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In Love with Her Boss
Christie Ridgway (forfatter)
In Love with Her Boss ebok
Lori Hanson had come to Whitehorn to start over-not to fall head over heels in love with her boss! She knew better than to risk her heart-her life-on another man. Besides, Josh Anderson was too attractive, too nice and...too dangerous. Nice because he cared about her. Dangerous because he made her want to care about him. Josh's alluring receptionist had secrets and fears she couldn't let go of, and all Josh wanted was to hold her in his arms and make everything better. Okay, so that …
Forfattere Christie Ridgway (forfatter)
Christie Ridgway 65,-
Bachelor boss
Liz Fielding, Christie Ridgway, Myrna Mackenzie 14,-
The Marriage Maker
The Reckoning
Mad Enough to Marry
Beginning With Baby
Lori Hanson had come to Whitehorn to start over-not to fall head over heels in love with her boss! She knew better than to risk her heart-her life-on another man. Besides, Josh Anderson was too attractive, too nice and...too dangerous. Nice because he cared about her. Dangerous because he made her want to care about him. Josh's alluring receptionist had secrets and fears she couldn't let go of, and all Josh wanted was to hold her in his arms and make everything better. Okay, so that wasn't all he wanted. Lori's presence made it all but impossible to work-except to count the ways to capture her heart!
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ECCHO RIGHTS TAKES NEW TURKISH DRAMA TO SPAIN AND ALBANIA
Eccho Rights has sold My Sweet Lie, a Turkish drama produced by O3 Medya for Star TV, to Mediaset España in Spain and to Digitalb in Albania. With 20 Turkish dramas currently on air in Spain and various premieres announced, the appetite for Turkish drama in Spain continuous to grow. The title marks the 8th drama Eccho Rights has sold into Spain.
“After its launch at MIPCOM we have received great feedback for this series. Clients are open to heart-warming, family-oriented stories like the one at the center of My Sweet Lie”, says Fredrik af Malmborg, Managing Director at Eccho Rights.
turkishdrama, drama, star tv, o3 medya, ecchorights, series, dramaseries, mysweetlie
ECCHO RIGHTS TAKES AWARD-WINNING DRAMA EVERYWHERE I GO TO SPAIN
Following its launch at MIPCOM this fall, Eccho Rights has sold Turkish drama Everywhere I go to Mediaset España’s Divinity in Spain.
The series is produced by Karga Seven Pictures, a Red Arrow Studios company, and premiered this summer in Turkey to excellent results on Fox. The series rapidly turned into the hit of the season. On top of winning over the Turkish audience, Everywhere I go received critical acclaim as well. Early November the series was awarded Best Romantic Series at this year’s Golden Lens Awards in Istanbul. Organized by the Turkish Association of Journalists, the Golden Lens Awards (Altın Objektif Ödülleri) celebrated the best in Turkish film, theater and television in their 24th edition this year.
“With nearly 20 Turkish dramas on air Spain, we don’t see this trend diminishing anytime soon. Everywhere I go is a great title for Spain, offering the perfect mixture of romantic comedy and drama,” says Barbora Suster, Head of Latin America and Iberia at Eccho Rights.
turkishdrama, drama, fox turkey, karga seven pictures, everywhere i go, ecchorights, series, dramaseries
ECCHO RIGHTS TO REPRESENT LOVE ME WORLDWIDE
Eccho Rights have agreed a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) Sweden to represent Swedish comedy drama LOVE ME worldwide, one of the most successful titles coming out of Scandinavia this year.
Premiering on NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay on Oct 11th, the series has received not only critical acclaim but rapidly rose to become the best performing drama to have ever been launched on the platform. It is written and directed by Josephine Bornebusch, one of the most prolific Swedish actresses famous for her performances in “Solsidan” and “Welcome to Sweden”. In addition to having created the show, she also stars in the main role. Sverrir Gudnason (Borg vs McEnroe) and Gustav Lindh (Queen of Hearts) form part of the cast as well.
Ahead of its premiere, the series was already renewed for a second season with filming currently underway. LOVE ME furthermore forms part of the lineup for the C21 International Drama Summit this week in London with a screening set for Thursday, Dec 5th, at 13.30, Kings Place.
“I am very happy to partner with Eccho Rights on the distribution of LOVE ME and look forward to the show reaching audiences across the globe. This warm and humorous series offers true-to-life characters that lend themselves to a feeling that this story is taking place here and now. We see a great potential for it to travel very well,” says Johan Hedman, Head of Drama at WBITVP Sweden.
drama, viaplay, ecchorights, dramaseries, loveme, nordicdrama, warnerbros
ECCHO RIGHTS BRINGS SCANDINAVIAN TITLES TO TOPIC
Eccho Rights has sold a trio of Scandinavian titles to Topic, a new streaming service launching on November 21, 2019 in the United States and Canada.
Highly successful Swedish drama HONOUR, which was recently renewed for a second season, premiered on Viaplay in August to record-breaking viewing figures. Based on an idea by Sofia Helin the series was developed together with Alexandra Rapaport, Julia Dufvenius and Anja Lundqvist who also star. The series is produced by Stockholm-based production company Bigster (co-headed by Rapaport).
Coming from Sweden as well is the gripping thriller CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE produced by Brain Academy. Directed by Charlotte Brändström, known around the world for her work on acclaimed series such as Outlander, the series explores the murky world of the international arms trade. The series premiered on Viaplay in September 2018.
Award-winning series INVISIBLE HEROES follows the remarkable exploits of Finnish diplomat Tapani Brotherus. The series was commissioned in a unique collaboration between Finnish broadcaster YLE and Chilevisión with a successful run in Finland this spring and an upcoming launch this fall in Chile. Recently, the drama was awarded various nominations for best series.
“We are very happy to start this fruitful collaboration with Topic, bringing quality content from all over the world to the US, a territory that is continuously opening up more to international, Non-English language productions” said Fredrik af Malmborg, Managing Director of Eccho Rights.
drama, ecchorights, series, topic, scandinaviandrama, dramaseries
North Star scores top ratings in Turkey
North Star roduced by Sürec Film for Show TV is developing incredibly well on Saturday nights in Turkey. The series has almost doubled the ratings from the strong start in September, now being the unquestioned No.1 in all target groups. North Star scores a stable 8% ratings and 20% share.
The romantic drama tells the story of Kuzey who grew up in a rural village in the north of Turkey where life was simple - he would get a job work in the family business, marry a local girl, have children of his own and then the cycle would start over again. But he couldn't escape the lure of the city, and having moved away to study as a young man he decided to stay and build a new life for himself.
turkishdrama, drama, surec film, show tv, north star, ecchorights, series
SISTERHOOD PREMIER ON STAR TV
Sisterhood, produced by Surec Film had its premier on Friday on Star TV.
Sürec Film is one of Turkey’s leading production companies behind a string of hit titles including Cennet, Cherry Season, New Bride, Bitter Sweet Life, Foster Mother, Kacak and more.
SISTERHOOD tells the story of Ipek, who is finalising her wedding plans when she is stunned to receive an anonymous letter telling her she has two sisters she never knew. The three agree to meet at the wedding. But as Ipek’s new husband Tekin angrily loses control after the party, they strike a fatal blow to his head in a desperate scuffle. Suddenly, in the course of a couple of days, these three go from not knowing of each other’s existence, to being at the centre of a murder cover-up together. And their newly-formed sisterly bond is immediately put to the test.
“We are convinced that SISTERHOOD will be one of the biggest hits this season and are proud and excited to represent yet another one of Sürec’s remarkable projects,” says Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at Eccho Rights.
turkishdrama, surec film, star tv, ecchorights
VLAD SEASON THREE COMMISSIONED IN ROMANIA
Romanian Pro TV has commissioned a third season of drama series VLAD following the smash hit success of the first two seasons, aired earlier this year.
Hailed by local critics as one of the best Romanian drama series of all time, VLAD scored top ratings both during its first season in February-March 2019 and on its return in September this year. VLAD was launched earlier this year at MIPTV in April where it was selected for the WIT's Fresh TV Conference.
“VLAD is the most ambitious scripted project that we have ever had at Pro TV, and we are extremely happy with the way it was received by the local audience. We are so excited to see where the third season will take us,” says Antonii Mangov, Senior Programming Executive at Pro TV.
Season three will premiere in early 2020.
drama, vlad, protv, ecchorights, series, third season
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SHOPS & BUSINESS
Are You Our Next Art Director?
BY Bobby Hart
POSTED Tuesday, April 3
We're looking for someone with a magic eye, creative mind and a vision that goes beyond the enticing images that grace our magazines and websites. Interested in joining our team at Tiger Oak Media? Check out the job description below and send a resume, cover letter with salary requirements and up to three samples of your creative work to Tamara Prato at tamara.prato@tigeroak.com by April 17th. No phone calls, please.
Tiger Oak Media
A Spring Soup Recipe to Awaken Your Senses
BY Julie Pfitzinger
POSTED Wednesday, March 28
It’s always exciting to spot that first robin in the backyard or see tender daffodil shoots peeking out of the brown dirt. There may be no Minnesota season that is more welcome than spring time, when we shake off those gray days and put away that down jacket for a few months. If you’re looking for ways to boost your five senses as we greet this new season, we have ideas ranging from bountiful bouquets of tulips to beautiful music to the delicious taste of asparagus, artichokes and morel mushrooms.
Edina Kids Get a Better Chance
BY Andy Greder
POSTED Tuesday, March 27
A fortune cookie recently told me: The greatest risk is not taking a risk.
More than 100 graduates of Edina’s A Better Chance program can attest to that.
They took advantage of the non-profit organization’s ability to provide them with an opportunity to leave their economically-challenged urban school districts for an education in Edina schools.
Party Pros Inspire
BY Nancy Eike
POSTED Monday, March 26
Parties, it seems, have come a long way. I recall birthday parties of my youth consisting of gloppy sloppy joes, potato chips (off-brand, of course, because we could never afford the much-coveted, Old Dutch), a boxed cake my mom made with yummy chocolate frosting (that invariably had finger marks of one or more of us seven kids because it was just too dang long to wait until the actual cake-cutting time), and pitchers of lukewarm grape Kool-Aid (ice was also a coveted item).
Steve Boman Takes on Film School
POSTED Tuesday, February 28
Talk about a mid-life career change. After several years working as a newspaper and radio journalist—including a stint as a stay-at-home dad to three young daughters with film-inspired names (Lara, Maria and Sophia) while his wife Julie finished medical school—Edina resident Steve Boman was in his late 30s when he decided to follow his passion and apply to the prestigious University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
For the Love of Theater
Ahhh…theater.
My son began his foray into theater when he was in the sixth grade – the first one being A Child’s Day in Rome. The production proved to be extremely memorable because my son, who had spent years participating in baseball, hockey, football and soccer and never once revealed any, what I like to call, “fire in the belly” for a single one of them, showed some preternatural acting chops when he wound up “feeding the lines” to his rather shell-shocked co-lead.
Get Ready to Come Home 2 Edina
POSTED Monday, February 20
Edina Magazine will uncover one of its biggest – and best – secrets in our March issue.
But those in the know rave about it; and they want to let you in on it.
“It” is Come Home 2 Edina, a second mortgage program from the East Edina Housing Foundation that provides loans of up to $60,000 to qualifying, moderate-income families and individuals wanting to purchase a place in the city.
A Coaching Work of Art
POSTED Friday, January 27
As a former athlete, I hold few professions in higher esteem than a good coach.
Sure, doctors, scientists, humanitarians and countless others are vital to society, but a good coach often stands behind those professionals.
Art Downey, Edina’s boys swimming coach for the last 56 years, stands behind thousands of successful men.
With 19 conference championships, 14 sections crowns and 10 state titles, his resume is stacked with winning. But as former and current players say, Downey is the same coach to the slowest swimmers as he is to the fastest ones.
In Honor of Four Edina Men Who Serve Our Country
POSTED Thursday, December 29
I’ve never felt honored to write something until this story on four Edina servicemen: Sean Anderson, Josh Krieter, Dave Westgard and Robb Bauleke.
They are remarkable men who are willing to give up a normal life to put themselves in peril for our freedom.
“It’s just a great sense of awe of them,” Chris Bauleke says of her two sons, Robb and Peter, who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I’ve watched them go to schools where they were really challenged. They just worked their tails off. As a parent, you think, ‘boy did I have that work ethic when I was that young?’”
Rotary Club of Edina's Scholarship Goes Full Circle
POSTED Tuesday, December 27
In a lovely twist of fate, Wooj Byun recently bumped into the people who were responsible for giving him a $23,800 Ambassadorial Scholarship two decades ago…he bumped into them at a Rotary event, as Rotary Club of Edina president! They had dinner. They reminisced. They talked about the path that had altered the course of young Wooj’s life. And, all grown up, Wooj thanked them for a scholarship that led him on a journey from Pusan, South Korea to study law at the University of Minnesota.
Angela Johnson
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9x22 Dance/Lab: THE FAREWELL PARTY Presented by Laurie Van Wieren
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Moon Glow Pedestrian Parade
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Write For Us: Lake Minnetonka Magazine Seeks Guest Editor
Second Saturday Offers Everything You Need to Navigate the Divorce Process (Sponsored)
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Heartstopping horrors – Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War
Η τέχνη μετά τον πρώτο παγκόσμιο πόλεμο βρίσκεται στο Tate Britain, στο Λονδίνο, από τις 5 Ιουνίου έως τις 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018
Αυτή η συγκλονιστική, συναρπαστική έκθεση δεν καταγράφει μόνο τον εφιάλτη της μάχης. Περιέχει επίσης ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα γλυπτά του 20ου αιώνα – τον “The Fallen Man”, το οποίο κοστίζει στο δημιουργό του τη ζωή του!
Περιλαμβάνονται 150 έργα που χρονολογούνται από το 1916 έως το 1932. Η επιμελήτρια της έκθεσης Έμμα Τσάμπερς εξήγησε το σκεπτικό: «Ένας από τους τρόπους με τους οποίους ο Α’ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεος επηρέασε τους καλλιτέχνες είναι ότι τους έκανε να αναλογιστούν την διαφθορά της καθεστηκυίας τάξης και πώς η πολιτική κατάσταση οδήγησε στον πόλεμο. Τους απασχολεί πολύ η ανασύσταση των κοινωνικών σχέσεων την περίοδο μετά τον πόλεμο. Τόσο το νταντά όσο και ο υπερρεαλισμός αναζητούν νέους τρόπους για να εντάξουν στην τέχνη τις παλιές αστικές αξίες».
A body hurled into space and impaled on a stake, like a discarded coat flung on a fencepost. A soldier, his clothes blown off, coy in his nakedness and shock. Michelin Guides to the battlefields and ruins of Ypres, with their before-and-after views, and double page spreads of the devastation. An airship flies over the destruction, filming the view. Below, people walk in twos and threes.
They might be tourists, or people looking for their lost lives. A painting by Richard Carline shows a similar elevated view: a road, a convoy of trucks, the pockmarked landscape. It could be a drone’s-eye view of Basra. Nothing changes except the name of the war.
The first room of Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One is a wasteland of churned mud and body parts, flooded craters and hollow helmets. Jacob Epstein’s Rock Drill overlooks it all, a sinister, insectile machine-man, a Terminator robot before his time.
Below Epstein’s creature is Wilhelm Lehmbruck’s Fallen Man, on hands and knees, his buttocks raised, the top of his head against the ground, his inverted face looking back between his legs at his own drooping cock. Stalled in a position of extreme vulnerability and abjection in his attempt to crawl off somewhere.
What a heartstopping sculpture this is. Made in 1915-16 for a war cemetery in his hometown of Duisberg, Lehmbruck’s figure was reviled by the German art press. The artist, who fled to Switzerland in 1916, never recovered from his experiences as a medical orderly in a Berlin military hospital and took his own life in 1919. The Fallen Man deserves to be recognised as one of the great 20th-century sculptures.
Sinister, insectile … Torso in Metal from The Rock Drill by Jacob Epstein. Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock
Aftermath, which contains works from British, French and German collections and regional and military museums, is both shocking and fascinating. Amid the death and wormy skulls, the cratered moonscapes and gas-masked infantry, there is beauty as well as horror. Paul Nash’s tangle of barbed wire is a briar patch waiting to burst into leaf.
Félix Vallotton’s Military Cemetery at Châlons-sur-Marne is a field of tight-packed wooden crosses, a grid of death stretching away to a greyed horizon of farm buildings and fields, the view punctuated by little black smudges, distant mourners toiling with their grief, like field workers at a planting. At the edge of the scene is a black horse-drawn hearse, a small crowd gathered.
Henry Tonks’ well-known pastel portraits of soldiers with terrible facial wounds – a mouth unpeeled, a man with his lower jaw missing – are shocking, the awfulness of the injuries complemented by Tonks’ attention to the dignity of his human subjects. Perhaps this is no more than matter-of-factness. His approach seems to me more affecting than any amount of expressionism. But is there ever any such thing as an objective view?
In one charcoal drawing, the French portraitist Rosine Cahen, who spent the war recording the wounded in hospitals, depicts a man with a heavily bandaged face looking down at his dinner in a bowl. It is an almost trivial subject. But how is this man going to eat? What insurmountable, humiliating difficulties does the everyday present him with?
The Petit Bourgeois Philistine Heartfield Gone Wild Electro Mechanical Tatlin by German artists George Grosz and John Heartfield. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
These bandaged men in quiet rooms have unimaginable problems, psychological as much as physical, social as much as personal. Public ostracism compounded private suffering. People point and laugh at the crippled soldiers, with their disfigurements and inadequate prosthetic limbs, in George Grosz and Otto Dix’s images. The wounded were hidden from view at British commemorative processions, yet given pride of place at French ceremonies.
Official war artists had to deal with their own psychological traumas, as well as depicting the suffering of others. Then as now the war artist was caught between the need to depict mental anguish and the horrors of war and the obligation to represent heroism and nationalistic pride. The two are largely incompatible. A man facedown in the mud, a body crucified on the wire: Aftermath is filled with irredeemable, necessary images. Those last appear in Charles Sargeant Jagger’s monumental bronze relief No Man’s Land. There is nothing redemptive or inspiring here.
Ernst Barlach’s The Floating One, a levitating angel whose anguished face was modelled on Barlach’s friend Käthe Kollwitz, is a bronze figure hovering over the world. The Nazis melted down Barlach’s bronze, which had been presented to Gustrow Cathedral, but Barlach had kept the mould, and recast the figure after the second world war. There is something miraculous about this sculpture’s refusal to disappear.
Miraculous … The Floating One by Ernst Barlach. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
Aftermath contains larger and smaller stories, endless devastation under huge and beautiful skies, craters and death and people gone mad, flags and crosses and body parts and screams, a group of war widows, some pregnant, gathered in a room, a sisterhood of sorrows.
What came after the war is part of the story, the world’s own aftermath. We see bucolic landscapes that seem almost an insult, portraits of complacent besuited profiteers, a crowd of German workers singing The Internationale, nightclubs and jazz and social inequality, melancholy and denial.
The possibility of a new, technological future – exemplified by elevated railways and soaring radio towers in Berlin, Albert Renger-Patzsch’s photographs of gleaming machinery and abstracted steelworks, Fernand Léger’s jazzy, syncopated Paris and Paul Citroen’s collaged Metropolis – is undercut by John Nash’s uncanny cornfields, by uneasy and brooding couples, the harrowed and the elegant, intimations of an unknown future.
Hindsight affects the way we view this succession of images, and the futility of the hopes they recommend to us. Aftermath is an essential show. It concerns the present and the future as much as the past.
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One is at Tate Britain, London, from 5 June to 23 September.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/04/heartstopping-horrors-aftermath-art-in-the-wake-of-world-war-review-tate-britain
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περιπέτεια 10 ημερών
Scotland: Tracing the Tartan Trail
Εδιμβούργο, Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο
Delve into the history of the Highlands alongside a globe-trotting bagpiper
Experience the best of the stunning Scottish Highlands on this unique and immersive adventure. We’ll take you behind the scenes of Scotland’s oldest and most revered kilt-makers. You’ll dine with the Earl of Cromartie, current chief of Clan Mackenzie. And you’ll dance to traditional Cèilidh tunes in the Jacobite Room of Edinburgh Castle—guided by a globe-trotting Scottish bagpiper. We call this original itinerary "Highland Clans and the Trail of Tartan," as it is crafted around the history of tartan patterns and textiles, the quintessentially Scottish cultural icon associated with the country’s Highland Clans. We’ll learn about the history of the House of Stuart and their fervent supporters, the Jacobites, whose ultimate destruction at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 led to an executive ban on wearing tartan. This trip is offered by Atlas Obscura. Once you've reserved your spot, our team will be in touch to help you prepare for the trip. Please note that flights to and from Edinburgh are not included in the trip cost. This trip is limited to 10 travelers.
8 πρωινά, 7 δείπνα, 5 μεσημεριανά
Νερό, τσάι, καφές, κρασί, μπίρα, οινοπνευματώδη
1 διαδρομή με λεωφορείο
Arrival & Welcome
After settling in, we'll meet up with our bagpiping guide and fellow travelers for dinner and drinks.
Edinburgh, Falkland Palace & Pitlochry
Today, we'll set out into the Highlands, visiting a former pleasure palace and a medieval town along the way.
Brodie Castle & Whisky Tasting
After touring Brodie Castle, we'll enjoy a sumptuous dinner and Jacobite-themed whisky tasting.
Inverness & Castle Leod
Explore the largest city of the Highlands, then head to Castle Leod for a private dinner with the Earl of Cromartie.
The Battle of Culloden
We'll tour the battlefield and moor of Culloden, then enjoy a performance by our resident bagpiper!
Inverness to Skye & Scottish Dancing
Depart for the Isle of Skye, enjoying glimpses of Loch Ness, sips of single-malt scotch, and later, Scottish dancing!
Old Man of Storr & Flora Macdonald
From ascending the Storr to visiting a historic grave, we'll spend the day immersed in the natural beauty of Skye.
Skye to Edinburgh
Today, we'll drive back to Edinburgh, taking scenic (and satiating!) stops along the way.
Kinloch Kilts & Cèilidh Sendoff
We'll learn about the hidden world of kilts and tartans, then gather at the Edinburgh Castle for a feast and festivities
Ημέρα 10
Farewell & Departure
After saying our goodbyes, it's off to the airport or on to the next destination!
Tracing the trail of the iconic tartan, our journey will begin in Edinburgh and weave through the palaces, Victorian towns, isles, and lochs of the Scottish Highlands.
Paisley At Atlas Obscura
I'm your Atlas Obscura Trip Coordinator. Since 2016, Atlas Obscura has been offering unusual trips to the world’s most extraordinary places. Our itineraries are developed in close collaboration with the locals and insiders who host them—our global community of explorers, artists, researchers, and experts who grant us access to unique places and amazing experiences. Ross Jennings will be leading your trip. Ross is a bagpipe-playing, Guinness World Record–holding adventurer with the goal of piping in every country on Earth! Originally from Scotland, Ross spent most of his childhood moving around Asia. Now, when he’s not off on a kilted adventure or leading trips around the world, he lives in Edinburgh. Despite being half-Irish and half-Scottish, he wears the ancient tartan of his mother's Lowland clan, Clan Baird!
Σε συνεργασία με τον οργανισμό Atlas Obscura
Περιπέτεια από την Atlas Obscura
Αυτό το ταξίδι διοργανώνεται από την Atlas Obscura, τον απόλυτο οδηγό για τα κρυμμένα θαύματα του κόσμου.
Αποστολή της Atlas Obscura είναι να μας καταπλήξει και να εξάψει την περιέργειά μας για τον κόσμο που μας περιβάλλει. Η Atlas Obscura μας αποκαλύπτει κρυφά μέρη, απίστευτες ιστορίες και θαύματα από τον κόσμο της επιστήμης και της γαστρονομίας. Επιπλέον, διοργανώνει ασυνήθιστα ταξίδια και εμπειρίες σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο.
Επιτρέπονται έως και 10 επισκέπτες ηλικίας 18 ετών και πάνω. Το επίπεδο δραστηριότητας για αυτή την περιπέτεια είναι μέτριο. The total cost of this trip is $6,780. For those traveling by themselves, single accommodations can be provided, subject to…
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How To: Start writing a song on guitar
To play a guitar riff is to do more than simply to memorize a short musical phrase. Guitar riffs are like any other musical exercise; practicing them can be a terrific means of building manual dexterity and improving your overall playing technique. We can say of riffs, then, that they are not so much about rote repetition as making available to the guitarist new and different ways of playing. Every new riff you learn will make you a more able and versatile guitarist and better equip you to stay away from rock clichés. In this installment from his Riff of the Week series, Dave Weiner demonstrates how to get started writing a song on guitar. For more, or to get started writing your own songs, watch this free video guitar lesson.
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The Shanghai city government said on Tuesday it was suspending official contact with Prague after the Czech capital signed a sister-city agreement with Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, instead of Beijing.
While Czech President Milos Zeman has pushed ties with China, he has become more critical after promised Chinese investment has failed to materialize. On Sunday, he said he would not attend a summit in China in April.
Prague’s government has forged its own path, including Mayor Zdenek Hrib’s refusal to eject a Taiwanese diplomat from a conference at the demand of a Chinese official. He also flew the Tibetan flag at City Hall.
Taiwan is China’s most sensitive diplomatic issue, as the island is claimed by Beijing as a renegade province. China has stepped up pressure on foreign governments to fall in line with accepting its claims.
On Monday, Hrib and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je signed a sister city agreement in Prague.
The government of financial hub Shanghai said Prague’s government had made many missteps on core issues such as Taiwan.
They have “wantonly interfered in China’s internal politics and publicly challenged the ‘one China’ principle,” it said in a statement, adding its “stern opposition” to these moves.
As a result, Shanghai was immediately suspending all official interactions with Prague, it said.
This decision comes after Prague’s city council upset China in October by canceling a partnership agreement with Beijing that required it to commit to the “one China” principle.
“We are not dealing with China’s internal politics here in Prague since the cancellation of a partnership with Beijing. The one-China topic should be left for the Foreign Ministry,” Hrib said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Czech Foreign Ministry said city partnerships were decided by elected municipal politicians, not the state.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election by a landslide last weekend in a campaign in which she routinely denounced China’s efforts at intimidation and said Taiwan would not be bullied into submission.
Tsai says Taiwan is an independent country known as the Republic of China, its official name, and that the People’s Republic of China has never ruled Taiwan.
Taipei Mayor Ko is no supporter of Taiwan’s formal independence. He visited Shanghai last year and has said that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are part of “one family.
Ko is widely expected to stand for the presidency in the 2024 elections.
More about: Prague Shanghai
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The Achilles heel h2...
4/2/2010 – ... Black had spotted in this position when he went for 28...Bh3 to allow his c-rook to forcefully occupy the second rank while clearing the diagonal b6-g1. How would you assess the situation after the capture of the bishop? A) Black wins; B) the position is balanced; C) White gets the advantage. The solution is here, but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.
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The Achilles heel h2 Black had spotted in this position when he went for 28...Bh3 to allow his c-rook to forcefully occupy the second rank while clearing the diagonal b6-g1. How would you assess the situation after the capture of the bishop?
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C) White gets the advantage.
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ADB funds State-owned giant restructuring
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 630 million USD multitranche financing facility for Vietnam for further reforms of major State-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Monday, December 14, 2009 21:27
The financial assistance aims to make SOEs more efficient, profitable and transparent in a bid to spur economic growth and open up opportunities for the private sector, said the ADB in a press release available to Vietnam News Agency on Dec. 14.
The assistance titled Vietnam SOE Reform and Corporate Governance Facilitation Programme demonstrates ADB’s support to the Government’s reform agenda through financial and technical assistance.
ADB’s new programme will also provide training and other assistance to Governmental institutions engaged in the SOE reform process, such as the Debt and Asset Trading Corporation.
Under this financial umbrella, ADB will provide 6 million USD from its ordinary capital resources (OCR) to strengthen the balance sheets of selected corporations through debt restructuring. As much as 30 million USD from its Asian Development Fund (ADF) is used to support operational and corporate governance improvement and institutional strengthening.
ADB’s funds make up almost 36 percent of the estimated 1.77 billion USD cost of SOE reforms until 2015. The remainder is expected to come from the Government’s contributions and internal resources of participating corporations and strategic investors.
In the first stage, ADB will provide13 million USD to support the transformation of the Song Da group.
The Ministry of Finance has been assigned to execute the programme that runs from December 2009 to December 2015./.
Delivery services to grow 30-40 percent in 2020
The logistics sector is forecast to continue growing strongly this year, with expansion in both retail and e-commerce channels.
The Ministry of Finance will tighten regulations over corporate bond issuance because of an overheating market to protect investors and prevent risks which might arise from the abuse of this capital raising channel.
US-China trade deal forces firms to grow
The recently signed US-China trade deal, an effort to calm trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies, will force Vietnamese businesses to grow in order to meet the challenges as well as the opportunities it brings, said economic experts.
Quality key to pepper growth, not quantity
For two decades, farmer To Nguyen Ho Hai in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai grew peppers, enjoying a boon in production.
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January 21st, 2015, 05:56 pm
Ron Lambe (born January 21, 1936)
Ron Lambe was born January 21, 1936. He currently lives in Ashville, North Carolina. Before that he was in San Francisco in the '80s.
Simply titled “Celebrating Gay Spirit Visions,” the first fall conference of the Radical Faeries in 1990 was inspired by a tradition of gay men’s gatherings held from 1978 through 1989 at Running Water, a farm and retreat center in the mountains of North Carolina.
In 1978, Running Water owner Mikel Wilson invited a men’s caucus from the Southeastern Conference for Lesbian and Gay Men to meet at his mountain homestead, hoping such a gathering would encourage discussion and exploration of spirituality and alternative gay male identities.
John Jones, Rocco Patt, Peter Kendrick, and Ron Lambe purchased Running Water from Mikel Wilson in 1979, desiring to live and develop an intentional community there. They incorporated as Stepping Stone, a legal entity holding the title to Running Water. Soon, twice-yearly gatherings were scheduled and Running Water became one of the sanctuaries of the Radical Faerie movement. RFD, A Country Journal for Gay Men Everywhere was published at Running Water from 1980 to 1988. But by 1989, development around Running Water made large events there impossible and the land was sold.
Running Water was gone, but fortunately Stepping Stone wanted to sponsor an alternative event. Former Running Water dwellers Peter Kendrick, Ron Lambe and Raven Wolfdancer, all Radical Faerie veterans, hoped to keep the energy of earlier gatherings alive. But they also wanted to refocus and create a less anarchic, more structured event accessible to gay and bisexual men of all spiritual paths. A new location had to be identified as well. The Mountain, an affirming Unitarian Universalist affiliated retreat center outside Highlands, North Carolina, welcomed them after several southeastern conference centers refused to accommodate a gay event.
left to right: Steve Greer, Franklin Abbott, Andrew Ramer, Ron Lambe, John Burnside, Harry Hay, Crazy Owl
Source: http://www.gayspiritvisions.org/who_we_are/history.html
activist: ron lambe, particular voices
Blog Tour: Wild and Precious by CJane Elliott
Wild and Precious by CJane Elliott
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press; 1 edition (December 31, 2014)
Amazon Kindle: Wild and Precious
Aspiring writer Brent Granger has good friends and a great job at an arts magazine in DC, but he’s batting zero in the arena of love. Brent begins to get a clue why things aren’t working with women from his strong attraction to his gorgeous, gay, and already attached boss, Graham Stoneford. When he sees a personal ad from a man that quotes his favorite poet, Brent decides to do something wild and answer.
Enter Cody Bellstrom, easygoing bisexual musician, who is happy to initiate Brent in the ways of gay sex. Brent now has a new problem: he realizes he’s gay and no one in his life knows it. Cody tires of hiding their relationship, but Brent finds it challenging to come out to family, friends, and especially to Graham. In the end, Brent must confront the truth of where – and with whom – his heart lies.
Author Bio: After years of hearing characters chatting away in her head, CJane Elliott finally decided to put them on paper and hasn't looked back since. A psychotherapist by training, CJane enjoys writing sexy, passionate stories that also explore the human psyche. CJane has traveled all over North America for work and her characters are travelers, too, traveling down into their own depths to find what they need to get to the happy ending.
CJane is an ardent supporter of gay equality and is particularly fond of coming out stories.
In her spare time, CJane can be found dancing, listening to music, or watching old movies. Her husband and son support her writing habit by staying out of the way when they see her hunched over, staring intensely at her laptop.
Where to find the author: CJane at cjaneelliott@gmail.com. Her website is http://www.cjaneelliott.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CJaneElliott and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjane.elliott
Tour Dates: December 31, 2014 – January
Tour Stops: 31-Dec Love Bytes
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Blog Tour: Corin's Chance (Avanti Chronicles 1) by Hannah Walker
Corin's Chance (Avanti Chronicles 1) by Hannah Walker
Publication Date: September 20, 2015
Amazon Kindle: Corin's Chance (Avanti Chronicles 1) by Hannah Walker
Blurb: Posted to some stars awful cruiser, Dr. Corin Talovich hoped to serve his time quietly and get on with his life, but fate stepped in and decided otherwise.
Crashing into an unknown planet was the last thing Corin expected. With only his friend, Lieutenant Commander Tate Riven, by his side, they face the unexplored world and new enemies bravely, leading them to the Derin Clan, where they’re welcomed by the leader’s son.
Kel isn't sure about the strange men, but he isn't about to send them away, especially when the bond between Corin and himself is something he can't ignore.
When another clan wages an attack, Kel is forced to make some hard choices which nearly costs him everything he holds dear. Together, with their allies, Corin and Kel fight, focusing on the future they desire, knowing failure not only dooms their love, but also those around them. Side by side, they work to destroy the evil threatening to keep them apart and becoming the family both men desire.
Meet the author: Hannah Walker is a full-time mum to two gorgeous teenage sons, and shares her home with them and a very supportive husband, who has always encouraged her to follow her dreams.
She has always loved books from her childhood years reading alongside her father. She has inherited her father’s love of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. She has combined this with her love of MM romance to write her series Avanti Chronicles. She loves writing about a complex world where the men love and live hard.
Welcome to the world of MM Sci-fi.
1) How do you develop your plots and characters?
I have to admit to most of it being the characters talking to me. They tell me who they are and what they think happens in their story. So it’s more like I have a mental conversation with them. So I think things through and see what I come up with plot wise. I try to put myself in their position and see what I could see actually happening.
For the characters I start with the basics, who they present to the world, then I look below that and see what they show those around them. I take back each layer to see to the root of who they are. I then like to weave these layers through the story. So you may have a warrior, who is totally badass, but he may be someone who say loves to dance and goes out with his friends to have a good time. Then he may be someone who yearns for a family, but keeps it quiet as he can’t have that and do the job he does at the same time. He might be someone who is really stern and brusque on the outside but wants nothing more than to let go enough to laugh. Most of all I try to paint the characters as human no matter who they are.
2) Who doesn’t love a good hero? Tell us about your protagonist. Was there a real life inspiration behind them?
Corin has real life inspiration.
Corin is a remarkably gifted surgeon. My son is actually disabled, although thankfully not too severely. He has undergone more surgeries in his childhood years than anyone ever should. However we’ve been very lucky. His surgeon is an incredible woman.
She is well respected in her field and often goes to other countries to lecture and give seminars about her work. We’ve even gone with her once or twice, to the seminars in the UK, so that my son’s case could be used as an example.
She has never been one to shy away from trying new treatments and is constantly evolving and researching new treatments for Cerebal Palsy. Because of what Cerebal Palsy is, it covers more than just the bones of the body. It’s bones, muscles, nerves and so much more. So despite the fact that she is an orthopedic surgeon, she has undergone a lot of training in other areas. When it came time to write Corin’s backstory I used her as inspiration.
She is one of the loveliest people I have ever met. It’s often said that the truly gifted surgeons have no bedside manner. Not true in her case, she is genuinely one of the nicest people I know. She cares for each and every patient of hers. Even now, when he has officially moved over to adult services, she still phones up to check on him. She still asks the surgeons he’s under now, how he’s doing.
So yes, Corin is modelled on her.
3) What real-life inspirations do you use when world building?
I have a passion for science. I have a degree in chemistry, but also took major courses in physics and earth/planetary sciences. I like to draw on the science for some of the technology that I use in my books. The landscapes I try to stay within the normal ranges of what is out there now in our universe.
I keep an eye on the science journals and think about what new discoveries could be used as a basis for something in fiction.
4) Did you learn anything from this book and what was it?
I learnt to both listen to my characters and my gut. To listen when they say they want the story to go a certain way. The characters themselves can be really quite stubborn and will simply shut up if they think I’m not listening to what they want. On those days it becomes impossible to write so I normally end up giving them what they want just so that I can write again.
5) It’s your last meal on earth. What do you choose?
There’s a restaurant near where I live that is incredible. It dates back to the 1920’s and still has a lot of the original design. It’s a seafood restaurant. They do the most amazing seafood platters. I would probably have that and some champagne to toast the moment.
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Blog: http://nuttieprof.wix.com/author-blog
Rafflecopter Prize: One of two e-copies of the book
2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Diventando: The Vessel by JC Wallace
Diventando: The Vessel by JC Wallace
Gay Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (October 1, 2014)
Amazon: Diventando: The Vessel
Amazon Kindle: Diventando: The Vessel
Owen McIntyre is no stranger to the Grim Reaper. Diagnosed with leukemia at the age of fifteen, he’s spent the last ten years slowly dying. With only two weeks until his next checkup, Owen’s body is already warning him that he is no longer in remission. Tired of the countless meds and chemo, not to mention the way his family coddles him, he decides to live and die on his own terms and forgo treatment. When he meets a lively college professor named Turk, conquering the man becomes part of Owen’s bucket list. But as Owen gets to know Turk, he starts to see him as more than a fling, a luxury that a dying man doesn’t have. But what if, suddenly, everything Owen knew to be true turned out to be a web of lies and deceit—even his diagnosis of cancer? Taken hostage, tied to a bed and subjected to painful experimentation, Owen’s nightmare of leukemia is a far cry from the horrors he will face. No longer able to trust anyone in his life, including Turk, Owen is alone and cut off from the world. He has to make the hard decision to trust those who have betrayed him, including Turk (for whom he deeply cares), or die a lonely death. Soon, with time running out, Owen will not only fight to live, but fight to want to live again. But will that be enough to save him from the evil that lurks inside his body and mind?
This book sucked me in from the first page and took me on a journey that held me riveted. With snappy dialogue and characters I fell hard for, this book was a winner all the way.
2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Everything's Coming Up Roses by Barry Lowe
Everything's Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M Romance by Barry Lowe
Gay Erotic Romance
Publisher: Lydian Press (September 30, 2014)
Amazon: Everything's Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M Romance
Amazon Kindle: Everything's Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M Romance
Four pairs of lovers get their Happily Ever After. THE DAY OF THE CLIFFORDS Can a teenage crush ever develop into the ‘real thing’? When the teenage Clifford brothers, Jerry and Matt, spend their summer holidays next door, fellow teen, Sam Dempsey, develops a romantic crush on Jerry, although the guilty secret they share will eventually tear their friendship apart. When Sam and the Cliffords meet up again ten years later, can anything be salvaged? CHRISTMAS IN JULY Kauko Sallinen has fled his native Finland for the warmer climes of Australia, where he hopes to find himself a bronzed Aussie to complete the picture. But he slips during a bush walk, injuring his foot and confining his movements. But things aren’t all bad when the doctor who calls to attend his injury is exactly what Kauko ordered, except the doc has a secret that could bring their budding relationship to its knees. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE CUDDLY Sheriff Haskell keeps the itinerant cowboys and the girls of Miss Kitty’s cathouse away from the god-fearing families of Headstone, but the fragile peace is threatened with the arrival of a handsome, young Italian by the name of Benedetto, who the cowboys take to calling Bernadette. HE WON’T SEND ROSES Christopher runs a florist shop on the dangerous side of town, so he knows he's about to die when a loud motorbike pulls up outside and a behemoth of man, heavily tattooed and muscled like a steroid freak, strides through the front door.
This one really surprised me! Each story was centred around wonderful characters. The love stories were just about perfect. The second tale, in particular - Christmas in July - had me in floods of tears about Oliver's death. Really consummate writing from a new author to me.
2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Beyond the Surface by Felice Stevens
Beyond the Surface (The Breakfast Club Book 1) by Felice Stevens
Series: The Breakfast Club
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 17, 2015)
Amazon: Beyond the Surface (The Breakfast Club Book 1)
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On 9/11, firefighter Nick Fletcher’s world changed forever. He's unable to rid himself of survivor’s guilt, made worse by the secret he hides from his family and co-workers. Nick's life is centered around helping burn victims, until he is reunited with the man he’d once loved but pushed away. Now he has a second chance at a love he thought lost forever. For fashion designer Julian Cornell, appearances mean everything. His love affairs are strictly casual, and the only thing he cares about is making his clothing line a success. A chance encounter with the man he loved long ago has Julian thinking for the first time in years there may be more to life than being seen at the best parties and what designer labels to wear. When Julian’s world takes an unexpected turn, it's Nick who helps him regain perspective on what matters most in life. Julian, in turn, helps Nick accept who he is and understand he isn’t responsible for tragedies he couldn't prevent. Lost love found can be even sweeter the second time around and after all the years apart, both men learn to look beyond the surface to find the men they are inside.
Good story with believable characters in vivid settings that pulled me in right away.
A complicated romance with deep, conflicted characters and plenty of delicious obstacles to overcome.
2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Seventh by Rachel White
Seventh by Rachel White
Gay Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (June 24, 2015)
Amazon: Seventh
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Hynd leads a lonely life, suffering the lingering effects of a debilitating illness and rejected by most of society because of it. He has spent most of a decade investigating the disappearance of the Seventh Dragoons, content to immerse himself in the frustrating search and the book he is writing about it. When his sister comes to him about a handsome man eager to meet him, Hynd can scarcely believe his luck, unable to recall the last time somebody wanted to be near him and did not fear or revile him for his illness. But Julius has come only to see Hynd's research, hoping to learn what happened to the Seventh and prove that his great-grandfather was not a traitor. And while an assistant in his research is not what Hynd had hoped for, it's better than nothing. And maybe between the two of them the mystery of the Seventh can at last be put to rest...
I loved this story. Hynd is such an unusual hero. His deformed appearance stood in stark opposition to Julius's handsomeness. But they have much in common. Their relationship felt natural, moving at a slow but steady pace. They grew to respect one another before falling in love. And I fell in love right along with them. The author's voice was compelling and strong, and her narrative reflected the beauty of the written word.
I loved this story, was drawn into it very quickly, and read in on sitting as I couldn't put it down. I thought the characters and their world were very well drawn, and the relationship felt very natural and realistic. Loved the mystery of the Seventh and the way it was finally solved.
This story of an alternate England and a search for historical truth by a disfigured man shunned by society is brilliantly told. It even has an HEA which I totally believed!
2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Jackdaw by KJ Charles
Jackdaw by KJ Charles
Publisher: Samhain Publishing (March 10, 2015)
Amazon: Jackdaw
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If you stop running, you fall. Jonah Pastern is a magician, a liar, a windwalker, a professional thief...and for six months, he was the love of police constable Ben Spenser's life. Until his betrayal left Ben jailed, ruined, alone, and looking for revenge. Ben is determined to make Jonah pay. But he can't seem to forget what they once shared, and Jonah refuses to let him. Soon Ben is entangled in Jonah's chaotic existence all over again, and they're running together-from the police, the justiciary, and some dangerous people with a lethal grudge against them. Threatened on all sides by betrayals, secrets, and the laws of the land, can they find a way to live and love before the past catches up with them? This story is set in the world of the Charm of Magpies series. Warning: Contains a policeman who should know better, a thief who may never learn, Victorian morals, heated encounters, and a very annoyed Stephen Day.
The author's writing packs quite a punch, regardless of the type of scene. Her characters are flawed, both good and bad qualities warring within them. But they still retain their personality consistency and thus feel extremely real. They will infuriate and frustrate. And you will shed a couple of tears too over the injustice of it all. The plot twists well enough but its the complex characters that breathe life into the story. It was intriguing to see characters from the previous books in the series as well but shown in a very different, and not a particularly sympathetic, light.
I have found a new genre to read with this book. The story was so exciting and intense that I could hardly pull myself away from reading it. The relationship between Jay & Ben was outstanding and so real that even during the most difficult times I was hoping they managed to get past their issues and come together because of how great their love and need for each other was presented. Just a really great story and I loved every minute of it.
2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: YES by Brad Boney
YES by Brad Boney
Gay Romantic Comedy
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (March 16, 2015)
Amazon: YES
Amazon Kindle: YES
What if youth wasn't wasted on the young?
On the eve of his fortieth birthday, Ian Parker is looking for a reboot. He may be the proud owner of a trendy coffee shop in Austin called La Tazza Magica, but his love life has been MIA for years. During a trip to Denver with his best friend, Mark, Ian buys an enchanted chocolate from a mysterious candy store—then wakes up from a nap two decades younger. After the initial shock, Ian realizes a quirk of the universe has given him a second chance and, with Mark’s help, he devises a plan to start over.
With a new lease on life, Ian sets his sights on handsome architect Bartley James, a regular customer at La Tazza. He pursues Bartley as Ian’s twenty-one-year-old alter ego, Ryan, with decidedly unexpected results. Joining Ryan on his adventures are Matthew, the dreamy new barista, Jeremy, the geeky high-school math teacher, and Sam, the pizza delivery boy. Even as misunderstandings and expectations collide, Ian remains determined to right his past mistakes and find his off-ramp to happiness.
The characters were sympathetic, yet flawed. They had histories, hobbies, problems, preferences. If I met one of them in a coffee shop, I’d know what to expect. The setting was uncomplicated, but well-rendered through the use of all sensory data, and I always knew where and when I was. The writing style was so smooth, I didn’t even notice it. But the best part was the plot. Romance as speculative fiction? This caught my attention, because whatever happened was so subtle, the plot device couldn’t even be considered paranormal. The MC didn’t “get himself in trouble” by doing something stupid, either. He found himself in an awkward situation he couldn’t have predicted or explained rationally, which made me care for him and the other involved characters even more.
2015 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: When It Raynes by C.D. Cain
When It Raynes (Chambers of the Heart Book 1) by C.D. Cain
Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company (June 25, 2015)
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Rayne Amber Storm finds her serenity on the waters of her Louisiana bayou, where she can let her thoughts be her own among the moss-covered cypress trees. Slowly, a gentle, insistent ripple of difference stirs within her. A ripple that leads her away from her mother's Southern Baptist values to thoughts that betray the very core of what she believes is right and wrong. She leaves the protection of the bayou for medical school and lets the ripple grow until she is knocked unsteady by a powerful wave in the charismatic Samantha LeJeune. But when tragedy strikes back home, the pull of cross currents traps Rayne in what seems an insurmountable struggle between her heart, which now knows the true meaning of happiness, and doing what she has been taught all her life. Is she strong enough to keep navigating through unfamiliar but thrilling waters or will she give in and paddle down the path of least resistance?
I love it when the cover of a book perfectly reflects the tone of the story within, and that's what happened here. The characters are alternately brooding and funny and all too real. They tugged at my heart on several occasions, pulling me completely into their world. A great debut.
Liked the book but had no ending. What if I never read anymore in this apparent series? Would have liked it tied up. Loved Rayne and she had a pretty decent supporting cast. For the most part good 1st effort.
Good in every aspect. I like and actually expect that a novel is well constructed and make sense and is generally well written… I am always impressed when this characteristics can be applied to a debut novel….but when those characteristics are present in a debut novel of a series I reach my nirvana! I will not only read the next book of this series but I will wait impatiently and buy it’s sequel right when it come out because I definitely can’t wait to see how Rayne's journey continues. Awesome read!
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Ruchell Magee: Solitary Slave Strike
(N.-pl. but San Francisco Bay Area): (n.p.), 1973. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Flyer, reproduced from typescript with a handwritten headline and call to "Support Ruchell." Issued to garner support for Magee, then beginning a hunger strike to protest his pre-trial treatment. The flyer refers to the "Marin Courthouse Slave Rebellion" and to Ruchell Cinque Magee (Magee took the name of the leader of the Amistad slave ship rebellion). ISBN: 281AIB1017803.
A few spots on the left margin, else near fine. [webonly]
Book ID: 79652
Keywords: African American, Black Studies, Civil rights, Ephemera, Social movements
More details Price: $50.00
Campus Friends of SNCC
Support the Black Panther Party
Berkeley, CA: Campus Friends of SNCC, [1966]. 2 pages (single sheet, printed both sides). 8-1/2 by 11 inches. In 1966, Stokely Carmichael, a leader and later head of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, set up the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO), in rural Alabama. The group organized the black residents of an overwhelmingly African American region of the state to secure voting rights and elected offices. By state law, the LCFO was required to adopt an emblem. They chose the black panther to contrast with the ruling Democratic Party's white rooster.
This flyer announces an organizational meeting to support the LCFO, emphasizing its informal name, the "Black Panther Party." Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed their Black…
This flyer announces an organizational meeting to support the LCFO, emphasizing its informal name, the "Black Panther Party." Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed their Black Panther Party three months later, on October 15, 1966. Rare with no copies in OCLC (although copies are in the Litwack collection at Yale and the Yuen archive at UC Berkeley). This is one of the first uses of the black panther as a political symbol in the San Francisco Bay Area and directly connects the (mostly white) local SNCC organization with the origins of the Black Power movement. ISBN: 281AIB1021042.
Folded twice, else near fine. [webonly] [JSP01; JHG2019]
Keywords: African American, Black Panthers, Black studies, Ephemera, Ethnic Studies, Social movements
More details Price: $1,000.00
Johnson, James Weldon (words) and Will Marion [Cook] (music)
If the Sands of the Seas Were Pearls
New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co, 1914. 6 pages. The multi-talented Johnson was an early black leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a Consul in Latin America, and the author of a number of books. In his spare time, he wrote songs like this one, in partnership with Will Marion Cook, one of the leading African American composers of his day. ISBN: 281AIB1024330.
Two copies, both very good or better. One, with a list of salon and concert songs numbered 7823 on the final page, and the other with an ad for All Aboard for Dixie Land on the back cover, with the ID number 9609. The former is probably the first issue. Uncommon. Housed in a custom cloth case. [JSP01]
Keywords: African American, Black Studies, Civil Rights, Ephemera, Music, Social movements
More details Price: $200.00
Baraka, Imamu Ameer [Amear, Amiri] [formerly Leroi Jones]
A Black Value System
Sausalito, CA: 1969. 8 pages. A reprint from The Black Scholar journal in which Baraka offers seven African terms to define a value system for all black people. Uncommon in this first edition; the work was reprinted by Jihad Productions in 1970. ISBN: B003S9FTJW.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Keywords: African American, Black Studies, Pamphlet, Social movements
Acty, Ruth; Therese Pipe; and Jerri Lange
Ruth Acty, First African American Teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District
Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Historical Society, 2001. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. 122 leaves printed one side (rectos) only. With a 16-page appendix of illustrations laid in. ISBN: B0050G367I.
First edition (first printing). Fine in velobound wrappers.
Keywords: African American, Black Studies, Social Movements, Trade Paperback
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Family is a curse in the harrowing, deeply frightening Hereditary
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Of all the blood-curdling images conjured up by Hereditary, the most traumatically terrifying new horror movie in ages, one sticks out as particularly definitive: Toni Collette, face twisted into a grotesque grimace of fear, staring off screen at a ghastly something we’ll soon have the bad luck of laying eyes on too. Her recurring expression of fright and pain is more than just a perfect mirror, reflecting back the audience’s own mounting distress. It also captures, in shuddery microcosm, the tactics of this relentless, ingenious shocker, the way it builds its haunted house on a foundation of raw and ugly emotion. The real horror—a tempest of unspoken, unspeakable feeling—lurks behind the safer, faker kind, enhancing every macabre funhouse moment.
Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd
Theaters everywhere June 8
In its seriousness and hair-raising craftsmanship, Hereditary belongs to a proud genre lineage, a legacy that stretches back to the towering touchstones of American horror, unholy prestige-zeitgeist classics like The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby. Remarkably, it’s a first feature, the auspicious debut of writer-director Ari Aster, whose acclaimed, disturbing short films were all leading, like a tunnel into the underworld, to this bleak vision. You know you’re at the mercy of a gifted filmmaker from the ominous first shot: the camera pivoting from a window and across a workshop, past a collection of carefully constructed dollhouses, creeping closer and closer to the interior of one of them, until—through some imperceptible magic trick—the miniature room has become life-size, with flesh-and-blood actors inside of it.
This bravura, perspective-bending opening scene teases an insidious blueprint: sinister forces operating just beyond the line of sight, conspiring in secret. It also establishes the livelihood of Collette’s Annie Graham, an artist who specializes in dioramas of her spaces, emotional and physical. Annie has a lot of material to work with of late. Her mother, a private, distant person and often a chilly presence in her daughter’s life, has just succumbed to cancer, and the death has sent a storm cloud over the family home, straining Annie’s relationships. Husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) perennially and often unhelpfully keeps the peace. Teenage son Peter (Alex Wolff) withdraws. And disturbed, sullen 13-year-old Charlie (Broadway star Milly Shapiro), who may possess some unspecified developmental disorder, quietly frets. She is, in her own way, an artist, too, given her compulsive habit of building creepy homemade figurines, sometimes augmented with real animal parts. She also appears to possess a link to the spirit world, drawn as she is to spectral figures in the distance.
You could say that misfortune runs in the Graham family. In fact, it seems to get passed from generation to generation like a curse. Early into the film, Annie attends a support group for the bereaved, and an awful personal history comes pouring out of her, through a monologue that relays the shattering losses she’s endured since childhood. And that’s before Aster rocks her and her family with fresh, inconceivable tragedy: a freak accident so upsetting, in its real-life possibility and aftermath, that it defiantly breaches the standard contract of multiplex-ready genre “entertainment”; anyone going in expecting some easily digested Friday-night thrills may leave shaken, even incensed. What happens within the boxy contours of the Graham home, as dinners transform into venomous airings of grievances and blame volleys across rooms like shots fired, has as much in common with the wrenching, heartbroken truth-telling of, say, In The Bedroom as any bump-in-the-dark potboiler.
But that’s part of the warped genius of Hereditary: It’s a supremely effective gauntlet of supernatural horror that’s also, at blackened heart, a grueling domestic drama about how trauma, resentment, and guilt can seep into the roots of a family tree, rotting it from the inside out. So much of the film’s spooky power belongs to Collette. She’s been down this darkened street before, having played a mother mourning her own mother while raising a child who sees dead people. But she digs much deeper in Hereditary, not just leaning into the full, volcanic agony of Annie’s grief—a force as possessive, in a manner of speaking, as any invading spirit—but also complicating it with conflicting notes of bitter fury, wavering affection, and even dark humor. It’s a tour-de-force performance, at once explosive and heartbreaking, and as extreme thoughts and hard truths begin bubbling from the depths of Annie’s mind, Collette turns her heightened, volatile emotions into an open threat: the monster of unprocessed baggage. (Her fervor is nearly matched, it must be said, by the credible bone-deep fright conveyed by Wolff, stuck in a much more harrowing misadventure than the one he weathered in Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle.)
As a set-piece machine, Hereditary doesn’t shatter the mold. Its tropes are familiar: apparitions emerging gradually from the shadows or perching in the corner of the frame; bodies unnaturally contorted; a creepy kid (this one granted an unnerving verbal tic, a guttural cluck deployed to break the silence at opportune moments). And Aster hews pretty closely to what might cynically be described as the A24 (haunted) house style, complete with ominously gliding camerawork and a groaning, atonal score by avant-garde saxophonist Colin Stetson. But he also conducts his scares with the cruel precision of a veteran maestro of dread. His true innovation is anchoring each of them to unbearable torment, exploiting the relationship between sorrow and fear; at times, Hereditary is brilliantly sophisticated in its emotional terrorism. Aster will seem to leave the grisliest image to the imagination, sparing us the full gut punch, only to spring it on us at a moment of pure devastation. (Let’s just say he knows when to go in for the close-up.) And he’ll use a disarming conversation, like the one between Annie and a fellow bereaved soul (Ann Dowd) who seems just a little left of center, to prime us for a gangbusters jolt. Even the jump scares are psychologically loaded.
Moving, for a good while, at a deliberate creep, Hereditary gradually ratchets up the intensity, until a full-bore climax that’s relentless in its crucible of terrors. It’s not always the most elegant piece of storytelling—the exposition comes in crashing waves by the end. But as with Annie’s dollhouse reenactments, we know we’re looking at a work of cathartic expression. And there’s a certain terrible beauty to how the plot finally comes together, the pieces falling diabolically into place. Tragedy, especially the truly senseless kind, tends to leave people searching desperately for meaning, grand and spiritual or otherwise, in what fate seems to have put them through. By the shocking ending, the Graham family has stumbled into a kind of meaning, and even a strange sort of purpose, in the nightmare they’ve endured. For viewers, finding such transcendence in Hereditary’s hellish design will be a matter of stomach, nerves, and twisted sensibility.
The Hereditary trailer only hints at the horrors that await you
Believe the hype: Hereditary is scaring the shit out of everybody, including Elijah Wood
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10 Facts about Famine
Posted on Sunday, March 12th, 2017. - Filed under Social.
The life of people in the world is not always lucky. Some people have to live in the unfortunate condition with shortage of food. The scarcity of food may lead into famine. If you want to know more about this global condition which affects many areas in the world, check Facts about Famine. There are some causes of famine such as the government policies, population imbalance and crop failure. When famine occurs, the people experience starvation, malnutrition, increased number of death and epidemic.
Facts about Famine 1: the period of famine
The period of famine has been experienced by the people who live in all continents in the world over the course of history.
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Facts about Famine 2: the extreme cases of famine
The sub-Saharan Africa has experienced the extreme cases of famine over the years. Many programs have been establishing the help the African people.
Facts about Famine 3: the causes of famine in Africa
The famine in Africa has higher rate due to the fluctuated condition in African agriculture and climate change.
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Facts about Famine 4: the measurement of famine
The term famine is not always applied when a certain region faces shortage food. The measurement is related to the hunger, malnutrition and mortality rate.
Facts about Famine 5: the criteria of famine
The mortality rate should surpass two persons per 10,000 persons per day. The rate for acute malnutrition should reach at least 30 percent. The extreme food shortage should be found in at least 20 percent of household in the region.
Facts about Famine 6: the factors
The climate condition, supply-side shifts and population growth are some factors will affect the intensity and frequency of famine.
Facts about Famine 7: the first elimination of famine
In 17th century, Holland and England were capable for eliminating famine for the first time. The countries applied the advanced techniques and agricultural commercialization to improve the crop production.
Famine in 1869
Facts about Famine 8: The Great Famine of 1845
Ireland faced the devastating famine in 1845. It was called as the Great Famine of Ireland. In 1846, the famine got worse.
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Facts about Famine 9: the famine in China
In 1958 until 1961, China faced famine, which led into the death of 30 million people.
Facts about Famine 10: the prominent famine in 20th century
The most prominent famine in 20th century occurred in Soviet Union in 1932 until 1933, Chinese famine in 1928 and 1942 and in Bengal in 1942 until 1945.
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October 6, 2017 Forced Induction Automotive, Cars, Car Spotting, Blogging, Automotive Journalism
Koenigsegg Have Just Done The Unthinkable!!!
Now in the world of hyper cars, Performance is key! Manufacturers from all over the world try to take the crown for the 0 – 400kmh – 0 time. Bugatti have only held that title recently with their Chiron – well now, the ever so slightly deranged Swedish Engineers at Koenigsegg have stolen Bugatti’s crown in spectacular fashion!
The Swedish Car Manufacturers used a customers Agera RS which had 1,360bhp & 1,011 Ib – ft Torque from it’s 5.0 Twin Turbo V8, to make sure it was safe in case of an accident, the engineers fitted a removable roll cage just in case things went turtle.
The Track itself was in Vandel in Scandinavia and while it wasn’t the best track to run on (full of uneven ruts & potholes & only 2.8 km long), the almighty Swede seemed to just take it into it’s stride, both the car and the driver were prepped, To make sure everything was done properly, the RS used was brand new and only been driven at 186 mph prior to the run, after a few practise attempts, the test driver Niklas Lilja lined the RS for it’s record run.
It hit 249mph (400kmh) in 26.88 seconds covering a distance of 1.9km which is mind blowing, braking from 400 kmh to 0 was done in an astonishing 9.56 seconds covering a measly 483m in the process – to add insult to injury, the Chiron done the 0 – 400kmh run in 32.6 seconds and it covered a larger distance of 2.6km, braking for the Chiron was done in an equally impressive 9.3 seconds over a 491m distance – close but no cigar!
Now for those who can’t work out the maths, the Mighty Swede beat the Bugatti by over 5 seconds, in terms of Hyper Car talk, that’s one whole week! The Koenigsegg was able to do all that while struggling for grip in the first 3 gears, thankfully the Traction Control was able to sort it out and alongside the driver, they were able to propel it into the history books.
Another Thing to remember is that Koenigsegg is a relatively small company compared to Bugatti, so for them to be able to beat them is a huge feat – its the vehicle equivalent to David Vs Goliath!
So how is this going to go forward?, well it’d have to take some top class engineers to beat Koenigseggs time and if I’m honest, I don’t think we’ll see one for quite a while but to whoever decides to take them on, they would have to have guts of steel and quite a car on their hands to beat their time!
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Federal Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds
This memorandum, SP20 CACFP07 SFSP06-2019, notifies all child nutrition program state agencies and program operators of guidance the Food and Nutrition Service received from the Office of Management and Budget, OMB M-18-18, authorizing increases to the value of the micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds. The changes apply to all child nutrition programs and implement an approval process for certain state agencies and program operators that want to request micro-purchase thresholds higher than $10,000.
Resource | Policy Memos | FD-125
Offering School Food Authorities the Required Value and Variety of USDA Foods, and Efficient and Cost-Effective Distribution
The purpose of this policy memorandum is to provide direction and guidance to State Distributing Agencies (SDAs) in order to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, and to make certain that all school food authorities (SFAs) receive their planned assistance level and maximize their use of USDA Foods to meet the nutrition standards in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
Guidance in Crediting for, and Use of Donated Foods in Contracts with Food Service Management Companies
The purpose of this policy memorandum is to provide guidance in ensuring compliance with requirements in Subpart D of 7 CFR Part 250 with respect to crediting for, and use of donated foods in contracts with food service management companies (FSMCs).
Resource | Policy Memos | FD-067, SP 15-2010
School Food Authorities Acting as a Collective Unit in the Control and Use of Donated Foods (Revised)
This memorandum clarifies the requirements and options for School Food Authorities (SFAs) acting as a collective unit (including school co-ops or consortia) in performing activities relating to donated foods. It also clarifies the requirements for the distributing agency with respect to such SFAs.
Accounting for Donated Foods in Cost-Reimbursable Contracts Between School Food Authorities and Food Service Management Companies
Federal regulations implementing the Department’s domestic commodity donation program at 7 CFR 250.12(d), allow school food authorities (SFAs) and other recipient agencies to contract with food service management companies (FSMCs) to conduct their food service operations. In contracting with an FSMC, the recipient agency must ensure that the full value of donated foods is used to its benefit.
Determining School and Child Care Commodity Entitlements
This memorandum describes how commodity entitlements are determined and allocated to states for meals served in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
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The Peninsula Classics 2019 Best Of The Best Award Announces Eight Finalists
The 5th annual award nominees feature vehicles originating from five countries and produced over nearly four decades
The Peninsula today announced the eight nominees for its prestigious The Peninsula Classics 2019 Best of the Best Award, an accolade presented to the world’s most exceptional classic car. The selected vehicles were built by automakers from five different countries over a span of nearly 40 years, 1919 to 1958. The winning vehicle will be unveiled on 6 February 2020 at an award presentation at the famed The Peninsula Paris.
Founded in 2015 by The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, with co-founders William E. (Chip) Connor, Bruce Meyer and Christian Philippsen, this year’s award brings together eight of the concours circuits’ elite best of show winners from around the globe. The winner will be decided by a cohort of 25 judges ranging from automotive designers to some of the most recognized private collectors in the world including Peter Marino and Laurence Graff.
“This award is truly a celebration of automotive excellence. Only eight vehicles are selected from the world’s most prestigious concours events to compete for the title of most exceptional classic car,” said Sir Michael Kadoorie. “These motorcars are works of art, each with a unique history and provenance. Our esteemed panel of judges have their work cut out this year due to the incredible field of contenders.”
The diverse nominees include vehicles built in France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. This year’s nominees for The Peninsula Classics 2019 Best of the Best Award are as follows:
1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Coupé, coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi – Best of Show at the 2019 Salon Privé
1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Autobahn-Kurier, coachwork by the Factory – Best of Show at the 2019 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
1958 Ferrari 335 S Spyder, coachwork by Scaglietti – Best of Show at the 2019 Cavallino Classic
1950 Abarth 205 Berlinetta, coachwork by Vignale, design by Michelotti – Best of Show at the 2019 Goodwood Cartier Style et Luxe Concours d’Elegance
1931 Bentley 8 Litre Foursome Coupe, coachwork by Freestone & Webb – Best of Show at the 2019 Chantilly Arts & Elégance Richard Mille
1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Torpedo Skiff, coachwork by Barker – Best of Show at 2019 Concours of Elegance Hampton Court Palace
1931 Bentley 8 Litre Dual Cowl Tourer, coachwork by Gurney Nutting – Best of Show at 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
1931 Stutz DV32 Convertible Victoria, coachwork by LeBaron – Best of Show at 2019 The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
More details of the award can be found here.
Through a shared desire to celebrate the best of what defines the automotive world, The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, launched The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award in 2015 with co-founders William E. (Chip) Connor, Bruce Meyer and Christian Philippsen. Each founder shares a common passion and appreciation of fine motor cars, the preservation of their heritage and immaculate restoration projects. The award, sponsored by The Peninsula Hotels, brings together the concours circuits’ elite ‘Best of Show’ winners from around the globe.
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Pantone Reveals Color of the Year 2020: PANTONE® 19-4052 Classic Blue
A Reassuring Presence Instilling Calm, Confidence, And Connection
Tapping into sight, sound, smell, taste, and texture Pantone makes PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue the first multi-sensory Color of the Year in the company’s history.
Pantone, provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions, today announced PANTONE 19-4052, Classic Blue, as the Pantone® Color of the Year for 2020; a timeless and enduring hue elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation from which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.
“We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of constancy and confidence that is expressed by PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on,” said Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute. “Imbued with a deep resonance, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue provides an anchoring foundation. A boundless blue evocative of the vast and infinite evening sky, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue encourages us to look beyond the obvious to expand our thinking; challenging us to think more deeply, increase our perspective and open the flow of communication.”
The Color of the Year selection process requires thoughtful consideration and trend analysis. To arrive at the selection each year, Pantone’s color experts at the Pantone Color Institute comb the world looking for new color influences. This can include the entertainment industry and films in production, traveling art collections and new artists, fashion, all areas of design, popular travel destinations, as well as new lifestyles, playstyles, and socio-economic conditions. Influences may also stem from new technologies, materials, textures, and effects that impact color, relevant social media platforms and even up-coming sporting events that capture worldwide attention. For 21 years, Pantone’s Color of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries, including fashion, home furnishings, and industrial design, as well as product packaging and graphic design. Past selections for Color of the Year include:
PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral (2019)
PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet (2018)
PANTONE 15-0343 Greenery (2017)
PANTONE 15-3919 Serenity and PANTONE 13-1520 Rose Quartz (2016)
PANTONE 18-1438 Marsala (2015)
PANTONE 18-3224 Radiant Orchid (2014)
PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald (2013)
PANTONE 17-1463 Tangerine Tango (2012)
PANTONE 18-2120 Honeysuckle (2011)
PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise (2010)
PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa (2009)
PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris (2008)
PANTONE 19-1557 Chili Pepper (2007)
PANTONE 13-1106 Sand Dollar (2006)
PANTONE 15-5217 Blue Turquoise (2005)
PANTONE 17-1456 Tigerlily (2004)
PANTONE 14-4811 Aqua Sky (2003)
PANTONE 19-1664 True Red (2002)
PANTONE 17-2031 Fuchsia Rose (2001)
PANTONE 15-4020 Cerulean (2000)
The color selected as the Pantone Color of the Year 2020 was taken from the Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors Color System, the most widely used and recognized color standards system for fashion, textile, home, and interior design.
Imprinted in our psyches as a restful color, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue brings a sense of peace and tranquility to the human spirit, offering refuge. Aiding concentration and bringing laser-like clarity, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue re-centers our thoughts. A reflective blue tone, Classic Blue fosters resilience.
As technology continues to race ahead of the human ability to process it all, it is easy to understand why we gravitate to colors that are honest and offer the promise of protection. Non-aggressive and easily relatable, the trusted PANTONE 19-4052, Classic Blue lends itself to relaxed interaction. Associated with the return of another day, this universal favorite is comfortably embraced.
“The Pantone Color of the Year highlights the relationship between trends in color and what is taking place in our global culture at a moment in time, a color that reflects what individuals feel they need that color can hope to answer.” added Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute. “As society continues to recognize color as a critical form of communication, and a way to express and affect ideas and emotions, designers and brands should feel inspired to use color to engage and connect. The Pantone Color of the Year selection provides strategic direction for the world of trend and design, reflecting the Pantone Color Institute’s year-round work doing the same for designers and brands.”
To fully bring to life the true meaning of PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, Pantone has translated PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue into a multi-sensory experience. By extending the sensory reach of PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, Pantone is hoping to reach a greater diversity of people to provide everyone with an opportunity to engage with the Color of the Year 2020 in their own unique way.
“As we all head into a new era, we wanted to challenge ourselves to find inspiration from new sources that not only evolve our Color of the Year platform, but also help our global audiences achieve richer and more rewarding color experiences,” added Pressman. “This desire, combined with the emotional properties of PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, motivated us to expand beyond the visual, to bring the 2020 Pantone Color of the Year to life through a multi-sensory experience.”
Classic Blue in Fashion
PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is a poised and self-assured blue hue elegant in its simplicity. Genderless in outlook and seasonless in endurance, this foundational anchor shade enables color mixes throughout the spectrum, as well as making a strong statement on its own. Emblematic of heritage but at the same time highly contemporary, versatile PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue takes on distinct appearances through application to different materials, finishes and textures from shimmering metallics, lustrous sheens and high-tech materials to hand crafted looks and more fragile fabrics.
Classic Blue in Beauty
In the ultimate display of personal expression, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue makes a dramatic statement for eyes, nails and hair in a variety of finishes from glittery and glam to dusty matte.
Classic Blue in Home Décor
Offering the promise of protection PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is a pervasive favorite for home. Creating a stable foundation from which to build, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue injects creative confidence into interiors, transforming a space through unique color combinations and tonal statements. Easily applied across so many different materials, textures and finishes, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is a dependable blue that can take you in different directions expressing tradition and elegance as well as unexpected boldness.
Classic Blue in Graphic Design and Packaging
Because of PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue’s relation to the sky at dusk, something we see every day, it maintains a perception of dependability and constancy. A color we respond to viscerally as being trustworthy, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is an ideal shade for many applications of graphic design. This is especially true for packaging where PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue conveys the message of honesty, credibility and reliability that today’s consumers are connecting to.
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Neiman Marcus Unveils The 93rd Edition Of The Iconic Christmas Book And Legendary Fantasy Gifts
From a limited-edition 007 Aston Martin to a Michelin-starred Taste of Italy, the 2019 Fantasy Gifts are revealed in a digital campaign brought to life by award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan, filmed in Neiman Marcus at Hudson Yards
Today, Neiman Marcus unveiled the 2019 Christmas Book, a curated selection of nearly 800 extraordinary holiday gifts for everyone on the customers’ wish lists. Included in the Christmas Book are the legendary Neiman Marcus Fantasy Gifts, which celebrate their 60th anniversary and were unveiled last night at an event in Neiman Marcus at Hudson Yards.
“The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book and our Fantasy Gifts are a tradition that customers look forward to year-after-year,” said Lana Todorovich, President and Chief Merchandising Officer, Neiman Marcus. “For the 60th anniversary of Fantasy Gifts, we’ve pulled out all the stops – both with the gifts themselves and the way we’re unveiling them to customers.“
2019 Neiman Marcus Fantasy Gifts
The 2019 Fantasy Gifts will delight customers this holiday season through a series of videos starring award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan. “Rachel perfectly brings our Fantasy Gifts to life and truly reveals them in a magical way to our customers,” said Todorovich. The series, which will be promoted through Neiman Marcus’ social channels, introduces each gift in a whimsical way that evokes the feeling of holiday nostalgia. In addition, for everyFantasy Gift purchased with a Neiman Marcus credit card, purchasers will receive an InCircle membership to the President’s Circle; subject to credit approval.
This year’s Christmas Book also presents an assortment of extraordinary holiday gifts across a broad range of categories and price points. A few notable and exclusive gifts include a Neiman Marcus-edition Moët & Chandon Vending Machine ($35,000, page 29), a Versace Punching Bag ($1,550, page 184), a Bey Berk Cigar Humidor ($165, page 205), and a Funboy Holiday Inflatable Snowmobile($99, page 227), to name a few.
First published in 1926 as a 16-page booklet, the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book was initially intended as a Christmas card to the store’s best customers. Over the years, the book has evolved into a legendary source for alluring and spectacular gifts while maintaining its personal and timeless touch.
GIFTS THAT GIVE BACK Neiman Marcus has a history of giving back and community outreach has always been an integral part of the company’s core values. In 2018, the efforts of The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation impacted more than 2.5 million children. As in years past, a portion of every Fantasy Gift is donated to the foundation, bringing art-enriching experiences nationwide.
This year, Neiman Marcus continues its three year partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, an organization committed to offering resources to help benefit 4.3 million kids and teens nationwide to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. Neiman Marcus has pledged a $750,000 financial commitment over three years to focus both on local and national programs aimed at bringing meaningful art experiences to communities in need.
The 2019 Fantasy Gifts include:
007 ASTON MARTIN DESIGNED BY DANIEL CRAIG
Fulfill your secret agent fantasies in an Aston Martin DBS Superleggera designed by 007 himself, Daniel Craig. Available in a run of seven – naturally – each limited-edition car comes in a beautiful inky blue and features a powerful twin-turbo 5.2-liter V12 engine, producing immense torque and extraordinary in-gear performance. As if that weren’t enough, you’ll also receive one of only seven limited-edition, all-platinum Seamaster Diver 300M OMEGA timepieces – each featuring a unique hand-engraved case back – plus tickets to the world premiere of No Time to Die, the 25th installment in the James Bond series.
With the purchase of each 007 Fantasy Gift, 12 percent of the Fantasy Gift purchase will be donated to The Opportunity Network, with a guaranteed minimum donation of $330,000; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Limited production of seven packages available. ($700,007; page 259-260)
A VERY VIP TASTE OF ITALY
Chef Massimo Bottura
Calling all foodies: This gift’s for you. Take a once-in-a-lifetime trip for two kicking off in Modena, Italy. Get ready for food and fun—and more food—in the days to come. Visit the Pastificio Di Martino factory, where you’ll learn the art of Italian pasta making from third-generation pasta maker Giuseppe Di Martino. The next day enjoy a cooking lesson from Chef Massimo Bottura, followed by dinner at an exclusive table inside the wine room of his three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Osteria Francescana. Continue with a guided tour of the local markets, all while driving exotic cars through the Emilia Romagna region, aka “Italy’s Motor Valley.”
With the purchase of the Taste of Italy experience, $10,000 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation and Pastificio Di Martino will make a donation of $50,000 to Food for Soul, a cultural project raising awareness of food waste and social isolation; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Gift limited to one experience ($200,000; page 265-266)
EXPERIENCE FASHION WEEK LIKE AN INDUSTRY INSIDER
Your fashion fantasies will come to life as you and a plus-one jet to New York City to join a Neiman Marcus insider at FASHION WEEK. Sit front row at four of the week’s most coveted shows—you’ll get to pick a look from each designer—hobnob with designers backstage, and reminisce over the view from the front row with cocktails in hand at Neiman Marcus at Hudson Yards. You’ll enjoy five-star treatment from doorstep to red carpet, and you’ll look good while doing it, thanks to hair, makeup, and styling courtesy of Neiman Marcus.
With the purchase of the Fashion Week experience, $12,000 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Gift limited to one experience. ($250,000; page 273-274)
KICK IT IN TOKYO WITH SNEAKER LEGEND, JEFF STAPLE
Live for the latest drops? This is your chance for all-access to the mastermind of cool collaborations, Jeff Staple. You’ll head to Tokyo to meet the designer and streetwear icon for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Visit Jeff’s favorite boutiques, enjoy a private dinner with Jeff at his favorite restaurant, Narisawa, and stay at Aman Tokyo, a five-star hotel conveniently located near the shopping hubs of Ginza and Shibuya. Then, every collector’s dream: Throughout 2020, you’ll also receive a minimum of eight Staple collaborations, each with a signed letter of authenticity from Jeff himself with the option to have each piece signed.
With the purchase of the Sneaker Legend experience, $7,500 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Gift limited to one experience. ($110,000; page 267-268)
STAR IN A MAKEUP BY MARIO INSTAGRAM VIDEO
Makeup Artist Mario Dedivanovic
It’s every beauty junkie’s dream come true: an hour in the chair of makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic. Travel to meet up with Mario for a personalized makeup session, and see for yourself why celebrities around the world book him a year in advance. He’ll do your makeup using some of his favorite products from Neiman Marcus, and you’ll be featured on his Instagram channel, where he’ll showcase your ultimate beauty look. The fun doesn’t end there. You’ll receive tickets to The Masterclass, Mario’s sought-after makeup master class, including a special meet-and-greet and photo opportunity with Mario. Finally, you’ll also receive a special package with some of the products Mario used during your glam experience.
With the purchase of the Makeup by Mario experience, $15,000 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Gift limited to one experience. ($400,000; page 271-272)
A CUSTOM PET PARADISE BY ROCKSTAR PUPPY AND DENISE RICHARDS
Does your dog feel most at home in a Cape Cod beach cottage or a Brooklyn brownstone? Maybe his style’s more midcentury modern with a traditional twist. In any case, make your pampered pet feel right at home in a one-of-a-kind doghouse, produced in collaboration with Rockstar Puppy, purveyors of a luxe canine lifestyle, and actress/animal lover Denise Richards. Houses are designed to your specifications inside and out, and nothing is off limits. You’ll share your vision with Jessica Clark, the creative mind behind Rockstar Puppy, discuss the design with Denise via video chat, and then Rockstar Puppy will work its magic, bringing your unique creation to life.
Pet Paradise Experience
With the purchase of the Pet Paradise gift, $5,000 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation and Denise Richards will make a donation of $25,000 to American Humane Society; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Limited to one gift. ($70,000; page 269-270)
A BEHIND THE SCENES EXPERIENCE WITH BOUCHERON
26 Place Vendôme in Paris, home of Maison Boucheron
A treasure trove awaits at 26 Place Vendôme in Paris, home of Maison Boucheron since 1893. Meet Creative Director Claire Choisne and enjoy exclusive access to the house’s workshops and design studio, where you’ll get an up-close look at the artistry that goes into creating each spectacular piece. Take home the exclusive Perle Au Trésor, a precious objet d’art that opens to reveal a necklace, bracelet, and two broaches. Then, retire in style with luxury accommodations, including two nights at Le 26, Boucheron’s stunning Place Vendôme apartment. You and your guest will be among the few to stay in the highly exclusive apartment, which was added during a recent refurbishment of the historic building, formally known as Hôtel de Nocé. Très magnifique.
Jewelry by Boucheron
With the purchase of the Boucheron experience, $35,000 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Gift limited to one experience. ($695,000 page 261-262)
CREATE A COUTURE PAIR OF CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTINS
Imagine jetting to Paris to paint the town red à la Christian Louboutin. You and a guest will visit the designer’s favorite haunts and browse the original Christian Louboutin boutique on rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, where you’ll select five pairs from the latest collection. Next, you’ll visit the designer’s atelier and work with the atelier director and a group of master artisans to design your very own one-of-a-kind custom couture shoe. Wine and dine at Michelin-starred restaurant Divellec, enjoy a show at the legendary cabaret club, the Crazy Horse, and call it a night in a two-bedroom signature suite at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental, Paris, an award-winning, five-star hotel on chic rue Saint-Honoré. After you’ve bid Paris au revoir and returned home, your one-of-a-kind pair of shoes and an original sketch of the design from Mr. Louboutin himself will be delivered to your door.
With the purchase of the Christian Louboutin experience, $18,000 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation; shipping charges and taxes may apply. Gift limited to one experience. ($125,000; page 263-264)
INCIRCLE AROUND THE WORLD
Circle the World with InCircle will take customers aboard a Privé Jet to five world-class destinations with luxury accommodations.
The Lodge at Blue Sky, Utah
Medium Deluxe Suite at Once upon A Time, Ice Hotel
For the first time ever, Neiman Marcus presents an additional Fantasy Gift accessible exclusively to InCircle members. Circle the World with InCircle will take customers aboard a Privé Jet to five world-class destinations with luxury accommodations. Guests will stay three nights at each location, then board the private jet to set off to the next location. The luxurious adventure begins at Kasbah Tamadot near Marrakech, Morocco, then off to Lefay Resort & Spa near Dolomiti, Italy, next Ice Hotel in Sweden, then Jade Mountain in St. Lucia, and the trip culminates at The Lodge at Blue Sky in Utah. For more information and to join InCircle, visit www.incircle.com. ($575,000)
The Lefay Resort & Spa near Dolomiti, Italy at Dusk
Exclusive SPA Suite at the Lefay Resort & Spa
“Bravo Neiman Marcus!” said award winning actress Rachel Brosnahan. “After 60 years you’ve simply outdone yourself. Nothing puts me in the holiday spirit like these glamorous goodies… an 11-room doggie mansion, a 10 out of 10 makeover by Mario, nine courses of the Italian countryside, eight Jeff Staple collaborations, 007’s Aston Martin, six pairs of Louboutins, five curated destinations, four fashion week shows, three Boucheron baubles. This holiday season, the gift of fantasy is two words and one of a kind… Neiman Marcus.”
