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Communicate with Extraterrestrials
Early plan to communicate with life on planets removed from the earth.
This effort preceded SETI by over a century. As far as I know, this is the first proposal to communicate with life not of this earth.
I am bound to add that some practical geniuses have attempted to establish actual communication with her. Thus, a few days ago, a German geometrician proposed to send a scientific expedition to the steppes of Siberia. There, on those vast plains, they were to describe enormous geometric figures, drawn in characters of reflecting luminosity, among which was the proposition regarding the `square of the hypotenuse,' commonly called the `Ass's Bridge' by the French.
`Every intelligent being,' said the geometrician, `must understand the scientific meaning of that figure. The Selenites, do they exist, will respond by a similar figure; and, a communication being thus once established, it will be easy to form an alphabet which shall enable us to converse with the inhabitants of the moon.' So spoke the German geometrician; but his project was never put into practice, and up to the present day there is no bond in existence between the Earth and her satellite. It is reserved for the practical genius of Americans to establish a communication with the sidereal world.
How prophetic can you be? It was indeed reserved for Americans to establish communication with other bodies in the solar system.
Frank Drake - a young radio astronomer working in West Virginia - independently fashioned an experiment to search for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence. On April 8, 1960, he aimed a 26-meter radio telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank at two nearby stars. Sweeping his single-channel receiver up and down the microwave band, Drake spent several weeks listening for extraterrestrial signals. Known as Project Ozma, this was the first modern SETI search.
It's probable that this method was put forward by Carl Fredrich Gauss (1777-1855) who in 1820 apparently suggested drawing an enormous pythagorean triangle on the Siberian tundra. In 1840, the Vienna Observatory's Joseph von Littrow suggested digging great trenches to form geometric shapes. The trenches would be filled with kerosene, and lit on fire at night. Gauss eventually went so far as to suggest 100 heliotropic mirrors synchronized to beam light at the moon.
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Did Microsoft Attack IBM by Proxy to Restrain OOXML Critics?
Posted in Bill Gates, Formats, IBM, ISO, Open XML, OpenDocument, SCO, Standard at 1:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Watch the evidence, but pass your own judgment
Just days after accusations had been made against IBM and a ban put in place, IBM was cleared of all charges and the ban was lifted. The Register was quick with its report and so was The Inquirer.
It’s not entirely clear what the EPA ban was for in the first place, but IBM said in a statement that it would continuing to cooperate with the EPA and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, which served grand jury subpoenas in search of documents and testimony relating to the contract. So apparently, they don’t know what’s going on either then.
The news about the ban came at a hugely interesting time. It came almost at the same time that ISO’s outrageous sellout was declared (OOXML approved). In fact, just two days beforehand (on March 31st to be precise), the following article was just one among many that got published to severely damage IBM’s reputation:
IBM blackballed in US federal ambush
IBM learned of its temporary banishment through a third-party source last Friday. Upon looking at the US General Services Administration website, the company found it was on the excluded parties list, along with minimal information.
“Prior to learning of the temporary suspension on March 28, 2008, IBM was not aware that the EPA or US Attorney’s office were considering any action against IBM,” the company said today.
Remember Dennis Byron, formerly an 'analyst' at the Microsoft-funded IDC, who several weeks ago wrongly accused IBM of corruption related to government procurement and document formats [1, 2, 3, 4]? Andy Updegrove promptly contradicted his libelous claims and did so completely, but those false claims had already entered relevant news feeds about document formats. Byron also denied knowing who I am, despite sending me E-mails in the past, which is suspicious in its own right. We have seen cases of manufactured consent before [1, 2] and who could ever forget Microsoft’s own words, such as:
“Analysts sell out – that’s their business model…”
–Microsoft, internal document
If you trawled around Microsoft blogs and various pro-Microsoft ‘talking heads’ at that time of ISO’s announcement and immediate backlash, you’d see statements like “it only comes to show that IBM does this too.” This was said in reference to the baseless smears above, which are no longer substantiated. When and where have seen this before? Have a look right here. Microsoft used a journalist whom it invited to Redmond. He spread the anti-IBM smear, which went a very long way (including Slashdot, not just Microsoft’s many blogs). Microsoft is well aware of its own crimes, so it resorts to accusing others, as in “let’s call it even.” Did it fabricate allegations? This time it’s difficult to tell. This was seen as definite in the past, but this time around we only have suspicion and isolated bits of supporting evidence. Of course, it could all just be a series of coincidences, so we mustn’t rule that possibility out. But let us explore a little further.
“Microsoft is well aware of its own crimes, so it resorts to accusing others, as in “let’s call it even.””As you can trivially find in the latest news, the whole accusation turns out to be some kind of a horrible mistake that no-one understands (total bafflement) and it’s worth stressing that the timing was interesting — almost as interesting as those responses from Microsoft apologists who defended Microsoft’s actions by wrongly accusing IBM.
Linking to this to-be expired article from Associated Press, Pamela Jones from Groklaw added the following remark at the time (on March 31st): “You don’t suppose some Microsoft proxy filed a complaint??”
Coming from someone who has ‘religiously’ covered the “SCO versus IBM” saga for over 4 years (and, moreover, turned out to be right despite opposition from all directions), this remark should not be immediately dismissed or overlooked. Pamela has earned her hugely high credibility and in fact only days ago she proved yet again that more of her insights were correct all along, more specifically in relation to OLPC and Intel’s sabotage of this charity. To be specific, 3 days ago she put the following text in News Picks, linking to a this article I had sent her.
“The Eee PC’s success wasn’t possible without Intel’s support. The chip maker was initially hesitant to embrace Asustek’s push into low-cost laptops for fear it would drive down margins for its mobile processors if users opted to buy low-cost laptops instead of more powerful — and more expensive — models. But Intel eventually decided that the opportunity to expand the size of the overall laptop market outweighed the risks of lower profit margins, and gave its backing to the little laptops.”
[PJ: I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. All you folks who flamed me for saying Intel was involved with Asus can now send me emails of apology. Chocolate would be nice too. It would show sincerity, don't you think?]
Back to IBM, there is some more evidence here which could — just could — suggest Microsoft involvement in this latest debacle. Maybe it prodded someone to file a complaint just shortly before the big volcano over ISO finally erupted.
In particular, given recent precedence, it’s clear that Microsoft’s role should at least raise some healthily-restrained dosage of suspicion. Only months ago we saw the following eye-opening incident, which was described as a possible proxy war waged between Microsoft and IBM:
ITJungle.com: Microsoft to IBM: Tolerate PSI Mainframes or Quit Europe
ServerWatch.com: Enterprise Unix Roundup: EU vs. Microsoft vs. IBM
Read these articles again and become as shocked as Brian Proffitt to find a reality of legal proxy wars. We covered several more such examples in [1, 2, 3, 4]. Some of them include IBM, but they are barely visible in the 'mainstream press' (with the Gates-Murdoch filter applied to it).
It must never be forgotten that Microsoft was behind a very large investment in SCO and more recently suspicions were raised due to Bill Gates’ connection with Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, who was going to inject some more money into SCO (via an obscure American venture capitalist who needed this loan). Later came all sorts of cover-ups and lies, which perhaps made those involved panic, then walking away, as reported just 2-3 days ago in the press. There will always be the suspicion that Microsoft was at least partly responsible for SCO’s demise, no matter the context or event. How deep does all of this dishonesty run? █
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They don't care about stopping wars
John Stauber @JohnStauber 11h11 hours ago
John Stauber Retweeted ryan cooper
Do not expect the so-called Dem #resistance to resist #Trump’s wars.
John Stauber added,
ryan cooperVerified account @ryanlcooper
Why America is asking for more wars http://dlvr.it/QMPZZn
Exactly. They won't do a damn thing except maybe cheer for the war.
They haven't done a damn thing since Trump was elected.
They don't care about ending wars.
That's probably why they were so eager to support Hillary.
I'm just not feeling 'the resistance.'
They don't do anything that matters. They don't take any stands that matter.
They're like the kids with their meet ups over last weekend.
It's pointless. But at least the kids have the excuse that they are kids.
Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "The Reality Show"
Monday, March 26, 2018. The Iraq War continues but the United States works hard to pretend otherwise.
Read this nonsense very carefully.
Marcie Mills @MMTakeAction Mar 24
Replying to @NashvilleResist @annkillion and
1,400,000 Americans have been killed by gun violence since John Lennon was killed in 1980 -
101,303 Service men and women have been killed fighting on foreign soil.
Korean War - 36,914
Vietnam War - 58,220
Afghanistan War - 1,695
Iraq War - 4,474
#Imagine
#GunReformNow
You get what it says, right? Only American lives matter.
In a war, it only matters to the faux resistance when American lives are taken.
Nicholas J.S. Davis (NEW MINT PRESS) notes the death toll in Iraq is easily 2.38 million killed since the start of the 2003 US-led invasion.
But Marcie Mills doesn't give two s**ts about those people. 2.38 million dead? Oh, they're not Americans. Most killed by American violence? Oh, they don't matter.
How dare that blond bitch try to grandstand on John Lennon. "Give Peace a Chance"? Not only is it a song she's unfamiliar with, it's a thought that never entered her xenophobic head.
She and others want to scream about the NRA while failing to grasp that to the people in the Middle East, we are the NRA. We are arming and killing. And the useless Marcie Mills pretends she's a member of the 'resistance' and accomplishing something. By yet again? Doing not one damn thing.
Check Marcie Mills' non-stop Twitter feed. Note that she said not one word about the Iraq War. Guess you can't go down on Hillary and still find the voice to call out the ongoing Iraq War, huh? A bunch of trashy fools trying to act like John Lennon is their spiritual guide when John Lennon would pull it out and piss on them. Hey, Marcie, unlike your pressed against the glass face, I knew John Lennon.
It's cute the way Hillary and Her Vaginal Secretions lie and re-write history. Take this jerk off.
Bradley 'don't do the cool crime of piracy' Duke @josephripken Mar 14
Replying to @RonaldITrump @sukatra and
Hillary Clinton represented the city of New York, where 80% of voters supported the Iraq war.
It's called democracy.
Bradley Duke, I'm sorry to have to school your lazy, uneducated ass but Hillary was in the US Senate. She didn't represent the city of New York, she represented the state of New York. And where did they stand on war on Iraq? Uh oh, Bradley Dukey Head, you're full of s**t on that one too.
Leslie Eaton (NEW YORK TIMES), February 21, 2003:
The prospect of invading Iraq is significantly less popular in New York State than in the nation as a whole, and New Yorkers are more critical of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, according to a survey released yesterday by the Siena Research Institute in Loudonville, N.Y.
Residents of the New York City metropolitan area were less likely to favor an invasion than people upstate, and more likely to think that the United States has not done all it could to solve its problems with Iraq through diplomatic means.
Wow, Bradley Duke, you were wrong about everything. Your punk ass just got served in public. Maybe you'll stop lying about Iraq now?
Probably not. Whores like you never learn.
VoteVetsVerified account @votevets Mar 23
Both @POTUS and @ambjohnbolton worked to avoid serving in #Vietnam. Yet they’re chomping at the bit to start new wars with #NorthKorea and #Iran and sending another generation — someone else’s loved ones — off to fight for them. #chickenhawk
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They do reTweet Vote Vets.
Vote Vets, you're welcome. Speaking on behalf of myself and my friends who protested the war on Vietnam, you're welcome. Do you ever wonder what we gave up? Some of us -- Elaine and I did -- put our lives and our education on hold to make ending the Vietnam War our top priority. And we're left to do the hard work again with Iraq while you sit on your fat ass doing nothing but electing War Hawks of the Democratic Party. Do you ever get how many people are dead because you support War Hawks?
Probably not.
Jane Fonda did more to end the Iraq War than Hillary Clinton ever did. Jane Fonda saved the lives of many Vietnamese civilians by exposing Nixon's bombings of the dikes.
Here's an effort from Joan Baez. One of her efforts to get the word out and end the war.
Vote Vets has it's face firmly planted on its nuts and has confused the smell of their junk with the smell of liberty.
I'm really getting tired of the lying and the whoring that helps the wars continue.
Here's some truth about today's ongoing wars:
RTVerified account @RT_com Mar 24
Iraq War 15 years on: How America brought chaos & bloodshed to a nation on.rt.com/91go
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Need more truths? Sunday's WEEKEND EDITION (NPR):
[Lulu] GARCIA-NAVARRO: At the height of the war, there were almost 170,000 U.S. troops in Iraq trying to quell an insurgency and stabilize a country in the grips of a vicious civil conflict. And the U.S. is still involved in Iraq. Azmat Khan is a future of war fellow at the New America Foundation and a New York Times Magazine contributing writer. She joins us from New York to talk about Iraq, past and present. Welcome to the program.
AZMAT KHAN: Good morning.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: You touched on it there that the country fractured during the war in so many ways. But certainly, sectarianism was one of the big ways. There was Sunni, Shiite, Kurds, Christians. Is this even a country that still holds together?
KHAN: When the Americans arrived in Iraq, they often strategically worked with particular tribal groups on the ground - ones that had been disenfranchised under Saddam - and then found wealth and contracts and jobs under the Americans. And they played some of these groups against one another in an effort to sort of quell the insurgency that was spawned by this invasion. And what wound up happening is that you had these rivalries and rifts that have now become sectarian in nature, that perhaps weren't so sectarian to begin with but really became so with time.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: The U.S. is still involved in Iraq, fighting ISIS, even though Iraq declared victory over ISIS late last year.
Sinan Antoon (NYT via QUARTZ for those who don't want to give a click to the outlet that sold the illegal war):
No one knows for certain how many Iraqis have died as a result of the invasion 15 years ago. Some credible estimates put the number at more than one million. You can read that sentence again. The invasion of Iraq is often spoken of in the United States as a "blunder", or even a "colossal mistake". It was a crime. Those who perpetrated it are still at large.
Some of them have even been rehabilitated thanks to the horrors of Trumpism and a mostly amnesiac citizenry. (A year ago, I watched Mr. Bush on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", dancing and talking about his paintings.) The pundits and "experts" who sold us the war still go on doing what they do.
I never thought that Iraq could ever be worse than it was during Saddamʹs reign, but that is what Americaʹs war achieved and bequeathed to Iraqis.
The Iraq War is a crime and a travesty and how shameful that Americans refuse to face up to what their government did and continues to do. At a certain point, you have to accept that you either speak out regularly or you are giving your consent. On Saturday, in many areas of the country, people gave their consent by navel gazing. I'm really glad that MLK's granddaughter was able to be used as a prop -- keep them dream alive, right! She's not mature enough to have any real thoughts but, hey, prop her up at a gun demonstration and let's pretend like that made a difference. Let's even pretend that it makes up for the US government killing her grandfather while we're being delusional.
The Children's March risked much and made a difference. Saturday's b.s. was corporate sponsored and corporate embraced. The US government has always been thrilled when the spotlight was on anything but their own actions. David Hogg doesn't know that because what does he know? How to get highlights in his hair? Well, that and how to get publicity for himself. We saw that during Vietnam as well. Various men like Tom Hayden who stepped forward to stand on the work of women and men of color.
David Hogg is the corporate and media's lovechild because he's not doing anything that really matters. They pet him on the head like they did Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Let David find the guts to take on the true killers -- the weapons makers, the 'defense' (assault) industry and suddenly the media stops fawning on him.
Then we start throwing you in prison. That's what happened with nuns, remember? Think I'm talking about the days of Bully Boy Bush? Nope.
AP from February 2014:
An 84-year-old nun was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison for breaking into a U.S. nuclear weapons complex and defacing a bunker holding bomb-grade uranium, a demonstration that exposed serious security flaws.
Two other activists who broke into the facility with Megan Rice were sentenced to more than five years in prison, in part because they had much longer criminal histories.
That was during Barack Obama's second term as president. Nearly three years in prison for 'defacing a bunker.'
Again, David Hogg, color in your lines, be a good soldier, don't question the government or anything that really matters. Keep reducing social issues to a narrative of personal irresponsibility and not a systemic issue and you will be applauded because you are doing nothing and are no real threat to the status quo.
You're a self-applauding piece of propaganda who makes no real change and who tackles no real issue. Your being weak and ineffective is the very thing that allows the war makers to let the corporate media cover and embrace you. In other words, you're a tool -- in every sense of the term.
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They also have defeated there enemy team Mohun Bagan many times and the rivalry between the people of their supporter also increased day by day. The East Bengal FC is really old in Kolkata and it is kind of a pride of the city also. They have won so many tournaments and cups of national acclimation and make the people of Kolkata proud by the extraordinary gameplay.
The club won the Rovers cup in 1949 and Durand cup in 1951. The club Von IFSC lde in 1970 defeating Pas club in Iran by 1-0 and this was really surprising for everyone at that time. The East Bengal football club took so many years to win their first ever first division title which was became possible In 1942 and then in 1943 they won the IFA Shield for the first time. The East Bengal Football Club has tortured their Rival club Mohun Bagan for so many times on ground and because of this the hostility of ground increased for thousand times till now.
The debate regarding the colours of the club went very long at the initial stage of the formation of the club and then the members of association shows a red and gold colour shirt hanging outside in a Departmental Store named Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. The colour of the East Bengal football club is red and gold and because of that the home jersey of this club is red and gold shirt and black shorts every year but the average Jersey varies every year according to the choice and need. in chaurangi in Kolkata and after that the colours became a part of the club forever.
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The first Kolkata Derby match took place between these two clubs on 28 may 1925 in the Calcutta football ground, which is known as Mohun Bagan ground now. it was in Calcutta Football League and the match was ended as 1-0 in the favor of the East Bengal football club with the solitary goal by Nepal Chakraborty. The rivalry between East Bengal football club and Mohun Bagan is really years old and people get hostile sometimes regarding their Derby matches.
East Bengal has an age old rivalry with the team Mohun Bagan in Bengal and also with Mohammedan SC and and they compete with each other at the famous Kolkata derby. East Bengal Football Club the most popular club Bengal who is real name is Quess East Bengal Football Club because of some sponsorship issues. It is a top 10 football club based in Kolkata who won so many tournaments, including 8 Federation Cup and 3 Indian super cups nationally. They have won 3 National Football l eagues which are known as I league right now.
The greatest margin of win for East Bengal football club against the Mohun Bagan was in 1975 in IFSC Shield final on Mohun Bagan ground where is Bengal football club won the match 5-0. From that time all total 322 Derby matches were played between East Bengal football club and Mohun Bagan FC among which 120 matches were won by East Bengal and 91 matches were won by the Mohun Bagan and the rest of the matches were drawn.
And the glory of the club has increased every time it won a tournament and at first it was a bit surprising for the people because of the story behind the formation of the club but now it is quite usual for people. After all these ways the East Bengal football club won so many tournaments after that and they are continuing to win till now.
The match of East Bengal Club vs Mohammedan SC in Calcutta Football League is started at 2018-9-11 19:06. For this match, the initial Asian Handicap is East Bengal Club-0.5,-1.0; The initial Goals Odds is 2.5; The initial Corner Odds is 9. For the last 15 matches, Mohammedan SC got 8 win, 4 lost and 3 draw with 18 Goals For and 10 Goals Against. The average of Goals For is 2 per match and the average of Goals Against is 0.9 per match. The rate of Over Goals is 63%; The rate of Handicap Win is 37%; The rate of win is 60%; The average of corners is 6.9 per match and the rate of Over Corners is 36%. Totally, East Bengal Club and Mohammedan SC fought for 3 times before. For the last 15 matches, East Bengal Club got 9 win, 3 lost and 3 draw with 30 Goals For and 14 Goals Against. Except the history stats of East Bengal Club vs Mohammedan SC, ScoreBing also offers predictions and lineups of East Bengal Club vs Mohammedan SC, that may help you predict or replay the match. Over Goals occurred for 1 times and Over Corners occurred for 2 times. The average of Goals For is 1.2 per match and the average of Goals Against is 0.7 per match. East Bengal Club got 1 win, 1 draw and 1 lost with 3 Goals For and 3 Goals Against. The rate of Over Goals is 57%; The rate of Handicap Win is 37%; The rate of win is 53%; The average of corners is 4.8 per match and the rate of Over Corners is 44%.
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it is the official home ground for the club and it is situated near Eden Gardens and at the Northern side of the Fort William in Maidan area of Kolkata. So they didnt have any chance to acquire it,but after opening of the Salt Lake Stadium all the worries got to an end. Previously they tried out so many stadiums in Kolkata, Howrah and Barasat including Eden Gardens also but Eden Gardens was strictly reserved for cricket. In 1984 is Bengal Club got its official Stadium as Salt Lake Stadium? There is another ground for East Bengal football club in Kolkata where natural grass turf has been used.
In 1924 East Bengal football club finished in second position to Cameroons A and as Cameroons B was in the first division at that time, so Cameroons A could not possess that place in the IFA and because of that East Bengal football club gained the position in the first division in the Indian Football Association. But when 9 British clubs approved the entrance of East Bengal Football Club in the association the rule of limitation was removed. That time there was limitation regarding number of Indian clubs in the Indian Football Association as that time it was governed by the British Association.
The creation of the East Bengal football club was very strange by history. The vice president of jorabagan Suresh Chandra Chaudhary tried hard to include his name in the lineup but failed because of strong opposition by the coach himself. And because of this turmoil Suresh Chandra Chaudhary left the job club at home East Bengal football club on 1st August 1920 which is around 98 years ago from now. The famous Mohun Bagan football club was scheduled to play against jorabagan in coochbehar club on 28 July 1920. Then jorabagan team sent their 11 players after excluding Sailesh Bose the famous defender for some unknown reason.
East Bengal Football Club came third in second divisions Football on that season. Right after the formation East Bengal FC played Hercules cup in that month only and they won it and it made the way for them to be affiliated to the Indian Football Association and the club entered into the second division club football in IFA. The first evolution of the East Bengal football club with Mohun Bagan FC was on 8th August 1921 in Cooch Behar Cup semifinal and the game ended with goal-less draw.
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She was a widow.
Died 12 Feb1917
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Born - 3 Jul 1831 - New Hampshire
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[s504] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).
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[s675] 1870 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009).
Year: 1870; Census Place: Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire; Roll: M593_838; Page: 599A; Family History Library Film: 552337
[s673] 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010).
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Year: 1910; Census Place: Keene Ward 3, Cheshire, New Hampshire; Roll: T624_860; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1374873
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Deidre Gantt / October 25, 2018
One year ago, I published my first piece on this platform, which was about Atlanta-based rapper Lil Jon financing a primary school in Ghana. He’s added another school to his philanthropic efforts since then. Today, I want to finally talk about another rapper who recently made news with his own journey to the motherland: Kanye West.
I’ve been wanting to speak on Kanye in an organized, thoughtful manner ever since he pissed off 90 percent of black America with that press conference at the White House. Before I could get around to it, he and wifey went and pissed off the remaining black world by meeting with the president of Uganda, Yoweri Musveni.
It’s safe to say that Musveni is not a household name for most black Americans. I only got to know his record in my former life as an editor for a Pan-African website. Dude’s reputation is nothing nice. During the last election, his government had his main opponent beaten and jailed multiple times. It has also enacted repressive measures against the LGBT community (honestly, this is pretty widespread throughout Africa) and implemented a tax for Ugandans who want to use social media, which many believe is meant to limit free expression of ideas, including dissent.
So why are you giving him shoes, Kanye? To kick more ass? Why are you dapping Donald Trump, cussing on TV and telling folks he made you feel like a man because your daddy wasn’t around? Talking about slavery is a choice and the 13th amendment should be abolished? Is Kim replacing your bipolar meds with stupid syrup or is that just how you are?
Woosah, everybody.
First, it’s a known fact that Kanye is gonna Kanye. This is the guy who came out the rap gate mocking everyone who wasn’t a college dropout like himself. Remember the second School Spirit skit? The Louis Vuitton Don pushing Miracle Whips? That’s right – He even confessed his materialism and fascination with white women way back then. This arrogance, dare I say megalomania, ain’t entirely because he lost his momma, and it ain’t the sunken place, either (although I’ve pointed to both myself).
There’s always been more to this dude than meets the eye, though. Maybe it’s a Gemini thing. Their sign is known for being quick thinkers, going against the grain, and multitasking their butts off. Think Prince, Clint Eastwood, Angelina Jolie, even “The Donald” himself.
Remember that time he sold white t-shirts for $125 and we all called him crazy? The proceeds went to support Dondra’s House, a musical nonprofit he founded in his mom’s name. Or that time when he named himself the entrepreneurial heir to Steve Jobs, Walt Disney and Howard Hughes? He made this braggadocios statement the same year that he publicly appealed for help with his $53 million debt. A website listed the stock prosperity of the companies these men started, as a sort of swipe against Kanye’s claim. What they failed to mention is that each of the men he mentioned has faced enormous failures right along with their massive successes. As another famous Gemini, President John F. Kennedy, once said, “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
In two years, Kanye has bounced back economically, with a net worth above $200 million, to the point where he is in a position to bail out others, namely Amara Eniya, a Black woman who is running for mayor of Chicago as a Democrat. Just this week, he cleared her $74,000 debt with the Illinois Board of Elections.
So let me say it again for the people in the back: there is more to this brother (yeah, I said it) than meets the eye. He told the world that day in the Oval Office, “I’m more than a sound byte” but they chopped and screwed him anyway.
“It’s so many times that I talk to a white person about this, and they say, ‘How could you support Trump? He’s racist.’ Well if I was concerned about racism, I would have moved out of America a long time ago. We don’t just make our decisions off of racism. I’ma break it down to you right now: If someone inspires me and I connect with them, I don’t have to believe in all they policies.”
– Kanye West, unaired Saturday Night Live speech
I don’t like everything Kanye does. Not by a long shot. That Whitney bathroom cover was a bad move. Marrying Kim was, well… I think Kanye could and should be as willing to criticize his BFF as he is to flatter him. Of all people, he should know that being surrounded by “yes men” doesn’t make you look good.
Bottom line: Watching Kanye give 45 a hug isn’t going to make me suddenly trust that dude. Nor will it make me overlook the many valid and powerful points that he made during that press conference. Nor will a cuss word (really, people?) or Don Lemon, whose (provisional) black card still smells like hot plastic.
I don’t have to like everything he does and neither do you. We work with, live with, and even love people who we have disagreements with all the time.
I wouldn’t wear a MAGA hat, but I still respect the courage it took to put that hat on when he knew the peer pressure and ridicule he would feel. Don’t we teach our kids not to cave into peer pressure? Some of us even say the Democrats take our votes for granted.
It took me a year and a half to have the confidence to stand up and put on the hat no matter what the consequences were, and what it represented to me is not about policies, because I’m not a politician like that, but it represented overcoming fear and doing what you felt no matter what anyone said, and saying you can’t bully me, liberals can’t bully me, news can’t bully me, the hip-hop community can’t bully me. Because at that point if I’m afraid to be me I’m no longer ‘Ye. That’s what makes ‘Ye. And I actually quite enjoy when people are mad at me about certain things.”
– Kanye on Jimmy Kimmel, August 2018
I still respect his mind: the mind that said the 13th amendment is a trap. Ava DuVernay said as much in her groundbreaking Netflix documentary, and everyone nodded. So what’s changed?
I want to close with one of the most overlooked things Kanye has said about his unpopular connection with his new BFF and fellow impulse-tweeter. On Jimmy Kimmel’s show in August, he said, “We’re always pushing out so much hate and love can cure so much. Just to think am I moving in love, out of love … When I see people just even like go at the president it’s just like why not try love?”
“Now you got a situation where we need to have a dialogue and not a diatribe because if you want something to change, it’s not going to change by saying, ‘F— that person.’ Try love. Try love. Try love. Try love.”
I think it’s ironic in the best way that the same dude who has flipped his name to draw parallels with the personas of Jesus and Gandhi goes off on a bender about love. I don’t think he actually considers Trump an “enemy”, but of all the teachings we picked up in church and the Bible about “love thy enemy,” how many who profess faith in the source of these commandments actually stand in them, especially with someone who has done such damaging things?
Dr. King did, and if we are honest, he received plenty of criticism while he was alive. That’s the way it is with visionaries – until they are dead and buried. Then the public worships them as heroes and deities. Til that day comes, I’m gonna keep an eye on Kanye, and so are you, whether in admiration or in outrage, or a blend of both.
Deidre Gantt
Deidre R. Gantt is the former Associate Editor of Face2Face Africa. Prior to that, she served the Greater New Orleans community as a Program Associate with Foundation for Louisiana, where she managed leadership programs, grant opportunities and communications support to drive civic engagement and policy change. Her communications background includes a lengthy freelance career as a writer and editor, grant writer, and college writing instructor. Between 2007 and 2010, Deidre covered the rebirth of the cultural arts community in her hometown, Washington, DC, for the Ward 7 Arts Collaborative. Her professional writing career began in the 1990s as a contributing editor for Rolling Out urban style weekly. Deidre is also an accomplished poet and performer who has appeared on stages throughout the United States as well as in Tanzania and Ghana. Deidre holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Emerson College and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Southern California.
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Iraqis have ‘big anxiety’ after drone kills Iranian general
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Demonstrators attend a Jan. 3, 2020, protest in Tehran, Iran, against the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike at Baghdad International Airport earlier that day. (CNS photo/Nazanin Tabatabaee, West Asia News Agency via Reuters)
by Dale Gavlak
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — Iraqis fear their country, already weary from years of war, may be dragged into a conflict between the United States and Iran, following the U.S.-targeted killing in Baghdad of Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani.
“We prayed during the days of Christmas for peace on earth, and the timing of this revenge from America creates in us a big anxiety about what will happen,” Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Yousif Thomas Mirkis of Kirkuk, Iraq, told Catholic News Service by phone.
“This can also divide the population. Some are against. Some are for,” Archbishop Mirkis explained, but warned that the assassination of Soleimani, known as the architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East, could spark further sectarian divisions in Iraq between Sunni Muslims and Shiites.
Many of the recent demonstrations rocking the capital, Baghdad, and southern Iraq were against the growing influence of Iran and Soleimani’s al-Quds Force inside Iraq. Soleimani was widely seen as the second-most-powerful figure in Iran, behind Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. Soleimani is believed to have been responsible for hundreds of U.S service member deaths in Iraq. He was also Iran’s main strategist in the Syrian conflict.
Police officers stand guard outside the Iranian Embassy in London Jan. 3, 2020, after the U.S. killed General Qassem Soleimani in a drone airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. (CNS photo/Aaron Chown, Reuters)
“We only pray that the situation can be calm and peaceful. We are waiting to see,” Archbishop Mirkis said. “The situation in Baghdad and the South is more troubled. But Kirkuk and Kurdistan region is still calm. Until now, this is all that we can say.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert telling Americans to “depart Iraq immediately, via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land.”
Analysts say Soleimani was a “much more powerful figure” than former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden or Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the now-deceased leader of the so-called Islamic State.
The Soleimani killing was sparked by a series of escalating attacks between the U.S. and Iranian-backed forces. It began with the Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia Kataeb Hezbollah’s firing of 31 rockets into a base in Kirkuk province Dec. 27. The attack killed an American contractor and wounded several U.S. and Iraqi servicemen. In response, the U.S. bombed five of the militia’s sites in Iraq and Syria. Militia supporters retaliated by setting fire to the wall and attacking the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, pictured in an undated photo, was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike at Baghdad International Airport Jan. 3, 2020. (CNS photo/Balkis Press, ABACA via Reuters)
Fawaz Gerges, professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, said many are now anxious about what action Tehran will take against the U.S. and its interests.
Former U.S. Ambassador Matthew Bryza, now of the Washington-based Atlantic Council, said he believes Iran may use one of its proxies, such as the Lebanese Shiite militia, Hezbollah, to carry out a retaliatory attack, possibly against Israel, a U.S. Mideast ally.
Analysts expect an emergency session of the Iraqi parliament Jan. 4 may seek to end the longstanding U.S. military presence in Iraq. They believe such a move would have disastrous consequences for the fight against Islamic State militants.
Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Iraq’s outgoing prime minister, called for the emergency session, saying the U.S. presence there is limited to training forces to fight terrorism. He described the attack that killed Soleimani as a “violation” of conditions for the U.S. troop presence.
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First, for the new closer, the man who has a first name that has this definition:
noun \ˈkō-də\ the concluding passage of a piece or movement, typically forming an addition to the basic structure
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You know it when you see it. Harper’s swing is not really like anyone else’s. Well, it’s kind of like Babe Ruth’s. But that lifting of his back leg when he really punishes a baseball… you can call it marking his territory, but I call it the Harper Hop (available in Black or White printing)
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Barr contradicted and struggled with key findings of Muller report
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Barr contradicted and struggled with key findings of Mueller report
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WATCHAttorney General William Barr defends himself in Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
During his four-hour back and forth with senators on Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr questioned, and at times seemed to contradict, key findings in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
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Time and again, faced with questions from probing Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about the report’s contents, Barr also seemed unfamiliar with some of the report’s significant details.
When Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., brought up how then-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort shared polling data in August 2016 with his former business associate, Konstantin Kilimnik — identified by prosecutors as having ties to Russian intelligence — Barr struggled.
“What information was shared?” Barr asked, prompting Booker to reply, “Polling data was shared, sir. It’s in the report.”
“With who?” Barr followed up.
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U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee May 1, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Barr testified on the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election.more +
The special counsel’s team had concluded there weren’t sufficient grounds to prosecute Manafort’s actions as a crime of conspiracy, but a top prosecutor in Mueller’s office previously described Manafort’s interactions with Kilimnik as being at the “heart” of the probe about whether Trump’s campaign had coordinated with the Russian government.
In another instance, when Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., quoted the Mueller report about “multiple links between Trump campaign officials and individuals tied to the Russian government” and that in some instances “the campaign was receptive to the offer whereas others they were not,” Barr indicated that he did not understand “what communications that referred to.”
Leahy said, “You have the report. I just gave you the page from the report.”
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At another point Leahy questioned if Trump had “fully cooperated” with Mueller, as Barr wrote, “by instructing a former aide to tell the attorney general to un-recuse himself, shut down the investigation and declare the president did nothing wrong.”
“Where is that in the report?” Barr asked. When Leahy pointed to the page number, Barr muttered, “Right.”
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At other times, the attorney general appeared to directly contradict key findings in the Mueller report, including when giving his view of the interactions between Trump and then-White House Counsel Don McGahn about the president’s attempts to get rid of Mueller.
During questioning by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Barr stated that Trump had attempted to remove Mueller because of “conflict of interest” and not to terminate the investigation. He said the president had directed McGahn to correct a New York Times article that reported on what Trump had told McGahn only because he deemed it inaccurate.
According to the Mueller report, however, evidence showed that “the President was not just seeking an examination of whether conflicts existed but instead was looking to use asserted conflicts as a way to terminate the special counsel.” The Mueller report also stated, “There is also evidence that the President knew that he should not have made those calls to McGahn.”
“The report is over 400 pages,” a Justice Department official told ABC News. “It would be impossible for anyone to remember every detail of the report off-hand.”
Asked whether Barr’s testimony contradicted Mueller’s findings, the Justice Department official answered, “No.”
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Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Cory Booker, left, and Sen. Kamala Harris, right, listen as Attorney General William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 1, 2019.more +
Maybe one of the most contentious moments came when Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris asked Barr if he, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or anyone in his executive office had questioned or reviewed the underlying evidence supporting the report’s findings, and Barr replied, “No.”
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“In the Department of Justice, we have cross memos every day coming up,” Barr said. “We don’t go and look at the underlying evidence. We take the characterization of the evidence as true.”
Harris shot back, questioning Barr’s decision to accept charging recommendations without reviewing underlying evidence when making a “critical decision” about “the person who holds the highest office in the land and whether or not that person committed a crime.”
“I think you’ve made it clear, sir, that you have not looked at the evidence and we can move on,” Harris said.
ABC News’ Alexander Mallin contributed to this report.
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Broadcast Freshmen Grading – How Did I Do With 2012-2013′s New Shows?
Aside from Hannibal, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and the CW have made their decisions about which shows are returning next season. How did I do this year on picking which new shows to watch?
Canceled: 666 Park Avenue, The Family Tools, How to Live with Your Parents, Last Resort, Malibu Country, Red Widow, Zero Hour
Renewed: The Neighbors
I watched more of ABC’s pilots than I typically would for a network since their media site allowed me to preview several shows weeks or even months before they aired. I didn’t like 666 Park Avenue. I thought The Family Tools and How to Live with Your Parents were decent, but by the time they finally started airing I didn’t have time to watch. I loved the pilot of Last Resort, but subsequent episodes lacked the same polish, so I bailed after episode 3, always saying I’d get back to the show, but never actually doing so. The Neighbors was far better than I was expecting, and I watched through the mid-season break, and plan to catch up this summer.
Canceled: Golden Boy, Made in Jersey, Partners, Vegas
Renewed: Elementary
I watched not a single full episode of any of the canceled shows, and I loved Elementary right from the start, and it remains one of my favorite new shows.
