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This Is Us 1x02 Recap: “The Big Three” (Pulling it Together) [Guest Poster: Bibi]
12:09 PM guest poster: bibi, s01.02, this is us recap 2 comments
Original Airdate: September 27, 2016
So I don’t like to compare TV shows, but we all know that Parenthood (RIP, Braverman clan) has left a gaping hole in my heart and that I had previously shunned NBC for cancelling such an incredible show. This is Us has filled my heart with hope for NBC again, but — like the Braverman family — makes me weep every episode.
This week’s episode titled “The Big Three” didn’t disappoint — they jumped head-first into the family’s issues! We get a glimpse of our titular “big three” as children, as the show jumps ahead ahead eight years, with Jack and Rebecca in the thick of doing life. We see the childhood fights between Kevin and Randall, the beginnings of weight struggles with Kate, and the Jack and Rebecca’s less-than-perfect marriage. A lot of who they are in the present-day can be attributed to how they were raised. Nobody, after all, is perfect.
Speaking of the present-day, Randall’s biological father is still around the home, and Beth doesn’t trust him. She isn’t entirely sure that his motives are pure, and she should be skeptical. Randall — emotionally and impulsively — let this stranger move in. I know he feels a connection to his father because he’s his biological family, but Beth is right to want to protect her husband’s heart. Randall is a pure-hearted and good person, and Beth doesn’t want anything to taint that.
So while Randall doesn’t ask about where he goes with the bus money they lend him, Beth lays all of her cards on the table and asks him point-blank about the money, the late bus rides, the drug use, and the cancer. She gets right down to business! Just when Beth is about to tell William that he has outworn his welcome, Randall stops her. The pair hear him out as he tells how he’s using the money to ride back and forth from his apartment to feed the cat that he owns named Clooney. We really will see, as the show progresses, if William is telling the truth about his life. But for now, we know Randall’s own life is consumed by this new dynamic and major change.
Kevin’s meltdown last week was met with the reality this week that he contractually can’t quit his show. He thought by storming off set he really would finally be free, but that’s not the case. After a meeting with his agent and her team, he is made aware that for the next two years, he’s bound and also that he can’t work for any network or studio for those two years. The agent (played by the wonderful Katey Segal) tells him to suck it up, keep his semi-decent role on his show, and go beg at the studio executive’s feet for his job back. Kevin has a pep talk with Kate where he realizes that he is strong enough to quit. When he arrives at the party to chat with the executive, the man is harsh but honest: Kevin has no way out and if he quits, the studio will ruin his reputation and finances.
Then there is Kate, whose struggle with body image is so much deeper than her new boyfriend realizes. She has struggled since childhood, and while her mother always wanted her to be healthy, Kate still doesn’t see herself as beautiful. She is constantly in a cycle of comparison, and needs to find out how to be happy — she needs to discover what would make her happy. Toby is trying to be as supportive as possible, but they won’t sustain this relationship if Kate can’t find her own peace.
Last, but surely not least, we see flashbacks of Rebecca and Jack. Rebecca is operating much like a single parent. We see Jack out with his best friend Miguel, drinking and getting advice on his life outside of work. Rebecca — working hard to provide a loving and balanced life for the triplets — is awake when an inebriated Jack returns. He comes bearing gifts, but the only thing Rebecca wants is for him to be a present husband, to give up drinking, and be the man she needs him to be for the family.
After a night apart, he agrees to be what she needs, and they start to get back on track. Rebecca accepts the necklace that he buys her as a peace offering and a sign of rebuilding their family. And there I was, happy that Jack had made a commitment to being the best version of himself and turn his life around for the family.
But it can’t be that easy in television, right? We transition back to present day and in another end-of-episode twist that I (again) absolutely didn’t see coming, Randall’s mom, Rebecca, arrives at his home for an impromptu visit. The girls are thrilled that their grandparents are there, and when Randall opens the door, it is indeed his mom… but also Miguel!
Who saw that coming? We thought Miguel was on Jack’s team and supportive of their relationship. So is Jack dead in the present-day? Rebecca vowed to never take the necklace off and the kids (in the present) are always talking about what dad said (past-tense). How am I already heartbroken that a character I have only been emotionally invested in for two episodes could very well be dead? And could Randall’s current drive to know William be fueled by the death of his adoptive father? Or are Rebecca and Jack simply divorced? What happened?!
Share your thoughts below!
Anne-Claire September 29, 2016 at 1:38 PM
OMG, that last twist!
As much as the pilot's endtwist filled me with joy, this one filled me with angst! you said "How am I already heartbroken that a character I have only been emotionally invested in for two episodes could very well be dead?" - I'm right there with you! Because at this point I'm quite convinced that Jack is dead in present time. Like you, I noticed the past tense Kate used when talking about what dad said, and I don't think Rebecca would still wear the necklace with her second husband if she and Jack were simply divorced... And you're right, I didn"t think about that but Jack's death could be a part of Randall's desire to know William, and now to do everything he can to help him fight his cancer.
This twist really got me, because the second before, when the girls said "Grandma and GRANDPA are here", I was so sure and happy to see Rebecca and Jack, and then boom! (side note: is it usual for children to call their step-grandfather Grandpa? I mean, it's just my personal experience, but I lost my mother and have a stepmother, and my nephews and nieces call my father Grand-Père - French for Grandpa - but call my stepmother by her first name, even though they never knew their grandmother).
Beside that... I loved that episode just as much as the pilot. Only 2 episodes and already care so much for all the characters. I was happy to see Kevin call Randall, I was longing for some interactions between Randall and his twins. It pained me to see that the relationship between the two brothers is still strained in present day, but now with Kevin's intent to move to New York, maybe we'll see them rebuild their relationship? (Randall lives around New York, right? 3 bus hours to Philadelphia? I'm not an American, my US geography isn't great)
Other thoughts...
I know the show has to follow the 80's fashion, but I liked Jack's beard in 79 much more than his mustache...
Nice timing for the pile drive, little Kev :D
I think it depends a lot on the children's relationship with Miguel and how long Rebecca and Miguel are together. And if the children never met Jack can make sense that they call Miguel grandfather.
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HISTORIC CELEBRITY SCANDALS
TV SIDEKICKS
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BEST-SELLING U.S. NEWSPAPERS
COLORFUL LANGUAGE
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"That's No Lady, It's" this 11th C. wife of an earl "Parading Nude Through the Streets of Coventry"
This "equine" herb's roots are grated & preserved in vinegar to prevent loss of its chemical bite
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With a No. 1 daily circulation of about 2.2 million, it truly is "The Nation's Newspaper"
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DD: $1,600 18
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Maynard G. Krebs
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No. 100 is this Pennsylvania capital's Patriot-News
A modest person or a shriveling purple plant
$1000 15
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Perfect Colorado city for a valuable "opportunity"
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“I just want to be happy,” Emma-Lee says with an apologetic shrug.
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He and Hermione sat down on either side of Ron, who had saved them seats.
“What was all that about?” he muttered to Harry.
Harry started to explain in a whisper, but at that moment the headmaster stood up to speak, and he broke off.
Professor Dumbledore, though very old, always gave an impression of great energy. He had several feet of long silver hair and beard, half-moon spectacles, and an extremely crooked nose. He was often described as the greatest wizard of the age, but that wasn't why Harry respected him. You couldn't help trusting Albus Dumbledore, and as Harry watched him beaming around at the students, he felt really calm for the first time since the dementor had entered the train compartment.
“Welcome!” said Dumbledore, the candlelight shimmering on his beard. “Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! I have a few things to say to you all, and as one of them is very serious, I think it best to get it out of the way before you become befuddled by our excellent feast...”
Dumbledore cleared his throat and continued, “As you will all be aware after their search of the Hogwarts Express, our school is presently playing host to some of the dementors of Azkaban, who are here on Ministry of Magic business.”
He paused, and Harry remembered what Mr. Weasley had said about Dumbledore not being happy with the dementors guarding the school.
“They are stationed at every entrance to the grounds,” Dumbledore continued, “and while they are with us, I must make it plain that nobody is to leave school without permission. Dementors are not to be fooled by tricks or disguises—or even Invisibility Cloaks,” he added blandly, and Harry and Ron glanced at each other. “It is not in the nature of a dementor to understand pleading or excuses. I therefore warn each and every one of you to give them no reason to harm you. I look to the prefects, and our new Head Boy and Girl, to make sure that no student runs afoul of the dementors,” he said.
Percy, who was sitting a few seats down from Harry, puffed out his chest again and stared around impressively. Dumbledore paused again; he looked very seriously around the hall, and nobody moved or made a sound.
“On a happier note,” he continued, I am pleased to welcome two new teachers to our ranks this year.
“First, Professor Lupin, who has kindly consented to fill the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.”
There was some scattered, rather unenthusiastic applause. Only those who had been in the compartment on the train with Professor Lupin clapped hard, Harry among them. Professor Lupin looked particularly shabby next to all the other teachers in their best robes.
“Look at Snape!” Ron hissed in Harry's ear.
Professor Snape, the Potions master, was staring along the staff table at Professor Lupin. It was common knowledge that Snape,anted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, but even Harry, who hated Snape, was startled at the expression twisting his thin, sallow face. it was beyond anger: it was loathing. Harry knew that expression only too well; it was the look Snape wore every time he set eyes on Harry.
“As to our second new appointment,” Dumbledore continued as the lukewarm applause for Professor Lupin died away. “Well, I am sorry to tell you that Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs. However, I am delighted to say that his place will be filled by none other than Rubeus Hagrid, who has agreed to take on this teaching job in addition to his gamekeeping duties.”
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stared at one another, stunned. Then they joined in with the applause, which was tumultuous at the Gryffindor table in particular. Harry leaned forward to see Hagrid, who was ruby-red in the face and staring down at his enormous hands, his wide grin hidden in the tangle of his black beard.
“We should've known!” Ron roared, pounding the table. “Who else would have assigned us a biting book?”
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were the last to stop clapping, and as Professor Dumbledore started speaking again, they saw that Hagrid was wiping his eyes on the tablecloth.
“Well, I think that's everything of importance,” said Dumbledore. “Let the feast begin!”
The golden plates and goblets before them filled suddenly with food and drink. Harry, suddenly ravenous, helped himself to everything he could reach and began to eat.
It was a delicious feast; the hall echoed with talk, laughter, and the clatter of knives and forks. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, however, were eager for it to finish so that they could talk to Hagrid. They knew how much being made a teacher would mean to him. Hagrid wasn't a fully qualified wizard; he had been expelled from Hogwarts in his third year for a crime he had not committed. It had been Harry, Ron, and Hermione who had cleared Hagrid's name last year.
At long last, when the last morsels of pumpkin tart had melted from the golden platters, Dumbledore gave the word that it was time for them all to go to bed, and they got their chance.
“Congratulations, Hagrid!” Hermione squealed as they reached the teachers' table.
“All down ter you three,” said Hagrid, wiping his shining face on his napkin as he looked up at them., “Can' believe it... great man, Dumbledore... came straight down to me hut after Professor Kettleburn said he'd had enough... It's what I always wanted. —”
Overcome with emotion, he buried his face in his napkin, and Professor McGonagall shooed them away.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione joined the Gryffindors streaming up the marble staircase and, very tired now, along more corridors, UP more and more stairs, to the hidden entrance to Gryffindor Tower's large portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress asked them, “Password?”
“Coming through, coming through!” Percy called from behind the crowd. “The new password's 'Fortuna Major'!”
“Oh no,” said Neville Longbottom sadly. He always had trouble remembering the passwords.
Through the portrait hole and across the common room, the girls and boys divided toward their separate staircases. Harry climbed the spiral stair with no thought in his head except how glad he was to be back. They reached their familiar, circular dormitory with its five four-poster beds, and Harry, looking around, felt he was home at last.
TALONS AND TEA LEAVES
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the Great Hall for breakfast the next day, the first thing they saw was Draco Malfoy, who seemed to be entertaining a large group of Slytherins with a very funny story. As they passed, Malfoy did a ridiculous impression of a swooning fit and there was a roar of laughter.
“Ignore him,” said Hermione, who was right behind Harry. “Just ignore him, it's not worth it...”
“Hey, Potter!” shrieked Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin girl with a face like a pug. “Potter! The dementors are coming, Potter! Woooooooooo!”
Harry dropped into a seat at the Gryffindor table, next to George Weasley.
“New third-year course schedules,” said George, passing then, over. “What's up with you, Harry?”
“Malfoy,” said Ron, sitting down on George's other side and glaring over at the Slytherin table.
George looked up in time to see Malfoy pretending to faint with terror again.
“That little git,” he said calmly. “He wasn't so cocky last night when the dementors were down at our end of the train. Came runing into our compartment, didn't he, Fred?”
“Nearly wet himself,” said Fred, with a contemptuous glance at Malfoy.
“I wasn't too happy myself,” said George. “They're horrible things, those dementors...”
“Sort of freeze your insides, don't they?” said Fred.
“You didn't pass out, though, did you?” said Harry in a low voice.
“Forget it, Harry,” said George bracingly. “Dad had to go out to Azkaban one time, remember, Fred? And he said it was the worst place he'd ever been, he came back all weak and shaking... They suck the happiness out of a place, dementors. Most of the prisoners go mad in there.”
“Anyway, we'll see how happy Malfoy looks after our first Quidditch match,” said Fred. “Gryffindor versus Slytherin, first game of the season, remember?”
The only time Harry and Malfoy had faced each other in a Quidditch match, Malfoy had definitely come off worse. Feeling slightly more cheerful, Harry helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes.
Hermione was examining her new schedule.
“ Ooh, good, we're starting some new subjects today,” she said happily. villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come I. scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!”
They watched in astonishment as the little knight tugged his sword out of its scabbard and began brandishing it violently, hopping up and down in rage. But the sword was too long for him; a particularly wild swing made him overbalance, and he landed facedown in the grass.
“Are you all right?” said Harry, moving closer to the picture.
“Get back, you scurvy braggart! Back, you rogue!”
The knight seized his sword again and used it to push himself back up, but the blade sank deeply into the grass and, though he pulled with all his might, he couldn't get it out again. Finally, he had to flop back down onto the grass and push up his visor to mop his sweating face.
“Listen,” said Harry, taking advantage of the knight's exhaustion, “we're looking for the North Tower. You don't know the way, do you?”
“A quest!” The knight's rage seemed to vanish instantly. He clanked to his feet and shouted, “Come follow me, dear friends, and we shall find our goal, or else shall perish bravely in the charge!”
He gave the sword another fruitless tug, tried and failed to mount the fat pony, gave up, and cried, “On foot then, good sirs and gentle lady! On! On!”
And he ran, clanking loudly, into the left side of the frame and out of sight.
They hurried after him along the corridor, following the sound of his armor. Every now and then they spotted him running through a picture ahead.
“Be of stout heart, the worst is yet to come!” yelled the knight, and they saw him reappear in front of an alarmed group of women in crinolines, whose picture hung on the wall of a narrow spiral staircase.
Puffing loudly, Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed the tightly spiraling steps, getting dizzier and dizzier, until at last they heard the murmur of voices above them and knew they had reached the classroom.
“Farewell!” cried the knight, popping his head into a painting of some sinister-looking monks. “Farewell, my comrades-in-arms! If ever you have need of noble heart and steely sinew, call upon Sir Cadogan!”
“Yeah, we'll call you,” muttered Ron as the knight disappeared, “if we ever need someone mental.”
They climbed the last few steps and emerged onto a tiny landing, where most of the class was already assembled. There were no doors off this landing, but Ron nudged Harry and pointed at the ceiling, where there was a circular trapdoor with a brass plaque on it.
“'Sibyll Trelawney, Divination teacher,"' Harry read. “How're we supposed to get up there?”
As though in answer to his question, the trapdoor suddenly opened, and a silvery ladder descended right at Harry's feet. Everyone got quiet.
“After you,” said Ron, grinning, so Harry climbed the ladder first.
He emerged into the strangest-looking classroom he had ever seen. In fact, it didn't look like a classroom at all, more like a cross between someone's attic and an old-fashioned tea shop. At leasttwenty small, circular tables were crammed inside it, all surrounded by chintz armchairs and fat little poufs. Everything was lit with a dim, crimson light; the curtains at the windows were all closed, and the many lamps were draped with dark red scarves. it was stiflingly warm, and the fire that was burning under the crowded mantelpiece was giving off a heavy, sickly sort of perfume as it heated a large copper kettle. The shelves running around the circular walls were crammed with dusty-looking feathers, stubs of candles, many packs of tattered playing cards, countless silvery crystal balls, and a huge array of teacups.
Ron appeared at Harry's shoulder as the class assembled around them, all talking in whispers.
“Where is she?” Ron said.
A voice came suddenly out of the shadows, a soft, misty sort of voice.
“Welcome,” it said. “How nice to see you in the physical world at last.”
Harry's immediate impression was of a large, glittering insect. Professor Trelawney moved into the firelight, and they saw that she was very thin; her large glasses magnified her eyes to several times their natural size, and she was draped in a gauzy spangled shawl. Innumerable chains and beads hung around her spindly neck, and her arms and hands were encrusted with bangles and rings.
“Sit, my children, sit,” she said, and they all climbed awkwardly into armchairs or sank onto poufs. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat themselves around the same round table.
“Welcome to Divination,” said Professor Trelawney, who had seated herself in a winged armchair in front of the fire. “My name is professor Trelawney. You may not have seen me before. I find that descending too often into the hustle and bustle of the main school clouds my Inner Eye.”
Nobody said anything to this extraordinary pronouncement. Professor Trelawney delicately rearranged her shawl and continued, “So you have chosen to study Divination, the most difficult of all magical arts. I must warn you at the outset that if you do not have the Sight, there is very little I will be able to teach you.. Books can take you only so far in this field...”
At these words, both Harry and Ron glanced, grinning, at Hermione, who looked startled at the news that books wouldn't be much help in this subject.
“Many witches and wizards, talented though they are in the area of loud bangs and smells and sudden disappearings, are yet unable to penetrate the veiled mysteries of the future,” Professor Trelawney went on, her enormous, gleaming eyes moving from face to nervous face. “It is a Gift granted to few. You, boy,” she said suddenly to Neville, who almost toppled off his pouf. “Is your grandmother well?”
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Guerilla Projection On BBC - Why is BBC Silent On Bahrain? #FreeHassanMushaima
Why is BBC Silent On Bahrain? #FreeHassanMushaima
Free Hassan Mushaima Guerilla Projection On BBC - Why silent on Bahrain?
Guerilla projection on BBC HQ in solidarity with #FreeHassanMushaima
#FreeHassanMushaima #الأستاذ_حسن_مشيمع
On Saturday 1st September 2018 Inminds human rights group along with the Islamic Human Rights Commission carried out a guerilla projection on the walls of the BBC headquarters in London to ask the BBC why it is not reporting on the systematic human rights abuses by the Khalifa regime in Bahrain, and in particular why it is ignoring the hunger strike of Bahraini activist Ali Mushaima who had to be rushed to hospital on Thursday after a month without food, camped outside the Bahrain Embassy 24 hours a day 7 days week.
Inminds chair Abbas Ali said "Despite the BBC's carefully crafted image of journalistic standards, of independent unbiased reporting, the truth is that the BBC is weaponised propaganda in the service of the British state. Award winning journalist John Pilger called the BBC "the most refined propaganda service in the world.. an extension of the established order in this country", and he was right. Media from all around the world, including the Bahraini regimes own mouthpiece, have covered Ali Mushaima's hunger strike, but the BBC is silent. One month without food, protesting non-stop on the door step of Bahrain's London embassy, to save the life of his tortured, imprisoned father, a prisoner of conscience according to Amnesty, who is being denied essential medical care, denied family visits and even denied his books including the Holy Qur'an. But the BBC continues its silence. We are here to ask the BBC, what is the reason for this silence? Is it because the UK government has supplied £83m worth of weapons to the Khalifa regime, and trained its security forces that have used those weapons to slaughter peaceful protestors? Or is it to do with the fact that the British government has provided 863 days of training to Bahrain's prisons where torture is rampant, including training the 400 guards at Bahrain’s infamous Jau Prison where Ali's father Hassan Mushaima was brutally tortured and is still caged?"
Inminds chair Abbas Ali added "Hassan Mushaima is one of thousands of political prisoners caged in Bahrain since the peoples peaceful uprising, demanding human rights and democracy. Each imprisoned victim of this regime, abducted, tortured and caged by UK trained thugs, has a story of suffering and resistance to tell. All are all ignored by the BBC. So we used the walls of the BBC to shine a light, to show a glimpse of some of their tragic stories. Their stories also feature villains, torturers.. so we also name and shame a few of them."
Free Nabeel Rajab #FreeNabil
NABEEL RAJAB - IMPRISONED FOR A TWEET
Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab was abducted from his home in the village of Bani Jamra on 13th June 2016 after the whole neighbourhood was surrounded by security forces at 5am in the morning. A year later, in July 2017 he was sentenced to two years imprisonment which was later on 21st February 2018 extended by an additional 5 years for tweeting about Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen and on torture in Bahrain's notorious Jau Prison. Human Rights Watch reports that Nabeel Rajab is caged in a "cramped, dirty, and insect-infested cell at Jaw Prison no bigger than 3-by-3 meters that he shares with five other detainees.. locked in their cell 23 hours a day", this has resulted in a skin infection for which he is denied medical care.
Last month on 15th August 2018 the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a formal decision declaring Bahrain’s imprisonment of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab unlawful, and demanded Bahrain immediately and unconditionally release Rajab from custody and “accord him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations.” Bahrain has ignored the ruling as has the UK government.
Inminds chair Abbas Ali said "On his birthday we show our solidarity with Nabeel Rajab by projecting his image on the BBC, demanding his immediate and unconditional freedom. The UK government has shamelessly ignored the UN ruling and continues to do business as usual with Bahrain. It is the responsibility of the media to hold up a mirror to those in power to show these truths, the BBC instead is busy whitewashing Bahrain's crimes to facilitate the UK governments cosy relationship with the brutal Khalifa dictatorship."
Hassan Mushaima
70 years old Hassan Mushaima, an academic teacher by profession, is also a leader of the 2011 mass movement that peacefully called for human rights and democratic reforms in Bahrain. The Khalifa dictatorship using British weapons and British tax payer funded training, along with invading Saudi mercenaries, brutally crushed the peacefully demonstrations, killing over a hundred people and caging five thousand more.
In March 2017, Hassan Mushaima along with other human rights defenders and opposition leaders were abducted, brutally tortured and given life sentences in mock trials simply for calling for democracy in Bahrain. Hassan Mushaima was horrifically tortured in Bahrain's notorious Jau prison that left him in need of surgery four times.
In prison the regime is denying Hassan Mushaima urgently needed medical treatment. His son Ali Mushaima is on hunger strike here in London, he is bravely camped outside the door of the Bahraini embassy, on hunger strike since 1st August. His demands are very basic – allow medical care for his father, allow his family to visit, and allow his father access to his books.
Arrest King Hamid Khalifa - Crimes Against Humanity
British complicity
The British government is deeply complicit in every aspect of the suffering of the Bahraini people, including Hassan Mushaima. Since the protests began in 2011, the UK has provided the Bahraini dictatorship with over £83 million worth of weapons with which to crush the people.
Further more, the UK has provided training. After repeated denials by the UK government it was finally revealed that having gained experience of repressing protests in Northern Ireland, the British government has used that experience to train the Bahraini security forces in the tactics of ruthlessly crushing protests, use of attack dogs, cannons, and how to gather intelligence on protestors. To hide the training the UK government has cynically described it as 'protection of human rights training'.
Documents also reveal that the British government has provided 863 days of training to Bahraini prison guards and officials, including training 400 guards at Bahrain’s infamous Jau Prison where Hassan Mushaima was tortured. That training in the UK was paid for by the British tax payer.
Another prisoner who was tortured at the British trained Jau Prison was teenager Ali al-Singace. He was abducted by the Bahraini police and severally tortured with electric shocks, and raped. The torture continued for two months at Jau Prison. He was forced to make a false confession for which he was executed by firing squad in January 2017.
Women Tortured in UK Trained Prison
A week after the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix in April 2017, Bahraini female activist Najah Ahmed Yousif was arrested for her social media post criticising the holding of F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain. She was tortured at Muharraq Police Station for four days, 8 hours at a time. In her own words Najah describes the ordeal:
“If I wrote down the violations I was subjected to, it would be a book. They insulted my honour and dignity, they physically assaulted me, removed my headscarf, tried to tear off my clothes, and touched my sexual organs. They threatened me with rape, and threatened to kill or put my sons in prison. All this in the presence of plainclothes officers.”
Najah was told to sign a pre-prepared confession without reading it. When she refused to sign it, Najah was violently beaten, kicked and sexually abused. A thug was specially brought into the police station to frighten her with rape. When she could take no more, she signed and for that she was given a three year sentence in June 2018.
Muharraq Police Station where she was tortured is a beneficiary of the training provided by the UK Foreign Office. In August 2015, Brigadier Fawaz Hassan, the current head of the Muharraq Police Station, received direct training provided by the UK Foreign Office in Belfast.
A month after Najah’s torture, another female human rights activist, Ebtisam Al-Saegh was tortured in the same British trained police station. It was punishment for her testimony at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Upon returning to Bahrain she was arrested and taken to Muharraq Police Station where she was savagely tortured. She was blindfolded and sexually assaulted and threatened with rape if she did not put an end to her human rights activities. She was brutally beaten and had to be rushed to hospital after the interrogation.
Al-Sayegh told Amnesty: “The men told me ‘no one can protect you’. They took away my humanity; I was weak prey to them.”
Bahraini thugs having graduated from the British government training courses, paid for the British tax payer, are guilt of rampant human right abuses including murdering peaceful protestors, and torturing women and children.
Free Hajer Mansoor
Hajer Mansoor
A few weeks ago, mother of two Duaa Alwadaei temporarily joined Ali Mushaima on hunger strike outside the Bahrain Embassy. Her demand is for the Bahraini regime to disclose the medical report of her imprisoned mother Hajer Mansoor, provide adequate medical care for her, and end its acts of retaliation against her and Duaa's imprisoned brother Seyed Nizar. Both were imprisoned as revenge for Duaa Alwadaei's husband’s peaceful activism in the UK exposing Bahraini regimes crimes against the people.
Sayed Ahmad AlWadaei was identified by the regime as one of those protesting against the London visit of the King of Bahrain. Within hours of the protest, the regime took revenge. The family of his wife Duaa – her mother, her brother and her cousin – were straight away abducted by British trained Bahraini security forces and tortured until they were coerced into signing false confessions. With no evidence presented other than the fabricated confessions they were convicted. This was two years ago, today they are still languishing in a Bahraini dungeon. Duaa’s hunger strike was for her mother Hajer Mansoor.
Medina Ali
Earlier this year on 22 March 2018, 28 years old imprisoned mother, prisoner of conscience Medina Ali joined a hunger strike, initiated by her fellow inmate Hajer Mansoor, against the ill-treatment of women political prisoners at Isa prison. On the 2nd day of her hunger strike she was stripped naked in a humiliating manner as punishment for revealing abuses at the prison. This followed an interrogation by Major Maryam Al-Bardouli, Head of the Isa womens prison, about why Medina had exposed how inmates are treated by the prison authorities, to which Medina responded, “I cannot remain silent”. Major Al-Bardouli has further threatened to punish Medina, by revoking her family visitation and phone calls.
Free Medina Ali
Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa
Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa has been accused of being involved in the torture of prisoners during a pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain in 2011. In October 2014 UK High Court judges overturned the Crown Prosecution Service's decision that the prince had state immunity from prosecution. Under the UN Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment 1987, states must criminalise torture and pursue public officials of other nations when they are present in the state's territory. A dossier of torture allegations, dating back to 2011, had been given to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in 2012 while the prince was in the UK for the London Olympics. The arrest and prosecution of the prince was then sought. However, he was allowed to return to Bahrain after the CPS decided he had diplomatic immunity.
Major Maryam Al-Bardouli
Major Maryam Al-Bardouli is head of Bahrains notorious Isa womens prison (Center for Reform, Rehabilitation and Women’s Custody in Isa Town) where torture of women as a punitive measure is rampant. Major Maryam Al-Bardouli has directly threatened and carried out reprisals against both Hajer Mansoor and Medina Ali for revealing abuses at the prison.
Arrest Major Mariam AlBardouli - oversees torture of women
On the eve of the 2019 Bahrain F1 Inminds, the Bahrain Institute for Rights & Democracy and Campaign Against Arms Trade held a second protest outside the HQ of Formula 1 to demand freedom for Bahraini mother Najah Yusuf, who was tortured, sexually assaulted and imprisoned for FB posts criticising Bahrain Formula 1.
On the eve of the 2019 Formula 1 Inminds held a vigil outside F1 global headquarters to protest Formula One's open complicity in human rights abuses in Bahrain, and demand freedom for Najah Yusuf, mother of four, who was tortured, sexually assaulted and imprisoned in 2017 for FB posts criticising Bahrain's F1 Grand Prix
On the eve of the 2019 Formula One Grand Prix Inminds will protest outside the global HQ of Formula One to highlight Formula One's open complicity in human rights abuses in Bahrain, and demand freedom for Najah Yusuf, who was tortured, and imprisoned for facebook posts criticising Bahrain's Formula One.
Bahrain Embassy vigil demands freedom for Hassan Mushaima, Hajar Mansoor and all prisoners of conscience in Bahrain
On 24th August 2018, Inminds human rights group held its third vigil outside the Bahrain Embassy in London, in solidarity with Ali Mushaima, who is on the 24th day of his hunger strike to save the life of his father Hassan Mushaima, who is being denied urgent medical care in a Bahraini dungeon.
Alert 24th Aug 2018 - Vigil to demand freedom for Hassan Mushaima and end UK complicity in Al-Khalifa regime crimes against Bahraini people
Inminds will hold a third vigil outside the Bahraini Embassy in London on 24th August 2018, in solidarity with Ali Mushaima's hunger strike to save his fathers life. Inminds will demand the British government end its complicity in the Al Khalifa dictatorship's crimes against the Bahraini people.
Vigil demands MET Police arrest Bahraini embassy perpetrator of attack on hunger striker
Following an attack by the Bahraini embassy on hunger striker Ali Mushaima in the early hours of Sunday 12th August 2018, Inminds human rights group held a second vigil outside the Bahraini Embassy in London, to demand the MET police arrest the guilty criminals hiding in the Bahraini embassy.
Comic - A story about an arms peddler, a butcher, and a people yearning for freedom..
A comic strip was made from photos of street theatre performed at the Inminds vigil yesterday outside the Bahrain embassy in London to tell the story of UK complicity in the suffering of the Bahraini people at the hands of the al Khalifa dictatorship.
Alert 13th August 2018 - Vigil to demand freedom for Hassan Mushaima and end UK complicity in Al-Khalifa regime crimes against Bahraini people
Following an attack by the Bahraini embassy on hunger striker Ali Mushaima, Inminds human rights group will, on 13th August 2018, hold a second vigil outside the Bahraini Embassy in London, in solidarity with Ali Mushaima's hunger strike to save his fathers life.
Vigil to demand freedom for Hassan Mushaima and end UK complicity in Al-Khalifa regime crimes against Bahraini people
On Friday 10th August 2018, Inminds human rights group will hold a vigil outside the Bahraini Embassy in London, in solidarity with Ali Mushaima's hunger strike to save his fathers life.
Free Hassan Mushaima Guerilla Projection On Bahrain Embassy
On 4th Aug 2018 Inminds along with IHRC carried out a guerilla projection on the Bahraini Embassy in London to demand the unconditional release of Hassan Mushaima and the other 5000 Bahraini prisoners of conscience rotting in the Al-Khalifa regimes dungeons.
Personal observations on a Ziyarat pilgrimage to Iraq in 2019. Ziyarat is a pilgrimage to sites associated with the Prophet Muhammad (saw), his family members and descendants, his companions and other venerated figures from Islamic history.
On 22nd Nov 2019, to commemorate International Children's Day, Inminds held a vigil on the Southbank of the River Thames in London, to demand freedom for Palestinian children caged in Israeli dungeons.
Heba Labadi has won her freedom after 40 days on hunger strike.
Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has promised in a tweet the return of Heba Labadi and Abdul Rahman Marei this week, this follows stories in the Israel media of a deal having been agreed and the Israeli National Security Adviser about to visit Jordan to sign it.
"[Deportation at the airport] We saw the injured [Turkish] men going through.. a lot had a leg cut out of their trousers or an arm cut out of their top. It had been cut out to treat their wounds.. they were covered in blood, blood that had been there for three days, and some of them had wounds that were still bleeding.. What upset me most was seeing the dozen men, one after another, hobbling across the terminal, with a bandaged foot. I couldn't ask them why so many of them had a bandaged foot, I couldn't ask them what had happened, because if they spoke or if any of us spoke to them the Israelis beat the injured person.. We later found out that they had these injuries on the tops of their feet from when the troops came down from the helicopter on the Mavi Marmara, and they came down firing - they had been shot from above. Some of the men that were killed were shot at close range - head and chest, but a dozen of the men who were shot, among 59 people who were shot, they were shot at the tops of their feet - the bullets were coming down.. They weren't given a wheelchair or a pair of crutches, and if any of the other passengers stood up and tried to offer [help].. that person was dragged away and smacked by these Israelis. The Israeli soldiers sat on the floor, laughed and sniggered and made every one of these Turkish men hobble and hop all the way across, some 200 metres, everyone of them, one by one, made to do that purely for the sick amusement of the Israeli soldiers."
Alex Harrison
Survivor of the flotilla massacre speaks candidly of her experience
Ratstar Centre London, 22 July 2010 [46min / 42Mb]
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George Barton
“All Latin music sounds like Girl from Ipanema.” We’ve probably all heard broad statements of this kind about whole musical cultures or genres. They are sometimes invoked as justifications for musical taste (“this is why I like Telemann and not Antônio Carlos Jobim”). But in fact they are expressions of a particular musical taste: a listener’s lack of conversance with a musical language, with the variations through which interest is achieved within that language, means the interest cannot be found, and leads to the music ‘all sounding the same’.
The interest of a particular musical style or culture may lie in variations in radically different parameters, depending on the style or culture in question. Counterpoint is not really involved in e.g. sitar improvisations over a taal, where the expression of the melodic line may be paramount; by the same token it is clearly not primarily in the expressiveness of its subject that the interest of a fugue lies. As a result of our musical upbringing our ears become acculturated: an exclusively Indian-trained musician might hear two-part counterpoint as a kind of dissonance, whereas for a Western-trained musician it is microtonal inflections that may sound ‘dirty’ or plain wrong.
So there is an obvious and immediate problem in trying to combine music from multiple cultures: the exploitation of musical parameters that provide a key part of the interest of one music may cut across the interest of another. The rubato of one musician ruins the carefully-constructed polyrhythms of another; one musician’s desire to explore the melodic possibilities of a single mode conflicts cacophanously with another’s long-term harmonic plan; one musician’s idea of a supporting line is, to another, a deleterious and impertinent distraction from their expressive melody.
Our own musical culture is like a pair of glasses through which we see whatever we look at. Being confronted with another musical culture, especially when working together with another musician, can illuminate more clearly the unquestioned assumptions at the heart of our own practice, and force us to take our glasses off in the knowledge that things will look pretty blurry for a while.1
As a percussionist, I feel particular sensitivity to rhythm and timbre. My ideas about both would be challenged to some extent through encountering the tabla practice of Rishiri Kulkarni during the first season of Academy Inégales, and exemplifies how we can fall back on unquestioned elements of our own practice.
The range of sounds that a pair of tabla can produce in skilled hands is large. In fact the intricacies of timbral modulation achievable on the instrument are quite amazing given that its construction is relatively simple; but these variations are quite subtle. In contrast, the variety in sounds available to the contemporary percussionist is essentially limitless in its breadth. If the timbral modulations achievable on the tabla are like one person speaking a variety of different words with different emphases, the range of instruments I take to a rehearsal at the Club Inégales provides a whole farmyard of different unrelated and sometimes uncivilised voices. The combination of my very broad variations with the subtle variations of Rishiri’s tabla proved an uneasy one, tending to overemphasise the relative continuity of the tabla sound. At first this was a source of directionless frustration, made worse by the knowledge that, like the bossanovaphobe quoted at the head of this article, I was failing to tune into the variations of the tabla sound, and was reacting by surrounding it with all kinds of timbral fireworks that were evidence more of confusion than of inspiration.
My actions were guided by priorities I had inherited from a contemporary western compositional culture fascinated by extended techniques and by achieving the broadest possible timbral range on every instrument. Huge textural upheavals, I thought, must be possible at any moment – not only from the ensemble but from every constituent part of it. Yet, curiously, when I had previously developed a piece for the Academy Inegales, I had consciously or semi-consciously removed timbral variation (as well as rhythmic variation, incidentally) from consideration as a parameter of interest. The preconception that every instrument must regularly display the ability to transform its sound into something quite different was one that, on consideration, was just that: a preconception – and clearly, if my own writing was any kind of barometer, not even one I instinctively found particularly attractive or convincing.
There isn’t room here to discuss whether it is in itself a particular feature of Western musical culture that musicians often play in order to ‘fit the bill’, but I have certainly been reminded of my own natural tendency to fall back into playing what I feel I ‘should’ play. This was an issue more fundamental than any specific revelation concerning timbral balance within a multicultural ensemble or a percussion section. It was the discovery that I sometimes fail to ask myself the most obvious question about a completed performance: rather than “did I play well”, perhaps it’s sometimes worth asking “did I play what I wanted to hear?”
1Paraphrased from Wittgenstein, L (1953), Philosophical Investigations
About : George Barton
George Barton is a solo, contemporary and orchestral percussionist based in London. He is a member of the Colin Currie Group and has worked with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Endymion, the Nash Ensemble, BBC Singers, Jane's Minstrels, and the Royal Opera House, among many other ensembles and orchestras. As a solo artist George has performed at the Southbank Centre's ""The Rest is Noise"" festival, the ""Occupy the Pianos"" festival at St John's Smith Square, and at a number of Nonclassical events across London, among other venues across the UK. His collaboration with Turner Prize -winning artist Jeremy Deller at the Barbican's Station to Station festival was recently featured on BBC2's Artsnight, and his playing has been recorded and broadcast many times for Radio 3 and NMC. George is a member of the inaugural Academy Inégales.
Richard Bernas
Layale Chaker
Ailís Ní Ríain
This illuminates a concern I’ve had for a while not only about my own musicianship but wider mainstream music education. Look up timbre in a typical Western Pedagogy textbook and you’ll get a mere handful of references, compared to harmony and rhythm. Yet it is so critical to the musical experience. What is interesting is that when young people talk about music they often have a very strong intuitive appreciation of timbre, they latch on to the sound quality of particular musical styles, singers and artists yet there is little understanding of how to deepen and harness that innate appreciation beyond the identification of instruments and their role within an orchestra. You might be interested in this article which tackles the subject http://hazlitt.net/feature/everything-we-cant-describe-music
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by LOJ » Fri May 12, 2006 1:15 pm
There was an article that was sent to me recently that totally irritated me.
Which doesn't take much these days. The article related the thoughts of what this author thought was the majority rule so to speak in the USA.
While I don't condone terrorism, it does seem to be taken totally out of context and exaggerated to the utmost to attract attention to the individual trying to be the HERO of the moment. My reply follows, you might not agree or disagree but at least think it out "realistically".
My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register
which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by
sending it out on the Internet. Pass it along if you feel so inclined.
Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange
County Register:
So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made
up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the
Statute of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated
the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry.
Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr.
Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of
immigrant any longer.
Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the
United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New
York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees
and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support
their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a
primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their
names to blend in with their new home.
They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new
life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate
into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare,
no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and
craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of
prosperity.
Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father
fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany,
Italy, France and Japan. None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave
any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were
Americans fighting Hilter, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were
defending the United States of America as one people. When we liberated
France, no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the
German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only
Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of
those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's
flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace
to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here.
These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred
the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.
And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same
rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a
different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a
guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. Not to mention the influx of TERRORIST that we constantly are allowing into this country!
I'm sorry, that's not
what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who
landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900s deserve better than that for all
the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a
land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life.
I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags. Why don't we write our congressman and until the dust is all settled, quit allowing middle easterners into our country to kill us AMERICANS!!!!
And for that suggestion about taking down the Statute of Liberty, it happens
to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.
Then I guess we should start writing our local congressmen and relay to them that we want pharmaceutical companies to hurry up and begin research on a new drug that will only allow women of childbearing age to bear females. No more white males would be allowed to be born in the USA.....Because after all Timothy McVeigh, Charlie Manson, Wayne Gacy, etal were WHITE AMERICAN MALES who committed atrocities against other "AMERICANS". Not to mention that we should also give frustrated post office workers a week off every month just to ensure that they don't go WACKO and kill us "AMERICANS". What about WACO,TX and etal.????
STATISTICALLY most violent crimes committed in this country which cause death are done so by WHITE AMERICAN MALES, or better yet they might have been committed by one of those so called IMMIGRANTS that knew what it supposedly meant to be American.
Not all immigrants act the way that you depict. There are still MANY WHO appreciate the fact that they are being allowed into a country that exhibits such freedoms. The way you talk about immigration sounds like you are the master and the immigrants are the slaves....check yourself.
The only reason that we as a nation FEEL THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE ALL TERRORIST, is that our supposed "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" society, only bothers to include stories that will interest the public. And unfortunately those stories include death and dying and in general CHAOS that is caused by others and more specifically to take advantage of the moment and use it to promote stories so that there papers will sell!
We never hear the million stories of how recent immigrants who have come here have done well and become contributing members to society, instead we only hear those few involving terrorism, and then those few are exploited to the max for the benefit of $$$.
I happen to think Immigration is like any other problem in our society, there are bad and good that come of it, but if there is $$$ to be made then it all of a sudden brings the "bad" to WORSE.
Lori Johnson
While I am a big fan of persian poetry I especially like Nima Yushij.
And while his poem entitled the "It is Night" was aimed at situations in Iran such as the word night being the symbol of
the dark situation of society, of tyranny and injustice, of poverty and ignorance, and of everything that people wanted to be ended. In contrast to "night", were ''morning", "dawn", "day" and their herald, "the cock" and its "crow", by which the people who are in sleep of a wretched life might be awakened to welcome the light of freedom and enlightenment.
I do believe that this poem can also be interpreted to mean the ignorance of certain individuals as well as the awakening of others. Hence Night And Dawn/Morning. I will close with his poem.
IT IS NIGHT
A night of deep darkness.
On a branch of the old fig tree
A frog croaks without cease,
Predicting a storm, a deluge,
and I am drowned in fear.
It is night,
And with night the world seems
like a corpse in the grave;
And in fear I say to myself:
"What if torrential rain falls everywhere?"
"What if the rain does not stop
until the earth sinks into the water
like a small boat?"
In this night of awful darkness
Who can say in what state we will be
when dawn breaks?
Will the morning light make
the frightening face of the storm
disappear?
LOJ
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In the MBC entertainment program ‘Radio Star,’ which was broadcast on the 8th, former profiler Kwon Il-yong starred and met a creepy serial killer.
Former profiler Kwon Il-yong said, “Criminal profiling is analyzing the behavior of criminals. “I’m different from Chong-won, who is a researcher, and I am a person who applies directly in the field.”
Kwon Il-yong said, “I saw more than 2000 bodies. I saw the terrible scene of the crime and the molar was missing. ”
Kwon Il-yong said he had a fight when he met Kang Ho-sun’s serial killer. Kwon Il-yong said, “I saw Kang Ho-soon, but he said he should not even talk about water.” I didn’t float the water. ”
Il-Yong Kwon said that the criminals are the most memorable. “Usually, I just saw such criminals, and it was cool to have a good time to talk,” he said.
In particular, Kwon Il-yong said, “I was proud to know that my photos were scrapped when I was seized and searched for his house. “If the criminal was thinking of me, I can plan what kind of media play I’ll play on the crime later.”
Yoo Jun-Sang expressed his regret that he won the best prize in the ‘2019 KBS Drama Awards’
Kwon Sang-woo reproduced the topic of hermit crab in ‘Radio Star’
In MBC ‘Radio Star’, which aired on the 15th afternoon, Kwon Sang-woo revealed his own
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"Zionism is the belief that Jews should have a state," writes Hillel Halkin in the February Commentary. Jews are entitled to a state, goes the traditional Zionist argument, like all other peoples. Adding special urgency to the Jewish claim is their long history of persecution wherever they live as minorities. (Both arguments, incidentally, apply equally to the stateless Kurds.)
However compelling these arguments for a Jewish state, however, they are inadequate to confer on that state the right to dispossess others.
I raise this issue not to undermine Israel’s right to exist. Israel’s existence is no less justifiable than most European nation states. Those states each represent the culmination of a long process of repeated invasions and conquest. (From a philosophical point of view, it hardly matters whether those invasions took place 500 years ago or 50.) By contrast, Zionist pioneers purchased the land on which they settled, usually from absentee landlords.
Nor did the Jews supplant an indigenous people with long roots in the land. Jewish aliyah was a powerful magnet for Arab immigration to what had previously been a desolate, sparsely populated land. From the time the Jews went into exile, sovereignty in the Holy Land was always exercised from afar.
Had the Arabs accepted the 1947 U.N. partition, they would have received a state far larger than anything proposed today, including most of the Galilee and Negev. Even within the narrow coastal state carved out for the Jews, the Arab population was only slightly smaller than the Jewish population. Given the higher Arab birthrate, Arabs would almost certainly have constituted a majority of Israel’s citizens today with full civil equality. The Arabs chose another course, and the rest is history.
Still, at no point did Jews constitute a majority within what would become the 1949 Armistice Lines. That is a point with which those who urge an immediate return to the 1949 Armistice Lines must contend, for they assume that a bright moral line runs along those boundaries.
Last week Hillel Schocken preached to us in Ha’retz that Israel is losing today because her cause is unjust. Justice lies with the Palestinians, who are fighting a legitimate war against occupation. The self-flagellation reached its nadir on the front page of last Friday’s Ha’aretz, with the publication by Dr. Danny Gur of a large ad explaining that Arafat "must continue the terror until the problem of Israeli occupation is resolved, since a cease-fire today would be considered giving legitimacy to the settlements." Gur thus justifies the murder of Jews wherever they may be found.
In our current desperation, Israelis are once again offering an ear to those who have bought into Hanan Ashrawi’s propaganda line that Israel is fighting an immoral war of occupation for the "peace of the settlements," and that an end to the "occupation" will bring an end to the terror.
Israelis who believe this cannot explain what the first two Arab/Israeli wars were about. Nor can they point to Palestinian statements affirming the Jews moral right to a state within the 1949 Armistice Lines.
The breast-beaters are little interested in history. To them it is irrelevant that the area claimed today by the Palestinians came into Israeli hands only after Jordan attacked Israel in 1967. Within weeks of the war, Israel became the first nation in history to offer to give back most of the land captured in a defensive war. The Arab response was the three "no’s" of Khartoum.
Though they routinely proclaim that the settlements are illegal, our moralists have little concern with the niceties of international law. To them it is irrelevant whether Resolution 242 contemplates Israeli retention of some captured territory or that the Fourth Geneva Convention is inapplicable to Judaea and Samaria because there was no internationally recognized sovereign prior to 1967.
For them, there is only one salient moral fact: There are more Arabs than Jews in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. From that it follows that Palestinians must not only have sole sovereignty but the exclusive right to live there.
But that argument proves too much, for it would require Israel to also sheer off large parts of the Negev and Galilee as well. Worse yet, it leads to the conclusion that Israel was born in sin, inasmuch as Arabs formerly outnumbered Jews even within what became the 1949 Armistice Lines.
Enemies of Israel have not been slow to recognize the point. The Guardian has already posed the question of whether Israel’s creation was too high a price to pay in terms of Arab suffering. And British novelist A.N. Wilson writes in the Evening Standard of London that "Israel no longer has the right to exist."
Far more dangerous, however, than what our enemies think, is the possibility that the Jews of Israel will come to view themselves, in the words of Ha’aretz’s Avirama Golan, as "a people dwelling on another people’s land."
THERE is an antidote to this worm eating away within. Unfortunately, its mere mention is scorned in Israel today. Had Republican Senator James Inhoffe of Oklahoma made in the Knesset the same argument for Israel’s right to the entirety of all the land under her control that he made recently on the floor of the U.S. Senate, he would have been greeted with hoots of derision.
Inhoffe began with the archaeological and historical record showing a continuous Jewish presence in the Land over thousands of years and that no other people currently in existence has ever dwelt in the Land as sovereigns from the time Israel went into Israel. Inhoffe concluded with his most powerful argument: G-d promised the Land to the Jews.
None of Inhoffe’s arguments preclude territorial compromise, but they do establish that we are not here as alien interlopers.
Unless we take his message to heart, we will soon view ourselves as dwelling here as squatters, at best, and thieves, at worse, and find little reason not to prefer equally sunny Los Angeles.
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Georgia v. McCollum
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gitlow v. People
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court
Harmelin v. Michigan
Harris v. New York
Helling v. McKinney
Hoyt v. Florida
Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit
Hurtado v. California
Illinois v. Gates
In re Debs
In re Neagle
In re Winship
Jacobellis v. Ohio
Jacobson v. United States
Jenkins v. Georgia
Johnson v. Zerbst
Katz v. United States
Kentucky v. Dennison
Malloy v. Hogan
Marsh v. Alabama
Massachusetts v. Sheppard
Maxwell v. Dow
Michigan Dep't of State Police v. Sitz
Michigan v. Long
Miller v. California
Mincey v. Arizona
Moore v. City of East Cleveland
Morgan v. Virgina
Munn v. Illinois
Murphy v. Florida
Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
New York v. Class
New York v. Ferber
Norris v. Alabama
Northern Securities Co. v. United States
Ohio v. Roberts
Ohio v. Robinette
Oliver v. United States
Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
Patton v. United States
Pennsylvania v. Nelson
Pointer v. Texas
Pollock v. Williams
Powell v. Alabama
Powers v. Ohio
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court
Puerto Rico v. Branstad
Rhode Island v. Innis
Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
Robinson v. California
Roth v. United States
Scales v. United States
Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim
Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson
Smith v. Goguen
South Dakota v. Opperman
Spence v. Washington
Stanley v. Georgia
Strauder v. West Virginia
Street v. New York
Taylor v. Louisiana
Terry v. Ohio
Thornhill v. Alabama
Ullmann v. United States
United States v. Armstrong
United States v. Bajakajian
United States v. Brewster
United States v. Calandra
United States v. Carolene Products Co
United States v. Darby
United States v. Guest
United States v. Kahn
United States v. Leon
United States v. Matlock
United States v. Mendenhall
United States v. Miller
United States v. O'Brien
United States v. Salerno
United States v. United States District Court
United States v. Watson
Waller v. Florida
Waller v. Georgia
Warden v. Hayden
Washington v. Chrisman
Watkins v. United States
Williams v. Florida
Yates v. United States
Younger v. Harris
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: OPINIONS
Betts v. Brady
Brinegar v. United States
Florida v. J.L.
Johnson v. Louisiana
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT: OPINIONS
Hudson v. McMillian
Powell v. Texas
Whitley v. Albers
Wilson v. Seiter
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: OPINIONS
DUE PROCESS: OPINIONS
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc.
BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
Fuentes v. Shevin
Goss v. Lopez
Harris v. McRae
Hudson v. Palmer
Kent v. Dulles
Muller v. Oregon
Nebbia v. New York
Paul v. Davis
Pennoyer v. Neff
Perry v. Sindermann
Rowan v. United States Post Office Department
Tyson & Brother v. Banton
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
Young v. American Mini Theatres
Youngberg v. Romeo
EIGHTH AMENDMENT: OPIONIONS
ELEVENTH AMENDMENT: OPINIONS
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Alden v. Maine
Reno v. Condon
United States v. Peters
EVIDENCE: OPINIONS
EXTRADITION: OPINIONS
FAMOUS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CASES
Abington School Dist. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927)
Calder v. Bull, 3 Dall. 386 (1798)
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. (13 U.S.) 420 (1837)
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 How. (60 U.S.) 393 (1857)
Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch (10 U.S.) 87 (1810)
Garcia v. SAMTA, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch (5 U.S.) 137 (1803)
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 1 Wheat. (14 U.S.) 304 (1816)
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819)
Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (1943)
Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)
Munn v. Illinois, 4 Otto (94 U.S.) 113 (1876)
Nebbia v. New York, 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
Ogden v. Saunders, 12 Wheat. (25 U.S.) 213 (1827)
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
Slaughter-House Cases, 16 Wall. (83 U.S.) 36 (1873)
Stuart v. Laird, 1 Cranch (5 U.S.) 299 (1803)
Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 122 (1819)
Swift v. Tyson, 16 Pet. (41 U.S.) 1 (1842)
The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
United States v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
United States v. E.C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1 (1895)
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)(The Steel Seizure Case)
FEDERAL COURTS: OPINIONS
Ex parte Bakelite Corporation
Ex parte McCardle
Glidden Co. v. Zdanok
Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education of School District
Katzenbach v. McClung
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
Monroe v. Pape
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Wallace
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button
Olmstead v. United States
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Pullman Company
Scott v. Sandford
Texas v. White
Willson v. Black Bird Creek Marsh Company
Zemel v. Rusk
FIFTH AMENDMENT: OPINIONS
Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board
Berman v. Parker
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
Palazzolo v. Rhode Island-99-2047
Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins
Rust v. Sullivan
Slochower v. Board of Higher Education of New York City
United States. Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz
FIRST AMENDMENT: OPINIONS
A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
Adler v. Board of Education of City of New York
Aguilar v. Felton
Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc.
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
Bethel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser
Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.
Board of Educ. v. Pico
Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens By and Through Mergens
Board of Education v. Allen
Bond v. Floyd
Boos v. Barry
Bowen v. Roy
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Branzburg v. Hayes
Brown v. Hartlage
California Democratic Party v. Jones
Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Public Service Comm'n
Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
Clark v. Community for Creative Nonviolence
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb
Connick v. Myers
Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educ. Fund
County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
Edwards v. South Carolina
Employment Division v. Smith
Epperson v. Arkansas
Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc.
Frisby v. Schultz
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
Goldman v. Weinberger
Greer v. Spock
Grosjean v. American Press Co., Inc.
Heffron v. International Soc'y for Krishna Consciousness
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Florida
Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
Keyishian v. Board of Regents
Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
Lee v. Weisman
Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro
Lloyd Corp., Ltd. v. Tanner
Lynch v. Donnelly
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
Marsh v. Chambers
Members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent
Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
Mitchell v. Helms
Mueller v. Allen
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Patterson
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
New York Times Co. v. United States
Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia
Rosenbloom v. Metromedia
Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois
Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe
Schenck v. United States
School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp
School District v. Ball
Shelton v. Tucker
Sherbert v. Verner
Stromberg v. California
United States v. Eichman
Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.
Wallace v. Jaffree
Ward v. Rock Against Racism
Whitney v. California
Wooley v. Maynard
Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zorach v. Clauson
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
Califano v. Goldfarb
City of Memphis v. Greene
Craig v. Boren
Dandridge v. Williams
Freeman v. Pitts
Grayned v. City of Rockford
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
Holden v. Hardy
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.
Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., Inc.
Mahan v. Howell
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Ward
Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann
Orr v. Orr
Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
Police Dep't of the City of Chicago v. Mosley
Reed v. Reed
Romer v. Evans
Saenz v. Roe
Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji
Slaughterhouse Cases
United States v. Morrison
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan
Board of Ed. of Independent School Dist. No. 92 v. Earls
City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
Kyllo v. United States
Maryland v. Wilson
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Association
United States v. Drayton
United States v. Ross
v. City of Lago Vista et al.
Wilson v. Layne
Bob Jones Univ. v. United States
McDaniel v. Paty
Selective Draft Law Cases
Stone v. Graham
Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division
Widmar v. Vincent
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Buckley v. Valeo
City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. No. 12
Cox v. Louisiana 379 u.s. 536
Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board
Hutchinson v. Proxmire
Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights
Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
Police Dep't v. Mosley
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
Rankin v. McPherson
Time, Inc. v. Firestone
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. 393
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily
Chisholm v. Georgia
Clinton v. Jones
Doe v. McMillan
Gravel v. United States
Harlow v. Fitzgerald
Kilbourn v. Thompson
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
Marbury v. Madison 5 u.s. 137 (1803)
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee 14 u.s. 304 (1816)
Ballew v. Georgia 435 u.s. 223 (1978)
Batson v. Kentucky 476 u.s. 79 (1986)
Bumper v. North Carolina 391 u.s. 543 (1968)
Burch v. Louisiana 441 u.s. 130 (1979)
Duncan v. Louisiana 391 u.s. 145 (1968)
Ford v. Georgia 498 u.s. 411 (1991)
In re Debs 158 u.s. 564 (1895)
Jenkins v. Georgia 418 u.s. 153 (1974)
Lockhart v. McCree 476 u.s. 162 (1986)
Murphy v. Florida 421 u.s. 794 (1975)
Powers v. Ohio 499 u.s. 400 (1991)
South Carolina v. Gathers 490 u.s. 805 (1989)
Strauder v. West Virginia 100 u.s. 303 (1879)
Taylor v. Louisiana 419 u.s. 522 (1975)
United States v. Jackson 390 u.s. 570 (1968)
Williams v. Florida 399 u.s. 78 (1970)
Witherspoon v. Illinois 391 u.s. 510 (1968)
Frontiero v. Richardson 411 u.s. 677 (1973)
Loving v. Virginia 388 u.s. 1 (1967)
Orr v. Orr 440 u.s. 268 (1979)
MISC: OPINIONS
Adkins v. Children's Hospital
Allen v. Wright
AZ Free Enterprise, ET AL. v. Bennett, Ken, ET AL.
Bobby v. Dixon
Breard v. Greene
Cavazos v. Smith
Goodyear Luxembourg Tires v. Brown, Edgar D., ET AL.
Greene v. Fisher
J. McIntyre Machinery , LTD. v. Nicastro, Robert, ET UX.
KPMG LLP v. Cocchi
Leal Garcia v. Texas
Pliva, INC., ET AL. v. Mensing, Gladys
Schwarzenegger, Gov. of CA v. Entertainment Merchants, ET AL.
NATIONAL POWER
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company (Rehearing)
Swift and Company v. United States
Prize Cases
NINTH AMENDMENT
City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc
Ex Parte Grossma
POLICE POWER
Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
Whalen v. Roe
Dothard v. Rawlinson
Golan v. Holder
Hosanna-Tabor Church v. EEOC, ET AL.
Maples, Cory R. v. Maples, Interim Comm'r, AL DOC
Mims, Marcus D. v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC
Nat'l Meat Ass'n v. Brown, Att'y Gen. of CA, ET AL.
Pacific Operators Offshore v. Valladolid, Luisa L., ET AL.
Perry v. Perez
Reynolds, Billy J. v. United States
Ryburn v. Huff
United States v. Jones, Antoine
RIGHT TO A HEARING
Blum v. Yaretsky
Goldberg v. Kelly
Mathews v. Eldridge
Parham v. J.R.
RIGHT TO CONFRONT WITNESSES
SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
Adams v. William
Illinois v. Gate
Luther v. Borden
The "Essays" by David Hume
The Executive Office of the President
The History of England Vol 1
Vol 1 (con't)
Vol 1 con't
The History of the Presidency
The Voice of "National Lifers of America" (Chapter 1026-A)
......Michigan's "Life Means Life" Parole Policy
Cost for Prisoners Make Rehabilitation Difficult
Dear Society
If We Must Die In Prison
Michigan, PHS/Corizon Tortures Its Prisoners With Inadequate Medical Care
California: Jail Nurse Receives.....
Other PHS/Corizon Legal Suits
PLN Settles ........
My Cell, My Best Friend
My Name Is Life-Without Parole
Nothing Could Stop You, From Dying By The Gun
True Patriotism Lies in the Heart of America's Lifers
Timeline of Events in American Legal and Political History
Trials - Famous
"Mississippi Burning" Trial
Al Capone Trial
Bernhard Goetz Trial
Celia A Slave, Trial
Dr. Sam Sheppard Trials
Falwell v Flynt
John Scopes: The Monkey Trial
Leopold & Loeb Trial
Lincoln Assassination Conspirators Trial
Los Angeles Police Officers' Trials
Susan B. Anthony Trial
The "Chicago Seven" Trial
The "Negro Plot" Trials
The Alger Hiss Trial
The Amistad Case
The Black Sox Trial
The Boston Massacre Trials
The Carthage Conspiracy Trial
The Charles Guiteau Trial
The Charles Manson Trial
The Clinton Impeachment Trial
The Confidential Magazine Trial
The D. C. Stephenson Trial
The Dakota Conflict Trials
The Dan White Trial
The Daniel Ellsberg Trial-The Pentagon Papers
The Harry Thaw Trials
The Haymarket Riot Trial
The Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson
The John Hinckley Trial
The Lenny Bruce Trial
The Leo Frank Trial
The Leonard Peltier Trial
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial
The Lindy Chamberlain Trial
The Louis Riel Trial
The Massie Trials
The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trials
The Molly Magures Trials
The Mountain Meadows Massacre Trial
The My Lai Court-Martial
The Nelson Mandela Trial
The Nuremberg Trials
The O. J. Simpson Trial
The O.K. Corral Trial
The Oklahoma City Bombing Trial
The Patty Hearst Trial
The Ruby Ridge Trial
The Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
The Salem Witchcraft Trials
The Sweet Trials
The Trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
The Trial of Gaius Verres
The Trial of Galileo
The Trial of John Brown
The Trial of John Peter Zenger
The Trial of Lizzie Borden
The Trial of Martin Luther
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
The Trial of Sherriff Joseph Ship
The Trial of Sir Thomas More
The Trial of Zacarias Moussaoui
The Trials of "The Scottboro Boys"
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Trial
Treason Trial of Aaron Burr
Trial of Socrates
William D. Haywood Trial
US Historical Documents
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)
A Healing Question, by Sir Henry Vane
A Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King & Queen of Spain 1490's
Act to Establish Yellowstone National Park
Administration of Justice Act (1774)
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
American's Creed (1917)
Amerigo Vespucci’s Account of His First Voyage
An Act Respecting Alien Enemies (1798)
Annapolis Convention 1786
Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands
Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage By Frederick Douglass 1867
Articles of Capitulation (1781)
Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown
Articles of Confederation 1777
Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York (1773)
August 6 Draft of the Constitution (1787)
Boston Non-Importation Agreement (1768)
Boston Port Act (1774)
Charles Pinckney's Plan (1787)
Charter of the United Nations (1945)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Common Sense 1776
Compromise of 1850 (1850)
Concord Hymn (1837)
Connecticut Colony Charter of 1662
Constitution of the Iroquois Nations
US Amendments
Convention Between the United States and the Republic of Panama
Dawes Act (1887)
Declaration of Independence 1776
Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774)
Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms 1775
Emancipation Proclamation 1864
Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Farewell Address of President George Washington 1796
Federal Judiciary Act (1789)
Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906
First Thanksgiving Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
Fundamental Orders
Gettysburg Address 1863
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death 1775
Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States : 1791
Haskell’s Account of the Battle of Gettysburg
Hate Crimes Act
I Have a Dream Speech (1963)
James Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention
Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803)
Jefferson's Wall of Separation Letter (1802)
John Cabot’s Discovery of North America
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Germany (1917)
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941
Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States (1898)
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 (1916)
Lee’s Farewell to His Army
Lemon Test (1971)
Letter from the Federal Convention President to the President of Congress, Transmitting the Constitution
Letter of Transmittal (1887)
Lincoln’s Letter to Mrs. Bixby
Magna Carta 1215
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Marshall Plan (1948
Massachusetts Government Act (1774)
Mayflower Compact 1620
McClellan's Letter to Lincoln on His Evacuation from the Penninsula Campaign 1862
McClellan's Letter to President Lincoln (1862)
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
Memorial and Remonstrance 1785
Miranda Warning (1966)
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Monroe Doctrine 1823
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1905)
Morrill Act (1862)
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)
National Labor Relations Act (1935)
National Prohibition Act of 1919 (Volstead Act)
NATO Treaty (1949)
Northwest Ordinance 1787
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
nterstate Commerce Act of 1887
Opinion of Chief Justice Marshall, in the Case of McCulloch vs. the State of Maryland
Pacific Railway Act of 1862
Paris Peace Treaty of 1783
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
Pennsylvania - An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1780
President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)
President Barack Obama's Addresses
Barack H. Obama Address to Congress on Health Care (2009)
Barack Obama's Keynote Speech (2004)
President Barack H. Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address
President Obama's Address to the Nation on Bin Laden's Death
President Clinton's State of the Union Addresses
President William J. Clinton's 1996 State of the Union Address
President George W. Bush's Addresses
Address of President Bush on the start of strikes against Al Qaeda and the Taliban (2001)
Address of President Bush to a Joint Session of Congress and the Nation regarding the events of 11 September, 2001 (20 September, 2001)
Address of President Bush to Nation (11 September, 2001)
President Bush's Remarks at National Day of Prayer and Remembrance
President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union Address
President George W. Bush's Farewell Address
President George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918
Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End
Proclamation of Amnesty
Proclamation of Neutrality 1793
Quartering Act (1774)
Quebec Act (1774)
Recognition of the Independence of Cuba
Report of the Hartford Convention (1815)
Resolutions of the Stamp Act 1765
Richard Henry Lee's Independence Resolution (1776)
Sedition Act of 1798
September 12 Draft of the Constitution (1787)
Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
Social Security Act 1935
Social Security Act (1935)
Social Security Act Amendments (1965)
Speech of Benjamin Franklin (1787)
Stamp Act Congress — 1765
Star Spangled Banner 1814
Surrender of Germany (1945)
Surrender of Japan (1945)
Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)
Terms of Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox
Thanksgiving Proclamation 1789
The 1620 Charter OF Massachusetts Bay
The 1754 Albany Plan Of Union
The First State of the Union Address of President George Washington
The First Virgina Charter 1606
The Second Virgina Charter 1609
The Third Virgina Charter 1612
The Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut 1639
The Instrument of Government
The Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery
The Original 13 states ratification documents
Connecticut's Ratification
Delaware's Ratification
Georgia's Ratification
Maryland's Ratification
Massachusetts's Ratification
New Hampshire's Ratification
New Jersey's Ratification
New York's Ratification
North Carolina's Ratification
Pennsylvania's Ratification
Rhode Island's Ratification
South Carolina's Ratification
Vermont's Ratification
Virginia's Ratification
The Report of the Annapolis Conference (1786)
The Virginia Declaration of Rights 1776
Transcript of Brown v. Board of Education (1954
Transcript of Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Transcript of Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
Treaty Between the United States and Tripoli (1797)
Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)
Treaty of Ghent (1814)
Treaty of Greenville 1795
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Treaty with Great Britain
Treaty with Mexico
Treaty with Russia (Alaska Purchase)
Treaty with Spain (Cession of Porto Rico and the Philippines)
Treaty with the Six Nations
Truman Doctrine (1947)
United Nations Charter (1945)
US Patriot Act 2001
Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
US Laws, Statutes, Legislation, Codes, Rules
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Rule 1 to 22)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (con't Rule 23 to 61)
Federal Rules of Evidence -- 2011
Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)
US Firearms Legislature
US SUPREME COURT RULES (Parts I to V)
US Supreme Court Rules (Parts VI to VIII)
Virginia Joint Resolution 728 (2007)
US President Biographies
George W.Bush
George Washington-early years
James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur
James Madison - early years
James Monroe - early years
John Adams-early life & political theory
John Quincy Adams-early career
Martin VanBuren
Rutherford B. Hayes
Thomas Jefferson-early years & retirement
Warren G. Harding
William Henry Harrison and John Tyler
Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
US Presidential Inaugural Addresses
First (1933), Second (1937), Third (1941), and Fourth (1945) Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
First Inaugural Address of President George Washington
Second Inaugural Address of President George Washington 1793
First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln 1861
Second Inaugural Address of President Abraham Lincoln 1865
First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953
Second Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower 1957
First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush 2001
Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush 2005
First Inaugural Address of Grover Cleveland 1885
Second Inaugural Address of Grover Cleveland 1893
First Inaugural Address of President Andrew Jackson 1829
Second Inaugural Address of President Andrew Jackson 1833
First Inaugural Address of President James Madison 1809
Second Inaugural Address of President James Madison 1813
First Inaugural Address of President James Monroe 1817
Second Inaugural Address of President James Monroe 1821
First Inaugural Address of President Thomas Jefferson 1801
The Second Inaugural Address of President Thomas Jefferson 1805
First Inaugural Address of President Ulysses S. Grant 1869
Second Inaugural Address of President Ulysses S. Grant 1873
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My fellow citizens :
Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.
This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America.
When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change. Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's ideals; life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.
On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service to America. And I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over Depression, fascism and Communism.
Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues.
Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world's strongest, but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our people.
When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to uphold, news traveled slowly across the land by horseback and across the ocean by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world.
Communications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better life is now universal. We earn our livelihood in peaceful competition with people all across the earth.
Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.
This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less; when others cannot work at all; when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt many of our enterprises, great and small; when fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend.
We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps. But we have not done so. Instead, we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence.
Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. And Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people. We must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us.
From our revolution, the Civil War, to the Great Depression to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history.
Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow citizens, this is our time. Let us embrace it.
Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
And so today, we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift; a new season of American renewal has begun. To renew America, we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people, in their jobs, in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. And we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy; it will require sacrifice. But it can be done, and done fairly, not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.
Our Founders saw themselves in the light of posterity. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watched a child's eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.
It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing, from our government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country. To renew America, we must revitalize our democracy.
This beautiful capital, like every capital since the dawn of civilization, is often a place of intrigue and calculation. Powerful people maneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in and who is out, who is up and who is down, forgetting those people whose toil and sweat sends us here and pays our way.
Americans deserve better, and in this city today, there are people who want to do better. And so I say to all of us here, let us resolve to reform our politics, so that power and privilege no longer shout down the voice of the people. Let us put aside personal advantage so that we can feel the pain and see the promise of America. Let us resolve to make our government a place for what Franklin Roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation," a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays. Let us give this capital back to the people to whom it belongs.
To renew America, we must meet challenges abroad as well at home. There is no longer division between what is foreign and what is domestic; the world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race; they affect us all.
Today, as an old order passes, the new world is more free but less stable. Communism's collapse has called forth old animosities and new dangers. Clearly America must continue to lead the world we did so much to make.
While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges, nor fail to seize the opportunities, of this new world. Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.
When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy when ever possible, with force when necessary. The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they stand are testament to our resolve.
But our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are still new in many lands. Across the world, we see them embraced, and we rejoice. Our hopes, our hearts, our hands, are with those on every continent who are building democracy and freedom. Their cause is America's cause.
The American people have summoned the change we celebrate today. You have raised your voices in an unmistakable chorus. You have cast your votes in historic numbers. And you have changed the face of Congress, the presidency and the political process itself. Yes, you, my fellow Americans have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work the season demands.
To that work I now turn, with all the authority of my office. I ask the Congress to join with me. But no president, no Congress, no government, can undertake this mission alone. My fellow Americans, you, too, must play your part in our renewal. I challenge a new generation of young Americans to a season of service; to act on your idealism by helping troubled children, keeping company with those in need, reconnecting our torn communities. There is so much to be done; enough indeed for millions of others who are still young in spirit to give of themselves in service, too.
In serving, we recognize a simple but powerful truth, we need each other. And we must care for one another. Today, we do more than celebrate America; we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of America.
An idea born in revolution and renewed through two centuries of challenge. An idea tempered by the knowledge that, but for fate we, the fortunate and the unfortunate, might have been each other. An idea ennobled by the faith that our nation can summon from its myriad diversity the deepest measure of unity. An idea infused with the conviction that America's long heroic journey must go forever upward.
And so, my fellow Americans, at the edge of the 21st century, let us begin with energy and hope, with faith and discipline, and let us work until our work is done. The scripture says, "And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not."
From this joyful mountaintop of celebration, we hear a call to service in the valley. We have heard the trumpets. We have changed the guard. And now, each in our way, and with God's help, we must answer the call.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
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UN’s commits yet another treason against our people
Written by Malalai Joya Wednesday, 15 February 2017 09:04
Malalai Joya, 15 february, 2017
UN, the tool in the hands of the US and West, removed Gulbuddin’s shameful name from its black list, so this international criminal can continue his crimes and brutality under the wing of the US. By removing the name of the most heinous Afghan criminal against the wishes of the majority of our people, the UN has committed yet another unforgivable treason against us. Under the beautiful guise of “peace”, they are bringing back the most savage enemies of peace and the cause of the sufferings of our nation, so they can ride roughshod on our wounded people once more.
Only some months back, Gulbuddin pledged his allegiance to ISIS, and his spokespersons shamelessly defended suicide attacks on television. How is it that the UN removed this infamous murderer from its black list, by the US’s request? Is it because the US wants to use its long-time and well-experienced agent for the last time as he nears his grave? Throughout his political life, Gulbuddin has proved that he is ready to become the chained servant of any country in return for Dollars and power. This rascal did not even hesitate to become the lapdog of the devious Iranian and Israeli government.
However, the removal of this CIA and ISI agent did not come as such a surprise for our suffering people, for in the past decade and a half, murderers like Gulbuddin were imposed upon our people, just by changing their appearances and retaining their fascist thoughts. Only Gulbuddin was missing from this party, and with his arrival, this circle of national traitors shall be complete. During this period, other members of this bloody party, Farooq Wardak, Karim Khuram, Halim Fidayi, Omar Daudzai, Waheedullah Sabawoon, Hadi Arghandiwal, Mohammad Khan, Juma Khan Humdard, were part of this puppet regime and ruled as mafia traitors.
I have said this in the past and say it again: if peace is achieved through criminals and terrorists like Gulbuddin, Rabbani, Abdullah, Dostum, Mohaqiq, Sayyaf, Khalili, Hanif Atmar, Atta, Ismail, and others, it is more dangerous than war. The result of such ridiculous peace is freeing wild bloodhounds upon our defenseless people; not to mention that peace without justice is meaningless. The installation of Gulbuddin in Kabul, only serves Ashraf Ghani and his foreign masters, therefore tying the word “peace” with this action is a dirty game and deception of our people.
Even if Gulbuddin is forgiven a thousand times and whitewashed by his foreign masters, the UN, and a group of US minions in Arg, our people, especially the people of Kabul who still remember his brutal rocket attacks and crimes during the Kabul war, will never forgive him. Like his partners-in-crime and brethren-in-creed, the Jehadi and Taliban figures, the people of Afghanistan have sentenced them to the most extreme penalties in their head. Since he is guilty of treachery, he can only continue his shameful life in a corner of Kabul under the protection of hundreds of heavily armed bodyguards.
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By now most people have read the story of Antoinette Tuff and how she was kind to a man wielding a gun and saved a school full of kids from being shot.
Reading what Tuff said was touching, she told him about how hard her life had been and I am left wondering if this is what is key to making people kind? People who know how bad life can be who can draw on whatever it is that gave them strength to get them through the tough patches so they can survive and shine their light upon the rest of us when life is tough for us.
Is this one of the fundamental dynamics of our society is to make life so tough that those who cannot cope commit suicide and those who do survive, become bright shining lights to the rest of us?
There is nothing new to kindness being a solution to many of the worlds problems, today I read This is Water. David Foster Wallace is an example of those who don't survive. He suicided because of depression.
I wonder if there is so much depression because people don't feel needed, or lonely? No doubt, because people will suicide if they don't, assuming they are numb enough to the horror of their own death. But if they aren't quite numb enough, they are very likely feeling depressed. How do we make people like like they are needed and useful after their view of relationships has been distorted by television?
Is this why we give women so much shit, so they can be kind mothers? Because we do dump so much shit on women. And perhaps this is why people like the Dalai Lama thinks western women can save the world. Western men rule the world and it is only us western women who can control our men.
I am interested in progressive politics, women's rights, science & art. I believe the only way we'll survive is if we help each other.
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Critical Response: 'The Sentry' by Wilfred Owen.
Critical Response: 'The Sentry' by Wilfred Owen 'The Sentry' by Wilfred Owen, written as a result of a horrific incident the poet witnessed in the trenches of World War One, tells the reader of the terrible conditions and experiences that the men endured throughout the war. He focuses on a particular memory of when a sentry was blasted from his post and was badly hurt. Owens description of this traumatising event evokes clear images in the reader's mind and it becomes even more poignant when we consider this is a real life experience of the poet. The first lines of this poem quickly bring us to realise the abysmal conditions of the trenches in world war one. The descriptions of the weather: "Rain, guttering down in waterfalls of slime" shows the strength and volume of rain falling on the men, and by using onomatopoeia in the word ''guttering" Owen describes the rain effectively. The following lines: "Kept slush waist high that, rising hour by hour Choked up the steps too thick with clay to climb" convey the extreme height and speed that the level of water is rising, the repetition of "hour by hour" emphasises the length of their endurance. ...read more.
The sentry is first introduced into the poem after the shell Owen describes has hit: "And thud! flump! thud! down the steep steps came thumping And splashing in the flood, deluging muck - The sentry's body;" The onomatopoeia used emphasises the helplessness of the sentry as he is falling down the steps, "splashing in the flood" again emphasizes the volume of water in the trenches, "deluging muck" shows the extreme amount of mud accompanying the water. By saying "The sentry's body" Owen implies that the sentry is already dead. "We dredged him up, for killed, until he whined 'O sir, my eyes - I'm blind - I'm blind, I'm blind!' " 'dredged' insinuates an enormous effort my Owen and his men to lift the sentry out of the mud and water, 'for killed' again shows that Owen believed him dead. The use of the word 'whined' in describing the sentry's speech proposes the sentry's suffering and inability to properly use his voice. Quoting his speech indicates that the incident that he witnessed had a very strong impact on him. The repetition in the sentry's speech also helps show his desperation and vulnerable state and evokes sympathy in the reader. ...read more.
and the onomatopoeia in "wild chattering" shows how shaken and traumatised he must have been, and how Owen himself was shaken and was listening to him. Owen finishes his poem: "Through the dense din, I say, we heard him shout 'I see your lights!' But ours had long since died out." He uses alliteration efficiently "dense din" which shows the level of noise that there was in the trenches. There is a definite tone of bitterness and resentment in the final line: "'I see your lights!' But ours had long since died out." The two meanings, that not only had the lights they were carrying had died out, that also their hope had gone, a very pessimistic ending to the poem. I believe that the theme throughout the poem is distinctly the horror of war. Owen conveys this message through a horrific incident, which had stayed clear in his mind and had affected him deeply. His tone is bitter and at times sarcastic and shows his anger towards the war. I think that Owen has portrayed his personal experiences of the war brilliantly in this poem and I believe he has succeeded in showing the reality of the war and the fact that there is nothing wonderful about war. Emma Nicolson 3C1 ...read more.