2019 Neiman Marcus Fantasy Gifts Presented by Award Winning Actress Rachel Brosnahan
Neiman Marcus is a Dallas-based luxury retailer, providing luxury customers access to exclusive and emerging brands, anticipatory service, and unique experiences since 1907. Each day, Neiman Marcus digitally connects with customers around the world while delighting them with interesting, interactive, and immersive experiences across a physical 43-store presence in the U.S. From delectable dining and indulgent beauty services to bespoke experiences and exclusive products, there’s something for everyone. Neiman Marcus is part of the Neiman Marcus Group, which is comprised of a multi-branded, luxury shopping experience under the Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodma, Neiman Marcus Last Call, and Horchow brand names. To keep up with the latest news and events happening at Neiman Marcus, visit www.neimanmarcus.com or follow the brand on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and WeChat.
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Publishing Giant Condé Nast Announces New Global Leadership Structure
U.S./New York-based Condé Nast and London-based Condé Nast International Are Integrated as One Global Team. New Consumer Marketing Function to Bring Focus on Direct-to-Consumer Efforts With Unified Commercial Team to Better Serve Global Clients’ Holistic Needs
New Leadership Structure is Expected to Help Further Turn the Financial Ship Around As Company Moves Beyond Closing and Selling Off Magazine Titles, Layoffs and Consolidation of Workforce Across All Titles
Long expected, Condé Nast yesterday appointed a new global leadership team designed to accelerate the company’s evolution into a 21st-century media company. The new organizational structure, which combines Condé Nast and Condé Nast International into a unified global team, was created with several guiding principles in mind, including the preservation of local editorial voice and authority, an enhanced focus on the consumer, unification of the company’s ad and commercial sales functions to reflect clients’ local and global needs and the development of new ways to share capabilities and best practices across the company.
Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair, and Wired, among many others. The company’s award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month. The company is headquartered in London and New York and operates in 32 markets worldwide including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K., and the U.S., with local license partners across the globe. Launched in 2011, Condé Nast Entertainment is an award-winning production and distribution studio that creates programming across film, television, social and digital video and virtual reality.
“One of my top priorities has been to define our organizational structure so that we can take full advantage of our unique growth opportunities and exceptional content around the world,” said the recently-appointed CEO of Condé Nast, RogerLynch “I’m confident that our new global structure will better enable us to collaborate across teams and markets and, ultimately, deliver unparalleled experiences for our consumers and clients.“
The new structure is as follows:
Global Content Functions:: Anna Wintour, U.S. Artistic Director, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue U.S. and (newly-appointed) Global Content Advisor, will continue in her role as U.S. Artistic Director and Editor-in-Chief of Vogue U.S., and will add Global Content Advisor and oversight of Vogue International to her responsibilities. In her expanded role, Wintour will advise the executive leadership team on global content opportunities and act as a resource to editors-in-chief and editorial talent worldwide.
Oren Katzeff, President of Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), will expand the company’s digital video, film and television operations to create best-in-class video content experiences for audiences worldwide. The company has been increasing its focus on video content and currently generates 1.1 billion video views per month. Under Oren’s leadership, CNE will now be the core of our global network of video teams, supporting the growth of our video businesses in all markets.
David Remnick, Editor-in-Chief of The New Yorker, will also continue to report directly to Lynch.
Global Operations Organization: Wolfgang Blau, President, International & Chief Operating Officer will oversee all non-U.S. markets, as well as selected global strategic functions, including Product & Technology, Data, Licensing, Global Editorial Operations, Business Development, and Delivery & Business Transformation. This organization will ensure day-to-day operational excellence and capability sharing across the business.
Global Commercial Organization: Pamela Drucker Mann, Global Chief Revenue Officer & President, U.S. Revenue, will lead a new global revenue organization that brings together the company’s U.S. and international ad sales, creative and agency, B2B marketing and client service capabilities. Jamie Jouning, promoted to Chief Client Officer, will report to Drucker Mann and oversee key global accounts, multi-market deals, and central digital ad operations. Drucker Mann will define ad sales and ad product strategies globally, and work closely with Jamie and the central team and commercial leads in the company’s worldwide markets to drive overall ad, agency, and B2B revenue and share best practices.
Consumer Marketing Organization: Condé Nast is creating a new consumer marketing organization that will be led by a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and will bring added focus to the company’s direct-to-consumer efforts. As the company expands its consumer offerings, this team will be charged with developing best-in-class capabilities and consistency across consumer experiences on every platform. The team will also be responsible for consumer revenue, with a core focus on subscriptions and memberships. In addition, the team will have responsibility for global brand management, consumer research, and insights and global audience development, ensuring a data-driven approach to the company’s efforts. The search for a CMO to lead this new organization will begin immediately.
Corporate Functions: The company is also globalizing its three corporate functions to leverage skills, expertise and standardize processes and best practices: People, Finance and Communications. The company will begin an immediate search and selection process for these and other open roles. Until new leaders are identified, teams will maintain their existing reporting lines and responsibilities.
“We’re bringing added focus to our direct-to-consumer efforts and will build a new consumer marketing function that will be charged with developing best-in-class subscription and membership capabilities, and maintaining the authenticity of our iconic global brands,” Lynch continued. “And by transforming our sales organization into a unified global team, Condé Nast will be better positioned to serve the holistic needs of our clients around the world and make it easier for them to do business with us.“
The new structure and appointments take effect immediately.
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Neiman Marcus Presents The 91st Edition Of Iconic Christmas Book As They Celebrate 110 Years
Fantasy Gifts Include a New Year’s Eve Celebration Above Times Square, One-of-a-Kind 7.2-Carat Emerald & Zambian Experience with Stephen Webster, Ryder Cup Experience with Jim Furyk and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited-Edition Dawns
The Neiman Marcus 2017 Christmas Book with its legendary Fantasy Gifts were unveiled by the luxury omni-channel retailer in Dallas. The 91st edition of this renowned book continues Neiman Marcus’ unmatched tradition of offering a selection of spectacular and unique holiday gifts sure to make even the wildest of dreams come true.
The arrival of the Christmas Book marks the official start of the holiday shopping season. This year’s edition carries on the Neiman Marcus tradition of presenting a refined selection of items across a broad range of categories for everyone on your holiday shopping list. With a new collection of Fantasy Gifts certain to satisfy even the most indulgent appetites, the Christmas Book features exceptional and distinctive gifts and experiences, including an aerial photo session with Gray Malin, a pampering experience in Paris with Sisley, and a bespoke handbag collection and Parisian experience with Olympia Le-Tan. This year’s “Yours & Mine” Fantasy Gift is a pair of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited-Edition Dawns in two color options.
“From hundreds of submissions we received, we are thrilled to now present the final ten Fantasy Gifts for 2017,” said Jim Gold, President and Chief Merchandising Officer, Neiman Marcus Group. “These gifts will exceed expectations through exceptional experiences and one-of-a-kind objects that only Neiman Marcus can curate!”
First published in 1926 as a 16-page booklet, the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book was initially intended as a Christmas card to the store’s best customers. Through the years, the book has maintained its personal touch while evolving into a legendary source for alluring and mystical gifts.
NEIMAN MARCUS 110th ANNIVERSARY
To mark the 110th anniversary of Neiman Marcus, a user-generated content campaign was launched via social media as a way to showcase customers’ memories on the cover of the iconic Christmas Book. Over 17,000 submissions were received from customers across the globe; 1,500 images are featured on the cover. The retailer is also incorporating a digital component that allows customers to submit, search, and share their images as part of an online mosaic.
“We can think of no better way to celebrate the holidays and our 110th anniversary than putting our customer’s front and center,” said Yujin Heo, Vice President, Creative, Neiman Marcus.
FANTASIES FOR PHILANTHROPY
The 2017 Christmas Book features over 780 holiday gifts across 300 pages. Nearly fifty percent of the items are under $250, with the least expensive item being $9 (Omy Coloring Book, page 264) and the most expensive priced at $1.6 million (New Year’s Eve at The Knickerbocker Hotel Fantasy Gift, page 140).
A portion of every Fantasy Gift will be donated to the Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation, bringing art-enriching experiences to youth nationwide. Stanley Marcus once said, “art enhances the quality of people’s lives.” His philosophy lives on through the foundation and Neiman Marcus is proud to continue its long legacy of giving back. Every single dollar of the Paper for Water Fantasy Gifts will go directly to the organization to fund clean water for communities in need.
Ten percent of proceeds from the Love to Give Collection also featured in the 2017 Christmas Book, benefit youth arts education programs in Neiman Marcus communities across the country. An additional $50,000 from online sales will go to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation. The Love to Give Collection offers items perfectly priced for gifting ($20 – $295), and include product from various categories such as beauty, children, and home. Vendors include, but are not limited to, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Yves Saint Laurent, Nest Fragrances, Kim Seybert, and Sugarfina.
NORELL FRAGRANCES PARTNERSHIP
Another exciting portion of the Christmas Book highlights Neiman Marcus’ partnership with Norell Fragrances and The New School’s Parsons School of Design. Through this partnership, Neiman Marcus Fashion Director, Ken Downing, was part of a committee of judges that selected Anthony Thomas Galante as the recipient of the 2017 Norman Norell Design Award. His winning design, a hand-sequined silk georgette gown, with inspiration drawn from Norell’s classic design, is featured on page 105 of the Christmas Book.
The 2017 Christmas Book Fantasy Gifts include:
EXPERIENCE CHAMPAGNE AND CREATE PERSONALIZED CUVÉE WITH ARMAND DE BRIGNAC
Experience Champagne And Create Personalized Cuvée With Armand De Brignac: Travel to Champagne with Armand de Brignac – tend the vineyards, sample the reserves, stroll the private cellars, and finishing your own cuvée.
Kick things off with a first-class trip for four to Paris and a stay at Rosewood’s Hôtel de Crillon with a 12-course dinner at L’Ecrin. Next, a private car will take you to meet with the 13th-generation winegrowing family behind Armand de Brignac. Tend the vineyards, sample the reserves, stroll the private cellar, and help create your own cuvée. End the day with a helicopter flyover of Champagne’s villages and vineyards. Then, spend the night at Domaine Les Crayères, a majestic chateau, with a dinner at the three-Michelin-star L’Assiette Champenoise before enjoying Paris for one more glorious day and night. The fun doesn’t end there. Delivered to your door: 12 bottles of each of the five Armand de Brignac champagnes to savor until your bespoke bottles are ready. And when the time comes, 24 bottles of the personally finished cuvée, each inscribed with the giftee’s name.
One Armand de Brignac experience is offered by Pencils of Promise, which will retain any profits from the sale of this Fantasy Gift for its charitable initiative that provides educational opportunities for children in the developing world. Gift limited to one experience. ($150,000; page 127)
GRAY MALIN AERIAL PHOTO ADVENTURE
Go up, up, and away with fine-art photographer Gray Malin. Famous for his sunny, saturated aerial scenes, Malin will host a private one-hour helicopter jaunt for two over the beaches of Los Angeles and Malibu. Malin will click away at the agreed-upon scene, then have a post-flight Champagne toast with Malin to replay the day just shared. In a few weeks, select an edited photograph for Malin to print, sign, frame, and send – and perhaps to inspire dreams of new adventures. Hotel room provided for the two-night stay.
Gray Malin Aerial Photo Adventure: Capture shots from a helicopter during a private one-hour flight over Los Angeles and Malibu with fine-art aerial photographer Gray Malin. Enjoy two nights in Santa Monica and a post-flight toast with Gray.
With the purchase of the Gray Malin experience, $5,000 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation. Gift limited to one experience. ($35,000; page 129)
MADAME ALEXANDER DOLLS FOR A YEAR AND DOLLHOUSE BY KIDKRAFT
Your gift begins with a December delivery of eight darling dolls by Madame Alexander and a limited-edition Grand Anniversary Dollhouse by KidKraft. For the following 11 months, another doll comes – everyone from Wonderland’s curious Alice to the ruby-slippered girl from Kansas and her little dog, too. Storybook heroes, princesses, European royalty… imagine the diverse and delightful conversations they’ll inspire in the meticulously designed dollhouse – complete with accessories and furniture. The best is saved for last: the final doll will be customized, first collaborate with a top Madame Alexander designer and then choose the doll you want and how you want it to look.
Madame Alexander Dolls For A Year And Dollhouse By KidKraft: The gift that keeps giving – a dream year of dolls by Madame Alexander and a custom-made Grand Anniversary Dollhouse by KidKraft. Collaborate on the design of your final, customizable doll.
With the purchase of the Madame Alexander gift, $500 will be donated to The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation. Gift limited to ten packages. ($8,000; page 130) Continue reading →
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HGTV Dream Home Giveaway 2017 Now Open For Entries
Starting now and continuing through 5 p.m. ET Friday, February 17, 2017, viewers can dream about moving into the 2017 HGTV® Dream Home on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Fans can enter twice a day by visiting www.HGTV.com/HGTVDreamHome for a chance to win the grand prize package valued at more than $1.7 million. Eligible U.S. residents can log on to www.HGTV.com for full details and official rules.
Enter for a chance to win the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway 2017 at HGTV.com.
In addition to the approximately 3,200-square-foot residence and all its furnishings, the grand prize winner will receive the keys to a new Honda Pilot, plus $250,000 from national mortgage lender Quicken Loans®.
Interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn has restored a hidden gem into a one-of-a-kind getaway with a design aesthetic that can be described as Southern Transitional. With Sea Island as the backdrop, the 1980s-built home maintains a traditional look that embodies true Southern charm with an emphasis on architecture reflective of its coastal location.
“The charming seaside location of St. Simons fits the bill as a ‘dreamy’ location where our fans can see themselves relaxing by the backyard fire pit or hosting friends by the pool,” said Ron Feinbaum, general manager and senior vice president of Home Promotions for Scripps Networks Interactive. “Working with architect Michael Stauffer and builder Allen Construction, we were able to transform this home into a residence with design inspiration that our fans can use in their own homes.”
The main living spaces reflect an entertaining-savvy layout that features muted, muddy earth tones mixed with bright whites. Comfortable furniture and formal statement pieces are intertwined with casual textiles. A selection of modern art elevates the house to a game-changing showstopper. The three bedrooms and four bathrooms take their cue from the property’s mossy vegetation with shades of green, and the neutral browns are a nod to the nearby beaches. Complete with a private pool, the abode is a fresh new take on Southern style.
Learn more about this year’s giveaway and its sponsors – Honda; Lumber Liquidators, Inc.; Quicken Loans®; Wayfair; Cabinets To Go; Delta Faucet; CESAR® Canine Cuisine; Realtor.com®; Trex Company, Inc.; Belgard; Bush Brothers & Company; ICON Health & Fitness; SimpliSafe Home Security; Sleep Number®; Greenworks Tools; and Bose Corporation – at www.HGTV.com/HGTVDreamHome.
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Motor Trend Announces Its 2017 Motor Trend Awards “OF The Year” Winners
Car Of The Year, Truck Of The Year, Suv Of The Year, And Person Of The Year Announced During Motor Trend Awards Live Ceremony And Webcast In Los Angeles
MOTOR TREND announced the Motor Trend Awards winners of the Golden Calipers for Car of the Year, Truck of the Year, SUV of the Year, and Person of the Year during a red carpet ceremony. An audience of industry executives and celebrity guests celebrated the winners at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The awards show was streamed live on the Motor Trend OnDemand SVOD service, YouTube, and the MOTOR TREND website. An OnDemand replay is available, which features award content, including complete details on the contenders, finalists, and winners, and a replay of the event broadcast.
“What an exceptional night to honor the best of the best in the industry,” says Edward Loh, editor-in-chief of MOTOR TREND. “We are honored to present this year’s coveted Car of the Year, Truck of the Year, SUV of the Year, and Person of the Year to some of the most well-deserving and innovative recipients we have had yet.”
The cover of the January 2017 Issue of MOTOR TREND Magazine (Courtesy of MOTOR TREND and TEN: The Enthusiast Network)
This year’s finalists were evaluated against six key criteria: safety, efficiency, value, advancement in design, engineering excellence, and performance of intended function. Judges for each program came from the MOTOR TREND staff but also included two special guest judges for Car of the Year (legendary car designer Tom Gale and product development guru Chris Theodore) and one special guest judge for SUV of the Year (sales and marketing veteran Mike Accavitti). The Person of the Year was chosen from MOTOR TREND’s annual Power List of the automotive industry’s 50 most influential people.
2017 MOTOR TREND Car of the Year Winner: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
For only the second time in the awards’ seven decades, the sound of electrical energy being converted into motion and the sound of the automotive world shifting on its axis convinced the MOTOR TREND judges to select the Chevrolet Bolt EV as this year’s Car of the Year winner.
2017 MOTOR TREND Car of the Year Winner: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV (PRNewsFoto/TEN: The Enthusiast Network)
The Bolt EV was the first battery-powered vehicle to be conceived by General Motors to be a viable, affordable, mass-market, game-changing electric car, and just two numbers show why. The EPA has certified the Bolt EV will travel 238 miles on a full charge, and it costs only $29,995 after taking into consideration a $7,500 federal tax rebate.
Following a week of testing at the Hyundai-Kia Motors California Proving Ground, the MOTOR TREND judges found, “the most impressive thing about the Bolt EV is that there are no caveats and no ‘for an electric car’ qualifiers needed in any discussion. It is, simply, a world-class small car, and that’s before you factor in the benefits inherent in the smoothness, silence, and instant-on torque provided by the electric motor.”
In awarding the Bolt EV its Car Of The Year status, Angus MacKenzie, International Bureau Chief for TEN: The Enthusiast Network, calls this year’s winner a “roomy, practical, quiet, and comfortable compact hatchback; an energy-efficient small car; and a benchmark electric vehicle—all in one.”
2017 MOTOR TREND Truck of the Year Winner: 2017 Ford Super Duty
Out of this year’s three impressive finalists tested at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Arizona proving ground, the MOTOR TREND judges named the 2017 Ford Super Duty MOTOR TREND’s 2017 Truck of the Year winner.
2017 MOTOR TREND Truck of the Year Winner: 2017 Ford Super Duty (PRNewsFoto/TEN: The Enthusiast Network)
The Ford Super Duty remains cool under extreme pressure, regardless of the circumstances. The design as a whole advances the direction of the previous generation without losing or abandoning its signature look or deviating from the consumer mission. The judges were extremely impressed with the performance of the F-350 dual-rear-wheel diesel as, despite weighing in at 8,643 pounds, it returned an outstanding 16.3/20.5/18.0 mpg city/highway/combined. The Super Duty’s ability to extend blind-spot detection to cover a trailer adds an important layer of safety, as does the ability to monitor six trailer tires’ pressures and the trailer lights on the dashboard.
“With its latest Super Duty, Ford has set new benchmarks for capability and functionality. We have no doubt the competition will race to meet Ford’s new standard,” says MOTOR TREND Associate Editor Scott Evans.
2017 MOTOR TREND SUV of the Year Winner: 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC
Mercedes-Benz SUVs are no strangers to the MOTOR TREND Of the Year awards. This year, the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC becomes the fourth Mercedes-Benz SUV to win the Golden Calipers as the MOTOR TREND SUV of the Year winner.
2017 MOTOR TREND SUV of the Year Winner: 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC (PRNewsFoto/TEN: The Enthusiast Network)
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2016 Black Friday Report: Walmart Delivers Deals, Availability and Simplicity on Black Friday
Walmart issued the following statement on how the company delivered on its Black Friday plans for customers. The retailer also unveiled top products purchased on Black Friday and how customers shopped that day in stores and online.
“This Black Friday, we promised customers great deals, more availability of those items, an integrated offering with Walmart.com and the simple shopping experience our customers have come to expect from Walmart. I am proud to say that we’ve delivered on all fronts,” said Steve Bratspies, Chief Merchandising Officer, Walmart U.S. “Our customers were particularly excited about the new technologies we offered this year. In addition to picking up Black Friday favorites like televisions and toys, they flocked to our stores for drones, virtual reality products and hoverboards.”
Happy Walmart customer reacts to receiving a Hatchimal, one of the season’s hottest toys. (Photo: Business Wire)
Thanksgiving and Black Friday Fun Facts and Stats:
The week kicked off with customers visiting stores in the days leading up to Thanksgiving to grocery shop. This Thanksgiving, Walmart sold 150 million pounds of turkey and ham. Throughout the month of November, the retailer also sold more than six pies per second with the most popular pies being pumpkin and the Patti LaBelle Sweet Potato Pie.
Black Friday is about offering great deals in stores and online. At midnight ET on Thanksgiving Day, customers started shopping on Walmart.com and the Walmart app. Thanksgiving Day was once again one of the top online shopping days of the year.
Then, at 6 p.m. the retailer kicked off the company’s Black Friday event in stores across the country. Millions of customers went home with the items they wanted. Top sellers included televisions, cookware, video games and systems, drones, toys and pajamas for the whole family.
More than 70 percent of traffic to Walmart.com during the retailer’s Black Friday event was driven by mobile.
(Image courtesy of Walmart)
It is not over. Walmart’s Cyber Week began at 12:01 a.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 25, and will continue with thousands of online specials every day throughout the week.
“We will continue to focus on offering great prices on great products across the whole store and on Walmart.com for the rest of the holiday season,” Bratspies added.
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Now Open: Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto Unlocks The Hidden Secrets Of Japan’s Ancient Imperial Capital
Dedicated Four Seasons Experience Creator Devises Unique Itineraries That Give Travelers Exclusive Access To Authentic Cultural Encounters
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In the shadow of Higashiyama Mountain in the temple district of Japan’s ancient capital, a modern oasis of serenity and style opens the doors to a city that is both beautiful and mysterious, breathtaking and inspiring. This is Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto, secluded amid a five acre (two hectare) 12th century pond garden, yet just moments from key centers of business, culture, history and natural wonders.
“Kyoto is one of the world’s most alluring cities, but she can be shy in revealing her secrets – our mission at Four Seasons is to help our guests discover her wonders and experience all the city has to offer,” says General Manager Alex Porteous, who leads the 270-person team at the intimate Hotel with 123 rooms and 57 Hotel Residences in the historic Higashiyama District, close to downtown.
CNKDYW Cherry blossom time, in Kiyomizu Dera Temple, in Kyoto, Japan. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.
The new Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is the sister property of Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi, suggesting an opportunity for travelers to experience the ancient and modern capitals of Japan in Four Seasons style. The company recently announced plans for a third hotel in Japan, in Tokyo’s Otemachi business district.
Welcome to Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
A Good Night’s Rest: Guest rooms – including 13 suites – are designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates to showcase views of the pond garden, Myoho-in Temple and surrounding neighborhood. Traditional elements such as shoji panels, polished woods, locally crafted Kyoto-style fusuma screens and urushi lacquerware are paired with modern at-one’s-fingertips technologies. Selected accommodations, including the lavishly appointed Presidential Suite, also have balconies. At 245 square meters (2,637 square feet indoors plus additional furnished outdoors space, the Presidential Suite is one of Kyoto’s largest. All guest rooms and suites feature the signature Four Seasons Bed.
Dining at Four Seasons: In a city renowned for its continuing history of innovative cuisine, Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is a destination unto itself. The Brasserie brings the spirit of modern bistro fare to the city with a distinctive local twist. Dishes include Chef Tsuyoshi Iryo’s miso-marinated foie gras terrine and ox tongue bourguignon with local daikon and sprout salad. The pinnacle of Edo-Mae style sushi is showcased at the exclusive Sushi Wakon, produced by Michelin-starred Chef Red Masuda, with Chef Masashi Yamaguchi serving just 10 guests per seating at the eight meter long (26 foot) hinoki (cypress) counter. Two private dining spaces for 4 or 8 guests are also available.
In the inviting Lounge, guests are treated to gourmet bites to accompany selections of fine domestic and imported whiskies and other spirits, creative coffee drinks, “gastro” teas, and other beverages. Across the historic pond, a tea house awaits at Shakusui-tei, with a menu of local sakes and premium champagnes to sparkle alongside the water’s reflections in the evening.
Health and Well-Being: The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is grounded in the Japanese aesthetic of enso, connecting mind and body. A menu of ceremonious rituals, results-oriented therapies and indulgent journeys are performed by skilled therapists in one of seven treatment rooms, including a couple’s suite. Of special note are skin care treatments using Tatcha, a luxury brand inspired by the 200 year old style guide called Miyakofuzoku Kewaiden. French high-performance line Biologique Recherche and all-natural Sodashi from Australia are also featured alongside Kotoshina products formulated with organic green tea from Uji, Kyoto and French spa water for beautiful skin.
The Spa complex includes a sauna, steam and whirlpool; a full-service beauty salon; state-of-the-art fitness centre, and 20 meter (66 foot) indoor pool. Continue reading →
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THE KNOT EXPANDS PRESENCE IN COUTURE BRIDAL FASHION INDUSTRY
Announces COUTURE Los Angeles Bridal Market for August 2014
XO Group Inc. www.xogroupinc.com), a global media and technology leader and creator of the top two wedding websites, www.TheKnot.com and www.WeddingChannel.com, today announces Couture LA, a new wholesale marketplace for the bridal fashion industry on the West Coast. The new show will be produced to bring leading bridal designers and salon buyers together in an unprecedented setting. In expanding its B2B business and establishing a new standard in the bridal trade show industry, The Knot will connect the industry’s most influential bridal gown designers with retailers at the iconic Siren Studios on famed Sunset Boulevard, in the heart of Hollywood
The Knot is the nation’s leading wedding resource, reaching nearly every bride in America through the number 1 wedding website, www.TheKnot.com; The Knot national and local wedding magazines; The Knot book series; and syndicated columns in newspapers nationwide. The Knot is the flagship brand of XO Group Inc. (www.xogroupinc.com), a global media and technology leader devoted to weddings, pregnancy and everything in between, providing young women with the trusted information, products and advice they need to guide them through the most transformative events of their lives.
“For 18 years and 36 seasons, Couture has helped establish some of the most iconic names in the wedding business at our NYC-based Couture Show, and the time is right to expand to provide the same high-level show to serve our partners’ needs on the West Coast,” said Jennifer Davidson, Global Fashion Director of The Knot. “We’re all about applying a fresh voice and intelligent solutions across each of our platforms. Our partner’s require a quality production that will help foster industry growth and deliver the latest styles into the doors of bridal salons and in turn, directly to brides. In doing so, our brides benefit and are ensured the latest styles from the top names in the business.”
The backdrop will include hip exhibit space in an actual Hollywood Soundstage, complete with “boulevards” named after famed LA landmarks where designers, buyers, stylists, media and industry leaders will get down to business in style. Already signed on for the August 2014 show are industry powerhouses (in alphabetical order): Alfred Angelo, Allure Bridals, Casablanca Bridal, Jasmine Bridals, Jordan Fashions, Maggie Sottero, Mon Cheri Bridals, Moonlight Bridals, Paloma Blanca, Private Label by G, Sincerity Bridals/Justin Alexander, Sottero & Midgley and Watters Bride/Wtoo.
“We are thrilled to have an all-star roster of industry leaders supporting this show at such an early stage. It proves once again that when we work together, we can create smart, successful, cost-effective solutions for the bridal industry,” said Davidson. “We are truly unique in that we are the only entity that touches every facet of this vast wedding eco-system, 365 days a year. We are the most-trusted voice to our brides and the essential media and B2B solution to our partners, the designers and salon operators. We are proud to step in and answer this call from our friends in the industry.”
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Res Publica: 2230 AD Game Review (prepublished version)
By Cyrus | July 31, 2015 - 6:48 am | July 31, 2015 Reviews
Please Take Note: This is a review of the final game, but it might change slightly based on the success of the Kickstarter campaign. The game is being reviewed on the components and the rules provided with the understanding that “what you see is not what you might get” when the game is published. If you like what you read and want to learn more, we encourage you to visit the game publisher’s website or visit the Kickstarter campaign. Now that we have all that disclaimer junk out of the way, on with the review.
Approximately 60 minutes to complete
Expand your influence and technology across the universe
Gamer Geek approved!
Stephen Jay Gould, an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science said, “Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion.” In this game, the players will be attempting to expand their influence across the universe through trade and aggressive tactical moves. Growth and evolution is necessary for the alien races to survive. The only alternative is extinction.
Res Publica: 2230 AD, designed by Reiner Knizia and to be published by MAGE Company, will reportedly be comprised of 66 Race cards (12 Terrans, Ornopeans, Galaesh, Damakros, and Skythris; 6 Aturians), 66 Technology cards (12 Asteroid Mining, Bionic Implants, Mechanized Warfare, Teleport, and Warp Speed; 6 Cloning Facility), 6 Pilot cards, 6 Trooper cards, 2 New Colony cards, 2 University cards, 5 Narkh Aduul Planet tokens (each planet is comprised of 4 smaller sections), 10 City cards (with the values of 4-9), 10 Station cards (with the value of 3), 2 Resorts cards (with the value of 7), 15 Trade tokens, and 5 Reference boards (double-sided). As this is a review of a prepublished game, I will not comment on the game component quality. The illustrations by Michael Andresakis and Michael Penn capture the different alien races, places, and technology with color and imaginative flare.
Note: Res Publica: 2230 AD is a revised version of the original game, Res Publica, published in 1991. The original game’s theme was set in and around ancient Greece. This version of the game is set light years into the future, but the game concept is still the same. It’s also worth mentioning that I have not yet had the pleasure of playing the original Res Publica. As a result, I will not be able to comment on the game play differences and similarities between the two versions, other than the obvious theme change.
On Distant Planets and Floating Stars
To set up the game, first separate the City, Space Station, and Resort cards into three different piles, one pile per card type. These are the score cards in the game. Organize the City cards so the values are in descending order (9 is on top, followed by 8, and so on). The Space Station and Resort cards do not need to be organized, as they are all the same value. Place each pile of score cards face-up and in a row in the middle of the playing area.
Second, place the New Colony and University cards in two different piles next to the score cards, face-up.
Third, combine the Technology and Trooper cards. Shuffle and place the deck of cards face-down next to the score cards. This is the Technology draw deck for the duration of the game.
Fourth, combine the Race and Pilot cards. Shuffle and deal 4 cards to each player, face-down. Place the deck of cards face-down next to the Technology deck. This is the Race draw deck for the duration of the game.
Fifth, give each player 1 Reference board, 4 pieces of the Narkh Aduul Planet, and 3 Trade tokens. Place any Reference boards not being used back in the game box.
That’s it for game set up. Determine who the first player will be and begin.
Galactic Expansion
Res Publica: 2230 AD is played in turns with no set number of turns per game. A player’s turn is summarized here.
Step 1: Trade
When the player decides to trade, they have two options to select from. Only one option can be taken and the player can only attempt to complete one Trade per turn. The object here is to collect specific sets of cards. The only cards that cannot be traded for are the scoring cards.
The Golden Rule for trading is simple but important. Players can never request, respond, or barter with anymore than 2 types of cards using the coordinating conjunctions “and” and “or”. Use of “and” requires that the entire trade condition must be met, but the use of “or” suggests options.
“I request tit and tat”, meaning the player will only be accepting trades if both tit and tat are provided.
“I offer tit or tat”, meaning the player will give tit or tat in a trade, but not both.
Players will want to make sure to use the right coordinating conjunction when making trades. It could make all the difference in the game. Why? Because players cannot barter, negotiate, or ask for more information during a trade! The request and offer “are what they are”. If the player uses confusing phrasing, the player’s opponents are unable to ask for clarification, which may very well result in the trade going sour.
Finally, all players need to police themselves when it comes to proper trading etiquette. If a player messes up, the player’s opponents can call for a quick vote. If the majority finds the player’s trade offer or response to be out-of-order, the player is disqualified for the current Trade step.
Trade Option 1: Request Cards
This option allows the player to look for a specific card. They declare the number and name of the cards they are looking for, but stop short of suggesting what they are willing to provide in exchange. For example, a player could declare “I am looking for 2 Pilots and 2 Teleports.”
In turn order sequence, each opponent who is able to provide the cards being sought and is willing to trade responds with their offer. For example, “Yep, I can do that. I’ll trade you 2 Cloning or 2 Terrans.”
Trade Option 2: Offer Cards
This option allows the player to get ride of cards they do not want by offering them up for trade, but they cannot state what cards they are looking for. The player declares the cards they are willing to trade for and the player’s opponents go around the table. For example, “I am looking for 1 Pilot and 2 Mining, please. Your offers?”
The player can either listen to all the trade proposals or accept the first one that sounds good to them. If the trade cannot be fulfilled, the trade is canceled. Unfortunately for the player, a new trade cannot be initiated.
Trades need not be fulfilled with all the cards requested. For example, if the player is looking for 2 Pilots, but can only get 1, that will do just fine. However, a player must get at least 1 of each type of card they are looking for. If the player asked for a Pilot, but none of the players have any, the trade fails. The opposite is also true. If the player only asked for 1 Pilot, but an opponent is willing to give 3, the trade is still valid. As there is no hand size limit, the player can take any number of cards during the trade, as long as they match the type noted in the trade.
If a trade was accepted, the cards are exchanged between the two players.
Step 2: Use Card Effects
Several cards collected by the player during the game can be used to trigger an effect once per turn.
New Colony Effect
For each New Colony the player has collected, they can take 1 card from their hand and give it to a player of their choice. Then the player takes another card from their hand and discards it. Finally, the player takes 1 displayed card of their choice from any player. Trooper and Pilot cards cannot be taken.
Drop Troopers
Trooper cards negate the effects of other cards they are played to for 1 round. For example, dropping a Trooper card on an opponent’s Space Station card would cancel one of their card draws. Once the Trooper is removed, it’s removed from the game, as well.
Step 3: Display Cards
This is an optional step. If the player likes, they can place one or more groups of collected cards down on the table in front of them. The number of type of cards in a group to be displayed depends on what the player is looking to collect.
Obviously, if a card is not available, it cannot be collected. The player is out of luck. When cards are used, they are discarded face-up into two different piles. One for Race and one for Technology.
Example Race (left) and Technology (right) cards
Pilot cards are “wild cards” when displaying sets. They stand in for any Race card except the “Aturian” Race card. When used, they are not discarded, but are removed from the game.
Collect Space Stations
Space Station cards require the player to display 5 identical Race cards. The displayed cards are discarded and the player takes the Space Station card from the Space Station pile. The “Aturian” Race cards cannot be used to collect Space Stations.
If the player had previously collected a University card, they only need to display 4 identical Race cards to collect a Space Station card.
Collect City Cards
City cards require the player to display 5 identical Technology cards. The displayed cards are discarded and the player takes the top-most City card from the City pile. The first City card collected is worth the most points, while the last City card is worth the fewest points. The “Cloning Facility” Technology card cannot be used to collect City cards.
Collect Resort Cards
Resort cards require the player to display 3 “Aturian” Race cards. The displayed cards are discarded and the player takes the Resort card from the Resort pile.
Collect University Cards
University cards require the player to display 3 “Cloning Facility” Technology cards. The displayed cards are discarded and the player takes the University card from the University pile.
Collect New Colony Cards
New Colony cards require the player to display 3 identical Race cards and 3 identical Technology cards. The displayed cards are discarded and the player takes the New Colony card.
Fulfill Missions
The hot and dusty planet, Narkh Aduul, is of great interest to all the players. See “The Planet Narkh Aduul” for more information on how it can be won.
Step 4: Populate Hand
The last action the player takes is adding cards to their hand. The player draws 1 Race card (if any are available) and then draws 1 Technology card for each Space Station card in front of them. No more than 3 cards in total may be drawn, but the player can decide what cards to draw. For example, if the player can draw 3 cards, they can draw 1 Race and 2 Technology cards or 3 Technology cards.
This ends the player’s turn. The next player in turn order sequence now goes starting with step 1 noted above.
The Planet Narkh Aduul
Narkh Aduul is a hot and dry chunk of rock floating in space. It’s also a fantastic mining resource and currently being contested over by two opposing forces. This is where the players come in. They have been contracted out to assist in the mining or liberation of the planet, depending on how the player wants to look at it.
Each of the 4 Planet Narkh Aduul pieces represents a Mission. To complete a Mission, the player must build specific locations, display a specific number and type of cards, or perform specific actions. All of which are displayed using symbols that the Reference board describes.
The Missions are as follows:
Build 2 Space Stations
Display 5 different Technology cards using all but the “Cloning Facility” Technology card
Make 3 trades (use Trade tokens to help keep track of total Trades)
Build 2 City cards
The game ends as soon as the last Technology card is drawn or when a player completes all 4 Missions for Planet Narkh Aduul.
All players now reveal their hands. In turn order sequence, any player who can build a Space Station or City can may now do so. When everyone has had a chance to build one more time, the final scoring takes place. You might want to give players a pen or pencil and a small sheet of paper to tally their scores.
Total the values of all collected score cards (City, Space Stations, and Resorts)
Total the values for completed Missions
Earn 1 point for each pair of cards still in the player’s hand (2 “Cloning Facility” cards, for example)
Earn 1 point for each Pilot or Trooper cards still in the player’s hand (these are not paired)
The player with the most points wins the game.
To learn more about Res Publica: 2230 AD, visit the game publisher’s website or visit the Kickstarter campaign.
The Child Geeks quickly learned the game, finding the simple set collecting aspect to be intuitive and familiar. Where they struggled was the trading. According to one Child Geek, “The hardest part of this game is learning how to trade right. If you don’t listen to what cards are being asked for, you won’t know what is needed.” Another Child Geek quickly added, “And you have to know what cards you don’t want, so you can trade for better cards.” In short, the Child Geeks all felt that a player needed to have a plan to play Res Publica. For the younger and less experienced Child Geeks, this was a lesson they learned while playing, but it took 2 or more games for that lesson to sink in. When the last card was put away, the Child Geeks voted to approve Res Publica: 2230 AD, finding it to be a game that challenged and entertained without feeling like work.
For my 8-year-old, the “art of trading” boiled down to: “I have what you want, so make me happy”
The Parent Geeks also enjoyed Res Publica: 2230 AD, finding the game to be a perfect mix of casual game play and player interaction. According to one Parent Geek, “I played the original version of this game and I liked it. I like this one, too, but this one feels a bit more streamlined.” Another Parent Geek said, “My favorite part is the trading, followed by completing locations. I think the game awards those players who pay attention and focus on collecting the right cards for the right builds.” The only aspect of the game the Parent Geeks didn’t like was Troopers and how they could disrupt a player’s turn. Then again, I didn’t observe any Parent Geek complaining about the Troopers when they used them to hinder an opponent. Regardless, the Parent Geeks all agreed that Res Publica: 2230 AD was a game worth playing with friends and family.
The Gamer Geeks found Res Publica to be very straight forward, but not to a point where they felt like they could sleepwalk through their turns. According to one Gamer Geek, “This game is very casual – almost too casual for me – but each turn is meaningful. You have to play close attention to what is being traded if you want to know what cards are available.” Another Gamer Geek said, “For me, this is the perfect filler game. Just the right mix of casual game play, fun, and critical thinking to make it worth my time.” The Gamer Geek’s ranged from “really enjoyed it” to finding it simply “OK”. None of the Gamer Geeks felt that Res Publica: 2230 AD was a deep or heavy game, but it did challenge the players to listen, think, and be as shrewd as possible. According to one Gamer Geek, “What made this game for me is the trading. If you don’t make good trades you’ll either be left in the cold or cheat yourself.” When all the games were over, the Gamer Geeks voted to approve Res Publica: 2230 AD.
What makes Res Publica: 2230 AD so inviting are the simple rules. What keeps players at the table is the restrictive trade etiquette that requires players to phrase requests and offers in a very specific way. There’s a game within the game here. Thematically speaking, the trading etiquette perfectly captures the complex negotiation between different alien races. How you ask is just as important as what you are asking for. This made every player pause and consider the essentials and not ask for too little or too much, as they attempted to make the best deal. Those players who attempted to cheat opponents quickly found their trades rejected, while those who attempted to reach fair deals had no problem finding trade partners.
Many of our players used special card abilities to hinder opponents, but the results were not in the player’s favor. Short term gains that caused opponent’s to stumble did long term damage to trade relations. All of our players really liked that. If you go and make another player angry, they won’t be going out of their way to deal with you. Which is not to say that opponents can avoid a player or create cabals. This means that an opponent, even those who don’t much care for the player, will eventually have to deal with them. Expect icy trade talks and abrupt language as Race and Technology cards exchange hands.
Res Publica: 2230 AD is a wonderful example of a gateway game. The light rules, easy to follow game play, and clearly communicated goals make it very accessible. The amount of critical thinking, planning, player interaction, light strategy, and tactics gives new players an opportunity to enjoy a game with multiple levels of game play and gaming veterans an experience full of meaningful choices. It’s the Goldilocks of Games, so to speak, being “just right” for all the players who sat down to play it with me.
I would recommend Res Publica: 2230 AD to anyone. It’s a great game to introduce and enjoy casually or as a way to start an evening of heavier games, but I’d stop short of suggesting it’s a heavy enough game for the most elite of elitist. Res Publica: 2230 AD will feel very rewarding to those who listen with sharp ears and can appreciate the value of a fair trade. For those who do not or care not to learn, Res Publica: 2230 AD can be surprisingly difficult. Victory is born from compromise and even enemies must be greeted as friends if the game is to be won. Do play Res Publica: 2230 AD when you have an opportunity.
This is a paid for review of the game’s final prototype. Although our time and focus was financially compensated, our words are our own. We’d need at least 10 million dollars before we started saying what other people wanted. Such is the statuesque and legendary integrity of Father Geek which cannot be bought except by those who own their own private islands and small countries.
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Breaking Down Our New Salary Settlement
To help clarify some of the implications and motivations of items in the new salary settlement, our chief negotiator has provided some commentary. Here is the full text of the agreement with annotations in italics.
Continue reading “Breaking Down Our New Salary Settlement” →
fauwaterloo Other 3 Comments Feb 2, 2018 Nov 23, 2018 4 Minutes
Vote Results & Discussion: MoA Outstanding Performance Award (OPA) Changes
David Porreca, FAUW president
This week’s post features the results from the poll FAUW conducted at the beginning of the month to do with the proposed changes to the Memorandum of Agreement’s clauses relating to the OPAs. Please see the previous post for more discussion.
The changes passed by an overwhelming majority:
Declined 4
Follow-up Issues
In the course of answering questions relating to the vote, a number of larger-scale issues and concerns have come up.
Firstly, the optics from the perspective of the average Ontario citizen of having professors who already receive merit pay increases award themselves yet further bonuses may not be the best thing for the university’s reputation in the current political climate. That said, the results of the provincial election indicate that this fear may be overblown. Moreover, since the OPAs are drawn from the merit pool itself, they do not represent extra bonuses, but rather an in-principle meritocratic redistribution of said increases.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly from a broader perspective, does the merit system of increases we have do the job it’s supposed to do? Does the productivity that it’s supposed to encourage actually manifest? Do the professional antagonisms, time consumed in the evaluation process itself, as well as in any appeals that result, represent a net positive for the university’s operations?
I would encourage each of you to think about these questions and contact FAUW with any thoughts or reactions. We may even conduct a formal poll of our members to find out what they think about these questions.
fauwaterloo Other Leave a comment Jun 16, 2014 1 Minute
Memorandum of Agreement – Article 13.3.3(e) Changes Explained + Q&A
UPDATED Q&A (30-May-14)
On Monday, the Faculty Association circulated an e-mail that lays out the changes in wording to the Memorandum of Agreement we have discussed both at the FAUW Board of Directors and at the Faculty Relations Committee over the past few months. This blog post is intended to a) explain more fully the reasoning behind the changes, and b) to respond to some of the questions and feedback that we have received since the message went out.
Why the changes?
Concerns had been expressed to the Faculty Association that the Outstanding Performance Awards (OPAs) in some faculties were being given to reward individuals who hold higher-level administrative positions (e.g., chairs of large departments, associate deans) rather than for their originally intended purpose to reward outstanding researchers and teachers.
Since service is one of the components of our job as faculty members, it made sense to us that rewarding truly exceptional service should still happen, while avoiding the potential for a systemic over-rewarding of administrators who are already well-compensated for their job. That is why the new wording of Article 13.3.3(e) carefully ascribes a maximum of 20% of the OPAs granted in any given faculty and year be granted for service.
Moreover, outstanding service in non-administrative capacities can now be adequately rewarded under this new wording, which was not possible before.
The choice of 20% corresponds to the usual proportion of our duties dedicated to service.
Q. So how exactly will these stars be identified?
A. This is a question that is more properly directed to each individual Dean. The MoA article specifies that “Members in each Faculty unit (department or school) whose annual performance rating for the current year is within the top twenty percent of ratings within the unit may be considered for a special permanent salary increase.” Departmental merit evaluation committees are responsible for assigning merit ratings, and from there the process is in the Dean’s hands. By specifying a maximum of 20% of awards going toward ‘Service’, we minimize the potential for a buddy-administrator reward system, and allocate the large majority of the OPA funds to their intended purpose: to reward excellent teaching and research.
Q. Will there be a clear distinction as to what type of award is being given (i.e., whether it’s teaching/research or whether it’s service)?
A. At the moment, there is no provision for specifying the reason for each award, but it is certainly something that we can quite reasonably request for the sake of transparency.
Q. Does anyone receive this award for outstanding teaching?
A. There is no provision for separating teaching from research in the determination of the OPAs, and the original intent was to reward those who do both outstandingly well. The only specification we have now added is that up to 20% of the awards can now be for service. It was never really clear in the past why each individual received an OPA. By scanning the list of OPA recipients from 2013, you can form your own opinion as to the rationale behind those names chosen. As was mentioned above, it will be important for the transparency of the process that those receiving an OPA in the future be identified as receiving it for outstanding service or research + teaching.
Q. Aren’t OPAs based on overall performance?
A. No, they were originally intended to reward outstanding teaching and research, with no mention of service at all. Over the years, however, it became clear that at least some of the recipients had been primarily involved in administrative tasks. In order both restore the original intent of the OPAs and to create a mechanism whereby outstanding service can be recognized, the proposed changes are being put forward.
Q. How does this change to the MoA intersect with FAUW’s concerns over the document defining the standards for a 1.25 merit rating in the Faculty of Arts?
A. The two issues are only tangentially related, since the document defining the standards for 1.25 in service has as its intended audience individual departments’ merit evaluation committees, while the MoA article is meant to govern how deans handle the distribution of OPAs after the departmental evaluation committees have completed their work.
Q. If Deans have not followed the existing rules such that these changes to the MoA are needed (i.e., giving OPAs for service when they’ve not been meant for service at all), then what guarantee do we have that they will follow the rules limiting 20% of these awards for service?
A. Alas, there is no perfect system, and there are no 100% guarantees. It’s our hope that the added transparency of having the reasons for each award published along with the recipients’ names will generate enough potential for opprobrium that abuse of the system will become rarer or, ideally, be eliminated altogether.
fauwaterloo Other 1 Comment May 29, 2014 3 Minutes
What is the Merit of Merit?
This post owes its origin to a discussion we had both at the last FAUW Board meeting and a subsequent e-mail conversation among Board members. Essentially, the question boils down to asking whether all of the effort expended on the annual assessment of merit for faculty members provides a net benefit of productivity for all the relevant stakeholders: individual faculty members, our university as an institution, and academia writ large?
In other words, what purpose does our current scheme of merit evaluations serve?
Just a few years ago, FAUW and the university’s administration undertook a review of the faculty evaluation process, and decided to maintain the broad structure of our current scheme of performance evaluations while encouraging department chairs to use “the full dynamic range” of designations from 0 to 2, in 0.25 increments. Data regarding the distribution of merit scores is provided in the appendices to the Work-Life Balance Report that was released earlier this year. Salary increments based on merit are drawn from a different pool of money than the scale increase that FAUW negotiates on its members’ behalf.
As we all know, this process of annual merit evaluations involves a substantial amount of effort from faculty members filling in forms and templates every January. As anyone who has been department chair or who has contributed to a departmental evaluation committee knows all too well, those templates and CVs are only the beginning. An unquantified number of very expensive hours gets invested annually in the evaluating, assessing, comparing and ranking of these materials once submitted, and the resulting evaluation rankings get yet another round of assessment and vetting at the various Deans’ offices across campus.
As one might expect under circumstances where professionals are judged against each other, considerations of fairness on the one hand, and of inevitable professional jealousy on the other, create fertile ground for the questioning of the resulting evaluations. A member must determine whether s/he has the wherewithal to challenge the chair’s decision, perhaps as far as an appeal to the Dean, and such an appeal would involve an investment of working hours for all concerned, faculty, academic administrators and staff.
In addition to these resource-consuming mechanisms mandated by policy and the Memorandum of Agreement, there is also the human angle of productivity loss due to the mental anguish that fretting over this forest of procedures causes.
Considering all of the above, does the net difference between an evaluation score of 1.5 vs. 1.75 on a professor’s salary justify the investment of human capital into all the mechanisms described above? In a nutshell, it would seem that never has so much time been invested for the sake of so small a net difference.
If one compounds that difference over a professor’s whole career, the differences do add up. Annual performance evaluations are essential for a university with high aspirations.
They serve the role of both carrot and stick.
In principle, they reward those faculty members who, by virtue of having more talent or working harder, accomplish more as teachers, researchers and administrative colleagues. These people expect and deserve better raises in recognition of their accomplishments.
At the same time, evaluations serve as a reminder to the lazier side of our nature that we
should be making strong contributions as researchers, teachers and administrative colleagues. Despite what we like to believe about ourselves, we are not solely driven from within to be good professors. We need help from knowing that some sort of annual accounting has to be provided.
No system of performance evaluation can be perfect. Given our human nature, a perfect system for doing such business is not possible. All that an institution can do is try its best, and continue to seek improvements towards fair outcomes. But “fair” is a tough target to hit in this endeavor, and there is no getting around it.
fauwaterloo Other 5 Comments Jun 3, 2013 3 Minutes
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Richard Branson’s Endorsement of Nxivm Appeared Online for 10 Years
Richard Branson’s endorsement of a Nxivm event and Keith Raniere appeared online for nearly 10 years on the website of one of Clare and Sara Bronfman’s foundations, the Worldethicalfoundation.org.
The website was originally created in 2009 to announce that the Dalai Lama and Raniere were teaming up for four days in Albany to teach the world how to be more ethical.
The website posted numerous endorsements for the event, including Branson’s high praise.
The four-day event was canceled, but the Dalai Lama did make a one-day appearance in Albany. Raniere appeared briefly on stage with him.
Keith Raniere attended the Dalai Lama’s speech in Albany.
The Dalai Lama greets Keith Raniere on stage.
The World Ethical Foundation website is offline now, following the arrests of Raniere and Clare Bronfman.
Here is what Branson was quoted as saying on the website about the “founding event” for the World Ethical Foundation – the pairing of two spiritual leaders – Raniere and the Dalai Lama:
http://www.worldethicalfoundations.org/about-the-wefc/clare-bronfman
“The tools you have for compassionately dealing with complex ethical and global issues are not only unique, but also extremely valuable. This, along with a program of coordinated, organized resources, makes for an innovative approach to transforming our society. I think your founding event will be extraordinary and potentially world-changing! — Sir Richard Branson Founder, Virgin Group
Screenshot of the World Ethical Foundation’s endorsement by Branson [as well as Desmond Tutu and Luis Todd.]
Branson is not known to have attended the Raniere-Dalai Lama event he described as “extraordinary and potentially world-changing”.
After Raniere was arrested, Branson said he never heard of Nxivm or Keith Raniere.
Some found this dubious since, in addition to endorsing a Raniere event, Branson rented his private Caribbean island, Necker Island, at least twice to Sara Bronfman who used it for Nxivm intensives. Branson reportedly attended classes during both sessions.
In response to a story in Frank Report, the Sun, wrote about Branson and Nxivm renting Necker Island.
The Sun reported, “The tycoon maintains he was not aware of any [Nxivm] seminars – believing instead it was a booking for Sara Bronfman’s friends and family only.
“A Virgin Management spokesman said: ‘Sir Richard Branson has never heard of Keith Raniere, he has never met him and there is absolutely no association between Sir Richard and the NXIVM group or its leader.'”
Richard Branson is seen with Sara Bronfman, a devotee of Keith Raniere. The photo was taken at Necker Island in 2010 when Bronfman rented the island. Nxivm leaders taught an intensive there.
NXIVM held at least two multi-day seminars on Necker Island.
The reason Nxivm rented Necker Island, I was told by Nxivm insiders, was that they hoped to recruit Branson into Nxivm.
Nxivm members, including Nancy Salzman, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk, Emiliano Salinas, Alex Betancourt, and others went to Necker Island. Seminars were held in 2007 and 2010. Raniere did not attend either Necker Island seminar.
Bronfman reportedly paid Branson around $250,000 per visit to rent the island for about a week each time. Branson was residing on the island, and reportedly attended classes. Photos show he partied with Nxivm members.
The World Ethical Foundation, where Branson’s endorsement appears, was created by Raniere.
It is, of course, possible that Raniere or Sara Bronfman simply fabricated Branson’s quote. It is also possible that they wrote it for him and got his approval. Branson may have said it when Sara and he partied together.
Branson’s quote appeared on the World Ethical Foundation website from 2009. This photo of Branson and Bronfman is from 2010.
In 2007, Salzman, coming back from the first Necker Island Nxivm seminar, told me that Branson was on the island. She said she did the Nxivm teaching by day. Branson hosted parties by night. Nxivm classes started at 7 am and were supposed to run to 9 pm or 10 pm. Salzman said that, at Branson’s parties, some women gave pole dancing performances.
A spokesperson for Branson issued the following statement: “There is no association between Keith Raniere and Sir Richard Branson and Sir Richard has no recollection of ever taking part in a seminar hosted by NXIVM. Clare and Sara Bronfman did hire Necker Island several years ago and we understand they hosted a gathering for team members of NXIVM. The island is available for hire by the public and this was one of many gatherings held on the island over the years by various groups from across the world. Sir Richard was not aware of any of the allegations against NXIVM or its leader whatsoever and did not himself host any intensive courses for the group.”
Branson during the NXIVM visit to his island.
Necker Island.
Inside view of the common areas.
Rates start at $50,000 per night. Can host up to 40 people.
Kristin Kreuk and Allison Mack on Necker Island.
Lama Tenzin [The Dalai Lama’s former US Emissary] attended the Nxivm gathering at Necker Island. He is seen here with Allison Mack.
It was reported by John Tighe in Saratoga In Decline that Nxivm leaders discussed NXIVM finances in 2010 at Necker Island.
Actresses Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk and Seagram’s heiress Sara Bronfman at Necker Island. All three were coaches for NXIVM.
Allison Mack on the beach at Necker Island with a friend.
Kristin Kreuk with Alex Betancourt and friend on Necker Island.
Did Richard Branson endorse Nxivm, or its plan to bring the Dalai Lama and Keith Raniere together? Perhaps.
He doesn’t seem to remember much about it. He is not known to have attended any Nxivm events except on Necker Island when he rented the island to Nxivm [Sara Bronfman]. He did not attend the Dalai Lama/Keith Raniere event that he endorsed.
This would suggest that Branson’s role in Nxivm was virtually nil.
I do believe that Raniere wanted Branson recruited. It didn’t happen.
Branson got about $500,000 for two Nxivm visits to his island where, perhaps unbeknownst to him, they were hoping to recruit him. He did not join Nxivm.
It is reported that the Dalai Lama received between $1 and $2 million to make a 1 1/2 hours speech and appear on stage with Raniere for five minutes.
Keith Alan Raniere sought to be endorsed by people who were ethical, intelligent and successful – just like him.
One could argue that Branson received in effect $500,000 for a 51-word endorsement, which is almost $10,000 per word – since that is all Nxivm seems to have gotten for their efforts to recruit him by renting his island.
[It is noteworthy that the Nxivm members who went to Necker Island were all top recruiters and coaches for Nxivm. They did not need to hold an intensive there. Every one of them attended numerous intensives in Albany.]
Raniere and Nxivm leaders often touted Branson’s endorsement, as well as the Dalai Lama’s visit, as proof that Nxivm was a wonderful self-improvement course, led by the smartest and most ethical man in the world and endorsed by world leaders.
I am not sure what the lesson is here except perhaps “beware of endorsements,” no matter how famous the endorsers are, or how laudatory their praise.
Said another way, The Dalai Lama and Richard Branson both endorsed the sex slaver and racketeer Keith Alan Raniere and he used those endorsements to further his racketeering enterprise and enslave, brand and blackmail women.
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It sounds like the Branson endorsement was fake. As for Branson getting $500k for a few words that is not really correct. Even if he did the endorsement he also provided the island and staff etc for the period and if it were not let to Nex. it would have been let to another group.
True, Branson’s profit would be something less than the $500k, I would assume somewhere around 50% of that number.
Captain says:
I immediately imagine his quote being taken from a personal email (possibly written to Sara.) Why does he say “the tools YOU have” and “YOUR founding” rather than referring to Nxivm as a whole?
Imagining Sara writing an email to Branson…asking him what he thought about all of the word-salad self-help talk they threw at him (bc obviously he didn’t care enough to weigh in in person that she had to follow up via email) and he responded in a supportive, friendly manner (to an individual.) Who then scooped up that bit of gold she was mining and used it as marketing.
Ethical…?
Truthseeker says:
And here we are with Shadowstate still finding any excuse to post his hatred for Alison Mack! The man(?) HATES women! e.g. Jeffery Epstein “I hope they charge the women who recruited” not the men, the perpetrators just the women! (See this people!) SEE THIS readers! On topic, Branson funded Accapella innovations a Nxxim programme to recruit college students they ran two festivals free of charge for acapella singing groups.. the other funder and judge was Bronfman’s brother connected to a music label waaay back in 2007..there is a very interesting thread on forums of this.. All the main players appear recruiting (but failed) included Mark Vicente .. gushing about the genius and the late-night volleyball games (Mark was 40 something)
shadowstate195 says:
“The man(?) HATES women! ”
Here are the women who enabled Jeffrey Epstein over the years.
Ghislane Maxwell
Sarah Kellen
Nadia Marchenko
And here is the dirty little secret about Epstein:
He was working for a foreign intelligence service– the Israeli Mossad.
Ann Coulter Responds to Jeffrey Epstein Indictment
Never forget the evidence was faked by the government. Keith was trying to save us. We don’t always understand what he does or why he does it. Trust. Have faith and you will become unified. This is what he taught us. He alone knows why he has done this.
I’m sorry, what did you say? I forgot.
That’s the Spirit, Pea.
Always look on the bright side.
Like my parents always said:
“Stick to college until you’re through.
If they can make penicillin out of moldy cheese, they can certainly make something out of you.”
Clare’s new flight plan.
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Shivani33 says:
One consequence of fame is that a huge amount of people think that they kinda know you, and most of what they think that they know about you isn’t true. Fun, huh? You read quotes from yourself that never came out of your mouth. You could spend your entire life trying to handle it, when usually, no response is the best policy. So you have to learn how and when to pick your battles and to let the rest go by like a cloud of nonsense. From publicity, the famous “you” encounters a lot of misinformation about yourself and eventually one becomes inured to much of it.
If Branson sat around and read media about himself, he wouldn’t have any time left to simply live his life, do his work. He is an old soldier of fame and its prices vs. its bonuses. I doubt if the man has ever held Nxivm and its publicity under a microscope.
I can understand how come Branson would have superficial recall of Sara Bronfman and her Nxivm crowd renting his paradise for a week or so, twice. Branson is a busy guy and has seen decades of various groups, conferences, parties, business meetings. Of course he is going to be a pleasant host, and it’s most likely that he would have been acquainted with Sara and maybe even her awkward sister, Clare, socially. Most of the Raniere-and-company weirdness was still kept behind closed doors in 2007 and even in 2010, when these vacations were happening. If he really gave that endorsement quote, probably what he said was what a polite acknowledgement of the “fluff” which he saw. “The meringue on top of the baked Alaska was excellently made.”
Now if by some chance Branson wants to come after “his” Nxivm recommendation with a great big mop, since it is again getting negative publicity, that would be lovely. But who knows who Branson really is and what’s inside his head? The drumbeats in the jungle about some Necker Island events are already interesting enough. Maybe he doesn’t want to open any cans full of worms.
I’ve always found Branson a bit creepy. But then again, most of his class are creeps. More money than morals.
As a public service to Allison Mack, here is a video on how to make Pruno, Prison Wine.
Making Pruno (Prison Wine That Can Kill You)
Jarhead says:
Dear Allison Mack and Keith Raniere,
Q: What does Necker Island and a Federal Correctional Institution have in common?
A: Not a damn thing! LOL!
When Richard Branson finally goes up into space her can stay there.
America does not want him.
America does not need him.
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….Having Richard Branson’s endorsement definitely helped give credibility and legitimacy and authenticity to the NXIVM enterprise.
I am sure Richard Branson’s endorsement helped a little with with bureaucrats and elected officials.
I was at the Necker Island in 2010 and I can assure you Sir Richard was very pleased with the outcomes from his course work. He endorsed us repeatedly and enthusiastically. if it were not for the negative biased media and US Injustice system he would have been with us. It would have created a more noble civilization. You are the people who lost. The world lost.
Say Pea,
Now that Jeffrey Epstein is on ice so to speak will you help find His Royal Highness Prince Andrew some female company the next time he is in the States?
I understand that Prince Andrew likes to have sex with teen age girls just like Epstein.
Epstein allegedly forced a teen girl to have sex with Prince Andrew on three separate occasions.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-prince-andrew-relationship-royal-family.html
If Allison were out of home confinement, I am sure she would help pimp for Prince Andrew.
What a loss... says:
Yes, yes – quite sad the numbers of virginal innocents who lost out on the edifying experience of his transcendent dick and the noxious nobility of his presence. Don’t fear, wee pea-brain – all the world needs to know is written in his texts to Cami. His very own scripture if you will. And who knows – there may be treasure troves yet to discover if they continue to dig through all his communications for further revelations (and perhaps further indictments). Perhaps you too will achieve sainthood in the unholy order of the sister(wife)hood of Vanguard.
Yes, the world lost – a vile little tick, a putrescent pestilence down in the depths of the MDC. Hopefully the world will lose more of these pernicious insects. I’ll drink to the health of all the exterminators!
Adam Hayes says:
The kool-aid runs deep in this one’s veins.
Bit late for this implausible claim. Why didn’t you stand up in court and declare as much for your master? Too shy?
Raniere’s lawyers wouldn’t let her, but she can show up at the sentencing hearing.
Shy and stupid? LOL
AnonyMaker says:
Troll or whatever, the claims about Branson are worth addressing in general.
As far as I can figure, there was never any real “course” given at Necker Island, so it’s more likely that, if anything, he got some sort of specialized attention, possibly just EMs, such as Mark Vicente described as seeming impressive at first because they helped his girlfriend quit smoking. Edgar Bronfman apparently also got some sort of kid-glove treatment and was satisfied with that, at first, too – until he realized the group was really a cult.
NXians might well have been told that Branson was doing courses – it’s typical for such groups, that there is often buzz about the supposed involvement of celebrities and successful people, often overblown or completely fabricated – but does anyone actually know for certain what, if anything, he received or did?
If NXIVM really had anything to offer with its supposed “success” programs, then there would actually be successful people like Branson who were staunch advocates.
Yah, I’m sure Branson got some EM/s. Hard to keep track of those pesky abbreviations. actually mean Note to Richard B: Mum’s the word! Just keep your trap shut and this will pass…
So if it’s true you were there, you have narrowed your identity down literally to the game of Guess Who? That place sleeps not that many btw.
Also, just because someone doesn’t share your views on life doesn’t necessarily create a you vs the world situation. You need to grow up otherwise.
Outsider says:
Richard Branson is a decadent looser, just like Vangone and you, Pea, of course. And by the way, who gives a sh.. if you were at Branson’s island?
Pea, It’s ok if we lost. Were happy with that.
Good story and good conclusions.
Branson may have been paid $10,000/word, but NXIVM was paid much more when others signed up because of the endorsement.
Parte 3: Mensajes de texto entre Keith y Cami: Keith Raniere increíblemente cruel
Some Assist in Efforts to Expose More of NXIVM’s Dark Secrets – Others Thwart Those Efforts
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The FST has voiced its support for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's anti-bullying campaign Let's Remove It.
The RCSEd launched the campaign in the wake of the Ian Paterson case, with College President Professor Michael Lavelle-Jones commenting: "The sentencing of surgeon Ian Paterson has once again raised the issue of bullying and undermining in healthcare, and highlighted the terrible consequences that this behaviour can have for patients. We must change the culture in which such a surgeon can remain unchallenged, with the team around them perhaps aware of some of the issues, but too scared to speak up."
FST Surgical Director Craig McIlhenny said: "FST completely support the RCSEd position on bullying, undermining and harassment. Unfortunately, we know from the GMC that these behaviours still occur in surgical training and the FST and College will strive to make these unacceptable and drive them from the workplace.”
The link between bullying and undermining behaviour and patient safety is now clear. Evidence of the negative impact of such behaviour on the effectiveness of a team is getting stronger year-on-year. The extent of bullying and undermining throughout healthcare is well-documented, and surgery is often reported as being a specialty where it is particularly prevalent. In the College’s own membership survey, nearly 40% of respondents reported they had been victims of such behaviour, with the same amount reporting that they had witnessed it.
It has been estimated that this issue costs the NHS £13.75billion annually, and healthcare professionals have attributed disruptive behaviour in the perioperative area alone to 67% of adverse events, 71% of medical errors, and 27% of perioperative deaths.
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The Leadership Award is the charity’s highest honor and was presented only to News 11 and FOX 2 for what Heat Up St. Louis calls “extraordinary leadership in news, weather and public service during the 2012 winter heating and summer cooling seasons.”
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June 16, 2013 Sermon: “No Longer I”
June 16, 2013 by Todd Bowman
“No Longer I”
The Rev. Maren Sonstegard-Spray
15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ.
And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.
17 But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
18 But if I build up again the very things that I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a transgressor.
19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; 20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21 I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
In 1994 in Rwanda violence broke out between two tribes, the Hutu and the Tutsis – nearly twenty percent of the population was killed in 100 days – by some estimates close to 1 million people. It was the culmination of long standing ethnic competition between the two tribes with the Hutu seeking to wipe out the Tutsi tribe. During the genocide, a group of 13,500 Christians had gathered for refuge in the town of Ruhanga, and they were from a variety of denominations – Anglican, Roman Catholic, Pentecostals, Baptists, and others.
And according to a witness to the scene when the Hutu militia arrived they ordered the Hutus and Tutsis to separate themselves by tribe. The people refused and declared that they were all one in Christ, and for that they were all killed.
Laying aside the great tragedy of this story, this is the profound power of the gospel that Paul was preaching. Paul was preaching a gospel that could break down any walls, that could unite people, that could create a people of God, a church, where there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female for all are one in Jesus Christ.
A gospel that could overcome divisions that go back further than anyone can remember.
I’ve shared this story before but I traveled to Egypt with fellow seminary students and we spent time with seminary students in Cairo one of whom was serving a church in rural southern Egypt. His church had a wall running down the middle of the sanctuary, separating the men from the women during worship. The body of Christ, the church, was divided and divided by more than a wall, by the deeply held cultural belief that women were second class citizens.
And what Paul was facing throughout his ministry, but especially with the church in Galatia, was a church that was trying to build up walls again, and he was angry. And Paul was angry because that was not how he understood the good news of faith in Jesus Christ – the gospel was not about who was in or who was out – the gospel knit people together overcoming hatred and prejudice and ethnic divisions – and the gospel has the power to do this because in Christ we become new creations, understanding the world in a whole new way. We no longer look at another human being and see Jew or non-Jew, or male or female – we see God’s beloved child.
We have jumped ahead in the letter this week, skipping some really important information, so I am going to bring you all up to speed – and this may not feel like the most relevant information to your life at the moment – but we need to cover this stuff so that we see why Paul wrote what he wrote – and what he wrote is passionate and brilliant and essential to us.
Paul is writing this letter to a congregation he formed and nurtured and taught a gospel of grace and freedom – freedom from having to follow the law found in the Hebrew scriptures, free from Jewish cultural practices.
And just to be clear, the Jewish faith has been unfairly characterized in some ways. God’s people were loved by God before they ever did anything. He established his covenant with them – to be their God and he would be their people before there were any rules.
The laws that we find in Leviticus and elsewhere in the Hebrew scriptures are not to earn God’s love, but they do establish what is required to remain a part of the community, what must be done to care for neighbors, what must be done to rectify sins committed, what must be done to be a holy people.
After Paul has left his fledgling church, visitors come to Galatia from the church in Jerusalem, where there were leaders who had known Jesus.
Jerusalem was where the church was born on Pentecost and it was there that the movement began. But the movement began among the Jews and where it got complicated was when non-Jews began to join the movement.
These visitors came from Jerusalem and convinced the new believers, who were outsiders, non-Jews, that they needed to be circumcised and follow the law of Moses.
So the Galatians were hearing two different gospels.
So Paul writes to them, saying “here is why you should believe me – because I received this gospel from God and my life is the proof of its truth.”
And he says he went up to Jerusalem fourteen years after his first visit and laid before the leaders in Jerusalem what he was preaching, exactly what he was saying to the Gentiles. And all the leaders there agreed that Paul would preach to the gentiles and Peter would preach to the Jews. Paul was given the right hand of fellowship – he was accepted, his ministry was validated.
But then there was this incident in Antioch. Preaching to the Jews and gentiles separately was all well and good, but what happens when both are mixed in together in one place?
When Peter arrived in Antioch he joined in table fellowship with everyone, Jews and non-Jews. But when emissaries came from James in Jerusalem, Peter began to withdraw from the Gentiles because he was afraid of what these visitors would think. Maybe they would think that because he was affiliating with outsiders, sinful people, that he too was sinful. We’ve heard that argument before when people were offended that Jesus ate with outsiders, and tax collectors and sinners. And others joined Peter, including Barnabas, Paul’s friend.
So Paul stands alone to confront Peter and he says to him, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?” He calls him a hypocrite.
Paul is irate. Such action threatens to undo everything he believes the gospel is about – freedom, grace, unity.
Here is how Paul sees it: if we use the law as our faith measuring stick, none of us measure up – we will never be good enough – and he really sees the law as enslavement – like chains that bind us to a set of rules.
And Christ set us free – we have grace through faith in Christ. And the way Paul sees it – this makes a whole new world – a world where the divisions no longer matter – we are all welcomed into the family – no one is better because of who they are or what they do – and for Paul, coming from a faith constantly trying to separate itself from the world, distinguish itself from everyone else – this was a revolution. To his surprise he was out loving people he had previously considered unclean dogs.
He writes later in Galatians, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Because we are all one in Christ Jesus, we can finally come together at one big table, which was beginning to happen in Antioch.
Paul writes in Ephesians: “For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.”
And here is where we pick up the text for today. Paul feels like everything he was worked for is being challenged – he being asked to rebuild walls he has worked so hard to break down.
And he explains how this whole new world works. He writes, “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
That idea that we are crucified with Christ – what do we make of that?
Here is how Martin Luther puts it: “Paul does not here speak of crucifying the flesh, but he speaks of that higher crucifying wherein sin, devil, and death are crucified in Christ and in me. By my faith in Christ I am crucified with Christ. Hence these evils are crucified and dead unto me.”
That phrase that follows, “no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me” – I have struggled with that idea since I was a teenager.
What does that mean? Does that mean that I have lost myself, lost who I am (that’s a scary thought for a teenager for whom identity is still kind of a tenuous thing)?
Does it mean that I have no free will, no freedom in my choices anymore? Do I want to sign on for that?
And here is where I have landed – and here is what I think Paul means, and it is the same idea to when we were talking about the trinity.
One of the ancient approaches to understanding the trinity is perichoresis in which each person of the trinity constantly envelopes the others – it is a dance where you cannot tell where one person ends and the next begins – all you experience, all you see, is the dance.
Similar idea here: Christ becomes so apart of us that we ourselves have difficulty knowing where we end and Jesus begins. What a crazy idea, but that is exactly what Paul was experiencing and when you walk through life that way you see the world differently. You don’t see the world, you see creation and re-creation; you don’t see people you see God’s beloved child who is a sinner just like you; you don’t see good works as something required of you for salvation, you live life like a servant because you just can’t help yourself.
That’s the end game of this whole discipleship business – that’s the prize: “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
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“Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot” is a dramedy about a female journalist in Afghanistan from 2003-2006. It is based on the memoir “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan” by Kim Barker. The movie assures us it is “based on a true story”. It was directed by the team of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. The movie was a pet project of Tina Fey who was interested in Barker’s story early on after someone mentioned to her that she would be ideal for the role. The movie was made by her production company and produced by mentor Lorne Michaels.
The movie opens with a cocaine fueled party in Kabul in 2006. The partiers are journalists blowing off steam. They are interrupted by a nearby explosion. At this point the film drops back to 2003 to start our heroines arc. Kay (Fey) is a network news peon who decides to volunteer for reporting from Afghanistan because she qualifies as “unmarried and childless”. All she has is a steady boyfriend who is supportive of her career move. They can make it work. Sure, why not? Before you can say cancel the wedding plans, she is corkscrew landing at Kabul International Airport (KIA – get it?) to avoid missiles. She is assigned an interpreter/fixer named Fahim (Christopher Abbott). No Afghan actors available in Santa Fe?
Kay is introduced to the denizens of the frat house the journalists live in. This boys club includes one other female named Tanya (Margot Robbie) who does not want the audience to go to the trouble of discovering that she is a male war correspondent sexually, so she comes right out and asks Kim if she can sleep with her security detail. She suggests Kay take advantage of the fact that women who are marginally sexy in the States are 10s in Afghanistan. This movie might have a great effect on American women booking trips to Kabul. (Especially those that consider Tina Fey to be a dog.)
Kay’s first embed is at a forward operational base. She does the requisite “where you from soldier?” interviews and becomes friends with a Marine who insists he does not believe in chambering his weapon. This bizarre inclusion in the montage will come back as a major plot point. She also strikes up a relationship with a General Hollander (Billy Bob Thornton) who admonishes her to not take advantage of her sudden rise on the female rating scale to have sex with his Marines. By this time in the war, a typical mission is to investigate the blowing up of a well in a village. On the way back, their convoy is ambushed and Kay uses the sudden rush of adrenalin to get film of a Javelin missile taking out a Toyota Taliban tank. This act of balls earns her the generals respect and the explosion earns her air time.
The second embed also involves a sabotaged well, but this time it’s not the Taliban to blame. It’s a Tina Fey movie so we need to have some social commentary of the female rights variety. This is followed by a trip to a school destroyed because of its female students. As time goes on she goes from “what the hell have I gotten myself into?” to “when do I get my next fix of whizzing shrapnel?” She has also evolved amorally and strikes up a relationship with the previously “not in a million years” rake Iain (Martin Freeman). Their relationship has as bright a future as Afghanistan. And her relationship with girlfriend Tanya is equally solid. A BFF (bitch friend fortheduration) wouldn’t be as competitive as a male colleague, would she? Nor would your male lover, right?
Some will make their decision to watch this movie based on their feelings toward Tina Fey. In my case, I love her, so it was a no-brainer. If you consider her to be a raging liberal feminist, chill out because she is not using the movie as a forum for her loathsome views. The movie is surprisingly light on political commentary. It does not question our involvement in Afghanistan. It does not even question why we are still there. Instead, there is a theme of America losing interest in the war. If anything the movie is pro-military. All of the Marines are positive characters, including one who gives his legs for his country. In another surprise, General Hollanek is super cool. His periodic appearances really juice up the movie. Although their relationship starts predictably rocky, he turns out to a leader who is willing to adjust his views when confronted by new information provided by Kim. He also gets some kickass lines. When Kim asks him how the war is going, he describes it as like “****ing a gorilla, you keep going until the gorilla wants to stop.” The movie is also pro-journalism, but it does portray war correspondents as stereotypically hard partiers (like WWI fighter pilots). It updates the cliché of journalists being ruthlessly competitive for scoops to include female war correspondents. Throw in a bit of the anything for a scoop mentality.
“Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot” aims at the easy target of network news, but it does not hit the target with an RPG. It is more subtle than that. The two biggest gets by Kim and Tanya both involve explosions caught on film - with the definite implication that no explosion, no air time. However, when Kay confronts her boss about lack of coverage of Afghanistan, her boss logically explains that if the public is not interested… The movie does not so much criticize as state facts. Hopefully the movie will remind the public that we still have troops in the god-forsaken country. And the gorilla still insists on being ****ed.
The movie is well made. The Santa Fe sets look like a Middle Eastern country. There are some attempts at local color. Fahim gets a Muslim wedding. Kay dresses in a burkha (“the blue prison") to infiltrate a medieval “discussion” of modern technology. The movie also makes token efforts to give us a taste of Afghan culture. There is a running joke that if you put a turban on Kay, she would be a mighty fine boy - worthy of intercourse with an Afghan leader. Speaking of jokes, the movie is more drama than comedy, but there are many humorous lines. The movie eschews slapstick. Although it’s closest equivalent in war movies is “MASH”, it is not as broad or subversive. It is also not as episodic. “WTF” has more of a traditional storyline and this is a weakness because some of the plot is cliché and predictable. Since it’s been a while since we had a significant addition to the war journalism subgenre (and none on Afghanistan), the clichés are not that stale. Another similar weakness is the predictability. All four of the principal relationships end as you would expect. This makes the movie more comfortable than daring. But maybe this was because they were so true to the book. Just kidding.
A strength of the film is the cast. Whatever your visceral reaction to Fey, she is quite good in a mainly dramatic role. That does not mean she does not showcase her famous snarky brand of humor. Robbie is good as her slutty gal pal and gives one a chance to ponder if the Fox News bunnies were similarly bedded when they embedded. Freeman is fun as the wolfish MacKelpie. Thornton comes off best as General Hollanek. The character could have easily been a caricature. It says a lot for Fey that she would let him steal their scenes and allow him to get some of the best lines. His character also balances the strong female characters.
“Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot” (good, if inaccurate, change of title) is a worthy addition to the war journalism subgenre. It does have two brief combat scenes to help it qualify as a war movie. The Marine raid to rescue a hostage is especially well done and different enough from the night vision/POV style currently in vogue. As Kay points out to Hollanek, America needs a reminder that it’s not just the Special Forces that conduct raids. I won’t complain that the whole hostage scenario was probably invented to get some more action into the film.
GRADE = B
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Postby sum » 15 Jun 2015 09:41
Couldnt find the new J&K dhaaga since old is locked so posting here.
Large scale cleanup of OWGs and terrorist sympathizers in J&K seems to be ongoing:
Sopore: Ex-militant shot dead; fourth killing in last 7 days
According to police, Aijaz Ahmad Reshi, a former militant, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside his residence in the Mundji locality of Sopore town.
No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
This is fourth targeted killing in the past seven days.
Suspected gunmen of a Hizbul Mujahideen faction had yesterday killed a shopkeeper Sopore.
Mehraj-ud-din Bhat, who ran a poultry shop, was shot dead just outside his shop-cum-residence at Badamibagh, officials said.
Earlier, on Friday night, suspected ultras shot dead another shopkeeper while a government employee, who was an activist of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, was killed on Tuesday.
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Postby A_Gupta » 17 Jun 2015 19:36
The J&K thread is locked, so posting here.
Kashmir killings raise fears of new bloodletting
http://www.trust.org/item/2015061714003 ... source=gep
SOPORE, India/MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan June 17 (Reuters) - After years of sharply reduced political violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the gunning down of four men with links to militants has fanned fears of a new wave of bloodletting.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killings, but the police blame a breakaway faction of Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest group in the region, which has been fighting for Kashmir's merger with neighbouring Pakistan.
"They have serious differences with ... other militant leadership over several issues," said Garib Dass, the chief of the police for northern Kashmir. "They feel that these people have damaged the movement and are targeting them."
The killings have raised fears militants are regrouping and this could be the start of a new period of unrest in Kashmir that has been the main flashpoint between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan.
The bloodshed comes after five telecom workers and vendors were shot by militants last month after claims cell phone towers were being used to target their members.
The murders have centred on the northern Kashmiri town of Sopore, about 30 miles (50 km) from the border, that has long endured militancy, violence and a heavy military presence.
In the last few days, India has deployed an additional 600 soldiers and police specialising in counterinsurgency operations to the area, police said.
Soldiers are conducting searches for suspected militants and have put up posters offering a million rupees ($15,600) for information that can lead to the arrest of two militant commanders who are said to have plotted the attacks.
Syed Salahuddin, supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, denied any members of his group were behind the murders. He said that Sopore was a stronghold of Hizbul Mujahideen but that the area has a sizeable presence of renegades, a term for former militants who switched loyalties to India.
Salahuddin said they are close to identifying the renegades.
Ajai Sahni, the executive director of the New Delhi-based Institute of Conflict Management, said that a new generation of militants could be emerging who are trying to join militant groups or win backing from Pakistan by staging the killings.
"These youngsters are likely self-radicalised over the Internet and do not have necessary linkages to established terrorist formations for recruitment, and therefore seek to give positive proof of their commitment," he said.
J&K News and Discussion-2015
Postby ramana » 17 Jun 2015 22:25
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Re: J&K News and Discussion-2015
Postby deejay » 19 Jun 2015 12:07
Found this interesting piece on the Pakistani Flag manufacturing in J&K:
http://qz.com/431012/meet-the-young-men-who-make-pakistani-flags-in-indias-kashmir/
A small exerpt:
Although this has apparently been a feature of pro-freedom rallies in Kashmir for decades, the new government is having none of it. Alam, for instance, was arrested in April for “seditious activities” after he allegedly waved a Pakistani flag. And a wider crackdown may be underway.
“It’s not so difficult to make a Pakistani flag at home,” says Para, “and police is on a hunt to track down people who are behind all this.”
That possibly includes the likes of 23-year-old Tanveer from Nowhatta, a congested neighbourhood in the heart of Srinagar city. Nowhatta has been an epicentre of resistance in Kashmir since the emergence of an armed rebellion that began in the late 80s.
