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Conservative intellectuals often argue that liberalism and social democracy depend on norms and institutions that liberal and social democratic policies could not create. They usually go on from that claim to assert that particular policies favored by liberals or by social democrats in fact undermine norms and institutions without which those policies could not function.
We hear this kind of argument when conservatives oppose reforms aimed at helping individual people succeed outside the structure of the patriarchal family. Programs that provide financial assistance and particular services to households headed by single women, laws that prohibit discrimination against women and members of sexual minority groups, educational facilities independent of traditionalist religious groups, and other such efforts are often attacked on the grounds that they can succeed only in a society in which patriarchal families are the norm and in which the common identity and habit of discipline that people supposedly gain as members of patriarchal families makes it possible for them to operate as intended. Without this common identity and habit of discipline, conservatives claim, no society could make a success of such ambitious programs. Inasmuch as reforms that help individual people succeed outside the structure of the patriarchal family weaken that structure on a societal level, such reforms are ultimately self-defeating.
This is also one of the reasons why conservative arguments that may have begun as a defense of monarchy, the established church, and the landowning aristocracy against the claims of the rising bourgeoisie need not change very much to be repurposed as a defense of the bourgeoisie against proposed reforms not altogether dissimilar from those the original conservatives may have supported. The market is another of the institutions that conservatives claim could not have been created by liberalism, even by the right-wing versions of liberalism that have come to dominate most right of center parties in the West. Reforms that left-wing liberals support on the grounds that they will put limits on the power of private interests, and that right-wing liberals oppose on the grounds that they will remove limits from the power of government, conservatives oppose on the grounds that they are dependent on the success of an institution which they undermine. Higher taxes, stronger regulation, a more generous welfare state, etc, all attract this criticism. Socialists often echo this criticism, arguing that it is a mistake to be content with raking off a percentage of the capitalists’ winnings when the proper business of politics is to replace the rule of the capitalists with a workers’ republic and capitalism with a different system altogether.
I bring all this up because of an article I read a few weeks ago. It was originally published last July; I can’t claim to be up to date on everything everyone writes! It is a blog post on which Professor George Lakoff of Berkeley offers a partial explanation for last year’s US presidential election. Professor Lakoff addresses the question that perennially vexes left-leaning observers of the US electoral scene: why do working class people vote against their own economic interests? Survey data shows that clear majorities of Americans do agree that such policies favored by the left as single payer health care, improved protections for the rights of labor, etc, are good things and that they personally would stand to benefit from their implementation, while politicians who oppose every one of these policies routinely win elections. Indeed, 70% of all elected offices in the USA, including the presidency, majorities of both houses of Congress, most state governorships, and majorities in most state legislative chambers, are now held by the Republican Party. If people actually do want the precise opposite of everything the Republicans stand for, why do the Republicans keep winning?
Professor Lakoff argues that it is because the relatively rational thought people exhibit when considering particular issues is overpowered by something they have adopted far less rationally, a metaphorical framework that leads us to understand the nation on the model of our families of origin. Professor Lakoff writes:
[W]e tend to understand the nation metaphorically in family terms: We have founding fathers. We send our sons and daughters to war. We have homeland security. The conservative and progressive worldviews dividing our country can most readily be understood in terms of moral worldviews that are encapsulated in two very different common forms of family life: The Nurturant Parent family (progressive) and the Strict Father family (conservative).
What do social issues and the politics have to do with the family? We are first governed in our families, and so we grow up understanding governing institutions in terms of the governing systems of families.
In the strict father family, father knows best. He knows right from wrong and has the ultimate authority to make sure his children and his spouse do what he says, which is taken to be what is right. Many conservative spouses accept this worldview, uphold the father’s authority, and are strict in those realms of family life that they are in charge of. When his children disobey, it is his moral duty to punish them painfully enough so that, to avoid punishment, they will obey him (do what is right) and not just do what feels good. Through physical discipline they are supposed to become disciplined, internally strong, and able to prosper in the external world. What if they don’t prosper? That means they are not disciplined, and therefore cannot be moral, and so deserve their poverty. This reasoning shows up in conservative politics in which the poor are seen as lazy and undeserving, and the rich as deserving their wealth. Responsibility is thus taken to be personal responsibility not social responsibility. What you become is only up to you; society has nothing to do with it. You are responsible for yourself, not for others — who are responsible for themselves.
For my part, I grew up in what Professor Lakoff would call a Nurturant Family; my parents divided responsibilities and shared authority equally, and explained their basic approach to parenting as one driven by curiosity as to how my siblings and I would turn out, rather than by any intention to fit us into any preconceived mold. I do incline to support left-liberal and social democratic policies, as Professor Lakoff’s theory would predict, and I would be gratified if it turned out that the conservatives were wrong in all of their criticisms of those policies.
On the other hand, I am willing to consider that they may not be entirely wrong. Maybe the reason so many Americans support each particular proposal of the liberal and social democratic left, yet vote for the far right, is that they have observed that while any one of those proposals would likely be helpful to them if enacted, people like them tend to have better outcomes in places where the Strict-Father Family reigns supreme, even if stingy or nonexistent welfare states, ferocious law enforcement, and unfettered corporate power mean that the price of failure is extremely high. Maybe it isn’t true that areas where the Strict-Father Family is in all ways dominant are places where working people are likelier than average to do well. I hope it isn’t! But maybe it is, in which case we would be faced with the unpleasant prospect that people in general actually know what is good for them.
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Important Procedural Decision from the Supreme Court
In another win for employees charging discrimination, the Supreme Court decided that firefighter applicants could sue for racial discrimination whenever the City of Chicago used an allegedly discriminatory test to fill openings. A class of African-American applicants claimed that the test, and its use, had a disparate impact on African-Americans. The City rejected all applicants...
Discrimination in Employment, Race-based discrimination May 26, 2010 Mary KeatingNo comments Permalink
The Supreme Court Closes out with Great Decisions
The Supreme Court usually ends its term in June with the real blockbuster decisions (though the decision holding that corporations have free speech rights, issued in February, may prove to be the most significant). Yesterday a unanimous court ruled that the Fourth Circuit was wrong in denying a disability claimant the right to recover attorney’s...
Employment benefit issues May 25, 2010 Mary KeatingNo comments Permalink
Update on Novaris Sex Discrimination Class Action
After finding Novartis liable for wide-spread sex discrimination, the same jury returned a $250 million punitive damages verdict to the class of victims in the Novartis sex discrimination case. The jury announced its award on May 20, after hearing argument and evidence on the company’s worth. The 5,600 class members will be entitled to...
Sex-based discrimination May 21, 2010 Mary KeatingNo comments Permalink
Women Win Pharmaceutical Industry Sex Bias Class Action
Yesterday a Manhattan jury wound up almost a week of deliberations and rendered a $3.3 million verdict in favor of the 12 named plaintiffs against Novartis AG. The class of 5,600 female sales representatives in the United States will also be able to continue a second phase of trial, and prove punitive damages. The women...
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PRESS RELEASE: Five More Years in Dupont, 2011-2012 Plans
KEEGAN THEATRE SIGNS FIVE-YEAR LEASE AT CHURCH STREET
Announces Select Shows for Upcoming Season
May 10, 2011—Mark A. Rhea, Keegan Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director, announced today that the company has signed a lease renewal to extend its residency at Church Street Theater through 2017. “We are thrilled to be making this announcement,” says Rhea.
Keegan is extremely proud to be Dupont Circle’s professional theater company, and honored that audiences have supported our work here so enthusiastically. Signing a lease for five more years is an honor and an extremely fulfilling milestone for us.”
Final planning is underway for Keegan’s 2011-2012 season, the company’s fifteenth. Keegan will open its season with Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which the company is taking to Ireland in September on its annual international tour. Susan Marie Rhea directs this American masterpiece, having helmed Keegan’s acclaimed 2003 production. The 2011-2012 season also includes a world premiere holiday show written by company member Matthew Keenan. Set in a modern-day Dublin pub, An Irish Carol is “Keegan’s nod to A Christmas Carol,” says Rhea. Loosely based on the Dickens classic, this play will be a seasonal treat for Keegan audiences: a modern retelling that honors the source material while giving the story an Irish heart, context, and humor. Also slated for summer 2012 is Reginald Rose’s gripping drama, Twelve Angry Men, which Keegan plans to take to Ireland in 2012.
This is just the beginning of what is going to be a vivid and extraordinary season at Keegan,” says Rhea.
“We’ll soon announce the remaining shows in the season, which include a musical, comedies both new and old, a contemporary classic that will have audiences buzzing, and another world premiere. Stay tuned!”
On Friday, May 13, Keegan is hosting a late-night cabaret to celebrate the lease extension. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!
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Author Archives: Keller Yeats
Death Dances in the Shadows: Wyndwrayth Chapter 28 excerpt.
Posted on July 30, 2019 by Keller Yeats
Nick froze and looked over to Mir, who was stood firmly, peering up at the landing, which surrounded the first floor and baring her teeth. Nick followed the wolf’s lead and slowly raised his head, to see what it was that had spooked them both.
The hair on her back was raised and her growling getting louder, as if something was approaching their position. Nick could see nothing but as Mir’s growl became even throatier, he could sense the danger. Frozen to the spot, he was hardly breathing and now his own hair was standing up on the back of his arms. All his senses were on high alert as beads of sweat began to trickle down his temples, despite the cold.
“Show yourself, or I’ll release this wolf and you can take your chances but I know who my money’s on and it’s not you.” Rising up he waited for any response but none came. Mir continued growling with a low fierceness and in these isolated circumstances, Nick found himself doing the same. They were both standing in the hallway issuing canine threats, to an unseen intruder, lurking somewhere in the shadows. It was Nick, who stopped being feral first.
“There’s something not right in here, perhaps it’s time to leave,” he whispered urgently and glanced over to his white friend, who was still glaring upwards and issuing a dire warning to the unseen intruder. “Come on, we’re going,” he breathed and patted his thigh as he backed stealthily away, towards the front door, with the ever-obedient Mir in his shadow. As they neared the door, there was another sound from above, only this time, it was the creak of another door opening. Then, from further along the landing, there was another ‘thump,’ which sounded almost, as if it was the delayed echo of the original but this time, it seemed to be the sound of another entryway, further along the landing, closing.
“Shit!” He bleated as he nearly fell over the keg of Cognac he’d placed by the door. Never taking his eyes off the stairway, he grabbed the keg, put it under his arm and reached behind himself, to open the door. The still growling Mir and Nick, backed quickly out of Wyndwrayth, turned and started to run towards the sanctuary of Venezuela. On his way to the gates, his mind was full of thumping sensations and the threatening banging, which had initiated this rather panicked and undignified, flight from the house.
The air outside was heavy and oppressive, almost as if it was attempting to smother him. He felt as if he was running through treacle and the path to the gates, seemed to be stretching off into infinity. Nick and Mir, ran as fast as they could down the well-tended pathway, towards the still open gate. As they burst through, it felt like they were piercing a vacuum, passing through some kind of membrane into clearer air. They both took a few more steps away from Wyndwrayth, then Nick stopped, turned around and gasping for breath, stared intently at the house, which he felt was in turn, staring back at him.
“Creepy,” he said to Mir, who was standing close by his side and watching something happening in the general direction of the residence. Nick couldn’t see, or sense anything but Mir certainly could because she’d started to bristle and growl again.
Out of nowhere, a slight breeze suddenly arose and then noticeably strengthened. It was growing incrementally stronger as each moment passed and it was starting to pick up some of the small pieces of splintered detritus, left discarded by the sides of the path. The trees were starting to bend and as Mir continued to look back towards Wyndwrayth, her growls grew louder, her teeth became barred and she began to snap threateningly, at the flying debris. Seconds later, she was barking ferociously, something was coming, something dark and malevolent, carried on the wind. Nick, squinting through slits, turned to look into the maelstrom, trying to see what Wendy’s wolf was so concerned about? Just as he turned, a splinter of loose wood bark, struck him a painful blow on his left eyebrow and he instinctively wiped the back of his hand across the wounded area, to absorb some of the pain, whilst trying not to show any signs of weakness, in the face of the unseen menace.
When he looked down, he could see there was a lot of blood on his hand, so Nick instantly dropped that ridiculous pretence. “Bloody hell!” He cursed, ducking under a low flying branch, while wiping the blood on his trouser leg. Incredibly, the wind was now reaching storm force as Nick and Mir turned tail and set off running towards Venezuela’s mooring, the whirlwind in pursuit.
Nick watched as her gait changed from a jog, to a lope and he tried desperately to keep up with her. Periodically she looked back, baring her teeth threateningly at the invisible, pursuing danger. Observing the white wolf’s reactions, Nick was able to respond almost instantly and when he saw Mir’s ears go back and both sets of her teeth become barred, the gum’s fully exposed, he dug deep and somehow increased his pace yet again. Whatever danger was coming for them in this wind, was getting closer. As they were crossing the glade, he stupidly tried to turn his head to catch a glimpse of their pursuer, which just made him stumble. Something snagged one of his shoe laces and Nick dropped the keg, which rolled off into a dense patch of magic mushrooms, struck something solid and stopped.
“Bastard!” Exclaimed Nick, as he irrationally set off in pursuit of his wayward prize, despite the unremitting barrage of this unnatural wind and the flying detritus that incessantly struck him, propelling him forward. Now alerted to where he was putting his feet, he grabbed for the keg. As he bent, Nick noticed something that appeared to be gold, glinting in the soft moss right there on the ground, next to it. So, in the process of grasping the liquor and shoving it firmly back under his arm, Nick also snatched for this new golden object,
“Got it,” he wheezed, as he felt the cold texture of metal kissing his outstretched finger’s, when they closed around the prize. Nick, glanced over towards Mir, who had stopped to guard him and was staring intently, back down the path.
“What is it?” He called out to her, his words flying away, on the storm force wind that had them in its grip. The white wolf, simply started growling again and this time, it was accompanied by another vicious show of teeth. There was something malevolent coming up quickly behind them, something in the wind, something that was spooking Mir. Nick, sensed they were running up against some kind of imposed deadline and if they didn’t get off this island quick, they never would. ‘Get out of here, get out now!’ His mind screamed.
Despite being struck by at least two more jagged pieces of shattered wood, he shoved the cold shiny object, along with a sizeable handful of moss, deep into his pocket and set off running as fast as he could towards the boat, pursued by the whirlwind of debris.
“Up you get,” he shouted out to Mir, who leapt into the boat, clambered straight into the passenger seat and stood there, looking back at the island, hackles high and barking ferociously. Nick jumped in after her, throwing the keg in behind the seats and cast off in double quick time. A quick push off the rocks with the boat hook and Nick immediately started the engine to make good their getaway from Ynys y Niwl and its dark heart, Wyndwrayth.
Venezuela roared away from the island with Mir, still standing protectively in the passenger seat. They had hardly got more than ten metres from the shore, when the maelstrom, that was playing holy hell on Ynys y Niwl, inexplicably ceased. The lake instantly became as calm as a mill pond, with only the occasional flutter of the previously howling wind, disturbing its placid surface.
Posted on June 26, 2019 by Keller Yeats
‘Eventually, as the years passed, only myself and Millar remained on Ynys y Niwl and new food, rarely called at the large black house any more. Now, here I am laying Millar’s latest repast remains to rest and who knows when the next warm meal will be dropping by. I’ve known this day would dawn for many decades, if the truth were told. This latest, and hopefully my last body, with its empty skull, will be easy to hide, it’s just a matter of crushing a few bones and adequately covering up the remainder of the cadaver until the rich soil of the glade has done its work and reduced the whole bloody mess to white bones.’
When the task of interring Harold’s corpse was completed, it was barely six inches below the surface but expertly hidden, underneath a thick layer of moss. Now, there was only the stranger’s boat to get rid of and the ‘Hell’s Mouth,’ as he called it, lay just beyond the reed beds at the far end of the landing spot. That place was very accommodating, it was well disguised and had unnaturally deep water, which lay within a stone’s throw of the island. It more than adequately swallowed up small craft and left no trace of their passing. He’d fed various boats to the ‘Mouth’ over many centuries and Gideon considered himself to be rather fortunate, to have found such a black abyss, so close to the island. When he had plumb lined that area just beyond the reeds, trying to find the deepest hollow, he’d been amazed, it was longer than all of his ropes put together and from that, he’d assumed the reeds grew on some kind of plateau, immediately before the edge fell away into the sunken depths. All he had to do now, was silently sink Harold’s irksome craft and watch it vanish into the deep forever.
Gideon walked around to the rear of the old house and entered, “The Crystal Cave,” as he’d named it, by means of the seemingly unusable stone steps. Everything in this area of Wyndwrayth’s bowels, was a creation of Gideon’s furtive mind. Over the many years of his internment on Ynys y Niwl, he’d had plenty of time to perfect his ‘gift’ and this hidden area, where nobody ventured, was ideal for that purpose. He trod the rough path, that had over the centuries, become familiar, until he reached the abandoned mooring, with its single ornate vessel, tied up to a stone capstan.
‘Stop dallying on the job and admiring your creation, just get on with it whilst the full moon is high,’ he thought and then realising, that dallying was exactly what he was still doing, Gideon picked up his pace and was soon approaching the small Swan headed, wooden craft. He quietly climbed aboard and slowly rowed the graceful white vessel, out onto the lake and round to Harold’s boat, untethered her from the ring and looped it round the Swan’s head. Then, quietly and stealthily, he towed the craft into the reed beds, filled her with stones, opened the bilges and for good measure, swung an ancient battle axe high in the air, bringing it down hard, deeply burying the blade in the hull of this doomed vessel. The blow cleaved a large hole in her Oak boarded bottom and the icy lake water, flooded in. As ‘The Lady T’ slowly sank beneath the surface, Gideon re-boarded the Swan and watched carefully. Wooden boats had, over the years, proved to be sometimes difficult to sink due to their buoyancy. He was hoping this stupidly pretentious white vessel, could be laid to rest with ease.
Death Dances in the Shadows: Wyndwrayth Chapter 25 excerpt
Wendy had barely slept the previous night and now, as the morning’s light grew ever brighter, she was looking nostalgically at the view out of her bedroom window. Her Father had let her choose this room when the family first moved into this two bedroom, bijou property but in fact, it had hardly been much of a choice, as he had clearly stated, “You can choose any room but the front bedroom, which is not an option, as me and your mother are having that one.”
Even after his death on the lake, she had stayed put in that original room, it gave her life a sense of permanence amid all the chaos that her Dad’s death had wrought. The familiar view across the fields and out towards the old Skerries Lighthouse, with its once deep and mournful cry, was strangely comforting to her, now as then. Yet, she was about to leave this room where she had experienced all the ups and downs of a somewhat protected and initially naive adolescent life, possibly for the last time. She recalled the trauma engendered by the prospect of her first kiss, which had been negotiated within these four walls. As had the poignant personal drama of the break up with that self-same, ‘first love,’ a young lad that went by the name of Lloyd Jones. She, unlike him, had cried for days at the loss of this relationship, whereas he got over that particular anguish by picking up Katrin Parry and then, mercilessly breaking her heart in turn. Lloyd, was to feel a little of the same anguish, when his second wife, dumped him, for his continuous infidelities.
She smiled quietly as she recalled her first sexual experiences, those hot sweaty fumbles of passionate experimentation, that had taken place on this bed in this familiar, warm bedroom. She chuckled how she’d thought just locking the door could hide the ‘bloody obvious,’ from her usually absent parent. She had learnt the fundamentals of ‘what goes where,’ from an array of eager suiters, who had been only too ready to assist her. An affectionate and knowing smile appeared on her face, as the memories she usually referred to as, “The Wild Years” came flooding back. Mixed emotions, which ranged between the exuberance of eye popping joy and revelation, to the darkly melancholic hues cast by the memories of overwhelming and unavoidable grief.
Wendy found herself standing in the bay window looking out across the field, towards the Skerries Lighthouse and down to the quiet beach, that she had played on as a child. She could almost see herself and her friends, running along the sands, trying to escape the clutches of, ‘The Bogeyman’ who was usually played by the slowest kid. Cynically chosen as only children can, because it gave everyone else longer to make their escape and find an especially sneaky place, in which to hide. They had called that game, ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ and she recalled that one of the rules, which must be adhered to in order to legitimise a capture, stated that, ‘The Bogeyman’ had to put his, or her hand firmly on the shoulder of their quarry and cry, “Argh there matey” in a Piratey kind of voice. Failure to follow these simple rules, led to ‘The Bogeyman’ having to release their prisoner under the conditions of the ‘Barley’s’ rulings. Just where these archaic regulations had originated from, was anybody’s guess but ‘The Barley’s Conventions,’ were followed by all children everywhere, without exception. Strangely, she couldn’t recall an occasion, where the ‘Barley’s Rulings,’ were ever discussed by the group but there must have been a time, somewhere in the dark and distant past, where those awesome rules were hammered out over god knows how long, so that children everywhere could legitimately call a halt to proceedings, whenever all their options were cut off and defeat was inevitable.
Wendy could almost hear the screams of surprise, from the girls who were discovered by ‘The Bogeyman,’ when they thought they were safe in their chosen spot. She laughed out loud at the recollection of Annie Walton, who had tried to escape the clutching fingers of, ‘The Bogeyman’ by running for the sand dunes at the back of the beach, beyond the tide line. Unfortunately, she had tripped over a piece of driftwood and got a mouthful of fine silicate particles for her troubles. Then, to add insult to injury, instead of showing her any sympathy, Alice Evans had loomed over her, grasped her shoulder and very deliberately spoken the three fatal words: “Argh there Matey,” with such mellifluous delight, that little Annie had burst into tears. Recalling that memory of the look on Alice’s face and the boundless joy expressed in her voice, made Wendy laugh again.
Death Dances in the Shadows: Wyndwrayth – Gideon’s Journal extract.
Posted on May 8, 2019 by Keller Yeats
The Paladin of Souls has awakened!
Yesterday, when I walked across The Glade, in yet another futile search for the Ruby lost by mine own stupidity, I detected a vibration. One which came from deep underground. Initially, I perceived the disturbance as simply another rumble in the old volcano’s roots. Yay but something fey inside, told me ‘twas more significant than that, yet I refused to pay it much heed. I told myself it was nought more than the islands roots shaking the tree.
However, the second set of vibrations were accompanied by a sort of vague spectral image, which seemed to rise up out of the ground and swirl around for a few seconds, before disappearing once more. I mentioned this occurrence to Millar and it appeared to shake him, quite noticeably. I’m getting the distinct feeling, that he has previously encountered similar events and I will attempt to draw him out a little more, the next time we dine together.
The small amount of knowledge, that Lord Meklar furnished me with, just before he ever so graciously dumped me on this rocky pimple with his wayward son, has oft been of little practical use. He failed, or should I say, neglected to impart the most important details to me, which more often than not, were also the salient pieces of the puzzle. I only discovered the error of my ways, by learning the lessons of failure. I knew, from the stories that my Father told me when I was little more than an infant, that there were forces at work in this world, that were far older than even The Gods themselves. Even though I was fully aware of his propensity to exaggerate certain aspects of the tales, I always trusted him to put the truth down and leave me to work it out for myself.
I well remember him reciting the seemingly endless Saga of ‘The Paladin and The Seer,’ which incidentally, was a boyhood favourite of mine. From the age of ten, the contest between the two protagonists for control of the spirit world, had always intrigued me. The struggle ‘tween the learned old man and the even more ancient immortal, battling for the right to die, fascinated me. The verbal arguments raged but the listener knew, that neither of them could ever win by argument alone and eventually they would resort to violence and magics.
Then one day, quite recently, I was in what I like to call, ‘My quiet place,’ innocently looking out over the lake and enjoying the first warm day of the new Spring, when that particular story, simply leapt into my mind and I realised the significance it had to my own life……. I’m actually and finally dying.
Then there is the matter of The Paladin. I have detected his presence in the glade and he must not be allowed to gain control of The Tears of Taklamakan. The dead cannot be trusted. They have a tendency to be more than a little embittered and vengeful, mainly due to Millar’s barbarous methods of dispatch, which he so revels in. It’s a bit late now for me to do anything about that, so I really must put the entirety of my efforts into finding The Tears, for if he gets hold of it, I may yet be trapped here, forever….. or even worse.
It now seems even more unfathomable, that I can’t locate ‘The Tears of Taklamakan.’ Either my memory is also failing me, or the Tears really does have ways of eluding those it wishes. The Great Ruby is indeed powerful and it should be hidden away from the prying and desirous eyes of men, who would seek to wield its power for purely selfish reasons. Millar wants ‘The Tears,’ in order to kill his Father for his banishment. Should he ever achieve it, then it would be the end of everything we know and we can kiss ourselves goodbye, as this world and the next descend into total chaos. As to my role in this oncoming ‘Passion Play,’ I am unclear.
The rumbles I dismissed, were the heralding of the awakening of the Paladin of Souls. Now he will begin a search of his own for the Tears and as things stand at the moment, he will win, simply because I was careless. The Paladin awakening now is no coincidence, the Guardian of Souls has a role to play in the unfolding events. What that is will be revealed with time.
However, I am wary. I do not know but I fear that The Paladin has the potential to turn the tables on Millar and by implication, on mine self. For I was the fool who, without ever thinking about the consequences, has spent nigh on an eternity, supplying that pale monster with first call on all the poor souls who landed, either purposely, or by accident on Ynys y Niwl.
I must find The Tears, first. I cannot let it all slip away and allow my existence, as Millar’s Guardian for almost a thousand years, mean nothing. Now that I have found a potential replacement I must seal the deal.
Posted on April 29, 2019 by Keller Yeats
A deep and loud clanging of the Swiss cow bells, which hung outside the back door, made Nick noticeably jump and spill some of his coffee over the table top. “Bollocks!” Nick cursed, spitting out a shower of toast crumbs all over the once clean, gingham table cloth.
“Wazzuuuup,” squealed Alan rather too loudly, as the door opened and Nick defensively backed away.
“Jesus Man, what did you have for breakfast,” he laughed at Alan’s over exuberance. “Too much sugar, or what?” He asked and Alan, a touch shame faced, calmly answered Nick’s facetious enquiry.
“No Man, it’s just that this is like an old school field trip for me and if you remember, even in those days, I couldn’t sleep when I got over excited.” Alan was on a roll. “Wow Man, first you provided a boat trip in what could well have been Adolf and Eva’s launch, then followed that up with a treasure hunt and finally, making off with a handsome snifter of the loot and now I get to do it all over again…” He paused there and took in a long deep breath of the fresh morning air. “Ahhh Man, it doesn’t get much better than this….., what time do I get to meet Wendy?”
Nick peered sideways, slitty eyed at his friend and interjected, “Around 7.30ish and just wait until you call round, on one of our ‘Big Blast Special’ days……,” Nick held the pregnant pause, for as long as was decently possible, before adding, “when the freezing wind comes down from the mountains and the wolves, take a couple of the local children for sustenance, then and only then, do you see the true face of Llyn Isaf.” He spookily said, in a fairly good imitation of Vincent Price. “Come on in and let’s have a coffee……and a smoke, before we get going.”
A few minutes later, Alan was silently looking out of the bay window, casting his eyes across the water with Nick’s, ‘Mask of The Red Death’ eulogy, still ringing in his ears. Nick, could see the excitement blazing in Alan’s eyes, so he began to play the Father figure role and casually ‘rippled off’ a few trusty old perennials, like “one step at a time, son,” to which, he received another florid response from ‘altorro.’
“Yeah and you can fuck off ‘n all,” Alan said, as only a friend can, which elicited an equally crude, Anglo Saxon response from Nick. The niceties over, they both sat down and reached for their respective mugs of coffee. It was Alan, who broke the silence.
“O.K, then Nix, blow my mind, Man,” he drawled, as if it was 1968 and he’d been going at the Afghan Hash, all morning.
“Just wrap your ears around this,” said Nick, as he pressed the ‘Play’ button on his iPod and the music of The Butthole Surfers, filled the room. “I’ll just get a thermos together. This trip could take a while and we don’t want to be dying for a ‘brew’ out there on that rock, do we?” He enquired, without expecting a reply. The sound of The Surfers, who were Nick’s favourite discovery of the minute, distracted Alan just long enough, for him to make his escape and go and turn off the screaming kettle.
Alan was in fact, starting to wonder what on earth Nix saw, in this cacophony of dystopian notes? However, it wasn’t exactly a novel sensation. The day that his old friend had discovered Captain Beefheart, would never be forgotten. He recalled Nix rushing into a record shop, who’s name slipped his mind for the moment, to purchase the aforementioned article. When he emerged, grinning like a Cheshire Cat and brandishing his freshly acquired copy of, ‘Trout Mask Replica,’ all he’d said was, “must go” and turning on his heels, had made off towards the bus stop in an almost trance like state. That double album, which Nix had subjected him to for six solid weeks after that, had burned its way into his mind’s deepest recesses and refused to leave. Regrettably, it was still floating around in his head and now all these years later, here he was, doing it again. Sometimes, he cursed his ‘best mate,’ for ever having introduced him to, The Captain.
“Is this a ‘Best of the good Captain’, that you put together, or did you get this from Hugo?” Nick heard Alan’s question but chose to ignore it. He had a flask of coffee to make and if they were going over to Wyndwrayth, they’d better be getting a move on.
In the lounge, Alan had endured quite enough of this music and picked up Nick’s iPod, to change the sounds to something a little more conducive to the mood of the day. He scrolled down, from one playlist to another and then stopped. “Perfect,” he enthused and with just one casual flick of his middle finger, the softer, more ambient sound of Mazzy Star, replaced the barely controlled vibes of The Butthole Surfers. The more thoughtful tone of the music, changed the whole timbre of the room to a more reflective, almost ambient lilt.
“Careful, Man, or you’ll be slipping away under the water if you don’t watch it,” Nick commented on his friend’s choice of sounds.
Alan smiled his agreement, as he slowly moved back to the bay window and once again, calmly looked out across the lake, towards Ynys y Niwl and the mysterious Wyndwrayth. “Does anybody else have a boat on this lake, other than you,” Alan called out above the music. There was something else, hidden within his apparently innocent question, which at this precise moment, Nick couldn’t exactly decipher.
Death Dances in the Shadows: Wyndwrayth – Gideon’s Journal extract
I heard a voice today, one that could curdle milk. Initially, I dismissed it as belonging to just another victim for, ‘The Pale One’ to take care of but upon listening more closely, I could detect the sound of men verbally obeying the commands of a female. Her voice sounded so arrogant and self-assured. I was greatly impressed with her obviously natural and genuinely displayed examples of callous disregard for any of her underling’s feelings. I was instantly awoken to the possibilities of finding my replacement, and why not pick a woman? That would really stick it to the pale old bastard and anyway, why should I dismiss a full half of the population, when trying to find a replacement for someone with the wherewithal to handle Millar?
She’s built strong this one, another natural trait that would stand her in good stead, if it came to holding some control over Millar. I decided this female had to be investigated further.
The minion was far too easy to scare. I passed through him and tasted his soul. He didn’t fit the overriding needs required of a Guardian for Millar. His predominantly good nature was far too easily unbalanced by even the simplest of ‘observations,’ no matter how shallow the probe.
So, I investigated the female in question. From what I could make out, she was the essence of selfish greed. The waves of avarice, just dripped off her. I was instantly awakened to the possibility that my search may be coming to a successful conclusion. So, I brought her into my room and gently tested her desires and failings, as my predecessor should have done to me. All the time, I was drawing her into the world of lost souls’ imaginings. Her ignorance of my existence and the test were essential, if I was to truly assess her potential as my replacement. After the shambles that I inherited, it would be good to re-establish the true order of things in this position.
Christine Lee Jones, as I believe she is called, is unaware that the illusions I weaved for her, are purely to convince her that I can offer her a long life in some paradise of her own vision. She bought the fantasy of opulence and power. Never for one moment did she think that this particular illusion that I’d created, was about to end with my demise. She has yet to realise that it will be her, Christine, who will have to learn how to build another reality, both for herself and Millar.
However, judging by what I’ve observed so far, Christine has a fertile imagination that naturally leans to extreme opulence, power and greed. She appears to learn fast and her desires make her open to my coercions. So, using the link I’ve made into her mind, I’m now able to swell both her avarice and her lust for power. As I send my images, both grow steadily in her mind as her will to resist me diminishes. Soon now, I will be able to surrender to death in peace, knowing that I have done all that is required of me to maintain status quo, in this nether world, which lies between Earth and Valhalla.
I’m so wearied by this existence and I’m just so sick and tired of being responsible for Millar, that death will indeed be a merciful release. After all these centuries, the trouble that the pale devil has caused me, is getting harder to bear as the years drag on. I can almost taste the sweetness of my release, as it draws ever closer. To be honest, I’m not sure if Millar yet realises that when I go, so will most of the imagery of his present world. He knows that he alone cannot access the inner souls of his victims to draw on their images from within their moribund mind’s, or recreate them within another reality, without my assistance and that of my ruby. It is the only reason he shows me any deference at all. Without me, he would be in an interminable void of space and time.
That’s where the Guardian has his, or her power over him.
The Paladin of Souls prevents myself and Millar from accessing the full imagery of the souls he has killed and stored on this island. We are restricted to those more recent souls and those wayward ones on the edges of his protection. Millar alone would only be able to draw on some few faded images. My Ruby ring has been my salvation, combining it with his has allowed me to create a physical reality within this void.
Over the centuries, image collection and recreation has become a skill which I excel at, even if I say so myself. The addition of sounds, scents, music, texture and a sense of time have all been included in my repertoire. I can even create people to converse with…… I don’t expect a new, inexperienced Guardian will easily be able to master that scenario of knowledge, built up over the centuries. It will take time. However, we all have to begin somewhere and at some time, which is oft not of our choosing.
I know that I’m certainly not unique, he’s made that perfectly clear many times during our time together….. his way of trying to exert himself over me. He often sorely resents the power I can wield in his world. As my predecessors apparently couldn’t read, or write, they have left no record of their time as Guardian, so I have no measure. It is one of the reasons I’ve written this journal, not just to document my progress through this existence…. No, I hope it will help the next Guardian with the tasks, that will undoubtedly lie ahead of them.
When I tried to talk with him about the transition, he just slapped me down saying he’s,
“…been through these change over’s many times before and managed perfectly adequately.”
Well, time will tell. It would certainly help if I could find the ‘Tears.’ It would ensure my route to Valhalla and its power would help the new Guardian draw out and control the souls trapped here in our world. I must redouble my efforts.
Death Dances in the Shadows: Wyndwrayth Chapter 20 extract.
Posted on April 8, 2019 by Keller Yeats
“Incredible,” whispered Owen, staring down the length of this underground warren of previous activity. “They must have been like members of a hive, down here in their underground realm,” he whispered, for fear of being over heard. Then realising he was all alone in this oppressive darkness, he yelled, “Yeah, but there’s nobody else down here now!” As the echoes were fading into the rough walls, Owen stopped to listen to the house and its sounds. From within the heavy silence, there was no apparent trace of ‘The Boss,’ so he walked back upstairs to the main kitchen.
Opposite the cellar entrance there was a set of double doors which he assumed led into the dining room. Owen clicked off his flashlight and made his way across the kitchen. Before he opened the doors, he stopped and listened again. Not a sound. He decided Christine must still be upstairs exploring.
Turning both handles at once, Owen pushed the doors gently. They swung open silently, spreading cobwebs between them. The interior of the room suddenly lit up with an ethereal glow through frayed spider’s webs, stretching out before his eyes. Some of the discarded webs hung from the ceiling like great gossamer curtains, as if they were about to open and reveal some kind of stage. In the centre of this ghostly, spider hewn hall, was a huge dining table. It was fully laid out with complete sets of now dust covered cutlery, place mats, glasses and all the other accoutrements that would have been required to furnish the needs of a five-course meal, in the glory days of Wyndwrayth, or Y Wake Gwynt as it was known then. There were even jugs and decanters for wine, or water, whichever bodily refresher the gathered guests required.
‘Jesus,’ Owen thought as he squinted down the room, over the central table and beyond. Finally, avoiding the glare cast by the broken blinds, his eyes were unavoidably dragged down towards the floor. Right there at his feet, was a single set of foot prints made by someone who appeared to be wearing winkle picker shoes, and seemingly heading from this ghostly dining room, into the kitchen behind him.
A little freaked by the sight of those strange footprints, Owen quickly turned to see if the tracks led into the kitchen. Strangely, there was no trace of them beyond the spot where he now stood. It seemed as if they ended at his feet and disappeared. Behind him, only the steps that he himself had taken, were visible. So, he turned back to consider the path of the prints in front of him. They looked as if they had originated from somewhere near the head of the large table. Who, or whatever had made these clear marks on the dust laden floor, had advanced to this position, stopped, ‘and then what?’
“What indeed,” he whispered into the silence. Shielding his eyes from the chinks of blinding light, it was still almost impossible to see anything clearly as he drew closer to head of the room. Once, or twice he thought that he saw something move, out of the corner of his eye.
‘Get a grip Llew, it’s just the light fucking with your vision, that’s all,’ he tried to reassure himself. A few steps more and then something made Owen jump to a halt. ‘Christ what the fuck’s that?!’ His mind screamed, as he saw a form start to take shape, before his very eyes. There was something moving silently in the shadows. It was difficult to see because of the shafts of sunlight piercing the broken Plantation blinds. Owen held his breath and stared, transfixed as the vaporous vision became clearer. Slowly, it coalesced and rose from the seat at the head of old table. It looked straight at him.
‘This can’t be happening, it’s just not real,’ his higher mind was screaming at him but his deeper senses, were even now, looking for a way out. He wasn’t the bravest guy on the force and his eyes stayed fixed on this intruder, as he tried to anticipate its next move. His senses screamed fight or flight but he remained mute and rooted to the spot.
The white-haired figure, on the other hand, effortlessly glided towards him…..
Death Dances in the Shadows: Wyndwrayth – Gideon’s Journal excerpt.
Millar, has taken three more souls recently and has grown considerably. Yet, although I must admit that I am finding it ever more difficult to control him, I cannot deny I am feeling the benefits accruing from his insatiable hunger. It has been many years since he last ate and this latest slew of passing nutrition, is beneficial to both of us. Yet, my time as his guardian is drawing to a close. Despite the sustenance, I can feel the darkness creeping ever nearer.
I took a young girl’s life recently because I could not allow him to feed, I shot her with my pistol. Unfortunately, the energy Millar wrought from her partner was enough for him to force me to ferry him across the lake last night, just so that he could satiate his need for the “Life Energy,” of others. Although, I suspect in this case it may have been to take the last soul of a male Gunderson, though he called himself Gordon, Millar could smell his lineage.
His lust for ‘fresh Gunderson brain meat,’ outweighed his desire to retain the victim’s soul and we left the carcass behind in his house on the lakeside. I was forced to calm the victims dog, while he drank it’s master’s very essence and now he wants more…..
I must find a replacement, while I still have the strength to resist him.
Millar claims to have originally appeared in what was to become The Roman Empire, long before the alleged birth of the Christian faith. He claims to have emerged shortly after Hannibal’s victory at The Battle of Cannae, during the Second Punic War, which took place on 2 August 216 BC in Apulia, southeast Italy. This was when the army of Carthage under Hannibal, decisively defeated a larger army of The Roman Republic, under the command of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
It was said, that the carnage of that day, alerted the ancient Reapers of Meklar, who descended upon the place, to harvest the souls of the dead and escort them to Hell.
Millar enjoyed all the warfare that men created and all the killing that was involved. When young and strong he roamed all across the northern lands, looking for one bloody conflict after another. I am informed, that when Lord Meklar learnt of his son’s wayward behaviour, a stronger guardian, with enhanced powers, was created. Hoping this new ‘Watcher’ could better control his son, Lord Meklar foolishly allowed himself to be distracted and even though he was now under stricter scrutiny, Millar ran amok for many millennia. It wasn’t until he washed up on Ynys Y Niwl with my erstwhile self as his appointed Guardian, that the killing mercifully slowed down.
I am aware that there had been many Guardians before me and that not all of whom completed their tenure in the position. Mainly due to their ward killing them with some past regularity. It appears they had little chance of survival if Millar grew tired of them. I believe that Lord Meklar simply kept on replacing ‘The Watchers,’ with ever more powerful Guardians.
I have read how the original saga of ‘Meklar and the Millar of Souls’ was written by the Scribes. Over time, it became a much-favoured tale that parents told their children, often to scare them into behaving. Over the years, I began to hear my own story added to saga. They tell it something like this:
Around 1035, a Viking raiding party was washed up on the shores of North Wales, after the flight from The Orkney Islands aboard their Longship, The Red Wytch. The Guardian, Rolf Ingersson and a greatly weakened Millar, were stow away’s on the last longship to leave the North. Millar drained what was left of the life force of Rolf Ingersson on the trip but Meklar appointed a new, young and strong Guardian called Gideon, who could control the enfeebled Millar. Eventually, after being stranded on Anglesey they found a home of sorts, with Olaf Gunderson and The Norsemen, on Ynys y Niwl, Llyn Isaf.
As the power of The Vikings waned, Millar found himself marooned on the island with Gideon, his guardian. In this new world, that now sought peace over the chaos of warfare, he diminished as time passed. Lord Meklar had presented Gideon with a Ruby ring that gave him certain powers over the souls taken by Millar. It was said this ring was a chip from a far more important stone, that went by the name of “The Tears of Taklamakan.” The Guardian’s ring would glow if the Motherstone, was close by.
Essentially correct and as the years slowly passed, the saga gradually became a folk tale and then during the middle ages, was slowly forgotten. For several hundreds of years, nobody ever mentioned the old tale, in the face of the rising tide of Christianity.
I feel, that I must make these notes for any Guardians who follow and stress again how important it is that Millar does not get control of the Tears.
Note 1: Millar’s and mine own ruby, are pieces of “The Tears of Taklamakan.” They transmit the thoughts and experiences of all the souls killed by Millar and buried on Ynys y Niwl. Millar feeds off those energy waves, in an attempt to escape the confines of this island. Our rubies are only sufficient in consort, to be able to furnish our world with their imaginings and experiences. Should Millar grasp the Tears for himself, then its power could set him free of this island, free of this realm and free of me. Should this come to pass I will be condemned to eternal purgatory and torture and Millar will be free to wreak havoc across dimensions and throughout time.
Note 2: In 1348, The Black Death arrived on the shore of the lake and after a long and prosperous period of calm, that event provided another glut of victims for The Pale One to exploit. With so many corpses piling up, pickings were easy to come by and Millar could take his time over regathering his strength. What had started with a scrap of flesh, soon became much more but like all the pestilences that had gone before it, the Black Death ran its course. Since then, as Guardian I have learnt that allowing Millar to feed when he wished, is not a good idea. It’s very important that you control this aspect of his hedonistic nature, for your own benefit.
Note 3: One thing, that I feel as though I must mention again, is the small matter of Wolves. Millar is terrified of them. He has, on several occasions, referred to them as “his nemesis.” Possibly useful knowledge but there have been no Wolves in Wales for hundreds of years, so I fear it’s hardly practical information.
The days are now growing short and the time is rushing by. I feel the chill of death on my shoulders and I am, alas, no nearer to finding a suitable replacement for my ancient stewardship. Over the time of my bondage, I have faithfully, if at times somewhat reluctantly served this entity, for both mine own and his personal benefit. Now, after all these years, my strength is failing and finding a fitting replacement, has now come to be a rather pressing issue. There are so few visitors to the house these days, that I fear my promise to Lord Meklar may not hold good, when I pass over. I dread the outcome should this come to pass.
Posted on March 26, 2019 by Keller Yeats
“I’ll have to have something prepared for Alan to look at, or at least listen to over dinner, or it’ll just be two blokes having a boozy lunch and we’ll end up having to do it all again,” he said under his breath. He’d already looked into the published documentation regarding the house, so he was going to have to be a little more inventive about this investigation. He ran his eyes down the list of possible sites to check out and dismissed everything he’d tried already. It was not an easy task, trying to discover the history of a people who didn’t like to ‘take notes.’
Nick was about to give up with this search, when he spied a link that he’d not tried before. “‘The Dark Archives,’ who could resist a name like that?” He remarked to Heddi and quickly clicked onto the site. At first, it disappointingly appeared to have been put together by a young man, who was purposely cocooned in his imagined cave, complete with posters of Bela Lugosi on the walls and plates with half eaten Pizza shoved under his single bed. “Well, I’ve come this far, it would be a pity to spoil the job for a lick of paint,” he said with exasperation, “so let’s have a gander at the goods,” and placed the curser on, ‘Dark Events’ one of the dozen or so options he was presented with and opened the link.
Suddenly, there was a rather impressive Knotted Celtic Design on the screen, with “In The Beginning” written below it. Nick was hooked, things like this intrigued him on a very youthful level and he’d never learnt to resist this kind of naive invitation. Though, as he discovered when he investigated further, his initially somewhat comedic impression was a long way from the truth. It began by mentioning much of the early history of the lake and its island, information that was already in Nick’s possession but then, just a little more reading revealed a strange tale, which rang some bells a little too close to home.
During what, as Nick knew already, were The Plague years, ‘a pale creature’ was reportedly seen, feasting on the exposed brains of those about to die. One report, given to the sheriff’s clerk by John Carpenter, intriguingly told of a ‘cutting and removing of the cap.’ This phrase was gruesomely explained later, when Nick came across eye witness accounts of the trial and subsequent execution of John, the Carpenter, who was condemned to suffer, ‘Animus.’ This was a truly grim way, to meet your death. None of the local Burgers had believed there was a ‘pale creature,’ involved and instead, laid the blame for the defiled bodies, squarely on the shoulders of the unfortunate carpenter.
These were not the kindest of days and ‘The Pestilence,’ had left ugly scars on the populations’ consciousness. So, they were not feeling too merciful at the time of his judgement. Animus, inflicted an identical punishment to that which the perpetrator had inflicted on his, or her victim. It was a particularly popular sentence, often handed down when dealing justice out to women who had offended the populace. Adultery, was the favourite offence but not the only one covered by this particularly brutal piece of legislation. The offense of ‘Defilus Mortem,’ which John Carpenter faced, was exactly the kind of crime, that it was supposed to deter.
He was delivered to the platform and introduced to ‘The Mercy Seat’ as it was parochially known, in an open cart, with his hands bound and his head shaved. His path from the delivery vehicle, to the point of execution, was up a long narrow pathway, with the crowd lining both sides of the road, throwing both faeces and buckets of urine, mixed with sputum and any manner of vile substances, over the condemned as he slowly passed by, towards the inevitable end of his life. When John, eventually reached the centre of the stage, a single rope was placed around his neck and winched up. This exercise lifted him a mere couple of inches clear of the ground and he started to thrash around futilely, as his air supply was restricted. They let him choke, for about one minute and then, when he’d lost control of his bladder and bowels, excrement running down his legs and pouring into his boots, they cut him down and bound him on the heavy wooden chair.
Then, they got one of the victim’s relatives to cut off his still twitching fingers and stick them in his still gasping mouth. Then, they fitted The Animus Cap, onto his head. The executioner started to turn the ingenious threaded top, which with each turn, cut deeper into his skull. When the turns became easier to apply, the cap was removed and the executioner parred away the top portion of the skull, revealing more, or less the whole of his brain, for the crowd to see. The guilty individual, was then left there to die, unable to move as the birds pecked away at his brain and shit into the cavity. One victim of The Animus Cap, reportedly lived for hours with his brain exposed to the crowd’s curiosity and they, in turn picked and prodded at the drying organ, until long after he died.
Even then, the defilement wasn’t over. The mutilated corpse was then beheaded and the severed head along with what was left of its exposed brain matter, was placed on a pike and left on the platform, until the birds had reduced it to a hideous empty vessel.
“Yuk,” said Nick. “Talk about fucking horrid, these devils take the biscuit and then some,” he said wincing. “Typical,” he exasperatingly commented “and I thought The Celts were bad but they’ve got nothing on The Vikings! Yuck, yuckety yuck yuck!”
Death dances in the Shadows: Wyndwrayth – Chapter 16 Excerpt
Posted on March 4, 2019 by Keller Yeats
Seth Gordon, was having a great deal of difficulty dropping off to sleep. He was blaming, those last two mugs of coffee he’d drunk while he was watching a really bad film on the television. He should have known it was rubbish from its title alone. Anything that happily goes by the name of ‘Zombie Attack. Part 3 The bloodbath,’ should have been avoided but he couldn’t resist a movie he suspected was a Grindhouse classic. Seth may have been eighty-four years old, come next January but he had a lifelong love of really bad cinema. This fascination began with Bela Lugosi and his, “Children of the night” line in Dracula, which he himself, had repeated too many times to count for the benefit of his sheep and ‘Tess,’ his faithful sheep dog. Unlike his sheep, Tess started wagging her tail furiously and jumped up at him, whenever the broken eastern European accent appeared in the house. It was due to his increasingly bizarre taste, that Seth had been forced by lack of product to move on from Bela.
He passed through the entire catalogue of Ed Woods, the winner of many Golden Turkey Awards and then he had accidentally found George Romero and his rather spasticated members of the undead, who it seemed had a great deal of trouble chasing down their intended victims. Much to Seth’s pleasure they seemed to have an unhealthy interest in, ‘Brains.’ Laughter, which had always been simmering just below the surface, erupted when an old V.H.S. copy of, ‘Revenge of The Living Dead’ found its way into his possession. He must have watched that movie over and over again, until he knew literally every little nuance and eyebrow movement in the whole ninety-three-minute production. At this moment, he was wishing he’d watched the damn thing again tonight, instead of the extremely disappointing ‘Zombie Attack. Part 3.’ At least he’d have got a good laugh out of, ‘Revenge’ and he wouldn’t be tossing, turning and occasionally sleeping fitfully, in this blasted and persistently overheated bed.
“Bollocks,” he cursed loudly as he swung his old gnarled feet out of bed and put them in the always comfortable Donald Duck slippers, that his grand-daughter had given him for Christmas, several years ago. As he looked down at his feet, Seth remembered his response to the unexpected gift and her words rang in his head, to this day.
“For you Granddad,” she’d sweetly said and then looked so hopefully at him, awaiting some kind of reciprocal recognition, that would display even a shred of real heartfelt gratitude on his part. In truth, he’d always hated The Disney Corporation but swallowed his political pride and smiled warmly at her.
“Thank you, I think they’re lovely and I’ll wear them every morning.” As he rose from the bed, to make his way towards the dark kitchen, he stated quite justifiably, “You see Ellyn, I’ve got them on right now.”
These slippers had seen better days and many of them. He would be eighty-five next January and lived in his own past for much of the time. All of his old friends had shuffled off this mortal coil, as of last August. It was then he’d learnt of the unexpected death of James, or Jimmy, as he had always preferred to be called, Stockwell, from a massive heart attack. Jimmy, was the go-getter in the bunch and it was no surprise, to any of the others in the clique, when he set up the rather mundane sounding traffic cone business. Jimmy bought the rights to the company, when the original owners chose to sell ‘The Rubber Cone Company,’ to stave off bankruptcy. He’d bought it for a pittance from the accountancy firm, who had been uselessly employed in a futile attempt to try and fend off the inevitable. He’d changed the manufacturing process to plastic moulded cones and a little more of his imagination, when he came up with, ‘Wizard’s Hat’ as the trading name but what did people expect from an ex-goalkeeper, in a rather successful school football team.
After a slow start, ‘Wizard’s Hat,’ simply grew exponentially and pretty soon, Jimmy Stockwell was raking in multiple millions of £’s per annum, in profit. However, all his money couldn’t save him from The Grim Reaper and now Seth, the erstwhile Centre Forward from that bunch of young lads, was the last member of the team still standing.
“Well somebody had to be,” he said, as he filled the kettle and lit the gas hob, to make his latest cup of ‘Night Time Tea.’ In his opinion, the liquid had to be boiling before another step in the process could be undertaken, so Seth settled himself down at the table and prepared to wait for a few minutes, while the water reached the required temperature.
Tess, like him, was getting on in years. She preferred to simply lie on her blanket by the stove, rather than chase after sheep these days. Loyally, she looked up at him as he opened the paper at any old page and pretended to be interested in what it said.
“Look at that girl, some fucking idiot crashed his car into a lamp post and killed his girlfriend in the process,” he read to the equally disinterested Collie. Tess, for her part, had learnt many years ago, that to appear as though you gave a damn, often earned you a tasty treat from the master’s table. So, even though she never lifted her head from the soft blanket, she never took her eyes off her owner, in case he chose the next instant to look down and check whether she was paying attention to his inane ramblings.
Suddenly, there was a noise coming from outside of the cottage. It sounded like someone casually dragging their foot through the dead leaves that were piling up outside. Tess, who had also heard the uncommon sound issuing from right outside the back door, lifted her head off her bed and was quietly growling from the back of her throat. Seth, now convinced that there was an intruder on the premises, quietly moved over to the pantry and almost silently opened the door. Standing on the floor in front of him, was his trusty 12 bore shotgun, cracked and just waiting for the cartridges to be loaded into their presently empty barrels. He rapidly located the cartridges and after slipping them into their respective chambers, snapped the gun closed.
“Bring it on, won’t you,” he snarled, then sat down in his favourite chair again and waited for the suspected thief to show themselves.
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Alex Potts
I Understand, 2012
Wax, speakers, paper metal, software
Natural language programming by Drew Mason
Visitors were invited to speak a word or short phrase into the cone mounted on the wall, which was then translated across the suspended speakers mounted around the staircase.
“I Understand is like a game of digital telephone, though its translation is not based on the sound of the spoken word, but rather its meaning. It will listen to words and phrases from participating viewers, look up associated words, definitions, and matching phrases from selected (public domain) literature, then play back these associations via synthetic voices across a speaker array. This iterative process continues, getting further and further away from the original meaning while the sound of the voices is gradually obscured as well until new input is received. The suspended speakers are encased in waxed pages of the literature that the software program draws from for its associations.
If I could articulate a goal with the project, it would be to create a playful sound sculpture that gives the audience an active way of reflecting upon the precarious nature of language's ability to both communicate and obfuscate meaning. Secondarily, as we come to a point where technology offers a viable interface between spoken word and machine, I was interested in exploring what happens when you subvert the common commercial uses of voice commands and focus instead on creating more surprising interactions.” – Alex Potts
February 1 - March 24, 2012
Intersection for the Arts
Photo credit: Scott Chernis
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Getting into college is an important step to building a strong future. First, you must do well on your college admission tests and write a personal essay that highlights your special talents. Use this center to get the resources you need to achieve your college preparation goals.
Computer Skills Center
Video courses are the fastest and easiest way to learn how to use a computer. Use the materials in this center to learn the basics of computers, from searching the Internet to using popular programs for word processing, creating spreadsheets and databases, implementing design, and more. Skill level goes beyond basic to advanced.
Get the latest information and current trends in high technology with Computer Source. With nearly 300 full text periodicals covering topics such as computers, telecommunications, electronics and the Internet, Computer Source provides a balance of full-text technical journals and full-text consumer computer titles.
Found In: Reference & ResearchScience & TechnologyState Databases
Find out what you need to know about all areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.
Get trusted ratings and reviews for products and services you use everyday. Includes all issues from 1985 to current.
Found In: Business & MoneyDo-It-Yourself
CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher provides award winning in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students.
Nurture your creative side with over 1,000 video classes in painting, knitting, crafting, sewing, and more! Your library card gives you unlimited access to Creativebug, by Joann.
What you'll find:
Expert step-by-step instruction
Inspiration from fellow makers
Downloadable patterns, templates, and recipes
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Found In: ArtsDo-It-YourselfLimitless Learning
Credo Reference
A vast, online reference library, providing access to the full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles. Find speedy, simple answers and authoritative, in-depth articles.
Found In: ArtsBusiness & MoneyEncyclopediasGovernment & LawHealth & MedicineMusicReference & ResearchScience & Technology
Information on countries and territories including customs, lifestyles, and social conditions. Find recipes from all countries as well as biographies of famous citizens. Photographs are available for some countries.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
This series provides reliable information on authors and their works in an easy to understand, engaging format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.
Found In: BiographyBooks & ReadingLiterature
Dramatic Learning
Improve readers' fluency and comprehension with dramatic readings in the classroom, library, or after-school programs.
Found In: EducationReference & ResearchState Databases
Early World of Learning offers rich resources designed to develop reading fluency and phonemic awareness in younger learners.
Elementary School Resources
Designed for elementary school researchers with simple search for articles, essays, and primary source documents; easy-to-browse topics, and overviews to help students find a starting point.
Found In: Reference & ResearchState Databases
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos es el nivel de comienzo en Espanol de la enciclopedia web, con miles de articulos, illustracions, y mapas. Facil de utilizar con interfaz bilingue.
Found In: EspañolReference & ResearchState Databases
A guide to research published in the field of education. Search more than a million short descriptions of journal articles and other education-related publications back to 1966.
European Views of the Americas
Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.
Designed with students and educators in mind, Explora provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, and homework.
Flipster Magazines & Newspapers
Flipster gives you access to your favorite magazines from a variety of publishers. Read current and back issues of Consumer Reports, Vogue, People, and Time and many more popular titles.
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Fold3 Library Edition New!
Fold3 is the premier collection of historical military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who service from the Revolutionary War through recent conflicts. It contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available in Fold3 Library Edition.
Forbes Digital Archive Magazines & Newspapers
Forbes magazine archives coverage starts from 1917 to 2000.
Download and listen to songs from Freegal Music, which offers access to about 13 million songs, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists, and over 40,000 music videos. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 40,000 labels with music that originates in over 100 countries. There is no software to download, and there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions.
6 song downloads each week with your library card and PIN
3 hours of streaming music per day
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Found In: Español
Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet. All of our classes are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are free, fun, convenient, and geared just for you. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month.
Found In: EducationLimitless Learning
Gale Directory Library
Gale Directory Library is a digital treasure trove collection of premier directories on companies, publishers, associations, and more—sources that are unavailable or difficult to find on the internet.
Found In: Business & MoneyDirectoriesReference & Research
More than a hundred reference titles in a variety of areas: business and careers, education, fashion, food, film and television, geography, history, law and government, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, religion, science and technology, and sociology.
Found In: Business & MoneyEncyclopediasGovernment & LawHistory & Social ScienceLiteratureMusicReference & ResearchScience & Technology
General OneFile
General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines.
Found In: History & Social ScienceScience & Technology
Great Courses Movies & TV
Start your journey of lifelong learning taught by the top 1% of university professors and experts from the Ivy League and other renowned schools and institutions. With hundreds of videos on subjects ranging from photography to physics, astronomy to art, history to health, and more, Great Courses has courses on how to do it, how to learn it, or how it happened. No matter what you are interested in, you'll find your favorite subject.
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Found In: ArtsBusiness & MoneyDo-It-YourselfEducationHealth & MedicineHistory & Social ScienceLimitless LearningLiteratureScience & Technology
GreenFILE
The resources contains abstracts and index articles on the environment with information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling.
Health & Wellness Resource Center offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Consumer Edition is designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. It provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law, and more.
HeritageQuest Online
Search for ancestors in the U.S. Federal Census, family and local histories and city directories, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's Bank records, genealogical periodicals and selected congressional documents and reports from the American State Papers and U.S. Serial Set.
Student Resources In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
High School Equivalency Center
Earning a high school equivalency credential can open the door to better income, a more fulfilling job, and a college education. If you are preparing for the GED® test, HiSET® or TASC exams, the High School Equivalency Center's practice tests, interactive tutorials, and e-books will help you reach your goal.
Search across multiple resources for high school student research. Sources include magazine and newspaper articles, eBooks, encyclopedia entries, and images.
Historical Newspapers Magazines & Newspapers
Historical Newspapers covers the New York Times and L.A. Times. Every issue includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Found In: Historical NewspapersNewspapers
Historical Statistics of the United States
This compendium of statistics provides quantitative, historical data about American social, economic, and political conditions and development. The data is provided in both PDF and Excel formats.
Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center features historical reference books, magazines, journals, and thousands of primary source documents. Get the most out of history with over 80 hours of historical video and nearly 45,000 images, including maps and historical photos.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines.
Found In: Do-It-Yourself
Home Improvement Reference Center
The definitive online resource for home improvement assistance in areas such as repair, maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, and much more.
hoopla Comics Downloadable Audiobooks eBooks Movies & TV Music
hoopla is a digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. Borrow up to ten titles per month with your Las Vegas-Clark County Library District library card.
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Interactive Science
Users can manipulate and explore 3D interactive models, allowing students to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science. Reference and periodical content provide additional context for further understanding.
Found In: Science & Technology
IXL is an immersive K-12 learning experience that provides comprehensive content for math, language arts, science, and social studies.
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Found In: EducationOnline Tutoring
JobNow
JobNow is a unique suite of resources for job seekers, including on-demand access to trained career experts who provide live, one-to-one interview coaching and resume assistance.
Live Interview Coaching: brush up on interview techniques or get live online interview practice with a job coach.
Resume Lab: receive expert resume and cover letter assistance from trained experts.
Live Career Assistance: enjoy 24/7 access to a carefully-selected library of job resources.
Adult Learning Center: provides foundational, career-enhancing skills to adult learners through test preparation.
Live Academic Tutoring: for assignments and coursework.
Live Skills Tutoring: master skills through live, one-to-one lessons in math, reading, and writing, and computer literacy.
Writing Assistance: trained instructors to help you produce better business letters, term papers, resumes, and more.
Adult Test Center: 24-hour access to a regularly updated test library, including the GED, a unique U.S. Citizenship test, and more.
Kanopy Movies & TV
Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films. Includes rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema.
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Kanopy Kids Movies & TV
Kanopy Kids highlights films and TV series that inspire and inform, helping children develop empathy, mindfulness, and self-esteem through entertaining and educational videos. Kanopy Kids categories include TV series, learning languages, animated storybooks, anime favorites, classic films, and movies for the whole family. Checkout up to 10 titles each month with a 3-day checkout period.
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Las Vegas Age Magazines & Newspapers
Read about Las Vegas history straight from the source! Full complete digital images of the Las Vegas Age digitized from the print copies. Coverage is from April 7, 1905-1915, 1917-1922, and 1924.
Las Vegas Review-Journal (current) Magazines & Newspapers
Read the current issue of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in an easy to read, image-based format. Search, browse, print, and email articles from the full-text daily edition.
Las Vegas Review-Journal (historical) Magazines & Newspapers
Access the historical issues of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in this searchable digital collection spanning from 1929 to 2018. Each page is a complete digital facsimile that contains every original image - every photograph, illustration, cartoon, and display advertisement.
Uncover previously unknown aspects of family lineage from obituaries and other news items, including society columns, casualty reports, sports stories, and more.
Discover timely answers to an array of local questions.
Spend hours uncovering lost details about local people, places, and events.
Found In: GenealogyHistorical NewspapersHistory & Social ScienceNewspapers
Las Vegas Review-Journal (text only) Magazines & Newspapers
Read the most current and back issues (from 1996) of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in this text-only collection. Browse by month and year or search across all issues.
LearningExpress Library helps improve the lives of people every day through a highly-acclaimed eLearning solution that provides support to students and professionals for academic skill-building, standardized test prep, career certification test prep, and more.
College admissions and placement examsopens a new window (ACT, SAT, AP, and TOEFL)
Academic skills-improvement for elementaryopens a new window through collegeopens a new window (reading, writing, math, and science)
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High school equivalencyopens a new window (GED, HiSET, and TASC) test prep
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Spanish contentopens a new window available for the GED test and academic skills improvement
Career occupational certificationopens a new window exam prep
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Legal Information Reference Center
Featuring hundreds of publications and thousands of legal forms broken down by category and by popular forms. The full-text legal reference eBooks are provided through NOLO, the nation's and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.
Found In: Government & Law
Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
LegalTrac
LegalTrac provides indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.
LGBT Life
LGBT Life provides completing indexing and abstracting of content related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender studies in over 230 journals, magazines, and newspapers. LGBT Life also provides full text from a number of important sources including monographs and publications such as The Advocate, New York Blade, and Out.
Found In: Health & MedicineHistory & Social Science
Life Magazine Archive Magazines & Newspapers
Life Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the famed photojournalism magazine, spanning its very first issue in November 1936 through December 2000 in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source.
Found In: Literature
Literary Sources
Cross-search two or more literature archive resources, including Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online, Literature Criticism Online, and Something About the Author Online.
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online is one of the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
Found In: BiographyLiterature
LitFinder
LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
Los Angeles Times Digitized Newspaper
The full-page images of the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Each page is full-text searchable. Coverage is 2008 - current, with a 3-month embargo.
Online learning library that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills from over 3,100 engaging video courses taught by recognized industry experts. To get started, simply log in with your library card and PIN.
View available apps for Lynda.com
Found In: EducationLimitless LearningScience & Technology
MainFile
MainFile covers a variety of topics, including health, education, technology, and business. It includes full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, and newswires. Additionally, this resource includes full-text reference books and encyclopedias.
Found In: EducationHealth & MedicineReference & ResearchState Databases
MAS Complete
MAS Complete is a full-text database for school-related research and reading. It contains full-text biographies, primary source documents, reference books, an image collection containing photos, maps, flags, and color PDFs and expanded full-text backfiles (back to 1921) for key magazines.
MasterFILE Complete
Have a paper due about a serious topic? Want to now every fact there is about someone famous? Use MasterFILE Complete to dig up hard to find facts. Covering virtually every subject of general interest, it also includes more than 350 full-text reference books, 82,000 biographies, 90,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of over 100,000 photos, maps, and flags.
Middle School Resources
Designed for middle school researchers with simple search for articles, essays, and primary source documents; easy-to-browse topics, and overviews to help students find a starting point.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Analytics of stocks, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and markets.
Muzzy is the world's #1 language course enjoyed by families and language beginners of all ages. Muzzy is aimed at children from preschool to elementary school age and is great for individual learning, homeschooling, or even as a family activity. Languages include English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, and Russian.
Found In: Limitless Learning
MyHeritage Library Edition
Billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, and other resources in thousands of databases that span the past five centuries. Content includes
More than 6 billion historical records from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and other regions.
The full USA federal census (1790 - 1940) with images.
Census of England and Wales (1891 - 1901) with images.
2 billion exclusive family tree profiles from My Heritage and Geni.
816 million US public records.
Hundreds of millions of European records.
More than 100 million gravestone photos.
Military records, immigration records, and passenger lists.
Citizenship and naturalization records.
Government, land, and court records.
Reputable, authoritative, and appropriate content that brings children aged 6-14 the world in a way they've never seen it before. Fun and substantive, National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
New York Times – inside the library Magazines & Newspapers
Enjoy free and unlimited access to news stories, multimedia content, and special features from The New York Times digital subscription inside the library or on a mobile device connected to LVCCLD Wi-Fi. This access includes all New York Times content except for the crossword puzzle. Access is free, but first-time users will need to create a nytimes.com account.
Found In: Newspapers Only available at Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
New York Times – outside the library Magazines & Newspapers
Enjoy The New York Times from the comfort of your home or on the go! Use this link for 72 hours of full off-site access to nytimes.com and The New York Times mobile app on iOS and Android. This includes direct access to all nytimes.com content, 1851 to present. Articles from 1923 to 1980 are limited to 5 articles per day. To activate your subscription, you will need to create a free nytimes.com account.
View available apps for New York Times – outside the library
New York Times Digitized Newspaper Magazines & Newspapers
The full-page images of The New York Times newspaper. Each page is full-text searchable. Coverage is 2008 to recent (3-month embargo).
News Vault Magazines & Newspapers
With over 400 years of content and 10 million page images, News Vault is the one stop search for newspaper archives.
Newspaper Source Plus Magazines & Newspapers
Newspaper Source Plus provides full-text access to major newspapers like USA Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Christian Science Monitor. Stay informed with News View, a feature that brings you critical news content with ongoing updates throughout the day. Popular sources include AP (Associated Press), CNN Wire, and PR Wire. News Views also includes more than 1.4 million television and radio news transcripts from top sources like CNN, National Public Radio, and PBS.
Found In: NewspapersReference & ResearchState Databases
NewspaperARCHIVE Magazines & Newspapers
NewspaperARCHIVE for historical and genealogical information. The archive spans over 400 years of family history, small-town events, world news, and contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date.
Found In: GenealogyHistorical NewspapersNewspapers
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers are able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
Found In: Historical NewspapersHistory & Social ScienceNewspapers
Novelist K-8 Plus
Novelist K-8 Plus is a trusted source of read-alike recommendations specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.
Found In: Books & Reading
Novelist Plus is the secret to finding your next great read. A trusted source of expert read-alike recommendations, it has recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages.
OpenDissertations
Access to the only comprehensive record of dissertations by American universities during that time period, the print index Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Found In: Health & MedicineHistory & Social ScienceScience & Technology
OverDrive Downloadable Audiobooks eBooks
You can borrow and enjoy free eBooks, audiobooks, and more with Libby, by OverDrive. All you need to get started is an internet connection and your library card. This collection includes popular fiction, non-fiction, and technical titles.
Need some help getting started? Check out the OverDrive getting started guide.
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OverDrive Magazines Magazines & Newspapers
Enjoy popular magazines like ESPN, Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, and more. Magazines are available in the Libby app on online with a web browser. These always available magazines do not count against your OverDrive checkout limit. That means you can enjoy all of your favorite magazines without having to worry about exceeding your ebook or audiobook download limits!
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People Magazine Archive Magazines & Newspapers
People Magazine Archives presents an extensive collection of the prominent, popular magazine dating from its very first issue in March 1974 through December 2000 in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
Points of View Reference Center
Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help you assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays and better understand controversial issues.
Found In: Health & MedicineHistory & Social ScienceReference & ResearchScience & TechnologyState Databases
Pongalo Movies & TV
Pongalo ofrece la colección más amplia de telenovelas y películas de Hollywood en español disponible en todos los dispositivos populares. Vea más de 10,000 episodios de sus telenovelas y series de televisión favoritas, además de películas de América Latina, España, y EE. EE. ¡Cien por ciento en español y a la carta!
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A comprehensive periodical resource that includes 5,156 full-text titles with more than 39 million databases records. It includes both popular magazines, specialized journals, newspapers, and wire services.
Found In: EducationHealth & MedicineHistory & Social Science
PressReader Magazines & Newspapers
Read more than 2,000 newspapers and 1,000 magazines from around the world. Enjoy titles from 100 countries in 60 languages, including The Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Washington Post, and The L.A. Times.
Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, this database contains full text for popular children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries, and a vast image collection. Students can learn about a variety of topics, such as endangered species, famous musicians, fitness, and space exploration.
Digital historical documents from over 500 years of world history, curated by Gale and partnering libraries from around the world.
Professional Development Collection
A highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for teachers, professional librarians, and education researchers. Includes lesson plans, activities, and professional development activities.
RBdigital Audiobooks Downloadable Audiobooks
Discover thousands of exclusive downloadable audiobook titles, plus content from all major authors and publishers. Available to you with your library card.
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RBDigital Magazines Magazines & Newspapers
RBdigital Magazines, the world's largest newsstand, offers full-color digital magazines for anytime, anywhere reading on desktops, mobile devices, and apps. This collection of popular digital magazines includes both new and backlist titles with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limits.
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Recursos Para Hispanohablantes
Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y ciudadanía en español.
The leading source for business and residential data in the United States, ReferenceUSA has over 356 million detailed historical, current, and new US business records. Also available are Canadian business and healthcare records. Find detailed company information including
executive contact name and title
employee size
SIC and NAICS codes
Form 10-K's
With over 45 customized search options, downloading, and printing capabilities, you can create lists for marketing, building a business plan, discover career opportunities, perform research, and much more.
Referencia Latina
Referencia Latina ofrece artículos de más de 50 películas en español de los Estados Unidos y el mundo.
Found In: EspañolHealth & MedicineReference & ResearchState Databases
Regional Business News Magazines & Newspapers
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. Search newspapers, magazines, and other resources from trusted news sources.
Found In: Business & MoneyNewspapersReference & ResearchState Databases
Rock’s Backpages New!
Online music journalism library Rock's Backpages is the largest database of music journalism online, featuring almost 40,000 articles on thousands of artists from the Beatles to Taylor Swift.
Listen to interviews with Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Freddy Mercury, Kurt Cobain, and hundreds more. Read reviews, essays, obituaries, and more.
Found In: ArtsMusic
An online language learning service that includes 30 languages and offers over 50 hours of foundational immersion instruction at every language level. Rosetta Stone provides core lessons to build reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills and focuses on activities to refine grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation. Mobile users need to follow the Mobile Application Login Instructions for their first session. You will be asked to enter in your Patron ID which is the series of numbers on your library card.
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School Reading Lists
Many of the schools in the library’s service area offer the Accelerated Reader program. Students earn points at school by reading from a list of pre-selected books, and then taking tests about the books.
With ReadtheBooks, you can sort and search your school's list, then click the Check the Catalog button to find and reserve a copy in the library catalog.
Science is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
The award-winning Science Online offers a comprehensive overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines.
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text, science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics include
earth and space science
science as inquiry
ScienceFlix
Offering more than 50 complete units of study with over 8,000 science-related assets in a variety of media, ScienceFlix provides students with a better understanding of science concepts and ideas through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, interactive features and more.
Use the Shakespeare Collection to access and study an extensive collection of authoritative materials supporting literary, textual, historical, and performance studies. Resources include facsimile copies of the First Folio, key Quartos, and major editions and adaptations from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, as well as other works published during Shakespeare's time, prompt books, the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diaries, criticism, reviews, images, and contextual reference works.
Found In: Books & ReadingLiterature
SIRS Issue Researcher
SIRS Knowledge Source provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities.
The Slavery in America digital collection contains more than 600 significant documents of the time--personal narratives, pamphlets, addresses, monographs, sermons, and political speeches--enabling students, faculty and patrons to study the institution of slavery from the 17th century through the end of the 19th century.
Small Business Reference Center
Small Business Reference Center offers full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section, and details on how to create business plans.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
This database provides detailed yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. All of the content is organized in a powerful, easy-to-use manner so that you can quickly find the information you need.
Socrates is a new Las Vegas-based e-learning platform that's fun and educational. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Socrates creates dynamically-adjusting learning paths for each child. This brand new learning tool performs like a video game, with prizes and incentives, as it sharpens math skills for grades K-5. (Language Arts coming soon.) Begin your child's learning journey with Socrates. Free with your library card!
Found In: Education
Something About the Author Online
Something About the Author Online provides first-time comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's™ acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. Something About the Author Online includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 images - all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
Spanish Newspapers
Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive Magazines & Newspapers
Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the popular sports magazine dating from its very first issue in August 1954 through December 2000 presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for more than 220 peer-reviewed journals.
Testing & Education Reference Center
Smart Test Prep
Access full-length, timed practice exams and courses including
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Tyler, the Creator announces new two-sided album, 'Scum F*ck Flower Boy' out July 21
By: Melanie Moccia AXS Contributor Jul 6, 2017
Last week, Tyler, the Creator dropped two new songs and a video, fueling rumors that an album is on the way. Today, Tyler tweeted out the cover art and date of his next album release titled Scum F*ck Flower Boy, out on July 21.
In addition to the album cover art, which shows Tyler surrounded by bees and sunflowers in a field, he also shared the tracklist for the two-sided album. He additionally tweeted that he was responsible for creating one of the album covers, and Epic White did the other. You can check out the full tracklist below.
Tyler hasn't released an album since Cherry Bomb in 2015, so fans have been patiently waiting. Also, after hearing the first two singles "Who Dat Boy?" which features A$AP Rocky and "911/Mr. Lonely" which features Frank Ocean, it's no doubt that this album could be one of Tyler's best.
In addition to dropping a comedic video (which you can watch above) last week, it was also announced that Tyler, the Creator will have a new TV show coming out on Viceland in August. Read more about it here.
Stay tuned for more Tyler, the Creator news on AXS, including the lineup announcement for his annual festival Camp Flog Gnaw, which will take place Oct. 28 and 29 at Exposition Park in Los Angeles.
Tracklist for Scum F*ck Flower Boy
Side 1:
"Foreword"
"Where This Flower Blooms"
"Sometimes..."
"See You Again"
"Who Dat Boy?"
"Pothole"
"Garden Shed"
"Boredom"
"I Ain't Got Time!"
"911/Mr. Lonely"
"Dropping Seeds"
"November"
"Glitter"
"Enjoy Right Now Today"
SCUM FUCK FLOWER BOY: 7/21 pic.twitter.com/b6gonFc3o1
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) July 6, 2017
By: Melanie Moccia AXS Contributor
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The retina is a light-sensing tissue located at the back of the eye. The central portion of the retina is called the macula, and this area is responsible for central vision. When certain macular cells begin to deteriorate, it is called macular degeneration.
Because the macula is at the center of the retina, when it fails a person loses sight in the center of their visual field. The peripheral vision usually remains normal.
Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in the U.S., ahead of glaucoma and cataracts combined.1 People with macular degeneration do not usually go completely blind, but do have trouble seeing faces, driving, reading, writing, doing close work, or any other activity that requires sharp central vision.
What are the types of macular degeneration?
There are two types of age-related macular degeneration:
Dry (atrophic) macular degeneration is by far the most common, occurring in 80-90% of cases.1,2
Wet (exudative) macular degeneration strikes in only 10-20% of cases. It is less common but much more serious. 1,2
Within these two main types, the severity can vary greatly depending on various factors such as genetics, environment, and age.