This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our AS and A Level War Poetry section.
Here's what a teacher thought of this essay
The writer has engaged with the poem and provides some insight into poetic techniques. A good deal of evidence is used throughout. To improve, the essay would benefit from clearer planning, using poetic techniques or aspects of narrative to structure the essay. For example, a paragraph to explore narrative voice, another to explore imagery, another to explore structural features of rhythm and rhyme and so on. This would enable a much more coherent essay that did not need to wade through the poem line by line. Careful planning will ensure important aspects are not missed altogether, as was the case here, where structural features were ignored. Overall ***, but only just.
Marked by teacher Lucy Foss 04/03/2013
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Why are the subdivisions and institutions established?
Representations and branches may act as separated subdivisions of the legal person. The representation carries out its activities outside the registered office of the legal person, representing its interests and carrying out the protection of those interests. The branch is also located outside the registered office of the legal person; it carries out functions reserved to it by the legal person, including representation. The institution is an organisation established by a legal person to carry out non-commercial activities.
Which body carries out the placement of subdivisions and institutions on state record-registration?
To act as separate entities of legal relations, separated subdivisions and institutions of the legal person are subject to mandatory state record-registration, which is carried out by the Agency for State Register of Legal Persons of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as “the Agency”), except for organisations whose registration shall be carried out by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia (banks, credit organisations, insurance companies, contractual investment funds, etc.).
What documents are required for state record-registration?
The following documents are required for state record-registration of separated subdivisions and institutions of the legal person:
(a) decision(s) of the authorised body on establishing a separated subdivision or institution and approving the charter thereof, as well as on appointing a head or acting head of the separated subdivision or institution;
(b) charter of the separated subdivision or institution signed by a person authorised by the founder;
(c) document confirming the payment of the state duty.
What is the procedure for submitting the application for record-registration?
The application for placing the separated subdivisions and institutions on record-registration is prepared on the spot by an employee of the Agency based on the relevant documents and information presented. The applicant shall submit the documents necessary for placement on state record-registration in hard copy personally or through a representative. If the person has an electronic signature, the application for placing on state record-registration may be submitted on-line through the official website at https://www.e-register.am.
What is the procedure for state record-registration?
Within at least two business days after receiving the submitted documents, the Agency examines them and in case of finding no grounds for rejecting the placement on state record-registration, the information system generates a reference number for being placed on record-registration and the relevant information is recorded in the State Unified Registry through the information system.
Moreover, in case of placing a separated subdivision or institution on state record-registration, the compliance of its charter with the requirements of law is not checked.
The separated subdivision or institution is considered placed on record-registration, and the amendments are considered made from the moment of entering the relevant record(s) in the State Unified Registry.
What is the rate of the state duty for placement on state record-registration?
The state duty for placing the separated subdivisions of the commercial organisations on record-registration is AMD 12 000 (twelve thousand), which should be paid to the following treasury account: 900005160719.
The state duty for placing the separated subdivisions of the non-commercial organisations on record-registration is AMD 10 000 (ten thousand), which should be paid to the following treasury account: 900005160727.
The state duty for placing the institutions on record-registration is AMD 10 000 (ten thousand), which should be paid to the following treasury account: 900005160743.
In what cases is the placement on state record-registration rejected?
Placing the separated subdivision or institution of a legal person on record-registration is rejected, if the submitted documents are incomplete and do not comply with the requirements of law.
It is not allowed to reject placing the separated subdivision or institution on state record-registration on the ground of inexpediency.
What is the procedure for appealing the actions (omissions) of the body carrying out state record-registration?
Rejection of record-registration of separated subdivision or institution, evasion of carrying out the record-registration, as well as evasion of providing information may be appealed against in order of superiority to the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia or in court.
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On Monday it will be partly sunny for a while. In the afternoon sunny weather will prevail. Morning temperatures will be around -1 °C. During the day they will rise to a maximum of 9 °C. Low temperatures at night will be around -6°C. Northerly winds are weak.
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Liberals Propose Increased Border Searches By Eliminating Anti-Counterfeiting Personal Exception
The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology held its clause-by-clause review of Bill C-8, the anti-counterfeiting bill yesterday. I appeared before the committee last month to express concerns about some lobbyist demands for reforms, including removing the exception for personal goods of travelers, the inclusion of statutory damages for trademark infringement, and targeting in-transit shipments.
While the committee did not complete the review of the bill – it will resume on Wednesday – the surprise of the day involved Liberal MP Judy Sgro proposing that the government remove the exception for personal travelers. Given that personal use exceptions are even included in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, it is shocking to see any party proposing their removal, which would result in longer delays at the border and increased searches of individual travelers. The proposal failed since it was rejected by both the Conservatives and NDP, with the NDP noting that “this was one of the important provisions that brought some balance to the bill.”
The Liberals also proposed a “simplified procedure” for the seizure of goods, another demand of lobby groups that would remove court oversight in the destruction of goods in a greater number of cases. Both the Conservatives and Liberals noted that this would alter the balance in the bill and rejected the proposal.
The committee did pass several amendments proposed by the Conservatives that include allowing for information to be shared by border officials and rights holders for the purposes of settlements and expanding those goods encompassed by the law that are not yet trademark protected (the example given was the use of a trademark on a related item). The NDP proposed a misuse provision by rights holders be added to the bill, but that was defeated. The review of the bill continues on Wednesday, but the big story of the first day of review was the Liberal’s support of lobby groups seeking to crack down on consumers.
Tags: c-8 / counterfeiting / liberals / personal exception / sgro
Nice try…
There is a difference between cracking down on dangerous counterfeit goods and cracking down on “consumers”…nice try Michael Geist…
Michael Geist says:
@Bill
The Liberals reference point for the need for the personal exception change was Coach handbags.
Steven Scott says:
@Michael Geist: Does this mean the Liberals wanted to be able to stop a traveler with a knock-off Coach handbag, and have it destroyed since it would be a counterfeit item?
uncle wiggily says:
Sounds like the spirit Sam Bulte lives on amongst the Libs.
ip cop says:
Even worse, how on earth, can Customs (CBSA) tell with 100% certainty, while you are standing there waiting, that something in your possession is counterfeit anyway. Of course, there are obvious items, but most are not always easily recognizable as fake, most would require a rights holder or expert to identify these items, something that cannot be done while you are waiting at the airport. This part of the legislation will not work as proposed.
When will the people of Canada wake up and BAN these lobby groups.
They are only there to support themselves and don’t give a damn
about Canadian citizens.
I can see it already
The legit stuff can cost a tonne of money. And all it takes is bad judgement on the part of the customs officer to have it seized or destroyed. Can’t wait for the story of the musician who got his 3k+ guitar destroyed because the custom officer swore it was a fake Chinese Gibson.
The incident suggests that the Liberals have the stupidity to match Conservative evil.
Odie says:
Seams as though the lobbyists have been watching the polls
Dooley says:
No really… let’s all argue about Liberals vs. Conservatives.
No really, it’s what’s best for the country; let’s all get angry at the other guy for their vote preference.
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Bill Poser says:
“dangerous counterfeit goods”?
@Bill,
“dangerous counterfeit goods”? Really? For the most part counterfeit goods are clothing and accessories which pose no danger other than to the pocketbooks of the trademark holders.
mussic news says:
Bands Interviews, Album Reviews & Music News – Northern TransmissionsNorthern
Northern Transmissions is a music website started for music lovers, by music lovers. We feature interviews, album and live reviews from today’s most influential independent bands and artists.
Absolutely amazing, we can not be more thankful for all the bands we have played for and all the people we have met throughout our whole journey of playing.
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Miley Cyrus Slams Bieber Rumours: "I'm Engaged!"
Star also reacts to Amanda Bynes calling her ugly...
Miley Cyrus has rubbished reports linking her to teen idol Justin Bieber, confirming she's still engaged to actor, Liam Hemsworth.
The former Amanda Bynes' random Twitter outburst, where the actress called Miley "ugly", stating: "I won't even entertain that thought.
"I think it's all so sad and I don't want to add any fuel to that fire. It's so sad to me. I was rooting for her comeback until she started attacking me, and I just thought it was hilarious that she mentioned my name the moment I was the worldwide trending topic on Twitter."
Miley added: 'It's just funny the moment you're a trending topic how many people want your name to come out of their mouth, so somehow they can associate and maybe they can become a trending topic."
Bynes seems to have retracted her comment after hearing Miley's interview, posting on Twitter today (June 13): "Thank you for rooting for me doll! You are one of the prettiest girls! I want my nose to look like yours after my surgeries!"
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NEWS RELEASE · 23rd September 2011
DICK CHENEY TO SPEAK AT NOTORIOUS CHILD TRAFFICKING CENTER
ITCCS
In Vancouver on September 26:
A Statement from The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State
Accused war criminal former Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to speak at the infamous Vancouver Club on Monday, September 26.
(rear entrance, right, where children are brought for sexual trafficking)
The ITCCS supports the protest being called against Cheney's appearance for 5:30 pm that day at the Vancouver Club at 915 West Hastings street, and wishes to inform concerned citizens and the press of these facts:
1. Since the spring of 1994, lawyers and journalists have named the Vancouver Club as a site where children are routinely trafficked, exploited sexually and possibly killed. These crimes were documented, including with photographic proof, by Vancouver trial lawyer Jack Cram and his assistant Renate Andres-Auger, during 1994. Both of these lawyers attempted to bring a lawsuit against two Supreme Court judges in Vancouver for their proven complicity in this alleged pedophile ring, in April of 1994. Both of them were disbarred, and Jack Cram was arrested, drugged and jailed, and the evidence he had on the Club and these judges was stolen.
Read more on this issue by clicking here.
2. Aboriginal children have been a prime target of the Vancouver Club pedophile ring, which involves senior judges, church lawyers, businessmen and politicians. To quote Jack Cram's statement in the BC Supreme Court on April 26, 1994, "Indian children go into the Vancouver Club and are never seen again." As recently as the summer of 2009, aboriginal children have been observed being taken against their will into the rear entrance of the Vancouver Club at 915 West Hastings street from the Squamish Indian reserve in North Vancouver, during the hours of 1 and 3 am.
3. An attempt by reporters with the Vancouver Province and the North Shore News to investigate these claims and the Cram evidence was stopped by a threatened lawsuit against these newspapers from the two Supreme Court judges named by Cram, during 1996 and 1997.
4. One of the predecessors to our ITCCS, the U.N.-affiliated IHRAAM Tribunal into Indian Residential Schools, obtained considerable evidence during its June, 1998 hearings in Vancouver concerning the Vancouver Club pedophile ring. This included eyewitness accounts from an employee at the Club and from a retired RCMP officer, who was discouraged by his superiors from investigating the Club, where the RCMP Superintendent is a member. When one of the IHRAAM investigators, Kevin Annett, publicly surfaced this evidence, he became immediately targeted by a COINTELPRO-type "dirty tricks" campaign by the RCMP and its aboriginal agents that continues to the present day.
4. A United Nations conference on child trafficking, held in Vancouver in September, 1999, confirmed in its summary report that Vancouver is one of three cities in the world where "organized child prostitution and trafficking operates with unofficial police and judicial protection ... including at the elite Vancouver Club."
Considering these facts, we urge protesters to continue their actions against the Vancouver Club even after Dick Cheney has gone, and expose the reason why Cheney is appearing at this center where the proven rape, torture and possible murder of children goes on with impunity - and whether Cheney is himself connected to these crimes.
The ITCCS will be pursuing this investigation and will include its findings in its final report in January, 2012, and will seek an indictment against the Vancouver Club and Dick Cheney in international courts of justice.
Issued by ITCCS International - Brussels office September 23, 2011
Read the truth of genocide in Canada and globally at:
www.itccs.org
www.hiddennolonger.com
www.hiddenfromhistory.org
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NwaVic's Watch Fest (2nd Ed.): Top Ten Must-Watch TV Shows (+ Honorable Mentions)
This is an exciting time for TV addicts like me. Fall is here and so is good TV! Starting today, my favorite shows are back! Plus, I have a load of new shows to try and tell you all about. Indulge my excitement for a minute, let me to share with you where to stop when you flip channels. Ofcourse, it includes repeat favorites from my !st Edition Watch Fest, but pay attention, there are a few in the mix you probably never as much as gave a chance.
1. Suits
Wednesdays at 9pm on USA
Return date: TBD 2016
Upcoming Season: 5
What about: While running from a drug deal gone bad, certified drop-out genius, Mike Ross came across an interview with unconventional big shot attorney Harvey Spector of Pearson/Hardman. Notwithstanding the fact that Mike never went to law school or took the bar (at least for himself), Harvey is so impressed with Mike's genius abilities, that he hires Mike on the spot. In its fifth season, Suits has followed Harvey and Mike shedding light at both the complexities of their personal lives and the dirty politics at Pearson/Hardman, all the while trying to contain Mike's big secret.
What's to love: There's never a dull moment! First, as a fashion lover, Harvey and Mike slay every day in their custom-made suits. I can unashamedly say, I am swoon queen for Harvey. The dude's dapper is everything! And oh, I can't forget Jessica Hardman, the managing partner of the firm on whom I have a professional crush. She's powerful, intelligent and slays in any outfit! Ofcourse, as a lawyer, I know the show is far from reality because there's no way Mike Ross could fly under the radar as long as he has in real life. But it's that very fact that has kept me glued to the scene from the start. Now five seasons in, I am still glued to the screen as I was the day it premiered. Oh & Louis Litt is a character you'd definitely love to hate. I'll leave it at that.
Sundays at 9pm on HBO
What about?: This medieval fantasy drama, based on a book of the same name, is set in the fictional medieval continents of Westeros and Essos and features seven intertwined plot lines as seven kingdoms fight for control of Westeros. The first season opens when Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, makes his old friend Lord Stark, Hand of the King, the his highest official. Meanwhile, the Lannisters (the Queen's family), the Targaryens (the last family to hold the throne), the Greyjoys, Tullys, Arryns and Tyrells also each scheme a way to takeover the throne. The friction and power play between all these houses/kingdoms is the basis of this brilliant show.
What's to love: THIS IS A CLASSIC ONE! I've never been into fantasy but G.O.T is cognitively engaging and intellectually interesting! Even though it is set in archaic form, the events and characters are real in modern life. With so many characters and story lines, it challenges even the most intelligent adult mind the follow more than just the events but the characters and the motivations behind their frequent shocking decisions. It is so smartly done- you can see the work and resources put into every episode..all the more reason so many are addicted. Also, it keeps you at the edge of your seat because you can't predict what's coming next (sometimes, even if you've read the books). No one is safe, not even your favorite character!
3. The Walking Dead
Sundays at 9pm on AMC
Return date: October 11, 2015
What about: Based on a comic book series of the same name, this horror drama is set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Premiering in 2010, it follows a small group of survivors led by Rick Grimes a former Sheriff's deputy as they struggle to survive daily and avoid getting bitten. Basically, if you get bit by a walker (aimless brainless walking zombies), you die, only to wake up in a couple of minutes as a walker. The group is not only threatened by walkers (some of which are their "turned" family and friends) but also, other survivor groups. In fact, now after five seasons, we now know that the biggest threat in this apocalypse are in fact other people.
What's to love: Whenever I tell anyone about this show, their first reaction is "I don't do zombies so no!" But guess what? me neither. The Walking Dead is much more than about the zombies. The deeper you get into the show, the more you realize, the zombies are just really props- their purpose is to trigger events. The situation forces each character to either toughen up or toughen out. The more you watch, the more you become so emotionally tied to the characters, that you start to self-reflect and ask yourself what you would do if this ever happened to you. More so, mere imagination of how worse your world could be if there was ever an apocalypse, makes your daily frustration seem so manageable. At least you still have power, you're not sleeping in the bushes, you don't have to carry a gun everywhere you go (okay maybe you do) but most of all, your office mate's talkativeness is better noise tha the annoying snarling of grey-eyed dead people. I could go on and on about this show (unpredictability, intelligent writing, credible story lines, etc) but yea, if you don't want to watch for any of the above, watch it for the badassery.
4. Wentworth
What about: Just like the popular Orange is the New Black, the Australian series Wentworth follows the incarceration of a first-time offender Bea Smith in the Wentworth Prison where she finds herself thrust into power struggles, crime, and a game where the meek die and the wicked thrive.
What's to love: Simply put, Wentworth is a bad-ass show about bad-ass women in a not-so-bad ass environment. There's no sugar-coating, it is intriguing and you see how prison can bring out a side in people they never knew existed. All the characters (guards, prisoners and everyone outside the walls) keep you captivated. The characters are complex but the show gives you peaks into their pre-Wentworth lives that connects you even further with each character. The drama is endless. The writing is brutal and it's just perfectly sick! Plus, it's perfect for binge-watching. G & I went through three seasons in three days! If you are not watching Wentworth, you are only denying yourself prime entertainment.
Wednesdays at 9pm on FOX
Return date: September 23, 2015
What its about: This show centers on the almighty Luscious Lyon (played by Terrence Howard), hustler-turned-rapper-turned-Hip-Hop mogul and CEO of Empire Entertainment. Luscious seems to be on top of the world until he is diagnosed with a medical condition that threatens everything he has built. What complicates his situation is the release of the Cookie, mother of his three sons from serving a 17-year sentence for a crime that gave Luscious the capital to start Empire. The world sees the Lyon family as a perfect "hard-work-paysoff" bunch but as viewers we see the guts and the dirty hustle of what makes this family an Empire in the making.
What's to love: Cookie! Taraji Henson simply stuns in her role as Cookie! Having been a favorite of Terrence Howard and Taraji Henson since Hustle and Flow, it didn't take much to win me over. Their chemistry is like no other! The family dynamics created by the prodigal Lyon sons (intelligent business-minded but insecure Andre, Hard-working and talented gay Jamal, and gifted but hot-headed Hakeem) is an endless drama mill that will get you hooked from the first episode. Even amidst that, the show is not just pure fiction- it has proven fearless tackling issues like racial violence, drugs and LGBT acceptance hitting home for a lot of people. Last but not least, the show has some amazing catchy tunes that will appeal to any music-lover. And the actors and actresses are just so eye-candy!!
6. Scandal
Thursdays at 8pm on ABC
What about: Created by Greys Anatomy and Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes and debuting mid-season in 2012, this drama focuses on Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), a professional "fixer" in Washington D.C. who not only played a major role in the election of Fitzgerald Grant as the President of the United States, but is in a sizzling affair with him. Pope's reputation is that of a respected brilliant problem solver who, with the help of her small team, can make any problem go away before it becomes public. Each episode not only follows Pope (who always trusts her gut) and her team of lawyers who call themselves "gladiators in suits" and "crisis managers" as they try to solve a diverse set of problems, the show gives insight into each character's flaws and weaknesses.
What's to love: This is probably one of the most popular shows at the moment. There are so many things to love about scandal.
1. There's a strong female lead. Everybody loves Olivia Pope! She is inspiring! There couldn't be a better Olivia Pope than Kerry Washington. Her performance deserves an Emmy for best actress.
2. There's so much drama! Mysteries, love triangles, secrets, & political implications. Bodies are moved, affairs are had, things are planted, reverends die on top of their mistresses, elections are rigged and its all a normal business day.
3. The Moral dilemma: I mean, how can you love Olivia so much yet hold onto your beliefs that she's sleeping with a married man?
7. Modern Family
Wednesdays at 8pm on ABC
What about: Debuting in 2010 to 12.6 million viewers, this comedy is the most unique of its caliber. Set in the form of a "mockumentary", it follows the lives of members of an unconventional family headed by Jay Pritchett, an older guy, his young and hot Columbian second wife (who has a young son from a previous marriage), his housewife daughter married with three kids and his gay son who has a life partner and adopted asian daughter. Of this list, it is the most unique because it basically shows what many American families look like these days; a divorced father with a new younger wife, a gay couple adopting a child from abroad, parents trying to raise three children the "modern" open way and the melting pot many Americans now call family.
What to love: This has to be the best comedy on TV as has consistently shown by winning the Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series five tmes. It stands out because it doesn't just occasionally make you smile, it makes you actually Laugh Out Loud. More so, the characters are all so unique and relatable. You can find a bit of yourself in everyone or at least someone. I love Cam, Gloria and Phil especially! More so, you can watch it over and over and over again and it's still funny! Lastly, if you're into family, like I am, you'd appreciate the love this bunch has for each other.
8. How to Get Away with Murder
What about: HTGAWM is an intense-driven drama series that circles Annalise Keating (played by Emmy-winning Viola Davis) who is an intelligent and mysteriously charming Criminal defense lawyer and professor who teaches a class on How to Get Away with Murder. To intern in her law practice, Annalise chooses the four best students from her class. The result is a scenario where the students, alongside Annalise's employees, must use what they learn in real life.
What to love: There's everything to love about Annalise Keating! Viola Davis is such a killer actress and the Emmys just agreed last weekend! making her the first African American woman to win Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. She makes Annalise Keating such a strong character- so brilliant, powerful, sexy, and intimidating all at the same dang time...Men want her and women want to be here. The women, especially love her because strong female leads are inspiring and empowering. As a lawyer myself, sometimes I channel Annalise at work LOL-JK (Only in my mind :-)) What makes Annalise so much more powerful is that she is human. From the outside, she is perfect but each new episode shows the pain that makes her who she is, making her even more relatable. Plus, it's an unpredictable drama that keeps you at the edge of your seat!
9. BlackList
Thursdays at 9pm on NBC
Return date: October 1, 2015
What about: When former U.S. Navy Officer and Most-Wanted fugitive Raymond "Red" Reddington surrenders himself to FBI, they know they are in for a long ride. Reddington not only offers the FBI a list of highly-wanted criminals including drug lords, mobsters, politicians, and international terrorists but offers to help round them up, but only on the condition that he works solely and directly with recent rookie Quantico graduate Elizabeth "Liz" Keen. Throughout the show, we find that Reddington is not only a high-profile crime lord, he is also just a man with a past that includes a complicated and yet-to-unfold history with Keen.
What's to love: First, Reddington is a complicated man. He constantly skirts the thin line between good and bad: some days you hate him, but most days you just love him. He sprays gray all over your Black and White clean-cut morals. He is not evil but he is no softie. He is the friend you wish you had: someone to not only rescue you from the pit of hell but get you into the exclusive heaven. He knows everything and everyone. he is intelligent, well-traveled, mysterious, fearless, witty, and just plain old genius in worldly matters and people. In other words, he is a bad-a$$. Second, The villains in BlackList are also so colorful and like none other. They are not just the typical murderers or drug lords, they are so SICK! I mean, I knew this show was something else, when they profiled a murderer who dissolved bodies in bathtubs (aka the stew maker) leaving no single trace. Don't let me get into Liz's "perfect" husband. Ahhh the characters are so formidable, it is creepy but intriguing all at once.
10. Orange is the New Black
Return date: TBD
What about: This gritty prison drama follows Piper Chapman, an upper-middle-class girl as she is incarcerated for the first time for helping her ex-girlfriend smuggle drugs. Piper's incarceration and subsequent fall from grace magnifies her inner demons and turns her world upside down and puts her in the same space with people she never would have as much as said hello to anywhere else. She now has to decide which relationship matters more: one with the man she was about to marry or one with her female lover with whom she is now caged with. As Piper fights her demons, she not only starts to see herself for the menace she is...others do too.
What's to love: Drama! at its finest. It is dirty. It is intriguing. Most of all, it is raw. The show brings to light all the characters we all have know to be feminine but in it, a viciousness we would only find out we had if life as we knew it ceases to be today. OITNB is a cocktail of human nature in a harsh environment featuring selfishness, jealousy, sex, betrayal, and disloyalty.
Because the competition for screen awesomeness is just too steep, these shows didn't quite make top 10 but they are awesome all the same!
House of Cards (Political Drama)
Black-Ish (Comedy)
Wednesdays at 8:30pm on ABC
Greys Anatomy (Medical Drama)
Upcoming Season: 12
Homeland (Drama)
Sundays at 9pm on SHOWTIME
Season: 5
Nashville (County-Music Drama)
Madam Secretary (Political Drama)
Sundays at 10pm on CBS
The Good Wife (Political/Legal Drama)
Sundays at 9pm on CBS
Current Season: 7
If I missed your favorite show, drop a comment! I'll try any show at least once.
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Blacklist is the B-O-M-B and I'm totally biased because the guy who almost beheaded Red was from Cameroon :) I need to join the SUITS and HTGAWM bandwagon. Thanks for reviewing these shows.
Princess R said...
LOL your biase is very much allowed! BlackList is an amazing show and this season, it is serving it up as expected. Thank you for reading!
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Why is it important for people to learn to dive and to spend time underwater?
What are some precautions people should take as they dive underwater?
If you want a sport that puts you under a lot of pressure, try underwater diving. You can even feel some of the effects of pressure in a swimming pool. Down just a few feet underwater, your ears begin to hurt. That's caused by pressure on your eardrums. Where does that pressure come from? It's the weight of all the water--and air--above you. At the surface of the water, a column of air--stretching hundreds of miles out into space--weighs 14.7 pounds per square inch. Scientists call this amount of pressure "one atmosphere." When you go underwater, however, you add the weight of the water to the atmospheric pressure. A 10-meter (33-foot) column of water weighs 14.7 pounds per square inch, so at a depth of 10 meters, the pressure is two atmospheres: half from the water and half from the air above it. Pressure also influences how divers use air. At ten meters, for example, the increased pressure means your lungs hold twice as much air as they do at the surface--and you'll breathe all the air in your tank twice as fast. The deeper you dive, the more quickly you use up the air in your tank. When you breathe compressed air through a regulator underwater, you ensure that the air spaces in your body are at the same pressure as the surrounding water. But if you breathe compressed air underwater and then ascend, holding your breath, the pressure around you decreases, so your lungs expand. Air sacs in your lungs could rupture, causing an air embolism, which means that bubbles of air enter your blood stream and block circulation to your brain. "The bends," or decompression sickness, is another health hazard associated with pressure changes. The longer you stay down and the deeper you go, the more nitrogen dissolves into your body tissues. If you ascend too rapidly, the dissolved nitrogen comes out of solution too quickly and forms bubbles in your tissues. You could experience severe pain (particularly in joints), dizziness, blindness, paralysis, and convulsions. Although decompression sickness is rare, divers learn they must ascend slowly and, under certain circumstances, take "decompression stops" on the way up. This allows the dissolved nitrogen to come out of the body safely. CONNECTIONS Why is it important for people to learn to dive and to spend time underwater? What are some precautions people should take as they dive underwater?
air embolism:
a dangerous condition in which air sacs in your lungs burst. This can create air bubbles in your bloodstream.
decompression sickness:
a serious condition (also known as "the bends") resulting from nitrogen coming out of solution and forming bubbles in body tissues. It happens when divers have been breathing compressed air at depth and then ascend too rapidly.
neutral buoyancy:
neither sinking nor floating; having the same average density as water
regulator:
a device which delivers air for breathing at the pressure of the surrounding water
wet suit:
a neoprene foam suit that will keep you warm in cold water by trapping a layer of water next to your body
>The Bends TRY ITS
If you want a sport that puts you under a lot of pressure, try underwater diving. You can even feel some of the effects of pressure in a swimming pool. Down just a few feet underwater, your ears begin to hurt. That's caused by pressure on your eardrums. Where does that pressure come from? It's the weight of all the water--and air--above you. At the surface of the water, a column of air--stretching hundreds of miles out into space--weighs 14.7 pounds per square inch. Scientists call this amount of pressure "one atmosphere." When you go underwater, however, you add the weight of the water to the atmospheric pressure. A 10-meter (33-foot) column of water weighs 14.7 pounds per square inch, so at a depth of 10 meters, the pressure is two atmospheres: half from the water and half from the air above it. Pressure also influences how divers use air. At ten meters, for example, the increased pressure means your lungs hold twice as much air as they do at the surface--and you'll breathe all the air in your tank twice as fast. The deeper you dive, the more quickly you use up the air in your tank. When you breathe compressed air through a regulator underwater, you ensure that the air spaces in your body are at the same pressure as the surrounding water. But if you breathe compressed air underwater and then ascend, holding your breath, the pressure around you decreases, so your lungs expand. Air sacs in your lungs could rupture, causing an air embolism , which means that bubbles of air enter your blood stream and block circulation to your brain. "The bends," ordecompression sickness , is another health hazard associated with pressure changes. The longer you stay down and the deeper you go, the more nitrogen dissolves into your body tissues. If you ascend too rapidly, the dissolved nitrogen comes out of solution too quickly and forms bubbles in your tissues. You could experience severe pain (particularly in joints), dizziness, blindness, paralysis, and convulsions. Although decompression sickness is rare, divers learn they must ascend slowly and, under certain circumstances, take "decompression stops" on the way up. This allows the dissolved nitrogen to come out of the body safely.
It's important for divers to be of neutral buoyancy. That means they tend to stay at the depth they are--they neither sink nor float. You can explore buoyancy in a sink or bathtub. Materials
several dozen washers, in a few different sizes if possible
some objects that float, such as wooden "kindergarten" blocks, Tinkertoys, or plastic film canisters
an inflated and tied balloon
Fill a bathtub (or any other deep container, such as a sink or a waterproof wastepaper basket) with as much water as is practical.
Select an object. Verify that it floats.
Find a way to attach the washers to the object as weights. For a wooden block, make a hook out of a paper clip and tape it to the block with duct tape; put the washers on the hook. For a Tinkertoy structure, put the dowel through the washer's hole. For a film canister, put the washers inside.
Add washers until the object just sinks. Record how many washers it takes to sink it.
If you have different-size washers, try to adjust the weight on the object so that the object is of neutral buoyancy.
If you have different-size objects (for example, wooden blocks or Tinkertoys in different sizes), see how the amount of weight it takes to sink them depends on their sizes.
Look around your home for objects that float which you can sink with washers. Try some. Were you surprised by any of them?
Try to sink the balloon. Tie a paper-clip hook to the neck of the balloon and add washers. What happens? Questions
What did you notice about the number of washers and the size of the object? Is this what you expected?
Briggs, C.S. (1985) Skin diving is for me. Minneapolis: Lerner.
Griffiths, T. (1989) Sport scuba diving in depth: An introduction to basic scuba instruction and beyond. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Co.
Open water sport diver manual (4th ed.). (1989) Englewood, CO: Jeppesen Sanderson Inc.
McGovern, A. (1989) Down under, down under: Diving adventures on the Great Barrier Reef. New York: Macmillan.
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Konami release PES 2015 launch trailer + 'December update' confirmed
Published at 1:59 pm, Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Author: Mike Harvey | Tags: news , PES 2015 , trailers
With just two days to go until the European launch of PES 2015, Konami have released a trailer to celebrate the hugely-anticipated launch of this year's instalment.
The PES Team have also published a brand new press release to confirm the full contents of Data Pack 1 - the Day One update which was released yesterday.
Furthermore, it's been revealed that a 'December update' will add "more teams of other leagues", as well as extra stadiums for 'the current generation of gaming systems'. The same DLC release will also add licensed player names for 11 members of Flamengo.
WORLD’S GREATEST CLUB COMPETITIONS BOLSTER PES 2015 LICENCE ROSTERS. DAY ONE UPDATE ALSO ADDS ROSTER UPDATE, NEW KITS, BOOTS AND ENHANCED FACES
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has revealed the full list of club and national licenses that will feature in its forthcoming PES 2015 title – including second-tier teams for the first time and all Brazilian top-flight teams. The publisher has also revealed content of an exhaustive day one update file that adds key new elements to the game.
The cornerstone of PES 2015’s licensed content remains the world’s greatest club competitions - which are exclusive to the series. The game features dedicated modes featuring iconography and branding for Europe’s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League competitions, whilst the South American Copa Libertadores returns alongside the new Copa Sudamericana tournament. Asia Champions League features once again, rounding off a stellar list of club competitions only available in PES. Each of these licenses represents club football at its highest level, perfectly synchronizing with PES 2015’s ‘The Pitch Is Ours’ mantra, where development has focused on ensuring the game mimics the ebb and flow of real matches.
PES 2015 also introduces second-tier teams for the first time, with Spanish Liga Adelante represented in its entirety, as is the French Ligue 2. The team rosters have also been extended to English and Italian second-tier teams, albeit not in licensed form but with real players. These supplement the full Dutch Eredivisie, French Ligue 1, Spanish La Liga and Italian top-flight leagues, which are long-standing PES inclusions. The cream of European club sides are also licensed, and include pack star Mario Götze’s Bayern Munich; Portuguese giants FC Porto, Benfica and Sporting SP; and the likes of Anderlecht, Manchester United, Zenit St Petersberg, CSKA Moscow and Galatasaray.
The phenomenal growth of the South American leagues is also well represented, with KONAMI securing the full Argentine Primera Division and 21 Brazilian club teams with official kits.
KONAMI has also prepared a day one download for PES 2015, which will ensure that 93 new kits will appear authentically in the game, while eight more licensed teams have been added including Sparta Praha, FK Partisan, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Additionally, the Brazil league will have six of its teams (Santos, Internacional, Vasco da Gama, Vitoria, Criciuma, and Chapecoense) updated to include an additional 109 of the athlete’s real names. An additional digital download will be available in December that will add 11 of the athlete’s real names to the roster for Flamengo; the December update will also include yet more teams in other leagues and bolster the stadia roster for the current generation of gaming systems. The day one download will also reflect all transfers and loans, and new boots from Puma and Nike will be added. Continuing KONAMI’s dedication to ensure the stars resemble and act like their real life counterparts, the day one update will include over 80 player feature updates as well.
PES 2015 will be available on November 13, 2014 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and the Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft for an SRP £59.99, and for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC (digital download version) for an SRP of £39.99.
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A terrible plague has taken possession of the human race, a virus has broken out, which transforms ordinary people into zombies. Have fun playing Zombie Train!
2D Air Hockey is a nice and fast air hockey game. You look at the game table from the top and have to try to maneuver the puck into the opposing goal using your air hockey club.
Your name is Dick Douche, and you are the craziest fighter ever seen. You enter into a city, where you volunteer to fight off zombies with your bare hands.
At the start of Foofa Race 2, you first choose your driver. The drivers all have different abilities. These are acceleration, speed, grip as well as weight.
At Colosseum Blackjack, a really nice casino atmosphere is produced, which is fun. With a click on DEAL, you will receive two cards and will also be shown the total score.
Bomb Jack may celebrate its 28th birthday this year (2012). At that time, the game was developed by the developer Tehkan. Enjoy the game Bomb Jack!
The strategy game Connect Four is an online game, where you do not even have to shoot, but have to put your mind hard to work. You compete against a true champion, that is your PC.
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SFG Pool is an 8-ball pool-billiard. In contrast to a lot of other online billiard games you can also play SFG Pool in a multi player mode. Have fun playing SFG Pool!
Hyper Sports 50m Swimming is a playable event from a world famous arcade game series called Track & Field or Hyper Olympics. The title reached cult status round the world.
Zuma Ball is a game where the different colored balls must be combined into groups. In the middle of the playing field is your character.
At a large table, game figures are mounted on poles that you can move back and forth. Like in real football, you have to ensure that you manage to get as many balls as possible into the opposing goal.
A blast of a game is Super Blast Billiards. Top priority of the game is to pot the balls in a certain amount of time (100 seconds). But the balls in the game aren’t quite the regular ones.
You love detective games where you really have to use your head? Then you have come to the exactly right place in Wordspector. Have fun playing Wordspector!
One of the oldest and most popular board games and dice games is Backgammon. In front of you, you have a game table with 24 fields, on which each player has 15 game pieces each.
If you are a bit advanced at playing Chess, the game Chess Challenge Online is a great way to check your qualities as a Chess player.
In Jungle Quest Pinball, you must be swift like a leopard and as graceful as a gazelle. In this extremely fast pinball game, you will simulate a trip through the jungle.
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Connect 4 is a cool online game that really challenges your strategic thinking structures completely. You probably know the game of 4 wins, which is taken up here in Connect 4.
At Super Manager, you are the manager of a local supermarket and have to try to increase the revenue of your business as best as you can in this role.
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If you want to try being a mother for once, the game Super Mom is just right for you. It is all about daily baby care, such as changing diapers and bathing your baby.
In Brain Racer, another calculating game awaits you. You have to definitely be good with numbers. Brain Racer is for players who can quickly calculate in their heads.
The challenge goes into the next round. If you were already a fan of the Super Mom game, you will really enjoy Super Mom 2. Now it is your task to take care of twins.
Considering the nostalgic looking graphics of Defender of the Crown, someone could actually get the idea that this game could be from the early Middle Ages.
You can now enjoy this hugely popular game on your browser, instead of enjoying it on an ancient Atari game console. Have fun playing Space Invaders!
When children want to play tennis, they mostly go to a tennis court, in order to play there with their mom or dad. Often there is no possibility to play tennis outdoors.
Play-Free-Bejeweled-Games.com - Top games in the network - The game Bejeweled is also known as Diamond Mine. It is a puzzle game, and was designed and developed as a browser-based flash game by the company PopCap Games. In the original Bejeweled game, rows of at least 3 same colored stones have to be formed. However, there are numerous online clones of the original Bejeweled game, like the ones presented here at Play-Free-Bejeweled-Games.com, which are not just about the forming of only rows of precious stones. The game Bejeweled or the game type "match-3" or "connect-3" enjoys great popularity with casual gamers on the internet. The Bejeweled puzzles exude a charm and an excitement, which it is almost impossible to resist. Have fun with the free Bejeweled games online! Match-3 online games are great! - Play-Free-Bejeweled-Games.com - Top games in the network
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During the pre Super Bowl pep rally Second Line held in New Orleans on Saturday February 6, 2010 I had the chance to take a few great pictures of “Uncle” Lionel Batiste while he was at the French Market with the Treme Brass Band. New Orleans is full of characters, but Uncle Lionel definitely stands out! Somebody…I forgot who, said about him, “we gonna miss him, when WE die!”
Look out for the new HBO series Treme which will premiere on April 11 2010 and will feature among man local New Orleans musicians, the Treme Brass Band!
“Uncle” Lionel Batiste is a jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Born on February 1st, 1931, he began in music career at the age of 11 playing bass drum with the Square Deal Social & Pleasure Club. He is currently the bass drummer, vocalist and assistant leader of the Treme Brass Band; he is known for his kazoo playing as well. He also sings, and has recorded a cd as a vocalist. Besides inspiring younger musicians with his playing, he serves as a role model to many of them: trumpeter Kermit Ruffins calls Batiste his “total influence,” saying that Batiste “taught [him] how to act, how to dress, how to feel about life.” Internationally, Batiste has served as leader of the daily Moldejazz parade since 2000. He is arguably New Orleans most loved uncle!
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PSPP's First Anniversary, Metapuzzle Contest, Bernice Gordon Collaboration, and Project Updates
Tomorrow, June 29, will be the first anniversary of the official start of the Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project! I can hardly believe that this all began just twelve months ago when I wrote the first post and we were litzing puzzles from 1992. Now I'm writing the 70th post and we're in 1966—and at 10,237 puzzles litzed, we're nearly two-thirds of the way done! Awesome job, everybody—at this rate, there's an excellent chance that by next year at this time, all the litzing will be complete!
In celebration, I've created the Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project's First Anniversary Metapuzzle Contest—Metaleska! You'll be able to access this free 23 x 23 cranium crusher tomorrow at 12 noon Pacific Time on XWord Info, thanks to Jim Horne! In a special minipost tomorrow, I'll link to the exact page; you'll also be able to link to the puzzle from XWord Info's home page. There will be a file of detailed instructions and two different formats of the puzzle: Across Lite, for those of you who prefer to solve that way, and PDF, if you'd rather print out the puzzle. Metaleska is offered without charge to everyone—litzers, solvers, and fans of the Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project (though contributions to the project are always welcome!). There will be crossword-friendly prizes for the first correct entry and for two random correct entries as follows:
First Prize: Splickety Lit, a spoonerism-based trivia game from the Marbles brain store
Random Prize #1: Word.: 144 Crosswords That Prove It's Hip to be Square, by Natan Last—a compendium of crosswords written by talented young constructors
Random Prize #2: The New York Times Little Black (and White) Book of Crosswords, by Will Shortz—a lovely spiral-bound ana of Shortz-era New York Times crosswords
So sharpen your pencils (or limber up your typing fingers) and see if you can conquer Metaleska! All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (one minute before midnight) Pacific Time on Saturday, July 6.
In other news, some time ago I contacted pre-Shortzian and Shortz-era crossword legend Bernice Gordon about doing an interview for this blog. Bernice is 99 and has been an active New York Times constructor since the Margaret Farrar days! I published that interview on April 19, and you can read it by clicking here or on the Pre-Shortzian Constructor Interviews tab above and then scrolling down.
While I was corresponding with her about the interview, it occurred to me that a collaboration between us might be not only fun but historic. At 99, Bernice is the oldest New York Times constructor; at 16, I am currently the youngest (though I wasn't the youngest ever to publish a crossword in the Times—pre-Shortzian constructors Artie Bennett and Mike Miller were both younger than I was—14 1/2—when my first puzzle was published, as was Shortz-era constructor Ben Pall). Bernice was excited about the idea, so we began constructing the puzzle that appeared on June 26 in the Times.
Because of the 83-year age difference, our collaboration was very interesting. Bernice knew many older things that I didn't, and she wasn't familiar with some modern terms I used. Deb Amlen wrote up the puzzle and interviewed us about the collaboration for Wordplay; to read her piece, click here. In addition, a reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer contacted me and Bernice about the collaboration and wrote about it in an article, which you can read here. I was very honored to collaborate with such a crossword legend, and getting to know Bernice has been delightful! I'm hoping we'll be able to meet each other in person in the not too distant future.
Back to the project: We've made a lot of progress this week! On Tuesday, Martin Herbach sent in 35 puzzles, putting us over 10,200! Then Wednesday, Denny Baker sent in 7, and a few hours later, Howard Barkin sent in 21. Todd Gross finished proofreading another month of 1982 puzzles and sent in 10 more proofread puzzles from his final month of that year. Thanks so much, everyone! Although the 1982 puzzles will likely be completely proofread by the end of this month, I'm going to hold off on having them posted on XWord Info until Metaleska is over, just so no one gets confused (you'll see why when you read the instructions tomorrow!).
Today's featured pre-Shortzian puzzle, "For the Distaff Side," was constructed by Sidney Lambert. It was originally published on March 26, 1967, and was recently litzed by Denny Baker. This Margaret Farrar–edited puzzle doesn't have a particularly gimmicky theme, though it does contain nine solid theme entries and the reveal WOMAN'S WORK (cleverly clued as "It's never done"). Each theme entry, such as SCRUB TEAM, starts with a stereotypical chore women did during the time period in which this puzzle was published. The puzzle struck me as being particularly sexist. There were plenty of women, such as Margaret Farrar herself, who achieved great things back in the 60s—I don't see the entry CROSSWORD EDITOR anywhere in the grid! Nevertheless, this puzzle is very interesting historically in that it shows how society viewed women. The nonthematic fill looks nice on the whole. On the positive side, the puzzle contains SWORDS crossing SHEARS, TEAR GAS, HORNET, and TWINGE. Also, the clue "Pieces of music." (SONGS) is reused for GLEE, ALTOS, and NOELS, which I thought was a nice touch. I do have a few BEEFS ("Complaints: Slang."), though. The puzzle contains ANDIRON (the IRON part of which is distracting), the partial ARM IN ("___ arm") that repeats part of the answer in its clue, and the lesser-known goddesses SPES and HESPER (the latter of which is also a less-common poetic form). In sum, this is a historically significant Sunday puzzle that feels like an accurate representation of the average Sunday puzzle from its time period. The answer grid (with highlighted theme entries) can be seen below:
I've been on the lookout for clever pre-Shortzian clues from the early Weng era. In most puzzles, they're few and far between, but I noticed that Weng always managed to throw in at least one thought-provoking clue per puzzle. Here are some of my favorites:
5/20/69 (constructor unknown, litzed by Martin Herbach)
Places of no return (ONE-WAY STREETS)
7/7/69 (constructor unknown, litzed by Jeffrey Krasnick)
Elevator of a sort (THE COST OF LIVING)
1/17/71 (constructed by Herb L. Risteen, litzed by Tom Pepper)
His living depends on net income (MAN SHOT FROM A CANNON)
3/2/71 (constructor unknown, litzed by Barry Haldiman)
They keep falling on heads (RAINDROPS)
Story unsuitable for a bald man (HAIR-RAISING TALE)
Opposite of summer in the country (SIMMER IN THE CITY)
The 1/17/71 clue is, in my opinion, the coolest clue/answer pair of the bunch! Below is a picture of a person whose living would definitely depend on net income:
Image courtesy of the Daily Mail.
Posted by David Steinberg at 7:08 AM
Labels: anniversary, Artie Bennett, Ben Pall, Bernice Gordon, Deb Amlen, Herbert L. Risteen, Jim Horne, Metaleska, metapuzzle contest, Mike Miller, Sidney Lambert, unknown constructor, XWord Info
Mark Schulman July 5, 2013 at 6:17 PM
David, I found this site from the link Matt Gaffney posted on his site today. Thank you for constructing the puzzle and your Pre-Shortz project. It was not the simplest puzzle to solve but I think I have solved the grid. I could not reach the instructions through the link but was able to find it with a google search after I completed the grid. Now the years in the starred clues make sense as well as the absence of consistency in the answers. Because of the work involved in solving the meta I am not going to even attempt it but only due to the time it would entail.
I live in Santa Monica but grew up in Philadelphia. Philly is a great town and I hope you enjoy your visit there. In addition to the numerous colleges if you are there long enough you might enjoy the Museum of Art and the Barns Museum on the Ben Franklin Parkway, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the original James Joyce manuscripts at the Rosenbach Museum and some live plays such as at the Wilma Theater.
I look forward to solving more of your puzzles and wish you the very best.
David Steinberg July 5, 2013 at 6:37 PM
Thanks so much, Mark! I'm glad you enjoyed Metaleska and are liking the project. Thanks, too, for the Philly suggestions—they sound great!
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Best Airport Lounges in the World
Johnny Jet
Posted 6th September 2019.
Airport lounges vary wildly depending on a whole slew of factors. You could have a great lounge experience at one airport, then go to another lounge by the same airline at another airport, and the difference can be night and day. Similarly, major airports boast a varying lineup of lounges, so the lounges in Terminal A might be great, while the lounges in Terminal B might be less than stellar. And now, on top of all the airline lounges you have to choose from, there are non-airline lounges, like the Centurion Lounge, competing for your attention. If you can’t exclusively say that lounges by a certain airline or brand, or that lounges at a certain airport, are top-tier, how can you determine which airport lounges are really best?
How We’re Determining the 7 Best Airport Lounges in the World
Given the above, we compiled our list of the seven best airport lounges in the world based on several factors. We’re looking at lounge age, amenities, exclusivity, accessibility and recognized awards. Consider yourself a world traveler and seasoned jet setter? See if you agree with our picks below (arranged in alphabetical order).
Air France Business-Class Lounge, Charles De Gaulle International Airport
Air France just re-opened its business-class lounge at Charles De Gaulle last year following extensive renovations and we can’t say it wasn’t worth the wait. The old lounge was completely gutted and every little detail changed. The new, large lounge features lots of soft lighting and a true taste of French style and hospitality. Dine on Parisian fare at the open kitchen, book a spa treatment, relax in a private sauna, refresh yourself at the detox bar or just enjoy a cocktail or two.
Cathay Pacific The Pier First-Class Lounge, Hong Kong International Airport
Cathay Pacific first-class travelers and other Oneworld first-class travelers moving through Hong Kong can enjoy access to The Pier. Passengers can bring along a guest as well (and if you have Diamond level within Cathay Pacific’s Marco Polo frequent flyer program, you can bring two guests along for your lounge visit). While this lounge is relatively small, it offers something unique — private suites that you can call your own during a long layover. You get a bed and other furnishings, as well as access to showers, so you can freshen up from your travels and maybe even catch a few winks before moving on. Other amenities include massages services, a library, and fine dining.
Emirates First-Class Lounge, Dubai International Airport
Emirates is well known for its lauded first-class service while in the sky, but what can you expect while on the ground? This first-class, 100,000-square-foot lounge that’s as long as the terminal itself is extravagant in a multitude of ways. Befitting its Dubai location, the lounge amenities include day beds, a separate Champagne lounge separate from the normal bar, a wine cellar also separate from the normal bar, a coffee bar, cigar lounge, fine dining and dedicated children’s center. But the supreme services hardly start when you arrive at the airport; no, they begin when Emirates sends a chauffeur to your hotel, to cart you off to the airport in high style. Once you’re ready to board your flight, you don’t even have to leave. You can board directly from the lounge.
Lufthansa First-Class Lounge, Frankfurt International Airport First-class
Lufthansa passengers traveling through Frankfurt International Airport can enjoy this expansive space that’s actually in a completely different building from the airport, as it sits at a whopping almost 200,000 square feet. Technically named a “terminal” rather than a lounge, due to its size and location, what can passengers expect at this best airport lounge? For starters, custom-made, stylish and modern furnishings; high-end dining and drinking options; a cigar lounge; private offices; and bathrooms and showers with luxury toiletries.
Qantas First-Class Lounge, Sydney International Airport
For unprecedented airport relaxation, look no further than the Qantas first-class lounge in Sydney. Open to first-class passengers and platinum-level frequent flyers only, the lounge is dedicated to a Feng Shui experience for passengers. As such, there’s plenty of natural light, no corners to be found and a huge vertical garden with nearly 10,000 plants. Oh, and that marble that you see throughout? It’s from the same quarry that Michelangelo used when sourcing marble for his work. No big deal.
United Polaris Lounge, Newark Liberty International Airport
United’s Polaris Class has really been praised for the way it’s just overall transforming the business-travel experience. The Polaris-class lounge at Newark, though opened as recently as last year, was one of the very first to open in the world, and the first on the East Coast. Open to both United Polaris and Star Alliance first- and business-class passengers, the lounge is filled with plenty of spacious seating, that offers lots of privacy, individual lighting and charging ports at each seat — perfectly thought out for the business traveler needing some luxury along with their functionality. There are nap pods with Saks Fifth Avenue furnishings, in case you need a snooze, as well as shower suites, to freshen up. Staff are on-hand to provide you with any kind of shower amenities or toiletries you might need, from a hair straightener to a sewing kit. Laundry services are available, in case you need something steamed while you wait.
Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, John F. Kennedy International Airport
One of only two domestic lounges to make the list, the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse is one of the more relatively accessible luxury lounges. While it’s typically just open to Flying Club Gold members, Upper Class passengers and elite-status passengers of partner airlines, the average Virgin Atlantic passenger can purchase a day pass for a mere $75 — a good bargain. There are arguments on whether or not the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse in New York City is truly better than the same in London, but we’d have to argue for the Big Apple location. The larger space, stellar staff, and great dining experience set it apart. As you might expect from the Virgin brand, this is far from your ordinary airline lounge, with truly a clubhouse feel, with the posh seating, billiards tables, and craft cocktails. Complimentary dining and complimentary spa treatments are just the cherry atop the sundae.
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Long Island Transportation News
Cars, Driving and Roads
Long Island Transportation Advocates Call for a More Accessible Long Island
December 5, 2016 December 5, 2016 Eric Schmid Aaron Watkins-Lopez, Allison Blanchette, Bike, Car-Less Long Island, Club riders, Connor Artz, Daniel Flanzig, Eric Alexander, GoPro, Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, Jon Siebert, Katie Artz, Long Beach, Long Island, Long Island Bus Riders Union, Long Island chapter coordinator of the New York Bicycling Coalition, Long Island Complete Streets, Long Island cycling, Mark Hoffacker, Nassau County, New York, New York Bicycling Coalition, New York Coalition for Transportation Safety, New York roads, New York State, NYBC, Robert Moses, Safe Routes to School, Sharing Roadways, Suffolk County, Sylvia Silberger, three-foot law, three-foot passing law, Vision Long Island
By Eric Schmid
Donned with a GoPro on his helmet, Connor Artz rides his bike to school every day. The 11-year-old Long Beach resident faces a little over 1 mile of road, but that short distance does not mean he’s safe. Some days he has to dodge traffic just to get to his school without a scratch.
In 2015, Long Island saw more than 700 bicycle crashes according to data from the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research. Of those 700, 11 crashes were fatal making Nassau and Suffolk counties account for 30 percent of the bike fatalities in New York State that year.
“That’s a really bad number to have in this space; totally unacceptable” Allison Blanchette, Long Island chapter coordinator of the New York Bicycling Coalition, said.
The New York Bicycling Coalition (NYBC) is one organization working to make Long Island safer and more accessible for car alternatives, like bicycles or public transportation.
Right now they are working toward a three-foot passing law, which would require motorists to leave three feet between them and a cyclist when passing from behind, Daniel Flanzig, NYBC board and executive committee member said.
“There are 26 states that have [a three-foot passing law]; New York does not,” Flanzig adding The passing law is one step that would make cycling safer on Long Island by ending the conversation and controversy over who belongs on the road. With a three-foot law drivers would have to respect cyclists, something that does not always happen now.
“One time, I’m riding with my friend Ava and a car goes right in between us almost hitting her,” Artz said.
Most days when he is riding are not as dangerous, something he attributes to the GoPro he wears on his helmet. Unless he forgets the camera, Artz films his commute to school every day.
“There is a major difference between the behavior [of drivers] when I’m wearing my GoPro and when I’m not,” Artz said. “People are different when they’re on video and when I’m not videotaping they’ll be a little rude.”
People like Connor, who use their bikes for transportation everyday not the more common weekend club riders, are the ones who Flanzig sees benefiting the most from a three-foot law.
“I try to get legislators to picture a 10-year-old or a 12-year-old riding their bike to school when they think about a three-foot law,” he said. “It’s not just for protecting club riders, it’s about protecting Connor.”
Yet, much more than one law is needed to make the island more accessible and safer to car alternatives.
“This really is about culture change,” Blanchette said. “We need people to change how they view streets. Streets are not there to move the most amount of cars in the most efficient manner. Streets are moving people and people are in various modes.”
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Part of this change includes sharing roadways.
“Cyclists have a right to the road.” Mark Hoffacker, member of the New York Coalition for Transportation Safety said. “Too many car owners think they own the road; if a bike gets in the way they get annoyed. That’s ridiculous.”
Flanzig, Blanchette and other alternative transportation advocates turned to education to change the commuter and car-centric culture of Long Island to make cycling safer.
“We need more education,” Blanchette said. “That goes from not just educating bikers but also drivers, pedestrians and even law enforcement on how to handle situations.”
For Flanzig, this education starts with the youngest drivers on New York roads.
“On the New York State driver’s license test, there is one question that has to deal with cyclists and pedestrians,” Flanzig said. “We want to increase education on the initial level with the young driver learning more about cyclists.”
Another organization focused on cycling and pedestrian safety is the New York Coalition for Transportation Safety. Hoffacker works for that organization to educate cyclists and pedestrians about how to safely navigate the island by teaching them about traffic safety and establishing safety programs.
“We have a program about biking and walking to schools and planning your route safely,” he said. “It’s all safety related stuff.”
Safe Routes to School is that program. The state program assists local communities by helping them develop and implement projects that encourage and make walking and bicycling to school safe and appealing.
Connor Artz is one student who benefits from that program. Although his route can be treacherous, Safe Routes to School is what first introduce him to cycling, Katie Artz, his mother, said.
Ever since he started riding Katie Artz immersed herself in the program and advocates for other Long Beach children to ride to school.
“It isn’t as dangerous as some people think it is; it could always be safer” she said. “We need to change how kids are getting to school and how they’re getting there safely.”
Katie Artz often talks with parents who deem cycling too dangerous for their children. Artz tries to combat their feelings by showing them video of how drivers react to cyclists, mainly her son who rides his bike to school with a GoPro.
But education can only go so far. One major obstacle to change is Long Island’s deep rooted car culture and tradition.
“Long Island epitomizes the car life-style—we are the home of the strip mall, the parkway and the suburb,” Sylvia Silberger, founder of Car-Less Long Island, an organization that works to make alternative transportation easier and safer to use on the island. “Long Island drivers don’t care about, at best, and resent, at worst, pedestrians and cyclists. Most of us don’t consider the bus system a viable alternative to ourselves.”
The car-centric culture has led to infrastructure that, advocates say, limits people from cutting car usage.
“The biggest problem is the already in place infrastructure; car-centric roads, bridges and pedestrian areas,” Aaron Watkins-Lopez, organizer of the Long Island Bus Riders Union, said. “Robert Moses created the highway in such a way that public transportation, specifically buses, can’t utilize it.”
The Long Island Bus Riders Union fights to improve public transit, specifically the bus systems in Suffolk and Nassau county. Improving the bus system on Long Island also benefit cyclists because alternative forms of transportation are all connected.
For Watkins-Lopez riding the bus or using a bike is a no brainer.
“I think a lot of people don’t realize if we have fewer cars on the road you’re going to need to fix the road less,” he said.
One of the ways the car-focused culture is being changed is through complete streets programs. These kinds of programs require municipalities to consider all users of roads when planning public work projects.
“Roads where there are population centers, downtown areas in particular, have to incorporate more than the needs of the automobile” Eric Alexander, director of Vision Long Island, an organization that focuses on smart growth for Long Island, said. “Most of the road are designed really for fast moving travel. That has decimated our existing downtowns.”
One of Vision Long Island projects is Long Island Complete Streets, which helps revitalize downtown areas in both counties.
“It’s very important when you connect to downtowns,” Jon Siebert, program coordinator of Vision Long Island, said. “People like to walk through downtowns.”
Aside from pedestrians and cyclists, local communities see benefits from complete streets and downtown revitalizations. When more people are out walking local businesses see more people, Seibert said. “You get a payoff.”
But right now road infrastructure that incorporates pedestrians and cyclists is not abundant on Long Island.
“There are bike lanes in Nassau County, there are some but they’re disjointed, they’re not connected,” Hoffacker said. “They’re poorly planned out, sporadic.”
That means those who want to cycle as their main form of transportation largely cannot.
“I think biking for commuting is dangerous,” Silberger said. “I will often go way out of my way to avoid certain areas because there is no good safe way to go.”
For Long Island cycling safety is not urgent.
“Nobody has quite made it a priority on Long Island to do something about pedestrian or bike safety,” Hoffacker said.
“Our leaders need to recognize that this is an issue, it’s not a leisurely thing,” Blanchette said. “These are our lives.”
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Impeachment was intended to serve several purposes
Founders: Removal from office is not the only purpose of impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University
Benjamin Franklin was a leading voice in the debates framing
the Constitution. Howard Chandler Christy/Architect of the Capitol
As Congress moves toward a possible formal impeachment of President Donald Trump, they should consider words spoken at the Constitutional Convention, when the Founders explained that impeachment was intended to have many important purposes, not just removing a president from office.
A critical debate took place on July 20, 1787, which resulted in adding the impeachment clause to the U.S. Constitution. Benjamin Franklin, the oldest and probably wisest delegate at the Convention, said that when the president falls under suspicion, a “regular and peaceable inquiry” is needed.
In my work as a law professor studying original texts about the U.S. Constitution, I’ve found statements made at the Constitutional Convention explaining that the Founders viewed impeachment as a regular practice with three purposes:
To remind both the country and the president that he is not above the law
To deter abuses of power
To provide a fair and reliable method to resolve suspicions about misconduct.
The Convention delegates repeatedly agreed with the assertion by George Mason of Virginia, that “no point is of more importance … than the right of impeachment” because no one is “above justice.”
Need for deterrence
One of the Founders’ greatest fears was that the president would abuse his power. George Mason described the president as the “man who can commit the most extensive injustice.”
George Mason of Virginia.
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James Madison thought the president might “pervert his administration into a scheme of [stealing public funds] or oppression or betray his trust to foreign powers.”
Edmund Randolph, governor of Virginia, said the president “will have great opportunitys of abusing his power; particularly in time of war when the military force, and in some respects the public money will be in his hands.”
Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania worried that the president “may be bribed by a greater interest to betray his trust and no one would say that we ought to expose ourselves to the danger of seeing [him] in foreign pay.”
James Madison, himself a future president, said that in the case of the president, “corruption was within the compass of probable events … and might be fatal to the Republic.”
William Davie of North Carolina argued that impeachment was “an essential security for the good behaviour” of the president; otherwise, “he will spare no efforts or means whatever to get himself re-elected.”
Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts pointed out that a good president will not worry about impeachment, but a “bad one ought to be kept in fear.”
Creating a powerful oversight procedure
Until the very last week of the Convention, the Founders’ design was for the impeachment process to start in the House of Representatives and conclude with trial in the Supreme Court.
It was not until Sept. 8, 1787, that the Convention voted to give the Senate instead the power to conduct impeachment trials.
This is clear evidence that the Convention at first wanted to combine the authority and resources of the House of Representatives to conduct the impeachment investigation – a body they called “the grand Inquest of this Nation” – with the fairness and power exemplified by trial in a court.
Even though trial of impeachments was moved from the Supreme Court to the Senate, Congress can still draw on the example of court procedures to accomplish an effective inquiry, especially if they are trying to get information from uncooperative subjects.
In many of the investigations that are now part of the House’s impeachment inquiry, the Trump administration has refused to hand over documents and blocked officials from testifying to Congress.
The Constitution makes clear that impeachment is not a criminal prosecution: “Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office.” If impeachment trials had remained at the Supreme Court, the Court could therefore have consulted the rules it has approved for civil cases.
It makes sense that when the Convention at the last minute decided Congress would have complete power over impeachment, the delegates intended Congress would have at least the same powers the Supreme Court would have exercised.
When courts are stonewalled
In civil cases, courts have powerful tools for dealing with someone who blocks access to the very information needed to judge the allegations against him.
The most commonly known method is the rule that says that once a person is legally served with a lawsuit against them, they must respond to the complaint. If they don’t, the court can enter a judgment against them based on the allegations in the complaint. But there are other processes as well.
One court tool that could easily be adapted to the impeachment process comes from the federal rules of civil procedure. In a process called “request for admission,” one party to a lawsuit can give their opponents a list of detailed factual allegations with a demand for a response.
If the party does not respond, the court can treat each allegation as if it were true, and proceed accordingly.
If the respondent denies one or more particular allegations, there is a follow-up procedure called a request for production, demanding any documents in their possession or control supporting the denial.
If the respondent refuses, again the court has the power to order that the alleged fact be taken as true.
Getting to the truth
In an impeachment process against President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives could present the president with a request for admission to the following two simple factual statements, which could be inferred from a whistleblower complaint:
“In July 2019 President Trump personally issued instructions to suspend all U.S. security assistance to Ukraine.”
“President Trump issued these instructions with the intent to pressure the government of Ukraine to conduct a formal investigation of Hunter Biden and his father Joe Biden.”
The House could give Trump a brief amount of time to respond, including providing any evidence that might disprove the allegations.
If he refused to respond, or if he denied but refused to produce supporting documentation, the House could assume the set of alleged facts to be true and include them in articles of impeachment. Then the House could vote and, depending on the outcome of that vote, the matter would then proceed to the Senate for trial.
Congress could engage in a long, drawn-out battle trying to use its oversight and subpoena powers to force various executive branch officials to release documents or testify about what they saw, heard and did.
Or they could try this simple and quick procedure, which does not require the cooperation of the Department of Justice or court action.
Good for the president and the country
Benjamin Franklin told his fellow delegates the story of a recent dispute that had greatly troubled the Dutch Republic.
Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania.
Joseph Duplessis/National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia Commons
One of the Dutch leaders, William V, the Prince of Orange, was suspected to have secretly sabotaged a critical alliance with France.
The Dutch had no impeachment process and thus no way to conduct “a regular examination” of these allegations.
These suspicions mounted, giving rise to “to the most violent animosities & contentions.”
The moral to Franklin’s story? If Prince William had “been impeachable, a regular & peaceable inquiry would have taken place.” The prince would, “if guilty, have been duly punished — if innocent, restored to the confidence of the public.”
Franklin concluded that impeachment was a process that could be “favorable” to the president, saying it is the best way to provide for “the regular punishment of the Executive when his misconduct should deserve it and for his honorable acquittal when he should be unjustly accused.”
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Clark D. Cunningham, W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University
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The Generosity of Smashburger Guests
Charitable Giving, Giving Back, Rick Schaden, Smashburger, USA Pro Challenge September 30, 2014 Rick Schaden America's RaceBest BurgerBest Hamburgerbike racebikingCCGCCPCharitable GivingCharitiesCharityConsumer Capital GroupConsumer Capital PartnerscyclingGiving BackRichard E. SchadenRichard SchadenRick SchadenSmashburgerUSA Pro Challenge
Growing up in a large, tightknit family, there were many values my parents taught us kids. One of those was the importance of giving back, either through volunteering our time to a cause we believe in, or charitable giving. Today I’m lucky enough to be in a position to continue those lessons by trying to set good examples for my own children.
One of the companies I’m involved with is Smashburger. They recently finished a nationwide fundraiser benefiting the Davis Phinney Foundation which helps people living with Parkinson’s disease.
It was a fun promotion with every Smashburger restaurant selling orange bracelets with the foundation’s motto “Every Victory Counts.” Net proceeds from the bracelet sales went directly to the Davis Phinney Foundation.
I first met Davis through the USA Pro Challenge, as Smashburer is a founding partner of the bike race. Davis is certainly a very inspiring person through his work with the foundation. On top of that, he has achieved more victories than any other American cyclist in history. Davis is a Tour de France two-time stage winner, an Olympic medalist, and he won Colorado’s Coors Classic in the late 80’s. The Phinney’s are quite a family. Davis’ wife is Connie Carpenter-Phinney, an Olympic medalist and his son Taylor is a professional cyclist.
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In 2000, Davis was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease and, in 2004, founded the Davis Phinney Foundation whose mission is to offer information and inspiration to help those living with Parkinson’s to take more control, better manage their condition, and commit to making changes that support long-term wellness.
Smashburger guests all over the nation really got behind this mission and showed a great degree of generosity. While the donations are still be counted, along with Smashburger’s donation of at least $30,000, we know significant money was raised to do good work toward supporting those living with Parkinson’s.
I look back on the lessons of my childhood and can clearly see I am blessed that I can combine my passion for giving back, my love for cycling, and my association with Smashburger to help raise awareness for the Davis Phinney Foundation’s mission.
Thanks Davis for continuing to inspire and show us that every victory counts.
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SCOTTISH DISTANCE RUNNING HISTORY
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Posted on September 10, 2015 by The Author
Alastair (53) leaving Moorcroft Park at the Babcock’s Sports in 1970 in the 14 mile road race which he won in 1:12:31
Behind him is Bill Stoddart (Wellpark) and Joe Reilly (VP) with the three Clydesdale Harriers, Cyril O’Boyle, Ian Leggett (25) and Allan Faulds (27 on the left
Alastair Johnston was a superb athlete on all surfaces and one of whom his club can be justly proud. He was always well-liked by all endurance racers. This did not alter the fact that he was always a class athlete. He will also unfortunately be remembered for the dreadful accident at Meadowbank, when a stray hammer escaped the cage, accelerated off the track where it hit Alastair, breaking his leg. It was an accident that changed the organisation of athletics meetings for ever after. Alastair was an outstanding runner at a time when Scotland was very lucky to have possibly the best generation of talent in my lifetime – and have a look at the scalps that Alastair took at one time or another as you read the profile! They are all there – Olympians, Commonwealth Games athletes and Scottish and British champions. His career post-accident was really first class but it should have been so much better.
Colin Youngson has written the profile which follows but first we have Alastair’s own replies to the questionnaire in the box below.
Name: Alastair Johnston.
Club: Victoria Park AAC
Date of Birth: 17th January, 1947.
Occupation: Chartered Accountant (just retired!)
Personal Bests: 5000m: 14:11 (1972); 10000m 29:55 (1970); Marathon: 2:19:31 (1970)
How did you get involved in the sport? I got involved by “following in my brother’s footsteps.”
Has any individual or group had a marked effect on your attitude to the sport or to individual performances? My club’s high standard in all aspects of the sport was my biggest motivator. ie in reputation/achievements/role models, coaching, management, admin (led by the meticulous Bill Armour), competitiveness, friendships and team spirit. . I would like to make a special mention of the coaching received under the redoubtable Johnny Stirling. Also being fortunate to be competing at a time when Scottish Athletics was at its peak possessing many fine world class distance runners who were also great role models for me.
What exactly did you get out of the sport? I found running both exhilarating and competitively challenging and that it was a sport that did not rely so much on natural ability as on consistent hard work.
What was your best performance? The 1970 Commonwealth Games Marathon Trial, breaking 2:20 – first ever and only marathon. I led at 20 miles and finished sixth (fifth Scot) only two minutes behind the winner, Jim Alder, who led in the other all-time greats of Scottish and UK distance running, Don Macgregor, Fergus Murray and Alastair Wood.
What ambition did you have that remained unfulfilled? My ambition was to represent Scotland in the marathon at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.
What did you do – apart from running – to relax? My other sport was – and is – golf.
Can you give some details of your training? I did not manage, or have the inclination, to do a big mileage but was happy with an average mileage of about 50 or 60 miles a week but done usually at a fast tempo. (I was often accused of “racing” in training!)
Colin writes: “Alastair Johnston of Victoria Park AAC was very well liked and highly respected by his contemporaries in the 1960’s and 1970’s. He shone occasionally in track and cross-country events but it was clear that he was especially talented in road races. Sadly, just as Alastair was about to break through to consistent international standard, he suffered a horrible, totally unexpected injury, which made it impossible for him to achieve his sporting ambitions, although he ran well, especially in the Edinburgh to Glasgow Relay for another decade.
The record books show that Alastair made an immediate impact as a Junior, running his first Edinburgh to Glasgow Relay in 1965. He was not only the fastest man on the eighth stage, but also broke the stage record and Victoria Park won bronze medals. What a debut! In 1966 he was even better setting a record (26:22) for the fifth stage, breaking that set many years earlier by miling great Graham Everett as VP finished second behind Edinburgh University. He was less successful on Stage Two in 1967 but his promise as a road runner was very clear. Yet he had finished no better than eleventh in the National Junior Cross-Country Championship in both 1966 and 1967.
During my first year at Aberdeen University I became acquainted with Alastair as a quiet friendly runner from Strathclyde University. Although there were many talented competitors in his enthusiastically sociable team, few were fairly abstemious gentlemen! In January 1967, the Scottish Universities Cross-Country Championships started and finished at King’s Buildings in Edinburgh via a shockingly steep ascent and descent of the Braid Hills. Eight runners from the unarguably superior Edinburgh University team took off and only Myatt from Strathclyde managed to hang on. As the route entered some fog, I was running alongside Alastair. Neither of us relished the underfoot conditions and both, it became clear, were unfamiliar with the route. Having gone astray in thirteenth position we eventually regained contact with the race in thirty fifth! Furiously we started overtaking like crazy. I finished seventeenth and believe that Alastair actually managed to reclaim thirteenth.
In November 1967, Aberdeen and Strathclyde Universities both sent cross-country teams to Belfast and Dublin to race against Queen’s, Trinity and UCD. Alastair took part in this last ‘Irish Tour’ weekend (before the political troubles started) In the muddy contest at Queen’s, Belfast, on the Saturday, Alastair was second, ten seconds behind John Myatt, and then went one better when finishing first on the Sunday at Trinity College, Dublin, fourteen seconds up on Myatt. The second race was mainly through Phoenix Park which was road and parkland and much more to Alastair’s liking! By early December Alastair showed decent form in the annual Scottish Universities v Scottish Cross-Country Union competition at Knightswood Park, Glasgow, when he was sixth SU counter.
Alastair in the Hyde Park Relays in February 1968 when the Strathclyde team (noted below) was sixth
(A Johnston, I Picken, I Mitchell, D McFarquhar, J Myatt, C McIvor)
The Tom Scott Memorial Road Race over ten miles from Law to Motherwell, was an Easter classic. I did reasonably well (53:22) in my first attempt in April 1968, but Alastair’s superiority on the road was obvious, as he was tenth (against the top Scottish runners) in 51:04. There were several of what Alastair considered successes in the course of 1968. He had started the year by winning the New Year’s Day race at Beith ahead of Norman Morrison of Shettleston and Pat Maclagan. This was usually a heavy plough course with a stream at one point which you just ran into to be faced with a three foot bank as you emerged. In 1968 however, because of a foot and mouth epidemic it was held on the road, again to Alastair’s liking! He also had good runs in the traditional year starter of the Nigel Barge Road Race at Maryhill where he was seventh, the Springburn Cup Road Race (sixth) and the Midlands Cross-Country Championships where he was seventh. In University competition, Alastair was third in the Scot Unis and as a result was picked for the Scottish Universities team against the English Universities at the well-known and muddy Parliament Hill Fields where Scotland won – Alastair Blamire seventh, Dave Logue tenth, John Myatt twelfth, Jim Wight fourteenth, Andy McKean eighteenth and Alastair Johnston twentieth. The points between the two countries were even but since Alastair was one place ahead of the English final counter, the Scots won! He also helped the Strathclyde University team to a good sixth place in the Hyde Park Relays when he was second on the first stage in the excellent time of 13:55. During the next three years, Alastair crossed my path on several occasions but I never got near him on the road. In late 1968 he was 26 seconds faster in the Kingsway Relays in Dundee, although he once again showed his comparative dislike for cross-country when finishing fifty first in the 1969 Senior National at Duddingston (two places behind me, another mud-hater).
Alastair reckons that his only notable performance in early 1969 (when he was bogged down in final year studies) was a good second stage (14:05) in the Hyde Park Relays which helped Strathclyde finish an excellent third. He was in good form towards the end of the 1969 track season winning a steeplechase at Grangemouth in 9:38.0 and running 10000m at Scotstoun in 30 minutes precisely. A lot of confidence was drawn from winning the 18 Miles Road Race in 1:35:44 at the Bute Highland Games and breaking the record by no less than two minutes. This was a regular fixture on the Scottish Marathon Club calendar and had been won by many of the best of Scotland’s distance runners over the previous 20+ years. In the E-G that year he was given the responsibility of taking the baton on the formidable Stage Six and finished fifth fastest (behind Lachie Stewart, Fergus Murray, Alistair Blamire and Jim Wight) with VPAAC fourth. Shortly afterwards he ran well (this time for the SCCU) in the December 1969 fixture versus Scottish Universities at Colinton, Edinburgh, finishing tenth overall, beating good runners like Mike Bradley and John Myatt. In the 1970 Senior National Cross-Country Championships at Ayr Racecourse, Alastair improved to a thoroughly respectable eighteenth place.
IN Strathclyde colours again: Hyde Park Relay, February, 1969, where the team was third
(Team: A Smith, A Johnston, I Mitchell, J Myatt, C McIvor, I Picken)
All good Scottish runners wanted to make the team for the 1970 Commonwealth Games. The year had started well for him with third fastest on his home trail with third quickest time in the McAndrew Relays in 13:44. It was also notable because he was one whole second faster than Lachie Stewart! The marathon trial took place on 16th May and Alastair was amongst the front runners for most of the way and led at 20 miles. Despite the fact that it was his debut at the event, he finished strongly to record a very promising 2:19:31 in sixth place (fifth Scot and only two minutes behind Jim Alder who won the event – see questionnaire)) ahead of fellow VPAAC runner Pat Maclagan (who went on to win the Scottish Marathon Championship in 1971). After the 1970 trial, Alastair was offered a Great Britain vest to participate in a major international event – the Toronto Marathon on 25th August. Unfortunately he had to turn this chance down due to professional accounting commitments so Pat Maclagan took his place and ran well.
Commonwealth Games Marathon Trial, May 16th, 1970: Alastair partially hidden by Jim Wight (22) and behind Pat Maclagan (12)
Six men, including Alastair, under 2:20: 1st J Alder (2:17:11), 2nd D Macgregor (2:17:14, 3rd F Murray (2:18:25), 4th B Jones (NZ, 2:19:03), 5th AJ Wood (2:19:17), 6th A Johnston (2:19:31)
Alastair achieved another two pb’s in 1970: 10000m in 29:59.4 for fifth in the SAAA Championships only two weeks after the marathon, and 9:25.6 for a steeplechase at Grangemouth behind Commonwealth fourth placer Gareth Bryan-Jones. Earlier, Alastair had won the the West District 10000m in front of the consistently very good Colin Martin. In the 1970 Edinburgh to Glasgow he switched to Stage One and was fourth, only 12 seconds down on the fastest man, Craig Douglas of Edinburgh Southern Harriers. Victoria Park won bronze again. Then in the SCCU V SU at Knightswood, Alastair showed real cross-country progress when he finished an excellent third overall, just behind the flying Monkland Harriers, Ron MacDonald and Jim Brown. I was pleased with eighth, in front of my future VP team mates Pat Maclagan, Hugh Barrow and Joe Reilly. One of the more popular Sports Meetings at the time was the Babcock’s Sports at Moorcroft Park in Renfrew where one of the feature events was the 14 Miles Road Race – everybody with pretensions to being a road racer turned out in it. In 1970 Alastair won it in 1:12:31 beating a very good field and setting a new course record.
When I joined Victoria Park in September 1971, Alastair was a committee member and also running very well indeed. As mentioned in his questionnaire answers, Alastair had already run very well in the 1971 Nigel Barge Road Race and Springburn Cup and had finished third behind international runners Jim Brown and Norman Morrison in the Midlands Cross-Country Championship. Along with Bill Mullett and Peter Stewart he was chosen for a small Scottish team to run in Hannut, Belgium, international race and finished a worthy sixteenth. After that Alastair was injured for a while. He had pulled his Achilles tendon in March when finishing a close second to Andy McKean in the very hilly Edinburgh University 10 miles road race at King’s Buildings. It was one of his best performances – while Andy won in 49:06, Alastair was second in 49:11 with Jim Wight third in 49:46 – Fergus Murray was sixth with Colin seventh in 51:04. Injuries happened now and again, possibly because he nearly always pushed hard in training and did not bulk up his weekly mileage with recovery session.