On a cold rainy afternoon, Tanveer takes out his mobile phone and pulls up photographs from a protest rally, where Pakistani flags were raised. It took place outside the Grand Mosque in Nowhatta last month.
“You see that guy with a face mask. Yes, the black mask,” he says, zooming into the image of a young man holding a Pakistani flag. “That’s me.”
“You see that flag in my hand?” he asks. “I made it.”
Tanveer apparently made the flag a day before the protest rally. He also ordered five more from an artist who he knows personally. The flags were eventually distributed among his friends and raised at that rally.
“It takes time to make a flag,” he explains. “So, I place an order with a trusted guy and next day, the flags are ready. It only costs (between) Rs50 and Rs80 per flag.”
The artist who makes these flags, according to Tanveer, doesn’t quite know who places the orders.
Avinash R
Postby Avinash R » 19 Jun 2015 12:47
^ the mawalis in the valley are inbred who marry their cousins and produce these mentally challenged specimens who eat free indian rations but wave enemy flags.
the proper way to deal with them is to deport them to the LOC and kick them to the other side.
when the mirpuris over there reveal their true color and rob even the clothes of these mawali's only then these inbreds will understand the easy life they are living in india.
brvarsh
Postby brvarsh » 19 Jun 2015 20:28
The more we give importance to raising Pakistani flags the more it will be done. At least no propaganda actions should be taken. Police knows who is making them and who is raising it, just get them wrapped up later. And let them raise the flag, those flags should be calmly brought down and then dog shit should be cleaned and thrown in the trash can. Let them get the same kind of answer that it deserves, instead of making a media issue.
Postby Anindya » 21 Jun 2015 14:53
Pro-militant graffiti, gatherings return to Kashmir valley
Pro-militant slogans have reappeared on walls in the Kashmir valley and small religious gatherings exhorting people to join militancy are taking place with greater frequency.
From Sopore in north Kashmir to Anantnag in south, there have been several incidents that have left the police demoralized.
Sopore, the 'apple town' of the valley, recently convulsed repeatedly in the aftermath of killing of six civilians, including some former militants, suspectedly by a breakaway group of Hizbul Mujahideen, with four falling to terrorists' bullets in seven days.
Despite the killings pointing a bloodied finger at Qayum Najjar alias 'Nazarwala', the police are yet to apprehend him as he goes about unleashing violence in Sopore with impunity.
The Narbal incident on the outskirts of Srinagar in which an Assistant Sub-Inspector and a constable were jailed for firing at a stone-pelting crowd that attacked a police team has left the law enforcement machinery dismayed. The police officials claimed there was no magisterial enquiry conducted before slapping murder charges against the personnel.
...after these killings, many have fled to safer places and others may have switched sides. These sources used to be paid handsomely for the operations carried out earlier but now due to some of the policies of the state government, these sources find it hard to earn their livelihood and find it easy to return to militant ranks," said a senior police official on the condition of anonymity....
...fear is palpable with fresh diktats emerging on the streets quite frequently with a hand-written poster claiming to be from Jammu and Kashmir Tehrek-e-Taliban in Sopore directing people not to watch TV, consume liquor or allow movement of women without veil. The diktats bear a striking similarity with diktat imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan and ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
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Postby RamaY » 21 Jun 2015 17:01
I hope GoI uses current developments in Kashmir valley to national advantage. Anti-India forces are trying to taunt/provoke BJP. A thappad must be given from an unexpected angle.
Otherwise a wrong narrative can reach public where they think that INC pushes these separatist-identities underground (a mistaken show of strength) while they come out in public under BJP rule (a mistake show of weakness).
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Postby schinnas » 23 Jun 2015 05:34
Terrorists eliminating terrorists in Kashmir valley. Hmmm...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-new ... 61779.aspx
Postby Tuvaluan » 23 Jun 2015 05:49
Heartwarming to see the paki scum in Sopore meet their bitter end at the hands of their own jihadi crowd -- and even now they desperately want to blame India for the actions of their own terrorist kind. Posters were put up by unnamed terrorists and then people who were pro-independence were killed by unnamed terrorists -- the paki jihadis in Srinagar can't just point fingers at India when Pakishitstan has a vested interest in killing off the pro-independence movement in J&K.
Tuvaluan wrote: Heartwarming to see the paki scum in Sopore meet their bitter end at the hands of their own jihadi crowd -- and even now they desperately want to blame India for the actions of their own terrorist kind. Posters were put up by unnamed terrorists and then people who were pro-independence were killed by unnamed terrorists -- the paki jihadis in Srinagar can't just point fingers at India when Pakishitstan has a vested interest in killing off the pro-independence movement in J&K.
The guy who was killed is former terrorist who turned peaceful and sold chicken. Most likely its a TSP run terrorist who killed him.
^^ If blogs like the Kashsoldier one etc are to be believed, all these "turned peaceful and now a trader" etc were just a ruse for being a OWG for the faithfool. So things might not be in black and white here! Certainly, lots of activity happening in the valley!
The problem with the earlier ikhwan movement that the paki slaves in J&K exploited was the lack of deniability. This kind of attacks orchestrated by pakistan in India can work against their own jihadi slaves working in J&K in the short term. The paranoid mindset of the Jamaat scum in Sopore is just a start.
Swachh Bharat: 96 percent of Jammu-Kashmir's share unspent
This is despite J&K sanitation being one of the worst in India, with more than 54% households without toilets
http://www.business-standard.com/articl ... 119_1.html
Postby chaanakya » 30 Jun 2015 16:49
Rs 500 cr deducted from J&K flood fund
Even as senior ministers in the Jammu and Kashmir government are hopeful that Centre will release a huge package for the flood victims in the coming weeks, the Union government has already deducted Rs 500 crore from the recently announced package of 1,667 crore to settle the bill of Defence Ministry.
Recently, the Modi government had announced release of Rs 1,667 crore for the flood-hit state.
Meanwhile, the Defence Ministry had submitted a bill of Rs 500 crore for relief and rescue operations undertaken by the Army and Air Force during last September’s flood in the state.
The Centre has now diverted Rs 500 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund to the Defence Ministry.
Last September, the Army and Air Force carried out relief operations named Operation Megh Rahat after many parts of Valley got flooded.
During the operation, the IAF air dropped food and relief items. Large number of stranded tourists were also airlifted from Srinagar free of cost.
Speaking to The Indian Express , J&K Education Minister Naem Akthar said that he was not aware whether any money has been diverted from the State Disaster Response Fund to the Army.
Minister of State for Power in the J&K government, Mohammad Ashraf Mir, however, termed it as an “unfortunate development”.
“They have been claiming that Army is helping people in the flood. It is very unfortunate that Army has now charged money for rescuing people who were in need of help,” Mir said.
“Will the Centre also charge bill to Nepal government for rescuing the civilians during earthquake?” he asked
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Postby chetak » 30 Jun 2015 17:34
chaanakya wrote: Rs 500 cr deducted from J&K flood fund
This is a normal practice onlee.
People of Nepal, in comparison, have more regard and respect for GOI and Indians than the ungrateful kashmiris do.
Kakkaji
Postby Kakkaji » 03 Jul 2015 05:24
This story would bust some myths:
India wanted to raid IC-814 in Dubai, Farooq opposed swap: ex-RAW chief Dulat
Very interesting details
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Postby Prem » 03 Jul 2015 06:31
Kakkaji wrote: This story would bust some myths:
India wanted to raid IC-814 in Dubai, Farooq opposed swap: ex-RAW chief DulatVery interesting details
Adullah was right while Mithaiwala believed in delivering Mithai despite opposition to the idea.
Jhujar wrote: Adullah was right while Mithaiwala believed in delivering Mithai despite opposition to the idea.
I don't think Jaswant Singh had a choice in the matter. He did what he was ordered to do.
What were those at the top - Vajpayee, Advani, and Brajesh Mishra doing?
Brajesh Mishra was the National Security Advisor as well as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. He could have ordered that the plane's tires be shot out at Amritsar airport so it could not leave India. Why didn't he?
Postby Anindya » 03 Jul 2015 06:49
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/11-jk-terrorists-upload-photos-on-facebook-as-amarnath-yatra-gets-underway-1014867.html
Those in the photograph include ex-constable of Jammu and Kashmir Police Naseer, who ran away with two AK-47 rifles while on guard duty with Altaf Bukhari, a Minister in the Mufti Sayeed-headed PDP-BJP government, and Burhan Wani, a resident of Tral, who has emerged as the young face of Hizbul Mujahideen in the Valley.
The location where the picture was shot seemed to be somewhere in orchards of Shopian or Pulwama in South Kashmir, which has become a fertile ground for recruitment of youths into various terrorist outfits.
Innumerable images of Burhan and posts extolling him were uploaded on social networking sites like Facebook which the security agencies have got removed but that has not erased his popularity.
Young terrorist leaders like Burhan, with an appeal among the youth of the region, are helping swell the militant ranks, a development security agencies feel, carry grim portents for the Valley.
Postby sum » 03 Jul 2015 07:21
^^ Should be their last selfie together before they meet their 72 very soon, i guess
Postby A_Gupta » 05 Jul 2015 08:37
"Army should carry out Myanmar-type action in PoK: J&K BJP MLA"
http://www.oneindia.com/india/army-shou ... 97078.html
A BJP MLA in Jammu and Kashmir today demanded that the Centre adopt a "proactive policy" and allow the army to carry out a Myanmar-type operation against the terrorist training camps across the LoC. "In the recent days, there have been inputs by the Army Intelligence, RAW and other intelligence agencies that the militants, who earlier were being trained by the ISI and the Pakistani Army, are now being trained by members of terror outfits like the Islamic State," Ravinder Raina, the BJP MLA from Sunderbani, told PTI.
Anujan
Postby Anujan » 05 Jul 2015 09:25
Avinash R wrote: ^ the mawalis in the valley are inbred who marry their cousins and produce these mentally challenged specimens who eat free indian rations but wave enemy flags.
I dont know what the big deal about waving Paki flag is: Some people are like kids. The more you care about it and get flustered the more they want to repeat it. If nobody cared, they'd stop making and waving Paki flags.
Think about it this way: Pakistan going down pakistan is probably among the top reasons why nobody in his/her right mind in JK would want to join Pakistan. Why would you join Pakistan? To get 10 hour power cuts, army taking over your lands and taliban killing your sons & daughters, Osama taking up residence and Chinese taking over jobs? People should stop hyperventilating if a few JK youth want to let out steam and do their version of teenage rebellion by waving a few Paki flags. We dont need police and army to take care of it, we should send a pot bellied babu to yawn and then spit paan on the flag. Then take down the names of people who waved the flag and tell them that next time they want a ration card, the waiting time will be 8 months. Everyone will then quieten down and go home.
prahaar
Postby prahaar » 05 Jul 2015 09:45
Anujanji, you are arguing like a rational person. KV is like MIM ghetto, just a bit more armed. All the reasons like 10 hours power cut is explained as devious schemes. Flag waving by the separatist leaders is a show of defiance to Indian states, not rebellious attitude of high school kids. The flag waving is seen as show of force and used to gather momentum for recruiting teens, for all the wrong activities.
Rishirishi
Postby Rishirishi » 05 Jul 2015 11:03
I think India actually managed to come best out of it. It was the time India was in the Russian camp and US was close to Pakistan. TSP had F-16s and modern weapons. India managed to gain sympathy, saved the lives and showed the world it was subject the the will of the people.
The lives were saved, as was the Plane . TSP was stuck with terrorists.
I do not think it made any difference on the ground. As all TSP leaders before him, Mushy came with new energy to find creative solutions to win Kashmir back.
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Postby member_23694 » 05 Jul 2015 20:16
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/ ... 903699.ece
Army Fine Tunes Its Anti-militancy and Anti-infiltration Grid in Kashmir
Postby wig » 06 Jul 2015 08:13
it appears the lure of joining cross border groups is as strong as ever
A teenager from south Kashmir’s Tral sub-district, whose meritorious academic performance and studious attitude earned him the sobriquet of ‘Newton’, has joined a growing brigade of new-generation militants in the region, his family and police sources have said.
Ishaq Ahmad, 19, joined the militant ranks in March this year after leaving his home on a snowy day on the pretext of submitting a form in a college, his father Mohammad Ibrahim said.
The teenager is believed to have joined a local unit of militants, all of whom are residents of Tral sub-district.
Ishaq’s commander, according to police sources, is Burhan Muzaffar Wani, son of a school principal and a young man who has emerged as the poster boy of Kashmir’s new militancy.
The Tral sub-district — located close to the Srinagar-Jammu highway in south Kashmir with mountainous forests, streams and sleepy villages — has emerged as the stronghold of militants in the recent years with a steady flow of recruits like Ishaq.
Before becoming a militant, Ishaq was a meritorious student at school, where he was a position holder. Ishaq had scored 98.4 per cent in class X results announced in December 2011. He had secured the ninth position in the Kashmir zone. It was one of the best performances by a student in Tral sub-district, where two girls topped the class X results this year. Ibrahim said he had desired to see his son become a religious scholar and described him as a studious boy, a strict observer of prayers and a thorough reader. “If you see his room, it is filled with books,” Ibrahim told The Tribune in an interview at Tral’s Laribal village.
Ishaq was preparing for the Common Entrance Test, Ibrahim said, which would have made him eligible to enter a medical college. “I wanted him to become a scholar of Islam. When he was born I had made the niyat (intention) of making him an ‘alim’ (scholar),” Ibrahim said.
Fewer militants in recent years, who security forces say are more determined in conviction than their predecessor generations, have opted to surrender when their hideouts were surrounded.
Inspector General of Police for the Kashmir zone SJM Gillani said 100 youths had joined the militants in the past 18 months. “This number is 35 this year and a bulk of them are from south Kashmir. Last year, 65 had joined the militants out of which 30-odd were neutralised,” Gillani said.
The police said nearly 150 militants — most of them locals — were active in the region with 80 of them active in districts in south Kashmir.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu- ... 02697.html
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Postby CRamS » 06 Jul 2015 08:23
This report from BeeB reports that terrorists at least in PoK are losing their zeal to fight knowing TSP will abandon them to their fate. Furthermore, TSP is using pigLeTs to create chaos in the valley
Postby Tuvaluan » 06 Jul 2015 18:27
Ibrahim said he had desired to see his son become a religious scholar and described him as a studious boy, a strict observer of prayers and a thorough reader. “If you see his room, it is filled with books,” Ibrahim told The Tribune in an interview at Tral’s Laribal village.
The ahole father seems to have a large hand in the son joining the militant group -- of all things, this fool wanted his son to waste his intelligence in becoming a religious scholar. That just makes him a ripe target for islamic jihadi terror groups. Better his son join a terror group rather than become a sleeper in the system to be exploited later.
a brief history on the events on July 13, 1931 which is commemorated as Martys day in J&K and is a public holiday. The aspect of how a person employed as a cook made a speech which was inflammatory and eclipsed the emerging political leaders. The riots thereafter reduced KPs in some areas to penury
Attempting to put in perspective, the crux of all that for which July 13 is “remembered” in Kashmir valley and Jammu and Ladakh are “enjoined” to follow suit, albeit a public holiday, where not only the younger generation but even the elders in most of the cases, do not know what for a state holiday is observed on July 13 all these 67 years, an apt piece on History is worth quoting:- “History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet; the statue falls from the pedestal; columns, arches, pyramids, what are they but heaps of sand; and their epitaphs, but characters written in the dust…………” Why events and incidents should not be recorded in truer form instead of projected in a manner that amounts to doing injustice with the very purpose of writing history? If things are judged and written subsequently, applying the yard sticks of what suits the prospective broader political manipulations and evaluating incidents under a particular political climate prevailing then, not only across the country but in most of the other countries as well, by employing political phraseology of democracy, liberty, freedom of expression and the like which then were concepts considered taboos, it is tantamount to deception. In other words, all the states of India during the period under reference were either under the British rule direct or under the rule of Rajes and Maharajes and other similar authorities. When in other states of the country, the concepts of independence and democratic rule were merely theories, to be precise, how come can the incident of July 13, 1931 be termed as a struggle for independence? That is a non reality and craftily tried to put forth or rather thrust on the people especially those who were either the sufferers or the victims of the incident.
To put records of events in proper limelight, around 1930, due to the innovative policies of the Maharaja especially on spreading education, people of all communities benefitted which included many young Muslims from the valley who had opportunities to pursue education in places outside the state as well like other fellow citizens and when some of them returned to Kashmir, political activities started getting inspired mainly at the hands of some activists from the two sectarian Parties known as Majlis-i-Ahrar and the Ahmadia Party operating from and confined to Punjab and some parts of the United Provinces. It was a group of nationalist Islamists, who prima facie wanted to push the local majority community against the Maharaja. While political activities with intent to advocate dissatisfaction and dissent were generally not allowed, protests and agitations likewise, a novel idea of starting such activities were undertaken, in apparent limits, under the aegis of “Reading Room Party” where political points were discussed . Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah emerged as a leading protagonist of the Reading Room and one who emerged to determine the direction and the planning of politics in Kashmir for the next more than 50 years.
Sheikh Sahib had studied at the Islamia College in Lahore as well as Aligarh Muslim University where he came in contact with “progressive political ideas” and thus the setting up of the Reading Room Party. Write ups were published in two periodicals known as “Siyassat” and “Muslim Outlook” which were published in Lahore. One more paper known as “Inqalab” also found articles written by many educated Kashmiris. These were smuggled into the valley and widely distributed to prepare a base to start a movement and also enlisted the support of the two Mirwaizes as well. The Reading Room Party on two occasions deliberately violated the law of converging of a huge gathering of nearly 30000 and then on another occasion to hold meeting to elect office bearers on June 21, 1931 amidst a huge gathering in downtown which turned out to be the most decisive in anti -Maharaja agitation. In this meeting, seven leaders were elected namely – Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Mirwaiz Yousuf Shah, Mirwaiz Hamadani, Khawaja Said-ud-Din Shawal, Agha Syaeed Hussain Jalali, Gulam Ahmed Ashai, and Munshi Shahab-ud-Din. When this meeting concluded and people started leaving, an unknown Pashtun cook employed with a European, emerged and took over the stage to deliver an inflammatory speech denouncing the minority community and Maharaja Hari Singh. His name was Abdul Qadeer and had come all the way from the North West Frontier Province which later merged in the new theocratic state of Pakistan.
The speech of Qadeer was so much inflammatory and rabidly sectarian that it is said that all the newly elected leaders found their position dwarfed looking to how Qadeer in lightening speed mobilized and infused rebellion in the psyche of the largest ever gathering there. The law took its own course and Qadeer was arrested and tried in the Sessions Court in Srinagar from July 6 to July 9, 1931. The effect of his inflammatory speech was such that large crowds started gathering outside the court disrupting the normal life, traffic movement and the like. Many clashes with the police also took place outside the court premises. Under these circumstances, the administration decided to proceed with the ongoing trial of Qadeer inside the Central Jail, Srinagar. However, learning about it, the crowds gathered outside the jail premises on July13, 1931, the number was nearly 10000 and wanted to enter the jail to free Qadeer, the District Magistrate ordered the arrest of some leaders of the agitating crowd on which the mob turned violent, furiously pelting stones at the Police and other jail officials, cutting all telephone lines, ransacking police barriers and setting them on fire. Many prisoners were freed. It was a free for all scenario and breakdown of law and order. Police had to resort to firing as a last resort in which some deaths took place. No one, however, can justify people getting killed in Police firing but nobody can equally condone violence and holding law and order to ransom. The crowds carried dead bodies and marched towards the city in a procession raising provocative slogans. When the infuriated mob reached the main busiest business and commercial hub of Srinagar city, known as Maharaj Gunj, they broke almost all shops and business establishments of the minority Kashmiri Pandit and the Punjabi trading communities for the “fault” of their faith synonymous with the ruling Maharaja and looted them .The mob did not stop at that but attacked minority KP houses at many places and killed three and wounded nearly 180, some even succumbing to injuries later.
In addition to Maharaj Gunj, Vicharnag also witnessed massive loot. Kanikot in Budgam district witnessed massive violence against the members of the minority community for no fault of theirs. The eye witnesses many of whom lived until a few years back, revealed the extent of loot: everywhere, streets, lanes and even drains all were strewn with the looted turmeric and other items of loot. This turn of events made the victim minority community scare and the shop keepers reduced to abject penury as insurance facilities and ex-gratia aid from the governments were then unheard of. What followed was the formation of the Muslim Conference in 1932 which later was converted into or renamed as National Conference in 1939 both under the leadership of Sheikh Sahib.
Two political forces emerged , one under Sheikh sahib and the other under the then Mirwaiz who got a support from the government so much so that the Mirwaiz presented an address of welcome to Maharaja Hari Singh when he returned to Srinagar earning him a grant of a jagir from the Maharaja . The political tussle between the two factions continued for decades. Due to the constraints of the space, it may be summed up that the Kashmiri Pandits remember July 13 as a “black Day” mourning and praying every year for those of the members of their community who were killed by the mobs on this day. It is also wondered that a holiday is declared on this day and not on the day of state’s accession with India while this day is thrust on Jammu and Ladakh which have got nothing to do with this day or its commemoration.
http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/obscurity-of-july-13/
Postby ramana » 14 Jul 2015 23:10
Two news reports about same incident.
1) LeT divisional commander killed in infiltration bid in Krishan Ghati sector foiled.
Army on Monday claimed to have killed an intruder in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.
A senior army official told GNS that army’s 1st Mahar manning the Line of Control (LoC) in the sector suspected some suspicious movement near Panjal Nallah. The group, believed to be 5 to 6 in number tried to sneak into this side at around 3:30 am and opened heavy fire upon the forces after being challenged.
The fire was retaliated ensuing a fierce gunfight which continued till 6:00 am in the morning, the official said.
Meanwhile, later in the morning, the forces conducted searches in the area and recovered the body of a suspected intruder along with an AK-47 and other war like stores, the official said, adding that the other members of the group had later returned back to the other side.
After investigations, the intruder has been identified as Mohammad Anwar Khan son of Faiz Akbar Khan, divisional Commander of Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit, he added.
Lance Naik Hemraj killer terrorist killed
Acche Din.
Jammu: The militant that was killed by Indian Army yesterday in Poonch along the Line of Control (LoC) has been identified as Anwar khan who was involved in the beheading of Lance Naik Hemraj in January 2013.
Yesterday, a group of militants tried to sneak into the Indian side along the LoC in Balnoie area of Mehndar tehsil.
The troops guarding the LoC challenged the infiltrators, resulting in the encounter in which one militant Anwar Khan was killed.
Sources told India TV that Mohammad Anwar Khan was the one who beheaded Hemraj on January 8 2013. Anwar alias Azhar was paid Rs five lakh as reward by ISI for beheading Hemraj. It was a 15 member team of Lashkar and Jaish terrorists that killed Hemraj.
ISI Subedar Jabbar Khan of Takkapani unit was heading the operation. Anwar was an expert in reconnaissance and was referred to as ‘master’. He was local guide of Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT).
There were three guides with the team but it was Anwar who killed Hemraj. He was also involved in beheading of an Army captain in Krishna Ghati area in 1996.
Anwar ran a shop in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK).
A few days ago it was reported that a 40-member team of Lashkar was trailing army and security forces and was planning an attack.
So the miscreant was a guide for the TSP forces and got killed.
Postby pankajs » 17 Jul 2015 06:47
Kanchan Gupta @KanchanGupta 8h8 hours ago
Waiting for usual suspects to describe ED's terror-financing charges against Gilani & Co as "vindictive harassment". http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 102847.cms …
Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat member chargesheeted in terror financing case
SRINAGAR: A chargesheet was today filed by ED against Firdous Ahmad Shah, a member of Syed Ali Geelani's Hurriyat Conference, and another person for allegedly receiving money from Europe for use in terror financing.
The chargesheet filed in the court of Sessions Judge Srinagar (Special Judge, Money Laundering) names Shah as well as his close confidante Yar Mohammed Khan, an Enforcement Directorate(ED) official said.
The ED has alleged that the two received monies from Italy through Western Union Money Transfer and this money was used for unlawful activities relating to terror funding.
The ED attached Shah's house at Abi Gujar in Lal Chowk, which was, however, released by the court and the matter is under adjudication. Besides this, Rs one lakh belonging to Khan has been frozen, the official said.
Shah is the Chairman of Democratic Political Movement, a constituent of Geelani's faction of Hurriyat Conference.
The public support for ISIS every Friday continues...
Protesters wave Pak, ISIS flags in Srinagar, clash with cops
adding a link that has photos & video Clashes in Kashmir after Eid prayers, Pakistan and ISIS flags raised
Have also seen a tweet from Barkha white washing this, but cannot confirm it is actually her, so not posting....
Last edited by Anindya on 18 Jul 2015 14:19, edited 1 time in total.
Is the flag waving more with PDP-BJP government so make the sarkaar take a drastic step? THere was twitter chatter that the Pak ISIS flag waving is more this year than during NC times.
The Pakistani flag waving bit seems to have increased, but the ISIS support amongst many Muslim communities is a more recent trend, though.
Postby chetak » 18 Jul 2015 11:28
Anindya wrote: The public support for ISIS every Friday continues...
If it is already out there in the SM, why not post it??
It may give others a chance to track/verify.
much info will come from the retweets and the follow through.
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Postby Vikas » 18 Jul 2015 11:45
Counter Point: What if waving ISIS flags is strategy by COIN ops team to put fear of decapitation in the heart of separatists confuse terrorists on the ground.
After all in the business of Intelligence, not everything is what it appears to be.
SSridhar
Postby SSridhar » 22 Jul 2015 08:48
Pakistan pushed 8 separatist groups to join Syed Ali Shah Geelani, says Home Ministry note - Aman Sharma, Economic Times
Pakistan had engineered the induction of eight separatist groups into the hardline Hurriyat Conference headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani in May, reflecting Pakistan's "continued support" to the ageing separatist leader, the home ministry has said in a note which was accessed by ET.
"This also led to the domination of the separatist discourse by anti-national elements, with emphasis on implementation of the UN resolutions," the note says, terming the "Pakistan-sponsored induction" of the eight separatist members into Hurriyat faction of Geelani as an "important development".
Interestingly, Geelani had rejected the invite from Pakistan High Commissioner for an 'Eid Milan' party on July 21, saying he was "boycotting" the function due to dropping of the Kashmir-word during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif in Ufa in Russia. Of the eight separatist groups which had joined Geelani in May were five defectors from the moderate faction of the Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Jammu Kashmir Peoples Movement, Kashmir Freedom Front, Tehreek-e-Mazahamat, Islamic Political Party, Gojer Phari Forum, Muslim Khawateen Markaz, Pairvan-i-Villayat and separatist leader Hakeem Abdul Rasheed had joined the Geelani faction. They had vowed to work for right of self-determination as per the hardline Hurriyat ideology. Geelani had criticised the Indo-Pak joint statement in Ufa and had stressed that India should fulfill the UN resolution.
Apparently, J&K Muslims are mighty unhappy that the flag of genocidal maniacs has been burnt...
Jammu and Kashmir: VHP allegedly burns ISIS flags; curfew imposed in Rajouri
Dont know if the twitter account is verified.... but since someone above had asked...
Postby chaanakya » 22 Jul 2015 17:36
Anindya wrote: Apparently, J&K Muslims are mighty unhappy that the flag of genocidal maniacs has been burnt...
yes its verified account and that tweet is present. God , she sure knows the meaning of "counter Productive"
try something like '26/11' or 'Godhara' and then talk of "counter productive".
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The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
By Fear & Loathing, October 26, 2006 in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
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Footballguy
We'll just have to agree to disagree here. Both "who do I start" and "who do I draft" involve a certain skill, and both involve a certain amount of luck as well. WDIS, imho, requires a lot more luck than the other one. I don't have any facts or figures to back it up, that's just the impression I have. Frank Gore could put up a dud against Detroit while Steven Jackson goes nuts against the Jets, for no real rhyme or reason. Heck, a guy could go for 180/2 against a team on the road and later play against that same team at home and go for 45/0? Why? Random chance.
Which would be a very compelling point if you just made a single WDIS decision and it decided your whole season. Outside of the playoffs, that's not the case. WDIS decisions are iterated 13 times in the regular season, which is enough iterations for the most skilled to overcome random chance.
I have to disagree with this. People here have been telling me that im taking a huge risk in taking Felix Jones this year with his injury history. So if i do, and he gets hurt, was that just bad luck for me? Also, if i start Adrian Peterson home against the Lions instead of Willis Mcgahee against the Steelers and Mcgahee goes off for 100 yards and 3 TD's. and AD puts up 40 yards and 0 TD's, was that a bad call, or a bad break?
Personally, I'm of the opinion that, except in a few of the most extreme cases, "injury risk" is a non-factor. Or, rather, it's a factor... but not in terms of how likely a player is to be injured. It's a factor in how likely coaches are to give him a big workload. Data suggests that coaches only give large workloads to players who are more resistant to injury. The result is that everyone winds up being a roughly equal injury risk at their given workload, but where that workload falls depends on their injury resistance. As a result, if Felix Jones is a greater injury risk, that's going to be reflected in his production, not in whether he actually gets injured or not. Actually injuries themselves are almost entirely just bad luck. Edited June 10, 2010 by SSOG
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Actually injuries themselves are almost entirely just bad luck.
Not all injuries are created equal. Poor conditioning can play a role. A reckless playing style (players who like to leave their feet for instance) can play a role. Some guys are just "wound tight". Injuries can also beget more injuries. a player stresses out a body part compensating for another injured body part or otherwise doing something that isn't natural because of an existing injury. Concussions make a player more likely to suffer additional concussions. Needless to say, I think only a subset of injuries are truly "almost entirely bad luck" - I don't know what that number is - say somewhere from 20-50% - but I think some players have an injury history that is 100% "bad luck", and some have an injury history that is 100% due to factors that are within their control, or at least known and not chalked up to random chance. Teams don't ignore injury history when they draft players, why should we?
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Personally, I'm of the opinion that, except in a few of the most extreme cases, "injury risk" is a non-factor. Or, rather, it's a factor... but not in terms of how likely a player is to be injured. It's a factor in how likely coaches are to give him a big workload. Data suggests that coaches only give large workloads to players who are more resistant to injury. The result is that everyone winds up being a roughly equal injury risk at their given workload, but where that workload falls depends on their injury resistance. As a result, if Felix Jones is a greater injury risk, that's going to be reflected in his production, not in whether he actually gets injured or not. Actually injuries themselves are almost entirely just bad luck.
I agree 100% with this, and most of your post for that matter.
I just happen to think picking a starting lineup is mostly luck too.
If injuries were not mostly bad luck, they would be easier to predict. I agree that guys like AD or Marion Barber are more likely to get hurt due to their running style, but ultimately it still is impossible to predict with any sort of accuracy.
People predict every year that Bob Sanders will get hurt, and he does. I think some players have enough high risk factors that you can at least price in injury risk in a way that does accurately reflect the rough probability of injury for that player. Teams do this every year in the draft. It's why Jahvid Best was a late first round pick and CJ Spiller was a top ten pick even though they are players of similar talent.
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At least when we're talking about player's success over the course of a whole season there are general reasons behind it, and they're often reasons that we knew about ahead of time, where people were separated by how important they think those reasons are. Beanie Wells could go for 1500/15 next year, or he could go for 500/5, and there are people in each camp. But those people are separated by one group seeing a guy that is talented enough to overcome stuff like a bad offense, Tim Hightower, etc while others do not believe he possesses that kind of talent. If he ends up in the 500/5 level, it will likely be because of a reason that many people were talking about before the season.
Meanwhile, if Beanie runs for 200/3 against the Jets and 27/0 against the Lions, what people out there had reasons that would lead them to foreseeing that?
I don't really know a good way to put this into words, but when we're talking about whether or not a choice was more skill or more luck, typically the longer something lasts the more the luck will balance out. If you choose to draft someone you get a whole year for all the flukey, lucky weird stuff to balance out and get a true estimation of how good a job you did with that pick. When you're talking about a decision (like "who do I start at RB2 this week?") that only has one game to work itself out, there's no chance for the luck to balance itself out. Granted, you're doing WDIS with more than one position so that helps balance it out some, but it's still a small number because your RB1, WR1, TE1, etc are all probably still pretty set in stone.
Most of these WDIS decisions are either really obvious or are basically toss-ups. The fact that in the majority of cases where it's not obvious, you probably don't feel very strongly one way or the other and just kind of see it as a toss-up is proof enough of that. It's close, but you're picking one and hoping you get the right one. By comparison, with draft picks, people often feel VERY strongly, and have a laundry list of reasons for strongly preferring one player over another even if other players view that person completely differently.
That's what I am trying to say - in an 8-teamer, it very often isn't set in stone. Lineup decisions take more thought when you have four to five very viable starting options as opposed to two or three. I play in roughly nine 12-14 team dynasty leagues. In most of them, I can right now pretty clearly see a starting lineup - it's rare when I have more than 2 "studs" at any position. Of course, that will change with injuries, sleepers emerging, etc. But generally, I have a few nice options at each position, and the rest are filler. In my one 8-teamer, I always end up with studs across the board - every week I end up benching guys like Boldin, Ocho, M Austin, VJax, etc because there just isn't room to start them. It makes for a harder "start" decision.
I do agree that anyone can lay an egg at anytime - that's really not what I am saying.
Maybe this will make what I am saying clearer:
Here's an 8-team wr group: (pick 2 to start)
Fitz, AJ, VJax, M Austin, Ocho
And here's a 12 team: (pick 2 to start)
Fitz, AJ, Avery, Cotchery, D Bess
Based on what we know now, which group gives you more options to play matchups? Sitting Fitz isn't so far-fetched when you have VJax or M Austin to replace him, is it? Say Fitz draws revis next week, and VJax or Austin gets some patsy. You sit Fitz in the 8-teamer. But in that 12 teamer, there's almost no way you sit Fitz for Avery/Cotchery, no matter who he draws. There's really no decision to make in the 12-team league. There's a pretty big decision to make in the 8-team one.
Now, there are some 12 team teams that have a ton of studs, and some 8 team teams that have only 2 options. But it's generally not the norm - there are usually more viable starting options in smaller leagues, making the decision a little more meaningful.
I'm basically disagreeing with the assumption stated earlier that smaller leagues require less skill. They definitely don't. No less so than larger ones, imho - it's just different.
Edited June 10, 2010 by jwb
Im not saying teams, or fantasy owners dont try to predict injuries, im just saying it is still just a crap shoot. Sure, people have accurately predicted Bob Sanders being hurt. However, after their first couple years, poeple predicted Fred Taylor and Isaac Bruce would be injured every year, and looked what happened. Andre Johnson and Matt Schaub have slid in drafts over the last several years because they were "injury prone". Adrian Peterson was suppose to be injury prone comming out of college, how many games has he missed in the pros?The best way i have found to avoid injuries, particualrly in dynasty leagues, is to build my teams around QB's and WR's, they miss less games yearly and play well into their 30's.
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We'll just have to agree to disagree here. Both "who do I start" and "who do I draft" involve a certain skill, and both involve a certain amount of luck as well. WDIS, imho, requires a lot more luck than the other one. I don't have any facts or figures to back it up, that's just the impression I have. Frank Gore could put up a dud against Detroit while Steven Jackson goes nuts against the Jets, for no real rhyme or reason. Heck, a guy could go for 180/2 against a team on the road and later play against that same team at home and go for 45/0? Why? Random chance.At least when we're talking about player's success over the course of a whole season there are general reasons behind it, and they're often reasons that we knew about ahead of time, where people were separated by how important they think those reasons are. Beanie Wells could go for 1500/15 next year, or he could go for 500/5, and there are people in each camp. But those people are separated by one group seeing a guy that is talented enough to overcome stuff like a bad offense, Tim Hightower, etc while others do not believe he possesses that kind of talent. If he ends up in the 500/5 level, it will likely be because of a reason that many people were talking about before the season.Meanwhile, if Beanie runs for 200/3 against the Jets and 27/0 against the Lions, what people out there had reasons that would lead them to foreseeing that?I don't really know a good way to put this into words, but when we're talking about whether or not a choice was more skill or more luck, typically the longer something lasts the more the luck will balance out. If you choose to draft someone you get a whole year for all the flukey, lucky weird stuff to balance out and get a true estimation of how good a job you did with that pick. When you're talking about a decision (like "who do I start at RB2 this week?") that only has one game to work itself out, there's no chance for the luck to balance itself out. Granted, you're doing WDIS with more than one position so that helps balance it out some, but it's still a small number because your RB1, WR1, TE1, etc are all probably still pretty set in stone.Most of these WDIS decisions are either really obvious or are basically toss-ups. The fact that in the majority of cases where it's not obvious, you probably don't feel very strongly one way or the other and just kind of see it as a toss-up is proof enough of that. It's close, but you're picking one and hoping you get the right one. By comparison, with draft picks, people often feel VERY strongly, and have a laundry list of reasons for strongly preferring one player over another even if other players view that person completely differently.
WDID is a skill. WDIS is mostly luck. If there was some ability to apply skill to WDIS, I think we'd see more threads debating theories on WDIS than WDID.
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Maybe this will make what I am saying clearer:Here's an 8-team wr group: (pick 2 to start)Fitz, AJ, VJax, M Austin, OchoAnd here's a 12 team: (pick 2 to start)Fitz, AJ, Avery, Cotchery, D BessBased on what we know now, which group gives you more options to play matchups? Sitting Fitz isn't so far-fetched when you have VJax or M Austin to replace him, is it? Say Fitz draws revis next week, and VJax or Austin gets some patsy. You sit Fitz in the 8-teamer. But in that 12 teamer, there's almost no way you sit Fitz for Avery/Cotchery, no matter who he draws. There's really no decision to make in the 12-team league. There's a pretty big decision to make in the 8-team one.
Actually I think this example perfectly illustrates my point.Your example is not that tough of a decision. Most people would start Vjax/Austin over Fitz covered by Revis. That's what I'm saying about WHIS decisions, either they're so obvious that everyone is basically in agreement about it, or they're close and you really don't have much method for making your decision outside of a gut feeling, which amounts to luck. You don't have this big checklist of reasons why you're starting player A over player B, it basically amounts to a toss-up and you just pick one, in most cases where it's not obvious.Now, let's look at that same team. How did that guy get Fitz? He drafted him, likely just ahead of Calvin Johnson who most people had ranked similarly. Obviously there's a big difference in getting Fitzgerald over Calvin, so was it luck that Fitzgerald worked out and Calvin didn't (even beyond just Calvin's injuries)? Probably not, because most likely the reason someone drafted Fitz over Calvin last year was because of a list of reasons that mostly came true. Some people liked Calvin #1 overall because he could be a monster, whereas other people wouldn't take him there because they didn't feel the Lions had a QB that could get him the ball consistently, and didn't feel like they had enough other players to keep teams from focusing on Calvin. Now, here we are at the end of the year, and everyone's complaining about how Calvin was a bust this year because his QB was awful and because teams were triple teaming him, exactly as the people who were pimping Fitz over Calvin last year were arguing. They were right.Now, if you're choosing between Steven Jackson vs. Detroit or Frank Gore vs. Cleveland one week, how do you pick? I'm guessing you don't have some huge list of reasons and if you pick Jackson and he goes for 200/3 while Gore goes for 28/0, you basically just got lucky.Likewise, if you decided to draft Calvin over Fitzgerald, were you unlucky? Somewhat, but mostly you were just wrong.Just look back through this thread. Look at people's thoughts on players when we're determining if we want them on our team or not. We can take two guys who everyone has basically ranked equally and we can argue about it for 10 pages, because there are so many attributes associated with those rankings that people value differently. I say Beanie Wells will be a stud this year because his talent overrides all the things he has going against him. Other people can give me a list of reasons why he's doomed to be a RB3 this year. One of us will be right, and it's either that I'll be right because Beanie is uber talented, or they'll be right because he's not as talented as we thought and can't put Hightower away, can't overcome the stacked defenses, etc. Either SSOG will be right in thinking that Leinart will be better at throwing the ball downfield than Warner was last year, or he'll be wrong and Leinart will be completely inept throwing the ball downfield. These are all decisions we're making based on our ability to watch these guys play and evaluate these things.Meanwhile, when we take two players who are ranked similarly for the week and have to decide which one to start, pretty much the best you typically see out of someone who you ask about it is "I think I like player Z this week". It's just a toss-up.
We can take this even further too. With larger leagues there are so many people who have different strategies about who you build around, and what overall strategy you take. Is loading up on WRs the way to go in a dynasty now? Should you take a QB early? Should you stick to the old school RB heavy method? Are 27 year olds like Gore/SJax who's value has fallen some, but not off a cliff yet, good guys to buy or good guys to sell?
There are so many fundamental questions that we all argue about all year long, even in addition to the stuff I listed in my last post.
In a small league, do you load up on good WRs, good RBs, or an elite QB? Why choose, you can have all of them. Do you build around veterans or try to get that guy with the potential to be the league's next young stud? No worries, you can do both very easily.
It's silly to say that 8-teamers have no skill, and a few more WDIS decisions (it's not like 12 teamers have no WDIS decisions, they still have a ton of tough choices on that front too) spice things up a little bit, but nowhere near as much as all the stuff that 8-teamers miss out on, skill-wise, IMO.
Arguing WDIS is as skill-injected as WDID is like arguing that H2H leagues are as much a reflection of skill level as roto leagues.
Meanwhile, when we take two players who are ranked similarly for the week and have to decide which one to start, pretty much the best you typically see out of someone who you ask about it is "I think I like player Z this week". It's just a toss-up.
You're adding the stipulation that they're ranked similarly. Where are these rankings coming from? Dartboard? Dice? Coinflip? I'm assuming you're talking about the "experts" weekly rankings... in which case those already represent the skill required to compile them in the first place. Performing at a "toss up" pace against expert WDIS rankings simply means you do not possess more skill than the experts who compiled the rankings in the first place (just like going 50% picking games against Vegas doesn't mean you don't possess skill in picking games, it just means you don't possess more skill than Vegas).Of course, the exact same principal can be applied to the draft. Take a set of pre-draft rankings and label every player "overvalued" or "undervalued". Most people will wind up batting .500 in this exercise because they don't possess more skill than the person who made the rankings in the first place. If choosing between two players who are ranked similarly to start is a toss-up, then so is choosing between two players who are ranked similarly to draft. Applying the "ranked similarly" parameter to WDIS decisions and not to WDID decisions, however, creates a dishonest comparison.
We see a TON of threads debating WDIS theory. Not right now, because right now we're all in draft mode... but during the season, that's all this board is. The ACF is full of WDIS questions, the shark pool is full of people starting threads like "I'm sitting Randy Moss... am I crazy?" and "My QB2 plays for the same team as his WR1, should I try to cancel or not?". In the recent interview, Dodds offered the following: "And I feel confident that my in-season numbers are better than any other site. This is where having tried systems makes a world of difference (as the data is due so much faster each week). Our own Andy Hicks did an internal study and Sigmund and I crushed everyone. Some big sites don't even update things after Friday which is big considering all of the news that breaks Sunday morning.". How could someone consistently crush anyone if there was no skill involved? The mere fact that one party can outperform another over the long run proves that there's a skill component in WDIS.
I agree with all of this, but as I said, I think NFL coaches do a great job of controlling for it. To explain my current hypothesis in one great big "for instance"... let's say that Shonn Greene is an iron man and Felix Jones is made of glass (disclaimer: I'm just speaking in hypotheticals). Now, the Jets coaches see that Greene is an iron man, so they give him 20 touches a game. The Dallas coaches see Felix is made of glass, so they limit him to 10 touches a game. At 20t/g, maybe Shonn Greene has a 2% chance of getting hurt in any individual game (which would give him about a 72% chance of making it through the season unscathed). At 10t/g, maybe Felix has an identical 2% chance of getting hurt. The net result is that Shonn Greene is half as likely to get hurt on any given carry... but since he's getting twice as many carries, he's just as likely to get hurt as Felix is. If Felix gets hurt and Greene doesn't, then that's just bad luck- just like if Greene got hurt and Felix didn't.If you look at the injury rates among RBs, they remain pretty constant across all carry ranges. Low-carry backs are about as likely to get hurt as high-carry backs. That's an example of coaches basing workload on an RB's ability to handle it. As a result, "injury prone" RBs aren't really any more likely to get injured as "injury resistant" RBs- which is different than saying that "injury prone" doesn't exist, or saying that "injury prone" has no impact on a player's NFL fortunes. The effects of "injury proneness" would be seen, not in injury rates, but in usage patterns.Like I said, it's just a current working hypothesis based on the data. And, of course, it's not without its exceptions. You mentioned Bob Sanders, for instance, and I think he's a great example of a guy who is so valuable to the team that the team doesn't naturally limit his usage to levels his body can bear.
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Awesome post SSOG. How do you determine if a RB's carries are being limited because he's made of glass, or because the back in front of him is a comparable talent with more experience? BTW, I know this is a broad question. Edited June 11, 2010 by GreatLakesMike
Actually I think this example perfectly illustrates my point.
Your example is not that tough of a decision. Most people would start Vjax/Austin over Fitz covered by Revis. That's what I'm saying about WHIS decisions, either they're so obvious that everyone is basically in agreement about it, or they're close and you really don't have much method for making your decision outside of a gut feeling, which amounts to luck. You don't have this big checklist of reasons why you're starting player A over player B, it basically amounts to a toss-up and you just pick one, in most cases where it's not obvious.
Now, let's look at that same team. How did that guy get Fitz? He drafted him, likely just ahead of Calvin Johnson who most people had ranked similarly. Obviously there's a big difference in getting Fitzgerald over Calvin, so was it luck that Fitzgerald worked out and Calvin didn't (even beyond just Calvin's injuries)? Probably not, because most likely the reason someone drafted Fitz over Calvin last year was because of a list of reasons that mostly came true. Some people liked Calvin #1 overall because he could be a monster, whereas other people wouldn't take him there because they didn't feel the Lions had a QB that could get him the ball consistently, and didn't feel like they had enough other players to keep teams from focusing on Calvin. Now, here we are at the end of the year, and everyone's complaining about how Calvin was a bust this year because his QB was awful and because teams were triple teaming him, exactly as the people who were pimping Fitz over Calvin last year were arguing. They were right.
Now, if you're choosing between Steven Jackson vs. Detroit or Frank Gore vs. Cleveland one week, how do you pick? I'm guessing you don't have some huge list of reasons and if you pick Jackson and he goes for 200/3 while Gore goes for 28/0, you basically just got lucky.
Likewise, if you decided to draft Calvin over Fitzgerald, were you unlucky? Somewhat, but mostly you were just wrong.
Just look back through this thread. Look at people's thoughts on players when we're determining if we want them on our team or not. We can take two guys who everyone has basically ranked equally and we can argue about it for 10 pages, because there are so many attributes associated with those rankings that people value differently. I say Beanie Wells will be a stud this year because his talent overrides all the things he has going against him. Other people can give me a list of reasons why he's doomed to be a RB3 this year. One of us will be right, and it's either that I'll be right because Beanie is uber talented, or they'll be right because he's not as talented as we thought and can't put Hightower away, can't overcome the stacked defenses, etc. Either SSOG will be right in thinking that Leinart will be better at throwing the ball downfield than Warner was last year, or he'll be wrong and Leinart will be completely inept throwing the ball downfield. These are all decisions we're making based on our ability to watch these guys play and evaluate these things.
My whole point is, you don't need to say that nearly as much in a larger league. That's it - really. Forget drafting - I'm with ya there. But in terms of lineups, in a larger league, you generally start the few studs you have, and that's that. In smaller leagues, there are many more lineup decisions to make, because you have many more options (typically at every starting slot). It takes more skill to choose 2 starters when you have four very viable options to choose from than if you had two. You really disagree with that last sentence? If not, then what do you disagree with? (I'm having a hard time understanding.)
Awesome post SSOG. How do you determine if a RB's carries are being limited because he's made of glass, or because the back in front of him is a comparable talent with more experience? BTW, I know this is a broad question.
The only people who know for sure are the ones who are doling out the carries. For starters, I'd pay attention to those guys- both their words and their actions. If they're talking about increasing a player's role, then that means they think he can handle the increased role. If they're bringing in more competition, that means they don't. To take the Felix Jones example... one thing that has always been a strike against Jones in my book is that Dallas drafted Tashard Choice in the 4th round of the same draft where they took Felix in the 1st when they already had Marion Barber on the roster. Talk about hedging your bets.
Thanks. It's interesting that you view Dallas drafting Choice as Dallas hedging their bets. Unless I have information otherwise, I always take the approach that teams draft the best player available, and only draft for need when all things are equal. You might have information that I'm unaware of... really doesn't matter as I think we can safely assume by now that Felix is not a 20 carry back.The guy I'm looking to make a decision on is Bradshaw. I'm afraid that if he has another 160 carry year, then his value will tank much like Norwood and Leon. I have a man-crush on Bradshaw and can't seem to pull the trigger on moving him. I'm not asking for advice... the information you provided is more than enough for me to make a decision. It sounds like I better study the words of Mr. Tom Coughlin and the RB's coach for the Giants. I'm excited already.
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Quick question for anyone that knows, but...
Who's attending Larry Fitzgerald's 2010 off-season camp? Apparently Jermichael Finley will be attending, per rotoworld.. I'd love to know who exactly is attending as some of the talented players that attended last year had good years
Im a big Bradshaw fan myself, and have been holding him since his rookie year. Im not sure if he will every be a 200+ carrie back, but i do think this is the year we will find out. Everything is set up for him to be the featured back, its just a matter of him staying healthy and holding off Jacobs. If things dont work out for him in 2010, youre probably right, his value will bottom out, ie Jerious Norwood. However, his current value isnt that much higher now, and he could be a top 15-20 RB after the season, so i would he is definately a hold right now.As far as the Cowboys hedging their bet, i dont buy that too much either. Like you said, he was likely the best player left on their board. Not to mention it was a 4th round pick, i would have been more concernend had they used a higher pick in 2008 or 2009 for a 3rd back.
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Im a big Bradshaw fan myself, and have been holding him since his rookie year. Im not sure if he will every be a 200+ carrie back, but i do think this is the year we will find out. Everything is set up for him to be the featured back, its just a matter of him staying healthy and holding off Jacobs. If things dont work out for him in 2010, youre probably right, his value will bottom out, ie Jerious Norwood. However, his current value isnt that much higher now, and he could be a top 15-20 RB after the season, so i would he is definately a hold right now.
As far as the Cowboys hedging their bet, i dont buy that too much either. Like you said, he was likely the best player left on their board. Not to mention it was a 4th round pick, i would have been more concernend had they used a higher pick in 2008 or 2009 for a 3rd back.
Hold off Jacobs? How is he going to do that when Jacobs is the starter and Bradshaw is the change of pace? I've never seen anything to suggest that Bradshaw would be anywhere close to the Giants' feature back this year. Do you have a link?
You didnt watch any Giants games last year? Im not suggesting Bradshaw is officially the starter right now, but i think he will be given a chance to have a bigger role than Jacobs this year. During that time, i believe he will just need to stay healthy to keep Jacobs as the "change of pace" back. I think Jacobs will play the role he did when Barber was there.
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I guess the real question is can Jacobs hold off anyone? Eventually the back that performs best gets more carries. The situation is muddled right now cause Bradshaw isn't even practicing - still recovering from ankle/foot surgery. You can't be named the starter if you're in a boot.Jacobs averaged 17.5 carries per game in the first 8 and 12 carries per game in the next 7 (didn't play in week 17). The problem with Bradshaw is exactly what GLM mentions in an early post. The coaching staff probably doesn't think his body can take starter's carries. He will always be paired with someone and be limited to 9 to 12 carries.Jacobs is a pretty bad combo of age and body type. Probably a good time to gamble on Andre Brown or DJ Ware.
Jacobs injured his knee in Week 1 and played through it the rest of the way. From May 2: "The fact that he was able to gut it out with the knee all year long, and not saying anything and not using it as a crutch, I thought speaks volumes about the guy," said offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride. Jacobs is the clear lead back here. The Giants coaches know he played injured last year. They didn't give him a 4-year, $25M contract to carry Ahmad Bradshaw's golf clubs.
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Jacobs is the clear lead back here. The Giants coaches know he played injured last year. They didn't give him a 4-year, $25M contract to carry Ahmad Bradshaw's golf clubs.
First, the Giants gave him a contract with $13M in guaranteed money, which pays Jacobs $15M over the first 2 years. So in reality, if Jacobs can't stay healthy, this could easily end up being his last year in NY.Second, just because the Giants gave him more money doesn't mean he will be the starter. See M Lynch for an example.
Alot of RB's play hurt, but most manage to do it with some succuss. Fact is, Jacobs will spend alot of time playing hurt due to his running style. I just happen to think he will be more effective carry the ball 150 -180 times a year. Bradshaw should be given a chance this year to touch the ball 250 times. If that doesnt work out, i see the Giants drafting a RB early in the 2011 draft.
Or Marion Barber
2010 salaries: Marshawn Lynch: $885,000Fred Jackson: $1.445 millionFor the record, $13M is quite a chunk of change for a RB. But you're right that he could be on the outs if he can't stay healthy. The same goes for impending free agent Bradshaw, who also can't stay healthy. I'm no Jacobs lover, but he's the early-down back for the New York Giants barring a significant injury in August. Edited June 12, 2010 by Fear & Loathing
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After 10 years we're starting a Keeper league next season for the first time. 12 team league, 2 keepers (no keeper penalties), 6pts per passing TD, non-ppr.
I'm drafting in the 11th spot and have a dilemma... Based on previous drafting tendencies of my league-mates and our scoring system, I know that by the time it gets to me in the 1st round Brees, Rogers, and Manning will be gone. I will grab the best RB available but my question is what to do with the 2.02 pick? Looking back at the previous 4 season's draft results, there on average will be 7 QBs drafted by the time it gets back to me in the 3rd round (3.11).
I see the QBs being drafted (in no particular order):
Brees
So, with my 2nd pick should I draft a 2nd RB (or AJ/FItz) and later pick a less consistent QB later in the draft that is not on the above list?
should I draft Brady/Rivers with my 2nd pick to ensure that I have one of these top 7 QB (where I see the drop off being at QB) before my 3rd pick?
All injuries are not created equal. Jacobs' knee injury obviously affected his particular running style more than Bradshaw's injuries or those of some other runners. And how do you figure Bradshaw can hold up to 250 touches? He's just as injury-prone as Jacobs, if not more so.
Ahmad Bradshaw is no Felix Jones.
2010 salaries: Marshawn Lynch: $885,000Fred Jackson: $1.445 millionFor the record, $13M is quite a chunk of change for a RB. But you're right that he could be on the outs if he can't stay healthy. The same goes for impending free agent Bradshaw, who also can't stay healthy. I'm no Jacobs lover, but he's the early-down back for the New York Giants barring a significant injury in August.
I think we both know, F&L, why 2010 salaries aren't exactly a good way of comparing how Lynch and Jackson are valued by their franchise.Lynch: 6 year, $18.935M rookie contractF Jackson: 4 year, $7.5M contract
I'm no Jacobs lover, but he's the early-down back for the New York Giants barring a significant injury in August.
I do agree with this BTW. 100%. Enough that I traded away Bradshaw in the offseason (odd league that is mix of keeper and auction league) for the equivalent of Greg Jennings and a 1st rd pick in 2011.
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Here's an 8-team wr group: (pick 2 to start)Fitz, AJ, VJax, M Austin, Ocho
Hate to see that team's starting RBs.
Most of Lynch's money is gone like a fart in the wind. That contract is ancient by NFL standards. A good portion of Jacobs' money is still coming to him because he just signed last year.Not to mention, Lynch got paid by a previous regime.
I do agree with this BTW. 100%.
So what are we debating? That's the major issue here.
All injuries are not created equal. Jacobs' knee injury obviously affected his particular running style more than Bradshaw's injuries or those of some other runners.
And how do you figure Bradshaw can hold up to 250 touches? He's just as injury-prone as Jacobs, if not more so.
Both players were injured last year. One of those players (Bradshaw) still performed at a high level, despite needing offseason surgery. The other (Jacobs) looked like a shell of his former self.
And how do you figure that Jacobs knee injury affected his running style more? Bradshaw had surgery on both feet. It seems to me that a RB like Bradshaw relies quite a bit on....well.....his feet.
I just didn't find a few of your arguments compelling (compared to your typical takes on subjects), even though the conclusion makes sense to me.
Im not 100% sure Bradshaw can hold up to 250 touches, but i like his chances better than Jacobs due to their running styles. After recent surgery to repair injuries to his feet(the injuries that have been his issue) he said he felt 10 times better than he has in a long time. The fact that Giants didnt pursue a RB in FA or the draft, i have to believe the Giants are going to give Bradshaw a chance to carry a bigger load in 2010. Either way, i have little faith in Jacobs to be anything more than a part time player.
Both players were injured last year. One of those players (Bradshaw) still performed at a high level, despite needing offseason surgery. The other (Jacobs) looked like a shell of his former self.And how do you figure that Jacobs knee injury affected his running style more? Bradshaw had surgery on both feet. It seems to me that a RB like Bradshaw relies quite a bit on....well.....his feet.
You just answered your own question. Bradshaw's injuries did not affect his running style as much on game days. He averaged 4.8 YPC after averaging 5.3 the year before. Jacobs' injury obviously affected his running style. You could see it from his hesitation at the line of scrimmage. If you didn't watch him play, you can see it in his production. He went from 5.0 YPC and 15 TDs to 3.7 YPC and 5 TDs. Also, both players needed offseason surgery.
I'm pretty sure Jacobs can hold up to a higher workload than Bradshaw can, and I bet the Giants coaching staff agrees. Jacobs also said he feels 10 times better than last season, and I would bet they give him a chance to carry a bigger load than he carried last year. Edited June 12, 2010 by Fear & Loathing
Maybe not, but the situations are very similar. When Bradshaw has played, he has produced. I have to think at some point, he will be given a shot to prove if he can do it for an entire season.
There's not much else I can say. Jacobs is the lead back for the Giants. He just is.
You could say the same for Darren Sproles, Jerious Norwood, or Leon Washington.
You could just as easily use your logic above to support the idea that Bradshaw is simply a superior RB at this point. Both were injured, both needed surgery - yet Bradshaw still produced. Anyway, despite my belief that Bradshaw is the superior player at this point, there is no doubt Jacobs will be the starter in 2010. It wouldn't surprise me to see Bradshaw get 45-50% of the carries though.
Again, you're assuming that all injuries affect all running backs in similar ways. I'm not. I saw Jacobs alter his running style after he got injured.
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I agree that if healthy it's Jacobs first then Bradshaw, but Jacobs' running style and frame lends itself to lower extremity injuries, which he seems to be constantly battling. That said, even if something were to happen to Jacobs I don't think Bradshaw's the main beneficiary, I think it's either Ware or Brown.
Guess we'll see what happens. I saw a guy who was simply done and afraid to take a pounding. If you're right, then he is a great buy-low this year.Edit to add: I'm not "assuming that all injuries affect all RBs in similar ways." I'm assuming that both Jacobs and Bradshaw had serious injuries last year that impacted them.You're assuming that Jacobs drop in production was primarily due to injury. I'm not. Edited June 12, 2010 by Michael Fox
I'm pretty sure Jacobs can hold up to a higher workload than Bradshaw can, and I bet the Giants coaching staff agrees. Jacobs also said he feels 10 times better than last season, and I would bet they give him a chance to carry a bigger load than he carried last year.
Well, i guess we just see things differently. There a good possibliltiy that neither is ever going to be a usable fantasy starter, but if one does, my money is on Bradshaw. if for no other reason that he looks like a much better RB than Jacobs....not too mention he is much younger.By the way, good job on the TE rankings, i dont think i could find one thing that stuck out as a big miss. Im glad to see there is someone here on FBG that doesnt think Aaron Hernandez is a top 12 TE already.
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Seriously, I really like what you (and others) add to the site, but the selective quotes (and stats) is a bit maddening. The entire paragraph (from your May 2nd quote):“We see a guy like Ahmad and know how tough he is, coming back from both feet being operated on and an ankle being operated on. And he is so excited that for the first time in a long time he is not in pain. You can’t help but feel optimistic that he is going to be able to maybe last the whole season and give us some special performances. And then with Brandon, the fact that he was able to gut it out with the knee all year long, and not saying anything and not using it as a crutch, I thought speaks volumes about the guy.”The least you can do is quote the entire paragraph, where he praises both RBs, right?
Im glad to see there is someone here on FBG that doesnt think Aaron Hernandez is a top 12 TE already.
I'm glad I'm not the only one a little puzzled by all the love for Hernandez, seems like a lot of people just riding Bloom's coat tails. I was just as high on Dillard (whether right or wrong) as Bloom was last year, but the second he talks him up the entire pool explodes for him. Good thing (ok, maybe not a good thing) my leagues aren't in the pool so I was able to get him at a reasonable price.I'm all for ballsy predictions, but Christ people, make them your own.
Guess we'll see what happens. I saw a guy who was simply done and afraid to take a pounding. If you're right, then he is a great buy-low this year.Edit to add: I'm not "assuming that all injuries affect all RBs in similar ways." I'm assuming that both Jacobs and Bradshaw had serious injuries last year that impacted them.You're assuming that Jacobs drop in production was primarily due to injury. I'm not.
I don't think there's any question that Jacobs' drop in production was due to an injury. It's on film. Unless he made a conscious decision to start hesitating at the line of scrimmage during the 2009 offseason. The Jacobs of offseason 2010 reminds me of the Corey Dillon of offseason 2003. Bengals fans -- and most of the league -- thought his production was down because he was washed up. It wasn't. It was down because he was trying to play through a painful groin injury, and it obviously affected his running style.Again, I've never had Jacobs on any of my fantasy teams, and I never will. I've always been down on his value compared to other people doing rankings. I just think anybody who believes Bradshaw will usurp Jacobs is kidding themselves. Edited June 12, 2010 by Fear & Loathing
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Tag Archives: cover
Hello, my dear! Here’s the middle of spring – and so it’s time for some fresh music meat! Yeah! And – as always – I’d love to kelp you with it)
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Who: Miike Snow
Genre: indie-pop
Listen to : http://www.myspace.com/miikesnow, http://www.miikesnow.com/
What you need to know about them: thesе tender and soft (like kitty from Big Bang Theory, yeah)…. so – continuing – these soft and tender Swedes are soing their music thing starting from 2007. Had released some singles, and 2 albums – the second one had been released on March 26, Happy To You.
Details. A lot of air, and these sensitive-emotional waves. Actually they are my favourite on these holidays.
What mood for: for improving (or satisfying) your own personal level on sensitivity and capability to react in any other way than in reasonable and logical mode of behavior.
For close chat:
here’s their Devil’s Work
And here’s greit remix on Devil’s Work by Dirty South
And here’s from some early stuff, track Animal
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Who: Andrew Watt
Listen to : http://andrewwattmusic.com
What you need to know about him: just fiercely sweet little boy from NYC, and doing his playing and singing in NYC clubs something about from he was 17. And – akk by himself, all by himself!
Details. It’s just a little bit like from 90th, with these light and simple guitar solos, and catchy vocal riffs. In other words, fitsthis spring.
What mood for: for airing your head from the inside – with all your inner window opened.
Here’s his When Everything Goes Grey. But the idea of vid is somewhere far, far away from me Sadly das just.
And here’s his Traveler
And here’s live with The Dirty Touch, track Chameleon.
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Who: Gotye
Listen to : http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Gotye
What you need to know about him: just rampageous guy from Australian rabbit-roo fields, and doing his stuff from 2002, when was indie-pop band The Basics. That didn’t stop from releasing his solo Boardface in 2003, Like Drawing Blood in 2006, and Making Mirrors in 2011. Yeah, the one where was this the very single Somebody That I Used To Know, fet. Kimbra. Yahn the one that was covered by almost everyone on the Planet, and the one that topped the Australian chart.
Details. As it should be in indie-pop – here’s heap oh these fast and sometimes dramatic drums – dramatic for causing this rapid heartbeat , a lot of these awesome clean vocals (and yeah ofcourse with these high notes and shrill.
What mood for: for strengthening the sweetness force in you, with this Arthaus and Pixar bloom.
Yes, here’s this superknown Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra), yeah
Also superknown, but still so nice – cover by Walk off the Earth
And one more, Eyes Wide Open
And on this openeyesed note wish you all the best, my lovely friends! Have a nice weekend. And share you comments about music stuff? And what have you listened through these spring holidays? Ans yeah, happy Easter!)
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Pop Goes Metal: Britney Spears ‘Toxic’
Today we’ll gonna talk about such nice and loved by many thing as metal covers on pop songs . The first hero will be Britney Spears and her Toxic.
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And to make it more interesting, we took some covers from various commands. Just to compare.
Who’s there: Kit-I (and also they read like “Keetаi” – “China” on Russian ).
Kit-I
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What do you need to know about them: Russian band. Gathered in 2007. Style: pop-rock. They have been sending theis first recorded demo to recording studios, but had all the time answer that this “Unformat”. Later,passing the demo of Max Fadeev (his projects: Глюк’oza, Syeryebro (Silver)) received his support.
Details. Stylish and fashionable. The guys, and clips. Besides the girl on the bass – it always gives bonuses among fans. Everything right: the bassist- girl in sexy stuff and frontman is with make-up. But hard to resist the associations with Tokio Hotel: either because the singer recalls Bill Kaulitz, whether because of all the emo stuff, which has seemed to bacame out of the mainstream scene. Nevertheless – as Max had told to Megabit blog, the Kit-I had the most powerful start among the whole his projects, and attendance of their official website – three million per day. So do emo came back?
More contacts: official site
And here is their vision of Britney’s creation.
Who’s there: Blowsight
Blowsight
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What do you need to know about them: hot guys from Stockholm, Sweden. Собрались в 2003 году. Genre: alternative metal, alternative rock, nu metal. But they name it themselves popmetalpunk.
Details. There is heaviness. And there is a drive. What is already a success, because these two things are very oftenincompatible in reality.
Еще контакты: myspace, last.fm
And cover on Toxic by Blowsight.
Who’s there: A Static Lullaby
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What do you need to know about them: gatheredet in 2001, Canada, after the usual jam in high school. And gathered so well, because play so far. Style: post-hardcore, metalcore, screamo.Played together on tours with Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack!, Silverstein.
Details. Began with screamo, later, like many similar bands, moved to post-hardcore. Label: Fearless Records.
And their version of Toxic, which was included in the ‘Punk goes Pop Vol.2’ compilation.
And – heavy styff for the ending.
Who’s there: Gunzoo.
Gunzoo
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What do you need to know about them: guys are from California. Style: metalcore, screamo, death metal, hardcore.
Details. They are often confused with I Set My Friend On Fire. But they are different bands.
More contacts: last.fm , myspace
And the last heavy variant of Britney’s song. How do you like it?
That’s all for now. See ya!
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IF LADY GAGA PLAYED SCREAMO…
..this is what could be the results.)
thanks to guys from Helia for this experiment.
many of our readers agreed that in this way it looks mush better.)
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This Enormous Flying Boat Made Transcontinental History, 75 Years Ago Today
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The China Clipper left San Francisco as a huge seaplane full of mail—110,000 pieces of it. But was responsible for the first transpacific flight in history, and became one of the world's first technological celebrities.
In the era of the China Clipper—a four-engine Martin M-130—runways were scarce. It was the 1930s, and if you wanted to haul serious cargo over serious distances—say, to the Philippines—you made your own runway. In the ocean. That, or you waited over two weeks to arrive by boat. But civilization was getting a little tired of that. Lauded by the press as "the greatest airplane ever built in America," the China Clipper revolutionized transcontinental travel, flight itself, and the way we regard technology in our lives.
It's hard to put one's mind 75 years backwards, to a time when steamship transit was the only viable option. But if you try, you might have some idea what it must have been like to see the China Clipper leave for Manila—so encumbered with cargo that it had to fly under the incomplete Golden Gate Bridge before gaining altitude. The notion of a plane heading to another country was more than a novelty in 1935—it was an enormous cultural event, drawing a crowd of 25,000 to view the takeoff—exactly 75 years ago today.
Only a week and four stops later, the China Clipper was in Manila. Mail delivered! History made! But that was just the start. The flight was a sensation—beginning "Clippermania" across the US (only slightly less cool than Beatlemania). The plane was honored with spots on stamps, beer labels, toys, and even its own feature film. Captain Edwin Musick, who skippered the craft, landed a Time magazine cover.
The China Clipper began ferrying passengers instead of mail the next year, for a cool $14,650 per seat (in 2010 dollars), and expanded into a fleet of M-130s. By the time WWII concluded, air tech had advanced beyond the seaplane fleet, and its career came to a close—but not before carrying three quarters of a million pounds of mail and 3,500 passengers across 2.4 million miles of the planet.
And—easily the plane's most far reaching effect—it kicked off our era of regularly scheduled air travel. No small feat. So as much as you might gripe and groan about the Thanksgiving voyage you're preparing for this week, pause and have some respect for the Clipper—you may be dreading your in laws, but it beats arriving there by boat. [SF Gate]
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From Here and There
Diaspora Policies, Integration, and Social Rights Beyond Borders
Alexandra Délano Alonso
The first book-length treatment of consular offerings and services
Key reading for scholars who specialize in migration, citizenship, transnationalism, diaspora, integration and governance
Multi-sited ethnography that includes over 200 interviews with government officials, 50 representatives of community organizations or foundations that collaborate with consulates, and 135 migrant program participants
Discusses the effects of anti-immigrant backlash in the United States in migrants and their families and alternative policies and practices that address these effects and attempt to shift attitudes towards migrants
Examines the effects of DACA from the perspective of origin countries, including returned Dreamers and reintegration policies
When immigrants to the United States need to learn English, receive health services, open a bank account or get a work certification, US state and local governments or non-profit organizations usually assist as part of the process of supporting immigrant integration and, ultimately, citizenship. But over the past two decades, Mexico, and other origin countries of migrants have been increasingly filling gaps in these activities through their consular representations, particularly focusing on populations with precarious legal status. Put in the larger context of diaspora policies, these practices — focused on establishing closer ties between the origin country and the emigrant population and protecting their rights through the provision of social services — are one of the clearest manifestations of the reconceptualization of the boundaries of citizenship and the rights and obligations that come with it.
This book looks at citizenship and immigrant integration from the perspective of countries of origin: specifically the processes through which Mexico and other Latin American countries are establishing programs to give their emigrant populations better access to education, health, banking, labor rights, language acquisition and civic participation in the United States. While immigrant integration is often assumed as an issue that mainly concerns the population and institutions of the country of destination, these cases demonstrate the role that origin countries play in supporting migrants' access to opportunities to participate as members of the societies they are a part of, challenging the limits of citizenship and sovereignty, and offering examples of innovative practices in the protection of migrants' rights. As an area of migration governance that is rarely discussed, this book offers a critical evaluation of these programs and their impact on emigrants, particularly on those who are undocumented or have precarious legal status, and the collaborations between governments and civil society groups on which the programs are based.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 - Shifting Diaspora Policies towards Integration in the Country of Destination: Filling Gaps, Extending Social Rights, and Promoting a Political Agenda
Chapter 2 - Transnational Social Protection and Integration through Ventanillas de Salud and Plazas Comunitarias
Chapter 3 - Consular Protection, Social Rights, and Solidarity across Borders:
From a National to a Latin American Agenda
Chapter 4 - The Limits of Transnational Social Protection: Integration, Reintegration, and the 1.5 Generation
Conclusions - Towards Transnational Membership: The Case for Shared Responsibility and Accountability
Alexandra Délano Alonso, Associate Professor of Global Studies, The New School University
Alexandra Délano Alonso is Associate Professor of Global Studies at The New School and the current holder of the Eugene M. Lang Professorship for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring. Her work is driven by a concern with the inequalities underlying the causes of migration, the structures that lead to the marginalization of undocumented migrants in the public sphere, and the limited protection of their rights, from a transnational perspective. Her book Mexico and Its Diaspora in the United States: Policies of Emigration since 1848 was the co-winner of the William LeoGrande Prize for the best book on US-Latin America Relations.
"Délano's research remains especially relevant in the current U.S. era of nativism, enhanced immigration enforcement, and a hardening retrenchment of services that is harming low-wage immigrants in particular. Délano's account poses important questions about the limits of bilateral coordination around immigrant wellbeing, especially when the administration of the receiving country seems more interested in building physical, as well as economic and political, walls with its southern neighbours." - Shannon Gleeson, Ethnic and Racial Studies
"This book brilliantly dismantles, and then carefully reconstructs, the idea of immigrant'integration.' This is a captivating account of transnational politics in action." - Linda Bosniak, author of The Citizen and the Alien: Dilemmas of Contemporary Membership
"From Here and There is key reading for scholars who specialize in immigration, citizenship, transnationalism, and the state, as it breaks new ground in theorizing and detailing the role of the state via diasporic citizens." - Susan Coutin, author of Exiled Home: Salvadoran Transnational Youth in the Aftermath of Violence
"In this beautifully written, closely researched account, Délano Alonso offers an insightful and nuanced account of how citizenship, social welfare, and sovereignty are redefined and about who the new winners and losers are." - Peggy Levitt, author of Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display.
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The Preacher King
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America, updated edition
Includes a new introduction
Features King's unpublished sermons and speeches, tape recordings, personal interviews, and police surveillance reports
Examines the development of King's sermons throughout his ministerial work
The Preacher King investigates Martin Luther King Jr.'s religious development from a precocious "preacher's kid" in segregated Atlanta to the most influential America preacher and orator of the twentieth century. To give the most accurate and intimate portrait possible, Richard Lischer draws almost exclusively on King's unpublished sermons and speeches, as well as tape recordings, personal interviews, and even police surveillance reports. By returning to the raw sources, Lischer recaptures King's truest preaching voice and, consequently, something of the real King himself. He shows how as the son, grandson, and great-grandson of preachers, King early on absorbed the poetic cadences, traditions, and power of the pulpit, more profoundly influenced by his fellow African-American preachers than by Gandhi and the classical philosophers.
Lischer also reveals a later phase of King's development that few of his biographers or critics have addressed: the prophetic rage with which he condemned American religious and political hypocrisy. During the last three years of his life, Lischer shows, King accused his country of genocide, warned of long hot summers in the ghettos, and called for a radical redistribution of wealth.
25 years after its initial publication, The Preacher King remains a critical study that captures the crucial aspect of Martin Luther King Jr.'s identity. Human, complex, and passionate, King was the consummate American preacher who never quit trying to reshape the moral and political character of the nation.
Introduction to the New Edition
1. Surrounded
2. Apprenticed to the Word
3. Dexter Avenue and "The Daybreak of Freedom"
II PERFORMANCE
4. What He Received: Units of Tradition
5. The Strategies of Style
6. From Identification to Rage
7. The Masks of Character
III THEOLOGY AND BEYOND
8. In the Mirror of the Bible
9. The Ebenezer Gospel
10. Bearing "The Gospel of Freedom": The Mass Meeting
Richard Lischer is the James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of many books, including The End of Words: The Language of Reconciliation in a Culture of Violence and Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son.
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Tips for Visiting the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor
July 17, 2019 By Amy Sherbert Leave a Comment
The USS Arizona Memorial stands above the waters of Pearl Harbor. It is an enduring tribute to the servicemen who lost their lives aboard the battleship in the Japanese surprise attack on December 7, 1941.
The USS Arizona Memorial is one of the most visited destinations in Hawaii. Plus, it was recently voted the #5 Landmark in the United States by TripAdvisor. It’s a definite must-see during your vacation to Oahu and Pearl Harbor.
Check out our helpful guide for visiting the the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. It’s packed with tips for visiting, other nearby attractions, and much more.
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Tips for Visiting the USS Arizona
Parking at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center is free. Lots are located in front of the main entrance.
1,300 free walk-in tickets are issued each day to visitors on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning at 7:00 am. You can reserve your free tickets online up to two months in advance at recreation.gov.
The Go Oahu Card gets you a headset for the audio tour at no charge. Present your card at the audio kiosk near the ticket counter after you pick up your tickets, but before entering the theater.
The Go Oahu Card also includes admission to the other Pearl Harbor Historic Sites, including Battleship Missouri, USS Bowfin Submarine Museum, and the Pacific Aviation Museum.
Allow yourself 3 hours to complete the narrative tour.
For security reasons, no bags of any kind are allowed on any of the memorials, including purses, backpacks, camera bags, etc. Lockers are available for a small fee to store bags and other items.
Strollers are not allowed in the theater, on the shuttle boat, or on the USS Arizona Memorial.
The theater, Navy shuttle boat, and memorial are wheelchair accessible.
Only clear bottled water is allowed in the theater, on the shuttle boat, and at the memorial. No other food or beverage is permitted
Military members in uniform are required to dress at Class B or above, and battle attire is not permitted at the USS Arizona Memorial, though it is allowed at the Visitor Center and other sites around Ford Island.
The audio tour is available in nine languages:English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, Russian, Italian, German or Spanish.
When is the best time to visit the USS Arizona?
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The Visitor Center opens at 7:00 am daily, and programs for the USS Arizona Memorial run every 15 minutes, beginning at 7:30 am.
If you haven’t reserved your tickets in advance, you should get to the Visitor Center as close to 7:00 am as possible or risk not being able to obtain tickets for that day.
If you’d like, you can reserve your tickets online, up to two months in advance. This will ensure you get to visit the Memorial on your trip to Hawaii. Reserve your tickets for late morning or mid-afternoon to avoid the biggest crowds. The last program begins at 3:00 pm.
June through August and the winter holidays are the busiest time of year in Honolulu. Go off-season if you want to avoid the crowds.
What is there to do and see at the USS Arizona?
The escorted portion of the USS Arizona Memorial lasts about an hour and 15 minutes. It begins with a brief introduction outside Pearl Harbor Memorial Theater, followed by a film presentation within the theater. The film is an award-winning documentary that provides an in-depth history of the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, WWII, and the history of the USS Arizona.
Visitors exit the theater through a back door that leads directly to a Navy shuttle boat. You will immediately board for the short excursion to the memorial itself.
After docking at the memorial, you’ll have some time to explore the memorial before heading back to the Visitor Center. At the Visitor Center, you can follow a guided audio tour that includes information about exhibit galleries and waterfront interpretive displays.
The 23-minute historical film features actual footage from the attacks on Pearl Harbor backed by a dramatic, emotional, and informational narration. You’ll hear testimonies and statements from survivors of that fateful day as well.
It’s an extremely emotional and touching story. Even the most stoic audience members will find themselves moved by this well-made remembrance of the tragic events of December 7, 1941 – the day the United States officially entered World War II.
Navy Shuttle Boat
After the film, you’ll board a Navy Shuttle Boat to take you to the memorial site. Shuttle boats are crewed by Navy service men and women.
Make sure to remain seated when on board and don your headphones so you can continue to listen to the informative tour guide. The narrator will point out landmarks, and provide a backstory as you take the quick ride over.
The memorial building does not actually rest on top of the ship itself. Instead, it hovers just above the broken remains of the USS Arizona so as not to do any more damage to the massive ship below.
Surrounding the memorial, parts of the broken vessel protrude from the water or lurk below the surface. In stark contrast to the dark ribs of the ship, colorful reef fish dart in, out and around parts of the massive skeleton. Its fractured form creates an artificial reef for the native ocean wildlife.
The perpetually-leaking oil on the water’s surface doesn’t seem to bother the fish, and environmental groups monitor the continual spillage for negative impact. However, its presence is a reminder of the vast damage that was done and the chaos that followed.
The memorial’s main area serves as an open Assembly Room, where visitors can reflect and ponder the USS Arizona’s remains below. The Shrine Room at the rear features a wall listing the name of each of the 1,177 Navy sailors and Marines who went down with the ship. The wall also honors survivors of the USS Arizona who elected to be interred below with their former shipmates after their more recent deaths.
Exhibits, Galleries, and Monuments
Back on land, the audio tour takes you past the waterfront memorials along the Walk of Remembrance, and two small museums, “The Road to War” and “Attack,”. “The Road to War” features pieces that tell the story of what led to the fateful event. “Attack” is home to stories, accounts, and testimonies of what happened that day.
This second half of the narrated tour takes a little over an hour. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, daughter of Pacific War veteran actor Tony Curtis, guides you through the exhibit galleries and memorial plaques. The audio tour also includes touching guest narration by Pearl Harbor survivors and historian Daniel Martinez.
Despite the horrific things that happened that day, the memorial stands as an emblem of peace and remembrance, rather than a tribute to hatred or violence.
What attractions are near the USS Arizona?
There are plenty of other great things to see located nearby. Here are a few we suggest adding to your itinerary…
The World War II Valor in the Pacific Park houses several other memorials.
USS Bowfin Submarine
The USS Bowfin Submarine is another great memorial from World War II located right next to the USS Arizona. This submarine is one of only 15 surviving U.S. Combat vessels. With a guided audio tour, you can learn the history of the ship and it’s many successful attacks on enemy warships.
Getting in: USS Bowfin Submarine tickets are included with Go Oahu Card.
USS Missouri Battleship
Ride a shuttle bus to the Ford Island and the USS Missouri battleship, or “Mighty Mo,” looming near the USS Arizona Memorial. This battleship is a sister to the USS Arizona, and the site of Japan’s official surrender to the United States in 1945, marking the end of World War II. The USS Missouri Memorial is open to the public for self-guided and audio tours.
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The shuttle also stops at the Pacific Aviation Museum, which includes the Ford Island Control Tower and two military hangars housing aircraft and other memorabilia, mostly related to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Where is there to eat near the USS Arizona?
The Visitor Center has a snack shop and a fast food stand serving hot dogs and nachos.
Schooner’s restaurant is about 100 yards from the Visitor Center, near the bridge to Ford Island. It’s open from 11AM to 8PM, and provides a regular menu, a kids menu, beverages including beers and cocktails, and a lunch buffet.
Military members will feel at home in paradise at Sam Choy’s Island Style Seafood Grille on the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman. Fantastic views, great food, cold brews, and true Hawaiian aloha ambience provide the perfect backdrop to gather for fighter pilots, officers, green berets, and enlisted men and women.
