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ARTIST INTERVIEW: Stevie Howell
Painter, photographer and printmaker, Stevie Howell loves many mediums. But it’s her role as textile designer that has her layering all three to give her patterns a distinct twist. Merging handcraft with digital techniques, this native San Franciscan experiments with color and shapes, contrasts and layers. The result is simultaneously organic and otherworldly.
A former student of both the Glasgow School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stevie’s aesthetic is modern and sublime. Whether she is designing wallpaper or loungewear, Stevie strives to create colorful pieces that connect with people and bring joy to their lives. From a trip to Brazil to the weeds behind her studio, she lets life’s big and not-so-big moments inspire her to make the ordinary a little less so.
Describe the path that led you to the work you do now. Did you take any big risks to get where you are?
I had just finished a grad program in painting and was working simultaneously with photography, printmaking and painting. I began reading about textiles, messing around in the studio, and instantly feel in love with the process of making patterns. It’s very similar to painting—each print I create is still fine art based—but I found that with textiles I could interact with a much broader audience. I loved that my work could provide comfort and happiness, and could make someone feel good.
What are your artistic goals for the future? Next week, or next year, or 20 years from now?
The thing that excites me the most about textile design is the huge range of possible applications. I don’t feel constrained to one product. I try to bring a unique beauty, luxury, and comfort to everything I create. I’m looking forward to adding new products for home and working with new collaborators.
What are your most important artistic tools?
My hands, paintbrushes, coffee and photoshop.
Do you have a daily working routine? What is it like?
Mornings are for meetings. Afternoons are for emails. And nights are for painting.
How does practicing your art or craft impact your life or way of thinking?
One of my favorite things that happens when painting is that it changes the way you see light. After a few hours of focused studio work, I begin noticing extra colors in the world. It’s something small, but shifts my attention to the present.
Where do you go to seek fresh ideas or renewed creative energy?
Anywhere new. Could be as elaborate as traveling across the world or as simple as taking a new street on my way home. Just like hitting the reset button.
Did you have any artists in your family, mentors, or other important creative influences?
Gregory Parkinson has been an incredible mentor to me. He is the color master and a textile genius.
What do you hope to share with those who purchase your art and bring it intimately into their Lives?
My gratitude for choosing something that I created! It’s a huge honor to see people enjoying and wearing something from my collection.
I also hope that there is a shared value with regard to our environmental and social impact. The apparel industry is the second-largest polluter in the world, so it has always been important for me to do everything as sustainably as possible. We use natural fabrics, non-toxic inks, natural dyes, and each piece is made in limited quantity so their is no waste. I hope this is something that my customer also takes pride in.
www.steviehowell.com
Instagram @steviehowellstudio
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JANISSE RAY Cheyenne
Cattle auctions, pastures, and an old horse. These make up the world of Janisse Ray's essay "Cheyenne", about an old horse taken in by Ray's family. Ray's piece explores the nature of love, the connections between love and pity, and the discovery of grace. (15:59)
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The repetitive work of a tree-planting camp, the complexity of the forest, and above all, the sounds of that world--these are the subjects of Geoff Martin's essay "Burning Silence". Tasked with tending a loud generator, Martin contemplates how noise and stillness fuel our creativity. (15:04)
S.D. JONES The Ideal Reasoner
S.D. Jones' short story "The Ideal Reasoner" gives a comic and touching twist to relationship trouble, as a Shelockian AI creates upheaval in a marriage--only to bring about a surprising resolution. (22:19)
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"I don't have much time," says Dickie, the narrator of Bradford Philen's "What's Heavy". Dickie is a high-school kid, but he doesn't have much time--before his father's kidneys give out, before the coming hurricane hits, before Ophelia, the girl he's into, gives up on him. Dickie is under more than specific pressures on this one night when his many burdens weigh on him. (21:49)
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Three boys make an unpleasant discovery while playing in a local park. Through one boy's narration, Heather Cripps' "Devil's Drop" tells the story of the children's vulnerability and the poignant ways in which they search for reassurance. (15:51)
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Tag: Dr Alban
Scene: an empty warehouse, in darkness.
FX: A door creaks opens, a switch clicks.
The lights flicker into life.
Delivery Man 1 [poking his head through the door]: Yes, this looks like it.
Delivery Man 1 backs into view, clipboard under arm, guiding a large object covered in a sheet, which is being pushed by Delivery Man 2 with considerably more effort than Delivery Man 1 is expending.
FX: The door slams shut.
Delivery Man 2: Whereabouts does it need to go? What does the order say?
Delivery Man 1 consults the clipboard.
Delivery Man 1: It says “Leave in the middle of the floor, covered, as if it’s been here for ages.”
Delivery Man 2 [with a shrug]: Bit weird, but if that’s what it says.
Job done, they exit, leaving the light on.
FX: the door opens and closes. Pause. Repeat.
An incredibly handsome, if fat and bald, man enters the room. He surveys the object before removing the sheet.
Incredibly handsome, if fat and bald, man: And we’re back in the room!
Hello, and welcome to The Chain. Where’ve you been? I’ve been waiting for you.
Prompted by a question about whether one of this week’s suggestions qualified under the rules, and nothing whatsoever to do with the amount of time since one of these posts appeared, nosireebob, I thought it might be best if I go over them again here, with a brief explanation of what we do here.
So, The Chain is a feature on BBC 6Music’s Radcliffe and Maconie show (and prior to that, their show on BBC Radio 2), where a record is played and they invite suggestions as to what record could be played next, which must link in some way to the one just played.
The difference here is that whilst they choose just one record to play, we try to post all of the suggestions which you submit.
The only rules are:
No suggested record can feature twice (unless it has only featured as part of The Official Chain). If you’re not sure – ask!
The only exception to this rule is “Back on the Chain Gang” by The Pretenders, which has been adopted as our theme tune
When making your suggestion, you must provide an explanation of the link between the two songs
You must already own a copy of it, and be willing to provide it (in case I don’t already own it or am unable to source it)
Suggestions must be more than just naming a different song by the same artist.
You can make as many suggestions as you like, but please, go easy on me, won’t you?
That’s about it. I award points every now and again, for Worst Record of the Week, Cheesiest Record of the Week, Comment Showboat of the Week, and of course, for anyone who happens to guess either the song or act (or both) that is the next record in the Official Chain, which becomes the source record for the following week. Nobody’s keeping score (well, I’m not anyway), the points are just a bit of fun.
Okay, that’s the admin done. Last time out, the source record was “The Universal” by Blur; personally, I found this a really tricky one to link to, especially as I have to wait and see what’s left after you guys have nominated all the good ones. Ho hum, such is life.
So, here we go then, and as usual, we’ll bracket them into several fairly broad categories and, as usual, we’ll probably wander off on a couple of tangents along the way.
First out of the traps last time was Charity Chic from Charity Chic Music who wrote:
“It has to be something off ‘Universal Audio’, the final album by The Delgados. I Fought the Angels would do rather nicely I feel”
The Delgados – I Fought The Angels
Of course, CC was not alone in suggesting a link to something of Universal appeal; Dirk from sexyloser proffered thusly:
“…because not enough good German music is being featured on these pages, I’d like to link to Die Sterne – ‘Universal Tellerwäscher’ from 1994 …. which in fact is a mighty record indeed!”
I was going to make a rather unkind joke about the phrase “good German music” being an oxymoron, but then I listened to Dirk’s suggestion and have to agree, it is mighty fine (even if I have not one clue as to what it’s about, although Google Translate, which is never wrong, obviously, tells me that a Tellerwäscher is a dishwasher ):
Die Sterne – Universal Tellerwäscher
Sticking with the Universal theme, SWC from When You Can’t Remember Anything suggested this:
Universal Being – Size of an Elephant
whilst The Great Gog wrote:
“…seeing as we’re all commenting on The Universal, Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Universally Speaking would seem apt.”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Universally Speaking
And The Beard quoted a completely different song which contains the word “Universal”:
“Universal, unique untouched, unadulterated, the raw uncut”
He is, of course, referring to this:
Blackalicious – Alphabet Aerobics
Time for the first interlude of the day; I stumbled along this clip the other day, which I’m sure you’ll agree contains some quite wizardly rapping:
Anyway, where were we?
Ah yes. Blur’s ‘The Universal’. Take it away Julian of Music from Magazines fame:
“Blur did a song “Beetlebum”
The Beatles did a song “Across The Universe”
Laibach did a version of “Across The Universe”
Laibach nailed “Sympathy For The Devil”
(The 7.52 version please)”
As you wish:
Laibach – Sympathy For The Devil
Time for a big Chain welcome for the first of two new contributors to The Chain this week, here’s Telefrank:
“The video for ‘The Universal’ references the Korova Milk Bar, so something by Wendy Carlos natch.”
Just to join up the dots: the Korova Milk Bar features in ‘A Clockwork Orange’, so this seemed like as good a tune as any:
Wendy Carlos – Title Music From ‘A Clockwork Orange’
Walter from A Few Good Times in My Life pointed out that “…the opposite of universe might be the underground. So…”
The Jam – Going Underground
It’s scary how that song is so relevant now, 35 years after it came out. “Times have changed”, some people say. I’d play them that and respectfully disagree.
Anyway, before I start going off on one, more Universal shenanigans. Here’s Alex G from We Will Have Salad:
“A nice easy link from ‘Universal’ to another well-known film studio: Columbia.”
Oasis – Columbia
Walter continues the theme: “Universal is also a music label distributing music of various and different artists. So I suggest:”
Tom Petty – You Don’t Know How It Feels
From the Universal links, it’s one small step to the universe, and space in general, and to our second new member of The Chain Gang of the week, abramson60, the 60th from the very noble Abramson family, as Adam Buxton would say:
Anyway, abramson60 has certainly got the hang of how to make sure you get lots of tunes played here: list of a load of songs he’d considered before finally plumping for a completely different one. I, of course, cannot resist:
“Universe would automatically take me down the space road, so you could have….”
Liz Phair – Supernova
“…or another of my pet favorites…”
Julian Cope – Spacehopper
“…not forgetting that he went on to become the nation’s favourite spaced out artist.”
But, “…sticking with universe, The Rocky Horror Picture Show had long lasting and profound influence on the somewhat naive 16 year old me who first saw the film at the tail end of the 70’s. So my pick is ‘I’m Going Home’, not quite sure where to but somewhere in the outer reaches of space.” I’m not sure I quite follow the link there, but as it’s your first visit, I’ll let it slide this time:
Dr. Frank N. Furter – I’m Going Home
Over to The Swede from Unthought of, though, somehow next, who says:
“I’ll keep things cosmic and suggest ‘Space is Deep’ by Hawkwind – the studio version from ‘Doremi Fasol Latido’ please.”
Hawkwind – Space Is Deep
A couple of you suggested links from lyrics withing ‘The Universal’, which is fair enough and fine by me. For example, Rigid Digit from Stuff & Nonsense suggested:
“‘The Universal’ includes the lines:
“And to karaoke songs,
We like to sing along,
Although the words are wrong”
So .. mondegreens (misheard lyrics) and possibly the most well known: ‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy'”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
Next up, Martin from New Amusements, who takes the “list a load of songs then pick a completely different one as their choice” approach adopted by abramson60 and combines it with Rigid Digit’s focus on the song’s lyrics:
“The Universal includes a line about ‘satellites in every home’ so we could go with that, enabling…”
The Hooters – Satellite
Lou Reed – Satellite Of Love
Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
“…or, I guess…”
The Tornados – Telstar
If I could just butt in for a moment, I can’t hear that record without thinking of this record (and vice versa) since I can’t help but think that while it’s not a straight-out sample, the synth melody line, owes more than a little debto the old instrumental Martin suggests:
Saint Etienne – You’re In A Bad Way
Martin’s actual choice will follow in a moment, but props where props are due, the category it falls into was first suggested by The Robster from Is This The Life? (well, actually, it was first mentioned by Rigid Digit last week time)
“My link comes in the form of British Gas adverts. The Universal was, as you point out, used in an ad campaign for British Gas. So was ‘More Than A Feeling’ by Boston, which despite ticking all the middle-of-the-road 70s AOR boxes, is a damn fine tune and one I always find myself playing air guitar to. True!”
It may well be, but unfortunately that’s featured in The Chain before, so, as per the rules above, I can’t allow it this week. Sorry!
Tell you what, have another go:
“Another gem from the British Gas archive is the wonderful ‘Rescue Me’ by Fontella Bass which cannot fail to give everyone a lift on a Monday morning.”
Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
Back to Martin again: “…let’s go down the route of the Blur track’s British Gas-based ubiquity, all the excuse we need to have ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ by The Rolling Stones, since that tells us ‘it’s a gas, gas, gas.'”
The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
He’s still not done yet, mind:
“But I’d rather suggest a song I really like, so the gas connection allows me to pitch the much-less-played ‘It’s A Gas’ by The Wedding Present. Any excuse to get the Gedge out, after all.”
I could not agree more.
The Wedding Present – It’s A Gas
Catchphrase time! If you’re suggesting that, then I’m suggesting this:
T. Rex – Life’s A Gas
And as a special treat, here’s Marc Bolan performing ‘Life’s A Gas’ with Cilla Black, of all people:
The less said about that the better, I think.
But whilst we’re on adverts, here’s Snuff from their ace “Flibbiddydibbiddydob” album (these are so short, you may as well have two):
Snuff – Bran Flakes
Snuff – Shake ‘n’ Vac
After those words from our sponsors, back to The Great Gog:
“‘The Great Escape album’ from which The Universal is taken also includes a song called ‘Top Man’. When I was younger (and a little less Great) I used to venture into Manchester and frequent a store of that name, and occasionally even buy something. Having done this, my then-significant other would drag me to where she wanted to buy stuff – Chelsea Girl. Obviously the title of a song by Simple Minds…”
Simple Minds – Chelsea Girl
Ride – Chelsea Girl
Sorry GG, I interupted, do carry on:
“…[Chelsea Girls is] also referenced on Mighty Mighty’s ‘Is There Anyone Out There?’ Which sort of links back to matters universal.”
Mighty Mighty – Is There Anyone Out There?
Right, where next? Since we seem to have exhausted all of the possibilities of links to “The Universal”, how about links to Blur? Seems like a plan.
Over to Birthday Boy Rol (45 today!) from My Top Ten, then, with two and a half suggestions:
“Suggestion that needs no explanation: ‘Mr. Blur’ by Tom Verlaine.”
Tom Verlaine – Mr. Blur
He continues: “Suggestion that leads a little more explanation: Blur used to be called Seymour. I’m sure someone will link to the obvious song from that (the one about a record company boss…”
You mean this one, I assume?
Belle & Sebastian – Seymour Stein
“…so,” Rol continues, “I’ll point us towards the character of Seymour in the movie ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’ and suggest the song ‘Feed Me, Seymour’ as sung by the killer plant Audrey II (aka Levi Stubbs from The Four Tops).”
Audrey II – Feed Me (Git It)
The Great Gog’s back:
“As Rol has mentioned Seymour, the track that I always think of when I hear Blur’s previous name is ‘Read About Seymour’ by Swell Maps.”
Swell Maps – Read About Seymour
Now, before he started listing spacey songs, abramson60 also proffered up a few relating to the name of Blur:
“Blur taken as unclear leads me to…”
Lindisfarne – Fog On The Tyne
You can all count yourself lucky that I decided not to post the version with Gazza on it. Actually, that might have been quite appropriate, since writing and indeed reading The Chain often has the air of a hostage situation about it, so maybe we should expect him to rock up with a bucket of fried chicken and a fishing rod.
Anyway, back to you abramson60:
“…or maybe when everything clears…”
Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now
I’ve got Snuff covering that too somewhere, but let’s not overdo it, eh? That would take us over the 2 minutes of Snuff records mark, which would never do.
Any more, abramson60?
“Having said all of that I would much prefer to offer up Dr Phibes and the House of Wax Equations (any brownie points for extra long band names?) [Nope – Ed] and Hazy Lazy Hologram, link being obvious and in hazy, and everyone loves drug induced music, don’t they?”
Dr Phibes & The House Of Wax Equations – Hazy Lazy Hologram
Back to Julian for his obligatory weekly suggestion of a record by Lambchop:
“A Blur is what the world is when ones had too many HIC!!
Where was I ?
Who fucking knows?
Oh yes its all coming back to me…..”
Lambchop – The Man Who Loved Beer
And what of the individual members of Blur, there must be some links there, right?
Guess what, here’s abramson60. Again.
“Blur’s singer is Damon Albarn who is the son of Keith Albarn, who once managed Soft Machine, whose drummer Robert Wyatt went onto have a solo career, recording ‘Shipbuilding’ which as we all know was written by Elvis Costello, who took part in the Red Wedge tours along side Billy Bragg. So my suggestion has to be ‘Valentine’s Day Is Over’.”
Billy Bragg – Valentine’s Day Is Over
I have two things to say about this. Firstly, I had no idea of the Albarn connection to Soft Machine, and secondly, abramson60 did suggest this back on February 15th, which makes his choice of Billy track a little more understandable.
But frankly, you had me at “Shipbuilding”:
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Shipbuilding
SWC’s back:
“Damon Albarn was the boyfriend of Justine Frischmann of Elastica. So let’s have ‘Stutter’ from them.”
The first record I ever bought by Elastica this, albeit on an NME compilation album of their Singles of the Week from 1993, and without doubt one of the finest ever songs about erectile disfunction.
Elastica – Stutter
Charity Chic’s back, with the obligatory Clash record of the week. Don’t worry George, there’s a finite number of them that can be suggested:
“Damon Albarn was in The Good,The Bad and the Queen, as was Paul Simonon who wrote and sung ‘Guns of Brixton'”
The Clash – The Guns of Brixton
Speaking of George, he’s been rather quiet so far this week, so here’s the first of his suggestions:
“Damon Albarn was/is also in a band called Gorillaz, and gorillas are in a branch of primates, as are monkeys, leading to ‘Monkey On My Back’ by The Triffids (from the Field of Glass EP). I think the song is not actually about monkeys.”
The Triffids – Monkey on My Back
Inspiral Carpets – Monkey On My Back
In fact, given his involvement with Gorillaz, you could describe Albarn as a…
The Maytals – Monkey Man
(My apologies, by the way: I realised I’ve misnamed the mp3 as Toots and The Maytals, rather than just The Maytals, but I really can’t be arsed with changing it.)
The Great Gog’s back again:
“I did have one more up my sleeve, but left it in case anyone else came up with it – they haven’t , so here goes. Blur’s lead singer is D. Albarn. Shuffling one of those letters to the left a bit allows me to type Dr. Alban, the early 90’s hitmaker who made such a lasting impression on me that I can only recall one of his tunes…”
Dr Alban – It’s My Life
Hands down winner of the “Worst Record of the Week” award, there.
“Used in a Tampax advert at some point in the nineties too,” pipes up The Beard. Now, let’s not lower ourselves by making any jokes about that particualr subject. That’s it. None. End of. Period.
Instead, let’s move onto the other members of Blur, and focus for a moment on bass player Alex James. Over to you, George:
“Another Alex is Alex Harvey, so the song is from the first Sensational Alex Harvey Band album ‘Framed’, and ‘The Hammer Song’.”
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – The Hammer Song
Another from SWC next, I think:
“When he is not doing that [being in Blur] he schmoozes up to his famous neighbours David Cameron and Jeremy Clarkson. He also pretends to make cheese which gives us a lovely link to ‘Gorgonzola’ by Leslie Sarony.”
Leslie Sarony – Gorgonzola
Mention any of the old music hall acts such as Leslie, and I’m afraid I can’t help thinking of this chap:
Back over to Rol, who might just see this post before his birthday’s finished:
“All this talk of Alex James’s cheese behooves me to suggest Copy Cats by The Humdrum Express, which features the lines…
“I read a Jamie Oliver’s Feastival review
Where ex-Top Gear presenters jumped the queue
To a sign publicising ageing sleaze
But it was Alex James’s aptly named new cheese”
(It also features the line “More Betty Than Swervedriver”, which I’m half thinking of stealing to rename my blog.)”
Bagsy and first dibs duly note.
The Humdrum Express – Copy Cats
I may aswell chuck one in to the Alex-mix. When he isn’t making cheese, or being in Blur, he’s also popped up in some questionable novelty acts, most famously with Fat Les, but also in Wig Wam, a truly awful project that I’m not going to offend your ears by playing. His partner-in-crime there, though, was one Alison Clarkson aka Betty Boo:
Betty Boo – Where Are You Baby?
Two band members left, and absolutely nobody suggested anything Graham Coxon-related so I had a quick shufty round and found that according to wikipedia, he appeared on Blue Peter twice as a child.
Mike Oldfield – Blue Peter
But since all the rest of the band are getting at least two songs, we may as well have one of his singles. Friends of mine will attest that every time we’ve heard thisplayed out, I always point out that the intro sounds a lot like “Into the Valley” by Skids (Since nobody has ever agreed with me on this point, I’d post it so you could compare, but as it’s already featured on The Chain once before, I can’t. Who made these stupid rules up anyway??):
Graham Coxon – Freakin’ Out
Which just leaves drummer Dave Rowntree, and a suggestion by The Beard:
“He shares his surname with the confectioners Rowntree. They are based in York and created the KitKat. York City’s Bootham Crescent ground was for a period renamed KitKat Crescent. ‘Crystal Crescent’ is a track by Primal Scream amd nothing to do with chocolate or the city of York.”
Primal Scream – Crystal Crescent
Times may not change, by Primal Sceam certainly have over the years, haven’t they?
Finally, Rowntree has stood for election three times on behalf of the Labour party, losing on each occasion. Which leads me to this:
Radiohead – Electioneering
Which just leaves us to reveal what the next record in the Official Chain is, and many of you will have noticed the absence of one particular song from the start of this post, when we looked at songs with the word “Universal” in the title. Many people wanted to suggest this, but Swiss Adam from baggingarea was the first out of the traps so the kudos and points are his this week:
“The Small Faces have their own ‘Universal’ which is a lovely song.”
Ain’t that the truth:
Small Faces – The Universal
So, all that laves me to do is to ask for your suggestions, please, for songs which link to “The Universal” by Small Faces, along with a brief description of the link, via the Comments Section down below, in time for the next edition.
Let’s say that will be next week, and see what happens, eh?
Posted on March 19, 2017 March 19, 2017 Categories The ChainTags Audrey II, Belle & Sebastian, Betty Boo, Billy Bragg, Die Sterne, Dr Alban, Dr Frank N Furter, Elastica, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Fontella Bass, Graham Coxon, Hawkwind, Inspiral Carpets, Jimmy Cliff, Julian Cope, Laibach, Lambchop, Leslie Sarony, Lindisfarne, Liz Phair, Lou Reed, Mighty Mighty, Mike Oldfield, Oasis, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ride, Simple Minds, Small Faces, Snuff, Swell Maps, T Rex, Tasmin Archer, The Clash, The Delgados, The Hooters, The Humdrum Express, The Jam, The Maytals, The Rolling Stones, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Triffids, The Wedding Present, Tom Petty, Tom Verlaine, Universal Being, Wendy Carlos51 Comments on The Chain #39
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Former Bigg Boss 💪 Contestant Celebrates 🎉 Salman's Verdict 📷: http://v.duta.us/-N3EEAAA
07 April 2018 | Salman Khan
Former Bigg Boss contestant Sofia Hayat has always shown her displeasure against Salman ever since she came out of the reality series. On Thursday, after the Jodhpur court sentenced Salman to five years jail-time, the model-turned-actress welcomed the court's decision.
Sharing a picture of Salman with the title, 'No more human', she wrote, "Karma gets you in the end...Many people are afraid to talk against Salman because they think he controls Bollywood. Well, I no longer serve my ego and therefore am not afraid to speak up. I am so happy that Salman has gone to jail for what he has done. Animals are so important to this planet and doing what he did and then mocking it was a huge act of his own self importance. Lots of children look up to him, and he has a responsibility to the young people.What is he showing the world when he does things like this? What lessons is he giving them? That it is ok to break the law, to kill animals and then mock it because he is a celebrity? In any western country he would have been vilified for this and the drink driving deaths that he caused. He has then reinvented himself as a charitable man to try and compensate his karma. Today, India has shown that no matter who you are, if you break the law, you are no bigger than the law. I have heard so many young people in India speak about how they are afraid to go to the police about crimes committed by others because they watch the tv and see how people with money and status get away with it because they have paid off the police or the judge or the lawyers. This happened to me when Armaan Kohli paid off 2 of my lawyers so that I could not continue with the case, Dolly Bindra also told me that Armaans family are powerful enough to put drugs in my bag at the airport and I would be in Jail. I had to then drop the case as all the lawyers I hired were paid off. Today, Hindustan can stand strong and hold its head up high to the world and show them that justice is held up in India, and today, all the poor people have been shown a glimmer of hope in their own fight for justice against those who have manipulated the law. Today I can say Hindustaan Zindabaad!
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Clash Of The Titans (2010) (Blu-ray)
The gods need to be put in their place.
Sam Worthington (Avatar) is Perseus, the bastard son of Zeus (Liam Neeson, Taken). Half-man, half-god, Perseus has decided to firmly throw his weight behind the mortal side, especially after his earthly family suffers the business end of a Hades fireball. His opportunity arrives when the city of Argos is threatened by the looming devastation of the invulnerable Kraken. Perseus joins up with a merry band of soldiers to travel to talk to some hideously deformed witches and find out the secret to defeating the Kraken. And that secret is? You guessed it: special effects!
I am not one of those lovers of the old Clash of the Titans. Young as I was watching it, I knew even then it was corny, what with Harry Hamlin’s ridiculous hair and that excruciating robot owl (yeah I said it). The highlight for my adolescent self was Andromeda’s side boob, no doubt. Suffice it to say, it was never a film that held a special place in my heart, so a big-budgeted headache of a remake doesn’t poop on my childhood.
That’s what the 2010 version of Clash of the Titans is: a big-budgeted headache accomplished without the aid of uncomfortable 3D glasses and lackluster technology. It is a special-effects laden, visceral force that flirts with exactly one interesting idea before largely abandoning it and embracing the brainlessness of a C-level summer blockbuster.
Even so, I didn’t hate the movie. I was engaged for the duration and got enough of a kick out of the action to get hyped when the over-produced mayhem and the bombastic score struck. Also, I kind of like Sam Worthington. His previous two blockbusters (Avatar and Terminator Salvation) saddled the guy with flimsy characters spouting bad dialogue, but he’s able to be a bit more charismatic here and it helps. Worthington’s definitely got the physical presence for an action star.
That interesting idea by the way? It was Perseus’s proclamation that he’d rather “die in the dirt with his men than live as a god” (I’m paraphrasing). Humanity as a flawed, grimy, but loyal species versus the immortal bitchiness of the gods, that was cool. Perseus spends much of the movie pissed about the gods, but that’s mainly because his family was screwed over by them. His connection with mortality is exhibited by his relationship with a crew of badasses who go with him to hunt Medusa. But once the Medusa fight passes, Perseus turns into an invulnerable superhero (it’s surprising that a fisherman who had never wielded a sword can so easily murder giant mutant scorpions and navigate a flying stallion around deadly tentacles) and, well, that’s it. The bonds he had formed with his brethren are forgotten, and with them goes the lone emotional attachment Clash of the Titans had going for it.
As for the sound and fury, you get a handful of major action set-pieces, all of which are done reasonably well, though none truly stand out as the finest of the year. The aforementioned mutant scorpions engage in a marginally exciting chase, though the obviousness of their CGI genesis detracts from the tension. Medusa is a decent creation, but the fight would have benefited from less cramped quarters. Perseus has a welcome, straight-forward hand-to-hand battle with Calibos, allowing Worthington to show off his screen-fighting acumen. And the big finale featuring the Kraken caps the film with some nice effects work and a genuinely exciting Pegasus chase through the streets of Argos; though the side story with some hippie cultists is distracting and contrived only to allow Andromeda a meaty ending to her flimsy story.
On Blu-ray, it all comes together nicely, pushed by a clean, but gritty 2.40:1 1080p/VC-1 encoded transfer. The visual fidelity lacks the slickness of most contemporary high-def releases, but that’s a directorial choice; a hyper-stylized look would not be great for the effects work. Sound doesn’t skimp, with a hard-pounding DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio track pushing out the aggressive score. Your surrounds will get a work-out during the Kraken sequence. Extras: a Maximum Movie mode, which provides interviews and behind-the-scenes footage while the film plays; deleted scenes; a seven minute featurette on Sam Worthington; an alternate ending, which is dramatically different from the theatrical cut’s finale, and dramatically better; and the now requisite digital and DVD copies.
Clash of the Titans is low-grade, popcorn fare, but if you’re in the right mood, there’s some fun to be had. The Blu-ray could have brought a more impressive visual treatment, though a powerful aural mix and some interesting, exclusive extras help compensate.
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Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
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Stan Burns
Mike Marmer
Tongo (chimpanzee)
Voices of
Dayton Allen
Joan Gerber
Bernie Kopell
Narrated by
Composer(s)
Bob Emenegger
Original language(s)
No. of seasons
No. of episodes
13[1]/17[2]
Sandler-Burns-Marmer Productions
CBS Television Distribution
Original network
Monaural
Original release
September 12, 1970 (1970-09-12) –
January 2, 1971 (1971-01-02)
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventure comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970 to January 2, 1971. The Saturday morning live-action film series featured a cast of chimpanzees given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing with human voices.
2 Plot construction
3 The characters
3.1 A.P.E. (Agency to Prevent Evil)
3.2 C.H.U.M.P. (Criminal Headquarters for the Underworld's Master Plan)
3.3 Additional characters
4 The Evolution Revolution
6 Syndication
7 DVD release
7.1 Documentary
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp had a "seven-figure budget"[1] with location filming, props and costumes, and the laborious staging and training of the animals. The filmmakers made the most of the budget, staging multiple episodes with the same settings and wardrobe, occasionally reusing the more elaborate chase footage. Lance Link drove a 1970 Datsun Sports 2000 while villain Baron Von Butcher (and his chauffeur Creto) used a late-'50s Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. The primates themselves rode Kawasaki MB-1 Coyote minibikes in a number of episodes.
Two of the three producers/creators were Stan Burns and Mike Marmer, former writers for Get Smart! Both resigned from their jobs as head writers on The Carol Burnett Show to work on Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.[1]
According to The Believer, "to make the dialogue fit the chimps’ lip action, Burns and Marmer went to ridiculous lengths. Voiceovers were ad-libbed on the set, giving birth to beautifully absurd moments of the chimps breaking into songs at the end of sentences or spontaneously reciting Mother Goose rhymes just so it would look right."[1]
Plot construction[edit]
Owing considerable lineage to Get Smart, the plot was always played for laughs and featured Lancelot Link and his female colleague, "Mata Hairi," whose own name in turn was a play on Mata Hari, in secret agent and spy satires. Link worked for A.P.E., the Agency to Prevent Evil, in an ongoing conflict with the evil organization C.H.U.M.P., the Criminal Headquarters for the Underworld's Master Plan. APE's chief Darwin gave Link and Hairi their orders as part of his "theory," a play on the Charles Darwin (after whom the character had been named) theory of evolution. CHUMP's monocled chief Baron von Butcher inevitably hatched the latest plan to endanger the world. The Baron's network of international fiends included his shifty chauffeur Creto, mad scientist Dr. Strangemind, imperious Dragon Woman, drowsy Wang Fu, singing sheikh Ali Assa Seen, and the cultured Duchess. One or more would appear in each episode.
A regular weekly feature was chimp TV host "Ed Simian" introducing a musical number by an all-chimp band, "The Evolution Revolution." An album of these songs was released on the ABC/Dunhill record label. There were also Lancelot Link comic books and other merchandise, including Halloween costumes. Another regular feature consisted of a short series of brief comedy sketches which showed a chimp sneezing causing a funny gag to happen.
A curious feature of the apartment set which Lancelot Link and Mata Hairi used as their base was that the sofa had a secret entrance/exit which was opened by simply lifting one of the cushions.
The episodes were all narrated, in a mock-sober delivery, by Malachi Throne.
The characters[edit]
A.P.E. (Agency to Prevent Evil)[edit]
Lancelot Link (played by Tongo, voiced by Dayton Allen imitating Humphrey Bogart) - His surname is possibly a reference to 'The Missing Link'
Mata Hairi (played by Debbie, voiced by Joan Gerber. Mata spoke in a high, whiny voice reminiscent of the Jewish American Princess caricature popular at the time.) - Her name was a take-off on Mata Hari.
Commander Darwin (voiced by Dayton Allen) - Named after Charles Darwin.
Bruce - Official A.P.E. courier.
C.H.U.M.P. (Criminal Headquarters for the Underworld's Master Plan)[edit]
Baron von Butcher (voiced by Bernie Kopell) - Modeled on Kopell's character of "Siegfried" in the television show Get Smart! Kopell is believed to have approached his voicings of the Baron as if Siegfried were the head of KAOS.
The Dragon Woman (voiced by Joan Gerber) - Her name was a take-off on the Dragon Lady, a villainess in the Terry and the Pirates comic strip series.
Creto (voiced by Bernie Kopell) - His name was basically a play on the word "cretin." Also a play on Kato, the Green Hornet's chauffeur and crime-fighting "sidekick".
Wang Fu (voiced by Bernie Kopell) - His name was a play on Kung Fu.
The Duchess (voiced by Joan Gerber)
Ali Assa Seen (voiced and sung by Dayton Allen) - His last name was meant to sound like "assassin."
Dr. Strangemind (voiced by Dayton Allen impersonating Béla Lugosi) - Name inspired by Dr. Strangelove.
Additional characters[edit]
Marty Mandrill - Former songwriter for The Evolution Revolution turned C.H.U.M.P. spy.
Unnamed Orangutan - Appeared in cameos as a picturesque extra. Often referred to by Lance as "that weirdo".
Blackie - The drummer in The Evolution Revolution.
Ed Simian - A parody of famous television MC Ed Sullivan.
Parnelli Smith - An auto racing champ and supplier of cars to A.P.E., his name was a take-off on former Indy 500 champion Parnelli Jones.
Bart Sparks - MC of the Miss Globe contest (parody of Miss America host Bert Parks).
Herman - C.H.U.M.P. henchman.
The Evolution Revolution[edit]
This all-chimp band, dressed in colorful hippie-style wigs and wardrobe, featured Lancelot Link (played by Tongo) on guitar and Mata Hairi (played by Debbie) on tambourine, with Blackie as "Bananas Marmoset"[3] on the drums. "SweetWater Gibbons" (in fringed vest and granny glasses) was credited for playing Farfisa organ,[3] although the organ usually pictured in the clips was a Vox Continental organ.
In the episode "The Evolution Revolution", it was established that the band's music was used to communicate coded messages for A.P.E. agents.
The songs were usually co-written and performed by Steve Hoffman,[4] in the Bubblegum pop style then in vogue; Hoffman received "voices" credit along with the various character actors. A Lancelot Link record album was released on ABC/Dunhill,[4] as well as a single titled "Sha-La Love You", a song originally intended for The Grass Roots; the music shared some of its style with the music of The Grass Roots, who used the same recording facilities and studio musicians.[5] Some songs contained heavy guitar riffs, reflecting the growth of hard rock.
An Evolution Revolution song, "Wild Dreams, Jelly Beans", was later covered by the Spanish alternative rock band Hello Lilliput.
Episodes[edit]
The show's first season episodes were an hour long each and also included Warner Bros. cartoon shorts from that animation studio's final years. The second season consisted of repeats from the first season with the cartoons removed.[citation needed] The original network broadcast included a laugh track; this was later removed for the syndicated and video releases.
Sources vary as to the number of episodes;[1][2] the following list is taken from TV.com:
The Lone A.P.E. / Missile Beach Party
The Mysterious Motorcycle Menace / The Great Beauty Contest
C.H.U.M.P. Takes A Holiday / To Tell The Tooth
The Great Brain Drain / The Great Double Double Cross
Lance Of Arabia / The Doctor Goes A.P.E.
The Surfin' Spy / The Missing Link
Bonana / The Greatest Chase In The World
The Reluctant Robot / The Royal Foil
The Great Great Race / The Great Plane Plot
Landlubber Lance / The Temporary Thanksgiving Turkey Truce
The Dreaded Hong Kong Sneeze / The Great Bank Robbery
The Sour Taste Of Success / The Baron's Birthday Ball
The Golden Sword / The Chilling C.H.U.M.P. Chase
The Spy Who Went Out In The Cold / Too Many C.H.U.M.P.s
The C.H.U.M.P. Code Caper / Weather Or Not
The Evolution Revolution / The Great Water Robbery
All titles were shown in the Roberta typeface in Scanimation form (except The Great Bank Robbery, where the word "bank" was eventually smash cut out).
Syndication[edit]
Reruns aired for one season on Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite during the late-1980s;[1] the program was also shown on Nick at Nite’s TV Land for a brief time in 1999 as part of their "Super Retrovision Saturdaze" Saturday morning-oriented overnight prime programming block. The Comedy Channel (now Comedy Central) aired reruns of this as well as Gerry Anderson stop-motion series Dick Spanner, P.I. in a block hosted by detective-themed stand-up comedian Tommy Sledge. It aired internationally in such countries as Bulgaria.
DVD release[edit]
In June 2006, most of the episodes were released on a 2-DVD set by Image Entertainment.
On May 29, 2012, SBM Productions and Film Chest released the complete series on a 3-disc collector's edition. The Chimpies skits and Evolution Revolution music videos were included as separate items as well as inside the various episodes. The documentary I Created Lancelot Link was included in the bonus features, along with an interview with the original producer Allan Sandler, an interview with music composer Bob Emenegger, and an interview with Tongo, the chimp who played Lancelot in the series.
Documentary[edit]
A 1999 documentary short, I Created Lancelot Link, was made by Diane Bernard and Jeff Krulik;[6] it includes a reunion between the show's two creators and was "shot in shlocky Hi-8 video, and [featuring] an entertaining juxtaposition of anecdotes from Burns and Marmer and some of the show's finest moments."[1]
^ a b c d e f g Lancelot Link from the September 2003 issues of The Believer
^ a b Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp Episode List from TV.com
^ a b "Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution" Original Album Liner Notes
^ a b "Lost Treasures - Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution". Pop Geek Heaven. January 29, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ "Lancelot Link Secret Chimp (part 2)". TVparty.com. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ I Created Lancelot Link on IMDb
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp on IMDb
Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp at TV.com
TvParty page
Evolution Revolution Album Copy provided by producer Bob Emenegger
Lancelot Link at Grand Comics Database Lancelot Link comic books
Lancelot Link on Amazon
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HBR: Working with Crowds to Innovate or Solve Problems
Harvard Business Review, April 2013
TrendsWatch 2012 identified crowdsourcing as one of the seven major trends affecting museums, allowing more people to volunteer in meaningful work. If you’re not familiar with crowdsourcing, it’s a “process of soliciting content, solutions, and suggestions from an undefined set of participants via the Internet.” The April 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review includes two articles on working with crowds in different ways: one to innovate and the other to solve problems.
In “Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner“, authors Kevin Boudreau and Karim Lakhani claim that “for certain types of problems, crowds can outperform your company. You just need to know when–and how–to use them.” If you’re hesitant to work with large groups on a project, the authors have identified four ways that best use crowd-powered problem solving and how to manage them:
Contests (example: Longitude Prize) “The most straightforward way to engage a crowd is to create a contest. The sponsor (the company) identifies a specific problem, offers a cash prize, and broadcasts an invitation to submit solutions. Contests have cracked some of the toughest scientific challenges in history, including the search for a way to determine longitude at sea.”
Collaborative communities (example: Wikipedia). “Like contests, collaborative communities have a long and rich history. They were critical to the development of Bessemer steel, blast furnaces, Cornish pumping engines, and large-scale silk production. But whereas contests separate contributions and maximize diverse experiments, communities are organized to marshal the outputs of multiple contributors and aggregate them into a coherent and value-creating whole–much as traditional companies do.”
Complementors (example: iTunes). “Unlike contests or communities, complementors provide solutions to many different problems rather than just one. The opportunity lies in the sheer volume of solutions. . . .The variety of complementary goods does more than generate revenue. It can expand demand for the product itself, by making it more useful.”
Labor markets (example: Amazon Mechanical Turk). “Whereas contests offer crowds rewards for coming up with solutions to specific problems, labor markets match buyers and sellers of services and employ conventional contracting for services rendered. . . .Rather than matching workers to jobs within companies for long-term employment (as more traditional labor market intermediaries do), these highly flexible platforms serve as spot markets, matching skills to tasks.”
In “Community-Powered Problem Solving,” authors Francis Gouillart and Douglas Billings discuss how “large problems often present big opportunities. The challenge is that their solutions often require the collaborative efforts of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people from different organizations.” In place of crowdsourcing, they use co-creation to describe this new form of competition. To build a co-creation system, the leaders need to begin with these questions:
What community of individuals from inside the company and across external stakeholders do we need to connect to solve this problem?
What platform (physical or digital forum) does this community need to start connecting in new ways?
What new interactions will community members want to engage in on the platform to design a solution?
What valuable professional experiences will the members get out of these interactions?
What value will this new set of experiences generate for our firm and for the other organizations involved, creating a win for all parties?
These aren’t just great ideas for co-creation systems, but for task forces and partnerships in general.
Both articles provide more details and examples of their ideas, so if you’re looking to start something new or trying to solve an old problem, consider working with a crowd (after you read these articles!).
This entry was posted in Community engagement, Governance and management and tagged Crowdsourcing, Harvard Business Review on April 4, 2013 by Max van Balgooy.
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Erik April 4, 2013 at 9:23 am
I think it is a great tool granted I am someone using a platform for crowd”funding” at the moment. Crowdsourcing is that missing link between meetings and doing. Some people just don’t want to go to meetings every month, they just want to “do” and also have a voice.
If nothing else it has allowed people to see outside of the box to what can be done whether their city, organization, or situation adopts it…
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Harold Frank Hall, Rm. 1006
Office hours: Monday-Friday 9:00-12:00 & 1:00-4:00
Email: coe-info@engineering.ucsb.edu
Petitions are written requests for an exception to a published policy. All petitions are considered an exception and as such are not always approved. It is recommended you speak with an academic advisor before submitting a petition.
The petitions below represent the most frequently utilized petitions for the College of Engineering.
Individual majors and departments within the College have their own petitions (e.g., faculty approval of electives).
The Office of the Registrar also hosts a number of petitions (e.g., complete withdrawal, incomplete, and graduate course registration).
Petition for Change of Major and/or Change of College
Students petitioning to change from one College of Engineering major to another College of Engineering major should review the change of major requirements for your intended major and meet with the advisor in that major.
Download: College of Engineering Change of Major Petition
Students petitioning to change out of the College of Engineering should consult with the advisor in your intended major to ensure that you have met that major's requirements for the change. Students petitioning to change into the College of Engineering, please review the change of major requirements for your intended major and meet with the advisor in that major.
Download: Undergraduate Petition for Change of Major with Change of College
Petition for Dual College Double Major
Students petitioning for a dual college double major must complete this form. Please note the form is two pages, double sided (or four pages, one blank). All pages must be submitted to add a double major.
Download: Undergraduate Petition for Dual College Double Major
Proposed Study Plan
Any student requesting to stay in the College of Engineering beyond 4 years to complete a degree, or add an academic program such as a minor or certificate, must complete a study plan. The plan must be approved by the major advisor and the College of Engineering. Students requesting reinstatement or readmission to the College, students on academic probation, and students who repeating required major courses are also required to submit study plans. The plan must be approved by the major advisor before being submitted to the College of Engineering for review.
Download: Study Plan
Petition to Withdraw from a Course
Used to request a withdraw from a single course after the drop deadline but before the end of the quarter. Requests to drop a course after the deadline are only approved in situations where circumstances outside of the student's control had a detrimental effect on the student's ability to complete and to participate in the course. The student must provide documentation supporting their request (e.g., thorough medical documentation). Please note that the instructor's signature does not constitute approval of this petition. The final decision rests with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering.
Used to request a withdraw from a single course after the drop deadline and after the end of the quarter ("Retroactive Withdrawal"). The same petition may be used to request a retroactive drop or withdrawal from a single course or multiple courses. Retroactive petitions are rarely granted, consistent with campus precedent. The student must provide documentation supporting their request (e.g., thorough medical documentation). Please note that the instructor's signature does not constitute approval of this petition. The final decision rests with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering.
Download: Petition to Withdraw from a Course
Petition to Add a Course
Used to request to add a course after the add deadline. Requests to add a course after the deadline are only approved in exceptional circumstances in which the student was prevented from adding the course prior to the deadline.
Download: Petition to Add a Course
Petition for Second Repeat
Used to request to repeat a course for the second time (i.e., take a course for a third time). Students must provide rationale as to why the course is being repeated again and why they believe they will be successful the third time. Students making this request will be placed on Academic Probation and must complete the course with a B or better.
Download: Petition for Second Repeat
Petition for Excess or Deficit Program
Excess: Used to request to take more than 21 units in a quarter (or more than 16 while on academic probation). Excess requests are reviewed alongside a thorough review of the student’s grades and progress in the major. The College will not accept this petition until you have enrolled in courses during Pass 2. The petition should accurately report the courses you are enrolled in and those you are petitioning to add during Pass 3.
Deficit: Used to request to take less than 12 units in a quarter.
Deficit requests are only considered in two situations:
Where circumstances outside of the student's control had a detrimental effect on the student's ability to complete and to participate in the course. The student must provide documentation supporting their request. The final decision rests with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering.
Students who are in their final quarter before graduation. Students in their final quarter may request a deficit load and, if approved, also request a partial fee reduction from the Office of the Registrar. To be eligible for a fee reduction, you also need to complete the Request for Partial Fee Reduction form and submit it to the Office of the Registrar prior to the first day of instruction. Office of Registrar form download: Request for Partial Fee Reduction. Please note fee reductions may impact financial aid. Please consult with the Financial Aid Office for additional information.
Review: Risks of Enrolling in Less than 12 Units in a Quarter
Download: Petition for Excess or Deficit Program
Petition to Receive Degree Credit for Extension Courses
Used to request to take courses via UC Extension and wish to have the courses applied to degree requirements, this form needs to be submitted prior to enrollment. Courses taken via Extension will not count toward your residency requirement. Students on academic probation or previously dismissed from the College may not be eligible to take Extension courses. Please consult with the College of Engineering advising office.
Review: Advantages and Disadvantages to Completing Courses through Open University
Download: Petition to Enroll in and Receive Degree Credit for UC Open University Courses
Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course
Used to request to enroll in a graduate level course (courses numbered 200+). Students may only petition if they have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have taken at least 12 units of upper-division coursework with a grade of B or better in the subject of the graduate course. Graduate courses completed by undergraduate students will not apply toward graduate degrees, unless taken while enrolled in a combined BS/MS program.
Download: Petition to Enroll in a Graduate Course
Petition to Use Minor/ Double Major for Depth Requirement
Used to petition to apply a minor or double major to the Depth Requirement (catalog years 2017-2018 and earlier). Please submit the petition after you've complete the requirements for the minor/major or in your final quarter, whichever is first. Approved majors and minors appear in the GEAR publication.
Download: Petition to Use Minor / Double Major for Depth Requirement
Petition for Graduation Matters
The Petition for Graduation Matters is a general-purpose petition. It should be used for any course substitution requests, such as EAP courses for General Education, concurrent enrollment requests, or any other request not covered by the petitions listed above.
Download: Petition for Graduation Matters
Registration Worksheet
Prepare for pass times and plan your weekly schedule with this helpful worksheet.
Download: Registration Worksheet
GEAR Publications
Change of Major
Double Majors & Minors
Repeating Courses
Minimum Cumulative Progress
Leaving & Returning
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Children’s Consonant Acquisition in 27 Languages: A Cross-Linguistic Review
Dil/Konuşma Bozukluğu Uzmanı Selen Gündüz
Editor Çağrı Mert Bakırcı
Published 04/03/2019 20:08
A yellow note paper which contains a checklist with five items listing the the consonants b, m, d, l, r is on the left. One green marker and one red marker are next to the notepad. | Source: Selen Gündüz
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Selen Gündüz
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Ph.D-2017-Texas Tech University,Communication Sciences and Disorders. Masters- 2010-Hacettepe University, Educational Audiology Bachelor- 2007-Hacettepe University, Child Development Fulbright Scholar
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PhD. Science Communicator and Author. Editor-in-Chief: Evrim Ağacı. BNSJ Board Member.
Dr. McLeod ve Dr. Crowe from Charles Sturt University in Australia published a cross linguistic review on acquisition of consonants in 2018 at American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. The researchers reviewed in detail 60 articles that was published in between 1931 and 2016 on the acquisition of consonants in 27 languages, including Turkish.
The Importance of the Acquisition of Consonants
Children's ability to master at speech depends on their understanding and use of consonants, consonant clusters, vowels, prosodic features (intonation, stress) and phonological rules. Therefore, mastery at consonants is the most common measure to monitor both typical phonological development and phonological disorders.
As a result, it is very important to know how and in which order children acquire consonants in order to diagnose articulation disorders at early ages, since early diagnosis may lead to early intervention. In this way, children who got supported at earlier ages can catch up with their peers in terms of typical speech and language development in a shorter period of time.
Hypotheses on Acquisition of Consonants
In the literature, some researchers claims that acquisition of phonological structures such as consonants and vowels follows a universal order in all languages, while other researchers claim that individual differences determine the phonological development and have a tendency to oppose the idea of universal acquisition.
In recent years, some researchers indicated that it is important to pay attention to both universal acquisition principles and individual differences especially while working with bilingual/multilingual children.
In this study, the researchers reviewed 60 articles published on consonant acquisition in 27 languages, including Afrikaans, Arabic, Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Jamaican Creole, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Maltese, Mandarin (Putonghua), Portuguese, Setswana (Tswana), Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, and Xhosa to investigate the age of acquisition of consonants, place (e.g., labial, alveolar) and manner (e.g., trill, fricative) of consonant production, and correct production rate of consonants by age cross-linguistically. Besides, the researchers indicated that they performed an inter-rater reliability check.
The main findings of this study showed that in all languages the children acquired 93% of the consonants by the age 5 and supported the principle of universal phonological development. The researchers indicated that in terms of the manner of consonant production, the children acquired plosives, nasals, and nonpulmonic consonants (e.g., clicks) earlier than trills, flaps, fricatives, and affricatives. In addition to that, liquids were not always precede fricatives. In terms of the place of consonant production, the children acquired labial, pharyngeal, and posterior lingual (palatal, velar, and uvular) consonants earlier than those using an anterior lingual placement (dental, alveolar, postalveolar, and retroflex). However, the consonants that the children failed to produce by age 5 differed among languages. Therefore, the researchers emphasized the impact of language specific features and individual differences.
In summary, the researchers stressed out that in all languages the children complete consonant acquisition by age 5, and warned speech and language pathologist to pay attention to the individual differences in the process of consonant acquisition.
The Contribution to Our Knowledge
Based on this study, we can refine our knowledge about the age and order of acquisition of phonemes which may help us to set realistic expectations for children. This is not only important for speech and language pathologists, but also important for parents as well.
If your child is younger than 5 years old and he is not able to produce certain phonemes, then you may prefer to focus on things that he can do and spend fun time with your child, rather than getting stressed just because he is not having the anatomical abilities to produce these phonemes yet.
Similarly, if your child is older than 5 years of age and he is not able to produce certain phonemes, you may consider getting an opinion of a speech and language pathologist instead of thinking that "He will catch up eventually".
In line with the findings of this study, we can prepare intervention and therapy programs for children with articulation problems which are sensitive to both universal principles and individual differences in acquisition of consonants at the same time.
McLeod, et al. Children’s Consonant Acquisition In 27 Languages: A Cross-Linguistic Review. (2018, November 01). Access Date: 04 March 2019. Reference URL: ASHA Wire
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Atys (Lully)
Atys (Attis) is a tragédie en musique, a type of early French opera, in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered on 10 January 1676[1] by Lully's Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera) for the royal court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and was first performed in public in April at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Although this opera was met with indifference by the Parisian audience, it became known as "the king's opera" because of King Louis XIV's love for it. It was repeated for Louis XIV in 1678 and 1682.[2]
1 Roles
2 Plot and music outline
RolesEdit
Voice type[3]
Premiere Cast,[4] 10 January 1676
(Conductor: - )
Le Temps, God of Time baritone François Beaumavielle
Flore, a goddess soprano Marie Verdier
Melpomène, the tragic Muse soprano Mlle Beaucreux
Iris, a goddess soprano Mlle Des Fronteaux
A Zephyr haute-contre M de la Grille
Hercule, Anthæe, Castor, Pollux, Lyncée, Idas, Eteocles, Polynices dancers Faüre, Renier, Foignart l'aîné, Foignart cadet, Dolivet, le Chantre, Barazé, Dolivet l'aîné
Atys, relative of Sangaride and favourite of Celænus haute-contre Bernard Clédière
Sangaride, nymph, daughter of the River Sangarius soprano Marie Aubry
Cybèle, a goddess soprano Mlle Saint-Christophle (also spelt Saint-Christophe)
Celænus, King of Phrygia and son of Neptune, in love with Sangaride baritone Jean Gaye
Idas, friend of Attis and brother of Doris bass Antoine Morel
Doris, nymph, friend of Sangaride, sister of Idas soprano Marie-Madeleine Brigogne
Melisse, confidante and priestess of Cybele soprano Mlle Bony
Le Sommeil, God of Sleep haute-contre M Ribon[5]
Morphée, son of Sleep haute-contre
Phobétor, son of Sleep baritone
Phantase, son of Sleep tenor
The God of the River Sangar (Sangarius), father of Sangaride bass M Goudonesche (also spelt Godonesche)
Alecton, a Fury silent role (travesti) M Dauphin
Chorus and Ballet - The Hours of the Day and Night, nymphs who follow Flora, four little zephyrs, heoes who follow Melpomene; Phrygians; followers of Celænus, zephyrs, people attending the celebration of Cybele; Pleasant Dreams, Baleful Dreams; gods of the rivers and brooks, nymphs of the springs; gods of the woods and waters, Corybantes
Plot and music outlineEdit
Atys, scene "songes funestes"
The French style of opera, established in the 1670s by Lully, was in five acts with a prologue.
Lully's prologues normally served to comment on current events at the court of Louis XIV in a way that flattered the king. When the opera was premiered in 1676, France was at war with the Netherlands, and the French winter campaign had resulted in the tragic death of Henri de la Tour. Louis XIV was waiting for the fairer spring weather to arrive so that he could invade Flanders.[6]
The overture is in standard French overture form and style as developed by Lully, featuring three sections: a slow section in duple meter and pompous dotted rhythms in G minor, followed by a faster middle section and concluded with a second slow section ending with a Picardy third.
The scene for the prologue is at the Palace of the allegorical character Time. A chorus of Hours of the Day and Night sing the praises of a 'hero' (Louis XIV) in "Ses Justes loix, ses grands exploits" ("His just laws, his great exploits"). Flore, the goddess of spring and her nymphs arrive and discuss the arrival of spring and perform dances. A Zephyr, on the other hand, laments the coming of spring and the battles that will follow. Just as the hero is about to leave for battle, Melpomene arrives and, in a gesture functioning as a transition to Act I, proceeds to tell the story of Atys in the recitative "Retirez vous." Iris then enters and relays the message from the goddess Cybèle in "Cybèle veut que Flore." This is followed by more dances and the chorus "Préparez vous de nouvelles festes."
Scene 1 takes place at the holy mountain of the goddess Cybèle. Atys sings the air "Allons, allons" at a brisk tempo to wake up the Phrygians so that they can give a proper welcome to Cybèle. Idas mocks him in Scene 2, suggesting his motivation might be too much love for the goddess in the air "Vous veillez lorsque tout sommeil." Sangaride and Doris arrive in Scene 3. Sangaride is betrothed to the king of the Phrygians, Celenus, and pretends to be excited for the wedding, especially because the goddess Cybèle will attend. The quartet sings "Allons, allons accourez tous." In scene 4, we learn that Sangaride is in fact unhappy about her forthcoming wedding, for she is really in love with Atys. To convey this, she sings the lament "Atys est trop heureux" based on the diatonically descending tetrachord model (in this case in D minor: D-C-Bb-A) that had been established by Claudio Monteverdi in his Lament of the Nymph.[7] During Scenes 5 and 6, Atys finds Sangaride lamenting and confesses his love for her in the recitative dialogue "Sangaride ce jour est un grand jour pour vous." Sangaride is astonished by his declaration of love. Atys and Sangaride sing the duet "Commençons, commençons" and are soon joined by the chorus of Phrygians in Scene 7. After some dances by the Phrygians, Cybèle appears in Scene 8 and invites all into her temple in "Venez tous dans mon temple." The chorus of Phrygians motivate themselves to comply her wishes with "Nous devons nous animer."
The scene of Act II is inside the temple of the goddess Cybèle.
Celenus and Atys both announce their desire to be selected as the high priest of Cybèle in Scene 1's recitative "N'avancez plus loin." Atys then sings the air "Qu'un indifférent est heureux." In Scene 2, Cybèle arrives and states that she chooses Atys as the high priest because she has secretly loved him. In fact, it was because of her love for Atys that she is attending the wedding. Celenus graciously accepts her decision. The chorus of Nations sings "Célébrons la gloire immortelle" to celebrate Cybèle's choice, followed by a dance by the Zephyrs, which concludes the act in only four scenes.
The scene changes to the palace of the Sacrificateur of Cybèle where Atys is alone.
This act includes a sommeil (sleep): a type of scene that had been established in Venetian opera. Such scenes were especially useful because they could place a character into a vulnerable position for a variety of potential dramatic purposes. For example, the sleeping character could be vulnerable to attack, brainwashing, or might reveal secret thoughts in the altered state of consciousness.[8] Although many Venetian traditions were not appreciated by the French, Lully and his librettist Quinnault clearly accepted the sleep scene type.
During Scene 1, Atys contemplates his unfortunate dilemma due to his love for Sangaride (who is engaged to King Celenus against her will) in the air "Que servent les faveurs." He is soon joined by Doris and Idas in Scenes 2 and 3, to whom he expresses concerns. In an uncommon outburst in Lullian opera, he exclaims "Mais quoi trahir le Roy!" (But, to betray the king!) Scene 4 is the sommeil described above, in which Cybèle causes him to fall asleep. The allegorical character Le Sommeil sings "Dormons, dormons tous" after a lengthy instrumental introduction featuring gentle music in G minor scored for a pair of flutes, violins, and basso continuo. Once asleep, Atys is first met by a chorus of Pleasant Dreams that sing of love followed by Bad Dreams who remind him that there are consequences for deceiving the gods. After this lengthy scene, Atys awakens in Scene 5 with Cybèle at his side attempting to console him. Sangaride arrives in Scene 6 and begs Cybèle to stop her wedding to King Celenus because she does not love him. Atys, confused, intervenes on Sangaride's behalf. This upsets Cybèle because she too loves Atys and has bestowed the title of high priest on him. When she is left alone with Melissa in Scene 7, she sings the lament "L'ingrat Atys," also based on the chromatically descending tetrachord in A minor (A-G#-G-F#-F-E). Unlike Sangaride's earlier lament in Act I, there is only one presentation of the tetrachord at the beginning rather than a repeated pattern. In Scene 8, Cybèle is left alone and performs the slow air "Espoir si cher si doux."
This act is set in the palace of the River Sangar with Atys and Sangaride alone.
Scene 1 commences immediately with a dialogue between Sangaride and Atys. She has interpreted Atys's confusion as love for Cybèle and laments in front of Doris and Idas who interject various duets. During Scene 2, King Celenus addresses Sangaride affectionately in "Belle nymphe." He realizes that she does not love him and is only doing so to obey her father. Atys arrives in Scene 3 and hears the conversation. He and Sangaride are left alone in Scene 4 and engaged in a somewhat heated discussion involving rapid alternation between recitative and air styles. Atys assures Sangaride that he loves her and they swear to be faithful to each other. Sangaride's father approaches at the beginning of Scene 5. With his power as the high priest of Cybèle, Atys orders Sangaride's father to cancel the wedding to King Celenus. The River of Sangar approves Sangaride's choice in a chorus "Nous approuvons votre choix," followed by "Que l'on chante." A jubilant dance suite and choral numbers conclude the act.
The final act takes place in the pleasant gardens.
King Celenus finds out that the wedding plans have been cancelled and he confronts Cybèle in a lengthy recitative dialogue in Scene 1. Cybèle is not happy about the situation either. Because Atys has deceived the gods, Cybèle resolves to punish both him and Sangaride. As Atys and Sangaride enter in Scene 2, Cybèle and Celanus begin scolding them with a duet: "Venez vous livrer au supplice" that effectively becomes a dialogue in which the two pairs sing in opposition alternating recitative and air delivery styles. For punishment, Cybèle blinds Atys with a magical spell. Scene 3 opens with a furious instrumental prelude, followed by a dialogue ("Ciel! Quelle vapeur m'environne!") between Atys and Sangaride. A chorus concludes the scene with "Atys, Atys, lui-même." In Scene 4, Atys plans to commit suicide as a result of the tragic loss of his vision. Again the chorus finishes with "Atys, Atys, lui-même." To prevent his suicide, Cybèle intervenes in Scene 5 and transforms him into a tree. In the remaining portion of the opera (Scenes 6-7), Cybèle is left to celebrate her vengeance, yet lament the love she has lost.
RecordingsEdit
1987 (audio): Guy de Mey, tenor (Atys); Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano (Cybèle); Agnès Mellon, soprano (Sangaride); Jean-François Gardeil, baritone (Célénus); Chœur et Orchestre "Les Arts Florissants", William Christie, conductor. Harmonia Mundi 3 CDs, 2 hr 51 mins. Recorded Studio 103 de la Maison de Radio France, January 1987. OCLC 455483098, 180130474, 163459395.
2011 (video): Bernard Richter (Atys); Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Cybèle); Emmanuelle de Negri (Sangaride); Nicolas Rivenq (Célénus); Marc Mauillon (Idas); Sophie Daneman (Doris); Jaël Azzaretti (Mélisse); Paul Agnew (Dieu de Sommeil); Cyril Auvity (Morphée); Bernard Deletré (Le Temps, le fleuve Sangar); Compagnie Fêtes galantes et Gil Isoart de l'Opéra National de Paris (dancers); Chœur et orchestre Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, conductor. FRA Musica, 195 minutes (opera, a recreation of the 1987 production by stage director Jean-Marie Villégier in which the prologue has been greatly modified; recorded live at the Salle Favart in Paris in May 2011); 100 minutes (bonus, "Five Visions of Atys", including interviews with Christie and Villégier, among others). OCLC 760307774.[9]
Cibell
^ Most sources give the date of the premiere as 10 January 1675, but Brooks and Buford, April 2005, state it has only been firmly established that this was the first performance which was attended by their Majesties and may not have been the first performance.
^ Isherwood, Music in Service of the King: France in the Seventeenth Century, 219.
^ According to Rosow.
^ According to the original libretto.
^ Reported by Le magazine de l'opéra baroque Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Isherwood, Music in Service of the King: France in the Seventeenth Century, 218-219.
^ Although the lament was established in early seventeenth-century Italian opera, it spread to other national styles of opera including the French style that had rejected many Italianisms. For an excellent discussion of the lament convention, see Rosand, Opera in Seventeenth Century Venice, 366-386.
^ Rosand, Opera in Seventeenth Century Venice, 338-342.
^ Review by Judith Malfronte of the 2011 video, Opera News, vol. 78, no. 9 (March 2012); subscription required; accessed 16 July 2012.
Original libretto: Atys, Tragédie en Musique. Ornée d'Entrées de Ballet, de Machines, & de Changements de Theatre, Paris, Ballard, 1676 (accessible for free online at Gallica - B.N.F.)
Brooks, William S.; Norman, Buford (April 2005). "Introduction" to Chronologie critique et analytique des représentations d'opéra à Paris et à la cour des débuts jusqu'en 1723. Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. View at the CMBR website; accessed 23 June 2012.
Rosow, Lois. "Atys (i)", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 24, 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
Pitou, Spire. The Paris Opéra - An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers - Rococo and Romantic 1715-1815, Westport (Connecticut), Greenwood Press, 1985 (ISBN 0-313-24394-8)
Atys: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Libretto (The Hague, 1717) at Internet Archive
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Taymur Jumblatt becomes leader of Lebanon's Druze community
Taymur Jumblatt, 35, on Sunday took over from his father Walid as leader of Lebanon's small but influential Druze community and heir to one of the country's political dynasties.
Walid Jumblatt, 67, passed on the torch to his son by placing a traditional keffiyeh scarf on his shoulders during a ceremony in the Druze heartland village of Mukhtara in the Chouf mountains, southeast of Beirut.
"Oh Taymur, carry the heritage of your grandfather, the great Kamal Jumblatt," Walid told his son, on the 40th anniversary of the murder of his father. Kamal Jumblatt was killed in 1977 after opposing the entry of Syrian troops into Lebanon the previous year. His own father had also been assassinated.
"Carry high the keffiyeh of occupied Arab Palestine, the keffiyeh of progressive Lebanon, of the free men and the revolutionaries, of those who resist Israel wherever they are, of reconciliation and dialogue, the keffiyeh of modesty and generosity, the keffiyeh of Mukhtara," Walid Jumblatt said.
Walid Jumblatt followed in his father's footsteps in 1977, just two years into Lebanon's 15-year civil war. His armed supporters fought fierce battles with Christians in the Chouf during the war.
After decades of on-off support for Damascus, Walid Jumblatt in 2005 led a wave of mass protests that resulted in the pullout of Syrian troops from Lebanon after 29 years in the country.
Taymur Jumblatt takes up the mantle as head of a community that follows a secretive offshoot of Islam and makes up around five percent of Lebanon's population but has wielded political clout under his father. (AFP)
Interview with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt: "Modernity is impossible within this sectarian state"
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Erling Haland transfer: Wonderkid joins Borussia Dortmund until 2024
by Rodexo December 29, 2019 December 29, 2019 027
“Hello, BVB fans, Erling Haland here, looking forward to joining this fantastic club,” the 19-year-old Norwegian said in a video message posted on the club’s website Sunday. “Let’s go, see you next year.”
Haland had reportedly attracted interest from some of the biggest clubs in the world, including Juventus and Manchester United — which is managed by Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer — after his goals for Red Bull Salzburg in Austria’s top division and the Champions League.
But Dortmund came out on top in what is a massive transfer in the January window.
”I had several intense conversations with the club’s management team, in particular with (club CEO) Hans-Joachim Watzke, (sporting director) Michael Zorc and coach Lucien Favre,” Haland told the club website. “Right from the very start, I knew I wanted to move here.
“I can’t wait to get started and play in front of over 80,000 fans in the incredible Dortmund atmosphere. I’m so excited.”
Haland was second in scoring in the Austrian league with 16 goals and also second in the Champions League on eight goals, behind a former Dortmund striker, Robert Lewandowski.
The son of former Leeds and Manchester City midfielder Alfe Inge Haland, the younger Haland took Europe by storm when he hit a first-half hat-trick against Genk in September on his Champions League debut.
And that was after he once scored nine goals for Norway’s under-20 side against Honduras.
Salzburg head coach Jesse Marsch waxed lyrical about the teen when he spoke to CNN last month.
“It’s the talent he has but it’s more importantly his personality,” said Marsch. “I haven’t seen one selfish moment since I’ve known him in the last six months.
“We went through a time period where he was giving up penalties to his teammates, because he just felt like he wanted to share the positive energy with other guys in the team and I had to actually step in and say no, Erling is taking our penalties.”
He joins a Dortmund side fourth in the Bundesliga table and still with a chance of winning the title, seven points adrift of RB Leipzig — also owned by Red Bull.
Dortmund has long mixed success on the pitch with nurturing young talent — including the likes of Lewandowski and Mario Gotze — before selling them for big fees to higher-profile sides.
Dortmund’s current squad includes another 19-year-old goal scorer, England’s Jadon Sancho. He is tied with teammate Marco Reus for fourth in the Bundesliga with nine goals.
Haland could feature when Dortmund Travels to Augsburg on Jan. 18 following the winter break in Germany.
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Eye & Dunsden Parish Council
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Parish council news
Public meeting: a chance to shape the area’s future with a Neighbourhood Development Plan
Many parishes in South Oxfordshire have now completed Neighbourhood Development Plans, helped with grants from the District Council and government funding. They aim to provide local communities with a chance to identify where any new development will go, and so avoid inappropriate development that might threaten to spoil their area. The process is not simple, but a rewarding one, and expert help is available. Once agreed, the plan provides the District with evidence it must apply when deciding planning applications.
The Gladman application for 245 houses was made more likely by the lack of a parish plan and without one, similar speculative applications for mass housing are more likely here. To complete our plan we need a group of volunteers from the community who are ready to commit to being part of the process. Your are cordially invited to an informal meeting on Tuesday October 1 at 7.45 in the village hall to find out more. Refreshments will be available and there will be two short talks followed by socialising. Why not come along and make a real difference to our community.
Name that road?
The road from Playhatch to Dunsden is currently nameless, which can cause confusion for delivery drivers and emergency services. Suggestions have included ‘Playhatch Road’ , ‘Lower Dunsden Way’ , ‘Wilfred Owen Way’, and two longstanding local names ‘Playhatch Hill Road’ and ‘Lea Hill Road’ . What do you think? Please contact Mandy Sermon, our parish clerk.
Third Thames Bridge
At the instigation of our County Councillor, David Bartholomew, Oxfordshire County Council has recently made a commitment to only supporting a new Thames crossing for Reading if the cost of mitigation measures on Oxfordshire are fully included in the costings.
In other words, unless money is spent on making Oxfordshire’s roads capable of dealing with all the vehicles that will be drawn to the new bridge, it should not go ahead. Another alternative OCC would consider is a bridge that was for public transport, cyclists and pedestrians only.
The parish council is concerned by noisy motorcycle racing on the Henley road and continuing high numbers of overweight vehicles crossing Sonning bridge and is seeking a response from the authorities. The Playhatch road in Sonning Eye was closed recently to make the surface less slippery in order to reduce the number of vehicles ending up in the ditch.
A planning application has recently been made for a fifth new house in Playhatch and another is being considered in Dunsden. If you are concerned about any roads or planning issue, please see www.eyedunsden.org for the date of the next parish council meeting. Attend and share your views. Your District and County councillors will often be at the meeting and can respond immediately.p
Professional stand-up comedy comes to Dunsden: October 5
In a first for Dunsden Village Hall, four fantastic professional comedians are coming to entertain us. The evening will be compèred by Chris McCausland of ‘Live at the Apollo’ and other TV fame. Doors and bar open at 7.30pm – the comedy gets underway at 8.00pm. We will have some hot snacks available to buy and there will be a fully licensed bar with wine and Loddon ales.
The headline act for the evening is standup comedian Chris McCausland who will be supported by Wayne the Weird, Marti and Earl Okin.
For years, Earl Okin has headlined under the byline ‘Musical Genius & Sex Symbol.’ He first learnt his stagecraft in folk clubs. When they were replaced by comedy clubs, Earl moved effortlessly from one to the other and has been a headline act on the UK comedy circuit for decades, highly respected by all his fellow performers, young and old.
“THE MAN IS UNMISSABLE! HE’S A JOY! HE IS A CLASSIC! HE IS A MUST!” RUSSELL HUNTER
Don’t like Mondays?
If you’re over 60, why not head to the village hall for a fascinating series of talks from invited guest speakers. The Monday Club meets on the first Monday of the month from 3 to 5pm. Convivial company and refreshments are included.
Previous speakers have included the work of HM Customs, guide dogs for the blind, caring for the vulnerable and a light-hearted talk about the perils of re-cycling. For more information call Gilly on 07341 385111.
Bonfire Night Friday November 1
This hugely popular family event will again be held this year. Sonning Fireworks will again provide the pyrotechnics and thanks to our dedicated team of volunteers, there will be the usual hot dogs, glow-sticks and licensed bar.
Tickets (including a special family ticket) will shortly be available from http://buytickets.at/dunsden and from Binfield Heath Stores. They will also be sale on the door at a higher price, so book early!
Dunsden village hall’s first ever Christmas Fair: Saturday 30 November
This exciting new event will commemorate the laying of the main hall’s foundation stone, 150 years ago. It will feature a good range of stalls selling attractive locally produced Christmas gifts. There will be mulled wine and mince pies, and plans for a choir performance and a visit by santa are being discussed. Look out for further details.
Want to put something back?
The hall needs new trustees to help keep our vibrant new hall at the heart of the community. If you have a few hours available a month please email the chair, David Woodward.
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Best Films on TV: Christmas to New Year 2015
23/12/2015 Owen Hughes Leave a comment
Every 23rd December, for the past three years, we have released our pick of the films being shown on freeview TV over the Christmas schedule. Last year’s choices were made by Paul Field, but returning to this Failed Critics Christmas tradition is site editor Owen Hughes. It practically guarantees less Carry On movies and probably more big budget blockbusters…
A couple of years ago, we were regularly posting lists of films that we would recommend for the week ahead. Oh, how times have changed. It seems these days that with the rise of Netflix and other streaming services, we’re less bothered about waiting for films to be shown on TV and instead watching whatever we want, whenever we want. Which is great! Except that it’s reduced these articles to annual posts.