However, he was flying by October 1971. To my chagrin, I had learned the hard way that VPAAC club runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays were short but speedy. Coach Ronnie Kane would set off with the ‘slow’ pack issuing a strict order to the genuinely fast pack to give less talented clubmates two minutes start. No chance! Maybe sixty seconds after they left, we flew out of Scotstoun Showgrounds in pursuit. There were a number of traditional road courses, but the one I remember with horror was the four mile ‘Shorter Knightswood Backwards’! A tight, silent pack rapidly overtook the others and swept away along dark pavements under dim streetlights. Guys like Pat Maclagan, Albie Smith, Hugh Barrow, Innis Mitchell – and sometimes the great retired racer Ian Binnie – ensured that the pace was relentless. I struggled to keep up since I could never remember the route! However Alastair Johnston was The Man to “beat” in these so-called training runs (although his close rival Pat might argue the case).
Once the Victoria Park McAndrew Relay Trial had been endured, the big day came: the Victoria Park AAC Road Relay (ie the McAndrew Relay). This long-established event was new to me, a stranger from the North East, but I was captivated by its intensity. On 2nd October 1971, no fewer than 306 club runners participated. Alastair was outkicked up the hill at the end of the first stage by Willie Day of Falkirk Victoria Harriers and eventually Victoria Park’s first team (Johnston, Mitchell, Maclagan and Barrow) finished second to the mighty Shettleston. However Alastair’s 13:47 was fourth best behind Jim Brown, Lachie Stewart and Willie Day. Then on Saturday, 13th November Pat and Alastair ‘enjoyed’ a tremendous battle in the five and a half miles Glasgow University Road Race. Eventually Pat (25:05) won the sprint on the Westerlands track by a single second. I was fifth, 23 seconds slower, with Davie McMeekin and Hugh Barrow close behind.
Victoria Park were obsessed with (a) the McAndrew, and (b) above all, the Edinburgh to Glasgow. This was a specialist road running club; cross-country was optional for most of us. It seemed that this year, 1971, Victoria Park might have a chance of victory in the greatest relay race of them all. Unfortunately we finished second, 59 seconds behind, and forty years later some of my former clubmates continue to blame me. I can understand their point of view and still feel contrite although Shettleston might still have won anyway. What happened was that Davie McMeekin ran the fastest time on Stage Three and handed me a twenty one second lead over future Commonwealth Marathon bronze medallist Paul Bannon of Shettleston. I shot off, full of determination. Sadly this leg was new to me, there was no marshal at the Bathgate junction, and I zoomed straight on to the bypass. Someone yelled and I cut right across some bumpy grass and back on to the route having lost nearly all of my hard preserved lead. Depression set in, Paul rolled past and eventually took another ten seconds out of me by the changeover. Net loss, 31 seconds. Incredibly, Joe Reilly put us back into the lead and Alastair (second fastest on Stage Six) finishing only twelve seconds behind the outstanding Dick Wedlock, but Shettleston ground out a winning lead over Seven and Eight. What a rotten shame, although the newspaper reports all congratulated VP for making a real contest of it.
I know that Alastair was selected for the infamous SCCU ‘International Training Sessions’ at that horrendous mudbath, Cleland Estate, Motherwell. Unlike many, he did turn up at these sessions fairly often – including some held at Pollok Estate – and still loved trying to burn everyone off. He says: ” At Cleland most of the run was on road and I remember Jim Alder, Jim Brown, Andy McKean and I testing each other up the final big hill on the main road before turning back into the Estate.” Hewas selected to represent the SCCU – which he did with distinction – once more in December 1971 at Merchiston, finishing fifth individual and third counter for his winning team. I was twelfth, thirty seconds behind.
On 1st January 1972, once again I was firmly put in my place on Alastair’s favourite surface. He, Willie MacDonald and I travelled down by train to the prestigious Morpeth to Newcastle thirteen and a half miles road race. It was wet and cold throughout but Alastair (1:05:56) ran brilliantly to finish a close third behind Jim Wight of EAC (1:05:47) and local hero, Jim Alder (1:05:54). Over three minutes later I managed sixteenth, Willie was forty fifth and Victoria Park finished third team (prize: three frying pans!) We were honoured when Jim Alder, (the proudest of Geordie Scots) chatting non-stop walked us all the way into town to the railway station.
Although Alastair ran the January 1972 Midland Cross-Country again, he missed the National at Currie. The truth was that after the poor run at the Midlands, where he was twelfth over a muddy Bellshill course, Alastair was both injured and ill for the next few months of 1972.
On the 27th May, Alastair (14:32.4) finished only one second behind his old rival Dick Wedlock in the West Districts 5000m at Carluke. A couple of weeks later on 11th June in a Scottish League Match at Meadowbank he revised his pb utterly with a superb 14:11.8, seven seconds down on Fergus Murray of Edinburgh Southern Harriers. Undoubtedly Alastair was in the form of his life and prospects were excellent, not only for the SAAA Marathon Championship, but also for the Scottish 10000m championship (which was to be part of the GB v Poland match at Meadowbank on 17th June). I ran the race, which was contested by a big field for that era of 34 competitors, and was relieved to avoid being lapped and end up ninth on a difficult, windy day, in about 30:45. Jim Brown won in 29:25.4 and Fergus Murray was second in 29:38.8.
This result became totally irrelevant when we learned of the freak accident which had destroyed Alastair’s chance of achieving his true potential. When I glimpsed my friend lying at the side of the track, there was shock and disbelief. Instead of fighting with Fergus for a well-deserved silver medal, Alastair’s season had ended in agony and frustration. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Alastair Johnston would have won the 1972 Scottish marathon. Probably the time would not have been ligtning fast due to the headwind after the turn at halfway. However on a better day, Alastair was certainly capable of between 2:15 and 2:17, and on 23rd June, 1973, when the Scottish Marathon was also the team trial for the 1974 Commonwealth Games, Alastair would have been a genuine contender. Donald Macgregor and Jim Wight who finished first and second that day, and were selected for New Zealand, would have had a real battle to defeat the strong smooth striding athlete from Victoria Park.
Alastair himself takes up the tale of the season after his recent fast 5000m races including a pb of 14:11 and comments on the accident as follows: “Please note that I was using the 5000’s along with the following Saturday’s fateful 10000m on 17th June as warm-ups only for my attempt at recording a significantly good time (of around 2:16/2:17) in the marathon at the Scottish Championships on 24th June (which might possibly lead to recognition as a contender for Christchurch). The 10000m race at Meadowbank was in fact the SAAA’s championship and quite unique as it was incorporated in the first British International match every held in Scotland – GB v Poland – which attracted live TV and a crowd of over 10,000! With three or four laps to go I had broken away with Jim Brown and Fergus Murray with each of us sharing the lead. Going into the penultimate lap, Jim made a decisive break which Fergus attempted to cover. I was slower to respond and became slightly isolated in the back straight and was hit by the hammer at around the 200m mark, adjacent to the hammer circle. It had been released accidentally almost at right angles by Barry Williams, the British record holder. It burst through the inadequate protective netting and bounced once on the track and into my left tibia. Ambulance men arrived quickly and tried to get me back on to my feet seeing only the bleeding coming from my left shoulder caused by my fall. However the hard reality for me was that I had seen where the 16 lb. ball had struck and I had no feeling in my left foot – something serious had happened to my leg! I had no concerns about not being able to complete this race, but realised immediately and more importantly that I would not be able to run in next Saturday’s Scottish marathon championships and possibly realise my aspirations! Apart from the physical damage it was a real psychological blow to my morale as I was sure that I had probably been at the peak of my abilities at that point in time.
However I was greatly consoled by the huge wave of sympathy and support I received from my Club, friends and fellow athletes who visited me in hospital that night and at my home during my convalescence. I have to mention also that my assailant himself, Barry Williams, came up to the hospital and offered me his sincere regrets along with the two heads of British male and female athletics, Arthur Gold and Marea Hartman, who were so pleasant and concerned about what had happened and presented me with a pair of BAAB cufflinks as a memento of their visit.
I was in full length plaster for about four to five months. Thereafter, building up the “withered” leg was painful but with the encouragement and support of the club, friends and fellow athletes, along with great physio help at Firhill from Jackie Husband, Partick Thistle’s coach, who was a friend of my father, I managed to start light jogging by early 1973. I eventually returned to racing at the McAndrew Relays in October of that year, recording a reasonable time. Thereafter I continued to race well as a club athlete and enjoy my running for about another ten to fifteen years, but unfortunately I never regained the standard or the motivation that I had at the time of my accident.
The lessons learned by my misfortune were no doubt that in order to provide more safety for all at track and field meetings, the area surrounding the throwing circle had to be protected more robustly and that throwing events like the hammer and discus should be timetabled not to coincide with middle and long-distance track events where the track can be ‘cluttered’ with athletes for thirty to thirty five minutes as was the case in my 10000m.”
Eventually he regained fitness and his first big comeback race was actually in Chicago in September 1973! He was visiting his brother Ken who lived there at the time and Ken knew big Jim McLatchie. Jim had been a member of Doon Harriers and then Ayr Seaforth AAC before going on scholarship to Lamarr Tech in Texas. Jim was an outstanding middle-distance runner in the mid-60’s; Alastair met him, they trained together several times and Jim got him an entry to the AAU 30K Championships. It was run over nine laps of Jackson Park and Alastair finished a good fourth in 1:40:21, about two and a half minutes behind the winner. Domestically he was back in time to represent his club in the 1973 McAndrew and record the third fastest time of 13:52 (equal with Fergus Murray) followed by running a good sixth stage in the Edinburgh to Glasgow recording 32:30 (seventh fastest against very good opposition) and VP were fourth. Although Alastair’s fitness increased to a good level, his injury meant that he was unable to train as hard as previously and could not tackle the long road races which would have been his forte. In 1974 he ran well in the inaugural National Cross-Country Relay Championship with Victoria Park finishing fifth. They were fourth in the E-G with Alastair fourth fastest, once again on the important Stage Six behind internationals Andy McKean, Jim Brown and Dave Logue. When his club was down to sixth in the 1975 E-G, it was through no fault of Alastair Johnston who was third fastest on Stage Five behind the outstanding new record set by Allister Hutton and the prominent Northern Irish Great Britain marathoner, Greg Hannon. His other E-G performances were as follows:
1976: Stage Six: Sixth Fastest: Team fourth
1977: Stage Four: Second Fastest Team seventh
1978: Stage Four: Fourth Fastest Team second
1979: Stage Four: Second Fastest Team fourth
1980: Stage Three: Third Fastest Team third
1981: Stage Eight: Fourth Fastest Team fourth
In addition Alastair took part in the very first National Six Stage Relay in 1979 when Victoria Park finished fifth .
Altogether Alastair ran in his favourite event fifteen times from a possible seventeen successive races. He won six medals and set two fastest times which were both stage records. Despite his dreadful injury in 1972, he maintained a very high standard and any Scottish club would have been delighted to have him in their Edinburgh to Glasgow team
I remember Alastair’s final two performances well: both were duels which demonstrated that, even towards the end of his career, the spirit remained strong. In 1980 there was a really fierce headwind. The distance of Stage Three had been extended. As we waited nervously at the changeover, Alastair and I could see Ian Elliott of my club (ESH) sprinting towards the changeover in the lead only one second ahead of Alastair Douglas (VP). Fearing my old friend would ‘sit’ behind me, I grabbed the baton and tore off into the gale and narrowly succeeded in breaking contact, before settling into a battle against the elements. Alastair chased as hard as possible but when I flopped over the line exhausted (setting the fastest time for the stage, only 31 seconds up) the tables were quickly turned and Vicky Park shot past, since the ESH runner had not anticipated my arrival and was enjoying a ‘comfort break’ in a field! The air turned blue as I communicated my unhappiness! Eventually our clubs engaged in a tactical joust for the bronze medals which were won by the wily Bobby Blair (VP).
By 1981 I had moved north to my home town and was representing Aberdeen AAC. On the final stage we had to chase Victoria Park for the third team spot. During the warm-up we both whinged like old men about suffering from ‘man flu’! Alastair took over 22 seconds in front and this time I had to chase him. He put up stern resistance but very gradually I caught up, took a breather and tried to run away. No chance. He settled in behind. It is fair to say that neither of us is a renowned sprinter. When I made my final effort, Alastair was unlucky not to pass me, since (laughing?) spectators made the finishing funnel very narrow indeed. I apologised, he was magnanimous, and we both enjoyed the contest.
Alastair was a very good runner for a very long time, but with better luck he would certainly have been a successful international marathon runner. More importantly, he always was and remains a very good man.
Colin’s account of the career of Alastair Johnston (who was clearly a very good friend and close rival for several years) ends here and his opinion that Alastair was destined for great things but for the dreadful accident in 1972 is shared by all Scottish athletics aficionados everywhere. He was a good athlete to watch, he was fast, he was intelligent and he was determined. His affability disguised the determination but it was there, no doubt about it! All qualities that are essential in a distance runner. Given that his debut marathon was sub 2:20 for fifth place in a big field of top class marathon runners speaks volumes for his temperament and ability. Even after the accident and his comeback, he says that he never regained the standard or motivation but if you look at what he did – even the racing against Colin in the E-G when Colin was racing very well indeed – he had a very good career in the sport. We could well do with an Alastair Johnston in Scotland’s colours in 2014!
Doug Gunstone, Lachie Stewart, Alistair Johnston, Dave McMeekin and Colin Youngson
Hugh Barrow has uploaded Alistair Johnston’s video of classic races (McAndrew, E-G, National, etc) to youtube. It is at http://www.youtube.com/results?q=burning+up+the+roads+of+scotstoun The quality varies as you might expect in a film 40 years old with some shot in the near dark of the conclusion of the E-G in late November but really worth seeing. Have a good look.
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Sean McElwee
Thoughts on Economics, Current Events and Philosophy
Selected Mentions and Appearances
Why Are Conservatives in Love With a Marxist Sponge?
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SpongeBob SquarePants was once loathed by conservatives because he supposedly promoted the “homosexual agenda” and warned children about the dangers of global warming. But now he is one of the few Hollywood types conservatives can stand.
The Hollywood Reporter summarizes a “SpongeBob” episode that aired on Monday and has conservatives cheering:
One day [after being fired], SpongeBob is already a disheveled, wrinkled, unshaven beggar, and his friend Patrick is determined to show him the ways of “glorious unemployment,” which includes free stuff and lots of spare time.
“Being unemployed is the best gig I know,” Patrick tells SpongeBob. But at a no-charge, all-you-can eat meal, SpongeBob has an epiphany: “Unemployment may be fun for you, but I need to get a job,” he tells Patrick. At that moment, he’s instantly transformed into a sparkly clean, enthusiastic and energetic sponge again.
Fox News, Breitbart, the Washington Times and the New York Post see this as a denunciation of the welfare state; Andrea Morabito writes in the Post, “Lest he sit around idly, mooching off the social services of Bikini Bottom, a depressed SpongeBob sets out to return to gainful employment wherever he can find it.” Fox News et al. based their analysis on this short clip, but if you watch the full episode (available on Amazon), a different story emerges.
SpongeBob arrives at work one day to discover he’s been fired from the Krusty Krab so that Mr. Krabs can save a nickel. “I love you like a son,” Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob, “but you can’t argue with a nickel.” After being fired, SpongeBob does meet Patrick for “funemployment,” but the two don’t lounge on government benefits. First they anger Squidward who throws food at them — their breakfast. Then they participate in an experiment for Sandy that involves eating toxic (but free!) food. SpongeBob decides he needs a job, but, much like the long-term unemployed, finds his skills are no longer in demand. He tries to find employment at the Weenie Hut, the Pizza Piehole, the Taco Sombrero and the Wet Noodle, but he can only make patties. After being fired from each establishment he returns home dejected only to find he has no “Snailpo” to feed Gary. He cooks his own dinner, which both Gary and Patrick devour. Having realized that he should never have passed up SpongeBob, the owner of the Weenie Hut kidnaps him and forces him to work. Then the owners of the other restaurants fight to force SpongeBob to work for them. Finally Squidward begs SpongeBob to return because Mr. Krabs is a dreadful cook. SpongeBob rejoins the Krusty Krab and Mr. Krabs earns his nickel by installing a pay toilet.
The full episode has a different moral than conservatives imply. The fact that Mr. Krabs fires SpongeBob to make a nickel hardly constitutes a resounding endorsement of capitalism and the ethics of businessmen. And SpongeBob’s dilemma is reminiscent of the days before unemployment insurance, food stamps and welfare, when the unemployed had to depend on the unreliable compassion of strangers. Similarly, his struggle to find gainful unemployment is exacerbated by his unique skill set, which doesn’t translate easily to other jobs, emphasizing the importance of worker retraining. His kidnapping by the Weenie Hut warns viewers of the often exploitative nature of fast food companies. Given that the episode was released during the retail and fast food strikes, it could easily be interpreted as a sign of solidarity with the underpaid, overworked and insecure minimum-wage workers in the fast food industry.
How did conservative viewers get it so wrong? They have watched only one short clip of SpongeBob SquarePants. I’ve watched every episode numerous times, and have come to the opposite conclusion: SpongeBob is a Marxist. Here’s the evidence:
While classical and Austrian economists view the capitalist system as inherently competitive, Marx saw it as entirely uncompetitive. Bikini Bottom clearly resembles the latter. Competition doesn’t lead to innovation; there is no creative destruction, rather there is one monopoly firm (the Krusty Krab) and another firm (the Chum Bucket), constantly trying to siphon customers, not with a better product but by theft and through political manipulation. SpongeBob shows the capitalist mode of production, with its fealty to “competition,” to be entirely farcical. In Marxist economics, competition eventually leads to one monopolistic firm that exploits workers and customers. Sound familiar?
Speaking of exploitation, in SpongeBob’s world, production follows the labor theory of value that Marx predicts, rather than the marginal theory of value predicted by Austrian economists. SpongeBob is the greatest fry cook in the universe, yet he is paid almost nothing! The marginal theory of value predicts that a worker will be paid according to the value they add to the good. But SpongeBob, who can cook like a god, is paid less than minimum wage. His only attempt to obtain a raise ends in failure. This is what Marx’s labor theory of value predicts: Workers will be squeezed, they will never reap the full value of their contribution to the final product. Since the capitalist and the landlord input nothing, all their profits must come at the expense of the worker, and further, the more product the worker produces, the less value he has. Mr. Krabs definitely has enough money to pay SpongeBob more – he’s a millionaire who at one point buys a massive hotel — yet he refuses to properly compensate his workers and regularly runs afoul of labor standards, like the 1920s robber barons and today’s megacorporations.
SpongeBob seems to inhabit an Oscar Wildean post-capitalist utopia. SpongeBob exemplifies the “Soul of Man Under Socialism”: He loves his job and prefers cooperation to competition. He eschews a life of labor for a life of art, his “job” isn’t drudgery, but ratherbrings him joy. Rather than continuing to accumulate “long after he has got far more than he wants, or can use, or enjoy,” SpongeBob takes a job he loves and pursues a life of friendship, cooperation and love. This manifests itself in SpongeBob’s uncanny knack for art, which is juxtaposed with Squidward’s inability to produce art, presumably because his job is so draining. In contrast to SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs is devoted entirely to the acquisition of money, to the point that he is willing to sacrifice his life and the lives of his customers for a cent.
SpongeBob is Ralph Nader, Naomi Klein and Eugene Debs rolled into one. In one episode, SpongeBob laments that corporate control of the Krusty Krab has led to a decline in the quality of service because the patties are made by machine, leading SpongeBob to wonder,“Where’s the love?”In another, SpongeBob protests a superhighway that will destroy jellyfish fields. The episode critiques the way corporations manipulate the political process (the plans are made in secret by Plankton to destroy the Krusty Krab), voter apathy (citizens were entirely unaware of the implications of the project, even Mr. Krabs votes aye) and the role of police in squashing dissidence (the police arrest SpongeBob numerous times on false pretenses when he tries to protest). SpongeBob makes a quixotic stand against corporate power: “Well all I have to say is that um, well, STOP THE MADNESS! We need to get Jellyfish Fields back to the jellyfish, which will restore their natural habitat so they will be in peace. So what do you say everybody, will you help me?” The crowd initially hesitates, then joins SpongeBob to prevent a tractor from destroying Jellyfish Fields. SpongeBob also dabbles in organized labor, joining Squidward on strike. The strike is largely ignored when Mr. Krabs brings in scabs, leading Squidward to note, “Nobody gives a care about the fate of labor as long as they can get their instant gratification.”
Nor is the show’s treatment of labor issues its only progressive element. SpongeBob’s inability to drive means he protects the environment by walking to work. Sandy Cheeks doesn’t stay home and cook for the kids, she defies gender stereotypes by being really, really good at science (she came to Bikini Bottom to study sea life). Patrick, by far the poorest member of Bikini Bottom, lives securely, yet has never been incredibly successful at holding a job. Conservatives should think twice before they make a kindhearted hippie-sponge their hero. Bikini Bottom is a liberal utopia where public transportation is the norm, women are free of ugly stereotypes and society adheres to the motto “from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”
This entry was posted in Economics, Entertainment and tagged Fox News, Marx, Republicans, Spongebob on November 17, 2013 by seanadrianmc@gmail.com.
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Alexey started his dance journey at the young age of eight, and it was such a passion that he studied at the Kyiv National University majoring in acting, dance, and choreography. Originally from the Ukraine, Alexey was a part of a National Formation Team that took 1st place while he was a part of it, then he lit up the TV on the show "So You Think You Can Dance, Ukraine.” Alexey is always kind and patient with his students. The all adore how thoughtful he is, and how much he cares about helping them improve their own dancing. Alexey is a “dancer dancer.” He feels the music deep in his soul, and let’s the music move him. He also has a great sense of humor, and while he is quiet, he is also one of the funniest guys you will ever meet!
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Katie has been with Sway since the beginning and we adore her. She is most likely the first voice you hear and the first face you see at Sway. Katie is more than just a receptionist. She keeps us all on task with our schedules, from the teachers to the managers, and makes sure we follow through on all the details that we sometimes forget about. Katie has a gift for making new students feel welcome and comfortable when they first walk in the door. She always enjoys catching up, and chatting with those who have been around the studio for a while.
Matt and Lisa always dreamed of their own dance studio. After ten years working at various different ballroom studios, each with unique strengths and challenges, Matt and Lisa took the plunge to put their own fresh personal stamp on ballroom dancing.
From the beginning, their mission was about delivering the fun, infectiously happy, positive experiences they knew could be reached through dance. With uplifting personal experience as the primary focus and a solid technical dance background to support it, Matt and Lisa set about creating Sway in 2012. Since then, they have never let their people-minded vision slip out of focus. They tap into their own fun personalities to connect with students, staff and the local community. When you support Sway, you are supporting a local family business with an earnest vision to bring the positive energy of dance in to our lives and community.
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This globetrotter was introduced to ballroom dancing while living in Hong Kong. Apparently seeing samba after dim sum inspired this well trained gymnast to try it out. Lisa worked with world class coaches and was rocking triple turns while still in middle school. Learning overseas meant that Lisa knew ballroom was cool before ballroom was cool. When Dancing with the Stars hit the screens in the US, Lisa was already dominating the amateur ranks in American Rhythm and Smooth. She was awarded "National Professional Rising Star Smooth Finalist" in 2011. Aside from that, this smarty-pants attended Smith college studying biology and sports medicine. Her brains, her kindness and her dance talents come together as she builds her vision for Sway. Today, her heart is growing three more sizes as she welcomes her third baby to the world. Great job mama!
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Conyers Seeks Answers From Cheney and Bush on Libby Leaks
By Jeralyn, Section Lewis Libby Indictment
Posted on Fri Feb 10, 2006 at 02:51:42 PM EST
Rep. John Conyers has sent this letter today (no link yet, received by e-mail from his office) to Bush and Cheney seeking answers about Murray Waas' reporting yesterday that Cheney or others authorized leaking classfied information to reporters.
Dear Mr. President and Mr. Vice President:
Yesterday, the National Journal and AP reported that the Vice President's former Chief of Staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, had testified to a federal grand jury that as part of an effort to discredit Ambassador Joseph Wilson and defend your Administration's use of prewar intelligence, he had been authorized by the Vice President and other White House superiors to leak classified information to journalists.1 Moreover, correspondence filed by Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald also reveals that Mr. Libby has asserted that he had been authorized to disclose to the media a still-classified portion of a National Intelligence Estimate about alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons to the media.2
If this is true, I am concerned that it constitutes an abuse of power at best, and may be outright unlawful at worst. As I understand the applicable declassification regulations, they provide that "[i]nformation shall be declassified as soon as it no longer meets the standard for classification under this order."3 Under these standards, it would appear that neither classified nuclear information nor Valerie Plame's status as a covert agent or the name of her employer warranted declassification. This is why Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald has stated that these leaks were "a serious breach of public trust"4
As a result of these reports, I would like to ask you the following questions:
1. Is the report in the National Journal accurate? Have you or your staffs authorized Mr. Libby or other personnel within the Administration to declassify and leak information to the media relating to the Iraq war and the use of pre-war intelligence on any occasions? If so, please describe.
2. What is the legal basis for authorizing such declassifications and disclosures?
3. On September 30, 2003, the President declared, "[l]isten, I know of nobody - I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information ... If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action."5 Do you still stand by the President's pledge and, if so, what action are you planning to take against any individuals who may have authorized the leaks described in the National Journal article?
To the extent you believe any of the information needed to respond to the above questions may be classified or sensitive, I am happy to meet with you or your staffs directly on these matters. I may be reached through my Judiciary Committee office at 202-225-6504, 2142 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515. Thank you.
John Conyers, Jr.
Ranking Member
1 Murray Waas, Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information, National Journal, Feb. 9, 2006 available at http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0209nj1.htm#.
2 Id.
3 Executive Order No. 12958, 68 Fed. Reg. 15,315 (Mar. 28, 2003).
4 Peter Slevin and Carol D. Leonnig, Inquiry as Exacting As Special Counsel Is, Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2005, at A3.
5 President George W. Bush, President Discusses Job Creation with Business Leaders, Remarks at University of Chicago (Sept. 30, 2003) (transcript available here.
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by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Feb 10, 2006 at 04:21:42 PM EST
Conyers and Feingold give me hope for the future of our Republic at a time when the US increasingly resembles the realm of Sauron.
I hope he doesn't rush out to the mail box every day looking for their ressponse.
I have a feeling someone will conveniently forget to foward this along to Mr. Bush.
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The Mid & South Tapti field in Western Offshore of India was awarded by Government of India in December, 1994 under the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) regime, with current participation of ONGC (40%), British Gas (30%) and Reliance Industries (30%).
The PMT JV informed to the Government declaring their intention of abandoning the Tapti Field and associated facilities upon cessation of production. ONGC conveyed its interest of utilizing the part of Tapti Facilities (comprising of the processing platforms along with the connected export pipelines) for use in its adjacent Daman Development and C-26 Cluster Development Projects. Accordingly, the Government decided to handover the identified facilities to ONGC as Government Nominee in line with the PSC provisions.
The JV members have accordingly signed the Tapti Asset Transfer Agreement on 12th April 2016 with ONGC.
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Over a week ago Rand Paul obliterated establishment candidate Trey Grayson in the Kentucky Republican primary race. Following this victory he was thrust further into the national spotlight with a near 20 minute exchange over civil rights on the Rachael Maddow Show. Rand Paul’s style of politics may mark the rise of a new shift in political views as anti-establishment sentiment continues to resonate throughout the country.
House minority Leader John Boehner was adamant amount the dedication of Republicans to repeal the Health Care Laws if they are able to win the house back. Boehner's remarks were made at a conference announcing the launch of the House Republicans' new Web site, AmericaSpeakingOut.com – a forum where citizens can submit ideas for congressional Republicans to consider making part of their agenda.
After hours of contentious public comment, a New York City community board voted late Tuesday to support a plan to build a mosque and cultural center near ground zero. This is something that is sure to spark controversy over the weeks and months to come and will be certainly met by passionate advocates on each side of the issue.
The House passed a measure on a defense bill that would end the “don’t ask don’t tell” ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military — some supporters are comparing the legislation to the integration of the armed forces in the 1940s.
The gulf oil spill continues to dominate topics of discussion and is increasingly becoming a big political problem for President Obama. In a piece by Karl Rove it is asserted that this crisis is turning into Obama’s Katrina.
In an e-mail sent to Zev Chafets, author of the new book "Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One, " Limbaugh admitted, "I know I am a target and I know I will be destroyed eventually. I fear that all I have accomplished and all the wealth I have accumulated will be taken from me, to the cheers of the crowd. I know I am hated and despised by the American Left."
On Sunday South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak released this statement in relation to their warship being attacked by a North Korean torpedo, “If our territorial waters, airspace or territory are militarily violated, we will immediately exercise our right of self-defense.” North and South Korea accelerated their diplomatic confrontation on Tuesday over the recent sinking of a South Korean warship, with the South saying it would redesignate the North its “archenemy” and North Korea severing almost all of its remaining ties to its far wealthier neighbor. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, is setting aside the traditional impartiality of his post to push for sanctioning North Korea over a suspected naval attack. Ban has endorsed the conclusion of an international probe that North Korea was behind the March 26 sinking of a South Korean warship, before neighboring China and Russia have judged the findings.
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The U.S. is in the process of training a new Palestinian army. 3 star Lt. General Keith Dayton has quietly been working in Palestine since the take over of the Gaza strip by Hamas extremists in 2007 to build a Palestinian army. American Special Forces soldiers are helping to whip them into shape in training centers in Jordan and the West Bank, to stop Hamas from taking more territory and to protect the Palestinian authority of Mahmoud Abbas. Many Palestinian soldiers couldn't praise enough what they called the high degree of professional training provided by the American SF team.
On Thursday U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called on Germany and Europe to support global economic growth by cutting budget deficits judiciously, and to avoid uncoordinated steps on financial regulation that undermine fragile confidence in financial markets.
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Tanker seizure: Jeremy Hunt urges Iran to release Stena Impero
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The foreign secretary has urged Iran to reverse its “illegal” seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf.
Jeremy Hunt said it “raises very serious questions” about the security of British and international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
It comes as Iran released new footage of the capture on Friday of the Stena Impero.
Tehran said the vessel was “violating international maritime rules”.
Speaking after a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Mr Hunt said Iran viewed this as a “tit-for-tat situation” following the detention of an Iranian tanker in Gibraltar.
But he said “nothing could be further from the truth”.
The Stena Impero’s owners said they wanted access at the port of Bandar Abbas to the 23 crew members, who they said are in good health.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said it appears the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was “quite prepared to push this right up to the brink of a conflict, yet probably stopping just short of one”.
The Stena Impero was seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Friday in a key shipping route in the Gulf.
Footage emerged on Saturday appearing to show the moment the tanker was raided.
It was released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard-affiliated Fars news agency.
It shows masked forces dropping down ropes onto the ship from a helicopter after it was surrounded by high-speed vessels.
A Royal Navy frigate, HMS Montrose, was alerted and raced to intervene, as it did – successfully – with another British-flagged tanker just over a week ago.
But this time it was too far away to stop the Stena Impero being seized – the tanker was already in Iranian waters.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said the tanker was captured after it collided with a fishing boat and failed to respond to calls from the smaller craft.
But Mr Hunt said it was seized in Omani waters in “clear contravention of international law” and then forced to sail into Iran.
The Stena Impero’s Swedish owners, Stena Bulk, said it had been fully complying with regulations and had been in international waters at the time.
It said the crew members, who are Indian, Russian, Latvian and Filipino, were in good health.
A second British-owned Liberian-flagged tanker, the MV Mesdar, was also boarded by armed guards on the same day but was released.
It came after Royal Marines helped seize Iranian tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar earlier this month, because of evidence it was carrying oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.
Iran described the incident as “piracy” but Mr Hunt said the Grace 1 was detained legally in Gibraltarian waters “totally within the law”.
On Saturday, UK government ministers held an emergency meeting of Cobra and a senior Iranian diplomat was summoned to the Foreign Office in London.
Afterwards, Mr Hunt said MPs would be updated on Monday about what “further measures” the government would take, adding the threat level had been raised to the highest level of alert.
“Our priority continues to be to find a way to de-escalate the situation,” he said.
A UK government spokeswoman said earlier it had advised UK shipping to stay out of the area.
What does Iran say?
Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif tweeted that the UK “must cease being an accessory to #EconomicTerrorism of the US”.
He said it was Iran that guarantees the security of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
“Unlike the piracy in the Strait of Gibraltar, our action in the Persian Gulf is to uphold international maritime rules,” he said.
Abbasali Kadkhodaei, spokesman of the state watchdog the Guardian Council, said on Twitter that “the law of retaliation is a recognised concept in international law” shortly after the ship’s seizure was announced.
What’s the background to this?
The latest developments come amid a deterioration in relations between Iran and the UK and US.
Tensions between the US and Iran have risen sharply since April, when the US tightened sanctions it had reimposed on Iran after unilaterally withdrawing from a 2015 nuclear deal.
The US blamed Iran for attacks on tankers in the world’s key shipping area since May – Tehran denies all the accusations.
On Friday, the US claimed to have destroyed an Iranian drone in the Gulf.
Unlike the US, the UK government remains committed to the nuclear deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions tensions.
However, the UK’s decision to help seize the Iranian tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar earlier this month infuriated Iran.
On Friday, Gibraltar granted a 30-day extension to allow authorities to continue detaining the tanker, which was suspected of carrying oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.
In retaliation for this seizure Iran had threatened to seize a British oil tanker.
A week later, Iranian boats attempted to impede a British oil tanker in the region before being warned off by a Royal Navy ship, according to the Ministry of Defence. Iran denied any attempted seizure.
International reaction
A White House National Security Council spokesman said the latest incident on Friday was the second time in just over a week the UK had been “the target of escalatory violence” by Iran.
And US Central Command said it was developing a multinational maritime effort in response to the situation.
The US military said it wanted to promote maritime stability, ensure safe passage, and de-escalate tensions in international waters throughout the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Oman.
The Pentagon has said US troops are being deployed to Saudi Arabia to defend American interests in the region from “emergent credible threats”.
France and Germany called on the Iranian authorities to quickly release the Stena Impero.
Also calling for the release of the ship, the European Union’s foreign affairs office, which represents 28 member states, expressed “deep concern” and urged for “restraint to avoid further tensions”.
The BBC’s Frank Gardner said the British government was in a “bit of a bind” because ministers do not have a great deal of options left.
He said: “What they would like to do is to have a firm, international response, preferably done through allies, possibly with the UN.”
‘A predictable crisis’
The first thing to remember is that this specific row between Tehran and London is only one aspect of an already highly volatile situation in the Gulf.
The Trump administration’s decision to walk away from the international nuclear deal with Iran and to re-apply sanctions is having a hugely damaging impact on the Iranian economy.
Iran is pushing back.
Given the highly fragile and volatile situation in the Gulf, together with the desperate need to bolster the flagging Iran nuclear deal, was it sensible to detain the vessel carrying Iranian oil off Gibraltar?
Read more analysis from Jonathan
How ‘British’ is the tanker?
Ships must fly the flag of a nation state, explains Richard Meade, managing editor of maritime intelligence publication Lloyd’s List.
They must be registered in a country, but that doesn’t have to be the same country as its owners, or have any relation to the cargo, he says. But there must be some link to the UK.
“But how you define UK is relative,” Mr Meade says.
The Stena Impero is Swedish-owned and those on board are Indian, Russian, Latvian and Filipino.
But it’s the UK flag that is important symbolically, he says. “Historically speaking it means that the UK owes protection to the vessel.”
“The UK has political responsibilities to anything that is flagged. And that’s why it’s much more serious than if there just happened to be a British captain on board.”
He emphasises that while it was a political issue, the impact on trade in the region had so far been minimal.
But he warns that if the international community began viewing the Strait of Hormuz as a dangerous place to be, that could create a “very different” scenario.
Highly volatile
The seizing of a British-flagged tanker in Omani waters, empty and inbound to a Saudi port, marks a serious escalation in a whole catalogue of recent incidents in the Gulf.
It comes on the back of the mysterious mining of tankers, the downing of both US and Iranian drones and the near capture of another British-flagged tanker only a few days ago.
Britain wants its response be two things: Measured and multinational.
The government is trying to send a robust message to Iran that this action is unacceptable, not just to the UK but to the rest of the world, but not so robust that it ends up being part of an avoidable US military strike.
This has become a highly volatile situation where not everyone believes in diplomacy. There are figures in Washington who have been pushing for an ever-tougher line with Iran.
And there are figures in Iran, notably in the Revolutionary Guards Corps and the security apparatus, who are quite prepared to push this right up to the brink of a conflict, yet probably stopping just short of one.
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test . blaze along the 700 block of east win circle. we're told the fire was so intense, firefighters were forced to battle the flames from outside of the property only, placed under control about 15 minutes ago. there is cents no board on -- no word on any injuries, or if anyone was home. huge fire destroys a home in upper dublin, montgomery county. it is monday, september at the time -- 29, good morning, i'm ukee washington. >> stories we're following, developing right now, new evidence overnight, police track hit-and-run driver. they left a little girl in the hospital. we're live with what the video shows, that police want you to see. the president and ceo of a
south jersey hospital and his wife die in a fire. now, investigators try to pinpoint how it started. >> and, it was therefore the taking but the eagles come up short suffering their first lost of the season. and leaving fans rather frustrated. >> wonderful game. we'll talk more about that in just a little bit. our monday forecast with kate. >> i oh, love the taste of sum they are weekend? so beautiful outside. we'll keep the warmth going for you, might not be quite as bright. but it is dry. yes, pretty decent weather overall to kick it off for you here. expect to see generally speaking nice day. the thing is it will be little cloudy outside. we'll talk about that, eventually this warmth has to get wiped out. we are going to see series every fronts actually through the course of our seven day forecast, to help that along. so we will be talking temperatures, time out these systems for you, and have all of the details in the next few. guys, back to you. >> katie, thank youment developing right now, police in west philly looking for the
driver who hit little girl then left the scene. >> "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is at children's hospital right now, where the young victim is recovering. syma, good morning. >> good morning, ukee, erika. seven year old girl is here at chop being treated after being victim of hit-and-run sunday night in west philadelphia. now, she's been identified as laura mcclane. it happened just before 7:00 sunday night outside of the girl's home at 42nd and pennsgrove street. mcclane's family says she ran to get a ball that rolled in the street when the car hit and dragged her. now, witnesses say, a car first stopped to let the girl cross, but the driver behind that person decided to go around the stopped car, and that's when the girl was struck. we're toll she is in stable condition. now, the vehicle was last seen heading eason girard avenue from 38th street. family members hope the person who hit the little girl will dot right thing and turn themselves in. as for the car, police are
looking for a lime green mitsubishi out lander with a pennsylvania license plate tag number: jky7458. police are asking anyone with that information to call them as the investigation continues. now, coming up in the next half hour, you will hear from a man who heard and saw the hit-and-run, followed the driver, and got video from his cell phone. that's coming up at 5:00 o'clock. for now live outside of chop. syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". right now, 4:33, back to katie with the forecast. >> forecast overall isn't terrible one. we had such beautiful weekends, tough to top that, i think, but we will at least try here today. the difference is really just that we start to seymour clouds building in. so all-in-all, not terrible day coming up here. just not as bright and beautiful as perhaps the weekends was. "skycam 3", quiet as can be. we still got pretty light wind, predominantly southwesterly component to the
winds, means it is helping to draw in some of the milder air flow for us out there. storm scan3, where we go next, just couple of clouds really right now. it is certainly vale of clouds will become more noticeable for us out there today just because i think other perception from one day to the next, while it is still warm, helping to keep the cloud cover rather actually helping to keep the temperatures bit warmer this morning, yes, again, it is just not as bright and pretty. but this is still an area of high pressure dominating the scene for us right now. so, as we sit in the mid 60s at this hour, upper mid 50 at coolest across the north and west most suburbs, not looking too bad. this is definitely little bit more of dose of say late summer than it is cents what we're finding ourselves in now, actually into the midst of fall at this point, would normally be close to 10 degrees cooler than this, at this point, of the year. so, it is not too shabby out there. more clouds than anything, like i mentioned, but we will take it. it is cents a gray sky this afternoon, but still going to have the wherewithall to heat
up to 08 degrees this afternoon, so (he would we call it pretty nice day, again, not as bright and sunny as yesterday. vittoria, good morning. >> good morning, everyone, what a beautiful weekend. if you are trying to start your commute this morning, getting a little bit of early start, not seeing any problems at all. vine st. expressway all of the major really moving well. only 4:35, generally don't see a lot of volume anyway at this time. regardless not dealing with any major incidents, few construction project here and, there but generally speaking beautiful ride. we look at 95 delaware county headlights would be moving in your northbound direction, southbound would be your taillights, and your a in the clear not only around this part of delaware county but also making your way around the philadelphia international airport, northeast philly, center city philadelphia, even into bucks couldn't. take a look at the speed censors, 55 on 95, 50 on the schuylkill, 55 on 476. in the green traveling on 422, the pa turnpike, also 202. however, making our way into new jersey, we are dealing with a accident on the garden state parkway southbound at
pleasantville. be mindful of. that will downed pole situation in delaware, stenton, christianna road at delaware park boulevard, is where you will find that, it is also compromising a lane, as we take a look at mass transit, everything running on time for septa, new jersey as well as dart, in delays at philadelphia international airport. erika? >> torrey, thank you. new this morning, three people are hospitalized following a three car crash in philadelphia's juniata neighborhood. it happened just after 12:30 in front of the erie lane bowling all i on the 1300 block of east erie avenue. you can see the impact there, sent one vehicle into a parked car. police say two of the three victims have serious injuries. one person's being tested for suspicion of driving under the influence. >> firefighters are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of president and ceo of cooper health systems and his wife. it happened yesterday morning, on meadow run driver in montgomery township, somerset county, new jersey, 72 year old john sheridan, jr., his wife, died in the bedroom.
this photo shows the investigation health system released the statement calling sheridan a true gentleman and an out standing leader. hang today the trial begins for former sportscaster don tell off son, charged for selling bogus packages. stole more than quarter million dollars from over 150 victims collecting money but never delivering the tickets. tollefson's lawyer said his client has an addiction problem. the search for the man accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and seriously injuring another is now in its 17th day. state police say the manhunt for eric frein has cents shifted southeast. but they still believe he's within five square miles of his parents' home in monroe county. they won't say what led them to the new search zone. the eagles are getting ready for next week's rams
gahm, following the first lost of the season. yesterday against the 49ers, the eagles scored on block punt, punt return, 53-yard interception return by jenkins. took a lead into the lockerroom at half time. but in the second half, the eagles went scoreless and the 9ers got back in the game. colin kaepernick through for a touchdown, running back frank gore ran for 100 yards and 9ers kicker dawson his four goaled goals. handed the eagles their first lost. >> both teams played very hard, very physical game, and, you know, we didn't common top. >> the eagles host the st. louis rams this weekend in south if i i. more on how the 9ers shut down the eagles offense. erika? >> right now 4:38. the weather was perfect for the 52nd annual puerto rican day parade. the sounds of celebration and culture could be heard all along the ben franklin park wayne.
-- parkway. it featured fest fifth floats, beauty queens, dancers performed to crowd of thousands. many generations came out to celebrate saying it is an annual tradition. >> it is an opportunity to come out and really celebrate our cult europe, our cultural values, our cultural, we do that through bands. >> the parade is part of the celebrations cents that takes place every year during puerto rican week. afterward the celebration continued as many parade revelers went back to the neighborhoods for even more fun. oh, love to see that. >> great day for it. >> much more to cover here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", what what will it particular to defeat isis? president obama sits down for one-on-one interview on 06 minutes. >> after service at two chicago airports grinds to a halt, how will the faa fix what's broken? we're back in two minutes.
president obama says military and military solutions cents needed for
iraq and sewer y exclusive i viewed that air last night on cbs60 minutes, the president said us intelligence genes agencies missed the mark foreign tell genes in iraqment underestimated the threat from islamic state militants and over estimated the ability and will of iraq's arm toy fight. >> essentially what happened with ice -- isil you had al quaida and iraq, vicious group, but our marines were able to quash with the help of sunni tribes. >> to defeat isis, the president says a competent complete grounds force must follow the militants, but ruled out the use of american troops. >> pro-democracy protest expanding in hong kong, blasted them with tear gas and used bans with flashing lights in renewed efforts to force demonstrators in streets. protesters are upset over china's decision to limit political reforms. more than 200 bus routes have been canceled or diverted in a
city dependent on public transportation. well the faa is making dramatic changes to the chicago area traffic center replacing the entire central computer network, also i am purchasing direct communications between other facilities now handling chicago air traffic. a fire at the control center brought the city's two major airports to a halt. a contract employee at the center is being blamed for starting the fire. 4:43, hoping for little more of the weekend's weather today. >> at least get part of that, the warmth will stick around for sure it, just end be as bright and beautiful. so little bit cloudier out there today. still pretty decent day. you know, do you have take what you can get at this point, right? we're used to being down in the mid 50's, at this point of the day, on this day of the year. >> right. >> and we're not even close to it in the city right now. almost 10 degrees warmer right now. so nice warm start. the cloud cover helping us to sort of blanket and trap the heat in. it means we will be off the mild start and allows us to heat up yet again very easily,
sun doesn't really have too much to do with that out there today. when we go to storm scan3, you will understand why, see the streams of clouds already streaming in here, basically, our southwesterly flow around the edge, the back edge now, of high pressure, which is starting to erode, starting to leave, we are seeing again little bit more of the southwesterly component to the wind flow. obviously, wet weather showing up, do not worry about, that really will ends up with clouds out there today. meanwhile, this is the next guy that's actually going to be bringing us our little reinforcement, if you will, in terms of some cooler air, yep, that is snow, up well off to the northwest, do not worry about that in our forecast, but yes, we will eventually see couple of showers if not thunderstorm fire up. here is how it all times out. high pressure today, no worries, just clouds, still warm, at about 80 degrees for the daytime high. that cold front begins to roll in, and actually seymour after turn, a shift in the wind flow tomorrow, help to trigger just a spotty, key word, spotty shower, if not rumble every
thunder out there tomorrow. wednesday, almost the exact same story here, when the front will actually be crossing through, so, that's where you will see your shower or thunderstorm chance come from out of that. but i think if you really want to, you can probably get away without umbrella right through the middle part of the week. the front again very weak in nature. limited sunshine in the meantime today, still warm, we hit 08 degrees, we drop to 62 tonight under partly cloudy sky, so actually still comfortable for you, as women. over the course every time, pretty much the warmest day of the pack, with times every passing day will drop off couple of degrees at least through thursday, we rebounds briefly friday, but that's also in advance of yesterday another cold front. this one will be stronger, and this one looks like it will bring the brunt of its energy late friday night into early saturday. ukee, back to you. >> eagles had an unusual day yesterday in san francisco. do you have win when you are missing most of your offensive line, tough to lose when defense and special teams start you off with 21 points,
conflicting stats that work for the eagles yesterday for sure, the offensive line had hard time springing shady. just too many faces and new place cents on that line. but 21 points from the defense and special teams should have been enough, eagles end up losing this 126-216789. >> we're not very good up front right now. we got a a lot of guys banged up, not an excuse, just the reality of it. jason peters the only guy, starting the season out, three new guys inside, todd moved out. play against a front like that, tough, one of the best players in the game, patrick, williams, mcdonald, that group. >> rams in south philly next sunday. well the phillies season is done. comb hamels gave up two runs, three huts, lost another bid for his tenth win of the year. the braves beat the phils two to one. fills finished 73 up, same record as last season. they finish last in the national east for the first time in 14 years.
well, still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, free coffee. we have your attention now i'm sure. don't we? >> free usually does, and then you add coffee. >> but it doesn't have anything to do with the eagles this time. we'll tell you all about it. >> first, what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.
a developing story tops your headlines this morning. police are looking for this car in connection with a hit-and-run in west philadelphia. seven year old alore mcqueen now in stable condition. police say the lime green mitsubishi last seen driving eason girard avenue from 38th street. new this morning, three car accident in philadelphia's juniata neighborhood has sent three people to the hospital. it happened on erie avenue, and m street around 12:45 this morning, two people were treated for serious injuries, and another is undergoing evaluation. >> and the investigation continues into the fire that
killed the president and ceo of cooper health systems, and his wife. john and joyce sheridan died sunday morning, when a fire broke out at their somerset county home. our time now 4:50. let's get a check on business news. >> jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange, jill, wall street opens on high note after pretty rough week of trading. what do you think invest remembers watching today? >> reporter: that's right, good morning, ukee, erika. it is all about jobs, on friday the government's september jobs report comes out. economists cents are predicting that companies step up hiring after a weaker august report. the unemployment rate, will likely stay at 6.1%. investors also watching owns overseas, asian stock markets were mixed as pro-democracy have escalate in the hong kong, raised concern business could be, and hong kong is a central spender. >> nothing like a good cup of coffee to get you going. turns out today there are a
the love places giving out free cups. details, please? >> yes, that's right. today's national coffee day. who knew, right? this is pretty much one big marketing event. but, really, who cares. it means we can all get our hands on some free cups of coffee. dunkin giving away medium cups of new dark rose, krispy kreme free coffee, then mcdonald's is wrapping up two weeks where it has been giving away free small coffees at breakfast time. >> how about that? >> go get them. >> drink up. >> no kidding. fantastic. >> drink up. i'll be right back. >> buy coffee, too; your day. you luck out. >> coming up after a short
i'm guessing the roads are pretty clear? >> so far so good. you know how it is, when the sun comes up, rush comes in. still waiting on t almost 5:00. notice it is only few vehicles
on the roadway. this shot here, the schuylkill expressway, not too far away from center city moving real well eastbound and westbound, no problems at all, and you have the same story, traveling on 476, both northbound, southbound, not only around this way here, the mid-county toll plaza, but also if you are traveling around even mcdade and 95, the schuylkill expressway, so just a lot of good news so far. hopefully it stays this way for as long as possible. as we take a look at the wide, notice, it is just green everywhere, on 95, you're at 55. fifty on the schuylkill expressway, 55 traveling on 476, no problems on the pa turnpike, 422, 202, so i just have lots of good news to report until now, we move our way into new jersey, we do have an accident on the garden state parkway, be minds full of that. downed pole in delaware, at stean ton, christianna road at delaware park boulevard. but no major problems for mass transit. things look pretty good at the airport, also, things going to look pretty good today weather wise, katie, some good news and bad news, for the most part, good news? >> i think for the most part
you can call this pretty good news, torrey. yes, couple of hiccups along the way this week, tracking new frontal boundary, bridges in spotty shower, thunderstorm, along the way, but no super huge deal. you know? we real i do have pretty quiet forecast. despite what it looks like on storm scan3, i know, a lot of times building clouds can tends to look little ominous. but you don't have to worry about anything other than clouds today. so yes, while the sunshine is going to be very much limited, this afternoon, we are still actually going to evening out pretty decent day. just not as bright and sunny. but look at this, because of the cloud cover, look, even warmer than the last couple of nights have been, because of the cloud cover basically acting like a blanket to trap in the heat that we built up yesterday. so, here's just couple of little sampling basically the area temperature readings, flirting with 06 at the moment in hainesport, hammonton, drexel hill 62, well above average for most of the location here, guys. 80 degrees the expected high in philadelphia, meanwhile, don't expect too much sunshine, wall it limited sun or mostly cloudy, take your
pick. but that said, it is still a dry day, and obviously still going to be nice and warm day, as well. ukee, back to you. >> thank you show, look at stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 will be following for you. philadelphia city council delays plans to publicly debate the controversial proposal to sell pgw. new study shows children are drinking too much soda. what impact is it having on their physical development? check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. err dismay. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", we're continuing to follow breaking news after massive fire rips through a montgomery county home. we're getting some new video ofof that blaze. >> and the search is on for an s.u.v. wanted for a hit-and-run accident. now we're hearing from the good samaritan who could help police crack the case. back at the top of the hour.
>> more video of the flames to show you no, ma'am anterly. it is monday, september 29th. i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. mystery involving the president of cooper university hospital after found dead inside his home with his wife. the big unanswered question for investigators this morning. katy? >> and erika, while we may not have quite as bright and sunny of a day, as what we saw over the course of the weekends, the warmth continues to build for our area. so we're expecting yet again another 80 plus degrees day. when doses it ends, however? there is a mends site. i'll tell you when, coming up, tory? >> thank you, katie. still waiting for the start of our rush hour, as we approach 5:00 o'clock here, as we take a look, we're taking a look at
the talcony palmyra bridge, expecting a opening in just a bit. be sure stay with us, all of the details coming up. we head back to the desk. >> vet tore crashes thank you. >> more news, family is left homeless after an overnight fire destroys their home in upper darby. this raw video just got into our news room from brian sullivan. look at all of the smoke. fire broke out shortly after 3:00 a.m. along the 700 block of east win circle. it took crews about an hour to get it under control. but fortunately, no injuries were reported. a cause is now under investigation. developing right now, young girl is recovering in the hospital after she was hit by a car in west philadelphia. now, police are searching for the driver. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry at children's hospital with the very latest on the search. syma, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, a seven year old is being treated here at chop, after being the victim after hit-and-run driver. now, police are looking for
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"good morning america." thanks so much for watching, everybody. and have a great tuesday. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> you can expect tighten security at airports worldwide. new fears al qaeda could strike. it has been one year since the death of osama bin laden. it is tuesday may 1. i am cynne simpson. >> we begin with traffic and weather. first up is adam caskey. >> good morning to you. we have some areas of rain to kickstart tuesday. you will see the area in green,
yellow, and orange. indicating the heavier rain in orange. mainly out of charles town into loudoun county and frederick. you have a moderate downturn. hagerstown, lighter rain interrupt the the other parts of virginia, front royal madison county, light rain is pushing through this morning. we could see and isolated shower but i think this is it for the rainfall for the most part. highs around 80 degrees. the same story the next couple of days. it looks like we crank up the heat by friday. >> look at the beltway. i'm going to take you in a couple spots. things are running nicely for us right now. first of all montgomery county between the american legion branch, traffic is moving nicely. overnight construction is being put to bed in greenbelt and in college park, the long-term
construction is still on the road right. a virginia, the geico picture 95 66, and the beltway, all construction out of the way in the next half-hour. >> we start with a developing story from northeast india. official says more than 100 bodies have been pulled from a river after rates vary boat capsized. at least 100 people are missing after the boat broke into two pieces. it was carrying 350 passengers. security has been stepped up at airports as we approach one year of the death of osama bin laden. >> officials warned members of al qaeda want payback for the attack on their leader. the newest threat could involve body bombs. >> with tonight marking the one year anniversary of osama bin laden's death, security is tight
amid fears of a new threat. authorities are studying the possibility of terrorists using body bombs. experts say that a terrorist could have explosives implanted in a body, perhaps in the stomach. >> the surgeon would of the -- incline to the explosive device among the internal organs. >> u.s. and european authorities have warned that the master bomb maker for a cockeyed in yemen -- al quaeda has been designing bombs with no physical parts. >> nobody wants to be the person who overlooked a clue. that has happened in the past and we have paid for it. >> officials say there is no credible information of an imminent attack but officials warned that the group in yemen
remains a threat. it continues to seek the opportunity to strike our homeland. >> when year ago, president obama ordered the raid to kill bin laden. yesterday, he called on americans to remember those who participated in the operation. >> the american people remember what we as a country accomplished in bringing to justice somebody who killed over 3000 of our citizens. >> authorities say they have made adjustments to security such as turning up the radiation to try to detect body bombs. >> drones one day be flying over the beltway. fairfax county tells wtop they could be used to spot a traffic tieups and send information to vdot. some say using drones on u.s.
soil could be an invasion of privacy. >> police investigating separate stabbings and the district. when happened after 2:00 this morning along florida ave. police and saw a man stabbed in the neck. he was taken to the hospital. we do not know his condition. police were called to a separate stabbing in north trees washington at the forefront hundred block of coral street. officers say the victim was stabbed in the abdomen. police are not saying what led to the stabbings or if they have any suspects. >> turning to vote 2012, and today's election day in many places in virginia. voters will be selective school board members. polls open until 6:00. you can see a list of the races on line at a wjla.com. >> congress is looking at changing the provision letting you ship beer and wine in the mail. >> with more on that, and let's
get to linda bell in new york. >> we are watching right now stock index futures. they are a little changed. we have manufacturing. it accounts for more than 10% of the total u.s. economy and is expanding less vigorously than last year. the forecast for the report will probably show expansion in april but still at a slower pace than a month earlier as the industry calls off a bit. the homeownership rate fell to the lowest level in 15 years in the first quarter. borrowers are losing homes to foreclosures. there is tighter inventory and credit keeping buyers off the market according to a report from the census bureau. one way which may ease the financial losses for the postal service is to change a provision letting you ship wine and beer. it dates back two times before probation. that changed with saturday
delivery in the hands of congress. the cost of flying out of d.c. is on the rise. i will explain in the next hour. live at low brick headquarters, i am linda about. back to you. >> outside the temperature is 50 degrees. very comfortable. >> still to come, learn how a local man is being honored for helping to save the children from a vicious dogs. >> high lies between the caps and the rangers. could they even the series? >> and you're going down!
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>> a good tuesday morning. it is a good tuesday morning. the caps tied the series one- one. we have some rain moving through earlier in the morning. most of it will be confined to the early morning hours. a little bit of cleaner -- clearing. 51 in washington. basically moving into leesburg out into frederick and also up into northern frederick county. otherwise, a light action in green tree the interstate a corridor and on 66 to about prince william county. some sunny breaks later on today. the rain confined to the morning hours.
close to 80 degrees for the high temperature. tomorrow, and no real changes out there. a chance of thundershowers and temperatures into the low 80's. what about the commute? >> a lot of construction is being cleared and checkout 395 north of the beltway on our way out to -- they were doing some construction. edsal lroad everything is getting through. just a little further up, there we go. that is quiet as well. we are getting back to normal. >> sounds good. and i sure will be honored today for helping save children from a dog attack. >> two dogs started chasing the children when their neighbor tried to run them off with his knife. they attacked and wounded him but the children were not heard.
during ceremonies today, and he will be presented with a jersey. >> the washington capitals heading home with a tight series. >> alex ovechkin's power play helped to snap a tie game at madison square garden. >> issues, he scores! alexander ovechkin has restored the lead for washington. >> seven and a half minutes left in the game, this series is tied at one game apiece. the next game is here tonight at the verizon center. >> we're looking at 59 degrees. >> important news for pet owners. >> new developments in a series of attacks in which a driver ramsey recalls. th
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a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're rdy to move. >> police have released images of men who allegedly rammed a man's car and adopted then dropped him. they tied him up with duct tape and took him and his cash card and dump him in a parking lot. some intensely around another woman along the same stretch of jones lang. she called 911 and the dispatcher told her to get out
and exchange information but she did not because she was scared. the attackers may have been arrested before they struck again. >> knowing what happened to the man after me, when they did not follow up, it is upsetting. >> the suspects are still on the loose. >> on this mayday occupy marchers are being planned and 120 cities across the united states, including the nation's capital. >> members of occupy d.c. our plan in a rally this afternoon. at 6:30, they will march to the white house. they are calling today this part -- start of their spring resurgence. d.c. council is expected to repay city workers for the for they were taken to -- forced to take. council members are also expected to vote for another
bill. legislation to delay tax on out- of-state bonds held by d.c. residents. turning to the 20 top campaign comedy about a campaign is wrapping up efforts in virginia, launching a new effort to win the common law. >> it is important for women to have a president to care about women's rights. [applause] >> and holton and valerie halosted and event's last night. her husband is running for the senate seat held by jim webb. achy mitt romney supporter made headlines yesterday. -- a key mitt romney supporter made headlines yesterday. that's new jersey john boehner -- to governor chris christie.
resisted a curse to run for president. romney is expected to settle on a running mate before the national convention in tampa florida. >> news for pet owners with an important dog food recall. diamond pepsi foods is recalling its in dry dog food because it may be tainted with salmonella. it was sold in 12 states including maryland and virginia. operations have been suspended at the south carolina plant. scientists at the national zoo are trying to inseminate the female giant panda. >> for the first time, officials are sharing the process with the public through. -- twitter. the wrote about the procedure once said we will know whether she is pregnant or experiences a
fake pregnancy. >> outside we are just shy of 60 degrees. >> a different challenge for the contestants of "dancing with the stars." sexiness to classical music. >> well, marc the only dancer going shirtless. learn who got a perfect score.
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supporter of babies' play. ♪ ♪ >> we have some areas of rain to talk about but i think it will be confined to the early morning hours. here is a look at live super doppler 7. moving into parts of montgomery county. a few showers and over falls church we have one downpour that is just moving into parts of arlington. there is a closer look at the yellow which indicates moderate rain. on and to frederick county and upper montgomery county. we have some heavier rain. the rain will and within the next couple of hours. we will have some sunshine.
we will make it into the lower 80's today. there is a chance we could be cooler. showers and thunderstorms here and there through saturday. near 90 by friday. >> what are you going to do? are we moving that fast on the beltway? i hope not but you could. they are waving the green flag between baltimore and richmond. good if you are going to the airport. have a great flight. open on the george washington parkway and to and from thurgood marshall. they clean right on 66, interstate 70, quiet on the beltway at the wilson bridge and 50 between the bay bridge in new york ave. >> we continue with "dancing with the stars."
the seven contestants took part in team dances. >> somebody is going to have to go home. who landed the highest scores last night. >> dietrich baker is joking about how great they feel about the triple tens for their vampire inspired dance. while maria menounos was perfection her feet are a bundled bandage of bones. your feet scare me. >> me too. i have to go to the doctor tomorrow. why should i bother? i am not going to stop. >> it also included 18 tango but those scores barely affected the leader board. in seconds place they were thrilled watching the others. >> we were jumping around more
than they were. >> william and cheryl are tied for third w. >> we're trying to match them now. >> i think i am trying to get a better dancer. >> in fifth, chelsea hightower after their argentine tango. >> it was a very inviting and welcome back hug. that boosts our confidence to be back next weekend bring even more fire. >> i tried to search the judges for the things i can apply every week. i was very happy to that -- with the dance. things can always be improved. >> they are counting on viewer votes to save them because they do not believe that judges will. >> the only thing that will keep
us it [unintelligible] >> this time he will be singing. one more couple goes on. >> 60 degrees outside. >> still ahead more trouble for the woman known as
>> expects tighter security at the airport. as we mark one year since the death of osama bin laden. >> learn how the national baseball team is honoring a man who helped save children. >> also -- his anger koses team. -- could cost his team. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it is tuesday, may 1. >> i am cynne simpson. so glad you're starting your day with us. we will check in with lisa baden in a moment but first adam caskey. >> a very good tuesday morning to you. grab your umbrella as you venture out this morning. you will only need it early
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Former astronaut Mark Kelly—perhaps best known as the husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords—reveals in an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel that he initially was not a suporter of the Obama Administration’s change in direction for NASA. “I was not a fan at first of canceling the Constellation rocket program. I worried about what it would mean for NASA’s overall mission, and what it would do to the brilliant and patriotic men and women who work there,” he writes.
That assessment has changed, though, he says. “I’m impressed by how far SpaceX has come in the past 17 months,” he states, referring to the company’s Dragon test flight to the ISS this week. “The dramatic cost savings of commercial spaceflight — savings we need to reduce the deficit and grow our economy — let us expand the frontiers of space and stay at the forefront of technological innovation.”
He goes on to express support for various aspects of the administration’s efforts, from commercial crew to infrastructure upgrades at the Kennedy Space Center. “The president made a tough, bold decision — and I now believe he was right,” he concludes. Ironically, it was his wife who, in the debate on the NASA authorization act of 2010 on the House floor, spoke out against the bill that enshrined many elements of the administration’s plan into law.
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Of course Obama was correct…and we are seeing that.
It is amazing to me how many people here want European socialism in terms of our space program. There is effectively no difference in how NASA works with its contractors then how things are done in Europe or in Russia or in China…
So people who push SLS/Orion are trying to delete the free enterprise system and move us to some sort of European socialist program
Shame on you Wind, Whittington and all the GOP Congresspeople who support this. RGO
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Rand gets a typical Mike Griffin (anatomicalpart) slapdown…Griffin is a loud mouth who has little facts to back him up, he is Psycho Dan Goldin without any of Goldin’s brains or talent.
But a curious thing in the exchange which I assume Rand is reporting accurately (at least it reads that way to me), Griffin never really bothers to engage on facts…
in an era where Griffin had a lot of time and a lot of money to develop heavy lift…and did nothing successful…it is a pretty good lesson on denial of reality that Griffin finds it necessary to be rude and condescending alone to Simberg who while a luminary in the space blogger community certainly is not making policy or is in danger of really being listened to by those who are.
Yet Griffin finds it necessary to do that…curious.
nice to see that people can actually change their minds and admit that they were wrong in the past. i’m not holding my breath for someone like windy to come around though. his economic self-interest (he works for atk, right?) tops everything else for him.
griffin turned out to be a psycho and a fool. what a disappointment. i had high hopes for the guy when he first became administrator. instead he managed to burn through 10 billion with next to nothing to show for it.
his credibility is non-existent at this point.
Coastal Ron
Kelly is not the first to change his mind about transferring routine NASA tasks like cargo and crew over to commercial companies, and I would expect to see even more publicly (and privately) come to the same conclusion.
SpaceX is just the first of what hopefully will be many more companies that will prove they have the “Right Stuff” to safely operate vehicles in space. SpaceX has a couple more flights in the limelight before they transition to “been there, done that” status – which is what we want for all routine space transportation.
Next up for cargo flight excitement is Orbital Sciences with their Antares/Cygnus flights. I’m not sure about the long-term prospects for Antares, but Cygnus is a very capable vehicle, and it’s service bus could end up being the foundation for the first generation of space tugs.
Then we start getting into the test phase for CCiCap, based on who the announced winners are later this year. 2012/13 is going to be a very busy year for writers and blogger in the space arena.
The U.S. is already self-sufficient in the payload to space market, though ULA is not competitive in the world market. SpaceX is competitive worldwide.
CRS means the U.S. will be self-sufficient in the cargo resupply market, and that can be expanded to any nation that wants to put up their own space station (which could include China – just sayin).
CCiCap means the U.S. will be self-sufficient in getting crew to LEO, and since LEO is the gateway to the universe, that opens up all of space for the U.S. (over the top, I know, but true).
Between those three capabilities, the U.S. doesn’t need to wait for “everything on one rocket” hardware like the SLS. We can assemble a modular beyond-LEO mission pretty quick and for far less than just a portion of the SLS development budget. That’s when space exploration becomes affordable, and we can finally afford to leave LEO again.
Kill the SLS now so we can start exploring again.
Googaw
Griffin has basically conceded that NASA’s HSF program is not an economic effort, but a religious one. If you’re going to build cathedrals, build them impressively, and that means big.
As for Kelly & Giffords, they are corruptocrats who now get to hide their corruption under a thick rich blanket of martyrdom. The duo weren’t interested in Space-X until it was far enough along for Kelly to hope to use them for one of his heavenly joyrides: his thrills still funded by us suckers called taxpayers as much as they ever were.
Coastal Ron wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
That is in my view a pretty good analysis…sometimes while I am “pondering” (like working on my levee) I wonder why various companies in the commercial cargo (and crew but now cargo) made the decisions that they did.
There must have been a reason that Orbital went with the Alenia mini ninja turtle bus over a recoverable capsule…and it might be what you are banging on.
at any rate the notion of exploration is only valid even if cost come down…if existing hardware can be adapted over simply spending tens of billions to build one of hardware. nice post RGO
Tom Billings
RGO writes:
“It is amazing to me how many people here want European socialism in terms of our space program. ”
Well, no. They want LBJ’s style of socialism. The Texas pols want people dependent on themselves for having nice jobs, and all that goes with them. It is at least as feudal as it is socialist, and fits far too well with the old Democratic Party’s roots in the South’s rural oligarchy. Note that it isn’t really a Democrat/Republican division, or even just a Texas thing.
That is, other than the fact that geographically LBJ pushed NASA Centers that were in areas that eventually turned Republican because they could raise a Jacksonian hurrah for “the US Space Program”, while still disliking any other government interference in their lives. The latter being what turned them Republican, while still being “LBJians”. The latest EPA ruling against the coal-burning electricity production of Texas is only the latest example in a decades long line of such interference.
No, that combination is not rational, but it is *very* human.
As to Griffin and Rand, …I think Rand’s standing in the blogging community has just enough idea-spreading leverage that Griffin recognizes that if Rand’s views ever predominate, his own political compromises 2005-2009 will be looked at in a light far from what he perceived when compromising with the “LBJians”. He bought the “LBJian” power needed to get along as NASA Administrator, and the price will haunt him for the rest of his life, I expect.
DCSCA
@Robert G. Oler wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Except he’s not, given his 180 on his own space policy pronouncements as candidate.
“It is amazing to me how many people here want European socialism in terms of our space program.”
LOL , playing w/strawmen again, Oler; as opposed to American socialism, eh,… like the post office, Medicare, Social Security, etc.. “We are all ‘soclalists,'” as Lawrence O’Donnell smartly and often reminds us. Sober up.
It’s not just Obama’s idea but if pols do something right it’s probably good to give them a pat on the head.
Mark Kelly’s poor judgement was on display to the world when, as his wife was in the very iffy early stages of battling to recover from a severe head injury, he chose to fly his shuttle mission, after already having had his share of spaceflights, rather than staying by his wife’s side. Speaks volumes. Then Kelly abruptly quit the space agency post flight, still collecting those NASA/government bennies.
Tom Billings wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
“The Texas pols want people dependent on themselves for having nice jobs, and all that goes with them.”
What was that line from “The Right Stuff?”:
“All the fixins’.”
Well, no. They want LBJ’s style of socialism. The Texas pols want people dependent on themselves for having nice jobs, and all that goes with them. It is at least as feudal as it is socialist, >>
an interesting post and it caused some thought in my mind…
First LBJ was not a socialist. If we continue this back and forth we might get into a discussion of what constitutes a “socialist” but LBJ was not one. No American President has been (and that includes this one) nor really has there been a serious candidate for President who could remotely qualify under the term socialism.
Where a difference does exist between the modern Republican party (and this does not include Ronaldus the Great…but starts at Bush43) and the modern Democratic party which is as to how federal tax dollars should be distributed.
Democrats believe (and their stim bill which I think was a failure) shows this…that tax dollars should be distributed through both federal programs and lessor levels of government to individuals. With government more or less acting in a regulatory mode to monitor how things are spent etc.
The Modern GOP has become a corporate cash register. The GOP believes in distributing tax dollars in a sort of trickle down through the mechanisms of corporations most of which would not exist without the spending of governments. At that point the “corporation” assumes the role of government in terms of dealing with individuals.
So the difference is well look at Sarah Palin’s death panels. Palin argued that “government bureaucrats” would decide when to turn Grandma’s machines off. OK thats an oversimplification but it does reasonably lean in the right direction; there would be government enforced rules in single payer as to who could get what treatment based to some extent on viability….
But what she wont talk about is that under the plans of the GOP corporations would (and do today) do the same thing.
there are economics in both calculus but in the terms of private corporations making the decisions the profit motive is a driver that single payer does not have. (and warning I have US single payer health care).
Where this is playing out is in our space debate.
There are as Rand will quickly point out a few Dems who are arguing for Mike Griffins’ cathedrals…but the main bangers on the issue are those from the GOP…Ralph Hall or Pete Olson or Kay Bailey can give an impassion plea on the evils of single payer health care (which they have BTW) and with the next breath argue that NASA should continue SLS/Orion because of various “American exceptionalism” issues and then we get down to the “nut” which is good federal and first tier contractor jobs…in their districts.
Why do they do this? Easy answer. Both positions support the corporations which are now giving in record numbers to the GOP. This might be feudal as you mention but it is in large part socialist because NOW the corporation exist SOLEY by virtue of state support…which is a lot of the corporations in Europe.
This can be seen in the human space program. USA (Alliance) had no life passed the government dole, ULA more or less does not either; take away any particular “part” of SLS (ie the solids for instance) and that particular congressional support fades immediately (the stakeholders).
We are now entering a most juicy phase of politics…in which mostly GOP folks are going to argue that we have to keep Pentagon spending going at record levels soon to pass that in WW2, (and I suspect NASA’s SLS/Orion will get dragged into this) not to defeat an enemy or even prepare for one…BUT TO STOP A RECESSION NEXT YEAR.
The Speaker of the House is already making those noises…which is entertaining because before hand they had poohpoohed the notion of federal spending being linked to economic recovery. The reality is however that all spending at the Pentagon and NASA is doing is propping up corporations which are firmly hooked to the GOP corporate wealth machine and which cannot exist without government funding.
How the GOP keeps the people who work in such industries synched up to the notion that almost everything else in the American Republic should be privatized but those thigns…is the babble about American exceptionalism…and Mike Griffin’s “cathedral” theory.
the workers here get over the notion of being on the federal dole because well they are special, the “help America do great things”, they “support our troops” etc…all the ethos of “you are a warrior in the war against evil as well even though you stay at home.”. when really they are just a flunkie in the corporate machine.
As for Rand…well maybe later. RGO
Skepticism of SpaceX was justified at the beginning. Literally dozens of rocket start ups have fizzled over the past thirty years. Only two, Orbital and SpaceX have orbited payloads. I was skeptical but equally glad to be proven wrong.
What they have achieved in developing new engines, launch vehicles and spacecraft outside of the tradional aerospace-government-industrial complex is unprecedented. (Even orbital mostly stacked other peoples components). At this point, I think there is every reason to believe the can do commercial crew and much more.
josh wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
“nice to see that people can actually change their minds and admit that they were wrong in the past.”
I’m a space enthusiast, and not in the space industry, but when I came to Jeff’s Space Politics blog I was a DIRECT fan. Over time numerous people (both directly and indirectly) educated me on how inefficient the Shuttle infrastructure was, and how that locked in high costs for DIRECT. I’m definitely proof that people’s minds can be changed.
That education has lead me to advocate for those things that lower the cost to access space. Today that is best epitomized by SpaceX, but there are plenty more companies that are pursuing the same goals. I even hope someday that I’ll be able to root for ULA because they are lowering the cost to access space, but I may not see that happen with the current owners.
But back to your point. Changing direction on how you think about something usually takes an epiphany of some sort – that you suddenly understand what “the new approach” is really doing better than the old approach.
For those that look at NASA as a monolithic entity – one of those “corporations are people too” that Romney has defined – then NASA’s history of mostly competent spaceflight is a touchstone that provides comfort. You know NASA can build a working space vehicle, it’s just not known how much money it will take. But given enough money, they can look glorious doing stuff in space.
For private spaceflight, I think most of us remember the 90’s when so many new spacecraft were getting attention, both privately and through NASA, and none of them succeeded. That has informed a lot of the resistance to trusting the claims of commercial space today. And I understand that.
But now that the funding issues of the past have been largely addressed, and the technology barriers are much lower than they were two decades ago, so though it still took a little bit of faith leading up to this current SpaceX flight, the results speak loudly for not only SpaceX but the commercial space industry as a whole – private industry, under competent management, can do what it used to take governments to do.
I look forward to the day that someone changing their minds about commercial space is no longer newsworthy – just like it’s no longer newsworthy when a new commercial space vehicle takes off on a successful mission.
Quite a few politicians are lemming-like. They go where the crowd seems to be moving.
Now that SpaceX has had a successful flight, expect more lemmings politicians to start moving towards supporting commercial space.
Why even the home of KBH and Rick Perry is looking into throwing money providing incentives to SpaceX if they will build their new spaceport there:
“State officials are developing an incentive package to encourage SpaceX to build a spaceport near Brownsville. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based company is also considering launch sites in Florida and Puerto Rico.
Two sources familiar with the negotiations said the state is working on a multimillion-dollar package that could include funding from the Texas Enterprise Fund, infrastructure support from the state Department of Transportation and assistance from the Texas Workforce Commission, among others.”
Politicians – they are so cute when they do the right thing, even if they don’t understand why.
And, soon or later that shift of political support will help bleed support from the SLS, which to me is the top priority for change (i.e CANCELLATION).
Doug Lassiter
DCSCA wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
“Mark Kelly’s poor judgement was on display to the world when, as his wife was in the very iffy early stages of battling to recover from a severe head injury, he chose to fly his shuttle mission, after already having had his share of spaceflights, rather than staying by his wife’s side. Speaks volumes.”
Huh? As if Mark Kelly decided that his presence could repair a hole in his wife’s brain? It speaks volumes about Kelly’s commitment to his job and his country that he did what he did. Are you saying that Gabby Giffords would be further along in her recovery if Kelly hadn’t gone? Are you saying that his wife wanted him to stay by her side? Are you saying that his wife regrets that he didn’t stay by her side? You frankly don’t know what you’re talking about, except trying to impose your absolute sense of ethics on others. The volumes that this speaks isn’t about Kelly. Yawn away.
Stephen C. Smith
Most folks here recall that Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison claimed we need the Space Launch System as a “backup” for commercial crew, even though the Orion capsule is not being designed for compatibility with the ISS.
Now that it’s been demonstrated that commercial companies can indeed reach the ISS and for far cheaper, will she now admit there’s no need for the SLS?
I’m not holding my breath.
But it should be interesting to hear how she and the other Texas porkers try to rationalize their behavior.
The music has changed again.
Remember when “Rocket engines are nearly impossible to resuse” changed to “that’s trivial to do” overnight when DC-X started flying?
Well, it seems that the new song is “Commerical is an LEO only thing. We need to bin everything to do with LEO and do BEO”.
Will be interesting when Falcon heavy flies.
Two possible test missions – a very heavy (53 ton) LEO payload. Or sending something to escape velocity. A GEO mission would get into the whole issue of GEO slots – not probably for a test payload.
Politically the escape mission(s) would generate a fire storm. It would be seen as an outright attack on SLS. A Zond style lobbing of a Dragon round the moon would be seen as extremely provocative, in particular. Lobbing a Dragon at Mars would be nearly as bad…..
If one were a cynic, one would wonder if Kelly thinks he has a future in the Obama administration, say as Bolden;s replacement in a second term. Of course there has to be a second term for that to happen.