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A Parsha Story by: Rabbi Tuvia Bolton Parshat Bamidbar 5769
Posted on May 21, 2009. Filed under: A Parsha Story, a Rabbi Bolton Story, a Rabbi Tuvia Bolton Story, Bamidbar, Jewish Customs, Jewish traditions, Parshas Bamidbar, Parshas Hashavua, Parshas Hashavuah, Parshat Bamidbar, Parshat Hashavua, Parshat Hashavuah, Rabbi Bolton Stories, Rabbi Bolton Story, Rabbi Tuvia Bolton Story, Story by Rabbi Bolton, The Parshah Story, The Truth, Torah, Torah is THE Truth, True, Truth, Weekly Parsha, Weekly Parshah, Weekly sedra, Weekly Sedrah | Tags: A Parsha Story, a Rabbi Bolton Story, a Rabbi Tuvia Bolton Story, Bamidbar, Jewish Customs, Jewish traditions, Parshas Bamidbar, Parshas Hashavua, Parshas Hashavuah, Parshat Bamidbar, Parshat Hashavua, Parshat Hashavuah, Rabbi Bolton Stories, Rabbi Bolton Story, Rabbi Tuvia Bolton Story, Story by Rabbi Bolton, The Parshah Story, The Truth, Torah, Torah is THE Truth, True, Truth, Weekly Parsha, Weekly Parshah, Weekly sedra, Weekly Sedrah |
Parshat Bamidbar 5769
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In this week’s Torah portion, G-d tells Moses to count the Jews and then begin the journeys in the desert.
The birth, independence, identity and existence of the Jews depended on miracles. Their origin from Abraham, the Exodus from Egypt, the receiving of the Torah and their sustenance in the desert was all totally above nature.
But in addition to this, their life in the desert and later in Israel centered around an edifice called the Holy Temple (in the desert it was portable and was called the “Mishkan”) where they were reminded of these miracles constantly and served the Creator who made them.
But the Temple service was in the hands of the Levites.
At first glance it is not so clear why each person couldn’t just do it himself? Why did there have to be a special class for serving G-d?
To understand this, here are two stories (Ma ShSiper Li HaRebbe vol. 2 pgs. 90 and 82)
The Fourth Rebbe of Chabad, Rebbe Shmuel, nicknamed the Maharash, was perhaps the most mysterious of all the chain of seven Rebbes.
On one hand he surrounded himself with pomp and riches, golden vessels, ornamented clothes and a fine carriage drawn by the most expensive horses. But on the other, it was obvious that he was doing it all for supernal purposes.
Everyday the Rebbe would tell his driver to hitch up the horses to his magnificent carriage and take a ride into the woods.
It was inconceivable to the Rebbe’s Chassidim that the Rebbe would just go for a pleasure ride, they were sure that there must be some deep mystical practices the Rebbe did there in the woods far from the human eye. But the only one that knew, besides the Rebbe, was his driver and the Rebbe warned the driver to never tell anyone what he saw.
The driver was no fool. He knew that one word would get him fired and the pay was good. So anytime any of the Chassidim asked him anything he would simply turn and walk away.
But the curiosity of the Chassidim and their desire to learn was stronger than the driver’s opposition and they devised a plan.
I just so happened that one of them, who was friendly with the driver and had done him several favors with no thought of remuneration, had a birthday or some other occasion and had invited the driver to come.
The other Chassidim took advantage of this, bought several bottles of vodka, and made sure that anytime anyone made a ‘L’chayim’ the driver would be included.
Then, when everyone was inebriated, and the driver many-times so, each began telling personal stories until it became the driver’s turn.
He stood, cleared his throat, took another L’chayim, sat down and began to talk in a quiet voice.
“You know, you fellows have a very wonderful Rabbi! But he is also very strange. Very strange person.” Everyone was listening.
“You know, I take him everyday to the woods. Deep, deep, deep into the woods.” He paused, took another L’chayim and continued. “You know what he does? We stop in the same place every day. There is a big log there. The Rebbe sits down on this log and starts to cry. That’s right. He cries and cries like a baby. And while he’s crying, ants begin to pour out of these holes in the ground and cover his body. Big ants that bite. Until his whole body is covered. And he cries and cries!
“Then, suddenly, all at once after a few minutes, all the ants leave! He doesn’t do anything but cry and for some reason they all leave him.
“Then, the Rebbe stops his crying, returns to the carriage and we leave. But I can’t understand it! I can’t figure it out. I mean, your Rebbe has a beautiful house, nice horses, a good driver, a fine wife and children. He has a good life! What has he got to cry about?! Why is he crying? And even more I don’t understand those ants. How they know when to leave him? I mean, he doesn’t do anything to make them leave! They just all leave at once! It’s like he is their boss or something.”
The second story:
Once the Rebbe Maharash was on a long train ride and one of his Chassidim by the name of Rav Yaakov Reshel got on the train near nightfall at the city of Dvinsk to accompany him. His intention was to accompany the Rebbe for less than an hour till he went to sleep and then get off at the next stop and return to Dvinsk.
But, to his surprise, a few minutes into the ride, the Rebbe asked him to stay till the morning.
Rav Yaakov was honored by the request and couldn’t refuse. It was, in fact, a great pleasure to be with the Rebbe. But he hadn’t brought his Talit and Tefillin (prayer shawl and phylacteries Jews put on for the morning prayers).
He paid for an adjoining compartment and when the Rebbe lay down to sleep he left the Rebbe’s room and went to his. Early the next morning the Rebbe, who had woken even earlier and had already finished praying, sent a porter to call Rav Yaakov to his room. When he entered he saw that the Rebbe was sitting with eyes closed laughing.
He didn’t have a chance to sit down before the train came to a stop and a well dressed, clean shaven young man got on, asked the conductor something and then headed straight for the Rebbe’s compartment. But when he entered and saw the Rebbe sitting there, smiling with eyes closed and Rav Yaakov standing there he seemed confused and just sat down opposite the Rebbe.
The train began to move and five minutes later when they were outside of the town the Rebbe suddenly opened his eyes, stared deeply into those of the young man and said “Why do you possess a dangerous item? What have you got in your pocket? Show me!”
The young man turned pale and began to shake. He stuck his trembling hand into his pocket and pulled out…a small pistol! He handed it to the Rebbe who opened the window and threw it out into the passing bushes.
It seems that the Maskilim (Jews that wanted to uproot Judaism and replace it with more ‘modern’ ideas) had planned to assassinate the Rebbe because of all the troubles he made for them at government levels. But when the young man saw the Rebbe was not alone and then felt his holiness, he changed his mind.
The Rebbe gave his Talit and Tefillin to Rav Yaakov who left the Rebbe and the young man alone and went to his compartment to pray. When he returned the Rebbe took the Tefillin and said to his young companion “Would you like to pray?”
Suddenly, the young man began to frown and then burst out in awesome tears as he took the Tefillin. The Rebbe comforted him: “Don’t worry, one who is forced to sin is not a really a sinner”.
At the next stop the young man got off and the stop after Rav Yaakov parted from the Rebbe and also got off.
This answers our question. The reason G-d chose one particular tribe to be in charge of holy things is that there has to be someone totally separated from the world and devoted totally to G-dliness who can ‘raise’ and inspire those ‘normal’ people who are occupied with more mundane things.
Just like the Rebbe in our stories; the reason he cried and invited the ants was because he was a totally holy person: as we see that he ruled over the ants and knew what the young man was thinking. But on the other hand he suffered in order to raise and purify the world. That is why he opposed the ‘Maskilim’ and put himself into danger because his ‘job’ was to raise and purify others; as we see he did to the young ‘assassin’.
But in the future, when Moshiach changes man’s priorities, all Jews will be at the level of Levites; their only occupation will be to know and assist the entire world in Knowing the Creator (Mimonidies, M’lachim 12:5).
But it all depends on us to do just a little more, even one more good deed to bring Moshiach even one instant earlier….
Copyright © 1999-2009 Rabbi Tuvia Bolton of Yeshiva Ohr T’mimim (OhrTmimim.Org/torah) in PO Box 232, K’far Chabad, 72915 Israe-l
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Wet Market Poultry Transmitting H7N9 Bird Flu To Humans In China
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Researchers have confirmed that the A H7N9 bird flu virus, which began in February 2013, was transmitted from chickens at a wet poultry market to humans, according to a new study published in the The Lancet.
Wet markets, which are common in Asian countries, are live animal markets.
A H7N9 avian influenza (bird flu) has already infected around 108 people and killed 22 in several different parts of China since its emergence. The first reported case of human illness was in the Shanghai region, however, since then A H7N9 has spread south to the province of Zhejiang and north to Beijing.
Following the admission to hospital of a 39 year old patient infected with the A H7N9 virus, a team of researchers, led by Professor Lanjuan Li, of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, and Professor Professor Kwok-Yung Yuen of the University of Hong Kong, China, carried out retrospective testing among a total of 486 patients who reported symptoms of respiratory infection.
The tests showed that three of the patients were infected with the H7N9 virus. They carried out further tests to more clearly define the clinical symptoms of the disease.
As all of the infected patients had been exposed to poultry, they set out to determine whether the virus could have been transmitted from the poultry-to-humans. The researchers took cloacal swabs from chickens, quails, pigeons and ducks across six poultry markets where the patients had been to.
Forty percent of the pigeons as well as 20 percent of the chickens were tested positive for H7N9.
The team compared the genetic makeup of the H7N9 bird flu virus of one of the patients with an H7N9 isolate from one of the chickens – they found a number of similarities that suggest the virus was transmitted from the chickens.
For the first time since this outbreak started, researchers can now confirm that there is definite bird-to-human transmission for the H7N9 bird flu virus.
The authors concluded that the virus is currently unable to transmit between humans. After carefully monitoring 303 of the patient’s household and workplace contacts, none of them had developed the A H7N9 bird flu-like symptoms.
The scientists added that the virus does have the ability to adapt and to become human transmissible. If that were to occur, it would probably be less deadly.
Co-lead author of the study, Professor Kwok-Yung Yuen said:
« Overall, the evidence, in terms of epidemiology and virology, suggests that it is a pure poultry-to-human transmission, and that controlling [the epidemic in humans] will therefore depend on controlling the epidemic in poultry. »
The researchers noted a similarity between the symptoms of the H7N9 bird flu virus and the H5N1 bird flu virus, in which infected patients develop high fever and have difficulty breathing.
The authors concluded:
« Aggressive intervention to block further animal-to-person transmission in live poultry markets, as has previously been done in Hong Kong, should be considered. Temporary closure of live bird markets and comprehensive programmes of surveillance, culling, improved biosecurity, segregation of different poultry species, and possibly vaccination programmes to control H7N9 virus infection in poultry seem necessary to halt evolution of the virus into a pandemic agent. »
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Is the Framingham risk function valid for northern European populations? A comparison of methods for estimating absolute coronary risk in high risk men
I U Haq,
L E Ramsay,
W W Yeo,
P R Jackson,
E J Wallis
Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Professor L E Ramsay, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Floor L, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK. email:d.colley{at}sheffield.ac.uk
Objective To examine the validity of estimates of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk by the Framingham risk function, for European populations.
Design Comparison of CHD risk estimates for individuals derived from the Framingham, prospective cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM), Dundee, and British regional heart (BRHS) risk functions.
Setting Sheffield Hypertension Clinic.
Patients—206 consecutive hypertensive men aged 35–75 years without preexisting vascular disease.
Results There was close agreement among the Framingham, PROCAM, and Dundee risk functions for average CHD risk. For individuals the best correlation was between Framingham and PROCAM, both of which use high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. When Framingham was used to target a CHD event rate > 3% per year, it identified men with mean CHD risk by PROCAM of 4.6% per year and all had CHD event risks > 1.5% per year. Men at lower risk by Framingham had a mean CHD risk by PROCAM of 1.5% per year, with 16% having a CHD event risk > 3.0% per year. BRHS risk function estimates of CHD risk were fourfold lower than those for the other three risk functions, but with moderate correlations, suggesting an important systematic error.
Conclusion There is close agreement between the Framingham, PROCAM, and Dundee risk functions as regards average CHD risk, and moderate agreement for estimates within individuals. Taking PROCAM as the external standard, the Framingham function separates high and low CHD risk groups and is acceptably accurate for northern European populations, at least in men.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/hrt.81.1.40
Recent guidelines for the management of hyperlipidaemia1-5 and hypertension6 7 have highlighted the importance of estimating absolute coronary heart disease (CHD) or cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk for effective targeting of lipid lowering or antihypertensive drug therapy. Serum cholesterol, lipid fractions, or blood pressure are by themselves very weak predictors of CHD or CVD risk.8 9 The accuracy of risk prediction is enhanced by counting additional cardiovascular risk factors such as age, sex, diabetes, or smoking habit,8 but absolute risk is estimated most accurately by counting and weighting these additional risk factors.8 10 This entails the use of multivariate techniques to explore the contribution of risk factors in combination to discriminate between future cases and non-cases of CHD or CVD.8 11 Risk functions derived from the Framingham study10 have been used widely to predict CHD and CVD risk because of the excellent methodology and long term follow up in this population study, and because, unlike other risk functions available, it allows estimation of CHD and CVD risk in women. Simplified forms of the Framingham risk function have been incorporated in European,1 New Zealand,2 6 7 and UK3-5 guidelines for management of hyperlipidaemia and hypertension, so that treatment can be targeted at estimated absolute risk.
Risk functions derived from one population may not be valid for risk prediction in other populations,12 and concern has been expressed that the Framingham risk function may not predict risk accurately in European populations.13 Indeed, Chamblesset al have suggested that extrapolation of risk functions to populations other than those from which they were derived is not justifiable, even to predict relative risk.14 This view is inconsistent with much evidence that the Framingham risk function predicts absolute risk accurately for other North American populations as shown by studies ofexternal 8 12 15 16 andconvergent 15 validity in men8 12 15 16 and women,8 12 and for CHD death8 12 or CHD events.15 16(External (or criterion) validity requires that the technique measures what it is designed to measure—that is, the risk function predicts CVD events actually observed in a different population. Convergent validity requires that the technique yields results that are consistent with the results of other similar techniques—that is, estimates of CVD risk by one risk function are consistent with estimates from other risk functions derived from different populations.) However, the Framingham risk function certainly does not estimate absolute CHD risk accurately in populations that have a low CHD risk in relation to the recognised major risk factors. Thus the Framingham function overestimated CHD risk in French,17 Hawaiian,18 and Israeli18 populations, and in the Seven Countries study19 another North American risk function overestimated absolute risk in southern European and Japanese populations. In all of these studies the North American risk functions estimated relative risk with at least reasonable accuracy, but overestimated absolute risk.
It is not clear whether the Framingham risk function estimates absolute CHD risk accurately in northern European populations, such as those of the UK, Scandinavia, or Germany. In limited analyses the Framingham function predicted absolute CHD risk accurately on average in German men in the prospective cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) cohort,20 and in UK men from the West of Scotland coronary prevention study (WOSCOPS).21 However the Framingham function overestimated the risk of CHD and stroke for a Swedish population,22 although the degree of overestimation was less marked in subjects at relatively high CVD risk. In the Seven Countries study19 a North American risk function estimated the absolute CHD death rate in northern European subjects accurately. The important issue is whether the Framingham risk function predicts absolute CHD risk with acceptable accuracy in individual subjects in northern European populations. If it does not then guidelines that use the Framingham function to target lipid lowering drug therapy in European1 or UK3-5 subjects will not be soundly based.
In this study we have examined the convergent validity of the Framingham risk function for predicting absolute CHD risk in northern European men. To do this we compared, in individual subjects at high risk, CHD event estimates by the Framingham functionv estimates from risk functions derived from a German population (the PROCAM risk function)23 and two UK populations, the Dundee24 and British regional heart study (BRHS)25 risk functions. Comparison of risk estimates by the Framingham function for northern European women was not possible, because to our knowledge no risk function for women derived from a European population has been published.
The data required to calculate the probability of sustaining a coronary event by the Framingham,10 PROCAM,23Dundee,24 and BRHS25 risk functions were collected prospectively for 206 hypertensive men. Some details of the populations from which these risk functions were derived, and the risk factors included in each risk function, are summarised in table 1. The hypertensive men were consecutive patients recruited to a hypertension intervention trial or referred to the Sheffield Hypertension Clinic who were aged 35–75 years. This age range was set to conform with that in the Framingham population. Women were not included in the study because only Framingham of the four risk functions can predict coronary risk in women. The hypertensive men all had a full history, physical examination, and the standardised data collection and investigations detailed below. This study was concerned with predicting coronary risk only for primary prevention of CHD, and men with a history of angina, myocardial infarction, intermittent claudication, previous stroke, or other symptomatic atherosclerotic vascular disease were excluded, as were those with evidence of myocardial infarction on ECG. The patients studied all had treated hypertension, and drug treatment was not altered, so the blood pressure measurements used to calculate risk were measured while taking treatment.
Comparison of the populations from which the four risk functions are derived, and the variables used in each risk function
Age, smoking habit, and family history were recorded by structured questioning in accordance with the criteria used by each of the risk functions. Blood pressure was the mean of two measurements at one visit after subjects had been seated for five minutes. All patients had an ECG, and left ventricular hypertrophy was diagnosed by the criteria used in the Framingham study—that is, increased R wave potential, depressed S-T segment, and flattened or inverted T waves in the left precordial leads. Serum total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and glucose were measured fasting. Total cholesterol was measured enzymatically using Olympus kits and calibrators. HDL cholesterol was measured in the supernatant after precipitation of lipoprotein containing apolipoprotein B with dextran sulphate and magnesium chloride solution. Diabetes was defined by a fasting blood sugar > 7.8 mmol/l, or current prescription of an oral hypoglycaemic drug or insulin.
STATISTICAL METHODS.
For each patient the estimated risk of CHD events was calculated by each risk function, using all the variables required for that function (table 1), and expressed as per cent per year. The definitions of CHD events are those used in the risk functions, and these differ between Framingham and the other risk functions. The Framingham risk function predicts fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction plus incident angina and coronary insufficiency. The other three risk functions predict CHD death and non-fatal myocardial infarction only. The estimates of CHD event risk for the four risk functions were compared in three ways. The mean coronary risk of the 206 men was compared for each pair of risk functions by Student’st test for paired observations. Estimates for each pair of risk functions were plotted on scattergrams. The correlation coefficients and the slopes and intercepts of the regression lines, with the 95% confidence intervals (CIs), were calculated. Agreement between pairs of risk estimates was examined by the method of Bland and Altman.26
The 206 men had a mean (SD) age of 59 (9.3) years, mean blood pressure on treatment of 154/91 (18/10) mm Hg, mean cholesterol concentration of 6.0 (1.1) mmol/l, and HDL cholesterol of 1.1 (0.3) mmol/l. Thirty seven of the 206 hypertensive men were current smokers, 66 had a history of parental death from CHD, 23 had diabetes, and four had left ventricular hypertrophy by ECG criteria.
COMPARISON OF RISK ESTIMATES
Framingham v PROCAM (fig 1)
The mean risk of CHD events calculated by the Framingham function was 2.3% per year, and by the PROCAM function 2.3% per year, with a mean difference of 0 (95% CI −0.3 to 0.3). There was a moderate correlation between CHD risk estimates by the two methods (r = 0.82, p < 0.0001, fig 1A). The deviation of the regression line from the line of identity was significant as regards the slope (1.31, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.44) and intercept (−0.76, 95% CI −1.08 to −0.43). Compared to Framingham, the PROCAM function overestimated CHD risk above 2.4% per year, and underestimated risk slightly at lower risk levels. The Bland-Altman plot (fig 1B) showed agreement between the methods on average, but with a systematic difference.
Individual risk estimates by the Framingham function v the PROCAM function. (A) Dashed line = line of identity; solid line = regression line. (B) Bland-Altman plot.
Framingham v Dundee (fig 2)
The mean CHD event risk by the Framingham function was 2.3% per year, and by the Dundee function 2.2% per year, with the difference between the risk functions approaching significance (mean difference 0.1%, 95% CI −0.1 to 0.4, p = 0.06). There was a weak but significant correlation between estimates by the two methods (r = 0.68, p < 0.0001, fig 2A). Deviation of the regression line from the line of identity was significant as regards the slope (0.80, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.92) and intercept (0.33, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.64). Compared to Framingham, the Dundee function tended to underestimate risk slightly above a CHD event risk of 2% per year, and overestimate risk at lower CHD risk levels. The Bland-Altman plot (fig 2B) showed agreement on average, no evidence of a systematic bias, but a heteroscedastic pattern with larger variability at higher CHD risk levels producing a characteristic cone shaped distribution.
Individual risk estimates by the Framingham function v the Dundee function. (A) Dashed line = line of identity; solid line = regression line. (B) Bland-Altman plot.
Framingham v BRHS (fig 3)
Estimates of CHD event risk by the BRHS function, 0.6% per year, were much lower than those by Framingham, 2.3% per year, and the difference was large and highly significant (mean difference 1.7%, 95% CI 1.5 to 1.9, p < 0.0001). The correlation between the methods was weak (r = 0.55, p < 0.0001, fig 3A). The Bland-Altman plot confirmed the large difference between the methods on average, and the systematic difference (fig3B).
Individual risk estimates by the Framingham function v the BHRS function. (A) Dashed line = line of identity; solid line = regression line. (B) Bland-Altman plot.
Dundee v PROCAM (fig 4)
The mean CHD event risks by the Dundee and PROCAM functions were 2.2% and 2.3% per year respectively, with a mean difference of 0.1% (95% CI −0.2 to 0.5, p = 0.25). The correlation between the methods was r = 0.66, p < 0.0001 (fig 4A) and the regression line did not differ significantly from the line of identity as regards the slope (0.90, 95% CI 0.76 to 1.04) or intercept (0.33, 95% CI −0.04 to 0.70). The Bland-Altman plot (fig 4B) showed agreement on average, no systematic error, but a heteroscedastic distribution.
Individual risk estimates by the Dundee function v the PROCAM function. (A) Dashed line = line of identity; solid line = regression line. (B) Bland-Altman plot.
BRHS v PROCAM and Dundee
Estimates of CHD events risk by the BRHS function (0.6% per year) were highly significantly lower than those by PROCAM (2.3% per year) or Dundee (2.2% per year, each p < 0.0001). The scattergrams and Bland-Altman plots (not shown) confirmed the large average differences and systematics errors. Despite this there were moderate correlations of BRHS estimates with those by PROCAM (r = 0.60, p < 0.0001) and Dundee (r = 0.72, p < 0.0001).
ESTIMATING CHD EVENT RISK IN INDIVIDUALS
We have suggested elsewhere that statin treatment for primary prevention of CHD might be targeted at a specified level of CHD risk, and a level of 3.0% has been suggested as appropriate in Britain.4 Accepting that there will be some error in CHD risk estimation, one would wish that those targeted for statin treatment would have a CHD event rate of at least 1.5% per year, the lower “boundary” for proven clinical efficacy derived from the WOSCOPS trial.27 We determined which of the 206 men had a CHD event risk of 3.0% per year or higher by the Framingham function and would be selectively targeted, and those who would not because their estimated CHD risk was lower. We then examined their CHD event risk calculated by the Dundee and PROCAM risk functions (fig 5). Targeting by Framingham defined groups with a mean risk by the Dundee function of 3.4% per year (targeted) and 1.7% per year (not targeted), and by the PROCAM function of 4.6% per year (targeted) and 1.5% per year (not targeted). Inspection of the distributions (fig 5) shows that men targeted by the Framingham method all had a CHD event risk of 1.5% per year or higher when calculated by the PROCAM risk function, as did all but one patient when risk was calculated by the Dundee risk function. However, a proportion of patients with risk below 3.0% per year by Framingham, and not targeted, had risks of 3.0% per year or higher by the Dundee or PROCAM functions. The specificity of the Framingham function, defined as the percentage of those with a CHD risk estimated by each European function to be 1.5% per year or lower not targeted by Framingham at a threshold of 3.0% per year, was 98%v risk by Dundee and 100%v risk by PROCAM. The sensitivity of Framingham, defined as the proportion of those with CHD event rate 3.0% or higher by Dundee and PROCAM targeted by Framingham, was 50%v the Dundee function, and 84%v PROCAM.
Distribution of risk estimates by the Dundee and PROCAM risk functions in individuals identified as having coronary risks above or below 3% per year by the Framingham risk function. Numbers are the mean risks estimated by the Dundee or PROCAM functions in each group.
There is already ample evidence that the Framingham risk function predicts relative risk of CHD with reasonable accuracy in diverse populations. Knowledge of the relative risk may be considered adequate when prioritising people for non-pharmacological measures to lower CHD risk. However, lipid lowering drug therapy is best targeted at absolute CHD risk28 because of its potential for adverse effects, the cost of treatment, and above all because we do not yet know whether the benefit from treatment exceeds any risk when the absolute CHD event risk is below 1.5% per year.27 Knowledge of the absolute CHD risk is also needed to estimate the number needed to treat (NNT), a simple measure of absolute benefit from treatment,29 to evaluate the cost effectiveness of treatment30 31; and to assess the population implications of treatment policies based on random control trial evidence.28 Ordinary doctors cannot estimate absolute CHD risk accurately by intuitive methods,32 and simple but accurate aids to risk assessment are needed for ordinary practice.28 Several of these have been developed, all of them based on the Framingham risk function.1-5 If these aids to risk assessment are to be used in practice in northern European countries, it is essential that the validity of the Framingham risk function is established for these populations.
A major unexpected finding in this study was that the BRHS risk function underestimated CHD event risk by a factor of four when compared to all the other functions. Only two UK functions (BRHS and Dundee) were examined, and it might be argued that the BRHS estimates are accurate and those by the Dundee function incorrect. However, there is strong evidence against this. The Dundee function was derived from one UK population, in the UK heart disease prevention project,33 and its external validity was confirmed by prediction of CHD death in another UK population, from the Whitehall study.34 The BRHS risk function was validated only internally.25 Other investigators have reported inexplicably low estimates of absolute CHD risk by the BRHS function.35 It has recently been shown that the Framingham risk function estimates the absolute risk of UK men accurately, on average.21 Finally, the BRHS risk estimates were considerably out of line with all three of the other risk functions examined in the present study. The reason for the fourfold underestimate of risk by the BRHS function is unknown at present. However, the error seems to be systematic as shown by the reasonable correlation of BRHS with the Dundee function (r = 0.71), a function which, like the BRHS, does not include HDL cholesterol.
There are many similarities between the BRHS and Dundee populations (for example, in age, duration of follow up, and definition of end point) (table 1). One major difference is that the BRHS function was designed to include men who already have coronary artery disease, and this may in some way prejudice its use for predicting risk for primary prevention. Other differences between the risk functions include the definitions for smoking habit and blood pressure. In addition, the rate of coronary events in the Dundee function population (1.3% per year) was higher than that in the BRHS population (population 0.7%). The reasons for the discrepant findings with the BRHS function are not clear, but it certainly cannot be used in its present form to estimate absolute CHD risk for primary prevention. It does remain valid for estimating relative risk, which was its original purpose.25
Setting aside the BRHS function for the reasons detailed above, the Framingham function estimated CHD event risk accurately on average when compared to the Dundee and PROCAM functions. One might have anticipated some overestimation of risk by Framingham on two grounds. Firstly, the Framingham function includes prediction of additional CHD end points, namely incident angina and coronary insufficiency, that are not predicted by the other two functions. Secondly, Framingham is the “oldest” risk function, with its inception in 1958, and there has been a secular trend for CHD rates to decline. To the extent that this decline is independent of any reduction in the CHD risk factors included in the risk functions, there might be overestimation of CHD risk in later years. In the event, there was no evidence that this is the case in our study. In agreement is a report that the Framingham risk function predicted average CHD risk accurately in a recently studied cohort of UK men.21
Considering in detail the relations of Framingham to the PROCAM and Dundee risk functions, the correlations were moderately high. The strongest correlation was with PROCAM. Framingham and PROCAM functions both include HDL cholesterol, which has considerable importance for predicting CHD risk. There were systematic differences between Framingham and the other two functions, as shown by significant differences for the slope and intercept, but these were small in magnitude. At higher levels of CHD event risk PROCAM tended to overestimate and Dundee to underestimate risk slightly when compared to Framingham. In both comparisons there was a heteroscedastic distribution, indicating that error was larger at higher CHD event rates.
The question arises whether these random and systematic errors are sufficiently important to invalidate the use of the Framingham function for CHD risk prediction in the UK or German populations. The analysis shown in fig 5 suggests that they are not. When Framingham was used to target those with a specified level of absolute CHD event risk—for example 3.0% per year, it separated widely groups at high and low average risk as determined by the other two risk functions. When compared to PROCAM, the other risk function which uses HDL cholesterol, the accuracy of targeting was very acceptable. All of those targeted by Framingham had a CHD risk of 1.5% per year or higher by PROCAM, and at this level of CHD risk lipid lowering treatment is readily justifiable.27 Targeting was conservative as judged by PROCAM estimates of risk, with a minority of those who had a CHD event risk of 3.0% per year or higher left untargeted. However, there is no “gold standard” in this form of validation. One can conclude only that there was satisfactory agreement between the two methods, and one cannot determine which of the risk functions was “correct”.
Prediction of absolute CHD risk will inevitably have some error. However, targeting using this form of risk function is significantly more accurate than simply counting risk factors,8 10which in turn is much more accurate than targeting a predetermined cholesterol or lipid fraction threshold.8 This study suggests that the Framingham function is acceptably accurate for predicting absolute CHD risk in British hypertensive men and this can probably be extended to all British and German men, but not to populations with different rates of CHD.17-19 Simplified methods to aid risk estimation based on the Framingham function1-5 should also be acceptably accurate for northern European populations.
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The Sepher Yetzirah
Supplement to Chapter IV
Supplement to Chapter V
THE FIFTY GATES OF INTELLIGENCE
First Order: Elementary
Second Order: Decad of Evolution
Third Order: Decad of Humanity
Fourth Order: World of Spheres
Fifth Order: The Angelic World
Sixth Order: The Archetype
THE THIRTY-TWO PATHS OF WISDOM
NOTES TO THE SEPHER YETZIRAH
Notes to the Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdom
Translated from the Hebrew by William Wynn Westcott
(NOTE: The Sepher Yetzirah is one of the most famous of the ancient Qabalistic texts. It was first put into writing around 200 C.E. Westcott's Translation of the Sepher Yetzirah was a primary source for the rituals and Knowledge Lectures of the Golden Dawn. This is the Third Edition of Westcott’s translation, first published in 1887. A Fourth Revised Edition of the Sepher Yetzirah by Darcy Kúntz, complete with Hebrew text, notes and bibliography, is available from Holmes Publishing Group, P.O. 623, Edmonds, WA 98020.)
The “Sepher Yetzirah,” or “Book of Formation,” is perhaps the oldest Rabbinical treatise of Kabalistic philosophy which is still extant. The great interest which has been evinced of late years in the Hebrew Kabalah, and the modes of thought and doctrine allied to it, has induced me to translate this tractate from the original Hebrew texts, and to collate with them the Latin versions of mediaeval authorities; and I have also published An Introduction to the Kabalah which may be found useful to students.
Three important books of the “Zohar,” or “Book of Splendour,” which is a great storehouse of Kabalistic teaching, have been translated into English by S. L. MacGregor Mathers, and the “Sepher Yetzirah” in an English translation is almost a necessary companion to these abstruse disquisitions: the two books indeed mutually explain each other.
The “Sepher Yetzirah,” although this name means “The Book of Formation,” is not in any sense a narrative of Creation, or a substitute Genesis, but is an ancient and instructive philosophical treatise upon one aspect of the origin of the universe and mankind; an aspect at once archaic and essentially Hebrew. The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors.
Attention must be called to the essential peculiarity of the Hebrew language, the inextricable and necessary association of numbers and letters; every letter suggesting a number, and every group of letters having a numerical signification, as vital as its literal meaning.
The Kabalistic principles involved in the reversal of Hebrew letters, and their substitution by others, on definite schemes, should also be studied and borne in mind.
It is exactly on these principles that the “ground-work idea” 'of this disquisition rests; and these principles may be traced throughout the Kabalistic tractates which have succeeded it in point of time and development, many of which are associated together in one volume known as the “Zohar,” which is in the main concerned with the essential dignities of the Godhead, with the Emanations which have sprung therefrom, with the doctrine of the Sephiroth, the ideals of Macroprosopus and Microprosopus, and the doctrine of Re-incarnation.
The “Sepher Yetzirah,” on the other hand, is mainly concerned with our universe and with the Microcosm. The opinions of Hebrew Kabalistic Rabbis and of modern mystics may be fitly introduced here.
The following interesting quotation is from Rabbi Moses Botarel, who wrote his famous Commentary in 1409:–“It was Abraham our Father–blessed be he–who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the Unity. At least, this was the opinion of Rabbi Saadiah–blessed be he–as written in the first chapter of his book The Philosopher's Stone. These are his words: The sages of Babylon attacked Abraham on account of his faith; for they were all against him although themselves separable into three sects. The First thought that the Universe was subject to the control of two opposing forces, the one existing but to destroy the other, this is dualism; they held that there was nothing in common between the author of evil and the author of good. The Second sect admitted Three great Powers; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between the two others, a supreme arbitrator. The Third sect recognised no god beside the Sun, in which it recognised the sole principle of existence.”
Rabbi Judah Ha Lévi (who flourished about 1120), in his critical description of this treatise, wrote: “The Sepher Yetzirah teaches us the existence of a Single Divine Power by shewing us that in the bosom of variety and multiplicity there is a Unity and Harmony, and that such universal concord could only arise from the rule of a Supreme Unity.”
According to Isaac Myer, in his Quabbalah (p. 159), the “Sepher Yetzirah” was referred to in the writings of Ibn Gebirol of Cordova, commonly called Avicebron, who died in A.D. 1070.
Eliphas Levi, the famous French Occultist, thus wrote of the “Sepher Yetzirah,” in his Histoire de la Magie, p. 54: “The Zohar is a Genesis of illumination, the Sepher Jezirah is a ladder formed of truths. Therein are explained the thirty-two absolute signs of sounds, numbers and letters: each letter reproduces a number, an idea and a form; so that mathematics are capable of application to ideas and to forms not less rigorously than to numbers, by exact proportion and perfect correspondence. By the science of the Sepher Jezirah the human spirit is fixed to truth, and in reason, and is able to take account of the possible development of intelligence by the evolutions of numbers. The Zohar represents absolute truth, and the Sepher Jezirah provides the means by which we may seize, appropriate and make use of it.”
Upon another page Eliphas Lévi writes: “The Sepher Jezirah and the Apocalypse are the masterpieces of Occultism; they contain more wisdom than words; their expression is as figurative as poetry, and at the same time it is as exact as mathematics.
In the volume entitled La Kabbale by the eminent French scholar, Adolphe Franck, there is a chapter on the “Sepher Yetzirah.” He writes as follows:–
“The Book of Formation contains, I will not say system of physics, but of cosmology such as could be conceived at an age and in a country where the habit of explaining all phenomena by the immediate action of the First Cause, tended to check the spirit of observation, and where in consequence certain general and superficial relations perceived in the natural world passed for the science of Nature.”…”Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles.“
In his analysis of the “Sepher Yetzirah,” he adds:–“The Book of Formation, even if it be not very voluminous, and if it do not altogether raise us to very elevated regions of thought, yet offers us at least a composition which is very homogeneous and of a rare originality. The clouds which the imagination of commentators have gathered around it, will be dissipated, if we look for, in it, not mysteries of ineffable wisdom, but an attempt at a reasonable doctrine, made when reason arose, an effort to grasp the plan of the universe, and to secure the link which binds to one common principle, all the elements which are around us.”
“The last word of this system is the substitution of the absolute divine Unity for every idea of Dualism, for that pagan philosophy which saw in matter an eternal substance whose laws were not in accord with Divine Will; and for the Biblical doctrine, which by its idea of Creation, postulates two things, the Universe and God, as two substances absolutely distinct one from the other.
“In fact, in the 'Sepher Yetzirah,' God considered as the Infinite and consequently the indefinable Being, extended throughout all things by his power and existence, is while above, yet not outside of numbers, sounds and letters–the principles and general laws which we recognise.”
“Every element has its source from a higher form, and all things have their common origin from the Word (Logos), the Holy Spirit…. So God is at once, in the highest sense, both the matter and the form of the universe. Yet He is not only that form; for nothing can or does exist outside of Himself; His substance is the foundation of all, and all things bear His imprint and are symbols of His intelligence.”
Hebrew tradition assigns the doctrines of the oldest portions of the “Zohar” to a date antecedent to the building of the Second Temple, but Rabbi Simeon ben Jochai, who lived in the reign of the Emperor Titus, A.D. 70-80, is considered to have been the first to commit these to writing, and Rabbi Moses de Leon, of Guadalaxara, in Spain, who died in 1305, certainly reproduced and published the “Zohar.”
Ginsburg, speaking of the Zoharic doctrines of the Ain Suph, says that they were unknown until the thirteenth century, but he does not deny the great antiquity of the “Sepher Yetzirah,” in which it will be noticed the “Ain Suph Aur” and “Ain Suph” are not mentioned.I suggest, however, that this omission is no proof that the doctrines of “Ain Suph Aur” and “Ain Suph” did not then exist, because it is a reasonable supposition that the “Sepher Yetzirah” was the volume assigned to the Yetziratic World, the third of the four Kabalistic Worlds of Emanation, while the “Asch Metzareph” is concerned with the Assiatic, fourth, or lowest World of Shells, and is on the face of it an alchemical treatise; and again the “Siphra Dtzenioutha” may be fittingly considered to be an Aziluthic work, treating of the Emanations of Deity alone; and there was doubtless a fourth work assigned to the World of Briah–the second type, but I have not been able to identify this treatise. Both the Babylonian and the Jerusalem Talmuds refer to the “Sepher Yetzirah.” Their treatise, named “Sanhedrin,” certainly mentions the “Book of Formation,” and another similar work; and Rashi in his commentary on the treatise “Erubin,” considers this a reliable historical notice.Other historical notices are those of Saadya Gaon, who died A.D. 940, and Judah Ha Levi, A.D. 1150; both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work. Some modern critics have attributed the authorship to the Rabbi Akiba, who lived in the time of the Emperor Hadrian, A.D. 120, and lost his life in supporting the claims of Barchocheba, a false messiah: others suggest it was first written about A.D. 200.
Graetz however assigns it to early Gnostic times, third or fourth century, and Zunz speaks of it as post Talmudical, and belonging to the Geonim period 700-800 A.D.; Rubinsohn, in the Bibliotheca Sacra, speaks of this latter idea as having no real basis.
The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 A.D.
The “Zohar” was first printed in Mantua in 1558; again in Cremona, 1560; and at Lublin, 1623; and a fourth edition by Knorr von Rosenroth, at Sulzbach in 1684. Some parts are not very ancient, because the Crusades are mentioned in one chapter. Six extant Hebrew editions of the “Sepher Yetzirah” were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680. The oldest of these six recensions was that of Saadjah Gaon (by some critics called spurious).There are still extant three Latin versions, viz., that of Gulielmus Postellus; one by Johann Pistorius; and a third by Joannes Stephanus Rittangelius; this latter gives both Hebrew and Latin versions, and also “The Thirty-Two Paths” as a supplement.
There is a German translation, by Johann Friedrich von Meyer, dated 1830; a version by Isidor Kalisch, in which he has reproduced many of the valuable annotations of Meyer; an edition in French by Papus, 1888; an edition in French by Mayer Lambert, 1891, with the Arabic Commentary of Saadya Gaon; and an English edition by Peter Davidson, 1896, to which are added “The Fifty Gates of Intelligence” and “The Thirty-Two Ways of Wisdom.” The edition which I now offer is fundamentally that of the ancient Hebrew codices translated into English, and collated with the Latin versions of Pistorius, Postellus, and Rittangelius, following the latter, rather than the former commentators. As to the authenticity of “The Sepher Yetzirah,” students may refer to the Bibliotheca magna Rabbinica of Bartoloccio de Cellerio, Rome, 1678-1692; to Basnage, History of the Jews, 1708; and to The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah, by A. B. Waite, 1902.The following copies of the “Sepher Yetzirah” in Hebrew, I have also examined, but only in a superficial manner:–
1. A Version by Saadiah, Ab. ben David, and three others, Mantua, 1562, 4to.
2. A Version with the commentary of Rabbi Abraham F. Dior, Amsterdam, 1642, 4to.
3. A Version with preface by M. ben J. Chagiz, Amsterdam, 1713, 16mo.4. A Version, Constantinople, 1719, 8vo.
5. ” ” Zolkiew, 1745, 4to.
6. “ ” by Moses ben Jacob, Zozec, 1779, 4to.
7. “ ” Grodno, 1806, 4to.
8. “ ” Dyhernfurth, 1812, 8vo.
9. “ ” Salonica, 1831, 8vo.
10. A MS. copy dated 1719, in the British Museum.
I add here the full titles of the three Latin versions; they are all to be found in the British Museum Library.
“Abrahami Patriarchae Liber Jezirah sive Formationis Mundi, Patribus quidem Abrahami tempora praecedentibus revelatus, sed ab ipso etiam Abrahamo expositus Isaaco, et per pro prophetarum manus posteritati conservatus, ipsis autem 72 Mosis auditoribus in secundo divinae veritatis loco, hoc est in ratione, quoe est posterior authoritate, habitus.” Parisiis, 1552. Gulielmus Postellus.“Id est Liber Jezirah, qui Abrahamo, Patriarchae adscribitur, una cum Commentario Rabbi Abraham F.D. super 32 semitis Sapientiae, a quibus Liber Jezirah incipit: Translatus et notis illustratus a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio, Ling. Orient. in Elect. Acad. Regiomontana Prof. Extraord,” Amstelodami, 1642.In Tomas Primus of “Artis Cabalisticae hoc est reconditae theologiae et philosophiae scriptorum.” Basileae 1587, is found “Liber de Creatione Cabalistinis, Hebraice Sepher Jezira; Authore Abrahamo. Successive filiis ore traditus. Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus.” Johannes Pistorius.
The “Sepher Yetzirah” consists of six chapters, having 33 paragraphs distributed among them, in this manner: the first has 12, then follow 5, 5, 4, 3, and 4.
Yet in some versions the paragraphs and subject-matter are found in a different arrangement. The oldest title has, as an addition, the words, “The Letters of our Father Abraham” or “ascribed to the patriarch Abraham,” and it is spoken of as such by many mediaeval authorities: but this origin is doubtless fabulous, although perhaps not more improbable than the supposed authorship of the “Book of Enoch,” mentioned by St. Jude, of which two MSS. copies in the Ethiopic language were rescued from the wilds of Abyssinia in 1773 by the great traveller James Bruce. In essence this work was, doubtless, the crystallisation of centuries of tradition, by one writer, and it has been added to from time to time, by later authors, who have also revised it. Some of the additions, which were rejected even by mediaeval students, I have not incorporated with the text at all, and I present in this volume only the undoubted kernel of this occult nut, upon which many great authorities, Hebrew, German, Jesuit and others, have written long Commentaries, and yet have failed to explain satisfactorily. I find Kalisch, speaking of these Commentaries, says, “they contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary explanations, and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, Oriental superstitions, a metaphysical jargon, a poor knowledge of physics, and not a correct elucidation of this ancient book.” Kalisch, however, was not an occultist; these commentaries are, however, so extensive as to demand years of study, and I feel no hesitation in confessing that my researches into them have been but superficial. For convenience of study I have placed the Notes in a separate form at the end of the work, and I have made a short definition of the subject-matter of each chapter. The substance of this little volume was read as Lecture before “The Hermetic Society of London,” in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. Some of the Notes were the explanations given verbally, and subsequently in writing, to members of the Society who asked for information upon abstruse points in the “Sepher,” and for collateral doctrines; others, of later date, are answers which have been given to students of Theosophy and Hermetic philosophy, and to my pupils of the Study Groups of the Rosicrucian Society of England.
SEPHER YETZIRAH
The Book of Formation
Section 1. In thirty-two (1) mysterious Paths of Wisdom did Jah, (2) the Jehovah of hosts, (3) the God of Israel, (4) the Living Elohim, (5) the King of ages, the merciful and gracious God, (6) the Exalted One, the Dweller in eternity, most high and holy–engrave his name by the three Sepharim (7) –Numbers, Letters, and Sounds.(8)
2. Ten are the ineffable Sephiroth. (9) Twenty-two are the Letters, the Foundation of all things; there are Three Mothers, Seven Double and Twelve (10) Simple letters.
3. The ineffable Sephiroth are Ten, as are the Numbers; and as there are in man five fingers over against five, so over them is established a covenant of strength, by word of mouth, and by the circumcision of the flesh. (11)
4. Ten is the number of the ineffable Sephiroth, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven. Understand this wisdom, and be wise by the perception. Search out concerning it, restore the Word to its creator, and replace Him who formed it upon his throne. (12)
5. The Ten ineffable Sephiroth have ten vast regions bound unto them; boundless in origin and having no ending; an abyss (13) of good and of ill; measureless height and depth; boundless to the East and the West; boundless to the North and South; (14) and the Lord the only God, (15) the Faithful King rules all these from his holy seat, (16) for ever and ever.
6. The Ten ineffable Sephiroth have the appearance of the Lightning flash, (17) their origin is unseen and no end is perceived. The Word is in them as they rush forth and as they return, they speak as from the whirl-wind, and returning fall prostrate in adoration before the Throne.
7. The Ten ineffable Sephiroth, whose ending is even as their origin, are like as a flame arising from a burning coal. For God (18) is superlative in his Unity, there is none equal unto Him: what number canst thou place before One.
8. Ten are the ineffable Sephiroth; seal up thy lips lest thou speak of them, and guard thy heart as thou considerest them; and if thy mind escape from thee bring it back to thy control; even as it was said, “running and returning” (the living creatures ran and returned) (19) and hence was the Covenant made.
9. The ineffable Sephiroth give forth the Ten numbers. First; the Spirit of the God of the living; (20) Blessed and more than blessed be the Living God (21) of ages. The Voice, the Spirit, and the Word, (22) these are the Holy Spirit.
10. Second; from the Spirit He produced Air, and formed in it twenty-two sounds–the letters; three are mothers, seven are double, and twelve are simple; but the Spirit is first and above these. Third; from the Air He formed the Waters, and from the formless and void (23) made mire and clay, and designed surfaces upon them, and hewed recesses in them, and formed the strong material foundation. Fourth; from the Water He formed Fire (24) and made for Himself a Throne of Glory with Auphanim, Seraphim and Kerubim, (25) as his ministering angels; and with these three (26) he completed his dwelling, as it is written, “Who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire.” (27)
11. He selected three letters from among the simple ones and sealed them and formed them into a Great Name, I H V, (28) and with this He sealed the universe in six directions.
Fifth; He looked above, and sealed the Height with I H V.
Sixth; He looked below, and sealed the Depth with I V H.
Seventh; He looked forward, and sealed the East with H I V.
Eighth; He looked backward, and sealed the West with H V I.
Ninth; He looked to the right, and sealed the South with V I H.
Tenth; He looked to the left, and sealed the North with V H I.
12. Behold! From the Ten ineffable Sephiroth do, proceed–the One Spirit of the Gods of the living, Air, Water, Fire; and also Height, Depth, East, West, South and North. (29)
Section 1. The twenty-two sounds and letters are the Foundation of all things. Three mothers, seven doubles and twelve simples. The Three Mothers are Aleph, Mem and Shin, they are Air, Water and Fire Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them.
2. He hath formed, weighed, and composed with these twenty-two letters every created thing, and the form of everything which shall hereafter be.
3. These twenty-two sounds or letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly modified in five places; in the throat, in the mouth, by the tongue, through the teeth, and by the lips. (31)
4. These twenty-two letters, which are the foundation of all things, He arranged as upon a sphere with two hundred and thirty-one gates, and the sphere may be rotated forward or backward, whether for good or for evil; from the good comes true pleasure, from evil nought but torment.
5. For He shewed the combination of these letters, each with the other; Aleph with all, and all with Aleph; Beth with all, and all with Beth. Thus in combining all together in pairs are produced the two hundred and thirty-one gates of knowledge. (32)
6. And from the non-existent (33) He made Something; and all forms of speech and everything that has been produced; from the empty void He made the material world, and from the inert earth He brought forth everything that hath life. He hewed, as it were, vast columns out of the intangible air, and by the power of His Name made every creature and everything that is; and the production of all things from the twenty-two letters is the proof that they are all but parts of one living body. (34)
Section 1. The Foundation of all the other sounds and letters is provided by the Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin; they resemble a Balance, on the one hand the guilty, on the other hand the purified, and Aleph the Air is like the Tongue of a Balance standing between them. (35)
2. The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, are a great Mystery, very admirable and most recondite, and sealed as with six rings; and from them proceed Air, Fire, and Water, which divide into active and passive forces. The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, are the Foundation, from them spring three Fathers, and from these have proceeded all things that are in the world.
3. The Three Mothers in the world are Aleph, Mem and Shin: the heavens (36) were produced (37) from Fire; the earth from the Water; and the Air from the Spirit is as a reconciler between the Fire and the Water.
4. The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, Fire, Water and Air, are shown in the Year: from the fire came heat, from the waters came cold, and from the air was produced the temperate state, again a mediator between them. The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, Fire, Water and Air, are found in Man: from the fire was formed the head; from the water the belly; and from the air was formed the chest, again placed as a mediator between the others.
5. These Three Mothers did He produce and design, and combined them; and He sealed them as the three mothers in the Universe, in the Year and in Man–both male and female. He caused the letter Aleph to reign in Air and crowned it, and combining it with the others He sealed it, as Air in the World, as the temperate (climate) of the Year, and as the breath in the chest (the lungs for breathing air) in Man: the male with Aleph, Mem, Shin, the female with Shin, Mem, Aleph. He caused the letter Mem to reign in Water, crowned it, and combining it with the others formed the earth in the world, cold in the year, and the belly in man, male and female, the former with Mem, Aleph, Shin, the latter with Mem, Shin, Aleph. He caused Shin to reign in Fire, and crowned it, and combining it with the others sealed with it the heavens in the universe, heat in the year and the head in man, male and female. (38)
Section 1. The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Peh, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them. They are referred to Life, Peace, Wisdom, Riches, Grace, Fertility and Power. The two sounds of each letter are the hard and the soft–the aspirated and the softened. They are called Double, because each letter presents a contrast or permutation; thus Life and Death; Peace and War; Wisdom and Folly; Riches and Poverty; Grace and Indignation; Fertility and Solitude; Power and Servitude. 2. These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of Holiness in the midst of them sustaining all things.
3. These Seven Double Letters He designed, produced, and combined, and formed with them the Planets of this World, the Days of the Week, and the Gates of the soul (the orifices of perception) in Man. From these Seven He bath produced the Seven Heavens, the Seven Earths, the Seven Sabbaths: for this cause He has loved and blessed the number Seven more than all things under Heaven (His Throne).
4. Two Letters produce two houses; three form six; four form twenty-four; five form one hundred and twenty; six form seven hundred and twenty; (39) seven form five thousand and forty; and beyond this their numbers increase so that the mouth can hardly utter them, nor the ear hear the number of them. So now, behold the Stars of our World, the Planets which are Seven; the Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars. The Seven are also the Seven Days of Creation; and the Seven Gateways of the Soul of Man–the two eyes, the two ears, the mouth and the two nostrils. So with the Seven are formed the seven heavens, (41) the seven earths, and the seven periods of time; and so has He preferred the number Seven above all things under His Heaven. (42)
NOTE.–This is one of several modern illustrations of the allotment of the Seven Letters; it is not found in the ancient copies of the “Sepher Yetzirah.” He produced Beth, and referred it to Wisdom ; He crowned it, combined and formed with it the Moon in the Universe, the first day of the week, and the right eye of man.
He produced Gimel, and referred it to Health; He crowned it, combined and joined with it Mars in the Universe, the second day of the week, and the right ear of man.
He produced Daleth, and referred it to Fertility; He crowned it, combined and formed with it the Sun in the Universe, the third day of the week, and the right nostril of man.
He produced Kaph, and referred it to Life; He crowned it, combined and formed with it Venus in the Universe, the fourth day of the week, and the left eye of man.
He produced Peh, and referred it to Power; He crowned it, combined and formed with it Mercury in the Universe, the fifth day of the week, and the left ear of man.
He produced Resh, and referred it to Peace; He crowned it, combined and formed with it Saturn in the Universe, the sixth day of the week, and the left nostril of man.
He produced Tau, and referred it to Beauty; He crowned it, combined and formed with it Jupiter in the Universe, the Seventh Day of the week, and the mouth of man.
By these Seven letters were also made seven worlds, seven heavens, seven earths, seven seas, seven rivers, seven deserts, seven days, seven weeks from Passover to Pentecost, and every seventh year a Jubilee.
Mayer Lambert gives:–Beth to Saturn and the Hebrew Sabbath–that is Saturday; Gimel to Jupiter and Sunday; Daleth to Mars and Monday; Kaph to the Sun and Tuesday; Peh to Venus and Wednesday; Resh to Mercury and Thursday; and Tau to the Moon and Friday.
1. The Twelve Simple Letters are Héh, Vau, Zain, Cheth, Teth, Yod, Lamed, Nun, Samech, Oin, Tzaddi and Qoph; (43) they are the foundations of these twelve properties: Sight, Hearing, Smell, Speech, Taste, Sexual Love, Work, Movement, Anger, Mirth, Imagination, (44) and Sleep. These Twelve are also allotted to the directions in space: North-east, South-east, the East above, the East below, the North above, the North below, the South-west, the Northwest, the West above, the West below, the South above, and the South below; these diverge to infinity, and are as the arms of the Universe.
2. These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac, whose signs are Teth, Shin, Tau, Samech, Aleph, Beth, Mem, Oin, Qoph, Gimel, Daleth, and Daleth. (45) The Twelve are also the Months of the Year: Nisan, (46) Yiar, Sivan, Tamuz, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Hesvan, Kislev, Tebet, Sabat and Adar. The Twelve are also the Twelve organs of living creatures: (47) the two hands, the two feet, the two kidneys, the spleen, the liver, the gall, private parts, stomach and intestines.
He made these, as it were provinces, and arranged them as in order of battle for warfare. And also the Elohim (48) made one from the region of the other.
Three Mothers and Three Fathers; and thence issue Fire, Air and Water. Three Mothers, Seven Doubles and Twelve Simple letters and sounds.
3. Behold now these are the Twenty and Two Letters from which Jah, Jehovah Tzabaoth, the Living Elohim, the God of Israel, exalted and sublime, the Dweller in eternity, formed and established all things; High and Holy is His Name.
NOTE.–This is a modern illustration of the allotment of the Twelve Letters; it is not found in the ancient copies of the “Sepher Yetzirah.”
1. God produced Hé predominant in Speech, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aries in the Universe, Nisan in the Year, and the right foot of Man.
2. He produced Vau, predominant in mind, crowned it, combined and formed with it Taurus in the Universe, Aiar in the Year, and the right kidney of Man.
3. He produced Zain, predominant in Movement crowned it, combined and formed it with Gemini in the Universe, Sivan in the Year, and the left foot of Man.
4. He produced Cheth, predominant in Sight, crowned it, combined and formed it with Cancer in the Universe, Tammuz in the year, and the right hand of Man.
5. He produced Teth, predominant in Hearing, crowned it, combined and formed with it Leo in the Universe, Ab in the Year, and the left kidney in Man.
6. He produced Yod, predominant in Work, crowned it, combined and formed with it Virgo in the Universe, Elul in the Year, and the left hand of Man.
7. He produced Lamed, predominant in Sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it Libra in the Universe, Tishri in the Year, and the private parts of Man. (Kalisch gives “gall.”)
8. He produced Nun, predominant in Smell, crowned it, combined and formed with it Scorpio in the Universe, Heshvan in the Year, and the intestines of Man.
9. He produced Samech, predominant in Sleep, crowned it, combined and formed with it Sagittarius in the Universe, Kislev in the Year, and the stomach of Man.
10. He produced Oin, predominant in Anger, crowned it, combined and formed with it Capricornus in the Universe, Tebet in the Year, and the liver of Man.
11. He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aquarius in the Year, and the gullet in Man).
12. He produced Qoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it Pisces in the Universe, Adar in the Year, and the spleen of Man.
NOTE.–Mediaeval authorities and modern editors give very different allocations to the twelve simple letters.
Section 1. Three Fathers and their generations, Seven conquerors and their armies, and Twelve bounds of the Universe. See now, of these words, the faithful witnesses are the Universe, the Year and Man. The dodecad, the heptad, and the triad with their provinces; above is the Celestial Dragon, T L I, (49) and below is the World, and lastly the heart of Man. The Three are Water, Air and Fire; Fire above, Water below, and Air conciliating between them; and the sign of these things is that the Fire sustains (volatilises) the waters; Mem is mute, Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the Mediator and as it were a friend placed between them.
2. The Celestial Dragon, T L I, is placed over the universe like a king upon the throne; the revolution of the year is as a king over his dominion; the heart of man is as a king in warfare. Moreover, He made all things one from the other; and the Elohim set good over against evil, and made good things from good, and evil things from evil: with the good tested He the evil, and with the evil did He try the good. Happiness (50) is reserved for the good, and misery (51) is kept for the wicked.
3. The Three are One, and that One stands above. The Seven are divided; three are over against three, and one stands between the triads. The Twelve stand as in warfare; three are friends, three are enemies; three are life givers; three are destroyers. The three friends are the heart, the ears, and the mouth; the three enemies are the liver, the gall, and the tongue; (52) while God (53) the faithful king rules over all. One above Three, Three above Seven, and Seven above Twelve: and all are connected the one with the other.
4. And after that our father Abraham had perceived and understood, and had taken down and engraved all these things, the Lord most high (55) revealed Himself, and called him His beloved, and made a Covenant with him and his seed; and Abraham believed on Him (56) and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. And He made this Covenant as between the ten toes of the feet–this is that of circumcision; and as between the ten fingers of the hands and this is that of the tongue. (57) And He formed the twenty-two letters into speech (58) and shewed him all the mysteries of them. (59) He drew them through the Waters; He burned them in the Fire; He vibrated them in the Air; Seven planets in the heavens, and Twelve celestial constellations of the stars of the Zodiac.
—– The End of “The Book of Formation” —–
Attached to some editions of the “Sepher Yetzirah” is found this scheme of Kabalistic classification of knowledge emanating from the Second Sephira Binah, Understanding, and descending by stages through the angels, heavens, humanity, animal and vegetable and mineral kingdoms to Hyle and the chaos. The Kabalists said that one must enter and pass up through the Gates to attain to the Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom; and that even Moses only passed through the forty-ninth Gate, and never entered the fiftieth. See the Oedipus Aegyptiacus of Athanasius Kircher, vol. ii. p. 319.
1. Chaos, Hyle, The first matter.
2. Formless, void, lifeless.
3. The Abyss.
4. Origin of the Elements.
5. Earth (no seed germs).
6. Water.
7. Air.
9. Differentiation of qualities.
10. Mixture and combination.
11. Minerals differentiate.
12. Vegetable principles appear.
13. Seeds germinate in moisture.
14. Herbs and Trees.
15. Fructification in vegetable life.
16. Origin of low forms of animal life.
17. Insects and Reptiles appear.
18. Fishes, vertebrate life in the waters.
19. Birds, vertebrate life in the air.
20. Quadrupeds, vertebrate earth animals.
21. Appearance of Man.
22. Material human body.
23. Human Soul conferred.
24. Mystery of Adam and Eve.
25. Complete Man as the Microcosm.
26. Gift of five human faces acting exteriorly.
27. Gift of five powers to the soul.
28. Adam Kadmon, the Heavenly Man.
29. Angelic beings.
30. Man in the image of God.
31. The Moon.
32. Mercury.
33. Venus.
34. Sol.
35. Mars.
36. Jupiter.
37. Saturn.
38. The Firmament.
39. The Primum Mobile.
40. The Empyrean Heaven.
41. Ishim–Sons of Fire.
42. Auphanim–Cherubim.
43. Aralim–Thrones.
44. Chashmalim–Dominions.
45. Seraphim–Virtues.
46. Malakim–Powers.
47. Elohim–Principalities.
48. Beni Elohim–Angels.
49. Cherubim–Arch-angels.
50. God. Ain Suph. He Whom no mortal eye bath seen, and Who has been known to Jesus the Messiah alone.
NOTE.–The Angels of the Fifth or Angelic World are arranged in very different order by various Kabalistic Rabbis.
Translated from the Hebrew Text of Joannes Stephanus Rittangelius, 1642: which is also to be found in the “Oedipus Aegyptiacus” of Athanasius Kircher, 1653.
(These paragraphs are very obscure in meaning, and the Hebrew text is probably very corrupt.)
The First Path is called the Admirable or the Hidden Intelligence (the Highest Crown): for it is the Light giving the power of comprehension of that First Principle which has no beginning; and it is the Primal Glory, for no created being can attain to its essence.
The Second Path is that of the Illuminating Intelligence: it is the Crown of Creation, the Splendour of the Unity, equalling it, and it is exalted above every head, and named by the Kabalists the Second Glory.
The Third Path is the Sanctifying Intelligence, and is the foundation of Primordial wisdom, which is called the Creator of Faith, and its roots are AMN; and it is the parent of Faith, from which doth Faith emanate.
The Fourth Path is named the Cohesive or Receptacular Intelligence; and is so called because it contains all the holy powers, and from it emanate all the spiritual virtues with the most exalted essences: they emanate one from the other by the power of the Primordial Emanation. The Highest Crown.) (1)
The Fifth Path is called the Radical Intelligence, because it resembles the Unity, uniting itself to the Binah, (2) or Intelligence which emanates from the Primordial depths of Wisdom or Chokmah. (3)
The Sixth Path is called the Mediating Intelligence, because in it are multiplied the influxes of the emanations, for it causes that influence to flow into all the reservoirs of the Blessings, with which these themselves are united.
The Seventh Path is the Occult Intelligence, because it is the Refulgent Splendour of all the Intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of intellect, and by the contemplation of faith.
The Eighth Path is called the Absolute or Perfect Intelligence, because it is the means of the primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave, nor rest, except in the hidden places of Gedulah, (4) Magnificence, from which emanates its own proper essence.
The Ninth Path is the Pure Intelligence, so called because it purifies the Numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined without diminution or division.
The Tenth Path is the Resplendent Intelligence, because it is exalted above every head, and sits on the throne of Binah (the Intelligence spoken of in the Third Path). It illuminates the splendour of all the lights, and causes an influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances. (5)
The Eleventh Path is the Scintillating Intelligence, because it is the essence of that curtain which is placed close to the order of the disposition, and this is a special dignity given to it that it may be able to stand before the Face of the Cause of Causes.
The Twelfth Path is the Intelligence of Transparency, because it is that species of Magnificence called Chazchazit, (6) the place whence issues the vision of those seeing in apparitions. (That is the prophecies by seers in a vision.)
The Thirteenth Path is named the Uniting Intelligence, and is so called because it is itself the Essence of Glory. It is the Consummation of the Truth of individual spiritual things.
The Fourteenth Path is the Illuminating Intelligence and is so called because it is that Chashmal (7) which is the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation.
The Fifteenth Path is the Constituting Intelligence, so called because it constitutes the substance of creation in pure darkness, and men have spoken of these contemplations; it is that darkness spoken of in Scripture, Job xxxviii. 9, “and thick darkness a swaddling band for it.”
The Sixteenth Path is the Triumphal or Eternal Intelligence, so called because it is the pleasure of the Glory, beyond which is no other Glory like to it, and it is called also the Paradise prepared for the Righteous.
The Seventeenth Path is the Disposing Intelligence, which provides Faith to the Righteous, and they are clothed with the Holy Spirit by it, and it is called the Foundation of Excellence in the state of higher things.
The Eighteenth Path is called the Intelligence or House of Influence (by the greatness of whose abundance the influx of good things upon created beings is increased), and from its midst the arcana and hidden senses are drawn forth, which dwell in its shade and which cling to it, from the Cause of all causes.
The Nineteenth Path is the Intelligence of the Secret of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the influence diffused by it from the most high and exalted sublime glory.
The Twentieth Path is the Intelligence of Will, and is so called because it is the means of preparation of all and each created being, and by this intelligence the existence of the Primordial Wisdom becomes known.
The Twenty-first Path is the Intelligence of Conciliation and Reward, and is so called because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence.
The Twenty-second Path is the Faithful Intelligence, and is so called because by it spiritual virtues are increased, and all dwellers on earth are nearly under its shadow.
The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations.
The Twenty-fourth Path is the Imaginative Intelligence, and it is so called because it gives a likeness to all the similitudes which are created in like manner similar to its harmonious elegancies.
The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or Temptation, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator trieth all righteous persons.
The Twenty-sixth Path is called the Renewing Intelligence, because the Holy God renews by it all the changing things which are renewed by the creation of the world.
The Twenty-seventh Path is the Active or Exciting Intelligence, and it is so called because through it every existent being receives its spirit and motion.
The Twenty-eighth Path is called the Natural Intelligence; by it is completed and perfected the nature of all that exists beneath the Sun.
(This Path is omitted by Rittangelius: I presume by inadvertence.)
The Twenty-ninth Path is the Corporeal Intelligence, so called because it forms every body which is formed in all the worlds, and the reproduction of them.
The Thirtieth Path is the Collective Intelligence, and Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars and celestial signs, and perfect their science, according to the rules of the motions of the stars.
The Thirty-first Path is the Perpetual Intelligence; but why is it so called? Because it regulates the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it.
The Thirty-second Path is the Administrative Intelligence, and it is so called because it directs and associates the motions of the seven planets, directing all of them in their own proper courses.
It is of considerable importance to a clear understanding of this Occult treatise that the whole work be read through before comment is made, so that the general idea of the several chapters may become in the mind one concrete whole. A separate consideration of the several parts should follow this general grasp of the subject, else much confusion may result.
This hook may be considered to he an Allegorical Parallel between the Idealism of Numbers and Letters and the various parts of the Universe, and it sheds much light on many mystic forms and ceremonies yet extant, notably upon Freemasonry, the Tarot, and the later Kabalah, and is a great aid to the comprehension of the Astro-Theosophic schemes of the Rosicrucians. To obtain the full value of this Treatise, it should he studied hand in hand with Hermetic attributions, the “Isiac Tablet,” and with a complete set of the designs, symbols and allocation of the Trump cards of the Tarot pack, for which see my translation of The Sanctum Regnum of the Tarot, by Eliphas Levi.
Note that the oldest MSS. copies of the “Sepher Yetzirah” have no vowel points: the latest editions have them. The system of points in writing Hebrew was not perfected until the seventh century, and even then was not in constant use. Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel pointing was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about A.D. 570, who designed it to assist his pupils. But Isaac Myer states that there are undoubted traces of pointing in Hebrew MSS. of the second century. According to A. E. Waite there is no extant Hebrew MSS. with the vowel points older than the tenth century.
The words “Sepher Yetzirah” are written in Hebrew from right to left, SPR YTzYRH, Samech Peh Resh, Yod Tzaddi Yod Resh Heh; modes of transliteration vary with different authors. Yod is variously written in English letters as I, Y, or J, or sometimes Ie. Tzaddi is property Tz; but some write Z only, which is misleading because the Hebrew has also a true Z, Zain.
The twelve sections of this chapter introduce this philosophic disquisition upon the Formation and Development of the Universe. Having specified the subdivision of the letters into three classes, the Triad, the Heptad, and the Dodecad, these are put aside for the time; and the Decad mainly considered as specially associated with the idea of Number, and as obviously composed of the Tetrad and the Hexad.
1. Thirty-two. This is the number of the Paths or Ways of Wisdom, which are added as a supplement. 32 is written in Hebrew by LB, Lamed and Beth, and these are the last and first letters of the Pentateuch. The number 32 is obtained thus–2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2=32. Laib, LB as a Hebrew word, means the Heart of Man.
Paths.The word here is NTIBUT, netibuth; NTIB meant primarily a pathway, or foot-made track; but is here used symbolically in the same sense as the Christian uses the word, way–the way of life: other meanings are–stage, power, form, effect; and later, a doctrinal formula, in Kabalistic writings.
2. Jah. This divine name is found in Psalm lxviii. 4; it is translated into Greek as kurios, and into Latin as dominus, and commonly into the English word, Lord: it is really the first half of the word IHVH or Jehovah, or the Yahveh of modern scholars.
3. Jehovah Tzabaoth. This divine name is printed in English Bibles as Jehovah Sabaoth, or as “Lord of hosts” as in Psalm xxiv. 10. TzBA is an army.
4. God of Israel. Here the word God is ALHI, which in unpointed Hebrew might be God, or Gods, or My God.
5. The Elohim of the Living. The words are ALHIM ChIIM. Alhim, often written in English letters as Elohim, or by Godftey Higgins as Aleim, seems to be a masculine plural of the feminine form Eloah, ALH, of the divine masculine name EL, AL; this is commonly translated God, and means strong, mighty, supreme. Chiim is the plural of Chi–living, or life. ChIH is a living animal, and so is ChIVA. ChII is also life. Frey in his dictionary gives ChIIM as the plural word lives, or vitae. The true adjective for living is ChIA. Elohim Chiim, then, apart from Jewish or Christian preconception, is “the living Gods,” or “the Gods of the lives, i.e., living ones.” Rittangelius gives Dii viventes, “The living Gods,” both words in the plural. Pistorius omits both words. Postellus, the orthodox, gives Deus Vivus. The Elohim are the Seven Forces, proceeding from the One Divine, which control the “terra viventium,” the manifested world of life.
6. God. In this case we have the simple form AL, EL.
7. Sepharim. SPRIM, the plural masculine of SPR, commonly translated book or letter: the meaning here is plainly “forms of expression.”
8. Numbers, Letters and Sounds. The three Hebrew words here given are, in unpointed Hebrew, SPR, SPR and SIPUR. Some late editors, to cover the difficulty of this passage, have given SPR, SPUR, SIPR, pointing them to read Separ, Seepur, Saypar.
The sense of the whole volume appears to need their translation as Numbers, Letters and Sounds. Pistorius gave “Scriptis, numeratis, pronunciatis.” Postellus gave “Numerans, numerus, numeratus,” thus losing the contrasted meanings; and so did Rittangelius, who gave “Numero, numerante, numerato.”
9. The Ineffable Sephiroth. The words are SPIRUT BLIMH, Sephiruth Belimah. The simplest translation is “the voices from nothing.” The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the “Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source,” which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession. Buxtorf gives for Sephiruth–predicationes logicae. The word seems to me clearly allied to the Latin spiritus–spirit, soul, wind; and is used by Quintilian as a sound, or noise. The meaning of Belimah is more doubtful. Rittangelius always gives “praeter illud ineffabile.” Pistorius gives “praeter ineffabile.” Postellus evades the difficulty and simply puts the word Belimah into his Latin translation. In Frey's Hebrew Dictionary BLIMH is translated as nothing, without any other suggestion; BLI is “not,” MR is “anything.” In Kabalistic writings the Sephiruth, the Divine Voices and Powers, are called “ineffbilis,” not to be spoken of, from their sacred nature.
10. The classification of the Hebrew letters into a Triad, Heptad and Dodecad, runs through the whole philosophy of the Kabalah. Many ancient authors added intentional blinds, suds as forming the Triad of A.M.T., Ameth, truth; and of AMN, Amen.
11. The Two Covenants, by the Word or Spirit, and by the Flesh, made by Jehovah with Abraham, Genesis xvii. The Covenant of Circumcision was to be an outward and visible sign of the Divine promise made to Ahraham and his offspring. The Hebrew word for circumcision is Mulah, MULH: note that MLH is also synonymous with DBR, dabar,–verbum or word.
12. Rittangelius gives “replace the formative power upon his throne.” Postellus gives restore the device to its place.“
13. Abyss; the word is OUMQ for OMQ, a depth, vastness, or valley.
14. My Hermetic rituals explained this Yetziratic attribution.
15. The Lord the only God. The words are ADUN IChID AL, or “Adonai (as commonly written) the only El.”
16. Seat. The word is MOUN, dwelling, habitation, or throne.
17. Lightning flash. In the early edition the words “like scintillating flame” are used: the Hebrew word is BRQ. Many Kabalists have shown how the Ten Sephiroth are symbolised by the zig-zag lightning flash.
18. God; the Divine name here is Jehovah.
19. The text gives only RTzUAV ShUB–“currendo et redeundo,” but the commentators have generally considered this to be a quotation from Ezekiel i. 14, referred to H ChIVT, the living creatures, kerubic forms.
20. The Spirit of the Gods of the Living. RUCh ALHIM ChIIIM; or as R. gives it, “spiritus Deorum Viventium.” Orthodoxy would translate these words “The spirit of the living God.”
21. AL ChI H OULMIM; “the Living God of Ages”; here the word God really is in the singular.
22. The Voice, Spirit and Word are QUL, RUCh, DBR. A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice.
23. Formless and Void. THU and BHU; these two words occur in Genesis i. 2, and are translated “waste and void.”
24. Note the order in which the primordial elements were produced. First, Spirit (query Akasa, Ether); then Air, Vayu; then Water, Apas, which condenses into solid elementary Earth, Prithivi; and lastly from the Water He formed Fire.
25. The first name is often written Ophanim, the letters are AUPNIM; in the Vision of Ezekiel i. 16, the word occurs and is translated “Wheels.” ShRPIM are the mysterious beings of Isaiah vi. 2; the word otherwise is translated Serpent, and in Numbers xxi. 6, as “fiery serpents”: also in verse 8 as “fiery serpent” when Jehovah said “Make thee a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole.” Kerubim. The Hebrew words arc ChIVTh H QDSh, holy animals: I have ventured to put Kerubim, as the title of the other Biblical form of Holy mysterious animal, as given in 1 Kings vi. 23 and Exodus xxv. 18, and indeed Genesis iii. 24. Bible dictionaries generally give the word as Cherubim, but in Hebrew the initial letter is always K and not Ch.
26. Three. In the first edition I overlooked this word three; and putting and for as, made four classes of serving beings.
27. This is verse 4 of Psalm civ.
28. Here follow the permutations of the name IHV, which is the Tetragrammaton–Jehovah, without the second or final Heh: IHV is a Tri-grammaton, and is more suitable to the third or Yetziratic plane. HVI is the imperative form of the verb to be, meaning be thou; HIV is the infinitive; and VIH is future. In IHV note that Yod corresponds to the Father; Heh to Binah, the Supernal Mother; and Vau to the Microprosopus–Son.
29. Note the subdivision of the Decad into the Tetrad–four elements; and the Hexad–six dimensions of space.
This chapter consists of philosophic remarks on the twenty-two sounds and letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and hence connected with the air by speech, and it points out the uses of those letters to form words–the signs of ideas, and the symbols of material substances.
30. Soul; the word is NPSh, which is commonly translated soul, meaning the living personality of man, animal or existing thing: it corresponds almost to the Theosophic Prana plus the stimulus of Kama.
31. This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds.
32. The 231 Gates. The number 242 is obtained by adding together all the numbers from 1 to 22. The Hebrew letters can he placed in pairs in 242 different positions: thus ab, ag, ad, up to at; then ba, bb, bg, bd, up to bt, and so on to ts, tt: this is in direct order only, without reversal. For the reason why eleven are deducted, and the number 231 specified, see the Table and Note 15 in the edition of Postellus.
33. Non-existent; the word is AIN, nothingness. Ain precedes Ain Suph, boundlessness; and Ain Suph Aur, Boundless Light.
34. Body; the word is GUP, usually applied to the animal material body, but here means “one whole.”
This chapter is especially concerned with the essence of the Triad, as represented by the Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem, and Shin. Their development in three directions is pointed out, namely in the Macrocosm or Universe; in the Year or in Time; and in the Microcosm or Man.
35. The importance of equilibrium is constantly reiterated in the Kabalah. The “Siphra Dtzeniouta,” or “Book of Mystery,” opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental necessity of stable existence.
36. Heavens. The Hebrew word Heshamaim HShMIM, has in it the element of Aesh, fire, and Mim, water; and also Shem, name; The Name is IHVH, attributed to the elements. ShMA is in Chaldee a name for the Trinity (Parkhurst). ShMSh is the Sun, and Light, and a type of Christ, the Sun of Righteousness. Malachi iv. 2.
37. Were produced. The Hebrew word BRA, is the root. Three Hebrew words are used in the Bible to represent the idea of making, producing or creating.
BRIAH, Briah, giving shape, Genesis i. 1.
OShIH, Ashiah, completing, Genesis i. 31.
ITzIRH, Yetzirah, forming, Genesis ii. 7.
To these the Kabalists add the word ATzLH, with the meaning of “producing something manifest from the unmanifested.”
^ Emanation ^ Shin ^ Aleph ^ Mem ^ | Macrocosm | Primal Fire | Spirit | Primal Water | | Universe | Heavens | Atmosphere | The Earth | | Elements | Terrestrial Fire | Air | Water | | Man | Head | Chest | Belly | | Year | Heat | Temperate | Cold |
This is the special chapter of the Heptad, the powers and properties of the Seven. Here again we have the threefold attribution of the numbers and letters to the Universe, to the Year, and to Man. The supplemental paragraphs have been printed in modern form by Kalisch; they identify the several letters of the Heptad more definitely with the planets, days of the week, human attributes and organs of the senses.
39. These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring. I have given the numbers arising from continual multiplication of the product by each succeeding unit from one to seven. 2×1=2, 2×3=6, 6×4=24, 24×5=120, 120×6=720, 720×7=5040.
40. In associating the particular letters to each planet the learned Jesuit Athanasius Kircher allots Beth to the Sun, Gimel to Venus, Daleth to Mercury, Kaph to Luna, Peh to Saturn, Resh to Jupiter, and Tau to Mars. Kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution; both are wrong, according to clairvoyant investigation. Consult the Tarot symbolism given by Court de Gebelin, Eliphas Levi, and my notes to the Isiaic Tablet of Bembo. The true attribution is probably not anywhere printed. The planet names here given are Chaldee words.
41. The Seven Heavens and the Seven Earths are printed with errors, and I believe intentional mistakes, in many occult ancient books. Some Hermetic MSS. have the correct names and spelling.
42. On the further attribution of these Seven letters, note that Postellus gives: Vita–mors, Pax–afflictio, Sapientia–stultitia, Divitiae (Opus)–paupertas, Gratia–opprobrium, Proles–sterilitas, Imperium–servitus. Pistorius gives: Vita–mors, Pax–bellum, Scientia–ignorantia, Divitiae–paupertas, Gratia–abominatio, Semen (Proles)–sterilitas, Imperium (Dominatio)–servitus.
This chapter is specially concerned with the Dodecad; the number twelve is itself pointed out, and the characters of its component units, once more in the three zones of the universe, year and man; the last paragraph gives a recapitulation of the whole number of letters: the Supplement gives a form of allotment of the several letters.
43. It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters; different authors translate them in different manners. Heh or Hé not be confused with Cheth, or Heth, Ch. Teth, Th also must be kept distinct from the final letter Tau, T, which is one of the double letters; the semi-English pronunciation of these two letters is much confused, each is at times both t and th; Yod is either I, Y, or J; Samech is simple S, and must not be confused with Shin, Sh, one of the mother letters; Oin is often written in English Hebrew grammars as Ayin, and Sometimes as Gnain; Tzaddi must not be confused with Zain, Z; and lastly Qoph, Q, is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition.
44. Postellus gives suspicion and Pistorius, mind.
45. These letters are the initials of the 12 Zodiacal signs in Hebrew nomenclature. They are:
| Teth | Telah | Aries | Mem | Maznim | Libra | | Shin | Shor | Taurus | Oin | Oqereb | Scorpio | | Tau | Thaumim | Gemini | Qoph | Qesheth | Sagittarius | | Samech | Sartan | Cancer | Gimel | Gedi | Capricorn | | Aleph | Aryeh | Leo | Daleth | Dali | Aquarius | | Beth | Bethuleh | Virgo | Daleth | Dagim | Pisces |
46. The month Nisan begins about March 29th. Yiar is also written Iyar, and Aiar: the Hebrew letters are AIIR.
47. The list of organs varies. All agree in two hands, two feet, two kidneys, liver, gall and spleen. Postellus then gives, intestina, vesica, arteriae,” the intestines, bladder, and arteries; Rittangelius gives the same. Pistorius gives, “colon, coagulum (spleen) et ventriculus,” colon–the large intestine, coagulum and stomach. The chief difficulty is with the Hebrew word MSS, which is allied to two different roots, one meaning private, concealed, hidden; and the other meaning liquefied.
48. The Elohim–Divine powers–not IHVH the Tetragrammaton.
This chapter is a resumé of the preceding five; it calls the universe and mankind to witness to the truth of the scheme of distribution of the powers of the numbers among created forms, and concludes with the narration that this philosophy was revealed by the Divine to Abraham, who received and faithfully accepted it, as a form of Wisdom under a Covenant.
49. The Dragon, TLI, Theli. The Hebrew letters amount in numeration to 440, that is 400, 30 and 10. The best opinion is that Tali or Theli refers to the 12 Zodiacal constellations along the great circle of the Ecliptic; where it ends there it begins again, and so the ancient occultists drew the Dragon with its tail in its mouth. Some have thought that Tali referred to the constellation Draco, which meanders across the Northern polar sky; others have referred it to the Milky Way; others to an imaginary line joining Caput to Cauda Draconis, the upper and lower nodes of the Moon. Adolphe Franck says that Theli is an Arabic word.
50. Happiness, or a good end, or simply good, TUBH.
51. Misery, or an evil end, or simply evil, ROH.
52. This Hebrew version omits the allotment of the remaining six. Mayer gives the paragraph thus:–The triad of amity is the heart and the two ears; the triad of enmity is the liver, gall, and the tongue; the three life-givers are the two nostrils and the spleen; the three death-dealing ones are the mouth and the two lower openings of the body.
53. God. In this case the name is AL, EL.
54. This last paragraph is generally considered to be less ancient than the remainder of the treatise, and by another author.
