings. It is not advisable to store your crypto on an exchange. Exchange hacks are, unfortunately, still a widespread occurrence in the crypto asset markets. Some of the most prominent global exchanges have been prone to attacks. There are a wide array of digital wallets available and it is important to store your holdings on a secure wallet. Beware of scams Beware of scams asking you to send them BTC or share your wallet key via an untrusted source. There are several scams which will exploit the hype around Bitcoin and users are drawn into “a limited time to invest” into a project or receive a 10% discount for an investment, and lastly, don’t send your funds over to anyone offering high returns. Avoid greed and take profits in a timely fashion as cryptocurrencies are volatile. Prices are volatile, people get scared and sell assets when prices plummet and get FOMO (fear of missing out) and purchase when prices surge. Lastly, ensure that you beseech your crypto assets and the wallet keys in your will to your beneficiaries as part of your estate planning. For more information and to sign up to OVEX cryptocurrency exchange, visit the site here.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1303
__label__cc	0.630014	0.369986	← SECRETARY OF STATE LOBBIED AS RIO+20 APPROACHES CAN WE DEFEAT THIS AWFUL SCHEME? → SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT FOR BEXHILL AND HASTINGS: TRUMPED BY BHLR Posted on July 21, 2012 by derrickcoffee BUS FACILITIES UPGRADE AND PEDESTRIAN, CYCLE IMPROVEMENTS TRUMPED BY LINK ROAD ‘Much needed bus ‘real time’ information displays for bus stops in Hastings and Bexhill, and a sustainable network of pedestrian and cycle routes have failed to receive government funding due to payments already promised for the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road (BHLR)’ say the Hastings Alliance. Speaking for the Alliance, Derrick Coffee said: ‘The Department for Transport (DfT) have made it clear that East Sussex County Council (ESCC) and not the DfT will have to foot any bills for such measures for Hastings and Bexhill. These potentially key measures – frequently described by ESCC as ‘complementary’ to the Link Road – have instead been trumped by that environmentally damaging and poor value for money scheme. Mr Coffee added: ‘Hastings and Bexhill are lagging years behind the times when it comes to ‘real time’ bus information, enjoyed by Tunbridge Wells and Brighton for over a decade. Now we’re told we can’t have it because the Link Road has been given funding. Not only that, but pedestrians and cyclists have had their hopes dented for the same reason. It appears that the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) won’t apply to Hastings or Bexhill, and safe, sustainable and healthy transport could remain on the back burner for the foreseeable future. Add to that the fading prospects for a new railway station at Glyne Gap (yet another study is under way) and the rather insulting arrangements for pedestrians moving between the station, bus interchange, FE college and Priory Meadow, we can see that alternatives to the car in these parts will continue to be second rate for quite some time to come. As we have predicted, sustainable transport is being undermined by the Link Road. The Glyne Gap station studies carried out so far were favourable and showed that pound for pound, the station would be much better value for money than the Link Road. Ironically, transport proposals from ESCC 12 years ago (their first Local Transport Plan, 2000) promised better bus, rail, pedestrian and cycling facilities but little has been delivered. One such proposal was for area wide tickets that would have been ideal for regular bus and train users, particularly children, and the large numbers of students now studying in the towns. With current conditions, that would certainly have helped thousands of households on ever tighter budgets. No sign of such ticket deals yet. All we have now is a sum of £56m from the Department for Transport towards the Link Road, with East Sussex council taxpayers set to make up the shortfall – likely to be more than that sum over again. In a time of cuts, there are going to be quite a few pressing calls on scarce and diminishing funds and the grant begins to look like a poisoned chalice. Curiously, the Department for Transport have refused to publish their recommendations on the Link Road made to minister Norman Baker on the 14th and 19th March – just days before the budget statement confirming the part funding of the scheme. HEAVY PEDESTRIAN FLOWS REQUIRE DIRECT CROSSINGS. THIS POORLY DESIGNED ‘SHEEP PEN’ ARRANGEMENT IS LARGELY IGNORED. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY. RAVENSIDE: RETAIL AND LEISURE CENTRE, HEAVY TRAFFIC FLOWS, RAILWAY, NO STATION BUS DUE: BUT WHEN? REAL TIME INFORMATION DISPLAYS NEEDED NOW Derrick Coffee (For the Hastings Alliance) (01323 646866/01424 883319) 1 Response to SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT FOR BEXHILL AND HASTINGS: TRUMPED BY BHLR John Thompson says: For goodness sake, get this road built! It’s already 30 years late. It’s urgently needed as part of a decent south coast (Southampton/Ashford) A-road/motorway. Wonder why Hastings is known as DHSS’ville?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1317
__label__cc	0.542889	0.457111	Let's Say You're Starting Skyrim From Scratch Today GeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,799 Sovrath said: GeezerGamer said: To add to the theme of this discussion....... Does anyone have a preference for a particular custom voiced follower? My favorite, after trying a few, is Inigo. He's funny and useful. I then like Sofia and/or Vilja for my female "Joan of Arc" type character, though it's mostly Sofia. But my main character (which I will add, for my own personal role playing) is the same character I use for all the Elder Scrolls games. I'm not saying it's the same "class" but the same person and I have a whole backstory as to why this is. Sort of like Longinus in "The Empty Throne" only "not". Yes, I like Sofia too. She's too funny. I almost fell out of my chair once when we left Skyhaven Temple once and she referred to the 2 Blades as "The Geriatric Dragon Slayers" I only wish there was one that was for stealthy players and also has a really dark and gritty character. But unfortunately, there is no custom follower that really has that kind of personality and at the same time has enough programming to recognize what's going on in the game (Like Sofia) Skyrim is harsh. Followers should not sound like we are on a field trip to Disney World. And most of the really good voiced ones do. If only I could get used to her character's voice. Every time she speaks, Vilja sounds like a Grandma trying too hard to be a badass in front of her grand kids while at the same time, being careful not to use offensive words. I think that is her draw and what gives her depth. She doesn't sound like a "grandma" to me but has a sort of "grumbly voice" little girl quality. I look at her as a sort of "reluctant" hero (though she not a "hero" per se) as I believer her nature is to be an alchemist but because of circumstances is thrust into situations that forces her to grow yet not really betray her first nature. She's flawed and therefore interesting because of it. She's an unlikely character to be "adventuring" and yet there she is. Have you tried Anduniel? It's actually a mod pack of several followers. But very well acted......albeit very chipper. No but I know what I'm doing tonight! If you are going to try this mod, And I do recommend it., Us the updaded version. The one that is Anduniel is out dated, you want the one wher ethe authro combined all the followers into one pack and titled Anna NPCs Now that I think about it, I am still in Bleakfalls Barrow in my new game. I think I am going to drop Sofia and go with Anduniel again this time. While not as funny and sarcastic. The mod is highly interactive. IMO, in terms of technically advanced, I'd put Anduniel between Inigo and Vilja. Post edited by GeezerGamer on June 2016 Thank you I appreciate it! Ergload Member UncommonPosts: 433 There goes the rest of my night. Thanks for this! Almost forgot, this is a must have "dungeon/adventure/whatever" mod. DarkenD http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/67559/? Wow. Thanks to these mods, Skyrim even more became the game that keeps on giving. Lol. Really appreciate the suggestions guys. Keep em' coming, others might be able to make use of your mod suggestions DarkestOverlord Member UncommonPosts: 562 This game is only fun with friends..you will be bored to hewll solo play this game...been there done that FreshFrostGaming said: How do you play Skyrim with friends? Are you saying you all play the single player game and then speak to each other on Team Speak? Or in the same room? Squishydew Member UncommonPosts: 1,107 I'd get Sky UI and the unofficial legendary patch and play through the game as it is, it will give you a lot of insight as to what is lacking from the game and what you'd like to see improved, not to mention the base game is great on It's own. Then I'd wait with really getting into modding until the 64 bit remastered client comes out.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1324
__label__wiki	0.611778	0.611778	Forums > Fan Work and Interactive > Fan Fiction > Pokémon: The Retelling Discussion in 'Fan Fiction' started by DANdotW, Mar 5, 2010. DANdotW Previously Iota Agree with Misty being bipolar; it didn't flow as well as I wanted. "A" hundred was used inappropriately, indeed. I never did like the whole "you destroyed my bike" or the Spearow attack, myself, so I altered that for that reason. I'd rather show a reason for Pichu being reluctant later on that just let my readers guess. Most people don't apologise when smiling, true, but many people smile while apoligising. That's why there is even an "apologetic smile". Many people use their mouths to give off emotion as well as their eyes, face etc. You can smile in a way that annoys people, gives off the impression that you're going to go on a mad murder spree, and you can smile in a way that shows people that you are sorry for what you did and are happy they're accepting your apology. I never meant that he had a smug grin on his face when he said it. Simply that his mouth had an upward inflection as opposed to a downward grimace. Thanks though. It's much nicer to get reasons why people don't like it than just statements saying someone does. I really appreciate it. Once I'm done writing the chapter I'm on (Chapter 7 I think at the moment), I'll come back and give these first few a once over. "Writing doesn't require drive. It's like saying a chicken has to have drive to lay an egg." ~ John Updike DANdotW, Mar 9, 2010 Seijiro Mafuné Diogomainardista! ...you're at chapter 7 and haven't posted the rest of them yet? Huh... Anyway. If you're making him smile apologetically, use the adjective, rather than leave it open to interpretation. Also, I really don't see why Ash should fight Misty back then, even, considering he just met her by accident and she probably would just tell him to go away rather than 'YOU ME FIGHT NOW'. And what's the problem with 'making your readers guess'? Suspense is when you're leaving things hidden from the audience. It draws their attention and curiosity and they want to find out what it is, and the longer you take the more the buildup will increase until eventually they'll be really desperate to know. There would have been nothing wrong with keeping Pichu disliking Pokéballs from the start and hinting as the story progressed that there was a deeper reason. Which reminds me. There's an unspoken rule of sorts about characterization that could be called 'the five minute rule'. That is, upon a main character's initial presentation, there needs to be up to five minutes where the reader can see what the character's default personality is. While nobody acts one way or the other all the time, this is what clarifies in our mind the character being 'cool and nihilistic', 'a bit weird', 'logical with an affinity for the opposite gender', or 'hot-blooded with a strong sense of Justice'. You did it sufficiently well with the other characters, but not with Pichu. Is this because he can't talk? Then use actions. Otherwise, people are going to think Pichu is a 'Pokébot'; a character who's there only for the fight scenes. This is what I'm thinking of him, right now, to be frank. He didn't display any personality. He didn't try and look cute, or look intimidated by the huge human in front of him, or grew nervous or tense at seeing a stranger... he just... stared at him. Oh, by the way, what is it with the light from a Pokéball being so bright? If it doesn't hurt our eyes, it isn't going to hurt theirs. There. Hopefully this is useful as usual. I won something. Click above to find out why. Seijiro Mafuné, Mar 10, 2010 It's not going to hurt our eyes because we're not there. Imagine someone shining a torch in your eyes, or staring directly at the sun. It's more often than not too bright for your eyes and can hurt. I don't want to post all six chapters in one go, because what would be the point in updating so frequently and then stopping? I do still stick to my characterisation of the Pokémon. I've honestly never heard of this "five minute rule" and so I'm not too bothered about him not showing a default personality within the space of one chapter. The more you read, the more you'll know, right? With that said, here's the next chapter. Chapter 3 – Team Introduction Ash and Misty glared at each other over the drink-stained table. Ash grimaced as she won the staring contest, guzzling down a glass of water without blinking or staring away. Admitting defeat, he pulled off another chunk of oran berry pie with his fork, shoving the large helping of the blue fruit into his mouth and chomping on it so hard he bit the side of his cheek. He pretended to mess with the laces on his shoes to cover up the expression of pain on his face. While underneath the table, he heard a jingle from above. Sitting back up, he saw a small speaker on the side of the table that he hadn’t paid any attention to when they had first sat down. “They’re ready for us now,” Misty said, standing up and pulling the strap her red drawstring bag over her left shoulder. He saw her stomach properly for the first time now, and was impressed at how firm it was. “How do you get a stomach like that?” he asked through a giant mouthful of the pie, rushing to stand up and getting a head rush. She stared at him as if he had just stolen her favourite plush toy. “I’m a water-type Pokémon specialist,” she answered, with almost no emotion in her voice or any expression Ash could determine on her face, “so I’m in the water a lot. Most swimmers have flat stomachs. It also helps if you don’t force down three slices of pie!” They walked over the pink and off-cream tiles to the front desk, a place they had already been a few hours earlier. Behind the desk was a woman in a long white dress, crisp and clean. Over that, she wore a baby-pink apron, complete with a red “P” identical to the sign at the front of the centre. She had glossy black hair, tied back into a bun, and stared at the two through thick glasses. “Your Pokémon have been nursed back to full health,” she told them, speaking in a low voice, with almost no enthusiasm. Ash couldn’t help but feel as if it was a scripted sentence she said to everyone. “We look forward to seeing you again, and hope you excel on your quest.” “And are the keys to our room ready?” Ash asked her, leaning past Misty. He was eager to get into their room, which was at a discount price due to Ash still being in his first week as a trainer. He was tired, and with the light beginning to fade outside, he couldn’t help but wish he had gone to sleep earlier the night before. “What room number is it?” the receptionist asked. Misty interrupted before Ash could answer. “It’s not as if there are many other guests here, anyway,” she informed the woman, an angry edge sticking to the back of her young voice. “Everyone in Viridian City either has a home or is here to battle the Gym Leader. Since the Gym Leader’s not at his gym right now, and hasn’t been for a few days, there are no challengers in town.” “Your point being?” the woman asked, her voice clearly showing the two she was bored, and ready for the conversation to end. “My point being that there are no trainers other than us here! Don’t you think the only room key waiting to be given out would be ours?” “I could be giving the key to anybody if the trainer doesn’t know the room number.” “Room 1A,” Ash told the woman with a sigh. The woman rolled her eyes at Misty and handed Ash a small silver key, topped with a red rubber case. She told him the price and he almost fell with shock. “I’m supposed to have a beginner’s discount!” “That’s with the discount taken off,” she told him, turning to the computer at her left in an attempt to force him to stop talking to her. Rather than continue the argument, Ash agreed to pay the money at the end of their stay, and left with the key. He and Misty decided to head straight to their room, although Ash had not prepared himself for the reaction he held when they opened the plain wooden door. The décor on the inside was as bare as the door. The walls were painted an off-white that reminded Ash of unclean clothes, and there was a distinct smell of the Pokémon technique called Sweet Scent. “You’d think since we’re the only customers, they’d have given us a nicer room,” he commented, ignoring the fact that Misty had walked straight into the bedroom and placed her drawstring bag on the sole bed, which Ash immediately thought of as shorter than the average beginning trainer. “You’re paying them almost nothing, and you expect a nice room?” she asked, fluffing a pillow before throwing herself onto the bed, and shuddering as she felt next to no bounce from the mattress. “It’d be an idea,” he said, realising how whiney his voice had become in that last comment. Resigning to the idea of the room being helpful, he placed the backpack, which took up the size of his whole back, on the floor next to the white-painted desk. On the desk was a computer, which Ash decided to use. As he searched the internet for videos of his favourite battles, he became aware of a presence above his left shoulder. When he turned his head, as he had both hoped and expected, Misty was leering at the screen, watching a referee, whose face had been covered by shadow, telling a trainer off for a misdemeanour. “Are you looking for a nice new fishing rod for me?” she asked him, prodding him in his shoulder blade until he answered. “I promised I’d buy you one when I could,” he reminded her, thinking back to the small amount of money he had recklessly spent and spent until hardly any was left for his journey. “Isn’t that enough?” She sighed, and returned to the bedroom, leaving a blanket and a flat grey pillow for Ash to use on the sofa as a makeshift bed. Ash ignored her words and door-slamming easily, having perfected the tolerance for raised voices with his mother, who had enjoyed the odd rant about anything that caught her fancy. Thinking about Delilah got him down, and Ash went back to his search engine, typing in “Pallet Garden Restaurants”. The engine came up with a few page results, many about a man called Pallet Gardens being guilty for various things. Five choices down was the website Daisy Oak had set up for the eatery as a favour to Delilah, and also as a favour to Professor Oak, in an attempt to sabotage her restaurant so that he could have her back in his lab. There was a picture on the screen of Delilah Ketchum, smiling as she held out a large plate of noodles for the viewer, as if he or she were a customer in the restaurant. Ash scanned down the menu and saw that she had requested Daisy put on one of her signature dishes. One privilege of this was that Ash had always had the meals for free as he was growing up. The downside, however, was that she had practiced with various new dishes on Ash himself, subjecting him to some horrid tastes that still made him shiver when he remembered them. There was a fuzzy noise, similar to the sound the Pokédex emitted when it was scanning the information on a Pokémon. The screen began to wobble and lose parts of the webpage. Ash banged his hand on the tower, and a much larger sound than expected came from it. Ash jumped as his thump gave off a loud boom for the whole town to hear, and the Pokémon Centre rumbled underneath him. He sat still for a moment until the sound of thudding feet woke him from his stupor. The door slammed open, and a fully dressed Misty came running out with her bag slung over her shoulder. “What the hell was that?” she asked, beads of sweat forming between her brows. “I don’t know,” Ash answered, shuffling sideways away from the computer. There was a scream from below them, and the two scurried from the room as soon as Ash could pick up his bag. They ran down the now dark staircase, all the way to the lobby, where the scream had come from. When they got there, they saw the nurse that had been rude to Ash earlier that day, pressed up against a wall with the tip of a Pokémon’s tail. Upon closer inspection, even in the dark Ash could make out the details of the Pokémon that had the nurse pinned. Its body was long, longer than Ash by far, and it was a deep purple. The Pokémon had a ring circling its thick body directly under its jaw, and a strip all along the underbelly of the same sickly honey colour. Its entire body was scaled, apart from the tail that pressed against the woman, which was segmented and the same honey colour, shaped as if it were a child’s rattle. “Help me,” she mouthed with a pleading stare, now having noticed Ash and Misty. It was at this time the two noticed they weren’t alone in the lobby area. Two figures were hunched over the desk, pulling things from draws. “Where is that damn key!” one of them, sounding female, shouted, as she threw a folder over to their side of the counter. “I’m not sure,” the second voice said, quite obviously male due to the deep ring it had, “but she refuses to tell us anything anyway.” “Maybe Ekans can get her to talk,” the woman said, turning around and noticing the two young trainers. “James, we’re not alone!” Her voice was quick and sounded similar to a hiss. “Ekans!” The serpent and the male also turned around, and Ash attempted to get a good look at them. The girl, who had turned her head first, looked younger than Misty did from the distance Ash could see her, and perhaps even his own age. She had pale skin, and a sharp pointed nose, with defined cheekbones and a prominent chin. He pushed down a laugh when he saw her long hair, which was a light shade of violet and slicked back from her forehead, only to be thrust to the side at a permanent angle. The male looked similar to her, but older. His skin was even paler, and his features were not as pronounced, but his hair was almost as outlandish. He had shoulder length hair, coloured a light blue. They both wore identical costumes. They consisted of black workman trousers and a matching baggy shirt, which both had tucked into their bottoms. On each shirt was a large red “R”. “Ekans, disperse them with a Poison Sting!” the girl shouted, her voice giving away her temper. The serpent faced its large head towards Ash and Misty, while still pinning the nurse down with its tail. “Kans!” it cried, almost squealing as it spewed masses of purple needles at the pair. Misty reacted much faster than Ash. “Come on out and use Fury Attack, Goldeen!” She threw the red and white sphere directly into the range of the barbs and it opened, releasing the same water-type he had battled only the day before, although it felt to Ash like he had been travelling longer than a day. Goldeen’s fins wavered as her horn began to shimmer as if covered in glitter. The speed at which it moved afterwards was staggering, and she knocked down all of the poisonous barbs, snapping them and rendering them useless as they disintegrated. “Jessica, forget the nurse,” James said to the younger girl, “just get Ekans to use the Wrap attack father told you about.” “Ekans, get over there and trap it with your Wrap attack.” After pushing the nurse to the side with its strong tail, Ekans thrust itself through the air toward Goldeen, twining its body around the water-type before she had a chance to react. “Aren’t you going to do anything?” Misty asked Ash, accusingly as she grabbed a second Pokéball, throwing it into the air. “Come out and help us, Staryu!” Ash, as if called to order, plucked Pichu’s Pokéball off the magnetic strip on his belt and enlarged it, throwing it to meet Misty’s other sphere. Both Pokéballs opened and upon release of the Pokémon, returned to their respective trainers via the recognition system installed. Pichu landed on the floor, cocking his head curiously as he looked through the dark at the fighting Pokémon in the centre of the lobby. Next to him was Misty’s other Pokémon, which had granite-textured skin in the shape of a star. Ash couldn’t see any eyes or a mouth, but in the centre, surrounded by a brilliant gold band that spiralled around each point of its star-shaped body, was a glimmering red gem, coloured deeper than blood, but no less beautiful than a ruby. “Hya!” it called, but from where, Ash couldn’t tell. The two arms of its five-pointed body bent in anticipation of the battle. “Staryu, get that Ekans off Goldeen with your Rapid Spin attack!” Misty called, looking at Ash expectantly. “Are you going to battle?” “Sure,” Ash said, looking at her with a blank expression, before turning to Pichu. “Okay, Pichu. Use your Thundershock attack on Ekans.” As Staryu flew into the air with a great spin of its body, soaring to the serpent, Pichu began charging electricity in his cheek sacs. Misty’s face filled with horror. “You idiot! That attack is going to hit Goldeen,” she shouted at him, her green eyes livid, “and maybe even Staryu. I can’t believe you didn’t think of that! Staryu, you need to hurry it up!” Ash didn’t have time to see how everything panned out. He saw Staryu spinning over to the fighting pair with its hard brown skin; Pichu building up electricity in the forms of sparks all around his small cheek sacs, barely able to hold the power. And then James had pulled out a Pokéball of his own, and thrown it into the fray, but Ash couldn’t see what had emerged from it, because the room had suddenly been filled with a thick green smoke that made both Ash and Misty cough. “It’s three on two, Jessica!” they heard James roar at the girl, “You know who she is! We’re not going to win here. Recall your Ekans!” Ash saw a faint red glow, and heard Goldeen grunt as she hit the floor. Pichu released all of its electricity, and his something. He heard Jessica scream and assumed it was something of theirs and not Misty’s. “Tackle!” James called, before a quick purple blur crashed into Pichu, swiftly disappearing into the smog again. There was another red glow, and Ash assumed the Pokémon had been returned. “Staryu,” Misty said between coughs, covering her mouth and squinting her eyes, “use Rapid Spin to get rid of Smog!” “Hya!” There was a sound similar to a fan, and soon after, the smog was dissipating, leaving Goldeen flailing on the ground and Pichu dazed from his own electricity. “What was with you back there?” Misty shouted at him, grabbing his collars and pulling him closer to her. “You flaked, and then tried an attack that could have hit my Pokémon. Did you just start your journey yesterday or something?” “Well,” Ash began, looking down at his sole Pokéball and blushing, “yeah, I did.” Her face softened, and she let him go, reaching instead for her Pokéballs. “Return.” The usual red beams shot towards Staryu and Goldeen and converted them into the same red energy on contact, dragging them inside the confines of their Pokéballs. Ash copied her, and the two didn’t speak again for the rest of the morning. The nurse proceeded to shower them with thanks and offering them another night to stay in a nice room, but Misty had declined. It had turned out that the two trainers had escaped with more than twenty Pokéballs from the Pokémon Centre’s vault, effectively stealing more than twenty Pokémon owned by trainers from the town. Ash wondered who they were, and what the letter on their black uniforms could signify, but since he and Misty were no longer on speaking terms for the time being, he decided not to ask. They grabbed the remaining belongings from their room and turned the key in to the main desk. They had reached the foot of Viridian Forest when Misty stopped and turned to him. “I’m sorry I reacted like that, Ash,” she said, not making eye contact with him. “It’s okay,” he mumbled, trying not to think about it. She had been right to shout at him. For four years he had been preparing for this moment, getting himself ready, and when the time came to battle for the protection of a nurse and a new friend, he panicked. “I always get agitated when my Pokémon are in a position like that,” she explained, as the two carried on in a slow march, “but I suppose I need to remember this is only your second day as a trainer. It’s a lot more different when you’re out here than on TV, or learning about it, isn’t it?” “Yeah, it really is,” he agreed, pushing past a tree branch as they entered the forest. He noticed Misty shudder. “Are you okay?” “I hate Viridian Forest,” she told him, a worried look passing her eyes. “Why?” he asked, hiding the smirk that wanted to surface. “I don’t like bug-type Pokémon,” she admitted, ducking under a tree branch on her own side of the narrow entrance with a swift movement, as if it had been in flames, “and I haven’t ever since I was a kid. My mother and I were at the Seafoam Islands the other day, and I decided to stay around Viridian City for a little while to fish.” Ash detected a dirty look shot his way, although he decided against turning around. “And now I’m not looking forward to getting through here.” “Misty,” Ash began, looking at her again, noticing for the first time that she had hooked most of her hair up into a bun with spiked hair jutting out from its underside. “Yeah?” she asked, not noticing the concern in his eyes. “Who were those trainers?” She was silent for a while, and he could see by her face that she was thinking, although what about he could not tell. “From the looks of the uniforms they were wearing, I’d say they were part of Team Rocket.” Ash thought for a few seconds, before he remembered hearing about them on the news. They were a band of criminals, using their Pokémon to make money and steal more Pokémon from unsuspecting and weak trainers. According to his mother, Team Rocket had been around years before, run by a woman called Madame Boss, but they disbanded when most of her schemes failed them, and the group of trainers known as the Elite’s took them down. Ash shuddered and tried to change the subject. “So, you’re quite good at battling,” he complimented Misty, hoping to get on her good side, “how long have you been travelling?” “If you go by my age, I should have been travelling for just over a year,” she told him, adding “my birthday was just over a month ago. I haven’t really travelled much, as a trainer though. This is probably the longest I’ve been away from home by myself. My mother would rather me look after the Gy…” she paused for a second, and stared at Ash, right into his eyes, gauging his reaction. “Look after my three younger sisters!” “There was no need to shout that last part,” he told her, rubbing his ears from the outburst. She was about to answer him, and probably with some sort of sarcastic comment from the initial look on her face. Her face had instantly turned to fear, however, and when Ash turned he saw the cause. On the mossy ground in front of them was a small Pokémon, only the same height as Pichu because of the red horn protruding from its green skull. Its body was covered in green scales, but they were slightly furry, unlike the Ekans he had seen early that morning. The underside was a cream fur, and it had four small legs that only seemed long enough to let it crawl along the floor. At the end of its body, there was a small cream tail that looked similar to the end of a swollen thumb. “Ter?” it asked, looking at Ash with curiosity. This look was all it took for Misty to scream, but Ash ignored her and went straight for his Pokédex, popping it open and pressing the white and largest triangular button on the pad. “Caterpie,” the tinny voice said, as the light bulb at the top flashed blue, “classified as the worm Pokémon and recognised as a bug-type. Caterpie have a gland in their antenna that releases a pheromone to deter predators. They shed their skin to grow their bodies from birth.” “Cool.” Ash pulled out one of his empty Pokéballs from his backpack and enlarged it with a click of a button. Closing his Pokédex and putting it back in his jacket pocket, he threw the Pokéball at the small bug-type, aiming for the red antenna. He saw the reflection of the ball getting closer in the Pokémon’s large black eyes, and shook with both excitement and anticipation. “No, Ash!” Misty shouted from behind him, but he paid no attention to her speaking, as if she weren’t there. His eyes remained focused on the Pokéball closing the distance between it and the Pokémon. “Ter?” DANdotW, Mar 10, 2010 Dayvad Mercenary Look dude ive liked most of what youv done before this chapter. I hate saying anything negative but that was full of bad grammer and was just bad, I actually nearly stopped reading it. But anyway something positive is i like the way you made misty's sisters younger and left an opening for her fear of bug types Sorry I couldn't be more supportive or give a proper review that could actually help you. But just keep your chin up and keep going everyone can have an off-chapter. Dayvad, Mar 10, 2010 Torpoleon Well-Known Member It was pretty good. It does seem cool that Ash will get a Caterpie like in the actual Pokemon anime although since it was a retelling, I would have thought he'd get a Weedle, but Caterpie is fine. 3DS FC: 1289-8257-7574\|NNID: Master_Zach\|Xbox Gamertag: WaTeRChAmP97\|PSN ID: Ultra_Zach97 Torpoleon, Mar 10, 2010 Ye a weedle would be cool i'd have loved for ash to have a Beedrill at some stage cause its one of my personal favourites but i think his stickin to the story properly maybe then "retelling" might be he doesn't release butterfree or any of his best "FULL" evolutions. But thats just my opinion I really don't want you to change how you are going to do things "Iota" because I love originality and to see how other people view how events in the anime should have gone Please forgive the slightly negative review of the 3rd chapter I'm still gonna continue reading and kinda reviewing (cause I'm probably not that much help with your writing) GOOD LUCK with chapter 4 Apologies; I was at my boyfriends for a few days engrossed in Final Fantasy XIII, and haven't had a chance to pop on. Dayvad, I've no problem with the negative review, although I'd have preferred if you could point out some of the grammatical mistakes so I can fix them and improve on it. Glad you're willing to continue giving this a chance. Chapter 4 – The Journey Gets Started The Pokéball hit Caterpie directly on the bright red antenna and bounced off. About a foot away from the Pokémon’s face, the ball opened from the centre, and four strings of red energy shot out, each wrapping themselves around Caterpie, As the threads spread around the Pokémon’s body, Ash noticed the bug-type started to change into the same red energy, identical to the energy Pichu became when Ash returned him to his Pokéball. Within seconds, Caterpie was completely converted and dragged into the ball, which promptly closed. The ball shook, but not with much force. It occurred to Ash the Pokémon must have resigned itself to the capture, and so was not putting up much of a fight. The Pokéball, recognising Ash as the trainer to have thrown it, floated swiftly back towards him as the flashing red light in the button switched off. “I caught it,” Ash muttered, catching the ball, but not registering his capture. He turned, waiting to be congratulated by Misty, but the redhead walked straight up to him from the tree she had hidden behind and slapped him across the cheek. “What was that for?” “You really are thick headed, aren’t you!” she shouted at him, stepping closer towards him now that he backed away. “You’re so lucky that you managed to catch that creepy little thing. You’re supposed to weaken a Pokémon before you try to capture it. I know it’s your second day on your journey, but do you need to be such a dolt?” Ash was offended, and his cheek stung. He didn’t understand why she was having such a go at him; after all, he had caught the Pokémon, whether he had damaged it beforehand or not. “But I caught it,” he mumbled, confused at his conflicting emotions. He felt ecstatic that he had caught Caterpie, and so easily. However, after Misty’s latest outburst, he felt both guilty and slightly pathetic, as if he was on a quest to prove himself and was failing terribly. “You need to improve greatly, Ash.” “I know, but I can’t do it overnight!” he yelled, taking a step forward himself now. “I can only improve by actually being on my journey. You’ve had Pokémon for over a year, so you’ve had enough time. I started yesterday! How am I supposed to be as good as you in two days?” Misty seemed to agree with his argument, but she instead turned away and carried on walking over the trodden path through the forest. Ash followed her, wishing he could be travelling alone, but knowing he would probably get overexcited by Pokémon and wander off the path, getting himself lost. The redhead cringed almost every time a bug-type crawled or buzzed past. Each one scurried away much too quickly for Ash to scan them with his Pokédex, but he didn’t mind. He was too deep in thought to bother with them. Misty had chosen to follow him, even under the pretence of him buying her a new fishing rod, because she had wanted someone to travel through the Viridian Forest with her. That much was clear to him now. He wondered why she was being so hard on him, when she hadn’t really been travelling much herself. She said she had been a trainer for more than a year, and she only had two Pokémon that he had seen. Staryu was strong, but his new Pichu had defeated her Goldeen, so she couldn’t be that powerful. Perhaps Misty was just jealous that he had caught Caterpie so easily, and was lashing out by calling him incompetent. They had been walking for almost half an hour in silence, with Misty a few steps ahead of him, when he finally decided to speak to her. “So what’s it like in Cerulean City?” he asked her, deciding it a good question since he had never been there. “It’s beautiful,” she said, her voice making it obvious she had been waiting for a conversation to start as well. “The buildings are made of beautiful stone taken from the Cerulean Cave years ago, and the cape has some of the most amazing views. Why did you want to know?” “There’s a Pokémon Gym there,” he answered, feeling slightly more comfortable now that the normal flow of conversation was back, “so I wondered if you could give me any hints on how strong the leader is.” “Oh, she’s very strong,” she told him, looking oddly smug, “you can take that from me. She uses water-type Pokémon. You’ll have a hard time defeating her.” “Do you know the gym leader, Misty?” “I’ve met her once or twice,” the redhead answered. She stopped suddenly, and Ash looked ahead of her, seeing a small flying-type Pokémon he knew very well. Flocks of Pidgey tended to fly into the shopping square in Pallet Town and eat thrown down Poffin, a type of bread made using berries as flavours. Regardless of his knowledge about them, Ash pulled out his Pokédex and flipped it open, pressing the white button. “Pidgey. Classified as the tiny bird Pokémon and recognised as both flying- and a normal types. Pidgey are fairly docile and tend to stay in cities and towns around humans for food. When they are disturbed in the wild, they will ferociously strike back.” “Do you always need to use that thing?” Misty asked, with a smile on her face. Ash could tell she was teasing him, rather than criticising him again. This made him slightly more confident. “Come on out, Pichu!” he said, throwing the Pokéball down to the ground. The bright light emerged, but Ash found he was slightly more used to it now. He didn’t have to cover his eyes, and managed to see the light become a form, and shrink down to the size and shape of Pichu. The black-tipped yellow ears emerged first, and then slowly each part of his body came into existence once more. “Chu!” he called, smiling as he flung his tail to the side. Pidgey turned to the trainers and Pichu and frowned from under the brown and cream feathers covering its whole body. “This could turn nasty, Ash,” Misty warned him, seeing the look on Pidgey’s face. “Gey!” it shouted through its pale orange beak before taking into the sky, flying over to Pichu with a determined look in its eye. Ash noticed that with its wings out of the way, the body alone was the same size of Pichu. However, each wing was almost as long as Pichu, and so with the wings spread wide, Pidgey became much larger than the electric-type. “Pichu, can you use anything other than Thundershock?” Ash asked, completely ignoring the application on his Pokédex that could discover if the Pokémon had learned any new moves since he had last checked. “Pi,” he answered, nodding his head. Before Ash had time to order anything, Pichu ran to meet the flying-type, and swung his small paws around repeatedly in the air. “He can’t hit Pidgey with Double Slap when it’s in the air,” Misty told him, sighing. “Thundershock could knock Pichu out again, though,” Ash said, trying to think as Pidgey flapped its wings and threw a wave of sand from the floor at the electric-type, hindering his vision. “Try and reduce Pidgey’s anger with Charm,” Misty suggested, reminding Ash of his lessons with Professor Oak. Some attacks could lower or heighten a Pokémon’s ability to battle. Things such as their strength, how they defended themselves, and slow them down. Charm was an attack that could lower both the Pokémon’s strength, and through that, their ferocity in battle. “Pichu, try and use Charm!” Ash conceded. Pichu rubbed at his eyes, and then stared at Pidgey until the flying-type made eye contact. When the contact was made, Pichu smiled a cute smile and winked at the airborne Pokémon. The effect was minimal and as soon as Pichu finished, Pidgey spread its wings wide, flinging several feathers down onto the electric-type. Pichu ran from side to side, attempting to dodge the teal-glowing feathers. As soon as they touched the ground, however, they stayed standing on their tips, swaying slightly. Pichu became distracted, and paid more attention to them than anyone around it. “Pichu, what are you doing?” Ash asked, shouting slightly. Pichu didn’t listen to him, and carried on patting each feather, and gasping when they went back into shape. “Ash, look out!” Misty cried. Looking up, he saw Pidgey vibrating rapidly, almost blurring in the sky, and then with an amazing display of speed, it shot down to where Pichu was with its teal-glowing wings spread wide. It stopped dead ahead of Pichu, grinning with its eyes at the fact the electric-type didn’t recognise its presence. “Pichu, use Thundershock!” Ash roared, almost not able to stop himself running forward and grabbing his Pokémon out of the way. His hat fell from his head with the sudden movement, and his chaotic black hair sprang into its usual unkempt shape. “Pi?” the electric-type asked. He looked up, and just managed to charge some electricity when both of Pidgey’s wings swung inwards, smashing into either side of Pichu. Pidgey pushed itself back with the use of the pale orange talons and attempting to flap through the air while covering in ripples of electricity. “Yes, you paralyzed him!” Misty called out, smacking Ash on the back. Pichu, however, had been knocked out, and lay on the floor breathing softly. “Pichu, take a rest.” The electric-type was pulled back into the Pokéball, which promptly sealed up and shrank as Ash pressed the central button. He plucked the second Pokéball from the strip around his waist and threw it onto the ground where Pichu had been, the grass still smoking from the electric attack a few moments before. Caterpie came from the Pokéball and turned towards Ash and Misty, sizing them both up. He stared at Misty the longest, his eyes glistening with his thoughts, which Ash couldn’t help but wonder of. Pulling out his Pokéball, he attempted to discover the attacks this Caterpie knew. Reading the list, he noticed Pidgey already coming towards him with its teal-glowing Wing Attack as it had with Pichu. “Caterpie, use Bug Bite!” Caterpie nodded, and pushed himself into the air with his tail, causing Wing Attack to miss. When he was completely above the flying-type, Caterpie’s snout seemed to sharpen, and he dropped, jabbing the strangely olive-glowing snout into Pidgey’s back. There was a cry of pain from Pidgey as Caterpie began to act of his own accord. Lifting his head up and ramming it back down, Caterpie began to hit Pidgey with a barrage of Tackle attacks, knocking Pidgey out of the air. Smashing into the ground, the flying-type couldn’t prevent Caterpie from hitting it, since one of its wings was trapped under its belly. “Caterpie, you can stop now!” Ash called out, attempting to stop the bug-type. With no response, he had no choice but to attempt the capture now. Pulling a Pokéball from his backpack, he enlarged it and threw it at Pidgey. When the strings pulled its transparent energy in, Caterpie fell to the floor, shocked. The ball rocked around viciously, slamming into a tree trunk and back around the floor. Pidgey was refusing to be captured. Caterpie took action, shooting a stream of sticky silk from his snout at the ball, trapping it to the ground, its red light flashing vigorously. It took almost a minute for the flashing and rocking to stop, and then the light went out. Ash called Caterpie back to his Pokéball, then walked over to the silk-sodden Pokéball and picked it up, shrinking it and sticking it onto his belt next to Caterpie. “That Caterpie is a bit…mental,” Misty stated, laughing. Ash began to laugh too, and the pair carried on walking down the path, ignoring the singed grass and pile of sticky silk lumped on the floor. “You should start thinking about type advantages,” the redhead told him as they pushed past a small overgrowth of bushes attempting to block the path. “How do you mean?” he asked, having learned all about type advantages and disadvantages in the past few years with the Professor. “Well you had a good match with Pichu against Pidgey,” she began, but Ash hardly listened. Ahead, he saw a pair of trainers in black costumes going through a small bag filled with Pokéballs. “They’re back!” Chapter 5 – Bugging Me Misty turned her head to follow Ash, and he too saw Jessica and James, the two members of Team Rocket they had seen earlier. “It’s those twits from earlier!” Jessica shouted, her long violet hair whipping around as she turned her head towards them. James stood up immediately, grabbing a Pokéball off what looked like his own magnetic strip around his belt, and threw it into the pathway they stood in. “Jessica!” James roared from behind her, standing taller than her by a few inches with a mix of anger and terror on his face. “I told you back at the Pokémon Centre not to get involved with this girl, and the other kid being with her makes it worse!” “Why do they keep talking about you like that, Misty?” Ash asked the redhead, whispering to the side of her head. She shrugged him off and pulled a shrunken Pokéball from her red bag. “Now isn’t the time, Ash,” she told him, focusing her attention on the sack full of other trainers Pokéballs, “it’s the time to save those Pokémon. They could easily have been ours, you know.” “I guess you’re right,” he agreed, smiling slightly as he plucked all three Pokéballs off the magnetic strip around his waist, quickly prodding the buttons. The balls quickly became too big to hold at the same time, so he flung them as far as he could without making it obvious he had dropped them. With the usual flash of light, Ash heard the chatter of confused Pokémon. Pichu, Pidgey and Caterpie stood on the floor with gradual realisation that a battle would commence. At first it seemed the brown-feathered flying-type was first to act as he flapped swiftly to take off into the air, but when he looked down, he saw Caterpie was already swiftly shuffling on his stumpy legs towards Jessica’s outstretched Pokéball. “They’re provoking me, James!” she whined to the boy, as if this was an argument they had been through before. “Very well,” James agreed, pulling two Pokéballs from his waist and throwing them towards Caterpie, which Jessica copied with her one. The first Pokémon to come out struck Ash as the one who had attacked Pichu from through the smoke at the Pokémon Centre, and had a round, lumpy body. The lumps were secreting small amounts of deep green smoke that dissipated into the air around it. The second landed on the floor with a thud. Ash looked at it with contempt, but couldn’t hold it for long after looking at its face properly. The Pokémon had yellow skin, thick pink lips at the bottom of its bodiless head, and a thick green leaf at either side. At the top of its head was what looked like a plant’s stem, and its large eyes showed an attitude that couldn’t care less what was going on around it. The third Pokémon was Ekans, its body flicking and waving around in agitation. “Caterpie, use Tackle!” Ash shouted to his Pokémon, who was already closer to Team Rocket than he was to Ash and Misty. Pidgey flapped slowly, but began lowering in the air, coming closer to the ground. Pichu was breathing deeply before he had even been told to do anything. “Ekans, use Poison Sting!” Jessica called, pointing in Pichu’s direction rather than Caterpie’s. The serpent slithered forward, much faster than Caterpie was moving. “Koffing, use Sludge! Weepinbell, get over there and hit Pidgey with Cut!” James ordered. The airborne poison-type expelled gas from some of the orifices at its rear end to move quickly to Caterpie, while the yellow Pokémon bounced in Ash’s direction. “Staryu, Goldeen, get out here and help us!” Misty yelled, throwing two Pokéballs now that she had pulled another from her small bag. Both of her Pokémon emerged from the Pokéballs ready to battle, and Staryu was already spinning towards Koffing. “Use Rapid Spin, Staryu! Goldeen, stop Weepinbell with a Peck attack!” Ash decided now was as good a time as any to check the new Pokémon off on his Pokédex. “Pichu, use Double Slap on Ekans! Pidgey, you should use Wing Attack on Weepinbell!” he ordered, giving himself time to check the device while his Pokémon attacked. He pulled it from his pocket and flipped the cover, pressing the scanning button whilst he aimed it at Ekans. “Ekans,” it replied to him in its usual tinny voice, “classified as the poison serpent Pokémon and recognised as a poison-type. They have an innate ability to sneak through tall grass with little to no sound before striking any unsuspecting prey from behind.” He moved it to Koffing, who spat a thick stream of purple-brown slime at an oncoming Staryu, who was spinning faster than his mothers washing machine had done. “Koffing; classified as the poison gas Pokémon and recognised as a poison-type. The gases in their bodies are lighter than oxygen, which keeps them airborne and can also be used as propulsion tools. These gases have a distinct aroma that is frequently used in explosives.” “Staryu,” it continued before he had even pressed the button, and when he looked up he saw Misty’s Pokémon had splashed through the Sludge attack to strike with its own, “classified as the star-shaped Pokémon and recognised as a water-type. If any parts of its body become damaged, Staryu can shed their limbs and grow back the long arms stretching from their bodies. In the wild, they are commonly found covered in stardust, or holding the elusive Star Piece.” One more, Ash though as he aimed the light at Weepinbell, who had made considerable progress on his way over, but was being knocked around by the pale blue-glowing horn and wings of Goldeen and Pidgey respectively, flailing around the white-glowing tips of its leaves aimlessly. “Weepinbell; classified as the insect catcher Pokémon and recognised as both a grass-type and as a poison-type. It is the evolved form of Bellsprout. In the wild, Weepinbell disperse toxic powders with varying effects to both attract and hinder unwary prey. They can appear to amateur trainers as normal plants when they wish.” All three of their Pokémon were of the poison-type, which made Ash ponder slightly. He had no time to think now, though, as Jessica had already ordered Ekans to use Wrap on Pichu before he had a chance to use Double Slap. “Pichu, use a small amount of electricity for your Thundershock so it doesn’t hurt you!” Ash ordered, before turning his gaze to Caterpie and Pidgey’s progress. Pidgey was on the ground, panting, staring on as Goldeen was whipped by a long green stream of energy that had extended from the stem atop Weepinbell’s head. Caterpie was crumpled on the floor underneath Koffing, who was using Tackle to pound down on the floor while Staryu lay slumped against a tree trunk with its red gem flashing. “Caterpie, use String Shot!” Ash ordered, before turning back to Pidgey. “Pidgey, help out Goldeen with your Featherdance!” “Goldeen, get behind Weepinbell and use Supersonic!” Misty shouted. Goldeen used a fin to move out of the way of a whip and to Weepinbell’s rear, thrusting its horn forward slightly and causing a ripple in the air that made Weepinbell cringe. Pidgey opened his wings wide and released several teal-glowing feathers that flew into Weepinbell’s face. The feathers met the ripples of Supersonic and began pulsating in the air, twisting in and out one another. “Now, Goldeen, use Horn Drill!” The horn on Goldeen’s head began to twist from the bottom, until the whole horn was spinning uncontrollably. The water-type pushed it into Weepinbell, who let out a cry of pain before collapsing on the floor, unconscious. “Damn!” James roared, recalling Weepinbell to the Pokéball in an instant. “Koffing, get over there and use Smokescreen!” “Ekans, get that paralysis off and use Bite on Pichu!” Jessica ordered. When he looked, Ash saw that there was a small ripple of static electricity flowing over the serpent’s long body. Pichu seemed not hurt at all. Ekans began to lose small layers of electrified skin, until the static was only on the ground and nowhere near the poison-type itself. With a stretch of its wide jaw, and small flickers of black energy sparking off Ekans’ fangs, the poison-type bit into Pichu, causing the electric-type to cry out to Ash. “Return, Pichu!” he called, pulling Pichu back into his Pokéball. Misty did the same with Staryu, who hadn’t yet managed to get up. A thick layer of deep green fog had spread past their eyes, and they heard shuffling of feet and trees. “Ash, Pidgey should be able to blow it away!” Misty called over to him, struggling to keep her eyes open. He found his own eyes were also stringing and struggled to think quickly. “Pidgey, can you use any attack that will blow this away?” he asked his flying-type. The feathered Pidgey nodded, opening his beak as he flapped slowly into the air, clearly working hard to get airborne. With a few strong flaps of his wings, a powerful wind blew from where he stayed in the air, blowing the smoke away. When it cleared, which happened quickly with the Whirlwind Pidgey had produced, the two noticed Team Rocket had gone, and so had the sack of Pokéballs. “We failed,” Ash moaned, falling to his knees in exhaustion. “We didn’t,” Misty informed him, picking her bag up and recalling Goldeen now that the battle was over. “We showed them trainers are standing up. It’s what everyone should be doing. The more Team Rocket knows people won’t let them steal Pokémon without a fight, the quicker they can be stopped.” “I suppose you’re right,” he agreed, pulling Pidgey back into the Pokéball and walking closer to Caterpie. When he looked, he saw Caterpie was covered in its own string, lying on the floor. He brushed it off before he picked the bug-type up, but when he did he found it was not his Pokémon. He held a large green Pokémon with thick, rough skin and two large protrusions at the side of its body. Its body was more bulbous at the front, where he suspected was the mouth. Its tail-like bottom end looked like it had plates over more delicate parts for protection. “Meh!” it called, nothing moving but its large black eyes. Instinctively, Ash pointed the Pokédex he still held in his hand at it and pressed the scanning button. “Metapod; classified as the cocoon Pokémon and recognised as a bug-type. It is the evolved form of Caterpie. Metapod have a shell harder than steel protecting them and quietly endure the hardships of their lack of movement while they await the next stage in their evolution.” “This is Caterpie?” Ash asked, looking dumbfound. “I never even thought about evolution at all.” “Well your Pokémon are going to evolve,” Misty told him, keeping a distance between the two and shuddering where she stood. “I know, but I would at least have like to see it happen,” he replied, seeing her being uncomfortable and pulling Caterpie’s Pokéball from his waist and raising it to the new Pokémon’s face. “I’m really proud of you, uh, Metapod. Return to the Pokéball.” The red strings of energy wrapped themselves around Metapod before converting them into the same energy for easy storing. Ash felt a strange relief as Metapod was removed from his arms. He looked at the image on his Pokédex screen. He hadn’t thought about any of his Pokémon evolving once since he had left home. Professor Oak had taught the subject to him, quite thoroughly, but it had shocked him it had happened so soon and without any notice from him. “I’m going to make sure I see the next evolution one of you have,” he whispered into Metapod’s Pokéball before shrinking it once more and clipping it neatly onto his magnetic belt-strip. He turned to look at Misty, but she had already begun moving along. “Before you ask, I’ve met those two before,” she told him, anticipating him asking about her involvement with Jessica and James, which he was intending to. “Me and my mother ran into them on our way back from the Seafoam Islands and battled them.” “Was your dad looking after your sisters?” Ash asked her, intrigued by her trip much more, but concentrating on her life first. “No, they can take care of themselves,” she said, rather scornfully. “My father left after I was born.” “My father did the same,” Ash admitted, before realising something she had said. “What about their father?” “What do you…oh!” she stopped dead, looking rather fearful. “I meant to say he left after my littlest sister was born.” She laughed nervously, although Ash couldn’t figure out what why she was. “How was your trip to the Seafoam Islands, anyway?” he asked. “It was pretty good…argh!” Ash looked in her directed to see that a group of Caterpie had dropped from the tree around her, held up by lengths of string. He chuckled at her fear, which earned him a hard punch on the shoulder. “Can we get out of here?” she roared, small amounts of tears in her eyes. Chapter 6 – Samurai Ash waited quietly, peeking around the bushes at the small Pokémon. At a similar size to that of a Caterpie, Weedle was small but dangerous. It had tan-coloured fur over the small round sections of its body, with a sharp barb at the end. Sharper still was the long horn above its thick brown nose. Ash had already discovered information on it with his Pokédex, which had given his secret away, and the Weedle had scurried away, hiding from him. Now he had found it. “You ready, Pidgey?” he quietly asked the feathered Pokémon crouching next to him, clicking its beak. The flying-type nodded quickly, opening his wings wide and taking off into the air. “Use Wing Attack!” “Piiiiidge!” the brown-feathered Pokémon shouted, soaring down quicker and quicker with his teal-glowing wings outstretched. The Weedle jumped at the sound and began to crawl as quickly as it could to get away, but Pidgey was faster. Reaching it, Pidgey swung one wing around, knocking the bug-type into a tree. Ash quietly cheered himself, remembering that Misty had decided not to follow the Weedle due to her fear of bug-types and changed her mind about his company. She was on her way to leave by herself, and he was alone, attempting to capture a Weedle. The Weedle turned and launched several tiny purple barbs at Pidgey from the horns on its head. “Pidgey, use Featherdance to knock them away!” Ash ordered, now standing up and no longer hiding himself. Pidgey stretched his wings wide again, this time scattering teal-glowing feathers down from them and onto Weedle’s Poison Sting. The two attacks crashed into each other, with the barbs snapping in two and the feathers breaking apart. “Use Whirlwind now, Pidgey!” Ash called. Pidgey obeyed straight away, flapping his wings at a great speed, throwing winds around the thick forest they were still in. The trees were swaying and Ash heard the thud and moan of a Pokémon falling from inside the branches a little distance away. Weedle was knocked into a tree trunk again, and it fell to the ground, struggling to lift itself up on its small body. Ash had an empty Pokéball in hand ready for the right moment, and he threw it. It knocked on the horn on top of Weedle’s head and opened up, dragging it inside and sealing. The button flashed red vigorously as it rocked from side to side. “Come on,” Ash muttered, watching in anticipation at the possibility of a new Pokémon. There came an echoing cry from inside the ball, and it opened in a flash of white to reveal an angered Weedle emerging, uncaught. Misty walked further and further into the thick forest, not daring to look behind her as she heard the scuttling of various bug-type Pokémon. She was still red in the face from the argument with Ash she had gone through only thirty minutes ago. Ash had noticed a wild Weedle, another bug-type he knew Misty loathed so much. It had been years since her mishap, but she still remembered it every time she looked at any bug-type Pokémon. When she was seven years old, her mother had taken her to the Safari Zone in Fuchsia City as a reward for helping clean their home. Once inside, Misty ran off alone as the other children there had done. It was a special day in there for future trainers to travel around looking at the Pokémon. Misty’s mother had intended for her to have a choice of many different typed Pokémon as her own mother had when she had been a child. Regardless of the experience, Misty had followed in her mother’s footsteps and fallen in love with water-type Pokémon. In any case, she had been put off bug-type Pokémon for life on that day, when a swarm of Beedrill had viciously attacked the group of children after one of them had disturbed their nest in one of the large trees at the park. With their sharp spear-like arms and tails, they had injured a few of the children in the small group, putting an end to the open day at the Safari Zone, and also putting the fear of the entire type of Pokémon in Misty for life. When she had seen Caterpie, she had forced herself not to crumble to the floor behind Ash, and when he had insisted on holding it so close to her after it evolved into Metapod, she nearly cried. Her skin crawled when she was around them. Ash knew that by now, whether they had been travelling together for a year or just over a day. Then they had come across the Weedle, getting Ash excited again. He had attempted to go all out and capture it, but failed when it coated his Pokéball with a String Shot. Ash hadn’t been put off by it, though. He cleaned the String Shot off in a matter of seconds and insisted they follow the Pokémon. This put her over the edge. She shouted at him about his inconsideration for her fear of the specific type of Pokémon, but he had tried to convince her that it was a good idea to follow the Pokémon. She decided it was more effort to travel with him than alone. “I should have stayed with mom,” she muttered to herself, wishing she hadn’t insisted that she stay on the grassy route between Pallet Town and Viridian City to fish. Her mother was supportive, telling Misty she could probably use a new Pokémon with less experience than Staryu or Goldeen. Her Pokémon had been with her through too much for her fears of bug-types to stop her using them. Staryu was a gift from her mother on her tenth birthday as a starter Pokémon. She had said it had taken all of her contacts and a few favours she had owing to her to get a suitable Pokémon for her. Staryu didn’t really speak to her much, and hadn’t over the whole year they had been together, but having it around made her feel happier. Since Staryu as a species had no official gender, Misty had always called it an ‘it’. It didn’t seem to mind. Goldeen had been caught about a month after she had signed up for her trainer licence. Misty used her fishing rod, now lost, to pull it from a fishing net the water-type had been caught in. Goldeen had been forever grateful, and since her capture had improved her skills at most of the attacks she knew. She tended to be a little vain, occasionally fluttering her fins about when it was entirely unnecessary for her to do so, but Misty loved that trait. It made Goldeen more attractive to her, not that anything could make her loathe a water-type. Misty turned her head to the sound of a loud shout further behind her in the forest, but decided to think nothing of it. When she turned back to her choice of direction, an obstacle was near her face. It had a huge brown body, scaled and sectioned off into different layers of thickness. At the end of its thick legs and thin, toned arms were sharp claws. The Pokémon had two sets of jaws, each vertical rather than the horizontal norm, and its eyes deep black and filled with anger. She looked up slightly at the huge horns on its head. They were each as long as one of Misty’s arms, and jagged and covered with protruding spikes. In overall height, it was slightly taller than Misty, when including the horns. “Piiiiiin!” it shouted, spitting from its mouth slightly as it roared. Misty trembled in fear. She knew this was a bug-type, but it was fearsome enough without the stigma she had given the type. “Pinsir, calm down,” a male voice called from behind the blockage, “she’s not the one we’re looking for.” The Pokémon backed away, moving awkwardly as it did. She could tell the Pinsir was ready to attack, and had trouble stepping back as it had been ordered. “Excuse me, miss,” the polite voice said, coming from somewhere Misty couldn’t see as she stared at the grassy floor, still covered in a cold sweat. She regretted now wearing small blue hot pants and a matching bikini top, as they covered none of her now-glistening skin. “Have you by any chance met a trainer by the name of Ash Ketchum?” It took a while for Misty to register what the man had said, but she looked around for his face after a moment. The boy was much shorter than her and was wearing a white vest with a pair of baggy shorts. His head was bald, although Misty could see the remains of brown hair beginning to grow. “I…I mean,” was all she could muster as she acclimatised herself to the presence of Pinsir. “Could you return that for a second, please?” The boy seemed to realise her problem and lifted his hand, already holding a Pokéball, and recalled the creature inside. “I apologise,” he said to her, looking up to make eye contact with her, “I see now that my Pokémon has frightened you. Could I trouble you for an answer to my question?” Misty regained her composure and reverted to a cocky face. “Yeah, I’ve seen him,” she retorted, scrunching her nose slightly, “and he owes me a fishing rod. The kids back there about thirty minutes. You’ll probably find him obsessing over bug-type Pokémon.” “Excellent,” the boy said, nodding. “Thank you for your help.” Before Misty could ask anything else, he set to running in the direction she had pointed, although she saw he took a different path to the one she had come. She saw he still held Pinsir’s Pokéball in his hand, enlarged and ready to throw as if it were a weapon. A sense of worry came over her, and for a moment she felt guilty about having given away his location. She quickly came to her senses, remembering the boy’s politeness. The Pokéball and the Pokémon were still locked in her brain, however, which began causing her more and more worry. “Stupid Ash!” she shouted, before turning back to the direction she had come and running. She had to get there before the small trainer. “Wee!” the small Pokémon cried as it spewed more string at Pidgey. Ash was losing his patience quickly. He had thrown the Pokéball in his hands three times at the same Weedle in total, and each time it had fought its way out. Now, as his flying-type swerved in midair to dodge the ever-changing barrage of String Shot and Poison Sting, he decided to switch tactics. “Pichu, come on out!” He threw the Pokéball Professor Oak had given him behind Weedle, who was too busy attacking Pidgey to notice. The yellow-furred electric-type emerged from the Pokéball with a smile and a loud cry, forcing Weedle’s attention on himself. “Pichu, use the small Thundershock you used earlier today!” Ash yelled, running to the other side of the bushes he still stood behind. Pichu nodded, this time quicker on the draw. Ash saw small sparks running along the red fur on his cheeks, flickering on and off the strands of hair. Pichu placed both of his stubby paws on the sacs and collected the electricity in the digits. Spreading his arms wide in a similar way to Pidgey’s Featherdance attack, Pichu sent the electricity spreading out in a curving arc, which drew back in to surround Weedle. Weedle didn’t seem in any pain at first, but then it cried out loudly, and Ash saw the same sparks that had surrounded Pidgey when he had first captured him; Weedle was paralysed. “Pidgey, head in for a Wing Attack!” “Pinsir, get in there and use Protect!” a voice shouted out from the trees behind him. A Pokéball flew past his ear and into the area of battle, opening up with a loud noise. The light quickly formed into a large two-legged Pokémon with thick brown skin. Ash’s eyes went straight to the two large horns on its head and the razor-sharp vertical fangs that were slashing away at the air. Quicker than Pidgey could make it down to the ground, Pinsir was standing in front of Weedle in a defensive pose. A green sphere of green energy had surrounded the two, and Pidgey’s teal-glowing wings made no change to its power. “I enjoyed seeing your Thunder Wave,” the voice from behind said, getting closer now, “but you have no need to capture this Weedle anymore. You have more important matters.” “Oh yeah?” Ash yelled, turning to see a small trainer with a worn white vest and brown shorts standing behind him, holding the Pokéball that had sprang back from Pinsir. “What’s that then?” The boy pulled a second Pokéball from the large-looking pockets in his shorts and chuckled. “You’re going to be battling me.” Ash was too shocked by his arrival and proposition to say anything back to him other than a grunt. “Three trainers have passed through this way so far,” the bald boy told him, walking to stand next to him, watching a confused Weedle slip away through the bushes while Pidgey and Pichu stared Pinsir down, “and three of them have agreed to a battle. “Their names were Gareth Oak, Bluebell Periwinkle and Redford Blair. Each of them was from Pallet Town, and each of them gave me an excellent battle. Each of them also told me of the remaining trainers in the beginning quartet. The final trainer is you.” “So?” Ash asked, wondering why it meant he had to get in his first official trainer battle. “To finish my training and leave this forest, I have vowed to wait for you, the last trainer from Pallet Town, and battle you. Only then can I continue my journey.” “Fine!” Ash roared, running over so that there was a far enough distance. “Then I, Ash Ketchum accept your challenge. Who are you, anyway?” “My name is Samurai.” He looked at his Pinsir and nodded. With a swift glance at Pidgey and Pichu, it walked back over to its trainer. “I make it a two-on-two battle. How does that sound?” “Fine by me,” Ash muttered, pulling Pichu’s Pokéball back off his belt and recalling him. “I choose Pidgey first!” “And I’ll choose Pinsir,” Samurai said, waving his hand to the large Pokémon next to him. “Pinsir, use…” “Ash, where are you?” Misty’s voice screamed through tree and bush, finding Ash’s ears with a sharp boom. She sounded close by. “Follow my voice, Misty!” he called. In a matter of seconds, he saw her head pop out of a thick hedge, looking in his direction. “I found you!” she called, running to him with a shocking speed. “There’s a little guy somewhere in the forest trying to find you. He knows your name, but I didn’t get a chance to ask him why he wanted you. I just had to come and warn you. He has a Pinsir.” “I wonder what I can find out about that,” he muttered, pulling his Pokédex out of his jacket Pocket and aiming it at Samurai’s Pinsir. As he pressed the button, Misty turned slowly to face Samurai with a dreaded realisation. “Pinsir; classified as the hard horn Pokémon and recognised as a bug-type. The use their pincers to snap tree’s in half, eating the pulp and drinking the sap until there is nothing left. The parts of a tree that get in their way are usually thrown far enough away to not cause an inconvenience.” “That’s him, Ash!” Misty shouted, pointing. “I know,” Ash told her, sighing, “now get out of the way. Pidgey, use Featherdance!” Pidgey already had a grudge against Pinsir for blocking Weedle off, so he obeyed immediately. Within seconds, a shower of teal-glowing feathers was spiralling down on the bug-type. “Pinsir, stay where you are and use Protect!” Samurai shouted, swinging his arm around him in the shape of a bubble. The feathers closed the distance between the two Pokémon and as they got near, Pinsir took action. In the blink of an eye, it pushed its small arms forward, creating a dome of green energy around its body. The feathers touched the shield and disintegrated into nothing. “Now, Pinsir, jump up there and use Vice Grip!” the small trainer ordered, swinging both of his arms above his head to meet in the middle. Pinsir’s thick legs flexed as it ran towards Pidgey with enough force to rise into the air. “Pidgey, use Wing Attack!” Ash called out, seeing Pinsir almost on in front of his Pokémon. Pidgey just managed to have time to charge the teal-coloured energy in his wings before Pinsir clamped the spiked horns around its body. Ash heard the crunching noise the attack made, as it someone was smashing into concrete. Pidgey flailed, smacking his wings into Pinsir’s body in an attempt to stop the attack, but his wings had lost all of their energy. Pinsir let go of the flying-type and landed perfectly on the grassy ground, while Pidgey came down the clearing with a crash, knocking chunks of dirt away with the impact. “No! Are you alright, Pidgey?” Ash asked, running to his Pokémon with concern in his voice. He lifted Pidgey’s small feathered head with one of his hands, rousing it from its exhausted slumber. It managed a small coo before falling back into unconsciousness. “Choose your next Pokémon,” Samurai said, not bothered in the slightest about Ash’s worry. Ash pulled Pidgey back into his Pokéball. With a swift wipe of his finger under his eye, he pulled Metapod’s Pokéball from his waist and threw it next to Pinsir. “Meh!” the green bug-type called, only capable of moving his eyes towards the much larger Pokémon. “Pinsir, use Vice Grip once more!” Samurai ordered loudly, but with a calm voice, making the same arm motions as before. Pinsir bent and scooped Metapod up from the ground, bringing its horns together again, this time with each of the small spikes glowing white. “Metapod, use Harden!” Ash shouted, remembering instructions from Professor Oak about Metapod and Kakuna’s capabilities to harden their shells for protection. For one swift second, a flash of white energy ran down Metapod’s small body. Pinsir showed signs of struggle. The energy on the spikes of its horns began to smoke, and Samurai showed concern miming that of Pinsir. “Pinsir, turn that into a Vital Throw!” he shouted, thrusting his palm downwards from above his head. Pinsir obeyed, jumping into the air a few feet and flinging Metapod down to the ground with his now brown-glowing horns. There was a wave of dust and wind from the impact area where Metapod hit. Ash was worried for a moment, but he saw Metapod lying in the grass, his eyes filled with anger. “You’re doing great, Metapod!” Ash called, smiling as he did. Samurai obviously didn’t agree. “That isn’t great at all! Your Metapod was just lucky!” The small trainer switched his attention to his own Pokémon. “Pinsir, you destroyed that Charmander with your Submission! Try it on Metapod!” Pinsir didn’t need to look at Samurai’s demonstration of the attack this time. An orange-brown aura appeared around his body and he raced at Metapod. “Metapod, use Harden again!” Ash shouted. Metapod seemed to be obeying, but instead of the almost invisible flash of white, his body gained what looked to Ash like a silver outline. Pinsir made contact, and for a few seconds there was a power struggle. Pinsir wanted to move forward, damaging Metapod, but the smaller bug-type refused to move, as if weighed down by a tonne of metal. There was an explosion. Ash couldn’t see Samurai, let alone the Pokémon anymore. He heard Misty breathing heavily behind him, which caused him to worry more. The smoke from the blast cleared, leaving Pinsir unconscious on the floor. Metapod still lay in the same spot, still coated in the silvery outline. “Return, Pinsir.” Samurai dragged the Pokémon back into its Pokéball, seemingly angry. “Once again you persevere with luck. If it wasn’t for the damage Submission already caused Pinsir, or the fact that your Pokémon used Iron Defence of its own accord, you’d have been done for. Now it’s time for me to show you the real power of a Metapod! Come on out!” He threw another Pokéball into the area that was already beaten up by the battle. Two trees had been knocked over by the explosion. The Pokéball opened, and a Metapod came out, identical to Ash’s own. Samurai immediately took action without waiting. “Metapod, use Tackle!” he ordered. “Tackle?” Ash asked, shocked. Metapod were meant to forget their previous moves in exchange for Harden when they evolved, needing to relearn them later on. This meant Samurai’s must have been a Metapod for a while. Metapod purposely fell onto the floor, using the top of its body as a tool to flip it up, sending it spinning across the battle field. Ash’s Metapod was still letting the Iron Defence wear off, and so had no time to defend. One smash of the bug-type’s body into Ash’s own Pokémon’s body caused Metapod to faint from exhaustion. Ash had lost. “Well done, Metapod,” Ash said, pulling the bug-type back into his Pokéball, “you did a really good job.” “Pretty good for your first battle, Ash,” Misty assured him, patting him on the back with a sombre smile. “Your Metapod could do with some training, Ash Ketchum,” Samurai said, recalling his own Metapod. “The battles with Gareth, Bluebell and Redford were much more interesting. I almost thought I would lose against them. You’d be surprised how hard it can be to defeat a combination of Squirtle and Rattata.” “Who has Squirtle?” Ash asked, but Samurai ignored him. “I’m disappointed. I thought you’d put up a better fight. If I meet you in the Pokémon League, I know I’ll have an easy match. Good day, Ash. Good day to you, miss.” He left through a gap in the fallen trees. The forest seemed darker than it had been before. Ash decided it would be a good time to send all three of his Pokémon out and thank them for a hard day’s work. “Come on out, guys!” He called, throwing all three Pokéballs into the clearing. Pidgey came out sleeping, while Pichu came out smiling. Metapod was nowhere to be seen. “I’ve missed it again?” The third Pokémon that emerged was much bigger. With a small blue furred body and large wings, each the size of Pidgey’s wingspan, an airborne Pokémon fluttered around the sky. “Butterfree,” the Pokédex said in its computerized voice when Ash pulled it out and clicked the scanning button, “classified as the fluttering Pokémon and recognised as both a bug-type and a flying-type. Most Butterfree love pollen from any plants and can use their antenna to locate their favourites.” Ash saw it flutter over to him, staring at the Pokédex with its large red eyes. In a split second, he grabbed the device with his small purple hands, landing on his purple feet and pressing buttons on it. Ash snatched it up with a smile on his face. “Looks like Metapod evolved after that battle,” Misty commented, not seeming too agitated by Butterfree as a bug-type. “He’s actually kind of cute now.” Ash laughed, letting Butterfree land on his head and tickle his face with its antenna. “Let’s camp here for the night,” Ash suggested, seeing the night looming above the trees, “then we can get out of here first thing in the morning.” Chapter 7 – Battle For The Boulder Badge “Finally!” Misty cheered as they left the final narrow tunnel of tree that was the exit of the Viridian Forest. Since his battle with Samurai, the pair had been forced to camp out in the forest twice, making this the fourth day of Ash’s journey. He was anxious to get into the city that lay this side of the Viridian Forest. Pewter City was one of the first places he needed to be on his journey. Here, he could sign himself up for the Pokémon League and battle for his very first badge. Misty had refused to tell him anything about the first gym leader, although she still spoke very highly of the gym leader in Cerulean City. “This place is really…dim,” Ash said, looking at the buildings. They were all made of a thick grey stone, with little to no decoration, making the town extremely plain looking. “It’s nice enough for the people who live here, I guess,” she commented, stretching her limbs as if she had been sitting down for a while. “I’m never going in that forest again, I swear.” Ash took no notice, immediately scanning the town for the building he knew to be there. Even in a city with buildings matching in style, Ash discovered the Gym easily. Near the back, surrounded by a large group of mountains, the gym was shaped like a boulder. The doorway consisted of a hollowed out archway with two long stone pillars, which were weighed down by a stone of similar size placed horizontally. Above this was a sign, simply stating ‘Gym’. “I guess you’re headed there as soon as, right?” Misty asked, not needing to wait for the answer. “You should head to the Pokémon Centre first.” He agreed. The Pokémon Centre was also easily recognisable in the valley-like town, being topped off with a bright red roof, as was the conformity for all official Pokémon Centres. They headed there at a swift pace, making sure to dodge the unusually large amount of hikers along the way. “Why are there so many people here with hiking equipment?” Ash asked Misty as they waited at a table for their Pokémon to be healed. Misty grunted. “We’re close to Mt. Moon,” she told him, in a voice that told him he should already know. “People trek up there to train their bodies and their Pokémon. It’s got an amazing view to Cerulean City. We’ll have to go that way to get there, anyway.” “Do you think it will take long to get through?” Ash asked, stabbing the oran-berry pie on his plate. Misty nodded, but didn’t take any time to explain better. “Are you sure you don’t know anything about the gym leader here?” “I’m sure I’m not going to give you an advantage over other trainers,” she remarked, taking a bite out of the sitrus berry-flavoured health bar she had bought from the counter. The joyful tune played from the speaker at the edge of the table, letting them know their five Pokémon were ready to