Stargardt disease, also called Stargardt macular dystrophy or juvenile macular degeneration, is the most common inherited macular dystrophy for both adults and children and affects one in 8,000-10,000 individuals.3 Often times, vision loss slowly occurs during childhood or adolescence, but for some individuals, it may not occur until adulthood, such as in patients with fundus flavimaculatus.
Myopic macular degeneration
Myopic macular degeneration (MMD), also known as pathological myopia or degenerative myopia, is closely associated with choroidal neovascularization (CNV), which is the leading cause of visual impairment in those younger than 50 in the US.4 In highly myopic, very nearsighted, eyes, the ocular tissues (retina and choroid) are gradually stretched as the eye elongates. In some individuals, this stretching may lead to structural damage.
What causes macular degeneration?
For the most part, doctors do not know what causes age-related macular degeneration. Here is what they do know:
Dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common type and involves the gradual deterioration of macular light-sensing cells. Scientists believe that genetic, environmental, and other factors may play a role in the development of dry AMD.
Wet AMD occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow underneath the retina. These vessels tend to leak fluid or bleed, causing damage and distortion of the macula resulting in vision loss.5
Stargardt disease is a hereditary form of macular degeneration that typically begins in childhood or adolescence is caused by a recessive gene mutation.
Myopic macular degeneration (MMD) sometimes occurs in people who are extremely near-sighted (high myopia) and it tends to run in families. Patients with MMD can also develop abnormal, leaky blood vessels similar to those seen in wet AMD, called choroidal neovascularization (CNV).6
Are there common risk factors?
Age is the most common risk factor for macular degeneration. It appears most often in people who are 50 and older.1,2
Individuals who have a family member with macular degeneration are more likely to develop the disease.
Caucasians develop the disease more often than African Americans or Hispanic/Latinos.
Being overweight, having a diet high in fat, or having high blood cholesterol levels also put you at higher risk of developing AMD.
Smoking doubles the risk of developing AMD.1,2,7
What are the symptoms and how is it diagnosed?
Most people with macular degeneration first notice a lack of detail in the center of their vision, blurry spots or dark areas. To diagnose macular degeneration, your ophthalmologist (eye doctor) will use a variety of tests. Most commonly, your doctor will dilate, or widen, your pupils and look at the back of your eye using a special lens.
Other tests to diagnose macular degeneration include:
Fluorescein angiography. A yellow dye (called fluorescein) is injected into a vein, usually in your arm. The doctor then uses a special camera to take photos of the dye as it travels through the blood vessels in the back of your eye. This test allows your doctor to tell if there are new, abnormal blood vessels growing under the retina.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT). Similar to an ultrasound, but instead this test uses light to take detailed cross-sectional pictures of your retina and macula.
Doctors recommend regular eye exams so that macular degeneration can be caught as early as possible.
There is currently no cure for macular degeneration, but there are some lifestyle changes and treatment options that may help to slow the progression of the disease.
Dry AMD
There is no proven treatment for early or late dry AMD, however there are lifestyle changes you can make that may help slow disease progression. Additionally, a large study called AREDS 2 (Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2) showed that those with intermediate dry AMD may be less likely to develop advanced AMD if they took the following supplements2:
Vitamin C (500 mg)
Vitamin E (400 IU)
Lutein (10 mg)
Zeaxanthin (2 mg)
Zinc (80 mg)
Copper (2 mg)
Wet AMD and MMD
Wet AMD and CNV in myopic macular degeneration is treated with drugs called anti-VEGF medicines. These drugs help reduce the number of abnormal blood vessels growing in the retina and also decreases fluid leaking of fluid from those vessels.2
Your doctor may also recommend photodynamic therapy or laser surgery. None of these treatments will cure macular degeneration but it may slow the progression of the disease.
Unfortunately, right now, there is no treatment for Stargardt disease. Research is being done on gene therapies and drug therapies, as well as stem cell therapies. There are also some protective measures you can take to slow down the progression of the disease.
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American Macular Degeneration Foundation. What is Macular Degeneration? Available at https://www.macular.org/what-macular-degeneration. Accessed on January 31, 2019.
American Academy of Ophthalmology. What Is Macular Degeneration? Available at https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/amd-macular-degeneration. Accessed on January 31, 2019.
Tanna P, Srauss RW, Fujinami RW, et al. Stargardt disease: Clinical features, molecular genetics , animal models and therapeutic options. Br J Ophthalmol. 2017; 101(1): 25-30. Doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-308823. Accessed September 27, 2018.
Silva R. Myopic maculopathy: A review. Ophthalmologica. 2012; 228: 197-213. https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/339893. Accessed October 7, 2018.
MedicineNet. Macular Degeneration. Available at https://www.medicinenet.com/macular_degeneration/article.htm#what_is_wet_age-related_macular_degeneration. Accessed on January 31, 2019.
Bright Focus Foundation. Myopic Macular Degeneration. Available at https://www.brightfocus.org/macular/article/myopic-macular. Accessed on January 31, 2019.
National Eye Institute. What you should know about age-related macular degeneration. Available at https://nei.nih.gov/health/maculardegen/armd_facts. Accessed on January 31, 2019.
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Review: “Poor Miss Finch” by Wilkie Collins [1872]
Wilkie Collins is a well known Sensation fiction writer, a genre that was very popular during the 1860s, and largely regarded as the ‘trashy’ novels by contemporaries. Poor Miss Finch is decidedly not a Sensation novel. I have to admit, I had expected this to be one, considering Collins’ reputation.
Instead, Miss Finch is a story about romance that surpasses boundaries and limitations. Narrated by Madame Pratolungo, a Frenchwoman who married a South American democracy activist, she records her time with Lucilla Finch. Left widowed by her husband’s untimely death, Madame Pratolungo accepts a job as a companion to Lucilla, a young woman in her early twenties who has been blind since she a was a year old. Madame Pratolungo moves to the isolated countryside where the Finches live, Lucilla in her own annex, and her father and step-family in the main house with the perpetually pregnant step-mother who is rarely seen without a suckling baby in her arms. The two women strike up a close friendship immediately. Lucilla admonishes Madame Pratolungo to never feel sorry for her blindness and demonstrates that her lack of sight is no barrier to her way of life and even an advantage:
She delighted in putting the room tidy late in the evening, when we helpless people who could see were beginning to think of lighting the candles … We were only allowed to light the candles when they showed us the room magically put in order during the darkness as if the fairies had done it. She laughed scornfully at our surprise, and said she sincerely pitied the poor useless people who could only see! – p. 89
Lucilla falls in love and becomes engaged to a newcomer, Oscar Dubourg, who also has an identical twin brother, Nugent, whose personality is the complete opposite to Oscar’s. During a robbery, Oscar is struck heavily on the head and begins to suffer from injury-induced epilepsy. Lucilla and Oscar postpone their wedding in hopes of Oscar would recover or have his epileptic fits reduce its intensity but to avail.
In desperation, Oscar tries the only known medication that has proven to control epilepsy in the small percentage of patients who dares to try it – Nitrate of Silver which has a horrible side affect. The medication turns the patient’s complexion blue. However, Lucilla has a strong aversion to all dark people, having lived in her own darkness all her life, and so this side affect is kept from her. The dilemma arises when Nugent introduces a well known German oculist to Lucilla who is given hope again that she may yet regain her sight allowing to finally see the face of the man she is marrying.
After the operation, Lucilla slowly regains her sight. Everybody is very nervous at how Lucilla will take Oscar but Nugent has other plans. He has fallen in love with Lucilla and, while she could tell the two brothers apart through touch alone when she was blind, she is ironically left defenseless when she only has her vision to rely on.
While Miss Finch has some very Wilkie Collins narrative devices (shady pasts, identity confusion, twins), it is a very different sort of story to his earlier novels. It is both an exploration of blindness and the senses but also the extent of love. Lucilla’s forward behaviour towards Oscar is deemed inappropriate by Madame Pratulungo:
‘I want to tell him how deeply I feel for him, and how anxious I am to make his life a happier one if i can.’
‘My dear Lucilla! you can’t say this to a young man. It is as good as telling him, in plain words, that you are fond of him!’
‘I am fond of him.’
‘Hush! hush! Keep it to yourself, until you are sure that he is fond of you …’
‘That is very hard on the women. If they feel it first, they ought to own it first.’ – p. 60
The normal social constraints of propriety and the correct ways of how women and men interact do not affect Lucilla because she has never seen how others might look at her and having been used to her own imagination of the world. There are some very interesting aspects to how the blind lives and even more so of the consequences of what might happen when the blind regain their sight. Distinguishing between shapes and colours become very difficult and the world might not be as beautiful as they had imagined. The majority feels pity for the blind but as Lucilla, and Collins, show, accepting impairments that are beyond your control, whatever they may be, might just be the key to happiness.
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Netflix only takes up 8 percent of the time you spend watching video, but the company wants to change that
By CNBC 07.17.18
Though subscriber rates are slowing, Netflix may have another area of growth: Getting people to spend more time watching its content.
“We’re still a small fraction of every society’s overall viewing,” Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said on a call with investors on Monday. “So I think there’s still room to go there.”
Shares of Netflix were down about 10 percent Tuesday morning after the company missed subscriber addition projections during its latest quarterly earnings report. But Hastings pointed out that engagement, which Netflix measures through median view time, was growing, even though the company did not release specific figures.
Netflix said last year average viewing hours per membership rose 9 percent year-over-year. The company also said last year users watched 140 million hours of content per day. Given the company had 117.58 million subscribers by the end of the year, that averages out to little over 50 minutes a day per subscriber.
Using external statistics, Netflix accounts for half of TV streaming time in households with over-the-top services but only 8 percent overall video viewing time including traditional TV, according to Nielsen.
GBH Insights’ internal research found the average Netflix customer spends 10 hours per week on the platform, compared to 5 hours for Amazon and Hulu. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated the average American watches about 19.6 hours of traditional TV a week (2.8 hours a day) for comparison.
There could be room to grow. But the bigger question remains: Do people even have enough time to watch more content?
“When i see the figures of how much time people spend with media it actually makes my brain hurt,” said eMarketer video principal analyst Paul Verna. “If we’re not in a content bubble, we will be because the amount of programming that’s been pumped through this system with digital, cable and broadcast is staggering.”
With Netflix spending up to $8 billion this year in content to draw in more customers, the company seems to be willing to pour in the dollars to make acclaimed and popular shows. The problem is their rivals are stepping up to the challenge. According to FX Research, 487 scripted series alone aired on TV last year.
And TV is willing to become more like Netflix and lower the amount of commercials.
“Ad-supported television is fighting back against the premium SVODS (streaming video on demand services) with high quality scripted series with limited commercial interruption—”
“NBCU and Turner — to improve the viewing experience and more innovative digital marketing to drive tune in,” said Jill Rosengard Hill, executive vice president at media and entertainment research firm Magid.
Disney’s upcoming streaming platform is slated to launch in 2019, while AT&T is expected to pour more dollars into HBO now that the Time Warner acquisition has been completed. (The DOJ is appealing the Time Warner acquisition though.) Others services like Sling TV cut into viewing time.
“With massive competition coming from all angles, Netflix and Hastings have a pivotal 12 to 18 months ahead, especially with [Disney CEO Bob] Iger and Disney laser focused on streaming initiatives with its standalone service launch in 2019 and the Fox assets likely under the hood,” GBH Insights chief strategy officer and head of technology research Daniel Ives said. “With no ads, Netflix has bet the farm on content and subscriber growth, which has been a genius strategy to date. Although new competitive challenges are now on the horizon.”
Competition only going to get worse, eMarketer’s Verna added.
“There aren’t enough hours in the day to watch the shows that are getting a lot of buzz,” Verna said. “I’m reading about a lot of shows that even as someone who tracks the media industry I’ve never heard of. These services are bumping up against people’s limits in terms of available time and in terms of wallet.”
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Plain Modern: The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons
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Название: Plain Modern: The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons
Автор: Malcolm Quantrill , Kenneth Frampton
Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press
Язык: английский / English
It's been our distinct pleasure over the past few years to publish monographs on a select group of young architects and firms whose work represents the best of contemporary design thinking while retaining a distinctive regional sensibility. The Nova-Scotian architect Brian MacKay-Lyons fits neatly into this distinguished list, which includes Marlon Blackwell in the Ozarks, Rick Joy in the Southwest, and Miller/Hull in the Northwest.
Those familiar with Nova Scotia understand the austere beauty of this Canadian landscape, with its wide open skies and rugged terrain pushing up against the Atlantic. MacKay-Lyons's work responds to this unique topography and to the vernacular building traditions that define its communities. His houses, commercial buildings, and public projects combine regional forms with local materials, technologies, and building practices to create works that are linked to their environments right down to their DNA.Peaked gables, shed roofs, and sliding doors are inspired by local barn types; corrugated metal cladding comes from the buildings used by the areas fishing industry; structural wooden frames are based on local ship-building traditions. These elements communicate a sense of place that is sophisticated, accessible, and free of sentimentality.
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Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die Exhibit New York
April 28, 2019 April 28, 2019 Janet Canning Leave a comment
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THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
JEROME AND SIMONA CHAZEN BUILDING / 2 COLUMBUS CIRCLE / NEW YORK, NY 10019
Traveling to New York this spring or summer? Get yersel to the Museum of Art and Design (MADMuseum.org) to see this exhibit. Sponsored by none other than Dr. Martens boots, for who better to do so? This exhibit features the art and design behind the DIY movement that was started by none other than punk rock fans and musicians, and focuses on the design concepts, not necessarily the music itself. Bands represented by The Ramones, Television, The Damned, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, Black Flag, Pere Ubu and more.
The exhibit features the punk rock of the New York scene and British groups from 1976 to 1986, their posters for gigs, fanzines, badges and any other promotional in-your-face graphics, mostly done as cut and paste DIY in most instances. Hand drawn and inked, pasted, and whatever it took flyers, club promos, and DIY independent labels for records. The mainstream music industry shied from punk and post punk bands until they saw how lucrative they were becoming. Sadly, punk itself died out by 1980, as bands signed on to larger labels and started morphing into the post-punk phase of music.
There are several events hosted by the museum over the next few months centered around the punk scene, with photographers David Godlis, and Marcia Resnick. Other events include record label execs, and a Global Punk Film Series.
You know it’s scary when AARP has an article about this. Yup, we’re getting old.
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Confessions of a Punk/Post-Punk Makeup Fan
October 31, 2018 April 28, 2019 Janet Canning Leave a comment
Recently I wrote an article that was featured on one of my favorite blogs and Twitter accounts, www.punkgirldiaries.com and on Twitter @punkgirldiaries. My article is about an episode in my life in my teens when I finally made it to the punk mecca of London, a few years too late. Thank you so much to Polly and co. for letting me write. The article continued with some details I had gathered from people on the Subcultures Group and other outlets. Since these are blogs and we can’t let the articles get too long, it was cleaned up and edited to give you some Pow Wow on the peacocks of punk and post-punk. Check it out here at:
…Not just any old make-up set…
Please, keep up if you can, with the fiendish writings of punkgirldiaries. Always a great insight to everything a punk girl should know.
Update April 2019 The Face of Punk, Jordan Mooney, has a new book out. She tells of her turbulent years at the front and center of punk in London’s Chelsea area. She was one of the makeup and dress queens of the era. For an inside look to her life and what the scene was like, check this article out: Jordan, The Face of Punk
The rest of the article is below:
By J. Canning
Makeup Realities
I used stage makeup from the Dancewear centre upstairs in Castle Street… water based you could paint it on with a brush…Valerie
It’s 1977 to 1980 and what did your average punk girl have to do with little funds and a desire to express herself with makeup have for resources to make that in-your-face statement? London is a theatre town, and much of it started with theatrical makeup. Not every punk girl wanted to start with the clown base. Most punk girls had to shop Woolworths or get eyeliner from Sari shops. Did you get your makeup off a stall in the markets? Use rice powder and mix with whatever the cheapest foundation was you could find? Eyeliner was the staple makeup piece and heaviest used, and it never seemed to wash off. Panda eyes, Egyptian eyes, or mutant Glam eyes, so many choices. Of course lipstick was an absolute must, often blended with several shades to get that right bizarre shade no one manufactured.
Hope and Anchor
Then where did you go to show off, hang out, be with other like minded individuals? In London it was the Beaufort Market and Kings Road areas where the shops were, and Roebuck pub where many soon to be famous people like Phil Lynott and Johnny Lydon (Rotten) hung out. The big magnet being SEX, the shop of Malcolm McClaren and Vivienne Westwood at the World’s End area. Many punk girls seemed enthralled with the sixties icon store Biba, a magical place to go, and carried high-end makeup lines. Districts like Camden Town and Notting Hill where the race riots had occurred were popular hangouts. Portobello Road, Chelsea and clubs like the 100 Club and The Hope and Anchor on Upper Street, where bands like The Stranglers, XTC, U2, The Cure, Joy Division and The Ramones have played. Youth covered the markets and eventually anywhere they could be seen and meet other punks.
As the movement gained momentum and so enraptured and shocked London, many punk women started modeling, and eager photographers followed along, like Derek Ridgers and Jill Furmanovsky. Photographers and videographers were compelled to document the growing scene, there was a thrust, a verve, a movement. And much of it shocked the nation. It became performance art, to put on makeup to the extreme and find the right places to hang out, be seen, make your political statement of the right to express yourself.
However, London was not the only place that had gone punk. Manchester, Liverpool, Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh all had their punk scenes that reflected the local youth and culture. Where did these punk girls get their inspirations from, looking at other women in the crowd, or was it the female band members in their local punk groups that inspired them most? Female pop icons enthralled women and men alike, strong women who would get out there and smolder like all women wanted to and the all girl bands like the Slits or Strawberry Switchblade edged them on. Punk girls simulated a favorite singer or actress and went through phases. Not all punk goddesses could be alike, the point was be as different as you could be. Punk girls wanted to be different looking, but also shown respect and not harassed on the streets for their looks.
All my money went on makeup and second hand clothes. I didn’t want to look like anybody else. Roxy
Many girls saw it as a way to see a fellow punk, identify with someone from the tribe. Places to meet like minded individuals were college campuses, band venues, dance halls and record shops. Sleep all the next day if you didn’t have a job, and start it up again. If they were brave enough to try to learn enough guitar or keyboard they could start a band, and escape to see the world and be part of that music industry thrall. Where sadly many bands never saw a profit from any of their records.
Real Punk Girls Makeup: Makeup on The Streets
What was the daily reality of the punk women of the late 70s, did they consider themselves feminine, or had feminism been turned on its head by punk? Punk was punk and not gender specific, it welcomed everyone that identified with it, and thrashed every aspect of social norms. So how was wearing makeup changing from a 1970s Disco Dolly shine to performance art? Some of the pigment colors were very much a carry over from the Glam era and by the middle 80s had changed to stylized masks. But women had to be very retro in a way, the eyes very reminiscent of the makeup styles of the 1920s used for black and white film, or some of the punk/rockabilly sex bomb look from the 1950s got blended in. Dark, heavy eyes, with bright highlights and later in the 80s, creating a different sideshow art kind of look, following bands like Visage.
The following are accounts from men and women who lived the in punk scene in the UK in the years 1976 to 1982 and what they really did with their everyday punk look.
I don’t remember which brands, though I did love Biba. I wasn’t trying to look ‘pretty’- we were trying to express a different type of femininity I think. I wanted to look striking, and different. Part of it was rejecting the traditional stereotype of girls looking ‘sweet’. –Gaye Bell
Just reread the post- I guess the message was, f*@# looking stereotypically pretty, like you want a man? And a huge reaction to f*@# Farah Fawcett Majors type Californian ‘natural beauty’. Gaye and I caked our faces in the palest shade of panstick. – Rachel Bell
I used felt tip pens for eyeshadow lips drawing cute tattoos on face, daddy was sad he lost his pretty little girl. He came round and my parents would call me in to have a good laugh at what I was going out wearing. We found a way. Homemade diy.- Rose McDowall
Probably from around 1974 ish Germolene as a face mask/moisturiser straight out of the tin. Scraped off after a while with bog roll. Then some old theatre make up we used as kids to dress up. Was still lying around. Bit dried up but good enough as a starter. Black biro, bit later kajal from Cockburn Street market applied with a metal stick in the lid – went on like axel grease and smelt of vick nasal clear and made your eyes water for hours. Later Biba foundation – wee black pot with a twist on lid. The colour of a rich tea biscuit. Oily stuff. Went on nice but kinda curdled by the end of a night out. May have been called china doll shade putty? Unforgettable smell of linseed. Ellenet? Whatever, loads of sticky hairspray after trying sugar and egg white mixes. Ellenet was good for setting face paint too. No, don’t go there. Crazy color for hair. Fab all over shocking pink face and neck dye when it rained. Lips, early days watercolour paint, vaseline and a paint brush – later something black or black cherry. Somehow I still have my own face and hair. Ivy League sold the complete range of Barry M around 1982 or perhaps a year later. Oh the joys, and the boys with black eyeliner. Where did we find the time? Yes certified with a capital W… pale pink antiseptic gunk in a tin. I just used whatever was lying around. And my fertile imagination – Jay Kirkland
I was lazy about it all and lacking in skill. I loved Biba but couldn’t afford it. I remember a brand called Razzle Dazzle I adored, great sparkly stuff. When I could be bothered my AIM was to look like a Warhol painting, so I remember slapping on lots of bright green or purple eyeshadow, bright pink lipstick and as white a face as I could get. I loved kohl (and seem to still be wearing it…) I have an abiding memory of Jackie Brown painstakingly mixing her face colours on an actual palette. And Gaye applying several different lipsticks to arrive at the exact shade she wanted…I used to think the most challenging thing (for me and the world both) was to go out with no make-up at all. It took huge bravery, haha! And what happened then was that I was entirely ignored and invisible. So I think the drama of the paint was to make sure nobody could ignore us. For me it was more about expression than whether or not we were being conventionally attractive – though you’re right Gaye, there was an element of that. – Grace
In some cases… when it got all gothy I gave that a total bodyserve. 6 hours to get ready for two hours posing then go home and take it all off for two hours. Beauty is not skin deep….black and white or tru-gel for me. KY gel was a bridge too far for me haha. Mind you my girlfriend at the time was a hairdresser so mucho products around. – James
Yes not fan of gothy look..but as Grace said there was a bit of our own artistry of sorts involved and making your own statement, and a form of playing and experimenting. But yes inner beauty just as important! – Anne
I put makeup on lots of straight boys, but mostly for gigs or videos. The boys often just did the Johnny Thunders eyeliner look. I think a part of it was kind of advertising who you were and what tribe of people you were akin to. You could spot a like-minded soul a mile away in 1970s Scotland. Part of it was shock value, but I always wanted to be the opposite of what people expected me to be, as they were usually judging me on my appearance. My idea of rebellion was to be polite, friendly and well-mannered, plus I wasn’t a drinker and I didn’t smoke. It took me a long time to stop putting kajal on my inner eyelids and dark shadow under my eyes, but it just looks mad when you get older.- Mairi Ross
Going into the ladies at gigs and getting who ever offered to do the eyeliner for me….. I wonder,you may have done (Mairi), it was quite a regular thing,when I was going through my “Peter Perrett” look phase…if only I’d been skinny it might have worked! – Joe
Various carefully brushed on bright eyeshadows, dark eyeliner, bright lipstick and a dark cherry one I found. Usually the cheapest I could afford, like Rimmel and the cherry lipstick was Mary Quant or Biba. Putting it on took ages, wanted it different and striking. Didn’t go for gothic or anything on the face. Just had to stand out! With my short hair and often androgynous clothes even got mistaken for a boy! In the words of one woman who called me ‘son’, “Aye well ye cannae tell these days!”. – Anne
Miss Selfridge..all those sparkly eyeshadow sticks. The Indian kajal eyeliner in a little tin pot applied with a fine paint brush. Boots green hair gel. Food dye for hair. Max Factor bright pink lipstick. – Patricia-Anne
Razzle Dazzle.. stuff of legends.. came in wee glass pots… gold colours and the like… bit like Barry M today – Valerie
I was more of a Siouxsie Sioux era punk. Unfortunately because of the lack of phones there are only one or two photos somewhere, none that I can retrieve!! I used crimpers on my hair and used to stick my hair up with egg white and sugar!! Black kohl was my go to makeup with very artistic cat eyes, the lines of the khol running from mid nose to temple. And the same black kohl on my lips. My style went from ratty holy jeans, monkey boots, and ripped t shirt to seditionary jeans and tops(all with straps and buckles) and boots with countless buckles on them as well. I had a nose piercing to which I hung a chain (I think it had elephants on it) to my ear. I counted myself as a peacock punk, a little young to be there at the beginning, but in my teens still railed against anything that was considered the norm. – Tracii
I didn’t start wearing eyeliner until 1985, so I am excluded. Dunno – the time was right. Always interesting to realise it was no big deal in London, but going back to Bradford contained more questions..! I think i wore make-up very much NOT to be attached to any sort of Youth Culture. Goth – No,. Well, yes, sure. I liked the idea of subverting ‘femininity’ at the time and I was a man with a wide feminine streak etc. – Chris
Kohl eyeliner and red lipstick . X – Radge
For me it was camouflage something to hide behind but I eventually gained my confidence through my punk years and learned I could be an individual and not a follower. It also allowed me to think for myself, too political and many other things too. – Maureen
My name is Mud. I got into Punk in 1978, when I was 14/15 years old. I lived, and still do, in the South West of Scotland. London, the epicentre of Punk may well have been in another galaxy! Apart from Top of the Pops, John Peel on the radio and music papers like Sounds and NME, I lived surrounded by flares, long hair, disco and beigeness. As a skint teenager I “borrowed” make up from my Mum’s Avon collection and saved up for my first Max Factor kohl eyeliner. I was inseparable from my black eyeliner for the next six years ……..My first gig was The Undertones in Glasgow in May 1980. Looking back I dressed more like an extra to “This is England”, skinhead look as I was on my own loving Punk. Skinhead with long fringe, grandad shirt, lightweight combat trousers and monkey boots, I even had a Harrington jacket, no make up apart from brown eyeshadow ℅ Avon and eyeliner. Lots of eyeliner. Krazy colour hair dye. After using, and luckily not losing our hair to Sun In. We wanted to go bright hair by 1982. We could only get it in a shop in Rose St, Edinburgh. No internet back in the day. My style evolved as I attended gigs. Edinburgh was our Mecca and we absorbed what we saw every time we made the trip to the Capital. Saw Dead Kennedys, Crass, Poison Girls, The Fall and Killing Joke at The Nite Club. Exposed to hard anarchic views and culture. My mate and myself discovered Sun In hair lightener. We were aiming for peroxide white – as you’ll see from the photos this didn’t happen. I traveled up on my own to see Siouxsie and the Banshees- style icon. I by then had my leather biker jacket, bondage trousers and mini kilt – thought I looked the part. Black hair back combed, but nothing like the goddess herself. We did a night in Glasgow followed by a night in Edinburgh at Adam and the Ants, circa Kings of the Wild Frontier. Suddenly we were peacocks, but it was fine as Adam had/was a punk. The fun had started and we were members of a new family, well for a couple of months. – Caroline
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Warship Wednesday, July 31, 2019: “80 Sen,” or a young Yamamoto’s Italian Stallion
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places. – Christopher Eger
Warship Wednesday, July 31, 2019: 80 Sen
NHHC Collection Photo # NH 83034
Here we see a crooked image from the files of the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence, likely a quick snapshot taken from the deck of a rented junk, showing the coastal defense ship (formerly classified as an armored cruiser, or junjokan) Nisshin of the Imperial Japanese Navy as she sat at a Hong Kong mooring buoy, in October 1920. Note the Emperor’s chrysanthemum marking on the bow, and inquisitive members of her crew on the side– likely wondering just who was in the approaching small boat with the camera. You wouldn’t know it to look at her, but this ship had once gone toe-to-toe with a much larger opponent and come out on top, although with the scars to show it.
If you like that photo, how about another two taken the same day, with her crew’s laundry drying and a picturesque junk added for Hong Kong flavor:
NH 83032
Anywho, you didn’t come here for Hong Kong laundry stories.
Built around the turn of the Century by Gio. Ansaldo & C shipbuilders, Genoa, Italy, as an updated version of the Giuseppe Garibaldi armored cruiser class, Nisshin (or Nissin, a name that roughly translates to “Japan”) was designed by Italian naval architect Edoardo Masdea as a vessel only smaller than a 1st-rate (pre-dreadnought) battleship of the era, yet larger and stronger than most cruisers that could oppose it.
The Garibaldi class was innovative (for 1894,) with a 344-foot long/7,200-ton hull capable of making 20-knots and sustaining a range of more than 7,000 nm at 12 when stuffed with enough coal. Although made in Italy, she was almost all-British from her Armstrong batteries to her Bellville boilers, Whitehead torpedoes, and Harvey armor.
Armored with a belt that ran up-to 5.9-inches thick, Garibaldi could take hits from faster cruisers and gunboats while being able to dish out punishment from a pair of Elswick (Armstrong) 10-inch guns that no ship smaller than her could absorb. Capable of outrunning larger ships, she also had a quartet of casemate-mounted torpedo tubes and extensive rapid-fire secondary batteries to make life hard on the enemy’s small ships and merchantmen.
These cruisers were designed for power projection on a budget and the Argentine Navy, facing a quiet arms race between Brazil and Chile on each side, needed modern ships. They, therefore, scooped up not only the Garibaldi (commissioned in 1895) but also the follow-on sister-ships General Belgrano and General San Martín (built by Orlando of Livorno in 1896) and Genoa-made Pueyrredón (1898) to make a quartet of powerful cruisers. These ships, coupled with a pair of battleships ordered later in the U.S., helped make the Argentine navy for about two decades the eighth most powerful in the world (after the big five European powers, Japan, and the United States), and the largest in Latin America.
The design was well-liked, with Spain moving to buy two (but only taking delivery of one in the end, the ill-fated Cristóbal Colón, which was sunk at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish American War) and Italy electing to purchase five further examples of the type.
Why all the talk about Argentina and Italy?
Well, because Nisshin and her sistership Kasuga were originally ordered by the Italians in 1900 as Mitra (Yard #130) and Roca (#129), respectively, but then sold while still on the ways to Argentina to further flesh out the fleet of that South American country’s naval forces, who dutifully renamed them Mariano Moreno and Rivadavia.
At some 8,500-tons (full), these final Garibaldis were 364-feet long overall and were roughly the same speed and carried the same armor plan (with Terni plate) as their predecessors.
However, they differed in armament, with Mitra/Rivadavia/Kasuga carrying a single 10-inch EOC gun forward and twin 8″/45s aft, while Roca/Moreno/Nisshin carried the twin 8-inchers both forward and aft.
Stern 8″/45 (20.3 cm) turret on armored cruiser Nisshin on 24 October 1908. Ship’s officers with USN officers from USS Missouri (B-11) during “Great White Fleet” around the world cruise. Note the landing guns on the upper platform. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 82511.
[Of note, the same 8-inch EOC guns were also used on other British-built Japanese armored cruisers (Adzuma, Asama, Iwate, Izumo, Tokiwa, and Yakumo) so they weren’t too out of place when Japan took delivery of these ships in 1904 instead of Argentina.]
Both Mitra/Rivadavia/Kasuga and Roca/Moreno/Nisshin were launched, fitted out and ran builders’ trials in Italy under the Argentine flag.
Armada Argentina crucero acorazado ARA Moreno, at 1903 launch. Note Italian and Argentine flags. Colorized photo by Atsushi Yamashita/Monochrome Specter http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/
Nisshin Running trials under the Argentine flag, probably in late 1903, just before her purchase by the Japanese NH 58664
Running trials under the Argentine flag, probably in late 1903, just before her purchase by the Japanese. Photo credited to her builder Ansaldo. NH 58665
With the Japanese and Imperial Russia circling each other tensely in late 1903, and Argentina not really wanting to take final delivery of these new cruisers, Buenos Aries shopped them to the Tsar’s kopeck-pinching Admiralty only to be rebuffed over sticker shock, leaving the Tokyo to pick them up for £760,000 each– considered a high price at the time but a bargain that the Russians would likely later regret. The Argentines would later reuse the briefly-issued Moreno and Rivadavia names for their matching pair of Massachusetts-built battleships in 1911.
Nisshin photographed at Genoa, Italy in January 1904. This ship was built in Italy by Ansaldo of Genoa and competed on January 17, 1904. Courtesy of Mr. Tom Stribling, 1987. NH 101923
With a scratch British/Italian contract delivery crew, Kasuga and Nisshin (their names are taken from Meiji-period steam warships of the 1860s) set sail immediately for the Far East and were already outbound of Singapore by the time the balloon finally went up between the Russians and Japanese in February 1904. The sisters were soon in the gun line off Russian-held Port Arthur, lending their fine British-made batteries to reducing that fortress, and took part in both the ineffective Battle of the Yellow Sea in August 1904 (where Nisshin was lightly damaged) and the much more epic Battle of Tsushima in May 1905.
Carrying the flag of VADM Baron Misu Sotarō, Nisshin fired something on the order of 180 heavy shells during Tsushima, exchanging heavy damage with the 15,000-ton Russian battleship Oslyabya and others– taking several 12-inch hits to show for it. The Japanese cruiser had three of her four 8-inch guns sliced off and a number of her crew, to include a young Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto, wounded. The future commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II had the index and middle fingers on his left hand shorn off by a splinter, earning him the wardrobe nickname “80 sen” as a manicure cost 10 sen per digit at the time.
The forward gun turret and superstructure of the Japanese armored cruiser Nisshin following the Battle of Tsushima, showing 8-inch guns severed by Russian 12-inch shells
From a different angle
Aft turret of Armored Cruiser Nisshin damaged in the Battle of Tsushima
Starboard 12-pound gun of Armored Cruiser Nisshin damaged in the Battle of Tsushima
Oslyabya, in turn, was ultimately lost in the course of the battle, taking the Russian Squadron’s second-in-command, Capt. Vladimir Ber, and half of her crew with her to the bottom of the Korea Strait.
Japanese cruiser Nisshin, listed as June 24, 1905, at Kure, which is just a month after Tsushima and may be an incorrect date as she looks almost brand new. Colorized photo by Atsushi Yamashita/Monochrome Specter http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/
For both Kasuga and Nisshin, Tsushima was their brightest moment under the Rising Sun.
Greatly modified later with Japanese-made Kampon boilers replacing their Italian ones, along with a host of other improvements, Kasuga went on to serve as a destroyer squadron flagship in World War I looking out for German surface raiders and escorting Allied shipping between Australia and Singapore. She later took Imperial troops to Vladivostok in 1918 as part of the Allied Intervention into the Russian Civil War.
Nisshin during WWI. Colorized photo by Atsushi Yamashita/Monochrome Specter http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/
As for Nisshin, she also spent her time as a destroyer squadron leader on the lookout for the Kaiser’s wolves and was later dispatched to the Mediterranean as part of the Japanese 2nd Special Squadron (Suma-class cruiser Akashi, the cruiser Izumo, 8 Kaba-class destroyers and 4 Momo-class destroyers). Deployed in late 1917, the squadron was tasked with riding shotgun over Allied troopships steaming between Malta and Salonica and from Alexandria to Taranto and Marseille.
Photographed at Port Said, Egypt, on October 27, 1917. The early French mixed battery pre-dreadnought Jauréguiberry (1893-1934) can be seen at left background. Courtesy of Mr. Tom Stribling, 1987. NH 101922
In all, the force escorted nearly 800 ships and engaged German and Austrian subs something like 40 times (although without sinking any).
After the Armistice, selected crews from the Squadron marched in the 1919 victory parades in Paris and London.
To close out Japan’s involvement in the Great War, Nisshin returned home with seven captured German U-boats, (U-46, U-55, U-125, UC-90, UC-99, UB-125, and UB-143) after stops in Malta and other friendly ports along the way from England to Yokosuka, arriving there in June 1919. The former German boats went on to an uninteresting life of their own under the Kyokujitsu-ki, used for testing, salvage exercises and floating jetties. While most of these submarines were low-mileage vessels of little notoriety, U-46 (Hillebrand) and U-55 (Blue Max winner Willy Werner) were very successful during the war, accounting for 116 Allied vessels of some 273,000 tons between them.
IJN Nissin at Malta with captured German UC-90 U-boat, via IWM
Nisshin, photographed March 1919, with the ex-German submarines O-4 (ex-UC-90) and O-5 (ex-UC-99) alongside. NH 58666
Nisshin, photographed in March 1919, with the ex-German submarines O-4 (ex-UC-90) and O-5 (ex-UC-99) alongside. NH 58667
Japanese Cruiser Nisshin U-boats escorting surrendered German submarines allocated to Japan, March 1919, Malta, by Frank Henry Algernon Mason, via the IWM
Disarmed and largely relegated to training tasks, Nisshin and Kasuga were put on the sidelines after the Great War, replaced by much better ships in the Japanese battle line.
Hulked, Nisshin was eventually disposed of as part of a sinkex in the Inland Sea in 1936, then raised by Shentian Maritime Industry Co., Ltd, patched up and sunk a second time in 1942 during WWII by the new super battleship Yamato, whose 18.1″/45cal Type 94 guns likely made quick work of her.
Her immediate sister, Kasuga, used as a floating barracks at Yokosuka, was sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in July 1945 then later raised and scrapped after the war. Incidentally, the two Japanese Garibaldis outlasted their Italian sisters, all of which were disposed of by the 1930s. Their everlasting Argentine classmates, however, lingered on until as late as 1954 with the last of their kind, ARA Pueyrredon, ironically being towed to Japan for scrapping that year.
Of note, the British 8″/45s EOCs removed from Nisshin, Kasuga and the other Japanese 1900s armored cruisers in the 1920s and 30s were recycled and used as coastal artillery, including four at Tokyo Bay, four at Tarawa (Betio) and another four at Wake Island once it was captured in 1941.
Japanese Special Naval Landing Force troops mount a British-made, Vickers eight-inch naval cannon into its turret on Betio before the battle. This film was developed from a Japanese camera found in the ruins while the battle was still on. Via http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Tarawa/index.html
Destruction of one of the four Japanese eight-inch EOC guns on Betio caused by naval gunfire and airstrikes, 1943. Department of Defense photo (USMC) 63618
Nisshin’s name was reused for use on a well-armed seaplane/midget submarine carrier that saw extensive action in WWII during the Guadalcanal campaign, where she was lost. It has not been reused further.
Jane 1914 entry, listing the class as first-class cruisers
Displacement: 7,700 t (7,578 long tons) std, 8,500 full
Length: 366 ft 7 in (o/a), 357 wl
Beam: 61 ft 5 in
Draft: 24 ft 1 in, 25.5 max
Machinery: (1904)
13,500 ihp, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines, 8 Ansaldo marine boilers, 2 shafts
Speed: 20 knots at 14,000 shp, although in practice were limited to 18 at full load.
Range: 5,500 nmi at 10 knots on 1316 tons of coal, typically just 650 carried
Complement: 600 as built, 568 in Japanese service.
Armor: (Terni)
Belt: 2.8–5.9 in
Deck: 0.79–1.57 in
Barbette: 3.9–5.9 in
Conning tower: 5.9 in
Armament:
2 twin 8″/45 EOC (classified as Type 41 guns by the Japanese)
14 single QF 6″/45 Armstrong “Z” guns
10 single QF 3″/40 12-pdr Armstrong “N” guns
6 single QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns
2 Maxim machine guns
2 landing howitzers
4 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes in casemates
4 single QF 6″/45 Armstrong “Z” guns
4 single QF 3″/40 12-pdr Armstrong “N” guns
1 single 76/40 AAA
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Chris attended Howard University and graduated with a degree in Economics and a minor in Political Science in 2015. Throughout his summers, he interned for both Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Oakland office and the Congressional Black Caucus. After college graduation, he got a job in Washington, D.C. as Congresswoman Lee’s scheduler, a job he has held for the past two years. When reminiscing about his time at SJND, his fondest memories include being on the baseball field and attending Grad Night... read more
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Academic Immersion 2019: Pilots Explore Ecuador and Yellowstone National Park
Science was the main focus of the Academic Immersion opportunities offered to SJND students over the 2019 Easter Break, which included trips to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, and Yellowstone National Park.
Each year, SJND offers its students the opportunity to discover a new country (or countries) through partnering with educational tour organizations on an international trip. This year’s trip, led by Mrs. Kristina Taylor, brought over 30 students to South America to explore Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
Students and faculty began their trip in Quito, Ecuador’s capital city high up in the Andean foothills, where they visited the Santo Domingo Monastery and the Intinan Museum. Participants also had the unique opportunity to stand in both hemispheres at the same time during their visit to the equatorial line.
The group then embarked on a five-day tour around the Galapagos Islands, stopping at some of the same locations where Charles Darwin conducted the research that led to his theory of evolution. The group saw an abundance of wildlife while snorkeling and hiking, and spent time learning about the giant tortoises from which the islands took their name.
Meanwhile, Ms. Laura Diaz led a delegation of students to Yellowstone National Park where students became park researchers for the week while learning more about scientific process, wildlife biology and wildlife tracking methods. The course, led by Ecology Project International, combined classes with field activities, including snowshoeing and hiking, observing wildlife in Lamar Valley, and exploring some of the park’s geothermal features.
The group was fortunate to see many bison on the trip, an amazing sight to see and the focus of much of their research, specifically, how the animal shares the land with other ungulates like elk, mule deer, pronghorn, and bighorn sheep.
Data collected during their trip will help biologists better understand how the park’s ungulate species share the landscape as they search for food, water, and protection from predators. They will also present their findings to their AP Environmental Studies (APES) classmates.
SJND is proud to offer our students unique experiences that enable learning outside the classroom. Next year, a group of SJND students and faculty will journey into the heart of Central America to experience Costa Rica and Panama.
Click here to view additional photos from the Ecuador and Galapagos Islands Trip
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Power Systems Design: Car tech boot camp autoXLR8R 2014 launches in Spring Hill
Following an arduous eight-week selection process, seven emerging automotive technology companies will descend upon Spring Hill, Tenn., on May 19 to begin the autoXLR8R program, a 13-week entrepreneurial boot camp focused on bringing high-potential automotive technologies to market. The list of companies includes six from Tennessee and one from Hong Kong, China…“As the needs of the automotive industry continue to change and with vehicle technologies constantly evolving, it is our job to deliver applicable solutions,” said program manager Jack Sisk. “The seven companies that we have brought into the autoXLR8R are developing innovative technologies that will directly address immediate needs of auto manufacturers and have the potential to impact how vehicles are designed moving forward.”Nashville Business Journal: What recent tech deals mean for Nashville’s startup scene
Two recent tech acquisitions spell good news for the future of Nashville’s startup ecosystem, according to leaders of Music City’s effort to grow that part of the economy. Last week, Nashville social media marketing company Moontoast acquired Spendship, a locally-based app company. A few weeks ago, user-generated news content platform Cell Journalist was picked up by Candian-based ScribbleLive, as reported by Southern Alpha. “These two are examples of young companies that see opportunities to merge and be part of something larger,” said Michael Burcham, president and CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center…Both Cell Journalist and Spendshift are outside of Nashville’s traditional marquis industry of health care, an area where the city has seen a lot of traction within the startup space but that many have called for the city to grow beyond.
Memphis Daily News: Bioworks Foundation Wins $200,000 EPA Grant
Memphis Bioworks is one of 18 grantees for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The EPA made the announcement on Monday, May 12, and each grant is worth $200,000…The Memphis Bioworks Foundation “Clean & Green” training program is designed to provide support for the city of Memphis Clean and Green Initative. The grant will provide training for 75 students and is the second EPA/EWDJT grant Memphis Bioworks has received. A $300,000 grant issued in 2012 provided training for 110 persons, 65 of whom already have been placed in full-time jobs.
PEW States: State Governments Look to Entrepreneurs for Creativity, Efficiency
Corporate America increasingly has sought them in recent years to help identify and develop possible new products or services, and to help shake up staid thinking. The chief evangelist for putting them in state government, Ingrid Vanderveldt, comes from Dell, the technology giant, which in 2011 embraced the idea of reaching out to entrepreneurs as part of its strategy to sell its computing services to the business world. Vanderveldt, who had several successful startups of her own, now oversees Dell’s $100 million innovators credit fund to help startups finance technology tools, along with Dell’s center for entrepreneurs that offers advice to budding businesses….As the federal entrepreneur legislation languished, Vanderveldt turned to state capitals. She began offering lawmakers model legislation shaped from Honda’s bill and adaptable to the needs of a particular state. In addition to Austin, Texas, she’s been to capitals in Connecticut, Tennessee and California to testify or advocate for it. The goal, she said, is the same: to bring entrepreneurial thinking “from the outside in” to government agencies to create a better climate for starting a business.
CNBC: Bubble 2.0? Venture capitalists say no
The thing about bubbles—by the time they start bursting, it’s usually too late. But for now, most venture capitalists see little worry about that, and remain bullish on funding for start-ups and they continue to justify sky-high, pre-IPO tech valuations. For sure, VCs are in the business of hunting for the next big moneymaker and rarely talk down the future of the market they are fueling. At the Venturescape Conference, a gathering of the National Venture Capital Association which opens in San Francisco on Tuesday, pros are talking about their latest investments and forecasting what’s going to be hot in the future.
Inc.: 5 Things You Need to Know Today
1. Rising Above the Noise–Twitter announced that it’s introducing a “muting” feature, which lets users “edit” their Twitter experience and hide certain users and their tweets from view. Now might be the time to improve your tweeting skills…3. The Value of a Grand Delusion–Despite the fact that entrepreneurs know that most startups fail, they’re driven to start businesses anyway, usually fueled by a cocktail of self-confidence, ego, and incurable optimism. That drive is pretty beneficial for the economy. As James Surowiecki writes: “In the delusions of entrepreneurs are the seeds of technological progress.”Entrepreneur: How to Attract (and Keep) Your First 100 Customers
Every young business faces the challenge of acquiring its first users, but before we dive into specific strategies for doing just that, it’s important to remember who these first customers are and what they mean for your company…look at these primary participants as your beta users. Actively solicit their feedback and use their suggestions to improve your product. Once they see your responsiveness and the quality of the product you’re offering, they’ll become the brand evangelists needed to power the next stage of growth. Now, with that in mind, here are three ideas for finding your first 100 “beta test” customers.
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Sundance Canyon
If you are using this information for your own trip, please read this disclaimer and description of my abilities.
Sundance Canyon (approx. 7.4km) in Banff National Park is a relatively easy stroll to a more moderate hike up the canyon itself. After having lived in the Bow Valley for a few years, I was a bit ashamed to say that I had never done the walk out to Sundance Canyon, so I did it today. The trail starts on the other side of the Cave and Basin at the end of Cave Avenue in the Town of Banff.
Great Views from the Sundance Canyon Trail
The pathway there is paved, and a bit boring that way, but it offers great views and leads you to a canyon that is well worth the walk. Winding its way along the Bow River, which was pretty high and muddy at this time of year, the trail offers views of the sharp spire of Mount Edith, Mount Cory, Mount Bourgeau, and on the return, Mount Rundle.
Spire of Mount Edith
At one point, I came across a tree that had been cut down and laid across the creek coming down the Sundance Canyon. The trail continued straight however, and it got me thinking that sometime in the past someone used that tree to cross the creek, who knows why. That’s one thing I love about exlporing this area and the Rockies in general – there is always a story behind what you see and mini-mysteries that can keep your mind busy thinking of hypotheses.
Tree Bridge
Either at the beginning or the end of your hike, you can also pay a visit (free to locals) to the Cave and Basin National Historic Site to learn more about the formation of the Parks System in Canada. It’s a pretty funky spot with a lot of history. It’s especially fitting as Banff National Park celebrates its 125th birthday this year. “Discovered” in 1883, this site of natural hot springs (reeking of sulphur) presented a great controversy over its ownership. The dispute was eventually settled by the government claiming the hot springs as for all people in the nation of Canada and establishing the 26 km2 Hot Springs Reserve in 1885. Two years later, the Rocky Mountains Park Act expanded the reserve to 405 km2.
The Cave and Basin
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Patience, gentleness. I wrote a post five years ago about my emergence from early motherhood and finally finding more vitality. It's become an important discussion on my social media feeds in the past few days, so I thought I'd repost it as it is still just as relevant. See link in profile. // At the time, I was surprised to discover how long it could take to feel like I was back in my own skin again. It's not the same for every new parent, but I wish I'd known how long it could take so I wouldn't have been so hard on myself, wondered why I was having such a hard time, or been resentful of other women who seemed to slide back into life and sports (and their usual pant size) so quickly. // This time around, I've been much more patient and gentle with myself. I'm finally re-emerging from having my second child, and even through that process, I'm reminding myself to ease my way back into things. Photo by @paulzizkaphoto. #motherhood #freelancingfamily #postpartum
These two. 💕 We’re going through lots of changes here with daycare starting in February. Are we already near the two-year mark since Léa joined our little family?? I recently read that it takes two years for a mother to reintegrate herself into life, post-baby, and I wholeheartedly agree. I mean, we’re never really the same but around 24 months I know I start to reclaim my “self” in the picture. Life is full of amazing opportunities, and I feel so blessed to be mom to these two and also pursuing projects I love. #freelancingfamily #adventurousparents #motherhood
Thank you. 💜 Making my book announcement this week was a terrifying experience. I signed that contract ages ago, and it took me many months to build up the courage to put the project out into the universe. My announcement means that I now have all of you to hold me accountable. And seeing your excitement and encouragement about the project has helped me quiet "the crazy aunt upstairs" (ie. my nagging inner voice) who tells me: "Who the heck is going to care about any of this!?" I care, and just knowing that some of you do too means the world to me. These more vulnerable projects can feel like walking a ridgeline. We need to remain humble, yet also confident in our skills and the idea that our story is one that's worth telling. Photo: Paul Zizka
Six years ago, I made a commitment to myself to one day write a book that would chronicle my adventures and transition to parenthood. ⏭ Fast-forward and life got busy, I had another kid, started a few businesses, put together four photo travel books with Paul and, voilà, the project was perpetually put on hold. But the dream never faded and in the fall of 2018, I connected with my publisher and finally got the wheels in motion. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With that, I'm excited to announce that I signed a book contract for a travel memoir to be published by Rocky Mountain Books in Fall 2022! 📖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Travel memoir" is the best I can do to distill the book down to its essence, but it spans the past 15 years, and tracks my journey West and then off the beaten track. It spans oceans and continents, from peaks to valleys, as I learn to navigate an adventure-filled life, unlike anything I was raised with, and guide my young kids down the same bumpy path. It's not a book about parenting, so much as about adventure amplified with children added to the mix, and what it means to choose adventure as a way of life in all its many facets. 🛣 As of today, I'm 33,792 words in and I can tell I have plenty of work ahead. But I'm in love with the process and the opportunity to relive my memories as I shape them into this book. 💜
My newsletter goes out tomorrow and it'll be the first place I make an exciting announcement about an upcoming project inspired by moments like these. 😁 If you’d like to join the list you can do that here at the link in my profile: http://eepurl.com/1xaYL About the photo: 🌅 Sunset off the beaches of Maupiti, French Polynesia (2014). Our nights were sleepless, but it was one of the most magical places I’ve ever been – the freshest fish, the bluest water and white sand beaches where Maya learned to walk. @PaulZizkaPhoto #adventurousparents #freelancingfamily #travel #maupiti #parentingabroad #zizkasabroad
It’s only January 4th and I already have my favourite photo of the year. It was looking like a no-nap day at daycare yesterday. But later Léa snuck off while the big kids played a board game and my childcare provider-friend found her cuddled up next to Riley. My heart. 💕💕💕
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Alex Hawk - Photos - Harness and Jockstrap
Exclusive solo set featuring Alex Hawk!
Steve Sommers and Alex Hawk - Knock, Knock
Decked out like a proper whore--boots, black jockstrap, and a harness--Alex Hawk is all alone in his room, stretching himself open while awaiting the arrival of his fuck buddy. And the moment Steve Sommers walks in, he's on his knees, eating out Alex's hole. But this is no ordinary sex scene. It's about much more than sticking a dick in a hole, pumping it full of meat and getting off. This scene is about foreplay, the prelude to bareback fucking... building towards that moment when you have to have what you need, and the agony of taking it slow with controlled precision. When Steve finally penetrates Alex, you'll swear you can feel it regardless of whether you're top or bottom. What follows is intense bareback action, with well-seasoned and experienced pornsters who understand that sometimes there is more to fucking than just busting a load. As they build towards a climax, Steve eventually spews all over Alex's balls and eats his own cum. Alex follows, cumming on his belly, for Steve to savor.
Alex Hawk - Photos - Bedroom Harness
Leather and Cock - A Compilation
Many will say that there's nothing like the smell of leather. Others will tell you that there's nothing like cock... hard, throbbing, and angry. And then there are those, like us, who will tell you that there's nothing like leather AND cock. Preferably at the same time. You see, there's just something intoxicating about the scent of one, versus the flavor of the other. We'll leave you to decide which one you want to sniff and which one you'd rather lick. All we know is that in this bareback compilation, featuring Brendan Patrick, Dax Librastic, Harper Davis, Dallas Steele, and Alex Hawk, there's nothing like leather and cock to overwhelm the senses.
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In real life, all any of us want is someone to play with. Or, if you're more on the romantic end of things, we want, like the song says, someone to watch over me. But since we're Bareback That Hole and we're all about the raw energy--meaning skin-to-skin cock-in-hole contact--Someone to play with is, in this instance, Joel Someone. The hairy-chested beautifully hung guy-next-door-type sizzles in this compilation featuring Joel bareback fucking Alex Hawk, Drake Michaels, Tristan Matthews, and bearded Harper Davis. Filled with plenty of sex noise, skin slapping skin, and that big cock pounding hole and spewing spectacular loads, Someone To Play With showcases four of the hottest scenes we've filmed with Joel, who will leave you breathless and drooling!
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Margaret for Woodbridge
Franklin picks up multiple endorsements in Woodbridge race
WOODBRIDGE — A political newcomer in Prince William County has turned the heads of some established Democrats in the region.
Margaret Franklin is running to unseat fellow Democrat and Woodbridge District Supervisor Frank Principi in a June 11 Primary Election.
Today, Franklin’s campaign sent us an email that included multiple endorsements from the following state, and locally-elected officials:
Atif Qarni, Virignia Secretary of Education and former Beville Middle School teacher
“I am pleased to announce my strong support for Margaret Angela Franklin in her candidacy for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. Margaret is a leader in our community who believes in equity and fairness within our education system. She will be a strong advocate for parents, teachers and students and is committed to making Prince William County the model for academic success.”
*Atif Qarni currently serves as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia*
Delegate Luke Torian (Delegate for the 52ndDistrict)
“I am pleased to endorse Margaret Angela Franklin for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. Margaret’s belief that we must work together to build a Prince William County that reflects the best of who we are is important to moving our county forward. Everyone deserves a seat at the table to make Prince William County a place we call home and I believe that Margaret Angela Franklin is a qualified policy maker, advocate, and leader. I look forward to her leadership on the Board of County Supervisors.”
Mayor Jeanette Rishell, Manassas Park
“I am delighted to enthusiastically endorse Margaret Angela Franklin for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for the Woodbridge District. Serving with Margaret on our local transportation board has shown me first hand that she is a dedicated leader. I look forward to seeing her leadership as a member of the Board of Supervisors.”
Loree Williams, Prince William County School Board, Woodbridge District
“I am pleased to endorse Margaret Angela Franklin for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for the Woodbridge District,” said Williams. Margaret is a proven leader who can build bridges across our district to move us all forward together.
Councilwoman Selonia Miles, Councilwoman for the Town of Dumfries
“I am honored to endorse Margaret Angela Franklin for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for the Woodbridge District,” said Councilwomen Miles. “During a time when we need bold leadership in Prince William County, Margaret’s experience in creating public policy is critical. Margaret is a qualified leader that will create a partnership between the Potomac and Woodbridge Districts that will help move the eastern end of the county forward.”
Read More: https://potomaclocal.com/2019/05/17/franklin-picks-up-multiple-endorsements-in-woodbridge-race/
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Category: Economic Theory
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Hacking The Economy To Determine An Election: Is It Happening? / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Dan_Amerman
On August 27th, 2019, in an editorial published in Bloomberg, William Dudley, the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank Of New York, did what had previously been considered unthinkable. The foundation premise of the Federal Reserve is that it is supposed to be completely nonpartisan, insulated from all political considerations. However, Dudley wrote that Donald Trump was a threat to the Federal Reserve and the nation, and urged Fed officials to make decisions that would take into account the need to keep Trump from being reelected.
The freezing up of the repurchase agreement (repo) market had nearly collapsed the U.S. financial system as one part of the financial crisis of 2008, however, the market had enjoyed 11 years of relative calm since then. Three weeks after Dudley's editorial, during the week of September 16th, 2019, the repo market returned to crisis mode and was likely saved only by emergency interventions on the part of the Federal Reserve. A contributing factor was some major mistakes that were made by career officials at the New York Fed - Dudley's former staff.
If the current related crises in the repurchase agreement market and with the funding of the national debt continue and get worse (which is far from certain at this time), crossing over into the wider markets, interest rates and the economy, it could become one of the defining political events of our lifetimes.
Intellectual Property as the New Guild System / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Frank_Hollenbeck
The standard justification for intellectual property — i.e., patents and copyrights and trademarks — is that the creative process would be significantly reduced if such protection did not exist. The underlying assumption is that the financial reward must be augmented by a grant of exclusivity enforced by the coercive power of government. Because we can freely copy an invention, innovation or other creative ideas, a financial reward is viewed as necessary for these intangible ideas unlike a tangible object sold in the marketplace.
But did inventors or artists starve before IP laws? The answer is no because they benefited from the first-to-market advantage. Boldrin and Levine explain how during the 19th century British authors with IP protection in the UK would sometimes make more money off their non-IP protected US sales by reaching an agreement (a contract) with a US publisher and then flooding the US market with cheap original copies.1 Since any potential copycat will wait to see if an idea is successful, the gains of being first-to-market could be substantial. Many drug makers retain important market share on a drug even though their patent protection has expired and the market is awash with cheaper generic alternatives. There are also many other indirect ways to profit from creative ideas. Many artists make more money off concerts and other appearances than from the original digital sales of their song.
Economics Is Like Quantum Physics / Economics / Economic Theory
By: John_Mauldin
I often say a writer is nothing without readers. I am blessed to have some of the world’s greatest. Your feedback never fails to inspire and enlighten me.
My last week’s That Time Keynes Had a Point letter brought many more comments than usual. Apparently Keynes is still provocative 73 years after his death, no matter what you say about him.
But my real point was about the twisted economic thought that is having dangerous effects on us all. And we can’t blame it just on Keynes.
Today I want to share some of the feedback I received, add a few thoughts, and then show you some real-world consequences that are only getting worse. But first, let me wax philosophic for a minute.
Economist Mad Men in Authority - That Time Keynes Had a Point / Economics / Economic Theory
John Maynard Keynes once said:
“Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.”
While true, it doesn’t go far enough. The problem isn’t simply defunct economists or “scribblers of a few years back.”
We are in the grip of economists who, far from being defunct, hold great power. Whether they hear voices in the air (or Twitter), I can’t say, but they are indeed madmen in authority.
Government Spending - The High Price of a "Free Lunch" / Economics / Economic Theory
One of the Ten Commandments is “thou shalt not steal,” and theft is generally condemned in most religions, yet our religious leaders and followers have essentially turned a blind eye to government theft.
Based on a policy of envy, Bernie Sanders, for example, has bluntly stated he intends to tax the rich to fund his programs, as though the word rich itself justifies theft. The current crop of other democratic candidates is offering a beehive of free programs without any real discussion on how to pay for them.
The Key to a Sustainable Economy Is 5,000 Years Old / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Ellen_Brown
We are again reaching the point in the business cycle known as “peak debt,” when debts have compounded to the point that their cumulative total cannot be paid. Student debt, credit card debt, auto loans, business debt and sovereign debt are all higher than they have ever been. As economist Michael Hudson writes in his provocative 2018 book, “…and forgive them their debts,” debts that can’t be paid won’t be paid. The question, he says, is how they won’t be paid.
Mainstream economic models leave this problem to “the invisible hand of the market,” assuming trends will self-correct over time. But while the market may indeed correct, it does so at the expense of the debtors, who become progressively poorer as the rich become richer. Borrowers go bankrupt and banks foreclose on the collateral, dispossessing the debtors of their homes and their livelihoods. The houses are bought by the rich at distress prices and are rented back at inflated prices to the debtors, who are then forced into wage peonage to survive. When the banks themselves go bankrupt, the government bails them out. Thus the market corrects, but not without government intervention. That intervention just comes at the end of the cycle to rescue the creditors, whose ability to buy politicians gives them the upper hand. According to free-market apologists, this is a natural cycle akin to the weather, which dates all the way back to the birth of modern economics in ancient Greece and Rome.
U.S. Recession Watch: The Six-Cycle Forecast / Economics / Economic Theory
By: F_F_Wiley
It’s usually a bad idea to stand too close to something—whether an object, a problem you’d like to solve or any number of other things—which could mean seeing all of the pixels but none of the patterns. That’s why we populate albums, frames and holiday cards with bird’s eye views and sweeping vistas. It’s why every city that aspires to “destination” status advertises this or that Tower, Arch, Needle or Eye.
But if we look from too far away, we run a different risk of missing important information. That’s why we send probes, ships and occasionally scientists into outer space. It’s why we don’t Facetime our doctors, we hop on the examination table and show them exactly what’s bothering us.
The Problem with Keynesian Economics / Economics / Economic Theory
In The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, John Maynard Keynes wrote:
“The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.”
I think Lord Keynes himself would appreciate the irony that he has become the defunct economist under whose influence the academic and bureaucratic classes now toil, slaves to what has become as much a religious belief system as an economic theory.
Modern Monetary Theory – Applications in the 21st Century / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Andy_Sutton
Perhaps one of the biggest frauds perpetrated on the citizens of the world in the 20th century was Keynesianism. For those of you who are new to the discourse, Keynesianism was essentially the ramblings of a well-respected (at the time) economist named John Maynard Keynes and it dealt with deficit spending at the level of the federal government. It was a justification for something governments around the world were beginning to do anyway. The point of Keynes’ work was to give this very dangerous and ill-advised practice legitimacy. Sadly, it worked, and 85 years later, the developed nations of the world are mired in debt the likes of which the world has never before seen and may well never see again.
Before we get to the true purpose of this paper: an analysis of MMT, we must lay some foundational work. Please bear with us. If you have been an active reader of our previous articles and research, feel free to proceed directly to the portion where MMT is addressed.
Interestingly enough, the topic of this paper; (another consequence of treating economics as a debating society instead of a science) the foundations of modern monetary theory (hereafter MMT) actually originated long before Keynes wrote his seminal work in 1936. MMT as it is being rehashed today was actually first described by a German economist name Georg Friedrich Knapp in 1905. Originally coined ‘chartalism’ by Knapp, this perversion of economics was pushed in Knapp’s 1905 ‘State Theory of Money’. The term comes from the Latin root charta, which means ‘token’ or ‘ticket’.
Why Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Is Wrong on Capitalism / Economics / Economic Theory
Ray Dalio is the thoughtful, somewhat controversial founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, which he started in 1975.
While much of his writing is private, I (and many others) peruse every word we can of his and the Bridgewater team’s thinking. I find it to be some of the most interesting market commentary I read.
This Is Why US Monetary Policy Is So Ineffective / Interest-Rates / Economic Theory
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, many people thought excessive government spending and the resulting debt would bring inflation or even hyperinflation.
We wanted a hawkish Federal Reserve or, better yet, a gold standard to prevent it. Reality turned out differently.
Federal debt rose steadily, inflation didn’t. Here’s a chart of the on-budget public debt since 1970:
Capitalism Works, Ravenous Capitalism Doesn’t / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Raymond_Matison
For more than a century, capitalism has proven to be successful in expanding the efficient manufacture of goods and agricultural products, increasing jobs and incomes, promoting technological innovation, decreasing poverty and improving the general welfare of humans globally. By contrast, socialism and communism with its centrally planned economy and collectivism historically have produced misery, war, need and poverty through oppressive totalitarian governments.
Super hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, the president of Bridgewater Associates, the very successful and largest hedge fund in America recently released a thoughtful and timely report stating that “capitalism is broken” - pointing to, among other things, the gross income disparity between high and low earners. Ray Dalio’s judgment of broken capitalism relates to his observation that the vast majority of wages going to the top 5% wage earners does not benefit the overall economy, destabilizes society and is destructive to capitalism. The fact that a true-blue capitalist wrote the article should alert industrialists, globalists, bankers and all capitalists that perhaps “capitalism with American characteristics” has veered off its previously successful course. Capitalism does work; but ravenous capitalism is indeed self-destructive. The bounty of capitalism must be shared not only with its owners or investors, but also with its other “significant partners” – the nation’s workers.
How Fed Interest Rate Cycles Exponentially Reduce Long Term Wealth Creation / Interest-Rates / Economic Theory
The most historically reliable way to create long term wealth is the reinvestment of cash flows over time, as earnings are earned on earnings, which are earned on earnings.
Compound interest is the best known example, but the same principle of compounding cash flows is also the most powerful and stable source of wealth with the stocks and real estate over the long term as well.
Reinvested (and increasing) dividends are a more important and stable source of stock market wealth than price gains. Reinvested (and increasing) net cash flows are the most stable and important source of wealth with real estate and REIT investments as well.
However, what was taken for granted for many decades - is no longer available. As a result of Federal Reserve policies, only a small fraction of the historically average power of this wealth building engine still remains. In this analysis we will examine the mathematical implications of publicly stated Fed intentions if there is another recession, and look at the extraordinary implications for investors.
Universal Basic Income Would Be a Social and Economic Disaster / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Jared_Dillian
I am never going to retire. Oh sure, I say that now, but what about when I am 80? No. I will never stop working.
Every morning, I get out of bed when the alarm goes off, take a shower, put on dress clothes (a suit, usually), and drive 35 minutes to work in an office that I rent in an office building.
I write newsletters. I can just as easily do that on the couch, in a pair of gym shorts, with a cup of coffee. Why spend over an hour a day commuting and dealing with all the brain damage of putting on a suit and going to work?
America Has a Monopoly Problem / Economics / Economic Theory
Without realizing it, we’ve become a nation of monopolies. A large and growing part of our economy is “owned” by a handful of companies that face little competition.
They have no incentive to deliver better products or to get more efficient. They simply rake in cash from people who have no choice but to hand it over.
This would be impossible if we had true capitalism.
Even if we admit some businesses are natural monopolies, most aren’t. Most of them found some non-capitalistic flaw to exploit.
The Fed Broke This Economic Cycle—and It’s a Game Changer for Investors / Economics / Economic Theory
Here’s a quote from my friend Peter Boockvar that has drawn an enormous amount of interest:“We no longer have business cycles, we have credit cycles.”
Let’s cut that small but meaty sound bite into pieces. What do we mean by “business cycle,” exactly? Well, it looks something like this.
A growing economy peaks, contracts to a trough (what we call “recession”), recovers to enter prosperity, and hits a higher peak. Then the process repeats.
Here’s Why The Left’s New Economic Policies Are Just Stupid / Politics / Economic Theory
Somewhere in the last 30–40 years, we have become economically illiterate.
Elizabeth Warren wants wealth taxes that would impose asset forfeitures of 2–3% on households with more than $50 million in assets.
There are practical and legal problems with their implementation. But she wants to implement them anyway.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants a 70% income tax rate on incomes over $10 million. This would be the highest income tax rate in the OECD. And yet, it would affect only 16,000 households and only return marginal rates to historical levels, anyway.
Capitalism Isn’t Bad, It’s Just Broken / Economics / Economic Theory
The Soviet Union’s collapse ended the socialism vs. capitalism argument.
Semi-free markets spread through Eastern Europe. Collectivist economies everywhere began turning free. Capitalism seemingly won.
Even communist China adopted a form of free market capitalism. Although, as they say, it has “Chinese characteristics.”
With all its faults and problems, capitalism generated the greatest accumulation of wealth in human history. It has freed millions of people from abject poverty.
Yield Curve Inversion a Remarkably Accurate Warning Indicator For Economic & Market Peril / Economics / Economic Theory
Would you have appreciated a single number that could have given you a clear and unmistakable warning before the tech stock bubble collapsed? How about an unequivocal mathematical warning in 2006 that major financial trouble was on the way, well before the problems of 2007 and 2008?
The Corruption of Capitalism / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Harry_Dent
I call it “killing the golden goose.”
David Stockman, a speaker at this year’s Irrational Economic Summit, calls it “the corruption of capitalism.”
Andrew O’Hehir, a contributor for Salon, recently interviewed Yanis Varoufakis about the story behind Greece’s financial crash. He was the prime minister during the height of the Greek crisis, elected in early 2015 in response to the Greece debt default crisis.
And in July of 2015, Varoufakis resigned after the ECB (European Central Bank) and IMF (International Monetary Fund) forced a bailout package that went against what he and his SYRIZA party had promised the Greek people.
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Pictures of Theories: The Specious Present
June 21, 2017 June 21, 2017 devonisadevon
The Specious Present: Psychology/Neuroscience, specifically time perception
You could file this one under philosophy too, but I mean everything is philosophy, really.
The term “specious time” originated with E. Robert Kelley (aka E. R. Clay) who wrote in The Alternative: A Study in Psychology (1882):
The relation of experience to time has not been profoundly studied. Its objects are given as being of the present, but the part of time referred to by the datum is a very different thing from the conterminous of the past and future which philosophy denotes by the name Present. The present to which the datum refers is really a part of the past — a recent past — delusively given as being a time that intervenes between the past and the future. Let it be named the specious present, and let the past, that is given as being the past, be known as the obvious past. All the notes of a bar of a song seem to the listener to be contained in the present. All the changes of place of a meteor seem to the beholder to be contained in the present. At the instant of the termination of such series, no part of the time measured by them seems to be a past. Time, then, considered relatively to human apprehension, consists of four parts, viz., the obvious past, the specious present, the real present, and the future. Omitting the specious present, it consists of three . . . nonentities — the past, which does not exist, the future, which does not exist, and their conterminous, the present; the faculty from which it proceeds lies to us in the fiction of the specious present.
In short, the practically cognized present is no knife-edge, but a saddle-back, with a certain breadth of its own on which we sit perched, and from which we look in two directions into time. The unit of composition of our perception of time is a duration, with a bow and a stern, as it were — a rearward — and a forward-looking end.
However, William James developed further on the topic and – along with his brother Henry James – is in my opinion one of the best gosh-darned writers to ever grace our planet with his presence. So here is a big ol’ William James block quote, from The Principles of Psychology (1891):
Let one sit with closed eyes and, abstracting entirely from the outer world, attend exclusively to the passage of time, like one who wakes, as the poet says, “to hear time flowing in the middle of the night, and all things moving to a day of doom.” There seems under such circumstances as these no variety in the material content of our thought, and what we notice appears, if anything, to be the pure series of durations budding, as it were, and growing beneath our indrawn gaze. Is this really so or not? The question is important, for, if the experience be what it roughly seems, we have a sort of special sense for pure time — a sense to which empty duration is an adequate stimulus; while if it be an illusion, it must be that our perception of time’s flight, in the experiences quoted, is due to the filling of the time, and to our memory of a content which it had a moment previous, and which we feel to agree or disagree with its content now.
It takes but a small exertion of introspection to show [p. 620] that the latter alternative is the true one, and that we can no more intuit a duration than we can intuit an extension, devoid of all sensible content. Just as with closed eyes we perceive a dark visual field in which a curdling play of obscurest luminosity is always going on; so, be we never so abstracted from distinct outward impressions, we are always inwardly immersed in what Wundt has somewhere called the twilight of our general consciousness. Our heart-beats, our breathing, the pulses of our attention, fragments of words or sentences that pass through our imagination, are what people this dim habitat.
And since we saw a while ago that our maximum distinct intuition of duration hardly covers more than a dozen seconds (while our maximum vague intuition is probably not more than that of a minute or so), we must suppose that this amount of duration is pictured fairly steadily in each passing instant of consciousness by virtue of some fairly constant feature in the brain-process to which the consciousness is tied. This feature of the brain-process, whatever it be, must be the cause of our perceiving the fact of time at all. The duration thus steadily perceived is hardly more than the ‘specious present,’ as it was called a few pages back. Its content is in a constant flux, events dawning into its forward end as fast as they fade out of its rearward one, and each of them changing its time-coefficient from ‘not yet,’ or ‘not quite yet,’ to ‘just gone’ or ‘gone,’ as it passes by. Meanwhile, the specious present, the intuited duration, stands permanent, like the rainbow on the waterfall, with its own quality unchanged by the events that stream through it. Each of these, as it slips out, retains the power of being reproduced; and when reproduced, is reproduced with the duration and neighbors which it originally had. Please observe, however, that the reproduction of an event, after it has once completely dropped out of the rearward end of the specious present, is an entirely different psychic fact from its direct perception in the specious present as a thing immediately past. A creature might be entirely devoid of reproductive memory, and yet have the time-sense; but the [p. 631] latter would be limited, in his case, to the few seconds immediately passing by. Time older than that he would never recall.
William James would look at my drawing and scream in pain, and probably also he would observe that five hours is far too lengthy an interval to be experienced as the specious present. But I swear, it felt like the specious present at the time.
Anyhow, I hate to be trite, but William James just really makes you think, eh? IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ ANY WILLIAM JAMES GO READ ALL OF HIS BOOKS RIGHT NOW. You will not regret it. Read Henry James too while you’re at it. The cool thing about that pairing is that Henry James explores pretty much all the same mind-bendingly enlightening Big Questions as his brother but more nebulously via fiction and literary criticism. Some – make that most – people hate Henry James because he is difficult. THAT IS THE POINT. Language is never sufficient; we can never truly understand each other; we can never directly experience the world around us; etc. Any earnest attempt at comprehension will be frustratingly impossible and will probably make you punch yourself in the face at some point, just like trying to read The Golden Bowl will. I guess now everyone knows who one of my favorite authors is, eh? To draw this bonkers post to a close, I almost pasted in the last paragraph of The Golden Bowl, but I think that would be unkind to the book. Go read the whole thing, please?
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Automorphism group of real orthogonal Lie groups
I would like to understand what is the "outer-automorphism group" $Out$ of $SO(p,q)$ and $O(p,q)$, where $p+q >0$ and $pq \neq 0$. My working definition of $Out$ is as follows:
Let us denote by $Aut(G)$ the automorphism group of a Lie group $G$. I take the inner-automorphism group $Inn(G)$ of $G$ to be all elements $K\in Aut(G)$ for which there exists a $g\in G$ such that $K = Ad_{g}$, namely $K(h) = g h g^{-1}$ for all $h\in G$. $Inn(G)$ is a normal subgroup of $Aut(G)$ and then $Out(G) = Aut(G)/Inn(G)$ is a group which I define to be the outer-morphism group of $G$. I have not been able to find what $Out(G)$ is for $G = SO(p,q), O(p,q)$.
I have noticed that there are many references dealing with the outer-automorphism group of complex Lie algebras, which can be read off from their Dynkin diagram. However, $\mathfrak{so}(p,q)\simeq\mathfrak{o}(p,q)$ is not a complex Lie algebra but a real form. I don't know how the outer-automorphism group of a simple real Lie algebra can be computed in general. In fact, Wikipedia says that the characterization of the outer-automorphism group of a real simple Lie algebra in terms of a short exact sequence involving the full and inner autmorphisms groups (a result classical for complex Lie algebras) was only obtained as recently as in 2010! In any case, I expect the answer to my question to be even more involved since I am not interested in the outer-automorphism group of a real Lie algebra but of the full real Lie group, in my case $SO(p,q)$ and $O(p,q)$. If I am not mistaken, for $q=0$ and $p = even$ we have $O(p,0) = SO(p,0)\rtimes\mathbb{Z}_{2}$, where $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ is the outer-automorphism group of $SO(p,0)$, so $Out(SO(p,0)) = \mathbb{Z}_{2}$.
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$\begingroup$ This is really a phenomenon. You would expect that someone has worked this out at least 50 if not 100 years ago (at least some undergraduate thesis should exist). It is a bit tricky, and it is hard to keep track of all phenomena. One needs one or two arguments that are not entirely elementary, but nothing that Cartan or Killing would not have known. And then you would expect that in the more modern literature, the authors just say "in the special case of $O(p,q)$, our methods reproduce the old results of ...". $\endgroup$ – Sebastian Goette Apr 14 '16 at 11:47
Let's first address your comment in response to Igor Rivin's answer: why don't we find this topic addressed in textbooks on Lie groups? Beyond the definite (= compact) case, disconnectedness issues become more complicated and your question is thereby very much informed by the theory of linear algebraic groups $G$ over $\mathbf{R}$. That in turn involves two subtle aspects (see below) that are not easy to express solely in analytic terms and are therefore beyond the level of such books (which usually don't assume familiarity with algebraic geometry at the level needed to work with linear algebraic groups over a field such as $\mathbf{R}$ that is not algebraically closed). And books on linear algebraic groups tend to say little about Lie groups.