Marcel F. Williams
How much money will NASA saves by spending $3 billion a year on an unnecessary space station? Nothing! The ISS is a hyper expensive $3 billionmake work program for the commercial crew industry. And NASA will continue to struggle for funding for its beyond LEO efforts.
And, of course, Kelly has not addressed the issue of the crippling of the space exploration program or the Solyndra stench that still permeates the commercial crew program. SpaceX has done a remarkable thing. But it was not commercial because it was paid for by government subsidies.
Stephen C. Smith wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 5:43 pm
But it should be interesting to hear how she and the other Texas porkers try to rationalize their behavior.>>
the new line of “reasoning” is this. The GOP has loaded the budget with Pentagon spending and made lots of cuts everywhere else in the budget…so the theory now is that if the Pentagon spending is not allowed then we will fall into recession because of the loss of federal spending. For the first time both Kay and Pete are starting to make that argument about SLS.
It is impressive because at the same time that they are making “this” argument they can go on about how cuts to teachers, fire fighters etc are not going to harm the economy…
It is exciting RGO
Malmesbury wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Politically the escape mission(s) would generate a fire storm. It would be seen as an outright attack on SLS. A Zond style lobbing of a Dragon round the moon would be seen as extremely provocative, in particular. Lobbing a Dragon at Mars would be nearly as bad…..>>
Of course a crewed mission on a Falcon9 would simply be delicious.
I know for a fact (because I helped write the proposal) that a “group” representing a couple of universities is presenting a “thought excersize” about a Falcon heavy launch that sent a Dragon on a “round the moon” and also put the old Triana satellite at a Libration point.
It is a repurposing of “Goresat” that is innovative and doesnt cost a lot assuming 1) the launch is more or less free and 2) the satellite is more or less free.
It would be a nice stick in the eye as well to the GOP right wing! RGO
Mark wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
“the crippling of the space exploration program”
this of course is a hoot. There is no political support for a human space exploration program. Willard more or less ran the entire notion in the ditch as he creamed “Mr. Newt”…
What has crippled space exploration for humans is a NASA effort that has so far consumed 21 billion dollars and has produced no flyable hardware.
How Mark do you explain SpaceX spending so far about 1.5 billion and NASA spending 21 billion and the differing “results”…LOL
Human exploration programs are dead. RGO
Marcel F. Williams wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
“How much money will NASA saves by spending $3 billion a year on an unnecessary space station?”
It’s good to question the value of things, since the U.S. Taxpayer shouldn’t be shouldered with spending that isn’t producing enough value for the money being put in. Let’s look at two examples of government spending of approximately equal size:
The ISS – we do know that science is being done with results showing important knowledge is coming back (the report referenced was from before the ISS was fully functional). We also know that there are many scientists around the world that want to do experiments on the ISS.
The science being done not only helps us understand how we will live and work in space, but it also is benefiting everyone on Earth.
Is that worth $3B per year? I think a lot of people would say yes.
The SLS & MPCV – no agency requested the SLS be built. It was born of the desire to save jobs after Congress cancelled the Constellation program (i.e. Presidents propose, Congress dispose).
Other than test flights for the MPCV (some of which will fly on commercial rockets), no customers have been funded for using it, and even NASA’s own Science Directorate has said that they can’t afford to use it.
The cost of operating the SLS, plus the cost of building and operating once-per-year missions for the SLS, will necessitate a large increase in NASA’s budget. That is unlikely to happen. Oh, and building this monstrosity will cost at least $30B and take 10 years… if we’re lucky.
Is it worth $3B per year? No way.
Any sane person comparing the two would be able to see that the ISS has a much broader base of support, far more use, and costs far less in future dollars.
Killing the SLS and using existing rockets means we can start exploring beyond LEO much faster, and for far less. NASA, Boeing and ULA have proposed exploration systems that use existing rockets and technology and get us beyond LEO within 10 years, whereas the SLS will take that long just to become operational (but without demonstrated reliability).
Again, any sane person can see the difference.
“Politically the escape mission(s) would generate a fire storm…”
That’s a really great observation.
How you finished that thought has, as Robert notes, the potential for leading to something “simply delicious”. Thanks for the brian stimulation!
Mark, You’ve become completely irrelevant to the conversation. I feel sad for you.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/spacexs-dragon-capsule-docks-with-international-space-station/2012/05/25/gJQAmFrwqU_story.html
The usual suspects. Whittington is sshouting “its not free enterprise” and Scott Pace is being his idiotic self. The keen minds of the GOP who love free enterprise right up until its not their crony corporations. RGO
Robert G. Oler wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
It’s worse than that – for Mark at least in your comparison.
According to Gwynne Shotwell (President of SpaceX), SpaceX has spent $680M on cargo development, of which $390M came from NASA contracts.
Compared to the U.S. Taxpayer having to foot 100% of a too-big & too-expensive rocket system, public/private partnerships are the best bargains around for the U.S. Taxpayer.
pathfinder_01
“And NASA will continue to struggle for funding for its beyond LEO efforts.”
It struggles because it has a Neman Markus approach to BEO when it needs to shop at Walmart instead. It refuses to use commercial launchers for BEO spaceflight. I built my own computer years ago just for fun and because I like to tinker. Even then I had to limit my looses to no more than 30% over just buying it in the store. A store bought machine has economies of scale working for it. Back in the day a single disk drive cost like $15.00, but if you could buy ten it would drop to $5.00 or less each! Well I didn’t need ten, and so was forced to pay more.
Nasa really can only afford maybe 1-2 BEO missions a year at best and none at worse. Any NASA only,BEO only system is going to be supper expensive.
Why do you think the few hundred million Space X received can do much for BEO spaceflight when Orion gets billion a year has been going as long as Dragon, yet is not even in a state where it could send underwear to the ISS.
You seem to forget that anything that launches cargo to the ISS can also launch cargo to a BEO spacecraft being assembled in LEO. You forget that if Bigloew or someone else puts up a space station, it will be much easier because Dragon is available for hire. You assume there is some barrier forever keeping dragon in LEO when you could probably turn it into a BEO supply ship launch able by Delta Heavy to l1/l2. In space exploration and in war logistics is important.
The more Scott Pace talks, the less talkative “Obama killed shuttle, vote Romney!” people get. He’s almost single-handedly killing their fantasy of Romney as some kind of Big Space “savior.” Keep talking, Scott, keep talking.
On the FH test mission it comes down to how far SpaceX will push it politically. To be frank, any launch in the heavy category before SLS flies will be seen as an attack by some. Even 50 tons of water in a can to 300×300…. The implications are obvious.
An escape velocity mission needs guidance, control etc. Which means Dragon in some form. Cargo Dragon would be the simplest and cheapest – extra cameras for a lunar flyby? A prototype crewed dragon with empty seats would be seen as very, very aggrevsive by the usual suspects.
Could do a very high apogee orbit I suppose – but that would still be beating Orion….
The more I think about it, the more the FH test launch sounds like it will burn some serious bridges in Washinton and elsewhere. If it suceeds in meeting the performance goals (even if it is just 50+ tons to LEO), there will be calls to cancel SLS from influential people before the mission is over. Even if that is not what Elon asks for or wants…..
Chris Castro
It is VERY DISAPPOINTING to see a seasoned spaceman like Mark Kelley—who should know better—siding with Barack Obama on the space issue. B.O.’s space policy has been a colossal blunder! Obamaspace robbed America of some amazing would-have-been Beyond-LEO capabilities, just to hand over the stage to a cadre of hobbyists, who’ll do little more than take millionaires on tourist joyrides to the ISS. Meanwhile, China just might decide to play its space-program card differently: utilizing a bona-fide Heavy-Lift Vehicle, and by using only a single earth-orbit rendezvous, become capable of returning humankind to the Moon. If China were smart, they would take full advantage of this lamentable time that America’s space program is down & out, in the doldrums, and whip up all of the majestic capabilities that the Constellation Project would’ve brought us!
The SLS will allow NASA and private industry to deploy instant space stations into orbit with a single launch far larger and cheaper than the ISS house of pork.
The SLS will ultimately be able to launch at least 130 tonnes of cargo into orbit, something that would require 13 launches of the Falcon 9. And you could probably easily configure it to launch nearly 200 tonnes into orbit.
The SLS in combination with an extraterrestrial landing vehicle would be able to deploy at least ten tonnes of payload with large diameters and volumes to the lunar surface per launch for deploying lunar outpost that could give NASA access to probably over a billion tonnes of water ice at the lunar poles. Reusable tankers taking advantage of the large payload SLS faring size could transport hundreds on tonnes of water from the Moon the per launch within cis-lunar space.
There is no way we’re getting $3 billion dollars worth of incredible science out of the ISS every year. No way. Just 5% of that money invested in some other scientific research on Earth every year would be far more productive. However, if Iss money was spent on developing a lunar outpost and on developing artificial gravity space stations and artificial gravity interplanetary vehicles then this could give us access to lands and resources probably worth hundreds of quadrillions of dollars in ultimate wealth.
!@Doug Lassiter wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
“It speaks volumes about Kelly’s commitment to his job and his country that he did what he did.” You bet it did.He [ut his career aspirations first. Speaks volumes. He knew he’d never get another flight. Worse still, that ‘commitment’ to his job lasted a few weeks… he flew and a few weeks afet wheels stop, he quit NASA.
It speaks volumes about his poor judgement risking himself and his crew given the added burden of concern and disraction and NASA should have replaced him. Nobody would have questioned it under the circumstances. Crew have been bumped for much less. He had a back-up- that’s what they’re for- and the back-up should have flown the mission. End of story.
Except they’re not. =eyeroll=
Which is Solyandra like?
Sending $390m of government money to successfully develop a cargo delivery system. Including multiple test flights. Dragon and F9
Spending the same on a launch tower? ARES-1X launch tower.
Spending more than that on a single test launch. With a non-representative first stage. Dummy interstate and second stage. Non-representative control system. ARES 1X.
Give a billion a year to a couple of companies who have been specifically allowed to create a monopoly to “maintain their capability” – they don’t have to do anything apart from not fire people for that. EELV program.
Beautiful opinion column today by Florida Today editor John Kelly on SpaceX:
“SpaceX Leads New Space Race”
So many great quotes in that column. I’ll post here the concluding sentence:
The only people saying “can’t be done” are probably the same naysayers who’ve been sitting in the peanut gallery making fun these last few years while the SpaceX team went to work and got it done.
And here’s another Florida Today column by business editor Adam Lowenstein:
“SpaceX a Triumph of Public-Private Teamwork”
The article concludes:
Government encouraging the private sector, the private sector helping government. Seems like we all win.
Frank Glover
@ Crhis Castro:
“It is VERY DISAPPOINTING to see a seasoned spaceman like Mark Kelley—who should know better—siding with Barack Obama on the space issue. B.O.’s space policy has been a colossal blunder!”
Says the commercial spacecraft now docked…
“Obamaspace robbed America of some amazing would-have-been Beyond-LEO capabilities,”
As a Lunar lander was dropped fromt he plan long ago, it would ‘amazingly’ allowed re-doing Apollo 8, just with somewhat longer orbital stay times.
“…just to hand over the stage to a cadre of hobbyists…”
One of whom just delivered on what he said. You will probably make similar assertions abut Blue Origin, but would Sierra Nevada and Boeing (and the ULA launchers they’ll ride) also count as hobbyists?
“…who’ll do little more than take millionaires on tourist joyrides to the ISS”
Oh, you mean like the Russian hobbyists?
You write as if there’s something wrong with orbital tourism as a market.
You also blatantly ignore everyone else with a human-present orbital need for basic or non-tourist commercial purposes. (oh, and for SpaceX, and possibly Blue Origin, if they get their own in-house launcher working, there’s the known unmanned satellite market.. Heard of that?)
“Meanwhile, China just might decide to play its space-program card differently: utilizing a bona-fide Heavy-Lift Vehicle…”
Which will also take them a long time to develop and fly, if they’e foolish to go that route so soon as well.
The US went the Apollo route of HLV single-launch to the Moon, because, given the constraints of ‘ before the decade is out,’ and before the Soviets, it was considered faster than any form of Earth orbital rendezvous and assembly. Not cheaper. We’re not in a hurry. If China thinks it is (which I doubt), more power to em’…
(Though to be fair, if they do, at least they won’t be constrained to maximize use of US Shuttle derived hardware…if they copy anyone, Energia would be a better model)
“…and by using only a single earth-orbit rendezvous, become capable of returning humankind to the Moon.”
Oh, so you *do* think they’ll do EOR? Then why not more launches of the medium rockets they’ve got in production already, instead of an HLV they’ll hardly use?
“If China were smart, they would take full advantage of this lamentable time that America’s space program is down & out, in the doldrums…”
China will do whatever it thinks it needs to do. They don’t have to ‘wait’ for any particular turn in US policy. And considering the long developmental lead time for things like an HLV, they’d have to commit themselves at some point, again regardless of our policy. Space is big (you heard it here first) Big enough for anyone’s and everyone’s plans.
“…and whip up all of the majestic capabilities that the Constellation Project would’ve brought us!”
At what price tag and projected schedule, again?
(And don’t assume, like Windy, that anyone is going to gut everything else at NASA, and kill any social programs, to make this happen slightly sooner…)
@ Marcel:
SLS, even if built, will never be commercially viable. An honest cost-per-launch price would be unaffordable by anyone but the government agency (and if they’re charged a less than break even price, that’s a…subsidy), and as the DoD has no need of that single-launch capacity, that just leaves one. Bigelow’s largest projected station module is the only commercial payload I know of, that can’t be accommodated by current launchers, or Falcon Heavy. Ask Bob how much he could pay for a launch of one, before his business case could no longer close.
Have you paid no attention to all the explanations of the slow production and launch rate of (a single customer) SLS would have little benefit from economies of scale? Where’s the gain if a launcher that may have 13x the payload, costs more than 13x as much…?
“The SLS in combination with an extraterrestrial landing vehicle would…”
Unless we go with some of the recent ULA, Boeing, or Masten proposals (not all of which even *need* SLS…what lander could you possibly mean? Another cost-plus project that will take as long as Orion?
“There is no way we’re getting $3 billion dollars worth of incredible science out of the ISS every year.”
Okay, so, in what ways would your single-launch station be superior…?
@ Chris Castro
you’re a gifted comedian. thanks for the laugh and keep it up!
Marcel F. Williams wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 5:43 am
You have failed – utter failed – to show a list of payloads or customers that can only fly on the SLS, and that are likely to be funded.
That dear boy is called a lack of credibility.
If someone – anyone – could show that there is a long list of SLS-only funded missions on the horizon, then the SLS would be viewed as being useful for at least something (although the market might still be too small to warrant building it). But no one needs to lift 130mt to LEO in one chunk. NO ONE.
That is why the Solyndra Launch Vehicle is a $30B pork vehicle.
Vladislaw
Any savings would be lost because of the 1.5 – 2 billion launch costs. I highly doubt commercial firms are going to see out NASA for launching anything.
Remember how the commercial satellite companies all demanded to launch sats on the space shuttle?
Oh wait, they ran away from NASA’s business model.
Ben Joshua
Retired shuttle astronaut Mark Kelly’s publicly stated change of mind about SpaceX may be a harbinger of things to come. SpaceX, once considered just another of so many newspace efforts that eventually failed, for lack of financing, sufficient technical base or political support in a world dominated by aerospace giants, is beginning to be taken seriously.
Plans for the “heavy,” the air-launched variant, re-usability, Merlin 2 and others, which may have seemed fanciful some months ago, may now be making some aerospace establishment types at least uncomfortable, if not seriously concerned.
It should be an unexpected and exciting decade in space capability.
Chris ‘the stand-up comedian’ Casto joked:
“Meanwhile, China just might decide to play its space-program card differently: utilizing a bona-fide Heavy-Lift Vehicle, and by using only a single earth-orbit rendezvous, become capable of returning humankind to the Moon.”
As Dr. Griffin so eloquently stated before a Congressional committee meeting, CHINA doesn’t need heavy lift to get to the moon. He stated he had already worked it out and crunched the numbers. China could use their Long March and 4 launches and get to Luna.
It was ONLY America that couldn’t get to Luna utilizing taxpayer funded and operating rockets like the equally capable Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles.
Apparantly, to Dr. Griffin, Americans are to stupid to get to Luna the same way the chinese could, that is why, according to him, America had to fund the Ares V. America needed a 207 ton launch vehicle while the Chinese only needed a 25 ton launch figure.
Gosh, those Chinese are so smart compared to us. Imagine, them figuring out how to land on Luna utilizing only a 25 ton launch vehicle and America is to stupid to do the same thing and needed to spend 100 billion in launch vehicle development instead.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76784.html
It is pretty stunning to me how many people on this forum have no real clue of politics…Marcel is really in the twilight zone…but here are a few key takeaways.
first the Whittington claim that “it is not free enterprise” is not only baseless it almost gets the Marcel award for tone deaf.
Second there is no incentive or demand or even modest support for “human exploration of space’
And so we are left with the link. Really other then “anti Obama ” Willard has no programs..
To pull a Lombardi…nothing succeeds like success and this is Obama’s success…
It is going to take a bit but Obama will be able to use this as a lever (if he wants to) in the political issue with Willard…because SpaceX is going to fly at least once more and maybe twice before the election and those are going to be moments where Obama’s space policy can be contrasted with either the non existant space policy of Willard or the one made by the goofy Mike Griffin…
Contrast a youthful looking Musk and Obama walking around a flown Dragon with Willard the lying sos and Griffin who is a moron talking about programs that really the American people do not want.
This is Lindbergh going across the Atlantic. FAce it…the SLS people lost They were always going to lose. Go Orbital RGO
Stephen C. Smith wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 8:55 am
both columns were outstanding. RGO
@Frank Glover
NASA has estimated the cost per SLS launch to be similar to the cost of launching NASA’s former heavy lift vehicle (the Space Shuttle) if the vehicle’s are launched 4 to 6 times a year as they would have to been in any lunar base program.
The cost of SLS launches increase dramatically, however, if your attempting to undermine the system by utilizing them for crazy and infrequent stunts to an asteroid. That’s why Obama’s crazy plans for the SLS are completely unsustainable.
On the post capture press conference was it just me or did Alan L of NASA (out in California) look like he was holding up a sign that said “I am seeking engineering asylum in California” RGO
@Vladislaw
SLS launches will be expensive if you endorse the Obama plan of infrequent SLS launches. However, NASA has estimated the cost of the SLS to be similar to that of the Shuttle ($400 to $500 per launch) for 4 to 6 launches per year which would be similar to the launch rate of the Space Shuttle program.
Space X has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA for 12 cargo missions to the ISS (~120 tonnes since the Falcon 9 can only lift about 10 tonnes of cargo into orbit). The SLS with the 5-segment SRBs an upper stage could launch 11 tonnes into orbit for about $500 million if the SLS is being frequently used. And the SLS can be use for other things like:
manned and unmanned lunar missions, launching huge space stations for governments and private companies to Earth orbit, launching smaller space stations to the Lagrange points, launching small space stations into orbit around Mars, launching Lagrange point space telescopes, launching landing vehicles to the surface of the moons of Mars for retrieval and return of material back to cis-lunar space. deep space robotic landing vehicles to the moons of the outer planets, deployment of large solar sails for asteroid capture and return to cis-lunar space, launching large solar power satellites to geosynchronous orbit, etc.
NASA has estimated the cost per SLS launch to be similar to the cost of launching NASA’s former heavy lift vehicle (the Space Shuttle) if the vehicle’s are launched 4 to 6 times a year as they would have to been in any lunar base program. >>
Goofy would you like to buy some land south of Fort Crockett near Galveston…Gee RGO
Remember the study that said that Ares 1 was a better rocket than any other for crewed launch – the one where NASA Gs were less bad than Non-NASA G force?
Things are different here Toto.
@Stephen C. Smith wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 6:51 am
Except they don’t. But in the mind’s eye to those who euphorically ascribe to magnifying the importance for Diminished Vision, it may seem so. The Empire State Building is the space program for ants.
@Robert G. Oler wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
“This is Lindbergh going across the Atlantic.”
Except it’s not.
For starts, Lindbergh piloted his monoplane himself. The unmanned cargo Dragon carried sundries, not a lone crewman– like Gagarin, Titov, or Glenn- and the satellite was launched in the wake of half a century of other successful satellite flights from the Cape and otther locales worldwide. It has more in common w/an Atlas/Agena launch circa 1966– and EVERY Russian Progress launch since 1978. That’s over 34 years of successful, routine servicing of LEO platforms. What was ‘unique’ about Lindy’s flight was he piloted his single-engine monoplane from NY to Paris, non-stop– and alone. And, of course, Lindy and his backers didn’t secure a ‘government contract’ from Ortig for several flights, operational or test, before commiting to fly for the prize.
It cheapens Lindbergh’s accomplishment, the personal risk he, alone, took and the financial risk of his backers, which had not secured any multi-flight government contract before hand, by lowering it in a comparison to lofting a can full of groceries which Russian have been doing for three and a half decades. It’s odd if not desperate spin but ultimately absurd for you to keep attempting to equate an unmanned satellite launch, one of thousands, in over fifty years, w/t solo piloting of a single-engined monoplane on a non-stop, one-way flight between NY and Paris. No matter how many times you keep insisting 1+1=11, in reality, it tallies up to 2.
And here’s another Florida Today column by business editor Adam Lowenstein: “SpaceX a Triumph of Public-Private Teamwork”
Outsourcing to commerical by NASA is similar to outsourcing by the DoD to Haliburton. Which financially benefits a select and elite few at the expense of the many. A local newscaster asked after airing the Space X package last evening, how much Space X charged the government (aka us) for this first flight and nobody had an answer at hand. As the old NASA line went during shuttle times, ‘if the mission succeeds, nobody asks what it costs.’ The push to privatize government services is GOP 101. And Obama and his commercial space advisors are guilty of aiding and abetting. Had space advocates known of his plans to flip-flop on his campaign space policy position (that is, following throguh w/Constellation) many would have factored that in before voting. (That, Oler, is the politics of the matter.) This takes nothing awat from Space X’s technical achievement thus far and they’ve had a lot of help along the way both from contractual modifications and from NASA– bu then, they have little choice. They have to (and hopefully will) get their bird back through reentry, splash and recovery, a la an unmanned Gemini. A water ecovery being another costly and dangerous element, especially if they attempt to carry crews. But it remains a matter of magnified importance of a Diminished Vision. Given the politics of the Age of Austerity, Miles O’Brien wisely noted that although Charlie Bolden insisted on Friday that the SLS is ‘on the horizon’ it may, as O’Brien noted, be over it, as it is totally dependent on the budget process and purse strings of Congress. Orion is arriving at the Cape later this year, but the SLS may never actually get off the drawning board, let alone the launch pad. Which condemns Americans to another 10 years or so of LEO HSF operations until ISS splashes in the Pacific. Another decade of going in circles, headed no place fast. And by 2020-24 or so, the United States will be right where we are today, 40 years after Reagan proposed the space station in his SOTU speech in 1984. And another generation of engineers will be trapped in LEO, praising the magnified importance of the Diminished Vision of HSF for America. Head for Luna, PRC, it’s yours for the taking.
@Ben Joshua wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 11:54 am
“It should be an unexpected and exciting decade in space capability”
Going in circles another ten years, no place fast, is hardly exciting. But then, if you’re between 15 and 25 and that’s all you’ve known, the Magnified Importance of a Diminished Vision can satisfy the appetite for the ‘excitement of the new’ -as Von Braun called it.
Wacky on three levels:
1. That Congress is going to funding a lunar program that requires 4-6 launches per year of the SLS. Mitt won’t, and you already know where Obama stands, so who is going to push this?
2. That Congress will increase NASA’s budget by $10-20B per year to pay for 1/2 Millions pounds of complex payload that you say will be launched every year. Congress would rather cut budgets, not increase them. Don’t you pay attention to what the Republican House is doing?
3. That the SLS will cost $500M per launch. Delta IV Heavy costs that much, which should tell you how far off you are, and NASA itself has never said that it will cost $500M/launch, but closer to $1.5B. My facts override your delusions. If you disagree, provide the link to the NASA estimate (you never have).
You are living in Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Ah, DCSC welcome to the 21st. century. If Lindbergh had today’s technology at his disposal he would not have needed to fly the plane. Today’s planes can take off, navigate, and land themselves. It could have flown itself risking no lives or atleast allowed him to nap a bit in flight. As for a contract for mulitflights, well his plane carried one person and just about no cargo. It was not practical. Transatlantic flight really won’t be practical till the 50ies. It is rather like the X-prize.
Even in terms of spaceflight launch and landing is highly automated. On launch events happen too fast for a human to react or control. Your brave man Armstrong, just like everyone else was just there for the ride on launch. In the case of the shuttle reentry is very automated, only landing was done by hand. Heck for the crew of Apollo-Soyuz flying by hand nearly killed them (they forgot a step).
Just because no humans were onboard does not cheapen or lessen the accomplishment.
“ EVERY Russian Progress launch since 1978.”
Wrong, One failed last August. In addition one collided with MIR in the 90ies.
“For starts, Lindbergh piloted his monoplane himself.”
Ah, you are a test pilot worshipper!
You think that no spaceship should ever be allowed to be automated, and that humans should always be allowed “the glory” of proving that they are smarter than machines.
Maybe from that basement you live in that sounds “glorious”, but here in the real world artificial intelligence (better than they kind you have) is making it so we can send cargo to hazardous locations without risking life. Not only is that safer, but more cargo gets delivered, and the costs go down dramatically.
UAV’s and UGV’s are the wave of the future, and self-driving cars are now legal to drive themselves on the road. Autonomous spacecraft (USV’s) are just the natural progression.
I only care about the task being done for the lowest practical cost, not who “The Anointed Civil Servant” was.
History is passing you by, and there is nothing you can do about it
“A local newscaster asked after airing the Space X package last evening, how much Space X charged the government (aka us) for this first flight and nobody had an answer at hand.”
Golly gosh, you mean not everyone in the world knows what the COTS milestones are and how much SpaceX gets for them?
Well we certainly know that YOU DON’T KNOW what the COTS milestone payments are, nor do you appear to even understand how they work. What a surprise.
Since you’re too lazy (or too ignorant) to look it up, here is the GAO report from 2011 that includes the COTS milestone list and what SpaceX (and Orbital) are being paid when they successfully complete a milestone:
19. Demo 2 Mission = $5M
20. Cargo Integration Demonstration = $5M
21. Demo 3 Readiness Review = $5M
So the answer is $20M. How hard was that?
“…first the Whittington claim that “it is not free enterprise” is not only baseless …”
=yawn= Again you need refreshed w/facts:
“In October 2009 NASA provided a pre-solicitation notice regarding an effort to be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The commercial crew enabling work would include a “base task” of refurbishing and reactivating SLC-40 power transfer switches, performing maintenance on the lower Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) substation and motor control centers, installing bollards around piping, replacing the door frame and threshold for the Falcon Support Building mechanical room and repairing fencing around the complex perimeter. Several optional tasks would include work installing conductive flooring in the Hangar Hypergol area, performing corrosion control inspection and maintenance of the lightning protection tower’s structural steel, upgrading and refurbishing other facility equipment and performing corrosion control on rail cars and pad lighting poles, painting several buildings, repairing and improving roads, and hydro-seeding the complex.”
Any attempt to label SpaceX as a true private enterprise space venture is inaccurate. It ain’t ‘Lindy flying the Atlantic.’ =eyeroll=
Marcel daydreamed:
“However, NASA has estimated the cost of the SLS to be similar to that of the Shuttle ($400 to $500 per launch) for 4 to 6 launches per year which would be similar to the launch rate of the Space Shuttle program.”
Which major project that NASA has undertaken, have the costs came out as predicted?
6 launches = 3 billion, ISS = 3 billion. The rest of NASA spaceflight 1.1 billion.
Okay, the disposable capsule from Lockheed will cost about 500 – 800 million … getting a cost out of them is like pulling teeth.
Okay … well we won’t be doing 6 moon launches because the capsules will cost 3 – 5 billion.
How much would a 130 ton space telescope cost and how long to build?
Lunar habs? Where would the money come from?
Lunar lander .. has anything been budgeted for this yet?
so you see… as NASA’s budget is falling, where is all the money going to come from for your daydreams to come true?
@Coastal Ron wrote @ May 26th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
If it wasn’t for the Giffords matter, nobody would care or note any POV of shuttle driver Kelly on this. There’s a list of ex-shuttle pilots in private industry lobbying for commerical.
“SpaceX is just the first of what hopefully will be many more companies that will prove they have the “Right Stuff” to safely operate vehicles in space.”
Hmmm. In case you’re unaware, as Miles O’Brien again so aprtly noted on PBS, EVERY U.S. spacecraft ever flown was built by private industry demonstrating ‘the Right Stuff’ as yo parrot it, to ‘operate in space.” What’s at issue, as O’Brien noted again, is ‘how the deals are cut’ and the ‘cost-plus’ model NASA used akin to the Pentagon’s procurment policy- is in play.
“SpaceX has a couple more flights in the limelight before they transition to “been there, done that” status – which is what we want for all routine space transportation.”
You articulate the Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision quite nicely. ‘Been there, done that’ as you say, is quite passe as for three and a half decades, Progress spacecraft has been resupplying LEO space platforms. =eyeroll= They’re operational. They’re reliable. And it’s routine. ‘Been there. Done that. 34-plis years.’
“What this means:” is space exploitation is not space exploration as LEO is a ticket to no place, going in circles, no where fast. And more humorously, your “Kill the SLS now so we can start exploring again” line is classic oxy-marooned thinking.
Coastal Ron is quite right that astronaut exploration BEO is dead for this generation. It has been relegated to the pages of obsolete 20th century sci-fi, along with the flying cars and the rolling roads.
But I wonder if Coastal recognizes how slim a reed his own astronaut toys are obiting on in LEO. I give ISS 5 years, 10 tops: even if no other grand government project comes along to nab its funding, fears that the U.S. will be going the way of Greece with our skyrocketing debt will. Useless astronaut joyrides will be the most obvious and visible waste to cut. And neither the UFO hunter nor any other crackpot with coin is going to come along and privatize or launch their own versions of this 99.5% taxpayer funded economic fantasy.
So Ron, you’ve got about 5 years, 10 tops, for your boys to produce something great with our epxensive toys. Hand-waving about some preposterously indirect role in some cancer-related research won’t cut it. You need real businesses up there. What happened to microgravity alloys? Growing the purest semiconductors in space? Purifying drugs with gravity-free electrophoresis? The many other once-vaunted promises of microgravity industry? DCSCA is wrong about many things, but he is quite correct that mere microgravity research does not come anywhere remotely close to justifying $3 billion dollars a year of ongoing expenditures. Only the direct development of large industries can justify that.
You’ve had over thirty years of space stations to figure this stuff out. Skylab, Salyut, Mir, the various Shuttle add-ons, and now ISS. Better get some real industry going soon. And a quite lucrative industry it will have to be indeed to pay that remaining 99.5%. Otherwise orbital HSF is dead, period, for the next generation or two. And good riddance, because we need to get on with real space development. The kind that actually benefits customers on earth, rather than merely yanking money money from the paychecks of people with real jobs to fund people with phony make-work jobs.
vulture4
SpaceX received some development funding and they will get paid $1.6B for twelve operational flights, about $133M each, but this was a required demonstration flight which they had to fly to qualify for the operational flights, and they were not paid for it. Probably that’s why no one could come up with the cost to the taxpayers. There was none. But it makes no sense to post this as a suggestion the cost must be unimaginably high when you could have looked it up.
“Going in circles another ten years, no place fast, is hardly exciting.”
I’ve never met anyone who’s actually been in orbit that didn’t find it pretty exciting. But that’s not the point. NASA should provide practical scientific, techological, commercial, and geopolitical benefits to our nation and the world. That was, and is, its original mission. Unless and until human spaceflight is shown to be practical and productive in LEO, it is folly to suggest it can be practical BEO, where costs are far greater. So that’s our job. To make human spaceflight practical, productive, frequent, and routine.
If you want excitement, go to a movie.
@Robert G. Oler
NASA has been launching a heavy lift vehicle 4 -6 times a year since the early 1980s. It was called the space shuttle. Now you think they’ll no longer be able to do this with a much simpler shuttle derived cargo vehicle????
Your anti-government extremism never ceases to amaze me! I think you’ve been to too may Tea Parties:-)
Once it becomes clear that the Chinese are on their way to dominate the Moon’s precious ice resources, Congress and the President will know what to do with the new SLS. Plus the money is so tiny, it won’t be a big deal anyway since it can be done within the NASA budget once the $3 billion dollar a year ISS program is in the grave.
You don’t seem to understand that launch cost are dependent on demand. Delta IV heavy launch cost are extremely high, almost as high as the shuttle because there is extremely little demand for Delta IV heavy launches.
Again, you and Oler have been going to too many Tea Parties. Watch out for those black UN helicopters:-)
one I have never been to a Tea Party “event”…I’ve watched a few of them on TV to marvel at the idiots who go there. In my view, while there are exceptions most of the Tea Party people are “affable dunces” who have a simplistic view of government and are being used by corporate interest.
Moving on you wrote “NASA has been launching a heavy lift vehicle 4 -6 times a year since the early 1980s. It was called the space shuttle. Now you think they’ll no longer be able to do this with a much simpler shuttle derived cargo vehicle????
I am sure that they can eventually “do it” …but no I dont think that it can be developed for a reasonable amount of money and yes I am quite sure that it will cost more then the shuttle to operate.
here is a data point. Ares/SLS is costing more in constant dollars to develop then the shuttle system did originally. So when “the simple derived …vehicle” cost more to develop then the original I am quite certain that its cost will be higher to operate…particularly as most of it will be obsolete technology.
“Once it becomes clear that the Chinese are on their way to dominate the Moon’s precious ice resources, Congress and the President will know what to do with the new SLS”
Like Saddam with his WMD you are simply goofy…this is so funny it is simply absurd. You are moving in to wind territory RGO
Googaw wrote:
“But I wonder if Coastal recognizes how slim a reed his own astronaut toys are obiting on in LEO. I give ISS 5 years, 10 tops: even if no other grand government project comes along to nab its funding, “
And why wouldn’t NASA just start leasing from a lower cost Bigelow Facility?
“You’ve had over thirty years of space stations to figure this stuff out. Skylab, Salyut, Mir, the various Shuttle add-ons, and now ISS.”
The capital markets, entreprenuers and commercial firms have had unstricted and unburdened by NASA use of which of these stations in the last thirty years?
We are on the edge of having, for the first time, domestic, commercial access for crew and cargo and also commercial stations for the first time in our spaceflight history.
Can they at least get in place before you drop the shoe on the whole idea?
Marcel F. Williams wrote:
“Once it becomes clear that the Chinese are on their way to dominate the Moon’s precious ice resources,”
When will that be? What is the timeline?
First chinese landing on the moon?
First chinese base?
First chinese walmart selling water to the yankees?
And who knows more about modern spaceflight than today’s generation of astronauts?
See that’s the thing, you cling to people that are two generations behind in experience and knowledge about what we’re able to do in space.
You are 40 years behind. Time to catch up.
“Progress spacecraft has been resupplying LEO space platforms. They’re operational. They’re reliable…”
…And Progress is Russian. Americans want AMERICAN access to space. Apparently you’ve been living outside the U.S. too long, eh Comrade?
You don’t seem to understand that launch cost are dependent on demand.>>
that is not completely true…There is a “baseline” of people etc that are needed for 1 to X launches…and so those cost are fixed throughout that range…above X the number of people increase hence cost go up…then there are cost associated with the actual launch.
One of the shuttle manager clowns came on this forum at one point and explained it as “the first shuttle launch cost 2.X billion and the rest are more or less free or some small number” and that was crap.
EELV cost are probably running at about what the launch rate will sustain. It isno where near as expensive as the shuttle. RGO
the prononcements you make on history are so laughable the knowledge you have of it brings to mind the line from Kelly’s Hero’s where Donald Southerland (Oddball) tells Don Rickles (Crapgame) who is advocating some military action “this from someone to whom Hero is a sandwich”.
But you are welcome to your views. We need ignorant people.
This is just flawed however on its face.
“Outsourcing to commerical by NASA is similar to outsourcing by the DoD to Haliburton. ”
that is what we have now…and it is that way in all respects. Haliburton never does anything with the government without sole source and cost plus contracts. None of which describe SpaceX.
“Had space advocates known of his plans to flip-flop on his campaign space policy position (that is, following throguh w/Constellation) many would have factored that in before voting. ”
and that would not have changed a single district’s outcome in 2008 nor will it in 12.
Goofy RGO
Googaw wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
“But I wonder if Coastal recognizes how slim a reed his own astronaut toys are obiting on in LEO. I give ISS 5 years, 10 tops”
Our space program has always existed by the will of the people, as I think they see it as a way to exercise and show off our science and technology. I think most people think too (as I do) that a national space program benefits our nation by providing a focused push on science and technology. The money isn’t always wisely spent (like the SLS shows), but mostly it is.
Could that change? Sure, but if it did, without a commensurate focus on some other science and technology, then that will be a sign that we have started a serious decline in our country. That could happen if the anti-science movement somehow grows, but let’s hope not.
I think the ISS will last until at least 2028, likely longer.
“What happened to microgravity alloys? Growing the purest semiconductors in space? Purifying drugs with gravity-free electrophoresis?”
The ISS is a National Laboratory, which means that it’s purpose is to be the first step in finding new directions in areas like biology, science and technology. That it has done, and the pace of research has been ramping up.
I can’t speak to whether any of the claims you claim were actually made, nor can I believe that anyone in our marketing-dominated society would believe without question the claims of politicians or people that don’t know what National Laboratories do.
What I do know is that the ISS is the only platform we have to test out the technology and techniques we’ll need to survive long-term in LEO and beyond. To give up on the ISS, is to be doomed to a future of short jaunts within Earth local space.
For the last 13 years of the Shuttle program, the main purpose of the Shuttle was to build the ISS and service the Hubble.
The SLS can do neither.
Nor is there funding for any payloads for the SLS, each of which would likely take ~$10B and ~10 years to build. To support yearly SLS missions, that means NASA would have to be funded an extra $10B/year (not including the cost of building and operating the SLS). Pure fantasy in today’s tight fiscal environment.
The debate has never been whether we can build and operate the SLS. Given enough time and money, anything is possible.
But we don’t need the SLS. Never have. Kill it now.
Fred Willett
So what is the launch demand for something 5x as big?
And what is the cost?
I see you’ve finally got it.
Explorer08
RGO, you are such a smart guy with lots of excellent points but every once in awhile you come up with a maniacal doozy like, “Human exploration programs are dead.”. Almost as looney as your claim a couple weeks ago that the USA singlehandedly won WW II. Again, to use your own word: goofy.
And if crackpots with coin are to be our authorities, we shouldn’t NASA also get into the UFO hunting business?
Today’s generation of satellite and rocket engineers. By a very large margin.
FWIW, I am in favor of greatly increasing commercial access to ISS. In NASA/Russian/etc. government hands it’s just a silly s*c**l*st white elephant. In private hands it, or any crackpot with coin effort at a “private space station”, will still with high probability be a pale pachyderm, but NASA renting out space and utility on ISS is nevertheless worth a try. There’s not much useful going on up there that would be lost in trying, and we might recoup at least some small fraction of that $3b/year.
So I agree that NASA should be renting facilities on the ISS at prices that are not too extraordinarily subsidized. The price should be set low enough that most of the ISS would be rented out, and high enough that nobody has to wait in line to get space. The result would never recoup any significant fraction of what we’ve already spent on ISS, or even a big fraction of that $3b/year, but it would be much better than nothing.
Said renters might use their access for space tourism, private researching and manufacturing operations, whatever. Not that I think there will be many takers without NASA shoveling them the money to pay said rent under the table. But it’s worth a try, and it can’t hurt because the commercial guys (even the faux commercial guys) will make better use of it than NASA or other government agencies would.
Of course, this whole discussion is completely missing out on where the real space commerce action is. But real commerce is apparently too boring for the astronaut cult, their NASA channel, or “space politics”.
@Coastal Ron wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
In case you haven’t noticed, the “I’ in “ISS” indicates it’ an International’ space platform. One pitched by Reagan in his SOTU speech in ’84, over 28 years ago. And Dragon spacecraft are SpaceX o/o vehicles, as Bolden reiterates, not American. Dragon spacecraft are emblazoned w/t tSpaceX logo and are owned/operated by a corporation, not the United States government/NASA. Shuttles, Apollos, Gemini and Mercury spacecraft and their respective LVs were not emblazoned w/Rockwell, North American or McDonnell-Douglas corporate logos but U.S. insignia. =eyeroll= And corporations do not owe any allegiance to any nation-state. “Progress is Russian. Americans want AMERICAN access to space. Apparently you’ve been living outside the U.S. too long, eh Comrade?” Hmmm, last time we checked the map, California is still one of the 50 states. You know, Elon’s ‘American’ home for Space X. Or perhaps you believe otherwise and spell it, ‘Kalifornia’… comrade.
Seems your hero, Elon Musk, the Space X ‘chief designer’ believes he does, and the other people who design the machines to operate in that environment have demonstrated it as well. And as pathfinder_01 notes on this thread, ‘welcome to the 21st. century. If Lindbergh had today’s technology at his disposal he would not have needed to fly the plane.[and not make the flight] Today’s planes can take off, navigate, and land themselves.’ You seem unaware that in these highly automated times, pilots are essentially ‘chauffeurs’ , often snoozing while the gadgets of today are engaged. A severe criticism to be sure, yet a criticism leveled even in Lindy’s time.
@Googaw wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
“Coastal Ron is quite right that astronaut exploration BEO is dead for this generation.”
Nah. The PRC will go. They want it more than Americans do these days.
“DCSCA is wrong about many things…” Except he’s not.
“…but he is quite correct that mere microgravity research does not come anywhere remotely close to justifying $3 billion dollars a year of ongoing expenditures. Only the direct development of large industries can justify that.” Precisely. Well said.
“most of the Tea Party people are “affable dunces” who have a simplistic view of government and are being used by corporate interest.”
Goofy. And it’s a very poor, condescending view, indeed, of your fellow countrymen. This is a stunning assertion by someone who supposedly spouts a superior knowledge base of political discourse above others who regularly grace this forum. Someone who is being ‘used’ to peddle the commercial propaganda of Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision. Rather than vector you to the nearest history section of a public library, you best head to a bookstore instead and spend your own funds purchasing a copy of ‘How To Win Friends and Influence People.” You’re sorely in need of it, RGO.
“[With respect to the aspirations of the PRC press out toward Luna,] … like Saddam with his WMD you are simply goofy…this is so funny it is simply absurd.”
Except it’s not. But your obsession w/t long dead Saddam is.
@ Robert G. Oler wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 11:21 pm
“the prononcements you [DCSCA] make on history are so laughable the knowledge you have of it brings to mind the line from Kelly’s Hero’s where Donald Southerland (Oddball) tells Don Rickles (Crapgame) who is advocating some military action “this from someone to whom Hero is a sandwich”.
Projecting again, RGO. You’re so confused, or simply embarrassed by your own errors. Your Saddam obsession has nothing to do w/spaceflight and is quite peculiar. Strange spin for a commercial propagandist devoted to the Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision. Your disdain for HSF is well documented on this forum; your erroneous and disproved insistence that Space X did not receive any government subsidies has been exposed by public record and your absurd attempt to equate an unmanned satellite launch, one of thousands, over fifty years, w/t solo piloting of a single-engined monoplane on a non-stop, one-way flight from NY and Paris has been easily and entertainingly dismissed. Indeed, the wildly grandiose pronouncements you make on matters history are laughable. But you are welcome to your views. We need ignorant people to try to improve themselves- start w/ Alcock and Brown, then move on to 60’s fantasy war film analogies. In your case,(Marvin) Reisman’s line in ‘The Dirty Dozen’ to Breed (Ryan) fits and rates appropriate paraphrasing: Reisman- “I use to think you were a cold and unimaginative officer. But you’re really quite emotional. Aren’t you.”
“‘Outsourcing to commerical by NASA is similar to outsourcing by the DoD to Haliburton Which financially benefits a select and elite few at the expense of the many.’ that is what we have now…and it is that way in all respects.”
But benefiting a select few at the expense of the many appeals to purveyors of the Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision for selfish and obvious reasons. Those who insist 1+1=11, not 2 are comfortable with it; at ease w/t rise of corporate plutocracies and look down upon taxpaying tea partiers. Reisman’s line fits you to a ‘tea.’.
@vulture4 wrote @ May 27th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
‘”A local newscaster asked after airing the Space X package last evening, how much Space X charged the government (aka us) for this first flight and nobody had an answer at hand.’ SpaceX received some development funding and they will get paid $1.6B for twelve operational flights, about $133M each, but this was a required demonstration flight which they had to fly to qualify for the operational flights, and they were not paid for it. Probably that’s why no one could come up with the cost to the taxpayers. There was none. But it makes no sense to post this as a suggestion the cost must be unimaginably high when you could have looked it up. ”
Actually, you’re a bit sensitive about the cost issue as the point of the package was discussing cost per flight against costs for shuttle operations. The overall point was, of course, that in shuttle times, the axiom was ‘if the mission was successful nobody asks about the costs’ which few dispute, but noting the bewilderment of local news reaching Southern California viewers, including those in Space X’s Hawthorne backyard was amusing. A savvy PR guy would have had those numbers up front and even playing w/t bookkeeping, a cost per flight number would have been in Space X’s favor over shuttle.
BeanCounterfromDownunder
Well Marcel, you never fail to amaze. ‘…precious ice resources…” What exactly is so precious about them and why would anyone want them? The Moon is not the place to house a self-sustaining colony and no way is it of any strategic value. LOL LOL …
Now Mars is a different beast. Elon knows that much that’s why he hasn’t expressed any interest in the Moon, only Mars. He’ll go to the Moon but only if someone pays him to. He’ll go to Mars on his own dime. That says a lot.
Good one! I’d say that Alan has made himself unpopular with a reasonable portion of NASA, and is now thoroughly enjoying his moment.
Aberwys
And, what appointment is Mark Kelly going to get for “changing his mind”? Minds aren’t typically changed in this business on principle alone…
@DCSCA I am not sure of your point. Concern regarding costs was constant during the Shuttle era, whether or not the missions succeeded. I have never heard the expression you refer to, that no one asks the cost if the mission succeeds. SpaceX is certainly more frugal than Shuttle, let alone Orion/Ares I or Orion/SLS, and the facts are readily available.
Can you recall what station the local newscaster was working for? Obviously he did not have a SpaceX or NASA representative to ask. Did he just ask the question about SpaceX mission cost on the air to the sports guy and the weather girl? If that’s the case it’s not surprising no one could answer him, but this seems a bizarre and unprofessional thing for a newscaster to do, when he could have looked up the facts ahead of time. What point do you think he was trying to make?
DCSCA wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 3:19 am
“Dragon spacecraft are emblazoned w/t tSpaceX logo and are owned/operated by a corporation, not the United States government/NASA. ”
Owned and operated by Americans, and flown under contract to the U.S. Government (NASA in this case).
Ask any American who they would rather depend on for our access to space – American aerospace corporations or Vladimir Putin. Nuff said.
And in case you hadn’t noticed, with the successful arrival of the Dragon at the ISS, the debate is over for cargo.
Next up crew.
Greg Zsidisin
Lost in this predictable and boring right-left slap-fest is the fact that Mark Kelly is married to one of the most vocal Constellation supporters in Congress. Given Gabrielle Gifford’s impassioned floor speeches to maintain that course, Kelly’s public statement is pretty amazing – whatever you think the correct course should be.
So you are going to take a joke I made about the insanity of reality T.V. and try and turn it into a policy for NASA?
You said the ISS has at most five years, maybe ten then nothing. I asked the question, if and when the ISS is decommissioned why couldn’t NASA just lease space from a commercial facility at a lower price. Where the hell did I suggest there are other authorities or that NASA should change?
amightywind
Safely returned from his final space flight Mark Kelly supports his wife’s party’s space policy. Aren’t all of you just shocked? Prepare for NASA to be redirected in 6 months and these sad 4 years at NASA to be a bad memory. There are going to be a lot of scores to settle!
BeancounterFromDownunder wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 8:34 am
the joke was that the T Shirt he had on underneath said “what would Elon do?”
Of course after some of the conversations that took place a few years ago when SpaceX got the Commercial cargo award I think Musk should wear “how do you like me now?”
It is really quite amazing how SpaceX has managed to do what NASA for tens of billions has been unable to do. RGO
amightywind wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 11:25 am
Safely returned from his final space flight Mark Kelly supports his wife’s party’s space policy”
which actually she opposed. I realize you are a low information andknowledge voter…but the election is in six months… Jan 20 the second term of Obama will start.
As for “scores to settle”…the fact that you and Whittington and DSCA and all the other troglodytes are having to watch Dragon be a wonderful success…is score enough for me! Mike Griffin spinning out of control is just a bonus. RGO
Aberwys wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 9:19 am
reality is a pretty good mind changer…
The astronauts on ISS are going through a similar “rethink”…
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/120528crew/
Before long the right wing idiots will have SpaceX success all due to Bush43…RGO
Coastal, your answer about the ISS is very dissapointing. No specifics. Failing to remember even the most well known of the wide variety of attempts to take advantage of microgravity for industrial processes. Just vague hand-waving about a “National Laboratory.” I regularly see in the pages of Sciece and other major scientific journals interesting accounts of important science that has come out of real national laboraties: Los Alamos, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore, etc. Even more out of universities, which do better research per dollar than the national laboratories. Important scientific results have come out of unmanned space probes and orbiting telescopes. I search in vain for important scientific results that have come out of the ISS, or out of any of the many previous space stations.
The idea of astronauts BEO is dead. The ISS, too, will soon be dead. Your answer tells me that it will be closer to 5 years than 10. It’s an orbiting zombie. Your answer also tells me that when ISS dies, orbital HSF itself will die with it, and be gone for at least a generation, probably two. Our grandchildren will have to be the ones to renew the astronaut cult.
Explorer08 wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 12:05 am
RGO, you are such a smart guy with lots of excellent points but every once in awhile you come up with a maniacal doozy like, “Human exploration programs are dead.”. ”
Unlike the WW2 statement which was Victory at Sea hyperbole and I didnt have a problem (as you fail to note) admitting it…any sentence can be taken and made to weave a thread that is inaccurate…if one is going to quote that sentence then it is important to note the context which I have amplified here on many many occassions.
Human space explorations are in my view dead for at least a generation and until the current method of exploration is changed.
The circumstances which would “motivate” the US (or any country) to attempt an Apollo style “exploration” (and that is being very very kind) are so bizzare as to not even be worthy of an honorable mention.
Human exploration of the solar system will resume if and only if (in my view) 1) cost drop by many many factors. Cx was on track to exceed Apollo in exploration cost and SLS/whatever goes along with it is on a similar trajectory. The political season has made it quite clear that not even the slice of the American political pie that is inclined toward human exploration (the GOP right) is interested in it.
At best we are in some sort of “exploration mode” which consist simply of trying to build things…not actually explore a darn thing.
The keen minds here of the right wing…Whittington, Wind, and others people whose views of reality are filtered through political lenses…have been trying to crank up a cause celeb for an Apollo style effort..and they simply cant get one going.
A basic reality that must be grappled before we go forward is that at least right now the LEAST efficient method of planetary exploration is with humans RGO
“Safely returned from his final space flight Mark Kelly supports his wife’s party’s space policy.”
Last I looked the Commercial Cargo and Crew program was started under a Republican administration, and continued and supported under a Democrat administration.
Is this just more of the recent Republican “run away from anything George W. Bush” mania?
In any case, what used to take a country can now be done by an American company. I’d say that is worth a reassessment of prior assumptions, and Kelly came to a natural conclusion.
Googaw wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
I dont agree with a lot of what you say; but at the very least you are “entertaining” and that is a good thing with me…I would make three points.
1. ISS. I find it very unlikely that ISS is “life limited” as you note. ISS was built with the notion in mind not of what it can/could accomplish but that building it and keeping the various world (exclusive of the “creatorless Chinese”) space agencies “busy” is accomplishment enough.
I dont see any trends; even the worsening economy that would change that. To deorbit ISS the US (and most of the worlds space agencies) would have to be on the brink of simply folding….now world (or national in the US ) chaos might bring that…but I dont see that occurring.
It would be in the US and in every other country an admission of the decline of “industrial” status (not to mention all the ethos of “greatness”) and it is just not going to happen.
the worlds space agencies have in my view reached their “pinnacle” of success in ISS and they are going to hold on to it as tenaciously as the Soviets held on to Mir, until there was something else to go to.
2. The “National lab” idea is intriguing and I suspect it will even get a try but I also suspect it is going nowhere. There are bright people like Justin K (on this forum) who are valiantly trying to make something useful of ISS in a science line…and they might be successful.
But really I would be surprised if this happens.
What things can ISS be useful for really? Well I have some ideas if you are interested but all of them nicely fall into point 1…ie the notion that whatever is done really is done to have “mythic greatness” qualities…ie it is the “great power” nonesense we have grown so fond of.
3. American debt is Greece. I hear this a lot (are you a tea party person) but it is to me mostly rhetoric trying to be policy.
THe US has enormous problems but one of them is not that we spend to much; it is that we tax to little and spend on things of little or no value to anything. SLS is such a creature; Afland fighting is the same; F-35 and other defense projects are similar…I would argue space station is as well…but the politics of that are pretty set.
Debt is only bad if you cannot grow your way out of it…and the engine for economic growth is sputtering in this country but is alive and well…if we just get rid of the GOP idiots who took Clintons’ economy and turned it into Bush43’s.
SpaceX is proof of that. RGO
“I search in vain for important scientific results that have come out of the ISS…”
Apparently you can’t type with your eyes and ears closed to new information.
Google “iss science” to find a plethora of links for science being done on the ISS.
Here is a 2009 press release from NASA – before the ISS was competed – saying in part:
“This report represents a record of science accomplishments during assembly and summarizes peer-reviewed publications to date,” said Julie Robinson, program scientist for the station at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. “As we enter the final year of station assembly, this report highlights the capabilities and opportunities for space station research after assembly is complete.”
Here is the link to the report.
Here are some of the experiments they completed:
o Bioavailability and Performance of Promethazine During Space Flight (PMZ)
o Effects of EVA and Long-term Exposure to Microgravity on Pulmonary Function (PuFF)
o Renal Stone Risk During Space Flight: Assessment and Countermeasure Validation (Renal Stone)
o Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure During Space Flight-Long (Sleep-Long)
o Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure During Space Flight-Short (Sleep-Short)
o Stability of Pharmacotherapeutic and Nutritional Compounds (Stability)
o Subregional Assessment of Bone Loss in the Axial Skeleton in Long-term
Space Flight (Subregional Bone)
o Surface, Water, and Air Biocharacterization (SWAB) –A Comprehensive Characterization of Microorganisms and Allergens in Spacecraft
o Organ Dose Measurement Using a Phantom Torso (Torso)
o Effect of Microgravity on the Peripheral Subcutaneous Veno-arteriolar Reflex in Humans (Xenon-1)
Any else you want me to look up that you’re too lazy to do?
Rand Simberg
Elon knows that much that’s why he hasn’t expressed any interest in the Moon, only Mars. He’ll go to the Moon but only if someone pays him to. He’ll go to Mars on his own dime. That says a lot.
It says nothing except that Elon has a preference for Mars. It says nothing about where other people might like to go, or the utility of either place.
@Greg Zsidisin wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 11:15 am
Not really. A year ago he was ‘flyin’ high’ with a spotlight chasing him. Today his book, ‘Gabby’ is already in the discount bin at the local bookstore for $1.95. If it wasn’t for the tragic turn of events, his POV would be a footnote to history and carry even less weight than it does now. 10 days ago he was appearing on TV w/Cernan pitching a Naval flight school in Florida. He likes the camera, Greg.
@vulture4 wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 9:38 am
Was a NBC or CBS affilate but it was ‘Saturday’ holiday team so the depth of coverage would be what you’d expect. Mid-week the CBS team had a smart package from Hawthorne on launch day and as network coverage goes, CBS has been giving it the best play. The more interesting element is the lack of coverage by ABC at both network and local level. Corporate may have some input into that given ABC’s Disney overseers. His point might have just been to add his take on a piece of ‘hard news’ for his reel.
@Coastal Ron wrote @ May 28th, 2012 at 10:47 am
The Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision is trying the emotional pitch of ‘flags & footprints’ routine. A desperate move. Corporations owe no loyalties to any nation-state, Ron. American firms were doing business w/Nazi Germany as late as mid-1940. Ask Anheiser-Busch where their ‘loyalties’ lay =eyeroll= That’s globalization for you. LOL America is just another market. “Next up crew.” Next? Soyuz has been ferrying international crews aka humans, including Americans, to the ISS for years and before that, for years to MIR. Soyuz is operational. Reliable. Routine. What you continue to embrace is the condemnation of another generation to LEO ops and the resources to sustain it. When the ISS splashes into the Pacific at decade’s end or so, you’ll be right where you are now, after sinking billions of more dollars, a dwindling resource in the Age of Austerity, into the Cold War relic and its ops. There is simply no justification for the expense given the low to no ROI, as Googaw notes. And you advocate wasting more on contracting for a redundancy to for a doomed space platform destined for a Pacific grave. Chasing government contracts for this redundancy is lobbyist Garver’s mantre. Her goal is to secure contacts. That’s all. That’s why we’re saddled with the ISS, an aerospace WPA project, as Slayton called it. Wasting billions on redundant commercial LEO cargo runs and possibly crew as well is foolish, unless you’re a propagandist for the Magnified Importance of Diminshed Vision– which is what LEO ops is. Or you’re simply a corporatist. Step back and look at the timeline: Since Skylab, the U.S. has restricted itself to LEO ops. Factor in the Russian ops, and that’s coming up on 40 years now through several generations of space platforms and space engineers, etc. Profit driven corporations bent on securing contracts are not going to alter that trajectory. LEO is a ticket to no place, heading no where fast, going in circles. You cheer this Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision for snother decade. It’s short term thinking. And it’s sad. That’s half a century of going no place fast, wasting time and dwindling resources on going in circles. Space exploitation is not space exploration.
Here is a 2009 press release from NASA – before the ISS was competed – saying in part…
LOL you forgot Velcro, Tang and freeze-dried shripm. ;-). You think that justofies $100 billion expense and costs of $3 billion/yr.???? LOL Bear in mind, that in ’09 when that memo went out, the ISS was on the outs: plans were to splash the ISS by mid-decade, before Consterllation was scuttled.
You’re trying to justify the unjustifiable simply; a ‘faux market’ to promote the Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision, aka NewSpace. Space exploitation is not space exploration.
BTW, to any and all, enjoy your Memorial Day holiday..
[long list of trivial results]
Read what I wrote, Coastal. I said important results. The kind that get reported in leading journals like Science.
There are similarly large troves of jargon from Skylab, Salyut, the various Shuttle-based labs, and Mir. When you are spending billions of taxpayers’ money you can have monkeys type up as much stuff that sounds like knowledge as you like and can print it on as much paper as you like. However once that was done, they are no longer allowed by librarians to waste shelf space and can only be found on microfiche. Millions of trees died for nothing printing out those results. In other words they have long since been forgotten. You certainly don’t seem to remember even the most formerly well-known results.
A similar fate awaits this nonsense from ISS. It will sink in the Google results and be forgotten by all but the computer disks that quite cheaply but uselessly store them.
The “National lab” idea is intriguing and I suspect it will even get a try but I also suspect it is going nowhere. …What things can ISS be useful for really? Well I have some ideas if you are interested but all of them nicely fall into point 1…ie the notion that whatever is done really is done to have “mythic greatness” qualities…
What Mike Griffin quite accurately called space “cathedrals”.
But since when is the U.S. government supposed to be funding religious architecture? That our good friend the former Adminstrator failed to explain.
“I said important results. The kind that get reported in leading journals like Science.”
You keep moving the goal posts – you didn’t specify “Science” as being the only “gold standard” that you would accept. Not that you get to set any standards for what is acceptable, nor do I think you understand the whole science process anyways. For instance, do you know what “peer reviewed” means?
And somehow you think a new National Laboratory with an average size staff of less than six is supposed to produce as much science as an 80 year old National Laboratory with a staff of 4,000 + 800 students. Weird.
The ISS is unique because of the science that can’t be done anywhere on Earth, and it is uniquely suited to help us find out how to exist off of Earth. If you don’t think we should leave Earth, then of course you won’t want the ISS to continue. I disagree, and so does Congress for now.
In fact, one has to wonder why you bother to post here if you don’t want people to go into space. Doubly weird.
Ah, water on the moon…even worse ICE. I can just imagine the sight the Chinese attempting to dominate water as the US sends a NEP ship to Jupiter with a giant bumper sticker on the back saying “Got Aragon?” .
Sorry but SLS will not make any lunar resource cheap enough to even try to exploit. You can get Hydrogen, Oxygen, and water on earth for far less than it would cost to produce on the moon. Or ship out from the moon and for far less that attempting to turn the moon into a factory of any sort. The reason is good old economies of scale and demand.
On earth there is demand for hydrogen, oxygen, unmanned spaceflight and water. That means that everything you could get from lunar ice could be sent from earth into space for less. This means that an earth bound fuel depot program can:
1. Not need to invest in any facility to produce hydrogen or Oxygen. In fact when a rocket needs fuel or oxidizer on earth it is simply trucked in.
2. Not need to invest in any facility to turn dusty, dirty, impure ice into water. If your payload needs water call a plumber.
3. Not need to invest in lunar only spacecraft to carry said water/propellant/ ect. You could use Delta, Atlas, FH, Flacon 9, ect.. to launch your tanker spacecraft.
Where lunar ice MIGHT prove handy is in reducing the amount of imports that a lunar base needs but getting the moon to any level of self sufficiency with current technology would take a century or two( if ever). If we had star trek replicators then maybe it could be done sooner, but with current technology a lunar base will need to import almost everything.
There is Demand for Delta heavy launches outside of NASA HSF. DOD, and NASA unmanned spaceflight make use of this rocket. In 2008 ULA offered NASA a cost of 300 million a launch for Delta Heavy if it would have bought nine flights and man rated it for about 1 billion(or so). In addition Delta IV heavy has lower fixed costs than the shuttle. The EELV is estimated to have fixed costs in the range of 1-1.5 billion a year. The shuttle cost 3-4 billion. Fixed costs are why the Shuttle was never more cost efficient than the ELV it was to replace.
Das Boese
Man, those goalposts sure look heavy, moving them around all the time must be a real bitch…
Ah it was standard practice to put things like newspapers, and magazines on microfiche. One, storage space is always limited. Two certain materials (news papers, magazines, and older books–esp. paperback) do not stand up well over time. If an actively growing library did not put its materials away that way it simply would run out of space. Even coperations put older but important documents on to microfiche back in the day.
Judging by if the results are in print or not in not that good a judge. How many libraries have an original April 1953 copy of the Journal Nature available to the general public? It contains one of the greatest papers written in the 20th century. What shape would said item be after more than 50 years worth of decay and usage?
Coastal Ron wrote:
Not only that but the actual time it takes to get your one legacy experient into space, the turn around time to get your results back to earth then good luck on a follow up.
On the ground how many iterations of an experiment can you run? You get your results, crunch some numbers and within hours, days, or a couple weeks and you are running the next leg of the experiment. You can run this through how many times in the course of a year or two? How many times in space? Once in a career and then only the most preliminary results and no follow up?
Vladislaw wrote @ May 29th, 2012 at 8:05 am
Good point. And Dragon provides the down-mass capability that makes it possible to get the experiments back to Earth for further analysis, which we lost with the end of Shuttle.
Between the efforts of CASIS and the availability of Dragon and Cygnus, science on the ISS is going to be getting very busy. As was the plan.
And once Commercial Crew capability comes online, then NASA can increase the ISS crew from six to seven (what it was designed to support), which will further boost the science output. As was the plan.
I love it when a plan comes together.
doubly weird.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
I believe it will take, at the vary least, one flight a month and double that to make things a little more exciting.
I would like to see NASA invest in ballute techology, launch several at a time and dump smaller experiment packages more often.
If the goo fits…
Seriously though, you rage on and on about what you are against, but I have no idea what you’re for. What is it you want for our future in space?
People seem to want to talk about everything about Space *but* the continuing growth of commercial spaceflight, which is what the demo 3 flight is about. Meanwhile, up in Bellevue, Wa. they are beginning to ready designs for satellite telescopes that will be mass produced, and then launched, in large part, on Falcon 9, with some of the incremental profit going to SpaceX. Those people are focused on what *they* will do, not on pronouncing judgement on some other’s achievements.
The very fact that we now have people investing in Space capabilities on the basis of the existence of competitive multiple launch providers has been skipped in all the arguments about how worthless Obama is, or how vile Musk is to have paid for his inauguration party, or to have shifted jobs from MSFC to the California, Texas, and Florida facilities of SpaceX, even when he is also hiring for the SpaceX office in Huntsville.
The belief, that the only significant US activity in Space must be governmental, and NASA, is as pernicious as the belief that touching NASA money makes a company nothing more than an appenage of JSC, or MSFC, or KSC, …or that which person occupies the WH determines the virtue of a NASA program that breaks rice bowls in NASA Center- House Districts.
COTS was started in a Republican administration, and yet gets panned, because it might enhance the possibility of turning MSFC from a developer of monster rockets into a developer of reusable lunar landers, and Mars Landers, and ISRU, and, …. and redound to the credit of the present occupant of the WH, while Commercial Crew gets viciously attacked, even though it was assumed in the Bush administration that it would be the primary means of US personnel getting to orbit. Remember that even Mike Griffin only described Ares1 and Orion as “backups” to commercial efforts, until the pork was threatened.
How about we focus on what commercial spaceflight can or will be doing, instead of getting lost in the weeds of whether ISS should exist, or other tactical matters? And remember, the weeds you have been tromping through here *are* tactics, and not strategy, much less policy.
Jeff Greason said it accurately over the last several years. If human spaceflight is not about the *policy* of settling the Solar System, then its time to do something else with the money. Last year at the ISDC he pointed out that first the Bush Administration, and then even more strongly the Obama administration, endorsed that.
No one here can have the faintest hope that NASA, or any other government program can settle the Solar System. So, why are people bitching about the best achievements to date by someone who has stated they are not waiting for government in that endeavor, though they will accept government help, in “making Homo Sapiens a multi-planet species”? Sorry, you’ve gotta have a better response than “anyone who gets money from Obama must be vile”.
The splashy glory of a space launch seems to fascinate, and people seem to hate seeing that taken away from NASA. It is *not*only* the splashy stuff that will determine if we can settle the Solar System, but all the grubby stuff done once we get a grip on some resources, whether on an asteroid, on the Moon, or on Mars. It’s long past time for NASA to leave behind the glory, and get down to putting its budget into the grubby work of developing the tech for settlement.
<i.Good point.
Of course it’s a terrible point. Anybody thinking rationally realizes that a scarcity of or high expense of time and space in a lab is a factor weighing against its scientific productivity, not in favor of it.
Thinking backwards to reach the desired astronaut funding dogma is however a common astronaut cult pastime.
Tom Billings wrote @ May 29th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
People seem to want to talk about everything about Space *but* the continuing growth of commercial spaceflight, which is what the demo 3 flight is about.
No it’s about the Magnified Importance of Diminished Vision. nobody condemns it, but it’s refundant at best to existing systems (Soyuz has been operating for fur decades in LEO; Progress over 34 years.) The ‘demos’ simply replicate capabilities similar to Gemini/Agena launches circa 1966. What it does in the lnog run is condemn another generation to LEO ops. And after the ISS splashes in a decade or so, you’ll no further along than you are today. LEO is a ticket to no place, going no where fast, in circles.
Googaw wrote @ May 30th, 2012 at 1:37 am
the AC aura is on te wane for sure. If you caught the Medal of Freedom presentation video from yesterday, the body language between Glenn and Obama was to be kind, decidely chilly- it even elicited a chuckle whn O noted Glenn’s second flight and the attention getter for Obama- and the 35-45 something media types, was Bob Dylan. not Glenn.Dylan was part of their lives; Glenn’s flights, not so much.
Not only is ISS not producing great science, it’s not even producing much science, as measured by papers per unit of spending. Some rather cheap unmanned missions from NASA have produced more published research than the entirety of the ISS science program.
Paul wrote @ May 30th, 2012 at 8:30 am
“Not only is ISS not producing great science, it’s not even producing much science, as measured by papers per unit of spending.”
Golly gosh. You mean it’s less expensive to do science in the middle of civilization than the harsh environment of space?
Alert the press!
Gee, you must be pretty smart to have figured that out all by yourself…
“Some rather cheap unmanned missions from NASA have produced more published research than the entirety of the ISS science program.”
Oh, so it’s the amount of data collected that matters, not the relevance or quality? Quantity vs Quality?
So essentially you’re saying that all science is equal, and given the same amount of money, that science should produce the same amount of results.
Sorry to say, but you don’t know what you are talking about.
It’s both. ISS science is a bad deal no matter how you look at it.
Normally, you’re a pretty smart guy CR, but you’re really stuck on stupid here.
By any chance are you involved in ISS science?
If human spaceflight is not about the *policy* of settling the Solar System, then its time to do something else with the money.
Political support for HSF is certainly not based on space settlement, as Newt Gingrich most recently well demonstrated. And it certainly should not be based on this voodoo theory of space colonization: launch astronauts today and space colonization will follow tomorrow. That is hallucinatory nonsense. The tasks we need to make it easier for our granchildren to settle space are radically different.
So it’s time to do something else with the money.
Paul, have you happened to read this 260 page document about the ISS?
International Space Station – Science Research Accomplishments During the Assembly Years: An Analysis of Results from 2000-2008
To compare dollar for dollar ground based labs that have been around for decades, to the ISS and the way congress makes sure every nut and bolt travels through every district to get their pork is not really fair.
But the ISS is producing papers and those papers are providing the ground work for a lot of terrestrial research that you wouldn’t even know that it is based on work started on the ISS.
Could their be more coming from the ISS? Without a doubt, if NASA was willing a little more willing to give up control. Witness the trouble with just trying to get it set up as a National lab.
Another thing that comes to mind that people forget. It takes about 3 people just to do the maintence at the ISS. For a lot of the time the ISS has flown there were two and three people only.
That would be like having a national lab where only the janitors and building maintence people were ever there, then complaining that no science is being done at that lab.
Ok, let’s instead compare ISS to WMAP, a $150 M unmanned mission.
WMAP observations have producedthree times the scientific publications of ISS.
Not sure why you bring up congression pork in defending ISS. You’re just explaining one reason why it sucks, not denying that it sucks.
The impact of research can be assessed by something called the impact factor of the resulting papers (which, if I understand correctly, is a function of the profile of the journals and the number of citations the papers get). ISS research, as I understand it, has led to papers with low impact factor.
@Paul wrote @ May 30th, 2012 at 8:30 am
LOL witness ‘astroresearcher’ Pettit (sp.?) who spent a day and a half grabbing a can of groceries. Calculate the cost/hour for on orbit time for a reseacher lost from ‘scientif research’ screwing around with that redundant ops whereas Progress automatically docks. Such a waste. This ‘orbiting zombie’ as Googaw calls it; this Cold War relic; this quarter century aerospace WPA project, as Deke Slayton called it, proposed by Reagan in his ’84 SOTU speech, is a massive waste of resources, still championed by Garver today, as in her lobbyist NSS days, and produces only chum for contracting sharks and virtually no ROI for its $100+billion expense and $2 bil./yr operations costs. NASA had it penciled in for splash by mid-decade before Constellation was scuttled. It’s a fiscal and political liability; a drag than keeps BEO planning and execution chained to LEO ops.
Paul wrote @ May 30th, 2012 at 11:56 am
Unmanned exploration missions don’t return much applicable science that will help us figure out how to not only survive in space for a long period of time, but thrive. That is the prime mission of the ISS, and there is no better place to do that science than zero-G, and the least costly zero-G location is 200 miles above us.
Nope. My field of expertise is manufacturing, which includes logistics. I’ve worked for both government contractors and commercial companies, and one of my areas of interest & experience is cost roll-up (determining the final material cost of a product) – which is why I look at total overall costs as opposed to individual hardware or experiments.
I’m assuming that you want humanity to expand out into space (if not, ignore the following). Two questions:
1. How do we learn how to survive in space if we’re not in space to learn how we survive in space?
2. If you think the ISS is bad (whatever that means), then what is the alternative to the ISS? And how much would that cost?
Paul wrote @ May 30th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
So you admit that you don’t fully understand the measurement system that you are using to measure the ISS?
Have you considered that there may be other factors involved with the rating system you’re relying upon?
A. ISS science is done in zero-G, which means that the results cannot easily be duplicated here on Earth.
B. ISS science is partly focused on human health in zero-G, which mainly has applications on people living in zero-G – that segment of research is going to be very compartmentalized compared to something like gene therapy or cancer research.
If you want to compare two Earth-based National Laboratories that are doing research in the same fields, then it might be appropriate to use a comparison of output across common areas. I don’t see that there are any similar research facilities doing space research, and doing it with so few people, so I think other units of measure need to be found.
Paul wrote:
First, lets compare the paper count for all 150 million unmanned probes. What was the average, mean and mode for the number of papers.
You picked wmap:
” “First off, “Since 2000, the three most highly cited papers in all of physics and astronomy are WMAP scientific papers.” (Emphasis added.)
Second, today WMAP is just a relevant as ever. I draw your attention to the most cited papers in 2009. (The first one, Review of Particle Physics, isn’t a research article but an “encyclopedia” people quote for values of things like constants. We’ve discussed this book before.)
In 2009, the #1, #3, #9 and #10 most cited research articles were the WMAP papers. To be in physics and to not know about WMAP, to me, means you are living under a rock. There is no experiment in this last decade producing more follow up scientific research!”
http://www.theeternaluniverse.com/2010/03/just-how-important-is-wmap.html
Nothing like using a ringer to try and win a point. You pick the stellar star of all unmanned missions then pair that up to research that is totally unrelated.
Answer me this question, dollar for dollar, which project returned the most useful data on how humans can both live and thrive in the vacumn of space?
Wmap 0 papers
ISS 78 papers
WOW! it looks like wmap was a total waste of money, it didn’t answer even a simple question on how humans can live in space.
you have to compare apples to apples. In this case, you have to compare zero g experiments for humans. On the ground and in space.
There is something called “the cost of doing business” it can be used to describe many things that are not actually a business in the strict sense.
In certain areas of Federal procurement the costs are higher than what you would expect if you compared it to a typical business transaction.
Military spending is an example where costs for some programs are higher because powerful congressional members influence the costs. Typically it is refered to as pork and earmarks.
NASA is also one of those areas and in particular human spaceflight. As NASA has pointed out, To achieve what SpaceX did, using traditional NASA contracting under FAR would have been as high as 4 billion dollars.
This extra is the cost of doing business for NASA and the American taxpayer. So if taxpayers wanted a lab funded in their state, the cost per square foot, on average, is not going to be as high as the extra costs associated with the Space Station.
They could have saved billions by not using the space shuttle and if they would have used SAA’s with fixed cost, milestone based contracts.
But .. they didn’t, taxpayers pay no attention to space so the ISS cost 100 billion instead of 10 – 20 billion. The cost of doing business is REALLY high compared to the cost of doing business for government unmanned missions. But even some of those are so laced with it, like the James Webb.
But the cost of space, in general, is a lot higher than doing business on the ground with government contracting. Seems to be a bit more transparency.
That’s why I mentioned the costs. Once there are other competing labs, both from other countries and commercial ones we will have more data.
There is another factor in play here also. The numbers of grad students and people in that field.
If you plan to jump in your car, drive to a lab, run experiments after you graduate what is the odds you can actually achieve that goal?
If you plan to MAYBE get funding for obscure problems in human spaceflight, and MAYBE get your experiment to actually fly in space, and you are actually still employed when results are returned after you graduate what is the odds you can actually achieve that goal?
There doesn’t seem to be many waiting lines for people who want to jump into a career path where you are one of the lucky few if you get to do a legacy experiment involving human spaceflight. Since follow on and turn around times are slow are you really surprised at the paper counts?
I agree with you completely on this.
Aside from that, earlier NASA utlization mechanisms were prety bad.
In other words, Paul, it’s all about the astronauts. If it’s not of, by, and for the heavenly pilgrims, the astronaut cult is not interested.
ah .. lets see.. investigating how humans can live in space … hhmmm is this about astronauts … well .. I guess astronauts are human … ssooo …
gosh .. I guess you are right .. it’s about astronauts because they are humans also.
googaw –
While robots can do some things that humans can not do,
humans can do some things that robots can not do.
When WMAP is 2000 times more productive (in papers/dollar) at producing scientific results than ISS, when huge efforts like the LHC are an order of magnitude cheaper than the ISS, when there is very little support for ISS science in the larger scientific community, it’s incumbent on those defending ISS research to provide a VERY strong justification for the importance of their research. Why exactly is human reaction to microgravity worth so much of our scientific research budget? This whole effort seems incestuous and circular, a “self-licking ice cream cone” in NASA parlance.
I frankly expected better of Coastal Ron and Vlad than this sort of laughable argumentation. You have to know your position is weak, guys. Maybe you should take a step back and ask yourself if you really want to be arguing this way.
CR: you never did answer my question about whether you’re doing ISS science. Are you feeding at this trough, sir?
Paul wrote @ May 31st, 2012 at 11:05 am
“When WMAP is 2000 times more productive (in papers/dollar) at producing scientific results than ISS…”
I’m getting the feeling that you’re not a science type of guy, since you are obviously arguing apple vs oranges.
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is a NASA Explorer mission that launched June 2001 to make fundamental measurements of cosmology – the study of the properties of our universe as a whole. You can’t do that very well on Earth, so of course the paper count is going to go up astronomically (pun) now that we can do more direct investigations. It’s also a pretty small scientific community.
The field of human health is massive in comparison, so the percentage contribution by the ISS is going to be comparatively small.
Bottom line is that you haven’t established a valid basis of comparison. You think you have, but a good investigator would test their assumptions, and it doesn’t look like you have. You continue to have an unproved theory.
Not only did I answer you on May 30th, 2012 at 5:47 pm, but I posed you questions that you have failed to answer. Are you feeding at this trough, sir?