be collected. “That was really fast,” Ash said, complimenting the nurse behind the counter, who was too busy staring at Misty. “I suppose they just needed a rest,” the redhead decided, ignoring his stares and turning away, leaving the building with Ash. Outside, they felt the cold wind of the town. Ash felt like it was blowing through his bones. “It’s cold here,” he said to Misty, who was shivering in her two-piece bikini. “Can we just get to the gym as soon as possible,” she grunted, holding her arms close to her chest and crouching as she walked in the direction of the boulder-like building at the back of the town. “I’m here to challenge the gym leader!” Ash called out as he entered the main battlefield in the gym. It hadn’t been hard to find; the gym only had a few rooms coming off from the main corridor. The battlefield looked nothing like the one Ash had seen in the league battle he watched the night before his journey began. The floor looked identical to the ground of a cave, complete with jutting pillars of stone and various sized boulders. “What’s your name?” asked a man, speaking as soon as the door he came through began to open. As he came out, Ash saw the man properly. He wore a baggy t-shirt, which was completely light blue apart from the Pokéball design under his left shoulder. He also wore a pair of black shorts and matching shoes. “I’m Ash Ketchum, and I’m from Pallet Town,” Ash answered, smiling confidently. He had already decided that his training in the Viridian Forest had made him strong enough to defeat the leader. “You’re the green flag, okay?” the man asked, showing a pair of flags, one red, and one green. Ash nodded, and stood in the box-shaped stand at the edge, encased by three stone walls coming to his waist. “Are you challenging the leader as well?” Ash looked over to see the man was talking to Misty, who was busy finding a stone bench along the side wall to sit down on. “I’m just travelling with him to Cerulean City,” she commented, not attempting to make contact with the referee. “Very well then,” the man said, taking his place at the edge of the battlefield to Ash’s right. “Challenger!” He called towards the still open door. There was a rustle and lots of thudding before another man came through the door. This man had much darker skin than Ash and Misty, and even the referee, who had at first seemed to Ash to have a skin a shade darker. From what Ash saw as he walked to his own side of the battlefield, he wore a pair of green trousers and an orange sweatshirt. He wore a dark grey vest underneath the sweatshirt. “How many badges do you have so far?” he asked, while Ash was having difficulty making out his hair colour. “None at the moment,” Ash admitted, shifting his weight onto his left foot. He heard Misty chuckle from her place at the wall and tried to ignore her. “Must be the fourth new trainer in the past few days,” Ash heard the trainer muttering to himself before he spoke louder. “Do you have more than one Pokémon?” “I have three,” Ash answered, moving his fingers over the three shrunken Pokéballs attached to his magnetic strip. “Then let’s start.” “This is an official gym battle between the gym leader Brock Harrison and the challenger Ash Ketchum,” the referee called out, holding both the green and red flags up in the air. “It will be a two on two battle! The challenger may switch Pokémon, but the gym leader cannot.” Both trainers nodded in agreement, but Ash already had the Pokéball he wished to use in his hand, enlarged and ready to throw. “Begin!” “Come on out, Geodude!” Brock called, throwing a Pokéball of a different colour to the normal kind. When Ash saw it hit the ground and open up, he noticed the top half was blue and sported most of a red ring around it, with a gap at the front. The Pokémon the oddly coloured Pokéball left behind looked similar to a small boulder, and for a moment, Ash couldn’t find it properly on the rocky battlefield. Then the Geodude stretched out its long rocky arms, which were lean and muscular. “Gee! Geodude!” the Pokémon shouted, opening its eyes and flashing a stone-filled grin at Ash. Without even thinking, Ash pulled out his Pokédex and heard Misty sigh to his right. “Geodude,” the Pokédex spoke, “classified as the rock Pokémon and recognised as both a rock-type and a ground-type. When at rest, Geodude are indistinguishable from normal boulders and will swing their arms around wildly if stepped upon. When more than one of these meet, they will smash into each other as a test of power and endurance.” “This had better work,” Ash mumbled, lifting the hand holding Butterfree’s Pokéball. “Come on out, Butterfree!” Butterfree emerged from the bright light fluttering his wings and circling the space over Ash’s head. “Geodude, show that bug-type what you’re made of! Use Rock Smash on the ground!” Brock ordered. Geodude nodded with an identical grin on his stony face. His right hand balled up into a fist looking like a giant stone, and it began to glow with a faded brown energy. “Butterfree, you don’t need to do anything for now,” Ash told his Pokémon with a carefree voice. “Just watch what he does.” Geodude swung his hand around, smashing it into the stony floor. Shards of stone were sent speeding at Ash’s end of the battlefield, spraying Butterfree and Ash with their sharp points. Ash covered his eyes with his arm to block them from his face. When he moved it, he saw Butterfree standing on the rocky floor with his blue feet and breathing heavily. Geodude had stopped Butterfree from properly defending himself with his attack. “Now, Geodude hit it with a Tackle!” Brock ordered, his whole body leaning slightly forward, as if he were ready to fall over. The rock-type ran forward, using its strong hands as feet. “Quick, Butterfree, stop him in his tracks with String Shot!” Ash called out, hoping his Pokémon still knew the attack. Butterfree proved him right, sending a long sticky stream of silk across the battlefield at the oncoming Pokémon. The silk managed to stick Geodude’s hands to the rocky floor, tripping it up so that its face hit the floor. “Geodude, are you okay?” Brock asked, almost stepping out of his marked box. “Geeeo!” the Pokémon called, pulling at the sticky restraints. Butterfree chuckled, fluttering over the Pokémon’s head and dropping down towards it. “Free-eeee-eee!” he chuckled, and his big eyes began to glow an eerie pink. “What’s happening?” Ash asked himself out loud, seeing Misty and the referee stare it him as the same pink aura appeared around the stuck Geodude, and the rock-type began to levitate in the air. The aura became thinner and thinner until only a small lining of pink energy surrounded the Pokémon, while Butterfree still muttered under his breath over and over again, obviously concentrating. “Gee!” the gym leader’s Pokémon cried, feeling pain from the attack. Butterfree quickly lost focus and the Geodude dropped to the floor with a crash. When he got up, Geodude’s eyes were filled with the same pink energy. “Geodude, use Tackle again!” Brock ordered, his voice wavering as he worried about his Pokémon’s condition. Ash had seen this before, however, while watching the league battles. Geodude was confused. It happened as an added effect with some Pokémon techniques, making the Pokémon dazed and sometimes unable to follow commands from the correct trainer. Geodude proved Ash right when he began to slap himself in the face rather than use the attack Brock had called for. This battle was over. “Geodude is unable to battle,” the referee called out, holding the green flag towards Ash, “Butterfree wins the round!” “Geodude, return to your Great Ball,” Brock ordered, pulling the staggered red energy into the blue and white sphere. “Well done, challenger. I don’t usually give praise to trainers who have no idea of the attacks their Pokémon are using, but I have to say that it was nice to see your Pokémon so shocked at his own technique as well.” “Wait, how did you know Butterfree was a boy?” Ash asked, hearing Misty sigh loudly from his side. “You can tell by the markings on their upper wings,” he answered, shrinking Geodude’s Great Ball and pulling out an ordinary Pokéball while he spoke, “and also by the length of their antenna. A female Butterfree has shorter antenna and a slightly more exaggerated pattern on her upper wings. Now, shall we get on with the battle?” “Yeah,” Ash agreed, looking to Butterfree. “Are you ready, Butterfree?” “Free!” the bug-type called, smirking slightly with his maw. Brock threw his Pokéball as high in the large room as he could get it, narrowly missing the ceiling. The ball opened and the energy that came out was much more than Ash had seen before. It formed into a huge serpent which looked like it was made completely of stone. Each stone grew bigger from tail to head, up until the head being the size of Ash’s whole bathroom at home. “Ii-ooooooooooo!” it roared, rearing back to show Butterfree the horn on its head, which was almost as long as Ash’s body. “Ash Ketchum, I’d like you to meet Onix,” Brock said, causing Onix to roar again, staring at Ash with its large eyes. “Hi, Onix,” Ash mumbled, waving to the giant grey serpent. “Onix, use Screech!” Brock shouted, smiling slightly. Onix put its head closer down to Butterfree’s height and let a scream erupt from its gaping jaw. The sound hurt Ash’s ears, and he could see it doing the same to Butterfree, who had crumpled to the floor, cringing. Ash could see the waves of sound in the air, moving quicker and quicker until abruptly ending. With his ears ringing, Ash couldn’t hear much, but he saw Brock’s lips moving, ordering an attack. Onix lifted its head higher up, although it was still hunched with the size of the room. Opening its jaw again and roaring, Ash saw a ball of brown energy appear and slowly form into a large boulder the height of Ash. “Butterfree, get back into the air!” he called out, but he couldn’t hear his own voice, and he could see that Butterfree hadn’t heard him either. Onix threw the now fully formed boulder at the crumpled Butterfree, who didn’t even notice it coming. The boulder crashed onto Butterfree, and although Ash couldn’t hear the noise emanating from it, he felt the vibration it made on the ground around him. The boulder crumbled to dust, and Butterfree was barely moving. He was unconscious. “Butterfree is unable to battle,” the referee shouted after squinting for a while to see the effects of the attack, “Onix wins the round!” Ash pulled Butterfree back into his Pokéball, feeling guilty for his injuries. He decided to apologise later. His next choice had been Pidgey, but the boulder would defeat him as well. Ash decided to use Pichu instead. “I choose you, Pichu!” he yelled, throwing the ball in front of Onix. Pichu came out facing Misty, and smiled, waving to her. She waved back quickly before pointing behind him at Onix. The electric-type turned to look and then fell over in horror, crawling back to Ash at speed to get away. “Chu!” the Pokémon cried, obviously scared and wishing to trade places with Pidgey. He climbed Ash’s trousers and tried to grab Pidgey’s Pokéball off Ash’s magnetic strip, but Ash picked him off and placed him on the ground. “It’s time to battle, Pichu,” he told the tiny rodent Pokémon. It took a little convincing, but Pichu finally resigned to battling the giant Pokémon. “That’s the spirit, buddy. Now, let’s see.” He pulled his Pokédex from his jacket pocket once more to find out any information that could help Pichu. “Onix, classified as the rock serpent Pokémon, and recognised as both a rock-type and a ground-type. Onix can burrow underground at speeds of up to 50mph, causing tremors and plate movement as they do. They mainly feed on boulders and mountainsides.” “Pichu, your electric-type attacks won’t work here, so we’ll have to use Charm for now!” Pichu shuddered at a thought, and then ran on all fours, closer to Onix than he wished to be. He clicked his small fingers together and winked at the towering rock-type, but nothing happened. “Onix, use Screech again!” Brock called, making Ash grimace; he had only just regained his hearing properly. The same sound of long metal nails scratching down a sheet of steel came from the cavernous insides of Onix’s jaw, forcing Pichu onto his knees, covering up his large yellow and black ears. Ash made a point this time to stare at Brock and see what he would do next. Pichu more than likely wouldn’t be able to hear Ash, but at least he could be prepared. Brock shouted something that seemed to end in ‘-am’, but Ash couldn’t make it out clearly enough. Before he could react, Onix had lifted his tail with tremendous speed for his size and was thrusting it down at Pichu, gaining a slight trace of white glimmering energy on the bumpy stones. Pichu was thrown across the room behind Ash, crashing into a wall. Ash didn’t have to look. “Pichu is unable to battle,” the referee said, the noise of his voice coming faintly through to Ash’s ears now, “Onix wins the round, which means Brock wins the battle!” Before he could return Pichu to his Pokéball, all three people in the room were at his side. Misty telling him not to worry about it, the referee telling him he could have a rematch the next day and Brock telling him he had done a good job for a beginner trainer. He barely noticed Brock had already withdrawn Onix from the battlefield. “You did well, Ash,” Misty murmured into his ear when she hugged him, “now get Pichu back into his ball and let’s get to the Pokémon Centre.” “Forget the Pokémon Centre,” Brock told them both, “you can stay here the night. I have herbs and potions for healing. Butterfree and Pichu will be fine in no time.” Ash agreed. It could be good to get a nice rest. Ash woke up in the sleeping bag he had rolled out for himself next to Misty’s. He looked to his right and saw she was no longer there. Looking to his left, he saw Pichu and Butterfree’s Pokéballs shrunken and still; they were sleeping too. The sun was beginning to rise, sending light through the window. Ash suddenly felt that he needed to use the bathroom, and ran from the room without his Pokéballs, not worrying that he didn’t know where it was situated. After finding it within the third door he tried, Ash emerged feeling refreshed. He heard voices from one of the rooms on his way back. “-doesn’t know who I am, and I want to keep it that way for now,” he heard Misty say. The second voice belonged to Brock. “I won’t say anything if you promise to agree. I need to get out of here and see the world,” he told her, before pausing. Ash heard someone walk towards the door and tried to move away, but fell to the floor. The door opened and Brock stared down at Ash with bemusement in his eyes. “Are you okay?” He asked Ash with a smile still on his face. “I’m okay,” Ash told him, grabbing Brock’s outstretched hand to pull himself up. Brushing chunks of dirt from the plant he had fell into off his black t-shirt, he looked at a confused Misty behind the gym leader. “Did you hit your head or something?” she asked him, looking away quickly. “When can we have our rematch?” Ash asked Brock, ignoring Misty’s strange behaviour in the room behind him, twitching slightly at the sound of his words. “Later,” Brock told him, laughing, “we’ll have to wait for Phillip to come in to officiate it. For now, we’ll talk. I’ll show you around the town if you’d like.” “I’d rather be here when Phillip gets here,” he admitted, before finding himself confused, “who’s Phillip?” “Phillip is the referee for my gym,” the darker-skinned boy told him. “Come in and sit down, won’t you?” Ash followed him into the room and sat down at a small wooden chair. The room looked a lot like the room Ash and Misty had slept in, except with different furnishing. This was obviously Brock’s living room. “So, tell me about yourself, Ash.” Ash couldn’t think of much to start with, so he went with the easier option. “You tell me about yourself first,” he said, feeling slightly uncomfortable on the chair. Brock laughed, but seemed to be going along with the suggestion. “Well, I’m thirteen years old and one of the younger gym leaders in Kanto,” he began, not telling Misty, who Ash assumed had already heard all of this, “and I live here with my brother, Forrest. He turns ten tomorrow, so he’ll be able to take over the gym for a little while. I have a proposal before I go on, though Ash.” “What is it?” Ash asked, expecting exactly what he had already heard him say to Misty. “If I win the battle again, I get to travel around the world with you and Misty,” he suggested, staring deep into Ash’s eyes with his own chocolate brown spheres. “And if I win?” Ash asked, wondering what the other half of the bargain could be. “If you win, I give you the badge. As a gift to me for giving you the badge, you let me travel with you. What do you say?” Ash almost laughed at the obvious attempt to trick him into accepting another travelling companion. Manners taught him not to, and he thought about the offer for a moment. Brock had been handy, healing Butterfree and Pichu instead of letting Ash go to the Pokémon Centre, and it would probably be helpful having him around to keep them healed. “Win or lose, you can travel with us,” Ash agreed, smiling and shaking hands with a grateful Brock, “now continue your life story.” “Well, I don’t really see my father that much anymore, and my mother passed away, so that’s about it for the family department,” he continued, now much more sombre but calm, “but it’s my mother than I get my darker skin from. She was born on the Sevii Islands, where it’s much hotter.” “Where is your father?” Ash asked, but looking to his left told him Misty had already asked the same thing. “I have no idea, and I’d rather not know where he is,” Brock retorted, turning his face away from Ash. Regardless, Ash could see Brock was hurting, and decided against pursuing the topic. “Did you start your journey as a trainer with Geodude?” Ash asked, recalling Geodude’s use of terrain against Onix’s brute strength tactic. “Actually, my father gave me Onix three and a half years ago when I turned ten,” Brock told him sourly; as if that was the reason he used Geodude more effectively. “You know, I might get Forrest to come and watch our rematch to get him more prepared for battling.” “Hasn’t he already been taught?” Ash asked, remembering the years he spent learning from Professor Oak. “Not everyone has a renowned Professor living next door, Ash,” Misty said, making Ash jump. “I didn’t mean it like-” “Ah, here you are, Brock,” a voice interrupted from the door. Turning, Ash saw Phillip, returned to the gym early. “And so is everyone. Sleep over? “We sure did,” Ash said, nodding with excitement, “and now I’m ready for a rematch against you, Brock!” Brock nodded, standing up. “You go and get your Pokémon then, and I’ll get Forrest.” Ash waited at his side of the battlefield, watching Misty yawn on the sidelines. They had already been in the room for over ten minutes, wondering why Brock was taking so long. Finally, two people walked through the door. The first was Brock, still smiling and happy at the prospect of travelling with Ash and Misty. The second was a similar height to Ash, but dark skinned like Brock. In many ways, he was identical to Brock. They both had the same dark honey coloured hair, and the same tight eyelids. The brothers even wore similar colours, with Forrest sporting a dark and light green striped t-shirt and Brock once more wearing his olive green jacket. The younger brother walked to Phillip and whispered something into his ear, prompting the referee to shout out and congratulate the boy. Brock must have told Forrest he was going to be the new gym leader after Brock left. “This is a two-on-two battle between the gym leader Brock Harrison and the challenger Ash Ketchum!” Phillip shouted, holding up the red and green flags again. “The challenger may switch, but the leader cannot. There is no time limit. Begin!” “Geodude, I choose you!” Brock called, throwing the Great Ball into the air. The white energy from within came crashing down to the ground without a sound, splashing around before forming into the grey Geodude, ready for battle. “Come on out, Pichu!” Ash shouted, throwing his own Pokéball into the battle. Pichu came out more confident than he had last time, smirking at Geodude with a hint of mischief. “Geodude, use Double Edge!” Brock ordered. Immediately, Geodude was sprinting across the rocky field, using his hands to move himself faster. A white glow overtook his body, stopping Pichu from looking directly at it. The attack hit Pichu, knocking him over, but Ash knew it would hurt Geodude as well. “You’ve injured your own Pokémon now, Brock!” He called over confidently, “Double Edge is going to give your Pokémon recoil damage!” “I’m afraid not, Ash,” Brock told him, smiling harder than Ash was, “because Geodude have a special ability they’re born with that the experts call Rock Head. They don’t get any recoil damage from their attacks.” The smoke surrounding the attack had cleared, but a familiar array of small yellow sparks were rippling their way over Geodude’s stony body. “Did you use Thunder Wave, Pichu?” Ash asked his Pokémon, who simply shrugged, standing up with slight strain. “Pichu have a special ability too, Ash!” Misty shouted over to him. “It’s called Static. When a Pokémon makes physical contact with yours, there is a chance they’ll become paralysed!” “Brock, you should switch Pokémon!” Forrest called out, only to be silenced by Phillip. “Didn’t you hear the rules at the start? If you’re going to be the gym leader, you had better start learning them!” “Enough! Geodude, use Rock Climb!” Brock shouted, his right foot coming outside of his box with his strong movement. Geodude copied him, working through the electricity that pulsed through his stone muscles in an attempt to stop him moving. His fingers gained a similar glow to Rock Smash, but with a plain white colour instead. Quicker than Ash expected, Geodude was using the ground and the boulders to rush over to Pichu with strength and momentum. “Pichu, use Charm!” Ash ordered. Pichu winked at the oncoming Geodude, making cute faces. Tiny glitter came from his eyelids and sprayed over Geodude, who was more than close now. It hit the rock-type at the last minute, just managing to reduce the intensity of the attack. There was another crash, sending smoke around Ash, who the battle was nearer. Coughing, he heard Pichu cry out in pain. “Geodude, find Pichu and use Tackle!” Ash heard Brock order. There was another cry from Pichu, and Ash could tell the attack must have found its target. “Follow my voice, Pichu! Get out of that smoke!” Ash called. Moments later, Pichu came limping out of the dissipating smoke. He looked exhausted. “Would you like me to use Butterfree?” “Chu!” the electric-type shouted, shaking his head. There was a familiar white glint to his paws. “Okay! Pichu, use Double Slap!” Ash told his Pokémon. Pichu ran at Geodude on all fours, his two front paws gaining more and more energy as he ran. “Geodude, hit back with a Rock Smash!” Brock called over to his own Pokémon. Geodude’s fist gained a pale brown glow before he swung it round to meet Pichu. Then, however, he abruptly stopped, his body finally giving in to the paralysis. Pichu began thwacking away, more and more aggressively each time. Geodude winced from the attack now that it was becoming too much. “Try Rock Smash again, Geodude!” Brock cried, and Ash could tell from the look on his face that Geodude wouldn’t be able to take much more. Geodude tried another attack, pulling it off. His fist swung around, meeting both of Pichu’s paws at once. There was a struggle, but Pichu began gaining the upper hand. Geodude was becoming tired, while Pichu was getting a second wind. Pichu pushed one paw forward with more strength than Geodude, giving him the chance to use his other hand to unleash more Double Slap on Geodude’s body. “Geodude, hang in there!” Brock yelled, but Geodude had already passed out on the ground in front of Pichu. Before Ash could cheer his Pokémon on, Pichu had passed out on top of the rock-type from exhaustion. “Geodude is unable to battle! Pichu wins the round!” Phillip called out, holding the green flag towards Ash’s box. “But Pichu fainted, too!” Forrest called out, with a sour look on his face. Phillip only had to turn towards him to stop him moaning. “You’re here to learn,” he reminded the boy as Ash and Brock both returned their Pokémon to their respective Pokéballs, “not to teach. Pay attention!” “It’s your turn, Onix!” Brock shouted, throwing the red and white sphere onto the ground, releasing the behemoth of stone. “Come on out, Butterfree!” Ash called, sending out his bug-type. Butterfree saw Onix and shuddered, small particles of glitter and dust falling from his large wings. “Onix, finish this quickly with Rock Throw!” Brock ordered, a sly smirk crossing his face. Onix reared his head back, opening his jaw wide. Just as he had yesterday, he began to form a boulder in between his top and bottom jaws. Ash heard the noise this time. It sounded like two boulders being crushed together. It made Ash’s stomach churn, but stopped quickly when Onix flung the fully-formed boulder down at Butterfree. “Butterfree, grab it and throw it back with Confusion!” Ash ordered, thinking back to the attack’s effect on Geodude the previous day. Butterfree’s eyes gained a glowing pink lining, which formed around the moving boulder, slowing it until it stopped. “Free!” Butterfree grunted as he used all of his mental focus to hurl the boulder back at Onix at a greater speed. “Onix, get rid of it with Slam!” Brock ordered, now looking worried. Onix obeyed quickly, his tail smashing the moving boulder to pieces, which scattered over Onix’s long body and the ground. “Butterfree, use Confusion on Onix!” Ash ordered, hoping the bug-type could handle the size of the creature with his power so new. Butterfree took charge of the falling shards of stone, moving them out of the way with his mind as his mental focus reached out to grab around Onix’s body with a faint pink glow. “Onix, fight against it and use Bind!” Brock called out. Onix’s tail rose up towards Butterfree, who tried his hardest to hold the rock-type back. Onix broke free and wrapped his tail around Butterfree, twisting and curling until only Butterfree’s head could be seen. “Butterfree, use Bug Bite!” Butterfree’s slightly smaller, turquoise snout gained an olive glow, and he bit down onto Onix’s stone flesh, taking out any nutrients he could. “Ooooooon!” the serpent cried, but kept its grip strong. “Use Confusion!” Ash called, seeing that there was a gap for exposure. Butterfree obeyed, his eyes glowing pink as he unravelled Onix’s tail to let himself free. “Now, use Iron Defence and then hit him with Tackle!” As Onix tried to compose himself from being sprung apart, Butterfree gained the silver lining Ash had quickly become used to using, becoming hard as metal, and then quickly rammed himself into Onix, sending the serpent crashing to the ground. “Can you still battle Onix?” Brock asked, Onix’s head laying next to him and still making him look tiny in comparison. The rock-type made no sound. “Onix is unable to battle! Butterfree wins the round!” Phillip shouted over Misty’s cheers, “The challenger wins the battle!” Ash felt elated. Butterfree flew straight to him and the two hugged; Ash even felt as if he were lifted slightly into the air by the bug-type. Brock and Misty ran over to him, and it was only now that Ash noticed Onix had been returned to his Pokéball already. “Congratulations Ash,” Misty said hugging him when Butterfree moved aside. “Well done, Ash,” Brock told him, shaking his hand, “I had a feeling you’d be able to do it this time round.” Ash looked around. Phillip was smiling and nodding at Ash, while Forrest was shaking his head in disgust, obviously not appreciating his brother’s loss. Ash didn’t care what he thought; his mind was consumed with the small metal badge Brock was now handing to him. It was hexagonal, and completely grey, but it shined with the glimmer of diamonds. “You’ve earned that Boulder Badge, Ash,” Brock told him, patting him on the back once more. “If you forget where the badges are kept, you can ask Phillip, or leave me a message at a Pokémon Centre,” Brock told Forrest as he put his overly large backpack onto his shoulders. His brother had insisted that he already had his own Pokémon and didn’t need to use Brock’s Geodude, no matter how much Brock tried to lend him out. With the three ready to travel again, Ash eagerly anticipated his next battle in Cerulean City, even though Brock and Misty still refused to tell them anything about the gym leader. Ash stared at his Boulder Badge as they walked towards the valley leaving Pewter City, paying no attention to his two companion’s attempts to talk to him. Chapter 8: The Route To Mt. Moon “Rattata, use Hyper Fang!” The trainer ordering was running from side to side, dodging the teal-glowing feathers that laced around the air as if in a storm. The Pokémon in front of him was imitating, its bright purple fur swaying from both the movements and the Featherdance. Ash’s Pidgey remained airborne, his wings spread wide, spraying the feathers out in great numbers. “Switch into a Wing Attack before Rattata can attack you, Pidgey!” Ash ordered, being cheered on by both Misty and Brock. Pidgey obeyed, charging the energy deep within its body to one particular spot in both of his wings. At the same time, with the lack of Featherdance, Rattata now jumped into the air, stretching out its curled purple tail to get the least air resistance. “Hit it, Rattata!” the trainer, Carter, called out to his normal-type. “Raaa!” the furred Pokémon snarled as its large bucked teeth gained a brilliant white hue. As the two Pokémon made contact, the air rippled with the energy on both wing and tooth as the two fought for dominance. “Be careful, Ash,” Brock warned from behind his new travelling companion, “that Hyper Fang is a lot stronger than Wing Attack. It’ll more than likely take over very soon.” “Pidgey!” Ash called, after nodding to Brock in thanks, “Knock Rattata back with your Wing Attack and send him flying to the floor with Whirlwind!” Pidgey was already becoming accustomed to Ash’s commands, and so pushed forward with his teal-glowing wing, knocking Rattata away and giving him room to climb in the air and flap his wings. A large blast of wind overcame the already struggling Rattata and knocked him to the ground, unharmed. “Rattata, use Quick Attack to get back up there!” Carter ordered. Rattata bent his legs as if to jump, and was forced up with a blast of white energy, which streamed behind him as he closed the distance between himself and Ash’s flying-type. “Pidgey, knock him out of the sky with Wing Attack!” Ash ordered. The airborne Pokémon’s wings now once more glowing a fierce teal colour, Pidgey smacked the normal-type across the face as it reached him, sending the purple-furred Pokémon crashing to the floor, knocking it out. “Rattata, are you okay?” Carter asked, rushing to his grounded Pokémon and picking it up. “You knocked him out cold! He’s unconscious!” Before Ash could apologise or comment, Brock was already over by the trainer’s side. Rummaging through his very large green backpack, the ex-gym leader pulled a small yellow diamond from a pouch he produced. “This should do the trick,” he mumbled as he pressed the sharper bottom of the diamond into Rattata’s forehead. The purple-furred Pokémon twitched as it made contact, but in a few seconds, the diamond had melted deep into its head, as one might push a spoon into ice cream. “Rat?” the Pokémon murmured as it slowly opened its eyes and looked at its trainer. “Thank you so much!” Carter shouted at Brock, almost hugging him for a moment. “It’s no problem at all,” Brock told him, smiling. “You’ll still need to head to a Pokémon Centre, though. That reviving crystal can only do so much, such as bringing him back into consciousness.” “I can’t even tell you how grateful I am,” the boy said, before running past Ash towards Pewter City, giving the trainer a hateful glance as he did so. Ash looked at Brock with a bemused expression for a few moments before speaking. “Where did you get a reviving crystal?” he asked the older trainer, having only seen the gem once while at Professor Oak’s laboratory. “Every now and then, I used to leave the gym for a while and dig up some things at Mt. Moon.” His answer didn’t seem to shock Misty at all, but Ash, ever keen to prove his naivety, almost pleaded to ask another question. “Can gym leaders leave the gyms?” “Of course they can, you dolt!” Misty shouted at him, shaking her head afterwards. “You really don’t know much about this sort of thing, do you?” “What’s the matter, Misty?” Ash asked, his temper getting the better of him. “Are you jealous that I caught two Pokémon in my first week and you’ve only caught one in a year?” “You think that’s so great, huh?” Misty retorted, clearly hurt by the accusation, but also in a foul mood, “How about a battle? We’ll see how tough you are then!” “Calm down, you two!” Brock shouted, getting flustered. “God, I swear the two of you remind me of Forrest.” Still angry, Ash and Misty both backed down. Ash noticed that Misty already had one of her Pokéballs enlarged in her hand, where she had to shrink it back down to travel size before she could put it away. The group walked in silence for the rest of the afternoon. By the time the sky started to darken, the three had reached the Pokémon Centre at the base of Mt. Moon. Giving their Pokémon to the nurse, the three split up. Ash sat at one of the canteen tables, eating some oran berry pie; while the waitress brought him some more fried topo berry slices. Brock was at the main desk, discussing something with the nurse and looking very enthusiastic. Misty, meanwhile, was storming back over to the table. “What’s wrong, Misty?” Ash asked as she threw herself into the seat. “This!” she shouted, pulling a Pokéball out of her pocket and enlarging it with the click of a button. The Pokéball she held was almost completely black, and decorated around the opening and on the top with red and gold floral artwork. “That’s a nice Pokéball,” Ash commented, noticing the almost glittery sheen it had to it. “A guy over there offered me the most sought after water-type Pokémon in the world,” she said, moaning as she spoke, “for a small fee, of course. That turned out to be almost five hundred credits. Then, when I released the Pokémon to have a look, this happened!” As if on command, the ball cracked open and a burst of white light came out. It swirled around in the same curled floral pattern as on the ball, causing many trainers around the canteen area to stare. When the energy finally settled, Ash began to laugh almost immediately. Flapping on the floor in front of him was a Pokémon he had long worried about getting as a starter Pokémon. Its blood-red scales were shimmering with the electric lighting of the Pokémon Centre. With a quick flip of its strong tail, the Pokémon flopped into the air. “Magikarp!” the Pokémon called out, its eyes staring at Misty. Misty was almost snarling. Ash stopped laughing and looked at her. “Why didn’t you just ask for a refund, Misty?” he asked, receiving the most evil glare he had ever seen from her. “I did!” she told him, returning Magikarp to its luxurious Pokéball as she continued. “He said he accepted no refunds, or any responsibility, and then ran for it!” Rather than laugh again, Ash decided to take a better route to keep her voice down. “Don’t forget that Magikarp evolve into Gyarados,” he said, trying to help with the fact Professor Oak had reminded him of only a week and a half ago. “I know that, you dolt!” she shouted, her face turning a deep shade of crimson. “I am a water-type expert, you know!” Having recently defeated Brock and Carter, Ash decided he had become somewhat of an expert himself. His newfound arrogance got the better of him. “Well it seems to me you’re not that much of an expert, Misty,” he commented, watching as she seethed and her eyes narrowed in a glare aimed at him. “It’s pretty easy to train any Pokémon, if you’ve got the right skills.” “Oh, and you think you’ve got those kind of skills?” she asked him, standing and slamming her small fists on the table. Ash’s heart began to beat much faster as the adrenaline kicked in, and he followed suit to continue the argument. “I just defeated a gym leader,” he forwarded, offering Misty reasons for his skills, “and I beat Carter this morning.” “Two wins don’t make you a master, Ash!” she roared. At this point, Brock came over to mediate. “Will you two just stop this arguing,” he suggested, standing between the two trainers. “Our Pokémon are all healed now. Can’t we just get on and travel through Mt. Moon?” “I’m not travelling with him anymore!” Misty decided, almost spitting her remark. Brock looked surprised at both of them. “That’s fine by me!” he shouted back, as Misty began to leave the Pokémon Centre, “Good riddance, water expert!” With that, Misty had left the building, and was travelling alone. “Can you believe her?” Ash asked Brock, who seemed much more angered than before. “I can’t believe either of you,” he said, lifting up his heavy pack, “but at least she had the sense to end the argument. You can’t just leave things alone, can you?” Brock made his way to the exit, ignoring any of the attempts Ash made to grab his arm or call him back. Within minutes, Ash had gone from having three companions, to having none at all. He picked up his bag, filling it with his wallet that he had used to pay for food, and left, turning the opposite way. If they didn’t want to travel with him that badly, he would use a different path through Mt. Moon. Feeling slightly lonelier, he grabbed Pichu’s Pokéball and threw it onto the soggy ground outside. “Pi?” the Pokémon cried, looking around and shivering. “Looks like it’s just you and me for a while, Pichu,” Ash told the electric-type, watching as he sniffed at a plant that had begun to grow through the cracks of the rock. “Pichu, Pi,” Pichu said, seeming neither happy nor sad at the situation. Before Ash said anything else, the inquisitive electric-type had run over to another plant, this one longer. Using his small arms, he started prodding at the large leaves that had grown from the stem. “Let’s get going,” Ash muttered to himself, and headed towards the small opening into the mountain at the furthest point from the main entrance. pandafoxygirl Active Member Kyaaaa!!! I really love this story so far, you describe the scenes so well, I really can see it happening while reading it ^^ Keep up the good work, can't wait for the next chapter ^^ True love doesn't have a happy end because true love never ends <3 Friendship is a medicine that works pandafoxygirl, Apr 2, 2010 Thanks so much. Really. It's nice to finally get someone saying something after four or five chapters of nobody posting but me. I'm glad I still have some readers. The next chapter should be up next week. DANdotW, Apr 2, 2010 You're welcome ^^ I really don't get why those two people on the other page (lost their names ^^; ) have so many critique on your story, it's very good. And as you already said, it's a retelling, not a novelization, you can change the things as much as you want yourself from the real story as long as you yourself like it ^^ Writers write stories for enjoying themselves and for the readers to enjoy what you have written. Stories aren't only made to get money and attention, they're mainly maid for the readers to enjoy, that's the main topic of writing a story. Mistakes aren't that bad, they're good because you can learn from them and really everybody makes mistakes (although it seems those people on the other page don't get that). I like the idea of having changed Pikachu in Pichu, since starter Pokémon should all start at the first evolution, not on the second already like in the anime with Pikachu. I also like the idea of changing the name of some of the people since Deliah really makes Ash's mom sound older, Delilah sounds way better I think ^^ and I think it's also a good idea to let professor Oak be the creator of Pallet town, after all, who else would have done it and why else did professor Oak get so much honour, I think it's logical and you have very good ideas ^^ I'll subscribe to the thread, in that way I'll see it as soon as it's on serebii ^^ PS: Sorry for the long post ^^; I'm very talkative, it's my nature, I hope you didn't get bored at my comment XP Not at all. I really appreciate criticism, but it's nice once in a while to get praised. I think people forget that critique is a way to improve, but to make someone feel like it's worth posting the story, it's good to praise at least one aspect of it. I'm really appreciative to you, so I'm glad you've subscribed. As I said, the next chapter should be up sometime next week. I also appreciate criticism but sometimes critiques sound very mean and they make me feel bad (this happens with critiques on my own stories as well as stories of others, and those two people on the other page really made me feel bad because I thought they were mean and to hard, it's your story after all, not theirs). Lol, I submitted one story here so far, it wasn't that good and my only reviewers were already my friends, they were very nice to try to help me and praise my story but after some chapters they also stopped reviewing and I didn't feel like continuing it anymore so I stopped sighs Ow, you're too nice, I'm really glad you think so ^^ Apologies for the longer wait than expected for the chapter. I've got tomorrow off again, so I'll finish it off in the morning and check through it in the afternoon. It should be up late afternoon tomorrow. DANdotW, Apr 11, 2010	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1327
__label__cc	0.59538	0.40462	Sustainability, price and no debt are key for young UK fashion shoppers - YouGov UK Millennials want to buy more sustainable fashion but frequently don’t, and the reason is that convenience and price issues get in the way. That’s according to a YouGov study for payments specialist Clearpay that also revealed Amazon as their top online fashion/retail brand and Primark as their offline favourite. UK Millennials love to shop - Photo: Porapak Apichodilok The researcher spoke to 2,500 UK consumers and found 49% of Millennials would “prefer ethical clothing above what’s on-trend, and 46% would opt for a single quality item to last.” But their limited disposable income often results in fast-fashion purchases instead, hence their fondness for Amazon and Primark. The study also showed that 75% of Millennial and 70% of Generation X consumers see online shopping as the way forward as it makes life easier for them. Despite their love of offline-only Primark, young people strongly prefer to buy clothes and accessories online, with 60% of Millennials having done so in the past six months. Perhaps it’s no surprise that e-tailers such Boohoo and Asos grab such a big percentage of total fashion sales in the UK Fashion as, for the young consumers they target, fashion really is a key priority. It’s actually second on the spending priority list with going out in first place. On average young people spend £116 per month, half their monthly discretionary income, on clothes. Given that this survey was commissioned by deferred, interest-free, payments specialist Clearpay, there was understandably a payments question in the survey and the answers showed that these young shoppers seem to be less comfortable getting into debt to fund their fashion fix than older generations are. In fact, they strongly prefer to pay by debit card than credit card for almost every type of product. The thought that a big proportion of 13 million UK consumers (that’s how many British Millennials there are, a fifth of the population) wants to avoid debt is basically good news. However, it may not be seen that way by the many retailers that derive a lot of their earnings from the interest charges on their brand store cards. Millennials’ anti-credit attitude is explained by YouGov as being partly linked to the level of debts they already have. Since the UK government tripled the cost of further education in 2015, increasing numbers of young people have student loans and so are less likely to want to take on more debt to buy fashion. This also means that Millennials are less likely than the age group just above them (Generation X) to even have a credit card with those aged 35 to 55 being 71% likely to have one and younger consumers only 51%. “These findings support similar research we’ve done in the US and Australia where, if anything, young people are even less likely to own a credit card than in the UK,” said Carl Scheible, CEO of Clearpay. “The financial crash left scars on all generations and traditional banks and credit providers lost trust. In the UK young people in particular are looking for new ways to budget and make purchases without falling into debt.” Primark upbeat on UK, Europe and US strength as new stores drive growth Primark trading statement says little, talks up strong store pipeline Fortnum & Mason sales and profits rise, opens Hong Kong store Primark names new head for Central and Eastern Europe Boohoo's MissPap finds new CEO at Missguided Eyes on U.S. prize, Primark considers Central American suppliers Kingpins Transformers targets university students with new sustainability conference in London Zara Home’s integration into Zara starts in the UK	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1328
__label__cc	0.678518	0.321482	Does a Bankruptcy Damage a Co-Borrower on a Mortgage? If your co-borrower files for bankruptcy, it's not going to help you get a great mortgage. Filing bankruptcy can easily lower a credit score by 100 points. It also makes lenders worry that your co-borrower can't manage money and debt, which makes him a risky investment. It's still possible, however, for the two of you to land a good deal. Co-Borrowing Teaming up to buy a house has lots of advantages. With two incomes, you can afford a larger monthly housing payment, which lets you take out a bigger mortgage. If you have wildly different credit scores, however, lenders don't average them together. Instead, your lender will focus on whichever of you has the lowest score and use that as the basis for setting the interest rate. The bankruptcy 100-point hit can translate into substantially higher interest. Even an event as drastic as bankruptcy doesn't exist in a vacuum. The damage that bankruptcy does to your co-borrower's score varies according to the rest of her credit history. The more accounts she wipes out with bankruptcy, the worse the effect, for instance. And while someone with great credit will see serious damage, a borrower with lousy credit and lots of unpaid debts may not suffer much from wiping the debts out. The longer it's been since the bankruptcy, the less damage it causes. The point of bankruptcy is to start fresh: If your co-borrower emerged from bankruptcy three years ago and she's been on top of her debts ever since, her credit score will have begun climbing up again. After 10 years, the bankruptcy disappears from her credit report completely. Lenders may be cautious about loaning to an applicant who's had a bankruptcy history but four years of good debt management should make her acceptable. If your credit score is 760 and your co-borrower's is at 620 to 640 post-bankruptcy, this discrepancy could add another point of interest to your rate. One solution is just to wait and let your co-borrower's credit rebuild. If that's not an option, explaining the cause of the bankruptcy to the lender, and why it's not going to happen again, may help. Making up for the bankruptcy in other ways -- a larger down payment, for instance -- may overcome the bankruptcy effect. Mortgage 101: Applying for a Mortgage After a Bankruptcy New York Times: When a Co-Borrower Has Poor Credit My FICO: How Will my FICO Score Consider a Bankruptcy? Grossbart, Portney & Rosenberg: Will I Be Able To Buy A House If I File Bankruptcy? A graduate of Oberlin College, Fraser Sherman began writing in 1981. Since then he's researched and written newspaper and magazine stories on city government, court cases, business, real estate and finance, the uses of new technologies and film history. Sherman has worked for more than a decade as a newspaper reporter, and his magazine articles have been published in "Newsweek," "Air & Space," "Backpacker" and "Boys' Life." Sherman is also the author of three film reference books, with a fourth currently under way. Sherman, Fraser. "Does a Bankruptcy Damage a Co-Borrower on a Mortgage?" Home Guides \| SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/bankruptcy-damage-coborrower-mortgage-58383.html. Accessed 19 January 2020. Sherman, Fraser. (n.d.). Does a Bankruptcy Damage a Co-Borrower on a Mortgage? Home Guides \| SF Gate. Retrieved from http://homeguides.sfgate.com/bankruptcy-damage-coborrower-mortgage-58383.html Sherman, Fraser. "Does a Bankruptcy Damage a Co-Borrower on a Mortgage?" accessed January 19, 2020. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/bankruptcy-damage-coborrower-mortgage-58383.html Can You Do a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure if You Have Filed for Bankruptcy? Damage to Credit: Short Sale vs. Foreclosure Credit Consequences of Foreclosure Does It Affect Your Credit to Co-Sign for Someone Else on Their Apartment Lease? Help for People Who Lost Their Homes to Foreclosure What Happens When You Modify Your Mortgage? Can I Get an FHA Loan After Bankruptcy & Foreclosure? Tenant Worthiness vs. Credit Score Can You Stop a Foreclosure in Three Weeks With a Hardship Letter? How Long Will a Foreclosure Affect My FICO Score? Can I File Bankruptcy & Not Lose My Rental Property? How Do Basis Point Hikes Affect a Mortgage?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1331
__label__cc	0.576135	0.423865	Beyond the Alphabet: The ABCs of Analytic Writing Marc L. Lipson In business, it doesn’t matter how well you know your subject. If your good idea is buried in a maze of clumsy language, it’s lost. Your reader won’t even take time to search. Analytic writing often gets a bad rap — dry research reports, meandering memos, perplexing tech notes — but concise and persuasive writing is more valuable than ever in business today. In a complex and fast-paced world, clear and quickly readable analytic writing is a powerful tool for distilling meaning out of data, so that competitive insights and critical recommendations emerge. To deliver your message, use these three guidelines. Think of them as the ABCs for analytic writing. A: Analysis In analytic writing, you’re laying out evidence and drawing a conclusion. Explain what your data is (both quantitative and qualitative) and what the implications are, but avoid giving an avalanche of numbers. Instead, aim for a concise explanation of “facts unique to this situation.” Connect the dots so that your reader understands exactly why you’re advocating for this particular choice over other options. Make sure your argument can be easily summarized and shared verbally in decision-making meetings. Disclose any important risks in the situations — the factors that might work against the course of action you’ve recommended. But don’t bog down the document with a laundry list of everything that could go awry. B: Bullet Points (and Other Formatting) If your company has a commonly used template for reports or memos, use it. Familiar formats are less distracting and easier to scan. If there is no such template, create a document with an easy-to-read font, headings in boldface, bullet points in lists and acronyms explained in first reference. Headings should serve as signposts so your reader can scan the document and get the gist before settling in for a deeper read. Winnow your visual aids — maps, tables, graphs — down to the clearest and most relevant. C: Clear Conclusion What’s the main takeaway? Don’t save it for the finale. It should be listed right off the bat, in the introductory paragraph, and again in the conclusion or executive summary section. Readers should be able to put down the document and immediately summarize what you want them to know and what you want them to do in a sentence or two. “If we allocate 5 percent more funding to R&D next year, we will be able to prototype and test both devices, which can improve our competitive position for the next two years.” It should be an elevator-pitch idea that’s easily shared verbally or summarized in an email by any colleague who will share out your report. With your ABCs in place, you have a strong foundation. For bonus polish, here are a few more pointers: Simplify numbers for scanability. For instance, instead of “inventory turnover increased from 16.35 to 18.99”, write: “inventory turnover increased from 16 to 19.” Reference where more data and detail can be found for a reader who wants to dig deeper. For instance, “Prior to 2007, days receivable averaged about 16 days (see the Performance Analysis in Exhibit 3.)” Short data sets can be put into the body of the text, but lengthy charts, tables or data sets should be included in exhibits given at the end of the report. Vary your sentences, interspersing short statements with longer explanations. Eliminate vague or emotion-laden language in favor of specifics. For instance, instead of “The R&D budget is terrible,” try, “The annual R&D budget is 15 percent less than that of our five closest competitors.” The preceding is adapted from Darden Professor Marc L. Lipson’s technical note Clear, Complete and Concise: Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins of Analytic Writing (Darden Business Publishing). Learn more about the keys to effective writing in the Darden Business Publishing technical note Buy the Note Robert F. Vandell Professor of Business Administration An expert in equity market trading and institutional investing, Lipson focuses his research on market microstructure — the study of how market design and organization affect price formation and liquidity. He has served as a visiting scholar at the New York Stock Exchange and on the NASDAQ Economic Advisory Board. Widely published, Lipson has also served as co-editor-in-chief of the journal Financial Management and is currently an associate editor for both the Journal of Financial Markets and the Journal of Corporate Finance. Prior to joining the Darden faculty, he taught finance at the University of Georgia. B.A., M.S., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Michigan The High Stakes of the CEO as Public Face of Your Company "> The High Stakes of the CEO as Public Face of Your Company 10 Recommendations for the Resilient Family Business "> 10 Recommendations for the Resilient Family Business Executive Summary: Avoiding the 7 Deadly Sins of Analytic Writing "> Executive Summary: Avoiding the 7 Deadly Sins of Analytic Writing Q&A: HOW TO PRACTICE ‘EVERYDAY COURAGE’ IN THE WORKPLACE "> Q&A: HOW TO PRACTICE ‘EVERYDAY COURAGE’ IN THE WORKPLACE Communicating Through a Crisis: Wells Fargo Circles the Wagons "> Communicating Through a Crisis: Wells Fargo Circles the Wagons	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1335
__label__cc	0.747211	0.252789	Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v80y1990i3p641-42.html My bibliography Save this article Cooperative and Noncooperative R&D in Duopoly with Spillovers: Erratum Download & other version d'Aspremont, Claude Jacquemin, Alexis Claude d'Aspremont No abstract is available for this item. d'Aspremont, Claude & Jacquemin, Alexis, 1990. "Cooperative and Noncooperative R&D in Duopoly with Spillovers: Erratum," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(3), pages 641-642, June. Handle: RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:80:y:1990:i:3:p:641-42 File URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8282%28199006%2980%3A3%3C641%3ACANRID%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0&origin=repec File Function: full text Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to JSTOR subscribers. See http://www.jstor.org for details. As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version below or search for a different version of it. Other versions of this item: d'ASPREMONT, Claude & JACQUEMIN, Alexis, 1990. "Cooperative and noncooperative R&D in duopoly with spillovers: Erratum," CORE Discussion Papers RP 892, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:80:y:1990:i:3:p:641-42. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc. For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Michael P. Albert). General contact details of provider: http://edirc.repec.org/data/aeaaaea.html . We have no references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1337
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__label__cc	0.671403	0.328597	HSE Science and Research Centre places cookies on your computer to improve our website. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor and are all anonymous. They are used to measure its performance and to provide enhancements to you while using the site. What's New - HSE Science and Research Publications HSE Science and Research Publications 2019 Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) Agency Publications 2002-2014 Publications and Products Training and Events Testing and Monitoring Research and Consultancy HSE has worked with the Aerospace and Aviation sector for more than five decades and in that time we have helped to make air travel safer, faster and more efficient. We apply our expertise to everything from braking and fuelling systems to composite materials and battery safety. Our independent, cutting-edge research continues to find solutions to current safety issues, and those that the aerospace industry may face in the future. Why choose HSL? Our staff are world-leaders in their fields and can help you to improve your business by providing practical solutions to complex issues. You'll have access to unrivalled facilities which allow new technologies to be performance tested to the highest standards without compromising safety. For example, we can carry out fire safety tests to the ISO2685 standard, impact tests up to Mach 3, battery safety tests and electrostatic measurements in aviation fuel. We can measure air pollution, noise and other environmental factors, and provide help and advice to lessen their impact on employees and the wider population. We are independent and have our own strategic research programme, while working routinely in partnership with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and with industry leaders such as Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Boeing. By working with us you are able to tap into the latest thinking on key industry topics. We will work with you to find practical, value for money solutions to the issues you face. We offer problem-solving, experimental testing and safety engineering, bespoke research and expert advice on the management of risks. Examples of how we've helped companies in the aerospace and aviation sector include: certification Fire Proof and Fire Resistance testing to ISO 2685. Providing real data to demonstrate the effect of LI-ion battery failure on aircraft. Measuring, benchmarking and improving organisational safety culture. Identifying improvements and interpreting guidance from the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR). Providing an independent review of the risk assessments for air shows To discuss how we can help you with any health or safety related issue, contact our Aerospace Sector Manager, Nigel Moss: Telephone +44 (0)203 028 2133; Email: nigel.moss@hse.gov.uk Back to Your business Aerospace-relevant topics Aerospace Testing Facilities Lithium-ion Battery Safety Complete Worker Health Health and Safety Leadership Occupational Hygiene Safety Culture Improvement To discuss your needs, please contact Nigel Moss E: nigel.moss@hse.gov.uk Modern Slavery Act (PDF) Explosives Notified Body	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1346
__label__wiki	0.624772	0.624772	A Voice Among the Nations by John Gibney Ireland had a foreign policy and a diplomatic service before there was an internationally recognised independent Irish state. The origins of the modern Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade lie in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established as one of the first four government departments of the first Dail in January 1919. This richly illustrated book is a history of Irish foreign policy, rather than an institutional history of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade itself (though the two obviously go hand in hand). It explores how a small state such as Ireland has related to the wider world, by examining how Irish diplomats and politicians responded to the challenges presented by the upheavals of the twentieth century and how this small European state engaged with the world, from the Versailles peace conference of 1919 to the globalisation of the twenty-first century. Usually despatched in 1-2 working days A Voice Among the Nations also appears in these Categories: Without a Dog's Chance: The Nationalists of Northern Ireland and the Irish Bound Days of the Blackthorn Sean Moraghan The Manager's Tale: New Irish Chamber Orchestra 1970-1980 Lindsay Armstrong Laying it on the Line Jude Collins Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of R Richard Whatmore Daniel Ayiotis One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA Daniel Finn Battle of the Four Courts: The First Three Days of the Irish Civil War Michael Fewer Protestant and Irish: The minority's search for place in independent Ireland: 20 Ian D'Alton Richard Mulcahy: From the Politics of War to the Politics of Peace 1913-1924 Padraig O Caoimh The Templemore Miracles: Jimmy Walsh, Ceasefires and Moving Statues Ingenious Ireland: A county by county exploration of Irish mysteries and marvels Carrick, County Wexford: Ireland's first Anglo-Norman stronghold Denis Shine A HISTORY OF IRELAND IN 100 WORDS Sharon Arbuthnot On The Banks of the Dodder: Rathgar & Churchtown: An Illustrated History Ged Walsh BIRTH OF THE BORDER: THE IMPACT OF PARTITION IN IRELAND Cormac Moore Sam McBride	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1352
__label__wiki	0.84533	0.84533	Home Gadgets Top 5 features of the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom Edition Top 5 features of the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom Edition 17th-June-Kathmandu OPPO has recently announced to unveil its new Reno range of smartphones in Nepal. The new Reno 10x Zoom Edition takes the smartphones’ zoom capabilities to a whole new level. But, that’s not the only thing that the new OPPO Reno is all about. Therefore, through this article, let’s take a closer look at the top five features of Reno 10x Zoom Edition. The 10x Optical Zoom-capable sensor is one of the best features of the Reno smartphone. Ever since OPPO showcased this tech at this year’s MWC, we’ve been looking forward to seeing the tech in a commercial offering. This is the highest optical zoom ever available on a smartphone, which is made possible thanks to the periscope style design of the sensor. The phone has a 13-megapixel f/3.0 telephoto sensor with a focal length of 160mm. The sensor also features hybrid-OIS to help shoot blur-free photos and videos. Snapdragon 855 SoC under the hood Another impressive feature on the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom Edition is the inclusion of the Snapdragon 855 chipset. This is the latest chipset from Qualcomm, and is quite powerful and efficient and is paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage onboard. The Snapdragon 855 will be more than enough to power all the games and includes plenty of AI features. The chipset will also support 5G in a future variant of the phone. Apart from the Snapdragon 855 SoC, the smartphone also gets other hardware features such as a 3.5mm headphone socket, NFC, triple-microphones, and dual-frequency GPS. The phone also has Game Boost 2.0 and supports Dolby Atmos. It also features a 4,065mAh battery, which supports VOOC 3.0 fast charging, which is claimed to be 23 percent faster than the previous generation. Pivot Rising Camera Other than the 10x Optical zoom periscope camera on the back, the OPPO Reno also has a new type of pop-up camera. The company calls it the Shark Fin pop-up mechanism because it looks like a shark fin when it’s popped out. The module hides a 16-megapixel selfie camera and a soft flash. The rear side of this mechanism houses the flash for the rear cameras. According to OPPO, the motorized section will last more than five years. It even gets a fall detection feature, which will automatically close the pop-up mechanism to protect it during a fall. Triple rear cameras The phone features a triple rear camera setup and since we’ve already described the telephoto periscope sensor, let’s talk about the other two sensors. There’s a primary 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 sensor with an f/1.7 sensor with OIS, which should make for impressive pictures. It can also shoot 4k videos at 60 frames per second. Accompanying this shooter is an 8-megapixel f/2.2 super-wide angle sensor with 120 degrees of view. Both these cameras have laser autofocus as well. A 6.65-inch display with 93.1% screen-to-body ratio Moving to the front of the phone is a large, almost bezel-less display. The OPPO Reno 10x Zoom Edition features a 6.65-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 6 protection. With slim bezels at the bottom, the device ensures an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 93.1 percent. An in-display optical fingerprint scanner is also available for unlocking the phone. The new OPPO Reno 10x Zoom Edition will be available throughout Nepal via its major retails and outlets from 29th June. Previous articleFive Years Imprisonment For Cyber Bullying Through Social Media Next articleNcell Brings Double Data Offer For 4G Vivo S1 Pro Launched In Nepal At Rs.36,790 With Quad-Camera OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi Partner To Bring Smoother, Effortless Cross-Brand File Sharing OPPO Inaugurates Customer Care Service Centre in Kathmandu at CTC Mall	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1356
__label__cc	0.500936	0.499064	England (British postage stamps) Anglo-Saxon mission England i/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers much of the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/England Great Britain and Ireland was a set of special commemorative postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail in 2006. The stamps were the final part of the British Journey series, which had previously featured Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. It was available as mint stamps, as a presentation pack, stamps cards, and a first day cover. British Journey series These stamps are the final issue in the British Journey series; which started in 2003 with Scotland, followed in 2004 with Northern Ireland and Wales, and South West England in 2005. The series was brought to a premature end with this issue due to a lack of popularity amongst collectors. Stamp details The stamps were issued as a block of stamps, five wide by two deep. The photographs selected for this issue show no sky but are intended to demonstrate the colours and textures of the United Kingdom. All values are first class. Carding Mill Valley, Shropshire Beachy Head, Sussex St Paul's Cathedral, London This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/England_(British_postage_stamps) Anglo-Saxon missionaries were instrumental in the spread of Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century, continuing the work of Hiberno-Scottish missionaries which had been spreading Celtic Christianity across the Frankish Empire as well as in Scotland and Anglo-Saxon England itself during the 6th century (see Anglo-Saxon Christianity). The Anglo-Saxon mission began in the last decade of the 7th century in Frisia, whence, Benedict reminded the monks he urged to come to the continental missions, their forebears had come: "Take pity on them, for they themselves are now saying, 'We are of one blood and one bone with you.'" The missions, which drew down the energy and initiative of the English church, spread south and east from there. Almost immediately the Anglo-Saxon missionaries came in contact with the Pippinids, the new dominant family in Frankish territories. The earliest monastery founded by Anglo-Saxons on the continent is Willibrord's Abbey of Echternach (698), founded at a villa granted him by a daughter of Dagobert II. Pepin II, who wished to extend his influence in the Low Countries, granted free passage to Rome to Willibrord, to be consecrated Bishop of Frisia; Norman F. Cantor singles this out as the first joint project between Carolingians and the Papacy: "It set the pattern for their increasing association in the first half of the 8th century as a result of their joint support of the efforts of the Anglo-Saxon missionaries" This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Anglo-Saxon_mission England released: add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Osprey add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Keswick Line add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Out of Town add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Beauty & The Beast add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Paradise Lost add to main playlist Play in Full Screen How Does It Feel? add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Nature Ruled add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Fleece add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Life and Soul Garden Shed released: add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Midnight Madness add to main playlist Play in Full Screen All Alone add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Three Piece Suite add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Paraffinalea add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Poisoned Youth add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Nanagram add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Three Piece Suite (1976 Olympic Studio Recording) antiguaandbarbudalife.com antiguaandbarbudamedia.com barterandbook.com antiguaandbarbudatv.com aimand.com reggaelife.com lifeandimagination.com 365daband.com daytodaylife.org healthandlifesafety.com healthylivelife.com denmarklifeinsurance.com locking4life.org Life and soul, Kim Wilde Written by Kim Wilde & Tony Swain Yeah yeah alright They say that it's a fact of life we'll die But I say the fact of life is life And as I breathe the air of another lonely day There's something I've been meaning to say to you I know I let you down (trust in me) Didn't realise what I'd found (trust in me) All I need is for you to know Oooh you're in my soul Love is a lesson hard to learn Pain is a fire that keeps on burning Come back baby (I'm gonna give you) Oooh Oooh Pride is a wall that we can climb Baby hold on together we'll find Ayone who hurts you hurts me too And all I want is That life is good to you And whether I am near or far away I'm with you every, everyday You're in my soul शरीर नाशवान है लेकिन आत्मा अमर: शांडिल्य लेखराम शांडिल्य. बालोद. ग्राम कोहंगाटोला में कथा सुनने के लिए पहुंचे क्षेत्र के लोग।. अधर्म और पाप के रास्ते पर नहीं चलना चाहिए ... 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__label__cc	0.658157	0.341843	A memorable welcome for new Global Trade Leaders in Vietnam The Hinrich Foundation and its academic and industry partners in Vietnam gave a warm welcome and congratulations to three new Global Trade Leaders under their co-sponsored scholarships. Held Nov. 10, 2018, the event was filled with opportunities for my fellow scholars and me to learn and network while having fun. The welcome reception took place at adidas’ office in Deutsches Haus, considered one of the most energy-efficient office buildings in Vietnam. Organized by the Hinrich Foundation in cooperation with adidas, the event was attended by representatives of the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) and adidas’ suppliers such as Pou Chen Group, Lai Yih Group, Hwa Seung Vina and Framas. Learning from speakers Speeches from adidas, Hinrich Foundation and VGU representatives allowed my fellow scholars and I to know more about the companies involved in our studies and future careers. Kelly Nguyen, director of LO Operations & Projects at adidas in Vietnam, introduced us to the company and highlighted the growth of adidas’ footwear market and its record sales of €21.2 billion in 2017. From her opening remarks, I realized it was a good opportunity for footwear manufacturers as well as professionals in the footwear industry. Linh Huynh, Program Manager of the Hinrich Foundation’s Trade Career Development Program, provided insight into the Global Trade Leader Career Development Program. She noted the four steps involved in the program – Aspire, Learn, Grow and Lead – and the work-integrated learning (WIL) approach it takes. Under WIL, students experience a real working environment with the Foundation’s industry partners. Mrs. Huynh also told attendees of the reception about previous scholars who have completed the Global Trade Leader Career Development Program. Afterward, a short video about me and Zin Htar Oo, another scholar from Myanmar, was shown. What I learned about the Foundation and the success stories of Global Trade Leaders further inspired and motivated me to explore this new stage of my life. Dr. Hà Thúc Viên, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at VGU, noted the essential role of education and research in the new era of technological innovation. We learned that VGU possesses the highest number of international students in Vietnam and is moving forward in its goal to be the leading research university in Southeast Asia. Global Trade Leaders posed for a photo with representatives of the Hinrich Foundation, adidas, adidas’ suppliers, Luen Thai and all guests. Hearing about VGU and its accomplishments, I felt confident about my decision to apply for and accept the scholarship that will enable me to obtain a Master of Science degree in Global Production Engineering and Management, which is offered at VGU by the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin). Dr. Hà Thúc Viên, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Vietnamese-German University, talked about the role of education and research in this era of technological innovation during his opening remarks. Awarding and networking After the speeches, my fellow scholars and I excitedly received certificates of our scholarship from the Hinrich Foundation and its industry partners. A group photo after the awarding ceremony provided a good memento. Hinrich Global Trade Leaders received certificates of their scholarships during the event. Afterward, all attendees participated in a team-building activity. We all enjoyed the game and it provided us an opportunity to work with and get to know several people. A team-building activity allowed the new Global Trade Leaders to get to know each other. The event concluded with a networking session and refreshments, which gave us another chance to know other attendees better. A networking session provided Global Trade Leaders the opportunity to know each other and professionals from the manufacturing sector and the academe. All in all, the welcome reception will be a vivid memory and has left me delighted about the bright future ahead. About the author – Tun Tun Oo Tun Tun Oo is currently studying Master of Science in Global Production Engineering and Management at Vietnamese-German University. A graduate of the Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University with a major in avionics, his goal is to become a professional specializing in automation, industrial engineering and production technology.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1362
__label__cc	0.672535	0.327465	Defamation and Media Competition and Antitrust Disputes Customer Disputes Insolvency Litigation Supplier Disputes Agency and Distribution Agreements Share Purchase Agreements Company and Corporate Restructure Directors Disputes Legal Due Diligence Public Offerings Intellectual property (IP) is a valuable business asset which you will have worked hard to acquire. It comprises your brand, you know-how, any original or novel creations you have devised and any new or revolutionary way of doing things you have invented. It is something that makes your business unique but also highly susceptible to the risk of attach as rival businesses seek to piggyback off your success by stealing your ideas, copying what you do or trying to pass their products off as their own. You may even find yourself faced with a competitor who alleges that they came up with an ideafirst and who accuses you of trying to capitalise on their creativity. Dealing with IP issues can be difficult but is something the dispute resolution team at IMD Solicitors are here to help you with. Drawing on years of experience spent supporting businesses throughout the UK and beyond, our specialist intellectual property lawyers can assist with the defence and enforcement of your IP rights and in the resolutions of a wide range of IP disputes. We deal with all intellectual property types, including copyright, patents, trade marks, design rights, database rights, confidential information and trade secrets. 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__label__cc	0.694054	0.305946	Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study Nabil Adra, Costantine Albany, Mary J. Brames, Somer Case-Eads, Cynthia S. Johnson, Ziyue Liu, Christopher A. Fausel, Timothy Breen, Nasser Hanna, Ralph J. Hauke, Joel Picus, Lawrence Einhorn Purpose: A phase III study adding aprepitant to a 5HT3 receptor antagonist (5HT3-RA) plus dexamethasone in germ cell tumor (GCT) patients treated with 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy demonstrated a significant improvement in complete response (CR) (J Clin Onc 30:3998-4003, 2012). Fosaprepitant has demonstrated non-inferiority compared to aprepitant in single-day cisplatin chemotherapy and is approved as a single-dose alternative. This single-arm phase II study is the first clinical trial evaluating fosaprepitant in patients receiving multi-day cisplatin regimen. Methods: GCT patients receiving a 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy were enrolled. Fosaprepitant 150 mg was given IV on days 3 and 5. A 5HT3-RA days 1–5 (days 1, 3, and 5, if palonosetron) plus dexamethasone 20 mg days 1 and 2 and 4 mg po bid days 6, 7, and 8 was administered. Rescue antiemetics were allowed. The primary objective was to determine the CR rate—no emetic episodes or use of rescue medications. Accrual of 64 patients was planned with expected CR > 27 %. Results: Sixty-five patients were enrolled of whom 54 were eligible for analysis. Median age was 33. Fifty-one patients received bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy. CR was observed in 13 (24.1 %) patients (95 % Agresti-Coull binomial C.I. 14.5 %, 37.1 %). Conclusion: The data in this phase II study, in contrast to our prior phase III study, appears to indicate a lower CR rate with the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant. It is unknown whether the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant provides the same benefit in multi-day cisplatin that was achieved with single-day cisplatin. Trial registration Clinical trial information NCT01736917 Supportive Care in Cancer fosaprepitant Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms Combination Drug Therapy Emetics dexamethasone receptor Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting Adra, N., Albany, C., Brames, M. J., Case-Eads, S., Johnson, C. S., Liu, Z., ... Einhorn, L. (2016). Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(7), 2837-2842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3100-y Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy : a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study. / Adra, Nabil; Albany, Costantine; Brames, Mary J.; Case-Eads, Somer; Johnson, Cynthia S.; Liu, Ziyue; Fausel, Christopher A.; Breen, Timothy; Hanna, Nasser; Hauke, Ralph J.; Picus, Joel; Einhorn, Lawrence. In: Supportive Care in Cancer, Vol. 24, No. 7, 01.07.2016, p. 2837-2842. Adra, N, Albany, C, Brames, MJ, Case-Eads, S, Johnson, CS, Liu, Z, Fausel, CA, Breen, T, Hanna, N, Hauke, RJ, Picus, J & Einhorn, L 2016, 'Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study', Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 2837-2842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3100-y Adra N, Albany C, Brames MJ, Case-Eads S, Johnson CS, Liu Z et al. Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2016 Jul 1;24(7):2837-2842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3100-y Adra, Nabil ; Albany, Costantine ; Brames, Mary J. ; Case-Eads, Somer ; Johnson, Cynthia S. ; Liu, Ziyue ; Fausel, Christopher A. ; Breen, Timothy ; Hanna, Nasser ; Hauke, Ralph J. ; Picus, Joel ; Einhorn, Lawrence. / Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy : a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study. In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 2016 ; Vol. 24, No. 7. pp. 2837-2842. @article{6f064af736014e56b513da52706ae2ae, title = "Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study", abstract = "Purpose: A phase III study adding aprepitant to a 5HT3 receptor antagonist (5HT3-RA) plus dexamethasone in germ cell tumor (GCT) patients treated with 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy demonstrated a significant improvement in complete response (CR) (J Clin Onc 30:3998-4003, 2012). Fosaprepitant has demonstrated non-inferiority compared to aprepitant in single-day cisplatin chemotherapy and is approved as a single-dose alternative. This single-arm phase II study is the first clinical trial evaluating fosaprepitant in patients receiving multi-day cisplatin regimen. Methods: GCT patients receiving a 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy were enrolled. Fosaprepitant 150 mg was given IV on days 3 and 5. A 5HT3-RA days 1–5 (days 1, 3, and 5, if palonosetron) plus dexamethasone 20 mg days 1 and 2 and 4 mg po bid days 6, 7, and 8 was administered. Rescue antiemetics were allowed. The primary objective was to determine the CR rate—no emetic episodes or use of rescue medications. Accrual of 64 patients was planned with expected CR > 27 {\%}. Results: Sixty-five patients were enrolled of whom 54 were eligible for analysis. Median age was 33. Fifty-one patients received bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy. CR was observed in 13 (24.1 {\%}) patients (95 {\%} Agresti-Coull binomial C.I. 14.5 {\%}, 37.1 {\%}). Conclusion: The data in this phase II study, in contrast to our prior phase III study, appears to indicate a lower CR rate with the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant. It is unknown whether the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant provides the same benefit in multi-day cisplatin that was achieved with single-day cisplatin. Trial registration Clinical trial information NCT01736917", keywords = "Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, Fosaprepitant, Germ cell tumor, Testicular cancer", author = "Nabil Adra and Costantine Albany and Brames, {Mary J.} and Somer Case-Eads and Johnson, {Cynthia S.} and Ziyue Liu and Fausel, {Christopher A.} and Timothy Breen and Nasser Hanna and Hauke, {Ralph J.