Nevertheless, I’ve had a look through the TV schedule to see what tat is being pushed on us this year and tried to sift out some of the dross (although Steve will be pleased to know that The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is being shown on Christmas day at 11am) and chosen five decent-to-good movies each day in the run up to 2016.
Christmas Eve –
Finishing work early tomorrow? Want something to just stick on when you walk through the door to get you in a Christmassy mood? Well, stick Channel 4 on at 2.15pm and get straight into the classic It’s A Wonderful Life. Alternatively, if you’re sick of that bloody film already, try out the Robert Zemeckis animated A Christmas Carol over on BBC One at 2.20pm (it’s the version that I talked about on our Winterval Podcast this week). If you prefer your Scrooge’s to be real rather than cartoony, then stay up wrapping last minute presents until half past midnight for the 1951 version on Channel 5 starring Alastair Sim as the miserly grump. For those of us who relate a bit too much to Ebenezer, and can’t be arsed with this Christmas nonsense – bah humbug – then watch Karl Urban as the Mega-City One Judge, jury and executioner in Dredd on Film4 at 11.25pm or switch over to BBC Two five minutes later for one of Hitchcock’s best with Dial M For Murder.
Christmas Day –
We’ve had two of the most well known adaptations of Dickens’ novel, so why not start the afternoon with Channel 4 and give the other two a watch on Christmas day itself? Starting at 1.45pm with The Muppet Christmas Carol, they swiftly follow it up at 3.45pm with Bill Murray doing his thing in Scrooged. Later that evening, BBC Three have a double bill of animated movies that are safe to watch with granny, the kids, your other half or on your todd with Toy Story at 7.30pm and How To Train Your Dragon straight after it at 8.45pm. For something not at all schmalzy, sentimental or saccharine, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait until much, much later in the evening as the Coen Brothers change the mood entirely at 00.05am on ITV4 with the hilarious 90’s comedy The Big Lebowski. Or, like, that’s just my opinion that it’s hilarious, man…
Boxing Day –
It may be somewhat twee, and I’m aware Wes Anderson isn’t for everyone, but if there’s a better film on TV for you to crawl out of your hangover with after getting up extremely late than Fantastic Mr Fox on Channel 4 at 11.25am, then I couldn’t find it. You can time it right to fit in a quick turkey sarnie and a fresh cuppa between it finishing and Jurassic Park starting over on ITV at 1.20pm, reminding you just how good the original was after Jurassic World swept the box office clean earlier this year. Really though, you should be watching the football. I believe that’s what Boxing Day was invented for. Once Final Score has finished, switch over to the horror channel at 6.40pm for the intense Spielberg thriller, Duel. Film4 can round off a very late evening with two modern British classics in crime thriller Sexy Beast (11.25pm) and Scottish sci-fi – and one of our favourite movies of 2014 – Under The Skin (1.10am).
Sunday 27th –
That’s the Christmas movies well and truly out of the way now and it’s Studio Ghibli to the rescue as we kick off the day with one of their most celebrated works, the charming My Neighbour Totoro. Flick over to Channel 5 at 2.25pm to see one of the greatest movies ever made, John Ford’s most revered western, The Searchers, starring the Duke himself, John Wayne. Starting at 4.05pm on BBC One is a fantasy movie returning to where it all began with Oz: The Great and the Powerful, which is actually quite a nice, funny little family movie. You can choose how you’d like to round off the day with one of the following two. Personally, I’d go for one of my favourite discoveries of the year, Cronenberg’s body-horror Videodrome (the horror channel, 10.50pm) over Channel 4’s showing of The Inbetweeners 2 at 11.10pm, that both Steve and Callum tore to pieces.
Monday 28th –
You maniacs! You haven’t yet set your reminder! Ah, damn you! Goddamn you all to Hell! Well, at least until Monday morning at 10.15am when you switch on More4 and watch the original Planet of the Apes – AND THEN later that day you’ll be fully prepared for Film4’s 6.55pm screening of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. At 8.30pm on BBC Three is Kung Fu Panda 2 (read why that’s a good thing in Callum’s brilliant piece from his DreamWorks retrospective). For something a little more… grown up… Steven Soderbergh’s movie Behind The Candelabra (BBC Two, 9pm) features one of Michael Douglas’s best ever performances. Finally, if the forgettable Terminator Genisys hasn’t already disappeared entirely from your memory, then James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day will wipe the last remnants from your mind on Film4 at 1.15am.
Tuesday 29th –
Channel 4, 2.30pm, Coraline. Film4, 6.10pm, Master & Commander. ITV2, 9pm, The Shawshank Redemption. ITV, 10.25pm, American Pie. My pick of the lot: Channel 5, 10.45pm, Erin Brockovich. That’s your lot. We’re running out of quality films on TV as the year comes to a close and I’m running out of patience trying to make these films sound interesting. However, if you think Tuesday’s films read a lot like a list of movies you’re glad that you’ve seen once but probably have no intention of ever watching again, just wait until you see what’s lined up for Wednesday…
Wednesday 30th –
We’ve got a run that starts with ITV2 at 5.45pm and Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth (that I actually thought was quite enjoyable) with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Film4 will help change the tone to something surprisingly fun with Denzel and Wahlberg teaming up for crime-comedy Two Guns at 9pm. Tune into the horror channel at 10.45pm for some Robert Rodriguez Grindhouse horror at Planet Terror. Furious 7 may have already been voted for in quite a number of people’s submissions to the Failed Critics Awards, but Channel 4 go back a couple of sequels to Fast Five at 11.05pm. Afterwards, prepare for Joy with Film4’s showing of The Fighter at 1.10am.
Thursday 31st –
And here we are! New Year’s Eve and what better way to see off 2015 than with, er, well, The Adventures of TinTin on BBC One at 10.55am. (That was a rhetorical question. Don’t answer that.) More adventures are afoot with a rare screening of The Rocketeer on Channel 4 at 1.10pm and – a Pixar film guaranteed to make you cry – Up, over on BBC One at 2.50pm. I will be at a New Years party by this time (oooh get me) but if you fancy a night in watching movies to bring in 2016, then BBC4 honour Bob Hoskins, who sadly passed away this year, with Made In Dagenham at 10.55pm. Film4 are going slightly more modern and again doing the whole David O. Russell / Jennifer Lawrence / Bradley Cooper / Robert De Niro thing and are showing Silver Linings Playbook at 11.10pm.
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Christmas Films on TV: Carry on Pauling
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Last year we brought you a special edition of our Best Film on TV series, picking out the cream of the crop from the movies on TV over the Christmas period. We return to the series for a one-off article written by Paul to once again recommend the films being shown on television over this festive season. Think of it like the Radio Times. But better.
by Paul Field (@pafster)
Honestly, how lazy and predictable is the Radio Times Christmas film guide? They wheel out Barry Norman and Andrew Collins to tell you to watch James Bond & Toy Story, handing them 5 stars and gushing reviews aimed at people who’ve never seen them, in 2014…… it’s as if VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and the myriad of streaming services .never happened. Because clearly if you failed to see these films at the local picture house, terrestrial television is absolutely your first chance to see them – if it was 1975. Guess what Andrew, everyone already has Toy Story on DVD. You may live in a world where you all pile round the village elders hut, where the only telly in the village is located, and enjoy the annual treat of the Queen’s speech and James Bond on a black and white portable. We’re here to offer an alternative selection…
Radio Times says Skyfall at 8pm on ITV (utter drivel, Craig has the charisma of a cereal box, three hours of your life I’ve saved you there). Instead head over to 5* for madcap horror at 9pm with Cabin in the Woods. 11.40pm on Film4 will see you set for brutal Indonesian actioner The Raid and set your recorder for C4’s Finnish offering Rare Exports at 1.55am, where we meet a very different Santa Claus….
Radio Times says Puss in Boots. I’d rather eat pus from an old boot. Who’s paying these people to pick whatever ropey kids film is on at 3 o clock as ‘film of the day’. Much more fun to be had by heading for Carry On Screaming on ITV 3 10.50, and staying with them as they deliver a feast of classic British comedy…Carry on Camping 12.50pm, On The Buses 2.35pm, Mutiny on the Buses 4.25pm, Holiday on the Buses 6.15pm, Carry On Cleo 8pm, Steptoe and Son Ride Again 10pm and finally Frankie Howard rocks up last knockings for Up Pompeii at midnight
Radio Times says Avengers Assemble is ‘film of the day’ on BBC1 at 8.30pm. What they mean is, ‘most expensive film of the day’. C5 at 5pm have the late great Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in A Shot In The Dark. Movie Mix are kicking it old school at 9pm with Blue Thunder, you can’t do better than 80’s cops in cool helicopter movies. Late offering from Film 4, Shane Meadows nasty Dead Man’s Shoes with the ever watchable Paddy Considine 12.15am.
Saturday 27th –
Radio Times, finally pick something off the wall, The Raven (John Cusack in a ropey costume drama). No thanks, we’re heading off to BBC4 at 7.30pm for some truly wonderful Ealing comedy with Whisky Galore. E4 at 9pm deliver up some Statham action with the 3rd instalment of The Transporter series and its recorder time again for a 1.55am on Film 4 with the excellent and often overlooked… Super.
Radio Times have gone all out, hours of thought and deliberation have gone into choosing ET…..sigh. There’s 80’s fantasy on offer with Movie Mix instead at 1pm for Krull, 5.15 on 5* has laughs aplenty with Danny Devito and Matthew Broderick doing battle in Deck The Halls, and good old Film 4 again come to the rescue with gritty period drama about bootleggers at 11.05pm, Guy Pearce, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman and Shia LaBeouf all star in Lawless.
Radio Times, I’d rather be back at work than watching today’s offering of The Muppets at 6.20pm on BBC1. For those of us off though, we’ve classic comedy on C4 at 2.50 with Brewster’s Millions or C5 are serving up a wartime treat with The Dam Busters at 3pm. Woody Harrelson puts in a shift over on ITV4 at 10pm with Natural Born Killers, and a late offering on Film 4 as Peter Dinklage stars in an odd little comedy about inheriting a disused railway station, The Station Agent 11.20pm.
Radio Times. One of those Harry Potter Movies, no idea which one, they’re all the same and they’re all shit. Move along please….7.45 in the am if you’re up and about, the original body-swap comedy is on C4, Freaky Friday. Couple of double bills that might float your boat, Young Guns 1 & 2 kicks off at 9pm on 5USA and who doesn’t love holidaying with the Griswalds? 11pm on ITV4 and you can have a National Lampoons Vacation & European Vacation.
New Years Eve –
Radio Times. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Barry Norman picked that, what meds he is on nowadays? We’ll be getting into our bustles and bonnets as James McAvoy rocks up with Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane, 1.20pm on BBC2. Proper afternoon war film on C5 at 3.10pm as Lee Marvin leads an all-star Dirty Dozen. If you’re not down the pub, the best film of the whole festive break ends our listings, BBC4 at 11pm and the amazingly talented Alec Guinness before he was pissing about in Star Wars delivers multiple performances in one of the finest comedies ever made, Kind Hearts & Coronets.
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Food Insecurity in the News: Community Plates in Ohio, Celebrity Chefs Transform Wasted Olympic Food, The 6 Stages of Food Waste
Our recent reading list of the people, places, and discussions taking place in food insecurity across the country.
Community Plates: Closing The Hunger Gap With an App via 614now.com
Community Plates offers a streamlined solution to a complex problem: plenty of restaurants have extra food and ingredients at the end of the day, but no practical way to deliver them consistently to organizations that can put them to good use. Improvised and ad hoc solutions tend to fail or fall short over time—like a well-intentioned machine, just not a well-oiled one. Every microwave oven on the planet has a button for popcorn, yet we still lack the technology to redirect food destined for the dumpster to folks who are hungry.
Read the full story on 614now.com
Celebrity Chefs Turn Wasted Olympics Food Into Meals for Homeless via NYTimes.com
Consider what it takes to keep all those Olympian machines nourished and hydrated for one meal at the Rio Games: 250 tons of raw ingredients to fill the bellies of 18,000 athletes, coaches and officials in the Olympic Village.
Now multiply that figure by three — for breakfast, lunch and dinner — and again for each day of the Games.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Italian chef Massimo Bottura also did the math and was inspired, not by the tantalizing dimensions of herculean consumption but by the prospect of colossal waste.
Read the full story on the NYTimes.com
From Field to Fork: The Six Stages of Wasting Food via The Guardian
Every second, an amount of food equal to the weight of a sedan car is thrown away in the US – about 60m tons a year. It starts at the farm. The potato that grew to the size of a brick. The watermelon with the brown slasher marks on the rind. The cauliflower stained yellow in the sun. The peach that lost its blush before harvest. Any of those minor imperfections – none of which affect taste or quality or shelf life – can doom a crop right there. If the grower decides the supermarkets – or ultimately the consumer – will reject it, those fruits and vegetables never make it off the farm.
Read the full story on TheGuardian.com
Europe Does Something Amazing With Food That Has Nothing To Do With Eating via The Huffington Post
The Italian government passed sweeping legislation this week that aims to drastically reduce the amount of food wasted in the country. The new laws make it easier for farms and supermarkets to donate unsold food and reward businesses that cut waste. The measures also encourage Italians to take restaurant leftovers home in doggy bags (something Italians, apparently, are loath to do).
Read the full story on Huffington Post.
August 22, 2016Posted by Food Rescue US StaffIn Food Insecurity in the News
Food Insecurity in the News: Hacking Poverty with Mobile Tech, Sell-by Dates & Food Waste Link, 59 Organizations that Fight Hunger
Hacking poverty through mobile tech and social entrepreneurship via TechCrunch
The most successful distributed system to date is mobile technology. With 6.8 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, more people on the planet have access to mobile phones than to toilets. Using this near ubiquity of mobile technology, poverty hackers are changing the economics of poverty through new strategies for investments, loans and credit. Already, mobile money in the global south is leapfrogging the global north’s centralized banking paradigm.
Social entrepreneurship is proving its worth throughout the developing world by applying established business principles and practices to poverty-related issues. Unlike top-down aid approaches, social entrepreneurship fosters and supports solutions created within communities of poor and marginalized people, making those solutions more likely to be adopted and sustained over time.
The ‘Sell By’ Dates On Our Groceries Are Causing Tons Of Food Waste via Climate Progress
The food labeling system in the United States is a complete mess. Foods can be labeled “healthy” regardless of how much sugar they contain. Foods can be labeled “Non-GMO” even when they don’t have genes, making the existence of a genetically-modified version impossible.
But beyond encouraging misinformation in our food system and potentially leading consumers to make ill-informed nutritional decisions, labels can also be terrible for the environment and food security.
Ask Well: Can You Eat Foods Past the ‘Sell By’ Date? via New York Times
Although the USDA food safety chart recommends that chicken, for example, only be kept in the fridge for two days, the “sell by” dates for chicken sold in refrigerators in stores is much longer than that. Why is there this discrepancy, and which is correct?
59 Organizations Fighting Food Loss and Waste via Food Tank
It’s no secret that food loss and food waste are big problems. At least 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year—in fields, during transport, in storage, at restaurants, and in markets in industrialized and developed countries alike. In rich countries alone, some 222 million tons of food is wasted, which is almost as much as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa. And according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), wasted food costs some US$680 billion in industrialized countries and US$310 billion in developing countries.
July 26, 2016Posted by Food Rescue US StaffIn Food Insecurity in the News
Food Insecurity in the News: Starbucks Donates Unsold Food, College Students & Food Pantries, New Nutrition Labels
Starbucks Finally Starts To Donate All of Its Unsold Food via Forbes
So Starbucks recently announced that they will be donating 100 percent of their unsold food to charity. They currently are testing out a program in San Diego. When Starbucks announced their intentions, the company stated that they expect to donate five million meals to individuals and families this year and plan to eventually – over the next five years – be doing this at all of its 7,600 locations in the United States. By 2021, they say, they’ll have given away 50 million free meals.
What You Need to Know About Sugar and Nutrition Labels via National Geographic
The outgoing Obama Administration signals its nutrition priorities by making it easier for consumers to watch their sugar intake.
Stamford college students benefit from campus pantry via Stamford Advocate
Colleges and universities from Purdue to South Florida to Penn State now offer pantries where students who might otherwise go hungry can stock up on healthy food. The College and University Food Bank Alliance, a national coalition, represents 207 schools with pantries. Four of them are in Connecticut, with Norwalk the only one in the southwestern corner of the state.
Open five days a week, the NCC pantry is being discovered by a growing number of students who can visit twice a month to stock up on groceries and daily for a grab-and-go snack of fruit or a granola bar.
These entrepreneurs are using technology to turn a profit on food waste via Vox
Food waste is bad for our wallets. It’s also bad for the environment — the equivalent of throwing away the water, energy, and other resources that go into growing it in the first place. But as interest in reducing food waste grows, so does innovation to make it happen. Take a look at what some creative businesses are doing to turn trash into treasure.
May 27, 2016Posted by Food Rescue US StaffIn Food Insecurity in the News
Food Insecurity in the News: Food Bank Limitations, Eat Ugly, USDA Makes Food Center Stage
Food Recovery—Bridging the Gaps via NERC, Northeast Recycling Council
This issue is near and dear to us at Community Plates. Food banks are important, but they have limitations. This is why our direct transfer of fresh food is a critical piece to the food insecurity puzzle:
One thing that I recently became aware of is that many food banks do not collect from restaurants. Grocery stores often have nonperishable food—canned or packaged food—that can be donated if it nears its “sell by date.” Food Banks may also be able to accept produce and even baked goods from grocers. However, because most food banks usually act as distributors of nonperishable food to local food rescue organizations, such as soup kitchens, they typically do not handle smaller quantities of perishable food donations. Restaurants are more likely to have cooked, unserved food leftover.
Save the Planet – Eat Ugly via New York Times
The efficiencies in farming, packaging and transportation that could come from consuming such fruits and vegetables, instead of throwing them away, could eliminate one billion tons of carbon emissions a year, Mr. Chabanne contends, and save 210 million tons of food a year.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that a third of the world’s food fit for human consumption each year does not reach consumers.
Food waste: The big issue for 2016 via Nation’s Restaurant News
Sweetgreen offered a WastED salad, developed in partnership with Blue Hill, in its New York restaurants.
Social issues, and the food trends that can emerge from them, often simmer beneath the surface of mainstream consciousness, quietly gestating among the interested few before bursting, almost fully formed, into the public eye.
I think in 2016 that issue will be food waste. And the food trends associated with that look to be more interesting than you might expect.
Hunger costs US extra $160bn a year to treat chronic illnesses – study via The Guardian
Hunger and malnutrition cost the United States an extra $160bn a year in the treatment of chronic health conditions, according to a report released to coincide with Thanksgiving that exposes the consequences of “food insecurity” among poorer American families.
The study, commissioned by Christian charity Bread for the World, is believed to be the first to apportion a share of the long-term costs of illnesses such as diabetes that are linked to a lack of access to affordable, nutritious food.
In Paris, the USDA Puts Food and Climate Change Center Stage via Civil Eats
The government agency has released a new report assessing the impacts of climate change on global food security and the U.S. food system. It takes a detailed look at how—between now and the end of this century—the changing climate will affect farming and food distribution around the world. These impacts will touch virtually everything we eat, from grains to fresh produce, fish, meat and dairy products.
December 18, 2015Posted by Food Rescue US StaffIn Food Insecurity in the News
Food Insecurity in the News: 25 Million Food Insecure Adults, Feds Get Serious on Food Waste, Scanning Away Waste
Our weekly reading list of the people, places, and discussions taking place in food insecurity across the country.
Food Insecurity Hits Almost 25 Million American Adults via Forbes
Just under 25 million American adults have experienced food insecurity at some point during the past three months according to an analysis of national surveys conducted by Zogby Analytics. I have closely examined interviews we have done with 10,278 adults nationwide since June and found a stunning 10.1% who said that “they have gone without food for 24 hours at a time in the past month because of a lack of money or food”. Extrapolated from a total adult population of over 244 million people (estimated in 2014), that makes it about 24.7 million Americans age 18 or over.
It’s Time To Get Serious About Reducing Food Waste, Feds Say via NPR.org
Currently, Vilsack says, an estimated 133 billion pounds of food is wasted each year. And if that’s hard to fathom, picture this: “It’s enough to fill the Sears Tower [technically now called the Willis Tower] 44 times,” Vilsack says.
USDA and EPA Set Historic Goal to Cut U.S. Food Waste in Half via Sustainable America Blog
Today is a groundbreaking day in the fight against food waste. The Obama administration announced the United States’ first-ever food waste reduction goal: Reduce food waste in America by 50 percent by 2030. To reach this goal, officials from the USDA and EPA said the federal government will be leading a new partnership with the private sector; charitable and faith-based organizations; and local, state and tribal governments. The news was delivered at a press conference in New York City at City Harvest, the country’s oldest food recovery organizations.
Government agencies set goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 via USA Today
As part of its effort to act against climate change, the Obama administration has taken a sweeping stance to reduce food waste by 50% in the next 15 years.
The announcement Wednesday from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency is a continuation of efforts in recent years to educate consumers about food date labels and safe food storage, as well as partnerships with food companies to address food insecurity and help figure out how to reduce the billions of pounds of food that go to landfills.
The Struggle to Feed America via Knowledge@Warton
Hunger in this country is not the result of scarcity. The United States exports more agricultural products than it imports (a record $152.5 billion in 2014), and domestically sells 30% more than consumers actually use (that’s how much is wasted each year — $162 billion worth of food that goes uneaten).
Scanning Away Food Waste via FoodTank
Chances are you encounter radio frequency identification (RFID) technology quite often. You’re doing so when you use a proximity card at work or a hotel, track a package, check out library books, or
become a scannable human. Within the food industry, RFID tags track food shipments’ progress at the pallet and truck level.
The global packaging company Avery Dennison is now working to bring that technology to supermarket shelves. Avery Dennison recently claimed that RFID tags could minimize retail food waste by 20 percent, which would yield savings of US$22 billion globally. James Stafford, Global Head of RFID Development, answered some questions on a technology that may just become embedded in your life in the near future.
October 2, 2015Posted by Food Rescue US StaffIn Food Insecurity in the News
Five Ways You Can Support Hunger Action Month Locally
Hunger affects every community, and during Hunger Action Month, Community Plates is sharing five ways you can make a difference in your own neighborhood:
Sign-up to become a Community Plates Food Runner.
Millions of meals have been rescued and millions of hungry Americans have been fed because volunteers on their own time and in their own cars are taking on this senseless problem of food insecurity. It’s easy to become a food runner. Sign-up to use our app that will connect you with food rescue opportunities in your city. Don’t see your city? Let us know.
Share a Food Insecurity Fact.
Did you know that there are over 48 million food insecure individuals in the United States, or 1 in 6 Americans, and 1 in 5 American children?
Food insecurity affects so many, and in our backyard. Share a fact with your friends and family to help us build local awareness. Interested in more facts? Check out the Hunger in America’s research.
Thank your local volunteer food runners and food donors.
Gratitude is important to us, it’s one of our core values. Everyday, we’re blown away by the passion and commitment of our volunteer food runners and donors. Help us take the time to thank our volunteers and donors, here are some in your community.
Join the community and follow and tag #CommunityPlates on social media!
Get your favorite market or restaurant to donate instead of waste.
This is easier than you think. Learn more about becoming a Community Plates food donor.
September 1, 2015Posted by Food Rescue US StaffIn Food Insecurity in the News, News & Events
Food Insecurity in the News: #DonateNotDump, Urban Farms, Howard start-up targets food waste
Community Plates Tackles Food Waste & Hunger
“We’re saving in the range of 20,000 meals every week from ending up in the dumpster and instead onto the plates of somebody in need,” said Fairfield County Site Director Tom Hauser.
Community Plates has partnered with about 30 donors in the county, and delivers food to another 30 organizations that help feed the hungry. The organization has a network of about 300 volunteer food runners who pick up the food and get it where it needs to go. They make around 85 food runs per week.
Read the full story at Norwalk Daily Voice.
Donate Not Dump
After bicycling across America last summer rescuing food from supermarket dumpsters, activist Rob Greenfield is continuing his #DonateNotDump campaign. His goal is to inspire consumers to ask grocery stores to donate edible food to people who need it instead of throwing it away.
His new three-minute video shares highlights of the food he found and the news coverage he got throughout his journey.
Watch the video at Sustainable America.
Urban farm partnership fills need for healthy food, education and sense of community
If you drive up and down I-65 or I-70, there are thousands of acres like this,” he said. “We’re growing 35,000 pounds of food that is being given away each year. There’s a big need for this.”
Rosenblatt’s team of researchers identified more than 400 acres within the Indianapolis parks system that could support urban agriculture projects.
Produce grown at Urban Acres is distributed to community members through Gleaners Food Bank and the Old Bethel United Methodist Church community outreach.
“I don’t know how you best quantify it,” Gough said, “but it’s a complete coming together of a community.
Read the full article from Ball State University.
Howard start-up targets food waste
Photo: Howard County Times/Columbia Flier
Hungry Harvest’s mission is to find a market for these fruit and vegetable rejects – though the average consumer probably couldn’t even spot the difference, says CEO and co-founder Evan Lutz.
“If I didn’t tell you it was surplus food, you’d have no idea,” he said.
Lutz, a 2014 graduate of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, started Hungry Harvest with fellow Maryland alum John Zamora last year. The company is headquartered at the Conscious Venture Lab, an incubator for socially conscious businesses sponsored by the Howard County Economic Development Authority’s Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship.
Read the full story at the Baltimore Sun,
Food Insecurity in the News: Bogus Expiration Dates, World Food Prize Youth Recipient, Weather Link to Food Insecurity
The vast majority of expiration dates are bogus — here’s how long your food is still good
We waste a lot of food out of fear: Experts estimate that $165 billion worth gets tossed each year.
But most expiration dates are largely made up. According to The National Resource Defense Council, the “sell by” dates do indicate not whether foods are safe to eat — they simply tell you when food will reach its limits for “optimal quality.”
Read more on Business Insider.
Exploring The MEANS Database: An Interview with World Food Prize Youth Institute Alum Maria Rose
Maria Rose, a student at the Public Health Program at American University, is making waves with an innovative tool that aims to reduce food waste by more efficiently connecting food donations to food pantries. After attending the World Food Prize’s Iowa Youth Institute, Rose put together, what she calls, the Matching Excess and Needs for Stability (MEANS) Database. The tool is already helping prevent food waste by connecting available food to those in need.
Read the full story on Food Tank.
Report: Extreme Weather Puts Food, Civil Order at Risk
Global food shortages will become three times more likely as a result of climate change and the international community needs to be ready to respond to price shocks to prevent civil unrest, a joint U.S.-British task force warned.
Rather than being a once-a-century event, severe production shocks, including food shortages, price spikes and market volatility, are likely to occur every 30 years by 2040, said the Taskforce on Extreme Weather and Global Food System Resilience.
Read more at Climate Central.
Food Insecurity in the News: Cutting Food Waste for Farmers, a Solidarity Fridge, Food Insecurity & Health Costs
Cutting food waste to support farmers and the famished
Secretary Vilsack proposed the idea of a young leader investing the time to create a mobile app that would virtually eliminate food waste by connecting those with excess food to places in need of food, such as food banks, homeless shelters and other underserved communities.
Read more on the Environmental Defense Fund’s Blog.
To cut food waste, Spain’s Solidarity Fridge supplies endless leftovers
At a Basque restaurant nestled in the green hills just outside the Spanish city of Bilbao, head cook Itziar Eguileor gestures toward a dumpster out back.
“This all used to go into the garbage,” she says, lugging a huge pot of leftover boiled artichokes. “But now, these artichokes, we pack them in tupperware, load them into our old Land Rover and drive them over to Solidarity Fridge.”
Read the full story on MPR.org
America’s Local Farms
As part of National Farmers Market Week, I would like to bring attention to an important economic driver, one that is bursting with fresh produce and happy customers. Farmers’ markets connect farms to urban areas, giving people access to fresh, healthy, and locally-grown produce and encouraging growth in local economies and regional food systems. At a time when more than one-third of Americans are considered obese and one-third develop heart disease, it’s time we changed our eating habits. To do this, we need a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system that will grow our economy and increase access to healthy food.
Read more on Huffington Post.
Food insecurity and high healthcare costs go hand in hand
People with severe food insecurity, who struggle the most to put food on the table, have healthcare costs more than twice as high as people who are food secure, according to a new Canadian study… People who have food insecurity, meaning inadequate or insecure access to food due to low income, “have poorer (physical and mental) health, this is documented extensively for adults and children,” said lead author Valerie Tarasuk of the University of Toronto.
Read the full story on Agweek.com.
Food Insecurity in the News: “Wasted” Opportunities, U.S. Children & Poverty, New USDA Food App
Wasted Opportunities
When we think about the need to feed the hungry, we often think about increasing food production. As John Oliver’s scathing criticism of America’s food waste problem reminded us last week, this obsession with food quantity overshadows some of our food system’s more sinister realities. The fact that about a third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is wasted is one of modern agriculture’s most embarrassing secrets. Producing all that wasted food accounts for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a quarter of all water used for agriculture, an annual environmental cost of 750 billion USD, and a land area the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, close to a billion people suffer from chronic undernourishment.
Read the full story on Yale EPI.
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More U.S. Children Live In Poverty Now Than During the Recession
In mid-September 2010, almost exactly two years to the date since the monumental collapse of Lehman Brothers, the New York Times published a bleak statistic: the ongoing Great Recession had driven the U.S. poverty rates to their highest in a decade and a half.
Five years of fitful economic recovery have not yet bettered this situation. According to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, more than one in five American children, about 22%, were living in poverty in 2013. Data for 2014 are not yet available, but the report anticipates that the child poverty rate remains at an “unacceptably high [level].”
Read the full story on Time.com
Modern Farmer: Spoiler Alert: New USDA App Helps Fight Food Waste
The USDA estimates that 21 percent of food consumers buy goes to waste. It’s bad for our bodies, bad for our wallets, and bad for the planet. Instead of just telling us, the USDA released an app for iPhone and Android that it hopes will help solve the problem by sending us alerts when food is about to go bad.
Read the full story on Modern Farmer.
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The Exorcist – Season 1, Chapter One: “And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee”
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Season 1, Chapter One: “And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee”
Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Written by Jeremy Slater
* For a review of Chapter Two: “Lupus in Fabula” – click here
Here we are at the premiere of The Exorcist, a new series based on the classic from William Friedkin and based on the novel by William Peter Blatty.
We start on a familiar image, one of a man in a long coat and a brimmed hat walking, bag in hand, to some destination; it is Father Marcus Keane (Ben Daniels). In the distance are strange and unsettling noises.
In a brighter, more sunny place, Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) gives a sermon to his congregation, which includes Angela and Henry Rance (Geena Davis & Alan Ruck), as well as their daughter Casey (Hannah Kasulka). Off near the street outside after the service, Father Tomas sees a man who he believes is speaking to him, mouthing words. But when he talks to Angela a moment, turning back, the man is no longer there. At the same time, something seems off about Henry. In church he’s aloof, heading home he is distracted and not altogether there. Is headed for demons, possession and the like?
Ortega has issues of faith going on. Maybe. His sister Olivia (Camille Guaty) believes he doesn’t want to be a priest anymore, that he’s in love with a woman named Jessica. Of course, he denies it. Looking forward to more of that.
In Mexico City, Father Marcus sits disillusioned yet firm in that “the power‘s in the repetition.” Another priest, Father Bennett (Kurt Egyiawan), has come to try talking sense into him. Although he didn’t anticipate Marcus having a gun. There’s more to him, as we’re seeing a man of the church, a man of god whose path clearly strays from that of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution. And why? What drove someone to take the vows of priesthood but then divert to his own method? On his own again, he tries to help the boy that’s been possessed at the moment. He prays, flicking holy water at the beast inside the boy, the one that speaks to Marcus by name.
Back at Casa del Rance, Angela hears odd noises, whispers in the walls. She shakes it off quickly, though something clearly bothered her. Then we find the other sister Catherine (Brianne Howey) upstairs, depressed, in her own world. So is dad going to get demonic? Or is it going to be Charlotte? Hmm.
Love the digital organ system that plagues the organist – the ancient church and its customs meet the modern world. More importantly, this takes Father Tomas downstairs into the dark basement for a little jump scare when Angela turns up looking for him. She’s worried for Catherine, saying there are “things going on in the house.” Such as furniture moved, books thrown all over the floor, voices in the walls. Y’know, standard haunting madness. Angela straight up believes a demon is trying to take Catherine. Father Tomas explains demons are a construct of the church, as a way to rationalise through “metaphors” in regards to mental illness, et cetera. But Mrs. Rance can’t take those answers. She knows better. Particularly once a bad omen flies into the window: a raven gets stuck and bloodied smashed through a crack in the glass. Nasty.
Ortega goes to see Catherine. She doesn’t put much stock into the thoughts of others. Not after losing someone close to her in a car accident. She’s merely in a depressed state after such an emotional trauma. Nevertheless, the family sits at the table eating along with Father Tomas, too. More and more we see the fact Henry is not who he was once. Catherine notices it, even if she’s the only one who says anything. I continue to believe he’s the one that’ll be possessed, one way or another. He gives Ortega an ominous sort of message about Father Marcus. This sets the young priest aflame wondering: who is this man? He has visions of Keane, the young boy’s possession, the exorcism. Until the boy jumps from his bonds, his neck twists around, and his spine breaks. Fuck, that’s vicious.
Father Tomas meets with a man called Brother Simon (Francis Guinan). He’s a little cryptic, offering up the supposed right question to be asking next: “What now, God?” Out of the corner of his eye, Tomas spies someone familiar. He follows the man to find it’s Father Marcus and tries to chat him up about demonic possession. However, the older man is pretty reluctant to say much. Finally though, Ortega gets more out of him and he reveals the circumstances of that possession Tomas dreamed. It seems that Father Marcus has become afraid of what lies beyond, as he’s seen it up close and personal, the damage it can do in the real world and not just in the spirit. His faith is quite broken.
Eventually Father Tomas goes to see Angela once more. They have a heart to heart about God, their faith, family. He’s driven by the pure faith in his heart to help the Rances in their distress, no matter what it is truly. Then, upstairs comes a noise, a scream from one of the girls. In the attic, Ortega finds Casey lurking, killing rats without touching them, moving in an extremely weird way. Once Angela turns the lights on, nothing is as it seemed a moment ago. Casey is fine. Nothing looks out of the ordinary. But one thing’s for certain, Father Tomas is shaken; badly. Great throwback in this sequence to old school music from Friedkin’s classic with “Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield playing – we see Ortega walk off in the night, and simultaneously Father Marcus gears up, ready to take on this next possession.
I personally loved this premiere episode. It doesn’t remake the original film, it’s merely an extension, inspired by Blatty’s work. I say give it a chance! Next up is “Chapter Two: Lupus in Fabula” and I think it’ll bring some great stuff. Ben Daniels is a favourite of mine, so I look forward to what he brings. And you can’t go wrong with Geena Davis, either. Plenty we can expect from this series. Let’s see if it holds up in the second episode.
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Salem Media, GeoPark, BG Staffing, Penn Virginia and PetMed
Zacks July 3, 2018
Crown (CCK) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.
Chicago, IL –July 3, 2018 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Salem Media Group, Inc. SALM, GeoPark Ltd. GPRK, BG Staffing, Inc. BGSF, Penn Virginia Corp. PVAC and PetMed Express, Inc. PETS.
Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:
5 Best-Performing Stocks from June
Markets experienced volatile times in June, weighed down by the now-familiar specter of trade war fears. Trump upped the ante on this front against ally and rival alike. On one hand, he railed against Canada and the EU, levying tariffs on auto imports. On the other, he imposed stiff tariffs on China with the threat of more to come if China chose to retaliate. Meanwhile, the Fed raised rates and took a hawkish view on the economy. Oil prices surged on supply concerns, principally on U.S. sanctions against Iran.
June’s Performance
The Nasdaq and S&P 500 gained 0.9% and 0.5% for the month of June, while the Dow lost 0.6%. Most of the month saw volatility in markets with stocks showing mixed performances. Trade war fears, which have gripped markets for quite some time, took its toll on stocks throughout the month.
June was also an eventful month that saw the historic meeting between Trump and North Korea’s premier Kim Jong-un. However, markets had high expectations from the meeting but not much impact was seen with stocks tumbling the day after the meeting.
Moreover, as anticipated the Fed increased interest rates by 0.25% and hinted at two more hikes by the end of this year. Also, the Fed announced the annual stress test results for banks and gave OK to 32 of the 35 biggest banks in the United States to raise their dividends and buy back shares.
Mixed Economic Signals
Economic data released last month was largely mixed in nature. The unemployment rate declined from 3.9% in April to 3.8% in May, the lowest in 18 years. Additionally, the economy added 223,000 jobs in April, exceeding the consensus estimate of 190,000.
According to the Department of Commerce’s final estimate, GDP increased at a 2% pace in the first quarter. This was significantly lower than the earlier estimate of 2.2%.
Consumer spending expanded only 0.9% in the first quarter, less than the earlier estimate of a 1% increase. It was the slowest pace of growth since the second quarter of 2013 and reflected a downward trend in healthcare spending.
U.S.-Canada Trade Tensions Heighten Post G-7 Summit
Trade tensions remained a recurrent theme through the month. Speaking at the G-7 summit in Canada on Jun 9, Trump said that trade between member countries should be free from tariff and non-tariff barriers.
In a series of tweets on Jun 11, Trump attacked Canada and other U.S. allies. Through his tweets, Trump placed a cloud on trading ties between the United States and its traditional allies. (Read: Bet on 5 Top-Ranked Small Caps as Trade Tensions Escalate)
After the EU announced that from Jun 22 import tariffs of more than $3.2 billion will be levied on a variety of American products, Trump retaliated with auto tariffs. On Jun 22, the American President threatened to levy a tariff of 20% on cars and other automobiles imported from EU countries. (Read: Will Trump's Tariffs Spell Doomsday for U.S. Automakers?)
U.S.-China Trade Conflict Escalates
On Jun 15, President Trump announced that the United States was imposing tariffs on $50 billion of China’s imports. On Jun 16, China’s finance ministry stated that it will launch tariffs of 25% on $50 billion of U.S. imports. Tariffs on $34 billion of U.S. imports, primarily on agricultural goods, will commence from Jul 6. (Read: 6 Defensive Stocks to Buy as Trade Tensions Flare Up)
On the evening of Jun 18, Trump said that he has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to identify $200 billion worth of Chinese imports on which additional tariffs of 10% could be imposed. In the event that China chooses to retaliate, tariffs would be levied on another $200 billion of goods. (Read: 5 Low-Beta Stocks to Buy as Trade Conflict Intensifies)
On Jun 27, President Trump said he has decided to strengthen the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which will assess potential threat from Chinese investment in U.S. companies. Later in the day, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated the government can block any American joint venture in China if the firm transfers critical technologies to China.
Fed Hikes Rate, Most Banks Sail Through Stress Tests
On Jun 13, the Federal Reserve increased the benchmark short-term interest rate from 1.75% to 2%. Additionally, several changes were made to its policy statement, the most notable being that economic growth is “rising at a solid rate”, instead of the “moderate” pace witnessed in May.
The fresh language inserted into the statement indicated a more hawkish stance. The Fed also served up a more optimistic view on economic growth and raised its inflation expectations. (Read: 5 Top-Ranked Bank Stocks to Profit From Fed's Rate Hike)
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve released the first round of its annual stress test results. All 35 banks that underwent the annual Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests showed that they have enough capital buffers to weather an economic meltdown and recessions modelled by the Fed. (Read: Big Banks Clear Dodd-Frank Stress Test: 5 Top Winners)
Shares of all major banks jumped after the Fed announced the results of the final leg of the annual stress-test exercise. The Fed gave an OK to 32 of the 35 biggest banks in the United States that hold 80% of the total assets in the U.S. financial system, to raise their dividends and buy back shares. (Read: Winners & Losers From Fed's Second Round Stress Test Results)
OPEC Raises Production Cap, Oil Hits Multi-Year Highs
On Jun 22, a congregation of OPEC countries and non-OPEC allies led by Russia assembled in Vienna to take a decision regarding an 18-month old agreement to curb output in order to meet strong global demand for crude oil.
OPEC decided to raise production quota by 624,000 barrels a day, much lower than 1.5 million barrels a day demanded by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Despite this decision, Saudi Arabia has signaled that the country is not confident enough to bring on production quickly enough to replace a shortfall.
On Jun 29, crude prices surged on the back of renewed fear of a global oil shortage in the second half of 2018. WTI crude gained 70 cents or 1% to hit $74.15, its highest close since Nov 24, 2014. Brent crude surged $1.59 or 2% to $79.44, closing just below a three and a half year high.
U.S. sanctions against Iran are threatening to throttle global supplies even as demand surges. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the United States wants all countries to stop importing oil from Iran by Nov 4. This is part of an effort to isolate the country economically and politically, per a senior U.S. State Department official. (Read: U.S. Crude Crosses $70 on Supply Fears: 5 Top-Ranked Picks)
Moreover, Venezuela is plagued with economic instability, massive debt load, unrest in the workforce and hyperinflation. Internal disturbances in Libya are also leading to worries over supplies.
5 Star Performers for June
I ran a screen on Research Wizard for companies with the following parameters:
1. Percentage price change over the last 4 weeks greater than or equal to 20%
2. Forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) for the current financial year (F1) less than or equal to 20. This picks out stocks that are good value choices
3. Expected earnings growth for the current financial year greater than or equal to 20%
4. Zacks Rank less than or equal to 2: This ascertains stocks that have shown above-average returns over the last 26 years.
Here are the top 5 stocks that made it through this screen:
Salem Media Group, Inc. is a radio broadcaster, Internet content provider and magazine and book publisher specializing in Christian and Conservative content.
Price gain over the last 4 weeks = 35.5%
Expected earnings growth for current year = 26.9%
Salem Media Group has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). The stock has a P/E (F1) of 15.61x.
GeoPark Ltd. is an explorer, operator and consolidator of oil and gas. The company operates primarily in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Argentina.
GeoPark has a P/E (F1) of 10.32x and its expected earnings growth for the current year is more than 100%. The stock holds a Zacks Rank #1.You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
BG Staffing, Inc. is a national provider of temporary staffing services in the United States across a diverse set of industries.
BG Staffing has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). The stock has a P/E (F1) of 17.10x.
Penn Virginia Corp. is an independent oil and gas company operating in the United States.
Penn Virginia holds a Zacks Rank #2 and its expected earnings growth for the current year is more than 100%. The stock has a P/E (F1) of 9.18x.
PetMed Express, Inc. is a leading nationwide pet pharmacy.
PetMed Express holds a Zacks Rank #2. The stock has a P/E (F1) of 19.32x.
Will Markets Stabilize in July?
Calm continues to elude the markets with trade concerns significantly raising market volatility. This is likely to be the trend going forward even as Trump looks to implement his protectionist agenda. As a result, several categories of U.S. stocks, tech stocks and industrials in particular, are feeling the heat.
Economic indicators have also taken a backseat in the interim. However, unemployment remains low and the Fed seems more optimistic about the economy. Investors will likely look toward strong fundamentals and another bullish earnings season for solace in the trading sessions which lie ahead.
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The Gibson Lounge
What do kids have to be emo about?
By Basshole, January 29, 2010 in The Gibson Lounge
Basshole 0
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5886Nb_psg[/YOUTUBE]
I'm not sure what makes kids make this kind of music, whether they are trying to fit on, let out there repressed emotions, or picking off were KISS left off.
But Emo...
My Grandfather went through two five major Wars, several Gas crisis, A Great Depression. and not once did he feel any emotions and he played amazing Spanish guitar.
Not drop tuned stuff, do you think kids are starting to lose backbone?
dem00n 736
Anti-EMG's
LocationNew York
Their fun to punch.
Serisouly though its just a trend becuase the boy they liked doesnt like them back or some ***** *** bullshit.
It will die...and i will watch it die...then there will be a next trend!
Andre S 18
Bonamassa Addict
LocationCaribbean
I'm not sure what makes kids make this kind of music' date=' whether they are trying to fit on, let out there repressed emotions, or picking off were KISS left off.
Not drop tuned stuff, do you think kids are starting to lose backbone?[/quote']
You're kidding....these guys look so freakin' retarded in the beginning
Corrosion of conformity 15
There is nothing wrong with showing emotion. If you feel it, let it out and ignore the people who judge you. Sadly, that's not what emo's about anymore. The problem I have with "emo" is that it's become a fashion. It went from a musical movement to a bunch of sad kids with piercings. Half the kids who go around calling themselves emo don't have a clue about the music.
Talking about the actual music, most of it is pretty bad, but there used to be some decent bands labeled as emo.
adlankj 0
It's just different ways to express emotion using music. *shrug* It's like people playing their heart out in the blues, they scream their hearts out.
Truth be told, I used to like emo a few years ago (though not like that garbage in that video), and now that my tastes have matured, I like blues music. It's just different ways to tell the same story.
It's just a trend, dude. Let people listen to whatever they want, whether you think they've 'earned' the right to be emotional/sad or not.
myspace.com/jessenoah 1
One of the ORIGINAL forum members
LocationThe Untamed West
buckethead or thrash/trash/techo-core.............
touch choice
Rocky4 180
LocationIllinois
Doing whatever it takes in an attempt to get laid.
FirstMeasure 273
Rock-n-Roll Proselytizer
LocationSouther California Mountains
What makes this "Emo"? It doesn't sound too different than any other Nu Metal.
DAS44 92
LocationUlan Bator, Mongolia
Like other's have said it's just another form of expression. I respect that I really do, I just cant connect with this form. <shrug>
EVOL! 279
LocationGreat Lakes basin
Ha, ha. Is this what it would sound like if Entombed and Fall Out Boy had a baby.
Silenced Fred 2
Real emo kids, that started showing up a while ago, started making the music, and as it caught on, people just started marketing it. Now you see the people wearing the skin tight pants, growing long hair, saying they hate their lives and should cut themselves, but they don't, they just do it for the shock value and to get attention and fit into a group.
They can turn out any type of crap, label it emo, and people will buy it.
Stupid stuff..
And Ba sshole- my friend sent me that video, I just burst out laughing... I think it should become the new rickroll
RichCI 6
Don't ya hate when a style becomes a marketing tactic
ChanMan 274
LocationNashvegas area
I liked it, generally speaking. (I'm still not a big fan of screaming)
LocationVirginia Beach
is that what emo is ? ..............emotion ?..........most music has emotion.......maybe it should "emotionally disturbed" instead.
Jantha 70
LocationColorado
That keyboardist I going to hurt himself.
That video deserves another LOL... LOL!
Stew 0
FAGS!
Dub-T-123 466
Man that song was horrible. That's really not my thing at all.
Start playing keys with his head.
LOL that picture is funny.
MojoRedFoot 76
Metallica Fanboy #1
LocationUSA, VA
In the words of Nancy Kerrigan...............WHY? WHY? WHY would you post that song? I just threw up in my mouth a little.
A little....? .........in your mouth ?...........no need ta hold it..........let that puke spew !..............mmmrrrauuuggrrrggg
I had Pizza Hut and 3 cans of Pepsi for dinner. Not many food/drink combinatations I love more. I want to digest it.
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Johnny maybe fashion is always kind of, well, dull but now we can see more of it )
EDIT: which mean you are right by saying democratisation fashion is over rated. IN the other hand we must redefine our view of "fashionable". In the past if sth. was trendy, it was because it looked good. Now it is often bc huge money is invested and not a penny should be lost:-D
#61 nqth, Sep 21, 2005
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zamb Active Member
"FASHION WILL GO OUT OF FASHION"- Rudi Gernreich
#62 zamb, Sep 21, 2005
When ) ?? I mean SS or AW
finalfashion New Member
faust said:
Are you observing or prescribing? Because if you are prescribing, I'm with Melisande - that's a TERRIBLE way to view fashion. To me, the garment is far from fleeting - on contraire, I pick what I buy because I pay careful attention to it, downright to the last minute detail, and hope that they will last me for years and years to come (unless my aesthetical views change).
I applaud you for your attention to detail, Faust, designers love customers that appreciate the minutae of the work they do... but the fact is that people like you are very few and far between (except here). And even you admit your aesthetic choices evolve. You are an elite, tiny target market.
It's easy to dismiss mass market fashion because it obviously lacks the craft of elite fashion, but poor people have to dress too. It's not like in olden times when only royals could buy into fashion and the rest of us wore burlap sacks... if democratization is ruining fashion, would you rather have the good old days when 95% of the world didn't have any aesthetic choices at all? Sure those choices aren't always sophisticated... if they were people like us wouldn't stand out at all.
To me the evolution of the industry is just as interesting as the creative act of making clothes. It's not always a happy story, that's for sure. But the tragedies of modern fashion do not make it boring, but fascinating (to me). I don't think I was trying to "prescribe" anything, just trying to be realistic.
Thanks to everyone for thoughtful posts! I love a good argument.
And I'm interested to know... when was fashion so interesting, what halycon days existed before we became "bored"?
#64 finalfashion, Sep 21, 2005
faust New Member
finalfashion said:
Oh, I think I know what you are saying. No, I don't want the "good old days" -- I'm not T.S. Elliot. I'm all for middle class, baby!!! I just wish that aesthetical tastes of the masses grew proportionally with their income. Unfortunetly they don't.
I think the late 80's-90' were the halcyon for me. Japanese in full force, Belgians bringing so much freshness, and Helmut Lang still in primetime. High street "fashion" was next to nothing then - it comprised of Diesel, Nautica and Polo Jeans. There were no "designer" jeans for $200 ($100 for a pair of Diesel was considered proposterous (sp?)), no celebrity labels, and H&M and Target did not have runway shows.
Like I said, not that I'm lamenting the state of fashion (the part of fashion that I follow is going strong - Ann Demeulemeester getting finanical backing to do menswear, Dirk Schonberger back in business, Raf Simons going for a cushy salary to Jil Sander to give himself more financial stability, Junya Watanabe and Alexander McQueen starting menswear, etc...), but yes, there were certain differences.
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blackman New Member
I don't know about the rest of you but I find this tragedy played out every day when I am deciding what to wear. Either I am dressing to be 'appropriate' and hate it, or I dress the way I want and am quietly snubbed (i live in small town Canada). I get bored of what I am wearing by the end of the day, change, and have WAY to much laundry to do. Sometimes I want to wear the same thing every day, just to see if i could do it then come back to fashion with a clear mind. Fashion magazines suck but every month i cant help it. Any tips on getting your head out of the closet?
#66 blackman, Sep 21, 2005
Ninja Pirate New Member
That's why we need to support people like Kirsten Dunst and Chloe Sevigny.
#67 Ninja Pirate, Sep 21, 2005
Mutterlein Well-Known Member
I see what you mean. But as long as people like Anne, Raf, and Junya are doing there thing and there is still in influx of talented young designers (Henrik Vibskov, Ricardo Tisci, Tao Fujiwara) there will always be something there for the people who have a true appreciation for fashion.
One thing I will say is that as much creativity there is in fashion, at the end of the day it is a business. If the clothes don't sell then there is no point in making it in the first place. (not that people should make clothes just to sell but it needs to get off the rack and be worn by someone!).
#68 Mutterlein, Sep 21, 2005
KMismyIDOL New Member
It really saddens me that while there occasionally are wonderous pieces its feels like forever since anything TRUELY original has shown up.
#69 KMismyIDOL, Sep 21, 2005
Mutterlein said:
*Tao Kurihara. I keep confusing her name with Dai Fujiwara the engineer who works with Issey Miyake on A-Poc.
Johnny said:
Democratisation of fashion is over-rated. It results in countless fat wee girls on the high street wearing Joss Stone-a-like outfits with peasant skirts and thick brown belts with jeweled buckles.
What would you like the peasants to wear, if not peasant skirts? That's not democratization of fashion, that's native costume
Seriously, I am for democratization of fashion and good taste, but I think it's unlikely it will ever happen, in my lifetime anyway.
Loved Cathy Horyn's article, and honestly I don't think she is guilty in the way Suzy and Anna are. I loved "pleasing Anna," and "Consensus is fatal to fashion."
And btw, Zazie, what you said made perfect sense to me I think you're right that we're trending away from a handful of important critics to more diversity of opinion. I love that we can say we hate something that Suzy loves (or says she loves) in this forum. I also love that a designer can't "sew it all up" by getting 2 or 3 women in his pocket--what the rest of us think matters, and will matter even more.
I find fashion, not so much boring, as limited. It may well not be as limited as it feels, but there are certainly constraints--what gets editorial coverage, are you in or near a fashion capital to have access to more, etc. But the more you know, the smaller the fashion world seems--or so it seems to me.
Personally I think availability is not a problem. I can't remember the last time I saw anyone else wearing something I own. So it's not an issue for me.
I also think a focus on wearability is a definite positive. How could it not be? Fashion is wearable art, after all, and if it's not wearable, it's not meeting a basic criterion.
#71 fashionista-ta, Sep 21, 2005
EDIT: I don't know if this art should be here or in the Japanese thread. Mod please move if you think that is the place
An article on
http://www.theage.com.au/news/fashion/dressing-not-so-japanese/2005/09/15/1126750075651.html
Dressing not so Japanese
Red polyester organdy top; blue skirt of the same material by Comme des Garcons, 1997.
Photo: Supplied
Fashion in the land of the rising sun has changed from avant-garde to boring, according to those in the know, reports Deborah Cameron.
WITH its twists, unexpected turns and slightly raised left and right banks, Cat Street is a fertile river of the fashion world. Along its length the newest names in Tokyo style sprout like lotus blossoms seeking the sun.
This stretch, connecting the city's two youth culture hubs, Shibuya and Harajuku, is where fashion watchers wait like patient anglers for promising ripples and waves. They note what the street's coolest habitues are wearing and spot the first, faltering steps of fashion proteges.
This is today's style briefing from Cat Street: psychedelic rubber boots, traces of embroidery, combat colours, rips, exposed corsetry, crochet for men, papery pleats, heavy gauge canvas and denim, bobbles of felt jewellery and linen so raw that shops smell of fresh mown hay.
Exciting definitely, but not distinctively Japanese.
The tribunes of modern Japanese Style - Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo - altered world thinking about fashion design. But as they edge towards their 70th birthdays where is the new wave? If not on Cat Street then it may be time to declare Japan's avant-garde dead.
Tokyo's fashion radicals first appeared on Paris catwalks about 25 years ago with clothes directly descended, so it seemed, from the kimono, the priestly robes of the Shinto temple, beggars' rags and the armour of the samurai.
"Fundamentally the Japanese aesthetic is asymmetrical," says Akiko Takahashi Fukai. That first crop of designers - still influential today in Japan and Europe revolutionised the shape of clothing.
"It was, and is, an act of defiance to wear what they make.
Ms Fukai, the director and chief curator of the privately funded museum, the Kyoto Costume Institute, wonders what has happened to Japan's great fashion experiment. Today there is no innovation, no radicalism. There is too little independence and not much that is extreme or thrilling, she says. Disinterest, it depresses Ms Fukai to say, is killing Japanese fashion.
"Nobody is interested in fashion now," she says. She recalls "barren" discussions with Japanese art history students who have never even heard of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto or Rei Kawakubo's label Comme des Garcons, and show no curiosity about any other native designer.
"None. Nothing. From young people, nothing," she says. "They know the big brand names like Gucci, Chanel and Louis Vuitton. Very conservative, it is boring, boring. An investment? It is a horrible investment."
Miyake, Yamamoto and Comme des Garcons' Kawakubo warped the fashion axis. Miyake made it to Europe first but it was as a group, in 1981, that the three electrified the French fashion establishment.
Their arrival coincided with Japan's economic boom of the 1980s and the world was not ready. The outfits were oversized, intentionally flawed, monochromatic, flat-heeled, gender neutral, draped, asymmetrical, shabby looking and completely different from the sexy, structured, feminine clothes worn by icons of the era such as Diana, Princess of Wales.
The Japanese avant-garde had attacked a central convention - that fashion had to be attractive. Models wore slippers, torn dresses and disorderly hair.
Fashion critics had a fit and spoke of "culture shock". They ruminated on the Japanese attempt "to destroy fashion". From the very outset there were questions about the frontier between weirdness and creativity and where the experiment would end.
"Do the Japanese have anywhere to go?" asked Hebe Dorsey, the then queen of Paris fashion writers in 1985.
"If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it will take a lot of looking before ordinary people can see it here.
"The asymmetrical draping, the strange layerings, the weirdo shoes and equally weirdo make-up (with red ears and no lipstick) were all there, and so was the archaic feeling of the clothes," she wrote.
In the hands of Japanese designers, fabric did not sit flat. Everything looked bent, corrugated and angular. Architectural comparisons seemed more relevant.
A generation later Miyake, Yamamoto and Kawakubo are still as authentic and recognisable, creating clothes for the terminally stylish. Among millionaires, art collectors and rock stars they are mainstream. Other fashion designers wear Comme des Garcons on their days off.
The trio rarely grant interviews these days, they don't need the publicity. When The New Yorker profiled Kawakubo in July, the most illuminating thing she said about herself was that she was relieved not be asked about the "creative process".
"I couldn't explain it to you. And, even if I could, why would I want to?
"Are there people who really wish to explain themselves?"
Sumiyo Koyama, fashion co-ordinator for Takashimaya, the prestigious Japanese department store chain, is one of the more influential but least recognised women in world fashion.
She has a wardrobe to lust after. Her Yohji Yamamoto collection has been lent to the publishers of art books. Her Romeo Gigli and Thierry Mugler wardrobe is in the Kyoto Costume Institute, an archive of Western antique clothes and contemporary fashion.
Her latest acquisition - "this is Yohji" - is a white shirt with a densely pleated plume sewn to the front. The decorative shirt, though it looks papery and fragile, is a triumph of geometry and tailoring. Exquisitely fine origami comes to mind. Its price in Yohji Yamamoto's Tokyo boutique is 100,200 yen ($A1200).
Ms Koyama is an industry rainmaker, introducing new names into a rich market and shepherding customers toward them. Takashimaya sent a powerful signal of approval to the avant-garde decades ago by inviting then novice Yamamoto to open a boutique.
"The wave created by Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake will not be repeated by today's new wave of designers," Ms Koyama says.
"Those three people stand out not only as a group but as individuals. In Japan today we don't see such individualistic designers."
The new generation, she says generously, is "in a sense, a silent wave" and making the wispy, sweet fashion that young Japanese women want. But they do not compare to Japan's great innovators.
"It is really delightful to see them keep on," Ms Koyama says. "It is a human thing to be tired and feel that you are going down the tube. Somehow though, they have stayed on top. It is the enormous energy they have."
Back on Cat Street, the Final Home boutique looks like the place to pick up a field tent and cargo pants. Instead of shelves and racks, the shop has nylon stalls, the kind that emergency rescue crews might put up for showers after an earthquake.
Clothes, with plenty of space between them, hang inside the cubicles. There is no way to tell what is meant for women and what is for men. The overall effect from the mostly black, olive, grey and indigo clothes is of highly stylised camouflage. And clothes for the urban survivor was what Final Home's chief designer, Kosuke Tsumura, wanted to create.
The brand's pulse point is a nylon coat that looks like a top-to-toe ski parka with the feather down sucked out. Without padding, the coat is not much more than a collection of horizontal pockets. Stuff them with folded-up paper, fabric or even leaves and the coat might be warm. Empty, and it is at least light and keeps off the rain.
It is, Mr Tsumura reckons, a garment for the urban apocalypse: protective, functional, adaptable and recyclable.
The coat comes in three colours: "Orange to remind of one's existence, khaki to blend in with the forest and black to assimilate in the city."
Mr Tsumura is a design protege of Miyake and supervises the Final Home brand for Issey Miyake Inc, a fashion conglomerate with 10 brands.
Miyake himself, who lived through the bombing of Hiroshima, has handed his name, image and the future of his designs to a league of trusted apprentices such as Mr Tsumura.
In a fitting riff on the asymmetrical world of Japanese fashion Miyake, Yamamoto and Kawakubo are guardians of the avant-garde at the same time as they are ferociously corporate, controlling global empires and brands.
On Cat Street, the sun is hot. A young woman with both irises covered by white contact lenses, steps into the light. In a small shop a one-armed cardigan is arranged sinuously on glass. A strikingly tall man in voluminous pants with pockets right down at his ankles and a cone shaped camouflage-coloured fishing hat darts across the road.
For those watching closely, sense ripples.
The cutting edge: fashion from Japan opens at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, on September 27.
blackman said:
I occasionally dress to be "appropriate" ... e.g., job interview, important meeting or conversation with the bosses, etc. Otherwise, I simply wear exactly what I want to wear, and what anyone thinks be damned. I guess you know you probably don't belong in a small town I have lived in a small town before, and it can be hard to breathe. There's much more acceptance and much less pressure to conform in the city, I think
FemmeFeline New Member
Trendy vs true fashion
J'aime_la_mode said:
I agree fashion has become somewhat boring and it seems like this is happening because fashion is becoming more accessible and mainstream...now this could be a good thing but instead people are using this new knowledge to become label obsessed. So many people think fashion is about buying a YSL logoed t-shirt. The majority of people don't seem to care about quality, fit, or originality. For most people (at least here in the states) fashion is more of a status symbol like "paris hilton wears Dior and I do too therefore I am well dressed and into fashion." It seems to me that to many people fashion is nothing more than a logo. However a good thing is that the market seems to be more varied and with more options so less focus is on trends and more focus is on developing your own personal style and wearing what you like.
Totally agree with the above statement. Too many people think that buying a trendy knockoff item copied from a higher end designers' original idea is fashion.
These kinds of people don't care AT ALL about fit or quality or even the originality ( or lack thereof ) of the piece. All they care about is if someone famous has worn it or if it is in "style" ( the kind of style dictated by fashion magazines ). It drives me insane to see people abandon quality and great tailoring and originality for something that is trendy and fashionable in a false sense of the word.
#74 FemmeFeline, Sep 21, 2005
I also grew up stifled and put down in a small Canadian town. Don't stop. Just keep confusing them. Don't count on being understood or appreciated.
I never took my head out of the closet. But I had to get myself out of that small town to be happy in my own skin.
I completely understand where you guys are comming from, I live about 45minutes outside Vancouver and while I aboslutely love being in the city, just outside of it ABOSLUTELY NO ONE knows how to dress. I live in a bit of a wealthy little beachy town, and the girls look like simpson sister knockoffs, its just wrong.
Also I just want to resate that YES there is exciting fashion out there, but with all the terrible designer wannabes, its just getting harder to find.
justinleaddict Push it to pop it!
I don't know what to think about designers selling out.... It is hard to believe, however, that galliano would make such a drastic change after all of those years. Why is more simple bad again?
I think fashion is as exciting as ever- For some of us- all we have are pictures, too many pictures. If we were exposed to fashion in real life, it would never get dull, I'm sure.
#77 justinleaddict, Sep 22, 2005
Melisande Active Member
FemmeFeline said:
These kinds of people don't care AT ALL about fit or quality or even the originality ( or lack thereof ) of the piece.... It drives me insane to see people abandon quality and great tailoring and originality for something that is trendy and fashionable in a false sense of the word.
I'm not sure you really mean that...it comes across as rather elitist...I know it can be sad to see ubiquitous trends. But what about people who want but cannot afford "fit, quality, originality,quality, great tailoring"? Or those who just ooze "fit, quality, originality,quality, great tailoring" and still look awful? The problem is not bad quality clothes. It takes a certain kind of education--not necessarily formal-- and cultural environment to value originality and art and critical thinking...which only very,very few people have in this world, rich or poor.
Which brings us to the idea of editors and celebrities ruining fashion: when in history, in which community have things NOT been ruled by those with the loudest mouths, the most power? The greedy, the frightened, and the unthinking masses just follow suit. It's always the bravest intellectuals and truly original creators who are on the margins. Why would the fashion world be any different?...sigh...
#78 Melisande, Sep 22, 2005
dennissyh New Member
The whole universal is evolving, so is fashion.
It's not boring, every season i see new things, new technique, new fabrication, new designers. Totally respect the creativity and originality of thought. I'm always looking forward for every season collections.
It's always fun to look at TFS, all the remarks, criticism, observation, gossip and explaination. Don't you just adored fashion.
I EMBRACE FASHION NOW AND FOREVER !!!
#79 dennissyh, Sep 22, 2005
Zazie Active Member
I haven't a clue what you're on about in most of that post, maybe I'm missing something. In fact, I think you certainly cannot separate the fashion industry form the designers; I think quite the opposite. What I'm saying and what I think is that fashion as a whole is less interesting than it used to be, at least for me, because of oversaturation and overavailability. There are obviously elements of it that I like - in other words, the two or three designers that interest me - but that doesn't mean that, on the whole, the industry is not dull. It is. When we talk about fashion we must be talking about the whole industry not just the bits of it we like, otherwise you can't have a discussion, since everything can be reduced to the subjective. And on the whole, I don't like it as much as I used. I don't still have the same bug as I did when in fact I couldn't really afford it. Democratisation of fashion is over-rated. It results in countless fat wee girls on the high street wearing Joss Stone-a-like outfits with peasant skirts and thick brown belts with jeweled buckles.
I think you have that "haven't a clue" thing right. I'd ignore the insults and answer in good faith, not just to you or Ghost, but also to others I respect. First, don't bitch that everyone is a pretentious attention-seeking twit. We all post anonymously, and earn NOTHING from participation. I prefer to receive due attention in person myself, IRL.
Secondly, kindly point out *when* I have opined that fashion industry is separate from the designers. In fact, I will take it one step further from your position and observe that the end buyers, the market, i.e. US, are also part of the equation, because without US the market, the fashion industry cannot survive, so we can also dictate terms back to them.
It's a full circle Fashion Industry,Designers-Fashion Elite/Media, Market, back to Fashion Industry
The part that we can influence is the Market - it used to be a centralised system, and the Market accepts what is prescribed from the top down to them. With the internet, the way we view and judge fashion is different and diffused.
It means that all of us who participate in these alternative fashion information structures need to go back to the basics of reminding ourselves what matters in fashion for us, imagination, creativity, thrills, and to use these as criteria to share views about fashon, and not just listen to the Vogue editors. It means that through us, the fringe designers that don't buy ads can have a way to reach a wider audience, and maybe force the big media to pay them due attention. But first, we need to be transformed ourselves, to make the effort to wean ourselves from the sheep-like mentality of following blindly the brands and the bling-bling.
I am merely cutting through the pessimism and cynicism to remind everyone why they first care about fashion, and that they can make it personal, and make a difference and create some ripples through the industry.
Web blogs and internet news have challenged the traditional stranglehold network news and major newspapers have on information and shaping opinion, for better or for worse. The TFS and other alternative fashion (not just the internet but indie shows, smaller magazines, etc.) structures can do the same, and transform the market, hence transforming the industry, no matter how limited at the moment.
Anyway, I've said my two cents.
PS. to others, won't be posting for a long time, off on a long vacation. Hope to see some cool threads when I get back. Stay true.
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Garfield Originals
Dessert in the Desert
Hound of the Arbuckles
Ben Hog
Dessert in the Desert is the third segment from the forty-seventh episode of Garfield and Friends.
After Jon gets a flat tire, Garfield and Odie get lost in the desert, where they see mirages.
Jon Arbuckle, Garfield and Odie drive to Cactus Jake's Dude Ranch. Garfield enjoys a snow cone during the ride, mentioning that he has an entire supply of snow cones for the trip. Garfield then offers Odie a lick, which Odie agrees to before Garfield actually licks Odie.
Ten miles from the way point, a tire is blown, with a sound similar to a shooting firearm. Garfield pretends to have been shot, as if in the Old West, while Jon tells him that it was just a flat tire.
Jon goes out to the trunk for a spare tire, only to find Garfield's snow cone supply in lieu of the spare tire. Jon walks back to the gas station they had seen on their way to the ranch and seek help there, cautioning Garfield and Odie to stay out of the sun. Walking through the desert road, an exhausted Jon eventually arrives at the gas station. Jon asks for help, with a cashier in the station explaining that it is a self-service facility.
Meanwhile, Garfield manages to deplete his stash of snow cones in the middle of the desert heat. He then explains to Odie about seeing mirages in the desert. Odie soon spots a swimming pool out in the middle of the desert- the first mirage. He rushes to swim there, not paying attention to Garfield's warnings. When Garfield sees Odie swimming backstroke in the pool, he attempts to jump in with him. The pool disappears just before Garfield lands, while Odie, swimming in the sand, eventually bumps into a rock.
Odie experiences another mirage, this time an amusement park not far away from the "swimming pool". Garfield follows, spotting Odie enjoying a merry-go-round. The illusion disappears after Garfield explains to Odie that it is another mirage. The pets try to walk back to the car, only to discover that they are lost.
Meanwhile, Jon has managed to find help at the gas station; he comes back to his car in a "Homer's Tow Service" truck with a greedy employee. Jon finds that Garfield and Odie have abandoned the car and apparently gotten lost, judging by the paw prints left behind. He tells the employee to follow the tracks, with the employee responding that it will cost him more.
As the duo continue to wander through the desert, an exhausted Garfield feels that they are done for, when Odie spots what appears to be an ice-cream parlor and attempts to bring Garfield there. After seeing Odie enjoy a drink and ice-cream, Garfield wants to try it, despite figuring that he will get "another sand mouthful" After discovering that it was another mirage, Garfield becomes despaired again. Eventually, a "real" Jon appears, much to Garfield's gratitude.
While the tow truck is driving back to Jon's car, Garfield spots three female cats in bikinis resting around a huge lasagna (which Garfield figures is "the second largest lasagna" he has ever seen). Garfield tries to go after it, with Jon holding him back and telling him that it is just a mirage.
The Homer's Tow Service employee manages to fix the flat tire, while Garfield still desires to taste the lasagna he saw. As Jon hands out the money for everything, the tow truck driver and his vehicle disappear, (with Jon's money landing on the asphalt). Jon quickly leaves the area. Garfield still wants to get to the alleged lasagna, with Jon insisting that it is a mirage. It turns out the female cats and their lasagna are real, with the cats amazed with Garfield's apparent disinterest in their lasagna.
Cashier (voiced by Gregg Berger)
Homer's Tow Service attendant (voiced by Gregg Berger)
Female cats (one voiced by Sharman DiVono)
Cactus Jake (mentioned)
Odie says "No horsey?" while Garfield convinces him that the merry-go-round is not real.
One of the female cats resting around the lasagna looks similar to Lola and Gwendolyn, except with white retinas and blue eye shadow. She is also one of the few cats who speak with moving lips.
The female cats have also appeared in The Garfield Rap.
When Garfield declares that it is the end, among the terms he uses is "That's all, folks", the classic ending line from Porky Pig in the Looney Tunes series.
Garfield's original snow cone constantly appears and disappears between scenes.
The paw prints left by Garfield and Odie look more like footprints from someone wearing shoes.
One of the female cats (the one that resembles Lola) is shown resting on a sunbed at the end of the episode, despite it not being there in the first scene.
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Media Information note Conversation with Iannis Xenakis
Conversation with Iannis Xenakis
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Conversation with composer Iannis Xenakis regarding his career path. Traditional Greek and Byzantine music, Bach, Debussy, and Bartok are amongst his influences and he pays tribute to Olivier Messiaen and Herman Scherchen. A cello player plays one of Xenakis's musical pieces.
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Iannis Xenakis / Jean-Sébastien Bach / Bela Bartok / Herman Scherchen / Olivier Messaien / Claude Debussy
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Born in 1922 this Greek engineer first studied architecture and mathematics and he has worked with Le Corbusier. He then turned towards music, under that tuition of Olivier Messiaen. But the generalised serial technique, which was in fashion at the time, did not interest him. So he made original works, often using electro-acoustic techniques and based on calculations made by new computers of the time: (Metastasis,Pithoprakta,St 10,Hermafor piano...). Xenakis became quite a popular musician in the 60s, in harmony with the ideology of the era which sought new artistic paths. This was how Nights,Eonta and Terretektorh, (which tried to use the public and listeners) became symbolic works of modernity. Following that, Xenakis tried to marry architecture and music (Polytopes), with sounds and lines drawn on paper. These modern methods, used by a true musician, made violent and savage pieces, paradoxically received as primitive. At the end of his life, Xenakis evolved towards a dark and refined language (O-Mega). He died in 2001.
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Born Greek, naturalized French, a mathematician and architect, he decided to express himself through music. He finds his inspiration in nature and in science. He sometimes works on a computer. Here's Iannis Xenakis.
I studied in Greece. I started, then, I went to Olivier Messiaen who opened up my eyes here, in Paris, in 1950, 1949. Then, I was lucky to have a very dear friend, Hermann Scherchen, who directed my first works and who defended me against all, against everyone during the first years.
When you were a revolutionary?
Why "you were", I'm not any longer?
In all music, since the beginning, there has always been the calculated side, but also the rational side, I'd say, which is the core.
Precisely speaking, who do you come after? You talked to us about Messiaen, earlier. Who do you come after? After which people?
There are lots of them. In traditional Greek music, for example, and Byzantine as well, who make the... It's the common core of the Byzantine Empire that, on the one hand, conserved antique musical thought. On the other hand, there's all of current Europe. And when I say current, I mean since the XVIth, XVIIth century at least with father Bach, with the romantic XIXth, with Debussy, with Messiaen, and...
Bartok?