Canceled: Ben & Kate, The Mob Doctor
Renewed: The Following, The Mindy Project
I watched the two new comedies on Fox with a nervous eye toward the ratings. While Ben & Kate was cute, The Mindy Project was far more funny. The drama premises interested me not at all.
Canceled: 1600 Penn, Animal Practice, Deception, Do No Harm, Go On, Guys With Kids, The New Normal
Renewed: Chicago Fire, Revolution
I passed on all of NBC’s new dramas, though I did give Revolution two episodes to convince me it was must-see-TV (it failed to), but I was far more willing to try out comedies. The New Normal proved its awfulness in one episode, and I moderately enjoyed Animal Practice while it lasted. I enjoyed 1600 Penn, Go On, and Guys With Kids, but fell multiple episodes behind with each of them quite frequently.
Grade: D
Canceled: Cult, Emily Owens, MD
Renewed: Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, The Carrie Diaries
I was going to give Cult a chance because of Matt Davis, but the previews turned me off, and I never planned to watch Emily Owens. Arrow is tied with Elementary for my favorite new drama of the year, and I enjoyed Beauty and the Beast but fell behind because of my new job. Initially I didn’t like the idea of The Carrie Diaries at all, but cute promos and a Doctor Who alum has pushed the show into “maybe I’ll check it out someday” territory.
In all, I give myself a B+ for show selection this year – beating my score for last year.
How did you do on picking new shows to watch?
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TNT Orders Legends and The Last Ship to Series, Fox Picks Up Eight Shows, Including Enlisted
TV news for next season is starting to heat up, and I’m back to blogging about it as I try to make sense of what’s going on, share the joy of new projects seeing the light of day, and rant about pilots not picked up.
TNT ordered 10 episodes of two new series I’ve been excited about for a while, thanks to one key role and a decent premise. Adam Baldwin’s The Last Ship features a previously-isolated crew racing to find a cure for a global pandemic. Sean Bean’s Legends has the CIA’s top chameleon operative suffering a break with reality amid his many covers.
I watched both trailers for the new shows (which the above loglines are based on), and both seem slightly different from their original premises. I’m not sure if it’s that, or the fact that my TV watching time has been drastically cut, but I’m less excited about these projects than I was initially. Both are going into my “wait and see the reviews/ratings” box for now, and I imagine they’ll stay there for a while. Now that Leverage is over, the only veteran show I’m watching on TNT is last year’s Perception, which was unique and well done enough to stay on my “to watch” list. (I should really make these into real lists and share them – perhaps after upfronts?)
Fox has ordered 4 dramas and 4 comedies (to add to the already-picked-up Dads, which got expanded from 6 to 13 episodes), quite a lot for a channel that doesn’t program anything from 10-11.
Out of the eight, I’m most excited about Enlisted, a military comedy starring Geoff Stults, Chris Lowell, and Parker Young (who play three brothers). Stults won me over completely in The Finder and I also enjoyed his reoccurring role on Ben & Kate, so I’d be at least previewing almost any new show he would be cast in. I’m sad to see that Young will be leaving Suburgatory, since I love his character on that show, but I’m glad he’ll have more of a starring role in this project. Lowell I know mainly as Piz from Veronica Mars, so I’ll have to get a new opinion of his acting now that he won’t be getting in the way of one of my favorite TV couples.
For the other comedies, Us & Them seems the one I’m most likely to watch, with Gilmore Girls’ Alexis Bledel returning to TV and a fun premise: a long-distance relationship with family and friends butting in. Brooklyn Nine-Nine puts a comedy spin on a cop show, and Surviving Jack stars Christopher Meloni. Dads may also warrant a preview, as Seth Green (Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) plays one of the two guys whose fathers move in with them.
I’m disappointed Delirium didn’t get picked up to series. While the sci-fi premise was a bit hokey (a procedure to remove love?), it reminded me of Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee’s novel Forbidden. And I enjoy Emma Roberts’ acting.
I doubt I will watch any of Fox’s new dramas. I may check out Almost Human (an android/human buddy cop show) if the trailer leans more toward sci-fi than cop drama. Rake has Greg Kinnear, but I’m not piqued by a law drama take on House. The story of Sleepy Hollow never interested me, and Gang Related just seems like another cop show with a conflicted loyalties twist (and medical drama with a conflicted loyalties twist worked out so well for The Mob Doctor).
Do you plan to watch any of these new shows?
Posted on May 9, 2013 Categories New Shows and Cancellations, Trends and TopicsTags Almost Human, Ben & Kate, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dads, Enlisted, Gang Related, Gilmore Girls, House, Legends, Leverage, Perception, Rake, Sleepy Hollow, Suburgatory, Surviving Jack, The Finder, The Last Ship, The Mob Doctor, Us & Them, Veronica MarsLeave a comment on TNT Orders Legends and The Last Ship to Series, Fox Picks Up Eight Shows, Including Enlisted
News: No More Emily Owens, MD or The Mob Doctor, ABC Comedies Get More Episodes
The CW has officially canceled Emily Owens, MD – the freshman show will air all of its 13-episode initial order. The Mob Doctor has also coded, but less officially – Fox declined to order additional episodes for the show, and is burning off the final four episodes around New Year’s. Both shows had terrible ratings, so their demise was expected. With Private Practice ending as well, these season has not been kind to medical dramas. The CW will still have Hart of Dixie in the genre, but The Mob Doctor did a poor job at trying to fill the Monday void left by House.
Speaking of House, Hugh Laurie is close to a deal to play Blackbeard in NBC’s 10-episode pirate drama Crossbones. Yes, I could totally see him as a pirate! NBC has also ordered a period pilot, The Gilded Age, from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes.
Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue have enough time to tweak their final episodes, so fans of the shows will get some closure when the two shows end.
ABC’s two November-debut comedies (sophomore Last Man Standing and freshman Malibu Country) have been picked up for their back five episodes (instead of nine, due to their late starts). Also, Fox’s Touch has been moved to Fridays and will air a two-hour debut February 8th.
Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. has cast the role of Agent Grant Ward, giving it to newbie Brett Dalton. While I’m still hoping some Whedonverse vets make it into the show, I think it’s quite interesting that this guy looks like a combination of Angel (top half of his face) and Spike (bottom half). Am I the only one seeing this?
British historical fantasy show Merlin will come to a close after its currently airing 5th season, with a special 2-hour episode to wrap things up.
And I think that catches me up with at least the most important news (in my mind) that’s cropped up over the past week. What news items have YOU talking?
Posted on November 28, 2012 Categories NewsTags 666 Park Avenue, Agents of SHIELD, Emily Owens MD, Hart of Dixie, House, Last Man Standing, Last Resort, Malibu Country, Merlin, Private Practice, The Mob Doctor, TouchLeave a comment on News: No More Emily Owens, MD or The Mob Doctor, ABC Comedies Get More Episodes
Fall TV Verdicts – 2012
Just about all of broadcast TV’s new fall shows have aired at least two episodes now, so I think it’s time for a look at which ones soared, which ones got off to a rough start, and which ones nosedived. I’m dividing this list up into several groups so you can get an idea of what my preferences and interest levels were going in.
Shows I Haven’t Seen and Never Plan To:
Out of the 20 new shows that have debuted so far, the list of those I haven’t seen is pretty small: 7. I hate country music, so Nashville was out. The rest (Made In Jersey, The Mob Doctor, Partners, Emily Owens MD, Chicago Fire, and Vegas) I wasn’t interested in for one reason or another. One is already canceled, two more aren’t far behind, and none of the seven shows has been a breakout hit. I feel pretty happy with my choice not to watch them, and expect maybe 1-2 to reach a second season (not holding my breath, though).
Shows I Never Planned to Watch but Did See the Pilot:
For two shows, I checked out the pilots knowing I’d never commit to watching the show. It was easy to tell from the previews that 666 Park Avenue wasn’t my type of show, but I had a chance to watch the pilot early as a TV blogger, so I tried it out. It seemed well done, but I didn’t enjoy it. The New Normal I watched out of a morbid curiosity to see how awful it would be, and aside from one or two heartfelt moments, it was utterly terrible. I didn’t laugh once.
Comedies I Thought Would Be Awful but Didn’t Mind:
Another show I got a chance to watch early was The Neighbors, which wasn’t as terrible as the previews made it out to be. I’ve seen the first two episodes, and might watch more if I’m caught up on most of my other shows and in the mood for a comedy. Guys With Kids I didn’t intend to see, by my siblings said it was pretty good, so I watched a few episodes. Both shows are more family-oriented comedies, which usually bore me, and I don’t really laugh during them, but I like having extra comedy shows to watch on dreary days.
Comedies I Like but Wouldn’t Cry Over Their Cancellation:
Every new comedy not in the above lists fits in this section. Many of them are great, but I haven’t gotten attached to any comedies so far this season. That’s probably a good thing, as Animal Practice has already been canceled. Go On is probably the best of the lot, and I expect it will return for a second season, but The Mindy Project (my pilot review here) and Ben and Kate (pilot review here) are far from out of danger despite their full-season orders. These shows are heartwarming and humorous, but they’re not laugh out loud funny. Plus, none of the characters grip me in that “I would hate to see them go” way. It could come with time, and I’ll keep watching these shows until they get terrible or get canceled.
Dramas That Didn’t Wow Me In Their First Two Episodes:
Revolution was hyped to be awesome, Beauty and the Beast was critiqued to be terrible. I was disappointed by Revolution’s pilot, but enough was done right that I gave the show another episode. When Miles was still the only character I enjoyed watching, and the rest of the show failed to interest me, I decided to stop watching. It’s too bad, because from the premise it seemed like exactly the type of show I would enjoy.
I just watched the second episode of Beauty and the Beast, and really noticed the terrible, terrible dialogue people were complaining about in the pilot (my review of it here). I so want to love this show, but the writers are making it very hard. I’m still not sure if I’ll watch a third episode. I want it to pull a Vampire Diaries and start getting really good after a few episodes, but I don’t know if there is enough backstory for the mythology of the show to grow. Also, in the second episode, several procedural issues bugged me (Don’t uniforms clear buildings? Are detectives allowed to be present during the autopsy of someone they killed?), and Cat had a sister appear out of nowhere. The first episode got good ratings for the CW, but the second quickly dropped, so it might not get time to improve. Might be better to replace it with the midseason Cult, to bring over Matt Davis (Alaric) fans from The Vampire Diaries. (I know I had no plans to watch the show, but after marathoning through The Vampire Diaries, Matt Davis has become one of my favorite actors, so I definitely plan to give Cult a few episodes to impress me.)
As I was writing this, I kept thinking, I wonder what Revolution and Beauty and the Beast would have been like with Joss Whedon in charge? Can’t wait for S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Dramas I Love:
The three drama shows I was most looking forward to turned out to be the ones I loved most this season. My favorite pilot episode, Last Resort (my review here), hasn’t quite lived up to its potential in subsequent episodes, but it still keeps me glued to the screen almost every minute. Its low ratings don’t signal much hope for renewal, but ABC shows regularly do poorly in that timeslot. ABC did order 2 more scripts for the show, so it’s unlikely to get pulled from the schedule immediately (I was starting to worry about that), but that may be just to give the show some sort of resolution. All the same, I’ve tried to temper my attachment to the show and just enjoy it while it lasts.
Elementary (my review of the pilot here) has been just as awesome as I hoped. I’ve been completely won over to the idea of a female Watson, and it’s been nice watching their friendship slowly grow over the past few episodes. Both annoy each other like crazy, yet their respect and admiration for each other is beginning to build. The cases seem to have an extra twist compared to most crime drama shows, which fits well with the need to bring in a consultant. I’m really sorry for the people who have a hard time understanding Jonny Lee Miller’s brisk British accent, but I feel the speed helps convey Sherlock’s fast mental process. Oh, and the opening credits are amazing:
Last but not least, Arrow has been amazing so far. While the pilot (my review here) had a good deal of the plot revealed in preview clips and therefore wasn’t quite as engaging, the second episode (my review here) had everything I was looking for: great action sequences, insightful character moments, and hints at series-long mythology-building. The second episode got the exact same excellent rating as the first (double that of typical CW “steady performers”), so I’m looking forward to this show being around for a while.
Three great dramas. Three good comedies. That’s my haul from broadcast TV’s new fall shows, and I managed to find a show I liked on every single network. I think 3, maybe 4, will stick around for a second season.
Which new shows will you keep watching?
Posted on October 21, 2012 Categories Trends and TopicsTags 666 Park Avenue, Agents of SHIELD, Animal Practice, Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, Ben & Kate, Chicago Fire, Cult, Elementary, Emily Owens MD, Fall TV, Go On, Guys With Kids, Last Resort, Made in Jersey, Nashville, Partners, Revolution, The Mindy Project, The Mob Doctor, The Neighbors, The New Normal, The Vampire Diaries, Vegas2 Comments on Fall TV Verdicts – 2012
Renew/Cancel News: Private Practice Ending, More Scripts for Last Resort and Park Ave, More Castle, Mob Doctor Still Alive
Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes and ABC have decided to let the show end after finishing up this season’s thirteen-episode run. Sister show Grey’s Anatomy will get two additional episodes, however.
ABC is also giving Castle one extra episode this season, while comedies Modern Family and The Middle have been granted two extra episodes. They’ve also ordered two additional scripts each for struggling new dramas Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue.
Fox also has joined “extra episode Friday,” bumping The Mindy Project’s recent full season order from 22 to 24 episodes. While many have anticipated the network would pull low-performing new drama The Mob Doctor from its Mondays-at-9 slot any day now, Fox recently announced the show would air 3 out of 4 Mondays during November sweeps.
As I mentioned earlier, Animal Practice has been pulled from NBC’s schedule and replaced by Whitney. There’s still no news about when Community will return – I’d expected to hear something by now, so I’m beginning to fear it won’t return until midseason. I’m also starting to get a sneaking suspicion that NBC knows how rabid Community fans get when something happens with their show, and are using the uncertainty to build buzz. Further cementing the idea that they want this schedule change to increase anticipation for new episodes, this awesome clip was released the day the season premiere was supposed to air:
Posted on October 20, 2012 Categories NewsTags Animal Practice, Castle, Community, Grey's Anatomy, Modern Family, Private Practice, The Middle, The Mindy Project, The Mob Doctor, WhitneyLeave a comment on Renew/Cancel News: Private Practice Ending, More Scripts for Last Resort and Park Ave, More Castle, Mob Doctor Still Alive
New Fall 2012 Shows – Which Pilots Do You Plan to Watch?
(Uber-cool photo above from TheInsider.com)
Thanks to sneak peaks and early releases, the fall broadcast TV season is well underway, even if most shows don’t premiere until next week (or later). Into the bunch are thrown 21 new scripted shows – which of these do you intend to check out?
Please vote in the poll for all the shows for which you plan to see (or have already seen) the pilot episode. Then leave a comment and let me know which shows you’re most excited about!
Which broadcast show pilots do you plan to watch (or have already seen)?
Ben & Kate
Emily Owens, MD
Guys with Kids
Made in Jersey
Malibu Country
Posted on September 19, 2012 Categories Trends and TopicsTags 666 Park Avenue, Animal Practice, Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, Ben & Kate, Chicago Fire, Elementary, Emily Owens MD, Fall TV, Go On, Guys With Kids, Last Resort, Made in Jersey, Malibu Country, Nashville, Partners, Revolution, The Mindy Project, The Mob Doctor, The Neighbors, The New Normal, Vegas1 Comment on New Fall 2012 Shows – Which Pilots Do You Plan to Watch?
Fox Fall Preview – Watch Trailers for 5 New Shows, including Ben & Kate, The Goodwin Games
Fox has unveiled trailers for its five new shows, three which debut fall 2012, and two that are being held for midseason.
On Monday nights at 9/8c (the spot currently occupied by House) comes new medical drama with a mafia twist, The Mob Doctor:
This preview makes me a little more interested in the show than I was originally, but I think it will still fall into the “probably is worth watching, but I watch too much already” pile. I like how they highlighted the initials of the show, MD, at the end of the trailer.
On Tuesdays at 8:30/7:30c will be new comedy Ben & Kate, about two very different siblings:
This show sounds funny and heartwarming. I don’t know that it will be up to the level of some of the other comedies I watch, but I think it’s something I’ll enjoy as long as it lasts.
On Tuesdays at 9:30/8:30c comes Mindy Kaling’s new project, dubbed The Mindy Project, about an OB/GYN navigating life and love:
From the trailer, it looks like this show might become too self-indulgent, focusing on Kaling instead of building an ensemble cast around her (something its lead-in show, New Girl, suffered from at the beginning but quickly fixed). It was nice seeing the Ed Helms cameo, though.
During the midseason comes The Following, about a retired FBI agent brought back in to catch the serial killer he put away once:
I was impressed by how this trailer interested me, but I still doubt I’ll watch it. Interesting twist about the serial killer training other serial killers that the FBI now has to go after.
Also midseason will be The Goodwin Games, from How I Met Your Mother creators and starring HIMYM’s Becky Newton, about siblings competing for the family estate:
The board game premise of the show might be a little flimsy if this wasn’t about siblings, but I think they will make it work.
Posted on May 14, 2012 Categories NewsTags Ben & Kate, New Girl, The Following, The Goodwin Games, The Mindy Project, The Mob DoctorLeave a comment on Fox Fall Preview – Watch Trailers for 5 New Shows, including Ben & Kate, The Goodwin Games
New Fall TV Shows 2012 — Full List With Preview Photos – TVLine
The reason that I link to TVLine so often is because they are so awesome at what they do – for example, this planned-to-be-updated slideshow on the fall TV pickups. They do miss out on one thing, though – personal commentary. Which I’m happy to provide. I don’t treat shows with their evenhanded professionalism – I have my favorites, and I’m not afraid to talk about them more, bash (kindly) crappy shows, and outright ignore TV that I don’t think is worthy of attention.
While it’s hard to judge a potential show by a cast list, description, and possibly a cast photo (especially comedies), here’s my first thoughts on which shows I’ll be checking out next fall.
666 Park Avenue – ABC – possibly, want to check out the preview to see whether this leans toward horror or supernatural fun, more likely to watch if the latter.
1600 Penn – NBC – the fact that this is a comedy and stars Bill Pullman (who’s played a president before) makes me more likely to watch this.
Animal Practice – NBC – not feeling this comedy of about an antisocial vet. If the previews make me laugh and it’s a good timeslot, I might check it out, though.
Arrow – the CW – definitely will try out this one, superhero shows were notably missing on TV this past year.
Beauty and the Beast – the CW – the fact that Jay Ryan only sprouts his beast-like qualities when angry gives this a bit of a Grimm feel, and improves its less-than-impressive 80s pedigree.
Ben & Kate – Fox – could be fun, could be a disaster, waiting for previews to decide whether I’ll take it for a spin.
The Carrie Diaries – the CW – nope. Not gonna watch, no matter how much I like Annasophia Robb. The CW passed on The Selection for this?
Chicago Fire – NBC – how can a cast photo make me less interested in a show? Don’t know exactly, but this one does, and I wasn’t too hot about the show in the first place, despite enjoying Jesse Spencer on House. Thinking it may be this year’s Trauma.
Cult – the CW – high-concept show that has a description which bores me. A favorite actor might have reeled me in to try it, but I think the show-within-a-show aspect will eventually kill it.
Do No Harm – NBC – medical shows usually generate a pass for me, but the dark alter-ego thing might pull me in, if the previews wow me.
Elementary – CBS – I know this won’t live up to the awesomeness of BBC’s Sherlock, but since I enjoy most Holmes reimaginings I’ll give this a try.
The Family Tools – ABC – not really interested, but if the previews make me laugh, I might spare a half hour to give it a fair shot.
First Cut – the CW – pass. Medical meets high school drama sounds boring.
The Following – Fox – no serial killers for me, thank you.
Friend Me – CBS – checking this comedy out solely for Gupta (aka actor Parvesh Cheena)
Golden Boy – CBS – one guy’s journey from police officer to commissioner? Yawn.
The Goodwin Games – Fox – I like How I Met Your Mother, so if this show can make me laugh too, I’m in.
Go On – NBC – now this is a cast photo that works! I couldn’t have cared less about this show, but the tone set by the photo (above) makes me think it will be worth checking out.
Guys With Kids – NBC – sounds like a companion show for Up All Night, and since I don’t watch that . . .
Hannibal – NBC – did I mention no serial killers? Pity that Hugh Dancy will be in it, since I actually like his acting.
How To Live With Your Parents For the Rest of Your Life – ABC – could be fun, but shorten the title, please.
Infamous – NBC – intriguing undercover premise. I have a feeling I may pass on this out of sheer busyness, but I’ll let the previews make up my mind.
Last Resort – ABC – premise of a nuclear sub that refuses orders was enough to hook me, the additions of Dichen Lachman (Dollhouse) and Autumn Reeser (No Ordinary Family) to the cast made this a project I was rooting for.
Made in Jersey – CBS – not much info, but lawyer shows usually indicate a pass for me.
Malibu Country – ABC – if you knew my tastes in music, you’d understand why this is a huge NO.
The Mindy Project – Fox – curious to see what Kaling can do as not-Kelly, so despite the medical theme (boy, a lot of networks are trying to fill House’s place!), I’ll probably watch the pilot.
The Mob Doctor – Fox – I mean it, enough with the medical shows already! Ha, I have a feeling she’ll be digging a lot of bullets out of people.
Nashville – ABC – yes, country music is the genre I hate, so NO.
The Neighbors – ABC – a gated community of aliens? I have to see where they’re going to go with this.
The New Normal – NBC – pass.
Next Caller – NBC – another case of the cast photo working, plus Jeremy Tambor was great on Bent. This just moved from pass to checking out the pilot!
Partners – CBS – pass.
Red Widow – ABC – premise doesn’t pull me in enough.
Revolution – NBC – a few actors I’m familiar with and a decent premise make this a “see if the previews are any good” maybe for me.
Save Me – NBC – this just looks like a blend of creepy and blah. Huge pass.
Vegas – CBS – what is with networks and the 60s? Wanting the next Mad Men? Pass.
Zero Hour – ABC – need more info on what conspiracy they’re featuring, but this is leaning towards a pass.
New Fall TV Shows 2012 — Full List With Preview Photos – TVLine.
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[[Melian]], as the queen of [[Doriath]], was one who held this recipe from Yavanna. By giving lembas to [[Beleg]] for [[Túrin]],<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref> she showed great favor because never before lembas was given to a Man and seldom it was again. Later it was passed to [[Galadriel]] and other [[Elves]].
The [[Galadhrim]] had a large store of Lembas in [[Lothlórien]]. Galadriel gave some of it to the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] upon their departure. [[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] subsisted on it through the majority of their journey from there into [[Mordor]].<ref>{{HM|FR}}</ref>
The [[Galadril]] had a large store of Lembas in [[Lothlórien]]. Galadriel gave a large store of it to the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] upon their departure. <ref>{{HM|FR}}</ref> [[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] subsisted on it through the majority of their journey from there into [[Mordor]].
The cakes were very nutritious, stayed fresh for months when wrapped in leaves, and were used for sustenance on long journeys. Lembas had a brownish colour on the outside and a cream colour on the inside.
{{disambig-two|the food|journal of [[Unquendor]]|[[Lembas (journal)|Lembas]]}} [[Image:John Howe - Lembas.jpg|thumb|"Lembas" by [[John Howe]]]] '''Lembas''', translated as '''waybread''' in the [[Westron|Common Speech]], was a special food made by the [[Elves]]. ==History== The origin and making of Lembas is only known by the short text ''[[Of Lembas]]'' written by [[Pengolodh]]. Lembas was made first by [[Yavanna]] from special [[corn]] that grew in [[Aman]], and [[Oromë]] gave it to the Elves of the [[Great Journey]]. For this reason, it was an Elven custom that only women should make lembas; they were called ''[[Yavannildi]]'' who knew the secret of its recipe. Also, the custom requested that only an Elven Queen should keep and distribute the lembas, for this reason she was called also ''[[massánië]]'' or ''besain''.<ref name="PM">{{PM|Lembas}}</ref> [[File:Elena Kukanova - The Light of Valinor.jpg|200px|thumb|left|"The Light of Valinor" by [[:Category:Images by Elena Kukanova|Elena Kukanova]]]] Only on rare occasions was it given to non-Elves, because it was believed that mortals who ate it would become wary of their mortality and would desire to live among the Elves.<ref name="PM"/> The corn itself was an enduring plant that needed but a little sunlight to ripen and could be sown at any season and then sprouted and grew swiftly. Yet it was prone to north winds, while [[Morgoth]] dwelt there. The Eldar grew it in guarded lands and sunlit glades. The ears were harvested without scythe or sickle but each one was gathered by hands and the white stalks were drawn from the earth and used to weave baskets in which the grain was stored.<ref name="PM">{{PM|Lembas}}</ref> [[Melian]], as the queen of [[Doriath]], was one who held this recipe from Yavanna. By giving lembas to [[Beleg]] for [[Túrin]],<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref> she showed great favor because never before lembas was given to a Man and seldom it was again. Later it was passed to [[Galadriel]] and other [[Elves]]. The [[Galadril]] had a large store of Lembas in [[Lothlórien]]. Galadriel gave a large store of it to the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] upon their departure. <ref>{{HM|FR}}</ref> [[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] subsisted on it through the majority of their journey from there into [[Mordor]]. ==Description== The cakes were very nutritious, stayed fresh for months when wrapped in leaves, and were used for sustenance on long journeys. Lembas had a brownish colour on the outside and a cream colour on the inside. According to [[Gimli]] it was similar to [[Cram]], although one of the [[Galadhrim|Elves of Lothlórien]] commented that it was more pleasant, and more strengthening than any food by [[Men]].<ref>{{FR|Farewell}}</ref> Like other products of the Elves, it was offensive to evil creatures; [[Gollum]] refused outright to eat of it.<ref>{{HM|TT}}</ref> When Frodo was captured by [[orcs]] in Mordor, the orcs hated the look of the lembas even more than Gollum. ==Etymology and names== ''Lembas'' is [[Sindarin]] and derived from the older ''lenn-mbass'' which means "journey-bread". As a rough translation of this term it was also often called "Waybread".<ref name="PM"></ref> The [[Quenya]] word for lembas is '''''coimas''''' which means "life-bread".<ref name="PM">{{PM|Lembas}}</ref> ==Inspiration== The lembas has been compared with the Eucharist, even as being the most explicit symbol of Christianity in ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref>[[Bradley J. Birzer]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth]]'', "Chapter 3: The Created Order", p. 63</ref> Tolkien himself mentions that the lembas are one of the few details from which can be deduced he is a Catholic writer.<ref>{{L|213}}, p. 288</ref> Although always avoiding any literal interpretation, he did highlighted the religious significance of the lembas in his answer to Forrest J. Ackerman, who had proposed the lembas as a 'food concentrate' in a possible adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref>{{L|210}}, pp. 274-275</ref> The name "Waybread" resembles in a way the [[Old English]] name for the herb [[Wikipedia:plantain|plantain]], which was ''wegbrade''.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/study_a_s_2.html|articlename=Tolkien Society Anglo-Saxon Study Pack 2|dated=2006|website=[http://www.tolkiensociety.org The Tolkien Society]}}</ref> ==Portrayal in adaptations== '''2001-03: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:''' :The redundant term "lembas bread" is occasionally used as the gift of lembas at Lothlórien is not included in the theatrical release of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. 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HALA GORANI TONIGHT
U.K. Police: Nerve Agent Is Cause Of Ex-Spy's Symptoms; String Of Russian-Linked Deaths On U.K. Soil In Recent Years; Trump's Top Economic Adviser Quits Amid Tariff Fight; Stocks Sink On Wall Street After Gary Cohn Resigns; Moon: Keep Up Sanctions On North Korea For Now; U.N. Official: Syria Government Planning An "Apocalypse"; Civilians Trapped Inside "Hell On Earth" Speak Out; Anti-Immigrant Attackers Convicted Of Terror Charges. Aired 3-4p ET
HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Live from CNN London, I'm Hala Gorani.
Tonight, stunning development in the case of a former Russian spy, British police here say he was intentionally poisoned with a nerve agent. We'll
have the latest on that story.
Also, another advisor to Donald Trump quits and a porn star sues. Well, it's been another interesting day at the White House. We'll have the
And tense diplomacy, South Korea says sanctions must remain against North Korea for now.
We begin with a brazen assassination attempt right here in the United Kingdom. British police now believe that former Russian spy, Sergei
Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned with a nerve agent. They are calling it a deliberate act.
MARK ROWLEY, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, METROPOLITAN POLICE: It's being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of
a nerve agent. As you know these two people remain critically ill in hospital. Sadly, in addition, a police officer, who was one of the first
to attend the scene in response to the incident is now also in a serious condition in hospital.
GORANI: Well, these latest relations raise major questions about who was behind the plot to kill the two, not anybody can manufacture, can handle
nerve agent. You have to know what you are doing. The U.K. foreign secretary vowed that if any foreign power is found responsible, the U.K.
will respond, quote, "robustly."
Let's bring in our team covering these extraordinary developments. Nick Paton Walsh joins us from New Scotland Yard. Phil Black is live in
Salisbury at the scene. And Nick, first of all, what is this -- what more do we know about this nerve agent, about the investigation into what -- do
the police know what substance was used, and are not sharing it, or are they still investigating?
NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. They are quite clear that they know what specific agent this was, but they are not
sharing it. They said today interesting in the language here, attempted murder with administering of a nerve agent, but the two people, Sergei and
Yulia Skripal, were intentionally targeted.
Given timeline here, it's Sunday afternoon about 1:30 when they were noticed losing consciousness clearly ill and distressed on a park bench.
Now, obviously, the investigation continues.
But (inaudible) terrorism's chief police officer here in the United Kingdom, Assistant Commissioner Mark Roley (ph) said that they are
specifically looking for people to come forward to in the area between 1:00 and 4:00, a big window on Sunday afternoon in the shopping center called
"The Moltings" in the rural city (inaudible).
There's still a pizza restaurant there (inaudible) and the pub. The (inaudible) that are still sealed off by police, but frankly, this is
monumentally changed today from something which a local media on Sunday was (inaudible) to be an accident all over those involving Fentanyl, a very
powerful opioid, often available on the street.
Now we are talking about substantial geopolitical crisis and remember, this is not the first time Britain has dealt with something like this is.
Alexander Litvinenko, another former Russian spy killed in 2006, then with polonium, a very specific radioactive poison.
You have to ask yourself nerve agents hard to come by, as you said, VX, sarins, two possible candidates -- but they are only really rating
manufactured alone by a small number of countries, meaning that they are clear fingerprints potentially here leading back (inaudible) with polonium
and Litvinenko back towards a potential country as the culprit here.
Now, of course, police won't go into details about who else they are looking for. They hardly spoke one of the police officers came to the
scene is still seriously ill, but (inaudible) on that, Hala.
They administered this particular nerve agent, so they are looking at potentially people involved in the restaurants or the bar they were near.
Did somebody have cost them in the street? How did that person protect themselves from the poisoning in question?
So, are they looking somebody who is also critically ill somewhere in the area around Salisbury? These are key questions. It does sound like police
have a few more answers on this particular point, but aside from the attempted murder investigation.
The House of Commons over there, we'll see a statement from the head of the British security, Amber Rudd, tomorrow outlining what they know about this.
The broader question is, what does Britain do?
U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has promised a robust response if a foreign power was thought to be behind this poison when he spoke. He said
he had no one to point the finger at. Now possibly they do.
[15:05:14] So, the broad question is, what can Britain once sort of an imperial power that Russia (inaudible) in competing with not very much
diminished and recipient of Russian foreign cash. What do they do in response -- Hala.
GORANI: Sure. We'll look at all those questions in a moment. Phil Black in Salisbury. We saw some CCTV footage there -- right before the incident
there in Salisbury. What does that tell us the surveillance footage from just an ordinary convenience store about what we know about the movements
there of Sergei Skripal before this murder attempt?
PHIL BLACK, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, on hand, Hala, not very much. It is just a few moments, a tiny slice of Sergei Skripal's
life here in Salisbury just in the days leading up to this particular incident, but it shows him in a convenience store that he was a regular
customer at, buying some scratch lottery tickets, some food, some milk, that sort of stuff, really basic everyday things.
In what is as Nick was touching on of relatively quiet, small, sleepy city in Southern England. It is here that we now understand really very close
to where I am now standing that a chemical weapon was deployed in a deliberate effort to try and assassinate Serggei Skripal and perhaps his
daughter as well.
We don't know at this stage whether or not she was a deliberate target or whether or not she was simply collateral damage, but that is the fact that
people in this town are now coming to terms with.
Because where I am standing is near that shopping area which is on a Sunday afternoon was vibrant filled with people going about their dine-in shops,
restaurants and pubs, and so forth, and we know that this weapon did pose a wider risk to just those targeted because one of the police officers who
first assisted them is now seriously ill in hospital as well because of his exposure to it -- Hala.
GORANI: All right. Phil Black in Salisbury, thanks very much and Nick Paton Walsh at New Scotland Yard.
This case has put renewed scrutiny on a string of Russian-linked death in the U.K. in recent years, but I'll be jumping to conclusions here. My next
guest has investigated all of them. She says the U.K. has turned a blind eye to assassination on its soil and has then tried to protect the Kremlin
and with it Russian investment in the U.K.
Heidi Blake is the U.K. investigations editor for "Buzzfeed News" and she's here in the studio. Thanks for being with us.
When I asked are we jumping to conclusions, this is a man who was convicted in Russia, but he was later pardoned. Presumably MI-6 would have spoken to
him at length at the time. He would have told them everything he knows, why would Russia today target someone like him? Does it make sense?
HEIDI BLAKE, U.K. INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR, "BUZZFEED NEWS": Well, I think we have to wait (inaudible) the fact that for Vladimir Putin he is a KGB man
himself. That's the tradition that he comes from and (inaudible) the way in which the KGB and now the FSB, its successor agency enforces its
dominance and its power is that if you betray Russia, if you betray in particular the FSB, the Russian security state, then you will be at risk
for the rest of your life --
GORANI: We saw him in CCTV footage, didn't seemed to have protection, was going about his day. Sergei Skripal, his daughter was visiting from
Russia, it just looks kind of like an ordinary routine perhaps.
BLAKE: Right --
GORANI: Is that surprising to you?
BLAKE: Well, we understand that he opted to live under his own identity and without protection, that is a choice that some defectors make. He did
have protection from MI-6 as far as we understand it, but yes, he was going about living a fairly regular life.
I mean, I speak to lots of people in the community of Russian exiles living here in the U.K., many of whom are under protection from Scotland Yard and
under MI-6 and you are under constant threat of assassination.
He received intelligence that their lives are at risk all the time, but you just have to find a way of normalizing that.
GORANI: And let us talk a little bit about the idea that nerve agent was used here in this assassination attempt. When I say not anybody knows how
to manufacture and handle nerve agent is really just gives us lots of clues as to who or what entity could be behind this.
BLAKE: That is why one of the things we know about Russia is that the Russian state has a poison factory outside Moscow, which debates into the
development of obscure chemical and biological weapons for specific use (inaudible) targeted assassinations.
They have a vast arsenal of poisons at their disposal. (Inaudible) a bit more about exactly what agent has been used here might tell us a little
more about whether like to come from that country.
GORANI: And there are previous murders that were linked to Russia where for instance polonium 210 was used in different. This nerve agent
development, what does it tell you specifically? Has his been already -- in your reporting, have you found it that that this type of poison was used
before in political assassinations?
[15:10:08] BLAKE: Well, some of what we've learned about the other cases being investigated are (inaudible) on British soil is that some of these
people are suspected by intelligence agencies of having been poisoned and we know that Russia has at its disposal chemicals that cause, for example,
heart attacks or can trigger fast developing cancers.
And in this case, this appears to be some kind of a nerve agent that shuts down the nervous system very, very quickly. So, these are the sorts of
weapons, which are likely (inaudible) at the disposal of a state as opposed to say an organized crime group, a mafia group, which is why I think all
fingers right now are pointing at the Kremlin.
GORANI: Sure. And obviously, nonstate actors, why would they even risk handling this type of agent as well when there are other ways you can go
about. Now, if indeed it is found, one of the things that you've reported on is that the U.K. does not always respond proportionally to murders and
fascinations committed on its soil. Why not?
BLAKE: Well, yes, obviously, in the case of Alexander Litvinenko back in 2006 as you say he was poisoned with radioactive polonium, the government
did take (inaudible) in a case the Kremlin of carrying out or being involved in the assassination. They really did not have any option.
It was such a brazen assassination using radioactive material in the capital city, left a radioactive trail all over London. But in the other
14 cases, (inaudible) because since then the police have declared all of these deaths non-suspicious.
Despite some of them being, you know, extremely brazen, in one case, somebody was stabbed to death multiple times with two different knives and
the police said it was a suicide.
Another somebody dropped dead and was found to have a rare plant poison in his stomach, again, the police said that was a death by natural causes.
The reason I think --
GORANI: Please go ahead, yes.