} and Joel Picus and Lawrence Einhorn", doi = "10.1007/s00520-016-3100-y", journal = "Supportive Care in Cancer", T1 - Phase II study of fosaprepitant + 5HT3 receptor antagonist + dexamethasone in patients with germ cell tumors undergoing 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy T2 - a Hoosier Cancer Research Network study AU - Adra, Nabil AU - Albany, Costantine AU - Brames, Mary J. AU - Case-Eads, Somer AU - Johnson, Cynthia S. AU - Liu, Ziyue AU - Fausel, Christopher A. AU - Breen, Timothy AU - Hanna, Nasser AU - Hauke, Ralph J. AU - Picus, Joel N2 - Purpose: A phase III study adding aprepitant to a 5HT3 receptor antagonist (5HT3-RA) plus dexamethasone in germ cell tumor (GCT) patients treated with 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy demonstrated a significant improvement in complete response (CR) (J Clin Onc 30:3998-4003, 2012). Fosaprepitant has demonstrated non-inferiority compared to aprepitant in single-day cisplatin chemotherapy and is approved as a single-dose alternative. This single-arm phase II study is the first clinical trial evaluating fosaprepitant in patients receiving multi-day cisplatin regimen. Methods: GCT patients receiving a 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy were enrolled. Fosaprepitant 150 mg was given IV on days 3 and 5. A 5HT3-RA days 1–5 (days 1, 3, and 5, if palonosetron) plus dexamethasone 20 mg days 1 and 2 and 4 mg po bid days 6, 7, and 8 was administered. Rescue antiemetics were allowed. The primary objective was to determine the CR rate—no emetic episodes or use of rescue medications. Accrual of 64 patients was planned with expected CR > 27 %. Results: Sixty-five patients were enrolled of whom 54 were eligible for analysis. Median age was 33. Fifty-one patients received bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy. CR was observed in 13 (24.1 %) patients (95 % Agresti-Coull binomial C.I. 14.5 %, 37.1 %). Conclusion: The data in this phase II study, in contrast to our prior phase III study, appears to indicate a lower CR rate with the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant. It is unknown whether the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant provides the same benefit in multi-day cisplatin that was achieved with single-day cisplatin. Trial registration Clinical trial information NCT01736917 AB - Purpose: A phase III study adding aprepitant to a 5HT3 receptor antagonist (5HT3-RA) plus dexamethasone in germ cell tumor (GCT) patients treated with 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy demonstrated a significant improvement in complete response (CR) (J Clin Onc 30:3998-4003, 2012). Fosaprepitant has demonstrated non-inferiority compared to aprepitant in single-day cisplatin chemotherapy and is approved as a single-dose alternative. This single-arm phase II study is the first clinical trial evaluating fosaprepitant in patients receiving multi-day cisplatin regimen. Methods: GCT patients receiving a 5-day cisplatin combination chemotherapy were enrolled. Fosaprepitant 150 mg was given IV on days 3 and 5. A 5HT3-RA days 1–5 (days 1, 3, and 5, if palonosetron) plus dexamethasone 20 mg days 1 and 2 and 4 mg po bid days 6, 7, and 8 was administered. Rescue antiemetics were allowed. The primary objective was to determine the CR rate—no emetic episodes or use of rescue medications. Accrual of 64 patients was planned with expected CR > 27 %. Results: Sixty-five patients were enrolled of whom 54 were eligible for analysis. Median age was 33. Fifty-one patients received bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy. CR was observed in 13 (24.1 %) patients (95 % Agresti-Coull binomial C.I. 14.5 %, 37.1 %). Conclusion: The data in this phase II study, in contrast to our prior phase III study, appears to indicate a lower CR rate with the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant. It is unknown whether the substitution of fosaprepitant for aprepitant provides the same benefit in multi-day cisplatin that was achieved with single-day cisplatin. Trial registration Clinical trial information NCT01736917 KW - Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting KW - Fosaprepitant KW - Germ cell tumor KW - Testicular cancer U2 - 10.1007/s00520-016-3100-y DO - 10.1007/s00520-016-3100-y JO - Supportive Care in Cancer JF - Supportive Care in Cancer 10.1007/s00520-016-3100-y	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1378
__label__cc	0.686558	0.313442	“Be Good” and “Marriage Material” July 7, 2012 · by Indie Outlook · in New Releases. · Caroline White and Kentucker Audley star in Joe Swanberg’s Marriage Material. Courtesy of Joe Swanberg. Two of the finest indies I’ve seen this year are remarkably similar–particularly in regards to their length (clocking in around an hour) and content. In my ideal world, these pictures would be playing on a double bill in art house theaters across America. Both films center on young couples and the impact that child-rearing has on their relationships. They also both include supporting roles for prolific indie filmmaker Joe Swanberg and his real-life son, Jude. Todd Looby’s “Be Good” follows an independent filmmaker, Paul (Thomas J. Madden), as he attempts to undergo his usual work routine at home with the addition of his new baby girl, Pearl. Meanwhile, his wife, Mary (Amy Seimetz), returns to work but has difficulty being away from her child all week. The tensions and obstacles that Paul and Mary face will be instantly familiar to any couple struggling to make a living artistically while raising a family. Looby captures some exquisite moments between the actors and the baby that feel entirely genuine. Madden previously collaborated with Looby in 2009’s “Lefty,” and proves again to have a magnetic screen presence. Swanberg’s “Marriage Material” opens with a young, unmarried, childless couple (played by Caroline White and Kentucker Audley) agreeing to babysit their friend’s baby for an evening. The experience intensifies White’s eagerness to have a child, but Audley (like Paul in “Be Good”) is a workaholic who views parenthood as a major inconvenience. In a wonderful 15-minute shot, Swanberg’s camera rests on the couple as they finally reveal the desires and frustrations that they’ve kept bottled up during much of their seemingly tranquil relationship. This is a great movie, one of Swanberg’s very best. As I say on my podcast, make sure to “keep a lookout” for these two terrific titles… ← Nick Allen on Soderbergh Sawyer Lahr on Queer Cinema →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1382
__label__cc	0.635035	0.364965	Review: The Trouble With Robots – a side-scrolling customisable card game Posted on August 25, 2012 August 30, 2012 by Patrick Bartholomew The Trouble with Robots Digital Chestnut Developer Summary: The Trouble With Robots is a side-scrolling customisable card game. Set in a fantasy world invaded by robots, you build decks, cast spells, summon powerful creatures (or hordes of angry peasants), and defeat legions of robots. The game contains a wide selection of cards supporting many different strategies. All of them are included in the game and unlocked as you play. The Trouble With Robots will include 18 story levels and 4 challenge levels. Players travel through a variety of locations and meet increasingly powerful robots as the humorous story evolves. Finally, there is a special ‘limited mode’ for extended play. What We Think: You live in a land of fantasy, full of elves, trolls, dwarves, and dragons. All of which can be troublesome to you and the other peasants, but you’ve learned to get along. Then they came. Metal contraptions from the sky, belching smoke and fire, building…Mega Malls??? The Trouble with Robots is one of the best mixings of thematic genres I’ve seen in quite some time. It builds the perfect level of cute while letting the absurd fly uninhibited. Creatures are all done in that simple line-drawing style, with the black button eyes, that has become so popular as of late, while the robots are given a riveted-together look reminiscent of old Flash Gordon serials – or at least their comic strip equivalent. Mechanics-wise, it’s a tactical strategy, somewhat in the Plants vs. Zombies ideal. Your fantasy side lines up and smashes headlong into the robots while you control only a bit of the action via the few cards you’ve selected for an encounter. Three are drawn out for you, at random, from the seven or so you’ve chosen, before each wave. Cards include area attacks, heals, and calls for reinforcements. Your strategy doesn’t revolve around the effective use of these cards as much as which ones you select before the encounter begins. It’s really simple, but a lot of fun. Here’s where game reviewing is sometimes harder than reviewing for any other medium. Not only do I have to consider the content, but also its platform and price. Here, I think, the developers at Digital Chestnut have got it all wrong. The Trouble with Robots is tailor made for the mobile platform. It’s easily consumed in small bites; tt has a simple click interface, it’s got that cute and colorful casual game feel and at one or two dollars on any app store I’d say to pick it up, in a heartbeat. As a PC game? Well, you’ll only spend a few hours before you’ve completed everything and, unlike mobile where you’ll be happy to replay a level to kill time in a doctor’s office, on the bus, or even while watching a little TV, you probably leave it to collect dust on your PC. And $18.99? $4.99 would be pushing it. Frankly a PC version of this sort of game belongs as free content on Chrome apps or Newgrounds. I’ve spent more hours trying to pad out this review than I did playing the game. What do you say about a game so simple in both premise and execution? My advice to Digital Chestnut is to make yourself a Kickstarter campaign, give the PC version away to anyone who donates, and pay someone to quickly port this to iOS and Android. I beg you, no, the game begs you. As a PC game The Trouble with Robots maybe rates a 2. As a mobile game, it’d be a 4, maybe 4.5. For now, I’ll say 3.5 and hope. Download a free demo or purchase The Trouble With Robots at The Official Site Patrick Bartholomew Patrick is a freelance multimedia developer specializing in Flash development and animation. He has been programming and making games as a hobby since the age of 7 and has been an avid pen and paper role-player for at least as long. Posted in: 3.5 Stars \ Game Reviews \ Windows PC Games Tags: indie games, robots, side scroller, strategy, Windows PC Games One comment on “Review: The Trouble With Robots – a side-scrolling customisable card game” Ed Mandy says: “Trouble with Robots is tailor made for the mobile platform.” “quickly port this to iOS and Android. I beg you, no, the game begs you.” FINALLY DONE! http://www.troublewithrobots.com/ Dust: An Elysian Tail for XBLA – An Indie Game Review The PAX 10 – 2012 – These Indie Games will get the spotlight in Seattle	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1383
__label__cc	0.74388	0.25612	The Carnivore Diet: A Panacea for Autoimmune & Chr... Ketogenic Diet and Cancer The Health Benefits of Using a Pressure Cooker Beauty Food Eating Organic Hormonal Health Anti-Cancer Diet Low Histamine Diet The 10 Best Kitchen Appliances for Healthy Cooking Flavor Your Meals With These Low-Carb Paleo Sauces 7 Tips to Pan Fry (The Healthy Way!) Free Books & Guides The Truth about Bread (Free Download) The Truth about Sugar (Free Download) Instant Pot Keto Dinners (Free Download) Instant Pot Paleo Recipes (Free Download) Are Endocrine Disruptors Messing with Your Hormones? Do you sometimes have trouble sleeping? Ever feel tired or lack energy? Can’t seem to lose those extra pounds? Are you aging not quite as gracefully as you would like to? Do you have aches and pains? Do you go through mood swings or become irritated easily? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, the culprit could be endocrine disruptors. And even if you are not suffering from noticeable symptoms, there is a very good chance your hormones are out of balance, dramatically increasing your risk of disease. But in this article, I will show you how you can have more energy, sounder sleep, better emotional balance, a stronger thyroid and less risk of cancers and reproductive ailments… just by making seven simple changes. Look to Environment, Not Genetics Imagine that you are a detective, given the following clues taken from Randall Fitzgerald’s “Hundred Year Lie”: In 1900, breast cancer was very rare. By 1960, it affected one in 20 women. Today, one out of three women develop breast cancer. Before 1921, a total of 20 cases of endometriosis had been reported worldwide. By 2000, nearly 20% of all U.S. women of childbearing age have endometriosis. A 1997 study showed that by the age of eight, one in seven white girls and half of African-American girls have started puberty. In the last 60 years, the average male sperm count has fallen by half… while the incidence of testicular cancer has tripled During the year of 2002, the number of clinical cases of gynecomastia (male breast growth) doubled. Now, keep your detective hat on. Do you think the human race has really changed that much in the last 100 years? Or do you believe that our environment (what we breathe, what we ingest and what we put on our skin) has something to do with it? The answer, of course, is that the human race has changed very little in the last 100 years (at least in terms of our physiology and biology). On the other hand, what we eat, drink and rub into our skin has changed completely… in a VERY short period of time. And these changes have profoundly impacted our hormones. Endocrine Disruptors: Is Modern Life Is Messing With Your Hormones? Hormones are simply chemical messengers. They send signals from one part of the body to another. And these messenger molecules are biologically active in amounts as tiny as just one-trillionth of a gram. Now consider that the average American consumes pounds of hormones and chemicals that mimic hormones every year! When they are in harmony, your hormones interact in a sophisticated cellular symphony that allows the body maintain the delicate state of equilibrium required for all systems to function correctly. But when they are out of tune, discord ensues. It can lead to weight gain, infertility, sleep disorders, low libido and depression, uncontrolled blood sugar levels, suppressed thyroid function, and an increased risk of certain cancers. So how do our hormones get out of whack? While most people are familiar with the hormones produced inside of our bodies (like estrogen and testosterone), we often fail to realize that hormones and hormone-mimics (a.k.a.- endocrine disruptors) are introduced through the foods we eat and the products we use everyday. And while the ill-effects of endocrine disruptors may not be seen or felt immediately, they set the stage for disease. These chemicals accumulate in fatty tissue and are released slowly into the body, dripping out their “hormonal instructions” over a long period of time. So why is this happening? Let’s take a look at the trends that parallel the endocrine disruption epidemic: From 1920 to 2000, the U.S. production of synthetic chemicals increased from less than a million pounds a year to more than 140 billion pounds a year In 1977, the FDA finds 38% of all grocery foods sampled contain pesticides. By 1998 that number climbs to 55% In the 1990’s, the bottled water market heats up. In 2006 31 billion plastic water bottles were produced By 1980, Teflon is used in 80% of all cookware. In 2006, the EPA called for a 95% reduction in the chemicals that make non-stick products as toxicity concerns mounted In the 1980s, fish becomes affordable with the reliance on fish farms. In 2003 the U.S. government stated a goal to quintuple the aquaculture industry by 2025. In 1935, only 5% percent of the nation’s 42.8 million beef cattle were fattened in feedlots. Today, feedlot beef accounts for more than 85% of that produced. In 1992, the FDA announced that 65% of women’s cosmetics sampled contained carcinogenic contaminants. As of 1998, 75,500 synthetic chemicals were registered as appearing in consumer products, agriculture and industry. The FDA oversees 8,000 chemicals used in foods and cosmetics alone. Endocrine disrupting chemicals are everywhere. And if you think “a little” won’t hurt you, think again. Remember: these nasty compounds can be highly bioactive at just one trillionth of a gram. But before you throw your hands up and concede to the demise of disruptors, take heart: with a little knowledge and planning, you can greatly reduce your exposure. Seven Simple Solutions for Better Hormone Balance Here are the seven ways the most dangerous endocrine disruptors make their way into your body and the simple choices you can make to protect yourself. #1 – Conventional Meats & Dairy: Foods just aren’t what they used to be. Not only do they lack the farm-fresh taste of yesteryear, but livestock are packed into tightly cramped quarters where they’re fed unnatural diets of pesticide-treated grain and corn, given growth hormones (rBGH) and antibiotics. While it’s more profitable for the farmer, the contaminants that end up in the meats, dairy and eggs are potent endocrine disruptors. Conventional meats and dairy are also high in dioxins – potent chemicals that bind to hormone receptors in cells and alter genetic function, causing a wide range of effects – from cancer to reduced immunity to nervous system disorders to miscarriages and birth deformity. Pollution Solution: Buy grass-fed beef and dairy, as well as pastured poultry and pork products, raised using organic principles. Because the harmful compounds are stored in fat tissue, choose leaner cuts, trim the fat and allow it to drip away during cooking. Visit EatWild.com and try U.S. Wellness Meats. #2 – Farm-Raised Seafood: Farm-raised fish are fed “fishmeal” – a concentrated fish product that is high in pollutants. In this case, the primary pollutants are polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) – powerful endocrine disruptors that have been linked to hormone-related cancers, thyroid problems and feminization of men. PollutionSolution: Choose only wild seafood that is produced sustainably. Read the package labels in the grocery. And steer clear of salmon in restaurants – it’s almost always farm-raised. For some of the best wild salmon, try Vital Choice and Target’s brand, Archer Farms. #3 – Conventional Plant Foods: Spotless strawberries neatly packaged and ready for purchase in December come at an exceptionally high price… even if you don’t pay it the day you buy them. Why? Imported produce may contain DDT. Although this organochlorine has been banned since 1972, it is still legal and produced in other countries (like China). And that’s likely where those strawberries came from. Even if you’re not buying imported fruits and veggies, there’s still a big risk of contamination with conventional produce. One of the most common biocides used – organophosphates (OP) – don’t just kill bugs. They destroy nerve cells too (neurotoxins). Pollution Solution: Reduce your exposure to pesticides by 90% by ensuring you always buy organic for the 12 most contaminated crops: peaches, apples, bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, kale, lettuce, grapes (imported), carrots, and pears. SPECIAL NOTE: Remember – wine is made from grapes… concentrated grapes – always choose organic! Check out our Organic Wine section for great wines and where to buy. #4 – Plastics: A recent study found that polycarbonate water bottles exposed to regular conditions contain harmful levels of bisphenol-a (BPA). This endocrine offender has been linked to obesity, as well as prostate cancer and breast cancer. What’s more, 95% of Americans have detectable levels of BPA in their urine. PollutionSolution: BPA is found in polycarbonate plastic food containers (often marked on the bottom with the letters “PC” recycling label #7) as well as in the liners of canned foods. Opt instead for BPA-free plastics with the recycling labels #1, #2 and #4. NEVER microwave plastic. And limit your consumption of canned foods or opt for Eden Foods and Vital Choice who package their products in BPA-free cans. #5 – Non-Stick Pots & Pans: Beneath that smooth surface lies a dangerous group of chemicals: perfluorinated compounds (PFCs). These estrogen-mimics have been linked with cancer, “polymer fume fever” and other health problems. PollutionSolution: Toss your non-stick pans and invest in high quality, non-toxic cookware. Try Xtrema, Le Crueset, Chantal, Lodge Cast Iron and good old-fashioned glass (like Pyrex). #6 – Household Products: Chances are, most of the products in your cleaning cabinet bear the words Caution!, Warning! or Danger! Start by tossing the most toxic – those bearing “Warning” and “Danger” labels. Next, avoid products made with chlorine and fragrances, including fabric softeners and dryer sheets – which can contain estrogen-mimicking parabens and phthalates – reproductive toxins banned by the European Union. Pollution Solution: Reduce your exposure to the laundry list of endocrine disruptors by turning to all-natural, non-toxic alternatives like products made by Tropical Traditions, Charlie’s Soap, and KD Gold. When you need bleach, opt for an oxygen-based bleach like OxyBoost or OxiClean. #7 – Personal Care Products: What you put on your skin… you put in your body. And personal care products are some of the most polluted. Because the list of harmful compounds in these products is so extensive, the best advice is to only put on your body what you could safely eat. Pollution Solution: Here are some of the most dangerous compounds to avoid: fragrances, parabens (estrogen-mimics used as preservatives), triclosan (a thyroid disruptor most commonly found in antibacterial products), sodium laurel/laureth sulfate (endocrine disruptor/carcinogen), 4-methylbenzylidene camphor 4MBC (an estrogen mimic commonly found in sunscreen). Read labels on all personal care products and opt for mineral-based sunscreens made with titanium or zinc oxide like Jason’s Natural Cosmetics Sunbrellas. Endocrine disruption. Hormone-mimics. Pesticide exposure. These are serious health issues that haven’t quite made it to prime time. But if you start now to eliminate these harmful compounds from your environment and diet, your reward will be better hormone balance now… and less risk of disease later. PreviousThe Top 20 Antioxidant Superfoods (and How to Maximize Their Power!) NextAre Brain Allergies Causing Your Depression? 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__label__cc	0.649695	0.350305	Foerigners in Istanbul Foreigners in Istanbul – meet award-winning filmmaker Bradley 17/05/2017 Billur Karabenli No Comments Foerigners in Istanbul, Neighbourhoods, People We the residents of Cihangir, love our neighborhood for its colorful vibe, cozy corners and elegant architecture. But maybe more than anything, we love it for our neighbors who turn Cihangir into such an inspiring place. Bradley, a New Yorker who made Cihangir his new home, gives a lovely perspective on what it feels like to be part of it. Having spent most of the last 15 years in Southeast Asia, he seems to be very comfortable here. And it is not only because of Istanbul’s perfect geolocation from where so many destinations seem to be within hand’s reach – a factor of great importance for a filmmaker like himself. But it is people, he says, that make Istanbul for what it is. Nice and kind people you can trust. Bradley Cox gained reputation with his highly acclaimed documentary “Who killed Chea Vichea”. Shot over the period of 5 years in Cambodia, it tries to offer answers to the questions about the assassination of Chea Vichea, a Cambodian union leader. The very first movie to get banned in Cambodia secured Bradley a special place among documentary filmmakers and opened the doors to some of the most prestigious awards. An ex New York restaurateur, who later turned into a self-taught filmmaker, Brad is now a settled Cihangir resident who mostly works on social and human rights projects. Although a coverage of a violent crackdown on demonstrators by the Thai army in Bangkok 2010 got him severely wounded, he did not give up on his career as a documentary filmmaker, videographer and editor. To get an idea about the work he does, we recommend you to see his short video portrait of a photographer in Bangkok’s Chinatown district here. We couldn’t but ask such an expert to give us some movie recommendations. Here is a list of some of the documentaries worth seeing, according to Bradley: Searching for Sugar Man by Malik Bendjelloul Man on Wire by James Marsh Paradise Lost by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky Taxi to the Dark Side by Alex Gibney The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris Manda Bala by Jason Kohn We would like to add “Who killed Chea Vichea” to the list, of course. Many thanks to Bradley Cox for his genuine and motivating insights. People like him really do add extra color to our exciting neighborhood. expatsforeignersneighborhoodpeople Our Lovely Vicky’s Observations about her neighborhood “Cihangir” Ancient Fermented Drink “BOZA” Young & Lively Bomonti A café entirely made from recycled materials Around the city and beyond Initiatives and events	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1401
__label__cc	0.59617	0.40383	WU UnCon: A Conference of Connection It’s ten days since I arrived back in Australia after attending the Writer Unboxed UnConference in Salem. Ten long days, and I’m only now posting about it. Why? Because if I’d posted sooner, my whole post would have consisted of a disjointed list of unrelated adjectives interspersed with exclamation marks and the occasional unsubstantiated claim that the UnCon changed my life. But now, ten days later, I feel I’m ready. I’m ready to say that it was a phenomenal, transformational, life-changing, brain-expanding, emotionally-charged hot-pot of creative energy and connection, built around a series of inspiring, enlightening, and incisive workshops. Or something like that.. Actually, I’ve pondered long and hard about how to share the experience of Salem with you. And as I’ve pondered, I’ve consolidated the things I learned in a deeper and more meaningful way. And thus, I’m ready to share. I could tell you about the amazing workshops I did — particularly Lisa Cron’s “Wired for Story”, Donald Maass’s “Writing 21st Century Fiction” and John Vorhaus’s “The Comic Toolbox” — and the ways those workshops have improved my writing and expanded my thinking. I could tell you about the deep connection I felt with the other writers I met there, many of whom I knew as icons and names online, and the long-lasting bonds that formed during those five days. I could tell you about the dinner we had as a memorial to Lisa Threadgill, my dear, dear friend who passed away earlier this year, and how laughing and crying with other people who felt her loss so keenly reopened old wounds and yet helped them heal so much cleaner. I could tell you about hanging out in a bar at 1:00am on the first evening with a group of people I’d only just met, drinking picklebacks (the most revolting shot I’ve ever tried), and then asking the bartender for his shirt. I could tell you about the Poker Cabin, and how it felt to be playing poker of an evening after a long day of brain-expanding workshops and conversation, and the surreal feeling of sitting next to an inspirational (and possibly super-human) NY literary agent as I confidently bluffed my way to a winning hand. I could tell you about sitting at dinner on Friday night, after the UnCon was technically over, and collaboratively building a back-story for our surly waitress using all the techniques we’d learned from Don Maass during the full-day workshop we’d just attended. I could tell you about Bob Stewart. And I will. Before the UnCon, I knew WriterBob Stewart as a name and an icon on the Writer Unboxed FB page. We interacted once or twice, in an oblique way, and I admired his dedication and persistence, but I didn’t know much about him. As the time for the UnCon grew closer, I learned more about him. He was much older (75, I later learned), and had some health issues. He was an accomplished playwright, journalist, and novelist. And, above all that, he was funny and kind and a good and genuine human being. On the Saturday before the UnCon was due to start, he was bitten by his cat. Due to other health complications, the bite got infected, and he ended up in hospital. The first thing he did was message Therese Walsh to find out if it was okay if he arrived at the UnCon a little late. Which, of course, it was. He checked himself out of hospital early, and flew to Salem, and arrived on Tuesday afternoon. I spoke to Bob briefly. Just enough to say hello, and I was glad he could make it. But he was there — real, and solid, and not just an icon and a name. He participated in groups, and stayed for evening sessions. And Wednesday evening, after everything was winding down, he complained about feeling a little funny, returned to his room, and passed away. We found out on Thursday. I wasn’t having a great day on Thursday. I finished the day with an amazing session that hit me like a brick wall and made me question the validity of everything I’d ever written in my life. Then, mired in self-doubt, I found myself flicking through the memorial book that had been created for Lisa Threadgill. A book that was full of my words. A book that brought all the grief and pain I’d felt at her passing back to the surface. And so there I was, weeping in the lobby of the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, when Therese approached and told me about Bob. WriterBob Stewart. A man who spent his last days exactly where he wanted to be — with a community of writers he’d only known online, in a beautiful little hotel in Salem. And so I found myself, on that Thursday evening, telling the other attendees that our evening plan had changed. That instead of a discussion of craft, we would be sharing a toast for Bob, and hearing some of the pages from his latest work. And as I told them, I found myself breaking the news of his passing over and over and over. Some people cried. Others told me stories. One person looked like she was going to faint. Another told me that he’d lost a number of family members recently, and then excused himself to find somewhere private to sit and reflect. And through it all, I hugged and comforted and listened and was present. But once the toast was said, once the memorial was underway, I couldn’t be present any longer. To coin my own phrase, my heart was a new helium balloon floating through a cactus forest. The slightest brush — skin against skin, mind against mind — would break me. I had too much grief, too much emotion, coursing through my body. I had to escape. And so I fled the room. Quietly. Hoping not to be noticed. But I was. John Vorhaus* — a man equally funny and wise — saw me going and followed me out. He rejected my claims that I was ‘fine, just fine’, and he sat with me, and we talked. We talked about loss and grief and self-doubt and pain and all manner of things. We talked until my skin no longer felt electrified, until I no longer felt I was going to explode, until I felt grounded again. And during that talk, during that conversation, he said a phrase that resonated with me both then and now, and defines the UnCon experience for me. “Cherish your emotions’. When JV said it, he was referring to the grief and shock I was feeling — that we were all feeling — in the wake of Bob’s death. But it means so much more to me. he entire UnCon for me. Think about it for a minute. How often do we truly cherish our emotions? Conversely, how often do we feel shame or guilt about our emotions? How often do we attempt to hide them/ To wall them away, or move on from them, or pretend they’re not there? What would happen if we truly cherished our emotions — accepted them, not as being bad or good but just as being. How would that feel? How would that inform our writing? How would that inform our lives? It ties in to what Lisa Cron said about specificity and back-story. It mirrors Donald Maass’s talk of finding emotional resonance between our lives and our character’s experiences. It touches on Meg Rosoff’s discussions of voice. But, more than that, it is a model, a mantra, for life. And so when I think about Salem, and about WriterBob and Lisa Threadgill, and about the close connections I forged, and the games of poker I played, and the fun and hi-jinks I was part of, and the way I got lost every freaking time I walked out of that hotel building, I think of that phrase. And when it all gets too much for me, when the homesickness for an event that lasted only five days and yet a lifetime threatens to overwhelm me, I take a deep breath and cherish my emotions. And then I write. * JV has a new book coming out. I’ve read it. It’s brilliant. And you should totally go and buy it right now. Tell him Jo sent you. 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__label__cc	0.741493	0.258507	Business Health Check The Outsourced Finance Department Business and Financial Management Review Business Planning and Development The end is nigh for Time to Pay? We’re all aware that the most pressing priority of the new coalition Government is to deal with the country’s massive deficit and ahead of the June 22nd Emergency Budget speculation is rife about what schemes will be axed to help achieve this. We at Insight have been singing the praises of the HMRC ‘Time to Pay scheme’ for some time now and many businesses have enjoyed the benefit of deferring tax payments of more than £5bn in total on ‘agreed terms’ rather than facing hefty late payment penalties when they can’t pay. Indeed we have used the scheme through the Business Payment Support Service very successfully for a number of clients. In a recent survey of SME senior decision makers, 30% said they expect HMRC to withdraw the scheme with a further 31% believing it would continue for existing users only. With many businesses relying on Time to Pay as a ‘secondary banking facility’ to ease an otherwise difficult cashflow, one thing that is clear is any withdrawal of this service may have serious repercussions which could result in terminal insolvency for many businesses. It is critical that if the scheme is withdrawn or reduced in scope it is done very carefully indeed. One of our key areas of expertise at Insight is the management and improvement of cash flows and reducing businesses financial risk. Get in touch if we can help in anyway. A lack of Interest and Poor Management doesn’t bode well for UK small business. I’ve no idea what HMRC stands for! LOL! A tale of two purchases Recently I mentioned that companies need to be very agile because, in our fast-paced society, opportunities can present themselves very suddenly. Contact Enquiry Form Yes, I consent to receiving further relevant emails from Insight Associates. I understand I can opt out at any time. * Insight Associates Limited, Insight House, Riverside Business Park, Stoney Common Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8PL Insight Associates Limited. Registered in England and Wales Number: 5670047. Registered Office as above. © Insight Associates Limited 2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1410
__label__wiki	0.516268	0.516268	Management, Business Skills Get Employers’ Attention by Mark Feffer March 4, 2009 4 min read Career AdviceDevelopmentJob NewsJob Skills Management-level jobs that require a unique combination of technology skills and business acumen to architect and implement strategies that align with business goals. By Sonia R. Lelii Dice Staff Writer \| March 2008 Many businesses are signaling demand for new types of IT workers within the U.S., typically management-level jobs that require a unique combination of technology skills and business acumen to architect and implement strategies that align with business goals. Other roles require agile managerial skills to oversee geographically dispersed projects that have been outsourced or moved off-shore. IT architects, project managers and business analysts are mentioned by some recruiters as positions that either are or will be in demand in coming months. Others advise IT workers to evolve their skills so they can take on more bleeding-edge positions, such as messaging administrators or mobility administrators who integrate and manage mobile applications and devices. “The idea is to increase your degree of competency. People should always be evolving because the pace of technology innovation these days is the speed of light,” says John Estes, vice president of Robert Half Technology. “When you are left behind, guess what – then you are outsourced.” Looking at his example of mobility administrators, he says: “Nobody is outsourcing mobility administrators. It’s too new.” “You will always need IT architects,” Estes says. “You will always need someone designing the applications (or infrastructure.)” Who’s Out, Who’s In Tech workers holding job titles hold terms like network, storage, server administrator, helpdesk or software developer have had to confront the unsettling reality that companies may target their jobs for outsourcing or off-shoring. Take an unnamed, major media research company as an example: Its goal is have all of its IT infrastructure administration outsourced overseas within the next year. “In my opinion, if you don’t outsource, you can’t compete globally,” says a senior IT manager at the company, who asked not to be identified. “Where does that leave the American IT worker? They need to redirect their skills to become IT managers with oversight capabilities.” Companies are increasingly inclined to outsource what they consider administrative tech and keep management of strategy in-house. “You don’t want the outsourcing company to start managing strategy,” says the senior IT manager. “You want them to manage the lower-level administrative work.” That means IT architect jobs will be in particular demand, since companies that are outsourcing or off-shoring maintenance infrastructure tasks or software coding will need professionals who can develop the higher-level strategies and oversee the outsourced work. In addition, companies that have started outsourcing key software development or infrastructure-administrative positions are finding they need strong managers who can oversee geographically dispersed projects and processes. “It requires a lot more project management and communications in order for it to be done right,” says Dave Sanders, a managing partner with WorldBridge Partners, an executive search firm based in Roseville, Calif. Oftentimes, these jobs are described as the type that require strong technology know-how combined with a deep business sense. “These are very challenging roles and require communication and organization skills,” says Robert Stevenson, a research director at TheInfoPro analyst firm in New York. Others say the technology industry will be in need of people with strong process-oriented management skills. “When this happens, business process improvement and process-oriented opportunities will be more in demand,” believes the research firm’s senior manager. “You will need someone to manage a process rather than a device or system.” Contact Sonia Lelii by e-mailing sonia.lelii at dice.com The Art of Effective Presentations Understanding Business Process Management Mozilla Layoffs Highlight Firefox's Challenges Mark Feffer Mark Feffer started as a videotape editor back when there was videotape to edit, then joined the news desk at Dow Jones News/Retrieval, the company's first online product. He produced The Wall Street Journal's first multimedia CD-ROMs and published his novel, "September," in 2006. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, their fierce terrier, and a schnauzer who wonders why she ever left California. He's a member of the Project Management Institute.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1411
__label__wiki	0.622341	0.622341	SAP Insights Now Available for Public Safety Officials by Nick Kolakowski May 10, 2012 3 min read B.I. Apps SAP is aiming to make its products more mobile and rapidly deployable. The terms “Big Data” and “analytics” usually bring to mind images of office workers in front of PCs or tablets, pecking away at datasets and graphs predicting revenue over the next quarter. However, some major IT vendors are deploying analytics platforms in real-world—and perhaps life-saving—ways. One of those vendors is SAP, which will integrate HANA, its in-memory database technology, with its Situational Awareness rapid-deployment solution for public sector. HANA can aggregate massive amounts of data, execute parallel searches, and rapidly deliver answers to queries; when integrated with the Situational Awareness tool, that will (at least in theory) deliver lots of data to public-safety and emergency officials who might be involved in what SAP rather euphemistically refers to as “rapidly evolving situations.” SAP is also emphasizing the mobile component of this latest integration—users can access relevant data on smartphones and other devices—as well as its supposed speed of setup. “We’re offering pre-assembled, easy-to-consumer answers to real problems,” Steven Birdsall, senior vice president and general manager for SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions, wrote in a May 9 statement. SAP’s acquisition of Sybase in 2010 for $5.8 billion greatly increased the former’s mobile capabilities, which some analysts had viewed as severely wanting. “Sybase’s strong presence in global mobile telephony offers intriguing opportunities for SAP to further leverage and extend its business solutions,” Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, wrote in a research note at the time. Almost exactly two years later, those added mobile assets are trickling down to the product level in a variety of ways. SAP is also offering a cloud-based “quick start” for its rapid-deployment solutions, meaning that projects can be pre-assembled (and tested) in the cloud before delivery to the final production environment and an on-premise set-up. That jump-start capability is available for 11 solutions, including profitability analysis with SAP HANA. “By using the cloud, we can provide customers with an end-to-end approach—showing them what the solution would look like with a demo using their own company data,” Eric Verniaut, senior vice president and head of SAP’s Next-Generation Services, wrote in a statement. In addition, the jump-start capability involves rapid prototyping “to identify and validate the use case” as well as “leveraging the prototype to jump-start the project in the cloud.” That’s all to say that SAP’s focused on becoming increasingly mobile and streamlined in terms of its products—perhaps the only corporate move it can make, considering the increased prevalence of the cloud with regard to analytics and Big Data applications, and workers’ seemingly insatiable desire to do everything on a tablet or mobile device. Dell Beefs Up Features to Run SAP SAP Refines Its B.I. Analytics Toolbox SAP HANA Now Helping Analyze Social Sentiment CIOs See Big Data as Big Deal by 2013: Survey IT Job Growth Jumps By 17,000 Positions [Roundup]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1412
__label__cc	0.711506	0.288494	Justin DeHart, Maracas Justin DeHart is a GRAMMY-nominated performer and dedicated teacher of a wide range of musical styles - from classical to pop, and from world to electronic. DeHart’s musical resume includes performances with the San Diego symphony, pipa master Wu Man, and various pop legends, including Cheap Trick. DeHart is a current member of Los Angeles Percussion Quartet (LAPQ) and DC8 Contemporary Music Ensemble who both champion the high quality presentation of new music. His debut solo percussio... Read More... \| Dreams and Travels CROSSFIRE @ Luce Loft Mazzoli: In Spite of All This Composer: Missy Mazzoli Artists: Bill Kalinkos (Clarinet); Justin DeHart (Vibraphone); Jeeyoon Kim (Piano); Wes Precourt (Violin); Alex Greenbaum (Cello); Alec Berlin (Electric Guitar); Andy Watkins (Drum Set) In Spite of All This (8:06) N/A Aldridge: threedance Composer: Robert Aldridge Artists: Nicholas Terry (Marimba); Anna Skalova (Violin); Justin DeHart (Tabla) threedance (11:43) N/A Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba Composer: Osvaldo Golijov Artists: Justin DeHart (Marimba); Alex Greenbaum (Cello) Introduction and Mariel for Cello and Marimba (12:00) N/A Karkoff: Deux Danses Exotiques N/A Composer: Ingvar Karkoff Artists: Todd Rewoldt (Alto Saxophone); Justin DeHart (Percussion) I (2:19) N/A II (2:38) N/A Alvarez: Temazcal Composer: Javier Alvarez Artist: Justin DeHart (Maracas) Temazcal (8:10) N/A Music scene emerging faster than a na... http://www.signonsandiego.com/ne... A great write-up on Art of Elan's role in San Diego's expanding classical music scene.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1413
__label__cc	0.715932	0.284068	January 22, 2013 January 23, 2013 • kateshrewsday It was in 1908 that Toad, that incorrigible, obsessive Toad, first burst forth into the consciousness of an unsuspecting public. And with him came the representation of a whole new hobby, a passion then mint-new: that of driving a motor car. “In an instant (as it seemed) the peaceful scene was changed,” writes Kenneth Graham, in his classic Wind In The Willows. “and with a blast of wind and a whirl of sound that made them jump for the nearest ditch, it was on them! “The ‘Poop poop’ rang with a brazen shout in their ears, they had a moment’s glimpse of an interior of glittering plate-glass and rich morocco, and the magnificent motor-car, magnificent, breath-snatching, passionate, with its pilot tense and hugging his wheel, possessed all earth and air for the fraction of a second, flung an enveloping cloud of dust that blinded them and enwrapped them utterly, then dwindled to a speck in the far distance, changed back into a droning bee once more.” That was Toad’s first fateful encounter with a motor car: the meeting would change his life and drive him to crime and ruin and wearing a washerwoman’s dress. Yet he was not the only one to fall deeply in love with these early motors. Driving was not just a business of getting from A to B and beating the traffic: in those days it was a pleasure-pastime, before motorways, when you were the fastest thing on the road. I browsed a bookshop I have never browsed before, today. And stumbled on a perfectly preserved record of what it must have been like, before the motorways, when one set out of a drive for a bit of a lark, to explore and see what one could see. In Britain, when you break down, one of the main rescuers is the Automobile Association. While they arrive in great big repair vans fit for purpose, it has not always been thus. No: the AA started at the Trocadero, in London’s West End, where those who could afford this bewitching new sport formed a group to promote the interests of the motor car driver. Their first patrols to aid those who were broken down took place in 1908, on weekends only, on two of the major leisure routes: the roads to Brighton and Portsmouth. And those early knights of the road were not motor powered: rather, they rode on bicycles. They grew with startling rapidity, By 1914, 83,000 members were recorded. They swiftly became part of the establishment, so that in 1953 when a new monarch was crowned, it was the AA who provided all the road signing, parking and traffic control arrangements.They had offices in all the most important gateways to England and Wales, as well a comfy pad at Le Touquet. The AA issued a manual, of course. A ‘road book’, of England and Wales. It included everything Toad might need: a gazetteer (geographical index of towns), maps and town plans. And ‘itineraries’ – routes from one place to another, with affable descriptions of gradients and scenery likely to fly by. In the bookshop today I found a pristine copy of one printed in 1965. And as such, it is a snapshot of days gone by. In this England, there are but 375 miles worth of motorway; town plans are free of the development which clogs them these days, and roads are not purely numbers but routes with personality. In the world of AA 1965, the six great A-roads are still known by their names: Great North, Dover, Portsmouth, Bath, Holyhead and Manchester. Open its pages and you just have to slow down, and read the comfortable itineraries prepared for adventurous Toads everywhere. If motoring was thus now, I might live in my car. As Toad might say: “Poop, poop!” Posted in WhimsyTagged Kenneth Graham, morot cars. Autumobile Association, Road Book of England and Wales, toad, Wind In The WillowsBookmark the permalink. 53 thoughts on “Poop Poop” gingerfightback says: Interesting to read of a By-pass back then Kate. The traffic was growing all the time, Jim… What a wonderful find. It’s especially interesting knowing all the places mentioned, isn’t it. I was in Chiddingfold for lunch last Wednesday. The Crown is worth a visit if you are passing, but make sure you raid all piggy banks first. Oooh, thanks for the tip. Myfanwy! very interesting Kate. Fabulous piece. I remember the AA motorbike patrols saluting as they approached a member’s car on the road, each one of which was identified by a large chrome and enamel badge attached to the radiator grille.. On the map of London, that you feature, I noticed a place called “Peggy Bedford” P.H, just to the West of London Airport. What is “Peggy Bedford”? Ah, now that, Roger, is a story all its own. The Peggy Bedford- formerly the King’s Head – was an old coaching in dating from the early 1800s. It survived fire in 1936, only to be bulldozed for a MacDonalds. A really illuminating article on the old Bath Road here: http://www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-news/local-uxbridge-news/2010/08/10/historic-highway-to-airport-bypass-what-next-for-bath-road-113046-27036651/ idiosyncratic eye says: Something has that has changed beyond recognition, we no longer travel to experience but to get from A to B in the quickest dash possible. 🙂 Sad, isn’t it, IE? Karen Snyder says: Mostly in the interest of preserving the pricey gasoline, stretching a tank as far as possible. I remember when Sunday afternoon drives with Mom and Dad provided interesting and inexpensive entertainment; no longer the case. 😦 Very true, Karen… I remember reading, years ago in a biography, of how difficult it was back in the early days. People would set out on one of those drives, take too long, and have a horrible time trying to get home in the dark with no headlights. Was it Jennie Jerome who had to perch on the hood with a lantern as her husband creeped along in the dark? I can’t remember. But what an adventure! Wouldn’t you have loved to be there and see it, Katie? You’re right; the car represented the most wonderful adventure. I have been a member of the American Automobile Association for a very long time and still enjoy picking up the “Trip-Tiks” with all the routes and descriptions. Not as colorful as those shown here, but, fun just the same. Planning to meander is so much fun, isn’t it, Lou? So: you are a member. Ever rescued by someone on a bike? 😀 No, no biker rescues, but, I have availed myself of their services at least once in 40 years. I think they are making a lot of money off me. 🙂 We went on Mystery Rides with my grandparents, regularly. Tooting around from town to town to see what we could see. No destination required in order to enjoy the journey. Poop poop! Fantastic, Nancy. The perfect way to explore. Love this post — love maps — loved Wind in the Willows (think I ought to re-read it)! Don’t know if you’re Kindle-ing yet, but Gutenberg do a free WITW: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/289 Nope, I “Nook” — have to check whether B&N offers this one! 🙂 Dear Kate, your posting today helped me remember the days after World War II and gas-rationing ended when Dad and Mom, my little brother, and I would go for a Sunday ride around the countryside. How well also I remember the first vacation we took together. I was 22, getting ready to enter the convent, and my brother was 19 and had bought his first car–a Chevrolet. We drove from Missouri to Colorado and up to Pike’s Peak. On television at the time, Dinah Shore–a singer/actress–had a 15-minute show sponsored by Chevrolet. At the beginning of each show she’d sing, “See the U. S. A. in your Chevrolet. American is asking you to call!” (Or something like that.) And here we were the four of us seeing the U.S.A.! What a wonderful memory. Thank you for eliciting it from me today. And thank you also, Kate, for visiting my blog while I’ve been away for six weeks. If you have one or so postings that you’d especially like me to read, please let me know. Peace. It is always a pleasure, Dee, tp pop in and see how you are doing. Your writing is unfailingly compelling, and I love to hear your perspective on things. Your road trip sounds absolutely wonderful. Interesting. Somehow, the image of you browsing the bookstore and stumbling upon this book stands out from this piece. I am an obsessive collector of literary trivia, Kathy. I love tales of Dr Johnson and the piles of tatty tomes which filled his house. Somehow today it looks rather pristine in comparison. While I’m no Johnson, I do love ‘ideas’ books: and there is no better place to get them than from a shop where other s have read and deemed these books worthy of passing on. You lured me in with the title (“What is she up to now,” I asked myself… 🙂 ), and you kept me with the content. Fun and interesting read! Thanks, Carrie: Toad was a funa and interesting guy. There are days when I wish he was not fictional. And indeed, I wonder if he was based on someone the author knew? lucewriter says: What a fantastic post! I loved know more about Toad’s world ;). It was a vivid one 🙂 Oh, Toad. I am not a huge fan of Disney’s short adaptations, except for Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, which was until its demise, my favorite ride in The Magic Kingdom. There was something about the non sequitur of the trip through hell that appealed. The appeal of the early motorists? Completely understandable. Oh, the lawlessness of a country without a Highway Code, Cameron! A Veritable new frontier for aspiring motorists! My father loved driving–tho’ much more safely than Mr. Toad–and we spent many Sunday afternoons wandering along little back roads just to see what was there. When I was a teen, getting a drivers’ license was the universal rite of passage. I’ve read that American teenagers aren’t so interested in driving now–cell phones and social media have replaced the automobile. I think they’re a little crazy, but then I’m a senior citizen and my views are obsolete. Driving is so much more utilitaran these days in the UK, Kathy. The romance of a road trip across the USA is still something some of us hanker after. When the Lovely Miss TK and I moved from the east coast to the west coast, I decided to drive cross country just to see the U.S. I did it in five days and thoroughly enjoyed it. Teresa did not accompany me as she was taking care of the final details in Savannah, GA before she flew to San Francisco. Great memories. Just the sort of trek I would love, Lou. Exploring for the sheer fun of it. It would’ve been great to have one of these for the past few days. So much better than the GPS. Although someone in the passenger seat would be good, Andra! I love Mr. Toad. He is such a scamp. Some day I’d love to venture out on a road trip, go for a wild ride. Mr. Toad would love that, too. Oh, for a Mr Toad to accompany us, Judy… Given the traffic density in London the AA might have to revert to bicycles 🙂 Sounds like a top idea to me, Tandy! I like GPS and my husband likes a good old-fashioned map. He will still go to AAA to pick up a “paper map” to take with us on our frequent jaunts. It isn’t unusual for us to comment on how a road or bypass has changed from what we remember on a previous trip. Despite our really intense traffic and the cost of fuel, we still love to spend time driving and just exploring a bit! I am certain the book you found is very interesting. I love to look at old books that tell the story of a city from a different era! It really is like stepping back in time, Debra… Three cheers for Toad and Graham and AA – and an extra one for Kate! We’ve been known to enjoy our little road trips and, like others who have commented, use a GPS, a map, and carry our AAA card as well. Though no riders in bikes have rescued us, we have been saved and towed and such on several occasions over the years. Such a wonderful post, Kate. I’m put-put-putzing around these days, like Toad in his motorcar, taking forever to get to posts, even my own, but always find something new and entertaining here on your side of the pond. The world is stuffed with interesting things, isn’t it, Penny? It is, indeed, Kate. Pseu says: I’m some how reminded of the writing of JB Priestly… was it The Good Companions who travel in style over the country in 1929? I am of sufficiently advanced age to remember all the joys and hazards of some earlier motoring days – when the country roads here were so country that a child of eight could be entrusted with driving for quite long stretches, Utter magic. No AA to speak of, though! Intro of motor car New York City early 1900’s seen as a boon to end pollution. “End pollution ?”you might ask. Well a horse drops 22 pounds of poo poo a day and with a city with over 10,000 horses – do the math. I wonder where they put it all. Perhaps sent it to Washington DC government offices where apparently it still remains. Thanks a lot of interesting information that I had no clue about. Those detailed itineraries are fascinating! But what is even more fascinating is how you meld a tattered discovery in an old bookshop with a literary character, and create such wonderful stories! Thank you Kate 🙂 2e0mca says: I can remember my Uncle’s Yellow AA books that he kept in his Austin Cambridge – my Father didn’t drive. I still prefer the adventure of the hidden byway or backroad. I hate motorways and only use them when there is little choice. I probably knew 75% of the backroads of Hertfordshire and Essex at one stage but I’ve not done nearly so much driving over the last few years. 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__label__wiki	0.599364	0.599364	Sequence analysis of the turkey LH β subunit and its regulation by gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and prolactin in cultured pituitary cells Seungkwon You, L. K. Foster, J. L. Silsby, M. E. El Halawani, D. N. Foster cDNAs encoding the precursor molecule of the turkey LH β subunit (tLHβ) were cloned from a turkey pituitary cDNA library. The nucleotide sequence of the longest of two different tLHβ cDNA clones contained 592 bp, and included 23 bp of the 5' untranslated region (UTR) and 92 bp of the 3' UTR in addition to a 477 bp open reading frame that encoded a 39 amino acid leader polypeptide and a 120 amino acid mature apoprotein. Turkey and chicken LHβ sequences shared approximately 92 and 93% nucleotide and amino acid sequence similarities respectively. Northern blot analysis of total cellular anterior pituitary RNA showed that an approximate 800 base transcript hybridized to a 32P-labelled tLHβ cDNA probe. The gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH)- and prolactin (PRL)-regulated expression of LH and PRL in dispersed pituitary cells was determined by Northern blot analysis of tLHβ and PRL steady-state mRNA levels and by RIA analysis of secreted LH and PRL. GnRH-treated cells showed increased levels of both tLHβ mRNA and secreted LH, whereas mRNA and secreted levels of PRL did not change significantly. Cells treated with PRL showed lower levels of tLHβ and PRL mRNA as well as decreased release of LH and PRL. When cells were treated with both PRL and GnRH, increases in tLHβ mRNA and secreted levels of LH observed with GnRH alone were negated, whereas the decreases in mRNA and secreted levels of PRL observed with PRL alone were abrogated. These findings suggest that PRL can down-regulate tLHβ gene expression and spontaneous release of LH as well as autoregulate PRL gene expression and spontaneous release of PRL, while GnRH appears capable of modulating the effects of PRL-regulated LH and PRL gene expression and spontaneous release. Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Cultured Cells Northern Blotting Prolactin-Releasing Hormone Apoproteins 5' Untranslated Regions Gene Library Open Reading Frames You, S., Foster, L. K., Silsby, J. L., El Halawani, M. E., & Foster, D. N. (1995). Sequence analysis of the turkey LH β subunit and its regulation by gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and prolactin in cultured pituitary cells. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 14(1), 117-129. Sequence analysis of the turkey LH β subunit and its regulation by gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and prolactin in cultured pituitary cells. / You, Seungkwon; Foster, L. K.; Silsby, J. L.; El Halawani, M. E.; Foster, D. N. In: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, Vol. 14, No. 1, 01.01.1995, p. 117-129. You, S, Foster, LK, Silsby, JL, El Halawani, ME & Foster, DN 1995, 'Sequence analysis of the turkey LH β subunit and its regulation by gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and prolactin in cultured pituitary cells', Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 117-129. You S, Foster LK, Silsby JL, El Halawani ME, Foster DN. Sequence analysis of the turkey LH β subunit and its regulation by gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and prolactin in cultured pituitary cells. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 1995 Jan 1;14(1):117-129. You, Seungkwon ; Foster, L. K. ; Silsby, J. L. ; El Halawani, M. E. ; Foster, D. N. / Sequence analysis of the turkey LH β subunit and its regulation by gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and prolactin in cultured pituitary cells. 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__label__wiki	0.89016	0.89016	'Abbey Road' Remixed: A Conversation With Giles Martin on All Songs Considered – Sunday at 3:30pm Fifty years ago, The Beatles returned to the EMI Recording Studios (later renamed Abbey Road) and made their last album together. To celebrate this milestone, 'Abbey Road' has been remixed and newly released in a remarkable box set, with alternate takes, demo recordings and surround-sound mixes, all done by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell. On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen talks with Giles Martin about how Martin remixed Abbey Road 50 years after his father, George Martin, put his finishing touches on the album. We get to hear early versions of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," "Something" and "Because," and learn how the medley on side two of 'Abbey Road' came together. 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__label__cc	0.693759	0.306241	Tag Archives: Circus Manager October 23, 2019 by Moreland Tonight Has Been the Birth of the Planet of the Apes: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) Tonight Has Been the Birth of the Planet of the Apes So we are almost done with out Planet of the Apes Wednesdays I’ve really enjoyed them as I think this has been the first time I’ve actually watched them all in order and completely through. We open up in America 1991-Gorillas in orange jumpsuits, Chimps in green khakis. A whole new world. So already digging two things about this film-Yes Roddy McDowell is in this one too (I just love him)! And it sounds as if they brought that awesome music from the first film- a tribal sound mixed with scifi. So a lot has happened since the last film. It turns out Cornelius and Zira brought a space disease that killed all the cats and dogs in the world. Yes Taylor going through time disrupted the timeline and accelerated it. Just like Cornelius had said, the people began adopting apes to have them be pets, and then when they become so good at everything, they start treating them as slaves. The police/security guards are all dressed as gestapo and the apes aren’t allowed to gather and meet freely. They are training the apes to be slaves, just like Cornelius said in the previous film. Carry packages, tie shoes, shoe-shine, mop, waiters hairdressers, servers, etc. The apes are on leashes, yes they are man sized-look like people but treated like animals. People are protesting as the apes take their jobs. They really get you on the metaphor. It is interesting as this is clearly speaking from the headlines of the, but some things are still relevant to today. We see Cesare and the circus owner, Armando (Ricardo Montalban). They give us a brief recap of where we left off in the as film (I summarized above). So Armando has protected Cesare by keeping him away from the cities in his traveling circus. However, they have needed to go to the city to get a crowd and make more money So WORST IDEA EVER!!! Why would you bring the most sought after talking ape who has been sheltered his whole life to the city where they treat apes cruel. You should have left him with the circus animals. The police start roughhousing with an ape and, of course Cesare speaks out. They are close to being captured, but the attention is grabbed by someone else and they melt away into the crowd. Cesare runs away and they hide out for a bit. Armando never should have brought him. Armando tells Cesare to wait for him, he is going to the police and make up a story. If he doesn’t return by nine o’clock, the plan is for Cesare to head to the harbor and pretend to be an ape fresh off the boat. Armando ends up in the governor’s office, and they torture question Armando more and more. Armando continues to fight them and protect Cesare. He continues to say that he has no clue about the chimps from space and monkeys. The governor doesn’t believe him and is taking no chances. In the provinces, where the circus has been-there has been no issues. But in the city, there have been uprisings. One ape attacked his owner, which an aide says was because of excessive beatings, proof seen on the body. But the governor doesn’t care. He doesn’t like them, and they all must be subservient or ELSE! So Armando doesn’t come and Cesare sneaks into the harbor with the other apes. They are all freaking out-worried, but Cesare calms them down. When they arrive off the boat they are fingerprinted and taken to be trained. That’s not good. I really like the buildings on this, it kind of makes me think of Total Recall set design. So the guards have flamethrowers, just like the Nazis. Yes, the Nazi vibe is really heavy here. We see it in the uniforms the guards wear, the camps to train the apes in, flamethrowers, apes having to wear certain clothes, apes having to be separate, etc. Cesare is put in a pen with other chimps and given a banana . The other chimps have been going crazy as they have been starved all day, but Cesare shares the banana with the others. Meanwhile the guards are torturing I mean questioning Armando. I like how the guards in charge of the apes are a mix of races, although only men. I guess women don’t get to be guards in this new world order. So Cesare of course is just blowing the guards away with his talent, being much faster at picking up the training. There are very few orangoutangs in this and probably because they have to be bigger and the makeup budget was slashed. The gorillas and chimps were much easier. So they breed the chimps and gorillas like in Anthem by Ayn Rand. Cesare gets picked as a breeder and… This movie is Anthem! Both films have a society were a small elite rule over a larger group that have to do “lower” things like janitorial, shoe shining, etc. They assign certain people to each other and breed them. One man rebels against them, and in Anthem runs off with their lady to recreate society. Must be why I love that book, (I obviously saw this before I read it.) Anyways… They then chain the apes up to monoliths and sell them. Cesare is brough out for the bidding and the guard drops the cuffs and Cesare picks it up and gives it to him. Everyone can see that he is a chimpanzee of great intelligence and he goes for $1500 to the governor! Eep! So whenever the people speak to apes they say “no” a lot. I don’t think I say no to my cat that much, but then who could make a cat a slave? No wonder that was Aldo’s first word. Breck: Ah, it seems the little fella’s not quite so bright after all. MacDonald: No, but then brightness has never been encouraged among slaves. The governor lets Cesare pick out his own name, as his wife has all their apes do it, and he chooses Caesar. What book were they looking at that the Cs were in the middle of the book? I guess if it was an “a-d” volume but it was a fat book. Cesare walks taller than the others and more like a man. He is lead out and intrigued by all that he sees on the world. They climb through these tunnels, and they look like the ones they went through in Beneath the Plant of the Apes Yay! Continuity. Caesar gets put to work on filing. Meanwhile, Armando is still in questioning. They finally decide to release him after he signs a declaration. He doesn’t read it, but signs right away. He shouldn’t have don’t that. Always read before you sign. They put him under a machine that forces him to tell the truth-see shouldn’t have signed. Bad luck is never ending! He fights with them and they beat him, he ends up trying to escape and goes out the window falling to his death. Ah, poor Armando. He never should have taken Cesare into the world, he should have left him in the circus. But if he had, we never would have had this film. Poor Caesar hears of it and cries,. The only father he as ever known! So the governor obsesses about Cornelius, Dr. Zira, and ape uprising over and over-yet has their child working for him. Seriously-dude. Caesar begins the uprising, by having all the apes collect items and start saying no. I like how he is there at each uprising-he is either there or his spirit is! The Governor wants all bad apes to be rounded up and sent to the conditioning center, but because of Caesar’s rebellion the centers are full. He also is searching for the ape, Cornelius and Zira’s baby-convinced it is still alive! The govenor’s aide, Malcolm Macdonald (Hari Rhodes), thinks the governor is being useless. Making a list of the bad apes, fighting the apes, he thinks he is committing folly and creating more problems, the governor does not agree. However, with all this extra work the governor is making them do, one thorough worker discovers that a crate from Borneo had a chimp in it-the one that was sold to the governor. The Chimp can’t be from Borneo as chimps don’t live there. Th governor calls for Caesar to be sent to his office, preparing to kill him, McDonald feels bad and doesn’t send him in as he is on an “errand”. The governor keeps calling McDonald and he ignores the governor until he can’t no longer. He is at a crossroad, he does’t want Caesar to be tortured and murdered, but what can he do? Caesar speaks t him, and McDonald’s eyes just go bam with shock-he is a much better actor than Brent. I like how Caesar and McDonald talk about revolution, McDonald is African American and does’t agree with society, as after all it was only 30 years go (the year is 1991 in the film) that African Americans were be treating similar to how the apes are now. But at the same time he doesn’t want a revolution, killing, etc “Caesar: [to Malcolm] You above everyone else should understand.” As they talk the Gestapo come storming down and McDonald’s conscience and morals win out over duty. He releases Caesar and he scurries off. Cesar tries to hide, but is eventually found and chained to be tortured into talking. They put Caesar into the torture machine to try and get him to talk, to prove he is the ape they have been searching for. He just screams in agony. But eventually the pain is to great and Caesar finally gives in and says help McDonald sneaks away and cuts the power to let Caesar be free as he doesn’t want him to be electrocuted to death. Cesar appears to be dead, but I know he isn’t They should know better to always check a pulse! I’ve seen enough horror films. They aren’t really dead right away. Cesar goes over and kills the guard.The revolution has begun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! La Liberté Guidant le Peuple (Liberty Leading the People) Viva la Cesare!!! He goes to where all his ape buddies/followers are waiting and the uprising begins!!! It is interesting how this film doesn’t have a lot of dialogue, as a majority of your cast is silent, but the film is really intriguing as they know how to show you how you feel. I feel a lot of today’s film’s don’t know how to just give us the visuals and let is be intelligent enough to know what they are trying to show and represent. Governor calls his men trying to take the apes down, but it’s not gonna work. They are coming for you Man in the High Castle! You now this film reminds me a lot of I Robot. I think they copied a lot from this film. All the people need to be inside a sthe Ape army marches on. What the humans don’t realize is that they have been planning for this moment and are prepared to take over. They police keep telling the apes no and to go back, but they persevere-a silent army that will be be silent no longer. The apes net the humans, being reminiscent if the first film. Well done writers, well done. The apes storm across the plaza with weapons picked up from the police they have stopped. Armed and organized! With shields! But then they stop. What are they waiting for? Fire, earlier they had poured gasoline in the square and they set it on fire and storm off-ape versus man! I think it is obvious who would win. Chaos, fire, and fighting-what every Dystopian Future film has to have! (Think about all the ones you have seen, they all have those three things in them). NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO One if the apes burns the books!!!!!!!!! OOOOOOOONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I no longer approve of your revolution. The governor barricades himself, but the apes cut through the door. And in comes Caesar storming the gates and shooting up everyone. Caesar saves the governor though just to confront him. Caesar asks him why did you turn your pets into slaves? He says because we were born from you. You are the beast that resides in us and you must be shackled and destroyed. They take him out t be killed and they stab and kill the humans. MacDonald tries to stop him, telling him what he is doing is wrong. He begs him to show humanity to the men. But Caesar coldly replies that he is not human! Caesar starts giving a speech that is a glimpse of the future (or past film?) “MacDonald: Caesar… Caesar! This is not how it was meant to be. Caesar: In your view or mine? MacDonald: Violence prolongs hate, hate prolongs violence. By what right are you spilling blood? Caesar: By the slave’s right to punish his persecutor. MacDonald: I, a descendant of slaves, am asking you to show humanity. Caesar: But, I was not born human. MacDonald: I know. The child of the evolved apes. Caesar: Whose children shall rule the earth. MacDonald: For better or for worse? Caesar: Do you think it could be worse? MacDonald: Do you think this riot will win freedom for all your people? By tomorrow… Caesar: By tomorrow it will be too late. Why a tiny, mindless insect like the emperor moth can communicate with another over a distance of 80 miles… MacDonald: An emperor ape might do slightly better? Caesar: Slightly? What you have seen here today, apes on the 5 continents will be imitating tomorrow. MacDonald: With knives against guns? With kerosene cans against flamethrowers? Caesar: Where there is fire, there is smoke. And in that smoke, from this day forward, my people will crouch and conspire and plot and plan for the inevitable day of Man’s downfall – the day when he finally and self-destructively turns his weapons against his own kind. The day of the writing in the sky, when your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble! When the sea is a dead sea, and the land is a wasteland out of which I will lead my people from their captivity! And we will build our own cities in which there will be no place for humans except to serve our ends! And we shall found our own armies, our own religion, our own dynasty! And that day is upon you… now!” So I know some people were upset since Roddy McDowell clearly states in the previous film, that the leader of the one who rebelled against the humans was called Aldo and the leader in this film was originally Milo, then Caesar. But I think it worked. I mean they didn’t know they were to become the parents of the future leader or plan for it. And it was never thought they would go to the past so the timeline was disrupted, first by Taylor, then Brent, and then Cornelius and Dr. Zira. Caesar: But now… now we will put away out hatred. Now we will put down our weapons. We have passed through the Night of the Fires. And who were our masters are now our servants. And we, who are not human, can afford to be humane. Destiny is the will of God. And, if it is man’s destiny to be dominated, it is God’s will that he be dominated with compassion and understanding. So, cast out your vengeance. Tonight, we have seen the birth of the Planet of the Apes! Fire consumes the city and the apes cheer. But what will the future hold? We will find out next Wednesday when I review the last film of the original Planet of the Apes: Battle for Planet of the Apes. I wasn’t sure I would be able to do all five but I’m feeling super confident- I think I’ve got this in the bag. To start Horrorfest VIII from the beginning, go to Count Dracula the Propagator of This Unspeakable Evil Has Disappeared. He Must Be Found and Destroyed!: Horror of Dracula (1958) For more Planet of the Apes, go to We Think We’ve Got All the Time in the World, But How Much Time Has the World Got?: Escape from Planet of the Apes (1971) For more Roddy McDowell, go to Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me, you D* Dirty Ape!: Planet of the Apes (1968) For more dystopian future films, go to Don’t Go in There! You Don’t Have to Die! No One Has to Die at 30! You Could Live! LIVE!: Logan’s Run (1976) Posted in Horrorfest VIII Tagged Anthem, Armando, Ayn Rand, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Caesar, Cesare, Chimpanzees, Circus Manager, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Dr. Cornelius, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Zira, Dystopian Future, Eugène Delacroix, Gorillas, Hari Rhodes, Liberty Leading the People, Malcom MacDonald, Nazis, Planet of the Apes, Ricardo Montalban, Roddy McDowell, Slavery, The Man in the High Castle February 4, 2018 by Moreland Work Will Always Be There But You Might Not Be: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Romantic Moment #4 I love this film so much. It has Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart, and is directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is fantastic! I could watch it over and over. Brad Braden (Charlton Heston) is the circus manager of the Ringling Bros. He is all business never having time for anyone or anything not related to the circus. This upsets his girlfriend, Holly (Betty Hutton) a trapeze artist, who wants more romance. While he’s always busy, she spends the time she wishes they could be together, working hard to become the star of the show. Unfortunately for her, Brad has just added The Amazing Sebastian, a famous trapeze artist. They compete with each other for center ring, but that isn’t the only thing that Sebastian is trying for-he also is trying to get with Holly. Will adding The Amazing Sebastian bring more money and engagements for the circus? Or will it just cause strife between Brad and Holly? Will he focus on his girlfriend, or will he lose her by concentrating all his efforts on the circus? Most Romantic Moment: Work Will Always Be There But You Might Not Be Spoiler Alert** So this moment comes at the end of the film. There is a lot of action and things that happened in the film. Where this is centered, a Russian Elephant trainer has tried to rob the Circus train to get money to impress a girl, while his partner is trying to rob the Circus train to get back at Brad for shutting down his rigged games. The trainer has had a change of heart and tried to stop his partner, but everything still ends in disaster. Animals and people are injured or killed. Sets and props are destroyed. Everything is in shambles. Brad himself barely makes it, having a rare blood type and needing a transfusion. But all that makes him realize that he loves Holly and needs to show her more. That his work and the circus will always, always, be there-but life is fleeting and his could have been over. He finally has decided that he is going to make time for Holly, romance her, and put her first. Even though, Holly is now busy trying to get the circus together. Aw! So romantic that he realizes how important she is. 🙂 To start Romance is in the Air: Part V, go to Who Says I Have to Stop: Fireproof (2008) For the previous post, go to I Want to Recreate Your Perfect Christmas: Holiday in Handcuffs (2007) For more on The Greatest Show on Earth, go to The Greatest Show on Earth For more Charlton Heston, Oh, Moses, Moses: Happy 60th Anniversary to The Ten Commandments Posted in Romance is in the Air VI Tagged Betty Hutton, Brad Braden, Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston, Circus, Circus Manager, Circus Train, Elephant Trainer, Jimmy Stewart, Ringling Bros., The Amazing Sebastian, The Greatest Show on Earth, Transfusion	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1445
__label__cc	0.514596	0.485404	Tag Archives: Dick Cary ONE ROOM, BRIGHT AND NEAT It doesn’t have to be Valentine’s Day for you to consider a brief vacation. With luck, the holiday bills have settled and since it’s still some time until Spring, JAZZ LIVES proposes a weekend getaway to those readers who can do it. The soundtrack is by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and the sweet rendition is by Bobby Hackett from a 1944-5 Eddie Condon concert: Since it would be a nearly criminal omission to share a purely instrumental version, all respects to Bobby and Dick Cary (although I think the pianist is Gene Schroeder), here is a recording when the song was new: The wishing well isn’t mandatory: one can have a weekend getaway at home simply by shutting down one’s smartphone and sleeping later, ideally next to someone friendly. That part you will have to improvise for yourselves. And if you are solitary by choice, remember that Hart’s lyrics say very clearly, “Who wants people?” But having a Bobby Hackett soundtrack can convert the most banal place into a sweet hotel room with a distant steeple. Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, Ideal Places, It's All True, Jazz Titans, Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!, Pay Attention!, That Was Fun!, The Real Thing, The Things We Love Tagged a weekend getaway, Bobby Hackett, Dick Cary, Eddie Condon, gene Schroeder, Jazz Lives, Lorenz Hart, Michael Steinman, ON YOUR TOES, Richard Rodgers, THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL FATS HAS A CONE. SIDNEY EATS ON THE BUS. WE HAVE SEVERAL MYSTERIES. In the mood for a snack? Two photographic treasures. The first, presented by Hugo Dusk, shows Fats Waller holding — not eating — an ice-cream cone. Hugo explains, “On the boardwalk in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, where Fats Waller was appearing at the Old Orchard Pier 6th September 1941.” It’s clearly a posed shot. The ice cream is untouched and not melting, perilously close to Fats’ sweater. The young lady behind the counter looks as if her smile is genuine, although we note her demurely folded hands. Was it not possible or desirable to show her handing “a Negro” anything? I should also note that this was a summer resort. The weather forecast for September 2017 at Old Orchard Beach has temperatures reaching 80, so the season was not over. Because of that, but we have Fats in less formal garb — but the creases on his shirt sleeves suggest that there is a temporarily discarded suit jacket just out of range. To return for just a moment to the treacherous chronicle of race politics in 1941, this photograph was possible because Fats Waller was a star. True, a counter separates the two participants: they are not putting two straws into a malted, but stardom, at least for a newspaper photograph, allowed a man of color certain privileges. There is no FOR COLORED ONLY sign here, and we are led to assume, for a moment, that people of all races could come to Old Orchard Beach and enjoy themselves. I hope it was true. But I wonder that what looks like the main street of this resort was The White Way. And the appropriate soundtrack, free from race hatreds: The second photograph, still for sale on eBay for $375, comes from the collection of Cleveland, Ohio, photographer Nat Singerman. Here is the link. It is a candid shot of three members of Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars, standing outside their (unheated) tour bus: string bassist Arvell Shaw, clarinetist Barney Bigard, and drummer Sidney Catlett. Sidney was with the band 1947-1949, so we know the time frame, although my assigning the location to Cleveland is only a guess. The poses are unrehearsed: Arvell is buttoning or unbuttoning his topcoat; Barney leans back with an inscrutable expression beneath his beautiful hat; Sidney is caught in mid-sentence and mid-gesture, possibly speaking to Nat or to someone on the bus. The eBay seller annotates his prize, “Unusual photograph of jazz greats . . . signed in white ink over the image by Bigard and Shaw. 10 x 8 inches. Tape remnants along the left edge, else fine. From the collection of Nat Singerman, a professional photographer and co-owner of Character Arts Photo Studio in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1940’s and 1950’s. During this period he met and befriended many jazz legends who performed at clubs in and around Cleveland and Chicago. He took many photographs of performances as well as numerous candid shots taken backstage. He also hosted jam sessions and dinners at his studio where other images from the archive were shot.” However, there might be some controversy over the photographer. In September 2013, The New York Times ran color shots of Billie Holiday and identified the photographer as Nat Singerman, earning these responses on a jazz blog: These are indeed, wonderful photographs. Unfortunately, the photographer has been misidentified. They were taken by Nat’s brother, Harvey Singerman, and my own grandmother, Elaine Pinzone, both of whom worked at Character Arts Studio in Cleveland, Ohio. Arrangements are currently being made with The New York Times to correct the mistake. and the next day, Ms. Garner continued: I would very much appreciate you removing his name while we negotiate with The Times to correct this travesty. Ms. Garner continued — on her own blog — to vehemently state that Nat took none of the photos and had stolen credit from Harvey and Elaine (the latter, 1914-1976, if the Social Security records are correct). I can’t delve deeper into that: however, from the signatures on the photograph, it’s clear that Nat brought the developed photograph to wherever Arvell and Barney were playing, and asked them to autograph it to him. I suspect that the musicians would not have said, “Hey, Nat! Where are Harvey and Elaine?” But back to my chosen subject. It would be very easy to draw from this photograph a moral about those same race relations: if you were African-American but not a star in Fats Waller’s league, there might be few places that would serve you dinner. I imagine Sidney being turned away from a restaurant — even in Cleveland, Ohio — because of his skin color. Or that he could buy food from the kitchen but couldn’t eat it there. But other interpretations must be considered. After Sidney’s death, a number of musicians (Louis and the bassist John Simmons come to mind) spoke of how he was often late — having too good a time — so that might explain why he is the only one in the photograph who appears to not have eaten. Too, the All-Stars covered many miles between gigs on that bus, so the road manager, “Frenchy,” might have said, “You have ten minutes to get some food, and if you’re not back, the _______ bus is leaving without you.” A mystery too large to solve, especially at this distance in time. I hope the dinner in Sidney’s covered dish was memorable, just as I hope that Fats got to enjoy his ice cream before it melted. In honor of those hopes, the appropriate soundtrack here (could it be otherwise?) is the blues from the Armstrong All-Stars’ concert at Boston’s Symphony Hall, featuring Sidney and called STEAK FACE. (Of course, for those in the know, that sobriquet refers to “General,” Louis’ Boston terrier, not Sid.) You’ll hear Sidney, Barney, Arvell, Louis, Dick Cary, and Jack Teagarden: Thanks to David Fletcher, who, whether he knows it or not, has encouraged me to dig into such questions with the energy of a terrier puppy destroying a couch. Posted in It's A Mystery, Jazz Titans, Swing You Cats!, The Things We Love Tagged Arvell Shaw, Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday, Christina Garner, David Fletcher, Dick Cary, Elaine Pinzone, Fats Waller, FOR COLORED ONLY, Frenchy, Harvey Singerman, Hugo Dusk, Jack Teagarden, Jazz Lives, John Simmons, Louis Armstrong, Michael Steinman, Nat Singerman, Old Orchard Beach, race relations “BEST SESSION IN TOWN”: OUR HEROES, GIGGING AROUND Buck Clayton, Bob Wilber, Johnny Windhurst, 1951: Red Allen, 1956, Tony Parenti, 1949: Pee Wee Russell, 1964: I am tempted to close this very unadorned exhibit of treasures with a sigh, “Ah, there were wonders in those days!” That sigh would be a valid emotional reaction to the glories of the preceding century. But — just a second — marvels are taking place all around us NOW, and those who lament at home will miss them. Tagged Art Hodes, Art Trappier, Bob Wilber, Buck Clayton, Central Plaza, Dick Cary, Ebay, Ed Hall, George Brunis, Henry "Red" Allen, Jazz Lives, Jimmy Ryan's, Johnny Windhurst, Michael Steinman, Pee Wee Russell, Storyville, Tony Parenti, Wingy Manone DANNY TOBIAS MAKES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC: “COMPLETE ABANDON” Photograph by Lynn Redmile One of the quietest of my heroes, lyrical brassman Danny Tobias, has a new CD. It’s called COMPLETE ABANDON — but don’t panic, for it’s not a free-jazz bacchanal. It could have been called COMPLETE WARMTH just as well. And it’s new in several ways: recorded before a live audience — although a very serene one — just last September, in the 1867 Sanctuary in Ewing, New Jersey. The CD presents a small group, captured with beautiful sound (thanks to Robert Bullington) “playing tunes,” always lyrical and always swinging. The cover photograph here is small, but the music is endearingly expansive. (Lynn Redmile, Danny’s very talented wife, took the photo of Mister T. at the top and designed the whole CD’s artwork.) Danny is heard not only on trumpet, but also on the Eb alto horn (think of Dick Cary) and a light-hearted vocal on LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. He’s joined by his New Jersey friends, the very pleasing fellows Joe Holt, piano; Paul Midiri, vibraphone; Joe Plowman, string bass; Jim Lawlor, drums. And both in conception and recorded sound, this disc is that rarity — an accurate reflection of what musicians in a comfortable setting sound like. The tunes are I WANT TO BE HAPPY; DANCING ON THE CEILING; MY ROMANCE; LOTUS BLOSSOM; COMPLETE ABANDON; THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU; THIS CAN’T BE LOVE; LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER; I’M CONFESSIN’; EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY; GIVE ME HE SIMPLE LIFE; THESE FOOLISH THINGS; PICK YOURSELF UP. You can tell something about Danny’s musical orientations through the song titles: a fondness for melodies, a delight in compositions. He isn’t someone who needs to put out a CD of “originals”; rather, he trusts Vincent Youmans, Billy Strayhorn, Richard Rodgers. He believes in Count Basie, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong, whether they are being joyous or melancholy. Danny has traveled long and happily in the sacred land of Medium Tempo, and he knows its most beautiful spots. When I first met Danny — hearing and seeing him on the stand without having had the opportunity to talk with him (this was a decade ago, thanks to Kevin Dorn and the Traditional Jazz Collective at the Cajun) I delighted in the first set, and when he came off the stand, I introduced myself, and said, “Young man, you’ve been listening to Ruby Braff and Buck Clayton,” and young Mister Tobias heard and was gracious about the compliment. Since then, I’ve understood that Danny has internalized the great swing players in his own fashion — I’m not the only one to hear Joe Thomas in his work — without fuss and without self-indulgence. He doesn’t call attention to himself by volume or technique. Rather, to use the cliche that is true, “He sings on that horn,” which is not at all easy. Danny’s colleagues are, as I wrote above, his pals, so the CD has the easy communal feel of a group of long-time friends getting together: no competition, no vying for space, but the pleased kindness of musicians who are more interested in the band than in their own solos. The vibraphone on this disc, expertly and calmly played by Paul Midiri, at times lends the session a George Shearing Quintet feel, reminding me of some Bobby Hackett or Ruby Braff sessions with a similar personnel. And Messrs. Lawlor, Plowman, and Holt are generous swinging folks — catch Joe Holt’s feature on GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE. To purchase the CD and hear sound samples, visit here. Or you can go directly to Danny’s website — where you can also enjoy videos of Danny in a variety of contexts. CDBaby, not always the most accurate guide to musical aesthetics, offers this assessment: “Recommended if you like Bobby Hackett, Louis Armstrong, Warren Vache.” I couldn’t agree more. And I’m grateful that the forces of time, place, economics, and art came together to make this disc possible. It is seriously rewarding, and it doesn’t get stale after one playing. Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, HELP!, Hotter Than That, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, It's All True, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow! Tagged Billy Strayhorn, Bing Crosby, Bobby Hackett, Buck Clayton, COMPLETE ABANDON, Count Basie, Danny Tobias, Dick Cary, Jazz Lives, Jim Lawlor, Joe Holt, Joe Plowman, Kevin Dorn, Louis Armstrong, Lynn Redmile, Michael Steinman, Paul Midiri, Richard Rodgers, Robert Bullington, Ruby Braff, Traditional Jazz Collective, Vincent Youmans, Warren Vache PAPER EPHEMERA FROM THE CONDON EMPIRE: 1947 / 1960; December 5, 1942 This I know. It’s an inscribed first edition of Eddie Condon’s 1947 autobiography, WE CALLED IT MUSIC. But beyond that. “It’s warm here now,” Condon writes to Lou in 1947. Then, thirteen years later, Lou inscribes the book to Woody or Woodie. I don’t think this is Woody Herman, although the Lou could be Robert Louis McGarity: Then, another (facing?) page from the same book: Some famous names: ME TOO, Bobby Hackett; Bob Wilber; pianist Graham Forbes. Who was Thomas Golden? Bob Pancrost? Any detectives out there, ready to leap on these clues? (What was the weather like in New York City — a plausible guess — on October 20, 1947?) The pages that follow aren’t at all mysterious: an Eddie Condon Town Hall concert program from December 5, 1942. But in me they awake such longing. Why can’t I hear this band or these bands? I want to be there. (Urban historians will note Thomas – Morton – Hall – Johnny Williams, a combination working under Teddy Wilson’s leadership at Cafe Society. In fact, some private recordings exist with Mel Powell taking Wilson’s place at around this time — not from this concert, though.) Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, Hotter Than That, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, It's A Mystery, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love Tagged Benny Morton, Bob Panacost, Bob Wilber, Cafe Society, Cozy Cole, Dick Cary, Ebay, Eddie Condon, Edmond Hall, Graham Forbes, Hot Lips Page, jazz concert, Jazz Lives, Joe Sullivan, Joe Testa, Joe Thomas, Johnny Williams, Kansas Fields, Lou McGarity, Mel Powell, Michael Steinman, Rod Cless, Teddy Wilson, Thomas Golden, Town Hall, Woody, Zutty Singleton SWINGS ‘EM HOT Thanks to Geoffrey Martin of the Great Drummers’ Group on Facebook, for this visual reminder of “a Solid Cinder” . . . A serving of what Sidney and Louis were cooking — in 1947, at Boston’s Symphony Hall — which happens to be a favorite recording of mine for many years, the blues named for Louis’ Boston terrier, General, STEAK FACE: Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, Hotter Than That, Irreplaceable, It's All True, Jazz Titans, Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow! Tagged Arvell Shaw, Barney Bigard, Dick Cary, Facebook, Geoffrey Martin, Jack Teagarden, Jazz Lives, Louis Armstrong, Ludwig Drums, Michael Steinman, SATCHMO AT SYMPHONY HALL, Sidney Catlett, The Great Drummers' Group JAZZ WORTH READING: “STRICTLY A MUSICIAN: DICK CARY” by DEREK COLLER Usually a reviewer waits until (s)he has finished the book before writing. I’ve only read one-sixth (one hundred pages) of Derek Coller’s biography of multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger Dick Cary, but I didn’t want to wait to tell you how good it is. I think it is one of the most important books about how it feels and what it means to play jazz in public. Cary (1916-1994) is one of those figures in jazz — invaluable but shadowy — whose identity is defined by associations with famous names. A long time ago, I knew him the pianist in Louis Armstrong’s first All-Stars. Listening to TOWN HALL CONCERT PLUS over and over, I heard him as a masterful accompanist, deferentially but beautifully showing the way, never intruding, quietly swinging in delicate fashion. Later I delighted in his brilliant, nimble trumpet work — soaring in ways reminiscent of Bobby Hackett. But it was as the great swinging exponent of the Eb alto horn (the “peck” horn) that he made the greatest impression on me: hear him on Eddie Condon’s JAM SESSION COAST TO COAST or JAMMIN’ AT CONDON’S. More recently, I admired his arrangements and compositions performed and recorded with his “Tuesday Night Friends” on Arbors issues. But even when I noticed his always welcome presence, I never attempted to piece together the evidence to ask, “Who was this Dick Cary?” I am so glad that Derek Coller — a very well-respected researcher and a fine straightforward writer — has done so. Derek has a well-earned reputation for intelligence, empathy, and candor, so the book is honest and thorough, without being ungenerous. So many respected volumes (in and out of jazz) are well-crafted syntheses of what others have written. STRICTLY A MUSICIAN is entrancing because of its tireless use of first-hand “new” materials. The book has been written with the help and complete cooperation of pianist Jim Turner, who inherited the Dick Cary Estate and maintains the Cary website. Cary was interviewed by a number of people, including the late Floyd Levin; friends saved his correspondence and recalled his stories. But the spine of this book is Cary’s diaries, which he kept (with a few gaps) from 1931 to 1994 — 56 diaries in all. Diaries. I feel so grateful for this possibly vanished phenomenon. Had Cary lived in our times, and communicated by email and social media, his introspective recollections would be gone. His diaries are essential to our understanding of his life, his work, and his sensibilities. Keeping a diary is by definition a private act but Cary kept his (unlike Philip Larkin) because he wanted to share — posthumously, I assume — what he had seen, done, and felt. Anyone’s diary might be intriguing as a candid record of daily experiences and perceptions, but the diaries of musicians — creative individuals making a living in the public sphere by being asked to “perform” in public, to interact with the audience at close range — are bound to be fascinating. Being human asks us to balance one’s public and private selves. It isn’t always a battle, I hope, but musicians are on display. They smile at the bandleader; they shake hands with fans; they might speak more candidly to their colleagues on the stand, but in general we meet their public selves when we ask for an autograph or thank them for a great set. A musician who is candid without tact on the microphone may enjoy the sensation for the moment, but might lose an opportunity for a job, so the Public Self is firmly in place for most of them until they speak among themselves or with others they trust. Cary’s diaries — and this rewarding book — give a reader a deep feeling for what a working musician sees and experiences, and Coller uses this material wisely, sparingly, yet to great effect. The book is not a day-to-day record of aches and pains, physical and emotional (although Cary does complain). The diaries contain details that make a typical jazz fan excited: who was on the gig last night, who played what, who was “helpless” from alcohol before the evening was over. We learn what a night’s work paid in 1944. We find out who is a pleasure to work with, who is a total bore or sharp-tongued mocker. Through these excerpts from Cary’s diary, we are taken behind the scenes. Those of us who do not play professionally will find it as close as we will ever come to being part of the band. No, bands, for their are many. Reading this book, I often felt as if I were sitting with Cary at a small table, and he had decided I was a trusted friend, someone to whom he could share his inner life. This is invaluable, and it goes beyond the anecdotal. Coller admires Cary but does not pretend that The Jazz Hero was saintly, so we get a clear sense of Cary as someone who speaks his mind, and not only to his diary. But Coller (unlike many other modern biographers) is not interested in revealing that The Jazz Hero was A Bad Person. When Cary is irritating or foolish — in retrospect — we learn of it, and the book moves on. A pause for some glorious sounds. Here’s a sample of what Cary sounded and looked like in performance (with the Climax Jazz Band — he’s the bearded fellow playing an alto horn to the right): Back to the book. In the first hundred pages, I encountered head-spinning details of jam sessions, of arranging for Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman. What it was like to walk home after a gig with Eddie Condon. How Jack Teagarden came and tuned the piano first on every gig he was on. That Rod Cless asked Cary (in Pee Wee Russell’s hearing) what he, Rod, could do to be more like Frank Teschemacher. What it felt like to hear Tatum in the forties. How Dick Hyman — age 21 — appeared to Cary. Cary’s hearing and meeting Charlie Parker. A dinner with Charlie Creath and Zutty Singleton (gumbo!). What being typecast as a “Dixieland” musician did to Cary. An early sighting of Barney Kessel. The Eddie Condon Floor Shows and the 1944-5 concerts. Working for Billy Butterfield and Jean Goldkette, and Cary’s six-month tour with the first Louis Armstrong All Stars. Cary, in 1941, playing BODY AND SOUL and THE SHIEK OF ARABY with Coleman Hawkins and Sidney Catlett at a Boston gig. Portraits of Brad Gowans, Wild Bill Davison, George Brunis, Danny Alvin, and Nick Rongetti. Cary was articulate — one of those straightforward writers who captured one aspect (perhaps a transient one) of someone’s personality in a few sharp strokes. And he was also just as ready to put his own playing and conduct under the microscope. STRICTLY A MUSICIAN (a phrase that Barney Bigard used to praise Cary instead of Earl Hines) is an enthralling book — one that I have been rationing my reading . . . so that I won’t finish it too quickly. If you love this music, it is invaluable. Rare photographs, a comprehensive discography, indices, and more. And Coller — who by choice remains almost invisible — is a fine careful graceful writer, shining the light on Cary and his colleagues all the time. The book is available here, but I also encourage you to contact Jim Turner here and visit the Dick Cary Music site, which has treasures to share. Jim tells me that Dick’s “Tuesday Night Friends,” his rehearsal band, is still going strong after twenty years — because of the devotion of the musicians to Dick’s music. 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__label__cc	0.592262	0.407738	Tag Archives: Lucy Weinman LET ME OFF UPTOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS (Part Two): “CHRISTMAS STOMP” with GORDON AU’S GRAND STREET STOMPERS (Columbia University, December 1, 2012) It bears repeating. Saturday, December 1, 2012, was a wonderful day (they all are, if you have the right approach to them) but the evening was even better . . . I was fortunate enough to be uptown for the CD release party held at Columbia University. The party was honoring the Grand Street Stompers on the occasion of their new CD, CHRISTMAS STOMP. And STOMP they did. (Learn more about that very pleasing CD here.) For those of you who couldn’t take the A train (thank you, Billy Strayhorn) or drive uptown, here are some highlights of this most swinging, mobile evening. The participants: Gordon Au on trumpet / arrangements / compositions; Matt Musselman, trombone; Dennis Lichtman, clarinet; Davy Mooney, guitar; Jared Engel, string bass; Rich Levinson, drums; Tamar Korn, Molly Ryan, vocals — with guest appearances from the amazing dancer Andrew J. Nemr, clarinetist Dan Levinson, saxophonist Adam Lee, singer Margi Gianquinto, and more. Before we start,a caveat (nicely browned for the holiday season). The music is wonderful; my videos are somewhat below-par for reasons that anyone who has been in a large hall filled with wonderfully graceful dancers will recognize. An event such as this (thank you, Lucy!) is organized for the comfort and pleasure of the people who not only know what the Peabody is but are able to do . . . the world is not my sound stage. Knowing this, I took up a position at the rear of the hall — a happy observer — and recorded what I saw. In situations such as this, I think, “This is what it was like at the edge of the Savoy Ballroom,” and any discontent vanishes. Perhaps next year someone will lend me a crane or at least a stepladder and a longer tripod. Or not. Here are the remaining marvelous swirling delights I saw and heard on December 1. It wasn’t wintry outdoors, but Tamar feels it’s always a pleasure to sing I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM: Moving along in the “I’ve got” cardfile, she beautifully delivers Fats’ I’VE GOT A FEELIN’ I’M FALLING: Molly comes back for IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS: O HOLY NIGHT is not the vehicle one associates with high-energy jazz, nor with elegantly forceful tap dancing, but when Gordon Au and the Grand Street Stompers meet the wizard Andrew J. Nemr, magic happens. I only wish I had been at a better angle to focus on those airborne feet. Next time: Molly, typically well-behaved, tells of holiday adulteries in I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS. Let us avert our eyes from this potentially lascivious scene — when the Grand Street Stompers play, we get the presents: The Three Graces — Molly, Tamar, and Margi — give out with a very sweet WHITE CHRISTMAS: Victor Herbert never knew his MARCH OF THE TOYS could look and sound like this: AIN’T MISBEHAVIN is a way to welcome Adam Lee, Lucy Weinman, and Dan Levinson to the holiday stomp: For the finale, everyone throws caution to the wind — at least metaphysically — for LET YOURSELF GO: If you’ve enjoyed these experiments in Cinema Very Tea, you’re sure to enjoy the real thing: learn more about the actual CD (a winner no matter what the calendar says) here. Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, Hotter Than That, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow! Tagged Adam Lee, Andrew J. Nemr, Columbia University Swing Dance Society, Dan Levinson, Davy Mooney, Dennis Lichtman, Jared Engel, Jazz Lives, Lucy Weinman, Lynn Redmile, Margi Gianquinto, Matt Musselman, Michael Steinman, Molly Ryan, Rich Levinson, swing dance, Tamar Korn, Tina Micic LET ME OFF UPTOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS (Part One): “CHRISTMAS STOMP” with GORDON AU’S GRAND STREET STOMPERS (Columbia University, December 1, 2012) For those of you who couldn’t take the A train (thank you, Billy Strayhorn) or drive uptown, here are some highlights of this most swinging, mobile evening. The participants: Gordon Au on trumpet / arrangements / compositions; Matt Musselman, trombone; Dennis Lichtman, clarinet; Davy Mooney, guitar; Jared Engel, string bass; Rich Levinson, drums; Tamar Korn, Molly Ryan, vocals — with guest appearances from the amazing dancer Andrew J. Nemr, clarinetist Dan Levinson, saxophonist Adam Lee, singer Margaret Gianquinto, and more. Before we start,a caveat (nicely browned for the holiday season). The music is wonderful; my videos are somewhat below-par for reasons that anyone who has been in a large hall filled with wonderfully graceful dancers will recognize. An event such as this (thank you, Lucy!) is organized for the comfort and pleasure of the people who not only know what the Peabody is but are able to do . . . the world is not my sound stage. Knowing this, I took up a position at the rear of the hall — a happy observer — and recorded what I saw. In situations such as this, I think, “This is what it was like at the edge of the Savoy Ballroom,” and any discontent vanishes. Perhaps next year someone will lend me a crane or at least a stepladder and a longer tripod. Or not. Here are the marvelous swirling delights I saw and heard on December 1. I don’t know if it was because of his essential courtly modesty that Gordon called I MAY BE WRONG to start the evening. More probably it was because that song (in 1934) became the theme song of the Apollo Theatre, and we were uptown: WINTER WONDERLAND always used to be formulaic December-it’s-the -holidays-music until I heard Louis sing it with accompaniment / arrangement by Gordon Jenkins . . . . Here Molly Ryan, fetching in green, steps up to the vocal microphone and reminds us just how pretty this simple 1931 song is: Some might presume that IT’S A SIN TO TELL A LIE (recorded memorably by Mr. Waller) was appropriate because of Santa’s ethical police, but I think swing candor is always valuable. And Molly sings it without any didacticism: WHEN I TAKE MY SUGAR TO TEA may have been the first song I ever heard Tamar Korn (all keyed up here, in red) sing. Her improvisations on the theme remain memorable, sweet, tart, and hot: Following in the holiday footsteps of Mister Strong, Tamar pretends to be a little anxious, asking the seasonal question, ‘ZAT YOU, SANTA CLAUS?: And Tamar and the band offer Gordon’s whimsical sweet feline love song, CRAZY EYES: More to come! For now, if you’ve enjoyed these experiments in Cinema Very Tea, you’re sure to enjoy the real thing: learn more about the actual CD (a winner no matter what the calendar says) here. Tagged Adam Lee, Andrew J. Nemr, CHRISTMAS STOMP, Columbia University Swing Dance Society, Dan Levinson, Davy Mooney, Dennis Lichtman, Gordon Au, Gordon Jenkins, Grand Street Stompers, Jared Engel, Jazz Lives, Louis Armstrong, Lucy Weinman, Margaret Gianquinto, Matt Musselman, Michael Steinman, Molly Ryan, Rich Levinson, Tamar Korn STOMPING FOR CHRISTMAS: AN EARLY HOLIDAY BASH WITH GORDON AU / THE GRAND STREET STOMPERS (Columbia University, December 1, 2012) It’s a cornucupia of hot holiday pleasures: a CD release party that’s also a swing dance extravaganza. And more. A dance lesson (at 7 PM) by Nathan Bugh. The phenomenal dancer Andrew J. Nemr will be performing as only he can. And (I quote): Featuring dance performances, holiday photo station, surprise special guests, groovin’ DJs, and 3 hours of live swing-your-socks-off holiday and jazz tunes, including songs from the Grand St. Stompers‘ eagerly awaited second album!Christmas Stomp presents the holiday classics you know and love (plus a few rare gems), stomped on and reshaped into swinging, jazzy hits, courtesy of the delicious musical talents of Gordon Au, trumpet / cornet / arrangements; Tamar Korn and Molly Ryan, vocals; Dennis Lichtman, clarinet; Matt Musselman, trombone; Nick Russo, banjo / guitar; Rob Adkins, string bass; Kevin Dorn, drums. Saturday, December 1st, 8-11PM // $12, $8 Columbia University students. Diana Center, Barnard College: 3009 Broadway, New York, New York. I attended the 2011 version of this annual splash, and even though I was restricted to Peabodying with my tripod at the rear of the room, it was a wonderful night. Graceful, energized young men and women, fascinating to watch, dancing to the best live jazz . . . And speaking of that jazz, I’ve been listening to my very own advance copy of CHRISTMAS STOMP — the new Grand Street Stompers’ holiday CD. At the risk of being unsubtle, it is a great outpouring of sweetly quirky swing. Gordon has a sublimely odd sense of things (underneath that superbly polite exoskeleton) and it comes through in the music. I have very little tolerance of Christmas music — but in Gordon’s hands, it becomes a thing of slightly lopsided beauty. After all, some of the most popular Christmas tunes lend themselves nicely to the GSS’ approach — I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS has never been a classic in my book, worthy of Robin and Rainger — but the GSS make it very lively and memorable. On this CD, there’s also WINTER WONDERLAND, I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM, ‘ZAT YOU, SANTA CLAUS?, IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN, MARCH OF THE TOYS, the aforementioned holiday near-adultery of Mommy and Mister C, THE ONLY THING I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, O HOLY NIGHT, and Gordon’s witty pastiche, ALL THE OTHER CHRISTMAS SONGS. Sweet vocals from Tamar and Molly, and hot / tender playing from everyone else. If you bring a crisp (or even a crumpled) twenty-dollar bill (“a double sawbuck” in ancient parlance) not only will you be admitted to the festivities on December 1, but you will go home with your own CD. Amaze your friends; delight your family; be the envy of everyone. For more details, click stompers. On the site you will find a variety of VIP packages with delicious benefits. My favorites are the ones that aren’t listed: a cornet lesson from Gordon; a half-hour discussion of cosmology and philosophy with Tamar; a visit to Nick’s house to play with his adorable children, a seminar in Universal horror films with Professor Dorn, a dance lesson from Lucy Weinman . . . any or all of these things can be negotiated. And here’s some video evidence from last year — what a swell party it was! (Purists will say that RIVERBOAT SHUFFLE isn’t Christmas music, but it’s good music. So there.) Tagged Andrew J. Nemr, CHRISTMAS STOMP, Columbia University, Dennis Lichtman, Gordon Au, Grand Street Stompers, HOLIDAY BASH, Jazz Lives, Kevin Dorn, Lucy Weinman, Matt Musselman, Michael Steinman, Molly Ryan, Nathan Bush, Nick Russo, Rob Adkins, swing dance, Tamar Korn ZELDA: THE MAGAZINE OF THE VINTAGE NOUVEAU This post is about a charming magazine you ought to know — ZELDA: THE MAGAZINE OF THE VINTAGE NOUVEAU — whose fifth issue has just appeared. If you are instantly taken by that cover, you may skip what follows and leap into http://www.zeldamag.com — why waste time with descriptions when you could become a subscriber right away? ZELDA is published twice a year, and its issues are not the kind of thing you would want to throw out. ZELDA (named for the brilliantly creative and underacknowledged bride of F. Scott Fitzgerald) was the creation of the very talented Diane Naegel — who died far too young after battling breast cancer. Her fiance Don Spiro and the people who love her and her vision have kept ZELDA afloat — feeling, I think, that to do anything else out of grief would be the wrong thing entirely. I learned about the magazine from Lynn Redmile, who has a fine eye for detail — current and vintage. For three years, Diane and Don (a fine photographer) have also produced a series of monthly evenings (held in a former Manhattan speakeasy) called “Wit’s End,” Jazz Age-themed evenings “with Prohibition-era cocktails and a dress code.” At these events, friends of Don and Diane played hot jazz — including Dan Levinson, Molly Ryan, Baby Soda, The Red Hook Ramblers, Cynthia Sayer, Gelber and Manning, and others.* Not irrelevantly, the first Wit’s End party of 2012 is coming up in a few days — and it features the music of the Big Tent Jazz Band (where you can hear Lucy Weinman swing out) in a tribute to Texas Guinan. Here’s the Facebook link. But back to ZELDA itself. It is not a museum catalogue of ancient clothing that one might look at but never put on. Rather it is a vivid tribute to all things “vintage,” a term that includes the music. In the best way, ZELDA celebrates living artistically in a style which continues to be strikingly fashionable if one understands it. “Vintage” here is not just a kind of antique Halloween getup to be applied when the time is right, but an entire way of being — something that Oscar Wilde would have approved of: creating oneself as a living work of art. But it’s not all about black-and-white shoes. Well-written features in past issues have included a recalled interview with Ginger Rogers, current interviews with actress Marsha Hunt (then 92), Charles “Buddy” Rogers, and Ziegfeld showgirl Doris Eaton Travis, profiles of Janet Klein, Jesse Gelber and Kate Manning, features on vintage cocktails, neckties, fingerwaving, pincurling, profiles of various cities for their vintage appeal, advertisements from shops and online sellers of everything from rare records to vintage jewels, an advice column . . . and more! The newest issue contains articles and features on Fanny Brice, cosmetics, the Sweet Hollywallians, KING KONG, and more. It’s beautifully laid out and a pleasure to read . . . and you’ll find yourself returning to older issues for witty, arcane yet pertinent information. For myself, I will never be a vintage fashion icon — but I take great pleasure in learning about the art and its practitioners. For more information about the Wit’s End gatherings, visit http://clubwitsend.com/ But these events are serious about vintage attire, so be forewarned: “ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRY WILL BE PERMITTED TO THOSE WEARING JEANS, ATHLETIC SHOES, ZIP-UP JACKETS, OR CASUAL ATTIRE.” Elegance asks only that we leave our sneakers at home for one night — to recall a time and place where one dressed differently for, say, gardening, and going to an evening dance. Posted in "Thanks A Million", Awful Sad, Generosities, Jazz Worth Reading, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love Tagged Baby Soda, Big Tent Jazz Band, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Cynthia Sayer, Dan Levinson, Diane Naegel, Don Spiro, Doris Eaton Travis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fanny Brice, fingerwave, Gelber and Manning, Ginger Rogers, Janet Klein, Jazz Lives, Jesse Gelber, Kate Manning, KING KONG, Lucy Weinman, Lynn Redmile, Marsha Hunt, Michael Steinman, Molly Ryan, Oscar Wilde, pincurl, Red Hook Ramblers, SELDA: THE MAGAZINE OF VINTAGE NOUVEAU, Sweet Hollyaiians, Texas Guinan, vintage clothing, vintage style, Wit's End, Zelda Fitzgerald, Zelda Sayre “JAZZ LIVES” GOES TO A DANCE: FOUR SEMI-FORMAL SCENES from the COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SWING DANCE (December 9, 2011) Posted on December 11, 2011 \| 11 comments In my ideal re-envisioning of myself, I am both a hot cornetist — modeling myself on Little Bobby Hacksaw — and a stylish swing dancer. Both of these goals have so far eluded me, but I was delighted to be invited to the Columbia University Swing Dance Society Semi-Formal Friday night. And I took my camera. More about that in sixteen bars. What could be nicer, more promising? The Grand Street Stompers would play hot and sweet jazz — always original — for an audience of limber swing fans who were in constant motion. The GSS is one of my favorite bands: Gordon Au on trumpet, gentle leadership, compositions and arrangements; Dennis Lichtman on clarinet; Matt Musselman on trombone; Nick Russo on banjo and guitar; Rob Adkins on string bass; Kevin Dorn (just back from the West Coast) on drums; Tamar Korn on voice. The Beloved came in and enjoyed the scene; I got to talk with some friends: Lucy Weinman, Veronica Lynn Day, Sam Huang, Michelle deCastro, and Lynn Redmile — and to watch the dancers, who made me think sadly of college opportunities missed. I told Veronica that when I went to college swing dancing was not quite in fashion (probably I was too busy reading), but that had I been in the right place and the right time, I would have been entranced — both by the live music and by the lively young women. I would have had a fine time and probably flunked all my classes. Worth the trade? No doubt, to quote Mr. Morton. But back to the semi-formal scenes. I stationed myself at the rear of the room to capture what you might have seen and heard had you been there . . . the videos are slightly more jumpy than I would have preferred, but I thought a tripod would not have gone with my semi-formal garb. For Bix, for Hoagy, and for swing — RIVERBOAT SHUFFLE: Miss Korn (resplendent in mauve or is it Valpoicella?) tells us EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY: Are skies cloudy and gray? They’re only gray for a day, remember. WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS: And Gordon’s own rocking love song, CRAZY EYES: Wonderful scenes! And how fortunate we are that such things are flourishing in this century — not only for those people who live near 117th Street and Broadway. Get rhythm in your feet! On with the dance! Posted in "Thanks A Million", Generosities, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow! Tagged Bix Beiderbecke, Columbia University Swing Dance Society, Dennis Lichtman, Gordon Au, Grand Street Stompers, Hoagy Carmichael, Jazz Lives, Kevin Dorn, Lucy Weinman, Lynn Redmile, Matt Musselman, Michael Steinman, Michelle deCastro, Nick Russo, Rob Adkins, Sam Huang, swing dance, Tamar Korn, The Beloved, Veronica Lynn Day LUCY’S SECRETS If you saw this young woman on the street, you would think, “She has a nice smile,” but you might not know that she has several secret lives. All will be revealed about Lucy Weinman in this post. She doesn’t have multiple-personality disorder, her own lingerie business, nor a quiz show with Garry Moore. Her Columbia University transcript would show that she is majoring in biology, is a research fellow at the Kelley Lab — far beyond the high school biology I knew. You might also encounter her as an enthusiastic swing dancer at a number of venues or a delighted audience member at jazz concerts by people like Dennis Lichtman and Gordon Au. But this is how I first encountered Lucy. In full flight and in good company — with Dennis Lichtman and Chloe Feoranzo, Kevin Dorn and other notable souls: Notice the trumpet attached to our Miss Weinman. To quote Eddie Condon, she owns it and she plays it. In fact, Lucy is a really impressive hot trumpeter with a large sound, a truly swinging conception, and a good deal of spice. She, Jeff Weinman (guitarist / pianist / and also Lucy’s father) and Miss Cherry Delight (vocals) make up the Big Tent Jazz Band with a variety of ringers and sitters-in. Their Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miss-Cherry-Delight-and-The-Big-Tent-Jazz-Band/343542389217?v=info&sk=info. That should be enough. BIO WHIZ GIRL ALSO HOT TRUMPETER would be a nifty headline on an imagined newspaper in a Thirties movie. But Lucy has more surprises for us. One is the Columbia University Semi-Formal Swing Dance — coming up on December 9, 2011. Here (in excited prose I didn’t dare edit) are the details: CU Swing Dance – This Joint is Jumpin’ : a stompin’ swing dance fiesta featuring New York’s own Grand Street Stompers. Feel-good New Orleans jazz, lovely dancing, lovelier company, and good times will abound. Show up in your semi-finest attire and stretch out those hamstrings cause THIS JOINT’S GONNA BE JUMPIN’! How it’s gonna go down: 8:30- 9pm – A beginner swing dance lesson provided by CU Swing Dance (No prior experience or partner necessary, ya dig? You got no excuse!) 9pm-12am – The band JUMPS and so do we. It’s that simple. CUID holders: $8 Non-CUID: $10 The Grand St. Stompers is a swinging-hot traditional jazz band led by rising young trumpeter Gordon Au and featuring the evocative and joyous vocals of Tamar Korn. With one foot stomping in vintage tradition and the other in modern style, they’ll throw down everything from Louis Armstrong hits and New Orleans standards to Gordon’s exciting originals to surprisingly swinging adaptations of classical pieces and Disney tunes. The bottom line is this: whenever they play, it’s a helluva show. *Directions: Take the 1 train to 116th St. Walk north on Broadway to Barnard’s Gates at 119th St. Enter campus, turn right, and look for the orange building (The Diana Center). Go down one floor to LL1. Give money to the smiling Columbia students, get your hand stamped, and dance to your heart’s content! But wait! There’s more. WKCR-FM (the radio station of Columbia University, also accessible streaming live on the web at http://www.wkcr.org) is known for seventy years of jazz programming. One of its long-standing programs — I remember listening to it as far back as the early Seventies — is OUT TO LUNCH, a weekday jazz show from 12-3. This radio station plays the whole range of recorded jazz from 1917 to the present, from the ODJB to the world of free. Splendid! But often — not surprisingly — what’s known as “traditional jazz,” loosely defined as New Orleans, Chicago, early Swing — is left to the very scholarly divagations of the Dean of New York Jazz Radio, Phil Schaap. Some weeks ago, I was driving home in the early afternoon on a Tuesday, and I turned on my car radio, whose first preset is 89.9, WKCR. I forget what exactly was coming out of the speaker — was it I MUST HAVE IT by King Oliver or was it FAREWELL BLUES by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings? — but it was a delicious jolt. The “disc jockey,” the archaic term for the person choosing what records to play, stayed out of the way of the music for a good long time. Then she announced herself as “Lucy,” and the veils dropped from my eyes. I am not embarrassed to say that I called the station and said, mock-ominously, “WHAT are you doing playing all that good hot jazz? What’s the matter with you?” or words to that effect. Then I introduced myself — Lucy and I know each other from Radegast and The Ear Inn — and we both started laughing happily. Lucy Weinman is on the air every other Tuesday — her next show is December 13. She has a clear voice, can pronounce the musicians’ names correctly, and her love for the music comes right through the speaker. Today, when she was through playing a nice long set of Louis and Earl from 1928, including KNEE DROPS, she began her commentary with a hushed, “Oh, my God. Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines,” which is proper reverence. She has at least three or four brilliant careers in front of her, and JAZZ LIVES salutes her varied endeavors — while unmasking her secrets, which is the privilege of Hot Jazz Journalism. Find out more about her lives at http://www.facebook.com/Lucy.Rae.W. And if you’re lucky, she’ll bring her horn to a gig. Pleasant surprises await! Posted in "Thanks A Million", Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love Tagged Chloe Foeranzo, Columbia University, Dennis Lichtman, Earl Hines, Facebook, Gordon Au, Jazz Lives, Jeff Weinman, Kelsey Hack, Kevin Dorn, Louis Armstrong, Lucy Weinman, Michael Steinman, Miss Cherry Delight, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Phil Schaap, swing dance, Tamar Korn, The Big Tent Jazz Band, WKCR-FN FAST COMPANY at THE EAR INN (June 26, 2011) The music played at The Ear Inn (326 Spring Street, Soho, New York City) this last Sunday night — June 26, 2011 — was inspiring. And you won’t have to take my word for it. The EarRegulars that night were a slightly different crew, although three of the four players were SemiRegulars: guitarist Chris Flory, tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, and trumpeter Charlie Caranicas. The fourth player was new to me — bassist Corin Stiggall — but I can only reproach myself for not knowing his work before this: he is a find, indeed. All I will say about Corin (you will hear the truth for yourself) is that he reminds me greatly of Oscar Pettiford — strong, steady, inventive, with his own deep sound, and he doesn’t think of his instrument as an overfed guitar. Here’s the quartet on a truly exuberant reading of Billy Strayhorn’s early don’t-let-the-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out, I’M CHECKING OUT, GOOM-BYE (the brisk tempo courtesy of Mr. Allen): A little good blues? Here’s JUMPIN’ WITH SYMPHONY SID, celebrating the days when Lester played and Sidney Torin spoke on your AM radio: For Rodgers and Hart, an enthusiastic, twining THIS CAN’T BE LOVE: In the middle of the evening, the marvelous community of friends old and new — so often encountered these Sunday nights at The Ear — began to come together. Earlier, trumpeter, dancer, and scientist Lucy Weinman came up to me and introduced her West Coast buddy, reed expert Chloe Feoranzo. (Chloe has made two CDs already — the second in the company of serious players: Dan Barrett, Hal Smith, Chris Dawson, Bryan Shaw, Dave Koonse, Richard Simon. She’s no tyro, tentative and unsure.) Chloe had brought her clarinet and was welcomed to the Ear Inn “bandstand” for PENNIES FROM HEAVEN. Her bell-bright sound is a treat, as is her reluctance to go familiar ways. Many clarinet players are tempted towards glibness — “I can play a fast run here, so why not?” — but Chloe seems to be thinking about what phrases she might create (without hesitating), her sound reminding me of Tony Scott, of early Jimmy Hamilton — with Teddy Wilson in 1941 — and now and again Lester on clarinet: Friends came by — a whole reed section began to assemble. Dan Block unpacked his alto saxophone. Pete Anderson and Andy Farber brought their tenors. And I felt as if I had been happily dropped into the middle of this: as you will see on the videos, Harry stood in front of me, as did Chloe; Dan was seated to my right on a barstool, Andy on the next one away, Pete diagonally across from me. Reed rapture! And although I am usually much more interested in the sound of my videos than the visual aspects, I was very happy to be able to capture Harry’s happiness, his eyes half-closed, while he listened to Chloe play. How about that romping affirmation of joy, I WANT TO BE HAPPY: A sweet IF I HAD YOU: For the closer, HONEYSUCKLE ROSE with the Soho version of the Henderson / Hopkins riffs: Incidentally, speaking of community, there were old friends and new at The Ear — among them man of music Doug, the inspiring singer Jewel, and Claiborne (the last a genuine movie star — catch her in PAGE ONE). You’ve never been to The Ear Inn on a Sunday night, never heard the EarRegulars, never met Victor Villar-Hauser (a gentleman, a scholar, and a serious actor)? Alas. *Chloe’s second CD looks like this: I predict there will be many more! Posted in "Thanks A Million", Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow! 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__label__wiki	0.693337	0.693337	Motion Controls – Wii Don’t Want To Play Nintendo changed the face of the gaming world with the launch of the Wii in 2006. Whether you think it was for better or worse, motion controls were completely new and every developer wanted in on the action. We were given some decent mini-game collections and a cool tech demo from Nintendo, along with a brand new Zelda and’not much else. Fast forward to 2011 and we still do not have a single game that makes proper use of the Wiimote. To make matters even worse, Nintendo seems to be backing off from the entire motion control idea. Not only have their titles done as little as possible with the controls, but the announcement of the Wii U shows a controller that does absolutely nothing with motion. My thought is this; Wii Don’t Want to Play! The one gimmick to the Wii and Nintendo now realizes it was stupid. Sure, you can get some light-gun games that don’t work on modern LCD screens and you can have Tiger Woods golf work better than ever, but why wouldn’t I just use a controller? As for Nintendo games, think of how much motion you need in something like Super Mario Galaxy. Its input it mainly buttons, with motion working to fill in for a missing button. You simply flick the remote a tiny bit and Mario spin jumps (something they applied to New Super Mario Bros. Wii as well). That flick is totally unnecessary. Donkey Kong Country Returns actually has detrimental motion controls. Flicking is substituted for making DK blow on things or roll and it often happens in the middle of an intense chase scene, leading to the kong’s untimely death. Thankfully you can use a Wiimote-Nunchuk combo, or else I would have thrown the poor Wiimote through a window at the end game. High Five for Wiimote-Nunchuk! And going back to probably the first Wii game we all played, Twilight Princess didn’t even need motion controls. It started off as a Gamecube game and was actually better on that system. With sharper graphics and better sound mixing, along with an actual controller, your Zelda adventuring was better than ever. To their credit, Wii Sports is completely impossible without some kind of motion device. Also, WarioWare Move It was damn fun. In all honesty, though, I can’t really name you a bunch of Wii games I own that rely on motion. I’ve definitely tinkered with them, but nearly everything I Have makes use of the classic controller or has limited motion input. It seems Sony and Microsoft didn’t get that memo. Both companies are developing their respective controllers in full force now. I have yet to play a game on Kinect, but I’ve tried Heavy Rain and Resident Evil 5 on Move and both feel different? Heavy Rain is entirely pointless. The game is an interactive drama, so I don’t need to be making insane movements to feel immersed (god knows the story draws you out at the end, anyway). Resident Evil 5 is actually a bit better, but my point stands in that the motion controls are unwarranted. You do not need them to enjoy Resident Evil. Unnecessary, but usable. To Sony’s credit, at least they aren’t limiting you to the Playstation Move. Every game that includes support for the device also allows normal Dual Shock 3 control. That’s something that Nintendo looks to be doing with the Wii U, and players always like options. Still, at the end of the day, Motion Controls is a gimmick that even Nintendo doesn’t like anymore. I wish I could be more positive about it (especially since Nintendo is my favorite of the Big Three companies), but there’s nothing I can really say. 5 years after getting my Wii, I can’t think of any game that truly benefitted from Motion. Well, maybe it’s useful in filtering out idiots. This entry was posted in Gaming, Op/Ed and tagged broken tv, discussion, dual shock 3, gaming, gimmick, kinect, microsoft, motion controls, nintendo, playstation move, ps3, ps4, sony, wii, wiimote, xbox 360.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1452
__label__wiki	0.615337	0.615337	Lifting alcohol laws disappointing and dangerous: emergency service workers The Premier’s decision today to wind up Sydney’s alcohol laws is disappointing and probably dangerous, emergency service workers say. The… Premier has jumped the gun on alcohol laws says Keep Sydney Safe Media release, 8 September 2019: Keep Sydney Safe, representing emergency services in Sydney, says Gladys Berejiklian’s reported announcement that modest… SMH Opinion: You can’t argue with the facts: our lockout laws are saving lives Pat Gooley, Secretary of the Police Association of NSW: On New Year’s Eve 2013, I was working as a police… ABC: Sydney lockout laws eradicate alcohol-related assault deaths at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney’s lockout laws should be extended across the entire state to reduce alcohol-fuelled violence, according to the New South Wales… Nadine Ezard – Don’t lock out the facts on lockout laws: they’ve made this city safer – SMH It’s hard not coming to the conclusion that the saga around Sydney’s lockout laws is coming to its denouement. The… Five years ago, on any Friday or Saturday night, St Vincent’s Hospital’s Emergency Department would be awash with the victims… Newcastle Herald – Calls for Newcastle-style restrictions to be introduced to licensed venues statewide A new push will be launched today for earlier legal ‘last drinks’ and lockouts for licensed venues – like the conditions in Newcastle CBD,… A 25-year-old man has died after paramedics say an angry crowd prevented them from treating him in Sydney’s south. Paramedics… SMH: Assaults on paramedics an unacceptable workplace hazard Sunday’s article by Julie Power exposes the shocking cases of assault experienced every day by NSW paramedics. Power’s story reveals the… Whiskey-a-go-go: Mixers after midnight laws dumped Miles Godfrey, The Daily Telegraph September 29, 2017 12:00am Sydney’s lockout laws confound celebs Lockout laws create new party zones… Pages:1234567...26»	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1455
__label__cc	0.623123	0.376877	Has being a clergyman or bona fide religious person been a defense to the charge of “practicing law”? I'm wondering because here's what I am thinking. Religion is inextricably connected to whether something seems like the "right thing to do." Often, people struggle with what the "right thing to do" is, and they ask their religious advisors for advice. Suppose that a religious person advised that the right thing to do for "God's forgiveness" was to file this legal document with that court and argue *this point. Would that religious person have a defense against the UPL? Assume this advice was otherwise UPL and assume the religious advisor is a bona fide religious advisor. Has this type of situation ever come up before? Also, what are the liabilities of "holy" advice, outside of just the UPL? first-amendment religion unlicensed-practice religious-law Mr. AMr. A Assume this advice was otherwise UPL and assume the religious advisor is a bona fide religious advisor. As far as I'm aware, the only special treatment given to "bona fide religious advisors" under the law is that certain conversations may be privileged; that is, the parties to some conversations involving "bona fide religions advisors" can not be compelled to testify to the content of those conversations. Provided "this advice was otherwise UPL", the "bona fide religious advisor" has engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. If there is evidence of such outside of privileged conversations that cannot be admitted into evidence, then it should prove straightforward to successfully prosecute the case. Patrick87Patrick87 "Unauthorized practice of law" is not as broad as you appear to assume. If you falsely claim to be a licensed attorney, or if you engage in activities reserved for licensed attorneys (representing a client in court as their attorney, for example), then you would be in trouble. You have a First Amendment right to express your opinion on what the right thing to do is, and that is not limited to opinions motivated by religion. I don't know. See here. (americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/cpr/model-def/…) Even where " 'trial work is not involved but the preparation of legal documents, their interpretation, the giving of legal advice, or the application of legal principles to problems of any complexity, is involved, these activities are still the practice of law.' – Mr. A Jun 16 '16 at 16:27 Everything I've read tells me it is that broad. So perhaps you should show me a link where advice "of a legal nature" is considered to be exempt from UPL. – Mr. A Jun 16 '16 at 16:44 @Mr.A Telling somebody that something is right from a moral, ethical, religious perspective does not imply that it is legally prudent. – user3851 Jun 16 '16 at 17:28 @Dawn - No, but the "UPL Nazis" will certainly start to get angry if too many people start to listen to a clergyman instead of a highly paid (I mean qualified) lawyer. Once that starts to happen, there will be all sorts of arguments about how what the clergyman was "really doing" was practicing law. – Mr. A Jun 16 '16 at 17:40 @Mr.A, that's actually not how the law works. You would need to make a showing that such advice satisfies the definition of UPL. In the US, you have the right to do that which is not forbidden; it's not that you can do only that which is permitted. Notice in your link, Washington court rules GR24(10)(d):"Nothing in this rule shall affect the ability of a person or entity to provide information of a general nature about the law and legal procedures to members of the public". Focus on the relevance of the 1st Amendment. – user6726 Jun 16 '16 at 17:45 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged first-amendment religion unlicensed-practice religious-law or ask your own question. Practicing Law without a License over the Internet I'm being hacked, stalked and gossiped about. Do I have a chance at suing for slander, character assasination? Has the First Amendment been held to include the right to film jurors? Given SCOTUS precedent, how do I legal counter specifically religious solicitation? (USA) Can an employer require attendance at a holiday party over the employee's religious objections? What makes laws against wearing masks constitutional? Where is the bright line for practicing law? How is it legal for the US miltary to decide to help a film maker based on the script?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1456
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__label__cc	0.548271	0.451729	Category Archives: IMPROVISING UKSoulJam At Jazz Cafe, London Ft Jaz Ellington, A.L. & Stutta, Selina Campbell(Soulheaven Records) & More: Sun June 5th 2011 UKSJ – The original UK Soul show returns to Jazz Cafe on Sun June 5th with 1 of it’s favourite acts Jaz Ellington the soulful teacher from South London who’s live shows are always intense in the way classic Soul,Gospel should be, bringing electrifying performances to his modern Soul arrangements. Also live: A.L. with her Soulful Dilla-sampling track with Grime star Stutta “Rewind Time” currently causing a stir, Selina Campbell from Soul Heaven records bringing a Neo Soulful House, Joseph Junior bringing a rare, mature male voice to UK NeoSoul, individualist UK M.C. & Chordless Show award winner A.K.S., Nu Power Funk from Chromatone, Nu Soul, R&B & Funk from Gavin Holligan & more acts TBA + the midnight jam open to the public later in the show + surprise guests & KTF residents DJs Paul Aaaron & DJ Kay(K15), Harlano, Adeola & The CK Band + our midnight open-mic-jam session & those infamous surprise guests, ….. £10 advance, Jazzcafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, London, NW1, 7pm-1am. Further info@: http://www.keepthefaithful.com/ , http://www.keepthefaithevents.com/ & http://www.twitter.com/keepthefaithful FULL EVENT INFO: “UK SOUL JAM” – The ORIGINAL UKSOUL Show @ JAZZ CAFE Featuring JAZ ELLINGTON & More on SUNDAY 5th JUNE 2011 ‘UK SOUL JAM’ : a celebration of UK SOUL featuring the best established & new UKSoul talent at The Jazz Cafe, London 5 Parkway, Camden Town, Running times: PRICES: £10 Advance, £12 Door, Upstairs Balcony Restaurant Table Seats with £16.50 Set Menu PURCHASE YOUR TICKET ONLINE FROM TICKETMASTER AT: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/ search “UK SOUL JAM” “UKSOULJAM” “Jazz Cafe” “JUNE 5th” or use this direct link to JUNE 5th tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F00456FC87B9E69?camefrom=CFC_UK_MAMA_JAZZCAFE&brand=jazz_cafe ORDER ON PHONE from TICKETMASTER on: Tel: 0870 4000 700 Alternative Online Ticket Agents: http://www.seetickets.com BOX OFFICE, IN PERSON & CASH PAYMENTS: To order in person or for Cash payment at JAZZCAFE( frontdoor) box office 5 Parkway Camden, NW1 (Mon – Sat 10.30am-5.30pm). Table Seats On Balcony with £16.50 Set Menu – Call Jazzcafe Restaurant Line For Tables On: 020 7688 8899 (Lines Open 10.30am-5.30pm Mon-Sat) Music Style: SOUL, NEO SOUL, UK SOUL, GOSPEL, URBAN, RAREGROOVE, NU JAZZ, R&B, BROKENBEAT, HIP HOP, REGGAE, DANCEHALL, OPEN MIC JAM & LIVE MUSIC Live Performances From: JAZ ELLINGTON A.L. (Stutta) SELINA CAMPBELL (Soul Heaven) JOSEPH JUNIOR A.K.S. GAVIN HOLLIGAN + Open Mic & Jam Session (Open To The Public Later In The Show) + More Acts TBA & Surprise Guests On The Night. Resident DJs: PAUL AAARON (Keep The Faith / Groove Lineage) DJ KAY (K15 / Keep The Faith) Hosted By: HARLANO, ADEOLA, THE CK BAND & PAUL AAARON Our Guests This Month: The original UKSoul show returns headed by 1 of it’s favourite acts Jaz Ellington – the soulful teacher from South London who’s live shows are always intense in the way classic Soul,Gospel should be, bringing electrifying performances to his modern Soul arrangements. Also live: A.L. with her Soulful Dilla-sampling track with Grime star Stutta “Rewind Time” currently causing a stir in London clubs & radio, Selina Campbell from Soul Heaven records bringing a Neo Soulful House, Joseph Junior bringing a rare, mature male voice to UK NeoSoul, individualist UK M.C. & Chordless Show award winner A.K.S., Nu Power Funk from Chromatone, Nu Soul, R&B & Funk from Gavin Holligan + more acts TBA + the midnight jam open to the public later in the show – previous guests inc. Amy Winehouse, Marsha Ambrosius, Jeffrey Daniel – so keep your eyes peeled! & email info@keepthefaithevents.com if you want to take part. Event Summary: UK SOUL JAM: A celebration of UK SOUL in an Open Mic – Jam Session, Showcase & DJ Session featuring the best of London’s Soul talent at Jazz Cafe. As seen on Sky TV. UK Soul Jam captures the energy and musical talent from London’s Contemporary Soul Scene. Bringing together singers, players, & connoisseurs of Neo Soul, Nu Jazz, Credible Hip Hop and RnB, Brokenbeat, Reggae, Gospel and Soulful House scenes in London. A platform for new & established artists. Open Mic / Jam is open to the public. UK SOUL JAM – The ORIGINAL UKSOUL Show HEAR THE ACTS PERFORMING ON JUNE 5th 2011 VIA THESE YOUTUBE CLIPS: JAZ ELLINGTON “SUMMER” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iIbXRjdxzo JAZ ELLINGTON “VISIONS”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEwi8uF0wV4 A.L. & STUTTA “REWIND TIME”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2URy-5P2uUM A.L & STUTTA “PAIN” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXkmZqIrPRA SELINA CAMPBELL & MAQMAN “INSIDE” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlJVuQxlh0 BLACK SAUCE ft. SELINA CAMPBELL “FOR THE LOVE OF YOU” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_kyoh3ICfA JOSEPH JUNIOR & MAQMAN “BACK TO BASICS” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWXlVRXBKUA JOSEPH JUNIOR & MAQMAN “RUN” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0FNAaXoALU AKS. “THIS 80’s BABY” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cBwcHDEC-Y AKS. ” THE MONOLOGUE”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW5Yee4E-jY CHROMATONE PROMO VIDEO SHOT AT JAZZ CAFE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exiStrscCg4 CHROMATONE “FINALLY” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=225bcfvbx6s GAVIN HOLLIGAN “EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOoVIVJpy84 GAVIN HOLLIGAN “FAITH TO FLY”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7JEan9Cue8 Further web info: http://www.keepthefaithevents.com & http://www.UKSoulJam.Com & http://www.keepthefaiithful.com & http://twitter.com/uksouljam For all show enquiries & if you would like to perform please email: keepthefaithful@gmail.com A KEEP THE FAITH Events Production Posted in 2011, 9th-Wonder, A.L, A.L.-&-STUTTA, ACID-JAZZ, ADEOLA, AKS, AMY-WINEHOUSE, ANDWELE-G, Angie-Stone, Anthony-David, Artful-Dodger, Be-Bop, Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Boom-Bap, BRIT-FUNK, Brit-Soul, BRITISH-SOUL, CAMDEN, Carmen-Rodgers, CDs-For-Sale, CECILIA-STALIN, Choirs, CHROMATONE, Clubbing, competition, D'Angelo, Daru, Dates, DEBUT, Dilla, DJ-KAY, DJ-Kay(K15), DJ-PAUL-AAARON, DWELE, DWELE-G, ELISHA-LA'VERNE, Eric-Roberson, Events, F-E, FIRST-EVER, Floetry, Flying-Lotus, Funky-House, GILLES-PETERSON, GOSPEL, GREEDS, GRIME, HARLANO, HEIDI-VOGEL, Hi-Tek, HIP-HOP, Hip-Hop-Jazz, IMPROVISING, India-Arie, J Dilla, Jaguar Wright, Jam, JAM-SESSION, JAMIROQUAI, JAMMING, Janelle-Monae, JAY-KAY, JAZZ-CAFE-LONDON, JAZZ-DANCE, Jazz-Poetry, JAZZCAFE, Jesse-Boykins-III, Jill Scott, Jose-James, JOSEPH-JUNIOR, Julie-Dexter, JulieDexter, K15, KEEP-THE-FAITH-EVENTS, KEEPTHEFAITH, KeepTheFaithEvents.Com, KeepTheFaithFul.Com, Kenny-Dope, KetchAVibe, KTF, Leela James, Listings, Little Brother, LIVE, Live-Instruments, LONDON, Lounge, Marsha-Ambrosius, MAW, Max-Roach, Mishal-Moore, money-save, Mos Def, Music-Lounge, Musiq-Soulchild, N'Dambi, Neo-Soul, Neo-Soul-Gigs, Neo-Soul-Info, Neo-Soul-London, Neo-Soul-London-Night-Club-Events, Neo-Soul-Lounge, NEO-SOUL-World-Wide-Live-Series, NEO-SOUL-WORLDWIDE-LIVE-SERIES, NEO-SOUL-WW, NeoSoul, NEOSOULWW, Night-Club, NU-SOUL, NUSOUL, NW1, NYC-Studio, Oddisee, okay-player, OPEN-MIC-JAM, OUTKAST, P-A, PA, PAUL-AAARON, Phonte, Platinum-Pied-Pipers, Porsche-Smith, PPP, QTip, R&B, RADIO, Raheem-Davaughn, REGGAE, Reggae-Britania, Revivalist, Selina-Campbell, skillz, SOUL, Soul-Britania, Soul-II-Soul, Soulfood-Media, Soulful, Soulful-Hip-Hop, Soulful-House, Specialist-Music, SPOKEN-WORD, STUTTA, Sunshine-Anderson, SURPRISE-GUESTS, Sy-Smith, SyberSpace, Talib Kweli, TALKING-LOUD, THE-FOREIGN-EXCHANGE, TV, UK, UK-Garage, UK-GOSPEL, UK-HIP-HOP, UK-REGGAE, UK-SOUL-JAM, UKG, UKGarage, UKSOUL, UKSOULJAM, VALERIE-ETIENNE, Website, What's-On, Whats-On-In-London, win, Wine-Lounge, Wookie, ZO! Tagged Gavin-Holligan NeoSoul1stSaturdays ‘NS1S’- London’s Neo-Soul Party At Madam Chi, N1: Sat June 4th 2011 Featuring Mishal Moore(NYC, Kenny Dope) Live “NEOSOUL1st SATURDAYs”: – SAT JUNE 4th 2011, ft. Mishal Moore Live, 8pm-1am at MADAM CHI, 187 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RQ, Nearest Transport: Highbury & Islington tube & train. Entrance: £Free before 8pm, £5 after 8pm,….. FREE WI-FI & TABLE BOOKINGS – to book / all enquires: email keepthefaithful@gmail.com , MUSIC POLICY: Neo-Soul, down-tempo Nu-Soul & related music all night. NEOSOUL1stSATURDAYs ‘NS1S’ – London’s longest running Neo-Soul night, formerly NS3Fs. General info at: http://www.keepthefaithful.com/ , http://www.keepthefaithevents.com/ , http://www.twitter.com/keepthefaithful , http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141321709271206 ~ “NEOSOUL1stSATURDAYs” ~ ‘NS1S’ ~ London’s longest running Neo-Soul night ~ formerly “NeoSoul3rdFridays” – JUNE 4th ft MISHAL MOORE live (Kenny Dope NYC Studios Artiste) DATES: Sat June 4th, Sat July 2nd, Sat Aug 6th 2011 & every 1st Saturday of each month til further notice. VENUE & ADDRESS: Madam Chi N1 1RQ LANDMARKS: Close to Hope & Anchor pub & Islington Town Hall. Highbury & Islington Tube Station is 5 mins walk Buses 19, 43 and 4 Off street parking in surrounding streets after restrictions end. Free before 8pm, £5 after 8pm 8pm-1am (Music event starts at 8pm, the bar is open all day & before 8pm) DRINKS & FOOD: A wide range of coffee’s, juices, wines, beers and champagnes including organic & fair trade goods. A range of organic cakes, snacks & truffles also. FREE WI-FI , TABLE RESERVATIONS & PRIVATE FUNCTION ROOM HIRE: Wi-Fi is free to use for all customers, tables reservations, private use of the function room & birthday/ special occasion bookings are also free to book – email for more details: keepthefaithful@gmail.com Hiring the private function room for no charge makes it 1 of the cheapest you will find in Central London. EVENT SCENARIO: “NEOSOUL1stSATURDAYs” (‘NS1S’), formerly “NEOSOUL3rdFRIDAYs (‘NS3Fs’) – London’s longest running Neo-Soul night featuring Neo-Soul & down-tempo Nu Soul all night. There was a need to create this night at this point in time in London due to the feedback we got from attendees who found no where else was playing large amounts of this music on the weekends in London. This event is very much a labour of love & as with all niche & specialist music nights – it requires your support through attendance to keep happening. NS1S is part of Keep The Faith’s Groove Lineage Eclectic Soul night. DJ Paul Aaaron on decks with occasional guests & release parties for previous artists such as Erykah Badu, Dwele, The Foreign Exchange, Eric Roberson as part of this night. Expect to hear artists like: Erykah Badu, Dwele, J Dilla, Eric Roberson, F.E., D’Angelo, Maxwell, Angie Stone, Musiq Soulchild, Omar, Marsha Ambrosius, Floetry, Bilal, Carmen Rodgers, Sy Smith, Zo, QTip, The Roots, Raphael Saadiq, N’Dambi, Common, Anthony David, Teedra Moses, Janelle Monae, Outkast, Jessie Boykins III, Oddisee, 9th Wonder, Flying Lotus, Jose James, Fertile Ground, Peven Everett & more.. MUSIC POLICY: Neo-Soul, Down-tempo Nu Soul, new music, Neo-Soul favourites, Julie Dexter’s new album & related music all night. Sat June 4th 2011 ‘NS1S’ features MISHAL MOORE from Kenny Dope’s NYC studio Live About MISHAL MOORE: NYC based Singer/songwriter Mishal Moore and her band, The Fantastic Souls, spent 2010 performing to audiences across the east coast of America. From ‘spotlight’ performances such as Musikfest (in Bethlehem, PA), to opening for artists such as Zee Avi. Garnering critical acclaim for her live performances at some of New York’s legendary venues such as The Knitting Factory, SOB’s, Living Room and Arlene’s grocery (to name a few), Mishal has received dynamic responses. Mishal is currently preparing for her album release. Her third, highly anticipated album ‘Bleed Out’ is due for release under Strictly Rhythm/Warner/Ill Friction Records in June 2011. It was produced by 2010/2011 grammy nominated Kenny Dope and features her singles, ‘It Ain’t Over’ and ‘Oh Lord’, which was licensed by Vanity Fair in their 2010 promotion of the Oscars. Be sure to catch Mishal on this first European tour of her new album “Bleed Out” MISHAL MOORE Youtube Clips: Mishal Moore “A Fool” (R2B Remix): Mishal Moore “Oh Lord” (Original Mix): Regarding NEO SOUL faves – expect to hear tunes like these: VAN HUNT “DOWN HERE IN HELL”: D’ANGELO “I FOUND MY SMILE(AGAIN)” REMIX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP7nlYZN1fA ERIC ROBERSON & MARSHA AMBROSIUS “N2U”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjRIcH4fzcE DWELE “LAY IT DOWN”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXTcze1Wl_0 LUCY PEARL “DANCE TONIGHT”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMch9WhzpRw WILL.I.AM & TERRY DEXTER “LAY ME DOWN”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzB0KufYdxA BAHAMADIA & J DILLA “1.14 FUNKY4U”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXkiRzRyb98 KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL “WHERE WOULD I BE”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7njrkF-Ik OMAR “THERE’S NOTHING LIKE THIS” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFnclBOlr6o KANYE WEST/SYLEENA JOHNSON/JOHN LEGEND “ALL FALLS DOWN”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE12tqIaVh0 THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE Ft. DARIEN BROCKINGTON, PHONTE & ZO! “DON’T WAIT”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7yWrDaK1SQ MUSIQ SOULCHILD: “BUDDY” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHPdNXwU8GE ERYKAH BADU “BACK IN THE DAY”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4bhKB1E6iY ERYKAH BADU “APPLE TREE”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStSKy2Ck9k ERYKAH BADU “GONE BABY, DON’T BE LONG”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TXGsm8syPM Inside The Madam Chi Lounge: STREET MAP, HOW TO FIND MADAM CHI, LONDON N1: The next NS1S events after this June 4th 2011 ‘NS1S’ are scheduled for Sat July 2nd & Sat Aug 6th 2011. For all enquiries & to book tables & private function room for free – please email: keepthefaithful.com Posted in 2011, 9th-Wonder, ANDWELE-G, Angie-Stone, Anthony-David, Be-Bop, Blackalicious, Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Boom-Bap, BRITISH-SOUL, Carmen-Rodgers, CDs-For-Sale, Clubbing, Coffee-Lounge, D'Angelo, Daru, Dates, DEBUT, Dilated Peoples, Dilla, DJ-PAUL-AAARON, DWELE, DWELE-G, Eric-Roberson, Events, Every-1st-Saturday-Of-Each-Month, F-E, FIRST-EVER, Floetry, Flying-Lotus, Forum, Free, Free-Entry, Free-Give-Aways, Fusicology, GILLES-PETERSON, GrooveLineage.Com, Hi-Tek, Highbury, Highbury-Corner, HIP-HOP, Hip-Hop-Jazz, IMPROVISING, India-Arie, Islington, J Dilla, Jaguar Wright, Jam, Janelle-Monae, Jazz-Poetry, Jesse-Boykins-III, Jill Scott, Jose-James, Julie-Dexter, JulieDexter, KEEP-THE-FAITH-EVENTS, KEEPTHEFAITH, KeepTheFaithEvents.Com, KeepTheFaithFul.Com, Kenny-Dope, KTF, Leela James, Listening-Session, Little Brother, LIVE, Live-Instruments, LONDON, Lounge, Marsha-Ambrosius, MAW, Mishal-Moore, Mos Def, Music-Lounge, Musiq-Soulchild, N'Dambi, N1, Neo-Soul, Neo-Soul-1st-Saturdays, Neo-Soul-Club-Night, Neo-Soul-Gigs, Neo-Soul-Info, Neo-Soul-London, Neo-Soul-London-Night-Club-Events, Neo-Soul-Lounge, NEO-SOUL-World-Wide-Live-Series, NEO-SOUL-WORLDWIDE-LIVE-SERIES, NEO-SOUL-WW, NeoSoul, NEOSOUL1stSATURDAYs, NEOSOUL3rdFRIDAYs, NEOSOULWW, New-Again, Night-Club, NS1S, NU-JAZZ, NU-SOUL, NUSOUL, NYC-Studio, Oddisee, okay-player, On-Sale, P-A, PA, PAUL-AAARON, Pharoahe Monch, Phonte, Platinum-Pied-Pipers, Porsche-Smith, PPP, QTip, Quest-Love, R&B, RADIO, Raheem-Davaughn, Revivalist, Sa-Ra, Scratch, skillz, SOUL, Soulful, Soulful-Hip-Hop, Soulful-House, Specialist-Music, Sunshine-Anderson, SURPRISE-GUESTS, Sy-Smith, SyberSpace, Talib Kweli, the jazzyfatnastees, THE-FOREIGN-EXCHANGE, UK, UK-SOUL-JAM, UKSOUL, VALERIE-ETIENNE, Website, What's-On, Whats-On-In-London, win, Wine-Lounge, ZO! NeoSoul1stSaturdays ‘NS1S’ – London, UK’s Longest Running Neo-Soul Night – New Venue Launch At Madam Chi, London, N1: SAT MAY 7th 2011 “NEOSOUL1st SATURDAYs”: – SAT MAY 7th 2011, 8pm-1am at MADAM CHI, 187 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RQ, Nearest Transport: Highbury & Islington tube & train. Entrance: £Free before 8pm, £5 after 8pm,….. FREE WI-FI & TABLE BOOKINGS – to book / all enquires: email keepthefaithful@gmail.com , MUSIC POLICY: Neo-Soul, down-tempo Nu-Soul & related music all night. NEOSOUL1stSATURDAYs ‘NS1S’ – London’s longest running Neo-Soul night, formerly NS3Fs. General info at: http://www.keepthefaithful.com/ , http://www.keepthefaithevents.com/ , http://www.twitter.com/keepthefaithful , http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141321709271206 ~ “NEOSOUL1stSATURDAYs” ~ ‘NS1S’ ~ London’s longest running Neo-Soul night ~ formerly “NeoSoul3rdFridays” & Official Julie Dexter London Album Release Party (Music event starts at 8pm, last admission is 1am, the bar is open all day & before 8pm & licensed til 3am on this occasion) OFFICIAL JULIE DEXTER ALBUM LONDN RELEASE PARTY AT NS1S SAT MAY 7th 2011: This event is also the official London release party for Julie Dexter’s new album “New Again”. We will have copies of the album to give away & also to sell at £6 each CD. We will feature the album earlier in the evening, with the give-aways later in the evening. “New Again” is out now, available from all good net music stores inc. CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes or buy direct from JulieDexter.Com VAN HUNT “DOWN HERE IN HELL”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjqtmfBeyjI The next NS1S event after this May 7th 2011 launch is scheduled for Sat June 4th 2911. More info to follow on the June 4th 2011 event. Posted in 9th-Wonder, ANDWELE-G, Angel, Angie-Stone, Anthony-David, Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Boom-Bap, Carmen-Rodgers, Clubbing, Coffee-Lounge, D'Angelo, Daru, Dates, DEBUT, Dilla, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ-PAUL-AAARON, DWELE, DWELE-G, ELISHA-LA'VERNE, Eric-Roberson, Events, Every-1st-Saturday-Of-Each-Month, F-E, FIRST-EVER, Floetry, Flying-Lotus, Free, Free-Entry, GILLES-PETERSON, Highbury, Highbury-Corner, HIP-HOP, Hip-Hop-Jazz, IMPROVISING, India-Arie, Islington, J Dilla, Jaguar Wright, JAMIROQUAI, Janelle-Monae, Jazz-Poetry, Jesse-Boykins-III, Jill Scott, Jose-James, KEEP-THE-FAITH-EVENTS, KEEPTHEFAITH, KTF, Leela James, Listings, Little Brother, LIVE, Live-Instruments, LONDON, Lounge, Marsha-Ambrosius, Meshell Ndegeocello, money-save, Mos Def, Music-Lounge, Musiq-Soulchild, N'Dambi, Neo-Soul, Neo-Soul-1st-Saturdays, Neo-Soul-Club-Night, Neo-Soul-Gigs, Neo-Soul-Info, Neo-Soul-London, Neo-Soul-London-Night-Club-Events, NEO-SOUL-World-Wide-Live-Series, NEO-SOUL-WORLDWIDE-LIVE-SERIES, NEO-SOUL-WW, NeoSoul, NEOSOUL1stSATURDAYs, NEOSOUL3rdFRIDAYs, NEOSOULWW, Night-Club, NS1S, NU-JAZZ, NU-SOUL, NUSOUL, Oddisee, Outcast, P-A, PA, PAUL-AAARON, Pharoahe Monch, Phonte, Platinum-Pied-Pipers, Porsche-Smith, PPP, QTip, Quest-Love, R&B, RADIO, Raheem-Davaughn, SOUL, Soul-Britania, Soulful-Hip-Hop, Soulful-House, Specialist-Music, Sunshine-Anderson, SURPRISE-GUESTS, Sy-Smith, SyberSpace, Talib Kweli, THE-FOREIGN-EXCHANGE, UK, UK-SOUL-JAM, UKSOUL, UKSOULJAM, Uncategorized, Website, What's-On, Whats-On-In-London, Wine-Lounge, ZO! Tagged Cakes, Cheapest-Private-Function-Room-Hire-In-London, Coffee, Fair-Trade, Free-Entry-Before-8pm, Free-Hire-Of-Private-Function-Room-in-Central-London, Free-Table-Bookings, Free-Wi-Fi, Fresh, Launch, Launch-Night, N1-1RQ, Organic, Wines UKSOULJAM, JAZZ-CAFE EASTER MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL ft. LIFFORD (Artful Dodger, Wookie), UKGospel Choirs & More: Sunday April 3rd 2011 UKSOULJAM, JAZZ-CAFE EASTER & MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL ft. LIFFORD (Artful Dodger, Wookie), UKGospel Choirs & More – Sunday April 3rd 2011 UKSJ – The original UK Soul show returns to Jazz Cafe on April 3rd headlined by Lifford from Artful Dodger, in addition to his hit single “Please Don’t Turn Me On” Lifford is the voice behind countless UK produced Soulful House & R&B tracks. Lifford will be featuring new tracks from his Wookie produced new album. We mark Easter with a UKGospel Choir double bill with the Camden Gospel Choir & East London Singers. NeoBlues & Soul from Jesse Gammage & his new EP, Soul & Spoken Word from Geo Gabriel, Nu Jazz from Kate Threelfall, Blues & Soul from Belle, Folk Soul from Dionne Reid, & Nu Sou R&B from Julie Iwheta + surprise guests & KTF residents DJs Paul Aaaron & DJ Kay(K15), Harlano, Adeola & The CK Band + our midnight open-mic-jam session & those infamous surprise guests, ….. £10 advance, Jazzcafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, London, NW1, 7pm-1am. Featuring LIFFORD (Artful Dodger) & an Easter UKGospel Choir Double Bill on SUNDAY 3rd APRIL 2011 Upstairs Balcony Restaurant Table Seats with £16.50 towards Menu (search “UK SOUL JAM” “UKSOULJAM” “Jazz Cafe” “APRIL 3rd” or use this direct link to APRIL 3rd tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F00456F9AFC8130?brand=jazz_cafe&camefrom=CFC_UK_MAMA_JAZZCAFE http://www.seetickets.com/ Web info: http://www.KeepTheFaithEvents.com Live Guests: LIFFORD (Artful Dodger) CAMDEN GOSPEL CHOIR EAST LONDON SINGERS JESSE GAMAGE GEO GABRIEL KATE THRELFALL DIONNE REID JULIE IWHETA Resident Band: THE CK Band HARLANO, ADEOLA & PAUL AAARON UKSJ – The original UK Soul show returns on April 3rd headlined by Lifford from Artful Dodger, in addition to his hit single “Please Don’t Turn Me On” Lifford is the voice behind countless UK produced Soulful House & R&B tracks. Lifford will be featuring new tracks from his Wookie produced new album. We mark Easter with a UKGospel Choir double bill with the Camden Gospel Choir & East London Singers. NeoBlues & Soul from Jesse Gammage & his new EP, Soul & Spoken Word from Geo Gabriel, Nu Jazz from Kate Threelfall, Blues & Soul from Belle, Folk Soul from Dionne Reid, & Nu Sou R&B from Julie Iwheta. Not to be missed & advance ticket purchase is highly recommended. …Previous surprise guests in our Jam session have inc. Amy Winehouse, Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar & Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry – so make sure you’re on the house to see who will surprise us this month… A KEEP THE FAITH Events Production – www.KeepTheFaithEvents.Com Posted in ACID-JAZZ, ADEOLA, Artful-Dodger, BRIT-FUNK, Brit-Soul, BRITISH-SOUL, CAMDEN, Choirs, DJ-KAY, DJ-Kay(K15), Easter, Funky-House, GOSPEL, GREEDS, HARLANO, HEIDI-VOGEL, HIP-HOP, Hip-Hop-Jazz, IMPROVISING, JAM-SESSION, JAMIROQUAI, JAZZ-CAFE-LONDON, JAZZ-DANCE, Jazz-Poetry, KEEP-THE-FAITH-EVENTS, KEEPTHEFAITH, Lent, LONDON, Mothers-Day, Neo-Soul, Neo-Soul-London, NEO-SOUL-World-Wide-Live-Series, NeoSoul, NEOSOULWW, NU-JAZZ, NU-SOUL, NUSOUL, NW1, OPEN-MIC-JAM, PAUL-AAARON, R&B, RADIO, REGGAE, Reggae-Britania, SOUL, Soul-Britania, Soulful-House, SPOKEN-WORD, Sy-Smith, TV, UK, UK-Garage, UK-GOSPEL, UK-REGGAE, UK-SOUL-JAM, UKG, UKGarage, UKSOUL, UKSOULJAM, Wookie	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1462