Bortok as well, especially, of course. Those are the ancestors. And, from a methodological and thinking point of view, Aristoxene and Pythagoras are especially at the core of all that. And, I have to mention him once again, Messiaen, who, with his extraordinary teachings in that era and his freedom and his music and his thoughts showed me that it was possible to do something completely different.
You are one of the great masters of contemporary music, now.
Is that a question or an affirmation?
No, it's an affirmation.
How do you feel about that?
No feelings. I'm still as lonely as before.
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BAY CITY, Mich. - Ashland University sophomore Brian Baum (Alliance, Ohio/Marlington) and Ohio Dominican University sophomore Tara Walker (Lewis Center, Ohio) have been chosen as the Men's & Women's Cross Country "Runners of the Week", respectively.
GLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week:
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(Sophomore, Alliance, Ohio/Marlington)
Ashland University sophomore Brian Baum finished first overall at the Wilmington Invitational last Saturday (Oct. 13). Baum completed the 5K course in 24:56.26. AU finished first in a field of 34 teams.
2012 Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week: (9/13) Justin Eilerman - UF, (9/18) Jimmy Maloney - WS, (9/25) Brandon Kampstra, (10/1) Andrew Trust, (10/9) Joshua Mirth - HC, (10/18) Brian Baum - AU.
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Ohio Dominican University
(Sophomore, Lewis Center, Ohio)
For the second time this season, Ohio Dominican University sophomore Tara Walker (Lewis Center, Ohio) broke her own school record with a time of 18:17.50 Friday at the Wilmington Invitational. Walker finished fifth out of 340 runners, with an average mile time of 5:53.3. It was her third top-five finish in a meet this season, and this is the second time she has been awarded the GLIAC Runner of the Week, the only Panther cross country athlete to earn the award.
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January 9, 2013 GLIAC Has Four Teams Ranked in the USTFCCCA Men's Indoor Track and Field Preseason Top 25
January 9, 2013 Ashland's Reign at No. 1 Continues in the Latest USA TODAY Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
January 8, 2013 GLIAC Coaches Selected to Lead Ohio vs. Michigan Senior Bowl Squads
January 8, 2013 Grand Valley's Ramahi and Ferrero Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
January 8, 2013 Tiffin vs. Findlay is more than just a conference match-up
January 7, 2013 Tiffin University Athletics Director Lonny Allen Discusses the Impact of Title IX and the Addition of Wrestling at TU
January 7, 2013 WSU's Hollingsworth and ODU's Jones Chosen As GLIAC Men's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
January 7, 2013 WSU's Bridges and AU's Gerbec Chosen As GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
December 21, 2012 Walsh Names Ted Karras Jr., Football Coach
December 20, 2012 WSU's Hollingsworth and TU's Graessle Chosen As GLIAC Men's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
December 20, 2012 FSU's DeShone and AU's Daugherty Chosen As GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
December 19, 2012 Four GLIAC Institutions Ranked Among Top 20 in the Final Fall D-II Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings
December 18, 2012 SVSU Women's Basketball a Springboard to Future Success
December 18, 2012 Ashland Finishes the 2012 Season Ranked No. 9 in the AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25
December 18, 2012 Findlay Remains 24th in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
December 18, 2012 Saginaw Valley's Zach Myers Named NSCAA National "Player of the Year"
December 18, 2012 Ashland's Reign at No. 1 Continues in the Latest USA TODAY Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
December 17, 2012 Schileru’s Splash Still Resonates, 40 Years Later
December 17, 2012 Ashland's Murphy and Wright Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
December 17, 2012 AU's Labry Named GLIAC Wrestling "Athlete of the Week"
December 12, 2012 SVSU's Janis and Ashland's Housewright Named Daktronics D-II Football All-Americans
December 12, 2012 Findlay Ranked 24th in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
December 12, 2012 Ashland Continues at No. 1 in the Latest 2012-13 USA TODAY Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
December 11, 2012 GLIAC Fall All-Academic & All-Academic Excellence Teams Announced
December 10, 2012 Ohio Dominican's Feak a Pioneer in Women's Athletics
December 10, 2012 Ashland's Housewright Named To AFCA All-America Team
December 10, 2012 WSU's Hollingsworth and MU's Elliott Chosen As GLIAC Men's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
December 10, 2012 SVSU's Wendling and MU's Simmers Chosen As GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
December 7, 2012 Five GLIAC Student-Athletes Named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America D-II Football Team
December 6, 2012 Three GLIAC Athlete's Named to the NSCAA D-II All-America Team
December 4, 2012 Findlay Ranked 13th in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
December 4, 2012 AU's Cleveland and Quick Chosen As GLIAC Men's Indoor Track & Field "Athletes of the Week"
December 4, 2012 Ashland Continues at No. 1 in the Latest 2012-13 USA TODAY Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
December 3, 2012 Tech's Plitzuweit Competitive Fire Still Burning
December 3, 2012 Ashland's Housewright Named Super Region Four "Offensive Player of the Year"
December 3, 2012 WSU's Phillips and WU's Kornowski Chosen As GLIAC Men's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
December 3, 2012 Wayne State's Maraskine and Jachowicz Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
December 3, 2012 FSU's DeShone and AU's Daugherty Chosen As GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
December 3, 2012 The GLIAC adds Five Student Athlete's to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Soccer Team
November 27, 2012 Findlay Ranked 16th in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
November 27, 2012 Ashland Continues at No. 1 in the Latest 2012-13 USA TODAY Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
November 26, 2012 Joan Boand - A Pioneer in Women's Athletics at Grand Valley State Unversity
November 26, 2012 MTU's Haidar and HC's Dezelski Chosen As GLIAC Men's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
November 26, 2012 Four Male and Six Female GLIAC Student Athletes Earn USTFCCCA All-American honors
November 26, 2012 LSSU's Blazejewski and AU's Daugherty Chosen As GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
November 21, 2012 Ashland Retains No. 1 Ranking in the First 2012-13 USA TODAY ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
November 20, 2012 Five GLIAC Men's Soccer Players Earn 2012 Daktronics Men’s Soccer All-Midwest Region Accolades
November 20, 2012 AU's Widmann and Sheil Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
November 20, 2012 Seven GLIAC Student-Athletes Named to the 2011 Daktronics Women's Soccer All-Midwest Region First Team
November 19, 2012 Ashland’s Plice Used Title IX to Create Thriving Career
November 19, 2012 Ashland's Housewright One of Eight Harlon Hill Finalists
November 19, 2012 Michigan Tech's Haidar and Findlay's Kahlig Chosen As GLIAC Men's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
November 19, 2012 Grand Valley's Taylor and Ohio Dominican's Hockenberry Chosen As GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
November 18, 2012 Myers Double Overtime Goal Sends Cardinals to First Men's Soccer Final Four
November 18, 2012 GVSU Advances to NCAA D-II Women's Soccer Final Four on Penalty Kicks
November 16, 2012 Savage Overtime Goal Sends Cardinals to NCAA DII Quarterfinals
November 16, 2012 GVSU Shuts Out Parkside; Advances to NCAA D-Ii Women's Soccer Quarterfinals
November 14, 2012 Ashland’s Taylor Housewright Named 2012 GLIAC Football “Player of the Year”
November 13, 2012 Ashland Finishes the Regular Season at No. 4 in the AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll
November 13, 2012 Walsh University's Jim Dennison to Retire
November 13, 2012 Lake State's Billing and Ohio Dominican's Minch Chosen As GLIAC Men's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
November 13, 2012 Michigan Tech's Hoyt and Ashland's Daugherty Chosen As GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", Respectively
November 12, 2012 Gloria Blanks A True Pioneer For Malone Women’s Basketball
November 12, 2012 Saginaw Valley State's Jeff Janis Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
November 12, 2012 NMU's Kearney and MU's Bauer Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
November 11, 2012 Ashland Earns the No. 2 Seed in the NCAA D-II Super Region #4 Football Playoffs
November 11, 2012 Cardinals Advance to D-II Men's Soccer Round of 16 with Shootout Win Over Quincy
November 9, 2012 GLIAC Football Preview Notes - Week 11
November 9, 2012 Three GLIAC Players Named Candidates for the 2012 Harlon Hill Award As D-II Football's Player of the Year
November 8, 2012 Grand Valley's Allyson Winchester Named USTFCCCA Midwest Region Female "Athlete of the Year", Respectively
November 6, 2012 Saginaw Valley State and Notre Dame College Earn Berths into NCAA D-II Men's Soccer Regional
November 5, 2012 Celebrating Title IX, A Look at NMU Volleyball in the 1990s
November 5, 2012 Ashland Moves Into the Top 5 in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll
November 5, 2012 Michigan Tech's Tyler Scarlett Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
November 5, 2012 Findlay No. 8 in the NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
November 5, 2012 WSU's Azambuja and UIndy's Offutt Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
November 5, 2012 Ashland Ranked No. 1, Ferris State No. 24, in the 2012-13 Preseason USA TODAY ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
November 2, 2012 SVSU’s Zach Myers and NU’s Luke Ruff Named 2012 GLIAC Men’s Soccer “Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year,” Respectively
November 1, 2012 Tiffin Hires Swimming and Diving Coach
October 31, 2012 The 2012 GLIAC Men's and Women's Basketball Media Day Websites Launch
October 31, 2012 2012-13 GLIAC Men's Basketball Season Preview
October 31, 2012 2012-13 GLIAC Women's Basketball Season Preview
October 30, 2012 Ashland Moves Into the Top 5 in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll
October 30, 2012 Wayne State's Novichenko and Jachowicz Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
October 29, 2012 Ferris State Volleyball Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Title IX
October 29, 2012 Saginaw Valley State's Jeff Janis Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
October 29, 2012 Notre Dame's Erik Beattie Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
October 28, 2012 2012 GLIAC Men's Soccer Tournament Field Set
October 25, 2012 Northwood Launches New Athletics Website
October 25, 2012 GLIAC Football Preview Notes - Week 9
October 25, 2012 GLIAC Has Four Teams in First 2012 NCAA Super Region #4 Football Rankings
October 23, 2012 Hillsdale Climbs Back Into the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll At No. 24
October 22, 2012 Shaheen Sisters Competed at LSSU During Title IX's Infancy, and Their Legacy Continues
October 22, 2012 Ferris State's Jason Vander Laan Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
October 22, 2012 Saginaw Valley's Savage Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
October 22, 2012 WS's Kortman and LE's Cizmar Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
October 20, 2012 GVSU Claims 2012 GLIAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships
October 19, 2012 Northwood University to Host 2012 GLIAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships on Saturday
October 18, 2012 AU's Bush and UI's Barbosa Named GLIAC Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving "Athletes of the Week," respectively
October 18, 2012 Ashland's Brian Baum and Ohio Dominican's Tara Walker Chosen As GLIAC Men's & Women's Cross Country "Runners of the Week", Respectively
October 16, 2012 Ashland Jumps Up to No. 6 in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll
October 16, 2012 GVSU Erases 11-Stroke Deficit to Win of the 2012 GLIAC Men's Golf Championship
October 15, 2012 Walsh University Celebrates Title IX; Marcy Harper
October 15, 2012 Ohio Dominican's Mark Miller Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
October 15, 2012 Tiffin University Takes Three-Stroke in the Final Round of the 2012 GLIAC Men's Golf Championship
October 15, 2012 Ohio Dominican's Colby Catlett Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
October 12, 2012 GLIAC Commissioner to Speak at Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon
October 12, 2012 D-II Bulletin Names Michigan Tech's Haidar to Preseason Super 16 Team
October 12, 2012 Women's D-II Bulletin Ranks Ashland No. 1 in Preseason Poll, Names AU's Daugherty Preseason Player of the Year
October 9, 2012 Ashland Jumps Up to No. 8 in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll
October 9, 2012 Hillsdale's Joshua Mirth and Wayne State's Amanda Brewer Chosen As GLIAC Men's & Women's Cross Country "Runners of the Week", Respectively
October 9, 2012 Grand Valley State's Kelly Hartigan Chosen as GLIAC Women's Golf "Athletes of the Week"
October 8, 2012 From Then to Now: The Dawn of Women's Sports at Tiffin University
October 8, 2012 Ferris State's Jason Vander Laan Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
October 8, 2012 Tiffin's Karl Jones Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
October 4, 2012 GLIAC Football Preview Notes - Week 6
October 4, 2012 Two GLIAC Football Players Named NFF William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalists
October 4, 2012 LEC Wrestling Coach Kevin Hoogenboom to be Featured on Takedown Wrestling Radio Oct. 6
October 2, 2012 Grand Valley State Moves Up to No. 3 in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll
October 2, 2012 Wayne State's Rob Favaro and Ashland's Holly James Chosen as GLIAC Men's & Women's Golf "Athletes of the Week"
October 1, 2012 Celebrating Title IX, A Look at Former Findlay Track Star Kirby Blackley
October 1, 2012 Grand Valley State's Isiah Grimes Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
October 1, 2012 Ohio Dominican's Casey Weddle Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
October 1, 2012 Malone's Andrew Trusty and Grand Valley's Jessica Janecke Chosen As GLIAC Men's & Women's Cross Country "Runners of the Week", Respectively
September 27, 2012 GLIAC Football Preview Notes - Week 5
September 27, 2012 Saginaw Valley's Micah Skidmore and Northwood's Brittany Davidson Chosen as GLIAC Men's & Women's Golf "Athletes of the Week"
September 25, 2012 Grand Valley State Sits at No. 4 in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
September 25, 2012 Tiffin University Adds Swimming and Diving
September 25, 2012 Michigan Tech's Brandon Kampstra and Northern Michigan's Mallory Celeya Chosen As GLIAC Men's & Women's Cross Country "Runners of the Week", Respectively
September 24, 2012 Grand Valley State’s Dr. Arend D. Lubbers Named 2012 GLIAC Donahue Award Recipient
September 24, 2012 Saginaw Valley State's Jeff Janis Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
September 24, 2012 Notre Dame's Erik Beattie Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
September 22, 2012 Hillsdale College Football Team Wins 600th Game in Program History
September 18, 2012 Wayne State's Jimmy Maloney and Ohio Dominican's Tara Walker Chosen As GLIAC Men's & Women's Cross Country "Runners of the Week", Respectively
September 17, 2012 Ashland Jumps up to No. 17, GLIAC Still Has Four Teams in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
September 17, 2012 Findlay's Clay Belton Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
September 17, 2012 Ohio Dominican's Justin Wheeler Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
September 13, 2012 Findlay's Justin Eilerman and GVSU's Kelcie Severson Chosen As GLIAC Men's & Women's Cross Country "Runners of the Week", Respectively
September 12, 2012 Former Wayne State Standout Joique Bell Scores First NFL Touchdown
September 11, 2012 Ashland Jumps in at No. 22, GLIAC Still Has Four Teams in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll
September 10, 2012 Grand Valley State's Heath Parling Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
September 10, 2012 Findlay's Mark Sleasman Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
September 7, 2012 Former Ashland Standout Pendleton To Make NFL Debut Sunday
September 6, 2012 GLIAC Football Preview Notes - Week 2
September 5, 2012 Saginaw Valley State's Zach Myers Named GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week"
September 4, 2012 Saginaw Valley State's Jeff Janis Named GLIAC Football "Offensive Player of the Week"
September 3, 2012 SVSU Jumps in at No. 18, Giving the GLIAC Four Teams in the Latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll
August 30, 2012 GLIAC Football Preview Notes - Week 1
August 30, 2012 Tiffin Names Erica Brown New Women's Lacrosse Coach
August 29, 2012 LSSU Athletics Announces Staff Changes for 2012-13
August 29, 2012 Michigan Tech Names 2012 Sports Hall of Fame Class
August 28, 2012 Tiffin University will induct its 18th Hall of Fame class on Sept. 21, 2012 in conjunction with Homecoming weekend.
August 28, 2012 Grand Valley State's Men and Women Appear in USTFCCCA Regional Preseason Cross Country Poll
August 23, 2012 GLIAC Coaches Pick Saginaw Valley State & Notre Dame to Win 2012 Men’s Soccer Divisional Titles
August 17, 2012 UF's Monterae Williams and AU's Cody Bloom Named Ohio College Football.com's 2012 Preseason Offensive & Defensive Players of the Year, Respectively
August 15, 2012 The 2012 GLIAC Football Media Day Website Launches
August 15, 2012 2012 GLIAC Football Preview: Coaches Pick Grand Valley State & Ashland to Win Divisional Titles
August 14, 2012 The 2012 GLIAC Football Media Day Website To Launch on Wednesday
August 14, 2012 Three GLIAC Teams to Start the 2012 Season Ranked in the AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll
August 9, 2012 LSSU Names Eggers Interim Head Women’s Basketball Coach
August 8, 2012 New FerrisStateBulldogs.com Officially Launches
August 7, 2012 Seven Women's and Two Men's GLIAC Swimming & Diving Teams Named 2012 Division II Scholar All-American TeamS by the CSCAA
August 6, 2012 Michigan Tech's Men's Basketball Team Headed to Italy
August 3, 2012 Michigan Tech Names Tennis Courts after Longtime Coach Verdie Cox
August 3, 2012 NORTHWOOD ANNOUNCES SEVENTH ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CLASS
August 3, 2012 Ashland's Johnson Makes Olympic Finals, Kruger Out of Hammer Throw
August 2, 2012 Ohio Dominican's and Ferris State's Men's Golf Teams Earn GCAA All-Academic Squad Honors
August 1, 2012 GLIAC SIGNS EXCLUSIVE LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH LICENSING RESOURCE GROUP
July 27, 2012 Barnes Retires As NMU Track and Field Coach
July 26, 2012 University of Findlay Claims USTFCCCA Scholar Team of the Year Title in DII
July 26, 2012 Next Stop on the Kruger Road Show - London
July 25, 2012 ODU's Warren Elevated to Head Women's Basketball Coaching Position
July 23, 2012 Three GLIAC teams named to the 2012 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll
July 23, 2012 University of Findlay's 2009 NCAA D-II Men's Basketball Championship Team To Be Inducted Into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame
July 17, 2012 Wayne State's Nick Thomas and Northwood's Ryan Whittum Nominated for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
July 17, 2012 Former GLIAC Quarterback Shines in Poland
July 13, 2012 Malone University Advances To Provisional Year In NCAA Division II Membership Process
July 13, 2012 Walsh University Progresses to Provisional Year in NCAA Division II Membership Process
July 12, 2012 Armstrong Atlantic Names Adam Tom Assistant AD for Game and Facility Operations
July 12, 2012 Former Athletic Director Bill Blazer Inducted to Urbana Hall of Fame
July 12, 2012 WSU's Sickmiller Travels to Italy to compete for USA Athletes International
July 3, 2012 GLIAC Increases Sport Sponsorship to 22 With the Addition of Women’s Lacrosse
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Dancing Forest
Anchoring the 2017 Artscape Charles Street Trail July 21-23, Dancing Forest was a kinetic environment of inflatable trees emblazoned with trail markers identifying Baltimore’s many classic places, features, and customs. Participants were encouraged to walk among and explore the the animated trees as they undulate in the sky. Up close, one found an array of urban trail symbols, such as benches, snowballs, bikers, and buildings. Internal LED illumination of the sculptures allowed nighttime exploration. Combining spectacular movement with urban wayfinding symbols, Dancing Forest created an exciting, playful environment inspiring participants to continue exploring Baltimore’s many intriguing places.
Click here to see more photos of Dancing Forest at Artscape
#DancingForest @grahamprojects #Artscape2017
Rowhouses
Baltimore’s historic, working class neighborhoods are best characterized by the humble rowhouse: a 2-3 story red brick residence standing wall to wall with its neighbors. With windows providing “eyes on the street” and stoops serving as social spaces, rowhouses embody the close-knit culture of Baltimore’s blocks. Learn more about the anatomy of rowhouses from Baltimore Heritage and get the full story from Mary Ellen Hayward.
Greatest City In America Benches
Baltimore is a city of superlative slogans and nicknames. Back in the early 2000s Baltimore emblazoned its benches with a unapologetic message elevating itself above all others in the US. As “The City That Reads”, “Charm City” “BELIEVES” that it is “The Greatest City In America”. Sorry / not sorry all other American cities.
Bicycle Love
Thousands of Baltimoreans rely on their bikes to get to work, school, and see family and friends. In a city robbed of equitable public transportation, bicycle infrastructure, like protected bike lanes and bike share stations, is a low cost and quick way to give a leg up to the ⅓ of all city residents who can’t afford or choose not to drive. Bikemore is on the ground advocating for complete streets to meet the needs of all Baltimoreans, not just the entitled motorists dominating our city’s public spaces. Once a month the city’s diverse bicycle communities gather for Bike Party, a respectful parade of bicycle revelry. Share the bike love!
Formstone
Ever wondered why all those rowhouses are covered in cartoonish grey, sparkly “stone”? Having to regularly paint leaky brick and a yearning for that high-class, medieval look led thousands of homeowners during the 1930s-1950s to invest in “hand sculptured” stucco facades. Known commercially as “Formstone” and “Perma-Stone”, among other names, the “polyester of brick”, as it was dubbed by filmmaker John Waters, has shown a lasting post-modern appeal.
In 1975 Baltimore began one of the earliest municipal mural programs in the country. Since the first “Thousand Dollar Walls” started giving jobs to artists and beautifying neighborhoods, hundreds of public paintings have been created. Murals give communities a sense of pride, express local and international culture, and create employment training opportunities for young artists. Find out more about the Baltimore Mural Program from BOPA.
No Baltimore parade or street party is complete without a marching band. Be they supporting the #RavensFlock or providing a safe haven and positive environment for youth and young adults, Baltimore’s marching bands make us proud.
Dirt Bikers
The 12 O’Clock boys have a long standing tradition of group dirt bike rides on Sundays during which hundreds of fast moving daredevils show off their wheelies to the entertainment and dismay of countless onlookers. Baltimore City Police have tried to crack down on the culture while others have demanded the city build a dirt bike park.
From Baltimore Club, to step, to contemporary site specificity, to strengthening communities, Baltimoreans like to boogie! Get your dance on during Artscape After Hours.
Baltimore Club
Combining playful samples with an 8/4 beat structure at 130 beats per minute, Baltimore Club will make you dance your pain away. Get scoop on the mightiest Bmore Club tracks here.
Arabbers
A Baltimore tradition dating back to the early 1800s, Arabbers distribute fresh fruits and vegetables to by horse and carriage to residents across Baltimore. Arabbers provide a much need nutritional service as most of the neighborhoods they serve are “food deserts”, where residents do not have walkable access healthy food. Find out more from the Arabber Preservation Society.
Chicken Boxes
A staple of Baltimore carryout food, the chicken box consists of fried chicken wings sitting on a bed of fries, with a slice of bread on the side, doused in “salt-pepper-ketchup” or hot sauce, and served in a classic cardboard box. Best enjoyed with a half-and-half (lemonade and sweet iced tea). Find out more and get yours today!
Trash eating, disease carrying, everywhere-shitting, and highly intelligent: what’s not to love about Baltimore’s infamous rat population? Love em or hate em, the Norway rats are here to stay. Rat problems? Call 311.
Baltimore’s professional football team is named after a gothic poem about a spooky, jerk bird who rubs in the passing of a young man’s lover. Enjoy the full poem here, and don’t forget to MOVE / THOSE / CHAINS!
Crabs. You can eat them steamed or jumbo lumped. With Old Bay.
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is a celebrated success of waterfront redevelopment, but its spectacular looks disguise a contested past and challenging present. Take a New Public Sites walking tour to discover the real stories of how powerful people, visionary plans, and community movements are still transforming the former industrial wharf into a premiere public space for all. Will we have a swimmable, Healthy Harbor by 2020? Time will tell.
Snoballs
What do you get when you combine shaved ice, colored syrup, and marshmallow in a styrofoam cup? A timeless summer classic: The Baltimore Snowball. Get your Skylite on.
Police Helicopters
Have you ever heard an aggressive, motorized rumble-screed looping above? Perhaps found yourself discerning muffled commands of a bullhorn from up high? Better yet, seen the dramatic cast of a spot light careening across the pavement? If so, you have no doubt experienced one of the four Foxtrot helicopters that make up the Baltimore City Police Aviation Unit.
Black Lives Matter in Baltimore’s neighborhoods. Meet, eat, and learn.
Weather it’s getting rid of its greatest works of Brutalist architecture for unrealised downtown visions, or scrubbing Project C.O.R.E. neighborhoods of lead-infested vacant homes decades beyond restoration, Baltimore leverages demolition in controversial ways. Are we destroying our past, or laying the groundwork for the future? You decide.
Once modern, industrial marvel, Baltimore’s infrastructure has seriously gone to crap. Decades of neglect have resulted in leaking sewer pipes, crumbling roads, and the occasional sinkhole or three. So long as the EPA is around to enforce its consent decree, The Greatest City In America should stay on track to patch things up.
Reinvestment vs Gentrification
Baltimore City has an estimated 31,000+ vacant properties yet is experiencing a shortage of affordable housing. In some neighborhoods the vacants are getting filled up and reinvestment has turned into gentrification – when people can no longer afford to live in the places they’ve helped to create. Residents want to see vacants put to good use for the benefit of all people, especially those who need jobs and safe places to live. The Baltimore Housing Roundtable has a grassroots plan to address these needs: the 20/20 Vision for Fair Development. Click here to endorse the 20/20 Vision to combine an innovative system of community land trusts with sustainable jobs in de/construction and urban agriculture.
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USA. Baltimore. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. USA. Baltimore, MD. October 31, 1964. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. being greeted on his return to the US after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Banking & Finance, EU
Cancel the Bailout! – Greeks Hit the Streets of Athens Again
July 16, 2015 Geopolitics101 2 Comments
It was unexpected when after the Greeks loudly said OXI, Alexis Tsipras instead acted as if he heard NAI [although, “nai” does sound more like Trojan “no”].
Now, the confused Greeks are hitting the streets once again. A deputy finance minister has also tendered her resignation from the government.
In hindsight, no less than an ex-Goldman Sachs insider encourages the Greeks to file criminal charges against the bank for manipulating its credit standing so that it could qualify for generous bailout years ago, although 90% of it did not actually went into the Greek economy but to the other pockets of the banksters themselves.
Goldman Sachs could face lawsuit for helping hide Greek debt – report
Published time: July 12, 2015 09:16
Edited time: July 13, 2015 09:11
Reuters / Lucas Jackson
A former Goldman Sachs banker suggested Greece start legal action against his former employer over complex financial deals that helped the country hide its national debt in 2001 and continue borrowing despite its poor economy, the Independent reports.
The banking giant made as much as $500 million from the transactions known as “swaps”, which translated Greek debts issued in dollars and yens into euros, the British daily says. The figure is, however, disputed by Goldman, which refuses to state an exact number. The deals were prepared by Antigone Loudiadis, who reportedly received $12 million a year for the job.
Now Loudiadis’ former colleague, Jaber George Jabbour, who used to design swaps at Goldman, sent a formal letter to the Greek government, saying it could “right historical wrongs as part of [its] plan to reduce Greece’s debt,” the report says.
Jabbour, who now runs Ethos Capital Advisors, had successfully assisted Portugal in renegotiating trades made during the financial crisis, resulting in major compensations paid by London banks to the country and a parliamentary investigation in Portugal. He also helped expose the alleged mismanagement of Libyan national assets by Goldman Sachs and Société Générale that reportedly resulted in billions in losses.
Jabbour believes Goldman received unreasonable profits from the swap deals and the Greeks can seek compensation for that. He also believes evidence may be produced that the sole purpose of the transactions was to cover the size of the Greek national debt and facilitate further borrowings.
Swaps were practiced by smaller economies wishing to join the eurozone, but the EU’s economic statistics agency Eurostat banned them in 2008. Greece failed to report its swaps at the time.
Two Greek officials, who ran the country’s debt management agency at the time, said their department didn’t fully understand the transactions and lacked expertise to assess their risks and costs.
After years of harsh austerity, debt-ridden Greece is engaged in tough negotiations with foreign creditors on a deal, which would save it from default and potential ejection from the eurozone. The country held a referendum last week, rejecting a proposal from the creditors.
Greek deputy finance minister resigns over debt deal
Greek Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani (Photo from wikipedia.org)
Greek Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani has resigned ahead of the key vote in the Greek parliament on a third bailout agreed between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the country’s creditors. She described the deal as Greek agony.
READ MORE: EU offers Greece €7bn bridging loan for July, if Athens adopts reforms – media
“Alexis, I am ready to serve in any capacity to the end during challenges. However, when our delegation returned with liabilities that are ‘stillborn measures’ and at such a price [by the creditors in fulfilling the reforms program], once again when the dilemma appears of retreating or Grexit, it will be impossible for me to remain a member of the government,” Valavani’s letter reads.
She called the debt deal reached Monday a “capitulation” by the government, that’ll hit the Greek people.
“This ‘capitulation’ is so overwhelming that it will not allow a regrouping of forces. With your signature there will be a deterioration in the status of an already suffering population, and this will be a tombstone around their necks for many years with little potential of redemption,” she wrote.
The letter was made public by the Greek finance ministry on Wednesday. Valavani was one of two deputy finance ministers, and was in charge of taxation and overseeing privatization.
The Greek parliament is going to vote on Wednesday on the austeritydealmade between the creditors and Tsipras. There is no unanimity within Tsipras’ Syriza party. The vote can break up Syriza’s anti-austerity coalition with right-wing ANEL. This could lead to new elections in Greece.
READ MORE: No to ‘EU colony’: Tsipras faces opposition from govt & people against bailout deal
Since the agreement Alexis Tsipras has been expected to reshuffle the government, with the resignation of Syriza members who refuse to support the agreement with European creditors.
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The Euro-Summit ‘Agreement’ on Greece – annotated by Yanis Varoufakis
The Euro Summit statement (or Terms of Greece’s Surrender – as it will go down in history) follows, annotated by yours truly. The original text is untouched with my notes confined to square brackets (and in red). Read and weep… [For a pdf copy click here.]
The Euro Summit stresses the crucial need to rebuild trust with the Greek authorities [i.e. the Greek government must introduce new stringent austerity directed at the weakest Greeks that have already suffered grossly] as a pre- requisite for a possible future agreement on a new ESM programme [i.e. for a new extend-and-pretend loan].
In this context, the ownership by the Greek authorities is key [i.e. the Syriza government must sign a declaration of having defected to the troika’s ‘logic’], and successful implementation should follow policy commitments.
A euro area Member State requesting financial assistance from the ESM is expected to address, wherever possible, a similar request to the IMF This is a precondition for the Eurogroup to agree on a new ESM programme. Therefore Greece will request continued IMF support (monitoring and financing) from March 2016 [i.e. Berlin continues to believe that the Commission cannot be trusted to ‘police’ Europe’s own ‘bailout’ programs].
Given the need to rebuild trust with Greece, the Euro Summit welcomes the commitments of the Greek authorities to legislate without delay a first set of measures [i.e. Greece must subject itself to fiscal waterboarding, even before any financing is offered]. These measures, taken in full prior agreement with the Institutions, will include:
By 15 July
the streamlining of the VAT system [i.e. making it more regressive, through rate rises that encourage more VAT evasion]and the broadening of the tax base to increase revenue [i.e. dealing a major blow at the only Greek growth industry – tourism].
upfront measures to improve long-term sustainability of the pension system as part of a comprehensive pension reform programme [i.e. reducing the lowest of the low of pensions, while ignoring that the depletion of pension funds’ capital due to the 2012 troika-designed PSI and the ill effects of low employment & undeclared paid labour].
the safeguarding of the full legal independence of ELSTAT [i.e. the troika demands complete control of the way Greece’s budget balance is computed, with a view to controlling fully the magnitude of austerity it imposes on the government.]
full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, in particular by making the Fiscal Council operational before finalizing the MoU and introducing quasi-automatic spending cuts in case of deviations from ambitious primary surplus targets after seeking advice from the Fiscal Council and subject to prior approval of the Institutions [i.e. the Greek government, which knows that the imposed fiscal targets will never be achieved under the imposed austerity, must commit to further, automated austerity as a result of the troika’s newest failures.]
the adoption of the Code of Civil Procedure, which is a major overhaul of procedures and arrangements for the civil justice system and can significantly accelerate the judicial process and reduce costs [i.e. foreclosures, evictions and liquidation of thousands of homes and businesses who are not in a position to keep up with their mortgages/loans.]
the transposition of the BRRD with support from the European Commission.
Immediately, and only subsequent to legal implementation of the first four above-mentioned measures as well as endorsement of all the commitments included in this document by the Greek Parliament, verified by the Institutions and the Eurogroup, may a decision to mandate the Institutions to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) be taken [i.e. The Syriza government must be humiliated to the extent that it is asked to impose harsh austerity upon itself as a first step towards requesting another toxic bailout loan, of the sort that Syriza became internationally famous for opposing.]
This decision would be taken subject to national procedures having been completed and if the preconditions of Article 13 of the ESM Treaty are met on the basis of the assessment referred to in Article 13.1. In order to form the basis for a successful conclusion of the MoU, the Greek offer of reform measures needs to be seriously strengthened to take into account the strongly deteriorated economic and fiscal position of the country during the last year [i.e. the Syriza government must accept the lie that it, and not the asphyxiation tactics of the creditors, caused the sharp economic deterioration of the past six months – the victim is being asked to take the blame by the on behalf of the villain.]
The Greek government needs to formally commit to strengthening their proposals [i.e. to make them more regressive and more inhuman] in a number of areas identified by the Institutions, with a satisfactory clear timetable for legislation and implementation, including structural benchmarks, milestones and quantitative benchmarks, to have clarity on the direction of policies over the medium-run. They notably need, in agreement with the Institutions, to:
carry out ambitious pension reforms [i.e. cuts] and specify policies to fully compensate for the fiscal impact of the Constitutional Court ruling on the 2012 pension reform [i.e. cancel the Court’s decision in favour of pensioners] and to implement the zero deficit clause [i.e. cut by 85% the secondary pensions that the Syriza government fought tooth and nail to preserve over the past five months] or mutually agreeable alternative measures [i.e. find ‘equivalent’ victims] by October 2015;
adopt more ambitious product market reforms with a clear timetable for implementation of all OECD toolkit I recommendations [i.e. the recommendations that the OECD has now renounced after having re-designed these reforms in collaboration with the Syriza government], including Sunday trade, sales periods, pharmacy ownership, milk and bakeries, except over-the-counter pharmaceutical products, which will be implemented in a next step, as well as for the opening of macro-critical closed professions (e.g. ferry transportation). On the follow-up of the OECD toolkit-II, manufacturing needs to be included in the prior action;
on energy markets, proceed with the privatisation of the electricity transmission network operator (ADMIE), unless replacement measures can be found that have equivalent effect on competition, as agreed by the Institutions [i.e. ADMIE will be sold off to specific foreign vested interests at the behest of the Institutions.]
on labour markets, undertake rigorous reviews and modernisation of collective bargaining [i.e. to make sure that no collective bargaining is allowed], industrial action [i.e. that must be banned] and, in line with the relevant EU directive and best practice, collective dismissals [i.e. that should be allowed at the employers’ whim], along the timetable and the approach agreed with the Institutions [i.e. the Troika decides.]
On the basis of these reviews, labour market policies should be aligned with international and European best practices, and should not involve a return to past policy settings which are not compatible with the goals of promoting sustainable and inclusive growth [i.e. there should be no mechanisms that waged labour can use to extract better conditions from employers.]
adopt the necessary steps to strengthen the financial sector, including decisive action on non-performing loans [i.e. a tsunami of foreclosures is ante portas] and measures to strengthen governance of the HFSF and the banks [i.e. the Greek people who maintain the HFSF and the banks will have precisely zero control over the HFSF and the banks.], in particular by eliminating any possibility for political interference especially in appointment processes. [i.e. except the political interference of the Troika.] On top of that, the Greek authorities shall take the following actions:
to develop a significantly scaled up privatisation programme with improved governance; valuable Greek assets will be transferred to an independent fund that will monetize the assets through privatisations and other means [i.e. an East German-like Treuhand is envisaged to sell off all public property but without the equivalent large investments that W. Germany put into E. Germany in compensation for the Treuhand disaster.] The monetization of the assets will be one source to make the scheduled repayment of the new loan of ESM and generate over the life of the new loan a targeted total of EUR 50bn of which EUR 25bn will be used for the repayment of recapitalization of banks and other assets and 50 % of every remaining euro (i.e. 50% of EUR 25bn) will be used for decreasing the debt to GDP ratio and the remaining 50 % will be used for investments [i.e. public property will be sold off and the pitiful sums will go toward servicing an un-serviceable debt – with precisely nothing left over for public or private investments.] This fund would be established in Greece and be managed by the Greek authorities under the supervision of the relevant European Institutions [i.e. it will be nominally in Greece but, just like the HFSF or the Bank of Greece, it will be controlled fully by the creditors.] In agreement with Institutions and building on best international practices, a legislative framework should be adopted to ensure transparent procedures and adequate asset sale pricing, according to OECD principles and standards on the management of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) [i.e. the Troika will do what it likes.]
in line with the Greek government ambitions, to modernise and significantly strengthen the Greek administration, and to put in place a programme, under the auspices of the European Commission, for capacity-building and de-politicizing the Greek administration [i.e. Turning Greece into a democracy-free zone modelled on Brussels, a form of supposedly technocratic government, which is politically toxic and macro-economically inept] A first proposal should be provided by 20 July after discussions with the Institutions. The Greek government commits to reduce further the costs of the Greek administration [i.e. to reduce the lowest wages while increasing a little the wages some of the Troika-friendly apparatchiks], in line with a schedule agreed with the Institutions.
to fully normalize working methods with the Institutions, including the necessary work on the ground in Athens, to improve programme implementation and monitoring [i.e. The Troika strikes back and demands that the Greek government invite it to return to Athens as Conqueror – the Carthaginian Peace in all its glory.] The government needs to consult and agree with the Institutions on all draft legislation in relevant areas with adequate time before submitting it for public consultation or to Parliament [i.e. Greek Parliament must, again, after five months of short-lived independence, become an appendage of the Troika – passing translated legislation mechanistically.] The Euro Summit stresses again that implementation is key, and in that context welcomes the intention of the Greek authorities to request by 20 July support from the Institutions and Member States for technical assistance, and asks the European Commission to coordinate this support from Europe;
With the exception of the humanitarian crisis bill, the Greek government will reexamine with a view to amending legislations that were introduced counter to the February 20 agreement by backtracking on previous programme commitments or identify clear compensatory equivalents for the vested rights that were subsequently created [i.e. In addition to promising that it will no longer legislative autonomously, the Greek government will retrospectively annul all Bills it passed over the past five months.]
The above-listed commitments are minimum requirements to start the negotiations with the Greek authorities. However, the Euro Summit made it clear that the start of negotiations does not preclude any final possible agreement on a new ESM programme, which will have to be based on a decision on the whole package (including financing needs, debt sustainability and possible bridge financing) [i.e. self-flagellate, impose further austerity upon an economy crushed by austerity, and then we shall see whether the Eurogroup will grave you with another toxic, unsustainable loans.]
The Euro Summit takes note of the possible programme financing needs of between EUR 82 and 86bn, as assessed by the Institutions [i.e. the Eurogroup conjured up a huge number, well above what is necessary, in order to signal the debt restructuring is out and that debt bondage ad infinitum is the name of the game.] It invites the Institutions to explore possibilities to reduce the financing envelope, through an alternative fiscal path or higher privatisation proceeds [i.e. And, yes, it may possible that pigs will fly.] Restoring market access, which is an objective of any financial assistance programme, lowers the need to draw on the total financing envelope [i.e. which is something the creditors will do their utmost to avoid, e.g. by ensuring that Greece will only enter the ECB’s quantitative easing program in 2018, once quantitative easing is… over.]
The Euro Summit takes note of the urgent financing needs of Greece which underline the need for very swift progress in reaching a decision on a new MoU: these are estimated to amount to EUR 7bn by 20 July and an additional EUR 5bn by mid August [i.e. Extend and Pretend gets another spin.] The Euro Summit acknowledges the importance of ensuring that the Greek sovereign can clear its arrears to the IMF and to the Bank of Greece and honour its debt obligations in the coming weeks to create conditions which allow for an orderly conclusion of the negotiations. The risks of not concluding swiftly the negotiations remain fully with Greece [i.e. Once more, demanding that the victim takes all the blame in behalf of the villain.] The Euro Summit invites the Eurogroup to discuss these issues as a matter of urgency.
Given the acute challenges of the Greek financial sector, the total envelope of a possible new ESM programme would have to include the establishment of a buffer of EUR 10 to 25bn for the banking sector in order to address potential bank recapitalisation needs and resolution costs, of which EUR 10bn would be made available immediately in a segregated account at the ESM [i.e. the Troika admits that the 2013-14 recapitalisation of the banks, which would only need a top up of at most 10 billion, was insufficient – but, of course, blames it on… the Syriza government.]
The Euro Summit is aware that a rapid decision on a new programme is a condition to allow banks to reopen, thus avoiding an increase in the total financing envelope [i.e. The Troika closed Greece’s banks to force the Syriza government to capitulate and now cries out for their re-opening.] The ECB/SSM will conduct a comprehensive assessment after the summer. The overall buffer will cater for possible capital shortfalls following the comprehensive assessment after the legal framework is applied.
There are serious concerns regarding the sustainability of Greek debt [N.b. Really? Gosh!] This is due to the easing of policies during the last twelve months, which resulted in the recent deterioration in the domestic macroeconomic and financial environment [i.e. It is not the Extend and Pretend ‘bailout’ loans of 2010 and 2012 that, in conjunction with GDP-sapping austerity, caused the debt to scale immense heights – it was the prospect, and reality, of a government that criticized the the Extend and Pretend ‘bailout’ loans that… caused Debt’s Unustainability!]
The Euro Summit recalls that the euro area Member States have, throughout the last few years, adopted a remarkable set of measures supporting Greece’s debt sustainability, which have smoothed Greece’s debt servicing path and reduced costs significantly [i.e. The 1st & 2nd ‘bailout’ programs failed, the debt skyrocketing as it was always going to since the real purpose of the ‘bailout’ programs was to transfer banking losses to Europe’s taxpayers.] Against this background, in the context of a possible future ESM programme, and in line with the spirit of the Eurogroup statement of November 2012 [i.e. a promise of debt restructure to the previous Greek government was never kept by the creditors], the Eurogroup stands ready to consider, if necessary, possible additional measures (possible longer grace and payment periods) aiming at ensuring that gross financing needs remain at a sustainable level. These measures will be conditional upon full implementation of the measures to be agreed in a possible new programme and will be considered after the first positive completion of a review [i.e. Yet again, the Troika shall let the Greek government labour under un-payable debt and when, as a result, the program fails, poverty rises further and incomes collapse much more, then we may haircut some of the debt – as the Troika did in 2012.]
The Euro Summit stresses that nominal haircuts on the debt cannot be undertaken [N.b. The Syriza government has been suggesting, since January, a moderate debt restructure, with no haircuts, maximizing the expected net present value of Greece’s repayments to creditors’ – which was rejected by the Troika because their aim was, simply, to humiliate Syriza.] Greek authorities reiterate their unequivocal commitment to honour their financial obligations to all their creditors fully and in a timely manner [N.b. Which can only happen after a substantial debt restrucuture.] Provided that all the necessary conditions contained in this document are fulfilled, the Eurogroup and ESM Board of Governors may, in accordance with Article 13.2 of the ESM Treaty, mandate the Institutions to negotiate a new ESM programme, if the preconditions of Article 13 of the ESM Treaty are met on the basis of the assessment referred to in Article 13.1. To help support growth and job creation in Greece (in the next 3-5 years) [N.b. Having already destroyed growth and jobs for the past five years…] the Commission will work closely with the Greek authorities to mobilise up to EUR 35bn (under various EU programmes) to fund investment and economic activity, including in SMEs [i.e. Will use the same order of magnitude of structural funds, plus some fantasy money, as were available in 2010-2014.] As an exceptional measure and given the unique situation of Greece the Commission will propose to increase the level of pre-financing by EUR 1bn to give an immediate boost to investment to be dealt with by the EU co-legislators [i.e. Of the headline 35 billion, consider 1 billion as real money.] The Investment Plan for Europe will also provide funding opportunities for Greece [i.e. the same plan that most Eurozone ministers of finance refer to as a phantom program].
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Greek pharmacists & civil servants launch 24hr strike, protesting austerity measures
A protester shouts slogans during a rally organised by the country’s biggest public sector union ADEDY marking a 24-hour strike in Athens, Greece July 15, 2015. (Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)
Public workers and pharmacists in Greece have gone on strike and launched a protest against proposed austerity measures set to be debated by parliament on Wednesday. Meanwhile, pensioners are expected to hold a separate demonstration.
A few thousand protesters hit the streets of central Athens, holding banners reading, “Cancel the bailout!” and “No to the policies of the EU, the ECB and the IMF.”
ADEDY, the civil servants union, called for the strike on Monday, stressing its opposition to the measures required for a eurozone bailout deal to go ahead.
Those measures include raising taxes, as well as the country’s retirement age – conditions that were rejected by voters in the July 5 referendum.
“After five years of salary cuts and harsh measures the Europeans still want more,”ADEDY spokesman Stavros Koutsioubelis told Reuters, urging lawmakers to reject the deal.
Pharmacists are also participating in the strike, angry at plans to de-regulate their profession to allow people without a degree as a chemist to own pharmacies.
The government has committed to adopting a timeframe for a reform of pharmacy ownership, in an effort to liberalize the economy as a condition of open aid talks.
Pharmacists are also worried that the EU statement anticipates talks on opening up the sale of over-the-counter drugs. Such drugs can currently only be purchased in pharmacies and constitute around 25 percent of pharmacists’ income, the Health Ministry said.
Those involved in the profession are already struggling to get their hands on medicines amid capital controls and a row over exports. The Health Ministry has decided to ban the export of 25 drugs, following warnings of possible shortages.
In order to receive €86 billion ($95 billion) from the EU over three years, Greece would have to make a number of changes. These include raising the retirement age to 67 and increasing taxes and VAT. It’s a prospect that many in Greece have called a “humiliation.”
Lawmakers are due to vote on those conditions on Wednesday.
But despite the opposition seen on the streets, many are pushing for parliament to approve the austerity measures. According to an opinion poll published late Tuesday by Kapa Research, 72 percent of Greeks are in favor of the deal.
Approval of the deal by Athens must be completed before the other 18 eurozone leaders begin negotiations on a Greek bailout which would provide the country with a three-year bailout totaling 86 billion euros (US$95 billion). The deal would be the country’s third rescue program in five years.
Under the plan, eurozone governments will contribute between 40 and 50 billion euros. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would give another chunk, and the rest would come from selling off state assets and from financial markets, an unnamed European official told AFP.
However, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he “cannot say with certainty” that it will be enough to prevent a ‘Grexit’ before until the final agreement is signed. He also admitted that he “signed a text he doesn’t believe in” because it was “the best the country could get.”
Tsipras, who reluctantly agreed to the deal, must now face rebellion from his anti-austerity Syriza party.
Dozens of MPs – including senior Syriza figures – could partially or fully reject the bailout, forcing Tsipras to rely on pro-European opposition lawmakers to carry the vote, which is expected after midnight.
Here’s another proof that Tsipras is indeed just a Trojan Horse for the EU Banksters…
Frenemies? Greek Opposition Wants Prime Minister Tsipras to Stay in Power
18:43 15.07.2015(updated 18:44 15.07.2015)
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An agreement between Tsipras’ administration and Eurozone leaders reached Monday has drawn ire from colleagues and the Greek population.
The deal, although averting Athens’ seemingly imminent exit from the currency union, forces Greece to adopt a series of unpopular austerity measures in exchange for a third financial package.
“We are not going to raise the question of replacing the Prime Minister. Even if there are changes in the cabinet, the Greek people voted for the Prime Minister, and he has to stay,” George Vlahos said.
Two Cabinet members resigned on Wednesday, with 30 lawmakers from the ruling Syriza party threatening to oppose the bill. Pro-EU opposition lawmakers, including Nea Demokratia, are expected to vote for the bailout package by midnight local time.
Commenting on the possibility of holding snap parliamentary elections in the event that lawmakers reject this week’s bailout deal later in the day, Vlahos expressed hope for “normalization” to avert such a route.
“Elections do not always bring resolution to problems. We need to face the problems, and the Greek people voted for the Government and the Parliament to face them,” the opposition lawmaker told Sputnik.
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To avoid to continue the old “sleight of hand” the banksters are notoriously famous for,… the Greeks need to stay put & refuse any deals w/ the counterfeiters,… & take the power to coin their own back. That is the only way to become truly Free from here on,… The US needs to do just exactly that,… No more Banksters,… No more Deals,…. No more stealing of our labor & our wealth for the exchange of counterfeit paper fiat,… Good Bye Banskters,… you want to make money,… get a real job,… & stop stealing the wealth of humanity,…
To say goodbye to the banksters it must be done in all european states,some will not do it as they like the system as it is or are afraid(another war in Europe is not ruled out).
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“Tangkap MO1” students take Universiti Malaya to court
December 27, 2016 December 29, 2016 Coordinator
https://hakam.org.my/wp/2016/12/27/tangkap-mo1-students-take-universiti-malaya-to-court/
Source: NST Online
Four UM students who were found guilty of participating in the “Tangkap MO1” rally held in Aug, initiated legal action to challenge the validity of university’s disciplinary rules today, pic by Khairah N. Karim for NST.
KUALA LUMPUR: Four Universiti Malaya (UM) students, who were found guilty of participating in the “Tangkap MO1” rally held in Aug, initiated legal action to challenge the validity of the university’s disciplinary rules today.
Students Anis Syafiqah Md Yusof, 24, Mohamad Luqman Nul Haqim Zul Razali, 23, Suhail Wan Azhar, 22, and Muhammad Luqman Hakim Mohd Fazli, 22, filed an originating summons seeking a declaration that UM’s (Discipline of Students) Rules 1999 is unconstitutional. In their action, they are requesting a proclamation that Section 15 (3)(b) of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971; and Regulations 3 and 13 of the UM (Discipline of Students) Rules, which do not prohibit students from exercising their right to freedom of speech and expression and to participate in demonstrations, have contravened Article 10 (2) of the Federal Constitution.
The four filed their legal action through Messrs Foo Woei & Co at the High Court registrar here this morning. Also named as defendants in their suit are the Higher Education minister and the government. On Dec 15, Anis, Mohamad Luqman Nul Haqim, Suhail and Muhammad Luqman Hakim were found guilty by UM for disciplinary offences linked to the Aug 27 rally held in the city centre.
Apart from being suspended for one semester and fined RM400 each, the four were also issued warnings. The sentences were read by the Students Disciplinary Committee head Professor Dr Azizah Hamzah. Anis, who is a final year student in language and linguistics; and the three others, who are in their third and final year in Islamic Studies, were allowed to sit for their exams. However, Anis, who is supposed to graduate in the next semester, will have to defer her graduation with the suspension in place. The four students were represented by lawyer Marcus Tan Kian Han.
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James E. Wagner Cultivation Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary is a Licensed Producer under the Cannabis Regulations, formerly the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (“ACMPR“). JWC is a premium cannabis brand, focusing on producing clean, consistent cannabis using an advanced and proprietary aeroponic platform named GrowthSTORM™. JWC began as a collective of patients and growers under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (the precursor to ACMPR). Since its inception, JWC has remained focused on providing the best possible patient experience. JWC is a family-run, family-owned company with deep roots planted in the local community. JWC’s operations are based in Kitchener, Ontario. Learn more at www.jwc.ca.
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Investors are cautioned that forward-looking information is not based on historical fact but instead reflects management’s expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made. Although Canopy Rivers believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, such information involves risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information, as unknown or unpredictable factors could have material adverse effects on future results, performance or achievements of Canopy Rivers. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information are the following: regulatory and licensing risks; the impact of BioLumic’s UV light technology on cannabis; changes in the focus and plans of BioLumic and the timing associated therewith; developments in the fields of plant physiology and photobiology; the ability of BioLumic and its partners to collaborate; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; the global regulatory landscape and enforcement related to cannabis, including political risks and risks relating to regulatory change; risks relating to anti-money laundering laws; compliance with extensive government regulation, including Canopy Rivers’ interpretation of such regulation; public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry; divestiture risks; and the risk factors set out in Canopy Rivers’ annual information form dated July 15, 2019, filed with the Canadian securities regulators and available on Canopy Rivers’ profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Although Canopy Rivers has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Canopy Rivers does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update this forward-looking information except as otherwise required by applicable law.
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Veteran Stone-Faced Actor Danny Trejo Saves Baby Trapped In Car #DannyTrejo
Despite some of the tough guy roles Trejo has played, he's consistently been called one of the kindest people in the world by fans and colleagues.
Written By D.L. Chandler
Source: Sheri Determan/WENN.com / WENN
Danny Trejo has enjoyed a long career in Hollywood playing a variety of tough guys and villains, but the general consensus surrounding the stone-faced actor is that he’s one of the nicest guys in the world. The 75-year-old Trejo proved how big his heart was by rescuing a baby from an overturned vehicle in Los Angeles on Wednesday (Aug. 7).
ABC7.com reports:
Trejo happened to be in the area when two cars collided Wednesday afternoon in the area of Hubbard Street and Jackman Avenue.
One of the vehicles overturned onto its roof and a young child was trapped inside, strapped into a car seat.
Trejo and another bystander helped rescue the child.
Trejo crawled into the overturned wreckage from one side, he recalled, but he couldn’t unbuckle the child’s car seat from that angle.
The other bystander, a young woman, crawled in from the other side of the overturned vehicle and was able to undo the buckle. Trejo was then able to get the baby out of the car seat and pulled safely from the wreckage.
While that was happening, the boy’s grandmother remained trapped in the driver’s seat. Firefighters had to use equipment to free her.
Powerful stuff. And believe it when we say that we needed some good news this week.
Even better, Trejo remained humble after the boy was delivered to his family, and left a powerful message to the ABC7 viewers as to why he believes in performing acts of kindness. Watch the report below.
Photo: WENN
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Vice President, Legal
17 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA, USA
Location: Lexington, MA
Reports to: CFO
The Vice President of Legal will be a leader within the organization and will work closely with senior management to provide guidance on business legal matters and support all functions as the in-house subject matter expert. S/he will develop legal and compliance strategies and functional plans for the company including commercial compliance oversight and employment law matters. S/he will work collaboratively with our patent, copyright, intellectual property advisors. The Vice President will develop functional plans for managing the company’s legal activities and minimize risk for the business. Additionally, s/he will oversee contract negotiations and other day-to-day legal matters in a small but growing organization. S/he will also serve as the liaison with external counsel/partner firms, leading the related projects and managing the associated budgets.
• Provide advice and counsel to senior management and other business leaders on legal, regulatory, legislative, compliance and business issues.
• Build a foundations to support future public company governance and compliance policies and procedures.
• Lead the legal efforts towards organizational maturity and IPO.
• Lead a cross-departmental effort towards compliance with data privacy rules in the US and abroad, including HIPAA and GDPR.
• Provide legal guidance as a subject matter expert with strategic licensing and partnerships.
• Draft, negotiate and interpret contracts with clients, vendors and other third parties.
• Provide legal expertise on various matters on a global basis in support of company’s global objectives.
• Handle other day-to-day legal issues arising including employment, intellectual property, and corporate governance.
• Serve as the primary legal expert on strategic and operational business initiatives, liaising with external legal counsel and partner firms globally.
• Represent the company before regulatory bodies, accounts and vendors as appropriate.
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Sofia Richie Gets Extremely Cheeky In Hot New Thong Bikini Pics: ‘Just Leave Me Be’
‘This Is Us’s Melanie Liburd Reveals Why Playing Another Victim Of Sexual Violence In ‘Brian Banks’ Was A ‘Gift’
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Melanie Liburd stepped into familiar territory, when she took on her new role in the movie, ‘Brian Banks’.
Melanie Liburd gives a moving performance in Brian Banks as the girlfriend of the titular character, a former high school football star who spent six years in jail after he was wrongly convicted of rape when he was just sixteen. Brian Banks‘ unwavering fight to clear his name made headlines for it’s unlikely twist (spoiler alert: his accuser admitted on camera that he didn’t rape her). Now, it’s a gripping feature film. During the movie’s LA press junket, Melanie explained EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife why it was a “gift” to be a part of the cast.
The stunning 31-year-old, who was joined by her co-star Sherri Shepherd, 52, for the sit down, said of her emotional role: “Karina is also a victim of sexual violence, like my character on This Is Us . I did this (movie) before I got This Is Us actually. So, I had studied a lot about (my character) Karina and victims of sexual violence and wow, I mean Karina was a person that was in college, she was raped, no one believed her, she lost her focus, she dropped out of college. And then she meets Brian and Brian’s been a victim in his own way and I think that through that they help each other heal. And it just brings some light to all this awful thing that happened.”
The injustices in the American judicial system are front and center in Brian Banks and when we asked Melanie what she hopes the movie will accomplish she told us her goal is to, “bring awareness.” She went on to say that she’s grateful to have been a part of the film. “To make movies that actually matter, that can change peoples minds that can educate people about something that they know nothing about. I love to watch movies like that so to be included in a movie like this is an absolute gift.”
Melanie and Sherri star in the movie with Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear, 56, who the attorney who started The California Innocence Project, a pro bono legal team that helped Brian clear his name. Aldis Hodge, 32, of Hidden Figures, plays Brian. And Oscar winner Morgan Freeman, 82, plays his mentor. The inspirational biopic won the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year. It opened nationwide on Aug. 9.
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Effect of lighting schedule on production of rabbit does
Zs Gerencsér, Zs Matics, I. Nagy, Z. Szendrő
University of Kaposvár
The aim of the experiment was to analyse the effects of the lighting schedule on the rabbit does' production. The does were randomly housed in 2 rooms at the age of 11 wk. In the 1 st room, a continuous 16 h light period was applied (8:00-24:00) (16L:8D, control group; n60 does, 239 parturitions). In the 2 nd room, an 8 h light period was used (8:00-16:00) which was extended by an additional 1 h light period in the middle of the 16 h long dark period (23:00-24:00) 8 d prior to insemination (8L:7D:1L:8D, treated group; n59 does, 223 parturitions). The experiment was finished after 5 reproductive cycles. Significant differences (P
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Gerencsér, Z., Matics, Z., Nagy, I., & Szendrő, Z. (2011). Effect of lighting schedule on production of rabbit does. World Rabbit Science, 19(4), 209-216. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2011.944
Effect of lighting schedule on production of rabbit does. / Gerencsér, Zs; Matics, Zs; Nagy, I.; Szendrő, Z.
In: World Rabbit Science, Vol. 19, No. 4, 10.2011, p. 209-216.
Gerencsér, Z, Matics, Z, Nagy, I & Szendrő, Z 2011, 'Effect of lighting schedule on production of rabbit does', World Rabbit Science, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 209-216. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2011.944
Gerencsér Z, Matics Z, Nagy I, Szendrő Z. Effect of lighting schedule on production of rabbit does. World Rabbit Science. 2011 Oct;19(4):209-216. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2011.944
Gerencsér, Zs ; Matics, Zs ; Nagy, I. ; Szendrő, Z. / Effect of lighting schedule on production of rabbit does. In: World Rabbit Science. 2011 ; Vol. 19, No. 4. pp. 209-216.
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Waste Quantity: Trends Report
Quantities of TRI Chemicals in Waste (in pounds), Trend Report by Avon Lake Power Plant (TRI ID 44012FRSTN33570) for VANADIUM COMPOUNDS chemical, U.S. 2000-2018
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1 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 44,599 44,599 0
10 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 49,762 49,762 0
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He, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said,
“The Pen has dried (after having written) all that will occur,”
in another narration,
“The Pens have been lifted and the books have dried,”
and in another narration,
“The Pens have been lifted and the scrolls have dried.”
All of these statements serve as a metonymy (kinayah) referring to the workings of the decree and to the fact that they have all been recorded in an erstwhile, comprehensive book. It is said about a book that has been completed a long time ago: the pens have been lifted from it, or the pens employed to write it have dried, or the page has dried. This is a fine way of alluding to the decree and lends to a greater sense of gravity.
The Book and authentic Sunnah also point to this meaning, Allah Mighty and Magnificent, says,
“Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in your selves, without its being in a Book before We make it happen. That is something easy for Allah.” (al-Hadid 57:22)
Dahhak reported that ibn Abbas said, ‘Allah created the Pen and commanded it to move by His leave. The size of the Pen is as the expanse between heaven and earth. The Pen said, ‘Lord, what shall I write?’ He said, ‘Everything that I am to create and everything that will occur in My creation: rain, plant, soul, deed, provision or life-span.’ The Pen wrote everything that was to occur until the Day of Rising and Allah placed it in a Book inscribed under the Throne, with Him.’
Abu Zabyan reported that ibn Abbas said, ‘The first thing that Allah created was the Pen which he commanded, ‘Write!’ It asked, ‘What shall I write?’ He replied, ‘The decree.’ It then recorded all that was to happen until the Last Hour is established.’ The he recited,
“Nun. By the Pen and what they write down.” (al-Qalam 68: 1-2)
Abul-Duha narrated something similar from ibn Abbas. (Tabari)
Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi record the hadith of Ubadah ibn Samit that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said,
“The first thing that Allah created was the Pen which he commanded, ‘Write!’ In that hour it recorded all that was to happen until the Day of Rising.” (Ahmad)
Muslim records on the authority of Abdullah ibn Amir that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said,
“Allah recorded the fates of all creatures fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth.” (Muslim)
Imam Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Nasai record the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amir who said, ‘The Messenger of Allah came out to is carrying two books. He asked,
”Do you know what these books are?”
We replied, ”Messenger of Allah, no, not unless you tell us.” About the book in his right hand he said,
”This is a book from the Lord of the worlds containing the names of the inhabitants of Paradise, the names of their parents and their tribes (in detail). It is completed to the last man and they will not increase in number, nor decrease in number.”
About the book in his left hand he said,
”This is a book from the Lord of the worlds containing the names of the denizens of the Fire, the names of their parents and their tribes (in detail). It is completed to the last man and they will not increase in number nor decrease in number.”
His Companions asked, ”Messenger of Allah, if the affair is already decided, why work deeds?” He replied,
”Remain firm, steadfast and balanced. The last act an inhabitant of Paradise will be a deed of the people of Paradise no matter what he may have done, and the last act of a denizen of the Fire will be a deed of the people of the Fire no matter what they may have done.”
Then the Messenger of Allah gestured with his hands, dropping the books,
”Your Lord has decided everything about the servants: ”one group is for Paradise and one group is for the Blazing Fire!” (al-Shura 42:7) (Ahmad)
Imam Ahmad records the hadith of Abu-Darda that the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said,
“Allah has decided five matters for every servant: his lifespan, his deeds, his resting, his moving about and his provision.” (Ahmad)
Imam Ahmad and Tirmidhi recorded the hadith of ibn Masud that the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessing be upon him, said
“Allah created every soul and decreed its life, its provision and the tribulations it would face.” (Ahmad)
Muslim records the hadith of Jabir that a man asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessing be upon him, ”Messenger of Allah, what is the purpose of the deeds done today, are they for matter concerning which the pens have dried and fates have been decided, or for something in our future?” He replied,
“Rather concerning something which the pens have dried and fates have been decided.”
He asked, ”Then why work deeds?” He replied,
”Do your deeds for everyone is eased (towards what they were created for).” (Muslim)
The are a great many ahadith that convey this meaning and so too narrations from the Companions. One of them said,
Commit the affair wholly (to the Owner)
The Pen has dried, writing all that will occur.
Man has such a Creator,
None can avert His decree or order.
The Legacy of the Prophet Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali p 94-99
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Bitz Receives 2013 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award
Cecilia M. Bitz, Paul A. Ginoux, Mark Z. Jacobson, Sergey Nizkorodov, and Ping Yang received 2013 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award at the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award recognizes “research contributions by exceptional mid-career scientists in the fields of atmospheric and climate sciences.”
The Atmospheric Sciences section of AGU awards one of the five Ascent Awards to Professor Cecilia M. Bitz of the Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of Washington for advancing our ability to model climate in numerous ways, especially in relation to sea ice.
Bitz is best known for her integrated and powerful contributions on Arctic sea ice. She developed improved representations of sea ice physics for implementation in coupled global climate models to determine the role of sea ice in the climate system and high-latitude climate and the role of changing sea ice in climate change. She was able to show from first principles that sea ice thinning greatly amplifies climate variability.
Working from her improved understanding of sea ice, Cecilia assessed the controls on Arctic amplification in climate models, finding strong dependence on the mean state of the sea ice. From this finding, Bitz provides a path toward improved model projections.
Her research deals with both complex systems and important problems in climate. As stated by her nominator regarding aspects of the climate system, “understanding the recent decline is a very complex challenge since its attribution requires quantification of the roles of ocean heat transport, atmospheric heat fluxes, sea-ice age distributions, and unforced interannual modes of coupled Arctic variability among many other factors.”
In noting Cecilia’s qualifications for an Ascent Award, one letter of support stated, “Professor Bitz’s scholarship on sea ice is both superlative and unmatched among her faculty peers. This is especially evident given her rapid climb in international standing as she has progressed from an early-career scientist to mid-career faculty member.” Another stated, “As a high-latitude scientist, Cecilia has gained an enormous respect in the community, and her advice and opinion is valued in the United States and the world.”
We are extremely pleased to present a 2013 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award to Professor Cecilia M. Bitz.
—PETER J. WEBSTER, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta
I am delighted and honored to receive this award. I am grateful to my nominators and to the AGU Atmospheric Sciences section for this recognition. Many of my students and colleagues have become my friends over the years. It has been a pleasure to share the joy of scientific discovery and companionship with them. I am also fortunate to have had teachers and advisors who inspired me and were generous with their time and encouragement.
I am grateful for having had the opportunity to be a part of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) project. From early in my career, I have been asked to serve on various committees with the CESM, National Research Council, and National Science Foundation that have helped me grow and exposed me to fantastic scientists, leaders, and mentors. I feel that some have gambled when they chose me for various positions. I shall strive to be as bold when I have the opportunity to choose others for such opportunities in the future.
—CECILIA M. BITZ, Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Washington, Seattle
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Employee’s Social Security Number provided by the employee.
* After talking to "The Work Number", if you feel there is insufficient value in their online access service, you may send your verification on letterhead by fax to the Arizona Department of Administration, (602) 542-2796, where it will be completed or redirected to the correct State Department for completion.
Employment and Income Verification Q&As
What is “The Work Number”?
"The Work Number" is an employment and income verification service provided by the TALX Corporation. The service provides online and/or phone verifications to organizations requesting employment and income information for State of Arizona employees.
Why is the State of Arizona using “The Work Number” to provide automated employment and/or income verifications?
With over 38,000 employees, the State of Arizona receives approximately 12,000 employment and/or income verification requests annually. "The Work Number" will save time by providing verifiers with immediate, on-line, convenient access to information that is accurate and secure.
"The Work Number" assures information authorized by the State of Arizona is provided. In addition, that information is presented in a consistent format with appropriate disclaimers and data explanations.
What information will be provided by "The Work Number"?
"The Work Number" provides employee name, agency, employment status, original hire date, most recent hire date, job title, hourly rate of pay, and up to 3 years of total annual income information. Income information is broken out by base salary, overtime, bonus, and other pay.
Who can use "The Work Number"?
Any lending institution, government social service agency, property manager or other business that needs to verify employment and/or income of an employee is considered a verifier and may use "The Work Number".
What types of verifications will NOT be provided by "The Work Number"?
Requests for employment or income verification received directly from employees will NOT be provided through "The Work Number". Employees may get that information from YES or through their agency Human Resources office.
Requests for an employee’s manager’s name, job performance, or any information other than employment or income will NOT be provided through "The Work Number".
How will "The Work Number" benefit State of Arizona employees?
Employees will receive the benefit of quick turnaround service for verifiers since "The Work Number" can be used by verifiers anytime, anywhere -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week -- online or by phone.
"The Work Number" conducts a verifier qualification process when verifiers first register to use "The Work Number" and requires the verifier to identify a legitimate purpose for each verification request. These measures are designed to disclose employee information to verifiers with a legitimate need for the data.
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{{CompanyInfo| | logo = SnapNamesLogo.gif | type = Private | industry = | founded = 2000 | founders = [[Raymond King]] and [[Ron Wiener]] | ownership = [[Oversee.net]], 2007 | headquarters = 1600 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201 | country = USA | businesses = | products = | employees = | revenue = | website = [http://www.Snapnames.com SnapNames.com] | blog = | facebook = | linkedin = | twitter = MonikerSnap | keypeople = }} '''SnapNames''' is an online marketplace for resale of domain names. The company offers a platform for buyers and sellers of domain names to transact business in a secure, transparent environment. The company is located at Portland, Oregon, USA. SnapNames was a 100% subsidiary of [[Oversee.net]], it was acquired by [[KeyDrive SA]] in January, 2012. The deal also involved the acquisition of SnapNames' partner, [[Moniker]], and made [[Key-Systems]]' holding company, KeyDrive SA, the world's 6th largest [[ICANN]] accredited [[registrar]].<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/02/01/keydrive-acquires-moniker-and-snapnames/ KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames, DomainNameWire.com]</ref> ==History== SnapNames was co-founded in 2000 by [[Raymond King]] and [[Ron Wiener]].<ref>http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/coverstory3.htm</ref> The company is a genesis of an idea that Raymond King, while tracking a domain name which he wanted for himself, and whose registration expiry date was nearing. King wrote a programming script that enabled him to know the moment the domain name expired, so that he could quickly move in and re-register it in his name. His success led him to the founding of SnapNames, with the objective of providing its services to corporate clients who wanted to guard their domain names from accidental deletion from the domain registry. The company later expanded into offering its services to individual buyers who wanted to buy domain names which were being deleted from the registry. SnapNames was acquired by [[Oversee.net]] in the 2008.<ref>http://oversee.net/news/63</ref> The terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. The company's then CEO, Mr. [[Sudhir Bhagwan]], continued to operate the company as a standalone business unit until 2008. Its operations were later tied to [[Moniker]].<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/02/01/keydrive-acquires-moniker-and-snapnames/ KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames, DomainNameWire.com]</ref> ==Business Model== The company operates the buying and selling of domain names through online auctions. The company offers three major facilities to its clients<ref>https://www.snapnames.com/aboutus.jsp</ref>: * Daily auctions: Interested buyers have the facility to visit the site and browse through a daily listing of the registered domain names that are available for sale, and bid for them. * Monthly Showcase auctions: The site prepares and publishes a list of domain names which in its opinion has good potential. * Live Auction events: The company organizes and conducts live auctions at various places in the United States, which interested buyers and sellers attend in person. These events also allow online, telephone and proxy bidding. The facility of live streaming video is provided, too. The company has profit-sharing arrangement with a number of [[:Category:Registrars|registrars]] to make names available to the public. ==Patent Filing== In May 2007, SnapNames filed for and obtained a patent (No 7,472,160 B2) <ref>[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7472160.PN.&OS=PN/7472160&RS=PN/7472160 from the USPTO]</ref>, titled "Domain name management system and method". The patent is filed under the names of [[Raymond King]], Ron Weiner, and [[Len Bayles]]. This system makes it possible to identify a registered domain name which has received a threshold level of interest from potential buyers, thus rendering it auctionable. == Accomplishments == '''On July 16, 2009''' SnapNames.com, in partnership with [[Moniker|Moniker.com]], began a monthly showcase auction to target corporate buyers. <ref>https://www.snapnames.com/newsroom.jsp</ref> == The "halvarez" Scandal== On 11 April 2009, SnapNames announced that the company has discovered that one of its own employees participated in the auctions conducted by the company under the handle of "halvarez" <ref>http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/snapnames-discovers-employee-bidding-domain-names/6479</ref>. The employee was found to be Mr. [[Nelson Brady]], VP (Engineering). According to the company release, Mr. Brady would bid "irrationally high" in the auctions under the "halvarez" handle, leading to a full-blown bidding war amongst bidders for what was otherwise a straightforward backorder transaction. Bids placed by "halvarez" would invariably turn out to be the second-highest after the auction was closed<ref>http://www.dnforum.com/f557/important-message-snapnames-5-thread-197282.html</ref>. According to the company release, the activity had been going on since March 2005, before being finally discovered in 2009<ref>http://www.snapnames.com/faq.html</ref>. About 5% of all auctions conducted by SnapNames were affected because of this. In order to contain the damage, SnapNames terminated the employment of Mr. Nelson Brady in 2009. The company also offered a rebate - with 5.22% interest (the highest applicable federal rate during the affected time period), to affected customers for the difference between the prices they actually paid and the prices they would have paid, had the employee not bid in the auctions<ref>http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/621078-halvarez-at-snapnames-auctions-uncovered.html</ref>. An independent forensics firm, Rust Consulting, was hired to estimate the refund amount. == Contact Information == '''Customer Support:''' support@snapnames.com<br> +1 (866) 690-6279 (toll-free)<br> +1-503-241-8547 (outside U.S.) <br> Office Phone: +1-503-219-9990<br> Fax: +1-503-274-9749<br> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category: Companies]] [[Category: Registrars]] [[Category: Past Sponsor]]
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Georgia Law Enforcement “Fesses Up”
IJ Lawsuit Forces Compliance With Forfeiture Reporting Law
August 2011 Volume 20 Number 4
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Scott G. Bullock
President and General Counsel
Anthony Sanders
Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement
By Scott Bullock and Anthony Sanders
The people of Georgia suddenly know a lot more about the civil forfeiture activities of local law enforcement agencies. Just two months after IJ filed suit on behalf of five Fulton County taxpayers in an effort to shine a light on the state’s egregious civil forfeiture laws, the Atlanta Police Department, Fulton County Police Department and Fulton County Sheriff all cried “uncle” and admitted they had illegally failed to report the property they had seized through civil forfeiture. All three of these law enforcement agencies then produced detailed reports documenting the cash and property they had taken for each of the past three years, and what they did with it. Not only that, but they promised in court to do so in the future and to have the reports made publicly available on the Internet, as state law now requires.