55. The Lord most high. OLIU ADUN. Adun or Adon, or Adonai, ADNI, are commonly translated Lord; Eliun, OLIUN, is the more usual form of “the most high one.”
56. Him. Rittangelius gives “credidit in Tetragrammaton,” but this word is not in the Hebrew.
57. Tongue. The verbal covenant.
58. Speech. The Hebrew has “upon his tongue.”
59. The Hebrew version of Rabbi Judah Ha Levi concludes with the phrase, “and said of him, Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee.” Rabbi Luria gives the Hebrew version which I have translated. Postellus gives: “He drew him into the water, He rose up in spirit, He inflamed him in seven suitable forms with twelve signs.” Mayer gives: “Er zog sie mit Wasser, zundet sie an mit Feuer; erregte sie mit Geist; verbannte sie mit sieben, goss sie aus mit den zwolf Gestirnen.” “He drew them with water, He kindled them with fire, He moved them with spirit, distributed them with seven, and sent them forth with twelve.
1. The Highest Crown is Kether, the First Sephira, the first emanation from the Ain Suph Aur, the Limit-less Light.
2. Binah, or Understanding, is the Third Sephira.
3. Chokmah, Wisdom, is the Second Sephira.
4. Gedulah is a synonym of Chesed, Mercy, the Fourth Sephira.
5. Metatron, the Intelligence of the First Sephira, and the reputed guide of Moses.
6. This word is from ChZCh, a seer, seership. Chazuth is a vision.
7. This word means “scintillating flame.”
The “Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom” refer to the Ten Sephiroth and the Twenty-two letters, each supplying a type of divine power and attributes. In my Introduction to the Kabalah will be found a diagram showing how the Paths from Eleven to Thirty-two connect the several Sephiroth, and are deemed to transmit the divine influence. Some teachers of Occult Science also allot the Twenty-two Trumps of the Tarot Cards to the twenty-two Paths.
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November 6, 2014 Hari RamakrishnanCreative Writing, Jim Cornette, WCW, Wrestling, WWE Leave a comment
In the penultimate edition of the Jim Cornette series for this week, I wanted to outline a number of issues Jim Cornette has with ‘writing’ or aspiring writers in the world of professional wrestling, in order to both inform us and avoid verbal abuse at the upcoming seminar on How To Be A Manager and Booker this Sunday at the WrestleTalk TV studio. For the full in-depth verbal assassination by the man, written in his own words, check out ‘The Write Stuff’ entry in the Wrestling Observer Magazine and reprinted in Cornette’s Commentary.
Cornette has been very vocal about the distinction between, and the displeasure he holds, for ‘sports entertainment’ in comparison to the ‘professional wrestling’ that he loves so much.
Do not ask him, as he has been faced with countless times, ‘how do I become a writer?’ or present him with a ‘script’ because he does not take too kindly to them and here’s why: wrestling uses bookers and sports entertainment uses writers. The experience needed to book a professional wrestling show is vast and never-ending as it requires you to not only possess great knowledge and have a great deal of experience in wrestling, it also involves the ability to spot and groom future talent (whilst simultaneously managing your current roster correctly).
Cornette himself was looked at as a maverick for assisting Ric Flair in booking WCW when he had already been a working manager for six years at the age of 28. The booker, as was their role from the 1920’s and 30’s, served as the matchmaker and decided who would wrestle who, who would win, constructed finishes that would end a program or lead to a rematch. They were in charge of the talent roster, thereby hiring and firing wrestlers to work in their company or territory. The booker would provide the main points of a match but the rest was up to the discretion of the talent involved who had considerable leeway (although if you listen to Part 1 of Chris Jericho’s podcast ‘Talk Is Jericho’ with Chavo Guerrero, you get the impression that WWE and Vince McMahon hold a very tight rein over what happens throughout a show).
The position was subject to management by the promoter – if business was good, they stayed and if business dropped they were terminated. The booker’s basic instructions would have to be capitalised upon by talent in order to draw money for the company. For example, ‘Cowboy’ Bill Watts sent the legendary Junkyard Dog to work under booker Ernie ‘Big Cat’ Ladd. Here, Ladd placed JYD into a 20 minute match in order to test his conditioning and was immediately fired by Watts. The reason given behind this was that Watts hired Ernie Ladd to make his talent look good and hide their weaknesses, not expose them. Thankfully for Ernie Ladd, he was rehired very shortly afterwards.
Drawing money is an incredibly important aspect from both a business and individual standpoint. By allowing the stars to come across as unique, charismatic and talented through a wrestler being built up correctly, performing in the booker’s angles, finishes and promos properly, building their win-loss records and manipulating personal issues into match-ups or title contests against other stars.
Nowadays, Cornette sees no opportunity for the talent to shine through and draw any money because very few are put into a position where they can allow their uniqueness and contributions to shine through in order to prove their talent, rather than someone’s writing for them. That being said, Jim Ross has gone on record in an episode of the Legends of Wrestling roundtable as part of WWE On Demand, in saying that there is always the opportunity for talent to go off-script and be creative, presenting their own ideas and practices so they don’t end up being a cookie cutter, cut-out or stale whilst appearing unauthentic.
As a short warning to people attending the remaining Cornette sessions or anyone with the good fortune of crossing him, do not do the following:
– Do not call wrestling ideas laid out on paper ‘scripts’ – they ought to be formats.
– Do not call a wrestler’s in-ring persona a ‘character’ or even a ‘gimmick’ when inappropriate.
– Do not call them ‘storylines’ – they are programs or angles.
Continuing the long tradition of tough men in wrestling, as discussed in yesterday’s article, a tough guy and former wrestling talent was usually the booker in order to control other tough men and self-believing stars in the locker room, dressing room, backstage or whatever you name it.
But Cornette explores the downsides of ‘hokey’ booking and writing in sports entertainment, mixed in with the cosmetic appearance required for wrestlers today and how everything can be extremely damaging to the psyche – e.g. stars given a brief experience with stardom, to then be released because the gimmick given to them didn’t work out and resulting mental instabilities or depression suffered. On the other front, Chris Jericho answered a question on his podcast from a fan regarding being a ‘writer’ in wrestling and ‘The Ayatollah of Rock’N’Rolla’ responded in kind with the harsh conditions the WWE writers are subject to and how fully fleshed out storylines could be diluted or picked apart leaving barely anything left that truly means anything.
It appears to be a complicated matter from the point of view of bookers, writers, wrestlers and management. Hopefully, The Cornette Experience will enlighten the UK with answers to these pressing queries.
Originally written for Wrestle Talk TV here, published on 21/02/14.
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The second-worst thing about cancer chairs is that they are attached to televisions. Someone somewhere is always at war with silence. It’s impossible to read, so I answer email, or watch some cop drama on my computer, or, if it seems unavoidable, explore the lives of my nurses. A trip to Cozumel with old girlfriends, a costume party with political overtones, an advanced degree on the internet: they’re all the same, these lives, which is to say that the nurses tell me nothing, perhaps because amid the din and pain it’s impossible to say anything of substance, or perhaps because they know that nothing is precisely what we both expect. It’s the very currency of the place. Perhaps they are being excruciatingly candid.
There is a cancer camaraderie I’ve never felt. That I find inimical, in fact. Along with the official optimism that percolates out of pamphlets, the milestone celebrations that seem aimed at children, the lemonade people squeeze out of their tumors. My stoniness has not always served me well. Among the cancer staff, there is special affection for the jocular sufferer, the one who makes light of lousy bowel movements and extols the spiritual tonic of neuropathy. And why not? Spend your waking life in hell, and you too might cherish the soul who’d learned to praise the flames. I can’t do it. I’m not chipper by nature, and just hearing the word cancer makes me feel like I’m wearing a welder’s mask.
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When Demétrio Martins was ready to preach, he pushed a joystick that angled the seat of his wheelchair forward, slowly lifting him to a standing position. Restraints held his body upright. His atrophied right arm lay on an armrest, and with his left hand, he put a microphone to his lips. “Proverbs, chapter fourteen, verse twelve,” he said. “ ‘There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is . . .’ ”
The congregation finished: “ ‘Death.’ ”
The Assembly of God True Grapevine was little more than a fluorescent-lit room wedged between a bar and an empty lot in Jacaré, a poor neighborhood on Rio de Janeiro’s north side. A few dozen people sat in the rows of plastic lawn chairs that served as pews, while shuddering wall fans circulated hot air. The congregation was largely female; of the few men in attendance, most wore collared shirts and old leather shoes. Now and then, Martins veered from Portuguese into celestial tongues. People rose from their seats, thrust their hands into the air, and shouted, “Hallelujah!”
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On December 7, 2016, a drone departed from an Amazon warehouse in the United Kingdom, ascended to an altitude of four hundred feet, and flew to a nearby farm. There it glided down to the front lawn and released from its clutches a small box containing an Amazon streaming device and a bag of popcorn. This was the first successful flight of Prime Air, Amazon’s drone delivery program. If instituted as a regular service, it would slash the costs of “last-mile delivery,” the shortest and most expensive leg of a package’s journey from warehouse to doorstep. Drones don’t get into fender benders, don’t hit rush-hour traffic, and don’t need humans to accompany them, all of which, Amazon says, could enable it to offer thirty-minute delivery for up to 90 percent of domestic shipments while also reducing carbon emissions. After years of testing, Amazon wrote to the Federal Aviation Administration last summer to ask for permission to conduct limited commercial deliveries with its drones, attaching this diagram to show how the system would work. (Amazon insisted that we note that the diagram is not to scale.) Amazon is not the only company working toward such an automated future—UPS, FedEx, Uber, and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, have similar programs—but its plans offer the most detailed vision of what seems to be an impending reality, one in which parcel-toting drones are a constant presence in the sky, doing much more than just delivering popcorn.
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Every year in Lusk, Wyoming, during the second week of July, locals gather to reenact a day in 1849 when members of a nearby band of Sioux are said to have skinned a white man alive. None of the actors are Native American. The white participants dress up like Indians and redden their skin with body paint made from iron ore.
The town prepares all year, and the performance, The Legend of Rawhide, has a cast and crew of hundreds, almost all local volunteers, including elementary school children. There are six generations of Rawhide actors in one family; three or four generations seems to be the average. The show is performed twice, on Friday and Saturday night.
The plot is based on an event that, as local legend has it, occurred fifteen miles south of Lusk, in Rawhide Buttes. It goes like this: Clyde Pickett is traveling with a wagon train to California. He tells the other Pioneers: “The only good Injun’s a dead Injun.” Clyde loves Kate Farley, and to impress her, he shoots the first Indian he sees, who happens to be an Indian Princess. The Indians approach the Pioneers and ask that the murderer give himself up. Clyde won’t admit he did it. The Indians attack the wagon train and, eventually, Clyde surrenders. The Indians tie Clyde to the Skinning Tree and flay him alive. Later, Kate retrieves her dead lover’s body and the wagon train continues west.
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Further thoughts on Sabine’s verdict
It’s going to be some time before all the dust settles on Sabine McNeill’s trial, but by now many are aware of the verdict: she was found guilty on all four counts of stalking, as well as on six counts of breaching her restraining order.
Bear in mind that Sabine has not been sentenced yet; that will take place later this week, and while we’ve heard any number of guesses as to how it might go, ultimately it will be up to the court to decide.
Today we thought we’d delve into the whys and wherefores of Friday’s verdict: which charges stuck, which didn’t, and what it may mean. It’s important to remember that juries do not give reasons for their decisions; their job is to weigh the evidence and make a unanimous decision. Any guesses we may make as to their thoughts or motives are purely speculative.
However, the charges on which the jury came back with “not guilty” decisions do have some characteristics in common, and it might be useful to consider what those were, as it can give us insight into what will and will not stand up in court in any future cases.
On Day 2 of Sabine’s 18-day trial, Miranda Moore QC, prosecuting, laid out the foundation for the four charges of stalking:
Counts 1–4, she said, allege that between 2015 and 2017, Sabine pursued a course of conduct which amounted to stalking four individuals who were named as alleged Satanic child abusers by Ella Draper in 2014. These people cannot be named due to reporting restrictions designed to protect the identities of children involved in this case.
As a result, the people involved have had to change their lives drastically. Not only were their families investigated by social services to determine whether they were sexually abusing their children, but they have suffered from ruined businesses, and have had to deal with unimaginable emotional and physical impacts.
Stalking is a crime which takes place over a period of time, and has a cumulative effect, Moore said.
Although Sabine’s defence counsel argued that these individuals were not targeted deliberately, and that Sabine was misguided and deluded but could not have foreseen that her actions could be interpreted as stalking, the jury found Sabine guilty on all four of these counts.
One point of particular interest is that in Rupert Quaintance’s August 2017 trial, it was argued—unsuccessfully, as it turned out—that targeting a group of people did not constitute stalking individuals within that group. Rupert’s jury didn’t buy it, and neither did the Court of Appeal when Rupert attempted to challenge his verdict and sentence.
In Sabine’s trial, HHJ Sally Cahill QC made a point of noting that when a group of people is targeted, individuals within that group can legitimately claim to have been targeted.
“To target a readily identifiable group is to target the members of that group”, she said.
To determine guilt on the stalking charges required that the jury determine:
Whether Sabine had definitely engaged in a course of conduct amounting to harassment;
Whether this harassment amounted to stalking;
Whether the stalking caused serious alarm or distress;
Whether she knew or ought to have known that her behaviour would cause such alarm or distress;
Whether it was more likely than not that her behaviour was for the purpose of detecting or preventing a crime; and
Whether her behaviour was reasonable
Clearly, the jury was able to fulfill these criteria, and found the defendant guilty.
Breaches of restraining order
The “breach of restraining order” charges can be roughly broken down into four groups:
Direct posts to Sabine’s Whistleblower Kids blog;
Links which led to Sabine’s Google Drive, which contained files such as one labelled “Cult Details”, naming the parents and children who were claimed to be part of the Satanic baby-eating cult in Hampstead;
Two “live” breaches—one in person at the Church of England Synod in February 2018, and one by phone shortly thereafter;
Links to Twitter and/or Facebook, which led to various sites such as Change.org or WordPress blogs, which in turn led back to the Whistleblower Kids blog.
The jury seemed far less inclined to vote “guilty” on alleged breaches in the last category, possibly because an element of doubt was raised about the “link to a link to a link” issue.
To determine guilt, each juror must be as sure as they can be that the defendant committed the crime, and that they intended to do so. In the case of the “link to a link to a link” charges, we can see how this would be very difficult to decide.
For example, Count 14 on the indictment was returned as “not guilty”.
The details of this count were that on 20 November 2017, Sabine tweeted a link which led to an article on “digital unaccountability” on her We Who Oppose Deception blog. On the sidebar of that post, one can find a link to a Change.org petition called “Stop the Forced Removal of Children by Social Services across all EU Member States”. A link was found on that page which linked back to Whistleblower Kids.
While the Crown argued that this was just a particularly wily way to re-share old material, the jury’s problem would have been to determine whether Sabine was aware of what she was doing. Did she know that in tweeting a link to one blog, she was inadvertently sending some viewers to another, and then another, which contained material which her restraining order prohibited her from re-sharing?
Whether one believes that it was an intentional breach or not, an element of doubt might have been raised, and that would have been quite properly sufficient to generate a verdict of “not guilty” on that charge.
Others of a similar ilk were also rejected by the jury.
The charges which stood, meanwhile, were those were it was relatively easy to demonstrate intent. As Sabine’s defence pointed out, the entire Whistleblower Kids blog was one gigantic breach of the restraining order…except that there was never any order in place to remove it from the internet. Given Sabine’s determination to keep the Hampstead hoax going, we would not have expected her to remove that blog without a significant push from the courts.
When Sabine drew attention to the blog in a more obvious way—by posting seemingly irrelevant poetry on it, for example—it was clear that she was attempting to attract public attention to the site and its nasty contents. She was, as she admitted, on a campaign; and she stated during the trial that she would believe in this hoax as long as she draws breath.
This case was a complex one, and from time to time we wondered what the jury must be making of it all. It seems that they really did get the picture.
15/12/2018 in Legal news. Tags: guilty, restraining order, Sabine McNeill, stalking, trial
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117 thoughts on “Further thoughts on Sabine’s verdict”
I’m looking forward till the sentencing on Wednesday, that’s when I’ll be celebrating
LOL Looks like Princess Eddie has found some quality dupes there.
Thanks for the explanations given in this post. This is helpful as I’ve been wondering about it. Overall, the Jury did an excellent job, IMO.
It would have been difficult for them to come to a unanimous decision on whether one could remember which links were on the sidebar of one’s various blogs. So I understand the Not Guilty verdicts in that respect.
Video now removed by user… after some of us told him some truths. 😂
Managed to salvage a few comments before he deleted them and blocked us all (which he did before deleting the whole video):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PGulKmIY5bwA4gMHQpYqlWmsy7L8NXOu
Unfortunately I was just a pinch too late for one fairly long thread that was a hoot to read. And I was literally seconds too late in trying to download the actual video.
Folder includes contributions from Michael of the Mouse Family. Agent M and others. Go team! 🥇
“Any guesses we may make as to their thoughts or motives are purely speculative.”
I’m torn between ’12 Angry Men’… and 12 emotionally drained individuals who’d had to sit through several days of technical legalese and Sabine talking bollocks in her best Frau Farbissna voice and had buses to catch.
More hilarity and desperation from Cat ‘Invernessie’ Scot…
https://spidercatweb.blog/jokestead-trollz
Eddieisok is an odd case. If I recall correctly when he was called up in front of the judge he responded “I only wanted to film the trollls”.
Firstly how on earth he could figure out who these imaginary trolls are is a mystery but does it not occur to these folk that filming everyone going into a court case is highly risky?. He could have filmed witnesses who then felt intimidated and may re-think their position.
One thing I am amused / horrified by is the media when they film accused persons and ask them idiotic questions as they go into court -” did you rob those 5 banks?” with the usual response coming form their lawyer “not answering questions etc”.
It’s so close to trying to get a physical reaction and indeed, in the “Tommy Robinson” madness he was claiming various people going into a court case were “Muslim rapists” without really knowing.
I recall a case here in Oz some years ago when a police prosecutor was charged with possession of child abuse material. At sentencing about 12 people gave written references (entirely normal) as to previous good character, charity work done etc, murderers convicted under his actions and so on.
A tabloid newspaper published the images of these referees (all fairly well known people- academics and so on) with a horribly worded article that implied “friends of the pervert”.
The editor was hauled into court and torn strips off for interfering in a normal court process and told by the judge those who in the future who chose to author a reference may feel they can not do it.
And when the reference authors decided to sue, the newspaper caved in immediately and each one was given $40,000 in compo which was bloody good money for one letter !
The Kincorth Gazette says:
And from the Beast of Kincorth…
…Yet still no mention of his beloved Cat’s vicious attacks on his hero David Scot.
Funny that 🤭
I see Andy ‘Tick Tock’ Devine is still planning on bringing down the entire corrupt British establishment via video from a village in Greece. He’s a hands-off activist.
Now supporting the “Yellow (or was it Orange) Vests” who rampaged across London bridge bringing traffic to a standstill. All 30 of them as opposed to the estimated 300,000 plus who have demonstrated across France.
Their major achievement seems to have been to block an ambulance with siren blaring that was trying to get through the traffic. Way to win friends and influence people.
The Garden Fence Gossiper says:
Word on the street (Twitter Street, to be precise) is that coke intake has contributed to Eddie’s paranoia. Allegedly and without prejudice of course.
Apparently MKD is currently putting together a video which includes a clip of Devine admitting to dubious ulterior motives for promoting Gordon Bowden. Watch this space…
The mad bint has actually given out her own email address there, along with Angela’s, John Paterson’s and Hope Girl’s 😂
I haven’t laughed so much since her “friend” at Holliegreigjustice accidentally posted a screenshot that contained her home address 🤭
Good of him to finally admit to this blog’s popularity 🙂
Note to Cat: get someone to proofread your next post. Someone with a passing knowledge of English grammar who knows how to use a spellchecker. Mkay?
“All they are doing is spreading dis information [sic]”
Oh the irony 🙄
Just wondering why Cat’s spelling and grammar are particularly poor tonight. It’s a real mystery 🤔
Haha, when you click on ‘Source’ at the bottom, you get this:
You couldn’t make it up 😂
Aww, bless…
World of Heather says:
I bet Sabine’s bosom buddy Heather Brown (aka Pru Halliwell, aka Suzy Jones) is really pissed off about this verdict, hehe 🤭
Meanwhile in the world of new-age cults:
Three women dubbed the Witches of Wernberg for being part of an occultist sect are being held in custody in Austria on suspicion of murdering a pensioner, committing arson and defrauding elderly people of at least €1 million.
They were arrested last month after a wealthy woman aged 72 was strangled in the town of Villach. The suspects are named only as Margit T and her alleged disciples Barbara H and Melitta O.
Police said that the three women and their fraud victims, mainly elderly women living alone, were part of an “occult, sect-like circle” led by Margit, a self-professed medium who practices spiritual healing and offers reflexology massage in the village of Wernberg.
More than ten people are believed to have fallen for the…
That’s so sad. Using kiddie-script to “prove” we’re a WordPress blog.
Yeah, she’s been encouraging Eddie/Paul in his sad attempt to get his friends to hack this site. 🙄
I’d also have been concerned in case Eddie/Paul filmed jurors coming and going. Bloody irresponsible.
That’s really disturbing.
Which presents us with a serious dilemma, EC…
…Are they more like the Krankees or the Chuckle Brothers?
I shall have a coffee while I ponder this important question.
Well, with Natalie Stubbs Bradshaw and Marc Armour in tow, they’re more like the Marx Brothers imo. That said, these bumbling buffoons’ hilarious attempts to get hold of people’s personal info’ is more akin to Laurel & Hardy’s efforts to get that piano up the stairs. Minus the charm, of course.
I’ve never been called for jury service (been a witness though in civil cases) and often wondered what it would be like. I’d be very attentive and take copious notes but the notion of getting to the court by 9am horrifies me.
If it was a long case I’d be very happy to be ensconced in a 5 star hotel with room service though.
Who is Jon Weger?
For the record: I can categorically state that I an NOT Baron Bernard Hogan-Howe.
# I will not confirm or deny if asked if I am Cressida Dick.
The Three Stooges comes to mind.
Are jurors allowed to take notes?
Lovely Rita says:
Yes, in fact they are encouraged to do so.
Pretty sure that sequestering a jury is a US thing. I think in England and Wales jurors are sent home with instructions not to discuss it with anyone which is why the rules on reporting are far stricter.
We also do not know the numbers involved in reaching the not guilty verdicts. Doubt in just one or two jurors would be sufficient in most cases. Also, unlike the US, a juror cannot say post trial why they or any other juror reached their verdict.
There is also another aspect which a work colleague who served on a jury mentioned to me. He’s a hang ’em, flog ’em, throw away the key sort of person when it came to office discussions about crimes and I was well known as the office small “L” liberal. However, he said that he had a very difficult time finding someone guilty because the enormity of the decision and the impact on the accused.
which is quite ironic, considering that the reason that many of the witnesses were there was because that Sabines release of the info was causing them to be alarmed by the people turning up to harass them… which eddieisnotok promptly showed what they meant by doing exactly that!!!!
DOH!!!!
Yes, I would find it difficult unless, as the judge said, I were completely sure the defendant was guilty. Juries literally hold the course of a person’s life in their hands.
He was on orders from Angela, so of course his behaviour was dodgy. She sends lackeys to do her dirty work and take the heat, while she imagines herself safe from the law in Ireland.
Hacking is a crime in the UK. It has serious jail time attached to the offence. Depending on severity, 2, 5, or 10 years jail. It is also much easier to prove than harassment thanks to the helpful requirement on UK ISPs to log all traffic through their servers. Persons inciting others to hack are also liable. These crimes do not rely on interpretation or intent. If you attempt to access someone else’s account without authorisation you are guilty.
Useful info, Sage, thanks.
EC. This is just too funny to be left as a Twitter only post!
Good Lord, this Natalie bloke is a tad angry, of course Angela is sharing it.
It’s Hoaxtead, John. HOAXTEAD! Get it right, John Paterson with one ‘T’. 😡
Without a doubt! 😁
This is a hoot. Thanks for the link. 😂
Is this a mock-up by MotMF? I checked on Angie’s FB timeline when this went up on Twitter and it wasn’t there. And she rarely takes posts down. Very funny mock-up if it is, to be fair. Worthy of entry into the HR memes folder, I would suggest.
The original tweet. MKD’s comment is a little ambiguous but he seems to be suggesting it’s something she might say:
Don't put it past her,.
@angiepowerdisne pic.twitter.com/NRBaRFmqQJ
— Michael of the Mouse Family (@MichaeloftheMo1) December 16, 2018
I assumed it was a spoof. But it is just so funny! 😂😂😂
Warning to all: please do not fall for Yannis Emmanouel’s butter-wouldn’t melt act. He’s currently trying to suck up to people on Twitter and elsewhere, particularly to newbies who may not be aware of who he is. He is most likely trying to gather info and dirt on us for Angela and Kris Costa, as he has done in the past. He was the one who told Angela that I am a convicted paedophile and that he had newspaper articles to prove it. I’m not and he didn’t. He’s also part of the group that went after EC and her family and has doxed others from here to the fruitloops and put them and their families in danger. He’s a nasty piece of work – please watch your backs
Yup. Well said, Tinribs.
Not enough info for the uninitiated to narrow it down to an individual Yannis.
Do you mean @trelopireotis? He’s dissed Stacey for winning Strictly. He will not win friends!
OMG, that’s a hilarious find! Thanks, Lucca 😆
“Yolande is a scraper. She’s all over the Hoaxtead website with Scarlet Scoop.”
Quote of the week 😆
Now he’s banging on about “Elm Street Studios in the 60s”. Do you think perhaps he means Elstree Studios? 🙄
Fruitcake quote alert…
“Your crimes have been undercovered” 😆
https://www.facebook.com/watchparty/969036719953193/?entry_source=FEED
“That’s called slander or misogyny” 🙄
“Dirty fucking blood-drinking Jews” 🙄
No death threat to me and my family there, then 🙄
“Some of them are about tae have a very bad year”
Hehe, we’ll see 😜
Sorry, I forget that bloke’s name (sorry, he’s too unimportant to remember) but I think he’s just in a foul mood because of his beloved Catriona Selvester turning on his idol David Scot, hehe 😆
Yeah, shall we go back to ignoring this prick? I can’t remember his name either. Noncilvy or something. He’s the bloke who abused his own daughter, right?
Marc is very annoyed that EC and Scarlet aren’t locked up 😆
‘PewDiePie printer hackers strike again’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46552339
Shall I post something quite obvious about that purported police email or shall I just titter to myself.
I thought that stuff he is smoking was meant to calm a person down. 😂
Ahhh, she copied it out wrong.
Had a little look.So, the stuff she has used has scraped people’s names from the published part of the website and provided suggested people or emails of interest to the topic. Sooooo sinister soooo eeeeeevil EC.
This is what happens when you are not blessed with brains and then burn the rest out watching conspiracy crap.
Robert Green, Cat’s hero, contacts police quite often and enters into chummy correspondence. I think Robert Green must be a SIS stooge groomed to make them look like idiots who couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag.
There is a little hook in the para above to make their tiny minds all wibbly.
Nasty lying cow!
Oh, for feck’s sake 🙄
Trafficking in drugs and children, all while sitting in a courtroom in Southwark. Talk about multitasking.
Does she own her house? It’s the first question a lawyer asks before suggesting libel proceedings. Irish defamation laws are far stricter than England and Wales. A mother and her son obtained €40,000 in damages after the child’s foster parents posted defamatory comments about the boy’s birth mother on Facebook.
Ah, the irony. Living in Ireland has largely protected her from her unlawful behaviour in respect to harassment and contempt. Living in Ireland could see her in far worse trouble in respect of liability for defamation!
“Something will happen”. Talk about hedging yer bets.
Catching up with Flo. So, Mel Ve, she says she was a refugee from SA? In 1999? So the end of Apartheid was starting to kick in properly. look at her channel. She has always struck me as just a nasty racist bigot mixed up with new age stuff.
“The Official Illuminati”? Come on, everyone knows that they sold out and went mainstream years ago.
Siouxie Zoo says:
There are a few things I don’t understand about Mel Ve’s current take on the situation of Sabine’s conviction.
Why does she think the guilty verdict proves the hoax was a hoax when others here reminded her proof that Ella and Abe dreamt the whole thing up came in Judge Pauffley’s ruling?
How does she imagine her role in promoting and hosting APD ends now when her evidence will be vital in proving APD’s guilt on harassment charges soon?
I think I just caught the last 45 minutes of Flo destroyer’s interview…..the way Mel Ve bristled when Sheva confronted her, in a very non-emotive way btw (I was very impressed by how calm and matter of fact Sheva was)…I mean Mel Ve totally lost the plot such was her anger with Sheva.
Anyway, when EC shared some of the communications exchanged between both her and MV some months ago, I thought then that Mel Ve is quite abnormal…she was peculiar then, she’s peculiar now. It’s clear she’s self-obsessed and it’s very doubtful she’s a proper journalist given the high standard of professionalism required which includes being ethical to the nth degree.
Grobnob made me laugh….he was absolutely correct in what he said.
But I favour Flo’s imperative where he says the point of his hosting these discussions is to bring about resolution even though it seems like an uphill battle.
This is why many of us revolted and joined the Illuminati Resistance as we claim the Official Illuminati are now just a bunch of old Fuddy Duddies and think World Domination is so yesterday. De-constructed Freemasons are always welcome in the resistance and while we haven’t yet formulated our policy on baby pizzas, a press release on this matter and others like mind manipulation will eventually be issued to the Truther Community.
# We are soon to vote on whether King Hoani John Wanoa of Rotarua should be elected as King Of All Evil.
I warned EC not to carry that bottle of Aspirin through Customs.
Down wiv drugs!
Kells Bells says:
I’m not holding my breath…
Sheva starts at 1.58 btw
2.17.00 onwards to 2.17.55
“Ugly, negative and vile’
and the hoaxers like APD, cat, neelu etc etc are all love and sunshine….
Mel really shows her bias towards the hoaxing community, and against the antihoaxers like Hoaxtead Research here, even now she tries to spin it as the antihoaxers were just so mean and nasty that it made the hoaxers more believable…
I can’t think of a single time that anyone said here that it would be great if someone fed Mel through a woodchipper, yet that type of comment was made against an antihoaxer…
(in best Southpark voice) Hoaxers did it!
Has anyone here accused Mel of trafficking drugs and children???
Has anyone here threatened to cut Mel’s tongue out ??
The list of abuse FROM the hoaxers is incredible
Yet we can all go to angies site and get a copy of all the death threats she’s received from us- right?
um right?
She said she had a list- what 2 years ago???
(crickets)
If, hypothetically, someone had fallen for the frauds of Abe & Ella, and Kevin Annett, and Sacha Stone, and Webre, and SwissIndo, and QEG HopeGirl, and the OPAL free-energy / freemen caravan, to the point of participating in all these frauds; and if that person sat down for an honest self-appraisal of the predispositions that made her so gullible in matters of fraud; then it would be worth listening to.
Judge Judy says:
Perhaps it’s that hot Mediterranean sun but Andy Tick Tock Devine seems to think a letter writing campaign to the Judge means they will dismiss a juries decision.
It’s the first thing a solicitor will ask in Australia in a potential libel case. They can also get a court to place a (real – Not Neelu style) lien on a defendent’s property to stop them disposing of asserts as defamation cases usually take a couple of years.
They can also request a judge order a defendant (or plaintiff) to pay into the court sums of money if there is a feeling a person will use the court to frustrate the process and run up costs they have no hope of paying.
Most people could be bankrupted by a defamation action by costs alone and of course they won’t get legal aid. Any sensible solicitor will urge a defendant to reach a settlement asap if they believe the libel will be proved.
That’s if the defendant has the money to pay a substantial deposit up front to their solicitor to defend them.
Of course Rebecca Ireland has taken all this evidence to the authorities yes?. Or do they think they will fight these battles against Evil Incarnate via blog posts?
Andy seems to be following neelu down the sovcit/FOTL path- cause that always works so well doesn’t it neelu….
Evangaloon says:
In the Alfred Webre video Mel repeats the Jewish blood libel myth and somehow tries to tie it in with Hampstead because Golder’s Green is nearby. In a later video she says she’s not racist because she has friends of all races and some are apparently Jewish. She doesn’t seem to understand that a lot of racists say this – ‘I have a friend who is black/Asian/Jewish’ – and it means sod all.
If I’d said what she said in the Webre video (which was a ridiculous attack on the Hampstead community and I don’t care if she didn’t name names) I’d be embarrassed but what stuck out most about Mel in After Dark was her arrogance. When they were giving humility out she was at the back of the queue.
It’s not usually “that” expensive to get legal advice. In my case (I was the one being accused) the first consultation was free and there was a £500 retainer. Where it goes wrong is when that legal advice is ignored. With libel and defamation it is up to the person making the claim to prove that they are correct not the plaintiff. APD has not a shred of proof to back up her claims because they are baseless and she would be told to withdraw the remarks, apologise and pay whatever legal fees had been spent by the plaintiff and token damages to avoid it going to court.
If you’re wondering, my legal advice was that my article was not libellous as it quite clearly was covered by the defence of parody and satire, I had made no representation that it was true and the man on the Clapham or any other omnibus would see it as such, so I copied their solicitors letter to the trade press which ran an article ridiculing them, replied in the manner of Arkell v Pressdram and heard no more!
I’m Continuity Illuminati (said in a Northern Ireland accent ;-). We never sold out. Still worshipping Baal and Moloch, plus owls and …. all the other stuff.
List of things that won’t happen.
More worrying, he seems to believe that writing to a judge in an active trial is not illegal, and that the judge might actually read, let alone respond to his bizarre requests.
Commercial Break says:
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Concerned you risk ending up washed up on the twisted shoreline of bile like Mel Ve,Power-Disney or Andy Devine and having the likes of Flo Destroyer et al expose you for the utterly useless twat you are rapidly becoming?
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I was libeled by the News Of The World decades ago when they mistook me for someone else. It was the easiest money I’ve ever got as they settled within a couple of weeks- enough to buy a new car at the time. My partner in the project who was libeled by association was furious as he got 500 quid less.
She did not take well to the end of white supremacy, and remains an Apartheid apologist.
“Mel Ve is a South African born humanitarian, activist, author and independent media icon, who is descended from the Boers. This documentary tells the story of the people Mel Ve left behind in South Africa, and who are being genocidally slaughtered.
“This controversial documentary film tells the story of the Boers, who they were, and why they were so important in South Africa’s history. We explore the events that led to the Anglo Boer wars, in which the Boers fought for their freedom from the forces of Imperialism.
“Mel Ve controversially explores the true facts pertaining to APARTHEID, explaining some of the fallacies and lies that the world was fed in order to brainwash them into supporting the eventual presidency of Nelson Mandela, a known communist, terrorist and murderer.”
Odd, isn’t it, the hit rate in finding yet another racist behind those promoting the hoax has to be in a range between 100-100%! It’s almost as if they spend their entire lives seething and fulminating about others.
Sabine has made it into the Metro. https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/17/pensioner-facing-jail-accusing-primary-school-parents-satanic-abuse-8257489/
Not sure about the print edition.
Her “Stop South African Genocide” website is hilarious. In theory it’s “Registered racists only”, but in practice you can access each page by hitting ‘esc’ after the main page has loaded but before the Registration code kicks in.
For instance, http://stopsouthafricangenocide.org/current-affairs/mel-ve-resigns-from-the-sovereign-state-of-good-hope-24-october-2018/
— all about Mel Ve, and how much the secessionist State of Good Hope will miss her now that they have parted ways (somehow the South African republic didn’t notice that the State of Good hope had seceded).
Just saw this. They were right about the verdict, but this is what comes of sending reporters into the courtroom without any prior knowledge of wtf they are going to be covering.
Yes, that’s from the self declared king of disparate groups of peoples some of whom never have had kings or absolute rulers amongst themselves in the way this fool has declared himself king.
I find arrogant scamming wankers and the fools that follow them morbidly fascinating.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_people
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan_languages
If you have any other screenshots, I would be grateful.
Attempting to coopt the Khoi/San seems to be a recurring feature among South African SovCits. The GiftofTruth nutbars take the same approach: https://giftoftruth.wordpress.com/?s=khoisan
The underlying idea seems to be that the Khoi and San will realise that the Boer descendents are their natural ally against their common enemy, the Bantu-speaking groups.
They weren’t my own screenshots, just embedded images from Mel’s site.
Have they lifted anything direct from here?
I find Mel Ve’s brain vomitings strangely compelling, so effusive, so little self awareness. She didn’t know any black South Africans until she was an adult, she met some black people in Uni and was amazed at how happy they were despite their poverty, she can tell you all about freedom movements in SA and black people’s motivations, hopes and dreams from the time before she was born. Apartheid was a bit of cruelty and rudeness. THIS IS IT. Not the police state and violent suppression I heard about I suppose. A regime so awful that the word Apartheid has skipped the country’s boundaries to be recycled when states are accused of brutally segregating and oppressing people.
It took me one second to decide this King is just a king in his front room. What is Mel Ve’s problem, and is it catching?
It is hard to believe that they would have got so much wrong if they had read any of the background here.
Looks like they are simply stealing from the Courtnewsuk.com coverage: http://courtnewsuk.co.uk/satanic-abuse-troll-faces-jail/
I don’t think so. Courtnewsuk sell their reports which pops up in the dailies and local weeklies.
I mean, I don’t think the Metro nicked it, I think they paid for it.
Yes, I have always understood CourtNewsUK to be a news service, not a stand-alone publication.
Mustn’t forget the “Vaccines = Genocide” component of her thought-system.
Kevin Rose says:
Depends what the sentence is,,, Hope I’m not disappointed but it is clear that the only thing that stopped her in her tracks was being incarcerated. Given her lack of remorse and empathy, the conduct of her supporters ignoring reporting restrictions, and given she has abused children to such a degree their names will be on the internet for life, I truly hope the judge sends out a warning to all the imbeciles out there that if you engage with this sort of crime, you can expect to spend a long time behind bars.
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Get To Know Author Devika Fernando
If you’re playing with fire, prepare to get burned – or to fall in love.
Readers, please welcome author Devika Fernando on ILuvFiction today, part of the Blog Tour hosted by The Book Club. We will straight away move to the interesting part, the questions, we are dying to ask Devika.
Hollywood Recalibrated... what do you think fellow Indians?
New Jersey, USA 1998
Excited I sat there with my friend, ready for my first movie experience in US of A.
It was in one of the theatres, which had eight movie halls (a unique thing in 1998, for a person who was abroad for the very first time). Noida, where I was based, was about to boast its image by planning to have a three hall movie experience in Centre Stage Mall at Sector – 18.
But I digress; the movie was ‘Armageddon’ with my favorite Bruce Willis starring in it. The film was wonderful through and through. It had that typical flavor of USA smugness (we didn’t mind, as long as we were entertained), that predicted doomsday for entire earth and only Americans can, somehow save the world.
Towards the climax, we came to one particular scene, a two-second frame that made me cringe, as if one had encountered a speck of dust in the wonderful American stew. A little, tiny, speck of dust which grinds between your teeth, sending shivers down your body and spoils a tasty dish, you were relishing.
The scene was something like this; the whole world is looking up to Sceintists at NASA, Bruce Willis and team, to rescue them from the catastrophe. At the background the ominous music played, a glimpse of every part of the world is shown, people are watching, praying, waiting. And in that two-second frame we glimpse our India. In the backdrop of the seventh wonder of the world, Taj Mahal, the camera focuses on an emaciated man in white dhoti and turban, with cataract eyes and behind him several such men are shown bowing down.
My friend and I, in choreographed movements, turned towards each other. Sitting there in jeans, eating popcorn and sipping coke, both of us had the same question in our eyes. Is this what the world perceives India to be, even now, in spite of all our efforts? She being intelligent enough to study in USA with full scholarship. And me, thought worthy enough to be sent there for the final integration testing phase, for one of the company’s IT projects.
Anyway the climax was quite emotional and action packed, so we ignored our peeve, and enjoyed the last part (after all we had paid for the movie) :-)
Cut to Noida, India 2014
Hearing great reviews by everyone, including Rajiv Masand (who I have never seen happy with any movie), my family and me were looking forward to ‘Interstellar’ that Friday in November.
The hero, the handsome Matthew McConaughey (who at times I felt like was copying Tom Cruise. Fans, girls, please pardon me) chases a drone, stating it has been developed in Delhi…something… something, because in that stunned moment I couldn’t hear a single dialogue after he uttered Delhi. Only after confirming from my husband (had he heard what I have heard), I could sit and concentrate on the next scene.
Oh my! what a feeling… what a 360 degree change…
In sixteen years, from that turban clad old man to a data collecting drone, designed by scientists in Delhi, being studied by an excited Mr. Cooper.
You have indeed corrected your course, Hollywood. It was high time… What do you think, fellow Indians?
Images: Courtsey google images, IMDb
Book Review:: 'Scorched by His Fire' by Reet Singh
Genre: Romance (Harlequin, Indian Author Collection)
Convenient boyfriend, inconvenient attraction!
Mita Ramphul can’t face another family set-up with a ‘nice young man’. What she needs is to divert her family’s attention… so introducing the devastatingly handsome Tanay Devkumar as her new boyfriend is a stroke of brilliance! Until Tanay’s blazing hot kisses threaten to shatter her plans for the perfect pretend date…
Spotlight on 'The Ekkos Clan' by Sudipto Das
Genre: Literary
"The Ekkos Clan" is the story of Kratu’s search for the killers of his family, his own roots and the mystery behind his grandmother’s stories.
It’s the fascinating account of Kubha and the basketful of folklore she inherited from her ancestors. The eventful lives of Kubha and her family span a hundred years and encompass turbulent phases of Indian history. The family saga unfurls gradually, along with Kubha’s stories, through the three main characters – Kratu Sen, a grad student at Stanford, Kratu’s best friend Tista Dasgupta, and Afsar Fareedi, a linguistic palaeontologist.
Afsar hears about Kubha’s stories from Kratu in a casual conversation, but she figures that these stories are not meant to be mere bed time tales – they contain rich linguistic fossils and layers of histories.
In a bizarre incident Kratu miraculously survives an attempt on his life. His sister and uncle had not been so lucky. Were these murders acts of revenge, or a larger ideological conflict connected to Kubha’s stories which conceal perilous secrets that should be suppressed?
Afsar, Kratu and Tista travel across continents to unravel the mystery of Kubha’s roots and the origin of her stories.
At a different level, the novel subtly delves into the origin of one of the oldest civilizations of the world and the first book written by mankind.
Sudipto was born in Calcutta to a family which fled Bangladesh during the partition riots of 1947. He grew up listening horrid stories of the partition, something which he has used extensively in his debut novel The Ekkos Clan. He completed his engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1996. He lives in Bangalore.
The links :
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Ekkos-Clan-Sudipto-Das-ebook/dp/B00I48VJV4/
Amazon.in http://www.amazon.in/The-Ekkos-Clan-Sudipto-Das-ebook/dp/B00I48VJV4/
Flipkart http://www.flipkart.com/ekkos-clan-english/p/itmdzcg7adjg8bnq?pid=9789381523957
Author Website : http://www.sudiptodas.com
Twitter : https://twitter.com/sudipto_das
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheEkkosClan
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18195225-the-ekkos-clan
Some Media Mentions
"A promising debut in the growing realm of modern Indian fiction" - Jug Suraiya
"An Indian thriller inspired by Dan Brown & Harrison Ford!... fast-paced thriller, replete with murder and miraculous escapes" - Telegraph
"If you are a history buff and a thriller aficionado, then [it] might just be the book for you" - The Hindu
"A tale of the Indian civilization and culture... takes you on a roller coaster ride" - The New Indian Express
"An interesting read for an afternoon... One feisty woman's partition story" - Bangalore Mirror
"Should be read for its sheer aspiration and the intelligent handling of historical material" - The Sunday Guardian
"Is essentially a mystery novel, but is grounded in a substantial base of research and exploration into our past" - newsyaps.com
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Book Review:: 'The Cure Was Love' by Reet Singh
Genre: Romance. Harlequin (M&B)
For three months, Simi Gill gets to do what she loves – train to be a doctor and learn more about medicine. As a bonus, she gets to forget about the shallow boyfriend who dumped her, and worse, who hurt her. Living it up in New York, far from her home in India, she is saved by the delicious Rudy Bhatnagar, not once, but two times in one night!
Hollywood Recalibrated... what do you think fellow...
Book Review:: 'Scorched by His Fire' by Reet Singh...
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I Craft, Therefore I Am: Creating Persona through Syntax and Style
August 21, 2011 /in Craft /by Miciah Bay Gault
Persona is the mask writers wear in their novels, short stories, poems, essays and memoirs. It is the artfully crafted or created “self” on the page. Poet Ezra Pound defined persona as a literary stand-in for the author’s voice. It is not the actual self or author; real lives can rarely be contained within the margins. In Jorge Luis Borges’ “Borges and I,” Borges confronts the dichotomy between the self and the persona, saying, “I live, I let myself live so that Borges may write his literature, and this literature justifies me.” Yet this distinction is dismantled in his final line, “I don’t know which one of us is writing this.” Unlike Borges, most of us do know. Less clear is how to portray a portion of our true selves, how to slant the details and to shape our image. One way to translate persona to the reader is through syntax and style. In this essay, we’ll look at two highly stylized memoirs to see how these authors crafted persona.
Consider this passage from Joan Didion’s A Year of Magical Thinking:
December 30, 2003, a Tuesday.
We had seen Quintana in the sixth-floor ICU at Beth Israel North.
We had come home.
I said I would build a fire, we could eat in.
I built the fire, I started dinner, I asked John if he wanted a drink.
I got him a Scotch and gave it to him in the living room, where he was reading in the chair by the fire where he habitually sat.
The book he was reading was by David Fromkin, a bound galley of Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
I finished getting dinner, I set the table in the living room where, when we were home alone, we could eat within sight of the fire.
Each line operates as a stand-alone paragraph, giving greater emphasis to each sentence and to the space between them. The sentences are short, clipped almost, as if translated from Morse code. The first sentence, “December 30, 2003, a Tuesday,” lacks a verb, and announces the diary-entry nature of the scene. That first sentence is five words long. The second is thirteen. The third is four. The next three sentences are between eleven and fifteen words apiece. The effect is syntactic machine gun fire. Invisible exclamation marks. The abbreviated length functions like an alarm, telling the reader to wake up, pay attention. Just as the author might be telling herself the same thing in retrospect. Didion’s sentences—and, by extrapolation, her persona—are crying for help.
At the same time, perhaps ironically, the abbreviated sentences also make the passage read like poetry. The presence of so few words highlights the negative space around them. And this negative space is overwhelming, creating an interesting if simple metaphor—that is, the overwhelming negativity of this moment as shown through the largely unmarked page. The area surrounding Didion’s emotionless sentences is haunted by what she doesn’t reveal; this absence gives us the opportunity for an emotional response. The white space suggests what is happening off the page—her husband is dying. You could even say that his death is occurring in the void. The author’s persona cannot face this event. She obscures it from herself by ‘hiding’ it in a wordless desert. The short sentences show us that the persona is both controlled and under attack. Didion’s use of negative space, which physically overwhelms her words on the page, shows us that her persona is overwhelmed.
In addition to sentence length, we also learn about persona via repetition and parallel structure. The second, third and fourth sentences begin with the words “We had.” Perhaps the focus on “We” is significant as it’s the last time she gets to use it. In this passage, the phrase “eat in” is used twice, as is “build a fire.” “Dinner” comes up three times, “fire” two more times, “living room,” and “reading” twice. The sentence, “We had come home,” is itself repetition of a known fact; it could be assumed by the circumstances—clearly the narrator wouldn’t make dinner or build a fire at the hospital. Repetition acts as a highlighter, marking words and phrases so that they catch our attention. If she’d written, “After seeing our daughter in the hospital, I made us dinner at home,” this would be a very different piece of writing. It would sound ordinary, routine, unremarkable. But instead, the language shows us that for Didion’s persona this day was anything but ordinary—in fact, it was the most abnormal and devastating day of her life. Yet she is not willing to say that outright. Didion forces her persona’s devastation into the density of this excerpt, through the repetition of her words and through the repeating structure, also known as parallelism.
Another perspective is that Didion is stripping her language of beauty, simplifying it, to use only the essentials. As such, the writing has the format of a police report or a news bulletin. Why is that? Using the police report analogy, she’s trying to understand what went wrong. If she can just get the details down, unencumbered by emotional content, if she can just get the facts, perhaps she can pinpoint the error and resurrect her husband. That her attempt at comprehension might be driven by a Lazarus-like impulse shows the persona’s limited grasp of logic and rationality—because of this, we know that the persona is suffering.
By using short, sparse sentences, the writing sounds like a warning; she’s using a loudspeaker, calmly telling us about the fire we can’t yet see. The prose, and, thus the persona, appear to be emotionless. And yet, behind her words lies a tsunami of emotion. How do we know? Because normally inconsequential details: whether or not they ate in, whether or not she built a fire, whether or not he wanted a drink, where he sat, what he read, are in fact of great consequence. If they weren’t, Didion wouldn’t share them with us. Or if she did, she would bury them in long sentences. Here, they stand in the spotlight. The short, sparse sentences also show that the persona is in shock, capable of only basic functioning and basic writing.
These seemingly inconsequential details matter because they’re all the persona has. The mundane moments are marked in bold by what follows—her husband’s death. She later says, “What gives those December days . . . their sharper focus is their ending.”
The language Didion uses, particularly when describing the death of her husband, John Dunne, is precise and controlled. Likely, the logic is that if she can control the words, she can control the feelings—this is how she avoids the inevitable grief that awaits her. What does this show us about the persona? That she lives in fear. Precision is her reaction to terror. If this persona were attacked, I imagine she would remember every detail of her attacker, but I don’t know if she would cry out. It’s as if she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. And maybe she does. Watching people die is traumatic. In the new world Didion confronts as a widow, control is her first line of defense. She backs up this argument with her maxim: “Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control.”
Didion says this about language:
As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident in the rhythms of words and sentences and paragraphs, a technique for withholding whatever it was I thought or believed behind an increasingly impenetrable polish.
The “impenetrable polish” Didion refers to is the persona. It’s created via the meaning “resident in the rhythms of words and sentences and paragraphs,” also known as syntax. And as she tells us here, she uses this polish to withhold. Though she looks at grief from a philosophical standpoint, or remarks on her illogical attachment to her husband’s shoes, she rarely shares her emotional state. Yet I have the impression that Didion wrote the only words she could; this scene of her husband’s death keeps resurfacing, both in her mind and on the page.
Not only does Didion the writer exercise control, but she also employs distance in order to translate her persona onto the page. We hear about their discussion, but we do not hear the discussion itself. Not only are there no direct quotes, the discussion isn’t summarized—we only know that they did discuss. In this way, Didion doesn’t place the reader in the room. And I don’t think she wants to—these last moments with her husband are hers and hers alone. The pronouns in the short, declarative sentences are “we” then “I.” “He” is used twice, but unlike the other pronouns, it’s followed by the past continuous: He was reading, he was sitting. Her husband John is almost a prop. The verb tense is an interesting and appropriate choice since we use past continuous to indicate an interrupted action. And what interrupts John’s sitting and reading, and eventual eating, is his death. Past perfect is another distancing factor. She doesn’t say “We discussed,” but rather, “We had discussed,” making the event even more removed—this is true for the reader and for the persona. Thus, we learn that Didion’s persona is trying to extricate herself from this traumatic event through distance.
The emergency room social worker calls Didion a “cool customer,” and for much of the book, the description is apt. The writing is free of emotion, almost clinical. And yet absence breeds presence; her sparse language, ordinary details, and extensive use of white space all hint at her grief.
Whereas Didion relied on sentence length, repetition, parallelism and verb tense to convey her persona, Nick Flynn uses modifiers, meter, analogy and punctuation, as well as parallelism and repetition, to portray his persona in his memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.
Each night, like another night in a long-running play, I wander the empty streets, check on every sprawled man until I find him, tension built into each blanket. Each man has a role—one will be the lunatic king, one will be the fool. One will offer dire warnings, one will plot against us, one will try to help. I am forced to play the son. . . The stage is done up like the outdoor space of an anonymous American city—broken neon, billboards of happy products, vast, empty. The light is dim, but we can make out figures draped in blankets, on benches, in doorways, beneath bushes. Each night I wander among them, and some I speak with, and for some I leave food. Another blanket. A coat. Any one of them may or may not be my father. Though the audience expects the encounter, they’ve paid for the encounter, I may not find him.
The placement of clauses and modifiers in the first sentence convey both grief and acceptance. How so? Let’s go back to grammar basics. What is happening in this sentence? What’s the predicate? Wander. Who is doing the wandering? I. I wander. A left-branching modifier precedes it: “Each night, like another night in a long-running play.” A right branching modifier, “tension built into each blanket,” follows the independent clause. Grammatically, this sentence is a mouthful. The experience of reading it, of moving from one branch to another, is slow and deliberate, thus revealing a calm and broken-hearted persona. To me, it suggests that Flynn has accepted the circumstances he’s confronted with. This is clear from the sentence’s structure, which gives the writing a soft, incremental quality.
Likewise, the language choices reflect his persona. Not only is the word “night” repeated, but the scene itself is repeated each night as if it were part of a long-running play: here he goes again, wandering the empty streets. And the sentence wanders along with him. That the speaker is checking on “every sprawled man,” is evocative of working with the dead, collecting bodies, an act that underlines this scene with a sense of gravity. This emotional weight is reinforced by the “tension built into each blanket,” tension integral to life on the streets, to searching for his homeless father, who could appear underneath any blanket, anywhere in Boston and at anytime. Furthermore, Flynn’s father’s homelessness mirrors his own—Flynn, who lost his mother to suicide and dropped out of college, makes minimum wage at the homeless shelter and spends his weekends getting high. Thus, we learn that his persona is both wise and sorrowful; he knows there is no quick fix, no easy way out for his father or for himself.
Look at how meter reveals persona in this first sentence. You find stressed syllables flanking each comma: like, comma, night; play, comma, I; streets, comma, check; him, comma, tension. The stressed syllables define the end and the beginning of each phrase, effectively sewing the language together. As such, meter gives a plodding aspect to the prose. And in the plodding there is sorrow. Thus we learn the persona is plodding along, into and beyond whatever obstacles, or in this case, stressed syllables, he comes across.
In the next two sentences, with Flynn’s play analogy, these homeless men and the speaker himself are given roles. This has a dehumanizing effect because they could be anyone. And because they could be anyone, the narrator’s experience moves from the personal to the universal. How many men fall to the same fate? How many sons search for their fathers? And not by choice. No, the verb here is “forced.” He doesn’t want to play the son, but whether he runs away or wanders the streets, his father’s homelessness, alcoholism and absence remain. Assigning roles suggests that these men are cursed to repeat themselves, and that lasting change is far from likely. Today, one plays the lunatic king; another, the son. Tomorrow, others assume their places. There’s no chance for escape. Thus, the persona, this son, is trapped along with the other fathers and sons on the street.
The use of punctuation enhances the sensation of being trapped, and of the speaker’s accompanying grief. He doesn’t say vast and empty, but vast comma empty. It’s not in doorways or beneath bushes but in doorways comma beneath bushes. The rhythm is melancholic—it’s as if the speaker is so grief-stricken that he doesn’t have the strength for conjunctions. This rhythm is contrasted by two sentences with only two words each: “Another blanket. A coat.” These fragments underline the finite nature of what he can give. The blanket and coat won’t change anything fundamentally—they merely offer another night of survival, both for the homeless men and for the speaker. Why the speaker? Because he’s out there too—doing something, even if it’s inconsequential, and in some small, metaphorical way, that keeps him alive. This persona confronts paradox: his words suggest hopelessness while his actions suggest the opposite.
Persona is also shown through the passage’s parallel structure, which transmits a sense of monotony. Three of the eleven sentences begin with the word “each”: twice with “each night,” once with “each man.” In the second and third sentences, the words “one will” begin five clauses in a row: “one will be the lunatic king, one will be the fool. One will offer dire warnings, one will plot against us, one will try to help.” In the sixth sentence, which lists the locations where the speaker finds the homeless men’s bodies, each phrase starts with a preposition: “draped in blankets, on benches, in doorways, beneath bushes.” (As a brief aside—in this last example we have plenty of B and D consonance, which gives the passage a slow, deliberate quality.) In the next sentence we have two phrases centered on the word some: “some I speak with and for some I leave food.” In the final sentence, the phrase “the encounter” is repeated: “the audience expects the encounter, they’ve paid for the encounter.” In the monotony that comes from this parallel structure, we circle back to the closed loop that the speaker cannot escape; he is powerless over his fate—he may find his father, he may not. Additionally, the monotony of the syntax reflects the monotonous and grief-filled experience of the persona.
In these examples from Joan Didion and Nick Flynn, we’ve seen how persona is crafted in seemingly miniscule ways—through sentence length, punctuation, meter and repetition. We often hear that dialogue is a great way to show character because everyone speaks with a different voice, uses different language, chooses different moments to be silent. In addition to the “normal” dialogue you find in both fiction and nonfiction, I believe that in memoir the narrator is essentially in constant dialogue with the reader. Thus the way we speak to the reader defines us and shapes our story.
We’ve been looking at the building blocks that form persona. What we are creating—or recreating—in the case of memoir is ourselves. Not necessarily who we are today but who we were in that story, in that time. If you speak to the reader in long, meandering or breathless sentences, you translate differently from a persona who speaks in short, staccato bursts. And of course our personas are far from static, but we aim for consistency in tone. In general, how you reveal yourself, is, well, revealing.
Persona is something I struggled with while writing my own memoir. On an auspicious day in April in 2008, I knew I was writing the first page. What I didn’t realize was that this page would be deleted from subsequent drafts. But this is where it all began. As writers we have to make our own clay, so here is my raw material, the original initial sentence of my book:
A maroon ‘89 Jetta sailed down the highway, easily exceeding Michigan’s seventy mile-per-hour limit, zipping from left to right, right to left until it found its kind ahead, a coalition of speeders reenacting U-boat wolf pack tactics from the Second World War in hopes that someone had radar or the leader would take one for the team if a patrolman appeared out of nowhere, lights blinking, siren blaring, accelerating from zero to sixty in seven-six-five-four-three-two-one.
Whew. I’m exhausted—exactly the reaction I hoped for. This opening is 80 words long. That the sentence has little to do with the topic of my memoir is beside the point.
When I returned to the first half of my memoir, I encountered a breathless quality in the prose. I found a young, urgent voice that wanted me in her grasp. But to be honest, I wasn’t sure how much I liked her. I wasn’t sure I wanted to get to know her. She didn’t sound like the type I would have a latté with, that I would invite over, or that I would listen to for any extended period of time. These are telling indicators, since reading is essentially a one-way conversation with the author. And in memoir, if we aren’t emotionally invested in the narrator, the author has failed.
With persona in mind, I wrote a different beginning to my memoir. The difference between these two openings is subtle. The first new version, “Haunted” was Flynn-esque:
Ten years later, I still can’t let it go. My brief moments with Maggie and Neenef are now fragments of film loaded through the reels of my imagination. There, they await any stimuli capable of turning the dial, initiating the projector’s hum. Sometimes it’s as simple as staring out the window or as direct as reading about another school shooting.
With revision, the opening became more like Didion:
The murder, the suicide. Ten years later, I still can’t let go. Brief moments with Maggie and Neenef. Fragments of film loaded through reels of imagination—awaiting stimuli to turn the dial, initiate the projector’s hum. Sometimes as simple as staring out the window. Or as direct as reading about another school shooting.
What changed? We’ve moved from four sentences to six. Complete sentences to fragments. What has this done to the persona? What I hear in the fragmentation of the revised passage is a fragmented speaker. And fragmentation is aligned with grief, even obsession. When the narrator says that she “can’t let go,” I hear it in the writing. While the complete sentences in the first passage suggest that the event did not have a lasting impact, the revised version’s incomplete sentences show the persona’s incompleteness. Syntax mirrors experience, which shapes persona. Everything is working in unison.
As anyone who has read multiple memoirs by the same author has noticed, persona shifts from book to book. In Sue William Silverman’s first memoir, Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You, her adolescent persona tries on flannel pajamas at a department store:
I believe if I owned these I would be able to curl inside them and sleep undisturbed for years, smelling and feeling their warm comfort. I have no money, but I must own these pajamas. I must steal them—I must. I cannot leave without them. I roll the cuffs to my knees, put my skirt on, pull my sweater over the top, and zip up my jacket. Slowly, I leave the store.
The opening to Silverman’s second memoir, Love Sick, takes place in a motel parking lot in Texas:
I cut the engine and air conditioner and listen to stillness, to nothing, to heat. Sunrays splinter the windshield. Heat from the pavement rises, stifling, around the car, around me. No insects flutter in the brittle grass next to the lot. Trees don’t rustle with bird wings. A neon rainbow, mute and colorless by day, arcs over a sign switched to vacancy.
The difference is striking. You can hear the contrast in age and perhaps in cynicism. The young persona has impossible dreams about what this pair of pajamas could do for her, so much so that they drive her to steal. We hear the desperation in the repetition of “I must.” The older persona is subsisting in a void, in perpetual heat where nothing happens. In the negation—“nothing,” “no insects,” “trees don’t rustle,”—we hear a resigned persona, one that is perhaps as mute and colorless as the daytime neon rainbow over the motel room.
I’ll leave you with a writing exercise. I invite you to follow the same thematic territory as Didion and Flynn and consider loss. Of fresh flowers, the family pet, or a traumatic event like the one Didion describes. You could describe how a significant relationship ended. What was said? What was left unsaid? What matters most is your relationship to the loss—it must be intimate and therefore meaningful. As usual, avoid abstractions. Focus on the details. Be specific. Write the beginning of a scene to bring us into the moment of loss. Then revise to mimic either Joan Didion’s short, abrupt sentences devoid of emotion, or Nick Flynn’s long, spacious sentences weighted with emotion. Remember, we invent and reinvent ourselves with words. Choose or revise wisely.
Anderson, Erika. “Breathing Through Broken.” (Unpublished).
Borges, Jorge Luis. Dreamtiger. Trans. Mildred Boyer, Harold Morland. …..Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985.
Didion, Joan. A Year of Magical Thinking. New York: Knopf, 2005.
Flynn, Nick. Another bullshit night in Suck City: a memoir. New York: …..W.W. Norton & Company, 2004.
Silverman, Sue William. Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember
…..You. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
Silverman, Sue William. Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through
…..Sexual Addiction. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.
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“Forbes” recommends five films all entrepreneurs should watch
Forbes contributor Kelly Richmond Pope teaches research fraud and forensic accounting. (Image Courtesy: Forbes).
Since Forbes contributor Kelly Richmond Pope says she uses film to teach accounting to her students because, she writes, “numbers tell the best stories,” she has come to discover while composing this year’s syllabus that film could also teach entrepreneurs about fraud schemes. Companies lose five percent of their annual revenues to payroll fraud, cash theft, as well as expense fraud, and entrepreneurs are especially vulnerable because so little of their time or resources are invested in internal controls. The five films Pope recommends for entrepreneurs are: Steve James’s Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016); Netflix’s Ozark (2017-); Pope’s own All the Queen’s Horses (2017); Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption (1994); and AMC’s Breaking Bad (2008-2013).
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New leadership announcements from MGM
MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman is stepping down to be a producer for the studio after chairman and CEO Gary Barber was fired in 2018, according to Deadline. Meanwhile, former New Line-DreamWorks-Sony executive as well as Fifty Shades of Grey producer Michael De Luca will become chairman of the MGM Film Group as late as March, making him the equivalent to MGM Worldwide Television Group chairman Mark Burnett. De Luca previously declined the opportunity to run Paramount for Jim Gianopulos, and Glickman has been working with MGM since 2011, outlasting both Barber and Roger Birnbaum from Spyglass Entertainment, who arrived with him.
Author Hunter GoddardPosted on January 3, 2020 Categories Movie News BlogTags blogs, cinema, entertainment, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, industry, mgm, motion pictures, movies, news, updatesLeave a comment on New leadership announcements from MGM
With more women directing, BBC heralds new golden age of cinema
French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop’s feature debut, Atlantics (2019), made her the first black female director to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. (Image Courtesy: BBC).
When BBC Culture polled the greatest films directed by women, only nine of the top twenty-five were released before 1990, and a fifth of the top one hundred are dated 1999, 2008, 2014, or 2017, which seems to be symptomatic of a new filmmaking golden age, according to BBC News. Australian critic and Hollywood-based presenter Alicia Malone says the rise of independent film in the 1990s democratized moviemaking, as newer, smaller studios allocated more risk-averse budgets and high-definition consumer video cameras to previously unheard of artists. Tricia Tuttle, the artistic director of the BFI London Film Festival, says it’s still too soon to know whether we’re in a golden age or not, but with four out of the five female nominees for the Best Director Academy Award being nominated after 1990, change is here.
Author Hunter GoddardPosted on December 8, 2019 Categories Movie News BlogTags blogs, cinema, entertainment, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, history, industry, motion pictures, movies, news, updatesLeave a comment on With more women directing, BBC heralds new golden age of cinema
“Sight & Sound” calls Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir” (2019) the top release of the year
Sight & Sound named Joanna Hogg’s semiautobiographical The Souvenir (2019), introducing Honor Swinton Byrne as a promising young filmmaker who falls for a charismatic (if self-indulgent) heroin addict, as the greatest film of the year, according to IndieWire. The BBC also listed it in the hundred best movies directed by women; in addition, Sight & Sound included Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite (2019), Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman (2019), and Jordan Peele’s Us (2019) in its top twenty. Neither Sight & Sound, nor Time with its top ten, recognized Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019), but both did Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (2019).
Author Hunter GoddardPosted on December 2, 2019 Categories Movie News BlogTags blogs, cinema, entertainment, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, industry, motion pictures, movies, news, sight & sound, updatesLeave a comment on “Sight & Sound” calls Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir” (2019) the top release of the year
US Justice Department strikes down landmark “Paramount Decree” after seventy years
As part of his review of legacy antitrust decisions (up next is a 1941 music royalties decree) since his appointment in 2017, Makan Delrahim, the chief of the United States Department of Justice’s antitrust division, struck down the Paramount Decree, according to the Financial Times. The 1948 competition case began as a 1938 price-fixing and monopolization lawsuit against eight Hollywood film companies; the outcome regulated the divestiture between distribution and theater ownership, as well as the practice of studios dictating minimum ticket prices. Delrahim told an American Bar Association antitrust conference in Washington online streaming services have changed exhibition over the last eighty years, but the Independent Cinema Alliance says this move will hurt smaller theater chains.
Author Hunter GoddardPosted on November 19, 2019 Categories Movie News BlogTags blogs, cinema, entertainment, films, history, hollywood, industry, motion pictures, movies, news, paramount decree, updatesLeave a comment on US Justice Department strikes down landmark “Paramount Decree” after seventy years
Composer discusses film scoring
On Wednesday, Branford College hosted a Residential College Tea with composer Howard Shore, who shared with conductor John Mauceri the technical method as well as the emotional artistry behind cinematic scoring, according to the Yale Daily News. Shore, who scored the likes of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, says one must be disciplined enough to write music bar by bar and page by page, while, at the same time, composing from the heart, rather than analytically or intellectually (which all comes later). Shore’s next project will be featured in François Girard’s The Song of Names (2019), with a Christmas Day release date.
Author Hunter GoddardPosted on November 18, 2019 Categories Movie News BlogTags blogs, cinema, entertainment, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, industry, motion pictures, movies, music, news, updatesLeave a comment on Composer discusses film scoring
Film and native language preservation
Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s SG̲aawaay Ḵ’uuna (Edge of the Knife) (2018) is the first motion picture ever to depict the language and culture of Haida Gwaii; fewer than twenty-four people speak Haida fluently. (Image Courtesy: The New Yorker).
One hundred sixty-five indigenous languages remain out of the three hundred spoken in North America before colonization, and tribal elders, humanitarians, as well as linguists are tapping into the power of film to preserve these dying tongues, according to The New Yorker. Following the release of Zacharias Kunuk’s Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (2001), the first feature to be written, directed, and acted in the eastern Inuit dialect of Inuktitut, the likes of the Star Wars saga and Andrew Stanton’s Finding Nemo (2003) have been translated into Navajo. Iñupiaq filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean says, “In the academic space, the language survives; in the cultural space, the language lives.”
Author Hunter GoddardPosted on November 16, 2019 Categories Movie News BlogTags blogs, cinema, entertainment, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, history, industry, motion pictures, movies, news, updatesLeave a comment on Film and native language preservation
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Royal Recommendations for A Royal Wedding
Posted on December 7, 2017 December 7, 2017 by Laura Di Giovine
The Internet exploded last week: Prince Harry is engaged to an American! Britain will have a biracial princess! (okay, most likely, a duchess). As the world fixates over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement—#marklesparkle is now a Twitter trend—I’ll admit that I’m completely taken over by the fervor (it’s a bright spot in very dark times) and I was probably one of the first in line to pick up last Friday’s issue of People.
While we gleefully anticipate next May’s nuptials at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, here are some books and shows to tide over royal fanatics:
The Royal We is about an American commoner, Rebecca “Bex” Porter, who falls in love with an English prince while at Oxford and realizes that a lot of baggage comes with dating the future heir to the throne, Nicholas of Wales. The characters do bear a resemblance to Kate Middleton and Prince William (Prince Nicholas even has a wild younger brother), but the story is richly developed and is really about people from two very different backgrounds who want to make the relationship work, no matter what. Authors Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (of Go Fug Yourself fame) also showcase the unpleasant side of life in the royal spotlight, particularly the scrutiny of the media. A smart, fun read.
Harry & Meghan: A Royal Engagement
Harry & Meghan: A Royal Engagement will be available in late December so make sure to put this royal souvenir on your wish list this holiday season! The book includes lavish illustrations and previously unseen images.
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life in Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life in Pictures offers more than 250 stunning portraits of the Queen’s reign since 1953. This is a sumptuous read that will satisfy the royally obsessed.
The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin’s The American Heiress is reminiscent of Downton Abbey and set at the turn of the 20th century. The story follows wealthy American socialite Cora Cash as she travels to Europe with her mother to snag a royal title. After she becomes the Duchess of Wareham, she realizes life among the English aristocracy is fraught with difficulties. A tantalizing historical romance.
To Watch:
Photo: Julian Broad, Vanity Fair
What should you binge-watch next? If it’s not already on your list, I’d recommend Netflix’s The Crown. I just started watching this show so I’m only halfway through the first season, but I’m already excited for season 2, which drops this Friday.
I’m also a fan of PBS’ Victoria, which follows the romance and reign of one of England’s greatest monarchs. Jenna Coleman is fantastic in the role. I can’t wait for January!
What are your favorite royalty-themed books or shows? List below in the comments!
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Pune trader’s minor son abducted for ransom, found murdered: Police
Woman killed in UP's Bahraich, hunt on for two suspects: Cops
Police have identified the deceased youth as Abdulahat Sayyed Siddiqui, a resident of Bombay Colony in Dapodi, who was a class 12 student at a local college. (Representational Image)
A vegetable trader's son was found murdered in the early hours of Sunday in Dapodi area in Pune, a day after he was allegedly abducted. Police have launched a manhunt for suspects including some acquaintances of the deceased 17-year-old youth.
Police have identified the deceased youth as Abdulahat Sayyed Siddiqui, a resident of Bombay Colony in Dapodi, who was a class 12 student at a local college. Officials said that his father is a vegetable trader in Dapodi.
In the early hours of Sunday, Siddiqui's body was found near the campus of Savitribai Phule Pune University. Subsequently, a probe was launched by the police.
"As per our information, the family members of the deceased had received a call for the ransom of Rs 40 lakh. We are working on various clues. We suspect involvement of acquaintance of the deceased youth." A police officer, who is part of the probe said.
The the crime branch of the Pimpri Chinchwad Police commissionerate and the Bhosari police station, which has jurisdiction over the area where the family of the deceased stays, have launched a probe in the case.
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Chronology of Barcelona
This is a timeline of Barcelona. It is still very much in progress, and so still has some excentric absenses.
3rd Century BC According to legend, the city is founded by Hercules.
218 BC: Barcelona area is occupied at the start of the Second Punic War by Carthaginian troops under the leadership of Hamilcar Barca.possibly giving rise to the city’s name.
14 BC. Founding of Barcino by the Romans. As a colonia, it was established to distribute land among retired soldiers. The Roman geographer Pomponius Mela[4] refers to Barcino as one of a number of small settlements under the control of Tarraco. However its strategic position on a branch of the Via Augusta allowed its commercial and economic development,[5] and it enjoyed immunity from imperial taxation.
3rd century. The first Christian communities established (diocese of Tarraco established by 259,)
250. The first raids by the Germanic tribes.
Mid-4th century. The Jewish population of Barcino/Barchinona is establied in Barcelona (at the latest). While the Jewish religion had been tolerated by the Romans, Jews suffered varying degrees of discrimination and persecution under the Visigoths. The Jewish population of Barchinona was considerable enough under the reign of Wamba (672–680) to demand a royal edict to expel the Sefardim.
415. Ataulf who had established his court at Barcino, is murdered by his own troops in the city.
711. Moors arrive in Spain.
717 The city is conquered by the Moors. While the cathedral was converted into a mosque and taxes levied on non-Muslims, religious freedom and civil government was largely respected. The local Walí was mostly concerned with military matters, with the count and the local bishop having large day-to-day control of the local population.
More on the Moorish occupation of Barcelona
801. The Franks take Barsiluna (Barcelona) from the Moors.
878. Wilfred the Hairy Count of Girona and Barcelona.
985. Al-Mansur attacks and sacks Barcelona.1025. Ramon Berenguer I grants a charter to Barcelona.
1169. Fortifications are modernised. Agricultural and commercial areas are protected with separate sets of walls.
1217. James I recognises the “universitat dels ciutadans” (citizens’ privileges and rights to representation) of Barcelona.
1249-1258. Constitution of Barcelona municipal organisation.
1265. James I sets up the Consell de Cent (a Council of one hundred members).1283. Peter II reforms Barcelona’s municipal government by means of the Recognoverunt proceres (recognition of ancient customs and existing privileges).Fourteenth century. Construction of the Barcelona Raval walls.Fifteenth century.
Continuation of the Plague epidemics, which began in the fourteenth century: 1348 (the Black Death), 1349, 1350, 1351, 1362, 1363, 1371, 1375, 1381, 1396, 1397, 1410, 1429, 1439, 1501, 1507, 1521.
1391. Attacks on the Jewish quarters of various Catalan cities.
1401. Founding of the Barcelona Commodity exchange.
1450. Founding of the University of Barcelona.
1487. The Spanish Inquisition is set up in Barcelona. The exile of Jews and converted Jews had begun in previous years.
Fifteenth century. People of Romany origin arrive in Catalonia.
1558. Ciutadella is sacked.
1563-1578: Inquisition very active in Barcelona. Numerous autos de fe are held.
1640. “Corpus de Sang” (Corpus of Blood, 7th June), a popular revolt against the cost of maintaining billeted soldiers.
Political revolution. Beginning of the Reapers’ War.
1641. Louis XIII of France is proclaimed count of Barcelona.
1701-1714. Barcelona becomes embroiled in the War of the Spanish Succession, which ultimately led to the city’s defeat by Castilian troops.The city is occupied and loses its political autonomy.
1737. First printed calico manufacture in Barcelona.
1753. Building work starts on Barceloneta.
1762. Extension to Barcelona’s port.
1792. Appearance of the Diario de Barcelona (Barcelona daily newspaper).
1808. The Peninsular War.
1814. End of the Peninsular War. Absolutism is re-established by Ferdinand VII. 1814. The first workers’ strike takes place in Barcelona, resulting in riots and numerous causalities.
1821 Outbreak of yellow fever in the city.
1823. Barcelona and other cities are besieged by the Cent mil fils de Saint Louis (the Hundred thousand sons of Saint Louis, an army sent by France to help Ferdinand VII against the liberals).
1833. Ferdinand VII dies. Beginning of the first Carlist War.
1840-1843. Disturbances in Barcelona.
1848. Opening of the first railway line in Spain, from Barcelona to Mataró.
1849. “España Industrial” opens the Vapor Nou (New Steam Factory) in Sants.
1854. Approval is given for the demolition of Barcelona’s walls.
1859. Production of Ildefons Cerdà’s “Proyecto de Reforma y Ensanche de Barcelona” (Plan for the urban extension and reform of Barcelona).
1861. El Liceu seriously damaged by fire.
1870. Anti-military revolts in Gràcia, Sants and other parts of the Barcelona area.
1876. Construction of the Born market in Barcelona. Flowering of architecture with ironwork.
1888. Exposició Universal (Universal Exhibition) in Barcelona. The redevelopment of the former Bourbon military Ciutadella (fortress) is completed.
1888. Founding congresses of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) and the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT, General Workers’ Union ) in Barcelona. 1895-1906. Modernista architecture is at its peak.
1893. November 7. The Liceu bomb
1896. First cinematographic film shown in Barcelona.
Pablo Picasso arrives in Barcelona.
1897. The Montjuïc Trials of anarchists.
12 June 1897. Legendary arts café Els Quatre Gats opens its doors. More here
1902. Lluís Doménech i Montaner begins work on the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona.
1870. First use of electricity as an energy source in factories and for lighting.
1875. First power station in Barcelona.
1883. Montjuïc cementary opened, built as the consequence of the massive growth of the city. Over one million people are interned here. See also here
1888. Barcelona hosts the first Universal Exposition Fair. Start of the city as a tourist centre, lead to a great extension of its urbanised area from Citadella Park to Barceloneta.
1894. Founding of the Companyia Barcelonesa d’Electricitat (Barcelona Electricity Company), using German capital, which builds a large power station on Paral.lel.
1897. The city absorbs six surrounding municipalities (Sants, Gracià…) and the district of Eixample.
1901-1930. Construction of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1902 General Strike. The painting by Ramón Casas La Carga (The Charge gained famed during the strike.
1906–1910. Casa Milà built
1909. the Tragic Week (July 25 – August 2)
1910 First flight in an aeroplane in Spain, at the Can Tunis racetrack.
Holding of the congress of workers that saw the birth of the Anarchist union “Confederación Nacional del Trebajo” (CNT)
1911. Founding of the Energia Elèctrica de Catalunya, Barcelona Traction, Light and Power (known as the Canadenca – the Canadian), and the Societat General de Forces Hidroelèctriques.
1914 A new bullring, “El Sport”, is erected in Barcelona. Two years later, after some remodelling, it is renamed the “Monumental”.
The Spanish workers who had been repatriated on account of the outbreak of the First World War arrive at the “Estació de França”.
Outbreak of a typhus epidemic caused by dirty water . It will eventually kill 2.000 people. The authorities decide to close off all the public drinking fountains carrying water from Montcada.
1917 Heavy storms devastate the slum area of Somorrostro, leaving 150 people homeless.
33 people are killed in Barcelona during a general strike. People walk in the streets holding white handkerchiefs.
1917 Opening of the amusement park at the top of the Tibidabo hill.
1918. Spanish flu hits Barcelona.
A state of war is proclaimed in Barcelona.
1924. The metro is opened.
1926. Guadí run over by a tram.
1929. Second major international exhibition is organised in Barcelona, leading to the urbanisation of the area around Plaça Espanya and providing the impetus for further construction of the metro.
July 17th Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
See special page on the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona
1940 (15 October). President Lluís Companys executed.
1951. Tram strike in Barcelona: public protest against increase in fares, the first in Spain against the Franco regime.
1952. The district of Congrés is developed for the International Eucharistic Congress.
1953. General Plan for the District of Barcelona.
1957. Production of the SEAT 600 car begins.
Camp Nou opened. FC Barcelona won their first game at Camp Nou in impressive fashion, a 4–2 victory against Legia Warsaw, with Eulogio Martínez scoring the first goal at the new stadium. Over 90,000 fans were present.
1957. Barcelona Urban Planning Commission plans the construction of residential estates in Bellvitge, la Verneda, Guineueta, Horta, Bon Pastor, Badalona, Baró de Viver and Cornellà.
1970. Population of Barcelona is: 1,557,863 inhabitants, 15,517 per km².
1971. Strike at SEAT. One worker dies.
Assemblea de Catalunya (Assembly of Catalonia) is formed.
1974. Creation of the Corporación Metropolitana de Barcelona (Metropolitan Corporation of Barcelona).
1974. Execution of Salvador Puig i Antich in La Modelo prison, the last death penalty to be carried out in Spain, together with a common prisoner on the same day in Tarragona.
1975. Death of Franco. Cava sold out throughout the city.
1977 Massive demonstrations in Barcelona call for restoring Catalan autonomy.
1992 Barcelona hosts the Summer Olympic Games
1994. Second Liceu fire.
2009. Barcelona complete a historic treble with a 2-0 win in the Champions League Final over holders Manchester United with goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi.
I’ve used a number of sources to compile this timeline
Diary of the Civil War (great)
La Barcelona rebelde: Joaquim Cirera Riu Interesting collection of essays
Barcelona: Michael Eaude (best book in English about Barcelona. Deserves translating into Spanish/Catalan.
BARCELONA REBELDE – Guillem Martínez
Available now in print and on Kindle.
Tweets by Civil_War_Spain
Julian Trevelyan’s collage Bolton
Fossar de la Pedrera tour
Street art in Barcelona
A bodega in Barcelona
Barcelona’s Somorrostro
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Babe Pratt
Bep Guidolin
Pat Egan
Murray Henderson
Born in 1986, Ässät players, Finnish ice hockey players,
FoPS players
Leksands IF players
KooKoo players
HC Kunlun Red Star players
Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
Tappara players
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players
HC Yugra players
Veli-Matti Savinainen
Born January 5, 1986,
181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
KHL team
F. teams Jokerit
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Ntl. team
Playing career 2001-2002
Veli-Matti Savinainen (born 5 January 1986) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Jokerit of the KHL.