__label__cc	0.580239	0.419761	Vivo APEX concept hands-on: a half-screen fingerprint scanner and a periscope camera Victor, 26 February 2018 Straight off the bat, we'll start by saying the APEX is still a concept device. That means no part of it is really certain. Sadly, not even its awesome name. We have no info on internals, performance or software. So don't expect any of that in the hands-on. What we did get at the Barcelona venue, is an amazing tech demo. In fact, a few of them, all neatly wrapped up in the APEX shell. First up is the almost surreal 5.99-inch, 18:9, FullHD+ display. But none of those attributes are nearly as important as the flexible OLED platform vivo is demoing. The company managed to mount microchips directly on the flexible circuit board, which enabled the nearly bezel-free look. In the case of the APEX demo device, in particular, the top and side bezels around the display measure only 1.8mm, while the bottom one is just 4.3mm. Naturally, this does have certain negative ergonomic implications for one-handed use. But that's nothing that can't be overcome through proper software and UX optimization. Another potentially game-changing feature vivo is showcasing in the APEX is a world-first half-screen, in-display fingerprint scanning technology. It is a logical next step, building on the in-display, single spot technology in the vivo X20 Plus UD smartphone. The technology is similar and optical in nature, the main difference being, you can put your finger anywhere in the bottom half of the display to read the print. Technological similarities in mind, it comes as no surprise that the APEX uses an OLED panel and blasts its backlight intensely during scans to allow for the reader itself to see your reflected fingerprint pattern. Just like on the X20 Plus UD, the process feels really sci-fi, but still has some limitations and kicks to work out. For one, you do have to press on the screen relatively hard, probably to spread out the skin, separate the lines and get them as close to the reader as possible. Speed and accuracy are also not great in the current state of the tech. It's clearly not ready for prime time in an actual end-user product, but it's getting there. Plus, vivo is clearly hard at work and already experimenting with potential advanced usage scenarios. The APEX features a demo for a two finger scanning mode. This could make sense for increased security access to certain data. Perhaps even adding a second person into the mix, in a supervisor or two-tier type scenario. Potential uses aside, we tried the two-finger mode as well and, understandably, there are certain limitations. For one, both fingers need to be scanned together, not sequentially. This could save some time and reduce failed attempts, but its a bit of a drag. Also, the two fingers in a scan pair need to be unique. Currently, you can't have your left thumb in one scan and then both your thumbs in another one - a fairly obvious way to go about things, in our opinion. So, there's that to work on as well. Also, under good lighting and the right angle, you can spot the edges of the reader underneath the display of the APEX. vivo might want to try and hide it a bit better. Bottom line here, being - the tech is incredibly cool, surprisingly functional, but still needs some work. So, we just have to exercise patience. vivo APEX UI There are a couple of other interesting aspects about the APEX as well. Since vivo's new nearly edge-to-edge display leaves almost no room for anything else on the front, innovative solutions were in order to turn the APEX into a functional phone. For one, you need an earpiece. To that end, vivo has a new Screen SoundCasting Technology. It vibrates the entire screen to produce sound like a speaker. It is quite reminiscent of the original Xiaomi Mi Mix, only louder, since vivo is leveraging it as both a speaker and an earpiece. This meant we could hold the demo unit in any orientation we desired and still have a conversation. That includes holding the back side up to our ear. To our surprise, the APEX still managed to figure out what we are doing and turn off its display, regardless of whether we were covering the under-display proximity sensor or not. The only downside to this mode of operation is that you can't really expect to have private conversations. The Xiaomi Mi Mix has similar issues as well. Last, but not least on the interesting innovations list is vivo's solution to the selfie camera problem. Namely, that you can't realistically fit one on the front of the device. The answer here is a motorised, periscope-style module on the top bezel of the phone. 8MP, in the demo unit. Whenever you switch to the selfie camera, it extends up in just 0.8 seconds, then closes neatly back up. It was loads of fun to play around with, even with the included, extremely bare-bones camera app. vivo APEX motorized selfie camera Which brings us back to the concept phone point. The APEX demo unit we saw looked and felt really premium, with a boxy silhouette, complete with black aluminum bezels and a glass back (total fingerprint magnet, by the way), a type-C port and a mysterious dual camera setup on the back. But it really was miles away from a final product. Hopefully once vivo irons out any issues and limitations, we can see all, or at least some of the amazing tech make it to a similar end-user device. For the time being, however, the APEX is a premium tech demo rig that comes with no promises or information on pricing and availability. 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__label__cc	0.69951	0.30049	Leap Motion Teardown Contributors: SFUptownMaker Here at SparkFun, we love gadgets and gizmos, just like our customers. And, like many of you, we find ourselves frustrated all too often by shallow reviews that focus on the "gee whiz!" factor of fancy new electronics without really taking the time to tear into the nitty gritty of how a device works. As the release of the Leap Motion draws nearer, we're all wondering, what does it do? Demos and shiny PR video aside, what's actually going on in there? And how? One of our developers got his hands on one (through completely legitimate means; he registered as a developer and ordered it from the manufacturer), and when Nathan sent out an e-mail lamenting the fact that he didn't have one to tear apart, the reply was quick and awesome. We shot a little video using the visualizer application that is included in the SDK to connect the reality of my hands with the virtuality of the output of the sensor. Check it out! Now let's get into the teardown proper... The Outside Seamless, glossy, and totally devoid of visible fasteners, the Leap Motion has the brushed-aluminum minimalist design which is the new "bent-sheet-metal-and-beige-plastic" aesthetic. The only notable external features are a tiny diffused plastic LED indicator window and data port on one end. The top surface has the sort of coloration that suggests infrared transparency. It's mildly flexible to the touch, so we know it's plastic. It's also absolutely perfect for attracting and holding smudges, but the software will actually warn you that there's a smudge on the surface, and that's pretty dang cool. On the underside, there's a subtly embossed rubber sheet, with the typical flim-flam one expects on a consumer product- agency approvals, tiny "recyclable" and "don't trash me" symbols, "Made in China", etc etc. The rubber has a really nice grippy feeling to it- on a whim I put the device on a sheet of acrylic and tipped it up until it started to slide. That was at about 50° above horizontal; if my high school physics lab memories are correct, that's a coefficient of friction of about 1.2. Although it's not very heavy (about 32g, according to our postal scale), the rubber sheet on the bottom keeps in admirably still on my desk. The Leap is tiny- 6.2mm thick, 25mm wide and 75mm long. At one end you'll find the data port- a USB 3.0 micro-B connector. While it can be used as a 3.0 device, I found it worked just fine with a standard USB micro-B connector, plugged into a USB 2.0 port. I'm guessing that chokes your framerate a bit, but I was still seeing framerates up near 200fps, which is pretty darn good. You can see here that there are three infrared LEDs inside, and that they're positioned to provide a nice, wide coverage area. We'll look at those more when we've gotten the cover off. A really cool feature that I noticed as I was playing around with the device is dynamic LED driving- as you move your hand closer to the sensor, the device will automatically dim the LEDs to prevent the imagers from becoming saturated and to keep the data quality high. It's visibly noticeable--the LEDs must be at a very near infrared wavelength (probably near or below 800nm), because they're visible, if barely, to the naked eye. I stuck a meter in line with the unit to measure the current; once the Leap was in full swing, it was drawing about 320mA. Moving your hand towards it to cause it to dim the LEDs will reduce the current draw to about 200mA. It is warm to the touch, but not unpleasantly so--definitely not warm enough to melt hot glue, so that's an option for securing it to the robot I know you're already thinking of building with it. Peeling the Onion As is so often the case these days, there's no obvious point of entry into the Leap. So, I assumed glue and started a-peelin'. The rubber sheet on the bottom seemed like a great place to start; after all, it's not functional or terribly fragile. Armed with my trusty Kershaw Scallion, I slowly and carefully stripped the rubber sheet off the bottom. Beneath, I found five tiny screws. Bonus points to the Leap Motion folks for not using tamper-resistant screws- I really appreciate that! A Philips 0 screwdriver took the screws right out, and that didn't do squat as far as improving access to more innards was concerned. We'll see why that is in a bit. I briefly entertained the fantasy that the guts would pop out if I poked something into the screw hole and pushed; a bit of gentle prodding quickly disabused me of that notion. Without knowing exactly what I was poking I was disinclined to apply any real force...which brought me back to prying. At first, I couldn't get enough of my knife-cum-spudger into the crack between the plastic and the case to make any real headway. I took a fine-tooth saw and cut a tiny notch in the case, and that was just enough to sneak the knife in and release some tension. After that, it was smooth sailing, except when I cracked the plastic a teeny, tiny bit. You Got Guts, Kid... Finally, something interesting! Beneath the plastic is another rubber sheet, with holes for the three LEDs, two sensor elements, and one IC that was apparently a bit too thick to fit otherwise. In the top-down view, you can see some interesting things. First off, the rubber sheet is clearly design to baffle the light, stopping light bouncing around inside the chassis from reaching the detectors. Secondly, the LEDs on the sides are not only baffled against bleeding over to the detectors, they're also partially shielded to change the area the light is projected into. As nearly as I can tell, there's no synchronization among the LEDs; it would appear that the three LEDs are placed mostly to provide a solid, wide-angle infrared flood of the area of interest, rather than to provide any kind of magical illumination pattern like the Kinect uses. The baffling seems to be in place to prevent a "hotspot" where two LEDs overlap. The IC peeking through the rubber isn't anything really exciting--just a 32Mbit serial NOR flash in an 8-pin SOIC package. It's surprising to see it in such a large package, but I'm sure they had good reasons for that. NOR flash is more common in applications like this one, where lots of program erase cycles aren't expected; the write leveling and bad block avoidance which typically accompanies NAND flash would simply add cost. Peeling away the rubber baffle (which is glued, lightly, to the PCB underneath) reveals the top of a two-sided PCB. The top side is mostly bookkeeping: power supplies, the LED drivers, the LEDs themselves. There are three points of interest, however. In the upper left corner, you can see a three-point serial port- RX, TX and GND. I didn't dig into it too far, but I was able to narrow it down to a 3.3V signal. It didn't dump any data in the first few seconds after power up, so I can't tell you what the data rate is. In the upper right corner, there's a power supply circuit. This caught my eye because the inductor in the circuit is globbed over with a healthy dose of epoxy, which suggests that at some point in their development cycle, they discovered that it tends to come off the board and took a step to remedy that. Kudos on thorough testing and mitigation! The third point of interest is the bare copper in the corners. I'm a little surprised to see that, as the screws on those points are black oxidized and they screw into a plastic holder, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's a throwback to an earlier version, or a "better-safe-than-sorry" sort of thing. After I removed those screws, the top board lifted out easily, revealing another board and a surprising amount of empty space. The back side of the top PCB has fewer, but larger, components: two large tantalum capacitors to guard against power supply brown-out during surge currents, a large surface-mount MOSFET (probably part of an inrush current limiting circuit, or supplying power to the LEDs), a fine-pitch dual-row connector to the second PCB, and the brains of the operation. The core functionality of the Leap Motion is provided by a Cypress PSoC part, the CYUSB3014, specifically. If you've never looked into the PSoC parts before, I highly recommend doing so--they're pretty rad. PSoC (for Programmable System on a Chip) are different to standard MCUs because they provide analog and digital blocks which can be reconfigured to suit the user's needs. For instance, one application may need a DMA controller while another needs multiple capture/compare timers, but both can be serviced by the same part simply by altering the firmware to change the disposition of the system's blocks. Whoops, I flubbed that, big time. The part is actually just a general purpose USB 3.0 device controller with built-in USB 3.0 PHY. The implication there is that all of the work is done on the PC side, and the Leap Motion is just shuffling data from the detectors to the PC as fast as it can manage. That said, I stand by my comments about the PSoC parts above. They are really cool. Thanks for pointing out my mistake, IRC users Krain and Robint91! The Seedless Underbelly We're down to the end, now--just the one PCB left, nestled down inside a plastic cradle. The lenses over the detectors give the thing an owlish appearance; I didn't try to peel off the optics because I didn't want to permanently damage it, and getting dust between the lens, the aperture and the detector seemed like a bad idea. I also knew that, short of unsoldering the detectors (and even then), I wasn't likely to gain any insight into them other than what I can tell from this view: they're CMOS, not CCD, and that's hardly surprising. The all-in-one functionality of CMOS imagers versus the complexity of CCD imagers support circuitry means that a CCD-based solution would be almost impossible to fit into this footprint. As to why there are two detectors, it would appear that stereoscopic imaging is very important to this application. Cover up one of the sensors but not the other and the Leap completely fails. I gave extracting the cradle a try, but it didn't come easily--probably glued in. If you'll remember back to first post-peeling screws I discovered--the ones coming up from the bottom--you can now see what they were holding down. Odd that they felt like screws and glue were needed, but that's in keeping with the quality assembly elsewhere in the design. Once I managed to get the PCB out, you can see that there's not much else going on in there. The cradle and the soft-rubber spacer seem to be pretty standard--they don't appear to be conductive material or anything fancy like that. The board itself has the bare-copper corners we saw on the top board, even though there were no screws holding those corners down. The back of the bottom PCB has a few bare copper pads visible through a conductive metal fabric. It would appear that the adhesive holding it on is either conductive or not designed not to be, so the pads and fabric probably allow for heatsinking to the case. Parts Everywhere! There you have it, folks--the Leap Motion in all its shattered glory. I plugged it in and tried it out while it was in pieces and it still works surprisingly well. That said, it works much better with the packaging in place. I'm pretty impressed by the simplicity of it, but I can't say I'm all that surprised. As with the Google Glass Teardown, it's pretty clear that the magic is in the code, not the hardware. I'm also impressed by the thought that went into the design. Clearly, the Leap Motion folks have some skilled engineers putting some thought into how to make a durable, quality product. For more disassembling goodness, check out these other SparkFun teardowns: Nest Thermostat Teardown - Check out the original SFE Nest teardown. Nest Protect Teardown Google Glass Teardown (Sponsored by SFE) Sections Introduction The Outside Peeling the Onion You Got Guts, Kid... The Seedless Underbelly Parts Everywhere! Resources and Going Further	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1469
__label__cc	0.643617	0.356383	Julian Edney A working definition of the intellectual. Separating intellectuals from look-alikes. Most culture-watchers agree intellectualism has almost disappeared in America, but they disagree on causes. It’s not just a change in fashion; there are real pressures. This essay rejects some of the common explanations (television, the rise of religious fundamentalism, materialism, the rise of conservatism, poor schools) as incomplete, and replaces them with better explanations: sequel to the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, the university, technical specialists, the rise of relativism, the rise of psychotherapy, the resurgence of Social Darwinism, and the rise of trash culture. What’s the loss if we don’t have intellectuals? The revival of intellectualism is both a remote and precious possibility: remedies. Alright, snap to. This is the big one. Is there a war on intellectualism? Some people think this is a good discussion topic for dinner parties. Actually, polished people, social chatterers who say witty things about culture, often skirt this one. It can turn your dinner party upside down. Some excellent and aggravated writers have written on this topic, I’ll be naming them. An opening note: doing the research for this essay has turned me. For instance I respect less my old colleagues, academics; also technologists and specialists, with their production of acres of facts. And it’s turned me into an appreciator of eccentrics, the “difficult” people not invited to dinner. Intellectuals are a discrete social class made up of brainy people who are a threat. The intellectual was always persona non grata in corporations, but in recent decades they’ve been much more widely excluded by media, by politicians, by administrators – anywhere team work is required. Intellectuals are not just out of fashion. They are, I will argue, suppressed. Our nation was founded by intellectuals: Washington, Paine, Franklin, and the men who wrote the Constitution. But can you imagine what would happen in a school classroom these days if the teacher goes round, asking the children what they want to be when they grow up, and the kids in turn say, millionaire entertainer, lawyer, basketball player, doctor, and one kid says an intellectual. The room would be reduced to rubble and the teacher would be sniggering loudest. Something has changed. In a nation that reveres its entertainers, developers and super-salesmen, intellectuals are cartooned as egg-heads, a sofa class with mannerisms, out of place in the mall or on the new car lot because that’s where business is happening. Business is the engine of America. Business is a single-value system, and it runs on confidence. There is more than antipathy towards egg-heads because intellectuals know how, in a few paragraphs, to crack confidence also confidence games. Indeed they can sabotage a whole value system and suggest another to replace it. When this society mocks intellectuals as effeminate layabouts whose work is impractical, that is belied by history. As Madison and Hamilton showed, intellectuals can blueprint a whole nation. We are amused by these cartoon stereotypes, but if this cultural trend continues, our intellectuals may vanish, and with them some protections for our liberties and way of life. Richard Posner is a known writer on this topic. He has made a list of 607 intellectuals. It is a meager number compared with the national population, and most people on the list are obscure (his book focuses on the top 100). Many intellectuals are middle-aged or elderly – Chomsky, Rushdie, Sachs, Paglia. There’s an absence of young intellectuals. Posner says 87% of American intellectuals are male, 66% are left-leaning, 31% are independent of an institution, and 57% are not Jewish. What does an intellectual look like when you’ve reeled one in and have it flopping on the dock? They are synthesizers. We’ll find them immersed in public ideas. Their focus is society. They are committed to reason. Many have academic credentials, but that is not a requirement; and advanced literacy is not sufficient as a qualification. They oppose things. Intellectuals are courageous, if obstinate, in pushing their ideas, so sometimes they run against church, public opinion, or government. Intellectuals exist at all points of the political spectrum, but a prototype is a leftist who supports the underdog. At points across the globe you will find intellectuals scorned, or in jail or in exile, and their work banned. Courage is part of the intellectual personality. All that is still a loose collection of qualities, and Rushdie says well, maybe an intellectual is anybody who wears glasses and reads journals. We’d rather have a sharper definition. Following Habermas, and Aronowitz: an intellectual is a person who brings brains to incendiary language. In a bygone era, the intellectual was an agent of history. He still is, in other cultures. In America, although they still have arresting ideas, and despite their strong communication skills, and despite the need for them, intellectuals are no longer influential. Next I’ll distinguish three look-alikes who sometimes claim the label. First, academics. Brains yes, but not courage: university folks rarely publish ideas that threaten their job; they are security-minded. Their work is missing the incendiary language. Academics are not independent thinkers. In fact they are better understood as servants of an institution and their habits actually endanger intellectualism. Another look-alike is the conspiracy theorist. This is a thinker who spreads astonishing ideas which always include invisible powers and organized secrecy. Conspiracy theorists are sometimes difficult to distinguish, but where a true intellectual will follow reason to a conclusion, conspiracy theorists begin with a non-negotiable conclusion (e.g. astronauts never actually landed on the moon in 1969, it was only a movie) and go backwards, assembling reasons. But some conspiracy theorists wield awesome political power, so defying them takes unusual courage (e.g. there were secret WMD in Iraq; e.g. if we don’t stop the communists in Vietnam, they will invade America). The third look-alike is the wealthy journalist. Journalists are immersed in public ideas, they sound like synthesizers and they offer analysis of public events. Charismatic, some earn many millions of dollars a year and we find them on television chasing truth-by-roundtable-discussion. They are intelligent and they are coiffed, but television is theatrical and they follow ratings more than reason. They impress rather than enlighten. (Journalists sometimes read what intellectuals write, then use their ideas.) There’s another distinction between intellectuals and academics or journalists, and it has to do with how the work gets meaning. There’s a history of isolated intellectuals flowering out of poverty or jail, their genius sharpened by life risk (Neitzsche, Hamsung, Rousseau). Habermas says that meaning requires such experience. From a distance, charismatic journalists or professors talk about events, such as the terrible poverty in other continents, and add endless loops of commentary; but this is inauthentic. They are detatched, what they are talking about has little meaning. Common explanations Why have intellectuals all but disappeared from America? I’ll first dispose of the obvious explanations. Each of the following is appealing but incomplete. Television. Television, they say, is destroying our cognitive skills because it fragments our thought patterns with bombastic flashes of commercial imagery and since the average American watches it for hours every day, he can no longer hold on to a thought for more than a couple of minutes. Television destroys cognitive continuity, the habit of quiet reflection, the ability to construct good counterarguments, and the want to theorize. We can remove this explanation. True, our culture is being cognitively atomized. But television is not to blame. We are doing it to ourselves. Then television reflects what we have become. Sternheimer has evidence that television is the lagging variable. Don’t, she says, blame umbrellas for the rain. And we are looking for another explanation. Materialism and the focus on wealth. Has our preoccupation with material wealth pushed intellectualism out? The argument goes that our money culture is so demanding, it elbows rumination aside. Possibly. And it’s going to get worse, says Edouard El-Kharrat: he says the obliteration of the conscience through consumer pleasures looks like it has a rosy future. But we can’t use this as a complete explanation because in some nations, intellectuals exist side by side with a commercial culture and the pursuit of money (Canada, Germany) and in fact, last century, intellectuals thrived in America alongside brash, money-hungry speculators. So this is an incomplete explanation. We are looking for reasons why they don’t co-exist here now. Our lousy schools. This explanation claims that foreign countries which have intellectuals educate their kids differently, identifying children with talent early and separating them into unequal school streams, so that unconventionally bright kids get special nurturing, and become intellectuals. Contrast the American style, which is more democratic, all kids educated the same, but the practical outcome is that all are equally watered down, and our schools are making no intellectuals. This is also a weak explanation. American public schools have produced intellectuals in the past (Saroyan, M.L.King, Friedman). Actually, what happens in secondary school is tenuously connected with later intellectual production. True, Freud was always top of his class, but Einstein and Churchill did notoriously badly in their school years. Some American philosophy writers with big audiences never attended school at all (Hoffer) or attended high school in prison (Cleaver). Let’s move on. (There’s another argument about public schools, however, that by dumbing down our children rather than fine-tuning them academically, they are removing a literate audience for intellectuals. This argument is revisited in the section below on trash culture.) The rise of conservatism. Being right wing and being an intellectual are not mutually exclusive. Many people have been both. But there’s a theme in conservatism that there is little need for intellectual work because conservative principles are just common sense. For instance free market principles are sometimes described as just ‘natural.’ On the far right, Libertarianism is founded on ‘natural law,’ which is held to be self-evident. Conservative politicians and economists say they are just talking ‘reality,’ so what is there to debate? Sometimes conservatism is fronted as non-ideological. Actually, conservatism is plenty ideological. One strain is reborn Social Darwinism, with its core axioms that life is a struggle and that competition, inequality and injustice are in the nature of things. This ‘realism’ justifies considerable human abuse. The resulting injustices normally ignite the minds of lefty writers. Our last three decades’ dominant conservatism has in fact produced abundant inequalities and injustices, and there is overflowing material for intellectuals to talk about. So if anything, the rise of conservatism should be accompanied equally by a rise in angry left thinkers. So this explanation is weak, and we will have to keep looking. (However I return below for another shot at the new virulent Social Darwinism.) Religion. Religions are faith-based, authoritarian systems. They are wrathfully opposed to people who heckle and deconstruct the dogma, which is what intellectuals like to do. Some blame the stronger religious voice in America for the intellectual retreat. But I believe religion attracts intellectuals because it’s an easy target. Many intellectuals cut their teeth on dismantling religious tracts; illogic fills the Bible, providing useful calisthenics. So the stronger is religion, the stronger should be its dogging force and agnostic lefty intellectuals should be thriving. This explanation won’t work. In sum, all the above explanations for the demise of intellectualism in America are either wrongheaded, weak, or incomplete. We need other explanations. I have seven. Better explanations I. The cultural upheavals of the late 1960s. America had a good number of intellectuals through the 1960s. They talked a lot about European existentialists. They exposed the anomie and the spiritual desuetude which is the cultural exhaust from America’s huge business engines. It is quite easy to deconstruct a money-and-war driven society, the trick in that era was to avoid the official accusations of spreading communism. Intellectuals in the 1950s were vigorous and clear writers (Mailer, C. Wright Mills, Sydney Hook, Marcuse). But the next decade’s group were a notch less forceful and exciting, and they were the last New York intellectuals of the 1960s, Podhoretz, Goodman, Harrington, Bell. A few were supportive of American customs (Trilling, Kerouac) but the intellectual product of the era was generally critical and supported a modest counterculture movement, the jazz-based Beats, with its foreign existentialist influences (Camus, Genet) and its poets (Ginsberg). The Beats passively protested by ‘dropping out,’ or refusing to participate in society, but that didn’t create any political change (a psychology textbook of the time dismissed them as schizoid). Fashion changed. Music with politically-confronting lyrics appeared, and a high-octane rock’n’roll engaged America’s massive student population now threatened by the draft (Vietnam War). Hippies appeared; they were less passive than the Beats, more flamboyant, and aided by psychedelic drugs, they preached love and peace, and some moved to communes, but some adopted riskier urban methods from the civil rights movement, running antiwar protests through the city streets and enduring considerable police violence. The violence around these nonviolence movements attracted the media. Charismatics, among them musicians, had a wide catalytic effect (Bob Dylan) for ever riskier demonstrations. Race riots in the 1960s, anti-war marches and political riots, farm workers strikes, feminist demonstrations – a number of leftist causes converged into an anti-draft, anti-conformist, anti-authority, status-quo threatening eruption which strained the entire middle class across its American suburban setting, and it eventually achieved some political change. It is the usual business of intellectuals to confront the idiocies of the contemporary system in the name of social justice; but this time they had been quite successful. Books and lyrics provided ideas for a variety of active resistance movements. Each of the following followed a path from intellectual beginning, to violence: Goodman, Kerouac, Marcuse to the Students for a Democratic Society to the violent Weathermen; Malcolm X and Cleaver to the Black Panthers, a section of which turned violent; confrontational rock lyrics to student antiwar marches to the days-long street riots at the 1967 Democratic National Convention. Changes were overdue. The hypocrisy of old civil rights laws needed to be confronted, and a foreign war had to be stopped. But a historical cycle was playing out, and its pattern goes like this: first there’s seething frustration with a problem that seems complex and amorphous. Next, intellectuals write pamphlets and give speeches to explain the problem and give articulate voice to the victims. This focus helps start the action, and protests, strikes and riots begin. But after those riots have wrung some real improvements, the activists turn round and now disown the intellectuals: you’re not really one of us, get lost. – This has happened repeatedly in the cycles of the labor movement. Intellectuals then step down until the next crisis. But this time, our intellectuals were stomped. The mainly-left American intellectual movement was kicked to death in the sequel, by left activists. Because there’s another cycle, less frequently described but potent, and it goes like this: countercultures rise in the beginning by weaving themselves around mysticism (which can be musical) and at the start there is genuine creative genius. But the next echelon of the movement, coming up, doesn’t have charisma: it is composed of militants who are literal and authoritarian; militants are not lateral thinkers. It is usual for the militant edge of a new movement to demand loyalty from the original following: if you’re not with us you’re against us. The new edge of activists demand repeated slogans, and public shame for those who get it wrong. It is as if the original idealism runs out and a dogmatic purism creeps in. This spells the death of the creative muse, plus the death of irony, and of paradox, which the original intellectuals loved. We are decades along in history now, and there are myriad lefty causes (attend a street rally, and you will still see 20 different causes and their banners) each self-censoring, correct, activists treating parallel activists with shows of indifference, sometimes contempt. The left is now atomized by rigidness within. In sum, American intellectualism was overtaken by left militancy in the 1970s. It never revived beyond sputtering. Jacoby says there is a two-generation vacancy following the New York intellectuals of the 1960s. An extra note on the new purism. The vegetarian and health movements are also worth indexing. Anyone old enough to recall the 1960s will remember where intellectualism was shaped, in college classrooms, debate rooms, and city cafes and these were murky place in which cigarette smoke congealed down to two feet off the floor, and new ideas writhed through it. A massive reversal of public attitudes towards cigarettes and alcohol has sanitized our thinking places. Aerobics, gym-consciousness, nonsmoking and bottled water were symbols accompanying the following political about-face that occurred with Reagan’s election in 1980s. Reagan’s great optimism was happy-faced, fresh, one-dimensional and literal. Today, thinkers with eccentricities are avoided and thought to belong in therapy groups. Intensely creative people with chemical dependencies (such as musicians, film makers) should first clean up. Jean Genet with his lofty fetishes, or de Sade’s ideology are only tolerated because they are foreign. Today, personal problems can break an intellectual even as the ideas he produces could steer a society. The memory of Norman Mailer as an intellectual is voided because he was a wife beater and because he got a criminal released from prison; William Bennett’s Book of Virtues is an intellectual work, but it is dismissed because of Bennett’s personal gambling habit. Intellectualism in America has been neutered by purists. It has been aerated to death. What remains is a bleached cautiousness. This saturates our universities. II. Universities and academia. This explanation for the demise of intellectualism has components. Universities are suppressing intellectualism partly through their agendas, partly because of the people they house. Information production. Futurist Alvin Toffler was partly right when he announced in Future Shock (1971) that the rate of cultural change was going exponential, and this included an explosive growth of information. (‘Partly,’ because since Toffler’s book appeared, some regions of the world have actually fallen behind. But America seems on track.) Much of this new information is produced at universities, by the humanities, by hard-, natural-, social- and health-scientists, by statisticians and information technologists whose perpetual efforts are to discover, taxonomize and store new facts. All this is done by narrowly trained academic specialists. We believe in specialization. It is said to advance us. Culture-watchers Hofstatder, Posner, Michael, Jacoby, and Wood all argue that actually, the more information, the less knowledge. Knowledge does not exist in storage files nor their indexes. It exists in human minds which compare, synthesize, find patterns and sequences, analogize, generalize and predict. Academic specialists don’t do that. Academics have also lost the ability to write in public prose. Technical languages have become so abstruse that they are the new scholastic Latin, largely preventing communication with other departments and with the public (Jacoby). So, Wood says, this scale of information proliferation is leading to ignorance. Academic personalities and the social structure. The powers steering colleges are usually preoccupied with buildings, budgets, and new equipment. Administrators place appearances of wealth above depth of debate, and academics moving up the university hierarchy show how sensitive they are about money. Unwrap a college and the inner structure shows professors, support staff, office space and money paths. It is bureaucracy, and this is never upset. Second, the academic side of the university selects for certain personalities which support the bureaucracy. The result is toxic for intellectualism. When people are hired into academic departments, the ostensible reason is the applicant’s body of published work. All prospective professors are intelligent. But in practice candidates are vetted for collegiality, social style, and entrepreneurship in grant writing. Collegiality is inversely related to high creativity. True intellectuals are not team players; very creative personalities are often edgy, neurotic, risk takers, and their proclivity for incendiary language is a ‘red flag’ in bureaucratic academia, where funding is destiny. Academia provides security and money. Professors are often well paid regardless whether or not they produce anything. This affluence dissolves bohemia and its roaming, classless intelligence, and it pays attention to hierarchy, which in turn creates caution. Jacoby cuts it this way: academia is a class system. Professors don’t read new material so much as ask, what is the writer’s institution. Tenure ostensibly creates freedom to be unconventional, but in practice it does the reverse, because what stimulates intellectuals is constraint. The upshot, says Jacoby: no scrappy public thinkers in universities. What’s practiced is deferential and toothless scholarship. We have intellectual surrender here. Whole departments can be quite boring. The more professors, it has been said, the fewer intellectuals. III. Other specialists. Of course, we cannot do without specialists. In 1976 Alvin Gouldner predicted the rise of our technical intelligentsia would be so spectacular that specialists would eventually comprise a social class. It would come out of our middle classes. The new class would be cosmopolitan, secular, highly educated and morally uncommitted. He did not mean programmers and computer technicians exclusively, but that was the group he predicted most successfully. Gouldner said the new class could become so powerful that if it decided its mission was revolution, it would be hard to stop. This new technical intelligentsia can be identified by a particular type of language which is logical, analytical, specific, critical, cautious, and not motivating, at the same time this language is democratically available to any ordinary person for the training. The specialist class is inseparable from the language. Technical language distances itself from the economic hierarchy, business, law, politics, the elites and corporate culture (comprising the status quo). So anyone who is absorbed by the language is emancipated from the status quo, from convention. Participating in the new language is a political act. And we can expect conflicts. Gouldner adds that the new technical class is not particularly egalitarian. It likes privilege, it likes money – and it has huge markets. Predictably it already has internal contradictions, especially trying to equate its power with goodness (nobody has ever been able to maximize both) and it believes its power is legitimized by solving the world’s problems technologically (actually, the world’s biggest problems are moral conflicts.) In 1976, Gouldner made the mistake of saying other types of intellectuals (humanistic intellectuals) were part of the rising group. Actually humanistic intellectuals (the subject of this essay) have fallen almost to extinction: one point of this essay is to asserts the rise of the technical intelligentsia has been at the expense of humanistic intellectuals. How important are specialists? Well, says Hofstadter, ask this: would you want the country to be led by specialists? Watch, says Gouldner, if the rising technological intelligentsia decides to place its hands on the wheel of history. IV. The rise of relativism. As Chomsky says, left wing intellectuals have not been speaking out. For decades. So there’s a vacuum. No new left ideology. What happened? Other commentators (Posner, John Michael) say actually, intellectuals have not disappeared, they are just paralyzed. They have dropped into a deep uncertainty, and they carry a horrible anxiety. To sketch this explanation we contrast an earlier era, the 1950s and its ideological cohesion, against the 1970s and its cultural and ideological fragmentation. American intellectuals of an earlier era were a bold lot. They had swagger and abrasive styles, and they wrote slashing opinion. A common theme was to contrast the current state of affairs with important fundamentals: truth, reason, justice, freedom, and then berate how our society was falling apart. But that stopped. And a new fashion appeared, cultural relativism. It says, among other things that, there’s no universal fundamentals. That there’s all these different communities, and we should allow that what is the truth, and what is good and just and what correct in one community, is not the same in others, so don’t be judgmental, because each community (fundamentalists, gays, primitives, mystics, Mormons, southern blacks, the military) has their own ways, and that is beautiful, and don’t get critical. This is called multiculturalism. One community is not better, they’re just different. Then the ideal is that all communities nicely cohabit in tolerance and harmony. Actually this may have started in universities. And not just anthropology departments, but English departments adopting a new principle: literature cannot be judged by a universal standard, each community or historical period does its own writing thing and none is better, they’re just different. Everything’s relative. At that, intellectuals freeze. Intellectuals are naturally judgmental. Intellectuals use universal values, and they work by ideological confrontation. Which contrasts with what university academics do – today’s academics think and write cautiously and are nothing if not accommodating. But in the last few decades, academia has absorbed intellectuals. Intellectuals need jobs too, and in effect, the price of keeping the job is acting like a nice college professor. So intellectuals have caved in. They are not producing their usual good stuff. Nowadays, their published writing is no different from anyone else’s. It’s colored prudent. And that is a big loss to our culture. Relativism not only affects literary criticism, it has also infected university research, moral standards, whole thinking styles. And another thing: if everything is relative, so are the rules. Under relativism, logic itself, a fundamental rule for chasing down the truth, is negotiable. Some communities use logic, some don’t. Sometimes personal charisma is more important than the rules. And that is beautiful, don’t get critical. The hallmark of the public intellectual is his bold use of the rules of logic and reason. Reason is the biggest weapon in his arsenal and sometimes at considerable personal risk she or he uses it against tyrants, governments, religious dogmatics, exploiters, warmongers. A real intellectual hungers for overarching principles and universal standards: the rules of investigation are more important than the endpoint of the debate. If there are no universal rules, logic can be outshouted by any charismatic spokesman: Marxist, feminist, Objectivist, the military. Relativism says that what is fair play, and what is not, and what is important, and what is not, depends on what community you’re in. (Also how, or whether, things get done.) Under multiculturalism, everything is ok. Next, hierarchy is out. Because hierarchy means something is unequal. For example, no values are hierarchically better than others, they’re just different. Being an intellectual opens a person to being despised as an elitist. That comes with the territory, it’s always been a problem especially when intellectuals lend their incendiary language to industrial strikes, human rights protests, draft riots. The intellectual joins the populist, but the populist later thinks he is too well spoken. Historically this has always been a point of tension; but in these days of hierarchy being politically incorrect, it is even more uncertainty. So ideally in the relativism world, everybody does their thing with tolerance and mutual respect, and all cohabit in diversity, and people of all different kinds and creeds and ways get melted together. On the surface, it looks like all this unbounded multiculturalism offers great flexibility. On a good day this relativism feels like freedom. But on a bad day, it feels like the ground is moving under your feet. Relativism really allows no certainties, everything is shifting seas. Now back to reality. Actually, universities (like the world outside) are competitive places. University teachers, and people who want to be – the younger ones trying to establish themselves – are working under this corrected atmosphere of no-certainties. Publishing a clear statement is now discouraged, because it involves a value judgment. Diverse or not, academics’ minds are on professional survival, so they don’t take any risks, especially the kind that get you noticed – especially the scandalous places that logic can take you. So their work suffers. Writers are skin-sensitive to community correctness and they watch for peer disapproval. The aggregate result can be seen in any university library: stacks of journals, shelf upon creaking shelf of cautiously dense writing that nobody ever reads. Politically, argues Donald Wood, multiculturalism is a step backward. Because in practice the different communities don’t get along harmoniously. In practice, it’s turned into a new tribalism. So, in all this. After the 1980s, can you name any new left intellectuals? – asks Jacoby. Very few. Academic lefties are caught between the conflicting demands of universal standards vs. relativism, caught between the conflicting demands of different communities promoting their local agendas, concerns not to ruffle academic protocol, worried about being skewered as an elitist. Caught in the terror of uncertainty. Today’s left intellectuals have simply lost their nerve. Too bad, remarks Chomsky. Because today, our nation is in a dangerous predicament, being torn up by propagandists on the right. V. Psychotherapy. There are now estimated to be 400 brands of therapy. America has cognitive therapy, humanistic, slow types and rapid types, individual and group types, mainstream and radical therapies (and the following paragraphs all concern talk therapy, not drug therapy, addressed below). A general point: psychotherapy is not popular in many other nations where religion or political ideology is dominant. Another general point: despite the annual amounts of money involved (psychotherapy is a business), its effectiveness has only vaguely been supported by research evidence, and after a full century of it, nobody really knows how it works. Some research facts: all the mainstream brands are about equally effective. The three types of practitioners (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, all doing talk therapy) are also about equally effective. Next, it has been found that trained therapists on college campuses are no more effective than academic professors from diverse fields who counsel their students on personal problems. Indeed, professionals may be no more effective than self-help groups. Or even a very good friend. The research suggests that it’s not the therapy type, but the person doing it, that counts. And what is the active ingredient? One flimsy piece of research suggests what’s fundamental is the therapist acting as an ally for the distressed patient. More research shows that if untreated, most people with mental disorders get better by themselves in about two years. To muddy matters: psychotherapists treat people with mental disorders, but it is has never been clear what mental disorders are. Different societies have quite different ideas. Mental illness, to some extent, is created by a society: Szaz says it may be a myth. Across different cultures, mentally disordered people do not have much in common, only this: they do not fit in, and they are dis-valued. So you can build a case that psychotherapy is an ill-defined art, running on mystique. There’s an official list of psychological disorders, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) which is used to train clinical practitioners. This book gets bigger and bigger each edition; it is an expanding list of ways a person can be crazy. In it, the number of classifications is growing so fast that psychologists Kessler estimates about 50% of the population could now be given a diagnosis. Hillman and Ventura say one way to see all this is as a business aggressively looking for new clients. (DSM is referred to in the trade as the billing bible.) So one interpretation of this ever fattening book is the profit motive. Another is wry: it looks like the longer psychotherapy is around, the worse we are all getting. We should go further, because with help from the media, including therapists practicing on radio and television, psychotherapy has saturated American culture. Psychotherapy now commands respect from our intelligentsia. I am still approaching my main point. Psychotherapy is at odds with intellectualism. By definition, a distressed patient who comes in for therapy is diagnosed as unusual, as abnormal. Therapy’s task is to re-normalize the person. For example if a distressed client comes for help, he is first calmed, then over many talk treatments, gradually re-socialized so as to fit back in with other people, to adapt, to conform again. A necessary step in this process is for the client to begin to see that the problem is inside him, and to change that. Although therapists say they are non-judgmental, accepting and value-free, they are far from it. They hew closely to standards of average-ness, because that is where normality is. In a sense, the therapist’s job is to create average. The concept of ‘appropriateness’ is related: a particular behavior or way of thinking is inappropriate, is disordered, because it does not fit the norm. Therapists convey to their clients middle class comportment in language and personal style, and this means being clean, risk-free, anger-free. Manageable, low-risk clients are preferred. Because this is so widely transmitted, psychotherapy has moved from being reactive, a treatment for distressed people, to pro-actively setting standards for everyday behavior. Disseminated every day on television, it is a vast, bland, homogenizing force toward average-ness and appropriateness. Bourgeois. And it is the opposite of the intellectual’s style. Intellectuals are not average. Their intelligence diverges from normal, they are unusual risk takers, and third they often vividly and vociferously defy the status quo. A sample of the disputed territory: the intellectual usually argues that if you are upset, the cause is outside you. Perhaps you’ve had to deal with crooked businessmen, wild neighbors, other people’s road rage, a crude boss, predatory creditors, or a slumping economy. Aggregated, those are symptoms of a crumbling society. And, the intellectual will say, it will make you feel better to get involved in changing things. But the therapist will argue the problem is inside you. This difference in attribution, or where you place blame, is not trivial; it has political consequences. Example: a worker, enduring months of coarse treatment by a supervisor, finally shouts at the supervisor and tries to recruit his coworkers into pushing back. So he’s fired, and the company’s explanation around the workplace is that the worker has a personal problem – family difficulties or finances – and he gets referred to a counselor for therapy. In the counseling office, the therapist agrees with the company’s explanation. The therapist will ‘process’ the worker’s feelings, trying to help him see that actually his distress traces back to events in his childhood, or to frustrations in his marriage. Insistently turning clients inward, away from the present situation and onto their inner selves and into their past, has consequences for workplace, family, corporate culture, community, because after successful therapy, one thing is assured: this patient is not going to make any more trouble. Good patients become inwardly turned and outwardly vacuous. They are re-normalized. So workplace problems do not get confronted and fixed. Community dysfunctions likewise. Example: The neighborhood streets are frightening, and a particular resident actively protests the police for not doing their job, she gets persistently loud and gets apprehended, and gets sent to court-ordered therapy. The therapist agrees with the police that she is a trouble-maker and re-normalizes her. So the community does not get fixed. Culture is neglected. In their thoughtful book We’ve Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy and the World’s Getting Worse, Hillman and Ventura argue society is deteriorating because of therapy’s methods and values. Therapy makes people mediocre and homogenized. With psychotherapy comes the death of heroism. And culture-wide, we now have (Galbraith) pernicious problems, plus the bland are leading the bland. And after decades of this, intelligent people have become, simply, passive. But democracy itself depends on involved, intensely active citizens who voice-up when they see problems. Clients who become weakly dependent on their shrinks are not fit material for a real democracy. And if an intellectual gets therapized, it kills his vital style. (Hillman and Ventura, while poking this sacred cow, wonder: what would happen if you used therapy’s language of victimization and being abused, and started new self-help groups made up of people who feel victimized by predatory lenders or abused by corporate culture? With a simple change in attribution, you might turn therapy meetings into political units.) Prescription psychoactive drugs. Your doctor gives you anti-anxiety pills or antidepressants, and they work. Whatever ghastly mood you’re in, can be temporarily controlled. Back in 1971 Stanford University clinical psychologist Maurice Rogers stood up and warned about the growing abuse of these mood-altering drugs. Problem was, he said, doctors were starting to prescribe drugs for passing conditions like lack of energy, crying, worry, marital discord, and children’s misbehavior. In so doing, psychiatrists were redefining these as medical problems. Rogers suspected it wasn’t so much medical, that there were commercial pressures. The drug industry was spending three-quarters of a billion dollars each year advertising their products to doctors. Doctors were buying. They were already prescribing to the point that doctors had, Rogers said, become like drug pushers. In 1971 there were more prescriptions written for psychoactive drugs than there were persons in the country. I am not denying that some people have been enormously helped by medications which prevent psychosis and serious depression. The issue is whether some drugs are overprescribed. Medical authorities seem to be operating on the premise that the only healthy state for Americans is uninterrupted happiness. Is happiness an American obsession? – Not quite, though happiness is thought to be an integral part of our culture. What comes closer to obsession is the control of happiness (it follows from American pragmatism; making things work). Prescriptions have so proliferated that our culture has now come to accept chemical solutions for shyness, tiredness, loneliness and dissatisfaction. In the last decade the use of these antidepressants has nearly tripled, even as the FDA has increased their warnings about side effects (some of them may cause suicides among children). There’s well-researched connections between our mood and how we see things and how we think. Our emotions can tilt our perceptions. Not just how we act; mood pills alter reality. Research shows that people who are somewhat depressed actually perceived the world more accurately. The intended benefits of these drugs is to pep people up or to calm them down, to tranquilize and re-establish normal reactions in them. But they also change how we perceive and think. Society-wide, what happens when so many people are eating chemicals that keep them bland? It leads to something culturally missing. The same point as above: society deteriorates from neglect when for decades mood pills have kept millions of people calm, happy and detached. A mellow mood for pill-munchers, maybe. But a widespread drug-induced satisfaction is not a democracy. And it is not courage. And it is not what intellectuals do. Rogers raised the issue of these psychotropic medications being used as social control. Is that a stretch? Conspiracy theory? We don’t really begin to see what he’s saying until we get acquainted with the numbers. By 2002, more than one in three visits to the doctor’s office by women involved a prescription for an antidepressant. Millions of dollars are spent each year on research to reinforce the connection between our wellbeing and inner chemicals, and then to advertise this on prime-time television. In America, psychiatric medications are re-normalizing people, producing neighborhoods full of soothed accommodators. Next: how long is an original intellectual going to last against this bleached view of mental health? There’s a popular stereotype that genius is a kind of disorder (we think of pictures of a tormented Mozart with the eccentric eyes, pictures of a whacked-out Van Gogh). More recently there is evidence (Jamison) that creative genius is in fact correlated with manic-depression. If we medicate the mood, will we medicate the originality? This concern is to be added to the cultural effects of psychotherapy. VI. The new Social Darwinism. In 1859 Charles Darwin’s book Origin of Species proposed to the English a new argument about creation. Darwin was actually hesitant to draw ethical conclusions about humans, but the philosopher Herbert Spencer had already put out Social Statics, a sociology explaining the class system in Britain as the result of natural selection. People compete for survival in a harsh world, some survive and thrive and climb. But some suffer and fall. The survivors were the fit. They were better people. On the other side the losers, the rest, were unfit and Spencer said it was better for the community if they died off, as they diluted the community with their inferior qualities. It was all a natural process (as Malthus said before him) and we should not slow this process down by helping the poor. The overall progress of a society was nothing that could or should be steered by government. England was largely offended by the comparison of man with lower organisms. But when Spencer and Darwin traveled to America they were received with noisy welcomes. A Professor Sumner folded all this in with American sociology to explain the fierce economic contrasts existing in America in the Gilded Age. Life’s a ruthless competition. Inequality and injustice are in the nature of things. In the process, the rich were taking the country to new heights. America, accustomed to advancing on Red Indian-killing expansion and the brutality of slavery found Darwinism convenient. These theories rationalized social abuse as if it was good for everybody. There was no tolerance for time-wasting debate about ethics. Critics wondered why the people who love these theories were mainly the aristocracy and the exploiting rich. Critics said: these biological theories are political, and Social Darwinism knits too well with Nietzschean superman ideology, which claimed that what a superman (or supergroup) does is beyond good and evil. The critics won, and in the early 1900s, Social Darwinism was out of favor. Social Darwinism is a dramatic-sounding philosophy which has physical survival as its central value. That profoundly affects all related concepts. Fine-grained intellectual discussion of rights and values are dropped to a currency with two levels: strong or weak, heroic or useless, fighting or dead. Social Darwinism draws heavy shadows around everything, and it makes heart-stopping fiction. But we would be in trouble if government policy ever followed fiction. Eerily, Social Darwinism has risen again. Competitive power and wealth was something Americans always understood. The public is ever ready for movies about rugged individualism and myths about ‘making it,’ not about the common good. That is the core ideology in Ayn Rand’s novels, which have sold so well over the decades they earned her a whole movement with cult-like qualities, including in her entourage Allan Greenspan, other economists, business gurus, and many Ph.Ds. The new version is just as dramatic. Rand’s books are riotously heroic. To survive in a great and dangerous world, all doors are kicked open and slammed shut; all people are either heroes or useless, all conversation is either silence or shouting, and you’re either fighting or dead. Ayn Rand makes selfish individualism just what the world needs. She yearned for a return to the Gilded Age when Darwinism dominated. No mercy turns out to be good for all. Devoured by average Americans, Rand was contemptuous of everything average. But in the anti-authority counterculture of the 1960s, her appeal to individual choice and convention-busting was addictive. As Nietzsche attacked Christian ethics (in all major religions the highest good is selflessness), so did Rand. It is the new Social Darwinism. Randian devotees learned not just her arguments, but her tone, which was a cutting scorn. She vitriolically attacked opponents, extolling personal mastery and control, at one point referring to critics as vermin . How does this affect American intellectualism? Its dogmatism squashes debate. Rand was ruthless; hers is the language of abuse. Any dissent or alternative opinions weakened the agenda and must be extinguished. It certainly does not make room for other geniuses. Rand’s influence, over six decades, has been massive. Her novels are taught in American schools. Ronald Regan’s economic advisers were largely Randians. One of her biographers estimates that her books and derivatives written by her fellow-traveler Objectivists still sell 400,000 a year worldwide. This ideology is sociopathic. It manufactures fear, and it is inherently anti-intellectual. It has saturated the national consciousness. Social Darwinism is an ideology that flourish where there are predators. Many of these predators wear expensive suits. Corruption is supported by Rand’s values of uninterrupted selfishness, and this has invaded our most trusted institutions (churches, congress, law enforcement, banks). Correlated, a general trust has been waning for decades in America. We are a social species, and among all social animals, the appearance of predators has the general effect of making individuals flee into the middle, for the safety of the pack. Intellectuals don’t do that. They are outliers. Intimidating or not, Ayn Rand’s work is a choice target for new intellectuals. VII. Trash culture. America has regional, ethnic, religious and subcultures, generational, class and gender subcultures. (A subculture is a shared pattern of behaviors, symbols and values.) Indeed each decade is a kind of subculture (the 80s, the 60s). Some subcultures are even moving and expanding (the evangelical movement). One that has expanded to the point of overlapping others is popular culture or pop. Pop is the culture of average Americans and anybody can participate, anytime (not true of all subcultures). Its language and symbols are broadcast in the media—and the public ravenously ingests them. Pop culture is sensational and riddled with images, visual and auditory being the important sense channels. It presses us with its crazes and short-lived diversions: it appears spontaneous, apparently unorganized and unplanned, and it’s about a narrow range of feelings, including excitement, happiness, and temporary drama. Pop culture is crashingly ‘self.’ It is also missing heroes. Its central figure is the celebrity. (Celebrities do not convey risk and difficulty.) Pop has two natural enemies. On one side it is opposed by fine culture. Fine culture is guarded by a minority which has hoarded an accumulation of the high arts (visual, sound, and intellectual writings) which convey elevated feeling. Fine culture is associated with the upper social classes and the academic elite, and it tends to be backward-looking. Its artifacts were made with painstaking. Fine culture is very slow to change. It is deeply studied by educators and it contains real heroes, and moral codes. Disdaining pop, it ranks itself superior. Pop sometimes loots and dilutes fine culture. In this competition, pop is winning. It is quickly manufactured, and it proliferates, while fine culture is shrinking. Pop’s other enemy is trash culture. Trash culture is the culture of failure. It is about ignorance, intimidation, racism, crime, tabloid newspapers, semi-literacy and physical rudeness. If you imagine an expansion of jailhouse culture outward, that gives an idea. But trash culture is not loose, nor glib, and it is not vacuous, it is not self-contradictory like pop, and it is not value-free. It does not wake up in the morning superficially easy. It is fashion conscious, cohesive, and sometimes intense, with peer pressures that may be backed by violence. It is reactionary. Whereas pop culture fears death and violence, trash culture uses those as narratives. Trash culture is not egalitarian, nor democratic. Its currency is risk and coercion. In the conflict between pop and trash, trash is somewhat smaller, but rapidly expanding and it is winning. Rudeness is rapidly growing; it is rife at the workplace. And vengeance, too (big-screen court t.v. is everywhere). And in the debate, is America now in the post-modern, post-post-modern, or post-culture age? And the answer is, trash culture (Jerry Springer, meth-hardened crime movies, violent tattoos, and zip codes with short life expectancies) – are all rapidly gaining ground. Both pop and trash culture hold a growing disdain for education. Through the 1950s schools and colleges were the ladders for upward mobility; school teachers were respected. But public schools are now seen as a waste, not even delivering what they’re funded to produce, which is a literate citizenry. Learning to be literate is derided. Teachers, who are representatives and role models of an educated person in society, take persistent abuse in some schools. Many high school graduates avoid reading if possible. To keep readers, school textbooks have become graphic carnivals. Magazine articles have become shorter and shorter. Trash culture is also confrontive. Our ignorant school graduates are now arrogantly so, students who believe the content of books is irrelevant to survival. Many students don’t know the name of our Vice President, or where China is located, and a small percentage of Americans thinks the sun revolves around the earth. Trash culture conveys a smugness about denying general knowledge. Of course, to the extent these values seep into school curricula, they systematically remove an audience for intellectuals. Trash culture is a force in the war. And what if we have no intellectuals? Donald Wood says we’re already in a post-intellectual era, and it is a critical danger for democracy. He joins other critics (above), saying the world’s information production has increased in volume to the point that it’s doubling every five years, so we are swamped in an information anarchy, and a ‘totalitarian technology’ is the rising power in this wasteland of unfiltered, unorganized data. Chances are this is not going to get any better. Schools are not preparing young people to deal with this information inundation. Schools either serve students archaic fundamentalist notions, trying to cement in non-change, or they leave children with the tools to access the new information but not the tools to process it. Students are not shown how to distinguish between trivia and really valuable information. The generalist’s skills of synthesis, sustained reason and centered thinking is ignored. Tragically, students have lost the ability, even lost the will, to criticize information. Or to notice glaring disparities: with ever more scientific and medical breakthroughs, we have ever more people in poverty and despair. With ever more choices we are growing morally incoherent. In all this dislocation and disorder and we are happily becoming less self-sufficient, but with ever more fragmentation. The holistic, common good concept has become antique, and in this web-based, riotously center-less growth, there’s little feeling of accountability. So we ditch personal responsibility for how things are going. Contrast with this the requirements for a functioning democracy. Democracy itself is an intellectual idea. Democracy is not automatic. It takes reasoning, continuity, and well-informed judgment on the part of a knowing populace to construct it, and to keep it working. Wood: we are experiencing a cultural transformation that is reversing 400 years of intellectual evolution. Because of the loss of intellectual underpinnings, it’s a question whether democracy will survive. Kierkegaard speaks of whole nations that are not profound. They cannot come to themselves, in a deeper sense. A quick way to sketch our culture is to show its shrinking vocabulary. Whether this is due to television, failing schools, detached teachers, or the new fashion to be ignorant, it is also a general loss of power. We recall that in George Orwell’s 1984, the government had reduced the population to virtual automatons using police terror, thought control; and a new language, based on English, in which certain old words were absent. Dangerous thoughts were made unthinkable by eliminating the words for them. A society was partly controlled by reducing its language. A way to keep the public within confines is to give it a reduced vocabulary. Our usage vocabulary has shrunk dramatically. This brushes conspiracy theory (but I have teacher-acquaintances who assert that our secondary school system is deliberately ensuring millions of impotent, low-wage masses for the future). If a materialistic, commercial society runs more powerfully on semi-literacy and if our public schools are turning out tens of millions of semi-literates, this coincidence should be publicly debated. A second approach to the point about language: Emerson once said, the thought is ancestor to the act. Lack of particular language results in lack of particular behaviors. Conversely, because certain words are inspiring, they can produce actions. An instance: exploitation is a powerful word. It is almost absent from our everyday media, and rarely heard in our school classrooms. We can wonder, as a game, how much of our culture would change if that word was stirred into television news shows. Hunger is another – and current, since one in six Americans is struggling to feed himself, according to a new government report (the term used in the report is ‘food insecurity.’) Another is censorship; there’s no media discussion why free speech is constitutionally guaranteed for the nation, but roughly suppressed inside our corporations (Ehrenreich). By delivering vocabulary, intellectuals work in opposition to our educational system. They give audiences the tools to think again. Mill’s On Liberty, Rousseau’s The Social Contract contained lucid, concrete and eloquent language which allowed the layman to think. Each was an intellectual work which helped a whole nation come to itself. And to change. Well, perhaps it’s not all that bad – perhaps we are in a natural historical pause while intellectuals take a break and regroup? That’s unlikely. I doubt intellectuals are just taking a break. No more likely than the pace of new information is going to slow down. Chomsky says we are in an age that cries out for intellectual leadership. Worse, says John Michael: without intellectuals, there can be no politics, progressive or otherwise. But the revival of intellectualism is remote. Susan Sontag says it would be a Sisyphean task. In this section I avoid remedies like ‘redesign secondary education,’ or ‘reshape the university’s mission.’ Universities are nearly immune to reform. The death of intellectualism is more like a loss of direction. And a loss of courage, and this is personal. Any new forward movement will involve what individual intellectuals say, and write about. Several of the writers I’ve mentioned have suggestions. A modest start: actually, if we accept Posner’s point that America has a tiny population of 607 intellectuals, then just multiplying that number by five, or ten, would make a cultural difference. Direction. Exponential changes in our culture since the 1970s seem to have had a centrifugal effect. They keep pushing the jig-saw pieces apart. And the changes don’t stop. This is politically convenient for some people in society. It reduces the chance of collective action. It serves a society where the status quo is both social differences and social indifference. So the intellectual’s task is to join the pieces back, to re-connect them. To interpret a whole picture. But when repairing the whole, the writer can expect heavy resistance, because the fragmentation serves somebody’s interest. So piecing things together will take courage. Against all that specialized complexity, nobody wants to take the risk of looking superficial by making generalizations. But generalization is what’s needed. John Michael holds the light up for timid intellectuals to stumble their way back in here. Content. Michael: We’re stuck because intellectuals are now confused over what they are to profess. The multicultural idea that everyone has his say cannot eradicate the following virtues, which are heritage from the Enlightenment and which intellectuals should be defending. First, intellectuals still must make truth, justice and goodness prevail. And in a rhetorical environment where the Right still pounds out its own fundamentalist certainties, these are the certainties which Left writers should press: rationality, respect for facts, justice, humanitarianism, freedom from tyranny, compassion, self-determination, reduction of suffering, democracy, the general will, and progress. Style. Respect for facts is important. But in practice it has taken away style. What’s missing, continues John Michael, is the grand narrative. Narrative is always more influential than plain facts. The Left’s brightest days were lit by the narrative of progress and salvation. If it was brought back, even at half the insistent pressure television pushes commercials at us, our culture would change. Facts, of course. But we live in a rhetorical world, says Stanley Fish. To survive, intellectuals should learn the style. High intelligence is everywhere, but luminous language is the hard part. If bandits, airheads, embezzlers, singers, athletes can all get prime-time exposure on television, intellectuals need stronger style to get media exposure. – Incantatory powers, says Jacoby Courage. An organic society cannot remain vital without disagreement. The intellectual honors his inner disagreeable self, and grows himself a role as issue-finder. And what if, taking risk, you goof, or offend? Not so bad. Real intellectuals know there is no such thing as bad publicity. It will take courage. But know that the requisite fire is not found in colleges and universities. If you are trying to be both an academic and an intellectual, consider moving out. Particularly, there’s a shortage of unaffiliated intellectuals, the ones describing themselves with the occupation ‘writer.’ Intellectuals have suffered real prejudice for decades. Intellectualism is under siege. Its revival will involve confrontations putting individuals at significant risk. Cultural risks are also involved. Real intellectuals do not stop when they encounter resistance. The eventual goal, and the reward, is democracy. At this point in history, restoring intellectualism means a prolonged campaign, and this will take formidable endurance. Democracy is the polestar. The day-to-day fight is the intellectual in pursuit of justice. Michael urges this long-term, gruelling perspective: justice does not resolve arguments. It is never won. Rather, justice is the name of the field on which future battles are fought. Fish, S. (1989) Doing what comes naturally. Durham: Duke University Press. Fuller, S. (2005) The intellectual. Cambridge: Icon Books Gouldner, A.W. 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(2001) Public intellectuals: a study of decline. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Robbins, B. (Ed.) (1990) Intellectuals: Aesthetics, politics, academics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. This book contains chapters by a number of writers, including Aronowitz, Said, Ehrenreich, and others. Sternheimer, K. (2003) It’s not the media. Boulder, CO: Westview Press Wood, D.N. (1996). Post-Intellectualism and the decline of democracy. Westport, Conn: Praeger Books. Bless, H., Bohner, G. Schwartz, N., and Strack, F. (1990). Mood and persuasion: a cognitive response analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 16, 331-345. Ehrenreich B., TIME essay 5 Sep 1996 p.80. Park, J. and Banaji, M.R. (2000). Mood and heuristics: the influence of happy and sad states on sensitivity and bias in stereotyping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78,1005-1023. Robins, L.N. and Beer, J.S. (2001). Positive illusions about the self: short-term benefits and long-term costs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 80, 340-352. Rogers, J.M. (1971). Drug abuse – just what the doctor ordered. Psychology Today. September 1971 pp. 16-24. Stone, E.R. Dodrill, C.L. and Johnson, N. (2001). Depressive cognition: a test of depressive realism versus negativity using general knowledge items. Journal of Psychology. 135, 583-602. Vedantam, S. Antidepressant use by U.S. adults soars: Cost and Risk Questions Mount in Face Of Overall Surge in Prescription Drugs. Washington Post Friday, 3 December, 2004; P. A 15. I am a senior at Purdue University and study Aeronautical Engineering. I plan to continue on with my masters next fall. I agree with you that technical papers in specific fields are difficult for a typical individual. But does that mean it is information proliferation? In the emergence of scientific thought, Plato criticized the sophists who argued that they could teach an individual all there was to know by stating that through civilizations advancement there is more information available than one person can hold. Therefore I feel that professors do need to be specialized in a very small area (like an upside down pyramid, going from knowing a little about general topic to being an expert in a small area of a topic). For my masters I will have to choose a very narrow topic form my thesis under a professor who is an expert within that field. I believe that for academics they should be an expert in a field and then be knowledgeable about other topics, making them an well-rounded intellectual. What I don’t understand is why academics in this country are no longer respected but labeled elitist. I want legislators and high officials to be academics, not just people who talk about dogmas. I agree mostly with your other topics, especially being over medicated but individuals who are self meditating would be in touch with their feelings and would not need to seek help for minor things like anger management. I feel that trash culture is dominant in western culture (I was born in Bangladesh) and this is being adopted by the rest of the world. I think that the world should pick the best aspects from western culture instead of doing a complete overhaul because eastern culture has much to offer to people from the west. Comment by Alex Mondal \| January 3, 2010 \| Reply “…this society mocks intellectuals as effeminate layabouts whose work is impractical, it is belied by history.” When generals start trying to suggest publicly what the president should do. Pingback by Heed the Peace Gnome: Nota Bene #2010-01 \| \| January 7, 2010 \| Reply Under “I. The cultural upheavals of the late 1960s,” you surely mean “Kerouac” instead of how you spelled it. Also, you might want to rethink your inclusion of the myth that Einstein did poorly in school. Comment by briana \| January 8, 2010 \| Reply Spelling corrected. On Einstein doing poorly in school: it’s a pervasive myth. Wikipedia has it that Einstein did well in elementary school but not well in the Gymnasium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Early_life_and_education Another source, Goertzel and Hansen’s ‘Cradles of Eminence,’ quotes Einstein’s son, Albert Jr, telling an inteviewer that a teacher reported to Einstein’s father that Einstein was mentally slow, unsocial and adrift in dreams (p.257). Comment by newleftblog \| January 8, 2010 \| Reply Good points, I think I will definitely subscribe! I’ll go and read some more! What do you see the future of this being? Comment by Me \| January 8, 2010 \| Reply I appreciate that much of the analysis of political culture here is dialectic. But some of the claims are factual, and open to question. I would be interested to see as many factual citations as critical theory ones. Comment by Anonymous \| January 12, 2010 \| Reply I am a PhD psychologist, and I take a few issues with your comments about psychotherapy, although not all are ill-founded. In general, you do not seem to have read much in the way of primary sources, but are extracting your data from secondary sources. A curious habit given your point about thinking for oneself. Specifically: 1. Therapy’s “effectiveness has only vaguely been supported by research evidence” – this is patently untrue. Actually there is a ridiculous amount of data supporting therapy’s effectiveness. 