BLAKE: Our understanding from speaking to multiple sources on both sides of the Atlantic is that the British government has been unwilling to
antagonize the Kremlin by making accusations (inaudible) Russian money in British banks and properties and genuinely nervous raging Russia, which is
increasingly developing cyber capabilities which could shut down waves of British structure.
GORANI: Last question related to the specific case, some have asked why use such an obvious -- why use such a weapon when it can obviously be
traced back to, you know, a state-sponsored -- potentially state-sponsored initiative? Why not just do something that is more discrete, less
traceable?
BLAKE: I think that's a great question. It seems that that this is such a brazen act, but it can only be a deliberate provocation, especially not
just going for Sergei Skripal, but also targeting his daughter, a completely innocent party.
You know, that does look like an act of provocation by Putin here. He has been making increasingly bold and brazen waves in the West and making
provocative statements. So, I think this is a real test of the British government as to how they are going to deal with a Russia that is making
such brazen waves.
GORANI: Well, Boris Johnson says they will -- if they can trace back the - - trail back to the perpetrator that they will respond robustly. We will see if that happens. Heidi Blake, thanks so much. Great having you on the
The president of the United States of America is being sued by a porn star and believe it or not, is absolutely stunning as that sound, it is not even
the top story today out of Washington instead something with much bigger implications is dominating the headlines.
Mr. Trump's chief economic advisor is leaving, another advisor leaving, a man some say stood between the president and a trade war. Gary Cohn is a
free-trade champion. He resigned over plans to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. His departure raises big questions that for some people
big concerns about Mr. Trump's economic policies moving forward.
That uncertainty is sending stocks on Wall Street tumbling. Here's a look at the big board. We are down 92 points at 24,791, not big dramatic moves,
but clearly a negative mood on Wall Street.
Let's get more on all of this. The Dow as I mentioned still in the red. We can get the political angle with our Stephen Collinson and Paul La
Monica is in New York with more on the market reaction.
So, Stephen, let's talk about Gary Cohn. I mean, this is someone who was ideologically opposed to the likes, for instance, of Steve Bannon. This is
someone who is a globalist who work on Wall Street and big financial firms.
He is leaving because he is not OK with the idea that the U.S. is launching a trade war or threatening to raise dramatically tariffs on things like
steel. What does that mean going forward for the White House and Donald Trump?
STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: That's right. Gary Cohn, as you say is the epitome of old-fashioned Republican-ism, if you like, the
pro-business, free-trade wing of the party, which Donald Trump really usurped by winning the presidency and he's change the policy.
[15:15:02] I think what it means in effect is that the populist nationalist, sort of thrust of Donald Trump's presidency is going to get
ever stronger going forward. There are going to be fewer dissenting views.
People like Peter Navarro, another economic adviser, in the White House, who is in favor of this tariff policy is on the rise. Just in the last few
minutes, we've had a few developments on this issue, the White House has said that there are probably going to be some carveouts for U.S. allies
Canada and Mexico on this issue based on national security.
So, they can escape some of these tariffs and she also said, Sarah Saunders, the White House spokeswoman that other allies, other countries
could also benefit from these opt outs. So, although, Gary Cohn is leaving, it seems there is still an attempt in some ways to moderate this
policy somewhat.
GORANI: Yes. This is what Sarah Sanders said at the daily briefing just minutes ago. Let's listen.
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: This is an intense place, as is every White House, and it is not abnormal that you would have
people come and go, but we are continuing to do great work. We are continuing to focus on the president's agenda and that's what we are all
here to do.
GORANI: And Stephen, this is over 40 departures in a year, that is not normal.
COLLINSON: This is not normal at all. It's true there is churn off the first year of any presidency. People get stressed and tired. They want to
move on. This is completely different. It's of a far greater magnitude than you would normally expect.
I think the problem now is getting people to come into this White House, into this chaos, with the knowledge that a midterm election is looming with
Republicans and the presidency. The president is expected to do very badly.
And the fact that the White House is on the constant examination from the special counsel that anyone coming into this is probably going to need a
very good lawyer.
GORANI: Paul La Monica, markets are reacting poorly. They certainly do not like the idea of a trade war.
PAUL R. LA MONICA, CNN MONEY CORRESPONDENT: Yes, definitely not. It's interesting to note that they have rebounded from the worst decline of the
day, Hala, but you are right. As Stephen pointed out, Gary Cohn's departure is yet another sign that the pragmatist, the globalists are
losing favor in the ear of President Tromp.
And I think that investors around the world are very nervous about that. We have heard time and time again that no one wins a trade war
historically, despite what President Tromp has said and tweeted contrary to that fact.
And I think investors now realize that big global multinational giants even though the dollar is falling because of some of the bad news lately and
that should help earnings for big global companies in general.
The problem, the flipside is a weak dollar doesn't help when you got tariffs slapped on you by the E.U. and Canada, who are U.S. allies because
they are not happy with the steel and aluminum tariffs.
GORANI: All right. Paul La Monica, Stephen Collinson, thanks very much. We're going to go back in time as well and discuss tariffs on trade in
steel and other industries imposed by the United States on how literally each and every time it did not work. We'll be looking at that angle later.
Thanks to both of you.
Still to come, Baby Allah (ph) has barely seen daylight and heard almost nothing but bombs falling, and he is just one of Eastern Ghouta's children
forced to grow up underground. We'll have that.
Plus, a court in Germany has ruled that far-right extremists should be considered terrorists too. We'll tell you why after the break.
GORANI: Well, now to the Korean Peninsula, a day after the South made a surprise announcement that the North would be willing to talk to America
about scrapping its nuclear program. The two Koreans held unprecedented talks this week.
Meantime, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is warning that as long as the North has nuclear weapons, sanctions should stay in place. A couple
developments to look at here. Will Ripley joins us. He is now live from Seoul. You made your way from Beijing.
So, what the South is saying is, do not get too far ahead of yourself. We are happy to talk, but so long as you are engaging in this type of nuclear
program, we are not going to give you sanctions relief.
WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And it's an interesting diplomatic dance that President Moon Jae-in is having to do here in Seoul
because on the one hand, he does want to alienate the North Koreans. They are just sort of developing a rapport. There obviously has this inter-
Korean Presidential Summit coming up in April with Kim Jong-un, which will be significant.
But at the same time, he has been accused by President Trump in the past of appeasing the North Koreans. So, he has to appear strong and tough. So,
you hear him talking publicly about sanctions.
He gave a speech a couple days ago, you know, talking about South Korea needing to continue to bolster its defense capabilities, including long-
range radar, you know, stronger ballistic missiles that sort of thing.
So, the South Koreans really are the man in the middle here, but so far, they have managed to make the North Koreans happy enough to continue moving
forward with the process. Obviously, they are delivering a message from the North Koreans to Washington and the same time, they've got the buy in
of the United States. Not an easy thing to do -- Hala.
GORANI: So, we were discussing yesterday the possibility that North Korea was serious in its proposal, serious about giving up its nuclear weapons
program. But really the question is why would it at this stage? What is in it for them?
RIPLEY: Well, and -- are they really serious about the type of denuclearization that the United States is talking about, which is
complete, verifiable, or would denuclearization for them mean a freeze like what they are doing right now and maybe a long-term meaning like 10 years
or more very slow dismantling that would allow them the opportunity to pull back at the administrations in the U.S. or South Korea change and start the
program right back up again.
But what they would want in exchange what I think basically -- even in their state media yesterday, they were calling for the United States to get
rid of their nuclear weapons, which, you know, we know that's not going to happen.
Remember when President Trump said, if you're great, we lived in the world where nobody need nukes, but that is not reality. That is almost as the
North Korea mindset as well. You know, they also want U.S. troops out of here, out of South Korea and joint military drills.
So, you know, what they would want exchange, it makes you really wonder if this is a serious possibility here.
GORANI: Will Ripley live in Seoul, thanks very much.
The Syrian government is planning an apocalypse in Eastern Utah, that is the accusation being leveled by the U.N. Human Rights chief. It's probably
how the thousands of people trapped in the Syrian rabble already feel, by the way.
Not that it is going to happen, but that they are living it right now. Bombs continue to fall, and the horrific humanitarian situation is
threatening to get a whole lot worst. Aid groups are locked out of the area because of the bombing.
CNN's Jomana Karadsheh has this report.
JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There seems to be no place on earth where it's harder to dodge the bombs right now than Eastern
Ghouta. No Security Council resolution and no Russian promises had stopped the bombs or the stopped the death toll rising every single day.
There's little to smile about in Eastern Ghouta where everyone has lost something or someone, yet they still smile. Most of Baby (inaudible) 28-
day life has been spent underground. That is the only place families have left, just maybe it will be enough to protect them from the bombs raining
down on them.
(Inaudible) says his family's livelihood, a little welding shop, was destroyed. His children are out of school. They use what they could find
to play and forget. Civilians are skeptical of offers to evacuate to so- called humanitarian corridors.
ABU RAFAD, EASTERN GHOUTA RESIDENT (through translator): We are waiting for God to help us. They talk about corridors (inaudible) what corridors?
They haven't spared us the tanks, artillery and Russian planes and they want us to go and have ourselves over.
[15:25:07] KARADSHEH: In another basement, another family and another story, 5-year-old Lamar with a big smile speaks with things most her age,
but not (inaudible). Her house was bombed by planes, she says, her toys burned. Like others, they've given up on the international community
saving them.
RAFAD (through translator): (Inaudible) condemnation, concern, we have seen nothing from them over the past seven or eight years. No resolution
they have passed has stopped the shelling. Give me one resolution the regime or Russia have abided by.
KARADSHEH: It seems like it's a matter of time before the regime recaptures Eastern Ghouta. Time that feels like an eternity for those
trapped in this town. Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, Eastern Ghouta.
GORANI: Well, the war in Syria has produced a flood of refugees. While they faced a backlash in many countries, few cases have been as vicious as
a series of attacks in Germany where refugee homes were firebombed.
Now -- and this is an interesting case -- several right-wing extremists have been convicted, and the charge that they did face was one of
terrorism. CNN's Atika Shubert reports from Dresden.
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They are known as the Freital group, seven men and one woman charged with
multiple attacks on refugees, and their trial marks a legal shift in Germany, far right extremists charged with terror offenses.
In 2015, the country was coping with the influx of more than a million refugees. Small German towns like Freital oppressed into service by the
government to provide refugee homes. While many welcomed the new comers, others did not.
Protests tried to prevent the entry of refugees into the town unsuccessfully. The defendants turned to violence, including firebombing
three refugee homes, among other targets, that left two people injured and could have been deadly the judge said.
Stefie Brethel (ph) received a letter bomb from the Freital group because of her work to find housing for refugees. She welcomed the verdict. She
told us my son was attacked by them. I came here today to show them that I'm still here speaking out and you are going to prison, she says.
The defendants admitted the attacks, but claimed they were, quote, "spontaneous." The judge found all the defendants guilty of being members
of a terror organization. Six guilty of attempted murder and two as accessories. The longest sentence 10 years for the ring leaders, a harsh
sentence that one defense lawyer objected to.
MICHAEL SHAWN, DEFENSE LAWYER: It was a very local incident. The rest (inaudible), no question, but from my point of view, not to hold Federal
Republic of Germany wasn't any danger at all so from my point of view, there is no terrorist organization.
SHUBERT: Now, the defendants can appeal this verdict, but this case sends a clear message that far right hate crimes can and will be prosecuted as
terror offenses. Atika Shubert, CNN, Dresden, Germany.
GORANI: Still to come tonight, a porn star takes on a president, Stormy Daniels is suing Donald Trump in a case that could be a big problem for him
in more ways than one. We'll be right back.
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[15:30:56] HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: In any other White House, word of hush money paid to a porn star who reportedly has an affair
with the president would send shockwaves through America. But we're not living in ordinary times. The story of Stormy Daniels has been out for
weeks and it's now taking yet another dramatic new turn. Sara Sidner reports Daniels wants to talk and she's suing Donald Trump for the right to
tell all.
SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Porn star Stormy Daniels suing President Trump, seeking to invalidate the nondisclosure agreement
she signed just days before the 2016 presidential election, preventing her from talking about their alleged sexual encounter.
JIMMY KIMMEL, HOST, ABC'S JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!: You can't say whether you have a nondisclosure agreement. But if you didn't have a nondisclosure
agreement, you most certainly could say, "I don't have a nondisclosure agreement," yes?
STORMY DANIELS, SUING DONALD TRUMP: You're so smart, Jimmy.
KIMMEL: Thank you very much.
SIDNER: The lawsuit argues that the agreement is null and void, because it was not signed by Mr. Trump, referred to in the document by a pseudonym
"David Dennison."
Daniels's lawyer says Mr. Trump "purposely did not sign the agreement so he could later, if need be, publicly disavow any knowledge of the contract and
Ms. Daniels." According to the complaint, Daniels had an intimate relationship with Mr. Trump that began in the summer of 2006 and continued
"well into 2007." The adult film star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, considered sharing her story in 2016 after the "Access Hollywood"
tape surfaced.
TRUMP: I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do
BILLY BUSH, FORMER ACCESS HOLLYWOOD HOST: Whatever you want.
TRUMP: Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.
SIDNER: The complaint alleges Trump's long-time attorney, Michael Cohen, intervened, paying Daniels $130,000. Daniels says Mr. Trump knew about the
payment, which she calls hush money.
Last week, Cohen admitted to paying Ms. Daniels but insisted that neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the
transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly.
The lawsuit says Cohen has continued to intimidate Ms. Clifford into silence and shut her up in order to protect Mr. Trump. Even as recently as
February 27, when Cohen filed a bogus arbitration against Daniels without giving her notice of the proceeding and basic due process.
In the lawsuit, Daniels also alleges Cohen coerced her into signing this statement in January, which states that reports of her relationship with
Mr. Trump were false.
Sara Sidner, CNN, Los Angeles.
GORANI: Well, President Trump has denied having any sexual encounter with Stormy Daniel, but listen to what the porn star's attorney said this
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Does she have a sexual relationship with the president?
MICHAEL AVENATTI, ATTORNEY OF STORMY DANIELS: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Does she still have photos, images, text messages, documents that verify this claim?
AVENATTI: That's a question that Ms. Daniels will have to ultimately answer.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you know the answer to that question?
AVENATTI: I do know the answer, but I'm not at liberty to disclose it this morning.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you went in court and a judge says, you know what? This agreement is not valid. Wouldn't she have to return the money she
accepted pursuant to this agreement?
AVENATTI: I think she may have to. And she's prepared to do that.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is she looking to sell her story?
AVENATTI: No, she's looking to disclose the truth about what happened.
GORANI: Just a short time ago, White House spokesperson said President Trump has already won an arbitration case against Stormy Daniels, but Sarah
Sanders refused to give further details.
Let's break all of this down with CNN legal analyst and criminal defense attorney, Joey Jackson. Joey, thanks for being with us.
So When Stormy Daniels' attorney says, well, there was no other signature on that confidentiality agreement which means it's null and void. Is that
legally -- does that hold up legally?
JOEY JACKSON, CNN LEGAL ANALYST AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: The short answer is -- and great to be with you, Hala, is no. Listen, here's the
reality. What we do in contract law, is you look at the actual legal issue relating to the contract, then you look at the equitable issue.
Let's talk about the legal first. In a contract, there's an offer to be made, there's acceptance of that matter, and then there's what we call
consideration which in English is money. Here, you plainly had an offer, $130,000, if you're quiet. We had acceptance, she signs, Stormy Daniels,
anything she need to, and she was given money. So therefore, all of the legal requirements of the contract had made. You don't look at right
simply there' a signature missing and as a result of a signature missing, aha, the law doesn't say that the signature is what's determinative.
What's determinative is the intent of the parties and offer -- the acceptance of the offer and the payment.
[15:35:32] So all of those conditions have met. And as a matter of equity, I don't see a court disturbing at final point, Hala, and that's this, if
you look at the very first paragraph of the contract itself, as I'm looking at, it says that she could sign, right? She has to sign, but that this
person named David Dennison, Donald Trump, need not sign because the corporation could sign on his behalf. So I just don't see this lawsuit as
having any --
GORANI: So, can she get out of this confidentiality agreement in any other way at all or not? And how?
JACKSON: Yes. The other argument, Hala, is that -- to be made is that there was a waiver on the other plot. So for example, a contract between
two parties, both sides have obligations to meet the terms of that contract. The other argument her lawyer is making is that there was a
waiver that means that, you know what? Because the lawyer is speaking, because Mr. Cohen is speaking about it, he's waived and violated the
provisions, and therefore, it's no, I can speak too. And to me, that may be the better argument, though I don't even think they prevail on that
argument either.
GORANI: Now, what about in -- over the duration, does this confidentiality agreement cover the natural life of the person finding it? I mean, is
there after a few years, some sort of a point at which you can discuss these confidentials, these things you'd agreed not to discuss in exchange
for money?
JACKSON: It's a great point, but it's one that lawyers have long since thought of. If you look at any contract, it'll say it binds you. It binds
you and successors and the newborn, yet not born. It is in perpetuity till the end of time. So the way this contracts are written are ironclad to
say, you know what? No one can say anything. But interestingly enough, we're talking about this where the confidentiality agreement it seems the
world knows that there was a relationship and that's the irony and even having this discussion. She wants to tell the full story. But I think the
public is very well aware of many elements of the story.
GORANI: Or she might have pictures or texts. I mean, her lawyer wouldn't comment on that on another network. He gave an interview this morning, but
it's possible that -- what happens, legally, to her if she goes ahead and tells her story anyway?
JACKSON: The contract also contemplates that. First, in terms of a text or pictures. The contract talks about how she's not supposed to share any
of that and how that was already given over to Donald Trump's lawyer. So that's number one.
Number two, there's something called a liquidated damage provision in the contract. What that means in English, is that both parties have
anticipated that if it's reached then either, A, she has to disgorge all the money. That mens give back the $130,000. But, B, the liquidated damage
clause means, we've decided that it'll be worth $1 million if you violate. And that's why -- and so when answer to your question, she could be out of
pocket $1 million if the court finds she's in violation of the agreement.
GORANI: Can she be in any criminal trouble? I mean, if it's a question of $1 million, I'm sure some people would be happy to pay up to hear the
JACKSON: It's a great point. There's no criminality here. This is a contract -- people enter into contracts all the time. Some parties breach
contracts. You don't go to jail for breaching them, but it could really hurt your wallet. If you do, hence for a lawyer trying to get that
declaratory judgment, which again is going to court, having the court -- the clear the contract null and void. If they do that, she could sing like
a canary and she could be on your show talking about the essence of that relationship.
GORANI: Now, Sarah Sanders, the press secretary, had this to say. She mentioned a case that had already been won in arbitration. If you could
shed some light on that. We'll listen to this sound and get back to you, Joey.
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The president has denied the allegations against him. And again, this case has already been
won in arbitration. Anything beyond that, I would refer you to outside counsel.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You said that there's arbitration that's already been won by whom and when?
SANDERS: By the president's personal attorneys, and for details on that, I would refer you to them.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But you're aware of them, so what can more -- can you share with us?
SANDERS: I can share that the arbitration was won in the president's favor. And I would refer you to the president's outside counsel on any
details beyond that.
GORANI: So, Joey, what does this mean? What should we read in to those statements by Sarah Sanders?
JACKSON: So number one, an arbitration is preceding where it's not a court, it's not a person in a robe, it's not a courtroom. It's an
individual that both parties hire to interpret what went -- who was right and who was wrong. And most contracts have provisions for arbitration
which keeps you outside of court. Now, there's an argument to be made and she's saying that, hey, they went to arbitration without even notifying me.
And so if there was such a proceeding where an arbitrator, which has to rule on whether provisions of the contract, they're accurate, whether
provisions are violated. If an actual arbitrator heard the case, Stormy Daniels' position is, it was without me because I didn't even know that
there was an arbitration proceeding. And so if you don't know, and you don't appear, you're forfeit. But then again, if you're not noticed to
appear, it's null and void anyway. So the president may have a decision in his favor, but if that decision was not known to by Stormy Daniels nor if
she appeared to represent herself, then that in and of itself is null and void.
[15:40:39] GORANI: Thank you for explaining all of this so clearly. Joey Jackson, as always, a pleasure having you on the program.
JACKSON: Thank you, Hala.
GORANI: And staying in the U.S., a grand jury has formally charged Nikolas Cruz with 17 counts of murder, following that mass shooting at a high
school in Florida. Cruz is facing a total of 34 counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder. He confessed to being the gunman, according
to an affidavit released shortly after his arrest.
And we're hearing from the public defender's office that Cruz is willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.
Now, the students of that high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas were paid a surprise visit by an NBA, a basketball star. And it was finally a happy
moment for them. Take a look.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dwyane Wade, yay.
GORANI (voice-over): Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade stopped by the campus. Here are some video of that moment. One of the shooting victim was buried and
waves jersey. Here's what Wade tweeted about last week. "It's way bigger than basketball. We are the voices for the people that don't get to be
heard. Joaquin Oliver, may you rest in peace. And I dedicate my return and the rest of this Miami Heat season to you."
GORANI: Don't forget to check out our Facebook page, facebook.com/halagoranicnn.
After the break tonight, a key Trump aide calls it quits over the president's proposed tariffs. U.S. stocks are sinking. We tell you why
investors also think and many economists, by the way, also think this is a really bad idea.
And getting the red carpet and the protest lines. Saudi Arabia's crown prince heads to the UK. We'll look at why this visit is so important and
also so controversial. We'll be right back.
GORANI: British Prime Minister says she's hoping for a new era in relations between her country and Saudi Arabia. Today, Theresa May met
with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He's kicking off a brief UK a bit. Both countries are undergoing big changes, for Britain obviously,
it's the upcoming Brexit.
Meanwhile, the crown prince has crackdown on corruption and he is leading Saudi Arabia through modernization measures like letting women drive. Both
countries are looking for a new business deals. In fact, the government started laying the groundwork before the visit. If you're here in London,
you may have seen these billboards riding around. But the triple size considerable controversy. Activists are criticizing Saudi Arabia for its
role in Yemen, where it's leading a coalition against Houthi rebels. The conflict has killed thousands, many of them civilians and worse a terrible
humanitarian crisis there.
[15:45:21] So there you have it. By the way, those are the effigies there and the signs from those who are unhappy about the visit. There were big
welcoming signs as well. Some of the billboards posted on the way into town from Heathrow Airport.
I want to check the Dow. The last few minutes of trade here. The Dow is full trending lower, but it's recovered from session lows, as we told you
earlier. Alarm bells are going off on Wall Street. Investors are spoofed by the resignation of Donald Trump's top economic advisor. Gary Cohn has
fearlessly opposed to the president's plan to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
There have been warnings from history, by the way, over imposing tariffs. Back in 1930, Congress passed tariffs in a range of imported goods. It was
meant to protect American jobs during the Great Depression. But several nations retaliated, that's what happens usually, and it sparked a trade
war. It made things worth -- worst, I should say with U.S. imports falling 40 percent in two years.
More recently in 2002, President George W. Bush imposed sweeping tariffs on steel. A year later, the U.S. had to drop them after the World Trade
Organization ruled that they were in fact illegal.
In 2009, President Barack Obama put tariffs on Chinese tires. According to a Washington research group, the tariffs did protect 1,200 U.S. tire jobs.
But here's a thing, about 3,700 retail jobs were lost as a results. It's not always were. In fact, it almost never does.
Let's discuss it with Rana Foroohar. She's a global business columnist for the FT and a CNN global economic analyst. She joins me live now from New
York.
Why do you think Donald Trump is doing this? Because historically speaking, it's been proven not to work, every economist, every legitimate
economist believes that this is a misguided strategy.
RANA FOROOHAR, CNN GLOBAL ECONOMIC ANALYST: Yes. Everyone apparently, except Peter Navarro, the economist advising the president. I think he's
doing this completely for political reasons. I mean, it, frankly, does why tariffs are always put into place. Typically when a president, when a
leader is having trouble at home, when there are conflicts that he wants to -- and ship the blame to someone else. In this country, typically China,
you see tariff threats. And this time, you're seeing the real action. I mean, what's so unfortunate, Hala, is that with the complex supply chains
that we have in this country, and really in any rich country, this is going to ricochet right back onto the very people that Trump purports to help.
It's going to have big impact in the Rust Belt.
Auto companies are complaining. I've spoken a number of manufacturers that are saying, you know, we had a lot of things going in our favor, tax cuts,
stronger growth economy. Now, this is a major headwind.
GORANI: And also the U.S. saying fine, you can slap tariffs on steel and aluminum, but we'll slap tariffs on Harley-Davidson motorcycles, on
bourbon, on Levi's jeans.
FOROOHAR: Yes, absolutely. And you look at the iconic nature of the brands that they are choosing to slap the tariffs on. You can see the sort
of political impact there. What I'm really looking forward to in the next few months, and I don't mean looking forward to be happy. But what I'm
looking for is more tariffs probably put on to China around tech. There was already an investigation that's been started at Peter Navarro's. He
has to look into whether or not that the Chinese have been protecting their IT and tech sector. If that's found to be the case, the report is going to
be out this summer. You probably going to see more protection in that area. That actually worries me more even in steel and aluminum, because
those are old-line industry. If you look at trade in those area, it's actually been flattening for the last several years. You look at digital
trade, that's been up 45 times in the last 10 years. That is where the action is in the economy. If you start getting into a global digital trade
war, we've all got big problem.
GORANI: But Trump had said several times on Twitter that the trade deficit between the United States and the world is $800 billion and that basically
America has been getting a raw deal for decades, but all these trade deals are America's disadvantage and that foreign products are just pouring into
the country unchecked. But factually that's incorrect, right?
FOROOHAR: Well, absolutely. Trade deficits are just one measure of the strength of an economy. How strong your service sector is another measure.
How strong your currency is, is another measure. What kind of labor cost you have? Are your workers highly skilled, highly productive, highly paid?
These are all different measures. You have to look at a 360 view of the economy. No mainstream economist I know, again, with the possible
exception of Peter Navarro would say that trade deficits alone are the way to look at the strength of an economy.
[15:50:01] GORANI: But those who support President Trump's policies would say, well, look where mainstream economists got us or manufacturing
industries are decimated. The pay gap is big, purchasing power actually hasn't -- has declined in real dollar terms over the last several
generations. So they would say these are globalization loving economists got us into a big mess.
FOROOHAR: Absolutely. And there's a lot of legitimacy to that. I am absolutely not saying that we shouldn't have done NAFTA, let's say better
than we did. I think that there were -- there were major issues. If you look back, the Republicans actually road blocked at the time NAFTA was
going through, road blocked greater subsidies to workers who are potentially going to lose their jobs. On the other side, you had democrats
that were perhaps not as thoughtful as they might be about how the winners and losers were going to fair. So absolutely this 2020, we need to do
trade better and smarter than we do in the past. But that doesn't mean starting a global trade war.
GORANI: And Gary Cohn, what do you make of his departure? Clearly he was opposed to raising tariffs on these products.
FOROOHAR: Yes, I think it's very telling that he said he fell underutilized. I think he got through one of the big things he wanted to
get through, which was tax cuts. If you look, actually at the amount of far right wing policies, the Trump administration has put through in its
first year, the numbers are pretty high, so it could be frankly that a lot of people are saying, hey, they're going to take their games and leave. At
this point, we're moving towards protectionism. Maybe the low-hanging fruit is in plucked. Maybe some of the predictions that we were worried
about are now going to come to the force. So it's unfortunate that he's leaving, but I'm not surprised.
GORANI: Rana Foroohar, thanks so much for doing this. Appreciate it.
FOROOHAR: Thank you.
GORANI: A lot more to come this evening including Uber says its new self- driving trucks will mean more jobs for humans. How did that work? Samuel Burke with me next.
GORANI: Well, Uber has a new frontier and it's no longer your doorstop. The ride-hailing company setting its sights on long-haul transportation.
It is already operating a fleet of self-driving trucks in Arizona in the U.S.
Samuel Burke is here with more details. And they're saying that they'll create jobs as a result?
SAMUEL BURKE, CNN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS CORRESPONDENT: You've got to hand it to these companies with self-driving technology, because they
want to have it both ways. They want to roll out this technology like Uber is doing in Arizona. And at the same time, they tell us, this is going to
create more jobs for human beings. Now, it's true. Right now in the state of Arizona, there are still human beings behind the wheel just in case.
So right now, yes, there are more jobs, but even Uber admits that long- term, of course, the objective here is to get rid of the drivers. Right now, these are just on highways in Arizona. Once they get into local roads
where you have more people, stop signs, stoplights, well, then that is when the humans are actually taking over.
GORANI: Well, what are the long term ambitions for Uber here? Is this where the direction they're going on?
BURKE: Well, actually if we just take the animation that we've been playing and show that full screen, what they want to do is create these
hubs where the cars will actually come in. They'll swap trailers so the cargo can go from a self-driving car to human being who might take the
produce straight to the grocery store. These are also using the Uber freight app. It's just like the Uber app that has accepted. It's
connecting the self-driving cars with the cargo that needs to get from one place to another. So they're trying to cash in on all frontier. They want
to be the middleman, but they also want to be the people making these cars and selling the space that people will use to get their products.
GORANI: And how long before this is a reality?
[15:55:08] BURKE: Well, it's a reality right now in Arizona. And I think what's funny about it is that nobody noticed, probably because -- this
actually started a few months ago. We're only just learning that this is actually have been going on that these self-driving cars are really just
doing it themselves right now. But I think that long-term what they're going to want to do, not have the driver there and I think that's coming up
a lot closer than people would think. Arizona is really the hub for this in the United States right now.
GORANI: But obviously there are going to be issues that will come up inevitably if there's an accident or if there's a fender bender and there's
no one in the vehicle.
BURKE: And that first time that that happened especially with a car that size is semi-tractor trailer or lorry, whatever you want to call it. The
first time that happens, there's going to be a big reaction and then it gets into all these deeper questions which we haven't answered yet which is
insurance-wise, if you're hit by a car that doesn't have a driver whose insurance covers that? Is it Uber? Is it the carmaker? There are a lot
of complicated questions that are fundamentally going to change all of these things if we've known about driving for so long.
GORANI: Samuel, thanks very much. What the future of Uber, the future it's hoping for anyway.
We have some breaking news coming into us from Vienna, Austria. We're hearing reports of a violent incident in the Austrian capital. Vienna
police say that a knife attacker injured three people from the same family near a subway station in Leopoldstadt district on Wednesday. This is
according to our affiliate ORF.
The three individuals injured were a mother, a father, a daughter. We understand according to police speaking to our affiliates that no one has
been apprehended, that the attacker or the attackers, because we don't know at this stage who's behind it, are still at large. But this is quite a
violent incident. They're right at a subway station with three individuals all related.
Two parents and a daughter injured in a knife attack. We don't know much about their condition. We're still, of course, following the latest coming
to us from our affiliate. But also from police authorities in Vienna.
A knife attack and of course people will be wondering who could be behind this. Is it more than one individual? Is it a group of people? Is it a
criminal act? Is it a personal matter gone wrong? Is it a robbery? All these are questions obviously still hanging in the air as we continue to
follow this story.
We'll have a lot more on this and all the other news making headlines. I'm Hale Gorani. Thanks for watching tonight. "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS" is up
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Microsoft Tablets Could Borrow Best Parts from Windows Phone 7
Lighter UI
Microsoft seems determined to cling to Windows for its tablets currently on the market. However, the OS comes across as ungainly versus Android and iOS. In its place, Microsoft could consider a touch-optimized, "lighter" user interface more in line with what you find on a smartphone.
The Motorola Xoom and the higher-end Apple iPads represent the top of the tablet market’s price range, at around $800. Most other competitors fall somewhere between $550 and $700. If Microsoft and its tablet partners really want to make an impact, they’ll aim for the lower side of the price spectrum
At the moment, tablets are transitioning to dual-core processors to power apps, games and Web cruising. By the time Microsoft begins its big tablet push, the hardware baseline for tablets will doubtlessly have risen into more powerful ranges. Microsoft’s tablet strategy needs to set tough standards for what’s acceptable in terms of screen resolution, processors and other areas.
USB and Peripherals
There exists a tricky line between providing a slimmed-down tablet (truly a "post-PC" device, in Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ words) and something with enough features to cover a wide variety of possible functions. To that end, Microsoft and its partners could err on the side of installing a number of hardware features, such as multiple USBs, on the tablet form factor—something that at least some power users might appreciate.
With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft demonstrated that it was willing to impose a strict set of requirements on its manufacturing partners in order to prevent fragmentation and make software updates (somewhat) easier to manage. It could well do the same with tablets.
As with Windows Phone 7, Microsoft could (and maybe should) focus on a tablet experience that bakes other company properties into the tablet UI, including Xbox, Office and SharePoint.
If the current spate of tablets proves anything, it’s that any new competitor on the market needs to place battery life at an absolute premium.
Developers! Developers! Developers!
Windows Phone 7 demonstrated how aggressively courting the developer community to develop apps, months before a platform’s release, can translate into small but steady dividends. While WP7 doesn’t boast an app library the size of Google’s or Apple’s, it has so far managed to avoid the fate of Palm and RIM in that category. With any tablet, Microsoft will need to ensure it has an app developer plan in place.
Xbox Integration
Microsoft’s secret weapon with tablets could be integration with Xbox Live. Easily the company’s most successful consumer franchise, Xbox could give a Microsoft tablet a built-in gamer audience.
Fujitsu’s Q550 tablet already boasts the ability to write with a stylus, in addition to touch input. A deeply ingrained ability to treat a tablet’s surface like paper could go far in expanding its user base to writers, artists and designers.
Security features such as an embedded security chip and encrypted SSD could make a Windows tablet that much more appealing to enterprise users.
While it’s too soon to tell whether it will ultimately succeed over others in the tablet market, Samsung’s early experience launching the Galaxy Tab on multiple carriers drew a lot of buzz. A similar blanket strategy could also serve Microsoft well, ensuring its tablets get high visibility.
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Executive Vice President at Wabash Capital Named to Terre Haute Airport Authority Board
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA – Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett has named Wabash Capital Co-Founder and Executive Vice President Chris Doll to the Terre Haute International Airport Authority Board of Directors. The Airport Authority has six board members with three members appointed by the Vigo County Commissioners and three appointed by the Mayor.
Doll is no stranger to aviation, earning his undergraduate degree in Aviation Administration from Indiana State University. He has been flying airplanes since he was 16 and earned his private pilot license at 17. After marrying and starting a family, he became less involved with flying. "I think this is a great way to refamiliarize myself again," says Doll.
"I'm looking forward to working with Airport Director Dennis Wiss and the Board to help make the most of our airport's potential. It is a valuable asset to our community," Doll said. He highlights the fact that the airport sits in the center of the United States in a state with a relatively low tax base. "With the right effort, the airport really should be able to attract business capital," according to Doll.
The appointment to the Board is for four years, expiring June of 2014.
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Resolving Conflict in Karachi?
Crisis in Karachi
Asia Society, August 23, 2011
“Karachi, Pakistan's port city which generates 70 percent of the country's revenue, is in the grip of a serious multidimensional crisis,” says Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellow Hassan Abbas, of the violent unrest that has gripped the city. “More than 100 people have been killed -- many of them tortured to death -- in the last week or so. Tragically, this has become a recurrent phenomenon. Criminal gangs, armed thugs associated with leading political factions, and to a limited extent religious extremists are all playing a role in this mayhem. The government's writ has almost vanished in the face of this serious situation, and the police and paramilitary Rangers are nothing more than silent spectators. A role for the military is increasingly being discussed in Pakistani media, but history has shown that military operations have not solved any crisis in the country. Rather, its involvement has almost always led to further complications. Demographic changes, increases in crime rates due to poor law enforcement, and -- most important -- ethnic tussles for depleting city resources are the issues at the heart of the problem. There are no quick and ready-made solutions for such a complex issue.”
Deweaponise and Depoliticise: Fixing the Cycle of Violence in Karachi By Farieha Aziz, Newsline, August 2011
From hand grenades to Kalashinkovs to Uzis to rocket launchers – you name it, and this city stocks it. From political party workers to their affiliates, from mafias to petty thieves to ordinary citizens – everybody is in possession of weapons and most do not hesitate to use them. The proliferation of weapons has taken violence to another level in Karachi.
In a poll run by Newsline on its website asking citizens to share their views on how to put an end to Karachi’s violence and bloodshed, this is what one commentator felt needed to be done: “The ‘capacity’ of criminal elements in Karachi to wreak havoc, kill innocent people and hold a city of 20 million people hostage, must be diminished. Militant/armed wings in political parties need to be disbanded, and there is only one way that can happen: the ‘willingness’ of the State to protect its citizens.” Fahad continues: “If the government knows there are people in this city who can kill innocent people and destroy property at a moment’s notice, they have an obligation to dismantle such groups. The problem is that the government has a vested interest – medium and long-term political gains – in not completely restoring durable peace in Karachi. At the end of the day, it’s a question of willingness and not ability, to protect innocent citizens.”