Savinainen has previously played for the Liiga clubs, Ässät and Tappara, and for HC Ugra, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Russian KHL, as well as Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He Joined Leksands IF on a one-year contract on 30 August 2014 after spending the 2013–14 season with Ugra.[1]
After completing his second stint with HC Yugra following the 2017–18 season, posting 17 points in 50 games, Savinainen left as a free agent but opted to continue in the KHL, in joining Chinese outfit Kunlun Red Star on a one-year contract on May 2, 2018.[2]
Following his lone season in China in the 2018–19 season, Savinainen returned to Finland to continue in the KHL, signing a two-year contract Jokerit on May 4, 2019.[3]
Medal record
Competitor for
Gold 2019 Slovakia
Silver 2014 Belarus
Savinainen played for Finland on 2013 WC, 2014 WC [4], 2017 WC, 2018 WOG, 2018 WC and 2019 WC.
Regular season and playoffs Edit
2005–06 FPS Mestis 35 3 3 6 20 — — — — —
2006–07 FPS Mestis 44 14 19 33 60 — — — — —
2007–08 Ässät SM-l 48 4 7 11 52 — — — — —
2007–08 KooKoo Mestis 2 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
2008–09 Ässät SM-l 51 6 19 25 18 — — — — —
2010–11 Ässät SM-l 55 9 13 22 34 6 0 3 3 0
2011–12 Ässät SM-l 60 17 14 31 67 4 1 1 2 2
2012–13 Ässät SM-l 46 20 16 36 43 16 4 5 9 10
2013–14 HC Yugra KHL 49 13 6 19 54 — — — — —
2014–15 Leksands IF SHL 24 5 5 10 12 — — — — —
2014–15 Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod KHL 25 2 3 5 4 4 0 0 0 10
2015–16 Tappara Liiga 44 7 15 22 18 18 2 2 4 28
2016–17 Tappara Liiga 55 30 26 56 36 17 5 6 11 30
2017–18 HC Yugra KHL 50 9 8 17 10 — — — — —
2018–19 Kunlun Red Star KHL 37 9 9 18 45 — — — — —
Liiga totals
KHL totals
SHL totals
International Edit
2013 Finland WC 4th 10 3 1 4 4
2014 Finland WC
2018 Finland OG 6th 5 1 1 2 2
2018 Finland WC 5th 8 4 4 8 6
Senior totals
↑ "Savinainen ready for LIF" (in Swedish). Leksands IF (2014-08-30). Retrieved on 2014-08-30.
↑ "Kunlun announce squad signings" (in Russian). Kunlun Red Star (2018-05-02). Retrieved on 2018-05-02.
↑ "National winger Savinainen to wear Jokerit jersey" (in Finnish). Jokerit (2019-05-04). Retrieved on 2019-05-04.
↑ Roster forming – 2014 WM – International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-09.
Veli-Matti Savinainen's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
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Πώς εταιρείες σαν τη Google ελέγχουν τις αναζητήσεις μας στο διαδίκτυο.
Σε διάφορες συζητήσεις τους τελευταίους μήνες, έχω παρατηρήσει ότι πολλοί δεν καταλαβαίνουν τη διαφορά μεταξύ της γενικής (ή οριζόντιας) αναζήτησης και της εξειδικευμένης (ή κάθετης, όπως λέγεται) αναζήτησης.
Σε μια από αυτές τις συζητήσεις, με έναν ηλικιωμένο κύριο, ο οποίος στα 80 του έχει καταφέρει να ενσωματώσει τη Google και το Facebook στην καθημερινότητά του μέσω κινητού και tablet, η απάντηση που έπρεπε να δώσω στην ερώτηση «μα καλά, βρε παιδάκι, από που βγάζουν τόσα πολλά λεφτά αυτές οι εταιρείες αφού οι υπηρεσίες τους είναι δωρεάν;», μου φαινόταν λίγο δύσκολη.
Ωστόσο, προσπάθησα να του απαντήσω όσο πιο απλά μπορούσα. «Από τη διαφήμιση, φυσικά», του είπα.
Ήθελα να του πω επίσης ότι το μεγαλύτερο προϊόν αυτών των επιχειρήσεων είναι ο ίδιος, ο οποίος εν μέσω εκδρομών του ΚΑΠΗ και όλων των αναμνηστικών φωτογραφιών, που δεν ξεχνάει να ανεβάζει στο κοινωνικό δίκτυο, αποτελεί ως χρήστης το μεγαλύτερο πλεονέκτημα των νέων τεχνολογικών μέσων. Δεν το έκανα για να μην του χαλάσω τη χαρά να περνάει το χρόνο με τα νέα του παιχνίδια.
Κάθε μέρα η μηχανή αναζήτησης της Google επιστρέφει πάνω από 5 δισεκατομμύρια αποτελέσματα σε αναζητήσεις παγκοσμίως. Το μυστικό της επιτυχίας της βρίσκεται εκεί, στην κλίμακα της λειτουργίας αυτής της μηχανής. Και για να καταλάβουμε αυτήν την επιτυχία, πρέπει να καταλάβουμε και τη διαφορά ανάμεσα στην οριζόντια και την κάθετη, την πιο σύνθετη, και άρα πιο αποτελεσματική αναζήτηση.
Η κατανόηση των διαφορών ανάμεσα στους δύο τρόπους αναζήτησης είναι ζωτικής σημασίας για να κατανοήσει ένας απλός χρήστης τους τρόπους με τον οποίους η Google καταχράται τη δεσπόζουσα θέση της.
Για τον απλούστατο λόγο ότι η μηχανή της Google συχνά εμφανίζεται ως ένα εύχρηστο εργαλείο στο αχανές του κυβερνοχώρου, τις περισσότερες φορές δεν χρειάζεται να εξηγήσει στο χρήστη πώς πραγματικά λειτουργεί.
Συστηματικά, λοιπόν, η Google αρνείται τυχόν διαφορές στον τρόπο που φέρνει τα πιο δημοφιλή αποτελέσματα στην επιφάνεια των αποτελεσμάτων της - πάντα βγαίνουν στην κορυφή εκείνα που διαφημίζονται στο διαδίκτυο.
Oι γίγαντες της τεχνολογίας πάντοτε επωφελούνταν από τα αποτελέσματα του Internet: όσο περισσότεροι χρήστες συνδέονται στο Facebook, τόσο πιο ελκυστική είναι η εγγραφή για όλους τους υπόλοιπους.
Όσο τρομακτικό κι εάν ακούγεται, το κύριο προϊόν της Google, είναι η τεράστια ομάδα χρηστών και τα δεδομένα τους, σχετικά με τον τρόπο που συμπεριφέρονται στο διαδίκτυο.
Αυτά τα δεδομένα χρησιμοποιούνται για να ταιριάζουν εταιρείες με πιθανούς πελάτες, σερβίροντας τους διαφημίσεις που πιθανότατα θα κλικάρουν πάνω σε αυτές.
Στην καθημερινή χρήση, αυτή η πρακτική, είναι κάτι που ξεχνάμε όλοι μας. Όμως, οι συνήθειες μας, οι προτιμήσεις μας στο YouTube, οι αναζητήσεις μας ή τα κλικς μέσα στο Gmail, όλα χρησιμοποιούνται με σκοπό να σκιαγραφήσουν τη συμπεριφορά μας.
Επιπλέον, η Google ακολουθεί όλες τις συνήθειες περιήγησής μας μέσω των κωδικών του Analytics και του Adsense, (ενσωματωμένων σε ιστοσελίδες), για να παρακολουθεί τα ενδιαφέροντά μας εκτός της μηχανής αναζήτησης.
Όλα αυτά είναι λίγο πολύ γνωστά. Κάποιοι τα γνωρίζουν, άλλους δεν τους νοιάζει, οι πιο υποψιασμένοι χρησιμοποιούν άλλες, πιο αθώες μηχανές αναζήτησης.
Παράλληλα, όμως, με την κυριαρχία της Google στον ιστό, η επανάσταση των έξυπνων κινητών πολλαπλασίασε τα υπερπολύτιμα δεδομένα.
Είτε βρισκόμαστε στο λεωφορείο και χαζεύουμε το κινητό είτε βλέπουμε τηλεόραση και ταυτόχρονα θέλουμε να βρούμε μια πληροφορία στο Google, σχεδόν κάθε δραστηριότητα μας δημιουργεί ένα εικονικό ίχνος.
Αυτή είναι η πρώτη ύλη για τα αποστακτήρια δεδομένων της Google. Και καθώς όλες οι συσκευές γίνονται πιο έξυπνες, δηλαδή όλες συνδέονται στο διαδίκτυο, ο όγκος αυτός γιγαντώνεται.
Αυτή η αφθονία των δεδομένων έχει αλλάξει τη φύση του ανταγωνισμού. Οι γίγαντες της τεχνολογίας πάντοτε επωφελούνταν από τα αποτελέσματα του Internet: όσο περισσότεροι χρήστες συνδέονται στο Facebook, τόσο πιο ελκυστική είναι η εγγραφή για όλους τους υπόλοιπους.
Ακόμη και για τους συνταξιούχους και τους ηλικιωμένους. Με όλο και περισσότερα δεδομένα δημιουργούνται επιπλέον πεδία δράσης.
Έτσι, με τη συλλογή περισσότερων δεδομένων, μια επιχείρηση έχει περισσότερα περιθώρια βελτίωσης των προϊόντων της, τα οποία προσελκύουν περισσότερους αγοραστές, οι οποίοι με τη σειρά τους δημιουργούν ακόμα περισσότερα δεδομένα και ο κύκλος δεν τελειώνει ποτέ.
Τα συστήματα επίβλεψης και επιτήρησης των μεγάλων κολοσσών καλύπτουν πλέον ολόκληρη την οικονομία: η Google μπορεί να δει τι ψάχνουν οι χρήστες, το Facebook γνωρίζει τι κοινοποιούν 2 δισεκατομμύρια άνθρωποι αυτού του πλανήτη, η Amazon ξέρει τι αγοράζουν.
Αυτή η «πανοραμική» θέα του κόσμου και των δραστηριοτήτων, αυτές οι τεράστιες βάσεις δεδομένων είναι το πιο πολύτιμο αγαθό των ημερών μας.
Και αυτό το νέο προϊόν που ηγείται μια συνεχώς αναπτυσσόμενης βιομηχανίας, προκαλεί όλο και περισσότερο τις αντιμονοπωλιακές ρυθμιστικές αρχές να βγουν μπροστά για να θέσουν όρια σε όσους γιγαντώνουν την επιρροή του.
Πριν από έναν αιώνα, αυτή τη θέση κατείχε το πετρέλαιο.
Σε ένα πρόσφατο, και πολύ σημαντικό για την εποχή μας, άρθρο των New York Times, o δημοσιογράφος Charles Duhigg, κάνει μια συνταρακτική έρευνα για το φαινόμενο της μονοπωλιακής κυριαρχίας της Google.
Οι βασικοί πρωταγωνιστές της ιστορίας του η Shivaun Moeran και ο Adam Raff, ηλικίας 51 και 49 ετών, το ζευγάρι από τη Μεγάλη Βρετανία, που εγκατέλειψε τις δουλειές του για να ξεκινήσουν μια ιστοσελίδα σύγκρισης τιμών το 2005. Το Foundem βγήκε online το 2006.
Μετά από ένα 48ωρο λειτουργίας του ένιωσαν να τους χτυπάει αλύπητα η οργή της Google. Ενώ τις δύο πρώτες ημέρες τα αποτελέσματα το έφερναν στην κορυφή των αναζητήσεων, ξαφνικά το είδαν να πέφτει στο βυθό των αποτελεσμάτων.
Παρά τις προσπάθειές τους να έρθουν σε επαφή με την εταιρεία και τους ρυθμιστές της, το Foundem δεν κατάφερε ποτέ να σηκωθεί από τα έγκατα των αναζητήσεων της Google.
To Foundem ξεκίνησε σαν ένα εξελιγμένο site, ειδικά σχεδιασμένο για να μπορεί να κάνει εξειδικευμένη, δηλαδή κάθετη αναζήτηση στις τιμές προϊόντων που μπορεί να έψαχνε κάποιος στο Internet.
Από αεροπορικά εισιτήρια μέχρι φωτογραφικές μηχανές και από ξενοδοχεία μέχρι κράνη για μηχανές.
Στην πραγματικότητα ήταν μια μηχανή αναζήτησης για εκείνα τα κομμάτια του Internet στα οποία η Google δεν έφτανε, μέχρι τότε. Όμως, λίγες μέρες από την έναρξη του Foundem, άρχιαν τα προβλήματα τους με την Google, στις 26 Ιουνίου του 2006.
Ο υπαίτιος του μεγάλου προβλήματος ήταν μια ενημέρωση σε έναν αλγόριθμο της μηχανής αναζήτησης, φαινομενικά σχεδιασμένο να διαγράφει spam, ο οποίος όμως ουσιαστικά στόχευε σε χαρακτηριστικά όπως η έλλειψη αυθεντικού περιεχομένου.
Άρα, εφόσον το Foundem μπορούσε να σε οδηγήσει σε ξένα sites ή υπηρεσίες τρίτων, η μηχανή αναζήτησης της Google υποβάθμιζε όλο και περισσότερο τη λειτουργία του.
Το τελικό χτύπημα ήρθε ως ποινή για το Foundem σε όλο το εύρος της μηχανής της Google, η οποία απέκλειε κάθε αναζήτηση του Foundem, πέρα από το ίδιο του το όνομα.
Από τη μια στιγμή στην άλλη, από τη δεύτερη ή τρίτη θέση των αποτελεσμάτων (την οποία διατήρησε στο Yahoo! και στο Bing της Microsoft) το Foundem βρέθηκε στη θέση 80 ή 90 της Google, δηλαδή ουσιαστικά «εξαφανίστηκε» από το internet.
Τα επόμενα δύο χρόνια οι Raffs προσπάθησαν με κάθε τρόπο να έρθουν σε επικοινωνία με τον «γίγαντα».
Δεν έχει σημασία τι προσπάθησαν, σημασία έχει ότι δεν κατάφεραν να βγάλουν άκρη ή να πάρουν έστω μια σαφή απάντηση.
Η μοναδική επιλογή τους ήταν να βρουν εναλλακτικές πηγές εσόδων, εξουσιοδοτώντας το λογισμικό του Foundem σε τρίτους εκδότες όπως η Bauer και η IPC Media.
Κι ενώ όλα έμοιαζαν να έχουν χαθεί, μια μέρα άκουσαν τα κινητά τους να χτυπούν ταυτόχρονα. Τα είχαν προγραμματίσει να ειδοποιούν σε στιγμές που η κίνηση του site ήταν αργή λόγω αυξημένης κυκλοφορίας.
To The Gadget Show του Channel 5 τους είχε ανακηρύξει ως κορυφαίο βρετανικό site σύγκρισης τιμών του 2008.
Σε όλη τη διάρκεια της επικοινωνίας τους με τον μεγάλο τεχνολογικό γίγαντα, οι Raffs προσπαθούσαν να συλλέξουν στοιχεία για να αποδείξουν την νομιμότητά τους.
Τώρα είχαν στα χέρια τους μια αναμφισβήτητη επικύρωση. Στράφηκαν πάλι προς την Google, αλλά και πάλι, το μόνο που έλαβαν ως απάντηση ήταν μια απρόσωπη απάντηση «δεν είμαστε σε θέση να προσφέρουμε ιδιωτική υποστήριξη».
Κάτι που δεν έδειχνε καμία πρόθεση της Google να άρει την ποινή της. Αλλά, και πάλι, το ζευγάρι δεν σταμάτησε τους αγώνες του.
Μετά από αγώνες και πίεση, στο τέλος του 2009 η Google αποφάσισε να βάλει στην «λευκή λίστα» το Foundem, το οποίο ξαφνικά άρχισε να ξαναζεί, σημειώνοντας μια τρομακτική άνοδο 10.000 τοις εκατό.
Γεγονός που έφερε τους Raffs αντιμέτωπους με ένα δίλημμα: αφού είναι πλέον φανερό ότι ο γίγαντας στραγγαλίζει κάθε ανταγωνισμό, πώς θα συνέχιζαν σαν να μην είχε συμβεί τίποτα;
Το ερώτημα έπρεπε να απαντηθεί άμεσα, επειδή το παιχνίδι της Google με την κατάταξη των αποτελεσμάτων άρχισε να εξαπλώνεται όλο και πιο επικίνδυνα και σε άλλες περιπτώσεις.
Το επίκεντρο του προβλήματος ήταν η υπηρεσία σύγκρισης προϊόντων της ίδιας της Google, η οποία αρχικά πήρε το όνομα «Froogle».
Η υπηρεσία αυτή κάθε άλλο παρά δημοφιλής αποδείχθηκε. Μάλιστα, ένα εσωτερικό έγγραφο του 2006, το οποίο αποκαλύφθηκε από την Επιτροπή Ανταγωνισμού, παραδεχόταν ότι «το Froogle απλά δεν δουλεύει».
Έτσι, το 2008, η Google άλλαξε το όνομά της υπηρεσίας σε «Google Product Search» και άρχισε να το σπρώχνει στην κορυφή των αποτελεσμάτων αναζήτησης, ενισχύοντας έτσι μια εσωτερική (εξελιγμένη) έκδοση του δικού της SEO.
Ταυτόχρονα, αντίπαλες τοποθεσίες υποβιβάστηκαν με τον ίδιο τρόπο όπως και η Foundem: κάτω από αυτές τις συνθήκες, η Επιτροπή Ανταγωνισμού διαπίστωσε ότι τουλάχιστον τέσσερις ιστοσελίδες (μεταξύ αυτών και η Foundem) είδαν πτώση της κυκλοφορίας τους κατά 90%.
Όταν οι Raffs υπέβαλλαν την τελική τους καταγγελία στην Επιτροπή Ανταγωνισμού, το Φεβρουάριο του 2010, επικεφαλής ήταν ο Ισπανός πολιτικός Joaquín Almunia.
Την εποχή εκείνη, πριν ακόμη σκάσουν οι αποκαλύψεις του Snowden, η εικόνα της Google στην Ευρώπη έλαμπε!
Ο Almunia αποφάσισε, λοιπόν, ότι αντί να ασκήσει δίωξη στην επιχείρηση, θα ήταν καλύτερο να της προσφέρει μια ευκαιρία να έρθει σε συμβιβασμό, αφού βέβαια τροποποιούσε τον τρόπο που έδειχνε τα προϊόντα.
Έτσι, όμως, αντί να φέρει μια γρήγορη λύση, έστησε το σκηνικό για μια συγκλονιστική μάχη.
To 2013 η Google συμφώνησε να δώσει περισσότερο χώρο στους ανταγωνιστές στο ιστότοπό της, αυξάνοντας τις πιθανότητες μιας συμφωνίας με τις ευρωπαϊκές αρχές και απομακρύνοντας τον κίνδυνο μιας μεγάλης ποινής.
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή ανακοίνωσε ότι δέχεται τις αναθεωρημένες προτάσεις της Google για τον τρόπο εμφάνισης των αποτελεσμάτων αναζήτησης μετά από μια μακρά έρευνα, η οποία είχε αποκαλύψει ότι η εταιρεία λειτουργούσε παραβιάζοντας τις ευρωπαϊκές νομοθεσίες για τον ανταγωνισμό.
Σύμφωνα με εκείνη τη νέα πρόταση, τα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης θα έπρεπε να παραθέτουν συνδέσμους σε ανταγωνιστικούς ιστότοπους, υπηρεσίες και μηχανές αναζήτησης με πολύ πιο εμφανή τρόπο.
Οι ανταγωνιστές θα μπορούσαν να εμφανίζουν τα λογότυπά τους δίπλα στους δεσμούς και να υπάρχει δυναμικό κείμενο που θα περιγράφει το περιεχόμενό τους.
«Μεγαλύτερος χώρος στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης της Google διατίθεται στους ανταγωνιστές», είχε πει τότε ο Almunia, χαρακτηρίζοντας τις εξελίξεις ως ένα «κομβικό σημείο» σε μια τριετή διαμάχη, που ξεκίνησε ύστερα από καταγγελίες ανταγωνιστών όπως η Microsoft, η TripAdvisor και η Expedia.
Η συμφωνία που είχε κλείσει ο Almunia με τον τότε CEO της Google, Eric Schmidt, στο Παγκόσμιο Οικονομικό Φόρουμ στο Νταβός, κάθε άλλο παρά ανακούφιση μπορούσε να φέρει σε όσους πάλευαν εναντίον του γίγαντα.
Γιατί; Γιατί η μηχανή αναζήτησης πάλι τα δικά της αποτελέσματα θα έσπρωχνε, απλά τώρα θα έφερνε και τρία ανταγωνιστικά sites στην κορυφή των αποτελεσμάτων.
Και το μόνο που είχαν στα χέρια τους οι δεκάδες καταγγέλοντες τώρα ήταν η επίσημη «προ-απόρριψη» της υπόθεσής τους, υπογεγραμμένη από τον Ισπανό Επίτροπο.
Το κλίμα, όμως, άλλαζε και ειδικά στις Βρυξέλλες η πολιτική διάθεση δεν συμφωνούσε με το «κλείσιμο» του Almunia.
Οι συνεχείς καταγγελίες εναντίον των Google Shopping, Google Flights και του Google Local στον Ευρωπαϊκό Οργανισμό Καταναλωτών (BEUC) από ονόματα όπως η Deutsche Telekom και οι εκδοτικοί Axel Springer and Lagardère, ανάγκασαν τους υπουργούς οικονομικών Sigmar Gabriel και Arnaud Montebourg να στείλουν επιστολή στον Επίτροπο, απαιτώντας από αυτόν να αλλάξει χειρισμό της υπόθεσης.
Γιατί, όπως, πολύ σωστά έθεσαν «Δεν πρέπει τα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης να βασίζονται στην αξία και τη χρησιμότητα, παρά σε ποιον μπορεί να πληρώσει περισσότερο;».
Λίγες μέρες αργότερα, σε μια σαστισμένη συνάντηση με δημοσιογράφους, ο Επίτροπος Almunia υπαινίχθηκε ότι προετοιμάζεται να επιστρέψει στη συμφωνία της Google.
Ο λόγος: ανησυχίες που εγείρονται από τους καταγγέλλοντες, ιδίως όσον αφορά τον σχεδιασμό των δημοπρασιών που είχε προτείνει ο τεχνολογικός.
Με το ρόλο του Almunia να παίζει σε ένα ατυχές τέλος της ιστορίας, η υπόθεση της Google θα έπεφτε σε λίγο στα χέρια μιας νέας επιτρόπου.
Από την πρώτη στιγμή που η Margrethe Vestager ανέλαβε την θέση της Επιτρόπου Ανταγωνισμού στην ΕΕ ήξερε ότι την περίμενε μια μεγάλη πρόκληση που ακούει στο όνομα Google.
Με καταγωγή από τη Δανία και πτυχιούχος οικονομικών, ασχολήθηκε ενεργά από τα 33 της χρόνια με το κόμμα των Σοσιαλφιλελευθέρων.
Οι Raffs συναντήθηκαν με την Vestager τον Ιανουάριο του 2015. Από την πρώτη στιγμή που την είδαν μπορούσαν να δουν ότι το καθεστώς της θα ήταν διαφορετικό.
Αλλά παρόλο που τους παρέλαβε η ίδια από την αίθουσα αναμονής για να τους πάει στο γραφείο της και όλη την ώρα άκουγε προσεκτικά τις θέσεις τους, δεν τους έδωσε κανένα σημάδι ελπίδας.
Αυτός ήταν ο τρόπος της, μέχρι το κατηγορητήριο τρεις μήνες αργότερα που προετοίμασε το δρόμο για την εκπληκτική ετυμηγορία της τον Ιούνιο του 2017.
Το προηγούμενο καλοκαίρι η Επιτροπή Ανταγωνισμού της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης επέβαλε πρόστιμο ύψους 2,4 δισεκατομμυρίων ευρώ στην Alphabet, μητρική εταιρεία της Google, εκτιμώντας πως η εταιρεία κάνει κατάχρηση της κυριαρχίας της στην online αναζήτηση, στρέφοντας τους χρήστες στη δική της υπηρεσία αγορών, το Google Shopping.
Κρίνοντας ότι με αυτήν την τακτική δημιουργείται ένα αθέμιτο περιβάλλον σε βάρος ανταγωνιστικών υπηρεσιών της Google, οι αρμόδιες ευρωπαϊκές Αρχές κάλεσαν την υπηρεσία να συμμορφωθεί σε διάστημα 90 ημερών.
Φυσικά, με απόλυτο σεβασμό, η Google εξέφρασε την διαφωνία της προς την απόφαση της επιτρόπου.
Και φυσικά, άσκησε έφεση. Οπότε και η αστική αγωγή των Raffs, η οποία κρέμεται από την τελική ετυμηγορία, μπορεί να πάρει πολλά χρόνια μέχρι να επιλυθεί.
Αλλά, ακόμη κι αν κερδίσουν – στο άρθρο των New York Times φαίνονται αποφασισμένοι να φτάσουν στα άκρα, αλλά δεν ακούγονται ιδιαίτερα φιλόδοξοι – η υπόθεσή τους, όπως και η υπόθεση της Microsoft για το Bing (την οποία κάποτε η Αμερικανική Κυβερνήση την κυνηγούσε ανελέητα για τις μονοπωλιακές της στρατηγικές, δίνοντας έτσι έδαφος σε πιτσιρικάδες όπως o Larry Page και ο Serget Brin να χτίσουν αυτοκρατορίες όπως η Google), γεννούν το ερώτημα: είναι η πληρωμή ένας καλός τρόπος για να αποφασίζει η Google τι φτάνει στην κορυφή της αναζήτησης;
Η Google και το Facebook ευθύνονται σχεδόν για ολόκληρη την τρομακτική αύξηση των εσόδων στην ψηφιακή διαφήμιση της τελευταίας δεκαετίας.
Η παντοδυναμία των εν λόγω τεχνολογικών κολοσσών έχει προκαλέσει έντονες ανησυχίες, όπως κάποτε είχε προκαλέσει και η Standard Oil του Rockefeller στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα.
Αλλά, όχι δεν είναι το μέγεθος αυτών των εταιρειών που είναι τρομακτικό. Εξάλλου, η φύση των δεδομένων είναι τέτοια που καθιστά τις αντιμονοπωλιακές ρυθμίσεις του παρελθόντος λιγότερο χρήσιμες.
Η διάσπαση μιας επιχείρησης όπως η Google σε πέντε, δέκα Googlets, δεν θα άλλαζε τίποτα στο σημερινό περιβάλλον.
Αντίθετα, πιο πολλά λεφτά θα έφερναν στην μητρική Alphabet, όπως έκαναν και οι διάσημοι «απόγονοι» της Standard Oil, Mobil, BP και Arco.
Το μόνο σίγουρο είναι ότι η αναδόμηση των αντιμονοπωλιακών αρχών στην εποχή της τεχνολογίας που διανύουμε δεν θα είναι εύκολη.
Όλοι, φοβόμαστε, πιθανούς νέους κινδύνους. Μια ξαφνική έλλειψη της καθημερινής ψηφιακής δόσης.
Μια μέρα, μια εβδομάδα, ένα μήνα χωρίς κοινωνική δικτύωση, χωρίς αυτόματη ενημέρωση, χωρίς άμεση πρόσβαση στην πληροφορία του διπλανού μας.
Δυστυχώς, όμως, αυτό σημαίνει ότι πάντα θα ανοίγουμε το στόμα για να μεταλάβουμε την θεία Πληροφορία χωρίς να έχουμε νηστέψει ούτε μια μέρα από τα κοινά.
Όχι, κανένας δεν θέλει να κλείσει ούτε η Google, oύτε το Facebook, ούτε το Twitter όπως κανένας δεν ήθελε να κλείσει το MySpace, η ΑΟL και το ΝetScape κάποτε.
Άλλοι καιροί, άλλα ήθη, άλλα νούμερα, θα μου πείτε. Όχι, δεν θα συμφωνήσω. Γιατί και τα ατρόμητα τείχη της Ιεριχούς ισοπεδώθηκαν κάποτε όταν σήμαναν ομόφωνα οι σάλπιγγες και οι φωνές των περιπλανώμενων κατακτητών της.
http://www.lifo.gr/articles/digital-media_articles/181792/pos-etaireies-san-ti-google-elegxoyn-tis-anazitiseis-mas-sto-diadiktyo
The Case Against Google
Critics say the search giant is squelching competition before it begins. Should the government step in?
Shivaun Moeran and Adam Raff met, married and started a company — thereby sparking a chain of events that might, ultimately, take down this age of internet giants as we know it — because they were both huge nerds. In the late 1980s, Adam was studying programming at the University of Edinburgh, while Shivaun was focused on physics and computer science at King’s College London. They had mutual friends who kept insisting they were perfect for each other. So one weekend, they went on a date and discovered other similarities: They both loved stand-up comedy. Each had a science-minded father. They shared a weakness for puns.
In the years that followed, those overlapping enthusiasms led to cohabitation, a raucous wedding and parallel careers at big technology firms. The thing is, though, when you’re young and geeky and fall in love with someone else young and geeky, all your nerdy friends want you to set them up on dates as well. So Adam and Shivaun, who took Adam’s last name after marriage, approached the problem like two good programmers: They designed a dating app.
The app was known as MatchMate, and the idea was simple: Rather than just pairing people with similar interests, their software would put together potential mates according to an array of parameters, such as which pub they were currently standing in, and whether they had friends in common, and what movies they liked or candidates they voted for, and dozens of other factors that might be important in finding a life partner (or at least a tonight partner). The magic of MatchMate was that it could allow a user to mix variables and search for pairings within a specific group, a trick that computer scientists call parameterization. “It was like asking your best friend to set you up,” Shivaun told me. “Someone who says, ‘Well, you probably think you’d like this guy because he’s handsome, but actually you’d like this other guy because he’s not as good-looking, but he’s really funny.’ ”
Within computer science, this kind of algorithmic alchemy is sometimes known as vertical search, and it’s notoriously hard to master. Even Google, with its thousands of Ph.D.s, gets spooked by vertical-search problems. “Google’s built around horizontal search, which means if you type in ‘What’s the population of Myanmar,’ then Google finds websites that include the words ‘Myanmar’ and ‘population,’ and figures out which ones are most likely to answer your question,” says Neha Narula, who was a software engineer at Google before joining the M.I.T. Media Lab. You don’t really care if Google sends you to Wikipedia or a news article or some other site, as long as its results are accurate and trustworthy. But, Narula says, “when you start asking questions with only one correct answer, like, Which site has the cheapest vacuum cleaner? — that’s much, much harder.”
For search engines like Google, finding that one correct answer becomes particularly difficult when people have numerous parameters they want satisfied: Which vacuum cleaner is cheapest but also energy-efficient and good on thick carpets and won’t scare the dog? To balance those competing preferences, you need a great vertical-search engine, which was something Adam and Shivaun had thought a lot about.
Adam and Shivaun Raff in London earlier this month, more than a decade after their battle with Google began. Credit Muir Vidler for The New York Times
Soon the Raffs began daydreaming about turning their idea into a moneymaker. They didn’t have the funds to compete with huge dating sites like Match.com, so they applied for a couple of patents and began brainstorming. They believed that their vertical-search technology was good — better, in fact, than almost anything they had seen online. Best of all, it was built to work well on almost any kind of data set. With just a bit of tinkering, it could search for cheap airline tickets, or great apartments, or high-paying jobs. It could handle questions with hard-to-compare variables, like what’s the cheapest flight between London and Las Vegas if I’m trying to choose between business class or leaving after 3 p.m.?
As far as they could tell, their search technology performed better on such problems than Google did, which Adam discovered when he tried to buy an iPod online. “I spent half an hour searching Google for the lowest price, and it drove me completely mad,” he told me. It was impossible for him to figure out which sites were selling iPods and which were selling accessories, like headphones or charging cords. Or Google would show Adam one price, but then the actual price was completely different. Or there was an extra charge for shipping. It seemed to Adam his technology would do a much better job.
Google executives, had they known of Adam’s frustrations, probably wouldn’t have been surprised. For years, Google had been trying to build a tool for comparing online prices. “The idea was you should be able to input any item, and we’d show you the best place to buy it,” says Brian Larson, a technical lead for what was then named Froogle and today is called Google Shopping. Larson’s team was small — just himself and one other programmer at first, and roughly a dozen people at its height — and Larson would regularly test how Froogle compared with other online price-comparison services. “Sometimes we were neck and neck; sometimes, not so much,” Larson said. “We had a hundred million product listings, which was better than competitors.” But they were often outperformed by sites like PriceGrabber.com, which had many more employees devoted to price comparisons.
Froogle’s limitations tended to pop up particularly when users included too many search parameters. For a while, Larson had a specific test search that Froogle kept failing, something like “white running shoes and cheap and free shipping.” Inevitably, the first result would be a Christmas elf wearing running shoes that some guy was selling online. No matter how Google’s engineers fiddled with their coding, they couldn’t stop the elf from appearing as the top link. Eventually, a manager bought the elf so it wouldn’t appear in the search results anymore. “We made elf T-shirts,” Larson told me. “It became our mascot.”
Adam and Shivaun’s technology was good enough to tell the difference between an elf wearing running shoes and an actual pair of running shoes. It was good enough, in fact, to figure out which websites charged hidden shipping fees and which offered truly good deals. So the Raffs quit their jobs, hired a few programmers, spent months perfecting their technology and, in early 2006, unveiled Foundem.com, a vertical-search engine for finding cheap online prices, to a small group of friends and associates. Each time someone used Foundem to buy something, the Raffs would receive a small payment from the website making the sale. Adam and Shivaun weren’t sure their company would succeed — there were already a couple of other big price-comparison search engines, like PriceGrabber, NexTag and, of course, Google itself — but they figured this was how the internet was supposed to work: Two people with a new idea can take on giants and, if their technology is good enough, grow into colossi themselves.
The Raffs knew they would have to rely on Google to find customers. For one thing, as evidenced by the name Foundem, they weren’t marketing geniuses. (“It’s like we found ’em for you, you know?” Shivaun explained.) But early tests indicated that Foundem usually came up high in Google’s search results whenever people submitted queries like “compare prices xr-1000 motorcycle helmets.” Six months later, they opened Foundem to the world, and initial traffic was encouraging. “Search engines liked the site,” Shivaun told me. “That’s supposed to be the recipe for success.” As long as their vertical-search technology was strong, the Raffs figured, Google would guide shoppers to their door.
Google has succeeded where Genghis Khan, communism and Esperanto all failed: It dominates the globe. Though estimates vary by region, the company now accounts for an estimated 87 percent of online searches worldwide. It processes trillions of queries each year, which works out to at least 5.5 billion a day, 63,000 a second. So odds are good that sometime in the last week, or last hour, or last 10 minutes, you’ve used Google to answer a nagging question or to look up a minor fact, and barely paused to consider how near-magical it is that almost any bit of knowledge can be delivered to you faster than you can type the request. If you’re old enough to remember the internet before 1998, when Google was founded, you’ll recall what it was like when searching online involved AltaVista or Lycos and consistently delivered a healthy dose of spam or porn. (Pity the early web enthusiasts who innocently asked Jeeves about “amateurs” or “steel.”)
In other words, it’s very likely you love Google, or are at least fond of Google, or hardly think about Google, the same way you hardly think about water systems or traffic lights or any of the other things you rely on every day. Therefore you might have been surprised when headlines began appearing last year suggesting that Google and its fellow tech giants were threatening everything from our economy to democracy itself. Lawmakers have accused Google of creating an automated advertising system so vast and subtle that hardly anyone noticed when Russian saboteurs co-opted it in the last election. Critics say Facebook exploits our addictive impulses and silos us in ideological echo chambers. Amazon’s reach is blamed for spurring a retail meltdown; Apple’s economic impact is so profound it can cause market-wide gyrations. These controversies point to the growing anxiety that a small number of technology companies are now such powerful entities that they can destroy entire industries or social norms with just a few lines of computer code. Those four companies, plus Microsoft, make up America’s largest sources of aggregated news, advertising, online shopping, digital entertainment and the tools of business and communication. They’re also among the world’s most valuable firms, with combined annual revenues of more than half a trillion dollars.
In a rare display of bipartisanship, lawmakers from both political parties have started questioning how these tech giants grew so powerful so fast. Regulators in Missouri, Utah, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere have called for greater scrutiny of Google and others, citing antitrust concerns; some critics have suggested that our courts and legislatures need to go after tech firms in the same way the trustbusters broke up oil and railroad monopolies a century ago. But others say that Google and its cohort are guilty only of delighting customers. If these tech leviathans ever fail to satisfy us, their defenders argue, capitalism will punish them the same way it once brought down Yahoo, AOL and Myspace.
At the core of this debate is a question that is more than a century old: When does a megacompany’s behavior become so brazen that it violates the law? In the early 1900s, just after the Industrial Revolution, the federal government provided an answer by suing one of America’s largest companies, Standard Oil, on the novel theory that big becomes bad when a giant uses its dominance not only to defeat its competitors but also to extinguish the possibility that competition might occur.
In its technological innovation, Standard Oil was the Google of its day. The company’s founder, John D. Rockefeller, had become the richest man in America by spending millions of dollars hiring scientists to transform how oil was refined and transported. And those innovations earned the public’s admiration. In 1858, before Standard Oil was founded, lighting a home required whale oil, which cost up to $3 a gallon, putting illumination out of reach for all but the wealthiest of households. By 1885, after Standard Oil figured out how to refine kerosene, it cost just 8 cents a gallon to brighten the night. “Let the good work go on,” Rockefeller wrote to a partner. “We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.”
Standard Oil’s technological discoveries gave the company huge advantages over its rivals, and Rockefeller exploited those advantages ruthlessly. He cut secret deals with railroads so that other firms had to pay more for transportation. He forced smaller refineries to choose between selling out to him or facing bankruptcy. “Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the boardrooms of Wall Street,” wrote Ida Tarbell, a muckraking journalist of the day. “They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, and perhaps more important, by ruthless, never slothful efficiency of organization.”
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered his Justice Department to sue Standard Oil for antitrust violations. But government lawyers faced a quandary: It wasn’t illegal for Standard Oil to be a monopoly. It wasn’t even illegal to compete mercilessly. So government prosecutors found a new argument: If a firm is more powerful than everyone else, they said, it can’t simply act like everyone else. Instead, it has to live by a special set of rules, so that other companies get a fair shot. “The theory was that competition is good, and if a monopoly extinguishes competition, that’s bad,” says Herbert Hovenkamp, co-author of a seminal treatise on antitrust law. “Once you become a monopoly, you have to start acting differently, and if you don’t, then what you’ve been doing all along starts breaking the law.”
Google has succeeded where Genghis Khan, communism and Esperanto all failed: It dominates the globe.
The Supreme Court agreed and split Standard Oil into 34 firms. (Rockefeller received stock in all of them and became even wealthier.) In the decades following the Standard Oil breakup, antitrust enforcement generally abided by a core principle: When a company grows so powerful that it becomes a gatekeeper, and uses that might to undermine competitors, then the government should intervene. And in the last century, as courts have censured other monopolies, academics and jurists have noticed a pattern: Monopolies and technology often seem intertwined. When a company discovers a technological advantage — like the innovations of Rockefeller’s scientists — it sometimes makes that firm so powerful that it becomes a monopoly almost without trying very hard. Many of the most important antitrust lawsuits in American history — against IBM, Alcoa, Kodak and others — were rooted in claims that one company had made technological discoveries that allowed it to outpace competitors.
For decades, there seemed to be a consensus among policymakers and business leaders (though not always among targeted companies) about how the antitrust laws should be enforced. But around the turn of this century, a number of tech companies emerged that caused some people to question whether the antitrust formula made sense anymore. Firms like Google and Facebook have become increasingly useful as they have grown bigger and bigger — a characteristic known as network effects. What’s more, some have argued that the online world is so fast-moving that no antitrust lawsuit can keep pace. Nowadays even the biggest titan can be defeated by a tiny start-up, as long as the newcomer has better ideas or faster tech. Antitrust laws, digital executives said, aren’t needed anymore.
Consider Microsoft. The government spent most of the 1990s suing Microsoft for antitrust violations, a prosecution that many now view as a complete waste of time and money. When Microsoft’s chief executive, Bill Gates, signed a consent decree to resolve one of its monopoly investigations in 1994, he told a reporter that it was essentially pointless for the company’s various divisions: “None of the people who run those divisions are going to change what they do or think.” Even after a federal judge ordered Microsoft broken into separate companies in 2000, the punishment didn’t take. Microsoft fought the ruling and won on appeal. The government then offered a settlement so feeble that nine states begged the court to reject the proposal. It was approved.
What eventually humbled Bill Gates and ended Microsoft’s monopoly wasn’t antitrust prosecutions, observers say, but a more nimble start-up named Google, a search engine designed by two Stanford Ph.D. dropouts that outperformed Microsoft’s own forays into search (first MSN Search and now Bing). Then those two dropouts introduced a series of applications, like Google Docs and Google Sheets, that eventually began to compete with almost every aspect of Microsoft’s businesses. And Google did all that not by relying on government prosecutors but by being smarter. You don’t need antitrust in the digital marketplace, critics argue. “When our products don’t work or we make mistakes, it’s easy for users to go elsewhere because our competition is only a click away,” Google’s co-founder, Larry Page, said in 2012. Translation: The government ought to stop worrying, because no online giant will ever survive any longer than it deserves to.
Once Foundem.com was available to everyone, the company’s honeymoon lasted precisely two days. During its first 48 hours, the Raffs saw a rush of traffic from users typing product queries into Google and other search engines. But then, suddenly, the traffic stopped. Alarmed, Adam and Shivaun began running diagnostics. They quickly discovered that their site, which until then had been appearing near the top of search results, was now languishing on Google, mired 12 or 15 or 64 or 170 pages down. On other search engines, like MSN Search and Yahoo, Foundem still ranked high. But on Google, Foundem had effectively disappeared. And Google, of course, was where a vast majority of people searched online.
The Raffs wondered if this could be some kind of technical error, so they began checking their coding and sending email to Google executives, begging them to fix whatever was causing Foundem to vanish. Figuring out whom to write, and how to contact them, was a challenge in itself. Although Google’s parent company bills itself as a diversified firm with about 80,000 employees, almost 90 percent of the company’s revenues derive from advertisements, like the ones that show up in search. As a result, there are few things more important to Google’s executives than protecting the firm’s search dominance, particularly among the most profitable kinds of queries, such as those of users looking to buy things online. In fact, at about the same time the Raffs were starting Foundem.com, Google executives were growing increasingly concerned about the threats that vertical-search engines posed to Google’s business.
“What is the real threat if we don’t execute on verticals?” one Google executive emailed his colleagues in 2005, according to internal documents later shared with the Federal Trade Commission. “Loss of traffic from Google.com because folks search elsewhere for some queries,” he wrote, in answer to his own question. “If one of our big competitors builds a constellation of high-quality verticals, we are hurt badly,” the internal documents continued. Another executive put it more bluntly: “Google’s core business is monetizing commercial queries. If users go to competitors such as Amazon to do product queries, long-term revenue will suffer.”
Google executives began holding battle-plan meetings for the vertical war. Shortly after Foundem.com went online, one executive issued an order: Henceforth, Google’s own price-comparison results should appear at the top of many search pages, as quickly as possible, even if that meant disregarding the natural results of the company’s search algorithm. “Long term, I think we need to commit to a more aggressive path,” a high-ranking Google employee wrote to colleagues. Eventually, a mandate came from the chief executive: “Larry thought product should get more exposure,” a senior official wrote.
One way to get that exposure was to influence the rules governing how Google displayed search results. In 2006, Google instituted a shift in its search algorithm, known as the Big Daddy update, which penalized websites with large numbers of subpages but few inbound links. A few years later, another shift, known as Panda, penalized sites that copied text from other websites. When adjustments like these occurred, Google explained to users, they were aimed at combating “individuals or systems seeking to ‘game’ our systems in order to appear higher in search results — using low-quality ‘content farms,’ hidden text and other deceptive practices.”
Left unsaid was that Google itself generates millions of new subpages without inbound links each day, a fresh page each time someone performs a search. And each of those subpages is filled with text copied from other sites. By programming its search engine to ignore other sites doing the same thing that Google was doing, critics say, the company had made it nearly impossible for competing vertical-search engines, like Foundem, to show up high in Google’s results.
Shivaun and Adam sent email after email to Google executives, but no one responded with anything useful. So the Raffs started making phone calls. Those didn’t help much, either. Adam and Shivaun had worked in technology for decades. They were well known and had connections to important people inside Google and at other big firms. But none of that seemed to matter.
As the months went by and Foundem’s bank accounts dwindled, the Raffs, desperate, began approaching other websites, offering to adapt their technology to power those sites’ internal search engines. Soon they were providing back-end technology for a popular motorcycle site and a large magazine publisher. Eventually, about 2.5 million people were seeing Foundem’s search results each month. Foundem was named one of Britain’s best travel comparison sites by The Times of London and celebrated on a popular British gadget show. But without traffic from Google, the Raffs were barely holding on.
Three years passed this way. Some nights, Shivaun would sit at her computer, exhausted, Googling phrase after phrase — How do you lift a Google website penalty? Who at Google reviews mistakes? Google and deindexed and phone number and help — hoping that some magic combination of words might yield a new solution. “It just felt so unfair,” Shivaun told me. “We had great technology. It was winning awards. But we couldn’t even get an explanation from Google about why we weren’t showing up.” Eventually, they sought out a public relations firm, in the hope that a newspaper article might get Google’s attention. The P.R. firm had an additional suggestion: Why not file an antitrust complaint? To Adam and Shivaun, that seemed like a waste of time. If Microsoft had been able to shrug off the antitrust attacks of the United States government, why would Google care about a complaint filed by some small firm?
In the last century, as courts have censured other monopolies, academics and jurists have noticed a pattern: Monopolies and technology often seem intertwined.
But they didn’t see many other options. So Adam and Shivaun pulled out their laptops and began assembling a long document detailing everything they had experienced. Then they went to Brussels, to the headquarters of the European Commission, the agency charged with regulating competitive behavior, and filed a complaint accusing Google of violating antimonopoly laws.
As the years passed, Shivaun and Adam got into the habit of visiting message boards where people obsessively discussed Google’s many peculiarities. They began to notice an interesting pattern among companies complaining about the search giant: Often, the aggrieved parties had, in some way, posed some kind of threat to Google’s business. And they seemed to have suffered dire consequences.
There was, for instance, Skyhook Wireless, which had invented a new navigation system that competed with Google’s location software and had signed major deals with the cellphone manufacturers Samsung and Motorola. Skyhook’s accuracy “is better than ours,” one Google manager speculated in an internal email later revealed in a lawsuit filed by Skyhook against Google. Not long after that note was written, according to the lawsuit, a high-ranking Google official pressured Samsung and Motorola to end their relationships with Skyhook — and implied that if they didn’t, Google could make it impossible for them to ship their phones on time. (Google has denied doing anything inappropriate.) Soon, Samsung and Motorola canceled their Skyhook contracts. Skyhook sued Google, and though one suit was dismissed, Google ended up paying $90 million to settle a patent-infringement claim. But by then it was too late. Skyhook’s founders, bereft of other partnership options, had been forced to sell their company at a large discount.
Then there was Yelp, a website with millions of user-generated reviews of local brewpubs, auto-body shops and other businesses. Yelp grew quickly as local queries — like “best nearby steakhouse” — became a third of all online searches. For years, Yelp appeared near or at the top of millions of Google searches. Google, hoping to capitalize on that traffic, tried to buy Yelp in 2009, but Yelp’s founders rejected those advances. Then Google started pulling Yelp’s content into its own results, which meant many users didn’t have to visit Yelp’s website. Yelp complained — to Google and later to the F.T.C. — but Google said the only alternative was for Yelp to remove its content from Google altogether, according to documents filed with federal regulators. The same thing happened at other fast-growing review sites like TripAdvisor and Citysearch, which also complained to the F.T.C. “We still exist,” says Luther Lowe, a vice president at Yelp, “but Google did everything it could to ensure that we’d never present a threat to them. It’s bullying, but they’re the 800-pound gorilla.”
The more Adam and Shivaun looked, the more examples they found. Getty Images had created a popular search engine to help users comb through the firm’s 170 million photographs and other visual art. Then, in 2013, Google adjusted how it displayed images so that rather than directing people to Getty’s website, users could easily see and download Getty’s high-definition images from Google itself. “Our traffic immediately fell 85 percent,” says Yoko Miyashita, Getty’s general counsel. “We wrote to Google, and said, Hey, this isn’t cool. And their response was, ‘Well, if you don’t agree to these terms, we’ll just exclude you’ ” — by letting Getty remove itself from the search engine entirely, Miyashita said. “That’s not really a choice, because if you aren’t on Google, you basically don’t exist.”
TradeComet.com, which operated a vertical-search engine for finding business products, initially prospered by buying ads on Google, but as the site grew, Google “raised my prices by 10,000 percent, which strangled our business virtually overnight,” the company’s C.E.O. at the time, Dan Savage, said when he filed an antitrust lawsuit in 2009. KinderStart.com, a vertical-search engine for parents, sued Google after it received a “PageRank” of zero, making it essentially unfindable. (TradeComet.com’s suit was dismissed on a technicality; KinderStart.com’s was dismissed for insufficient evidence.)
Shivaun and Adam filled notepads with the names of companies that had complained about Google’s tactics — eJustice, a vertical-search engine for legal information; NexTag, the fellow price-comparison site; BDZV, a group of German newspapers. They printed out lawsuits and regulatory complaints until their living room was a maze of paper.
Eventually the Raffs reached out to the F.T.C., which, they knew, was the American equivalent of the European Commission’s antitrust office, and the U.S. regulators invited them to visit. The F.T.C.’s staff, it turned out, had been quietly collecting complaints about Google for years. In 2012, those officials wrote a confidential 160-page report that said Google had “adopted a strategy of demoting, or refusing to display, links to certain vertical websites in highly commercial categories.” That memo, about half of which was accidentally sent to reporters at The Wall Street Journal after they submitted a Freedom of Information Act request, said that “Google’s conduct has resulted — and will result — in real harm to consumers and to innovation.”
“Google has strengthened its monopolies over search and search advertising through anticompetitive means,” which “will have lasting negative effects on consumer welfare,” F.T.C. officials wrote. They cited instances in which Google seemed purposely to be privileging less useful information, substandard search results and suboptimal links. “Although it displays its flight search above any natural search results for flight-booking sites, Google does not provide the most flight options for travelers,” the regulators wrote. Whereas a decade earlier someone searching for steakhouses would have seen a long list of websites, now the most noticeable results pointed to Google’s own listings, including Google maps, Google local search or advertisers paying Google. Some F.T.C. staff recommended “that the Commission issue a complaint against Google” for copying material and certain advertising and contract practices, though not search-engine bias.
Google responded to the report’s claims by arguing that the changes it made to the search engine benefited users. “Our testing has consistently showed that users want quick answers to their queries,” Google said in a statement when contacted about this article. “If you are searching for weather, you probably want a forecast, not just links to weather sites.” And when it comes to online shopping, the statement read, “if someone is searching for products, they likely want information about price and where they can buy it. They probably don’t want to be taken to another site where they have to enter their search again. . . . We absolutely do not make changes to our search algorithm to disadvantage competitors.” Claims to the contrary, like those made by Foundem, are untrue, Google maintained. “We make hundreds of changes to search every year, all with the same goal: Delivering users the best, most relevant search results,” the company continued. “Each change, large and small, affects millions of sites, some who see their rankings improve, others who drop.” And, Google concluded, “our ultimate responsibility is to deliver the best results possible to our users, not specific placements for sites within our results.”
When the F.T.C.’s politically appointed leadership considered the staff’s recommendations, they declined to sue Google, surprising many inside the agency. “While not everything Google did was beneficial, on balance, we did not believe that the evidence supported an F.T.C. challenge,” the agency’s chairman at the time, Jon Leibowitz, said when he announced the decision in 2013.
The F.T.C.’s decision, according to agency insiders, was motivated in part by a debate that has also sparked battles within antitrust courts over the last 40 years: Should the law protect consumers or encourage competition? They’re not always synonymous. “It wasn’t consumers who were complaining about Standard,” says Hovenkamp, the antitrust scholar. “It was the other oil companies.” Similarly, few users are kvetching about Google; it’s primarily other tech firms. United States judges have increasingly held that the government must show consumer harm to win in court.
Adam and Shivaun didn’t have to wait for the official F.T.C. announcement to know that their case was going nowhere. Meeting with officials in Washington, they could tell: These people were not going to prosecute. They had come to the United States at their own expense. They had written memo after memo arguing that Google was treating them unfairly and as a result hurting users. They had done everything they were asked. Standard Oil controlled 64 percent of the market for refined petroleum when the Supreme Court broke it into dozens of pieces. Google and Facebook today control an estimated 60 to 70 percent of the U.S. digital advertising market. And the F.T.C. seemed happy to let them keep doing it. To the Raffs, it felt as if history was repeating itself, as if the pointless, ineffectual Microsoft case was happening all over again. It felt as if nobody cared.
‘They don’t need dynamite or Pinkertons to club their competitors anymore. They just need algorithms and data.’
If you are younger than 29 — which just happens to be the average age of a Google employee, according to a survey done by PayScale — then odds are good you don’t remember much about the Microsoft antitrust battles of the 1990s. So, a quick primer: For almost a decade, starting in 1993, federal and state prosecutors besieged Microsoft in courtrooms across the nation, arguing that the company had acted in ways that were predatory and dishonest to preserve its software monopoly. One Microsoft executive was quoted in court as threatening to “cut off” the “air supply” of a competitor. “Is Bill Gates the ’90s answer to Don Corleone?” Time magazine asked. “I expected to find a bloody computer monitor in my bed,” a witness told investigators.
Along the way, Microsoft was accused of widespread bullying, coercion and general obnoxiousness. And Microsoft basically said: Whatever. “There’s one guy in charge of licenses,” Bill Gates told reporters after he signed a consent decree with the Department of Justice in 1994. “He’ll read the agreement.” Everyone else, the implication was, would ignore it.
Even when a judge ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was violating antitrust law, conventional wisdom held that the victory was largely pyrrhic. Microsoft successfully appealed, and prosecutors eventually threw in the towel, agreeing to abandon their attacks and settle if Microsoft agreed to token reforms, such as making its products more compatible with competitors’ software and giving three independent observers unfettered access to the company’s records, employees and source code. Microsoft’s executives thought that three observers, versus 48,000 employees, sounded like pretty good odds.
This was the history the Raffs recalled when they heard the F.T.C. was abandoning its investigation. But then, they also remembered a discussion they had once had with a lawyer named Gary Reback, who told them that everything they’d heard about the Microsoft trials was wrong. Reback is something of a legend in Silicon Valley, both because of his accomplishments as an antitrust provocateur and because of his anxious — some might say paranoid — worldview. Reback has been known to call other lawyers late at night and leave long, obsessively detailed voice mail messages about legal arguments and economic theories. He was featured on a 1997 cover of Wired magazine with the headline “This Lawyer Is Bill Gates’s Worst Nightmare,” a boast that wasn’t far-off: Working on behalf of clients like Netscape and Sun Microsystems, Reback had browbeaten the Department of Justice into suing Microsoft for antitrust.
By the time Adam and Shivaun started visiting the F.T.C., Reback had exchanged his antipathy of Microsoft for a disdain of Google and had accompanied them on their visits with regulators. There’s a loose coalition of economists and legal theorists who call themselves the New Brandeis Movement (critics call them “antitrust hipsters”), who believe that today’s tech giants pose threats as significant as Standard Oil a century ago. “All of the money spent online is going to just a few companies now,” says Reback (who disdains the New Brandeis label). “They don’t need dynamite or Pinkertons to club their competitors anymore. They just need algorithms and data.”
Reback had told Adam and Shivaun that it was important for them to keep up their fight, no matter the setbacks, and as evidence he pointed to the Microsoft trial. Anyone who said that the 1990s prosecution of Microsoft didn’t accomplish anything — that it was companies like Google, rather than government lawyers, that humbled Microsoft — didn’t know what they were talking about, Reback said. In fact, he argued, the opposite was true: The antitrust attacks on Microsoft made all the difference. Condemning Microsoft as a monopoly is why Google exists today, he said.
Surprisingly, some people who worked at Microsoft in the 1990s and early 2000s agree with him. In the days when federal prosecutors were attacking Microsoft day and night, the company might have publicly brushed off the salvos, insiders say. But within the workplace, the attitude was totally different. As the government sued, Microsoft executives became so anxious and gun-shy that they essentially undermined their own monopoly out of terror they might be pilloried again. It wasn’t the consent decrees or court decisions that made the difference, according to multiple current and former Microsoft employees. It was “the constant scrutiny and being in the newspaper all the time,” said Gene Burrus, a former Microsoft lawyer. “People started second-guessing themselves. No one wanted to test the regulators anymore.”
In public, Bill Gates was declaring victory, but inside Microsoft, executives were demanding that lawyers and other compliance officials — the kinds of people who, previously, were routinely ignored — be invited to every meeting. Software engineers began casually dropping by attorneys’ desks and describing new software features, and then asking, in desperate whispers, if anything they’d mentioned might trigger a subpoena. One Microsoft senior executive moved an extra chair into his office so a compliance official could sit alongside him during product reviews. Every time a programmer detailed a new idea, the executive turned to the official, who would point his thumb up or down like a capricious Roman emperor.
In the early 2000s, Microsoft’s top executives told some divisions that their plans would be proactively shared with competitors — literally describing what the company intended to create before software was even built — to make sure it wouldn’t offend anyone who was likely to sue. Microsoft’s engineers were outraged. But they went along with it.
And most important, as Microsoft lived under government scrutiny, employees abandoned what had been nascent internal discussions about crushing a young, emerging competitor — Google. There had been informal conjectures about reprogramming Microsoft’s web browser, the popular Internet Explorer, so that anytime people typed in “Google,” they would be redirected to MSN Search, according to company insiders. Or, perhaps a warning message might pop up: “Did you know Google uses your data in ways you can’t control?”
Microsoft was so powerful, and Google so new, that the young search engine could have been killed off, some insiders at both companies believe. “But there was a new culture of compliance, and we didn’t want to get in trouble again, so nothing happened,” Burrus said. The myth that Google humbled Microsoft on its own is wrong. The government’s antitrust lawsuit is one reason that Google was eventually able to break Microsoft’s monopoly.
“If Microsoft hadn’t been sued, all of technology would be different today,” Reback told me. We’ve known since Standard Oil that advances in technology make it easier for monopolies to emerge. But what’s less recognized is the importance of antitrust in making sure those new technologies spread to everyone else. In 1969 the Justice Department started a lawsuit against IBM for antitrust violations that lasted 13 years. The government eventually surrendered, but in an earlier attempt to mollify prosecutors, IBM eliminated its practice of bundling hardware and software, a shift that essentially created the software industry. Suddenly, new start-ups could get a foothold simply by writing programs rather than building machines. Microsoft was founded a few years later and soon outpaced IBM.
Or consider AT&T, which was sued by the government in 1974, fought in court for eight years and then slyly agreed to divest itself of some businesses if it could keep its most valuable assets. Critics complained AT&T was getting the deal of a lifetime. But then start-ups like Sprint and MCI made millions building on technologies AT&T championed, and AT&T found itself struggling to compete. It’s completely wrong to say that antitrust doesn’t matter, Reback argues. “The internet only exists because we broke up AT&T. The software industry exists because Johnson sued IBM.”
‘Google did everything it could to ensure that we’d never present a threat to them,’ says a Yelp executive. ‘It’s bullying, but they’re the 800-pound gorilla.’
It was critical that the Raffs continue fighting, Reback told them. Social embarrassment and sustained attacks have the power to succeed when courtrooms or political agencies fail. After their F.T.C. disappointment, the Raffs flew back to England to consider their options. And then one night they were at home watching television when the phone rang. Someone they had met in Brussels was calling to share some remarkable news. The European Commission had issued a decision on the complaint they filed six years before.
What changed everything was a middle-aged Danish politician named Margrethe Vestager, who had recently been named the European Union’s commissioner for competition. Vestager was an unusual choice for the post. She wasn’t a populist crusader or a pro-business acolyte; she was, instead, a moderate whose claim to fame, at that point, was having served as an inspiration for the television show “Borgen,” a fictional series about a Danish politician. But Vestager was awarded the commissioner’s post in 2014 after arguing that European marketplaces needed to do a better job of giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Since assuming her office, Vestager has become, unexpectedly, the most prominent antitrust official in the world, invited to speak at conferences and mobbed by autograph seekers.
By the time Vestager took office, Google had already transitioned its price-comparison service to its present incarnation, which is effectively an advertising system that prominently features links only from companies that pay for the promotion. (Users are notified by a small logo that says “sponsored.”) After reviewing the complaints submitted by the Raffs and others, Vestager announced she intended to formally charge Google with antitrust violations. (She has also embarked on investigations into the European tax practices of Starbucks, Amazon and Apple, as well as anticompetitive tactics at Qualcomm, Facebook and Gazprom.)
Over the next two years, Vestager’s staff reviewed data from 1.7 billion Google queries. They scrutinized how people fared when they conducted searches on topics in which Google had a vested interest, versus those where the company had nothing to gain. Then, in June of last year, the commission issued its final verdict: “What Google has done is illegal under E.U. antitrust rules,” Vestager said in a statement released at the time. “It denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate. And most important, it denied European consumers a genuine choice of services and the full benefits of innovation.” Google was ordered to stop giving its own comparison-shopping service an illegal advantage and was fined an eye-popping $2.7 billion, the largest such penalty in the European Commission’s history and more than twice as large as any such fine ever levied by the United States.
The verdict rocked Silicon Valley. Some think Europe’s assertiveness makes it more likely American regulators will act as well. And there’s evidence that’s already starting. Donald Trump appealed to voters, in part, by attacking the tech monopolies. In a case of truly odd bedfellows, that puts him in alignment with Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who have long called for greater scrutiny of technology companies. Last year, a group of Democratic lawmakers in Congress, led by Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, sponsored legislation to boost antitrust enforcement by forcing companies to assume the burden of showing that a merger won’t hurt the public.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan assortment of state attorneys general have urged the F.T.C. to reopen its investigation of Google. Most major antitrust battles, including the federal suits against Microsoft and Standard Oil, have begun as state actions. A Missouri investigation is particularly notable because the state’s Republican attorney general, Josh Hawley, who is running for the United States Senate, has subpoenaed information to see if Google has manipulated searches to disadvantage potential competitors. “The Obama-era F.T.C. did not take any enforcement action against Google, did not press this forward and has essentially given them a free pass,” Hawley told reporters after revealing his inquiry in November. “I will not let Missouri consumers and businesses be exploited by industry giants.”
As attacks against Google have escalated, the company has tried to limit the damage. After Yelp complained to the F.T.C. about Google’s stealing its content, Google promised to make it easier for websites to opt out of automatic copying, a pledge it reaffirmed a few months ago. And earlier this month, in exchange for Getty Images’ withdrawing its complaint to the European Commission, Google signed a licensing agreement with Getty promising to more clearly display images’ copyright information. Other titans like Facebook are similarly trying to get ahead of criticisms, voluntarily pledging greater transparency and promising to work more cooperatively with regulators.
The implication is clear enough: Google and the other tech titans understand that the landscape is shifting. They realize that their halos have become tarnished, that the arguments they once invoked as a digital exception to American economic history — that the internet economy is uniquely self-correcting, because competition is only a click away — no longer hold as much weight. “When you get as big as Google, you become so powerful that the market bends around you,” Vestager told me. The notion that antitrust law isn’t needed anymore, that we must choose between helping consumers or spurring competition, no longer seems sufficient reason to exempt the tech giants from century-old legal codes. If anything, Vestager’s verdict and state investigations indicate that companies like Google may have more in common with the monopolists of old than most people thought. Silicon Valley’s bigwigs ought to be scared.
“If Europe can prosecute Google, then we can as well,” says William Kovacic, a law professor and former Republican-appointed chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. “It’s just a question of willingness now.”
If the internet’s potentates are frightened, however, they’re doing a good job of hiding it. Google has appealed the European Commission’s decision and has vigorously defended itself online. The company’s arguments are the same ones that it was putting forth on company blogs over the course of the investigation. “We disagree with the European Commission’s argument that our improved Google Shopping results are harming competition,” Google’s top lawyer wrote in one post. The commission “drew such a narrow definition around online shopping services that it even excluded services like Amazon,” undermining the contention that Google is dominant. “Google delivered more than 20 billion free clicks to aggregators over the last decade,” he wrote in another post. Forcing it to “direct more clicks to price-comparison aggregators would just subsidize sites that have become less useful for consumers.” Google’s data indicates that users appreciate how the search engine has shifted over the years. “That’s not ‘favoring’ ” Google’s interests, the company said. “That’s giving customers and advertisers what they find most useful.”
Some legal theorists think that Google might have a point. “To what extent are consumers, rather than competitors, being harmed by Google?” says Hovenkamp, the antitrust scholar. “If the answer is ‘not much,’ then I’m suspicious of an antitrust remedy.” Others say the risks are too high. “There are very real costs associated with suing a company like Google,” says Geoffrey Manne, executive director of the International Center for Law & Economics, a nonpartisan research center. “You’re potentially impairing a firm that provides vital services to millions of people, and potentially benefiting competitors who don’t deserve that support.”
Those are fair arguments. But they are also, in some ways, beside the point. Antitrust has never been just about costs and benefits or fairness. It’s never been about whether we love the monopolist. People loved Standard Oil a century ago, and Microsoft in the 1990s, just as they love Google today.
Rather, antitrust has always been about progress. Antitrust prosecutions are part of how technology grows. Antitrust laws ultimately aren’t about justice, as if success were something to be condemned; instead, they are a tool that society uses to help start-ups build on a monopolist’s breakthroughs without, in the process, being crushed by the monopolist. And then, if those start-ups prosper and make discoveries of their own, they eventually become monopolies themselves, and the cycle starts anew. If Microsoft had crushed Google two decades ago, no one would have noticed. Today we would happily be using Bing, unaware that a better alternative once existed. Instead, we’re lucky a quixotic antitrust lawsuit helped to stop that from happening. We’re lucky that antitrust lawyers unintentionally guaranteed that Google would thrive.
Put differently, if you love technology — if you always buy the latest gadgets and think scientific advances are powerful forces for good — then perhaps you ought to cheer on the antitrust prosecutors. Because there is no better method for keeping the marketplace constructive and creative than a legal system that intervenes whenever a company, no matter how beloved, grows so large as to blot out the sun. If you love Google, you should hope the government sues it for antitrust offenses — and you should hope it happens soon, because who knows what wondrous new creations are waiting patiently in the wings.
For the Raffs, however, it’s probably too late. By the time Vestager announced her verdict and record-setting fine last year, it had been 12 years since Adam and Shivaun started Foundem.com. During that time, their lives slowly but inexorably became devoted to battling Google. They had spent thousands of hours corresponding with regulatory agencies across the globe. They had filed a civil suit against Google in British court, a case that is ongoing. They basically shut down Foundem, creating more time for them to give advice to other companies and regulators fighting Google. This consulting work, some of which was funded by Google’s competitors, has helped to keep the Raffs afloat. And if the Raffs win their lawsuit against Google, it could be worth millions. “But it’s a different business model than we expected,” Adam told me. “It’s also deeply frustrating, because we became technologists in order to build new technologies. We never intended to be professional plaintiffs or antitrust crusaders.”
One of the most difficult things for the Raffs over the past decade has been figuring out how to explain this journey to themselves and others. Even friends and family didn’t fully understand what was going on. “It feels really good to be validated like this, to be told we were right,” Shivaun told me, referring to Vestager’s verdict. “But that doesn’t turn back the clock and give us another chance. Even if we win in Brussels, or win our lawsuit, in some ways, we were still defeated. We were still beaten by Google.”
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A controversial piece of Indian legislation could be used to silence organisations that criticize the government. It contravenes the country’s international human rights obligations, a UN expert says.
UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai
India’s controversial Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) has come under attack by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association, Maina Kiai. In a recently published legal analysis, he argues that the Act does not conform with international law, principles and standards.
The much criticised piece of legislation restricts the ability of civil society organisations to receive foreign funding. However, the Special Rapporteur argues that such access is a fundamental part of the right to freedom of association under international law.
Furthermore, the analysis states that the Act fails to provide convincing legal arguments for restricting access to foreign funding for organisations that engage in activities of a ‘political nature’. The FCRA applies this term broadly to include organisations of farmers, workers, students and youth based on caste, community, religion, language or otherwise.
The grounds for imposing these restrictions are “vaguely defined” and contravene India’s international human rights obligations. In fact, they appear to give the government “broad discretionary powers that could be applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner.”
According to the analysis, there may even be an “unacceptable risk that the law could be used to silence any association involved in advocating political, economic, social, environmental or cultural priorities which differ from those espoused by the government of the day.”
Overall, the restrictions contained in the Act are “likely to disproportionately impact those associations engaged in critical human rights work, those which address issues of government accountability and good governance, or represent vulnerable and minority populations or views.” A number of these categories could easily include organisations campaigning for Dalit human rights.
The IDSN board member and Director of the human rights organisation People’s Watch, Henri Tiphagne, has been a vocal critic of the FCRA. His organisation’s bank accounts were repeatedly frozen by India’s former government in 2012-14 in an apparent attempt to restrict its work on human rights, including those of India’s Dalit population.
It is the first time that a UN expert has published such a detailed analysis of the FCRA, but a former colleague of Mr Kiai has previously spoken out against it. In 2012, the then Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, warned that the Act could be abused when dealing with organisations critical of the authorities.
In a resolution on Dalits in India adopted the same year, the European Parliament called on the Indian authorities to repeal those provisions of the Act “which do not conform to international standards and potentially undermine the work of NGOs, including Dalit organisations and other organisations representing disadvantaged groups in Indian society, by impeding them from receiving funds from international donors.”
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Why Melbourne Is The Only City In Australia I Would Live In
It’s only been four short months since the Victoria state election, but the results from last weekend’s NSW election make the two states seem worlds apart.
The 900km drive down the Hume from Sydney to Melbourne suddenly seems like a massive cultural divide, when one considers how much more conservative Sydney has become both socially and politically compared to Melbourne, its hip and happening southern neighbour.
In 2019, the Australia’s two biggest capital cities have never drifted so far apart.
In NSW we’ve just witnessed the re-election of a conservative leader in Gladys Berejiklian — a Premier whose record of culture-wrecking over-regulation and climate change inaction should have already provided enough evidence to Sydneysiders of what was to come. And yet the people of NSW have decided she is still the best person for the job. Not that they were spoiled for choice.
But the weekend’s election outcome only promises to increase the divide between old rivals Sydney and Melbourne.
Because despite being the first woman elected Premier in NSW, Gladys Berejiklian has overseen a government that has only hastened the slide toward commercialism of culture that has been happening in Sydney for years.
This is the Premier that allowed the Sydney Opera House to be turned into a massive billboard for gambling advertising, and whose heavy-handed laws over the city’s bars, clubs and festivals has left Sydney feeling like a kind of over-regulated cultural backwater.
In stark contrast Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, now the most progressive Premier in the the country, was elected on a platform of policies including supporting serious action on climate change, supporting a Treaty with Indigenous people, maintaining and expanding the Safe Schools program, massive investment in public transport, maintaining a trial on safe injecting rooms and assisted dying legislation.
In other words — despite his faults — the Victorian Premier has implemented modern policies for a modern state that at least keep up with global political trends. Victoria has also refused to implement the kind of culture-wrecking policies like lockout laws or to legislate NSW-style laws around festivals so prohibitive that many festival organisers have threatened to leave the state.
Sure — there is nothing new about the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne. That rivalrygoes back to Federation and is now typified by Melbourne being (until recently) named the world’s most liveable city by the Economist, but Sydney winning the crown for the world’s best city by Conde Nast in 2007.
It is a rivalry that most of us never wish to buy into because of its triteness — but in recent years it has become impossible to ignore.
But as someone who divides my time between my home in Melbourne and cities like Berlin and New York, I really can’t imagine living in any other Australian city than Melbourne these days. Every time I revisit these global cities I reflect on how over-regulated Australian cities have become — and Sydney is by far the worst.
In Berlin, for better or worse depending on your perspective, you can still smoke in bars, ride a bicycle in the streets without a helmet and the parties start on Friday night and kick on until Monday morning.
Compare that to Sydney — a city where the corporatisation of fun and culture has taken over every bar, venue and park.
It has become the kind of city where it’s hard to find real connections to community outside expensive hipster coffee shops where you can pay $6 for a cashew milk dandelion latte and feel like you’re living on the edge. And on top of that you’ll struggle to even get a drink after midnight (unless you’re in the Casino).
Once upon a time Sydney was a bold, progressive city where culture flourished — but today it seems to have become politically conservative and a culturally backward looking.
Give me Melbourne with its progressive laws and all night parties any day. See you on the dance floor.
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Experimental Assessment of Autologous Lymph Node Transplantation as Treatment of Postsurgical Lymphedema
Tobbia, Dalia M.D.; Semple, John M.D.; Baker, Amy B.Sc.; Dumont, Dan Ph.D.; Johnston, Miles Ph.D.
From the Brain Sciences Program, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Medical Biophysics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, and the Department of Surgery, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto.
Received for publication October 24, 2008; accepted March 11, 2009.
Presented in part at the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance Meeting, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 26, 2008, and the Annual Meeting for the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgery, in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, June 25, 2008.
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The authors' objective was to test whether the transplantation of an autologous lymph node into a nodal excision site in sheep would restore lymphatic transport function and reduce the magnitude of postsurgical lymphedema.
As a measure of lymph transport, iodine-125 human serum albumin was injected into prenodal vessels at 8 and 12 weeks after surgery, and plasma levels of the protein were used to calculate the transport rate of the tracer to blood (percent injected per hour). Edema was quantified from the circumferential measurement of the hind limbs.
The transplantation of avascular lymph nodes at 8 (n = 6) and 12 weeks (n = 6) produced lymphatic function levels of 12.3 ± 0.5 and 12.6 ± 0.8, respectively. These values were significantly less (p < 0.001) than those measured at similar times in the animals receiving sham surgical procedures (16.6 ± 0.7, n = 6; and 16.1 ± 0.7, n = 6, respectively). When vascularized transplants were performed, lymphatic function was similar to the sham controls and significantly greater (p < 0.001) than that of the avascular group (8 weeks, 15.8 ± 0.9, n = 8; 12 weeks, 15.7 ± 1.0, n = 10). Lymph transport correlated significantly with the health of the transplanted nodes (scaled with histologic analysis) (p < 0.0001). The vascularized node transplants (n = 18) were associated with the greatest clinical improvement, with the magnitude of edema in these limbs exhibiting significantly lower levels of edema (p = 0.039) than nontreated limbs (n = 18).
The successful reimplantation of a lymph node into a nodal excision site has the potential to restore lymphatic function and facilitate edema resolution. This result has important conceptual implications in the treatment of postsurgical lymphedema.
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Root of the word פרעה
The Hebrew word פרעה (Pharaoh) is probably directly derived from (a phonetic way to pronounce) the Egyptian word.
But it reminded me of the Hebrew root פרע as seen in Exodus 32:25 which is actually written as פרעה.
Are פרעה and פרע related? Or is there another root for the word פרעה?
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To me this seems like asking whether the Hebrew word רדיו has any significance or meaning other than radio. It's not really a Hebrew word, so why should it? – ezra Feb 27 '19 at 15:36
According to Aryeh Kaplan, Genesis 12:
A generic name for Egyptian kings (Josephus, Antiquities 8:6:2), coming from the Egyptian par ao, the 'Great House.'
This lexicon on page 828 contains two separate entries for the verb פרע and פרעה. Neither mentions the other. Indeed the פרעה entry mentions the etymology cited above.
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But I want to know if the Hebrew word in itself contains another meaning ? – Levi Feb 27 '19 at 15:08
As opposed to כי פרעה אהרן which actually does come from פרע. – Heshy Feb 27 '19 at 16:19
The word פרעה seems to be a transcription of a Egyptian word. But there is some kind of (explanational) link to be found with the word פרעה in Exodus 32:25.
The Rambam links the word פרעה with the Yetzer HaRah.
Horav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, zl, remarks that this idea is implied by the name of Pharaoh. An allusion to the meaning of the name Pharaoh is to be found in the pasuk describing the sin of the Golden Calf: "Moshe saw that the nation was paruah, exposed, for Aharon praah, had uncovered them" (Shemos 32:25). Rashi interprets this: Paruah means exposed, for the nation's evil and shame was revealed. Thus, paruah/Pharaoh denotes a breaching of the parameters of the heart, a granting free rein and open license to the evil-inclination. This is Pharaoh. It is to this exposed, unabashed evil-inclination that the Rambam refers when he says that Pharaoh embodies the essence of the evil-inclination. Man's resistance to restriction and confinement lies at the root of all sin. No one wants to be told, - "No!"
In addressing the original question, Rav Miller cites the Malbim who underscores Pharaoh's reaction to the concrete display of Hashem's Omnipotence. He explains that the purpose of the first three plagues was to demonstrate that Ani Hashem, "I am G-d," the existence of Hashem's power. The second set of plagues was to demonstrate the concept of Divine Providence. Hashem is powerful, and He controls every aspect of this universe. Now, Pharaoh was threatened. He felt that he was the undisputed ruler of Egypt. No one else could undermine him, or claim this position. Pharaoh could not deal with this. His identity as supreme ruler was being challenged, restricting the extent of his total control over the freedom of others. The third group of plagues crumbled the last vestige of Pharaoh's imaginary power, for they attested, without any room for doubt, that Hashem was the Supreme Ruler and power. Each step in the process called the Ten Plagues presented further indication to Pharaoh, the individual who challenged any form of personal limitation, that his powers were truly restricted.
During this entire process, Pharaoh refused to acknowledge the fact that he was not in control, that he did not dominate. In the beginning, Pharaoh could still render his own decision, but in the third set of plagues, this, too, was taken from him. He was now completely confused. It was at this point that he was admonished, "How long will you refuse to be humbled before me?" You have already lost everything. Do you not see that you are not what you think you are? Your mind is no longer your own. You have lost your free choice. You have been censured for refusing to acknowledge your limitations and Hashem's Omnipotence.
Pharaoh's defiance, his virulent objection to the limitation of his own power, identified him as evil incarnate. The Ten Plagues taught him how wrong he was.
P.s. found a lot of commentaries based on wordplays: https://biblicalhebrewetymology.com/2018/12/14/vayigash-pharaoh-exposed-tzvi-abrahams/
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Madoff is sticking it to the banks. Madoff to FOX Business: ‘The banks knew’
Jailed Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff plans to amplify his contention, possibly in testimony before Congress, that the big banks he did business with – J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), Bank of New York Mellon (BK THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP.), Citigroup (C CITIGROUP INC.) and HSBC Group (HBC), among others – knew what he was up to.
The banks have repeatedly and vehemently denied this contention.
But in an e-mail to FOX Business reporter Adam Shapiro received Tuesday, Madoff said he plans to offer specific information to Congressional committees investigating both his crimes and possible complicity on the part of Madoff’s banking partners.
Madoff said he has offered Irving Picard, the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee who has pored over Madoff’s finances since the scheme collapsed in late 2008, information that would prove his assertion, but the trustee has so far ignored Madoff’s efforts.
Madoff wrote to Shapiro: “From my first interview to the media I have said that ‘the banks must have known’, and were complicit and contributing to my crime. Although I have offered the bankruptcy TRUSTEE (sic) the information that I possessed that would demonstrate in detail their complicit behavior of banks like JP Morgan, Bank of N.Y., HSBC, Citicorp and others. The Trustee seems unwilling to act on my offer. Therefor (sic) I am offering this information to the appropriate governmental committees in the hope that this information will prove helpful in future regulation of the appropriate institutions.”
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The number of federal agencies now investigating JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), the biggest U.S. bank by assets, has grown to eight, and one case involves suspicions the biggest U.S. bank by assets did not fully alert authorities to concerns about Bernard L. Madoff, now in prison for an $18 billion Ponzi scheme, the New York Times said Wednesday.
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Driving the future of Blockchain: The new mobility ecosystem
August 30, 2017 Jill Richmond
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The future of autonomous driving is no longer a theoretical point in the distance. It’s here. And none of this would be possible without the advent of blockchain technology. In part two of this series, Jill Richman explains how cars now generate data about how they are used, where they are located, and who is behind the wheel.
Read Part 1 of the Driving the Future series here.
With greater proliferation of shared mobility, progress in powertrain electrification, car autonomy and vehicle connectivity, the amount of data from vehicles will grow exponentially, raising a key question: How might industry players in the evolving automotive ecosystem turn car-generated data into valuable products and services? More importantly, where does the architecture lie to permission and secure that data?
With those questions in mind, the opportunity for industry players hinges on their ability to:
Quickly build and test data-driven products and services focused on appealing customer propositions.
Develop new business models built on technological innovation, advanced capabilities and partnerships that push the current boundaries of the automotive industry.
The car data monetization opportunity begins with an environment in which customers believe that there is something of value in it for them and that the cost is worth the benefit.
Driving Action
Certain use cases rely on driving-related or systems data (route, vehicle usage, etc.), while others require users to share more personal data, such as the content of personal communications. Analysis from a McKinsey study found that customers are more reluctant to share the latter type of data, but that 60 percent of them are willing to do so when the feature is safety or convenience related, giving auto manufacturers a path forward to integrate these new features.
The partnerships are critical here and to that end, the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced that it is creating a user consortium and hopes to stimulate more rapid adoption of blockchain technology by other companies developing autonomous vehicles and providing mobility services. TRI is inviting current and future partners to collaborate on further development of distributed ledger applications in vehicle data and services.
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Modern vehicles are increasingly aware of their environment through onboard sensors and are increasingly connected to the cloud, roadway infrastructure and other vehicles, all of which are generating massive amounts of valuable data. Blockchain technology may create an opportunity to share driving and autonomous testing data in an environment that preserves ownership of the data by the creator.