2. “One flimsy piece of research suggests what’s fundamental is the therapist acting as an ally for the distressed patient” – there is nothing flimsy about this. The therapeutic alliance has the most consistent effects in all of psychotherapy research. Plus, a good therapist isn’t just “acting” as an ally, but actually is one. 3. “The DSM is referred to in the trade as the billing bible” – No it isn’t. No one calls it that. 4. “the therapist agrees with the company’s explanation / The therapist agrees with the police” – I can’t imagine a case when a therapist would “agree” with the referring agency. That’s not a practice that meets generally accepted standards of care, and it’s nothing any therapist worth his salt would do. And lastly, to go from the defense to the offense: 5. “the intellectual usually argues that if you are upset, the cause is outside you” – So you are saying that “intellectuals” (as you define them) “usually” don’t take responsibility for their own actions, thoughts, feelings, etc.? In other words, “intellectuals” blame their own inner states on other people? That sounds like the opposite of an intellectual to me. What ever happened to “know thyself?” Comment by Greg \| January 17, 2010 \| Reply You lost me at, “Our nation was founded by intellectuals, Washington, Paine, Franklin, and the men who wrote the Constitution” With perhaps, the exception of Paine; none of these men – or the others which were not cited – were devout intellectuals. In fact, many of them were simple, dedicated and learned men of great character who desired freedom from tyrannical persecution without representation. Of course there were other prime causes to the revolution, and Paine’s pamphlets played a prime role in swaying the intellectual plutocracy both here and in Europe towards opposition of a Vassal British colony in America, but I am reminded of Franklin’s autobiography in which he describes the effects of the foundation of the first library in Philadelphia. Perhaps I am not explicitly reminiscent of the details however he cites that it brought unprecedented literacy and understanding to the masses. I would hardly consider this the spread of intellectualism. Your article has some very good, if misguided points. Your definition of an intellectual, and their lookalikes is tantamount to the differences in horoscopes. They are structured in such a way to describe characteristics of everyone. By the definition, “an intellectual is a person who brings brains to incendiary language,” I have a hard time excluding irrelevant personalities such as Kanye West from this definition. Furthermore, considering this or any definition, it is still not an admirable trait. Again, those who would “synthesize” the ideas of others lack originality or prescient thought and without devout and dedicated deliberation contribute to the continued degradation of our collective understanding. Attributing symptom to diagnosis and consequent treatment never falls in the realm of the intellectual elite, though they are often the first to offer prescription, particularly when none is solicited and particularly with a flavorful language with betrays a base understanding and their own failure to institute such principles. I am reminded of an ancient saying that bares foundation perhaps in the Vedic tradition of the Indus valley: Truth speaks only to those willing to listen. I am yet to meet a member of the intellectual class whose mind is open to even the most basic contrarian interpretation. Typically most are so enamoured with their own ideas and principles, they maintain personal attachment to them. In your article, I believe the consequences which you describe are more attributable to the fall of ascetic discipline, the pursuit of pragmatic truth, the death of the revolutionary spirit, or perhaps the abscence of compassion for others founded in devoted dedication to one’s own virtue. Consequences such as the degradation of university education, social Darwinism, or the advent of behavioralism are more a product of the spread of egocentric intellectualism contrasted with the degradation of true fundamentalist or incendiary vision. It is a trend which has occurred in the west for quite some time and has struck the east with the realization of the power of materialism through the cultural revolution and the spread of communism. Such a transcription marks the end of devout tradition and the beginning of cosmopolitan idealism. In the old school, when moulds were broken, they were done with voracious fortitude and abstract insight which could not be denied by any individual of sound mind. I am reminded of Galileo, Sir Newton, and others such as Locke; not the likes of Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, or say, Sigmund Freud. Contemporaneously, it is no more apparent than the wave of new-age philosophy or anger with banks among many other prescient examples. Three years ago no one could tell you what a Credit Default Swap was, now we are a nation of experts pandered to by an intellectual elite broadcasting half-truths and faux-enlightenment. Even those experts before, were not experts as no experts exist. Show me one expert individual who has dedicated a lifetime to their art or science, and claims to have profound understanding within and I will show you one who is just as clueless and ignorant as the day they began their study. Consider the following comparisons: Feynman – Tesla – Edison Hume – A. Smith Magnus – Aquinas Khayyam – Rushd Pythagoras – Socrates I refrain from making political comparison, however if one turns to the most trusted internet source – wikipedia, an article on anti-intellectualism reads as a veritable who’s who of America’s greatest enemies and declared fascists. I admit that all history is revisionist, however I find it somewhat suspect that those who stand against intellectualism are also those who allegedly stand against personal liberty. Comment by Matt \| March 11, 2010 \| Reply All the education in contains (vocabulary, name dropping / sources), and the ridicule of look-alikes doesn’t validate the essay a bit. In conclusion, it is not a definitive piece of work. Our nation was founded on terrorism and capitalism. Intellectuals emerged in the face of injustices. History has proved our government is composed of hypocrites according to its own constitution in that all men were not treated as being “created equal” here in these lands for a very long time. Let’s not forget. The “don’t blame umbrellas for rain” theory in regards to television is like saying, “guns don’t kill people, people do.” Though this is true, it is not a complete truth. Guns are committed as evidence in a high number of murderous crimes. People kill “with” guns is apart of a valid “explanation” when speaking on the war on life. Television can be committed as evidence, when speaking on the war against intellectualism. Deeper still; To get into the psyche of the will of a murder and break down his/her underlying cause (envy, lust, reasons for anger, etc.) …would definitely help clarify the nature of the war against life…but referencing the “guns don’t kill, people do” theory as a synonym of the umbrella theory; If you’re choosing to stand on this theory for your essay, all of your conclusions (universities, psychotherapy, specialists, etc.) have no gravity. You’re contradicting the magnetism behind your own debate/dispute to show off an opinion. That’s not going to work. #1 Universities do not supply students with an agenda for the knowledge they attend them to receive (even if a certain agenda is encouraged or implied)…One’s time at a university or succession of obtaining a degree does not dictate how they’ll apply their knowledge. One could go to school for a particular degree and get a job in a completely different field. Just as one can go to college, drop out, and still become successful vs. going to college, getting a degree, and being in a position where they can’t find employment. University in itself does not prohibit intellectualism. #2 Psychotherapy isn’t mandated – it’s a choice. To (again) get into the psyche of a person to understand why they would choose to lean on an outside force for observation to make sense of their life/emotions/mentality would expose the weakness of their own faith and determination exposing why they feel they need this help. Still, psycho therapy is professional title for what friends do for each other during a time of need (listening, encouraging, and advising)……..but considering it as a profession, I can’t say the experience annialates ones ability to become an intellectual. I suppose it would depend on the integrity of the doctor vs. the condition of the patient, in that (rather than hopping their patients on drugs, and imposing their diagnosis/thoughts/opinions on a patient) they are encouraging “independent thinking” with rational behavior as the cure for their condition. #3 Everyone has the right and should feel blessed to inherrit any knowledge that brings them to become a specialist in their field. Being a specialist, appreciating one’s gifts to the point of perfection (through study and application) is what allows us to transcend greatness and become an evolutionary forces within art, science/technology, and almost anything …better parenting, better cooks, better film makers / constantly improving the quality of the experience from Black n White TV – to color TV – to VHS – to DVD – to Blue Ray… Being a specialist does not inhibit one from being an active intellectual. That doesn’t even make sense. It’s a prejudice statement like saying no mechanic is trustworthy, or every scientist is a mad scientist, and all science is without God. Being a specialist of anything is not hardly an explanation of the war against intellectualism. In fact, it is what? Intelligence that will elevate one beyond the comon standards. ….#1, #2, and #3 could be considered as umbrellas as well. Additionally; Specialists also happen to come from the lower and upper class, not just the middle class. Specialists without morals describes the war against intellectualism. If you’re not committed to the founding principles of your actions to be for good as opposed to evil, and right over wrong, then you’re expoiting the nature of your specialty, and that exactly describes what you call a “look-a-like”. It’s not genuine. What exists outside of the church, may still hold faith to righteousness (justice) and have faith in God without religion, that he is not a worldly person (even by religious definition). A secular specialist may be counter intelligence, depending on the individual. Also; Being logical, analytical, specific, critical, and cautious ….is not the enemy of motivation. To add “not motivating” to this list of characteristics is to a fault. I would expect one to provide logic, an analysis, specifics, and critical detail to inspire/motivate me to action. Think of sales and how this is applied in presentations. Can someone sell you a car or electronics without being all of those things? True intellectuals can not be motivated by the opposite (carelessness, illogical/irrational, no proof, unfocused, rough around the edge, rushed)…all of those are the enemy of motivation. It’s an abuse of character and will. It’s manipulative, and is an enemy of intellectualism. The characteristics you advocate to dispute are great characteristics of an intellectual, even in some of those intellectuals that you’ve named. MLK’s logic was based on his Christian beliefs, he was specific about the cause he represented, he critiqued the state of justice by its injustices during critical times, and he was cautious not to adhere to violence as to fight violence with violence, and yet he motivated a civil rights march to Washington and changed the course of history. This essay sabotages itself. Comment by Overpower Radio \| April 12, 2010 \| Reply What a crock of poop this blog is, do us a favor and take it down and do something constructive and keep your b/s about religion and what you think it’s doing to this country off the board you people are a joke and an embarrasment to the country…. Comment by greg \| April 26, 2010 \| Reply You have made my day! I cannot thank you enough for your time and your passion, your vision and your courage. What happened to reading things as a whole? And by intellectual you clearly mean what you say Why has it become so poplar to vivisect? When the author speaks of Einstein and his performance at school, they are speaking metaphorically, obviously, since no one can know definitely. All the metaphors that the author uses could be applied as proof of the accuracy of the essay or against the essay. I do not understand why so many have chosen to use them against your essay. Who does it profit, in the end no one? You cannot read about someone and cannot make first hand what is second hand, so the metaphor is the key. And is what Einstein experienced relevant to the discussion? Meaning to say that an individual that is exceptional will probably have difficulty in a generic system…and that is also dependent on the generic system and is time and location specific. But generally the statement is correct. Who cares about Einstein? The metaphor was important. It is a Boolean system. The art is the abstraction of the metaphors. And all the author’s metaphors can be abstracted to prove the author’s point. So here is the choice. Abstract the metaphors to prove the point and you may have built something interesting, and done so as a body. Experience a creation. OR each individual can argue and deconstruct and vivisect and then and add a few insults and what you have is a vivisection. That is what we now have. If all the metaphors are systemically abstracted to prove the original theme, then we will have a greater body of abstractions, which can be further tested, organized, clarified and calculated and rarefied for greater proof. To do so as a whole would be a historic event. In fact, this is the best of times for such a thing, but it is also the worst of times, since most likely this individual, our esteemed author who has taken the time to deliver us these thoughts will only receive vivisections, which will result in the implosion of the concept, even if everyone agrees with a portion of what has been said. The result: Nothing. And that is what you have got now, dear readers a bon fire of ego! And this is the plague of the contemporary school. The abstract metaphor is the greater reality and if one cannot gain the abstract metaphor from the essay it is not necessarily the fault of the writer. If the message delivered here is worthy of time, then it becomes exponentially more profitable to assist the author rather than use insignificant details to disprove the thesis, which on the whole is well delivered. In fact this is the modern plague – to site the inconsequential, which is only important as a metaphor, and deliver it as dogma, as a method of destroying the argument. Do the metaphors assist the thesis more then they detract? Yes! What is the most efficient path deconstructing without reconstruction? Then you will have just that. Destruction. And that is nothing but vanity. Anyone can destroy. To reconstruct, to categorize and clarify the metaphors and support the author is in fact much more effective. Not only are there no more intellectuals, there are no more artists, there are no more writers and there is a wasteland. Science is riding on past theoretic. And there is a mass subscription to dogma. Ignoring the whole, ignoring the immense generosity and courage of the author. This piece was not equal to the Opra book club. It demonstrates a desire to unify, and unity is plural. Why bother to commit energy if the return will not be exponentially rewarding. If indeed we are all interested in “The day-to-day fight is the intellectual in pursuit of justice.” No one here is an intellectual by the author’s definition. There has been no justice. Comment by Virginia \| April 30, 2010 \| Reply It seems to me that the thrust of this blog is create a cadre of support for the leftist intellectual in the U.S. the author seems to bemoan the lack of opportunities for leftist oriented intellectuals to have greater influence in our society. I am a libertarian. I totally support intellectuals of all political persuasions to be able to influence people in our society. I have the following concerns. I am opposed to initiating force in order to achieve goals. Just because people want something does not mean that they should have the right to it. Democracy is a failed political system. It always leads to mob rule. It is no more moral for a group to vote away a person’s property than it is for someone to take it at the point of a gun. Both methods advocate the initiation of force in order to obtain their goals. This culture condones the individual’s actions as being acceptable as long is he does not get caught. Continuing down this road will ultimately lead to more distrust and divisiveness between people. I believe that if this attitude continues in our society then it will ultimately either lead to a police state and/or a total lack of trust and ultimate collapse in society. It will lead to the proverbial Hobbsian jungle. Comment by Gary Marcus \| May 8, 2010 \| Reply Truly cool article u have here. I’d like to read more concerning such theme. Thank you for posting this data. Comment by Olivia CrazyMonkey \| May 10, 2010 \| Reply This really is drivel. I know you spent a lot of time on it. Your intellectuals, in nearly every case, never actually thought things out. Many wanted to see society better, but they were capable or didn’t want to do the work of more than talk. Most were economically well off and never in harm’s way of finding a meal, and also therefore never in harm’s way of experiencing real life. Mostly, what they said was bullshit. I will leave you with a website to explore. Not well written. Not complete. But, you will see that without all the bullshit some universal truths do allow for pragmatism to be enlightenment (when embraced correctly). This, and not people talking and writing about what they do not know, is the only chance for our future. http://www.goodfaithclause.com You should be able to see the wisdom of building the foundation. Again, just universal truths with no need of pretense. Do you want to be smart or just pretend to be smart for the sake of writing articles? Don’t be offended. You don’t know what you don’t know. It is very easy to be sucked into a world or the belief in one that you wanted to find. Whether it is Esalen or Park Avenue, building the foundation brings more real enlightenment to more people, because it is real. Your goal should not be finding the potential in a few humans, but rather increasing it in all by just a few notches. Society improves and then improves itself. Trickle-down philosophy and intellectualism isn’t going to help anyone but the few at the top claiming to be enlightened. Your feelings are hurt right now. Think about the overall theme, look at the track records, view the landscape of our society and come back eyes open and begin to teach. You’ll not be an intellectual. You will be one of many who prove they were never relevant or at least not in a productive way. Think about it and don’t reply for at least a week. Comment by John \| May 11, 2010 \| Reply This blog reminds me of a book that I once meant to buy at a dollar store. A gem I missed out on. To wit, one can apply the war on smarts to the war on pop art. I think monolithic forces at work bent on social control are behind the scenes of the systematic application and affectation of pop culture to the untalented, mentally ill or society’s lowest common denominator. It has been generations since music artists have been able to write many good melodic songs. Kids have been fed the bad ass lingo of the street thug and the militant minority for too long. So they lack a calming point of reference or civilized influence for creative sanity. Where there is an unsound, depressed mind conditioned by a covert zeitgeist for unhappiness, there is no quality art or intellectualism. Yet for those who actually know what’s going on, this is by design, not mistake or accident. I just thank God I was alive in the 60s, 70s and 80s to see and hear the best of US. Because the new millennium is a grave new world for anyone with brains, taste, or a sharp mind for logic, reason and common sense. Comment by Rick \| May 17, 2010 \| Reply Two quick things i majorly disagree with. To blame religion for loss of intellectuals is absurd. Loss of intellectuals WITHIN the various faiths can be attributed to many of the causes you list, but religion and faith have produced some of the greatest minds the world has ever had. True Christianity promotes study. Hard, intellectual, truth seeking study of all kinds. I cannot speak about other faiths but do not label Christianity as at fault. The Judeo Christian belief system gave you the freedoms you enjoy in this country and will be part of the solution to put it back in shape. To blame conservatism for a loss of intellectualism and not mention liberal thinking ANYWHERE in your article is complete hogwash. I do not personally know a liberal I would credit with critical thinking. Show me a liberal who is a critical thinker and I will show you a prototype of a Dennis Miller. True liberals who think. Become at worst, libertarians and at best… readers of the constitution. If you study the constitution and have half a brain. You will become a fiscal conservative. Please note. Have i mentioned the word Republican here? No. That is a political party. Not an ideology. If you are liberal reading this and you equate Conservative and Republican you are proving your lack of critical thinking. Please revise your brain buddy. Comment by Kent J \| May 18, 2010 \| Reply Interesting. I have known since junior high that appearing to be too smart or intellectual was, in our backward culture, a liability rather than an asset. I have been reading the autobiography of Leonard Woolf (husband of Virginia Woolf) and early on he asserts, “Then as now, intellectuals were despised.” Comment by glamrocktiger \| May 22, 2010 \| Reply Leave a Reply to Overpower Radio Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1471
__label__wiki	0.567358	0.567358	1.813.915.9180 1213 W Waters Ave, Tampa, FL 33604 5PM–1AM / Our Games / Arcade Games Ready for some 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 B-ball arcade action? Midway’s first arcade foray into the world of NBA would become so popular that it’d spin off into an entire franchise … And we have the critically-acclaimed classic that started it all. Jon Hey Mode(s) Up to 4 players simultaneously Arcade system Midway T Unit Raster, horizontal orientation, 400×254 resolution NBA Jam is a basketball arcade game published and developed by Midway in 1993. It is the first entry in the NBA Jam series. The main designer and programmer for this game was Mark Turmell. Midway had previously released such sports games as Arch Rivals in 1989, High Impact in 1990, and Super High Impact in 1991. The gameplay of NBA Jam is based on Arch Rivals, another 2-on-2 basketball video game. However, it was the release of NBA Jam that brought mainstream success to the genre. A key feature of NBA Jam is the exaggerated nature of the play – players jump many times their own height, making slam dunks that defy both human capabilities and the laws of physics. There are no fouls, free throws, or violations except goaltending and 24-second violations. This means the player is able to freely shove or elbow his opponent out of the way. Additionally, if a player makes three baskets in a row, he becomes “on fire” and has unlimited turbo and increased shooting precision. The “on fire” mode continues until the other team scores, or until the player who is “on fire” scores 4 additional consecutive baskets while “on fire.” » Read more: Wikipedia Lowry Parcade & Tavern 1213 W Waters Ave Mon-Thu: 5PM-1AM Fri: 5PM-2AM Sat: 3PM-2AM Sun: 3PM-1AM Insert Coins To Care – Global Autism Project April 7 2018 – About To Turn 2 Throw a Party with Us! Copyright © Lowry Parcade & Tavern. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1484
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__label__cc	0.651886	0.348114	Tag: fantasy worlds Young Adult Fantasy (Yes, it’s for Everyone) April 22, 2018 L. Ryan Storms1 Comment I read. I read a lot. Even when the weather (finally) changes and a warm breeze replaces the arctic winds of winter, I’m no less likely to be found lounging on a couch, a book in hand. The only difference is that I probably have the windows open. I like to read a little bit of everything, but of all the genres and all the age categories, I find Young Adult Fantasy to be my favorite. Why? (TL:DR? Scroll to the bottom of the page.) Oh, let me count the ways. YA Fantasy worlds & world-building: I am an enormous geek when it comes to the natural world around us. Biology is magic and the sheer diversity of it is staggering. Someone I follow on Twitter recently tweeted about David Attenborough and it reminded me of how much he once inspired my love of the natural world. (As did many of my college professors, but they don’t narrate specials on Animal Planet or National Geographic, so…) For me, YA Fantasy has taken my love of nature one step further. A good YA Fantasy draws you into a new and unfamiliar alien landscape, yet makes it seem as familiar as our own Earth. World-building in any genre is important, but in YA Fantasy, it’s a crucial element in order to create a new land that’s both foreign and familiar at the same time. It’s a skill good fantasy authors master early. I don’t just want to read about the birds singing in the trees. I want to know which birds in which trees. Paint their feathers for me and make the fronds of the trees filter the alien sunlight onto a dirt floor that’s littered with forest debris. Where do the birds nest? What’s their song like? Do the birds eat nuts and berries or do they steal the eggs of others’ young right from their nests? Are there myths surrounding the birds? What kind of stories have people told about them? I want to breathe it all in as though I’m really there, and that’s one of the reasons YA Fantasy is my favorite. The lush world-building just can’t be beat and there is literally no limit to the number of fantastical settings and creatures that can be created. YA Fantasy protagonists: When I was a teen, I was quiet, soft-spoken in crowds, and always pictured myself as a real-life sidekick, certainly not a kickass dragon-riding protagonist who could master the forces of magic and shape the future of an alien world. As a teen, reading YA Fantasy allowed me to escape into a world where not only was I a main character (or following along in the life of one), but I was a confident one, even when faced with danger. It was exhilarating. It’s a way to open teen minds without feeling the pressure of the very real dangers of today’s world. Plus, let’s not forget how much fun being a teenager really is. In real life? Pimples, exams, puberty, peer pressure, driver’s license test, college choices (“What do you want to do? What do you want to be? Decide now. Now, now!”)… The list goes on and on, but YA Fantasy pushes all that aside and focuses on giving teens choices that maybe aren’t so mundane. Instead of asking teens to face the world as it stands around them, YA Fantasy asks teens to face a new world where they can safely explore life and death choices and empathize with characters who face decisions that are much more terrifying than their own real-life ones! YA Fantasy protagonists are a mix of grit and insecurity (much like real-life teens) and what makes them worth following is how they grow as characters. Character arcs in YA Fantasy are beyond fun to watch! Good luck trying to get a 25-year-old protagonist to make the kind of progress you can make with a 16-year-old in half the time. YA Fantasy Influence: Perhaps the best reason of all to read YA Fantasy? To see how it has shaped teenagers in today’s world. The kids from Parkland, FL took everyone by storm when they refused to let a culture of gun violence remain the norm. But why were they so quick to speak out? What made their experience different from so many other incidents that had come before? These kids were raised on a steady diet of book and movie series like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. They’ve seen teens who look and act just like them as protagonists in their own lives. They’ve seen characters make a difference, defeat ‘evil,’ and come out better on the other side. YA Fantasy is so much more than teens saving their worlds. It gives today’s real world teens a voice and the hope that they, too, might change their world for good. I can’t think of a more noble reason to jump into the next YA Fantasy… TL:DR YA Fantasy is a genre everyone should read and it’s not just for tweens and teens to enjoy. Ready to delve in? Need a place to start? Try these: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron Caraval by Stephanie Garber Frostblood by Elly Blake Tagged authors, biology, books, David Attenborough, Elly Blake, fantasy, fantasy worlds, grit, influence, movies, natural world, nature, protagonists, read, reading, Sabaa Tahir, series, Sharon Cameron, Stephanie Garber, teenagers, teens, Tomi Adeyemi, tweens, world-building, YA authors, YA fantasy, YA fiction, Young adult, Young adult fantasy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1486
__label__wiki	0.750856	0.750856	Concert Review: The Big Small Beast The big show happened at the Orensanz Center Friday night. Because the night had to end before midnight, it was like the Rolling Stones Revue, 2010 style: everybody got short sets but made the most of them. Spottiswoode opened, solo on piano. He’s never sounded better. He has a musical theatre production coming up in the fall and if the trio of brand-new songs he played are any indication, it ought to be good. Intense and pensive, he began with a gospel flavored number, following with one of the best songs of the whole night, a bitter, brooding wee-hours tableau possibly titled Wall of Shame. He then dedicated a passionate ballad to a pretty, short-haired brunette in the crowd named Nicole: “I would follow you to Philadelphia,” he intoned. Barbez have never sounded better either – their set was amazing, maybe the best of the entire night, an offhanded reminder of how brilliant this band is. Even more impressive, when you consider that their van had just been broken into the previous night, most of their gear stolen (Williamsburg bands beware – this is the second one in two days). This was their instrumental set, all minor keys, erasing all cross-country and cross-genre borders with perfect effortlessness. Guitarist Dan Kaufman led the band into a Balkan surf groove in 7/8 time, building to a squall with the clarinet going full blast, down to a masterfully nuanced passage featuring the marimba, then bringing it up again and ending it cold. The next one had a tango flavor, more prominent marimba and tricky rhythms. After that, they worked down from a furious gallop to atmospherics and then more tango, then started the next one with an ominously funereal, minimalist rumble that picked up in a rawtoned Savage Republic vein, ending with a creepy, carnivalesque waltz. Since Botanica frontman Paul Wallfisch had booked the night, he was pulling triple duty onstage, his first set of the night being with his longtime sparring partner Little Annie Bandez. This was the cd release show for their new one, Genderful, arguably the high point of their career together up to now. The crowd was silent, rapt, amazed – as a raconteur, Bandez has no equal, but since time was tight she kept the songs tight and terse and absolutely haunting, beginning with Wallfisch on guitar and backed by the full band on a wistful, sad version of Billy Martin Requiem, a tribute not only to the fallen Yankee skipper but also that era’s AIDS casualties. “Thirty years in business to learn a word like ‘monitor,'” she joked as soundman Marco, on loan from the Delancey, made some expert adjustments (big up to Marco by the way – the sound was outstanding all night). The wee-hours lament Suitcase Full of Secrets was poignant and loaded with understatement, on the wings of Heather Pauuwe’s violin; they closed with a brand-new song, Dear John, a requiem for a suicide. Bandez looked up, then around at the majestic synagogue facade behind the stage and did a slow, thoughtful 360, leading the crowd’s eyes just as she’d led their ears. Bee and Flower have been conspicuously absent from the New York stage, but they haven’t lost a step. Frontwoman/bassist Dana Schechter began their all-too-brief set as chanteuse, swaying and playing shakers on a particularly haunting version of the slowly sweeping, characteristically cinematic minor-key 6/8 anthem Homeland. They picked up the pace briefly with a bouncy number that saw lead guitarist Lynn Wright (leader of the amazing And the Wiremen) swooping on his low E string to provide a second bassline against Schechter’s slinky groove. Switching pensively from tango inflections to starlit wonder to a pounding, hypnotically intense version of Twin Stars, a standout track from their first album, the only thing missing was the epic suspense film for which the songs would have made the perfect score. The crowd peaked for Botanica, who were serenaded on and then offstage, from the balcony overhead, with the exquisive and otherworldly Balkan vocals of two completely unamplified singers, Black Sea Hotel’s Corinna Snyder and her equally haunting pal Kelly. Wallfisch had just played keys for Bee and Flower, so he switched to his battered Wurlitzer-and-organ combo and then went into a zone. Guitarist John Andrews blasted out wild Dick Dale-style tremolo-picked passages, playing through a skin-peeling cloud of reverb and delay. He also sang what might have been the best song of the whole night, the menacing art-rock epic Xmas, opening with just guitar and vocals for a Beatlesque verse, finally exploding with a crash on the second chorus. Their opener, the title track to their new album Who You Are (whose release was also being celebrated this evening) moved from stately menace to unaffected, longing angst; La Valse Magnetique, sort of the title track to their previous studio cd, featured more insane surf guitar and a very pregnant pause. Monster surf met Elvis Costello on a pointed, relentless version of the gypsy-punk Witness. There were other acts on the bill, but after a set like this, anything that followed it would have been anticlimactic – after five bands, maybe more (this is just the highlights), it was time to take a break and enjoy what was left of the early summer evening outside. So sold as we were on this show (in case you were away, we plugged it shamelessly for a week), it pretty much delivered on its promise. The weekly Small Beast concert upstairs at the Delancey – from which this sprang – is the closest thing we have these days in New York to what CBGB was in the 70s, or what Tonic was from 1995 to 2005: the most fertile, fearlessly imaginative rock and rock-oriented scene in town. And from a blogger’s perspective, it’s a dream come true – for the price of a few hours worth of an otherwise fairly useless Monday, it’s an absurdly easy way to keep in touch with some of the world’s most vital rock and rock-oriented acts. Shame on the other Manhattan venues for not doing something like this on a Saturday and promoting it to a wider audience. 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__label__cc	0.741255	0.258745	Prediction of diabetes with body mass index, oral glucose tolerance test and islet cell autoantibodies in a regional population Rolandsson, O ; Hägg, E. ; Nilsson, M. ; Hallmans, G ; Mincheva-Nilsson, Lucia and Lernmark, Å LU (2001) In Journal of Internal Medicine 249(4). p.279-288 Objective. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that a combination of markers for Type 1 diabetes (glutamate decarboxylase and IA-2 autoantibodies) and for Type 2 diabetes [oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and body mass index (BMI)], would predict clinical diabetes in a regional population. Design. A population-based follow-up cohort study. Setting. Participants visited the primary health care centre in Lycksele, Sweden in 1988-92. Participants. A cohort of 2278 subjects (M/F 1149/1129) who were studied at follow-up in 1998. At base line there were 2314 subjects (M/F 1167/1147) who participated in the Västerbotten Intervention Program on their birthday when turning either 30, 40, 50 or 60 years of age. Main outcome measurements. A... (More) Objective. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that a combination of markers for Type 1 diabetes (glutamate decarboxylase and IA-2 autoantibodies) and for Type 2 diabetes [oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and body mass index (BMI)], would predict clinical diabetes in a regional population. Design. A population-based follow-up cohort study. Setting. Participants visited the primary health care centre in Lycksele, Sweden in 1988-92. Participants. A cohort of 2278 subjects (M/F 1149/1129) who were studied at follow-up in 1998. At base line there were 2314 subjects (M/F 1167/1147) who participated in the Västerbotten Intervention Program on their birthday when turning either 30, 40, 50 or 60 years of age. Main outcome measurements. A clinically diagnosed diabetes at follow-up when the medical records were reviewed for diagnosis of diabetes. At base line, the participants were subjected to a standard OGTT and their BMI determined along with the autoantibodies. Results. At follow-up, 42/2278 (1.8%, 95% CI 1.2-2.3) (M/F 23/19) had developed diabetes: 41 subjects were clinically classified with Type 2 and one with Type 1 diabetes. There was no significant relation between autoantibody levels at base line and diabetes at follow-up. Stepwise multiple logistic regression showed that the odds ratio for developing diabetes was 10.8 (95% CI 6.3-18.9) in subjects in the fourth quartile of BMI (BMI > 27) compared with 7.8 (95% CI 4.8-12.6) in the fourth quartile of 2-h plasma glucose (>7.5 mmol L-1) and 7.2 (95% CI 4.8-11.4) in the fourth quartile of the fasting plasma glucose (>5.6 mmol L-1). Conclusion. Islet cell autoantibodies did not predict diabetes at follow-up. BMI measured at base line was as effective as 2-h plasma glucose and fasting plasma glucose to predict diabetes in this adult population. Scopus publication: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035731518&partnerID=8YFLogxK Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://lup.lub.lu.se/record/ec366956-64cb-4242-86c4-c9f21633268b Rolandsson, O ; Hägg, E. ; Nilsson, M. ; Hallmans, G ; Mincheva-Nilsson, Lucia and Lernmark, Å LU Autoimmunity, Body mass index (BMI), Epidemiology, Glutamate decarboxylase, Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), Sex, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes Journal of Internal Medicine Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd scopus:0035731518 ec366956-64cb-4242-86c4-c9f21633268b @article{ec366956-64cb-4242-86c4-c9f21633268b, abstract = {<p>Objective. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that a combination of markers for Type 1 diabetes (glutamate decarboxylase and IA-2 autoantibodies) and for Type 2 diabetes [oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and body mass index (BMI)], would predict clinical diabetes in a regional population. Design. A population-based follow-up cohort study. Setting. Participants visited the primary health care centre in Lycksele, Sweden in 1988-92. Participants. A cohort of 2278 subjects (M/F 1149/1129) who were studied at follow-up in 1998. At base line there were 2314 subjects (M/F 1167/1147) who participated in the Västerbotten Intervention Program on their birthday when turning either 30, 40, 50 or 60 years of age. Main outcome measurements. A clinically diagnosed diabetes at follow-up when the medical records were reviewed for diagnosis of diabetes. At base line, the participants were subjected to a standard OGTT and their BMI determined along with the autoantibodies. Results. At follow-up, 42/2278 (1.8%, 95% CI 1.2-2.3) (M/F 23/19) had developed diabetes: 41 subjects were clinically classified with Type 2 and one with Type 1 diabetes. There was no significant relation between autoantibody levels at base line and diabetes at follow-up. Stepwise multiple logistic regression showed that the odds ratio for developing diabetes was 10.8 (95% CI 6.3-18.9) in subjects in the fourth quartile of BMI (BMI > 27) compared with 7.8 (95% CI 4.8-12.6) in the fourth quartile of 2-h plasma glucose (>7.5 mmol L<sup>-1</sup>) and 7.2 (95% CI 4.8-11.4) in the fourth quartile of the fasting plasma glucose (>5.6 mmol L<sup>-1</sup>). Conclusion. Islet cell autoantibodies did not predict diabetes at follow-up. BMI measured at base line was as effective as 2-h plasma glucose and fasting plasma glucose to predict diabetes in this adult population.</p>}, author = {Rolandsson, O and Hägg, E. and Nilsson, M. and Hallmans, G and Mincheva-Nilsson, Lucia and Lernmark, Å}, number = {4}, pages = {279--288}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd}, series = {Journal of Internal Medicine}, title = {Prediction of diabetes with body mass index, oral glucose tolerance test and islet cell autoantibodies in a regional population}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00813.x}, doi = {10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00813.x},	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1489
__label__wiki	0.81449	0.81449	New Zealand cocktails go to UK New Zealand/UK: NZ based ready to serve cocktail company VnC is to launch in the UK. The company has signed a distribution deal with Whyte & Mackay to launch into the UK market. Shane Starkey, Whyte & Mackay UK commercial director said: “VnC Cocktails are a great concept and can really bring ease of serve into homes and bars across the UK. VnC’s range allows us to provide quality cocktails, quick service, good margins for the trade and a taste that is never compromised as they are all made with 100% fresh fruit.” He continued: “Growth in the ready to drink market is expected to come from pre mixed cocktails and spirits and that growth is expected to double in the next five years. Add to this the increasing consumer demand for fresh and natural sources of food and drink and the VnC brand becomes highly attractive for the UK market.” Whyte & Mackay will introduce four cocktails – Pacific Mai Tai, Strawberry Daiquiri, Mojito and Margarita ‐ into the UK market in September. All are 13.9% abv. VnC Cocktails is the brainchild of 42 Below vodka founder Shane McKillen. VnC Cocktails has also announced a new investor and director. Warren Couillault has become a new cornerstone investor. Couillault said: “I am excited about the prospects of this innovative fast growing company and look forward to being a part of its successful future”. Couillault has joined the board of directors and will be actively involved in the company helping to drive its global growth strategy. Lindeman's launches NZ Sauvignon Blanc Opihr Oriental Spiced unveiled at Imbibe Live Scotch infrastructure Wine to be packed in cartons in the UK for the first time Czech Republic: Budvar toasts record exports	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1492
__label__wiki	0.770567	0.770567	Kyndal to bottle, distribute and market Cutty Sark in India Edrington and the Kyndal Group have announced a 50:50 joint venture to bottle, distribute and market Cutty Sark scotch whisky in India. For the first time in the brand’s history, Cutty Sark will be bottled outside of Scotland. Edrington director of blends Glen Gribbon, said: “The market for scotch whisky is growing internationally. We believe that Edrington’s expertise in premium spirits, combined with Kyndal’s strong distribution, creates a great opportunity to make Cutty Sark more accessible to premium consumers in the dynamic and growing Indian market.” The blend will be imported in bulk from Scotland and bottled at the Kyndal facility in Goa. It will be available in SKUs of 180ml, 375ml, 750ml and 1 litre across all retail outlets in 14 states. The maximum retail price (for Delhi) for 75cl is expected to be R1,400. The Kyndal Group claims to be one of India’s leading alcoholic beveverage companies, operating in India’s premium spirits segment. Managing director Siddharth Banerji said: “This blend will be imported in bulk from Scotland and Kyndal will use its best-in-class bottling facility at Gemini Distilleries in Goa to bottle, pack and market Cutty Sark. This will ensure that the Indian consumers get access to the original Cutty Sark in an exciting new pack.” Edrington says the agreement secures a significant presence for it in one of the world’s most exciting emerging markets for scotch whisky. It also enhances Kyndal’s position as a leading supplier of quality scotch whisky to the customers in the Indian market. Edrington will continue to bottle Cutty Sark in Scotland for all other global markets. Edrington establishes Edrington Americas Edrington announces new CEO New Macallan distillery started Latest Macallan Lalique decanter unveiled Macallan 1824 - Colour me perfect	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1493
__label__wiki	0.683621	0.683621	DI Annual Bar Report: World Whisky Ireland and Japan are producing the brands to watch in this category. Hamish Smith reports Jameson might be the juggernaut of this disparate category, but according to our poll it has to share the road with the more diminutive Nikka. By a nose, the Japanese whisky took first place – but it was a close-run thing. Nikka, particularly with its blended and no-age-statement whiskies, has managed to continue doing business in times of stock shortage. The move to less expensive NAS styles has played into the hands of the bartender, for who taste profile is more important than number. Not only is Nikka top of the volume chart, it is clearly a brand that customers are still excited about – it tops our trending chart too. Jameson, meanwhile, is the ambassador for its category and while there may be more flavourful Irish alternatives, such as Redbreast, Jameson has long been considered a staple for mixing. At the forefront of the hipster movement in NYC, this is a brand that can balance volume and value for money, but still cuts the cool. It’s worth considering that if Suntory’s brands were all under one umbrella, as Nikka’s are, collectively they would top this list. As individual parts, Hibiki (blended) and Yamazaki and Hakushu (which come from separate distilleries) were third, fourth and seventh, which is an impressive tally for Suntory and Japanese whisky broadly. Bushmills seems to have rebounded following its change of ownership and finishes a lofty fifth, while the Irish Distillers pot still brand Redbreast is just behind in sixth. The following three places are with Tullamore, Teeling and Connemara, so, despite Japanese dominance of the top half of the table, the Irish have the last laugh. With six of the top 10 best selling world whiskies, Irish is no longer the Jameson category. The Drinks International Annual Bar Report looks to gauge the buying habits of the best bars in the world by conducting a survey of their owners, head bartenders and bar managers. The bars that took part – what we refer to as the best bars in the world – are a sample of 108 bars that finished in the top 250 places of the World’s 50 Best Bars survey, now owned by William Reed Business Media. Given the depth and scope of The World’s 50 Best Bars poll (voted for by 476 global bar experts) we feel this is the most credible place to source our sample of bars. In each instance we asked the bartender to rank their three best selling products in each category, giving us an indication of the brands that are selling best. As we know, a best selling brand, even in the best bars in the world, earns its place on more than taste, so we also wanted to know the brands that are not necessarily doing huge volumes but have cool-appeal right now. This is where the Trending brands come in. These are the brands customers are increasingly asking for, perhaps because of word of mouth, or even on bartenders’ recommendations. For more on the methodology see How we did it	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1494
__label__wiki	0.523431	0.523431	Dad Loses His Job and Admits it to His Kids as a Resilience-Builder This meditation on job loss -- and perspective building -- comes from Jeff Nelligan, author of Four Lessons From My Three Sons: How You Can … By Lenore Skenazy - 09/01/2019 - 6 minute read This meditation on job loss -- and perspective building -- comes from Jeff Nelligan, author of Four Lessons From My Three Sons: How You Can Raise A Resilient Kid (Amazon Books). It's The End of the World, by Jeff Nelligan It was a chilly November Sunday at the local high school with the three Nelligan boys. We’d had contests to see which duo could get 100 consecutive throws of a lacrosse ball without a drop, played the end-zone tackling game, kicked footballs through the uprights using my left shoe as a tee, and ran sprints up and down field. Most fun of all was throwing routes to the boys, even though I have an erratic arm. The afternoon was winding down and as a regular end to the weekend, I said, “Hey, two more completions and then let’s go get those donuts. Go long, pal,” I said to a kid and then I unleashed a rainbow throw down field. As the middle kid maneuvered under the long pass, my two other sons were visibly upset. “But Dad,” said the eldest in desperation, “You got fired from your job!” “Yeah, it’s the end of the world,” I replied automatically, watching my pass sail three feet beyond the middle kid’s out-stretched arms. Junior was correct -- I had just been fired, one of the casualties of what happens when your candidate finishes on the south side of a national election. It was true adversity (what the kid didn’t even know was the employment scene for my particular skills was awful) and the whole family was increasingly anxious about finances, as evidenced by my son’s comment. “OK men, let’s have a seat in my office,” I told them and we sprawled out at the 50-yard line. “Look guys, I’m not going to give you any fairy tales. We all know I’m out of work. But I’ll find a job – you know I’m gonna rally. I have you guys to keep me company and besides, you saw me at QB today – I need to work on my throwing arm. So yeah, it’s the end of the world. Now let’s go get those donuts and when we can’t afford it, I’ll damn well let you know.” “It’s the end of the world.” What a ridiculous utterance. But while I couldn’t ignore the obvious, I was determined to set an example of calm, lower the temperature big-time, and maybe even get a yuk out of it. Perspective, folks: Everyone has tough times and there are only three choices: Lie to yourself, wallow in self-pity, or drive forward. What good would it serve to overprotect them and not admit to them that dad was kind of on the back of his heels? Acknowledging my situation with equanimity was the best way to prove a point to the boys and the light, sardonic utterance had an effect. “Yeah, it’s the end of the world" completely deflated the drama balloon. Almost instantly, the boys began repeating the phrase about problems they faced big and small. And I know for a fact that just one of the boys saying the phrase, even with casual grimness, made that kid feel stronger, more independent in confronting a challenge. There wouldn’t be this immediate running to a parent in panic, no days’ long despair. Heck, the old man had accepted his setback and was prepared to rally. My sons realized they could try to do the same thing. Seven years later it was summer and we were at the same field on which I’d proved a second-rate QB but a candid dad. The boys were bigger, faster and stronger, and I was employed (thank God the post-election employment hiatus hadn’t lasted too long). We were horsing around, doing sprints from goal line to goal line and whereas years ago I could hold my own, now even the youngest was beating the old man. Afterwards, we were lying on the turf, all four Nelligans staring at a clear afternoon sky, exhausted and satisfied. The eldest son observed, “Dad, we’re all faster than you now.” A lost job, a lost foot race. They’re not the same. But a reflex in accepting failure with grace provides a Dad – and a kid – with the drive to rally. “Kids Have Had Their Independence Stolen” The Weaponized Busybody This Is Not Neglect. Not a Crime. Not Abnormal. WE Are Abnormal Join Let Grow Find Nearby Families The Let Grow Project Let Grow Play Club Let Grow Communities Change Laws Have Us Speak Let Grow Kid Card Regulations by State Arrested or Investigated? Shamed? Some Comfort Free Range Law Let Grow Proclamation © 2018 Let Grow, a 501(c)(3) non-profit 228 Park Ave S. #77212 info@letgrow.org	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1496
__label__wiki	0.65125	0.65125	Trojans News · Dec 20 VOTE: Longmont Ford December Athlete of the Month It’s time to vote for the Longmont Ford December Athlete of the Month Click here to VOTE NOW Learn more about the nominees below: Elijah Mullet – Basketball – Fort Lupton High School Senior Captain and overall leadership to start the season off to a 2-0 start 18 ppg, 4 rebounds per game and 2 steals Joe Cartelli – Basketball – Frederick High School I am nominating Joe because he has had a spectacular start to the season. Frederick is off to one of the best starts in school history and he is a big reason why. Joe has matured in his senior year. He has always been able to score but his team leading 6rpg shows that he can do other things to impact the game. Joe is very deserving of this recognition. Go Warriors! Joe is averaging 20ppg & 6rpg through our first six games with a team record of 5-1. Joe also has stepped up by taking multiple defensive charges to start the year. Dallas Dye – Basketball – Longmont High School Dallas is one of the leaders on our boys basketball team. He has been a member of the previous two season teams that play in the state championship game and won one state championship. 14.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg, FG% 60 Ella Kitlowski – Cheer – Erie High School Ella is currently recovering from a large injury. Being injured in the middle of a big routine at the League Competition Ella pushed through to still secure her team a League Championship. She unfortunately did not get to compete at her senior State Championship but was a constant support system for her team! She is pushing through in hopes of making an appearance on the Nationals floor in February. We can’t wait to see her comeback! Three time League Champion, back to back 4A All Girl State Champion. Kyler Caldwell – Poms – Erie High School Kyler is a team captain and recently helped lead her her team to three regional championship titles including the Tri-Valley/Northern League Grand Dance Champion title as well as helping her team earn the First Runner-Up position in 4A Poms at State! She is an incredible leader that is positive and motivating to her team and always leads with her heart. She never gives less than 100% and works incredibly hard. NDA Regional Champion, Tri-Valley/ Northern League Grand Dance Champion, Winter Challenge 4A Pom and Jazz Champion, 4A Pom State Runner-Up Zoe Gibbs – Volleyball – Niwot High School Zoe goes above and beyond in the classroom and on the court. She is an outstanding leader and is respected by her peers. Zoe puts in maximum effort and work ethic while striving for success and is dedicated to her academics and sport. Zoe was all conference first team for the Northern League, team captain and honorable mention for CHSAA All State. She lead the team in blocks and kills. Jordynn Lee – Basketball – Longmont High School Jordynn is excellent student and leader on our basketball team. She is great kid who always says and does the right thing. 11 ppg, 2.8 rpg, GPA 4.064 Samrawit Dishon – Cross Country – Niwot High School Earned All American status by finishing 15th in the Nation at Nike Cross Nationals. She was the top Colorado Individual finisher and lead her girl’s team to a podium 3rd place finish at the Nike Cross Country Nationals (NXN) on December 7th. By VNN on Dec 20, 2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1498
__label__cc	0.693259	0.306741	Details for: Art therapy with students at risk Art therapy with students at risk [electronic resource] : fostering resilience and growth through self-expression / by Stella A. Stepney. By: Stepney, Stella A. Material type: TextPublisher: Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c2010Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 194 p.) : ill. (some col.), digital.ISBN: 9780398085667 (electronic bk.); 0398085668 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Art therapy for teenagers \| Problem youth -- Rehabilitation \| MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Occupational TherapyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Art therapy with students at risk.DDC classification: 6189.92/891656 Online resources: EBSCOhost Adolescence -- Alternative schools -- Alternative education programs -- Emotions and learning -- Art therapy in the schools -- Resilience -- Art therapy with students at risk. Summary: This updated and expanded new edition continues the theme of the first edition of providing the reader with extensive new research findings in the areas of resilience, cognitive science, neuroscience, dropout prevention and school engagement, coupled with new federal and state legislation. In addition, important trends in philosophical and theoretical models have emerged that call for a "reclaiming" of at-risk youth, reflecting the research, legislation and trends that impact the theory and practice of art therapy with diverse at-risk student populations. The book includes 19 tables, 16 illust. This updated and expanded new edition continues the theme of the first edition of providing the reader with extensive new research findings in the areas of resilience, cognitive science, neuroscience, dropout prevention and school engagement, coupled with new federal and state legislation. In addition, important trends in philosophical and theoretical models have emerged that call for a "reclaiming" of at-risk youth, reflecting the research, legislation and trends that impact the theory and practice of art therapy with diverse at-risk student populations. The book includes 19 tables, 16 illust. Description based on print version record.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1500
__label__cc	0.585623	0.414377	Tag Archives: Virgil Flowers More fun with that f*in’ Flowers So, everybody knows John Sandford, right? Tall, rugged-looking guy, Pultizer-prize winning journalist, modest demeanor, writes about fourteen books a year, all of which end up on the New York Times best seller list? (Okay, it’s his real-life persona, John Roswell Camp, who won the Pulitzer and he doesn’t actually publish fourteen books a year – it’s just 31 novels since 1989.) He’s got a new one out, and it features Virgil Flowers. If Lucas Davenport is the urbane, big-money family man, Virgil’s his rough-edged, woman-loving cousin. In this post, I likened Virgil to Jimmy Buffet. I also think Matthew McConaughey could take the movie role, slipping easily into Flowers’ classic rock-n-roll T-shirts. (Click here for a list of said t-shirts.) Now there’s a new Virgil Flowers novel out, just as rollicking and convoluted as ever. Storm Front features a dying college professor who steals a priceless – and potentially world-changing – ancient biblical artifact from a dig in Israel. Professor Elijah Jones sets course immediately for Mankato, Minnesota, home territory for our own Virgil Flowers. Virgil’s busy. He’s got buxom criminals to investigate. Closely. Jones’ goal is to ransom the artifact to the highest bidder, thereby securing the future of his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife, who is going to need a lot of very expensive care after her husband’s death. Of course, this being a Virgil Flowers novel, there’s a whole cast of unusual characters, including a faux-historian from the Israel Department of Antiquities (Yael Aronov One) who’s so fit and kick-ass that we’re not surprised too much when we find out she’s really probably from Mossad, the real Yael (known as Yael-Two, and much dumpier and home-loving than Yael One). Also: Tag Bauer, an enterprising TV showboat of a “field archeologist,” various spies and hit-men, the above-named buxom criminal with previously unknown ties to Elijah Jones, and Jones’ daughter, Ellen, who insists that her father, despite his end-of-life larceny, is not a bad man. As always, several of the characters are charmingly over the top, the reader is required to wend her way through a labyrinthine plot, and all’s well that end’s well at the conclusion. Some folks don’t care for this: on Amazon today, although there are 206 five-star reviews, there are also 72 one-star reviews. Put me solidly in the three-star territory… you’re not going to learn a lesson of any kind in a Virgil Flowers novel, and there’s no character development to speak of, but you are going to have a heck of a ride. Posted in Commentary, Review Tagged John Sandford, Lucas Davenport, Matthew McConaughey, Storm Front, Virgil Flowers That F-in’ Flowers Good heavens, that John Sandford is prolific. I discovered this author in the early 1990s, when his “Prey” series, featuring Minnesota cop cum videogame developer Lucas Davenport, was new. Since then, Sandford has published 21 in that series (Buried Prey the most recent), as well as four books in the Kidd series, two standalones, and five recent books with private eye Virgil Flowers. (You can read my review of Bad Blood, a previous Flowers book, here.) I got the ARC for the new one in the Flowers series, Shock Wave, from Murder and Mayhem in Muskego and it’s hot off the press with an October 4, 2011 publication date. (Brief MMM plug: Fun conference, $30 reg fee includes lunch, and my book bag had easily over $100 of new and not-yet-released mysteries. Awesome.) I picture Flowers as a young Jimmy Buffet, all inappropriate Hawaiian shirts, long blonde hair, and a devastasting way with the ladies. Cops who come in contact with Flowers – Davenport’s friend and longtime off-the-record colleague – call him “That fuckin’ Flowers,” primarily because he’s often at the center of any off-kilter investigation. My Virgil. Shock Wave has a ripped-from-the-headlines story, wherein big-box chain Pyemart wants to come into a small Minnesota town, upsetting the ecological and socioeconomic balance. Somebody’s trying to keep them out. With bombs. It’s up to Virgil to figure it out. As always, there’s a potential love interest. (Amusingly, he explains the sobriquet “that f’in’ Flowers” with faux modesty, explaining he has a certain popularity with the ladies.) Plot twists and characters who are not what they seem. Plenty of breezy fun balanced by actual and potential mayhem. I enjoyed Shock Wave. Sandford fans will, too, as will anyone who’s looking for a solid PI story with amusing characters. It’s not deep, it’s not insightful, but it’s fun and perfect for an afternoon’s read, preferably with a warm beverage and a dog by your side. Tagged ARC, b, Bad Blood, Buried Prey, John Sanford, Lucas Davenport, Murder and Mayhem in Muskego, Review, Shock Wave, Virgil Flowers	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1503
__label__wiki	0.752606	0.752606	L4LM L4LM Late Nights During Jazz Fest Genre All Genre Rock Jam Electronic Indie Funk Bluegrass Hip-Hop Soul Jazz Blues Reggae R&B Pop Folk Order Order By Relevance Most Recent The Marcus King Band Releases New Album, ‘Carolina Confessions’ [Listen] Andrew O'Brien \| Friday, October 5th, 2018 Photo: Phierce Photo by Keith Griner Today, The Marcus King Band has released their brand-new album, Carolina Confessions. Produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson), the new album from The Marcus King Band showcases the 22-year-old frontman’s maturation as a songwriter, as King takes writing credit on all ten tracks, in addition to on one co-written with The Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach. As King previously explained to Billboard: I wanted this record to focus a little bit more on songwriting and the structure of the tune itself.” King describes the ten-song catalog as “the confessional side of things. Music, for me, is a way to say what’s on my mind and kind of a way to explain that — just like true confession, if you feel guilty and want to get some things off your chest. That’s how writing is and making music is for me. After sharing a pre-release stream of the album earlier this week via Noisey, Marcus King and company have officially released Carolina Confessions on all major streaming platforms. The album is also available on limited-edition vinyl along with various different merchandise bundles via the Marcus King Band’s website. You can listen to The Marcus King Band’s new album in full below: The Marcus King Band – Carolina Confessions – Full Album The Marcus King Band – Carolina Confessions – Tracklisting 1. Where I’m Headed 2. Goodbye Carolina 3. Homesick 4. 8 a.m. 5. How Long 6. Autumn Rains 7. Confessions 8. Side Door 9. Remember 10. Welcome ‘Round Here View Tracklisting The release of the new album on Friday will coincide with the band’s second-annual The Marcus King Band Family Reunion festival, set to take place on Friday, October 5th and Saturday, October 6th at Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, NC and feature performances by The Revivalists, Chuck Leavell & Friends, Billy Strings, Dumpstaphhunk, Devon Allman Project ft. Duane Betts, and more. For a full list of The Marcus King Band’s upcoming tour dates, head here. Copyright © 2020 L4LM \| Website by Computer Courage	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1504
__label__wiki	0.917458	0.917458	Press release: The Glow Australia. For real: How to get fit and healthy while watching The Voice. The most important woman in your life. Go. Shocker, Hero and Whinger of the week. Wow: A 60 second experience of what it's like to be living with autism. Usually Elise works as a journalist. This week she turned the camera on herself. Kurt Cobain's child asks pop star to stop making her father's death sound cool. A bad childhood doesn't determine someone's life. We all had a role to play in what happened to Jodhi Meares on Saturday night. "All tests indicated two healthy normal baby boys. But that was going to change." Most people think these foods are healthy. Most people are wrong. 3 myths about the flu vaccine and pregnant women. (And why they're wrong). The most impossible decision a parent can face. Her daughter said with complete confidence: "I know. You will heal me." Your treadmill is lying to you. What happens when the person you love most in the world gets cancer. Know the signs and symptoms of meningococcal, and keep your kids safe. What would make a mother do this to her son? "The best piece of cooking advice I've ever received." Bad news for kale lovers everywhere. Why we still need to be worried about measles in Australia. There's a vaccine for the disease which killed 2-year-old Ryder Manulat. When the only thing that will help your child, could land you in prison. "He never cried out for me, and he never opened his eyes." Peter will spend the few months he has left alive, fighting for the right to die. BEC: How can I ensure my boys grow up like this? Finally. Shopping centres are waking up to the needs of kids with autism. "I can’t see through walls, so why do I think I can see through people?" My kids are okay, "yours can go beg". "Mum was right, writing about porn can lead to being in porn." Four ways to make the Damn Pimple Fairy never visit again. Newspaper tells sexual violence victims that getting married will keep them safe. "Like every parent, I’ve always wanted the best for my child." "I was rattled, scared and was left with a constant anxious feeling about life." "Just like me, Ruma has 3 children. But unlike me, 2 of Ruma’s babies died just after birth." Can you be fat and fit? The teen vaccine your son or daughter has to have. The "do-it-yourself" vaccine that could keep you cold-free this winter. "Shelly was my age and just like me, she had a list of things she wanted to achieve." One mum's justification for why we should ban homework. "The things I do for my kids in the name of love... or sanity." One simple thing you can do today to improve your health tomorrow.. Let's be honest. Barista snobbery is getting out of hand. Don't start celebrating Jessica Marais's admission about bi-polar just yet... 60,000 people have shared their stories of everyday sexism. What's yours? The lazy, tracksuited hermit's guide to getting fit. Fast. Doctors warn: $7 Medicare co-payment could affect vaccination rates.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1516
__label__cc	0.732909	0.267091	A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report N. Vasudev Ballal, K. S. Bhat, M. Kundabala, A. Krishna Rao Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Dental procedures, oral infections and poor oral hygiene can provoke the introduction of oral microorganisms into the blood stream or the lymphatic system. The subsequent attachment and multiplication of these bacteria on tissues or organs can lead to focal oral infections. Pathogenic agents also remain at their primary oral site but the toxins liberated can reach an organ or tissue via the bloodstream and cause injury. The present case report describes a rare case of Uveitis caused by a non vital tooth and its management. Clinical significance: An endodontists should be aware that, the odontogenic infections particularly a non vital tooth can also cause uveitis. International Journal of Clinical Dentistry Focal Infection Dentistry(all) Ballal, N. V., Bhat, K. S., Kundabala, M., & Rao, A. K. (2010). A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report. International Journal of Clinical Dentistry, 3(2), 145-151. Ballal, N. Vasudev ; Bhat, K. S. ; Kundabala, M. ; Rao, A. Krishna. / A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report. In: International Journal of Clinical Dentistry. 2010 ; Vol. 3, No. 2. pp. 145-151. @article{7a96dd91d86e409ea18fd610bde2d443, title = "A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report", abstract = "Dental procedures, oral infections and poor oral hygiene can provoke the introduction of oral microorganisms into the blood stream or the lymphatic system. The subsequent attachment and multiplication of these bacteria on tissues or organs can lead to focal oral infections. Pathogenic agents also remain at their primary oral site but the toxins liberated can reach an organ or tissue via the bloodstream and cause injury. The present case report describes a rare case of Uveitis caused by a non vital tooth and its management. Clinical significance: An endodontists should be aware that, the odontogenic infections particularly a non vital tooth can also cause uveitis.", author = "Ballal, {N. Vasudev} and Bhat, {K. S.} and M. Kundabala and Rao, {A. Krishna}", journal = "International Journal of Clinical Dentistry", publisher = "Nova Science Publishers Inc", Ballal, NV, Bhat, KS, Kundabala, M & Rao, AK 2010, 'A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report', International Journal of Clinical Dentistry, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 145-151. A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report. / Ballal, N. Vasudev; Bhat, K. S.; Kundabala, M.; Rao, A. Krishna. In: International Journal of Clinical Dentistry, Vol. 3, No. 2, 28.12.2010, p. 145-151. T1 - A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report AU - Ballal, N. Vasudev AU - Bhat, K. S. AU - Kundabala, M. AU - Rao, A. Krishna N2 - Dental procedures, oral infections and poor oral hygiene can provoke the introduction of oral microorganisms into the blood stream or the lymphatic system. The subsequent attachment and multiplication of these bacteria on tissues or organs can lead to focal oral infections. Pathogenic agents also remain at their primary oral site but the toxins liberated can reach an organ or tissue via the bloodstream and cause injury. The present case report describes a rare case of Uveitis caused by a non vital tooth and its management. Clinical significance: An endodontists should be aware that, the odontogenic infections particularly a non vital tooth can also cause uveitis. AB - Dental procedures, oral infections and poor oral hygiene can provoke the introduction of oral microorganisms into the blood stream or the lymphatic system. The subsequent attachment and multiplication of these bacteria on tissues or organs can lead to focal oral infections. Pathogenic agents also remain at their primary oral site but the toxins liberated can reach an organ or tissue via the bloodstream and cause injury. The present case report describes a rare case of Uveitis caused by a non vital tooth and its management. Clinical significance: An endodontists should be aware that, the odontogenic infections particularly a non vital tooth can also cause uveitis. JO - International Journal of Clinical Dentistry JF - International Journal of Clinical Dentistry Ballal NV, Bhat KS, Kundabala M, Rao AK. A rare case of uveitis as a complication of non vital tooth- A case report. International Journal of Clinical Dentistry. 2010 Dec 28;3(2):145-151.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1518
__label__wiki	0.578613	0.578613	Featured, Watches The New TAG Heuer Autavia Collection is Built for Adventure In Partnership with TAG Heuer Jacob Osborn, Aug 27 2019 Culling from its own epic history, TAG Heuer recently launched the new Autavia Collection. It represents a definitive new chapter for the distinguished model, which now features three-hands on the dial face, an Isograph mechanism, and no chronograph complication. Nevertheless, a classic aesthetic persists. Walking the line between ruggedness and prestige, each Autavia duly captures the thrill of travel and adventure. Available in a variety of iterations, the watch builds upon its own heritage to extraordinary effect. All that’s left for you to do is strap one up and go. Go where, you ask? Anywhere. The Autavia story goes all the way back to 1933, when the watch was first used as a dashboard timer in racing cars and aircraft. In fact, the name “Autavia” represents a combination of the words “automobile” and “aviation.” Production ceased in 1957, but CEO Jack Heuer still had this sporty instrument on his mind. In 1962, he and TAG Heuer re-introduced the Autavia as a chronograph wristwatch of considerable distinction. It ran until 1985 and then appeared in the form of various one-offs over the subsequent years. This is the first time in three-plus decades that it returns as a full-blown collection. And what a collection it is. While the three-hand design might take some getting used to among traditional Autavia loyalists, each piece is indisputably versatile and durable. Like the iconic Carrera or Monaco, TAG Heuer’s latest pairs sportiness and sophistication to sheer perfection. It comes bolstered by carbon-composite hairspring technology, a blue ceramic bidirectional rotating bezel, and a streamlined aesthetic. The result is a classic man’s watch and one that will suit a swath of adventures or environments (especially once you throw in those interchangeable straps). Wear it to your next hike or to your next wedding or anywhere in between. Taking direct cues from its origins as a dashboard instrument in aeroplane cockpits, the Autavia hosts an impeccably luminous dial face. Thanks to a SuperLuminova index, the watch’s three hands are legible under any conceivable condition. Hovering over the dial is a dome of sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides. Pair that with the unfettered visuals, water resistance to 100m, and a 42mm case, and you can already see how each watch strikes a truly satisfying accord. In addition to the luminous dial face, the Autavia furthermore features subtle nods to its legendary past. Look to the side of each case to find a unique crown, which pays homage to the first Autavia dashboard instruments by way of its retro design and seamless usability. Flip the watch over to discover some decisively less-subtle symbolic gestures. Specifically, the robust case-back splays a tyre and propellor engraving over highly-resistant layers of pure steel. Heritage, indeed. Under the skin of each Autavia is TAG Heuer Automatic Calibre 5 movement, a veritable powerhouse with no shortage of history behind it. This time around, however, it’s been refitted with groundbreaking technology, also known as the Isograph. Developed by TAG Heuer, the revolutionary oscillator includes a carbon-composite hairspring and custom balance wheel, amounting to the utmost accuracy and precision. Every Isograph watch is chronometer-certified and this one is certainly no exception. As such, the Autavia will duly hold its own against a swath of external disturbances, including shocks, temperature fluctuations, and magnetic fields. The Swiss-made chronometer movement also delivers a date complication with fast date correction, a stop-second complication, a 38-hour power reserve, and a balance frequency of 4Hz. No two adventures are alike and that’s why the Autavia offers a strap for every occasion. Not only that, but you can swap out at the touch of a push-button, which is fitted inside of each strap. Choose between brown calfskin leather and steel, depending on where the day or night takes you. Naturally, the quality of each strap is top of the line. This is TAG Heuer, after all. Bold. Modern. Stylish. Rugged. Handsome. Sturdy. Classic. Innovative. These are just a few ways to describe TAG Heuer’s new Autavia Collection. Its legendary predecessor bridged the gap between motorsport and aviation and that alone gives you something to celebrate. That said, these are so much more than heritage watches. In fact, the average observer might not realise the near-century of history preceding each model. What they’ll see instead is the perfect outdoor watch, which simultaneously delivers no shortage of elegant appeal. This one is ready for anything. horology, TAG Heuer 2019 Christmas Gift Guide - The Horologist Game Changers Goes on Auction in NYC on December 10 TAG Heuer Launches Final Monaco Anniversary Watch	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1520
__label__wiki	0.823085	0.823085	London history Travel information for London visitors like weather, UK visa, map, flight, hotel, transport, attraction, sightseeing, free things to do, cheap ticket Basic London Why visit London London Packing List London Map & Guide London Food London Cost British Currency Emergency & Health Attractions by location Landmarks Paid admission Landmarks Free admission Museums Art Galleries Museums Paid admission Museums Free admission Art Galleries Paid admission Art Galleries Free admission Royal Attractions Royal attractions Paid admission Royal attractions Free admission Family attractions paid admission Family attractions free admission Hindu Sikh Buddha Others 1-2-3 day in London Sightseeing by Public Bus Popular attractions on foot River Cruise-Boat Trip Tour Types and Providers Walking tour providers Bike Tour Eco Tour Car Tour Corporate Tour- Luxury Tour Theatre history Ticket Offer Shakespeare Globe Theatre for kids Music Night Out Films Cinemas Memorable Events Festivals London Shopping Free Landmarks Free Art Galleries Free Royal attractions Free Family attractions Free download Map and Guide Free Music Night Out Blog-Image-Video London City- Images Home Attractions Royal attractions Royal attractions Free admission St James Palace – A working place for many Royal Offices St James Palace – A working place for many Royal Offices St James Palace was a primary residence of Kings and Queen of England for over 300 years. At present, it is a busy working place for Royal family members St James Palace remains the centre of the Monarchy. Mary Tudor signed the treaty surrendering Calais at the Palace in 1558. Elizabeth I was resident during the threat posed by the Spanish Armada and set out from St James’s to address her troops assembled at Tilbury, to the east of London. The actual Palace is well-furnished and has spacious apartments for its occupants. Who lives at St James Palace St. James’s Palace contains the London residences of The Prince of Wales (Charles), Princess Royal (Anne), and Princess Alexandra. Though Prince of Wales, Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla live at Clarence House. The Palace remained an important part of the British Monarchy, both as the official residence of the Monarchy and as an office for Royal Family members. Many Royal offices like the Royal Collection Department, the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, the Chapel Royal, the Gentlemen at Arms, the Yeomen of the Guard and the Queen’s Watermen are all located at St. James’s Palace. It is also used for entertaining during in-coming State visits, as well as for other ceremonial and formal occasions. It hosts up to 100 receptions each year for charities associated with members of the Royal Family. Family occasions have also been held at St James’s Palace over the years, most recently the christening of Prince George in 2013. St. James Palace history St. James Palace was built largely between 1531 and 1536 by Henry VIII on the site of St. James Hospital, Westminster. Since then it was a residence of Kings and Queens of England for over 300 years until the reign of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace in 1837. What you can see at St James Palace: Chapel Royal, Household Cavalry guards etc – It is not open to the Public but views it from outside at any time free. – Visit the Chapel Royal, an active place of worship. Services are held in the Chapel Royal every Sunday at 8:30 am and 11:15 am except in the month of August and September. – Visitors can also view the Household Cavalry guards at St. James’s Palace. Address Car Parking and Nearest Tube to St James Palace Address: Marlborough Rd, St. James’s, London SW1A 1BS. See the location in Google Map Telephone and Email: 0303 123 7300, 020 7930 4832 Use the web form to contact by email. Nearest Tube, Train, Bus: Victoria, Green Park, St. James’s Park and Hyde Park Corner. Train- London Victoria or London Charing Cross. Bus- bus numbers 11, 211, C1 and C10 (stop on Buckingham Palace Road), 8, 9, 14, 19, 22 and 38 (stop at Green Park). Please visit the Journey Planner of Transport for London to see how to get here. Car parking: No free parking at the Palace. Public transport is recommended. There are metered street parking bays on some of the roads close by. Visit the website for more and update information. You can also visit other neighbour Royal Attractions like Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Clarence House or see Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace. Watch the youtube video on St. James’s Palace Previous article The Mall known also Pall Mall- One of the World’s famous road Next article Clarence House – official residence of Charles and Camilla London travel cost- tips on how to stay in London cheaply on a budget Indicative London travel cost on accommodation, food, transport etc. for proper travel bud… London history-hidden London story London Tour with a professional photographer and… London Packing List. 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__label__wiki	0.53825	0.53825	All Things Jump Start College Level Examination Program (CLEP®) Diploma Endorsements Duplicate Transcripts Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) Louisiana STEM Initiative Supplemental Course Academy/Course Choice TOPS-Tech Early Start Training Providers Key Initiative Funding My Future Most Louisiana high school graduates are eligible for some form of merit- or need-based financial aid. Students can apply for state and federal financial aid by submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which can be used at four-year universities, two-year community colleges, and technical training programs. The FAFSA is used to determine the amount of money a family is expected to contribute to the price of attending a postsecondary institution, and the results of the FAFSA are used in determining student grants, work study, and educational loan amounts. LOUISIANA'S FINANCIAL AID ACCESS POLICY Louisiana requires public school students to take one of the following steps: Submit the FAFSA; Apply for TOPS; Submit an opt-out non-participation form or letter; or Receive a waiver through the school system. Visit the Financial Aid Library for translated opt-out and waiver forms in Arabic, Spanish, and Vietnamese. FINANCIAL AID PLANNING Resources The Department has committed to the following measures to ensure the effective implementation of the financial aid access policy: creating a Louisiana Counselor Assistance Center; providing data on FAFSA application completion rates among all seniors in the district; and offering grants to school systems for developing or purchasing capacity to counsel families directly on financial planning for postsecondary education. See how your school’s FAFSA completion rate compares to others in your area by visiting LOSFA’s Compete to Complete website. Find financial aid events in your area on the Regional Financial Aid Calendar of Events. Visit the LDOE Financial Aid Library to download financial aid resources for students, families, and schools. Watch short, informative videos on the Federal Student Aid YouTube channel. Got a burning FAFSA data question? Check out our frequently asked questions. Financial Aid Working Group To ensure that parents, students, and school systems have a forum to provide feedback on financial aid access and supports, the Department organized the Financial Aid Working Group – a diverse group of stakeholders with an interest in increasing access to postsecondary education for Louisiana students. The group developed a state action plan, recommended policy changes, identified support services and programs, assisted the Department in the development of partnerships and alliances with various stakeholders, and presented a final report. The group also publishes the annual State of Financial Aid in Louisiana. Please email ldefinancialaid@la.gov for more information.