Says another commentator, Abu Awama, “I think that the best way to avoid violence in a city as volatile as Karachi is to deweaponise it. The easiest way to deweaponise Karachi is to establish search pickets along the main roads. Anyone carrying a gun should be punished summarily, and the firearm should be confiscated. It is not essential that the sentences should be long because it’s the certainty of punishment which is a bigger deterrent compared to the severity of punishment.”
While some believe that deweaponising Karachi may be the need of the hour, they are not optimistic about the government tackling this problem effectively as they see a clear lack of will on its part. Some also view the government as being partisan and incapable of conducting an across-the-board clamp down; it’ll ensure that its own party and affiliates are exempt from the exercise. Government aside, citizens do not have any faith that political parties will take the lead either by putting their own house in order first. The consensus is that all parties need to be “made to do it,” forcibly. Despite all the flak the khakis have received of late, “call in the army” for a crackdown against criminals, to deweaponise the city and to restore peace is still a common refrain heard in Karachi whenever the law-and-order situation deteriorates, since the army is viewed as a neutral force. However, history is testament to the fact that even the army has supported and given precedence to one political group over another.
Chaos in Karachi - Editorial Daily Times
Violent intentions: Karachi killings are politically motivated, agree experts - The Express Tribune
Will Army Take Over Karachi's Control? - The News
Karachi seeting under violence and terror - CRSS Research Paper
Reforming Karachi's Police - AfPak Channel, Foreign Policy
Urban Conflict in Pakistan - By Claude Rakisitis
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Mick Mars Won't Be Giving Out Free Mötley Crüe Tickets After All
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Promises are a funny thing. So are Mötley Crüe fans. The two have been on a collision course ever since the legendary L.A. metal band announced they were reuniting for a massive stadium tour next year.
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Hardcore fans of the band have pulled out a 2014 interview with Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars with rock journalist Eddie Trunk on The Metal Show where Mars insisted that the band's "final" tour really was the last time the band would go on the road. When the idea came up the maybe the Crüe would someday tour again, Mars stepped up and made a very bold claim: "If that happens, I'll invite the whole world for free." Whoops, Mick.
Now that Mötley Crüe has literally blown up their "Cessation of Touring" agreement, fans of the band from around the world have been calling Mars on his promise of free tickets when the group hits the road next year. Needless to say, it's not going to happen.
"While I was clearly joking about free tickets that night on TMS, I was also deeply convinced that we would never ever be touring again," Mars has responded via Instagram. "I would have never expected to be facing a whole new generation of fans demanding to see us play. In fact, touring with Motley Crue comes at a weird place in time, since my solo record is almost complete after such a long time of writing and recording. But I put our fans first. Anyways, I am eating a lot of crow and humble pie this Thanksgiving for those remarks and accept that some of you see this as me being dishonest. I said what I said, and I was wrong. Peace."
A post shared by Mick Mars (@mr.mickmars) on Nov 25, 2019 at 9:53am PST
The guitarist does have a point. At the time of The Metal Show interview, Netflix doc The Dirt didn't exist. The renewed interest in Mötley Crüe from a younger wave of fans who are just now discovering the band via the movie are credited with sparking the tour.
Now about those free tickets...
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December 1974: When "Elton John Greatest Hits" was the Biggest Record in America
It was the #1 album in the country for the entire months of December '74 and January '75, and still stands as Elton's best-selling full-length. What's your favorite EJ song?
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When Halloween Came Early: Black Sabbath Releases "Iron Man," October 1971
“I really do feel that when you listen to 'Iron Man,' what you’re getting is the essence of what made Black Sabbath such a special band."
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Revolution Drummer Bobby Z Says Getting Booed Off Rolling Stones' Stage Forged Prince's '1999'
Revolution drummer Bobby Z "felt like a goalie" during the 1981 incident.
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Response to 'tax break' question
U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Citizens for Tax Justice on Jan. 18 released a list of 30 corporations that paid little or no taxes and spent more in lobbying efforts to obtain tax breaks. The list includes Wisconsin Energy Corporation, our parent company.
In short, tying lobbying to taxes is wrong because there is no connection. Our lobbying efforts focus on energy policy, environmental matters, electric reliability and renewable generation -- all of direct benefit to our customers.
Wisconsin Energy is in total compliance with federal and state tax laws. The corporation's 10-K filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission show effective tax rate percentages of 37.7, 36.5, and 35.5 for years 2008, 2009, and 2010, respectively.
President Obama and Congress enacted, as a matter of public policy, tax laws to give corporations incentives to make capital investments to spur economic growth. The benefits of the tax incentives were passed on to customers in the form of reduced utility rates. However, the accelerated tax depreciation must be paid back in future years as required by law. For Wisconsin Energy, the amount is more than $200 million.
Because Wisconsin Energy's major subsidiaries, such as We Energies, are regulated utilities, any taxes paid are recoverable in electric and natural gas rates, and any tax benefits are returned to customers in the form of lower rates. To that end, the corporation plans to continue to maximize the tax benefits allowed by law on behalf of customers and stockholders.
Asplundh crews rescue driver in auto accident
Asplundh forestry crew members Todd Lyles, Chris Goral, Jon Bax and Jason Anderson performed like heroes to rescue an accident victim in Big Bend. Two Asplundh crews under contract to We Energies were trimming trees along Highway 164 on Jan. 17 when an area resident alerted them about a car that slid off the snowy roadway, flipped over and landed upside down in a pond.
Approaching the vehicle, the workers couldn’t see how many people were in the car because the windows were tinted. With water beginning to fill the car, they took action quickly. Because of the water pressure, the doors wouldn't open, so they tried flipping the car over, but it was too heavy for the four men to get the car back on its wheels. With the car now turned on its side, they flagged down other drivers on the highway to help. Two men stopped to help flip the car the rest of the way and get the driver out.
The driver was a young woman who had just dropped off her son at day care. She was taken to the hospital but later released with no injuries. The four Asplundh employees went home to change clothes and returned to the job site to complete their work day.
The rescued driver was Alyson Beisiegel, the daughter of We Energies employee Jill Zaruba, business manager – customer field operations. Beiseigel asked an Asplundh crew member to call her parents to tell them she was in an accident but OK. "These men saved my daughter’s life,” Zaruba said.
Asplundh crew members who made the rescue, left to right: Jason "JJ" Anderson, Jon Bax, Chris Goral and Todd Lyles, far right. Second from right is Greg Great, who supervises the crews.
Employees share holiday spirit with those in need
Staging bags at Forest Home Elementary.
We Energies employees recently shared their time and personal resources to make the holidays brighter for many in the Milwaukee area.
Employees at Metro North and Calumet service centers collected toys for 50 children and delivered them on Dec. 16 to the Young Leaders Academy elementary school on 13th Street and North Avenue in Milwaukee.
Earlier in the month, four supervisors volunteered their time one evening to help with the Meals for Minds program, a monthly distribution of food at a local school.
The distribution site, Forest Home Elementary School at South 15th Street and West Forest Home Avenue in Milwaukee, was selected for this program because 95 percent of the students at the school qualify for the free- or reduced-price lunch program.
Assisting Meals for Minds.
More than 250 families received bags of food on the night that Randy Chase, customer service supervisor, Patty Finn, project supervisor, Kathy Wilson, field services supervisor, and Jennifer Eisner, customer service supervisor, worked.
Distributing 250 food bags.
Wilson said it was “very rewarding, humbling and great to see kids’ smiling faces,” as families came through the school to receive the packages of food.
“Rewarding and eye opening to see the challenges our communities face,” is how Eisner described the experience. Eisner coordinated We Energies’ participation in the event. “Without volunteers,” she said, “Meals for Minds would not be possible. We were proud to represent We Energies through this life-changing program.”
Meals for Minds is a partnership between Target and Feeding America. Target provides the funding for the program and Feeding America provides the food.
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Scout’s honor for lifetime of leadership
Executive Vice President Joan Shafer’s career at We Energies had a humble start. She did clerical work for the company straight out of high school.
“It was so boring, I decided not to return the following summer!” recalls Shafer. Eventually she did return, and perhaps that mundane first assignment served as motivation to achieve more.
Now, Shafer is being honored for her lifetime of leadership by the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast. It is an organization she cares deeply about. Shafer was a Girl Scout herself and later became a troop leader for her daughters’ groups. She served on the organization’s board of directors for seven years, including four as its chair.
Joan Shafer, center, accepts her award.
Shafer’s career at We Energies has followed a similar trajectory. Shafer rose through the management ranks in human resources, operations and customer service before being promoted to her current role as executive vice president – human resources and organizational effectiveness of WEC Energy Group. She credits her Girl Scout experience with helping her develop the skills she uses today.
“Girl Scouts has been instrumental in my leadership and in my daughters’ lives,” Shafer said. “It taught me how to work in a group, know myself and my strengths, connect with others, and play a role in their development through empathy, compassion and empowerment.”
On June 29, Shafer was presented with a 2017 Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Leadership Award. She and other award recipients were honored at an event commemorating 100 years of Girl Scouting in southeastern Wisconsin.
In the community, Shafer also is an advocate for education as a trustee for Mount Mary University and a member of the Alverno College School of Business advisory board. She is the vice chair of Partners Advancing Values in Education (PAVE) and the secretary of Seton Catholic Schools. She was previously presented with an Athena Award for outstanding leadership, and in in 2012, she was named an Outstanding Volunteer of the Year by the United Way of Waukesha County.
Shafer’s advice to Girl Scouts looking to be leaders in their communities: “The first rule is to show up and try it, put yourself in that environment, and dismiss the phrase ‘I can’t do that.’”
Cookie Crumbs: Celebrate Summerfest with smiley-face cookies
We Energies Cookie Book recipes are perfect for celebrations of all kinds. No matter the occasion, you’ll find a recipe that’s just right.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Summerfest. Conceived by then-mayor Henry W. Maier and inspired by his visit to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, Summerfest has come a long way over the past five decades.
The same year that Bob Hope and Dolly Parton were headliners (1969), the We Energies Cookie Book included a recipe that featured smiley-face cookies, although they were called Funny Face Cookies. They are sure to put a smile on your face as you celebrate the first day of Summerfest.
Funny Face Cookies
2 ounces sweet cooking chocolate, melted
Cream butter; beat in sugar, egg and extracts. Blend in sifted dry ingredients. Divide dough in half. Mix chocolate into half of dough. Chill. Roll each dough section 1/8 inch thick on floured surface. Cut with 2-inch round cutter.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Cut eyes and mouth out of each cookie. Replace with eyes and mouth cut out of contrasting cookie dough. Chill if dough becomes too soft. Bake at 350 degrees about 7 minutes. Makes about 7 dozen.
Need some baking inspiration? Our Cookie Book archive has recipes dating back to the 1930s. Find your new favorite today!
We Energies recipes
Would-be scammer snared by social media post
We’re always on the lookout for criminals trying to scam our customers. When we were alerted about this post on Facebook, we notified Milwaukee Police:
The police suspect this was a scam to illegally re-connect customers and shared it with the person’s parole officer. Now, state authorities tell us the ex-con has been arrested for violation of parole due to the alleged illegal activity implied in his post.
Disconnected customers should avoid such scams. Remember:
Hiring an unauthorized party to illegally reconnect electric service could cause damage and lead to safety hazards such as electrocution or fire.
Paying money for illegal reconnection does not erase past-due balances; that money is better spent making payment arrangements with us for positive reporting to credit agencies.
Energy theft is dangerous, illegal and expensive. Ultimately, we all end up paying for energy theft because the company recovers those costs in every customer’s bill.
Answers to common questions about power outages
Reliable service is a hallmark of We Energies, but sometimes power outages happen. Here Dave Megna, vice president – Wisconsin system operations, and Duane Miller, manager – gas and electric distribution operations, answer five common questions about what you should do if one occurs.
Dave Megna, vice president -
Wisconsin system operations
What should I do if I have a power outage?
Dave: The first thing you want to do is call We Energies on the power outage hotline (800-662-4797) or report your outage online. Then give specifics about what you’re experiencing. Any information that you can provide – including anything you saw or heard – will help us better respond.
Do you know when my power is out, or do I need to call?
Dave: We do need you to contact us because the more reports we get, the better our system can pinpoint the damaged area or the outage that occurred. Making the phone call helps us restore power faster.
Should I assume that my neighbor is calling and I don’t need to contact you, or is it important for everybody in the neighborhood to call?
Dave: The more people that contact us, the better. Even if you think your neighbor will call, you should still report it. In fact, many people end up being out of power much longer because they figure somebody else took care of it.
Duane Miller, manager -
gas and electric distribution operations
What if my power isn’t out but I see something unusual, such as a flash or a downed wire, or I hear a boom?
Duane: It is very helpful for you to contact us because we can use that information. Quite often what you saw or heard may lead us to the cause of the incident and help us to restore other customers much more quickly, even if your power isn’t affected.
When should I call an electrician instead of We Energies?
Duane: You should call an electrician rather than We Energies if you have power in most of your home except one room or a very small section, or if there is a problem with the internal wiring in your home.
Dave: There are other cases when you might need both We Energies and the electrician. For instance, if a tree comes down and takes down your service mast – the pipe that runs up the side of your house that our wires connect to – you’ll need an electrician to put the mast back up and you’ll need We Energies to reinstall service.
Sometimes that can be a situation where you don’t know until We Energies comes out, but we may not be able to get there right away if it was a big storm. So if that wire is on the ground, report it so that we can get there, but then you’ll still need an electrician.
Even if you think your neighbor will call, you should still report outages
or damage. What you saw or heard may help restore power more quickly.
Ready for s’more summer!
Summer is officially here! What better way to celebrate than with a classic summertime treat, s’mores? The original recipe for this all-American dessert was first published in 1927 as “Some Mores” by master campers, the Girl Scouts.
But if you don’t find yourself sitting around a campfire as summer rolls in, try this kitchen-friendly twist on the fireside favorite. The 1991 We Energies Cookie Book featured the following recipe that includes graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows, but uses some easy baking, an 8-inch-square pan and your oven’s broiler to bring the s’mores indoors.
3 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
½ cup butter or margarine
18 marshmallows cut into halves
Mix graham cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and 3 tablespoons melted butter in 8-inch square baking pan; press evenly in bottom of pan. Melt chocolate and 1/2 cup butter in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Stir in 1/4 cup sugar and the eggs; mix in flour and salt. Spread batter over crust. Bake at 325 degrees until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Turn oven to broil. Place marshmallows, cut sides down, on cookies. Broil 6 inches from heat source until marshmallows are puffed and golden (watch carefully!). Cool on wire rack. Cut into 18 squares (2 marshmallows per square), cutting through marshmallows with scissors dipped in water. Makes 1 ½ dozen.
Need some baking inspiration? Our Cookie Book archive has recipes dating back to the 1930s. Go online and find your new favorite today!
Martin recognized as Woman of Influence by Milwaukee Business Journal
Many in the Milwaukee business community are familiar with Susan Martin’s legal background and her current roles as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of WEC Energy Group. But Martin had a very different career previously – as an English professor.
Martin shared that history with the Milwaukee Business Journal as the publication interviewed her for its Women of Influence awards. She was recognized in the Corporate Executive category.
“I considered law school when I finished undergrad. But I chose to follow my first passion and pursue a Ph.D. in literature and language,” Martin said. “In many ways, the core work remains the same – reading and deciphering written texts, using language effectively to communicate and persuade.”
Susan Martin with Mark Kass of the Milwaukee Business Journal.
During her interview, Martin also discussed her role in the company’s acquisition of Integrys Energy Group and her key involvement in the Power the Future plan.
Martin and other Women of Influence award winners were recognized at a luncheon at the Wisconsin Center June 16. It was not her first honor from the Business Journal. In 2015, she was recognized as one of the publication’s Top Corporate Counsel award winners.
Martin is an active community member in Milwaukee, serving on the boards of the Milwaukee Public Museum, the United Community Center and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. She has been with the company since 2000.
Crews restored power to more than 100,000 customers this week
It has been a very busy week for We Energies crews after several rounds of severe weather. All told, our crews restored power to more than 100,000 customers in different parts of our service territory.
It started Sunday, June 11, with severe weather in Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. That led to outages for more than 10,000 customers.
On Monday, June 12, severe storms hit Southeastern Wisconsin, impacting tens of thousands of additional customers. Hardest hit areas included Washington, Dodge and Fond du Lac counties.
Even more severe weather arrived Wednesday night, causing severe damage in our Fox Valley service territory. In nearby Green Bay, our sister company, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), also saw immense damage in one of the worst storm events in the company’s history. WPS crews restored power to nearly 175,000 customers since last weekend.
We thank our crews for their tireless efforts, many of them working double shifts multiple days in a row in hot and humid weather. And we especially thank our customers for their patience throughout these events. Many of you have commented on our social media pages to thank our crews, and we really appreciate it.
We Energies peregrine falcon total tops 240
Eleven peregrine falcon chicks hatched at our power plants this spring, bringing the total number of peregrines produced at We Energies facilities to 244 since 1997. That accounts for nearly 20 percent of Wisconsin’s endangered peregrine falcon population.
On June 11, we held our final falcon banding of the season at our Presque Isle Power Plant (PIPP) in Marquette, Michigan. Three chicks - Acadia, Bolt and Labo - were named by employees and their family members who attended the banding.
Greg Septon and employee Amanda Studinger hold Acadia, Labo and Bolt
Labo is named after longtime PIPP employee Greg LaBonte, whose nickname is Labo. LaBonte built and maintains the nest box at PIPP.
Employee Greg LaBonte helped Septon band Labo, the bird named after him
Phoenix, an adult peregrine born at PIPP in 2011, also made a cameo at the banding. Phoenix was found badly injured in 2012. He lost an eye and would not be able to survive in the wild, so now he lives at the Chocolay Raptor Center where he serves as an educational ambassador.
Phoenix was born at PIPP in 2011
Cookie Crumbs: Crisscross your way to Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Dating back to the book’s beginning when the recipe for Peanut Butter Balls (which were still flattened before baking) was printed – and reprinted – in the early 1930s, peanut butter cookie ideas seem to be a staple of the holidays. That includes the no-flour, the no-bake, the no-peanut-butter-in-the-name and the extra-peanut-butter-in-the-recipe varieties.
It was the 2016 Cookie Book, though, that featured the Best Peanut Butter Cookies recipe, as submitted by Nheena Weyer Ittner from the U.P. Children’s Museum. Try it and see if you agree. Make a batch to share on June 12 – Peanut Butter Cookie Day – and don’t forget to add the crisscross pattern. It’s tradition!
Best Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup shortening
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In mixing bowl, cream shortening, peanut butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture; mix well.
Shape into 1-inch balls; place on greased cookie sheets. Flatten with fork in crisscross pattern.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire cooling racks. Makes about 4 dozen.
19,000 days without a lost-time injury
The Iron Range Meter Service team, located in northeast Wisconsin and northern Michigan, reached two venerable milestones in the past week: 52 years without a lost-time injury as of June 1, and an even 19,000 days without a lost-time injury as of June 8.
In other words, the last time they experienced a lost-time injury, humans hadn’t even landed on the moon.
Of course, a lot has changed during that time.
“Conditions years ago were different,” says Rick Lapp, meter reader (north), who has been with We Energies for 32 years. “There were a couple winters where we were on snow shoes from Dec. 1 all the way to May. We don’t do that much anymore. Same with dogs. It seems I used to pet a dog every other minute; now, it’s hardly ever.”
Working in northeast Wisconsin and northern Michigan means
safely accessing meters even in extreme weather conditions.
“The manner in which we do our jobs has changed,” adds Jeanette Larison, meter reader (north), who has been with the company for 14 years. “A lot of rushing has been taken out. We can pay attention to risk quite a bit more, further reducing the potential for injury.”
Much of that is due to the drive-by system instituted during the past decade, allowing the meter readers to drive by locations and read the meters from their vehicles, instead of walking up to every meter to read them manually. But that still leaves a lot of driving time – as much as 300 miles a day, in addition to commuting to and from home – with potential hazards ranging from road conditions to wildlife such as deer, wolves, bears and moose.
“They’re like a 20-pound sandbag coming through your windshield,” is how Tony Westerberg, meter testing leader (north), describes the danger even wild turkeys pose.
“Not structured communication, but caring communication”
What hasn’t changed throughout each of the 19,000 days is the level of communication that takes place among the team.
“We communicate to each other things we find in the field that could be a hazard,” Larison says.
They talk about them in safety meetings and, perhaps more important, they make safety topics part of their routine conversations with coworkers, with the linemen and gas fitters they come into contact with, and even with employees from other utilities.
Meter staff in 2015 accepting 50th year without lost-time injury award.
“Having a good bunch of people to work with and that you can talk to really helps, and this always has been a good group to work with,” Lapp says.
Westerberg, who has been with We Energies for 26 years, also credits the company’s program for tracking actions or situations that could have resulted in injury, death or property damage, but for some reason didn’t – this time. “It documents working conditions for us to be aware of so that we’re safety-conscious in all directions,” he explains.
He agrees with Larison and Lapp that it’s the daily conversations that help keep each other safe, as well as the notations they make in their records. He gave the example of the record for one residence that noted, “Beware of raccoons.” During the next meter reading, which still needed to be done manually, the reader saw the notation and knew to look around the property’s out buildings, where he found the area where the raccoons seemed to frequent. He made sure not to aggravate them.
“We communicate all those subtle things, and that plays a critical part in our ongoing safety. It’s not a structured communication, but a caring communication,” Westerberg says, adding that going home healthy and with all parts intact – and making sure your coworkers can do the same – is what it’s all about.
Taking safety home
It’s not just going home that’s important, but being safe there, too. Westerberg describes that his attire when cutting grass in the summer consists of shorts and a tank top, as well as safety glasses and boots. “My neighbors may think I look odd, but it’s safety first,” he says.
Lapp also lives the safety mentality at home, teaching it to his children. His daughter works in landscaping, where cutting and moving 50-pound pavers is part of her day. “I told her to get safety-toed shoes, and to wear a mask and safety glasses when cutting the pavers,” he says. “Because you’re aware of safety issues, you try to make your kids aware of them, and that comes from working here.”
His safety tip? “As I tell my kids, just pay attention, period – whether it’s to the other driver or to conditions.”
Westerberg agrees, pointing to the importance of “aim-high driving.”
“Be aware of what is off in the distance. Look way up, beyond the car ahead of the car in front of you. If you see a deer crossing, chances are there is more than one. Watch your mirrors, too, for what’s coming up behind you. Some things are uncontrollable, but other things like aim-high driving help save potential situations from happening.
“Some people may say, ‘Yeah, but what didn’t get reported?’” Westerberg adds. “Believe what you like, but we’ve gone home safely every day so far. We’re proud of it, but just happy to go home safe.”
Lapp agrees. “Setting a record is good, but going through each day without a lost-time injury is how it should be.”
Big league kick-off for Habitat’s build season
We Energies is again partnering with Habitat for Humanity to help the agency revitalize Milwaukee’s Washington Park neighborhood, just blocks from one of our service centers.
Sponsors were invited to help kick off the summer build season with the Milwaukee Brewers on June 6. Left fielder Ryan Braun and pitcher Matt Garza helped Milwaukee Habitat launch a week-long blitz build on behalf of the Brewers Community Foundation. The We Energies Foundation is part of the Brewers Community Foundation Leadership Council, contributing money to efforts like this.
We Energies employees pose with Ryan Braun and Matt Garza.
We Energies volunteers again will help at various work sites in the Washington Park neighborhood. We Energies Foundation dollars are being dedicated to Habitat’s critical repair program, which makes critical home repairs affordable for qualified homeowners in the Washington Park neighborhood. Our foundation also has sponsored the construction of two homes in the area in the past.
“I keep coming back because I love giving back to the community,” said Mekisha Linton, a We Energies employee who has volunteered on several Habitat builds. “I love expanding home ownership to new families and to the community. It means a lot to me.”
Employees have fun with the Brewers Racing Sausages.
This week’s blitz build kicks off a build season where Milwaukee Habitat will serve 35 families in need of safe, affordable housing through new construction, home rehab and critical home repair. The June 6 event took place on North 31st Street along a stretch where four new Habitat homes are being constructed.
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Major milestone: Our peregrine falcon manager bands 1,000th chick
Our peregrine falcon manager, Greg Septon, reached a major milestone in his career as a biologist Friday. He banded his 1,000th peregrine falcon chick at our Port Washington Generating Station, capping off three decades of recovery work to rebuild Wisconsin’s endangered peregrine population.
Septon named the 1,000th chick "Buckshot," a tribute to his passion for hunting.
Septon retrieved three chicks from the power plant’s nest box early Friday morning, bringing them inside to apply their wildlife bands. A captive audience watched in awe, many of them associates of Septon who were invited as surprise guests. Septon’s wife and daughter also were on hand for the special event.
Mike Grisar, We Energies principal environmental consultant, organized the event. He has worked closely with Septon for more than a decade. “Greg, I can’t tell you how honored we are to have you partner with us on this and really allow us to be the host for the work that you’ve done,” Grisar told Septon.
Septon with his award, proclamation, and a cake adorned with a picture of "Atlanta."
Grisar then presented Septon with an award and proclamation, which stated, “We Energies is honoring the steadfast commitment and unyielding dedication of Greg Septon for his tireless efforts in leading the recovery of the peregrine falcon.”
Septon and Mike Grisar hold Buckshot, Millennial Falcon and Oscar.
Septon shared a story to illustrate the importance of his banding efforts. He talked about “Atlanta,” a falcon born in 1996 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Several months later, she was found shot in Indiana. After extensive rehabilitation, she was released in Racine, Wisconsin. She then made stops in Indiana and Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, before finally settling at our Oak Creek Power Plant where she spent twelve years and produced 41 young. “We wouldn’t know any of that without her wildlife bands,” said Septon.
Today, thanks to Septon’s efforts, there are more than 30 known nest sites in Wisconsin. Last year, 103 young were produced at these sites. This year’s total is still being tallied. At We Energies facilities alone, 244 peregrines have been born under Septon’s watch.
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Stress Reduction Info
Training Porgrams
Stress and Children:
Readings, Tapes and Visual Resources
Benson, Herbert, The Relaxation Response. Morrow: New York, 1976.
Berkeley Holistic Heatlh Center, The Holistic Health Handbook. California: And/Or Press, 1978.
Boenisch, E. and Havey, C., Stress Map. California: Impact Publishers, 1982
Buzan, Tony, Use Both Sides of Your Brain. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974.
California Department of Mental Health, Friends Can Be Good Medicine. Sacramento, CA: Pacificon Productions, 1981. Workbook, tapes, posters, etc.
Canfield, J. and Keimek, P., The Inner Classroom: Guided Fantasy in the Classroom. New Jersey: Prentice-Hill, 1977.
Carr, R., Creative Yoga Exercise for Children. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
Chmielewski, Joseph, Stress Management Guide. Bryan, Texas: Creative Living Unltd., 1972.
Coombs, Samm H., Teenage Survival Manual. Marina Del Rey, CA: DeVorss & Co., 1977
Davis, M., Estelman, E. and McKay, M., The Relaxation & Stress Reductions Workbook. California: New Harkinger Publication, 1982.
Downing, George, The Massage Book. Toronto: Random House of Canada Limited, 1972.
Eberie, B. and Hall, R., Affective Education Guidebook: Classroom Activities on the Realm of Feelings. Buffalo, NY: DOK Publishers, 1975.
Education Development Center, Inc. Handling Stress (A teenage health teaching model). Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Inc., 1982. 54pp. Funded by the Disease Controls Center for Health Promotion and Education Contract #200-79-0922.
Elkind, David. The Hurried Child. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1981.
El-Shany, S. Twenty-Eight Ways to Vent Your Anger: A Book of Anger Exercise. Crescent Publications, P.O. Box 2495, Bloomington, IN 47402.
Passler, Joan. Helping Children Cope: Mastering Stress Through Books and Stories. New York: The Free Press, 1978.
Freed, A. and Margaret. The New T.A. For Kids. California: Jalmar Press, 1977. (tape included)
Fugitt, E. He Hits Me Back First. California: Jalmar Press, 1983. (mailing address: 45 Hitching Post Drive, Building 24B, Rolling Hill Estates, CA 90274).
Gawain, Shabti, Creative Visualization. Valley, California: Whatever Publishing Mill, 1978.
Gelatt, H.B., Verenharst, Barbara and Carey, Richard. Deciding. New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1972.
Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Prevention Unit and Georgia State Department of Education. Life Skills for Mental Health. September, 1977
Hatcher, Robert, Bridging the Gap: What's Happening Now. Atlanta, Georgia: Printed Matter, Inc., 1983.
Hendricks, G. and Wells, R. The Centering Book, Awareness Activities for Children, Parents and Teachers. Engelwood Cliff, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975.
Huth, H., CenterRlav: Invisiting Your Child's Energy. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1984.
Judson, S., A Manual on Non-Violence and Children. Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers, 1977.
Kloss, Jethro J., Back to Eden. California: Lifeline Books, 1975.
Long, Thomas and Lynette. The Handbook of Latchkey Children and Their Parents. New York: Arbor House, 1983.
Lupin, M. Peace, Harmony, Awareness: A Relaxation Program for Children. Austin, Texas: Learning Concepts, 1977.
New Games Foundation. New Games Book. New York: Doubleday, 1976.
O'Ruke, R., Yes, We Can Help Kids Relax. Learning. December, 1976, 24-25.
Ostrander, Shelia and Schroeder, Lynn: Superlearning. New York: Delta/Confucian Press, 1979.
Pettetier, Kenneth. Mind as Healer, Mind as Slaver: Holistic Approach to Preventing Stress, Dell Publishing Co., 1977.
Reid, Barbara. Food, Teens & Behavior. Chicago, IL:, Natural Press, 1983.
Roger, Amond Guerin D., Conflict Resolution. Consortium. (P.O. Box 8074, Philadelphia, PA 19101; (215) 596-8000).
Selye, Hans. The Stress of Life. New York: McGraw Hill Paperbacks., 1976.
Selye, Hans. Stress Without Distress. New York: Signet, New American Library, 1974.
Stevens, John, Awareness: Exploring, Experimenting, Experiencing. Bantam Books, New York, 1971.
Stone, K. and Dilehunt H., Self Science: The Subject is Me. Santa Monica, CA: Goodyear Publishing Company, Inc., 1978.
Travis, John and Ryan, Regina, Wellness Workbook. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1981.
Trotter, Jennie, Ways to Release Anger in the Classroom. Atlanta, GA: Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc., 1987.
Vitale, B., Unicorns Are Real. California: Jalmar Press, 1982, (see Fugitt).
Children and Stress Bibliography
Aldwin, Carolyn M., Stress, Coping and Development: An Integrative Perspective. New York: Guilford Press, 1994.
Arnold, Eugene L., (ed.) Childhood Stress. New York, New York: Wiley, 1990.
Blom, Gaston E., Stress in Childhood: An Intervention Model for Teachers and Other Professionals. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1986.
Bart, Richard P., Social and Cognitive Treatment of Children and Adolescents. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1986.
Carter, Frank, Anxiety in Childhood and Adolescence: Encouraging Self-Help Through Relaxation Training. London; New York: Croom Helm, 1988.
Corr, Charles A. and Joan N. McNeil. Adolescence and Death. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1986.
Elkind, David. All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis. Reading Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1984.
Elkind, David. The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon. Reading Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1988.
Elkind, David. Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1987.
Flannery, Raymond B. Becoming Stress Resistant. New York: Continuum, 1990.
Forman, Susan G. Coping Skills Interventions for Children and Adolescents. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.
Fox, Nathan A. (ed.) The Development of Emotional Regulation: Biological and Behavioral Considerations. Chicago, Illinois: Society for Research in Child Development, 1994.
Furlong, Michael and Douglas Smith. Anger, Hostility and Aggression: Assessment, Prevention, and Intervention Strategies for Youth. Brandon, Vermont: Clinical Psychology Publishing, 1994.
Garmezy, Norman (ed.) Stress, Coping and Development in Children. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Gentry, Atron. Learning to Survive: Black Youth Look for Education and Hope. Westport, Connecticut: Auburn House, 1994.
Goleman, Daniel, Ph. D. Emotional Intelligence. Changing the Future for Us and Our Children. New York: Bantam Books, 1995.
Haggerty, Robert J. Stress, Risk and Resilience in Children and Adolescents. Cambridge; New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Hetherington, Marvis E. (ed.) Stress, Coping, and Resiliency in Children and Families. Mahwah, New Jersey: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1996.
Humphrey, James Harry. Stress Management for Elementary Schools. Springfield, Illinois: C.C. Thomas, 1993.
Johnson, James H. Life Events as Stressors in Childhood and Adolescence. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1986.
Miller, Thomas W. (ed.) Stressful Life Events. Madison, Connecticut: International Universities Press, 1989.
Moos, Rudolf H. and Jeanne A. Schaefer. Coping with Life Crises: An Integrated Approach. New York: Plenum Press, 1986.
Morris, Robert C. (ed.) Solving the Problem of Youth at Risk: Involving Parents and Community Resources. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Technomic Publishing Company, 1982.
Newberry, Benjamin H. A Holistic Conceptualization of Stress and Disease. New York: AMS Press, 1991.
Olson, David R. and Nancy Torrance. The Handbook of Education and Human Development: New Models of Learning, Teaching and Schooling. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.
Pfeffer, Cynthia R. Severe Stress and Mental Disturbances in Children. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1996.
Powell, Trevor J. Anxiety and Stress Management. London; New York: Routledge, 1990.
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Seiffge-Krenke, Inge. Stress, Coping, and Relationships in Adolescence. Mahwah, New Jersey: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1995.
Sorensen, Elaine Shaw. Children's Stress and Coping: A Family Perspective. New York: Guilford Press, 1993.
Stanley, Barbara. Social Research on Children and Adolescent Issues. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1992.
Taylor, Ronald D. and Margaret C. Wang (eds.) Social and Emotional Adjustment and Family Relations in Ethnic Minority Families. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996.
Waksler, Frances Chaput. The Little Trials of Childhood and Children's Strategies for Dealing with Them. London; Washington DC: Falmer Press, 1996.
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Android 7.1.2 beta now available for Pixel and Nexus Devices
1/31/2017 08:57:00 AM Android, News, Nexus, Nougat, Pixel, Update
Google has confirmed on its developer blog that Android 7.1.2 is currently in beta and is now rolling out to select Nexus and Pixel devices. Google says the update is focused on “refinements” and that it includes “bugfixes and optimizations, along with a small number of enhancements for carriers and users.”It’s been a bit of time since Google officially released Android 7.1.1 to the public, so it’s about time for a new beta to make an appearance.
The devices that can access the new beta include the Pixel C, Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus Player, and the Nexus 5X. Google says that a separate release will be made for the Nexus 6P soon. The public launch should happen “in just a couple of months,” where it will be available for the same list of devices, but to the public.
Source:- Android Developer Blog
Android 7.1.2 beta now available for Pixel and Nexus Devices Reviewed by Admin on 1/31/2017 08:57:00 AM Rating: 5
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The Droid that changed the World!
Android is a word which has become so popular in the past decade that even a person with the least technical knowledge will be able to tell you that it is a mobile operating system. Its simple interface designed for touchscreen devices is based on gestures like pinching, tapping and swiping (which you are probably doing while reading this if you’re using a smartphone ;)) which make it quite user-friendly.
Let us learn a few interesting facts about this widely used operating system.
The word droid means a robot. Android means a robot with human appearance. The symbol of the Android operating system clearly shows this.
Android was developed by Android Inc. which was founded in October 2003. It was acquired by Google in 2005 for a sum of $50 million.
The first commercially available smartphone running on Android was the HTC Dream, also known as T-Mobile G1, announced on September 23, 2008.
It neither had a virtual keyboard nor a 3.5 mm headset jack!
Google has released 24 versions of the Android operating system since 2008 and continues to make substantial investments to develop, grow, and improve the OS.
Google Maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.
By being an open-source platform, Android’s source code is available for anyone to view, download, modify, enhance, and redistribute without requiring any sort of fees, royalties, or other costs.
Initially, the software was developed as a platform for digital cameras. The focus later shifted to smartphones as the developers saw potential here.
About 81.7% of the smartphones sold in the fourth quarter of 2016 run on Android.
As of February 2017, the number of Android devices in the world is estimated to be over 1.6 billion!
One of the best features of Android is the number of apps in its app store Google Play. It has about 2.8 billion apps, most of which are free.
The names of all the versions of Android follow an alphabetical order and except Android 1.0 and 1.1, all the others are named after sweet treats.
Android Astro (Android 1.0):
Bender (Android 1.1):
Cupcake (Android 1.5):
Donut (Android 1.6):
Eclair (Android 2.x):
Froyo (Android 2.2.x):
Gingerbread (Android 2.3.x):
Honeycomb (Android 3.x):
Ice cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.x):
Jellybean (Android 4.x):
KitKat (Android 4.4.x):
Lollipop (Android 5.x):
Marshmallow (Android 6.0):
Nougat (Android 7.0):
Oreo (Android 8.0):
Food for thought? Probably!