The first subtlety is that $G(\mathbf{R})^0$ can be smaller than $G^0(\mathbf{R})$ (i.e., connectedness for the analytic topology may be finer than for the Zariski topology), as we know already for indefinite orthogonal groups, and textbooks on Lie groups tend to focus on the connected case for structural theorems. It is a deep theorem of Elie Cartan that if a linear algebraic group $G$ over $\mathbf{R}$ is Zariski-connected semisimple and simply connected (in the sense of algebraic groups; e.g., ${\rm{SL}}_n$ and ${\rm{Sp}}_{2n}$ but not ${\rm{SO}}_n$) then $G(\mathbf{R})$ is connected, but that lies beyond the level of most textbooks. (Cartan expressed his result in analytic terms via anti-holomorphic involutions of complex semisimple Lie groups, since there was no robust theory of linear algebraic groups at that time.) The group $G(\mathbf{R})$ has finitely many connected components, but that is not elementary (especially if one assumes no knowledge of algebraic geometry), and the theorem on maximal compact subgroups of Lie groups $H$ in case $\pi_0(H)$ is finite but possibly not trivial appears to be treated in only one textbook (Hochschild's "Structure of Lie groups", which however does not address the structure of automorphism groups); e.g., Bourbaki's treatise on Lie groups assumes connectedness for much of its discussion of the structure of compact Lie groups.
The second subtlety is that when the purely analytic operation of "complexification" for Lie groups (developed in Hochschild's book too) is applied to the Lie group of $\mathbf{R}$-points of a (Zariski-connected) semisimple linear algebraic group, it doesn't generally "match" the easier algebro-geometric scalar extension operation on the given linear algebraic group (e.g., the complexification of the Lie group ${\rm{PGL}}_3(\mathbf{R})$ is ${\rm{SL}}_3(\mathbf{C})$, not ${\rm{PGL}}_3(\mathbf{C})$). Here too, things are better-behaved in the "simply connected" case, but that lies beyond the level of introductory textbooks on Lie groups.
Now let us turn to your question. Let $n = p+q$, and assume $n \ge 3$ (so the Lie algebra is semisimple; the cases $n \le 2$ can be analyzed directly anyway). I will only address ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ rather than ${\rm{O}}(p, q)$, since it is already enough of a headache to keep track of disconnected effects in the special orthogonal case. To be consistent with your notation, we'll write $\mathbf{O}(p,q) \subset {\rm{GL}}_n$ to denote the linear algebraic group over $\mathbf{R}$ "associated" to the standard quadratic form of signature $(p, q)$ (so its group of $\mathbf{R}$-points is what you have denoted as ${\rm{O}}(p,q)$), and likewise for ${\mathbf{SO}}(p,q)$.
We will show that ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ has only inner automorphisms for odd $n$, and only the expected outer automorphism group of order 2 (arising from reflection in any nonzero vector) for even $n$ in both the definite case and the case when $p$ and $q$ are each odd. I will leave it to someone else to figure out (or find a reference on?) the case with $p$ and $q$ both even and positive.
We begin with some preliminary comments concerning the definite (= compact) case for all $n \ge 3$, for which the Lie group ${\rm{SO}}(p,q) = {\rm{SO}}(n)$ is connected. The crucial (non-trivial) fact is that the theory of connected compact Lie groups is completely "algebraic'', and in particular if $G$ and $H$ are two connected semisimple $\mathbf{R}$-groups for which $G(\mathbf{R})$ and $H(\mathbf{R})$ are compact then every Lie group homomorphism $G(\mathbf{R}) \rightarrow H(\mathbf{R})$ arising from a (unique) algebraic homomorphism $G \rightarrow H$. In particular, the automorphism groups of $G$ and $G(\mathbf{R})$ coincide, so the automorphism group of ${\rm{SO}}(n)$ coincides with that of $\mathbf{SO}(n)$.
Note that any linear automorphism preserving a non-degenerate quadratic form up to a nonzero scaling factor preserves its orthogonal and special orthogonal group. It is a general fact (due to Dieudonne over general fields away from characteristic 2) that if $(V, Q)$ is a non-degenerate quadratic space of dimension $n \ge 3$ over any field $k$ and if ${\mathbf{GO}}(Q)$ denotes the linear algebraic $k$-group of conformal automorphisms then the action of the algebraic group ${\mathbf{PGO}}(Q) = {\mathbf{GO}}(Q)/{\rm{GL}}_1$ on ${\mathbf{SO}}(Q)$ through conjugation gives exactly the automorphisms as an algebraic group. More specifically, $${\mathbf{PGO}}(Q)(k) = {\rm{Aut}}_k({\mathbf{SO}}(Q)).$$ This is proved using a lot of the structure theory of connected semisimple groups over an extension field that splits the quadratic form, so it is hard to "see'' this fact working directly over the given ground field $k$ (such as $k = \mathbf{R}$); that is one of the great merits of the algebraic theory (allowing us to prove results over a field by making calculations with a geometric object over an extension field, and using techniques such as Galois theory to come back to where we began).
Inside the automorphism group of the Lie group ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$, we have built the subgroup ${\rm{PGO}}(p,q) := {\mathbf{PGO}}(p,q)(\mathbf{R})$ of "algebraic'' automorphisms (and it gives all automorphisms when $p$ or $q$ vanish). This subgroup is $${\mathbf{GO}}(p,q)(\mathbf{R})/\mathbf{R}^{\times} = {\rm{GO}}(p,q)/\mathbf{R}^{\times}.$$ To analyze the group ${\rm{GO}}(p,q)$ of conformal automorphisms of the quadratic space, there are two possibilities: if $p \ne q$ (such as whenever $p$ or $q$ vanish) then any such automorphism must involve a positive conformal scaling factor due to the need to preserve the signature, and if $p=q$ (the "split'' case: orthogonal sum of $p$ hyperbolic planes) then signature-preservation imposes no condition and we see (upon choosing a decomposition as an orthogonal sum of $p$ hyperbolic planes) that there is an evident involution $\tau$ of the vector space whose effect is to negative the quadratic form. Thus, if $p \ne q$ then ${\rm{GO}}(p,q) = \mathbf{R}^{\times} \cdot {\rm{O}}(p,q)$ whereas ${\rm{GO}}(p,p) = \langle \tau \rangle \ltimes (\mathbf{R}^{\times} \cdot {\rm{O}}(p,p))$. Hence, ${\rm{PGO}}(p,q) = {\rm{O}}(p,q)/\langle -1 \rangle$ if $p \ne q$ and ${\rm{PGO}}(p,p) = \langle \tau \rangle \ltimes ({\rm{O}}(p,p)/\langle -1 \rangle)$ for an explicit involution $\tau$ as above.
We summarize the conclusions for outer automorphisms of the Lie group ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ arising from the algebraic theory. If $n$ is odd (so $p \ne q$) then ${\rm{O}}(p,q) = \langle -1 \rangle \times {\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ and so the algebraic automorphisms are inner (as is very well-known in the algebraic theory). Suppose $n$ is even, so $-1 \in {\rm{SO}}(p, q)$. If $p \ne q$ (with the same parity) then the group of algebraic automorphisms contributes a subgroup of order 2 to the outer automorphism group (arising from any reflection in a non-isotropic vector, for example). Finally, the contribution of algebraic automorphisms to the outer automorphism group of ${\rm{SO}}(p,p)$ has order 4 (generated by two elements of order 2: an involution $\tau$ as above and a reflection in a non-isotropic vector). This settles the definite case as promised (i.e., all automorphisms inner for odd $n$ and outer automorphism group of order 2 via a reflection for even $n$) since in such cases we know that all automorphisms are algebraic.
Now we may and do assume $p, q > 0$. Does ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ have any non-algebraic automorphisms? We will show that if $n \ge 3$ is odd (i.e., $p$ and $q$ have opposite parity) or if $p$ and $q$ are both odd then there are no non-algebraic automorphisms (so we would be done).
First, let's compute $\pi_0({\rm{SO}}(p,q))$ for any $n \ge 3$. By the spectral theorem, the maximal compact subgroups of ${\rm{O}}(p,q)$ are the conjugates of the evident subgroup ${\rm{O}}(q) \times {\rm{O}}(q)$ with 4 connected components, and one deduces in a similar way that the maximal compact subgroups of ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ are the conjugates of the evident subgroup $$\{(g,g') \in {\rm{O}}(p) \times {\rm{O}}(q)\,|\, \det(g) = \det(g')\}$$ with 2 connected components. For any Lie group $\mathscr{H}$ with finite component group (such as the group $G(\mathbf{R})$ for any linear algebraic group $G$ over $\mathbf{R}$), the maximal compact subgroups $K$ constitute a single conjugacy class (with every compact subgroup contained in one) and as a smooth manifold $\mathscr{H}$ is a direct product of such a subgroup against a Euclidean space (see Chapter XV, Theorem 3.1 of Hochschild's book "Structure of Lie groups'' for a proof). In particular, $\pi_0(\mathscr{H}) = \pi_0(K)$, so ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ has exactly 2 connected components for any $p, q > 0$.
Now assume $n$ is odd, and swap $p$ and $q$ if necessary (as we may) so that $p$ is odd and $q>0$ is even. For any $g \in {\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$, the element $(-1, g) \in {\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ lies in the unique non-identity component. Since $n \ge 3$ is odd, so ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$ is the quotient of the connected (!) Lie group ${\rm{Spin}}(p, q)$ modulo its order-2 center, the algebraic theory in characteristic 0 gives $${\rm{Aut}}({\mathfrak{so}}(p,q)) = {\rm{Aut}}({\rm{Spin}}(p, q)) = {\rm{SO}}(p, q).$$ Thus, to find nontrivial elements of the outer automorphism group of the disconnected Lie group ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ we can focus attention on automorphisms $f$ of ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ that induce the identity on ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$.
We have arranged that $p$ is odd and $q>0$ is even (so $q \ge 2$). The elements $$(-1, g) \in {\rm{SO}}(p, q) \cap ({\rm{O}}(p) \times {\rm{O}}(q))$$ (intersection inside ${\rm{O}}(p, q)$, so $g \in {\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$) have an intrinsic characterization in terms of the Lie group ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ and its evident subgroups ${\rm{SO}}(p)$ and ${\rm{SO}}(q)$: these are the elements outside ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$ that centralize ${\rm{SO}}(p)$ and normalize ${\rm{SO}}(q)$. (To prove this, consider the standard representation of ${\rm{SO}}(p) \times {\rm{SO}}(q)$ on $\mathbf{R}^{p+q} = \mathbf{R}^n$, especially the isotypic subspaces for the action of ${\rm{SO}}(q)$ with $q \ge 2$.) Hence, for every $g \in {\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$ we have $f(-1,g) = (-1, F(g))$ for a diffeomorphism $F$ of the connected manifold ${\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$.
Since $f$ acts as the identity on ${\rm{SO}}(q)$, it follows that the elements $g, F(g) \in {\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$ have the same conjugation action on ${\rm{SO}}(q)$. But ${\rm{PGO}}(q) \subset {\rm{Aut}}({\rm{SO}}(q))$, so $F(g)g^{-1} \in \mathbf{R}^{\times}$ inside ${\rm{GL}}_q(\mathbf{R})$ with $q>0$ even. Taking determinants, this forces $F(g) = \pm g$ for a sign that may depend on $g$. But $F$ is continuous on the connected space ${\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$, so the sign is actually independent of $g$. The case $F(g) = g$ corresponds to the identity automorphism of ${\rm{SO}}(q)$, so for the study of non-algebraic contributions to the outer automorphism group of ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ (with $p$ odd and $q > 0$ even) we are reduced to showing that the case $F(g) = -g$ cannot occur.
We are seeking to rule out the existence of an automorphism $f$ of ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ that is the identity on ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$ and satisfies $(-1, g) \mapsto (-1, -g)$ for $g \in {\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$. For this to be a homomorphism, it is necessary (and sufficient) that the conjugation actions of $(-1, g)$ and $(-1, -g)$ on ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$ coincide for all $g \in {\rm{O}}(q) - {\rm{SO}}(q)$. In other words, this requires that the element $(1, -1) \in {\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ centralizes ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$. But the algebraic group ${\mathbf{SO}}(p, q)$ is connected (for the Zariski topology) with trivial center and the same Lie algebra as ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$, so by consideration of the compatible algebraic and analytic adjoint representations we see that $(1, -1)$ cannot centralize ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)^0$. Thus, no non-algebraic automorphism of ${\rm{SO}}(p, q)$ exists in the indefinite case when $n \ge 3$ is odd.
Finally, suppose $p$ and $q$ are both odd, so ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0$ does not contain the element $-1 \in {\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ that generates the center of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ (and even the center of ${\rm{O}}(p,q)$). Thus, we have ${\rm{SO}}(p,q) = {\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0 \times \langle -1 \rangle$ with ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0$ having trivial center. Any (analytic) automorphism of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ clearly acts trivially on the order-2 center $\langle -1 \rangle$ and must preserve the identity component too, so such an automorphism is determined by its effect on the identity component. It suffices to show that every analytic automorphism $f$ of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0$ arises from an algebraic automorphism of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$, as then all automorphisms of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ would be algebraic (so the determination of the outer analytic automorphism group for $p, q$ odd follows as for the definite case with even $n \ge 4$).
By the theory of connected semisimple algebraic groups in characteristic 0, for any $p, q \ge 0$ with $p+q \ge 3$ every analytic automorphism of the connected (!) group ${\rm{Spin}}(p,q)$ is algebraic. Thus, it suffices to show that any automorphism $f$ of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0$ lifts to an automorphism of the degree-2 cover $\pi:{\rm{Spin}}(p,q) \rightarrow {\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0$. (Beware that this degree-2 cover is not the universal cover if $p, q \ge 2$, as ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0$ has maximal compact subgroup ${\rm{SO}}(p) \times {\rm{SO}}(q)$ with fundamental group of order 4.) The Lie algebra automorphism ${\rm{Lie}}(f)$ of ${\mathfrak{so}}(p,q) = {\mathfrak{spin}}(p,q)$ arises from a unique algebraic automorphism of the group ${\mathbf{Spin}}(p,q)$ since this latter group is simply connected in the sense of algebraic groups. The induced automorphism of the group ${\rm{Spin}}(p,q)$ of $\mathbf{R}$-points does the job, since its compatibility with $f$ via $\pi$ can be checked on Lie algebras (as we are working with connected Lie groups).
This final argument also shows that the remaining problem for even $p, q \ge 2$ is to determine if any automorphism of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ that is the identity map on ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)^0$ is itself the identity map. (If affirmative for such $p, q$ then the outer automorphism group of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ is of order 2, and if negative then the outer automorphism group is bigger.)
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$\begingroup$ Thank you very much for your answer. I have to go carefully through it and try to prove the $O(p,q)$ case along similar lines (in case this is possible). Just to know if I get the correct answer: do you know by heart if $O(p,q)$ has non-trivial outer automorphisms? The relevant reference that you recommend to understand the details of your proof is then Hochschild's book or there are others more appropriates? $\endgroup$ – Bilateral Apr 11 '16 at 0:09
$\begingroup$ Hochschild's book won't help with the algebraic aspects of my argument (e.g., Dieudonne's theorem, admittedly only needed in characteristic 0); I was freely using anything I needed from the theory of linear algebraic groups, so perhaps ask a friend who knows about algebraic groups if you need some assistance with that. In the indefinite case for odd $n$ the group ${\rm{O}}(p,q) = {\rm{SO}}(p,q) \times \langle -1 \rangle$ does have a non-inner (non-algebraic!) automorphism $(g,z) \mapsto (g, f(g)z)$ for the unique surjective homomorphism $f:{\rm{SO}}(p,q) \rightarrow \langle -1 \rangle$! $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 11 '16 at 0:46
$\begingroup$ Of course, in the definite case for odd $n$ the triviality of the outer automorphism group for ${\rm{O}}(n)$ reduces to that of ${\rm{SO}}(n)$ since ${\rm{O}}(n) = {\rm{SO}}(n) \times \langle -1 \rangle$ with ${\rm{SO}}(n)$ connected. So that is an alternative (albeit perhaps much heavier) approach to what is done in Goette's answer for odd $n$. The case of even $n$ requires more serious effort (as in the indefinite case). $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 11 '16 at 0:57
$\begingroup$ I have added a treatment of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ for odd $p, q$ with $p+q \ge 3$ at the end of the answer (again, all automorphisms turn out to be algebraic, so the outer automorphism group is of order 2). Analyzing the case of ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ for even $p, q \ge 2$ requires a better idea (especially when $n \ge 6$). $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 11 '16 at 3:47
$\begingroup$ A linear algebraic group over a field $k$ (especially not algebraically closed; e.g., finite or $\mathbf{R}$) is a very different thing from its group of $k$-points. Please talk with a colleague or friend who knows about algebraic groups to understand the difference, which is technically very essential. For example, the algebraic groups ${\rm{SL}}_3$ and ${\rm{PGL}}_3$ over $\mathbf{R}$ are not isomorphic but ${\rm{SL}}_3(\mathbf{R}) = {\rm{PGL}}_3(\mathbf{R})$! Likewise, it is "wrong" to consider ${\mathbf{SO}}(p,q)$ as another viewpoint on ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$; they're very different objects. $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 12 '16 at 1:17
Edit. nfcd has given an almost complete answer. Let me add a few missing cases below. Unfortunately, I don't get away using only elementary methods.
Final edit. I will regard the groups $G=O(p,q)$ or $G=SO(p,q)$ as Lie groups (in the $C^\infty$ setting), to avoid complications with e.g. $SO(2)$ (which would have uncountably many outer automorphisms as an abstract group). On the other hand, algebraic geometry tools do not suffice as we see in nfcd's answer.
There are basically two sources for outer automorphisms in this case.
The normaliser of $G$ in $GL(n, \mathbb R)$ could be larger than $G$ itself. In this case, one has to check which elements of $N_{GL(n)}(G)/G$ act by conjugation in a different way than elements of $G$ itself.
There exists a nontrivial homomorphism $\varphi$ from $G/G^0$ to the center $C(G)$. In this case, one has to check that $g\mapsto \varphi(g)\cdot g$ is bijective. In contrast to the first type, these automorphisms change the spectral decomposition of a matrix in $G\subset GL(n,\mathbb R)$ in most cases.
I could not prove in general that matrix groups have no other outer automorphisms. But a case by case proof will reveal that here, all are generated by the two types above.
Let's start with $O(n)$. It is generated by reflections on hyperplanes, that is, by elements $g$ with eigenvalues $\pm 1$, such that the $-1$-eigenspace is one-dimensional. They satisfy three properties: $g^2=e$, $g\ne e$, and $C(g)\cong O(1)\times O(n-1)$. A maximal subset of commuting reflections corresponds to a selection of orthogonal lines in $\mathbb R^n$. With some extra work one sees that all automorphisms mapping reflections to reflections are inner automorphisms.
The only other elements with similar properties are reflections on lines, which have a one-dimensional $1$-eigenspace. If those happen to be in $SO(n)$, they cannot generate $O(n)$, so $O(n)$ has no outer automorphisms. This happens when $n$ is odd. If $n$ is even, you have an automorphism $g\mapsto\det(g)\cdot g$ flipping both types of generators. For $n=2$, there is no difference between hyperplanes and lines, and so by the argument above, all automorphisms are inner. For $n\ge 4$ even, an inner automorphism does not change the multiplicities of eigenvalues, hence the automorphism above is outer. So $\mathrm{Out}(O(n))=\mathbb Z/2$ if $n$ is even and $n\ge 4$.
For $SO(n)$, you already noticed that elements $g\in O(n)\setminus SO(n)$ give automorphisms. Because $-g$ and $g$ induce the same automorphism, this does not give an outer automorphism if $n$ is odd. Indeed, $SO(n)$ is generated by reflections along hyperplanes for $n$ odd, so by an argument as above there are no outer automorphisms.
If $n$ is even, one can check that the automorphism is indeed an outer one by regarding a matrix composed of $\frac n2$ rotation blocks of small nonzero angle. Such a matrix specifies an orientation on $\mathbb R^n$ that is preserved by all inner automorphisms, but not by an element of $O(n)\setminus SO(n)$.
To see that there are no more outer automorphism of $SO(n)$, one notices that every automorphism lifts to the universal cover $\mathrm{Spin}(n)$. This group is semisimple, compact, connected and simply connected for $n\ge 3$, so its automorphism group is the symmetry group of the Dynkin diagram, which is $\mathbb Z/2$ except if $n=8$. For $n=8$, the automorphism group is the symmetric group on $3$ elements. One can check that of these, only two descend to $SO(8)$.
For $G=O(p,q)$ or $G=SO(p,q)$ with both $p\ne 0$, $q\ne 0$, we have the following key observation. For each outer automorphism of $G$ there exists an outer automorphism of $G$ that acts on a fixed maximal compact subgroup $K$. For let $\Phi\colon G\to G$ represent an outer automorphism. Then $\Phi(K)\subset G$ is a maximal subgroup of $K$, hence conjugate to $K$ by an inner automorphism of $G$. The composition represents the same outer automorphism and acts on $K$.
Now assume that $\Phi$ acts as an inner automorphism on $K$. By composing with composition by an appropriate element of $K$, we may assume that $\Phi$ acts as identity on $K$. We want to find all automorphisms $\Phi$ that act as identity on all of $K$. Note that the choice of $K$ corresponds to a choice of splitting $\mathbb R^{p,q}\cong\mathbb R^p\oplus\mathbb R^q$. The group $G$ is generated by $K$ and by one-parameter groups of hyperbolic rotations that act on the span of two unit vectors $v\in\mathbb R^p$ and $w\in\mathbb R^q$ as $\bigl(\begin{smallmatrix}\cosh t&\sinh t\\\sinh t&\cosh t\end{smallmatrix}\bigr)$. All these subgroups are conjugate to each other by elements of $K$. Each subgroup commutes with a subgroup of $K$ that is isomorphic to $K\cap(O(p-1)\times O(q-1))$, and that determines the plane spanned by $v$ and $w$. The speed of such a rotation can be measured using the Killing form, which in intrinsic, so $\Phi$ can not change its absolute value. The upshot is that the only nontrivial automorphism that acts trivially on $K$ but not on $G$ is conjugation by $(\pm 1,\mp 1)\in O(p)\times O(q)$. It is an inner automorphism of $G$ except if we are dealing with $SO(p,q)$ and both $p$ and $q$ are odd. In that last case, it is an odd product of conjugations by reflections, and we will encounter it again below.
So from now on we consider outer automorphisms of $K$ and see if we can extend them to $G$.
We start with $O(p,q)$, which is a bit easier. Its maximal compact subgroup is $K=O(p)\times O(q)$. As above, we choose as generators a set $\mathbb RP^{p-1}\sqcup\mathbb RP^{q-1}$ consisting of all reflections along hyperplanes in both groups. Each element commutes with a subgroup isomorphic to $O(p-1,q)$ or $O(p,q-1)$, respectively. Reflections (of all of $\mathbb R^{p,q}$) along lines in $\mathbb R^p$ or $\mathbb R^q$ have similar properties. This way, we get three nontrivial endomorphisms given by multiplying each group element by a locally constant homomorphism $O(p,q)\to\{1,-1\}$, which we will denote by $\det_p$, $\det_q$ and $\det=\det_p\cdot\det_q$, which restrict on $K$ to $\det_{O(p)}$, $\det_{O(q)}$ and $\det_{O(p)}\cdot\det_{O(q)}$. If $p$ is even, multiplication with $\det_p$ is bijective, and hence an outer automorphism. If $q$ is even, multiplication with $\det_q$ is an automorphism, and if $p+q$ is even, multiplication with $\det$ is an automorphism. Only if $p=q=1$, multiplication with $\det$ does not change the spectral decomposition of at least one element of $K$, and similar as in the case of $O(2)$ above, it corresponds to the outer automorphism that comes from swapping both copies of $\mathbb R^1$. Because there are no other sets of generators with similar properties, we have found all outer automorphisms of $O(p,q)$.
The maximal compact subgroup of $SO(p,q)$ is $K=S(O(p)\times O(q))=SO(p,q)\cap O(p+q)$. It has two connected components. The connected component of the identity is $K^0=SO(p)\times SO(q)$. As in the case of $SO(n)$, the only possible outer automorphisms are generated by conjugating with reflections $r$ in $O(p)$ or $O(q)$. If $p+q$ is odd, $-r\in S(O(p)\times O(q))$ has the same effect, so one gets an inner automorphism. If $p+q$ is even, one gets a nontrivial outer automorphism by an orientation argument as above for $SO(n)$. An odd number of these compose to conjugation by $(-1,1)\in O(p)\times O(q)$ considered above. And of course for $p=q$, you get additional ones swapping both factors as above. Note that none of these automorphisms changes the eigenvalues of the matrices.
It remains to check if there are outer automorhisms that only effect $$R=K\setminus K^0=S(O(p)\times O(q))\setminus(SO(p)\times SO(q))=(O(p)\setminus SO(p))\times(O(q)\setminus SO(q))\;.$$ Such an automorphism becomes inner when restricted to $K^0$, so by composing with an inner automorphism, we find a representative $\Phi$ that acts as identity on $K^0$. We note that $R$ contains products $r_p\circ r_q$ of a reflection in $O(p)$ with a reflection in $O(q)$. The only other element of $R$ that act in the same way by conjugation on $SO(p)\times SO(q)$ would be $-r_p\circ r_q$, so all $\Phi$ can do is multiply elements of $R$ by $-1$. This gives a nontrivial endomorphism that is an outer automorphism if and only if $p$, $q$ are even (which changes the eigenvalues of some matrices, hence is not in our list above).
To summarize, if $p\ne q$, the outer automorphism group is of the form $(\mathbb Z/2)^k$. Generators are given below. $$\begin{matrix} \text{group}&\text{case}&\text{generators}\\ O(n)&\text{$n$ odd or $n=2$}&\text{---}\\ O(n)&\text{$n$ even, $n\ge 4$}&\mu_{\det}\\ SO(n)&\text{$n$ odd}&\text{---}\\ SO(n)&\text{$n$ even}&C_r\\ O(p,q)&\text{$p$, $q$ odd, $p+q\ge 4$}&\mu_{\det}\\ O(p,q)&\text{$p$ even, $q$ odd}&\mu_{\det_p}\\ O(p,q)&\text{$p$, $q$ even}&\mu_{\det_p},\mu_{\det_q}\\ SO(p,q)&\text{$p$, $q$ odd}&C_r\\ SO(p,q)&\text{$p$ even, $q$ odd}&\text{---}\\ SO(p,q)&\text{$p$, $q$ even}&C_r,\mu_{\det_p} \end{matrix}$$ where $\mu_{\dots}$ denotes multiplication with a homomorphism to the center, $C_{\dots}$ denotes conjugation with an element in the normaliser, and $r$ denotes a reflection. If $p=q$, then there is an additional generator induced by swapping the two copies of $\mathbb R^p$. The full outer automorphism group will then be of the form $(\mathbb Z/2)^k\rtimes(\mathbb Z/2)$, where $(\mathbb Z/2)^k$ is the group described in the table.
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$\begingroup$ In the end, all arguments here were available more than 50 years ago. The argument that the $\mathbb R P^{n-1}\subset O(n)$ of reflections is rigid can be done using the Killing form (which is intrinsicly defined, hence invariant under outer automorphisms). I would be really astonished if this is nowhere in the literature. $\endgroup$ – Sebastian Goette Apr 12 '16 at 14:48
$\begingroup$ The argument for making a subgroup inclusion ${\rm{Out}}(G) \rightarrow {\rm{Out}}(K)$ seems to omit addressing two points: for well-definedness one has to show that $N_G(K) = Z_G \cdot K$ (otherwise the construction is not independent of representatives in ${\rm{Aut}}(G)$), and for injectivity it has to be shown that if an automorphism of $G$ is the identity on $K$ then it is inner. $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 12 '16 at 16:02
$\begingroup$ I meant to write $Z_G(K)K$, and it doesn't seem harmless. Choose $g \in N_G(K)$ and let $c_g \in {\rm{Aut}}(G)$ denote $g$-conjugation. For $f \in {\rm{Aut}}(G)$ that preserves $K$, $c_g \cdot f$ preserves $K$ and its image in ${\rm{Out}}(K)$ is obtained from the image of $f$ by multiplication against the class of $c_g|_K$. Thus, in order for ${\rm{Out}}(G) \rightarrow {\rm{Out}}(K)$ to be well-defined, we need that $c_g|_K$ is an inner automorphism, which is to say there exists $k \in K$ such that $gk \in Z_G(K)$. So if $N_G(K)$ is bigger than $Z_G(K)K$ then it is not well-defined. $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 12 '16 at 23:36
$\begingroup$ @nfcd my point is - I don't need a group homomorphism at all. I just need representatives of outer automorphisms that I can put my hand on. $\endgroup$ – Sebastian Goette Apr 14 '16 at 7:00
This is discussed in this paper by Brian Roberts. (2010), where he points out that the outer automorphism group of the orthogonal groups is trivial.
Igor RivinIgor Rivin
$\begingroup$ Are you referring to the proof of Thm 2? I haven't been able to check the given reference. But what about the map $g\mapsto\det(g)\cdot g$ on $O(2k)$ in my answer? And how would an outer automorphism of $SO(3)$ look like (which is claimed to have a "flip", and if it looks the way I image it would be inner)? $\endgroup$ – Sebastian Goette Apr 9 '16 at 20:43
$\begingroup$ I haven't been able to check the reference that Brian Roberts cites either. In any case, why is this result (the outer automorphism group of orthogonal groups) so elusive in the literature? Shouldn't be a result present in any graduate book on Lie groups? $\endgroup$ – Bilateral Apr 10 '16 at 1:08
$\begingroup$ The given link says the opposite in the indefinite case. $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 11 '16 at 1:30
Onishchik: Lectures on Real Semisimple Lie Algebras and Their Representations.
jorge vargasjorge vargas
$\begingroup$ This book on Lie algebras doesn't seem to say much about the structure of Lie groups (and their automorphisms, which as you know is a more delicate matter than in the case of Lie algebras). $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 11 '16 at 2:45
on page 386 (paragraph 66.7) you find the table Out(G)/Int(G) on page 387 you find D_{l,j} j>1 your Lie algebras so(p,q) when your p or q is even. on page 391 you find so(p,q) when both p,q are odd The general theorem is on page 382-386
$\begingroup$ You should edit your answer rather than write a new answer and again a new answer.... $\endgroup$ – Mikhail Borovoi Apr 12 '16 at 15:38
Check the book Freudenthal Linear Lie groups, in this book you find a complete treatment of Aut(G) for G a real semisimple (connected) Lie group. best regards
$\begingroup$ The main difficulty of the question posed is that the Lie groups ${\rm{SO}}(p,q)$ are disconnected, so results about automorphisms of connected groups don't seem to apply. Since the book of Freudenthal is very difficult to navigate (because it has no table of contents and uses a lot of non-standard notation and terminology), can you please point to where its "complete treatment" of automorphisms in the connected case is given? I see a discussion very early on which is too preliminary to be the "complete treatment" you're referring to. $\endgroup$ – nfdc23 Apr 11 '16 at 1:33
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On April 19th, retailer Target released a blog post conveying their support for the Federal Equality Act and a statement saying they support transgender customers, along with team members, using the bathrooms that coincide with their gender identity within its stores.
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Been watching the new Marvel™ TV series Iron Fist on Netflix™. There are good aspects and some so bad it causes involuntary facial flinching. Daniel Rand, introduced as a kid who lost his corporate rich mom and dad in a relaxing vacation plane wreck over the Himalayas, is rescued by invisible monks and raised for the next 15 years to be the next Iron Fist, solely designed to wipe out the evil gang, The Hand. They beat him with sticks every day to reinforce their clenched mandate.
15 years later he shows up unexpectedly in downtown New York as a shoeless street bum (with hipster beard and an iPod™), trying to reconnect with his dad’s company. (He’s an heir worth billions and yet can’t afford socks, matching or otherwise.)
All of this I can get behind except they make him say and do stupid things. (Really bad chi-generating meditation moves and stilted kung-fu reference dialogue.) Worst, they give him a lava glowing fist that, when he’s provoked by violence, lights up and he can punch criminals and/or walls right in the sheet rock. Walls pretty much deserve it because they impede proper feng shui. Stupid walls.
All in all, mildly entertaining, but a surprising misstep by Marvel™, whose only blemish on a stellar track record has been The Fantastic Four. (Note to Marvel — PLEASE quite trying to make that one work. No one gives a crap about a guy who can stretch like a rubber band and another one who looks like passed kidney stones.)
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“A dark avenger is born when a worldwide corporation known as VALA launches an untested vaccine called Nh25 into the market by bribing, threatening, and killing every official opposing them.
Rendel unleashes his own special kind of hell against VALA, threatening to put an end the distribution of Nh25 As blood spills and the money burns, VALA recruits a group of mercenaries to do what they seemingly can’t, eliminate Rendel permanently.”
Rendel is Finland’s first superhero movie. About time they jumped on the bandwagon. Heck, I’m filming my own superhero movie as we speak: Yell Man: Neighbor Wars (pending $10 million crowd-funding.) Sounds like Rendel is a cross between Spawn (1997) and, well, me (I have a suit just like his, so you can see why people would make the connection. And by people, I mean me.) Despite a personal affront, looking forward to this one.
LIVING AMONG US (2017)
“A documentary crew is sent in to interview a family of vampires whose existence has been made known to the world. But soon the crew realizes their very lives are in danger as they uncover a deadly secret and must fight for survival.”
Sounds like they took the framework of Fright Night (1985) and went to town with it. So vampires are living next door. Might be time to order some garlic polo shirts and Internet-ordered wooden stakes and go door-to-door because now I’m thinking those aren’t just a-holes living next to me, but bloodsucking a-holes.
IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE (February 14, 2018)
“Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity — or destroy it once and for all. The truth behind the creation of mankind will be revealed when an old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity they must fight the Vril, an ancient shape-shifting reptilian race and their army of dinosaurs.”
You can look but you may not find anything as crazy cool as Iron Sky (2012). And now with it’s sequel (which I e-barfed about on November 11, 2014) is within release sight. The new trailer shows a reanimated Hitler riding a T-Rex like it was a hobby horse, looking to re-take the world from the inside out. (Turns out those hollow Earthers were right. My apologies.) Consider putting Iron Sky: The Coming Race on your to-do/bucket list.
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (HBO/in-production)
“After his father goes missing, Black joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find him. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.”
Racists and dark god entities. And how does this differ from the current political administration? You’ve already seen this — every night on the news.
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Archive for Night of the Seagulls
Smack-Talking Computers, Possessed Ubers, The Curse of Seagulls
Posted in Aliens, Classic Horror, Evil, Foreign Horror, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, Zombies with tags 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alexa, Alien, Aliens, apocalyptic wasteland, Arthur C. Clark, Ash, astronauts, Beyond White Space, British, CASE, Classic Horror, Cognitive Architecture for Space Exploration, creature, Curse of the Blind Dead, cyberpunk, Discovery One, Evil, Foreign Horror, Fritos, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Godzilla, Google, Hal 9000, Haunt, Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2 android, Italian, James Brolin, Knight Templars, Moby Dick, Monolith, monster, Nature Gone Wild, Night of the Seagulls, Nostromo, possessed, Satan, Science Fiction, seagulls, Sentinel of Eternity, Siri, spaceship, Stanley Kubrick, Supergrid, The Amityville Horror, The Car, The Car: Road To Revenge, The Ghost Galleon, The Return of the Blind Dead, The Who, Tombs of the Blind Dead, Undead Knights, Who’s Next, Zombies on November 30, 2018 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Remember HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic), the sentient super computer with a human personality, in the groundbreaking sci-fi movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey (which ironically was done in 1968)? Now CASE (Cognitive Architecture for Space Exploration) is making a new HAL — which spells doom for all us astronauts (I’m almost done with my online courses, so yeah, I’m an astronaut, b*tches!)
2001: A Space Odyssey, as you likely know, was infamously produced and directed by fake moon landing movie maker, Stanley Kubrick from an Arthur C. Clark short story, Sentinel of Eternity (1951). In 2001, HAL, the computer not only talks, but talks back, overrides human commands and secretly has a directive to investigate a radio signal sent from that mysterious, featureless Monolith. (The Who — lunar British rock band — symbolically peed on it for the cover of their rhythmic beats album, Who’s Next/1971. Disrespectful, but very rock). The crew of Discovery One should’ve waited to see what happened to the staff of the deep space Nostromo in Alien (1979). Ash (Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2 android), their super computer in the clever guise of a stink human, pulled the exact same sh*t and look what happened there.
Pretty much everybody (except me) owns their own personal HAL, though they call it Alexa/Siri/Google. My dire warning to you is to not trust any of those convenient smart home devices and make sure you don’t involuntarily get locked out of your house/deep space vessel.
While you contemplate machines taking over the world, here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not digitally sever your oxygen hose…
BEYOND WHITE SPACE (December 14, 2018)
“The captain of a deep-space vessel makes a daring decision to go after a rare and nearly extinct species. His obsession soon jeopardizes the mutinous crew when the gigantic and deadly creature attacks the ship.”
Sounds like Moby Dick in space. The trailer is pretty cool — there’s a mega big gigantic huge Godzilla-esque monster floating around, looking for spaceship flavored snacks. The deep-space vessel may as well put a Fritos™ logo on the side of their ship.
SUPERGRID (December 18, 2018)
“Two estranged brothers travel the notorious ‘Grid’ in their quest to collect and deliver a mysterious cargo. En route they must contend with road pirates, rebel gangs, and each other.”
The plot of traveling across the danger-enhanced apocalyptic wastelands steal from dozens of other same-plot movies/TV shows, but also the morning work commute.
THE CAR: ROAD TO REVENGE (January 8, 2019)
“In a dilapidated cyberpunk city plagued by crime and corruption, an unscrupulous District Attorney is savagely murdered and tossed out of a building onto his brand new car. Mysteriously, the District Attorney and his car come back to life as a single being with a thirst for vengeance. The eerie driver-less car embarks on a vicious rampage exacting revenge on the criminals who murdered him.”
They’re calling this a “stylized sequel” to the 1977 movie called, The Car, wherein a possessed vehicle runs people down and parks on their faces. The lead character was James Brolin, who later went on to The Amityville Horror infamy. He seems nice.
CURSE OF THE BLIND DEAD (2019)
“In the Thirteen century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knight Templars, is captured during a ritual and brutally murdered by the locals. Just before the execution, the Knights swear to return from their graves to haunt the village and the nearby forest. Centuries later, in a post-apocalyptic future, a man and his daughter try to survive against both the Undead Knights and a sect commanded by a mad preacher.”
Sound familiar? It should — it’s a continuation of the early Seventies Italian-filmed Blind Dead series (Tombs of the Blind Dead/1971, The Return of the Blind Dead/1973, The Ghost Galleon/1974, Night of the Seagulls/1975). Blind dead Templar Knights out for revenge are certainly scary. But man, don’t get in a dust up with seagulls — those things always know when you wash your car and will unleash their coordinated crap attacks on your just-cleaned hood and door handle. (How do they manage such accuracy? Geez.)
Pirate Zombies
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Fantasy, Ghosts, Zombies with tags Blind Dead Euro Horror Series, Classic Horror, Evil, Fantasy, flesh-eating, Ghosts, Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter’s Cove, Night of the Seagulls, pirates, Pirates of the Caribbean, Return of the Blind Dead, seagulls, swashbuckling, Tombs of the Blind Dead, treasure chest, Zombie Pirates, Zombies on November 28, 2013 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Zombie pirates or, “pirate zombies,” are not exactly new to the horror genre. If what few remaining brain cells serve me correctly (and why wouldn’t they – I let them live), a recent example would be the cursed pirate zombies in the ba-jillion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Then there was Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter’s Cove (2005), which featured a ghost pirate zombie. There were more, but like I said, limited brain cell resources.
So Zombie Pirates, releasing January 21, 2014, carries on in the fine tradition of swashbuckling, swording, stabbing and, presumably, a treasure chest full of flesh-eating.
What to expect: “A dangerous young woman offers up human sacrifices to a ghost ship of the dead in return for an ancient treasure. When she comes up one sacrifice short, her zombie masters exact their bloody revenge in this gory tribute to Spain’s popular Blind Dead Euro Horror series.”
A little obscure reference, but the Blind Dead series is an excellent inspirational source, i.e., Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971), Return of the Blind Dead (1973), The Ghost Galleon (1974), Night of the Seagulls (1975). In fact, I pattern my own moral stance on seagulls.
So we’re promised a dangerous young woman, human sacrifice, a ghost ship that may or may not have proper running lights, taxable ancient treasure, zombie masters (i.e., Republicans) and gory bloody revenge, the best kind of all reprisals.
P.S. Seagulls rock.
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The Big Lake They Call ‘Gitche Gumee’
July 16, 2018 2 By michiganrootsmeg
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down. Of the big lake they called ‘gitche gumee.’ The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead. When the skies of November turn gloomy.” – The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot
Good ‘old Lake Superior, the grandest of all the Great Lakes! The largest, deepest, coldest, and most unpredictable Great Lake of them all! Notorious for it’s pop-up storms and the ever popular shipwreck ‘The Edmund Fitzgerald.’
Knowing all of this..who is their right minds would want to stand up paddle board across this lake?
Lake Superior Crossing
July 10, 208 Kwin Morris, Jeff Guy and Joe Lorenz set out on the paddle of a lifetime! These guys have already successfully paddled across Lake Michigan (2015) and Lake Huron (2017). The paddle started in Wawa, Ontario, Canada at the Lake Superior Provincial Park. The significance of starting here is the century old Native American pictographs along the rocky costal line. One of the pictographs pictured below is of Misshepezhieu, the spirit of the water. Misshepezhieu could work for or against humans – he could calm the waters, or he could bring wind and storms by thrashing his tail.
Like the other two paddles, Lake Superior started out with great paddling conditions: flat, little wind and no waves. The only tricky condition was going against a thick cloud of fog. Although challenging, it sure gave for cool pictures!
The first stop on the paddle was going to be the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald-33 miles out from the Canadian shoreline. I’m sure most of you know or have heard about this famous wreck that occurred November 10,1975 (if not reference the song by Gordon Lightfoot ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ it’s a quick song about it!) This wreck site is condidered a grave site for the 29 sailors whom lost their lives that night; and it is now against the law to boat, paddle,or dive over!
After getting permission from the family members, as well as the Canadian government the paddlers and two safety boats were granted access to pass over. At about 9pm on July 10,2018 Kwin, Jeff and Joe along with other safety boat crew members had a memorial to honor the great ship and crewsman. A wreath (donated by Co-Ed Flowers & Gifts) of 29 carnations +1 carnation for all other sailors lost at sea was placed overtop the wreck. They followed this with 3 mintes of silence. An emotional and tear filled event for everyone.
After an uneventful and calm night of paddling, the guys made landfall around 6am the following morning! Greeted with a beautiful sunrise, calm waters, and family and friends on shore. They ended at the Lighthouse on the end of Whitefish Point, Michigan-also where the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located.
Kwin, Jeff and Joe may have been exhausted both physically and emotionally, but they beat the odds and crossed Lake Superior! 60 miles in 22 hours…pretty impressive!
The picture below is of kwin holding a log that he picked up 3 miles away from the Canadian coastline. The significance of it, is that even in the most remote area of Lake Superior there is wood and pieces of plastic floating around! WHERE IS THIS PLASTIC COMING FROM?! A way to help reduce plastic and other garbage from getting into the Great Lakes is to recycle more! Can we all make a pledge to not only clean up after ourselves…but if you see garbage just laying around pick it up yourself too!
Paddlers and the Boat Safety Crew
Kwin, Jeff and Mark Goethel- helped Corey Adkins with photography & videography of the crossing!
Celebrating a huge accomplishment,while live on 9&10 News
Jeff and his parents
Joe & Sara before the crossing
Kwin & Meg at the finish
Jeff & Mel at finish
My Thoughts on the Crossing
As you can tell by reading this, Lake Superior treated the guys well! THANK YOU MISSHEPEZHIUE!
Looking back it is almost too good to be true! I remember at every update that the safety boats would give us (which was about every 2 hours) thinking to myself “there has got to be something that will happen….” especially knowing whole heartily that it’s Lake Superior, and it’s track record!
This crossing has been one of my favorites.
Lake Superior Provincial Park in Wawa, Ontario, Canada was awesome! We did some hiking to the pictographs and the views were spectacular. Kwin and I will definitely be going back.
While waiting in Whitefish, Michigan the “On-Land” crew members went to Tahquamenon Falls. We also rented a house on Lake Superior, which as you can guess was pretty awesome too!
Around the same time the guys were having their memorial for the Edmund Fitzgerald we also did a little something to honor the ship. A toast around our lakeside bonfire!
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point is amazing! It has so much history in it, including the actual Edmund Fitzgerald bell recovered from the ship in 1995 (The last time that anyone was able to dive or cross over the shipwreck before it became illegal.)
Mel, Jeff, Kwin & Me
Corey Adkins will be making another documentary about this crossing! It will be aired on 9&10 News this Thanksgiving!
He is also working on a mini-series that will be aired sometime in September…more to follow on that, so make sure to follow our Facebook page for updates.
As for the next Lake Crossing…planning has just begun! With a tentative date of June 2019 crossing Lake Erie!
I hope you enjoyed, and if you haven’t yet it isn’t too late to donate! Head over to our website HERE and make a donation!
CategoryLake Crossings!
Brian Stack says:
I find a ton of inspiration from following what you guys are accomplishing. Congrats to the paddlers and the supporting team!
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As soon as the words were out of Alcide’s mouth, he finds himself thrown against the wall with the force of a freight train. Alcide crumbles to the floor. Fintan is standing in the doorway; a ball of light pulses in his hand and is aimed at the wolf slumped on the floor. Alcide is slowly trying to push himself back to his feet. Eventually, he settles for sitting up and resting against the wall with his head tilted back.
“Who is coming for my granddaughter? Did you lead them here? Are you responsible for this?” Fintan’s voice rises higher and higher with each word until he is shouting. The ball of light changes color and grows in size the more agitated Fintan gets; it is now a shimmering red haze about the size of a cantaloupe.
“No,” Alcide declares vehemently, his eyes snapping open. “My friend Hollis owns Howl at the Moon; it’s a bar in Jackson that Weres and shifters hang out at. Now it has been overrun by a pack of rogue wolves. Hollis heard some of the guys talking last night about an upcoming job to get the Stackhouse girl. The name caught Hollis’ attention; he remembers Sookie from when we dated. He wasn’t sure they were talking about you. However, when Hollis saw Debbie walk in and start hanging on one of the guys, he was pretty sure the girl they were talking about was you,” Alcide says as he gestures towards Sookie. “She still hates you, even though we aren’t together,” Alcide says remorsefully as his eyes close.
The light in Fintan’s hand diminishes in size and extinguishes. Fintan and Sookie both regard Alcide silently for several minutes. “How the hell is Debbie mixed up in this?” Sookie looks baffled.
Groaning from the effort, Alcide gingerly moves off the floor so that he can stand. He is still hurting from the effects of Fintan’s shot, so he leans against the wall tiredly. “She’s back on V,” he grumbles. “She and I have been off and on for years. She dumped me a few months ago for Cooter, the leader of the rogue Weres. These Weres are criminals; stealing, drugs, fighting. They have no honor, no sense of pride. They give the rest of us a bad name!” Alcide snarls in anger.
“Why hasn’t Colonel Flood done anything about them?” Fintan sits down at the kitchen table and gestures for Alcide to sit back down. Alcide hobbles over to the table and drops back down in his seat. Sookie resumes her pacing around the kitchen; she is too agitated to stay still.
“Flood won’t go against them because they are too strong. They are all doing V. We won’t win in a fight.”
Sookie asks quietly, “When are they coming for me?”
“Tonight,” Alcide states. His lips turn down in disgust as he continues speaking, “They know you’re with the vamp that owns Fangtasia. They plan to attack the club as well as come here. They have orders to bring you to Jackson.”
“Do we know that Lorena is supplying them with the blood? How many are coming for me? And why hasn’t Russell done anything about the Weres if they are causing so many problems?” Sookie fires off her questions rapidly.
“I dunno,” Alcide admires tiredly.
“Look at me Wolf,” Fintan commands. When Alcide complies, Fintan continues. “If I find out you had anything to do with this, you will suffer a fate worse than death. If you are part of this plot, I will make it my life’s mission to destroy not only you, but every other dog in your precious pack. Do we understand one another?” Alcide growls in anger, but nods his head once to show his understanding.
“You need to leave Alcide,” Sookie says briskly. Before he can protest, she rushes on. “You can’t be seen here; they’ll know you’re helping us and then come after you and your family. I won’t be responsible for something happening to Janice or the kids. Go home; we have more than enough here to fight whatever trash is coming. We’ll call you when it’s over.”
Alcide slowly walks out of the kitchen. Sookie and Fintan move out to the porch to watch him leave. Once Alcide is in his truck and driving away from the house, Fintan asks his granddaughter a question. “Do you think we can trust him?”
Sookie shakes her head, “No, but what choice do I have?” She turns to stare at her grandfather. “Come on; we have some calls to make.”
Later that evening, Ginger is standing outside Fangtasia checking IDs of the patrons entering Fangtasia. She feels really important; usually Pam or one of the other vampires checks IDs, a human has never had this job. Ginger is so excited, she thinks that Master and Pam have finally noticed how hard she works and they are rewarding her with this job. Because she doesn’t want to disappoint them, she makes sure she really reads the IDs of everyone trying to get in. She doesn’t want to let anyone underage in or worse….ugly people. Ginger is being really selective about the people she lets in to Master’s club; she turns away more than she lets in. The usual patrons grumble about her denying them access, but she tells them to get their skanky asses away from her vampires. She says that this is a high-class place and they don’t need any white trash inside. Several of the disgruntled guests look at her like she is crazy since Ginger is wearing a short denim skirt and a hot pink tube top.
A group of seven guys in motorcycle gear come up to the door. Ginger asks them all for their IDs and cover charge. The leader of the group supplies all the IDs and money to Ginger. She slowly peruses the licenses, making sure they aren’t fakes. One of the guys in the group tells her to hurry up, but she just ignores him.
“Y’all are a ways from home. What brought you down here from Mississippi?” Ginger asks with a smile as she distributes the licenses back to the proper people.
“Business,” the leader of the group says to her. The men all push their way inside.
Once the last man is inside, Ginger places a sign on the door that says closed due to a private event. She stands by the door with a vacant look in her eye.
“You did real good Ginger,” Jessica says as she moves out of the shadows. “Master will be so proud of you.”
“Do you think so?” Ginger looks hopeful. All she wants is Eric to approve of her.
“I do. But you need to be a good girl, and go home now. You didn’t come to work tonight; they are closed for a private event. You stayed home all night giving yourself a manicure and pedicure. You want to look extra pretty for the next time you see Master,” Jessica says as she holds Ginger in her glamour.
“My nails do look messy. I should fix them so that Master will think they look nice,” Ginger says robotically.
“That’s a good girl. Go home now, Ginger.,” Jessica releases Ginger from her glamour. Ginger walks to her car immediately and gets in. She pulls out of the parking lot and heads for home.
“That was impressive!” Jason says as he comes up next to Jessica. “Wait, you ain’t ever done that mind trick thing on me has ya?” He looks horrified at the thought.
Jessica shakes her head at him with a soft smile. “No. Now I have to get inside. You got everything covered out here?” She looks concerned to leave Jason alone.
Jason nods his head and pats the guns strapped to his body. He is wearing all black; ammunition belts are draped over his chest. He has a gun strapped to each hip. He also has more weapons on the roof of the building that faces Fangtasia. “I got this covered. I ain’t letting any of those fuckers out that door. Nobody hurts my baby sister!”
Jessica’s fangs snap down. She is feeling the bloodlust rise up. She kisses Jason fiercely, but quickly pulls away before she gets too caught up. “Just make sure you don’t shoot one of us by accident,” she teases him with a wink. She vamps in the club and Jason runs across the parking lot to get to his sniper’s position.
Inside the club, nothing looks amiss although business does look slower than normal. The music is loud; Rammstein’s Ich Will blares from the speakers. Thalia is dancing on one of the poles back near the bar. She is wearing black leather pants and a tiny black leather vest. Chow and Clancy are working the bar; both wear jeans and black t-shirts. Eric sits on his throne; his attention on the dancer in front of him. Several patrons are on the dance floor dancing; others are sitting at tables throughout the club sipping on drinks.
The bikers move to the bar to order drinks; beer and tequila. Four of the bikers spread out to two of the vacant tables. The remaining three bikers stand with their backs to the bar, their eyes scanning the crowd.
“She ain’t here,” one of the bikers whispers nervously.
“Shut up,” the leader of the group growls. “She’s gotta be here. The tall blond vamp is here. They said he doesn’t let her out of his sight.”
Eric smirks on the stage. Stupid dogs. They think the vampires can’t hear them over the music. And they have the audacity to come to his club trying to take Sookie. His fangs slide down in anticipation of the fight to come. He catches Pam’s eye as she walks out of the basement. She nods slightly in understanding, moving quickly to the bar to grab the tray of shots that Chow has prepared. Pam takes them to the wolves sitting at the table, setting the drinks down on the black lacquer .
“We didn’t order these,” one of the guys says gruffly.
Pam smiles. “I know. They are compliments of the women sitting over at that table,” Pam indicates a table in the corner. Jessica waves at the guys shyly. There’s another girl at the table, but she is in a shadow. All you can see is that she has blonde hair.
“Uh, tell them thanks,” one of the guys says and Pam walks off with a smile. Each guy grabs a glass and salutes the table before shooting the drinks. They grin at each other before reaching for more. They all think the vamps are stupid and that they have no idea what’s coming. The guys quickly finish off the tray of shots.
The three bikers at the bar stare at their comrades in disgust; they are here to do a job, not drink. They too notice the blonde in the corner and think it’s the woman they are here for. The leader gestures for one of the guys to go down the hallway leading towards the bathrooms. If the blonde bitch goes to the bathroom, they can grab her back there and slide out the back door.
After a few more songs, the blonde woman gets up from the booth and heads down the hallway to the womens’ bathroom. The leader of the wolves sends the other guy at the bar down the hallway to make sure there is no trouble. After ten minutes when neither the girl nor his associates are seen, the leader of the wolves calls for the other guys so that they can go. The four wolves at the table do not respond. The leader angrily pushes away from the bar and goes over to the two tables. He roughly grabs one of the guys at the table, but he is unresponsive.
The lone wolf shouts, “What the fuck?” The music cuts off rapidly and utter silence descends on the bar.
“I guess their mommas never taught them that they shouldn’t take drinks from strangers in a bar. You never know what could be in the drink,” Pam says nonchalantly from the bar. She is leaning against the bar looking bored. She holds her nails out in front of her, inspecting them for any chips.
“You fucking bitch! What did you do to them?”
“Silver,” Eric says from his throne. The wolf’s eyes take on a yellow haze and the air around him begins to shimmer. In the next instant, Eric dives at the wolf. He snaps the bone in one of his legs, which stops the man from shifting. The wolf howls in pain, and Eric pins him to the floor.
“WHO. SENT. YOU?”
“I’ll never tell you fanger. It doesn’t matter, we already got the girl. My guys have already taken her away from here. You won’t be able to find her,” the wolf says arrogantly.
“I wouldn’t be so sure of that,” Sookie’s voice floats through the bar. The wolf looks up to find her lounging against the stripper pole that is in front of the stage. She is wearing a leather corset dress, fishnet stockings, and black heels. She waves her fingers at him teasingly. “I’ve been up here the whole time, and you dumbasses never noticed,” she smirks.
The wolf growls in response, and Eric applies more pressure to his spinal column. “Your friends at the table are dead. Your friends that went down the hallway are also dead. You’re future isn’t looking very promising,” Eric hisses. “Now…WHO. SENT. YOU?” Eric shouts.
“If I talk, I’m as good as dead anyway. You might as well kill me fanger,” the wolf states.
“As you wish,” Eric says and snaps the neck of the wolf.
Eric stands up and dusts his hands off in disgust. He looks around the bar at all the allies that Sookie and Fintan had managed to assemble during the day. Fintan used his connections with the local packs to get some of the stronger fighters to come out to support them. Sookie had called Lafayette and Jesus. They arranged for some of the more powerful members of the local coven to come out; they had been ready to cast spells if necessary. Fintan and Sookie’s family members were in attendance; her cousin Claudette was actually the blonde in the corner with Jessica. When Fintan called Desmond to tell him about the problem, Desmond sent his nieces, Diantha and Gladiola, two fierce Dae fighters. Eric notified the vampires that were most loyal to him so that they could assemble at Fangtasia. It is an impressive display of cooperation across the Supernatural races.
“Did you get anything from him?” Eric helps Sookie climb down from the platform she had danced on.
“I did. We need to get to Jackson soon,” Sookie says. “I need to talk to Russell.”
Eric’s cell phone starts ringing. He pulls the phone out from his jacket pocket and looks at the caller ID. He smirks as he hands the phone to Sookie. “Did you forget to call someone today?”
She looks down at the caller ID. “Oh fuck,” she mumbles. She swipes her finger so that the call connects. “Hello Godric.”
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aolani08 says:
Lol…..I stopped what I was doing just to read the update now I’m laughing out loud and my kids are looking at me crazy
mistressjessica1028 says:
What has you laughing out loud?
Hehehe. I’d feel like that was a little anti-climactic if i had been asked to be backup. However, nicely played with no bloodshed. And did the drinks really kill the weres? What about the cree headed for the farmhouse? When are they meant to meet up with each other?
Awww, poor godric… Papa is no longer the most important man in his little girls life!
Great chapter 🙂
I feel like I am so much better at writing sexual encounters than violence. I just don’t have it in me to be a violent person. That being said, we are due for a whole bunch of violence in the upcoming chapters. Shits about to get real campers….. 🙂
I think some of your questions will be answered in the upcoming chapters, so forgive me if I don’t answer you here. But know this, Godric is still an important figure in this story.
murgatroid98 says:
I’m sure Godric is monitoring Eric’s and Sookie’s feelings and wants to know what’s going on. Those Were’s weren’t very smart. It does almost seem that they were taken down too easily, but there was a lot of teamwork. Nicely done.
It was easy for a reason…. Next chapter may reveal why. 🙂
Great show of all the peeps willing to cooperate and help out
kleannhouse says:
great chapter, curious to what she heard in the biker’s mind… and not calling Godric not good… looking forward to the next chapter and who might be at the farmhouse… KY
Carol Abramson says:
That was a bit of excitement. I guess Sookie’s ‘dad’ is going to be pissed he was mistakenly excluded from the fun. Then again he would have wanted Sookie far away from the action and Sookie would have put up a hell of a fight over that! Loved the chapter, looking forward to 37!
Godric wouldn’t intentionally keep Sookie from a fight. He has learned over the years that he cannot keep her sheltered from everything; that would leave her unprepared to deal with her life. That being said, he isn’t happy that he wasn’t informed about the fight.
Thanks for reading and reviewing!
honulvr says:
Well, that was easy! A little foreshadowing of Eric & Sookie’s future roles with the Vampire/Were/Witch/Fae/Dae assembly huh? I bet Auntie AP is proud of her niece and nephew uniting everyone already. I’m excited to learn what Sookie found out that she needs to call Russell right away. I hope we can have more of Godric in the mix too. I can’t help it, I love Godric and the dynamic with the three of them is so interesting in this story. I also love that Fintan is more involved in this story, that Sookie has a good solid family support system. Amazing what it can do for self-esteem, huh? Then there is the excitement about what’s up with the other new powers Sook is gonna get! At first, I had thought it was Sookie that had Alcide thrown against the wall, not Fintan, so I was all ‘Way to go Sook!’. Maybe she still will develop that one, remains to be seen huh? Anyways, there is so much fun to look forward too! I love it! Thanks for working hard on this and sharing it with us.
Godric is still very much an active participant in this story. I haven’t forgotten about him. We just have a lot of things we need to get to. I feel like it is all coming to a head in the next few chapters.
The idea of family is what really drove me to write this story. What if Sookie had a family that supported her and loved her from the beginning? How would she be different? How would her life be different? That is what I am trying to explore with all of this. Of course, it helps that I get to place her in the arms of the Viking that we all love. 😀
Sookie’s powers will keep developing. After her second experience with Eric’s blood, we know she achieve the abilities of teleportation and telekinesis. We don’t know if she developed them after the first time having Eric’s blood. When she has his blood for the third time, more powers will be revealed. In my mind, it isn’t necessarily the vampire blood that activates her power; its the fact she is with her mate.
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10 Useful Python Data Visualization Libraries for Any Discipline
June 8, 2016• 9 minute read
Melissa Bierly
Scroll through the Python Package Index and you'll find libraries for practically every data visualization need—from GazeParser for eye movement research to pastalog for realtime visualizations of neural network training. And while many of these libraries are intensely focused on accomplishing a specific task, some can be used no matter what your field.
This list is an overview of 10 interdisciplinary Python data visualization libraries, from the well-known to the obscure. Mode Python Notebooks support three libraries on this list - matplotlib, Seaborn, and Plotly - and more than 60 others that you can explore on our Notebook support page.
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Two histograms (matplotlib)
matplotlib is the O.G. of Python data visualization libraries. Despite being over a decade old, it's still the most widely used library for plotting in the Python community. It was designed to closely resemble MATLAB, a proprietary programming language developed in the 1980s.
Because matplotlib was the first Python data visualization library, many other libraries are built on top of it or designed to work in tandem with it during analysis. Some libraries like pandas and Seaborn are “wrappers” over matplotlib. They allow you to access a number of matplotlib’s methods with less code.
While matplotlib is good for getting a sense of the data, it's not very useful for creating publication-quality charts quickly and easily. As Chris Moffitt points out in his overview of Python visualization tools, matplotlib “is extremely powerful but with that power comes complexity.”
matplotlib has long been criticized for its default styles, which have a distinct 1990s feel. The upcoming release of matplotlib 2.0 promises many new style changes to address this problem.
Created by: John D. Hunter, available in Mode
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Seaborn
Violinplot (Michael Waskom)
Seaborn harnesses the power of matplotlib to create beautiful charts in a few lines of code. The key difference is Seaborn's default styles and color palettes, which are designed to be more aesthetically pleasing and modern. Since Seaborn is built on top of matplotlib, you'll need to know matplotlib to tweak Seaborn's defaults.
Created by: Michael Waskom, available in Mode
Where to learn more: http://web.stanford.edu/~mwaskom/software/seaborn/index.html
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ggplot
Small multiples (ŷhat)
ggplot is based on ggplot2, an R plotting system, and concepts from The Grammar of Graphics. ggplot operates differently than matplotlib: it lets you layer components to create a complete plot. For instance, you can start with axes, then add points, then a line, a trendline, etc. Although The Grammar of Graphics has been praised as an “intuitive” method for plotting, seasoned matplotlib users might need time to adjust to this new mindset.
According to the creator, ggplot isn't designed for creating highly customized graphics. It sacrifices complexity for a simpler method of plotting.
ggplot is tightly integrated with pandas, so it's best to store your data in a DataFrame when using ggplot.
Created by: ŷhat
Where to learn more: http://ggplot.yhathq.com/
Interactive weather statistics for three cities (Continuum Analytics)
Like ggplot, Bokeh is based on The Grammar of Graphics, but unlike ggplot, it's native to Python, not ported over from R. Its strength lies in the ability to create interactive, web-ready plots, which can be easily output as JSON objects, HTML documents, or interactive web applications. Bokeh also supports streaming and real-time data.
Bokeh provides three interfaces with varying levels of control to accommodate different user types. The highest level is for creating charts quickly. It includes methods for creating common charts such as bar plots, box plots, and histograms. The middle level has the same specificity as matplotlib and allows you to control the basic building blocks of each chart (the dots in a scatter plot, for example). The lowest level is geared toward developers and software engineers. It has no pre-set defaults and requires you to define every element of the chart.
Created by: Continuum Analytics
Where to learn more: http://bokeh.pydata.org/en/latest/
pygal
Box plot (Florian Mounier)
Like Bokeh and Plotly, pygal offers interactive plots that can be embedded in the web browser. Its prime differentiator is the ability to output charts as SVGs. As long as you're working with smaller datasets, SVGs will do you just fine. But if you're making charts with hundreds of thousands of data points, they'll have trouble rendering and become sluggish.
Since each chart type is packaged into a method and the built-in styles are pretty, it's easy to create a nice-looking chart in a few lines of code.
Created by: Florian Mounier
Where to learn more: http://www.pygal.org/en/latest/index.html
Line plot (Plotly)
You might know Plotly as an online platform for data visualization, but did you also know you can access its capabilities from a Python notebook? Like Bokeh, Plotly's forte is making interactive plots, but it offers some charts you won't find in most libraries, like contour plots, dendograms, and 3D charts.
Created by: Plotly, available in Mode
Where to learn more: https://plot.ly/python/
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geoplotlib
Choropleth (Andrea Cuttone)
geoplotlib is a toolbox for creating maps and plotting geographical data. You can use it to create a variety of map-types, like choropleths, heatmaps, and dot density maps. You must have Pyglet (an object-oriented programming interface) installed to use geoplotlib. Nonetheless, since most Python data visualization libraries don't offer maps, it's nice to have a library dedicated solely to them.
Created by: Andrea Cuttone
Where to learn more: https://github.com/andrea-cuttone/geoplotlib
Scatter plot with trend line (David Robinson)
Gleam is inspired by R's Shiny package. It allows you to turn analyses into interactive web apps using only Python scripts, so you don't have to know any other languages like HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Gleam works with any Python data visualization library. Once you've created a plot, you can build fields on top of it so users can filter and sort data.
Created by: David Robinson
Where to learn more: https://github.com/dgrtwo/gleam
missingno
Nullity matrix (Aleksey Bilogur)
Dealing with missing data is a pain. missingno allows you to quickly gauge the completeness of a dataset with a visual summary, instead of trudging through a table. You can filter and sort data based on completion or spot correlations with a heatmap or a dendrogram.
Created by: Aleksey Bilogur
Where to learn more: https://github.com/ResidentMario/missingno
Chart grid with consistent scales (Christopher Groskopf)
Leather's creator, Christopher Groskopf, puts it best: “Leather is the Python charting library for those who need charts now and don’t care if they’re perfect.” It's designed to work with all data types and produces charts as SVGs, so you can scale them without losing image quality. Since this library is relatively new, some of the documentation is still in progress. The charts you can make are pretty basic—but that's the intention.
Created by: Christopher Groskopf
Where to learn more: http://leather.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
Other great reads on Python data visualization
There are a ton of great evaluations and overviews of Python data visualization libraries out there. Check out some of our favorites:
One Chart, Twelve Charting Libraries (Lisa Charlotte Rost)
Overview of Python Visualization Tools (Practical Business Python)
Python data visualization: Comparing 7 tools (Dataquest.io)
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By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - April 22, 2014
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is down from its 52-week high of $458 and is trading just over $367 per share today (Tuesday). Now that the momentum stock has sold off nearly 11% in the last three months, investors are wondering if now is the time to buy in.
Money Morning's Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald appeared on FOX Business' "Varney and Co." and discussed why he's recommending NFLX stock. Fitz-Gerald also detailed how investors should play Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD).
The One Number Signaling Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) Stock Will Soar in 2014
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - April 21, 2014
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) stock is up 6.45% in after-hours trading today (Monday) after the company beat Wall Street estimates for Q1 2014 earnings as the closing bell chimed.
Here's the key to Netflix's earnings - and why NFLX stock will continue to replicate 2013's triple-digit gains in the year ahead...
Why Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) Stock Is Down 20% This Month
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - March 27, 2014
Netflix was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 in 2013, gaining more than 312% for the year. The good times continued into this year, with NFLX up 25% year-to-date as of March 6. But since then the stock has plunged nearly 20%.
Here's why this high-flyer has stumbled...
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - March 27, 2014
If you're like most investors, you're probably feeling a bit frantic as this sell-off has pared your winnings.
Indeed, a lot of folks are probably thinking about cashing out and heading for the sidelines.
But I take a very different view of this kind of turmoil.
You see, I look at it as a tech investing opportunity.
By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning - February 25, 2014
On Sunday, Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) announced a massive deal with Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA). The agreement would pay the country's largest cable provider a premium to ensure reliable, high-quality streaming services to Netflix subscribers.
For an undisclosed figure, Comcast will connect directly to Netflix's servers, a move expected to dramatically improve Netflix's streaming quality.
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By Guest Admin, Money Morning - February 18, 2014
This morning (Tuesday), Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald appeared on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to discuss whether Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) stock are buys for investors.
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - February 14, 2014
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) announced yesterday (Thursday) that it has gained exclusive streaming rights to an animated "Star Wars" series from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS).
NFLX stock climbed 1.7% yesterday and reached a record high of $439.35. DIS stock is up 1.7% today.
The sixth season of the series "Star Wars: the Clone Wars" will be available to subscribers in the United States and Canada starting March 7. The first five seasons ran on Time Warner Inc.'s (NYSE: TWX) Cartoon Network.
Netflix also announced that it will have exclusive U.S. streaming rights to Disney movies starting in 2016.
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - January 22, 2014
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) stock was one of the biggest success stories of 2013 - soaring 312% - and should be reflected in Q4 earnings.
NFLX is projected to report Q4 earnings of $0.66 per share today (Wednesday), up from $0.13 last year. Revenue estimates are also optimistic at $1.17 billion for Q4. That's up 24% from 2012.
The key figure is new users. Netflix is expecting to report 2 million new subscribers for the fourth quarter. That's after adding 1.3 million new customers in the United States in the third quarter.
By Guest Admin, Money Morning - January 14, 2014
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) stock has posted tremendous gains in the last year, up nearly 227%. NFLX stock currently trades just over $338, after reaching an all-time high of more than $380 in December.
The key to its next big breakthrough was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 last week.
By Guest Admin, Money Morning - December 31, 2013
Today (Tuesday), Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson appeared on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to discuss whether the most interesting companies of 2013 will make for next year's best investments.
The four "interesting" companies highlighted by host Stuart Varney: Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR), and Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA).
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By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - October 23, 2013
Netflix stock has soared 440% in the past year, and 275% year-to-date. And this week the company said it added 1.3 million new U.S. customers, putting it ahead of even HBO. Yet there's this pesky $85 million gap between net income and cash flow, and now Carl Icahn has pulled out half of his investment.
Here's what all this will mean for Netflix stock in 2014...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - April 25, 2012
The tumultuous tale of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) got another twist this week when the company reported disappointing earnings and guidance after the close Monday.
Netflix posted its first quarterly loss in seven years for the first three months of 2012.
The disheartening numbers and guarded sentiment prompted words of warning from analysts and caused investors to flee the DVD rental-by-mail and streaming video company. investors tuned out in Tuesday trading, sending shares down more than 13%.
While the earnings loss was substantially smaller than analysts' forecast, the focus remained on second-quarter estimates that warn of a slowdown in subscriber growth through early summer.
The time between April and June is historically a lethargic period for Netflix as longer days and warmer temperatures lure people outdoors and away from viewing movies and old TV shows at home.
But the picture for Netflix, once a media darling with Hollywood starlet-like status, looks fuzzy at best.
It is losing the one thing that made it a hot hit: its members.
Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) Falls Short
Netflix anticipated adding 190,000 to 790,000 subscribers to its video-streaming service in the current quarter. That was well below analyst estimates of more than 1 million.
"They are giving a signal to the Street their growth story is over," Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, who rates Netflix a "Sell," told Reuters.
The projection startled already-jittery investors who were watching for clues the company would revisit its once-impressive growth after suffering a chain of gaffes over the last year.
By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning - January 26, 2012
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) beat expectations with an earnings report Wednesday after the bell that sent its stock up more than 14% in after-hours trading, and set the stage for a stock rally in 2012.
The company reported U.S. subscribers in the fourth quarter jumped by 610,000 to reach 24.4 million. The increase helped recoup the 800,000 U.S. customers Netflix lost in the third quarter after it changed monthly rates.
The video rental and streaming company reported surprisingly good earnings for the fourth quarter. Net income was 73 cents a share, about 33% higher than The Street's estimate of 55 cents a share. Revenue rose 47% from a year ago to $876 million, compared to analysts' estimated $857.3 million.
By 1 p.m. Netflix shares today (Thursday) had soared 21% to just over $115.
Today's stock boost offers investors a much needed price spike as NFLX stabilizes its business from a tumultuous 2011. After the company announced a 60% price increase and a business segment spin off, frustrated subscribers attacked Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings and cancelled subscriptions.
The stock took a toll - tumbling from a mid-year high of $305 to a yearly low of $62.37 by Nov. 30. The share price ended 2011 down 61%.
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US Govt to help Nigeria recover stolen funds
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
The Buhari administration has reached out to the US government to step up its assistance in ensuring that corrupt officials don’t get a safe haven abroad for their loot, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, the Vice President, who made the call yesterday during the visit of a US Congressional Delegation to the Presidential Villa, said both countries were working on a prompt repatriation of the funds.
According to Prof. Osinbajo, “we have reached out to the US government with respect with helping with repatriation of proceeds of crime and proceeds of corruption.’’
Prof. Osinbajo, who was appreciative of the support given by the US so far said the Buhari administration regarded “corruption is an existential threat’’ that must be dealt with at its root.
“We have worked quite closely with the US government on repatriation of funds, we have seen some results,’’ adding that the Federal Government is hoping for more improvement in the process.
“We think that this is very important because what tends to happen with corrupt public officials is that if they are able to find a safe haven for the proceeds of their criminality, not only are they encouraged as individuals but there is the general feeling that if I am able to get the proceeds out of the country I might just get away with it,’’ the Vice President said.
According to him, “This is one of the reasons why we have taken several actions to ensure that we are able to deal with it because some of the major dislocations in the economy are on account of the problems that we have seen with corruption.’’
He said the Buhari presidency’s strategy which is one of “the most effective ways of fighting corruption is ensuring that these proceeds are unsafe and for people to know that they would be found out and they would be punished for it and we would seize whatever profit they had gain.’’
On the return of the Chibok girls, the Vice President said, “it is a front burner issue for us all the time, there is no question of not continuing to negotiate and looking for the girls.’’
He expressed gratitude to God for the hope that the girls are still alive and would be released, noting that “negotiations were continuing and government would keep looking for the opportunity to bring them back.’’
The Vice President thanked the US government for its recent decision to sell Super Tucano aircrafts to Nigeria to aid its fight against insurgency in the North-East.
Sen. Christopher Coons who led the delegation said the visit was to reaffirm the relationship between Nigeria and the United States, noting that the US has “an enduring enthusiasm and partnership with Nigeria.’’
Other members of the Congressional delegation include, Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Michael Bennet, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Rep. Terri Sewell, Rep. Charlie Dent, Rep. Barbara Lee and Rep. Frederica Wilson. They were accompanied by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington.
Also in attendance were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffery Onyeama, Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babgana Monguno, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
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Facebook slapped with $123 million revenge-porn lawsuit
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For months, Facebook hosted a revenge-porn page dedicated to humiliating one Texas woman with Photoshopped clips of her face pasted onto porn shots, a US woman from Texas is claiming.
That woman, Meryem Ali, is now suing Facebook for $123 million (£73.11 million), which works out to 10 cents for each of the company’s 1.23 billion users.
Her suit, filed on 27 July in Harris County, Texas, names both Facebook and an ex-friend, Adeel Shah Khan, of Illinois, as defendants.
According to Ali, Khan was a friend about 5 years ago.
For “his own perverted pleasure”, he allegedly decided to start up a custom-tailored version of the standard, garden-variety revenge-porn site, which targets just about anybody it can get its sweaty little paws on.
The page in question was an “imposter” Facebook page taken out specifically in Ali’s name, the suit alleges.
Khan allegedly proceeded to send Friend invites to Ali’s family and friends from the trumped-up porn page.
What those friends and family found when they clicked: Ali’s face, cut-and-pasted onto photos of naked bodies, along with at least one that purportedly depicted her in the middle of having sex.
They alerted Ali in December 2013.
According to her suit, Ali, her friends and her family spent the next few months peppering Facebook with requests to take it down, per Facebook procedure, with no luck.
Facebook only responded after Houston police came knocking, subpoena in hand, as they tried to find the identity of the person behind the trumped-up porn.
Ali’s lawyer wrote in the filing that the action is being brought to “seek full justice” for the “significant trauma, extreme humiliation, extreme embarrassment, severe emotional disturbances, and severe mental and physical suffering” that Ali has endured.
The suit seeks actual/compensatory as well as punitive/exemplary damages from Facebook, which does this all with full knowledge, the suit claims, in spite of the privacy claims it makes in advertising.
From the court filing:
By this action, Plaintiff seeks to expose the frailties and failures of the falsely advertised, and falsely promoted privacy mechanisms of Defendant Facebook the largest social network in the world, and the significant damages that result to innocent individuals like Plaintiff as a result of those frailties and failures that Defendant Facebook's upper management, officers, directors and key employees have long known about and essentially concealed.
The suit states that it’s trying to get Facebook, the people who run it, and the people who use it “to stand up, take notice and pay attention to the serious privacy violations concerns involved in revenge porn situations.”
Is Facebook at fault here?
That’s a multifaceted question.
As far as Facebook’s shielding of the identity of the user allegedly behind the revenge-porn page, I would say no, Facebook was doing what it’s supposed to do: shield our privacy unless mandated by court order to do otherwise.