I wasn’t requiring that ISS produce a large fraction of the papers in human health. I was merely observing that per dollar spent, it produces pitifully few papers. This would be true regardless of the number of papers produced elsewhere in research on human health.
As for establishing a good basis for comparison: you are quibbling. Can your quibbling and equivocation erase a factor of 2000 difference in research productivity? I think not.
I missed your response to the question, and the return question. Thank you for repeating. And no, I am not engaged in scientific research, on ISS or elsewhere, and receive no money from NASA or any other government ageny.
Paul wrote @ May 31st, 2012 at 12:14 pm
“I wasn’t requiring that ISS produce a large fraction of the papers in human health. I was merely observing that per dollar spent, it produces pitifully few papers.”
Observation is OK, but you are reaching a conclusion based on an unsubstantiated premise.
Your original statement was “Not only is ISS not producing great science, it’s not even producing much science, as measured by papers per unit of spending.”
Is that how the science community measures the effectiveness of the science being done on the ISS?
You also seem to ignore the quality and relevance of the science being done. If one experiment were to lead to the ability of humans to survive in zero-G and harsh radiation environments, then who cares how much it gets cited, right?
You also ignore comparisons with other human-tended science missions that are in situ. In biology, in situ means to examine the phenomenon exactly in place where it occurs (i.e. without moving it to some special medium).
And you still haven’t addressed my question of how do we learn how to live and work in space if we’re not living and working in space?
What alternative are you proposing in place of the ISS that will create the same or better output of the science we are looking for?
I don’t mind questions, and some level of complaining is OK, but whining without contributing potential solutions is useless.
Can I see the link for the paper count that shows WMAP has 400,000 papers published? That would only cover until 2008, I do not find how many papers were written in the last 4 years.
Vladislaw: I was referring to productivity in the sense of papers per unit of research spending.
WMAP produced about 3x the refereed publications of ISS, while costing about 700 times less.
Paul wrote @ June 6th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Did WMAP tell us how humans are going to react to long-term exposure to zero-G? Did WAMP tell us how exercise and drugs can mitigate the effects of zero-G on the human body?
The ISS was not built in competition with the WMAP, it was built to answer the question of how we will live and work in space. That is the only measurement that matters – is it helping us answer that question?
Comparing a boat to a llama would be more relevant than your comparison…
Your concern for the efficient and effective use of the taxpayer’s dollars is noted. Oh wait, you’re all for spending other people’s money like water.
Why should I care about those things? Those are not burning scientific questions. They are, at best, bits of information that would be useful if you want to do manned space activities for some other purpose. They are not, by themselves, things that justify doing manned space activities at all.
The involuted, self-referential justification for space is what I was referring to as a “self-licking ice cream cone”. You can justify space activity on the basis that it’s necessary for space activity.
Er, “can’t justify”
Paul wrote @ June 7th, 2012 at 10:40 am
“Oh wait, you’re all for spending other people’s money like water.”
And how much direct benefit to the U.S. Taxpayer has the WMAP program provided? Science for science sake?
Let’s not get ridiculous here.
“Why should I care about those things? Those are not burning scientific questions.”
Au contrare. According to the President:
“Fifty years after the creation of NASA, our goal is no longer just a destination to reach. Our goal is the capacity for people to work and learn and operate and live safely beyond the Earth for extended periods of time, ultimately in ways that are more sustainable and even indefinite. And in fulfilling this task, we will not only extend humanity’s reach in space—we will strengthen America’s leadership here on Earth.”
– President Barack Obama, April 15, 2010
This is consistent with his predecessors too, so it’s not a partisan view.
The only way we’ll learn to live and work in space, is by living and working in space. There is no substitute. Will we be 100% successful and efficient with the ISS? No more so than any other large research facility – it’s an investment over time that may tell us the right approaches to use, or it may tell us the completely wrong ones to use.
But since our national goal is to expand our presence into space, we can’t do that sitting on Earth, so instead of moaning and groaning about the ISS, you should be suggesting ways to improve the results we get, whether that’s increasing the science or decreasing the costs (or both). Especially since it’s here to stay through at least 2020.
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#74480 - Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:54:00 Watch this space!
Registered: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 20:00:00
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Just a quick word to keep a watchful eye out on here and on here www.ultravoxtribute.co.uk
Can't say much other than thanks for your support & your continuing suppot
#74481 - Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:43:00 Re: Watch this space!
Keep an eye out 'in a matter of days' in fact...
Registered: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:00:00
Loc: Birmingham
The 'former' members of Ultravox?
Pass level: Press
Loc: just inside the M25
You've bagged the support slot on the next tour, right?
#74484 - Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:07:00 Re: Watch this space!
Registered: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 19:00:00
You're on the next PlusNet Broadband Ad?????
Toptastic
You know, in a funny way, you're all kind of close.
SlowMo'
Registered: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 19:00:00
Loc: West Sussex
On the final night of the tour promoting the new album Chris, Warren, Billy and Midge will be joined on stage for the encore by the lads from Monument.. Then Robin Simon walks out... then Stevie Shears... and then John Foxx...
...They launch into a 27 minute rendition of Slow Motion with a 10 minute screamier than a screamy thing from screamville synth solo from Billy...
I'm right aren't I!!!
Hhhmmmm. Someone hasn't taken their medication today I see...
I J S
Registered: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:00:00
Contributing in some way to the new album is my guess.
man of two worlds.
Registered: Sun, 17 May 2009 19:00:00
Loc: chester
Paul has hired the boys to play a live set at his up and coming XXth birthday party.
Sorry, can't give his age away
No, it's something much more interesting I'm pleased to say MoTW. And my age, if you look on the forum hard and close enough in the right thread, is pretty well known. So no need for me to try to hide that.
The lads have all had a sex OP and will be female backing singers for the coming tour
You know, with that suggestion there's an obvious gag 'any sex would be a change' to be made here, and I'm sure they'd be the first to make it. But no, it's not that.
Are Monument themselves about to release some material?!!! Or maybe even take part in some kind of tribute to Mick Karn evening, also featuring Ultravox members past/present?!!
I think they're about to announce that Ultravox have now become a Monument tribute band.
Originally posted by 1.Outside:
Come on now...methinks you are not taking this subject seriously?!!! :p
Registered: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 19:00:00
Loc: oxfordshire
Monument to move down the more profitable route of a Take That tribute act
#74497 - Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:03:00 Re: Watch this space!
Has anyone seen the movie "The Rock Star" ?
Mike, hope you're ready!
reprise of Paul & Pippa wedding concert , on next months 2nd anniversary
No, it's not that. We have something a bit grander planned for the first of what you've suggested there, and something much more intimate with friends for the second.
They'll be doing a gig at the ultravox cd launch party, I reckon.
Registered: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:00:00
Loc: East of Eden but Returning
Britain's Got Talent?
lyricallucy
Pass level: Green Room
Loc: Bath
Originally posted by Gillian:
opportunity knocks? only playin Don & Co
I actually think you may have hit the nail on the head there...best suggestion I've seen so far.
#74504 - Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:59:00 Re: Watch this space!
Registered: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:00
Loc: Edinburgh
@ David L - although as Paul has said, that's not what the little fella's got up his sleeve, the shameless opportunist in me cannot resist pointing out that something similar to what you suggest is already happening! Admittedly it's featuring PF3 as opposed to Monument (we're the other band that played that day) and it's up here in Edinburgh, but it does fall within a week of the anniversary in question and I'm sure Paul won't mind me announcing that he and Pip are planning to be there partly in recognition of that. Details are in the 'Your Music' section for anyone interested!
#74505 - Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:20:00 Re: Watch this space!
You are going to do a mini tour of one gig, in the birth place of the greatest Scottish songwriters and if it becomes successful it will become a two gig tour ;o)
#74506 - Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:09:00 Re: Watch this space!
I see that the site has been updated to include
a joint Monument/Messengers gig on Saturday April 23rd in Glasgow.
Will be trying my utmost to get back up North for this.
Loc: liverpool
Interesting, is that the Saturday before easter though.
I know 100% this is Easter weekend...I should do after all as it is very rare for my birthday to fall near Easter!! May have to go & visit a little chap that weekend whose birthday falls the other side of Easter!!
Originally posted by david L.:
Though somewhat strangely - the page that was there this morning now appears to have been removed
and the link at "we got tickets" says it has been cancelled -
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/107991
#74511 - Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:32:00 Re: Watch this space!
Mike_L
Registered: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:00:00
Loc: Greenock, Scotland
Hi Dave, we had arranged a surprise for that date, but the surprise was on us when the arrangement with the venue fell through. That project has been put on hold for the foreseeable future unfortunately, but we are actively seeking alternate venues and dates to get out and play some gigs before those pesky meddling Ultravox boys come and force us to learn new material for the first time in 20 odd years...
Originally posted by Mike_L:
those pesky meddling Ultravox boys come and force us to learn new material for the first time in 20 odd years...
How very dare they!!!!
#74513 - Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:03:00 Re: Watch this space!
That's a shame Mike
Must be a hard life eh Mike!!
#74515 - Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:03:00 Re: Watch this space!
I was in Glasgow last month for forum member "Shirl's" 50th birthday party, it was at Ivory Blacks and Simple Minds tribute band Simple Minded played, there was an 80s night on also, not a bad venue to be honest, I could just see Monument playing there, and as I walked in "Dancing with tears in my eyes" came on!
I'm looking forward to a trip to Blackpool later this year to see a band who do excellent covers of Vienna, Sleepwalk & other 80s tracks.
Would love to see them in their native area as I have made quite a few friends in Liverpool/Manchester.
Why is it bands such as Monument & their ilk never venture south?!! There is a venue called The Beck Theatre in Hayes they could quite easily fill. Hmm...might have to contact Beck!!
#74517 - Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:34:00 Re: Watch this space!
Actually Ian, it's about 50-50 between Scotland and England. In fact the latest two gigs were in London with the latter being in Camden last September...
Mind you, if the price is right, we're not averse to a trip down again...
Previous Live Shows
September 26, 2010 Purple Turtle, Camden, London
April 24, 2009 The Grove Bar, Hammersmith, London (Semi Acoustic)
July 4, 2008 Citrus Club, Edinburgh
November 29, 2007 Slanj, Greenock
October 11, 2007 The Limelight Club, Crewe
March 11, 2007 The Limelight Club, Crewe
August 26, 2005 Wolsey Hall, Cheshunt
July 21, 2005 White 52 Studios, Greenock
June 18, 2005 Some Cowshed on a farm near Edinburgh
April 28, 2005 The Limelight Club, Crewe
January 22, 2005 The Victorian Suite, Greenock
January 21, 2005 The Citrus Club, Edinburgh
November 26, 2004 The MacGregor Lounge, Gourock
Ah yeh...sorry Mike I forgot you've played Camden & I saw you at The Grove.
I should clarify....when I say South I mean Southern England as in South of Watford!! To me places like Crewe are up north but yeh to you guys that would be south.
Funnily enough I've said the same to another band I'm friends with & got the same reply...find the venue & if the price...
I suppose direction is all relative to your starting point...
As for the price statement, with the best will in the world we've never made a profit on any of the gigs we've played, especially dahn sarf, so the more we can do to offset costs the better.
Hey, if we broke even or, dare I say it, actually make a negative loss , we might play more than once or twice a year...
#74520 - Mon, 02 May 2011 08:59:00 Re: Watch this space!
westham pete
Registered: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:00:00
Loc: dagenham / essex
Just asking Are there gonna be any gigs later this year for Monument by any chance . :rolleyes:
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Game 51, Yankees at Mariners, Pineda at El Rey
marc w · June 1, 2015 at 5:15 pm · Filed Under Mariners
King Felix vs. Michael Pineda, 7:10pm
Happy Felix Day
The broadcasts have emphasized this match-up throughout the Indians series, and with good reason. This is as interesting a pitching match-up as we’ve seen in a while, and we JUST saw Felix vs. Chris Archer. Pineda was Felix’s heir apparent, and I acknowledge the oddity of discussing the succession plann of a kid in his mid 20s, and seemed poised for a long run of success after making the All-Star team in his first big league season in 2011. Then came The Trade, and the strange back-and-forth feelings about who “won” it, or who lost it less, or whatever. For the first year, Yankee fans must’ve been wondering what the M’s knew and when, as both Pineda and 2nd piece Jose Campos went down with serious arm injuries. Fast forward a year or two – a time period marred by suspensions, whatever the hell Hector Noesi was, and flying frozen snacks, and suddenly M’s fans were wondering what the Yankees knew back in early 2012, and lamenting that Pineda was back, suddenly, in the New York rotation.
This will be Pineda’s first time facing the M’s, and it’s sad but inevitable that The Trade will figure so prominently. We’re three-plus years from the date it went down, and Pineda’s spent most of that period rehabbing from shoulder surgery and then a strained muscle in his back (near the shoulder). As a result, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Pineda of 2015 is substantially different from the one we knew in 2011. With the Yankees (or ‘post-rehab’ if you prefer), Pineda has refined his always-good control into one of the league’s elite tools. Pineda’s walk rate this year is under 2% – he’s walked 5 in 64 1/3 IP thus far. Last season, he walked 2.4% in 76+ IP – this is a skill, and Pineda has honed that skill remarkably well. He always had it, but consider that with the M’s, his BB% was just under 8%. The strikeouts have returned this year, as his K% is 25%, which is fractionally better than it was in 2011.
His arsenal has changed in one important way, though. With the M’s, he had a very good four-seam fastball – it featured plus velo at 95-96, and average movement. Coupled with his control, it was a very effective pitch. He threw it for strikes, it got more whiffs than the average fastball, and batters hit .229 off of it, thanks in part to a low BABIP. Despite not having a ton of rise, it was a clear fly ball pitch, and given Pineda’s reliance on it, Pineda was thus a fly ball pitcher. Today, Pineda’s scrapped the four-seamer entirely, and instead features a cutter. With basically no horizontal movement and clear “sink,” it’s made Pineda a ground ball pitcher all of the sudden, and may help him avoid HRs in the compact new Yankee Stadium. It’s no longer the big velocity fastball he had with Seattle – it comes in at 92, and while it still gets some swinging strikes, it’s more of a set-up pitch. On its own, the pitch can be a little underwhelming. Batters are hitting about .300 on it since he developed the pitch, including .356 this year – that’s the highest BA-allowed on any starter’s cutter. And yet: Pineda has a FIP of 2.50 and a K:BB ratio of 13.4:1, easily the best in the league. He’s essentially become the ace M’s fans thought he would, but he simply doesn’t *pitch* the way we thought he would.
The small changes he’s made to his slider accentuate the point. The slider was his outpitch in the M’s system and in 2011, and it still is – it’s his best 2-strike pitch, and he’s been able to throw it to lefties as well as righties since he came up. In 2011, we focused on the horizontal movement of his slider because it was so different from his four-seamer’s. That distinction between FB and SL is less true now that his “fastball” is a cutter with essentially no horizontal movement at all. To compensate, his new slider has even more movement in both planes. It’s the same speed it was in 2011, so the velo gap has shrunk, but it now sinks more and cuts away from righties slightly more. Because he’s always around the zone, it’s harder for batters to lay off the pitch, and as a result, his slider’s swung at very often – the 3rd most in baseball thus far in 2015. Perhaps because of the increased “drop” on it, it’s always being hit on the ground more than it was in 2011, too. So, it’s tougher to lay off of, more likely to be hit on the ground, but still has the same whiff rate as before. Not bad.
Unfortunately for Pineda and the Yankees, all of that ground ball contact hasn’t been converted into outs. With Seattle, lots of fly balls and a solid defense helped Pineda run a low BABIP. This year, Pineda’s BABIP is an unsightly .335. Batters are hitting .280 on grounders against him, despite glove-first SS Didi Gregorius leading the Yankees in SS innings. Chase Headley’s 3B defense has been shaky, but it’s still somewhat surprising to me that Pineda’s struggled so much on balls in play. Less surprising, though, has been Pineda’s issues out of the stretch. Even in 2011, this was a problem for Pineda. Batters were helpless with no one on (wOBA-against of .253), but if one of them found his way aboard, Pineda became almost average (wOBA-against of .321) – his K rate fell, and his HR rate rose. This led to a poor strand rate, and an ERA a bit worse than his FIP. So far in 2015, the gap’s reduced, but his strand rate’s still a bit below average, which has pushed his ERA well above his fourth-in-MLB FIP. So: get aboard, M’s, and it might not be worth waiting for the perfect pitch. He’s thrown cutters on nearly 70% of his first-pitches – if it’s there, take a whack at it.
1: Morrison, 1B whaaaat?
3: Cruz, RF
5: Smith, DH
6: Jackson, CF
7: Miller, SS
SP: KING FELIX
Well, that’s a different order. Of M’s lefties, LoMo actually has the top walk rate, tied with Brad Miller at 10.2%. It’s not as crazy as it looks at first glance, I suppose, though Smith and Miller both seem like good, familiar choices.
The Rainiers beat Round Rock 6-3 yesterday, as Jimmy Gilheeney got the win in a spot-start for Mike Montgomery, fueling more speculation that the lefty is headed to Seattle to start tomorrow. Franklin Gutierrez and Leon Landry homered for the R’s. That’s Landry’s 3rd HR in 2 days, after 2 on Saturday. Early game today – a before-noon start time to allow thousands of school kids to attend. The kids were treated to a terrible beat-down inflicted by Round Rock, as the Express compiled a 10-0 lead in the 4th, scoring all 10 off Tacoma starter Stephen Landazuri. Rangers prospect Anthony Ranaudo was solid, and pitched 6IP giving up 2R on a HR by Patrick Kivlehan. Leury Bonilla hit a double, but the game was long decided. It finished 14-3, with Bonilla pressed into duty on the mound. The utility IF/OF gave up 3 runs in his inning, including a HR by Jake Smolinski.
Jackson faces the Mississippi Braves today, as Edwin Diaz tries to get accustomed to AA living. He’ll face off with right-hander Greg Ross, one of those unheralded org guys who puts up remarkably good numbers. Ross put up solid numbers (though without a lot of K’s) across multiple levels in 2013 and 2014. He hasn’t been as effective this year, but he’s still been pretty valuable for an 18th round pick.
Bakersfield lost to Rancho Cucamonga 3-1 yesterday, as Jharel Cotton, just called up from the MWL, threw 5 solid innings (1R allowed, 7 Ks) for the Quakes. He was followed by Ivy League-educated reliever Michael Johnson, who struck out 7 in 3 scoreless innings. Bakersfield’s TEAM OPS this year is .616. Since 2010, only one team has had an OPS under .700 – Modesto put up a .690 mark last year. Bakersfield will try to get things going with a double header against the Quakes today.
Cedar Rapids edged Clinton 6-5 in 11 innings yesterday. The Kernels got 2 to tie the game in the 8th, then walked it off with a 2-out single in the 11th. Clinton blew a 5-0 lead in the game. Today, Clinton was held hitless for 6 2/3 IP by Twins prospect Stephen Gonsalves, who came into the year as a 10-20th prospect, but is clearly in the top 10 now after dominating the Midwest League. The final was 5-0, as Gonsalves struck out 11 in 7IP, giving up 2 hits.
Speaking of the minors, Ben Lindbergh (of Grantland) and Sam Miller (of Baseball Prospectus) got the chance of a lifetime to essentially run the baseball operations department for a pro team this year when they were hired by the Sonoma Stompers of the Pacific Association, an independent league in California. Ben/Sam get to make up the roster, tinker with strategy and try to win professional games using sabermetrics/data/gut-feel/whatever they choose, and then they’ll collaborate on a book about their year. You may have heard about this on NPR this morning, when David Greene interviewed Lindbergh. For fans of the Effectively Wild podcast, you’ve been anticipating this for months – today is opening day, and the Stompers face Pittsburg at 6:00pm. Does sabermetrics work in the Indie Leagues? Do you need to know more about the indies to know what talents are undervalued? They’re the indie leagues, with teams and, as we saw this week, LEAGUES operating on a shoestring. How can any team OVERvalue a skill in these conditions? What kind of market inefficiencies operate when teams are forced to watch every penny? I’m curious to find out. If you need an M’s tie-in to the Stompers, the club features pitcher Mike Jackson, jr., the son of former Mariner Mike Jackson.
23 Responses to “Game 51, Yankees at Mariners, Pineda at El Rey”
Paul B on June 1st, 2015 5:40 pm
Chris Taylor sent down for a reliever.
Westside guy on June 1st, 2015 6:00 pm
Well your best hitter should be batting second, right? So the whole blind-squirrel-finding-nut thing strikes again…
Kazinski on June 1st, 2015 6:12 pm
I think we need a reliever now more than we need Chris Taylor. I like Chris a lot, but Miller should be playing everyday, and SS is his best position.
I’d have been happier with Bloomquist being the odd man out, but I understand, Willie ran out of options a decade or more ago.
californiamariner on June 1st, 2015 6:16 pm
I’m all for this lineup!
Longgeorge1 on June 1st, 2015 7:00 pm
If insanity is doing the same thing……blah, blah. This line-up is not insane.
kaleyk on June 1st, 2015 7:02 pm
Take a lineup that is hitting poorly, shuffle and get …. A lineup that hits poorly! For the sake of the King, I sincerely hope it pans out. The team continues to employ a left field black hole while Gutierrez smashes at AAA.
msfanmike on June 1st, 2015 7:45 pm
The org has to be getting close to bringing up Guti – don’t they? I mean they HAVE to be getting close to doing it, right? He can help the team more than Ackley and Weeks and a laundry list of others. Can he stay healthy for 10 straight days? Who knows, but it’s time to find out.
Free Guti!
Grayfox3d on June 1st, 2015 7:49 pm
Cano has been nothing short of terrible thus far this season, something has got to give!
Well that was unfortunate!
C’mon Felix! get it under control.
Hey Dustin Ackley …… That’s what you are supposed to do with a 2-0 pitch …. Instead of rolling over to 2B every time.
mrakbaseball on June 1st, 2015 8:36 pm
Please don’t use the mound as an excuse.
Felix cannot be so fragile that a wet mound destroyed his game … Maybe a pitch or two, but that’s all. How about that “dive” by Ackley? Looked just like Gutierrez…..
Woodcutta on June 1st, 2015 9:29 pm
Not sure I would call it fragile if he can’t keep his footing. I would call it moronic if that was the case and he kept refusing to allow the grounds crew to fix it. Anywho…why is Weeks still on this team?
How embarrassing is it that the team has someone in the lineup so bad that Rickie Weeks is a better option? Weeks is one of those roster decisions that may cost the GM his job. Weeks has no defensive position, he cannot run, he cannot hit right handed pitching. His only value is as a pinch hitter against left handed pitching. Jack Z puts a lot of faith in his Brewer relations.
Westside guy on June 1st, 2015 11:01 pm
I didn’t watch the game, but I was hoping to find video of Ackley’s dive… from the sound of it, he was almost Liddi-esque. But alas, it’s not on mlb.com…
WestyHerr on June 2nd, 2015 12:48 am
Fire Zrderrndeinziclk
Seatt101 on June 2nd, 2015 6:36 am
If Felix was not pitching as well as he has been and Cruz was still an Oriole this team would be the worst team in baseball.
I think any thought of being a 500 mark team is utter nonsense. The team is composed of players who are not capable of doing their jobs at an above average replacement level and the farm system seems to be incapable of turning prospects into talented performers.
I have followed the Mariners since inception and whilst I will continue to support them they are clearly going to be the source of far more disappointments in the coming months; so what’s new!
Oh to be fortunate to draft Rendon, Harper and others instead of Ackley and Hultzen. All we have done since 2008 is traded Fister, Pineda, Maurer, Tillman and Jones to name but a few. Can anyone tell me what we have for these guys other than Montero and Smith (albeit he is no longer a platoon player and occasionally a clean up hitter!)
Always a Mariner but very sadly disillusioned at present!
jak924 on June 2nd, 2015 7:18 am
Weeks and Ackley still on the roster. Any other GM would have been fired by now.
heyoka on June 2nd, 2015 8:20 am
I’m not angry. I’m just very disappointed.
WestyHerr on June 2nd, 2015 8:21 am
I love how the psychology of a Mariners fan is “Oh well, shucks, golly jeez, Felix just didn’t have his stuff tonight.”
When it should be, “We needed 8 runs tonight. Why didn’t that happen? Why didn’t we have the fire to beat Pineada and score double digits? This was national stage stuff. Sportscenter will probably lead with this. Score 8 runs.”
dc24 on June 2nd, 2015 10:34 am
I am disappointed like most, but I don’t think there are many teams in baseball that can drop eight runs whenever they want, especially against a pitcher like Pineda. I’m disappointed because I feel the team is better than they have shown. Cano, Cruz, and Seager is about as good a middle of the order as you’ll find, but they haven’t all been hitting, especially Cano. It’s baseball. They showed that we are/were 27th in hitting with runners in scoring position a couple of nights ago. If we were even just 15th in that, or maybe 20th, we’d be over .500. Hell, maybe even four or five games over and we aren’t having these conversations. And, if the pitching wasn’t so bad at the beginning of the season, who knows? If Iwakuma was healthy.
Lots of ifs, and it’s the GM’s responsibility to have reliable backups and a farm system in place. I liked most of our moves this offseason, except trading Saunders, but that’s not turned out half bad for us this year at least.
That being said, it’s time to let Dustin Ackley go. I feel that Jack Z may be holding on to him because of the reasons many have mentioned, which is sad and kind of pathetic. I would like to see Ruggiano more because I cast him off. We need to let Willie B. go too. I’d like to see Weeks get some more starts at DH against lefties, but I don’t know if it’ll happen.
I don’t think we can all blame Z though, very much a team effort from the top down. I mean, Ackley was supposed to be a sure-fire thing and Hultzen was too. Can’t blame injuries on them, but Ackley’s development I’m not sure who to blame, or maybe it’s all on him. At the end of the day, players have to play and perform and ours aren’t right now. I still think they have the ability to, but time is running out with each passing game. Good news is that there’s a lot of games left. Go M’s.
kaleyk on June 2nd, 2015 11:23 am
You’re right, WestyHerr, the correct attitude is “ok, we’re going to need eight tonight”. But it’s hard to develop that attitude when we know the team is 20th in OPS, 27th in hits, 29th in hitting with RISP, 29th in OBP, etc. A third of the lineup (Cano, Jackson, Ackley) has seriously underperformed making the offense terrible.
The team cannot dump the poor performers without better options available. At $24M a year, Cano is going to play. There isn’t a valid center fielder in the organization after Jackson. There are options for left field, namely Gutierrez or give Ruggiano a chance. It is time for Ackley to not be in the starting lineup.
Marte is hurt or I would advocate giving him a chance and moving Miller to wherever. At least until Marte is healthy or Taylor de-funks, WFB is the utility man.
The team should definitely swap Gutierrez for Weeks immediately. I watched the game last night on Root and listened to the Yankees broadcast on At-Bat. The Yankee broadcasters, without being rude, were laughing at our bench … all right handed and all hitting under .200.
The competitive year of 2015 is quickly fading. The “kids” are on the roster, there is a dearth of talent at AAA; a third of the veterans are not performing; it’s not “early” anymore; thus 2015 is looking more and more like a disappointment.
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Lenvima (Lenvatinib), a Multireceptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Approved by the FDA for the Treatment of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Loretta Fala
April 2015, Vol 6, No 3 - Drug Updates
Thyroid cancer, cancer that starts in the thyroid gland, accounts for 3.8% of all cancer cases in the United States.1 There were an estimated 62,980 new cases of thyroid cancer and 1890 deaths resulting from thyroid cancer in 2014.1 Thyroid cancer is most common in people aged 45 to 54 years (median age, 50 years),1 and it occurs 2 to 3 times more often in women than in men.2 The incidence of thyroid cancer has risen steadily in recent years.3 Although this increasing rate can be attributed largely to disease detection at an earlier stage, the incidence of larger tumors has also increased.3
Thyroid cancer is classified into 3 types-differentiated (includes papillary, follicular, and Hürthle tumors); medullary tumors; and anaplastic (aggressive undifferentiated tumors).2 Differentiated thyroid cancer accounts for more than 90% of all cases of thyroid carcinoma.2
An estimated 566,708 patients were living with thyroid cancer in the United States in 2011.1 Approximately 68.2% of patients are diagnosed at the local stage of thyroid cancer; for patients with localized thyroid cancer, the 5-year survival rate is currently 99.9%.1 However, 10% to 30% of patients who are thought to be disease-free after the initial treatment will have disease recurrence and/or metastases.4 For patients with differentiated thyroid cancer that is refractory to radioactive iodine [131-isotope, also known as 131I] therapy, the 10-year survival rate is only 10% from the time that metastatic disease is detected.5,6
According to a recent study, the estimated annual US healthcare costs (undiscounted) for thyroid cancer were $1.4 billion in 2010; these costs are projected to reach $2.1 billion in 2015 and to exceed $3.1 billion by 2019.7 The authors noted that thyroid cancer is a major public health issue, particularly for women, given the increasing incidence (especially of papillary carcinoma) of the disease among women.7 According to another study, differentiated thyroid cancer accounted for total societal costs of approximately $1.6 billion annually in the United States in 2013.8 Furthermore, the annual costs attributable to differentiated thyroid cancer were projected to approach $3.5 billion by 2030 in that study.8
The treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer generally includes surgery, when possible, followed by radioactive iodine treatment in appropriate patients, and thyroxine therapy. Systemic therapy, including the recently approved tyrosine kinase inhibitors, may be used for patients with significant disease progression, nonresectable tumors, or tumors that are nonresponsive to radioactive iodine therapy.2
The multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors have demonstrated a clinical benefit in locally recurrent, unresectable and metastatic medullary thyroid cancer and in radioactive iodine–refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.2 Optimal management of the side effects associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy and/or dose modification are key considerations when managing thyroid cancer with this class of drugs.2 The tyrosine kinase inhibitors represent an important advancement in the treatment of thyroid cancer, because they target multiple molecular pathways that are involved in the pathogenesis of thyroid tumors.5
Lenvatinib: A New Oral Option for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
On February 13, 2015, lenvatinib (Lenvima; Eisai), an oral, multireceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients with locally recurrent or metastatic, progressive, radioactive iodine–refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.9 Lenvatinib was granted an expedited review by the FDA, using its priority review process, based on the drug’s potential to provide a significant improvement in safety or effectiveness in treating a serious condition over available medications. In addition, lenvatinib received an orphan drug designation, because it is designated to treat a rare condition.9
Richard Pazdur, MD, Director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said, “The development of new therapies to assist patients with refractory disease is of high importance to the FDA. Today’s approval gives patients and healthcare professionals a new therapy to help slow the progression of DTC [differentiated thyroid cancer].”9
Steven I. Sherman, MD, Associate Vice Provost, Clinical Research, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and principal investigator of a pivotal phase 3 study on lenvatinib led by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, noted that advances in thyroid cancer treatment have been made in recent years, particularly for patients with metastatic disease who do not respond to radioactive iodine therapy.10 Dr Sherman stated, “For decades, in this patient population, the treatment was often to repeat ineffective doses of radioactive iodine, and possibly salvage therapy with chemotherapy.” He added, “About 10 years ago, with the growing availability of novel targeted agents and multi-targeted kinase inhibitors, we began to recognize potential for treating this subgroup of patients with anti-angiogenic therapy and sought to enroll those with refractory disease in clinical trials.”10
Lenvatinib is a multireceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor that inhibits the kinase activities of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors VEGFR1 (FLT1), VEGFR2 (KDR), and VEGFR3 (FLT4). Lenvatinib also inhibits other receptor tyrosine kinases that have been implicated in pathogenic angiogenesis, tumor growth, and cancer progression in addition to their normal cellular functions, including the fibroblast growth factor receptors FGFR1, 2, 3, and 4; and the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha, KIT, and RET.11
Dosing and Administration
The recommended dose of lenvatinib is 24 mg orally, once daily. In patients with severe renal or hepatic impairment, the dose is reduced to 14 mg once daily.11
Lenvatinib is available in a 4-mg and a 10-mg capsule.11
Clinical Studies The SELECT Trial
The safety and efficacy of lenvatinib were evaluated in the SELECT trial, a multicenter, randomized (in a 2:1 ratio), double-blind, placebo-controlled study.5 The study included 392 patients with locally recurrent or metastatic radioactive iodine–refractory differentiated thyroid cancer and radiographic evidence of disease progression within 12 months before study randomization, as confirmed by an Independent Radiologic Review (IRR).5,11
Radioactive iodine–refractory was defined as (1) ?1 measurable lesions with no iodine uptake on radioactive iodine scan, (2) iodine uptake with progression within 12 months of radioactive iodine therapy, or (3) having received cumulative radioactive iodine activity of >600 mCi (22 GBq) with the last dose administered at least 6 months before study entry.11
In this study, patients were randomized to receive lenvatinib 24 mg once daily (N = 261) or placebo (N = 131) until disease progression. Randomization was stratified by geographic region, previous VEGF/VEGFR-targeted therapy, and age. The median age of the patients was 63 years. Overall, 99% of the patients had metastatic disease.11
The primary efficacy outcome measure was progression-free survival, as determined by a blinded IRR using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) guideline (version 1.1).11,12 Secondary efficacy outcome measures included objective response rate and overall survival. Patients in the placebo group could receive lenvatinib after an independent review confirmation of disease progression.11
As shown in Table 1, a significant prolongation in progression-free survival was demonstrated in patients receiving lenvatinib compared with patients who received placebo. Patients in the lenvatinib group had a 14.7-month longer median progression-free survival than patients in the placebo group. Moreover, 65% of patients in the lenvatinib group had an objective response compared with 2% of patients in the placebo group. Overall survival was not estimable in either group.5,11
The most common adverse reactions (with an incidence of ?30%) associated with lenvatinib are shown in Table 2. The most common serious adverse reactions (at least 2%) were pneumonia (4%), hypertension (3%), and dehydration (3%).11
The most common adverse reactions (at least 1%) resulting in discontinuation of lenvatinib were hypertension (1%) and asthenia (1%).11
Lenvatinib has no known contraindications.11
Effect of other drugs on lenvatinib
CYP3A is one of the main metabolic enzymes of lenvatinib. No dose adjustment of lenvatinib is recommended when coadministered with CYP3A, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), and breast cancer resistance protein inhibitors and CYP3A and P-gp inducers.11
Blood pressure should be controlled prior to treatment with lenvatinib. Lenvatinib should be withheld for grade 3 hypertension despite optimal hypertensive therapy. For patients with life-threatening hypertension, lenvatinib should be discontinued.11
Patients should be monitored for clinical symptoms or signs of cardiac decompensation. Lenvatinib should be withheld for grade 3 cardiac dysfunction. For patients with grade 4 cardiac dysfunction, lenvatinib should be discontinued.11
Arterial thromboembolic events
Lenvatinib should be discontinued following an arterial thromboembolic event.11
Before initiation of lenvatinib and periodically throughout treatment, liver function tests should be monitored. For patients with grade 3 or greater liver impairment, lenvatinib should be withheld. Lenvatinib should be discontinued for patients with hepatic failure.11
Before initiating lenvatinib therapy and periodically through treatment with lenvatinib, patients should be monitored for proteinuria. Lenvatinib should be withheld in patients with ?2 g of proteinuria for 24 hours. Lenvatinib should be discontinued in patients who have nephritic syndrome.11
Renal failure and impairment
Lenvatinib should be withheld for grade 3 or 4 renal failure or impairment.11
Gastrointestinal perforation and fistula formation
Lenvatinib should be discontinued in patients who develop gastrointestinal perforation or life-threatening fistula.11
QT interval prolongation
Electrolyte abnormalities should be monitored and corrected in all patients. For patients who develop grade ?3 QT interval prolongation, lenvatinib should be withheld.11
Blood calcium levels should be monitored at least monthly and calcium should be replaced as necessary during treatment with lenvatinib.11
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS)
Lenvatinib should be withheld for patients with RPLS until the RPLS is fully resolved.11
Hemorrhagic events
Lenvatinib should be discontinued for patients with grade 3 hemorrhage. Lenvatinib should be discontinued for patients with grade 4 hemorrhage.11
Impairment of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression
TSH levels should be monitored monthly and thyroid replacement medication should be adjusted as needed in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.11
Embryofetal toxicity
Lenvatinib can cause fetal harm. Women of reproductive potential should be advised about the potential risk to the fetus and the use of effective contraception.11
Use in Specific Populations
Lactation. It is not known whether lenvatinib is present in human milk. Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants from lenvatinib, women should be advised to discontinue breastfeeding during treatment with lenvatinib.11 Pregnancy. Lenvatinib can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Pregnant women should be advised of the potential risk to the fetus.11 Females and males of reproductive potential. Lenvatinib may result in reduced fertility in women of reproductive potential. Lenvatinib may result in damage to male reproductive tissues, which can lead to reduced fertility of unknown duration.11 Pediatric use. The safety and effectiveness of lenvatinib in pediatric patients have not been established.11 Geriatric use. In clinical studies, no overall differences in safety or effectiveness were observed between patients aged ?65 years and those aged <65 years.11 Renal impairment. No dose adjustment is recommended in patients with mild or moderate renal impairment. In patients with severe renal impairment, the recommended dose of lenvatinib is 14 mg taken once daily. Patients with end-stage renal disease were not studied.11 Hepatic impairment. No dose adjustment is recommended in patients with mild or moderate hepatic impairment. In patients with severe hepatic impairment, the recommended dose of lenvatinib is 14 mg taken once daily.11
With the FDA approval of lenvatinib, a new, once-daily oral treatment option became available to help slow the progression of differentiated thyroid cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer, in patients with locally recurrent or metastatic, radioactive iodine–refractory disease.9 Treatment with lenvatinib, a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, demonstrated a statistically significant prolongation in progression-free survival in patients with progressive, radioactive iodine–refractory differentiated thyroid cancer. In the SELECT clinical study, the median progression-free survival in the lenvatinib group was 18.3 months versus 3.6 months in the placebo group (P <.001).5,11
National Cancer Institute. SEER stat fact sheets: thyroid cancer. http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/thyro.html. Accessed March 10, 2015.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines): thyroid carcinoma. Version 2.2014. August 12, 2014. www.nccn.org/store/login/login.aspx?ReturnURL=http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/thyroid.pdf. Accessed March 10, 2015.
American Cancer Society. What are the key statistics about thyroid cancer? Revised February 13, 2015. www.cancer.org/cancer/thyroidcancer/detailedguide/thyroid-cancer-key-statistics. Accessed March 11, 2015.
National Cancer Institute. Thyroid cancer treatment (PDQ®). Updated February 25, 2015. www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/thyroid/HealthProfessional/page9. Accessed March 13, 2015.
Schlumberger M, Tahara M, Wirth LJ, et al. Lenvatinib versus placebo in radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer. N Engl J Med. 2015;372:621-630.
Durante C, Haddy N, Baudin E, et al. Long-term outcome of 444 patients with distant metastases from papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma: benefits and limits of radioiodine therapy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006;91:2892-2899.
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Lubitz CC, Kong CY, McMahon PM, et al. Annual financial impact of well-differentiated thyroid cancer care in the United States. Cancer. 2014;120:1345-1352.
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N.Z. Economy May Have Almost Stalled in Third Quarter
New Zealand’s economy may have almost stalled in the third quarter as the nation’s worst earthquake in eight decades slowed housing and manufacturing.
Gross domestic product rose 0.1 percent in the three months through September from the previous quarter, according to the median of 15 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey before a government report tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. in Wellington. The economy expanded 0.2 percent in the second quarter.
Slowing growth adds to the case for central bank Governor Alan Bollard to keep interest rates unchanged until at least the second quarter next year to revive consumer confidence from a 17-month low and bolster housing demand. That outlook has pushed the country’s currency down 6.7 percent from a 2 ?-year high reached in early November, and some economists predict it may weaken further next year.
“The economy has not gained as much traction as we had hoped through the middle parts of 2010,” said Nick Tuffley, chief economist at ASB Bank Ltd. in Auckland. “The household sector has been very soft,” and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand may wait until June to raise the cash rate, he said.
Five of 12 economists surveyed on Dec. 10 by Bloomberg News expect Bollard will keep the official cash rate at 3 percent until the April-to-June period, and three forecast the next boost will happen after June 30. Four predict a move in the first three months of the year.
Bollard’s Forecast
A majority of economists surveyed predict third-quarter growth was slower than the 0.3 percent Bollard estimated on Dec. 9. His forecast was completed before reports that manufacturing sales and homebuilding shrank during the same period.
A government report earlier today showed New Zealand’s current-account deficit was NZ$1.77 billion （$1.32 billion） in the three months to Sept. 30 compared with a revised NZ$987 million in the second quarter, Statistics New Zealand said in Wellington today. That was narrower than the NZ$2.3 billion median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 15 economists.
After the report, the New Zealand dollar was little changed, trading at 74.37 U.S. cents at 11:40 a.m. in Wellington from 74.38 cents immediately before the data.
Growth hasn’t been as slow as 0.1 percent since the April- June period in 2009, when the economy was recovering from five straight quarterly contractions as the global credit crisis contributed to the nation’s worst recession in three decades.
Growth returned through the middle of 2009, buoyed by a housing recovery and demand for the nation’s commodity exports from China and Asia.
Still, the pace of expansion slowed as consumers and companies preferred to reduce debt rather than spend or invest. Four economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the economy shrank in the quarter, and two expect no growth.
On Dec. 9, the central bank cut its 2010 growth forecast and said borrowing costs needed to stay low until the recovery became more robust.
Bollard lowered his 2010 outlook to 1.8 percent from 2.6 percent, citing domestic spending and the housing market.
Retail spending fell in July and was unchanged in August, although there was a gain in September before an Oct. 1 increase in the sales tax. A home-price index dropped in September and October, and prices declined in the third quarter from a March peak, the Real Estate Institute said last week.
Quake Effects
The magnitude 7 earthquake that rocked Christchurch city and surrounding districts on Sept. 4 curbed retail spending and manufacturing in the final month of the quarter as offices and factories closed, the central bank said Dec. 9.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has estimated the cost of the rebuilding will be at least NZ$5 billion （$3.7 billion） spread mainly over 2011 and 2012.
Sales at Smiths City Group Ltd., a Christchurch-based furniture and appliances retailer, fell 12 percent in the three months ended Oct. 31 from a year earlier, it said on Nov. 4. Roads around its central city store were partly or completely closed, the company said in a statement sent to the stock exchange.
Weaker construction, manufacturing and exports likely curbed growth in the quarter, economists said. The nation’s currency gained 7.2 percent against the U.S. dollar in the third quarter and yesterday was still about 6 percent higher than a year earlier.
The value of residential construction fell 5.3 percent from the second quarter, Statistics New Zealand said on Dec. 8. Commercial building also declined in the quarter, reducing the demand for structural steel and reinforcing, Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Dave Taylor told the annual meeting in Wellington last month.
Manufacturing sales fell for a third straight quarter, declining 1.4 percent, according to a statistics report Dec. 8. Export volumes fell in the third quarter led by meat, dairy and forestry shipments, according to figures on Dec. 10.
“The New Zealand economy has some serious structural and growth issues that will likely weigh on the currency in 2011,” TD Securities strategists including Annette Beacher, head of Asia-Pacific research in Singapore, wrote in a research note this week.
The South Pacific island’s credit-rating outlook was lowered to negative by Standard & Poor’s last month, and “it’s unlikely to make much progress in closing its output gap in 2011,” the TD Securities strategists said.
Still, farm production is expected to have rebounded after a drought affected milk production in the three months to June. Exports account for about 30 percent of New Zealand’s economy.
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Direct from the Runway: Akiko Ogawa Fall 2009
When you find out that revolutionary makeup artist Kabuki is working on Akiko Ogawa, you know it's going to be something good. And the pointillism effect he created with hunter green eyeliner certainly did not disappoint during Fall 2009 Fashion Week. "I thought if I dotted it in tiny dots, it would give it more of a delicate, wistful feeling," Kabuki told me backstage before the show. "And also kind of a slight feeling of nature." Find out more -- including how hairstylist Peter Gray created "brains" spilling out of the top of the models' heads -- after the jump.
"[Ogawa's] inspiration was a photograph she saw of cherry blossoms at night, because cherry blossoms symbolize joy in Japanaese culture," Kabuki said as he worked on a model's makeup backstage. "And to see it at night in kind of a ghostly setting gave almost a poignant feeling." Dotting the eyeliner gave the look a more "wistful feeling, and also a slight feeling of nature." Kabuki told me that creating the dots was actually quite easy, like "doing a tattoo" -- you simply dot lightly and then to make them darker, keep going over them lightly until you have the hue you want.
Kabuki added to the dots by using a white shimmer on the cheekbones and a shimmery pink on the cheeks and on the eyes "to stop it from becoming very goth, to give a kind of innocent sort of almost early adolescence kind of feeling," he said. He balanced it with glittery silver eyeliner to add to the nighttime feeling and take away from the darkness under the eyes. A swipe of M.A.C Cream Cup Lipstick gave a natural effect. "It really complements the strangeness of the dots under the eyes," Kabuki said.
Then it was on to hair, where Peter Gray told me that Ogawa was "bringing Japan to the west. We went and looked at a bit of Suma, a bit of kabuki, a bit of geisha, and a bit of anime. [Then we] came up with this combination." He wanted hair up off the face to create an elongated silhouette before doing something interesting on the top, which he called "the brain. You’ll see the brain sort of spilling out on a couple of the girls. It’s these knots of brains sort of oozing out!"
To create the look, Gray used Redken Workforce 09 Hairspray and softened with Outshine. "The cream actually softens it off quite a lot," Gray said as he worked on a model. "So it sort of takes the edge off the hairspray and makes it easy to brush out afterwards." (At this point, the model interjected and said skeptically, "Really?") He also added fringe pieces to the models' hair to create a thick bang, and a tail comb to create the part, saying "There's pretty much a surgical line. I wanted something really clean and quite odd." The part was quite different, as it was a vertical part above the ear as opposed to a center or side part.
The brain effect came from pulling hair into a ponytail and then literally twisting sections of it around and around to create a rope effect. He twisted pieces over and around each other before pinning with bobby pins. "Twists will look different on everyone. I want the girls looking individual with the brain bits," Gray said.
Gray's take on fashion and beauty was really refreshing as he decided to push the envelope quite a bit. "In recession, you either fight or flight. And I’m like, let’s fight!" he told me. "Let’s have some fun, let’s get really creative again, let’s not reign it in, let’s really go for it, bring it back to fantasy land. It’s not about trends, it’s about let’s have some fun with it, make it a bit of a spectacle. As long as it adds and doesn’t detract from the collection, let’s go for it."
An interesting take on nails was done by Alisha Rimando for Dashing Diva. "It’s really cute if you spend a little time with it!" she told me backstage. Here's how to get the look, using Dashing Diva products of course:
1) Apply Cosmopolitan to the nail.
2) While it’s wet, apply Dashing Diva to the tip of the nail. (About 1/3 of the nail edge.) Make sure that the color blends or fades well into the nail.
3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 on each nail.
4) With very little polish on the brush, apply Headliner to the very tip of the nail, blending or fading it onto the Dashing Diva pink color. (About 1/8 of the nail edge.)
6) Apply Debutante over all nails.
7) Finish with Glow Topcoat.
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Frosh Music Festival may be on verge of cancellation
UMSU approves motion to spend $25,000 on UMSU Council Chambers renovations
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UMSU Vice president external, Wilfred Sam-King says that to move forward, Frosh fest may need to be cancelled or rebranded.
By Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
Image by Quincy Houdayer November 1, 2017
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s (UMSU) Frosh Music Festival is on the ropes.
Reporting on this year’s festival at UMSU’s regular council meeting Oct. 26, VP external Wilfred Sam-King said the event either needs to be rebranded or cancelled outright.
“I’m going to be blunt,” Sam-King said. “Frosh 2017, financially, was very unsuccessful and I was not elected to run an unsuccessful Frosh.”
Sam-King explained to council that major issues like poor weather, venue changes, and cost overruns are among the reasons this year’s Frosh was unsuccessful.
Due to poor weather conditions, this year’s Frosh Music Festival was moved from the quad outside into the Multi Purpose Room in UMSU University Centre. UMSU had planned to introduce “diversified and affordable entertainment options to all ages.” Following the change in venue, Sam-King said the planning team “had to revamp and adapt.”
“Unfortunately, with any outdoor event, the risk is weather,” he said. “As soon as we had to move into the smaller venue, our revenue sources were now cut even more drastically.”
Sam-King provided a breakdown of accounting for this year’s Frosh, with total expenses pushing $116,616. Sponsorships amounted to $31,419 and the show ran more than $50,000 over budget. The total loss was $85,197.
Sam-King noted that victories were recorded in other areas.
“We didn’t have any issues with permits, staging, or anything like that,” he said. “Everything in terms of logistical point-of-view went very well.”
Sam-King said UMSU was able to organize this year’s Frosh Music Festival on a lower budget compared to previous years without assistance from other student groups.
“We increased sponsorship dollars without asking student associations for funds,” he said, noting overhead costs were cut to $150,000 from about $400,000 in previous years.
Sam-King’s recommendations moving forward are to either “cancel Frosh,” or “completely rebrand” it, adding that this will create an opportunity to “repurpose funding for things such as orientation efforts.”
He noted that these alternatives may also come with some downsides, which include the “potential loss of major sponsorships.”
Sam-King said that if a larger venue for future Frosh Music Festivals is not made available, then his recommendations may be the only alternatives.
“My recommendation […] if an indoor venue that can hold 2,000 plus people is not found, unfortunately, I do seriously think that Frosh needs to be either cancelled, rebranded or find a partner,” he concluded.
$25,000 renovations
At the same meeting, a motion was approved by council to allocate $25,000 for the renovation of UMSU Council chambers.
UMSU president Tanjit Nagra said the renovations will focus on two major areas: seating and audio-visual components.
Nagra added that the chairs in the chambers are worn out, and replacements are necessary.
“If you have been in the council chambers recently, you may have noticed a large number of the available seats in the room are either missing one or both armrests,” she said.
“This renovation would bring in 60 new chairs to replace the entire compliment,” Nagra continued, “and some students organizations have already reached out to looking into making use of the old chairs.”
Speaking on the second component of the renovations – the audio-visual upgrades – Nagra said, “The improvements include rewiring the room, replacing the speakers in the chamber, a new projector, as well as installing a user-friendly input system to make sure that as many students as possible can utilize the systems in place.”
“Multiple times a week, different student groups or faculty associations will book out the room for meetings, presentations, or even film screenings,” she added.
Nagra said the renovations will open up the space for more student access, while increasing accountability of council as a whole.
Once these renovations are complete, Nagra said UMSU will record and post council meetings online. This practice, which was standard in previous years, has been delayed for the current session due to website changes and what Tanjit pointed to as poor audio equipment inside the chambers.
“With our website changes it’s taking a little longer than expected,” Nagra said. “With the audio equipment, sometimes it fails.”
“Today we motioned to get new stuff,” she said. “So it will be happening soon. Perhaps not right away.”
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2014.06.06 — International Conference of pulse crops.
The conference was attended by representatives of more than 45 agricultural companies, engaged in manufacturing and trading of legumes, agricultural holdings, logistics, trading and brokerage companies from Ukraine, Turkey, Jordan and Italy. Also, official representatives of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, heads of relevant organizations, representing grain and leguminous Ukrainian market, participated in the conference.
At the present time, the major areas of legumes growing in Ukraine are the southern regions, including Kherson. Kherson was represented by the 1st Vice President of the Kherson CCI Valentyna Udod, leguminous crops farmers, scientists, and Mr.Ali Bulut, representative of the International Turkish Ukrainian Businessmen Association.
The main objective of the Conference was to discuss the possibilities and ways of further development of business relations between members of pulse crops market, the increasing of attractiveness of Ukrainian beans on the world trading, the attracting of investments into the agricultural sector of Ukraine, the extending of partnership and cultural ties between the Ukrainian and world producers and consumers of pulse crops, the empowering of agricultural technologies, as well as the searching for new markets.
During the event, senior analyst of “UkrAgroConult” Elizaveta Malishko told about the world trends in pulse crops growing, as well as the prospects of such industry development in Ukraine. In our country, the lead pulse crops are peas, beans and lentils. The main exported crop is chickpeas.
According to “UkrAgroConsult”, the growing of niche leguminous crops in Ukraine could be promising for medium and small enterprises, as it allows to operate crop rotation more agile. But for independent access to foreign markets that kind of producers has to unite in cooperatives. During the conference, the General Director of “UkrAgroConsult” Sergei Feofilov, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the company’s activity in the market, was awarded by the first Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce of Ukraine Victor Yanovsky with honorary diploma from the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for high professionalism and active participation in the work of the Agricultural Committee of agribusiness entrepreneurs at the UCCI.
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Cleethorpes Footbridge
Written by Dr. John Binch - 19 Jul 2007
The location is on a footbridge over the single line from Grimsby Town station, a few hundred metres from Cleethorpes station in North Lincolnshire.
On one side of the line is the Humber Estuary and on the other a housing estate with Blundell Park, home of Grimsby Town F.C. also visible.
The nearest city is Lincoln with Grimsby only a few miles away.
The line sees First Trans Pennine passenger services from Cleethorpes to Manchester and also Northern Trains services to Barton-on-Humber and a Saturday only service to Sheffield (via Brigg).
There are no freight services, but locomotive hauled specials are not uncommon particularly in the summer months.
The footbridge is in a built up area just a short walk from the town of Cleethorpes. The footbridge links the shore path with an estate of terraced housing.
The footpath is mainly used by dog walkers and children from the adjacent estate wishing to access the shore.
The footbridge is not lit itself although there is ample lighting from nearby street lighting.
The location is accessible by car (see map) but it is better to park in Cleethorpes and walk to the location.
Cleethorpes Footbridge map co-ordinates
Roadside car parking is available with vehicles visible and only a few metres away.
The best way to reach the location is by train. From the station concourse turn left onto the Promenade Road, and then left again.
Walk along the path past the arcades and cafes, keeping the railway line to your left and pass by a footpath level crossing.
Keep walking along by the shore and the footbridge will be visible to your left within a five minute walk.
There are several bus services from Grimsby and beyond to Cleethorpes, but please use the above directions as a guide.
There are no amenities at the location but ample facilities including toilets and places to eat and drink are available on the seafront at Cleethorpes.
There are many hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation available in Cleethorpes to suit most budgets.
Cleethorpes Footbridge general view map
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The line is on a curve running roughly North West to South East.
Good shots of trains looking North which include the Humber Estuary can be obtained and also the Blundell Park football ground makes an interesting backdrop.
Photographs of trains from the South can also be photographed, but I prefer the views looking North.
General views - All photographs © Dr. John Binch unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north west
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[Earth_To_Disk (aka Flat Earth Society), 2008-2011] Art of Failure :: until March 16, 2012 :: Devotion Gallery, 54 Maujer Street, Brooklyn, NY.
Imperfections identify a medium as it is with glass becoming visible by accumulated dusts and scratches. The Art of Failure collective, Nicolas Maigret and Nicolas Montgermont, experiment within the capacity of contemporary technologies to generate specific sounds and visual languages. In their realizations, the internal characteristics of media are revealed through errors, dysfunctions, borderlines or failure threshold, which they develop into sensory and immersive audio visual experiences.
This exhibition brings together works produced by the Art of Failure collective dealing with issues of perceptible representations of digital data. The pieces on view explore the connections between our concrete space and the immaterial spaces of information. The series of LAPS projects takes a close look at the internal vibrations of the worldwide communication network in the manner of a seismic analysis. It enables the audience to perceive the digital and intangible space peculiar to the Internet network. The Flat Earth Society series surfs at the heart of global cartographic data and offers an acoustic experience of terrestrial reliefs.
Works in the Exhibition:
Earth_To_Disk (aka Flat Earth Society) Earth elevation data analogically transposed on a 12 inch record (produced with Flo Kaufmann): Earth_to_Disk proposes a transposition of the earth elevation at the scale of a microgroove record. A standard turntable can read this relief. Each side of this 33rpm record is a transfer of an hemisphere starting with the equator at the extremity and ending with one pole at the center. While playing, the chain of the elevation data crossed by the needle is directly transposed into audible sound vibrations. By every rotation of the disk, we can recognize patterns corresponding to the relief of the crossed continents. The engraving of this elevation’s information on the surface of the disk generates in consequence a subtle image of the earth. This image may remind us the representations that are proposed to us since the stellar exploration. This object can also remind the Flat Earth as described by Thales. This representation is also in use by the Flat Earth Society, a group of people that still believe and defend the fact that the earth is flat.
Infinite Stream Loop – Archives [2010…] Generative composition for Internet: Infinite Stream Loop is a continuous stream that travels around the web. Originally, a silent stream has been injected into the web the 1st of July 2010, it performs a permanent back and forth between France and Japan following different path defined by the network’s internal rules. Since this date, the sound content of the stream keeps developing and remodeling according to the errors of transmission produced at every nodes passed through the network. This process draws up a temporal portrait of the digital space, a kind of sound agglomerate that offers a sonic perception of the unstable and untangible network’s space.
Internet_Encephalography [2011-2012] Global network activity measurement: Digital data are emitted from the exhibition space towards 193 computers located in every UN member state. Variations in the travel time towards the 193 states are represented as diagrams. They draw what could be an encephalography of the Internet. Through this set of located probes, the 193 electrograms informs on the internal dynamics and the overall state of the network. Also comparable to echo location or sonar methods, this process draws up a geography of nations in the digital network.
Douglas Kahn reviewed the work last year.
Artist Bios:
Nicolas Maigret has been developing an experimental practice of sound and electronic images (performances, installations, programming, radio) since 2001. After studies in Intermedia arts where he followed a theoretical education about the avant-gardes, he joins the laboratory Locus-Sonus in Nice dedicated to audio art researches. He has been teaching new media during workshops and at the Fine arts school of Bordeaux. He is presently involved in an artist run space named Plateforme in Paris, and develops digital and sound art researches in duo with Nicolas Montgermont under the name of Art Of Failure.
Nicolas Montgermont studies the relations between art, sciences and medium using the computer as a workshop. After a formation in signal processing, he studies sciences applied to music at the IRCAM center. His creating work is the search of a numerical aesthetics, using and developing personal tools to explore the specific possibilities of the computer. With the chdh collective, he develops a work of audiovisual performance that is shown in many festivals in Europe and is continued by the release of a dvd, vivarium in 2008. Since 2007, he also works with the Art of Failure collective mainly in the sound art field. In parallel, he teaches the usage of the computer for creation at the Louis Lumière school, at the university of Tunis and in workshops.
SYSTEM_INTROSPECTION [raw take @leCube] from Nicolas Maigret on Vimeo.
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Where Did the Saying “Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk” Come From?
Posted By: Katrina Cainon: March 30, 2015 In: Proverbs, Where Did That Saying Come From
Dutch Milkman Circa 1956 Photo Credit Nationaal Archief
Many of us have been told not to cry over spilled milk, most likely by our parents. Although spilled milk is a pain in the butt to clean up, it is hard to imagine why people would cry over it; unless the milk was chocolate, or laced with gold flakes. So; what does this saying mean and where did it originate?
This term in modern times, has very little do with actual milk and more about not regretting things that have come to pass or decisions that have been made that cannot be unmade. While no one can be entirely sure where this saying came from, the earliest known use of this phrase comes from the collection of English proverbs by James Howell in 1659:
“No weeping for shed milk.”
The fact that it was a book of proverbs suggests the saying had been around for a while before the book was published.
Later uses come from Andrew Yarranton’s England’s Improvement by Sea and Land, in 1681:
“Sir, there is no crying for shed milk, that which is past cannot be recall’d.”
The actual reason why it had to be milk spilled remains unclear, but the saying could very well be meant for children; who sometimes will spill their bottle of milk. The meaning is clear and is still in usage today. This proverb has staying power!
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Where to Travel: Brown Sugar Kitchen @ Oakland
The Destination: Brown Sugar Kitchen, Oakland, CA
The Vibes: A casual eatery with a welcoming ambiance
Good for: Those moments when you’re in the mood for food that’s flavorful, filling and made from local/seasonal/organic ingredients
When-To-Go: Breakfast and Lunch, everyday
I’ll Be Back…: For the macaroni and cheese and the beignets
Before making my way up to Oakland, as a SoCal native, my knowledge about the city was pretty limited. I knew that E40 and Too Short claim it, and that it's been portrayed as a dangerous place in the media.
Luckily, I have a few friends who are from and/or have lived there, so they were able to give me an "insider's look" into the heart of Oakland when I visited for the first time. And what I discovered was a vibrantly burgeoning city with a disarmingly edgy yet attractive charm!
One place in particular that left a lasting impression on me was Brown Sugar Kitchen. Located in an industrial part of West Oakland, its exterior is unassuming: a one-story, wooden building; a rectangular sign indicating the restaurant's location; a handful of warehouses, factories and concrete buildings nearby...and its interior: a clean-cut design that's modestly welcoming and reminiscent of an updated retro diner, with hints of subdued yellows and muted greens that give it a throwback feel.
The setting serves as a great backdrop for the delicious soul food made by Executive Chef and Owner Tanya Holland and her team. The kitchen’s specialties include traditional soul food recipes that have a fresh, modernized twist to them.
For example, the Creole BBQ Shrimp pictured below has steamed basmati rice and garden-fresh baby spinach.
The dishes here also have a lot of unique character and originality. Each entrée (and I was up in everyone’s business, seeing what they ordered) has its own special appearance and most importantly, their own unique tastes. It was quite a pleasant surprise to have a dollop of "Spicy Cabbage Slaw" on my pulled BBQ Pork Sandwich, pictured below.
The beignets are seriously some of the best I’ve had in the nation. They're gigantic, moist, fluffy and sprinkled with just the right amount of confetti sugar.
The Smoked Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo is also delicious. I had some of my friend’s, and found it to be hearty and very tasty.
Also, no matter what you get – a sandwich, a bowl of gumbo or whatever else – definitely order a side of the macaroni and cheese. It’s creamy and just simply amazing.
So the next time you find yourself in the Bay area - whether that's Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley or somewhere else nearby - do yourself a favor and head to Brown Sugar Kitchen. I guarantee you'll leave immensely satisfied.
See you there soon!
Brown Sugar Kitchen, Facebook, @BrownSugarKitch
With Executive Chef and Owner Tanya Holland (2nd from the right)
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Kiwanis Lake
Take time to visit Kiwanis Lake Rookery in the heart of York City. Kiwanis Lake was designated as the 82nd Important Bird Area site in York City in 2004. Initial reports and sighting provided crucial information about three different Pennsylvania state endangered bird species roosting at Kiwanis Lake. Kiwanis Lake Rookery is the only location in Pennsylvania with heron and egret species (yellow-crowned night heron, black crowned night heron and great egret). This site is one of only two in Pennsylvania with breeding yellow-crowned night heron (Nycticorax violaceus) colonies, one of two great egret (Ardea albus) colonies, and only one of four black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) colonies.
What makes a place an Important Bird Area?
The Important Bird Areas Program (IBA) is a National Audubon Society global effort to identify and conserve areas that are vital to birds and other biodiversity. By working with Audubon chapters, landowners, public agencies, community groups, and other non-profits, Audubon endeavors to interest and activate a broad network of supporters to ensure that all Important Bird Areas are properly managed and conserved.
In Pennsylvania, before a location is recognized as an IBA, the supporting research and data is reviewed by the Ornithological Technical Committee (OTC) of the Pennsylvania Biological Survey. The OTC serves as the selection committee for all of Pennsylvania’s designated IBA locations. (Pennsylvania IBA)
Since being designated an Important Bird Area efforts are being made by many organizations and partners to improve the habitat in and around Kiwanis Lake. Students of the York City School District William Penn High School take time each year to plant native tree seedlings, trees and perennials to create beneficial riparian buffers along Willis Run. These plantings are in the park at Kiwanis Lake, Noonan Park and Lincoln Park. The student’s hard work as been recognized and certified to meet the criteria for the Audubon At Home Bird Habitat Recognition Program. The improvements being done also help clean the water and make the water temperature cooler and help support fish and attracts many other bird species to the area.
Directions to Kiwanis Lake Rookery
York Project – Kiwanis Lake IBA
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- York City Parks and Recreation Department
- York City School District
- William Penn High School
- Codorus Creek Improvement Partnership
- Lower Susquehanna River Keepers
- PA Federation of Sportsmen (provided sign)
- York County Conservation District (donated trees)
- Bird Refuge of York County (Theresa Deckard rehabs the younger birds from site who have fallen from nests)
- PA Game Commission (Chad Eyler, Wildlife Conservation Officer monitors site weekly)
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Jean Charles de Menezes
From the Associated Press story on the execution of Jean Charles de Menezes:
"Hours after the shooting, Police Commissioner Ian Blair said the victim was 'directly linked' to the investigations into attacks Thursday and July 7. In the latter, suicide bombings on trains and a bus killed 56 people, including four attackers.
Police initially said the victim attracted police attention because he left a house that was under surveillance after Thursday’s bungled bombings, in which devices planted on three subway trains and a double-decker bus failed to detonate properly. Stockwell is near Oval station, one of those targeted.
'He was then followed by surveillance officers to the station. His clothing and his behavior at the station added to their suspicions,' police said Friday."
Unbelievable! Clear lying by the Police Commissioner and the police. Note the elaborate details in the police lies from the Knight Ridder story:
"Paul King, a 37-year-old administrator who was politely told to get out of his apartment by armed police as they searched his building, noted that, 'it makes you feel a bit jittery.'
According to the official version of de Menezes' death, police had been watching his apartment block as part of their search for Thursday's would-be bombers. When the man emerged, plain-clothes police followed him from Tulse Hill to the Stockwell station in south London.
Police said they ordered him to halt. Instead, he vaulted the turnstiles and ran onto a train, with police close behind.
The official report simply states: 'He was then followed by surveillance officers to the underground station. His clothing and behavior added to their suspicions.'"
Complete fiction! Had the victim turned out to be Muslim, we would no doubt have heard the whole constructed story of his connection to the bombings, the bombs he had strapped to his body, the excellent work of the police in following him to the scene of his planned attack, their heroism in stopping it, and a long and involved tale of how this nice young man was lured into Islamic extremism by radical Muslims he met at his local mosque. Unfortunately, he was a Brazilian, picked at random by the British paramilitary police unit based on the fact that he looked Asian and was wearing a heavy coat. It appears that they pursued him towards the train and thus towards people who could have been hurt, forced him onto the train, and then executed him - with a theatrical five shots - in front of witnesses. The Israelis aren't just teaching them how to fight terrorism, they're also teaching them how to fake it. The motive can only be to inflame Muslim opinion and attempt to create a race war in Britain. Obviously, this would help the cause of right-wing racists and the cause of the police, who would gain immense power in the ensuing panic. It would be interesting to see if there are direct connections between the paramilitary unit involved in this murder, and extreme right-wing British racist groups.
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1828.mshaffer.com › Word [tacksman]
tacksman
TACKS'MAN, n. One who holds a tack or lease of land from another; a tenant or lessee. [Local.]
Evolution (or devolution) of this word [tacksman]
TACKS'MAN, n.
One who holds a tack or lease of land from another; a tenant or lessee. [Local.]
Tacks"man
One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.
Sir W. Scott.
The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the little community, must be the captains. Macaulay.
TACKS'MAN, noun One who holds a tack or lease of land from another; a tenant or lessee. [Local.]
The 1828 webster's definitions are clearer than its "successors". It has no political correctness and it's a dictionary I read now (after I knew about it) hand-in-hand with my Bible. Thank you for providing such a valuable resource online. -Kevin
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bell-metal
BELL'-METAL, n. [bell and metal] A mixture of copper and tin, in the proportion of about ten parts of copper to one of tin, or according to Thomson, three parts to one, and usually a small portion of brass or zink; used for making bells.
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Korn Tribute Band Drummer Suffers Stroke Onstage, Still Finishes Playing
Graham Hartmann
YouTube: Ian Cassidy
Alex Headen, 28-year-old drummer for Korn tribute band Korn Again, suffered a stroke in the middle of his band’s set at Rockstock 2019. Despite losing feeling in the left side of his body and going blind in his left eye, Headen finished performing “Helmet in the Bush” before receiving medical attention.
Rockstock is a U.K. festival of tribute bands, and over two days, acts like Queen, Guns N’ Roses and Metallica were covered in Woodbank Park. Korn Again made it four songs into their set before Headen began suffering symptoms of a stroke, but the drummer didn’t expect the severity of his condition.
"I didn't want to stop the song because it was so early in the set,” the drummer tells the Manchester Evening News. “I didn't want to let the band or crowd down. Never in a million years did I think I was having a stroke. I just thought I had low blood sugar or was dehydrated. I thought, 'If I get through this song, I can grab a fizzy drink or a bite to eat and carry on. I started the show fine but by the fourth song my vision started to go blurry, then my left arm went numb and I dropped my drum stick. I carried on playing with just my right arm but then I completely lost my vision in my left eye. The song finished and I collapsed on my drum kit."
In the video below, you can see Headen stop hitting his hi-hat at around the two-minute mark, instead using his right arm to hit the snare. Korn Again’s singer looks back at Headen after noticing the hi-hat dropped out.
Hospital doctors still don’t know the cause of the drummer’s stroke, but Headen is "making good progress" despite still struggling with his left arm and shoulder.
After seeing the story on the Daily Mail, Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch gave Headen a shout-out on Instagram, also offering free concert tickets to the Korn Again musician:
We’d like to wish Alex Headen the very best in his recovery.
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The recent events at the US embassy in Iraq underline the danger faced by US diplomats abroad.President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo applauded the US response after supporters of Shia militias in Iraq burn a security facility at the embassy.But both Trump and Pompeo have pushed for cuts to security funding for the US diplomatic corps.Trump’s aggressive foreign policy stances have also increased risks to these diplomats.Instead of pushing for security funding cuts, the government must prioritize diplomats’ safety.Brett Bruen was the director of global engagement in the Obama White House and a career American diplomat. He runs the crisis-communications agency Global Situation Room.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.The US’s diplomats are in danger. I don’t just mean their precarious political position. Our embassies and the security structures designed to keep them safe have been seriously weakened by budget cuts over the last several years.The developments of the past few weeks, including the supporters of Shia militias in Iraq burning a security facility and nearly breaching the main walls of the US embassy in Iraq and the increased tensions with Iran following the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike.These events are a reminder of the real risks America’s diplomats face, especially serving overseas in the turbulent times of Trump.The budget shows the prioritiesListening to President Donald Trump and Secretary Mike Pompeo, one could be convinced that our foreign service officers were never better protected. They bragged about the clash at the embassy in Baghdad as an “Anti-Benghazi” and distributed videos of Apache helicopters releasing flares above the embassy. The trouble is firing off flares and tweets is temporary. They are designed more for show than to protect our people.Beyond the bluster, the truth is that the Trump Administration has undermined the security of our diplomats and continually attempted to reduce funding to protect them.If you want a sense of where the administration’s priorities lie, look no further than the president’s budget proposals. For the past three years, the Trump administration has requested Congress slash the State Department’s budget for things like embassy security and diplomatic protection.In some cases they’ve been successful. Between fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2019, the budget for the Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance fund was cut from $3.01 billion to $1.98 billion according to the Congressional Research Service.And again this year, the Trump administration asked to cut that fund to just $1.63 billion, another 18% drop. Thankfully, Congress rejected that proposal in its budget passed in December but unfortunately only maintained the still-depleted level of funding from last year.In addition, the State Department’s Worldwide Security Protection fund — designed to ensure the safety of the diplomatic corps — was sliced by $500 million between fiscal years 2017 and 2019, from $4.6 billion to $4.1 billion.So while Pompeo and Trump may want to tout the response to the recent situation in Iraq, the administration’s consistent calls for cuts to the protection of diplomats show where their real priorities lie.Pompeo rose to national prominence trying to portray himself as the protector of our nation’s diplomats during the Benghazi hearings. He slammed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not doing more to secure our consulate in Eastern Libya. So, it is particularly ironic for him to so consistently push for cuts to the very equipment and resources designed to ensure diplomats’ safety.When Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks called Pompeo out for such blatant hypocrisy earlier this year, the Secretary of State mounted an absurd defense. “Diplomatic security is not about dollars and spending,” he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.Sure, we need a strategy and to make sure we are spending the money smartly. But, there is no question that fewer resources in government most often leads to critical corners and programs being cut. Absent a clear, compelling, and comprehensive plan for how we can do more with less – which this Administration has yet to articulate – funds for safety should not be touched.Trump’s foreign policy is not helpingAt the same time that the Trump administration has proposed and pushed through these cuts, threats to our diplomats have increased quite substantially. Trump has gratuitously offended allies and adversaries, while recklessly driving our foreign policy into dangerous territory. We are deeply unpopular around the world. That directly translates into heightened risks for those representing the Administration and its policies.In a 2018 report, the State Department’s own Inspector General warned that the places where US diplomats live have inadequate security.”Our inspection report findings show that many Department employees and their families continue to occupy residences abroad that do not or cannot be demonstrated to meet Department safety standards,” the report said.Homes overseas are in fact where we are most vulnerable. These residences don’t enjoy the same level of security as our embassies and hardened facilities. So, the question has to be asked, with our diplomats and their families endangered because of inadequate infrastructure and heightened global tensions, why in the world would Trump and Pompeo being cutting back even further?The answer is this Administration has long shown its preference for hype and hiding facts. Most of the time it’s a national embarrassment, the embodiment of everything wrong with our politics today. But this is much more serious. This is about the lives of those who serve this nation overseas and their efforts to protect our country.It is time to sound the alarm on the declining defenses for those working on the frontlines for our national security. This should not be partisan or particularly difficult. The homes of our diplomats must be made safe. The threats they face need to be taken more seriously and the budget cuts must be restored.I know first-hand the fear you feel as a diplomat posted to countries in crisis and conflict. 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Old age is a risk factor for a range of conditions, including elder abuse and neglect which manifest through conditions such as bedsores, impaired mobility, incontinence, falls, dehydration, malnutrition and confusion.
Australia's aged care infrastructure is struggling to meet it's moral obligations under unsupportive and lacklustre policies resulting in inadequate care, being given to our elderly citizens. That strain is also obvious in that many aged care advocates and media, have consistently reported on the shameful state of our aged care system. Many nursing homes are clearly unable to cope with providing the level of care that is required to look after our precious elderly citizens.
As the older population increases, so does the need for comprehensive geriatric evaluation and treatment of our elderly in hospitals and nursing homes. Carers charged with the responsibility of caring for the elderly need to be able to provide thorough evaluation and treatment of geriatric symptoms.
Narrow definition of elder abuse in aged care
ACC are concerned that the Aged Care Act 1997 does not have sufficient measures in place to deter elder abuse. The Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007 was introduced in response to the nursing home rapes scandal in 2006. This response was a host of draconian police checks and mandatory reporting requirements.
Prior to the introduction of the 'compulsory reporting' regime, concerns at the time pointed to the limits of the proposed Bill in addressing all potential forms of abuse, which included concerns around poor nutrition, hydration, hygiene, verbal and emotional abuse or financial fraud. The limitations in the scope of reporting requirements fail to address other forms of abuse, which include neglect, financial and residents-on-resident abuse.
No attempt was made to examine the underlying problems in the system although some tried. The limitations in the scope of reporting requirements failed to address the most common forms of elder abuse and were reduced to unlawful sexual contact or unreasonable use of force.
The legislation justifies this by requiring aged care providers to effectively manage peoples’ behaviours and to provide adequate staffing to control these and prevent recurrence.
"… There is no duty of care to protect residents from the actions of other residents with cognitive impairment who may put others at risk. The government talks about ‘behavioural management’. Too often the latter fails and we note the refusal of the Government to commit to safe staff/resident ratios. As well, there has been no commitment to fund dementia units to separate residents who put other frail residents at risk - although there have been several cases where serious injury to frail people due to resident assault (perhaps even resulting in death) have occurred…”
Source: Aged Care Crisis submission, Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill 2007, Feb 2007
As a result, resident on resident assaults are not even recorded let alone reported. Nearly 70 per cent of aged care complaints impact directly on the health, wellbeing and human rights of patients in aged care. Health and personal care is the issue most raised.
Residents subjected to alleged events which occurred in a New South Wales nursing home, which included the horrors of having resident's genitalia photographed for some sick game (spot the body part); depriving a dying man of food; and taunting a dementia resident. Sadly, none of these events satisfied the official government requirements of the "compulsory reporting" regime that was introduced in 2007 to purportedly 'protect' residents in aged care. Although in this case, the provider optionally contacted the department, but there was no requirement to do so.
These issues were also raised in mutiple submissions made to the Productivity Commission’s Caring for Older Australians by ACC and the Queensland Law Society, but were ignored.
Safe staffing ratios and community presence in residential aged care homes would significantly reduce the incidence of resident-to-resident elder abuse, which is currently excluded from reporting requirements.
ACC are not alone in urging the Federal Government to extend reporting to include other common forms of abuse - including psychological abuse.
Link: World Health Organisation - Elder Abuse Fact Sheet
2013: The tragic case of 88 year-old Cynthia Thoresen recently made headlines in Queensland. Mrs Thoresen’s sad decline and the extent of her injuries have been comprehensively documented.
Despite shocking neglect, her carer, daughter Marguerite, could not be successfully prosecuted in the context of existing laws. As a result of the case, Queensland’s deputy state coroner called on the state attorney-general to consider relevant law reform. Such a review would include, it seems, the criminalisation of mistreatment of older people.
Learn more: The mistreatment of older people: is it time to legislate against abuse?
Whilst the MyAgedCare government website has adopted the definition of elder abuse according to the World Health Organisation, this conflicts with the narrow definition of government legislation’s definition of elder abuse in aged care:
Elder abuse concerns
No older person should be subjected to any form of abuse, often referred to as ‘Elder abuse’. Elder abuse can take various forms such as physical, psychological or emotional, sexual or financial abuse. It can also be the result of intentional or unintentional neglect.
Elder abuse can be defined as “a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person” (World Health Organization).
Source: MyAgedCare website: http://www.myagedcare.gov.au/financial-and-legal/elder-abuse-concerns
Types of elder abuse
Elder abuse is a term referring to any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to a vulnerable adult.
Physical Abuse - Slapping, hitting, beating, shoving, pushing, kicking, pinching, burning, biting, severe beatings, inappropriate restraint
Emotional Abuse - Inflicting mental pain, anguish, .