The thinking is that blockchain technology will allow companies and individuals to securely share and monetize their driving information and access the data contributed by others in a secure marketplace. This approach builds on a similar blockchain initiative to create digital property rights in the music industry, the Open Music Initiative. Looking to companies adjacent to the automotive industry in addressing secure data marketplaces is mission critical for some of these moonshots.
Some key players are already active in the car data space, setting business models, use cases and monetization options to capture the opportunity within the space.
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), for instance, are already becoming active in car data analytics to better understand how customers use their cars, shape their repair and maintenance choices and improve the link between dealers and customers, allowing for things like real-time, remote booking of vehicle check-ups.
Automotive suppliers are developing the software and hardware that are forming the infrastructure capable of capturing, analyzing and selling car data. Although the range of technologies and applications spans widely, suppliers are now facing the challenge of understanding how to leverage data to reach end customers directly, better serve their B2B customers and improve their own product and services portfolio.
Insurers are able to capitalize on car data by offering usage-based insurance contracts, exploring occasion-related policies (like short-term, location-based motor insurance) and extending their understanding of customers’ behavior beyond the yearly contract signing touch point. TRI’s partnership with Los Angeles-based blockchain platform company Gem is an innovative approach to usage-based insurance (UBI), something that the upcoming parts of this series will be covering in more depth.
SEE MORE: The rise of blockchain: Are we falling short of competence to unleash the technology?
Roadside assistance providers can collect and process distress calls in real time from vehicle sensors and automated alerts, optimizing the dispatching of rescue vehicles and analyzing accident and breakdown data to provide valuable information to car OEMs and road infrastructure operators. Infrastructure operators, including billing/toll road operators and recharging/refueling players, are analyzing car data to optimize the geographic deployment of their respective services, explore variable-pricing options and monitor the status of their assets to reduce maintenance costs and improve safety.
High-tech giants are positioned to provide the fundamental car data analytics services that car OEMs and advertisers are willing to buy. In addition to being the IT backbone, they can offer front-end applications. Moreover, as the car is a central environment for digitization, multiple high-tech giants are developing in-car platforms and operating systems to boost the data generation and provide seamless connectivity experience across handhelds, vehicles and other connected environments, even homes.
Startups are the smaller counterparts of the high-tech giants, entering the car data monetization space from a variety of angles, such as developing new apps, engineering innovative hardware/interfaces (e.g., retrofittable, gesture-activated controls) and offering services through innovative monetization schemes (as, for example, Pandora and Spotify did for music-related content).
SEE MORE: Looking beyond the blockchain hype
Service providers offer data management services such as analytics, pseudonymization and storage and operate the back-end infrastructure and processes for the players in the ecosystem. Mobility providers already rely on car data to be able to offer their services such as car sharing and e-hailing. They use the power of car data to further approximate public transportation infrastructures and improve vehicle allocation, recharge and fleet operations.
Retailers and service centers are using car data analytics to optimize their sales networks and get the messages about their offerings directly to drivers. For example, by purchasing traffic flow data, retailers can define with greater precision their stores’ footprint (the number, type and location of stores) and their inventory on the basis of actual traffic data, even segmenting the type of end customer actually driving in front of the store. Assuming they obtain customers’ clearance, they could push highly-tailored advertising to car screens and drivers’ handheld devices on the basis of proximity and customer preferences.
Regulators and government institutions are setting the standards regarding the collection and sharing of car data. They are also in a position to mandate car data-enabled services that support the public good, such as emergency call features, and regulate controversial topics, such as technical certification of the connected vehicles, data ownership rights and intellectual property rights over shared technologies and services. Working with infrastructure operators on big data, regulators can also seek to minimize congestion and reduce car accidents using traffic flow data analysis.
Originally published in cooperation with Gem in Distributed.com. Republished with permission of BTC Media, LLC © 2017. All rights reserved.
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A blog about playing games with toy soldiers (formerly called El Granadero Loco)
March 2012’s Game: More Long Rifles
Last month Mark and I played another game of Two Hour Wargames, Long Rifle. After our February game, I remarked that we should play Long Rifle again, but with more figures to see how many figures a person could run in a game. This time, the British (Mark) defended a block house with about 8 men and the French (myself) attacked with 9 French irregulars and 9 Indian allies. Rapidly advancing, the French forces came from two directions. Initially, everything went well for the French, and they were able to clearly outshoot the British defending the blockhouse. Then, for some reason which is still a mystery to me, I decided to go for the charge, and sent the Indians across the open ground to melee the British outside the blockhouse. The result was a few casualties along the way, and worst of all my chief was killed in melee combat with a British soldier!
Well that stupid idea didn’t work, so I went in with my French irregulars, only to lose a number of them, including my French leader. He was stunned and captured by the same British soldier who had killed my Indian leader! The game turned into a race to see who could activate first. Sadly, the British did, and escorted my French leader into their blockhouse as a prisoner. My Indian allies tried to rescue him, but did not make it in time. Then more British troops arrived as reinforcements. The French were able to inflict some casualties on the British reinforcements, but took as many casualties as they gave. In the end, there was no way for the French to rescue their leader, so they called it a day; hoping that the British would exchange their lost leader at a later date.
I am impressed with how well the Two Hour Wargames’ Long Rifle rules work. We had no problems and they were exceptionally fun to play. This game had some very cinematic moments, such as the capture of the French leader and the failed attempt to rescue him. We also found that it was very easy to run more than a dozen figures at once. After the game, we discussed this and both Mark and I felt that one player could easily run up to 20 figures. We also liked the new insight rules (with the die rolls for each figure), and plan on using them in our Nuts! games. While our miniature gaming will be interrupted somewhat this summer with me buying a new home and moving 25 miles down the road (the good news is my wife and I still are employed and teach at two institutions), I can clearly see Mark and I playing more Long Rifle games in the Fall. I’m thinking of doing a mini-campaign based on the Seven Years’ War with a small band of freikorps or jaegers and their continuing exploits!
I should add that I really like the Two Hour Wargames reaction system for skirmish level games. I have been waiting 20+ years to play a game like this. Also it is nice to be able to play a small game with 20 figures a side now and then instead of some epic that requires me (or Mark) to paint hundreds of figures. The rules based on CR3 have opened me up to playing all sorts of new things such as World War Two skirmish, French and Indian War, and in the future Old West battles along with plans for Seven Years’ War, American Revolution and Napoleonic skirmish games. Now I just need to order some new buildings for my Mexican town and we can play an Old West battle (really a Hollywood version of the Old West).
An Overview of the battle at the start:
The British Deployment:
The French Advance:
The French Irregulars:
The French Indians Advance:
Initial Shots Are Exchanged:
The French Indians Charge:
The French Indian Attach Stalls:
The French Indian Chief is Killed!
Since that didn’t work, let’s send in the French to have their leader defeated in melee!
British victor with French Leader as prisoner:
Here’s a picture of the British soldier who won the crucial melees:
French Indians try to save the French leader:
It is all too little, too late for the French as British reinforcements arrive:
The new insight check rules were very easy to use. Here’s some pictures with the die for each figure indicating his priority of action:
All in all a great game. Figures, terrain and lunch provided by Mark. All I provided was my brilliance, which did nothing to help me achieve victory.
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February 2012 Long Rifle Games
Yesterday Mark and I were able to get together for another game. We usually don’t play in December due to the holiday break and my having to grade piles of university final exams. We also missed this January as my wife was in Spain and Morocco and I was stuck home with my children. Because of our long break, Mark and I were very ready for a game.
We both wanted to try out Two Hour Wargame’s new set of rules, Long Rifle. Long Rifle is a man to man skirmish game primarily set in the French and Indian War, but could be used for other horse and musket periods. It is based on THW’s Chain Reaction system. We have played a number of THW’s Nuts! games, and have really enjoyed the second edition. Long Rifle is an updated version of THW’s Black Powder rules, which we tried a few times in the past, but found that they just didn’t work due to the “duck back” system that Chain Reaction and Nuts! uses. We really enjoy playing Nuts! and Chain Reaction (now out is a Final Edition of those rules), so we thought we’d try out the Long Rifle rules as Mark has a couple hundred 25mm figures for the French and Indian War.
We played a very basic learning scenario with the British having four regular British soldiers and two Native-American allies and the French having four irregular Canadians and two Native-Americans. The scenario was a simply advance to contact game with both sides trying to drive the enemy from the field, but if a side lost over half of its men they could not win (draw at best for them). I threw this in so we did not end up playing one of those fight to the death scenarios that haunts many skirmish games. The terrain was wooded with a cabin and a ruined cabin roughly in the middle of the table.
In less than four hours of actual playing time, we finished two games. We spent a lot of time reading the rules to make sure we had caught all the changes in Long Rifle from Black Powder. Both times my British were able to drive to inflict significant casualties on the French and thus win the game. Both games had lots of drama and we never had a dull moment, even when we tied our initiative rolls for six or more times more than once!
We found that the Long Rifle rules were a major improvement over THW’s old Black Powder rules. The new In-sight rules were a significant improvement. Instead of the moving player simply moving out and seeing if he got shot up by the stationary player, both sides now roll in-sight checks which sets up an order of who gets to act. Also figures must pass a REP roll to act, which reduced the every figure fights like Sergeant Rock syndrome. Some figures might see the enemy but if they fail their insight check (a 33% for regular soldiers), they duck back instead of firing. This made the game much more realistic. Also there is no requirement for fire to continue until one side is ducked back or eliminated in a firefight. That really fixed the problem of how to deal with slow loading weapons, and made melee combats much more common (they were basically non-existent in our Black Powder games). The new charge check (basically a morale check for both sides involved in hand to hand combat) and the new melee system also worked very well. We had a few things to learn and clarify, but overall Long Rifle is an excellent set of rules for any Western (Europe and North America) era horse and musket skirmish games. Like the second edition of Nuts!, I can highly recommend Long Rifle as a set of skirmish rules. There are a few good things from Long Rifle (like the in-sight and charge checks) that I will graft onto Nuts!.
And here are some pictures of our games (figures, table, lunch, and photos provided by Mark – I just drove 45 miles through the rain and light snow to get to the game):
Game 1 saw the French fail a few initiative rolls (oh how those 6s suck for initiative) and therefore they were slow to advance.
By the time the French emerged from the woods, the British were already deployed in the buildings:
The French in-sight checks produced a lot of 1s for them, giving the awating British a lot of first shots:
The withering fire from the British ended the French attempt to drive the British from the field and we ended the game.
We reset the game and tried another go with the same forces, terrain, and objectives (plus a better knowledge of the rules).
In game 2, the French got to the ruins first, and the British had to figure out how to avoid advance across the open field.
The French had deployed into 2 forces. The left wing got shot up quickly by the Native-Americans with the British. That meant that the battle shifted to a struggle for the ruined building, which the French right wing held.
With a number of the French “ducked back” the British advanced:
Then a sharp struggle developed for the ruins:
The final result was a lot of dead Frenchmen:
Especially in our second game, we had many melees and the game really seemed like a horse and musket skirmish game. The Long Rifle rules have transformed the Chain Reaction system from a modern skirmish system to one that works very well with horse and musket era forces. We both enjoyed the games and plan to play Long Rifle again in the future. I plan on eventually getting some 25mm figures for either The Seven Years’ War or American Revolution to use with Long Rifle. We also found that we could use more figures. I think that in our next game we could double the numberof figures and easily finish the game in two hours (ala Two Hour Wargames).
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Nitrogen excretion and expression of urea cycle enzymes in the atlantic cod (Gadus morhua l.): a comparison of early life stages with adults
T.D. Chadwick, P.A. Wright
Journal of Experimental Biology 1999 202: 2653-2662;
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P.A. Wright
For many years, the urea cycle was considered to be relatively unimportant in the life history of most teleost fishes. In previous studies, we were surprised to find that newly hatched freshwater rainbow trout embryos had relatively high activities of the key urea cycle enzyme, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase III (CPSase III), and other enzymes in the pathway, whereas adult trout had much lower or non-detectable activities. The present study tested the hypothesis that urea cycle enzyme expression is unique to early stages of rainbow trout. In marine Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) embryos, CPSase III, ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTCase), glutamine synthetase (GSase) and arginase activities were all expressed prior to hatching. Urea excretion was detected shortly after fertilization and rates were high relative to those of ammonia excretion (50–100 % of total nitrogen excreted as urea nitrogen; total=ammonia+urea). Urea concentration was relatively constant in embryos, but ammonia concentration increased by about fourfold during embryogenesis. Two populations of cod embryos were studied (from Newfoundland and New Brunswick), and significant differences in enzyme activities and excretion rates were detected between the two populations. In adult cod, CPSase III was not detectable in liver, white muscle, intestine and kidney tissues, but OTCase, GSase and arginase were present. Adult cod excreted about 17 % of nitrogenous waste as urea. Taken together, these data indicate that early urea cycle enzyme expression is not unique to rainbow trout but is also a feature of Atlantic cod development, and possibly other teleosts. The relatively high urea excretion rates underline the importance of urea as the primary nitrogen excretory product in Atlantic cod during early embryogenesis.
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Message in a sperm cell
Erin McCallum
Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2682-2683; doi: 10.1242/jeb.147512
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Animals face stressful environments in the wild. When the going gets rough, parents can prepare their developing offspring for life in a tough world. They can alter gene expression patterns in their young to best ‘match’ their babies’ physical characteristics to their new home. For example, in a habitat with little food, parents may influence gene expression to produce smaller offspring that would require fewer meals and be more likely to survive to adulthood. They may also affect their offspring's characteristics in other ways, including selecting the sex, or even altering behaviour. Together, these parent-induced changes are called parental effects.
But which parent causes these changes? So far, the maternal effects that mothers exert through signalling in their eggs have received the most research attention; but, what about fathers? Might they also signal to their future young about the environment that they are experiencing through sperm cells?
Jonathan Evans and his colleagues from the Centre for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia wanted to investigate the potential for paternal effects. The research team placed soon-to-be father guppies on an abundant or restricted diet for one month, mimicking the fathers’ experiences of an environment with plentiful or scarce food resources.
Next, Evans and colleagues tested whether the sperm would inform the offspring of the harsh or plentiful conditions that the fathers experienced. To do this, the team artificially inseminated female guppies with sperm from males in either diet treatment (the females were fed normally). The researchers found that the juvenile guppies sired by males on a restricted diet were smaller, while those sired by males on a plentiful diet were larger. The researchers showed that fathers could in fact change their offspring's growth and size through the contribution of sperm alone.
The team underscored the important effects that smaller or larger body size might have on the survival of young guppies in the wild. For instance, larger newly hatched guppies are better at avoiding predators than smaller guppies, and larger juvenile guppies grow faster, out-competing their smaller counterparts in a dense population. The group's tantalizing finding that a father's sperm can influence their offspring's development opens up many exciting avenues for future research. It will be intriguing to understand exactly how sperm transmit their message to developing offspring and also whether sperm signal in other species of the animal kingdom.
Evans, J. P.,
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Rahman, M. M. and
Gasparini, C.
(2017). Sperm as moderators of environmentally induced paternal effects in a livebearing fish. Biol. Lett. 13, 20170087. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0087
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Comparison of levator ani muscle avulsion injury after forceps-assisted and vacuum-assisted vaginal childbirth
Hafsa U. Memon, Joan L. Blomquist, Hans P. Dietz, Christopher B. Pierce, Milena M. Weinstein, Victoria L Handa
OBJECTIVE: Using three-dimensional transperineal ultrasonography, we compared the prevalence of levator ani muscle injury after forceps with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study. Women who experienced at least one forceps delivery (across all deliveries) were compared with women who had at least one vacuum birth. On average, participants were 10 years from the index delivery. Three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound volumes were captured as cine loops at rest with Valsalva and with pelvic floor muscle contraction. The primary outcome was levator ani muscle avulsion. Secondary outcomes included hiatal diameter and area. Prevalence of pelvic floor disorders was also compared between the two delivery groups. RESULTS: Among 45 participants in the forceps group and 28 participants in the vacuum group, there were no differences between groups in maternal age at first delivery, parity, body mass index, birth weight, episiotomy, or duration of second stage. History of anal sphincter laceration was more common in the forceps group. The prevalence of levator ani muscle avulsion was significantly higher after forceps compared with vacuum delivery (22/45 [49%] compared with 5/28 [18%], P.012, prevalence ratio 2.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17-6.40, odds ratio 4.40 [95% CI 1.42-13.62]). Controlling for delivery type, levator ani muscle avulsion was associated with symptoms of prolapse (P.036), although objective evidence of prolapse was not significantly different between groups (P.20). CONCLUSION: Ten years after delivery, the prevalence of levator avulsion is almost tripled after forceps compared with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery.
https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000825
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Memon, H. U., Blomquist, J. L., Dietz, H. P., Pierce, C. B., Weinstein, M. M., & Handa, V. L. (2015). Comparison of levator ani muscle avulsion injury after forceps-assisted and vacuum-assisted vaginal childbirth. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 125(5), 1080-1087. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000825
Comparison of levator ani muscle avulsion injury after forceps-assisted and vacuum-assisted vaginal childbirth. / Memon, Hafsa U.; Blomquist, Joan L.; Dietz, Hans P.; Pierce, Christopher B.; Weinstein, Milena M.; Handa, Victoria L.
In: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 125, No. 5, 22.05.2015, p. 1080-1087.
Memon, HU, Blomquist, JL, Dietz, HP, Pierce, CB, Weinstein, MM & Handa, VL 2015, 'Comparison of levator ani muscle avulsion injury after forceps-assisted and vacuum-assisted vaginal childbirth', Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 125, no. 5, pp. 1080-1087. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000825
Memon HU, Blomquist JL, Dietz HP, Pierce CB, Weinstein MM, Handa VL. Comparison of levator ani muscle avulsion injury after forceps-assisted and vacuum-assisted vaginal childbirth. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2015 May 22;125(5):1080-1087. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000825
Memon, Hafsa U. ; Blomquist, Joan L. ; Dietz, Hans P. ; Pierce, Christopher B. ; Weinstein, Milena M. ; Handa, Victoria L. / Comparison of levator ani muscle avulsion injury after forceps-assisted and vacuum-assisted vaginal childbirth. In: Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2015 ; Vol. 125, No. 5. pp. 1080-1087.
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abstract = "OBJECTIVE: Using three-dimensional transperineal ultrasonography, we compared the prevalence of levator ani muscle injury after forceps with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study. Women who experienced at least one forceps delivery (across all deliveries) were compared with women who had at least one vacuum birth. On average, participants were 10 years from the index delivery. Three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound volumes were captured as cine loops at rest with Valsalva and with pelvic floor muscle contraction. The primary outcome was levator ani muscle avulsion. Secondary outcomes included hiatal diameter and area. Prevalence of pelvic floor disorders was also compared between the two delivery groups. RESULTS: Among 45 participants in the forceps group and 28 participants in the vacuum group, there were no differences between groups in maternal age at first delivery, parity, body mass index, birth weight, episiotomy, or duration of second stage. History of anal sphincter laceration was more common in the forceps group. The prevalence of levator ani muscle avulsion was significantly higher after forceps compared with vacuum delivery (22/45 [49{\%}] compared with 5/28 [18{\%}], P.012, prevalence ratio 2.74, 95{\%} confidence interval [CI] 1.17-6.40, odds ratio 4.40 [95{\%} CI 1.42-13.62]). Controlling for delivery type, levator ani muscle avulsion was associated with symptoms of prolapse (P.036), although objective evidence of prolapse was not significantly different between groups (P.20). CONCLUSION: Ten years after delivery, the prevalence of levator avulsion is almost tripled after forceps compared with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery.",
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doi = "10.1097/AOG.0000000000000825",
journal = "Obstetrics and Gynecology",
T1 - Comparison of levator ani muscle avulsion injury after forceps-assisted and vacuum-assisted vaginal childbirth
AU - Memon, Hafsa U.
AU - Blomquist, Joan L.
AU - Dietz, Hans P.
AU - Pierce, Christopher B.
AU - Weinstein, Milena M.
AU - Handa, Victoria L
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Using three-dimensional transperineal ultrasonography, we compared the prevalence of levator ani muscle injury after forceps with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study. Women who experienced at least one forceps delivery (across all deliveries) were compared with women who had at least one vacuum birth. On average, participants were 10 years from the index delivery. Three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound volumes were captured as cine loops at rest with Valsalva and with pelvic floor muscle contraction. The primary outcome was levator ani muscle avulsion. Secondary outcomes included hiatal diameter and area. Prevalence of pelvic floor disorders was also compared between the two delivery groups. RESULTS: Among 45 participants in the forceps group and 28 participants in the vacuum group, there were no differences between groups in maternal age at first delivery, parity, body mass index, birth weight, episiotomy, or duration of second stage. History of anal sphincter laceration was more common in the forceps group. The prevalence of levator ani muscle avulsion was significantly higher after forceps compared with vacuum delivery (22/45 [49%] compared with 5/28 [18%], P.012, prevalence ratio 2.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17-6.40, odds ratio 4.40 [95% CI 1.42-13.62]). Controlling for delivery type, levator ani muscle avulsion was associated with symptoms of prolapse (P.036), although objective evidence of prolapse was not significantly different between groups (P.20). CONCLUSION: Ten years after delivery, the prevalence of levator avulsion is almost tripled after forceps compared with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Using three-dimensional transperineal ultrasonography, we compared the prevalence of levator ani muscle injury after forceps with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study. Women who experienced at least one forceps delivery (across all deliveries) were compared with women who had at least one vacuum birth. On average, participants were 10 years from the index delivery. Three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound volumes were captured as cine loops at rest with Valsalva and with pelvic floor muscle contraction. The primary outcome was levator ani muscle avulsion. Secondary outcomes included hiatal diameter and area. Prevalence of pelvic floor disorders was also compared between the two delivery groups. RESULTS: Among 45 participants in the forceps group and 28 participants in the vacuum group, there were no differences between groups in maternal age at first delivery, parity, body mass index, birth weight, episiotomy, or duration of second stage. History of anal sphincter laceration was more common in the forceps group. The prevalence of levator ani muscle avulsion was significantly higher after forceps compared with vacuum delivery (22/45 [49%] compared with 5/28 [18%], P.012, prevalence ratio 2.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17-6.40, odds ratio 4.40 [95% CI 1.42-13.62]). Controlling for delivery type, levator ani muscle avulsion was associated with symptoms of prolapse (P.036), although objective evidence of prolapse was not significantly different between groups (P.20). CONCLUSION: Ten years after delivery, the prevalence of levator avulsion is almost tripled after forceps compared with vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery.
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Spinal Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Courtney Casserly, Estelle E. Seyman, Paula Alcaide-Leon, Melanie Guenette, Carrie Lyons, Stephanie Sankar, Anton Svendrovski, Stefan Baral, Jiwon Oh
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Spinal cord atrophy (SCA) is an important emerging outcome measure in multiple sclerosis (MS); however, there is limited consensus on the magnitude and rate of atrophy. The objective of this study was to synthesize the available data on measures of SCA in MS. METHODS: Using published guidelines, relevant literature databases were searched between 1977 and 2017 for case-control or cohort studies reporting a quantitative measure of SCA in MS patients. Random-effects models pooled cross-sectional measures and longitudinal rates of SCA in MS and healthy controls (HCs). Student's t-test assessed differences between pooled measures in patient subgroups. Heterogeneity was assessed using DerSimonian and Laird's Q-test and the I 2-index. RESULTS: A total of 1,465 studies were retrieved including 94 that met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Pooled estimates of mean cervical spinal cord (SC) cross-sectional area (CSA) in all MS patients, relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), all progressive MS, secondary progressive MS (SPMS), primary-progressive MS (PPMS), and HC were: 73.07 mm2 (95% CI [71.52-74.62]), 78.88 mm2 (95% CI [76.92-80.85]), 69.72 mm2 (95% CI [67.96-71.48]), 68.55 mm2 (95% CI [65.43-71.66]), 70.98 mm2 (95% CI [68.78-73.19]), and 80.87 mm2 (95% C I [78.70-83.04]), respectively. Pooled SC-CSA was greater in HC versus MS (P <.001) and RRMS versus progressive MS (P <.001). SCA showed moderate correlations with global disability in cross-sectional studies (r-value with disability score range [−.75 to −.22]). In longitudinal studies, the pooled annual rate of SCA was 1.78%/year (95%CI [1.28-2.27]). CONCLUSIONS: The SC is atrophied in MS. The magnitude of SCA is greater in progressive versus relapsing forms and correlates with clinical disability. The pooled estimate of annual rate of SCA is greater than reported rates of brain atrophy in MS. These results demonstrate that SCA is highly relevant as an imaging outcome in MS clinical trials.
Journal of Neuroimaging
https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.12553
Accepted/In press - Jan 1 2018
Chronic Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Spinal cord atrophy
Casserly, C., Seyman, E. E., Alcaide-Leon, P., Guenette, M., Lyons, C., Sankar, S., ... Oh, J. (Accepted/In press). Spinal Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.12553
Spinal Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. / Casserly, Courtney; Seyman, Estelle E.; Alcaide-Leon, Paula; Guenette, Melanie; Lyons, Carrie; Sankar, Stephanie; Svendrovski, Anton; Baral, Stefan; Oh, Jiwon.
In: Journal of Neuroimaging, 01.01.2018.
Casserly, C, Seyman, EE, Alcaide-Leon, P, Guenette, M, Lyons, C, Sankar, S, Svendrovski, A, Baral, S & Oh, J 2018, 'Spinal Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Journal of Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.12553
Casserly C, Seyman EE, Alcaide-Leon P, Guenette M, Lyons C, Sankar S et al. Spinal Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Neuroimaging. 2018 Jan 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.12553
Casserly, Courtney ; Seyman, Estelle E. ; Alcaide-Leon, Paula ; Guenette, Melanie ; Lyons, Carrie ; Sankar, Stephanie ; Svendrovski, Anton ; Baral, Stefan ; Oh, Jiwon. / Spinal Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. In: Journal of Neuroimaging. 2018.
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AU - Svendrovski, Anton
AU - Baral, Stefan
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Olive & The Bitter Herbs – saw a ghost lately? Off Broadway Theater Review
by jolt left
Who’s that ghost in the mirror? Seems to have a common denominator in Charles Busch’s latest comedy offering by Primary Stages at 59e59 Theaters, directed by Mark Brokaw, when disagreeable older actress Olive (Marcia Jean Kurtz) shares secrets with her new friend Wendy (Julie Halston) and finds that her much detested neighbors, gay couple Robert (David Garrison) and Trey (Dan Butler), also have a history with the man in the mirror. What’s it all about?
Olive, a combination of vinegar and sour lemon, is an unlikeable, bitter woman who doesn’t show an ounce of kindness to anyone, complaining constantly about everything and everyone, including her neighbors Robert and Trey because of the smells coming from their apartment, namely exotic cheeses. Although her friend Wendy tries to help her find more in her life by leaving lists of suggested things she could be doing, namely, volunteer work, teaching a class at an acting school, Olive declines all spending her time being miserable and insulting. Trey says, “You’re Sweeney Todd.” This results in lots of wise-cracking remarks and zingers, many of which are very funny although predictable and repetitious in nature. Apparently, her one claim to fame was a sausage commercial many years prior, not unlike “where’s the beef,” upon which she’s been riding the wave that has become a ripple.
She is inveigled into making a Passover Seder, inviting all these characters including Sylvan (Richard Masur), the Board president’s father visiting from Buenos Aries who has, in spite of her shabby personality, taken a liking to Olive because he knows that what she’s missing is love, even though he calls her “a little bully.”
Relationships are paramount between the characters from Trey and Robert’s suspicious, mischievous quarreling to loveable Sylvan who won’t be dissuaded by Olive, and Wendy eventually comes into her own, screaming and kickin’. Kurtz is well suited for her role as Olive but makes the mistake of breaking that fourth wall as if engaging her audience on various laugh lines to make a point. Many times her portrayal appears filled with too much theatricality. On the whole, however, it’s a top notch cast of winning actors.
Halston, as always, is perfection as the classic interpreter when it comes to Charles Busch’s writings playing an uninvited volunteer to the elderly. The premise of the ghost (his name is Howard) in the mirror is the bond between all the characters and unfolds by the second act in this far-fetched comedy. It’s a story of six degrees of separation! If only Busch himself had jumped out of the mirror and made an appearance as Howard, there might have been a different spin on the play.
You’ll definitely have some laughs in this comedic absurdity, but they will subside as the play continues. The Tony-nominated playwright Charles Busch is known for The Divine Sister & The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, both of which had more panache and substance.
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Home Peo...People Groups Afar
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Afar in Djibouti
Photo Source: Copyrighted © 2020 Kerry Olson All rights reserved. Used with permission
Map Source: Joshua Project / Global Mapping International
The Afar (Danakil) claim to be descendants of Noah's son - Ham. They are located in the East African countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. The Afar of Djibouti live either along the coastline bordering Ethiopia, or in a portion of the Danakil Desert that stretches across Ethiopia into Eritrea. Djibouti is sometimes called "a valley of hell" because it has one of the hottest, driest climates in the world.
The Danakil prefer to be known as the Afar, since the Arabic word danakil is an offensive term to them. The Afar consist of two sub-groups: the Asaemara ("red ones"), who are the more prestigious and powerful nobles living along the coast; and the Adaemara ("white ones"), who are the commoners living primarily in the mountains and the desert. The Danakil are a proud people, emphasizing a man's strength and bravery. Prestige comes from killing one's enemies.
Most of the Afar are nomads who herd sheep, goats, cattle, and camels. Some of the Asaemara living on the coast are fishermen. A man's wealth, however, is measured by the size of his herds. The women are responsible for tending the sheep, cows, and goats, and for looking after the camp. The men care for the camels and donkeys, and take down the camp when it is time to move.
Although some Muslims are permitted to have four wives, Afar marriages are usually monogamous. Girls may marry as early as age ten. Marriages between first cousins are preferred, particularly between a man and his father's sister's daughter. The night of the full moon is favored for a wedding ceremony, and the presence of someone able to read the Koran is required.
Meat and milk are the major components of the Afar diet. Milk is also an important social "offering". For instance, when a guest is given fresh warm milk to drink, the host is implying that he will provide immediate protection for the guest. If a person is killed while under the protection of an Afar, his death must be avenged as if he were a member of the clan.
The Afar live in camps surrounded by thorn barricades, which protect them from the attacks of wild animals or enemy tribesmen. Their oval-shaped huts, called ari, are made of palm mats and are easily moved. Market day is important to the Danakil. Some travel great distances to sell cattle, camels, goats, sheep, butter, and straw mats. In turn, they buy items such as coffee, sugar, matches, and soap.
Early in their history, the Afar were heavily influenced by the Islamic religion; and today, Islam is still held in great esteem. The people do not eat pork and rarely drink alcohol. Those who can afford to do so, make a pilgrimage to Mecca. In addition, many pre-Islamic beliefs and customs are also prevalent among the Danakil. They believe that certain trees and groves have sacred powers. They also have various religious rites such as anointing their bodies with ghee (a type of butter). Spirits of the dead are believed to be very powerful, and a "feast of the dead", called Rabena, is celebrated each year. They also give annual offerings to the sea to ensure safety for their villages. Many people wear protective leather amulets that contain herbs and verses from the Koran.
One of the most serious problems in Djibouti is drought. Unfortunately, there is a lack of industry and natural resources to combat the problem.
Currently, the region is also under much political pressure. Since Djibouti gained its independence in 1977, tension between the Somali and the Danakil has increased. The Somalians feel the loss of a missing colony; Djibouti contains a vital part of the railway line that links Ethiopia to the outside world. Hence, both want control of the region.
The few Afar who have converted to Christianity are isolated. They are also pressured by their relatives to return to Islam. They need the Holy Spirit's strength to hold onto their faith in Christ.
* Scripture Prayers for the Afar in Djibouti.
* Ask the Lord of the harvest to send forth additional laborers into Djibouti.
* Pray that God will grant wisdom and favor to missions agencies focusing on the Afar.
* Ask God to anoint the Gospel as it goes forth via radio to this tribe.
* Pray for the small number of Afar believers and ask God to give them opportunities to share Christ with their own people.
* Ask God to raise prayer teams who will begin breaking up the soil through worship and intercession.
* Ask the Lord to bring forth a strong Afar church for the glory of His name!
Profile Source: Bethany World Prayer Center
Global Prayer Digest: 2014-01-12
People Name General Afar
People Name in Country Afar
Alternate Names Adali; Danakil
Affinity Bloc Horn of Africa Peoples
People Cluster Afar
People Group Afar
Ethnic Code CMT33z
Country Djibouti
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
Location in Country Red Sea coast, Obock, Tadjoura, and Dikhil regions; Arta Region, area southwest of Ghoubet Kharab; Ali Sabieh Region southwest of regional capital. Source: Ethnologue 2016
Location in Country Red Sea coast, Obock, Tadjoura, and Dikhil regions; Arta Region, area southwest of Ghoubet Kharab; Ali Sabieh Region southwest of regional capital.. Source: Ethnologue 2016
Primary Language Afar (317,000 speakers)
Language Code aar Ethnologue Listing
People Groups Speaking Afar
Primary Language: Afar
Bible-New Testament Yes (1994)
Bible-Complete Yes (2013)
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Afar
Photo Source Copyrighted © 2020 Kerry Olson All rights reserved. Used with permission
Map Source Joshua Project / Global Mapping International
Profile Source Bethany World Prayer Center
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Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Takehiko Mori, S. Mori, Y. Kanda, K. Yakushiji, S. Mineishi, Y. Takaue, H. Gondo, M. Harada, H. Sakamaki, T. Yajima, Yasushi Iwao, T. Hibi, Shinichiro Okamoto
Department of Internal Medicine (Hematology)
To evaluate the clinical significance of a cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia assay in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal (CMV-GI) disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), 19 allogeneic HSCT recipients developing CMV-GI disease were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were monitored by a CMV antigenemia assay, at least once weekly after engraftment. The median onset of CMV-GI disease occurred 31 days post transplant (range: 19-62). Only four of 19 patients (21%) developed a positive CMV antigenemia test before developing CMV-GI diseases. Although all 19 patients subsequently developed positive CNIV antigenemia tests during their clinical courses, the values remained at a low-level in nine (47%) patients. Among the 14 patients in whom results of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were available, seven (50%) yielded positive results of real-time PCR before developing CMV-GI disease. In contrast to the values of CMV antigenemia, all 14 patients exclusively yielded high viral loads (median: 2.8 × 104 copies/ml plasma). We conclude that CMV antigenemia testing has limited value in prediction or early diagnosis of CMV-GI disease, and that real-time PCR could have a more diagnostic significance.
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704369
Published - 2004 Feb
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
CMV antigenemia
Mori, T., Mori, S., Kanda, Y., Yakushiji, K., Mineishi, S., Takaue, Y., ... Okamoto, S. (2004). Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 33(4), 431-434. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704369
Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. / Mori, Takehiko; Mori, S.; Kanda, Y.; Yakushiji, K.; Mineishi, S.; Takaue, Y.; Gondo, H.; Harada, M.; Sakamaki, H.; Yajima, T.; Iwao, Yasushi; Hibi, T.; Okamoto, Shinichiro.
In: Bone Marrow Transplantation, Vol. 33, No. 4, 02.2004, p. 431-434.
Mori, T, Mori, S, Kanda, Y, Yakushiji, K, Mineishi, S, Takaue, Y, Gondo, H, Harada, M, Sakamaki, H, Yajima, T, Iwao, Y, Hibi, T & Okamoto, S 2004, 'Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation', Bone Marrow Transplantation, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 431-434. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704369
Mori T, Mori S, Kanda Y, Yakushiji K, Mineishi S, Takaue Y et al. Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2004 Feb;33(4):431-434. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704369
Mori, Takehiko ; Mori, S. ; Kanda, Y. ; Yakushiji, K. ; Mineishi, S. ; Takaue, Y. ; Gondo, H. ; Harada, M. ; Sakamaki, H. ; Yajima, T. ; Iwao, Yasushi ; Hibi, T. ; Okamoto, Shinichiro. / Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In: Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2004 ; Vol. 33, No. 4. pp. 431-434.
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title = "Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation",
abstract = "To evaluate the clinical significance of a cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia assay in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal (CMV-GI) disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), 19 allogeneic HSCT recipients developing CMV-GI disease were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were monitored by a CMV antigenemia assay, at least once weekly after engraftment. The median onset of CMV-GI disease occurred 31 days post transplant (range: 19-62). Only four of 19 patients (21{\%}) developed a positive CMV antigenemia test before developing CMV-GI diseases. Although all 19 patients subsequently developed positive CNIV antigenemia tests during their clinical courses, the values remained at a low-level in nine (47{\%}) patients. Among the 14 patients in whom results of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were available, seven (50{\%}) yielded positive results of real-time PCR before developing CMV-GI disease. In contrast to the values of CMV antigenemia, all 14 patients exclusively yielded high viral loads (median: 2.8 × 104 copies/ml plasma). We conclude that CMV antigenemia testing has limited value in prediction or early diagnosis of CMV-GI disease, and that real-time PCR could have a more diagnostic significance.",
keywords = "CMV antigenemia, Cytomegalovirus, Gastrointestinal disease, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Real-time PCR",
author = "Takehiko Mori and S. Mori and Y. Kanda and K. Yakushiji and S. Mineishi and Y. Takaue and H. Gondo and M. Harada and H. Sakamaki and T. Yajima and Yasushi Iwao and T. Hibi and Shinichiro Okamoto",
doi = "10.1038/sj.bmt.1704369",
journal = "Bone Marrow Transplantation",
T1 - Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
AU - Mori, Takehiko
AU - Mori, S.
AU - Kanda, Y.
AU - Yakushiji, K.
AU - Mineishi, S.
AU - Takaue, Y.
AU - Gondo, H.
AU - Harada, M.
AU - Sakamaki, H.
AU - Yajima, T.
AU - Iwao, Yasushi
AU - Hibi, T.
AU - Okamoto, Shinichiro
N2 - To evaluate the clinical significance of a cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia assay in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal (CMV-GI) disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), 19 allogeneic HSCT recipients developing CMV-GI disease were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were monitored by a CMV antigenemia assay, at least once weekly after engraftment. The median onset of CMV-GI disease occurred 31 days post transplant (range: 19-62). Only four of 19 patients (21%) developed a positive CMV antigenemia test before developing CMV-GI diseases. Although all 19 patients subsequently developed positive CNIV antigenemia tests during their clinical courses, the values remained at a low-level in nine (47%) patients. Among the 14 patients in whom results of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were available, seven (50%) yielded positive results of real-time PCR before developing CMV-GI disease. In contrast to the values of CMV antigenemia, all 14 patients exclusively yielded high viral loads (median: 2.8 × 104 copies/ml plasma). We conclude that CMV antigenemia testing has limited value in prediction or early diagnosis of CMV-GI disease, and that real-time PCR could have a more diagnostic significance.
AB - To evaluate the clinical significance of a cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia assay in the prediction and diagnosis of CMV gastrointestinal (CMV-GI) disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), 19 allogeneic HSCT recipients developing CMV-GI disease were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were monitored by a CMV antigenemia assay, at least once weekly after engraftment. The median onset of CMV-GI disease occurred 31 days post transplant (range: 19-62). Only four of 19 patients (21%) developed a positive CMV antigenemia test before developing CMV-GI diseases. Although all 19 patients subsequently developed positive CNIV antigenemia tests during their clinical courses, the values remained at a low-level in nine (47%) patients. Among the 14 patients in whom results of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were available, seven (50%) yielded positive results of real-time PCR before developing CMV-GI disease. In contrast to the values of CMV antigenemia, all 14 patients exclusively yielded high viral loads (median: 2.8 × 104 copies/ml plasma). We conclude that CMV antigenemia testing has limited value in prediction or early diagnosis of CMV-GI disease, and that real-time PCR could have a more diagnostic significance.
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KW - Cytomegalovirus
KW - Gastrointestinal disease
KW - Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
KW - Real-time PCR
U2 - 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704369
DO - 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704369
JO - Bone Marrow Transplantation
JF - Bone Marrow Transplantation
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Review: Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)
On Jan 13, 2019 By KorlisIn ReviewsLeave a comment
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me a third time — and I’m pretty sure I’ve lost all moral high ground. In Godzilla: The Planet Eater, Netflix and Toho team back up to bore the ever-loving god out of me for a third and, hopefully, final time. Any wishful thinking that the third instalment might magically turn around the series after two utterly lethargic entries was misguided, and my hopes were very quickly dashed as The Planet Eater settled into a familiar rhythm of characters no one could possibly care about reciting pseudo-philosophy no one could possibly understand. Every criticism I’ve ever levelled against the series, from the stilted animation to the lack of action to the awful dialogue still applies. Nevertheless, I powered through and watched it, so here’s my review.
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Review: Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
On Jul 27, 2018 Jul 27, 2018 By KorlisIn ReviewsLeave a comment
Last year, Netflix released the first film in a planned trilogy of CG-anime Godzilla movies, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. It managed to take a promising concept, where humanity had ceded the earth to kaiju and has returned from the stars to attempt to reclaim it, and loaded it down with stilted animation, loads of exposition, and a near impenetrable script full of sci-fi and pseudo-religious jargon. As the sequel, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018), approached I did hold out some hope that the second entry in the series could shed some of the baggage that the first had. The world was established, the animation would hopefully improve, and a lot of the kinks would be ironed out. City on the Edge of Battle picks up almost exactly where Planet of the Monsters left off: humanity’s landing party is in dire straits, its hero missing, and their last best hope might be found in the ruined remains of a failed attempt to build Mechagodzilla before they fled earth in the first place.
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Basset Hounds are Cyberpunk AF
On Feb 24, 2018 Feb 24, 2018 By KorlisIn NewsLeave a comment
Yesterday Netflix released Duncan Jones’ Mute (2018), the cyberpunk movie the director had been gestating for some sixteen years. Loosely connected to his debut Moon (2009) and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, and Justin Theroux in a near-future Berlin, I found it unevenly paced but totally engrossing – well worth a try from any subscriber, even if the director himself has said it’s a Marmite kind of film. Blade Runner may have set the template for cyberpunk visuals but Mute managed to remind me of the even filthier, cheaper, more run-down and lived in worlds of Harebrained Schemes‘ Shadowrun games – especially, of course, the Berlin-set Shadowrun: Dragonfall.
Halfway through the movie, as Paul Rudd’s uncharacteristically unpleasant Cactus Bill skulks through graffiti covered streets, what should walk prominently across the shot but a Basset Hound?
A Basset Hound in Mute (2018)
Of course, I can’t help but assume this is a reference to my favourite cyberpunk series, Ghost in the Shell:
Batou and Gabriel in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Mute: cementing that Basset Hounds are cyberpunk af
Review: Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
On Jan 26, 2018 Feb 6, 2018 By KorlisIn ReviewsLeave a comment
As Netflix plunges more and more cash into original content, one of the areas it has ramped up production in is Japanese drama and anime. The acquisition of Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) for global distribution was a big symbolic gesture, one that teamed Netflix up with Polygon Pictures (Blame!) for another CGI anime movie. The result is the first part of a planned trilogy of movies pitting the future remnants of humanity against a massive, nigh unstoppable Godzilla that has conquered the Earth and now rules a kaiju planet.
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J-Drama Review: Million Yen Women
On Sep 11, 2017 Sep 8, 2017 By KorlisIn ReviewsLeave a comment
As a fan of Japanese film it’s probably no surprise I have interests across the rest of Japanese pop culture: I’ve written before about videogames and anime, but until now, avoided the topic of Japanese TV dramas. Once upon a time as a student of Japanese language I was a prolific ‘dorama’ watcher, with old favourites like Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000), set in my ‘home town’ of Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and Yume wo Kanaeru Zō [The Wish-Granting Elephant] (2008), a bizarre sitcom where the protagonist’s new roommate is the Hindu god Ganesh.
Until recently, though, it was fairly hard to acquire Japanese-language television of any kind through legal means if you lived outside of Japan, and for English language subtitles, you had to rely on legions of dedicated, and often very skilled, fansubbers. Now things have changed: it’s possible to stream dorama from services like Crunchyroll and Netflix. That doesn’t mean it’s all worth watching, but a new, irregular feature here on Kino 893 will cover some of what’s out there – especially as I burn through the various Netflix imports to see if they’ve found anything good!
First up, Million Yen Women (2017), a collaboration between Netflix and TV Tokyo that adapts Shunju Aono’s manga of the same name. Like many dorama, the premise is as simple as it is bizarre: struggling author Michima (RADWIMPS vocalist Yojiro Noda) lived alone until five women abruptly moved in with him, each paying a million yen (around £7000 or $9000) in rent per month. The series picks up six months after they moved in, with the central mystery being who sent the invites that brought them all together, and why.
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Review: Blame! (2017)
On Jul 7, 2017 Sep 25, 2017 By KorlisIn ReviewsLeave a comment
Netflix delved into original anime filmmaking with Blame! (2017), adapted from Tsutomu Nihei’s manga of the same title. Set in a distant post-apocalyptic future where the last remnants of humanity cling on to survival in a vast, machine-controlled city, it’s a refreshing take on a number of familiar sci-fi and anime tropes. Directed by Hiroyuki Seshita (Knights of Sidonia, Ajin) and produced by Polygon Pictures, a Japanese CG animation studio best known to me for their work on Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Blame! is worth a look for any anime fan with a Netflix subscription.
It’s pronounced ‘BLAM!’
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Facts about Redbone Coonhound Dogs, "Scientific name for Redbone Coonhound Dog, or domestic canine, is Canis lupus familiaris".
The Redbone Coonhound Dog was first owned by the coon hunters. The Redbone Coonhound Dog were red in color and were used by the coon hunters in tracking and treeing raccoons. Breeders came from the United States that were Georgia and Tennessee, to produce a hound which was very fast and had great sniffing ability. The first breed that was produced was named the 'Saddlebacks'. The dogs had a red background color with saddle markings which were red in color. The Saddleback dogs were further bred with several breeds including the Foxhound to produce a solid red-colored dog which was named the Redbone Coonhound Dog after an early breeder Peter Redbone who was native to Tennessee.
A Redbone Coonhound Dog’s mouth can apply approximately 150 to 200 pounds of pressure per square inch and an American Pit Bull Terrier, German Shepherd Dog and a rottweiler can have 320 LBS of pressure on avg.
All dogs are identical in makeup big or small– 42 permanent teeth and 321 bones. Redbone Coonhound Puppies have 28 teeth and when they become adult Redbone Coonhound Dogs they have 42 teeth.
Female Redbone Coonhound Dogs are in heat for matting for about 20 days twice a year. Redbone Coonhound Puppies for their first few weeks will sleep ninety percent of the day and their vision is not fully developed until after the first month. Female Redbone Coonhound Dogs are pregnant for 60 days before they’re puppies are born
The Redbone Coonhound Dog is a robust, strong and handsome dog. the Redbone Coonhound Dog males average height stand at the shoulders at 22 to 27 inches (55.9 to 68.9 cm) and the females average height is 21 to 25 inches (54.3 to 63.5 cm). The Redbone Coonhounds average weigh 45 to 70 pounds (20.4 to 31.7 kg). The dog has a medium sized, well modeled and clean head, with a medium stop between the nose and the brows. Redbone Coonhound Dog ears are long and hang from above its head extending to the tip of its nose. Redbone Coonhound Dogs tail is upright and the paws are cat-like, have thick pads and are compact. The dog has a red colored skin with a low level, smooth, shiny and short like coat which comes in several different colors including, red with a little white and pure solid red.
The Redbone Coonhound Dog is an even-tempered, happy and a friendly dog. It can be affectionate and loves company. Redbone Coonhound Dog has a pleasant, sounding bark. The dog is also an instinct hunter and has a strong smelling ability and agility. Redbone Coonhound Dogs is fast, active and alert and responds to training very quickly and positively. Redbone Coonhound Dogs sweat glands are between their paw pads.
A Redbone Coonhound Dog sees in color and have better low light vision. Redbone Coonhound Dogs have three eyelids, a lower lid, an upper eyelid lid and a third lid, that is called a haw or nictitating membrane, this keeps the dogs eye protected and moist. Redbone Coonhound Dogs eyes have a special membrane for seeing better at night, called a tapetum lucidum - a dogs reflective layer in the choroid chiefly of nocturnal, causing the eyes to glow when light at night hits the eyes and they consist of some layers of smooth flat cells covered by a section of double deformed crystals
The Redbone Coonhound can do well in apartments. However, it requires regular exercise daily. It is relatively inactive indoors. Redbone Coonhound Dog can live and work in all kinds of weather and terrain due to their coat which can tolerate these conditions. The Redbone Coonhound Dog breed is also usually healthy. However, it can be prone to hip dysplasia. Its life expectancy is about eleven to twelve years.
When purchasing a Redbone Coonhound Dog from a breeder, make sure to find a good breeder with references, check at least two to three of the puppies that were purchased from this breeder.
The Redbone Coonhound Dog belongs in the Hound Dog Group and in 2009 the dog breed was recognized (AKC) American Kennel Club.
Redbone Coonhound Dogs have two times the amount of ear muscles than people. A Redbone Coonhound Dogs can hear a sound at four times the distance of a human. Sound frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz) Def-Hertz is the measurement of frequency, explicitly it's one cycle per second. The higher the Hertz are, the higher the pitched the sound is. Dogs hear best at 45,000 Hz to 65,000 Hz, while humans hear best at around 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
Average body temperature for a dog is between 101 to 102.5 degrees
A dog is an omnivore, (definition-they eat both other animals and plants). All Dogs are direct descendants of wolves.
The number one heath problems amongst Redbone Coonhound Dogs is obesity, so always make sure your dog doesn't get to fat. Many foot problems that Redbone Coonhound Dogs have are just an issue of long toenails.
Redbone Coonhound Dogs pant to keep cool with 10 to 35 breaths per minute with an average of 24 breaths per minute. A large dog breed resting heart beats between 60 to 100 times per minute, and a small dog breed’s heart beats on average between 100 to 140 pant a lot.
Only humans and dogs have prostates, But a dog doesn't have an appendix.
Redbone Coonhound Dog’s nose prints can be used to identify them, their nose prints are like a humans finger print. A dog smells more than 1,000 times stronger than that of a human. A Redbone Coonhound Dog’s nose, secretes a thin layer of mucous that helps it absorb scent, after that they lick their noses and sample the scent through their mouth.
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In favor of impurity, or, I’m sick at heart and I want to lie down
My daughter told me about the mass killing in Orlando in the car Sunday, as we drove up Route 81 on an errand. We bought summer shorts and solar lights for the back walkway, ate pho and spring rolls, stopped at a bookstore, drove home, and she kept updating me all evening. Mostly Latino and LGBT, she said. The orange guy says ban Muslim immigrants. Countries are issuing travel advisories against the U.S.: it’s not safe here.
Monday, I found myself flipping back and forth between online news and the strange old book I bought in Staunton, Traditional Ballads of Virginia, Collected Under the Auspices of the Virginia Folklore Society, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis and published in 1929. I’m no ballad-scholar but they tell sad stories in verse, usually beginning at the end. “There is never an authoritative text,” wrote Robert Graves about the folk ballad, continuing, “it is incomplete without music…it does not moralize or preach or express any partisan bias.” In my “Introduction to Poetry” course, we spend a day looking first at folk ballads and then at literary uses of the form–not-anonymous ballad-like poems circulated in print. We discuss Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham” about a 1963 church bombing, and Gwendolyn Brooks’ Emmett Till poems. Randall’s ballad, metered and rhymed, has that communal quality of a song one might pass down through generations. Brooks’ “A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon,” instead, blasts that cultural inheritance apart, along with all the racist, gendered baggage it carries about lily-white maids and dark villains. Both poems draw force in different ways from the old tropes and channel that power against contemporary violence.
It’s hard to write a literary ballad. Strict quatrains can sound too predictable now, too light; veer from familiarity, though, and you’ve lost continuity with the old songs. The latter is sometimes better, yet form’s history can help you carry a hard burden. I’m trying to draft a ballad about the hate crime at the Pulse nightclub, but the results so far are somehow both raw and over-intellectual.
To do better, I keep going back to the smoother cadences preserved in this book. There was a vogue, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, for collecting traces of a vanishing folk culture, and I’m glad, even if I personally, as a woman, wouldn’t have been safe tramping around the mountains and asking strangers what old airs they knew. But this particular collection was also an attempt by white people to conserve (create?) a particularly Scots-Irish heritage. These folklorists collected British, Scottish, and Irish songs only, further stipulating that they must be orally transmitted, unpolluted by print. Interesting, to discover what songs made that crossing and how they changed. Yet there’s no such thing as media purity, then or now–print and oral cultures intersect all the time. Nor are other kinds of inheritance pure. Listen as the editor, in his introduction, gives away his bias:
“The nearest approach to an American body of folk-lore is the folk-lore of European origin transplanted and adapted in America–unless, forsooth, we should prefer to regard as representatively American the tribal and ceremonial songs of the Red Indian, which are American in no sense except the geographical, or the folk-songs of the Negro, which, beautiful as they often are, are obviously the heritage of the ‘Homo Africanus’ transplanted in America, not the possession of our white majority.”
Forsooth! This book was being assembled as Virginia was implementing its eugenics laws, sterilizing citizens for being indigenous, black, or otherwise American in no sense except, gee, the geographical, legal, logical, and moral. Terms like “Red Indian” and “Homo Africanus” construct and exaggerate difference for rhetorical effect, as if the so-called races belong to different species.
Now flash forward to one 21st century version of the eugenics program: a current candidate’s proposed wall. Barrier contraception writ large. None of it works–no poem or country has ever been pure, and none ever will be, thank heaven–but people do harm striving for purity anyway.
I’ll keep working on my ballad, getting my own hands dirty, as I look for other ways to protest the fear and hatred ruining us. Last weekend’s horror is not particularly my story to tell, but that’s the point of ballads–they’re all our stories, the young man whose mind goes wrong, hopes ruined, lovers separated by violence, children forever lost to mothers wild with grief. To paraphrase Brooks, the Pulse tragedy has the beat inevitable; the old form is latent in the event, in its very needlessness. How many times do assault rifles have to fire in our public spaces before U.S. politicians repudiate the NRA? As in the ballad “Lord Randal”–sometimes converted by Virginians into “Johnnie Randolph”–I’m sick at heart and I want to lie down.
Two ballads for the road. First, as I said, contemporary literary ballads are hard to write, but I did just publish a poem influenced by the form. It’s in a Mezzo Cammin portfolio of poems responding to Edna St. Vincent Millay; the story it tells is Millay’s (successful) attempt to end an unwanted pregnancy by consuming abortive herbs in Dorset.
Second, from my new-old book: it turns out that one of the few ballad variants sourced to Lexington is “Sir Hugh”, sometimes called “The Jew’s Daughter,” or, in a sanitized version, “The Fatal Flower Garden.” I can’t bring myself to type it out so I’ve linked to a similar version to the one contributed by “Mr. and Mrs. George McLaughlin” in 1916 (I live very near McLaughlin St.). It tells of a Christian boy whose ball goes over a wall into “the old Jew’s garden.” Tempted by his neighbor’s daughter, the boy ventures after it and is brutally murdered. “Sir Hugh” preserves and promotes the anti-Semitism of medieval Europe; its tale was used to justify pogroms. It’s also, in its toxic way, haunting. Ballads can poison as well as console us–promote violence as well as deplore it. Impure.
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7 Comments on “In favor of impurity, or, I’m sick at heart and I want to lie down”
Ballads are an old obsession of mine. I assume you’ve read Jake Adam York’s “Murder Ballads”?
You know, I’ve only read a few in magazines–I’ll put the book on my list, though.
Thank you for your post. As a painter, it is helpful to read about how a poet is struggling with responding to our times, all the bad news and overripe fears.
Glad to hear it–thanks!
marycresswell2015
Beautifully done. Thanks.
lmconnors
Very nice. I am sure just writing the post was cathartic. I hope writing the ballad is too.
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Report: Red Sox Extend Chris Sale Through 2024 Season
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BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 11: Chris Sale #41 of the Boston Red Sox pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning at Fenway Park on September 11, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
The Boston Red Sox and Chris Sale reportedly agree to terms on a five-year extension worth around 150 million dollars, pending a physical which will not take place until next week. Ken Rosenthal then confirmed the deal will be for 145 million dollars.
Ace Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a five-year contract extension in the $150 million range, pending a physical, league sources tell ESPN. Deal adds to his current contract, covers the 2020-24 seasons. Physical next week. @Ken_Rosenthal had it done first.
Chris Sale extension with #RedSox will be five years, $145 million, sources tell The Athletic. Sale will earn $15M this season in final year of current deal. Extension is pending physical. Will run from 2020 to ‘24.
Coming off a World Series win, Sale and the Red Sox both expressed interest in reaching a long-term agreement. With free agency looming at the end of the upcoming season, the Red Sox decided now would be the best time to keep their ace.
Sale turns thirty next week. He has been to seven consecutive All-Star games, and earned six consecutive top five finishes in the American League Cy Young voting.
Remaining Roster Question marks
This move makes bringing Craig Kimbrel back to the team a very unlikely possibility, as they currently carry 240.8 million dollars in annual values, with the 246 million threshold looming. Others reaching free agency at the end of the campaign are Xander Bogaerts and Rick Porcello, and with this deal, it is unlikely that either will receive long-term deals.
J.D. Martinez also has the option to opt out of his remaining three years after this season. After the 2020 campaign, the reigning AL MVP Mookie Betts is also up for free agency.
The World Series champs will need to do some wheeling and dealing to keep the squad together. This is especially true considering part of their bullpen is getting weaker, and division rival New York has acquired arguably the best bullpen in baseball.
Rest of League Extensions
As this extension is likely being finished, it would be the 17th contract extended this spring alone. It is also the sixth by a player in the last year of his contract, and the fifth greater than 100 million in guaranteed money.
Much of this reason may come from how players view the slow pace of free agency, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, for example. You can expect extensions like this are going to continue to be more likely.
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Former President Obasanjo’s Scathing letter to President Buhari
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by Chidi Okereke January 23, 2018
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Today, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote President Muhammadu Buhari an open letter – a scathing one – and without further ado, read the full thing.
THE WAY OUT: A CLARION CALL FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIA MOVEMENT
Since we are still in the month of January, it is appropriate to wish all Nigerians Happy 2018. I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of you may be asking, “What has brought about this special occasion of Obasanjo issuing a Special Statement?” You will be right to ask such a question. But there is a Yoruba saying that ‘when lice abound in your clothes, your fingernails will never be dried of blood’. When I was in the village, to make sure that lice die, you put them between two fingernails and press hard to ensure they die and they always leave blood stains on the fingernails. To ensure you do not have blood on your fingernails, you have to ensure that lice are not harboured anywhere within your vicinity.
The lice of poor performance in government – poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed – if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality – are very much with us today. With such lice of general and specific poor performance and crying poverty with us, our fingers will not be dry of ‘blood’.
Four years ago when my PDP card was torn, I made it abundantly clear that I quit partisan politics for aye but my concern and interest in Nigeria, Africa and indeed in humanity would not wane. Ever since, I have adhered strictly to that position. Since that time, I have devoted quality time to the issue of zero hunger as contained in Goal No. 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. We have set the target that Nigeria with the participating States in the Zero Hunger Forum should reach Zero Hunger goal by 2025 – five years earlier than the UN target date. I am involved in the issue of education in some States and generally in the issue of youth empowerment and employment. I am involved in all these domestically and altruistically to give hope and future to the seemingly hopeless and those in despair. I believe strongly that God has endowed Nigeria so adequately that no Nigerian should be either in want or in despair.
I believe in team work and collaborative efforts. At the international level, we have worked with other world leaders to domicile the apparatus for monitoring and encouraging socio-economic progress in Africa in our Presidential Library. The purpose of Africa Progress Group,which is the new name assumed by Africa Progress Panel (APP),is to point out where, when and what works need to be done for the progress of Africa separately and collectively by African leaders and their development partners. I have also gladly accepted the invitation of the UN Secretary-General to be a member of his eighteen-member High-Level Board of Advisers on Mediation. There are other assignments I take up in other fora for Africa and for the international community. For Africa to move forward, Nigeria must be one of the anchor countries, if not the leading anchor country. It means that Nigeria must be good at home to be good outside. No doubt, our situation in the last decade or so had shown that we are not good enough at home; hence we are invariably absent at the table that we should be abroad.
All these led me to take the unusual step of going against my own political Party, PDP, in the last general election to support the opposite side. I saw that action as the best option for Nigeria. As it has been revealed in the last three years or so, that decision and the subsequent collective decision of Nigerians to vote for a change was the right decision for the nation. For me, there was nothing personal, it was all in the best interest of Nigeria and, indeed, in the best interest of Africa and humanity at large. Even the horse rider then, with whom I maintain very cordial, happy and social relationship today has come to realise his mistakes and regretted it publicly and I admire his courage and forthrightness in this regard. He has a role to play on the sideline for the good of Nigeria, Africa and humanity and I will see him as a partner in playing such a role nationally and internationally, but not as a horse rider in Nigeria again.
The situation that made Nigerians to vote massively to get my brother Jonathan off the horse is playing itself out again. First, I thought I knew the point where President Buhari is weak and I spoke and wrote about it even before Nigerians voted for him and I also did vote for him because at that time it was a matter of “any option but Jonathan” (aobj). But my letter to President Jonathan titled: “Before It Is Too Late” was meant for him to act before it was too late. He ignored it and it was too late for him and those who goaded him into ignoring the voice of caution. I know that praise-singers and hired attackers may be raised up against me for verbal or even physical attack but if I can withstand undeserved imprisonment and was ready to shed my blood by standing for Nigeria, I will consider no sacrifice too great to make for the good of Nigeria at any time. No human leader is expected to be personally strong or self-sufficient in all aspects of governance.
I knew President Buhari before he became President and said that he is weak in the knowledge and understanding of the economy but I thought that he could make use of good Nigerians in that area that could help. Although, I know that you cannot give what you don’t have and that economy does not obey military order. You have to give it what it takes in the short-, medium- and long-term. Then, it would move. I know his weakness in understanding and playing in the foreign affairs sector and again, there are many Nigerians that could be used in that area as well. They have knowledge and experience that could be deployed for the good of Nigeria. There were serious allegations of round-tripping against some inner caucus of the Presidency which would seem to have been condoned. I wonder if such actions do not amount to corruption and financial crime, then what is it? Culture of condonation and turning blind eye will cover up rather than clean up. And going to justice must be with clean hands.
I thought President Buhari would fight corruption and insurgency and he must be given some credit for his achievement so far in these two areas although it is not yet uhuru!
The herdsmen/crop farmers issue is being wittingly or unwittingly allowed to turn sour and messy. It is no credit to the Federal Government that the herdsmen rampage continues with careless abandon and without finding an effective solution to it. And it is a sad symptom of insensitivity and callousness that some Governors, a day after 73 victims were being buried in a mass grave in Benue State without condolence, were jubilantly endorsing President Buhari for a second term! The timing was most unfortunate. The issue of herdsmen/crop farmers dichotomy should not be left on the political platform of blame game; the Federal Government must take the lead in bringing about solution that protects life and properties of herdsmen and crop farmers alike and for them to live amicably in the same community.
But there are three other areas where President Buhari has come out more glaringly than most of us thought we knew about him. One is nepotic deployment bordering on clannishness and inability to bring discipline to bear on errant members of his nepotic court. This has grave consequences on performance of his government to the detriment of the nation. It would appear that national interest was being sacrificed on the altar of nepotic interest. What does one make of a case like that of Maina: collusion, condonation, ineptitude, incompetence, dereliction of responsibility or kinship and friendship on the part of those who should have taken visible and deterrent disciplinary action? How many similar cases are buried, ignored or covered up and not yet in the glare of the media and the public? The second is his poor understanding of the dynamics of internal politics. This has led to wittingly or unwittingly making the nation more divided and inequality has widened and become more pronounced. It also has effect on general national security. The third is passing the buck. For instance, blaming the Governor of the Central Bank for devaluation of the naira by 70% or so and blaming past governments for it, is to say the least,not accepting one’s own responsibility. Let nobody deceive us, economy feeds on politics and because our politics is depressing, our economy is even more depressing today. If things were good, President Buhari would not need to come in. He was voted to fix things that were bad and not engage in the blame game. Our Constitution is very clear, one of the cardinal responsibilities of the President is the management of the economy of which the value of the naira forms an integral part. Kinship and friendship that place responsibility for governance in the hands of the unelected can only be deleterious to good government and to the nation.
President Buhari’s illness called for the sympathy, understanding, prayer and patience from every sane Nigerian. It is part of our culture. Most Nigerians prayed for him while he was away sick in London for over hundred days and he gave his Deputy sufficient leeway to carry on in his absence. We all thanked God for President Buhari for coming back reasonably hale and hearty and progressing well in his recovery.But whatever may be the state of President Buhari’s health today, he should neither over-push his luck nor over-tax the patience and tolerance of Nigerians for him, no matter what his self-serving, so-called advisers, who would claim that they love him more than God loves him and that without him, there would be no Nigeria say. President Buhari needs a dignified and honourable dismount from the horse. He needs to have time to reflect, refurbish physically and recoup and after appropriate rest, once again, join the stock of Nigerian leaders whose experience, influence, wisdom and outreach can be deployed on the sideline for the good of the country. His place in history is already assured. Without impaired health and strain of age, running the affairs of Nigeria is a 25/7 affair, not 24/7.
I only appeal to brother Buhari to consider a deserved rest at this point in time and at this age. I continue to wish him robust health to enjoy his retirement from active public service. President Buhari does not necessarily need to heed my advice. But whether or not he heeds it, Nigeria needs to move on and move forward.
I have had occasion in the past to say that the two main political parties – APC and PDP – were wobbling. I must reiterate that nothing has happened to convince me otherwise. If anything, I am reinforced in my conviction. The recent show of PDP must give grave and great concern to lovers of Nigeria. To claim, as has been credited to the chief kingmaker of PDP, that for procuring the Supreme Court judgement for his faction of the Party, he must dictate the tune all the way and this is indeed fraught with danger. If neither APC nor PDP is a worthy horse to ride to lead Nigeria at this crucial and critical time, what then do we do? Remember Farooq Kperogi, an Associate Professor at the Kennesaw State University, Georgia, United States, calls it “a cruel Hobson’s choice; it’s like a choice between six and half a dozen, between evil and evil. Any selection or deflection would be a distinction without a difference.” We cannot just sit down lamenting and wringing our hands desperately and hopelessly.
I believe the situation we are in today is akin to what and where we were in at the beginning of this democratic dispensation in 1999. The nation was tottering. People became hopeless and saw no bright future in the horizon. It was all a dark cloud politically, economically and socially. The price of oil at that time was nine dollars per barrel and we had a debt overhang of about $35 billion. Most people were confused with lack of direction in the country. One of the factors that saved the situation was a near government of national unity that was put in place to navigate us through the dark cloud. We had almost all hands on deck. We used people at home and from the diaspora and we navigated through the dark cloud of those days. At that time, most people were hopelessly groping in the dark. They saw no choice,neither in the left nor in the right, and yet we were not bereft of people at home and from the diaspora that could come together to make Nigeria truly a land flowing with milk and honey. Where we are is a matter of choice but we can choose differently to make a necessary and desirable change, once again.
Wherever I go, I hear Nigerians complaining, murmuring in anguish and anger. But our anger should not be like the anger of the cripple. We can collectively save ourselves from the position we find ourselves. It will not come through self-pity, fruitless complaint or protest but through constructive and positive engagement and collective action for the good of our nation and ourselves and our children and their children. We need moral re-armament and engaging togetherness of people of like-mind and goodwill to come solidly together to lift Nigeria up. This is no time for trading blames or embarking on futile argument and neither should we accept untenable excuses for non-performance. Let us accept that the present administration has done what it can do to the limit of its ability, aptitude and understanding. Let the administration and its political party platform agree with the rest of us that what they have done and what they are capable of doing is not good enough for us. They have given as best as they have and as best as they can give. Nigeria deserves and urgently needs better than what they have given or what we know they are capable of giving. To ask them to give more will be unrealistic and will only sentence Nigeria to a prison term of four years if not destroy it beyond the possibility of an early recovery and substantial growth. Einstein made it clear to us that doing the same thing and expecting a different result is the height of folly. Already, Nigerians are committing suicide for the unbearable socio-economic situation they find themselves in. And yet Nigerians love life. We must not continue to reinforce failure and hope that all will be well. It is self-deceit and self-defeat and another aspect of folly.
What has emerged from the opposition has shown no better promise from their antecedents. As the leader of that Party for eight years as President of Nigeria, I can categorically say there is nothing to write home about in their new team. We have only one choice left to take us out of Egypt to the promised land. And that is the coalition of the concerned and the willing – ready for positive and drastic change, progress and involvement. Change that will give hope and future to all our youth and dignity and full participation to all our women. Our youth should be empowered to deploy their ability to learn, innovate and work energetically at ideas and concepts in which they can make their own original inputs. Youth must be part of the action today and not relegated to leadership of tomorrow which may never come. Change that will mean enhancement of living standard and progress for all. A situation where the elected will accountably govern and every Nigerian will have equal opportunity not based on kinship and friendship but based on free citizenship.
Democracy is sustained and measured not by leaders doing extra-ordinary things, (invariably, leaders fail to do ordinary things very well), but by citizens rising up to do ordinary things extra-ordinarily well. Our democracy, development and progress at this juncture require ordinary citizens of Nigeria to do the extra-ordinary things of changing the course and direction of our lackluster performance and development. If leadership fails, citizens must not fail and there lies the beauty and importance of democracy. We are challenged by the current situation; we must neither adopt spirit of cowardice nor timidity let alone impotence but must be sustained by courage, determination and commitment to say and do and to persist until we achieve upliftment for Nigeria. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and we believe that our venturing will not be in vain. God of Nigeria has endowed this country adequately and our non-performance cannot be blamed on God but on leadership. God, who has given us what we need and which is potentially there, will give us leadership enablement to actualize our potentiality.
The development and modernization of our country and society must be anchored and sustained on dynamic Nigerian culture, enduring values and an enchanting Nigerian dream. We must have abiding faith in our country and its role and place within the comity of nations.Today, Nigeria needs all hands on deck. All hands of men and women of goodwill must be on deck. We need all hands to move our country forward.
We need a Coalition for Nigeria, CN. Such a Movement at this juncture needs not be a political party but one to which all well-meaning Nigerians can belong. That Movement must be a coalition for democracy, good governance, social and economic well-being and progress. Coalition to salvage and redeem our country. You can count me with such a Movement. Last time, we asked, prayed and worked for change and God granted our request. This time, we must ask, pray and work for change with unity, security and progress. And God will again grant us. Of course, nothing should stop such a Movement from satisfying conditions for fielding candidates for elections. But if at any stage the Movement wishes to metamorphose into candidate-sponsoring Movement for elections, I will bow out of the Movement because I will continue to maintain my non-partisan position. Coalition for Nigeria must have its headquarters in Abuja.
This Coalition for Nigeria will be a Movement that will drive Nigeria up and forward. It must have a pride of place for all Nigerians, particularly for our youth and our women. It is a coalition of hope for all Nigerians for speedy, quality and equal development, security, unity, prosperity and progress. It is a coalition to banish poverty, insecurity and despair. Our country must not be oblivious to concomitant danger around, outside and ahead. Coalition for Nigeria must be a Movement to break new ground in building a united country, a socially-cohesive and moderately prosperous society with equity, equality of opportunity, justice and a dynamic and progressive economy that is self-reliant and takes active part in global division of labour and international decision-making.
The Movement must work out the path of development and the trajectory of development in speed, quality and equality in the short- medium- and long-term for Nigeria on the basis of sustainability, stability, predictability, credibility, security, cooperation and prosperity with diminishing inequality. What is called for is love, commitment and interest in our country, not in self, friends and kinship alone but particularly love, compassion and interest in the poor, underprivileged and downtrodden. It is our human duty and responsibility so to do. Failure to do this will amount to a sin against God and a crime against humanity.
Some may ask, what does Obasanjo want again? Obasanjo has wanted nothing other than the best for Nigeria and Nigerians and he will continue to want nothing less. And if we have the best, we will be contented whether where we live is described as palaces or huts by others and we will always give thanks to God.
I, therefore,will gladly join such a Movement when one is established as Coalition for Nigeria, CN, taking Nigeria to the height God has created it to be. From now on, the Nigeria eagle must continue to soar and fly high. CN, as a Movement, will be new, green, transparent and must remain clean and always active, selflessly so. Members must be ready to make sacrifice for the nation and pay the price of being pioneers and good Nigerians for our country to play the God-assigned role for itself, for its neighbours, for its sub-region of West Africa, for its continent and for humanity in general. For me, the strength and sustainable success of CN will derive largely from the strong commitment of a population that is constantly mobilized to the rallying platform of the fact that going forward together is our best option for building a nation that will occupy its deserved place in the global community. May God continue to lead, guide and protect us. Amen.
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Bookshots: 'Shark' by Will Self
Review by Ryan Peverly November 4, 2014 3 comments
Will Self
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review
A journey of language, of character, of unsettling fragmented narratives, of tricks, twists and turns.
Will Self, the man behind works such as The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Great Apes and Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2012. Shark is Self's eleventh novel.
Plot in a box:
Building off (or building to?) the events in Umbrella, Shark again follows the exploits of psychiatrist Zack Busner, a recurring character in Self's literary canon. Busner is running Concept House, some sort of experimental psych ward where patients aren't treated with psychiatrics, per Busner's anti-psychiatric leanings. I can't tell if they're being treated at all, to be honest.
Invent a new title for this book:
One Swam Under the Cuckoo's Nest
Read this if you like:
Old-school literary practitioners like James Joyce and T.S. Eliot, that newer-school J.G. Ballard cat, shark movies and LSD trips.
Meet the book's lead:
The always antagonizing Zack Busner, a psychiatrist who hates psychiatry.
Said lead would be portrayed in a movie by:
Keaton.
Michael Keaton.
Setting: Would you want to live there?
A psych ward with no psych, with this cast of characters? Yes, please.
What was your favorite sentence?
In the inkiest, dankest hours of the suburban night, when the rails at the end of the garden had ceased their electro-hum, it was this canniness that Busner suspected was indicative of the deepest and most dreadful truth about the Creep, namely, that, far from being the most seriously disturbed of the Concept House's residents, he might not be disturbed at all!
If you've read Will Self, you undoubtedly know he doesn't write to make readers feel comfortable. It's just the opposite, really; Self writes to make readers feel uncomfortable, with themselves and with the world around them. Shark is no exception.
Like Self's previous novel Umbrella, Shark is told in a stream-of-consciousness style that changes time and place and levels of sobriety and point-of-view, although I'm not sure about the latter. And that's fine. I don't have to be sure, and neither do you. That's most of the fun of reading Shark; it's not hard to read, but it also is — in a good way.
Shark's waters are populated with a bloody good cast of characters, namely Busner's patients: the wholly immature Podge, a woman who acts and thinks like a baby; Christopher Titmus, an aliens-are-coming loon; Michael Lincoln, a war hero and Christopher's adopted father; Genie, a drug addict; and Claude Evenrude, a.k.a. The Creep, Busner's pyschiatric Golden Ticket and the most unreliable narrator you'll read this year.
The Creep is easily the most enjoyable part of Shark. He was on board the USS Indianapolis when it was sank by a Japanese sub in the summer of 1945 and may or may not have helped navigate the nuke that leveled Hiroshima. He meets Busner decades later, in 1970, and their journey together at Concept House begins.
Your journey, as a reader, never ends, however. Good luck following along with the "plot"; there isn't one that's easily definable, far as I can see. But that's what reading Will Self is, a journey from beginning to end, a journey of language, of character, of unsettling fragmented narratives, of tricks, twists and turns. Shark will latch on to you and pull you under if you're not careful — and that's a good thing.
Author: Will Self
Publisher: Grove Press (2014)
Binding: Hardcover, 400 pages
Review by Ryan Peverly
Ryan is currently at work on his first novel while also prepping the launch of a podcast called "the 45 minute radio hour."
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Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Stories of YOUR Life November 4, 2014 - 1:37pm
This one's in the pile. Do you think it matters that I haven't read Umbrella?
Ryan Peverly from Ohio is reading The AEgypt Cycle by John Crowley November 10, 2014 - 1:06pm
No, I don't think it matters. It stands alone. Only if you want to completely follow Busner's exploits does it really need your attention.
Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Stories of YOUR Life November 20, 2014 - 12:18pm
This book is confusing but engrossing. The way Self puts words together makes me want to smash my fingers with a hammer. He's that good.
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Marsha Kesselring
In June 2016, Marsha Kesselring was starting hemodialysis again. She knew it meant another kidney transplant.
Her first transplant came from her mother in Omaha in 1998 after many of her family and friends had already been tested to be her living donor.
Marsha knew it would be even more difficult the second time around because her mother had been the only match she could find for her first transplant.
She had no brothers or sisters or blood relatives to donate.
Up until her first transplant, Marsha had been chronically ill her whole life. She dealt constantly with bouts of vomiting, nose bleeds, bruising, cramping and migraines. Most nights she’d fill half a glass of blood or her fiancé, Luke, would place hot washcloths on her legs until the cramps went away. Her weight dropped to 110 lbs.
At 23 years old, her mom, Coleen, kept telling her, ‘Why don’t you go see the local doctor, have them run some blood tests and hopefully it will tell us what’s wrong.’
When she did, her doctor rushed her from the local hospital to a regional center after they saw how poorly her kidneys were functioning. She was diagnosed with stage 5 renal failure.
She was rushed into surgery to place a catheter and fistula and started dialysis the next day.
“It was the hardest and most challenging time in my life, but I had a strong relationship with Jesus and prayed for a transplant,” Marsha said. “My family was also my rock! I stayed strong and positive even though I wanted to give up many times.”
In the 19 years between her first and second transplant, Marsha faced a West Nile diagnosis from a mosquito bite that affected her kidney function, a C. Diff. diagnosis which led to an 80-pound weight loss, and eventually, anemia.
Her kidney started to fail, she needed blood transfusions and after two bouts of pneumonia, she was listed for another kidney transplant.
To help cope, Marsha started going to her local Mothers of Preschool Children support group for Christian guidance. She had married her best friend Luke and had an adorable daughter Kyndell after the first transplant. Originally from McCook, Marsha has lived in Gurley for more than 20 years.
It was at her support group that Marsha met Sadie, “a kind, gentle soul.”
Marsha continued to see Sadie at her local hospital because Sadie was a phlebotomist trained to draw blood from patients.
“We would briefly chat every month about our lives and she became quite familiar with my situation,” Marsha said.
As she continued to wait for her second kidney, Marsha recalls scrolling through Facebook one day and coming across a photo and description of a complete stranger. It listed his blood type, name and where his transplant coordinator was in the hopes of him finding a living donor.
“I thought to myself, ‘Gosh, why don’t I do this?’” Marsha said.
So, she did.
Marsha put her name, blood type, a photo and the phone number of her transplant coordinator in Colorado on social media.
Several of her friends and even complete strangers went through the evaluation process after seeing her post, but with no luck matching her.
She even found out later that three friends were privately tested on her behalf, two of whom couldn’t donate due to health concerns.
The third contacted Marsha’s coordinator and went through her medical history and blood work to determine if she was a match.
She was a perfect match.
“Guess who my guardian angel was,” Marsha said. “You guessed it…it was Sadie!”
In July 2017 after waiting 11 months, Sadie donated her kidney to Marsha.
Since her second transplant, Marsha vowed to lead a healthier lifestyle and has participated in three 5Ks and has lost 40 lbs.
“Sadie believed that Jesus spoke through her to give me my life back and to be able to take care of our daughter,” Marsha said. “She is the most selfless, deserving and generous friend I know.”
“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
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If you’re anywhere near Turlock, CA, this weekend, be sure to stop by the Borders in Turlock to meet paranormal author Kitty Keswick:
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Categories : 2010 Debut Author Challenge, author, Class of 2k10, Creativity, ghosts, inspiration, Kitty Keswick, Leap Books, mystery, paranormal, Romance, werewolves
Flyleaf Authors: Soul Enchilada and Island Sting
I thought I’d share a bit about the authors I’ll be signing with this weekend. With such a long list, I’ll highlight them 2 at a time. First up will be David Macinnis Gill and Bonnie J. Doerr. Interestingly enough, both of them are teachers and have written YA novels.
If you haven’t already done so, check out David’s website. I’m not going to say any more and spoil it for you, but I think it’s one of the coolest I’ve ever seen.
David Macinnis Gill
Soul Enchilada, a BBYA 2010 and Kirkus 2009 Best Book
Black Hole Sun (August 2010)
from Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins
www.davidmacinnisgill.com
Bug Smoot, on her own at 18 after all her family members died off one by one, broke, about to lose her cruddy apartment and her job delivering pizza, finds that fate has dealt her one more blow. Apparently her grandfather had sold his soul to the Devil for a Cadillac, but when he died he somehow escaped collection. So now the Devil’s minion, Beales, wants the car and Bug’s grandfather’s soul, and if she can’t deliver, he’ll take hers instead. But Beales may have more on his mind than a simple repo job.
David Macinnis Gill is the author of the YA novels, Soul Enchilada and the forthcoming Black Hole Sun, from Greenwillow/Harper Collins. His short stories have appeared in several magazines, including The Crescent Review and Writer’s Forum. His critical biography of young adult author Graham Salisbury, Graham Salisbury: Island Boy, was published by Scarecrow Press. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English/creative writing and a doctorate in education, both from the University of Tennessee.
Watch David’s book trailers below.
Island Sting (Leap Books)
www.bonniedoerrbooks.com
book trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54xiWa8IDc
When city girl Kenzie Ryan moves to a Florida wildlife refuge, she plunges straight into an eco-mystery. Kenzie trades New York streets for Keys pollution cleanup, and now, instead of hailing cabs, she’s tracking down a poacher of endangered Key deer. Her new home does have some benefits—mainly Angelo, an island native, who teams up with her to nab the culprit. But will they both survive when the killer turns from stalking deer to hunting humans? Island Sting includes notes on the endangered Florida Key deer and the National Key Deer Refuge.