A reader offered this comment in the case, a few weeks ago, of a 13-year-old Texas girl who was arrested for Facebook death threats against an entire town:
Facebook is not law enforcement and does not know what does or does not constitute an "emergency". That is why we have a system of due process in the United States (and Texas).
But revealing identities is one thing. Taking down reportedly abusive content is another matter.
Is Facebook at fault for offering a Report Abuse procedure that acts like a black hole, swallowing complaints up with no reasonable expectation of prompt redress?
I suggest it’s time for Facebook to start including, on its How to Report Things page, language regarding the necessity of not just clicking on the Report button but also speedily securing the assistance of law enforcement in emergency situations, along with clear language informing people that the company will not hand over information without a court order or warrant.
I’m not sure whether Ali’s lawyer is actually putting Facebook on trial for this particular aspect of its privacy/report abuse procedures, but the language in the suit sure doesn’t sound like he’s shying away from it.
I’m hoping that the case will at least draw attention to a report abuse button that seems to have gotten its wires snipped.
Too often, it gets users no response, no matter how hard or how often we press that damn button.
Composite image of pins and heart courtesy of Shutterstock.
7 comments on “Facebook slapped with $123 million revenge-porn lawsuit”
The Rev. says:
Most of the “big guys” need to revamp their reporting procedures and reliability.
Perhaps it’s because FB knows I work for our state’s education department (even at a low level), but I often get responses for things I’ve actually reported using the most extreme levels available. The actions on their end often seem uneven however, some things (photoshopped images of teachers, messages harassing them, etc) get taken down individually, but the page itself dedicated to harassing the teacher stays up for a day or two.
jonathanpdx says:
It’s too bad they couldn’t go after $1000 per user.
Facebook and other “social” media behemoths (and most corporations) don’t care about their customers. Their ONLY real concern is their bottom line and how much the big guys at the top can collect each year. And they’ll do whatever it takes to keep that income pouring in.
Spryte says:
Quite right!!
They just want to ba able to count your ‘Likes’ for propmotion purposes and collect your email address to resell.
Complaints and even suggestions for improvement just go into the above mentioned “Black Hole”.
Andrew Ludgate says:
I think that instead of fines, advertising sanctions may be significantly more effective; I’m not exactly sure how that could be implemented, but it would definitely be a more apt penalty, assuming there was actual negligence involved.
Tirekyll says:
smells like a set up to me
ejhonda says:
Facebook’s reporting process is very ineffective. There is an individual who hosts objectionable content on Facebook (he’s got grudges against the FBI, Walmart, Jews, Chessie System Railroad, and the University of Michigan, while he seems to be a fan of Hitler), and then spams many financial institutions with links to his images hosted by Facebook. I’ve reported dozens upon dozens of the images, but only a very small fraction are taken down. There is no way to report the fact this guy is a major spammer and abuses Facebook’s resources by using them in his spam campaigns.
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Four houses and a flash rec centre: a town after a big shake
Cadoux was slumbering amid golden fields shimmering in the heat when we called. Admittedly most northern wheat belt towns of Western Australia slip into hibernate mode in the week between Christmas and New Year but Cadoux felt like it had stopped. So quiet.
Hard to imagine was the scene at 5.54pm on June 2, 1979, when the roads we saw shimmering in the midsummer heat danced to a different jig in the evening winter gloom.
Cadoux seems such an unlikely place for a powerful earthquake, but it was hit by a convulsion measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale. It opened 15km of great cracks in the ground, buckled roads, twisted railway lines, and cut power and telephone lines.
Left wrecked were the community hall, the Masonic hall, sports pavilion and the Post Office Store. WA’s second biggest earthquake (the biggest was a 7.3 at Meeberrie Station in 1941) moved the hamlet’s nine million litre water tank 43cm: unsurprisingly all the water leaked out.
Twenty-one of the 25 masonry buildings in Cadoux were damaged; only four of the 29 non-masonry were damaged. Falling masonry broke a child’s arm – the only recorded injury.
Most tall buildings swayed 200km away in Perth but little damage was recorded there, apart from the mercury leaking out of the Rottnest Island lighthouse.
After the ground stopped shaking damage to the school and houses was repaired, a new Post Office store built and an entirely sensible solution implemented for the lost recreation and social structures. All were gathered into the grand Cadoux Recreation Centre with social, sporting and cultural amenities – an astonishing air-conditioned complex for a tiny town of four houses, one occupied by the school principal.
Tennis, squash and basketball courts at the centre are used by the school and families living in the surrounding agricultural district.
For only $7 (pick up the key at the Post Office Store up the road), travellers can pull up motor homes or caravans for the night and use the kitchen and showers.
I also found a full bottle of Carlton Dry beer at the campground but alas, unlike the full can of Tooheys New I picked up on the Dundee Beach near Darwin, the free beer was a little spoiled by the sun. I shall continue to keep my eyes open on the free beer treasure hunt around Australia.
How utterly hospitable is Cadoux, little pinprick on the map selected for a wheat railway siding in 1929.
It was originally called Cado after the man who owned the farm where the bulk storage depot was built. A smart clerk did some checking and found the man’s name was actually Donald Cadoux, a French Canadian.
Pronounced a la francaise, Cadoux is phonetically Cado, which explained the anomaly when the name was written down. The council spelling was changed and the locals tweaked the sound to suit their sturdy English heritage. Instead of being pronounced Cado, Cadoux is now pronounced Cadoo.
Poor Donald never had to endure his name being tortured. He was killed at Gallipoli.
Apart from its fine recreation centre, peaceful stopover and hospitality, Cadoux has its Post Office Store, a rural supplies store, service station and its primary school for 25 pupils drawn from the surrounding area.
And despite the dried golden landscape, the Wongan-Ballidu shire where the town nestles has never been declared drought-stricken.
Beringbooding found but not a rock called Bonnie
You could say Monty Masefield was a pretty lucky fellow. In the end, he was the only one to benefit from a 10,000 pound water catchment built by the state government at mighty Beringbooding Rock.
For two years from 1937, 100 men on sustenance labour were railed from Perth to the tiny town of Bonnie Rock. From there they went to build a 2.3km concrete wall around the rim of Beringbooding. to channel rainwater into a 2.2 million gallon water tank.
The struggling men building the tank and 40cm-to-50cm wall were teetering between the depression and the war. How many weeks work they had on the rock depended on how many children they had.
Beringbooding became the largest rock water catchment in Australia. Rainwater flowed into the tank but too late for 153 of 154 water clients the government had in 1935 in the Wialki and Bonnie Rock wheat farming districts.
All had depended to some extent (104 totally) on the government water supplies which failed in 1935, ’36 and finally in ’37, when the green light was given for the grey wall to curl around the top of the red rock. Rain fell and sloshed into the tank, war broke out and in 1941 Monty noted in lonely irony that he was the only settler left east of Yanoning Rock and the only one within 10 miles of Beringboodin’s grand catchment investment, worth about $12 million today.
Never mind. More farmers wandered back and the tank is still used for watering stock and spraying crops. From the top of the rock you have an excellent view of the way the tank roof is collapsing but the foundations are sturdy and as a tourist attraction it is without peer.
We strolled the wall, admired the emerald and suspiciously stagnant Kangaroo Pool (above), tried to tumble the Balancing Rock and wondered at the men who travelled 400km, slept in tent shanties and cooked on open fires, mixing concrete on site to survive.
A source of wonder too was the geographic fart that shot massive, rounded lumps of red rock out of the flat landscape on the Wheatfield Way.
We had gone past the Rabbit Proof Fence turnoff to Beringbooding after exploring Elachbutting Rock, using camp amenities provided and maintained by the 400 community-minded townsfolk of Mukinbudin who reckon Elachbutting was better than Wave Rock. Famous Wave we had inspected on a previous visit to WA; Elachbutting we thought was as good in the wave department if they chopped out some of the scrub so you could get a better photo.
Elachbutting is far more interesting all round, more than 6km around the circumference with heaps of nooks and crannies, a Rainbow Wall and the main wave-like wall leading into Monty’s Pass, a 40m tunnel. Isabel ploughed up the 4wd track to the top, where we wandered the smooth expanse of granite, admired the view of the wheatfields, took funny photos of our shadows in the setting sun, had a cold beer when the sun went down and sipped a wine as the moon emerged.
We didn’t get to Eagle Rock or Monty’s aforementioned Yanoning Rock but we had been looking forward to the little town with the lovely name of Bonnie Rock. A wheat siding is nearby but sadly, no town.
Bonnie Rock township was surveyed into 32 blocks in 1932, a year after the railway reached it. It served wheatstack and construction workers. A couple of stores were thrown up, the Misses McInerney ran a boarding house and by the time a hall was built in 1935 almost half of the blocks had been sold.
Then is all went to custard. By 1944 the books showed only one ratepayer, the hall. Sadly, Bonnie Rock today consists of the hall (still in use), the railway siding and lots of signs saying what used to be there.
Sandalwood cutters who were in the district before the first train stopped gave Bonnie Rock its sweet name because they were smitten with a particularly fine rock they found. They must have taken it with them because it too seems to have disappeared.
Maybe Bonnie was a pretty pet rock, not a grand granite edifce such as Elachbutting or Beringbooding.
A love affair with a wheatbelt town called Muka
“Go to Mukinbudin,” said a Wongan Hills chap who wandered up at the seaside town of Guilderton. “It has a really great community feel.”
He was curious about Isabel; we were heading out into the wheat belt and wanted to know his suggestions. We had never heard of "Muckinboodin" but followed his advice and 300 km north-east of Perth we fell in love with the little town, its people, its caravan park and swimming pool complex a couple of blocks from the main street.
The rocks to rival Wave Rock were a bonus. So was Bill Crook, secretary of the Mukinbudin Community Workshop where retirees run a 1950s era wheat farming enterprise.
For $12 a night you can stay on an unpowered site in the caravan park ($25 for powered), get free entry into the newly refurbished Olympic pool right next door, use the freshly tiled shower and toilet ensuites and cook in the sparkling, well provisioned new camp kitchen.
A welcoming young couple, Luke and Tania Sprigg, manage the park and pool complex that would do any sizeable city proud. For a town of 400, it is superb – but that’s what you get when a state ploughs some of its mining profits back in communities under the “Royalties for Regions” program, aided by some state lottery funds.
We keep asking the question: “What happened to Queensland’s coal royalties?” Sadly, the regions saw precious little of that wealth that seems to have been spent on two decades of propaganda, public service growth and south-east corner indulgences.
Little Mukinbudin is a delight. The pub’s beer is cold. People are proud of their town and happy to let you know it. The spotless caravan park has neat cabins and four rustic converted railway barrack huts as well as the camping sites.
Luke and Tania are “Muka” farming folk, although they spent some time up north in Kununurra before the humidity drove them home. They are happy to raise their three young children in their home town, although Luke has a hankering to get back on the land and implement some innovative farming practices.
Looking into the past on farming instead of ahead is the Mukinbudin Community Workshop where a dozen retired blokes, some nearing 100, have preserved the past with restoration of machinery and preservation of the 60-year-old farming hub.
On the second day at the caravan park, 80-year-old Bill limped up to invite us to inspect the men’s shed opposite the pub where an assortment of retired Muka blokes restore old tractors, harvesters and farm machinery. They use it to plant and harvest crops (barley is being grown this year) on 300 acres of land just out of town.
Bill, friendly, charming and knowledgeable, is a driving force among the men, most in their 80s and a couple in their 90s. One 86-year-old bloke’s health was not so good but he didn’t want to stop his restoration work at the shed even though his wife worried about him being there sometimes on his own. Bill solved the problem by arranging for the machine under restoration to be taken to the yard of the restorer. He didn’t say what the wife thought of the solution.
WA’s state lotteries commission has funded the community workshop that is not only keeping a bunch of retired blokes happy and active as they painstakingly restore the old machinery, including the oldest working harvester in Australia. It is also preserving a working wheat harvesting heritage for Australia.
Seed is donated but fertiliser is not and at $1100 a tonne that can be a headache for the little groups’ finances.
Some of the machinery is housed inside the three bays of the shed, 120m by 15m-plus verandas. The rest is in the outside yard where Tony was delighted to find an old 22 Caterpillar crawler, the same as the first tractor he ever drove (above).
Bill knows his Muka farming stuff: his family has been around the area for 140 years. The land was opened for selection in 1910 and cleared with axes. Allocations were for 2000 acres but banks would not lend money unless farmers agreed to farm with a third in crop, a third fallow and a third in pasture.
Hay had to be put in first. “If you didn’t have enough feed for your 14 horses – that was the minimum you needed – then you weren’t in it,” says Bill firmly, pointing out a 110-year-old International harvester that needed five horses to pull it. Precious were the teams: a lead horse took five years to train.
Mukinbudin has lots more – like three huge rocks, one that is claimed to be better than Hyden’s Wave Rock and another that has the largest rock water catchment in Australia. But that’s another story.
Four monks and an Englishman went into the bush ....
Pierre shot Paddy but Mary (and the fickle wind) saved the Spaniards and the corn
Flames lit by a rebellious Aborigine swept down towards the first crop of corn grown by the Benedictine monks in the New Norcia commune in Western Australia.
Monks in their flapping robes tried to beat out the fire. If they lost the corn after a struggling start in the harsh Australian land, the whole settlement could be put in the too hard basket.
And the story of the two Spaniards, the Frenchman, the Englishman and the Irishman who trudged off into the bush in 1847 to create a Benedictine commune would have ended right there.
As the relentless flames seared on towards them, the monks had a brainstorm. They carried a revered painting of the Madonna from their rough chapel and stuck it between the corn and fire. Hallelujah. The wind changed direction, the monks sent thanks to The Lord and praises to Our Lady and the truculent Aborigine sitting on the hill said “Wow!”
Awed by the white magic, he promptly chummed up with the monks and persuaded other Aborigines to move into the mission to hear the word of God, learn new ways, gain an education and/or trade and generally enjoy life in the mission cottages.
The French monk accidentally shot the Irish catechist dead, had a breakdown and went back to Europe. The Englishman took up land so the two Spanish monks were left to pray and plough the commune vision into reality.
New Norcia flourished in Spanish-style grandeur in the Australian bush, thanks to a change of wind (or a miracle organised by Mother Mary) and the towering figure of Spanish priest Dom Salvado.
It became the only surviving monastic commune in Australia, exuding an air of tranquillity and incongruity as it straddles the Great Northern Highway in the peaceful wheat, hay and sheep pastoral belt 130 km north-west of Perth.
It’s an unlikely setting for dumb thieves to pull off Western Australia’s biggest art heist. Also surprising is its role in the Rosetta Mission space probe, which is being woken up to plunge into a comet. The European Space Agency leases a bit of New Norcia’s strategically positioned land for one of its Rosetta receptors.
Twenty-seven of the 69 buildings in the town are heritage-listed. The four boarding schools – primaries and colleges for boys and girls – have long closed after educating more than 10,000 scholars but have evolved in the last 10 years as a venue for Perth schools to hold live-in seminars. Music, art and history courses are popular, with about two schools a week bringing groups for intensive study.
Monk numbers have dwindled from a high of 80 to only nine, including a novice, we were told on the daily tour led by Jillian Passmore. The monastery is excluded from the tour but you can peer through the gates into the serene courtyard where live the Benedictines who pray seven times a day (you can join them in the church). They also observe silence from 8.15pm to 5.15am.
New Norcia’s story began when Dom Joseph Serra and Dom Rosendo Salvado, a pair of monks pushed out of Spain by religious disputes in 1835, found themselves on an odyssey from Italy. They sailed to Perth and, in company with a French monk, an Irish catechist and an English settler, trekked off into the bush to build a commune and educate, and save the souls of, the intimidating and suspicious Aborigines.
The five men were part of a grand dream to set up three Spanish Benedictine monasteries in WA. The ones in the north and south soon failed but the commune in the midlands battled onward as Christian soldiers do.
After the departure in different directions of the distraught mis-firing Frenchman, the deceased chanting Irishman and the land-seeking Englishman, life was tough for the two Spaniards despite two English Benedictines forsaking comfort to join them.
The local indigenous crew had come on board to live in the missionary cottages and help with the work but even the miraculous fire-stopper Mary painting failed in the conversion stakes. The monks were able to save few Christian souls.
Wrote Dom Salvado: “As I walked up and down the furrow, holding the plough tail in my hands, my bare feet trampled on the sharp roots and stones and alas, my bleeding feet, besides the sweat of my brow, watered the soil I was working up.”
Dom Serra, the first abbot, wasn’t that entranced with watering the soil with his sweating brow and bleeding feet. He found a lot to keep him in Perth and after 10 “troubled” years sailed back to Europe, which allowed the remarkable, indefatigable Dom Salvado to become abbot and set the commune on its way to becoming a healthy agricultural enterprise with 22,000 acres and an astonishing architectural legacy.
Even the first pig keeper’s house is deemed worthy of restoration, although the piggery itself was moved to the other side of town after prevailing winds disturbed the serenity of the graceful seclusion of the monastery enclave.
The monks raised animals, grew crops and produced flour, honey, olives, wine, bread and chocolate. Attempts to nurture carob trees for the chocolate failed: being spiritually removed from matters sexual the monks failed to check the gender of the trees. Only female trees were grown so they had to import beans but the single-sex tree grove does offer nice shade to tourists.
Treasures and memorabilia collected over almost 150 years, including precious paintings, chalices and relics (some sent by Queen Isabella of Spain) are on display in a museum and art gallery.
In 1986 the art collection was targeted by masked thieves who bound and gagged the 61-year-old attendant, Connie McNaughton, and made off with paintings worth millions. The villains damaged the canvasses when they rolled them up so would have had trouble selling them on the black market.
They were quickly traced – a mould from a tyre on the car rented in their own names, a fingerprint in the gift shop – and the paintings were recovered as they were about to be sent to the Philippines. Restoration of the paintings cost a reported $200,000 before all but one – damaged beyond repair – were returned to the gallery by 2006.
In the last few years workplace health and safety, combined with diminished pairs of willing hands, has curbed production at the commune. Prudent as well as religious, the monks have licensed nearby enterprises to produce the New Norcia brand of popular jams, chutney, honey, olive oil and wine products.
A flour mill built in 1850 is the oldest surviving building and is unlocked for the tour but flour is now ground at the “new” mill, built in 1879. A traditional bakery still operates in New Norcia and all bread made in the town is sold in the town but the monks no longer knead the dough. The bakery and two more in Perth are run by a licensed operator.
Baked daily, the bread is simply heavenly.
New Norcia was named after the birthplace of St Benedict. In Italy the word is pronounced Nor-cheea but the Aussie version is Nausea. As Benedictines, the monks were autonomous from Rome and monks did not have to be Catholics. Nearly all are however, drawn to the Benedictine order’s values of spirituality, hospitality and humble work. It’s not all austerity: they are allowed two and half glasses of rose a day under St Benedict’s rules.
Abbot Salvado not only had extraordinary vision, leadership, determination, charm and a great capacity for toil in arduous circumstances. He was also a brilliant musician and a lateral thinker. When the commune ran short of funds after some tough years, he rustled up some cash by walking to Perth and putting on a piano concert. Citizens readily bought tickets to hear the Spanish monk play and the commune survived once again.
Dom Salvado also made regular fund-raising trips back to Europe. He died on a trip to Rome in 1900, aged 89. His death caused great distress in the Aborigine community. His body was brought back to New Norcia and lies beneath a vault in the church.
New Norcia’s first four abbots were Spanish. The last Spanish-born monk there died in 2000, aged nearly 100.
One can get to meet a monk on Saturday afternoon but we were lucky enough to have a quick chat with the novice as we wandered around the town in the cool of the early morning – not too early, though. It was after 5.15am so Dom Robert Nixon was happy to have a friendly chat.
He was unlocking buildings ready for the day’s influx of workers, worshippers and tourists. A former priest in Mt Isa, he was drawn to New Norcia by its spirituality. He brings a great talent to the town: he can play the organ. We wondered how many more novices are likely to follow.
New Norcia’s current monks will keep the town alive for a few decades but peeling plaster and crumbling walls testify to the fading of a way of life. Tourism only pays its own way. Agriculture and school seminars bring in some money and an architectural legacy like New Norcia will always find devotees and heritage foundations prepared to pitch in with funds to save a unique Australian town. It is a treasure beyond price: let’s pray the monastic treasury is in good shape.
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Mommy Dearest: Famous Nicky the dolphin a lousy mother
ABOVE: Nancy feeds “Mommy Dearest” Nicky as Lia watches at left.
Naughty Nicky is the Joan Crawford of the dolphin world: internationally famous but a lousy mother.
So confided Lia the Kiwi dolphin handler at Monkey Mia as she warned that the road to the western-most point of the Australian mainland was the worst she had ever travelled.
We stopped into Monkey Mia to do the tourist thing on our way to Steep Point. Having been to Cape York in the north we thought we would drive as far as we could west, stopping to do the dolphin touristy thing on the way. I suspect Tin Can Bay's wild dolphin experience near home is as good but when in Shark Bay do what the tourists do.
Tip: If you are not keen on caravan parks, call up the Denham information centre and book a site at one of the coastal national parks camping sites first. The sites are cheap and picturesque but if you don’t book first you need to backtrack about 40km after getting into Denham, a rather pretty, pleasant town on the other side of the peninsula from Monkey Mia.
Denham is worth visiting so you can have a beer in Australia’s most western pub, the Shark Bay Hotel. Realising we would have to go back quite aways to the parks campsite we rather reluctantly booked into a caravan park taking consolation from the fact that we could have a wee night out at the pub.
Barry the park manager, who had just returned with his wife from a game of golf on an extraordinary course, shook his head when we told him we were going to Steep Point. The road was really rough, he warned, and the rogue waves out there ….. well, two locals had been a fair way back from the edge of the cliff last year when a wave reared out of nowhere and grabbed then, throwing them to the ground and breaking bones.
Early the next morning we headed across to Monkey Mia, passing the weird golf course in the parched landscape. The tees were artificial turf on concrete; the greens were black synthetic. We made sure we were at the dolphin rendezvous (cost about $16 each) before starting time at 7.45am but oodles of tourists, mainly foreigners, beat us there. We were told the five feeding dolphins were allowed three feeds of 500g each morning. It was up to them when they dined.
The first pod came in pretty much on cue. Thousands of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins are in Shark Bay, living uneasily with 28 species of shark in the 4000 sq km of seagrass fields that host decent dugong numbers. God knows how lonely seamen ever mistook the lumpy dugongs for lovely mermaids but they are one of the reasons the bay is World Heritage listed. Shark Bay can boast to being the only place in the world that meets all the criteria for listing.
No one knows how the Monkey got into Mia (an Aboriginal word for “place”) but the fishing village became famous when a fishermen’s wife started feeding a few spare fish to some of the dolphins that followed her husband’s boat home in the 1960s.
Dolphin feeding grew as the tourist potential was realised and businesses cashed in. That led to a generation of little dolphins virtually cashing their chips because their mums forgot how to fish for themselves, never taught the kids and never looked after the kids properly.
National Parks moved in to bring in controlled feeding that would persuade the dolphins to live a respectable dolphin life instead of bludging and neglecting the kids. Dolphins live a bit like humans – eight hours sleep, eight hours work (hunting fish) and eight hours play. Unlike us, they can swim at 40kph, waggle their eyes independently and see equally well above and below the water.
Like us, they can be lazy if someone else can be persuaded to do the work. Nicky – named for her dorsal fin nick – is close to 40 but still can’t really look after herself. With her hand-fed rations cut down to a strict 1.5kg of the 10 to 20kg that she needs, she is forced to find the rest of her daily fish from the sea but instead of hunting she begs from fishing boats everywhere.
Not one of her eight calves has made it to adulthood. Little Nipper, Finnick, Nakita, Holikin, Nomad, Yadgalah and Yule have all disappeared. Possibly they starved to death because mummy couldn’t teach them to stand on their own flippers. A more likely explanation is that mummy was so obsessed with begging that she didn’t keep careful watch on her babies and nudge them back when they swam into the deep water in channels where one of the 28 species of sharks wait to pounce on straying dolphin calves.
No. 8, Fin, might make it. The dolphin rangers have high hopes because she has become pals with another female who might teach her how to be a real dolphin.
Meanwhile Nicky basks in fame as the most photographed wild dolphin in the world, a la Mommy Dearest.
Lia, from Auckland, was an excellent host at Monkey Mia and tried to be diplomatic about Nicky’s shortcomings, searching for a dolphin description for bad mother. She couldn’t come up with one.
We watched the first feeding. I had heard that some of the early crowd pings off after that and it can be easier to be invited to feed a dolphin in the second and third sitting. Bingo. I smiled hopefully at the chap holding the fish bucket, he beckoned and I fed the naughty Nicky a fish.
Lia has hankered to be a dolphin guide at Monkey Mia since 1980s. She made it to Shark Bay a couple of years ago and worked in the resort for a year before being accepted as a ranger.
She told us another horror story about the winds and rogue waves at Steep Point. A year ago six blokes were fishing on the cliff with two spotters. A king wave unseen by the spotters swept the six off the cliff. One died; the others were in the water about four hours until rescued by helicopter.
We headed for Steep Point. I secretly hoped to see a king wave. From a distance.
Coffee Pot and Cornish on the legendary One Mile
Sas says with a thick Cornish accent that you wouldn’t want to live anywhere else in the world except Carnarvon. She drives the Coffee Pot express along the One Mile Jetty and you don’t feel like arguing with her.
Indomitable is the word that springs to mind for this lady, stout of tongue and body. She is one of the treasures of Carnarvon, along with the heritage jetty, a tumble of old trucks and trains and an iconic satellite dish that helped track Apollo space missions.
Decommissioned after helping keep tabs on the disappointing swoop-by of Halley’s Comet in 1987, the dish was saved by the citizens of Carnarvon. A space and technology museum was built beside it celebrating the achievements of the 300-tonne dish, almost 30m in diameter. Opened in conjunction with NASA in 1966, it sent out Australia’s first satellite television broadcast as well as helping put man on the moon.
Opened by Buzz Aldrin in 2012, the museum is open 10am to 3pm daily on a seasonal basis. We were unseasonal so missed out but we did get to meet Sas the Cornish Coffee Pot driver (above, at the end of the jetty).
Her late husband was a Cornish merchant navy engineer who criss-crossed the globe. After he and Sas were married in the 1960s she spent a decade travelling with him until the zeroed in on Carnarvon as the perfect place to settle and raise a family.
“The weather here is as good as it gets,” said Sas firmly. “When my husband first came here he said this was it.” With a monthly mean average between 23 and 33 degrees, Carnarvon is often 10 degrees cooler than Exmouth in summer and 10 degrees warmer than Perth in winter.
Its average annual rainfall is a bit lean – 223mm – but that means lots of sunshine for Carnarvonites and visitors. Irrigation from the Gascoyne allows 176 plantations to grow tropical fruits and 70% of WA’s winter vegetable needs, picking 30,000 tonnes from more than 1000 ha of river delta land. Most produce heads south in a transport industry started by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith but Carnarvon also has a farmers’ market with fresh produce.
The downside is the wind. Trees leaning to the lee testify to its relentlessness although a local scoffed when I took photos. “Wait till you get to Geraldton,” he said. “That’s where the wind really bends the trees over.”
Carnarvon’s strength seems to lie in a strong volunteer base that preserves heritage and loves the town with a passion. Sas is part of that core.
Her marine background might explain the passion she has for the One Mile jetty and its history. She’s a bit cranky that Busselton down south was given a heap of money for its jetty and Carnarvon missed out but its interpretive project is still going ahead. A 2012 completion date on the sign has been crossed out and replaced with 2014.
I wondered if Carnarvon’s grant had been deferred because of the $60 million being spent on its levee banks to save it from periodic disgorges from the great Gascoyne basin but I wasn’t going to argue. I nodded gravely at the injustice.
Built in 1897 to cross shallow sand and mangroves, the jetty served Carnarvon’s wool and pastoral industries. It was the first port in WA to send out live shipments of stock, with sheep and cattle walking the long mile along the jetty to the ships bound for Freemantle.
Actually it’s not a long mile. It seems a really short one. We walked it instead of riding the Coffee Pot train and were left with a bit of a suspicion that the name One Mile sounded so impressive that someone cribbed on the measuring tape. Would they? Nah. But you have to wonder where they actually started measuring.
Top tales to be heard at the Outback Oasis
Jackie, the best little caravan park managerwe have come across, was dashing around getting ready for a few days off at Coral Bay.
Harvey had just turned 70 and was getting ready to head out on his own across hundreds of kilometres of sand dunes to a fabled wartime airstrip.
Leslie the 70-year-old retired Cockney carpenter was in a Cougar with Barbara waiting for a biopsy report on a skin cancer and getting ready to take few more steps and hormones in his transformation to a woman.
The Oasis Outback Caravan Park in Carnarvon turned up trumps when we popped in for a couple of nights for a bit of a scrub down. Vivacious Jackie greeted us, the grounds were lovely and the amenities better than many hotels.
Jackie and partner Gerard hooked up a few years back in NSW and 18 months later Gerard, from Thames in New Zealand, mentioned he wouldn’t mind travelling around Australia. Six weeks later they were on their way on a working tour they expected to take two years.
They worked a bit in a caravan park in Darwin, travelled to Tom Price and saw an advertisement for a caravan park manager job in Carnarvon.
“We had never heard of the place but we got the job and four years later here we still are,” said Jackie. “We love the place. The climate, the lifestyle, the people. And the job. We fly home every year – our kids can’t understand what we are doing still here. We’ll move on one day but we are happy enough now.”
An African twang is detectable in Jackie’s accent. She was raised in Zambia where her father was in the North Rhodesia police force. He was targeted during the Congo uprising, advised to leave the country and brought his family to Australia when Jackie was 11.
Staying in one of the park cabins was burly Harvey Mader, a WA farm boy who says he has been earth-moving mainly on beef roads since he was 11. He just hd his 70th birthday. He has been working for 14 months on the levee banks being built around Carnarvon to prevent the Gascoyne River gushing out in a repeat of the floods four years ago that almost wiped Gascoyne Junction off the map.
We had come through the Gascoyne Valley Road soon after and had been startled at the damage. The Gascoyne can generate the biggest stream of water in Australia when it rages as it did then, smashing into Carnarvon’s west and sweeping away the crops that make Carnarvon a rich WA salad bowl.
About 18 months of work remains on the $60 million levee project but Harvey is heading off in autumn on his regular retreat to the abandoned Swindell air field , travelling along the Telfer road west from Port Hedland. In WWII the camouflaged airfield was a tightly guarded secret: mothballed Willys jeeps and other military hardware are still resting in the desert, preserved “as good as new” in the dry heat.
Harvey became acquainted with the place 45 years ago when he was planting explosives for a French exploration company. He discovered water sources, “some beautiful billabongs and fish – it’s all about the fish”. He released marron out there 10 years ago and now supplements the eels, mullet and barramundi with the little crays.
He’s a bit annoyed with the idiots in the Carnarvon council who ordered date palms to be taken out in a park east of the town. They were planted in the 1890s by Afghan camel drivers and are heritage in their own right, he says.
When you are going through the desert you can keep your eye out for date palms and be pretty sure permanent water will be around them.
Harvey takes two weeks to get to Swindell. “You got to take it slow and know what you are doing. You see a lot of vehicles, new ones too, that haven’t made it. All that computer gear doesn’t stand up out there.
“People go there but not very often. And they don’t stay long.”
He stays three months. “I like my own company. Out there there’s no one to bother me.”
Like the ex or anything, although he does have a current woman in his life. She works in a federal security arm so we had better not say too much about her.
As well as a wife, Harvey used to have his own earthmoving machinery. “Sold it. Just do subbying now.”
He tried retirement but that didn’t work. “There’s only so many games of golf you can play.” He’s a bit worried about his weight, hasn’t had a beer for 12 months, does 200 daily push-ups and walks 5km.
I took a photo of Harvey with his fat-tyred Nissan rigged up rugged for the coming trip but I didn’t have a card in the camera. I had to be satisfied with a pic of the trailer he tows.
Across the park, Leslie and Barbara tow a fine Cougar fifth-wheeler they imported from America earlier this year. The roomy living area and bedroom expanded by slide-outs have all comforts plus dozens of large plush toys tucked on shelves, pelmets, chairs and the bed.
Leslie used to be Robin, a London bloke who worked as a builder in Australia and had a wife and family. Now his licence says she is a woman, she uses the women's toilet block and hormones have given her a couple of shapes to augment her slender body, although the balding head under the cap is a bit disconcerting.
Cardigans cover builder-arm muscles. Doing the transgender thing is not easy at 70 and he is happy to settle with living as a woman without going the whole hog.
“He knew when he was eight that he should have been born a woman,” said Barbara. “His wife and kids didn’t handle it too well when he finally said he had to do something about it.’
Barbara, 67, and Leslie met in 1998 at a bowling night for singles in Logan City. Barbara, a nurse, was sympathetic about the transgender conundrum. They moved to Nambucca Heads and she encouraged him to dress as a woman.
“He had beautiful male clothes but now he can be what he has always needed to be he’s much more contented in himself.”
As partners they enjoyed rock ‘n’ roll and camping. A trip to Tasmania in a Jayco convinced them to buy the Cougar, sell the Nambucca Heads house and head off around Australia, probably for five years. The Cougar tows well behind the 3 litre Iveco and they explore on mountain bikes when they pull up. Good luck to them.
We found a cut diamond at Emu Creek. We heard the station was a top spot to camp beside the river and as we drove up to the homestead the diamond walked out to meet us in the person of Joyce Surenne Penny.
A cut diamond is many-faceted, transparent, light-emitting, brilliant and tough. Add a dash of warmth and that is the lady born a tough Scot and put through more challenges in Australia than Clive Palmer has in an election.
She’s written a book, “What Every Woman Should Know Before She Marries a Farmer”. Her first husband was a farmer, she’s married now to a farmer, and says in her book “Don’t ask about the ones in between. I’m a repeat offender.”
“In between” she was a marketing manager for a shopping centre in Perth who one day told the Saudi prince owner she could handle the manager’s job. “You know in my country you would be expected to walk three paces behind your husband,” he replied before giving her the nod to a career managing shopping centres from Perth to Melbourne to Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and the Philippines.
She stitched up all 200 leases in the Sydney Harbourside development months ahead of schedule.
Joyce (above in the rustic homestead with corrugated iron interior walls) is a good-looking, energetic 66-year-old with a disarming mix of frankness, friendliness and firmness. You sense she has the brains, strength of mind and muscle power to tackle almost anything.
Joyce’s strategy for managing shopping centres was direct. She is keenly aware that businesses rise and fall. “Look at video rentals.” Some awake to find they are no longer flavour of the month and have been superseded by new fads or products. “When they said their rents were too high, I would say ‘No, you are not making enough money. Now how can we help you make more money?’
“If they couldn’t make more money, we would work with them to ease out of the business with as much as possible instead of letting them linger and go down in a heap. It was the humane way.”
I had a load of washing when we rocked up at the homestead 22km east of the North West Coastal Highway between Exmouth and Onslow.. Joyce whipped it through for $3 and said she would hang it out. “Go down to the river, set up and relax or swim. Come and get it when you are ready.”
Pleasant indeed was the riverside, with firewood piled beside an innovative fireplace and barbecue set-up. “You can tell a farmer has made that,” said Tony approvingly. “It is a beauty.”
Later we talked to Joyce and husband Darryl over a cup of tea and marvelled at the diversity of their station life. They have accommodation available and thanks to regular rental by mining companies exploring the south of the Pilbara (commercial quantities of uranium have been found around the property) they have survived the gutting of the cattle industry by Julia Gillard’s savage clamp on live exports.
The industry is embittered that it was ripped apart overnight because the ABC aired a dodgy, five-year-old video showing in inhumane slaughtering of Australia cattle in Indonesia.
“Farmers don’t like to see that happen to their cattle either,” says Joyce, “but there were other ways of dealing with that. We were fortunate we had the accommodation because that ended up bringing in as much income as the cattle when the industry collapsed.”
Evidence of Joyce’s can-do adding-value philosophy is everywhere. Emu Creek station will take you on a couple of tours around the station or to a lookout for a sunset drink. A select range of home-made preserves are on sale and you can dine handsomely on home-cooked meals if you feel like a break from cooking.
Husband Darryl has a couple of wheat properties down south run by his sons. He and Joyce bought the 340,000 sq km Emu Creek four years ago as a family investment and hit some tough times. “We had difficulty coming to terms with expected cattle numbers and profitability,” said Joyce wryly. The Gillard Government delivered the king hit.
Joyce did what she had advised her faltering shopping centre shop owners to do: she set about increasing income. As well as building up the accommodation and value-adding for tourists, she took a job for a year working at a gold mine in Laverton.
She and Darryl agree that the tough times tested their marriage. “Especially having to live apart,” said Darryl. “But we came out the other end with a stronger relationship.”
Now Joyce is excited about a venture with the traditional owners, offering cultural awareness weekend seminars at Emu Creek. The daughter of 10 pound Pom parents who emigrated to Australia when she was a small child is also buoyed by the prospect of a sand gravel business developing on the station.
The road past Emu Creek runs to Mt Augustus in Kennedy National Park and the experience of a couple of Germans who came that way from Alice Springs also has Joyce thinking. “They were thrilled because they had five days where they saw no one,” she said. “They had travelled all over the world and said the country they came through was equal to anything they had been anywhere else.”
She is cross with successive Australian governments for failing to support farmers. “Primary producers are not regarded highly enough in Australia, not like they are valued in other lands. This country will not get it right until it sees farmers for what they are worth.”
The couple was irritated that after 40 years of successful grain growing Darryl had to attend a course and pay a fee to become accredited by someone who had never grown grain.
“Australia needs to undo its reliance on data rather that raw experience,” says Joyce. “Good sheep are bred by stockman, not by data programs.”
Her book for would-be farmers’ wives has plenty of humour. Quote:
“You may not be expected to kill, hang and dress your own meat (although I have) but you will be involved in the packaging and cooking of meat killed on the farm for home consumption. I never met a farmer yet who is a vegetarian. It helps if you can be reasonably detached when you are asked to cook meat which you very well know was the lovely little lambie you named and raised by hand … serve him up with mint sauce roast vegies and good humour. This is farming.”
It also contains some harsh realities about the gruelling side of life in an asset-rich cash-poor industry and is worth reading by anyone who fancies himself/herself as a leader or economist. It could well have been titled “Everything a Politician Needs to Know About Farming Before He/She Runs the Country”.
aka Maria stuffs up paradise
Unlike the song, they don’t call the wind Maria on the north-west coast of Australia. They have lots of pithy names for it. None are pretty.
Some say the gales come mainly in the summer months. Others shrug and say that’s the way it is all year.
“From now till March, you got anything to do outdoors you do it in the morning. In the afternoon it’s windy on the coast from here to Esperance,” said camp host Greg, checking us in to Cape Range National Park on Ningaloo Reef.
He was wrong. Further south along the reef and at Carnarvon the bloody wind proved more challenging than some of the boggy sand tracks where we tested Isabel’s ability to crawl over dunes.
We wanted to do the inland sand coastal track from Cape Range to Coral Bay. Isabel’s first little test was Yardie Creek, silted up at the mouth for five years. Sand at the creek crossing has been churned to powder but with 30psi tyre pressure Isabel walked through.
The track past towering cliffs and brilliant sand-fringed turquoise bays proved easy going. We planned a return visit to stay at one of the camps at Ningaloo Station – a better option coming from the south as the camp sites are a fair drive north of the station, so you have to do a fair bit of extra driving to book in, get a key to the gates, and then drive back to a camp site. Not surprisingly, the key has a $100 deposit because of the temptation to just keep driving north.
Jane at Ningaloo Station said a bit of sand was over the road on the coastal track to Coral Bay “but if you got through Yardie you will have no problem”. The bit of sand turned out to be a couple of decent sand blows where we took the discretionary side track.
We wondered about the sand blows coming in from the west and along the Fraser and Gold Coasts from the east. Will Australians one day end up clustered around Alice?
Isabel trekked in and out of sandy tracks as we looked for a free camp site but were put off by the blasting gusts of wind. And the signs that said “No camping”. We kept our eye out for a free site we had visited before north of Coral Bay. It is now run by an Aboriginal corporation and has fee charges. And wind, bloody wind.
We came across Vance, escaping on a week off from a mining services construction site in the north. His 4WD was jammed with diving, fishing and photographic gear. He followed us in ploughing over a challenging sandy hill to pretty Dog Rock bay. No “No camping” sign was in sight. It was worse. The sign said “No Fishing.” Mercifully, we were sheltered from the wind so we elected to stay.
Tony and Vance exchanged national parks conspiracy theories over a beer and wondered how we would get out the next morning. He also had some interesting stories about Aussie workers being paid off at construction sites in favour of Irish and East European workers on 457? visas. Suspected reason: they are not being paid properly and find themselves on the next plane home if they complain.
In third gear low range, Isabel strolled over the long sand hill out the next morning.
Coral Bay lived up to its name. It delivered neat pies at the bakery, head-shaking prices at the supermarket and bloody wind. Vince went snorkelling, found himself a long way out and had to swim hard to get back. We left him to spend the night at Coral Bay as he eyed the single girls strolling by.
We pushed on to Warroora Station and one of the finest camp sites yet on a sandy dune overlooking the bottom end of the reef.
In small bays and lagoons of glorious clear water we caught flathead, whiting and dart, watched sharks and turtles cruising by, listened to waves crashing on the reef at night, spoke to no-one else for a week but enjoyed the company of goats, sheep and red kangaroos with black ears. Idyllic. Except for one thing. Rattling up the greatest rate of knots yet, we didn’t call it Maria
ABOVE: Warroora Station - such a fabulous camp site. Shame about the wind..
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Nine patients dead, 40 lawyers arrested after Punjab Institute of Cardiology violence
8:49 PM | December 11, 2019
After lawyers attacked the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), at least nine patients are believed to have died as a result of the violence at the government-run hospital in Lahore.
According to eyewitness accounts, including relatives of those who died as a result of the lawyers actions at the hospital premises, lawyers actively attempted to cut off life support systems for patients and damaged hospital equipment.
A woman, Bushra Bibi, was among the deceased. Her son and brother confirmed her death to media personnel during the clash between the lawyers and doctors.
It is believed that the number of deceased could increase, as when lawyers entered hospital wards, all medical staff attempted to evacuate the building.
Lawyers also attacked the Punjab provincial minister, Fayyaz Chauhan, and a reporter of a private media outlet, Kinza Malik.
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According to Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari, 40 lawyers have since been arrested by the police. On Twitter, she writes: "Absolutely horrifying that those who are supposed to act in accordance with the law chose to become terrorists when they attacked PIC in Lahore killing patients in the process."
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shehbaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, and the federal government have all condemned the lawyers' actions.
The vice-chairperson of the Pakistan Bar Council, Syed Amjad Ali Shah, also condemned the lawyers' actions. Many social media users have demanded that the provincial and federal bar councils forbid offending lawyers from continuing any form of legal practice.
In November, lawyers' groups had earlier alleged that their fellow colleagues had been "tortured" by doctors following a clash between a medic and a lawyer at PIC. Police then began an investigation into 12 doctors and paramedics at the hospital on November 24.
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Lonely heart patients more likely to die within year of leaving hospital
Lisa Rapaport
PMN Entertainment
(Reuters Health) – Patients hospitalized for heart problems may be at greater risk of dying within a year of discharge when they live alone or feel lonely, a Danish study suggests.
Social isolation has long been linked to worse health outcomes and shortened life spans, particularly among older adults with complex chronic health problems like heart disease. But it hasn’t been clear whether the connection between loneliness and longevity might vary based on the type of heart problems people have, researchers note in the journal Heart.
For the current study, researchers analyzed survey responses from 13,446 hospitalized patients with heart disease, rhythm disorders, heart failure or valve disease before they were sent home, then used registry data to follow each person’s fate for one year. Overall, they found that women who had reported feeling lonely were almost three times as likely as those who hadn’t to die during the follow-up period, and lonely men were more than twice as likely to die.
“A strong association between loneliness and poor patient-reported outcomes and 1-year mortality was found in both men and women across cardiac diagnoses,” Anne Vinggaard Christensen of Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and colleagues write.
“The results suggest that loneliness should be a priority for public health initiatives, and should also be included in clinical risk assessment in cardiac patients,” Vinggaard Christensen and colleagues write.
Study participants’ average age was 66 when they were hospitalized between 2013 and 2014, and about two thirds were men.
Before participants left the hospital, researchers surveyed them about their physical health, psychological wellbeing, quality of life, and levels of anxiety and depression.
Researchers also quizzed people about lifestyle behaviors that can impact health including how often they smoked, drank or took their prescribed medicines. And researchers looked at whether patients lived alone or with other people.
Patients who said they felt lonely were nearly three times as likely to also be anxious and depressed and to report a significantly lower quality of life as those who said they didn’t feel lonely.
Loneliness was associated with significantly poorer physical health after a year.
Among men only, living alone was also associated with a 39% higher risk of cardiac events like heart attack during the follow-up period, the study also found.
Previous studies indicate that women have larger social networks than men, so separation, divorce, or the death of a partner may disadvantage men more, the researchers write.
The study wasn’t designed to prove whether or how loneliness directly impacts survival odds for people with different types of heart problems. It’s also possible that results from the predominantly male and white study population may not reflect what would happen in other groups of patients.
Moreover, it’s not clear whether loneliness preceded illness or people became more lonely or isolated after they developed health problems, the study team notes.
However, the results build on previous research suggesting that loneliness may negatively impact cardiovascular health, hormonal health and immune function and lead to unhealthy habits, the study team writes.
“There are indications that the burden of loneliness and social isolation is growing,” the researchers write. “Increasing evidence points to their influence on poor health outcomes being equivalent to the risk associated with severe obesity”
SOURCE: https://bit.ly/2oSDAXX Heart, online November 4, 2019.
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Monsanto vs. Mother Earth
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It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to exclusively ‘own’ something that freely belongs to us all — our food! They’re trying to patent away our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, forcing growers to pay them and risk being sued if they don’t.
But we can stop them from buying up Mother Earth. Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to get away with this, so we just need to close them shut before they set a dangerous global precedent. And to do that, we need key countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands — where opposition is already growing — to call for a vote to stop Monsanto’s Συνέχεια →
Australian children to be sterilized without parental consent under new eugenics law
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(NaturalNews) If you have ever seen the famous 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, you likely recall several disturbing scenes in which mental health patients are given frontal-lobe lobotomies, or the iconic scene where actor Jack Nicholson’s character undergoes electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Today, these horrific forms of so-called mental health treatment are considered to be cruel relics of the past, but a new bill in Australia proposes that young children be given these treatments without parental consent, and even be permitted to undergo sterilization procedures without parental consent.
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Nazca Lines Flight and trip to Cusco by bus
USD $255 per person
Overview – Nazca Lines Flight and trip to Cusco by bus
Our tour program, Nazca Lines Flight and trip to Cusco by bus starts in Lima and last 2 days.
We travel across the Peruvian coast by bus and in Nazca, we take a plane to fly over the enigmatic Nazca Lines.
Finally, we take a tourist bus from Nazca to the city of Cusco.
Description – Nazca Lines Flight and trip to Cusco by bus
Day 1°: Tourist Bus from Lima to Nazca – Flight over the Nazca Lines.
03:00 h. Our Tour to the Nazca Lines starts right at your hotel in Lima.
Our driver will pick you up from your hotel and then we drive to the bus station.
At the station, we take a tourist bus to the city of Nazca.
The bus journey to Nazca takes about 7 hours.
The trip offers panoramic views of the coastal desert and takes us throughout various towns.
11:30 h. Upon your arrival in Nazca, our local guide will meet you at the bus station.
Later on, we go to the Nazca airport to take the flight over the Nazca Lines.
At the airport, our guide will assist you with the check-in and eventually, you will board the plane.
Our tour package includes the standard flight that lasts 35 minutes.
Time to fly over the Nazca Desert
For this aerial tour, we use a small, Cessna aircraft which has spacious room for 5 people, each person with a window seat.
Our pilot will give each participant a Nazca Lines Map, that will be very helpful during the flight.
Among the figures, you will see a representation of a monkey, a spider, a hummingbird, a parrot, and other creatures.
Additionally, you will also see geometrical shapes and hundreds of straight lines crisscrossing the Nazca desert.
Take into account that the pilot will fly the plane in circles over each figure.
We fly first on the left side and then on the right side, giving passengers an equal opportunity to view each figure through the window.
After the flight, we take you to our office, where you can leave your luggage and go out to explore the Nazca city of your own.
At 19:00 h. you will be transferred to the station to take the bus to the city of Cusco. The bus leaves at 20:00 h.
Overnight on the bus.
Day 2°: Arrival in the city of Cusco.
At around 10:00 h, the bus will be entering in the city of Cusco. Cusco is located at 3,300 meters above sea level.
The bus will arrive at the bus terminal of Cusco. End of our service.
Our tour, Nazca Lines Flight and trip to Cusco by bus is subject to availability.
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03:00 h. Pick up from your hotel in Lima and transfer to the bus station.
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11:30 h. Pick up from the bus station in Nazca and transfer to the local airport.
12:30 h. Classic Flight over the Nazca Lines with airplane + Airport taxes.
13:30 h. Transfer to our office. Free time in Nazca.
19:00 h. Transfer to the bus station.
20:00 h. Bus departure to the city of Cusco. (Bus service of Cruz del Sur - VIP service)
07:00 h. Breakfast on board. (Basic breakfast)
10:00 h. Arrival at the bus station of Cusco.
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At the end of life
Horizons No. 112
Horizons is embracing impermanence and the inevitability of death. But when exactly does life end? How does our society deal with dying and death? And how much self-determination is there in a living will?
The only certainty in life is that everybody has to die. For decades we had banished death from our daily lives, but today it is making something of a comeback. And because of the possibilities offered by modern medicine and our increased life expectancy, we are asked to make the most personal of all decisions towards the end of our lives: whether to continue treatment or let go? The latest edition of Horizons focuses on current end-of-life research. One of the questions addressed in this field of study is: when exactly does life end? Drawing a clear line between life and death is more difficult than one might think.
Horizons also gives a face to researchers who have fled politically unstable countries or war and are now trying to find their feet in Europe. Universities and research funders would like to offer them an opportunity to put their abilities to good use. The results are mixed, as the stories of researchers living in exile in Switzerland show.
Other topics in this issue include the consequences of digital populism for democracy, the possibilities of ensuring safe treatments for children and pregnant women who are neglected by clinical studies, and new ways of fighting Zika, dengue and other viruses that are transmitted by mosquitos.
Further articles detail the evolution of cooperation and new ways of binding CO2. In addition, bioethicist Effy Vayena tells us how she came to have such sensitive research topics, and the migration expert Dominik Hangartner offers an insight into his research on politically controversial themes.
The world map of a trace element
Selenium is important to all living creatures. A unique project is mapping the worldwide distribution of this trace element and is trying to find the reasons for the lack of it.
Research magazine Horizons
Beware of poison! How we deal with the chemicals in the world
Taking a fresh look at school
Researchers in crisis zones
Rationalising emotion
Large-scale research: from atomic bombs to citizen science
Switzerland’s wild-west underground
The impotence of experts
The other side of video gaming
Horizonte: Wissenschaft vor Gericht
Horizons: Whose economy?
Horizons: Science ex machina
Horizons: Researching fairness
Open up, science!
Weapons: making, selling and using them
Research rises in the East
Horizons: Men, women and all the others
Horizons: New paths for science
Horizons: Humanities 2.0: a digital odyssey
Horizons: Researchers in Politics !?!
Horizons: The boundaries of science
Horizonte 99
Insect of the Year 2017
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Really Red "Vol. 3 New Strings For Old Puppets" LP
Side A: Modern Needs, White Lies, Crowd Control, Corporate Settings, Downtown, For Gumbos Only, Little Death
Side B: I Refuse To Sing, No More Art, Suburban Disease, Teenage Fuck Up, Ode To Kurtis Kren, Entertainment, Starvation Dance, Nico, A Reminder
Alternative Tentacles is proud to present the first-ever complete, three-volume collection of Texas punk legends Really Red. None of their catalog has been available for years—some not for decades! Really Red was the backbone of Houston’s underground from the early punk era clear through ’80s hardcore. Like The Dicks in Austin, they directly challenged an insanely violent police department at no small risk to their own lives. Their sound itself incorporated art and post-punk elements, with a musical and lyrical depth on par with bands like Mission of Burma, Wire, or Dead Kennedys. Singer Ronnie Bond (a.k.a. U-Ron Bondage) was never afraid to push intelligence or mess with Texas. Kelly Younger’s guitar style is as unique in its own way as that of The Gang of Four’s Andy Gill, while Bob Weber’s taut, precise and sometimes unorthodox drum patterns would not be heard again until the likes of John Wright of NoMeansNo. It’s all driven forward by the driving, elastic basslines of John Paul Williams. This collection presents the sound better then it has ever been, so hear them again for the first time—or the first time ever. Volume 3: News Strings for Old Puppets could be the surprise hit of the bunch. Here in one place are all the highly sought-after Really Red 7-inches, plus more from the early days that has never been released in any form until now. The LP kicks off with the KBD cult classic Modern Needs and the even rarer Crowd Control singles, followed by an unlikely punk cover of Petula Clark’s “Downtown.” Finally seeing the light for the first time is “Little Death,” the song Jello wanted for the 1981 Alternative Tentacles compilation Let Them Eat Jellybeans that only survived on a cassette he found in his vaults. Then it’s on to the hardcore era and the New Strings for Old Puppets EP itself, before a final rewind to the live songs originally released as the Despise Moral Majority official bootleg EP. The sound is dramatically improved, and it ain’t a muddy bootleg anymore! This is one kickass album, lovingly curated and remastered by Biafra with part three of David Ensminger’s (Left of the Dial) extensive interview with Bond.
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URL: https://www.cochrane.org/news
Updated: 1 hour 2 min ago
2020 New Year Message from Cochrane's Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief
Mark Wilson, CEO and Karla Soares Weiser, Editor in Chief extend their warmest wishes to the Cochrane community at the beginning of this new year.
Here, they reflect on the achievement from the last 12 months, including their personal highlights and summarize what lies ahead for Cochrane over the next year.
Read the Strategy to 2020
Read more about Cochrane’s 2020 Annual Targets
Cochrane seeks - Project Manager (CRM)
This role is an exciting opportunity to use your experience in CRM Project Management to make a difference in the field of healthcare research.
This role is the first point of contact and key relationship holder for our CRM supplier and will manage all work that is conducted with that partner. This ranges from technical support issues through to major development projects, all of which is outsourced but requires project management expertise within Cochrane to ensure that the partnership works efficiently.
We are looking for a self-motivated and highly organised individual who is able to work effectively and collaboratively with our CRM partner. The successful candidate for this role will have:
Project management skills and experience.
Experience of successfully managing and working collaboratively with external suppliers.
Experience of using a CRM system, and of generating bespoke reports to track and analyse organisational
performance and engagement.
Experience in providing excellent customer service, training and support.
Demonstrated experience of strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
Experience with software and systems related to CRM and communications, such as Jira, SugarCRM and MailChimp in addition to the ability to learn new systems quickly.
Cochrane is a global, independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesizing research findings to produce the best available evidence on what can work, what might harm and where more research is needed. Our work is recognised as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information.
If you would like to apply for this position, please send a CV along with a supporting statement to recruitment@cochrane.org with Project Manager in the subject line. The supporting statement should indicate why you are applying for the post, and how far you meet the requirements for the post outlined in the job description using specific examples. List your experience, achievements, knowledge, personal qualities, and skills which you feel are relevant to the post.
For further information, please download the full job description from here
Deadline for applications: (05 February 2020 12 midnight GMT)
Interviews to be held on: Week commencing 25 February 2020
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Category: Jobs
A statement in support of EMA’s clinical study report transparency policy
Cochrane supports EMA’s policy to make drug regulatory documents publicly available, which is currently the subject of a legal challenge.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is awaiting a ruling from the European Court of Justice regarding whether they are legally allowed to grant public access to clinical study reports (CSRs).
CSRs are detailed documents that pharmaceutical companies submit to regulators as part of the drug authorisation process. They are often the single most comprehensive source of information on a clinical trial, giving details of the design and methods used, as well as results for under-reported outcomes like adverse effects.
EMA started proactively publishing new CSRs in 2016 – the first regulator to take such a step (The programme is currently suspended, due to the Agency’s move from London to Amsterdam). In response, two pharmaceutical companies have launched legal challenges against EMA, arguing that the information contained in CSRs should be considered commercially confidential.
An initial ruling by the European Court of Justice in February 2018 found in favour of EMA. This went to appeal and, in September 2019, an advocate general for the court published an opinion that the policy does in fact compromise commercial interests. A final judgment is expected soon. The EMA Management Board has said that, if the advocate general’s recommendations are followed, “existing transparency policies would be impaired and have to be revised”.
Statement from Cochrane’s Editor in Chief, Dr Karla Soares-Weiser
“Much research has shown that journal article reporting of randomized controlled trials is often incomplete and that some trials are never published. Access to CSRs for re-analysis is one tool to strengthen integrity in medical research – reducing the potential for mistakes, misinterpretations, bias, evidence distortion, corruption and fraud.
EMA’s transparency efforts should be encouraged and furthered, not scaled back. We are very concerned that a judgment in this case that CSRs should be treated as commercially confidential information could set a dangerous precedent that will hinder the work of researchers, slow scientific progress and – in the worst-case scenario – put people’s health and lives at risk.”
Read more about data publication policies at EMA
Read more about Cochrane's CSR Working Group
Cochrane seeks - Research Integrity Editor
Specifications: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £38,000 – £45,000
Location: Flexible (In office, homeworking, flexible arrangements)
Application Closing Date: 26th January 2020 (At 12 midnight GMT)
This role is an exciting opportunity to use your experience as a Research Integrity Editor to make a difference in the field of health care research.
Cochrane is committed to independence, transparency, and integrity in healthcare research. The role of the Research Integrity Editor will be to support and strengthen this commitment through advocacy, policy development and implementation, and community outreach.
We are looking for a self-motivated and highly organised individual who is able to work effectively and collaboratively with a diverse range of contacts across the world.
The successful candidate will also have:
Degree in relevant field or equivalent
Strong understanding and experience of editorial and publishing policy in the Science, Medicine and Technology sector, including conflict of interest, scientific fraud and misconduct, and avoiding research waste
Strong understanding of issues around methodological quality in primary and secondary research
Understanding of the importance of systematic reviews to clinical or policy decision-making
Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders in and outside the Cochrane community
Intermediate level IT skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Strong organization and prioritization skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work methodically and accurately
A pro-active approach to problem-solving
If you would like to apply for this position, please send a CV along with a supporting statement to recruitment@cochrane.org with “Research Integrity Editor” in the subject line. The supporting statement should indicate why you are applying for the post, and how far you meet the requirements for the post outlined in the job description using specific examples. List your experience, achievements, knowledge, personal qualities, and skills which you feel are relevant to the post.
Deadline for applications: 26th January 2020 (At 12 Midnight GMT)
Interviews to be held on: (TBC)
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Category: Jobs
Submissions for abstracts open - Cochrane Colloquium, Toronto 2020
4-7th October 2020, The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
The Cochrane Colloquium is Cochrane's flagship annual event. It brings people together from around the world to discuss putting research into important global health questions and promoting evidence-informed health care.
This year’s theme is ‘Rapid-Learning Health Systems,’ an approach to improve people’s experiences and health outcomes while keeping costs manageable and health care stakeholders engaged. Abstract submissions should consider the relevance to this theme.
The deadline for abstract submissions is 23.59 UTC, 9 March 2020. The Committee encourages applications from abstracts from the 2019 Colloquium that could not be presented in Santiago.
All submissions will be notified of their outcome in May 2020.
View the call for abstracts
View the call for workshops (coming soon!)
Find out more about this year’s Cochrane Colloquium
REMINDER: When submitting an abstract, we would like to ask you for a self-evaluation regarding your eligibility for the Thomas C Chalmers Award.
An accepted poster or oral presentation is eligible for the Award if: it addresses a methodological issue related to systematic reviews; and it is presented by an early-career investigator
Find out more about the Thomas Chalmers award eligibility
University of London seeks Research Assistant - London, UK
Salary: £26,715 to £27,511 plus London Allowance of £3,147 (pro rata) Fixed Term 9 months, Part Time 0.5 FTE
Closing Date: Friday 17 January 2020
St George's University of London is seeking a Research Assistant who is interested in conducting evidence based research examining the harms of violence and abuse on mental health. This is a stimulating 12 months research programme, funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network (VAMHN) investigating the relationship between the severity of mental health outcomes and specific characteristics of victimization including timing, duration, frequency, severity, and types of violence. These associations will be further analysed between women and men to assess the gendered nature of violence, and in relation to other social inequalities. They seek to unpack how these interacting factors are implicated in survivors’ mental health as an outcome of VA.
The post-holder will be a key member of the team from the Population Health Research Institute at St George’s University of London working alongside the prime investigator and the Research Team. The post-holder will draft data extraction templated, conduct data extraction, contribute to data analysis, assist with integration of study findings and help writing blog for the study’s findings. A survivor panel will be involved in the review which the postholder will help coordinate.
For more information and to apply: https://jobs.sgul.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=541-19
Monday, January 6, 2020 Category: Jobs
Cochrane International Mobility - Franciszek Borys
Cochrane is made up of 11,000 members and over 67,000 supporters come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.
Getting involved in Cochrane’s work means becoming part of a global community. The Cochrane International Mobility programme connects successful applicants with a placement in a host Cochrane Group, learning more about the production, use, and knowledge translation of Cochrane reviews. The prgramme offers opportunities for learning and training not only for participants but also for host staff.
In this series, we profile those that have participated in the Cochrane International Mobility Program and learn more about their experiences.
Name: Franciszek Borys
Location: Poznan, Poland
Cochrane International Mobility location: Cochrane Sweden
How did you first learn about Cochrane?
I first heard about Cochrane systematic review in a lecture: 'Volume-targeted versus pressure-limited ventilation in neonates" during a neonatal scientific conference in Poznan. I was really impressed by this study. However I was not involved in Cochrane research before I joined the Cochrane International Mobility Programme (CIM).
What was your experience with Cochrane International Mobility?
At the beginning of my CIM exchange I had an opportunity to complete Cochrane Interactive Training which gave me basic knowledge about systematic reviews and taught me how to conduct it. It was also great experience in terms of learning about overall research methodology. This I find definitely valuable if you are involved in evidence-based medicine. Later I was working on a systematic review on harms in Cochrane reviews on screening, which was led by the Director of Cochrane Sustainable Health Care. Last but not least, CIM is also an amazing opportunity to meet open-minded, interesting and hardworking scientist from other countries.
What are you doing now in relation to your Cochrane International Mobility experience?
When I came back to Poland I joined DTA review about Continuous Glucose Monitoring in preterm neonates, led by Cochrane Sweden and Cochrane Netherlands. I am also going to attend workshop about DTA methodology in Sweden. My future plan is to continue collaboration with Cochrane Sweden especially in the fields of neonatology and sustainable healthcare.
Do you have any words of advice to anyone conserving a Cochrane International Mobility experience?
Just do it ;)
Podcast: Can people stop smoking by cutting down the amount they smoke first?
There are more than 50 Cochrane Reviews of the effects of interventions to help people quit smoking; one of which investigates whether reducing smoking before quitting might be an alternative to stopping suddenly. It was updated in September 2019 and we asked lead author, Nicola Lindson, from the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group based in the University of Oxford in the UK to tell us about their latest findings.
The standard way that people are told to quit smoking is to smoke as normal until a quit day, and then stop using all cigarettes. However, this is daunting for many, and those who have tried it without success might like to try another way. Cutting down on cigarettes smoked before quitting may provide such an alternative, and so it’s important to know whether it is as effective as quitting abruptly.
Our review investigates this and we’ve found that there is moderate quality evidence that people who were asked to stop smoking all of their cigarettes at once were not more likely to quit than people who were asked to cut down their smoking before quitting. We had also wanted to explore whether cutting down to quit resulted in any adverse effects, such as cigarette cravings, difficulty sleeping, low mood or irritability; but very few studies provided this information, so it remains unclear.
We included 51 randomised studies in the review, involving more than 22,000 people who smoked tobacco. Most were adults, and they typically smoked at least 23 cigarettes a day at the start of the research. The studies compared people who were asked to cut down their smoking and then quit tobacco smoking altogether with either a group who did not receive any treatment to stop smoking, a group who were asked to stop smoking all at once, or a group who were asked to cut down their smoking in a different way.
Reduction methods tested varied greatly across studies; with some simply asking participants to reduce the amount they smoked, while others provided detailed instructions or suggestions of how to go about it; some of which was face to face.
Looking deeper into the evidence, we found that people who cut down their smoking while using varenicline or a fast-acting form of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), such as gum or lozenge, may be more likely to quit than those who cut down their smoking using a different medicine, or no medicine. We also found that giving people face-to-face support to cut down may help more to quit than if they are simply provided with self-help materials.
The take home message, therefore, is that asking people to cut down their smoking first may be a useful way to help people to stop smoking. Cutting down to quit whilst using fast-acting NRT or varenicline, and whilst receiving behavioural support may maximise people’s chances of success. Future well-conducted studies should focus on investigating whether cutting-down-to-quit may be more helpful for particular populations, and which ways of cutting-down-to-quit result in the highest quit rates.
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Cochrane October - December 2019: Highlights from Q4
Cochrane is for anyone interested in using high-quality information to make health decisions. Whether you are a doctor or nurse, patient or carer, researcher or funder, Cochrane evidence provides a powerful tool to enhance your healthcare knowledge and decision making. Our mission is to promote evidence-informed health decision-making by producing high-quality, relevant, accessible systematic reviews and other synthesized research evidence.
October to December 2019, was a busy quarter for Cochrane! Here we provide some highlights of the last quarter of the year.
Cochrane produces high-quality, relevant, up-to-date systematic reviews, and other synthesized research evidence to inform health decision making.
In May 2019 Dr. Karla Soares-Weiser joined us as the new Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library. She shared with us her journey through Cochrane since 1995.
Cochrane was delighted to announce the publication of the new edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions following extensive revision. The new edition includes: a new chapter addressing issues around intervention complexity; a major new chapter on network meta-analysis; substantial developments in the area of risk of bias assessment; and new chapters addressing how authors can plan the review’s questions, comparisons and outcomes.
Cochrane strives to produce evidence that is accessible and useful to everybody, everywhere in the world. We create Plain Language Summaries, provide podcasts from Cochrane Review Authors, translate our work into 15 languages, and provide Cochrane Clinical Answers. This quarter we highlighted that you can follow us on your favourite social media platforms - Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.
The unprecedented situation of civil unrest across Santiago, Chile led to the cancellation of the physical gathering of Cochrane's annual Colloquium. Whilst it has caused huge disappointment and inconvenience for hundreds of Colloquium delegates, we were impressed by the generosity and perseverance to make the most out of this sad situation by our members and supporters. In a fitting tribute to Cochrane community‘s spirit of resilience and collaboration, we held a virtual #CochraneSantiago that was open to everyone. We shared 180 digital posters, close to 120 video oral presentations, and had many special presentations on equity in systematic reviews, how to better disseminate evidence to diverse stakeholders, and on different elements of methodological diversity. All this content is remains freely available to everyone!
We also introduced Cochrane PICO search BETA, which can help you find the most relevant Cochrane evidence to answer your research or clinical question. It allows you to search over 4,500 Cochrane intervention reviews published since 2015 by Population (or Patient or Problem), Intervention, Comparison, or Outcome.
Only around 6% of the world’s population are native English speakers, while 75% of people don’t speak English at all. This means many people do not have access to high quality health information, because it is not readily available in a language that they understand. We were delighted to officially launch of Biblioteca Cochrane - the Spanish portal of the Cochrane Library. We also highlighted Cochrane's multi-language activities in a series of short videos. We have published more than 29,000 translations of Cochrane plain language summaries and abstracts as of November 2019.
Cochrane is the ‘home of evidence' to inform health decision making. We are building greater recognition of our work and becoming the leading advocate for evidence-informed health care.
Cochrane supported an AllTrials report updating the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee on rates of clinical trial reporting among universities and NHS trusts.
Through Cochrane Crowd, our Citizen Scientist platform, we introduced many people to Randomized Controlled Trials. The community screened also screened more than 100,000 records for the #ColloquiumChallenge2019!
Cochrane strives to a be a diverse, inclusive, and transparent international organization that effectively harnesses the enthusiasm and skills of our contributors, is guided by our principles, governed accountably, managed efficiently, and makes optimal use of its resources.
Getting involved in Cochrane’s work means becoming part of a global community. We were happy to help connect our members with Cochrane Groups across the world through the launch of the Cochrane International Mobility programme! We also expanded our organization by welcoming Cochrane Dominican Republic and the Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare Field.
Karla Soares-Weiser, Cochrane Library’s Editor in Chief, outlined a new conflict of interest policy that is forthcoming in 2020 in a BMJ opinion piece. Cochrane is committed to independence, transparency, and integrity in healthcare research and minimizing the impact of conflicts of interest in the conduct of Cochrane Reviews. Although Cochrane’s current conflict of interest policy is stricter than most journals, we have revisited it recently with the aim of strengthening our approach to financial conflicts of interest and clarifying our position regarding non-financial interests.
Learn more about Cochrane's mission and work
Join Cochrane and be part of a global network of more than 79,000 supporters and members
See Q1 2019 highlights
BASCD Borrow Foundation Early Career Poster Award winners focused on the Wikipedia Collaboration of Dental Schools
Su Min Lai and Laura Tan took home the Borrow Foundation Early Career Poster Award in a poster competition at the annual conference of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry.
Su Min and Laura were the only undergraduate students to verbally present, and were the youngest presenters at the conference, making their achievement all the more remarkable. The students are from the University of Dundee and work with Cochrane Oral Health on the Wikipedia Collaboration of Dental Schools. The Collaboration's mission is to improve Wikipedia by making the articles more evidence-based. The poster set out the mission and ethos of the Collaboration, which to date has amended 287 Wikipedia articles in two languages.
Congratulations to Su Min and Laura, and to the hard-working student volunteers who give up their time to this project.
View the winning poster
Learn more about The Cochrane Wikipedia Partnership and how you can get involved
Cochrane seeks - Junior Systems Administrator
Specifications: Full Time
Application Closing Date: January 6th, 2020 (At 12 Midnight GMT)
This role is an exciting opportunity to use your experience as a Junior Systems Administrator to make a difference in the field of health care research.
The Junior Systems Administrator will support the smooth running of Cochrane’s infrastructure and systems used by Cochrane Central Executive (CET) members (approx. 100 people. They will support and troubleshoot local and remote computers managed by Informatics & Technology Services (ITS) department.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following activities:
Provide frontline technical support to Cochrane Central Executive, investigating and troubleshooting issues efficiently communicating technical information where required in an accessible way to non-technical people.
Manage and maintain Cochrane IT infrastructure, systems and application software, network services and data on behalf of the Cochrane Informatics and Knowledge Management Department (IKMD).
Ensure enough IT support and provision for the Cochrane Central Executive by responding to technical queries and ensuring IT equipment is maintained and replaced according to agreed internal IT equipment guidelines.
Perform regular routine backup, maintenance and checks of the Cochrane ITS systems.
Maintain operational, configuration, security, or other standard operation procedure documentation for all ITS standard operation procedures to be held.
Provide second line technical support to non-Cochrane staff whose queries come through our central support service, through efficient and timely use of the help desk system whilst endeavouring to meet reasonable service standard resolution times wherever possible.
We are looking for a self-motivated and highly organised individual who is able to work effectively and collaboratively with a diverse range of contacts across the world. The successful candidate will also have:
Degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Experience helping to diagnose and solve computers systems (PC/Mac), and network problems
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and fix problems and security risks
Excellent organizational, collaboration and interpersonal skills
Ability to prioritize own tasks against project and team goals
Ability to multitask and prioritize work requirements
Able to work efficiently and effectively with a geographically-dispersed department and organization
Willingness to travel as required
If you would like to apply for this position, please send a CV along with a supporting statement to recruitment@cochrane.org with “Junior Systems Administrator” in the subject line. The supporting statement should indicate why you are applying for the post, and how far you meet the requirements for the post outlined in the job description using specific examples. List your experience, achievements, knowledge, personal qualities, and skills which you feel are relevant to the post.
Deadline for applications: January 6th 2020 (12 midnight GMT)
Interviews to be held on:
Phone interviews between 6th and 13th January 2020
Face to face interviews on the 23rd or 24th January
Friday, December 20, 2019 Category: Jobs
Why consumer involvement in Cochrane research is so important
Since its beginnings, Cochrane has involved healthcare consumers (the language is interesting but consumers are patients, care-givers, and family members and others) in producing new knowledge about healthcare treatments. The reasons for this are compelling. Consumers are the ultimate beneficiaries of all of Cochrane’s work. Our strapline is “Trusted evidence, informed decisions, better health”. Meaningfully involving patients is a key part of ensuring that we achieve our mission. This two minute video recorded for Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Review Group briefly sums up why we should all think about how we can involve consumers in our work.
Cochrane’s Statement of Principles for Consumer Involvement was adopted by the Cochrane Governing Board in 2017 and, amongst other things, says this: “Cochrane believes that the benefits of consumer involvement are best realised when consumers contribute throughout the process of production and dissemination of research.”
Cochrane’s author teams are at the forefront of producing the evidence that consumers increasingly rely on to make their healthcare decisions. There have been some inspiring examples of innovative work undertaken with consumers. You can hear Alex Pollock talk about how consumers were involved in shaping a Cochrane review here. And these resources – Involving People – have been designed to give author teams access to advice, a framework for thinking about involvement, and examples of how other people have done this complex but rewarding work.
Involvement can be a key part of Cochrane’s groups’ work too, from prioritisation to consumer peer review, and the new peer review policy more strongly emphasised the role of consumers. You can read a blog about what peer review feels like from a consumer perspective here. Consumers are involved in the running of the organisation, from the Cochrane Consumer Network to the Cochrane Council. Learning from patients’ experiences and spreading information about Cochrane’s evidence is an important role for consumers too, see Cochrane UK’s Evidently Cochrane for example.
If you are thinking about involving consumers more in your work or are a consumer and want to get involved, here are 5 things you can do today!
Subscribe to the Cochrane Consumer monthly news digest
Join the the new International Network for Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Social Research
Join the Cochrane Consumer Network
Watch this video by Neal Haddaway talking about stakeholder involvement in evidence synthesis
Follow these Twitter accounts @cochraneconsumr and @GlobalPPINet
For more support with involvement contact Richard Morley, Consumer Engagement Officer rmorley@cochrane.org
Request For Proposal - Professional Conference Organizer Global Evidence Summit 2, Prague, 4-8 October 2021
In 2021, Cochrane in collaboration with Guidelines International Network, Campbell Collaboration and Joanna Briggs Institute, will host a Global Evidence Summit 2 (GES) in place of their annual organizational events. The four global organizing partners and the hosts, Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (CEBHCKT), are now inviting Professional Conference Organizer’s (PCOs) to tender for the provision of event management services for its quadrennial event in 2021.
The GES brings together the world’s leading organizations in evidence-based practice to provide a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural platform to discuss critical issues in health, education, social justice, climate change and clinical care and practice.
We plan to host a 6-day event comprising pre-conference workshops/symposia (1 day); the Global Evidence Summit (4 days) consisting of meetings, plenaries, workshops, poster and oral presentations and post-conference workshops/meetings (1 day).
The spirit of the GES is ‘Using Evidence. Improving Lives.’ It aims to:
advance the use of reliable research evidence in addressing some of the world’s most serious health and social challenges;
bring together multidisciplinary actors from the global evidence community;
facilitate communication and collaboration between all those working on the synthesis, dissemination and implementation of evidence
promote evidence-based decision-making worldwide;
strengthen ties between all partners and supporters within the partnership framework; and
showcase the work of all partners and supporters with high-quality scientific presentations.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Category: Jobs
Cochrane US Network's first in-person meeting - Dec 2019
Cochrane US Network convened for their first in-person meeting on 10 – 11 December 2019 in Philadelphia, hosted by American College of Physicians, an affiliate center. The meeting was well attended, with delegates representing 17 of the 21 member groups that comprise the US Network. This convening served as an opportunity for sharing information, networking, and discussing governance and strategic priorities for the US Network.
US Network work groups reported on their activities and proposed priorities. Initial areas of work have involved:
Developing an evidence package and dissemination strategy for a selection of systematic reviews on the management of opioid use during pregnancy and among neonates exposed in utero. The US Network has engaged the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to inform this project.
Defining consumer engagement and involvement as a priority for the US Network, with priority for identifying and promoting best practices for consumer engagement and involvement in systematic review production, knowledge translation and dissemination. Additionally, the US Network has a priority interest in gaining understanding of how consumers prefer to receive health information, what health information is most valuable to consumer decision-making, and consumer preferences for involvement in the research process.
Examining opportunities for accelerating data curation and standardizing data to support interoperability and better use of data.