Sexual Abuse - Non-consensual sexual contact of any kind, sexual exhibition to rape or sodomy; Inappropriate touching; Photographing in suggestive poses; Forcing to view pornography; Forcing sexual contact; Coerced nudity
Exploitation - Illegal taking, misuse, or concealment of funds, property, or assets of a vulnerable elder.
Abandonment - The desertion of a vulnerable elder by anyone who has assumed the responsibility for care or custody of that person.
Neglect - Withholding appropriate attention; Intentionally failing to meet older person's physical, social, emotional needs; Failure to provide food, water, clothing, medications; Failure to assist with activities of daily living or help with personal hygiene
Emotional and Psychological Abuse - Name-calling, "Silent treatment", Intimidate or threaten the individual; invoke fear or mental anguish; cause emotional pain or distress, or distress on an elder person through verbal or nonverbal acts
Financial Abuse - Misuse of older family member's funds; Embezzlement; Fraud, forgery; Taking money under false pretences; Forced property transfers
Elder abuse can affect people of all ethnic backgrounds, social status and gender.
An extract found in one of eight commissioned papers prepared for: 2020 A Vision for Aged Care In Australia - The Myer Foundation:
Morbidity among Older People in Residential Care:
The vast majority of older people in residential care have either severe or, more often, profound disability. Even within the group of people with profound disability, those in residential care are likely to be the oldest and frailest, and are also more likely to be women.
It is an indictment of the currently-poorly-maintained data sources that there is no clear overall study to quantify the health conditions and needs of those people in residential care, with the possible exception of cognitive impairment."
Source: The Myer Foundation - 2020 A Vision for Aged Care in Australia
Why don't we know more about abuse or neglect of older people?
It's not a "sexy" subject, is it? If you don't care about it now, it could be too late when it happens to someone you love. That someone could be you.
The Australian newspaper's Aged Care writer, Kate Legge reported in June 2004:
"There are no reliable national statistics to confirm the size of the problem. There is no mandatory reporting. No policy framework for investigating complaint. Not even an agreed definition of what constitutes elder abuse"
"They are hidden away. They don't go to school or out to the shops. No one sees them. Vulnerability and dependency are the two main prerequisites of elder abuse..."
Fast forward to 2016, this untennable situation remains.
Some of the reasons attributable to abuse and neglect of the elderly are:
until recently there has been little public or professional awareness of elder abuse and neglect
victims are often isolated and hidden from outside scrutiny
societal attitudes and negative stereotyping of older people may lead to a lack of recognition of the problem
victims may feel ashamed that the abuse is happening
older people may feel they are the only ones in such a situation
older people may fear retaliation
signs of abuse and neglect may be overlooked and attributed to age related changes
There are many locations where abuse can occur, such as in a domestic situation, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long term care facilities. Abuse can even occur in adult day care centers and community centers. Abuse can happen to anyone.
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What are the causes of nursing home neglect and abuse?
Nursing home neglect and abuse has often been attributed to under qualified and insufficient staff. When staff are not properly trained, or overworked because there are too few workers, the results can be deadly. Some instances of nursing home neglect and abuse are acts of frustration. Nursing home staff has been viewed as "under-valued". Most aged-care workers earn only $13 or $14 an hour, despite many having to care for 60 or 70 residents a night (note there are no guidelines for actual number of staffing levels). Fast-food giant McDonald's pays workers over 21 almost $14 an hour.
Elder abuse or neglect by staff in care facilities may occur because of:
Worker burnout; workers may be overworked, working long shift hours
Untrained staff
Staff underpaid or not enough benefits
Staff may be frustrated with aggressive or rebellious clients
Staff in a hurry to leave after a long day
Neglect is a type of elder abuse defined as the refusal or failure to fulfill any part of a worker's obligations or duties to a nursing home resident. Neglect and elder abuse in nursing homes may also include the failure to provide necessary care. Neglect typically means the refusal or failure to provide a nursing home resident with such life necessities as food, water, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, medicine, comfort, personal safety, and other essentials included in an implied or agreed-upon responsibility to a resident.
The following descriptions are not necessarily proof of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, but they may be cues that a problem exists.
Elder abuse and neglect
Signs and symptoms of elder abuse and neglect include but are not limited to:
dehydration, malnutrition (without illness-related cause), untreated bedsores, and poor personal hygiene
unattended or untreated health problems
hazardous or unsafe living conditions/arrangements (for example, improper wiring, no heat, or no running water)
unsanitary and unclean living conditions (for example, dirt, fleas, lice on person, soiled bedding, faecal/urine smell, inadequate clothing)
a nursing home resident’s report of being mistreated
an injury that has not been cared for properly
an injury that is inconsistent with explanation for its cause pain from touching
cuts, puncture wounds, burns, bruises, welts
poor coloration, sunken eyes or cheeks
inappropriate administration of medication
frequent use of hospital or health care/doctor-shopping
lack of necessities such as food, water, or utilities
lack of personal effects, pleasant living environment, personal items
forced isolation
Behavioral signs:
Fear; Anxiety; Agitation; Anger
Isolation, Withdrawal; Depression
Non-responsiveness; Resignation; Ambivalence
Contradictory statements; Implausible stories
Hesitation to talk openly; Confusion or disorientation
Signs by care giver:
Prevents elder from speaking to or seeing visitors
Anger, indifference, aggressive behavior toward elder
History of substance abuse, mental illness, criminal behavior, or family violence
Lack of affection towards elder
Flirtation or coyness as possible indicator of inappropriate sexual relationships
Conflicting accounts of incidents
Withholds affection
Talks of elder as a burden
Medical neglect is the failure to provide proper medical geriatric care to the elderly. There have been recent reports alleging that nursing homes or hospitals, have failed to provide appropriate medical treatment to the elderly.
Signs and symptoms of medical neglect include but are not limited to:
non-treatment of medical problems
presence of bed sores
over sedation
incorrect medication administered (at times proving lethal)
non-treatment of pain
Self-neglect
Self-neglect is characterised as the behavior of a nursing home resident that threatens his/her own health or safety. Self-neglect is elder abuse that generally manifests itself in a resident as a refusal or failure to accept adequate food, water, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, medication (when indicated), and safety precautions. The definition of self-neglect excludes a situation in which a mentally competent nursing home resident, who understands the consequences of his/her decisions, makes a conscious and voluntary decision to engage in acts that threaten his/her health or safety as a matter of personal choice.
Signs and symptoms of self-neglect include but are not limited to:
dehydration, malnutrition, untreated or improperly attended medical conditions, and poor personal hygiene
hazardous or unsafe living conditions/arrangements (for example, improper wiring, no indoor
plumbing, no heat, no running water)
unsanitary or unclean living quarters (for example, animal/insect infestation, no functioning toilet, fecal/urine smell)
inappropriate and/or inadequate clothing, lack of the necessary medical aids (for example, eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures)
grossly inadequate housing
Physical elder abuse is the use of physical force that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment. Physical elder abuse may include acts of violence like striking, with or without an object, hitting, beating, pushing, shoving, shaking, slapping, kicking, pinching, and burning.
The inappropriate use of drugs and physical restraints, force-feeding, and physical punishment of any kind also are examples of physical elder abuse.
Signs and symptoms of physical elder abuse include but are not limited to:
bruises, black eyes, welts, lacerations, and rope marks
bone fractures, broken bones, and skull fractures
open wounds, cuts, punctures, untreated injuries in various stages of healing
sprains, dislocations, and internal injuries/bleeding
broken eyeglasses/frames, physical signs of being subjected to punishment, and signs of being restrained
laboratory findings of medication overdose or under utilisation of prescribed drugs
a nursing home resident’s report of being hit, slapped, kicked, or mistreated
nursing home resident’s sudden change in behavior
the nursing home worker’s refusal to allow visitors to see a nursing home resident alone
Emotional or psychological abuse
Emotional or psychological elder abuse is defined as the infliction of anguish, pain, or distress through verbal or nonverbal acts. Emotional/psychological elder abuse includes but is not limited to verbal assaults, insults, threats, intimidation, humiliation, and harassment. In addition, treating a nursing home resident like an infant; isolating a nursing home resident from his/her family, friends, or regular activities; giving a resident the "silent treatment;" and enforced social isolation are examples of emotional/psychological elder abuse.
Signs and symptoms of emotional/psychological elder abuse include but are not limited to:
being emotionally upset or agitated
being extremely withdrawn and non communicative or non responsive
unusual behavior usually attributed to dementia (for example, sucking, biting, rocking)
a nursing home resident’s report of being verbally or emotionally mistreated
Abandonment in the form of elder abuse is the desertion of a nursing home resident by a nursing home worker, who has assumed responsibility for providing care for the resident.
Signs and symptoms of abandonment include but are not limited to:
the desertion of a nursing home resident
the desertion of a nursing home resident at a public location
a nursing home resident’s own report of being abandonement
Sexual elder abuse is defined as non-consensual sexual contact of any kind with a nursing home resident. Sexual contact with any person incapable of giving consent is also considered sexual elder abuse. It includes but is not limited to unwanted touching, all types of sexual assault or battery, such as rape, sodomy, coerced nudity, and sexually explicit photographing.
Signs and symptoms of sexual elder abuse include but are not limited to:
bruises around the breasts or genital area
unexplained venereal disease or genital infections
unexplained vaginal or anal bleeding
torn, stained, or bloody underclothing
a nursing home resident’s report of being sexually assaulted or raped
Financial or material exploitation is the illegal or improper use of a nursing home resident’s funds, property, or assets. Examples of this elder abuse include, but are not limited to, cashing a nursing home resident’s checks without authorization/permission; forging a resident's signature; misusing or stealing a resident’s money or possessions; coercing or deceiving a resident into signing any document (contracts or will); and the improper use of conservatorship, guardianship, or power of attorney.
Signs and symptoms of financial or material exploitation include but are not limited to:
sudden changes in bank account or banking practice, including an unexplained withdrawal of large sums of money by a person accompanying the nursing home resident
the inclusion of additional names on a nursing home resident’s bank signature card
unauthorised withdrawal of the nursing home resident’s funds using the resident's ATM card
abrupt changes in a will or other financial documents; unusual activity in bank account
unexplained disappearance of funds or valuable possessions
substandard care being provided or bills unpaid despite the availability of adequate financial resources
discovery of a nursing home resident’s signature being forged for financial transactions or for the titles of his/her possessions
sudden appearance of previously uninvolved relatives claiming their rights to a nursing home resident’s affairs and possessions
the provision of services that are not necessary
a nursing home resident’s report of financial exploitation.
Frequent expensive gifts from elder to caregiver
Elder’s personal belongings, papers, credit cards missing
Numerous unpaid bills
A recent Will when elder seems incapable of writing a Will
Caregiver’s name added to bank account
Elder unaware of monthly income
Frequent cheques made out to “cash”
Irregularities on tax return
Elder unaware of reason for appointment with banker or attorney
Caregiver’s refusal to spend money on elder
Signatures on cheques or legal documents that do not resemble elder’s signature
More information: Guide for reporting reportable assaults (Dept. of Health: Ageing and Aged Care)
Elder Abuse: Don't know, don't care, or both?
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not have to choose between two matters, but that he chose the easier of them as long as it was not a wrong action. If it was a wrong action, he was the furthest of people from it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not take revenge for himself unless the limits of Allah were violated. Then he took revenge for it for Allah."
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Part of the excellence of a man's Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A man asked permission to come in to see the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. I was with him in the house and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'He is an evil member of his tribe.' Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave him permission." Aisha continued, "It was not long before I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laughing with him. When the man left, I said, 'Messenger of Allah, you said what you said about him, and then before long you were laughing with him.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, replied, 'Among the most evil of people is the one whom people are cautious with because of his evil.' "
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Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle, Abu Suhayl ibn Malik from his father that Kab al-Ahbar said, "If you want to know what a slave has with his Lord, then look at whatever good praise follows him."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "I have heard that by his good character a man can reach the degree of the one who stands in prayer at night and the one who is thirsty from fasting in the heat of the day."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, "Shall I tell you what is better than much prayer and sadaqa?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Mending discord. And beware of hatred - it strips you (of your deen)."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I was sent to perfect good character."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Salama ibn Safwan ibn Salama az-Zuraqi that Zayd ibn Talha ibn Rukana, who attributed it to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Every deen has an innate character. The character of Islam is modesty.' "
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by a man who was chiding his brother about modesty. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Leave him. Modesty is part of iman."
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Wasim No’mani
Wasim No’mani, (Amir), Wasim is proud and honored to make his appearance on the ACT stage for the second time under John Langs’ direction in People of the Book after playing the role of Hassan Asfour in ACT’s 2018 production on Oslo. Wasim resides in Los Angeles where he is unemployed as a working actor. Born of migrating Iraqi parents pursuing their higher education in Theatre, Wasim spent his developing years meandering through sets, stages, and theaters throughout the United States with big immigrant dreams of becoming a working actor. He has been on stage before but you probably haven’t seen him in productions such as: Water by the Spoonful and Happiest Song Plays Last (Profile Theatre, Portland); Jesus Hopped the A Train (CoHo Productions, Portland); Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The Hudson Mainstage, Los Angeles); Buffalo Soldier (El Portal, Los Angeles) and other shows along the western coast of America. Wasim thanks his friends and family for their unreasonably durable support and is also deeply indebted to the entire ACT family for their warmth and continuing hospitality. He praises Mr. El-Guindi for having written this play and writing it especially for YOU.
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Adam M. Butz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
November 12, 2015 by butzadam
On Mizzou
How could there be a concerted effort to fire a university president over a mere handful of overtly racist incidents? In a multi-century system of white supremacy and racial apartheid, some ugly residue remains and will spill out occasionally. That is just life in America. A few imbibed fraternity brothers shouting the N-word should be confronted and condemned, not the university leadership. One incident of swastika feces smear does not a crisis make.
This narrow emphasis on a handful of egregious and outlandish racist violations eschews deeper issues of systematic racism and regularly hostile environment faced by students of color at Mizzou and university campuses nationwide. Indeed, this is a reoccurring theme in how white people generally view racism – as episodic, individualized acts from “bad” white people usually involving the N-word – not as more entrenched, system-wide concerns with enduring disparities and systemic discrimination in everything from housing and employment to education and criminal justice. It is a game of technicalities, never about the uneven structuring and privileges of the game itself. To be labeled a “racist” is viewed as much worse than participating in a system that broadly advantages certain groups over others.
That type of old-school Jim-Crow style racism, centering on the biological inferiority of Blacks, still exists to some degree, but is now roundly derided and easily criticized. In current times, racism is not as loud nor gauche. It is casual, “stealthy” and structural racism that remains much more pernicious. The type of covert racism and accompanying historical ignorance that largely goes over the head of white naivety. It is now socially unacceptable to refer to Black people as subhuman n*****s. Even the most ardent white supremacist has received that memo, and we certainly see fewer of those types of overtly racist displays. KKK cross-burnings are winning fewer friends in the 21st Century. However, it is not that racism and broader systems of white advantage have ceased to exist entirely. It has merely evolved. It is this inability or unwillingness to acknowledge and address the festering wounds of historic inequities and nuances of contemporary racial discrimination that ultimately led to President Wolfe’s resignation.
In recent decades, the N-word and focus on biological inferiority has been replaced in many ways by unflattering stereotypes concerning the work ethic, shiftlessness, and intrinsic criminality and “pathology” of Black people. Racial degradation is consistently felt in these subtler alternative forms. It is when a Black student enters the student center common area and hears that “she is just here for the welfare TV.” It is when white passersby clutch their belongings tightly in the presence of Black male students. It is when the white medical and law students wonder if the minority students are there because of affirmative action and unmerited racial preferences. It is when Black students are singled out as having special insight about crime and deviance in criminal justice classes. It is when Black students are followed more closely in the university bookstore than their white counterparts. It is in the exclusionary tendencies of fraternity culture that caters largely to privileged white clientele in cloistered social circles. It’s when minority students hear white partygoers whispering about who is “supposed to be there.” It is when Black students rarely see professors that look like them due to lack of diversity in faculty hiring. These more subtle forms of racial animus have tentacles woven deeply throughout society and are much more pervasive beyond a handful of townsfolk shouting racial epithets.
Persistent negative stereotyping is coupled with (and in many ways informed by) an inability or unwillingness among many whites to take a full, honest accounting of our racial history and the systemic inequalities that continue into modern times. Put simply, there is a lack of basic historical understanding, racial awareness and cultural competence. Recently, when Concerned Citizen 1950 activists confronted President Wolfe and asked for his definition of “systemic oppression”, he could not articulate a clear response. I think there is an argument to be made that one should probably not be president of a world-class university system with those types of cultural blinders.
He couldn’t immediately speak to a legacy of segregation and social isolation. He couldn’t speak to deindustrialization and exodus of secure, high-wage jobs. He couldn’t speak to the ways in which the federal government crafted white-only suburbs and fostered home ownership among white-only families following WWII. He couldn’t speak to the centuries-long accumulation of wealth, inheritance, and industry connections at the expense of minority populations. He couldn’t speak to “legacy admissions” showing deference to alumni applications and elite donors. He couldn’t speak to a racialized war on drugs, mass incarceration, and broader discrimination in the criminal justice system. He couldn’t speak to continued discrimination in the housing and labor markets. None of this seemed to be on his radar, at least in terms of agenda setting and issue priorities as university leader. I think that exposes the fundamental divide. Many people, including President Wolfe, might be able to acknowledge that racial disparities and discriminatory practices exist on some level, but are relatively indifferent toward the issue and don’t want to be bothered. Conversely, there are those who desire to actively correct these continued inequalities and disparities, and view comfort with the status quo as emboldening rather than extinguishing systems of white advantage. To not fight back is to acquiesce and tacitly accept unequal treatment.
While many appear baffled that activists would demand resignation, if you have read through the concerns of the protesters, I think the motivation becomes clearer. Wolfe was perceived (fairly or unfairly) as being indifferent and callous toward the concerns of minority students on the Mizzou campus. That indifference and inaction is perceived (fairly or unfairly) by the protesters as engendering the status quo of white supremacy instead of actively standing up against recent incidents and racial injustice more generally. Wolfe came across as being tone deaf to the very real concerns and experiences of the minority students on campus, and they believe (rightly or wrongly) that a change in university leadership at the top is necessary in order to advance racial justice issues.
I don’t know if demanding the king’s head was “right” or the best move (I don’t know if there is a single “right” move or how we could even make such an assertion with any confidence). Direct action by its very nature is sloppy and lacks crisp algorithms. Maybe it wasn’t Wolfe’s place to take action, and perhaps it wasn’t the place of the protesters to demand that awareness and action from top leadership. Perhaps more of the ire should have been directed toward the Mizzou Chancellor or Provost, who have more intimate association with the daily functioning of UM campuses. Perhaps the Mizzou football team should not have flexed their economic muscle and threatened to cease football activities. Reasonable people can disagree with the tactics and appropriate intensity or magnitude of specific protest activities and ultimatums. Youngish students rarely get it right the first time and there is a learning curve for everyone involved here. However, the racial justice issues raised by Concerned Student 1950 are real and enduring and warrant sustained attention. To dismiss those concerns as “P.C.” or “campus fascism” is to miss the big picture entirely. Ultimately, this was and remains an opportunity for the university leadership to address endemic and systemic issues across the totality of campus life, not a handful of fraternity brothers screaming the N-word.
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I Cannot Play On The Fucking Floor With These Kids One More Second
Adequate Man
Respect Is Poison: A Message To The Class Of 2019
Yes, You Can Refer To Your Favorite Team As “We”
Let’s Do It. Let’s All Eat Salad With A Fuckin’ Spoon
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Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come. Why Your Team Sucks kicks into high gear next week, and if you wanna be part of it, just use the Funbag email link above and send me all the reasons why YOUR team sucks. The more personal and visceral the bitterness, the better. Your team only, please. I don’t give a fuck if you’re some Ravens fan dying to sneak in a few potshots at the Steelers. You can find that shit in any team message board any hour any day. I am here for self-loathing and self-loathing only. Put “WYTS” and your team’s name in the subject line and I’ll buff it up so it’s all nice and shiny for America. I’ve had to close submissions quickly the past few years so don’t be shocked if the window is slammed shut with relative haste once again.
Now … your letters:
Joel:
I’ve been a parent for about two and a half years now and I’m convinced the hardest part is the amount of time I’m spending on the floor. Playing or picking up toys, helping with shoes and clothes, applying sunscreen, cleaning up spilled milk or vomit, even changing the odd diaper. Seems like I spend every waking hour in a crouch, kneel, or flat out prone position. It’s killing me. Especially my knees. With respect to pee/poop/puke, not sleeping, dealing with other parents, and shelling out a fortune for daycare, the worst part about these young kids has to be getting down on the floor right?
It’s a bitch. Your only salvation is a rug, or cheap carpeting. If you’re getting down on a hard floor whenever baby has tummy time, you’ll blow every disk in your back by October. Not good. It’s not the WORST part of parenting, but it feels lousy when playing with your child—which is supposed to be a joyous little moment—causes physical discomfort to the point where you don’t wanna do it anymore. This is only tangentially related, but my son wanted to play soccer outside the other day when I was hot and tired, and the idea of it made me exasperated, like I had to do a chore. My fucking son wanted to play with me, man. I feel awful I could ever have felt that way about it.
Anyway, when it comes to playing on the floor, do what I do and just lie all the way down. That’s what throw pillows are for. I have a bad back, so I don’t bother kneeling on the floor, or crouching, or sitting cross-legged, or doing any of that contortionist nonsense. I just drop like a stone and play trains like I’m about to nap (which I sometimes end up doing). It works. The only drawback to this technique is that my kids see me lying down everywhere and now they do likewise. It’s inevitable that kids become teens and slouch all over the place and put their feet up on every goddamn thing, but I inadvertently got these kids lounging around the world right away, like they never even learned to walk. They’ll fit right in as Americans, but this was probably poor modeling on my part.
Also, NEVER play board games on the floor. Ever. Board games with a child are already physical agony. Don’t exacerbate it by playing a three-hour game of Monopoly on the floor, like you’re whiling away a seven-hour airport layover. I used to play Connect Four with my kids on the floor and by the time I had lost the first game, my shoulder was pulled pork. Brutal. Card games are even worse. I won’t play that shit on the floor anymore. They just play without me, which means more time for daddy to make bacon.
Neck-up picture, what kinda athlete you got yourself pegged as? I think baseball or beach volleyball. Which sport(s) would you want people to say?
These days? Golfer. I’m a middle-aged dipshit with sallow skin, poofy hair, and barely any chin. I don’t look like an athlete at all. I look like someone you elbow out of the way to retrieve your rollerboard from the baggage claim. Therefore, GOLFER. Putting me on a golf course is like putting a chameleon on a eucalyptus leaf. I disappear. Looking like a pro bowler or poker player would represent an upgrade for me in the looks department. Alas.
I would murder a child to be mistaken for a pro surfer or a beach volleyball legend. “Oh wow that guy is so deeply tan and has such gorgeous, natural sun-bleached highlights… he must be Karch Kiraly!” That’ll never happen. Every time I go to the gym, I do it under the delusion that if I jerk off that elliptical trainer hard enough, I’ll end up looking like Laird Hamilton. Instead I look like a dude who blames the caddie for shanking a 5-iron directly into a pimento cheese sandwich vendor’s face. This is my lot in life.
If you had asked me this question 25 years ago I would have said a football player on both counts. That was all I wanted to be, and I made sure to look the part on picture day. I had the frat boy hat wings. I had the thick neck. I had the Serious Football Dude face. I wanted people to look at the team photo in the yearbook and be like “Oh wow that guy must be the STAR of the team!” I was not. I should’ve joined the golf team.
Sean:
What is a more effective defense: moat in front of wall, or wall in front of moat? Does the answer vary in terms of sandcastle building vs. in medieval times?
Well, for a sandcastle, I’m very much in favor of a protective trench in FRONT of the wall. Gives me a chance to dig a hole at the beach, which I do with relish. And I figure it’s better to have the trench protect the wall rather than vice versa because if the ocean hits the wall, the wall is destroyed. If you make it so the water has to fill a trench before reaching the wall, you’ve bought yourself a solid 1.3 extra waves of protection. Your fortress is now impregnable. There’s no point in putting a moat behind the wall, unless you want that moat filled with the wall’s sand five minutes from now.
As for medieval battle, all I know about combat in those days comes from watching the Lord of the Rings movies, which don’t even take place in medieval times. They take place in an imaginary olde tyme Pangaea with elves and fairies and ghosts and shit. But people wear armor and ride horses in that trilogy, so that’s historically accurate King Arthur period design to me. Anyway, scaling a wall in those movies looked hard, especially for braindead Uruk Hai troops who are bred for killing and can fell a tree with their bare hands but also collapse and die if an arrow so much as grazes them on the wrist. Anyway, if you stick a moat in front of Helm’s Deep or some other keep, that gives you more time to fire away at the enemy and to dump boiling cauldrons of oil on them. Also, it impedes the progress of any Grond-like battering ram…
Who’s up for whole hog barbecue gang?!
I intended to write the entire paragraph above as a preface to a classic BUT! in the middle of the take, mostly because I figured it’s exhausting to scale a wall, get cannons shot at you, and lose hundreds of your comrades, only to discover once you reach the top of it that you still gotta cross a goddamn river. It’s like waiting to ride Space Mountain. BUT, now that I’ve thought it out, I cannot reach for that BUT. You beat the wall, the keep is yours. You have the high ground and the enemy has essentially stranded themselves on a fucking island in the middle of their stronghold. They’re sitting ducks. Taking them out will be EASY provided Legolas doesn’t ride a shield down a flight of stairs like it’s a snowboard and somehow take out half your battalion with his stupid bow while doing so.
How many draft picks would the Raiders need to give away to get another team to eat Gruden’s contact? I mean, the Browns could use a few more picks, right?
I actually don’t think it would take much. Those are gonna be some extremely high draft picks, mostly because Mark Davis would inevitably hire Deuce Gruden to replace his old man. And while most NFL owners are comical skinflints, I could see an ultra-rich prick like David Tepper making the deal strictly for the picks and then firing Gruden the Elder immediately, writing his contract off as a sunk cost.
Tepper would be game because he’s a new owner and the only thing new owners love more than showing off second wives who look like retired WWE Divas is making BOLD moves that cause other owners to turn their heads. The NFL is a stodgy, arcane business, and so stocking up on picks by helping another club execute a coaching salary dump counts as splashy. It would make John Mara’s bowtie spin. Whoa hey this young whippersnapper is really making a name for himself!
This is what passes for excitement among these bored rich assholes. Everything about the NFL makes sense if you think of it as a suburban cul-de-sac of 32 McMansions, each of which has a team owner as its nosy occupant. Someone on the block paints their house yellow and everyone else LOSES THEIR SHIT. Deliverymen never get tipped.
Jimmy:
Are raw onions spicy?
Unless you come from Nebraska, the answer is no. Onions are acrid. Lotta fancy chefs blanch onions in boiling water to get rid of that acridity before serving them. I am too lazy and manly to ever do such a thing.
Why isn’t Supercross more popular? I know the stadiums are usually packed, but no one I know watches it. I don’t even ride/own a motorcycle (never have), but damn if I don’t watch every single race every season (and have for over 10 years). I don’t think there’s any better racing on any vehicle on Earth. Have you ever sat down on a cold winter Saturday night and watched three hours of racing at its best? The format is great, the season is short and the personalities are unique. You got daredevils, bible beaters, rednecks, Europeans, chill dudes from Cali - everything!
It’s pretty popular, man. Like you said, the stadiums are packed. Plus nearly a million people watch that shit on TV every week. They’ve got a network deal with NBCSN and everything. I know this because when I’m stoned as balls, I will absolutely watch supercross, motocross, snowcross, wolfcross, and every other form of televised cross. It scratches my weed itch. All the riders are ALSO stoned, but I’d rather live vicariously through their high than actually play a real game of Excitebike.
If you don’t think that counts as popular, well you may be using the NFL or one of our other omnipresent team sports as the standard for audience size, which isn’t really fair. The NFL is where it is because of decades of exposure, and because of intensely focused corruption, and because of gambling. It didn’t happen overnight, and even if it had you couldn’t just graft that formula for success onto another league or sport. There’s a reason Slamball never took off, aside from the fact that everyone broke a leg playing it. Some sports are niche sports and stay that way, and it’s fine. The way it stands now, I get to stumble upon supercross while baked and be pleasantly surprised, and devotees of the sport can indulge in paranoid fantasies of the liberal establishment holding their sport back. Plus tickets stay cheap. Everyone wins!
For supercross to be more popular, they’d have to remake the whole thing in ways you’d instantly resent. They’d have to ditch the helmets so that riders were more recognizable. They’d have to sign with ESPN to ensure a nightly slot on SportsCenter. They’d have to tabulate fantasy stats so you could play DFS and win money based on the combined hangtime of your riders. And finally, they’d have to add strategic elements and point tallies so that it’s not just racing, because pure racing gets old for people. They gotta give riders spiked flails, and have them race through Koopa Troopa Beach, and allow challenge flags if they think an opponent rode out of bounds for two meters.
Actually I’d watch the shit out of that. I can’t lie. Give me my dystopian DeathRace 3000 league.
Aside from the obvious ass, face, and groin... what body part do you HAVE to clean before feeling whole? For me, it’s behind the ears.
This will horrify you, but I don’t think I’ve ever deliberately washed behind my ears. Like I just figure the shampoo will take care of that, as some people assume shampoo runoff cleans their legs and feet. If I’m hunting for terrifying bits of ear crust, I gotta dig directly into my ear canal. The area behind my ears is now just a place for nestling my hearing aids. I don’t touch my dick with my ears or anything.
I bet that area gets nastier as you get old. Like you turn 80 and then reach behind your ear and there’s a discarded cigarette butt behind it. That happens to the elderly. I not-so-secretly enjoy picking at my body: random scabs, deeply hidden boogers, etc. So I can’t wait to get old and have an entire buffet of ear warts and liver spots and toe fungi to battle. Gonna be a real party.
Jonathan:
If you sent a decent restaurant in an arbitrary good-sized American city from today back in time, would it be the best food in the country? Much in the way that the 2018 Jaguars would stomp the 1972 Dolphins, I think the 50th best restaurant in 2018 Denver would be easily be top 10 in the country in the 1960s (judged purely on food at least, not service or decor).
I wanna believe that, but the answer is no. I know food is better than it’s ever been, and that Americans in the 1950s used to fear Chinese food while eating mayonnaise cupcakes. But old America was still the birthplace of the Peter Luger, Delmonico’s, Frank Pepe’s, Prince’s Hot Chicken, and other joints that are still open today and still cranking out timeless shit that modern restaurants often try to emulate and/or downright steal. So if you airlifted Hillstone to 1955, it’d be tasty, but other local stalwarts would still beat its sorry ass into the ground. You wouldn’t be able to find a decent ramen joint, but you’d still probably find pastrami from some legendary mom & pop shop that’s been making it since 1604.
Some big chefs are scam artists in the way that they act like they’ve invented new ways of eating, or like they’ve reinterpreted old classics to be better than they’ve ever been. It’s an easy scam to pull off knowing how AFRAID Americans were of certain foods decades ago, ethnic foods in particular. You can trade on that fear and pretend like you’re serving the world good food for the very first time. But good shit has always been around. The nice thing these days is that more people want to find it and know how to.
Chase:
So let’s say the roughly half a million people who signed up to storm Area 51 actually show up and go through with it. Will the US blow them all up to protect our alien secrets?
Given the current makeup of our government, I was first inclined to say yes. It’s not like the people running things right now actively give a shit about OTHER people. Indiscriminately mowing down half a million of us is the next logical step for national law enforcement. BUT! (there it is)… I’m guessing that the people who would actually storm Area 51 are Cliven Bundy types who watch Infowars and represent the very heart of Trump country. So they would storm the gate, brandish their arms, demand to come in, be reluctantly welcomed, spend a month littering the place with Cheeto bags, and then finally leave once a warrant for their removal had been procured 800 judicial circuits away. And then all charges against the marauders would be dropped, and then you and I would be accused of being the REAL aliens. So long as you’re a supercross fan, you’re getting a meticulously curated tour of Area 51’s boringest parts before you’re allowed to ransack the joint in the name of freedom. I’ve seen it all before, amigo. I know how the system works and for whom it works. Trigger fingers get a lot less itchy for certain practitioners of civil disobedience.
By the way, I think you and I are better off not knowing what’s in Area 51 anyway. It’s not gonna be like the Hangar 18 video. There’s no alien morgue sitting out in the middle of the desert. That base probably just has a bunch of unused bioweaponry and photo archives of UFOs that people have already seen in the news and have annoyingly glazed right past. You won’t find the Millennium Falcon in there. You’ll find all sorts of cryptic data and video about unexplained phenomena, and then Neil DeGrasse Tyson will appear out of thin air to explain it all is the most pedantic and disappointing way humanly possible.
If we ever unearth evidence of alien lifeforms, that evidence will be fuzzy and scattershot and basically have no chance of breaking through the national attention span nor the fact-laundering machine currently operating on an infinite cycle. Aliens need to land, walk out of their ships, and fucking blow us away. Not only will it make things clear, it’ll be a tremendous relief to people like me.
You said that everyone should 1000% visit Texas. Honestly I’ve lived here my whole life and it basically consists of the worst summers you’ll ever experience in your life, people who think that tacos are the reason for existence (we are a fat state), everyone that thinks you don’t like guacamole “because you haven’t had theirs” (IT’S ALL THE SAME), and decent brisket. What do you love about this state so much?
But tacos ARE the reason for existence. If Area 51 warehoused breakfast tacos, I would sign the petition to invade it.
I’ll give you a case for Texas, but it comes with the implicit understanding that there’s a huge difference between enjoying a place you visit occasionally and enjoying permanent residence there. I go to Florida and I’m like OH WOW I SHOULD LIVE HERE! while instinctively knowing that I would hate living there. But everyone should visit Florida, just as they should visit Texas.
Texas is cool. I like Texas because it’s built for people my size. Dallas highways aside, I’ve never felt cramped in Texas. The grocery store aisles are wider than the Talladega Speedway. There’s smoked sausage everywhere you turn. I like their barbecue the best out of all the barbecue meccas I’ve visited. There’s also quality Tex-Mex, especially for people like me who venture to the Southwest and think that even the shittiest Mexican and Tex-Mex food around there is the most authentic tasting thing in the world.
I have also found that Texas is laconic in all the ways the Deep South purports to be, but without the fucking drag. There’s a difference between being laid back and being flat-out inert, and you will bear witness to the latter from virtually everyone around greater Atlanta. Professional Southerners are like ‘ROUND HERE WE AIN’T IN SUCH A HURRY, and then they proceed to do absolutely nothing. In Texas, people are chill and mainlining frozen margaritas at all hours, but they’ve got SOME bounce in their step. That is fantastically simple and gross oversimplification of things, but everywhere in the world has its own pace and Texas’s is right in my Goldilocks zone. Too bad it’s a fucking loony bin.
Why hasn’t America gotten on board with fish for breakfast? With the notable exception of lox, which you tend to drown with cream cheese and caper juice anyway, it’s not even a thing anywhere in the country that I’ve found. I don’t understand it. A nice light piece of fish is a perfect addition to a breakfast burrito, a plate of quinoa or grits, a classic breakfast plate, or just by itself. You don’t feel weighed down to the point of needing a nap by 10am like many breakfast staples, it’s healthy, and most people brush their teeth after breakfast so you don’t even have to contend with the breath issue. This seems like a slam dunk and yet America remains averse to the breakfast fish. Why?
There are logical reasons for this, but for the moment let me ride with you and say that Americans are fucking weird and the idea of fish for breakfast would scare them to death. Fish? For breakfast? EWWWWW. Let me eat this bowl of factory processed wheat scabs instead!
Now, the real reasons people don’t eat fish for breakfast is because fresh fish is expensive, and no one has time to lovingly sear a piece of halibut before rushing off to work or school in the morning. It’s just too much of a production. If it doesn’t come in a wrapper, it’s not an American breakfast. You could make fish sticks for that meal, but that would just be fucking weird.
Lox works as a breakfast food because A) It’s my favorite food in the universe, and B) It’s ready to go. No cooking. No reheating. You just peel it off the little brass-colored cardboard thingie and it’s set to go. And then your hands smell like fish for days. I love it. I’ll have whatever lox you’re not having. I don’t’ care if there are bite marks on your piece. I’ll wash behind my ears with it.
Christopher:
I have had the same lady off and on (mostly on) cut my hair for the last 18 years. She has been in several salons, come to my house, and I’ve gone to hers. She now cuts my son’s hair too. She is kind of a “free spirit”, but we have good chats during haircuts and share similar interest in music and food. She is somewhat older than me and it got me to thinking that if she dies, the only way I am going to find out is if she flat out stops returning my texts and calls and I start to have to look up her obituary online. It seems crazy to me that I have known someone that long who I see at least 4-6 times a year, but who I share no other contacts with. Does that seem odd to you and do you know anyone like that?
Does the mailman count? A new mailman came to the house a while back and I worried our old mailman had been fired or had died. Turned out he was on vacation. WILD.
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Microsoft Unveils Silverlight 5 Beta Features
By Kathleen Richards
Microsoft announced Silverlight 5, the next version of its rich Internet platform, and previewed key features of the upcoming beta technology at its Silverlight Firestarter educational event for developers. The one-day event, which was held in Redmond, was free to developers worldwide via live streaming and on-demand video.
Silverlight 5 will focus on premium media experiences and improvements targeted at business apps running in and out of the browser, according to Microsoft. Many of the advances are designed to improve developer productivity in response to feedback, which Microsoft tallied as roughly 21,000 votes for various enhancements and features. The first public beta is slated for the first half of 2011. The Silverlight 5 release is planned in the second half of the year, according to Microsoft.
The news comes in the wake of concerns about Microsoft's shifting vision for Silverlight technology after ambiguous messaging as the company heavily promoted its planned HTML5 support in Internet Explorer 9, Bing Search and Xbox 360.
"At Microsoft, our goal is to kind of provide a technology portfolio that enables developers to build the best possible user experiences," said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division, during today's keynote. "We are going to be investing heavily in HTML5 and we want to make sure that we have the best browser out there that supports it. We are also going to invest very heavily in Silverlight and we are going to make sure that you can build the richest possible media and applications with it and we are investing in WPF [Windows Presentation Foundation] to enable you to build great desktop applications with it.
"These are all great technologies," continued Guthrie, "each one has its own strengths and weaknesses but we think ultimately the flexibility of having each of these choices is a real strength of our developer platform and our overall tool offering and ultimately it is going to enable you to build the richest possible experiences for your customers."
Silverlight 4 was released in April 2009. The final version of the Silverlight for Windows Phone platform, a subset of Silverlight 3 and 4, was available in September. More than 3,000 apps have been uploaded to the Windows Phone Marketplace since the launch of Windows Phone 7 in October.
Greater Media Experiences
New media features in Silverlight 5, the desktop and browser runtime, include hardware video decoding support, which allows you to decode video on the GPU of a system, freeing up the CPU. This enables smooth streaming (1080P HD video live and on-demand) on lower end devices such as netbooks, according to Microsoft.
Another new media capability called TrickPlay enables variable speed playback of video and audio, including fast-forward and rewind. "This allows you to play the video at different speeds but have the audio sound normal," explained Brian Goldfarb, director of Developer Platforms at Microsoft, during an earlier interview. "We automatically adjust the pitch of the audio….this is a pretty unique capability in the industry."
Improved media consumption is another area of focus in Silverlight 5, according to Goldfarb. The technology will support remote control and screensaver integration, for example, which will enable you to prevent screensavers from interfering with video and allow screensavers during video when the computer is not in use.
Microsoft released IIS Media Services 4.0 in November, which supports smooth streaming of encoded H.264 video across a wider spectrum of devices including Silverlight players and Windows Phone 7 devices, and with transmuxing, devices such as the iPhone—the iPad was shown during the keynote demonstration. IIS Media Services support is planned for Windows Azure, according to Guthrie.
For application developers, the Silverlight 5 public beta will offer more than 40 new features, according to Microsoft. John Papa, Microsoft senior technical evangelist, highlighted some of the new databinding and debugging features during the keynote, which bring more parity with WPF. Papa demonstrated ways to specify animations during layout transitions, the Ancestor RelativeSource binding support, MVVM markup extensions, binding in style setters, and the ability to step through XAML code and debug it using breakpoints.
In Silverlight 5, apps will get better looking with layout and text enhancements such as multi-columns and linked text containers, character tracking, leading and pixel snapping, among other improvements for greater clarity. Developers will also have more control over how to present and print information, with enhancements such as a new Vector PostScript printing API. The Silverlight PivotViewer Control for visualizing dynamic data, developed by the now defunct LiveLabs and released in July, will be built into the Silverlight 5 SDK.
Silverlight 5 developers will also be able to take advantage of accelerated hardware (GPU) for advanced data visualizations and 3D rendering, using an immediate mode graphics API or 3D API. Luigi Rossi, the CTO of RIA design firm Archetype, demonstrated a Silverlight 5 application prototype running inside of the browser showing the 3D capabilities using a spinning wireframe globe with multiple layers. He also showed a healthcare application, essentially a portal with patient information and a 3D model of the patient, in this case, Scott Guthrie in his trademark red shirt.
Silverlight 5 will offer improvements in WCF RIA Services and networking, according to Microsoft. WS-Trust security, introduced in Silverlight 4, will be extended to WCF RIA Services. A WCF RIA Services Toolkit December 2010 for use with the WCF RIA Services SP1 Beta was released today.
With the next Silverlight release, users will also be able to perform desktop-like tasks within the browser such as launching Microsoft Office and other desktop programs in Silverlight applications that use a group policy registry key and certificate. Out-of-browser trusted applications will be able to utilize multiple windows and screens, and take advantage of PInvoke, a technique for interacting with native code.
Planned performance enhancements include faster startups through improved XAML parsing and support for 64-bit operating systems, said Guthrie.
The Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4 tooling enhancements targeting Silverlight developers are primarily related to test and performance. Microsoft's Papa demonstrated the coded UI functionality released in November in Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2, which is available to MSDN subscribers only. Microsoft is also working to provide profiler tools, which were demonstrated for Silverlight for Windows Phone apps at PDC10, to monitor CPU and memory usage in Silverlight 5 apps.
In and Out of the Browser
Several Silverlight apps--many based on the current technology--were demonstrated during the keynote. The Microsoft Silverlight Facebook Client announced at PDC09 and released in beta earlier this year, was among them. The development has been taken over by Telerik. Now called f!acedeck, the free tool for consuming Facebook, which supports things like instant chat, notifications, Webcams and Outlook integration, was released today.
Telerik used the drop target support in Silverlight 4 to enable users to drag and drop files from the local file system into the Silverlight client to upload photos to Facebook albums and the wall. User interface virtualization, which is supported in Silverlight 3 and enhanced in Silverlight 4, enables instant loading and smooth transitions in Facebook, according to Evan Hutnick, a Telerik developer evangelist, who specializes in Silverlight, WPF and Windows Phone.
"I think that one of the reasons so much of the focus is on Silverlight is because it is a growing and developing platform," Hutnick said during an interview. "We are seeing with every release, Silverlight is coming a little bit closer to what WPF can do, but at the same time remaining a very small download, a very small runtime when it comes down to it."
In addition to the consumer-facing Facebook client, several business apps were shown. The Business by Design browser-based UI from SAP, released last summer, enables users to browse through reports--similar to viewing your CD collection--access a sales report and drill down into data or change the data visualization on the fly from a tabular format to a chart.
A SaaS workforce management app running in the browser was demonstrated by Dave Ossip, CEO of Dayforce. The app is targeted at retailers and other industries to manage workforce scheduling, sales, budgets and employee pay. A full compliance and pay engine are run inside of the browser making use of the client CPU. Another benefit of Silverlight is no latency during scheduling and other tasks, according to Ossip.
"From a developer perspective we are able to produce code at 25 percent of the cost [compared to] when we were a Java shop," Ossip said, "so [there are] massive efficiency benefits in using the actual [Silverlight] platform and the actual tools."
Cost-effective development is a key focus of Silverlight, according to Microsoft's Goldfarb. "One of the things that is happening in the industry right now is the ever growing demand of customer expectations and the quality of the applications they want to see from the businesses they interact with," he said, "and as a result of that developers need to find technology and tools that make it possible to respond to those needs in a cost-effective way and really all the work we have done with Silverlight to-date has been in response to that need."
The final demonstration involved Project "Crescent", the codename for a business intelligence tool built on Silverlight that is planned as part of the next SQL Server "Denali" release. According to Microsoft, "Crescent" extends the self-service BI capabilities of Excel by allowing users to model data in new ways. For example, you could create storyboards based on time stamps for data shown in reports, and then load the active screens into a PowerPoint presentation. The Community Technology Preview is expected in the first half of 2011.
Microsoft is investing in Silverlight in several technologies, noted Goldfarb. In addition to SQL Server Reporting Services, the RIA technology is key to Lync Unified Communications solutions and SharePoint 2010.
"We have created an environment from the browser to the desktop to the mobile device with Windows Phone in a seamless way with a consistent set of tailored applications that optimize the experiences for the end user," said Goldfarb.
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‘When you place it on the chopping block and swing the axe, it cleaves like a slit envelope.’ Photo by Getty Images
Axe worship
Stand, breathe, swing, cut – there is a simplicity to chopping firewood that feels like a kind of active meditation
Bella Bathurst
is a writer and photographer. Her latest book is The Bicycle Book. She lives in Scotland.
So, let us assume that you have either moved to the country or have been there for a while. In your new/old haven/hovel is either a log-burning stove or an open fire. Since it needs fuel in order to work, there are a couple of options available. Either you can buy a big bag of damp logs from the local garage that will smoulder and pop, or you can buy an axe. Striding confidently into the local ironmongers, you ask for their finest, sharpest blade. They offer up something slim with an American hickory haft. You stride out again, feeling somehow that the mere possession of this perfectly weighted prize has made all your atoms flow in more vivid order.
Three days later, having spent the intervening time rolling around a sawdust-covered floor with half a tree attached to your left foot, you return to the ironmongers and ask humbly for something that works. This time, they sell you something with a much fatter wedge-shape, like a slice of steel cake. This time, it’s heavy, and this time it doesn’t look like a murder weapon but a proper working tool.
Back in the shed, you select a log about the same diameter as your wrist. When you place it on the chopping block and swing the axe, it cleaves like a slit envelope. You pick something slightly larger. That too opens as if it had been waiting for the instruction to do so. At the end of an hour, you have a pile of perfect triangles, their heartwood pale in the winter light. Your back aches like it does after gardening, but you feel three times the being you were before.
There is something so simple about chopping logs that it feels like a form of mending. You find that if you yourself are balanced, it needs neither great physical strength nor limitless energy. If you swing it in the right measure and trust it to do the job for which it was made, then the axe, rather than you, will split almost anything you set it to.
Perhaps the most elusive thing to learn is how to stop making life difficult for yourself. Pick the right wood, don’t be over-ambitious, pace yourself. Certainly you can make it more complicated — the secrets of branches, the crosswise chop, the challenge of burs — but there’s no need to. Instead, it’s lovely just being there, standing straight, swinging slowly. After a while, you build up a rhythm: place the log on the block, stand, breathe, swing, cut, place, stand, breathe, swing, cut.
Skip-diving has its charms. There’s a kind of melancholic fin-de-siècle splendour in torching your neighbour’s kitchen
If necessary, you can use chopping logs as a vent: it’s the phone company, or it’s the British weather, or the pillock from work. It doesn’t much matter, since taking out rage on a lump of elm is undoubtedly better than taking it out on the pillock from work. A Canadian friend has a corporate solution: he would set up chopping ranges for rurally frustrated executives in New York or London. They could arrive after work, rent a cord of wood and an axe, find their block along the numbered line, and start swinging. They’d be free to keep going either until their cord ran out or the muscles in their jaw stopped twitching. If they wanted to buy them, the chopped logs would be theirs; if not, they’d be bundled up and sold on.
Personally, I just like chopping for its own sake. There’s something warming about the ritual of it and the sense of provision. Place, stand, breathe, swing, cut. Watching the wood. Watching the radial splits out from the centre, marking the place to bring the axe down, waiting for the faint exhalation of scent from the wood as it falls. Like cooking, it provides a sense of sufficiency and delight but, unlike cooking, log-chopping has a particular rhythm to it, like a form of active meditation. You do, very literally, get into the swing of it.
Occasionally, splitting elm or beech, patterns emerge. Spalted logs have black lines like the lines that divide sea from land on maps, so when they open it’s like a whole world offered up for burning. Ash cuts white. Pine glows red in the centre. Oak (should you be lucky or crazy enough to be chopping it up for firewood) feels like substance itself, while elm seems almost supernatural. It behaves like some other element — as if it’s got no grain, as if it’s paper or stone.
If you’re lucky, the logs you’re splitting are already dry. Or dryish. If they’ve been lying outside getting dripped on, they’re probably so saturated they’re treble their dry weight and, even after the 10 years it will take to dry them out, they’ll almost certainly burn with the same vigour as mouldy towels. Only ash burns straight off the tree; everything else has to be seasoned. One of the downsides of a damp country is that wood takes many times longer to dry out here than it does in, for instance, somewhere nice. Rule of thumb is about a year from felled tree to fire for hardwood and six months for softwoods.
On the other hand, such awkward odds encourage ingenuity. Once you’ve satisfied the immediate need for something to keep you warm, you start building a log pile. This too has its craftsmanship: a place to put them where the wind can get them but the rain can’t, a question of balance and, when it’s done right, a thing of beauty. It takes patience and a feel for the way things weigh and join.
In Scotland, where there is a constant year-round need for heat, people take pride in their log-piles. They become not just fuel-caches, but interesting clues to character. Like squirrels, some people prepare for winter months in advance, building long free-standing log walls. Some neighbours have gone the full Paul Nash and constructed beautiful free-standing beehives. Others sling a heap from the local sawmill into the garage, or stockpile like it’s the Siege of Leningrad. Most don’t really care how it’s done as long as it stands up and stays dry.
For the dedicated accumulator, there’s also the stuff you can get out of skips — old fence-posts, knackered studwork, abandoned flooring. As long as you don’t mind wandering down the local high street with half a door under each arm, then skip-diving has its charms. The wood’s usually dry and there’s a kind of melancholic fin-de-siècle splendour in torching your neighbour’s kitchen. The downside is that you’re probably going to have to spend three weeks sawing it into grate-sized pieces; the upside is that you’ll get warm while doing it.
It’s the final stage of log-chopping that stops me. In theory, it would be possible to get a chainsaw certificate and progress to whole trees. In practice, I don’t want to. Not because it wouldn’t be interesting or useful, but because a chainsaw just seems a bit too butch. I like being female, and somehow the idea of staggering around the forests of Scotland brandishing a smoking Stihl seems a little overcompensatory.
The point and the pleasure of chopping logs is that it is just me and a stone-age tool. Standing there in the shed in a deep layer of sawdust and chippings, I can hear the birds and the river and the changing note of the blade as it strikes different ages and sizes of timber. I can sense the rhythm of my own work and the difference between old wood and new. A really good chainsaw user can probably tell beech from chestnut and sitka from larch while blindfold, but somehow there’s no fun in that fretful roar and the reasonable fear of decapitation.
In the end, it doesn’t much matter. All that matters is that when it’s January and blowing a gale out there, I can walk through the darkness, stack up a scented armful, and make true fire.
Rituals and celebrations Wellbeing
Making up stuff
A novel, by definition, tells a fictional story – but does that make its author a liar? On the space between stories and lies
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Mx Aria Stewart @aredridel@anarchism.space
I'm paging around maps (like you do) looking at my home town.
I miss it, I miss knowing every curve, every road. Seeing the map and seeing a little misalignment of a road with the image and knowing the details that made someone draw it a little wrong.
And yet, it makes me so sad, living in Boston. The city is great, it's mostly uses of land that make some sense—it's not perfect, the sense of community isn't there in big buildings because of the way it's developed—but it's alright.
What really gets me though is the suburbs. We went peach-picking in the middle of Massachusetts yesterday, and the sheer arrogance and greed of the suburbs makes me boil. It's all owned. It's all divided up into little plots. It's all beautiful forest, destroyed.
Where I'm from the land is fragile.
The white patches on this are not snow. They're alkali deposits, and they come to the surface if there's rain after disturbing it too much. Too much grazing, a little too much digging, a little too much heat and the plants die off? You're left with permanently inhospitable soil. It'll take years to recover, if it ever does.
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And where I'm from land is more carefully managed. It's far from perfect—mineral rights are the big problem here, but also ranching. But it's careful, even so.
"What's downstream?" Western water rights are a shitshow but you do have to ask this question. Every. Time. "Who else am I affecting?" (I mean, people don't want to have to ask that and fight legal fights to not do so, but they lose.)
Look at the edge of that map. That south edge is the north edge of my hometown. On one side are city streets, such as they are. On the other are open fields. The growth is clustered, dense, until it's not. The wide open spaces are preserved.
The county is about half public land, if I recall the figures right. National forest. Protected wildnerness. Some BLM managed land. A state park and recreation area.
Walking out the front door of my house, you could walk up into the mountains, never leaving public land or public roads. Access to the wilderness is widely considered a right. Not undisputed—proposed land swaps with Ralph Lauren or hostile action to control access by Charlie Urgin would have cut off access some ways—but widely believed.
The contrast in Massachusetts is palpable. Some due to density, but mostly greed and colonization.
There are public paths and right of ways here. There's a few great meadows and sanctuaries, a recreation area here and there, but by and by large, the land is divided up into parcels held privately. Not fenced, but obvious demarcations between lawns. Large houses sprawled out for miles, farms are some of the largest open spaces, and those are in towns.
Towns are space-filling here, and since they have less structure inside than counties in Colorado, they don't cause clustering.
My hometown has no great record on native rights, but one can at least imagine the world as it is giving the Ute tribes a place to return to in their land without upending it all. It's in the realm of possibility. The world as it was taken from them is still there, if changed.
The Massachuset and Pequot and Cohasset and Nipmuc and Abenaki? Four hundred years of colonizing, privatizing and annexing land has left it utterly changed.
To me, the suburbs aren't just a problem, they're a manifestation of _the_ problem. They are alienating. Low density. Destructive to community, replacing community with a weaker network of family friendships that never coalesce into the durable relations that make true community.
You don't know your neighbors, not all of them. You don't _want_ to in the suburbs. You don't work in the burbs, not usually. You drive to school, you drive to work, or a train you drive to friends, you drive.
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You control your patch of land as absolutely as you can, and resent neighbors being busybodies. And so does everyone else.
Or you become a busybody, the impulse to think larger than oneself turned dark and controlling, rather than nurturing community.
And if it's too much, you buy a bigger piece of land if you can, so you don't have to be so neighborly. You withdraw into your family and its petty estate. You fuss about the property values. You choose your town based on its schools, you don't help develop the school because it's your town.
And nature is a thing you do on weekends, when you're not mowing the lawn. You drive to visit it, little contained patches of land we imagine to be pristine. A refuge from this world we've co-created.
The long and short of it is that I miss the West, and the attitudes toward land and development in the West are something I think people in the East and Midwest just don't understand and I wish they would. The attitude to land is so utterly different here on the East coast.
The concept of stewardship of land does not exist—sure, there's nonprofits with specific goals, some of which are aligned, but the idea that one can be a steward outside of that isn't here. There's no collective attitude toward land here outside of the people managing it, sometimes for profit.
@aredridel
This is a really good thread, and yah in my opinion suburbs are a massive longterm act of violence.
I live in Rhode Island and I mostly agree with you, but in the past 100 years or so nature has actually come back in a whole lot of ways even though population has skyrocketed (all of rhode island can be squinted at and pretty much be considered part of a supercity from a global perspective).
@Alonealastalovedalongthe Absolutely. It's part of the whole northeastern conurbation!
@Alonealastalovedalongthe It's interesting to watch what happens after industry tears through land. Colorado, my home, was ravaged by the mining boom. The "old" forests are still super young, the regrowth after stripping for timber for mines.
Now that our industrial use patterns have changed, we have the opportunity to pull the suburbs back, build a new natural environment. Though it will still be built, and it'll be a slow incremental process since just razing the burbs isn't gonna happen.
I think in the northeast the most viable way forward for conservation is local land trusts and land banks (a percent of real estate sale is taxed and put towards buying public use land).
However it seems that if you start keeping land under open space you also can easily exclude affordable housing. This is certainly the case in the more rural coastal areas of RI which are a joke prospect to live in as a young person.
@Alonealastalovedalongthe Yup. We have to change the whole suburban density mindset first. Clustering. Then land trusts.
There are coyotes, bears, hawks, the ocassional mountain lion, and far more trees than there were 60 years ago mainly because the area isn't used agriculturally for the most part anymore. Which isn't going against what you are saying, certainly the ecological damage/habitat loss caused by large scale agricultural use to feed rhode islanders has been outsourced somewhere else but its weird.
Abbie K @ak@lgbt.io
@aredridel I wish we had US-style national parks in our country. It's not a realistic goal, because the country is far smaller and more densely-populated, but there's something very attractive about vast swathes of land in public ownership for recreation and breathing space, rather than for commercial exploitation.
In this country, every square centimetre of land is owned by someone and used for something. Even "empty" moorland is owned by someone so they can shoot birds on it.
@ak yeah :(
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2016 Sports Year In Review
December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016 22robertsa Uncategorized
2016 was a great year in sports. Today I’ll be talking about the highlights in sports this year. Also, if you have been checking back regularly or followed me this year, I’d like to thank you. 2016 has been the biggest year for Boston Sports Mania so far, with over 5,000 views from over 3,000 people throughout the year.
Now, let’s go back to some of the best sports moments of 2016.
Note: The Numbers Next to The Stories Show if They Made the Top 10 Stories of the year. I will show that full list at the end.
Bruins host Winter Classic
The Bruins hosted the 2016 Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium for the first time in a while. Even with the Canadiens battling injuries, the Bruins fell to Montreal, 3-2.
Patriots Advance to Playoffs with No. 2 Seed
The Patriots were upset by the Dolphins in Week 17. Hopefully, this won’t happen again in 2016 but the Patriots did have good news come out of this. They still advanced to the playoffs for the 8th straight year.
After Big Win Over Chiefs, Pats fall to Denver in AFC Championship
This was a historic game. It was the final match between Brady and Manning. It was a good game worth noting as a good Boston sports moment. The Pats stayed in it the whole time, but their 2015 team just couldn’t keep up. I think this year’s team is a lot better, and Denver is QB-less now after a fail in free agency. But this loss caused me to stop blogging for 2 weeks. It was heart-breaking for many Pats fans.
Broncos defeat Panthers in 50th Super Bowl (8)
I don’t care how it ended, this is historic. It’s the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl. The Broncos really were the best last year, even though the Panthers looked like it. The Pats could’ve beaten the Panthers, because like Carolina’s shown this season, they have flaws.
Avery Bradley Makes Game Winning Shot As Celtics Defeat Cavs (5)
This was a great game. You would expect the Cavs to annihilate the Celtics but Avery Bradley made a last minute shot that won the Celtics the game.
Jerod Mayo and many other NFL legends retire
Patriots LB Jerod Mayo, along with Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch, Raiders S Charles Woodson, Lions WR Calvin Johnson, Steelers TE Heath Miller and Broncos QB Peyton Manning and many others retired from the NFL after the 2015 season. It was sad to see them go, but they had their time to shine, and in a couple months, many more stars would enter the NFL.
Patriots Sign Chris Long and Chris Hogan, Trade for Martellus Bennett
The Patriots were beginning to fine-tune their team to make sure they had improved after losing in the AFC Championship last year. They also hired Dante Scarnecchia to get their o-line in shape.
Villanova wins NCAAM Championship
Villanova surprised me when they won the March Madness tournament. My pick, Michigan State, got upset very early on.
Celtics clinch Playoffs
The Celtics advanced to the playoffs after a much better season. The question was, how far would they go?
Red Sox look iffy to begin season
The Red Sox made a lot of offseason moves to make sure a better season was underway, but it was a rough start as they split the series with the Indians. David Price looked good in game one, but things went south in game two. Game three was postponed by rain.
Celtics lose to Hawks in quarterfinals
The Celtics didn’t make it any further than last year. They had a problem when Isaiah Thomas was out, and ended up losing to the Hawks, ending their season.
Brady’s Suspension Reinistated By Court
Tom Brady’s 4 game suspension was reinistated. I thought DeflateGate would be over. At first I found this stupid.
Pats Select Jacoby Brissett, Cyrus Jones, Joe Thuney and Malcolm Mitchell in 2016 NFL Draft
Most of these selections paid off. RB Ezekiel Elliott, QB Dak Prescott, QB Carson Wentz, TE Hunter Henry, DE Joey Bosa and CB Jalen Ramsey were also good draft picks around the league.
JBJ Goes on 28 Game Hitting Streak (3)
The Red Sox lineup was on fire at this point in the season and was winning the Sox more game. However David Price was struggling, and a weak rotation became a problem.
Red Sox Select Jason Groome in MLB Draft
Groome was originally one of the top pitchers in the draft but fell due to reports of anger issues.
Cavs Beat Warriors In Second NBA Finals Series
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat out the Warriors this time, getting them back for the 2015 NBA Finals. Stephen Curry was out for a lot of the playoffs, and the Warriors just weren’t at their best, even after a 73-9 regular season.
Celtics Select Jaylen Brown in NBA Draft
After missing out on the Top 2 picks in the lottery, the Celtics went with Brown over Kris Dunn, Dragan Bender or Buddy Hield. The Top 2 picks left the option of the 2 clear best guys, Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram.
Xander Bogaerts goes on 26 game hitting streak (4)
The Red Sox lineup continued to do well through June as the entire team began to look better heading into the all star break.
Bruins Sign David Backes
Backes has been in some of the Bruins’ 2016-17 starting lines, at center or wing.
Celtics Sign Al Horford, but miss out on Kevin Durant (7)
This is pretty ironic considering the Celts lost to the Hawks in the playoffs. I thought Kevin Durant knew better than to sign with the Warriors. I still think that move was dumb by him, although it does pay off for Golden State.
Red Sox Have 6 Players to Represent Themselves in AL ASG win
David Ortiz, Mookie Betts, JBJ and Xander Bogaerts started and knuckleballer Steven Wright and closer Craig Kimbrel also made it.
Red Sox Trade for Aaron Hill, Brad Ziegler, Drew Pomeranz and Fernando Abad as trade deadline approaches (10)
The Red Sox made a large series of trades in July. Some helped lead them to the playoffs and others didn’t work out. They gave up a lot of players.
Mookie Betts wins AL Player of the Month
This was a big achievement for Mookie, who had been playing hard all month long. He really succeeded in July.
Tim Duncan Retires Along With Former Celtics Paul Pierce and Ray Allen
All of these players had legendary careers, and it’s sad to see them go.
Tom Brady takes his suspension, ends DeflateGate for good
This was a very interesting choice by Brady. Jimmy Garoppolo did well in his absence, and then he got hurt, and they had to deal with Jacoby Brissett starting for a couple games.
Red Sox Call Up Andrew Benintendi
Benintendi made a big splash when called up and will be a big part of Boston’s future. He was a very good use of their 2015 1st round pick.
Mookie Betts wins Player of the Month again
Betts continued his hot streak in August, and it paid off. Many people thought this would lead up to Mookie Betts winning the MVP.
Patriots Trade for Eric Rowe
Rowe has been a big contributor to the secondary this season.
Jimmy Garoppolo Gets Hurt 2 Games In, but Jacoby Brissett Shuts Out Texans
Maybe the future for the Pats won’t be so bad after all under such a good coach.
Red Sox Clinch AL East, Playoffs (9)
The Red Sox had a great season. There lineup was on fire and their rotation got better as the year went on.
Tom Brady Returns Strong from His Suspension
After Jacoby Brissett got shutout by the Bills in his second game, Tom Brady had a great first month back, winning games against three AFC North foes.
Red Sox lose in ALDS to Indians
Tom Brady was able to beat out the Browns in Cleveland, but the Indians were much tougher, and the Sox couldn’t hold on.
Indians go on to World Series, but lose
The Cubs really were the best 2016 team although the Indians surprised many for a while.
Dion Lewis Returns, But Brady and Pats lose 2nd game to Seahawks
Seattle got revenge on the Patriots for beating them in Super Bowl XLIX. Dion Lewis made more contributions in the next game.
Celtics Start Slow After Losing Crowder, Horford to Injuries Early
The Celtics have since done a lot better, but it was tough for them to start the year.
Giovani Bernard Tears ACL
This took a big hit on my fantasy team, and was one of a few injuries that did.
Rick Porcello Wins Cy Young (2)
Porcello truly bounced back from a horrendous first season.
Andrew’s Hunters (my fantasy team) clinches up playoffs
It was a great year for my team. I went 9-4, won my division, and grabbed the 2nd seed.
Tom Brady gets 201st win, breaks record for most wins (1)
This is another historic milestone in Brady’s career. If the Pats win the Super Bowl this year, he will be considered the best football player ever.
Rob Gronkowski loses his season to back surgery
Gronk is a great player, but he’s injury prone, and this injury proved it. Martellus Bennett really stepped it up in his place.
Pats get revenge on Broncos, rout Jets to wrap up great December
The Pats have historically been good in December, and these wins continued that trend.
Red Sox Trade for Chris Sale (6)
This was big move that will really help the Red Sox’s rotation.
Red Sox Sign Mitch Moreland
Moreland should be able to take over at DH throughout the season, unless the Papi returns rumors are true.
Pats clinch playoff berth, division and first round bye
Most people were expecting this, but the first round bye is big.
Andrew’s Hunters advances to fantasy Super Bowl
This was a big win for the Hunters, but I lost in my last fantasy Super Bowl in 2014.
Derek Carr, T.J. Yeldon and Charles Sims placed on IR, Malcolm Mitchell doubtful
Andrew’s Hunters isn’t looking great going into Week 17, but has a 13 point lead.
10. Red Sox Trade for Aaron Hill, Brad Ziegler, Drew Pomeranz and Fernando Abad as trade deadline approaches
9. Red Sox Clinch AL East, Playoffs
8. Broncos defeat Panthers in 50th Super Bowl
7. Celtics Sign Al Horford, but miss out on Kevin Durant
6. Red Sox Trade for Chris Sale
5. Avery Bradley Makes Game Winning Shot As Celtics Defeat Cavs
4. Xander Bogaerts goes on 26 game hitting streak
3. JBJ Goes on 28 Game Hitting Streak
2. Rick Porcello Wins Cy Young
1. Tom Brady gets 201st win, breaks record for most wins
2016 was a historic year in sports. Happy New Year!
Patriots-Jets Preview: Pats Should Win on This Rainy Christmas Eve
December 24, 2016 22robertsa Uncategorized
NFL Week 16 Picks: The Final Playoff Picture Begins to Develop
Welcome to my NFL Week 16 Picks. This week, games are on Saturday, and they mean a lot. By the end of today, the playoff picture could look very different. I’m 139-84-2. How will I do this week? Keep reading, then feel free to comment your thoughts.
Lock Of The Week
Patriots, 34, Jets, 16
How could the Jets win in New England with no sophisticated QB? Their hole at QB has took a big hit on their scoring, receiver performance, and overall record. They are not the same team without a QB. The Patriots offense will easily outplay the Jets’ offense, so no matter what the score is, the Pats should win by a lot. Also, Brandon Marshall is really struggling, and Malcolm Mitchell is on fire. Things like that are going to extend the Pats’ lead. By the 4th quarter, it’ll already be far in the Patriots’ favor, and they will just be able to run the ball. I think their backfield could get them a couple of TDs, despite the Jets run defense being alright. Dion Lewis and James White are the kind of guys that can speed past them, work through them, and Blount can just push through defenses for first downs. The Pats backfield is anything but defense friendly, and with that, it’ll definitely be over for the Jets.
Upset Of The Week
Jaguars, 31, Titans, 24
I’ve gotten a lot of grief about picks like this. I know I need to give up on the Jaguars, but games between them and the Titans are always close, and at home, I think this is a match-up they have a chance in. The Titans defense isn’t great, and offenses like the Jags’ that are ready to breakout can easily do it on a defense like this. It doesn’t matter how much Marcus Mariota scores on them, in certain cases, breakout offense is breakout offense. Against defenses like this, the Jags’ offense should be able to break out and even keep the lead. I just have a feeling that things won’t go as most people expect. If any of you that areTitans fans are upset with this pick, the Titans can still make the playoffs as a wild card if they lose this one and win next week. However, they’d also need a Dolphins loss vs. the Pats next week (which will only happen if Oakland wins), and a Denver loss this week or next week. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh also have to hold off Baltimore for them to get in. If they lose today, it’s an unlikely scenario, but the Titans could get the wild card, and I think they will.
The Other Games
Bills, 23, Dolphins, 20
The Dolphins really don’t have much of a secondary and the Bills are ready to take advantage of that. LeSean McCoy may also be too much for the Dolphins run defense. The Bills offense is fit for this game, and should win them it. The Dolphins offense will not have it easy against a Bills defense that’s also in the right position to cover their best players.
Panthers, 30, Falcons, 24
I think with Julio Jones injured, the Falcons offense won’t be quite as good. They’ll have problems rushing the ball against a good rush defense and won’t have many other passing options despite Carolina’s hole at corner. Unfortunately for them, it will be hard for them to take advantage of that, and meanwhile, Carolina’s offense should rebound against an Atlanta defense that isn’t really stacked at any particular position. That will basically mean that the Panthers won’t have much between them and the end zone.
Redskins, 27, Bears, 9
The Redskins lost embarrassingly last week. It should help Carolina’s momentum against Atlanta, which could work To Washington’s advantage. But they need to win their games too. This one could go either way. The Bears will be in it the whole time, and won’t look all that bad, but I think eventually, since the Redskins are the better team offensively and defensively, that the Redskins will take a significant lead.
Chargers, 24, Browns, 19
It’ll be close, but there is no way on earth that I would pick the Browns to win another game this year. This team is so bad, that it’s almost as if they’re meant to be 0-16. Maybe they’re worse than the 2008 Lions. We’ll just have to see. How they do in this game will show it. A loss will show that they really are that bad, and a win would prove that the Browns aren’t great, but aren’t the worst team in history. The Chargers have proven, even with all these injuries that their offense can thrive. Even with Melvin Gordon now hurt, will that happen this game? I don’t think they’ll be as good, but the guys they do have should score a couple TDs on the Browns D. That’s all they need, don’t expect the Browns to get more than a TD or two, even against another weak defense. Their offense does not have much in them at this point, so it’ll be hard to do more than that.
Packers, 23, Vikings, 16
No Adrian Peterson, no Vikings win. The Vikings offense isn’t very good without Teddy Bridgewater and AP. Unfortunately for Christmas lovers, I do not think Kyle Rudolph will be extra productive in this Christmas Eve game. The Packers offense has been better lately, and should definitely outscore the Vikings, especially without AP. They may have problems running the ball against a tough Minnesota defense, but should be able to throw for a couple TDs, which should get them in position to win.
Saints, 22, Buccaneers, 16
No matter how bad the Saints defense plays in this game, the Bucs defense isn’t going to do much better. This will really be a battle of who plays better offense. That’s definitely something the Saints have the advantage of, and at home, that should be enough to get them the win this time around.
Raiders, 26, Colts, 20
The Colts did great last game, but that was against a terrible offense. The Raiders offense should take full advantage of the bad Colts D, and win this game. The Colts will challenge them and stay in the game, but the Raiders should win in the end. They have the better offense and the better defense.
Rams, 27, 49ers, 23
The 49ers got their only win when hosting LA in Week 1, but this game is in LA, so I think the Rams will win this one. Against a mediocre 49ers D, Todd Gurley should be able to run more easily, and with Jared Goff starting, their passing offense just might be better. The 49ers will score a decent amount, and stay close, but in the end, the Rams defense is a lot better than the Niners’ defense, and with the Rams at home, that will make a difference.
Seahawks, 20, Cardinals, 18
The Seahawks will win at home easily. They are undefeated at home. But this will be a low scoring game. The Seahawks offense isn’t the kind of offense that scores 30 points on a team, I know that about them. But Seattle’s defense will do enough to hold the Cardinals’ dominant offense, under 20 points. They do usually score around 30, but are not the same offense under the pressure of a great defense like Seattle’s. Based on the fact that they’re 5-8-1, I guess it really has hurt them badly this year.
Texans, 26, Bengals, 23
The Bengals have been good even without Giovani Bernard and A.J. Green, but I don’t think their offense is a match for a tough Texans team. The Texans’ run defense is really good, and they have an offense now. Even with Brock Osweiler not working out, hopefully Tom Savage leads good RBs, WRs and TEs to a good game. I can see that happening, which will give them the win with the defense taking care of Cincinnati well. If Savage struggles, Osweiler will return, and hopefully do enough to get Houston the win.
Steelers, 31, Ravens, 29
This is one of the two games actually on Christmas Day this Sunday. The Steelers are going to win this division, and this game. The Ravens offense may be better but the Steelers’ offense is unbelievable. Pittsburgh’s only flaw is defense. So expect a high scoring game. However, even with how good the Ravens defense is, especially at home, the Steelers’ offense has the capacity to outplay them.
Chiefs, 33, Broncos, 30
This game means a lot to the playoffs. If the Chiefs beat Denver on the road though, they’ll beat them at home. Each of these teams has found new ways to work around each other’s defenses, and it’s resulting in higher scoring games. The Chiefs have done that better though, resulting in them edging out these wins. I think the same result will be true tomorrow night.
Cowboys, 34, Lions, 33
Both these defenses aren’t so good, so this will be an offensive shootout. The Lions offense will do very well in this game, but it won’t be enough to top a Cowboys offense that also puts up almost 35 points. With the home field advantage, the Cowboys should hold the Lions off, especially after what happened last week. If Detroit loses to Green Bay too (which I don’t think they will), they could be out of the playoff picture.
Thursday Night’s Game
Giants, 30, Eagles, 27
I was surprised by the result of this game. The Eagles took an easy lead early. I saw a close one the Giants pull away in. The Eagles offense did establish themselves again like I predicted, but they ended up holding up the Giants’ playoff clinching as well.
Pats-Broncos Preview: Expect Pats to Win Close One
NFL Week 15 Picks: It All Leads Up To The Playoffs
December 17, 2016 December 18, 2016 22robertsa NFL, Picks & Previews, Uncategorized
This week is all about playoff scenarios. They’re within the games. This week, my picks mean more than wins and losses. They mean who’s in and who’s out. I’m 130-77-2 this year. How do you think I’ll do this week? Keep reading, then comment your thoughts.
Packers, 34, Bears, 20
The Packers haven’t been great this year, but the Bears have been disgracefully bad. I do not think they’ll be able to handle a tough Packers offense, even with the home field advantage. As for the Bears offense, I think the attempted rebuild has failed. Jordan Howard has had to step in at RB with Jeremy Langford regressively struggling, Zach Miller and Jay Cutler are hurt, and their receiver options have been slim. They do have Alshon Jeffery back, but with Matt Barkley at QB, that doesn’t mean much for Chicago. The Packers should win by far.
Bengals, 24, Steelers, 22
The Bengals may be without Giovani Bernard and A.J. Green, but they’ve actually been pretty good offensively. The Steelers rely too much on their offense, and that could open the door for Cincinnati. Their defense is not very good, and that will hurt them in this game. The Bengals have a very good defense that could stop the Steelers offense from scoring as much as it normally does. On the other hand, the Bengals offense does not have much in their way, which puts them in a position where they could pull an upset.
Ravens, 30, Eagles, 27
The Eagles defense, especially the secondary is overrated and the revamped Ravens offense should work around the entire defense. That should be enough for Baltimore to win the game, but the Eagles will put up a fight.
Bills, 24, Browns, 15
The Bills may have problems passing, but who cares in this game? The Browns offense will fail to score a touchdown on the Bills defense, and LeSean McCoy will go wild on Cleveland’s defense. This pick is looking like a no-brainer. I almost chose it as my lock.
Texans, 26, Jaguars, 23
The Texans defense will overwhelm the Jags. I don’t think that Jacksonville’s offense can handle them. To add to it, the Texans have a decent offense of their own and could score a lot on Jacksonville. This game should go to Houston, but and upset is more likely here than in the Bills game.
Chiefs, 30, Titans, 22
In order for the Pats to clinch the home field advantage, they need 3 times where they win or the Chiefs and Raiders both lose. I just don’t think this is the game for the Chiefs to lose. The Chiefs is facing an easy defense this week, and their defense will overwhelm a young Titans team that is usually high scoring. This is not set up in the Titans’ favor in any way. The Chiefs even have home field advantage in this game.
Vikings, 26, Colts, 22
This is going to be an interesting match-up. Two teams, one just outside the playoff picture, the other that’s in “state of emergency” in terms of making the playoffs. They are hanging in there because of just a crazy tiebreaker that would go in their favor if they won their last three, and Miami, Denver, Baltimore and Tennessee each lost at least 2 games. However, the Vikings aren’t going to make it easy. Adrian Peterson is back so the offense will be better. They will be overwhelming on defense, and work around a weak Colts defense. They should also force lots of turnovers.
Giants, 34, Lions, 30
This game means a lot. With a win and a Packers loss, the Lions clinch the division. The Giants can clinch a playoff berth with a win, and losses for the Redskins, Vikings, and Packers. The Packers losing, is that going to happen this week?! Probably not. But still, this win means a lot in these teams’ playoff campaigns. I think the Giants offense will be too much for the Lions D, and grab a win at home.
Cardinals, 31, Saints, 30
The Cardinals released Michael Floyd this week. Will that cost them this game? I don’t think the release will cost Arizona the game, but it will narrow their options at receiver. However, it will be J.J. Nelson’s time to shine, and he could very well come through. Jermaine Gresham is another option. But if either of these teams lose, they are out of playoff contention. It will be tough for both teams, the Cardinals will have trouble with the Saints offense, and the Saints defense leaves an opportunity for an easy Cardinals win. I don’t feel like the Cardinals defense is the defense to blow a win like that.