Image sources: Digitaltrends, Talk Android, Android Authority
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Sleeping Beauties: Chapters 18-20
Posted by AnaMardoll at Saturday, October 28, 2017 Edit
[Sleeping Beauties Content Note: Trans Exclusion and Erasure, Misogyny, Violence Against Women]
Sleeping Beauties Recap: When this book first popped up on my radar, I expressed some concerns about the content on Twitter. This week, I purchased the book and read through it. As I read, I live-tweeted my thoughts on Twitter. This is a compilation and expansion of my tweets. The live-read will be spread out over multiple posts.
Sleeping Beauties, Part One: The Auld Triangle. Chapter 18-20
Okay. I have had food and a nice yell and now I have a little cheesecake cup with milk. Diving back in.
Maura's plan to kill Eve falters when Eve asks if Maura wants to join her sleeping lover. She does, but she has insomnia. Eve tells Maura to kiss her (Eve) and when she does the cocoon sets in instantly. I'm coming to see why the men view her as a demon.
Here's an example of how we treat whiteness as a "default": Tiana is the black princess, but Aurora is never "the white sleeping princess". This is just a general all-purpose reminder to describe your white characters as white, otherwise white becomes an assumable default. This isn't meant to dig at King, just here we are learning.
*scream-laughter* I don't blame King for this one--the literature is just really really wrong.
The doctor is stoned, so perhaps it's reasonable that he's like this, but I still think it's weird that NO ONE thinks "bio terror".
Like. We all know about Resident Evil, right? Seven+ games, seven films? And that's just RE; the zombie bio weapon movies on Netflix are legion. Why is no one attributing this to a hostile government or terrorist force? Also, I know Frank is made of Bad Decisions, but I would not let a stoned plastic surgeon examine my daughter.
Jared flips through TV channels and I'm reminded of Fred Clark's point that, post-Rapture, footage of children would be triggering. Even this passage is tonally-dissonant; Jared would "hate to meet her on a normal day" instead of desperate to know if she's immune.
I would really like to read a novel that examines real post-Rapture economies. Like, take this situation. How does TV change? At the very least, you're not going to run Tampax adverts anymore, right? Think about the sex work opportunities: men paid to pretend to be women for the straight men who now have no women to straight at. (I'm just going to continue to assume that every trans person was Raptured to heaven before Eve showed up and we're out of this mess. But our doctors are now out of work, so there's another post-Rapture economy dip for you.)
Whole industries are built around women consumers--they're now so much dust in the wind. I need an economist to write this novel. You do have new industries, of course. You'll need counselors, for one thing. And childcare workers, since there are no more stay-at-home-moms. Imagine the new programming slate: 101 basics teaching men how to self-care during prime time. There'd need to be an emergency 24/7 infant care channel, as some of these fathers have never changed a diaper in their life.
Incidentally, there's been zero mention of what happens to pregnant women, by the way. And apparently the illness sets up its own life support; this was glossed over very quickly. If the women don't need food or water indefinitely, we're now solidly in the realm of magic. Like, at that point I think the doctors and scientists just have to quit?
There is no "XX chromosome" omg omg omg help help send help. Also, this is a plastic surgeon whose tools consist of nail trimmers and a microscope how does he know this is chromosomal at all????
[TW] Wow, okay, we take a grim turn when Officer Terry finds a dead rapist--one of the teenagers from earlier. Terry is happy to find that the women kill wold-be rapists, but then realize that men are going to want to kill the cocooned women. He knows men have been stockpiling guns and wet dreaming about killing for years, and that Terry won't be able to keep his wife safe. That answers our rape concerns: the women kill their attackers. But I assume the next step is restraints while they're docile. Like, yay that the authors thought through this contingency, but it feels like a bit of a punt. The women are still vulnerable.
My emotional response to the men in this novel is interesting: I don't like them but I think I'm not supposed to. [Note: Nope, I was supposed to like them all along. I didn't.] I'm frustrated by how poorly they're reacting to the apocalypse and then realize I'm being unfair, but it's really poor though. One of the women pointed out if the men were the ones falling asleep, things wouldn't be this bad, so maybe the narrative wants me to think this?
I honestly can't tell if this is fair to men or not--I feel like some men would be doing better than this in a crisis? But? Still? Like, yes, the women are dangerous. You don't KILL them, you stack them all with care in an Amazon warehouse. It's a logistical problem, dammit. You restrain them (in case you tear the gauze during transit) and ship them to a facility. Then they're in a safe place while you find a cure. I just. I am troubled by how inefficient the men are. It's so untidy!
Hicks (the vice warden) is suffering from Left Behind syndrome in that he doesn't realize his job is 24 hours from irrelevant. Like, even if you don't have relatives affected by this (how could you not) and even if the fate of humanity is a bore your job is obsolete.
Update: Our rapist character has escalated to full blown murder, and swearing a blood oath against his rape victim.
I'm... genuinely pissed at how quickly people are taking the "kill all the women" idea and running with it? Everyone is running on no sleep and uppers, so maybe this is "realism" but the plague started less than a day ago! People think killing all the women on earth is a super good plan. Rather than containing them, curing them? They're literally helpless and harmless if you don't touch them, so this isn't like a zombie apocalypse situation.
If I were a West Virginian, I would be insulted.
Not to mention these women are members of their community! Their wives and daughters.
Frank (ugh) learns that there's a woman who can wake up at the prison, so he's off to find her. Again: This kind of rumor should be everywhere. It should be legion. It should be normal. It is impossible--impossible--that everyone would've accepted at this stage that a single woman being awake is abnormal. Men would pretend to be women on the internet for attention, money, shit-stirring. People would tell rumors of awake friends out of state.
Then too (I remind you of the reason I'm here) there would be trans women awake and in public. This entire plot hinges on trans women not existing (and on humans not acting like humans). Only even that's too kind, because Clint knows trans women exist. No, the plot hinges on trans women being unable to pass as cis, ever. The plot of this book requires that every trans woman on earth be immediately identifiable as trans at a glance.
I just feel like you need more than a day to work up a good religious hysteria like this. I really do.
Most of the women aren't even asleep yet! And here's the thing. I want you to imagine that you know, or are pretty sure, that tonight your spouse is going to die. What do you do? I feel like a lot of us would huddle together one last time? Watch a movie, cry, kiss? Share last minute instructions? Stay awake? What has actually happened is that all the women went to Starbucks (no really!) and all the men went to the bar (no really!) Separately. As in, not together. These men's wives are about to die, and the men don't stay to watch. Almost none of them. I'm the worst kind of straw-feminist and even I think this is a bit over-the-top. :/
Now I'm mad. The author knows trans women exist, because he knows a slur for them. But his plot requires them to be identifiable at a look. If you're going to leave trans people out of your novel, LEAVE US OUT OF YOUR NOVEL. Don't slam us to show a redneck is a jerk.
Update: Clint swears he's never broken his marriage vows and that Sheila Norcross isn't his daughter. He apparently believes Shannon gave Sheila his surname (instead of her own?!?) as a tribute? He doesn't seem troubled or curious. I mean. If... If I had an old flame and she had a baby and she gave it my surname without consulting me, I would want to know why.
Frank (ugh) wants to be elected new sheriff so he can remove Eve from prison and give her to his plastic surgeon neighbor to study. Frank, a black man in rural West Virginia, wants to be elected new sheriff in the midst of Christo-fascist religious hysteria.
Wow. I'm... wow. Okay. *deep breath*
So remember all that time we spent in Lila's head and her anguish about the lies Clint has been telling? Well, he's innocent. So there. Sheila doesn't look like Clint, only a paranoid Lila would think so, etc. So that was a total waste of time to set up a Jealous Wife. Kurt Vonnegut Rule #1: Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. I want my time back, King. I want every minute I spent in Lila's head on this stupid, stupid subplot back. We don't know why or how he's innocent because we're going to flash forward to the internet hoax which kicks off the Burnings.
Okay, here it is: Shannon had been in love with him, but Clint needed to ~escape~ so he left her behind. As women do when the man they love leaves them, Shannon found a guy who looks like Clint, got pregnant by that guy, and named Clint father. On the legal birth certificate of record.
That was HOURS of my life and PAGES and PAGES of this novel! It was a massive, enormous subplot from almost the first page! And since Lila was the only person I really care about, it was the only subplot I had a vested interest in. This resolution (50% of the book left to go!) is terrible! Who would do this? Why would you do this?
Clint is the worst person in the world. He keeps getting pissed at Lila over this. I hate him. I hate him. I take back everything nice I said. All the nice. This has squandered my nice. What kind of subplot hinges on your old flame finding a guy who looked like you to have your almost-baby and naming you the legal father. Oh and telling Sheila a pack of lies about her father, that's just. That's just great. What if she'd googled him?!?!?! I don't know how it works in West Virginia, but states WILL come look to the dad for child support if needed. GOD, what if Shannon had DIED and just omg omg omg omg.
Wait and this... doesn't... make sense because... Eve was wrong? This was the exchange back during her entrance interview. This doesn't make sense; Eve is supernatural and never, ever wrong. She knows everyone's deepest, darkest secrets. So either Clint is lying still and this torturous subplot will continue or we, the reader, were entrapped.
*term searches*
"Sheila" is never mentioned again after this chapter. "Shannon" is mentioned a handful of times to reiterate that while she asked and Clint couldn've, he didn't. (God, this book is Left Behind.) And Eve was blatantly wrong at us, because "She found out about you, Clint" could only have referred to Sheila and Shannon. Because that was the only thing Lila had "found out" and that detail was apparently wrong and I just.
*sets fire to my own hair*
I refuse to let this go. You can't set up a supernatural being who knows everyone's deepest secrets and use them to lie to the reader.
Welp.
This is some kind of MRA wet dream. Your hot ex pregs up with a clone of you, raises the baby to your memory, and then your wife flips. Then Eve herself descends to falsely accuse you, but you have been chaste and innocent all these years, angel that you are.
It would have been far, far better if Clint had slept with Shannon when it seemed he had, and repressed the memory, for fuck's sake. The whole first half of the novel is now a lie. Clint's disgust with the cheating patient that seemed so artfully hypocritical. I'm going to bed. I'm so angry. I don't even know if I'll continue. What a monstrous waste of a stupid subplot that went nowhere. The only good thing to come out of it is that Lila is still pissed at him. I am just no longer confident that I'm supposed to agree with her. (I agree with her so hard it burns. Kick Clint Norcross into the sun.)
YES, that is the other reason this book is giving me Left Behind flashbacks. The good bits have been the spooky horror mothy bits, but that's like maybe 5% of the book? Total? I do not come to horror books about scary facemoths to read about hot ex girlfriends who preg up in your memory and honor.
I am just personally saddened at the waste of all Clint's artful hypocrisy. It was good hypocrisy! Watching his hypocrisy weave and build and grow on each other was satisfying because it was all going to burn down in a glorious crash and the healing could begin. But, no, he's innocent and that tension building and foreshadowing and artful character development was a LIE. As a writer, it just makes me sad. I was genuinely impressed by the delicate touch building Clint up as a shitty guy who thinks he isn't.
Probably that means I hate men, since I don't like Clint. Paradoxically, I don't think the male response to a plague would be mass murder. So who hates men more, huh? The person who believes men are either angels or demons, or the person who dislikes the designated protagonist?
*sits bolt upright in bed*
Wait, am I supposed to think FRANK is a good guy, too?" [Note: We are.]
Surely not, but I assumed we were on the same page about CLINT and here we are now.
Like. I have to break this down. I didn't like Clint because his actions were shitty. But I thought the book was "in" on the dislike with me because Clint's internal narration was about how awesome he is at all times. It was a clever bit of showing instead of telling: I was shown a massively egotistical man whose actual actions didn't measure up to his ego. Only now the book is like "what? I was telling you all this time how awesome he is! I told you every time you were in his head!"
Which. Which just. No, you. You can't.
But Frank has the same thing only dialed up to eleven.
It just occurred to me. The setting is 2017, but Trump is only barely mentioned and Hillary can't be president. A woman president during a woman sleeping sickness would've been mentioned by the Icarus Trucker. So we can't have a woman president.
I called this with my joke about Q putting mankind on trial in Star Trek and I'm not happy.
Why does West Virginia get to decide the fate of the entire world? Can there be any answer that isn't blisteringly awful.
Lastly: I feel like this entire morality play would be more compelling if we didn't already know Eve is a supernatural murderer?
Labels: deconstruction, deconstruction (sleeping beauties)
Open Thread: Orange
Sleeping Beauties: Part 3, Epilogue
Sleeping Beauties: Part 2, Chapters 16-17
Sleeping Beauties: Part 2, Chapters 9-11
Sleeping Beauties: Part 2, Chapter 8
Sleeping Beauties: Part 2, Chapters 6-7
Sleeping Beauties: Chapter 17
Sleeping Beauties: Chapters 6-12
Sleeping Beauties: Chapters 3-5
Sleeping Beauties: Chapter 2
Sleeping Beauties: A Live Read Begins
Index: Sleeping Beauties
Utena: Nanami and Tsuwabuki
Open Thread: More Leaves
Open Thread: Chain Link Leaf
Open Thread: Light and Shadow
Narnia: The Horse and His Boy
Writings: Sorted
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On writing: alternating chapters as a plot device: rotating POV
If you are writing a book from a single viewpoint, then this blog probably isn't for you. But if you have different characters and points of view (POV), using alternating chapters can be a good device to maintain tension and drive plot, keeping the reader turning the pages. The device is also used to a great extent in film and TV series (e.g. Heroes being an extreme example), but beware - it is much easier to hold a viewer's attention with scenes shifting between different characters and their viewpoints on film, than it is to do the same thing in a book. This is because with film/TV you see the characters - there is no need to 'bring them alive' off the face of a page, as there is in a book.
But it can be done really well and to effect. The most straightforward approach is ABAB. This means that in chapter 1, it is from character A's POV, in ch.2 from B's POV, then back to A, etc. A good example of this in Science Fiction is Iain Banks' book 'The State of the Art'. Reading it sets up a powerful rhythm, and the climax of the book is magnified by this structure. Would it have worked as AAABBB? Maybe, but the writer risks losing the reader when the switchover chapter happens. The reader has invested a lot of time in character A, and suddenly B arrives and 'takes over'. What if the reader doesn't like or sympathize with B? Also, the reader may feel like their 'psychological contract' with the writer has been violated: "You told me for half the book this was about A, and now suddenly B comes up?" It can be done, but there are risks.
What gets interesting and more challenging is when there is a cast of characters whose POV are necessary for the story. I try and write space opera and mystery-based Scifi where I need a number of sub-plots merging towards a single climax. In my book The Eden Paradox, there are four main characters. If I did ABCDABCDABCD etc., how many people would bother to read it? It would be tiring, right? You'd lost the details of chapter 1 by the time you'd have gotten to chapter 4.
So, what I did was as follows:
Chapter 1: A & B (using section breaks in one chapter)
Chapter 2: C
Chapter 3: A
Chapter 7: B - this character comes back, and from now on appears about every four chapters.
.... Mainly A & C
Chapter 12: D - the fourth character is brought in, but then disappears for about six chapters
... Mainly A & C
Chapter 29: B is killed. D starts to appear more regularly now.
Final 4 chapters: A, C, and D are all involved in the climax and the denouement. The POV in each of these final chapters is chosen for maximum effect.
So, even with multiple POVs, it's important to let the reader settle in and get to know a couple of main characters in depth before introducing another one. If one character gets killed off, that leaves some more space for one of the other POVs.
Sounds complicated - why bother? Well, several reasons. Here's six:
1. If you have a complex plot taking place in different locations and with different characters, you can use other narrative styles, but an individual POV allows you to go inside their heads so we get to know them better (an advantage over film and TV). The more involved a reader is with a character, the less likely she is to put it down.
2. Fiction should mirror reality, even if it is science fiction. Our lives are more complex than they used to be, and aside from superhero stories, if a protagonist wants to achieve anything major, e.g. bring down an unjust corporation, she can't do it alone. We also live in a world less black and white, so that villains have a story to tell, too, and sometimes there are no out-and-out villains, just shades of right and wrong. Good fiction can show this, and multiple POV allows us to see why someone did something, even if we don't agree with it.
3. Alternating chapters builds up a rhythm, and pace can be better-managed towards a crescendo. For example, if we need some back-story or slowing down with character A, we can sequence such a chapter just after a real cliff-hanger chapter with character B: readers will tolerate the slowing down of the story because they know the one after is going to be important.
4. A neat trick is getting characters to talk about other characters, e.g. in a character 'B' chapter, this character makes some disparaging (or complimentary, or insightful) comment on character A. This saves having to give boring narrator-led description about each character. It also leads to a deeper appreciation of the character by the reader: for example, in a series of chapters I have four astronauts, and each one of them occasionally 'has the floor', i.e. the reader sees from their POV. Occasionally they make references to each other, and the reader sees the same character traits described, but with subtle nuances not allowable from a single POV. This is like gaining a 360 degree view of a character.
5. In any book there is often what is known as the 'sagging middle', where the book seems to lose momentum, and the reader may lose interest. At this point, if the plot needs it, a new character, with a new POV, can give the novel a push out of this 'dead zone', keeping the reader going until the natural pace of the plot accelerates again.
6. A final benefit of this approach (see also David Brin and Jack McDevitt for this style of writing), is that when characters, for example, A and D, who only meet at the end of the novel, finally meet, the writer will pick one POV only, and maybe not the one the reader is expecting. Such 'meetings' can add a freshness for the reader, who for example is used to hearing A's POV whenever A is in a scene, and suddenly sees A through D's eyes. I did this in the last few chapters of the book, and it is not an easy choice to make, but always leads to interesting results.
Of course there are disadvantages, and here are six to counter-balance the 'pros':
1. Some readers hate 'head-hopping'. It's just not for them.
2. The reader can get confused between the characters, particularly if the narrative 'voice' of each POV is not distinct.
3. The reader can lose the plot, or at the start, actually wonder if there is a plot, as they have three or four chapters introducing different characters in different locations or even different time-frames.
4. Multiple POV stories tend to be longer. [My own book is 420 pages, and for a first time writer, most publishers want it less than 300 for paperback economic reasons].
5. It is harder to write, and harder to edit, because the writer has to become a little schizophrenic, moving in and out of different characters' heads frequently.
6. The plot has to be compelling, for all the main characters - they must have strong motivations and for some of them, also major obstacles in their path. There is a danger with too many POVs that the motivations, and in particular the obstacles may seem to be 'contrived', so that the plot starts to seem far-fetched, or at worst, farce.
Despite these pitfalls, I have to say that personally I seek out multiple POV fiction, especially science fiction, because in a good writer's hands it is richer and ultimately more satisfying.
The Eden Paradox is available from Amazon.com here and from Amazon.co.uk here
See also www.barrykirwan.com
Posted by JFK at 19:47 6 comments
Labels: POV, Writing
Attitudes to buying ebooks: USA vs. Europe
I'm sitting in Dulles Airport (Washington DC) about to return to France after a week's business, reflecting on very different attitudes to ebooks here compared to UK & France.
I wasn't here to sell ebooks, or in fact anything to do with my writing - this was a technical safety workshop with peers in the US. However, during the short breaks we end up talking about what we do, and my SF writing came up on the first evening. The reactions were along the following lines: "Wow, that's great, I've got a kindle/nook/Iphone/laptop, what's it called?" Two people bought it that evening and started reading it. By the end of the week I reckon I've shifted six copies without even trying. I stress these are work colleagues I see maybe every 2-5 years.
In the UK/France it goes more like this: "Really? Ebook. Hmm. Is it in paperback or only ebook? I don't have a kindle, I like to hold a book in my hands. Let me know when it's out in paperback."
In the UK, the ebook also has a different status - if it is a paperback as well as an ebook, that's okay, but if it's only an ebook, people think there's something wrong with the writing/author. In the US, people didn't even ask if it was in paperback.
I'm not going to ruminate on why it's like this - just hoping the UK and Europe is going to catch up.
Soon, please.
On the way to the airport lounge I checked out the top books in Borders. Lee Child, an English exile living in US, was topping the chart with his latest Jack Reacher novel. I picked it up and read the first two pages. Solid details, sharp dialogue. As usual. Way to go, Lee. I put it back on the shelf, but only because I'm going to download it tomorrow onto my Sony.
As I head back to France I can console myself as an author that the two people who, this Monday, bought my ebook The Eden Paradox have said, respectively "holds your attention" and "stayed up till 4:30am reading it."
Drones - where fact is only seconds behind science fiction
Drones in scifi have been around for a long time. In Frank Herbert's Dune series small drones were used to assassinate people, and similar (though sometimes more peaceful) concepts are used today in a number of Iain Banks' novels. Probably the most famous drones are from Star Wars, with R2D2 and C3Pio. Only recently, however, have they entered our lives, and the theatre of War, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This week's Economist has an article discussing the ethics of drone warfare - how, for example, might a remote pilot thousands of miles away from his or her drone, be prosecuted if the drone destroys a school bus instead of a truckload of 'insurgents'? Furthermore, what if the pilot is CIA rather than US Army?
The article mentions moral issues but shies away from what I believe is a current moral balance sheet in the so-called 'war on terror'. The idea of War that most of us have instilled in us is of two sides fighting a battle with soldiers, seamen and pilots who can see each other. The idea that one side can pick off people from afar doesn't seem 'fair'.
But ever since the advent of nuclear weapons, since Hiroshima to be precise, War has evolved. ICBMs can fly missiles to pretty anywhere on the planet. With the exception of so-called rogue states, this is avoided by the mutual destruction principle and general rationality: if you push your launch button, I'll push mine.
But with the advent of terrorism, morality has changed. The Lockerbie bombing caused outrage, a single man blowing up a passenger plane killing all plus many on the ground. The September '11 attacks on the US took this strategy to a new level: people on their home territory going about their normal lives, suddenly killed, orchestrated by people thousands of miles away. Not drones as such, but the same principle. How do you defend against something you can't see?
So I wonder if one reason there has not been so much debate about the ethics of military drone usage is because some feel it is an appropriate and proportionate response to the horrors of terrorism, and in particular its methods; therefore fighting one evil with another. This is of course little comfort to any family mourning loss of a loved one, a civilian who was accidentally killed by drone warfare, effectively 'collateral damage'.
Because this is not meant to be a political blog, I turn back to science fiction: where does this leave scifi writers, where drones are already fairly advanced. We can add more intelligence, make them alien so that aliens could wage war on Earth from afar - many writers have already explored such ideas. Science fiction writers themselves could turn to address the ethics of drone warfare, since that is one of the roles of scifi - ethical issues can sometimes be seen in sharper colors when placed in an 'alien' context. Perhaps it is time to address the human (or alien) faces and responsibilities behind remote warfare. I've done this recently in a short story I've submitted to a SF magazine, called Executive Decision, about a woman who fights a war hundreds of light years away, only to reap very personal consequences.
When I grew up, I knew nothing of terrorism, not even the word. Now it is part of our daily lives, part of our global culture. Technology grows with us, and so drones are probably here to stay. Perhaps they can be put to more friendly civilian use, now that War has advanced their technological capability. I hope so.
I recently finished a short story (The Sapper) centering around a terrorist plot. Then the terrible Norwegian bombing and shooting occurred, the latter scarcely believable and difficult to comprehend. I thought about shelving the piece, but then, we need to write about this issue, to explore it, and to unearth better ways to live with each other.
One day, I hope, drones will be more like the way Banks writes about them, a service, not a threat.
See Iain Banks: The Player of Games.
See also 'Stories' on this website.
Labels: drones, Scifi
How to program clones
I've been watching Caprica lately, and was interested in the series' theory of replicating the human mind. Clones have been around for a long time in Science Fiction, and in real life since Dolly the sheep was cloned. Two big questions are, first, whether a human clone would be like one of us, or would it be like a dead thing brought to life, and second, whether we could also clone personalities. To me, the questions are related.
The first question has been around a long time, at least since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and countless sci fi works including Philip K Dick's Blade Runner (Do androids dream of electric sheep?), and the ghola clones in Frank Herbert's Dune series. Would clones be more than ciphers, flesh and blood robots? Would they make interesting conversation? Would we allow one the vote?
The second question is more interesting to the human condition, because it relates to the idea of immortality, and its counterpart, fear of death. If we could clone personalities, especially our own personalities, we could effectively achieve immortality, having a back-up clone ready with streamed memories to pick up from wherever our current body left off (I've used this in a couple of my own stories). So, nice idea, but as they say, the difference between theory and practice is that in practice theory doesn't always work (a scifi author would add 'not yet'). So, how would it work? How would you download a personality?
Back to Caprica then. The theory in Caprica is that it is all about memories, that the brain holds only a few Megabytes of memories, and that it is how these data are accessed that really matters. So, if you can store memories, from what the person does in their lives (major and minor events) to what they look at on Facebook and Google, then you can map not only the memories but also the personality.
Nice theory. But what would make such memories come alive?
For me the answer lies in fiction. What is fiction about if not personalities, motivations and conflicts: the heroine wants something, but something else is in her way (a bully; her mother; an alien; her pride). This is the crux of any novel, because our lives are like this, and fiction lets us see how other people solve their particular problems. But a novel which only has external problems or threats (e.g. an alien force invading Earth) is really flat if the heroes don't also have significant 'internal' problems. These can be anything from rivalry to jealousy to lack of self-confidence, it all works out the same - the hero has to overcome some aspect of herself to defeat the enemy.
Ultimately, it's internal conflict which matters. That's when we feel most alive: when the conflict is at its peak, and when it is resolved.
Frank Herbert evidently had the same idea in his original (and brilliant) Dune series, where clones of the dead hero Duncan Idaho were repeatedly fashioned, and placed in a situation that tore at the clone's allegiances; this was the only way to bring the ghola to life and resurrect the 'real' man.
So, sure, you need the memories, the more detailed the better. But memories on their own don't have meaning unless the motivations and conflicts are also known. Caprica is I believe right in one sense - it's how the data are accessed that matters. This can be literal in terms of brain physiology - referring to the sequences in which millions of neurons fire in the brain in response to events, and how this firing pattern is affected by each new event and influenced by previous events. 'Coding' motivations and conflicts would probably be much harder, but if you could, then perhaps you could predict how new events would be perceived, not neutrally as if collecting bits of information like a recorder, but based on prior experience and motives, bending new experiences to fit with existing motives and biases, suppressing or fighting against those which go against the flow. Starts to sound more human.
As a psychologist I'm naturally interested in this area of science fiction, and so as a writer I try to explore it whenever I can. It's a theme in a new story just written called The Sapper, which should get published in the next few months. Here's a hint from the story: if you want a clone to appear human, don't just give it motivations, give it internal conflicts.
Related stories: Galactic Barrier; Looking for Hell - click here
Novel: The Eden Paradox
(coming Xmas 2011: Eden's Trial)
Labels: clones, Scifi
In a hundred years time, will real books have disappeared altogether?
I was in London yesterday and dropped into a science fiction literature exhibition at the British Library, next to St Pancras Station. It runs till September, and contains many first editions including, amongst countless others, Jules Verne's Voyage to the Moon (in French), HG Wells' The Time Machine, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Heinlein's 'By his own bootstraps' short story (about time travel) which was published under a pseudonym. There were categories including time travel, post-apocalyptic fiction, space travel and space opera, and, because it is the UK, a section on Daleks (from the television Doctor Who series). It's not as big, say, as Seattle's Science Fiction museum, but as a science fiction author, it felt great to see all these first editions, this history of science fiction literature. And that got me wondering: with a gradual shift to ebooks, will exhibitions like this exist in a hundred years time?
Of course exhibitions exactly like this could still exist, since these and current first editions can be preserved. But if in the future everyone is reading electronic format, would people have that same connection to real books anymore, other than seeing them as quaint and vaguely humorous, like the way we might today look at an old-style telephone? What would a contemporary science fiction literature exhibition look like in a hundred years' time? Maybe virtual tours, because perhaps by then cyberpunk will be more like reality, and many exhibitions will be via immersion into virtual worlds, or via a home holographic projection system so the whole family can visit an exhibition from the comfort of their lounge.
If we do give up books completely, though, we may lose something important, a part of our heritage, and also a part of us. When you read a paperback, when you touch and feel it in your hands, turning the pages over and over, there is a connection, a kind of respect (if you like the writing, and maybe even if you don't). If you lose respect for the media, you risk losing respect for the message.
I converted to e-books nearly a year ago, but I've noticed that if I'm getting a bit bored with one, I'm far quicker to put it down and start another than with an actual paperback. Perhaps aware of this, I bought my first paperback in over a year just a few days ago (Jack McDevitt's 'Deepsix'). I'm not giving up e-format, because it's so convenient and environmentally-friendly, and I travel so much, and my own novel is currently only an e-book. But e-books are yet another sign of our increasingly ephemeral, throwaway, short-memory span, digitized, 'flash memory' culture. If Newton had been a sociologist, his second law might have read differently: "Whenever you gain something, you must also lose something."
Whatever science fiction literature exhibitions might look like in the future, I hope that people will still feel that emotional connection in a hundred years' time, and think, wow, these authors were so inventive, creating new possibilities, imagining humanity's future, shaped by the best and the worst of its character.
One final thought struck me as I left the exhibition to come back to France. Most of these authors wrote about space travel and discovering new worlds and meeting new species. In the hundred and thirty odd years of science fiction, we're still not there yet. If, in a hundred, or maybe two hundred years time we start reaching other inhabited worlds and meeting new species, will there be such a demand for science fiction?
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Science Fiction and Music
What would aliens think of our music?
It's not such a banal question. Voyager, one of the first deep space probes sent out to contact other sentient life, contained (amongst other things) classical and popular music, to show what our culture is like.
Music is endemic to humanity. All cultures and sub-cultures have music. If we were to discover an unknown tribe in the Amazon rainforest tomorrow who had never had contact with the rest of the world, without doubt they would have language, painting of some sort, weapons, and music.
Music is also a form of mathematical expression, as much as it is a way of conveying emotion. It is a language of sorts, trying to communicate joy, sorrow, or just "get up off your ass and dance!". Think of whalesong or birdsong - it is not just there for our pleasure, it may mean "follow me", or "keep out of my territory", or "anyone fancy mating?"
All music follows a mathematical form (scales), some more complex than others (e.g. Indian classical music works on a different scale - if you're not used to it, you really don't hear the nuances). Jazz follows rules as does classical music, but is more flexible, allowing musicians to 'bend' those rules more. Because it is mathematical, it is a sign of intelligence, and alien species might be impressed by it (or not), and might even find it culturally more 'telling' about humanity's nature and 'social desirability' on a galactic scale than scientific logic or technological advances.
One drawback is that our music is all confined to a narrow band on the electromagnetic spectrum; even dogs can hear more than we can. We live in air of a particular density, whereas other alien life might live in water, gas, or communicate by light more than sound (David Brin's classic Sundiver science fiction series had intelligent plant-life-forms which preferred communication by light).
Would aliens like our music, or understand it? Most science fiction ignores this part of our heritage, saving it for compelling film anthems or TV SF soap theme tunes (Star Wars, Star Trek), or for incidental 'tekky' musical scores (e.g Vangelis' fab score for Blade Runner - including my all-time favourite SF 'track', Memories of green). Occasionally SF deals with music, but it usually portrays it as very different and cacophonous to our ears and tastes (a good example being the futuristic choral piece near the end of the film Planet of the Apes - although not alien as such). In contrast, Luc Besson's cult film Fifth Element contained a piece of 'space opera', a multi-limbed alien singing a rather compelling operatic number.
One optimistic example is provided in an episode of Star Trek Voyager, wherein an alien culture finds Earth-music fascinating, though only for a while. Nevertheless, this is the outlook I chose for my second novel (Eden's Trial, due end of 2011), in a glancing reference that if humans need to trade, they should consider music, because it is valued in the galaxy, being so different and creative. I can attest to this, having in the past week been lucky enough to see Pink Floyd's (Roger Waters) The Wall, two outstanding classical/jazz guitarists (John Williams and John Etheridge) and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
Whatever else humanity does, it rocks.
Maybe one day we'll intercept a probe from another species. Maybe as well as other information, there would be music. Now wouldn't that be interesting to hear?
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Dreaming Science Fiction - where do the stories come from?
On Saturday night I watched an episode of Fringe, and a bit later, the new BBC sci fi series Outcasts, which I'd not seen before. During the day I'd spent a few hours working on one of my 'Hell' short story series, struggling with a plot aspect. I called it a night and went to bed.
The next morning I woke up with a completely new story in my head. I mean all of it. I lay there for a while thinking about it. The hero, and his nemesis were there; the future time-frame, the Earth scenario, and most of all, the plot. No aliens this time. All were just sitting there. I got up fast and fired up my Sony, and began typing. Details filled themselves in as I typed, the other stories pushed to the back of my brain in the rush to get this one down. I had to think up names, because they weren't there. I typed more than half of it before I had to do other 'life things'. I'll finish it tomorrow. I already know how it ends.
What I have no clue about is where it came from. I'm a psychologist, and I studied creativity, but this one really beats me. But you don't look a gift horse in the mouth. It's called The Terrorist, at the moment, about a man trying to prevent a terrorist threat being carried out in future Manhattan. It'll need polishing, but already I have a good feeling about it.
Strange, though, how the brain works...
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Is the space age over?
I just read an interesting article of the same title in the magazine 'The Economist.' It suggested that 2011 is the year historians will see as the end of the space age, because the last space shuttle launch is scheduled for next week (July 8), and the International Space Station (which it sees as the most colossal waste of money of all time [$100bn]) is also coming to an end in 2020 when it will be 'de-orbited'. It notes that perhaps China may send a man (or woman, or both) to the moon, but the appetitie for further space travel has simply disappeared from governments who face more pressing problems at home (Earth). Probes have landed on most planets and haven't found much to warrant (vastly expensive) human exploration.
I have been pro-space travel since a kid. When sixteen, I led the pro-space angle in a public debate at school, on whether space research should be funded or the money should be spent closer to home. My arguments then (a long time ago) were not only about finding new resources, and the boon of spin-offs from such scientific and technological challenges but were also about the spirit of mankind, the need to explore, to grow. We won the debate, by a narrow margin.
My unbridled enthusiasm was tempered when Challenger blew up. Some years later (1994) I was writing a non-fiction textbook on human reliability assessment, a narrow scientific field which aims to predict human errors and accidents. I dedicated it to 'the seven', i.e. the seven astronauts onboard.
My arguments haven't changed all that much, except I've added another one: if there is other intelligent life out there, it's 50:50 whether they'll be hostile or altruistic. In most of my stories the best we can hope for is indifference, and in my novel series, aliens, too, are looking for resources, and they will simply take them. If alien life does turn up, the fact that they found us first means they will be more advanced. This doesn't just mean more technology, they may actually be more intelligent, the way we are more intelligent than, say, an ape or a dolphin. When we need to cut down a forest or carry out intensive fishing, do we ask them what they think about it?
If another race was surveying us, how would they judge our intelligence, our fitness for survival? They'd maybe be impressed we'd split the atom, and almost certainly less so that we used nuclear bombs against each other. They'd weigh up our technological advances and balance them against the fact that rich nations don't solve the poverty of poor ones, and that corruption and greed seems to be prevalent in our genes. They'd certainly extrapolate underlying racist tendencies to a potential hatred of aliens. Hopefully the'd see some of the good and the creative in us, though I'm not sure it would be enough to tip the scales favorably for an alien race trying to ask the basic question: can we trust humanity? So, what might tip the scales?
Space travel. A thirst for exploration, and not a conquering one. Scientific endeavor. The wish to seek out new life, and not as a food source. Sounds like Gene Roddenberry, doesn't it? And why not. So, for those not of the Star Trek moral persuasion, here's another argument: is it better to be sitting cooped up on one crowded planet when an alien race finally arrives, or to have some options at hand?
I'd like to see an end to poverty and injustice, same as (I hope) the next person would. But space travel doesn't cause any of this. Like many, I feel sickened by the last economic crash where greed led to the loss of over a trillion dollars - and I never thought I'd read the word 'trillion' outside of a scifi story. What could a trillion dollars have done for world poverty?
I like The Economist as a magazine, but it seems to be ignoring some of it's own 'science': many economic patterns are cyclical in nature. The space age might ebb for a while, as many people are hurting financially, and 'belt-tightening' is the norm these days. But it will be back. Not because it makes financial sense, but because it's in our nature to question, to want to know more, to explore. One day, we'll reach Mars. One day, a long way off, we'll break light speed. And then we won't look back. Hopefully by then, we'll have left some of our sorry baggage behind us.
P.S. My novel The Eden Paradox, first in a trilogy, is about our first alien encounter, in 2065. It doesn't go too well... Many of the arguments about the existence of alien life and why we've never seen it (Fermi's paradox), and the need to be better prepared for when aliens do finally come 'a-knocking' are embedded in the novel. Available on Amazon now as an ebook: http://tinyurl.com/Eden-Paradox and from late September as a paperback.See also http://www.barrykirwan.com/stories.php for short stories on encounters with alien societies.
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Solving Aardvark: Ψe Diktionary Konflikt
I have a crazy look in my eye as I steadily hold a .357 Magnum Revolver. It’s cocked and fully loaded.
I am dressed like a villain from one of the Diehard movies.