Meeting participants discussed governance of the US Network. Consensus was established among meeting participants on US Network membership, decision-making, an executive committee structure. Meeting participants also provided their input on priority areas of work for the US Network during the next twelve months. The list of priorities included raising awareness of Cochrane and the US Network (e.g., social media presence), focusing on strategic dissemination of Cochrane evidence, advocating for evidence and evidence informed health decision-making, and planning for a US-based conference to engage stakeholders and provide opportunities for training.
Following the internal convening of members, a meeting with stakeholders was held to gain their insight and input to US Network priorities. This session was also well attended, with delegates from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, National Library of Medicine, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The US Network will continue to convene via monthly virtual meetings and will plan a next in-person meeting later in 2020.
Learn more about the Cochrane US Network
Living Systematic Review: Pharmacological treatments for psoriasis, network meta analysis
In this interview we asked authors Dr Laurence Le Cleach and Emilie Sbidian to tell us more about this Cochrane Living Systematic Review: Systemic pharmacological treatments for chronic plaque psoriasis, network meta analysis
Tell us about this Cochrane Review...
Psoriasis is a frequent inflammatory skin disease affecting between 2 and 8% of the general population. Plaque psoriasis characterized by raised and well-demarcated areas of inflamed skin covered with silvery white, scaly skin is the most common form. Psoriasis affects deeply quality of life. There is currently no cure for psoriasis, but various treatments can help to control the symptoms; thus, long-term treatment is usually needed. About 20% to 30% of people with psoriasis have a moderate to severe form requiring a second-line therapy including phototherapy and conventional systemic agents. Biological agents are more recent systemic therapies.
The objectives of our review were to compare the efficacy and safety of conventional systemic agents for patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and to provide a ranking of these treatments according to their efficacy and safety by the mean of a network meta-analysis.
Our review included 140 studies (31 new studies for the update) and 51,749 participants.
Is it the first iteration of this Living Systematic Review (LSR) or an update?
This review was published for the first time in December 2017. This version evolves this review into a LSR. This current version is both an update and first occurrence of the LSR.
How often will it be updated? And what will be included in the updates?
Search for study, selection, data extraction followed by inclusion of characteristics and risk of bias analysis for each newly identified trial will be performed each month. Every 3 months, each newly identified trial will be incorporated in the Network Meta Analysis.
Why is pharmacological treatments for psoriasis a good topic for a LSR?
This is a very good topic for LSR as numerous new trials assessing systemic treatments for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis are regularly published. It is demonstrated by the high number of new trials added between the first version published in December 2017 and this one published only two years later and the 42 identified ongoing studies identified in the present study.
Who will benefit from this LSR?
It is a major resource for guidelines teams who are encouraged to move to living guidelines methods in order to constantly adapt the recommendations to reflect the new evidence highlighted in the LSR.
Is this the first time you have worked on a LSR? How does the experience differ?
Yes, it is the first time. Moving to an LSR means we’ve had to define new ways of organization for both the author and the editorial team. This organization is an ongoing process for us. We have anticipated the new processes involved, but obviously we will face new ones in the coming months.
Read the full Cochrane Review
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Cochrane seeks - Planning & Performance Manager
Specifications: Permanent, 80-100% Full Time Equivalent, flexible working patterns
Salary: £52,000 pro rata
Location: Flexible (options include working from Cochrane’s offices in London, UK or in Freiburg, Germany; or remotely from anywhere else)
Application Closing Date: 5 January 2020 Midnight GMT
This is an exciting opportunity to improve Cochrane’s planning and performance management capabilities as the organization completes its transformational Strategy to 2020 and enters a new strategic planning phase. The Planning & Performance Manager will hold responsibility for designing and implementing improved strategic and operational planning processes, supporting the Senior Management Team and departmental staff to build robust, measurable workplans through which delivery can be managed and achieved.
In this newly created position, you’ll also be required to design processes for, and then collect and provide analysis of, key organizational performance information. These processes should enable progress against strategic and operational objectives to be measured, evaluated, effectively communicated to internal and external stakeholders, and used as the evidence-base to inform further plans. In other words, you’ll be responsible for developing what Cochrane currently regards as a ‘missing link’ in its strategic infrastructure for operationalizing strategic plans.
We are looking for someone dynamic and self-motivated who is comfortable working independently, but also collaboratively with a diverse range of contacts across the world. The successful candidate will have:
Experience in a similar cross-functional role, or in project portfolio or programme management
Experience of developing and managing the implementation of planning, performance and evaluation processes, and of developing performance indicators and results frameworks
Outstanding communication skills in English, both written and in person, with the ability to synthesize and explain complex information to a range of audiences
Ability to rapidly establish credibility, and maintain positive relationships, with people and teams from a range of functional, professional, linguistic and cultural backgrounds, including those who are not familiar with planning processes and performance indicators
In return, Cochrane offers an exciting, international work environment, the opportunity to travel, and a competitive benefits package.
If you would like to apply for this position, please send a CV (Resume) along with a supporting statement to recruitment@cochrane.org, with “Planning & Performance Manager” in the subject line. The supporting statement should indicate why you are applying for the post, and how far you meet the requirements for the post outlined in the job description using specific examples. List your experience, achievements, knowledge, personal qualities, and skills which you feel are relevant to the post.
Interviews to be held early in January 2020
Thursday, December 12, 2019 Category: Jobs
Cochrane seeks - Project Portfolio Officer
This is an exciting opportunity to improve Cochrane’s project prioritization, planning and management capabilities as the organization completes its Strategy to 2020 and enters a new strategic planning phase.
In this newly created position, you’ll be required to establish and co-ordinate a project and portfolio management framework for Cochrane; developing tools and resources, and provide training, to improve the project management skills of staff; and monitoring and reporting on Cochrane’s portfolio of projects to inform evidence-based strategic decision-making.
An industry standard qualification in project, portfolio or programme management
Experience in providing training or coaching to others, especially in project or programme management
Excellent communication skills in English, both written and in person, with the ability to synthesize and explain complex information to a range of audiences
Ability to rapidly establish credibility, and maintain positive relationships, with people and teams from a range of functional, professional, linguistic and cultural backgrounds, including those who are not familiar with project management
If you would like to apply for this position, please send a CV (Resume) along with a supporting statement to recruitment@cochrane.org, with “Project Portfolio Officer” in the subject line. The supporting statement should indicate why you are applying for the post, and how far you meet the requirements for the post outlined in the job description using specific examples. List your experience, achievements, knowledge, personal qualities, and skills which you feel are relevant to the post.
Cochrane systematic review informs WHO guidelines, policy
Originally published in the Cornell Chronicle
Folate is an essential B-vitamin that is needed for DNA synthesis and cell division. Folate deficiency can lead to anemia, and deficiency early in pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects – birth defects of the brain, spine and spinal cord, including spina bifida.
A Cochrane systematic review on the benefits and safety of fortifying wheat or maize flour with folic acid and population health outcomes, led by scientists in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell, found that fortification with folic acid (the synthetic form of folate) may improve folate status and reduce the occurrence of neural tube defects. However, the review found limited evidence for an effect of fortifying wheat or maize flour with folic acid on hemoglobin levels or risk of anemia, and no studies reported on the occurrence of adverse side effects.
The researchers’ findings, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, will help to inform World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and recommendations for the national policies and public health programs of its 194 member states.
Cochrane systematic reviews are recognized internationally as representing a gold standard for high-quality evidence for medicine and public health.
This is the first Cochrane systematic review to examine the efficacy of wheat and maize flour fortified with this essential vitamin that is widely known to help prevent neural tube defects.
“The links between maternal folate status early in pregnancy and risk of neural tube defects, a type of severe pregnancy outcome, has been known for over 50 years – and the benefits of periconceptional folic acid supplementation were established with two landmark randomized trials in the early ‘90s,” said Julia Finkelstein, assistant professor in Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences.
“Based on this evidence, flour has been fortified with folic acid in over 60 countries and is one of the most important public health success stories worldwide to prevent neural tube defects,” she said. “However, a systematic review was needed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of folic acid fortification interventions of these two staple flours – and to inform the development of World Health Organization guidelines,” she said.
“This review complements the existing evidence from observational studies and programmatic experience from public health programs, and the findings lead to a better understanding of the benefits and safety of folic acid-fortified wheat and maize flour on population health outcomes,” said Elizabeth Centeno-Tablante, doctoral student in the Division of Nutritional Sciences.
Fortification is one of the main approaches to improve vitamin and mineral intake in populations – to reach at-risk populations without requiring behavior change. “Fortification of staple foods with folic acid is an important strategy to improve folate status in women of childbearing age – since neural tube defects develop in the first four weeks of pregnancy when most women do not yet know they are pregnant,” said Finkelstein.
“In a public health framework, if you can shift the population distribution of folate, you can improve folate nutrition in women during a vulnerable period and help reduce the risk of a very serious health outcome – without changing behavior, in an inexpensive way, to the most vulnerable populations,” Finkelstein said.
No previous systematic reviews evaluated the efficacy of folic acid fortified flour on other health outcomes in the general population. For example, what are its impacts on folate status, anemia or other pregnancy outcomes? What might the benefits or harms be for those with no chance of becoming pregnant – such as children, men or the elderly?
“This Cochrane review includes benefits and safety and any health outcome in any population – for a holistic view of the scientific evidence available to date on this topic,” Finkelstein said.
Evidence from this review has been incorporated into the World Health Organization guideline titled, “Fortification of Maize Flour and Corn Meal With Vitamins and Minerals” and will be incorporated into the upcoming WHO guideline for wheat flour fortification.
The Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University has been a PAHO/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre since 2015, and this year was named an Affiliate Centre for Nutrition in the new Cochrane US Network.
The Cochrane protocol and review were developed as part of the annual WHO/Cochrane/Cornell University Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making, hosted by the Division of Nutritional Sciences.
Stephen D’Angelo is the Assistant Director for communications for the College of Human Ecology.
Read the full Cochrane Review: 'Fortification of wheat and maize flour with folic acid for population health outcomes'
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The Cochrane Colloquium Challenge 2019 - That was emotional!
The Cochrane Crowd challenges are always fun. People from around the world log in to Cochrane Crowd and assess titles and abstracts, deciding whether they are describing a randomised trial or not. Here’s an example:
It’s slightly odd perhaps just how fun it is; how with every challenge the race towards the finish line is a guaranteed adrenalin rush. This latest challenge was no exception.
We got off to a very strong start. Even just after two hours, I knew we’d have to change the target of 48,000; by the halfway point we had already reached that. Picking a new target is always a slightly risky business. Whilst it is good to aim high, setting a target too high and then missing it by some way would be a little deflating. I’ll admit a part of me thought, we’re all tired, and it’s the end of the year: why don’t we just go for something totally achievable and sit back and relax. But no, that’s not what we do in Cochrane Crowd!
We like to push ourselves to the limits: in that case, let’s aim for 100,000 classifications in 48 hours! As soon as I twitted this new target, I regretted it. Time seemed to suddenly speed up and for a while we struggled to keep pace, but then just as I was considering how to reduce the target, the numbers starting climbing up and up. At 97,000 classifications I knew we’d make it (just) and I’ll admit I shed a little tear. We ended on 100,724 classifications. Never underestimate the Cochrane Crowd community.
In context: we did more in 48 hours, than we did in the first six months of the Embase project. We launched the former version of Cochrane Crowd (the Embase project) in February 2014. Back then it took us six months to reach 100,000 classifications. Nowadays, it takes around 2-3 months to notch up 100,000 classifications. Doing it in 48 hours is therefore pretty darn impressive.
It was a truly international effort: 165 people based in 47 countries took part and collectively identified just over 6750 reports of randomised trials from 100724 total classifications made. A special thanks needs to go to the challenge’s top three screeners who devoted a significant amount of time to the challenge. A very well done to: Abhijit Dutta, Nikolaos Sideris and Brian Li.
This was a special challenge, designed to run alongside a very special Colloquium: Cochrane’s first virtual Colloquium: https://colloquium2019.cochrane.org
If you are new Cochrane Crowd but looking for a way to contribute to the work of Cochrane that is flexible and fun, then do take a look to see if Cochrane Crowd is for you: https://crowd.cochrane.org It’s a thriving and clearly very energetic community! And if you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me (Anna) or my brilliant team mate Emily at crowd@cochrane.org
Finally, thank you to everyone who was able to join in with this latest challenge and indeed any of our previous challenges.
Together we are making a difference.
Anna and Emily
Featured Review: Interventions to reduce Staphylococcus aureus in the management of eczema
In this interview with review author Anjna Rani we learn more about the recently published review, Interventions to reduce Staphylococcus aureus in the management of eczema.
Tell us about this Cochrane Review
This review looks at the evidence of treatments, such as antibiotics, antibacterial soaps/baths, to reduce a type of bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) that is predominant on skin with eczema. The review assessed a wide variety of treatments to help treat/reduce infected eczema – 41 studies involving 1753 participants were included in total.
Why is it important for patients with eczema?
Eczema is a frustrating skin condition with a number of different treatments. It is important for patients with eczema to understand the variety of treatments available and which one(s) would be suitable for them and are more likely to work to reduce impact on everyday life.
What can this review tell us about how effective treatments are to reduce skin infections in the management of eczema?
Topical corticosteroid/antibiotic combinations are still prescribed widely due to effective marketing. Antiseptic wash products are also widely used, and antibiotics prescribed readily for “infected” eczema when what is needed is adequate control of skin inflammation. Unfortunately, however, despite the number of trials included, there was so much variance in the types of treatment that the quality of evidence is low
How does this review link to a James Lind Alliance priority topic? (This is a shared priority, important to patients and health professionals.)
This was one of the top 10 questions, actually grouped in the health professional priorities, - “How effective are interventions to reduce skin infections in the management of eczema?”
Does the review point to more research being needed?
The conclusion of the review, “In view of the low quality of evidence and lack of information on quality of life and antibiotic resistance, a larger, definitive trial on steroid/antibiotic combination treatment is required. With the increased concerns about antibiotic resistance, other strategies to treat S. aureus infection that do not involve antibiotics should be further investigated.”
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Why did Karl's father go to switzerland in the movie “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”
In the movie "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" Karl was telling that his father had left him and went to Switzerland.
What was the reason behind leaving his son and moving away.
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For political reasons
With apologies to purists for quoting from Wikipedia here:
One day, Elsa discovers the reality of Ralf's assignment after Lieutenant Kurt Kotler (Rupert Friend) lets slip that the black smoke coming from the camp's chimneys is due to the burning corpses of Jews. She confronts Ralf, disgusted and heartbroken. At dinner that night, Kotler admits that his father had left his family and moved to Switzerland. Upon hearing this, Ralf tells Kotler that he should have informed the authorities of his father's disagreement with the current political regime as it was his duty.
So, Kotler's father moved to Switzerland to avoid the consequences of his political views.
Always remember to include the link for the information in answer itself. For now I have edited it in. – Ankit Sharma Jan 18 '17 at 8:50
Yep, I forgot that, sorry. – user43022 Jan 18 '17 at 9:49
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Why are Sherlock and Mycroft written as snarky atheists?
The TV serial Sherlock presents Sherlock and Mycroft as rather snarky atheists.
From The Sign of Three:
SHERLOCK: ... and contrast is, after all, God’s own plan to enhance the beauty of his creation ... or it would be if God were not a ludicrous fantasy designed to provide a career opportunity for the family idiot.
From The Final Problem:
MYCROFT: Heaven may be a fantasy for the credulous and the afraid. But I can give you a map reference for hell.
By contrast Conan Doyle's Holmes rarely comments on religious matters, and when he does he seems to express a kind of reverent agnosticism.
From The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
SHERLOCK: Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most outre results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.
And from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes:
SHERLOCK: But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.
Why then this development in Sherlock?
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To suggest that religion, according to Sherlock, is only for illogical people, who need a fantasy to guide their lives. Logical intellectuals like the Holmes don't need and see no logic in it. – BlueMoon93 Jan 18 '17 at 15:59
Probably because the principal writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are atheists...searching for a reference. – Paulie_D Jan 18 '17 at 15:59
Related: Is Sherlock Holmes religious? – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jan 22 '17 at 22:17
Holmes' atheism is a fairly prominent characteristic in the original books. – Chenmunka Feb 20 '17 at 11:25
I don't think so @Chenmunka - can you give an example to support Conan Doyle's Holmes being an atheist? – EleventhDoctor Feb 20 '17 at 11:31
It is pivotal to understand that the Sherlock TV series is an adaptation of A.C. Doyle's work. It is the makers', directors' and script writers' call as to how they interpret the characters and project them on-screen.
Regarding your question, I can think of 2 reasons why they chose this development for the characters:
1) Give a darker shade to their personas
Sherlock is projected as a sociopath with least regard for others' feelings in the series. All Sherlock is concerned with his work and that's what matters to him. He is not a benevolent super hero rather a coherent detective and same is true for Mycroft.
SHERLOCK: Don’t make people into heroes, John. Heroes don’t exist, and if they did, I wouldn’t be one of them.
JIM: Naah. You talk big. Naah. You’re ordinary. You’re ordinary – you’re on the side of the angels.
SHERLOCK: Oh, I may be on the side of the angels, but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.
SHERLOCK: I’m not a hero... I’m a high-functioning sociopath.
2) Comic Relief
It's funny at times when Sherlock and Mycroft use expressions like Oh Lord despite the fact that they don't even have an ounce of faith on religion. Also, their attitudes are quite bemusing at religious ceremonies (Eg. Christening of Rosy), where everyone else seems to be engrossed and they are least concerned.
SHERLOCK: Even at the eleventh hour it’s not too late, you know.
MYCROFT (sighing): Oh, Lord.
MYCROFT: Oh, dear God, it’s only two o’clock. It’s been Christmas Day for at least a week now. How can it only be two o’clock? I’m in agony.
SHERLOCK: God is a ludicrous fiction dreamt up by inadequates who abnegate all responsibility to an invisible magic friend.
JOHN: Yeah, but there’ll be cake. Will you do it?
SHERLOCK: I’ll get back to you.
VICAR ... are you ready to help the parents of this child in their duties as Christian parents?
(Molly looks across to Sherlock and elbows him. Behind his back, a male SIRI voice speaks from his phone.)
SIRI: Sorry, I didn’t catch that. Please repeat the question. (Stella and Ted make disapproving noises. John closes his eyes and Mary narrows her eyes at Sherlock.)
Source: http://arianedevere.livejournal.com
RippyRippy
Thanks @Rippy, you've engaged well with my question about the intent of the creators in this development. Still hoping for somebody to reference some relevant commentary from the creators themselves, but it's possible that there's none to find of course. – EleventhDoctor Feb 21 '17 at 9:21
I appreciate your comments. Well I'm also digging the web for some relevant reference commentaries. I'll update my answer if I find some. – Rippy Feb 21 '17 at 14:15
I suppose another source could be commentaries on the DVDs @Rippy? Just a thought :-) – EleventhDoctor Feb 21 '17 at 17:27
Awarded the bounty and the green tick of approval as this addresses the intent of my question best. Would still be very interested in any discourse from Gatiss et al on the subject of Sherlock and religion. – EleventhDoctor Feb 25 '17 at 14:48
For an in-Universe answer, both Sherlock and Mycroft are "super-geniuses" who put their faith not in faith, but in reason and logic.
Both are highly educated so it must be assumed they are fully aware of all the major arguments for the existence of god (twenty of which are listed here) and have rejected them.
(As to the snarky part, I suspect that comes out of the ingrained idea both brothers share of their own intellectual superiority versus just about everyone else. On the show they have demonstrated a pattern of dismissive attitudes and behavior toward those they consider their inferiors, which again, is just about everyone;)
DukeZhouDukeZhou
Interestingly, the British logician Bertrand Russell wrote a book whose title is "Why I am not Christian". On the side, Godel, another famous logician, was known to be Christian (he wrote a "logic proof" of the existence of God) – Taladris Jan 19 '17 at 0:27
@Taladris The "logical proof" is not an actual argument supporting any kind of religious views. Do you have any actual evidence of your claim regarding Goedel's views? – Andrés E. Caicedo Jul 12 '18 at 10:39
In response to your first sentence - Conan Doyle's Holmes brothers, though brilliant, do not manifest outright atheism. So Conan Doyle apparently saw no such dichotomy between faith and reason. – EleventhDoctor Jul 12 '18 at 19:56
@EleventhDoctor great point re: the books vs. the show! (My understanding is that the otherwise logical Sir Arthur embraced Spiritualism later in life.) – DukeZhou Jul 12 '18 at 19:58
It makes far more sense for characters like these to be atheist due to a passion for natural rationality as opposed assumptive superstition.
Dark GreyDark Grey
This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review – Vishwa Jul 12 '18 at 3:57
@Vishwa - disagree. This answers, exactly, "why" they might be written that way. – PoloHoleSet Jul 12 '18 at 15:33
So Conan Doyle was wrong to make Holmes a reverent agnostic? – EleventhDoctor Jul 12 '18 at 19:52
Agnostic is not a standlaone term since it says nothing of belief or unbelief. It merely means incomplete knowledge. A person who lacks belief but does not complete is agnostic atheist. So if you are referring to anyone who lacks belief in that way, they're not simply " agnostic" but an agnostic atheist. In other words a type of atheist. – Dark Grey Jul 13 '18 at 4:28
@Dark Can you demonstrate that Conan Doyle's Holmes was an atheist - for example, with quotations from Conan Doyle's works? – EleventhDoctor Jul 13 '18 at 11:35
This overlaps a bit with Dark Grey's answer, but....
It might make sense for someone who is considered a pure rationalist to be irritated and vexed by those who make decisions based on faith. One views facts and evidence as the ONLY thing that should be considered, while faith is belief in the face of an absence of concrete evidence, by definition.
The snark would be directed more at this incomprehensibility (from the uber-rationalists viewpoint) and the perceived foolishness of the adherents of the religions, more than a hostility to the very concept of a being or force, though the rationalist might also be dismissive of that, because of the very nature of faith vs. evidence. A rationalist, though, might also take the viewpoint of "I can't say there's evidence against, but the burden of proof lies in showing evidence of, not proving the negative." - a more agnostic than atheist, or perhaps atheist leaving open the possibility of agnosticism.
Why do this when the books don't? Because it's an entirely different media, and the creators of TV shows and movies are not just transcriptions of books, but are creative artists in their own right. Due to a myriad of these artistic and other more mundane considerations (time, budget, commercial considerations), there are really almost no shows or movies out there that are truly "pure" to their source material, if the sources are novels. When you consider that part of the beauty of reading is that each reader interprets and envisions the story in their own way, any one person's interpretation of purity to source is going to conflict with pretty much everyone else's mental vision, as well.
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Peter Jackson has a funny story about making the LoTR movies. New Line cinemas was the studio, run mainly by the now-infamouse Weinstein brothers. At one point whichever brother was involved with that project came into Jackson's office and said "We need to kill a Hobbit." - pretty much just to mix things up a bit. Jackson just kind of nodded his head and ignored that. – PoloHoleSet Jul 12 '18 at 15:42
This is a thoughtful answer, @PoloHoleSet. I take your general point in the last paragraph that Sherlock is a modern reinterpretation of Conan Doyle. The snarky atheism is an innovation for the characters though, and I was wondering what prompted its introduction. Creative decisions have reasons... – EleventhDoctor Jul 17 '18 at 21:07
@EleventhDoctor - they do have reasons, but sometimes they are more trivial/mundane/arbitrary than we'd like. – PoloHoleSet Jul 17 '18 at 21:25
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Actor Spotlight: Felicity Jones
tags: albatross, cemetery junction, chalet girl, felicity jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Like Crazy
by mmarnall
Anton Yelchin & Felicity Jones in Like Crazy // via
Felicity Jones- a tiny British dynamo of natural acting talent. And by natural I mean that she makes all of her roles like like an extension of herself- convincing, casual and just plain adorable.
I had never heard about Felicity Jones before early 2011 when Like Crazy premiered. Mark carried on for weeks about how much he anticipated the arrival of Like Crazy in our local independent theater. The movie did not disappoint expectations and that was, in large part, due to Jones’ performance. She plays out a story of first love in all of its complicated, messy, intoxicating, impulsive and selfish facets. It is simultaneously painful and captivating to watch her and Anton Yelchin (Fright Night, Star Trek) ride the highs and lows of an intercontinental relationship.
I was fascinated, which naturally led me to curiosity…which OF COURSE led me to Netflix. What better place to explore an actor’s career than in the library of cinema that is instantly accessible from my couch?
I then entered the world of British cinema and Felicity Jones…what I found- Cemetery Junction, Chalet Girl, and Albatross.
Cemetery Junction– In this 1970’s British set drama-dy, Jones is the daughter of a successful insurance executive who is ashamed of his humble beginnings. She is a young woman on the verge of marriage who still hasn’t figured out who she is or what she wants to do with her life.
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Chalet Girl– While this is in no way an example of film excellence, it is a fun little British romantic comedy. Felicity is an ex-skateboard pro who becomes a chalet girl to help her dad with the bills. In this new job she is exposed to a world of money, snowboarding and Bill Nighy’s wonderful (but all to infrequent) moments of humor.
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Albatross– I was deceived by this movie…I thought that it carried some weight to be marketed by the IFC. I was wrong. Jones plays the sheltered good-girl to Jessica Brown Findlay’s (Downton Abbey) misguided, rebellious girl who is searching for her place in a small coastal community.
Jessica Brown-Findlay & Felicity Jones in Albatross // via
The most grounded and believable aspect in each of these four movies is the character played by Felicity Jones. In every situation–impulsive and in love, growing up and trying to break societal/parental ideals, a spirited girl with a sad past, or a sheltered kid trying to find a world outside of her dysfunctional family– Jones knows how to be what the story needs.
I have high hopes for her career. Mark and I like to play a game with movies. When we are unsatisfied with a choice of actor for a movie or an actor’s performance, we do not just sit and gripe about it. We try to come up with who we believe would be the perfect replacement. After watching Snow White and the Huntsman (and being underwhelmed by Kristen Stewart’s ‘Snow White’), we decided that jones would make the perfect Snow White for that film. She’s got it goin’ on: equal parts tough, innocent and ‘fairest girl in the whole kingdom.’
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Watch all four films, enjoy this spunky little British actress, let me know what you think!
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Not only do I now realize that I have some (previously intentionally skipped or backburnered) films to see, but I couldn’t agree more that she would have been a much better Snow White. Or, should I say, a Snow White that would be appropriate–as opposed to Stewart, who was no more appropriate as Snow White than a glittery vampire is in a vampire movie.
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Home Entertainment ‘Losing a child is painful,’ says radio presenter Betty Opondo (EXCLUSIVE)
‘Losing a child is painful,’ says radio presenter Betty Opondo (EXCLUSIVE)
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Former Radio Jambo presenter Betty Opondo is planning to start a foundation in memory of her son so as to create awareness about heart-related diseases. Her son passed away on Tuesday, 19 last week while watching cartoon on Nickelodeon. He was on mid-term.
‘Wake up,’ cries radio presenter Betty Opondo after son dies watching TV
In an interview with Mpasho.co.ke, Betty said:
When he was born, he had a heart problem and he was in and out of hospital for two years. After that, doctors assured me that he was okay and true he has been okay. After I bury him, I’m going to start Kevin foundation to help mothers with kids suffering from heart-related complications. But nobody is coming out strongly to talk about it.
The radio presenter says since then her child never fell sick again until December 2018. She is yet to come to terms with her son’s death. She said:
Losing a child is painful and it’s something I would never wish any parent to go through. I lost my mother in 2014 and I thought it was the most painful thing but this time round, it’s painful I can’t describe. I’m confused, I’m down and crashed.
I don’t know how it is going to be. I’m trying to cope. I’m taking things one day at a time lakini ni ngumu sana (it’s very hard).
When her son died, Betty was in Kisumu where works at a local radio station. She said she received a call on that fateful day at around 8:33am leaving her heartbroken.
I received a call from a strange number that my son had fallen down. When I inquired more, the person who was on call told me ‘Mum, Kevin ameanguka akiwatch cartoon on Nickelodeon’ before hanging up. I tried to call but no one answered. I also called my neighbors but none picked.
Betty Opondo narrated how she received a call a few minutes later, only to be informed that her son had died.
That statement broke my heart. The doctors said he died at home but those who took him to hospital didn’t know.
Her son was with the househelp when he died. The multi-talented presenter told Mpasho that her son was slightly ill in early December and was treated at the Matter hospital and went back to school.
On 22nd December, I received a call that he wasn’t feeling well. He was domplaining about stomachache and he was taken to a clinic where he was treated but he kept complaining that he still had stomach pains.
Betty explained:
When I came back to Nairobi, he was still complaining about the severe stomach pains, I took him to Matter and Kenyatta hospitals respectively, where he was admitted and later discharged and came back home. Since then, he has been okay.
The young mother has received massive support online after she shared the sad news and she told Mpasho:
My post touched many people. I’ve received calls and messages from mothers who’ve lost their babies, encouraging me. Maybe what I can is Kenyans are mourning with me.
The funeral arrangments for are underway and she said
We are meeting daily at my house in Saika Estate along Kangundo road. The burial will take place in Simero, Siaya county on the 9th of March. Funeral contributions can be channeled directly to these numbers 0720592750/0729449143.
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Going Green in Advertising – Can it be done??
August 29, 2012 MinLeighLoveLeave a comment
It’s been years since the “Go Green” movement began, and people started to make environmentally-conscious decisions in their homes and businesses.
Now it is a common occurrence in our every day life, to see hybrid cars on the roads and be advertised to by companies selling in on the “Eco-Friendly” trend. But are we truly seeing green advertising? Are the companies producing and creating in green efforts? Or are they merely just doing what they do best…Selling.
Sure there are “green advertisements,” like solar powered billboards and ones powered by produce, but as for overall advertising, as in the people who create it, it just hasn’t seemed to kick off yet! And why not? There’s plenty the hype, the ability, and even awards! Go Green Advertising Awards‘ program is an exclusive national-level competition recognizing organizations and agencies for outstanding creativity in advertising while being more conscientious towards our environment. However, all of these businesses must enter the awards, and it’s not exactly a nationally published program that everyone wants to be a part of…yet. But they are on to something great, for sure!
So far, the advertising business is about selling to the consumers, after all that is the whole reason the companies exist. Because of their consumers.
Since I have been working at an advertising agency, I can see how going green could be difficult. What with making copies for meetings, decks for presentations, print out references for clients’ approvals…it can be somewhat necessary at times. But it is also extremely wasteful at times! I can’t tell you how often I feel a little pain in my heart every time I need to print out a 20 page power point presentation for a room full of people, who will be seeing it on the presentation screen as well! I feel like the advertising industry easily takes out forests every day!! This is definitely not the part of advertising I was looking forward to when I decided to study it in college.
That’s why, some day, I hope that I can change that. I want to open an advertising firm that is as paperless, wireless and environmentally conscious as possible! An agency that is as green as the green companies it is representing and working for! Check out this California advertising company, Coco and Associates, that is doing their part. They even try to work by natural light and have as few personal interviews as possible to prevent pollution! What an inspiration 🙂
Is it really as necessary to have a job documented in 4 different places-paper, computer, email, and personal copies- as the good ole’ advertising agencies that have hit it big, think? Are we too set in our ways to try? Come on people, come on advertisers….this CAN be done! Advertisers can go green; can’t we?
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1964 cover of the former first lady
As the saying goes, history always repeats itself. But when it’s somewhere unexpected, it usually seems to catch more attention. When I see people dressed in retro fashion, I merely think that they got a good buy at a thrift store and move on. But when I see things like vintage looking movie posters for modern day films, I’m instantly more intrigued. This is exactly why I think Newsweek magazine is going to do well next month with their March “Mad Men” issue. Newsweek plans on making the whole issue, cover to cover, in a 1960’s layout, hoping to also include the advertisements. Newsweek is doing this for the season five premiere of the show next month, as well as a reminder that Newsweek was “on the cultural forefront at the time of the show.”
The Mad Men cast
Newsweek is really hoping they can pull off the ads to really pull the whole issue together. But things have changed since that time, in the ad world. For example, the “Mad Men”-themed issue won’t be able to include one big category of the 1960’s: tobacco advertisements, which Newsweek no longer accepts. But they are trying to interest other marketers to revive their ads from that time or imagine what their ads would’ve looked like in those days.
“We’ve challenged agencies and clients to do ’60s-inspired creative, but for modern messages and products,” said Rob Gregory, president at Newsweek Daily Beast.
I’m really excited to see what this issue will look like and if they will be able to get all their clients on board.
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Here Is Hillary Clinton as a Planet on a Very Bizarre New York Times Magazine Cover
Sure, why not.
By Samantha Grossman @sam_grossmanJan. 23, 2014
This week’s New York Times Magazine cover focuses on the “gravitational pull” of Hillary Clinton’s possible 2016 campaign. And indeed, it portrays that concept in a pretty literal way by envisioning the former Secretary of State … as a planet. Just her disembodied head fashioned into a fleshy planet.
No, this is not a Photoshop job from a bored Redditor. This is real:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, as you've never seen her, on the cover of this Sunday's NYT Magazine pic.twitter.com/QIsqibZaq5
— David Joachim, NYT (@davidjoachim) January 23, 2014
If this is an indicator of the bizarre shenanigans in store for the 2016 election cycle, then we’re pretty excited. Very, very confused, but also excited.
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The importance of being Eugene: What (not) passing the Turing test really means
Posted on June 9, 2014 by akseth
Eugene Goostman, chatbot.
Could you tell difference between a non-native-English-speaking 13-year old Ukranian boy, and a computer program? On Saturday, at the Royal Society, one out of three human judges were fooled. So, it has been widely reported, the iconic Turing Test has been passed and a brave new era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) begins.
Not so fast. While this event marks a modest improvement in the abilities of so-called ‘chatbots’ to engage fluently with humans, real AI requires much more.
Here’s what happened. At a competition held in central London, thirty judges (including politician Lord Sharkey, computer scientist Kevin Warwick, and Red Dwarf actor Robert Llewellyn) interacted with ‘Eugene Goostman’ in a series of five-minute text-only exchanges. As a result, 33% of the judges (reports do not yet say which, though tweets implicate Llewellyn) were persuaded that ‘Goostman’ was real. The other 67% were not. It turns out that ‘Eugene Goostman’ is not a teenager from Odessa, but a computer program, a ‘chatbot’ created by computer engineers Vladimir Veselov and Eugene Demchenko. According to his creators, ‘Goostman’ was ‘born’ in 2001, owns a pet guinea pig, and has a gynaecologist father.
The Turing Test, devised by computer science pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, was proposed as a practical alternative to the philosophically challenging and possibly absurd question, “can machines think”. In one popular interpretation, a human judge interacts with two players – a human and a machine – and must decide which is which. A candidate machine passes the test when the judge consistently fails to distinguish the one from the other. Interactions are limited to exchanges of strings of text, to make the competition fair (more on this later; its also worth noting that Turing’s original idea was more complex than this, but lets press on). While there have been many previous attempts and prior claims about passing the test, the Goostman-bot arguably outperformed its predecessors, leading Warwick to noisily proclaim “We are therefore proud to declare that Alan Turing’s Test was passed for the first time on Saturday”.
Alan Turing’s seminal 1950 paper
This is a major overstatement which does grave disservice to the field of AI. While Goostman may represent progress of a sort – for instance this year’s competition did not place any particular restrictions on conversation topics – some context is badly needed.
An immediate concern is that Goostman is gaming the system. By imitating a non-native speaker, the chatbot can make its clumsy English expected rather than unusual. Hence its reaction to winning the prize: “I feel about beating the Turing test in quite convenient way”. And its assumed age of thirteen lowers expectations about satisfactory responses to questions. As Veselov put it “Thirteen years old is not too old to know everything and not too young to know nothing.” While Veselov’s strategy is cunning, it also shows that the Turing test is as much a test of the judges’ abilities to make suitable inferences, and to ask probing questions, as it is of the capabilities of intelligent machinery.
More importantly, fooling 33% of judges over 5 minute sessions was never the standard intended by Alan Turing for passing his test – it was merely his prediction about how computers might fare within about 50 years of his proposal. (In this, as in much else, he was not far wrong: the original Turing test was described in 1950.) A more natural criterion, as emphasized by the cognitive scientist Stevan Harnad, is for a machine to be consistently indistinguishable from human counterparts over extended periods of time, in other words to have the generic performance capacity of a real human being. This more stringent benchmark is still a long way off.
Perhaps the most significant limitation exposed by Goostman is the assumption that ‘intelligence’ can be instantiated in the disembodied exchange of short passages of text. On one hand this restriction is needed to enable interesting comparisons between humans and machines in the first place. On the other, it simply underlines that intelligent behaviour is intimately grounded in the tight couplings and blurry boundaries separating and joining brains, bodies, and environments. If Saturday’s judges had seen Goostman, or even an advanced robotic avatar voicing its responses, there would no question of any confusion. Indeed, robots that are today physically most similar to humans tend to elicit sensations like anxiety and revulsion, not camaraderie. This is the ‘uncanny valley’ – a term coined by robotics professor Masahiro Mori in 1970 (with a nod to Freud) and exemplified by the ‘geminoids’ built by Hiroshi Ishiguro.
Hiroshi Ishiguro and his geminoid. Another imitation game.
A growing appreciation of the importance of embodied, embedded intelligence explains why nobody is claiming that human-like robots are among us, or are in any sense imminent. Critics of AI consistently point to the notable absence of intelligent robots capable of fluent interactions with people, or even with mugs of tea. In a recent blog post I argued that new developments in AI are increasingly motivated by the near forgotten discipline of cybernetics, which held that prediction and control were at the heart of intelligent behaviour – not barefaced imitation as in Turing’s test (and, from a different angle, in Ishiguro’s geminoids). While these emerging cybernetic-inspired approaches hold great promise (and are attracting the interest of tech giants like Google) there is still plenty to be done.
These ideas have two main implications for AI. The first is that true AI necessarily involves robotics. Intelligent systems are systems that flexibly and adaptively interact with complex, dynamic, and often social environments. Reducing intelligence to short context-free text-based conversations misses the target by a country mile. The second is that true AI should focus not only on the outcome (i.e., whether a machine or robot behaves indistinguishably from a human or other animal) but also on the process by which the outcome is attained. This is why considerable attention within AI has always been paid to understanding, and simulating, how real brains work, and how real bodies behave.
How the leopard got its spots: Turing’s chemical basis of morphogenesis.
Turing of course did much more than propose an interesting but ultimately unsatisfactory (and often misinterpreted) intelligence test. He laid the foundations for modern computer science, he saved untold lives through his prowess in code breaking, and he refused to be cowed by the deep prejudices against homosexuality prevalent in his time, losing his own life in the bargain. He was also a pioneer in theoretical biology: his work in morphogenesis showed how simple interactions could give rise to complex patterns during animal development. And he was a central figure in the emerging field of cybernetics, where he recognized the deep importance of embodied and embedded cognition. The Turing of 1950 might not recognize much of today’s technology, but he would not have been fooled by Goostman.
[postscript: while Warwick &co have been very reluctant to release the transcript of Goostman’s 2014 performance, this recent Guardian piece has some choice dialogue from 2012, where Goostman polled at 28%, not far off Saturday’s 33%. This piece was updated on June 12 following a helpful dialog with Aaron Sloman].
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But… Why?: A Movie Story
This is not about hating a film.
It’s just that every so often there is a high-class movie that critics and audiences seem to love and you just don’t get.
At least it starts out that way.
Uh oh — the Chair is about to get real
Here’s the deal. You’re watching a movie and there are moments in the first half hour that irk you.
-The actors seem to be trying too hard to make you feel something.
-The story interests you but the choices the characters make feel written, or vague or just plain unbelievable.
-The conflicts scream drama and real-life comic irony. Yet nothing you’re watching has any urgency. These people seem to have it all in a 2019 world where land mines can literally lurk around every corner.
Finally, as you watch all of this unfold you want to run from the theatre screaming to every character appearing in this acclaimed work of artistic brilliance:
Jesus, get a real problem!!!! What would you actually do if crime knocked at your door, your kid got sick, you truly couldn’t pay your bills or even one of the myriad of political issues we see played out on the news daily hit you squarely in the face?
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This is all to say, is it enough these days to watch a film that is merely about successful, wealthy characters whose chief challenge in life is a lack of communication with each other and their own super human inability to get out of their own way?
Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson poses that question. Decide for yourself after you see it. Or better yet, don’t see it and use the money to contribute to any one of the 7,235 Democratic candidates running for president in 2020.
Except this guy. No one should give money to this guy.
There have been wonderful movies about the dissolution of a marriage between wealthy, or at least well-off and politically unaffected, couples and the byproduct of pain it inflicts on both their children and themselves.
The haunting Shoot the Moon (1982) comes to mind (Note: Diane Keaton singing the Beatles’ If I Fell in the bathtub. Unforgettable.). More acclaimed and better known are Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander (1982) and the Oscar-winning Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
Boyhood also fits the bill
So you don’t have to be economically pressed or non-white or non-straight to warrant a big screen dramatization of your issues.
The problem with Marriage Story for what will likely be a vocal minority of many of us is, like its protagonists, it tries to have it all and takes no responsibility for its own actions. It’s an overwrought and yet underdeveloped attempt to capture the superficial in a non-superficial way.
It is very loosely based on the dissolution of the real-life marriage of its prolific director-writer Baumbach to actress Jennifer Jason-Leigh so one immediately presumes it’s operating from a place of honesty.
Ehhhhh… maybe?
Yet some of us will leave the theatre pondering whether what is most difficult is to be honest about ourselves? A second question might be whether what seemed life threatening, dramatic or even black comedy funny to us will register as anything more than Okay, boomer (Note: Feel free to substitute Gen X, Millennial, et al) to anyone else.
It’s not that we don’t at all care about Charlie, an avant-garde turned breakthrough N.Y. theatre director, his wife Nicole, an L.A. bred commercially acclaimed actress who married him and, in the process, rebranded herself as a deeper, more serious thespian. Nor is it that we don’t have feelings for Henry, their adorable if somewhat odd, floppy-haired 8-year-old son whom both parents seem devoted to and truly love.
Sounds…. fascinating. #vanilla #very
It’s just, well, what do we do with two people who tell us their problems in long monologues about their lives and feelings, none of which seem pressing enough to justify the drastic decision they’ve made to junk the whole deal? Every marriage has some level of neglect, betrayal, sacrifice and unexpressed anger. So why is it these two people suddenly decide they can’t take it anymore?
Or, as many a writer instructor poses to their classes at least once every semester:
WHY. THIS. DAY?
Is she thinking what I’m thinking? #butwhy
This story of a marriage becomes a strange juxtaposition of over-explaining the big issues and leaving out the specifics of what would elucidate them. That leaves it in the hands of two very capable actors, the dynamic duo of Driver and Johansson, to work it out for us.
It’s an unfair place to put them in yet each manages to rise to the occasion and create whatever sparks of resonance the story has. They are so game and so committed that it is only the looks on their very raw and very photographable faces that drag the movie over its much hoped for finish line.
Is it interesting to spend half of your viewing time watching the onscreen antics of callow California divorce lawyers? Not to mention, are there still people who think every second person in Los Angeles tries to sell the merits of the city to die hard New Yorkers by constantly proclaiming about our homes and apartments:
But look at all that space!
Don’t get me wrong, I still love you, Laura Dern #youdeservebetter
It’s a 1980s view of the left coast that only someone steeped on the east could write.
Which is not to say that it’s untrue. Nor are numerous other moments. It’s that they’re unchallenged. They hang in the air as facile explanations for behavior rather than offer us lacerating insight as to why.
This is never more exemplified than when Mr. Driver’s Charlie is tasked with performing Being Alive, Stephen Sondheim’s famed eleven o’clock number from Company, in its entirety.
As he sings: But alone, Is alone, Not alive as some sort of tremulous reflection and revelation for a marriage gone bad, we feel for the actor.
ADAM DRIVER SINGS?!
But it’s more for him and what he’s managing to pull off in the name of his character. He deserves the Oscar nomination surely coming his way for the herculean task of simply getting through it.
That cannot be said for anything else in the film, speaking for the very vocal minority of us who simply don’t get it.
Tina Turner – “Let’s Stay Together”
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I have never seen a Noah Baumbach movie I did not feel this way about. I have always found his films to be grating, dreary, and pretentious and yet they consistently earn great critical acclaim and I am always left wondering everyone else sees in them that I just don’t.
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Didn’t realize you felt that way. He’s always been hit and miss for me. But the praise for this is so, so over-the-top, with words like “brilliant” and “landmark” that it’s really sort of mind-boggling. Opinions vary but this is so extreme that it’s kind of confusing. Guess I’ll re-watch “Shoot the Moon.” 🙂
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Auckland to host Pasifika rugby double-header at Eden Park 31.08.19
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by NPECadmin - June 12, 2019 July 4, 2019 717
The Pasifika Challenge returns to Eden Park this year for a blockbuster doubleheader in the event’s second iteration – Pasifika Challenge II The Road to Japan
Tonga (Ikale Tahi) will play Fiji Airways Flying Fijians, with Manu Samoa facing off against New Zealand Heartland XV
In a sporting coup for Auckland, the best rugby players from the Pacific Islands will descend on the iconic Eden Park, Saturday August 31 for a blockbuster international rugby doubleheader. Manu Samoa battles New Zealand Heartland XV and Ikale Tahi takes on Fiji Airways Flying Fijians in the Pasifika Challenge II – The Road to Japan.
Event organisers, Left Field Live, are looking forward to a vibrant and loud atmosphere in an event that will celebrate the best things of all things Pasifika. The double-header will also serve as an important additional fixture ahead of Japan and another great opportunity for supporters to come and out support their team.
NZR Chief Rugby Officer Nigel Cass said: “We are delighted to support this fixture as a great display of Pasifika rugby. New Zealand prides itself in having close ties with our Pacific Island neighbours, and this match is a great way to celebrate rugby in the Pacific and in our Heartland provinces.”
Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development General Manager Destination, Steve Armitage, says, “this is yet another occasion to acknowledge our place as a city of the Pacific, highlighting our status as the largest Polynesian city in the world by providing a stage for our Pasifika communities to come together to support and celebrate their teams.”
“We expect fans based in Auckland and beyond will jump at the chance to see this exciting double header at Eden Park.”
Ticket prices have been set at a fan-friendly rate of between $25 – $65 with kick off times scheduled for 2pm and 4:30pm to ensure as many rugby fans and families have the opportunity to enjoy the spectacle.
Teams competing in the Pasifika Challenge II The Road to Japan will not only just benefit from having an additional opportunity to fine tune their playbook before the global showcase, the event will also serve as a way to generate additional financial support for the participating Teams.
In addition to funding the Teams participation in the Event and the Players allowances for their time, event organisers have promised the Teams an added financial incentive based on the final crowd attracted to the game. A sell-out crowd on Saturday August 31 will deliver the strongest possible financial windfall for the three Pacific Island teams who each share in this upside equally. Fans are urged to show their support for the Teams by cheering them on from the Eden Park stands.
The Pasifika Challenge 2017 saw Ikale Tahi go down in a gutsy performance against Wales and Manu Samoa come-up short versus a strong New Zealand All Black side in front of 30,000 passionate fans. The vocal fans added to an already electric atmosphere in a night that celebrated the Pasifika cultures in New Zealand. Teams will again showcase their cultural heritage performing their pre-match challenges to the opposition; Siva Tau (Manu Samoa), Sipi Tau (Ikale Tahi), Cibi (Fiji Airways Flying Fijians) and Haka (Heartland XV).
New Zealand Heartland XV will play first against Manu Samoa in what promises to be a fast-paced and physical match. Recently appointed Manu Samoa Head Coach, Steve Jackson, will be looking to the match as an opportunity to build-on performances from the Pacific Nation’s Cup.
“This is another great opportunity for our squad to get together and finalise preparations for Japan. We are a very close group and any opportunity to come together to work on both on-field executions as well as the equally important off-field culture is something we all jump at” said Steve Jackson, Manu Samoa Head Coach.
Heartland XV Head Coach Mark Rutene said Heartland players would welcome the opportunity to play in black. “We look forward to challenging ourselves against a top 20 side and one that is extremely physical and plays the game at a fast pace. We will have the best players from across the Heartland unions coming together and is another great opportunity to reward players for strong seasons in their provincial colours” said Heartland XV Head Coach, Mark Rutene.
Concluding the double-header will be Ikale Tahi taking on Fiji Airways Flying Fijians. With such a large Pacific Island population based in Auckland and it’s surrounding areas, organisers are anticipating an atmosphere that rivals the best of international rugby in Nuku’alofa, Apia and Suva combined with the added spice of a very special rugby occasion for the New Zealand Heartland XV, as they play on the big stage.
“We love playing at Eden Park as the support we get is fantastic. The boys are really excited to play in front of their family and friends in what will be an extremely important fixture for us on the road to Japan” said Toutai Kefu, Ikale Tahi Head Coach.
“This match against Tonga at Eden Park is very important for the Flying Fijians in our build up towards Japan. We take some self-belief from our victory over France in Paris in November but certainly have not forgotten Tonga’s win over us in Lautoka in June 2018. 31 August will be a great day for Pacific Rugby and vitally important for us as our last match before Japan” said John McKee, Flying Fijians Head Coach.
Pasifika Challenge II – The Road To Japan, key details:
Date: Saturday August 31 2019
Location: Eden Park, Auckland
Fixtures: – 2PM New Zealand Heartland XV vs. Manu Samoa
– 4:30PM Ikale Tahi vs. Fiji Airways Flying Fijians
Tickets: General Public Tickets go on-sale at 10:00am, Monday June 17.
Tickets start from $25 and are available at www.ticketmaster.co.nz
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Major interest in this concert was the performance of Quartet For The End of Time by Messiaen – composed and first performed with Messiaen as the pianist while a prisoner of war ” vastly different for this performance in elegant surroundings played on superb quality instruments.
Messiaen was deeply religious and mystical in character, aspects that are reflected in the eight extraordinary movements which make up this unique composition.
Nature, and particularly birdsong, feature strongly in Messiaen’s compositions. The clarinet and violin in the opening movement, Liturgy of crystal, evoked the sound of blackbirds and nightingales, while in the third movement, Abyss of the birds, the clarinet playing transfixed the audience with the incredible stillness created and the sound rising from silence.
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A sense of ecstasy was never far away, clearly expressed in the playing of the cello and piano in praise of the eternity of Jesus and the piano and violin, with the expansive soaring phrases of the final movement, In praise of the immortality of Jesus.
This was a vivid, committed performance from four highly skilled musicians that went right to the heart of the music, which will surely live long in the memory of those privileged to be present.
The newly commissioned work by New Zealand composer Ross Harris, There may be light, was the perfect prelude to the Messiaen work.
Here the composer created a unique, fragile sound world – ever questioning in character, somewhat uncertain, always restrained – drawn together in a performance that had a real sense of understanding and purpose.
Julian Bliss’ explanation of the sound of “multi phonics”, the production of more than one note from a solo instrument, enhanced the performance.
The Brahm’s Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor Op 114 made a fine opening to the concert.
Throughout, the performance was permeated with the special warmth of tone that is often associated with the composer’s music, with always a finely graded range of dynamic colour. There were beautifully played solo passages from each of the players within all four movements, with some particularly virtuosic passages in the final movement.
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SUBJECT: GAMES OF CHANCE PROCEDURES
NUMBER: 435
AUTHORIZING BODY: BOARD OF TRUSTEES
RESPONSIBLE OFFICE: VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
DATE ISSUED: JULY, 1987
LAST UPDATE: APRIL, 2003
POLICY: Bingo, Millionaire Parties, Charity Games and Raffles are forms of gambling and are illegal activities for all organizations and individuals except as authorized by law. State law provides that Michigan colleges and universities may conduct certain Games of Chance under certain circumstances. Games of Chance that are not in behalf of the University may not be conducted on University property. It is University policy that a Game of Chance on behalf of any University program or activity will not be conducted by any employee, student, volunteer, or other agent of the University unless it is held for the direct institutional benefit of the University or its activities and is in compliance with State law and the procedures set forth below.
SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY:
Bingo means Game of Chance commonly known as Bingo in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers of symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random.
Charity Game means the random resale of a series of Charity Game tickets.
Millionaire Party means an event at which wagers are placed upon Games of Chance customarily associated with a gambling casino through the use of imitation money or chips that have a nominal value that is equal or greater than the value of the currency for which they can be exchanged.
Raffle means an event for which Raffle tickets are sold, a winner or winners are determined either by randomly selecting stubs from all of the Raffle tickets sold for an event or by an alternative method that is approved by the bureau, and at which a preannounced prize is awarded.
PROCEDURES:
I. Authorization of Games of Chance
A. The Vice President for University Advancement has been designated by the President as the authorizing officer for all Games of Chance, regardless of prize amount. All requests for the approval of Bingo, Millionaire Parties, Charity Games or Raffles shall be submitted in writing as provided in these procedures to the Vice President for University Advancement. A decision by the Vice President for University Advancement not to authorize a Game of Chance shall be final and binding.
B. The following guidelines will be considered when a Game of Chance application is being evaluated:
1. A limited number of Games of Chance will be authorized each year with the total number to be determined by the President in conformance with State law and the regulations of the Bureau of State Lottery.
2. Games of Chance will be conducted concurrently only in rare instances.
3. The probable participants and their relationship to the University shall be evaluated.
4. Net proceeds must be used for direct institutional benefit.
5. The sponsoring entity must be a recognized unit or program of Oakland University.
II. Application Procedures
A. The sponsoring group shall complete the Application for Game of Chance Approval, Exhibit A. Prizes to be obtained through solicitation must be identified, along with the names of the possible donors and the value of the prizes. No acquisition of prizes may occur prior to the authorization of the event. A University department shall be responsible for the supervision of the event and recordkeeping.
B. In the case of non-student groups, the application form is to be submitted through the department head to the Vice President with jurisdiction of the
sponsoring unit, and thence, if recommended by that Vice President, to the Vice President for University Advancement.
C. In the case of the student groups, the application form is to be submitted to the Coordinator of Student Organizations. The Coordinator will review the request for compliance with the Center for Student Activities and Leadership Development policies and make a recommendation to the Director of Center for Student Activities and Leadership Development. The Director, after consultation with the Dean of Students, may recommend the event to the Vice President for Student Affairs. If approved by that Vice President, the applications shall then be forwarded to the Vice President for University Advancement.
D. The Vice President for University Advancement shall be responsible for:
(1) advising the sponsoring entity of final approval or disapproval of any Game of Chance; and (2) preparing and submitting any State licensing requests or registration forms.
E. In case of a Game of Chance which involves a State licensing or registration fee, a check in the appropriate amount made payable to the State of Michigan shall accompany the application. Funds for such check shall be provided by the sponsoring University entity.
III. State Licensing or Registration Requirements
The Vice President for University Advancement shall be responsible for preparing and submitting any state licensing requests or registration forms. Fees change from time to time and are set by the State of Michigan Charitable Gaming Division, Act 382 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended.
A. Bingo
1. There are two types of regular licenses. Only one regular license may be obtained per organization. For large Bingo, a license can entitle a qualified organization to conduct Bingo on the same day each week from the date of issuance through the last day of February. Prizes shall not exceed the sum of $500 in any single game of Bingo, and the aggregate amount of all prizes offered or given on all games played shall not exceed $2,000 for the occasion or, for a lower fee, a license for small Bingo can entitle a qualified organization to conduct Bingo games on the same day each week from the date of issuance through the last day of February. The aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded on a single day shall not exceed $300, with the total value of all prizes awarded for a single Bingo game not to exceed $25 value.
2. There is also a special Bingo license available. A qualified organization need not hold a regular license to apply for a special license. A special Bingo license entitles an organization to hold Bingo games up to seven consecutive days. Special Bingo means a single or consecutive series of Bingo occasions during which the total value of all prizes awarded through Bingo at a single occasion does not exceed $2,000 and the total value of all prizes awarded for a single Bingo game does not exceed $500.
B. Millionaire Parties
A Millionaire Party License which entitles an organization to conduct a Millionaire Party up to four consecutive days that is valid for 1 location and may be issued for up to 4 consecutive days.
C. Raffles
1. it is sponsoring a single gathering,
2. it conducts a Raffle before which there is no presale of tickets and
3. the total aggregate retail value of the prize or prizes to be awarded that day is $100.
D. Charity Games
Charity Game tickets may be purchased only by organizations that have been issued Bingo or Millionaire Party licenses and may be sold only at scheduled licensed events.be provided by the sponsoring University entity.
IV. Compliance with Rules and Regulations of the Bureau of State Lottery
All Bingo games, Millionaire Parties, Charity Games and Raffles shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Charitable Gaming Division of the Bureau of State Lottery and State law, P.A. 1972, No. 382, being MCLA 432.102 et seq. The Vice President for University Advancement shall be aware of the pertinent rules and regulations and shall make available, to those to whom approval to conduct a Game of Chance has been granted, copies of the pertinent provisions. Rules and Directives along with license forms and fee amounts are available on-line at www.michigan.gov/cg.
V. Record Keeping
The sponsoring organization shall keep a record of the receipts and expenditures related to the Game of Chance for the current calendar year plus three years, including an accounting, in the form prescribed by the Michigan Charitable Gaming Division, of all Raffle receipts and expenditures including the name(s) and address(es) of the winner(s) and prizes won. Other supporting documents, such as canceled checks, deposit slips, unsold tickets, and payment invoices shall also be retained by the sponsoring organization for the current calendar year plus three years. This information shall be made available for University and Bureau of State Lottery audit or inspection.
VI. Change in Procedure
This procedure is subject to change or revocation by the President, or by written authority, his designee.
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As Americans, we need to ask ourselves: Do we really need another war memorial to our newest military dead?
We may come to that in the often-threatened war against Iraq, which our Washington-based War Party confidently predicts will be short and sweet. Are you ready for TV cheering "our boys" on as they race valiantly across arid deserts while our massive weaponry devastates Baghdad? And after victory, celebrating a "regime change" with a newly installed accommodating, democratic Iraqi leader and unchallenged U.S. control of Iraq’s oil?
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But if not, and things don’t go quite as well as the war hawks infer, what then? Will you still be complacent if your sons are drafted (rest assured the hawks own kids will never end up in combat), lots of American GIs are killed in battle, if the Middle East blows up, or there is a chemical, biological and nuclear exchange? And horror of horrors, your taxes soar to pay for the billions the war will cost?
I keep asking myself why Americans are so quiet about a war hatched in secret by a small but powerful group of bellicose Washington-based armchair warriors?
"This is not about the security of the United States," Scott Ritter a 12-year Marine veteran who served under General Norman Schwarzkopf in the Gulf War and for seven years was a U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq. Ritter, a Republican who voted for Bush, insists Iraq has neither weapons of mass destruction nor maintains ties to international terrorists. "This is about domestic American politics. The national security of the U.S. has been high jacked by a handful of neoconservatives who are using their position of authority to pursue their own ideologically-driven political ambitions."
Despite Herculean efforts to persuade Americans that Iraq was involved in the 9/11 attacks, no such evidence has ever emerged. Nor is there any proof that Iraq has or hasn’t developed nuclear weapons. No plausible specialist, including Rolf Eckeus, the UN’s main weapons inspector from 1991-1997, believes they do. And if they might in the future, Saddam would never dare use them, other than in a last-ditch battle against invading Americans, knowing full well the disastrous retribution it would bring on himself and his people.
And then there’s the barely mentioned "other" factor-Oil. Once Saddam goes, expect a feverish hunt for a pro-American puppet who will then be encouraged to turn the oilfields over to, maybe, Dick Cheney’s favorite oil company pals. While the passion to go to war may not only be about oil, it doesn’t hurt to control the earth’s most vital resource. In fact, even now, from the haven of their very safe and heavily subsidized publications, the very same neoconservative imperial hawks are targeting their latest new enemy, the Saudi oil empire.
Since the Democrats have cravenly abdicated their role as a serious opposition party, what criticism there is emanates from conservatives such as General Brent Scowcroft, George Bush senior’s foreign policy advisor who has called for caution, telling CBS’ "Face the Nation" that an invasion could be a major error because of the volatile nature of the entire region. Skepticism also arises from an extraordinary number of uniformed Pentagon people who see danger where all the pro-war non-veterans pushing for a war do not. Even the very conservative House majority leader Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) came out against the threatened war.
Surely Americans need to ask why the rush to war with virtually no allies except England, where a broad cast of generals, bishops, peers and former cabinet members are urging the sycophantic Tony Blair, always desperate to please Americans, to think twice.
The time to oppose the war is now before it begins. We need a full-scale congressional debate about goals, alternatives, and possible consequences before many thousands perish. Where is that latter-day congressional hero demanding that the White House instead consider serious bargaining and diplomatic and political pressures? Why not a generous and honest U.S. offer to end the sanctions that, for a variety of reasons, have led to the death of so many Iraqi children, in exchange for permitting fair and honest U.N. inspections?
Now is the time to speak up, contact politicians, vigil, and demonstrate on the mall in Washington. Let it never be said that Americans were silent when the government chose to send their men and women into this needless war. It’s our country too.
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Southside Gallery wants Oxford to pop with art
By paigehill1 on November 2, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )
The Square in Downtown Oxford. Photo by Paige Hill.
With the addition of a new mural on University Avenue and Oxford’s arts center, the Powerhouse, located there – this semester Oxford Stories is embarking on a small solutions journalism project. Our reporters are starting a community conversation about the possibility of a continued arts emphasis in the University Avenue area.
Paige Hill
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Kaleigh Hall, 22, began interning at Oxford’s Southside Gallery at 150 Courthouse Square in August. She and her boss, Wil Cook, said an arts district, or area of continued arts emphasis, could be beneficial to Oxford.
Southside Gallery is an art gallery that showcases and promotes work by artists through multiple exhibitions, artist receptions and public events.
Hall is completing a 400-hour unpaid art internship with Southside Gallery and planning for a career in fashion.
Southside Gallery. Photo by Paige Hill.
She is aware there are many arts-related activities in Oxford, such as the monthly Art Crawl.
“The Double Decker bus takes people through Oxford starting at Southside Gallery, the University Museum, the mural on University Avenue, the Powerhouse, and then there’s another art gallery out near Highland Square,” said Hall.
Every two to four weeks, Southside Gallery hosts an art reception showcasing new artists and their work.
“It’s for people and locals who love art, and it’s free,” she said.”Even for my friends who aren’t into art, I told them to come, and they loved it.
“Last Friday, two artist from New Orleans came – a painter and a photographer, and we put on art receptions. It’s like, wine, cheese, and a bunch of people come. There was probably well over 80 people.”
Artwork by L. Kasimu Harris in Southside Gallery. Photo by Paige Hill.
Hall said she wishes more people were aware of the art events, and she tries to promote them using social media.
She believes putting more of an emphasis on art in Oxford would be worth the time and money, and it’s an opportunity to bring more diversity to Oxford.
“The more the better,” she said. “This would give kids more opportunities to express themselves. It’s another thing to keep people and kids here busy besides sports and stuff.
The Powerhouse arts center and the painted mural in Oxford. Photo by Paige Hill.
“Art is an outlet for a lot of people when it comes to dealing with things. There’s art therapy and music therapy, which is also good for people that (have) special needs.”
Hall also approves of the new mural on University Avenue.
“I used to live right off University Avenue,” she said. “That mural is bad a**. We need more art and diversity like that. It brings a cool and colorful aspect to this small, Southern town.”
Cook said the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council has done a good job with arts programming.
“They’re real active and are always having events down there,” he said.”(Wayne Andrews) started the Arts Crawl. He’s done a really good job.”
Cook said some business owners have discussed adding more murals.
“I know people who have an interest in painting a mural somewhere here if (they) could get commission from the city, or you know, some private business even,” Cook said.
He believes Oxford could benefit from an arts district if there were a few more “venues that were dedicated to art.”
“It might help or kind of steer the city in that direction of having an arts district,” Cook said.
Hall said retaining Oxford’s small town charm is important, but so is art.
“I don’t think Oxford needs to change massively, because it is a very small town, and it does hold that, you know, small town atmosphere,” she said. “And people think of Oxford as this very small town. But I think adding, pop of this, pop of that – art is just what we need.”
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Parental Incarceration: The Childs Rights and Needs
Adam T. Bahr
Capstone Paper
Mary Fawcett
The population of minor children with an incarcerated parent has grown by 80% since 1991 (Glaze & Maruschak, 2008). Often referred to as the forgotten population, children of incarcerated parents can exhibit many setbacks, socially and psychologically. The effects of the trauma related to having a parent incarcerated include isolating functions, anxiety, low concentration in school, problems sleeping, juvenile incarceration, criminal behavior, depression, and vulnerability towards peer pressure. Without proper intervention, these children have a 70% chance of following their parents into incarceration which leads to a trend as intergenerational incarceration. When a parent is incarcerated, the child faces several changes in their life which are present in the home, community, and school setting. The changes these children face can cause a frightening range of challenges; coping with a loss of a caregiver, adjusting to new home environments, familial, economic hardships, change in the primary caregiver, as well as developmental regression such as bedwetting. To counteract the traumatic impacts of this forgotten population in the school system, school counselors can provide several data-based intervention strategies. To begin, implementing group-based interventions that focus on trauma. For example, Springer, lynch, and Rubin (2000) created a solution-focused group that used techniques from solution-focused theorists, mutual-aid interventions, and techniques that focused on enhancing self-esteem. Secondly, a prevention program can be used to address behaviors that are linked to delinquency, violence, and socially withdrawn behaviors. In accordance, there have been many revelations in how to help this population; the ones mentioned are only a few that have been developed.
Bahr, Adam T., "Parental Incarceration: The Childs Rights and Needs" (2019). Counselor Education Capstones. 89.
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The Early Buzz For Christopher Nolan’s Inception Is Good, and Then Some
Inception won’t be out until July 16, but it’s already racked up some extremely positive reviews.
Last week saw the release of The Last Airbender, which has since become one of the worst-rated movies in recent memory. At the other end of the spectrum lies Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which won’t be in theaters until July 16 but has already racked up some extremely positive reviews.
Devin Faraci, CHUD:
Inception is a masterpiece. Making a huge film with big ambitions, Christopher Nolan never missteps and manages to create a movie that, at times, feels like a miracle. And sometimes it doesn’t even feel like a movie; while presented in woefully retro 2D, Inception creates a complete sense of immersion in another world. The screen before you is just another layer of the dream.
I don’t even know what’s the most remarkable aspect of Inception. It’s huge-budget filmmaking harnessed to tell a personal story that’s smart and uncompromising. That’s certainly remarkable in this age of Hollywood. It’s a production that brought its cameras to six countries, never allowing a backlot to do when a shot could be achieved in a real location. That’s starting to feel unheard of in this day and age. It’s a movie where Christopher Nolan manages to bring together all of his obsessions and quirks, where his personal issues are the life and death issues at the center of the story, and where he has managed to turn every single one of his directorial weaknesses into massive strengths. That, perhaps, is the truest miracle — the auteur finally completed before our eyes.
Mr. Beaks, AICN:
Inception is Christopher Nolan’s reward for a commercial assignment profitably executed: the opportunity to realize on a grand scale an idea that has intrigued him for the better part of a decade. In the studio tit-for-tat equation, this is the “one for me”. It’s the reason you start making movies in the first place. It’s Lawrence Of Arabia. Apocalypse Now. Gangs Of New York. It’s the the movie you stake your career on. It’s the movie you make now.
…What’s most exciting about Inception is that it finds Nolan peaking as a visual artist; he’s using the extravagantly cinematic tropes of other genres to connect with the viewer intellectually. With Inception, Nolan joins the company of Coppola, Lean and not too many others as a filmmaker who treats the big canvas with the respect it deserves — but with the steely verve of a chess player who can see dozens of moves ahead.
Pure cinema at its best feels like dreaming with your eyes wide open. Cinema doesn’t get much purer than Inception.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter:
Following up on such ingenious and intriguing films as The Dark Knight and Memento, Nolan has outdone himself. Inception puts him not only at the top of the heap of sci-fi all-stars, but it also should put this Warner Bros. release near or at the top of the summer movies. It’s very hard to see how a film that plays so winningly to so many demographics would not be a worldwide hit.
Todd Gilchrist, Cinematical:
As much as I want to describe in meticulous detail the ways upon ways that I loved Christopher Nolan’s Inception, there’s a part of me that almost wants you to not read this until you’ve seen the film itself. Not unlike Warner Brothers’ marketing campaign has suggested, it’s a film that benefits from knowing as little as possible about it before seeing it, because its individual twists and turns are almost as exciting to discover as their cumulative visceral, intellectual and emotional impact. In which case, I will do my best for those continuing to read further to avoid too many spoilers or specifics in the service of proclaiming Inception a stunning achievement and the most completely entertaining film I’ve seen in years.
You can find a more complete list of raves over at Hollywood Elsewhere.
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Brayden Shenn, Chris Pronger, Claude Giroux, Danny Brierre, Ilya Bryzgalov, James Van Riemsdyk, Jaromir Jagr, Kimmo Timonen, Matt Read, Max Talbot, Philadelphia Flyers, Scott Hartneel, Sergei Bobrovsky, Shane Couturier, Stanley Cup
Flyers Ready to Run for “THE CUP”
In Philadelphia Flyers on January 31, 2012 at 10:34 am
With 48 games played and 34 remaining the Flyers come out of the All Star break in a nice position. They’re in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division 3 points behind the dreaded Rangers. What’s in the Flyers favor is that they play 7 of the next 9 games in the friendly confines of the Wells Fargo Center. The 2 road games are at the Rangers February 5 and at Detroit, 1st in overall points with 67, on February 12th. During those 7 games the Rangers and Penguins come in as well as Nashville, the Devils, Islanders, Maple Leafs and Sabers. Obviously the 2 games against the Rangers will be important especially if it’s a 4 point swing either way. We will know an awful lot about this team after this 9 game, 3 week stretch.
The team is presently 29-14-5 and has done it with a ton of injuries throughout the 1st half of the season. Chris Pronger is lost for the season, Claude Giroux, Shane Couturier, Braydon Shenn, James Van Riemsdyk, Jaromir Jagr and now Danny Briere have missed games due to injuries. Only Scott Hartnell, Jakub Voracek, Wayne Simmonds, Matt Carle, Max Talbot and Andrej Meszaros have played in all 48 games.
The scoring leaders at the break are Giroux 18 goals, 37 assists, 55 points (18-27-55). He is 2nd in the league in scoring and 4th in assists. Hartnell 25-19-44 with 13 power play goals which is tied for the league lead. His 25 goals tie him for 6th in the league. Jagr 12-22-34. Kimmo Timonen 2-29-31. Rookie Matt Read 15-16-31. Read is 1st in goals by a rookie and 3rd in total rookie points and rookie +/-, and Briere 13-17-30.
The problem has again been inconsistency in the goal. The job belongs to high price off season acquisition Ilya Bryzgalov but he doesn’t seem to want to keep it. He is 18-10-4 with a 2.99 GGA (goals against average) with 1 shutout. Sergei Bobrovsky has done a real nice job as a fill in. Bob is 11-4-1 with a 2.42 GGA. At some point Head Coach Peter Laviolette will have to make a decision on his #1 net minder will be going in to the playoffs. If it were today the answer looks pretty clear, it’s Bob. There’s a long way to go and goalies can get hot and carry teams to Stanley Cup Championships so I’m sure this will play out for another 20 games or so.
The Flyers need to get and stay healthy, be consistent in the goal and continue their aggressive play without any major slumps. I feel this team can make a deep run in to the playoffs and if the goaltending is great WIN THE CUP!!!!
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The Word of the Day – ATTITUDE
In The Word of the Day on January 31, 2012 at 3:49 am
“Attitude is a magnet. What you think is what you attract”
Andy Musser, Bill Campbell, By Saam, Dan Baker, Dave Zinkoff, Gene Hart, Harry Kalas, Jim Jackson, Mark Zumoff, Matt Goukas Sr., Merrill Reese, Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Phillies, Rich Ashburn
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In Misc Philly Sports, Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Phillies on January 30, 2012 at 8:06 am
Philly Pressbox originally published this article on January 30, 2012. We’ve been asked to republish it several times by our readers so here it is. We hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment.
With the passing of Penn State legendary coach Joe Paterno this week it was somewhat lost in the news of the passing of a Philadelphia legend Andy Musser. Musser was often below the radar in the Phillies broadcast booth from 1976 – 2001that was full of larger than life personalities but Andy was a true professional, a gentleman and a man that could broadcast any sport and do a great job of it. Many people know Andy from those Phillies years but he also broadcasted the Eagles from 1965-68 and the 76ers from 1965-71. That’s 34 Philadelphia sports season in the books for Andy. Great Job!!
Andy’s passing made me think about the broadcasters that we’ve had in Philadelphia over the years. Do you realize that if you were born after 1955 you had never heard a Phillies game that was not broadcasted by a Hall of Famer? When I first started watching and listening to Phillies baseball it was Bill Campbell, Rich Ashburn and By Saam. All are HOF members in their own way. Campbell as a broadcaster in the Basketball HOF, Ashburn as a player in the Baseball HOF and the legendary By Saam as a broadcaster in the Baseball HOF. Saam called Phillies games from 1939-49 and again from 1955-1975. Campbell was replaced by Harry Kalas and another 38 years of broadcasting from a Baseball HOF member. Add to that the one year stints of Hall of Fame players Robin Roberts in ’76 and Mike Schmidt in ’90 and “The Box” was loaded with All Stars. Another long time member of “The Box” is Chris Wheeler who just completed his 34th season with the Phillies as well as Musser and his 25 years.
Moving on to the Flyers, people my age learned the game of hockey by Hall Of Famer Gene Hart. Hart was a Flyers broadcaster the initial 67-68 season and then full time from 1971-1992. Who will ever forget Gene calling the games of the Broad Street Bullies and the Stanley Cups? The Hart legacy lives in with his daughter Lauren singing the National Anthem and God Bless America at all home games. Here’s an interesting Flyer broadcast fact for you, during the 1970-71 season Flyers Sunday games were broadcast by former Phillies 1st baseman and later National League Commissioner Bill White. White was the first black to announce an NHL game. The Chief, Bobby Taylor spent 16 seasons, Gary Dornhoefer 14 and now Jim Jackson has been bringing us games since 1993. Maybe HOF will be in JJ’s future one day.
The Eagles Merrill Reese, although not a Hall of Famer at this time, has been broadcasting games on radio since 1977 and does he do a great job? How many of you have turned down the TV to listen to Merrill do the play-by-play along with his many color commentators, Herb Adderly, yes the HOF player, Bill Bergey, Stan Walters and now Mike Quick call the game the way it should be called. Tracing way back to 1940 By Saam was doing the games up until 1955, minus the 50 and 51 seasons when Bill Campbell took over. Campbell called the games until 1964. In ‘64 Saam was back for one last year working with Campbell and former Eagle Tom Brookshier. Musser took over from 1965–1968. Charlie Swift covered from 1969-77 and Reese joined Swift in 1977 until now. What a run of great announcers! Did you know that future Baseball HOF broadcaster Jack Buck did Eagles games in 1961? Anyone who was able to go to games at Franklin Field and the early days at The Vet will never forget the booming voice of PA announcer Matt Goukas Sr. who handled the duties from 1953-1985. Goukas was legendary! His call of 2nd down and niooooooon (2nd & 9) is still in my head after all this years. Amazingly enough when Goukas retired Dan Baker took over and he has been the PA voice of the Eagles ever since not to mention handing the same duties with the Phillies since 1972 and doing Big 5 basketball from 1977-1989. Baker has been a busy man in Philadelphia.
Speaking of PA announcers we can’t forget “The Zink”, Dave Zinkoff. Zink was with the Philadelphia Warriors and then the 76ers from 1946-1985. Zink had many favorites but “Dipper Dunk” for Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Errrrrrrrrrrving and Moses Maaaaaaaaaaalone have to be at the top of the list. Of course we can’t forget Bill Campbell again. Campbell along with his work with the Eagles and Phillies called Warriors games from 1946–1962 and 76ers games from 1972-1981. Andy Musser followed and Mark Zumoff has been holding it down since 1994.
There can’t be another city that can say that they’ve had a run with broadcasters and announcers that Philly has had. From Saam to Campbell to Ashburn to Kalas to Musser to Hart to Goukas to Zinkoff to Baker to the present day guys of Reese, Wheeler, Zumoff and Jackson it’s been quite a run. The bar has been set very high.
As Gene Hart would say, “Good Night and Good Hockey”!!!
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The Word of the Day – DREAMS – Mastandrea
“Go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is”
Linda Mastandrea
Andy Musser, Brad Lidge, Charlie, Chris Marrone, Claude Giroux, Jason Babin, Jason Peters, Jay Paterno, Jeff Bast, Jimmy Cefalo, Joe Paterno, Juan Pierre, Kenny Jackson, Kimmo Timonen, Kurtis Cleckner, Lauren Perrotti, Michael Mauti, Michael Robinson, Phil Knight, Pittman, Scott Hartnall, Shady McCoy, Sue Paterno, Susan Welch, Todd Blackledge, Wilson Valdez
Philly Pressbox Weekly Sports Update – 1/22-28
In Misc Philly Sports on January 29, 2012 at 8:40 am
A quick review of Philly Sports for the week of January 22
We lost Joe Paterno – RIP
We lost Andy Musser – RIP
We said goodbye to Brad Lidge. 2008 was a great season. There’s nothing like being perfect.