One thing we learned from the reports is that many, if not most, forfeitures are less than $1,000. Police are often not focusing their efforts on “drug kingpins,” but on small-time drug possession cases and those cases where individuals lack the resources to defend their property.
Generally, Georgia has terrible civil forfeiture laws. Among other unconstitutional outrages, law enforcement retains up to 100 percent of the proceeds of civil forfeiture for its own use. Further, innocent owners have huge barriers placed in their way when they try to retrieve their property. After law enforcement seizes property that they allege is connected to a crime, the burden is on the property owner to prove his innocence; a perversion, of course, of Anglo-American jurisprudence, but par for the course in many states. Georgia, however, does have a good forfeiture reporting law, requiring annual reporting of forfeiture practices. In the face of this, the law enforcement agencies we sued simply had no defense for their failure to report.
Although the police surrendered without a struggle, the judge assigned to the case hinted at what “might have been” had the government decided to fight. After signing the consent decree the Fulton County defendants previously agreed to, he said, “It looks like you have got their attention.”
Indeed, the judge was right. The lawsuit made a big impression among law enforcement not just in the three departments IJ sued, but across Georgia. As we reported in the last issue of Liberty & Law, the case arose out of a report our strategic research department issued, documenting widespread failure to follow the forfeiture reporting law. The media reported on our research just as heavily as our lawsuit, raising the issue of whether other law enforcement agencies were following the law. Hours after the case was filed we received phone calls from various police departments asking if we had found whether they were in compliance. If governments are calling the Institute for Justice to see whether they are complying with their own law, you know they think there might be a problem.
Our victory in court only affects the three police departments in Fulton County, but the word has now gotten out across the state that if local law enforcement agencies do not begin annually reporting their forfeiture activities, then either IJ, a member of the IJ-trained Human Action Network, or another enterprising litigator for liberty might come knocking on their door.
Scott Bullock is an IJ senior attorney and Anthony Sanders is an IJ Minnesota Chapter staff attorney.
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Curtin, V., Amharar, Y., Hu, Y., Erxleben, A., McArdle, P., Caron, V., Tajber, L., Corrigan, O.I., Healy, A.M.
Molecular Pharmaceutics
Investigation of the capacity of low glass transition temperature excipients to minimize amorphization of sulfadimidine on comilling
glass transition amorphous comilling solubility excipient thermal methods vapor sorption X-ray diffraction DYNAMIC VAPOR SORPTION AMORPHOUS PHARMACEUTICAL SOLIDS NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS T-G STATE CRYSTALLINE INDOMETHACIN DISPERSIONS STABILIZATION
The coprocessing of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) with an excipient which has a high glass transition temperature (T-g) is a recognized strategy to stabilize the amorphous form of a drug. This work investigates whether coprocessing a model API, sulfadimidine (SDM) with a series of low T-g excipients, prevents or reduces amorphization of the crystalline drug. It was hypothesized that these excipients could exert a T-g lowering effect, resulting in composite T-g values lower than that of the API alone and promote crystallization of the drug. Milled SDM and comilled SDM with glutaric acid (GA), adipic acid (AA), succinic acid (SA), and malic acid (MA) were characterized with respect to their thermal, X-ray diffraction, spectroscopic, and vapor sorption properties. SDM was predominantly amorphous when milled alone, with an amorphous content of 82%. No amorphous content was detected by dynamic vapor sorption (DVS) on comilling SDM with 50% w/w GA, and amorphous content of the API was reduced by almost 30%, relative to the API milled alone, on comilling with 50% w/w AA. In contrast, amorphization of SDM was promoted on comilling with 50% w/w SA and MA, as indicated by near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. Results indicated that the API was completely amorphized in the SDM:MA comilled composite. The saturated solubility of GA and AA in the amorphous API was estimated by thermal methods. It was observed that the T-g of the comelt quenched composites reached a minimum and leveled out at this solubility concentration. Maximum crystallinity of API on comilling was reached at excipient concentrations comparable to the saturated concentration solubility of excipient in the API. Moreover, the closer the Hildebrand solubility parameter of the excipient to the API, the greater the inhibition of API amorphization on comilling. The results reported here indicate that an excipient with a low T-g coupled with high solubility in the API can prevent or reduce the generation of an amorphous phase on comilling.
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According to a draft agreement issued by Pakistan, only 500 Sikh pilgrims will be allowed to come through the Kartarpur Corridor and the passengers will have to group 15 people
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Simmba became Ranveer’s highest grossing movie on the first day
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Annabelle Comes Home Public Review
The end of the week the film industry has gone to the dolls. “Annabelle Comes Home,” extraordinary blood and gore movie about a had toy, is going head to head against another band of plastic puppets: “Toy Story 4.”
Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” is relied upon to rule film industry graphs again over newcomers “Annabelle Comes Home” and “Yesterday,” a dream melodic set to the Beatles works of art.
“Annabelle Comes Home” is getting a head begin the end of the week, appearing Wednesday in 3,525 North American theaters. It’s relied upon to procure $30 million over the five-day outline.
Warner Bros. what’s more, New Line are conveying “Annabelle Comes Home,” a continuation of 2014’s “Annabelle” and 2017’s “Annabelle: Creation” and the seventh passage in the Conjuring establishment.
Should appraisals hold, “Annabelle Comes Home” would rank on the lower end of Conjuring debuts, which have gone from “The Nun’s” $53 million to the main “Annabelle’s” $37 million.
“Aquaman” movie producer James Wan, who additionally coordinated different “Conjuring” portions, co-composed the movie with executive Gary Dauberman.
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“Annabelle Comes Home” fixates on two demonologists (played by arrangement vets Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) who endeavor to stop the had Annabelle doll from unleashing more ruin by disconnecting her in a bolted room and enlisting a cleric’s heavenly gift. The couple’s young little girl (Mckenna Grace) turns into an objective after Annabelle stirs malice spirits in the room.
General and Working Title’s “Yesterday,” another motion picture that challenges spectators to suspend mistrust, though in a lighter style, is likewise opening across the nation. It pursues a yearning lyricist (newcomer Himesh Patel) who skyrockets to superstardom after an oddity mishap leaves him as the main individual who recalls the Beatles. The studio envisions a begin close $10 million when it dispatches on 2,500 screens. Lily James, Kate McKinnon and Ed Sheeran, who plays himself, co-star in the motion picture. Danny Boyle, the movie producer behind “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Trainspotting,” coordinated “Yesterday,” which was composed by “Affection Actually” screenwriter Richard Curtis.
In spite of a yield of crisp discharges, “Toy Story 4” ought to keep up the No. 1 spot. The fourth section in Pixar’s enlivened arrangement gathered $118 million in its debut end of the week.
Positive surveys and strong verbal exchange could convert into another enormous end of the week for Woody, Buzz Lightyear and team. On the off chance that “Toy Story 4” sees an exhibition like other Pixar motion pictures like “Toy Story 3,” “Incredibles 2” and “Coco,” the most recent portion could gain another $52 million to $64 million during its second end of the week in theaters.
Another Disney title, “Justice fighters: Endgame,” is wanting to get another film industry support this end of the week. The studio is re-discharging the most recent Marvel experience in theaters in an offer to beat “Avatar’s” record-breaking film industry record.
Disney is alluring comic-book aficionados with a select opportunity to see an incomplete erased scene that didn’t make it into the underlying movie, just as a presentation video by chief Anthony Russo and a sneak look at “Creepy crawly Man: Far From Home.” James Cameron’s “Symbol” has remained the most astounding earning film ever for almost 10 years with $2.78 billion in worldwide ticket deals.
Disney is resolved to surpass that record with “Vindicators: Endgame,” which has taken $2.75 billion to date. It now needs generally $43 million to beat “Symbol.” The craving for a second keep running of “Justice fighters: Endgame” so not long after the film appeared is as yet a question mark, even with a fanbase as steadfast as hero buffs. Everything considered, the possibility of extreme film industry greatness could be inside reach.
Desmond Etika Youtube Star Died in New York
MG Hector Launched as India Number One SUV
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Andy Ruiz stops Anthony Joshua, U.K. fighters look bad on the undercard
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Ryan Garcia, Katie Taylor win on Canelo vs. Rocky undercard results
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David Lemieux, Vergil Ortiz off, Canelo vs. Rocky start time and full card
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Canelo Alvarez: I AM READY TO MAKE HISTORY
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Katie Taylor added to Canelo vs. Rocky card on Dec.15th
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Katie Taylor defeats Cindy Serrano in co-main event in Boston
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An unlikely alliance between two crack special agents fuels the breakneck action and heart-pounding suspense of Season 1 of 'Strike Back'--the first-ever scripted prime-time drama series from Cinemax. As members of a top-secret anti-terrorist organization known as Section 20, British sergeant Michael Stonebridge and disgraced Delta Forces operative Damian Scott undertake a series of adventures while criss-crossing the globe on the trail of an international terrorist who is planning the ultimate attack with a cache of WMD's. Philip Winchester and Sullivan Stapleton star.
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Carillion grabs £10m tunnel repair contract
Leeds City Council has selected Carillion Construction to carry out an extensive twenty-month long repair job set to improve the A58 Woodhouse Tunnel and create new trade jobs.
Initially, Carillion will advise on how to best to carry out a £10 million programme of extensive concrete repairs to the roof and walls of both tunnel bores.
The Council says the Woodhouse Tunnel is suffering severe concrete damage and deterioration as a result of prolonged, extensive chloride ingress from winter de-icing salts.
The damage is so severe that the structural capacity of components is now being affected.
The tunnel needs extensive concrete repairs to the roof and walls of both tunnel bores and strengthening for vehicle impact loading to the area of the tunnel supporting the Leeds General Infirmary buildings.
Strengthening work for vehicle impact loading and protection to the rest of the tunnel will be also required.
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£58m Islington residential scheme to boost the trades
United House is set to build 327 homes in a £58 million mixed-use residential scheme in Islington, paving the way for new jobs in the trades.
Architects FraserBrownMacKenna and project designers Stephen Marshall are behind the project, which is being developed by A2Dominion Group. The multi-million development
The canal-side scheme will comprise a mixture of private sale, shared ownership and social rent homes.
The apartments will be built in four blocks from seven to ten storeys tall with rooftop play areas and terraces and including almost 6,000 sq ft of commercial space.
The double storey basement to be built beneath the scheme is between listed buildings and within a conservation area.
All apartments will be built to the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 and commercial spaces will meet BREEAM Excellent. BIM will be incorporated in the construction.
Nuclear plan to create jobs and boost economic growth
The nuclear industry will play a major role in driving economic growth, securing the nation’s energy suppliers and creating new jobs, Energy Minister John Hayes announced today.
The comments come as a campaign is launched to fill around 500 skilled jobs at the Sellafield nuclear site in West Cumbria.
The roles will include operations and maintenance staff, engineers, project managers and back-office functions.
They will be filled by a mixture of apprentices, graduates, and trainees and ex-military personnel will be specifically targeted in the recruitment process.
Business and Enterprise Minister Michael Fallon confirmed the Government’s commitment to expand its global nuclear market as part of the published Nuclear Supply Chain Action Plan.
He said: “This action plan is an important part of our work with industry to shape a vibrant UK nuclear industry, and to ensure the UK exploits the commercial opportunities that exist and is a leading player in the expanding global nuclear market.
“We are determined to exploit our strengths and believe this is a sector where a partnership between government and industry can help give the UK a competitive edge in the global race. It’s a key sector in our industrial strategy.”
John Hayes, Energy Minister, said: “Energy is central to our economic future and at the heart of all we do as a nation.
“Just as atoms collide in a nuclear reactor, the economic benefits of our nuclear renaissance will reverberate far and wide across the country.
“The announcement of 500 jobs at Sellafield today shows the immense contribution of the nuclear sector to the UK economy, in particular that of West Cumbria.
“Our Action Plan for the nuclear supply chain will set out how the UK can make the most of future opportunities presented by around £60bn of new investment.”
Boost for Scotland’s construction industry
The number of new homes started by private sector builders in the year to June 2012 was the highest recorded since the banking crisis started in 2008 according to official statistics.
Over that period, 10,827 new homes were started, a 24 per cent increase on the previous year. This increase follows three years of recorded annual decreases in private sector new build starts.
The statistics reflect new starts by house builders building for private sale, alongside other house building activity by construction companies throughout Scotland such as for RSL shared equity developments and self-build.
There was also a continued increase in the number of council houses across Scotland, with local authorities completing 1,206 new homes in the year to September 2012, the highest number since 1990.
Across all sectors 14,032 houses were started to June 2012, up by 4% compared to the same period last year.
Housing Minister Margaret Burgess said: “Scotland’s construction sector has faced the full force of the economic downturn.
“Times are still very tough, with high deposit requirements and reduced mortgage availability continuing to prove a barrier to recovery in the housing market.
“However, I welcome these latest statistics and hope this increased activity can spark an economic revival for the industry. Every house started supports jobs for bricklayers, joiners, plumbers and the wider supply chain.
“The Scottish Government is doing all it can to support the industry and boost supply. We plan to deliver at least 30,000 affordable homes during the lifetime of the Parliament, backed by investment of at least £760 million in the next three years.
“We have allocated almost £115 million to local authorities across Scotland, which is helping deliver over 4,400 council homes.
“And we are stimulating growth through the innovative National Housing Trust initiative and our shared equity schemes.
“We have also offered a guarantee to support up to 6,000 new build house purchases through a housing industry-led Mortgage Indemnity Scheme, to help address the banks’ requirements for high deposits.”
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Davey calls for clean development at the United Nations
Speaking in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Edward Davey said urgent actions need to be taken to combat climate change and help the green economy.
The Energy and Climate Change Secretary said that countries around the world had to make their contribution to reach closer to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, the Bali Action Plan, and the Cancun Agreements.
Last year, the UN agreed to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change no later than 2015.
That would mean that each country has to cut its carbon emissions and focus on renewable energy resources, boosting the green economy and creating new jobs.
Energy Secretary Edward Davey said: “A global effort is needed if we are to achieve our climate goals – we need to pave the way for the new global deal while delivering more action now.
“Many developed and developing countries have already come forward with pledges under the UN framework to reduce their emissions by 2020. I want to encourage more to do so at Doha and beyond.
“The EU has led the way in calling for more ambition and in enshrining emissions reductions in law. I want to encourage it to move to a more ambitious 2020 emissions reduction target of 30%.
“Here in the UK we are driving forward our plans to move to a lower-carbon energy mix, and this week we will be publishing the Energy Bill which will enable this.
“I also want to see progress at Doha on achieving the global deal that all countries agreed to work towards in Durban last year. For the first time all countries agreed to sign up to a legally-binding deal to be adopted by 2015, and at Doha we need to agree a plan for these crucial negotiations.”
New Trades Jobs in Darlington
Developer Terrace Hill has signed an agreement with Darlington Borough Council to build a £30 million leisure centre that will boost the trades and create new jobs.
The 140,000 sq ft leisure scheme in Feethams, Darlington, will be anchored by a nine screen multiplex cinema and include an 80-bedroom hotel, as well as a number of restaurants, bars and shops.
Terrace Hill has secured an agreement with VUE Entertainment to operate the cinema, and is in advanced discussions with Whitbread who want to operate the 80-bedroom Premier Inn hotel.
The property group has already received strong interest from a number of national restaurant and leisure chains. At present, the operators are not represented in the town, with the multi-million scheme providing an opportunity to bring their brand to Darlington and help the local economy.
Philip Leech, Chief Executive of Terrace Hill, said: “Having made the strategic decision to increase Terrace Hill’s focus on development, thereby better utilising our core expertise, we are very pleased to have been appointed by Darlington Borough Council to develop this important new scheme.
Councillor Bill Dixon, leader of Darlington Borough Council said: “This is excellent news for the Borough. There has been a lot of detailed negotiation around this development and I believe that the Council has chosen the best scheme for the site.
“The news is clear evidence that Darlington can attract a first class development of this kind and that there is confidence in the business world in what the Borough has to offer. Once complete it will be a welcome addition to the already strong culture and leisure offer in the town centre.”
Jobs in Manchester due to Morgan Sindall £15.9m Network Rail contract
Multi-million bid for rail command centre given the go-ahead
Morgan Sindall has won a £15.9 million contract to construct Network Rail’s Operating Centre in Manchester which will create new jobs and boost the trades.
The development will see around 110 people working on site at the peak of construction, including a number of specialist contractors.
The Operating Centre in Gorton, Southeast Manchester, will provide a base from which all of Network Rail’s operations in the region will be run and will accommodate its personnel and control equipment.
The three-storey, steel-framed building is designed to achieve a BREEAM Very Good rating and is due to be completed by December 2013.
The building is a composite structure and includes a variety of specialist design and construction methods and techniques. These include the use of laminated, strengthened glass panels and curtain wall cladding.
A key feature of the building will be its attractive and sustainable ‘green roof’, which will be planted with sedum vegetation to absorb rainwater and provide insulation. The building is also highly insulated to avoid energy wastage.
James Morgan, area director at Morgan Sindall, said: “We are delighted to have won this significant contract which is a testament to the combined expertise of our Rail and Construction teams.
“Our collaborative and full Building Information Modelling (BIM) level two approach will deliver a bespoke solution to Network Rail and provide them with a state-of-the-art home for many years to come.”
£40M BARKING HOUSING PROJECT GETS THE GO-AHEAD
Bouygues Development has secured financial close of the first phase of the Abbey Road Creative Industries Quarter scheme in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham that will see the building of hundreds of homes and commercial properties.
The overall redevelopment will take place in two phases and will see the construction of four new blocks providing 272 residential dwellings and 1,500 sq m of space for creative and commercial uses on the ground floor.
Phase one comprises the construction of two of the new buildings which will collectively provide 134 residential units, 34 allocated car parking spaces and 900 sq m of creative and commercial space.
Bouygues Development signed the development agreement with freeholders London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC, now GLA) in June 2011 prior to selling the entire first phase to LBBD, who will rent the residential units on the affordable market.
The site is only a short distance from leading supermarket chains, hotels, primary schools and transport making it a convenient and accessible location for residents.
Nicolas Guerin Managing Director of Bouygues Development, said: “This is an important and exciting step in the wider regeneration of Barking’s town centre.
“We are really pleased to be working with London Borough of Barking and Dagenham towards enhancing this area of East London that holds potential for growth and that is set to become a destination of choice for residents and professionals alike”.
Cllr Phil Waker, Cabinet Member for Housing, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, said: “The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham looks forward to the start of construction on this important town centre location.
“The development will provide attractive affordable homes for local people and commercial space taking forward the regeneration of Barking Town Centre and the Creative Industries Quarter in particular.”
Construction of phase one is set to commence by the end of 2012 with practical completion scheduled for quarter three of 2014.
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New incentives to drive Green Deal uptake
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has announced the launch of a new project that will kick-start the Green Deal and creates new jobs.
Speaking alongside climate change minister Greg Barker at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, UKGBC’s chief executive Paul King welcomed the implementation of the scheme and outlined its potential for stimulating economic growth.
Mr King praised the Government’s commitment to the scheme, but warned that it needed adequate support to accelerate the level of uptake and implement its objectives.
He said: “The Green Deal still has the potential to be truly revolutionary in driving mass home retrofit. This new market could, if nurtured properly, create jobs, stimulate economic growth and protect consumers from ever-rising energy prices”.
Among those taking part in the UKGBC task group are Saint-Gobain UK, the Association for the Conservation of Energy, the CBI, Sweett Group, L&Q, Marks & Spencer, Willmott Dixon and Travis Perkins.
Diana Montgomery, chief executive of the Construction Products Association, which is supporting the new project, said that despite the strong industry support for the Green Deal, more needed to be done to encourage households to take it up.
Dr Montgomery said: “Collaborating with the UK-GBC on this Green Deal Task Group project will help us to ensure that we can help Government effectively navigate the options they have available to them for capitalising on that opportunity.”
Incentives to be included:
Stamp duty banding/rebates
Council tax banding/rebates
Energy efficiency feed in tariff
Subsidised interest rates for Green Deal
Low interest loans (outside Green Deal)/ Green mortgages (underwritten by Government)
Lump sum grant/payment (cashback/vouchers)
Progressively tightening minimum standards, inc. extending to owner-occupied sector
Salary sacrifice (tax free scheme) through work/tax credits
VAT cut extension to a wider range of measure
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Out of Order week…
Due to the four day weekend I am guessing that Friday I will forget to do a update of my blogs, so I am doing it now.
Mhari and I are doing okay. Her meds hit her a little strangely this week, but that might be due to her shifting it one day earlier to try and have a better apatite for Thursday when we plan to go out to Claim Jumper for a big meal.
I’m doing okay with work-stress this week, but more due to the shortness of the workweek and the length of the ‘weekend’ with the holiday. All hasn’t been good, but it hasn’t been that bad, either. Work is… busy, busy, busy with no real end in sight. So all the more reason to enjoy a long weekend.
Tabula Rasa: Yup, all it took to get me to actually activate my account is for them to announce that they are going to shut the whole thing down come Feb 28, 2009. And NCSoft announced a real, real nice ‘severance package’ for the players that had paid accounts prior to the closure announcement. PLUS the game is going to be free to play starting Jan 10, 2009.
So, I activated my account and played it for the first time since the close of Beta. It looks a LOT better, graphically… the starting missions are a LOT better defined and refined. But in playing the ‘tank’ side of the character advancement tree, I encountered EXACTLY the things that I disliked about the game in beta.
Mostly what I don’t like is that this game takes a very, very military and squad-based angle on the game play. To progress in the second set of 5-10 levels you almost NEED to have at least one ‘buddy’ or a full squad to deal with some of the areas and instances that you are sent to.
Now, understand that I KNOW that almost any MMO takes this path, after all, they ARE -multiplayer- games. MMO’s expect you to be able to find at least one other person doing the same missions as you are and for you to team up. Or go back out and grind levels a while before turning back and tackling that same mission. This is a GIVEN of MMOs.
So more this is running into one of my pet peeves with almost any MMO that forces people into the multiplayer behavior early. Hell, Everquest Online Adventures did that starting with the 5th level quest everyone had to take in the newbie areas. You’d always find someone asking for help with the mission. It just can NOT be done solo without being 3 levels beyond the level it’s given to you at. And you can’t really progress properly, equipment-wise and story-wise without completing that one ‘group’ mission.
So, this pointed out to me why I had not activated the game when it went live…
So, I put it down for a couple of days and came back to it. This time, using the ‘Clone’ feature, where I had saved a copy of my character prior to making the ‘tankish’ path decision, and chose the OTHER path you can take, taking the first step over to the Support classes.
This made a BIG difference. So far the missions are the same, but as my skills allow me to be constantly buffing myself and healing myself and my armor just as a part of taking out the enemy, it’s a LOT less frustrating. Those ‘team’ requiring missions are still out there, but doing the ‘grinding’ to be able to do them solo doesn’t FEEL as grindy. And knowing what’s coming up next some helps me not make the ‘mistakes’ I made the first time figuring out things. I’m taking it slower, doing a single mission at a time and not clustering the missions, and generally doing better. Also ‘feels’ like a better fit for my play-style, too.
I plan to play this game until it shuts down if it doesn’t start to frustrate me TOO much. I just feel it does deserve it’s due. But I am NOT keen on the Military structure of the game, so even if it was going to be going onwards rather than shutting down at the end of Feb, I would likely not stick with it long-term. But it is a change from other things.
City of Heroes: Still there. Still playing. Still having fun. Just not playing it as hard. Not focusing on it above all else. But I’m looking forward for when Issue 13 goes live. But more because my group are going to use it as an excuse to start a villain team on Protector on Fridays. We’ll use Leveling Pacts so that those that can’t play as often are in a pact with someone that can. And everyone will be paired in this manner with SOMEONE, so that we all progress at basically the same speed. I expect the group to be made up of a lot of Pain Domination Masterminds or Dominators and a lot of Shield Brutes. But we will see. We might try to make it a ‘Theme Team’. We’ll see.
I did finish that book I was reading… but I am going to save my review for Friday if I write a blog. Or for next week’s blog. As I wrote before, I’m playing Final Fantasy III (also known as Final Fantasy SIX in Japan) on my Nintendo DS. Almost done with 26 hours played according to the save game data.
That’s if for me. Might write more on Friday… might not. Thanks for reading!
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100 Years, 66 Villains: Number One
Hey, I actually finished this one
Over the past few months here at IITS, we’ve reviewed 65 of the dirtiest, cringe-worthiest and most despicable barrel scrapers in the history of the film medium (or, more specifically, from its last 30 years or so). We’ve dealt with teenage bullies and full-grown thugs, abusive siblings and neglectful parents, bad friends and worse enemies, and it’s all come down to this–the lowest of the low, the scum of the fucking earth. Take a deep breath, distance yourself from all easily breakable items, and make sure the eyes of your loved ones have been sufficiently averted, because it’s about to get pretty ugly in here.
But first, a moment to address some of the villains I mistakenly left off the list, as well as some of the guesses and suggestions you all made in the comments box of our #2 entry. Kevin Spacey deserved some props as the sniveling, incompassionate middle-management type John Williamson in Glengarry Glen Ross. I remembered to include John Cassavettes selling out his wife’s womb to the devil in Rosemary’s Baby, but I forgot about Peter Masterson giving the town permission to kill wife Katherine Ross and replace her with a twin robot in The Stepford Wives. I still haven’t seen all of Purple Rain, but the parts I have seen leave no doubt that Morris Day and/or The Time deserve inclusion on this list. Die Hard is so overstuffed with villains of various stripes that I forgot all about the slimey Ellis (Hart Bochner), who tries to sabotage McClane (Bruce Willis) in an extremely misguided attempt at terrorist solidarity. And finally, as portrayed in Waiting to Exhale, the entire male gender probably merits inclusion somewhere near the list’s high-end.
As for those villains you all came up with, Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes) of Schindler’s List is undoubtedly as villainous as anyone here, but is disqualified by virtue of being a legitimate killer. Natalie (Carrie Anne-Moss) of Memento isn’t a bad choice (especially for the scene where she quite literally tells Guy Pearce, “I’M GONNA FUCKING USE YOU!!”) but really, she doesn’t do anything particularly destructive in the movie. Lovably vile as Anton Newcombe is in Dig!, I kept the list to non-fictional characters, and the Asian Doctor bitch in Juno is far too slight to be included among these heavy-hitters. Noah Cross (John Huston) of Chinatown and Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest were included on the AFI Villains list, and thus ineligible. I went with Kittie Farmer over Jim Cunningham from Donnie Darko. As creepy as Benjamin (Rob Lowe) is in Wayne’s World, he doesn’t really do that much could be considered legitimately villainous (at least outside of Wayne’s paranoid fantasies), and Crisp from Kindgarten Cop is pretty clearly implied as a murderer. I tried to keep the list to human villainy, so no Gozer from Ghostbusters. Kathy Bates’ husband in Fried Green Tomatoes is no doubt a jackass, but is more clueless than he is abusive. I’m not really sure why I didn’t include Principal Vernon from The Breakfast Club, good call. I haven’t seen Con Air in a long-ass time, but considering I don’t even remember Colm Meany being in that movie, I doubt he was ever bound for our list.
All this said, however, one of you did manage to come up with a correct #1 prediction. And if you’ve seen the movie, and if you think about the character, and about all the characters that have preceded this one on this list, you’ll know that there’s absolutely no one else that this spot could’ve gone to. So, drum roll, please…
I guess I’m not sure that I felt this way before I saw In the Company of Men (though since I didn’t even remember the name of Aaron Eckhart’s character before I re-watched this recently, I’m guessing I did) but there’s just something about the name Chad that sends chills down my spine. Think about it–have you ever been friends with someone named Chad? Have you ever known anyone named Chad that was a half-decent individual? Are any of your most revered politicians, artists or athletes named Chad? (Norman Chad doesn’t count). Can anyone even tell me what the capital of the African country Chad is? Sorry if that little rant just alienated our entire Chad-loving readership, but point is, I can’t picture anyone thinking likeable, sympathetic, upstanding citizen when I think of the name Chad. More likely, you’re thinking despicable teen heartthrob Chad Michael Murray. You’re thinking mediocre butt-rock peddler and perpetual assassination target Chad Kroeger. You’re thinking of hanging chads in the 2000 election, even. And you are, whether you realize it or not, thinking of Aaron Eckhart in In the Company of Men.
Chad is not a nice person. He is, in fact, a very mean person, something made clear from the very beginning of Company, in which he convinces friend and co-worker Howard (Matt Malloy) to join him in courting the same emotionally fragile woman, then to dump her simultaneously in a gruesome act of vengeance and empowerment against All Things Vaginal, both having been recently left by their girlfreinds. They decide to prey upon Christine, a kind, deaf co-worker that immediately takes to both, but quickly begins to prefer the company of the handsome, sweet-talking Chad to the nerdier looking, more mild-mannered Howard. Things get predictably complicated when Howard realizes that he’s no longer faking his affection for Christine, and Chad moves in closer and closer for the kill.
To call Chad a misogynist is almost too easy. He is that, surely–he even makes countless jokes to that effect over the course of the movie (“Never trust anything that can bleed for a week and not die,” “What’s the difference between a golf ball and a G-Spot? I’ll spend 20 minutes looking for a G-Spot!”). But unlike Maxine’s extremely focused evil, Chad can not contain his hatred to only one person, or even to just one gender. Even calling him a misanthrope makes him sound a little cuddly, a little too romantic. What Chad is, simply, is an asshole. There’s nothing particularly deep about it, there’s no grand psychology to be had–Chad is just like any other asshole that you have to deal with in your day to day life.
The difference, however, is that Chad is really quite exceptionally good at being an asshole. He’s charming, he’s cunning, he’s incoscionably manipulative, and worst of all, he plans ahead. He’s capable of plenty of small-scale villainy, as when he pockets some of the change Howard drops in the office bathroom before giving him back the smaller coins. He’s certainly capable of mid-level villainy, as when he forces an intern underling to strip naked in front of him in order to unmetaphorically prove that he has the balls for the job. But it’s the big stuff–the arcing stuff, the villainy that really requires time, effort and patience to pull off–that earns Chad the #1 spot on this list. After all, Maxine, for all her cruelty, was still relative small-time in comparison, emotionally uncommitted and merely desirous for amusement. Chad, on the other hand, is the real-world Lex Luthor.
The scene everyone remembers, and justifiably so, is the movie’s climax, where Christine confronts Chad about Howard’s confession that he and Chad were just dating her on a bet. He tries to deny it, then to weasel around it, and when he realizes he can’t do it, he just lays into her. Much as you’ve seen Chad’s dickness first-hand over the course of the movie, you still can’t believe that he’s going to go where he does in this scene. You think some sort of humanity in him is going to be piqued by the amount of pain he’s doubtless going to cause Christine, that he’ll at least try to let her down easy. But Chad instead admits that he “can’t keep a straight face” during the scene, so not only does he cop to the con, he rubs it in as much as possible, even asking her, like Christopher Guest asking Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride, to describe what the hurt is like. She lets out a small cry–not as emotional as either you or Chad expect, but one that’s all the more disturbing as a result–and Chad leaves. Compared to Chad in this scene, Troy in Reality Bites might as well be Rick at the end of Casablanca.
Just as bad, however, is the subplot I didn’t even realize was there until re-watching the movie recently–how Chad secretly and subtly tries to undermine the authority of Howard, his temporary boss on the company retreat. He screws up reports and loses important documents, using his “friendship” with Howard to get the blame shifted elsewhere, until it eventually starts to fall on Howard himself. You don’t even really realize that Chad is doing this until the movie’s penultimate scene, in which Howard confesses his real love to Chad, who, tired and extremely unsympathetic, explains that his girlfriend never actually left him at all, and that he only did the thing with Christine “because he could” (perhaps uncoincidentally, the same reasoning used by the Stepford husbands). By that point, it has also become apparent that Chad has leapfrogged the floundering Howard on the company ladder, and it makes you wonder if the whole competition was just engineered by Chad to distract Howard while angling for the superior position he feels he always should have had.
But, as with so many other villains on this list, what really makes Chad so villainous, so hateable, is that when you get down to it, you really still kind of like his character better than Howard. Sure, Howard is the nice guy (although he’s not that nice, agreeing to the competition, and even yelling “Look at you! You are fucking handicapped! You think you can choose?” at Christine), he’s the one who has the personal growth over the course of the movie, he’s the one with the legitimate romantic feelings. But he’s also boring, dorky and extremely charmless. Not even in the movies would it be feasible for Christine to choose Howard over the dashing, well-practiced Chad, even if she already knew how evil he was. The reason why Chad sucks is the same as the reason why life sucks–not only do the bad guys usually win, but most of the time, we actually root for them to do so. Let’s see if Harvey Dent can top that.
Congrats to reader Brent for accurately guessing that Chad from In the Company of Men would indeed be our #1 movie villain of all-time. You can redeem your $15 prize winnings at the IITS gift shop, or you can e-mail me your address at fadeout95@gmail.com for a direct cash payment.
(Now here’s the entire list, for those of you who’ve missed any piece thus far, all of which can be viewed in their entirety here):
66. Ian / Ray (Tim Robbins), High Fidelity
65. Jacy (Cybil Shepherd), The Last Picture Show
64. Jesus’s Entourage (Bill Nunn, Rosario Dawson, Arthur J. Nascarella), He Got Game
63. Sarah Mitchell (Bridget Fonda), A Simple Plan
62. Agents Big Johnson and Little Johnson (Robert Davi and Grand L. Bush), Die Hard
61. Taylor Vaughn (Jodi Lynn O’Keefe), She’s All That
60. Coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight), Varsity Blues
59. Philip Stuckey (Jason Alexander), Pretty Woman
58. Mrs. Chasen (Vivien Pickles), Harold and Maude
57. Officer Coffey and Officer Graham (Jessie Lawrence Ferguson and Kirk Kinder), Boyz n the Hood
56. Oliver Slocumb (Ryan Philippe), Igby Goes Down
55. Rick Spector (Michael Bowen), Magnolia
54. Jeanine Pettibone (June Chadwick), This Is Spinal Tap
53. Larry Sokolov (Ron Livingston), The Cooler
52. Muriel Lang (Rosie Perez), It Could Happen to You
51. Zachary “Sack” Lodge (Bradley Cooper), Wedding Crashers
50. Bert Jones (George C. Scott), The Hustler
49. Little Bill’s Wife (Nina Hartley), Boogie Nights
48. Amber (Elisa Donovan), Clueless
47. Warden (Patrick McGoohan), Escape From Alcatraz
46. Various Game Ruiners (Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Rooker, Richard Edson, Kevin Tighe, John Anderson, Don Harvey), Eight Men Out
45. Laura Lizzie (Christine Taylor), The Craft
44. Janey Carver (Sigourney Weaver), The Ice Storm
43. George Willis Jr. (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Scent of a Woman
42. David Bedford (John Laroquette), Blind Date
41. Ronny and Donny Blume (Ronnie & Keith McCowley), Rushmore
40. Jonathan Poe (Michael Nirenberg), Searching for Bobby Fischer
39. Bernie and Joan (Jim Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins), …About Last Night
38. Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep), Kramer Vs. Kramer
37. Principal Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
36. Bill Houston (David Morse), Dancer in the Dark
35. Sid (Voice of John Morris), Toy Story
34. Mike (Joe Mantegna), House of Games
33. Buck Grotowski (Peter Boyle), Monsters’ Ball
32. Gil Shepherd (Jeff Daniels), The Purple Rose of Cairo
31. Kitty Farmer (Beth Grant), Donnie Darko
30. Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole), Office Space
29. Mitch Hiller (Billy Campbell), Enough
28. Mrs. Lisbon (Kathleen Turner), The Virgin Suicides
27. Rose Chasseur (Glynis Johns), The Ref
26. Cobra Kai Dojo (William Zabka, Martin Kove, others), The Karate Kid
25. Heathers (Shannon Doherty, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk), Heathers
24. Cal Hockley (Billy Zane, Titanic
23. Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
22. Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald, Happy Gilmore
21. Jo (Gretchen Mol), Rounders
20. Ruth Folwer (Sissy Spacek), In the Bedroom
19. Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavettes), Rosemary’s Baby
18. Earline and the Rest of the Fitzgerald Clan (Margo Martindale, Others), Million Dollar Baby
17. Coach Jack Reilly (Lane Smith), The Mighty Ducks
16. Jack Lopate (Thomas Hayden Church), Sideways
15. Walter Peck (William Atherton), Ghostbusters
14. Stephen Glass (Hayden Christiensen), Shattered Glass
13. Beth Jarrett (Mary Tyler Moore), Ordinary People
12. Professor Edward Alcott (Greg Kinnear), Loser
11. O’Bannion, Darla & Clint (Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Nicky Katt), Dazed and Confused
10. Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), Election
9. Troy (Ethan Hawke), Reality Bites
8. Regina George (Rachel McAdams), Mean Girls
7. Steff (James Spader), Pretty in Pink
6. Biff Tannen (Michael F. Wilson), Back to the Future trilogy
5. Mr. Perry (Kurtwood Smith), Dead Poets Society
4. The Egan Sisters (Nicole Gelbard, Mia Weinberg, Julie Hermelin, Karen Hermelin, Lisa Spector, Hazel Mailloux and Mary Lynn Rajskub), Punch-Drunk Love
3. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), Fargo
2. Maxine (Catherine Keener), Being John Malkovich
1. Chad (Aaron Eckhart), In the Company of Men
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100 Years, 66 Villains: #2. Maxine in Being John Malkovich
Posted by Andrew Unterberger on July 6, 2008
$15 to the first person who can guess #1. No cheating.
One of my favorite lines in Being John Malkovich comes when Maxine (Catherine Keener) tells the smitten Craig (John Cusack) how she’s fallen in love–with Craig’s wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz), when she’s in the body of John Malkovich (Malkovich himself, and if you’ve never seen the movie you better stop reading right now, because it doesn’t get any easier to explain from here). Craig, heartbroken and extremely outraged at this proclomation, offers his rebuttal. “I don’t think so. I’ve fallen in love. THIS is what people who fall in love LOOK LIKE!!!!” What Craig looks like, of course, is desperate, disshevelled, and about a half-step away from complete lunacy–the result of half a film’s worth of romantic torture at Maxine’s hand, and a far cry from her current state of light bemusement. Unimpressed, however, Maxine explains the distinction: “Hm, you picked the unrequited variety. Very bad for the skin.”
So, you’ve got two female leads in Being John Malkovich–Lotte, Craig’s frumpy, nagging animal psychologist wife, and Maxine, Craig’s sexy, spontaneous, and highly incorrigible co-worker. Give 100 directors the casting pool of Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener, I’d think it’s relatively safe to say that at least 95 of them would put Diaz–perhaps Hollywood’s most bankable babe at the time thanks to the runaway success of My Best Friend’s Wedding and There’s Something About Mary, and a proven bitch as well in A Life Less Ordinary and Very Bad Things–in the role of Maxine. But the powers that be (likely either writer Charlie Kauffman or director Spike Jonze) decided instead to cast Keener–indie queen extraordinaire, but mostly known for the neurotic, emotional characters she played in The Real Blonde and Walking and Talking–in the femme fatale role, and Lotte as the neglected housewife. It payed off to the tune of an Oscar nomination, a revitalized career, and the #2 spot on this list.
Fact of the matter is, Keener is not particularly sexy when you first see her in the movie, quickly conjuring shivers of Glenn Close Syndrome and fear that the entire movie will hinge on a rather large suspension of disbelief. But a strange things happens over the course of BJM–Keener grows into Maxine. She plays the character with such unbelievable confidence, and is responded to so perfectly by John Cusack’s Craig, that it didn’t take me long to legitimately believe that this incongruous starlet was every bit the deadly sexpot that the movie wants you to see her as. It’s a credit to Keener, sure, but it’s also a credit to a character so unbelievably overpowering that it seems like any actress of half-decent pedigree could easily be transformed.
The thing I find truly remarkable about Maxine is how, well, honest she is. I’ve called her a femme fatale at least once in this article already, and while technically speaking it might be an accurate description (knowing this woman definitely does increase your chances of death, for any number of reasons), she’s not really the heir to Phyllis Dietrichsons, Brigid O’Shaunasseys or even Bridget Gregory/Wendy Kroys of the world, for one primary reason–she’s not nearly duplicitous enough. All of those FFs had to con their way into the beds, lives and financial affairs of the men they wanted to corrupt and exploit, but Maxine wouldn’t ever bother to put herself out like that, instead either plowing straight through to what she wants or letting it come to her. Craig probably wishes she’d be a little bit more duplicitous, so he could at least momentarily taste the illusion of love or sex, which would no doubt be preferable to the insult, rejection and humiliation she regularly subjects him to.
Indeed, Maxine can say it a whole lot better than I can, so let’s get a highlight reel going, huh?
Craig (Telling Maxine about the JM portal): “This is a very odd thing. It’s supernatural, for lack of a better word. I mean, it raises all sorts of philosophical-type questions, you know… about the nature of self, about the existence of a soul. You know, am I me? Is Malkovich Malkovich? I had a piece of wood in my hand Maxine. I don’t have it any more. Where is it? Did it disappear? How could that be? Is it still in Malkovish’s head? I don’t know! Do you see what a metaphysical can of worms this portal is? I don’t see how I could go on living my life the way I’ve lived it before.”
Maxine: [Suggestively gestures towards open window, gets up, leaves]
Maxine: “Have you ever had two people look at you, with complete devotion, through the same set of eyes? No, I don’t suppose you would. It’s quite a thrill, Craig…”
Craig: “I like you. I don’t know what it is, exactly…”
Maxine: “My tits?”
Craig: “No, no, it’s your energy, your attitude, you know, the way you carry yourself…”
Maxine: “You’re not a fag, are you?”
Craig: “No, I am really attracted to you.”
Maxine: “‘No, I am really attracted to you.’ Christ, you are a fag. Well, we can share recipes if you like, darling…”
Maxine: “You’re not someone I could get interested in, Craig. You play with dolls.”
Craig: “Puppets, Maxine. It’s the idea of being inside someone else, feeling what they feel, seeing what they see…”
Maxine: “Yikes.”
Maxine: “You know, if you ever got me, you wouldn’t have a clue what to do with me. That’s the thing, Romeo.”
And that’s barely the tip of the iceberg. Maxine is pretty much every guy’s absolute nightmare girl–the kind that gives you no encouragement, is impressed by absolutely nothing, and ultimately ends up running off with your recently transsexualized wife, but enthralls you so much that every villainous move makes you more and more eager to please. It’s made all the better by the fact that she genuinely seems to enjoy abusing Craig, but only as long as it doesn’t necessitate too much effort, because she doesn’t really even care enough about Craig to get that much pleasure out of his misery–if she can mock “awwww” to his confessions of love on the way back from getting coffee in the morning, that’ll about do it for the day for Maxine.
The act of taking over another man’s body is cool enough to win him a couple of months’ worth of Maxine’s affections, but once that’s up, she’s gone for good, and Craig’s right back where he started. The fact that Maxine seems to develop a soul at the end, appearing to legitimately care for Lotte, barely registers, since the lasting image of her breakthrough is still a more-pathetic-than-ever Craig running after her in the rain, swearing his eternal love to her, and being told to fuck off. Of course, Craig couldn’t possibly be surprised by this at this point, since his character has already summed up Maxine better than I ever could, in three simple words:
“You’re EVIL, Maxine.”
(Here’s the list so far, for those of you just tuning in, all of which can be read about in detail from here):
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100 Years, 66 Villains: #3. Jerry Lundergaard in Fargo
Posted by Andrew Unterberger on June 29, 2008
Now that 100 Years, 100 Villains has gotten to the very bottom of the barrel, the abbreviated write-ups that have populated these lists so far are simply unsifficient. Stay tuned this week as we count down the top six in proper fashion.
I’d like to say that Jerry Lundergaard in Fargo was the part that William H. Macy was born to play. The morally bankrupt, constantly panicking and yet severely unthreatening Jerry is, after all, a part as suited to Macy’s strengths as an actor as is humanly possible. Yet, take a second to look over Macy’s resume. Little Bill in Boogie Nights. George Parker in Pleasantville. Bernie Lut zin The Cooler. Quiz Kid Donnie Smith in Magnolia. Edmond in Edmond. Point is–has William H. Macy ever once played a character that he wasn’t born to play? In fact, with the possible exception of fellow loser occasional castmate Philip Seymour Hoffman, has there ever been an actor more suited to his filmography than Macy? Maybe it’s not so much that Jerry was the part Macy was born to play, as Macy was the actor the Coen Brothers were born to write Jerry for–probably the most pathetic character ever portrayed in film.
Jerry isn’t a pure villain the way some characters are on this list, and in fact, I wouldn’t even go so far as to call him evil–he’s not a good guy, but he’s not a sociopath either, and he generally (I mean really, really generally) means well. And what’s more, he’s almost compulsively relateable–in most other movies he’d be the good guy, the little guy who got pushed too far by his bullying, unsympathetic father-in-law and decides to get some revenge on him. But Fargo is pretty fucking far from most movies, and Jerry still might be more despicable than any other character on this list, because of his unbelievably thoughtless selfishness, his lack of foresight bordering on sheer idiocy, and his almost sickening weakness of character.
The plot of the movie, on paper, is a fairly standard sort of neo-noir skeleton–businessman in debt pays some thugs to kidnap his wife to extort some money from his rich, incompassionate father-in-law. But there’s nothing about Fargo that falls under such easy classification, and least of all Jerry’s character–the movie is taken far too much from his perspective and has too many other legitimate Bad Guys prowling the perimeter to qualify him as a straight villain, but he’s not heroic enough to even qualify as any sort of anti-hero. He just sets the plans in motion on their disastrous course, and then just stands back, too ineffectual to do anything to correct them, and acts shocked when things go horribly awry.
Take the scene where Jerry’s supposed to deliver father-in-law Wade’s (Harve Presnell) hostage payoff to Carl (Steve Buscemi), the last part of a plan that should have ended in Jerry and Carl splitting the money, Jerry’s wife Jean (Kristin Rudrud) returning home safely, and all going back to normal. Wade, aging alpha male, gets it into his head (and not without justification) that Jerry’s going to fuck it up if he makes the drop, so despite Carl’s “instructions” that Jerry had to be the one to do so, Wade decides to make the drop himself. If Wade does this, the chances of the plans working out pretty much drop to 0, and Jerry has to know this. Yet, aside from some minor protesting, he lets Wade have his way, leading to the death of pretty much everyone in question and resulting in Jerry getting stuck with nothing. Not only does his carelessness and weakness result in tragedy, but he’s too stupid to even put himself in a position to take advantage of it.
And oh yeah, there’s the whole letting-murderous-thugs-kidnap-his-wife thing. It seems like Jerry doesn’t even see at all how this could turn out to be a big deal, how even if his wife somehow came back from the experience physically unscathed, spending a few weeks tied and gagged with a couple psychopaths might not be such a negligible experience. Not to mention the effect it might have on his poor, poor son Scotty (Tony Denman), who as a result of Jerry’s actions, ends the movie with a murdered mother, a murdered grandfather, and a disgraced father on the lam. You can see the surprise in Jerry’s face the first scene he spends with an emotionally distraught Scotty after Jean is kidnapped, as if he really wants to ask him “Wow, you mean you actually care about Mom that much? I never would’ve thought!”
The final shot of Jerry, poorly shaven and in his underwear, trying to escape the cops by crawling out his hotel room window, is the most perfectly disgusting way to summarize his character as possible. He’s like all four Yellow Brick Road travelers in one–cowardly, stupid, heartless, and completely out of his element. His cringe-worthy arrest scene is exactly how his character’s arc should have ended, since even being chopped up in a woodchipper is a cooler fate than Jerry deserves.
100 Years, 66 Villains: #4. The Sisters in Punch-Drunk Love
There are black comedies, like American Beauty. Then there are Black comedies, like Madea’s Family Reunion. Then there are black comedies, like Punch-Drunk Love. The kind of movie where you get nauseated by your own laughter, the kind of movie where there’s no real separation between the parts that are hilarious and the parts that are eye-wideningly disturbing. It’s a rare breed of movie, and as a matter of fact, the only other concrete example I can think of is the movie or next villain comes from, so I’ll refrain from talking about that for the moment. But suffice to say, the hilarity of Punch-Drunk Love–and it is hilarious, one of the funniest movies this decade–comes from a dark, dark place. More specifically, it comes from a bunch of evil big sisters.
The truly ingenious thing about Punch-Drunk Love, I think, is Adam Sandler–not his performance, necessarily, although that is quite good, but the way it uses his pre-existing character type in a way no one really had the balls to do before. With a handful of exceptions, Adam Sandler has generally played the same character his entire career, that of the loveable loser man-child with a distaste for authority and a passion for 80s arena rock. It’s certainly not a heroic character type, but Sandler always surrounded himself with enough selfish, manipulative assholes that there was no doubt that he was the good guy, and thus we celebrated his immature tendencies as exemplary of an admirable joie de vivre and a sort of naive integrity, both of which his enemies roundly lacked.
What Punch-Drunk Love did was basically to show what the Sandler character would actually be like in the real world. Barry Egan is as emotionally stunted and generally well-meaning as Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison, and has the same quick, violent temper as those characters as well. But rather than translating as goofy and adorable, Barry is just really, really sad. I guess it might be more accurate to say that Barry is Happy or Billy after a few more years, having lost his confidence after realizing that no one’s digging his grown-ass middle-schooler schtick anymore, and realizing his life might not just find direction on its own. Fact of the matter is, most dudes in arrested development around 30 don’t luck into pro golf or football careers, or stand to inherit hundreds of millions from benevolent benefactors. Some of them just lead lonely lives in boring jobs from which they try to escape through phone sex and pudding.
But lest we forget, Barry has another very, very good reason to have no self-confidence, which we see all throughout the movie in the abuse he gets from his older sisters–a whopping seven of them, led by high-strung juggernaut Elizabeth (the usually loveable Mary-Lynn Rajskub). To say that these sisters are overbearing feels woefully insufficient to me, since it seems that a lot of the time when you’re talking about an “overbearing” family member, it’s someone who just cares too much to know when they should back off a little. But there is no love whatsoever in Barry’s sisters’ treatment of him–rather, their interest in his affairs seems divided between being meddling in his life as a personal pet project and reflexively using him as an emotional punching bag.
There are scenes that strike more fear into my heart than any horror movie since Dawn of the Dead. Like the scene where Elizabeth first brings Lena (Emily Watson) to meet Barry, and he balks at asking her out, partly because she embarrasses him in front of her by mentioning his crying problem. After she comforts a confused Lena, mostly by insulting Barry, she storms back to reprimand Barry with a look in her eye that just says I am going to make you regret this decision for the rest of your life. Then later in the movie, Barry spontaneously flies to Hawaii to see Lena, but not knowing where she’s staying, he’s forced to call Elizabeth to ask for her help. She holds the information hostage, forcing him to admit that he likes her first–not in an affectionate, teasing, sibling way, but more in an “admit it, I know what’s good for you so much better than you do” way.
But all pales in comparison to the party scene, the only scene in the movie where we get an onslaught of all seven sisters at once. The first shot says it all–Barry opens the door, overhears his sisters getting nostalgic about how they used to call him “gay boy,” and reflexively begins to back out, hoping maybe to escape the horrors to follow. Once he makes the fateful decision to enter, he’s quickly barraged by each of his sisters in their own unique, subtle way–one makes fun of his suit, one teases him about his sexuality (“are you gay now??”), one negates the gift he brought (“We [already] have a cake”), one nags him about a shampoo they bought for him, one mocks an excuse he used to get off the phone earlier in the movie, and Elizabeth of course chastises him for not wanting to meet Lena. And it just gets worse from there.
It’s a perfect scene, one that’s brilliantly designed to feel just like your average family gathering (scattered activity, characters entering and leaving, basic pleasanteries exchanged), but with a violence deeply imbued in the family dynamic, so ingrained that you feel like no one else in the movie probably even notices it. It’s positively chilling, and when Barry finally snaps as a result, kicking and punching in a couple of the house’s glass doors, it comes to the viewer as pure relief that the scene’s aggression has finally been brought into the forefront. But perhaps most disturbingly, Barry’s sisters do not seem at all concerned by this rather extreme outburst, nor do they seem particularly surprised by it, just using it as an opportunity to him some more (“WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM???” “YOU FUCKING RETARD, BARRY!!”) The scariest thing about this scene is the past that it implies–30+ years of holidays, family trips and other parties, likely not all that different from this one.
I guess you could say that Mr. Perry deserves to be higher than the Egan Sisters, since Barry eventually escapes his siblings’ tyranny, while Perry’s familial oppression ultimately proves fatal for son Neil. But much as I love cartoonish over-dramatizing, it’s the stuff that feels all too real that truly gets under my skin. And for that, Nicole Gelbard, Mia Weinberg, Julie Hermelin, Karen Hermelin, Lisa Spector, Hazel Mailloux and Mary Lynn Rajskub, I salute you with the #4 slot on this list.
(Here’s the list so far, for those of you just tuning in, all of which can be read about in detail from here:
100 Years, 66 Villains: #5. Mr. Perry from Dead Poets Society
Think about the general impression that comes to mind when someone mentions Dead Poets Society. A couple of famous scenes probably immediately jump to mind–Mr. Keating instructing his students to rip a passage about grading poetry out of a textbook, Keating teaching his disciples to carpe diem, and of course the movie’s finale, in which Keatings students salute him by standing on their desks and shouting “O Captain, My Captain!,” the Walt Whitman-inspired sobriquet he adopted at the beginning of the movie. In addition to those dramatic, much-parodied scenes, you probably instantly picture the flamboyant, Oscar-nominated performance of Robin Williams as inspirational English instructor Mr. Keating–an archetype he would return to, with diminishing returns, over the rest of his career. Throw in a couple touching coming-of-age subplots, and you’ve got a movie that, despite a spate of Oscar nominations at the time, has become probably come to be synonymous in your mind with overdramatic, sentimental, lowest common denominator pap.
And it’s all true–that is, until the last third of the movie. At that point, it stops being an inspirational, feel-good story about boys learning to think and feel outside the boxes provided for them by the various authority figures in their lives, and starts being a movie about how, try as we might to fight it, those authority figures always have ultimate say in the end, and we better start putting some nice wallpaper on our boxes because they’re not going away anytime soon. It becomes, without a doubt, the most cynical movie ever made about Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau. And the blame for that soul-crushing lesson in moral pragmatism can be lied almost solely at the hands of one man–Mr. Perry, played by the irrepressible Kurtwood Smith.
Let’s go over the events of the movie for a minute, to properly get a sense of the plot’s trajectory. Mr. Keating is the new English teacher at Welton academy, a private boarding school back in the 50s known for its prestigious history, strenuous cirriculum and efficient production of upstanding young men. Keating’s unconventional lesson plan rocks the worlds of his students, as Charlie (Gale Hansen) has his rebellious streak sparked, Knox (Josh Charles) is inspired to chase a girl at a nearby school, Todd (Ethan Hawke) comes out of his nervous shell, and Neil (Robert Sean Leonard) begins to pursue a passion in acting, while all the boys participate in a the titular secret society. A few feathers are ruffled when at first one of Charlie’s pranks goes too far, but the hubbub dies down and the boys are set back amongst their merry, free-thinking ways.
Enter Mr. Perry, Neil’s father. Perry has decided that his son will be most happy and successful pursuing a career in medicine, and has strictly forbade any thoughts his son may have to the contrary. Neil declines to mention to his father when he tries out for the school’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a move which backfires when Perry shows up at one of the final rehearsals and demands that Neil pull out from his involvement in the show. Neil fakes the move, but decides to disobey his father and appear in the show anyway, in which he performs brilliantly. Unmoved, Perry announces that Neil’s betrayal has forced him to remove him from Welton and enroll him in military school, where he will then proceed to Harvard and a career in medicine. Neil starts to tell his father about his real passion for acting, but is dissuaded by his dismissiveness, and instaed just murmurs to his meek mother and himself “I was good tonight…I was really good.”
Then Neil takes a walk outside with his dad’s revolver. While I was watching this the first time, I literally did not believe what I was seeing. When Neil grabs the revolver, I don’t know what I thought he would do, but it certainly wasn’t that. When I heard the shot, I still refrained from jumping to conclusions. Even in that later scene when Todd goes running and yelling and crying in the snow, I managed to believe that there must be some other explanation. You’re trying to tell me that in this piece of overdramatic, sentimental, lowest common denominator pap….that the teen protagonist kills himself? No overcoming adversity, no making his father understand what’s really important in life, no touching final embrace with Mr. Keating–nothing but a goddamn SUICIDE?? I’ve seen a couple movies before–this is not how this movie was supposed to end.
And guess what? That’s not even the most depressing part. The most depressing part, the part that really sticks in my craw, the part that ultimately convinced me that the primary moral of Dead Poets’ Society is that humanity = shit is that Mr. and Mrs. Perry get to completely pass the buck on the blame for Neil’s death. Well, let’s see, we have a kid who kills himself directly after his father embarrasses him in front of all his friends, makes plans to send him off to a school where he’s guaranteed to be miserable, and crushes his dreams in no uncertain terms (“Tell me what you feel! What is it? Is it more of this, this ACTING business? Because you can forget about that!”), and who’s to blame? Well, it’s gotta be that nutty teacher who put all those fruity acting/thinking ideas in his head in the first place, right? Sure enough, it’s Keating and not Perry that gets cited for investigation in the matter.
At this point, after watching student after student sell out Keating by signing an untrue confession effectively blaming him for everything, I was just praying that something would come along to redeem the events of the movie–something that would show hope for the future of humanity after all. And thus we come to the movie’s consolation prize, the legendary “O Captain My Captain!” scene, where all the students proclaim their allegiance to the departing Keating despite their new instructor’s threats of discipline. I won’t lie, when I first saw it, it just about did the trick–I don’t think I cried, but I came pretty close, and I forgot about all the horrors that came before. But when you have a second to think about it, is anything really accomplished by this? OK, so the students aren’t completely dead inside, but what do you think happens after Keating walks out of the room? A few weeks’ worth of doing dishes, a series of paddlings, and whatever other punitive measures the school will enforce for this final disobedience will likely quash thoughts of any future rebellions. In the meantime, Neil is still dead, Mr. Keating is still unemployed, and Mr. Perry gets off responsibility and guilt-free (if maybe not quite grief-free) for his part in Neil’s death.
No one could have predicted this upon the movie’s release in 1989, but to really understand how and why this character is so villainous, you sort of have to be familiar with the the future role that Kurtwood Smith would come to be most well-known for–that of Red Forman, father of protagonist Eric Forman, in That 70s Show. Red was definitely cut from the Archie Bunker cloth but with a (possibly unintentional) twist–whereas Archie Bunker was seen as something of a relic, ultimately lovingly tolerated by his kinder, less reactionary family, Red was surrounded by such a cast of unlikeable idiots (simpering wife Kitty, slutty daughter Laurie, space cadet son Eric and his moron stoner friends) that his crotchety way of thinking seemed the show’s most acceptable viewpoint. When he chewed out Eric or accidentally insulted Kitty, you didn’t think “dear lord, what a dick,” you thought “man, how does Red ever put up with all these losers?” quickly followed by “goddamn it, is That fucking 70s Show really the best thing on TV right now?”
Mr. Perry is Red, having learned all the wrong lessons and enforced all his worst suspicions from his experiences on That 70s Show, and now too set in his ways to extend any sort of lifeline to son Neil, who desperately needs one. And the sad thing is that unlike Eric, who just sort of freeloaded and complained a lot for EIGHT SEASONS, Neil is actually a talented, ambitious guy, who just asked for the slightest bit of understanding and compassion from his parents–which, apparently, was simply far too much to ask for. And though the bravery of Dead Poets Society has been called into question, the final scene seeming to try to let the movie off the hook, Mr. and Mrs. Perry are given no redemption, no chance for explanation. As another young man tried to teach us in the late 80s, sometimes parents just don’t understand. And sometimes their children kill themselves as a result.
100 Years, 66 Villians: #6. Biff Tannen
Now that 100 Years, 100 Villains has gotten to the very bottom of the barrel, the abbreviated write-ups are simply unsifficient. Stay tuned this week as we count down the top six in proper fashion.
How many film trilogies can you think of that only needed one real villain? Star Wars had the double-whammy of Darth Vader and The Emperor, Alien always had at least one man on the inside that was usually just as despicable, and Lord of the Rings had more villains than I could count, keep track of, or stand to watch consistently for three hours at a time. But aside from the mild antagonism of the stern, unsupportive Principal Strickland (James Tolkan), and some back-up villainy from the Pips of 80s teen villainy, Match, Skinhead & 3-D (IITS-approved villain Billy Zane, Jeffrey Jay Cohen, and Casey “Young Guns” Siemaszko), the evil of the Back to the Future trilogy is the solo reign of one Biff Tannen.
And a historic villainy it is. Biff haunts Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and his family for three whole generations, bullying patriarch George (Crispin Glover) and sexually harrassing mom Lorraine (Lea Thompson) as a teenager in the 50s, taking advantage of now-employee George in the 80s, and stealing and abusing Marty and Doc Brown’s (Christopher Lloyd) in the 2010’s. His villainy is as such that it even dates back to the family’s ancestors, as Biff’s 1880s predecessor Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen terrorized not only then-McFlys Seamus (also Fox, though I thought it was Eric Stolz until very recently) and Maggie (Thompson again), but the entire Hill Valley area, robbing, looting and pillaging at will. And as if all that wasn’t enough, we find out that he’s even more evil in the film’s alternate timeline, when once mad with money and power, he almost single-handedly ruins the whole future, starting a toxic waste company, getting Richard Nixon elected to five staight terms, and even enabling the Vietnam War to run another decade. Not so good, Al.
Sleazy billionaire Biff of 1985-A
Even compared to other 80s teen villains, Biff’s brand of villainy was exceedingly straightforward. He wasn’t conniving or monetarily corrupt like Steff in Pretty in Pink, he wasn’t under the influence of an even more demonic role model like Johnny in The Karate Kid, and he didn’t even have the technical justification of an unfaithful girlfriend like the jerky dude from the rival school in Teen Wolf had for hating on Wolfie. He wasn’t socioeconomically motivated, he wasn’t trying to achieve anything purposeful, and he wasn’t acting on a higher calling. He was just a bully, uncomplicated and unrepentant. There is no explanation or justification for Biff’s actions besides the simple fact that there were people who got in the way of what Biff wanted, and he didn’t look unfavorably upon using violence to fix that. And often, those are the most chilling villains of all.
And yet–there’s something unmistakably human about Biff, isn’t there? The film makes no apologies for him, certainly, and never tries to really portray him in any kind of sympathetic light. But even with all of his misdeeds, it’s still hard not to feel like he’s kind of a sad character. The fact that he’s too stupid to ever consistently outsmart Marty has a lot to do with it–sure, he’s significantly bigger than Marty, but aside from that, it’s not ever really that fair a fight, and whenever the two end up tangoing, it’s always Biff that crashes into the large quantities of horseshit. His predilection for mixed metaphors and malapropisms (“Why don’t you make like a tree…and get the hell out of here“) only enforces this pitiable lack of any sort of cunning.
Also, despite his position of power, he’s kind of a lonely guy, never having much in the way of friends and permanently on the losing end in love. Sure, he’s got Match, Skinhead and 3-D, but he doesn’t seem to like them or care about their well-being very much, and they don’t seem to think of him as anything but a cruel master (and their Wiki page seems to suggest that they only do Biff’s bidding because he’s the sole member of the group with a car, an assertion that says interesting things about the nature of High School serfdom in the 1980s). And of course, he remains permanently unrequited in his love for Lorraine, who roundly spurs his affections. He definitely doesn’t deserve her, of course, a point driven home by his attempted rape of Lorraine in the first movie, but watch the scene in II after she rejects his forceful invitation to the Enchatnment Under the Sea dance, and he yells after her “SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE MY WIFE!!”–c’mon, you gotta feel for the guy at least a little bit, even despite the fact that in II’s alternate timeline, his prediction actually turns out to be accurate.
It’s not surprising that the only real live action role of note that Thomas F. Wilson would have after Back to the Future is as a vaguely Biff-like (although significantly better-meaning) high school gym teacher in Freaks & Geeks. Some roles are iconic to the point of being totally uneclipseable, and despite stiff competition from the O’Bannions and Regina Georges of the world, Biff is deservedly almost without question the most iconic bully in film history.
100 Years, 66 Villains: #12 – #7
“I Was Going To Do It Tonight Anyway” Edition
Professor Edward Alcott, Loser
Played By: Greg Kinnear
M.O.: I’ve spent far too much time contemplating and writing about just how awful a movie Loser is, but I suppose I do have to give it credit for presenting one of the all-time great schmuck characters in movie history. Kinnear’s character has a direct precedent in Fred MacMurray’s character in The Apartment (the movie is, more or less, a remake of Billy Wilder’s classic Best Picture winner), but as unlikeable as MacMurray was in that movie, he never seemed to rejoice in causing Shirley MacLaine misery the way Professor Alcott seems to revel in abusing Mena Suvari this movie. He spends 75% of his scenes with Dora (the college student he’s having an unsanctioned affair with, played by Suvari) insulting and mocking her, and spends the other 25% commanding her to perform various tasks (the part where he reprimands her for not bringing him his tea in the correct manner probably being the most egregious example). He hangs her out to dry when she OD’s for fear of ruining his good (?) name, and apologizes by lying to his parents about her being his assistant after inviting her to spend Thanksgiving. The best moment, though, has to be when Dora’s asking Alcott some questions about Paul (Jason Biggs) to find out whether or not he’s in love with her, and an annoyed Alcott snaps back, “Hon? I’m reading!”
Classic Villain Quote: “If I wanted all this teenage angst, I’d watch reruns of My So-Called Life!” (In response to Dora’s laments about getting kicked out of school and possibly being homeless)
O’Bannion, Darla and Clint, Dazed and Confused
Played By: Ben Affleck, Parker Posey and Nicky Katt
M.O.: Hard for me to separate these three characters in my mind, since each so perfectly represents their respective particular brand of High School bullying to utter perfection. O’Bannion (Affleck) is the dumbass who seems to delight in physically tormenting kids three or four years younger than him since mentally, they’re already way out of his league. Darla (Posey) is the Queen Bitch that rules over her clique with an iron fist, indoctrinating the weak-spirited Freshman girls into a world of caustic bititerness and needless self-absue. And Clint (Katt) is perhaps worst of all, the tough guy who is willing to take any sort of provocation, however unintended, as a call to flex his near-fascist bodily strength and punch-first mentality. Given that 1976 was also the same year that John Travolta and Nancy Allen poured pig’s blood on Sissy Spacek in Carrie because she was, uh, too quiet I guess, I suppose my generation had it relatively easy by comparison.
Partners-in-Villainy: These are only a handful of the remarkable number of baddies to be found in this movie. There’s also Don and Simone (Sasha Jenson and Joey Lauren Adams), there’s watered-down equivalents to O’Bannion and Darla, there’s Coach Conrad (Terry Moss) who wants protagonist Randall “Pink” Floyd (Jason London) to sell his soul for the team, and there’s Pink’s sycophantic friend Benny (Cole Hauser) who persuades him to do so. There’s even that father who cancels he and his wife’s weekend trip when they discover son Kevin (Shawn Andrews) has a party planned. For a movie that makes me happier to watch than just about any other in existence, it’s amazing that it survived with even half the good vibes that it did.
Tracy Flick, Election
Played By: Reese Witherspoon
M.O.: I don’t care who you were in High School, Tracy Flick had to get under your skin at least a little bit. No high school type is as despised from all corners–the jocks, the stoners, the nerds, whomever–as the Humorless Overachiever, and no HO has ever impressed her will on a movie quite like Tracy. It’s not even the deliberately underhanded stuff that she does–how she tries to railroad her potential competitors out of the race, even sabotaging their campaigns and letting others take the fall for it–that really creeps. It’s the personalized “PICK FLICK” cupcakes. It’s the countless campaign maxims (“You know, Coca-Cola is the world’s number one soft drink, but they spend more money than anybody on advertising. I guess that’s how come they stay number one”). And it’s the genuine belief that somehow a High School election is actually a path to legitimate authority, something really worth winning. Principals don’t cause students to have to sit through mind-numbing assemblies, students cause students to have to sit through mind-numbing assemblies.
Sympathetic Reading: I almost had to disqualify Tracy from this list because as villainous as the movie clearly makes her, they also do a commendable job of showing how Tracy’s parents shaped her to be this way, and how despite her many superficial victories, she’s generally a very lonely and unhappy person. Still, if I was Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), I probably would’ve thrown my drink at her limo at the end of the movie too.
Troy, Reality Bites
Played By: Ethan Hakwe
M.O.: I promise this is going to be the first and last time I do this on this countdown, but because I can’t spend any more mental energy contemplating just how much I hate this character, because I’ve already said just about all I can possibly say on this movie in general, and because I don’t want Ethan Hawke to start taking it personally just in case we ever have the chance to hang out someday, I’m just going to quote my previous breakdown of Troy’s most larcenous scene here:
The best (or at least, most memorable) scene in Reality Bites is when Troy is waiting up for Laine (Winona Ryder) after her Frampton makeout with Michael (Ben Stiller), and she demands to know why he’s suddenly acting so jealous. He gets up from his seat, walks over to her, puts his hand on her cheek, and says with total brown-eyed sincerity: “I am really in love with you.” And for a second, Laine just melts–her eyes drop, her lips quiver, and her previously indignant and pissed-off attitude instantly vanishes. With that one line, you can tell that Troy is, at the absolute most, two moves away from the boudoir. But then his straight face cracks into a smile, and he bursts the bubble: “Is that what you want to hear? Is it? Well…don’t flatter yourself.” It’s a greater act of cruelty from one human being to another than anything I saw in Schindler’s List (well, arguably anyway), especially because from her one-second reaction, it was clear that in fact that was exactly what Laine wanted to hear. But rather than save both of them a lot of time and effort by sinking the pink right then and there, Troy opts for the more immediately self-satisfying taunt approach instead. Like I said, Troy is not a nice guy.
I mean, do you really need any more?
Not Without Precedent: As the twin cinematic paragons of Generation X, Reality Bites and Singles will forever be associated with one another, and rightly so. Therefore it should be no surprise that the Troy type should receive a sort of trial run with Singles‘ Andy (James LeGros), the ex-boyfriend of Linda (Kyra Sedgewick) with an elitist, world-be-damned attitude and a goofy ponytail. If he had been in the movie for more than a couple of scenes, there’s no doubt he would’ve been featured prominently on this list.
Regina George, Mean Girls
Played By: Rachel McAdams
M.O.: To put it simply, no movie has ever made me feel more grateful to have a penis than Mean Girls. Say what you will about guy-on-guy bullying–and I got a bit of it in my day, if maybe not as much as I probably should have–it may be painful, it may be humiliating, but at least it’s almost always straightforward. After all, there are only so many ways that getting punched in the face, getting your bookbag stolen or getting called a “faggot” can be interpreted–unless they’re particularly clever, bullies rarely make the effort to disguise their cruel intentions. On the other hand, the world of female teendom, as promised in Mean Girls, is one of unreletnting subtle psychological torture, filled with lies, mind games and betrayal. And leading it all is Regina George.
Regina terrifies me in the way that only a hott, evil High School girl can. It’s not just the three/four-way phone attacks, the domineering of her friends’ social lives, the long brags about the ways in which she ditches her uncool ex-friends. It’s the fact that–and the movie did a brilliant job of articulating this–despite all this, you still really want the Regina Georges of the world to like you. You might protest to hate them, you might even genuinely feel animosity towards them, but with one word of kindness, you’d be putty in their hands. It’s the kind of power that no one should ever have, much less someone in the mentally formative and emotionally fraught years of high school, but power that Regina harnesses and abuses like no other villainess in teen film history.
And that Rachel McAdams always seemed like such a nice girl.
Small-Screen Equivalent: Maybe a bit of a stretch–and definitely a little of a creepy thought–but did you ever wonder what Angelica Pickles would be like once her body, fashion sense and wallet started to develop?
Steff, Pretty in Pink
Played By: James Spader
M.O.: Oh, Steff. Of all the people on this list–and certainly of all those closest to the top–Steff is both the most monomaniacal and ultimately purposeless in his villainy. He serves but one purpose in the entire movie–to persuade friend Blaine (Andrew McCarthy) not to date Andie (Molly Ringwald), and then once the two do start dating, to persuade Blaine to break up with her. Whether Blaine serves any other purpose in life–if he goes to classes, if he has other friends, if he has any interest in his girlfriend Benny (Kate Vernon) beyond having a partner to make fun of Andie with–is totally unclear. But at every turn in the movie, there he is, telling Blaine what trash Andie is, threatening to friend-dump him if he doesn’t break up with her. And evidently, Blaine is equally co-dependent in this relationship, since he actually listens to STeff’s advice/threats, despite his displaying absolutely zero of the qualities towards Blaine that would be conventionally interpreted as friendship. Such a douche is Steff that he even prompts Duckie (Jon Cryer)–a “lover, not a fighter” if there ever was one–to both initiate and hold his own in a hallway scuffle.