Standing behind me are two other criminals. They also have loaded guns.
The room we are standing in is a small office. More specifically, it is the office of the CEO of Merriam-Webster, Inc., publisher of one of the world’s most popular English dictionaries.
I slowly lower my gun. The CEO of Merriam-Webster looks at me nervously from behind his desk.
“Please, I have a family,” he says.
“Good,” I say. “Then you’ll have a reason to meet my demands.”
“Demands?” he says, confused.
“That’s right,” I say. “There are some changes I’d like made in the dictionary. Some updates to the English language that I feel are… in order.”
“Are you insane?” he says. “We don’t control the English language, we just record it!”
“I know what you do,” I snap back at him. “But change has to start somewhere. This change starts with your company, your dictionary, and you.”
The CEO takes a second to compose himself. He looks at a picture of his wife and kids on the desk. He takes a deep breath and makes eye contact with me again.
“Well I suppose I don’t have a choice,” he says. “Go ahead, list your demands.”
A sinister smile crosses my face.
“Well, first and foremost, the word ‘aardvark.’ It doesn’t really need two fucking A’s, does it? It should be ardvark. One A. It’s perfectly fine with one A!”
I point the gun at him again.
“Do you agree?” I ask.
“Yes, you’re right,” he says. “You’re absolutely right. ”
I lower the gun and begin pacing around the room.
“Next, the word ‘opossum.’ Another monstrosity. We don’t pronounce it ‘oh-possum,’ do we?! It should just be possum! Same with pterodactyl. Why the fuck does it have a P at the beginning? It should be terodactyl, or better yet, teradaktil, you know, like how we actually pronounce it!”
“Sure,” the CEO says, pleading. “Sure, whatever you say.”
“And of course we cannot forget the infamous word ‘colonel.’ Do we say ‘co-lo-nel?’ no! We say kernal—it should be spelled KERNAL! Same with the filthy word ‘conscience.’ It’s not ‘con-science,’ we say ‘konshens.’ It should be phonetic! Phonetically spelled words make sense! They don’t taunt you with a logic-defying collection of letters! And this brings me to my major overhaul of the letter C.”
“What?” the CEO says. “I though you just wanted to change a few words.”
“Oh, I’m changing the world,” I say with wild eyes. “I’m fixing English once and for all. Now, many I continue?” I ask, gesturing the gun in his direction.
“Ok,” he says, defeated.
“The letter C shall only be used for the ‘cha’ sound, and since it represents the ‘cha’ sound, the H will no longer be included. Therefore, ‘change’ is just “cange.’ ‘Roach’ is just ‘roac.’ Words that don’t have the ‘cha’ sound will no longer have the letter C. Instead it will simply have a K or an S. It’s not ‘content,’ it’s ‘kontent.’ It’s not ‘certain,’ it’s ‘sertain.’ The letter C is a kompletely terrible letter. It should signify one sound, not three! S and K are perfektly good at their jobs!”
“This will never work,” he says. “People will be konfused.”
“Perhaps at first,” I say. “But in time, they will kome around to my way of thinking. Moving on, just as we have solved the ‘ch’ problem, next we will solve the ‘ph’ problem, along with the ‘psy’ problem. We will replase ‘ph’ in all instanses with an F. It shall be ‘fone,’ not ‘phone.’ ‘Farmasist,’ not ‘pharmasist!’ Likewise, we will use ‘si’ instead of ‘psy.’ A doktor of the mind is a ‘sikologist.’ A violent, empathy-laking patient of a sikologist is a ‘sikopath,’ understand?”
“You sound like a sikopath,” the CEO says.
“Yes, I might be under some sort of sikosis, but this afflikion will solve a problem that the world is begging to have solved. The people skream for answers, for komon sense! Akordingly, all words that begin with an ‘ex’ will begin with just an X. The E is redundant, and the X needs a greater purpose, don’t you see? It’s the laughing stok of the alfabet!”
“These demands keep getting more and more xtreme,” the CEO says. “This will cange everything! It will kause outrage, no one will aksept it! You’re canging too muc!”
I fire my gun into the air. Shoked by the sudden xplosion, the CEO almost falls out of his cair. I wait for the smoke to klear and the ringing in my ears to fade.
“You would be wise to klose your mouth,” I say. “Or the next bullet goes through you, instead of your seiling. In fakt, you should be taking notes. I xpekt my demands to be made in full. It’s that, or your life. The coise is yours. Now, where were we? Ah yes, the word ‘one.’ I don’t like it. I find it deseiving. It shall be spelled ‘wun,’ instead… fair enough?” I ask the CEO.
He nods silently.
I kontinue:
“Next, we shall replase the ‘sh’ konstruktion, whic signifies the “shh” sound, with its own personal letter, muc like we have solved the ‘ch’ problem by redusing it to a simple C. Therefore, from now on, the ‘sh’ sound will be replased with the Russian letter Ж.”
The CEO looks at me in stunned disbelief.
“You Жould relax,” I say. “My demands are almost komplete. In fakt, there is only wun more cange you must make in your diktionary. It’s simple, but, perhaps, admittedly diffikult to get used to… We use the “th” sound so often, do we not? It serves as the beginning of so many prinsipal words. It doesn’t need two letters. Just like the ‘sh’ sound. The ‘th’ sound deserves its own letter! So, to that end, we Жall replase ‘th’ with the Greek symbol Ψ.”
I take a deep breaΨ and glanse bak at my two goons. Ψey nod with approval. I look bak at Ψe CEO.
“And Ψat’s it,” I say. “Ψat’s all we need to, to fix everyΨing. It will be so eloquent, so streamlined, don’t you see? At last, we will be able to glanse at a word and know xaktly how it’s pronounsed, fonetikally!”
“Ψese demands are not realistik,” Ψe CEO says. “How kan you xpekt us to publiЖ Ψis? It won’t even look like EngliЖ.”
“I don’t kare what it looks like,” I say. “Wun day, you will Ψank me. Wun day, the whole EarΨ will Ψank me.”
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Main page/Introduction
Grimes was a steamboat pilot on the upper Mississippi river at the outbreak of the war. Refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the United States suddenly required to renew pilot's licenses, Grimes left the river and waited, expecting that in a few weeks the "secession disturbance would be settled." Grimes' own family was Union, his mother saying she had to leave her home in Ralls County because of the animosity of her pro-secession neighbors to her views. At least one of Grimes' brothers enlisted in the Union army. Many others of his relatives, aunts and cousins, aided him in his mail smuggling at great personal risk and cost. The family of his fiancée, Lucy Glascock, was also pro-Confederate. Their wartime romance become famous.
Grimes first joined an irregular Missouri State Guard unit in Ralls County, Missouri. Sam Clemens, later famous as author Mark Twain, was a lieutenant in the "Ralls County Rangers." Twain's version of the adventures of this unit leans more to the serious side than the version Grimes told. (these hyperlinks take you to another site--use your back button to return here). A Twain biographer gives more credence for accuracy to Grimes' version. Grimes later joined the 1st Missouri Cavalry CSA as a private and was captured near Springfield, Missouri. He escaped while being sent from Myrtle Street Prison in St. Louis to Alton Prison in Illinois.
Before returning south to join his unit, Grimes decided to gather up letters from Missouri families to carry with him, thus establishing himself in his wartime career, becoming "Official Confederate Mail Carrier", with a commission as a major, for General Sterling Price's army. Grimes was captured several times but acquired a reputation as an escape artist, once by escaping from the guardhouse at Cairo, Illinois, then from Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis while chained in close confinement and under heavy guard.
Excerpts from Grimes' memoirs telling of his escapes from Gratiot
(this hyperlink takes you to another site--use your back button to return here--the site has very loud music on it, you may wish to mute your audio before following the link)
The next time the Federals arrested him they were very serious about holding on to him and several escape attempts failed.
A letter from Grimes to Lucy Glascock written from prison, Dec. 1863
In the last attempt to escape from Gratiot in June of 1864, shortly before Grimes was scheduled to be hanged as a Rebel spy, two men were killed and Grimes was shot and seriously injured. This ended both his escape attempts and wartime career. Grimes was spared execution through the influence of Union friends, eventually being given a full pardon by President Lincoln.
Grimes married Lucy Glascock in March of 1865. They had seven children together but only two--Hudson D. Grimes and Lottie Grimes Mitchell--survived to adulthood. Grimes returned to river piloting, then into other careers, including the ownership of a hotel. He also owned a hunting resort in Lincoln County, Missouri. A few years after Lucy's death in 1903, Grimes remarried to a younger woman named Nell Tauke. Grimes died in March of 1911.
A. C. Grimes obituary
Shortly before his death, at daughter Lottie's insistence, Grimes wrote his memoirs. It's likely he never intended the memoirs to see publication, and they weren't published until 1926. The story he tells is true, though contains many errors in dating and sequence of events, but also contains considerable omissions. Grimes was far more deeply associated with the Confederate secret service agents operating under General Price than he says in his book. Still, the book is a fascinating story of the War in Missouri and along the Mississippi River.
Gratiot Street Prison Main page/Introduction
Prisoners:
Prisoners List Transcription from Gratiot ledgers
List 1-200 men List 2 - 200 men List 3 - 34 men, more to come Women & Children - 212 names Prisoner Notes
A. C. Grimes -- Confederate Mail Carrier & escape artist
Elijah Alexander Mays - story of a Missouri man held at both Gratiot St Prison and Alton prison
Robert Payne Byrd - story of a Missouri man who vanished to a small pox hospital never to return
Gratiot Street Prison FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about the Union prison in St. Louis
Information Sources -- Print and microfilm sources on Gratiot
Gratiot Street Prison-Then & Now - The site as it appeared in 1848, the 1860s, and now
Gratiot Journal:journal account of Gratiot Street Prison with notes on the people and events described
January - February 1863
March - April 1863
October - November 1863
December 1863 - January 1864
True Tales of the Tenth Kansas Infantry Articles by Howard Mann
Raid On a Nest of Nymphs
Excitement at Alton Prison Story of an escape from Alton, Ill., prison
Paradox of Capt. George D. Brooke
Sorrowful Revenge by Firing Squad the execution of six Confederate soldiers in St. Louis
True Tales of the Tenth Kansas Infantry: The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time, The Execution of Barney Gibbons execution of a Union deserter in St. Louis
Return to Civil War St Louis
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THROWBACK SF THURSDAY: The Gondwane Epic by Lin Carter
Thursday , 22, June 2017 HP Appendix N 4 Comments
The full Gondwane Epic runs six books. Lin Carter apparently planned ten. I have the first four chronologically—The Warrior of World’s End, The Enchantress of World’s End, The Immortal of World’s End, and The Barbarian of World’s End (there are rather expensive copies available on Amazon; I can’t vouch for their quality). Carter really should have called it the World’s End epic. Carter wrote Giant of World’s End first, then went back and wrote five prequel novels. The odd novel out is The Pirate of World’s End.
The Gondwane books are set roughly 700 million years into the future. The sun is a bit dimmer and the moon closer to earth and showing the cracks which will be it (and life on earth’s) undoing. The continents kept moving and met on the other side, forming another supercontinent, and giving the books their name—Gondwane. (Fortuitously, I was reading a bit about the summer solstice and learned that days are slowly getting longer as the earth’s rotation slows, but the days on Gondwane are not abnormally long.) The laws of physics have subtly changed, and magic is as common as science, but each is more likely to appear as an inscrutable artifact.
The hero of Carter’s epic is no mere man. Ganelon is found stumbling naked through a blue rain beside crystal mountains. A wizard later determines he is a non-human construct. For all intents and purposes a superman created by the Time Gods to face some potential disaster they foresaw millions of years after his demise (he was evidently hatched from stasis early and will miss his purpose, but no one gives much thought to this). He is superhuman in every way. He towers head and shoulders over mortal men. He can outrun a horse in a sprint or a marathon. Or he could, if horses weren’t extinct. He has superhuman strength and stamina. His skin is tougher than most armor, and he heals fast enough to practically have a healing factor. Oh, and his hair is silver. Not silver like your debonair uncle’s hair silver, silver like your avaricious aunt’s silver silver. So basically he looks like this.
Jeffro wrote a Retrospective post on book 1, The Warrior of World’s End, and Morgan has a bit to say about the Gondwane books in his post on the Lin Carter style.
Each book features the adventures of Ganelon Silverman with an assorted band of fellow adventures. In the first two books it is mostly the Illusionist, a female knight (knightrix), and a sapient, bronze bird (KITT, if KITT were an auntish Cessna). In the third and fourth book, it is another, immortal wizard, a tigerman, and a gynosphinx (which is totally a real thing, and not just something Carter made up because it was the 70s and he was writing a sword-and-sorcery novel).
Sword and sorcery, in my opinion, doesn’t lend itself to the epic form. This is no Wheel of Time, though. The books could easily enough be read as standalones, and many (most?) of the adventures along the way are mostly unrelated to the rest. Ganelon does move in a linear, if Calvin-esque, fashion across the continent of Gondwane. Of course Gondwane is sixty million square miles, so we just see a small part of the continent, even with regular access to air travel, be it by talking plane, flying kayak, or well endowed lady sphinx. The part of Gondwane they start in is called Northern YamaYamaLand. I only say this as evidence that the demon weed wasn’t any weaker in the 1970s.
Carter’s prose is barely passable. His naming conventions I like. And “thews” are like “eldritch,” it just comes with the territory of this brand of imitation. More annoying is the unidentified narrator, who can’t decide whether he is writing today or at some even later junction. Footnotes are bad enough in nonfiction. You are not David Foster Wallace. Do not thrust footnotes upon us in your fiction (I would tell Wallace the same, but, well). But to be fair, the prose stays out of the way and the slim novels are easy reads.
The obvious comparison from the world description is with Jack Vance’s Dying Earth. Carter isn’t a quarter the stylist Vance is, but his dying world is fun. If you’re one of those who complains that Vance is too dour—you know who you are—you may want to pick these books up. Ganelon and his co-adventurers are unabashed white hats. The bad guys are usually pretty easy to pick out, and a strange new character or city is as likely to be benevolent as malevolent. Like de Camp’s The Tritonian Ring, the entire thing is written with a wry sense of humor.
The first two books are not only enormously fun but enormously inventive. Perhaps a better writer could have done more with it, but Carter shows how much a crazy far future setting has to offer sword and sorcery. The ideas per page ratio is extraordinarily high. There are blue rains and crystal mountains and non-humans as wide as they are tall and illusionists who perpetually hide their faces behind blue mist and red-skinned enchantresses and automatons and flying islands and flying castles and moving cities and plant woman and vacuum bubbles and on and one. The third book, unfortunately, is a major stumble. Effectively everything, including new characters, is a reiteration of something from earlier in the series or is repeated within the book. Book four (I’m about halfway through), doesn’t return the inventiveness of the first two books, but may have the strongest plot of the four. Ganelon gives himself up to the Ximchak barbarians at the end of book three to save his friends. He is successful in that, but his honor will not allow him to escape. Instead he rises within the ranks of the horde. It’s a fascinating story, period, and one well served by seeming stranger in comparison with modern norms.
Speaking of the Ximchak barbarians, Carter sometimes gets a bit too cute. The Ximchak barbarians emphasize their red eyes by painting green circles around them, and wear antlers on their helmets (ho ho ho, Lin, ho ho ho). The humor seemed a bit fresher in the first couple books (I wouldn’t recommend blasting through several of these in a week…better to give them a chance to breathe, advice I also ignore for wine). Carter gets almost satirical at times. In one mad city, our heroes are arrested and stand accused of “nocturnal sobriety, continence, pacifism and public decency.” I once was arrested for the very same in New Orleans.
The Gondwane Epic does sort of exemplify the old school approach where there is no barrier between science fiction and fantasy. A hard science pedant will hate it. Carter casually hand-waves away objections. Sure, something may be “[s]cientifically impossible, according to the present state of knowledge, of course. But remember: in seven hundred million years the Laws of Nature have undergone change and alteration.”
I’m picking up Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories next. It’s interesting that Carter flips Howard’s well known views of civilization on their head. In the Gondwane Epic it is civilization that is prized. There is an underlying sense that civilization, and humanity, will be pulled under by non-human and barbarian hordes. Ganelon is a bit of a naïf, but he isn’t barbaric. Indeed, as extraordinarily good as he is at separating foes from their lives as he is, he is very self-conscious of talking about it, or even it being pointed out.
The Gondwane Epic is also notable for featuring Michael Whelan’s first US cover, gracing The Enchantress of World’s End.
H.P. is an academic, attorney, and “author” (well, blogger) who will read and write about anything interesting he finds in the used bookstore wherever he happens to be at the moment. He can be found on Twitter @tuesdayreviews and at Every Day Should Be Tuesday.
This has always seemed to be a fairly weak series, to me. Lin was starting to wind down on a strictly literary level. He could still come up with cool ideas but his execution generally fell short. Still, there’s that irrepressible Lin Carter enthusiasm which allows me to enjoy any given LC tale more than an equally random Brian Lumley story.
Personally, if I was going to read an LC series from this period, I think the “Green Star” books are better. A good mix of Merritt and ERB.
PC Bushi says:
Nice write-up, HP!
I wonder why Carter named his protagonist after a villain. Maybe he just liked the sound of the name?
HP says:
I totally missed that. There was no reason for it that I can tell.
Codex says:
Grabbed a cheap copy to add to my Green Knight’s Squire hardback order.
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Rosie Lowe - YU album review
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The smoky-voiced R&B multi-instrumentalist charts the ups and downs of a relationship with the help of guests like Jay Electronica and Floating Points.
The Leeds-based singer Rosie Lowe debuted in 2013 with “Right Thing,” a brooding R&B-soul hybrid that made the aftereffects of a breakup sound like being submerged in a sensory deprivation tank. Her atmospheric 2016 LP Control explored the emotional give-and-take of modern dating, and despite being cloistered by a few too many glazed, anonymous synths, there were quietly compelling songs (see: the body-image treatise “Woman”) to bear out Lowe’s songwriting finesse. For follow-up YU, Lowe improves on her formula by expanding her circle. Calling on a diverse group of collaborators ranging from Jay Electronica to Floating Points, she assembles a warm-blooded pop/soul/funk hybrid that charts the ups and downs of a relationship.
Lowe’s lyrics can sometimes scan as overly simplistic, as on the icily aimless “Valium,” but her songwriting blooms when she leans on more fantastical metaphors. Early highlight “Pharoah” struts on a swaggering bass line and a hypnotic organ sample from Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 “Memories of Edith Johnson,” while Lowe conjures Egyptian gods and goddesses: “My hair is Nu/My face is Ra/My eyes are Hathor/But worlds apart.” On the simmering “Mango,” she plays Eve seducing Adam, ratcheting up the double entendres: “I adore the selection you bring/It’s your platter that makes my tastebuds ring/…And I’ve been looking for some fruit for my tree.”
Her gravelly, soaring voice is supported by Lowe’s longtime producer Dave Okumu, who adds dynamic, rubbery synths that feel like HD upgrades of his work on Control. On the disorienting highlight “ITILY,” a sweeping synth line underpins Lowe's moony thoughts of an affair: “Don’t wanna come on strong but he has gone out/And he won’t be home for another three hours.” The warped effect mimics the head rush of forbidden romance, with the repetition of the one-line chorus (“I think I love you”) drilling in its obsessive side-effects.
YU’s guest features occasionally come across as half-baked. The pop-minded “The Way,” driven by a jaunty bass guitar, is a bright spot until Jay Electronica settles into a long-winded, tacked-on guest verse addled by clumsy references to UK landmarks as well as the groan-inducing couplet, “Show me the way like Glinda Good Witch/My heart’s so tired like BFGoodrich.” Elsewhere, she casts a who’s-who of singers to fill in as a Greek chorus to better effect: Jamies Woon and Lidell, Kwabs, and Jordan Rakei make up the head-spinning, processed backing vocals on “Birdsong,” which also features a skidding, Jai Paul-ian electric guitar.
YU comes to us via Paul Epworth’s Wolf Tone Records, which may account for its vague sense of boutique-y, almost-too-tasteful A&R-ing (Epworth has steered Adele and Florence and the Machine’s music to similarly refined ends). Yet Lowe’s sophomore album retains a distinct point of view, with her folkloric sensibility and forward-thinking production shining through despite some smoothed-over platitudes. Lowe is only growing as an artist, and YU heralds a bright future.
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"The Ghost Of Orion" - The new album by legendary My Dying Bride!
Like a phoenix from the ashes, a legend rises again in 2020. MY DYING BRIDE went through some tough times last year and fought many struggles along the way, but now the British doom metal band are proud to announce their new studio album The Ghost Of Orion for 6th March 2020.
Ozzy Osbourne announces rescheduled farewell tour dates
The Crazy Train is back on the rails.
Nick Reilly
Bernie Tormé, Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist, Dead at 66
The Irish musician also played with former Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan
Andre Williams, R&B Singer and Producer, Dead at 82
Dubbed “Mr. Rhythm” and “The Godfather of Rap,” Williams died after a battle with colon cancer
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Book Reviews - Before We Fall & The Resurrection Maker
This will be my last double review for two Netgalley titles this year. Both books are again so different from one another. But that's just me as a reader, folks. I have moods, and pick and choose my books to suit. Very rarely do I binge on one genre, and I like to just change things up.
Sometimes, one dark moment is all it takes to turn your world black...
For 24-year old Dominic Kinkaide, that moment took place on the night of his high school graduation. One dark incident changed him forever. He's a hardened actor now, famous in the eyes of the world, but tortured in his own. He doesn't care about much of anything, except for losing himself in the roles that he plays.
23-year old Jacey Vincent doesn't realize how much her father's indifference has affected her. She is proof that sometimes it isn't one specific moment that wrecks a person, but rather it's an absence of moments. She's like a bird with a broken wing-strong yet fragile, as she tries to float through life, finding acceptance in the arms of random guys, one after the other... to fill the void that her father left in her.
Until she meets Dominic.
After jaded Dominic and strong-willed Jacey are thrown together, his secret and her issues create a dark and damaged energy that will soon turn their attraction to each other into an explosive storm.
Even though when the clouds have cleared and the dust has settled, both of them are almost obliterated... they've learned a priceless lesson.
Sometimes, before we fall... we fly.
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Realizing that this was Book 3 of the Beautifully Broken series, I decided to grab the first two novels and read those first. I am that kind of OCD. I am sure that this novel would have been fine as a standalone, but I just have issues reading books out of sequence. I am the same way with TV shows too, even those that don't have to be seen in order.
I really enjoyed the first two novels, and this one was enjoyable as well, but not my favorite of the series so far. I enjoyed Dominic's character and found him to be very interesting. His internal struggles and battles seemed very realistic, and I became quite emotionally invested in him, but I didn't really like Jacey as a character. She was so flakey and angsty, and her character overall didn't do it for me. I couldn't really sympathize much with her, and mostly wanted to shake her the majority of the book.
It was still a pleasant read, but not my fave in the series. It was missing a certain intensity that I enjoyed in the first two books. I really enjoy the author's writing style and her novels, so I will continue to read her books, 100%.
Echoes from the past guide Arthur Malory on a dangerous search for the Holy Grail, a quest that may shed light on the mystery of the resurrection of Christ.
From the thriller writer, Glenn Cooper, whose books have sold five million copies and have been top-ten bestsellers throughout Europe, comes his explosive new thriller, the most innovative and controversial book ever written on the Holy Grail and the resurrection of Christ. Arthur Malory, a seemingly ordinary Englishman, has a burning interest in the Grail, a passion inherited from his father. Thrust into a life-or-death quest to find the precious artifact, he will discover not only his own amazing heritage but the power that the Grail possesses, a power that informs the resurrection of Christ and explosively merges spiritual and scientific thought.
I am still trying to figure out what happened here..... This is not my first Glenn Cooper novel, and in fact, I compared the one I read, "The Devil Will Come" , to one of Dan Brown's novels. That was fairly high praise, and I was fully expecting this novel to measure up in action and character development. But it was clear from the very beginning, that not only was this a little disjointed, but boring as hell. The information dumps were just insanely dull, not just to me as a reader, but to the characters themselves who were searching out information for their quest... It became so tedious that I did nothing but skim most of the time, and when the characters found something to be excited about, my interest was barely peaked. I never thought that the quest for the Holy Grail could be so boring, honestly.
Sadly, though I tried, I was not even able to finish this book. Won't write off Glenn Cooper yet, but this novel was a colossal fail for me.
Many thanks to Netgalley, Authors and Publishers for making copies available for review. No compensation was accepted and my opinions are 100% my own.
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The Beatles - Not For Sale
Scan submitted/created by [Dr. Robert Hilary Beatle]
HQ Scans: Front insert (1 fold - outside)
Publisher: NEMS Records
Reference :MOP-910
Made In :USA
Side 1: 1 - 10
Side 2: 11 - 18
The One After 909 (Lennon/McCartney)
Cavern Rehearsal
Ringo has confirmed playing the drums so this dates the tape to post August 1962 .
Liner notes: "EMI rehearsal". This is not true. This is a Cavern Rehearsal.
Catswalk (McCartney)
Liner notes: "EMI rehearsal". This is not true. This is a Cavern Rehearsal. This song was never recorded by The Beatles at EMI.
Bad To Me (Lennon/McCartney)
Acoustic Demo
Recorded mid-1963 (Apr-Jun ?)
How Do You Do It? (Murray)
Pre 'Session's Mix'
Do You Want To Know A Secret (Lennon/McCartney)
Leave My Kitten Alone (John/Turner/McDougal)
Sessions Mix , Ending has been grafted on.
Master tape cuts off after the line 'well, I told you big, bad bulldog'.
If You've Got Trouble (Lennon/McCartney)
This is NOT the "Sessions" mix, it's an external recording of a studio playback, which appeared here for the first time.
Shout (Isley/Isley/Isley)
Recorded at the IBC Studios in order to mime to them on the show 'Around the Beatles' broadcast 28th April 1964.
Around The Beatles Medley (Lennon/McCartney)
Recoreded at the IBC Studios for them to mime to on the show 'Aropund The Beatles' broadcast 28th April 1964
Love Me Do (Lennon/McCartney)
Around The Beatles Medley
TV.640419.05a
Recorded at the IBC Studio for them to mime to the show ' Around The Beatles' broadcast 28th April 1964
Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney)
TV.640419.05b
Recorded at the IBC Studios for them to mime to on the show 'Around The Beatles' broadcast 28th April 1964
From Me To You (Lennon/McCartney)
TV.640419.05c
She Loves You (Lennon/McCartney)
TV.640419.05d
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Lennon/McCartney)
TV.640419.05e
The National Health Cow (Lennon)
BBC, Today
John reading "The National Health Cow"
Yes It Is (Lennon/McCartney)
Has John saying "Oh let's go, let's get out of here" edited onto the front, from an outtake of "I'm A Loser". The end of the take has the last line edited on from the record, at the wrong speed. Ugh!
Paperback Writer (Lennon/McCartney)
SS.PM2.03.02
Stereo Mix after numerous overdubs.
SS.MMT.05.08
Truncated should run for 2:29.
Take 9 (the released take) was a reduction mix of this Take onto which numerous overdubs were made.
Has the last line "Yeah!" edited on from the record, also at the wrong speed.
Birthday (Lennon/McCartney)
Out Of Phase
OUTFAKE, out of phase dub of released take
Goodbye (Lennon/McCartney)
I've Got A Feeling (Lennon/McCartney)
Get Back Session
DDSI 27.11
was DDSI27.11
I Me Mine (Harrison)
After overdubs of electric guitar, electric piano, organ , 2nd acoustic guitar and new lead and backing vocals.
BUT before the Phil Spector Overdubs.
A Day In The Life (Lennon/McCartney)
RS Unknown
Take 6, 7 & Edit Piece 9
SS.SGT.13.0607.RSa
This alternate stereo mix (# unknown) is very much like the official release except for some details. John's count in still present.
Unlike the other previous attempts, this one is complete and features the Edit Piece 9 (note that some bootlegs present this version without the edit piece 9)
Stereo mix with clean intro and countdown of an Edit of Take 6 & 7 as the Commercial Version.
Takes 6 & 7 + edit piece 9, RS # unknown, 22 feb 67
Review by: Pasadena, On 24 Feb 2000
The above listing is incorrect as far as the source of "one after 909" and "catswalk". These are listed on the album as EMI studio rehearsals and not cavern club rehearsals. The quality varies from good to excellent with the weakest being If you've got trouble. It was one of the best boots to come out at the time just for having the versions of paperback writer, i've got a feeling, and do you want to know a secret. also the medley of songs from "around the beatles" is kind of nice to hear without all the screaming over it even though I would prefer to watch the video than just listen to the songs. But overall, this is an excellent addition to any collection. the back cover also has some great color photos from various points in time during their careers.
Review by: Vinyl Spinner, On 12 Feb 2001
This is one album that you have to wonder why? There is nothing here but a nice jacket, the vinyl pressings are shit, I can remember a few years back when these were being dumped at $2 ea, I would not give you two cents. Many of the starts and endsare clipped, most came from a radio special the was produced by the BBC in the early 80's, you are better of finding the boot ofthe radio show, that is better quality.The fake Birthday track tells it all, you don't need this in your collection, but if you must go for the Cd, that is a little better!!
Review by: Than Heybly, On 23 Nov 2001
This one was good for its time (as were most of the NEMS releases), although all tracks (except perhaps the OOPSed "Birthday") are now available elsewhere and generally in better sound quality. The copy I had was an OK pressing for an underground release, and the jacket was nice.
Review by: Mr._Starlight On 14 May 2005 at 07:56 CET
This is normal nems shit, the guy who did these though he was God's gift to bootlegrs, just an idoit, the only thing he could do was do nice covers, he should have offered his services out to "real bootlegers" Just check out the Birthday track, that shows just how smart the idot was that made this crap. The market was once flooded with Nems records as well as the BAG label he did, He often wondered why his stuff would not sell, he would pass the blame off on others, he should have looked in his own backyard for the answeres, this is one joker I would like to have met in the back alley, he gave bootlegers a bad name. I remember whan the full nems catalog was dumped at $2 each, you call tha hard up.
Review by: rbratcherjr On 20 Mar 2008 at 06:34 CET
It's not that bad. Something to add to my Beatleg collection. Gave it a play then put it in my record collection.
Review by: Rod Cow On 18 Jan 2009 at 22:03 CET
Mr.Starlight has a personal beef with the maker of NEMS so his opinions on Not For Sale,Nothing Is Real etc... are all unfair.
This was a great boot back in the day.Some of the tracks are taken from a radio show,but not BBC.It was the Westwood One series 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:A History Of The Beatles Years' and is woprth seeking out but these days everything included in the show (and on these NEMS boots) is available in almost perfect qulaity.
All of these boots had 'first time' tracks on them.
Review by: mlucifersam On 12 Mar 2010 at 10:23 CET
NEMS were great back in the day. All of their releases had something new on them. Now all superseeded of course but back then, they were the bees knees.
Review by: drrobert61 On 17 Mar 2010 at 18:02 CET
From what I remember Starlight records was total TRASH ,they were the ones nobody would buy & till this day I wouldn't put $1 down for their trash also the worst b/w covers ever made!
Review by: thomisweb01 On 07 Dec 2010 at 10:35 CET
I have to say, It is very ok.
How Do You Do is very good quality. I bought this back in the 80s in Switzerland - it was really impressive to get unknown Beatles songs like Goodbye and Bad to Me and others. Still to this day, Bad to Me has never been officially released. It is for me one of the most charming songs from John. Though with Internet, you can download it "anywhere" - yet this is a real record, much better - mp3/CD-R does not live. Item sells around 35 USD now... I don't care about Birthday remix, never liked the song anyway.... cheers Thomas
Review by: TheProGamer1991 On 20 May 2017 at 23:20 CET
I got this a while back, and it\'s great! It has the essentials, One After 909, Leave My Kitten Alone, How Do You Do It, and If You Got Troubles. You must buy it.
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Originally filled by: xdj31@dial.pipex.com
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Havana Heat by Kim Knight- Release Blitz with Excerpt & Giveaway
Title: Havana Heat
Series: Romance Set in Paradise Book 1
Author: Kim Knight
Havana Heat is book one of the Romance Set in Paradise Series of modern, steamy, suspenseful and romantic stories, set in exotic locations around the world. In Havana Heat readers are transported to the paradise of Cuba’s capital Havana, following the romantic heat build between Spaniard Detective Sebastian Garcia, and London born and bred wedding planner Melinda Jones. Melinda’s path crosses with the handsome and charming detective at Casa De Amor Hotel as a guest at her client’s exotic location wedding. Both characters are in search of a slice of paradise, away from their own troubled love life back home. Once their paths cross the romance and sizzle begins.
When all hell breaks out at Casa De Amor Hotel, and conflict builds over their past, both characters are faced with a decision to take a risk and see out their romance, or walk away. Forever asking themselves what could have been. Romance, thrills and excitement await in book one of this modern romance series set in paradise.
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Sebastian takes Melinda’s hand as they leave the dance floor of Casa De Amigos. They weave their way in and out of the crowds. The crowds have built up the bar is now busy with local Cubans and tourists, enjoying the ambience of cheap cocktails, beers, the wide screen TV and small dancefloor to salsa.
As they exit the bar into the late afternoon sunshine, the humid heat does nothing to cool down their perspiring bodies hot from all their dancing.
“Sebastian, which way from here? I have no idea where I’m going.”
Sebastian looks down at Melinda fanning herself with one hand. With the sunshine on her smooth brown skin, Sebastian can’t deny that his attraction toward Melinda is growing. His eyes sweep up and down her curvy body as he admires her sundress and wedge heels. He wonders to himself what’s underneath her sundress, his mind runs wild as he fantasises about the kind of underwear Melinda likes to wear, and the kind of underwear he would like to see her in. Tearing his eyes away from her he hides his smile.
“Hmm, let’s try this direction.”
“Okay, let’s go.”
With a warm glow inside of each of them they take off in the opposite direction from where they came. Walking along the hot pavement they admire the colourful array of pastel colour buildings and downtown hotels they pass, as they walk deeper into the town. Local youths pass them on moped bikes zooming down the main road, along with 1950s era Cadillac cars which catch Sebastian’s attention.
“The cars out here are really something, a real throwback in time.”
Melinda follows Sebastian’s gaze over to the main road as he smiles and admires the retro Cadillac cars.
“Totally, there’re amazing aren’t they. But totally fitting with the Spanish architecture and colourful buildings.”
Within a twenty minute walk the sea comes into view in the distance.
“Well, look what we’ve found.” Smiling Melinda tugs at Sebastian’s arm.
“C’mon let’s go check out the beach, we have time for a stroll before we head back.”
“What about food?”
“That’s what the hotel’s for.”
Melinda calls over her shoulder as she takes off jogging toward the beach. Sebastian smiles, then ups his pace to keep up with her.
“Wow, this looks like some kind of paradise.”
Melinda kicks off her wedge heels as she steps onto the warm sand. Sebastian joins her removing his comfortable plimsols.
“Sure does, the water is so blue.”
They walk farther onto the beach toward the water’s shore. Melinda and Sebastian take in the ambience of the beach. Palm trees slightly lean to one side as they sway in the light sea breeze. The sand is clean with a bright sugar white colour. The beach is calm but busy with sun worshipers stretched out on their beach loungers, and groups of friends playing volleyball. A few teenagers splash around in the sea making fun of each other. Taken back by all of Santa Maria del Mar beach’s beauty both of them lower their shades as they walk along the coastline at a leisurely pace, with the warm sea water washing over their feet. As they stroll farther up the coastline a secluded area of rockery comes into view, they head over and settle themselves on the sugar white sand to admire the aqua blue sea.
“So tell me a bit more about yourself Sebastian, other than work how do you spend your time?”
Sebastian thinks for a moment of late his free time has been consumed with morning the absence of his late girlfriend Anna, and what he could have done to ensure Anna felt needed and valued as his partner. A vision of Anna appears in his mind’s eye as he stares out into the calm sea. Sebastian rubs the back of his neck and tries to push his vision of Anna’s face to one side.
“Ah, to be honest … not much. I guess I’m kinda boring.”
Melinda let’s out a small laugh and looks up at Sebastian.
“I’m sure you’re not, seriously you have no hobbies or interests?”
“Hmm, I like music— a lot, and to work out I guess, books interest me too.”
“What kind of music and books? I love them both.”
“I listen to a lot of classical, flamenco and modern music. When it comes to books obviously, crime is my thing.”
“Of course, Mr. Detective. And …”
“And that’s about it Melinda. I never realised how boring I am until you asked me that question.”
The pair crack up laughing.
“No girlfriend back in London then?”
Sebastian looks down at Melinda sitting by his side, his reflection in her large oversized sunglasses stares back at him. Damn she looks hot in those shades runs through his mind. Suddenly he feels overwhelmed and confused. He loves Anna and is still not quite over losing her. At the same time his attraction to Melinda is becoming more obvious to him. Her style, beauty, rhythm to a salsa beat, and bubbly sense of humour appeal to him in a major way.