We said goodbye to Wilson Valdez. No more 19th inning pitching wins.
Phil Knight –Enough said!!
We found greatness in Penn State, Kenny Jackson, Charlie, Pittman, Jimmy Cefalo, Todd Blackledge, Chris Marrone, Michael Robinson, Michael Mauti, Lauren Perrotti, Jeff Bast, Susan Welch, Kurtis Cleckner and Jay Paterno, Sue Paterno and the Paterno family.
The Phils welcome Juan Pierre. Could he be the leadoff hitter we need?
Congrats to Flyers Claude Giroux, Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell for making the NHL All Star team. Especially Hartnell making his 1st appearance in his 11th season.
Claude Giroux goes to the All Star break 2nd in the league in points
The Flyers go to the All Star break in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division 3 points behind the Rangers.
The 76ers finished the week 3-1 and lead the Atlantic Division by 4 games.
Congrats to Shady McCoy, Jason Peters and Jason Babin for making the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. A special shout out to former Eagle David Akers for another trip to Honolulu.
Temple (15-5) whipped St. Joe’s (13-9), 78-60 at the Liacouras Center. I wish those games were still at the Palestra.
Drexel is 17-5 and has won 9 in a row.
Penn is 11-9 and has won 3 in a row.
LaSalle is 16-6 and has won 3 in a row.
Villanova lost to Marquette falling to 11-12.
AllTel Stadium, Beaver Stadium, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Bobby Dodd Stadium, Byrd Stadium, Camden Yards, Charlotte Coliseum, Citizens Bank Park, Citrus Bowl, Cole Field House, Connie Mack Stadium, Delaware Stadium, Doak Campbell Stadium, FedEx Field, Florida Fair Grounds, Franklin Field, Fulton County Stadium, Heinz Field, Ice Palace, Jacobs Field, JFK Stadium, John Paul Jones Arena, Kutztown Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, Mellon Arena, Memorial Stadium, Miche Stadium, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Neyland Stadium, Notre Dame Stadium, O’Connell Center, Ohio Stadium, Old Yankee Stadium, Orlando Arena, Philadelphia Convention Center, PNC Park, Ram Stadium, Raymond James Stadium, RFK Stadium, Shea Stadium, Spartan Stadium, Sun Life Stadium, Tampa Stadium, The Ballpark at Arlington, The Orange Bowl and Sun Life Stadium, The Palestra, The Pavilion, The Spectrum, Thompson-Boling Arena, Tropicana Field, Veterans Stadium, Villanova Stadium, Wrigley Field
STADIUM FUN – WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
In Stadium Fun on January 28, 2012 at 2:09 pm
JFK Stadium, The Spectrum, Veterans Stadium – Philadelphia – 1972
In my opinion there’s never a bad time to talk about different things with sports over your favorite beverage, whether it be a cold adult beverage or an ice cold Coke or glass of iced tea. A buddy and I got into a great conversation about stadiums that we’ve been to watch games, either professional or college. We were throwing out some pretty neat places. I decided to try to put them all on paper and see how it sorted out. I’ll ask you to click the “comment” button at the bottom of this article and add your list. I bet by the time we get through we will have covered some pretty amazing places and brought back a lot of memories. So her ya go.
JFK Stadium, Franklin Field, Veterans Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, Beaver Stadium, Heinz Field, Delaware Stadium, Villanova Stadium, Miche Stadium – Army, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium – Navy, Byrd Stadium – Maryland, The Orange Bowl and Sun Life Stadium – Miami, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium – Florida, Doak Campbell Stadium – Florida State, Notre Dame Stadium, Raymond James Stadium – USF, Ohio Stadium – Ohio State, Memorial Stadium – Illinois, Neyland Stadium – Tennessee, Spartan Stadium – Michigan State, Citrus Bowl – Orlando, RFK Stadium – Washington, Bobby Dodd Stadium – Georgia Tech, Ram Stadium – Shepherd, Kutztown Stadium. There are many other D2 stadiums my son coached in and my nephew played in that I won’t add. I’ve been inside Bryant-Denny Stadium – Alabama, Legion Field – Birmingham Alabama, Jordan Hare Stadium – Auburn, Tiger Stadium – LSU, Michigan Stadium – Michigan and Faurot Field – Missouri but have never seen games there.
Connie Mack Stadium, Veterans Stadium, Citizens Bank Park, PNC Park – Pittsburgh, Memorial Stadium and Jacobs Field in Cleveland Indians, Old Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium in New York, Fulton County Stadium – Atlanta Braves, Tropicana Field – Tampa, Pro Player (Sun Life) Stadium – Miami, The Ballpark at Arlington – Rangers, Wrigley Field – Cubs, Camden Yards – Orioles
Franklin Field, Veterans Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, Tampa Stadium, Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, Sun Life Stadium – Miami, FedEx Field – Washington, AllTel Stadium – Jacksonville, Heinz Field – Pittsburgh, New Orlleans Super Dome – was in the building but didn’t see a game there.
The only one that matters – The Palestra, Spectrum, The Pavilion – Villanova, O’Connell Center – Florida, John Paul Jones Arena – Virginia, Charlotte Coliseum, Thompson-Boling Arena – Tennessee, Cole Field House – Maryland
Spectrum, Wachovia Center, Florida Fair Grounds and Ice Palace – Tampa, Mellon Arena – Pittsburgh
Pro Basketball
Philadelphia Convention Center, Spectrum, Wachovia Center, Orlando Arena, Madison Square Garden – Didn’t see a game there.
Daytona Motor Speedway – Daytona 500 and Firecracker 500, Pocono Raceway – Pocono 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway – World 600, Dover Speedway – Dover 500
That’s the best I could come up with of the top of my head. I’ll probably think of some place that I missed but that’s it for now. Feel free to “Comment” so everyone can see the rest of the list.
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The Word of the Day – RESPECT – Spurrier
In Joe Paterno, The Word of the Day on January 27, 2012 at 6:09 am
“I have the utmost respect and admiration for Joe Paterno. I’ve coached around 300 college games and only once when I’ve met the other coach at midfield prior to the game have I asked a photographer to take a picture of me with the other coach. That happened in the Citrus Bowl after the ’97 season when we were playing Penn State. I had one of our university photographers take the picture with me and Coach Paterno, and I still have that photo in the den at my house. That’s the admiration I have for Joe Paterno”
Joe Paterno, Nike, Phil Knight, WE ARE PENN STATE
Nike CEO Phil Knight at Coach Paterno’s Funeral – Don’t Miss It
In Joe Paterno on January 26, 2012 at 8:02 pm
For those of you that did not see Nike CEO Phil Knights speech at Coach Paterno’s funeral today you must see this. I know who Phil Knight is and what he does and that he has a bunch of money that supports the University of Oregon athletic program. What I didn’t know was that Phil Knight had the same hero that a lot of us have had. This is great, Enjoy!!
WE ARE PENN STATE!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZQAGx9rDY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Adam Taliaferro, Bob White, Joe Hermitt, Joe Paterno, Nike, Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated, The Patriot News
The Real Joe Paterno by Rick Reilly
Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News Adam Taliaferro and Joe Paterno in 2010, 10 years after the player and coach had formed a strong bond in the wake of Taliaferro’s horrifying spinal cord injury.
THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY RICK REILLY AND APPEARED ON ESPN.COM. It’s another great JoePa article that I wanted to share. Also, the photo above was provided by Joe Hermitt of The Patriot News. I’m only sharing and had nothing to do with writing the article.
Maybe you will never be convinced Joe Paterno was a good man who made one catastrophic mistake, but do you have time for just one story? In 2000, Penn State freshman defensive back Adam Taliaferro had his spine crushed when tackling an Ohio State player. He lay on that September field paralyzed and panicked. The first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Paterno, who died Sunday at 85. “He could see I was losing it, but his eyes stayed totally calm,” Taliaferro remembers. “And I remember that familiar, high-pitched voice, going, ‘You’re gonna get through this, Kid. You’re gonna be OK.’ And I just trusted him. I believed it.” Taliaferro wound up in a hospital bed in Philadelphia, everything frozen solid below the neck. Doctors said he had about a 3 percent chance of walking again. And every other week, Paterno would fly to Philly to see him. “He’d bring our trainer and a couple of my teammates,” Taliaferro says. “Nobody in the hospital knew he was there.” Paterno would tell him all the dumb things his teammates and coaches had done lately. Pretty soon, Taliaferro would be laughing his IVs out. “I can’t tell you what that meant to me,” says Taliaferro, now 30. “I’m stuck in that hospital, and here’s Coach Paterno bringing a piece of the team to me, in the middle of the season. How many coaches would do that?”
One midnight, Taliaferro moved a toe and the first person his dad called was Paterno. His dad held the phone to Adam’s ear and Paterno said, “You’re gonna prove ’em all wrong, Kid!” From then on, every visit, Paterno wanted to see Taliaferro move something new. “I got to where I wanted to be ready. A finger, a hand, whatever. I wanted to perform for Coach Paterno.” One day, five months into it, Paterno walked in and said, “What’s new, Kid?” Taliaferro swung his legs over the bed, stood and extended his hand to shake. “I’ll never forget his eyes,” he says. “They were already huge behind those Coke-bottle glasses, but they got even bigger.” Paterno gave him a 10-second hug and then said, “Kid, ya make me proud.”
A man is more than his failings.
I learned a lot about Paterno when I wrote a story about him in 1986 for Sports Illustrated. I’ve learned a lot about him since. He was a humble, funny and giving man who was unlike any other coach I ever met in college football. He rolled up his pants to save on dry cleaning bills. He lived in the same simple ranch house for the last 45 years. Same glasses, same wife, same job, for most of his adult life. He was a man who had two national championships, five undefeated seasons, and yet for years he drove a white Ford Tempo. In 46 years as a head coach, he never had a single major NCAA violation. He was the only coach I’ve ever known who went to the board of trustees to demand they increase entrance requirements, who went to faculty club meetings to hear the lectures, who listened to opera while drawing up game plans. He was a Depression kid who wouldn’t allow stars on helmets or names on jerseys. And he hated expensive tennis shoes. He’d see a player wearing Air Jordans and say, “It’s not the sneakers, Kid, it’s the person in them.” One day Taliaferro wore an entirely different pair into his office, a pair of “Air Paternos” he’d made himself. “He freaked out,” Taliaferro remembers. “He was about to call Nike. He thought they were real!”
Courtesy of Adam Taliaferro
As a gag, Taliaferro made these sneakers to show Paterno. They represented everything the coach did not stand for.
If a player was struggling with a subject, Paterno would make him come to his house for wife Sue’s homemade pasta and her tutoring. One time, he told a high school blue chipper named Bob White he wouldn’t recruit him unless he agreed to read 12 novels and turn in two-page book reports to Sue. They were the first books he ever finished. White wound up with two degrees and a job at the university.Paterno was other things, too, like controlling and immovable. He lingered as head coach when he promised time and again he wouldn’t. And when he needed to follow up on what he’d been told about Jerry Sandusky and a child in the shower in 2002, he failed miserably.
But he followed up for thousands of others.
Even though Taliaferro would never play football again, Paterno stayed on him to keep moving. “I came to Penn State to become a lawyer,” he told him. “But I never made it. You could, Kid. You’re smart.” He got the fully recovered Taliaferro a summer internship with the NFLPA in New York and, before you knew it, Taliaferro was a corporate lawyer in Cherry Hill, N.J. He successfully ran for local office there and is now running for the Penn State board of trustees, where he wants to help his school heal from a scandal Paterno made worse with his neglect.
“The last three months, I’ve just wanted to go up on a rooftop and shout, ‘I wish you knew him like I do!'” Taliaferro says. “I know, in my heart, if he’d understood how serious this situation was, he’d have done more.” I believe that, too. But if you don’t, I respect that. I only ask this: If we’re so able to vividly remember the worst a man did, can’t we also remember the best?
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Ted Williams, The Word of the Day
The Word of the Day – GOALS – Williams
“A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, there goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived”
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Arctic Ocean waters warm suddenly
Water flowing from the North Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic provides evidence that the Arctic Ocean is warming, according to U.S. and European researchers.
Igor V. Polyakov and colleagues at the International Arctic Research Center at University of Alaska-Fairbanks measured the temperature, salinity and velocity of the Atlantic Water, a warm, salty layer -- 500 to 3,000 feet -- of ocean water that flows through the Norwegian Sea into the Arctic Ocean.
The temperature of the Atlantic Water entering the Arctic Ocean increased dramatically in 2004, warming in two abrupt stages in February and August says Polyakov. The anomalously warm water is currently flowing along the basin margins toward the interior of the Arctic Ocean.
The authors suggest that enhanced westerly winds in the North Atlantic pushed warm water into the Norwegian Sea, and from there it flowed into the Arctic Ocean.
The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, found the winds are due to changes in atmospheric conditions, but the authors say more evidence is needed to determine if the associated warming is the result of long-term change or part of a recurrent climate cycle.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International
International project aims to sequence the 'DNA' of the Arctic Ocean
Citation: Arctic Ocean waters warm suddenly (2005, October 7) retrieved 21 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2005-10-arctic-ocean-suddenly.html
Can Arctic 'ice management' combat climate change?
Atlantic haven is a test bed for planet's sickly oceans
Gulf of Mexico coral reefs to protect from storm surge in the future—But will they?
Study says warming world could devastate fisheries, reefs
Space is key to monitoring ocean acidification
Ultrafast camera takes 1 trillion frames per second of transparent objects and phenomena
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Epstein Jeffery
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Re: Epstein Jeffery
by Newfie » Thu 05 Sep 2019, 17:17:37
Ibon,
I don’t know if it’s intentional, a conspiracy, or just the way our culture now works. I usually show away from conspiracies.
Either way I think there is a lot to what you say. And both sides play this game. All hype and no substance.
by Newfie » Fri 06 Sep 2019, 06:37:16
Past history of screw ups at MCC.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/jail-where-j ... y-breaches
One wonders if this is just a way of preparing us to accept that Epstein’s “suicide” was not assisted.
Mind blowing without the dope.....
by Whitefang » Sat 07 Sep 2019, 12:01:09
https://www.bitchute.com/video/olGSOydtOgY/
latest Polly...
Strap in - I talk about IN-Q-Tel, who the Maxwell sisters married & their mega-huge impact on culture.
I go in to Aaron Swartz, MIT Media Labs, the Santa Fe Institue, Edge.org, and the whole NASA / Jet Propulsion Labs
Jack Parsons story with a mind-blower of an update on that!
Also - did you know there was a project to put artists into the defense & tech corporations back in the 60s? It's
a pretty unbelievable story, which I share with you here.
All that and MORE. BOOM BOOM BOOM.
JE is not about so much about pedophelia, that is just the surface, like SST, there is tonnes more down below.
Jason on the matters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa8Er939dg
The grand conspiracy of post industry, centuries of deepstate is unraveling as we speak.
You could very well argue millennia, since we dug the Earth and left our natural garden, since we got self domesticated.
This is people not buying the BS anymore, Hong Kong standing tall taking power back.
Yellow France vests on the go, looks like only the Dutch are so very docile and meek, they need and extra push to get going.
Look at the North Korea issue.....solved.
Look at Iran.....solved
Look at Syria.....solved
Look at Saudi, UA, Russia, EU and the rest...…..worldwide waking up to oppose TPTB or were, they lost control.
Look at Brexit, Italy......Germany......Royalty forced to drop mask of parenthood.
The only thing they can do is yell impeach the president!!!!!!!!
They are so toast and they know when all comes to light we will kill them for treason, genocide and child sex/torture/murder.
They are trying to leave ship and bail but we will not let them, we will hunt them down by special boards, advisory clubs and forces that used to work for them. FBI is ready, NSA and Pentagon is getting there, Navy still needs work.
Big Tech is being turned around so we have internet and data control.
Leaves only the Fed's/ECB, markets and MSM.
Only 200 managers control the 50 Trillion loot box, they used to work for deepstate elite, not anymore next year.
Either they start working for the new elite or go down with them.
No, we will not have a democracy, we never had, but way less corrupt and evil as the globalists movement we had the past generations.
It is a step in the right direction, that is all.
For real freedom, we need to do the same as a person, our internal opponent, a sticky dialogue, a petty tyrant that used to help us growing up but turned into a guard. He or she need to go from the throne, like the Royals/Elites, and be kept alive, working together with that unknown part of us that has been kept in the dark.
You need to keep thinking to keep your body alive in this world but you need to learn switch it off to get stronger, hunt for personal power, for freedom.
Self pity, importance, fear and ambition use, drain our energy.
No energy, you get sick, an accident....you die, with your total being, mind/body unit and that other mystery one, energy you, inorganic you, spirit or soul, whatever name is tagged.
Fun thing is that anyone can find everything by himself, no need for anybody else, just the knowledge how to save personal power.
And then act, actually do it instead of just talk like this.
Whitefang
Joined: Fri 12 May 2006, 02:00:00
Brunel connection, murder suicide?
by Whitefang » Sun 08 Sep 2019, 04:13:05
https://youtu.be/Jufqll7vCOA
Our European Epstein tentacle
One shot to kill them all, Dr Dave Doom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55lKVqyVMoA
At 30 minutes...…...Epstein mystery
The public deepstate people are still small fry like our Jeffrey was, to be handled with the usual tactics, exposure and trial, prison and death penalty.
people within clubs like Bilderberg/UN/politics/CEO's/MSM/secret police/CFR/Justice/Pentagon/Navy/Foundations/Central Banking/Market Casino's...…religion masters.......the whole lot, worldwide.
The people behind the scenes planning and controlling the stories that have been sold, that is one level up, the one's writing the script and preplanning future wars, terror and genocide.
Very, very few of these elites in the upper control room have personal power.
The few that do are dark magicians,
the biggest game you can hunt, they are disciplined and ruthless, as you should be if you join the fight, light against dark.
These few people have no fear, they got beyond clarity and stumbled upon the greatest enemy of all, true power.
No way or place to hide when you engage one of them.
A battle on all fronts, a worthy opponent, a way to become impeccable, enter the sublime.
The ultimate hunting test of strength, creativity, endurence, patience and will.
They willfully chose the dark path, no excuse.
Mark of the beast.....
by Whitefang » Thu 12 Sep 2019, 04:07:38
https://www.bitchute.com/video/c-_6ydYsZJg/
Polly on Maxwell dynasty, extreme intelligence, big massive data mining and control.
3 parts to this video
1. Update on Christine Maxwell's Chiliad software in MORE key government agencies
2. Another wanna be cult leader creating his own language & using NLP
3. Globalists sneakily make owning a cellphone a requirement for driving a car!?!!??
Dancing Hare.....
by Whitefang » Fri 13 Sep 2019, 09:19:31
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Hare
Dancing Hare (formerly Lady Ghislaine and Lady Mona K) is a luxury motor yacht built by Amels in 1986.
Built for Emad Khashoggi, after the death of Robert Maxwell she was owned by an Arabian businessman, who sold her in 2017.[2] The new owners had her refitted at the Balk Shipyard in Urk, Netherlands over the winter, and subsequently renamed her Dancing Hare.[3]
Built in 1986 for Emad Khashoggi by Amels of Vlissingen, Netherlands, she was the first of numerous classic Jon Bannenberg designed super yachts.[4] With a well-flared bow, lozenge-shaped ports, vertical windows and mullions, and handsomely sculpted mast complex, she is a classic work of designer Bannenberg. For her time, she was a ground-breaking yacht as well.[4] Among her many trendsetting features imagined by Bannenberg, which is almost standard today, is a gymnasium on the upper deck that can be open for fresh air or closed to the elements. Dancing Hare features later classical Bannenberg signatures, including use of symmetry and asymmetry to create spaces that are inviting for their spaciousness as well as their intimacy.[4]
Robert Maxwell[edit]
Emad Khashoggi, also developer of the Château Louis XIV and the Palais Rose, sold the yacht to Robert Maxwell who renamed it Lady Ghislaine (named after his daughter Ghislaine). In 1991, she was the base for Maxwell in New York, moored on the East River as he negotiated with the unions over his purchase of the New York Daily News.[5]
Maxwell's death[edit]
On 5 November 1991, at the age of 68, Maxwell was on board Lady Ghislaine, which was cruising off the Canary Islands. Maxwell's body was subsequently found floating in the Atlantic Ocean. He was buried in Jerusalem. The official verdict was accidental drowning, though some commentators have surmised that he may have committed suicide.[5] Some conspiracy theories even suggest that Maxwell was murdered. The idea has received support from a few mainstream journalists.[6]
Back to Epstein case,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitless_(luxury_yacht)
Limitless is one of the world's largest private superyachts. She was built in 1997 by German shipmaker Lürssen, with exterior design by the noted Jon Bannenberg and collaborator Jonathan Quinn Barnett,[1] and interior design by François Catroux.[2] The overall length is 96,25 m (315 ft 8 in), the width 12,50 m (41 ft). She is powered by two engines of 5420 kW each, reaching a speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), and was the first yacht to feature a combination of diesel and diesel-electric propulsion. Limitless is owned by Les Wexner, an American businessman who is currently chairman and CEO of the L Brands corporation (formerly Limited Brands, and best known for its brand Victoria's Secret).
Interesting to know if they have subs to enter unnoticed.
You could probably do a whole chapter on the jet set floating around in their private palaces and parties, all hands on deck!
http://www.seamagine.com/small-submarines-models.html
The AURORA-3C personal sub model is compact in size and weight, holds 1 pilot and 2 passengers, and is a 1 Atmosphere, ABS Classed, vessel with a depth rating range from 460m to 1000m. The patented configuration provides the occupants an exceptional field of view. When floating at surface the personal submersible has a high freeboard with a stable platform for people to walk on. Handrails and a gentle staircase provide a safe environment for people to board these personal luxury submarines from yachts in a variety of sea states.
https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht ... 39/frame-3
Octopus and her shipwreck finding submarine
Explorer yacht Octopus is already pretty famous thanks to her notable owner – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen – and the fact that she is the largest expedition yacht in the world. But the 126 metre Octopus added another feather to her cap, and gained kudos from the mainstream press, when her submarine discovered a long-lost WW2 shipwreck, Musashi, at 1,000 feet of water. As seen in the photo above, Octopus’ internal deck is accessible via side doors that allow submarines and tenders to easily be launched.
There you go, big tech MS with internal deck and slide doors...…Octopussy Bond, James Bond style.
Holy S, there is more:
Dr. No's flying submarine
Owned by Tom Perkins, Dr. No has a Hawkes DeepFlight Super Falcon Submarine that not only dives down to 300 metres but literally flies under the water, a unique feature amongst most sumbersibles. The two-man sub achieves this feat by remaining positively buoyant. It was the sub, in fact, that inspired Perkins to find an explorer yacht. When Maltese Falcon couldn’t accommodate the submarine, he built Dr. No – a yacht designed for underwater exploration, which Perkins has taken all over, including experiencing the wonders of New Caledonia.
Perkins, MIT, Harvard...…mad science?
As of 2014, Perkins was worth an estimated $8 billion [14] He had two children, with his first wife, the late Gerd Thune-Ellefsen. After she died in 1994, he married romance novelist Danielle Steel in March 1998; her book The Klone and I (ISBN 0-385-32392-1) was about their friendship. They separated in August 1999 and were later amicably divorced.[15]
In 1996, Perkins was convicted in France of involuntary manslaughter arising from a yacht-racing collision and was fined $10,000.[16]
Perkins was the subject of a 2007 60 Minutes special titled "Captain of Capitalism", which focused on his memoir and featured a tour of his yacht.[17] He was also featured in the documentary film Something Ventured, which premiered in 2011.
Criticism for "Kristallnacht" comment[edit]
In January 2014, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Perkins[18] that compared the "progressive war on the American one percent" of wealthiest Americans and the Occupy movement's "demonization of the rich" to the Kristallnacht and anti-semitism in Nazi Germany:
Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on the "one percent", namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich."
The letter was widely criticized and condemned in The Atlantic,[19] The Independent,[20] among bloggers, Twitter users, and "his own colleagues in Silicon Valley".[21] Perkins subsequently apologized for making the comparisons with Nazi Germany, but otherwise stood by his letter, saying, "In the Nazi era it was racial demonization, now it's class demonization."[21]
A month after publication of the letter in the Wall Street Journal, Perkins stated in a Commonwealth Club interview (which can be seen on YouTube)[22] when asked at the ending for his 60-minute "Plan to Save the World" he said that he believed elections should be set up such that the number of votes a person can cast would be proportional to the amount of taxes that the person pays. Both Perkins, the moderator and the audience were laughing. In an interview afterwards, Perkins said "I intended to be outrageous, and it was."[23]
Naia's functional submarine
RV Pegaso, renamed Naia, has a stylish exterior that hides her true heart. The RV in her original named stands for “research vessel” and the 73 metre yacht from Freire was designed for just that. She carries a serious-looking submarine that’s one of the largest around, seating up to five (see photo inset). A 2014 refit saw her glammed up, but with a range of 10,000 nautical miles and a helipad she retains her research vessel roots.
Colourful Thunderbird 2 designed to carry a submarine
The submarine-carrying motor yacht Thunderbird 2 was delivered to an owner who was such a big fan of the British children's television show Thunderbird that he had to have his very own Thunderbird boat. Hence the cartoon-bright paint job and multiple-use design of the yacht, both a nod to the craft found on the Gerry Anderson TV show. Thunderbird 2 carries a three-person sub at stern, her aft section designed around launching the submarine, but inside she offers comfortable accommodations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... _by_length
List of size that matters if you want to dig deeper and deeper.
Coming on to Octopussy, Jo Lynn Jody Allen is into brain science, granting almost half a billion to knowledge……
Philanthropy[edit]
Allen co-founded the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation in 1990.[3] Since then, the foundation has given more than $469 million in grants to over 1,400 nonprofit organizations.[19]
Allen is the president of the board of trustees of the EMP Museum in Seattle, a nonprofit museum dedicated to pop culture and music.[3][20] The Seattle Times credited Allen with helping her brother make EMP a reality: "Although Allen gets most of the credit...it is the brainchild of both these close siblings. Allen provided the money and inspiration; Patton, as executive director, is largely responsible for the vision that made it happen."[9]
With her brother, Allen co-founded the Allen Institute for Brain Science in 2003 and serves as chairman of the board for that Seattle non-profit organization, which provides free online public resources to scientists around the world.[21][22] She serves on the board of the Seahawks Charitable Foundation, and has served on the boards of ArtsFund, the Theatre Communications Group, the University of Washington Foundation, the Museum of Glass, the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[3]
No hard evidence yet but this smells swampy, pop cult, music, brainchild, scientists all around, seahawks and Hollywood.
All non profit to do good, enlighten the world?
https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht ... pus--60579
Octopus is the most recently built yacht of Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, who also owns the 92.38 metre Tatoosh.
Octopus features a helicopter pad and garage aft and can also accept a second helicopter on the bows. A novel facility of her design is her internal dock, which, opening from her transom, runs forward through the yacht, allowing a 20 metre submarine and a tender of similar size to float into their storage positions. Once secured, the water is pumped out, leaving them resting on chocks.
The yacht has a permanent berth in the International Yacht Club Marina in Antibes, where her owner acquired the largest dock by buying the 55.78 metre superyacht Hanse together with its berth – he kept the berth and immediately sold Hanse, which has now been renamed Insignia.
Octopus is currently the largest explorer yacht in the world.
50 crew, 22 guests, these people do not give for free, anything. Let alone 468 Million dollars.
So what is the catch?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... nsion.html
Remember the dentist, drilling for gold? Nothing sexual at the dentist except maybe the assistants breasts up your face.
In one bathroom sits a chair. Next to it is a fully equipped dentist's cart, complete with what appear to be drills, a lamp and other instruments
Torture tools?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKEqcLzMYdo
David I. on past idiocy starting with modern history of satanism.
Assisted by his wife, Sabbatai became the leader of the community. He used his power to crush the opposition. He deposed the existing rabbi of Smyrna, Aaron Lapapa, and appointed Chaim Benveniste in his place. His popularity grew, as people of all faiths repeated his story. His fame extended far and wide. Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands had centers of his Messianic movement. The Jews of Hamburg and Amsterdam learned of the events in Smyrna from trustworthy Christians. Henry Oldenburg, a distinguished German savant who became the first secretary of the Royal Society, wrote to Baruch Spinoza (Spinozae Epistolae No 33): "All the world here is talking of a rumour of the return of the Israelites ... to their own country. ... Should the news be confirmed, it may bring about a revolution in all things."[6]
Sabbatai's followers included many prominent rabbis, such as Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Moses Raphael de Aguilar, Moses Galante, Moses Zacuto, and the above-mentioned Hayyim Benveniste. Dionysius Musaphia, an adherent of Spinoza, likewise became a follower. People spread fantastic reports, which were widely believed. For example, it was said, "In the north of Scotland a ship had appeared with silken sails and ropes, manned by sailors who spoke Hebrew. The flag bore the inscription 'The Twelve Tribes of Israel'."[12] The Jewish community of Avignon, France prepared to emigrate to the new kingdom in the spring of 1666.[6]
The readiness of the Jews to believe the messianic claims of Sabbatai Zevi may largely be explained by the desperate state of European Jewry in the mid-17th century. The bloody pogroms of Bohdan Khmelnytsky had wiped out around 100,000 Jews in Eastern Europe,[13] or more,[14] others put the numbers killed at between 40,000 and 100,000,[15] about one third of Europe's Jewish population at the time and destroyed many centers of Jewish learning and communal life. There is no doubt that for most of the Jews of Europe there could not have been a more propitious moment for the messiah to deliver salvation than the moment Sabbetai Zevi made his appearance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Frank
And then we have the United Nations of the world as we know it, led by occult party people that do damage, kill children by genocide and personal acts of wannabe monsters, petty little tyrants that give in to darkness. A worldwide secret dark web behind capital/communist and democracy that never were.
What that has to do with late Epstein con artist? Everything he did and stood for were with the dark taste of this rotten mindset that infiltrated humanity such a long time ago. A perfect showcase of all our rubble come to light, for everyone to see, not a pretty sight.
Some things might be better left in the dark though…….
by Newfie » Sun 15 Sep 2019, 07:54:36
What I see is that the fix is in on the Epstein story. He has been eliminated and poses no risk. The job is done.
That media is in on the fix is obvious because two big and obvious stories are not being followed.
CCTV - CCTV footage of the area surrounding his cell have not been released. All we know is that at least some of the video is “unusable.” If the video truly showed nothing then there would be every reason to release it and quash rumors. That it has not been released can only lead to suspicion. But the media is not persuing. WHY?
DOCTORAL LEVEL PSYCHOLOGIST - The Bureau Of Prisions (BOP) claims Epstein was released from suicide watch after being cleared by a “Doctoral Level Psychologist”. Most folks assume this means a licensed PhD because that’s what it takes to practice in any STATE in the USA, Feds don’t adhere to state requirements. I went to the BOP jobs page and found that a Psychologist does not need to have a PhD but to simply “meet all the prerequisites.” But that job description did not use the odd “Doctoral Level” phrase. What DOES use that phrase is the job description of an UNPAID INTERN who is called a “DOCTORAL LEVEL PSYCHOLOGIST”, someone who has ENROLLED in a program that will lead to a PhD. At worst case the bloke may have just received his Masters and be waiting to start his PhD program. This is a far cry from public perception, and the information is readily available on the BOP web site. Yet no one in the media has called it out, and I’ve searched.
So there you have it, the fix is in, the media have been called off. They will just let this story die from inattention.
I now believe in TWO conspiracies.
by Ibon » Sun 15 Sep 2019, 09:27:53
Newfie wrote:
Agreed..... completely.
By default this is an indictment of very rich and influential people of all political persuasions.
If this was the fault of only one group or one party the other one would be all over this. The fact that it is across the whole spectrum of the wealthy means the fix is in as a zero sum game.
BOth sides agreeing to not squeal on the other.
Correct, the ENTIRE swamp owns this one.
It’s also why Epstein never came up in 2016 Presidential elections.
Polly history rewriting, deep fake......
by Whitefang » Wed 18 Sep 2019, 13:47:16
https://www.bitchute.com/video/u8BsYzqZAHU/
The 1930s to the 1960s in America saw *massive* subversion of society, government & the military. There is a pattern, and there are linkages between people & events that very few people have ever heard of. This video is my attempt to shed light on the influence of a cult called Technocracy, Inc., The University in Exile, select US Military projects started at the declaration of WW2, the set-up of what is now the CIA, the Global Intelligence service (which they deny exists) and more...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0KU4qMJkw
Boris Johnson is going to do everything possible to make the BREXIT happen, he might have to bring the house down to get it done. Trump admin say that they have reached a trade deal with Japan. Saudi Minister says they are back up to full capacity. Judy Shelton makes the first move, instead of the Fed being independent it should work with the government. Restructure hint.
It seems that Rep Omar might have been caught in a lie, then she deletes the tweet. The Kavanaugh case is falling apart, the MSM is going down in flames and the key witness is now saying that it never happened. A secret group was formed to go after Trump's judicial nominees. The House Judiciary started their impeachment hearings which was never voted on to be an impeachment hearing, they decided to read from the Mueller report, big fail. Snowden is now asking Macron for asylum. The Justice Department is now suing Snowden. SA will take care of their own business, Iran says talks will not happen, Trump says talks will happen, which means talks have already happened. Trump relays messages, we are closer than we think, HRC says beware of deep fakes
HRC on cybermadness, the so called deep fakes.
Deepstate is getting ready to counter snuff pics in which they play a part, act as torturers.
They are in deep shite, they got cought red handed, their only defence is to deny, it was not me.....
Just HRC talking about the need for the MSM/etc to "be able quickly to discredit what is being presented", such as "Pizzagate" and "deepfakes"...
American democrazy
Mind control and terror
https://www.theepochtimes.com/in-china- ... 86015.html
There’s little scientific research into this type of technology. But satellite imagery confirms that the Chinese regime has developed electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons-testing facilities.
In January, a U.S. congressional study on “nuclear EMP” weapons developed by China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea was declassified and published, offering more insight into EMP weapons that can cripple infrastructure.
A Chinese NGO published a report in February about “mind control” technology, after affected individuals conducted their own research.
A military official based in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, who was involved in developing “mind control” technology told the NGO in June that the Chinese regime has a machine “that can interfere or attack a person’s brain from thousands of kilometers [1 kilometer = about 0.62 mile] away. It can connect the person’s brain, monitor his or her intention, control his or her autonomic nervous system, and can even stop the beating of his or her heart,” the official said.
The NGO study concluded that the machine mentioned by the official likely had the ability to emit electromagnetic waves at the same frequencies as a human brain.
The device can emit an electromagnetic wave that mimics real human frequencies to the target person, creating a fake feeling or hallucination, or controlling the subject’s bodily functions, according to the study.
Google in the Netherlands, up to 20 billion dollar on data centers alone.
Look at how hard they try implement 5G...........billions of dollars a year industry.
Ditching your smart phone is not the answer to oppose them, we parents and patriots, pirates must work together to dethrone them before they have control over a fool proof worldwide web, a smart city prison to watch over every move and delete persons if needed.
They want this done next decade, before abrupt CC takes hold over our harvest, before panic and fear overtake everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NjATRZviCE
There is now new evidence in the JS case, he had accomplices. JW files ethics complaint against AS. JN decides to resign from the U of C. The IG reported revealed something very important and needed to be produced before the Declass, the report needed to show that Comey knowingly broke the law and committed crimes. Since Russian Collusion, obstruction and everything failed, AS moves to the next phase, a whistleblower that has the goods on Trump. Trump is getting ahead of the story and will be another big fail. Reporter that got tipped off about the Tarmac meeting is getting ready to come forward. Trump is looking at prisons, which would be cost effective to hold prisoners.
What a wonderfull war on deepstate these days!
The real terrorists are finally confronted, and yes, that includes the war on terror, dope, commies, nazies and the rest, 911 and MH17, London metro massmurders, Madrid......all again investigated by independent agencies, all the worlds secret services that used to work for them.
CIA will not exist from next decade on.
Dark to light, finally progress instead of the usual promises, yes we can!
Epstein at 24 minutes into the X22 YouTube report.
It is all connected, once people understand what they do to children, they will accept the 911/MH17 false flag mass murders they done as well.
They, the party people will not be safe walking down the street the next decade, maybe even as soon as from 2020 on.
Prisons are getting prepped and ready to house, trial and kill them, all of them, worldwide.
Justice served, at the final end of times, our final one or two, maybe even three generations, who knows?
Follow the white rabbit…….Matrix.
https://justinformednews.com/2018/09/01 ... di-arabia/
Rabbits all over.....
The above pictures were created by the “artist”, Alex Podesta.
Q Anon’s latest posts are quite disturbing to say the least. They point us in the direction of this disturbed individual’s “art” exhibit. In response to an ‘anon’ on 8ch who posted a graphic that detailed the connection between some of Q’s earliest posts where Q finishes each post with the phrase “Alice & Wonderland”.
Now, I will try my best to explain to you how Q specifically used this phrase in connection with Hillary Clinton and Saudi Arabia. For me, the most logical reading of this post only will make sense if you do as Q recommends and “re-read” the first posts that mention the phrase, “Alice & Wonderland”.
So, here we go.
First, Q asks important questions like: why more was not done to stop ISIS? Why did HUSSEIN let it get so bad? And, why has President Trump made more progress in far less time?
Eddy Buck, life without parool......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gcCAiIEnIs
Bill DeBlasio decided he is out of the Presidential race. Ed Buck is being charged, remember he has a lot of dirt on people, is he next? JW goes after Rep Omar. The [DS] is using the whistleblower narrative, but it is backfiring on them, now they are scrambling. JA and SR are back in the news, more information has been brought out into the open. The [DS] tried to trap Trump again, the created a whistleblower story to convince people that Trump is colluding with other governments. Trump and the patriots used this against them and now the narrative has just shifted.
I predict Ed Buck will kill himself while guards sleep and all cameras stop working.
Zach Gullufsen
Ted liu is aweful quiet about Ed buck, one of his biggest donors.
Frank graham
Biden made illegal deals with the Ukraine though his son Hunter Biden.
What did Omar female do? Marry her brother?
Is that a healthy example for somebody on the hill, the house or any management position?
What did she do with her bro? Many children produced?
Who funded this negro woman anyway?
Let us all be liberal and free right?
DNC yes we can...…..they will end up searching for a candidate who is still willing to go for president of the USA
What a show! Enjoy the ride, get the popcorn out.
Lemmy see, BCP must be all over on these issue's
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdVSlm ... gOAT_TbVyg
Epic and huge…...latest youtube's
A parallel universe? Yes, true but who cares, let us focus on the one we know, we have words for, the one we are making up as we speak.
TODAY WAS EPIC! SHIFTY ADAM DENIED BY INTEL IG IN HEARING AS BIG EX-CIA NEVER TRUMPER DEFENDS POTUS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7-qPOVcnAM
Bidens doing dirt
Year of the Boomerang
by Whitefang » Tue 24 Sep 2019, 11:41:45
Tom Fitton says HRC has until tomorrow to oppose the court order. JW uncovered memos from McCabe, very damaging for McCabe and Rosenstein. The patriots have stirred the pot, there are now open calls to impeach Trump over the Ukraine call. The DS is now projecting everything JB and HB did in Ukraine. This is the year of the boomerang, the punisher has been released. Rudy Giuliano is now headed to Ukraine, Trump uses every interview to mention JB and what he did. The end is near, and the patriots have the control.
https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/x22report/videos
Oh, Epstein apartment near Arc the Triumph, Paris searched.
by Newfie » Tue 24 Sep 2019, 12:29:43
They are just now getting around to searching Epstein’s Paris Apartment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -apartment
I think it took them over a month to get around to searching the VI island. And that was in the US Virgin Islands IIRC.
Deep state in deep Shite
To go abroad and fight terrorists…...UA unlimited.
How fitting, all points to a breakup of DS under the UA flag.
Surkov used for impeachment plot and MH17 false flag attack, to make Russia and Trump look bad.
And the servers with possible blackmail snuff and childsex, all the answers located in one handy place.
First some Foxy news:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republ ... ak-problem
"I want to know who's the person, who's the person who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that’s close to a spy," Trump said, according to audio of his remarks at a private event in a New York hotel obtained by The Los Angeles Times. "You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? Right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now."
TRUMP ADMIN DECLASSIFIES, RELEASES WHISTLEBLOWER TRANSCRIPT
Among the whistleblower's most explosive accusations was that "White House officials who heard" Trump's July call with Zelensky were "deeply disturbed" by it, and that White House lawyers discussed how to handle the call "because of the likelihood, in the officials' retelling, that they had witnessed the president abuse his office for personal gain."
Joe Biden has acknowledged on camera that, when he was vice president, he successfully pressured Ukraine to fire the prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was investigating the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings — where Biden's son Hunter had a highly lucrative role on the board.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Biden supporters say Shokin was widely accused of corruption. On the flipside, critics charged that Hunter Biden essentially might have been selling access to his father, who had pushed Ukraine to increase its natural gas production.
Trump made the request on the call for Ukraine to look into the Bidens after Zelensky first mentioned Ukraine's corruption issues, and after Trump separately requested as a "favor" that Ukraine help investigate foreign interference in the 2016 elections, including the hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) server involving CrowdStrike.
The call came not long after Trump had frozen millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine. However, the aid was later released to Ukraine, and the Ukrainians were unaware the money was frozen in the first place until more than a month after Trump's call with Zelensky, according to The New York Times.
Please read the full telephone transcript and make up your own mind.
https://youtu.be/SjObE5VEA94
youtuber explaining.
A bit of Vice for the spice, DS trying to contain the damage done:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmjy ... phone-call
What Is CrowdStrike and Why Is Donald Trump Blabbering About It to Ukraine
Donald Trump talked about a cybersecurity firm in a phone call with the Ukraine President that is now the focus of an impeachment inquiry.
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Sep 25 2019, 5:29pm
Image: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
The White House released a memo that included a transcript of the call between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky that is now the focus of an impeachment inquiry (the transcript is not fully complete and is not transcribed verbatim.)
In the call on July 25, Trump congratulates Zelensky for his victory in the elections, the two exchange pleasantries, and then Trump said it “would be great” if the new Ukrainian president could help investigate Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden and his son, who was on the board of an oil company in Ukraine.
But that’s not the only request for a favor Trump made. In a confusing ramble, Trump told Zelenksy he’d like him to look into “the server,” and namedropped CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that investigated the hack on the Democratic National Committee in 2016.
A portion of the transcript of the call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.
For what it's worth, people at CrowdStrike are as confused as we all are.
“I got nothing,” Adam Meyers, the vice president of intelligence at CrowdStrike, told me in an online chat, when asked why Trump may have referred to the company in the call.
A company spokesperson said that they were working on an official response.
“My media monitoring tool has been blowing up!” the spokesperson said in an email.
Have a tip about a hack or a security incident? You can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, OTR chat at lorenzofb@jabber.ccc.de, or email lorenzofb@vice.com
In a statement sent to reporters, CrowdStrike said that "with regards to our investigation of the DNC hack in 2016, we provided all forensic evidence and analysis to the FBI. As we've stated before, we stand by our findings and conclusions that have been fully supported by the US Intelligence community."
How Trump managed to remember the name "CrowdStrike," which is mentioned only four times in the Mueller report, each in footnotes, is anyone's guess. And honestly, who knows what the fuck Trump is actually trying to say here. It’s unclear why he believes Ukraine has “the server,” and what server he is even talking about. Presumably, Trump is referring to the DNC server that’s at the center of a conspiracy theory completely made up by Trump’s imagination, though perhaps he's thinking of Hillary Clinton's private email server.
“Where is the DNC server, and why didn’t the FBI take possession of it? Deep State?” Trump tweeted last year.
According to this conspiracy, the FBI and CrowdStrike failed to seize a DNC server that supposedly holds important information related to the hack. In reality, there’s no missing server, and both CrowdStrike and the US government concluded that Russian government hackers broke into the DNC.
In a 2017 interview with the Associated Press, Trump said CrowdStrike is “Ukraine-based” (fact check: it’s based in Sunnyvale, California, and has a big office in Arlington, Virginia).
“That’s what I heard. I heard it’s owned by a very rich Ukrainian, that’s what I heard,” Trump said.
So, to recap, it seems that Trump is saying that CrowdStrike, an American company, is actually Ukrainian. That’s why he’s asking the new President of Ukraine, a former comedian by the way, to help him find a missing server that actually does not exist
https://youtu.be/YmL0qAHBAv0
Hannity on UA.
JB sinking…...no 2020 elect, prison with possible capital punishment.
I think it is valuable to invest time watching this Hannity report and decide for yourself on who's side you are......dark to light I hope.
Prisons will fill up from next year on, maybe even this year's end with the speed of things taking place.
If over half the population beliefs power people are criminals, the worst of the worst, is that still a conspiracy?
People are fed up with the real conspiracy theorists, fake left big business, 911 mass murder, genocide abroad and home, no security whatsoever, treason.
Then their dark hobby, child parties where part of the children does not make it, tortured to death to make the devil happy.
The reason parents and patriots will kill them.
Remember which DNC people had a change of heart and oppose the death penalty these days, they know they have been caught.
They will plead and beg for mercy.
They will burn to the bone.
Let God, Spirit judge them and we arrange the meeting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sacrifice
Pre-Modern Europe[edit]
The Minoan civilization, located in ancient Crete, is widely accepted as the first civilization in Europe. An expedition to Knossos by the British School of Athens, led by Peter Warren, excavated a mass grave of sacrifices, particularly children, and unearthed evidence of cannibalism.[36][37]
clear evidence that their flesh was carefully cut away, much in the manner of sacrificed animals. In fact, the bones of slaughtered sheep were found with those of the children... Moreover, as far as the bones are concerned, the children appear to have been in good health. Startling as it may seem, the available evidence so far points to an argument that the children were slaughtered and their flesh cooked and possibly eaten in a sacrifice ritual made in the service of a nature deity to assure an annual renewal of fertility.[38][39]
Additionally, Rodney Castleden uncovered a sanctuary near Knossos where the remains of a 17-year-old were found sacrificed.
His ankles had evidently been tied and his legs folded up to make him fit on the table... He had been ritually murdered with the long bronze dagger engraved with a boar's head that lay beside him.[40]
At Woodhenge, a young child was found buried with its skull split by a weapon. This has been interpreted by the excavators as child sacrifice,[41] as have other human remains.
The Ver Sacrum ("A Sacred Spring") was a custom by which a Greco-Roman city would devote and sacrifice everything born in the spring, whether animal or human, to a god, in order to relieve some calamity.[42]
Minoan, the cradle of western thought and philosophy, love of wisdom.
Every time since agriculture something went bezerk and lead to this idiocy, our so called modern civilization included.
Hunter gatherers before 8 millenia BC were not so stupid and morose, they were healthy with bigger brains, no evidence of child sacrifice.
From Eden to now, our fall from grace that each of us experiences everyday, every moment, our internal battle of self pity and reflection.
Scientific genius yes, knowledge that comes at a terrible cost, utter stupidity and madness, self importance, fear and ambition.
Rudy G.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPsiSM4H8ZY
President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani reacts to Democrats' impeachment inquiry on 'The Ingraham Angle.' #IngrahamAngle #FoxNews
Ol' dirty Jo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpkrV01IE3M
The [DS]/MSM they are scrambling to control the narrative which they lost once Trump produced his transcript of the phone conversation. The [DS] plan did not go the way they thought, they never expected transparency. Trump and the patriots have another card up their sleeve, they will play it soon. The plan was to push JB, HRC, and BO out into the public and attach corruption to them. Trump needed to bring in [CROWDSTRIKE]. The whistleblower is a CIA asset, most likely placed into the WH to spy on Trump. Get ready because the next strike is comi
X22 at his best.
How did it get so bad?
Polly bitchute:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/G2zipJbiIt8/
The tentacles:
- 2 Mary Podestas
- adoptions / kidnappings / lebensborn
- Sky Island
- The Omnipotent Oom & a cult in Nyack, NY
- Vanderbilt, Harrman
- Sir Paul Dukes
- Eisenhower & Chuck Grassley (plus a Q/p0st)
- POTUS at the UN - the future does not belong to Globalism!
Epstein linky at 19 minutes.
For days the DS/Dems/MSM have been pushing the whistleblower accusations, Trump released the transcript and it turned out to be nothing. All eyes are now on Biden, Obama and Clinton, the impeachment push has gone down the drain. Trump was transparent and now he wants the Dems to be transparent, show Bidens call, show it all. More pain coming, prepare for the next wave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvsf_JI4Fgw
Skip the first minute and a half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNluarOftZ8
DEVELOPING: TRUMP ORDERS PUBLICATION OF ALL THE TRANSCRIPTS YET NANCY NOW SAYS IT’S A BIG COVER-UP!
BCP on top of uncle Jo......The patriot Party! Get out the popcorn!
Even after caught they keep pushing the same fancy storyline! Watch Nancy P, we gave her family 200 million dollars for the BS coming out of het big mouth? Prison time is a good start to shut her up, together with the other elite party people.
Nunes hunting down the whistle blower. CIA analist? Washington Post......Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/us/p ... r-spy.html
President Trump told staff members at the United States Mission to the United Nations on Thursday that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call with the president of Ukraine, saying that whoever did so was “close to a spy” and that “in the old days” spies were dealt with differently.
Yeah, what do we do with traitors who use terror for personal gain?
What to do with people personally killing and raping children?
Listen yourself.
It is all connected, if we manage to take out key persons, the rest will crumble and perish, end of the ruling sado-pedo-shadow worldwide management.
A true revolution dark to light at the very end of life as we know it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news ... ing-agency
Following his death, investigators worldwide have increased their scrutiny of those who may have enabled Epstein, including British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's on-again off-again girlfriend who is alleged to have helped recruit and entice underage girls; Prince Andrew, who invited him to royal residences in the United Kingdom and visited his private island and home in New York; and Jean-Luc Brunel, founder of Karin Models, who has been tied to Epstein’s illicit activities in court documents.
The whereabouts of Maxwell and Brunel are currently unknown.
Rumor has it Bill and Melinda G. attended parties at the Paris love house, city of light and might.
Steve Bannon next on line, many more people to disappear from mother Earth.
Ahh, the Sun, how fitting:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10016952/ ... ve-bannon/
JEFFREY Epstein’s butler alleges the paedo welcomed high-profile figures to his Paris home, including Bill Gates, Prince Andrew and Steve Bannon.
In an interview with franceinfo, the man named only as Gabriel lifted the lid on what he claims he saw at his boss’ £7million apartment in the French capital.
Maybe the butler did it?
Here the original en francais:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/usa/a ... 95669.html
Pour le reste ? "J’ai servi des têtes couronnées, des diplomates, des hommes d’affaires et hommes politiques", résume Gabriel. Et de citer en exemple l’ancien Premier ministre israélien Ehud Barak, le prince Andrew – qui selon Gabriel aurait séjourné plusieurs nuits avenue Foch en l’absence d’Epstein –, ainsi que le couple Bill et Melinda Gates. On retrouve d’ailleurs la trace du fondateur de Microsoft dans le registre des vols d’Epstein, où il est mentionné qu’il a voyagé seul en mars 2013. Contactée par franceinfo, l’une des porte-paroles de Bill Gates soutient que "toute allusion à une relation d’affaires ou personnelle entre Jeffrey Epstein et Bill et Melinda Gates est totalement fausse".
Gabriel affirme également que le chantre de l’ultra-droite américaine Steve Bannon s'est retrouvé dans l'appartement parisien d'Epstein à l’automne 2018. "J’ai même été son chauffeur à Paris", affirme ainsi Gabriel. Contactée à plusieurs reprises, sa porte-parole a répondu que l’ancien conseiller politique de Donald Trump séjournait systématiquement à l’hôtel Bristol lors de ses déplacements à Paris.
Jack Lang, une "relation de rencontre"
Côté français, l’intendant évoque sans s’y attarder "des ministres en fonction aujourd’hui ou ayant appartenu à des gouvernements passés". Parmi eux figure Jack Lang, ancien ministre socialiste de la Culture et de l'Éducation nationale et actuel président de l’Institut du monde arabe, qui l’a convié en mars dernier aux célébrations des 30 ans de la pyramide du Louvre.
Les deux hommes se sont rencontrés il y a plusieurs années lors d’un dîner organisé en l’honneur de Woody Allen au domicile parisien de la princesse de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles. "Epstein était une personne charmante, courtoise et agréable", déclare Jack Lang, qui évoque une "relation de rencontre". "Je me suis rendu une seule fois chez lui avenue Foch pour un déjeuner. C’est vrai qu’il était souvent accompagné de quelques jolies femmes, mais qui n’étaient à l’évidence pas des mineures", déclare l'ancien ministre.
4 more articles at the bottom if you dig French or if not use translate.
Big Tech, mad science, Royalty, Hollywood, worldwide jetset...….caught acting bad up to terrible, torture and murder of children.
Sometime that proof, not only drugs and gang rape, will be released and we finally see our former management for what they are, totally screwed up petty little tyrants.
Alike Climate Change, they lost control over population, worldwide.
Deepstate Epstein
by Whitefang » Thu 10 Oct 2019, 01:27:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFrIUwz8Jrc
X22 with a bit on late Epstein, at 22 minutes.
The [DS] is pushing their agenda hard, they know impeachment is a dead end but they cannot stop. The entire whistleblower case is falling apart, the attempts to change the rules is coming back to haunt them and the people are seeing through all this. Trump and the patriots signal that the storm has arrived and the harvest can begin.
Brunel is working with police now after being tracked down.
Another suicide in the making?
The empire is done if the child abuse and killings get public, forever.
Estimates of around 8 million children a year, might be a total worldwide but a part of that is elite related., so to speak.
My rage and sadness about these facts are mostly done with but no excuse, they need to go, down.
UA is the Key, Pelosi first?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nahsyQKm_Y
The [DS] plan is tainted, they have nothing left to go with this plan, the people are catching on. [DS] players are scrambling, enter the race, call for impeachment, they are panicking. Trump and the patriots have the upper hand, they hold all the cards. The next wave of evidence has just hit, each time there is a wave it inflicts more pain on the [DS]. Trump just introduced the hammer, he deals with law and crimes. The harvest has been confirmed.
Please do your own investigation, the above could be all fake news right?
Demodog self reflection……..and Republican stand down, not anymore. Patriot control.
Next year acceleration, a few years of fighting and ending deepstate, no more globalism….5G weapon and the like, Central Banking Ponzi schemes.
We will have a new world, national and individual freedom which is power.
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Stepfather thwarts kidnapping attempt after suspect snatches 5-year-old from bed
By: Alyssa Zauderer
SANDY, Utah (PIX11) -- A five-year-old girl is safe at home after her stepfather confronted an intruder who tried to abduct her from her bed.
Sandy police Sgt. Dean Carriger told the Salt Lake Tribune that the suspect entered the home through an unlocked door around 4:30 a.m.
Police say the suspect grabbed the girl and fled the house through the front door.
The noise woke the parents, who went to investigate what happened.
Police arresting Troy Morley. (KSTU/FOX 13 News)
The stepfather looked out the front door to see the suspect carrying the girl across the lawn.
Carriger told the newspaper the stepfather screamed "What are you doing, that's my daughter, you're not taking her!"
The stepfather confronted the suspect who dropped the girl and fled the scene.
The girl was unharmed.
FOX 13 News obtained the 911 call made from the child's mother.
"He went and grabbed her but he's out somewhere," the woman said. "I don't know how he got in here. We must have fallen asleep with the door unlocked but for him to come in here and have gotten to my children, they're in the basement."
Police canvassed the area and found the suspect, later identified as 46-year-old Troy M. Morley.
According to FOX 13, police found Morley about 45 minutes later when a neighbor found him in her basement.
"I looked to see where the dog is at, and I saw a few things moved around a little bit and he was crouched up by the door without a shirt on," Tina Olsen said. "And he said something like, 'am I bad or in trouble' or something. I just started screaming and ran out the door."
Police say Morley entered the home through a doggy door.
Officers are still investigating but don't believe that the family and Morley have any connection.
Morley faces felony and misdemeanor charges including child kidnapping, burglary, trespassing and resisting arrest.
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December 21, 2019 — polotikinews
Even after been implicated in the eNCA saga,Pravin Gordhan is Messianic and never to be questioned – Clyde Ramalaine
Gordhanism is an emerging phenomenon were Pravin Gordhan and his associates including Ramaphosa, are never to be touched by the media and the courts in our country. The eNCA saga is a clear example.
This week, eNCA, the privately-owned 24-hour television news station was in the news for all the wrong reasons.
In a sense, one should accept it was just a matter of time before the factional and political agenda behind eNCA would be exposed.
We know of this since Samkelo Maseko, a journalist in its fold was frogmarched out of the Hyde Park newsroom by his former boss Kanthan Pillay.
In a series of tweets, Maseko exposed alarming levels of political interference and partisanship at the channel. As the drama unfolded, which saw the infamous tweet of “rats are swimming to a sinking ship” from Pillay lead to his firing, I pondered on what I have come to define as Gordhanism. eNCA, with the orchestrated demise of ANN7, was given free reign to become the proverbial public kitchen where recipes were dreamt up and cooked into salacious meals.
That kitchen trained blacks to hate the black identity, singling out the weaknesses of black people in government, business or academic leadership. The spice and spite of eNCA was for black people to go after black people.
Steve Biko said the greatest weapon the enemy had over black people was the latter’s mind. Do not get me wrong, I am for the existence of eNCA. This is not dissimilar to how I defended the existence of an ANN7 if press freedom is the premise.
From what we hear, Maseko found himself as one playing out of character for the already written script when he dared to challenge the self-made holy grail of what I will term Gordhanism. Longs standing ideological constructs such as capitalism, socialism and communism in this epoch appear to be momentarily eclipsed by phenomena of pseudo ideologies theories that manifests in phenomena.
In the US, we have Trumpism. Trumpism generally refers to the non-traditional political philosophy and approach espoused by US President Donald Trump and his supporters. The term Trumpism can also be used to directly refer to an outrageous or idiosyncratic statement made by Donald Trump.
Well, in a strange twist of political leadership in SA I wish to postulate we have Gordhanism as its contemporary in South Africa. You may wonder why I am not engaging Ramaphosaism as well, but that is simply because it does not exist since Gordhanism, by extension, produced a Ramaphosa leadership by campaigning and raising funds for CR17 and continues to sustain it. Gordhanism is a phenomenon in our modern body politic that manifests daily. I think of it as the false identity of messiahship that parades as the natural custodians of anti-corruption, always trusted and never questioned.
It is a phenomenon that conflates a person for a democratic system. It arrogates a right not to be questioned and demands loyalty and respect on all fronts. A phenomenon that characteristically distinguishes itself as specializing in hollow deflections of blaming others when its glaring failures are increasingly visible if not tangible. Gordhanism is the androgynous identity of being claiming victimhood while parading as the bully of Tarkastad that speaks as a supreme leader with low regard for his audiences. Gordhanism is the sophisticated act of meticulous erosion of hard-earned necessary gains on transformation by shading these as deficient in the claim of quality and standards. It masquerades in Guru Status on the hokum of state capture when it arrogates a right to accuse others while not willing to be subjected to due cross-examination for its claims. Gordhanism as political phenomenon purports the superhero status of an individual promoted as swayed in the fixing of things. It is the elevation of someone to a deity when in fact the individual is working aggressively working for the demise of transformation. Gordhanism evidence speaks boldly to how many billion were stolen in the media created crime of ‘state capture’ but cannot tell South Africa who are the real beneficiaries of Eskom’s 30-50 year green contracts. So paralysing is Gordhanism that not even the smartest so-called independent journalist in SA has yet dared to ask difficult questions around Eskom and other failing SOE’s under his superhero control.
It thrives off the scarecrow of a Gupta hate, even though almost four years later the Guptas are absent. Yet the Guptas still serve as a useful tool in playing with the psyche of South Africans.
It appears when Maseko wanted to engage Gordhanism, be it accidentally or in solemn conviction to report on its machinations on a Member of Parliament Bongo’s categorical assertions of how Gordhan threatened him, he ran into a blizzard that marked the beginning of the end of his short-lived hero status where he was instructed by the likes of Kanthan Pillay to necessarily turn a blind eye on Gordhanism while keeping the heat on the media created natural enemies, those scripted and demonized as demons in SA’s one-dimensional media narrative. In that sense, we can argue Gordhanism claimed another victim.
How and where then can we trace the first seedlings of the phenomenon of Gordhanism?
Some may know of an earlier date possibly even in the liberation struggle era of United Democratic Front descriptions. I, however, mark the first tendencies of this phenomenon as visible in March 2016. We all know that Gordhan was an average minister in his first coming as Minister of Finance, nothing spectacular no hero at all.
It, however, was the time Gordhan in his second coming as Minister of Finance delivered his budget speech and was instantaneously made out an economic messiah and a victim of an attack. In a pummelled one dimensional discourse where increasingly opposite voices are drowned, Gordhan in a twist of events was overnight declared an endangered species all because the Hawks wanted him to answer some questions.
He became a singular minister whom without South Africa could never survive. The twist in this is that while he became the economic messiah he became the one rallied around, protected and absolved from being questioned.
In that season we learnt again of an undying SARS rogue unit case. No sooner did the news break on this when we heard a crossbreed of voices. Some from very opportunistic clergy, others purely ill-informed and yet others from the conspiracy of the world of a minister versus president testosterone laced contest underscoring a victimhood and villain status as the defined political landscape. In that space placards surfaced of Gordhan for president. The chorus to defend Gordhan became conflated, if not convulsed, with claims that he is the bastion of economic defence and the victim of a smear campaign by individuals who are enemies of South African economic success. Fuelled by this newfound fame, Gordhan blatantly refused to respond to the questions sent to him by the Hawks.
Gordhanism was born when it became correct to defend Gordhan as the new opposite of a Zuma presidency. The president then was blackmailed to intervene in the Hawks investigation conveniently oblivious to the fact that such intervention would translate to a constitutional violation.
The ANC’s deputy secretary-general lambasted Gordhan’s decision not to make a warning statement with the Hawk saying he is projecting himself as above the law. This cultic admiration and uncritical engagement of an individual politician that is treated so different from his peers equally in cabinet necessitate my conviction to postulate the phenomenon of Gordhanism that has captured South Africa’s body politic. The phenomenon of Gordhanism erroneously sees a person equated with a South African democracy. In July 2019, the SACP staged a march with slogans of Hands of our Democracy. The Deputy-General Secretary of the SACP Solly Mapaila said a joint campaign in support of democracy was not organised for Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, but it was inspired by him.
Mapaila said Gordhan is a man of integrity who is being attacked for fighting corruption in state-owned entities.
“This campaign is not a campaign for Pravin Gordhan, but I must say Pravin Gordhan inspired it. When I saw him hang on the wall, being attacked left right and centre, racial abuse hauled at him for standing his ground to fight corruption in SOEs; we said there is no way we can keep quiet when a good man of integrity is being attacked in this way. This campaign defends you comrade Pravin Gordhan. It’s a campaign to defend our democracy, to defend our constitution, to seek accountability.”
Gordhanism is alive and well, no minister ever solicited such support and protection since the dawn of democracy. Gordhanism was alive by September 2016 when two or three members of the SA clergy with their known biased political leanings hastily convened press briefings in the name of the SA Church populace to defend a politician, Gordhan the messiah.
This was taken to another level when Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba took the time to write an open letter to Pravin Gordhan pledging his and his church’s support for the minister. Strangely despite a slew of articles and letters penned by Makgoba which easily shows his personal bias, he has never penned a letter of support to any other minister.
His letter singled out Gordhan in a pledge of prayer and support when he did not show any interest to pray as instructed by his Holy Text [1Timothy 2: 1&2] to pray for those who rule over us. Gordhanism now had the backing of some key SA clergy. Dare we forget how liberation struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada’s funeral on March 28, 2017, which I attended, was conveniently abused for a campaign to defend a politician?
Shall we forget how Gordhanism wowed the business community with his Gordon Business Institute lecture in 2017 when he told the crowd, vote for Ramaphosa and the rating agencies will back off?
These were again the signs of the emerging phenomenon. Then came the time of the first sitting of the State of Capture Commission, which officially started on August 20, 2018. We once again saw the centrality of Gordhan in making the case for a belief in the presence of state capture as he had been leading the media and public campaign for its existence with AmaBhungane lectures entitled ‘…joining the dots…’’.
Gordhan would soon contend for the vacant title guru of state capture as he drew his conclusions and made startling swipes against Tom Moyane as having worked for the state capture project.
When pressed to be cross-examined the self-made guru did exactly what he always does, he dug his heels in and protested against such. Gordhanism dictates. How dare minions and already media guilty enemies of South Africa’s success cross-examine the messiah on economic solutions? Shall we forget how at the height of the campaign of Zuma unseating Gordhan was signing the infamous book of Jacques Pauw, “The President’s Keepers.”
This raised questions of who wrote this book. When Peter Hain started to participate in the debates on state capture it was Pravin Gordhan he cited as the trustworthy politician that informed him of the subject. Do we remember how not so long ago ANC Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte publicly accused Pravin Gordhan as being behind a campaign to vilify and denigrate her and her family?
We heard and saw equal claims levelled by Sekunjalo Chairperson Iqbal Surve when he lamented Gordhan for being behind the intimidating attacks on Independent Media and him personally.
We also know that in November 2019, Bongani Bongo made even more sinister claims of a personal moment he encountered Gordhan in parliament when the latter threatened him.
The phenomenon of Gordhanism has tentacles and reaches across all sectors of society. Mesmerised groups from politicians, judiciary, international rating agencies, and foreign individuals to the hypocritical clergy aided by a solid and vocal foothold in media spaces.
eNCA is complicit as are others who regard an individual as the political embodiment of democracy, the true fighter for change and the saviour of SA’s economic woes. Lest we forget how a group of journalists in uncritical consideration made it their daily task to defend Gordhan in scripted media platforms including eNCA, Sunday Times, AmaBhungane, Daily Maverick, etc. The irony of Gordhanism is that it manages to deceive the whole lot, never to ask the minister pertinent questions on his failures in leading the Public Enterprises Ministry. Is this again the undying claims of an Indian cabal hard at work for its political agenda? Is eNCA used as a platform to promote a specific faction’s interest defined in ANC organisation? It is time we honestly ask in whose political interest is eNCA working and why?
Is this why Gordhanism could not stand ANN7 and wanted it gone so that those loyal to him in eNCA with its embedded loyalists and anti-press freedom journalists may rule the roost? Is underwriting Gordhanism a sustainable initiative? The entire eNCA and its handlers must fall; let the real political and economic interests be exposed. As the proverb goes “beat the dog until its owners come out”.
Clyde Ramalaine is a writer and p olitical commentator.
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Do People Still Use Cash Drawers?
POS technology changes rapidly, but the one component that has remained constant is a metal box used to securely store cash. Despite the movement to a cashless consumer economy, cash drawers are still a vital component of a point of sale system. A cash drawer has distinct compartments for coins and bills of different values, which allows cashiers to quickly and accurately count customer change without shuffling through bills and coins. Cash drawers take the brunt of everyday wear and tear, so it’s common to need replacement parts such as tills, mounting brackets, and spare keys.
How do cash drawers pop open?
Interestingly enough, a cable from the receipt printer to the cash drawer prompts the device to open when a cash transaction is completed. The cable looks like a phone line, and it is specific to the brand of printer. If a customer's cash drawer won't open, 99 percent of the time it's because the drawer isn't connected to the receipt printer.
Are all cash drawers the same?
Pretty much, yes. Cash drawers offer different dimensions. Some are built with reinforced metal and others can be mounted, but they're basically all the same.
What about cash drawer counts? Or a specific cash drawer for a clerk or waitress?
Properly setting up your cash drawers to flow with your business processes can increase productivity. For example, some businesses perform cash counts at the end of a shift, even if the business is still serving customers. To avoid downtime while counting the drawer, many customers employ a two-till system in which they simply swap tills (the plastic insert that holds the cash and coins) and keep the register open.
A second common request we have is for each clerk or staff member to maintain a separate cash drawer so that a cash count discrepancy can be easily associated with the appropriate clerk. This is a fairly simple setup that only requires two cash drawers.
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An undergraduate course offered by the School of Art and Design.
Code ARTH2098
Offered by School of Art and Design
Course subject Art History
Areas of interest Art History
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (ARTH2098)
The course in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art has three main aims:
* Provide students with basic geographical and historical frameworks for the study of indigenous visual arts in Australia and the Torres Strait Islands.
* Familiarise students with concepts that indigenous peoples have expressed as fundamental to their understandings of relationships between art and life, both historically and in a contemporary context.
* Assist students in developing ideas about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts contribute to cross-cultural critical theory.
This course is delivered in intensive mode.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Identify historical and geographical origins of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island art
Conduct a culturally relevant appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island visual arts
Develop cross-cultural awareness in the processes of interpretation of visual arts
Research and access information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island art
Speak and write with cultural sensitivity and confidence on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
Oral presentation and paper, 10 minute presentation and 1000 word paper (25%) [Learning Outcomes 1-5]
Research essay, 2000 words (45%) [Learning Outcomes 1-5]
Review, 1000 words (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1-5]
Tutorial participation (10%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 5]
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 35 hours of contact over 12 weeks: lectures and tutorials, delivered intensively over 5 days (9am-5pm); and b) 95 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
To enrol in this course you must have completed 36 units of ANU courses towards a degree, or with the permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have successfully completed ARTH6598.
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Foreign Correspondent: Sex, Russia, and Impeachment
Trump has committed multiple impeachable offenses. Colluding with Putin isn’t one of them.
by Reese Erlich
Trump's contact with Russian president Vladimir Putin has raised suspicion among U.S. democrats.
New York is abuzz over the latest revelations about Donald Trump. I’m here on a book tour discussing Iran, but audiences want to know if the President will be impeached.
Court filings in the case of Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen show he was directed by The Donald to pay off two women with whom he had sexual relations. Prosecutors consider the payments, totaling several hundred thousand dollars, to be illegal campaign contributions because they were explicitly used to prevent scandal during the 2016 presidential race.
Top Democratic Party leaders admit those payments constitute impeachable offenses, but have so far not called for impeachment. Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, who will head the House Judiciary Committee in January, has become the master of equivocation.
“Well, they would be impeachable offenses,” the Democrat told CNN. “Whether they are important enough to justify an impeachment is a different question.”
In my opinion, Trump is guilty of a number of high crimes and misdemeanors. He has escalated the undeclared wars in Syria and Yemen, serious crimes that have largely gone unmentioned in the impeachment debate. He obstructed justice by firing FBI Director James Comey, and covered up meetings his associates had with Russians.
Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction, has been building a grass-roots movement for impeachment over the past two years. (Solomon is also co-author with me of the book Target Iraq.) He says Trump regularly violates the Constitution’s emoluments clause. The Trump family directly benefits from foreign governments renting rooms in Trump hotels in Washington, D.C., among other shady business dealings.
“Trump has been violating these clauses since his first day as President,” Solomon told me.
For now, the Republican-dominated Senate is not likely to convict Trump. By voting for impeachment in the House, but losing in the Senate, the Democrats could end up strengthening Trump. But new evidence may yet emerge. And even a House vote to impeach would force Trump to focus on defending himself, and potentially reduce his ability to wreak havoc on the government.
Last year, fifty-eight members of the House voted to debate impeachment. Democrats now hold a majority and the party base remains angry at Trump’s corruption and despotism. The House could start impeachment hearings at any time and enjoy considerable popular support.
I don’t see Trump’s collusion with Putin as one of the impeachable offenses. To date, there’s no solid evidence that Trump cooperated with Russia to illegally influence the 2016 elections, or adopt pro-Russian policies as a quid pro quo for favorable business dealings.
Yes, the Russians spent a few hundred thousand dollars to set up fake social media sites to attack Hillary Clinton and support Trump. The fake news was widely distributed but, despite the liberal outcry, it had relatively small impact.
Yes, high-level Trump officials met with Russians in hopes of getting dirt on Hillary Clinton. And Trump’s campaign did advocate easing Russian sanctions and establishing better relations with Putin.
Trump's activities involving Russia are as easily explained as political maneuvers rather than conspiracies.
But those activities are as easily explained as political maneuvers rather than conspiracies. Trump was looking for whatever support he could get. During the campaign, he sometimes professed an isolationist foreign policy that included improving relations with Russia. For their part, Russian leaders hoped for an end to Clinton’s neoliberal interventionism.
If Putin and Trump had a secret deal, why did Trump immediately appoint ultra-conservative interventionists to key cabinet posts, who then cranked up hostility with Russia?
For too many Democrats, Putin-bashing serves a convenient political purpose, says Alan MacLeod, a researcher at Glasgow Media Group.
“If Russia is to blame, there is no need for introspection, nor to cede political ground to progressives,” he told me. “Instead, it can be business as usual. There is no need to change policies, reflect upon a poorly run campaign . . . or understand why their policies failed to inspire the American public.”
Insisting on a Putin-Trump conspiracy also promotes Russia as a dangerous enemy, and allows Democrats to attack Trump on national security issues.
Nancy Pelosi, who will become speaker of the House, has summed up the mainstream Democratic Party view succinctly. “It seems that Putin is Trump’s puppeteer,” Pelosi said earlier this year. And in July, Nadler joined other Democratic House leaders calling for increased sanctions against Russia, proclaiming, “If we do not take any action, the American people may not trust the outcome of the next election.”
As it turned out, Russian midterm election interference never materialized.
In reality, Russia is a lesser imperialist power compared to the United States, or even Britain and France. It seeks hegemony in a limited number of places, such as the former USSR and Eastern Europe, and more recently, in parts of the Middle East. Putin heads an authoritarian government that oppresses the Russian people. But Russia is no more threat to the people of United States than any other lesser imperialist power. We face far greater threats from the neocons currently occupying the White House.
I view Russian interference in U.S. elections the same way I see its espionage. Both countries carry out illegal spying on one another. Occasionally a spy is caught. One side self-righteously denounces the other, but no one believes espionage will topple either government.
A recent Gallup poll showed that 58 percent of the American people favor improving relations with Russia while only 38 percent want more sanctions. So in both factual and practical terms, the Democrats should stop braying about the Trump-Putin conspiracy and focus on the White House’s real crimes.
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March 16, 2012 /in Cloud Computing /by Pro OnCall Technologies
More and more business officials are recognizing the utility of cloud computing for their business. However, while many owners have developed a cloud technology infrastructure in order to expand the scope of their data management without burdening in-house staff, a recent report published by the IBM Institute for Business Value found that the cloud is being underutilized with regard to driving meaningful business innovation.
Entitled "The Power of Cloud: Driving Business Model Innovation," more than 570 business and technology executives from all over the world were surveyed. After analyzing the results, researchers identified that 75 percent of polled respondents have piloted a cloud program to varying degrees with 90 percent planning to do so within three years.
While these rates of interest and adoption are high, the survey further indicates that cloud usage is oftentimes being left to the discretion of an IT department rather than being a primary focus at the corporate level.
In order to emphasize just how valuable cloud technology can be with regard to facilitating innovative business models, the report goes on to identify a multitude of companies who have utilized the cloud to their great benefit.
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EP. 45 - BIG LITTLE NEWS!?!
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Kate Wheeling
The White House plans to rescind an Obama-era flood rule that new infrastructure projects receiving federal funding be built to withstand rising sea levels and fierce rain storms, Reuters reports.
Severe flooding in the United States has become increasingly dangerous and costly; 90 percent of natural disasters in the U.S. involve major floods, with damages topping $10 billion a year. As a result, in 2015, President Barack Obama issued an executive order proposing the new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard, which required federally funded projects in flood plains to consider climate change data and build structures above the 100-year or the 500-year flood elevation.
Trump, who has criticized all Obama-era climate regulations as a hindrance to U.S. business interests, is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday rescinding the 2015 standard.
The rule would require higher upfront construction costs, but it would also save lives; flooding causes more deaths in the U.S. than any other type of natural disaster. And it's clear that Trump is concerned about rising sea level when its his own property under threat. In May, Politico reported that the president filed for a permit to build a sea wall to protect one of his seaside golf resorts in Ireland from coastal erosion due to climate change-induced sea level rise and storms.
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Cluster structure and corralling effect driven by interaction mismatch in two dimensional mixtures
Dongsheng Zhang, Marcelo Carignano, I. Szleifer
The formation of clusters with crystal-like order in two dimensions is studied using Monte Carlo simulations. We find that the necessary conditions to induce the formation of clusters of one component is to add a second component that has a larger size and that has a long-range soft repulsive interaction with its own kind but not with the other one. The clusters of the small particles are found to be surrounded by a network of quasi-one-dimensional arrangements of the larger particles. The degree of order of the clusters is found to depend on the concentration of the larger particles. The findings explain recent experimental observations on lipid-poloxamer mixtures and they provide guidelines for how to form ordered clusters of nanoparticles in two dimensions.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.028701
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Zhang, D., Carignano, M., & Szleifer, I. (2006). Cluster structure and corralling effect driven by interaction mismatch in two dimensional mixtures. Physical Review Letters, 96(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.028701
Cluster structure and corralling effect driven by interaction mismatch in two dimensional mixtures. / Zhang, Dongsheng; Carignano, Marcelo; Szleifer, I.