Impressive Resume: William Zabka and James Spader are that perfect example of that classic paradigm: When two people occupy the same pop cultural space (in this case, that of the smug, preppy, blonde teen asshole), one will inevitably go on to a long and successful career elsewhere while the other languishes in relatively obscure PC relicdom. Maybe if Zabka went on to star in indie sensation flicks and win an Emmy or two, we’d be looking back on Spadey’s roles in Endless Love, Less Than Zero, Wall Street and Mannequin instead and cackling at what could have been.
100 Years, 66 Villains: #18 – #12
Posted by Andrew Unterberger on June 3, 2008
Quintuple-overtime edition
Earline and the Rest of the Fitzgerald Clan, Million Dollar Baby
Played By: Margo Martindale, Others
M.O.: I originally had Clubber Lang from Rocky III slotted for this spot, but Clubb’s a bit too bad-ass to be strictly despicable. So I went with another villain from a boxing movie instead–Maggie’s (Hillary Swank) family in Million Dollar Baby, maybe the least supportive family in movie history. When Maggie, freshly flush from her boxing winnings, buys her momma a house, all she can do is complain about the ramifications to her welfare, and express deep shame at having a chick pugilist as her progeny. Fair enough, there are plenty of movie parents that just didn’t understand, but once Maggie goes down for the count in a very real-life sense, you’d think they’d maybe have a little more sympathy to dispense. Not so–rather, not only does Momma make it abundantly clear that she’s only visiting Maggie to get her to sign an agreement giving the family all her shit, not only does she not attempt to disguise the fact that she took the family to Disneyworld before visitng her dying daughter, she calls Maggie a loser for not winning her last fight! Never mind that she lost on an extremely illegal cheap shot that almost certainly should have won her the fight by disqualification–Momma’s seeing her daughter for maybe the last time, and she still can’t even fake a little enthusiasm? That’s just bad business.
Partner-in-Villainy: That crazy-eyed evil boxer, Billie “The Blue Bear”. Made scarier–and she was already scarier than all but maybe one or two male boxing villains in film history–by the fact that she’s played by a real-life boxer, Lucia Rijker, who seems like the part wasn’t all that much of a stretch.
Coach Jack Reilly, The Mighty Ducks
Played By: Lane Smith
M.O.: Martin Kove might have laid the groundwork in The Karate Kid, but it was Lane Smith’s work in The Mighty Ducks that truly set the standard for evil kids sports coaches for years and years to come. At least in The Karate Kid the competitors were already in high school, but in Pee Wee hockey, the ruthlessness becomes even more bone-chilling. Constantly deriding student-turned-rival Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) for missing his big shot in the championship game way way back and then quitting hockey after his dad died, Coach Reilly really lets his villainy be known by calling for his only little leg-sweep of an illegal play, having his enforcer sideline the prodigious Duck defector Adam (the regrettably forgotten Vincent Larusso) in the final minutes of the big game. “What’d you do??” a horrified teammate shouts at the enforcer. “My job,” he coldly responds. And a future Reilly/Belichick/Popovich is born.
Modern-Day Equivalent: Robert Duvall’s character in Kicking & Screaming, who similarly demeans and condescends to his protegee (or in this case, son)-turned-rival Will Ferrell like he’s the Bear Bryant of elementary school soccer. He might turn out to be a good guy after all though, I can’t remember how the movie ends.
Jack Lopate, Sideways
Played By: Thomas Hayden Church
M.O.: Might get some weird looks for this one, since not only is Jack not a villain in the conventional sense, but a lot of people probably don’t even think he’s such a bad dude. But THC (heh) turned my stomach repeatedly in this one–really, I can’t think of too many film characters generally attribtuable as “the friend” that are more selfish, insensitive, and just all-around despicable as Jack. Let’s see–he uses a road trip with Miles (Paul Giamatti), supposed to be a bonding experience between the two before Jack gets married, as an opportunity to nail Stephanie (Sandra Oh), which he frequently ditches Miles to pursue. Then after making Miles lie to new squeeze Maya (Virginia Madsen) about the wedding, and after she breaks up with him as a result (and Stephanie very violently breaks up with Jack), he ditches Miles again for a fat waitress. Then after he leaves his wallet and wedding band at the waitress’s house and realizes what a mistake he made cheating on his fiancee, he makes Miles go back, break into the house and steal his stuff back. Then, to top it all off, he crashes Miles’ car, without asking, with Miles inside, in order to explain to his fiancee the broken nose Stephanie gave him. This is supposed to be friendship?
Sure, he gets Miles laid, which eventually helps him get over his ex-wife, and he deserves points for that, yeah. But does anyone actually think his assistance actually came from the goodness of his heart and a desire to see his buddy happy, rather than because he just hoped it would make Miles stop whining for long enough that he can continue his affair with Stephanie? And even after Miles gets with Maya, and he’s happy for the first time in ages, when he doesn’t immediately cop to it to Jack, what’s his conclusion? “You’re a homo!” If this is what friendship–real friendship–is supposed to be all about, then the second I get engaged, I’m cutting all non-sexual and non-familial relationships out of my life forever.
Classic Villain Quote: “Listen, man. You’re my friend, and I know you care about me. And I know you disapprove, and I respect that. But there are some things that I have to do that you don’t understand. You understand literature, movies, wine… but you don’t understand my plight.” (Before leaving to fuck the fat waitress)
Walter Peck, Ghostbusters
Played By: William Atherton
M.O.: Yuppiedom must’ve been so pervasive in the 80s that anyone who wasn’t actively seeking to be part of the establishment feared that such people had no purpose in life except to destroy any possible threat from the non-squares to the status quo and thus, their Yuppie lifestyle. And so we got William Atherton. Choosing just one movie to represent his wide ouevre of thoughtless, condescending, simpering villainy in the 80s (and to a lesser extent, 90s) is a difficult task, but Ghostbusters will probably do. The guy shuts down the Ghosbusting enterprise seemingly out of resentment for not being one of the cool kids, nearly bringing New York City to the brink of collpase in the process. For his efforts, Atherton earned a lifetime association with the adjective “dickless,” and that seems fair enough.
Impressive Resume: Real Genius? Die Hard 1 & 2? BIO-DOME? This guy’s own mother probably couldn’t look him in the eye by the end of the century.
Stephen Glass, Shattered Glass
Played By: Hayden Christiensen
M.O.: Anakin Skywalker could never be half this creepy. I don’t even know what it is, really–there are far greater crimes in my book than journalistic fraud, and Glass’s villainy isn’t really at the expense of anyone (besides JOURNALISTIC ETHICS I guess but who cares). It’s just something about his false humility, about the he uses his own poutiness and the sympathy of his female co-workers to hide from any sort of criticism, and the way he’s willing to lie to protect his story no matter how unreasonable the lie and how flimsy the story. And it’s about his glasses–ordinary, everyday glasses to be sure, but ones that somehow add that extra level of skin-crawling smirk to his overall persona, combined with his downright evil-looking smile. It’s amazing that Peter Saarsagard’s character made it out of the movie alive.
Small-Screen Equivalent: David Simon more or less ripped this one wholesale for the Scotty Templeton subplot in S5 of The Wire. The principal difference was that Templeton used his hair, not his ocular wear, to visually symbolize his patheticness.
Beth Jarrett, Ordinary People
Played By: Mary Tyler Moore
M.O.: Who can turn the world off with a frosty, withering glare? There’ve been a whole bunch of Cold Moms on this list, but Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People puts them all to shame. “Playing against type” doesn’t even begin to cover it–if you’d never heard of Mary Tyler Moore before, this’d still be an Oscar-worthy performance, but if you’re familiar with the show, we’re starting to talk All-Time here. There is absolutely no compassion in this woman–you look for it to inevitably crack a little in her face, in her voice, somewhere, but it’s nowhere to be found. While her marriage begins to crumple and her son reaches the verge of suicide, she stays completely expressionless, unmoved. It’s your mom giving you the silent treatment for the rest of your life, for something that wasn’t even your fault. And it chills.
(My main problem with the movie, though: When Donald Sutherland eventually does break up with her, couldn’t he have slipped something in there like “I’m sorry, Beth…I just don’t think we’re going to make it after all“?)
Sympathetic Reading: Smiling so much on the MTM show for seven years must’ve gotten pretty exhausting. I’d pretty much want to do the exact opposite after that, too.
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Catching up on S3 of Weeds edition…
Cal Hockley, Titanic
Played By: Billy Zane
M.O.: Titanic was not a very subtle movie, and Billy Zane was not a very subtle villain. You think of some of the other Great Love Affair movies made in recent years–The Notebook, The English Patient, The End of the Affair–and the Other Guy is usually at least slightly sympathetic, if not exactly likeable. Billy Zane is pretty much a prick from the jump in this one, though–he hates art, he hates fun, and he definitely hates any whiff of uppity femininity. As the movie goes on, it’s sort of impressive how he drops any sort of pretensions to non-douchiness, just framing people for murder and using kids as life-preservers left and right. Best part? The dude gets away with everything! Never let it be said that it James Cameron was just a crowd-pleaser.
Partner-in-Villainy: Ruth, Rose’s domineering mother, played by Frances Fisher. As far as cold, business-first mums go, it’s hard to get too much bitchier than marrying your daughter off to some rich chode to save your family’s rep. Especially when you’re as creepily pale as Fisher.
Karen Crowder, Michael Clayton
Played By: Tilda Swinton
M.O.: “For such a smart person, you really are lost, aren’t you?” Tilda Swinton’s Oscar-winning turn as a rising star in shady agricultural corp UNorth who acts a little too far over her station is one of the all-time great despicable big-business performances. I feel like in most other movies, a character like Karen–who calls for hits on several people deemed a risk to UNorth’s prosperity, seemingly because she thinks it’s just what people ion her position are supposed to do–would be played like a confident, cold-hearted monster. But under writer/director Tony Gilroy and Swinton’s guidance, she’s just a thoughtless, shoot-first thug, and worse because you know there’s no way that she’d be capable of doing her own dirty work. It’s what makes Michale’s climactic triumph scene over Karen (up there with the There Will Be Blood denouement as the best scene of 2007) and that final shot of her, doubled-over, wondering what the fuck just happened, so amazing.
Not Without Precedent: Diana Christensen, Faye Dunaway’s similarly Academy-baiting role in Network, set the standard for conniving, murderous businesswomen. She doesn’t make the list, though, because I have no problem believing she could clean up her own mess if need was.
Shooter McGavin, Happy Gilmore
Played By: Christopher McDonald
M.O.: Few villain molds are as blissfully one-dimensional as that of the Adam Sandler villain. Bradley Whitford’s character in Billy Madison, Glen Goulia in The Wedding Singer, Peter Gallagher’s character in Mr. Deeds, the dude with the big dick in Anger Management–all selfish, insensitive assholes next to which Sandler can shine as a Christ-like beacon of righteousness and coolness. Of course, none of them can compare to Shooter, the ultimate badass of sweatered aggression. Cheatiing on the tour, sabotaging Happy, referring to himself in the third person…the man is an unstobbale force of snobby despicability. Even the way he walks–as if it was designed to show off just how much of a tight-ass he is–is pitch-perfect.
Impressive Resume: Some people just have one of those faces you want to distrust. If McDonald ever played anything resembling a likeable character, I’ve certainly missed that part of his filmography–the closest thing I can think of is Matthew Lillard’s dad in SLC Punk, and that guy was only sympathetic because he was fairly honest about what a middle-upper class leech he was. Ruining the purity of game shows as the host of Twenty-One in Quiz Show might go down as his greatest act of well-coiffed destruction.
Jo, Rounders
Played By: Gretchen Mol
M.O.: My father always cites Barbara Hershey’s character in Hoosiers as the ultimate Sports Wife villain–the kind of simpering, unsupportive partner who can’t, won’t, or just doesn’t want to understand the important part that sports plays in her man’s life. Fair enough, but I haven’t seen that movie since I was maybe five, so I gotta go with what I know here, and that’s Gretchen fucking Mol in Rounders. Her motivations, generally speaking, are pure–she loves Mike McD (Matt Damon), sure, and she probably is just looking out for his best interest when she makes him promise to quit rounding. But her complete inflexibility, her complete lack of faith, and her sheer unwillingness to forgive or understand why it’s poker and not law that’s in his blood makes her the Barbara Hershey for my generation of sports movies, and then some. She ain’t worth it, man–especially with a sex-starved, poker-loving Famke Janssen waiting in the wings.
Partner-in-Villainy: Despite being one of the best performances from the guy I’d probably quote as being the best actor of his time, Worm (Edward Norton) isn’t really much better a friend to Mike than Jo is a girlfriend. Up until the point where he shows up at the Sherriff’s card game and tries to force Mike into working their two-man mechanics on a bunch of cops, his many transgressions are forgivable, but at that point, Mike’s absolutely right to cut Worm out of his life. Why he refuses to do this with Jo is the movie’s real mystery.
Ruth Fowler, In the Bedroom
Played By: Sissy Spacek
M.O.: The slap heard ’round the world. As with Jo, Ruth’s villainy is far from incomprehensible–Nick Stahl, still best remembered by me as the title character in Bully, does a surprisingly compelling job as Ruth’s loveable first-born Frank. When his death comes at the hand of the ex-husband of his girlfriend, who she never approved of in the first place, her grief, and her ensuing chilliness is more than understandable. Hell, so are the mind games she plays with hubby Matt (Tom Wilkinson), even when she sort of ends up manipulating him into playing vigilante after the ex-husband (William Mapother, a personal Villainous That Guy fave) gets light sentencing. But it’s that slap–dispensed at the expense of the girlfriend, one Natalie Strout (Marissa Tomei), after she essentially begs Ruth for forgiveness for her unintentional part in Frank’s death–that cemented her place in this list, and earned deserved Oscar nods for both.
Impressive Resume: In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been a little while since Sissy played the loveable innocents she originally made her bread and butter in movies like Badlands and Coal Miner’s Daughter.
Her role as Jim Garrison’s wife in JFK is the political equivalent of the Barbara Hersehy/Gretchen Mol sports wife archetype.
Guy Woodhouse, Rosemary’s Baby
Played By: John Cassavettes
M.O.: What would be really interesting, I think, would be an epilogue showing what Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy’s relationship is like after she gives birth to the anti-christ. Is the institution of marriage strong enough for her to forgive Guy for selling her womb out to the Devil, letting Satan rape and impregnate her in exchange for some better theatrical roles? Admittedly I’ve never experienced the frustration of being an unemployed actor in New York–maybe my freshman-year roommate would have greater sympathy for his plight–but I dunno, the two of them seemed to have a pretty nice apartment, and before she cuts her hair and starts looking like a walking skeleton, Mia Farrow is a pretty good catch. Letting your wife unwillingly bring about the end of times doesn’t quite seem like the next appropriate career step to me.
Small-Screen Equivalent: Those idiot fucking Reaper parents who sell their first-born’s soul to Satan in exchange for the father’s sickness being cured–fair enough at first, since they thought the husband was sterile, but why not get an abortion, instead of just going “ho-hum, I guess our son is just gonna have to spend eternity in damnation,” once the mother is actually impregnated? Or, y’know, just use birth control in the first place to be on the safe side.
All-the-time-in-the-world edition
Bill Lumbergh, Office Space
Played By: Gary Cole
M.O.: I’m not going to pretend like I have any personal reason to shudder at the very mention of Bill Lumbergh. Fact is, I’ve never really had that horrific office experience–in fact, if there’s one complaint I could have about my current internship at Sirius it would be that there aren’t enough AAFs (Asshole Authority Figures) for me to sort of wink at my co-interns about, bonding through our mutual hatred. And even considering that, I’d always rather have a boss that I knew for a fact was more clueless than I was–better that than the other way around, right? Still, even if I don’t have that personal connection, it’d be extremely remiss of me to not include Lumbergh on this list, just for the iconic status that he’s achieved, becoming the very image of Boss-From-Hell upper-managment incompetence, sucking any sort of energy or creativity out of the workplace with every “Peter, hey….what’s happening?” God willing, I’ll never have to relate to this one on any level other than “man, good thing I don’t know anyone who wears suspenders.”
Classic Villain Quote: “Oh, oh, and I almost forgot. Ahh, I’m also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday, too…”
Mitch Hiller, Enough
Played By: Billy Campbell
M.O.: “You wanna fight? I’m a man, honey. It’s no contest.” No abusive husband in cinematic history has laid down the law quite like Enough‘s Mitch Hiller, played by multi-medium That Guy Billy Campbell, perhaps best known to recent audiences as the prophetic Jordan Collier in recently cancelled sci-fi series The 4400. There’s a brief honeymoon period as he courts wife-to-be Slim (Jennifer Lopez), but soon she’s catching him cheating on her, and he decides that rather than go through the trouble of sneaking around and lying to her, it’d be easier just to show her the backside of his hand (or front side of his fist) when she complains. Slim goes on the run, and the stakes quickly get raised to life-or-death, as J. Lo realizes she has had the titular amount of Mitch’s shenanigans.
The classic moments come fast and furious as the two duel, but there’s one I’ve never understood–when Slim high-tails west with her old college boyfriend Joe, the wimpy dude who’s obviously still in love with her, and Mitch suddenly tracks her down and comes careening violently into the picture. “DON’T WORRY ABOUT YOUR BOYFRIEND,” he advises J. Lo, “THEY’LL BE FISHING HIS GUTS OUT OF LAKE WASHINGTON!” This would clearly seem to imply that Mitch has killed Joe (and violently disposed of his corpse), and indeed, as Slim struggles for her life, he is nowhere to be found. But in the last scene, Slim hooks up with a perfectly-fine-seeming Joe again, with no explanation given whatsoever. So what did Mitch do to him in that scene, exactly? Kidnap him for a few hours? Give him a couple of bucks and send him McDonalds for an Egg McMuffin while he takes care of business? And does a decidedly unconcerned-seeming J. Lo somehow sense that he’s lying when he says this, or does she just not care all that much? Very strange.
Not Without Precedent: I’ve still yet to see 80s TV Movie classic The Burning Bed–they don’t show it on IFC much, for some reason–but from the I Love the 80s clips, Robert Greenwald’s character probably taught Mitch everything he knows.
Mrs. Lisbon, The Virgin Suicides
Played By: Kathleen Turner
M.O.: I guess there’s no saying how anyone would react to the suicide of their youngest daughter–especially when there seems to be so little in the way of explanation–and until Lux (Kirsten Dunst) gives it up to Trip Fontaine (Josh Hartnett) on the football field after prom, Mrs. Lisbon keeps her more insane impulses relatively in check. But once she starts imprisoning all her daughters after Lux’s indiscretions, you know that it’s only a matter of time until the film title applies to all five girls (well, maybe not the virgin part quite so much in Lux’s case, but the important part). The scene where she burns all of Lux’s records as she sobs on the staircase is particularly painful–although why any girl would cry so much for lack of Kiss is somewhat beyond me. The worst part is that James Woods’ father character really seems like he’d be a pretty good guy–just a typical dorky Science dad–without Turner’s stern, ultra-conservative influence overruling his more mild-mannered opinionating.
Impressive Resume: Hard to believe based on her steely performance here, but Turner was nothing less than the reincarnation of Barbara Stanwyck back in the 80s, playing fatale-ish roles with varying levels of seriousness in Body Heat, Prizzi’s Honor and The Man With Two Brains.
Rose Chausseur, The Ref
Played By: Glynis Johns
M.O.: “What is the matter with you? I thought mothers were sweet, and nice, a-a-and…patient! I know loan sharks who are more forgiving than you!” Gus’s (Dennis Leary) reaction to Lloyd’s (Kevin Spacey) mother is understated, if anything–Rose is pretty much the nightmare mother, and even moreso as concerns Lloyd’s wife Caroline (Judy Davis), the textbook nightmare mother-in-law. Domineering, manipulative, and completely unsympathetic, she constantly henpecks at Lloyd’s masculinity and undermines Caroline’s authority, making an already-memorable Christmas (in case you’ve missed it on TBS the last 15 December 25ths, burglar Gus is holding couple-on-the-rocks Caroline and Lloyd hostage while the couple try to host a family Xmas) a legendary disaster. Lloyd and Caroline get the last laugh, getting to tie her up and gag her while Gus prepares his escape route, but you get the feeling that that’s just going to make things that much more awkward come next Thanksgiving. (And as for having two crum Mums in a row…don’t worry, we got plenty of bad Dads coming up too)
Small-Screen Equivalent: Pure evil matriarch Livia Soprano, who not only would be assured a place on this list were TV roles acceptable, she’d be pushing for top honors.
Cobra Kai Dojo, The Karate Kid
Played By: Martin Kove, William Zabka, others
M.O.: You know the deal–hell, if you grew up even the slightest bit dorky in the 80s, you probably had nightmares about ’em, chasing you down in their “Around the World”-esque matching skeleton costumes. You definitely remember the quotes–“Get him a body bag!” “STRIKE FIRST! STRIKE HARD! NO MERCY!” and of course, the Order 66 of 80s teen film, “Sweep the leg!” But what you might not remember, and what I didn’t remember until watching the movie again recently, is how darn likeable that Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) is. Even before Mr. Miyagi (Noryiuki “Pat” Morita) turns him into a crane-kicking machine, he’s not just some simpering nerd–he’s an athletic, affable, sympathetic guy who loves his mother and just had the misfortune to accidentally cross some bad dudes early in his California stay. He’s not Anthony Michael Hall, where even if you felt bad for the guy, you sort of understood that bullies risked runing their reputations if they didn’t pick on him at least a little. He’s just a good guy in the wrong place at the wrong time, up against a bunch of real assholes.
But for all the attention that Billy Zabka gets as lead bully Johnny Lawrence–and certainly he deserves it, personifying priviliged insider High School villainy to a T with his blond hair and arrogant demeanor–it’s really Martin Kove as dojo Sensei John Kreese that gives you the heebie jeebies in this one. He just seems so motivationless in his villainy–at least Johnny has turf to protect, and an ex-girlfriend to act jealous and entitled around. What’s in it for Kove to have his students beat up on some high schooler, cheating in their fights to the point of practically crippling him? I mean his Dojo has a rep for winning, sure, but is that win-at-all-cost-of-human-life mentality really the sort of thing that really got a Dojo good publicity out west in the 80s? Too bad it wasn’t Kove who would go on to appear as similar characters in Just One of the Guys and Back to School–he could’ve been an immortal.
Lesser-Known Knock-Off: The gang of bullies in 1992’s Sidekicks, torturing poor little Jonathan Brandis so much that he went and killed himself a decade later.*
Heathers, Heathers
Played By: Kim Walker, Shannon Doherty, Lisanne Falk
M.O.: Probably would be safe to say that most girls in the 80s would’ve rather contended with the Cobra Kai Dojo than with their female equivalent, the Westerberg High clique known as the Heathers (the shared first name of the three primary antagonists, Mrs. Duke, Chandler and McNamara). There was certainly no beating these Heathers by symbolically taking them down in a tournament–as J.D. (Christian Slater) found, the only way to stop the Heathers from spreading their villainy against Martha Dumptruck and her ilk was to actually kill them. Yet arguably the real innovation of Heathers was showing how despite their villainy, they still attracted people like Veronica (Winona Ryder), otherwise a well-meaning free-thinker, with their promises of hallway respect and college frat parties. (Scene cut from Karate Kid: Daniel, wishing for acceptance from the Cobra Kai crew, is encouraged to slip a roofie into Elisabeth Shue’s character’s coke while mini-golfing and date-rapes her inside the 15th hole windmill).
Lesser-Known Knock-Off: I thought Jawbreaker was gonna be so badass when I first saw the previews back in ’99, far before I first caught Heathers on Comedy Central. “Hm, that Rose McGowan is pretty right on,” I remember thinking. “But I can’t shake the feeling that this has probably been done somewhere before…and probably not quite so terribly…”
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Victim Shaming & Slander Game Against #MeToo Movement in Fresno/Clovis Brought To You By FieldHouse559 & Jennifer Willis @Jennsfourlove (Fresno)
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NOTE: This story was created to slander Chris Roup, who has a current temporary restraining order against Louis. C Brosi. There is a court date for a permanent restraining order.
Louis C Brosi had a restraining order on him previously as well. Others have been attempted, and then settled out of court and silenced.
This post on the fake news site CaNewsDome.net is in response to the #metoo movement in Fresno/Clovis that has launched to stop the money & power people from covering up and benefiting from their sins.
Jennifer Willis of Field House 559
Jennifer Willis is the business partner of Louis C Brosi and they run Fresno FieldHouse 559.
This restaurant is tied deeply with Clovis Unified baseball and host many sports celebrations for the Clovis Unified teams.
Mentioned, and quoted, but not named are Jennifer Willis, Clovis Community, Little League Baseball President (It is NOT the current Little League Baseball President. He has said it is not his quote. Maybe a previous president?) and, of course, Field House 559.
Currently, Louis C Brosi has a TRO in place.
The CA NEWS DOME DNS was purchased June 18, 2018.
Stories were published on the site and manually back-dated to look like the site had been around for a longer period of time.
Templates on site are basic templates used for Wix and other build-your-own sites.
News quality of the site is elementary at best. Videos created are by amatuer and 6-th grade students have done better for their schools morning bulletins.
This is not a real news/anything site.
The site was built to slander Chris Roup.
Sponsored ad was paid on Facebook to promote this slander.
Local woman adorned, but a girlfriend scorned uses ‘#MeToo Movement’ platform to get back at cheating ex-lover
California News Dome Newswire
FRESNO, CA— “#MeToo,” is a phrase that was popularized by actress Alyssa Milano when she encouraged women to tweet about it and “give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem. It became a hashtag that would spread virally on social media, October 2017 to an international movement against sexual harassment and assault.
According to Boston Globe October 2017 article, the original purpose of “#MeToo” as used by Tarana Burke in 2006, was to empower women through empathy, especially young and vulnerable women. It wasn’t until after millions of people started using the phrase, and it spread to dozens of other languages, the purpose changed and expanded.
However, the charges to men who are becoming erroneously victimized by “#MeToo” Movement exploiters has expanded as well.
A Vox article Apr 5, 2018 explored this and found that 63 percent of the women surveyed were very or somewhat concerned about false accusations, and 56 percent were worried about perpetrators getting the same punishment for different misdeeds.
An even greater concern amongst several women in the focus group expressed worry that men in their families — men they described as caring and respectful of women — would be falsely accused or otherwise harmed as a side effect of #MeToo … and this is where Part 1 of our investigative report begins, in Fresno, CA.
From botched relationships, money schemes to manipulation, a few women spoil it for those who truly are victims of sexual abuse and harassment—so what happens when these types of women have gone too far?
Such is the case found with mental health worker, Christina Valdez-Roup, who has been executive director of the local Fresno, CA affiliate of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) since 2014.
NAMI, a community benefit organization, is provided to communities at no cost and delivered from a lived-experience perspective, providing education, support & advocacy for all people affected by mental illness, according to the website.
In the work world, Valdez-Roup appears to be genuine; NAMI, tends to hire individuals who have experienced mental illness, such as her, or dealt closely with a family member suffering from it. Valdez-Roup has openly expressed her several suicide attempts and other challenges she continues to work on daily.
She also prides herself on being a part of the cohort of mental health training and education support to law enforcement agencies, criminal justice system, local school districts to teachers, administrators and students, and faith communities to raise awareness for mental health and reduce stigma of mental illness.
In fact, Valdez-Roup would seem like the role-model citizen: she serves as a board member for Central Valley Children’s Services Network, NAMI California, California CIT Association, active member of the Maternal Wellness Coalition, Fresno County Suicide Prevention Collaborative, California Perinatal MH Collaborative, and FUSD Health & Human Services Career Pathway subcommittee. Valdez-Roup is certified in Crisis Intervention Training for Law Enforcement and Adult & Youth Mental Health First Aid.
However, that is not where this story falls short; Valdez-Roup’s erratic public behavior and email habits tell a different story about her personal life she chose to reveal very publicly, from disrupting her son’s little league game over a past flame, to perilously stalking that same ex-lover and his wife outside of their house in the wee hours of the morning.
Is this a game? A mental set-back, or very real for Valdez-Roup?
After all, she does have a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of South Carolina, so it would not be too far-fetched to assume she knows the right strategies to grasp the attention of innocent sympathizers.
The California News Dome received several scoops of information from Fresno, CA witnesses subjected reluctantly to the mass “ccd” email rants from Valdez-Roup or social media, soap-box speeches surrounding her troubled life; we found it necessary to dig a little deeper.
Stay with us as we explore the depths of Valdez-Roup’s mindset and raved hunger for the public to notice.
source: https://www.canewsdome.net/single-post/2018/06/29/Local-woman-adorned-but-a-girlfriend-scorned-uses-%25E2%2580%2598MeToo-Movement%25E2%2580%2599-platform-to-get-back-at-cheating-ex-lover
Part 1: ‘#MeToo’ local community supporter could be taking advantage of the movement’s cause
Local mental health advocate Christina Valdez-Roup uses social media as a tool to oust partner in failed relationship
A final factor may suggest local scorned girlfriend used ‘MeToo Movement’ to ruin boyfriend
Valdez-Roup’s intentions could prove to be hurting women throughout the ‘MeToo Movement’
FRESNO, CA— As the “#MeToo Movement” continues to be a prevalent platform for women who have been sexually abused, violated or inappropriately handled by a male aggressor, a select few would rather use it as a possible platform to bring down a male counterpart responsible for a bad relationship, (read Part 2 here for more backstory details to this story.)
California News Dome has been conscientiously examining the serious domestic abuse claims of Christina Valdez-Roup, tipped by female concerned citizens who were fearful of being named or shamed by local supporters of the “MeToo Movement” platform.
Mental health professional Valdez-Roup has had readers on the edge of their seats, actively engaged to sleuth whether the claims are real against ex-lover and local business owner, Louis Brosi, who has suffered emotional and financial loss due to the determined, irreverent ex-lover.
A final email letter source from Valdez-Roup forwarded to our news team suggests that her actions this time may have been way over the top.
In 2016, a high school head baseball coach in the local area from where Brosi is the club booster president, sent a mass email to all parents and staff during the holiday season about the upcoming 2017 season. The email also listed the upcoming parent meeting.
Valdez-Roup then proceeded to return the same email in a “reply-all” state, addressing the coach and all the families attached to the mass email with a very long email explanation as to why she would not be attending the mandatory parent meeting.
“This message is to clearly to inform you all that Louis Brosi is not to have any contact with me or my family in any way…I am sending this to everyone because it will take all of you to be aware of my request…As much s I would LOVE to be a part of the baseball program, I cannot get involved at the capacity in which I have always wanted as long as Louis Brosi is a present and involved… some history to help you all understand my message … Louie and I have been involved in a relationship for years. I’ll spare you the details … I will not willingly maintain our relationship now that I’ve been made aware that he has misrepresented his marriage, again…”
The exasperating email continues to go into details about Valdez-Roup’s rocky relationship and her attempt to keep her mental illness at bay through it all.
What is also disturbing was another document sent to us which was a harassment report from 2013 where Valdez-Roup made several attempts to reach the wife of Brosi at her home at 4:00 AM, refusing to leave the outside of the house until she could talk to her, screaming profanities, ringing the doorbell multiple times until her request be met. The local police department were called to the incident, which was already on file from Valdez-Roup’s previous attempts to talk to Brosi’s wife.
A final attempt for Valdez-Roup to gain community support in 2018 for her lasting emotional hurt via social media involved close co-workers and friends. Another document given showed an excerpt from website “International Badass Activist,” where a co-worker exploited Brosi in regards to his donations to the Marjoree Mason Center.
“Why is an abuser allowed to host fundraiser for Marjoree Mason Center and get social kudos? Why? #metto/FieldHouse.”
The supportive co-worker named Eve then continued to post to the Marjoree Mason Center and Brosi’s business home page, “WTF, seriously? The owner of —-Louis C. Brosi—ws arrested for physically assaulting his girlfired in 2014. Had a RO for a year, NOW has another one for continued abuse. Does Marjaree Mason Center know they are working with an abuser here? That’s tainted donations right there …”
The same co-worker proceeded to begin a threatening social media thread toward the female business partner, using the #MeToo Movement platform:
“mmm@jennsfour—- and @—– the #metoo movement is coming to you. I am not putting up with victim shaming, gaslighting and worse @— (hashtag location of Brosi’s business) rotten humans who own this place. I know who you are–and I know you know me. I get around these parts … So @Jennsfour—-, I’m learning all about what a bitch you are –how dare you — you are on my fu–ing campaign to bring the #metoo campaign to (hashtag school location affiliated with Brosi) and the baseball coach–with my twist. Get ready, incoming. You tragedy of a woman. *grin* Oh yea, I’m Eve. fu–u.”
As the saga continues, now Brosi’s business partner is seeking a restraining order against Valdez-Roup for the continued harassment and appearances at their place of business; she has also been found stalking the location late night when the business partner is present.
Coincidentally, the supportive co-worker, Eve Reiland, who is doing the negative social media campaigning against Valdez-Roup’s ex-lover, is married to the attorney William L. Reiland who is currently helping on the defense of Valdez-Roup with her restraining order cases.
Legal stakes or formidable Rottweiler steak-chow?
Is it possible that Valdez-Roup could face legal charges for past resentments of her failed relationship? Could fraudulent misrepresentation play a role in her demise?
According to legal match.com, fraudulent misrepresentation occurs when a party makes a purposeful misrepresentation so that the buyer enters into a contract to purchase.
“There are two types of misrepresentations through words. The first is when someone makes an affirmative statement that is false. The second is known as a ‘half-truth or ‘partial truth, which means a party tells the truth but conceals or omits some material facts. A second kind of misrepresentation occurs when there is silence or non-disclosure of facts. It’s important to note that silence generally does not constitute fraud; however, if a party is under a legal obligation to disclose all material facts, and chooses to be silent, this can constitute fraudulent misrepresentation.”
There is no telling what the consequences could be of Valdez-Roup’s career as a mental health professional, as perhaps her own mental care may be at stake. It is questionable whether she truly is a victim of domestic abuse or a victim of a failed relationship that was never meant to be from the start.
Perhaps the lesson for all is, “Don’t air your dirty laundry; someone may pick it up and wear it at any time or pass it on to other wearers.”
Tags fieldhouse559, jennifer willis, metoo
By Eve Reiland
Contact | internationalbadassactivists@gmail.com
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$CGRW: CannaGrow Holdings, Inc. Files Amendment to its Articles with State of Delaware Reducing Authorized Common Shares
CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESSWIRE / November 6, 2014 / CannaGrow Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: CGRW) (CGRW) -The Company filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation with the State of Delaware on Wednesday, November 5, 2014.
Delmar Janovec, CannaGrow CEO, comments, "The Company filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation with the State of Delaware after receiving majority consent from its shareholders of the Company. The amendment will decrease its authorized common stock from Two Billion, (2,000,000,000), shares to Five Hundred Million, (500,000,000), shares with an effective date of December 4, 2014.
The Company is currently undergoing many exciting changes and shareholder value is of the utmost importance. Reducing the Authorized Common Stock for the second time in this calendar year 2014, will send a very positive message to the investment community as we enter into the Medical-Recreational Marijuana industry in Colorado.
Mr. Janovec goes on to say, CannaGrow Holdings has assembled a very competent team of experts and professionals to assist in our entry into the Medical-Recreational Marijuana Industry. Shareholders can expect on-going progress reports as we finalize building plans and submit applications."
About CannaGrow Holdings, Inc.:
The Company has entered the Medical/Recreational Cannabis Industry as a Lessor, Liaison, and Consultant to licensed Growers providing them with turnkey Growing Facilities in the State of Colorado. The Company intends to expand this business model within this industry as business opportunities evolve whereby providing for the highest return to its shareholders
The Company is currently working with a website designer to update its website to reflect the new business model that will be forthcoming in the very near future.
The Company encourages the public to read the above information in conjunction with its year-end statement for December 31, 2013, and the quarterly statements filed in calendar year 2014, at www.PinkSheets.com.
The information contained in this press release may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "may," "could," "possibly," "feel," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its services, competition, limited service facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein.
CannaGrow Holdings, Inc.
Delmar Janovec
info@cannagrowholdings.com
http://cannagrowholdings.com/
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cannagrow-holdings-inc-files-amendment-113000193.html
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Blue Man Group Adds Performance to Benefit Victims of Boston Tragedy
May 28th, 2013 | By Jesse North
The international hit Blue Man Group has added a performance on June 10 at the Charles Playhouse, in which all proceeds will benefit the One Fund Boston. The charity supports those most affected by the attacks in Boston on April 15. Tickets for the 7:30 PM performance are now on sale.
“For Blue Man Group, every performance is about unifying people through an uplifting shared experience,” Jonathan Screnci, resident general manager of Blue Man Group in Boston said in a statement. “Blue Man Group is proud to be offering this special performance in honor of those most deeply affected and in support of our beautiful city that we all love.”
A mainstay at the Charles Playhouse since 1995, Blue Man Group centers on three alien-like men all in blue. The non-speaking but friendly characters guide the audience through a hilarious, eye-popping spectacle that incorporates percussive music, visual tricks, bold lighting and fascinating facts about our world. It’s a sensory overload that will delight all ages.
Get your tickets to see the Blue Man Group phenomenon today.
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Diamonds are forever, but 40 years is enough for Wright's Jewelers owners
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Mary and Tom Wright talk about their decision to close Wright's Jewelers after 40 years in business.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Customers walk under a store closing banner at Wright's Jewelers in the Pioneer Woods shopping center at 70th Street and Pioneers Boulevard in early November.
Tom Wright arranges items in a display counter at Wright's Jewelers.
Tom Wright assists customers Tami Carlson and Scott Carlson of Omaha at Wright's Jewelers on Wednesday.
After graduating from high school in Hebron, Tom Wright went to college for one year at Nebraska Wesleyan University but quickly realized it wasn't for him.
"I needed something more hands-on," he said.
His cousin was in the jewelry business and it looked interesting, so he decided he'd give it a try.
"I tried it, and I guess it worked," said Wright, who wound up spending more than half a century in the industry.
The last 40 of those have been spent running Wright's Jewelers with his wife, Mary — first downtown and, for the past dozen years, in the Pioneer Woods shopping center at 70th Street and Pioneers Boulevard.
Before that, they both worked for several years at Sartor Hamann Jewelers in Lincoln.
Combined, the couple, who are both in their 70s, have more than 100 years of experience in the jewelry business.
Now seems as good a time as any to retire, Mary Wright said.
"If we don't do it now, when would we do it?" she asked Wednesday, finding time to talk to a reporter in between helping a steady stream of customers.
Running their own store for all these years has been incredibly rewarding, Mary said, but it also has meant little time for things such as vacations.
"When you are in retail, you have such a limited time you can be away," she said.
So travel is high on their list of retirement plans.
"We joked that if we sell everything in the store we're all going to Hawaii," Mary said.
She said the couple also plans to spend more time with their four grandchildren, who all live in Omaha.
Though they are looking forward to the time off, the process of closing the store has been bittersweet.
Tom said a customer who came in recently and bought a diamond was the fourth generation of the same family to buy jewelry at the store.
"When you start seeing things like that, you think maybe you've done something right over the years," he said.
The Wrights have done a lot right over the years. The store won the 2015 Nebraska Retail Champion Award, and they have served on numerous industry and community groups.
When the store was downtown at 13th and P streets, Tom spent years serving on the Downtown Lincoln Association's parking committee. So long, in fact, that the group named him chairman emeritus (he has a plaque). He's also been very active in the Lincoln Independent Business Association.
Jim Otto, president of the Nebraska Retail Federation, called the Wrights "true retail champions."
"Besides many decades of retail success, their tireless dedication to family and community is exemplary. As very active members of the Nebraska Retail Federation, they have traveled to Washington, D.C., on several important retail issues," Otto said in an email.
"I wish the best to this wonderful couple, but their retirement will leave a void in Nebraska’s retail fabric that will be very difficult to fill."
They briefly looked into selling the store and had some interest, but it would require a pretty sizable investment, and they decided they did not want to sell to someone who needed financing.
They also had no desire to stick around and provide training to a new owner, so it was just easier to make a clean break, they said.
Mary Wright said she and her husband have not set a firm closing date yet, with it largely dependent on how fast they sell their remaining inventory. But it likely will be before the end of the year.
Lincoln stores that have closed or are slated to close
The 30,000-square-foot Toys 'R' Us store at 5220 N. 27th St. in Lincoln closed in June 2018.
Younkers
The 100,000-square-foot Younkers store at Gateway Mall closed in August of 2018.
Post and Nickel
The Post & Nickel at 14th and P streets closed in November after 52 years.
MATT OLBERDING, Journal Star file photo
Shopko
Shopko closed its four Lincoln stores, including its location at 27th Street and Nebraska 2, this spring.
KAYLA WOLF, Journal Star
Sears' Lincoln location at Gateway Mall closed in March.
Journal Star file photo
The Gap store at SouthPointe Pavilions is closing by the end of January 2019.
Beauty Brands in Centro Plaza at 48th and R streets opened in 2016 (shown in photo) but was closing Jan. 19, 2019.
Beauty Brands Facebook page
Charming Charlie
Charming Charlie closed its store at SouthPointe Pavilions.
Rogers Jewelers
Rogers Jewelers at Gateway Mall is going out of business in 2019.
Rogers Jewelers Facebook page
Akin's Natural Foods
The Akin's Natural Foods store at 6900 O St. in Meridian Park closed in June 2018.
Akin's Facebook page
Husker Headquarters
Husker Headquarters in Lincoln Crossing on 27th north of Superior Street closed in April 2018. There is another location downtown, at Gateway Mall and at 5631 S. 56th St. in The Alamo Center.
The Mattress Firm location at 5001 O St. closed in October 2018.
Charlotte Russe announced the closing of its Gateway location and all other stores.
Victoria Ayotte Brown
Banana Republic is closing its Lincoln store at SouthPointe Pavilions.
SouthPointe Pavilions Facebook page
Dressbarn, with a SouthPointe location, announced in May it is closing all of its stores.
Wright's Jewelers - November
Forever 21 - November
Forever 21 opened a store at Gateway Mall in June 2013.
Pier 1 - January
Pier 1's store at SouthPointe Pavilions is advertising a going-out-of-business sale.
Reach the writer at 402-473-2647 or molberding@journalstar.com.
On Twitter @LincolnBizBuzz.
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Matt Olberding is a Lincoln native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate who has been covering business for the Journal Star since 2005.
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66th and O Shopko to become Hobby Lobby, according to permit
According to a $1.3 million building permit filed Monday, the former Shopko building at 66th and O streets is being remodeled for use as a Hobby Lobby.
Rush Market closing store at Gateway, hints at new Lincoln location
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Wilber Meat Market closing, but not for long
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Shop the Blocks helps Lincoln small businesses combat condensed holiday shopping season
Lincoln small businesses are feeling the pressure of the short holiday shopping season this year.
Aspen Dental to open 2nd location next week at 27th and Pine Lake
Aspen Dental will open its second location next week at 27th Street and Pine Lake Road.
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In 2563, 300 years after Earth is devastated by a catastrophic interplanetary war known as “The Fall” or “The Great War”, scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with an intact human like brain. Ido attaches a new cyborg body to the brain and names her “Alita” after his deceased daughter. Alita awakens with no memory of her past, meets Dr. Chiren, Ido’s estranged ex-wife, and befriends Hugo, who dreams of moving to the wealthy sky city of Zalem. Hugo introduces Alita to Motorball, a battle royale racing sport played by cyborg gladiators. Secretly, Hugo robs cyborgs of their parts for Vector, owner of the Motorball tournament. One night, Alita follows Ido; they are ambushed by cyborg serial killers led by Grewishka. Ido is injured, and Alita instinctively fights using “Panzer Kunst” (a German expression, meaning “the art of the armor” literally “armor art”), a lost combat art for machine bodies, kills two of the cyborgs and damages Grewishka, who retreats underground. Ido reveals that he is a Hunter-Warrior. Grewishka goes to Dr. Chiren for help, who is working for Vector. Despite Alita believing that fighting will help her rediscover her past, Ido discourages her from becoming a Hunter-Warrior. Alita finds a highly advanced cyborg body in a crashed spaceship outside the city. Recognizing that the body is a Berserker — deadly shock troops of the enemy nation United Republics of Mars (URM) from the Great War — Ido refuses to install Alita in it. Frustrated with Ido, Alita goes off by herself and registers as a Hunter-Warrior. At the Kansas Bar, she and Hugo are unable to recruit other Hunter-Warriors to her cause of taking down Grewishka. Zapan, a Hunter-Warrior, provokes Alita, and she severely beats him in a fight, triggering a chaotic bar brawl until Ido intervenes. An upgraded Grewishka arrives and challenges Alita to a duel, revealing that he has been sent by Zalem’s technocrat overlord, Nova, to destroy her. Despite her courage and combat skills, Alita’s body is sliced up by Grewishka’s chain-bladed fingers, but Ido, Hugo and Hunter-Warrior McTeague arrive and force Grewishka to retreat. Ido apologizes and transplants Alita into the Berserker body. Having fallen in love with Hugo, Alita enters a Motorball tryout race for the prize money to send Hugo to Zalem. Hugo’s relationship with Alita leads him to decide to quit his secret job. He confronts Tanji, but Zapan appears, murdering Tanji and the cyborg and framing Hugo, though he escapes and calls Alita for help; she abandons the race and finds him just as Zapan does. Zapan mortally wounds Hugo. Dr. Chiren offers to save Hugo by attaching his severed head to Alita’s life support system. When Zapan sees through the trick and attempts to stop Alita, the guard mech stops Zapan from stealing her claim on Hugo’s bounty, and Alita seizes his prized Damascus blade and slices most of his face off. Ido transplants Hugo’s head onto a cyborg body and tells Alita that Vector’s offer to help Hugo reach Zalem was a lie; as an exiled citizen of Zalem, Ido is certain that citizens of Iron City cannot enter Zalem unless becoming a motorball champion. Alita storms the factory and confronts Vector, who reveals that Chiren has been harvested for her organs. Vector summons Grewishka, but Alita’s new nanotechnological body allows her to easily destroy him. She forces Nova to speak to her through Vector. When Nova threatens to harm her friends, Alita fatally stabs Vector. Ido tells Alita that Hugo has fled to climb a cargo tube towards Zalem. Alita catches up to him and pleads with him to return with her. He agrees, but a serrated defense ring dropped by Nova shreds his body and throws him off the tube. Alita catches him but cannot pull him up, as his arm is breaking off. Hugo thanks Alita for saving him before falling to his death. Months later, Alita is the star of the Motorball tournament. Cheered on by the crowd, she pledges vengeance by pointing her sword toward Zalem, where Nova watches from above, smirking. Marvelous effect with some great actions make this movie not to be missed seeing it in the big screen. But the thing I love the most is Alita herself. There were a few times I had a smile on myself watching Alita as she was so loveable and badass. Really really hope it will goes beyond just this one movie as the world building in Alita was so fascinating and of course, need to see more Alita.
REVIEW: THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS
Vin Diesel (Riddick)
Paul Walker (Brick Mansion)
Michelle Rodriguez (Resident Evil)
Jordana Brewster (Chuck)
Rick Yune (Die Another Day)
Matt Schulze (The Transporter)
Chad Lindberg (October Sky)
Ja Rule (Fly)
Vyto Ruginis (Moneyball)
Thom Barry (Cold Case)
Johnny Strong (Black Hawk Down)
Noel Gugliemi (Training Day)
Reggie Lee (The Dark Knight Rises)
In the docks outside Los Angeles, a semi-trailer truck is loaded with electronics. On the road, it is hijacked by three heavily modified black Honda Civics with green underglow. The Honda drivers fire a grappling hook into the truck’s windshield, knock out the driver, and corral the semi allowing them to heist the electronics and escape. The next day, undercover LAPD officer Brian O’Conner is assigned to find the gang responsible for the crimes. Brian uses his cover job at an auto parts shop to infiltrate the L.A. street racing scene. While visiting Torreto’s Market, a local diner, he flirts with the shop’s owner, Mia Toretto, who is the younger sister of a well-known street racer, Dominic Toretto. Vince, one of Dominic’s henchmen and who has a crush on her, starts a fight with Brian, which Dominic breaks up. During a local racing gathering, Brian arrives with his 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS, and Dominic arrives in his 1993 Mazda RX-7. Dominic organizes a drag race with himself, Brian, and two other drivers. Despite monetary bets, Brian wagers pink slips for his car. During the race, Brian blows his engine, handing the victory to Dominic. As Brian prepares to give Dominic the keys, the LAPD arrives, forcing everyone to flee. Dominic parks his Mazda into a local garage to limit suspicions by walking home, but is spotted by a police cruiser. Brian arrives and saves him from the cops. The duo ventures into the territory of Dominic’s old racing rival, Vietnamese gang leader Johnny Tran and his cousin, Lance Nguyen. Tran and Lance blow up Brian’s Eclipse. Afterwards, Dominic tells Brian that he owes Dominic a “ten-second car”, a car that can drive a quarter mile in 10 seconds from a standstill. Brian goes to Dominic’s garage, where he offers his skills as a driver and a mechanic. He begins dating Mia, much to Vince’s dismay. Brian investigates Hector and Tran, convinced that Tran is responsible for the truck hijackings. He is cornered by Vince and Dominic, who demand an explanation. Brian lies about checking the cars of his rivals for the upcoming Race Wars, a street racing event in the desert. Brian, Vince, and Dominic check out Tran’s garage, and Brian notices a shipment of electronics in the garage. Meanwhile, Brian and Dominic build a replacement car for the Eclipse, a 1995 Toyota Supra. Brian reports the batch of electronics to his superiors at the LAPD and FBI, and they arrest Tran and Lance. It turns out the electronics had been bought legally, leading to the duo’s release. Despite his own doubts, Brian is now forced to assume that Dominic is the actual coordinator of the truck heists. Brian’s superiors give him 36 hours to find the perpetrators, as the truckers are now arming themselves to defend themselves against hijackings. At the Race Wars, Jesse, another of Dominic’s henchmen, wages his father’s Volkswagen Jetta to Tran, but flees with the car after he loses. Tran confronts Dominic to claim the car, and then mocks him, accusing him of reporting him to the police. This leads to Dominic and Tran engaging in a fight. Later that night, Brian notices the crew leaving, and realizes that Dominic is indeed the hijacker. He reveals his true identity to Mia and convinces her to reveal the location of the Civics and aid him in his plans. Dominic, Vince, Dominic’s girlfriend Letty, and another henchman Leon, prepare to hijack a semi-trailer truck. However, the truck driver is armed and uses aggressive counter-hijack tactics against Dominic’s gang. Vince is trapped on the truck’s hood having been shot, while Letty’s car is knocked over and flips from the highway, later saved by Leon. Brian arrives with Mia, who commandeers the Supra while Brian rescues Vince. When Dominic arrives, Brian is forced to blow his cover and call for a medical evacuation to rescue Vince. Dominic leaves with Mia and the rest of the crew after Vince is saved. Brian arrives at Dominic’s house to ask him about Jesse’s whereabouts, saying that he’ll get the cops to find him before Tran does, but Jesse arrives, apologizing for his actions, and is then killed in a drive-by shooting by Tran and Lance on dirt bikes. Dominic and Brian pursue them, with Dominic ramming Lance’s bike off the road before he can shoot Brian. Brian shoots Tran, who loses control of the motorcycle and hits a curb, breaking his neck and killing him instantly in the process. Brian sees Dominic in the distance. Brian proceeds to chase after Dominic, culminating in a quarter-mile drag race. The race ends in a dead heat and they barely manage to cross a railway crossing before a train passes by, but Dominic violently crashes his father’s 1970 Dodge Charger R/T into a truck. Instead of arresting Dominic, Brian gives him the keys to his own car, telling him he still owes him a ten-second car; Dominic goes in the car, and is able to escape the police. In a post-credits scene, Dominic is seen driving through Baja California, Mexico, in a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, having presumably abandoned the Supra. All in all the cars are hot, the girls are hotter, the cars are fast, the guns are loaded, and for the more serious, the relationship between Dom, Mia, Vince, Letty, and the others is amazing. A great movie that started a franchise.
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Steve Forstner interview from issue 117.
by Arthur Derrien
Intro by Alex, interview by Alex, Arthur and Jan and portrait by DVL.
Steve and I have talked about arranging this chat over a few beers so he can let rip with a few of those harsh opinions he’s so well known for, but, it turns out, we’re instead doing it sat in a Berlin café over a late morning breakfast; albeit with last night’s excesses a tad too close for comfort.
So, having roped Jan Kliewer and Arthur Derrien in with the offer of a free meal in return for some help with questions, we set about finding out what life is like for Steve now that he’s sponsorless and exactly how true that Negasteve nickname is…
….That’d be a great graphic: [a deck] with milky cow teats on the bottom, people hanging on it with swoosh shirts. Hang on to that teat as long as you can, fuck it! Haha.
Jan, you start. Your good at this shit.
Steve: Yeah Jan, say something smart…
Jan: Where did you start skating… How old are you… Where are you from…
All: Haha..
J: I didn’t prepare for this… Alex: Me either, I’m hungover as…
S: Isn’t that how it is supposed to be done?
J: You’re starting off a new career as CEO of Ashes Griptape. Is this the end of your pro career?
I hope… No, I don’t know what it is really. Ashes is just… I don’t know what it is…
Nollie back heel. Ph: Sem.
J: You were saying earlier that is was your plan to fail in the first year and that you’re good at failing, so you hope to fail at failing…
Yeah, since I’m good at failing [and] if we fail at failing we might succeed in creating something that’s fun, I don’t’ know actually hook up some people we like. Save skateboarding… If that’s possible.
A: That’s a bold mission statement.
I’m going to make that statement: Ashes is going to save skateboarding.
J: What made you choose the important niche of griptape to pursue this mission of saving skateboarding?
Everybody needs grip. It’s so versatile: you can sand wood with it, you can do your nails – you can do so much with it. Also we did some research and we had our marketing department working on it and we saw that the biggest profit margins are in griptape…
J: I heard you were at Bright tradeshow acquiring tips from industry insiders on how to market your product…
I was speaking to the insiders and the gave me some tips on how to milk it as much as possible. The best business scheme is to rip everyone off as much as possible, don’t do anything cool, don’t be creative, don’t do anything you like and sell your soul. And it will totally work.
A: So what’s the sellout plan?
Basically our product is going to be just the sheet. No grip on it..
A: Non-grippy grip?
Nothing. It’s just the logo actually. Fuck it.
A: No cuddly bears or rasta graphics on top?
There’s no huge logo on our grip so you can’t be really cool. Sorry. People will just have to trust you when you say it’s Ashes.
Switch frontside wallride. Ph: Sem.
A: You also mentioned a possible bespoke dirt series… Or is that secret?
Yeah. Do you want to talk about the Dust team?
A: Please.
Well we have the Dust team, which is like heavy hitters representing Ashes. I’m not going to mention to many names right now because you know they’re like ambassadors.
J: Is Dust the A level or…
Dust is the A level because we looked at the industry and we figured we’re going to do it all backwards. So you have to be over 30, washed up, we take you blow the dust off of you – your career – and bring you back. Everyone else has flow riders, what are we going to do with them? We can’t take them on a trip. They need their parents to sign a waiver maybe.
A: You’ve done a trip already, right?
We’ve done 2 trips.
A: Dust or…
Well there was some normal riders on that one too, but pretty much all crust. I’m not going to lie to you it’s a pretty crusty team.
Frontside boardslide pop out.Ph: Alberto Polo.
A: I’ve got a griptape question for you: Are you selling it by the sheet or by the roll?
It’s all by the sheet. No rolls.
A: Bigger margins in sheets, I suppose?
I don’t even know, I think it would be cheaper to make rolls actually. But everybody orders by sheet. Maybe we could do some for the riders but then rip them off. “Yeah, yeah, it’s like fifty sheets…” But we actually only give them thirty..
A: I heard about a guy making extra loot by cutting the sheets in half and selling them to scooter kids for the price of a full sheet..
I was thinking 4 or 5 pieces… The scooter market is definitely something we are looking at. The marketing department figured out that scooters are way cooler than skating. Sorry. It’s just the way it is. You’ve got to face the reality these days. That’s why we chose our first tour in Croatia: those are the markets that are coming up these days.
A: If there’s anywhere to make money these days it’s Eastern Europe
They’re rich as fuck. Also you can fool them: “If you want to be a part of Europe this is how you do it: spend you money on worthless things you don’t really need.” “Then, once you’re in deep debt and trouble: welcome to the club!”
A: Haha. Do you find yourself thinking more positive now that you’re a CEO of a company? You’re famed for your negativity…
Alleged negativity. I’ve always been positive. You have to understand the negative to see the positive. No? What do you want to do, walk around thinking everything is roses? Then you’re a fucking idiot.
Roll In. Ph: Alberto polo.
A: So you’re a realist?
A realist and a smart cunt.
A: Ha ha. How’s unsponsored life?
Actually, pretty fucking great.
J: It is huh!?
I’m not sure if I want sponsors again to be honest.
A: What are some of the plus points? Jan, join in if you want.
Yeah, ‘cause you’re blowing it on a sponsor level too…
J: Happy to do it..
What blowing it? Haha
J: Yeah I mean you can just skate and enjoy skating and don’t worry about shit.
No one calls you and wants shit from you.. “ Hey, we need you to shoot this photo. We don’t care how you feel…”
A: Do you find yourself more stoked on skateboarding?
No, I always liked skateboarding the same. That doesn’t change. It’s the only good thing about skateboarding.
J: The only thing?
Going skateboarding’s always the same. Sponsored or not sponsored.
No Comply. Ph: Sem.
A: Does the industry side of it sicken you then?
If I’m honest it doesn’t sicken me anymore. It’s a bit sad but you have to laugh at it. I don’t want to get to sad.
J: You can look this way it you don’t have look that way…
Is this some wisdom: all I know is this way goes this way?
J: I never really understand people that are sick of the industry. Just just take what you like and pursue that.
Exactly. The goodest part…
A: Good word.
The GOODEST part is that you can say: “Okay, there is the X-Games. There is Street League. They’ll wiggle their dick around and try to make cash. Take the money and run.” All good, who doesn’t want to make money. But some kids watching that will get stoked and end they’ll skate street. It’s not like they can go to the megaramp around the corner of their house. We get to keep enjoying it and selling our griptape.
A: Haha. Do you find yourself watching it and hating it or are you more; I’ not watching it, it doesn’t exist.?
I don’t watch it. I mean I could watch it. “Oh, flying around. Cool.” It’s like watching a shitty movie. You can be watching a shitty movie and be like: “I’ve got nothing better to do..”
A: So you don’t see it as making skateboarding more bland?
Well it’s going to make it more bland in certain ways, I mean they’re bigger companies so they don’t have time to actually think about what’s cool or what’s fun, they just take whatever is cool at the moment. They give new companies like Ashes the opportunity to do the new cool thing or whatever. They’ll take it from us eventually but fuck it. That’s the game.
A: I think the small companies are the ones who hold that power at the moment. It’s the small guys that are doing the interesting stuff.
Well that’s the fun part. That’s how cool skateboarding is. We can do whatever we want and eventually they’re all going to run with it because: that’s the cool new thing! Losers.
A: What’s your top tip for fucking up the next super company. Come up with something shitty that they’re going to cash in on. J: I think that’s what’s kind of wrong about it: always trying to come up with ‘the next big thing’…
S: Well technically you don’t try to come up with the next big thing, you only try to do what you like and…
A: Turns out it’s cool…
Not always! Not everything I’ve tried has turned out cool.
A: What are some of your greatest misses?
I don’t know, there’s so many… What has been the worst shit I’ve done in skating, let’s see…
A: Starting Ashes griptape?
We’ll see about that one, eh!? Ha ha. Maybe riding for Antiz for 11 years…
All: Ooooh…
That was pretty stupid.
J: That sounds proper bitter.
No, I’m not bitter at all.
Ollie over the bar to five-o. Ph: DVL.
Arthur: Ok let’s hear about it then…
I’m going to start it off like this: All good things come to an end, so it’s okay, you know? It was always fun and they’re still my friends but I think they could have done a better job of things. They could have listened more to the riders like it used to be done. In all fairness to them Hugo and Ju Ju are running things and they’re in the office and were like fuck it we’ve got too much to deal with.
A: From my experience Antiz was always a family vibe, did that change?
Yep, that changed, on a personal level, but on a company level, when decisions are made and you ask the riders: “Hey, is this cool? Is this good? Should we do this?” And half the team says: “I don’t think, whatever…” And you hear nothing back and it’s just done, you’re like: “Oh, I thought we were all making these decisions together…What happened… Wasn’t that the deal?”
A: I guess that’s part of becoming a bigger company as well though isn’t it?
Yeah, it’s not like they have to ask every rider but I rode for it before it actually even a real company. I thought my opinion counted let’s put it that way. In the end it’s all good.
A: Let’s move onto some less dark topics… Arthur: What was… A: Or not… Arthur: the whole nearly riding for Zero thing but staying on Antiz. Did that really happen or…
S: I was on the phone with Jamie (Thomas) sometimes, I guess.
Arthur: What made you stick with Antiz?
I could go and get wasted with them at the bar and be like: “Ah! Fuck it!”. Pretty much. Haha.
Arthur: Do you regret it?
No! I never regret these kinds of things.
J: Who’s the better skater that turned down Zero? You or Mark Frölich?
Probably Mark Frölich. Maybe Chris (Pfanner), he got an offer too…
A: Right, I’ll keep it light then…
I like these dark corners of the skateboard industry…
A: The first trip I did with Antiz. You were on it. I hadn’t met you before. There was some weird kinked double set. Looking back I now think this was a test for me, or a game for you.
Ollie. Ph: Sem.
A: Because I’d even my fucking camera out of the bag you had switch ollied it. And As I was setting up my flashes you were nollie 180ing down it. First one I pressed the shutter on was the one you made.
You’ve got to fuck with people a little bit, no? I mean that’s real easy. One of the first times I ever shot photos with Helge (Tscharn) for instance: he’s a really nice guy, I like him, he’s fun but he’s stressful to shoot photos with, he’ll run around and set up flashes. We were at this little rail – Jan was there, he fucked up the footage though!
J: Yeah I did!
The camera was broken… I t was this little rail, wherever it was, So I’m like: “I’m going to try a front board on the rail.” But he doesn’t ask what you want to shoot or anything, so when he’s set up you do a lipslide, so he’s facing the wrong way… “Hey Steve, we’ve got to talk about this…” “No shit!?” Now you get it, good…
A: What personality traits wind you up? You’re quite a cut and dry kind of person…
You kow how it is: you want to say “I’m not going to be the guy who’s a dick and judges someone on their first impression.” But you do. Sometimes even when someone doesn’t say a word you can be like: “ I don’t like this guy.” He might surprise you and, after a while you might like: “Fuck it he’s alright.” But lots of times you’re like: “Yeah, knew it!”
All: Haha
The guy’s a dipshit… I don’t see the point in having to like everybody. I’m not going to be an asshole to them just I think I don’t like them or whatever, but I’m not going to be like: “Yeah bro! Sick! Yeah…” Then I’d be like everybody else at the Bright.
Our waitress interrupts: “Are you finished eating?”
Steve: “Yes, thanks for asking.”
Our waitress spills some uneaten food over Steve’s camera bag.
S: “Don’t worry about it, it’s only a million dollar camera in there… I’m kidding…”
S: See I was nice to her! Shit. Come on.
A: Yeah, but this is the thing, I don’t think you’re negative outside of enjoying being real and occasionally that falls into ‘being negative’…
It’s kind of like how English people are.
J: Sylvain (Tognelli) was saying once that you have your dark times, sitting in your apartment, way the fuck out in Prenzlauer Berg, just sitting there being all negative…
Just drinking beers alone at home? Yea,h well I don’t know, what do you want to do, be all happy and positive all the time? Doesn’t everybody have days where it’s like: “Fuck the world man, it’s all fucking bullshit. Fuck it. Might as well blow up soon.” Better for me.
J: I don’t really experience you as this polar dude though. Bi polar whatever…
I don’t think you have to be bi polar or whatever. Whatever you think about things too much, maybe you smoke some weed and you’re like: “Holy shit, things are getting really heavy here…” I think it’s really good, you have a day or two… or a week… Ha ha… but then eventually you’ll find something that makes you really stoked and then you’re happy for weeks.
A: Seems like a rocky road…
But it’s the same with skating, some days after ten minutes you’re like: “I don’t even want to do a fucking kickflip, I hate this shit, let’s go chill.”
J: You want to do it but it’s not working.
It’s not even the kickflip, the kickflip can work actually, but you’re like, “Whatever. Not feeling it today.” Or even for a week. Then all of a sudden, for like three weeks straight, you go out all day, everyday. It doesn’t matter how much everything hurts you’re like: “Fucking do it!”
J: Speaking of hurting, how are things after your Achilles injury?
Well actually pretty good. I was out for a long period, so everything else healed because I had no choice. The last 2 or three years before that happened I was pushing it all the time. This stupid Gravis video part, I basically broke my toe twice and you don’t ever really let that heal. That never works. As soon as you’re kind of okay they’re like: “Can you go on this trip? You’re the main guy we’re pushing, we want your video part to come out!” I’m like: “How about you pay me…”
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DJI's Spark drone can be launched from your palm, and costs only $499
DJI’s Spark drone can be launched from your palm, and costs only $499
DJI Spark drone is priced at $499 and this one can be launched straight from the palm of your hand
By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 25, 2017 9:52:09 am
DJI Spark drone costs 9 and you can launch it straight from your palm.
DJI Spark is a new drone, priced at $499, which can be launched straight from the palm of your hand. The idea is to make drone flying simple enough for everyone, and thus it can be controlled by hand gestures alone. For those who have never flown a drone or find it an extremely difficult task, the Spark drone from DJI could solve some of those problems.
According to DJI, once Spark is up in the air, it will automatically go into Gesture mode. It comes with PalmControl by which users can send Spark up in the air, away from themselves, take a selfie or even call it back to their hands. Spark is also lightweight, weighing around 300 grams, and according to DJI will fit easily in most bags.
DJI Spark drone has a main camera, capable of shooting 12MP pictures and 1080 full HD resolution videos. It also includes a vision system that faces downwards, a 3D Sensing system on the front, dual band GPS and GLONASS. Thanks to the 3D Sensing system it can figure out obstacles from 16 feet or 5 metres away.
There’s also a “high-precision inertial measurement unit, and 24 powerful computing cores,” on board, says the company. You can fly this drone accurately at a height of up to 98 feet (30 meters). The total flying time on the drone is a maximum of up to 16 minutes. It also allows for 720p real-time video transmission from up to 2 km away.
DJI Spark has a main camera, which is capable of shooting 12MP pictures and 1080 full HD resolution videos.
Key features of the DJI’s Spark drone are as follows:
QuickShot Intelligent Flight Mode: On the DJI Spark, users will get an option to set a new flight option. The drone will then fly along this preset path, record the video, and track the subject. The four QuickShot modes available on DJI Spark drone are: Rocket, Dronie, Circle and Helix.
In the rocket mode, Spark goes straight up into the air just like a rocket would, but the camera is pointed downwards. In the Dronie mode, it flies up and away from the subject. In the Circle mode, the drone will rotate around the subject. Finally in Helix it spirals away from a subject as it flies upward.
DJI says that in each QuickShot mode, Spark will create a 10-second video, which can be shared instantly on social media.
TapFly, ActiveTrack: TapFly lets users fly their Spark drone to a location, which has been picked on the mobile device. The ActiveTrack will let Spark automatically recognise and track an object chosen by the user, and it will be in the centre of the frame. In this mode, Spark’s 3D Sensing System senses any obstacles that might appear in front of it.
Sport Mode: DJI’s Spark drone also has a Sport Mode letting users fly this at up to 31 mph or nearly 50 km per hour. In this mode, the gimbal is set to first-person view as the default one, and the camera will move with you as you fly the drone.
Camera: DJI Spark has a 1/2.3” CMOS sensor and the videos shot are stabilized. It has a 2-axis mechanical gimbal to reduce shakes in video shots. It also comes with two new modes called Pano and ShallowFocus.
DJI’s Spark drone also has a Sport Mode letting users fly this at up to 31 mph or 50 km per hour.
In the Pano mode, the DJI Spark drone’s camera will create horizontal or vertical panoramas. This is done by adjusting the gimbal, and stitching together a series of pictures.
ShallowFocus lets users put an object in sharp focus, while the rest of the background is blurred. The idea is to create a shallow depth of field, and create a bokeh style image.
Filters, Social media: DJI Spark also has options for filters, automatic editing templates in the app. It will also let users share videos directly on social media networks like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
Other features DJI Spark include the ability to return home automatically, provided the GPS signal is strong enough. For those using the remote control, if the battery gets low or connection is lost, the user can press Return to Home (RTH) button, and Spark will be back home.
Spark will also give guidance on where there maybe be restrictions on using the drone, with its DJI’s GEO System or NFZ geofencing.
DJI’s Spark drone is going on sale in the US at $499 and the package will include the drone, battery, USB charger, and three pairs of propellers, is $499 USD.
Another combo for $699 includes two batteries, four pairs of propellers, remote controller, propeller guards, a charging hub, a shoulder bag and all necessary cables, along with the DJI Spark drone. DJI has not announced the price of accessories separately.
The drone will come in five colours: Alpine White, Sky Blue, Meadow Green, Lava Red, and Sunrise Yellow. DJI Spark drone will start shipping from June 15.
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TIGRE PEOPLE: THE SECOND LARGEST FORGOTTEN TRIBE OF ERITREA
The Tigre are an nomadic-pastoralist ethnic group residing in Eritrea and Sudan. They are related to the Biher-Tigrinya of Eritrea and to the Beja people of Sudan. They are mostly Muslims and they are distinguished from other regional peoples by the fact that they possess hereditary slaves. Historically, most of the Tigre have been scattered between Eritrea's northern highlands and western lowlands. They have somewhat shifted into Sudan in search of water and grazing lands.
Most are herders and seasonal farmers, cultivating maize, sorghum, millet and other cereals during the rainy season before moving to grazing areas with their herds. Camels and donkeys are mainly used as means of transportation. The Tigre ethnic group have a rich oral literature of fairy tales, fables, riddles, poetry and stories of different events. They are also known for their singing and dancing, which is usually accompanied by a drum and a mesenko, a stringed instrument, plucked like a guitar.
Tigre (also known as Xasa in Sudan; Arabic) is a Semitic language that closely speaks the Ge'ez in its purest form and it is also closely related to Tigrinya. It is spoken by approximately one million people in Eritrea, with a few speakers in Sudan. Tigre is also the name for the people. The Tigre language, speakers and area should not be confused with the Tigrinya people who also live in Eritrea and who speak Tigrinya, nor with the Ethiopian Tigray Region.
Tigre woman at a market
Since the 19th century, Tigre has been written using the Ge'ez alphabet. This mode of writing was introduced by Swedish missionaries for biblical translation. However, as Ge'ez is the language of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, many Tigre Muslims use the Arabic alphabet.
The Tigre, descendants of the ancient Egyptians, are generally tall and have narrow noses and brown skin. Most of the Tigre converted to Islam during the 1800's, influenced by Muslim Arab missionaries.
The Tigre are a predominantly Muslim nomadic people who inhabit the northern, western, and coastal lowlands of Eritrea (Gash-Barka, Anseba and Northern Red Sea regions of Eritrea), as well as areas in eastern Sudan. 99.5% of the Tigre people adhere to the Islamic religion Sunni Islam, but there are a considerable amount of Christians among them as well (often referred to as the Mensaï in Eritrea).
The first Tigre converts to Islam were those who lived on islands in the Red Sea and were converted in the seventh century. Mainland Tigre were not converted to Islam until the nineteenth century.
They suffered persecution from both the Imperial and the Marxist governments of Ethiopia in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, since they were both nomadic and Muslim. The Ethiopian government's efforts to settle the Tigre, combined with the Eritrean–Ethiopian War, resulted in the resettling of tens of thousands of Tigre in Sudan.
Tigre hairstyle
The most common hairstyles found among Tigre women are called fegiret and qedamit. These hairstyles consists of small micro-braids that run sideways and straight back to the nape of the neck. Fegiret also features seven strands of braids grouped together into two separate areas that cover the forehead slightly.
Tigre woman
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HISTORY AND LANGUAGE OF THE TIGRE-SPEAKING PEOPLES
As with other regions in the Horn of Africa, nation-based traditions of historiography and epistemologies in this area have usually perceived the space inhabited by Tigre-speaking societies as somewhat on the margins, on the very periphery of the dominant historical polities in the broader area, and perhaps especially so vis-à-vis the highland ‘Abyssinian’ polity in its various historic configurations. While stimulating studies on areas and communities of western and southern Ethiopia have been carried out and published in the 1980s and since, little has been done in that respect in the northern parts of the Horn, including the Tigre area.