“Did I say something wrong Sebastian? You’re looking at me like I’m some kind of alien.”
Sebastian snaps out of his weird trance of heartache over his late girlfriend, and lust over the ebony skinned beauty with exciting potential by his side.
“No sorry... I don’t have a girlfriend as such no.”
“As such? What does that mean?”
“It’s complicated—I”
With disappointment Melinda cuts Sebastian off as she gazes out at the deep aqua sea.
“Hmm, it always is with you men isn’t it.”
Thoughts of all the wasted dates she had been on over the last year run through her mind.
“No, I mean it’s complicated as she… she died almost one year ago.”
Melinda looks up at Sebastian as he stares off into the sea again.
“Oh, my Sebastian I’m sorry I didn’t mean to—”
“It’s okay, honestly by now I should be coming to terms with my loss. Well at least that’s what my shrink tells me.”
“You see a doctor?”
“Yeah, I have been for a while now. He helps but I know that the main bulk of the work to deal with my grief is down to me.”
“It’s hard, grieving is different for everyone.”
Melinda places a sympathetic hand on Sebastian’s upper shoulder for comfort. The comfort comes as a surprise to him. He takes her hand in his and squeezes it. Before he knows what’s come over him he places a light kiss on her hand, then slowly makes his way up her arm with gentle kisses. Melinda does not resist him as he leans in closer and places a light kiss on her collar bone. The warm light breeze, aqua sea and lazy palm trees, mixed with too much Tequila and beer arouses them both. Without hesitation, their lips lock in a deep passionate kiss. Sebastian takes full control as he explores Melinda’s mouth with his tongue, while running his hand up her right thigh. Her skin feels smooth and clammy to touch as he raises the hem of her sundress and parts her thighs.
As his hand travels farther up her thigh she hesitates for a moment conscious of where they are sitting, under a palm tree fully exposed to passers-by. Even though they are sitting in a much more secluded area of the beach, they left the crowds behind. Melinda breaks away from his kiss, not because she wants to but more for the sake of embarrassment, should a passer-by see them. Sebastian’s kisses are soft and gentle. It feels very much to Melinda like one of the sincerest kisses she has had in a long time.
“Let’s go for a swim.”
Sebastian laughs out loud.
“A swim? With no bathing suits?”
Melinda gives him a cheeky smile as she lowers the straps of her sundress, then stands up and steps out of it. She reveals a matching lime green bra and panties set, the colour emphasises her smooth chocolate skin tone.
“Who needs bathing suits, there’s no one here and this could pass for a bikini did you see what those other girls were wearing back there?”
Melinda points back toward the direction they came from and laughs.
“No shit, those bikinis were out there.”
“C’mon last one in pays for the taxi home.”
Sebastian gets on his feet and removes his cotton shirt and shorts as quick as he can. Glancing around nervously he dumps his clothing and Rolex watch next to Melinda’s sundress, and then races down to the shore. He catches up to Melinda and scoops her up from behind, as he runs with her down into the warm aqua sea. She playfully screams and shouts protesting to be put down, secretly the thrill makes her heart race. Melinda can’t remember the last time she let herself go and had some fun, done something crazy and completely let go. Today, almost five thousand miles from her west London home is the day she let go, with a total stranger. It occurs to her that her safety could have been at risk by wandering off with a strange man on an island. She looks on the flip side, then again Sebastian is a detective, from her home town in London too. He’s there to serve and protect the public— you can’t get more safe than that.
Playfully launching Melinda into the water Sebastian dives in, then picks her up again by her legs this time. Playful screams escape Melinda as she holds onto him as tight as she can and looks down at him. She wraps her legs around his body as he cradles her with a firm grip on her behind.
“You are crazy Sebastian!”
“Me, crazy? What do you call going for a swim with no bathing suit, in broad day light?”
The pair crack up laughing as Sebastian lowers her to her feet in the water, they stand face to face in the warm sea with slight waves crashing around them. Sebastian’s six-foot-three well built frame towers over Melinda’s five-foot-six height. Melinda looks up into Sebastian’s large brown eyes and for the millionth time she takes in the handsome Spaniard’s face with sharp features, his low cut hair and great body, large brown eyes and tanned olive skin. His tribal body art tattoo covering his whole shoulder and arm area to his wrist, emphasises his sex appeal. Taking a deep breath to regulate her heartbeat she melts at the sight of him, standing in front of her with the strong sunlight behind him. Melinda’s senses are awakened by his playful side and the paradise surrounding them. Her lust over the gorgeous Spaniard kicks in. Taking the lead starting from his elbows placed at his side under the water, she runs her palms upwards over his strong toned arms, toward his shoulders. As she stops at his shoulders she takes a step forward in the water into Sebastian’s personal space. Without removing her eyes from his intense gaze staring down at her, she slowly continues to move her palms over his chest. Her heart flips at the curves which define his toned torso. Sebastian responds as her hands settle on both sides of his equally toned waist. Leaning toward her into her personal space he gently bends down and blesses her with another one of his gentle loving kisses. They embrace in a passionate hug in the water with Melinda’s arms wrapped around his neck and Sebastian holding her waist. Sebastian is not sure if it’s the warmth of the Caribbean sea and strong hot sun on his back, or Melinda’s curves he explores under the water that bring him to a complete arousal. His need to feel her more intimately take over, as he slowly moves both of his hands from her curvy waist line then stops under her ample bust line. With ease, he lifts the underneath section of her lime green bra now soaked and fully exposing the outline of her erect nipples as the thin material clings to her breasts.
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Kim is thirty four (born in 1983), and from London in the UK. She’s a mother to a beautiful toddler and a proud author of four romantic suspense novels and novellas, which includes the romance series Romance Set in Paradise released in May 2017. Kim started her journey as a traditionally published author after she scored a publishing contract with a USA based publisher. She was over the moon! However, it became clear to Kim that things were not as she expected. Therefore, she set out on her own journey, she dived head first into the world of self-publishing and republished two of her fictional stories, and became a proud self-published author also. Something great was unleashed, she’ll never look back in regret.
As a reader she’s head over heels in love with romance, historical fiction, crime fiction, African- American, suspense and thriller genre books. At present Kim is writing a romantic suspense novel, and brainstorming steamy romance novella ideas. As a writer, Kim enjoys creating stories with a diverse and multi-cultural line up, within the romance, romantic suspense, general thriller and crime genres. When she’s not reading, or writing stories of her own her other passions include practising her French, fashion, make-up artistry, spending time at her sewing machine dressmaking, watching make up and beauty tutorials on YouTube, letter writing and being a mum.
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In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice – convert to Islam or die.
Two gunmen from Boko Haram had seized the Christian teenager in July as she picked corn near her village in the Gwoza hills, a remote part of northeastern Nigeria where a six-month-old government offensive is struggling to contain an insurgency by the al Qaeda-linked Islamist group.
In a new development, Boko Haram is abducting Christian women whom it converts to Islam on pain of death and then forces into “marriage” with fighters – a tactic that recalls Joseph Kony's Lord’s Resistance Army in the jungles of Uganda.
The three months Hajja spent as the slave of a 14-strong guerrilla unit, cooking and cleaning for them before she escaped, give a rare glimpse into how the Islamists have changed tack in the face of Nigerian military pressure.
“I can't sleep when I think of being there,” the 19-year-old told Reuters, recounting forced mountain marches, rebel intelligence gathering – and watching her captors slit the throats of prisoners Hajja had helped lure into a trap.
Nigerian security officials say the Islamists have pulled back after army assaults since May on their bases on the semi-desert plain and are now sheltering in the Mandara mountains, along the Cameroun border around the city of Gwoza. From the hills they have been launching increasingly deadly attacks.
The rugged mountain terrain – as fellow al Qaeda allies found in Afghanistan – has proven an advantageous base for a movement that once styled itself the “Nigerian Taliban” and sees all non-Muslims as infidels who must convert or be killed.
The United States designated Boko Haram a terrorist group last Wednesday. Western governments are increasingly concerned about the wider threat posed by the group, which wants to create an Islamic state in a religiously mixed country of 170 million and which has ties with al Qaeda's north African wing.
Hajja’s account of how Boko Haram has adapted and survived in recent months underlines the difficulties governments in the region face. The spread of the threat was underscored by the kidnap on Thursday of a French priest in Cameroun, an attack France believes may have involved Boko Haram.
The following day, Nigerian troops raided a base for the group in the Gwoza hills. The army said it killed 29 Boko Haram fighters and was “closing in” on the rebels.
The group, whose name broadly translates as “Western education is sinful”, has killed thousands during a four-year insurgency against the Nigerian state, targeting the police and armed forces as well as politicians and then turning on Christians in the predominantly Muslim north of the country.
The military offensive launched in mid-May, and the fact that large numbers of civilian vigilantes have supported it, has triggered a fierce backlash against local people by Boko Haram. The militants have killed hundreds in the past few weeks, including in massacres of schoolchildren.
The Islamists dragged Hajja along rocky mountain paths and slept in caves in the hills, a landscape unfamiliar to most Nigerian soldiers, recruited from the plains.
She ceremonially converted to Islam, cooked for the men, carried ammunition during an attack on a police outpost and was about to be married to one of the insurgents before she managed to engineer a dramatic escape. She says she was not raped.
“If I cried, they beat me. If I spoke, they beat me. They told me I must become a Muslim but I refused again and again,” Hajja told Reuters in an interview. Her family name is withheld to protect relatives still living in the Gwoza area.
“They were about to slaughter me and one of them begged me not to resist and just before I had my throat slit I relented. They put a veil on me and made me read from the Koran,” she said in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, where she is now living.
At least a dozen teenagers like her remain in captivity, Michael Yohanna, a councillor in Gwoza’s local government told Reuters. Some have married commanders, recalling Kony’s LRA, which abducted thousands of “wives” in a 20-year war in Uganda before a truce in 1986. Kony remains a fugitive.
A man called Ibrahim Tada Nglayike led the group Hajja was with. On one mission, Hajja was sent to stand in a field near a village to attract the attention of civilians working with the army. When five men approached her, they were ambushed.
“They took them back to a cave and tied them up. They cut their throats, one at a time,” Hajja said. “I thought my heart would burst out of my chest, because I was the bait.”
Among those who did the killing was the Muslim wife of the leader Nglayike, the only other woman in the band of fighters.
Reuters verified Hajja's account of having been abducted with independent figures in the region. Boko Haram shuns the media and none of its members could be contacted for comment.
Hajja says the long-bearded insurgents lived a basic lifestyle, eating corn, millet and occasionally meat from animals they stole and which she slaughtered.
The group, armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols stolen from police they killed, moved every day around the hills to avoid being tracked by the army and slept in the caves to shelter from the cold and for protection against air assaults.
“They didn't use phones but they had a radio,” Hajja said.
“They would listen to BBC Hausa or Voice of America and jump and shout if they heard about Boko Haram attacks.”
Forced out of cities and semi-desert bases since Jonathan declared a state of emergency in May, the militants have mostly retreated to hills and forests on the Cameroun border.
“It’s the toothpaste effect: squeeze one end and it comes out the other. They have proven resilient and are adapting faster than the military,” a Nigerian security source said.
Army commanders denied Boko Haram had any control over the Gwoza mountains: “We are curtailing their activities and I can assure you that … the insurgency will soon be a thing of the past,” Lieutenant Colonel Adamu Garba Laka said.
But a Nigerian general asked Cameroun this month for help in fighting Boko Haram, and the backlash against civilians has made the conflict deadlier than ever.
According to one security source, in the five months after Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeast there were 1,708 deaths in 83 violent clashes, compared with 667 deaths from 117 incidents in the previous five months.
Pushing the conflict into poor rural regions, like Gwoza, where Hajja was seized, runs the risk of radicalising more disenchanted youths and drawing more people into the violence.
“Gwoza has disintegrated. We have no schools, no hospitals, no government offices functioning,” said councillor Yohanna.
“I worry that youths will take the law into their own hands. It will become a war between Christians and Muslims.”
Insurgents moved freely through the hills and even into the town of Gwoza, Hajja said. Fighters made trips to collect cash, ammunition and weapons from the Sambisa Game Reserve, a forested region where Boko Haram had established camps.
Informants, mostly farmers, would warn them of approaching army patrols, Hajja said, adding that the rebels also appeared to have sympathetic contacts among the troops – something the Nigerian military commanders deny.
“They know the area very well and many people help them because they are afraid or support their cause,” Hajja said.
On one occasion, Boko Haram commanders were able to travel from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on the plain north of Gwoza, to meet the guerrilla group in the hills.
Hajja said her unit carried out dozens of attacks, killing police and anyone suspected of aiding authorities.
The longer the insurgency goes on, President Goodluck Jonathan will come under increasing criticism from his northern opponents as elections in early 2015 draw closer.
He risks growing resentment from a northern population who believe he is out of touch with their troubles.
It is also becoming a drain on Africa's second largest economy – Nigeria allocates a fifth of its budget for security.
Hajja eventually escaped by feigning severe stomach pains. Thinking her too ill to flee, the insurgents sent her to hospital escorted only by an older woman. Once she was among other people, Hajja threatened to denounce the group to police, prompting the woman to abandon her and flee.
"I finally tore off the veil and I cried,” Hajja said.
“So many times I thought I'd die.”
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The conception of Agriculture Engineering Division took place in 1975 when the Irrigation Division was created under the Department of Agriculture. As the name indicates it was mainly responsible for providing technical assistance to farmers in repair and construction of irrigation schemes. Besides this function the Division also provided technical services to other central agencies within the ministry in their infrastructure development.
The AED under the DoA comprises of three sections i.e The Building Section, Irrigation Section and Farm Roads and is further supported by two Central Programs Viz. Agriculture Machinery Centre (AMC), Paro and Central Machinery Unit (CMU), Bumthang. These two central programs work in close consultation with the Division.
FARM ROAD & LAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Farm Roads Section
Overall management of the Section
Development of national policies, guidelines, standards and specifications for farm roads.
Long term planning for adoption/development of farm road construction techniques
Coordination, monitoring and supervision of farm road programmes
Review the performance of the central projects and Dzongkhag activities
Liaise with relevant agencies on matters related to farm road programmes/projects
Review and conduct farm road training requirement for the Section and the Dzongkhags
Any other official duties assigned to him from time to time by the management
Preparation of annual budget for the Section
Reviewing farm road survey, design, estimate and drawings forwarded by the Dzongkhags for issuance of Technical Sanction
Compilation of progress reports
Facilitation and development of project proposals for fund mobilization for farm road projects.
Outsourcing of very big construction activities to private consultants/ contractors, when it is beyond the capacity of the Section
IRRIGATION PROGRAM
Irrigation Section
Cultivated land in Bhutan is broadly categorized into two types: Kamzhing and Chhuzhing. Chhuzhing is a leveled, bunded terrace where summer paddy is grown as a main staple food crop. This Chhuzhing can be irrigated or rain fed depending upon the choice of crops and availability of water for irrigation.
Until recently, irrigation development in Bhutan was the result of the farmers own initiatives and investments in the construction, maintenance and management of the traditional irrigation systems through the use of local resources and knowledge. These systems are called community managed irrigation system (CMIS). Over 1200 CMIS exist in the country of which about 1000 systems are currently functional and irrigate more than 64,000.00 acres of paddy land across the country.
The Government’s involvement in the irrigation sector has started only in 1967 during the second five year plan with the establishment of irrigation division under the Department of Agriculture. Since then the irrigation division under DoA has provided specialized attention to the improvement of CMIS through respective Dzongkhags, wherein the focus was more on maintenance of bottle neck structures.
In each Dzongkhag, there is an Engineering sector responsible for designing and implementing various kinds of engineering projects including irrigation works. However, the kinds of irrigation works that are undertaken directly by the Dzongkhag administration are limited to maintenance and repair of small irrigation canals.
Mandates & Functions
Sourcing funds from Donor Agencies and other appropriate agencies
Surveying, designing, estimating and monitoring of new irrigation schemes
Surveying, designing, estimating and monitoring of major rehabilitation of irrigation schemes
Prioritization of irrigation schemes based on the Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA)
Technical support and backstopping to Engineers at Local Government institutions
During the 11th FYP, an ambitious and auspicious figure of 108 irrigation schemes were prioritized and planned for implementation based on the MCA and completed 33 irrigation schemes during the 11th FYP and surveyed, designed and estimated more than 70 schemes for future plan periods. With the completion of 33 major irrigation schemes executed centrally over 5000 beneficiaries were benefitted by assuring water for more than 15000 Ac of paddy land.
Moreover, the Irrigation section has also implemented dryland irrigation across the country for vegetables and citrus covering an area of more than 1300 Ac.
Target for the 12th FYP
The Irrigation section has planned 25 Irrigation schemes which would benefit more than 2000 households and assuring water for over 4000 acres of paddy land.
Policy formulation for irrigation programmes/projects
Long term planning for adoption/development of irrigation techniques
Review the performance of the central projects and the Dzongkhag activities
Liaise with relevant agencies on matters related to irrigation programmes/projects
Review and conduct irrigation training requirement for the Section and Dzongkhags
Provide appropriate designs for irrigation construction works
Carry out tender evaluation/pre-qualification for the works
Coordination and monitoring of irrigation programmes
Provide technical assistance on design of irrigation system to Dzongkhag and central agencies
Participate in flood mitigation studies and projects
Compilation of irrigation progress reports
Review environmental clearance applications for irrigation projects and processing environmental clearance
Coordinate irrigation activities of Area Development projects
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Building Construction Program (BCP)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests being one of the largest Ministries both in terms of human and resource allocation, BCP is mandated with the task of providing technical services to all the agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. Annually, BCP carries out more than hundred construction activities pertaining to the Agriculture Infrastructure Development such as new construction (Offices, Laboratory Buildings + Staff Quarters), maintenance works, compound fencing, access roads and water supply. The agency concerned based on their need proposes either for New Construction or Maintenance Work of the Existing Infrastructure together with outsourcing of funds and other resources as required. Since construction planning is done by an individual agency, BCP is primarily involved with the Ministry’s Adhoc Activity. The BCP also formulates work plans and schedule of activities to achieve those planned targets as detailed below:-
Preparation of design and estimate for building and water supply projects
Verification of bills and claims for construction projects
Oversee evaluation of bidding documents
Monitoring of construction projects
Maintain quality control of construction projects
Be a member of Tender Committee
Provide professional support and advice to employees
Provide technical backstopping to engineers at the ARDCs and CMU
Prepare electrical design and estimate for building construction projects
Provide regular monitoring and supervision to construction projects
Liaise with client agencies and contractors for proper construction management of projects
Maintain proper records like Measurement Book and progress reports
Advise client agencies and contractors on any changes in design
Verify bills and claims for construction projects
Carry out evaluation of bids
Draughts person
Prepare detailed architectural, structural and topographical drawings for construction projects
Assist supervisors during site visits
Other clerical works
Store in-charge responsible for maintaining records of machinery and equipment with the Division
CENTRAL PROGRAMS
Agriculture Machinery Centre
Central Machinery Unit
The Engineering Division serves as a support-service division of the Ministry and is responsible for farm road, irrigation and building construction. It provides technical services in design, estimate and supervision of construction works under the Ministry. Besides, it also provides policy guidelines and technical backstopping to dzongkhags, especially in farm road construction and irrigation programmes in the country. While planning and implementation of programme activities are carried out by the Dzongkhags and concerned agencies the Division carries out coordination and monitoring of the programmes. But as and when required the Division also implements construction and maintenance activities for farm roads and irrigation. In the Eleventh Five Year Plan, AED executed major irrigation construction/rehabilitation works centrally and through the ARDCs with financial assistance of the Government of India.
TOR of Agriculture Engineering Division
Provide policy guidelines on agriculture infrastructure development;
National planning and programming of agriculture infrastructure development;
Review and align 5-year plans and strategies of Central Programs including Agriculture Research & Development Centres (ARDCs) with the Division’s plans and programs;
Setting up technical standards and specifications for farm road, irrigation and other civil constructions;
Provide technical assistance in survey, design and estimate of farm road, irrigation and other civil constructions;
Co-ordinate agriculture infrastructure programs and projects;
Co-ordinate and implement (drawings, design, estimation, tendering, evaluation, site supervision and contract management) of construction works – mainly irrigation – under central programs and projects;
Provide relevant trainings in road construction, irrigation and civil construction to dzongkhag engineers;
Implementation of critical river bank protection works to safeguard agricultural lands;
Develop linkages and liaise with relevant agencies including local and/or international organizations in pursuit of agriculture infrastructure development.
Review and final endorsement of technical proposals from Central Programs including ARDCs;
Develop project proposals on agriculture infrastructure development for technical and financial assistance. Facilitate mobilization of funds from potential sources/ donors;
Review and improve Dzongkhag 5-year plans and strategies (MOAF should pursue this with the GNHC) to align their plans with the MOAF goals and objectives;
Provide technical support to Department of Disaster Management in the field of agricultural infrastructures;
Prepare progress reports, five-year and annual work-plan and budget of the Division;
Conduct periodic monitoring of farm road, irrigation and other civil constructions
Coordinate deployment of road construction machinery to dzongkhags through the Central Machinery Unit (CMU).
The Agriculture Machinery Centre (AMC) and the Central Machinery Unit (CMU) are placed with the Agriculture Engineering Division. While the two agencies are grouped under the Agriculture Engineering Division, their mandates are different and do not cover the engineering functions of the division. The Agriculture Engineering Division, under the present system carries out most of its functions with its staff at the headquarters in Thimphu and ARDCs. The engineers are mainly involved in survey, design, estimate and supervision of the construction projects. Where local Area Development Projects exist these functions to a certain extent are carried out by Project Engineering staff.
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IRA Bomb Manchester: A contemplation
I recently wrote a Retail Gem feature on Marks & Spencer and it's history in Manchester, including some snaps of the store's old site before the IRA bomb attack in 1996. Y'all seemed to love learning more about Manchester's history, so I thought I'd pull together some snaps from the web of this rather significant part of Manchester's past.
READ THE RETAIL GEMS: MARKS & SPENCER FEATURE HERE
I'm also reading an incredible book at the moment, a dystopian satire set in Manchester in the year 2018. Beetham tower has been bombed and toppled, the internet has been turned off, curfews are in place, Stockport is a wreckage after countless fiery riots, Ashton is unrecognisable, the underground canals ferry weaponry for the Nationalist front and the Council control all media. It's grimmer up north.
It's a fascinating read and in some way the imagery Matt Hill creates resonates with these images...
"Screams now and people running, people running with ... grey faces with dripping features. The copper's fucking screaming that we do one, running himself. The kid with rolling baccy's on his arse head in hands." p. 69
"I were there, on Deansgate. There to see, Were standing there with our kid, just seven he were. Me, well, like me now but younger. ... Lights go off first, black-out right down road. Like a corridor. Whole street shakes. No screams either, not like you'd think. And it went down fast - sand castles in the seas I thought, have thought since, like sand. And then the dust. Ha! Rolls like a bastard when it's that hot, son. You felt shockwave, sure, but heat on your face. Deansgate were a tunnel, and all this dust flies at us. For us." p. 68-9
Manchester City Library Archive
"The window goes in, just like that. Big plate glass bugger as well, floor to ceiling. Brian curses they day they glazed it; makes a pig's ear of the shards and splinters. Still: man goes in. Nowt comes out. Your man just rolls in." p.179
"Manchester blinks to life in the distance, suddenly more than sagging towers held up by billboards... Greater Manchester, he gets to thinking, looking out on his city. Fifty miles square, half a mile tall, five years dead" p. 13
"The spiked clock tower of Manchester cathedral peers down over railings and roadway fences - its face leaning forward as if to judge. ... It is beautiful place. Is a safe place," p. 165
Buy Matt Hill's The Folded Man here or loan from your local Library.
Another ramble by Unknown at 08:30
Tags: Manchester
Jonas Jonasson's The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out Of The Window And Disappeared
Now craving
Now 'gramming
to Ramble,
1) to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote.
2) to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner:
They rambled through the shops until closing time.
Rambler is an award-winning Manchester fashion, culture and lifestyle blog written by Jordan McDowell, a marketing professional and journalist who lives and works in Manchester (UK).
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A son of Jacob and tribe of Israel.
Benjamin was the twelfth son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel who died at Benjamin's birth. After Jacob was told that his son Joseph was dead -- although he had actually been sold into slavery -- Benjamin became his father's favorite. Benjamin accompanied his brothers to Egypt to buy food during a famine. There they unknowingly encountered Joseph who had become a high-ranking official. After secretly having a cup placed in Benjamin's sack, Joseph charged that Benjamin was a thief. When one of the brothers offered to go to prison in place of Benjamin, Joseph revealed his true identity. Benjamin gave his name to a tribe that settled in central Palestine.
AUTHOR: Robert Brusic, Seminary Pastor Emeritus
Bilhah
Issachar
Joseph (OT)
Manasseh Son of Joseph
Naphtali
Zilpah
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Vol 25 No 11
Finding an antidote to populism
One of the most used epithets to describe policies and governments is 'populist'. It has most recently been applied to the Coalition Budget and its retreat from the stringencies of the previous budget. State governments' tightening of jail sentences and building of more jails have also been described as populist. Although the word itself is not illuminating, its background raises interesting contemporary questions.
Populist is normally a pejorative word, used to describe governments or policies we don't like. It is used to refer to governments of the left and right, to policies that are more indulgent or authoritarian than we would favour.
Its use and ambivalence go back a long way. In ancient Greece the relative merits of autocracy, oligarchy and democracy as a framework for wise governance were widely discussed. But the dreaded elephant in the room was always ochlocracy — mob rule. The mob was seen as wild, changeable, unstable and violent. It was a challenge to good and wise government. Populism has shades of the triumph of the mob over the wisdom that, say, a philosopher king might provide.
From this perspective the development of the representative democracy we know can be seen as the simultaneous taming and incorporation of the mob into governance. It does this by having the people vote for representatives who will take part in governance. Their deliberations, universal education and the framework of law generate the wisdom that they will need in governing.
The difficulty with this political framework is that it easily develops into oligarchy, and so separates those governing from the governed.
This is evident in Australia today and has many contributing factors. The power and influence of large corporations and interests and their capacity to influence media gives them a hand in shaping policy. Political parties, too, select their candidates increasingly from people who have already been involved in the party. Politics has been their life and separates them from the experience of their constituents.
They and those with whom they consort also share the view that the business of government is best defined in economic terms, and should free individuals and businesses to make and keep wealth.
Because they are subject to occasional popular vote, politicians who are separated from the mob are vulnerable. At this point they introduce popularist policies, not to serve the national interest but to placate the mob and so to secure their own interests.
The easiest form of populism is to pander to the passions of the mob, particularly to hatred and prejudice. The making of scapegoats such as asylum seekers, the unemployed, drug users, Indigenous Australians, and now Muslims, and targeting them through laws that humiliate them has long been a feature of Australian democratic politics, as indeed of all political systems.
There is not much difference between the Australian treatment of asylum seekers and that of the treatment of the Rohingya by the Burmese military government. Populism and authoritarianism and brutality go hand in hand.
This kind of populism offers to governments the advantage of consolidating support in ballots. It also enables rulers to strengthen their power by drowning out reasoned opposition and weakening the rule of law. One of the paradoxes of popularism is that it is inherently autocratic.
In Australia, however, the smooth path to oligarchy is also now impeded by the vagaries of the electoral system. The difficulty of commending unpopular policies to a fragmented Senate makes the governing party appear both brutal in introducing harsh policies and incompetent in addressing the national needs these policies are designed to meet. Public alienation from the political process deepens.
Such alienation leads governments to show a Janus face to the people. Instead of the stern executor of public security, we now see the nursemaid to the reborn status quo. Previously urgent national needs fade away, and policies designed to offend no one, and cost no one anything they are likely to notice, are introduced. After the red meat of public executions follows the dessert of bread and circuses.
This is one way of running a nation. But it might be better to conceive politics and governance as about the good of human beings and society, to regulate public life so that it does not become oligarchic, and to respond to people as responsible and not as molls to be codded.
Andrew Hamilton is consulting editor of Eureka Street.
Recent articles by Andrew Hamilton.
Australia Day as a day for humility
Bushfire divisions etched in sand
Christmas in a time of fire
Greta Thunberg for person of the year
Common ground amid polarised China debate
Topic tags: Andrew Hamilton, representative democracy, mob rule, populism
Having recently finished reading Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and watching past episodes of "Yes, Minister" I am able to appreciate Andy's learned discourse. King Henry VIII wanted a male heir, badly, but history shows us that Elizabeth I was a ruler of rare distinction. I very much agree with the final paragraph of this well-written article.
Pam | 12 June 2015
This is awesome. Recalling to my mind Jesus' prophetic and priestly witness. Such as I have not heard elsewhere. Praise Our friend Jesus!
Lourenel | 14 June 2015
An interesting discussion of ochlocracy and populism which makes the optimism behind calls for genuine democracy seem naïve. Did Andrew mean to compare the Australian Government's treatment of asylum seekers with Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia rather than the the treatment of the Rohingya by the Burmese military government?
James Grover | 15 June 2015
Much more poetic in parts than much of the "poetry" written as prose!
john frawley | 15 June 2015
Seems to sum up the situation admirably. Woe for democracy as we have known it, for my impression of the world as it is now is that we, the not-elite people, are in this para-helpless state because we are overwhelmingly choosing to be coddled molls. Perhaps the world is just too fast and our noses are too close to the grindstone for there to be the time and energy available to consider the equality of freedom and liberty of grave importance. Did I mention distractions? Circuses are an endemic lifestyle in Oz. Can't see how this golden land of Oz can be a frontrunner in a dialectical conversation that will restore democracy to something we actually take an active part in. The (Melbourne) Argus, Sat 26 Sept 1885 carries an interesting and timeless article called "Legislation in the Molly Coddle Islands", and is basically about protectionism and how ultimately it paradoxically benefits the most powerful in society. A line - "The high priests of the Molly Coddle doctrine have constructed an ideal working man of their own. He is such a timid, helpless creature that he will fall and bark his nose if allowed to drop his nurse's hand and walk alone." A great read. Thanks Andrew
MichCook | 15 June 2015
Thank you for this voice of reason, of enlightenment. One can hardly argue with Cicero when he argues 'the good of the people is the chief law'. How to determine that 'good' and how to enunciate it as 'the chief law' is another matter. That acute observer of human nature, Alcuin (735-804AD) warned: 'Those people should not be listened to who declare the voice of the people is the voice of God, as the riotous behavior of the crowd is always very close to madness'.
John Nicholson | 15 June 2015
We make decisions about issues or problems usually in two ways - either based on emotion or reason. Most people would argue that decisions they make are reason-based. But are they? Advertisers would disagree. Roman emperors employed the "bread and circuses" strategy. Their greatest fear, occasionally realised, was the mob unleashed. So bread kept the peasants fed, and circuses diverted aggression away towards captured prisoners or other undesirables in the arena. The key was to channel emotion to your purposes. Today, the inescapable spin and point-scoring of our politicians stifle reasoned debate and rational decision-making. Shock jocks continually whip the public into hysteria over the moment's pet issues. Many other media now also obfuscate, rather than illuminate. Our opinion-drivers are often the last to want reason to enter discussions! Powerful influences want us to fear for our future, to learn to loathe certain groups, especially all those "thems" out there threatening "us". As a result, we are increasingly degenerating into 'Mobthink'. At present, a devastatingly destructive potential of such thinking still seems inconceivable. But at least 15 million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, left-wingers, handicapped, forced labourers, regime critics and others in pre-Nazi Europe undoubtedly thought that early on too.
PaulM | 15 June 2015
PaulM - I am definitely driven emotionally and look for reasonable explanations to contextualise my fears. Reasonable is a very subjective reckoning so it's not fair to promulgate anything 'reasonable' without some justification. The fear that our hard won democratic society, that once embodied mores encapsulated by "a fair go mate" and "fair suck of the sauce bottle" , the fear that the trough our society is in is getting deeper and that ultimately we'll scrape bottom and be wrecked is palpable, as evidenced by Andrew's article. We are driven not so much by decisions as by rationalised feelings. Feelings are the great motivators to thought beyond a simple sentient existence. That's my reply re your "based on emotion or reason". It's both, and too much either way loses sight of our humanity. As such, linking Nazi doctrine (which wasn't public but could be imputed by those that had the most horrific imaginations) is no more informative than Stalin's, or Pol Pot's, or Rwandan irrational (to us) fears. So, coming back to what we can get our hands on, the fears that propelled Andrew to write this article are summed in last paragraph. Mine are that we have gone past recovery. Indeed, all the Western democratic tradition is faced with as yet unarticulated and under articulated problems that have already emasculated the better results we have a right to expect, as per Andrew's summary. But, perhaps that expectation is ill founded. Perhaps the expectation is an illusion that's supposed to mirror our scientific and technical progress. Perhaps our anthropomorphic brains can't keep up. Perhaps this world is really Satan's domain. Perhaps the best we can do is love, as Jesus of Nazareth loved. Perhaps all I can do is prioritise my understanding of God's love, and prioritise my efforts in living by mirroring that understanding back into the world I experience. Perhaps I fear alienation. I do. I also experience paradox, but have chosen to move in a certain direction, not always with complete certainty. That sounds a bit like a Molly Coddle Islander. But the Islander has no gaze towards horizon, and swims in the flow of other Islanders hoping not to stand out, and to be invisible to sharks. Your 'Mobthink'. The antidote is to make decisions, from the heart.
I must confess myself vaguely disappointed at the description of Ancient Greek politicl theory, which gets the categories right but the dynamics wrong. The principal Ancient Greek political theorist here is Aristotle as refracted through Polybius and both considered exclusivity bad thing, and a recipe for instability. Monarchy descends to tyranny; tyranny is replaced by aristocracy; aristocracy becomes oligarchy and is replaced by democracy which descends into ochlocracy, out of which monarchy returns. This political cycle (anakyklosis) is most effectively broken by a mixed constitution which combined the best elements of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy (mikte). If we wished to follow this analogy through to the contemporary world, the Westminster system with its basis on the doctrine of the separation of powers is not a bad modern version of a mixed constitution. It is this that we need to protect, most especially - in the current climate - the independence of the judiciary and the limitation of executive authority. Having said that, the fundamental point that Andrew makes remains unchanged. The populism that feeds the worst in us is a far bigger threat to our democracy than terrorism or asylum seekers.
Bill Leadbetter | 16 June 2015
Sorry MichCook, I also worry about the directions our society is taking - obviously. But I found it a little difficult to pin down the key underlying message(s) of your arguments. I agree that a major cause of our sense of helplessness is the 'too-fast world' and 'noses always to the grindstone'. And that good decisions should be a blend of both reason and emotion. Certainly they should be highly influenced by the welfare of others, including the "thems", and not just the "usses". As far as "reason" is concerned, I think that much of what masquerades or is propagandised as reason (eg. neo-liberal economic rationalism or shock-jock diatribes) is anything but rational and reasoned, but often tribal demagoguery (and even deliberate deception) in disguise. The only reason I mentioned Nazis was because they were the acknowledged masters of scapegoating in their propaganda. And because a consequence of the resulting dehumanisation was atrocity on an industrial level, which people at first either refused to believe was possible, or thought would never go so far. You could equally apply those horrific effects to the regimes you mentioned, but scapegoating and the breakdown of reason into Mobthink were the key points to my argument. On one hand I sympathise with your belief that we should be making decisions based on emotions and then rationalising them later. I presume you mean that we should pay more attention to our intuition, to our soul feeling about what the right course of action is? I don't disagree. But following the message of your intuition or emotions (or divine inspiration?) may be all well and good, if your emotional nature is benign and driven by love for your fellow humans and a wish to do good for others. What about if your emotional nature is greed-based or psycho- or sociopathic? Furthermore, acting purely on emotions is what a two-year old does. And rationalising emotion-driven actions later on such a basis is surely what for thousands of years has caused untold suffering? Can we not be more grown-up? We should be trying to evolve ourselves out of this sort of behaviour. People have been making progress in evolving as reasoning humans for thousands of years, through the Greek philosophers, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, which proclaimed the Age of Reason - all very positive developments, as far as I'm concerned. And if a policy-maker is using true reason in his/her decision-making (in the spirit of the great humanist and theological thinkers) they would be making decisions that benefit all, not just some. That's why I put enlightened reason over emotion and that's what I think was also the central theme of Andrew's article.
Whatever theory/ies of politics you subscribe to it would seem patently obvious that our current governments at all levels are basically concerned with hanging on to power in the relatively short term at whatever cost. Professional politicians are so attuned to the 24/7 news cycle with their attendant minders, lobbyists, journalists, polls, shock jocks and Twitter that Australian politics has become narcissistic, inward looking and poisonous and going nowhere fast. It is not just what can be termed social justice or equity matters which suffer but basic economic planning for the future. There seem to be few politicians these days with the economic nous and public honesty of a John Hewson or Peter Walsh. I think many/most politicians need to relocate their moral compass. We need to have a vision of what we are and where we are going. We need to believe in something. Deakin, Menzies, Whitlam and others did. We don't need politics which is merely reactive to the news cycle, a politics of "baby food sound bytes".