In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 96, No. 2, 20.01.2006.
Zhang, D, Carignano, M & Szleifer, I 2006, 'Cluster structure and corralling effect driven by interaction mismatch in two dimensional mixtures', Physical Review Letters, vol. 96, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.028701
Zhang D, Carignano M, Szleifer I. Cluster structure and corralling effect driven by interaction mismatch in two dimensional mixtures. Physical Review Letters. 2006 Jan 20;96(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.028701
Zhang, Dongsheng ; Carignano, Marcelo ; Szleifer, I. / Cluster structure and corralling effect driven by interaction mismatch in two dimensional mixtures. In: Physical Review Letters. 2006 ; Vol. 96, No. 2.
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An aerial view of Lyttelton a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
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Damage to the Fuze Restaurant and Cafe on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The facade around the top of the building has crumbled into the street below. Wire fencing has been used to create a cordon around the building.
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The former Lyttelton Fire Station on the corner of Sumner Road and Oxford Street. Broken stonework from the top of the building lies on the footpath where it fell. Members of the New Zealand Fire Service are evaluating the building.
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Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
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Defence Force personnel walking down Norwich Quay during an operational tour of Lyttelton taken by Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Air Vice Marshal Peter Stockwell and Chief of Army Tim Keating to view the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake.
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Defence Force personnel during an operational tour of Lyttelton taken by Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Air Vice Marshal Peter Stockwell and Chief of Army Tim Keating to view the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake.
12:48am 27th February 2011
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Damaged buildings along London Street. Wire fencing has been used to keep people away. To the left is the Volcano Cafe, centre the Lava Bar and on the right is a fish and chip shop. A pile of rubble lies on the street from the damaged buildings.
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Damage to the former Lyttelton Public Library on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The facade along the top of the building has crumbled into the street. Tape and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
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Damage to Lyttelton following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The fish and chip shop on London Street (centre) has a collapsed gable and awning. Bricks, plaster and wood are lying where they fell on the footpath, as well as the broken sign. To the left is the Lava Bar which suffered severe structural damage after the earthquake.
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Mayor Bob Parker talking to officers on the HMNZS Otago during an onboard tour.
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The Minister of Defence, Wayne Mapp, disembarking from the HMNZS Otago. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
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Damage to the Lyttelton Port. A concrete slab has lifted and broken at the edge.
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The Navy's multi-purpose vessel HMNZS Canterbury in Lyttelton Harbour. 700 meals were prepared in the HMNZS Canterbury for Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Sailors on the HMNZS Canterbury which has just arrived in Lyttelton after a trip to Wellington to resupply.
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A navy vehicle parked at the Lyttelton port after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
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Members of ruling coalition partner MDA to join opposition
A member of the junior government coalition partner confirmed this to RaajjeMV while speaking on the condition of anonymity
He said that Mohamed Abbas, a former council member of MDA, is already working with the opposition coalition
Once the MDA members in Velidhoo come out in support of Solih, he is expected to receive 80% of the island's votes
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Members of the ruling coalition - Mohamed Afrah / Sun Online
Prominent members of the Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) in N. Velidhoo have decided to support Joint Opposition presidential candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
A member of the junior government coalition partner confirmed this to RaajjeMV while speaking on the condition of anonymity.
He said that Mohamed Abbas, a former council member of MDA, is already working with the opposition coalition and that other party members in Velidhoo are working in Solih’s campaign events in the island.
While Abbas actively campaigned for President Yameen in 2013, the party member said that Abbas has decided to back Solih because he wants to end the government’s oppression and tyranny.
The member said that Abbas, who is a close associate of MDA leader Ahmed Siyam, told him that even Siyam disapproves of the imprisonment and conviction of opposition leaders and members.
Abbas has served as the president of Dhivehi Rayyinthunge Party (DRP), MDA’s council member, a committee member of the ruling coalition PPM-MDA in the 2013 election, and a member of the PPM-MDA coalition in the last local council election.
Mohamed Irfaan, the former president of the N. Lhohi council representing ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), has also begun campaigning for opposition candidate Solih.
Once the MDA members in Velidhoo come out in support of Solih, he is expected to receive 80% of the island's votes.
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Jewish Federation Produces Cool Poster & Campaign to End Hunger in LA
I know. You fell over. You stopped breathing. You might have rubbed your eyes and reloaded the page. No this is not a joke.
The Federation – in this case the LA Fed – is not where one normally turns to for edgy stuff, let alone nice design. I could post post their usual fare here, but that might provide further ill-will. Rather, the Federation has been listening to marketing guru, Gary Wexler, who recently posted on the JTA Blog Fundermentalist how he got the LA Fed on board with his plans and what they are planning. The article is detailed and a must read:
Can a Mexican poster artist living in East L.A., whose family owns panaderias (Mexican bakeries) and taquito stands, be a great branding artist for the Jewish people?
I’ve staked my professional reputation on it.. . .
This month’s first step of the branding launch was designed with a sensibility that was to be both deeply Jewish and deeply L.A. The new branding tagline “GiveLifeMeaning.org” emerged from extensive conversations within the community, asking people what was their most powerful motivation for involvement and support.
What is even more startling is that they came up with their slogan in consultation with their constituency. This is totally mind-blowing. The Top-Down Fed model is so entrenched, so part of the fabric of dysfunction in American Jewish life, that it has successfully alienated the greater part of the Jewish community. Gary Wexler aims to change that, and in the process help recreate the Federation in a way that both is answerable, in touch with, and serves the interests of the community.
I met with Gary this morning and got a small dose. After he lavished praise on Jewlicious (smile) we discussed the role of outsiders on influencing mainstream institutions. He encouraged Jewlicious to be a continuous platform for discussing what can be done to help fix communal life.
Federations are out of touch, bloated, club-like, dollar driven, and the list goes on. BUT, perhaps Gary and his passion, can help to shake up the Feds, wake them up, before they have
run out of donors, and ideas, and usefulness.
The cause the LA Fed have chosen is battling hunger in LA, and we are going to get involved. But can you guys do something about the video on the site? JEWS TALK TOO MUCH! 🙂 It would appear that this part of the campaign did not get the Hollwood treatment yet.
L’Chaim Gary!
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MOSHAV and Jewlicious at Israel Festival LA May 3
With so much craziness going on in the world, we have to stick together and show solidarity for Israel. Jewlicious has joined the largest Israel Festival in the USA to help bring you an amazing show by MOSHAV. Join us for an afternoon of fun, music, and friends. Vendors, food, Israel vibe everywhere – there will be 10-20,000 people there. ONLY $5 Check out the Jewlicious Booth where we will have a free gift! This is going to be a huge party and we look forward to seeing you!
MOSHAV play at 4pm so you want to be there by 3 to get parking and make your way to the stage. Join the Jewlicious Facebook Event here
Israel Festival
Sunday, May 3, 2009 10 am – 7 pm
At Woodley Park Admission $5
All day fun for adults, kids and families — Rides, food, and a variety of booths and more….
For more info: www.israelfestival,com or 818-757-0123
REPEAT! Moshav @ 4pm on the main stage….don’t miss this show for Israel!
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LA Times: Jewish Ashkenazi Genetic Mutations Created Super-Human Race of Rich Nerds
Super Jew Nerd Einstein used his defective genes to help the world.
Jews have higher IQ’s because they were money lenders in Europe with big families, have defective genes that give them an unfair IQ advantage over their European counterparts, and have a propensity for nasty genetic diseases. Our genetic superiority makes us inferior. Yes!
In the article “Is Jewish Legacy Inscribed on Genes”, the author Karen Kaplan made little effort to deliver actual news. Rather, she let herself and the LA Times launch a mainstream, antisemitic canard that Jews’ intellectualism is racially and genetically based. In other words, we Jews can’t help being rich nerds. This so-called group evolutionary biology, loved, adored, and worshiped by the Anti-Semites, holds that Jews are racially different and capable of great evil because of their superior IQ’s over regular White Europeans. The subjects of this story are the latest pseudo-scientists that use their PhD’s in other fields to pursue this Jewish genetic racist theory. They are white, non-Jewish Christian men, with something akin to gene envy. Gregory Cochran, Jason Hardy, and Henry Harpending’s research paper Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence is porn for anti-Semites.
Jews first came to Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries, long before they were known for intellectual prowess, Cochran and Harpending say. They worked as traders before taking financial jobs made available by Christians who were forbidden by the Church from charging interest. By 1100, local registries listed most Ashkenazi Jews as lenders.
That set the stage for natural selection to do its work, Cochran and Harpending theorized. Jews didn’t intermarry, keeping their gene pool closed. They were subjected to periodic persecution, which kept the population from outgrowing its professional niche.
According to the theory, the smartest individuals made the most money, and the wealthiest families had the most surviving children. The genes of the most intelligent Jews spread most, slowly raising the average IQ of the entire group.
Over 40 generations — roughly 1,000 years — an increase of just 0.3 points per generation would have added up to a cumulative advantage of 12 points, Cochran and Harpending theorized. Some of their other models projected a benefit of 16 to 20 IQ points.
Certified, grade “A”, genuine Bull Sh*t. Oh sorry, that isn’t very eloquent.
Jews came to Europe almost one thousand years earlier. They were traders, artisans, and did all kinds of jobs. There were smart Jews, strong Jews, dumb Jews, persecuted Jews, converted Jews, hapless and lucky Jews. But you cannot build a unified theory of racism against Jews looking at the facts, so they make up facts, and history. The authors of the study already believed that Jews were racially inferior/superior. Then they built a theory with flimsy and non-existent evidence to back it up. They use some legitimate research to make themselves look good to the untrained eye.
You can read it here.
I looked over their bibliography and as I had suspected, they use Kevin McDonald, a disgraced, Anti-Semitic, Long Beach State professor, as a source. His book A People That Shall Dwell Alone is a antisemitic best-seller of sorts, that laid the groundwork for his racist ideology. The Department of Anthropology, at the University of Utah, where they are based, is the leading positive review of McDonald’s Book. McDonald asserts that a suite of traits that he attributes to Jews, including higher-than-average verbal intelligence and ethnocentricism, have eugenically evolved to enhance the ability of Jews to out-compete non-Jews for resources while undermining the power and self-confidence of the white majorities in Europe and America. Source.
Jews aren’t smarter or dumber. Our cultures value literacy, learning and intellectually curiosity. Sadly, the author, and the LA Times don’t.
Feel free to use your Jewish or Jew-friendly Genes to write a few love letters to the editors, publishers, the owners, and the University of Utah.
And now a word from our friend and teacher, Rav Shmuel – his video “Protocols” has been viewed over 100,000 times and counting:
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MATISYAHU Jams with Jewlicious Festival Staff 2009
THAT JEWLICIOUS FEELING!
On stage in the final hour of the record breaking 2009 Festival, BEN PERLSTEIN (LA), Festival Production Manager, and long time Tour Manager for MATISYAHU, steps in on guitar. REB LEIBISH, Montreal’s Ghetto Shul Rabbi on Sax. ADAM WEINBERG (Miami), Matisyahu’s acoustic accompaniment of choice, and Jewlicious Festival’s National Music Director. Filmed by Scott Drucker.
Three days of non-stop fun, music, food, films, workshops, and games. You have to experience Jewlicious to know what its about.
Four more videos and updated YouTube Channel – check it out.
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Pelosi Points to Possible Bribery Charge Against Trump
Pelosi Points to Possible Bribery Charge Against TrumpThe speaker’s explicit allegation of bribery, a misdeed identified in the Constitution as an impeachable offense, was significant. Even as Ms. Pelosi said that no final decision had been made on whether to impeach Mr. Trump, it suggested that Democrats are increasingly working to put a name to the president’s alleged wrongdoing, and moving toward a more specific set of charges that could be codified in articles of impeachment in the coming weeks.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” and said it played into Russia’s hands. Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” and said he was
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a "fictional narrative" and said it played into Russia's hands. Trump called in to "Fox & Friends" and
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” and said it played into Russia’s hands.
Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” and said he was trying to root out corruption in the Eastern European nation when he withheld aid over the summer. Trump’s July 25 call with Ukraine’s president is at the centre of the House impeachment probe, which is looking into Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate political rivals as he held back nearly $400 million.
Trump attacks Pence aide who said Ukraine call was 'unusual and inappropriate'
Trump referred to Jennifer Williams as a Never Trumper in what has become a common attack on officials cooperating with the probe."Tell Jennifer Williams, whoever that is, to read BOTH transcripts of the presidential calls, & see the just released ststement [sic] from Ukraine," Trump tweeted.
President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House Trump 's July 25 call with Ukraine 's president is at the center of the House impeachment probe, which is looking into Trump 's pressure on Ukraine to
President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a Trump ’s July 25 call with Ukraine ’s president is at the center of the House impeachment probe, which is looking into Trump ’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate political
But he repeated his assertion that Ukrainians might have hacked the Democratic National Committee’s network in 2016 and framed Russia for the crime, a theory his own advisers have dismissed.
“They gave the server to CrowdStrike, which is a company owned by a very wealthy Ukrainian,” Trump said. “I still want to see that server. The FBI has never gotten that server. That’s a big part of this whole thing.”
The president in the wide-ranging interview also claimed that he knows the identity of the whistleblower who filed the formal complaint that spurred the impeachment inquiry.
“You know who the whistleblower is. So do I,” Trump told the hosts.
Trump said he didn’t believe House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., who has maintained that he doesn’t know the identity of the whistleblower.
CNN: Trump wants impeachment witnesses fired despite top aides’ warning
CNN: Trump wants impeachment witnesses fired despite top aides’ warningTrump is reportedly flying in the face of advice from aides who tell him the moves will be viewed as vindictive. His actions could even be used by Democrats as further evidence that he should in fact be impeached, CNN says.
President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” and said it played into Russia’s hands. Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” and said he was trying to root out.
“If he doesn’t, then he’s the only person in Washington who doesn’t,” Trump said.
Trump said he does not expect to be impeached, claiming Democrats have “absolutely nothing” incriminating, despite days of public testimony by witnesses who said Trump withheld aid from Ukraine to press the country to investigate his political rivals.
“I think it’s very hard to impeach you when they have absolutely nothing," Trump said, adding that if the House did vote to impeach him, he would welcome a trial in the Senate.
Trump’s claim on Ukraine being behind the 2016 election interference has been discredited by intelligence agencies and his own advisers.
CrowdStrike, an internet security firm based in California, investigated the DNC hack in June 2016 and traced it to two groups of hackers connected to a Russian intelligence service — not Ukraine.
One version of the debunked theory holds that CrowdStrike is owned by a wealthy Ukrainian. In fact, company co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch is a Russian-born U.S. citizen who immigrated as a child and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Fox Anchor Chris Wallace: Sondland Just Ran the Bus Over Trump, Pence, Pompeo, Giuliani and Mulvaney
pDuring the first break in Wednesday’s impeachment hearings—which featured U.S. Ambassador to the EU and million-dollar Trump donor Gordon Sondland implicating President Donald Trump in a quid pro quo with Ukraine—Fox News anchor Chris Wallace declared that Sondland “took out the bus and ran it over” President Donald Trump and a number of his allies and aides. “I think what Gordon Sondland was trying to do here is protect himself more than he is to protect anybody else,” Wallace said during Fox News’ special coverage.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” and said it played into Russia’s hands.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” and said it played into Russia’s hands. Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” and said
The president repeated his claim one day after Fiona Hill, a former Russia adviser on the White House National Security Council, admonished Republicans for pushing unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
“Based on questions and statements I have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did,” Hill testified before the House impeachment inquiry panel. “This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.”
Trump told “Fox & Friends” that “there was no quid pro quo,” in his efforts to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to open investigations of former Vice-President Joe Biden and his son’s dealings in Ukraine.
The president’s assertion is at odds with sworn testimony by impeachment witnesses.
Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press
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Lowe-Martin Group turns 100 today
OTTAWA—The Lowe-Martin Group is celebrating its 100th anniversary today with the unveiling of a time capsule to be opened 50 years from now. The capsule will be placed in a sealed box in the reception area of the company’s Ottawa facility, and will contain an employee list, and a letter from owner Ward Griffin to his children. E.D. Lowe and T.H. Martin founded Lowe-Martin in 1908 as a small specialized print shop. The Griffin family bought it in 1984, and today the company employs 370 people, and has facilities in Ottawa, Toronto, and Ireland.
Trade Watch: Printing deficit deepens
OTTAWA—Canada’s print trade deficit continues to worsen, according to the latest figures from Statistics Canada. The trade deficit sits at $82.43 million for the January-September period, down from a surplus of $50.40 million in the same period in 2007. That’s a drop of 263.6%. Exports to the U.S. dropped to $90.51 million in September, from $94.92 million at the same time last year. Imports from the U.S. were up slightly, coming in at $88.84 million for the month, compared to $78.04 million in September 2007. Imports from China were $23.56 million, up from $22.96 million in the same period in 2007
EXPORTS 2008 2007 Change
September $109.51 million $116.90 million -6.3%
Year to date $915.85 million $1.10 billion -15.1%
IMPORTS 2008 2007 Change
September $129.08 million $115.19 million 12.0%
Year to date $998.27 million $1.03 billion -3.0%
Quebecor World to install three web presses
MONTREAL—Quebecor World has announced it is purchasing three Manroland web presses, one to be installed in Canada, and two at facilities in the U.S. The new presses, equipped with the latest in quality control and delivery systems, will be dedicated to the company’s retail insert segment. The Canadian press, along with one in the U.S., will be operational in the third quarter of 2009. The company would not disclose the locations where the presses will be installed.
Print World 2008 closes on high note
TORONTO—Print World 2008, which took place at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, ended yesterday. The show ran from Sat. Nov. 22 to Mon. Nov. 24, and featured top-notch exhibitors, well-attended seminars, and presentations galore. Look for an in-depth round up of Print World on PrintCan in the coming days.
Sector Council releases industry roadmap report at Print World
TORONTO—The Canadian Printing Industries Sector Council (CPISC) released a new report at Print World in Toronto on Saturday. Titled “Charting Our Course: A Skills and Technology Roadmap for the Canadian Printing and Graphic Communications Industry,” the report aims to help the print industry deal with changing technologies and various HR issues. According to the study, technology trends most likely to have an impact on the industry include, increased demand for environmental sustainability, advances in science and print capabilities, and the application of customized databases for direct printing. The report also makes recommendations as to what the industry can do to maximize its use of these trends, including, research to better understand database printing, flexible training programs, and an industry approach to environmentally aware printing. A full copy of the report is available at www.cpisc-csic.ca
B.C. shop opts for a Kodak Nexpress
RICHMOND, B.C.—Commercial printer Glenmore Printing has installed a Kodak Nexpress M700 digital colour press to handle variable printing and to keep up with its growing business. The B.C.-based shop has been in business for more than 27 years and employs 50.
With the new Nexpress from left to right are: Peter Schwitay, prepress supervisor; Glenn Rowley, president of Glenmore Printing, and Ria Pohl, press operator.
See you at Print World 2008
TORONTO—While you’re at Print World 2008 this weekend, take a minute to drop by the Graphic Monthly Canada booth and talk to the editors of the magazine and its website PrintCAN. Also, remember to check out the Adobe Software Theatre, International and UPEX pavilions, workshops and seminars, and Design City, Canada’s largest expo for graphic designers. Print World 2008 takes place on Nov. 22-24 at the Direct Energy Centre in downtown Toronto. For more information, or to register for the seminars, visit www.printworldshow.com or www.designcityshow.com
Komunik in creditor protection
MONTREAL—Komunik is operating under creditor protection, the company announced yesterday. The company reports a long list of financial problems, including a liquidity crisis, excessive overhead costs, difficulty integrating its 2007 acquisition of Datamark, and unsatisfactory conditions in the printing industry, and owes about 16 million in unsecured liabilities. The company has been attempting to restructure for several months, and RSM Richter became the court appointed monitor in mid-September. Komunik is examining all its options and ads will be placed in La Presse and the Globe and Mail newspapers seeking potential buyers on November 25. All interested parties will have until January 15, 2009 to submit purchase offers. Komunik was formed by the merger of Komunik and Datamark Systems Group in June 2007, and employs 629 people across Canada. More details will be provided as they become available.
Quebecor World increases volume of US Weekly magazine
MONTREAL—Quebecor World has signed an extended print agreement with Wenner Media to increase printing of the publisher’s US Weekly magazine almost 20%, the company announced yesterday. Earlier this year, Quebecor World inked a multi-year agreement with Wenner Media to print Men’s Journal, Rolling Stone, and US Weekly, and has been increasing its share of US Weekly printing since. Quebecor World says most of its increased US Weekly printing will be done at its facility in Dallas.
Print World ramps up for Saturday opening
TORONTO—The stage is set for Print World 2008, opening this weekend in Toronto. There are new additions to the show, like the International and UPEX pavilions, and a number of new exhibitors setting up shop, including Océ, which has its biggest booth ever in Canada. Other newcomers include Hans-Gronhi Graphic Technology from China, Xpedx, and South Asia Plastics Group. Print World 2008 also has some top-notch seminars scheduled, including Selling to the New Print Buyer, presented by David Fellman, president of David Fellman & Associates, What’s a Printing Company Worth? with John Hyde, vice president and senior consultant with NAPL, and How to Make Money Selling Printing on the Internet, with Slava Apel, the CEO of Amazing Print Corp. Visitors should also check out Design City, Canada’s largest expo for graphic designers, featuring a series of informative seminars and workshops.
Print World takes place on Nov. 22-24 at the Direct Energy Centre in downtown Toronto. For more information, or to register for the seminars, visit www.printworldshow.com or www.designcityshow.com
Grafikom owes $49 million to banks
TORONTO—More details have become available regarding the lead-up to Grafikom going into receivership. According to papers filed in the case, Grafikom owes $49 million to the Bank of Montreal, the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Alberta Treasury Branches. The institutions demanded payment on November 7, after several months of negotiating and attempted restructurings. The documents state that Grafikom failed to meet criteria of its lending agreements as far back as June, and in August it engaged RSM Richter, the current receiver, to provide restructuring advice. RSM Richter concluded that Grafikom was overleveraged and its financial projections were not enough to cover annual interest and principal repayments. In one proposal, Grafikom offered to sell its divisions in Calgary, Edmonton, Mexico and Sherbrooke, Que., and invest in new digital printing operations. The
lending institutions did not accept the deal. A receiver was appointed November 10.
Transcontinental buys Redwood Custom Communications
MONTREAL—Transcontinental has purchased Toronto-based custom publishing company Redwood Custom Communications, the company announced today. It’s the first acquisition for Transcontinental’s newly created Marketing Communications Sector, and the company says Redwood’s database marketing, research, variable printing and premedia tools will complement the Sector’s existing services.
Redwood’s CEO will remain on as an equity partner, and will continue to lead the team of 130 employees. Redwood Custom Communications creates branded editorial material for a range of clients including
Home Depot, Aeroplan, and Sears. Redwood’s printing was being handled by Transcontinental, Quebecor World, and St. Joseph Communications, but will be done entirely by Transcontinental going forward.
Another scam hits Canadian and U.S. printers
OTTAWA—Just months after an Africa-based scam artist was targeting printers in North America and the U.K, another con artist has set his sights on printers. Bob Elliott, president of the CPIA, told PrintCAN today that at least six printers in Canada, and two in the U.S. have come to him with stories of a scammer operating out of Quebec. The scheme varies, but usually involves the printing, and sometimes mailing, of health-related brochures and flyers. He issues printers cheques, which he then stops payment on, or provides cheques banks will not honour. The con man operates under several marketing company names, and in some cases, will do legitimate business with a shop, establish a relationship, and rip them off next time.
Though Elliott wouldn’t reveal the name of the scammer or the printers affected, he did say that one shop had taken the scammer to court, but still hasn’t recovered its money. He often skips court dates, and due to his intricate corporate set-up, law enforcement and printers are having trouble tracking him down. Elliott is advising all printers to keep their guard up when accepting new jobs, and to run thorough credit checks and do research. “Just because times are tough right now…it’s sometimes tempting to take a job and cut a few corners…in this case, be careful. Take precautions.”
August shipments fall
OTTAWA—August printing shipments were down after being up slightly in July, according to figures from Statistics Canada. Note that these numbers are not seasonally adjusted.
August $817.7 million $893.5 million -8.5%
Year to date $6.40 billion $6.41 billion -.2%
CPISC to release new report at Print Word
OTTAWA—The Canadian Printing Industries Sector Council (CPISC) is launching its new Skills and Technology Roadmap report at Print World 2008. The roadmap provides information on navigating changing technology and dealing with human resources issues in the print industry. Copies of the report will be available at the launch, which takes place on Sat. Nov. 22, in Hall A, Room 101N, at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. The seminar begins at 5 p.m.
Print World 2008 seminars offer something for everyone
MISSISSAUGA, ON—Print World 2008 has some top-notch seminars scheduled, including Selling to the New Print Buyer, presented by David Fellman, president of Dave Fellman & Associates. Vice president and senior consultant with NAPL, John Hyde, will examine the question, What’s a Printing Company Worth? And Slava Apel, the CEO of Amazing Print Corp., will tell listeners How to Make Money Selling Printing on the Internet. Design City also has some informative seminars lined up, such as What’s New in QuarkXPress 8, by Graphic Monthly Canada and Design Edge Canada columnist Bob Atkinson. All Print World seminars will run twice on Monday, November 24, at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m, and Design City seminars will take place on Sunday, November 23, at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Print World takes place on Nov. 22-24 at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. For more information, or to register for the seminars, visit www.printworldshow.com or www.designcityshow.com
Special Report: Graph Expo
Mood more upbeat than expected
The mood at Graph Expo late last month, while not exactly ecstatic, was more upbeat than most people had expected heading into the four-day event in Chicago. Most of the equipment on display was a re-run of devices shown at Drupa last May and introduced for the first time to the North American market. Manufacturers acknowledged the rough ride the industry is in for, with lower levels of investments being made and shipments on a downward slide, but many also insisted they are ready to cope with the ups and downs. Perhaps in hopes of stoking demand, many exhibitors this year went to extra efforts to highlight recent sales to customers.
On the offset press side, equipment on the floor was sparse. Heidelberg demonstrated its Speedmaster XL 105 with perfecting unit; Komori, the booth with the largest number of offset presses, debuted the LSX40, a 41” press with a host of upgraded features, including new AI technology which includes self-learning features that update press settings over time to reduce waste; KBA introduced its new Rapida 75, and Presstek brought its 55DI with UV option. Digital presses with buzz included the new Xerox iGen4, the Ricoh 900 press, the Xeikon 8000 and HP’s Indigo 7000 and enhanced 5500 presses.
Inkjet continues to occupy centre stage at many booths with several manufacturers touting double-digit growth rates in this area. Hewlett-Packard released several new devices: the Designjet L65500, a large-format device that uses HP Latex inks, and the FB950 printer, a UV flatbed printer for indoor and outdoor signs. HP also announced that its Inkjet Web press, slated for release in the latter half of 2009, will feature new coating technology for printing on coated and uncoated stock. Gandinnovations introduced its Jetspeed UV RTR, a 3 m UV RTR digital printer. Fujifilm released the Acuity Advance, the next generation of its Acuity model, and the Onset S20, a smaller sibling to the Inca Onset press. Kodak is getting ready to release an inkjet head based on its Stream technology this summer. The single-colour head attaches to a web press. EFI announced a new Vutek digital screen printer for next year, and a Jetrion 4000 full-colour label press. Agfa unveiled the Anapurna XLS, for indoor and outdoor signs.
A number of exhibitors focused on service programs instead of, or in addition to, iron. HP has its Graphic Arts Capture Business Success program—a range of tools, from training to marketing templates to market research; Manroland debuted its PrintValue program with four modules: print services for equipment; printnet, an automated workflow system; printcom to ensure consistency in the press room; and printadvice, a consultancy to help with the planning process. Fujifilm was presenting how printers can build a business base using offset, toner and inkjet application; Heidelberg presented the benefits of print-shop integration.
Other technologies that drew attention included web-to-print systems, and evolving MIS systems, the latter being chosen by an industry panel as the key technology for success in a print shop today.
Watch upcoming issues of Graphic Monthly Canada for more in-depth discussions of many of the new product releases, and remember, many of them will be on display at Print World on November 22 –24 at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto.
Gandinnovations’ Jeti 3348 Jetspeed UV.
The Acuity Advance at the Fujifilm booth.
The Speedmaster XL 105 with perfector at Heidelberg.
The Komori booth with one of its three presses.
Quebecor World loses US$64.2 million in third quarter
MONTREAL—Quebecor World reports a net loss of US$64.2 million in the third quarter of 2008 ending September 30, 2008, up from the US$315.1 million loss it posted in the same period last year. The company generated US$993.6 million in revenues, compared to US$1.17 billion in the third quarter of 2007. The company says the decline in revenue is, in part, due to the sale of its European business in June, and says it continues to make progress toward getting out of creditor protection, which it has been operating under since January 2008. The claims process has begun and Quebecor World has until December 5 to file any creditor claims.
Printers will continue on with MetalFX despite closure
MISSISSAUGA, ON—Ciba announced last week that it was shutting down its MetalFX business, effective December 19, 2008, because it does not fit with its core business. The 58 printers in Canada that are licensed to use MetalFX can continue to use it, but no new contracts will be signed and no more MetalFX software will be produced. The news hasn’t had much of an impact on the Toronto-based printers PrintCAN spoke to today. Colour Innovations was a very early adopter of MetalFX, and became certified to use it in 2003. Since then, the shop has done hundreds of MetalFX jobs, usually about one or two a month. Matthew Alexander, president of Colour Innovations, says the shop is still going ahead with MetalFX, as well as two other similar processes the shop developed, using gold and bronze ink. Sina Printing, which was licensed about a year ago, also says it will continue doing the process, though it’s only about .2% of the shop’s total work.
Grafikom in receivership
TORONTO—Grafikom went into receivership today, CEO Gord Griffiths confirmed to PrintCAN, though he would not elaborate on the events that led to the filing. RSM Richter has been appointed trustee. As of this morning, all eight plants, including operations in Mexico, have stopped working. Grafikom was founded in late 2005 following a management buyout of Quebecor World’s sheetfed plants. It posted revenues of $125 million in 2007 and employed 700. More details will be reported as they become available.
Paper prices on the rise again
MISSISSAUGA, ON—Several paper companies have recently announced steep price hikes. Coast Paper, Buntin Reid, and Asia Pulp & Paper have all raised prices for Canadians buying their products, citing the foundering Canadian dollar as the catalyst, along with the high prices of pulp and freight. Buntin Reid is hiking its Canadian prices for U.S. based products by 10% to 30% on Nov. 10, and Coast Paper is raising prices between 7% and 20% the same day. Asia Pulp & Paper says that because most of its business is conducted in U.S. dollars and the value of the Canadian dollar has declined 24% against the U.S. dollar, its costs are rising. It raised prices on Nov. 3 by 10% to reduce losses, and says if the dollar remains the same or drops further, another hike is coming in December. Paper merchants reached by PrintCAN declined to comment.
Domtar shuts down Ontario paper machine
DRYDEN, ON—Domtar is permanently shutting down its main paper machine and all converting operations at its Dryden, Ont., facility in the middle of this month, the company announced Tuesday. About 200 employees will lose their jobs, and the closure will curtail Domtar’s annual paper production by 151,000 short tonnes of uncoated freesheet paper. The company cited adverse economic conditions and a weakening demand for fine papers as reasons for the closure.
Many first-time exhibitors at Print World
TORONTO—A host of new exhibitors are setting up shop at Print World 2008, including Océ, which has its biggest booth ever in Canada. Other newcomers include: Atlas Machinery, Bowe Bell & Howell, Baldwin Paper, Hans-Gronhi Graphic Technology, Nyland Graphics, Multicam Canada, South Asia Plastics Group, XCM Graphic Equipment, Xpedx and Zund Canada. Print World takes place at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto from November 22-24. For a look at the floor plan, visit http://www.printworldshow.com/floorplan/
VistaPrint revenue up 44% in first quarter
HAMILTON, BERMUDA—VistaPrint revenue soared 44% in the first quarter of its fiscal year, the company reported on Friday. For the period ending September 30, 2008, VistaPrint saw revenue grow to US$114.2 million, up from US$79.5 million in the same period last year. Net income for the first quarter was US$8.3 million, or 7.2% of revenue, up 20% from the first quarter of 2007, when it was US$6.9 million, or 8.7% of revenue. Last month the company announced plans for a 140,000 sq. ft. expansion to its Windsor, Ont., plant, the second increase since the facility opened back in 2005. The renovation is slated to be complete in early 2009.
Ontario shop opts for an Indigo
PICKERING, ON—Labelcraft Products has added an HP Indigo ws4500 press to its shop floor. The company has been in business since 1967, and specializes in custom labels.
With the new Indigo from left to right are: Mark Robertson, Marion Lemoine, Gerbee Gamboa, and Brian Tomlinson, all from Labelcraft Products.
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Monday, 14th November 2016 at 9:53 am
The Victorian Government is investing in the future of social services, with new funding to support a leading research and teaching institute at RMIT University.
Professor Paul Gough, RMIT Pro Vice-Chancellor Design and Social Context and Vice-President; Martin Foley, Victorian Housing, Disability and Ageing Minister; Martin Bean CBE, RMIT Vice-Chancellor and President; Emma King, VCOSS CEO; Professor David Hayward, Dean of RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies; Vicki Sutton, Melbourne City Mission CEO.
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The Future Social Service Institute is a collaboration between the Victorian Government, the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) and RMIT.
The institute will drive nation-leading education, training and research in the social sector, and prepare Victoria for the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, broader changes in the way social services are funded and delivered, and significant growth in the social services workforce.
Building on seed funding provided by the Victorian Government in June, this additional investment of $2.1 million will support the institute to:
offer two Industry Research Fellowships and two PhD scholarships aimed at the social and community sector
investigate the contemporary experiences of social service users and develop best practice standards and innovative means of delivery
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Victoria’s Housing, Disability and Ageing Minister Martin Foley described the NDIS as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to transform the lives of Victorians with disability, their families and carers.
“This plan is about getting the disability workforce ready for the NDIS and laying the foundations needed to build the workforce of the future,” Foley said.
VCOSS CEO Emma King said, with the support and input of Victoria’s community sector, the institute would capitalise on global trends.
“A tidal wave of change is about to hit the social services sector,” King said.
“The Future Social Service Institute will develop innovative ways of providing services to those in our community who need them most.
“If we get this right, Victoria will set the standard for the rest of the world.”
RMIT vice-chancellor and president Martin Bean CBE said the university was proud to help lead Victoria’s innovative response to the social service sector’s biggest challenges, drawing on its experience of collaborating with local and global industry networks to drive employment and innovation outcomes.
“RMIT doesn’t just equip social service students with the knowledge and skills needed by the sector, the university’s research also supports the development of creative solutions to complex social issues,” Bean said.
“The Future Social Service Institute brings these strengths together, ensuring our students are ideally placed to work effectively in this rapidly-changing sector and our research continues to make an impact.”
The institute will begin full operation in 2017.
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Expert Notes US Bombing of Iran That Didn't Target Cultural Sites Would Still Be Terrible and Illegal
by Andrea Germanos
in All, Middle East, Rights, US
As President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his threat to target cultural sites in Iran if the country retaliated over the U.S. assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, one military analyst reminded the public that a more “culturally sensitive” American bombing campaign “would also be terrible and illegal.”
The warning came by tweet from Ben Friedman, policy director of Defense Priorities, a pro-military group that advocates a “more prudent, restrained foreign policy.”
Glad everyone is pointing out that bombing cultural sites in Iran would be terrible and illegal, but a culturally sensitive war on Iran that avoids bombing its landmarks would also be terrible and illegal.
— Ben Friedman (@BH_Friedman) January 6, 2020
Friedman’s statement was backdropped by continued scrutiny over Trump’s assertion Sunday that the U.S. has a right to attack Iranian cultural sites. The U.S. is party to the 1954 Hague Cultural Property Convention, which makes it a war crime to intentionally attack cultural sites.
Speaking to press aboard Air Force One, Trump said: “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites. It doesn’t work that way.”
That suggestion came a day after Trump sparked outrage when he tweeted Saturday: “Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD.”
Responding to that threat, Iran’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, compared Trump to the Islamic State (ISIS), which has destroyed culturally important landmarks in Iraq and Syria.
Those masquerading as diplomats and those who shamelessly sat to identify Iranian cultural & civilian targets should not even bother to open a law dictionary.
Jus cogens refers to peremptory norms of international law, i.e. international red lines. That is, a big(ly) "no no".
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 5, 2020
Democratic lawmakers including Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Barbara Lee (Calif.) are attempting to rein in Trump’s march towards war with Iran with War Powers resolutions to reassert their congressional role.
“The stakes could not be higher,” Omar said in a tweet Sunday.
Francis Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, said Monday: “Trump should be impeached for his attacks and threats against Iran. These are far more brazen violations of the War Powers Clause of the U.S. Constitution than anything regarding Ukraine.”
Andrea Germanos
Andrea Germanos is senior editor and a staff writer at Common Dreams.
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Protesters gathered outside London's Cypriot High Commission on Monday, to demonstrate against the conviction of a British woman who was found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus. Demonstrators waved
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Chances are, you've Googled a version of "What are the best sex positions for conceiving? What did you find? Probably a bunch of mixed messages. Some say that doing it in a certain position will up your chances for getting pregnant or of conceiving a specific gender.
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U.S., North Korea, China Talks, and Kratos, My Best Defense Stock: Market Recon
The least covered and perhaps most important of the Wednesday's three events was the appearance of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer before the House Ways and Means Committee.
By STEPHEN GUILFOYLE
Feb 28, 2019 | 08:20 AM EST
Stocks quotes in this article: BA, LMT, RTN, KTOS, DDS, JCP, DELL, GPS, MAR, SPLK, VMW, WDAY
'Never Afraid To Walk From A Deal'
Surprised? We should not be. The above quote can be attributed to President Trump in the wake of a cancelled event where if all went well, the U.S. president and North Korea's Kim Jong Un would have signed an agreement had there been a deal made between the two leaders. This second meeting between the two over an eight month period was cut short by about two hours as Pyongyang looked for relief from already in place U.S. sanctions and in return offered less than was necessary to do so in terms of broad nuclear disarmament. Be careful of the media response this morning as nobody I know actually expected an agreement to be made this week, and considered this summit to be nothing more than a positive step on a longer path. The immediate response across Asian equity markets and domestic equity index futures was to the downside, but hardly in any kind of significant way.
The Alligator Wrestler
On a Wednesday, where coverage of three newsworthy, and high profile congressional hearings, bounced around television sets across the country like a backyard game of badminton. The mainstream media focused upon the testimony of Michael Cohen before the House Oversight Committee. That's where the eyeballs went. That testimony became "the alligator wrestler", in other words, the main attraction to perform in the center ring of our three ring circus, while lesser in terms of front page suitability, but far more interesting acts (for market folks) performed before smaller crowds in the side rings. One, a matter of entertainment, the other truly significant to market participants.
In front of the House Finance Committee, Fed Chair Jerome Powell in response to a question did not deny the central bank's insolvency on a mark to market basis. The Fed Chair instead avowed that the Fed was not "functionally insolvent", and that even though higher interest rates do exacerbate unrealized losses on the central bank's balance sheet (holdings that have likely been purchased at lower yields with magically created currency) that these unrealized losses are immaterial to the Fed's ability to implement monetary policy (even to raise rates if necessary). Truth, if assets on the balance sheet are indeed held to maturity, and allowed to roll-off, not sold, which had always been the plan. There are times when we disagree with Jerome Powell on policy. I have written on the Fed's mark to market insolvency in the past, you probably remember the piece if you have been with me for a while. I thought this exchange both entertaining, and better than that... honest. I can live with honest.
Progress Made
The second revelation that I took away from the day is probably the reason that markets are hanging in there fairly well overnight. The least covered and perhaps most important of the three events was the appearance of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer before the House Ways and Means Committee. Lighthizer made it plain to market participants, as well as participants in the general economy (everyone), that the U.S. planned to take the threat of increasing the 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25% that had been stamped with a March 2nd deadline off of the table indefinitely. Even better than that, Lighthizer also indicated that a mechanism for enforcement of any trade deal had been agreed to, even if a trade deal has not. How interesting. Thought to be a major obstacle in the road toward signing anything, enforcement appears to now be out of the way. Lighthizer let on that significant progress had been made. The market has priced much of this optimism in, I believe. Overtly willing to make large purchases in areas of need such as energy and agriculture in order to reduce the trade gap between the to nations, the bridge toward moving forward still resides in the area of structural change. That's where a deal actually costs the Chinese side something of value. We're talking forced transfers of technology, government subsidization of Chinese companies in competition with foreign firms, as well as a level of regulatory prejudice where U.S. firms are concerned.
Time will tell. For those who expect this trade deal to get done easily, or expect the president to accept a deal inferior to what might be considered optimal just to get something done... do you really need to be reminded that this president is not afraid of bad press? Do you need to be referred to the quote at the top of this page?
If the markets do not come in from here, it would be foolish to not expect the trajectory of upside price acceleration to do anything other than broaden the slope by which gains are made.
While the thaw in U.S. relations with North Korea put a cooling effect on the defense sector in 2018 that I admittedly had given you as a favored sector late in 2016 through 2017, those stocks also suffered through the various global tensions over trade. Not making excuses. Took that one in the nose with you until the group rallied hard since the late December lows, performing in line with the Industrial sector as a whole.
Enter this border conflict between India and Pakistan. The planet thinks that it is used to seeing this conflict reignite every few years. What the planet might not quite understand is that these two nuclear powers are both more powerful, as well as more capable each and every time this seems to occur. Now each side claims to have shot down fighter jets. A pilot has been captured. This is where both the U.S. and China... and perhaps Russia need to focus... in order to ensure that nothing terrible happens. This is also why I never go completely flat the defense and aerospace industry. You did see Boeing (BA) on Wednesday? Wow. Boeing trades on a different metric. I always maintain long positions of some level that I adjust in both Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Raytheon (RTN) . Missiles, drones, and fighter planes... well, they never really go out of style. Don't even get me started on the need to rapidly improve the domestic ability to defend against what can not be currently defensed against... hypersonic weaponry. That leads me to the best defense name that I have given you.. Kratos Defense & Security (KTOS) .
KTOS: The Chart
Kratos reports the firm's Q4 financial results after the closing bell tonight (Thursday). Expectations are for EPS of $0.06 on revenue of $188.24 million. That revenue number besides the appearance of having consistently landed a series of deals will, if realized, represent a handsome sequential increase, yet a year over year decrease of nearly 7%. While Money Flow looks strong, that's backward looking, and this name has outperformed the group on this recent run. Relative Strength is off of the highs, while the daily MACD has sent it's first truly bearish signal since December.
I am up substantially in this name over time, as I suspect you might be if you follow me. With the name still close enough to the highs, and trading higher in pre-opening trade, I am likely to reduce the risk ahead of earnings. That does not mean that I don't like the name. It just means that I have something to protect. I am as likely to add on a negative reaction to earnings as I am to a breakout. Let me show you what I mean in my trade example.
KTOS Pre-Earnings Options Play (minimal lots)... Assumes Long Position
- Sell 100 shares of KTOS equity at or close to last sale of $17.18, leaving majority of long position in place.
- Purchase one March $17.50 call (implied value: $0.73)
- Sell one April $15 put (implied value: $0.30)
- Sell one May $15 put (implied value: $0.57)
- Sell two August $12.50 puts (implied value: $0.33)
Notes: This trade reduces equity risk ahead of the news event, while creating the opportunity for the investor to repurchase those shares at a similar price on a post-earnings breakout. The trader more than pays for that expense through exposing him or herself to greatly increased equity risk at greatly reduced prices over time.
Net Credit: $0.80
Worst Case: The investor ends up long 400 additional shares at a net basis (for those shares only) of $13.55, with the shares trading below $12.50 in August, after having sold 100 shares close to $17.18.
Economics (All Times Eastern)
08:00 - Fed Speaker: Federal Reserve Gov. Richard Clarida.
08:30 - Initial Jobless Claims (Weekly): Expecting 222K, Last 216K.
08:30 - GDP (Q4-adv): Expecting 2.4% q/q, Last 3.4% q/q.
08:50 - Fed Speaker: Atlanta Fed Pres. Raphael Bostic.
09:45 - Chicago PMI (Feb): Expecting 57.3, Last 56.7.
10:30 - Natural Gas Inventories (Weekly): Last -177B cf.
11:00 - Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index (Feb): Last 5.
12:15 - Fed Speaker: Philadelphia Fed Pres. Patrick Harker.
13:00 - Fed Speaker: Dallas Fed Pres. Robert Kaplan.
19:00 - Fed Speaker: Cleveland Fed Pres. Loretta Mester.
20:15 - Fed Speaker: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Today's Earnings Highlights (Consensus EPS Expectations)
Before the Open: (DDS) (2.63), (JCP) (.18)
After the Close: (DELL) (1.85), (GPS) (.69), (KTOS) (.06), (MAR) (1.40), (SPLK) (.76), (VMW) (1.88), (WDAY) (.32)
At the time of publication, Stephen Guilfoyle was Long LMT, RTN, KTOS equity, Short KTOS calls.
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For those of you who have been asking where we’ve been.
Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
Here’s the beginning of the answer:
From Vanyaland‘s article Boston Brains: With Renewed Focus and a New Record in the Works, RIBS Return as a Duo
With Sunday’s Swervedriver show fast approaching, we asked them where the hell they’ve been for the past two years. Turns out, that Queens show was a turning point.
“When I joined RIBS, Keith told me his dream was to open for Queens of the Stone Age,” says Oquist. “When that finally happened, and I told that story to the security guard outside the venue, he said ‘sounds like it’s time for a new dream.’ Driving back, that sunk in a bit. It was time for a new dream. The next thing we release is going to set us on a course. We needed focus. We decided to spend all our time writing. Blake [Fusilier, bassist] set off to pursue a solo career; we decided not to resurface until we’d made some real progress. So this isn’t a reunion. We never left. This has been a period of redefinition and rediscovery. We’ve been grinding.”
Adds Freund: “Momentum can be a beautiful thing but it can also be dangerous. Sometimes your momentum can swallow you up. We made a conscious decision to let that go in order to take some time to reflect on what the future could sound like.”
Show Review of Packtucket, RI 1/29/13 at the Met
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RIBS from Boston finished off the night with their post-punk/industrial sound that was shrieking and extremely dark, if you like Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails and TV On The Radio along with a soulful tinge then these guys are your cup of tea. A performance featuring “Kiss”, “Even”, “Gateway Drug”, a cover of Hole’s “Celebrity Skin”, “Brains”, “Alarms” and “Destructo” rocked the stage and was simply magnificent. RIBS have an EP out called Russian Blood that’s fantastic, some of the best music from Boston you’ll ever hear. Another wonderful night of live music at the best music venue in Pawtucket, log on to themetri.com for more info on shows.
PHOTOS: Great Scott 7/23/12 Taken By Daykamp
“RIBS put on quite the show during Night #1 of the Boston Accents Funeral Party. Not only did they have a a ton of music and electronic gear hooked up, but they brought their own light show. There were so many cords and cables on the stage you’d think they had the Ark Of The Covenant up there.* They opened with Placebo’s “Pure Morning,” a sign of the indielectro rock that would mark their powerful set.”
View them here: http://daykampmusic.com/2012/08/01/ribs-great-scott-7-23-2012/
Boston Metro: Russian Blood Album Release Show Review
On the spectrum of rock music, guitar-laden hard rock is underrepresented in the Boston — and, honestly, national — rock scene. Boston-based RIBS took action to change that on Friday night at their album release party at T.T. the Bear’s.
The energetic power pop pumped up the fairly full rock venue in Cambridge, a good showing for the holiday weekend. With cuts from their latest take, “Russian Blood” on full display, the punchy guitars of tracks like “Destructo” and the single “Kiss” called to mind alt. rock acts from the ’90s.
Other songs were simply straight-forward rockers with simple chord progressions… regardless, with a minimal, but effective, light display, a solid stage presence and an emphasis on the reverb, RIBS lock in their spot as one Boston’s top local rock acts.
Link: http://www.metro.us/boston/entertainment/article/1144131–short-take-ribs-t-t-the-bears-5-25
Russian Blood Boston Record Release Show 5/25
BOSTON, MA: Friday 5/25/12 @ TT The Bear’s Place w/ Suicide Dolls & Yoga Girls
10 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-4152
Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4494785
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/331885876860883/
Press: Boston Globe | Boston Phoenix | Ryan’s Smashing Life
The Boston Phoenix Makes “Kiss” MP3 of the Week
It feels like forever since Boston rock band RIBS released the one-two sonic punch of their Locrian Singles. That was January 2011, and since then, the pulsating quartet has been hard at work meticulously crafting their EP follow-up, Russian Blood.
Primed for explosion, the first single, “Kiss,” was released today via the promo video above, and it’s also available as a free download. The track is a slow-burning sledgehammer of a tune, taking RIBS’ murky, underwater rock sound and adding a welcome heaviness the band hinted at on previous standouts like “Brains Out” and“Please Don’t Go.”
But “Kiss” is just a taste — the entire Russian Blood record is a potent post-modern mix of layered riffs, space-shot hooks, and dizzying atmospheric sounds; it’s music for a different mindset and one that should launch the band into the national realm just as we predicted back in our Class of 2011 feature around the timeLocrian dropped.
Grab the mp3 below, and tune in to Boston Accents on Sunday, May 20 as we’ll premiere the entire Russian Blood EP and have the dapper gentlemen of RIBS hanging out on-air in the WFNX studio. That Friday, May 25, they’ll drop the record at T.T. The Bear’s Place in Cambridge on a pretty killer bill with Autochrome, the Suicide Dolls and Yoga Girls, and then RIBS head down to New York City the following night for a release party in the Dirty Apple alongside Viva Viva and Frank Smith at Brooklyn’s Public Assembly.
Let’s all make out.
From the very first riff of RIBS’s rumbling new single “Kiss,” it doesn’t take long for the sonic seismograph to start tracing a zigzag across your headspace. The quartet’s first release since the one-two suckerpunch of last January’s atmospheric Locrian Singles, “Kiss” is a pure growler, a sledgehammer of a tune that wedges its way into your ears and sprawls across four eerie minutes, eventually striking a low-down choral groove that only serves to momentarily stop the song’s pounding ritual. “Kiss” is the fitting first-strike single off RIBS’ new Russian Blood EP — a textured, modern hard-rock record that’s dark, meticulous, and crafted with a gunslinger’s precision. We rarely feel earthquakes here in Boston – 08.23.11, never forget – but RIBS will shake up T. T. The Bear’s next Friday, May 25, as they drip Russian Blood on a sterling rock bill alongside Connecticut rabble-rousers the Suicide Dolls and the mysterious Yoga Girls.
Tune in to Boston Accents this Sunday at 8 pm when RIBS crash the WFNX studio in Lynn.
Boston Globe 5/4/12 Russian Blood Release Show
The Boston Globe has some nice things to say about our upcoming EP and record release show.
Read it here:
http://bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/05/03/mixing-business-with-pleasure-mixing-business-with-pleasure/kU699d3kS7qr6UUmqEjlMP/story.html
Chris Oquist and Keith Freund, the guitar/vocals and drums half of local four-piece RIBS, are coming from somewhere a bit more researched than the average new band.
On a recent night out over drinks in Allston, Freund thinks back on an industry conference panelist’s idea of top-down bands versus bottom-up bands.
“A top-down example was like Destiny’s Child,” says Freund. “They were picked out by a label and forced down to the masses through a huge infrastructure of radio and money. Whereas there was this rapper named Bone Crusher who came up out of Atlanta selling mix tapes out of the back of his car, building it for himself.”
Freund stops to ponder the utility of both models, but Oquist doesn’t need much time to decide.
“I’m pretty sure I’d rather be Destiny’s Child than Bone Crusher,” he says with a shrug.
RIBS, a band with a music business sense incubated at Berklee, has deployed its searingly loud music in small doses so far — a single here and there, basically, since 2010 — and Freund sees each song playing off different sides of that dynamic. He notes that songs like last winter’s “Please Don’t Go” worked like regular publicity angles and garnered great local press, while others like “Queen of Hearts” have taken on viral lives of their own on fan-created YouTube videos and Reddit. It’s a solid analytical approach that they’ve adopted toward their work; but time as a band has also taught them the benefits of loosening up and simply rocking out.
Freund woke up at 2 p.m. on this day, caught in the middle of a mix-down binge of “Russian Blood,” the EP they’re set to release with a show at T.T. the Bear’s on May 25. It’s an epic mix of high octane stuff — post-rock/metal scorchers poured into vaguely pop molds with Billy Corgan levels of immodesty. The band puts on a serious light show onstage — over 55 cables need connecting before every set — and this music was built for it.
RIBS is Freund’s first band, assembled during his last semester in school through band-wanted ads that name-checked stylistic touchstones like Muse and Smashing Pumpkins. He ended up with childhood friend Blake Fusilier, a second guitarist in shredding prodigy Justin Tolan (featured in Guitar Player magazine at age 18), and Oquist, who had been drumming in a black metal band.
Oquist came from the school’s music business department and went about things from that mind-set in the beginning — working out a pro-looking Web presence, booking tours, fiddling with schedules for YouTube teasers. Still, a few years on the circuit helped reveal some new truths. Oquist found himself at Boston’s trend-setting Rethink Music conference last week and started to notice the unfortunate focus of lots of upcoming bands.
“Everyone is looking for a silver bullet,” he said. “What can Foursquare do for me? What does Instragram do? Can I be a Pinterest band?” It all seemed pointless, he decided, if everyone stopped paying attention to their own music. But RIBS comes off like a new-fangled hybrid — taking advantage of a well-resourced background and launching a perfectly haywire creative adventure from there.
“Russian Blood” is thoroughly DIY — mixed at Freund’s apartment, recorded in their practice space — but it carries itself like a really big deal. There are cement-grinding atmospherics out of Trent Reznor’s playbook and canyon banshee wails echoed from long-lost U2 anthems. It’s full of the visceral joys of music — the growl in the bass, the gleefully dissonant guitars; concerns that seem far removed from counting online friends and Twitter followers. There are epileptic moments that threaten to rattle apart at every bolted-down connection, bringing to mind ’90s electro-noisers like Braniac. The song designated as the lead single, “Kiss,” is a totally unruly pummeling from off-centered, fuzzed-out bass, and gut-check drums.
Freund says he’s learned to let go a little bit — after two years and a couple mini-tours and even a concussion suffered during one show’s overexcited guitar swapping. But he’s still a fiend for lists — he can pull them up on his iPhone in seconds: lists for three days before the show (make sure the club has a tech rider), lists for a day before the show (make sure Oquist has drum mallets), lists for sound check (put phone in airplane mode). He has lists for lists, and he isn’t giving them up soon.
“Hey, the lists help me worry less,” he says. “It means I can just go out and play when it’s time.”
RVA Mag Show Preview: RIBS at Strange Matter in Richmond, VA 5/10/11
On Tuesday May 10th, Strange Matter will host a show that will feature Historic, Ear Theory, RIBS, and Collen Applegate. I had the chance to catch up with three of the members of RIBS, a Boston-based band who is playing in Richmond for the very first time. Y’all make them feel welcome, ya hear?
RIBS is Keith Freund on vocals and guitar, Blake Fuslier on bass and vocals, Justin Tolan on guitar, and Chris Oquist on drums. Keith and Blake grew up in Atlanta, and then transferred to Boston for school at Boston University. They heard about a “shred guitar prodigy” by the name of Justin Tolan who was, incidentally, also from Atlanta. Talk about fate. Keith and Blake weren’t to meet Justin, however, until Keith responded to a “band wanted” ad that listed Radiohead, Muse, and Aphex Twin as influences. As it turns out, it was Justin’s ad, and the two became three. A little later, drummer Chris Oquist joined the band and they started making music together. Now they are a band on the move, nominated for The Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll and named one of The Boston Phoenix’s Eleven Bands to Watch in 2011.
Enough bio stuff. Let’s get to the interview.
OK guys – what the heck does RIBS stand for? Why the mysterious capitalization?
It’s a well-kept secret.
Then you won’t mind if I make something up for all those curious Richmonders?
Have at it. [Note: I have a dirty mind, so none of the suggestions I have are safe for work, nor germane to the band’s style, so I shall refrain.]
I’ve read about how you guys met and how the band started, so I’ll skip those questions and go to my number one favorite question I love to ask musicians. What was your FIRST favorite album?
Keith: Beach Boys, Greatest Hits.
Keith, I’ve read that many of your musical influences haven’t made their way into your music thus far. Do you see the Beach Boys making into your repertoire somehow?
Keith: [chuckle] Not any time soon.
Blake: Outkast, ATLiens. I really didn’t start LISTENING to music until I was a teenager.
Keith: When I was a kid I listened to oldies with my parents. After that, radio rap and other stuff. I developed my own taste later.
[Justin enters the room. We had just been talking about whether the band had ever played RVA before (answer is NO, as mentioned earlier), and Justin chimes in that he has been in Richmond before – for a flood. He tells me he rode down the street in an innertube. I share with him the hope that he does not bring a flood with him this time. He echoes this sentiment, not commenting on the implication that he might have the power to control the weather. He then answers my favorite first album question.]
Justin: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins. I was seven years old and my sister had been listening to the album and didn’t want it anymore. I loved it, but my parents went through with a sharpie and marked out the eff words in the liner notes.
READ MORE: http://rvamag.com/articles/full/11399/tuesday-night-check-out-ribs-at-strange-matter
Ryan’s Smashing Life: Great Scott Review 5/5/11
“With a bizarre and unique system of neon strip-lights, that stretched far from the stage and pulsed with each drum beat, RlBS demonstrated tonight that for a band to have a chance to really blow up they must go beyond simply addictive music. These days you must, like the light show, project so powerfully that your success seems inevitable. RIBS started their tour like this, this evening at Great Scott, and from here they’ll go far.”
Photo: Mark Jenko
LINK: http://www.rslblog.com/2011/05/ribs-at-great-scott.html
Weekly Dig RIBS Profile – May 2011
By Steve Church:
RIBS have never shied away from their comparisons. Likened by fans and critics to such hard line, atmospheric rock monsters as Nine Inch Nails, Deftones and Muse, the Boston quartet embraces these associations as both a testament to their established musicality and an indicator of form towards attracting new fans. And after earning Reddit.com’s top–voted music post of all time within a month of releasing 2010 EP British Brains, (amongst other accolades) it’s clear that RIBS is a band that can flourish beyond the similarities.
“We’re not one of those bands that are like, ‘Oh, you can’t compare us to anything,’”
says guitarist and lead vocalist Keith Freund. “I think that what we do is rock music that’s meant to give you chills—anything that goes from something soft to something loud in a short period of time. [With] bands like Deftones and NIN, I definitely see the comparison there.”
High school friends Freund and bassist Blake Fusilier formed the basis for RIBS, writing music in Atlanta together before attending college in Boston in 2005. The two spent their time shaping and experimenting with sound while actively searching out new members to round out the group, discovering drummer Chris Oquist and guitarist (and fellow Atlantian) Justin Tolan, in Boston’s metal scene. Freund and Fusilier found their potential bandmates’ interests extended far beyond those of your average metalheads:
“I met Justin, who was this shred guitar prodigy. I was hearing about him through a lot of rumors, and he was in Guitar Player magazine,” says Freund. “Then I found out that he was into a lot of the same stuff that I was in to—Muse, Radiohead, Aphex Twin. That piqued my interest.”
Oquist appealed to Freund and Fusilier in much the same way, telling them right off the bat that his favorite artists were Paul Simon and The Beatles. With influences ranging from metal to electronic to ‘60s pop and four incredibly talented musicians on board, RIBS had its final lineup by March 2009. The band set to work on their first EP, British Brains, a guitar-driven effort in industrial doom and gloom mixed and produced entirely by Freund. A year later, Freund posted the completed British Brains on Reddit.com, where its ratings skyrocketed and sold 600 copies in the first week. For their next record, RIBS tapered their mechanical appeal in place of a more dance-worthy post-punk on 2011’s Locrian Singles.
RIBS have now cracked the local rock scene, garnering praise across Boston for their complex songwriting and fiery live performances. They’re currently working on releasing their next EP, Russian Blood, expected later this year. In the meantime, it’s all about performing in new and innovative ways. Incorporating vibrant lighting displays with their music, RIBS have set a standard of performance for Boston acts, and they promise something special—though they’re keeping quiet—for their east coast tour kickoff before snaking their way south towards Atlanta. And they’re hoping to pick up some new fans along the way.
“Our live show makes use of a lot of different elements,” says Oquist. “It’s about trying to pull people out of the usual experience of a show and doing something that is more immersed in what the music is about. That’s sonically, lyrically and visually a lot in terms of a live performance.”
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When Work Is Sex
Posted in Academic Stuff, Activism, Conferences, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Feminism, Health, News and Politics, Politics, Work
Tagged Business, Capitalism, Feminism, gender, Politics, Sex, Sex Workers, Work
WHEN WORK IS SEX: BODIES, CHOICE AND CAPITALISM
See: http://www.xtalkproject.net/?p=1224
Radical Politics & Critical Perspectives for the Sex Worker Movement
17 December Conference 2015, London
Register Now – tickets on sale http://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-work-is-sex-bodies-choice-and-capitalism-conference-tickets-18706273969
Sex worker activism in the United Kingdom is once again gathering momentum and energy. From Twitter, to the streets of Soho and regular organising meetings, in student unions and universities, sex worker activists can be heard and our voices are strong. The recent decision by Amnesty International to include sex workers’ perspectives in their policy development has reflected a wider shift that sees the value and necessity of incorporating sex workers’ organisations in decision making about the sex industry. But we know that the demand for decriminalisation is just the beginning, not the end of the struggle to transform our industry. We also know that the growing strength of the sex worker movement is producing a number of conflicts and disparate perspectives on how to achieve radical change and transformation. Within our industry there are different experiences of migration, gender and race that impact our safety and ability to earn a living. We often face the paradox of wanting to critique our workplaces, bosses and work but end up having to defend ourselves from radical feminist representations of our experiences and the claim that we are victims in need of rescue. The energy and time it takes fighting to be heard means we often don’t have the space to focus on the very institution we want to bring down: that of capitalist work itself.
When Work is Sex: Bodies, Choice and Capitalism is an opportunity for sex workers, activists and academics who are interested in the politics of work and sex to come together to take stock of the sex worker movement and to consolidate and to strengthen the multiple campaigns, plans and struggles that are already in motion. It will also be a space to debate and discuss some of the different politics and perspectives that have developed in the sex worker movement. We are interesting in asking questions and debating what the goals and orientation of the sex worker rights movement should be. What should a union for sex workers look like? How useful (or limited) is the language of rights? What demands are being made and which should be being made? How can we ‘scale up’ our activities? How can we develop a more robust anti-capitalist orientation? The conference is open to those who are interested in where the sex worker led movement has come from, where it is going and how we can develop a more radical politics of sex work.
The conference is organised into three streams Bodies, Choice and Business. We would like to invite participation in the form of papers, panels and workshops framed around the following themes:
Bodies – How can we address questions and experiences of violence, safety and sexual violence? What does the politics of safe(r) spaces and victimhood mean within the sex worker movement? What are the connections between the criminalisation of (some) bodies and (some) violence? How can we develop a radical concept of autonomy and how could a feminist politics intersect with these concepts?
Choice – How do the discourses of choice, work and identity structure the politics of sex work. How can we approach the politics of consent and notions of freedom? How useful is the claim that sex work is ‘my choice’. What is the role of the entrepreneur in late capitalism and in the sex industry? How can we move beyond the claim for rights and towards a more radical anti-capitalist position?
Business – What are we selling? What are they buying? What does a politics of reproduction bring to the discussion of sex work? How does sex work organise gender and reproductive labour? How has migration changed the conditions of the sex industry? How can we understand our relations of exploitation and complicated class positions in the sex industry?
Submissions for conference papers, panels and workshops are due November 1st. Please send submissions to dec17conf@gmail.com with your name (or working name if you prefer), title, short (300 words max) description and any access or equipment needs you have.
This conference has been organised by the x:talk project and is supported by the Sex Worker Open University, SCOT-PEP and STRASS (France). Email dec17conf@gmail.com to add your organisation’s names to the list of supporters.
On December 17 – the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers we renew our commitment to solidarity. The majority of violence against sex workers is not just violence against sex works — it’s also violence against transwomen, against women of color, against drug users and against migrants. We cannot end the marginalization and victimization of sex workers without also fighting transphobia, racism, stigma and the criminalization of drug use.
First Published in http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/news/distributed/when-work-is-sex-dec-17-conference-call-for-participation
GUTS: Canadian Feminist Review
Posted in Activism, Call for Papers, Critical Theory, Feminism, Journals, Politics
Tagged Abortion, Feminism, Feminist Porn, gender, Guts, Monogamy, Online Dating, Politics, Rape, Rape Culture, Sex, Sex and Consumerism, Sex Work
GUTS: CANADIAN FEMINIST MAGAZINE
Next up? GUTS talks about sex in issue 3
Conceptions of bodies, sexuality, and desire have been rallying points for feminist activism, research, and advocacy in different historical moments. Looking back to the 1970s, advocates of the Canadian women’s movement made courageous and influential efforts to secure safe access to abortion clinics, to establish supportive women’s shelters and rape crisis centres, and to better understand women’s reproductive and sexual health. The effects of this movement on Canadian society are undeniable. Take, for example, the Abortion Caravan (1969-70), a national feminist protest that mobilized over 500 activists from all over the country to demand that the government amend its abortion policy. Although abortion was not removed from Canada’s criminal code until 1988, the Caravan brought women’s reproductive rights to the forefront of the country’s consciousness. Coinciding with the Western world’s sexual liberation movement, second wave feminism in Canada made space for conversations about women’s sexuality beyond the bedroom.
Despite clear advances made by early forms of feminist organizing and advocacy in Canada, female and queer bodies remain contested terrain in government social policy:provincially funded abortions are increasingly inaccessible, sex workers face anti-prostitution legislation, and women’s shelters, rape crisis centres, and women’s rights advocacy groups are invariably strapped for cash. All-too-frequent instances of sexual objectification of and violence against women today indicate that sex remains relevant to feminist analysis. And yet, despite the importance of sex to feminism in popular sex-positive discourses, women’s struggles are too often configured as isolated matters, rather than symptoms of a larger patriarchal structure.
For this issue, we set out to demystify sexuality while attending to the ways sexual liberation has evolved into a new brand of feminism that promotes sex as a means of achieving selfhood and financial independence. Pop-feminist discussions of sexuality are too often reduced to a crude consumerist notion of individuality, measured by one’s purchasing power and an ability to sleep with whomever one wants. Although sex positivism once provided a clear avenue toward instituting social and political change, its contemporary manifestation in today’s fabulous, independent, sexually liberated feminist icons only serves to conceal gendered and racialized forms of oppression that continue to inform our daily realities.
Our sex issue invites contributors to recover the politics of bodies, sexuality, and desire.
Potential topics for submissions might include:
Critiques of monogamy
Non-heteronormative sexuality and love
The romanticization of two-spirited sexuality
Polyamorous culture
Sex-work activism in Canada
The contemporary anti-porn movement
Feminist porn (does it exist?)
Rape culture, consent, and sexual violence
Violence against and the disappearance of Indigenous women
Online dating and post-physical relationships
Disability and sex
Beauty, consumerism, and self-marketing in a neoliberal economy
Erotic fanfiction and feminine forms of escape
GUTS accepts personal and journalistic essays; poetry and fiction; reviews of books, TV, music, and film; creative interviews and conversations. GUTS also accepts images and videos relevant to our theme.
Please submit a short proposal (150-300 words) describing your project no later than July 15, 2014 to submit@gutsmagazine.ca
Final submissions (500-4000 words) will be due on September 1, 2014.
For further information about the submission guidelines, please email us at submit@gutsmagazine.ca
GUTS: http://gutsmagazine.ca/
GUTS Call for Papers: http://gutsmagazine.ca/4502/call-submissions-issue-3/
Feminisms and Marxisms
Posted in Call for Papers, Conferences, Feminism, Historical Materialism, Marxism, Marxist Analysis, Marxist Theory, Political Economy
Tagged Call for Papers, Conferences, Feminism, Feminisms, Feminisms and Marxisms, gender, Historical Materialism, Marxism, Marxisms, Marxist Feminism, Marxist Theory, Political Economy, Queer, Queer Studies, Sex, Sex Work, Sexual Violence, sexuality
Feminisms and Marxisms: Connecting Struggles, Rethinking Limits
Call for Papers within the framework of the 10th Historical Materialism Conference, Making the World Working Class.
7-10 November 2013, London, SOAS.
Abstracts for papers and panels should uploaded to:
http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/conferences/annual10/submit
(Visit http://feminismsandmarxisms.wordpress.com/)
Our present poses enormous political and analytical challenges to those committed to the struggle against the oppression and exploitation of women. It demands the creation of spaces for the development of an oppositional culture able to confront new forms of domination, rethink its own assumptions and foster serious political responses. One year ago Historical Materialism launched a call for papers on Feminisms and Marxisms with the aim to provide a space for a dialogue between Feminist and Marxist critiques of capitalism in their various articulations. The response to the call went beyond our most optimistic expectations, demonstrating the vitality and wealth of new research inspired by Marxist-Feminist approaches.
This call aims to build on last year’s discussions, giving voice to a new generation of anti-capitalist feminists and continuing a collective reflection about how Feminisms and Marxisms can together contribute to criticising and transforming the present. At this year’s conference, we aim to think beyond the issue of the compatibilities or tensions between Feminism and Marxism as separate traditions, and explore the way in which they provide the tools to intervene in contemporary debates about labour, oppression and power. We also hope to foster new approaches to old debates, from social reproduction to patriarchy, and advance the understanding of the historic limits and contemporary potentials of Marxist-Feminist theorisations of capitalism.
We welcome papers that address (but are not confined to) the following themes:
Marxist-Feminism in the 21st century
Social Reproduction Feminism and Intersectionality Theory
The Political Economy of Sex Work and Sex Workers’ Struggles
Class/Gender Intersections: Masculinities, LGBTQ, Queer Studies and Trans Politics.
Homophobia and Heteronormativity
Gendered Labour Exploitation
Feminist and Marxist critiques of Racism and Islamophobia
Marxist Feminism and Materialist Feminism
Securitization and Carceral Detention
Theories of Sexuality, Bodies, Embodiment
Feminisms, Marxisms and Art Theory
Gender, International Migration and the Political Economy of Care
Feminist-Marxist Critique of Sexual Violence
Diaspora, Indigeneity, and Solidarity in Marxisms and Feminisms
Inclusive Theories of Class and Resistance
Marxist-Feminist critiques of historical and 21st-century fascism
Feminism and Autonomist Marxism: Understanding the legacy
Marxism and Feminist economics
We welcome and encourage people to submit panel proposals. When you do so, please send an abstract of the general theme of the panel together with the abstracts of the individual papers in the panel. For individual paper proposals, it is helpful, although it is not necessary, to indicate the theme (above) to which your paper could contribute. This will help us to compose the panels.
Cold Hands & Quarter Moon, ‘Stagnant’ at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLjxeHvvhJQ (live, at the Belle View pub, Bangor, north Wales); and at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkP_Mi5ideo (new remix, and new video, 2012)
Centre for the Study of Education and Work: Update 17th November 2012
Posted in Books, Centre for Education and Work, Critical and Radical Pedagogy, Critical Education, Economic History, Film, Higher Education, Marxism, News and Politics, Politics
Tagged Alain Badiou, Capitalist Crisis, Costas Lapavitsas, David Harvey, David McNally, Debtocracy, Die Linke, Education, Employment, Fil, Gerard Dumenil, Greek Crisis, Higher Education, Hugo Arias, Labour, Marketization, Markets, Marxism, Monsters of the Market, OISE, Race, Radical Cinema, Radical Fims, Selma James, Sex, social class, Toronto, Vampires, Work
FREE SCREENING OF “DEBTOCRACY”
7:30pm until 10:00pm
Centre of Gravity Circus Training Studios
1300 Gerrard Street East, Toronto
Event organized by: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Cinema.Politica.Danforth
“Debtocracy” (Greek: hreokratía) seeks the causes of the debt crisis and proposes solutions sidelined by the government and the dominant media.
Aris Chatzistefanou and Katerina Kitidi discuss with economists, journalists and intellectuals from all over the world, who describe the steps that led Greece to the current debt trap – to debtocracy. The documentary follows the course of countries like Ecuador, which created Audit Commissions, and tracks the similar process in Greece.
Debtocracy features the academics David Harvey, Samir Amin, Costas Lapavitsas and Gerard Dumenil; the philosopher Alain Badiou; the head of Ecuador’s Audit Commission Hugo Arias; the president of CADTM Eric Toussaint; journalists like Canadian Avi Lewis (co-creator of the documentary “The Take”) and Jean Quatremer; as well as public figures like Manolis Glezos and Sahra Wagenknecht (from the German party Die Linke).
To be followed by a panel discussion!
BOOK LAUNCH OF “MONSTERS OF THE MARKET: ZOMBIES, VAMPIRES AND GLOBAL CAPITALISM”
The Gladstone Hotel (in the Ballroom)
1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
A night to celebrate the launch (in paperback) of David McNally’s “Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism” and the book’s receipt of the 2012 Deutscher Prize. With MCs Faria Kamal and Alan Sears, remarks from Himani Bannerji and talk and short reading by David.
Drawing on folklore, literature and popular culture, this book links tales of monstrosity from England to recent vampire- and zombie-fables from sub-Saharan Africa, and it connects these to Marx’s persistent use of monster-metaphors in his descriptions of capitalism. Reading across these tales of the grotesque, McNally offers a novel account of the cultural economy of the global market-system.
BOOK LAUNCH & PUBLIC LECTURE – “SEX, RACE AND CLASS: THE PERSPECTIVE OF WINNING (A SELECTION OF WRITINGS 1952-2011)”
Monday Nov. 26
George Ignatieff Theatre
Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto
In 1972, Selma James set out a new political perspective. Her starting point was the millions of unwaged women who, working in the home and on the land, were not seen as “workers” and their struggles viewed as outside of the class struggle.
For James, the class struggle presents itself as the conflict between the reproduction and survival of the human race, and the domination of the market with its exploitation, wars, and ecological devastation. She sums up her strategy for change as “Invest in Caring not Killing.”
This selection, spanning almost six decades, traces the development of this perspective in the course of building an international campaigning network.
CANADIAN LABOUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: TORONTO
Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
Take in a series of labour-related films at CLiFF-Toronto, a film festival that seeks to tell the stories of workers (unionised and non-unionised) and those who seek justice on the job and dignity in their workplace. The festival is platform for stories that have been made into films, but cannot find an audience beyond the film makers’ own circle of influence.
The film We Are Wisconsin (http://wearewisconsinthefilm.com/) will be playing on Saturday, November 24.
Additional films are also being shown on Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2, 2012.
Download the program for a full list of films and for alternate locations: http://labourfilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TorontoProgram22OctB.pdf
Further details are available on the CLiFF website: http://labourfilms.ca/
TALK: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE NEW ATTACK ON CANADIAN UNIONS
Monday, Dec. 3
Ross Bldg., Room S674 (Verney Room)
York University, Toronto
With Andrew Jackson, Packer Chair for Social Justice, York University
Part of “Dispatches from the Global Labour Movement” series, sponsored by York University’s:
– The Centre for Research on Work and Society
– Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy
– Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Gender and Work
– Work and Labour Studies Program
– The Department of Political Science
– The Department of Social Science
CHORUS OF WARNINGS GROW: ‘SAY NO TO US AUSTERITY’
by Common Dreams staff
As President Obama and Washington lawmakers embarked on fiscal negotiations to address federal budget concerns and the impacts of a stubborn economic recovery, nearly 350 prominent economists, under the banner “Jobs, Not Austerity,” issued a statement warning that the “obsessive concern with cutting deficits that has infected both parties” is a serious threat to making sound economic policy decisions in Washington.
Read more: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/16-7
TOP LABOUR STORIES THIS WEEK: FROM EUROPE’S GENERAL STRIKE TO MIGRANT WORKERS’ PLIGHT IN CANADA
by Lori Theresa Waller, rabble.ca
It’s been a significant week for the labour movement worldwide, with an unprecedented multi-national general strike yesterday in Europe. So we feel like it’s an appropriate time for us to launch a new weekly feature, recapping the top stories from the labour movement. Each week top labour
stories will be compiled and summarized by our new labour reporter, Lori Theresa Waller. If you have a suggestion for next week’s list, contact lori@rabble.ca
Read more: http://rabble.ca/news/2012/11/labour-news-round-weeks-top-stories
VIDEO: LARRY ROUSSEAU AT OFL EQUITY CONFERENCE
by rabbleTV
Larry Rousseau speaks at Ontario Federation of Labour’s Equity Conference
9-11 November 2012.
Watch the video: http://rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2012/11/best-net/larry-rousseau-ofl-equity-conference
For more information, please visit http://ofl.ca/index.php/equity2012/ and http://psac-ncr.com
HOW CHICAGO TEACHERS GOT ORGANIZED TO STRIKE
by Labor Notes
The seven-day Chicago Teachers Union strike in September beat back a mayor bent on imposing very bad “education reforms.” But how? The win was possible because of years of patient organizing, focused on getting members to step up.