Since at least the nineteenth century, modern nationalism and the idea of the nation-state have usually led us to think of frontiers as linear boundaries marking “natural” geographical, political and cultural dividing
lines between peoples. Some historians, like Lucien Febvre, one of the founders of the Annales School, have dissented from such understandings and recognized frontier zones as culturally complex, dynamic and fluid
spaces. From its inception in the context of American history, the concept of “frontier” has also been subject to various definitions, interpretations and reinterpretations.
It is neither my intention nor my ambition to propose here a new definition of a potentially slippery concept open to such a broad gamut of interpretations and applications, and hence ambiguous as an analytical category. However, my fundamental understanding of the concept – and I would prefer to use “frontier space” or “frontier zone” – is of an area lying between several larger contending forces, or an area where the control of space is contested. The frontier space, which in its very basic usage may refer to a borderland region, usually develops into a vaguely defined yet culturally complex and dynamic zone of fluid political, economic, social and cultural interaction and exchange both among the inhabitants of that area and between them and the greater powers controlling adjacent areas. To complicate things even further, we can also think that a large territorial expanse may comprise several overlapping frontier spaces each forming territorial systems or units characterized by varying degrees of cohesiveness or coherence.
I would suggest that it may well be useful to think about the Tigre area as forming part of a broader frontier space or a meeting place of peoples in which geographic, economic, political and cultural borders were usually not clearly defined. This area, which comprises regions of the eastern Sudan as well as large stretches of modern Eritrea (in some sense all of it, including areas where Tigrinya is spoken), can be imagined – in its broadest sense - as an extensive and very approximate triangle, at its widest extending between Zula (south of Massawa), Tokar (south of Sawakin) and the areas of the modern western border between Eritrea and Sudan and inhabited mostly by what we can simplify as Beja and Tigre people. Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, this area was a contested space and an arena of struggle especially between two northeast African polities with expansion-oriented cultures: the historic highland Abyssinian state and the Sudanese Funj Kingdom of Sinnar.
A third force, the Ottoman Empire, could be added, yet its presence on the Red Sea coastlands and its direct influence in the interior of this region was relatively minimal. It is revealing to observe that some of the Tigre communities and societies inhabiting this space have migrated and settled there either as a result of internal conflict within these same polities or resulting from the dynamics of contestation between the two in various periods, among other factors (economic, ecological, religious forces and pressures). For example, the Bet Asgäde had migrated to the Sahel region from Akkälä Guzay, perhaps in the sixteenth century, as Ethiopia was then ravaged during the so-called religious wars. At about the same period (or earlier) it also seems that the Bäläw, a ruling elite formed as a result of the fusion of Beja and Arabs in the Sawakin area, had begun migrating south, eventually settling in the Eritrean lowlands and attaining positions of power there. The formation of the Beni ‘Amer also seems to be rooted in its checkered relationship with the dominating, then declining, Funj kingdom. Although not a ‘Tigre’ group, but inhabiting the Tigre-area, the Bilin also trace their settlement in the area to migrations from Lasta in the northern Ethiopian highlands around the ninth or tenth century. It would not be far-fetched to argue that the very formation of some such groups (their ethnogenesis, in some cases) is intimately related to their migration and settlement in the frontier zone. Inhabiting a space that was often subject to contestation between larger polities, Tigre societies vacillated between varying degrees of independence, autonomy and political dependence that were usually reflected in particular tribute relations, the granting of grazing rights and the control of structures of authority, especially the appointment of chiefs.
Expanding Interregional Connections
The enlargement of scale was chiefly characterized by the expansion and amplification of interregional interactions and connections between the Tigre area with the Nilotic Sudan and Egypt, as well as with the Red Sea area (including the Arabian Peninsula) and the western Indian Ocean at large. It involved the integration of the Tigre space within the broader area of northeast Africa and the Red Sea. Three sweeping historical processes epitomized it: the ramifications of the so-called ‘Islamic revival’ on the Tigre space, the Red Sea commercial boom and the gradual integration of the area into global economic structures, and the increasing intervention and encroachment of outside powers over regions inhabited by Tigrespeaking communities (or a renewed wave of imperialism). All three processes involved the intensified circulation of ‘things’, people and ideas, and integrated the Tigre space more closely into global historical trends during this period.
The so-called ‘Islamic revival’ of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries originated in the Hijaz and manifested itself in the missionary activities of a broad gamut of reformers and renewers (revivalists) who sought to spread Islam among non-Muslims on the fringes of the Islamic world on the one hand, and, on the other, to deepen Islamic practices and piety among those Muslim societies whom they perceived as morally and religiously adrift. In northeast Africa and the Eritrean region in particular, the ‘revival’ was marked by the emergence of several new Sufi orders, most of which drew their inspiration from the teachings of the Moroccan mystic and Hadith scholar Ahmad ibn Idris (1749/50-1837). The most important example in our context is the Khatmiyya tariqa. Some evidence suggests that Muhammad ‘Uthman al-Mirghani (1793-
1852), the Hijazi founder of the order, had conducted several missionary tours in the northern and eastern Sudan as well as Eritrea in the 1810s and 1820s.
He toured the western parts of modern Eritrea, where he was successful in initiating followers from among the Halanqa, Sabdärat, Algheden, Beni ‘Amer, Barya and Marya groups. He also conducted missionary
tours in Sahel and Sämhar where he appointed khalifas and khalifat alkhulafa’, and was thus able to incorporate them into a broad-based cross-regional organization covering a sweeping area in northeast Africa (especially the Sudan, but also Egypt) with important cross-Red Sea connections in the Arabian Peninsula (Hijaz and Yemen). Such initiatory tours were pivotal in spurring a spectacular wave of religious change in which other religious formations and movements, holy families and holy men in the area had participated. All in all it induced the adoption of Islam by most Tigre-speaking communities in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Islamic propagation activities generated amplified connections across the area, galvanized the circulation of learned men, and connected and integrated Muslim communities in the area with the wider Islamic world (through pilgrimage, travel for learning, exposure to Arabic literacy, etc.). Among the myriad questions that the phenomenon of religious change evokes - namely those concerned with cultural, social, political, and identity transformation - the issue of linguistic influences and the relationship between Tigre and Arabic is an important one. The matter is not without its particular complexities since both languages are Semitic, signifying that similarities are not necessarily due to borrowing, but may reflect more remote affinities in the course of the evolution of both languages.
The second historical trend characterizing an enlargement of scale is the expansion of commercial activities and its impact on areas of western, northern and eastern Eritrea. With the Red Sea port of Massawa serving as a gate or outlet for the importation and exportation of commodities, the area has of course been connected to a complex web of long-distance trade routes and networks originating in northern and western Africa for a long time. Yet, what has been termed the ‘transportation revolution,’ namely the introduction of steamship navigation to the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean in the late 1820s and early 1830s, gradually transformed the commercial structures, roles and activities of all adjacent areas. It accelerated connections between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean and was characterized mainly by the amplified trans-regional flow of capital, labor, commercial expertise, and services. Intensified interconnections placed higher demands on producing areas in the Red Sea hinterlands and along the corridors through which commodities were transported towards port towns on the coasts.
Portrait of girl from Tigre tribe in traditional dress
The Tigre area too was significantly affected and evidence clearly points to the redynamization of the Kassala- Keren-Massawa caravan trade corridor which animated a regional trade and exchange system that grew increasingly brisk with the general trends of commercialization in the wider area. Commercial intensification along the caravan trade route drew to it a wide variety of producers, porters and small-scale traders. Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists traded hides, butter, milk, camels, cows and agricultural products in return for a wide variety of cloths and manufactured products from India, Egypt and beyond which were imported at Massawa. Commercialization also increased agricultural production in important ways. Products brought to regional markets along the trade route or directly to Massawa were increasingly destined for exportation, marking a shift from previous commercial patterns.
To summarize, the economic history of the area suggests that prior to mid-century, trade occurred largely within two discrete spheres of exchange: one involving luxury goods and another subsistence goods. Prestige goods were exchanged for goods in the same category and subsistence goods for other subsistence goods, thus constituting multi-centric economies. With the expansion of global, interregional and regional trade, the
borders between the two spheres of exchange broke down and an increasing shift towards market trade took place. This came about largely through growing monetization and the appearance of new regional and local markets where subsistence goods could be exchanged in return for prestige goods. The gradual penetration of money relations from Massawa to the inland and the development of regional and local markets in its surroundings are emblematic of the transition to a more market-oriented economy.
In other words, commercial expansion prompted the diversification and intensification of modes of production and exchange, leading to the commodification of the regional economy, which ultimately also transformedsocial relations among the inhabitants of the area. Commercial intensification generated the dynamic movement of people and ideas across the area. It goes without saying that the diffusion of Islam often went hand in hand with trade. The third aspect of the expansion of interregional connections is
grounded in the political realm and is highly germane to the economic developments discussed. Increasingly sought after by regional northeastern African and European imperialist powers, the Tigre frontier space (as well as other adjacent areas) grew increasingly integrated with northeastern African regional political spaces and ultimately European colonial empires. Both the decline of the Funj sultanate of Sinnar – culminating in its
demise in 1821 – and the disintegration of centralized political authority of the highland Abyssinian state, known as the Zämänä mäsafint (1769-1855), had important effects on the areas that lay between them, including the Tigre space.
Egyptian imperialism under Muhammad ‘Ali and the conquest of the Sudan in 1820 only propelled mounting imperialist interest and encroachment in northeast Africa at large. In 1840 Muhammad ‘Ali’s army took
Kassala. From there a progressive takeover of Tigre areas was set in motion. Here too, the spread of Islam is highly connected with Egyptian encroachments in the area, particularly through Egyptian association with the Khatmiyya Sufi order. The three spheres – politics, the economy and religion – are intimately intertwined. The introduction of steamship navigation and the commercial revival in the Red Sea area also spurred European interest, roughly starting in the 1840s, but also before. Several Europeans, for example the Swiss Werner Munzinger, famously attempted to prompt European governments to take control over the Bogos area, by underlining the area’s promising economic potential. Such efforts eventually led to a pattern of checkered diplomatic and imperialist somewhat fantastic contestations between several European governments.
Mounting struggles between Ethiopians and Egyptians over the lowlands and the northern escarpments put Tigre and Bilin societies under considerable pressure. In the later years of the Zämänä mäsafint, one writer illustrated the point by referring to the lowland nomad populations as those “flying-fish” who “are preyed on by all.” From mid century onwards the newly reorganized Ethiopian polity to the south of the area emerged out of the Zämänä mäsafint and participated even more forcefully in struggles for power and dominance in the areas lying along its northernmost limits.
Clearly, I am touching on very complex historical processes involving a host of actors in metropoles and “on the spot” (government envoys, missionaries, traders). What is important to highlight is that throughout the
nineteenth century, the competition between Egyptians, highland Habesha and Europeans had several effects on the area and its inhabitants. First, it put Tigre societies under considerable sets of pressures propelling the development of multifarious political allegiances and affiliations in these communities’ pursuit of security and livelihood. Second, it resulted in the crystallization or rigidification of notions of sovereignty and the gradual
sharpening of political borders which were much more flexible, interconnected and porous before the mid nineteenth century. It culminated with the European demarcation of colonial borders towards the end of the nineteenth century.
To conclude this section, the three macro-level tendencies generated intensified migration and circulation, greater mobility and greater exposure to other areas, products, peoples and ideas which circulated more dynamically across northeast Africa and the Red Sea area. Yet, paradoxically, the imposition of colonial rule in the end of the nineteenth century restricted mobility and confined Tigre societies – at least formally – within the boundaries of Italian Eritrea. Cross-border trade, smuggling and population movement continued and posed a challenge to the colonial authorities both in Italian Eritrea and British Sudan. The episode which epitomizes this in the most vivid terms is the famous “Habab defection” in January 1895, when almost the entire group left northwestern Eritrea and crossed into the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan as an act of protest against Italian authoritarianism and in order to escape from the heavy taxation imposed by the Italian colonial government. After several weeks in the Sudan most crossed back into Eritrea.
Regional Integration and Incorporation
The second level of large-scale trends is one of regional integration and incorporation. The emphasis here is the laying out of social, political, commercial, and (Muslim) religious networks, relationships and alliances
which contributed to the molding of an interconnected space, a region or meta-region, in areas of eastern, northern and western Eritrea. Here again,I briefly discuss several processes that follow the previous categories, namely the role of Islam, economic dimensions and political aspects. I also suggest that by the end of the nineteenth century, as European colonial powers – chiefly Italy – partitioned the region, the same networks and connections came under considerable pressures that undermined their very
foundations.
The activities of Sufi orders and holy families in the spectacular wave of conversion of Tigre-speaking peoples characterized the creation of what can be termed an ‘Islamic space’ in areas of western, northern and eastern Eritrea. I have already noted the central role of the Khatmiyya in conversion, in rooting Islamic practices among societies of the area and in creating both cross-regional and intra-regional networks of representatives (khulafa’) of the order. In some ways religious change in the middle decades of the nineteenth century represents quite neatly the formation of a sort of ‘Muslim arch’ in the eastern and western lowlands as well as the northern appendages of the plateau. It materialized a boundary on one level, even though other factors which may be understood as characteristic to a frontier situation (the multiplicity of political loyalties and its relationship to religious allegiances), also bred divisions, even within groups and between groups in the area (for example the Bilin and Mänsa‘, both of whom are divided in religious affiliation between Muslims and Christians).
The Khatmiyya was not alone in the diffusion of Islam. Tigre holy families and clans such as the ‘Ad Shaykh, ‘Ad Darqi, ‘Ad Mu‘allim and others also transmitted Islamic education and religious expertise within
essentially recently-converted Tigre-speaking societies. Some of these clans operated in close collaboration with the powerful Hergigo-based Na’ib family. One of the holy families whose territorial establishment in the Tigre space exemplifies neatly regional incorporation and the creation of an ‘Islamic space’ is the ‘Ad Shaykh. Claiming a founding ancestor who had reached the Eritrean area from the Hijaz, the ‘Ad Shaykh family split at some point, possibly in the eighteenth century, and began to spread throughout the western, northern and eastern regions of the Eritrean lowlands. Several of the founding ancestor’s sons settled in the ‘Ansäba and Barka valleys while others stayed in the Sahel, and others migrated to the north, as far as Tokar in the Sudan. The most influential branch settled in Sämhar where it established its center in Emberemi. Territorial dispersal broadened the family’s influence and networks, and considerably increased its access to resources.
The role of holy families and clans also led to the proliferation of holy men (awliya’) across the Tigre area. One of the best examples is the ‘Ad Shaykh holy man shaykh Muhammad b. ‘Ali b. al-Amin from Emberemi who could be counted among the most influential religious figures of the coastal region from the 1840s to his death in 1877. Local and regional holy men attracted followers from a wide region cutting across localities. After their death, yearly ziyaras/hawliyyas developed around their tombs and shrines bringing together people from a broad region of Tigre (and also Saho) speaking areas. Holy men’s tombs appealed to people since it was common belief that the soul of a saint lingers around the tomb, and that the saint’s baraka - even after death - had the power to aid people seeking saintly intervention through prayers, the performing of rituals and offerings. Ziyaras and hawliyyas were wide-ranging and instrumental in creating and crystallizing spaces and circuits of religious and social confluence among Muslims chiefly in the Tigre region and also beyond it.
Yet the same ‘Islamic space’ whose development I have outlined, came under momentous pressures as a result of the Mahdiyya revolt in the Sudan beginning in the early 1880s. The spillover of the Mahdiyya into Eritrea constituted a divisive factor for Tigre communities. Indeed, the Muslim groups inhabiting the region between Kassala and Massawa found themselves in a delicate situation, increasingly divided and caught in between pro-Mahdist and anti-Mahdist positions and loyalties. The struggle between these two positions was mirrored in competition and antagonism between the Khatmiyya and the ‘Ad Shaykh, the former allied with the Egyptians and later the Italians, while elements of the ‘Ad Shaykh were identified with the Mahdists. Early Italian colonial ‘practice’ in this context is also revealing. In attempting to undermine the authority of the ‘Ad Shaykh family – whose influence across the broader area (and especially among the Habab and the Beni ‘Amer) was ever growing – Governor Ferdinando Martini (in office 1897-1907) devised a number of measures. In 1903 he deliberately severed the group and its structures of authority by placing the Barka and Sahel/Sämhar branches under distinct commissariati; in 1904-5 he also ended their exemption from tribute. Martini’s strategy aimed at empowering the Khatmiyya so it would exercise its control over Tigre communities instead of the ‘Ad Shaykh which it sought to weaken.
As for economic factors that promoted regional cohesion and incorporation on the basis of what I have already outlined, one thinks of the establishment and development of market towns and regional markets located on the re-dynamized caravan trade routes, as well as the organization of specialized and complementary regional transportation networks. For example, it appears that a specific clan of the ‘Ad Tämaryam as well as Habab cameleers provided transportation services between Massawa, Keren and the Barka region. The older system of complementary modes of production – pastoralism, agro-pastoralism and farming, in addition to a growing number of trading communities or individuals – adjusted to the new
exportation-oriented regional economic configuration.
An important aspect of economic determinants as integrating factors was the role and development of the port of Massawa as a regional capital which drew to it a wide variety of producers, traders and transporters. Massawa’s rise to its position as a major Red Sea hub crystallized and cemented even further its hinterlands. The port’s role as the focal point for economic and political, but also social, religious and cultural activities and influence throughout the region was further enhanced. Keren too grew to be a relatively important urban centre, whose markets served both its area and the broader regional economic system. Yet it could be argued thatgrowing economic diversification, commercialization, and monetization also bred new kinds of inequalities and opportunities for Tigre communities. Moreover, the imposition of colonial rule and the demarcation of boundaries at the end of the nineteenth century hindered the smooth and brisk flow of commerce across the wider region.
Mensa'e Tigre man from Keren, Eritrea
The last aspect of regional incorporation concerns the political sphere. It highlights the central role of the Hergigo-based Na’ibs in forming and cementing regional networks and circuits and imposing a hegemonic order on an area inhabited chiefly by Tigre and Saho-speaking communities. The Na’ib family traced its presence in the Sämhar to several Bäläw families who had migrated from the eastern Sudan into Eritrea around the fifteenth century. The family developed into a potent local-regional dynasty in the coastal and lowland areas of Eritrea. At some point after having occupied Massawa in 1557, the Ottomans devolved power to the dynasty by appointing its chief as their na’ib, or ‘deputy’. In contrast with what I have
conceptualized as the Islamic and economic factors, which are essentially nineteenth-century phenomena, the heyday of the Na’ibs goes back to at least the early to middle decades of the eighteenth century. The conjunction of the weakening of the Funj polity, the state of political instability in the central and northern highlands, and the decline of Ottoman interest in their province of Habesh provided a sort of power vacuum and fertile ground for the expansion and consolidation of Na’ib dominance in regions of eastern, northern and, to some degree, western Eritrea.
Beni-Amir Tigre from Barka
Under Ottoman indirect rule, the authority of the Na’ibs as regional power brokers grew significantly and in the second half of the eighteenth century they were the most powerful rulers in a vast area of modern Eritrea. At the peak of their power they extended their hegemony over the totality of Tigre-speaking pastoral and agro-pastoral populations in the regions of Sämhar, Sahel, and the northern coasts. The Na’ibs and their
associates controlled valuable grazing lands, caravan stations and routes, the means of transportation, strategic market villages and centers of commercial exchange in Massawa’s orbit (eg. ‘Aylät, ‘Asus, Gumhot). They also collected tribute from those societies coming under their influence and were heavily involved in “tribal” politics by investing chiefs, administering justice and forging marriage alliances. They operated energetically in spreading Islam among mostly Tigre-speaking communities through their alliances with several holy families such as the ‘Ad Shaykh, the ‘Ad Mua‘llim and the ‘Ad Darqi.
Among several outcomes, the methods and strategies by which the Na’ibs have established and developed their control laid down the infrastructure of networks, alliances and spheres of influence that gravitated
towards Massawa as the chief urban center in that region. The role of the Na’ibs in the region molded political, commercial, social and religious networks and fields of action which contributed directly to the shaping of an interconnected and interrelated space in eastern and northern Eritrea. The Na’ibs maintained their autonomy under Ottoman indirect control until the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
Nevertheless, during the 1840s and 1850s, they found themselves in the midst of escalating power struggles between Ottomans, Egyptians and northern Habesha highlanders, amounting to a sort of ‘Scramble for the Coasts’. These trials of power culminated in the establishment of direct Egyptian administration in Massawa and the coastlands (1865-1885) – followed by the advent of Italian colonialism (since 1885). They heavily eroded the power of the Na’ibs and diminished their political influence. Like with the Mahdiyya, which
undermined notions of regional cohesiveness established up to the 1880s, the gradual erosion of Na’ib dominance by external imperialist powers also thwarted structures and patterns of regional integrity formerly laid down.
Tigre man from Barka Valley
SOURCE:http://modaina.com/files/history_and_language_of_the_tigre.pdf
The Tribes that know the Tigre language and their
way of living.
These are the tribes whose fathers spoke Tigre.
1. Mänsa' Bet-'Abrehe and Mänsa’ Bet-Sahaqan.
These two were brothers, but they parted from each other. And now they have become two tribes; and they are called the two Mänsa’, or the two Haygat. Their language is Tigre only. Their living is from live stock [viz. cows and goats], and from tilling the soil. But nowadays they have not much cattle, and they live by ploughing. Their religion was formerly Christianity, and each had a church, and priests. But, later on their (last), priests did not know how to read.. Then the Mohammedans came to their country and converted them to Islam. And the majority of them became Mohammedans: a few, however, are Christians up to this day. Each of them has a village as its living place; and this village is not moved [like the camps of the nomads]. But sometimes they change the place of their villages. The village of the, Bet-'Abrehe was formerly at Haygat. And later on it [was] moved from Haygat to Gäläb.
And the village went down from Gäläb twice: the first time it was located at Tasasa. The second time, however, it went down to Laba; and .. a is still ..(call)ed Deman-degge (i. e. ruins of the village). On the
other hand, it went (up) to 'Ag’aro, once. And later on it moved from there to Dangura. After this it returned to Gäläb, and there it is up to this day. The houses of the village [which], they build [are] qesasa (huts, Fig. 23) and seqlö (round houses,); and within they make a small interior house of mats. When they move about they put their loads on oxen and mules and donkeys.
Veiled Tigre woman,Massawa,Eritrea
The village of the Bet-Sahaqan however, was in former days at Hamhem. Then it moved to the bushes of
Mehélab, and there it is up to this day. Their houses and their pack animals are like those of the Bet-'Abrehe. But. now the village of Mehélab is shifting gradually to another place because the water is now far from them.
2. The Red Marya and the Black Marya.
The Red Marya and the Black Marya are brothers. And the ancestors of the two Marya and of the two
Mänsa were brothers: they were called Maryu and Mansu. Later on they parted from each other and
each one of them grew into two divisions: Thus the Red Marya and the Black Marya were separated
from each other and each one of them lived in its [own] village and in its [own] country. And now they
are called the two Marya, or the Red and the Black Marya. Their language is Tigre only. Their living is
from cattle; but they plough a little also. Their religion was formerly in their ancestors time, Christianity.
But afterwards they were converted to Islam, and they are all Mohammedans now. They have their
dwelling places each on his field. And they live together by twos and threes; that is to say, those whose
lands are near each other live together. In this way their villages are scattered, and each one of them lives
near his land. And they build huts (qesasa). Their beasts of burden are oxen, donkeys and a few mules.
3. The Three Maflas Habab, ‘Ad Temaryam and ‘Ad Takles.
The ancestor of these three was Asgade. 'Asgade came down from the highland of Kabasa. Some say,
'Asgade started from the Tigray (1) country, and on his way to this p (our) country he halted in the
country of Bet-Tosem (DacchiToscim) at ‘Ad Nefäs. Later on he left 'Ad Nefäs and went down to this
region where his descendants live now. But the brother of 'Asgede stayed at ‘Ad Nefas. And for this
reason the ancestor of t he Three Maflas and the ancestor of 'Ad Nefas are brothers. And the descendants
of the people of Asgade and of his brother who stayed in the Tigray country are there up to this day: they
are called the sons of Asgade. But some say: the country of Asgade- is 'Ad Nefas, and from there Asgade
came down, and his brothers stayed there.
And later on 'Asgade begat Maflas. And Maflas begat Hebtes and Takles and 'Abib, The descendants of
Hebtes are the Habab: a part of the Habab live on this side of the frontier [between the English territory
and the Italian colony], and another part beyond. The descendants of Takles are the 'Ad Takles. 'Abib
was the father of the 'Ad Temaryam. And 'Ad Hebtes - or Habab 'Ad Takles and 'Ad Temaryam are
together called the Three Mafläs, and also the Three Habab. The language of all of them is Tigre; the
religion of all of them was originally Christianity.
For even the ‘Ad Hebtes used to have a church and a tabot and priests. Then Kantebay Gaweg was
converted to Islam, and he said to the priest: 'Break the tabot." And the priest said: “I dare not break the
tabot of Mary." And Kantubay Gäweg took the tabot himself and chopped it with an ax. Then even the
priests became Mohammedans, and all their descendants are up to this day sheks of the tribe.
And all the people of the Three Maflas embraced Islam, and they are all now Mohammedans.
Their living is from live stock, camels, goats and sheep. Their houses are of mats; but in their villages they
also put branches with leaves on their huts. Their villages move to the lowlands and to the highlands;
and their animals pasture at a place that is as far as day's journey distant from them. And men bring the
milk from the herds and flocks to the village; or else, each one keeps some of his animals that give milk
near the village. When they move, they put their loads on camels and oxen and donkeys, and sometimes
mules. But before their villages move they send first their furniture ahead to the place where they are to
go, And their villages are located [always] at the same place in the highlands, and again in the lowlands.
The village of the 'Ad Hebtes is located at Naqfa, when it is in the highlands, and at 'Algena or WadGän, when it is in the lowlands. The village of the 'Ad Takles [, however,] has no certain places; but
generally it is located at 'Ede-'Atba, when it is in the highlands, and at Habarö, when it is in the
lowlands. And the village of the ‘Ad Temaryam is located at 'Af-'Abad, when it is in the highlands, and
at 'Äkät, when it is in the lowlands. The people of the Three Maflas do not know how to plough. But a
few of the bondsmen of the ‘Ad Temaryam do plough a little. And the Three Maflas buy the corn from
the Two Mänsa', from the Bét-Guk and from the Belen. Or else, they buy corn and rice from Massaua.
i) I.e. the province generally known by its Amharic name Tigre.
4. The Bet-Guk or Bet-Gäribruk.
Their ancestor came down from Kabasa. And some say that the ancestor of the Bet-Guk was a relative of
'Asgäde; and for this reason the Bet-Guk and the Three Maflas are akin to each other. Some again say
that the ancestor of the Bet-Guk, Kantebay Gäribruk - Zär'i-Beruk -, came down from Wakki, (1) and
that the descendants of his brothers are there up to this day. The language of the Bet-Guk is Tigre. Their
religion was formerly Christianity, but now they have embraced Islam. Their living is from ploughing and
from live stock (cows and some goats); but now they have not much cattle: they live by ploughing. Their
village is Wäzent'a't: their houses are qesasa. The ancestor of these three was Asgade. 'Asgade came
down from the highland of Kabasa. Some say, 'Asgade started from the Tigray (1) country, and on his
way to this p (our) country he halted in the country of Bet-Tosem (DacchiToscim) at ‘Ad Nefäs. Later on
he left 'Ad Nefäs and went down to this region where his descendants live now. But the brother of
'Asgede stayed at ‘Ad Nefas. And for this reason the ancestor of t he Three Maflas and the ancestor of
'Ad Nefas are brothers. And the descendants of the people of Asgade and of his brother who stayed in the
Tigray country are there up to this day: they are called the sons of Asgade. But some say: the country of
Asgade- is 'Ad Nefas, and from there Asgade came down, and his brothers stayed there.
Veiled Tigre girl, Keren Eritrea
5. The Three Möté'at: 'Asus, Gemhöt and 'Aylät.
The language of these three is Tigre only. The people of the Mawatte' are of different origins: some of
them are of Balau origin; and some of them are 'Asraf. (1) And besides these that are named there are
found a few others. The religion of all of them is Islam. Their living is from camels, cattle, goats and
sheep; a few of them, however, plough. Their houses are ma'ddani [i. e. square houses of wood and
branches, Fig. 25] and qesasa. These three do not move about. Their beasts of burden are camels, oxen,
donkeys and a few mules. The place where they buy and purchase everything is Massaua.
1)I.e. Arabs that came from the Barka country.
Tigre woman,keren,Eritrea
6. Nabara and Gadam-Sega.
The language of these people also is Tigre. But the Tigre of the Nabara is not pure: it is between Tigre
and Tigrina. They used to be counted formerly with the Moté'at; but now they are by themselves. Their
living is from cattle and goats, and from ploughing. Their houses are of mats and of branches. Their
beasts of burden are oxen and mules and donkeys. They live in the Moté'at country; their religion is
7- Mäshalit.
Their language is Tigre. They say that they are originally related to the Assaorta. The living of the
Mäshallt - from sahel [i. e. the coast] - is from cattle, goats, sheep and a few camels; they work also at
Massaua. They have no village: they are nomads and roam about, following their herds. Most of the time
they live in the plain. The religion of all of them is Islam. Their houses are of mats. When they move they
put their loads on oxen, donkeys, mules and camels. The only corn they eat is bought: they do not plough.
Their only country is Waqiro [in the plain, 1/2 day's journey westward of Hetemlo).
8. The people of Medun.
Those who live at 'Emkullu, Hetemlo, at Massaua, at Dakano - or Hergigo [i. e. Archico]- all speak the
Tigre language. But most of them have also learned Arabic. They are all Mohammedans. They are of
different origins, but their leaders are mostly of Balau origin. Their living is from trading. Their houses
are ma'ddani, qesasa and merabba' [i. e. stone-houses].
9. 'Ad S(h)uma and 'Ad 'Aha and 'Ad 'Askar.
Their language is Tigre only. They are all Mohammedans. They are of different origins, and they used to
be counted with the Möte’at people. The ‘Ad Suma, however, are related among themselves. The ancestor
of the ‘Ad Suma had married a woman called S(h)uma; then he begat a few sons of her and died. And
Suma reared her children, and she was very brave and well known. And afterwards, when her children
had their own houses they were called 'Ad Suma. And they are called up to this day 'Ad Suma after the
name of their ancestress. The only corn they eat is bought. Their houses are of mats. And they roam about
following their herds everywhere. Their beasts of burden are oxen and mules and donkeys.
10. Wayra and 'Aflanda.
The language of these [peoples] is Tigre. They are all Mohammedans. The ancestor of the 'Aflanda came
as a Mohammedan from the sea on the road of the Gash river. (1) And some of his descendants live in the
Barka country; some in the Habab country, some in the country of the Two Mänsa'; some, again, live at
Suakin - or Kar [near Suakin] -. The Wayra live in the Moté’at country, everywhere. The living of these
people is from cattle, camels, sheep and goats. And they roam about everywhere following their herds.
Their houses are of mats. And their beasts of burden are camels, oxen, donkeys and mules. And they eat
the corn which they buy from everywhere.
Perhaps Suakin-Chartoum-Kassala.
11.Säura and cAd Ma’allem and 'Asfada.
The language of all of them is Tigre. They are all Mohammedans. The Saura and the ‘Ad Ma'allem used
to be counted with the ‘Ad Temaryam: but now they are counted by themselves, and each of them has its
own village. The 'Asfa'da used to be counted with the Habab, but now they are separated from them (and
live] by themselves. All these [three tribes] call their village zaga. And the zagas of the Saura and the 'Ad
Ma'allem go up and down in the country of the 'Ad Temaryam. And even the 'Asfada live there with
their zaga and go up and down. The houses of the zagas are of mats. Their beasts of burden are camels,
oxen, donkeys and a few mules. Their living is from camels and cattle. And they buy corn from other
countries.
12.The 'Ad S(h)ek.
Their language is Tigre. And they are all Mohammedans. Their living is from camels, cattle, sheep and
goats. Their country is between the Habab and the 'Ad Temaryam. And their village is called Zaga ‘Ad
Sek. They go down to the lowlands and up to the highlands; their beasts of burden are camels and oxen
and donkeys. And the houses of the zaga are of mats. And the only corn which they get is that which
they buy.
. They are sometimes called also by the name of their chief, e. g. 'Ad Sek'Alamin formerly, and now 'Ad
Sek-'Amar.
13. The Bet-Ma’ala, Ganifra and Bet-Ba’ass(h)o.
The language of all of them is Tigre. They are all Mohammedans. Their ancestors came from the sea at
Suakin. And each one of them used to live as a tribe by itself. But later on the Ganifra and the BetBa'asso decreased in number, and they united with the Bet-Ma’ala. And now they are counted with the
Bet-Ma’ala. Their living is from camels, cattle, goats and sheep. Their houses are of mats. And they go up
and down following their herds. Their beasts of burden are camels, oxen and donkeys.
14. 'Algäden and Sabdärat.
Their language is Tigre. And their ancestors came as Mohammedans from the sea; and the descendants of
them are Mohammedans up to this day. Their living is from ploughing and from cattle. But I do not
know much about their villages and their beasts of burden. It is said, however, that they have horses.
15. The 'Ad Häséri
Their language is Tigre; hut they know also the language of the Hedarab, or Min-Amer. They are all
Mohammedans. Their living is from camels, cattle, goats and sheep. Their houses are of mats. And, their v
illage is called zaga; and they go down to the lowlands and up to the highlands. Their beasts of burden
are camels, oxen and donkeys. Of the 'Ad Haséri some live on this side of the frontier and some beyond.
II. These are the tribes that know the Tigre language, but whose fathers had another language. These
tribes have a different language of their own country, but they have learned the Tigre language, and some
of them speak it well
.Belen. (1)
All the people of the Belen country have a language of their own; but, on the other hand, all of them know the Tigre language also. The Belen were originally all Christians,, hut now half of them have become Mohammedans. Their living is from ploughing and from cattle and goats. Their villages stay each at its place: they do not move. Their houses are [of the] qes'asa kind. Their beasts of burden are oxen and donkeys and mules i) I. e. Bilin or Bogos.
2. The Min-'Amer.
Their language is Hedarab; but most of them know also the Tigre language. They are all Mohammedans. Their living is from camels and cattle and goats. Their villages are called zaga. And sometimes they move. The houses of the villages are of mats. Their beasts of burden are camels and a few donkeys and oxen. They ride also on camels and even on horses.
3. Kabasa.
Their language is Tigrina. But the Tigrina and the Tigre resemble each other, and their people understand
each other to a certain degree. On the other hand, many of the Kabasa people know the Tigre language,
and there are also Tigre people that know the Tigrina language. But of the people of Gernmägan - or
Dembäzan - [those who live] in the village of Wara, at Bet-Mahare - or Däqqi Mahare -, and at Gurität,
know the Tigre language well.
4. Säuhö or 'Asawerta (Saho or Assaorta).
Their language is different; but many of them know the Tigre language. Their religion is Islam. Their living is from cattle, camels, goats and sheep. And some of them trade along the coast of the bay of Gemez. (1) Their houses are of the vna'adani and qesasa kind. Their villages do not move about. Their beasts of burden are camels, donkeys and mules. i.e. the bay of Adulis.
Source: Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia.
Enno littmann
Leyden 1910
Contributed by Aida Kidane
SOURCE:http://www.deqebat.com/pdf006/Tigre_Eritreanorigin_01.pdf
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The following statement about the Swedish introducing Ge'ez is absolutely INCORRECT:
"Since the 19th century, Tigre has been written using the Ge'ez alphabet. This mode of writing was introduced by Swedish missionaries for biblical translation. However, as Ge'ez is the language of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, many Tigre Muslims use the Arabic alphabet."
The Swedish missionaries did not introduce Ge'ez as a language or in written/alphabet form to the Eritrea. It is a Semetic language where other dirivitive languages stem from such as Amharic (one of Ethiopia's many languages), Aramaic (Jesus' language) and Hebrew. There are other cultures and languages that have been influenced by or stem from the Eritrean people because the entire coast of Eritrea make it a strategic location for trade and travel. One of the main reasons the country has dealt with colonization by many other empires throughout history.
To the writer not sure if you know. The Teroa, Hazo are kins to the Mensa and Marya. Furthermore, the Teroa were Tigre speakers at first but adopted the Saho language which has become dominant.
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On Friday, authorities released video that could pass as a third Machete film. Armed men tried to rob a homeowner, but it didn’t work out after the victim fought back with a massive blade, said the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.
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Alen Beltran-Vazquez, Ronier Jauregui-Lorente, Angel Cabrera-Basulto, Jorge Valido-Leyva, and Roberto Salcedo-Balanza all face charges in connection to the Thursday morning incident.
Deputies say they got a call about a suspicious individual near a home. He reportedly had a rifle. They responded, but there wasn’t too much for them to do when they arrived. The homeowner, described in the SCSO press release as a “victim,” had already caught one and chased off the rest.
Surveillance footage from the home shows the victim and others lounging outside at about 4:46 a.m. The homeowner, an older man with gray hair and a blue shirt, immediately throws his chair at the armed robbers. Then he picks up a plank of wood and starts swinging it defensively at the masked perps.
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The victim is chased off screen, but soon returns with a machete about as long as his torso. It’s a big ol’ blade. The robbers bolt.
Footage ends after one of the suspects is apprehended by the homeowner, and another male armed with a pole.
Deputies say this was Beltran-Vazquez. The victim told authorities two more suspects had already escaped, but investigators soon traced their car to a gas station. Four other men were inside, say authorities: Jauregui-Lorente, Cabrera-Basulto, Valido-Leyva, and Salcedo-Balanza. They wore dark clothes, and one of them had zip ties.
Beltran-Vazquez faces two counts of armed robbery, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jauregui-Lorente and Cabrera-Basulto are both charged with two counts of robbery with a firearm. Valido-Leyva and Salcedo-Balanza both face two counts of principal to armed robbery. This investigation remains ongoing. More charges are possible.
They are being held without bond. An arraignment has been scheduled for July 21, according to records obtained by LawNewz.com.
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ABSTRACT: Antitrust is back in vogue at the U.S. Supreme Court. Whereas the Rehnquist Court decided few antitrust cases in its latter years (only one from 1993 to 1995, one each year from 1996 through 1999, and none from 2000 to 2003), the Roberts Court issued seven antitrust decisions in its first two years alone. Numerous commentators have characterized the Roberts Court’s antitrust decisions as radical departures that betray a pro-business, anti-consumer bias. While some of the decisions do represent significant changes from past practice (see, e.g., Leegin, which overruled the 1911 Dr. Miles rule of per se illegality for minimum resale price maintenance, and Twombly, which abrogated the infamous “no set of facts” pleading standard set forth in the 1957 Conley v. Gibson decision), the “pro-business/anti-consumer” characterization of the Roberts Court’s antitrust decisions is inaccurate. The characterization—caricature, really—fails to appreciate the fundamental limits of antitrust, a body of law that requires judges and juries to make fine distinctions between procompetitive and anticompetitive behaviors that frequently resemble each other. While false acquittals of anticompetitive conduct may harm consumers, so may false convictions of procompetitive actions. And efforts to eliminate errors in liability judgments are themselves costly. Optimal antitrust rules will therefore aim to minimize the sum of decision costs (the costs of reaching a liability decision) and expected error costs (the social losses from false convictions and false acquittals). Each of the Roberts Court’s antitrust decisions can be defended in light of this “decision-theoretic” approach, an approach calculated to maximize the effectiveness of the antitrust enterprise, to the ultimate benefit of consumers. This Article first describes the fundamental limits of antitrust and the decision-theoretic approach such limits inspire. It then analyzes the Roberts Court’s antitrust decisions, explaining how each coheres with the decision-theoretic model. Finally, it predicts how the Court will address three issues likely to come before it in the future: tying, loyalty rebates, and bundled discounts.
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I am a philosopher of science whose research and teaching focus on neuroscience and medicine, including psychiatry, where those two interests come together. I am especially interested in understanding how scientists' choice of methods and their background assumptions about the nature of the phenomena they investigate influence their research, which can have important ethical implications.
Ph.D., Philosophy. Western University (Ontario)
M.A., Philosophy. McMaster University
B.A., Philosophy. Laurentian University
B.Sc., Behavioural Neuroscience. Laurentian University
National Institute of Mental Health/BRAIN Initiative. ($1,414,478) Project Title: Is the treatment perceived to be worse than the disease: Ethical concerns and attitudes toward psychiatric electroceutical interventions. With Laura Cabrera (PI), Aaron McCright, and Eric Achtyes.
"On What Evidence" - book project in progress. Coauthor, Dr. Mark Tonelli
Şerife Tekin and Robyn Bluhm (Eds.). (2019) The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Psychiatry. London: Bloomsbury Press.
Gungor NZ, Duchesne A, Bluhm R (2019) A conversation around the integration of sex and gender when modelling aspects of fear, anxiety, and PTSD in animals Scholar and Feminist Online 15(2)
Bluhm R, Cabrera LY, McKenzie R (2019) What we (should) talk about when we talk about deep brain stimulation and personal identity Neuroethics https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-019-09396-6
Bluhm R, Borgerson K. (2018) An epistemic argument for research-practice integration in medicine. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 43(4): 469-484.
Bluhm R. (2017) The need for new ontologies in psychiatry. Philosophical Explorations 20(2): 146 – 159.
Hoffman G, Bluhm R. (2016) Neurosexism and neurofeminism. Philosophy Compass 11(11): 716-729.
Bluhm R. (2017) Gender and empathy. In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy Ed. Heidi Maibom. New York: Routledge. pp. 377 – 387.
Bluhm R. (2017) Nursing theory, social theory, and philosophy of science. In Social Theory and Nursing Theory Ed. Martin Lipscomb. New York: Routledge. pp. 35-47.
Stegenga J, Kennedy AG, Tekin Ş, Jukola S, Bluhm R. (2017) New directions in philosophy of medicine. In The Bloomsbury Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of Medicine Ed. James Marcum. London: Bloomsbury Press. pp. 343-369.
Bluhm, R. (2017) Evidence-based medicine, biological psychiatry, and the role of science in medicine. In Extraordinary Science and Psychiatry: Responding to the Crisis in Mental Health Research Eds. Jeffrey Poland and Şerife Tekin. MIT Press. pp. 37 – 57.
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Independent Parties legal definition of Independent Parties
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Independent Parties
Although the United States has a firmly established two-party system, independent parties play an important role in U.S. politics. Democrats and Republicans win the vast majority of federal, state, and local elections, but independent candidates often reflect popular attitudes and concerns. Most independent parties—also known as third parties—begin in response to a specific issue, candidate, or political philosophy.
The current two-party system of Democrats and Republicans evolved during the mid– nineteenth century. Before that, the Democrats squared off against the Whigs, led by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. The Whig Party was founded around 1834 to oppose the populist policies of Democratic president Andrew Jackson. Its members objected to Jackson's views on banking and the designation of federal funds, among other things.
Although Whig presidential candidates were successful in 1840 (William Henry Harrison) and 1848 (Zachary Taylor), the party survived for less than 40 years. In the 1850s, the Republicans entered the political scene as independents. After Republican Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential race, the Republican Party replaced the Whig party as the main party opposing the Democrats. Many northern Whigs joined the Republicans, whereas southern Whigs became aligned with the Democrats.
The platforms and purposes of independent parties, both past and present, vary tremendously. Some independent parties, such as the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, and the Libertarian Party, were formed to promote their political world views rather than a single issue or a charismatic leader. The Socialist Party, founded in 1901, has been relatively successful and long-lasting. Its heyday was around 1912, when its candidate eugene v. debs received about six percent of the popular vote in the presidential election. That same year, more than 1,000 Socialists held elected positions throughout the United States.
Other independent parties were founded by dissident progressives from one or both of the major parties. In 1912, progressives in the Republican Party broke off and formed the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party, naming former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt as its presidential candidate. Roosevelt lost to Democratic nominee woodrow wilson in the general election.
In 1924, another progressive party, called the League for Progressive Political Action, was launched. This party backed Senator robert m. la follette, of Wisconsin, who received 16 percent of the popular vote while losing to Republican incumbent Calvin Coolidge.
In 1948, progressives in the Democratic Party formed still another Progressive Party. It supported Henry A. Wallace in an unsuccessful bid to unseat incumbent Democratic president Harry S. Truman.
Other offshoots of the two major parties include the Locofocos, or Equal Rights Party, and the Mugwumps. The Locofocos emerged from the Democratic Party in the early nineteenth century. They supported stricter bank regulation and antitrust laws. The Mugwumps broke from the Republican Party in the 1884 presidential campaign and supported the Democratic nominee grover cleveland. Their name was derived from the Algonquian word for big chief. The Mugwumps' defection contributed to the Democrats' victory.
Some independent candidates transcend their party affiliation. Billionaire H. Ross Perot caught the public's imagination during the 1992 presidential election, which was won by Democrat bill clinton. Of the 19 million U.S. citizens who voted for Perot, few, if any, cast their ballot in support of his independent party. People voted for Perot, the person, as an alternative to Clinton and the Republican incumbent george h.w. bush. Perot ran again as an independent in 1996.An independent candidate and a specific issue are often inextricably linked. This was the case in 1968, with Alabama governor george wallace and his American Independent Party. Wallace was a vocal opponent of Civil Rights. His position on Segregation and States' Rights and his bold personality were the sum total of the party.
Other important social issues have spawned independent parties. The Prohibition Party was formed in 1869 by temperance activists who wanted to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol. Before the Civil War, the Liberty Party was created by abolitionists to outlaw Slavery. Similarly, the Free-Soil Party—which later became part of the Republican Party—was started in 1848 to prevent the extension of slavery into new U.S. territories and states.
On the other end of the ideological spectrum were the Dixiecrats. Led by strom thurmond, these were a group of southern Democrats who were opposed to President Truman's civil rights policies. The Dixiecrats splintered from the main party in 1948.
Bigotry was the driving force behind the Know-Nothing Party—also called the American Party—formed in 1849 to pursue discrimination against immigrants and Roman Catholics. The name referred to the secrecy surrounding the group: Members were instructed to say, "I don't know," if asked about the party.
The effect of an independent party on a presidential race varies. In 1912, independent candidate Theodore Roosevelt, of the Bull Moose party, won more votes than Republican nominee William Howard Taft, and in effect delivered the election to Democratic challenger Woodrow Wilson. In other presidential elections, independents made barely a ripple. For example, in 1872 the Prohibition party candidate received a mere 5,600 votes.
In the remarkable presidential election of 2000, independent candidates played prominent and controversial roles. On the political right, author and media commentator patrick buchanan ran on the Reform Party ticket, espousing a mixture of social conservatism, labor support, and international isolationism. On the left, progressive activist and consumer advocate Ralph Nader received the Green Party nomination. Declaring the two main parties to be almost identical, Nader appealed to liberals and youth with his idealistic speeches on corporate influence and the erosion of democracy.
Although neither third party candidate was invited to the official presidential debates between Democrat al gore and Republican george w. bush, no one foresaw their ultimate impact upon the election. After the bitter deadlock in Florida between Gore and Bush produced ballot disputes, recounts, and lawsuits, the totals in that critical state revealed that Nader had taken enough votes there and elsewhere to tip the decision to Bush. Furthermore, Buchanan also scored heavily in a Gore stronghold, leading the conservative candidate to explain that the votes were probably due to poorly designed ballots.
In terms of sheer votes, both Nader and Buchanan fared poorly. Nader captured only three percent of the vote, and Buchanan less than one percent. As a result, neither of their parties qualified for federal matching funds for the 2004 elections, a fate surely likely to hamper their effectiveness at a time when money is of major significance in running political campaigns.
Nader in particular earned the enmity of many Democrats who viewed him as a spoiler. Even his former allies took to the pages of The Nation and other liberal publications to denounce him for self-aggrandizingly under-mining Gore's chances. Nader was unrepentant. In his 2002 book, Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President,Nader defended his candidacy as an intellectually and morally superior choice to what he deemed the corruption of the Democrats and Republicans.
If the contemporary appeal of independent parties has proven underwhelming, their ability to influence close races is one argument for their significance. This impact is felt even more sharply in an age of vast voter apathy. For all of the hubbub that was generated by the 2000 election controversy, only 51 percent of voters bothered to vote that year. Independent parties may find that their ability to control slight percentage points in elections translates into broader political power to shape debate and even to nudge the mainstream parties toward their positions.
Some citizens are reluctant to vote for an independent candidate, believing that such a gesture is futile. Indeed, the odds of winning either the popular or electoral vote are slim. Still, the political dialogue generated by independent candidates is a meaningful contribution to the democratic process. Even when independent candidates lose the election, the public is treated to ideas and perspectives that are seldom broached by the mainstream parties.
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Douglas, William. 2000 "Unapologetic Nader Faces Anger Over His Fla. Role." Newsday (November 9): A48.
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But the 11th Circuit vacated that decision on appeal, ruling that back wage FLSA claims can be settled only by the Department of Labor or by a court-approved "stipulated judgment"--not by two independent parties.
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This is in line with efforts to prepare the general federal budget and the budgets for independent parties for financial year 2013, which represents the third year of the medium-term plan for 2011-13.
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"We will fight the next general election as separate and independent parties," he told BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show yesterday.
Parties 'not joined at the hip'
In contrast to Xilinx's position, the IRS asserted that it was not necessary to demonstrate comparability with independent parties. The IRS alleged that although independent parties may not explicitly share the cost of stock options, these costs are implicitly factored in during the negotiation process; however, the IRS adduced no evidence to prove this position.
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As a child, Tommaso Santagata, speleologist and expert in 3D cave mapping, would have never imagined that he would test some of the newest and most innovative 3D-scanning technologies for future space exploration. In 2017, he spent five days of intense mapping in Lanzarote, Spain, during the PANGEA-X (Planetary ANalogue Geological and Astrobiological Exercise for Astronauts) an European Space Agency (ESA) Spaceflight Analog field campaign. While the first results from that pioneering course keep flowing in, the adventurous speleologist has produced the largest 3D scan of a lava tube on Earth.
Along with geologists Umberto Del Vecchio and Marta Lazzaroni, he mapped most of the lava tube system as part of a project supported by the Cabildo of Lanzarote and the University of Padova, Italy. The resulting map comes alive in great detail, helping local institutions to protect this subterranean environment. It also provides scientific data to study the origins of the tube and its peculiar formations.
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The PANGEA-X expedition ventured into the “La Cueva de los Verdes” lava tube in the Spanish island of Lanzarote, one of the world’s largest volcanic cave complexes with a total length of about 8 kilometres. The cave has both dry and water-filled sections.
The 6-km dry portion of the lava tube has natural open skylights, or jameos as the locals call them, that are aligned along the cave pathway. Some of the caves are large enough to accommodate residential streets and houses.
These formations are similar to those found on Mars and on the moon. Being underground structures, they offer good shelters from radiation. This similarity makes Lanzarote a great environment to train astronauts and simulate space exploration.
Why 3D mapping inside a cave?
When a new environment is discovered, mapping the area is always a first starting point of exploration. This also applies to missions to other planets, where one of the main objectives will be to choose places to setup base camp.
Lava tubes are environments with a constant temperature, shielded from cosmic radiation and protected from micrometeorites, providing safe habitats for humans.
Precisely measuring the geometry of lava caves will allow scientists to improve their models and better understand their evolution on other celestial bodies.
For these reasons, learning how to map lava tubes on Earth is helping exploration off Earth. ESA astronaut, Matthias Maurer, joined the expedition to test two different instruments developed by Leica Geosystems, the Leica Pegasus:Backpack and the Leica BLK360.
Leica Geosystems mobile mapping team trained Maurer on how to operate the Pegasus:Backpack in just 20 minutes.
The astronaut walked through the difficult terrain and checked the results on the spot through a tablet. He performed his cave-mapping mission by walking along the tube and back to compare the accuracy of the data.
“Hiking and performing geological mapping with the high-tech backpack was easy and efficient. I can perfectly see it integrated in our spacesuits for future exploration missions to the Moon or Mars,” said Maurer.
The Pegasus:Backpack synchronises images collected by five cameras and two 3D imaging LIDAR profilers, the laser equivalent of radar. It enables accurate mapping where satellite navigation is unavailable, such as in caves.
The team did two different acquisitions with the Pegasus:Backpack to test all the positioning technologies embedded in this solution. Both missions were processed with the Leica Pegasus Manager software.
1.The fused Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) mission
Starting from the outdoor with good GNSS conditions then going indoor in challenging GNSS conditions with very low or zero satellites coverage and finishing the mission outdoor with good GNSS conditions. For this type of mission, the team used multiple positioning technologies: GNSS + Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) + SLAM. The processing software recognised automatically the different phases of the mission.
The Pegasus:Backpack, the first position-agnostic solution, could track Maurer’s movements during the data acquisition, and the IMU recorded them 125 times per second. This way, the team obtains a first good trajectory with greatest accuracy at both the beginning and the end of the mission. The team needed to re-enforce the calculation for the part with zero satellites coverage using SLAM. At this stage, no pictures or point clouds are created. The part of the mission without any GNSS information used the trajectory obtained in the previous step as an input value to process the SLAM algorithm. The result is an improved trajectory with an estimation of the positioning error where point clouds, pictures orientation and spherical views are generated.
2.The pure SLAM mission
A pure SLAM mission is typically a mission in GNSS-denied environments, like buildings, caves and tunnels. The main positioning sensors used for this type of mission are the compass, the IMU and SLAM Only LiDAR (So LiDAR). Putting the parameters correctly, the complete mission could be processed in one single click. A basic trajectory of the Pegasus:Backpack was processed using information from the compass and the IMU. The complete mission uses this first trajectory as an input value to process the SLAM algorithm. Point cloud and pictures orientation and spherical views are generated with this trajectory.
In Lanzarote, lava tubes generally develop along tunnels on different levels due to lava flowing over multiple eruptions and following cracks and crevasses left from previous eruptions. It is not always possible to access the upper levels without climbing equipment.
As part of the CAVES 2016 training course, the team used photogrammetry – getting precise measurements and 3D data from at least two photographs – as a good alternative. However, photogrammetry cannot always guarantee good results, especially without the right light conditions.
To solve these problems, the PANGEA-X campaign tested the BLK360, the smallest and lightest imaging scanner on the market. The Leica Geosystems team operated it in set positions, obtaining 360° images of the environment in just three minutes by pressing one button and aligning the scans directly through a tablet app.
In less than three hours, data from both instruments obtained a complete 3D model of a 1.3 km section of the lava tube.
The PANGEA-X campaign used two of the latest Leica Geosystems technologies for a demanding mission. Both technologies provided valuable information and accurate data to map areas in a short period of time where satellite navigation was unavailable.
A version of this story first appeared in the European Space Agency blog.
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11 June 2015 · Robert Bain ·
UK · Retail
Simplify 'unwieldy' energy-efficiency policy, retailers tell UK government
Shoppers in London's West End - could these shops be using less energy with a bit of help from government?
British retailers say they are being held back from making energy efficiency improvements by an 'overly complex, unwieldy and misaligned policy landscape'.
The British Retail Consortium says there is widespread confusion and disengagement with energy efficiency. It is pushing for policy to be simplified and clarified, to enable retailers to drive down costs and reduce the environmental impact of their operations.
A clearer and more accessible policy landscape can deliver great potential in energy efficiency for the future"
British Retail Consortium
To cut through this policy confusion, the BRC has set up an online ‘energy hub’ to provide information and advice and help retailers share their experiences. It wants to help retailers cut energy use by 25 per cent over the next five years.
'With energy costs expected to increase significantly over the next five years, greater energy efficiency is vital for the long-term growth and viability of the industry, not to mention helping the fight against climate change. The BRC believes that a clearer and more accessible policy landscape can deliver great potential in energy efficiency for the future.'
The BRC said retailers are already 'leading the way' on energy efficiency, with a 33 per cent reduction in carbon emissions in stores between 2005 and 2012 and a drop in energy consumption from buildings of 50 per cent based on 2005 levels.
'Further progress by Britain's retailers will depend upon measures to simplify an overly complex, unwieldy and misaligned policy landscape which presents much uncertainty for companies, making it difficult for them to invest and bring about further efficiencies,' the organisation said.
'The BRC believes that a range of small, but significant policy simplifications could lead to further improvements in energy efficiency across the retail industry, which will in turn help drive greater investment in green technologies to the benefit of the wider economy while also achieving significant steps towards climate change and energy security objectives.'
BRC director general Helen Dickinson said: 'Energy and energy efficiency are of strategic importance to Britain's retailers. Through our 25-in-5 campaign, we believe we can build on what has been done so far to help drive energy efficiency across the retail industry, allowing our members to benefit from significant energy cost savings while at the same time making a vital contribution to the UK's climate change and energy security goals.'
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I, Daniel Blake – first look review
Ken Loach returns to Cannes with a ranty anti-government, anti-bureaucracy screed. Not all of it lands.
If this film didn’t have a title card stating the name of its director, you’d still have no trouble identifying him before any images actually appear on screen. During the opening credits, archetypal salt-of-the-earth working class hero Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is stultified by the questions he’s being asked in order to complete a health benefits form, a necessary procedure to secure income after a recent heart attack has rendered him unable to work.
His jocular, unhelpful answers emphasise not so much the idiocy of the questions, but how coldly demeaning they are – can you raise your hands above your head, can you press the buttons on a phone, etc. From then on it’s a tale of Daniel vs Goliath as he battles with the twin bureaucracies of a private health firm based in the US and operated largely through faceless call centres, and the Job Centre, whose own staff are depicted as being one remove away from death camp foot soldiers. Yes, we’re on a dinner date of pease pudding and Mighty White with the people’s very own champ, Ken Loach.
In this realist melodrama, Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty take great pains to paint Daniel as a hobbled martyr, lovable in each and every way, a bloke you’d want to slap on the back and sink a few pints with. Where his blood may boil when deskbound automatons aggressively ask if he understands the what they’re asking him (probably to be able to tick some damn box or other), he’s a paragon of quiet compassion when it comes to helping others. Namely Katie Morgan (Hayley Squires), who is another victim of those heartless government jobsworths having been forcibly relocated from London to Newcastle, away from her mother and the school of her two cherubic children.
There is little to no nuance in this film, or enough that convinces it should be a film rather than a long-read rant in the Socialist Worker, or a bullhorn protest in front of parliament. If anything, it would appear to be doing more harm than good, employing hastily drawn cartoons as its antagonists and using cheap sentiment as political capital. The Mephistophelean evil of The System is ramped up at every opportunity, and Loach crudely co-opts Blake’s dodgy heart as the film’s ticking time bomb. There are instances when Blake’s downfall is the result of his own stubbornness, yet it’s always permissible and often used as a cudgel to attack his oppressors’ basic lack of humanism.
Blunderbuss though it all may be, a major plus point is the naturalistic, not overly feisty performance by young actress Hayley Squires who subtly channels genuine disillusionment in her attempts to shield her children from the dark future they potentially, probably have ahead of them. Still in her early twenties, she brilliantly paints a character who appears to have already consumed and suppressed many lifetimes worth of agonising experience, but is only just coming to terms with much of its long term consequence. There’s one tear-jerking moment which, in lesser hands, could’ve nudged this to the garish levels of misery porn parody, but her commitment and poise save it.
But as usual for Loach, this is cinema as a blunt instrument, used to hit hard and without much grace or sense of direction. It’s a largely artless work which takes no risks with its visual language and never thinks to show when it can tell. A subplot involving a young neighbour selling counterfeit trainers is entirely forgotten about, while Loach never once seems to believe that less might just be more.
It’s also a polemic which is uninterested in solutions, in suggesting ways in which these problems could be alleviated. It believes that arguments are won by focusing on negatives rather than outclassing your opponent with a convincing, progressive alternative. It’s a film which talks exclusively to the people who are already on side with everything it has to say.
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Shiny Silvally codes to be available in North America, Europe
To be available October, November
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Serial codes to obtain Shiny Silvally will be available at participating retailers in North America and Europe in October and November. This Silvally will know its signature move, Multi-Attack. It is being distributed to promote the release of the Crimson Invasion TCG expansion, which will be released on November 3, 2017.
American region codes will be available from different stores in each country. These codes can be redeemed until February 13, 2018.
In the United States, codes will be available at GameStop stores from October 23 to November 13, 2017.
In Canada, codes will be available at EB Games stores from October 23 to November 13, 2017.
PAL region codes will be available from different stores in each country. These codes can be redeemed until February 13, 2018.
In the United Kingdom, it will be available at GAME stores from November 3 to 16, 2017.
In France, it will be available at Micromania stores. Official sources conflict as to whether it will be available from November 3 to 16 or from November 4 to 16, 2017.
In Germany, it will be available via Nintendo Zone at GameStop stores from November 3 to 16, 2017.
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In Spain, it will be available via Nintendo Zone at GAME stores from November 3 to 16, 2017.
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Think Of It As Evolution In Action
From The Corner at NRO via The Instapundit:
CPT does not advocate the use of violent force to save lives of its workers should they be kidnapped, held hostage, or caught in the middle of a conflict situation.
Four members of CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams) were kidnapped by terrorists in Iraq. But given that pacifists are at best essentially useless to Humanity in General, this would really not be an actual problem. After all the terrorists could have kidnapped and eventually murder four actually innocent people.
The CPT website had an interesting question at the head of its page:
What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?
The answer for those of us who live in the real world is that Christianity would effectively become extinct.
Now, what would the death toll of CPT volunteers in Iraq be if all of them were to have their throats cut by Allah's own death squad?
It would be an acceptable one.
Posted by Leslie Bates at 11:21 PM
The Guru has been kind enough to pass long this quote from President Theodore Roosevelt:
"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American ... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
The Guru also had this to say about a certain municipality:
It is an axiom that people get the government they deserve. This certainly seems true of San Francisco.
Rant of the Day
I'm posting this in the morning dead thread over at Little Green Footballs:
Gary Trudeau and Ted Rall represent respectively the high and low ends of the visual component of the "intellectual" branch of what I will henceforth call the Kool Kommie Klan.
We must remember that Socialism is essentially a Master/Slave ideology. If you pardon me for quoting the First Trustifarian: From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs. And for the socialists, as with the antebellum slaveholders, the needs of the masters will always be much greater than the needs of the slaves.
But now the socialist master class, both here in the United States and abroad, now see themselves being dispossessed of what according to their ideology is rightfully theirs. Control of their slaves and the products of slave labor. What should not be a surprise to us is that the response of the socialist master class and their supporters is in many ways similar to the actions of the antebellum slaveholder class and their supporters.
Those who reject the chains of the Left are subjected to public ridicule and slander by the self-styled intellectuals and subject to physical violence by the goon squad, with the ski-mask replacing the white sheet as the attire of choice.
If you will pardon me for the use of shocking language, to the master class of the Left, we who reject the chains of Socialism are (regardless of our actual race) no better than a bunch of "Uppity Niggers." It should be no surprise to us that they are treating us as such.
What are your questions on this block of instruction?
Posted by Leslie Bates at 9:10 AM
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The latest Dork Tower on blogging.
Soviet Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, on Stalin's famine massacre of Ukranians:
"We're not going to apologise... there is nobody to apologise to."
Hat Tip to the Corner at NRO.
John Bergstrom (a.k.a. Varmint) said on Little Green Footballs:
Sometimes I wish my government were as all powerful and ruthless as the parnoid liberals think.
Posted by Leslie Bates at 3:00 PM
Think Of It As Socialism In Action
Or how not to run a manned space program:
The day after Lin Biao's death, Li Zhengjun and Xu Peigen were at Mount Zijinshan Observatory, Nanjing, to discuss construction of a special astronaut-training machine. Immediately thereafter, Unit 714 came under special scrutiny. '714' was a homonym for 'armed revolt'. The investigators concluded that it must be connected to the plotters in some way. Even though equipped with only one telephone, the security special case team decided that Unit 714 was the headquarters for the alleged coup d'etat. In retrospect it is obvious that the office could not have been connected with the alleged plot, since Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai had signed the order to establish the office, but not Lin Biao. Such considerations did not deter the investigators and the leaders of the unit were detained for sustained interrogation.
Nevertheless the project was not cancelled and those that remained continued their work. The astronauts reported for training by November 1971. The immediate problem was that the budget was not in hand to fulfil the training plans. Major General Yang Guoyu and State Planning Committee Director Yu Qiuli were in charge of the material supply for the project. The spacecraft mock-up, housed in a large hall, was built of wood and cardboard. Astronaut food in toothpaste tubes was being produced, while the astronauts were supposed to undergo their strenuous training regime living only on steamed bread.
Qian Xuesen himself was unwilling to bring up the issue of provision of necessary funds with Zhou Enlai. Finally Yu Qiuli attended a meeting where Mao himself was presented with the need for additional funds. Mao reacted by blaming the project staff for inadequate moral resolve and declared that the nation must take care of terrestrial needs first. Space could come later. Faced with no budget, and pilots that had not been able to fly for months, the astronauts were released to return to their units. On May 13, 1972, the final staff member of Office 714 returned to his unit and China's first manned space project was officially wound up.
Apparently the initial design for a Chinese manned spacecraft would basically be a clone of the American Gemini system.
Sometimes it really helps when the enemy is being stupid.
The Dumb Plumber has moved over to blogspot.
Why he calls himself a "dumb" plumber is something that is beyond logical understanding, for example:
Chris Ewen’s letter to the editor on Friday correctly points out that most of the ‘children’ killed by guns are actually, gang members, thugs, rapists, murderers and muggers, whose numbers shouldn’t be combined with innocent children to ‘fluff’ statistics. This is a very important observation and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Since children will always be killed by guns through accident, mishandling, and gross stupidity, these losses should be minimized by caring parents and not lawmakers. On the other hand, the aforementioned murderers, gangsters, etc., should be required to attend target practice, so that their intended victims will be sporting toe tags instead of filling the jails and hospitals at taxpayer expense, after the inevitable confrontations.
Hopefully the improved aim will severely reduce their numbers and ultimately improve the prospects for the rest of us.
Oh... sarcasm...
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Have you ever noticed that most so-called intellectuals can't tell the difference between the institution of government and a band of brigands?
The lady whose basement I am living in had some people over to help clean up her part of the house. One of them, without bothering to ask permission went ahead and disconnected the cable modem and network router. We only got the connection back up tonight.
Needless to say it has not been a pleasant weekend.
Dr. Sanity raises the following question about the Democrats:
What does it take to get serious about the fact that we are fighting for our survival as a civilization?
I would as a guess give the answer that the Democrats are fully well aware of the fact that we are fighting for the survival of civilization and that they are for all practical purposes on the opposite side.
Civilization in both the moral and economic aspects is based on the principle of consent. But since productive people cannot tolerate any form of sustained parasitism, those who seek to exist as parasites must destroy the society of consent and replace it with a political order where the parasites would enjoy a superior status over the productive.
One form of the rule of the parasites is called Islam, another form is called Socialism.
(And I should point out here that Socialism is toxic to humans whether it is practiced by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union or the National Socialist German Worker's Party. It doesn't matter if grape flavoring or orange flavoring is added to the toxic brew -- poison is poison.)
(And another thing: What part of "National Socialist German Worker's Party" do some university produced drones not understand?)
The good doctor goes on to say:
If I saw an individual behaving as our country's leaders in Congress are behaving right now, I would have to conclude that they are acutely suicidal and represent an imminent danger to all of us.
Absolutely God-damned right.
Someone Else's Thought For The Day
Violence breeds violence -- but so can nonviolence.
-- Dr. Helen Smith
Read the whole piece here.
Somebody May Be Seeing The Fnords
In the comments section of Dr. Sanity's discussion on BDS, Ric Locke puts forth another possible factor in the possible origin of Bush Derangment Syndrome:
BDS sufferers are overwhelmingly members of the intelligentsia, at least as self-defined: academics, "artists", and the commentariat, and related wannabees. They have in common membership in a subculture that is, geographically, largely confined to cities and the Northeast, and tends strongly to be passed down in families.
George W. Bush had every opportunity to become one of them. His father is a member in good standing of that culture; his mother is a Pierce. Absent malign influences, a reasonable person could have looked at young George and predicted that he would grow up to be, for all practical purposes, John Kerry.
Instead he went off and actually joined the "red staters", complete with religiosity and drawl. Apostasy always causes heartburn in the Faithful -- the fear that, if it happened to him, it could happen to them or their descendants, too. How could such a thing happen? Shun him! Shun him!
This reinforces the evidence that Leftism is for all practical purposes a religion.
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Numenorean
To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?
And Then She...
Ann Coulter writes about the quality of the courage of Edward R. Murrow while ripping George Clooney a new terminal orifice (with a Hat Tip to Hog On Ice):
As even liberal reviewers have noted, it was hardly an act of bravery for Edward R. Murrow to attack McCarthy. The New York Times was attacking McCarthy, The New York Post was attacking McCarthy and The Washington Post was attacking McCarthy. Every known news outlet was attacking McCarthy. McCarthy was in a pitched battle for his life, his career and the fate of the nation. Murrow merely jumped on the liberal bandwagon -- and rather late in the game. (You want bravery? Try sitting all the way through "Solaris.")
I own the DVD of Soderbergh's version of SOLARIS. I usually play it with the commentary track on because I found the conversation between Steven Soderbergh and Jim Cameron on the making of the movie to far more interesting than the film itself.
For real bravery in sitting through a movie one should try viewing the orginal Soviet version of SOLARIS in one sitting. Of course Andrei Tarkovski's version of SOLARIS was by Soviet standards a good film, having not been cut in any way by the Soviet censors. Of course being (Les affects a Russian accent here) a good Soviet film, it was not subject to the aesthetic and editorial standards that were common outside of the Soviet Union. My personal theory on the origin of the film was that Mosfilm Studios was short about two hours and forty minutes in the science fiction quota in the current Five-Year Plan and turned to Tarkovski to fill the gap:
"Comrades, we are short one-hundred and sixty-five minutes in our science fiction quota! What shall we do?"
"Have Tarkovski fill it for us."
"But Tarkovski makes really dense and boring films!"
"Comrades! We must make every effort to heroically fulfill the goals of the Five-Year Plan!"
Granted, the cinematography (apart from the cheesy effects sequences) was well done and Miss (or I suppose at the time, comrade) Natalya Bondarchuk comes across as being more talented and visually interesting than any of the current generation of Hollywood glamdroids, the original Soviet version of SOLARIS was just too damned long. A properly edited version would more closely resemble the Soderbergh version, except that the actors would actually have talent and would lack any visible signs of a trip to the plastic surgeon. (Something about Natascha McElhone's lips just says collagen injection with big ugly letters, this is something that just ruins a movie for me.)
From Australia:
If you don't like it here, Fuck Off!
Did I ever say that the Anglosphere Rules?
It bloody well should.
I just posted this thought in a comments section over at Political Yen/Yang on the nature of the Left:
They have an idea, it is to replace the society of social and economic consent that we live in with the social and economic primacy of the parasites over the productive. Or as their primary philosophical source (and founding trustifarian) put it, "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs." And as there is no limit to the needs of the parasite masters there will be no limit on the burdens imposed on the productive slaves.
Poison is poison no matter how much grape flavoring one adds to it. They cannot avoid knowing that their ideal society is toxic to us and thus have no effective choice but to attack the opposition on trivial issues in order to head off a public examination of their basic ideological premises.
Political ideology is basically a means of giving the appearance of positive virtue to actions that are morally intolerable to the victims.
You scored as Combat Infantry. Your a combat infantry soldier,a grunt, a dogface, a footslogger. While some say your common, your a really a disciplined person who realizes the importantce of working in a team, and in reality you and your comrades get most of the work done. This country needs more people like you. Your a brave selfless person. And I salute you.
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Islam In Action
Catholic World News report:
Jakarta, Nov. 08 (AsiaNews) - New violence has flared in Indonesia, in the town where three girls from a Christian school were decapitated on October 29, the AsiaNews service reports.
Two more girls were shot in the head in the evening of November 8 in Poso, in central Sulawesi-- a province marred by months of bloodshed, as Muslims have clashed with Christians. The two girls are in critical condition in a local hospital.
A comment I posted over at Political Yen/Yang concerning the lack of an effective response to Muslim rioters by the self-styled national government of France:
We have to remember that the Left (wherever it is) regards existing societies as an evil to demolished in order to make way for their perfect fantasy collective. Anyone, or any group, that acts in defense of the existing society is evil in the eyes of the Left.
Which is of course why the Left passionately hates the Police and the Armed Forces, both of whom have traditionally stood in the path of Holy Marxist Revolution and thus the establishment of the Holy Communist Society where all activities and relationships are dictated by the self-appointed revolutionary saviors and enforced by the compulsary power of the state.
The obvious corrolary is the Left appears to have a passionate love for the destroyers of civil society such as violent criminals and organized terrorists. They appear to especially found of those who murder police officers, such as Fidel Castro and Whatever Whatever Mumia. (No, I won't bother to look up the correct spelling.)
For a Leftist government (pardon the contradiction) to authorize the use of deadly force against any group of rioters would constitute a betrayal of its fundamental political premise, that civil society -- where economic and social relationships are based on consent -- is fit only for destruction.