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1529
__label__cc	0.58415	0.41585	MidAmerica Home Archives: MidAmerica CMwD About CMwD District Assembly About PSD Chalice Lighters Congregation Resources PSD Documents Lifespan RE Welcome to 2020! There’s a new initiative from our UUA that we’re excited to share with you in this issue of the MidAmerica Messenger. It’s called UU the Vote, and it invites our religious community to speak with moral courage and act with prophetic clarity and determination in the 2020 electoral cycle. You can find all the details on UU the Vote in the article below. There’s also information about upcoming webinars, the Winter Chalice Lighter Call, this year’s Regional Assembly in Rockford, Illinois, and much more. Continue reading January Welcome on UUA.org. UU the Vote Our UUA has a new, values-based electoral justice effort officially launching this month—UU the Vote. UU the Vote supports UU congregations and UU organizations with resources to mobilize voters, counter voter suppression, and engage in spiritually grounded, values-based issue conversations with voters in their communities during the 2020 election year. Continue reading UU the Vote on UUA.org. Dismantling White Supremacy Culture Resource of the Month Have you been looking for “a next-generation community platform, [that] chronicles and celebrates the stories, people and voices that are emerging and inspiring all of us, ranging in topics from pop culture and style to politics and news, all through the lens of today’s LGBTQ community?” If so, then the online journal them. has you covered. Continue reading Dismantling White Supremacy Culture Resource of the Month on UUA.org. Register for Finding Our Way Home: A Retreat for Religious Professionals of Color! Registration for Finding Our Way Home: A Retreat for Religious Professionals of Color is now open! The 2020 Finding Our Way Home retreat will be held on Wednesday, March 18 through Saturday, March 21 in Long Beach, CA at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. Continue reading Register for Finding Our Way Home: A Retreat for Religious Professionals of Color! on UUA.org. January MidAmerica Webinars Whose History Is It Anyway? Five Sessions Beginning Monday, January 27, 2020, 7:45 pm to 9:00 pm Eastern Time How much do you know about the roots of our faith tradition? Explore the history of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism in this five-week class. Using an anti-colonialist, multicultural lens, we’ll look beyond the traditional, dusty facts of history and examine to see how our faith was born and how it has developed and evolved over the years. Continue reading January MidAmerica Webinars on UUA.org. Save the Date for Regional Assembly 2020 Regional Assembly 2020 will be held at The Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, Illinois on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Our keynote speaker, Taquiena Boston, Special Advisor to the UUA President for Institutional Inclusion, Equity, and Change, will speak on the topic “Can We Design Beloved Community?”Ms. Boston will continue her theme of equity and justice development in communities in an afternoon workshop. Continue reading Save the Date for Regional Assembly 2020 on UUA.org. MidAmerica Messenger Volume 5 Issue 5 \| December 2017 The MidAmerica Region is where UUs visibly live our faith, create connections, grow our membership, and welcome all persons who share our UU values. Trustees Calling UUA Salary Recommendations MUUSJA Social Justice Webinars Brilliant Bits from Boston Nancy Combs-Morgan, Faith Development Director/Congregational Life Consultant Holiday Greetings and welcome to our December newsletter. Winter is a purposeful season in our congregations, focused on celebrations -- community celebrations encompassing many different holiday traditions. The best in our pluralism is experienced during this season, from heartfelt Winter Solstice celebrations to moving Christmas Eve services. For religious professionals and lay leaders alike, the season brings a flurry of activity. When I look at many of our MidAmerica congregational newsletters I am moved to see how many of you take part in community building service projects, from delivering holiday packages to local homeless shelters to singing carols at Senior Centers. Thankfully, we embody in those moments our shared intent for deeper connections with our larger community. Our UU congregations, in my estimation, are best when we exemplify humane and loving community. My holiday wish for each of you is a moment of peace: a peace reflected in joyous music, hands held in worship, laughter in the fellowship hall, and multigenerational moments of great tenderness. Supporting One Another in the Work of Our Faith Eric Huffer, MidAmerica Region Board President Every year in the fall, the members of our MidAmerica Region Board of Trustees make phone calls to leaders of some of our congregations to check in and gather feedback. We have conversations about how they are doing, what seems to be working well, and where they might be experiencing struggles. We check to see how and if they feel connected to the Region and UUA, and which, if any, of the resources and programming made available by the region and UUA have proven useful to them or their congregation. Our hope is that these calls will help the region and UUA create better connections with our congregations, and find ways we can better serve them. Each year, in November, the MidAmerica Region board and the congregational life staff team meet and review the notes from the calls, and look for general themes that appear across the conversations. We try to identify successes and opportunities for improvement, as well as areas of need. This year, the tone of the calls felt a little different. We kept hearing how stressed and tired both congregations and leaders are feeling. They spoke of having to respond to so many different social justice issues over the last year, and the need to provide sanctuary and ministry to their members as they too struggle with the many demands on those seeking justice in our world. There is no denying that these are trying times, and the demands on our time and resources are many as we work toward bringing forth the beloved community. Many congregations feel isolated, and may even withdraw into themselves to focus on taking care of their members. I want to take this opportunity to raise up that these are the times that make being part of an "association of congregations" so important. We have covenanted to join together in body and spirit in the work of our faith. We know we are not alone, and that knowledge gives us strength, resolve, and creativity. I am asking you to live into that knowledge, both in the work that you do, and the resources you share, as we go forward in community. Salary Recommendations Now Posted Jan Gartner, UUA Compensation and Staffing Practices Manager The UUA Office of Church Staff Finances team has now posted Salary Recommendations and related resources for the 2018-2019 year. Please note: New for 2018-2019, the Geo Index Listing features a designation for areas with an especially high cost of living relative to cost of wages. (The Geo Index itself is based on cost of wages.)You may recall that 2017-2018 was a "catch-up year," in which we held all recommendations steady to allow for thoughtful congregational review and adjustment of salaries with respect to our guidelines. Thus, the 4% increase in salaries for all positions in 2018-2019 reflects changes in wages over a 2-year period. The Guide to Salary Recommendations has been updated to provide a deeper understanding of our recommendations and how to use them in your context for new and continuing staff. Look for our Compensation Worksheet, modified for greater flexibility, which helps congregational leaders ensure that they are properly budgeting for benefits. About congregations in search: We are aware that congregations in search have been using 2017-2018 numbers to complete their materials. It's okay for them to use these for now -- and to say they are meeting our compensation guidelines based on this year's figures. However, as winter turns to spring and they are dealing with actual religious professionals, everyone will be looking at 2018-2019 numbers and they should be prepared to negotiate based on those. This is the earliest we've ever posted the following program year's salary charts, but I know it's still on the late side for those in ministerial search. Timing is an issue every year. Will try to give a better heads-up in the future. (Still riding that learning curve.) Questions? The Compensation Consultants and I (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) are here to help! Coming Soon: Social Justice Webinars MidAmerica UUA is partnering with the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA) to present a series of six social justice webinars beginning January 9, 2018. There will be one webinar on the second Tuesday of each month between January and June. MUUSJA's Executive Director Rev. Ashley Horan and Statewide Organizer Pastor Danny Givens will host.There will also be webinars next year on covenant, building safety, dealing with disruptive behavior, congregational discernment, accessibility, and endowments. Watch for further details in next month's MidAmerica Messenger or visit https://midamericauua.org/events/webinars. Follow the UUA President on Social Media! 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The Farmersburg 1850 census is up on the internet!!! >From: <Fantomess(a)aol.com> >Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:57:35 EDT > >Hi, > >Year Transcribed: 1850 >State: Iowa >County Clayton >District: Farmersburg Twp. >Transcriber's Name: Trudy Johnson >Transcriber's Email: trudyjo(a)juno.com >Proofreader's Name: Vic Johnson >Proofreader's Email: trudyjo(a)juno.com >Text message: no >Source: SK Publications >Microfilm #: M432-182 >Files uploaded: >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ia/clayton/1850 >pg0160a.txt > > >Thanks, > >Jeri Shangle >fantomess(a)aol.com > Roxanne L Barth UW-Madison mailto:rlbarth@students.wisc.edu County coordinator for the following GenWeb Iowa counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaallama/ Allamakee County IAGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclayto/ Clayton County IAGenWeb Project [IACLAYTO-L] New at Rootsweb Rootsweb is going to announce a new feature tonight, the County Resources. You can see it at: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ There is a calendar where you can enter reunions, meetings or whatever. Be sure to take advantage of this. I'll be adding a link to the County Resources from the county page in the near future. As you know, Rootsweb provides the server space for our county pages and for our e-mail list at no cost to us. All of the people who participate in Rootsweb projects are volunteers but there are expenses in maintaining and upgrading the servers. Perhaps you could make a $12 donation. In return this entitles you to host an e-mail list if you so desire. You can find the form to make donations from the new County Resources. Roxanne Roxanne L Barth UW-Madison mailto:rlbarth@students.wisc.edu County coordinator for the following GenWeb Iowa counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaallama/ Allamakee County IAGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclayto/ Clayton County IAGenWeb Project [IACLAYTO-L] Hoffers/Adams anywhere especially Elkrader? by RonLyn Mockenhaupt I have a Malachi/Milica/you name it Hoffer who disappears from Pennsylvania after 1860. His father-in-law, Samuel Adams, is buried in Elkrader. his mother-in-law is buried in Armstrong County, PA. He and his wife, Abigail must still be alive because I can't find them. Just hoping that they may have traveled west with Abigail's daddy. Linda ronm(a)westol.com lynm(a)dangerous-minds.com [IACLAYTO-L] Assistance by Jim Dotson I just received the military record of my gr.grandfather from NARA. William Henry Walker was born in NYC in August 1845. He was a member of the 1st Iowa Cavalry, Co.K during the Civil War. He was single, 5 ft. 6 in. tall, blue-eyed, fair haired and light complected, His address was given 2 different ways on different documents. On enlistment 7/18/1861 at McGregor, Iowa Mrs. Hester Walker Corner of 41s And 11th Ave. Allentown Hotel, NY In hospital (Marine GH, St.Louis); admitted 10/28/1865 Post office address of nearest relative (he is still single) Ester Walker 141st St. Harlem, NY Can anyone verify the existance of the Allentown Hotel? Or at least make some kind of educated guess as to which address is more likely to be accurate. Could they both be correct? This is the first clue to his parentage, we have found - other than both his parents were born in England. I'm now awaiting his pension file. Hopefully, more data will be included. We still have no idea of how and why he was in Iowa. Judy in Dllas Judy & Jim [IACLAYTO-L] CLUTE, TAYLOR, RULON surnames by D. Christian Hi, I am new to the list. My husband's great grandparents lived in Clayton County. I am trying to find information about them. Arthur Eugene CLUTE was born about 1869 in Perry, Wyoming Co, NY. On July 4, 1896 he married Mary Jane TAYLOR in Elkader, Clayton Co, IA. She was the daughter of John Taylor and Mary Jane RULON. Chilren of Arthur Clute and Mary Jane Taylor were: Nellie Mae Clute, b 3/14/1897, Elverna Emma Clute, b 3/2/1899, Minnie Viola Clute, b 1/1/1903. Mary Jane Taylor died of TB 6/17/1906. After a few years, all three daughters were put up for adoption and didn't find each other until they were adults. Nellie never married, Minnie was widowed after 2 years of marriage and Elverna was widowed when she was 46. They all lived together in Manchester, IA at the end of their lives. Thank you, Dana Christian Welcome to the IACLAYTO mailing list!! PLEASE SAVE THIS INFORMATION so you have it for future reference. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE of your fellow list members. Some folks are beginners at computers and some to genealogy. 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__label__cc	0.722988	0.277012	IAWAYNE May 2014 ----- 2020 ----- January 2020 ----- 2019 ----- December 2019 November 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 ----- 2018 ----- November 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 May 2018 ----- 2017 ----- November 2017 September 2017 May 2017 April 2017 February 2017 January 2017 ----- 2016 ----- November 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 ----- 2015 ----- December 2015 November 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 March 2015 February 2015 ----- 2014 ----- December 2014 November 2014 September 2014 July 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 ----- 2013 ----- November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 ----- 2012 ----- November 2012 October 2012 July 2012 May 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 ----- 2011 ----- December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 July 2011 May 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 ----- 2010 ----- December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 ----- 2009 ----- December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 ----- 2008 ----- December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 ----- 2007 ----- December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 ----- 2006 ----- December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 ----- 2005 ----- December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 ----- 2004 ----- December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 ----- 2003 ----- December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 ----- 2002 ----- December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002 February 2002 January 2002 ----- 2001 ----- December 2001 November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 March 2001 February 2001 January 2001 ----- 2000 ----- December 2000 November 2000 October 2000 September 2000 August 2000 July 2000 June 2000 May 2000 April 2000 March 2000 February 2000 January 2000 ----- 1999 ----- December 1999 November 1999 October 1999 September 1999 August 1999 July 1999 June 1999 iawayne@rootsweb.com [IAWAYNE] Seymour newspapers are online, free This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: larryparker124 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.wa... Message Board Post: Seymour newspapers are online, for free, at http://seymour.advantage-preservation.com/ As of now, issues go from 1890 through 2012, but some yeears are missing. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br> Welcome to the IAWAYNE mailing list!! PLEASE SAVE THIS INFORMATION so you have it for future reference. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE of your fellow list members. Some folks are beginners at computers and some to genealogy. The world is a better place when we are all patient with each other. Personal attacks, criticism, or flaming are never permitted. HOW DO YOU POST? Send an email to iawayne@rootsweb.com WHAT SHOULD YOU POST? 1. Questions about your ancestors. Give as much detail as you can. 2. Interesting history that is relevant to the list. 3. Genealogy and family history conferences, even if they charge for admission. 4. Genealogy societies should feel free to post about their society and their websites. 5. Book reviews of genealogy books are reasonable to post. A list of books is not, but sharing a good genealogy book you've found is a good idea. 6. Links to personal blogs that are about genealogy. They can be your blog or another. Even if the blog has ads, that is not a problem. 7. New collections on various genealogy sites that are relevant. We don't want advertisements, but if you find an interesting collection on Ancestry, FamilySearch, Library of Congress, or some other site that has relevance to the list, let people know. WHAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR POST? 1. An informative but concise subject line. 2. 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__label__cc	0.668531	0.331469	SCREEN-L June 1994 Re: Snow White & powerful women !! Tom Byers <[log in to unmask]> Sun, 19 Jun 1994 00:44:22 EDT Department of English, University of Louisville Phone: (502)852-6770 or (502)852-6801. Fax: (502)852-4182. Of course it is entirely appropriate to judge a movie by today's standards when you're talking about introducing it to today's audience--especially of children. And of course the fact that three-year-olds do spend a lot of time analyzing gender roles is precisely why their parents might want to be somewhat sensitive to what images they're consuming. I say this not as one who has kept a daughter--mine is now 5--from the incredibly sexist Disney films. But I do say it as one who has grave concerns about how to counteract the stereotyping that little girls get all the time, from the time--there are significant studies on this--when they're pre-verbal infants. But the major point that I want to make here is that when texts from the past are consumed in the present, there's every reason to "judg[e] . . . them by today's standards." Indeed, there's a very real sense in which that's all we CAN judge by--even our attempts to understand texts with historical sympathy are productsof one of today's standards. I wouldn't keep my little girl from SNOW WHITE--and I prefer the old Disney stuff, even w/ its sexism and racism, to Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers. But the issues posed by the original poster on this stuff are serious. I would like to recommend two films for when the 3-year-old girl is may be 2 years older: PIPPI LONGSTOCKING and THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN. Finally, a significant difference between SNOW WHITE and its ilk on the one hand, and other movies in which the good are powerless on the other. In the former, the girls inevitably have to be saved by someone else, and inevitably in the context of heterosexual romance whose happy outcome is assured on the wedding day. In the latter, the powerless assume control over their own lives through their strength of character and action--as in the two films I've suggested. bitnet tbbyer01@ulkyvm; internet [log in to unmask] Thomas B. Byers Department of English/University of Louisville	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1549
__label__cc	0.683693	0.316307	Tag Archives: Collingwood Indigenous Culture on the streets On Friday 5 July I met the NAIDOC Week march as I was walking to Fitzroy. The march was coming the opposite way walking from Fitzroy to Federation Square. I felt inspired by the march – I want a treaty and truth (like South Africa’s truth and reconciliation commission). Australia needs a treaty with its Indigenous population; Australia is the only Commonwealth country not to have a treaty with its indigenous people. I considered my options joining the march or continuing my walk into Fitzroy. I decided to continue on looking at public art, street art and art exhibitions but with a focus on indigenous history. My methodology for these walks is asystematic, random, and often without preconceived objectives. This is because I want to take unfamiliar routes and find new things. This is No Fantasy, the Dianne Tanzer and Nicola Stien’s gallery on Gertrude Street was showing Vincent Namatjira’s exhibition Coming To America. Vincent is a Western Arrernte man from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) and the grandson of Albert Namatjira.It was Vincent Namatjira’s fifth solo presentation at this prominent Melbourne commercial gallery. Black dots beside the works showed that every painting had sold. Vincent Namatjira’s crude but effective style has an absurd sense of humour. The exhibition has a series of paintings depicting his trip to America, including his time in Hollywood, the White House and relaxing on beach chair at the Miami Beach Art Basel. On one wall was a grid of black and white portraits of alternating black and white people. Namatjira seems to be saying: why so serious when this is fun? Gertrude Street was named after the daughter of Captain Brunswick Smythe who acquired the land in 1839 in colonial exploitation; in spite of it colonial origins Gertrude Street has many reminders of Melbourne’s Indigenous history. There are several plaques by the City of Yarra Aboriginal Cultural Signage Reference Group and the Aboriginal Advisory Group: The Koori Club, the Aboriginal Housing Board and the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service. (As well as public art I am now looking at plaques — how dull can I get?). At the corner of Lt. Napier Street, there is the recent ‘Sovereignty’ mural by Robert Young, Heesco and Makatron. They are all Melbourne-based artists but only Young is a Gunnai/Gunditjmarra/Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri man – Heesco is from Mongolia and Makatron is probably from outer space, or Adelaide. A bit further along Gertrude Street, at the corner of Gertrude and George Streets stand three “Delkuk Spirits”, 2002, by Kelly Koumalatsos, a Wergaia/Wamba Wamba woman from the northwest of Victoria. The yarn bombed dress on one of thin bronze figures has been there for years, it implies that it a woman and makes the group more inclusive. Kelly Koumalatsos, Delkuk Spirits, 2002, bronze On the same corner is Maysar, the Melbourne Youth Sport and Recreation Co-Operative with glass design in the windows and glass doors by Mandy Nicholson, a member of the Wurundjeri-willam clan of the Kulin Nation. Nicholson’s work is familiar to me as she designed Gayip, the stainless steal spiral headed figure with wings perched on a rock on the South bank and the petroglyphs at Birrarung Wilam. I turned left onto to Smith Street, named after Melbourne’s Mayor Smith 1855-64 a publican turned politician. At first there was much less reminders of Indigenous history on Smith Street, just on plaque for the Victorian Aboriginal Co-operative Limited at 108 Smith Street, one guy in an Aboriginal flag t-shirt getting lunch and a small flag painted on a house in one of the streets off Smith. That was until I reached the corner of Stanley and Smith Street where the Glenn Romanis has designed the combination of a micro-park, seating, public art and a map. Glenn Romanis is from the Wurundjeri/woi wurrung and Boonwerrung people of the Kulin Nation, and like Nicholson, Romanis’s public work was familiar from his carving at Birrarung Wilam. The sites are mapped in fossilised wood with granite streets cutting across the sedimentary rock that flows like rivers. Carved in the rock “Wominjeka Wurundjeri Bik” (Welcome to Wurundjeri Country). It was a good place to continue an exploration of Melbourne’s indigenous culture. Leave a comment \| tags: aboriginal art, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Gertrude Street, Glenn Romanis, Mandy Nicholson, NAIDOC Week, This Is No Fantasy + Dianne Tanzer, Vincent Namatjira \| posted in Art Galleries & Exhibitions, Culture Notes, Public Sculpture, Street Art On my way to Yarra Sculpture Gallery this year I saw a ghost sign painted on an empty building. It reminded me of one of the reasons why I write this blog. I want to record something of the galleries in Melbourne today. “J Miller Art Gallery / Pictures Framers Restorers / Sales Service & Supplies 419 7516” The old telephone number before the 9 prefix was added to Melbourne telephone numbers in 1995. Miller’s gallery provided a range of services; contemporary art galleries in Melbourne no long do picture framing as part of their business. The State Library Victoria has a one folded invitation card and one sheet press release for an exhibition at J Miller Art Gallery. The exhibition was by the Polish artist, Grzegorz Morycinski, March 14, [no year, circa late 1980s?]. Morycinski was a contemporary painter who spent four months in Australia in 1987. Perhaps my blog posts will simply contribute to a more complete archive of Melbourne’s art world (not a vain hope as this blog is preserved by the State Library of Victoria on Pandora). I am still working on my book on art and crime as I have decided to expand it from Melbourne’s art crimes to Australian art crimes. I have been posted a couple these stories from my research, and a couple of times I have been rewarded with more information. Perth’s Fake Pollock Exhibition The theft of La belle Hollandaise The Life and Art of Ronald Bull I have been fortunate to be born a white heterosexual male in an Anglophone culture and it has been a privilege. The only downside was that I was in generation X, a punk anarchist and there are thousands of guys like me. Writing about Melbourne’s visual arts appears to be a good use of my academic skill set. (Thanks to the Australian tax payers for providing me with the free education. I hope that I am paying it forward with my blog.) However, for much of this year I don’t have been trying to listen, learn and leave room for other voices. So goodbye to 2018; this blog will return in 2019. 4 Comments \| tags: art crimes, Collingwood, Melbourne, State Library of Victoria \| posted in Blogging Tacit Art Galleries September 2018 Tacit Art Galleries in Collingwood is a well designed series of small to medium sized spaces. To avoid people’s minds become numb the gallery floors, walls and ceilings varied. Floors of wood, concrete and even a carpet. High ceilings with skylights and low ceilings with more artificial light. The carpet was in the black walled print room where in small individually lite niches where Mel Kerr was exhibiting digital drawings of menacing black birds. Aside from appreciating the design of the gallery amongst the dozen exhibitions that I saw at Tacit this week were: Brenda Walsh, Sad Clown Brenda Walsh’s “The Ark” is a series of oil paintings that references to art history in a drowned world, the climate catastrophe for humans and animals. A polar bear dressed as the clown in Watteau’s Pierrot; Walsh chooses images from extinct art movements from French Rococo to German Romanticism. These catastrophic scenes, the lamb of god staying afloat with a yellow buoyancy vest replacing the halo, are so much deeper than Walsh’s earlier paintings with cats and dogs in parodies of famous paintings. Eugene von Nagy, various still life paintings Eugene von Nagy in “Painting IRL” is showing twenty-eight small canvases, mostly still life, in a practiced painterly technique. Brachiosaurus and flowers, watermelon with stegosaurus, T. Rex vs Pumpkin; perhaps the toy dinosaurs are a references the dinosaur tradition of traditional oil painting. The choice and arrangement of the readymade objects to include in still life paintings is not doomed to be only fruit and flowers. The juxtaposition of flowers, fruit, plates, toys, lamps, small brass statues of Shiva and liquorice all-sorts creates a poetry. Peter Ward, Industrial Heartland Another artist working on a small scale is Peter Ward’s “Small Tunes”. It is an exhibition of linocut prints; Ward has been exhibiting prints since 1973 but in the last six years Ward has concentrated entirely on linocut printing. For an exhibition emphasising small I enjoyed Ward’s two large quilted prints, that assembled the tunes into a larger vision. Leave a comment \| tags: Brenda Walsh, Collingwood, Eugene von Nagy, oil painting, Peter Ward, Tacit Art Galleries \| posted in Art Galleries & Exhibitions Intermission @ Collingwood Technical College Intermission at the old Collingwood Technical College is three floors of an unoccupied school turned into a space for over thirty street artists to paint and install art in. Curated by Goodie the exhibition is a curious mix between contemporary art and the aesthetics of an abandoned building with the tags. It is a huge space and many of Melbourne’s notable street artists had pieces or often whole rooms to work with. It was good to see Astral Nadir working on a large scale. To see LucyLucy again on a large scale without the rest of the AWOL crew. And old faces like those of Mic Porter who was active a decade ago is back. It had been raining for most Saturday afternoon but that didn’t put the public off. As only 200 people were allowed on the upper floors at a time and the public was queueing up out the building only an hour after it opened. After all this was great free entertainment: on the ground floor there were bands, DJs, VR movies and cans of Young Henry’s beer and cider being handed out. Fortunately it is not a one day only event and Intermission runs until 21 January. In some ways it was a bit like Melbourne Open House for the old building. The art deco building has been left abandoned for 12 years – what a waste of space! The two bedroom caretaker’s flat on the top floor was a revelation. The event is an intermission as the Collingwood Technical College is about to be turned into the Collingwood Arts Precinct; Circus Oz and the Melba Spiegeltent are already out the back. The exhibition was better than a whole stack of pieces painted on the walls inside a building as there were artists who had site specific work. Site specific is more than just placing their work in relation to the architecture but creating work that directly referred to the space. Heesco captured the feel of street artists painting in an abandoned building in his combination of installation and wall painting. 23rd Key referred to the location in a mural that mixed the face of Keith Haring with the Apollo Belevadere in tribute to Haring’s surviving and restored mural on outside wall of the Collingwood Technical College. Heesco 23rd Key The inside and outside of a building might raise ontological issues between the words ‘street art’ and ‘urban contemporary art’ but I’m going to call it all street art rather than creating a useless lexicon and pretending that art and artists are always classified in a logical and accurate manner. After all abandoned building are a traditional site for graff and street artists to paint. As street art it was impressive and fun but it was weak as contemporary art. Sometimes it felt like a funky installation at an art squat in Paris or Berlin while at other times just another great Melbourne wall. Phibs Kaffine Goon Hugs with Fletch “Facter” photographing Aeon drawing in dust Aeon stairwell 2 Comments \| tags: 23rd Key, Aeon, Astral Nadir, Collingwood, Collingwood Arts Precinct, Goon Hugs, Heesco, Keith Haring, LucyLucy, Mic Porter, Sofles \| posted in Art Galleries & Exhibitions, Street Art Is that a Gleeson? A large number of paintings were being loaded into a rented truck on Easey Street in Collingwood. I saw what appeared to be a late James Gleeson painting being carried out. I write, ‘appeared’ because although I am familiar with Gleeson’s paintings, I am not an expert, I only saw the painting from across the road and did not examine it. These caveats are necessary because, although the owner of Victorian Art Conservation, Aman Siddique was found not guilty of art forgery on appeal earlier this year, his lawyers claimed that copies, as distinct from forgeries, were being painted at Victorian Art Conservation. (For more read my post Forgery Trial Book.) The real estate agent’s sign on the red brick building on Easey Street in Collingwood read: “For Lease: Industrial-Style: high ceilings, concrete floor, good natural light, rear laneway access, zoning: commercial 2, area: 570 square metres.” The good natural light would have been important for Victorian Art Conservation but now the building where it was located is up for lease. The sign confirmed what I had heard in court had been told that the business was closed. I happened upon the scene as I was passing by after visiting street artist Shida’s exhibition at Beeser Space, around the block on Keele Street, on my way to see an exhibition of rock photography by James Adams and Sam Brumby at Backwoods Gallery on Easey Street. They were the only two galleries in Collingwood with original exhibitions. Most of the galleries in Collingwood had stockroom exhibitions, even the shopfront Collingwood Gallery. (It has a stockroom?!?) Shida’s paints beautiful and sexy figures that would have been avant-garde modernism if they were painted a century ago. I know that the paintings were genuine Shida paintings, although I am no more an expert on them than Gleeson paintings, because Shida was sitting the exhibition. No-one has ever bought a forgery when they acquired the art directly from the artist. Shida, installation and paintings Leave a comment \| tags: Aman Siddique, Collingwood, James Gleeson, Shida, Victorian Art Conservation \| posted in Art Galleries & Exhibitions Friday night @ Off the Kerb Off the Kerb is a favourite for street artists exhibiting and the exhibitions that opened last Friday night were very much about street art. “House of Ghosts” by Barek features both paintings and sculptures of Barek’s whimsical ghosts. A large ghost house model serves as centre-piece for the exhibition, visible from the street through Off the Kerb’s shopfront window. Barek’s ghosts and other characters have a narrative sense but often they seem like the ghost of rabbits frozen in the headlights of the artists vision. Although he has long had a presence on Melbourne’s street’s with his paste-ups Barek is now based in Melbourne after moving from Brisbane. Akemi Ito, Wisdom Drasko, B-29 Super fortress “Hard Boiled Wonderland & The end of the World” by Akemi Ito and Drasko (who signs his work DB) is an exhibition of stencil art. Akemi Ito looks to Japan for inspiration whereas Drasko looks to America. They also have a different approach to stencil making; Akemi hand-drawn stencils emphasis the line whereas Drasko uses the blocks of colour to create his images. Drasko’s spray painted rubber floor-pieces are both effective and unusual. Tinky, “Sam knew this was going to be his most impressive topiary attempt yet.” Tinky, Wilbur loved going for his evening walk in the park. “Tinkyville: Land of Folly” by Tinky packs in 30 of her Lilliputian models to one of the upstairs rooms. Her tiny HO scale figures are often oblivious of the larger scale objects that they are set in. The humorous scenes are full of action, their titles adding to the narrative and the joke, like “Sam knew this was going to be his most impressive topiary attempt yet”. Even at this scale Tinky’s work can also be found in Melbourne’s streets; I first saw her work in Presgrave Place. Mie Nakazawa, Untitled “Same Same and Different” Mie Nakazawa monoprint line drawn heads; I hesitate to use the word ‘portraits’ because they are all untitled. They looked inspired by the Austrian Expressionist artist, Egon Schiele. Unlike all the other street artists Nakazawa is a Sydney-based contemporary printmaker who has also painted a few murals in Sydney. There were galleries with exhibitions opening all along Johnston Street on Friday night. There was a group exhibition with work by more of Melbourne’s artists associated with Melbourne’s streets. Be Free, Baby Guerilla, HaHa and Suki amongst almost twenty artists exhibiting at a pop-up exhibition at 178 Johnston Street, as part of the first birthday celebrations for Qbank gallery from Queenstown, Tasmania. James Wilson, “Portrait of Regan ‘HaHa’ Tamanui” Regan Tamanui (HaHa), Fred Whatley 1 Comment \| tags: Akemi Ito, Baby Guerilla, Barek, Collingwood, Drasko, HaHa, Mie Nakazawa, Off the Kerb, Tinky \| posted in Art Galleries & Exhibitions, Street Art “Out of the Ordinary” is a solo exhibition by Phoenix in the front gallery of Off the Kerb. Phoenix is not the ordinary Melbourne street artist who works with paste-ups. Unlike other street artists you don’t instantly get the meaning of his images, you have to work at them. You recognise the ordinary object but then you realise that there is more, something out of the ordinary. Often the message is an environmental awareness like All in One Basket. Phoenix, M.C. (Milk Crate) Escher, Anchor Hand and Jumbo Sushi Fish Phoenix makes his paste-ups using a very technical combination of drawing, photocopies and collage. He uses a photocopier to produce drawings and has been using photocopiers to make art for longer than he has done street art. He used the photocopier to add colour through different colour ink cartridges or coloured paper and especially to enlarge and reduce. Very accurate, detailed drawings, draftsman drawings that are built up by combining different elements or the same element at different sizes, as in his Show of Hands. Always the image incorporates a double spiral as a logo/tag/signature. He has been working on the streets for about seven years. He is a generous guy who will loan other artists his ladder at painting events, before he’s put up his own paste-up, or volunteer to help at the Sweet Streets festival, which is where I first met him. He has an amazing trolley studio with a ladder and all he needs for working on the street. This is the first time that I’ve seen Phoenix exhibit in a gallery but I know that he has had exhibited in Sydney before. The works are the same as they are on the street, except that the gallery editions are mounted on jigsaw cut wood rather just pasted on the wall. With the Night Diver, and other pieces there raised elements, like the bolts and other parts. The masterpiece of the exhibition is his M.C. (Milk Crate) Escher it is truly out of the ordinary. 1 Comment \| tags: Collingwood, drawing, Off the Kerb, paste-ups, Phoenix, photocopy, wheat pasting \| posted in Art Galleries & Exhibitions, Street Art	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1554
__label__wiki	0.673525	0.673525	The Cubs Have Crossed The Red, um, YELLOW Line This blog item is reposted from my official Major League Baseball Blog. I haven't posted about the Cubs all this season for one simple reason. They stink. The owners stink, the players try their best but overall they stink, and it's been a horrible season. I haven't even gotten the chance to get up to the Friendly Confines Of Wrigley Field for a game due to work commitments. But when I woke up this morning and saw this story in what we used to call the World's Greatest Newspaper, my blood went into boiling mode and I simply had to chime in with my thoughts. Courtesy Chicago Tribune Anheuser-Busch new Cubs exclusive beer sponsor Large beer sign to go up in Wrigley Field's right-field bleachers By Josh Noel and Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune reporters 10:09 PM CDT, September 6, 2013 The Cubs announced a deal Friday to make Anheuser-Busch their exclusive beer sponsor in 2014 and beyond, and they plan to install a 650-square-foot Budweiser sign in the right-field bleachers. That's bad news for Old Style, which has had an affiliation with the team for more than 60 years, as well as for Wrigleyville rooftop owners opposed to installing a large sign that could obstruct some views. A source said the Cubs will install a mock-up of the sign when the team goes on the road next week. While it's questionable whether construction on the $300 million ballpark renovation plan will begin this offseason as planned, the Cubs have the go-ahead to install the sign either way. "Absolutely," Cubs spokesman Julian Green said. "We could potentially put up the sign by 2014 (before construction begins). … We have the approval to put up a left-field video board and a right-field sign, and with Anheuser-Busch as our exclusive marketing partner, we can do it by opening day." The Cubs are running out of time to start the first phase of their Wrigley renovation plan, which is expected to take place over five offseasons. They had hoped to begin construction Sept. 26, the day after the Cubs' final home game. Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said during a radio broadcast of Thursday's playoff game of the franchise's Double-A Tennessee affiliate that the heavy construction likely would have to wait until after next season. He did say, though, that fans would start seeing some changes in 2014 and more in 2015. Green said Friday that Ricketts' comment doesn't mean the Cubs are resigned to begin the major parts of the project after the 2014 season, but that several hurdles remain before they can start, and time is running short. They originally planned to finish an expansion of the home clubhouse before next season, which now appears unlikely. Green said the "rooftop issue" still needs to be resolved before the ballpark renovation and work on a proposed $200 million hotel on Clark Street, across from Wrigley, can begin. The Cubs want assurances from rooftop owners they won't sue over the contract they signed with the team in 2004 providing the Cubs with 17 percent of their revenue. "We're still talking to the rooftop owners to come to a resolution," Green said. "Basically the (Ricketts) family is not comfortable making a $500 million investment with the threat of a lawsuit hanging over their heads." But the beer sign and the video board can be installed without the permission of the rooftop owners, and both could be up during the 2014 season, the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field. As for the exclusive beer sponsorship, Cubs fans can expect to see Goose Island flowing at the ballpark in 2014. Brewery spokeswoman Ana Serafin said it had not been determined which Anheuser-Busch brands would be available, or in what quantity, but suggested the brewery's "Chicago-influenced beers" would be obvious candidates. Goose Island, which regained the beer contract this summer at the Pitchfork Music Festival, experimented with a pair of brews made just for the weekend-long fest. Though a considerably larger investment, would Goose Island consider a Wrigley-only exclusive too? "A-B is being really supportive of our creativity," Serafin said. "If we come back and tell them we want to create XYZ crazy beer and it would be perfect for baseball, they would listen. But we don't know yet how creative we can get." For Old Style lovers and traditionalists who drink it only at Wrigley, hope springs eternal. Green said the team and its concessions management partner, Levy Restaurants, might choose to continue serving Old Style in 2014. The Anheuser-Busch deal is a marketing agreement only. Budweiser will maintain naming rights throughout the stadium, but that doesn't mean Budweiser products will be served exclusively at Wrigley, which would be illegal. Still, the agreement gives Budweiser ample muscle when it comes time to set the Wrigley Field beer menu for 2014 and beyond. It appears likely vendors no longer will be selling Old Style in the aisles after 2013. Whether the deal signals a seismic shift in Wrigley's beer offerings is yet to be seen, but smaller craft breweries such as Revolution Brewing don't sound optimistic. "Sounds like a lot of dollars changed hands, and we just don't do anything like that to sell beer," Revolution founder Josh Deth said in an email. "We let the malt, hops and yeast do the talking, not the Benjamins. We're hopeful the Cubs and Levy will want to pour actual craft beer made in Chicago. And I think the fans are too." I don't drink a lot of beer, I'm a Maker's Mark guy myself, but as long as I've been pure brewed Old Style at Wrigley Field. Just like eating a hot dog at a ballpark tastes different, drinking an Old Style at Wrigley made it taste better, way better. It's part of the Cubs Experience, but now it looks like it may go the way of Frosty Malts and Ron Santo Pizza. able to drink, I've enjoyed a I understand times change, but Old Style has managed to stay in business for many years, partly because of the loyalty of Cubs fans, the Cubs organization, and the association the brand has enjoyed with the Cubs for as long as I can remember. Hardly anything beats sitting in the stands at Wrigley, even the Budweiser Bleachers, enjoying a semi-cold Old Style and seeing Starlin Castro blow a routine force out. But it looks like that may not be happening in the future. Tom Ricketts and Cubs Management have done a lot to make me and other Cubs fans angry since they bought the club. I won't list everything here, and don't get me started on the Wrigley Field renovation plans. But this time they've crossed the Red, um YELLOW LINE when it comes to how they run the club and the kind of fan experience they give us. So what can we do in answer to this unprovoked attack on the Cubs Experience? Sadly, not much. Send an email to fanservices@cubs.com and tell them what you think, although they probably won't answer you back. Anheuser-Busch InBev is allegedly headquartered here in St. Louis, and I know people down at "The Brewery" who will be getting calls and emails from me all next week. You could appeal to Kevin Feehan, the guy in charge of selling Budweiser in Chicago, to let the Old Style pour, but even if you could get him to respond, he'd probably blame someone in San Paulo or Brussels, the REAL homes of A-B, for the decision. That leaves one final avenue of appeal, Levy Restaurants, who handles food service at Wrigley Field, and might actually have the power to keep the pure brewed Old Style flowing at the ballpark. Their phone number is (773) 975-3606 and you should join me in calling them during weekday business hours or contact them on the Interwebz and (NICELY) demand your Old Style. They're also on Facebook and Twitter if you feel inclined to follow then and send them a NICE message about this abhorrent situation. Don't act like a Chicago policeman and be all pushy and mean, ask them NICELY to keep Old Style at Wrigley Field. Who knows, it might actually work. And monkeys could fly out of my butt. Some things, like the Cubs having a winning season, are an uphill battle. Getting Old Style in Wrigley Field might be one too. But I leave you with the encouraging words of Cub Fan John Belushi as you join me on the quest to keep at least ONE Wrigley Field tradition alive. WHO'S WITH ME? Budweiser Logo Coming to Wrigley's Right-Field Sign (adage.com) Cubs Drop Old Style (wgntv.com) Tom Ricketts says quick fix not in cards for Cubs (suntimes.com) Labels: Anheuser-Busch, budweiser, Chicago Cubs, Cub, Goose Island, Levy Restaurants, Old Style, wrigley field Location: St. Louis, MO 63101, USA	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1567
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__label__wiki	0.606492	0.606492	ST JOHN WARD COUNCILLOR CALLS FOR PUBLIC APOLOGY Matthew has called on Edwin Roderick to apologise Brecon’s St John Ward Councillor, Matthew Dorrance, has called on Cllr Edwin Roderick to apologise for remarks he made at Brecon Beacons National Park Authority’s Planning Committee where he referred to part of St John Ward as ‘dodge city’ and likened homes in the ward as ‘converted lean-to’s.’ Cllr Matthew Dorrance said: “Edwin Roderick’s comments show just how out of touch he is. He should apologise immediately, unreservedly and publically for his deeply offensive and distressing comments which are unacceptable from someone holding elected public office. “I am proud to represent the community where I was born and brought up. I know this community and I know it’s full to the brim of decent people with better manners than Cllr Roderick.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1579
__label__cc	0.720199	0.279801	Handy guide for recognizing trolls in the Richard Armitage fandom [This was my original planned topic for today, but I’ve modified it somewhat to deal with today’s events.] The Beta XII-A entity from ST: TOS: The Day of the Dove. You can read the story here if you don’t know it already. We had another incident of fan-directed trolling in our fandom on Friday evening. Trolling usually escalates in frequency when Richard Armitage is doing something fans are excited about, because a troll loves nothing more than sucking up our energy. (For Star Trek fans, think of the energy creature who splits the Klingons and the Enterprise crew in ST:TOS The Day of the Dove). Since I personally find reading the drama around trolling exhausting, I thought I’d drop a few suggestions about the topic here. Your mileage may vary, and of course, you may have good reasons for responding to a troll. I have done so from time to time myself. However, one must always keep in mind that doing so means giving a malicious total stranger who is laughing at you a chunk of your positive energy for free. In my opinion, there are two key principles in understanding how to respond to problematic fandom content on the Internet. First, ask (a) to whom am I speaking? and (b) is that a person I really want to speak to? and (c) are they listening? Second, ask (a) what am I accomplishing by speaking here? What is at stake? and (b) what really needs defending? I’m not telling anyone not to respond to a troll, even though I wish we wouldn’t, but here are some things I try to keep in mind when I’m debating a response. What a troll is (and isn’t) and how to recognize one A troll prepares to cook Bombur in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Screencap. [I’m using “they” as a neutral pronoun in this post, incidentally, even though it bugs me grammatically.] Here’s a definition. Paraphrasing that article, a troll is someone who intentionally puts something down in a discussion stream that they know will be highly controversial or inflammatory, solely for the purpose of provoking an emotional response from the normal audience for that topic in that medium. A troll in Armitageworld is usually either an outsider to the superfan community, or if not, uses a sockpuppet. These features are important because there’s a difference between trolling and controversy in discussion between known entities (intense controversy in fan discussion can causing flaming, but flaming usually has an object of contention — it doesn’t happen solely for the purpose of upsetting people), and a fan who says something controversial with their normal pseudonym is typically not a troll. Although some of us enjoy drama, there’s a different pattern to that behavior than that of a troll. (The lady in your church who is always the first to cry wolf about bomb threats is different from the person who calls your church phone anonymously with a bomb threat.) Similarly, and I can’t emphasize this enough, a fellow fan who disagrees with you about something or says something you find troubling and does not change their position even after you raise the issue with them about it is not a troll (or, as I read all too often these days, a bully). Reasoned disagreement, even if it doesn’t result in agreement, is a normal and acceptable part of fan discourse. In contrast to controversial discussion, trolling is a specific behavior conducted for the purpose of the uproar it generates, which the troll enjoys. Its only goal is the fostering of bad feeling. The troll doesn’t care about the topic they are trolling about — they count on the fan to do that. Indeed, trolling only works because the fan cares about whatever the issue is more than the troll does. This frees the troll to say whatever they like, in order to see the fan squirm in response. The point of trolling is to make fans look silly, crazy, prejudiced, or worse. The troll enjoys seeing this reaction and knows that fans are regularly ready to provide it, which reinforces the troll’s feeling that fans are silly, crazy, prejudiced or worse. Today we saw the manifestation of something which is not technically trolling, but many tweeps find disturbing — the penetration of non-fans into the stream of responses to Armitage’s tweets because he used the hashtag #Orlando. Some of this disagreement is legitimate. However, some of it is also conducted for the purpose of creating bad feeling. Such tweeps concentrate on specific issues and assemble to discipline people who are tweeting things they don’t like. While some fans were disagreeing with Armitage, non-fan accounts are generally recognizable as such. Whenever we’re talking about a political opinion (guns, immigration, whatever) there are people organized on Twitter to jump on tweets they disagree with and challenge the tweeter. Nothing can be done about this other than making one’s own tweets private, or blocking the people in question when they appear. If their words are particularly abusive, they can and should be reported to Twitter. Trolls discuss their dinner in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Screencap. But back to the fandom. While every principle about recognizing a troll is a generalization to which there will be exceptions, most casual trolls on Twitter are not very well constructed. A little clicking around makes it easy to identify a likely troll simply by their Internet trail. For instance, a frequent feature of a troll account is that it is often not very old. In the troll incident we experienced this weekend, the account was created in June 2016. I noticed its appearance on June 2. Additionally, a troll account is usually not well-integrated in the fandom. Most Armitage tweeps follow one or more friends who are also fans, or they follow a fan-related account. They like or retweet pictures or tweets about Armitage. In contrast, a troll is typically not following many other fans or fan-related accounts, if at all, and they are not followed by other fans. They may follow Armitage, but they don’t have a trail of content related to him among their tweets. So it’s always important to check the tweets a troll has made, as well as the following and followed — including not only how many followers, but who they are, because it’s easy to follow fake accounts on Twitter and make oneself look larger than one is. Another way you can check on a troll is to google the handle or pseudonym they are using. Although it’s not a hard-and-fast rule, most fans use variations on their pseuds all over the place on different platforms and social media (I use “Servetus,” “Michaela Servetus,” “@ServetusRA,” “Servetus_Armitage,” and so on. A troll, in contrast, doesn’t want to reveal their real identity or put such poisonous comments on well-established social media accounts, so they tend to use either a very nondescript pseudonym (increases anonymity) or one that appears practically nowhere else. Another good way to recognize a troll is by the shape of their comments, which often seek to triangulate. Loosely understood. Triangulation is the attempt to bring other people into conflict who are not central to it for the purpose of redirecting emotion in ways that suit the triangulator. (Example: I ask my mom for ice cream. She says “no.” So I ask my dad, who says “yes.” If my mom sees me eating, I tell her “dad said yes,” ensuring that I get what I want, appear innocent, and deflecting her negative response to my father and away from me.) The effectiveness of triangulation relies on a very exact knowledge of the matter that is likely to disturb the person who is being targeted to provide the emotional response. This is not difficult with celebrity fans, who tend to get exercised about a series of not-very-well-hidden matters, no matter the celebrity. In the case of the troll, triangulation allows trolls themselves to magnify the conflict, without ever feeling the brunt of the negative emotion they generate and enjoy. The triangular role can be played by other fans. So, for example, a troll might say something about a controversial issue in the fandom that will making differing segments of fans fight with each other in order to enjoy the spectacle. The conflict is between the fan and the troll, but other groups of fans are drawn into the fray as rescuers. A typical axis for this is any issue that relates to Armitage’s personal life. One group of fans will disagree with the content of the troll’s statement; a second will disagree that the matter should be discussed at all; soon the fans are fighting with each other as the troll — the actual source of the conflict — watches with pleasure. This effect relies on the fact that fans almost always identify more with their individual pictures of Richard Armitage than we do with each other. Most often, though, the triangular role in our fandom is played by the notional Richard Armitage. The troll says something I don’t like about Armitage — not to me directly. These comments are often phrased in a way that makes the need to respond appear necessary in order to defend myself against the allegation that I am bigoted or that Armitage is not worthy of fan admiration. As a result, I confront the troll on behalf of Armitage but also on behalf of my own good name, rescuing both him and myself (victims). We saw this this morning when fans began defending Armitage for the way he treats his fans. Or, a classic case of this occurred in the summer of 2014, when a well organized group of three twitter accounts started tweeting that they wanted refunds on their Crucible tickets because they claimed to have learned something they didn’t like about him. (I say well organized, because although the attack was clearly coordinated by a troll or trolls, they had taken care to organize it far enough ahead of time that it took more digging than usual to discover the evidence.) Naturally, fans jumped in to defend Armitage. This defense had the effect of amplifying the matter that the fans didn’t want to discuss. The triangulation here provokes the response from the non-involved party, i.e., the troll attacks Armitage, and that is where the conflict should lie, between persecutor and victim. However, the technically non-involved fan defender of Armitage is drawn in as the rescuer and provides the predictable emotional thrill for the troll. This strategy is most effective if the issue gets lots of play and lots of fans pile on for the defense, which proves to the troll that they are crazy defenders of their crush. If the first effect above also occurs (fans fight with each other), that is an added bonus. What to do about this? The only one I can change is me Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) prepares to engage with a troll, in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Screencap. I said above that I think there are two key issues in contemplating a response to a troll. The first — who am I speaking to? — is important for behavior; the second — what is at stake / what needs defending? — is important for one’s state of mind. First, the question of who is speaking to one, and to whom one is speaking. To me, this is one of the most pernicious problems of social media and it’s taken me years of facebooking to understand it. My college bestie posts an article on Facebook, and I respond. I don’t have to — she’s just throwing it out there and not directly asking for my comment. A total stranger who is friends with her in some other context foreign to me responds to me charging me with being a homophobe. The first question is: am I actually being spoken to? Maybe or maybe not. Then: who is this person to me? No one. So why do I care what she thinks about me? The second is: am I a homophobe? I would say on the whole, no, although no doubt I have prejudices that might be examined, my life shows that I am not. She has no way of knowing this because she has no information about me beyond her interpretation of a single comment. The correct response is clearly not to get into it with her, because why do I care at all about what an uninformed stranger thinks of me? Applying this to trolls, a troll is a total stranger who knows only one thing about me — that I’m crushed on Richard Armitage and likely to react negatively on certain issues related to him. That’s enough to provoke me, certainly. A total stranger says something to me about something I’ve said something about that could be a vulnerable point. I check them out and they are not identifiable as a fellow fan and I don’t know them from any other context. Why would they be speaking to me if not to provoke? This is someone I need not to respond to. Block or mute if necessary. I would argue this also goes for people who join on a discussion on the basis of a popular tag. No one is required to speak to total strangers who say mean things. Why would I? This essentially constitutes a refusal to respond to manipulated attempts to triangulate. Bilbo (Martin Freeman) decides to intervene to defend Thorin against the wargs, in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Screencap. Which gets me to the second issue: the defense of Armitage. This has been an issue in the fandom as long as I’ve been a fan and probably longer — the need we feel to defend Richard Armitage. In fact, I read an hour or so ago that Armitage’s reason for deleting his tweets was to keep fans who were defending him from being bullied by trolls. I don’t see everything, so I didn’t see any evidence of this, and I find that explanation implausible, but if it’s true, it would be a bit disturbing. Years ago we coined the term Armitage Protection Mode (APM) to delineate a behavior that all of us fall into from time to time. Because the thing is — the man has been living independently for three decades and he doesn’t need us to defend his words, his career, his actions, his role choices, his relationships, or anything about his life. He makes his own decisions about deleting tweets and they should not be about us. If Richard Armitage needs me to defend anything about him, he’s really in much worse shape than I think. And the odds that he has time to defend me rhetorically against against Internet trolls are really low. In short, he’s a grown up guy with a life in which his fandom is not central and he doesn’t have time any longer to be concerned with individual fans. He has a mum and doesn’t need thousands of mothers; he has an agent and a successful career and friends who actually know what is happening in his life (as opposed to us; we’re just guessing), and I don’t know how many professionals watching out for his interests. In that light, this is one of my all-time favorite blog posts in the fandom, ever, one that has grown more valuable in retrospect. So I’d ask myself, before deciding to respond to a troll — if I think I have to respond to a total stranger who is provoking me on purpose in order defend Richard Armitage, why do I think that? There was a classic case of this last summer when someone who felt spurned for an autograph in the Vancouver airport began a malicious twitter campaign and, although the actual conflict was between the tweep and Armitage, successfully triangulated fans rose to the bait. My position on that: Richard Armitage knew what he was doing, he was in enough contact with the person to be able to speak to her, if he had wanted to say anything more than he did publicly, he certainly could have. If he didn’t think he needed to justify himself — so why did we? Instead, and predictably, fans jumped up to defend him and gave that troll all the attention and emotion she needed to feed off for weeks. I think the answer to that was not that we needed to prove that Richard Armitage is a good person to someone who claimed to have had an unsatisfactory experience (he is who he is, however that is, and my argumentation won’t change that), but rather we needed to bolster our own beliefs that Richard Armitage is a good person. And if it’s down to that — if my defense of Armitage is down to having to state what I need to believe about him and thus providing the outrage that makes a total stranger happy — then I can go back to point one. Why do I need to justify my attitude to a complete stranger who knows nothing about me? Especially if the point of their attack is to get me to respond for their pleasure? Please feel free to share your own experiences with dealing with Internet trolls. Tags: fandom, Richard Armitage, trolls, Twitter 58 Responses to “Handy guide for recognizing trolls in the Richard Armitage fandom” In German we use the phrase “troll dich” which means “shove off”. Nothing more to say. CraMERRY said this on June 13, 2016 at 6:04 am \| Reply Interesting — some more German slang to add to my vocabulary! Awesome essay. Clearly well thought through and brilliantly executed. I am sorry for whoever was on the end of any vitriol or mischief making. I realise I am naive and am always hopeful for a world where we can all just get on, despite our differences. I would hate to think I had upset anyone so to do it for kicks is just very sad and something I really struggle to understand. Thanks for speaking out and giving some tips. I’m just so sorry that you had to. Evie Arl said this on June 13, 2016 at 6:56 am \| Reply I think this is what is insidious about a lot of trolling — the person who is being attacked is implied and that drives troll targets crazy. I wasn’t hassled this time — and the level of direct hassle to me has dropped quite a bit recently. I think trolls think the tweeps are a better target. Thank you for this. I have always been somewhat in the dark about trolls, because my presence on social media is very minuscule to say the least. As a novice – still – to twitter, I have come across something odd very recently; not only yesterday when it apparently peaked, although I wasn’t aware at the time, but in the past week or so. I have a twitter account which I opened some five years ago, but never really began using until a certain gentleman began tweeting. My twitter account is a compilation of many things that interest me, a sort of archive if you like, and it isn’t apparent that I follow RA. I have tweeted him directly only a few times (twice), when something was entertaining, and that’s it. My twitter account hasn’t got many followers; I don’t seek to have many followers, but I follow quite a number of accounts, primarily news, food and travel related. In the course of the years, a few RA-fans have followed me, and I’ve followed them back. The past week – the time span eludes me, but it’s not longer than that – I have gained seven(7) followers. Actually, it’s more than seven, because I’ve already blocked about five accounts, all of a sexual nature (then I changed my profile picture ;-)) One account is clearly related to an illness that I’m interested in. Another account is seemingly interested in photography. The last four ‘arrived’ on the same day or night, somewhere in between Saturday and yesterday, Sunday. I find this odd, highly unusual, and apparently their accounts show no signs of being interested in RA or anything I’m interested in. Their accounts hold real names and pictures, but that could just fake. Could they be trolls? Are they on my account for a certain purpose? Can trolls hide behind others’ accounts? Perhaps I should block them, just to be on the safe side. I know I shouldn’t conjure up conspiratorial theories, but is some ‘attack’ under way? You can’t possible know the answer to this. Needless to say, I’m highly suspicious at this point. Mermaid said this on June 13, 2016 at 7:17 am \| Reply Hello Mermaid, don’t worry. Twitter suggests who you should follow. Those suggestions often don’t make sense but people who are just interested in collecting new followers often act on those suggestions. I also think there is software out there which “collects and suggests”twitter accounts for others to follow automatically. If you feel uncomfortable with an account: block and immediately unblock. This makes the account disappear. Trust your instincts 😊 suse3 said this on June 13, 2016 at 8:16 am \| Reply I am sorry to hear that you have been harassed by some losers. I don’t follow or have too many followers, too. Nor, do I care. I like to just creep on people and see what they are up to. Sometimes I’ll engage, but most of the time I just read and have a chuckle at what might be happening on Twitter. When it comes to trolls, I like to have a little fun with them until they end up blocking me. In the past, I noticed some annoyingly mean tweets to me and some people I followed. Instead of blocking them, I just started tweeting back at them about what I thought of them. lol I guess that makes me a troll. I personally don’t believe in blocking people, because it make them win in my book. It’s only words and they can’t really hurt me. Besides, I like seeing if they’ll block me after what I say and do to them.😈 The last psychological pain I had to endure was going to concert with my horrible sister to listen to Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 ( “Tragic” ). Unfortunately, the only thing tragic about it was that I had endure the emotional torture of being told how underdressed I was and how uncouth I was. I could even crack a joke after the concert because she was my only ride home. Duke said this on June 13, 2016 at 8:25 am \| Reply Don’t worry about that, Mermaid. Those are bots that automatically follow accounts in the hope that you will follow them back. It’s related to marketing rather than trolling. If they annoy you, block and mute. But I don’t think you will receive any hassle from them. They do not engage. Guylty said this on June 13, 2016 at 8:36 am \| Reply Thanks for your advice, Guylty, Duke, suse3. I have blocked the four of them (their profiles were very similar). Hopefully, that’s the end to that. Mermaid said this on June 13, 2016 at 12:33 pm \| Reply There are also accounts that “sell follows” that might follow you. These can be blocked as well. hm , interesting i might need to look into the followers since i don’t really notice the ones who never talk to me… do they have to be blocked or do they drop off when you don’t interact? Or do they gather information by following and it is safer to block? (sheesh… as if cleaning the flat was not enough of a pain now i better worry about who follows borin’ ol’ me on twitter and what they want if they never say a thing) Hariclea said this on June 14, 2016 at 2:30 am \| Reply As long as you don’t follow them back, you’re pretty safe. If you follow them back they can DM you which may set you up to be at risk of phishing, viruses, etc. Usually they are trying to get you to follow to generate a statistic that can be sold (here’s an account with so and so many followers, etc.) rather than gathering information. thanks v much that’s very helpful, will have a look at the lot and do a bit of long overdue clean up Hariclea said this on June 14, 2016 at 10:42 am \| Reply Thanks to everyone who explained this feature of Twitter. Did you ever have anon memes in Richard Armitage fandom? Trolling experience – not too long ago in the Richlee fandom there was an incident where a well known Richlee blogger kinda went haywire. First, passively aggressively saying they no longer will ship Richlee because they their heart broke with the whole Robsten debacle but that will keep their tumblr up for their Richlee posts. Of course, everybody asked why. Then apparently they went off on Twitter against Lee. Then they deleted their tumblr. But throughout all this you could feel a palpable sense of sadness going through the fandom. I felt it too. There were posts actually defending Lee against these accusations as if Lee somehow owed an explanation to some kid in China (where apparently these rumours originated). While recognizing the absurdity of the situation, it actually felt good to see the posts because they did reinforce my ship, and all the reasons I shipped it. Yes, it fed into the troll but it also felt that those posts needed to be made to address the larger feeling of uncertainty within that fandom. Sightings of the two together had been rare. No obvious clothes sharing incidents. Really somestimes it had come down to looking at the timing of their tweets to justify a reason to keep shipping them beyond the obvious reason of them being hot together. In my experience, trolling always picks up on some undercurrent in fandom. The good trolls (yes, I do believe some trolling is good) take the piss out of the issue. The bad trolls sow discord for the sake of discord but they are picking up on a larger issue. Maybe the troll did enjoy feeding off the responses for a couple of days, but after a while it ceased to be about them, but more a meditation of the ship which in some ways backfired on the troll. mimreckoner said this on June 13, 2016 at 7:38 am \| Reply I still ship them together. It was funny that they tweeted about #Orlando around the same time as Servetus had mention in an earlier blog. This just makes one wonder more about those two.