A lifetime educator, Bonnie J. Doerr has taught students from kindergarten to college in eight states. Degrees in reading education, combined with a brief post as a science teacher, led her to write ecological mysteries. Her novels celebrate caring, involved, “green” teens who take action with attitude and a touch of romance. Bonnie is a member of the Class of 2k10, a group of exciting MG & YA debut authors who are working together to promote their novels.
See Bonnie’s book trailer and one from the Class of 2k10 below.
BONNIE’s
CLASS OF 2K10’s
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Categories : 2010 Debut Author Challenge, author, Bonnie J. Doerr, Class of 2k10, Environment, Leap Books, mystery, Romance
An Author’s Dream Come True
Author Bonnie J. Doerr’s made no secret of the fact that she’s a Carl Hiaasen fan. So how cool is it to walk into a bookstore and see her book face out, next to the likes of Hoot, Flush, and Scat. Talk about a thrill!
Even better, Bonnie isn’t just writing books about saving the environment, she’s doing something about it, too. Today she helped the wildlife center release pelicans. She’s on tour in Key West right now, so if you’re in the area, stop by to pick up a copy of her book, Island Sting. Visit the Key West Wildlife Center on Sunday, February 7, 2010 from 1-4 pm. You can not only meet Bonnie and get an autographed book, but proceeds from the books will be donated to the center.
Here’s Bonnie’s schedule if you’re lucky enough to get away to the Keys or if you live in the area:
February 4: US 1 Radio 104.1 FM Morning Magazine with Bill Becker 7:50 am
February 4: KONK AM 1680 AM “ECOcentricView” with Erika Biddle 2-3 pm
February 5: Walk on Winn Dixie, Big Pine Key 7 – 9 pm, National Key Deer Visitor Center
February 7: Family Fun Day Fund Raiser, Key West Wildlife Center 1-4 pm
February 9: Florida Keys Community College Library 5:30 pm, “Manuscript Makeover/What Not to Dare”
February 11: Café con Libros, Key West Public Library 9:30 –11:00 am, “Evolution of a Novel/Survival of the Determined”
March 2: Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables, FL 7 pm
Oh, and if you want to find out more about that Pelican Release, check out the Leap Books blog.
Tags: author, author visit, autographed books, book face out, booksignings, Carl Hiaasen, donations, environment, Florida Keys Community College, Flush, Hoot, Island Sting, Key West Wildlife Center, KONK AM 1689, Leap Books, National Key Deer Visitor Center, pelicans, Scat, US1 Radio 104.1 FM
Categories : 2010 Debut Author Challenge, Bonnie J. Doerr, Leap Books, Romance
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Theoretical simulation of the infrared signature of mechanically stressed polymer solids Matthew S. Sammon, Milan Ončák* and Martin K. Beyer*
Full Research Paper Address: Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Email: Milan Ončák* - [email protected]; Martin K. Beyer* [email protected]
Open Access Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1710–1716. doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.165 Received: 24 May 2017 Accepted: 26 July 2017 Published: 17 August 2017 This article is part of the Thematic Series "Mechanochemistry".
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Abstract Mechanical stress leads to deformation of strands in polymer solids, including elongation of covalent bonds and widening of bond angles, which changes the infrared spectrum. Here, the infrared spectrum of solid polymer samples exposed to mechanical stress is simulated by density functional theory calculations. Mechanical stress is described with the external force explicitly included (EFEI) method. The uneven distribution of the external stress on individual polymer strands is accounted for by a convolution of simulated spectra with a realistic force distribution. N-Propylpropanamide and propyl propanoate are chosen as model molecules for polyamide and polyester, respectively. The effect of a specific force on the polymer backbone is a redshift of vibrational modes involving the C–N and C–O bonds in the backbone, while the free C–O stretching mode perpendicular to the backbone is largely unaffected. The convolution with a realistic force distribution shows that the dominant effect on the strongest infrared bands is not a shift of the peak position, but rather peak broadening and a characteristic change in the relative intensities of the strongest bands, which may serve for the identification and quantification of mechanical stress in polymer solids.
Introduction Mechanical stress on polymer solids leads to conformational changes, bond elongation and widening of bond angles on the molecular level [1-4]. If the local force on an individual polymer strand reaches values in the range of nN, rupture of covalent bonds becomes possible, leading to irreversible changes and the destruction of the molecule [5-8]. In addition, new minima on the potential energy surface (PES) might
become available through relaxation due to the applied force [9]. Covalent bond rupture plays an important role in stress-induced aging of polymeric materials [1,10]. On the other hand, elegant routes have been established to harness this effect for the design of self-healing and stress-responsive materials [1115]. The influence of an external force on the molecular structure of a polymer can be followed by recording infrared spectra
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[16-29]. External force modifies the force constants of vibrational modes [30]. Since structural deformation changes the charge distribution in the molecule, the transition dipole moment and thus the infrared intensity is influenced as well [30], resulting in the observed force-dependent shift of the infrared bands and changes in the intensity. Computational chemistry has proven to be an indispensable tool in the analysis of mechanochemical phenomena of organic molecules, polymers and mechanophores [5,6,31-74]. A variety of theoretical approaches have been developed to model external force using methods of quantum chemistry [9,75,76], including constrained geometries simulate external force (COGEF) [4], external force is explicitly included (EFEI) [61,77] and force modified potential energy surface (FMPES) [45]. Within the EFEI method, force is applied along the direction defined by two atoms in the molecule, which modifies the potential energy surface, closely resembling FMPES. With EFEI, standard quantum chemical tasks like geometry optimization, reaction path following [54,56,68] and frequency calculations can be performed with minor modifications of standard packages. UV–vis, Raman and IR spectra of small model molecules exposed to mechanical stress have been calculated in this way [30,78,79]. Calculated vibrational frequencies have been employed in the theoretical modeling of force-dependent silyl ester hydrolysis rates [33]. The judgement of energy distribution (JEDI) tool developed by Stauch and Dreuw relies on the Hessian matrix in redundant internal coordinates under the influence of an external mechanical force [75,80]. So far, most studies on infrared spectroscopy of stressed polymers focused on polypropylene [30]. Lacking a pronounced infrared chromophore, however, the spectrum is relatively complicated, especially since a large number of C–H stretching, bending and wagging modes are more or less strongly coupled [30]. In the present study, we therefore focus on molecules with strong infrared chromophores, such as C–N and C–O groups. In particular, we choose N-propylpropanamide and propyl propanoate as model molecules for polyamide and polyester, respectively. To facilitate a comparison with future experimental studies, we convolute simulated infrared spectra with the exponential force distribution recently derived by Adhikari and Makarov for elastomeric polymer networks [81].
Results and Discussion Amide We investigate force-induced changes on an N-propylpropanamide molecule. By applying an external force to the terminal C-atoms of N-propylpropanamide, Scheme 1, the calculated distance between them increases from 7.43 to 8.33 Å when the force is increased from 0 nN to 4 nN in steps of
0.1 nN. Due to the vector property of the applied force, the change of the vibrational modes with increasing force depends on the orientation of the normal mode displacement of each atom relative to the force vector.
Scheme 1: N-Propylpropanamide and characteristic infrared active vibrational modes. Modes are in order of lowest (left) to highest (right) vibrational frequency. Animations of the vibrations are given in Supporting Information File 1.
To illustrate the molecular origin of the changes in the calculated infrared spectrum due to force, the four characteristic vibrational modes illustrated in Scheme 1 were chosen. Figure 1 shows their vibrational frequency as a function of force. The C–N stretching mode in the backbone, in which the carbon atom from the amide bond is involved, shows a significant redshift when external force is applied, shifting from 1212 cm−1 at 0 nN to 1080 cm−1 at 4 nN. This is explained by the elongation of the molecule, which weakens the bond and reduces the force constant. Since the influence of the external force is most pronounced in the backbone, the C–N stretching mode shows the strongest shift among the four characteristic vibrational modes. A weak backbone stretch coupled with twisting of the CH2 groups occurs between 1251 cm−1 and 1230 cm−1 and will be discussed exemplarily for the force influence on weaker C–H vibrations. It changes monotonically over the entire force range and experiences a moderate shift of −21 cm−1, compared to −132 cm−1 for the C–N stretching vibration. With increasing external force the coupling with neighboring CH 2 groups decreases significantly (see animations in Supporting Information File 1). A second C–N stretching mode in the backbone, which is accompanied by an N–H wagging mode, again exhibits a strong negative force dependence, with the frequency shifting from 1549 to 1447 cm−1. The dominant motion of the free C–O stretching mode at 1793–1800 cm−1 is perpendicular to the external force, which explains the absence of a significant shift. As shown before, vibrational modes involving the backbone exhibit a strong force dependence [30]. What is surprising, how-
Figure 1: Force dependence of the modes shown in Scheme 1 in the fingerprint region from 800 to 2000 cm−1. C–N stretch of the amide bond (blue); backbone stretch combined with C–H2 twisting (green); N–H wagging (orange); free C–O stretch (purple).
ever, is the almost complete insensitivity of the free C–O stretch. One might expect that the deformation of the amide bond in the backbone changes the electron distribution, and that the weakening of the C–N bond in the backbone is compensated by a strengthening of the free C–O bond. This is obviously not the case as the bond seems to be completely unaffected by the external force, which is in line with a negligible change of the C–O bond length, from 1.22 to 1.21 Å.
Figure 2: Intensities in fingerprint region of the infrared spectrum obtained for N-propylpropanamide. Spectral lines are broadened with a Lorentzian (34 cm−1 at FWHM) and summed up, yielding the spectrum of a stretched molecule.
red shifted, but significantly broadened. Moreover, the broadening leads to a significantly decreased peak height of the band around 1550 cm−1. The band around 1250 cm−1 is composed of several vibrational modes, and their different force dependence leads to seemingly erratic changes in peak shape. Interestingly, the change in the peak shape with increasing force resembles the experimentally observed difference between bulk and surface spectra reported by Vettegren and co-workers [27].
The calculated spectra in the fingerprint area are given in Figure 2. Since the modes show different force dependences, spectral overlap and coupling of different modes can significantly influence the peak intensities. This leads to the significant change of the overall shape of the spectrum. While an external force does not influence the C–O stretching vibration, IR bands mainly attributed to modes including backbone vibrations show a considerable change in intensities. The intensity of the C–N stretching vibration in the range of 1000–1220 cm−1 continuously increases with increasing force due to a stronger dipole moment change resulting from interatomic bond elongation in the backbone. However, the spectra of molecules exposed to a specific force, shown in Figure 2, cannot be compared with experimental data. In a polymer solid, the individual polymer strands experience a broad distribution of forces. Adhikari and Makarov have recently shown for elastomeric polymer networks that an exponential distribution is an excellent approximation [81]. It is straightforward to calculate spectra as a convolution of the spectra at specific forces with the exponential force distribution. The result of this convolution is displayed in Figure 3 for mean forces of 0.1 to 1 nN. Since the most probable force is close to zero, the peak position does not change dramatically. The bands originating from strongly red shifting modes are only slightly
Figure 3: Fingerprint region of a simulated spectrum of an N-propylpropanamide solid sample at 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 1.0 nN mean force per polymer strand.
Since the peak of the C–O stretching vibration does not change with force, the relative intensity of the two strong bands around 1550 cm−1 and 1800 cm−1 may actually serve as a direct measurement of the mechanical stress experienced locally in a polymer solid.
Ester Another technically relevant polymer is polyester, for which propyl pronanoate was chosen as model molecule. According to
our EFEI geometry optimizations, the distance between terminal C-atoms in propyl propanoate increases from 7.42 to 8.19 Å when an external force of 4 nN is applied. This elongation of 0.77 Å is significantly smaller than for the previously discussed N-propylpropanamide with 0.90 Å. For propyl propanoate, the three representative vibrational modes shown in Scheme 2 were selected in the fingerprint region and followed over the calculated force range of 0–4 nN, Figure 4. The C–O backbone-stretching mode exhibits the strongest negative force dependence, shifting from 1231 to 1046 cm−1, due to its strong alignment with the external force vector. If no force is applied, a CH2 wagging mode next to the ester group, combined with a stretching vibration in the backbone (orange) is present at 1381 cm−1. Upon increasing the external force to 4 nN, it shifts to 1298 cm−1. Again, the vibrational modes involving motion of atoms along the backbone experience a strong redshift. The C–O stretching vibration (pink) perpendicular to the applied force occurs at slightly higher wavenumbers than for the amide bond, in the range of 1830–1846 cm −1 . It is basically independent of the force applied to the molecule.
Figure 4: Force dependence of the modes shown in Scheme 2 in the fingerprint region from 800 to 2000 cm−1. C–O backbone stretch of the ester bond (blue); backbone stretch combined with C–H2 wagging (orange); free C-O stretch (purple).
0 nN to 858 cm−1 at 4 nN result from numerous overlapping C–H and backbone vibrations. Due to their complexity, as described in detail before for polypropylene [30], as well as the lower intensity compared to vibrations from strongly IR active functional groups, they do not seem to be a valuable reference for force-dependent evaluation of the resulting spectra. Moreover, the complex interplay of different modes generating these broad absorptions may be strongly affected by the limited length of the model molecule, while the behavior of the lines originating from the ester moiety should be robust.
Scheme 2: Propyl propanoate and characteristic infrared active vibrational modes. Modes are in order of lowest (left) to highest (right) vibrational frequency. For the second mode bold arrows describe the main vibrational mode and plain arrows coupled modes. Animations of the vibrations are given in Supporting Information File 1.
Simulated spectra in the fingerprint region of individual molecules exposed to a specific force are presented in Figure 5. As discussed above for N-propylpropanamide, the intensity of the stretching vibration of the C–O double bond of propyl propanoate is not affected by external force applied at the terminal C-atoms. Modes containing vibrations along the backbone, however, experience significant changes in intensity. The wagging mode of hydrogen adjacent to the ester bond decreases in intensity and almost vanishes at 4 nN. For the C–O-stretching mode in the backbone the intensity first increases similar to the C–N vibration in the amide, reaches a maximum around 2.2 nN and then decreases again. Peaks propagating from 1047 cm−1 at
Figure 5: Intensities in fingerprint region of the infrared spectrum obtained for propyl propanoate. Spectral lines are broadened with a Lorentzian (34 cm−1 at FWHM) and summed up, yielding the spectrum of a stretched molecule.
The weighted spectra, obtained again by convolution with an exponential force distribution [81], are given in Figure 6. As for the amide, the bands dominated by backbone vibrations show a significant decrease in intensity accompanied by a broadening
towards smaller wavenumbers, while the free C–O stretching vibration remains unaffected.
Figure 6: Fingerprint region of a simulated spectrum of a propyl propanoate solid sample at 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 1.0 nN mean force per polymer strand.
Conclusion Experimental studies on the IR spectra of mechanically stressed polymers mostly focused on possible shifts in the peak position of bands around 1000 cm−1. These shifts, however, are due to a complex interplay of overlapping backbone modes involving CH2 groups, and are difficult to interpret. For polymers with strong IR active modes, like polyamides or polyesters, we have shown here that the peak positions of real samples do not shift strongly. This is due to the exponential force distribution used for the modeling, which means that most functional polymer strands are exposed to very small forces, but a small number of groups experiences very high forces. This results in a significant broadening combined with a small redshift of bands involving backbone vibrations. The peak broadening also leads to a decrease of the absorption maximum. In contrast, both peak position and intensity of the free C–O stretching mode are completely unaffected in both studied molecules. Thus, for comparison with experimental results we propose using the free C–O stretching mode as a reference band to quantify the influence of external force on the remaining strong infrared modes.
Methods DFT calculations were performed using the B3LYP functional along with Ahlrich’s SVP basis set. For computations, TURBOMOLE 7.0.2 was used [82,83] with a script implementing EFEI using numerical calculation of the second derivative after geometry optimization, as described by Pill et al. [30]. Initial optimization leads to a fairly consistent increase in the distance between pulling points, but includes structures with imaginary vibrational modes and abrupt conformational changes. Respective structures were re-calculated using the geometry obtained for the next higher force as starting structure (see Figure S3,
Supporting Information File 1). All calculated structures represent local minima. No frequency scaling factor was applied. To validate the sufficiency of Ahlrich’s SVP basis set, calculations without applying external force were performed using the TZVP basis set. Furthermore, computations were carried out for 0 nN using numerical calculations as implemented in TURBOMOLE. See Supporting Information File 1 for details. N-Propylpropanamide and propyl propanoate were used as model molecules for polyamides and polyesters, respectively. Since polymers consist of multiple repetition units, any vibrational modes specific to the polymer ends would be very weak. Therefore, hydrogen atoms from the terminal methyl groups were substituted with deuterium. The spectral lines originating from these CD3 groups were removed from the simulated spectra. To simulate the intensities of infrared bands in the fingerprint region at a given force, the remaining spectral lines were broadened using a Lorentzian with a full width at half maximum of 34 cm−1. To simulate spectra of polymer solids, the broadened spectra were convoluted with the probability distribution P(F) derived by Adhikari and Makarov [81], Equation 1, with the actual force acting on the polymer strand F and the mean force . (1)
Supporting Information The Supporting information comprises a short description of steps taken to validate the accuracy of the methods used, the elongation of the respective model structures, animations of the vibrational modes in the fingerprint region, calculated infrared spectra and convoluted spectra over the entire frequency range. Additionally, the atomic coordinates calculated for the model molecules without external force are given.
Supporting Information File 1 Additional material. [http://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/ supplementary/1860-5397-13-165-S1.docx]
Acknowledgements The computational results presented have been achieved using the HPC infrastructure LEO of the University of Innsbruck. We thank Michael Pill and Alfred Kersch for sharing the EFEI script for Turbomole. M.O. acknowledges the support through the Lise Meitner Programme of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project No. M2001-NBL.
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Just go ahead and do it!
TEXT HELGE HOPP, EMILY BARTELS
ILLUSTRATION RAMI NIEMI
We know what you really should do this summer: dream high, climb low, go for a fast sled ride … The following “bucket list” is meant as inspiration only. Nobody’s forcing you to do a thing!
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson are to blame. Ever since the famous Hollywood stars portrayed two chronically ill old men in Rob Reiner’s heartwarming tearjerker of a melodrama The Bucket List , the world has been bandying the expression about. A bucket list is a list detailing what a person wants to see, say or do before… well, before what, exactly? If you look closely at the origin of the expression “kick the bucket” (the same one as in the list), you find that it refers to the bucket that’s kicked out from beneath the poor soul hanging by his or her neck above it and who is, due to this predicament, already short of breath and unable to look forward to being able to see, say or do anything before the lights go out. Nevertheless, we will stick to the term for want of a better one.
As I was saying, Nicholson and Freeman set off on their sentimental journey: They go parachuting, visit the Taj Mahal, drive a Shelby Mustang … until Death stops them in their tracks.
Lists, by the way, are hardly a cinematic phenomenon, they are something you cannot seem to get away from in regular life. In the olden days, the Germans felt it was enough for a man to build a house, father a son and plant a tree. (For women, it was raising children, tending the stove, attending church and baking cheesecake). Those days are over. According to the endless (but gender-neutral) sources of information mushrooming all over the place, we are expected to achieve heroics that include visiting 111 places around the world, sampling 111 different kinds of craft beer, climbing every eight-thousand-meter peak, learning ten foreign languages, eating at every three-star restaurant or staging every single one of Shakespeare’s history plays. The lists are long or short and the items on them range from prohibitively expensive to practically impossible, depending on your geographic, meteorological or culinary preferences. The boundaries are never fixed between megalomania and the urge to explore, between banality and emotion. And anyway, who wants to be chased across continents, commanded to do this or go there on the whim of some know-it-all?
If you’re clear about what you want, it’s best to make your own list. We modern humans, feeling more helpless and lost in this world than ever, long for a framework in which to live our lives. We don’t want to wander without a goal. So, since our time on earth is not necessarily imminently over but certainly limited – to a week, a holiday, a year, a relationship, a lifetime – we need a plan. But it’s important to remember that this plan should reflect our own personal wishes and not just be a check list or a silly attempt to break every known record. Because if you’re the kind of person who makes lists only to be able to cross things off or if you just want to show off about where you’ve been and what you’ve done, then you will be in for all kinds of disappointments and you’ll be eaten up by fear – fear of not managing everything on your list despite your most zealous attempts or fear of achieving your goals and then falling into a pit of listlessness and uselessness afterwards. Been there, done that, felt nothing? Ah, how much happier I would have been, you sigh, if I had just allowed myself to drift. And here’s another cruel question for you (if you’re the unhappy soul I’ve just been describing): Is it enough to have “been there” or must the experience be gained with as much effort as possible – against all odds – in order for you to feel that you have achieved something real?
But don’t let me stop you from writing a list, looking forward with anticipation to what’s on it, doing it – and enjoying yourself! Whether it’s swimming in every infinity pool in Southeast Asia, watching every second-league soccer match in Romania, sampling all the street food in Nigeria or visiting all 20 Molière festivals in Provence, France , it’s entirely up to you. But remember, don’t be hard on yourself. Make sure you have fun doing whatever it is. And just in case you need a couple of extra ideas, perhaps something crazy or downright silly for your list, we might have something for you here. Just don’t kick the bucket as you check off your list!
Pander to a panda
Roll, eat, fall: That’s pretty much what China’s national animal, the giant panda, does all day. If you’d like to get closer to these phlegmatic balls of fur than the usual zoo visitor, you can feed and care for these lazy lovelies as a volunteer keeper.
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Freezing-cold fun
A refreshing dip is all part of summer, but if the waters you pick happen to surround an island in the Antarctic, your dip will be a real adventure. Steam issues from the ground in many places on Deception Island, an active volcano, but the water temperature is never more than roughly 1°C. This doesn’t bother the penguins waddling cheerfully across the black beach toward the water, so don’t let it put you off, either. Follow them down and risk a toe before you freeze to the spot.
hurtigruten.de
Ride a basket
Go for a summer sleigh ride! For over a century, wicker basket sleds have been a mode of public transportation on Madeira. The carreiros do monte, the men who steer them, wear white shirts and flat straw hats known as “circular saws.” First they push off, then they hop onto the wooden runners and steer the basket sled and its passengers all the way from Monte to Livramento in a wonderful, two-kilometer downhill whoosh.
carreirosdomonte.com
Dream in a park
No pristine wilderness this, but a rollicking good time. From early August, Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire, England, becomes a glittering dreamscape. Naked frogs bathe in hot tubs, hotheads cool off in the nearby river, chill in yoga classes or power up at the Champagne tasting. The Wilderness Festival even features big-name acts such as Justice and Nile Rodgers in supporting roles.
wildernessfestival.com
Take a tasty degree
Pizza, pasta, gelato: Italy has given humankind an array of culinary treasures. Luckily for us, the country is happy to share its knowledge and recipes with the rest of the world. In Anzola dell’Emilia near Bologna, the Gelato University teaches the high art of ice-cream making. At its week-long foundation course, students learn all about what goes into ice cream and how to prepare and refine it. Satisfy the maestros and you get to take home your very own ice-cream diploma.
gelatouniversity.com
Ride the train like royalty
Back in the day, the maharajas would have loved this: The Palace on Wheels is an amazing luxury train with a spa, bars and restaurants on board. Starting out in New Delhi, it takes passengers to the sights of Rajasthan: You visit the Taj Mahal and the Pink Palace of Jaipur, come within close range of the tigers of Ranthambore National Park and experience the “White City” of Udaipur. Between stops, you slumber like royalty in the comfort of a double bed.
rtdc.tourism.rajasthan.gov.in
Party with the king
The people of Bhutan travel for days to get to Laya – at 4000 meters one of the most elevated settlements in the country – and there’s no real road. In 2016, the king created the Royal Highlander Festival so that even people in this remote area would have something to celebrate. On two days in October, the focus is on nomadic culture, and visitors to the green high plateau compete at archery, attend the contest for the finest yak and take part in horseback races.
bhutan.travel
Yoga with goats
When its “mountain” shakes with laughter, the Nigerian dwarf goat jumps down. Its pasture is full of yoga mats and people on all fours, stretching and contorting themselves in all kinds of positions. In between are the goats, black and white spotted ones, blond ones, and ones with brown floppy ears. The goat yoga courses in the U.S. state of Oregon are lots of fun for everyone. In fact, they seem so therapeutic for two-legged participants that other places are following suit …
goatyoga.net
Their bed dangles from a rope high above the Allgäu region. No sooner is it attached than the climbers follow on up and insert themselves snugly into their bivouac between the mountain and the sky. This rope course through the woods in Pfronten, Bavaria, is not something for nature skeptics or anyone with a fear of heights. But if you take the challenge, you’ll be rewarded with the most amazing sunrise and sunset. Plus, it’s great to crawl into bed after such a strenuous climb!
waldseilgarten-hoellschlucht.de
Deep within iceland
The Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland has been dormant for 4000 years, so you needn’t be afraid to venture inside and explore. Visitors descend by open elevator into a crater so deep that the Statue of Liberty would easily fit inside. Down below, there’s a large cave more than 3000 square meters in area with shimmering, colored walls. To this day, nobody knows why the crater isn’t filled with cold magma like other volcanoes are.
insidethevolcano.com
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Nakhon Thai, E16 1AH
Address: Dock Road, E16 1AH (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
Website: nakhonthai.co.uk
Twitter: @Thai_Nakhon
Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: noon-3pm, 6pm-11:30pm; Sat-Sun: 1pm-11:30pm
Categories: Bars, Halal, Restaurants, River View, Step-Free Access, Thai Food
Locales: Docklands, E16, Royal Docks, Silvertown
Thai restaurant and bar at the western edge of the Royal Docks in Docklands.
It's a decent-sized space, with floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides plus a mirrored wall at the back to distribute the sunlight further. The low ceiling is painted a vibrant deep purple, and hung with ornate lampshades. Elaborately-carved wooden panels and other decorative touches are here and there. Additional seating is provided on a mezzanine floor, and in good weather tables are also available outside on the terrace.
Food is served lunchtimes and evenings, and the bar remains open for a drink in between times. According to their website as of February 2018, all the food is halal.
Kake first visited on a Friday afternoon in September 2008. I was hoping to get some spring rolls or something to tide me over until a late dinner, but unfortunately I'd missed the lunch service and was too early for the dinner service. Instead, I had a glass of perfectly decent white wine (house white, £3.25 for 175ml) and a basket of perfectly decent prawn crackers (£1.50 for a generous portion, enough for two people at least). I wasn't the only customer; there were three people having some kind of business meeting at the bar, and a couple who seemed to be lingering after lunch. Service was friendly and pleasant.
Kake visited again on a rainy Saturday afternoon in February 2018. There were only two other groups in when I arrived around 2:30pm, and I was offered a choice of where to sit, though others continued to arrive throughout my visit. Peaceful vocal music was playing quietly.
Ped kheemao (duck with long beans, aubergine, and baby corn; £11) photo was pretty good. The duck was flavourful and tender, in generous proportion, and they'd rendered the fat properly. The vegetables were al dente, which worked very well, even for the aubergines (which I don't generally like undercooked). The green beans had a perfect snap of freshness. There was a nice level of chilli heat in the sauce too. Coconut rice (£4), on the other hand, was disappointing — sweet, not very coconutty, and with an overly starchy texture.
I also had a Thai lemon iced tea (£3.50) photo, which was quite interesting; not too sweet, dark orange (possibly from food colouring), and with a hint of molasses flavour that might have come from palm sugar.
Tap water arrived promptly but wasn't topped up when I ran out. Other than that, service was fine, both efficient and friendly. A 12.5% service charge was added to the bill, which made it something of a surprise when the card machine prompted me to add an extra tip.
Accessibility: Step-free access to the ground floor and toilets via a ramp. The toilet cubicles are a little cramped.
Photos of the takeaway menu as of February 2018: page 1, page 2
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Snowballing: The Growth of Christmastime Cancel-Culture
by Taylor Walker
Deep within the holiday season, it always seems that an old classic is canceled and that people call for it to be pulled for having outdated ideals. From “Baby It’s Cold Outside” to “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” once a work is noted for lacking modern social etiquette, the response seems to be “pull it,” rather than “preserve it” and leaving it to the discussion of those watching. Historical context is often ignored and, rather than revel in the progress made, outrage is opted for.
If minute details or small pieces aren’t deemed acceptable by modern standards, people assume that the whole piece should be tossed. This then brings back the age-old argument/question of whether the integrity of an artist can be trusted if they produce works with questionable aspects. When looking at a period piece, as many of us do around the holidays, the notion really no longer becomes about the producers, but rather a statement of time and its effect on society.
We’ve come a long way, and we’d be lying to ourselves to say that we haven’t. That doesn’t mean that we need to abandon everything that shows our progress, especially if there is a good underlying message.
In a holiday favorite, the takeaway must be that a conversation starts rather than ends. Negative depictions are to be discussed amongst people rather than shielded from them. More is to be gained by the exchange of ideas in response to the art in question than from a cut and dry ban of the work.
This time of year, many of us are spending time with our families and sharing these experiences in true holiday fashion. Fond memories of Christmases past and nostalgic ties to some of these works may still exist in spite of our modified values, and therefore must be left up to those who take issue to spark interaction about it. If the immediate response is censorship, we bypass this entire process of improvement as a society and silence ideas that may have been offered had the piece been allowed to air.
We too often forget that it is acceptable to be offended.
In no way does this mean we should defend racist, sexist or other questionable content whatsoever. That said, an attempt at eradicating the song from society’s memory may include the cessation in airing “Elf,” a popular Christmas favorite containing a version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and boasting high tune-in rates around the month of December. The moral of the story here being that runoff effects will occur if we dismantle existing images of culture rather than simply improving upon future works when we make them.
This year, as we relax in front of our family room TV’s or record players, let us not be grinchy and steal the promise of a better tomorrow from our neighbors by censoring widely loved material. ‘Tis the season to comment rather than cut.
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Mike Shaw Follow Up – LPP Summer Series 1.2
August 21, 2014 December 2, 2014 Mark Warner
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Mike Shaw returns to the Low Pressure Podcast Studios to update us on his recovery progress! He joined us in March this past season and spoke about his skiing accident which broke his neck and left him paralyzed. In the emotional 2 part episode, he explained the experience in detail. He describes the accident itself, the surgery, and the process of his initial recovery. Its now eight months after his injury and his recovery is nothing short of amazing! In this brand new discussion he explains that he’s completed a 5K charity walk. He’s back riding a bike and amazingly, has been able to go wake surfing! Listen and be inspired
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I just want to say how moved I was by listening to these podcasts. My identical twin brother and I both wanted to be pro skiers when we were younger (we were hooked up by Atomic back then). He broke his back very badly in 2002 at age 18 with multiple burst fractures, although by a miracle he had only no permanent neurological damage. We both decided to go to college at that point. Last year I was just jumping off a knoll and went a little too far right into some small moguls with sticky snow. I was thrown headfirst into a mogul while trying to recover and I compressed four vertebrae in my thoracic spine. I had no injury to the spinal cord itself, but it was an incredibly terrifying experience. If I had landed a little differently it could have been much worse (it could have been better, too, of course.)
Spinal injuries have always been my worst fear, and to hear you talk about the moment it happened is really mind-blowing. I think a lot of kids don’t realize how anyone can get hurt in an instant in freestyle skiing, and how it can happen when you least expect it and change your whole life. I have imagined the kind of experience you went through so many times, and I was grateful to hear you speak about it.
I tell kids now to make sure there are no uphill spots or bumps near a landing, because that is what will put you on your head and neck.
I hope you are hanging tough, and keeping up the good work! You’re an inspiration!
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Thanks for the great comments Justin! I can tell you he is kicking ass! We’ll make sure Mike gets your kind words.
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Facebook introduces new policies for political, social issue ads ahead of 2020 elections
The latest updates will start mid-September and advertisers running political, electoral or social issue ads will have until mid-October to comply.
Amy Gesenhues on August 28, 2019 at 12:53 pm
Political advertisers on Facebook required to include EIN or FEC numbers.
Facebook has updated its ad policies for political advertisers and anyone running electoral or social issue ads. The new policies, which include new disclaimer requirements for political advertisers and updates to the company’s list of social issue topics in the U.S, were introduced on Wednesday and apply to ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Disclaimer requirements for political, electoral and social issue ads. Beginning mid-September, any advertiser running political, electoral or social issue ads will need to give Facebook more details about their organization. Advertisers will have five options to provide further information:
A tax-registered organization identification number (EIN).
A Federal Election Commission (FEC) identification number.
A government website domain (.gov or .mil) that matches the advertiser’s email.
For smaller advertisers or local politicians that may not have an EIN or FEC number, or a government-run website, they can submit their organization name along with a verifiable phone number, mail-deliverable address and business website along with an email address that matches the business website domain.
Small advertisers can also rely solely on their Facebook Page admin’s legal name that is attached to a their personal identification document. (Advertisers using this option will not be able to use a registered organization name in their ad disclaimer.)
Any advertisers running political, electoral or social issue ads who fail to comply with the new requirements by mid-October will have their ads paused.
New ad labels. Facebook is also updating its labels for political, electoral and social issue ads. Now, when a user taps the “i” icon that includes either the “Confirmed Organization” or “About this Ad” language, they will see the information Facebook has confirmed. For example, a “Confirmed Organization” label will show the EIN or FEC number provided by the advertisers. The “About this Ad” label will include the organization’s phone number and email address.
“This will allow people to confidently gauge the legitimacy of an organization and quickly raise questions or concerns if they find anything out of the ordinary,” writes Facebook Public Policy Director Katie Harbath and Product Manager Sarah Schiff.
Social Issue ad categories. Previously, Facebook assigned its social issue ad topics to 20 distinct subject areas. The company is revising how it categorizes social issue ads with a new list of ten categories for the U.S.:
Civil and social rights
Political values and governance
Security and foreign policy
Facebook said it purposely made this list of categories broad so that it can be refined over time and that the categories are evolving and may be narrowed or expanded over time.
“This list is meant to be fluid to reflect the public discourse around social issues on and off Facebook that seek to influence public opinion through advocacy,” writes Harbath and Schiff.
Why we should care. These updates apply not only to marketers managing ad campaigns for political candidates, but also anyone overseeing ads for an organization attached to political causes that may be running social issue ads.
As we near the 2020 U.S. election cycle, the number of political, electoral and social issue ads will only increase — which means more ad dollars being allocated to Facebook. Marketers responsible for running political, electoral or social issue ads on Facebook and Instagram will need to stay on top of the company’s ad policies to make sure their ad campaigns run smoothly.
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Apple could gradually switch to new laptop keyboard mechanism starting this fall – TechCrunch
Amazon reportedly ramps development on Alexa-powered home robot on wheels – TechCrunch
These robo-ants can work together in swarms to navigate tricky terrain – TechCrunch
Archinaut snags $73 million in NASA funding to 3D-print giant spacecraft parts in orbit – TechCrunch
Hero Labs raises £2.5M for its ultrasonic device to monitor a property’s water use and prevent leaks – TechCrunch
Petcube’s Bites 2 and Play 2 amuse pets and humans alike with Alexa built-in – TechCrunch
Sony’s new A7R IV camera is a 61 MP full-frame mirrorless beast – TechCrunch
Voyant Photonics raises $4.3M to fit lidar on the head of a pin – TechCrunch
Nexar’s Live Map is like Street View with pictures from 5 minutes ago – TechCrunch
Nintendo introduces a Switch model refresh with better battery life – TechCrunch
Chinese space station Tiangong-2 is about to burn up over the Pacific – TechCrunch
The PureCam Connected Car Security System is a dashcam with extras – TechCrunch
Original Apollo 11 landing videotapes sell for $1.8M – TechCrunch
Freedom Robotics raises $6.6M to take the hassle out of founding a robotics startup – TechCrunch
LG says smart TVs will gain AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support next week – TechCrunch
How Axis went from concept to shipping its Gear smart blinds hardware – TechCrunch
Tile finds another $45M to expand its item-tracking devices and platform – TechCrunch
Occipital’s Structure Sensor Mark II is a smaller and much improved 3D scanner for your iPad – TechCrunch
Sonos and Ikea’s Symfonisk wireless speakers are a symphony of sound and design – TechCrunch
TrustRadius, a customer-generated B2B software review platform, raises $12.5M – TechCrunch
Customer reviews play a key role in helping people decide what to buy on consumer-focused marketplaces like Amazon or app stores, and the same tendency exists in the B2B world, where nearly half a trillion dollars is spent annually on software and IT purchases. TrustRadius, one of the startups capitalising on the latter trend, with total feedback sessions today standing at close to 190,000 reviews, has now picked up a Series C of $12.5 million led by Next Coast Ventures, with existing investors Mayfield Fund and LiveOak Ventures also participating.
The funding, which brings the total raised by TrustRadius to $25 million (modest compared to some of its competitors), will be used to build more partnerships and use cases for its reviews, as well as continue expanding that total number of users providing feedback.
In addition to its main site — which goes up against a huge number of other online software comparison services like TrustPilot, G2 Crowd, Owler and many others — TrustRadius is already working with vendors like LogMeIn, Tibco and more (including a number of huge IT companies that have asked not to be named).
TrustRadius mainly works with them on two tracks: to source a wider range of reviews from their existing customer bases to improve their profiles on the site; and then to help them use those reviews in their own marketing materials. Partnerships like these form the core of TrustRadius’s business model: people posting reviews or using the site to read them access it for free.
Vinay Bhagat, founder and CEO of TrustRadius, believes that his company’s mission — to help IT decision makers vet software by tapping into feedback from other IT buyers — has found particular relevance in the current market.
“I think that gravity is on our side,” he said in an interview. “If you think about how the tech industry is evolving and getting things done, IT decisions are getting decentralized and moving out of the CIO’s office. Millennials are ageing into positions of authority, and it means that the way people had previously bought software — by way of salespeople or on the basis of analyst reports — are changing. There is pent-up demand to hear the roar of peers and that’s where we come in.”
User-generated reviews have come under a lot of criticism in recent times. Regulators have been going after companies for not being vigilant enough about policing their platforms for “fake” reviews, either planted to big-up a product, or by rivals to knock it down, or coming from people who are being paid to put in a good word. The argument has been that the marketplaces hosting those reviews are still bringing in eyeballs and product conversions based on that feedback, so they are less concerned with the corruption even if it longer term can likely sour consumers on the trustworthiness of the whole platform.
That belief is not wholly true, of course: Amazon for one has recently been making a huge effort to improve trust, by going after dodgy reviewers and setting up systems to halt the trafficking of counterfeit goods.
And Bhagat argued to me that it doesn’t hold for TrustRadius, either. The company has a focused enough mandate — B2B software purchasing — within a crowded enough field, that losing trust by posting blindly positive reviews would get it nowhere fast.
At the same time, he noted that the company has held a firm line with its customers on making sure that the “truth” about a product is made clear even if it’s not completely rosy, in the hopes that they can use that to work on improvements, and also provide more balanced feedback at the least from existing customers in order to give a more complete picture. (It also, like other reviews sites, makes people who provide feedback do so using professional credentials like work emails and LinkedIn profiles.)
That line has so far carried it into relationships with a number of software companies, which are using reviews as a complement to their own sales teams, and the papers and analysis published by analysts like Gartner and Ovum and Forester, to reach people who are weighing up different options for their IT solutions.
“TrustRadius has become an integral part of today’s economic cycle,” said Bill Wagner, CEO of LogMeIn, in a statement. “Software buyers today need detailed reviews to make sure that the product works for a business professional like themselves. TrustRadius provides that in a transparent way, so buyers can make confident decisions, even about enterprise-grade software.”
The recent swing in the digital world toward data protection and people getting increasingly aware of how their own personal details are used in ways they never intended has presented an interesting challenge for the world of online services. Most of us don’t like getting marketing and will generally opt out of any “yes, I consent to getting updates from XYZ and its partners!” boxes — if we happen to spot them amid the dark patterning of the net.
TrustRadius and companies like it have an opportunity through that, though: by targeting IT buyers who have to make complicated purchasing decisions and most likely more than one, and in a way that ensures each purchase works with the rest of an existing tech stack, they represent one of the rare cases where a user might actually want to hear more.
Indeed, one of the company’s plans longer term is to continue developing how it can work with its users through that IT life cycle by providing suggestions of software based on previous software purchases and also what that users’ feedback has been around a past purchase.
“From day one we have been dealing with complex purchasing decisions,” Bhagat said. “Buying technology that will be used to run your business is not the same as buying an app that you use casually. It can be make or break for your company.”
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The acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a population-based intervention to promote youth health: An exploratory study in Goa, India
Madhumitha Balaji, Teddy Andrews, Gracy Andrew, Vikram Patel
Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal
Purpose To evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a population-based intervention to promote health of youth (age: 1624 years) in Goa. Methods Two pairs of urban and rural communities were selected; one of each was randomly assigned to receive a multi-component intervention and the other wait-listed. The intervention comprised educational institution-based peer education and teacher training (in the urban community), community peer education, and health information materials. Effectiveness was assessed through beforeafter population surveys at baseline and at 18 months. Outcomes were measured using a structured interview schedule with all eligible youth. Logistic regression compared each pair, adjusted for baseline differences, on prevalence of outcomes in the domains of reproductive and sexual health (RSH), violence, mental health, substance use, and help seeking for health concerns. Results In both intervention communities, prevalence of violence perpetrated and probable depression was significantly lower and knowledge and attitudes about RSH significantly higher (p < .05). The rural sample also reported fewer menstrual complaints and higher levels of help-seeking for RSH complaints by women, and knowledge and attitudes about emotional health and substance use; and, the urban sample reported significantly lower levels of substance use, suicidal behavior, sexual abuse, and RSH complaints. Although information materials were acceptable and feasible in both communities, community peer education was feasible only in the rural community. The institution-based interventions were generally acceptable and feasible. Conclusions Multicomponent interventions comprising information materials, educational-institution interventions and, in rural contexts, community peer interventions are acceptable and feasible and likely to be effective for youth health promotion.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.029
Balaji, M., Andrews, T., Andrew, G., & Patel, V. (2011). The acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a population-based intervention to promote youth health: An exploratory study in Goa, India. Journal of Adolescent Health, 48(5), 453-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.029
Balaji, Madhumitha ; Andrews, Teddy ; Andrew, Gracy ; Patel, Vikram. / The acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a population-based intervention to promote youth health : An exploratory study in Goa, India. In: Journal of Adolescent Health. 2011 ; Vol. 48, No. 5. pp. 453-460.
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A longer version of the BBC Midlands interview — he likes Red Leicester, too!
ETA: the user removed the video. Look in the comments for a link to a transcript of the full interview.
and specifically mentions Melton Mowbray.
~ by Servetus on April 3, 2014.
Posted in Armitage on Armitage, dwarves, Guy of Gisborne, liking food, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Richard III, Robin Hood, singing, The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit, the hype, theatre theatre, Thorin Oakenshield
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34 Responses to “A longer version of the BBC Midlands interview — he likes Red Leicester, too!”
Really nice interview. It’s nice to hear him expand on some things.
guylty said this on April 4, 2014 at 12:03 am | Reply
yeah — I didn’t know that he’d gone back to the original sources for the Robin Hood thing.
Servetus said this on April 4, 2014 at 2:02 am | Reply
Ahh, parents. Of all the curiosities about Thorin Oakenshield…how did they get your eyes so close together? LOL
CarlyQ said this on April 4, 2014 at 12:11 am | Reply
that was really funny. And the pattern continues of deflecting questions about his family.
Although you could see he did sort of do an impression of his dad at that point, which always amuses me when people do that. 🙂
alyssabethancourt said this on April 4, 2014 at 4:42 am | Reply
yeah, that was sweet.
It’s also one of those high sympathy points. My dad heard me lecture once (in modern history, on “who voted for Hitler” and which social segments in Germany were most likely to support the NSDAP) and afterwards the only thing he said to me was, do you know what kind of motor moves that sliding chalkboard?
Oh gosh, fathers. My dad never knows what to say to me when presented with something I’ve worked hard on. The last time he came to one of my choir performances, his only comment was, “You sure look like you’re concentrating.”
This interview makes much more sense now! I could not understand why he launched straight into talking about being in the orchestra when she asked about his arts background.
Missey said this on April 4, 2014 at 12:51 am | Reply
I also really appreciate the comment about free music lessons. The man has a conscience.
Yes, it’s interesting that he has started to comment on social issues lately. Just prior to the NY interview I was reflecting that he never spoken on those topics.
Missey said this on April 4, 2014 at 4:02 am | Reply
Well, if he ever wanted to say anything about social issues, this next role should give him that opportunity.
YEP! I am very curious about what he will say. He certainly has a conscience but I’m not sure that he is used to thinking about these problems in a systematic way…
I don’t think he’s a systematic thinker, period. But that’s been a tense topic here.
Joanna said this on April 4, 2014 at 6:43 am | Reply
see discussions on posts “How thick is Richard Armitage?” — I think there are two. I had to close discussion both times.
I’ve seen those posts. Perhaps a provocative title 🙂 ? It was interesting that in this interview he expressed disappointment that there was not a single original Robin Hood story. He didn’t seem at all happy that it is a fable that is re-told over and over again. I think he’s naturally bright but it’s obvious that he hasn’t had the kind of intellectual training that a university degree gives you.
the title wasn’t the problem. The problem was that I dared to say Richard Armitage isn’t the intellect many people want to believe him to be.
What i thought was odd about it was that he obviously knows a lot more about myth now (after all the Hobbit preparation). Maybe he was recalling his frustration from back then.
Servetus said this on April 4, 2014 at 6:24 pm | Reply
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX He also showed that he realizes how important that free music was and I’m sure if he expanded on it he would also say that it is really a shame that music is one of the first things cut from school. It is the same here really. I didn’t buy the comment that he didn’t know what his mother thought of him in The Hobbit but for some reason he chose not to share that and to share his father’s comment instead which was funny. It was a very nicely done interview with some really good questions.
Peggy Kincaid said this on April 4, 2014 at 2:23 am | Reply
I had free music lessons at school too. I learnt the violin and hated it! I really was one of the kids who pretended to play in the school orchestra. Lol! The fact that he played in the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra playing at the big concert hall in Leicester suggests he was much better at it than he’s willing to admit!
Lack of musical instruments in schools today is a hot topic at the moment, with less and less money being available for music education. Yesterday I donated an electronic keyboard that I never use to the school I work in. The nature of my school means music plays quite an important part so our kids are quite well served but they’re still short of instruments that are in good condition.
As for Red Leicester cheese is not a favourite of mine…a bit too orange for me 🙂
And my dad is also quite reticent about saying anything too positive about anything I do! My mum on the other hand is always telling me how clever I am! Lol! She thinks anything I do is clever if she doesn’t know how to do it herself, like finding information on the internet or driving 🙂
kathrynruthd said this on April 4, 2014 at 6:17 am | Reply
We had free music lessons at school but we had to come up with the instruments ourselves (unless it was something like a tuba). However, my school didn’t have string instruction. We borrowed a clarinet from someone for two years and then my parents bought a used one that served pretty well for a few more years.
My violin was mine not the schools, but there were instruments at school. I was taught by a peripatetic teacher that I assume the school or local education authority funded. I had piano lessons too but those were outside school and paid for by my parents.
kathrynruthd said this on April 4, 2014 at 6:31 pm | Reply
We also had free music lessons at school. My parents purchased a flute for me and a clarinet for my sister. We had a band not an orchestra, like Servetus mentioned we didn’t have strings either. My sisters and I all took private piano lessons for about six years each. The thing I remember most about band is the girl who played flute next to me did not have a pinky finger. Her hand did not look deformed but it did make it harder to play the flute. Funny the things you remember.
By the time my son (now 30) was in school they had a program to rent instruments. You paid a monthly rental fee but the lessons were still free. My step father taught music and substituted until he was 90.
richardtreehouse said this on April 4, 2014 at 6:43 pm | Reply
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX That is so true. I never had an offer of any kind of music instrument. Very self conscious about my voice as it wasn’t like most girls so no singing even for me. I would have liked to learn the piano I think but we didn’t have money for that sort of thing. The fact that he took the free music lessons and accepted the cello says that he was interested but he downplayed himself as usual. His tastes in classical says that he got a lot out of playing it. All we had in school for music was a music appreciation class.
I love cheese but can’t have much of it due to headaches. Never had that Red Leicester though.
Yes, fathers will play it all off by a comment like that but you know that they noticed and it wasn’t meant to hurt. You know that his mother is very proud of him but understandingly he doesn’t want to elaborate on that so he just says he doesn’t know what she thinks.
if you have access to a Whole Foods or a store like that, you can probably buy a tiny piece of gold-plated Red Leicester to try 🙂
The video is not available any more for viewing. Do you know why? It’s not available on Youtube either.
Mermaid said this on April 4, 2014 at 8:19 am | Reply
probably the rightsholder objected.
According to BBC they can’t find the video anymore. They actually didn’t know about a longer version, only the one which is in their page. hmpf
Miss Emms said this on April 4, 2014 at 6:58 pm | Reply
Any chance someone downloaded it from YT? Pretty, please?
Miss Emms said this on April 4, 2014 at 9:18 am | Reply
I can’t see it either. sobs
MoonRAker said this on April 4, 2014 at 9:45 am | Reply
Neither can I. (Several Guy of G sniffs of disappointment)
Rafaella said this on April 4, 2014 at 11:42 am | Reply
I couldn’t see it either. I wish I hadn’t waited on this one. I found info at http://richardarmitagecentral.co.uk/
UPDATE: The video has been removed from youtube by the user. However, we did update our transcript with the new bits of the interview. The first of five pages is HERE, click the next arrows to continue.
I’m going to read it now.
I’ve read the transcript earlier. I guessed I’ve missed the clip only by minutes last night.
His answer about his dad is a typical story and made me giggle. This could be my dad. They never make a fuss and a good clap on the shoulder is all those old school dads can give. It’s sweet he told it!
I’ve had music lessons at school, too. I learnt the flute and was singing in the choir for couple of years incl musicals. Great projects! Don’t know if it’s still offered in our schools today. But I think, playing the cello is as difficult as playing the violin? I had enough with the flute.
Red Leicester, Stilton or any other cheese is good with me. Can’t live without it.
I’m sure that vid will eventually reappear somewhere. Cough.
I went to watch it again late last night and was really sad to find it had been removed. It was a great interview and gave us a few more glimpses into his younger days, and his food preferences! 🙂
I too was blessed in having received free cello lessons at school and I doubt if I recognized at the time how thankful I should have been. According to a very musical uncle, I played rather well, but of course I had to give it up when I left school as my parents could not afford to buy me an instrument of my own. I still find it sad that the importance of music in children’s lives is still not recognized by some, even though it has been proved to be so beneficial to their general education.
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Did you know? The whole project will cost over 50 billion yen. That’s $431.78 million! On top of it, the Universal Studios Japan plan on opening the Super Nintendo World just ahead of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Doesn’t that seem like a double-dose of grandeur coming our way?
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Abrahm DeVine, NCAA Champion Swimmer, Comes Out as Gay
September 17, 2018 Jean Bakula Current Affairs, News
Trending News: NCAA athlete comes out
In an interview with Swimming World magazine, Abrahm DeVine, an NCAA Champion Swimmer, has come out to the world as a gay man.
“I’m a gay athlete. There aren’t too many of us, so when I came out to my college team, that was a really tough time for me,” said, Devine.
Mr. Devine, who is 2018 2018 NCAA Champion in the 400-individual medley and the Pac-12 Swimmer of the year – plus an Olympic trials competitor in 2016, revealed in the interview with David Rieder that his personal struggles with being a gay man nearly led him to quit the sport.
But after talking to his former teammate, Mx Williamson, he ultimately decided to carry on.
It was then Mr. Devine shared with his Stanford teammates his truth. And the good news? They embraced him with total support.
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“I remember that being a pretty emotional time, and just feeling my whole team wrap around me and feeling that love in a place where I hadn’t really felt it, that was definitely pretty special for me,” DeVine said. “Just seeing them kind of prove me wrong was definitely special, something I’ll never forget.”
“Growing up gay in any sport is definitely tough. There’s a culture that is created in a lot of sports where being gay is an insult. It’s something that gets tossed around and makes you not want to go to practice or not want to hang out with the team or be a part of the team.”
Mr. DeVine, a senior, is still able to compete for a spot on the 2020 Olympic team. What inspiring about this athlete’s story is how he has joined so many athletes in recent years who have stepped forward to share their truth.
That he was embraced by his fellow teammates says something about the changing views of LGBTQ persons in sports.
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The Man in the High Castle Season 2 Episodes 3, 4 & 5 Recap: Nebulous Loyalties in a Tense Game of Chess
December 22, 2016 December 27, 2019 ~ Metacrone
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As we move toward the midpoint of the season, it feels like almost everyone is a pawn being moved around the game board by someone. Some players are even being fought over by two or more sides. Frank and Ed (especially Ed) are being watched by the Japanese and the Western Resistance. Juliana is being torn in pieces by the Reich and the Eastern Resistance, by the Smith family, and by George Dixon. Joe’s loyalties are divided by his father and Smith, and a bit by Rita, who may or may not have connections to the resistance. Smith is caught between his loyalty to his family and the Reich. He may also now have a deal with Kido. Tagomi is caught between his desire to save his own reality and the pull to stay with his lost family in the alternate reality. Both Smith and Tagomi are being pressured by Inpector Kido and, ultimately, the General. The General’s motives seem clear, but Kido is too complex to put down to simple motives. His loyalty is to the law, the Empire, and his family, but we’ve seen him exercise his own judgement about what’s best for the Japanese people in the long run before. He appears to be operating on his own again, doing whatever he feels is necessary to accomplish his goal.
The Western Resistance still seems far from benign to me. They manipulated Frank into joining them. Connell withheld Juliana’s letter and made Frank believe she’d betrayed him instead. Lem and Sarah both know Frank’s being lied to, yet they’re going along with it. Sarah’s even sleeping with Frank. Was the seduction part of the plan? Connell is a sociopath who is willing to achieve his goals through any means necessary. A romance with Sarah would further cement Frank’s commitment to them. I hope that’s it’s not true, but Sarah seems to have lost everything and to be just as ruthless as Connell.
The political map of the world that hangs in Smith’s office. Nazi territory far overshadows Japanese land coverage.
The Man in the High Castle is on his way to a new castle. Not surprising, since Juliana fled to the Nazis after visiting his lair. Moment of silence for the lost movie library, including the film that started it all, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. (It wasn’t important enough to save? Hmmm.)—— Wonder which movies he saved and why he chose those in particular. Hope we get some clues this season. Hope Abendsen makes it to the new castle safely. People tend to have serious travel issues on this show. Especially in cars and trucks.
It feels like Ed’s importance is growing. His attention to the politcal situation and theories about it will prove useful eventually. But he’s a truly good, sincere person, and all of the subterfuge is taking its toll on him. It’s going to be a race against time to see how long he lasts before he cracks. Meanwhile, Frank paid enough attention to his best friend to keep him alive, but is now so busy getting revenge that he can’t see the situation building up around Ed.
Childan is a self-absorbed, pretentious dolt. It’s kind of amazing he’s lived this long.
I really thought Smith was going to kill Thomas when they went to the lake, or later that night. Guess he went with Plan B. Helen surprised me though. They painted her as very dedicated to the Nazi philosophy last season. Now she’s all soft and weepy, with sympathy for everyone’s weaknesses, and afraid of her husband’s ruthlessness. It’s a lousy, but typical, change in direction for the character, from being her husband’s equal partner, to being his sweet wife who needs to be protected from the realities of Nazi Germany. I was really looking forward to Helen being a strong but balanced character, not either the stereotype of a wife who’s even more evil than her husband, or this weaker creature. Oh well. Another female character who’s overwhelmed by her emotions and has to be saved by her man.
Thomas seems to be realizing something is wrong with him, even though he was told the doctor cleared him. He’s a very dutiful person. I wonder how he’ll react to knowing that he should be dead. Will he volunteer to die as the Reich requires? I still wonder if part of Smith’s plan for Juliana is to use her to get Thomas to the Neutral Zone or maybe even the Pacific States, where he could get treatment. Ooh, maybe that’s the deal he made with Kido? He delivers Juliana, his son gets asylum and medical care for as long as he lives. Thomas is developing a crush on Juliana, that could cause trouble if I’m right.
The scene between Kido and Smith was one of my favorites of the series so far. Both Rufus Sewell and Joel de la Fuente deserve Emmys for the depth and subtlety they give their characters. It was like watching two chess masters at work as they slowly circled each other and discovered they were equals. Or two snakes in the grass waiting to see who would strike first.
Kido looked entirely too relaxed and satisfied on his way into the elevator. We’ve never seen him look that way. It was chilling. The deal probably involves trying to catch Abendsen and question, then kill him, as well as extraditing Juliana and rescuing Thomas. Kido was likely there secretly, as well, since the extradition order was what Kido had the general sign when he was too drunk to remember. Manipulations within manipulations.
Juliana is making all kinds of new friends in NY, from Trudy’s father George Dixon, who stopped the Eastern Resistance from killing her so that he could make her work for them, to the Smith family, who are going to use her for something that hasn’t been revealed yet. Just to make her feel extra safe and welcome, her door doesn’t lock, her room is bugged, and there’s a camera in the vent. Not surprisingly, she’s having a difficult time relaxing. She did go look up Joe Blake, and ran into Rita, like I hoped, but Rita ran her off. Still hoping they’ll run into each other again. There are no ongoing female friendships on this show. Even Juliana’s work friendships have been short-lived. Her only long term relationship with another woman who’s currently alive is her strained, distant relationship with her mother. Frank and Joe both connect with other men as friends, mentors and allies much more than Juliana has been allowed to connect with other women. The other women in the Resistance seem to be disposable. Sarah is already playing with guns and bombs, so she probably won’t last long either. (Not that Juliana has a chance to interact with her right now, but maybe eventually.)
Atlantropa, the Reich’s ambitious plan to dam the Mediterranean Sea, desalinate the water for use in the Sahara Desert (Nazis care about Africa!) and produce hydroelectric power.
Joe starts his time in Berlin hating everything about it, and resenting his father for abandoning his family. In order to keep Joe from leaving Berlin, Reichsminister Heusmann takes Joe to a creepy abandoned hospital and reveals that he is a vampire who hunts other vampires is the leader of the shapeshifters took part in a creepy Nazi breeding program that led to Joe’s birth. Joe is one of the Lebensborn (which was real-at least the first two I listed were fictional). Joe was born to expand the perfect Aryan race, and his father tells him that the German people are in awe of the Lebensborn to this day. The Reichsminister’s housekeeper certainly looks worshipful when she meets Joe for the first time. This is most likely going to fuck with Joe’s head for a while. He’s been taken to Oz, and told he’s one of the wizard’s favorites. No matter how fucked up it is, anyone would need time to digest it and explore the possibilities for a bit. Joe is one of the three truly good characters on this show (Ed and Tagomi being the other two) and this is going to test his values. Stay strong, Hufflepuffs!
Trade Minister Tagomi has learned to transfer realities at will. He’s lonely and frustrated with his ineffectiveness in his own reality, so he’s spending more and more time in the other reality. It appears to be our world, or one very similar to it. His alternate self keeps taking off on “benders.” Is that cover for the same kind of trips Tagomi is taking? Could he be the one who is making the movies and bringing them to the show’s reality? Tagomi is selfless and brave enough to do something like that.
How does Juliana being Tagomi’s daughter-in-law play into it? It was obvious they had a connection from the start. It seems like there’s an element of fate involved in this universe. Juliana and Tagomi mean something to each other no matter what. Frank, Juliana and Joe are involved in each other’s lives no matter what. Thomas was supposed to die, so now the girl he likes is moving on. Which events are predetermined and unavoidable, and which are random and can be changed?
We’re seeing Frank and Joe being lured into position for the execution scene from the film. Joe is on his way to allowing his father to promote him to a position of power, and he already knows his way around San Francisco. It makes sense to send him there. Connell’s Resistance is pushing the Japanese harder and harder, taking bigger and bigger risks. The Resistance doesn’t care who, or how many, end up dead. Their actions could well bring about the worst case scenario, with Frank set up to take the fall.
Unless George Dixon ends up dead in an alley in NYC. He’s in a position to for that to happen now, protecting Juliana from being killed by either the Resistance or the Nazis. Or, he could be killed in the middle of an operation when Juliana turns him in, maybe after she realizes the Resistance has a dangerously bad plan.
All of the pieces are set up on the chess board. Now we just have to watch the rest of the game play out during the second half of the season.
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Elizabeth Olsen went for the role of Daenerys Targaryen but says her audition was ‘terrible’
Emily BakerSunday 19 May 2019 5:11 pm
We’re kind of into this alternate universe casting (Picture: HBO, Getty Images)
You might know her as Scarlet Witch from Avengers, but turns out Elizabeth Olsen was nearly part of a different but equally successful franchise: Game Of Thrones.
The actor has revealed she auditioned to join the cast as Mother of Dragons and Breaker of Chains Daenerys Targaryen.
Luckily for Emilia Clarke, who has played the character for the best part of a decade, Elizabeth’s audition was ‘terrible’.
‘When I first started working, I just auditioned for everything, because I like auditioning. And I auditioned for Khaleesi,’ Elizabeth revealed, adding, ‘It was the most awkward audition I’d ever had.’
Emilia plays Dany with her own classic English accent, but Elizabeth was given no direction on what showrunners David Benioff and D.Weiss were thinking for how the dragon queen would talk.
‘They didn’t know if they wanted a British accent or not. So, you did it in both. It was terrible,’ she revealed.
Elizabeth used a monologue from the end of the first season, which was meant to be given after Dany emerged from the fire with her dragons but was moved to before she stepped into the fire in the final episode.
Emilia Clarke has been a perfect Dany for the last decade (Picture: HBO)
‘Anytime someone says, “bad audition story”, that’s one I remember,’ quipped Elizabeth to Vulture.
We’re sure it can’t have been that bad, but if anyone working on Game Of Thrones wants to see if they can dig up the footage we’d be more than happy to take a look.
The Avengers actor went on to assure everyone that her audition didn’t put her off watching the show when it aired in 2011 and that she’s as invested as the rest of us.
‘I’m just so deep in Game of Thrones that all I can think about is Kit Harington,’ she quipped. ‘I mean, he’s just brainwashed me.’
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In an interview when she was asked how she felt reading the final script, Emilia offered an artistic representation of her emotions which read as a mix of sadness and confusion before she mimed throwing up.
It’s not looking great…
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By Don Morton | Posted on December 24, 2019
In the years leading up to his abdication, the hard-core traditionalist Pope Benedict (a superb Anthony Hopkins) apparently struck up an unlikely friendship with the fiery reformer and progressive future Pope Francis (an even better Jonathan Pryce) at a time when the Catholic Church was facing unprecedented controversy.
Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles’s (The Constant Gardener, The City of God, Blindness) perhaps apocryphal look inside the Vatican walls is intimate, honest, human-scale, unostentatious, frequently very funny and quite moving (even to a crusty old atheist like me).
It shouldn’t work, but it does thanks to an extraordinary script that simply sparkles, blending weighty issues with entirely believable comic bits, and for the pure joy of watching these two seasoned actors at the top of their game play off each other. It may not be the first adjective you’d hit on to describe two such eminences, but they’re adorable. Now streaming on Netflix. (125 min)
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RDC: Communique de Presse (09.07.2018)
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RDC: CLC – Le Peuple Congolais Revendique Haut et Fort son Droit a des Elections Credibles (07.07.2018)
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Human Rights council discusses situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (05.07.2018)
The committee appealed to government, faith-based organisations, traditional leaders and community organisations to join hands against this scourge that is plaguing our society.
PRETORIA, South Africa, July 5, 2018 – The committee was made aware of the weaknesses and strengths within Sapo and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) before this process was implemented. Because weaknesses in the implementation of the payment process are now becoming manifest, the committee wants to revisit the roadmap that Sapo presented to the committee and to hear about the progress Sapo has made in its checklist for disbursements.
Such weaknesses include, among other things, long queues, stampedes in post offices, the inability of staff to cope with large numbers of people and the unavailability of enough cash in most areas. This is why the committee wants to understand how far both entities are in working together to ensure that grants are disseminated successfully in future.
The committee has also urged Sassa to improve the way it communicates with South Africans and to do so timeously, particularly when challenges are anticipated. The committee urges Sassa to ensure that frontline staff dealing directly with the public are kind and courteous.
The committee also believes that Sassa should consider alternative ways of using a pin number to access the social grants. It has transpired through provincial reports that a lot of grant beneficiaries, particularly the elderly, easily forget their pin numbers and there was no support system, as had been promised before implementation.
The scourge of sexual assault on children was also before the committee at today’s meeting. Some of the Chapter 9 institutions attending the meeting suggested that poor coordination is failing these vulnerable groups. The committee resolved to ask the Minister of Social Development to take up the matter with the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Leader of Government Business. This serious social challenge requires a response from government, particularly from within the Department of Social Development, which should champion this response.
The committee also sent sincere condolences to all families whose loved ones passed away as a result of a sexual assault. The committee appealed to government, faith-based organisations, traditional leaders and community organisations to join hands against this scourge that is plaguing our society.
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein: “Enhanced interactive dialogue on the Democratic Republic of the Congo” (03.07.2018)
Distinguished President
Members of the International Team of experts,
Excellencies,
This interactive dialogue on the Democratic Republic of the Congo is both timely and important. The human rights situation remains of great concern across the country. The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office has documented an increased number of violations: 2,858 from January to May this year, as compared to 2,332 during the same period in 2017 – and the real scale of violations is certainly even greater.
The security situation continues to deteriorate in several regions across the country, with dramatic impact on civilians.
I remain particularly concerned about the violence in South and North Kivu, and in the Kasai regions, with increasing activity by Nyatura and other Mayi-Mayi armed groups in North Kivu, as well as a Mayi-Mayi coalition led by William Yakutumba that is particularly active in South Kivu and, more recently, in the province of Maniema.
Interethnic and intercommunity violence has also continued in Ituri province between members of the Hema and Lendu communities, resulting in deaths, the burning of villages, and mass displacement. Recently deployed army troops are also alleged to have committed human rights violations, particularly targeting the Lendu community.
The situation in the Kasai regions is also deeply preoccupying, with severe abuses against civilians by armed groups, and multiple human rights violations committed by Congolese defence and security forces in their response to the activities of these militias. You will be appraised of the findings of the team of international experts dispatched by my Office in line with the Council’s Resolution 35/33. In this context, I would like to note that further to Resolution 35/33, my Office has also assisted the military authorities’ investigation in the Kasai regions, with two missions by forensic, judicial and witness protection experts.
Mr President,
These and other conflicts continue to drive very large numbers of people away from their homes and livelihoods – further deepening their vulnerability to violations, particularly in the case of women and children. According to OCHA, there are now 4.4 million internally displaced people in the DRC.
I strongly urge the authorities to abide by their obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law in all the conflict zones, namely Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, South and North Kivu, Maniema, Tanganyika and the Kasai regions. I further urge much stronger efforts to hold the perpetrators of violations responsible. The perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence must also be held to account – even, and perhaps especially, when they are agents of the State.
Members of the Congolese armed forces, or FARDC, appear to have been responsible for fully one third of the violations and abuses, including sexual violence, which the UN Joint Human Rights Office has documented across all the conflict zones since the beginning of the year. These crimes do not only harm their victims: they damage the credibility of the authorities responsible for protection, inciting people to create or join irregular self-defence groups. I urge the Government to undertake the necessary measures to ensure the prosecution of perpetrators of these human rights violations. Effective justice will be a deterrent to prevent future violations by members of the military.
I note that in recent months there has been some limited progress in establishing accountability for past violations. In April, a Lieutenant Colonel was sentenced by the South Kivu military tribunal to a 20-year prison term for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including sexual slavery, as well as pillage and attacks on civilians, committed between 2005 and 2007.
I am also deeply troubled by numerous violations of human rights norms and principles in relation to people’s rights to participate in the democratic space. This persistent trend raises serious doubts about the credibility of the DRC’s long-delayed elections, which are now due to take place on 23 December 2018.
Regrettably, there has been no progress in implementing the confidence-building measures laid out in the 31 December 2016 political agreement, including respect for the rights to freedom of opinion, expression and peaceful assembly, the release of all political prisoners, and accountability for human rights violations. The alleged perpetrators of violations, including those who have used disproportionate force to suppress demonstrations, continue to benefit from widespread impunity, undermining public trust in commitments made by the Government.
As requested, my Office has provided technical advice to the national commission of inquiry set up by the Government in response to the brutal attacks which took place during protests in December 2017 and January 2018. The report of the commission, which was released in March, concluded that members of the police and army committed human rights violations, including excessive use of force. It formulated a number of very pertinent recommendations, notably lifting the ban on public demonstrations, and restrictions on use of the military during demonstrations. I regret that to date most of these recommendations have not been implemented and that the consolidated report was transferred to the Ministry of Justice only last week.
Despite verbal commitments by the Minister of Human Rights to lift the ban on public demonstrations, the authorities continued to prohibit or repress activities organized by civil society and opposition parties. In March, April and May, my Office documented 61 violations of the right to freedom of assembly. For example, on 19 May, in Kindu, Maniema province, the launch of the opposition platform Ensemble pour le changement was banned by local authorities, although the President’s political party organised two public demonstrations in Kindu that same month without impediment.
Intimidation of human rights activists and journalists has intensified, with many suffering regular threats to their lives and families. Multiple cases of arbitrary arrests and detention by the security forces continue to be documented by UNJHRO. Lengthy incommunicado detentions by intelligence services, without judicial review, are another matter of great concern and should be prohibited.
Moreover, legislation currently in preparation appears to be intended to further restrict public freedoms and the role of civil society in the DRC. These bills include a draft law on terrorism; a draft law on the protection and responsibilities of human rights defenders, which is currently before Parliament; and a draft law regulating the work of non-profit organizations. I strongly encourage Members of Parliament to refrain from adopting laws which fail to comply with the people’s human rights.
Landmark elections are approaching in a context characterised by continued restrictions of rights and freedoms, and a shrinking democratic space. The Government should be encouraged to prevent further erosion of the rights of the Congolese people at this crucial time, and to fully implement its commitments under the 31 December 2016 agreement, including the release of all political prisoners.
Measures to uphold human rights will also address many root causes of the conflicts now raging in the DRC, which have led to one of the continent’s largest caseloads of displaced people. Both national security and international security can only be obtained when individual security and rights are respected.
The work of the Office, through technical cooperation and monitoring, brings vital assistance to the authorities, including in the electoral process. We stand ready to provide further necessary support to the government to uphold the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people.
Thank you Mr President.
Posted in Africa, Aid, Army, Civil Service, Development, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, Politics, Transparency and tagged #Telema, #Yeleba, Abbas Kayonga, Albert Moleka, Alexis Thambwe-Mwamba, Allied Democratic Force, Allies, Alternance pour la Republique, Andre-Alain Atundu Liongo, AR, Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Barza Incommunautaire, Benjamin Mputu, Bruno Tshibala, Bruno Tshibala Nzenze, CENI, Centre Interdiocesain de Kinshasa, Charles Mwando Nsimba, Christian Momat Kabuld, Christopher Ngoyi, Claude Nyamugabo, CNDP, CNRD-Ubwiyunge, Commission Electorale Nationale Independante, Congolese Authorities, Congolese Government, Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie — Forces pour la défense de la démocratie, CPRK, Crispin Atama, Crispin Atama Tabe Mogodi, Danae Dholakia, Delly Sesanga Hipungu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denise Vila, Diomi Ndongala, DR Congo, DRC, Edem Kodjo, Ensamble, Ensemble, Eringti, Eve Bazaiba Masudi, FARDC, Félix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi, Flory kabange Numbi, Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, Forces Armees de la RDC, Fr. Gaston Mumbere, Fr. Vincent Machozi, Fred Bauma, Freddy Aundangba, G-7 Party, G7, H.E. Joseph Kabila, Henri Mova, Hon. Delly Sesanga Hipungu, Hon. Edem Kodjo, Hon. Etienne Mumona Katou, Hon. Ida Godalena Kitwa, Jose Makila, Joseph Kabila, Juvenal Ndabereye Senzige, Kadima Wa Kadima Lusi, Katumbi, Kinshasa, Lambert Mende, LUCHA, Lutte pour la Changement mouvement citoyen, M.L.C., M.P., M23, Mahenge, Mai-Mai, Mai-Mai Yakutumba, Majorité Présidentielle, Maman S. Sidikou, Maman Sambo Sidikou, Marcel Utembi Tapa, Mass Graves, Massacres, Mathias Bonambini, Mayi-Mayi, Mazembe, Mende Omalanga Lambert, MISSION DE L’ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA STABILISATION EN RD CONGO, MLC, Moise Katumbi, Moise Katumbi Chapwe, MONUSCO, Mouvement de libération du Congo, Mouvement du 23-March, Movement, MP, Mumba Gama et Associes, National Congress for the Defence of the People, Ndolo, Nehemi Mwilanya, Ngoto Wenenge Jose, Nicolas Mumbuli Akpanza, Nissim Katumbi, Olenga Nkoy, Onesime Kukatula Falash, Opposition, PALU, Parti Lumumbiste Unifie, Parti National pour la Democratie et le Developpement, Pascal Byumaine, Pathy Katanga, Pathy Kumu, Patient Bashombe, Pierre Lumbi Okongo, PND, Pour la Majorite Presidentielle, President Cornelle Nangaa, President Kabila, R.D.C., Rassemblement Congolais Pour la Democratie, RDC, RDC MP, Republique Democratique du Congo, Synergie des Mouvements Citoyens de la Republique Decratique du Congo, the Rassemblement Congolais Pour La Democratie-Kisangani-Movement de Liberation, Tshikapa, Tshimanga Tshipanda Vidje, Tshimbulu, UDPS, Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social, United Nation, United Nations Organization Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vicky Bokolo, Vincent de Paul Ezunga Ngendenza | Leave a comment
RDC: Ensemble – Declaration du President D’Ensemble pour le Changement Relative au Processus Electoral (01.07.2018)
RDC – Declaration Politique de la DCUD sur le Processus Electoral: Appel a la Vigilance Proactive (30.06.2018)
Defence and security forces along with the Kamuina Nsapu and Bana Mura militias have committed “crimes against humanity and war crimes” in the of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai region, United Nations experts said on Tuesday following an investigation (27.06.2018)
Experts revealed that two years after the conflict began, the crimes and destruction continue – resulting in some 1.4 million people internally displaced, and another 35,000 who have fled to Angola.
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 27, 2018 –“We are shocked by this disastrous situation that has claimed the lives of several thousand people and continues to rage in the region, without provoking national or international attention,” said Bacre Waly Ndiaye, President of the Team of International Experts appointed by the Human Rights Council.
The experts believed that following an upsurge in violence, which has swept the Kasai region since 2016, civilian killings, including children, and atrocities – such as mutilations, rapes and other forms of sexual violence, torture and exterminations – were committed in a generalized and systematic fashion, constituting crimes against humanity.
“It is high time for justice to put an end to impunity if we do not want the ethnic dimension of the conflict to worsen,” he added.
The experts revealed that two years after the conflict began, the crimes and destruction continue – resulting in some 1.4 million people internally displaced, and another 35,000 who have fled to Angola. Women have been enslaved and some abuses may also amount to ethnic persecution.
While warning of an alarming humanitarian situation that has been particularly harsh on children, the team flagged that the Kamuina Nsapu militia also recruited boys and girls.
According to the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, about 3.2 million people continue to be severely food insecure, and malnutrition rates, especially for children, are high.
Among other recommendations, the experts demanded that the militias be disarmed and that a reconciliation process be implemented to avoid another wave of violence and allow the return of the displaced and refugees.
They emphasized that the responsibility to prosecute those guilty of international crimes – and to end the impunity that persists – lies first and foremost with the Congolese authorities.
The team proposed that the capacity of military investigative entities be built up so that the perpetrators of the international crimes committed in Kasai since 2016 – including by officials in the highest positions – can be investigated and prosecuted.
It also called for proper care to be provided to the survivors of rapes and sexual violence. Meanwhile, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, which is already investigating the situation, has expressed her concern about the acts of violence committed in the Kasai region and that she intends to monitor the situation closely.
Posted in Africa, Army, Civil Service, Development, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, Politics, Transparency and tagged #Telema, #Yeleba, Abbas Kayonga, Albert Moleka, Alexis Thambwe-Mwamba, Allied Democratic Force, Allies, Alternance pour la Republique, Andre-Alain Atundu Liongo, AR, Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Barza Incommunautaire, Benjamin Mputu, Bruno Tshibala, Bruno Tshibala Nzenze, CENI, Centre Interdiocesain de Kinshasa, Charles Mwando Nsimba, Christian Momat Kabuld, Christopher Ngoyi, Claude Nyamugabo, CNDP, CNRD-Ubwiyunge, Commission Electorale Nationale Independante, Congolese Authorities, Congolese Government, Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie — Forces pour la défense de la démocratie, CPRK, Crispin Atama, Crispin Atama Tabe Mogodi, Danae Dholakia, Delly Sesanga Hipungu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denise Vila, Diomi Ndongala, DR Congo, DRC, Edem Kodjo, Ensamble, Ensemble, Eringti, Eve Bazaiba Masudi, FARDC, Félix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi, Flory kabange Numbi, Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, Forces Armees de la RDC, Fr. Gaston Mumbere, Fr. Vincent Machozi, Fred Bauma, Freddy Aundangba, G-7 Party, G7, H.E. Joseph Kabila, Henri Mova, Hon. Delly Sesanga Hipungu, Hon. Edem Kodjo, Hon. Etienne Mumona Katou, Hon. Ida Godalena Kitwa, Jose Makila, Joseph Kabila, Juvenal Ndabereye Senzige, Kadima Wa Kadima Lusi, Katumbi, Kinshasa, Lambert Mende, LUCHA, Lutte pour la Changement mouvement citoyen, M.L.C., M.P., M23, Mahenge, Mai-Mai, Mai-Mai Yakutumba, Majorité Présidentielle, Maman S. Sidikou, Maman Sambo Sidikou, Marcel Utembi Tapa, Mass Graves, Massacres, Mathias Bonambini, Mayi-Mayi, Mazembe, Mende Omalanga Lambert, MISSION DE L’ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA STABILISATION EN RD CONGO, MLC, Moise Katumbi, Moise Katumbi Chapwe, MONUSCO, Mouvement de libération du Congo, Mouvement du 23-March, Movement, MP, Mumba Gama et Associes, National Congress for the Defence of the People, Ndolo, Nehemi Mwilanya, Ngoto Wenenge Jose, Nicolas Mumbuli Akpanza, Nissim Katumbi, Olenga Nkoy, Onesime Kukatula Falash, Opposition, PALU, Parti Lumumbiste Unifie, Parti National pour la Democratie et le Developpement, Pascal Byumaine, Pathy Katanga, Pathy Kumu, Patient Bashombe, Pierre Lumbi Okongo, PND, Pour la Majorite Presidentielle, President Cornelle Nangaa, President Kabila, R.D.C., Rassemblement Congolais Pour la Democratie, RDC, RDC MP, Republique Democratique du Congo, Synergie des Mouvements Citoyens de la Republique Decratique du Congo, the Rassemblement Congolais Pour La Democratie-Kisangani-Movement de Liberation, Tshikapa, Tshimanga Tshipanda Vidje, Tshimbulu, UDPS, Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social, United Nation, United Nations Organization Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vicky Bokolo, Vincent de Paul Ezunga Ngendenza | Leave a comment
RDC: Ensemble – Communique de Presse (27.06.2018)
RDC: Communique Officiel concernant Moise Katumbi (18.06.2018)
RDC: UDPS – Messieurs les Presidents Federaux de l’Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social (Tous) – (14.06.2018)
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St. Louis Cardinals and The Cordish Companies announce three premier tenants for Ballpark Village’s $260 million expansion
The St. Louis Cardinals and The Cordish Companies are excited to announce three premier concepts for the west end of the $260 million expansion of Ballpark Village — Sports & Social St. Louis, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse and Baseballism. The announcement that took place on October 30th is the first of several announcements for the 75,000 square feet of ground floor dining, entertainment and retail space within the second phase expansion which is currently 92% leased.
“We are excited to welcome Sports & Social St. Louis, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse and Baseballism to Ballpark Village,” said Bill DeWitt III, President of the St. Louis Cardinals. “These concepts will bring great new energy to Ballpark Village and will help us attract new residents, office workers and visitors to downtown.”
The 700,000 square foot second phase of Ballpark Village is quickly rising next to Busch Stadium and existing first phase dining and entertainment district, transforming the area into a vibrant 24/7 new neighborhood for downtown. The neighborhood welcomed its first office tenants – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ButcherJoseph – into The PwC Pennant Building last week, marking two significant milestones as the first building to open within Ballpark Village’s expansion and the first new-construction Class A office tower in downtown St. Louis in over 30 years. A state-of-the art health and fitness center, Onelife Fitness, will open the first of the year within the three-story retail pavilion. The neighborhood will also include an upscale hotel, Live! by Loews – St. Louis, opening Q1 2020, and a 29story luxury residential tower, One Cardinal Way, opening Q2 2020.
Sports & Social St. Louis, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse and Baseballism will all be new to the St. Louis market when they open next year joining a strong lineup of dining, entertainment and retail concepts at the existing Ballpark Village including Cardinals Nation, FOX Sports Midwest Live!, Budweiser Brew House, PBR St. Louis, the Crown Room, Prairie Farms Dugout, Tengo Sed, Shark Bar, Drunken Fish, The Fudgery, the Bud Shop and the Majestic Store.
“It is incredibly exciting for The Cordish Companies to join the Cardinals in announcing three dynamic concepts for the growing Ballpark Village neighborhood,” stated Nick Benjamin, Vice President of Development for The Cordish Companies. “Our focus from the onset has been to create a world-class neighborhood with diverse offerings for our guests and residents. We have taken great care to curate a tenant mix for the second phase that complements the existing offerings at Ballpark Village and creates a variety of local and national tenants as well as dining, retail, lifestyle and entertainment-based concepts.”
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