Patriots, 22, Broncos, 19
The rivalry of Brady and Manning is gone, but Brady’s still looking for revenge on the team that ended two of his last three seasons. They won’t be the same team, they still have a very strong defense that will keep this scoring, but if the Patriots defense can build on its performance on Monday, then covering the Broncos will be easy if they can win the turnover game and get to Denver’s QB. I think either team will win, but this isn’t just another win if the Pats win. The win would clinch the AFC East for the Pats, and a first round bye.
Raiders, 35, Chargers, 20
Against a weak Chargers defense, Derek Carr and a revamped Raiders offense is ready to annihilate San Diego. The Chargers offense can’t do much about it. They are without Keenan Allen, Danny Woodhead and now Melvin Gordon. The Raiders will be too much for their entire team to handle.
Falcons, 24, 49ers, 22
I don’t think the Falcons are that good, by they have a seriously easy schedule, and this game should be an easy win for Atlanta. The 49ers offense just won’t be able to score enough to outscore a strong Falcons offense, that shouldn’t be limited too badly by the Niners D.
Cowboys, 33, Buccaneers, 23
The Cowboys did lose to the Giants, but they’re not losing this game, against the Bucs. The Bucs are doing well, but don’t match up to the Cowboys in Dallas. Maybe the Giants have the Cowboys’ formula, but they should win their other games. At a record of 11-2, you’d expect them to continue to dominate on offense and win this home game.
Redskins, 31, Panthers, 26
The Panthers have been slightly better, but the Redskins have actually done pretty well, and Josh Norman will look for revenge on his old team. The Panthers are no match for the Redskins, especially without Josh Norman. It’s like if you took Josh Norman out of this game, it would all be a snooze fest and both these teams would be bad. But the Redskins have signed him, and it’s paying off, especially when their receiver depth will help them against a weak Panthers secondary. That could cost Carolina the game, not having a good corner.
Seahawks, 20, Rams, 15
I knew this would be pretty low scoring. The Seahawks offense didn’t need to score that much, their defense was just too good for LA. Like I thought, the Rams couldn’t score a touchdown.
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Jets, 26, Dolphins, 20 Final OT
It was actually very hard to pick this game. It was Bryce Petty vs. Matt Moore. I ended up just taking the home team. But really, the rest of the Dolphins’ team is a whole lot better. They have a better run defense, better receivers (with Eric Decker on IR), and a running back that is now better.
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Melican Boys Secure Big Win Over Dudley
It was a big game for the Melican Roadrunners boys basketball team. They beat the Dudley Titans 73-26. Melican had the lead the whole game, and was shutting Dudley out through most of the 1st quarter. For one thing, the defense was really good. They were pressuring the Dudley players attempting to score, and with the fans help, they held Dudley to a very small amount of points. Another thing that helped keep the shutout going is that there were no fouls on Melican until late in the 1st quarter.
In the first quarter, Melican’s #23 Zachary quickly contributed with 7 points. #4 Beau and other starters helped contribute to a lot of these baskets, not just early in the game, but throughout. Early on, a lot of the scoring was on assist-less shots, but the other players helped out the scoring players later on. #33 Greg, #31 Harrim, and #22 Brendan each scored an additional 4 points. Dudley’s only basket went to #15. Melican continued to rebound the ball after the missed shots by Dudley, helping them score more points. Melican had the 21-2 lead to end the quarter.
Melican continued to dominate through the 2nd quarter. #33 Greg got 4 more points and was the quarter’s main contributor. There was a lot more assisted baskets, as the team worked together better. Dudley had multiple fouls in the 2nd, and #5 Gabe was doing well on the foul shots, picking up additional points for the team. Melican was leading 32-12 at the half after Dudley began to put up some points. #20 and #22 both scored 3 pointers in the quarter, the first two 3 point FGs of the game.
Things were looking good for Melican as they continued to keep up a high scoring game in the 3rd quarter. There were more assisted baskets in this quarter. #5 Gabe continued to make his foul shots, and #10 James (5 points) and #23 Zachary (3 points) along with #32 Ethan (4 points), #33 Greg and #22 Brendan (2 point each) all were major shooting contributors, and Melican ended up with a total of 19 points in the quarter, and took a 51-22 lead. The issue for Melican was that Dudley was scoring at a close rate to their own, and at the time had a slim chance at a comeback. #5 Brooks had scored 8 points in the period!
That all changed in the final minutes of the game. In the 4th quarter, Melican out scored Dudley 22-4. #33 Greg continued to help score, getting 5 points, and almost the whole team contributed to the scoring. #4 Beau got an impressive 3-pointer, Melican’s only 3 point FG. The team won, 73-26.
Stats For Melican
# Name Pts Fouls
3 Jacob – –
4 Beau 3 1
5 Gabe 3 1
10 James 7 1
12 Chris 4 3
13 Aaron 7 2
14 James 2 –
21 Nathaniel – –
22 Brendan 8 1
23 Zachary 10 1
24 Ian 4 1
31 Harrim 6 1
32 Ethan 4 1
33 Greg 15 1
Stats For Dudley
# Pts Fouls
3 — —
11 3 —
13 — —
25 2. —
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A CATASTROPHIC rise in greenhouse gases. An administration consumed by chaos and scandal. An economy that leaves millions of us behind.
We’re running out of time to rescue our planet, repair our democracy, and restore the American Dream. That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate.
More than a million Coloradans struggle to afford medical care or a place to live. Carbon pollution kills millions of people around the globe and plunges even more into poverty. Drug addiction and gun violence claim the lives of more than 300 Americans each day.
Meanwhile the president shuts down the government and demonizes anyone who disagrees with him. The free press, an independent judiciary, even the right to vote come under attack.
It’s not just Donald Trump who’s at fault here. It’s the politicians—and the system—that enable these problems to persist.
Polluters gut our environmental laws. Drug companies gouge consumers and stifle competition. The gun lobby crushes any measures that stand in its way.
That’s what happens when the Supreme Court turns corporations into people and money into speech. Special interests bankroll Congress and block reform.
We deserve leaders willing to defy the president—and even their own party—when their conscience demands it. Leaders who will put our lives first.
I’ve spent the past four years fighting for mental health care, driven by a tragedy in my own family and by the pain I’ve felt in so many others. When I joined Mental Health Colorado, I told my team that I wanted the pace of our work to match the urgency of our mission.
There’s no such urgency in the U.S. Senate.
We’ve seen children caged, bigots emboldened, fundamental freedoms under fire. I’ll stand up to this administration—and any other—that violates our values.
I’ll lead the fight for Medicare for all; good jobs and the education and training they require; and a Green New Deal to replace fossil fuel with renewable energy.
I’ll fight for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship. For me, this fight is personal; I wouldn’t be in America if our nation hadn’t opened its doors to my mother and all four of my grandparents.
If we’re serious about winning these fights, we need to change the way we finance campaigns. I’ll lead by example—just as I did a decade ago—by turning down contributions from political action committees.
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Galaxy Note 9 price and last-minute leaks: get them all here
In less than 24 hours, we’re expecting to see and get a hold of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. The new phablet from the South Korean tech giant will be announced during the Unpacked event scheduled for August 9. The company’s latest premium flagship is said to be an amped up version of the Galaxy S9 but is also a glimpse of the future Galaxy S10 sans the Fingerprint On Display technology. This one still doesn’t have an under-display fingerprint sensor but it will be ready with upgraded features like the new and improved S-Pen.
The device has been a favorite topic the past few months and we’re curious to know how it will be different from the Galaxy S9 and S9+. Well, there’s the addition of a special stylus but we’re hoping this will be faster and better especially with the presence of Bixby 2.0.
New details are being leaked and we have a feeling more will be shared until the last hour before the Unpacked event. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 retail box has been spotted in Russia. No pricing info was revealed but we heard prices will still be reasonable. A Galaxy Note 9 intro video was also leaked and that one confirmed a 512GB version.
Some of you may have probably decided to sign-up and reserve for one even before the official launch but we know you won’t be underwhelmed. At this point, we’ve sighted official and unofficial Galaxy Note 9 accessories, the improved bezels, horizontal rear cameras, and a cooler form with the copper tubing.
The Android phone will work with an S-Pen and wireless charger. Examples of S-Pen and phone cases and screen protectors were also leaked. There’s also that idea the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will work with a dock-less DeX. For the avid gamers, the popular game Fortnite will be exclusive first on the Note 9.
First Galaxy Note 9 teasers presented a longer-lasting battery with more space for storage. True enough, launch is earlier but we can’t say if it’s due to low Galaxy S9 sales.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Specs
Specs and features we know so far: 6.3-inch Super AMOLED display, QHD+ resolution, 18:9 ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 or Exynos 9810 processor, 64/128/256/512GB onboard storage, dual 12MP rear cameras, 8MP selfie shooter, rear fingerprint sensor, ISOCELL Plus camera sensor, 6GB or 8GB of RAM, and a 4000mAh battery. The phone will run on Android 8.1 Oreo OS but we know it will be updated to Android 9 Pie once available.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Colors
The yet-to-be-unveiled Galaxy Note 9 color options will be Black, Brown, Coral Blue, Deep Sea Blue, Gray, and Lilac Purple. The S-Pen will also be ready in different colors: Black, Brown, Yellow, and Pink. Rumor has it the S Pen will have a battery and offer Bluetooth support.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Prices
The 128GB Galaxy Note 9 is believed to cost some 13,500,000 Indonesian Rupiahs or $935 in the US. The 512GB variant will cost 17,500,000 Indonesian Rupiahs which is around $1,210 according to an earlier report. The latest information we got was from Roland Quandt (@rquandt) who shared over on Twitter the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 128GB unlocked price in the UK will be 899GBP while the 512GB unlocked will cost 1099 GBP. Those prices convert to about $1,163 and $1,423 in the United States. Earliest availability of the phone is August 24.
Samsung Galaxy Note9 128GB unlocked price in UK: 899 GBP.
— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) August 7, 2018
Samsung Galaxy Note9 512GB unlocked price in UK: 1099 GBP.
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Which manga chapter does the season 1 of the anime end on?
I just finished watching the first season of Nanatsu no Taizai (Seven Deadly Sins). I would like to continue by reading the manga but I am unsure which chapter to start from.
Also, I read online that there is a lot missing in the anime compared to the manga. Is that true?
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Aki Tanaka
The Last WordThe Last Word
I read the manga first and started watching the anime halfway through, but the final episode coincides with chapter 100, as far as I can remember.
As far as the manga goes, it has 3 arcs. The first arc ends with chapter 123. It ends kind of abruptly. So if you want to read the manga, starting from after the anime series ends, you have to start with the chapter "Power of Love". I am sure it's above 101, it could be 102 or 103. So starting at 101 would be your best bet.
The anime almost covers what the manga does. Obviously, the manga might feel much granular and in-depth, but the anime gets most of the important point though. Try reading from chapter 101.
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Do you suggest that I start reading the manga if the anime is missing a lot? The "power of love" is chapter 101 btw. Thanks for that. – The Last Word Apr 28 '15 at 6:57
yes, I would suggest you read from 101. Anime does not miss a lot. – Imprfectluck Apr 28 '15 at 12:53
You should read it from the 102nd chapter. Also, there is no need to read all the chapters from the beginning, because the anime had missed a lot of parts from the manga.
While in general case manga has more to show than its anime, in this case, the leftover part in the anime is not that important and you can miss it without regrets.
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Albert Goodman Trainee Scores Top in the World
We are very proud to announce the success of our graduate trainee Claire Machin, who recently achieved joint first in the world, for the March ICAEW tax compliance exam.
Claire joined Albert Goodman in 2016 as a graduate trainee and became a member of the Audit team in the Taunton office. Claire has had consistently high grades in all of her exams and well represents the hardworking members of staff employed at Albert Goodman. Albert Goodman is very proud of Claire’s achievements and is sure she will continue to be a great asset to the workforce.
607 people sat the most recent tax compliance exam globally, with 466 people passing it; out of those 607 people Claire achieved the joint highest grade and due to this has been awarded the prestigious ‘Knox prize’.
Claire comments, “I was very happy to learn that I earned the top grade in the world for the tax compliance exam, it definitely makes all of the hard work worthwhile! Throughout my studies, I have been provided with great support from both Albert Goodman and the tutors at First Intuition. I really enjoy working within the Audit team and I look forward to becoming an ACA fully qualified chartered accountant soon.”
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Schedules and Scores
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Class of 2018 says goodbye to high school, reflects on college process
By Molly Goldberg, Staff Writer|May 23, 2018
Seniors Sophie Goldberg, Erica Dick and Noa Diamond pose for a picture on May 1, College Decision Day. Goldberg will be attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Dick will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Diamond will be attending Washington University in St. Louis.
Photo credit: Molly Goldberg
In three days, members of the Class of 2018 will walk across the graduation stage, diplomas in hand, ready to begin the next chapter in their lives.
As the time to leave Archer quickly approaches, many seniors are reflecting on their time in high school. The Oracle sat down with members of the graduating class to hear advice that they want to pass on to the rising seniors, who are beginning the college process themselves.
Senior Noa Diamond, who will be attending Washington University in St. Louis in the fall, said that her top choice changed drastically after touring schools.
“Don’t have tunnel vision on one specific school. You can’t really know if you belong at a school unless you step foot on the campus,” Diamond said. “I toured a school that wasn’t even high up on my radar, and it ended up being the school I’m going to now.”
Additionally, she offered a piece of advice about writing the personal statement essay.
“Try not to be too stressed about the process. Enjoy writing your personal statement, and actually write about something that interests you,” she said. “I had to look deep into myself to find something to write about. Don’t just write about something that you think is going to make you look good, write about something you are truly passionate about. Just be authentic.”
Fellow senior Erica Dick gave similar advice and said the most important thing in the process is to be yourself.
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Goodbye Archer, Hello College: seniors prepare for graduation
“My biggest piece of advice would be not to do things just to put it on your college applications,” Dick said. “Be true to yourself and don’t overthink it.”
Dick is an incoming freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“If you get a gut feeling that you really love a school and want something, go with that gut instinct,” sbe said. “It doesn’t matter what your friends want or what your parents want, go with what makes you happy.”
Below is an interactive map, displaying all of the colleges that the Class of 2018 will be attending next year.
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In 2006, Stanford Hospital & Clinics required a new, state-of-the art facility that would replace existing clinical functions while maintaining and enhancing connections to its preexisting buildings. Rafael Viñoly Architects was selected for its unique approach to healthcare design: rather than creating the typical base-and-tower hospital building, the firm proposed a modular plan that can be easily adapted for a variety of uses, thus allowing both for incremental expansion of the hospital building and a horizontal development strategy that complements the low-rise campus context of Stanford University and its Medical Center.
A universal module measuring roughly 36.3 x 36.6 meters (120 by 120 feet) is deployed in a checkerboard pattern to generate a floor plan in which hospital functions alternate with open spaces. This module informs each level of the new hospital, from the basement to the top on the fifth floor. On the upper floors, patient nursing areas provide views of roof gardens. Emergency, Imaging, and Interventional departments on the lower floors are organized around an entry plaza and an atrium.
Unique in hospital design, the middle zone between the upper level bed floors and the diagnostics and treatment floors at grade feature a combination of non-clinical programs and generous roof gardens. This Garden Level on the third floor exists on the roof of the hospital’s large second story and contains a cafeteria, restaurant, conference center, staff lockers, and a lounge area, all of which overlook a garden space.
The design of the new facility reinterprets and updates the original 1959 Edward Durell Stone-designed hospital with open-air courtyards in a combination of a central atrium and rooftop green space. The atrium brings daylight and landscape to the lower levels, where a landscape feature and public amenities create a welcoming and memorable environment for patients, visitors, and staff alike. Roof gardens on the second and third floors provide additional outdoor spaces associated with the cafeteria and other public functions and are a complementary design to the courtyards and arcades found throughout Stanford University and its Medical Center campuses.
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Wedded Wahoos
The stars aligned for all of these Cavaliers, but not without some embarrassing moments along the way.
by Diane J. McDougall
For this Valentine’s edition of Virginia Magazine, we engaged in a little romantic research and unearthed more than 10,000 Cavalier Couples—marriages of two Wahoos. We invited them to tell us some stories, and more than 2,000 responded.
Even if you’re not part of a Cavalier Couple, we believe you’ll get a kick out of reading these short stories—ranging from the serendipity of first glances and the clumsiness of dating, to creative proposals and wedding mishaps. You may be surprised that some of these pairs ever made it to the altar!
Go ahead, laugh along with your fellow ’Hoos at their (often incredibly uncomfortable) remembrances. And have a happy Valentine’s Day!
How we met
I met my future wife while on a date with her sorority sister at her sorority formal. Oh, and I was tied naked to a tree outside of her sorority house by my fraternity brothers—while she was on the phone with her parents.
—Heath Umbach (Col ’94), married 21 years to Deborah (Crotteau) Umbach (Engr ’94), Sudbury, Massachusetts
We were the first two students arrested at the 1970 Vietnam protest and were held in a Mayflower moving van until charged and released pending trial.
—Ginny Shapiro (Educ ’70), married 47 years to Bill Shapiro (Law ’71), McLean, Virginia
I met my wife when her car was on fire outside my apartment on JPA. I like to say, “I did not light her fire, I put it out.”
—Joseph Witt (Com ’82), married 35 years to Kathy Witt (Educ ’83), Newport News, Virginia
It was a freezing January 1966, my first year at Mary Washington (no women at UVA then, we were the “women’s division” in Fredericksburg). The phone rang in our Bucknell dorm hall (one pay phone for a whole dorm floor). Four dates are needed for four guys coming up from Charlottesville that night. Anyone interested? OK, I went along with three other girlfriends, and that’s how I met my husband. Funny thing, he wasn’t even my date that night.
—Georgia Wirth Autorino (Nurs ’69), married 50 years to Arthur Autorino (Engr ’69), Eastham, Massachusetts
We met at the Colonnade Club at a Gay Student Union dance. I was out for dinner with someone else, in whom I was not interested. Went to the dance with him and another friend and promised, though I wasn’t interested, I would never meet anyone else at the dance, as that was just plain rude. I spilled my drink and my now husband, who was taking tickets, came over to help me clean it up. We started talking and dancing, and before we knew it, the place was empty except for us and the staff, as the dance was over.
—John Weltman (Grad ’84, Law ’84), married 30 years to James "Cliff" Atkins (Col ’81, Nurs ’83), Cohasset, Massachusetts
I needed a ride home for Christmas break our first year, so I went to the ride board at Newcomb and pulled a tag off the board of someone heading my way. I climbed into the front seat and sat next to this guy named Larry. For him it was love at first sight. For me, we were “just friends” for at least two years. Long story short, we got married at the chapel 11 years later.
—Joan (Lesoravage) Conway (Com ’86), married 25 years to Larry Conway (Col ’86), Warren, New Jersey
Data from December 2018 Cavalier Couples survey
Memorable dating moments
He was walking me home one night shortly after we met and suddenly ran up a grassy hill and disappeared for a few minutes, saying he’d be right back. When he returned he had a handful of daffodils he had picked for me. I thought he was so romantic! Years later, after we were married, I found out he really had to go to the bathroom and saved face by bringing back the flowers.
—Sharon (Miller) Brown (Educ ’82), married 32 years to Thomas Brown (Col ’82), Millwood, Virginia
At Clark Hall, our third anniversary of dating, we went to quietly study across those old long tables. It was approaching finals. We kept looking up to check in on each other, and then nod; we each saw no one else in the bustling but silent room. Somehow we created too much flirtatious tension for some unknown fellow Wahoo. He briskly dropped a hand-scrawled note on my textbook and walked on. It directed me to “Go kiss her, you idiot!”
—Mark Megaw (Col ’82), married 34 years to Karyl-Leigh Megaw (Col ’82), Earlysville, Virginia
When I met my betrothed, I was dating someone else long distance. On one of our first dates in Charlottesville, we went out for Chinese and I received a fortune that said, “Stop searching forever. Happiness is right next to you.” I felt like it was divine intervention. I still carry that fortune around in my wallet.
—Merideth Kelso (Col ’96, Educ ’96), married 22 years to Glenn Kelso (Col ’93), Chesapeake, Virginia
Jess was the Honor Chair and, in playing her role as a pillar of the community of trust, made a point to keep her Lawn room unlocked all day. Her University Guide friends, knowing this, would take their tours there, to show off a real live Lawn room. The sole exception to Jess’s unlocked-door policy was when she’d ask me to lock it, so we could have some privacy. Which, naturally, I failed to do on one notable spring afternoon. Fortunately, our dear friend and University Guide that day had the good sense to peek his head in before bursting into the room, tour in tow. His eyes met mine, got really wide, then he quickly closed the door and smoothly told his group that “she’s … napping. Let’s see if we can find another room to look at.”
—Brooks Taylor (Engr ’09), partner for four years to Jess Huang (Col ’09), Mountain View, California
Dave invited me and another girl to the same party at his fraternity house. He would hang out with me upstairs and with her downstairs. That worked for about an hour before we both caught on.
—Shauna Edwards (Col ’90), married 28 years to David Edwards (Col ’90), Charlottesville
Our first date was January 21, 2012. Because I lived in Alexandria at the time and my (now) husband lived in Richmond, we agreed to meet in the “neutral territory” of Charlottesville. We went to my classmate Billy Hamilton’s restaurant (Hamilton’s, of course), then to The Virginian for a drink after dinner—thus raising the average customer age in the bar by at least 40 percent. The nice young fourth-year girl standing next to me, with whom I was discussing the joys of a teaching career, got upset when some people bumped into us and bent us slightly backward over the bar. She blurted, “Stop that! Stop that! You’re crushing parents! You’re crushing parents!” thereby making us feel even older and more uncool than we already did. But we’ve enjoyed telling that story ever since.
—Kate Keith Pearsall (Col ’89), married four years to Rob Pearsall (Col ’83), Richmond, Virginia
You mean the time I ran over to her apartment (from the gym) to take a shower when she and her roommate were away studying and I ran into a bat as I stepped out of the shower … and I couldn’t find a tennis racket so grabbed a box fan out of her window and chased the bat down in the buff … and after “getting the bat,” placed the large fan in the wrong position of the window and watched it fall three stories down and smash in the parking lot below as her roommate entered the apartment. Awkward?
—Vic Marks (Med ’05), married 14 years to Sarah Jones Marks (Med ’05), Danville, Pennsylvania
Shortly after beginning to date Margaret, we drove her parents’ car down to the Outer Banks with friends to get away for a week. When we got there, I was so excited that I stepped out of the car with my pillow and started having a pillow fight with the car. The sunroof, upon impact, shattered and rained glass shards down on Margaret. I now have a physical scar on my right arm from the glass but also emotional scars from presenting her parents with a check and an explanation.
—Jacob Feldman (Col ’10), married five years to Margaret Montague Feldman (Col ’12), Arlington, Virginia
After one of our first dates, we were walking the Downtown Mall and were holding hands for the first (or one of the first) times. We walked by a restaurant with a wall of glass, where dozens of our classmates were attending an event. As we saw them staring at us, our hands suddenly disengaged. To this day, neither of us will admit being the one who let go. We still laugh about that moment any time we’re holding hands.
—Christopher Ende (Law ’02), married 15 years to Debbie Fruci Ende (Law ’02), Westwood, Massachusetts
Favorite Date Spots?
Wahoos uniformly love the Corner as a go-to for every occasion. But when it comes to remembering specific favorite dates, they offered up these locations and activities:
Arch's
Bodo's
C&O Restaurant
Culbreth Theatre
Downtown Mall
Durty Nelly's
Hiking (O-Hill, Humpback Rocks, etc.)
Newcomb Hall/Pavilion XI
St. Maarten's
The Virginian
On bended knee
My mother had given me my grandmother’s engagement and wedding rings. On our second date, I told my girlfriend I knew what I was going to give her for Christmas. I brought out the rings. She said get down on your knee. I asked her to marry me. She said yes. The next day we went to Keller & George to get one ring reset. The jeweler asked how long we had been dating. I said two days. He just stared at us and smiled.
—John M. Millar (Darden ’72), married 48 years to Mary Susan Millar (Nurs ’71), Virginia Beach, Virginia
On the night I proposed to Shayna, I took her to dinner at C&O. I was so nervous that I left my wallet in the car and she had to pay. When we pulled out of the Water Street garage, I forgot to turn my headlights on and got pulled over. I was so nervous that I bumbled the sobriety test (couldn’t say my ABCs backward) and had to show the engagement ring to the officer and take a breathalyzer test. That sort of helped to clarify her expectations for being married to me!
—Tim Showalter (Med ’04), married 13 years to Shayna Showalter (Col ’99, Med ’04), Charlottesville
Hilary told me on the day that I was going to propose that she felt like something was not right and that I might actually be preparing to propose (something she had said not to do). The engagement stone and ring set was in my pocket when she mentioned this to me. The restaurant staff, owner and other patrons knew that I was going to ask her during dessert, and the music stopped and the lights dimmed for the big event. After I asked for her hand, she didn’t answer. Instead, she proceeded to drink all of the drinks on the table: two waters, two wines, etc. After what seemed like an eternity she finally said, “I have to go to the restroom.” I said, “You cannot go to the bathroom.” The waiter sheepishly came over to the table and refilled all of the glasses again, which Hilary proceeded to drink. Finally, after several minutes she said, “It’s not romantic anymore. You have to ask me again.” I did, and fortunately she said yes, much to the relief of the owner, our waiter and our fellow diners.
—Andrew Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89), married 25 years to Hilary Beaver (Med ’91), Houston (Bellaire), Texas
I got my future wife a puppy and a ring for her birthday, and she asked if she could take it back. Fortunately, she meant the puppy and not the ring.
—Bill Dister (Col ’87), married 28 years to Candace Mason (Col ’87), Crozet, Virginia
My husband proposed at Reagan National as I returned from spring break my first year of law school. I got off the plane and really had to use the bathroom, and there he was with a sign reading, “I love you! Will you marry me?” I nodded yes, but my first words were, “I need a bathroom!”
—Genevieve McCormack (Law ’02), married 17 years to Bill McCormack (Darden ’02), Haverford, Pennsylvania
TJ was visiting me for the weekend and wanted to go into D.C. to see the monuments and go on the pedal boats in the Tidal Basin at the Jefferson Memorial. It was really beautiful but extremely hot. He kept wanting to stay out on the boat, and I was dying from the heat and couldn’t figure out why he kept stalling. Finally he stood up in this tiny little pedal boat and almost capsized us. He seemed really nervous, so I thought he had to go to the bathroom and was going to pee off the side of the pedal boat into the tidal basin in broad daylight. But then he turned to me and got down on one knee and proposed. I was so totally surprised!
—Kathy (Sheehan) Cawley (Col ’86), married 17 years to TJ Cawley (Com ’87), Morrisville, North Carolina
Wahoo weddings
The night of our wedding, we were walking from Pavilion VII to the Corner for the after party. I (the bride) got knocked over at the foot of the Rotunda steps by a streaker. A bride and a naked guy on the lawn, who wasn’t my husband. It was classic.
—Catherine Irwin Corbin (Arch ’04), married nine years to Matthew Corbin (Col ’02), Chicago
An uncle, who was the driver for a few family members to our wedding, arrived partially dressed. His top half was in wedding attire, but he had wanted to be comfortable while driving and wore his typical cargo shorts and Crocs. Then he realized that he had forgotten his dress pants and shoes. My mom was directing helpers to find my uncle and the family members who would be in the procession. She kept telling people to find the “man with no pants.” Needless to say, the photographer was very creative and had him in the back row so he could still participate.
—Rejina Kaplan (Col ’13), married two years to Jason Kaplan (Engr ’09, ’12, ’15), Pittsburgh
We had two weddings: one at the Colonnade Club and the other in India. One of the best moments of the Indian wedding was having about 50 Wahoos—including my dad—sing The Good Old Song during the reception in Delhi. The Indian guests were a little perplexed but appreciated the choreographed singing and swaying.
—Stewart Ackerly (Col ’06, Law ’11), married three years to Neha Kumar Ackerly (Com ’08), Washington, D.C.
We had very little money for a self-funded wedding, so we drove to D.C. to buy liquor because it was so much cheaper. On the way had a major disagreement over whether we could afford wedding rings, and I forgot to get gas in the car. We ran out of gas on U.S. 95 by the Pentagon and quickly rushed to move the liquor from back seat to trunk, but I lost the car keys in the process. A Good Samaritan stopped to help, drove Mollie to get a can of gas and returned to find me trying to hot wire a car full of liquor. We eventually found the keys behind the back seat and managed to find enough money for wedding rings. Our self-funded wedding went on to include sunflower seeds and a pate made from Spam, and the “band” was a cassette tape featuring Pachelbel, jazz and Bruce Springsteen.
—Steve Colangelo (Col ’70, Law ’76), married 42 years to Mollie Danforth (Law ’75), Alexandria, Virginia
If you missed the chance to relive your story, you can still do so by visiting the Cavalier Couples website and telling us all about it.
All photos are courtesy of alumni, with the exception of: Jacob and Margaret, 2012 (Allie Merrill); David and Shauna, 1990 (Chuck Lane/Aspen Photography); Catherine and Matthew, 2009 (Jack Looney).
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Charles Sutton on 02/08/2019
I was graduated from the College in 1969, a year before the College admitted female students. As a member of Virginia Christian Fellowship, met a good number of nursing students with whom I became friends - and would have liked to become more than friends with one or two of them. However, that never happened. But five years later, I met a young woman freshly graduated from Hope College, in Holland, MI. So, while I was very interested in some fellow UVa students, I wound up being thankful that my friendships didn’t take on a romantic dimension, as I have been wonderfully happily married now for 43 years. (I am glad, however, that Hope’s colors are also blue and orange!)
Robert on 02/06/2019
Awwww this was so nice and interesting to see the differences in style in the various decades. Now if we could have their wedding song that we could click on show up with the picture that would be super awesome!
Ed on 02/06/2019
Just learned that my brother Tom’s small bladder led to his life long marriage to our wonderful sister in law Sharon.
Annie Schaffner on 02/05/2019
My husband Joseph (GSAS ‘75) and I (GSAS ‘78) are the proud parents of Joe (Coll ‘05, Law ‘13) and Rachael (McIntire ‘04). Joe and his wife Alexa (Coll ‘05, Law ‘13) were married in the UVA chapel in Dec of 2012. It was absolutely lovely! Most of the groomsmen and bridesmaids were also UVA grads. Sadly, Joseph died in 2008, so he didn’t get to join in the joyous celebration (although maybe he did, but in a different way). I hope we can keep the UVA legacy going! What a great university. I’m so proud to be an alum!
jackie kerr on 02/05/2019
loved every word and the memories they brought
loved Joe Witt’s story - he was a suite-mate of mine in Courtney first year dorm
Adrienne Connolly on 02/05/2019
I’m the parent of a first year Wahoo. I loved reading all these wonderfully happy stories of life long relationships and imagining my own son’s happy future as a result of his time at UVA!
wlliam Seeley,jr. on 02/05/2019
Loved those stories. 1960 Liz was one of two young woman in her class at UVA Law. My roommate [we had an apartment in Farmington] had an interest in the other young woman in the Class of 1963 and saw them walking with those heavy books back then, and he invited them into my car, a convertible with the top down. Liz never stopped talking all the way out 250 west to the HJs for an ice cream cone and all the way back and I knew I was hooked. $10 dollar dinners at the Steak House and romance in the limiting rules imposed on the few woman living at Mary Mumford Hall. I got three parking tickets and it meant automatic suspension for a semester; and I was lucky to get a job in DC and come back to Charlottesville on the weekends and play for the Cavaliers Rugby Football Club side though technically not a student. We were married in August 1961 and lived at 1906 Stadium Road in a tiny basement. apartment…walking distance to Clark Hall but oh those damn heavy books. I graduated in January 1963 and took a clerkship in Norfolk; she graduated in May [Trailways bus driver on 250 East got to know me well], and we did not attend graduation due to the Bar Review course in CT where we settled. We love to come back for reunions but harder for us now we are in our 80s. Lovely memories … except those heavy books. Probably no books now with everything online.
Bill and Liz
Lois Buschbacher on 02/05/2019
These were such fun to read.
Bob Witeck on 02/05/2019
These are wonderful slices of real Wahoo life and reminder that we’re all human, and for most of us, what gets us through everything is a sense of humor.
I am especially grateful you included the story of John Wells and Cliff Atkins, a gay Wahoo couple too. In the future, I will appreciate your efforts to be inclusive and help ensure that LGBTQ ‘Hoos are part of the fabric of the entire University. It means a lot to ensure our visibility and equal respect.
Merideth Kelso on 02/05/2019
What a fantastic compilation of Wedded Wahoos stories. I had some good laughs reading the vignettes. Thanks for working so hard on this really special story!
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Had lots of laughs reading some of these stories. Thank you to all the couples who shared.
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"By the time you read this book, it will be out of date" —
Never mind the naysayers: Emoji are a vital part of online communication
Author Philip Seargeant discusses his new book, The Emoji Revolution.
Jennifer Ouellette - Dec 1, 2019 7:41 pm UTC
Enlarge / The Emoji Movie (2017) anthropomorphized the ubiquitous icons we use to convey emotion in online communications.
YouTube/Sony Pictures
197 with 113 posters participating
In 1982, a computer scientist named Scott Fahlman was chatting on an online bulletin board and used a combination of a colon, a hyphen, and a round bracket to indicate that he was joking. This was likely the first emoticon, a kind of emotional shorthand that emerged in online communications to compensate for the loss of in-person tonal clues (facial expressions, gestures, and so forth). Then came emoji, which started spreading rapidly into wider use around 2011. Emoji are now used by roughly 90% of the online population.
That makes them a keen topic of interest to linguists like Philip Seargeant. Seargeant is a senior lecturer in applied linguistics at The Open University in England. His specialty is the study of language and social media, with a particular focus on the politics of online interaction. Given his linguistics expertise, he naturally found himself intrigued by the rise and eventual dominance of emoji in online communication, and that fascination led to his first popular science book: The Emoji Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Communication.
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"I've always been interested in a mixture of the visual as a sort of language," Seargeant told Ars. "Emoji are often seen as very frivolous, a little bit childlike. But at the same time there's something more serious about the way they're being used, despite their cartoonish look—both in the way people use them, and in the sophistication they have as language."
The emergence of emoticons and emoji has been driven by rapid technological changes as the Internet became a dominant force for global mass communication. It has brought along with it the usual handwringing from change-averse elders about how their usage is destroying language. But far from being a unique feature of the Internet era, Seargeant argues that human beings have long sought to find these kinds of visual shortcuts to indicate tone.
For instance, John Wilkins, a co-founder of the Royal Society in the 17th century, believed that the limitations of language were holding back scientific progress. He dreamed of inventing a universal language and, along with several colleagues, went so far as to construct a group of symbols he called "Real Characters." These were not written representations of spoken words; rather, they represented key concepts visually, much like emoji do today. In the 1580s, an English printer named Henry Denham proposed the use of a reversed question mark to indicate irony. The late 19th-century writer Ambrose Bierce, author of The Devil's Dictionary, proposed implementing a "snigger point," which he argued should "be appended ... to every jocular or ironical sentence." Clearly, there has long been a need for symbols to augment written language.
Enlarge / Philip Seargeant argues in his new book that emoji are at the vanguard of rapid changes in language.
Philip Seargeant/Cambridge University Press
Ars: I found the early history of failed attempts to augment written communication with symbols fascinating. Yet none of these earlier attempts really took hold on quite the same level as emoji. Is that because of today's rapid technological changes?
Seargeant: You can think of writing itself as a type of technology, in a way that speech isn't. Speech is something that we all naturally do as we grow up. The alphabet is a technology. Writing was invented. In that sense, emoji are just part of that history, part of the human condition. On the other hand, it's very specifically a part of that history as it relates to digital communication devices. Emoji is very much suited to what we do on social media now. The main advantage is that it adds emotional coloring, or emotional flavor, to written language. Written language can obviously express things in great nuance. But when you're writing on social media quickly, in a conversational style, a lot of that stuff gets lost. Emoji are a way of adding that back in.
It's very difficult to invent a language and then assume people will pick up on that. It's sort of organic. It's being in the right place at the right time, being backed by the right people at the right time. When Apple added emoji to the iPhone, that gave it a huge boost. This is why its rise is tightly linked to corporate history and corporate culture. But the creativity part of it is another reason why they're so popular. You can do quite innovative things in a very simple way with things like Bitmoji or Memoji. You can design them to look like yourself.
Ars: What about all the grumpy curmudgeons writing OpEds about how text-speak and emoji used by kids today are "ruining language"?
Seargeant: There's a natural tendency for people to have these sorts of mini moral panics. It's not just emoji, before it was texting, before that it was probably something else, even back to people sending telegrams. So it's very much generational, like teen slang. Young people are doing things in ways that other people disagree with, and so they see it as degenerate. But language always changes; patterns of language shift constantly. It's incredibly complex. We all have a repertoire. Emoji is just another instance of a new repertoire coming along.
"You have to have a sophisticated understanding of how language and communication work to use emoji."
There's also this complaint that it's ruined literacy among young people, because they're just sending emoji. Again, that's not the case. You have to have a sophisticated understanding of how language and communication work to use emoji—like using them in a playful way, building words from putting two emoji together, and so forth.
That said, emoji is not a separate language. Usually we combine it with things, and it adds an extra dimension. It's evolving in a way that has meaning for the communities that are using them. So people are adapting what they have to make meaning in the best way that they can.
Ars: You mention the need for grammatical rules, among other things, in order for something to be considered a true language. Are there signs that some rules or rudimentary grammar might be developing for emoji?
Seargeant: There's this idea that emoji comprise a universal language, in that for the most part they look like what they are supposed to represent. But as soon as you actually start using them as you do in a language—using idioms for instance—you impose a meaning on them. Sometimes that can resonate across a wider community. For example, because there are no symbols for sex with emoji, people started using particular vegetables and fruits and that slang usage spread across the community.
Emoji is not the same as a fully formed language for various reasons, but one is that it doesn't have grammatical structures. What it does have are very simple emerging conventions, transferring ideas from English, for example, into emoji. So what comes first in the sentence would be the subject, what's happening to the subject will be the verb, putting more than one of something together to make the plural, and so forth.
When we're trying to make the grammatical structures, i.e. put emoji together in a relational way, we do it based on our intuitions from the languages we're speaking. That's one of the reasons it's not going to grow into an actual language. When people were trying to translate Moby Dick into emoji, they would invent grammar, stringing things along to make sentences. But that was an intellectual, literary exercise, not the same thing as what most people were doing when they were texting each other. I don't think we ever rely just on the emoji to express some conceptually important idea.
Ars: Given that technology has driven the development of emoji, we can assume it will continue to drive changes moving forward. How might augmented reality, brain-computer-interfaces, or even more radical technology affect how we communicate in the future? Could emoji eventually become extinct?
Seargeant: I think that's the big question: how long are emoji going to last? If some of these more radical technologies come about—well who knows? It's possible that things will change so much that we can't yet even conceive of what it might be like. We're getting to a point where, from a practical point of view, it's going to be more difficult to find the right emoji to convey what you want to write, even with tens of thousands of emojis to choose from. So I can imagine a possible tipping point, where some realignment or reconfiguration has to take place. It's almost impossible to say. I was interviewing someone about this for the book who suggested emoji will remain prominent for at least the next ten years. But who knows? These things change so rapidly. Just 15 or 20 years ago, we wouldn't have envisioned any of this.
Jennifer Ouellette Jennifer Ouellette is a senior writer at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. Jennifer lives in Los Angeles.
Email jennifer.ouellette@arstechnica.com // Twitter @JenLucPiquant
xizar Ars Scholae Palatinae
reply Sun Dec 01, 2019 3:05 pm
CraigJ Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
17566 posts | registered Mar 7, 2014
Nauip Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Counter-arguement: Emoji are an imprecise method of communicating and leave the recipient guessing as to your meaning.
A_Very_Tired_Geek Ars Centurion
Regardless of personal opinions on emojis as a communication form, sci fi writers have already foreseen a time in which technology transforms interpersonal communications to the point where single images can display entire thoughts, emotions, and stories. If you want an example of that in novels, then you need only read Eon and its related prequels/spinoffs/sequals by Greg Bear. They use a necklace-like device called a "torq" to communicate with each other and other species. A neat way of getting around the alien communications problem.
bickle2 Ars Praetorian
About six are useful, the rest are a waste
passivesmoking Ars Tribunus Militum
caustictoast Seniorius Lurkius
Nauip wrote:
I mean it's not like you should only use emojis. Words+emojis is significantly more clear for tone than either alone
BrianZ Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
caustictoast wrote:
I completely agree. Humans are wont to read tone into written communication, and will interpret based on experience, current mood, subject matter, etc. All or none of which may be relevant or correct.
Well-chosen and appropriately used emoji can help alleviate some of that, especially in informal communications.
Emojis can serve as a useful augmentation, an addition, to standard text-based language. People who act like emojis are out to replace written text and people who are overly reliant on them are the issue.
TheTripod Smack-Fu Master, in training
Phonetic writings are also imprecise. What is a "bat"? An animal or a sports implement? By contrast, the picture of a baseball bat is a baseball bat.
When you are in an airport in some foreign country, you don't need to know how "bathroom" is written in that country. You only need to look for the universal picture of male and female.
19 posts | registered May 25, 2017
FlyingSteamGoat Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor
TheTripod wrote:
Monsieur Magritte disagrees.
CompactManifold Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor
Bathroom signs are easy in Emoji:
⬅️👨💩 👩💩➡️
BrianZ wrote:
I prefer to communicate in text clearly and precisely and leave all the snark and sarcasm for face-to-face. Except in cases where snark, sarcasm and trolling are expected. I realize I am a minority in this endeavor.
Felix Aurelius Ars Centurion et Subscriptor
I find it fascinating that we developed a way to replace the tonal "color" that is missing in written language. I'm not sure why people fight so hard against it or hate on it. I'd almost say it's because it's fashionable to hate on them, rather than something founded in evidence of linguistic degeneration.
raxadian Ars Praetorian
They still make terrible movies.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q9iozzThg8
You have no control over what someone else attributes to your written words.
Even in face-to-face communication we rely on the non-verbal for a significant portion of the conveyed communication.
But, you do you. The rest of us will figure it out regardless.
Ptahhotep Ars Centurion
While emoji can certainly convey meaning and emotional intent that isn't clear from the text, implementation is a mess.
Different programs have different default emoji and adding more, which happens all the time, makes matters worse.
When I want to use them I often need to use a webpage to find the one I want to use, and sometimes they look very different when pasted.
It seems likely that soon there'll be so many of them that it becomes impossible to find the proper one.
And don't get me started on stupid nonsense like emoji for every possible religion/gender/skin colour/whatnot which in my humble opinion does NOT adress the related issues, but just makes them WORSE.
(Where's my veteran emoji dammit? I'm being treated unfairly!)
Fatesrider Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
I'd go with that.
The operative word "can" is the key, IMHO.
The assertion that emoji's are a "vital part of online communication" ignores the fact that we've been successfully communicating by the written word for centuries without them. One can communicate very clearly without them, if one has the space. The most they really SHOULD do is convey tonal nuance to the reader that's missing from verbal communications.
When they're used as actual words, that's when interpretation is up to the reader, and when the meaning may, or may not, be accurately conveyed.
Like this example:
Possible interpretations:
"That's bullshit"
"Well, shit"
"That's full of crap"
"My feces is smarter than most people"
"I ate at Taco Bell for Thanksgiving"
"Eyes don't digest. Who knew?"
The list can go on. Personally, I thought it was funny, and ironic. But it's sort of like walking into a conversation in Japanese. If you didn't get the context you'd mostly be lost as to what they're talking about until it was mentioned again.
Communications are supposed to FACILITATE understanding. Emoji's largely fail to do that in most cases. Much like Carolina Reaper, I tend to think they should be used very sparingly and only when misinterpretation of what's WRITTEN without the tonal qualities of the verbal word is a possibility to convey the proper intent.
So, they CAN be useful. It's their misuse that I tend to get annoyed by.
PantlessGit Smack-Fu Master, in training
I am totally blind, use a screen reader, the reader can't read aloud Emoji & thereby prove the lie to the old addage that a picture is worth a thousand words.
It's worth SFA if it can't be given a transcription (AltText) for a screen reader to read to those for whom vision is an issue.
Old & can't see the tiny print? You won't be able to see that itty bitty icon either.
Going blind & have to magnify the screen to +300% to see standard 14 point text? Those pictures may not scale worth a damn.
Blind & can't see the pretty pictures at all? If your reader can't find AltText for it then they aren't worth the bandwidth.
99.999+% of WebDevs can't be bothered to transcribe the images on their pages (I'm looking at you ARS & your lists of unlabeled graphics) & thus leave folks like me with nothing to listen to & comprehend.
Unlabeled buttons, undescribed links, (JavaScript) code that hides content & only reveals it after you click a "same page" link, the list is nearly infinite of all the ways they leave artificial & *#&$ing pointless hurdles in the way for anyone not gifted with perfect sight, hearing, & motor skills.
I wish it were possible for Emoji spewing goobers to be forced to use a screen reader rather than a monitor for a month, that way they would find out the hard way just how crappy those *pictures* can be...
74 posts | registered Apr 15, 2015
dwl-sdca Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor
This presumes that the emoji user is sufficiently skilled to select the proper one(s) to accurately communicate their feelings/tone to the reader. It also requires the reader(s) to glean the intended meaning or subtext of the symbol.
I confess that I often have no idea what a particular emoji adds to the meaning of a message. I sometimes have tried to use Google to identify the meaning of an emoji. It is like learning a new language with word/symbols that have different meaning in different contexts.
edit: It doesn't help that the same emoji sent from one system will appear differently when viewed on a different system.
Is there a real difference between any of the following icons?
😀 😃 😄 😁 😊 🙂 😁
edit: the subtleties are lost to me within my iOS system. How can the the nuance be expected to communicate across to someone using a different system?
Last edited by dwl-sdca on Sun Dec 01, 2019 4:32 pm
Vapur9 Ars Tribunus Militum
Still no sarcasm emoji. Sometimes, something you say with sarcasm might make you appear dumb as all hell, until you supplement it with something to indicate it was a joke. Whether that be a winky face, an /s, or an explicit mention in parenthesis (which can kind of destroy its impact).
Stop trying to make "fetch" happen.
train_wreck Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Came to the comments expecting a bunch of people trashing emoji.
Did not disappoint.
I don't think it's the presence of emoticons that annoys people, but the ludicrous proliferation.
When it was a simple set of characters--or even pictures--no-one particularly cared. ";)" helps make it evident you're being tongue-in-cheek, ":(" expresses sadness, and so on.
However, now we have eggplants, (water) guns, and for chrissake poop. If I want to say something's shit, a poop emoticon doesn't enhance the statement.
As for textspeak in general, the issue there is when people don't when to stop using it. I had a coworker who would send official work emails with textspeak, like "hav u dun this yet?". Formal language may not be the only valid language, but it certainly has it's place...and work is one of those places. Especially to customers.
(Side note: thanks mostly to him, corporate standards now disallow textspeak and emoticon in email or any communication with customers.)
Falos Ars Scholae Palatinae
Hundreds of trivial food and building icons, a dozen ways to express gladness, yet we're still kludging substitutes for the concepts of naked acknowledgement or gratitude.
No wonder everyone is describing the trash sides of emoji.
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wallinbl Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
dwl-sdca wrote:
I can hardly ever interpret the emojis people use. Of course, the general population has a limited grasp of the words they use, so that's also problematic.
I was that kid who argued with teachers and professors about the wording of their questions. I never understood how everyone else saw the intended meaning in spite of the obviously ambiguous wording.
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geni Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
I have to admit, whatever part of the brain that translates emojis to language is completely broken on me. Why is there like 50 happy emoji's that differ by a pixel, how does that help communicate?
In my opinion, emojis are an obsolete relic of the early noughties when we still paid per text and data was billed in the tens of cents per MB. That we've tried to expand it far beyond what a 32x32 icon can realistically communicate with any clarity is silly, when we can now send (if you actually feel you need to use a picture to clarify your textual meaning) animated GIFs and unlimited size pictures, I just can't see why it is so popular or 'vital'.
Also, get off my lawn.
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wallinbl wrote:
I’m sure your teachers loved you....
You kind of answered your own question there. Most other students clearly saw the intended meaning, and didn’t feel the need to pester the teacher with questions. So the wording could be ambiguous, the message was still conveyed, and anyway the point of the whole thing was to complete the assignment, not bicker over minor word choice differences. This is how normal communication flows.
In the same vein, getting hung-up on emoji usage is fine for an armchair grammarian in an Ars comment section, but the rest of the world has kind of moved on. They’re using emoji and clearly aren’t too befuddled by it to integrate it into their daily conversations. With regards to ambiguity in emoji meaning, in my experience the context of the conversation eliminates the ambiguity 99% of the time.
Language evolves. 🐵
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Wheels Of Confusion Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor
geni wrote:
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PhilipStorry Ars Scholae Palatinae et Subscriptor
I've used emoji since before emoji was called that. The classic :-) / ;-) / :-( style ones.
I only need a few of them, but they're enough. For those who say "words should be enough", well, why do we have punctuation?
You inserted the paused that each of those commas in the previous sentence denoted. That helped you properly parse the sentence and determine its cadence. The question mark at the end helped determine that it was an enquiry.
Even traditional punctuation doesn't necessarily clarify, because rhetorical questions exist. We normally provide an answer if there's a question mark at the end of the sentence - the rhetorical question subverts that.
So to me, emojis have been punctuation since about 1996. Not using them may as well be like not using a full stop, comma, exclamation mark or question mark. OR NOT SHOUTING.
Context and nuance matter, and words cannot always convey that. It's why we have punctuation and stylistic conventions. Fighting it isn't just futile, it's going to make your writing less clear in many circumstances.
smoothsorbate Ars Praetorian
Phonetic writings are also imprecise. What is a "bat"? An animal or a sports implement?
Let's hope that the next Riddler film doesn't overly use emojis for the riddles, or I'll be lost.
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Prom gown proceeds from Boutique support mission to find Alzheimer’s cure
OMAHA, Neb. — The 11th Annual Max I. Walker Ultra Chic Boutique was a success again this year, the company reports, with both a new home and a new beneficiary of the funds raised.
The doors opened at 9 a.m. Feb. 3, the cleaners says, “at the event’s new home A View on State Street, to a line of several hundred excited shoppers. More than 100 volunteers manned the dressing rooms, rehung dresses and cashed out shoppers.”
Throughout the 6-hour sale, it indicates, $20,000 was raised for the Ultra Chic Boutique’s new partner, the Alzheimer’s Association Nebraska Chapter. The proceeds will be used to further the association’s mission of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.
“Currently, five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s Disease. That number is expected to triple to 15 million by 2050,” says Lisa Walker Sekundiak, vice president of Max I. Walker and creator of the Ultra Chic Boutique. “We need to find a cure for this terrible disease, and the only way to move forward with that is through funding.”
For ten years, the sale benefitted Omaha’s Open Door Mission’s Lydia House emergency services program for women and children; $125,000 total was given, the firm notes. But the Walker family now has a personal tie to Alzheimer’s, so the change in partners made sense at this juncture.
“The annual sale,” it notes, “offers gently used gowns for just $30 each, regardless of original value or brand, with all proceeds going to charity.”
Around 3,000 wedding, formal, prom and little black dresses were collected from Omaha and the surrounding communities throughout 2017, which Max I. Walker Cleaners employees cleaned and pressed at no charge, then stored until the big day.
The Ultra Chic Boutique began in 2007 with a few hundred donated dresses and a small space to sell the gowns. The concept has evolved into an event housed in a 12,000-square-foot venue, which includes fashion shows, The Dress FlipTM design competition, a dress raffle, vendors and thousands of gowns.
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#10 Kansas State x 8 – 0 11 – 2
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#21 Missouri 5 – 3 8 – 4
Colorado 4 – 4 8 – 4
Kansas 1 – 7 4 – 7
Iowa State 1 – 7 3 – 8
#11 Texas A&M x† 7 – 1 11 – 3
#15 Texas 6 – 2 9 – 3
Texas Tech 4 – 4 7 – 5
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Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33 (2OT)
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The 1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1998 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–2, and an 8–0 record in Big 12 Conference play.
The Wildcats finished the regular season undefeated (11-0) and were ranked second in the nation ahead of their matchup with tenth-ranked Texas A&M in the 1998 Big 12 Championship Game in St. Louis. Kansas State would go on to lose the game in overtime, losing their chance at a national championship.[1]
After the Big 12 Championship Game, Kansas State did not receive a spot in the inaugural Bowl Championship Series despite being ranked in its top four as well as the highest ranked non-champion from any conference. They also were not invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, as the conference runner-up typically would be, or the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, which at the time was contracted to invite the third place team in the conference; those bowls chose Texas and Nebraska instead. Instead, Kansas State was invited to the Alamo Bowl,[2] where it lost to the unranked Purdue Boilermakers, who drove 80 yards for a touchdown in the final minute to defeat Kansas State 37-34.[3]
Following the end of the season, a new rule was created. Nicknamed the "Kansas State Rule", the #3 ranked team would always have an automatic bid to a BCS bowl game.
The Wildcats finished the season as the top scoring team in NCAA Division I-A (at 48 points per game), and set a school record for points scored with 610.[4]
September 5* 6:10 PM Indiana State #6 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas W 66–0 41,728
September 12* 11:30 AM Northern Illinois #5 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas FSN W 73–7 41,967
September 19 2:30 PM Texas #5 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas ABC W 48–7 43,714
September 26* 1:10 PM NE Louisiana #5 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas W 62–7 42,029
October 10 6:00 PM at #14 Colorado #5 Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado FSN W 16–9 51,581
October 17 2:30 PM Oklahoma State #4 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas ABC W 52–20 43,694
October 24† 1:10 PM Iowa State #4 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas W 52–7 43,203
October 31 11:30 AM at Kansas #4 Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown) FSN W 54–6 43,000
November 7 1:00 PM at Baylor #4 Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas W 49–6 38,217
November 14 2:30 PM #11 Nebraska #2 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas ABC W 40–30 44,298
November 21 2:30 PM at #19 Missouri #2 Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri ABC W 31–25 68,174
December 5 2:30 PM vs. #10 Texas A&M #2 Trans World Dome • St. Louis, Missouri (Big 12 Championship) ABC L 33–36 2OT 60,798
December 29* 7:00 PM vs. Purdue #4 Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas (Alamo Bowl) ESPN L 34–37 60,780
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Table references[5]
QB Michael Bishop
WR Darnell McDonald
Rankings Edit
Further information: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
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Postseason Awards Edit
Bill Snyder – Named Big 12 Coach of the Year, Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, Walter Camp Coach of the Year, AP Coach of the Year, Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
Michael Bishop – Davey O'Brien Award, Heisman Trophy runner-up, All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
Jeff Kelly – Consensus All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
Martín Gramática – Consensus All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
David Allen – Consensus All-American, First-Team All-Big 12
Ryan Young – First-Team All-Big 12
Darnell McDonald – First-Team All-Big 12
Darren Howard – First-Team All-Big 12
Jarrod Cooper – First-Team All-Big 12
See also: 1998 College Football All-America Team and 1998 All-Big 12 Conference football team
Players in the 1999 NFL Draft Edit
See also: 1999 NFL Draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL Club Ref
Martín Gramática K 3 80 Tampa Bay Buccaneers [7]
Jeff Kelly LB 6 198 Atlanta Falcons [7]
Ryan Young OT 7 223 New York Jets [7]
Michael Bishop QB 7 227 New England Patriots [7]
Justin Swift TE 7 238 Denver Broncos [7]
Darnell McDonald WR 7 240 Tampa Bay Buccaneers [7]
↑ Barr, Josh (December 7, 1998). "Vols, Seminoles Head to Fiesta Bowl, Wildcats to Frustration". The Washington Post: p. D01. http://search.proquest.com/docview/408429398/13B4F064AEC74CD45C7/4?accountid=46320.
↑ King, David (December 29, 1998). "K-State Out to Prove It Belongs -- Elsewhere: A National Title May Be Out of Reach, But Not Out of Mind at the Alamo Bowl". The Washington Post: p. D07. http://search.proquest.com/docview/408408043/13B4F064AEC74CD45C7/3?accountid=46320.
↑ King, David (December 30, 1998). "Alamo Bowl: Wildcats Are Upset By Purdue: Purdue 37, Kansas State 34". The Washington Post: p. C08. http://search.proquest.com/docview/408407357/13B4F064AEC74CD45C7/1?accountid=46320.
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↑ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1998)". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2190&year=1998. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
↑ "Kansas State 1998 AP Football Rankings". http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/teams/by_season.cfm?teamid=141&seasonid=1998.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "1999 NFL Draft". https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1999/draft.htm.
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January 18, 2015 Bela Black Leave a comment
The Drish House was built in the 1830s by a Doctor named John Drish. This old federal style house has seen many faces and has set the stage for many stories throughout it’s life. It was at first simply a house for the Drish family, then it was turned into a school, at one time it was even a wrecking company, it has been a church and later on a storage space. The house has set vacant for quite a while as well. Over 175 years of history has went on inside these walls.
Doctor Drish’s legacy holds quite a bit of drama, which obviously has led to the hauntings inhabiting the home. Doctor Drish was born in Loudoun County, Virginia and in 1795 he went to school to be a doctor. His wife was a very wealthy woman named Catherine Washington. After marriage, the two had daughter and named her Katherine M. Drish.
Years later, a dark cloud fell on the family and Doctor Drish’s wife Catherine died early on when the little girl was still very young. His wife’s untimely death led the doctor to leave the child behind with his relatives in Virginia. The doctor felt he couldn’t watch after the little girl like she needed and have a successful career as a doctor. He moved alone to Alabama, taking his wife’s fortune with him.
Old Drish Plantation Mansion, Monroe Place
The doctor arrived in the town of Tuscaloosa in 1822. This is where he was married again three years later to a wealthy widow by the name of Sarah Owen. The couple bought around 160 acres in Southern Tuscaloosa to build their dream home and in 1837 construction started on Monroe Place. The construction of the home was finished in 1839 and the doctor then brought his daughter Katherine home from Virginia to live along with him and his new wife.
The house was originally named Monroe Place because it sits at the terminus of what was then called Monroe Street. The home has two levels and a basement. The architectural influence of the home was taken from a notable Alabama Architect named William Nichols. Doctor Drish had previously worked with Nichols as a contractor in building several government structures, the capitol, the local jail and even the University. There is no proof that the Architect Nichols had a thing to do with the design, it’s merely an observation by locals that he influenced Drish. The house was embellished with 14 Tuscan columns and a double-ellipse staircase designed and built by his nieces husband John Fitch who was a very skilled carpenter.
The war came around 1860 and hit the Drish family pretty badly, like many others in the south. However Monroe Place and many of the other close-by mansions were spared.
Old Drish Plantation
After the war, Drish was bankrupt and soon died in 1867. In his will, he left his wife Monroe Place. However unfortunately since he owed the state of Alabama money, all of his property and real estate, including the Monroe Place mansion were auctioned off. The home was sold to an Alabama lawyer who went by the name of Powell in 1869. The new owner however let Sarah Drish use the house until she died in 1884.
After the long occupancy of the Drish family, the house was sold time and time again and housed many different facilities.
The Wrecking Company front side, previously known as Monroe Place
In 2007 everything in the area including the Drish house was condemned and was soon to be torn down. However the church was still in place and they were able to negotiate to save the Drish house and renovate, while all the other surrounding buildings met their end and were finally torn down.
As with any old house from the 1800s the Drish house became susceptible to many stories and rumors. Some say that Doctor Drish was a drunk and gambled all his money away. They also say that his daughter Katherine fell in love with a man that her father did not approve of and locked in her room for many weeks with scarce food or drink.
The man she had previously fell for eventually left Tuscaloosa, so she then married a man by the name of W.W. King from New Orleans and later had two sons with him. She and her two sons later returned to the Drish House to finalize a divorce from their father. Many say his daughter had went insane after witnessing many outbursts and incidents occurring at the home due to her unruly behavior. Around the same time, Doctor Drish’s niece Helen Whiting was murdered by her husband, the carpenter Mr. Fitch, he was the same carpenter who built the mansion’s staircase. In an episode of rage, he slit her throat almost severing her head. These heinous actions by Mr. Fitch ultimately sent him to an insane asylum.
While all this craziness was going on Doctor Drish became ill himself and refused to eat; he was only kept alive by force feeding. Some say he leapt from his bed and fell going down the staircase. Some of his workers or slaves insisted this is how he died.
One story is that one of the tower rooms is haunted by a runaway slave who had somehow managed to get into the tower room and hid. The slave was eventually forced out from starvation. Story says that he was then handed over to his master, and his master then burned him to death. So this is where the legend of the burning tower was born.
The second story is that Katherine’s sons returned to the Mansion to retrieve her after her death. Katherine wanted the same candles burned at her funeral that were burned at her husband’s funeral several years before. Unfortunately she did not get her wish fulfilled to have the candles at her funeral as they were unable to be found by her sons in time for her funeral.
These two stories over time have led to the legend of the burning tower at Drish house.
Sometimes people see the towers burning and notify the local fire department only to find that there was no fire at all. Firefighters have reported seeing the ghost of Mrs.Drish while responding to the mystery fires numerous times. Others have reported hearing the slaves crying and yelling about the fire from inside of the Drish House.
The Old Drish House today
Below are two videos, one of a very convincing Tuscaloosa resident story teller and the other of a news story on the Drish house.
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Genasys (LRAD) to Reflect Broader Commitment to Critical Comm
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By providing highly intelligible voice communications and attention-commanding alert tones to ensure warnings are heard and understood, Genasys formerly LRAD) is fundamentally changing the way law enforcement agencies conduct everyday duties and elevated risk operations.
LRAD Corporation, a critical communications company recently named a Multiple Award Winner in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, for their Fourth Consecutive Year, has officially rebranded as Genasys, to align their identity with its industry-leading, connected emergency communications systems which empower all levels of domestic and international government plus enterprise to effectively manage critical situations and help save lives.
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“The growing importance for governments and organizations to provide clear and timely critical communication during natural disasters, crisis situations and civil disturbances – including through geo-specific messaging on today’s ubiquitous mobile devices – also contributed to the Company’s name change,” Mr. Danforth continued.
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When life threatening incidents occur, individual and community safety is the highest priority. LRAD systems ensure warnings and lifesaving notifications are simultaneously heard and clearly understood over wind and background noise to provide a superior communications capability for crisis situations.
“In this new chapter of the Company, we plan to continue expanding our acoustic hailing device (AHD) business while also delivering the only unified solution for public safety, emergency warning and other critical communications applications to the large and growing mass notification market,” added Mr. Danforth.
“In coordination with public sector emergency managers, elected officials and business leaders, we will endeavor to keep people safe through our unified, multi-modal distribution of clear, concise alerts, notifications, instructions and information.”
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The 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program surpassed expectations with a record number of nominations received from industry leaders and government agencies, and drew over 200 attendees to the ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Banquet – an exclusive gourmet luncheon and networking opportunity which filled to capacity, before having to turn away late registrants.
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Commissioner Bratton, one of the world’s most respected and trusted experts on risk and security issues and Executive Chairman of Teneo Risk a global advisory firm, was recognized as the ‘2019 ‘ASTORS’ Person of the Year’ for his Lifetime of Dedication and Extraordinary Leadership in Homeland Security and Public Safety.
Why the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program?
2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Luncheon at ISC East
American Security Today’s comprehensive Annual Homeland Security Awards Program is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of physical, IT, port security, law enforcement, and first responders, in acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’
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AST Reaches both Private & Public Experts, essential to meeting these new challenges.
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Crab-eye Goby, Signigobius biocellatus H
Crab-eye Goby, Signigobius biocellatus Hoese & Allen 1977
Scientific name: Signigobius biocellatus
Four-eyed Goby, Signal Goby, Twinspot Goby
A Crab-eye Goby at a depth of 26 m, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, 21 October 2008. The species has also been called Four-eyed Goby, Signal Goby and Twinspot Goby. Image: Erik Schlögl
© Erik Schlögl
biocellatus
Gobiidae
The species grows to 6.5 cm in length.
Easily recognised by the ocelli on the dorsal fins and the dark pelvic and anal fins with blue spots.
The species is endemic to Australia. It occurs around the offshore islands of north-western Western Australia and from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Click on the map for detailed information. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Breeding behaviours
Interesting breeding information in this video.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
Gobiidae fish
Largemouth Goby, Redigobius macrostoma (Günther, 1861)
Fish FAQ - Are sea slugs goby hosts?
John Weinberg sent the top image to Dr Bill Rudman at the Sea Slug Forum. The image shows the nudibranch, Ceratosoma trilobatum. John's sharp eyes saw not only the commensal shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, on the nudibranch but also the fish to the right of the shrimp.
Immaculate Glidergoby, Valenciennea immaculata (Ni, 1981)
Cocos Frillgoby, Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854)
Crested Oyster Goby, Cryptocentroides gobioides (Ogilby, 1886)
Bridled Goby, Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner, 1865)
What is a shrimpgoby?
The mutualistic relationship between shrimpgobies (also known as prawngobies) and alpheid shrimps, which live together in the same burrow, has been known for many years.
Burgundy Shrimpgoby, Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock, 1977)
Blueband Goby, Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782)
Shoulderspot Goby, Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Yellowfin Goby, Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Orangespotted Glidergoby, Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956)
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‘Lost boy’ whale which stranded may have had brain problem, tests suggest
A “lost boy” sperm whale which died after stranding in the Highlands may have had a brain problem, a post mortem has found.
The mammal was spotted on Tuesday morning in the Moray Firth near the village of Ardersier, between Inverness and Nairn in the Highlands.
It was buried on Wednesday after it was moved
"With the exception of what we found in the brain it was a remarkably normal and healthy animal."
Sperm whale which died after stranding in the Highlands 'may have had brain problem'
A "lost boy" sperm whale which died after stranding in the Highlands may have had a brain problem, a post mortem has found. The mammal was spotted on Tuesday morning in the...
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Sperm whale dies after getting stranded in Scotland
It was washed ashore near Inverness (Picture: PA) A sperm whale has died after washing ashore in the Highlands. The mammal was spotted this morning in the Moray Firth,...
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Sperm whale dies after becoming stranded in Moray Firth
A sperm whale has died after washing ashore in the Highlands. The mammal was spotted on Tuesday morning in the Moray Firth near the village of Ardersier, between Inverness...
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Sperm whale strands near shoreline at Ardersier
A sperm whale has stranded close to a shore of the Moray Firth in the Highlands. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Ardersier near Inverness earlier on Tuesday. Members of the Scottish...
Sperm whale dies after washing ashore in the Highlands
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Sperm whale dies after becoming stranded off Ardersier on the Moray Firth
A sperm whale has died after becoming stranded in shallow water near Ardersier on the Moray Firth....
Devastating footage shows sperm whale died after being stranded in Moray Firth
The mammal was spotted on Tuesday morning in the Moray Firth near the village of Ardersier. ......
The deadly \'ghost gear\' which haunts seas and coastlines
Entanglement is not the only threat posed to whales. A sperm whale that died after stranding on the Isle of Harris in November had a 100kg "litter ball" in its stomach. Fishing nets, rope, packing straps, bags and plastic cups were among the items discovered in a compacted mass during an investigation by Smass. Seals have also been caught up in nets and ropes, though there have...
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Europa League: Mkhitaryan sparkles as Manchester United reach Europa last 32
Reuters Dec 9, 2016
LONDON: Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last 32 with a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk on a freezing night in Ukraine on Thursday. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who made a mockery of his two-month exile from the starting lineup with a superb individual effort, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic secured an easy win that banished memories of their earlier group stage struggles. The victory confirmed United in second place in Group A behind Turkish side Fenerbahce who ended…
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Kylie Cosmetics Is Worth $1.2 Billion! How Can I Open My Own Beauty Business?
The beauty industry is worth approximately $532 billion, and the industry continues to rapidly grow!
Why is the beauty industry worth billions of dollars? There are many factors, but one of the main reasons there is such a spike in popularity is because of all the new makeup brands today.
Kylie Jenner, reality television star and makeup mogul, is the youngest “self-made” billionaire in the world, and her success is mostly due to her widely-recognized beauty brand, Kylie Cosmetics.
Kylie Cosmetics is now worth $1.2 billion after Jenner sold a majority stake of her cosmetics company to Coty Inc. for $600 million, and the popularity of the brand continues to grow.
Entrepreneurs are inspired by Jenner’s billionaire status — so, they want to know how to open their own beauty business.
This decade was full of beauty trends and big cosmetic brands revolutionizing the beauty industry. There has been significant growth in this industry since 2009 – the global cosmetics market was at its lowest during the recession, but the industry has prevailed over the past 10 years.
Business Insider reported that today the beauty industry is worth $532 billion! For the next three years, it is expected to grow 7.14 percent annually, which means by 2023, the industry will be worth an estimated $805 billion!
More consumers want to buy the latest cosmetics products, and this trend has opened up a huge market for entrepreneurs. When entrepreneurs notice a major popularity spike in a particular industry, they want to know how to open a beauty business themselves.
So, why is the beauty industry in a major boom right now?
When we talk about the beauty industry, we must consider the different sectors, or sub-industries, that make up the market as a whole. These sectors are as follows:
Cosmetics/Makeup
The sub-industry that contributes most of the estimated over $500 billion worth of the beauty industry is cosmetics. The cosmetics industry is worth around $93 billion, which is an increase of approximately $13 billion from 2015. The annual growth rate for the cosmetics industry went from one percent in 2009 to 5.5 percent in 2018!
So, why are more people buying makeup? Well, cosmetics companies thrive on social media. Many brands have abandoned traditional means of advertising and marketing by utilizing the power of social media influencers to promote their products. Cosmetics companies also allow consumers to buy their products directly from social media apps.
One specific brand that built its name through social media is Kylie Jenner’s makeup brand, Kylie Cosmetics. Her brand is the second most popular beauty line on Instagram with an estimated 21.8 million followers. The company is worth over a billion dollars!
So, who is Kylie Jenner, what exactly is Kylie Cosmetics — and why is Kylie Cosmetics so successful in the beauty industry?
Photo: kyliecosmetics Instagram via Wikipedia Commons.
Kylie Jenner is known for being on the famous reality television show, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” but Jenner is not just a reality tv star: she’s also the youngest “self-made” billionaire in the world.
At 22 years old, Jenner has created her own makeup empire, Kylie Cosmetics. She recently sold a majority ownership stake to Coty Inc. for $600 million. Now, her cosmetics company is worth $1.2 billion! Coty Inc., who also owns established brands like CoverGirl, Adidas, and Marc Jacobs, now owns 51 percent of Kylie Cosmetics.
Jenner’s life has always been made public. She’s been on television her whole life and her family continues to be in the spotlight. In her teen years, she was interested in makeup and beauty, and in an interview with London’s Evening Standard, the then 20-year-old spoke about how her insecurities inspired her to create her own beauty line. When she was 15, she received harsh comments about her lips, and it became her biggest insecurity.
In adulthood, she started to become interested in business. In addition to that, she gained millions and millions of followers on social media. With this major platform and newfound influence on her followers, she decided to merge her passion for makeup and interest in entrepreneurship to create Kylie Cosmetics.
Photo: Complex – Kylie Jenner x Takashi Murakami Promo via Wikipedia Commons.
In 2015, she launched Kylie Lip Kit and sold her line of lipsticks and lip liner sets. The following year, she changed the brand to Kylie Cosmetics, and within that first year, her company made approximately $360 million, The Washington Post reports. Once she partnered with brick-and-mortar retailers, specifically Ulta Beauty, sales of her products rapidly grew.
Jenner turned her insecurity into a gold mine, and today, her beauty line is one of the largest cosmetics brands in the world.
So, can you own a Kylie Cosmetics?
Unfortunately, you can’t open a Kylie Cosmetics. It is a private company, now owned by Coty, Inc. The company was started by its parent company, Seed Beauty, which also launched many other popular cosmetics brands. Consumers can find the brand in retailers like Ulta Beauty or buy from them directly through their online store.
But, I am interested in this hot industry…how do I open a beauty business?
The cosmetics and beauty industry continues to grow and is now worth $532 billion, Business Insider reports. Entrepreneurs want to open their own beauty business, but don’t want to start it from the ground up. This presents risks such as high startup costs and competition. This is true for the beauty industry that continues to welcome new brands and now consumers have more options.
An entrepreneur can open a beauty franchise to limit the risks, for franchising offers an entrepreneur corporate support, an established brand, and a proven, successful business model. So, how do you open a beauty business? Here is a list of beauty franchises an entrepreneurial beauty guru can open today.
5 Beauty Businesses You Can Open Today
1. BodyBrite
BodyBrite is a beauty center that offers body rejuvenation and hair removal services. These services include facials, skin rejuvenation, microdermabrasion, and other body care treatments. The beauty business also sells a line of skincare and natural makeup products.
Financial Information (per BodyBrite’s 2019 FDD)
Initial Franchise Fee: $24,750 – $49,500
The lump-sum initial fee is $49,500 when a potential franchisee signs Franchise Agreement to operate a BodyBrite in a single territory. The fee is discounted to $24,750 to existing franchisees who already own a BodyBrite.
Startup Costs: $119,683 – $249,100
2. The Lash Lounge
The Lash Lounge specializes in temporary or semi-permanent eyelash or eyebrow enhancing services. These services include eyelash extensions, facial threading, and permanent makeup services.
Financial Information (per The Lash Lounge’s 2019 FDD)
Initial Franchise Fee: $49,500
3. Massage Envy
Massage Envy provides total body care services to anyone seeking a little relaxation. These services include massages, hot stone therapy, facials, and other skincare services.
Financial Information (per Massage Envy’s 2019 FDD)
The initial franchise fee is a range because of Massage Envy’s discount for veterans. See FDD for more details.
4. Elements Massage
Elements Massage is a day spa with client services such as deep tissue massages, couple massages, cupping therapy, and integrative reflexology.
Financial Information (per Elements Massage 2019 FDD)
5. My Salon Suite
My Salon Suite provides customers with hair-styling services, nail treatments, and various types of massages.
Financial Information (per My Salon Suite 2019 FDD)
Startup Costs: $582,164 – $1,479,827
So, now is the time to join the booming beauty industry!
So, you can’t open a Kylie Cosmetics, but there are plenty of other exciting opportunities in the beauty industry! Beauty and cosmetics are a constant trend, and these types of services and products are always in demand. Entrepreneurs who have a passion for this industry should know how to analyze the markets and understand which sector of the beauty industry is right for them. This is how they will be able to open their own beauty business. Remember, beauty (and business) is in the eye of the beholder!
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The Saga of the Jomsvikings
Classifying sagas
Hundreds of long prose texts were composed in Iceland in the 13th and 14th centuries, the texts we call sagas. Modern scholars bring some order to this profusion by classifying them as:
sagas of Icelanders (Íslendinga sögur) – just over 40 texts describing what purport to be the true exploits of ordinary figures from the early settlement of Iceland, the so-called Saga Period, from 870 to just after the Christianisation in 1000 – this is the category which includes all the famous sagas ie Njal, Grettir, Laxdaela and so on
short tales of Icelanders (Íslendingaþættir) – around 66 items, often very short, often abstracted from the longer kings’ sagas
kings’ sagas (Konungasögur) – lives of Scandinavian kings, most notably the famous Heimskringla
contemporary sagas (Samtíðarsögur) – contemporary to their 13th century time of composition, written soon after the events they describe, most preserved in the compilation Sturlunga saga
legendary sagas (Fornaldarsögur) – dealing with deep myths and legends of the Northern peoples, most notably the Völsunga saga
chivalric sagas (Riddarasögur) – frequently copied from southern, mostly French chansons de geste
saga of the Greenlanders (Grænlendingasögur)
saints’ sagas (Heilagra manna sögur)
bishops’ sagas (Biskupa sögur)
Jómsvíkinga saga is told in the flat, objective style of the sagas of Icelanders but deals with chieftains and kings and high politics, so is more of a king’s saga.
Jomsborg is founded on the north German coast by the legendary Danish hero, Pálni-Tóki. It is a fraternity of vikings who raid around the Baltic. After Pálni-Tóki’s death the new leader, Sigvaldi, kidnaps King Svein of Denmark and tricks him into marrying Gunnhild, daughter of the Wendish king Búrisleif. Svein’s revenge is to invite the vikings to a feast at which he gets them drunk and encourages them to vow to conquer Norway and its ruler Earl Hákon Sigfurdsson. At the resulting Battle of Hjörungavágr the Jomsvikings are soundly beaten and, in a famous scene, 70 of them are lined up and executed until Eirik, Hákon’s son, is moved by their bravery to spare them.
Accretions
The Battle of Hjörungavágr is the core of the story and yet it only occurs in the last ten or so chapters of the 38-chapter long text. Over the centuries the oral tradition and the scribes (endless controversy about how much of each) have added on 20 or more chapters of build-up stretching back some 150 years before the main event, introducing, for example, the series of prophetic dreams (rather garbled and ineffective in the event, as they don’t actually foretell many key events). As with all the sagas events are told in the same flat style with little or no explanation which means you have to reread the text since, only when you’ve got to the end, do you find out what it’s about, which bits are important and which bits are fun and fanciful but unnecessary to the ‘plot’.
History and non-history
As the scholar N.F. Blake writes in his thorough and academic introduction to this 1962 edition, despite the highly detailed nature of the text which appears to be all about kings and battles, ‘The Jómsvíkinga Saga is not a historical text and has no value as a historical document. The main claim that the saga has to our attention is its literary excellence.’
Maybe so, but the saga is densely packed thoughout with real historical personages and, although their relations may be cast in fairy tale terms of three dreams and three visits and trick oaths and miraculous storms, nonetheless a lot of it is meaningless unless you have a good grasp of the power relations between the various kings and earls of Norway and Denmark – a challenging feat since the sources are meagre and even the best modern scholarship is dismayingly speculative about much of this period.
However, the overall affect is similar to other substantial sagas in that the mere effort involved in trying to follow the story leads you to become emotionally attached to some of the protagonists (for example, the venerable Bjorn the Welshman who is quietly effective throughout), even when their actions are repellent, even when their characters are almost non-existent – so that by the time the tragic end arrives the reader is moved partly out of sheer exhaustion at having stuck with the text till the bitter end.