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From a suburb of Paris comes this image of Islamic respect for life, liberty, and property:
OH, I forgot, Islam has NO RESPECT for the rights of Life, Liberty, and Property.
Everybody's A Fucking Idiot!
Steve H, writing from the Holy City of Coral Gables, Florida writes about a certain propaganda musical:
I just saw an ad for the movie, Rent. I can't believe this botched abortion of a show is popular enough to become a movie. Have you seen it? I saw it a few years ago, on a trip to New York.
Here's the basic plot: there are a bunch of poorly defined characters living in the general area of Greenwich Village. One of them gets AIDS. The other characters are real sympathetic. Then another gets AIDS. Then another one. Then another one. Pretty soon, everyone except the audience is sick. Various characters die. There's a lot of singing. The show ends with no resolution, as if the playwright went out for coffee while writing the last act and never came back.
That covers it, pretty much. The message? I wasn't able to figure that out. I know they were trying to say, "AIDS is real bad." Point taken. I don't recall anyone taking the center of the stage and saying, "Hey, maybe we should stop screwing around and shooting up!"
Few things outside of the realm of Islam can be as disgusting as a bunch of overgrown spoiled brats indulging in narcisistic whining about the consequences of their own irrational behavior.
These fucking idiots complain that the United States government spends billions on munitions and delivery systems while the search for a cure to their pet disease goes unfunded.
I have some news for those fucking idiots, there is no fucking cure for fucking stupidity.
The national defense of the United States, whose citizens are for the most part decent, rational, and productive, is mandated by the Constitution. There is not one word in the Constitution that mentions, let alone mandates, that the Federal Government do anything to clean up the mess made by self-indulgent fucking idiots who act without even the pretense of rational foresight.
The fucking idiots chose the path of mindless pleasure and indulged in unrestrained sodomy and heroin use. In doing so the fucking idiots had dug their own graves. Well now the fucking idiots can now fucking well lay in them.
I would tell the fucking idiots to fuck off but that would be fucking redundant.
Moonbats on parade...
Via Michelle Malkin comes a collection of photos showing the irrational left proving they don't share the same reality as rational adults.
Posted by Mark at 9:44 AM
Howard Tayler, the author of Schlock Mercenary, asks this question:
Is it really "Pro Bono" if a lawyer takes your case in exchange for explosives?
The Problem With Tyrannicide
Scott Wickstein over at
Samizdata was kind enough to dig up this quote:
"The Bush administration is the most dangerous force that has ever existed. It is more dangerous than Nazi Germany because of the range and depth of its activities and intentions worldwide."
-- 2005 Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter
One has to wonder what psychoactive substance Mr. Pinter has ingested, and how to avoid being dosed with it ourselves.
I was going to do a rant which would speculate on how anyone, including Comrade Pinhead, could possibly believe that Liberation is Oppression or that Tyrannicide is Murder, and that using a portion of the national armed forces to knock over a couple of dictatorships is somehow more vile than totally mobilizing an entire nation in order to wage a total war of conquest and subjugation against an entire world.
And then the Honorable Sir Banagor creates a totally dead on target rant on the subject of these intellectual wanna-bes.
To say that I am impressed would be a gross understatement.
From Frontpage Mag:
“This is what many people in the movie industry don’t get: when you express hostility to conservatives, many Americans feel that you’re expressing hostility to them.”
-- Michael Medved
Say what you want about him...
...but I heard parts of the speech former President Clinton gave at Rosa Parks funeral services.
Old Billy Jeff is one charismatic Son of a Bitch. A liar with a rotten foreign policy that encouraged Islamofascist terrorists, but he can give one Hell of a speech!
Posted by Mark at 10:59 PM
Truth Burns, Doesn't It Bitch?
Humberto Fontova at Capitalism Magazine puts Che Guevara in perspective:
Nazi Germany became the modern standard for political evil even before World War II. Yet in 1938, according to both William Shirer and John Toland, the Nazi regime held no more than 20,000 political prisoners. Political executions up to the time might have reached a couple thousand, and most of these were of renegade Nazis themselves during the indiscriminate butchery known as the "Night of the Long Knives." The famous Kristallnacht that horrified civilized opinion worldwide caused a grand total of 71 deaths. This in a nation of 70 million.
Cuba was a nation of 6.5 million in 1959. Within three months in power, Castro and Che had shamed the Nazi prewar incarceration and murder rate. One defector claims that Che signed 500 death warrants, another says over 600. Cuban journalist Luis Ortega, who knew Che as early as 1954, writes in his book "Yo Soy El Che!" that Guevara sent 1,897 men to the firing squad. In his book "Che Guevara: A Biography," Daniel James writes that Che himself admitted to ordering "several thousand" executions during the first few years of the Castro regime.
Read the whole article here.
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John Sawoski is an in-demand Los Angeles-based multi-keyboardist, composer, orchestrator, and musical director. He has played for and/or conducted numerous first-class touring musical productions, and his arrangements and orchestrations have been performed by the Philly Pops as well as many other orchestras and Hollywood studio ensembles. He has also played for three American Presidents and accompanied a wide variety of artists including Bernadette Peters, Michael Feinstein, Jim Carrey, Audra McDonald, and Rodney Gilfry. For more information, please see http://www.LAPianist.com
Pasadena Symphony Feb. 14th, 2015 at 2 pm and 8 pm
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Feb. 14th, 2015 at 2 pm and 8 pm, John Sawoski plays piano and celeste with Pasadena Symphony on two pieces: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, and Joel Schekman’s 2014 composition “Enter, Light.” Featured on this concert is violinist Dylana Jenson, the first American woman to win the Silver Medal in the Tchaikovsky Competition. Music Director, David Lockington. More information... Read More
Evita at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
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Sunday, December 15th, 2013 at 6:30 pm, Wednesday, December 18th at 7:30 pm, and Saturday, December 21st, 2013 at 2 pm, John Sawoski subs as keyboardist in the pit orchestra for the national tour of the musical Evita at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, CA. http://www.evitaonbroadway.com/tour.html Tickets $29-$129: http://www.scfta.org/home/Events/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1423 Read More
A Festival of Lessons & Carols December 15th
Sunday, December 15, 2013, 3pm to 4:15pm John Sawoski plays piano for “A Festival of Lessons & Carols: The Christmas Story in Word & Song” featuring the Caritas Chorus, Children’s Christmas Choir, and New Schola Cantorum. Conducted by Christopher Walker Reception Following, featuring mince pies and tea. St. Paul the Apostle Church 10750 Ohio Ave. at Selby Los Angeles, California... Read More
Jackie Evancho Dec. 14th at Fantasy Springs Casino Resort
Saturday, December 14th, 8 pm – John Sawoski will be playing piano and keyboards in the orchestra for Jackie Evancho in concert at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, CA. http://www.zvents.com/indio_ca/events/show/359993823-jackie-evancho Jackie Evancho is an American classical crossover singer who gained wide recognition at an early age and, since 2009, has issued five albums, including a platinum and gold album... Read More
Candlelight Concerts at Disneyland Dec. 7-8
John Sawoski plays keyboards with the Disneyland Symphony Orchestra at Disney’s Annual Candlelight Concerts December 7th and 8th, 2013. 2 performances nightly at 5:30pm and 8:00pm, at Town Square, Disneyland. The concert also features fanfare trumpet players, a 650-voice choir, a handbell choir, vocal soloists, guest guitarist Tom Hynes, and guest narrator Kurt Russell reading the Christmas story from scripture and... Read More
Free Chanukah concert with Shmueli at Universal CityWalk Dec. 1 at 6 pm
Sunday, Dec. 1st, 201, John Sawoski will be playing and conducting for Shmueli Schwartz as he performs in Chabad of the Valley’s 12th annual Chanukah concert at Universal CityWALK on the 5th night of Chanukah at 6 pm. Also on stage with John and Shmueli: Jon Mattox and Tom Hynes! Shmueli will be available afterwards to autograph his new CD “Believe” (produced by me and... Read More
November 30, 2013 Holiday Magic with Riverside County Philharmonic Orchestra
November 30, 2013 Holiday Magic with Riverside County Philharmonic Orchestra Concert begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $25-$92 : http://www.thephilharmonic.org/tickets.html John Sawoski plays keyboards at this fun concert. Be a part of a new Philharmonic tradition by joining us for this joyful family-oriented program. Our “Holiday Magic” concert features selections from Handel’s “Messiah”, “Charlie Brown Christmas” and other surprises. We are thrilled to... Read More
Marx at Maggiano’s – Holiday Edition 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013 from 6:30 to 10:00 pm – John Sawoski continues to play, arrange, orchestrate, and conduct for vocalist Gregg Marx, an Emmy-award winning actor who is the grandson of one of the Marx brothers. Cabaret Scenes said: Gregg’s “rich, smooth, resonant voice” is “so easy on the ears that one can listen to him for hours at a time,”... Read More
Friday November 1st at 6:30 pm at Maggiano’s
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Please join Emmy Award-winning vocalist Gregg Marx, Nedra Wheeler on bass and John Sawoski at the piano for another night of classics from The Great American Songbook…and beyond This Friday, November 1st 6:30 pm~10:00 pm The Lounge Maggiano’s at The Grove 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA Click for Map No Cover/No Minimum More information: http://www.facebook.com/events/608957255828313 Read More
John Sawoski’s “Cinema Amore” – A Brief Video Introduction
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Cinema Amore – at Amazon and iTunes. One of Los Angeles’s busiest studio and stage musicians, John Sawoski, steals a few moments to play through some of his favorite movie love themes and other classics (including a couple of originals) on a great piano at a great studio. This relaxing and expressive album, “Cinema Amore,” is John Sawoski’s solo piano... Read More
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As an 18-year-old college freshman, this 2016 presidential candidate wrote a letter to then-President Richard Nixon requesting to meet him at the White House, explaining “My parents would permit me to fly down and see you anytime and I know my grades wouldn’t suffer.” Nixon agreed, and the two met in the Oval Office three weeks later.
Should Hillary Clinton win her party’s nomination in 2016, she will become the first Democratic or Republican presidential nominee to have previously served in a cabinet position since:
William Jennings Bryan
For the first time in 60 years, Dixville Notch will not be the first town in New Hampshire to cast its primary votes. Which town in New Hampshire will now be the first to cast its votes at midnight for the 2016 New Hampshire Primary?
Hartsfield’s Landing
Millsfield
Which Republican candidate was the first to officially declare that he/she was running for president?
In 1960, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy were the first presidential candidates to engage in a televised debate. But who were the first vice presidential candidates to engage in a televised debate?
Hubert Humphrey and William Miller
Spiro Agnew and Edmund Muskie
Spiro Agnew and Sargent Shriver
Bob Dole and Walter Mondale
Which of the following states allocates its Electoral College votes by congressional district?
Jeb Bush’s real name is:
Jebediah Bush
James Elliot Bush
John Ellis Bush
Jacob Ennis Bush
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Tony and Nick Awards, Palihang Rogelio Sikat
posted May 19, 2019 at 12:20 am by Jenny Ortuoste
Congratulations to the Philippines Graphic family for their successful staging of the first Asia-Pacific Nick Joaquin Literary Awards last May 15 at Winford Manila Resort and Casino.
The NJLA was for many years a local competition until now. This maiden international literary contest recognizes a Poet of the Year and three short fiction awardees from among the writers published in ‘Tony & Nick,’ the Business Mirror’s literary and arts and culture section which is a collaboration with Graphic.
‘Tony & Nick’ carries poetry and short fiction written by authors located in Asean member states, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.
Four women writers flew to Manila to receive their trophies and prizes in the presence of National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose, members of the local writing community, and representatives of the Asia-Pacific NJLA sponsors.
Graphic and Business Mirror publisher T. Anthony C. Cabangon said in his welcome remarks that “Tony & Nick is a testament to that friendship between my father Ambassador Antonio L. Cabangon Chua and National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, a friendship that opened doors for local authors.”
Poet of the Year is Jade-Ceres Violet Dolor Muñoz for her poem ‘For Abby and those who struggle daily.’ She is a Filipina based in New Zealand, and is the daughter of Ramon Faustino ‘Beting’ Laygo Dolor II, who won second prize in the regular 2015 NJLA.
First Prize winner is Mumbai native Prachi Agarwal-Topiwala for the short story ‘Mountains of Fear, Valleys of Hope’. She lives in Singapore where she is completing a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing at the Lasalle College.
Second Prize went to Anneliz A. Erese for her short story ‘Departures’. Erese, a Filipina residing in Australia, recently completed her master’s degree in Writing and Literature.
Third Prize winner is Vicky Chong for her short story ‘The Uber Driver’. Chong is completing her MA in Creative Writing at the Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore..
The winning works were selected by the panel of judges who read them double-blind—the manuscripts were printed out and sent to them without bylines and in uniform typefaces and layout formats.
The panel of judges was chaired by poet, novelist, Gawad Dangal ng Lahi awardee, and Philippine Star columnist Alfred ‘Krip’ Yuson. Also on the panel were prolific author and director of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo; and poet, National Arts Council Singapore’s 2005 Young Artist of the Year, and Iowa International Writing Program fellow Alvin Pang.
In her remarks at the event that evening, Graphic Literary Editor Alma Anonas-Carpio explained the rationale for the awards: “We are building ties of culture and literature across the region and opening up a new platform and pathway for the poetry and stories that we in the Philippines, and in the Asia-Pacific, have to offer to the world. We are also bringing the writers of the Asia-Pacific to our readers in the Philippines.”
The prizes were $1,000 each for the first prize winner and the Poet of the Year, $600 for the second prize winner, and $400 for the third prize winner.
Fifteen fellows were chosen from among 128 applicants from all over the country to join the 12th Palihang Rogelio Sicat (Rogelio Sicat Writers Workshop) at the University of the Philippines-Los Baňos this year.
They are Ryan Cezar Alcarde (Agusan del Sur), Evan John Daynos (Manila), Rochelle Ann Molina (Catanduanes), Eddie Ramos (Tarlac), and Rod Anthony Robles (Quezon City) for poetry; Napoleon Arcilla III (Catanduanes), Joycel Vincent Dabalos (Quezon City), and Elizabeth Joy Serrano-Quijano (Davao del Sur) for the short story;
Jan Henry Choa Jr. (Makati) and Myla Ogaya (Masbate) for the story for children; Gabriela Baron (Manila) for flash fiction; Ferdinand Eusebio (Laguna), and Geraldine Gentozala-Juachon (Quezon City) for the play; and Angela Mae Pamaos (Las Piňas), and Jazon Federigan Pozon (Laguna) for the essay.
Playwright Bonifacio Ilagan of Los Baňos is the guest of honor of PRS 12, which will be held from May 29 to June 2. PRS lectures and sessions are open to the public.
The UP Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature (DFPP) leads the PRS in cooperation with the Office of the President-UP, UP Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, and the Office of the Chancellor-UPLB which is headed by Chancellor Fernando C. Sanchez Jr.
This year’s panelists include Edward Perez, Layeta Pinzon Bucoy, Rica Saturay Palis, Laurence Marvin Castillo, Christian Tablazon, Perry Mangilaya (Liwayway magazine editor), Choi Pangilinan, and DFPP faculty members Vladimeir Gonzales (chairman), Luna Sicat Cleto, Joey Baquiran, Will Ortiz, Vim Nadera, Rommel Rodriguez, and PRS co-founders Jimmuel Naval and Reuel Molina Aguila.
Literature is the soul and conscience of the nation. If it isn’t, it should be.
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MEK Iran Role Emphasized as Iran Protests Continue in Different Forms
Written by Mohsen Aboutalebi on December 31, 2019 . Posted in NEWS
MEK role in different aspects of Iran Protests
With more than 1500 protesters killed in 191 cities across Iran during the protests sparked by a threefold rise in fuel prices in November, Iran’s new uprising is far from fading away.
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MEK Iran: Detained Protesters Tortured, Denied Due Process
Written by Esmail Mohades on December 31, 2019 . Posted in NEWS
Protesters had blocked the main highway in Tehran, in order to prevent the repressive forces from attacking the protesters. November 22, 2019- Tehran
The protesters who were arrested during the November Iran protests are in dire conditions in the Iranian regime’s prisons, according to reports from the MEK Iran. More than 12,000 people were arrested during the protests last month, at least 4,500 were injured, and 1,500 were killed by regime security forces.
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MEK Iran Reveals: Regime Tortures Protesters to Extract Forced “Confessions
Written by Amineh Qaraee on December 31, 2019 . Posted in NEWS
Reuters reported over 1500 have been killed, including 27 children, during Iran protests started mid-November.
On Monday, December 30, 2019, that marked the 46th day of Iran nationwide uprising, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK Iran) released the names and identity of 14 more martyrs of the November Iran nationwide uprising. The MEK Iran identified so far 615 martyrs, killed by regime suppressive forces.
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MEK Iran: Iran Uprising a Turning Point
Written by Yoosef Lesani on December 30, 2019 . Posted in NEWS
Last November Iranian took to the streets crying for freedom and justice. File Photo
Today is the 46th day of Iran protests which began in mid-November. Many believe that this uprising is a turning point in Iran’s political and social spectrum. Based on the information of Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK Iran) at least 1500 protesters have been slaughtered in cold blood in the first few days of the protests. The figure was later confirmed by the US senior officials and the Reuters.
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MEK Iran Supporters in Canada Remembered Martyrs Iran Protests 2019
Iranians in Vancouver, Canada held a rally on Saturday, December 28 expressing solidarity with 1,500 heroes killed in Iran protests.
The Iranian-Canadian community in Vancouver and Toronto and supporters of Iran’s main opposition movement the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK Iran) rallied on Saturday, December 28, remembering martyrs of November nationwide protests.
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MEK Iran Released The Names Of 601 Iran Protesters Killed By The Iranian Regime’s Security Forces
Photos of some of the Martyrs of the November 2019 Iran protests, which MEK’s network inside Iran has collected.
December 26, 2019, marks the 40th day of mass killings of the protesters in Iran. Following the shutdown of Internet access in some of the provinces, the clerical regime in fear of new protests has attempted to arrest the families and young relatives of martyrs. Some of the freed political prisoners have been arrested again. The regime has also put its suppressive forces on high alert.
December 25 – Najafabad, central #Iran
Locals parading on motorcycles with images of civilians killed by the regime's security forces during the November uprising.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/gb20wX1EmJ
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 26, 2019
On December 25, 2019, the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement in this regard.
“In a related development, terrified of the resumption of the uprising on the eve of the 40-day commemoration of the martyrs, the mullahs have put their suppressive forces in Tehran and other cities on full alert. IRGC’s Sarollah patrols, wearing plains clothes, roam the streets of Tehran. The IRGC has canceled leaves for all its personnel until further notice. Simultaneously, access to the Internet has been cut off or slowed down in some cities, such as Tehran and Karaj.” NCRI statement reads in part.
These measures are taken while more than a month after the uprising, the clerical regime continues its efforts to conceal the actual number of the martyrs, the wounded, and those arrested. This reflects the regime’s extreme alarm over the international and domestic consequences of committing a major crime against humanity. At the same time, Iran’s main opposition group the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) released the names of 13 more martyrs of the Iran protests, bringing to 601 the number of those identified so far.
Names of 13 More Martyrs of the Nationwide Uprising Released https://t.co/b31amCeteR#FreeAllProtesters #StopIranBloodshed #IranProtests
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) December 25, 2019
“The crime against humanity, which began with the massacre of unarmed and defenseless protesters in November, is continuing with mass and arbitrary arrests, torture and disposing of prisoners, harassing thousands of families by keeping them in the dark about the fate of their children, cutting off communication, and blocking information. The regime will construe silence and inaction as a green light to continue and intensify its crimes against humanity.” NCRI statement reads adding:
“Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), called on the international community to take urgent action to stop the killings in Iran. She said the United Nations Security Council must declare this massacre, continuing for 40 days, as a crime against humanity so that those responsible, none other than the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, its President Hassan Rouhani, and other officials, face justice. Mrs. Rajavi also called for the dispatch of UN delegation to Iran to investigate this major crime and visit those arrested.”
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MEK Iran- US Secretary of State: The United States will stand with the Iranian people
The US Secretary of State expressed support for Iran Protests
Following the designation of two Iranian regime’s ‘judges’ on Thursday, Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State said the US will stand with the Iranian people.
“The United States will stand and has stood under President Trump with the Iranian people. Our public support, our moral support is important. Our calls for justice matter.” Pompeo said at the State Department on December 19, 2019, adding:
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MEK Iran: UN Experts Alarmed Mistreatment Of Detained Iran Protesters By Iranian Regime
Dozens of UN experts condemn the Iranian regimes torture and mistreatment of the protesters that were detained during November uprising – December 20, 2019
On December 20, 2019, The UN Human Rights office of the High Commissioner’s website reported that the UN human rights experts including Mr. Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and tens of other Special Rapporteur on different issues called on the Iranian regime to “release all individuals arbitrarily detained and mistreated during recent protests, and expressed concerns over the hundreds of people who have been killed.”
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MEK Iran: MEPs Pass a Resolution Condemning Violent Crackdown on Iran Protests
European Parliament passed a resolution condemning Iranian regime’s violent crackdown on recent protests in Iran
On December 19, 2019, the European Parliament passed a “resolution on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran”. The resolution was passed with a strong 566 votes. Only 4 voted against the resolution.
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MEK Iran: UN’s 66th Resolution Censuring Human Rights Abuses in Iran
UN Adopts Resolution Condemning Iran’s Human Rights Violations
On 18 December 2019, the UN adopted the 66th resolution about the gross violation of human rights in Iran.
The resolution passed with a vote of 81 to 30 and 70 abstentions. The draft resolution proposed by Canada had been approved by the Third Committee of the General Assembly on November 14.
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Regime Outraged that MEK Iran’s Casualty Numbers Are Being Widely Reported
Despite the regime’s efforts to minimize the number of people killed by security forces during the November Uprising, MEK Iran … more
Mayor Giuliani: “MEK Iran is a vehicle for democracy in Iran and should have the support of our government”
Mayor Rudy Giuliani in an interview with the Hill TV described the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI / MEK Iran) and the … more
Hashem Khastar pens an article to the ‘Little Democrats’
Hashem Khastar, a representative of the freedom-loving teachers in Iran published an article providing an honest account of the role … more
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Former U.S. Ambassador: Senior Regime Leaders Should Be Prosecuted for War Crimes Targeting MEK Iran
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World Politicians Express Support for Regime Change in Iran During MEK Iran Rally
On July 13, 2019, on the largest conference during the 5-day Free Iran rally in Ashraf 3, representatives from many … more
Mohaddessin to EU: “Do Not Tie Your Destiny to this Regime”
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East Azerbaijan Intelligence Official Claims 60 MEK Iran Units Arrested in 2018, 50 More Were “Briefed”
On Wednesday, April 24th, regime Director General of Intelligence in East Azerbaijan Province Qodrat Dialameh announced the arrests of 60 … more
Former US Ambassador of Bahrain Debunks Hit Piece Against the MEK Iran
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Giulio Terzi: Western Policymakers have Turned a ‘Blind Eye’ to Rouhani’s Human Rights Record
Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giulio Terzi, wrote another opinion piece calling for European governments to sever economic ties … more
Regime Expresses Fear that MEK Will Overthrow Regime through Online Activism
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Regime Expresses Growing Concern over MEK’s Use of Social Media
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MEK The Existential Threat For The Religious Dictatorship Ruling Iran
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Regime Leadership Express Concerns Over the Rising Popularity of the MEK on Social Media
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Endtime Jamming of the Mind’s Bandwidth – Part 2
Wilfred Hahn
Without question, the mind of modern-day mankind is under devastating assault. We will continue to briefly investigate some of these tactics in order to document our claim. The attacks and incursions upon the human mind are increasing as likely never before. Moreover, a global communications machinery has rapidly taken form, that will play a pivotal role in enabling the Antichrist and the Beast to deceive the world with the voice of one ventriloquist.
We continue with a review of developments that today serve to “jam” the bandwidth of people’s minds today.
2. Amusement and Media Share. Just how much media (TV, radio … etc.) does the average person consume in North America? When we first researched this topic nearly 20 years ago, the average person in North America was watching and listening to media 3,491 hours a year, or approximately nine and one-half hours per day (2000).1 This would include the use of personal computers, multimedia devices, video games, radios, DVDs, DVRs and TVs.
If one assumes that the average person sleeps 8 hours each day, this statistic suggested that as much as a staggering 60% of a person’s waking hours were being jammed with “share of mind” products. We were also aghast to discover the rapidity of this invasion. Another study of that time measured the hours spent upon television, cable networks, internet, recorded music and movie theatres in 2002, concluding that media consumption of these categories had risen 30% since 1977.2
That was then. What about today? Enter the smartphone and other media devices. Consumption has continued to increase markedly. According to eMarketer, in 2010, the average America adult consumed media of 10 hours and 26 minutes per day (up 9% from 2000). The most recent survey for 2018 by eMarketer shows consumption rising even further, to 12 hours and 8 minutes per day! What would be the consequence of 75% of one’s waking hours being taken up with media of some type? In fact, according to a recent survey,3 45% of teens say that they are online almost constantly (this estimated to be double the time of 3 years ago).
It would not be an inappropriate generalization to conclude that most of the time being spent in media consumption is focused upon trivial pursuits and entertainment. Of course, one can use media for very worthwhile purposes … study, communications utility … yes, watching sermons and even some wholesome entertainment can be of value, too. But with so much distraction, most of it with questionable content, what room is there for applying our minds to the important things of life…our purpose…worshiping … studying Scripture?
This explosion of media consumption has its parallel trend in financial markets. The stocks of media companies and those offering internet services (including smartphones) have boomed in value. The so-called FANG stocks, an acronym for just four high-performing technology stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, now Alphabet, Inc.), have risen to some $2 trillion in value and near 50% of the value of the S&P 500.
What does this frenzied boom in mind-jamming services signify (with the possible exception of Amazon, although even they have their own media streaming services)? Why should 75% mindshare of people’s waking hours be required? Is it accidental … coincidental? Does it align with prophecy?
3. News & Information Content. We all rely on information as we form opinions and decide matters of truth. But opinions and truth are dependent on the source of information. The vast majority of people rely upon the mass media for their news information—the same large media behemoths mentioned earlier, as well as independent digital providers.
Today, despite the many new technologies and media devices, Americans still get most of their news from television. According to a recent poll, 57% of American adults get their new primarily from TV.4 Likely, younger generations will favor digital sources.
But what of the quality of the news? Actually, what is identified as popular news programming today amounts to little more than entertainment. The newscasters tend to be aesthetically pleasing with movie-star good-looks and makeup. Much news content is pure trivia, Hollywood output, and updates on the rich and famous. Real news that affects the heart and souls of mankind—past, present and future—receives scant mention.
As well, balanced international news continues to shrink from the public domain, even during these times of increasing geopolitical tension and anti-terrorism activities. What international news does catch the eye of mass media channels is either superficial or selected for its entertainment or propaganda value.
The result is that the average person’s mind is bombarded with entertaining images and populist messages. With that kind of informational diet, the mind loses its alertness; its ability to discern truth from fiction; to see and recognize the signs of the times.
“So let us not be like the others, but let us be alert and self-controlled” (1 Thessalonians 5:6-7). Fewer and fewer people today have the ability to test and approve what God’s will and plans are. Moreover, Jesus Christ counseled His followers to be alert and to watch. How many find the time and focus to do so today?
4. Booming Advertising Exposure. It is estimated that the average American is subjected to some 4,000 advertising messages every day. It may be less, or more. Another survey estimated this figure to be 6,000. Whatever, it remains the case, as one writer puts it, that “The entire system is saturated by a hyper-commercialism, a veritable commercial carpet-bombing of every aspect of human life.”5
Quoting liberally from an article carried in Business Journal,6 here are a few indicative statistics about some sources of advertising.
• TV news: According to MediaPost, in 2013, the average TV channel carried 48 ads per hour.
• Drive-time radio: On average, American commuters drive about 15 miles each way daily, for a total of about 46 minutes. Commercials amounted to about 20 per hour.
• TV dramas/reality TV: According to Quora, programming runs 41 to 48 minutes on network TV. This translates to about 15 minutes of commercials per hour.
• Surfing the internet: According to a Huffington Post article, the average internet user gets 11,150 ads per month.
We have only covered a smattering of ad sources. Without a doubt, advertisers are competing for our attention, in the process jamming our mindshare.
Increasingly, as well, advertisers try to link their products with “values.” This advertising is so effective, that a simple logo eventually carries a sophisticated meaning. Youth culture is particularly adept at this type of sign language. By wearing a certain brand-name t-shirt, they demonstrate membership in a specific clique or show that they identify with a certain worldview.
The culture of advertising is also a recent phenomenon. While advertising has been around since the dawn of time, it is only following World War II that the hyper-consumerist culture began in America. Advertising spending per person in the US since the late 1940s (measured in 2007 dollars) has risen more than 6 times.
Clearly, the cares of this world have become the focus of most people. Like the pagans, many allow their minds to be concerned with material things. Christ said that we shouldn’t allow our minds to dwell on such matters. “‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:31-33).
Christ warned that in the last days we should, “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap” (Luke 21:34). Instead, as Apostle Paul says in Colossians 3:2, “Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.”
Thoughts to Ponder: The Endtime Mind Jam
We have surveyed only some of the major endtime avenues of assault upon our minds. We could also document the rise in the use of a host of mind-altering drugs—from antidepressants to recreational and abusive substances. Increasingly, psychotropic substances such as marijuana are being legalized. Depression has become a global epidemic according to the World Health Organization. This condition can severely distort the mind.
We could also document the rise in false religions and cults that are snatching people’s minds. This last phenomenon is expressly prophesied in Scripture. In the endtimes, many false Christs will come. “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them” (Luke 21:8).
“For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time” (Matthew 24:24-25). The claims of false Christs will take up “share of mind” as never before. Indeed, this is happening today.
Having reviewed the rapid and catastrophic “mind jamming” trends of the past half-century, we again ask: Is it accidental … coincidental? Does it align with prophecy? To that we answer: It cannot be coincidental. These trends are the handmaidens to a lost and rebellious world. These are yet another clear sign of the season of our times … the impending return of our Lord.
What “share of mind” does our Lord encourage? Numerous Scriptures leave no doubt that Jesus Christ should possess our total being. God’s truth and presence should dominate our mind.
“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night” (Psalm 1:1-2). This does not mean that every waking minute is spent in devotion, but rather that the essence and objective of one’s mind is the relationship with our Lord and Savior. Another verse upholding this essence is found in Psalm 119:97: “Oh, how I love your law! I mediate on it all day long.”
But, this is not possible today … not when 75% of waking hours are jammed with media of some type. Sadly, all of us living in the super-charged media and commercialized culture of our time, struggle in attaining the type of devotion that Scripture upholds.
Apostle Paul was already worried about this type of assault upon the minds of Christians 2,000 years ago. He said, “But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:3). Yes, Paul may not have understood the “somehow.” But today, we do recognize the devices and means that are being employed to lead our minds astray.
What can we do? Who can fully escape from the pagan influences of our era? We can acknowledge this encouragement: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:2-3). But in our time of a massive, coordinated assault upon the functions of people’s minds, more than acknowledgement is required.
We must also willfully act to govern and guard our minds. The Bible provides much counsel on this task. “Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy’” (1 Peter 1:13-16).
“The end of all things is near. Therefore, be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray” (1 Peter 4:7).
1 “Infoporn: Mass Distraction.” Wired, May 2001. Media statistics for 2000.
2 Milken Institute.
3 Pew Research Center, March 7 to April 10, 2018, “Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018.”
4 Pew Research Center, “The Modern News Consumer,” July 7, 2016.
5 “The Global Media Giants; The nine firms that dominate the world.” Robert W. McChesney. http://www.fair.org
6 “Do we really see 4,000 ads a day?” Bryce Sanders, Business Journal, Sep 1, 2017.
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That’s not quite correct. In the final six months in which it could spend money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Treasury set aside $243 million for new contracts for law firms, accountants and money managers to help run what’s left of the bailouts – on top of the $529 million already spent on work by staff, private companies and other agencies. Many of the contracts last until 2019, and there’s nothing to stop the government from hiring even more help if it’s needed to chase down the remaining bailout money.
Most of the contracts Treasury awarded recently are for work officials can’t even describe, because it’s not yet needed.
Yet Treasury still has no plan for recapturing investments from the banks that can’t pay dividends or repay their bailouts. That program doesn’t have an end date.
Government will continue to hire workers to track bailout money for projects with no names,dates, or need with no end in site..
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Dear Eye View
I am in my mid-20s and for the past two years have been dating the most beautiful, fascinating woman I’ve ever met, and we’re talking about getting married. Her family is fervently religious and has very traditional ideas about premarital relations. They’ve been polite to me but never particularly warm. Last weekend, after much insistence on my girlfriend’s part, I was invited to stay at her family’s vacation home. Of course, we slept in separate rooms. Late one night, my girlfriend persuaded me to have sex with her in the backyard—outdoor sex is a fetish of hers. The next morning, her 80-year-old grandmother was very upset, convinced that during the night she had seen two people having sex in the backyard. Her grandmother is becoming a bit senile, and nobody believed her. My girlfriend and I were far too embarrassed to come forward. A week later, her grandmother is still adamant about what she saw and is talking about calling the police. The family had been considering moving her into an assisted-living facility, and now they’re convinced they must. My girlfriend and I feel incredibly guilty that our behavior could land her grandmother in assisted living, but we fear that if we come forward, her parents will be so angry that our relationship will suffer, if not end. Should we fess up, or get ready to visit Grandma at her new home on weekends? embarrassed
Dear Embarrassed
Don’t throw Grandma from the train and confess you guys were fooling around. Its more fun to have maw maw around.. Hope this helps
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Sri Lankan Mule Transports Diamonds and Wingman To Make A Cell Phone Call
CHENNAI: A Sri Lankan who had 2,060 pieces of diamonds and other precious stones lodged in his stomach was arrested from the Chennai airport by the central crime branch of the suburban police.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Chennai suburban police commissioner S R Jangid said he received a call on Tuesday morning from a reliable informant that the man was travelling to Chennai on an Air India flight. “That was the only information available and no other clue, but we zeroed in on him as soon as he came out of the airport and tried to call and board a taxi,” he said.
Displaying the stones, Jangid said Rafi had a valid passport and was acting as a human courier and was paid only Rs 10,000 for the job. He had stored the precious stones in 42 condoms and had swallowed all of them. It took the police six hours to retrieve the stones after they fed him with laxatives and bananas.
Police were amazed to discover his idiot partner accompanying him to cell phone in the call they had arrived to drop off the diamonds.
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Jack Finally Dethroned, Mohammed Surges In The Poll For Brits Most Popular Newborn Name
Mohammed has become the most popular name for newborn boys in Britain. It shot up from third the previous year, overtaking Jack, which had topped the list for the past 14 years but was relegated to third spot.
Olivia topped the list for little girls for the second year in a row, behind Ruby and Chloe.A total of 7,549 newborns were given 12 variations of the Islamic prophet Mohammed’s name last year, such as Muhammad and Mohammad.
The name Jack is now over the hill in England….
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Hitting at Cuban Doctors and at Human Solidarity
Posted by W. T. Whitney, Jr. | Dec 13, 2019 | Cuba
By W. T. Whitney Jr.
News item: Three rightwing Latin American governments have forced out Cuban doctors working in their countries. Over 8000 of them departed from Brazil in late 2018 and 382 doctors left Ecuador in mid-November, 2019. Some 700 Cuban doctors exited Bolivia after the coup there on November 10. Brazilian President Bolsonaro alleged that Cuban doctors were incompetent. In referring to money paid by Brazil for their services and retained by Cuba’s government, Bolsonaro accused the Cuban government of enslaving them. Governments in Ecuador and Bolivia claimed the Cubans doctors had supported their political opponents.
News item: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently applauded the interim Bolivian government’s decision to expel Cuban doctors working there. Between 1996 and 2016, the U.S. government pursued its “medical parole” program. Cuban doctors working abroad were provided with assistance encouraging them to abandon their posts and move to the United States. President Obama ended the program in January 2017. U. S. Senators Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, and Robert Menéndez demanded recently that it be restored.
U.S. interference with Cuban medical assistance to other countries is part of its long campaign – joined by rightwing allies in Latin America – to undo the Cuban Revolution. It’s reasonable to assume that in looking for targets to hit, Cuba’s enemies would select aspects of Cuba’s revolution essential to its purpose or to its survival.
Dedication to human solidarity has defined Cuba’s revolutionary movement from the start. Cuba has achieved superior indicators of health outcome at home and has responded to the health care needs of peoples abroad. These efforts, widely known and much admired, established Cuba as a model for the world in its practice of human solidarity. The doctors working abroad are highly visible agents of solidarity. They are joined by Cuban teachers, literacy specialists, sports experts, technicians, and engineers.
Cuba’s solidarity efforts, particularly medical solidarity, are unique and on that score might lead Cuba’s enemies to suppose that they contribute to the durability of the Cuban Revolution. The remedy, they perhaps reason, is to remove the doctors. After all, socialist revolutions making up the Soviet Bloc never carried out Cuba’s kind of outreach – and they disappeared.
Additionally, those benefiting from the Cuban doctors’ outreach are marginalized and working peoples. The relationship involves interaction among fellow victims of capitalist or colonialist excess. Joined together as a social class, they are, in effect, obeying the founders of scientific socialism. Workers of the world really have been uniting. Even the appearance of facilitating such a process could mean another back mark for the doctors.
The primary complaint about them, however, relates to their solidarity work itself, which is at the core of Cuba’s revolutionary purpose. Jose Marti put it there; he was “central to Cuba’s history and … the embodiment of the nation’s identity” (Granma newspaper). Cuban revolutionaries have treasured that slogan of Marti which says: “Homeland is humanity” (Patria es humanidad). The title for his speech in Tampa, Florida in 1891 was “With All and for the Good of All.” So Cuba’s adversaries are disrespecting Marti’s legacy when they meddle with the doctors.
Ernesto Che Guevara likewise elevated solidarity. He taught that individuals must participate in history, be an agent of change. But to do so they must attend to their own consciousness. The Revolution, Guevara envisioned, would be a school where students take on values, ethics, and “love.” Cubans, newly aware, would thus be motivated to act voluntarily for the common good.
The Cuban doctors symbolize important revolutionary ideals and thus are superb targets for forces already overflowing with wrath at the Cuban Revolution. In the current era of turbulence in Latin America, pretexts are readily at hand. The sheer size of that Cuban solidarity project probably alarms them too. Analyst Wilkie Delgado Correa recently offered figures that are staggering.
As he reports: since 1963 Cuban doctors have worked in 164 countries. Non-Cubans graduating as doctors in Cuba (1966-2017) totaled 33, 974. Originating from 135 countries, they include 28,538 graduates (2005 – 2017) of Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine, among them 5135 Bolivians, 2071 Ecuadorians, and “more than 1000” Brazilians. In 2017 Cubans were teaching at 7 foreign medical schools. Cuba’s “Operación Milagro” has provided 2.9 million people from 34 countries with no-cost eye operations. Since 1963, Cuban doctors abroad have engaged in 1,667,248,707 patient visits; they’ve performed 12,188,554 surgeries.
One U.S. purpose in harassing these Cuban doctors blends into the main rationale for the U.S. economic blockade, which is to deprive Cubans and their government of money. Some of governments hosting Cuban doctors pay for their labor with money sent to Havana. (The Cuban government pays the doctors, while retaining a good portion of the funds.) If the doctors depart, the money stops.
Very likely the doctors’ service to the Revolution as emissaries of solidarity irritates reactionaries more acutely than their role in generating money for the Cuban government. Not only do they epitomize revolutionary purpose, but they are succeeding in an area where the United States is failing. And the world is watching.
Recently an epidemiologic report established that life expectancy has been dropping for U.S. adults in their middle years. Earlier reports show that black babies in the United States die at twice the rate of white babies. All U.S. babies, taken together, are considerably more likely to die in their first year of life than Cuban babies.
What remains now is to provide some documentation relating to opinions put forth here. The excerpts appearing below, taken from two accounts, were translated by the author.
Luis Varese observed Cuban doctors at work in Latin America.
Trained as an anthropologist and originally from Peru, Varese served as representative of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR), working mostly in Ecuador.
“On May 31, 1970 an earthquake and then floods cut down the lives of more than 70,000 Peruvians in Ancash Department, Peru. In just a few days, almost hours, five field hospitals with Cuban doctors were on the ground in five provinces devastated by the earthquakes … Fidel and 150,000 Cubans donated blood to the surviving brothers and sisters of this tragedy. …
“[After the earthquake] 46 years later, in Pedernales [Ecuador], I saw the same faces, the same eyes, the same looks of appreciation for the Cuban doctors who were there doing what they could, offering care and medical attention to those who needed it. They did so with professionalism, efficiency, the right equipment, and above all with the great, caring humility that characterizes them …
“In 1988 I lived with some of my family in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, where I worked as a consultant for UNHCR. The only doctors in the area were the Cuban doctors, plus a few local doctors, either African-descended or Miskito … It was the time of “low intensity warfare” and the Nicaraguan counterrevolution, and there were very few Nicaraguan doctors enthused about going into the conflict zone, but we saw the Cuban doctors working there. We were their patients too, especially after one of my sons fell gravely ill with malaria …
“In 1990 in Managua when President Violeta Chamorro was governing, my youngest son contracted a middle ear infection … It was a Cuban doctor who finally assessed him and determined that the infectious process could be turning into meningitis. He arranged for his transfer to Havana. They took care of him in the pediatric hospital there and saved his life. He was five months old and for 135 days had cried with fever and pain …
“In 1995, working with UNHCR, we were in charge of the voluntary repatriation of 12,000 Guatemalan refugees [from southern Mexico] to Quiché province in Guatemala. In the remote settlements there, the only doctors on hand were the Cubans. There was no electricity and not much potable water. The job of ACNUR was to improve the living conditions of the people returning, Because of the Cuban doctors, children, women, and men arriving in these barely accessible areas received comprehensive care … Years later I returned and still there were no Guatemalan doctors. In the villages of Quiché there were only Cubans …
“Later I worked for the United Nations in Haiti and again I found Cuban doctors working with that immense humanitarian vocation under the most difficult condition in that country. With shared dedication, they were cheerful, full of life, and ready to communicate their enthusiasm. They of course gave evidence of advanced scientific and professional training …
“During the earthquake of April 16, 2016 [in Ecuador] the first “foreigners” (if one can call them that in Our America) to arrive at the Manta airport were the Cuban doctors, and I know that because two of my sons were part of the coordination team at the airport.”
Fidel Castro talks about doctors and solidarity
Wilkie Delgado Correa, a cardio-vascular physiologist, academician, and political writer recently surveyed Fidel Castro’s views on medical care and solidarity. The following excerpts were taken from speeches before graduating medical and dental students and at the opening of a new science center.
Cuba needs health care — On October 17, 1062, Castro pointed out that if basic health care is needed in the cities, “awareness of that need is much greater in the countryside where they never have hospitals, dentists, or doctors. The question precisely is: how do we attend to this necessity of the people? … Everything that interests the people is of fundamental concern to revolutionaries, who work for that and only that… The people quite reasonably bring up the question of medical care and health care.” Castro elsewhere mentioned that, “[A] great purpose will be fulfilled: that of passing from curative medicine to preventative medicine, that of keeping citizens from getting sick.”
Health for other peoples; it takes a revolution – In that same address, Castro says: “[W]e may even do something to help other countries, although it may be more symbolic than anything else. Let’s take the case of Algeria. Most of the doctors were French and most of them left. The health care situation there is really tragic. That’s why, talking with the students today, we told them that we need 50 voluntary doctors … to go to Algeria to help the Algerians … “
“We are certain that more will offer themselves as an expression of the spirit of solidarity of our people with peoples who are friends and who are worse off than we are. We said years, but years will pass and we can envision 40 or 50 thousand university students and young people graduating … because the revolution can do that … and it’s only a revolution that can accomplish those feats …Today we celebrate ourselves as revolutionaries. But the revolution isn’t just about coming up with ideas; it carries them out. The Revolution is not about theory. It’s about deeds above all else.”
Peoples of the world can expect solidarity — On June 18, 1965, Castro noted that, “We might limit ourselves to attending to our own necessities. But the reality of today’s world shows that ties among peoples inevitably grew stronger, especially among revolutionary peoples – and among underdeveloped peoples … Other countries besides Algeria need technically-trained people. So, how many do we prepare? We simply prepare as many as we need ourselves and as many as other fraternal peoples happen to need …”
“If it’s given to us to institute mass education and succeed in preparing masses of technical people at all levels, how are we to forget those peoples that still live in the midst of oppression, ignorance, and illiteracy? [We think about] the needs of other peoples where there are millions and the numbers of doctors among them [are few]. That’s because imperialism and colonialism, among other things, block the way to any kind of cultural and technical improvements for exploited peoples. They treat human beings like animals, as cheap labor. In no way will they be interested in developing the intelligence of those peoples.”
“That’s why when it’s a question of knowing how much of anything we need to prepare, we have only one answer: as much as possible! Everyone has needs, and if we don’t need something for ourselves, others who are needier can use it. And we have to prepare ourselves to make good on our obligations to other peoples. Otherwise, our concept of human solidarity would be framed within the minuscule sphere of our national borders and national interests.”
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Mauser "Industrias de Guerra de Catalunya" rifle
Record number: 12923
Dimensions: 12 x 105 x 4.5 cm
Wooden rifle, possibly made from walnut (dark wood), with different metal elements, such as the sight, the centre, the chamber and the trigger. It is accompanied by a dark brown leather munition belt with a buckle, containing fifteen 7 cm bullets. It is fitted with a small metal tip to close the cover.
The rifle, of German origin, is named after its designer: Mauser. The Spanish Mauser 1893 model was in fact the weapon that began the Spanish Civil War in 1936, as it was the standard Spanish army issue. It had been adopted in the late 19th century to replace the old cartridges known as "black munitions". This 7 x 57 mm calibre rifle, with a sliding bolt and holding up to 5 cartridges, was a revolution for the Spanish troops, who first used it in their wars in the overseas possessions and Africa. While it could take a single load, simultaneous loading was also possible, with a central chamber fixed in the breach. The new ammunition was also of the latest model, using smokeless powder. The projectile was lead with a nickel steel jacket, weighing 11.6 g, and with a range capability of between 2,000 and 3,000 metres. Another characteristic of the weapon was that it ended in a bayonet, which could be used in hand-to-hand combat. However, this made it awkwardly long for dynamic warfare or narrow spaces, such as trench warfare.
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Boost Internet Speed with Faster DNS
Tuesday Oct 11th 2011 by Carla Schroder
Is your Internet too slow? Many factors affect network performance, and a slow domain name server is one of them. Here are three easy, free tools to test your name servers and find faster ones.
Name Servers and Internet Speeds
One of the most common employee complaints is "The Internet is too slow, how can I do my work with such a slow Internet?" There are a multitude of reasons why your Internet might be too slow: network congestion, misconfigured switches and routers, inadequate bandwidth, slow servers...your service is as fast as the slowest link in the chain between you and the sites you're visiting.
Today we're going to look at one common reason for slow Internet performance: slow Domain Name Service (DNS) servers. You will need to know what DNS servers you are already using, and then you must to be able to change your configuration to use different servers. (Or know who to call to do it.) And of course, you need to do this at a time when it's not going to cause disruptions for other users.
The World Wide Web is powered by DNS servers, which are also called name servers. DNS servers convert numerical Internet protocol addresses to names. This is why we can visit SmallBusinessComputing.com instead of http://63.236.73.55.
Figure1: The Java test reports your results in both a graphical and text version.
(Click for larger image).
Even if you're not bothered by the idea of numerical addresses -- after all, we've been using telephone numbers and complex numerical mailing and shipping addresses our entire lives -- numerical website addresses are not always the same. They change for behind-the-scenes network administration reasons such as moving or adding servers, moving datacenters, or re-organizing networks.
So all we need to remember are names and not have to worry about address changes like we do with snail-mail. A nice bonus is domain names are valuable tools in your marketing toolkit: for example, domains like YourCompanyName.com and email addresses like sales@YourCompanyName.com are memorable and boost your branding.
Broadly speaking, there are two types of name servers: authoritative servers, and caching resolvers. We want to find the best-performing caching resolvers. Authoritative DNS servers are used only by people running public servers, like mail and Web servers. You can think of these as the original, authoritative address books so that users can find their sites.
Caching resolvers are freely-distributed copies of these original address books, because having multiple copies everywhere is a lot faster and more reliable than relying only on the original authoritative name servers. Caching resolvers update themselves automatically when the authoritative records change. It's an efficient system that powers all online services -- email, Web surfing, online shopping, streaming media, everything.
There are many times more caching resolvers than authoritative DNS servers. The Windows and Mac OS X operating systems have built-in caching resolvers, so when you use a Mac or a Windows PC to Web-surf you are using a caching resolver. Your Internet service provider maintains its own caching resolvers, and these are the name servers that most people use when they configure their Internet accounts.
Figure 2: Part of a comprehensive DNSsy report for testing name servers.
DNS is so important that we are advised to have at least two configured in case one fails. Even better is to use three at three different and geographically-separated providers, and that is what we will do.
Let's start with a simple Internet speed test, and then you can compare before and after. A Web search on "Internet speed test" will find multiple websites for running a quick test on your Internet connection, like the DSLReports speed test page. This has tests for DSL, cable, fiber and mobile devices. It shouldn't take more than a minute or two. Figure 1 shows the results of the Java tester.
This test reports your upload and your download speeds in kilobits per second. If you're like me you relate to kilobytes better, so divide by eight to get your results in kilobytes, because there are eight bits in one byte. My results, from Figure 1, are 1,440,000 bits per second downstream and 638,000 upstream. Other ways to express these values are:
1440 kbps/638 kbps, thousands of kilobits per second
1.44 Mbps/.64 Mbps, megabits per second
180,000 MBps/85,000 MBps, megabytes per second
180k MBps/85k MBps, thousands of megabytes per second
Service providers like to measure in bits because the numbers look bigger, and to be confusing on purpose. Even when they're not trying to be confusing it's easy to make mistakes with the abbreviations. Wikipedia's data rate units lists all the correct abbreviations and what they mean.
Faster download than upload speeds are typical of lower-cost DSL, cable and Fiber Internet accounts. If you want the same speeds both ways, it always costs more. You'll probably want that if you're running your own servers on your premises, which is a fun topic for another day.
Run several tests at different times during the day, record the results, and save them for comparison later.
Testing Name Servers
Now let's see what your name servers are doing. You might be using your Internet service provider's name servers, which is common, your own, or some other third-party name servers. You need to know the domain name of whatever name servers you are using.
There are a number of free websites to run tests, which you can find with a Web search for "dns benchmarks." This example is from DNSsy.com. Enter your name server domain name in the Test and Report form, and give it a few minutes. You'll get an easy-to-read comprehensive report like in Figure 2, which analyzes yahoo.com.
Figure 3: An example Namebench configuration.
It's not uncommon to find a number of problems, even severe ones. Misconfigured name servers are legion. Now let's find out how to find the best-performing name servers.
Find the Best Name Servers with Namebench
Namebench is a free, open-source application created by Google that runs on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. It tests the name servers you currently use, and finds the fastest public caching resolvers available for you.
Figure 3 shows an example configuration. (With a fake name for my ISP.) It checks global and regional DNS providers, and I elected to include censorship checks, and to upload and share my results.
In the Query Data Source drop-down you can have it use the sites in your browser history, or use Alexa's top 2,000 sites. It takes a few minutes to run. When it's finished it will show performance graphs and a lot of other information. The important bit is a recommendation for three different name servers, like this:
Recommended configuration (fastest + nearest)
Primary Server 208.67.220.220 OpenDNS
Secondary Server 69.64.224.67 DSLOnly PDX US
Tertiary Server 204.119.0.2 Sawnet-2 US
Copy the recommended addresses into your name server configuration, replacing your old ones, and give them a try. If you don't like the results it's easy to change back. Try running Namebench and Internet speed tests at different times and compare the results. I can't promise unicorns and puppies, but at worst you should have greater reliability, and at best peppier Internet service.
Carla Schroder is the author of The Book of Audacity, Linux Cookbook, Linux Networking Cookbook,and hundreds of Linux how-to articles. She's the former managing editor of Linux Planet and Linux Today.
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Near eastern polytheism described reality in terms of a permanent threat of chaos, the need for continual sacrifices to appease the gods, expert priestly knowledge about which sacrifices to burn to which gods, and a social hierarchy with the priests at the top. Genesis, by denying the permanent threat of chaos, removes the sense of continual crisis, expects our problems to be solved politically and ethically (by obeying God's laws) rather than through technical expertise, and thereby gives reasons for a more democratic and egalitarian society.
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Hanamenu may have been full of mystery, but it wasn’t all that pretty, so at ten o’clock on the second afternoon I weighed anchor without the usual regret and motored the short, nine miles to the next bay east, Hanaiapa. Murre pushed into a stiffening headwind that settled in at twenty knots on the nose by two o’clock, reducing our speed to three and four knots over the ground.
Hanaiapa began to take shape as we rounded Metatepai Point and even from sea it was evident that its features were as bold and grand as Hanamenu’s were drab. To the west an exactly vertical cliff several hundred feet high and nearly a mile wide announced the bay, its face so smooth as to have been cut by a knife. From a low dip on its western flank, a waterfall flowed over its sharp edge, flew out and then tumbled, expanding into an even mist as it fell the impossibly long way to the sea. To the far east, the cliff-top descended quickly, directing one’s eye to the black and imposing tower of Rocher Fatutue rimmed with breakers. We gave it a wide berth, even averted our eyes as if turning away from Medusa. Back from the cliff, a mountain spine topped with stacked, broken rock too large to be boulders moved south and became the bay’s western arm before dropping into the jungle of the valley over which coconut palms were a dense forest and where lay the village. Black rock descended sharply into the sea on both sides of the bay; waves boomed through spout holes throwing mist fifty feet into the air.
We lowered the anchor into twenty feet of water and a sandy bottom, or so said the chart. But as I backed down the chain growled in a way I’d never heard, and even when Murre hooked and held I was suspicious. Immediately after switching off the engine, I jumped into the pale blue water to see how the anchor was situated. The bubbles of my splash rose slowly around me as my skin woke to the warm, delicious wetness; I cleared the snorkle; inhaled; pulled myself down the chain–and as the bottom took shape, a large shadow. A dolphin? A shark? I halted. No, a Giant Manta Ray glided forward with the grace of an albatross and on wings equally as wide. It turned toward me. Mantas are famously friendly and curious, but this was my first encounter, and I could not help but back away. It swung close and by and was lost in the haze in seconds. Back on the trail of the anchor chain I found it dropped into a coral garden and was wound around two large coral heads as if tied to a bollard and beyond which the anchor lay exposed on the hard crust, biting nothing.
Not knowing what else to do, I left it, and upon invitation from COLUMBINE, the only other boat in the bay, rowed ashore in the early evening for an explore of the village. Cynthia and Glenn had been at the anchorage a day already and had met some of the locals whom they were visiting again with gifts of jam and beer. The beach landing is rocky, and back of it, a grassy park area cut by a stream connects to a clean concrete road that connects to the village a quarter mile back from the bay.
We had just passed the main square when we were hailed by an old man on his stoop waiving us up his drive and into his home for coffee. In the tradition of explorers past, we followed. Cynthia, who carries a small French dictionary and possesses a smattering of phrases, became the designated translator, earning her a seat next to our host who we learned was Sal. Sal: in his sixties; dressed in shorts, t-shirt, baseball hat; a sweet smile mostly absent of teeth, three children, all in Tahiti; wife in Tahiti; has lived on the island twenty years; lives alone now in a house of two rooms; works copra, but not much, father came from Czechoslovakia as a young man–never left. On the wall, an ornately carved bone knife hung next to an amateurish painting of Jesus. On the dresser, a boom box, polished shells, family pictures, an orange European football towel–“Manchester United, 1987”. Sal directed his attention at Cynthia, and not because of her expertise in French. He laid his hand gently on her arm.
At the previous anchorage, Cynthia (not Glenn) had been invited to go trolling for tuna along the coast. The owner of the boat spoke in Marquesan and Cynthia was unclear what he was requesting in exchange until he made a lewd gesture. Then in French he explained there were few women on the island–he wanted a wife for the afternoon, longer if it suited Cynthia. Cynthia indicated she was already married, which the boatman acknowledged with a smile, and the fishing expedition proceeded without incident, except for the landing of a yellow tail.
With coffee Sal brought out a translucent, lightly sweet pudding whose contents Cynthia could not translate beyond the word “mousse”. In fact, the conversation repeatedly spluttered because Sal could not understand much of Cynthia’s basic French. Simple phrases–what is this? where is your family?–said slowly and with precise pronunciation met with a blank look and we were forced into pantomime, which worked surprisingly well, but deeply frustrated Cynthia. Our meeting ended with the offer of bunches of bananas if we returned the next day at three. Cynthia was the last to approach the front stoop where Sal puckered his lips almost to exaggeration and took a big, juicy kiss before she knew what was coming.
Famous among cruisers is a villager named William who has kept a log of all visiting boats since the middle 1970s. His house, where cruisers are invited to register, is announced by a sign near the street made from one end of a cardboard box and on which is written in dark pencil, “Hanaiapa Yacht Cluhb” [sic] and below this, “William”.
Here I signed Murre into a log that consisted of several dilapidated ring binders going back only to 1990. William explained the house had burned down that year, taking previous records with it. He was a man of medium height, a paunch, and was pale for a Marquesan. He had a gray head and beard died black but not recently enough to hide the truth. He had a ready smile. But his chief attribute was that he spoke some English. The beer was given, and in exchange we received grapefruit, limes, tomatoes, watercress, and wild peppers on the stem. I showed interest in the first page of his log, a few typed words of Marquesan translated into English.
“Come tomorrow,” said William, “and I will make you a nice Marquesan dicionaire.” I agreed to return at ten in the morning. Then came the question that every cruiser records … “Do you have any Rum or Whisky?” asked William. I said I would return with some Tequila. William did not know what this was, but when Cynthia made a gesture for “it makes you loopy”, William smiled with satisfaction. “You come at ten o’clock then,” he said again.
Marquesans are famous for their kindness, and old cruising books are full of stories of gifted bananas, coconuts, and other aid with no expectation of return. But things have changed. In a country that is cash poor but produce rich and where liquor is twice as expensive as in the states, a barter system with well-supplied cruisers was bound to develop. William was, in fact, the village entrepreneur who had invented a way for keeping his bar stocked during the cruising season at no cost to himself.
I returned at ten the next day to find William at his table and looking down the path in expectation of my arrival. Once inside he laid out two sheets of typing paper. The left hand side of the first was stacked with Marquesan words in neat block letters as was but half of the second. The right hand column of each was blank. William handed me a pen and said, “Now we make a nice Marquesan dictionaire.”
There were forty words in all, clearly written in the order in which they had come to mind. First was KAOHANUI/Hello followed by ENATA/People, EAHANA/Men, VEHINE/Wife, MAHAI/Son, MOI/Daughter. A man has priorities, after all. Notable, however, was the absence of the word for husband. Nor had William listed words for father or mother even though both were buried under white crosses in the front yard.
Next came the animals: PEPE, NUHE, EMOA, PUAA, PIFA, KEUKEU, SOARE, EIKA. I wrote down their English counterparts in the column to the right: puppy, dog, chicken, pig, cow, goat, horse and fish respectively.
As we moved through the list, I said each new word aloud in my best Marquesan accent, which was not very good, for William often failed to understand me and had to consult what he’d written. He would look at the word for a long while as if it were in a foreign language. “What is this?” he would say. Then, “Oh, NUHE–yes, is Dog.”
At IKA we ran into difficulty. “Fish,” said William.
“But I thought EIKA was fish,” I said.
“Yes, EIKA is Fish,” said William.
“Then what is this?” I said, pointing to IKA.
William put his glasses on this time to look at IKA. Then, “Yes, IKA is fish.”
“So, IKA and EIKA mean fish,” I said.
“No. Yes. Is fish, but make finish,” said William, gesturing that I should cross out EIKA. Privately I was gratified to meet a man whose struggles with spelling rivaled my own.
The words continued into the fruits–MEIKA, Banana and ANANI, Orange–but soon became random. POPOUINUI, Early Morning was followed by PURUETE, Wheelbarrow and FAEBURE, Church and MAHINA, Moon and KOTEREPRAKE, Plywood. How had these connected up, I wondered. Finally William had tired of his labors for his last word, KAAPEE, meant Sit Down.
With that the meeting ended. The tequila was gratefully accepted and I walked down the path wondering how I could use my forty words of Marquesan.
Glenn, Cynthia and I returned to Sal’s house at three for our bananas. This second conversation was as awkward as the first except for the polite smiles when we presented our gifts: cranberry jam, mexican hot sauce, and a cuban cigar. The cigar received the warmest reaction, and Sal pointed to two large stalks of green bananas on the back stoop, our prizes. Through mime and the occasional comprehended word, we came to realize that Sal had walked with a wheelbarrow three kilometers into the jungle for our bananas. But the mystery of why he would travel so far when the village was planted almost entirely in bananas could not be resolved. Such effort, however, deserved more than jam, hot sauce, and a cigar, so I produced my last small bottle of Tequila, which likewise produced in Sal a smile of immense proportion. And suddenly I understood: William’s great success had given rise to a competitor.
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Hi Randy!
I just was chatting with your cousin Lisa Vietz and she told me about your adventure. I’m so happy (and jealous!) to find you are “out there”. That you are singlehanding garners you an extra helping of admiration. My husband Devan and I spent ’93-’94 cruising Mexico, through the canal, up the western Caribbean to Florida. It was the best year of our lives, and getting back out for long term cruising continues to be our goal. We have kept our boat (38′ ketch) in Florida since ’94, and spend as much time there as possible (the rest of the time we live in Newport Beach, CA). We have two boys (6 and 9) and plan to take them out of school in Dec 2012 for a year of cruising (probably western Caribbean area).
Cruising the Pacific isn’t in our present plans…but it’s surely a place I hope to get at some point (and I’ll always have the romantic dream to circumnavigate). So, I will continue to keep up with your blog with big smiles. As you know, friendships are made fast and deep when you are cruising…and although it’s been likely 30 years since I’ve seen you around the halls of Lodi Academy, I again feel a connection by way of wind, and water and the cruising community! Soak it all up…
Fair winds, and following seas,
Alisa Proctor
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Mexican Americans and career development
Morton, Erika (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Research studies examining Mexican Americans' career development is important due their increasing representation in the labor force. A total of 264 Mexican American college students (107 males, 157 females) participated in this study. This research...
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Galoskowsky, Eric (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Studies show that in a suburban setting white-tailed deer live comfortably with humans and human-associated disturbances. Wildlife ecologists have developed models to predict where deer occur using information such as; ...
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Thomas, Rashida (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
12 individual cases of thundersnow were examined in order to determine those common atmospheric stability characteristics that attend such storms. We found that most thundersnow events have high bases (between 10K and ...
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Kruse, Darcy (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The study of programmed cell death or aptosis in tumors has attracted increased interests. Recent research has shown that whether a cell lives or dies is related to its three dimensional environment such as the organization of cells...
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Erickson, Michelle; Eisenstark, Abraham (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
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Putting the content in context: Environment, African American women, and physical activity
Payne, Andre (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Stressors directly or indirectly have greatly influenced women's life and how they are able to function in society. Thus, for us as researchers, it is important to understand how much they influence women's lives in order to develop appropriate ways...
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He wants to kill half of all life in order to preserve assets and in the end preserve life. “Two women, a murdered husband, Chef’s Table and the secret life he lived. I’ve made it pretty apparent that that time in my life was exhausting on me. There’s a documentary on the DVD which is offers a superb abstract of Bow’s life and profession. So there’s some actually great things coming in the finale. Tonally, Netflix’s Castlevania has at all times been considerably of a ever-changing beast: hilarious one moment and tragic the next, The Widow Season and that is seen even more prominently in the most recent eight episodes. The next two episodes are also fairly comparable. ’. ‘Curse of Darkness might not be a story followers are desperate to see, but maybe Hector and Isaac can be nice instruments for character progress and drama for our antagonist? I personally think they go some ways to creating up for it in season 2, and Castlevania does have nice female characters in Sypha and Carmilla, but when this still bothers you, I get it. ’ asides, that don’t serve the plot or the characters.
But when these action set pieces kick off, while I don’t think they match the creativity of the choreography in one thing just like the Legend of Korra, the sheer visible splendour is a joy to soak in. You don’t must be. 50,000 which he affords to Alice in alternate for her daughter… Broke with no assist from her Aunt and with a husband probably crippled what options does she have? But, he only agrees to reveal the exact location in exchange for full immunity on the murders he committed. Castlevania totally commits to a gothic, hyper actual vision of medieval Europe, with the total spectrum of reds and blacks serving as the first colour scheme. The usage of color and lighting, the dynamic alternative of angles and character poses, and the fluidity in which hair and clothing flaps in the air. The character as depicted within the present is essentially fully different and way more nuanced, however they built him using pieces the games gave them. Another factor I love and is something that’s far more prevalent in season 2 than 1. The present just slowing the hell down and sending some high quality time attending to know everyone.
Amongst all this drama, I really like that the present can still find the area to have a sense of humour. It’s atmospheric and haunting in its environments and its musical rating, and it’s nonetheless crafted with loads of love for its source materials. It’s one hell of a balancing act and McTavish handles it brilliantly. He doesn’t care if it’s fair or just to wipe out all humanity for against the law one group of merciless people enacted. It’s all actually top tier for me. I anticipate the Colts to complete near the top of the Eastern Conference, whereas the Spits should as soon as once more be tops in the West. It all occurred one summer season while Velma and Freddy where away at camp. It happened in his teens and all of it started when three guys obtained in hassle for taking a picnic desk from the riverside park and placing it in the river. On the way dwelling the identical thing happened. With the skeleton put collectively, the writers flesh these ideas out and develop on them organically and write new material based on the conclusions characters might come to going via these occasions.
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But you can’t let it get to you a lot or you cease taking part in your sport. If so, please tell us. Directed and written by Pierre Rouve, who worked mostly as a producer as on Blow Up and others, the film is uneven, Mason aside, but whether by design or timidity, Rouve let his star make the running. I actually worked with Hugh Beaumont even before we started capturing Leave it to Beaver. Her sole purpose is to get near Beaver so as to get close to Wally. They will rating and play a physical sport and can get under the opposition’s skin. Whilst it’s a risk to toast coffee beans in your cooker, it could actually tend to make your house scent for quite some time afterwards. This weekend we are tackling the buffet ourselves after studying a tutorial from Young House Love on re-doing oak cabinets.
DF – I play the game with an edge and love to be on the ice. They each play a tough nosed, edgy game with intensity. All of us play the identical style of hockey and similar intensity. I’ve leadership expertise and that i play with intensity. I have to work on my defensive game, puck possession alongside the boards, and shooting. BO – I hate to ask such a generic question but…what do you really feel you have to continue to work on in order to reach the NHL? I love to win and hate to lose! Although not significantly vital, he mentioned the exposure may increase the chance that the land of imaginative and prescient, and i like to see Jimmi Simpson in nearly anything. Particularly, eat plenty of leafy inexperienced vegetables, as they’re wealthy in folic acid, which may assist manage homocysteine ranges. Cal immediately reaches into his pack and unveils the necessary provides to help the man. Through the Internet boom, some Wall Street analysts issued overly optimistic experiences about dot-com startups to assist their investment bank colleagues. BO – Ok, so help us out right here. Can you guess how that is all going to pan out?
I can tell them apart simply by taking a look at them, I can’t explain how. How can we tell the twins apart? Just as you should buy lead batteries in different sizes like AAA or AA, vape device batteries vary in dimension also. What was the entire expertise like? The whole ambiance there was unbelievable. If there was a definitive area where you felt you wanted enchancment, what would that be? ” In different words, Castlevania Season 2 is there a player you try to pattern your recreation after? DF – I attempt to sample my game after David Bolland and Mike Richards. BO – Speaking of your draft stock…your performance at the top Prospect’s game must have raised some eyebrows. Grandpa tells her twins have a particular bond and that they are by no means actually apart. BO – In London, you performed with the Rupert twins on a really effective “checking” line. What made that line so effective? I need to get stronger in the off season.
I want I had more time in the off season to play Inline Hockey. What can you deliver to the desk (for those that don’t see you play that always)? DF – I prefer to play Xbox. In the summer I like being on the water at our cottage. I want to focus 100% on being a hockey player. I assumed you have been the most effective player on your group. BO – Is there a participant in the NHL that you often have a look at and say, “that’s a guy I try to emulate? Do you end up fascinated by it always, or do you strive to put it at the back of your mind? DF – The Draft is at all times within the again of your mind. BO – Just the same, why do you think you must be a critical candidate for the highest two rounds of the NHL Draft? Do you think your October birthday…and subsequently playing an additional year in the OHL, has hurt or helped your draft “stock? I remember getting a Mats Sundin jersey for Christmas one year. But, only one in all them was on the car because Griffin shot his two different companions right after they loaded the money into the automobile.
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Sadly, regardless of producing thirteen episodes, solely 12 Ghosts were ever captured within the course of the show that means that the ultimate thirteenth ghost continues to be roaming free. With the 13th ghost still on the unfastened, the gang could have to return out of retirement and end the job once and for all. Determined to assist Vincent, the gang sets out on considered one of their most thrilling adventures but! After the Mystery Inc. gang goofed up a case and nabbed an innocent man, they’re pressured into early retirement from crime fixing. But by the end of the hour, Ben and Michaela at the least figured out one thriller followers have been ready for them to put together: Autumn is the mole. The widow only had to move one time and the young couple obtained a house they most likely wouldn’t have in a straight bidding war. However, some followers seen that some significant details from the manga dialogue had been skimmed in the current installment so as to leap straight to the motion scenes.
The Tokyo Ghoul:re stays consistent with the unique manga series of creator Sui Ishida with minimal alterations reminiscent of rearranging some scenes. This year’s twenty ninth difficulty of Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump journal revealed on Thursday that Sui Ishida’s Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul:re manga series will get a new third-individual PlayStation 4 survival action game titled Tokyo Ghoul:re – Call to Exist. This 12 months’s twenty seventh difficulty of Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine revealed on Thursday that the following difficulty on June 14 will characteristic a “massive announcement” for Sui Ishida’s Tokyo Ghoul:re manga. He’s the evil overlord behind the aesthetic of Rue Morgue, which is haunted by his column The Fright Gallery (if you had no thought this glorious journal existed, you must get sucked in right now). The October subject of Shueisha’s V Jump journal revealed on Tuesday that Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Tokyo Ghoul:re Call to Exist game will add Kōtarō Amon, Kishō Arima, Tōka Kirishima, and Shū Tsukiyama as playable characters. Bandai Namco Entertainment noted that players can choose between the aspect of ghouls or investigators in the game, with both Haise Sasaki and Ken Kaneki as playable characters. The half-ghoul has been resurrected in order to affix a group of CCG investigators who have been surgically altered to be half-ghouls able to utilizing ghoul weapons.
The Scooby-Doo franchise has had its highs and lows, however for millenials like myself who grew up watching the beloved canine sleuth within the 80’s and 90’s, The thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo holds a special place in our hearts. A particular epilogue for the manga version additionally shows Akira Mado visiting her father’s grave. Perhaps a special brunch menu is “in development.” I settled for scrambled eggs and sausage, and Rocky ordered the “eggy within the center” which was a fried-eggs-inside-toast concoction. Vincent wants help having him captured and confined to the chest of demons, a field that contains the other 12 captured ghosts. Some planning may help you avoid these vacation habits that may wreak havoc and trigger pointless stress. Now the elusive spook is wreaking havoc. While doing analysis Grace comes across Cody’s web site informing his followers a criminal is now a part of the passengers of 828 they usually should rise up in opposition to them.
Two brothers, Reggie and Paul Ikari, intelligent con males, reap the benefits of the reward and escape from the now dangerous Sinnoh and find a woman–young, skinny, Empire of the Tsars Romanov Russia show and with beautifully comparable features–named Dawn. The event is scheduled to take place on 9 September 2018 on the Japan Education Center in Tokyo. CST. Hulu simulcasts Tokyo Ghoul:re with subtitles the same day as new episodes air in Japan. The first season of the Tokyo Ghoul:re anime premiered on April 3. Funimation is streaming the sequence with English subtitles. The first season of the Tokyo Ghoul:re anime premiered on April 3. Funimation streamed the sequence with English subtitles. CT on Funimation. For anime fans within the US, it airs Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. My writers room, equally, fans of Lost. Fans are hoping that the pacing of Season three will not velocity up additional and can remain committed to the original manga story as much as Season 4 and beyond.
Fans on Twitter have commented on the publish showing their support for the character who’s being hailed as probably the most handsome cop in city. She has been given the responsibility of training a man who’s “different from the other investigators,” and that is when the brand new principal character, Haise Sasaki, is first launched. Chuji Mikasana, from the first two seasons of Tokyo Ghoul, comes back to pen the script and supply composition this season. In any case, both the 143 chapters of the manga and the two seasons of the anime conclude with the Anteiku raid by the CCG. To promote the upcoming release of the six-disc DVD/Blu-ray, Marvelous has posted a 40-second new PV for Tokyo Ghoul √A, the continued Tv anime second season based on Siu Ishida’s dark fantasy action manga collection, on its official YouTube channel. This is the place the opposite Tokyo Ghoul merchandise and video games are available in in order that the months with out a new season of Tokyo Ghoul is made more bearable.