Read more: http://labornotes.org/2012/10/how-chicago-teachers-got-organized-strike
INTERNS, UNITE! (YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE – LITERALLY)
by Greig de Peuter, Nicole Cohen, Enda Brophy, Briarpatch Magazine If decent, full-time work is getting harder to come by, the same can’t be said for internships, whether unpaid or barely paid.
Unpaid interns frequently perform work that used to be done by entry-level paid staff, and are also denied access to labour protections and benefits extended to traditional workers. More importantly, few people can afford to work for free. If doing an unpaid internship persists as an obligatory rung on today’s shaky career ladder, the professions drawing on this system will be transformed to favour those from wealthier backgrounds. Beyond parents (not all of whom can remortgage to support their 22-year-old’s cashless gig in an expensive city), subsidies come from personal loans or part-time jobs. “Paying your dues” is a lazy cliché rather than an ethical argument for why it’s acceptable for young people to donate their labour. From street protests to online campaigns, the emerging intern activism is one part of the wider effort by fresh actors to reformat labour politics for precarious times.
Read the full story here: http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/interns-unite-you-have-nothing-to-lose-literally
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Glenn Rikowski’s MySpace Blog: http://www.myspace.com/glennrikowski/blog
Glenn Rikowski’s paper, Critical Pedagogy and the Constitution of Capitalist Society has been published at Heathwood Press as a Monthly Guest Article for September 2012, online at:
http://www.heathwoodpress.com/monthly-guest-article-august-critical-pedagogy-and-the-constitution-of-capitalist-society-by-glenn-rikowski/
Heathwood Press: http://www.heathwoodpress.com
The Individuality Pr♥test: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/transcontinental/the-individuality-prtest
I Love Transcontinental: http://ihearttranscontinental.blogspot.co.uk/
Posted in Conferences, Feminism, Marxism, Marxist Analysis, Marxist Theory
Tagged Feminism, Feminism and Marxism, Feminisms and Marxisms, Feminist Theory, gender, Gender and Marxism, Helen Colley, Historical Materialism, Intersectionality, Karl Marx, Marx, Marxism, Marxism and Education, Marxist Feminism, Marxist Theory, Queer Studies, Race and Gender, Sara Carpenter, Sex, Sex Industry, Sex Work, Shahrzad Mojab, Social Reproduction
Sara Carpenter and Shahrzad Mojab
Call for Papers: In the framework of the 9th Historical Materialism Conference, ‘Weighs like A Nightmare’, SOAS, Central London, 8-11 November 2012
A new generation of anti-capitalist feminists has emerged in the last years across the world. Although not without tensions and disagreements, these new feminist currents have been in constant dialogue with different traditions of Marxism and the Marxist critique of political economy in areas ranging from social science, philosophy to art history. With the aim of providing a space for this dialogue, the 9th Historical Materialism conference inLondonwelcomes presentations exploring the synergies between the feminist and the Marxist critiques of capitalism in their various articulations.
Paper proposals (between 200 and 300 words) should be submitted by registering at: http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/conferences BEFORE 10 May 2012. Submissions will be peer reviewed. Please be aware that the conference is self-funded therefore we are unable to help with travel and accommodation costs.
Themes of particular interest for the conference include:
Marxist and Socialist feminism in the 21st century
The critique of the political economy of sex work
Autonomia and Feminism: A legacy?
Intersectionality theory and Marxism
Feminist and Marxist critiques of liberal feminism
Queer studies, LGBTQ and Marxism
Feminist and Marxist critiques of gendered labour exploitation
The political economy of gender and carceral detention
Feminism, Marxism and art theory
Women’s collectives and the contemporary art world
Feminist, Marxism and the visual cultures of globalisation
Gendered international migrations
Commodification of care
Social reproduction
Please note that the following donations are requested in support of conference costs:
£50 waged/15 unwaged on pre-registration
£75 waged / 25 unwaged at the door
Petrocultures
Posted in Academic Stuff, Call for Papers, Conferences
Tagged Allan Stoekl, Call for Papers, Conferences, Cultural studies, Culture, Drugs, Energy, Health, Imre Szeman, Oil, Petrocultures, Politics, Sex, Sheena Wilson, Ursula Biemann, Video Art
Call for Papers, Panels and/or Workshop Proposals
Petrocultures: Oil, Energy, Culture
University of Alberta: September 6, 7th and 8th, 2012
The “Petrocultures: Oil, Energy, Culture” conference will take place on September 6, 7th and 8th, 2012, at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada). Keynote speakers include Allan Stoekl (Penn State University), Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) and Ursula Biemann (video artist, Switzerland).
Petrocultures will bring together scholars, writers, filmmakers and artists from around the world who are engaged in an exploration of the social and cultural dimensions and impacts of oil and energy. The conference will examine and (re)assess how energy has been and remains an intrinsic part of socio-political life and cultural productivity, with a focus on two areas of research:
1) How does our understanding of socio-cultural objects, events and phenomena change if we frame an analysis of them explicitly in relation to oil (and energy more generally)? What insights would we gain across the disciplines from such a theoretical/methodological maneuver? For instance, what might happen if we frame cultural and intellectual periods (as we do in the study of literature) not in terms of movements (e.g., modernism), nations (British modernism), or centuries (18th, 19th, 20th…), but in relation to dominant forms of energy at any given moment?
2) How do energy resources that fuel the exploitation of the environment impact not only everyday life but also the form and content of its representation? What is the potential of these cultural representations produced through multiple technologies of publication and artistic/communicative production (e.g., art, film, literature), to rupture and/or change the ways in which we live with and relate to oil?
We invite papers, panels and workshop proposals that take up the above questions as well as contributions that address any of the wide range of topics related to petrocultures:
● labour in petrocultures (influx of temporary foreign workers, transient labour forces, the rights or lack thereof of labour, etc.)
● the composition of communities in historical and contemporary oil economies
● education in energy societies
● health (sex, drugs, addiction)
● the intersection of cultural and environmental issues (resource management, water and oil, etc.)
● Aboriginal cultures and societies (land and mineral rights, community safety, race in petrocultures, etc.)
● gender issues and women’s rights in male dominated labour markets
● politics and social-political life in petro-states
● and the impacts of all of these issues on forms of cultural production (art, literature, film, etc.) that attempt to represent and address the socio-cultural realities of living alongside oil technologies.
Papers will be accepted based on the merit of the proposed study, originality of approach, and fit with the aims and theme of the conference. Graduate students are especially encouraged to apply. Please indicate when you submit your abstract whether you are interested in also participating (at your own cost) in a three day excursion on (September 9th- 11th) to Northern Alberta to tour the oil/tar sands. A selection of papers and presentations from the 2012 conference will be published in an edited collection on Petrocultures by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Deadline for submission: October 15, 2011. Decisions will be announced by December 1st, 2011.
Please send all proposals to: petrocultures@gmail.com (c/o Imre Szeman and Sheena Wilson)
Types of submissions:
· 15-20 minute individual presentation: conference paper.
· 45-60 minute panel/roundtable (3-4 presenters).
· 90-minute workshop (hands-on learning, interactive): Interactive sessions that encourage participant involvement.
These workshops can be focused on generating discussion and recording ideas on specific subjects and themes. These workshops can also encourage creative responses to oil and energy (e.g., through a writing workshop, a visual arts workshop etc.)
Propose an individual paper: Please send a 250 word abstract and a 100 word biography, as well as your contact information
Propose a panel: Please send a 250 word abstract for the panel, with a descriptive title for each presentation, and a 50 word bio and contact information for all members of the panel. When submitting the proposal, please copy it to all panel-participants to facilitate future correspondences.
Propose a workshop: The Petrocultures conference will be the ideal venue for exploring theoretical and practical approaches to oil and energy in culture. If you would like to lead a workshop session either independently or with other presenters, please submit a 250 word abstract for the workshop, with a 100 word bio for all workshop leaders.
Petrocultures is supported through funding from the Kule Institute for Advanced Study (UniversityofAlberta), Campus Saint Jean (UniversityofAlberta) and the Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies.
Borderlands E-Journal – Volume 9 Number 3 (2010)
Posted in Academic Stuff, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Journals, New Media
Tagged Aaron Goodfellow, Borderlands, Borderlands E-Journal, Crusades, Cultural studies, Danish Cartoons, Deepak Mehta, E-Journals, Eric Fassin, Gay, Guy Lancaster, Human Nature, Human Rights, Images, Islam, Jacques Derrida, Levinas, Muslims, Naveeda Khan, New Media, Politics, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Sex, sexuality, Sociology, Stupidity, Sufi Baba, The Human, Veena Das
Special Issue on:
Religion & Sexuality
Editor: Aaron Goodfellow
http://www.borderlands.net.au/issues/vol9no3.html
Aaron Goodfellow
Religion/Sexuality: Politics/Affects
Veena Das
Sexuality, Vulnerability, and the Oddness of the Human: Lessons from the Mahabharata
Naveeda Khan
Images That Come Unbidden: Some thoughts on the Danish cartoons controversy
Éric Fassin
Celibate Priests, Continent Homosexuals: What the exclusion of gay (and gay-friendly) men from priesthood reveals about the political nature of the Roman Catholic Church
Deepak Mehta
Self-Dissolution, Politics and the Work of Affect: The life and death of Sufi Baba
Bhrigupati Singh
Asceticism and Eroticism in Gandhi, Thoreau and Nietzsche: An essay in geo-philosophy
François-David Sebbah
Erotic Face and Ethical Face After Levinas
Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel
A Human Right to Stupidity
(Jacques Derrida, The Beast and the Sovereign Volume 1, trans. Geoffrey Bennington, Chicago and London: Chicago University Press, 2009.)
Vineeth Mathoor
(Anouar Majid, We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and Other Minorities, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.)
Guy Lancaster
Promoting Conflict or Peace through Identity
Diminishing Returns? Feminist Engagements with the Return to ‘The Commons’
Posted in Academic Stuff, Communism, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Feminism, Law, Marxism, Marxist Theory, Meetings, Politics, Postmodernism
Tagged Antonio Negri, Biopolitics, Brenna Bhandar, Commons, Commonwealth, Commune, Communism, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Diminishing Returns, Donatella Alessandrini, Feminism, Feminist Meetings, Feminist Philosophy, Feminist Politics, Garrett Hardin, gender, Hardt and Negri, Kent Law School Workshop, Law and Gender, Marxism, Marxism and Feminism, Marxist Feminism, Michael Hardt, Negri, New Feminism, Nina Power, Philosophy, Politics, Post-Feminism, Postmodern Feminism, Postmodernism, Radhika Desai, Radical Feminism, Return to 'The Commons', Rosemary Coombe, Sex, sexuality, Slavoj Zizek, Spinoza, The Commons, The State, Thomas Hobbes, Tragedy of the Commons
An international workshop hosted by the Kent Centre for Law, Gender, and Sexuality and Kent Law School
Kent Law School
Canterbury, UK*
With presentations by:
Rosemary Coombe (York University, Canada)
Radhika Desai (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Denise Ferreira da Silva (Queen Mary, UK)
Nina Power (Roehampton, UK)
Discussed by:
Donatella Alessandrini (Kent, UK)
Brenna Bhandar (Kent, UK)
The day will consist of two sessions, broken up with a light lunch (provided) and followed by dinner (not provided). Please join us for part or all of the day. More information about the theme of the workshop can be found below.
The event is free but spaces are limited. To book a spot please register by emailing Stacy Douglas at: S.M.Douglas@kent.ac.uk before 1 March 2011.
*There are some funds available for postgraduate students who wish to travel to Kent for the workshop. If you are interested please email Stacy Douglas at S.M.Douglas@kent.ac.uk with a brief case for support as well as an estimated cost for your train travel. Information about traveling to Kent can be found here.
Garrett Hardin’s now infamous essay “Tragedy of the Commons” (1968) stands as a Hobbesian analogy for what he claims are the inherent destructive capacities of human beings that perpetually stand in the way of realizing a free community of individuals with shared resources. Hardin’s essay suggests that, when faced with the responsibility of sharing the commons, individual human self-interest – or fear of it – will win out over practices of collectivity, sharing, and mutual aid.
More recently, there has been a resurgence in political theory and political philosophy in addressing the concept of “the commons”. Some of the most popularly cited references to the idea can be found in the work of Slavoj Žižek (2009) and Hardt and Negri (2009). This work has further been expounded upon in international conferences devoted to the “Idea of Communism” in London (2009) and Berlin (2010). Steeped in the philosophy of Spinoza, Hardt and Negri use a notion of the common that “…does not position humanity separate from nature, as either its exploiter or its custodian, but focuses rather on the practices of interaction, care, and cohabitation in a common world, promoting the beneficial and limiting and detrimental forms of the common” (2009). For Žižek, the commons is comprised of culture (“primarily language, our means of communication and education, but also shared infrastructure such as public transport, electricity, post, etc…”), external nature (“from oil to forests and the natural habitat itself”), and internal nature (“the biogenetic inheritance of humanity”), and are all increasingly enclosed by the forces of global capital. It is the process of our exclusion from these commons (“our own substance”) that Žižek argues should effectively proletarianize us into fighting for something more than capitalist liberal democracy – a system whose laissez-faire violence is justified through the empty gesture of “universal inclusion” without any material bite. Žižek’s answer to this political conundrum is a call for communism.
And yet, the past century has seen vast and varied critical feminist engagements with historically changing concepts of communism and “the commons”. Struggles for universal suffrage, critiques of universality, denouncements of the hollowing out of the welfare state as a result of neoliberalisation, and challenges to the concept of the human, are all examples of a rich and diverse feminist tradition of engagement with the concept of “the commons”. Given the popular return to the idea of the commons, what more does feminist analysis have to give to this conversation? Does the concept still have potential for future feminist projects? If so, what is this potential and what do these projects look like? How do they resonate – or not – with those of the past? Further, given the broader theme of the workshop series, what role – if any – does the “the state” play in these imaginings?
The Kent Centre for Law, Gender, and Sexuality (KCLGS) and Kent Law School invite you to participate in a workshop exploring the contemporary feminist work of Rosemary Coombe, Radhika Desai, Denise Ferreira da Silva, and Nina Power as it resonates or clashes with these questions. For more information or to register, email S.M.Douglas@kent.ac.uk or visit www.kent.ac.uk/law/kentclgs/.
International Socialism Journal Issue 129
January 6, 2011 – 11:23 pm
Posted in Activism, Crisis, Economic History, Journals, Marxism, Marxist Analysis, Marxist Theory, News and Politics, Politics, Schools
Tagged Adrian Budd, Alex Callinicos, Antonio Gramsci, Capitalism, Capitalist Crisis, Crisis, Economic Crisis, Education, Gareth Dale, Grace Lally, Higher Education, Higher Education Cuts, History, Intellectual Weapons, International Socialism Journal, Jack Farmer, John Newsinger, John Rose, Joseph Choonara, Marxism, Marxism and Disability, Marxist Theory, Megan Trudell, New Labour, Paul Blackledge, Police, Police Killings, Politics, Revolution, Revolutionary politics, Roddy Slorach, School History, Schools, Sex, Sex Trade, Sex Work, Simon Behrman, Socialism, Socialist Workers Party, Student debt, Student Protest, Students, Subversion, Suzanne Jeffrey, Tea Party, The Student Revolt, Tony Cliff, University Fees, Xanthe Whittaker, Yuri Prsad
Socialism and Hope
http://www.isj.org.uk/
The student revolt and the crisis
Mad as hatters? The Tea Party movement in the US
Megan Trudell
Police killings and the law
Simon Behrman
Labourism and socialism: Ralph Miliband’s Marxism
Paul Blackledge
True crime stories: some New Labour memoirs
John Newsinger
Marxism and disability
Roddy Slorach
Decoding capitalism
Joseph Choonara
What’s wrong with school history?
Andrew Stone
Why we should be sceptical of climate sceptics
Suzanne Jeffery
Tony Cliff’s Lenin and the Russian Revolution
John Rose
Sex work: a rejoinder
Gareth Dale and Xanthe Whittaker
Discussing the alternatives
Grace Lally
Yuri Prasad
Revolution rewritten
Jack Farmer
Analysing honour
Mark Harvey
Globalising Gramsci
Adrian Budd
Intellectual weapons
Alex Callinicos
Pick of the quarter
This quarter’s selection
Centre for the Study of Education and Work – Update 3rd January 2011
Posted in Activism, Centre for Education and Work, Conferences, Education, Education Activism, Employment and Unemployment, Film, Higher Education, Industrial Action, Libraries and Information, Meetings, News and Politics, Politics
Tagged Action Research, Activism, Alec Levenson, Austerity, Budget Cuts, Calling Time on Capitalism, Capitalism, Centre for the Study of Education and Work, Ecoliberalism, Economy, Education, Emily van der Meulen, Employment, Equality, Film, Human capital, Ish Theilheimer, John Steinbeck, Jordy Cummings, Labor Histiry, Labour Activism, Labour History, Lbour, Libraries, Library Cuts, OISE, Ontario, Ontario University Libraries, Ontario University Library Cuts, Pensions, Peter Langille, Politics, Poverty, Richard Wolff, Sex, Sex Industry, Sex Work, Sex Work Research, Skills, Social Economy, Socialism, Toronto, Unemployment, University Libraries, Why We Fight, Work, Working Class Movement
SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE 2010-2011 WORKSHOP SERIES
January: Marketing in Non-Profit and other Social Purpose Organizations with Sharon Wood and Trish Krauss, The Belmont Group
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Room 5-240
252 Bloor Street West, Toronto (St. George subway station)
Cost: $140 + HST. Each additional participant from the same organization will receive a $15 discount, as will those who register for more than one workshop. Student rate available.
Refreshments, coffee & tea served, but lunch not provided.
To Register: Access the online registration form at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FY65KMM, or contact Lisa White at secworkshops@gmail.com, or 416-978-0022
FREE SCREENING OF ‘WHY WE FIGHT’
Centre of Gravity
1300 Gerrard St. East, Toronto
You are invited to a free screening of the film, ‘Why We Fight’ – which deals with the concept and escalation of the ‘military-industrial complex,’ generally, and that phenomenon in the U.S. more particularly.
Helping us through discussions of issues associated with this film will be Dr. Peter Langille, PhD in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford, Advisor to the UN and other governments about issues of international peacekeeping. Dr. Langille also has authored several books, including Changing the Guard: Canada’s Defence in a World in Transition.
CONFERENCE – BUILDING THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT
Ryerson Student Centre – Oakham House
63 Gould Street, Toronto
The Labour Committee of the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly (GTWA) is organizing a conference where activists can come together to talk about the attacks on the working-class in every dimension of our lives, reframe the public discussion and launch a united activist network of workers from all sectors, unions and precarious workers, new immigrants and non-unionized workers to mobilize a new kind of working class movement.
The conference is a chance to come together to build the fight-back we’ve all been waiting for, but which will never happen unless we make it happen. We need a new kind of fighting working-class movement – a movement that builds across workplaces, communities and unions and the non-unionized majority of the working class.
Registrations are now open! Please visit our website for more details and to register: http://www.workersassembly.ca/callout2011.
SEMINAR – COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SEX WORK RESEARCH
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
208N – North House, Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place, University of Toronto
Speaker: Emily van der Meulen (Lupina Post-Doctoral Fellow)
Sponsored by Comparative Program on Health and Society
Register online at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9330
WORKSHOP – PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH USING A SOCIAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS [SAS2] APPROACH
80 Hayden Street (Bloor and Yonge Streets)
Carleton University and PWRDF are pleased to offer a SAS2 Introductory Workshop.
In the workshop you can expect:
* Three days of hands-on learning using Participatory Action Research
* Tools for group-based inquiry and problem-solving
* Time to work on issues and problems that matter to you
* A chance to appreciate and acquire the skills to adapt SAS2 to your context
* Engaging and fun approaches designed to make SAS2 easy to grasp, and even easier to use.
For more information on the workshop click here: http://sas2dialogue.com/SAS2training.html
For information on the SAS2 approach to Participatory Action Research see: http://sas2.net
2011: CALLING TIME ON CAPITALISM
by Richard Wolff, guardian.co.uk
Recent decades have seen a massive redistribution of wealth, imposing the cost of successive crises on the poorest. Enough!
Read more: http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/83-83/4461-2011-calling-time-on-capitalism
EQUALITY, A TRUE SOUL FOOD
by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times
John Steinbeck observed that “a sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.”
That insight, now confirmed by epidemiological studies, is worth bearing in mind at a time of such polarizing inequality that the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans possess a greater collective net worth than the bottom 90 percent.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/opinion/02kristof.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
NEW PENSION PLAN JUST ANOTHER LUMP OF COAL
by Ish Theilheimer, Straight Goods
Canada is facing a crisis of seniors’ poverty as millions of Baby Boomers retire from, get forced out of, or simply lose their work. Most privately employed and self-employed Canadians don’t have pensions or adequate savings to retire in security. Adding to the number of seniors in poverty, pensioners from companies like Mitel have seen their pension plans consumed as their companies folded, leaving them with nothing but public benefits.
Read more: http://www.straightgoods.ca/2010/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=1071&Cookies=yes
ONTARIO ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERE BUDGET CUTS
Ontario’s university libraries appear to be bearing a sizeable share of the cuts as universities grapple with budget cutbacks. A new report, based on a questionnaire sent to Ontario’s academic librarians, describes widespread staffing reductions, neglect of library collections, and delays in technology investments.
“Ontario’s academic librarians are at the forefront of supporting students and faculty in their research and teaching, tending to extensive collections, and introducing new technology advances to keep up with the demands of the digital world,” said Constance Adamson, an academic librarian at Queen’s University and vice-president of Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA).
Read more: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2010/06/c2731.html
LOOKING INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL: 2011 PREDICTIONS FROM THE CCPA
by rabble.ca
Happy new year rabble readers! As we round out another decade, thoughts turn to the future, and our partners at the The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have weighed in on the issues facing Canada in the years ahead. They flag the economy, social unrest, drift, democracy, dirty oil and corporate Canada as things to watch in 2011 and beyond.
Read more: http://rabble.ca/news/2011/01/looking-crystal-ball-2011-predictions-ccpa
PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS AND THE CONSULTATIONS FOR AUSTERITY
by Jordy Cummings and Patrick D. LeGay, The Bullet
Nearly six months have gone since the G20 Summit in Toronto when we supposedly entered what some have referred to as “permanent austerity” – the “new normal” of capitalist social relations. Whilst using the significant resources of the state to inject liquidity into markets and ensure corporate and banking profits, ruling classes simultaneously are cutting public services across the board, imposing user fees and letting public transit rot, and, in the specific case at hand, kicking labour’s ass while convincing the public bureaucracy that there is no alternative.
ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLES
Changing the Climate: Ecoliberalism, Green New Dealism, and the Struggle Over Green Jobs in Canada
James Patrick Nugent
Labor Studies Journal published 28 December 2010
http://lsj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0160449X10392528v1
“The Very Model of Modern Urban Decay”: Outsiders’ Narratives of Industry and Urban Decline in Gary, Indiana
S. Paul O’Hara
Journal of Urban History published 30 December 2010
http://juh.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0096144210391613v1
The Connection Between Latino Ethnic Identity and Adult Experiences
Vasti Torres, Sylvia Martinez, Lisa D. Wallace, Christianne I. Medrano,
Andrea L. Robledo, and Ebelia Hernandez
Adult Education Quarterly published 29 December 2010
http://aeq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0741713610392765v1
Occupations, Human Capital and Skills
Alec Levenson and Cindy Zoghi
Journal of Labor Research
Volume 31, Number 4, 365-386
http://www.springerlink.com/content/74h65v565218v535/
Our major project is APCOL: Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning. This five-year project (2009-2013), funded by SSHRC-CURA, brings academics and activists together in a collaborative effort to evaluate how organizations approach issues and campaigns and use popular education.
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Home » Faculty » Jaymes Vettraino
Jaymes Vettraino
Assistant Professor of Business
Director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship
School of Business and Professional Studies
Muirhead 110
jvettraino@rc.edu
M.B.A., Lehigh University
B.A., Michigan State University
“Oakland County’s Elite 40 Under 40 Class of 2015” – Oakland County, Michigan
“Outstanding Service Award” – Michigan Municipal League, 2013
“Award of Distinction” – MBA Program Cross Core Project, Lehigh University
“Commencement Speaker” – College of Social Science Class of 1997, Michigan State University
“Voice of the People Award of Excellence” – International City/County Management Association
“Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting” – Government Financial Officers Association
“Best-Performing Community” – Southeast Michigan Council of Government (SEMCOG)
“Award of Excellence – Main Street Makeover Project” – Michigan Concrete Association
“Governor’s Award for Local Government Excellence – Information Technology” – State of Pennsylvania
Jaymes is married to Lynne Vettraino and they have two children, Lia and J.J. Prior to moving to Rochester, to become the community’s city manager in 2008, Jaymes was the city manager of Kutztown, a great college-town in southeast Pennsylvania, prior to that he was the manager of Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, a beautifully quaint town near the Poconos. While in Pennsylvania he was also an Adjunct Professor at Alvernia College and was a varsity high school tennis coach. After serving as an adjunct at Rochester College, Jaymes left his position with the city to serve the college full-time during the summer of 2015. He is most excited to help students explore their servant leader passion and to make connections between the students’ passion and community organizations and employers.
National League of Cities
American Public Power Association
Federal Communication Commission
Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate (testimony)
Michigan Local Government Management Association
Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania Utility Commission (testimony)
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Officials
National Fiber to the Home Council
National Exchange Carrier Association
Pennsylvania Municipal Electric Association
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’Hawks battle the elements
By Cameron Schwarz April 13, 2016 The No. 2 nationally ranked men’s track and field team opened up the outdoor season finishing in first out of five teams as they hosted the Rex Foster Invitational. After placing second at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, the team said it has lofty go...
Tags: Cameron Schwarz, Candice Wayne, KJ Klingbeil, Rex Foster Invitational, UW-Whitewater men's and wmen', ’Hawks battle the elements
Next stop: Grinnel, Iowa
By Emily Leclair March 9, 2016 Seven members of the UW-Whitewater men’s and women’s track and field team qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division-III Indoor Track and Field Championships last weekend. They became eligible to the championships by competing in back-to-back meets at the UW-Plattevill...
Tags: Candice Wayne, CJ Klingbeil, Emily Leclair, Iowa, Next stop: Grinnel, UW-Whitewater men's and women's track and field
Warhawks take third
By Kyle Weaver March 2, 2016 The No. 3-ranked UW-Whitewater men’s track team overcame a slow start to tie for third place in the WIAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 26 and 27. The women’s team took seventh out of eight teams with a total score of 50.50. No. 5-ranked UW-La Crosse won its fourth- ...
Tags: Candice Wayne, Kyle Weaver, Meredith Heller, Morgan McCuen, UW-Whitewater men's and women's track and field, Warhawks take third
Second is the best for UW-W
Feb. 3, 2016 By Adam Reed The UW-Whitewater track and field team was back in action on Jan. 29 and 30 at home at the Kachel Fieldhouse. Both the men’s and women’s teams earned second-place finishes. After finishing the last two events in third place, the women’s team came up just short of the ...
Tags: Adam Reed, Amanda Strupp, Candice Wayne, UW-Whitewater track and field
Second place wins the race
Feb. 4, 2015 By Kali Schmieding The UW-Whitewater men’s and women’s track and field teams both placed second last weekend at the meets that took place in the Kachel Fieldhouse. Men’s Track & Field On Jan. 30, the men’s team placed second out of nine while hosting the Leonard “Squ...
Tags: Brooke Linse, Candice Wayne, Cody Speaker, Dawson Miller, Jared Denu, kali schmieding, Megan Linse, Mike Cournia, Robert Starnes, Shelby Mahr, Theron Baumann, UW-Whitewater track and field
Men’s and Women’s Track and Field: Warhawks showcase talent in opening meets
Jan. 29 By Justin St. Peter The men and women’s track teams have high hopes for the 2014 indoor track season. A preseason ranking of third and eighth, respectively, reinforces those hopes and has many track and field coaches across the country taking notice. Coach Mike Johnson said...
Tags: Alex Sharrock, Amanda Brom, Amy Kahl, Anthony Urbanski, Aurora College, Ben Watson, Beth Dreikosen, Bryce Davis, Bryce Rudebeck, Candice Wayne, Corey Broussard, Cory Zaeske, Dawson Miller, Dylan Crafton, Eric Baber, Jan 29, Jared Denu, Jenni Rathsack, Justin St. Peter, Kachel Fieldhouse, Karl Schlender Invitational, Kaylee Raucci, Kent Miehe, Kevin Buntman, Lauren Mosher, Lexie Sondgeroth, Marcus Smith, Megan Buse, Megan Linse, Melanie Pilon, Mike Johnson, Mike Judd, Moriarty Brown-Griffin, NAIA vs. NCAA Challenge, Olivet Nazarene University, Ryan Adamski, Scott Wolter, Shelby Mahr, UW-Whitewater men's track and field, UW-Whitewater women's track and field, Warhawk Classic, Zach Stockheimer
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Aegean Islands Greek Wine
Eastern Aegean Islands and Greek Wines
The Aegean is spread out to the east of mainland of Greece and the coast of Turkey and is filled with countless islands. Vines have been cultivated on these islands and wine made for at least 6,000 years and the sweet, luxuriant wines of Limnos, Lesbos, Chios, and Samos are legendary. Each island has its own microclimate and soil structure which ensure wines of an individual character undulating hills rising to 450 metres (1,476 feet) and valleys in which the wine-growing and agriculture is concentrated. This white Limnos wine is yellow- green in colour with a very fruity nose of fresh Muscat grapes. The taste is fulsome and rounded. Drinking temperature for this Greek wine is 10-12°C (50-53.6°F). Several acceptable red wines are also made on the island of Limnio grapes.
Belgian Wines and Regions
Belgium Wine
Belgium already had a wine industry about a hundred years or so ago. After a long period of neglect Belgium has seen a significant re-emergence of wine-making in recent years. A wine culture has re-established a place of honor once more in a nation of beer drinkers. Only the cultivation of grapes in the open air is dealt with in this book, not the growing of grapes under glass.
Hageland Appellation Contrôlée
The Belgians have succeeded in gaining their own appellation d’origine contrôlée (AC) for Hageland, which is an area within the triangle formed by Louvain-Diest-Tienen in the Belgian province of Brabant. Vines were being cultivated here in the twelfth century, and possibly earlier. The area flourished in its heydays during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and there was still an active trade with neighboring Flanders and Holland in the sixteenth century.
Brazilian Wines
Baschet Wine
Brazil is still a relatively unknown wine-growing area and Brazilian wines are seldom encountered, yet despite this Brazil does produce good wines.
Brazilian wine-growing dates back to the sixteenth century when Don Martin Afonso de Souza, envoy of the Portuguese king, Don Juan III, planted the first vines at Santos El Baballero Bras Cubas. These vines had been brought from the island of Madeira.
The Portuguese also took vines to the north-east of Brazil and sold the wine to the Dutch who controlled that territory at the time. The arrival of Portuguese wine-growers from the Azores in the eighteenth century briefly created a new impetus in the Brazilian wine industry. Because the European varieties were too susceptible to disease, the Brazilians chose North American grapes such as Alexander, Isabella, Catawba, Concord, and Delaware which are all varieties of Vitis labrus. The results of these experiments were not uniformly successful and the arrival of German, Italian, and French immigrants in Brazil brought both better knowledge and vines.
Brazil has three large wine-growing regions: Rio Grande del Sur, Nordeste, and Vale de Sao Francisco. Many of the grapes are still grown as dessert grapes that can be harvested three times each year because of the favourable climate. Slightly less than half of the grapes are destined for wine production.
Only about 20 percent of Brazil's vines are of the better Vilis vinifera varieties, while the others are hybrids and North American varieties, which are used for industrial wine. Acceptable to very good wines are made from Vitis vinifera varieties such as Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay, Pinot Noir, Barbera, Riesling Italico, Chardonnay, Moscato, Semillon, Trebbiano, and Sauvignon Blanc. Brazil's potential as a wineproducing country can be shown by the many foreign companies investing in the industry like Moét et Chandon, Mumm, Remy Martin, Martini & Rosso, Domecq, and Seagram. Increasing numbers of Japanese companies are also entering the fray. It is clear that Brazil will soon become one of the major South American wine producers.
Wine quality is getting better year by year. The control of hygiene and grape quality has been increased and the present wines are remarkably pleasing.
Direct Wine
Wine & Country
A new era is just beginning for Brazilian wine. For those who wish to try Brazilian wine for themselves the Vinicola Miolo of Vale dos Vinhedos at Porto Alegre can certainly be recommended. It is probably Brazil's best wine at the present time.
Cabernet Sauvignon Grapes
One of the word's most popular black grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon's deep colour, blackcurrant aroma and flavour is the backbone of many is the backbone of many full-bodid red wines.
An international traveller, successful in many parts of the world, Cabernet Sauvignon is easy to grow and just loves warm, free-draining soils. It reaches great heiths in Bordeaux's Haut-Médoc, as well as in the Napa Valley, Australia, Chile, Argentina, and South Africa.
Vitange Wine
The general wine-making method in Beaujolais is carbonic maceration. The Gamay grapes are tipped into lare vats of timber, concrete or stain less steel as soon as possible after they are picked.
The entire bunch including stems is left intact. The weight of the grapes themselves gently presses the grapes at the bottom and the juice from these (10-30% of the total volume) begins to ferment slowly. The sugars in the juice are converted to alcohol and carbon dioxide th ro ugh fermentation. The pressure of carbon dioxide increases and forces the 'cap' or grapes upwards. The soaking in carbonic acid gas causes the alcohol to break down natural colourants and tannin and these are absorbed in the subsequent fermentation.
burgundy WINE *** french WINE
The pressure of carbonic acid gas is highest at the top of the vat and the pressure causes metabolism within the grapes. These start to ferment internally, with alcohol being produced and the level of malic acid significantly reduced. Just as important though and a characteristic of this method of wine-making is that the presence of oxygen ensures the retention of o utstanding fruitiness in the aroma and taste. After the carbonic acid has soaked the grapes in a process that takes four to ten days, depending on the type of wine to be produced, the naturally pressed juice or 'vin de goutte' is drawn off. The remaining grape matter is then pressed gently and added to the initial tapping. Some cuvées may make wine consisting solely of the initially tapped natural pressing and these wines can usually be spotted by their 'heavenly' names on the label of 'Paradis'as the French call this sweet, very fruity, and aromatic french wine.
Wine Wines
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When this initial fermentation is completed a second fermentation occurs in which the harsh malic acids are converted to more gentle lactic acid. The young french wine is then ready to drink at once as Beaujolais Nouveau or undergoes further handling to become Beaujolais, Beaujola is Villages, or Crus du Beaujolais.
Carmignano DOCG from Toscane
CARMIGNANO DOCG TOSCANE WINE
This Italian wine was once part of the top Chiantis. After many years of relentless lobbying and continuing above all to make excellent Italian wine, the inhabitants of the small town of Carmignano managed first to see their pampered child elevated to its own DOC in 1975 and then eventually in 1990 to join the elite ranks of DOCG wines. The charm of this famous wine is probably created by the combination of the noble French Cabernet grapes and the mischievous and unruly Italian grapes.
Casteller DOC
These are reds and roses from Schiava grapes, possible supplemented to a maximum 20% with some Lambrusco, Merlot, Lagrein, or Teroldego.
These wines are either ruby red or pink, very light in texture, and extremely mellow in taste. They are available as dry (Asciutto) or slightly sweet to sweet (Amabile). These wines keep well. Serve slightly chilled at 53.6- 57.2°F (12- 14°C) but cooler for the sweeter wines (46.4- 50°F/8- 10°C).
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SORNI DOC
There are two types of Sorni: whites from Nosiola grapes, possibly supplemented with Miiller-Thurgau, Pinot Bianco, and Sylvaner, and reds made with Schiava, Teroldego, and possibly Lagrein. Sorni Bianco is pale golden yellow with a green cast and barely noticeable bouquet or taste. It is refreshing though and can be served on any occasion. Drinking temperature is 46.4-50°F (8-10°C).
Sorni Rosso has a more expressive nose and taste than its counterpart. It is an elegant, aromatic wine that is delicious throughout a meal. Choose a Scelto (auslese) for these are slightly higher in alcohol and more rounded. Drink at 53.6- 57.2°F (12- 14°C).
TEROLDEGO ROTALIANO DOC
This wine from the Teroldego grape that is native to Trentino is virtually unique. The grapes prefer the flat land in the Rotaliana valley, to the north of Trent (Trento) . These grapes only develop fully with such great finesse in this one location. Wherever else these grapes are grown in Italy the results are moderate to atrocious. The Teroldego Rotaliano Rosso is very intensely coloured (ruby with glints of purple when young) and its characteristic nose is of violet and raspberry. A hint of bitter almond can be detected in the finish. In common with red Loire wines, Teroldego Rosso is best drunk when young or not before eight to ten years after the harvest. In the intervening years this wine often suffers from evaporation and becomes closed, revealing nothing of itself. Drinking temperature is 50-53.6°F (10-12°C) when young and 57.2-60.8°F (14-16°C) when mature.
Teroldego Rotaliano Rosso Superiore has more body and is higher in alcohol and this is equally true of Riserva wines which must have at least two more years maturing before sale. Drinking temperature is 57.2-60.8°F (14-16°C).
There is also a Rosato (Kretzer) made from Teroldego which is an attractive pink to pale granite red colour, with an intriguing floral and fruity nose and delicate taste that is juicy and rounded. This wine also has a discernible finish of bitter almond. Drinking temperature is 50-53.6°F (10-12°C).
Cava Vitrification Spanish Wine
In Spain too, the grapes intended for production of Cava are carefully selected and harvested. The best grapes for making Cava are grown on very chalky soil at a height of between 656-1,476 feet (200-450 metres).
The following grapes are used for the base wine: Macabeo (fruit and freshness), Parellada (floral perfumes) and Xarel-lo (acidity and alcohol). Sometimes a little Chardonnay is also added. For Cava Rosado the grapes used are Carifiena, Garnacha Tinto (Grenache Noir), Tempranillo, and Monastrell. Inland Cavas are usually made from Viura (Macabeo) grapes. Because it can become extremely hot in Spain the grapes for Cava are usually picked early in the morning. This Spanish grapes are pressed as soon as they are brought in from the vineyards.
The juices are transferred to stainless steel tanks where fermentation takes place at a constantly controlled low temperature. After fermentation the wine is rested for a while before being sampled by the cellar master. The best cuvees are selected and blending takes place in great secrecy. This Spanish wine is then bottled and held in enormous cellars for a minimum of nine months but often for longer. During this period a second fermentation takes place in the bottle. Just as with Champagne, Saumur, or Limoux lots of tiny bubbles form.
The bottles, which are stored on racks or rotating pallets, are manually or mechanically shaken to get the floating remnants of unfermented sugars and dead yeast cells to fall to the neck of the bottle. Here too the neck of the bottle is dipped into a special salt solution to freeze the sediment. When the bottle is opened the plug of sediment is forced out of the bottle by the pressure. The wine, which is now clear, is topped up with a liqueur (see main section on sparkling wines) and provided with a cork and retaining wires and cap. The wine is now ready to be shipped to the customers.
More than 90% of all Cava originates from Catalonia, particularly from Penedes. Two major companies control about 90% of the market. Freixenet (which also owns Segura Viudas and Castell Blanch) is the undoubted leader of the export market.
The true market leader though in Spain is Codorniu. Cavas are generally somewhat less dry than French sparkling wines. They have that little bit of Spanish temperament. The price of the top quality Cavas is exceptionally low for their quality but one needs to be careful. Corners are sometimes cut, especially with the nine month 's period of maturing in the bottle.
There have been cases for many years against brands which do not stick to the minimum nine months and whose wine is therefore not permitted to be termed Cava.There are officially only two different types of Cava: white and pink. The white Cava though is subdivided into a variety of different taste types.
Champagne - Part three
Champagne The uniqueness of champagne is apparent right from the harvest itself. No harvesting machines are permitted, and everything is picked by hand because it is essential the the grapes get to the press in perfect condition. Rather than the hods used elsewhere, pickers carry small baskets to ensure that the grapes are not too crushed. Presses are set up in the heart of the vineyards to shorten the time the grapes are transported. Why is such care taken? Because champagne is a white wine made for the most part from o black grape, the Pinot Noir, and it is essential that the colorless juice should not be stained by contact with the grape skins.
Pressing has to take place as quickly as possible and in such a way as to collect the juice from different concentric parts of each fruit one after the other. This explains the particular shape of squashing the grapes and to facilitate the circulation of the juice, the grapes are piled over a very wide area but not very deeply. The skins of the harvested grapes must never be damaged.
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More about Champagne
The particular demands of the champagne method, which takes a number of years (three on average and many more for vintage years), requires that over a milion bottles be kept in storage at any one time. According to the CFCE (Centre Francais du Commerce Exterieur), exportation of champagne represents an important part of total French wine exports.
Wine has been made in Champagne since at least the time of the Roman invasion. The first wines to be produced were white; laster production was of red and then 'gris' (grey), which is white or nearly-white wine that comes from pressing black grapes. At an early stage the wine had the irritating habit of fizzing up in the barrels. Systematic bottling of these unstable wines was invented in England, to where, dissolve in the wine, and sparkling wine was born. Dom Perignon, the procurator of the Abby in Hautvillers and a forward-looking blending technician, produced the best wines at his Abbey; he was also able to sell them for the highest prices.
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Chardonnay White Grapes
Today world's most popular white grape, Chardonnay express its varietal character in many forms: from the racy, steely, and nervy wines of Chablis, to the fuller-bodied, buttery rich wine made in the Napa Vally, California.
Chardonnay grapes could be described as a 'winemaker's dream' because it's easy to work with and produces an amazing range of flavours- lemon, pineapple, peach, apple, honey, butter, bread, hazelnut, vanillia, and biscuit. The butter and creamy texture often associated with Chardonnay grapes is a signifiant sign that malolactic fermentation, which softens the 'green', underripe characteristics, has occurred. Malolactic fermentation will be encouraged in cool-climate wines that may well have excess acidity but is usually avoided in warmer climates, where acidity tends to be low.
Chardonnay grapes reaches its greatest heights in Burgungy's Cote D'Or, where the best wines, such as Meursault or Montrachet, gain sublime richness and complexity from the all-important limestone soil.
This grape's rise to stardom has been dramatic, considering that in South Australia, no Chardonnay was planted until the early 1970s. There is a danger though, that the full-bodied, buttery, fruity Chardonnay with an oak flavour will become so popular that it may become difficult to convince consumers that a fresh, lively, oak-free version not only show the true characteristics of the grape variety, but is an alternative to the 'international style.'
The Chardonnay grapes is grown in Burgungy, Champagne and the south of France, Australia, New Zealand, California, South America and South Africa.
Sauvignon Blanc Grapes
Riesling Grapes
Semillon Grapes
Chenin Blanc Grapes
Other white grapes
This is an aromatic grape, which ripens early and is mostly grown in cool-climate vineyards. Its range extends from featherweight tangy, dry white wines like Sauvignon de Touraine, to the ripe, almost tropical-like fruitiness obtained in California, where the less common addition of oak is often adopted and labelled 'Fume Blanc'. Sauvignon Blanc thrives on chalk or gravel soil.
The Riesling grape is seen by many as the most versatile variety of white grape in the world. It is without doubt a class act with a number of strengths, not least its ability to outperform Chardonnay in the longevity stakes.
Arguably one fo the most underrated verieties of grapes, Sémillon, Bordeaux's most widely planted white grape, makes delicious dry and sweet wines. With an almost honeyed texture, Sémillon is often partnered by Sauvignon Blanc to lift the acidity, although Australian winemakers also blend Sémillon Trebbiano.
An extremely versatile variety of grapes, Chenin Blanc is capable of making dry and crisp white wines that are great as an aperitif, through to medium, unctuous and sweet styles. Due to the keeen and vibrant acidity often found in Chenin Blanc grape, they make brilliant food wines and can stay in good shape for many years after the vitange.
This distinctive grape variety is known by its friends simply as Gewürtz but sometimes also as Traminer. It provides interese aromas, reminiscent of lychee, rose petals and spice.
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Chenin Blanc White Grapes
An extremely versatile variety of grapes, Chenin Blanc is capable of making dry and crisp white wines that are great as an aperitif, through to medium, unctuous and sweet styles.
Due to the keeen and vibrant acidity often found in Chenin Blanc grape, they make brilliant food wines and can stay in good shape for many years after the vitange. The grape seems to thrive best in marginal climates, such as the Loire Valley. and on chalky soils. Along the Luire Valley, in Vouvray, Montlouis, Anjou, Bonnezeaux, Quarts de Chaume, and Coteaux du Layon, Chenin can be hugely complex and of great character. The most amazing quality of Chenin Blanc wines is their longenity. Curiously, they become sweeter rather than drier with age. These are wines that can really benefit from bottle amutration and consequently make really good presents for christening of naming cereminies! The best Chenin Blancs are some of the wine world's most undervalued treasures.
Less exciting wines are produced elsewhere. In South Africa for exemple, Chenin Blancs, known locally as Steen, often lack in complexity unless they are made from low-yielding bush vines, or the winemaking is in the capable hands of a conscientious producer. Old vine Chenin can take on another dimension when barrel fermentated or aged in oak.
Chenin Blanc wines are made in the Loire, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and California. The sweet wines are found in the Loire and South Africa.
Chardonnay Grapes
Today world's most popular white grape, Chadonnay express its varietal character in many forms: from the racy, steely, and nervy wines of Chablis, to the fuller-bodied, buttery rich wine made in the Napa Vally, California.
CHIANTI (CLASSICO) DOCG WINE
The basic grape for this famous Italian wine is the Sangiovese grape (75-90%), supplemented with Canaiolo (5-10%), and the white Trebbiano Toscano, and Malvasia (5-10%). Only 5% of white grapes may be added to Chianti Classico. The white grapes are used to slightly reduce the harsh tannin that can be associated with the Sangiovese grape. A good Chianti is a very intense and clear ruby red colour. With age this tends towards granite red. The nose is very pleasing, full, and delicate. Connoisseurs can detect subtle notes of violets in it.
Cigales Spanish Wine
Cigales Wine and Region
Only 15 bodegas bottle Cigales. The area is situated on both sides of the Pisuerga river, between Valladolid in the south and Burgos in the north, with vineyards extending to a mere 2,700 hectares. Cigales has a long history as a supplier of fine rosado wines which were served at the Castilian court in the thirteenth century but it has only enjoyed DO status since 1991. Nowadays there are also excellent red Spanish wines from Cigales.
The climate of Cigales is continental, but there is some influence from maritime winds which result in greater rainfall than the other wine areas of Castilla. The vineyards are sited both in the valley and on the slopes, at a height of 2,296-2,624 feet (700-800 metres).
Collio Goriziano/Collio wines DOC
Collio Gorziano/Collio DOC Italian Wine
The Malvasia Istriana is pale gold, has a very fine and subtle nose, is smooth tasting and rounded with slight vegetal undertones. Drinking temperature for this Italian wine is 50-53.6°F (10-12°C).
The Collio Chardonnay is generally better than most other northern Italian Chardonnays. It is pale gold in colour, delicate, dry, full-bodied, has light floral notes, is smooth and very pleasant. Drink this Italian wine is 50-53.6°F (10-12°C).
Conca de Barberá Spanish Wine
Conca de Barberá Wine Region
This Spanish wine region is wedged between those of Tarragona and Costers del Segre. The name ‘Conca’ in this case does not mean shell but combe or cwm, a valley surrounded by mountains. Conca de Barberá and its capital of Montblanc are bordered and protected by three mountain spines: Tallat in the north, Prades to the east, and Montsant to the south. Conca de Barberá’s soil is ideal for the production of the basic grapes for Cava. In recent years more money and time has been invested ii producing both rosé and red Spanish wines. J6WAGX3X62Z8
Croatian Wines
Pošip Croatian wine
The island of Korcula is south of Hvar and at a similar latitude to Peljesac. The superb Pošip white wine made here is probably the best known Croatian wine made from the native variety of grape of that name and has been made from these grapes for centuries. The grapes are entirely hand picked. Pošip is a delightful full-bodied, rounded, and powerful white elevated from others by superb fruitiness in both inose and taste. Drink this Croatina wine at 10-12°C (50-53.6°F).
GAMBELLARA DOC ITALIAN WINES
Gambellara is a pleasing white wine made from the Garganega grape, supplemented as required with other non aromatic white grapes to a maximum of 20%.There is a slight bitterness in the finish. The heart of the Gambellara area is permitted to add the term Classico to the label. Drinking temperature for this Gambellara wine is 50- 53.6°F (10-12°C).
GAMBELLARA RECIOTO DOC WINE
The same grapes are used for the Recioto as for ordinary Gambellara, except that for this wine the grapes are first partially sun dried. This concentrates the sugars, flavour, and aromatic substances and produces a wine that is golden yellow with a strong nose of overripe grapes or raisins. The taste varies from sweet to very sweet and some of these wines may have a slight natural sparkle to them. Drink this Gambellara wine at 42.5- 50°F/6-10°C (the sweeter, the colder). There are also Gambellara Recioto Spumante and Gambellara Recioto Classico versions.
GAMBELLARA VIN SANTO DOC WINE
T his is a superlative form of the Recioto. It is dark golden in colour and has an impressive bouquet of sweet raisins and these can also be discovered in the velvet smooth taste. This wine contains at least 14 % alcohol. Drink at 42.5- 46.4°F (6-8°C) or 46.4-50°F (8-10°C) for connoisseurs.
PROSECCO DI CONEGLIANO-VALDOBBIADENEI
PROSECCO DI CONEGLIANOI
PROSECCO DI VALDOBBIADENE DOC
These three wines originate from the north of a triangle formed by the towns of Padua, Vincenza, and Treviso. All three wines are made from Prosecco grapes, supplemented where required with not more than 15% Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, or Chardonnay. There are two main types of Prosecco, Prosecco Frizzante is slightly sparkling, pale gold, very fruity, juicy, and particularly pleasing.
The Prosecco Spumante is much more lively, fresh, fruity, and filled with flavour. Both wines are available as secco (dry, light, elegant, with a hint of bitter almond), amabile (slightly sweet and very fruity), and dolce (fully sweet and fruity). You may also encounter a Prosecco Superiore di Cartizze.
This wine originates from a strictly defined area of Cartizze (near San Pietro di Barbozza in Valdobbiadene). The taste is virtually identical to the other Prosecco wines. Drink at 42.5- 46.4°F (6-8°C) for sweet wines and 46.4-50°F (8-10°C) for dry Prosecco.
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Military Mom Talk Radio with Sandra Beck and Robin Boyd feature Suzy Manning of Sizzzl.com and Lisa Detres, women in faith, February 11th
Suzy Manning has lived into her description at birth from her parents – “tiny, but mighty”. For over 30 years, she has dedicated her life to transforming women’s lives. She believes that life is a journey of personal evolution. Every day we have choice to ask powerful questions to overcome limiting beliefs to create the life we deserve. When a woman pursues her passion, she becomes ageless. Abundance flows into her life as creativity, happiness, relationships, optimal health, and financial freedom!
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Mission: The mission of the SCBEF is to provide the benefits of learning and playing bridge to the people of Santa Cruz County.
Purpose: The SCBEF promotes the mental, social and health benefits of learning and playing bridge to people of all ages and skill levels in Santa Cruz County and the greater Monterey Bay area. The foundation stimulates knowledge, skill, strategy, and ethical aspects of the game through classes, seminars, tutorials, a lending library, other resources, and the use of technology. The foundation works to provide the continued availability of venues and clubs for learning and playing the game, such as Newcomer Games, Bridge School and a Bridge Center. The foundation may provide scholarships or stipends for participation in courses and competitions. The foundation will seek opportunities to cooperate and coordinate with similar efforts by other bridge and educational organizations, including schools, colleges and universities in neighboring areas.
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The list of server places Provided by Hide My Ass is especially noteworthy since places ignored by other VPN businesses are covered by it. It has, for example, server locations that are numerous throughout the continent of Africa–a rarity among VPN companies. It maintains servers in China, Russia, and Turkey, that have net policies that are repressive.
Some customers might be concerned about a VPN company’s Usage of virtual servers. All these are servers that make servers that are many are efficiently operated as by a single server. Virtual servers may also be configured to behave as though they are in 1 country when they’re really in a different, which is a problem if you’re worried about where your information is traveling.
A company representative told me this a full 225 of the 286 server places provided by Hide My Ass are all virtual servers. Only 61 of the host places are hardware, and 450 of Hide My Ass’s 876 servers are virtual. That is far beyond services. NordVPN, Private Internet accessibility, TunnelBear, IPVanish, and TorGuard use physical infrastructure.
A company representative explained that bulk of the Company’s physical server infrastructure is located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Miami, New York, Prague, Seattle, and Singapore. This doesn’t really jibe with what Hide My Ass lists on its own site. I’d love to see future versions of Hide My Ass be clearer about when you are connected to a virtual host.
Installation and interface
Obtaining Started with Hide My Ass! Is super simple and the upgraded apps are very user-friendly. Once you sign up for your own account, you’ll be given a license key. It is possible to use this or your credentials (username and password) to log into any app. With the aim of this review, we’ve tested the Windows client and the iOS app. Hidemyass Review Youtube
Once you’ve Launched the and logged in, you will be greeted with the Success! screen. Click Got It! To access the main screen of this program. Here you have Freedom Mode: Location Mode, Instant Mode, and three choices for modes.
In Immediate Mode, you can click the arrow And you’re going to be linked to the server for your existing location.
In Location manner, you can choose that You connect to. Click on Change Location to see your options. There is. We all will show you an alphabetized country list. Clicking on the arrow will show you special locations within this nation.
Quick Access shows you a list of servers you have Recently connected to, in addition to some choices that were recommended. Streaming will provide you a selection of two servers acceptable for unblocking popular streaming services such as Netflix, one at the US and one in the UK.
Peer to Peer shows You permit P2P filesharing. There’s the Favorites option; to indicate a server on the heart can click .
Going back To the main display, the one other option here’s Freedom Mode, which is targeted at users that wish to bypass censorship. This mode will link you to a server in the closest state that is regarded as free from censorship.
You can Get into the Settings by clicking on the menu icon at the upper left corner of the main screen and selecting Preferences. Here, you will see three tabs: General, Network Security, and Kill Change. From the Generalscreen, you may change your startup options, such as starting when you turn your computer on or if the app starts.
You also Have. You can uncheck the box if you want to conceal your history.
Next, We have the Network Security screen in which you can choose settings for wifi protection that is automatic. You can also turn on the IP shuffle feature making it more difficult for somebody to find where you are by periodically changing your IP address. An additional option in this screen allows you to utilize TCP with OpenVPN. Nonetheless, this is only recommended if UDP is blocked or throttled. TCP is more secure, but UDP is typically faster.
The Last tab is the Switch tab, where you are able to toggle on this attribute so that it works for all programs. You choose whether or not to use it to those and could even add single software.
This Is a program that is robust and it’s definitely both visually.
Many Providers will have a mobile app that’s unrecognizable compared to the desktop version. But, HMA! Has streamlined its product, and also the iOS app looks nearly identical to the Windows version.
As Soon as You’re You’ll get to the main display, which is essentially exactly like the primary screen in the desktop program. Here you can Pick from Instant Mode, Location Mode, or Freedom Mode.
The Only real difference is that when you pick Location Mode, your options are presented in another manner. You have three tabs: Countries, Cities, and Favorites, but missing are speedy Access, and the options found in the client, such as Streaming, Peer to Peer.
To Get into the streaming servers from the app, you’ll need to visit the Cities list and find the Liberty Island server beneath US, New York. Even the UK, Donkey Town server may be located on this list for access to UK Netflix and BBC iPlayer.
Moving on, The settings for the program can be accessed by clicking on the menu icon and selecting Settings. There you’ve got two options: solitude and Connection Rules.
In The Link Rules segment, you can adjust wifi security preferences and choose whether to auto reconnect when wifi or cellular connections are disrupted.
The solitude department only has 1 alternative: Share utilization data with third parties for analytics, which is your permission to”enable app and apparatus use data to be shared with third parties for analytics.” Keep in mind that this is permitted by default so it might be one of the first things you want to turn off.
In General, This is a slick and intuitive program, but some users may be missing extra features like a kill button and the choice to change protocols.
Servers and performance
The Hide My Ass! Network includes over 850 servers. A number of these are virtual servers, but a customer service representative was not able to inform us how many. Hidemyass Review Youtube
As we Discussed previously, HMA offers several options for choosing the right server, including different modes and the ability to indicate servers as favorites. Servers that allow P2P are marked using a P2P emblem.
We tested Servers in also the UK and the usa for performance in terms of surfing browsing, and downloading. Aside from there being an obvious slowdown in page loading times when attached to a UK server In general, when surfing, there were no significant problems. This is not unusual for distant remote servers (the tests were carried out in Toronto, Canada), but could be frustrating, especially for users with slow internet speeds.
We did not See any lag or buffering while streaming 1080p with any of the test servers and could play online games with no issues.
HideMyAss! and Netflix
Hide My Ass! unblocks Netflix! But do not expect to simply link to some Server and go. We had no luck whatsoever, when we tested servers with US Netflix with the client. But if you choose the Streaming option from the dropdown within Location Mode, you’ll see two choices: a US host (USA, New York, Liberty Island) along with a UK server (UK, Donkey Town). Note that in the program that is mobile, you will need to obtain these within the Cities listing in Location Mode.
Connecting Server gave us access without difficulty to Netflix. Connecting to the UK one allowed entry to UK Netflix as well as BBC iPlayer. Many suppliers just concentrate on providing US Netflix accessibility, so it’s refreshing to see one that strives to provide entry to the UK library also. What is more, BBC iPlayer is breaking down on VPN usage, so the capability to unblock this support is a nice perk.
If you’re You might need to go elsewhere. HMA! Is having difficulty unblocking this support at a customer support representative and this time advised us that there isn’t any estimated timeframe for when it might be functioning.
HideMyAss! in China?
Hide My Ass! Does not operate in China. It used to, but recent HMA! Responses in service forums have indicated that the service doesn’t more function for some users. You can try your fortune, but you’d best look elsewhere if you want a China VPN.
HideMyAss! Speed test functionality
For any VPN That is compatible with our test procedures, speed tests that have been designed to be as empirical as possible are run by us. We use a test server to connect to VPN servers in the Usa, the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Germany. For each and every place, we download an evaluation file (50MB in size) in the US server. This is done four times every day in six-hour intervals. The typical download rate for every test is recorded and the data is displayed.
You can see From the easy chart below HMA! Compares to the VPN services we’ve been analyzing. In regards to median download speeds, while it does not have the fastest rates, it is close to the front of the pack.
You can see that the spread in outcomes isn’t as tight as a number of the additional test VPNs by clicking the Detailed tab. This means that you may see some inconsistency when it comes to speeds.
It is Important to note that these tests are not definitive and may serve as an overall indication of the functionality you may see. The volatility of the web adds a substantial variable of randomness. What is more, you will likely see smaller or larger disagreements, and wait times with a slow connection. Hidemyass Review Youtube
For those who Want Any help whilst establishing or using the service, HMA! Has a couple of alternatives for you. Clicking the Help tab on the Site, you’ll find a Knowledge Base and a Getting Started section. These each house articles related to setting up, troubleshooting, and general queries. There is a crossover so before searching for other alternatives, that you might want to explore both.
Additionally, You’ll locate. This is segregated into different subjects; while others are active some appear to be out of date. There are a number of FAQs.
If you don’t Find what you’re searching for, or you just need a quick response, you can click on the live chat button. The service is educated and prompt, and agents were able to solve. At one stage, a representative was unable to answer some security questions and advised he’d escalate the problem as an email request. This has been responded to in.
Hide My Ass! Is based in the united kingdom, so it is subject to data retention laws. The UK is also a Five Eyes (and Fourteen Eyes) country, so it’s part of an alliance that allows tracking by outside authorities. Additionally, it is home to the Charter which imposes regulations on British ISPs that greatly affect user privacy of the Snooper.
For many VPNs, data retention laws in their home country are not really an issue. That is because they operate with a real policy whereby they do not maintain any visitors or connection logs. If link logs are kept by them, they can not be tied to an individual user.
Regrettably, HMA! Isn’t among these VPNs and contains a privacy policy which many users will find off-putting. For one, when utilizing the service, you can anticipate that your IP address will be logged, together with the number of information and timestamps used. This is a for VPNs generally. Though an IP address is regarded as information that is personally identifiable, the fact is that information can and has been used to track the activity of individuals. IP addresses are used to help find and convict offenders. While we do not condone activities that are criminal, we are pro-privacy, also it doesn’t cut. Hidemyass Review Youtube
Additionally, Hide My Ass! Logs the VPN IP address Connected into a session. Here is the IP address when you visit it that a site operator can view and record. Since the real and VPN IP addresses are logged, involving the VPN and end website logs, it might be possible to piece together all of an individual’s internet activity. You might have seen news of a 2011 FBI case involving HMA! Where it handed over logs which were utilized to track down a hacker that is LulzSec. Clearly, this is a mark for privacy.
One way to Make this less of a problem and to perhaps confuse things a little is to make the most of this IP address shuffle feature. When enabled in the Network Security screen of the desktop app, your IP address is periodically switched by this out for another one. It would not make you untraceable but could put in a layer of obfuscation.
Privacy Issues aside, on the security front, Hide My Ass! Fares fairly well. It uses. This perfect forward secrecy and is in conjunction with 4096-bit RSA keys. It uses the OpenVPN protocol over UDP by default, however you can change to TCP inside the desktop client. PPTP, L2TP, IPSec are also available, depending on which app you are using.
The desktop versions boast a built-in kill button which can be tailored To work for particular apps. A kill button will kill the connection should the VPN link drop for some reason. This feature isn’t available from the mobile apps
A live chat Customer service representative advised us that there is no DNS leak protection. However, another firm representative assured us that there is actually DNS and IPv6 leak protection, but no WebRTC escape security. When the support was tested by us we did not see any DNS leak issues other than leaks that are WebRTC. HMA! Does use DNS servers whereas personal ones would be preferable from a privacy perspective.
1 handy Feature that Hide My Ass! Offers is wifi protection, which can be customized at the in the Network Security part of their client or the Connection Rules tab of the app that is cell settings.
Characteristics and pricing
Hide My Ass! Provides one product with prices varying depending on the length of term you register for. It’s definitely not among the cheapest providers available. A 12-month planwill put you back $6.99 per month, which can be higher than the normal cost for a similar term. What’s more, a great deal of VPN providers that are top will offer an extended plan; for instance, a two- or three-year term with steeper discounts. Hidemyass Review Youtube
If You are not ready to sign up to get a term yet, HMA! Does provide a turn-key program for $7.99 a month or you can pay on a monthly basis for $11.99 a month. These prices are a bit above average if you compare to competitors.
Payment Options include credit cards, PayPal, and UnionPay. Unfortunately, for more privacy-conscious users, other and bitcoin cryptocurrencies are payment procedures. There is a money-back guarantee, so you’ll have your payment deducted, if you are not satisfied with the service.
So what do You get for your money? Hide My Ass! Has a network of over 850 servers in over 180 countries. Some are devoted to accessing streaming websites and certain servers permit P2P filesharing (read: torrenting). All plans have unlimited bandwidth and you may join up to five devices. Programs are available for Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android. The VPN may be configured with Linux and a few routers. Routers can be found as an alternative.
From a Security standpoint, HMA! Provides automatic wifi protection, perfect forward secrecy, strong encryption, and the programs include a kill button. However, the logging coverage issues that plagued the service from the past remain, so privacy is still an issue.
For the most part, HMA! Offers a service. It has speeds, infinite bandwidth, and an adequate network of servers. It’s able to unblock streaming services such as Netflix UK, Netflix US, and BBC iPlayer. Plus, it offers powerful protection intuitive programs, and excellent customer support.
On the Surface, it seems like HMA! Would be a fantastic alternative for torrenters, without a data Caps and some servers. However, the issues with the privacy Policy are a concern as well as any other privacy-conscious users. This is the important turn-off for this Provider, but it’s a large one. Other issues include the inability to work Reliably in China and the price tag. Hidemyass Review Youtube
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Grebbe-line
Word of the publisher
My youth
In contact with the Side Beyond
My father’s end
My father comes back
I decide to become a professional soldier and get married
My end on earth
I enter eternal life
Seances on earth
Mediumistic writing
I see myself as Jack
My end on earth seen from this world
Rotterdam is burning
The Divine plan
I get to know the hells
A meeting in the Land of Twilight
I see my child again in the spheres of light
A spiritual dwelling
The first sphere completely absorbs me
A soul awakens
The ‘Thou shalt not kill’ of Moses is kept in the light of spiritual science and weighed up against ‘legal self-defence’.
Jozef Rulof also received this book mediumistically.
He writes in the foreword: ‘The intelligence, who passed this onto me, was brought to me by my leader Alcar.
Alcar allowed him to tell about his life, about his dying on the battlefield during the May Days of 1940 and about his entrance into the spiritual world.
May this book also help to convince you of your eternal life.’
The spiritual writer who was called ‘Theo’ during his earthly life, was killed as a soldier in the trenches of the Grebbe-line in the Second World War.
In the book the writer researches the reason which people give for waging war.
Are there situations where you may kill?
Are there ‘justifiable grounds’ to be found for firing that shot?
Must you let everything happen, or may you fight back?
Is an armed action spiritually permissible?
Must you fight for your fatherland?
Is the example of Christ on Golgotha meaningful, or can ‘exceptions’ be acknowledged?
Questions which Theo asked during and after his earthly life, and to which he found an adequate answer to in the spiritual life.
During his earthly life Theo already came into conflict with his own actions.
As a professional soldier he trained other soldiers to handle weapons, whilst his conscious told him that you may never kill.
After his death he discovered why he had actually become a soldier, and that the grenade which flung him from his body was no coincidence.
That his own life had sought out that grenade in a certain sense.
There he came to the disconcerting realisation that another person lived in his own emotional life.
Someone who felt just as ‘familiar’ as his normal personality.
Further research taught him that his own past life let itself be felt as a personality.
That personality was mesmerised by the question what happens to the soul if it is flung from the body by a shock.
This question attached itself completely to his emotional life, and he could no longer become released from it.
He had to and would have the answer to this, because otherwise his soul could no longer find any peace.
In this way the book points us to the great responsibility of what we aim our feeling at.
We are the creators of our own future, more than we realise as human beings, because the causes of our present life situation often lie hidden in previous lives.
In addition to the ‘law of cause and effect’ and reincarnation Theo also describes his own experiences in the areas of spiritualism, faith, marriage and choice of partner, universal love and twin souls.
Both during his life on earth and in the life after death Theo is helped by his father with whom he had a warm bond of friendship.
On earth his father was his ‘guardian angel’, in the spiritual life his father is his leader, who shows him the way to the higher spheres of light.
Theo describes in the book how seeing inner love between his father and his twin soul meant the greatest driving force for him to master a higher love.
‘Through the Grebbe-line to eternal life’ is an easily accessible book, also to become familiar with the series.
The writer is still close to our earthly feeling and thinking, and is very recognisable as a human being in search of the higher.
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art is not the end but the beginning
‘A couple’ Oil on Linen, Tristan Pigott
This week, Avenir Magazine presented the inaugural Avenir Charity Art Auction in partnership with iconic auction house Sotheby’s. Avenir is a contemporary arts and culture magazine with a sole focus and commitment to providing a strong platform for emerging artists. Tucked away in the heart of Soho at The Groncho Members Club, the exhibition was curated by publisher Vanessa Power and renowned art dealer Marine Tanguy. The auction aims to raise funds for the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, a charity that enables people from poorer backgrounds to access arts education. The opportunity to sell their work on such an established stage gives vital exposure to the young artists involved. In short, it’s a win-win situation.
For emerging artists – particularly in London – it is easy to feel as though you are a small fish struggling against the tide in a vast ocean. If you don’t know where to go, or who to approach about your work then things can be tough. It is difficult to find motivation to make art when you feel like your parents are the only people following your artistic career. Choosing to be an artist is a risk that can be expensive, and being connected with a network of like-minded people is essential. If creativity is not nurtured and protected then it will only be available to the privileged among us. Artistic people will move to other cities and London will suffer as a result. This is not to say that Avenir only provides support for London based artists, but as the cost of living spirals out of control, those from the capital are likely to benefit the most.
‘PE12’
Composite, Acrylic, Pigment,
Scarlett Bowman
After arriving at the auction, we were treated to a personal tour of the exhibition by curator Marine Tanguy. Describing how Avenir provides a sense of security for young artists she explains, “This exhibition is new way to auction emerging art. There is less risk for the artists because it is private, which allows them to build their confidence.” Continuing, “Many of the artists in the show are still experimenting, and we encourage them to try as many media as possible, which is reflected here today.”
Marine was not wrong when she described the huge variety of work on display, as each artist has a completely different style. A highlight of the show was Tristan Pigott, whose painstaking works mock the narcissism that is typically associated with portraiture. A Couple features unsettling colours and shadows that give an insight into a relationship that has gone sour. Roughness is contrasted with smoothness to further develop this tense narrative. Spilled yoghurt pots and juice drinks add to the humour of the piece, and modern touches such as phones and bins ensure that Piggot’s traditional style remains contemporary. With his work being featured in the BP Portrait Awards 2015 and The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, he is definitely one to watch. Sang Woo Kim takes us back to basics by exploring the core relationships between surface, colour and shape. These confident pieces have a dryness to them that contrasts with the other works on show.
‘Untitled’
Acrylic, Plaster and Resin on Canvas,
Sang Woo Kim
In terms of sculpture, Scarlett Bowman’s PE12 makes us question our perception of softness and heaviness. Subtle tones of green and pink interact with endless creases and folds, making us think of nature despite the fact that the piece is totally man-made.
The auction was undoubtedly a huge success, raising thousands of pounds for the Jerwood Foundation so that others can pursue a career in the creative world. We eagerly anticipate Avenir’s upcoming projects – including an exhibition in Nigeria – and look forward to seeing more work from this exciting group of young artists.
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In Review: Xena: Warrior Princess #1
Readers can rejoice for Xena is back!
by Patrick Hayes April 16, 2016
The covers: Nine covers to grab before a chakram gets thrown your way. The A cover is done by Greg Land with colors by Ivan Nunes. This is a fantastic first issue frontpiece showing Xena turning to face several unseen foes, though their weapons are shown slightly protruding from the sides of the book. She looks outstanding as she holds her sword in her left hand and is reaching for her chakram with her right. This is a moment caught before the action commences and it’s poster/print/tee shirt worthy. The coloring is amazing with faded yellows, with her seeming to be sent from the sun behind her. Outstanding! The B cover is by the stellar Jenny Frison. I’ve become a huge fan of her work due to her sensational work that she’s been doing for Dynamite and she continues to be a favorite with this illustration. This is a strong image of Xena holding her chakram her right hand and her sword in her left. A slight wind is blowing her hair forward. The coloring suggests flames atop a light violet background. Also outstanding. The C is the Blank Authentix cover for one’s favorite artist to create an original illustration. Greg Land’s contributions for the A cover are on display on the D cover which is the B&W Incentive cover; it’s the same as the A, just minus Nunes’s colors. Good, but I really like Nunes’s work on the A piece. The Incentive “Virgin Art” cover is the E, which is the B cover minus all text. If one is a fan of seeing the artwork untarnished by all the textual information, this is the one to get. The F cover does the same as the E, as it is also an Incentive “Virgin Art” cover, but featuring the A cover’s art. It’s just as good as the E. The G cover is by Nei Ruffino for Jesse James Comics exclusively. Ruffino is also an amazingly talented artist and fans should always be picking up anything she illustrates. The H is an Islander Comics Exclusive cover by Sarah Giardina with colors by Ula Mos. This has Xena standing before a beautiful mountain scene, hair, again, blowing in the breeze, as she raises her chakram in proud defiance. Excellent. The I cover is the same as the H, just minus Mos’s colors. This is also a good cover and really shows how much Mos contributed to the H cover. Overall grades: A A+, B A+, C C, D A-, E A+, F A+, G A+, H A+, and I A-
The story: Genevieve Valentine has crafted an outstanding story that gives fans familiar with Xena an excellent story and an accessible entry point for new readers. “Nowhere…yet,” Gabrielle follows a ghostly spectre of herself in a foggy forest, littered with arrows and Roman banners. She wonders if this is an Oracle from Asteria, because she doesn’t recognize this setting. Her ghostly self stops before something and says, “I can’t believe you let me throw it.” Suddenly, the real Gabby notices a slash across her right wrist. The future (?) Gabby then reveals she has a piece of Xena’s chakram in her hand, while the warrior princess lies dead on the ground, the other piece of the chakram protruding from her throat. In the dead woman’s hand is a piece of torn fabric. This shocking image then moves to “Norther Illyria. Now.” Two children are being chased through a town by an angry mob. The pair are surrounded and one man runs forward with a club to smite the children, while one of the tykes proclaims, “We were starving! We didn’t hurt anything!” Before the blow can be landed, something knocks the club from the man’s hand, causing all to follow the spinning weapon that Xena catches. Xena and Gabby learn that the two children bear the mark of Ares and that they’ll bring war to the city. The women take the children from the town and learn their backstory. Following the mysterious opening with the pair helping children is a good way to establish the leads with the reader. Valentine also inserts a good flashback when Xena wasn’t the nicest of people to give her some history and introduce a character who will be a future antagonist. The Romans also appear in this tale, giving Xena another group for her to rebel against. The highlight of the book, much as the series, was not the butt kicking, but the scenes where Xena and Gabby just talk; it could be a panel or a page. Moments like this have the characters grow and increase their believability. 18 and 19 were my favorite pages because it focused on two of my favorite fictional characters, and, yes, it does further the plot, but it also shows how well these two people work together. Overall grade: A
The art: Excellent artwork on this series by Ariel Medel. The opening has a stellar, spectral introduction to Gabby. The forest setting is also well done, with the second page being a great splash of characters and setting that creates a shocking tone. The point of view on this page is also good, with it falling to Xena who’s dead on the ground. The transition to Page 3 is exciting, practically from the same perspective of Page 2, with the two children running down the street. With the focus on the two youths, Medel is still able to insert some background to show readers the pair aren’t running in the wilds. The second panel shows five adults after the kids, and each is rendered with an impressive amount of detail. The third panel pulls up and back, high above the scene, showing how the children are trapped. Page 4’s first panel is a super introduction of the living Xena, striking an action pose while protecting the kids. Medel definitely knows how to lay out a page; I really like how the fourth panel is combined with the first. The top of Page 5 nicely shows a peaceful setting as the four leave the city. Gabby’s storytelling abilities are on display, all too swiftly, atop 6, and in three panels Medel is able to show the joy he has telling his tales. There’s a great splash on 9 that has no text and shows Xena with a familiar face fighting some legionnaires: it’s great! Page 14 is a great way to show the characters traveling a long distance through several settings very cleverly. The final three pages have Gabrielle and Xena talking in a forest and Medel is able to make this an interesting conversation by pulling the point of view in and out, showing the characters in relationship to the settings. Take note of how once the characters begin to have a disagreement, Medel has the characters distance themselves from each other, culminating in a high, distant shot, revealing them to be completely apart. The book ends with a splash, and I’m dying to see what Medel does with these characters next month. Overall grade: A
The colors: The first page shows that Nanjan Jamberi is going to do a good job on this book. The ghostly outline around Gabrielle makes this character stand out from the setting, which is done with a beautiful faded blue to create a foggy environment. Several of Xena’s key episodes took place in night, and this book opens in the evening, but Jamberi is able to create the darkness without hurting the art by Medel. Page 3 has the colors changing considerably due to the change of settings, with tans and browns creating the urban environment. The interiors of a tavern are warm with oranges and another night scene cool with blues and greens. The legionnaires stand out in their scenes with their stark reds, which also create an ominous tone. Jamberi is aces. Overall grade: A
The letters: Scene settings, narration, dialogue, yells, and the tease for next issue were crafted by Rob Steen. The font he’s using for the scene settings reminds the reader of the ancient time period, and I was pleased to see Gabby’s narration be a different font from the characters’ narration. There are no sounds in this issue, and there are few moments where there could be, such as in the third panel on Page 8 where the iconic Sam Raimi whooshing sound that occurs whenever a hurled weapon is focused upon. I missed the sounds, which are such a fun part of the series. What Steen does is great, but I’d love to see him add some sounds! Overall grade: A
The final line: Readers can rejoice for Xena is back! This is a terrific introductory issue that will please the most fervent fans and bring others into the fold. Thank you, Dynamite, for continuing her adventures! Overall grade: A
Ariel MedelDynamite ComicsFeatureGabrielleGenevieve ValentineGreg LandIllyriaIvan NunesJenny Frisonnanjan JamberiNei RuffinoRob SteenSam RaimiSarah GiardinaUla MosXenaXena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior Princess 1
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2 Comments on this post.
Ariel Art
8 May 2016 at 6:31 am -
Thanks for the comments but I’m a dude. hehehe.
8 May 2016 at 11:43 am -
Oops sorry about that lol. Have snoock in and changed the parts that refer to you as she to he.
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