Apparently the saga exists in five versions which are quite different in detail. This translation is from version H. There are also a number of other texts retailing the adventures of the Jomsvikings, which give completely different versions of key facts, for example about who founded them and where Jomsborg even was. This saga doesn’t give the definitive account, the reverse: reading this saga would be only the beginning of a journey towards a full understanding of the subject…
Detailed synposis
1 – In Denmark ruled King Gorm the Childless. His friend Earl Arnfinn holds a fiefdom in north Germany from Charlemagne (d.814). The earl has an incestuous relationship with his sister who bears a son. Slaves are told to expose it but, as always in this fable, leave it where it will be found by King Gorm and his hirdmen hunting. The babe is found in rich fabric knotted into a tree, so Gorm calls him Knut (knot) and adopts him and leaves him his kingdom. Knut himself has a son he names Gorm who will later be known as Gorm the Mighty.
2 – In Holstein rules Earl Klakk-Harald. His daughter Þyri has no equal in beauty. King Gorm comes with his army seeking her hand, but Harald wisely invites him to a feast at which Þyri herself says he must come again with gifts, build a house where none has stood, and sleep three nights in winter, having three dreams. Gorm goes away, builds the house, sleeps there on three consecutive nights and has dreams and tells Þyri who says she can marry him. Big wedding feast.
3 – Gorm tells his dreams: 1. He is looking out over his kingdom, the sea has receded to dry up. He sees three white oxen come out of the sea, eat all the grass, and return to the sea. 2. Three red oxen with large horns come up from the sea, strip all the grass, and return to the sea. 3. Three enormous black oxen come from the sea, eat all the grass, and return. Then a loud crash as the sea rushes back to where it had been. Þyri interprets: three white oxen are three heavy winters covering the land with snow. Three red oxen mean three winters with little snow but not good. The three black oxen mean a dire famine. The crash of the sea means civil war between great men close to Gorm. The queen pledges to prepare for the famine and when it comes there is enough food to feed all, whence she becomes known as the wisest woman alive and the Glory of Denmark.
4 – King Gorm invites Earl Harald to visit him at Christmas but the earl and men see a tree covered with blossom and decide it is a bad omen and turn back (symbolising the change from heathenism to Christianity in Denmark). Next year another Christmas invite but when they board a ship the earl and his men hear whelps barking in their mothers’ wombs (the rebellion of Svein against his father). Next year another invitation but this time the earl and his men see waves crashing and the sea turning red (the conflict between Knut and Harald – this never happens as Knut is killed by a Saxon arrow – see below). The king is all for attacking and ravaging Holstein but his wife calms him and invites her father who explains what kept him home three times and interprets the events as warning that boys yet unborn will cause great strife.
5 – Earl Harald bestows his land on his foster-son Knut and goes on pilgrimage never to return. Aethelstan is king in England (925-39). The Danish army led by Gorm’s sons Knut and Harald invades and ravages Northumberland. Aethelstan gathers an army and defeats the Danes near Scarborough. One day the men were swimming by their ships when English men attack with bows, mortally wounding Knut. The English rally and the Danes are decisively expelled. They return to tell King Gorm who dies of heartbreak and is buried at Jelling (930? 940?). Harald Gormsson is elected king who will become known as King Harald Bluetooth (958-986).
6 – At this time Norway is ruled by Harald Greycloak (960-970?), the son of Eirik Bloodaxe, and his mother, Eirik’s wife Gunnhild, who had expelled Earl Hakon Sigurdarson, who takes 10 ships and to a Viking life. During winter King Harald Gormsson/Bluetooth and Earl Hákon plot treachery against King Harald Greycloak of Norway and in the spring he is killed (970) by dead Knut’s son Gull-Harald (who Hákon then string up on a gallows for his trouble). Then the Holy Roman Emperor Otto comes on an expedition (974), gets Olaf Tryggvasson to help him and they force King Harald Bluetooth and Earl Hákon to become Christians.
7 – There was a man named Tóki who lived in Fyn in Denmark. He has three sons, the illegitimate Fjolnir (sneak), legitimate Áki (hero) and Pálnir (father of the legendary Pálni-Tóki). When Tóki dies the two legitimate sons divide his property, offering Fjolnir a third of the chattels but not property. Angered he goes off to serve King Harald, rising to become his counsellor. Áki Tókason becomes the most successful viking raider in the land but Fjolnir feeds King Harald a steady diet and criticism and paranoia. When they learn Áki is at a feast in Gotland the king sends 10 ships and 600 men who successfully kill all Áki’s 120 men. Fjolnir has had his revenge.
8 – When Áki’s brother learns this he takes to his bed in despair since he cannot carry out the required revenge against so powerful a man as the king. His foster-brother Sigurdr advises asking the hand in marriage of Ingibjorg, daughter of Earl Ottar of Götland. He says yes and travels to Fyn for the grand wedding feast. That night in their wedding chamber Ingibjorg has a dream she is weaving on a loom the threads of which are weighted with human heads. One falls down and it is the head of King Harald Gormsson/Bluetooth. Good sign.
9 – Pálnir and Ingibjorg have a son Pálni-Tóki who grows up big and strong. (Apparently Pálni-Tóki is a legendary figure, comparable to William Tell and other heroes.) When his father dies he goes a-viking every summer. Wales is ruled by Stefnir who has a daughter Álof. Pálni-Tóki plans to raid there but Stefnir and his adviser Bjorn the Welshman quickly send emissaries inviting him to a feast and to be friends. Not only does Pálni-Tóki attend but he proposes to Stefnir’s daughter, Álof. Stefnir makes Pálni-Tóki an earl and gives him half of Wales. After a year Pálni-Tóki says he wants to return to Denmark, so leaves his half the kingdom in control of Bjorn the Welshman.
10 – King Harald Bluetooth progresses round his land. He stays with Pálni-Tóki. As a result of his carousing a servant woman, Saum-Aesa, falls pregnant and bears a son (960). When Pálni-Tóki learns it is by the king he adopts the child and calls it Sveinn. (He will grow up to be the Sven Forkbeard who rebels against his father and conquers England in 1013.) Next time the king is visiting they present him the three year-old boy but the king is angry and doesn’t want to know. Pálni-Tóki vows to bring him up royally.
11 – When he is 15 Pálni-Tóki advises him to go ask for ships from his father so he can go raiding. He harries Denmark and the farmers complain. Next spring he asks for more ships and harries fiercely all summer. When he meets his father he threatens him and Harald buys him off with more ships. Pálni-Tóki congratulates him: he is becoming strong and threatening. Pálni-Tóki goes to check his lands in Wales.
12 – Svein harries, burning and looting. Finally King Harald sets off with 50 ships to confront him. The fleets meet off Bornholm. Day-long battle is inconclusive and the ships anchor. Harald goes ashore. Pálni-Tóki arrives back from Wales with 24 ships. Harald goes ashore with a handful of men and makes a fire. Pálni-Tóki shoots him dead with a golden arrow and sneaks away. Fjolnir keeps the arrow and Harald’s retainers agree to lie that the king fell in battle. Next day the naval fight resumes; Svein and Pálni-Tóki’s forces break through Harald’s blockade and sink more ships at which point everyone learns that Harald is dead. Svein and Pálni-Tóki give his followers the choice between fighting on or pledging their allegiance to Sveinn. They choose the latter and Sveinn progresses to an Assembly at which he is voted new king of Denmark.
13 – Svein is now king (986-1014). He invites Pálni-Tóki to a feast but three times (as in all good folk tales) he refuses, claiming he has to manage his affairs in Wales. Finally, under threats from Svein, Pálni-Tóki arrives with three ships and 120 men. Big feast. Fjolnir (the same sneak who persuaded King Harald to kill his uncle Aki) whispers to the king the story of Pálni-Tóki killing his father.
14 – Fjolnir gives a page the golden arrow and tells him to pass it round the room till someone claims it. Pálni-Tóki claims it and openly declares he shot and killed Svein’s father. Svein (Pálni-Tóki’s foster-son, after all) tells everyone to seize and kill Pálni-Tóki. Everyone leaps to their feet. Pálni-Tóki chops his bad uncle Fjolnir in two (cheers). But Pálni-Tóki and Bjorn the Welshman escape, though Bjorn goes back to rescue a man they’d left behind.
15 – The next summer Pálni-Tóki’s wife dies. He is restless in Wales, so leaves it to Bjorn the Welshman to manage and goes a-viking the coasts of Scotland and Ireland for three years, gaining great loot and then sets sail east to Wendland. The king of the Wends, Búrisleif, is understandably worried and offers Pálni-Tóki a base at a place named Jóm. Pálni-Tóki builds a castle there with a harbour that can hold 360 longships and has iron doors and catapults. (This all sounds fantasy from a long time later.) He calls it Jómsborg.
16 – Laws of the Jomsvikings: age 18-50; no refusing to fight; avenge each as a brother; never speak a word of fear; all valuable goods seized to be taken to the banner(?); no starting fights; news to be mentioned only to Pálni-Tóki; no women in the city; no-one absent for more than three days; if blood feuds exist between brothers Pálni-Tóki makes final agreement. They went harrying every summer. They were known as the Jomsvikings.
17 – A number of new families are introduced. Pálni-Tóki’s son is Áki, living back on Fyn in Denmark. Áki marries Thorgunn, daughter of Véseti, they have a son named Vagn who is tough and hard to handle.
18 – Sigvaldi and Thorkell, sons of Strut-Harald, ask his permission to go join the Jomsvikings and sail with 120 men via Bornholm where they land and raid farms owned by Véseti, then sail on to Joms. Pálni-Tóki stands on the battlements over the harbour and asks them their provenance. He knows their kin and half the men are accepted, half rejected.
19 – Meanwhile Véseti complains to King Svein about his farms being raided. Sveinn summons Earl Strutt-Harald who says his son’s actions are no responsibility of his. Véseti with 240 men plunders Harald’s farms, who complains to Sveinn but Sveinn says Harald wanted to act alone: so Harald goes raids three of Véseti’s farms.
20 – Sveinn calls a great assembly at which all parties arrive with ships and short-tempered men and it looks like a full-scale civil war might erupt, except Svein declares a just settlement, Búi will return Harald’s cloak and riches (though not the chests of gold he insists on keeping) and awards Strut-Harald’s daughter to Véseti’s son Sigurd-kapa. All sides as reconciled.
21 – Then Búi and his brother Sigurd-kapa decide they want to go join the Jomsvikings. They sail there and are also asked questions by Pálni-Tóki on the tower. Sigvaldi and Thorkell want to be assured the feud between the families is settled.
22 – Vagn is such an unruly child that by the age of nine he has killed three men. Age 12 he asks Aki for a ship and sails to Jom. Long dialogue with Pálni-Tóki on the tower, involving Búi and Sigvaldi. Nobody wants to admit Vagn. Pálni-Tóki offers him rule in Wales, he says no. Then he challenges Sigvaldi to come out with two ships and fight it out.
23 – Sigvaldi and Vagn’s ships fight, first with hails of stones, then with swords. Sigvaldi is forced to retreat and loses thirty men. Pálni-Tóki is watching, stops the fighting and admits Vagn to the crew, even though he is only 12. He turns out a mighty warrior.
24 – Pálni-Tóki dies. Before passing he consults with King Búrisleif who gave them Jom about who should replace him. They agree Sigvaldi who is delighted. Vagn is given half of Wales to rule and goes there. But under Sigvaldi the Jomsvikings’ discipline deteriorates.
25 – King Búrisleif has three daughters. Sigvaldi asks for the hand of the Astrid. The King agrees but Astrid is not keen and says she’ll only do it on condition that Sigvald manages to liberate their country from the tribute they have to pay Denmark or, alternatively, brings King Svein there himself. They confirm the arrangement with oaths. Sigvald sails with three ships and 360 men to Sjaellund ie his home territory, learning that King Svein is holding a big feast nearby. Sigvald tells Sveinn he is dying and needs to tell him something important. King Svein comes onboard Sigvald’s ship at which Sigvald grips him and orders his men to raise anchor and row off hurriedly. He takes the king to Jomsborg where the vikings swear loyalty to him. Then Sigvald says he has pledged him (Svein) to King Búrisleif’s other daughter Gunnhild who will only accept him if he cancels the tribute which King Búrisleif has to pay him. Svein agrees and there is a mighty wedding feast. The wives wear veils until the next day when the king can see their faces and realises Sigvald was lying when he said Gunnhild was the most beautiful. Still, he sails back to Denmark with his new bride, thirty ships and fine gifts and Sigvald sails to Jom with his new wife.
26 – Earl Strut-Harald, father of Sigvald and Thorkell, dies. King Svein says the brothers should return for the funeral feast. People warn him against it but the brothers return to Sjaelland with 180 ships. Big feast, lots of drinking: Svein gets the vikings drunk then suggests they make oaths. He swears to defeat Aethelred and take England within three years (he does so in 1014). Sigvald swears that he will drive Earl Hákon out of Norway or die in the attempt. Thorkell the Tall vows to follow his brother. Búi vows to follow Sigvald. Sigurd-kapa vows to follow his brother. Vagn vows to follow his kinsmen, and then to go to bed with Ingibjorg, daughter of Thorkell leira. Bjorn the Welshman (surely getting on a bit by now) vows to follow Vagn. In the morning the sober vikings can’t remember their vows but his wife, Astrid, reminds Sigvald, and promises to help him make plans.
[In a footnote, N.F. Blake says that a man making an oath at a feast gets up from his seat and goes and puts one foot on a stone in the feast hall.]
Sweyn and the Jomsvikings at the funeral ale of his father Harald Bluetooth by Lorenz Frølich, 1886 (Wikimedia Commons)
27 – Next day King Svein reminds the now-sober Sigvald of his vow. They squabble about how many ships the king will give him, and agree to set off soon. Astrid promises help to her husband, and Tóva gives her husband Sigurd some fighting men. The Jomsvikings depart.
28 – The Jomsvikings sail to the Vik and attack Tønsborg in Norway, murdering and burning. It is managed by Geirmund the White who flees to an outhouse with retainers then, when attacked, leaps out a window and has his arm chopped off by Vagn Akisson, but nonetheless flees to the woods and makes his way north to Earl Hakon who he tells of the attack. When the earl doesn’t believe him, he shows his stump.
29 – Hákon sends round the war arrow and musters troops. He raises his sons Svein and Eirik. The fleet of 360 ships assembles at a creek called Hjörungavágr. The Jomsvikins sail north plundering. The incident of Vagn and Ulf ie Vagn goes ashore on an island and finds a farmer tending three cows and 12 goats and asks him if he’s seen the Norwegian forces and he says he’s seen the king in one boat and the Joms force him to direct them and when he thinks they’re going t orealise he was lying he dives overboard but Vagn kills him with one spear throw.
30 – Detailed list of the men lined up on either side. For some reason space is devoted to one of Hákon’s skalds, Skjald-meyjar-Einarr, who recites a poem saying he’s going to leave. The earl gives him an elaborate set of magic scales and he stays. (This poet is mentioned in Egils saga as one of Hakon’s court poets and is also unhappy with his boss in that account.) And two verses from another Icelander named Vígfúss.
31 – The Battle of Hjörungavágr – detailed description of the battle lineup.
32 – Earl Hakon convenes with his sons and agree it looks like they’re losing. He goes ashore at Prímsign and prays to the heathen godesses, Thorgerd Holgabrudr and Irpa. He offers sacrifices which are rejected until he offers his seven-year-old son Erling who is then killed.
33 – He rallies his troops to rejoin the fray. As the day proceeds it clouds over until completely dark when lightning, thunder and hailstones break out. Many had taken off their clothes earlier in the day because of the heat and now begin to freeze. Whatever the Jomsvikings threw rebounded back on them plus the hail. The vikings with second sight see that a witch is throwing arrows at them. Hákon calls on his pagan goddess Thorgerd once again and the hailstorm is renewed, and those with second sight now see two witches fighting agains them. Sigvaldi concedes defeat. They didn’t vow to fight witches. Thorkell midlang leaps aboard Búi’s ship and hits him in the face with an axe, slips and Búi chops him in two; then Búi seizes his famous chests of gold (see chapter 20) and commands his men to abandon ship. Vagn, disgusted with Sigvald for abandoning his oath, makes an insulting poem about it then flings a spear at him which pins his steersman to the gunwale. Once Sigvald is gone, Thorkell the Tall, Sigurd-kapa and the rest all flee.
34 – Only Vagn fights on though many of his men are killed. When night falls the Norwegian earls take the oars from Vagn’s ship, anchor and weigh the hailstones sent by the pagan godesses Thorgerd and Irpa. Vagn’s men manage to float on the mast & sail to nearby skerries but many are wounded, it is bitter cold, and ten men die.
35 – At first light a viking arrow kills Gudbrand, kinsman of the earl. They search the abandoned viking ships and it came from Hávard the hewer whose feet have been cut off. They kill him. Earl Eirik asks Thorleif skuma why he looks so rough and Thorleif replies he seems to have been wounded when he attacked Vagn. Then he dies. This exchange seems to be there solely to justify what is, presumably, an old piece of skaldic verse attributed to Einarr skalagramm.
36 – Execution of the Jomsvikings The Norwegians see Vagn’s men on the skerry, row out and being them back prisoner, tie all 70 of them with ropes. Thorkel leira is appointed to execute them and, one by one, they ask whether they are afraid to die. They say no and one by one are beheaded, each one being asked the question and giving some kind of witty or ironic reply. One wants to be struck in the face so as to see death. Another is disappointed he won’t get to have sex with the earl’s wife, and so on.
37 – The famous story of the viking who requests a thrall to hold his hair up as he’s executed and who, as the blow falls, jerks his head down so that the thrall’s arms are chopped off above the wrist, and who then jokes, ‘Whose are these hands in my hair?’ He is killed and Earl Hakon orders all the others executed without delay. When they come to Vagn he replies he will only die content if he fulfils his vow: what was that? To kill Thorkel leira and lie with his daughter Ingibjorg without his consent. Thorkel is so furious he lunges at Vagn; Bjorn the Welshman pushes him over so the blow misses, Thorkel stumbles and the sword cuts through Vagn’s rope, freeing him, so that he grabs the sword and kills Thorkel with one blow. Hakon orders him killed on the spot but Earl Eirik overrules him on this and, in general, requests the rest of the Jomsviking be spared. Eirik asks old white-haired Bjorn the Welshman if he’s the brave man who returned to rescue a man from the hall (in chapter 14). When he says yes Eirik says will you accept your life from me and Bjorn says only if Vagn and all the others are spared. The Jomsvikings’ bravery in face of death and legendary solidarity are confirmed.
38 – Aftermath Earl Eirik grants Vagn his freedom and his wish, namely to marry Ingobjorg. He returns to Denmark, to his estates at Fyn, and lives to old age and many famous men are descended from him. Bjorn returns to rule Wales with a mighty reputation. Sigvaldi returns to his estates in Sjaelland and his wife Astrid. He rules wisely, as do the others ie Thorkell the Tall, Sigurd-kapa etc. But Búi, who had leapt overboard with no hands, is said to have turned into a serpent and ever afterwards guarded his gold. Earl Hákon gains great fame from his victory but doesn’t live much longer. Christian Olaf Trygvasson arrives in Norway and the fiercely pagan Hákon, on the run, is murdered by his own thrall while hiding in a pigsty (995). Olaf rules and converts all of Norway to Christianity.
‘That is the end of the story of the Jomsvikings.’
The Saga of the Jomsvikings, 1962 translation by N.F. Blake
Wikipedia article about the Jomsvikings
Battle of Hjörungavágr (986)
Pálni-Tóki, legendary hero
Harald ‘Bluetooth’ Gormsson, king of Denmark (958-986)
Sveyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark (986-1014)
Haakon Sigurdarson, ruler of Norway (971-995)
Olaf Tryggvason, ruler of Norway (995-1000)
The Jomsvikings in a naval battle by Nils Bergslien, 1900 (Wikimedia Commons)
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by Simon on May 17, 2014 • Permalink
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Nick Gordon Sued, Investigation Into Possible Criminal Charges Pending as Bobbi Kristina Brown is Moved to Hospice Care
Nick Gordon and Bobbi Kristina
by Nekala Alexander
The family of Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late music legend Whitney Houston, has moved the 22-year-old to hospice care. On behalf of the Houston family, Bobbi Kristina’s aunt, Pat Houston, released a statement to declare her condition has deteriorated.
“Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s condition has continued to worsen,” the statement read.
Bobbi Kristina Brown is also the daughter of singer Bobby Brown. Since her hospitalization, her father has released several statements regarding her health while asking fans to pray for his daughter via social media. Last month Bobby Brown and Pat Houston were declared co-guardians of Bobbi Kristina.
On Jan. 31, Bobbi Kristina was found lying face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her home in Atlanta. After being placed in a medically induced coma for weeks, she underwent surgery to replace her breathing tube with a tracheostomy tube in February.
Since the initial report, circumstances surrounding the incident have called for a criminal investigation. Police in the city of Roswell, a suburb of Atlanta, say they have turned their investigative file regarding Bobbi Kristina over to the district attorney who will determine whether any charges will be filed.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said that his office will be “reviewing the case with greater interest” now that Bobbi Kristina’s condition is critical.
Additionally, TMZ reports that Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend, Nick Gordon, is reportedly being sued by her conservator, Bedelia Hargrove, in civil court for $40 million. It’s alleged that Gordon assaulted her and regularly transferred funds from her account to his. According to TMZ, the document alleges that Gordon stole $11,000 from Bobbi Kristina after the 22-year-old was placed in a medically induced coma, and that on one occasion he dragged “her upstairs by her hair.”
After Whitney Houston’s death, Bobbi Kristina gave Oprah Winfrey an exclusive interview where she talked about her close relationship with her mother as well as her emotional state after Houston’s death.
“I can hear her spirit talking to me and saying, ‘Keep moving baby,’” Bobbi Kristina told Winfrey.
Whitney Houston was found in a hotel bathtub on Feb. 11, 2012 in Hollywood, and died shortly after. Pat Houston, the icon’s sister-in-law and manager, became an administrator of the trust fund Whitney Houston arranged for her only child.
“We thank everyone for their support and prayers. She is in God’s hands now,” said the statement.
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Athena Voltaire: Flight of the Falcon
(Speakeasy, 2006)
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Deep within the Peruvian jungle in the mid-1930s, Professor Edward Hastings finds himself on the run from a group of Nazis intent on making sure his knowledge of their secret airfield dies with him. When his capture seems inevitable, the Nazis are scattered by dynamite dropped by daring aviatrix Athena Voltaire.
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Jump to navigation. In recent years, young adult novels have started taking on an increasingly relevant issue: sexual assault. These novels explore the many aspects of rape culture that affect young adults, from the role of bystanders and mental health and trauma, to rampant victim blaming and the many issues with reporting sexual assault. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, here are five YA books that offer meaningful, empowering narratives about sexual assault. The Nowhere Girls is a testament to the power of girls standing together in solidarity against sexual assault.
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Earlier this year I Free bisexual humiliation clips a book of art and poetry that was part of my own healing process, and have been told by people who have read it that bookd offers a powerful way to connect with harasament pain of child sex abuse for non-survivors, and that survivors appreciate its artistic, empathic non-self-help format. You are commenting using your Twitter account. Hermione struggles Young adult books on sexual harassment regain the control she's always had and faces a wrenching decision about how to move on. After being raped by a fellow student on her second night of college, Aspen Matis recounts the lack of support from harassjent friends and family, and how she saves herself on a hiking Young adult books on sexual harassment from Mexico to Canada. Melodie - Are there any YA books on this subject written by men? A girl is abducted at the age of 9 and sexually and physically abused for 5 years. Sexual Assault on Campus Opposing Viewpoints. The New York Times Editorial. Add a reference: Book Author. Antonia Michaelis. Gail Giles Goodreads Author.
Important movements are happening on college campuses across the nation , but conversations about sexual assault and consent need to begin as early as possible.
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After it was published, Ms. Anderson visited schools to discuss the story and its main character, Melinda, a freshman who struggles to verbalize her pain after she is raped by an upperclassman at her first high school party. Early on, Ms. Anderson spoke about the book as a piece of literature rather than a lesson on rape culture. It had. She had been 13 when she was raped. She had not spoken about it for 25 years, until she wrote the book. She told them about it.
Anderson, now 56, said. The book became a fixture in school libraries and English classrooms across the country, and it set something of a precedent for the industry. In the nearly 20 years since its debut, novels for young adults have explored issues of sexual violence like never before.
As the country continues to respond to the MeToo movement, teachers and librarians are turning to fiction to help teenagers understand emotional trauma and make sense of this cultural reckoning. Kami Garcia, an author and former teacher from Annapolis, Md. Garcia, 46, said that when she was 17, she broke up with her boyfriend over his use of steroids and, in response, he pushed her through a screen door.
For two years after that, he stalked her, she said. In Ms. But the difference is that the fictional character tells her mother about the abuse. On visits to schools to discuss the book, Ms. Garcia asked students to raise their hands if they knew someone who had experienced dating violence or had been sexually harassed or assaulted. Garcia said. Novels can provide a safe place to explore ideas about consent and speaking out after abuse because young readers can inhabit the experience of a fictional character rather than face their own trauma head-on, said Amy Reed, an author from Asheville, N.
The teenage characters in the book, published last year, have a nuanced understanding of consent and its gray areas. Reed, 38, writes. It can be screamed silently on the inside. Reed said discussion about these subtleties were absent in her young adult years. In her ninth-grade English classroom in Austin, Tex. The book by Isabel Quintero is about a Mexican-American teenage girl whose best friend is raped and then gets pregnant. German, 34, said she considers it irresponsible for educators to ignore issues of sexual violence.
German said. Librarians across the country have also made it part of their mission to make sure young readers have access to books about sexual violence.
She also tucked a display in a spot on the second floor where young readers could browse privately. Fernout, 22, said that she sees herself as an intermediary between the adult and adolescent worlds. The first year he taught the novel, a teenage boy approached him with his story. In the years that followed, he brought a guidance counselor into class to make sure students had support if needed.
In Princeton, Wis. Many of his students have never talked openly about sexual violence before, he said, and the lessons can sometimes get uncomfortable. Sina said several parents in the conservative town have objected to the book, arguing that sexual content — especially the violent kind — is not appropriate. In her conversations with thousands of teenage readers, she said, it was clear that many had previously lacked the language to understand what happened to Melinda, her main character — or even what happened in their own lives.
But what, exactly, is it? The New York Times Editorial. Leftovers by Laura Wiess 3. A classic. Earlier this year I self-published a book of art and poetry that was part of my own healing process, and have been told by people who have read it that it offers a powerful way to connect with the pain of child sex abuse for non-survivors, and that survivors appreciate its artistic, empathic non-self-help format. How can we build a culture of respect, dignity and equity for girls and women? Kwasney Goodreads Author 4.
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We will not remove any content for bad language alone, or for being critical of a book. Jennifer books friends. Heather books 0 friends. Jessi books 55 friends. Torie books 54 friends. Mike books friends. Akansha books friends. Hanna books 36 friends. Apr 04, AM. Are there any YA books on this subject written by men? Jun 04, PM. Melodie wrote: "Are there any YA books on this subject written by men?
Sep 05, PM. There are quite a few books on this list that are not YA. Mar 12, PM. Actually, Hopeless is considered young adult. Apr 14, AM. Where's the rape part in Forbidden? Oct 07, AM. Donald Cribbs. Jan 05, AM. Ok, this list was a huge mess. If anyone notices something that doesn't belong, let me know. Jul 19, PM. Melodie - Are there any YA books on this subject written by men?
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey has a theme of sexual abuse that is revealed towards the end of the story. Jan 09, PM. I find it disturbing that rape fetish erotica is at number 5 on this list. The MC is 18, but I don't see any way this should be classified as a young adult book. Jun 05, AM. Removed Something Girl by Beth Goobie which is about physical abuse only. Apr 10, PM. Tallgrass - Sandra Dallas - historical fiction, adult. Add a reference: Book Author. Search for a book to add a reference.
We take abuse seriously in our discussion boards. Only flag comments that clearly need our attention. We will not remove any content for bad language alone, or being critical of a particular book. Donovan isn't talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn't do anything wrong, telling the truth would put everything she's been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse. Vivian Carter is fed up.
Fed up with her small-town Texas high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes and hallway harassment. So she creates a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously. And pretty soon Viv has started a revolution. Moxie shows how small, seemingly innocuous instances of "boys being boys" can manifest and warp themselves into dangerous misogyny and sexual violence; and how important it is for feminist men to be allies to the women in their lives.
Eden was always good at being good. This is a powerful look at the fact that the effects of rape are long-lasting and complex.
But what, exactly, is it? And how do we change it? It's a great precursor to the subject for anyone looking to make the dive. After a brutal rape and near-murder, Valerie wants to get past feelings of victimhood from both the assault and her history of being bullied. This brutal, unflinching depiction of rape and its aftermath follows Romy, who has been assaulted by the sheriff's son, Kellan Turner, who is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is.
Because no one wants to believe a girl from the wrong side of town, the truth about him has cost her everything—friends, family, and her community. This is a important look at the "Golden Boy" narrative and how we as a culture choose not to believe women.
This story—inspired by real events—takes an unflinching look at silence as a form of complicity. And takes a look at the high stakes of speaking up, the thin line between guilt and innocence, and how social media can play a huge role in perpetuating rape culture.
One night, there's a party. The next morning, year-old Emma O'Donovan wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened.
But everyone else does. Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes.
This raw and unflinching account of silence in the wake of assault and rape culture as entertainment is a must-read for any teen on the internet. Though not specifically about sexual assault, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's renowned TED Talk about feminist issues and why we all yes, men included should be feminists is one of the easiest ways to begin the conversation about gender inequality, women's rights, slut shaming, and countless other feminist issues.
13 YA Books About Sexual Assault And Rape Culture That Every Teenager Needs To Read
Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, is scheduled to testify before Congress to address the allegations.
Stories like theirs have often been explored in literature; here are 14 books that deal with rape and sexual assault. But when Ani decides to reveal the details of a traumatic experience from her time at a prestigious private school, she worries that her carefully curated existence will fall apart.
The abduction happens in broad daylight and is witnessed by her husband, a white American, and other passers-by. Her father refuses to pay the ransom, and she is held for 13 days, enduring brutal sexual violence by a gang of men. On one drunken night, three teenage girls go on a joy ride in a stolen golf cart and, when the cart crashes, one dies instantly.
After the tragedy, the driver, Jo, escapes to boarding school, where she attracts the attention of a popular English teacher. An adult Jo recounts a series of shattering events that follow, as well as the pain of asking for help and not being believed. The book straddles the line between memoir and fiction , with Mr. Considered a seminal young adult book that tackles sexual assault , this novel follows a teenage Melinda Sordino during her freshman year of high school.
She is ostracized by her peers after breaking up an end-of-summer party by calling the police, and throughout the book she struggles to explain what prompted her to do so. The book is told through the transcripts of 13 tapes left by Hannah after she dies by suicide, each one shedding light on the tragedy. This book is told from the perspective of Susie Salmon from the afterlife after she is raped and murdered. This thriller centers on a Seattle police officer named Livia, whose parents sold her and her sister, Nason, to a gang of Thai traffickers as children.
The heroine of this novel, Turtle, is a year-old girl growing up in the forests of Northern California with her father, Martin, a tortured widower who has been teaching her survival skills since she was a child.
When she meets a boy, her isolation from the world and the unsustainability of her life with her father comes into focus, and she starts to plot her escape. But the story is anchored by Jude , marred by unspeakable childhood trauma that makes it hard for him to connect with his friends and the other people trying to help him.
This epistolary novel, now a classic, is about Celie, a poor Southern black woman mired by her circumstances, having experienced abuse first at the hands of her stepfather and then her husband, Albert.
She eventually escapes to Memphis and starts her own business. Partially inspired by the real life kidnapping of Sally Horner , this classic novel is narrated by Humbert Humbert, a child molester who describes an affair with a year-old he kidnapped and held for two years. He is writing from prison, where he is awaiting trial for murder.
In this dystopian novel, British novelist Alderman imagines an inverse power structure in which women develop the ability to generate powerful electric shocks from their bodies. The story is told from four perspectives: that of Margot, a politician in the United States; Allie, a girl who escapes an abusive foster home where she was regularly raped by her foster dad; Tunde, a young Nigerian journalist; and Roxy, the daughter of a British drug lord.
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The first Valentine
The original Valentine is said to have been a young Christian bishop.
According to legend he incurred the displeasure of the Roman Emperor Claudius II, who was also known as Claudius the Cruel. The Emperor had outlawed marriage because Roman men had been refusing to go to war in order to stay at home with their wives. Valentine had continued to perform marriage ceremonies in secret and, because of this, had been thrown into prison. There he fell in love with the jailor’s blind daughter, whom he miraculously cured. On the night before his execution he sent a letter to the young girl and signed it “from your Valentine”. He was beheaded the following day, February 14th.
Origins of the festival
The ancient Romans celebrated February 14th because it was the Feast of Lupercalia, a rite connected with fertility. It was held in honour of Juno, the queen of Roman gods, who was also the goddess of women and marriage. The Romans introduced this pagan festival into England but when they left, it was abolished by the Christians. However, in its place, Pope Gelsius established St Valentine’s Day, as a celebration of love, in 496 A.D. Still it wasn't until 1537 that King Henry VIII declared St. Valentine's Day an official holiday.
The oldest known Valentine card was sent in 1415. Charles, the Duke of Orleans, was imprisoned in the Tower of London and he sent the card to his French wife. It can still be seen in British Museum in London.
Valentine’s Day is only mentioned occasionally over the next three hundred odd years; it crops up in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, for example, when Ophelia laments:
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine
An interesting phenomenon surrounds another of Shakespeare’s plays. Every Valentine’s Day the Italian city of Verona, where Romeo and Juliet supposedly lived, receives about one thousand letters addressed to Juliet. Yet another of the bard’s plays, “The Merchant of Venice” has given posterity the famous line: “Love is blind, and lovers cannot see”.
In 19th century things livened up for Valentine’s Day, as publishers started churning out sentimental verses for young lovers, who were unable to think up their own. The Victorians thought it was bad luck to sign a Valentine card and people took advantage of this anonymity to send suggestive and racy messages. The advent of the postal service had made it easy to mail Valentines but several countries started banning them. In the late 1800s Chicago’s post office rejected more than 25,000 cards on the grounds that they were too indecent to be carried through the US mail.
These days the American Greeting card association estimates 190 million Valentines are sent each year in the United States. One card company alone produces 1,330 different Valentine Day designs. Once you include Valentines made in schools this figure increases to one billion! In fact it is teachers who receive the most Valentines, followed by children, mothers, wives and then, sweethearts.
The internet has meant the advent of a new tradition of sending e-valentines and about 15 million were sent last year.In the UK the figures are naturally more modest. However it is an interesting fact that of the sixteen million Valentine cards sent in Britain each year, only 39% are sent by women.
Naturally February 14th is a good day for florists and approximately 350,000 bunches of flowers are sent in Britain on this day. If you are considering sending a bunch, a mixture of red and white roses is recommended. The red rose is the flower of love and the white rose symbolises innocence and purity; together they mean unity and togetherness. They send the message, “May we always be together as one”.
St Valentine’s Day Massacre
On February 14th 1929 seven people were murdered in Chicago as part of the prohibition era gang warfare that centered on the illegal trafficking of alcohol. The South side Italian gang, led by Al Capone, lured members of the North side Irish gang to a garage and killed them. Possibly the attraction was cut price bootleg whiskey but this isn’t certain. However, even though the North side gang was crippled by this massacre their leader, Bugs Moran, escaped. The Capone gang also suffered because police pressure increased and they found it more difficult to engage in their criminal activities.
Al Capone was finally sentenced to prison for tax evasion in 1932. Once prohibition ended in 1933 Bugs Moran’s days as a top gangster were over and he spent the remainder of his life in and out of prison. He died in 1957 of lung cancer.
The massacre has been used in numerous films, including “Some Like It Hot”, which was made in 1959 and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
Cupid’s arrows
Cupid is an icon commonly associated with Valentine’s Day. He was the son of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, and is often depicted with wings, a bow and a quiver of arrows. The Greeks believed the heart was the target of Eros, known as Cupid to the Romans. Anyone shot in the heart by his magic arrows would fall hopelessly in love. Because the heart is so closely linked to love, its red colour is thought to be the most romantic.
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To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
—William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5
Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is
All the Ayre is thy Diocese
And all the chirping Queristers
And other birds ar thy parishioners
Thou marryest every yeare
The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue,
The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue,
The houshold bird with the redd stomacher
Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone,
As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon
The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd
And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed.
This day more cheerfully than ever shine
This day which might inflame thy selfe old Valentine.
—John Donne, Epithalamion Vpon Frederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on St. Valentines day
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November 14, 2019 | Angels’ star Mike Trout joins select company by winning his 3rd MVP award
November 14, 2019 | Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger wins MVP award
November 13, 2019 | Mets’ Jacob deGrom cruises to landslide victory to take 2nd straight Cy Young Award
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Dodgers’ outfielder Cody Bellinger was named the National League MVP two years after he won the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year.
Bellinger is the 18th former NL Rookie of the Year winner (2017) to go on to win an MVP Award, most recently Kris Bryant (Rookie of the Year in 2015, MVP in 2016). There have been nine American League Rookie of the Year winners who also were MVPs, including Fred Lynn in 1975 and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001, the only players to win both awards in the same season. Included in those lists are two players who won the awards in alternate leagues: Frank Robinson (NL Rookie of the Year in 1956, AL MVP in 1966) and Dick Allen (NL Rookie of the Year in 1964, AL MVP in 1972).
This year marks the 13th time a Dodgers player has been honored. The others: Roy Campanella three times (1951, 1953, 1955), Dolph Camilli in 1941, Jackie Robinson in 1949, Don Newcombe in 1956, Maury Wills in 1962, Sandy Koufax in 1963, Steve Garvey in 1974, Kirk Gibson in 1988 and Clayton Kershaw in 2014.
This election marked the ninth time in NL MVP voting that the previous year’s winner finished as the runner-up. Christian Yelich, who won this award last year, joins a list that features Albert Pujols, who had it happen twice, in 2006 and 2010, as well as Chuck Klein in 1933, Dizzy Dean in 1935, Stan Musial in 1949, Barry Bonds in 1991, Terry Pendleton in 1992 and Ryan Braun in 2012. There have been eight such cases in the AL: Jimmie Foxx in 1939, Hal Newhouser in 1946, Ted Williams in 1947, Joe DiMaggio in 1948, Yogi Berra in 1956, Don Mattingly in 1986, Jason Giambi in 2001 and Mike Trout in 2015.
Bellinger’s election increases to 13 the amount of times a right fielder has won the NL award. The others were the Cardinals’ Stan Musial in 1943 and ’48, the Phillies’ Chuck Klein in 1932, the Braves’ Henry Aaron in 1957, the Reds’ Frank Robinson in 1961, the Pirates’ Roberto Clemente in 1966, the Pirates’ Dave Parker in 1978, the Cubs’ Andre Dawson in 1987, the Rockies’ Larry Walker in 1997, the Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in 1998, the Nationals’ Bryce Harper in 2015 and the Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton in 2017. A right fielder has won in the AL 11 times.
Bellinger, Yelich, Anthony Rendon, Ketel Marte and Ronald Acuña Jr. were listed on every ballot.
Ballots, submitted before the start of the postseason, were cast by two writers in each league city. They are tabulated on a system that rewards 14 points for first place, nine for second, eight for third on down to one for 10th.
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Player, Team
Cody Bellinger, Dodgers 19 10 1 362
Christian Yelich, Brewers 10 18 1 1 317
Anthony Rendon, Nationals 1 1 24 3 1 242
Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks 3 18 4 4 1 198
Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves 1 5 7 9 5 2 1 155
Nolan Arenado, Rockies 1 1 6 4 9 2 3 1 120
Pete Alonso, Mets 2 5 6 11 3 2 102
Freddie Freeman, Braves 1 2 5 3 3 1 3 1 90
Juan Soto, Nationals 1 6 9 4 45
Jacob deGrom, Mets 4 1 1 1 3 2 44
Josh Donaldson, Braves 1 3 1 2 3 27
Trevor Story, Rockies 2 1 2 2 2 26
Jack Flaherty, Cardinals 1 1 2 9
J.T. Realmuto, Phillies 2 2 8
Yasmani Grandal, Brewers 2 4
Max Muncy, Dodgers 1 1 4
Stephen Strasburg, Nationals 1 1 4
Eugenio Suarez, Reds 4 4
Hyun-Jin Ryu, Dodgers 1 3
Paul Goldschmidt, Cardinals 1 2
Kolten Wong, Cardinals 2 2
Kevin Pillar, Giants 1 1
Max Scherzer, Nationals 1 1
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The Hour of Rising
March 9, 2013 by nuruddinzangi Leave a Comment
Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari (may Allah be pleased with him and please him) says:
Standing before Allah on the Day of Rising is a mighty matter that terrifies the soul and frightens the heart, and incites one to flee from all that angers Allah Most High. He, Most High, has said: {Do they not think that they shall be raised again * For a mighty day * The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?}
And so the Calling to Account is a matter that incites the self to criticize its works of action and word, for he who knows that he will be taken to account, takes himself to account. The poet said,
If only upon death we were left alone, death would have been the resting of every living thing
But when we die we will be raised again, and will be asked after that about everything.
Among these stands is the Prayer, for the one who is praying speaks with His Lord, and once he remembers that he stands before Al-Haqq (most high) five times every day, that will be a deterrent for him from falling into that which angers Him.
Know, brother, that the Call to Prayer is in the place of the Call to the Rising at the Ṣūr*, and the rising (qiyam) for the Prayer is in the place of the resurrection, for it is a standing before Allah Most High, and in it is listening to the speech of Allah, and dhikr of Allah, and humility and reverence to Allah.
If it is so then everyone who remembers that he will stand this stand, then this remembrance of the Prayer and its stand and its fear, and what it contains of submissiveness to, and fear from, Allah (most mighty), and pleasure at hearing His great speech, and glorification of Allah for the witnessing of the awesomeness of the perfection of the majesty of al-Haqq (the sublime), all that cannot but be a deterrent and a restraint from entering into a matter that Allah does not like or accept, verifying His saying, Most High: {The Prayer restrains from the indecent and unacceptable}.
If you understood these words of mine then a wondrous meaning for this noble aya must spark in your heart.
Many people say: So-and-so prays but does that which is evil, because they understood that the one who prays cannot possibly commit that which is evil, but perhaps the word ‘restrains’ differs according to the differences between people. For some of them, it restrains them from falling into sin in the meaning of “prevents him,” but for others it does so after the fall in the meaning of ‘blaming him and chastising him.’ Thus the first has prayed the Prayer of those who have arrived, and the second: the Prayer of the travelers {Perhaps Allah will relent toward them}. Likewise the recitation of the Qur’an is considered like Allah’s taking man into account, and so he who has prayed is like he who been at the stand (of the Resurrection), and he who has heard the Qur’an is like he who has been to the Taking of the Account:
How many times do you stand (before Allah) without thinking about it.
And how many times are you taken to account without deliberating it.
Your sleep is a death, and your waking a resurrection.
So how many deaths do you have but you are in play and diversion.
And how many times are you resurrected but you pay no attention.
* The blowing (al-nafkh) in the Ṣūr, which will cause the bodies of all mankind to rise from their tombs, is mentioned in the Qur’an. There are different interpretations of what this phrase means, and most people today think of the Ṣūr as a large horn into which an angel will blow. However, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari says that it is not so, and that the Prophet (peace be upon him) explained it as not a blowing, but an Angelic address from a place called the Ṣūr which will be heard by the entire world. Thus the Call to Prayer (the adhaan) is its parallel on earth, calling us to rise up from our ‘sleep’ and stand before Allah (most high).
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Implementation of force distribution analysis for molecular dynamics simulations
Wolfram Stacklies1,
Christian Seifert2 &
Frauke Graeter2
The way mechanical stress is distributed inside and propagated by proteins and other biopolymers largely defines their function. Yet, determining the network of interactions propagating internal strain remains a challenge for both, experiment and theory. Based on molecular dynamics simulations, we developed force distribution analysis (FDA), a method that allows visualizing strain propagation in macromolecules.
To be immediately applicable to a wide range of systems, FDA was implemented as an extension to Gromacs, a commonly used package for molecular simulations. The FDA code comes with an easy-to-use command line interface and can directly be applied to every system built using Gromacs. We provide an additional R-package providing functions for advanced statistical analysis and presentation of the FDA data.
Using FDA, we were able to explain the origin of mechanical robustness in immunoglobulin domains and silk fibers. By elucidating propagation of internal strain upon ligand binding, we previously also successfully revealed the functionality of a stiff allosteric protein. FDA thus has the potential to be a valuable tool in the investigation and rational design of mechanical properties in proteins and nano-materials.
Cellular functions such as growth, motility, and signaling are often guided by mechanical forces [1–3]. How proteins distribute external mechanical stress largely defines their stability and function [4, 5]. Being able to understand and predict the network of interactions defining the distribution of internal strain is a prerequisite for functional mutagenesis and rational design of function. A fundamental problem of most experimental and theoretical methods is their limitation to observing changes at the coordinate level. In many cases signals propagate without causing major atomic displacements, thereby hiding the communication pathway. We here present a new method termed force distribution analysis (FDA) that has the potential to overcome these limitations by observing changes in forces directly. Reminiscent of finite element analysis used to engineer macroscopic structures, FDA is capable to disclose the distribution of strain in molecular structures. FDA is entirely based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and can thus be carried out for any structure which can be subjected to MD. We have successfully demonstrated the application of FDA to proteins and biopolymers by revealing the mechanisms of force distribution, including the mechanically robust immunoglobulin domains [4], a stiff allosteric protein [5], the von Willebrand factor in blood vessels [6] and silk fibers [7].
FDA can be considered as a natural extension of any classical MD code. It allows to directly observe changes in atomic forces as a result of a perturbation. Examples for such perturbations are the application of an external force (pulling) or binding of a ligand. FDA makes use of pair-wise forces, i.e. the force an atom exerts on another atom. This is different from the total force acting on a certain atom, Figure 1A+B. By considering the direct force between each atom pair, the equilibrium force between these atoms can be different from zero, even for the theoretical case of a system without any motion. Atom-wise forces, i.e. the sum over all force vectors acting on an atom, instead average out to zero over time and are not of interest here. It is by observing pair-wise forces that we obtain the advantage to be able to detect signal propagation even through stiff materials where, by definition, forces propagate without causing major atomic displacement. A real world example is Newton's cradle. While coordinate changes and the corresponding ball-wise forces are non-zero only for the first and last ball, pair-wise forces are able to reveal the shock wave propagating through the stationary balls in-between as well.
The concept of pair-wise forces. (A) Conventional MD uses the sum of all forces, , acting on a certain atom to derive the atomic motion. (B) In contrast, FDA works with pair-wise forces F ij , which is the force calculated between each pair of atoms i, j during an MD simulation. (C) The total force F i atomic acting on an atom quickly decays to zero under equilibrium conditions. Observation of quickly decaying signals is not possible due to high equilibrium fluctuations. The plot shows only the x component of the xyz force vector for a single hydrogen bond O atom in the titin I27 domain [4]. (D) In contrast, even in equilibrium, pair-wise forces will not average to zero. This allows to compare different (equilibrated) states of a system. The plot shows pair-wise forces between the O-H atoms for the same hydrogen bond as in Figure 1 C. (E) Approximations used to transform multi-body forces into a pair-wise representation. Only the force acting along the direction of atoms i, k for angles and i, l for dihedrals is considered. This is sufficient to detect even minor re-arrangements.
During a typical MD run, forces that each two atoms exert on each other are calculated in every simulations step. These forces are directly summed up, resulting in a single force vector acting on each atom. , averaging to zero in relatively short time, can not serve as a useful measure for the propagation of mechanical perturbations. FDA introduces a simple additional step to prevent this loss of information. Prior to the summation, pair-wise forces are stored in an N × N matrix, where N is the number of atoms.
The FDA code is implemented as an extension of Gromacs, version 4.0.5 [8]. Most of the functionality is kept in external libraries to ensure maximal modularity and portability. Gromacs uses so called "kernels", that is, highly optimized assembly loops, to calculate non-bonded interactions, which make up for most of the computation time. A slower fallback C/Fortran implementation is provided as well. Bonded interaction functions are implemented in C. Monitoring pair-wise forces required modification of both, the kernels and bonded interaction potentials. FDA-Gromacs thus currently only supports C kernels, though there is the option to use assembly loops where possible, e.g. for solvent-solvent interactions. On our test hardware, this resulted in a performance loss of up to 50%. Alternatively, however, FDA can be performed in a post-processing step on trajectories obtained with the standard MD code during re-run simulations, at only minor additional computational cost.
Translation and rotation forbid averaging of vectorized forces, and thus our implementation does not store force vectors, but rather the norm of those. Attractive and repulsive forces can still be distinguished by assigning opposite signs to them. In case vectorized forces are needed they can easily be recalculated from the trajectories. Most force fields make use of multi-body forces, typically angle and dihedral terms that involve more than two atoms. We use an approximation to transform angle and proper dihedrals into a pair-wise representation, see Figure 1E. Such a transformation is difficult for improper dihedrals, which for this reason are excluded. The same is true for long-range forces approximated with Particle Mesh Ewald (PME) [9], which cannot straightforwardly be transformed into pair-wise interactions and are thus excluded as well. At the typical cutoff distance of > 1 nm, the Coulomb potential already is relatively flat, i.e. slight changes in atomic distances have little effect on the force between them. Overall, we find most of the strain applied to a protein to be propagated via a network comprised of a series of short to medium ranged connections, i.e. the sub-nano scale [4, 5].
Analogous to coordinate trajectories, pair-wise forces are stored in so called "force trajectories". FDA requires exhaustive sampling of the conformational space of the macromolecule to reduce noise (see below), and is thus currently based on time-averaged forces. The user may specify an output frequency; if this frequency is larger than the calculation step, forces will be averaged over this output interval. Force trajectories are stored in a binary file, containing a data block for each writing step. Each block contains the pair-wise forces, stored in a sparse matrix representation consisting of an index identifying the atom pair, the actual force and the interaction type. This way, it is possible to analyze contributions of every potential, typically bonded (bond, angle, dihedral) and non-bonded (electrostatic and van der Waals (VdW)) terms, separately. In order to separate Coulomb and VdW interactions, the upper matrix triangle (col > row) is used to store van der Waals forces, and the lower triangle (row > col) stores Coulomb forces. A detailed specification of the binary format is provided together with the FDA code.
Regarding setup and installation, there is no difference between FDA-Gromacs and the standard Gromacs distribution. Detailed installation instruction can be found on the offcial gromacs website, http://www.gromacs.org.
One can use pair-wise forces to assess specific protein-ligand interactions, or to just debug a system, i.e. by checking for unrealistically high forces. Yet, in most cases, the response to a mechanical or allosteric signal becomes visible by comparing forces for different states. These states can be a system with and without applied external force, or the apo and holo configuration of an allosteric protein; here we call these states reference (ref) and perturbed (pert) for simplicity. Parts under mechanical strain become visible by subtracting forces of both states for each pair of interacting atoms. Changes in force, ΔF, are then given by the equation:
To achieve a sufficient signal to noise ratio, FDA will often require exhaustive sampling of the conformational space. This is best done by calculating a set of independent trajectories, as MD simulations are prone to being trapped in local minima. The signal to noise ratio is estimated by comparing ΔF to differences in force observed for systems in the same state, ΔFnoise, where ΔFnoise = Fref - Fref'. Due to random coordinate fluctuations on the ps-ns timescale (Figure 1C), we found convergence of forces to require simulation timescales of 10 to several hundred nano seconds [4–7] (Figure 1D), depending on the flexibility of the system. Moreover, normalization by the standard error between independent trajectories, ε, may help to improve data quality. We previously defined the normalized change in force, Δf ij as:
Visualization and statistical analysis
To be able to map changes in force onto the atoms of a protein structure, e.g. as a color gradient, a projection of the pair-wise space into the atom wise space is required. Such a projection is given by the simple column sum:
ΔF j can be seen as the mechanical coupling of an atom j with respect to all other atoms. We use absolute values in the summation to avoid forces from canceling each other out. The ΔF j can be visualized by simply writing them as b-factors into a PDB file, Figure 2A+B. Alternatively, changes in pair-wise forces can be mapped as a network on a protein structure, Figure 2C. Pair-wise forces can be seen as edges connecting atoms, and the force between these atoms is the edge weight. The network of interactions under strain can then be visualized by drawing an edge between each atom for which |ΔF ij | > cutoff. Hereby it is often insightful to study the contributions of individual groups, such as side-chains or backbone atoms [4, 6], what is easily achieved by restricting the summation to atoms within a certain group.
Visualization of force distribution. (A) A fit of ubiquitin (PDB code 1UBQ) with and without applied external strain. Only minor conformational re-arrangements are visible. (B) Color-coding of changes in pair-wise forces, ΔF, onto the protein structure reveals wide propagation of mechanical strain, even in parts showing no visible conformational change. Colors range from blue for ΔF = 0 to red for high ΔF. (C) Network representation of force distribution in ubiquitin. Edges represent residue pairs showing high change in pair-wise force.
More details are obtained by statistical analysis on force trajectories, e.g. using principal component analysis (PCA). We previously identified a network of correlated fluctuations governing the allosteric function of MetJ by performing PCA on force trajectories [5]. In this case, it can be advantageous to look at forces between residue pairs instead of atom pairs. This will significantly decrease the memory requirements of the calculations.
Finally, FDA automatically provides detailed ligand-protein interaction profiles, as we have demonstrated for MetJ [5]. The interaction of a ligand with a protein structure depends on the complex interplay of individual atoms, charges play a crucial role. Intuitively, this can be seen as a pair-wise interaction between the ligand and the individual protein residues. FDA thus naturally provides a detailed description of the interaction pattern.
Usage and tools
To ease the analysis of force trajectories, the FDA implementation comes with a tool called g_fdatools to process or convert force trajectories. g_fdatools provides options to sum up force trajectories, to average forces over a distinct time interval and to optionally calculate the corresponding variances. To allow for normalization and estimation of the sampling quality, the standard error ε between average forces obtained from individual runs can be calculated. Due to the vast number of pair-wise atomic interactions, which in the worst case grows quadratically with system size, it is often advantageous to instead analyze forces between residue pairs. g_fdatools allows to calculate residue averaged pair-wise forces from atomic force trajectories in two ways.
The first and often sufficient way is to simply sum up pair-wise forces between every two residues u, v as defined in Equation 4.
The resulting forces are not entirely correct, as we do not work with vectorized forces, but they are a good approximation. The second way is to calculate force vectors between residues using the coordinate trajectories. Here, prior to summation, exact atomic force vectors are restored by multiplying the force F ij with the coordinate vector between atoms i, j:
In this case, x, y, z components and the norm of the force vectors between each residue pair will be returned. From our experience, a coordinate output frequency of 10 ps is sufficient to precisely restore the force vectors. In both cases, it is possible to restrict averaging to certain interaction types and atom groups, e.g. only Coulomb interactions between pairs of side-chains.
For further analysis we provide an R package called FDAtools that allows to import and analyze pair-wise forces in R [10]. The package provides several methods for data import, supporting full and sparse matrix representations. In all cases the output format is a simple matrix, which can easily be used for statistical analyses. Various functions to visualize the force distribution by mapping pair-wise forces onto PDB structures as described above are provided. Networks of residue pairs showing correlated changes in forces, as e.g. revealed by PCA, can easily be created with FDAtools as well. We hereto provide wrapper functions that allow to easily apply the R PCA implementation (prcomp) on FDA data. Finally, we provide a tool to convert binary force matrices into an ASCII representation, allowing users to easily import the data into the software package of their choice.
A step-by-step tutorial guiding the interested user through simulation setup, data-processing and analysis is available on the FDA project page hosted on Google Code http://code.google.com/p/force-distribution-analysis/.
Limitations and complementary methods
FDA is perfectly fitted to elucidate mechanisms rendering proteins mechanically stable, or to understand slow conformational transitions. In cases of high intrinsic conformational flexibility or when larger conformational transitions occur during the sampling of forces, force averages will not converge, and FDA will fail to provide meaningful results. Such situations may occur for simulations at temperatures close to the melting point, for intrinsically disordered proteins, or molecules showing conformational transitions on the ps to ns time scale. Applying external strain to a protein and observing the induced changes by FDA as described in [4, 6] is only feasible for mechanically stable and rigid proteins. For proteins with low mechanical stability, other mechanical perturbations such as e.g. ligand binding [5] can be characterized, or a time-resolved analysis of forces is required, which is the focus of ongoing work.
We here want to emphasize that FDA is not a replacement but a complement for existing, coordinate based methods. It provides an additional layer of information, namely how internal stress distribution will lead to conformational or entropic changes. By combining, for example, conventional trajectory analysis, normal mode analysis and FDA, we could shed light on dynamic allostery in MetJ, a transcription factor [5].
We here presented a new tool, Force Distribution Analysis, as a way to track how perturbations distribute through molecules using standard Molecular Dynamics simulations. We outlined the basic assumptions, the implementation into the MD simulation package Gromacs, as well as the strength and limitations experienced in recent applications. Given the successful application of FDA to a number of proteins, we expect FDA to play a growing role in understanding and engineering the mechanics of other macromolecules and materials.
Availability and requirements
Project name: force distribution analyis
Project home page: http://code.google.com/p/force-distribution-analysis/
Operating system(s): Linux/Unix
Programming language: C, additional tools in R
Other requirements: R (optional)
License: GNU GPL v2
Any restrictions to use by non-academics: none
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We thank Gerrit Groenhof for help and discussion with the Gromacs source code.
CAS-MPG Partner Institute and Key Laboratory for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China
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HITS gGmbH, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118, Heidelberg, Germany
Christian Seifert
& Frauke Graeter
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Correspondence to Frauke Graeter.
WS implemented all software and performed the analyses presented here. He also wrote this manuscript. CS is maintaining the project from now on, especially the R library. He also contributed to this manuscript. FG supervised the whole development process and contributed to this manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Stacklies, W., Seifert, C. & Graeter, F. Implementation of force distribution analysis for molecular dynamics simulations. BMC Bioinformatics 12, 101 (2011) doi:10.1186/1471-2105-12-101
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A newer and broader definition of burnout: Validation of the "Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire (BCSQ-36)"
Jesús Montero-Marín1 &
Javier García-Campayo1,2
BMC Public Health volume 10, Article number: 302 (2010) Cite this article
Burnout syndrome has been clinically characterised by a series of three subtypes: frenetic, underchallenged and worn-out, with reference to coping strategies for stress and frustration at work with different degrees of dedication. The aims of the study are to present an operating definition of these subtypes in order to assess their reliability and convergent validity with respect to a standard burnout criterion and to examine differences with regard to sex and the temporary nature of work contracts.
An exploratory factor analysis was performed by the main component method on a range of items devised by experts. The sample was composed of 409 employees of the University of Zaragoza, Spain. The reliability of the scales was assessed with Cronbach's α, convergent validity in relation to the Maslach Burnout Inventory with Pearson's r, and differences with Student's t-test and the Mann-Whitney U test.
The factorial validity and reliability of the scales were good. The subtypes presented relations of differing degrees with the criterion dimensions, which were greater when dedication to work was lower. The frenetic profile presented fewer relations with the criterion dimensions while the worn-out profile presented relations of the greatest magnitude. Sex was not influential in establishing differences. However, the temporary nature of work contracts was found to have an effect: temporary employees exhibited higher scores in the frenetic profile (p < 0.001), while permanent employees did so in the underchallenged (p = 0.018) and worn-out (p < 0.001) profiles.
The classical Maslach description of burnout does not include the frenetic profile; therefore, these patients are not recognised. The developed questionnaire may be a useful tool for the design and appraisal of specific preventive and treatment approaches based on the type of burnout experienced.
Burnout syndrome has been described as a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job, determined by the dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy [1]. Exhaustion is described as the feeling of not being able to offer any more of oneself at an emotional level; cynicism as a distant attitude towards work, the people being served by it and colleagues; and inefficacy as the feeling of not performing tasks adequately and of being incompetent at work. In general terms, burnout is the body's response to the failure of the coping strategies that individuals typically utilise to manage stressors at work [2].
Despite the various definitions of the syndrome presented in the literature, burnout has traditionally been described as a relatively uniform entity in all individuals, with more or less consistent aetiology and symptoms [3]. Nevertheless, clinical and therapeutic experience refutes this hypothesis, resulting in the need to characterise the different types of burnout in order to adjust lines of therapeutic action for more effectiveness. Farber [4] has proposed a preliminary typology with three syndrome profiles (frenetic, underchallenged, and worn-out); this typology may allow for the development of more specific treatments [3]. Based on Farber's clinical and phenomenological work [3–9], our group [10] has theoretically systematised this typology, specifying the properties on which the profiles are based and establishing a classification criterion that coherently expresses the proposal in its entirety.
The frenetic type [10] comprises a category of highly applied and committed individuals who are characterised by the investment of a substantial amount of time and effort in their dedication to work. The characteristics of individuals with this clinical profile are a high degree of involvement, in the form of increasingly greater efforts in the face of difficulties; grandiosity, in the sense of great ambition and need for achievements; and overload, as feeling of being overwhelmed caused by the neglect of their own needs (health and personal life) in an attempt to satisfy work requirements. The underchallenged type [10] is described as comprising individuals who have no interest in their work and perform tasks in a superficial manner because they lack challenges, motivation or desire for engagement. The characteristics of this profile are indifference, as a means of working superficially and without interest; lack of development, owing to the dissatisfaction of one's talents remaining unacknowledged until other employment options are contemplated; and boredom, in the sense of experiencing work as a monotonous and routine event. The worn-out type [10] comprises individuals whose level of involvement in their work is reduced to the point where they disregard the responsibilities of their position. The characteristics of this profile are neglect, as a lack of involvement in the work tasks to the point of giving up in the face of difficulty; lack of acknowledgement, as the feeling of not having their efforts and dedication recognised; and lack of control, as the desperation caused by their lack of control over the results of their actions at work.
The classification criterion (dimension on which differentiation is based) is the degree of dedication [10], specifically reflected in the values of involvement, indifference and neglect, which are the methods of coping with stress and frustration at work. However, affected individuals may defy this classification [4] by fluctuating between the three profiles [8] or by gradually evolving from one profile into another over time as their dedication diminishes [5, 10].
In a previous exploratory study carried out by our group [11], associations between burnout subtype characteristics and variables such as dissatisfaction with job and organisation, severity of burnout (measured with an instrument based on the definition of Maslach and Jackson [12]), and the physical, psychological and social consequences of burnout (according to Moreno et al.'s model [13]) were found. Moreno et al.'s model, based on the definition proposed by Schwab et al. [14], has been replicated by our group with consistent results [15].
Within this framework, the main aim of the current study was to construct a questionnaire that would allow the clinical profiles reflected in the previously described conceptual structure to be operationalised. We also evaluated the internal consistency of the constituent scales and subscales as well as their convergent validity with regard to a standard burnout criterion. Lastly, we examined the potential differences caused by sex and the temporary nature of work contracts.
We used the correlational method with a cross-sectional design. The measurements were obtained by means of the self-assessment technique using a questionnaire. All participants provided their informed consent.
The study population consisted of the employees of the University of Zaragoza who were employed in January 2008 (N = 5,493). The sample size was calculated for a 95% confidence interval with a 3.5% error, assuming the prevalence of burnout to be 18%, according to previous studies on the general population [2, 16]. The calculation yielded a result of 427 subjects. The response rate expected in web-mail surveys is about 27% [17, 18]. Therefore, 1,600 subjects were chosen by means of random stratified sampling with proportional allocation depending on occupation from an alphabetical list of the entire workforce. The final sample was composed of 409 participants, with a response rate of 25.6%. The response rate was distributed as follows: 19.3% teaching and research staff, 36.5% administration and service personnel, 25.8% fellows. The number of participants exceeded the contruct validity evaluation criterion [19], resulting in a sample that was psychometrically adequate for the study.
The mean age of participants was 40.51 years (SD = 9.09). Of the participants, 44.4% were males. In terms of job position, 42.9% of the subjects were teaching and research staff members, 46.9% were administration and service personnel and 10.2% were fellows. Of the sample, 21.9% were not in a stable relationship, and 49.9% had children. In terms of length of employment, 18.5% had been working at the university for less than 4 years, with 44.6% working between 4 and 16 years and 36.9% for more than 16 years. The income distribution was as follows: 31.1% had a monthly income of less than €1,200, with 42.1% earning €1,200-2,000 per month and 26.8% earning more than €2,000. Nearly 67% of the participants did not take sick leave in the previous year. Of the subjects, 63.6% were permanent employees and 93.8% worked full time.
Subjects were first asked questions concerning general socio-demographic and work-related aspects for the purpose of providing a description of the participating sample and carrying out the previously mentioned contrasts. They were then presented with a self-administered questionnaire that consisted of 72 items, 8 for each of the 9 characteristics included in the previously described model. The items were developed by a group of experts who attempted to include the main characteristics of the reference domain by means of consensus [10]. The wording of the items was guided by a table of content specifications, which enabled the fit, conceptual validity and representative nature of the proposal to be assured. This initial battery of instruments was overdimensioned in order to select the items with the best psychometric properties based on the Classical Theory of Tests [20–22]. Subjects indicated their degree of agreement with each of the statements presented using a Likert-type scale with 7 response options, scored from 1 (totally agree) to 7 (totally disagree).
To conclude, subjects were presented with the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) [23] in the validated Spanish language version adapted by Bresó, Salanova and Schaufeli [24]. This adaptation consists of 15 items grouped into three dimensions. Responses were arranged in a Likert-type scale with 7 options, scored from 0 (never) to 6 (always). The exhaustion dimension (comprising 5 items such as "I feel emotionally drained from my work") achieved α = 0.92 in our study. The cynicism dimension (comprising 4 items such as "I've become more callous toward people since I took this job") obtained α = 0.92. The efficacy dimension (consisting of 5 items such as "I deal very effectively with the problems of my work") achieved α = 0.82.
From the proposed items, we selected those with the best discrimination coefficient in their respective domain [20–22]. The factor structure of the scales was tested by means of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), following the main component method with varimax orthogonal rotation. In order to confirm the legitimacy of the analysis, we confirmed that the KMO index had a value >0.70 and that Bartlett's sphericity test provided a significant result. The number of components was decided using Kaiser's criterion [25], which requires eigenvalues greater than one, in addition to Cattel's scree test [26] on the sedimentation graph. In addition, the criterion of factorial weight >0.5 was used to determine which items were allocated to a specific factor [19]. The percentage variance explained in each item by its pertinence factor was calculated with c 2communality values, the reliability of scales and subscales with Cronbach's α and relation to the criterion with Pearson's r. Contrast tests were calculated with Student's t-test for independent measurements or through z values associated with the Mann-Whitney U test (depending on the normality hypothesis). Data analysis was performed with the SPSS version 15 statistics software package.
An e-mail explaining the aims of the research was sent to the selected subjects. The e-mail contained a link to an online questionnaire and two access passwords for subjects to complete the questionnaire during the month of February 2008. As a token of appreciation for their collaboration in the study, participants received a report with their score from the questionnaire and its interpretation. This project was approved by the Ethics Committee of Aragon.
The following paragraphs present the results obtained from the selected items according to the method previously described based on the Classical Theory of Tests.
Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)
The distribution of items on the frenetic scale allowed the use of the EFA (KMO = 0.83; Bartlett p < 0.001). This analysis provided an unforced solution for three factors. The first of these (ambition) presented an eigenvalue of 4.37 (36.44% variance); the second (overload) had an eigenvalue of 2.41 (20.09%); and the third (involvement) exhibited an eigenvalue of 1.67 (13.94%). The three factors exceeded Kaiser's criterion and the scree test allowed the solution to be accepted as adequate. In total, 70.47% of the variance was explained.
The distribution of items on the unchallenged scale permitted EFA (KMO = 0.92; Bartlett p < 0.001), which provided an unforced solution for three factors. The first of these (indifference) presented an eigenvalue of 6.91 (57.57%); the second (lack of development) had an eigenvalue of 1.40 (11.66%); and the third (boredom) exhibited an eigenvalue of 1.01 (8.34%). The three factors exceeded Kaiser's criterion, and the sedimentation graph slope became gentle for these three factors. The solution explained 77.57% of the total variance.
The distribution of items on the worn-out scale made EFA possible (KMO = 0.86; Bartlett p < 0.001). EFA provided an unforced solution for three factors. The first of these (lack of acknowledgement) presented an eigenvalue of 4.89 (40.76% variance); the second (neglect) had an eigenvalue of 2.44 (20.34%); and the third (lack of control) exhibited an eigenvalue of 1.23 (10.21%). The three factors exceeded Kaiser's criterion, and the scree test offered a structure for the three factors. This model explained 71.31% of the total variance.
Table 1 shows the rotated factor solution and descriptive statistics of the items belonging to the three scales (see Additional file 1 for item content). The responses to the items of the involvement and neglect factors were more extreme and, in particular, less variable than the others. The discrimination coefficients show raised positive values in the belonging factor, while they were lower, albeit adequate, in the total scale of the corresponding profile. All communality values were adequate.
Table 1 Factor weighting and descriptive statistics of the BCSQ-36
Scale and subscale descriptive statistics and reliability
Table 2 shows the descriptive statistics and reliability of the scales and subscales (calculated as the sum of the component items divided among their number). The highest mean (scalar) scores were those of the frenetic profile (Md = 4.12; SD = 0.80), followed by those of worn-out (Md = 3.79; SD = 0.90) and those of the underchallenged profile (Md = 3.12; SD = 1.15). Underchallenged was the profile that showed the greatest variability.
Table 2 Descriptive statistics and correlations between BCSQ-36 and MBI-GS dimensions
As expected based on the nature of the factor analysis, the α coefficients obtained were good (all of which were >0.8). Each of the items contributed to raising the reliability of their factor as well as the total scale of their profile, except items 12 and 22, which raised the reliability of their factor but not that of their profile. Nevertheless, elimination of these items resulted in the same value for the general corresponding scales; therefore, they were not rejected.
Convergent validity
Convergence values with the MBI-GS differed for each of the identified burnout types. The frenetic profile presented fewer relations with the criterion dimensions. The relations were moderate for exhaustion (r = 0.30; p < 0.001), insignificant for cynicism (r = -0.05; p = 0.352) and moderately low in a positive sense for efficacy (r = 0.24; p < 0.001). The underchallenged profile presented relations of the greatest magnitude. The relations were moderate for exhaustion (r = 0.39; p < 0.001), very high for cynicism (r = 0.66; p < 0.001) and moderate for efficacy in an inverse sense (r = -0.38; p < 0.001). The worn-out profile obtained the greatest relations with the criterion. The relations were very high for exhaustion (r = 0.62; p < 0.001) and cynicism (r = 0.68; p < 0.001), and moderately high for efficacy in a negative sense (r = -0.43; p < 0.001). Table 2 shows the descriptive statistics and the correlations between BCSQ-36 and MBI-GS dimensions.
Differences owing to sex and the temporary nature of work contracts
Table 3 shows the descriptive statistics and results of contrast tests for the three profile scales and subscales. No significant differences by sex were found for any of the scales or subscales, but the temporary nature of work contracts was found to be a determinant. Temporary employees exhibited higher scores in the frenetic profile (p < 0.001), while permanent employees did so in the underchallenged (p = 0.018) and worn-out (p < 0.001) profiles.
Table 3 Descriptive statistics and BCSQ-36 scales depending on sex and temporary nature of work contracts
This study is the first with the aim of producing an operational concept of professional burnout that enables classification into clinical subgroups. This concept was a need felt by clinicians because not all individuals with burnout present the same characteristics and prognosis. Analysis of the selected items and resulting scales for each profile has confirmed the factor validity and high reliability of the model. All of the operational definitions were faithful to the meanings contained in the Farber's theory.
The frenetic scale was composed of the involvement, ambition and overload dimensions. The high scores and low variability obtained in the items belonging to the involvement factor suggest that these responses may be influenced by social desirability, an aspect that should be considered when establishing anchoring points on a scalar level in later studies. The frenetic profile generally presented significant relations with exhaustion and with efficacy in a positive sense. These subjects are affected by burnout, given that this is what they express in therapy sessions when manifesting their psychological distress [3, 10]. However, judging from their characteristics and relations, they seem closer to the concept of workaholics [27–29]. Nevertheless, this addiction is associated with burnout [30], and may be one of the possible causes of it [31, 32] due to exhaustion of the individual's energy resources. Highly committed subjects typically show a great likelihood of developing burnout [2, 5], as their commitment and addiction are related by means of the absorption factor [30], making the employee a captive of his or her own activity [33–35]. Consequently, by learning to keep a certain distance from work and prioritising self-care, individuals could avoid excessive involvement and prevent burnout [36].
The underchallenged profile comprised the indifference, lack of development and boredom dimensions. This last factor, despite fulfilling Kaiser's criteria, presented a low percentage of explained variance, likely due to its high association with the other two factors. However, this factor should be included in the model because its content clearly differs from that of the other two factors. We observed relations between the underchallenged profile and exhaustion, lack of efficacy and, particularly, cynicism. Underchallenged employees have lost interest in the tasks involved in their work, have become cynical, and consequently seem to be affected by preliminary stages of burnout, such as dissatisfaction, limited variety and absence of feedback in tasks [15, 37]. In other works, it has been observed that individuals' perception that other jobs would better acknowledged their talents, lack of interest or gratification, and monotony could precede burnout [11, 13–15]. Specifically, the perception of minimum likelihood of personal development in a job predicts burnout in three years [38]. Efforts aimed at increasing employees' personal and career development and reducing boredom and apathy appear to lower levels of stress and exhaustion [39].
The worn-out profile is characterised by neglect, lack of control and lack of acknowledgement. The low scores and lower variability for items belonging to the neglect factor suggest that social desirability may have influenced subjects' responses. The worn-out type presents significant relations with exhaustion, cynicism and lack of efficacy, and therefore appears to be the profile that best fits the definition of burnout provided by Maslach, Schaufeli and Leiter [1]. Their neglect and/or apathy are associated with a lack of efficacy and may be inversely related to drive, participation and absorption [40], aspects considered diametrically opposed to burnout [41]. The desperation caused by absence of control over results has been related to high levels of stress, exhaustion, emotional fatigue and depersonalisation [38, 39, 42, 43], which is in line with our results. The current study also shows that the perception of lack of acknowledgement is strongly associated with cynicism. Moreover, this appears to produce dissatisfaction and burnout in general [44]. Greater acknowledgement seems to have a positive influence on the work climate of an organisation, reducing exhaustion and raising quality of life at work [44, 45].
Structural conditions, such as the temporary nature of work contracts, accentuate the development of some types of burnout. According to our results, temporary employees exhibit significantly higher scores for the frenetic subtype, associated with excessive dedication. Permanent employees displayed significantly higher scores for the underchallenged and worn-out subtypes, characterised by lower dedication. Significant differences were also found in the involvement, ambition, indifference, boredom, lack of acknowledgement and neglect dimensions, with the first two being higher in temporary workers, and the remaining dimensions higher in permanent employees. The structural condition of the temporary nature of work contracts appears to be associated with the type of burnout experienced, perhaps owing to differential involvement in work tasks. On the contrary, there were no significant differences by gender.
Although the characteristics of the subtypes may comprise determining factors for burnout syndrome, not all profiles fit the definition of Maslach, Schaufeli and Leiter [1] in the same way. These results can be explained if we interpret the burnout subtypes as different stages in the development of the syndrome, as proposed by Montero-Marín et al. [10]. The development of burnout syndrome is arranged longitudinally by degree of dedication at work, which progresses from more to less (from enthusiasm to apathy) [5, 10, 46, 47]. Therefore, burnout appears to develop at a time of excessive involvement and commitment, typical of the frenetic profile [2, 5, 10, 38]. Given that it is not easy to maintain this level of activity without becoming exhausted or affected [31], workers will adopt a certain distancing to protect themselves, behaving with indifference and cynicism [48, 49]. While alleviating excess activity owing to excessive involvement, this distancing produces the type of frustration and stress suffered by the underchallenged profile [50]. Distancing also erodes the perception of efficacy in the long run by leading to passive coping strategies, such as neglect of responsibilities and emotional venting, which are typical of the worn-out profile [51–55].
Subtypes are affected by different sources of stress and discontent at work, depending on the level of dedication with which they cope with obstacles and difficulties. Consequently, in order to efficiently adapt treatment strategies for burnout syndrome, we must specifically consider the burnout subtype experienced in each case. From a clinical perspective, exclusive consideration for the most recent manifestations of the syndrome, as performed in current evaluation standards, are insufficient. In order to overcome this limitation, it is necessary to have a more extensive definition for burnout syndrome that takes into account the level of involvement with which subjects cope with their work as part of the syndrome development process.
This study has several limitations. First, a low response rate was obtained. However, the rate is quite similar to those found in previous studies using internet surveys [17, 18]. This low rate could produce a bias in assessing point prevalence values, but does not affect the assessment of relationship patterns among different variables [17]. In addition, differences in response rates based on occupational level could decrease the representativeness of the sample; however, all of the various jobs showed the expected response rate values [17, 18]. Another limitation is the sample selection, which was exclusively composed of workers from the University of Zaragoza. However, the sample was big and multi-occupational, as individuals in several jobs were included, improving the external validity of the study. Finally, this was exclusively a psychometric study; therefore, the predictive validity of the model has not yet been demonstrated. One of the main strengths of this study is that data quality was controlled by eliminating possible errors in the questionnaire transcription process through the use of purpose-designed software.
The results of this study provide empirical support for the factor validity and internal consistency of the scales comprising the three clinical profiles. The Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire is interesting in that it allows measurements for the three different burnout subtypes to be established. Moreover, it does so in a brief and operational manner, which makes it quite useful for the design and evaluation of specific treatment strategies for burnout syndrome.
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Psychiatry Service, Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
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JM-M and JG-C are the principal researchers and developed the original idea for the study and the study design. JM-M developed the statistical methods. Both authors have read and corrected draft versions and approved the final version.
Additional file 1: Appendix. Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire (DOC 90 KB)
Montero-Marín, J., García-Campayo, J. A newer and broader definition of burnout: Validation of the "Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire (BCSQ-36)". BMC Public Health 10, 302 (2010) doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-302
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