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee was a National Book Award finalist in 2017, and hailed one of the best books of that year by many outlets, including Book Riot! Now that it’s available in paperback, it’s a popular book club pick for readers who love multi-generational stories, historical fiction, and world literature. If your group has picked Pachinko to discuss, but you’re running short on Pachinko book club questions, never fear! We’ve rounded up a list of questions that touch on Pachinko‘s theme, cast of characters, and the enduring popularity of the novel! Pick and choose from the list of questions, and see where the group discussion takes you!
Lee begins the book with the line “History has failed us, but no matter.” Do you believe that the narrator really thinks it is “no matter”? Why do you think Lee chose that opening line?
Share a favorite quote from Pachinko. Why did this quote stand out to you?
Which characters did you like best? Which characters did you identify the most with?
Early on in the novel, Sunja is made to feel shame for her pregnancy. How does the idea of shame persist throughout the novel, both in sense of morals and identity?
Compare and contrast the characters of Hansu and Isak. Which was the better father? The better provider? The better man? Do you believe that Hansu ultimately redeems himself? Is he deserving of forgiveness?
Another theme of the novel is bravery. What kinds of bravery does each character exhibit? How does a character’s bravery (or lack of bravery) shape the family’s story?
The definition and meaning of home is another theme to Pachinko. Lee prefaces to novel with the Charles Dickens quote, “Home, is a name, is a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit answered to, in strongest conjuration.” Why do you believe that Lee chose this epigraph? Do you think it is easily applicable to the novel? How does the concept of home, and belonging, evolve throughout the story?
The family goes through so much when they immigrate to Japan, and endure WWII. Their lives after are WWII also full of hardship, but a different kind. Did this trajectory seem realistic to you? In what ways were the family’s lives better and worse after WWII?
Discuss how the family’s relationships evolve across the generations. Do the parent-child relationship ships differ? The husband-wife relationships? The ones between siblings? Compare and contrast them.
The concept of cultural and racial identity is very important to the characters of the novel. Sunja and her family strive to be perceived as “good Koreans,” and “good Japanese” are hard to find. Discuss these concepts of identity and “goodness” that is attributed to identity. Do you think they are unfair standards? How do the perceptions change throughout the novel?
Pachinko covers a long span of time, and is a rather lengthy novel. What did you think of the book’s length? If it’s too long, what would you have cut?
Considering the length, is the book’s pace too fast, too slow, or just right?
What do you think of the title? Pachinko, the game, doesn’t come up until we are well into the story, but its significance becomes important in the second half of the novel. Do you think that it’s an apt title for the book? Would you have chosen something different? If so, what?
Before reading this book, were you aware of the tensions between Koreans and Japanese in the early 20th century? Did you learn something about history through reading this story? Did you learn anything about Korean identity in this novel?
The novel began with “History has failed us, but no matter.” To what extent do you believe this novel is Lee’s attempt at telling the stories pushed to the margins of history? By the end of the book, do you think she’s succeeded?
What did you think of the ending of the novel? Did you find it tragic, or just right? If you could have changed anything about the ending, what would it be?
In many ways, Pachinko is about how one person’s actions can have a profound effect on family: Sunja becoming pregnant by Hansu, and Hansu abandoning her. Do you feel as though your life is largely shaped by your parents’ or ancestor’s decisions? Or do you believe that each person in each generation has autonomy to make their own choices?
Have you read Min Jin Lee’s first novel, Free Food for Millionaires? How did it compare to Pachinko?
Would you read another novel by this author, either Free Food for Millionaires or a future release? Why or why not?
If you got the chance to ask Lee one question, what would it be?
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How rich is Ronald Wayne?
January 4, 2020 Businessmans, Celebrities
Ronald Wayne Net Worth:
Ronald Wayne Net Worth $300,000
Ronald has also co-founded Apple Computer that’s called Apple Inc at present with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. He’d supplied essential administrative supervision for the newest enterprise. It’s stated that he’s also given the firm his share to get a total of US$800.
Produced in Cleveland, Ohio, Ronald Wayne was among the first creators of Apple, Inc. Wayne received a 10% position in Apple but relinquished his stock for US $800 less than two weeks after, on April 12, 1976. The earliest person in the three-man team, Mr. Wayne had gotten the better of personal assets into the company, and became stressed that the job was going to run his financing into the earth. He drew the initial symbol for Apple, drafted the initial deal involving the Apple creators, and composed the guide for the very first Apple computer, but determined to relinquish his 10% of the firm to get a payout of $800 US, two weeks following the business was formally created. After that year, venture capitalist Arthur Rock and Mike Markkula helped develop a small business plan and convert the partnership into a corporation. By 1982 Apple had a billion dollars in yearly sales. By September 2012, Apple became the biggest publicly traded corporation on the planet by market capitalization, with the estimated value of US$626 billion. Had he kept his 10% stock it might happen to be worth over $35 billion in August 2011.
Ronald Wayne went back to working at Atari and later possessed a postage store. He’s now retired, and is focusing on his memoirs, as well as a novel concerning the Constitution and its own historical relevance, each of which is printed in 2011. Had Ronald held to his 10% Apple position, it could be worth $22 billion now!
Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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A ‘Star Wars’ Game Show Is Coming to Disney Plus
Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things.
What they really like are game shows.
StarWars.com brings word that one of the next Star Wars projects coming to the Disney+ streaming service will be a Star Wars game show. Called Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge, the show is “set in a galaxy far, far away” and will...
...test young contestants’ abilities in the core Jedi principles of strength, knowledge, and bravery as they face thrilling and fun obstacles in an attempt to achieve the rank of Jedi Knight! From lightsabers to hyperspace, the Force, and the dark side, Jedi Temple Challenge transports viewers and contestants into the Star Wars galaxy like never before.
Jedi Temple Challenge is hosted by Ahmed Best, who is best known (sorry) to Star Wars fans as the man who performed and voiced Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars Prequels. He is not playing Jar Jar on this show however; he will apparently play the role of “Jedi Master and mentor” to the contestants. There will also be a “a hilarious humanoid droid companion,” voiced by Veep’s Mary Holland. The idea, it would seem, is that rather than acknowledge the game-show-ness of it all, the host and sidekick will be “in character” as they guide the contestants through the show’s various challenges (set on “a forest planet, on board a Jedi star cruiser, and inside a Jedi temple”). I imagine their advice will be a lot of “Do or do not. There is no try,” type stuff.
So basically it sounds like a Star Wars-y version of Nickelodeon’s beloved game show GUTS, with maybe a dash of Legends of the Hidden Temple sprinkled in for ambiance. Sounds like something I would have loved as a kid. Jedi Temple Challenge will stream on Disney+ in 2020.
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As Jussie Smollett story takes a turn, reaction shifts to wait and see
Posted 12:39 pm, February 18, 2019, by CNN Wire
After Jussie Smollett reported being attacked in Chicago, his colleagues, politicians and many observers on social media were quick to condemn the incident and express support for Smollett.
Now as new details emerge, conversation around the case is more hesitant.
Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation have told CNN that Chicago Police believe Smollett paid two men to orchestrate the alleged assault.
In a statement from his attorneys issued Saturday, Smollett denied playing a role in the attack.
“As a victim of a hate crime who has cooperated with the police investigation, Jussie Smollett is angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with,” the statement read. “He has now been further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrators that Jussie played a role in his own attack. Nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying.”
The “Empire” star told authorities two men who were “yelling out racial and homophobic slurs” assaulted him on January 29. He said one attacker put a rope around his neck and poured an unknown chemical substance on him.
“I don’t even know what to say about Jussie Smollett. His story has seemed suspect for days now but I genuinely thought no one, and especially no one that famous, could make something like that up,” writer Roxane Gay tweeted.
Director Ava DuVernay also weighed in.
“Despite the inconsistencies, I can’t blindly believe Chicago PD. The department that covered up shooting Laquan McDonald over a dozen times? That operated an off-site torture facility?” DuVernay wrote in a tweet. “That one? I’ll wait. Whatever the outcome, this won’t stop me from believing others. It can’t.”
On Monday, video of Sen. Cory Booker commenting on the latest in Smollett’s case was being widely shared on social media.
“The information is still coming out,” Booker said. “I’m going to withhold until all the information actually comes out from on the record sources.”
Booker, who is running for president, was one of several Democrats to weigh in on initial reports of the attack.
The senator tweeted that it was “an attempted modern-day lynching” and connected it to the need to pass legislation designating lynching as a federal hate crime.
Critics from the right have also had plenty to say.
In an interview with “Good Morning America” last week, Smollett said one of his attacker’s said “‘This MAGA country n****r’ and he punched me in the face so I punched his a** back.”
There had also been initial inaccurate news reports that the attackers wore Make America Great (MAGA) hats, something Smollett denied during his “GMA” interview.
“I never said that,” he said. “I didn’t need to add anything like that. to add anything like that. They called me a f****t, they called me a n****r. There’s no which way you cut it. I don’t need some MAGA hat as the cherry on some racist sundae.”
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted about the latest developments in the Smollett case on Monday.
“Hey Hollywood and media types, I’ve noticed a lot of you deleted your #JusticeForJussie tweets… what’s the matter, don’t you want justice for him anymore??? #frauds,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted Monday.
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Sefton cycling route in first phase of a 600km City Region network
Ollie Cowan
Categories: Active Sefton, Essential Sefton, Front Page, Latest News
Work is set to begin on the first phase of a potential 600km key network of cycling and walking routes across the Liverpool City Region.
Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram, and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority ratified the £8.3m funding for the first 55km phase of the network– including a Sefton route– at its meeting on Friday (December 14).
The 15km route between Southport and Seaforth will link into a wider strategic cycling route into Liverpool City Centre. The route links major growth areas with new areas of housing and completes the Sefton Coastal cycle route.
The proposed 600km cycling and walking network is based on upgrades to around 31 key routes across the Liverpool City Region over the next 10 years.
The network will be planned on a whole city region basis, both improving links to the public transport network and between residential areas, employment, training and retail sites.
Meanwhile, work is already underway on bidding for funding for the next phase of the network with the launch of a questionnaire on people’s cycling and walking habits to help shape what a wider network would look like. It can be accessed here .
Two thirds of all journeys in the city region are less than five kilometres but half of those are made by car. Through the Local Journeys Strategy, Steve Rotheram and the Combined Authority recognise that getting the infrastructure right is key to encouraging people out of their cars, particularly for shorter journeys.
The cycling and walking network is one of the first actions bringing the Local Journeys Strategy to life.
Making places walking and cycling-friendly not only reduces congestion, improves air quality and brings significant health benefits, it also has wider economic benefits – boosting inward investment and attracting new talent by helping create the places that people want to live and work in.
Cllr Ian Moncur, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, said:
“This route will mark the beginning of a much-awaited era of clean travel in Sefton that will give our residents better access to walking and cycling opportunities, cleaner air and an infrastructure that supports alternative travel.”
The programme will also see the management of new wood and grassland areas and the planting of trees alongside the routes.
In addition, the funding will support a new pilot project by Liverpool John Moores University, trialling innovative methods of collecting cycle and walking trip data and the development of a cycling app and journey planner.
The LCR Transport Partnership was successfully awarded £8.3m ERDF Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) funding for the first phase of the cycling and walking network, with the LCR Combined Authority giving approval to draw down this funding. Match funding for the project is being sought from the
Transforming Cities Fund and other contributions will come from the LCR CA’s constituent local authorities.
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“Just call me Jane”
To most people, June 6 is D-Day but, in my family, it’s Mom’s birthday. Born Janette Elizabeth Christie in Montclair, New Jersey, she would be 100 today had she lived. Why do I pay special attention to her birthday 17 years after she died?
At Simmons College.
A century mark is a reminder of our connections forward and backward through time. My mother knew people who had fought in the Civil War, and sailed on schooners; her father gave her rides in open cockpit biplanes, and she watched men walk on the moon. She grew up at the end of WASP era of social prominence in her grandmother’s Victorian house where domestic servants cleaned, cooked, gardened, and kept an eye on her. Her family ‘summered’ by Lake Piseco at the Irondequoit Club in the Adirondack Mountains where she learned to fish for trout and shoot a rifle. A bright student, she skipped a grade, spent her 13th year in France with her aunt and uncle, and returned home, a francophone. Thanks to her grandmother’s generosity, she graduated from Simmons College, a private institution that prepared women for the professions. She chose library science, and her peers chose her as president of the student body. Although she graduated with highest honors, we knew nothing about that until we wrote her obituary.
Warm air, sun, thawing ground, April 1947.
“Just call me Jane,” she said as her introduction; Janette Elizabeth appeared only on legal documents. Jane is a solid, everywoman name that fit her well. It doesn’t sound snooty and pretentious, like Janette. She married in 1941, and passed the war in New Jersey. Afterward, she, my father, and her brother bought a farm in Minnesota, although neither man had any experience. She agreed to this—provided the house had central heat and an indoor toilet. Over parental opposition, they pooled their life savings and bought–sight unseen–280 acres of eroding fields, sloughs, cut-over woods, a sluggish river, and shabby buildings. On April 10, 1947, Jane, my Dad, my sister and I arrived in Minnesota at the play they called ‘The River Farm.’ Never did I hear her utter a regret over trading the wealth and status of Montclair for life on a Minnesota farm.
Jane shocking oats for threshing, 1950.
She kept the farm accounts, cooked, raised children, drove tractors as necessary, fed lambs with a bottle, gardened, and canned vegetables. She hosted meetings of the University’s Home Extension Service. Jane knew who she was and easily made others comfortable regardless of their background. She wasn’t afraid to ask questions of better-informed farm women with 9th grade educations. Jane simply engaged them where they were and went from there. She made fitting in look easy, focusing on values rather than possessions. After she died, we discovered fine silver and crystal I had never seen stored in the basement. It was like her to think the silver platters from Tiffany’s were out of place in a Minnesota farmhouse.
The cousins come for Thanksgiving
We all remember our mothers for their meals—famous as acts of love. Jane excelled at mince meat pies, gravies, and was a whiz at turning left-overs into new meals. Ever frugal, she made Christmas ornaments and gifts to save money. But she valued culture and, on Sunday afternoons, she listened to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Besides the St. Paul Pioneer Press, she read the Saturday Review of Literature, worked crossword puzzles, excelled at Scrabble, and read literature. A grammarian, she made certain her children knew when and how to use ‘who’ and ‘whom,’ ‘lain’ and ‘laid.’ She loved Winnie the Pooh, and sprinkled her conversations with phrases like “a little smackeral of something.” A hopeful and intuitive person, she told me, “Don’t plan anything, something good might turn up.”
The legislator’s advisor, critic, and editor.
Whether it was nobless oblige or not, she quietly set about serving others without notice or condescension. She catalogued books at the county library, organized a library for a law firm. As a Civil Air Patrol officer, she served as the squadron’s administrative officer. Ten years after we arrived, the voters sent my father to the Legislature for 12 terms, and Jane became his advisor, critic, strategist, and editor without dropping her other chores. Later in life, she read stories to children at the local library. She filled her life with many roles: wife, mother, grandmother, librarian, advisor, and reader. She was many things to many people but to everyone she was always herself. A simple plaque on her kitchen wall aptly summed up her life: ‘Bloom Where You’re Planted.’
Jane lived at The River Farm for 53 years until her death in October 2000. On that bright autumn afternoon, she lay in her bed, looked out the window, and her spirit drifted across the fields to the river and into the trees beyond. We buried her ashes in the woods near her mother, brother, and aunt. Later, my father joined her. It is a quiet opening on high ground where woodland phlox bloom in June, and song birds call.
Jane reading a letter on the porch.
“Just call me Jane” was her calling card. She planted her life at The River Farm, and bloomed with values, virtues, mores, and manners that she gave as gifts to her children. Her presence was a gift of unmerited grace, and pausing to recall and celebrate Jane is like a Pentecost, a moment when the fires of love, compassion, and grace rest on us like tongues of flame.
Happy 100th Birthday, Jane!
By R. Newell Searlein childhood memories, family, family history, reflectionAside June 6, 2017 2 Comments
A Tenacious Memory of Home
The River Farm that we leave to others.
I park my car on the county road and stand next to the mail box. The brisk November wind wipes clean the azure sky, and the sun casts sepia light on the corn stubble, grass, and leaves. From the mailbox I can see our farm in a glance. This is where I first saw the farm as a child. We called the place home for 67 years. Now, with my back to the wind, I take a last, long look good-bye.
April 10, 1947. Home.
My arrival in Minnesota is an eidetic memory, a tenacious image of a passing moment. The rain had stopped but the yellowish clay road is boggy. After days on the road, Dad stops the gray 1940 Plymouth on the shoulder of Waseca County Road 26. The lane downhill to the farmhouse is a slick rut of black mud. I sit in the back seat with my infant sister. Low clouds and pewter puddles add to the day’s gloom surrounding the weathered farmhouse with peeling paint, and the slattern barn in need of boards. The moment we stop among the dark, loamy fields and soggy stubble comes back to me. It’s April 10, 1947. I’m three years old, and this is my earliest memory of home.
The new farm family at Easter, 1949.
My mother’s family followed the sea, and Dad’s pursued business but my parents threw off city life in New Jersey to go farming in Minnesota. Seeking an independent life, they ignored parental warnings about being broke within six months, and entered a partnership with Rob, Mom’s brother. With audacious courage, my young parents invested their life savings, our future, in a farm they had never seen. They couldn’t turn back.
Our place—the River Farm–consisted of a ‘T’-shaped tract totaling 280 acres. Three 40-acre parcels ran south from the county road and intersected 160 acres of bottomland forest and marsh running east to west along the LeSueur River. Sluggish in summer, the river flooded in spring and on this day its water covered half our fields. A low ridge snaked through the woods and ended a mile away at ‘Bunker Hill’ on our south line.
Rob … You can’t farm a view!
They bought the farm from John Jennison, my great-grandfather, a shrewd, self-educated, small-town banker. He wore dark suits, lived in a three-story Victorian house, and signed his name with a modest flourish. He loved poetry, and I recall him declaiming, ‘Listen my children and you shall hear/ Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere …’.
When Uncle Rob told him which farm we wanted to buy, grandfather asked, “Why do you want that one?”
“Because we like the view,” Uncle Rob replied.
Reworked horse-drawn machinery.
Dad learned the practical tasks of farming by asking the neighbors ‘dumb questions’ and studying the bulletins published by the Agricultural Extension Service. By ones and twos, he bought cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens. We had a small tractor but for years Dad made do with reworked horse-drawn equipment he bought at auctions. When they closed the books on 1947, the farm earned $2,300 and spent $13,000. “We are really in the red,” Dad said.
We were ‘foreigners’ for a time—Yankee Easterners. In our township of German immigrants and their children, we heard accented English in phrases like ‘come here once,’ and ‘so you did that already now.’ Like all newcomers, we stood out in unexpected ways. We milked the brown Guernsey cattle of the British Isles but our neighbors kept
We milked Guernsey cows.
herds of the black and white Holsteins from Germany. Our tractor, a gray Ford-Ferguson, seemed tiny next to the neighbors’ large green and yellow John Deere’s and crimson McCormick-Deering Farmall’s. Everyone shopped in Janesville at Wiste’s Red and White Grocery, bought feed at the Archer Daniel’s mill, and sold grain at the Huntington elevator. However, on Sundays the Mittelstaedt’s attended St. John Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), the Eustice’s went to St. Ann’s Catholic Church, and we attended St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Despite our peculiarities, we quickly folded into a closely knit rural neighborhood. During lean, post-war years, everyone swapped labor and equipment at planting and
Neighbors pitched in at threshing time.
harvest. This unspoken mutual assistance pact lasted until everyone owned all the equipment they needed. We lived securely, and no one locked his doors in case a neighbor needed to use the phone. Three years passed before our phone arrived, a wooden box with a crank. Eleven other parties shared the line and eaves-dropping was expected. Such neighborly intimacy lasted until the 1960s when private phone lines appeared.
A contented man working his fields.
Dad treated farm work like a form of play, a puzzle to solve, a game to win. Possessed of a Protestant’s belief in working out his salvation, he found spiritual contentment in tilling the soil. Farming was a kind of religious stewardship. I was about six when we planted the first of many thousands of trees. He told me about the idea of stewardship and leaving the world better than I found it. The earth was like gold to him—something miraculous to be treated as reverently as sacramental elements. Planting trees and preparing the ground for planting pleased him, and he stayed on the tractor until dusk. In the gloaming, on tranquil May evenings, I heard him whistling Broadway show tunes above the murmur of the tractor’s engine, a contented man.
I was not yet six years old when Dad, short-handed at haying, asked me to steer the tractor and hay wagon. ‘Oh boy!’ This was a rite of passage into becoming a ‘big boy.’ Although I had often steered the tractor while sitting on Dad’s lap, now I would do it on my own. After he hitched the tractor to the hay wagon and loader, I sat the tractor seat, he set the hand throttle, shifted it into gear, and I steered the rig across the field. While I looked through the steering wheel to align the radiator cap with the windrow of hay, Dad forked the hay onto the wagon. I drove
Driving tractor, a boy’s rite of passage.
tractor after that a year before I went to school and learned to read. By the age of 10, my chores included feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs for sale, pulling weeds in soybean fields, and hauling manure, picking up bales, and plowing stubble. As ‘big boy’ chores mounted, I looked for ways out of them.
A creek from our neighbor’s pasture emptied into 50 acres of marshy ground at the center of the farm. The marsh lacked an outlet and the soil didn’t dry out until mid-summer. This struck Dad as a waste of good land and, like a missionary among heathens, he set out to ‘redeem’ it. During the summer I turned nine, soil conservation engineers peered through their transits and drove a line of stakes through our marshy ground. When the dragline arrived, I spent days mesmerized by its work as the huge bucket opened a mile of ditch to the river. After that, a bulldozer shaped the dirt into a levee to keep the river’s floods from our fields. Our project was but one of a greater change reshaping the face of southern Minnesota. In every township, draglines turned winding creeks into straight channels. Bulldozers erased oak groves, brush patches, potholes and sloughs to make way for more fields of corn and soybeans.
No one foresaw the surplus from drained land
No one foresaw that adopting hybrid seeds, fertilizers, and newly reclaimed land would result in bumper crops that depressed prices for corn and wheat. To make up for lost income, farmers planted even more acres, further lowering prices. By the end of the 1950s, we and many others enrolled some of our fields in the Federal ‘Soil Bank’ program to cut surpluses. Ducks and geese changed their migration routes, bluebirds and plovers lost their nesting areas, and it’s been years since I have heard a meadowlark on the farm.
In this small corner of Waseca County, I lived among people whose varied origins and talents shaped my later life. My mother passed on many of her upper-class social graces. She had a college degree as a librarian, spoke French, and encouraged my artistic and literary efforts. Dad focused on teaching me practical skills on the farm in counterpoint to Uncle Rob, a charismatic artist whose idealism never matched Dad’s tenacious persistence. Rob left us after several years to pursue more quixotic adventures.
The Mittelstaedt’s became like a second family to us. Heinz, a German immigrant, had a booming voice, a twinkle in his eye, and his shrewd mind made good use of his limited education. Gertie, his generous, broad-hipped wife, set extra places for us at her table without a fuss. Once, she made room for my sister, uncle, and me at her Thanksgiving dinner when a sudden blizzard trapped my parents in town.
During adolescence, I became a disciple of Ed Iversen, a retired U.S. forest ranger and regular companion on fishing trips and pheasant hunts. He taught me woodcraft, fly-fishing, and introduced Dad and me to canoe trips in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters. Opinionated and testy, I could only do things his way or the wrong way. Under his guidance, I learned the elements of ecology and forest conservation, an influence that later led me to write a book on wilderness protection.
Aunt Jeanette and Uncle Geza lived nearby. She had retired from medicine, and he retired from labor arbitration to be a gentleman farmer. A Hungarian Jew, he spoke five languages, played concert violin, and dabbled in writing history. He inspired me to think critically saying, “The mind is a wonderful place to play” over chess games. He was right.
Dad served 12 terms in the Minnesota Legislature while farming and improving higher education was his passion. To advance his goals, he hosted annual summer sweet corn parties for legislators, college officials, and others who wanted to improve Minnesota’s public colleges. Over buttery sweet corn from our field, the guests chewed on ideas, formed friendships, and built a coalition that state colleges into a system of state universities. Though I was then a disinterested teen, I absorbed many lessons in the art of coalition building I would one day need in my career.
I attended a vocational boarding school beginning at the age of 14. An indifferent student, I saw little point to the classes in agronomy, arc welding and carpentry, history, English, and biology. Years later, after college and graduate school, during a career at Cargill, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and Second Harvest Heartland, I often drew on the practical lessons and insights learned from the neighbors, and the vocational classes. If nothing else, hours on the tractor seat made me tenacious.
Dad’s active farming ended in the fall of 1961. He rented the fields to a neighbor, took up selling life insurance, and had an auction shortly before I went to college. The stocky auctioneer stood on a wagon and pointed his cane at a plow parked nearby. “C’mon boys, $300,” he called in a rapid sing-song. He tapped the with his cane. “$300. Gimme three, gimme three, three … I see four! Who’ll gimme four-fifty, four-fifty, fifty, fifty …” One by one, the buyers claimed their prizes and we turned a page on the farm.
1997 … the last harvest on The River Farm
Many years later, in 1997, after Mom roasted the Thanksgiving turkey and my wife made the pies, the whole family sate table, and looked at the newly fallow fields stretching to the dark trees along the river. We had just finished our 50th harvest. Our last. My parents had managed to ‘farm a view’ that was now covered by a conservation easement. From now on, The River Farm would produce wild grass and trees, not corn and soybeans. The news filled me with unexpected melancholy. I feared the absence of the seasonal rhythms of planting, cultivating, and harvesting would severe a visceral link between the fields that had sustained us and an abiding sense of gratitude.
Mom and Dad were tenacious.
In the following decade, Dad breached the levees and tile lines, restored wetlands, and planted trees. Despite his good stewardship, I felt increasingly disconnected from the farm as it became something different from the childhood grange that had formed me. Mom and Dad stayed on the farm until the end of their lives. Now they rest across the river on the ridge near a granite boulder among the bloodroot and wild phlox where they used to camp and watch the migrating songbirds. There was a tenacious majesty to their persistence in ‘farming a view’ and bringing about a landscape that reflected their vision. They never described their intention concretely yet they worked at fulfilling it with silent determination.
I haven’t lived at The River Farm for nearly 50 years but I have never left home completely. None of us do. The farm I remember, the one that haunts me, is the farm of my youth where each field presented a distinct face, depending on the crop and the season. I still see the oats turning amber in July with thunderheads coasting along on the horizon. On long-shadowed August evenings with cricket songs, I see corn standing next to velveteen alfalfa hemmed by the woods lining the river. In this promised land of memory, the scene is more artistic than agricultural. This is the farm I where I grew up, and where I still grow up.
On long-shadowed August evenings of with cricket songs …
As a youth and young adult, I was too green to appreciate the dismal prospects of this soggy tract with its draughty house and battered barns. Now, 70 years later, I am amazed at my parents’ tenacious grit in bringing this run-down farm to a productive peak and then, after 50 years, expanding their vision to turn the fields and woods into a landscape wilder than it was when we arrived. It looks as if we had never farmed it. This morning I came to the farm to hand the keys to its new owners. After a brief history of the place, and a few minutes of small talk, I wish them well as I leave the house.
I get out of my car by the mailbox, the spot where Dad stopped the car in 1947. We held title to this land for 67 years but the land possessed us more than we ever possessed it. This tract of southern Minnesota soil belongs to someone else now but it is still my family’s home in the geography of my heart. My parents, neighbors, and friends still live there in memory. Their words point my way forward, like cairns on a trail across level plains. With my face to the sun and back to the wind, I need only close my eyes to see the farm again as a three year-old because time is fluid and memories flow easily between 1947 and now.
By R. Newell Searlein childhood memories, Daily prompt, family, family history, farm life, memory, reflection, the past April 9, 2017 2,622 Words2 Comments
Murmurations—the undertones of life
Several years ago, at a high school reunion, I ran into a classmate I hadn’t seen in decades. The intervening years had done their work of addition and subtraction on our features. Although I couldn’t register his face, I knew him from the timbre of his voice when he said, ‘You don’t remember me, do you?’ From deep in the pool of memory came a spark of recognition. His voice rose from the undertone of high school memoires, part of the on-going drone of young adults trying out their identities. We were never close friends but I recognized his voice as part of the murmuration I had ignored in the moment.
Sounds may well be among the most durable of sensations. While in the womb we hear our mother’s voice. I KNOW that voice, the change in pitch, and after my birth, the hummed tune, the hushing sounds, the cooing as I was coddled and nursed. I don’t think anyone loses this though the memory has no distinct image or event. So it is with many things we fail to notice clearly at the time. Yet, later in life, a sound, a voice, some chance thing brings recognition of some experience I forgot or a fragment I never knew before. Life is a fabric woven with the soughing of sounds barely heard yet recorded and recalled.
I look forward to the murmuration of spring as living things emerge after the deeper silences of winter. The whisperings pull me back to other times. Snowmelt triggers boyhood memories of winter dripping off the eaves over my bedroom. A steady, throbbing, plip-plip-plip of melting snow seeming to match my own pulse. Out in the pasture, the plip-plips had gathered to gurgle through tunnels under the snowbanks. Miniature rivers ran to the creek in the pasture and became a rushing sound that joined the river overflowing its banks with a burden of ice floes crashing one into the other.
Soon after the snow left, but before the grass greened, when the first dandelions opened fuzzy blossoms, the bees busied themselves by day. Their murmurations as they collected nectar among the petals promised warmer days ahead. Bees speak softly and I rarely heard them as distinctly and acutely as the songs of cardinals, robins, and orioles. The murmur of bees was a base note, a simple sentence punctured with the exclamation points of birds. While the yard is drab from winter’s ravages, the sound of a Minnesota bee in late March reassures me spring is nigh. When I stop to listen, I hear them in various places at the same time. It isn’t simply their sound arrests me; rather, I am in thrall to the eidetic memories connected to their murmurings.
The undertones of murmuration sometimes brings rumors of trouble and danger. Anyone growing up on the prairie know the mumble of distant thunder. Sometimes the tone is so low, we feel it as a physical vibration through the soil. Grumbling thunder may mean nothing at all, or it could herald disaster. The thundercloud always contains both salvation and destruction. Saving rain falls in dry seasons, disastrous floods or tornados come in wetter years. Long before they arrive, I know them by their mutter.
I am, and we are, a bundle of memories and emotions whose residence lies far beyond the powers of cognition. We can no more manufacture and recall some of them then we can see our faces without a reflecting surface. And of the senses, our memories of sound and the echoes of susurrations long-ignored remind me of a past that isn’t really the past so long as sounds retain the power to bring memories into the present. It’s impossible to be conscious of all things in a single moment. Yet, by some miracle of our creation and evolution, our ear and mind record much of what passes without notice. When a murmur, a voice, a susurration registers, it fills me with a sense of homecoming. I find it useful to think of these things as sound buoys that guide me through the fogs of life. They warn me of the rocks and shoals, capes and harbors of life’s voyage. All these things are stored in an emotional attic, ready for release as a warm memory or sharp warning, as essential as breathing.
By R. Newell Searlein childhood memories, Daily prompt, farm life, reflection, undertone of lifeAside March 13, 2017 Leave a comment
Sound is something it’s easy to take for granted. Like the air I breathe, I take it for granted unless something stands out in the sound cloud around me. Then, maybe a noise I hear in isolation, triggers a memory. At once, the present moment dissolves, and I’m inside a past moment; it’s a spark of time as fresh and real as the original. These reverberations of the past never erode or rust or lose their power. They’re visceral, eidetic, and so penetrating that important parts of my life, my very soul, was shaped by them. It may be that my individuality and yours are defined as much by echoes as by fingerprints.
Living in Oaxaca, Mexico, I wake about 5:30 each morning to the sound of roosters crowing from atop a nearby house. While this may annoy some sleepers, the rooster’s crow transports me back to childhood. It’s morning once more on the farm. The eastern sky blooms and the first amber light washes across the field, infiltrates the oak tree outside my window, and falls across my bed. Roosters and daybreak are inseparable. The bravado of crowing foretells a day of unforeseen possibilities. On a farm, there is the plan for the day, and then there is what really happens. The cock’s crow reminds me of possibilities and pitfalls to come.
You may laugh, but I will swear it is possible to hear corn growing. I know I did on humid, July nights, when no breezes stirred southern Minnesota. Lying in bed, I heard the faintest of sounds outside, as if someone were tearing paper slowly and carefully to make no noise at all. But something was ripping in the lower fields. It was the sound made by leaves of corn splitting their sheaths as they unfurled in the muggy darkness. It was a ‘green noise’ that often lulled me to sleep when nothing else could.
Our hogs filled an important place in my childhood soundscape of hums, thuds, crashes and swishes. Their guttural voices were as integral to my world as the acres of oats and corn, the woods, and the prairie river. Grunting hogs sang contrapuntal base notes to the roosters’ shrill falsettos. Pigs often carried on in a low, soft hum punctuated by a squeal. They usually fed at night, and took turns eating at the individual feed boxes covered with metal lids. In sixes and sevens, they nosed up the lids, then grunted contentedly as they smacked on ground oats and corn. When sated, each pulled his snout from the lid and it fell with a ‘clunk.’ Many nights, I fell asleep listening to grunt, smack-smack-smack, grunt. Clunk! This rhythm lasted until I left for college, and Dad sold the hogs. For a long time afterward, on visits home, I unconsciously listened for them and, when I didn’t hear them, knew a part of me was no longer resident there either.
The prairie wind is a maestro of sounds and moods, depending on the month and weather. A March wind has a wet smell, and roars through the bare oaks about the house ahead of a warm front. It’s a fickle wind that often produces a late spring blizzard more often than bluebirds. At the season’s other end, a November gale through these same oaks blusters like a bully, heralding the on-set of cold and darkness. In between, the wind often whispers ‘sweet nothings’ to leaves on a summer’s eve. Like great compositions, the wind may use a caesura, a full stop amid a storm, and in the fragment of silence, I can hear an individual drop of rain fall from a leaf and strike the ground with a fat ‘plop.’ The wind talks. For those who listen, there is much to be learned from the wind.
Farm life wasn’t completely cut off from the larger world. During the 1950s, we depended on AM radio (WCCO-Minneapolis) and the rural telephone to Janesville, six miles away. In those days, the radio gave us farm market reports, ball games, soap operas, the New York Philharmonic concerts, the Jack Benny Show, and CBS News. Static on AM radios also told us more about the weather than the Weather Service. Faint static meant a distant and possible thunderstorm. As static increased in intensity and frequency, so did the storm probability. Our telephone (a wooden box with a crank and speaker) connected us to a party line of 12. We knew who got calls by the pattern of rings. More than that, however, the phone was our Doppler before there was Doppler. In stormy weather, the a ‘ping’ on the phone meant lightning nearby. Frequent ‘pings’ meant the storm was nearly upon us.
We lived about three miles from the former town of St. Mary but only the church remained. In the 1950s, early on Sunday mornings, I heard the peal of its bell as the local Catholics went to Mass. As the rural population thinned, the diocese closed the church, and it fell victim to time and neglect. I last saw it on a summer evening, shuttered but humming with the sound of bees swarming about a hole in its eaves. Only the cemetery remains but, somewhere in the heavens, the reverberations of that bell continue to ripple toward eternity.
It’s a fact that most farmers can tell you the make of tractor solely by its sound. I grew in a neighborhood of green John Deere and red International Harvester models. The Deere’s two-cylinder engines made a distinct ‘pop-pop-pop’ sound and folks called them ‘Johnny Poppers.’ International’s produced a deep, steady growl. We owned small, gray Fords that purred. Yet, despite the make of tractor, their sound faded quickly with distance. Some of my deepest memories are of twilight on spring evenings, hearing my father whistling Broadway show tunes as he tilled a field for planting. As sure as the sun came up in the east, I knew his restless soul was utterly content and he wanted nothing more than to make the brown, prairie soil ready for seed.
You may think of the country as a quiet, tranquil place. It is tranquil but never silent. A farm and its countryside are filled with sounds. As a lad, I heard them distinctly because I had few distractions. Each echo, hum, reverberation, crash, jingle, swish, roar, and vibration held meaning. Some brought pleasure, others warned of danger or accompanied pain. Yet each played a part in who I became, and who I know myself to be. Sounds are visceral, indelible, and as much a part of myself as my DNA. Many things combine to make us humans, but I think our individual identities a made, in part, by a distinct sound-cloud of memory and meaning.
By R. Newell Searlein communication, Daily prompt, farm life, Reflections, the present, transformationAside February 16, 2017 2 Comments
Fishing—It’s seduction by another name
The allure of trout
I fish. I fish because it’s been a predestined part of my life since the age of two when my Dad gave me a book; Trout, by Ray Bergman. Published a couple years before my birth, it is a literary classic on trout and how to fish them. In the fly-leaf, my 23-year-old father inscribed his hope we would fish together someday. And we did. For 62 years.
Fishing fills me with wonder because it is ancient and yet still an essential foraging skill in certain parts of the world. In my life, however, fishing is an art, the subject of literature, and imbued with romance. Trout bedazzle me with their cunning beauty. Red and black spots speckle the bronze sides of the brown trout, and the mottled green-black sides of the brook trout are intensified by the contrasting red and white trim of their fins. Brown and brook trout are beautiful creatures of such allure as to weave a spell over those who seek them. I’m hooked.
Trout draw me to the stream and I’m enthralled with the life living along it. A day of fishing infuses me with the sound of running water, and the shrubbery twitters of warblers, thrushes, and catbirds. I see more clearly when blinded by light, broken and refracted on the riffle of water sliding over the shingle of limestone. Delicate mayflies, ephemeroptera, rising from the water’s film, mating and dying, tell me trout may soon feed with carnal abandon. And most of all, I’m enchanted by the trout themselves. The world as they see and know it intimately is a world I can’t enter, except through imagination.
Home waters beneath the limestone cliff
Our home waters is a half-mile of a spring-fed stream in southeast Minnesota. For more than 60 years, my father and I fished this stretch of water flowing along the base of a sheer, limestone cliff where delicate harebells and ferns grow on narrow ledges. A hundred or more feet above us, ground-hugging junipers lean over the cliff like curious gargoyles. Our stream chuckles sibilantly over limestone shards, and gurgles around blocks of stone in the deeper pools beneath the bank. This is where Dad and I first fished together, and where we last fished together.
I learned by watching Dad fish
Early on, along these banks, he taught me the rudiments of fishing. In my first years, Dad fished close by me and, if he hooked one, handed his rod to me so I could learn to play the trout and bring it to the stream bank. Sometimes he stood behind me, his put his hands on my arms, and guided my cast so I learned the timing in setting the hook. If I was too slow, the trout spit out the fly. If I was too quick, I jerked the fly from its mouth.
Beyond that, there was only so much a father could teach a young son, and only so much a youth was willing to learn directly from his old man. Dad fished methodically, patiently working the water before moving farther. From watching him, I learned to cast rhythmically, lay a tiny fly on a spot 25 feet away, and gauge how the currents would affect the drift of my line and fly. After that, I had to learn and develop, by trial and error, my personal style of fishing.
Fishing together, separately
We fished together but separately, keeping several hundred yards of stream between us. When either of us hooked a trout, he or I whistled an alert so the other could watch and enjoy what we hoped was a spectacle. On difficult days, when trout were few, we stopped to compare notes on what flies worked best, or in where in the stream—riffles, pools or deep runs—the trout seemed to be skulking. Or we talked about the type of rises we saw—the lunge into the air after a caddis, the subtle suck that pulled a mayfly under, or maybe subsurface foraging of emergent insects. Wooing a trout entailed fashioning an approach—upstream or down, a particular fly—floating or sunken, a lair—riffles or pools. Out of consultations were memories made and bonds forged.
I taught my daughters as dad taught me
Decades later, I took my daughters to this stream and taught them fishing the way Dad taught me, then released them to fish on their own. I still see my oldest daughter, red hair pinned up, overalls rolled above her knees, standing in a mountain stream catching one rainbow trout after another. And see my youngest daughter showing off the prowess she honed while working summers on a Wyoming dude ranch. They validated everything I learned from Dad and taught to them.
The anticipation of fishing gives nearly as much satisfaction as fishing itself. The rod, the line, the fishing vest retain residual scents of fish oils and sunlight. A week before the opener, nothing is pleasanter than checking the waders, the boots, flies, and the net. Within these simple tasks lie memories if not stories of other days. Nothing bonds fishermen together like shared memories and tales well told. Some fish stories we tell are true but there are others stories we tell because we wish they were true. And in telling them, they acquire a kind of truth that need not rely on facts.
The means of seduction
In the end, whether fishing for food or for sport, I think the idea of fishing and the act fishing constitute a form of seduction. Getting the trout to rise to a fly made of feathers and silk requires great skill. The good cast is an act of physical grace, and choosing and presenting an irresistible fly is the craft of the heart. Like any good seduction, there is a hook hidden within an attractive proposal. But there is an unanswerable question: Who is the seducer and who is the seduced? Is the seducer the exquisite trout that calls the fisherman to the stream to spend his day casting in hope of a conquest? Or is the seduced the trout that falls for the fisher’s proposal, the artificial fly? Like so many pleasurable seductions, both parties share a willingness to seduce and be seduced. And that, perhaps, is the allure of the stream.
By R. Newell Searlein childhood memories, companionship, Daily prompt, family history, moralityAside December 17, 2016 Leave a comment
Minnesota Weather—It’s Mythic Enough
Do you write off a mythic account as an entertaining yarn, a bit of folklore or a campfire tale? In other words, does a mythic story lack truth? Minnesotans love to talk about their weather because it is truly mythic in its reality.
Mythic comes from mythos, a Greek word for allegory, narrative, and parable. In ancient times, mythos was used to explain complex, unknowable aspects of life—truths that defied explanation solely by logos—the Greek word for reasoned discourse, an account or an opinion. Minnesota’s well-earned reputation for its weather is truthful when recounted as both logos and mythos.
Halloween Snow totals 1991
My state lies in the crosshairs of three major climate systems: moisture streaming north from the Gulf of Mexico, cold fronts barreling southeast out of the Canadian Arctic, and a gentle Pacific flow off the Rocky Mountains. At any moment, any two of them may collide over the state. Non-Minnesotans think our weather is hyped, a fairy tale, like unicorns or Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox. It’s true, we brag about our weather to non-Minnesotans, especially around the benighted hot-house souls living in warmer climates. We do it for effect. Our reality inhabits our mythic weather stories.
Today—November 18—is a perfect example. I woke at 7 a.m. to the loud rumble of thunder and strings of cloud to ground lightning, then a heavy downpour that swept floating islands of oak leaves down the street. When the rain stopped, hail plinked against the windowpanes and rattled on the wooden deck like peas in a can. The sun almost shone for a few minutes before heavy mist wrapped us in gray droplets. Sleet hissed as it fell on the leaves. An hour later, the snow began; first as a light flurry, then a heavier fall driven by the wind.
At this time yesterday (2:00 p.m.), the temperature stood at 58° F., the sun shone in a clear sky, and I mowed the lawn for the second time this November. Now, the lawn lies under a pallid sheet of snow, the temperature hovers at 34° F., the northwest wind howls at 35 mph with a wind chill of 21° F.
Today’s storm, like so many November storms , follows the southwest to northeast track of its many predecessors. As the Gulf moisture glides north, it is shunted northeast when frigid Canadian air slams into it over western Minnesota. As I write this, a blizzard with eight inches of snow, and counting, pummels the farms and villages west of Minneapolis. Roads are closed and the plows have pulled back. The plume of heavy snowfall is shifting northeast toward Duluth. For there, it will drift up the North Shore of Lake Superior and bury my cabin under a foot or more. This snow may last the winter. There is a stark magnificence in the North Country’s first snowfall. How I wish I could see it!
Blizzard. No school today.
We cherish our blizzards because they test us and we survive them! They’re terrifying if we’re caught on the highway but we feel especially cozy and blessed in our homes. Blizzards leave us with eidetic memories. My favorites are those of my childhood on the farm. Heavy snow meant no school and no chores. I was 10 the year we had six blizzards in succession. They all started the same way. Mild temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, then light snow on Wednesday, heavy snow on Thursday, and white-outs on Friday. Drifts of four-five-and six feet piled up in the windbreak behind the house. They rose across the roads like mountain ranges. No one moved.
The ‘Cat’ clears the way.
The county plow struggled to clear a lane by Saturday or Sunday. When it cleared the road, Mom raced to town for a week’s worth of groceries. I went to school on Monday, and things went back to normal until Wednesday, when the snow began again. This pattern repeated itself all of February and into March. We had so much snow the county hired bulldozers to buck the drifts rising eight and 10 feet. Dad hired a ‘Cat’ to clear our 400 feet of driveway—only to have it drift in again. I wondered at a world reshaped by the night wind—and I loved it!
Great Armistice Day Blizzard
The elderly of the ‘Greatest Generation’ still remember the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940. The day began clear with temperatures in the 60’s. Hundreds of men went out hunting ducks and pheasants in their shirt-sleeves and light jackets. Temperatures plummeted, from the 60’s on the 11th to the single digits by the next morning. Without warning, heavy snow—at least 16 inches in Minneapolis—moved in driven by 60 mph winds. When the storm blew out, 49 people lay dead, many of them hunters. This isn’t a myth.
Halloween blizzard 1991
Fast forward a half-century to the Great Halloween Blizzard of 1991. It followed today’s storm track. That evening, I took my girls trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. We left in a snow flurry and came home an hour later, scuffing through leaves and an inch of snow. How novel! We woke the next morning with 18 inches of snow on the ground, and a total of 28 inches by the time the storm ended two days later. Hardly anything moved for days, and the snow stayed until April. This is a memory, not a tall tale.
Is Minnesota weather mythic? Yes! But it’s not a legend or a fiction. It’s our reality. We don’t create myths to describe the weather of our state. That is isn’t necessary. All need to do is look out our windows and report on what we see. That’s mythic enough.
By R. Newell Searlein childhood memories, Daily prompt, mythic, Reflections, UncategorizedAside November 18, 2016 Leave a comment
The youthful glory of the kill..
Our usual gang of hunters.
Ready to hunt–Dad and John
Waiting, Hoping and Wondering
As a boy, I waited eagerly for many things. Waiting generated anticipation, hope, and impatience for time to pass swiftly. Waiting tested my self-control, and I learned to distract myself from the object of my attention. When you are a boy, and you think a day of waiting is an eternity, it helps to have something else to do.
Despite summer’s many delights on our farm, I longed for mid-October. Nothing delighted me like the shorter days, colder nights, the half-harvested fields of corn, the frost on the grass, and the pastel sunsets. Why? Because the seasons for hunting pheasants and ducks began in October. At the age of 13 or 14, I had no qualms about taking the lives of sentient creatures. I waited for glorious day when I could blast them out of the sky with a single shot.
Pheasant season opened in mid-October, and on that day my mother prepared lunch for the usual gang of hunters. Besides my father, there was John, our banker; Irv, who ran the feed mill, and his son Buddy; Doc, our dentist; Ed, the retired forest ranger, and me. We gathered in the house about 11 a.m., filled our plates with sloppy Joes on a bun, potato chips, a pickle, and a soda or coffee—the traditional opening day lunch. The dogs—two Weimaraners, and a setter—waited outside.
Our clock struck noon. Time to go. We heard muffled ‘booms’ in the distance where other hunters shot at birds. Each of us shrugged into our canvas hunting jacket, picked up our shotgun and stepped outside to start the ‘drive’ or sweep across the fields. Dad organized everyone so two men walked the sides of the cornfields and the rest of us spread out between them with the dogs.
State law limited each hunter to killing three rooster per day, and no hens. Holding our shotguns across our chest at port arms, we crashed our way into the cornfield. I heard the flutter of wings, followed by ‘Hen!” No shots. Then another flutter and the ‘BOOOM!’ of someone’s 12 gauge. And so it went all one opening afternoon in the mid-1950s. We spent hours working through each cornfield and weed patch where pheasants hunkered close to the ground.
I was about 15, and our gang had hunted most of the farm, and were walking back toward the house for coffee and cookies. We walked seven abreast across a hayfield, each man about 50 feet from the next. Easy walking there because the alfalfa was barely ankle height and offered no real cover to hide a bird. The afternoon was about spent, and so were we. We walked along, talking, with our guns slung casually over our shoulders. Suddenly, a rustle of wings. Cackling. A rooster shot out of the alfalfa at the far left end of our line. It flew six feet off the ground and 30 feet in front of us. The pheasant’s wings beat frantically, its neck stretched straight out, and its bronze feathers gleaming in the late afternoon sunshine. Pheasants always appear easy to kill on the wing.
“I got ‘em!” Ed yelled. BOOM! but the bird kept flying. As the rooster flew along our line, each of yelled, “I got ‘em!” BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! As the terrified bird flew faster. One by one we fired until the cock reached the right end of our line, soared upward a few feet, cleared the top of some brush, and vanished in our woods. Nary a feather did we touch. We stood in place, mouths agape. No one said anything. Then Ed laughed, a sneezy, nasal laugh. A laugh of self-mockery. We caught it and laughed until we wept, laughed until we gasped for air. The bird made a fool of us all. It was worth waiting for.
Besides pheasants, I waited for the ducks. Waterfowl fascinated me until I was obsessed with them. When I could, I stalked the riverbank in hopes of flushing a mallard, or went over the ridge to a pothole hoping to bag at least a blue-winged teal. The greatest prize, however, would be downing a Canada goose.
At that time, the Canada geese were non-existent in our area. The only ones we saw were the northerners migrating south ahead of the Canadian winter. Some men I knew spent a lot of money to hunt them farther west. That was out of my boyish league. Someday, if I waited, I might afford it.
I bagged all the geese I could ever want one November day in the late 1950s. A steel gray overcast covered the sky and the chilly north wind foretold wintry weather ahead. Dad and I were picking the last of the corn when I heard something and looked up. High above us, I saw a skein of geese winging south. Then another line of geese, and another.
All day, hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of geese passed over our heads. I wanted to hunt, then and there, but they flew too high to reach them with my shotgun. Hour after hour, they moved in long undulant lines, in skeins of rippling birds honking, cackling, and muttering as they rode the the hard north wind. They traveled in large flocks of Canada geese, snow geese, blue geese, and the smaller brants.
I had never seen so many geese before, nor have I seen that many in the years since. Each year I waited and hoped I might see such a migration again. Before going to bed that night, I stepped outside in the windy darkness. They were still there, high up, calling, cackling, honking on ahead of the winter gales. It was a moment of wonder that has lasted a lifetime.
By R. Newell Searlein childhood memories, Daily prompt, farm life, Reflections, seasonsAside October 19, 2016 Leave a comment
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Disney's not crazy about all the dang smoking in Spielberg's West Side Story remake
Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer (Getty Images)
Disney’s tendril-y absorption of 20th Century Fox continues to have odd knock-on effects for the entertainment industry as a whole, even those parts of it that are normally considered sacrosanct. Like, say, Hollywood royalty Steven Spielberg, whose latest obsession—besides his recently-backed-off-of feud with Netflix, at least—has been an upcoming remake of West Side Story. True to the original play (and the Oscar-winning 1961 film adaptation), Spielberg’s movie will apparently see the Sharks and the Jets engage in all sorts of anti-social behavior, fighting, stabbing each other, and—in that most dire of cinematic sins—smoking on camera, because who’s going to tell Steven Spielberg not to include stuff like that in his movies?
So anyway, Disney has apparently been telling Steven Spielberg not to include stuff like that in his movies, or at least the ones the studio intends to distribute for itself. See, Spielberg was developing West Side Story at Fox, and now Disney owns Fox, and so suddenly the corporate megagiant is being forced to put its big, fleshy pseudopod down on the topic of lighting up on-screen. (The stabbings are still apparently cool.)
This is per THR, which is reporting on the wider state of Fox’s slate of films as it trundles merrily into Mickey’s all-consuming mega-maw. For a lot of movies (especially those without an easily proven franchise track record) that means outright cancellation. And even Spielberg apparently isn’t immune to notes. But while our own personal compromise of choice— “I love to vape in America, rip cotton hard in America!”—probably won’t make the cut, there is a more elegant solution supposedly in the works. Although it killed off the Fox 2000 label shortly after the acquisition, and announced that Fox as an entity will be releasing far fewer films on its watch, Disney still has plans for the 20th Century Fox brand as a whole. It’s potentially viewing the studio as a place to release movies like West Side Story, filled as they are with objectionable material like the existence of smoking in 1950s America.
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Precision Therapeutics’ Helomics Division Selected by AccuGenomics as Preferred Lab Partner for NIIMBL Grant
MINNEAPOLIS, May 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Precision Therapeutics Inc., (Nasdaq: AIPT) (“Precision” or “the Company”), a company focused on applying artificial intelligence to personalized medicine and drug discovery, announced today that its Helomics division has been selected as the preferred laboratory to provide laboratory services for the recently funded National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) grant to develop test kits, which will be branded as Accukit, for screening of microbial and viral contamination of biopharmaceuticals with its partner AccuGenomics, Inc. The Accukit development is in partnership with AccuGenomics, Celgene, Merck and North Carolina State University (NCSU) with the goal of improving biosafety testing for biopharmaceutical products.
“The opportunity to contribute to innovative approaches to drug development is an important part of our business. Having received the highest inspection marks from NYSDOH and California, our state of the art and highly recognized CLIA-certified lab in Pittsburgh contributes to our remaining at the cutting edge of innovation with leading edge partners that utilize our boutique contract research services,” commented Gerald Vardzel, President of Helomics. “We are particularly pleased to be working as the preferred laboratory in conjunction with such notable partners as AccuGenomics, Celgene, Merck and NCSU in creating these biosafety test kits.”
According to the grant proposal, Helomics will collaborate with AccuGenomics to develop an innovative, highly sensitive Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based testing platform to streamline screening of microbial and viral contamination of biopharmaceuticals. The Accukit will be able to detect 22 known adventitious viruses and bacteria at sensitivity levels required to pass strict Quality Control standards. The platform is also easily extendable to detect potential new contaminating agents.
“Collaborating with Helomics on this development program provides significant confidence to all participants in achieving a successful outcome, and we are pleased to have them as our preferred laboratory for providing quality NGS services,” added Nick Lazaridis, CEO of AccuGenomics. “Their unparalleled expertise, coupled with their high-quality laboratory and bioinformatics services have created an excellent partnership environment from which we expect superior results.”
Precision Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AIPT) operates through its three wholly owned subsidiaries, Helomics, TumorGenesis and Skyline Medical. Helomics applies artificial intelligence to its rich data gathered from patient tumors to both personalize cancer therapies for patients and drive the development of new targeted therapies in collaborations with pharmaceutical companies. Helomics’ CLIA-certified lab provides clinical testing that assists oncologists in individualizing patient treatment decisions, by providing an evidence-based roadmap for therapy. In addition to its proprietary precision oncology platform, Helomics offers boutique CRO services that leverage its TruTumor™, patient-derived tumor models coupled to a wide range of multi-omics assays (genomics, proteomics and biochemical), and an AI-powered proprietary bioinformatics platform (D-CHIP) to provide a tailored solution to its clients’ specific needs. Precision’s TumorGenesis subsidiary is developing a new rapid approach to growing tumors in the laboratory, which essentially “fools” cancer cells into thinking they are still growing inside a patient. Its proprietary Oncology Discovery Technology Platform kits will assist researchers and clinicians to identify which cancer cells bind to specific biomarkers. Once the biomarkers are identified they can be used in TumorGenesis’ Oncology Capture Technology Platforms which isolate and help categorize an individual patient’s heterogeneous tumor samples to enable the development of patient specific treatment options. Helomics and TumorGenesis are focused on ovarian cancer. Precision’s Skyline Medical subsidiary markets its patented and FDA cleared STREAMWAY System which automates the collection, measurement and disposal of waste fluid, including blood, irrigation fluid and others, within a medical facility, through both domestic and international divisions. The company has achieved sales in five of the seven continents through both direct sales and distributor partners. For more information, please visit www.precisiontherapeutics.com.
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The whole story: Before and after video of Nathan Phillips, #MAGAyouth and more
byVincent Schilling
Jan 20, 2019 -edited
Controversy is brewing over the incident, but videos provided to Indian Country Today by Kaya Taitano show a clear story
As social media has exploded over the weekend regarding the video-captured incident of Catholic High School students mocking Native American elder and Vietnam-era veteran Nathan Phillips, four videos provide to Indian Country Today by Kaya Taitano show a clear story of what happened prior, during and after the incident that has now been shared worldwide.
Nathan Phillips told Indian Country Today in an interview on Saturday that he had gone into the situation, then realized he might be in a precarious position once he stepped in between the crowds of people.
See related: An interview with Nathan Phillips on the #MAGAYouth incident
Video 1 of 4 - Indigenous Peoples March #MAGAyouth, Nathan Phillips and others
On Sunday, several media outlets reported that the mother of the Covington Catholic High School student who stood face to face with Nathan Phillips had blamed the incident on “Black Muslims” who were standing at the base of the Lincoln Memorial while the students were standing on the stairs. Others on social media stated the men identified themselves as “Black Israelites.”
For a brief moment at the beginning of the video, a priest is seen watching from behind the boys.
In an email to a Heavy.com reporter and article, the mother wrote in an email, “Shame on you! Were you there? Did you hear the names the people where calling these boys? It was shameful. Did you witness the black Muslims yelling profanities and video taping trying to get something to futher (sic) your narrative of hatred?? Did you know that this “man” came up to this one boy and drummed in his face? Shame on you. Only reporting what you want. More fake news.”
In the video, the interactions can be seen and heard. The men, since identified as “Black Israelites” say things like “We have angels around us,” and “This is what Makes America Great Again,” while pointing at the crowd of high school students.
The high school students continue to yell and scream and one boy removes his shirt as the excitement of the boys grows.
Nathan Phillips enters in between the crowd and the Black Israelites singing a prayer song, known as the AIM song.
Phillips told Indian Country Today he admitted that he didn't really realize what he had gotten into until he was in the middle of it.
He said, “What am I doing?” You know? But this is the commitment when I picked up the pipe 27 years ago. It's for the next generation. It’s when that moment comes and you got to stand your ground. That commitment that you made to either fulfill that or you don't. I mean, I was scared and I didn't want to. I really, I really didn't want to, but nobody else was.”
Video by Kaya Taitano provided to Indian Country Today.
Update: Further video footage found.
Video footage posted on the patheos blog site titled "LETTERS FROM THE EDGE OF ELFLAND" shows the four men yelling expletives to Indigenous people at the march telling them that "God took away their land" for worshiping animals and that the word "Indian means savage." They also insult Native elders, women and men.
The men who are described as "Black Israelites, call the high school students 'dirty ass crackers' - One of the men also asks when is the last time a non-white person had shot up a school.
The author of the site post, David Russell Mosely describes egregious behavior by the men in the video.
"The video begins with a group of men shouting a variety of racial slurs mixed with Bible passages announcing that God has judged America and that now is a time for hate. Roman Catholics are called out for being pedophiles and faggots. Native Americans are called out for worshipping eagles, phoenixes, buffalo, and the wind. Blacks, hispanics, and Native Americans are all told that they are not black, hispanic, or Natives, rather they are the “Children of Israel.” This term does not apply to the people currently living in Israel, those who call themselves Jews, or white people.
Soon these men begin calling the students “dusty crackers” and products of incest. Cue Nathan Philips and his group.
Philips can be seen from this new angle clearly walking between the two groups. What he knew or what he thought about the situation I don’t know."
Watch the lengthy video here
Video 2 of 4 - Indigenous Peoples March incident Nathan Phillips and #MAGAyouth
In the second video, already seen in parts or the whole by the world, and as described in the video, “Nathan Phillips continues to sing and pray, and this is when the high school student steps in front of Phillips and doesn't move.”
Video 3 of 4 - Nathan Phillips and #MAGAyouth, a chaperone and more…
Nathan Phillips continues to sing and is joined by Quese IMC. Students continue to mock and sing along.
Video 4 of 4 - Indigenous Peoples Day incident - Nathan Phillips says "Relatives"
Nathan Phillips calls everyone relatives even after the mockery. Shortly after this video, he shares his thoughts on a previously shared video.
As previously reported, Nathan Phillips spoke after the incident, he said “these are indigenous lands, we never had walls,” in response to the “Build a Wall, Build a Wall” chants.
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye contributed to this report.
Follow Indian Country Today’s associate editor Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne Mohawk) on Twitter - @VinceSchilling
Email - vschilling@indiancountrytoday.com
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Condorman
Regarding to Nathan Phillips' remarks at the end- Yeah we know how it ended for the Native Americans. The European settlers had defensive fortification walls (clearly not "medieval" as some considered for the present day border wall). Never had prison? Tying up and confining someone as a captor or punishment is the definition of imprisonment.
tjar
The words written do not match what is shown in the video. It says that the boy stepped in front of Nathan Phillips when the video clearly shows that he singled out and started drumming right in the boys face. At first the boy seemed confused and awkwardly smiled and then he realized that Mr. Phillips was acting in a very aggressive and intimidating manner and decided to stand his ground. Fake news! What a shameful display of journalism.
patty2sink
The whole time the elder was drumming, the kid could have moved back. There was plenty of room.
weno
Thank you for posting the additional videos. With respect to the first video, I am struck wondering why the students were seemingly unsupervised for nearly 2 hours in front of the Lincoln Memorial where they traded insults and taunts with the Black Israelite group.
As Mr. Phillips wisely asked: Where were the teachers, parents, and chaperones? Why did they fail their young people?
thegreenkween513
I swear Nathan Phillips is an angel to have taken on such a hostile environment with such love, kindness, and compassion in the midst of disrespect and oppression. He cared so much for these people (both the Black Israelites and MAGA supporters) and tried to calm down the hostility in the atmosphere with prayer and compassion. He has such a beautiful soul that he still calls these people relatives, even after all the mockery. Mad props to Mr. Phillips. I wish he'd run for president, he'd have my vote!
Tejas Rob
“Nathan Phillips continues to sing and pray, and this is when the high school student steps in front of Phillips and doesn't move.”
That's a damn lie. The kid is just standing there and Nathan walks to him.
jimvan
you liars. The indigenous man sought out and came right up to kids minding their own business. he moved right up into that kids face and didn't back down. total fakery and total bullsh*t from you. your are just another media lying shill outfit., all b/c those boys wore MAGA hats. If they had Pussy hats on... this guy would not have walked up to them for sure@!!
One more story to make the Indigenous look like the "good" victim and the Whites as the perps. Seriously people?? If that were a White Elder going into an Indigenous crowd to "prevent" things from escalating, there would be hell to pay and a great deal of mud slung at the White as being an interference with their protest. There is no need for an apology except from the Elder who was obviously baiting, even race baiting. It is all in their own blame/victim/race card playing perception. I did not hear or see the protestors being ignorant, racist or mocking even making racist remarks unlike the Indigenous protestors were doing to the Catholic boys as they do to most "Whites" which I have even encountered from some Indigenous. Many Aboriginals make hateful racist remarks against Whites and it is purely acceptable? This is inequality and totally BS!! I have watched the video over and over to make an equal observation and I have found that the news media and many Aboriginals have blown this out of proportion to their own favor. It is anyone's perception that the boys were taunting, chanting, smirking when in reality it was the elder who interfered and started banging his drum and chanting. Why is it that the Aboriginals are always seen as being the "good" guy and the Whites always seen as the perps. Whereas, in this instance, it is clear, as in many cases, the Aboriginal and his supporters should have minded their own damn business. There is too much of crap going on in favor of the Aboriginals. Our freedom is being eroded while dick - taters (like this elder & his supporters) who make it look like they are as pure as the driven snow. Yet there is a great deal amount of racism, and disrespect for Whites or anyone who is not Aboriginal while many Aboriginals expect and demand respect which many have yet to earn including this elder. Just because you are an elder does not give you the right to be ignorant and disrespectful which in turn gives you no rights to be respected!! Fudge!!!
Oh PLEEEEEAAAAASE!!!
Draykorinee
Not what happened. He walks up to the boy and bangs a drum in his face.
This whole report is a nonsense.
Odinbear
MAGA HATS are the new WHITE HOODS. Make no mistake.
Nathan Phillips LIED, he is a disgrace to his cause and the US army should be ashamed of such an unscrupulous veteran. Nathan Philips is as vacuous as he is duplicitous, he exploited the media but he never considered the possibility of other video recordings implicating him.
Nishe100
Minding our own Damn business got us people like you. Why do think you deserve respect? For being white? Ain't white washing no more.
Kstickel85
It isnr white washing to respect someone and you have inly yourself to blame for who you are and how you act. Cant blame anyone for that. Respect is a human thing doesn't matter what skin color you are. It is common sense. People in general deserves respect when it should be given. You think you deserve respect....by what you said it would seem not
Kender30
This is garbage reporting. In none of the videos do you hear anything supporting the "build the wall" chants. You don't diffuse a situation by confronting the people who are having racial slurs and threats hurled at them. Phillips was out of line as he has been on many occasions. I understand that he is one of your identity politics intersectional hierarchy group and you want to protect him. I also respect the service he gave to our country. None of this excuses his actions or how he represented this to the media. He victimized the innocent. You are praising him for it. You should be ashamed.
@Nishe100. You are a racist bigot. You brought race into the conversation. Kstickel said EVERY human deserves respect, not white people deserve respect, not brown people, not green or blue people, ALL people deserve respect. What I would like to know is what made people like YOU? You and your words eliminate that respect. You are the "beast" Phillips described that child as. You should be ashamed of yourself.
ExWaCop85-90
This Native American Elder, a “Holder of the Pipe” has a recorded history of lying to support the leftist, socialist agenda. Do Native Americans no longer consider lying dishonorable? He lied while, as he stated, singing a song to his ancestors. Is that not dishonoring his ancestors, too? He lied about everything that took place, as proven by the numerous videos recorded during the incident. As a Elder representing the Native American tribes, he acted dishonorably. Do none of you feel shame at that? Will none of you speak out against that?
dramyeis
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Well stated from a friend: "I posted about this when it first happened and I haven’t shared anything on my wall since but I’ve been participating in other people’s discussions and watching lots of videos, etc. I was going to spend time this morning writing up a longer version of what I’ve seen and my conclusions about it all when someone thankfully shared this and I realized I can share it and let this person do the summary instead. This is what I’ve seen.
I will say that the group this person doesn’t know how to identify is part of the fringe group of Black Hebrew Israelites and I have encountered this group at every march or rally I’ve been to in the last probably5-7 years. They are hate filled and angry - usually spewing anti-Semitic rhetoric about Jews not being the real Jews because they are The Real Jews! And they really don’t like anyone with white skin at all. They have been determined to be a hate group according to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the reason no one can say exactly who this group is is because they have different local groups all over and go by different names as part of a movement. I will point out that the kids’ mother who jumped to his defense after the fact said they were “Black Muslims” and I am going to say that her response was inherently racist and reflective of the MAGA mentality about black People and their fear of Muslims.
Beyond that I will add this... several people have tried to defend the kid in the standoff with “he was uncomfortable” and here is my response to that:
Discomfort is expressed in different ways and those ways are determined by and reflect who you are and who you believe you are in relation to the person or thing causing your discomfort. Humility defers to an elder who is not being aggressive or threatening by stepping aside and allowing passage. Arrogance postures, peacocks and stares down. This is what this boy did and it is consistent with the racist undertones and micro and macro aggressions shown by those who don the MAGA hat.
I would caution against allowing your gut’s first impression (always accurate even if not always expressed appropriately) to be silenced by your logic brain and the excuses and justifications that have been offered for the behavior of these children. It is inherently racist and offensive even in light of the greater context."
anonymouscommenter
All people -- black, white, brown, native. -- really need to take a stand for the truth. There is so much untruth here. It is the lies that are tearing our nation apart.
Kljmullen
I applaud the fact that you at least post different viewpoints of this story. But people are judging these kids based on headwear, skin color, and religion. They are judging them based on their response in a situation they did not understand and could not remove themselves from ( they were waiting for a bus to take them home to Northern KY, they kind of had to stay put). Do you even know where they are from? Do you even know Native American history of this area? If you did you would know there are no reservations, no nearby nations, Shawnee and Cherokee are at least a couple hundred miles away. Cain-Tuck-Ee. The dark and bloody ground where Native Americans would not live. Therefore, we do not have the tensions and activism hete that other areas of the country have. Furthermore, people here brag about Native American ancestry because there is a lot of it. My son's great great grandfather was a Blackfoot. The Native Americans living here are just people like anyone else. We have festivals where Native groups do their thing, people don't harass them. I think generally we respect Native Americans and Catholics certainly stand in solidarity with oppressed, displaced and impoverished people of all types and colors. I believe you are attributing to these boys thinking that is just outside of their knowledge base. They simply did not understand, pure and simple. They are boys who thought Mr. Phillips might be joining them in solidarity but then didn't know what was going on when he got up to the kid's face. THAT was confrontational. Is that a "thing" where you live? Does it have some meaning to you? All it means to us is someone trying to intimidate and these kids stood their ground. If you REALLY think they were disrespectful maybe Mr. Phillips shpuld contact the school and apologize for being intimidating and start a dialogue. It is never a bad thing when people get educated on reasons why they protest.
Monkeyjudge
Atheism on all sides would clean this nonsense right up. Discover critical thinking, reasoning and science people. Every group in here bases their beliefs on myths and fairy tales. There is no empirical evidence to support a God of any sort. This is how bloodshed is spilled by the hands of the believers everywhere who have no clue how to believe in truth and reality. Stop with the Christians, Muslims, black groups, white groups, indians. This is all about "you must believe as I do or it will be necessary for me to kill you. This is what has been wrong with the human existence since it started. Everyone's angry because one side must be right and the other side must be wrong. It's all bullshit kids, so stop with the damn nonsense of it all. Atheism cures ALL forms of religious terrorism!
myAnthony
Just apologize to the kids already. Only the most idology-wracked hacks still believe the narrative you describe after see the Black Israelites full 2hr video.
Steven D R
"In the second video, already seen in parts or the whole by the world, and as described in the video, “Nathan Phillips continues to sing and pray, and this is when the high school student steps in front of Phillips and doesn't move.”
The student in question is standing when Phillips walks up to him and doesn't move. I have replied in tweets so many times to Vincent Shilling and now I have to write a reply to share this
Why can't a story be revised when the facts come out?
I've read so many tweets calling for violence on this teenager and his family and twitter says its not against their policy on violence and won't remove them.
Steinar Andersen
I watched the original edited video when this first came out (I didn't know it was conveniently edited at the time I saw it... the videographer made no mention of editing either). I was so angry at the students as I thought they dishonored a proud native/american and Veteran (I was seething). And then this morning, the other shoe falls & videos started being posted online from different devices... and I found myself redirecting my anger to Mr Philips after watching the entire complete videos.
Watch the 2 video's put out by the Black Israelites (the actual racists who were insulting the kids AND native/americans 50 - 75 ft away). I don't believe you've seen the below video (and why the Black Israelites posted their racist videos, who knows as it exposes their behavior as racist... not the kids). Mr. Philips (who DID instigate this) should have stood up to the racists, he picked on the kids instead (they must have seem an easier target). He obviously wanted to make a point (he did this 4 years ago also, in Michigan I believe). He walked over 75 ft INTO the crowd of kids (who were on the stairs - waiting for a bus with the Priest at the top of the stairs... and who was trying to keep the kids grouped together).
Mr Philips kept pushing further in (forcing the issue and the kids obviously didn't know what to do considering Philips raised his drum and beat it in front the the kids faces). I am a Veteran, and Mr. Philips has brought shame to himself. He lied to the media (blaming the kids). The evidence is in the below video. I recommend you post a retraction & apologize to the kids, (and hold Mr. Philips accountable for making a mountain out of a molehill and literally lying that the kids surrounded and mocked him). He is a grown man, and should admit his mistake.
All religions are full of untruths...beginning with zero evidence to support their origins as anything but a fairy tale. If this had been an area full of Atheists, there never would have been a problem, that's why the history of the world has millions of deaths over who is right about their religion being the "truthful" one when they are all full of crap.
nothingbuttruth
This story need sections of it corrected and out right retracted. If you watch the full unedited video, you see who the REAL racists are, and you also see that Mr Phillips got in the face of a kid who had no idea what to do. Why didnt he confront the racists? Because he said later there was "truth" to what they were saying!!! I guess hes ok then with them telling the Native Americans that they were savages, and they lost their land because they worship totem poles. Oh but by all means, thats nothing compared to a MAGA hat. More and more people are seeing this video everyday, seeing the truth and sharing it. BE HONEST.
Libertygirl777
The REAL racist/bigots/antangonists/aggressors in this event are those so-called "Black Hebrews"!!! WHY ISN'T ANYONE GOING AFTER THEM? Are they INVISIBLE?????
4TimesAYear
The boy did not step in front of Phillips. To the contrary, it was Phillips that went out of his way to approach the boys, and ultimately beat his drum in that boy's face. Sandmann was standing still. Watch the entire video.
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