😉 anon memes: not yet; everything hits us eventually, just later and in smaller proportion. RichLee rumors are older than Pace’s visit to China. I do think combatting a troll does enhance certain kinds of group solidarity because there is a common enemy. I don’t think there are good trolls. I am not centrally involved with the RichLee shippers but my observation of the phenomenon of trolling them suggests that they have malicious motivation, they say mean things, and then enjoy the blowups afterward. I have frequently been exposed to the argument that it is good for these fandoms to be trolled because it supposedly corrects the craziness, but I am skeptical of that argument. that is a strange argument indeed, especially since it starts with the prejudice that something is ‘wrong’/’off’ in being a fan and then justifies negative/aggressive action against fans on that basis. As a fan i find it infinitely more satisfying to join with others in talking about the work, forever puzzling (up/down/up/down) about the person/personality of the person than fighting some nasty external commentator. Probably not the best place for this discussion but I do not like it when people refer to Richard and Lee together as “shipping” or a “ship”. I feel like it’s dehumanizing somehow. They are real people, not fictional characters. I think the world “ship” belonges to fiction. At this point the majority of us knows (or strongly suspects) that Armitage and Pace are an actual, real life couple. (Or were. I have no idea if they are still together.) Alice said this on June 13, 2016 at 5:50 pm \| Reply I think the word is used in a lot of senses. I have trouble with the insistence that the word not be used to apply to talking about whatever their real life relationship is, because all fans involved in this particular discussion are speculating based on how we apply our fantasies to any evidence that appears. As far as I know, none of us has decisive evidence. The fantasy about real life persons is also a fantasy. I agree to some extent, Alice. But I like fictional Richlee, too. Sometimes I almost like them better than their RL counterparts! One of my favourite Lee’s is tattoo artist Lee. Fictional Richard tends still to be an actor or high powered business man. But somehow people feel more free reimagining Lee – which I love. I think you can like the fictional version of each man while still respecting the RL Richard and Lee, together and also separate. There’s some RichLee fanfic that I have just adored. “In short, he’s a grown up guy with a life in which his fandom is not central and he doesn’t have time any longer to be concerned with individual fans. He has a mum and doesn’t need thousands of mothers; he has an agent and a successful career and friends who actually know what is happening in his life (as opposed to us; we’re just guessing), and I don’t know how many professionals watching out for his interests.” Thanks Servetus for explaining things the way you did. I could not have said it any better. It is kind of annoying seeing people fawn all over him like a baby or small child, which he is not. Yes, I am an admirer of the man’s work, but it doesn’t mean I think he’s a god or ethereal being that some people in his fandom think. He is fallible like any other human being. On aside note, I think it’s stupid when some fans decide to jump the gun at getting tickets for a play he may or may not actually be doing and booking plane tickets before RA has actually confirmed it. This scenario reminds me of the story of Henny Penny or Chicken Little. Could you imagine how many people with egg on their faces if RA is not in this play? Please be aware of the comments policy regarding remarks about fans who are not present here / policing. Your comment is on the line, although I will let it stay. Duke said this on June 13, 2016 at 4:47 pm \| Reply I have not attracted trolls because I am not a force to be reckoned with. Not a blip on a troll’s radar. However, when I think of trolling, I think of trailing a lure behind a boat to catch a big fish. In a way, Serv, you should be flattered that your lure (blog) has attracted some mighty big mouthed fish from time to time. Sometimes they provide a good fish dinner. And they never sink the boat. Kathy Jones said this on June 13, 2016 at 8:47 am \| Reply Yeah, I actually assumed that was the origin of the word when I started being a fan. Too much time spent around fishermen? The word origin is apparently disputed. This is a brilliant and really helpful post – thank you for explaining so well some of the weird things going on. It leaves me quite bewildered as to what motivates trolls, though. I guess they genuinely have nothing better to do, which must mean they are very sad and inadequate people. Love the commentary on RA (as quoted above by Duke), too. Spot on. Helen said this on June 13, 2016 at 9:01 am \| Reply There are emotional constellations in real life that create this need to suck up other people’s negative emotions or simply to live on other people’s feelings. I can’t venture to say what they might be in individual cases. I tend to experience a metaphorical allergy to passive aggression myself — this is a known bug of being an ACOA. I try to tamp down on it but am rarely successful. Very interesting article with some wonderful explanations of what goes around and around, and the only thing I can think of is so many need to get a life, thank goodness the only trolls I have to worry about are the ones that live under the bridge near my house 🙂 Irish Witch said this on June 13, 2016 at 9:54 am \| Reply Yes, watch out for the ones closest to you. It’s a good policy 🙂 I’ve had a few nasty anon asks, but none I’ve given the time of day to. I think being in the RA and RichLee fandoms has thickened my skin considerably. I used to be so bothered (and I do still get riled up now and then), but my tolerance for BS has had a massive overhaul in the past few years. Really different experience from all my past other fandoms, which I find pretty interesting. Fruity said this on June 13, 2016 at 12:09 pm \| Reply This brings up a great issue (that is not typically a situation one encounters on WP because it doesn’t have the anon ask feature). I feel like if one is very vulnerable to this problem, one should turn off anon asks. I regularly read people saying that their anon asks are so upsetting and my response is usually, well, then turn them off. It will cut way down on the number of people who are poking you to see if they can get a response. This is still my only fandom but my response to certain behaviors has also changed. I feel like it’s a consequence of mid-life. I have much less time for nonsense. Terrific article, Serv. It really is a good guide for recognizing trolls and determining what one’s response should be, if any. Experiences with Internet trolls … ahhhh, memories! (Please note the heavy sarcasm.) In a fandom far, far away, a million years ago (at least in Internet terms), I used to moderate an email list dedicated to news and discussion about a certain musician. Let’s call him George. The name of the list was The George List. It had about 200 subscribers who were a bit of a crossover — most started out as fans of one artist (we’ll call him Zeb) who was actually quite famous. These folks became fans of George because the two of them had performed together quite often back then. I was one of them. I should state here that a few of the subscribers were hard-core Zeb fans. (I was not.) In fact, George was a subscriber and loved to join the discussions with us. There were only two rules I asked folks to follow, both stated in the welcome letter: 1) no flaming and 2) limit discussion about Zeb to stuff that George and Zeb did together. On this one occasion, George had told the group the previous day that he was headed out on a brief road trip doing a few solo gigs and he’d be back on a certain date. The next morning, a new “fan” subscribed, someone none of us recognized from previous fandom interactions,and their very first post was, “Zeb is going to be performing blah blah blah.” Being ListMom, I privately emailed this person, off list, welcoming them and asking them politely to follow the rules stated in their welcome letter. Instead of responding to me privately, they took it to the list, saying things like how I had told them they weren’t allowed to talk about Zeb and asking if they all agreed with that and calling me names I won’t repeat here. Several of the long-time subscribers tried to explain the intent of the list to the new person, which fell on deaf ears. They continued spouting off about how they should be able to post whatever and whenever they wanted about Zeb. And calling me more names (some of which I had to look up). The first person to agree with this troll (and sock puppet, as I later found out) was the fiercest hard-core Zeb fan on list. She started in and rallied the other hard-core Zebophiles … and voila, flame war. Over the next 8 hours or so, each time a solution to end the fighting was suggested, the troll/sock puppet would fire back with more vitriol. Enough was enough, and I decided to desubscribe and ban this entity. As I was doing so, they unsubscribed. Oh, and so did Fierce Hard-Core Fan. While I had gone into mediator/firefighter mode, a few of my assistant mods and friends went into investigator mode. They found out that the email account had been set up that morning. And the account was deactivated immediately after the address had unsubscribed from the list. It seemed as though it had been set up for the sole purpose starting the flame war. But why? The list quieted down and went about its course. We did lose a few other subscribers over the following week or so. But we added far more in the coming months. George came back and was appalled at what had transpired. He wrote a glorious piece about respect and caring directed at the troll, even though they were long gone. There didn’t seem to be any other huge fights after that, just the usual family squabbles. The list continued in full swing for another 10 good years. About that why? Good things come to those who wait. That Fierce Hard-Core Fan? She outed herself as the troll/sock puppet when she tried to start another attack against me on another media, where I wasn’t even subscribed, but one of my friends was. Friend sent me the exchange. It was gratifying to see the troll put in her place by the other posters. Karma … zan said this on June 13, 2016 at 2:21 pm \| Reply Great story, Zan! (or at least it ended well). Glad you survived this! i started to write about sockpuppets here (because we have had as many of them over the years as trolls) but decided it would complicate the issue too much. I think it’s a really interesting phenomenon, but in my experience it frequently falls apart because (as you say) either is a tell somewhere or the fan / sockpuppet feels a need to be recognized on some level. The only really successful sockpuppets are those who rigorously control clues about their identity and it’s very hard to do that. it took me awhile to realize that when I defend Richard it’s not really about Richard, it’s about me. in defending his character, I’m also defending my own character, justifying my judgment for choosing him. I identify with Richard in various ways, so when I’m defending him, I’m also defending myself in the process. he doesn’t need me to defend him, I need to defend me. it’s still hard to differentiate that sometimes but it makes it much easier for me to not take things that are said about him so personally. as for trolls, I think the biggest problem fans have is that they feel they must correct the inaccuracies for others who may be following along, they don’t want misinformation to influence newbies or non-fans and give them the wrong impression about Richard. but that is what the trolls are counting on, they give us a good length of rope and just sit back and watch us hang ourselves. we’re so passionate about the way we feel, what a good actor/person we think Richard is and how that makes us want to shout it from the rooftops, which makes it so easy for them to tap into that passion and then make fun of it, our fanaticism. so for me, I’ve put aside the need to be right. if someone who is just passing through is going to believe the petty lies the trolls spread about Richard, so be it, they’re not the type of fan that would have stuck around that long anyway. I feel that when it comes to crushes, you either get struck by lightening or it comes to you softly. if it’s the first, nothing anyone says is going to influence you into seeing your new crush in a negative way, nothing. if it’s the second, then you’ll scope out the lay of the land, investigate the claims and the character of the crush thoroughly, which will eventually bring you back. but the real question I had to ask myself was, why did I care? what’s it to me if Richard loses fans or gains them? why did it matter what fans said about him on public message boards/blogs? was I afraid he was going to see it and it would influence the way he felt about fans, about me? and that question slapped me in the face. this whole thing was supposed to be one-sided, it was supposed to be about me watching Richard, not Richard watching me. I don’t mean that I shouldn’t take responsibility for the way I act, but rather I shouldn’t be modifying my actions to suit Richard. it’s something I’m still digesting. KellyDS said this on June 13, 2016 at 2:52 pm \| Reply Well said. I am glad you realized that. He is an actor and not a personal acquaintance nor boyfriend to any of his fans. It’s simple to get easily to swept up in the fandom with accessibility his fans have of him through social media. Plus, stories of fan meetings of him after The Crucible at Stage Door where he took the time to sign autographs and take pictures don’t help. With the speculation of RA being in a new play, some fans who have booked tickets. They will be shocked and have the same reaction you have experienced if this play doesn’t actual happen or if this play actual happens and there are no Stage Door meetings to be had. I think people have to step away from their perfect imagine RA and realize that version of him does not exist. He is human, you know. I think being an admirer of his work is enough for me. Duke, I’m not sure why you are so focused on this issue of fans buying tickets, but I think you should consider, since their activities have no bearing on you, why you feel the need to raise the issue. In any case it’s not the topic here and I have just warned you about policing fans. This is the last warning. That’s an excellent point (fans needing to correct inaccuracies) and it was something that I did a fair amount of when I was a a new fan, although not with trolls. There probably should have been a paragraph about that in the original post. In my case, as my knowledge of the actor, his career, and his fandom has grown, I’ve felt the need to correct mistakes when others make them less and less (although I will still write about them here). The second point is a really great question — why do I need Armitage to have fans, why do I care about the numbers beyond the certain good will that one has for someone one wants to do well? and the whole question of me seeing him vs him seeing me is one that has really bedeviled this fandom over the years. Everyone’s switch on that issue is set differently and it causes a lot of conflict. I’ve been on Twitter a long time. I used it rarely – it was my mean girl place. (Mean, nasty, gun-loving Conservative that I am) however that seems to have become a bit more diversified since He began to post. Don’t ask me why. I still don’t use it very often. Over the 15 years I’ve been involved in online fandom, I’ve seen so much drama and while most times I’m willing to sit on the side, eat cheetos and drink cokes and just watch, (and yes, point and snicker at) on occasion, I’ve been sucked into it – whether it be my writing being flamed or mocked (why do people hate hetters so much?) or me not writing what someone thought I should write (go write your own stuff!) or the fact I speak my mind and some people don’t like that. If you don’t want my opinion, don’t ask me, k? I especially hate when tragedy occurs and people use it to push their political agenda. There is a time and place and taking it to someone else’s abode or garden ain’t it. If you’re on your soapbox in your own arena, that’s fine. If you bring your hateful plants and ugly weeds into my garden, you best believe, I’m going to soak you with weed b gone. Trolls are attention seeking and the internet makes it easier for people to hide. Richard is welcome to his opinion, even if it’s different from mine. I’ve not walked in his shoes and he’s not walked in mine. What was the question? I think I’ve wandered… zeesmuse said this on June 13, 2016 at 5:12 pm \| Reply I disagree strongly that moments of tragedy are not opportunities for talking about political issues. In the US in particular, we are told that we can’t talk about these things when the issues are acute, but no one cares about them when they aren’t. In my opinion, saying “don’t use this moment to talk about the actual issue” is a way of suppressing discourse and insuring that nothing will ever change. That means, of course, that we have to tolerate opinions we don’t like, but that is pretty standard. I respect that. There is a time and a place for everything, and i’m such a passionate (hot-head) that for me, it’s best to step back. (hence why I decided to address something elsewhere a day late) The issue here is already a hot topic. It’s really a push-button topic and is currently being beat to death in our political arena. The weapon wasn’t the cause, in my minuscule, personal opinion. We’ve suffered a tragedy and it’s easy to say things and insinuate things and blame things and issues in the heat of the moment. I recall vividly 9/11 when it FIRST happened and 2 radio personalities were angrily blaming someone whose fault it wasn’t. And when it came down they were wrong… But now I’m so far off topic. Sigh. Trolls are still attention seekers. Most times I think it’s someone simply creating and manufacturing imaginary support and friendships they lack in real life. It gives them a sense of importance, I guess. It’s not much of a hot topic, if this keeps happening and we continue not to act, I’m afraid. I think it’s pretty much business as usual and our leadership showed us that this weekend. re: trolls — I think the trolls I’m talking about don’t use the troll identity for friendships (although they may make friendships in other ways). I think it’s different with tumblr and anon asks — anon asks allow anyone to become a troll instantly. The other thing is that I am starting to see that function used for a different kind of trolling, e.g., to express sympathy with the blogger in order to see what kind of potentially ridiculous thing they will say. To Morgana: thanks for your kind words about the blog and thank you for reading it for so long. I am declining to publish your comment because everything except the first sentence violates the comments policy. You are welcome to leave a comment that falls within the rules. Thanks. Servetus said this on June 14, 2016 at 12:10 am \| Reply I think these are very good questions to ask and not only before interacting with a suspected troll, but generally. It would probably often to good to the discussion in general to think about who we are talking to and what we are talking about and what point we really want to make and why? I find it is a constant exercise in patience to count to 10 before i jump 😉 It’s easiest when i am least in APM mode 😉 Sometimes i actually find it harder to resist the case of ‘defense of another fan’ than APM. Because he is sort of remote and can remove himself easier from the debate or isn’t there to begin with whereas the fans are more exposed in certain ways. I still often doubt if it was a good idea to say what i said but i do try to ponder a bit before i jump. I think in time and through repeated ‘fires’ one learns what one’s triggers are. Sometimes maybe we absolutely feel we must say something, for our own sanity and then we just stop there. I know i’ve jumped in total fan reaction at times but i just had to say it and i don’t have to engage further. But that’s probably true more for press or public figure statements about fans in derogatory terms than trolls. The ones you clearly categorized above are easier to ignore i find. Media and public figure derogatory statements about fans are my downfall, so far even against my better judgment i’ve not been able to keep stumm to that:-) The one thing that i am conflicted about is the tone of responses to non-fans… do i try to keep a cool head to make a better argument? Do i try to disprove their argument about the ‘crazy’ fan by appearing/being rational? is a passionate response necessarily a bad thing or am i embarrassed about being so passionate? I always wonder where the truth lies, i’d like to think i can combine passion and reason, but i’m sure it is all those answers at the same time although i wish it were not. I am totally with you on the trigger regarding celebrities criticizing their fans. Obviously it’s not an either / or situation, but Cumberbatch’s statements about fans in the fall two years ago were a serious turnoff for me. One of the things that I’ve appreciated about Armitage is that until relatively recently (November/December 2014) he never said anything at all negative about fans. re: tone of response — I try to stay cool / superior / detached. But that’s me. You always get to the point! Thanks. I wish I could follow you more often and read all the comments here, but my eyes and lack of time don’t allow that frequently! I know too a lot about trolls and I think you painted the whole frightful scene perfectly! I had years of experience but in other places and for other issues. And I must say that they actually existed in real life, too, they were not born on social media — whenever I was in a public place speaking about things I was campaigning for, there was always someone in the audience or stopping by wherever my group and I were speaking who would just throw a word and try to inflame the audience or us. They were less, they had probably less chances to remain anonymous, but they did exist. I fought a lot against them even on social media, but for the same issues as in RL. This is probably the reason why I try to stay away from all this concerning Richard Armitage. I’ll openly confess: he’s my safe place in the world. When RL is really bad, RA is my healthy thought, my nice escape. So, I voluntarily stay away from any debate and don’t read responses to his tweets – except from those I already follow or know personally – and only write in some selected forums. Of course, sometimes it is impossible not to get wind of the fact that something is going on among the fans and that some issue is inflaming people or that trolls are doing their job as usual. But I try to just skip quickly and go on. As you perfectly say in your article: the real Mr. Armitage needs no defending and I certainly don’t need to defend myself, either. Thanks Servetus, though, because this article is important beyond RA’s question and has a lot to do with how we human beings use that feral weapon which is communication! P.S.: it’s nice to see that my profile is fully int he “no-troll” zone 😀 My nick name has always been Lookaround or Lookie ever since I got in the first forum about RA and still is in anything RA-related 😀 Sara Lookaround said this on June 14, 2016 at 8:13 am \| Reply I think a lot of people feel that way (avoid controversy to enhance sanity) and I have nothing but respect for it. For whatever reason, it hasn’t worked out that way for me — although one of my most serious priorities in fandom has been to avoid most political discussion, because I have a lot of it in other settings. Weighing in a little late on this one – I searched late Sunday pm on his @ tag for bullying tweets toward fans who had commented, and only found 1 that could even be considered borderline. And that one actually had a short convo which appeared basically cordial. Has anyone found or experienced any that were “off-tag” bullying on twitter? I think possible chivalry on his part to “defend” us as fans creates a nice warm feeling for a lot of us, but 1) I’d like to see actual evidence of bullying tweets toward fans (not just him, I saw the one that called him an idiot but did not see that person bully those who defended him) and 2) I’m actually a little concerned about him if he’s going to delete in order to defend his followers. That seems unsustainable and over-responsible to me. Lots of heart, but unsustainable. His active tweeps should know his statements about not feeding trolls unless you’re prepared for the risk. And I think those active tweeps also know to block/report as needed. So I’m skeptical without further evidence of need for it- anyone got? DM to me on twitter if you’d prefer. SHeRA said this on June 14, 2016 at 3:58 pm \| Reply Yeah, I watch that tag fairly closely and I didn’t see any, which is why I find that article implausible. I always feel like it’s a game of percentages anyway. I hear someone say “Richard Armitage got bullied after such and such a post” and I see that there are 90 positive comments, 8 critical ones and 2 cranks. To me, that is a pretty good result. You won’t get that response in a classroom, that’s for sure 🙂 Absolutely! I find it surprising that anyone would expect to never see a negative response directed toward him, that’s part of public life, really! Or to your point, anything where you receive formal evaluation. SHeRA said this on June 19, 2016 at 1:58 am \| Reply I’m coming out of lurker-mode again to say “Thank you, Servetus.” I really appreciate the way you explain complex matters with such clarity and patience and without ever condescending to your readers. I’ve learned so much about modern communication and the online world by reading your blog these past few years. You even deepened my understanding of myself! Shalini said this on June 16, 2016 at 8:16 pm \| Reply Wow, thanks for the very kind words! I’m learning too as this goes along, just trying to distill the results. Thanks for this, Serv! Excellently explained! Methinks Cybersmile could use you as an ambassador, you have more insights and experience than some people on Twitter we know… 😉 Esther said this on June 16, 2016 at 9:35 pm \| Reply ah, but I don’t look so sexy in a leather jacket as some people, either 🙂 […] is that it sparks healthy, critical discussion but that it does not turn to vitriol and trolling (so brilliantly explained by Servetus in her recent post). I expect his message to be empathicalist (yay! I’ve connected Richard Armitage to Audrey […] Empathicalism \| The Book of Esther said this on June 17, 2016 at 4:13 pm \| Reply […] my own rule about dealing with potential trolls to this situation, I’d suggest first trying to learn something about the speaker whose speech is bothering me […] Homophobia in the Richard Armitage fandom, or: what I’d like to say on #SCD2016 \| Me + Richard Armitage said this on June 17, 2016 at 5:59 pm \| Reply […] shouldn’t amplify this, if I were following my own rules, but this is an example of me being concern trolled. This account was created in order to RT […] Concern trolling in the Richard Armitage fandom #SCD2016 \| Me + Richard Armitage said this on June 17, 2016 at 6:23 pm \| Reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1585
__label__wiki	0.998533	0.998533	Facebook sues start-up for using 'book' in name By Julianne Pepitone, staff reporterAugust 27, 2010: 10:34 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Facebook is suing start-up site Teachbook.com for using the word "book" in its name, according to court documents. The complaint, filed in a California district court last Wednesday, alleges that Teachbook is "rid[ing] on the coattails of the fame and enormous goodwill of the Facebook trademark," said the document obtained by Wired.com. Facebook, based in Palo Alto, throws a slew of accusations at Teachbook, including federal trademark dilution, trademark infringement and unfair competition. Teachbook, based in Illinois, isn't launching until fall 2010 and many of the site's links are dead. Shrader said it is a "teacher's community" where users can share lesson plans and seek advice from fellow educators. "[Teachbook] has created its own competing online networking community in a blatant attempt to become Facebook 'for teachers,'" the suit alleges. "At the end of the day, they're just trying to bully us and we're not going to roll over," said Greg Shrader, a managing partner at Teachbook. "We have every intention of filing an opposition in a month or so." Shrader said he applied to trademark Teachbook's name in 2009, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said it found "no similar marks" on record. But before the government could make its final ruling, Shrader said, Facebook filed its opposition and sued Teachbook. The court filing also claims Teachbook has marketed itself as an alternative to Facebook. It alleges a page on Teachbook's site -- which has since been removed -- once read, "Many schools forbid their teachers to maintain Facebook and MySpace accounts ... With Teachbook, you can manage your profile." Facebook recently hit the 500 million member mark. By contrast, Teachbook's site said 47 members were online Thursday morning. A rep for Facebook said the company doesn't claim to own rights to the word "book," as it has no complaint with titles like Kelley Blue Book. "However, there is already a well-known online service with 'book' in the brand name that helps people connect and share," the Facebook rep said in an email. Shrader said Facebook's filing "strikes me as greedy. We're a two-person company -- I don't know how a multibillion-dollar site sees us as a threat." This isn't the first time Facebook has gone after small sites over the -book suffix. The travel site TripTrace -- once called PlaceBook -- detailed in a post how the social networking behemoth forced it to change its name. "We didn't believe anyone could own the word 'book' apart from 'face,'" reads a post on TripTrace's company blog. "We knew of a number of websites that had similar names that were clearly not copying Facebook: Cookbook, Blackbook, eBook, RunBook ... Racebook, Casebook, Tastebook." But the site acquiesced to Facebook because, "as a start-up we were in no position to fight." Still, TripTrace seems to have the last laugh. "We still think of ourselves as PlaceBook," the post reads. "Or, if you chose to pronounce it differently so it doesn't rhyme: PlacéBoök." Look who's making money on Facebook Google's updates its social network The case for a $50 billion Facebook Data as of 12:46am ET	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1590
__label__cc	0.600463	0.399537	Hot answers tagged vinyl What was the first vinyl record to have a repeating loop in the run-out groove? That innermost looping groove is called a locked groove. While it is difficult to track the first record to employ this technique, one of the earliest and most well known examples is The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from 1967. It consisted of multi-layered collage of randomised chatter that would repeat endlessly: Two variations [of ... Should I store my vinyl records side by side or in piles? They should be stored side-by-side, as vertically as possible, and in an area that doesn't get really hot to prevent warping. If you stack them on top of each other there is extra pressure on them and over time they warp. Even if they are side-by-side, but are slightly diagonal they are still more likely to warp. Likewise even when kept properly if the ... Dom♦ Standard vinyl vs Audiophile/Weighted vinyl - What's the difference? I feel I have to put an opinion on this - & opinion it is, because there are too many factors influencing vinyl quality. Factors. Attention to detail in the cut. Will affect every pressing of any weight. Attention to detail at the plant. Do they run each stamper 100 times before cleaning & 1000 before replacing, or do they run 10,000 before ... Tetsujin Why are vinyl records now so prestigious? It's not because of fidelity I'll start by discarding one reason: fidelity. Fidelity is the ability of a system to reproduce a signal with the least amount of change. High fidelity means little to no change is being induced, low fidelity means too many change is being induced. Perfect fidelity means the signal is being reproduced perfectly, without change ... vinyl format Von Huffman What gives vinyl records their characteristic sound? Vinyl sound is influenced by how music is carved into it (mastering), the playback mechanism (turntable, stylus, cartridge, electronics, etc), and the characteristics of the medium itself (vinyl). The meaning of "vinyl sound" is often approached subjectively. Different people have different ideas of what a sound has to have and/or lack to be considered "... vinyl sound Hidden tracks on other media than CD? Jack White has a habbit of including hidden tracks and other features. Here's for instance his latest album Lazaretto: The 11-track album on White's label Third Man Records, includes different mixes and sequencing to the digital version, and will play at 33.3rpm as normal. However two secret tracks hidden in the centre label will play at 45 and ... vinyl hidden-track cassette BCdotWEB Is there any difference in terms of sound quality between different vinyl colours? If you're asking about the difference between "180gr vinyl and a [regular weight] coloured vinyl", then 180g usually has better sound quality when compared with the regular 120-140g vinyls. If you're comparing black and coloured vinyls, there is a small noticeable difference in sound quality. Let's look at the production of coloured vinyl [in order to ... vinyl quality sound sound-quality Turntables: Direct Drive vs Belt Driven, what are the differences, pros, and cons? Belt Drive Pros The belt acts as a shock-absorber, preventing vibration transmitted from the motor reaching the platter Isolating the motor from the platter results in less noise transmission to the tone-arm It is generally considered that belt drive turntables produce better sound quality dues to less interference from the motor Cons Belt drives have ... vinyl turntable C+C Music Factory's Gonna Make You Sweat album on cassette had a hidden track. The cassette said that "Bang That Beat" was the final track on the tape, but if you let the cassette continue playing for about 20-30 seconds past the end of that song, then you heard the "Shade" song start playing. pacoverflow Monty Python's Matching Tie & Handkerchief may qualify, as entire sides were 'hidden' by two methods. Both sides of the album had the same label, claiming it was 'Side 2' One side had dual concentric grooves, so which tracks you heard was dependent on which of the two grooves you hit when dropping the needle. It was referred to at the time as a 3-sided ... Has a B-side unexpectedly become more popular than A-side? After a little research (A sides in parentheses): “Rock Around the Clock” (“Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)”)– Bill Haley and His Comets in 1954. “Tequila” (“Train to Nowhere") – The Champs "Unchained Melody” ( “Hung on You.”) – The Righteous Brothers 1965. "Ruby Tuesday”* (“Let’s Spend the Night Together”) – The Rolling Stones “I Will Survive” (“... history vinyl record Chris Sunami The cassette release of Pulse by Pink Floyd contains a 22-minute hidden track titled Soundscape (Cassette 2, Side 4) that starts a few minutes after the last listed track Run Like Hell. "Wish You Were Here" 6:35 "Comfortably Numb" 9:29 "Run Like Hell" 8:36 "Soundscape (Ambient piece played before all concerts)" 22:00 In case of vinyl, the ... Marek Grzenkowicz What was the first vinyl record ever pressed? According to The Record Collectors Guild: In 1930, RCA Victor launched the first commercially-available vinyl long-playing record, marketed as "Program Transcription" discs. These revolutionary discs were designed for playback at 33⅓ rpm and pressed on a 12" diameter flexible plastic disc. In Roland Gelatt's book The Fabulous Phonograph, the ... One of the first and most famous hidden tracks is on The Beatles' Abbey Road. "Her Majesty" begins 14 seconds after the last song listed on the album jacket ("The End") and runs 23 seconds long. It is often considered the first example of a hidden track in recording history. Released in 1969, this was long before CDs. There have been lots of albums ... Ben Miller - Reinstate Monica What Exactly Is Virgin Vinyl? Some explanations as provided by these forum posts: Virgin vinyl is non recycled higher quality vinyl. [...] Pure vinyl which isn't recycled or adulterated with filler. Quieter as a rule surface wise. vinyl terminology production Strange Pink Floyd's “The Wall” album with round sticker I suppose by "weird", you are refering to the sticker on the cover (as the Wall album is suppose to have nothing but a wall: This album, very likely, comes from a box set from 1997 : '97 Vinyl Collection. All discs had the central round sticker. Here is the Discogs link to this release, cat# 7243 8 59858 1 2. You should check inside if yours number is the ... vinyl pink-floyd artwork Bebs As with many issues around vinyl, there are differing opinions out there: Let us explain: 150 grams is considered a "heavy" weight because it's heavier than a standard 120 gram weight record. All records degrade the more you play them, but a heavier record is more durable and will generally sound better for a longer time. Although some might disagree, we ... Pat Dobson How to Clean Vinyl Records Dust and dirt does affect sound quality and in extreme cases, can even make the needle jump out of the groove. Back in the 60's and 70's, when record albums were commonplace, you could easily find little kits marketed as "record cleaning systems". Some were just a basic brush, but the better ones would often have a scheme where you put several drops of a ... Mike Supports Monica Ever try rolling a joint on a CD cover? ;o) But seriously... There is a wonderful comparison over on the Audioholics site that breaks this down much further than I can. To me, however, I will just state that vinyl sounds... warmer. My ears respond much better to vinyl than to MP3 for sure, even at the best bitrates. And sometimes music doesn't feel ... Johnny Bones♦ Is it possible to discover where a vinyl record was physically pressed? Record stamper Matrix codes can be used to identify the pressing plant, but the correlating lists may not be publicly available, or may have only been compiled by collectors, rather than the plants themselves. The first part of the number will match the information on the record sleeve & will be the same for all copies. Marks following that can vary - ... vinyl vinyl-pressing How common is it for club DJs to use vinyl these days? Do any club DJs still spin vinyl? Yes. Have most/all of them moved on to computer formats (such as WAV, FLAC, MP3)? Difficult to answer. We are currently experiencing a vinyl revival during which sales of vinyl records are growing every year. For example, in November 2014, it was reported that over million vinyl records had been sold in the UK in the since ... Which album's inside cover featured a policeman running after the band on a motorcycle? I found the answer. The art is featured on the inside cover of the Chicago X album. I miss the days when albums came with great art. Here's a scan: vinyl album artwork aergistal Of course, the best way to listen to music is live but, due to convenience, music is recorded. Vinyl (and tape cassettes) are an analogue format where there is no distinct difference when (for example) a note ascends the scales. On the other hand, CD's and MP3's are digital formats that are 'sampled' at different bit rates. Therefore, for people with well ... How did Tops Records squeeze two songs in each 78 rpm side? As these records were made before the age of computers & also really before even relatively simple modern vinyl cutting techniques were invented, they only really had two things they could play with... Length. Quite simply, it would be beneficial to them to be able to shorten each track as much as possible. Miss out a verse, shorten the number of ... history vinyl If possible, how could mastering engineers allow for stereo bass on vinyl? Let's start by saying, even if you could, it doesn't make a great deal of sense to have a heavy stereo split in the bass frequencies. Let's try to analyse why that would be... First, your directional senses are very poor at low frequencies, so assuming you were sitting slap bang in the middle of your huge hi-fi speakers you'd still barely be able to tell ... vinyl sound-quality vinyl-pressing From Mew's album No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away, the track New Terrain, when played backwards, is a different song called Nervous. I'm not sure if it strictly qualifies as a "hidden" track - it was added as a bonus track on the vinyl edition, but since it's the same ... Turch Vinyl grooves look like scratch It's hard to tell from the photos, but there are two possibilities I can think of… Random chance of frequencies Sometimes frequencies in the recording do just seem to highlight better than others. If there is a particularly board-spectrum sound at that point, white noise or something high & 'fizzy' there's a chance that could do it. Also, possibly very ... What's the reason behind the poor sound of picture discs? The simplest reason is that the outer, playable surface is not actually traditional vinyl, but a thin film, applied to the outer surface, as part of a 5-layer process in manufacturing… film - paper - black vinyl - paper - film The film is not as malleable as 'real' vinyl & doesn't press quite as well as traditional semi-molten black vinyl. There is the ... Are some vinyl players more forgiving to skips and crackles than others? TL:DR - Yes ... but that doesn't even start to cover why. Your issue could stem from at least four possible sources. You head weight is too light. This one really is too technical to cover in Music Fans & need some proper research on an audiophiles site, but simply, your stylus [needle] is designed to run at a given weight, specified by the ... vinyl × 47 record × 5 turntable × 5 sound-quality × 4 vinyl-pressing × 4 sound × 3 artwork × 2 identify-this-song × 1 terminology × 1 album × 1 pink-floyd × 1 production × 1 equipment × 1 dj × 1 digital-audio × 1 format × 1 techno × 1 streaming × 1 hidden-track × 1 quality × 1 cassette × 1 audio-quality × 1	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1595
__label__cc	0.543664	0.456336	« New Zealand Kills Another Indian Student Indigenous Rights » Reaping the Fruits of Treachery Posted by te2ataria on April 7, 2009 sent by a reader in Auckland Jobs for Life New Zealand politicians for their treachery get a lot more than a few miserly pieces of silver; they get guaranteed jobs for life. The latest news about Michael Cullen, former Labour Party deputy leader and our finance minister for nearly a decade, is particularly disturbing. He’s joining the New Zealand Post board, whose chairman is non other than ex-Prime Minister Jim Bolger. This news comes amid revelations that the unemployment rate, despite the Treasury’s previous assurances, would exceed the “worst-case scenario of 7.2 per cent,” with an additional 60,000 people losing their job by 2010. Could they also join the New Zealand Post board, please? Why the bloody hell not? Don Brash, Chris Moller and Paula Rebstock will also join the boards of State Owned Enterprises, it was announced today. “SOE Minister Simon Power appointed Rebstock, who recently stepped down as chairwoman of the Commerce Commission, as deputy chairwoman of the New Zealand Railways Corporation, owner of KiwiRail and Ontrack.” Stuff NZ said. “Chris Moller, NZX director, formerly deputy chief executive of Fonterra and ex-New Zealand Rugby Union CEO, is joining the Meridian Energy board. Deutsche Bank CEO Brett Shepherd, subject to due diligence, joins him.” Don Brash, former National Party leader and Reserve Bank governor (1988 – 2003) will soon become one of the highest paid directors of Transpower, the nation’s electrical grid operator. “Joan Withers, who is stepping down as Fairfax New Zealand CEO [Fairfax is the owner of Stuff.co.nz] in June and was formerly a Meridian Energy director, is joining the Mighty River power board. Her appointment is subject to due diligence. The Warehouse chairman Keith Smith is also joining the Mighty River board. “SOEs have recently come under attack by the government, with SOE minister Simon Power, finance minister Bill English and Prime Minister John Key publically criticising some SOEs for producing poor returns on investment.” Meanwhile, Internal Affairs Minister Richard Worth, who would have been history by now in any other country slightly more democratic than Morroco or Saudi Arabia, to name but two, announced that retiring National Party president Judy Kirk would be appointed as chairwoman of the Lotteries Commission. The $3.5million dollar [hint, hint] question now is: What would happen to “Puffy” [Judith Collins,] when she retires/resigns/forced to quit her job as the Police Minister. And last, but by no means least only a timely hear attack could deprive the “Fat Bastard” [who runs the police farce] of a multimillionaire lifestyle. And while we are at it, for all of you cabal watchers out there, the corrupt New Zealand politics crosses our borders going all the way to New York and the United Nations. How could you tell that? Well now, let’s see! Ms. Helen Clark, our former PM, was appointed to the board of “UN Lottery” joining as the boss of its cash-rich United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with a budget of about NZ$10billion and having virtually no books to cook or anyone to answer to. Fox guarding the henhouse Caligula is Dead, Keyus Galerius Maximianus Reigns! NZ least corrupt nation? [ROFWL] NZ among most corrupt nations in the world http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/2318891/60-000-more-jobs-to-go http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/2321100/Rebstock-Brash-Moller-join-SOE-boards This entry was posted on April 7, 2009 at 5:30 am and is filed under Chris Moller, Don Brash, KiwiRail, Paula Rebstock, Richard Worth. Tagged: jobs for life, Michael Cullen, New Zealand Post, Ontrack, Transpower. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. One Response to “Reaping the Fruits of Treachery” Reaping the Fruits of Treachery « Apartheid New Zealand \| Jobs.org.nz said […] 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. See a strange post here: Reaping a Fruits of Treachery « Apartheid New Zealand Filed under: Jobs, Recruitment Tags: 2-0-feed-, entry, for-life, fruits, Jobs, michael, […]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1598
__label__wiki	0.751211	0.751211	Penguins (seemingly?) dodge bullet with Crosby, edge Islanders By James O'BrienDec 7, 2017, 10:32 PM EST When it comes to possible concussions and/or head injuries, it’s wise to use caveats. Sidney Crosby* stands as one of the prime examples for why we say “Player X seems OK … for now.” Many of us hold sad memories of his early concussion issues, as Crosby suffered from a David Steckel hit, only to see things worsen after a collision with Victor Hedman. So, in cases like Thursday, you have to be careful not to assume too much about Crosby being OK. But at this moment, it seems like this accidental-looking collision with Jordan Eberle won’t have longer-reaching ramifications: The GIF Sportsnet shared really captured the moment, and might serve as food for thought for the Penguins to at least take another look at their crucial captain. ?… Watch as Sidney Crosby takes a shoulder directly to his head. Thankfully, he hasn't missed a shift since. pic.twitter.com/9JdaCc2ZG2 — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 8, 2017 Either way, Crosby kept playing for the Penguins on Thursday, managing an assist on a laser of a Phil Kessel goal. Pittsburgh couldn’t contain Mathew Barzal and the Islanders in every instance, however, as the Isles forced overtime despite being down 3-1 in the third. Matt Hunwick ended up scoring the overtime-clincher for his third goal of the season, however, and now the Penguins and Islanders seem to be on different streaks. The Penguins have won three of four in December and five of their last six stretching back to Nov. 25. The Islanders closed out November with five straight wins, but December hasn’t been as kind so far, as they’ve dropped three of four. It’s nothing for Islanders fans to be alarmed about, really, as they near a home-heavy stretch once they close out this four-game road trip in Boston on Saturday. Penguins fans have to hope there’s nothing to be alarmed about with Crosby, either, as otherwise this team is really starting to gather steam. * – Actually, the Penguins can relate to this beyond number 87. There was a memorable game in which Kris Letang was injured against the Canadiens, came back to score the OT-GWG, then missed time for what looked like a concussion. These things are tricky, in other words. Tags: Jordan Eberle, Kris Letang, Mathew Barzal, Matt Hunwick, Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby, Victor Hedman Yes, Justin Williams led ‘Storm Surge’ in Hurricanes’ return By James O'BrienJan 19, 2020, 9:45 PM EST Sports sometimes stick to “Hollywood” scripting, but hockey can be stubborn. In this case, Justin Williams delivered during his return to the Carolina Hurricanes and NHL in general. Williams closed out what was a pretty exciting, and occasional strange, shootout in Carolina’s favor. It went eight rounds, but Williams scored the shootout-deciding goal as the Hurricanes beat the Islanders 2-1. Naturally, that wasn’t enough for this “bunch of jerks.” Williams also fittingly took center stage during the “Storm Surge,” giving a salute. You can watch those great moments in the video above this post. More on a storybook return for Justin Williams James Reimer made fun of our thirst for a narrative after the game. “It was all a conspiracy from the beginning. That was the plan,” Reimer joked, via the Hurricanes’ website. “We fooled everyone.” Really, there’s only one question about this Williams return: what took Rod Brind’Amour so long to send him out in the shootout? Just number eight? Nice sense of the moment, Rod. (Just kidding — mostly.) Williams made an impact on the game proper, firing three shots on goal, delivering a hit, and blocking a shot during 13:06 time on ice. Despite being a grizzled veteran at age 38, Williams faced some jitters. “I was nervous the whole game, to be honest,” Williams said. “It was a playoff game out there. That’s what it felt like that. Teams weren’t giving an inch. There were chances either way, and it could have gone either way,” he said. “I’ve played over 1,200 of these, so I was like, ‘OK, Justin. Get real here. You can do this.’ It was fun. We got what we wanted: two points.” Well, Brind’Amour believes Williams “fit right in.” Speaking of people getting right back into the groove, the Hurricanes provided a fun variation on his nickname: on Sunday, Williams became “Mr. Round 8.” Tags: Carolina Hurricanes, James Reimer, Justin Williams, New York Islanders, Rod Brind'Amour, Storm Surge, James Reimer Bruins coach Cassidy has some harsh words for his defense By Adam GretzJan 19, 2020, 5:08 PM EST PITTSBURGH — For the third time this season and the second time this week the Boston Bruins lost a game after holding a three-goal lead. On Sunday, it was a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. After scoring three first period goals, the Bruins allowed the Penguins to climb back into the game and eventually tie it on a Jack Johnson shorthanded goal early in the third period. That set the stage for Bryan Rust to score the game-winner with just over seven minutes remaining. That goal is the one that really seemed to draw the ire of Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy after the game. Especially since it is the type of thing he has been seeing too much of lately. He used that goal as an opportunity to criticize the play of his defensemen and the type of hockey they are playing. It all started with Penguins center Evgeni Malkin forcing a turnover on the forecheck thanks to a heavy check on Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy. McAvoy gave up the puck to Malkin, Malkin found Rust wide open inside the faceoff dot, and Rust deposited in the net before Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak could figure out what happened. This game had to be especially frustrating for the Bruins after losing a three-goal lead in Philadelphia earlier this week. “We saw some poor defending, poor goaltending I think in Philly. Tonight I thought it was more the same to be honest with you,” said Cassidy on Sunday. “Not so much on the goalie, they were good goals. But we get beat off the wall on the first one. The last one I can’t tell you what happened to be honest with you. It’s a rimmed puck goalie needs to get out and stop. The D need to communicate. “You need to make a play. You can’t turn the puck over there. There’s too much of that going on. Guys that have offensive ability have to start playing to their strength a little more on our back end, or we have to seriously consider what type of D corps do we want? We are supposed to be mobile, we are supposed to be able to move the puck, break pucks out and add to our offense. Right now that is a challenge for us.” Cassidy never mentioned anyone by name there, but it’s not hard to figure out who he is talking about. McAvoy is the one that was guilty of the turnover on the game-winning goal, and it is probably fair to say that he is one of the players Cassidy wants to see playing to their strength more offensively. McAvoy spoke to the media after the game and admitted he needed to be stronger on that puck. Aside from the turnover, McAvoy has been having an underwhelming season based on the standard he set for himself over his first two seasons. His possession numbers are down, and as of Sunday he has yet to score a goal in 46 games. He scored seven goals in 54 games a year ago, after scoring seven in 63 games during his rookie season. It should also be noted that veteran John Moore was the one that got beat on the first goal that Cassidy mentioned. Moore, normally a 17-18 minute per game defenseman, was pretty much benched after that play. He finished the game with just 10 minutes of ice-time, only six of which came in the second and third periods after that goal was scored. Cassidy was asked if he thought the team let up a little bit after getting the early lead. He did not see it that way, instead focussing on the type of goals they allowed. “We got out-chanced in the second, but I don’t think it was to the point where they were bombarding us,” said Cassidy. “They were better, but we lose a battle low on the second goal, and our forward swings away. These are correctible mistakes, but the goals we are giving up against this good team like tonight. What is it? Is it lack of focus? Did we lose our urgency? Because they are gifts a little bit. Little bit of gifts. You can get out played, you will by good teams in stretches, but they were gifts.” This Bruins team — and especially their defense — had their toughness questioned by the Boston media in the wake of their response to the hit that sidelined starting goalie Tuukka Rask. Now they are facing public criticism from the person whose opinion matters most — their own coach — for a far bigger problem. Their actual play on the ice. 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__label__cc	0.552933	0.447067	nick_kaufmann — Nicholas Kaufmann's Journal nicholaskaufmann.com The new series American Horror Story premiered on FX last night, and you guys, I don't know how to put this any more clearly: It's fucking amazing. It's so great to see a horror series on TV that isn't about monster hunting, like Buffy or The X-Files, and isn't an anthology program, like Tales from the Darkside or Masters of Horror. As fun as those kinds of shows are, this is a welcome change of pace. I'm not going to risk ruining the surprises for anyone (and there are many surprises) by talking too much about the storyline, but suffice it to say a family moves into precisely the wrong house. It's creepy as hell, doesn't rely on jump scares, and has just the right ratio of explicit to subtle. In other words, it's horror done right. The cast is fantastic, especially Connie Britton, who really brings her A game, though Jessica Lange and Frances Conroy certainly give her a run for the money. The writing and direction are wonderfully effective. The 1978 prologue with the twin boys was particularly fantastic. I haven't felt this excited about a spookshow since Twin Peaks and Millennium. There's a lot of their DNA to be found in American Horror Story, but it's also very much its own creature. In terms of being an ongoing series, I don't know how long this story can last, especially since horror stories like this need to build to a climax, but you can bet I'll be there every episode along the way to find out. tv nerd 100 fathoms below die and stay dead dying is my business gabriel hunt general slocum's gold i hate youtube in the shadow of the axe jack haringa must die litreactor menu & signage fail notes from the front lines straubathon the scariest part walk in shadows	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1602
__label__wiki	0.985659	0.985659	1995 films, 1995 animated films, 1990s comedy films, 1990s musical films American adventure comedy films American children's films American coming-of-age films American musical comedy films Buddy films Directorial debut films DisneyToon Studios animated films Films about dogs Films based on television series Films featuring anthropomorphic characters Films set in the United States American high school films Goofy (Disney) films Films directed by Kevin Lima Goof Troop Film scores by Carter Burwell Films rated G American musical films Films without Humans Dan Rounds Jymn Magon Editing by Gregory Perler Disney MovieToons Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. April 7, 1995 (1995-04-07) A Goofy Movie is a 1995 animated musical comedy film, produced by Disney MovieToons, and released in theaters on April 7, 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film features characters from The Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop; the film itself acts as a sequel to the TV show. Directed by Kevin Lima, the film's plot revolves around the father-son relationship between Goofy and Max as Goofy believes that he's losing Max. The film was dedicated to Pat Buttram, who died during production. A direct-to-video sequel called An Extremely Goofy Movie was released in 2000. Goofy is the single father of his teenage boy named Max Goof, though the two have a tense relationship. On the last day of school before summer vacation, Max and his best friends P.J. and Robert "Bobby" Zimuruski hijack the auditorium stage in the middle of Principal Mazur's speech, creating a small concert where Max performs, while costumed as the pop singer Powerline. The performance succeeds in making Max a school celebrity and impressing his love interest, Roxanne; but he, P.J. and Bobby are sent to Mazur's office. Roxanne speaks with Max and agrees to go with him to a party where Powerline's concert will be aired live. However, Mazur exaggerates these events to Goofy and forewarns him that Max's actions may result in him facing capital punishment. Goofy decides to take Max on a cross-country fishing trip to Lake Destiny, Idaho, following a map route he and his father took years ago. However, he is oblivious to what Max is planning to do with Roxanne. Max stops by Roxanne's house to call off their date, but when Roxanne says she will just have to go with someone else, Max instead fabricates a story about his father knowing Powerline; he tells her he will be on stage at the concert. Despite his son's objections, Goofy plans his own trip, with initially disastrous results. Max hurts his father's feelings after his father humiliates him at a roadside possum-based theme park. While camping, Pete and P.J. join them. Following Pete's advice to keep Max under control, Goofy takes his son fishing and performs the Perfect Cast fishing technique, accidentally luring the legendary Bigfoot to their camp. Pete and P.J. flee, leaving Goofy and Max to spend the night with Bigfoot. At night, while Goofy sleeps, Max alters the map route to Los Angeles, where the concert is to be held. The next morning, Goofy decides to make Max the navigator of the trip. The two go to several locations that satisfy both of them. They stop by a motel where they meet Pete and P.J. again. When Pete overhears a conversation between Max and P.J., he tells Goofy that Max has been manipulating him into traveling to Los Angeles. The next day, Goofy and Max come to a junction: One route leading to Idaho, the other to California. Max chooses the route to California, making Goofy stop the car and storm off in anger. With the brake loose, the car rolls off on its own down an incline; Goofy and Max chase after it and end up at a river. Goofy reveals that no matter how old Max gets, he will always be his son and the two reconcile with each other. Learning of Max's promise to Roxanne that he would be onstage at the Powerline concert, Goofy decides to help get Max to Los Angeles. The two nearly plummet down a waterfall to their deaths, but Max fortunately saves Goofy, using the Perfect Cast technique. Goofy and Max make it to the concert and end up onstage and dance with Powerline, watched by Pete, P.J. and Roxanne on separate televisions. Goofy and Max later return to Roxanne's house in their damaged car. Max tells the truth to Roxanne, though she accepts it and admits she always had feelings for him, ever since she first heard his "Ahyuck!" laugh; thus, a relationship starts between them. Goofy's car suddenly explodes from the damage it sustained at the waterfall and Goofy is sent flying through the air, but safely falls through the porch roof of Roxanne's house, and he is introduced to her by Max. Bill Farmer as Goofy Jason Marsden as Max Goof (singing voice by Aaron Lohr) Rob Paulsen as P.J. Pete Jim Cummings as Peter Pete Kellie Martin as Roxanne Pauly Shore (uncredited) as Robert "Bobby" Zimuruski Wallace Shawn as Principal Mazur Frank Welker as Bigfoot Jenna von Oy as Stacey Julie Brown as Lisa Kevin Lima as Lester Tevin Campbell as Powerline Florence Stanley as Waitress Jo Anne Worley as Miss Maples Joey Lawrence as Chad Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse Pat Buttram as Possum Park Emcee Herschel Sparber as Security guard Pat Carroll as Restaurant waiter Corey Burton as Wendell Brittney Alyse Smith as Photo Studio Girl Production Edit A Goofy Movie was the directorial debut for Disney crewmember Kevin Lima, who went on to direct the Disney films Tarzan (1999), 102 Dalmatians (2000), and Enchanted (2007). In 1995, Lima said that "Instead of just keeping Goofy one-dimensional as he's been in the past, we wanted to give an emotional side that would add to the emotional arc of the story. We wanted the audience to see his feelings instead of just his antics." The main characters of this film, specifically Goofy, Max Goof, Pete and PJ, are based on their incarnations in the Goof Troop television show, albeit slightly older: Max and PJ are high-school aged rather than middle-schoolers. However, other characters that had been established in Goof Troop do not appear in this film, such as Pete's wife Peg, his daughter Pistol, and pets Waffles and Chainsaw. Goofy and Pete retain their classic looks from the 1940s cartoons as opposed to the looks that they had in the 1950s cartoons and Goof Troop. Although based upon a Disney TV series, A Goofy Movie was jointly produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation, Disney MovieToons, Walt Disney Animation France S.A. and Walt Disney Animation Australia. Pre-production was done at the main WDFA studio in Burbank, California, starting as early as mid-1993. The animation work was done at Walt Disney Animation France in Paris, France supervised by Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi, with additional scenes animated at Disney's studio in Sydney, Australia under the direction of Steve Moore, and clean-up work done at the main Burbank studio. Additional clean-up/animation was done by Phoenix Animation Studios in Canada, and digital ink and paint by the Pixibox studio in France. Retrieved from "https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/A_Goofy_Movie?oldid=154457" 1990s comedy films	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1605
__label__cc	0.745631	0.254369	Movies of the Soul: Best of Cinema The Vampire Bat's take on worthy movies New Movie Ratings Honorary Reviews Yearly Top About Vampire Bat The Bat History The Human Side Rating & Writing System Short-film Reviews Film-related Essays England Travel Scotland Travel Malaysia Travel Singapore Travel Dubai Travel Tea Thoughts Divine Epic Love 24×7 This entry was posted on July 20, 2015, in Comedy, Drama, Malayalam, Romance and tagged Anjali Aneesh Upasana, channel, debutante, Dileep, Eid, family, Idavela Babu, Krishna Prabha, Lena Abhilash, love, Manju Pillai, media, news, Nikhila Vimal, Sashi Kumar, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Sidhartha Siva, Sreebala K Menon, Sudhi Koppa, Suhasini Maniratnam, television, Thesni Khan. Bookmark the permalink. 35 Comments What is it about? :: Roopesh Nambiar (Dileep) is a well-known television presenter and anchor working for a popular channel called Naalamidam. He enjoys almost a celebrity status among the people with his special shows. Kabani Sugathan (Nikhila Vimal) is a trainee who joins the channel, and very soon, the two become very close to each other, falling in love. Umar Abdullah (Sreenivasan) is a godfather kind of figure for them, and also their superior. Dr. Sarayu (Suhasini) is a family friend of Roopesh and Kabani’s stay is arranged with her. With her husband dead and son living the United States of America with his wife and child, she feels lonely, but is happy with the company of her old friend Dr. Satheesh (Sashi Kumar) who is a divorcee. Things seem happy, but is it really so? The defence of Love 24×7 :: The biggest advantage of this movie is the first half which never drags or bores even for a second. There is a happy feel-good thing going on here and with some nice jokes within the limits, this movie keeps our interests high going into the second half. The first one hour and a few minutes can be considered as realistic and charming happy hours which do this movie a lot of good. The performances make sure that things work as expected. There is the presence of not many cliches here, and despite a big tendency, this one doesn’t go the way of another movie with Dileep and the same theme – Swa Le. There is a certain message against the coporate culture and capitalism, and even though that too struggles, it is the better one among them all; the rest are incomplete and meaningless. The claws of flaw :: The characters are not without faults. Kabani remains the most developed character here, but that too is not without a struggle. The second half starts going down, and the latter part of the second half goes a lot further down. The climax has the incompleteness of the main plot, and chooses to complete the secondary plot and gives us the idea that it will complete like the secondary one some day later. It is like completing the secondary mission in a computer game and failing to finish the main objective, which will be considered a loss in that case. Well, the message that the life repeats itself has very rare chance of happening, and so this incompleteness waiting for a complete flourish and finish later is unreal. The messages which seem to be incompletely told are all pretty much ridiculous. Performer of the soul :: I had missed Dileep’s earlier movie, Chandrettan Evideya due to having some exams, but I did hear from my trusted sources that it was a nice change for Dileep, and this one also proves to be the same. His last movies from Kammath & Kammath through Sringaravelan and Nadodimannan reaching Villali Veeran and Ivan Maryadaraman is not kind of Dileep that we wanted. They were all too repetitive, and going down in quality even as simple comedy movies – terrible jokes were increasing. But this movie bring the man back to the audience with that change which is readily acceptable. There is no need for big performances here, and it is a role which should have come easy for an experienced actor like Dileep, and he just manages things. Yes, Dileep is back and has moved away from the fake entertainers brought to the audience in the name of comedy. The lady soul :: The rest of the cast also evokes our interest. Among them, you notice a beautiful face you have never seen before. The newcomer Nikhila Vimal does very well in a role which demanded more than one mode of performance, and in every case she manages her side with utmost sincerity, as it seems – a quality rarely found with a new actress. She is there are the struggling newbie from a rural background and then as the news anchor in a leading channel; the former remains her finer territory. Emoting without any impediment and the slang working very well for her, she adds to the list of the interesting new faces in the Malayalam movie industry. Seemingly very natural in her beauty and the performance, her only problems come from the story and the characterization, because it is clear that she has given a notable performance. The final few moments do her as well as her character no favour though. The other performers of the soul :: We have Suhasini back in Malayalam movies again; even though she was there in Kalimannu, she hasn’t been that much present in a big way in the Malayalam movies since 2009 flick Makante Achan. It is good to see her doing an interesting and emotional role again. Sashi Kumar also looked so good in his performance, as with him, there was a certain amount of charm even to a character which was going to go unnoticed in a normal situation of events. There is a certain search about the cast done whenever the actors list is provided, and this one has lead me to a movie called Kaya Taran directed by this same actor, and reading on the same gives a feeling to know more about the work. Sreenivasan and Lena Abhilash has the roles which are no trouble to them. How it finishes :: The director of this movie, Sreebala K Menon is also an author who won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for ‘Best Humor’ for her work – 19, Canal Road in 2005. She is also known to come up with some socially relevant short films and documentaries. She has worked as the assistant director in a number of movies, and it is time to welcome her to the Malayalam movie industry and Love 24×7 will do just fine. Love 24×7 should do okay this weekend because none of the Malayalam movies have managed to really meet the expectations. There are movies which can be watched, but none to create that impact which should be part of the festival season. Let us hope that these Malayalam movies stay enough for people to watch at the theatres itself. Directed by: Sreebala K Menon Starring: Dileep, Nikhila Vimal, Anjali Aneesh Upasana, Idavela Babu, Lena Abhilash, Suhasini Maniratnam, Manju Pillai, Thesni Khan, Sashi Kumar, Krishna Prabha, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Sudhi Koppa, Sidhartha Siva @ Cemetery Watch ✠ The Vampire Bat. 35 thoughts on “Love 24×7” I thought it would be a 85 but only 62 😦 teny says: People there were rating it 85? No. I just guessed 😛 I would still like to know the hidden reasons behind that 😛 Just saw dilip and then saw the lead actress. So I hope you understood the hidden agenda 😛 Not at all. The Vampire Team is absent here and so my own findings won’t be correct as they are uninspired 😛 Did you fire them? Not at all! Just the extended Eid Holidays 😀 Oh great! I hope they enjoy this Eid 🙂 They are depressed that awesome Malayalam movies are not there for this season! 😦 😥 our poor little vampires 😛 Yes, not even with movies shot at your own Middle East 😦 😀 https://moviesofthesoul.com/2015/07/17/madhura-naranga/ Saw madhura naranga by you. 🙂 But it’s a sad movie I guess 😛 Sad is still better than mad and bad 😛 I loved the title of movie, makes me feel as if they are deeply in love…so much so that they are together even in their dreams 🙂 That is an interesting point 🙂 The movie makers could have used it to their advantage! So love story??… anyway I saw the trailer of the Minions…and its so funny!! those minions so useless with their little funny attics that cause disaster to everyone they try to work for… they seem supreb…so will watch the trailer again and have some laughs… love is overrated all the time… should ban movies all based on lover theme… all a fairytail… anyway Romance is overrated. But this one is not about romance, and its love is more platonic than anything else. Love mostly doesn’t exist, but neither does goodness. Minions are happiness; it doesn’t exist too. fun, commedy, freindship do exist… love exists only people don’t find it… what I like about the Minions is just the commedy and light heartedness… I am glad am glad this movie is a deep love than romance love… perhaps it will suit the audience better to see the love angle more maturely…your right romance is overrated not love… love is the only thing that can transform the world better place… happiness does not exist in concreate sense, we got to find it(: and understand and appreciate it…anyway goodday Good day. Hope some of these are found. Hate is always a stronger emotion, and one has to wonder why humans have the ability to think if it was to find reasons to hate others based on religion, caste, language, race and nationality. there is a James Bond movie going to watch it…will be entertaining… I liked Daniel Craig’s previous James bond… especially the train scene and Miss M… I haven’t watched the previous one completely yet. I liked Pierce Brosnan more as Bond. the title is nice :-p Title is forever 😀 reesh1211 says: Where are the vamp boys? They are on Eid leave, and there is also the love curse from Lady Death. 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__label__cc	0.612553	0.387447	LinkedIn denies hacking into users’ email 24 Sep 2013 15 Law & order, Social networks Previous: Firefox burns Chrome in our trustworthy browser poll Next: Teen privacy “eviscerated” by planned Facebook changes No, LinkedIn most certainly does not sink its marketing fangs into users’ private email accounts and suck out their contact lists – well, at least, not without users’ permission – the company said over the weekend. Blake Lawit, Senior Director of Litigation for LinkedIn, on Saturday responded to a class action lawsuit brought last week by four users who claimed that the professional networking site accesses their email accounts – “hacks into,” to use the diction of the lawsuit – without permission. Lawit’s statement denies the plaintiffs’ accusations: We do not access your email account without your permission. Claims that we "hack" or "break into" members' accounts are false. We never deceive you by "pretending to be you" in order to access your email account. We never send messages or invitations to join LinkedIn on your behalf to anyone unless you have given us permission to do so. On Tuesday, four LinkedIn users in the US filed the complaint, which alleges that the company “hacks into” users’ email accounts, downloads their address books, and then repeatedly spams out marketing email, ostensibly from the users themselves, to their contacts. The suit charges LinkedIn with fuzzily-worded requests and notifications when it comes to just what, exactly “growing” a user’s network entails. On the screen labelled “Grow your network on LinkedIn”, presented when a new user signs up for the free service, LinkedIn works its marketing sneakiness, the suit says, getting into a user’s email account without a password and then snapping up contacts and the email address for anybody with whom he or she has ever swapped email: LinkedIn is able to download these addresses without requesting the password for the external email accounts or obtaining consent. If a LinkedIn user has logged out of all their email applications, LinkedIn requests the username and password of an external email account to ostensibly verify the identity of the user. However, LinkedIn then takes the password and login information provided and, without notice or consent, LinkedIn attempts to access the user's external email account to download email addresses from the user's external email account. If LinkedIn is able to break into the user's external email account using this information, LinkedIn downloads the email addresses of each and every person emailed by that user. The suit mentions “hundreds” of user complaints about the practice on LinkedIn’s own site. It’s not difficult to see why users might well be appalled, given some of the situations they describe on the site’s help center thread on the topic. One user, Cynthia Hubbard, describes LinkedIn invitations getting sent out “at [her] alleged behest” to a coworker with whom she “had a great deal of trouble”, to five individuals from opposing in-house counsel and corporate defendants in a lawsuit she was involved in, and to a worker’s compensation client she referred to another law firm and whom she would never personally invite to her contact list, among others. One reader commented on my coverage last week that he or she had read an account on another posting of this story, about a psychologist whose professional email messages to patients had triggered invitations to connect that were actionable malpractice breaches for which he could face disciplinary action. In his statement, Lawit says that LinkedIn most certainly gives users the choice to share email contacts and that the company “will continue to do everything we can to make our communications about how to do this as clear as possible.” From what I can suss out, LinkedIn does tell users what it’s up to, but the language is hidden away and is a far cry from “as clear as possible.” Users have been decrying LinkedIn’s practices for months, at the very least, without any satisfaction. It’s easy, in a case like this, to blame users for not reading the fine print. That logic holds that free services are only free from a financial standpoint, but you pay, one way or the other, to keep them alive, including letting a service like LinkedIn vacuum up your contacts for marketing purposes. There’s merit to that argument. Then again, there’s no excuse for tucking your marketing practices away where they’re not obvious to users. The hallmark of clear communication is that you don’t wind up with pages full of comments from outraged, surprised users. And that is exactly what LinkedIn is dealing with now, with the added problem that all that user surprise and outrage has festered and is now boiling up into the legal realm. Image of email access and checking email courtesy of Shutterstock. 15 comments on “LinkedIn denies hacking into users’ email” Why am I not surprised. After all they promote and let the scam Who’ Who do targeted marketing through their site. I think LI are being economical with the truth. I've never given LI permission to suck up my Outlook contacts – but when I got a request to connect to someone (who I am already connected to via my biz as he works for me!) via their personal e-mail address I suspected something dodgy. Looking at the contact list in LI, I could see all the names of people in my Outlook contacts so instantly deleted the lot. As I said, I hadn't given LI any permission to do pull that list in. And guess what? My co-director found the same as well. LI need to be taken to task for this. "LI are being economical with the truth." Dick, I love that turn of phrase. Beautifully worded. EJ says: Same experience as you, but reversed roles of personal and business email addresses. LI are lying sacks. I don't do much with them at this point and am seriously considering just closing out my account. Rob Harmer says: Marketing by targeting our ego, masked as "growing your network" by accessing email accounts "without permission" is deceptive. In some country jurisdictions this LI approach may contravene data privacy regulations (personally identifiable information) shared with consent of the "email owner". All parties (LI and the LI account holder) may be in violation in this instance. LI benefits by selling premium 'upgrades' to new customers, and using our own email account lists as the leverage, is how they are spreading (growing) their customer base. LI need to be right upfront about this very quickly and correct any hidden away "consent" so its more obvious. Opt-Out has to be the default "norm' and Opt-In is by explicit "click this button (displaying the terms of engagement) as consent". Lawyers at 10 paces will solve this problem, as a class action suit, for a fee 🙂 Larry Marks says: People not thinking about what they are doing. It's this simple, folks: When LinkedIn asks for the password to your email account–and it does, with lots of flowery language around it–STOP and ask yourself "What do they need that for?" There's no good reason for it–so don't divulge your password. The same sort of people who would blindly submit their passwords are those who would load any old Smartphone app without looking at the permissions it needs. This is like an intelligence test. If you get a LinkedIn request from someone you barely know–or don't know–they failed. The problem is – LI somehow gets your contacts without you every giving out the password to your email account. MikeP_UK says: Other suspect activities include an 'extended network' of people you've never heard of and never knowingly had any contact with and getting the wrong company you might have worked for. I have never worked in California, but LI say I have and got the wrong logo, address, etc. I worked in the UK for company that had the same first three letters but everything else different and included the word 'Europe' – so what part of 'Europe' don't they understand? And it doesn't change no matter what I do to follow their suggestions, they can't get it right. So why should anyone now trust LI? Nearly as bad, perhaps, as Facebook? Conrad Longmore says: For a fact I know that LinkedIn suggests that you might “know” people that are using the same IP address as you are (e.g. family, colleagues). You can test this easily by creating a fake account and then logging into it at home or the office. I also strongly suspect that LinkedIn creates shadow profiles of non-members and their relationships without permission (and possibly has hidden profile data on members too), as LinkedIn has the quite extraordinary capacity to suggest people that you know without having an obvious connection. LinkedIn are lying. I received by email the following. The Reverend Susan B**** swears she didn't send it, nor did she give LinkedIn my email address. In fact she regrets being persuaded by a similar ruse to sign up to Linked In herself. Sorry the HTML would not paste into this, but the text is unchanged, except that I have protected her surname, and have denoted links by the words [Click here to]. From: Susan B** <rev.s.b**@gmail.com> Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn Date: 25 May 2012 11:58:26 BST To: Peter Taylor <peterjasontaylor@.com> From Susan B****y Vicar at Lincoln Diocese Lincoln, United Kingdom I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. – Susan [Click here to] Confirm that you know Susan You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. [Click here to] Unsubscribe © 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA LI may not be hacking your address book for contacts. However it has sophisticated data mining to determine people with whom you have corresponded. I am aware of people with whom I only sent several emails and then they pop up in the suggestions or even have requested a connection from me (based on me appearing in their list) This is probably not that far off from what NSA has done. I keep getting the same request to connect with my cousin via an email address that he has not used in well over 5 years. We do not share the same surname and the email address uses his nickname, rather than his real name. I used to contact him from time to time a number of years ago while he was working away via this address & have just never got around to deleting it from my contacts list. Since he's been back home, he's not used that account at all, so there's nowhere else that LinkedIn could have got the details from other than rooting around in my contact list without permission. Bob Wehner says: A friend invited me to join Linkedin, so I entered my email address. Shortly after, I started getting requests from linked to add names, and showing me names of people from my email address book, some members of my submarine crew 60 years ago. The only way they could have that info was to take my private info and publicly display it on the internet. Bob Wehner Something similar happened to me. Very worrisome. Not only did it steal email contacts…..without giving it a password, but day's latter sent me an email, with 4 of my email contacts asking if I knew them…!! It not only had their email addressess, it has their places of business where they worked….. and have no idea how they got that information…. Something else is going on here besides stealing email contacts…! It grab's what it can and then somehow hunts them down to find out what they do for a living…. and then show you what they do for a living..! Pretty darn scarry if you ask me…..and this should not be legal..! 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__label__cc	0.518766	0.481234	International Naval & Maritime Defense Exhibitions 2020 Naval News Defence Naval Exhibitions DIMDEX 2020 Exhibitors Visitors Information DIMDEX 2020 News Official Online Show Daily DIMDEX 2020 TV Official Web Televison DSEI 2019 Naval Zone News Show Daily DSEI 2019 Naval Zone TV Web Television Pictures IMDS 2019 News Online Show daily IMDS 2019 TV Web Television pictures video IMDEX 2019 News Online Show Daily IMDEX 2019 TV Web Television Pictures LIMA 2019 News Online Show Daily LIMA 2019 TV Web Television Pictures NAVDEX 2019 Official News Online Show Daily SNA 2018 DIMDEX 2018 Sea Air Space 2018 Balt Military Expo 2018 Euronaval 2018 MADEX 2017 MAST Asia 2017 IMDEX Asia 2017 NAVDEX 2017 UDT 2015 Indomarine 2014 IMDS 2013 Maritime Reconnaissance 2012 OPV Offshore Patrol Vessels 2012 Send Request / Press Release World Naval Forces Frigates and Corvettes Destroyers and Frigates Patrol/Small Fighting ships Weapons & Systems Cruisers Destroyers Frigates Frigates and Destroyers Naval equipment Special Purpose/Supply Vessels Aircraft Carriers & Amphibious Vessels Corvettes and OPV Cruisers/Destroyers Frigates/LCS Corvettes/Patrol Vessels World Naval Industry Naval Exercises Naval Technology Army Recognition Air Recognition Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security The Royal Australian Navy Task Group's largest deployment in East of Asia Posted On Monday, 30 September 2019 15:21 The Royal Australian Navy has begun its largest deployment of the year with more than a thousand sailors and officers bound for engagements across North and South East Asia. Algerian Navy fires Club-S type missiles from Kilo-class 636 submarines The Algerian Navy has just destroyed land targets by firing cruise missiles from two Kilo-class 636 submarines recently purchased from Russia, a Defense statement said. According to the Menadefense website, the missiles used are Club-S Kalibr. Russia MoD launches supersonic anti-ship "Oniks P-800" cruise missile The Russian mobile coastal defence system 'Bastion' launched the anti-ship cruise missile P-800 'Oniks' for the first time in Chukotka region, as shown in footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday. French Navy fires first Aster 30 missile with Forbin destroyer As part of the GABIAN 19.3 High-Intensity Training, air defence destroyer Forbin engaged for the first time an Aster 30 missile against a target drone that was tracked and targeted by another vessel (FREMM Languedoc). 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IRGC Navy Vessels Equipped with New Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Navy has mounted anti-ship cruise missiles with a range of 300km on its Tondar vessels, images of the Sunday military parades in the Persian Gulf showed. Russia designs Chaika-2 ground-effect vehicle - take 1 When they need to deliver the military and cargoes to hard-of-access areas, they usually engage helicopters, all-terrain vehicles, supply ships and even dog sledges. However, ground-effect vehicles will become a priority in some cases in the near future. The Army Standard online publication examined the prospects of the new transportation vehicle. Sioux Falls sailor participates in exercise on the USS San Jacinto Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class Sarah Rollings, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, recently acted as a signalman during a replenishment at sea aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56). U.S. Coast Guard training with Marines and Navy in Alaska exercise Posted On Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:35 Coast Guardsmen from Alaska’s District 17, as well as Marines and sailors from California, are taking part in the largest training exercise of its kind in years. Approximately 3,000 Marines, sailors and Coast Guardsmen practised amphibious operations in Adak and Seward, as well as throughout Alaska’s coastal waters. Upgraded missile ship Smerch fires Kh-35 cruise missile during trials The project 12341 modernized small missile ship Smerch of the Russian Pacific Fleet has launched a Kh-35 anti-ship cruise missile of the Uran missile system for the first time in the phase of factory running trials in the Sea of Japan. The missile was test-fired at a sea target, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Huntington Ingalls gets contracts to overhaul Los Angeles-class submarines Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia has won two contracts worth $58 million combined in the US Navy’s efforts to repair and modernize Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarines, The USS Helena (SSN 725) and the USS Columbus (SSN 762). U.S. Navy laid keel of future USS Savannah littoral combat ship (LCS 28) Posted On Wednesday, 25 September 2019 15:40 The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) at Austal USA’s shipyard Mobile, Alabama, on September 20. China launches first amphibious helicopter assault ship A launch ceremony was held for China's first amphibious assault ship, the Type 075, on Wednesday in a move that represents a new era for China's warship development, Chinese military experts said. Copyright © 2019 Navy Recognition \| Webdesign by Zzam	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1615
__label__wiki	0.751613	0.751613	David Prosser Archives After months of Big Labor temper tantrums, WI Supreme Court OKs Walker Plan Wisconsin Supremes hand government employees, Gov. Scott Walker and state Republicans a solid win; and they completely rejected Big Labor's ace-in-the-hole Judge Maryann Sumi's ruling. From the Journal Sentinel story by Patrick Marley and Don Walker: Madison - Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Gov. Scott Walker's plan to all but end collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers. The court found a committee of lawmakers was not subject to the state's open meetings law, and so did not violate that law when they hastily approved the measure and made it possible for the Senate to take it up. In doing so, the Supreme Court overruled a Dane County judge who had struck down the legislation, ending one challenge to the law even as new challenges are likely to emerge. The majority opinion was by Justices Michael Gableman, David Prosser, Patience Roggensack and Annette Ziegler. The other three justices - Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Justices Ann Walsh Bradley and N. Patrick Crooks - concurred in part and dissented in part. The opinion voided all orders in the case from the lower court. The court ruled that Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi's ruling, which had held up implementation of the collective bargaining law, was void ab initio, or invalid from the outset. Brigade of Big Labor Bullhorn Bullies Fails to End Democracy First, the brigade of Big Labor’s Bullhorn Bullies failed to keep the Wisconsin legislature from operating when it used intimidation in an attempt to bypass the November 2010 democratic election, and all-the-while chanting the anarchist chant: “This Is What… If You Can't Beat Them; Buy Them Big Labor lost at the ballot box and had their forced unionism power rolled back by the legislature and is now trying to buy Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices to undo the reforms pushed enacted by Gov. Scott Walker. The Wall Street Journal reports: Wisconsin Democrats and unions are still seething over their failure to thwart Governor Scott Walker's government union reforms. Now they're trying to spin their rage into gold by aiming it at the state Supreme Court election on April 5. If they defeat David Prosser's re-election bid, labor leaders and their Democratic allies hope a newly activist court will be their proxy in the fight against Mr. Walker's policies. Until the recent political inferno in Madison took over national headlines, the Supreme Court race was a snoozefest. Justice Prosser, who has served on the court for more than a decade, was the heavy favorite to hold onto his seat. In February's jungle primary that includes all candidates (all of whom are officially nonpartisan), he won 58% of the vote, followed by 25% for second place Joanne Kloppenburg, the assistant attorney general and an environmental attorney who is now the union darling. The top two primary finishers compete in the run-off, and that race is narrowing. A liberal outfit called the Greater Wisconsin Committee has thrown some $3 million into the race and launched a website, ProsserEqualsWalker.com, to whip heat against the Governor into the race. Democrats hope a victory would discourage other Republicans who might dare to face down Big Labor. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is divided 4-3 on many cases and tilts slightly right. A defeat for Justice Prosser would shift that balance, and a notoriously liberal contingent led by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson would dominate when the court hears the Democratic challenges to Mr. Walker's reforms, which limited collective bargaining and required government unions to be recertified every year by their members. That battle was recently joined when Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi put a hold on the law, and a state appeals court ruled yesterday that the Supreme Court should decide the case. If they flip the court, Democrats are also sure to target major tort reforms that Governor Walker signed earlier this year. Watch for trial lawyers dancing in the streets. From 2004 to 2008, the court's liberal majority, including Obama nominee to the federal bench Louis Butler, overturned medical malpractice caps and established a collective guilt standard whereby any company that had ever sold lead paint in Wisconsin could be subject to tort claims.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0030.json.gz/line1621
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