Edward Fido | 16 June 2015
PaulM - for yourself and other readers I need to clarify meaning. I took issue with your phrase "based on emotion OR (my emphasis) reason", which was clarified at the end of my argument re that. Up front Mcself says " I am definitely driven emotionally and look for reasonable explanations to contextualise my fears." You mistake that position as using reason to legitimise a decision already made, on the basis of emotion. I totally agree, that's a horrifying position. It's not one I aspire to or believe in. But being flesh, Mcself is susceptible to it. Emphasising , "It's both",(emotion and reason) "and too much either way loses sight of our humanity." My "key underlying message" is that the heart is at the base of humanity, not (in capitals?) reason. Fundamentally we are on the same page. We both agree with Andrew Hamilton's article. Because I can, as you do, I'm advancing ideas tacked to Andrew's assessment. If we take his use of the word oligarch literally, even in light shades of grey, then the situation resolving itself based upon those in power seems hopeless. No persona that attracts oligarch is or has voluntarily reversed the process that gave them strength. The process is overtly on display and is aggregating more power while dissipating the power of the Molls of Coddle Land. We Molls are not going to be given (capitals) more personal responsibility. We have to take it. That bears repeating - We Take Personal Responsibility. Jesus of Nazareth is our guide and mentor in the revolution necessary. He promulgated a new message (The Good News) that defines us as love, as (capitals) the Father is Love. The revolution is about two millennia young, a long way to go yet. Needs subscribers for a different outcome.
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Pacifica Shipping upgrades to a larger vessel
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Tranzit Group leading the way with electric buses
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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says much more stakeholder engagement is needed to ensure a robust final report is developed by the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy working group
Auckland mayor says more work needed on port strategy
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the second interim report released by the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy working group does not sufficiently consider the costs and benefits to Auckland of relocating its waterfront port.
Commenting on the release of the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy working group’s second report in early October, Mr Goff says: “Like most Aucklanders, I am in favour of moving the port, but we won’t simply give away our assets built up by ratepayers over generations.
“Relocation needs to stack up economically and protect the interests of Aucklanders. It will also need to be undertaken with industry support and without imposing additional economic and environmental costs on Auckland businesses and consumers from freight being moved over much longer distances.”
Mr Goff says much more stakeholder engagement is needed to ensure a robust final report is developed by the working group. “While Auckland Council made submissions on the original proposal, we and other stakeholders, including the shipping companies and the ports themselves, have not had further input into this report.
“As the report itself acknowledges, if the shipping companies don’t agree to send freight to Northport, the huge investment in new facilities would be wasted money.”
Strong and conclusive business case needed
The cost of moving the Auckland port operations to the working party’s preferred option, Northport, is estimated at around $10.3 billion. “Even on that conservative estimate, it is a huge sum of money with opportunity costs for other investments, and the case for moving it to Northland needs to be strong and conclusive,” Mr Goff says.
“Auckland remains ready and willing to cooperate with the government over relocation of the port, but its ultimate agreement to do so will depend on the actual benefits and costs to our city and its people of making that move.
“I look forward to dialogue with the group to discuss their assumptions,” Mr Goff says.
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Software Maintenance | Software Engineering
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This tutorial Introduction to Software Maintenance covers Types, Necessity of Maintenance, Estimation of Maintenance Cost, Software Reverse Engineering, Software Re-engineering.
1 Software Maintenance
2 Need of Software Maintenance
3 Types of Maintenance
3.1 Corrective Maintenance
3.2 Adaptive Maintenance
3.3 Perfective Maintenance
4 Estimation of Maintenance Cost
5 Maintenance Activities
6 Software Reverse Engineering
6.1 Purposes of Reverse engineering process
7 Software Re-engineering
Upon completion, a software system is handed over to the client. Any changes after the client have accepted the system are categorized as maintenance. Changes to code, documentation, manual or any other component of the system are examples of maintenance. Maintenance should be kept in mind throughout the development process. The maintenance efforts require about 60 per cent of the total life-cycle cost for a typical software product. However, maintenance costs vary widely from one application domain to another.
“Software maintenance is the process of modifying a software system or component after delivery to correct faults, improve performances or other attributes, or adapt to a changed environment.”
IEEE definition
Need of Software Maintenance
Software maintenance is needed to:
Enhance features
Port the software to new platforms
Migrate legacy systems
Types of Maintenance
Corrective Maintenance
Adaptive Maintenance
Perfective Maintenance
Corrective maintenance of a software product is necessary to rectify the bugs observed while the system is in use.
A software product might need maintenance when the customers need the product to run on new platforms, on new operating systems, or when they need the product to interface with new hardware or software.
A software product needs maintenance to support the new features that users want it to support, to change different functionalities of the system according to customer demands, or to enhance the performance of the system.
Preventive maintenance may be undertaken on a system in order to anticipate future problems and make subsequent maintenance easier.
Apart from the four categories mentioned above, other categories are also defined by some sources as follows:
Emergency maintenance: Emergency maintenance is the unscheduled corrective maintenance performed to keep a system operational.
Enhancements: Software enhancements include addition of new features or functionalities to an existing system. Adequate planning is necessary to determine the new features to be added so as to protect the system from degrading in the long run. The funding for enhancements almost always comes from the customer.
Also Read: Risk Management
Estimation of Maintenance Cost
Boehm proposed a formula for estimating maintenance costs as part of his COCOMO cost estimation model. Boehm’s maintenance cost estimation is made in terms of a quantity called the Annual Change Traffic (ACT). Boehm defined ACT as the fraction of a software product’s source instructions which undergo change during a typical year either through addition or deletion.
where KLOC (added) is the total kilo lines of source code added during maintenance.
KLOC (deleted) is the total kilo lines of source code deleted during maintenance. Thus, the code that is changed should be counted in both the code added and the code deleted. The ACT is multiplied with the total development cost to arrive at the maintenance cost:
Maintenance Cost = ACT × Development Cost
Maintenance Activities
Problem or modification identification: In this phase, the customer or the user sends in the request for change (also known as modification request – MR). The phase also includes decisions on whether to accept or reject the request sent from the customer.
Analysis: The overall maintenance plan is sketched out which includes the design, implementation and test of the system to be modified. Also analyzed in this phase are the alternative solutions, if any, for modifying the system in an efficient way, keeping the cost and other impacts in mind.
Design: The changes or the modifications that have to be made to the existing system are designed in this phase. The input to this phase is the result of the analysis phase and also the details of the existing system which includes the appropriate documentation.
Implementation: This phase includes activities involving coding, implementation, testing, integration of modified code, analysis of risks etc.
Regression or system testing: After the modifications are made to the existing system, tests are conducted on the new system to ensure that the new system is free of any errors and also to monitor whether the new system has met its new specifications.
Acceptance testing: This type of testing involves the customers or the end users to use the system and point out errors, if any, which would be reported to the maintenance team, in order to make further changes.
Delivery: The modified system is released to the customer in this phase.
Also Read: COCOMO Model
Software reverse engineering is the process of recovering the design and the requirements specification of a product from an analysis of its code.
The purpose of reverse engineering is to facilitate maintenance work by improving the understandability of a system and to produce the necessary documents for a legacy system.
Reverse engineering is becoming important, since legacy software products lack proper documentation, and are highly unstructured. Even well-designed products become legacy software as their structure degrades through a series of maintenance efforts. A process model for reverse engineering is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Process Model for Reverse Engineering
Purposes of Reverse engineering process
Quality issues which include simplification of complex software, removing errors from software thus increasing the quality of the software.
Management issues include an increase in programming standard and to implement better software maintenance techniques.
Technical issues which include making major changes in a piece of software to be implemented and to discover and record the design of the system.
When using reverse engineering, the following problems have to be solved:
Source code may be poorly structured and relevant documentation may be out of date.
Design specifications may be incomplete.
The existing system may be developed with inconsistent principles resulting in the difficulty to extract sufficient information.
Software Re-engineering
Re-engineering is defined as “the examination and alteration of a subject system to reconstitute it in a new form and the subsequent implementation of the new form”.
Reengineering can also be defined as “any activity that: improves one’s understanding of software, or prepares or improves the software itself, usually for increased maintainability, reusability, or evolvability”.
Reengineering involves implementing various techniques in analyzing and redesigning an existing system from the extracted information by the reverse engineering process. Reengineering tries to regenerate the abstract view of the system after which the forward engineering activities realize the system into new form.
Software re-engineering is a combination of two consecutive processes i.e., software reverse engineering and software forward engineering as shown in the Figure. 2.
Figure 2 Process Model for Re-engineering
The reverse engineering process extracts elements and important information from an existing system. The reengineering process uses this extracted information for analysis and redesign and tries to identify the components that have to be reused and the parts that need to be redesigned or replaced. After the final design has been created in the reengineering process, the forward engineering process takes over in implementing this design and finally testing the new modified system.
Read Further: Wikipedia
Also Read: Software Maintenance
Reference: Estimating Software Maintenance by Arun Mukhija (University of Zurich), Jan. 200 [Acess Here]
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A movie review of ALLIED.
“We are married, why would we laugh?” Max Vatan (Brad Pitt)
If not for director Robert Zemeckis’ panache, ALLIED would be a TV movie of the week offering. Pitt’s wing commander parachuting into the desert, in a single shot, greets us. Who does not enjoy a director showing off? Love making in a sand storm, or a plane near missing a soirée, are examples of set-pieces setting the ambitious filmmaker above the majority of his Hollywood peers.
Espionage dealings and romantic intrigue are a bit too turgid to get the heart racing. What engages is the role reversal. Max is hooked on Marianne Beauséjour (Marion Cotillard), and rather than female swooning, it is of the male variety. Cotillard’s haughty spy is both sexy and dangerous – one is meant to wonder at her hidden depths, and that we do. ALLIED may on the surface be a war movie, but the meat of it questions how much do we ever really know about our other half. Also, what could said partner reveal about themselves that would be a relationship deal breaker?
Zemeckis’ previous, THE WALK, showcased jaw-dropping computer generated imagery, but weirdly ALLIED has the look of both being shot in a studio and shoddy green screen. The artificial surface does not help us to buy the world creation, and slightly hampers tension.
Cotillard and Pitt are so good looking, the plot device of will-they-won’t-they does not bother to rear. A romance is forged in the crucible of an assassination mission. 1942, Casablanca, Allied agents, Max and Marianne, are tasked to take out the Nazi ambassador at a party. Normally family-friendly cinema is Zemeckis’ default (BACK TO THE FUTURE, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT), though, here a gear shift has head shots, blood splashes and liberal smattering of the f-word.
Successful assignment, with the nagging sense of something being accomplished too easily even for a mainstream film, sends the duo engaged to London. Wed after being acquainted for days, ALLIED quickly has Marianne retired to motherhood domesticity and Max warned by boss Frank (Jared Harris), “Marriages made in the field rarely work.”
Male protagonist and audience suitably warned, and now 18 months into marital bliss, it is then revealed that the British authorities suspect Marianne of being a double agent. The rest of the runtime is second-guessing, and Max racing to determine/establish her innocence.
How much can we forgive a spouse? How much can we trust a spouse? The heightened stakes, and skillset involving professional deception, gives the arena distance and space for audiences to cogitate.
What a shame the filmmakers did not opt for a bleaker ending. The cheeseball climax, and even more misguided grace note, leaves one feeling cheated. THE GOOD GERMAN this ain’t.
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J. August Richards Biography (1973-)
Full name, Jaime Augusto Richards III; born August 28, 1973, in Washington, DC; son of Jaime (an auto mechanic) and Gloria (a bilingual teacher) Richards.Addresses: Agent: Erika Wain Agency, 1418 North Highland, Suite 102,Los Angeles, CA 90028.; Contact: c/o Angel Production, 5555 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 90038.
Bryce, Undressed (also known as MTV's Undressed), MTV, 2000
Charles Gunn, Angel, The WB, 2000-
FBI van tech, OP Center (also known as Tom Clancy's "OP Center"), ABC, 1995
Richard Street, The Temptations, NBC, 1998
Reece Johnson, Mutiny, NBC, 1999
Randall's aide, Running Mates, TNT, 2000
Also appeared in Washington Slept Here, TNT.
Roy, "Out of Brooklyn," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1988
Second guy at mall, "Scenes from a Mall," Family Matters, ABC, 1993
Lieutenant Thomas, "The River of Stars," Space: Above and Beyond,Fox, 1995
Troy Sommers, "The Pressure to Murder," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1996
Seaman Bernard, "Rendezvous," JAG, CBS, 1997
"Try a Little Tenderness," The Good News, UPN, 1997
Sam Bodie, "Contact Sport," Players, NBC, 1997
Eric Lane, "Bridge over Troubled Watters," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1998
Stewey, "Friends," Clueless, UPN, 1998
Damon, "Just Say Yes," Sliders, Sci-Fi Channel, 1998
Former boyfriend, "Do Unto Others," The Practice, ABC, 1999
Bill, "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc," The West Wing, NBC, 1999
Ernie Vesper, "Rip Off," Nash Bridges, CBS, 1999
"Family Affair," Moesha, UPN, 2000
Himself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
Also appeared in Any Day Now.
Himself, MTV Presents Undressed: Behind the Casting Couch, MTV, 2001
The 33rd NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2002
Appeared as Steve Rotfeld, Awesome Adventures.
Griffen, Good Burger, Paramount, 1997
Sherman, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Warner Bros., 1998
Appeared as the watchman, Agamemnon, Bing Theatre; Simon, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bing Theatre; Joshua/Gerry, Cloud 9, Green RoomTheatre; Bumpy Jackson, Bubblin' Brown Sugar, Ira Aldridge Theatre, Howard University, Washington, DC; member of ensemble, Dreamgirls, IraAldridge Theatre; Augustin Ferraillon, A Flea in Her Ear, Bing Theatre; Fletcher, In the Master's House, Complex Theatre; Danceny, Les liaisons dangereuses, Bing Theatre; Walter Lee Younger, A Raisin in theSun, Bing Theatre; Taj Mahal, Space, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; Keith Wilder, Summers in Suffolk, Towne Street Theatre; and Elroi, West Memphis Mojo, Long Beach Playhouse, Long Beach, CA.
Toured as Montra, Chemipalooza, U.S. cities.
Black Men, February, 2001
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, spring, 2001, pp. 46-50
TV Guide, November 25, 2000
J. August Richards, http://www.jaugustrichards.net, April 6, 2002
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Colour and Creativity at 3Doodler workshops
Colour and creativity were in prominent display at the 3Doodler workshops organised at The Point Shopping Mall and BayStreet Shopping Complex by Forestals - agents for the 3Doodler pens in Malta.
Meant for budding designers and makers of tomorrow, the workshops attracted a huge number of children and adolescents who had a unique experience of combining all the excitement and innovation of new technology with the care and love of something handmade.
The workshops were conducted by Grace Du Prez - a world renowned 3D printing pen artist, who has been working with a 3Doodler since 2014 and been involved in number of adverts and other promotional projects as well as designs for private clients.
Now acclaimed as one of the industry’s leading designer-makers and official 3Doodler Power Doodler she also teaches her skills around the globe in a variety of different workshops.
“I was delighted to be asked to come to Malta to teach some 3Doodler Workshops with Forestals,” said Grace at the workshops. “I have been running 3D Printing Pen classes in the UK for over a year so it was wonderful to bring them to a new audience. “
“I love to help encourage creativity and to teach people new skills. The response from all the participants was fantastic. There was such positivity and the parents told me they enjoyed themselves as much as their kids.”
“I can’t wait to come back to Malta to develop the existing programme of events,” concluded Grace.
John Farrugia Randon, responsible for the 3Doodler product line at Forestals, was equally pleased with the turnout at the workshops. “We are delighted with both the turn-out at the event and the enthusiasm shown by the all the attendees’’
‘’It was very evident that the children were highly engaged with the pens and that they let their imagination run wild when coming up with their unique designs’’ said John.
The entire range of 3Doodler products, including Pen Starter Packs, filaments and refills, are available from any Forestals or Matrix outlet, or from forestals.com. All online orders include free delivery.
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$11m Cyber Fraud: Court orders forfeiture of N280m traced to Invictus Obi
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, October 7th temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government the N280,555,010.65 found in bank accounts belonging to two companies owned by Obinwanne Okeke also known as Invictus Obi.
The companies are: Invictus Oil and Gas Ltd and Invictus Investment Limited. Okeke is standing trial in the United States of American for an alleged $11m cyber fraud following his indictment alongside 77 Nigerians.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told Justice Rilwan Aikawa that Okeke, 31, was “a strong leader of a cybercrime syndicate specialized in business email compromise.” Justice Aikawa made an order for the temporary forfeiture of the sums of N240,250,904.46 and N40,304,106.19, which the anti-graft agency said it found in the Nigerian bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited, respectively.
EFCC counsel Rotimi Oyedepo told the court that the funds were reasonably suspected to be proceeds of cybercrime and urged the judge to order the forfeiture to the Federal Government to prevent Okeke from dissipating same.
In an affidavit filed in support of the application, EFCC investigator, Ariyo Muritala, said the commission assigned him and others to investigate a request for information on Okeke and three others by the United States Department of Justice, Office of the Legal Attache, US Consulate General.
“I know as a fact and verily believe that our investigation has revealed the following ear-aching and mind-boggling findings: (a) That the Obinwanne George Okeke is a strong leader of a cybercrime syndicate specialized in business email compromise.
(b) That the said syndicate has defrauded many innocent and unsuspecting victims (g) That the said Obiwanne George Okeke has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States of America for cybercrime-related offences (h) That if these funds are not forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria Obiwanne George Okeke and his cronies will dissipate same,” Muritala said in the affidavit.
Oyedepo argued that Justice Aikawa had the power to make the interim forfeiture order by virtue of Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other related Fraud Offence Act No. 14, 2006. The judge agreed with him and ordered the temporary forfeiture of the funds.
Okeke was in 2016 celebrated by Forbes International as one of Africa’s most outstanding 30 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 and described by the magazine as “proof that there is hope for Africa.”
He was arrested in August this year by the American Federal Bureau of Investigation as the ringleader of a cybercrime syndicate, which had defrauded a number of American citizens to the tune of $11m “through fraudulent wire transfer instructions in a massive coordinated business email compromise scheme.”
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Good Books For Teenage Girls
The List of Good Books For Teenage Girls
Resources for Teenage Girls
Empowering Quotes
Ada, Legend of a Healer
Daddy Long-Legs
Dealing With Dragons
The House of The Scorpion
The Joy Luck Club
A Northern Light
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Shabanu
Tiger's Curse
The Time Of the Doves
By Philip Pullman
Children are disappearing without a trace. Lyra feels her world at Oxford is safe, that is until her best friend, Roger, goes missing. Determined to find her friend, Lyra sets out with her daemon, a soul mate in animal form, and uncovers a secret government experiment that would destroy everything she loves about her world.
Fantasy, Societal-Philosophical Issues, Adventure, Action, Mystery
Why this is a Good Book For Teenage Girls
The Golden Compass is a good book for teenage girls because of the incredible fantasy world that the reader is thrust into. When we first meet Lyra she's a daring kid who likes to push her freedom, but by the end she's a savvy traveler of worlds who creates amazing adventure by being strong-willed and stubborn. A perfect read for the teen who loves, fantasy adventure, new worlds and creatures, as well as scientific magic.
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In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing, victims of so-called "Gobblers", and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.
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Hunter Wounded by Arrow, Rescued by First Responders in Fond du Lac County
November 7, 2019 Local News, News
A 39-year-old Brownsville man was saved by first responders after injuring himself while hunting on Thursday, November 7, 2019.
It happened around 5:30 a.m. on DNR owned land west of County Highway Y south of the Village of Oakfield.
The caller, Jonathan Henninger, reported that he had tripped and fallen onto an arrow, suffering a deep wound to his upper arm.
Emergency responders used a UTV and pickup truck to navigate as far as they could before traveling the rest of the way on foot.
They were able to safely make it to Henninger before applying a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
Henninger was placed into the bed of a pickup truck and brought back to the packing lot where an ambulance was waiting to take him to a nearby hospital.
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the site of the accident was the same site of a joint training exercise conducted earlier this year.
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How one man’s passion is helping spread the positive word on horse adoption.
By Jennifer Mellace
For some young boys, baseball, football or soccer is their after-school activity. For others, lacrosse or ice hockey is their sport of choice. But for a young Jeff Michael of Clear Springs, horses were his passion. He trained his first pony when he was 7 years old, a sorrel Chincoteague stallion with a flaxen mane called Sinbad.
“My dad bought him at a local auction,” Michael recalls. “After he kept bucking my cousin off, I said I wanted to train him. Boy, was he ornery. We lived on a hill and below was a creek with a flat stretch and two willow trees. When he got going, the only way I could get off was to ride him under the willow trees, grab onto the branches, and kick my legs up. Sinbad would gallop off and I’d go have lunch. By the time I was done, he was tired and I could catch him. He turned into a nice little pony.”
This wasn’t Michael’s last “nice little pony.” Since that day, he’s gone on to train many nice horses, including two very special rescue horses named Freedom and RPM, short for “Rescued Performance Machine.” Both horses were part of the Pennsylvania Horse World Expo’s Annual Rescued to Stardom training challenge — a test that pairs a regional horse trainer with a regional rescue organization. Each rescue provides its trainer with an unbroken/untrained horse, and the trainer has 90 days to train the horse, all of whom are available for adoption after the event. Michael and his rescue partner — Omega Horse Rescue — won the inaugural event in 2018 with Freedom and again this year with RPM.
The Right Influence
While Michael grew up riding, he pursued other non-equine-related opportunities in college. But it didn’t take him long to realize that life without horses was making him miserable. He began working with a trainer in Delaware who gave him the chance to attend a clinic with internationally-known horse trainer Chris Cox. “I remember that I had a bachelor party to go to,” says Michael. “But after seeing Chris the first day, I decided to skip the party, sleep in my car and stay for the second day of the clinic.”
During the question-and-answer session on Day 2, Cox took extra time to chat with Michael and ended up being a huge influence — along with many other trainers — on where Michael is today. Now, 17 years later, he is the owner of Split Creek Equine Solutions in Hagerstown, and a trusted horseman in the community. He works with horses of all types, but has a special place in his heart for horses who need a second chance, including horses from Kelly Smith’s Omega Horse Rescue in Airville, Pa.
It’s Smith who approached Michael in 2017 with the idea of entering the Rescued to Stardom challenge. In fact, she had adopted a paint mare she saved from a local kill pen — a holding place for horses headed to slaughter in Mexico or Canada. Unfortunately, that horse had to be humanely euthanized, leaving Smith and Michael in need of another horse. The next horse — also rescued from the kill pen — was a 6-year-old paint gelding they named Freedom.
Having lost the first horse set Michael back a few weeks. Instead of having the full 90 days to prepare for the challenge, he only had 68 days, and it took a good month before he could even introduce a saddle to the little horse. “There is a lot of trauma from the kill pens,” says Michael. “These horses are usually in a state of survival and very reactive to things. Freedom would try too hard when I asked him to do something, so I needed to slow down so he could learn to do things correctly.”
Freedom came around and went on to win the 2018 competition and was later adopted by Lisa Merlo who uses him as a trail horse. “I first saw Freedom’s picture in an article about the competition,” says Merlo. “I took the picture to my friends and said, ‘call me crazy, but this is my horse.’” Today, Merlo and Freedom do overnight trail rides and she’s considering entering some trail com-petitions under Michael’s guidance. “I just love that horse with all my heart and I would have never found him if it wasn’t for Jeff and Omega Horse Rescue.”
Saving Lives
In 2011, the Government Accountability Office estimated that 138,000 horses were sent to slaughter. These horses ended up there for various reasons — most of which don’t include them being rogue or untrainable. “There is a stigma out there that horses who go to slaughter are bad,” says Michael. “But there are a lot of good horses who, with professional training, can be family horses. I encourage people who want a good trail horse to look toward rescues. You can find good competition horses at the rescues, too.”
RPM, the horse Michael won the Rescued to Stardom challenge with this January, is another good example of a horse who was bound for slaughter turning into a confident and athletic partner. Saved from the kill pen as an 8-year-old stallion (later gelded), RPM had a wild look in his eye when Michael first saw him. “He had a cockiness about him and I thought, that’s my horse. Although he didn’t want to be touched at first, and was pushy and aggressive, he ended up coming around. He was like a sponge taking things in and learning quicker under saddle than Freedom.” After the competition, Michael’s client adopted RPM and keeps him at Split Creek where he continues to train with Michael while doing some roping and trail riding.
Denise Parsons, president of Equestrian Promotions, Inc. and the person behind the Rescued to Stardom challenge, says the focus of this program is not on winning. “The focus is on the horses and trainers who can help them. What we hope to do is educate people and help them understand that rescue horses aren’t defective. They aren’t broken or bad. They are just normal horses who humans have not done right by.”
Parsons hopes that through the annual challenge, they can highlight the rescue organi-zations and trainers who are helping rehabilitate these horses. “A ‘rescue’ is not a noun. It is not a breed. It is what has been done for this horse,” she says. “Once a horse is rescued, he is no longer a rescue. He is a horse.”
When asked why he did the Rescue to Stardom challenge, Michael says, “Sure, it was a little bit of showing off, but I also want to show people what horses can do with just 90 days of training. I want people who are having problems with their horses to know that there is help out there and that with patience and dedication, the horse-human partnership can be so strong.
“It’s popular to rescue dogs and cats,” Michael continues. “But we need to think about horses, too. When you send a horse to auction, you’re not giving that horse a chance. It’s a complex situation and I hope to bring education to people who have horses and need help rehoming them or changing their situation. I think this competition can do that. After all, it’s hard to deny its popularity when I get a call from Switzerland asking about RPM, the little horse from Western Maryland who made the news in New York.”
For more information about the Rescue to Stardom challenge, visit them on Facebook or at www.horseworldexpo.com. To reach Jeff Michael, email splitcreekequinesolutions@gmail.com
To learn more about Omega Horse Rescue, visit omegahorserescue.com.
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Since Paul, AE5OJ and I gave a talk to the W5ES club on Friday, May 26, 2019 about introducing the digital modes I thought I would use this time to reiterate what was said about D-Star.
D-Star is the radio communications of the future and as ICOM states in their literature “for the second century of amateur radio”. D-Star stands for Digital Smart Technology for Amateur Radio. It was developed by the Japanese Amateur Radio League (JARL). D-Star is an open standard which means that anyone can build equipment that meets the standard. ICOM and Kenwood so far are the only manufactures that have taken advantage of this standard. There are some however, who have been successful in putting together some non-ICON equipment that works very well with D-Star. They have used a Yaesu radio and an interface box to achieve to this result. There are others that have homebrewed non-ICOM repeaters with great results as well. Check out KI6ZUM.com and VK5ZEA has some outstanding You Tube videos of his equipment.
D-Star uses a GMSK codec (Gaussian Mean Shift Keying encoder/decoder) at 4800 bps in digital voice mode. The codec is called Advanced Multiband Excitation (AMBE). AMBE is a product of Digital Voice Systems Incorporated (DVSI). It is similar but not the same as the APCO-25 IMBE digital voice used by Public Safety.
The D-Star modes are available with the following specs:
Digital Voice (DV)
4800 bps GMSK data
1200 bps forward error correction data
1200 bps packet replacement/D-PRS (GPS tracking)
Digital Data (DD) can be used point-to-point or through a repeater. Data and voice are done on the same frequency simultaneously.
The ID-1 and ID-9700 radios are the only radios that can operate high speed data on the 23 cm band. They connect to the computer via a USB and Ethernet cables. The USB is for control and Ethernet is for data.
The 128-kbps data rate is near ISDN speed, and an Effective rate ~90 kbps
Low Speed Data can be done on the 2 m and 70 cm bands. It can be used to transmit position data like APRS.
It can be used for similar keyboard-keyboard applications such as D-Chat or D-Rats.
As far as D-Star vs Analog operations is concerned with the analog radios we need three settings, frequency, offset, and tone (pl). In the D-Star radios we need frequency, offset, DV mode, call-sign settings. With the D-Star radios it is a good idea to keep the manuals handy until you become familiar with the radio.
The D-Star system is a call-sign routed system. A station can be local or remote. The system routes the calls immediately. The call-sign entries are eight characters long. The eight character of a call-sign is reserved for the Terminal ID or Repeater ID.
We need to tell the D-Star system four things:
MYCALL (who you are)
URCALL (who you want to talk to)
RPT1 (the repeater you are coming into)
RPT2 (the repeater you are leaving from)
How you set up your call-sign entries tells the system where to route your transmissions. It could be locally on the same repeater. It could be on multiple repeater modules such as a crossband transmission, or it could be to another repeater module via the Internet gateway.
The D-Star repeater is a narrow band repeater. The D-Star voice and low-speed data repeater offers a significant improvement in spectrum efficiency. The repeater requires only a 6.25 kHz channel instead of the 15-30 kHz required by the analog repeater. We could replace one analog repeater and put three D-Star repeaters its place. D-Star repeaters could also be sandwiched in between two analog repeaters.
To see a list of the Last Heard stations on D-Star go to http://dstarusers.org/. This is a list of users worldwide. Another website to look at is http://www.dstarinfo.com. Here you can find many different features about D-Star.
We hope to have additional talks about the many other applications and capabilities of D-Star in the future.
Questions and comments are welcome and encouraged regarding this article. Send an email to the address shown below.
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RECAP: Cowboys Stomp Hawks 38-17
Let me start by saying, I’m not mad or depressed or even disappointed in the game yesterday. Fool me once, and all that. I point out my state of mind to dismiss any notion of this being the ramblings of a tortured soul. This is where we are people. Get used to the view.
As I watched the game yesterday (I only saw about half of it due to vomiting youngest son who needed a hospital visit which was nearly as much fun as the game), my overwhelming feeling was, “How the hell are we going to fix this?”
It was annoying to read the paper this morning and see quotes claiming confusion and disbelief that Seahawks were playing so poorly. What could possibly be leading to this? Uh, seriously?
There are many types of poor NFL teams. There are the bad teams that are young at key positions, building toward something better. I’ll give you the 2006 Arizona Cardinals (5-11), for example. They had the core of their young offensive line in place, key defensive players like Docket and Wilson, and were about to draft a franchise player in Fitzgerald the following off-season.
There are also bad teams that are just broken and are not building toward anything. The current St Louis Rams would be an example of that.
Then you have a team like the Seahawks that is terminally ill. Key parts of the body (offensive line, defensive line, running back) are dead or dying, but this won’t be a merciless, quick death, and the hopes of recovery hinge on regrowing or replacing vital organs. The Hawks can’t just buy or build a new offensive line. We’ve had a couple of decent lines in the Hawks 35-year history. They are not a certainty. They take years to groom and stabilize, and are even harder to come by in the world of free agency and salary cap. Defensive lines are the second hardest thing to replace. The Hawks have a number of young players on this defensive line, and none of them appear to be cornerstones you can build around. For the hype around Mebane, he’s no budding superstar.
Even our supposedly strongest position, linebacker, is highly questionable. David Hawthorne has played the best two games of any linebacker on the Seahawks team this season, and better than any game Lofa Tatupu has played in the past two seasons. LeRoy Hill has been middling, at best. Curry looks like he’ll be a nice player, but not a franchise player. These are your linebackers for years, folks. Tons of money invested there.
For all the concern about Hasselbeck’s health and future, he could still lead a good team to a championship. This just isn’t a good team. He’s at the point in his career that he must have a reliable running game and offensive line to work with. He’s got neither. I will say that Matt left three TDs on the field yesterday by throwing the ball on a line without enough air under it. One to Housh. One on a screen moments later, and one on the diving catch Burleson made down field. If any of those throws had allowed his receivers to run underneath it, the Hawks would have scored. And even though I don’t think Housh’s antics are the right way to show it, Hasselbeck is not using him appropriately.
Bottom line is that we’ve got problems that are not going to be fixed in one or even two off-seasons.
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Hawkgirl November 2, 2009
Sorry to hear about your son, I hope he's on the mend. Those things are always scary, stressful, and put things in the proper perspective. It's just football, right?
I'm glad you got a chance to post your thoughts. Mine are similar, although yours have much more depth. It was interesting to be at the Cowboys stadium yesterday as it's a dome, that was not open, and their crowd is not loud in the slightest. We have such a beautiful stadium with a rabid fan base, but not a good team (no matter what the fan blogs say).
You don't mention the FO directly but you have to wonder how they are going to rebuild or if there is even enough self awareness about the state of the team to even have the guts to do it. Or know how to do it. I'm not convinced. For all the $$ in that defense, they sure stink. And not addressing the O line for years, you can't just stick one guy in there and expect him to be Walter Jones. It all starts with the line on both sides of the ball. Period.
And Mora. I think he's a great motivational speaker. I just don't see anyone that's terribly motivated. Long term football coach answer? Umm, I'm not sold there either. At least with Holmgren, when we were building I had the faith that eventually he'd get the pieces together. And he did. But I say this with the admission that I loved Holmgren as a coach and it would be hard to win me over.
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Working Definitions and Charters
International Memorial Museums Charter
Working Definition of Antisemitism
Working Definition of Holocaust Denial and Distortion
Working Definition of Holocaust-related Materials
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IHRA’s 31 member countries adopted the “Working Definition of Holocaust Denial and Distortion” at IHRA’s Plenary meeting in Toronto on 10 October 2013.
The Working Definition of Holocaust Denial and Distortion was developed by IHRA experts in the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial in cooperation with IHRA’s governmental representatives for use as a working tool.
To guide the IHRA in its work, IHRA’s Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial drafted a paper on Holocaust distortion and denial. The paper in a living document which will be regularly updated.
The present definition is an expression of the awareness that Holocaust denial and distortion have to be challenged and denounced nationally and internationally and need examination at a global level. IHRA hereby adopts the following legally non-binding working definition as its working tool.
Holocaust denial is discourse and propaganda that deny the historical reality and the extent of the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis and their accomplices during World War II, known as the Holocaust or the Shoah. Holocaust denial refers specifically to any attempt to claim that the Holocaust/Shoah did not take place.
Holocaust denial may include publicly denying or calling into doubt the use of principal mechanisms of destruction (such as gas chambers, mass shooting, starvation and torture) or the intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people.
Holocaust denial in its various forms is an expression of antisemitism. The attempt to deny the genocide of the Jews is an effort to exonerate National Socialism and antisemitism from guilt or responsibility in the genocide of the Jewish people. Forms of Holocaust denial also include blaming the Jews for either exaggerating or creating the Shoah for political or financial gain as if the Shoah itself was the result of a conspiracy plotted by the Jews. In this, the goal is to make the Jews culpable and antisemitism once again legitimate.
The goals of Holocaust denial often are the rehabilitation of an explicit antisemitism and the promotion of political ideologies and conditions suitable for the advent of the very type of event it denies.
Distortion of the Holocaust refers, inter alia, to:
Intentional efforts to excuse or minimize the impact of the Holocaust or its principal elements, including collaborators and allies of Nazi Germany;
Gross minimization of the number of the victims of the Holocaust in contradiction to reliable sources;
Attempts to blame the Jews for causing their own genocide;
Statements that cast the Holocaust as a positive historical event. Those statements are not Holocaust denial but are closely connected to it as a radical form of antisemitism. They may suggest that the Holocaust did not go far enough in accomplishing its goal of “the Final Solution of the Jewish Question”;
Attempts to blur the responsibility for the establishment of concentration and death camps devised and operated by Nazi Germany by putting blame on other nations or ethnic groups.
Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial
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Home > Articles > Certification > Other IT
Now What? — The Novell Certifications
By Warren E. Wyrostek
What is Novell, and What Is the Difference Between Novell and Microsoft?
Why Should I Get Novell-Certified? What are the Benefits and What Can I Expect upon Completion of the Process?
What Training Options Are Available?
What Certifications Are Available and What Are the Requirements?
In the early 90s, Novell had the following certifications available: CNA-Certified Novell Administrator, CNE-Certified Novell Engineer, and the ECNE-Enterprise Certified Novell Engineer (the MCNE-Master CNE has since replaced the ECNE). The CNA, CNE, and MCNE are still available. Additionally, Novell has the CDE-Certified Directory Engineer, the CNI-Certified Novell Instructor, and the MCNI-Master Certified Novell Instructor. Novell's CIP-Certified Internet Professional certification has recently merged with Prosoft's CIW. I will discuss the CIW options in an upcoming article. Additionally, because this is not a trainer's forum, I will not address the CNI or MCNI. If you have a question about the CNI or MCNI, feel free to drop me an e-mail or post a comment, and I will be glad to respond. I can be reached at wyrostekw@msn.com. If enough interest is expressed, I will be glad to address many of the various trainer options that exist in the current IT market, including the CNI and MCNI, in a future essay.
The CNA is the entry-level Novell certification. The CNA is designed for those setting up workstations, managing users and groups, administering a printing environment, and automating network access. It is a one-test, one-course certification. Depending on the operating system that you support, you can earn the CNA in NetWare 5, IntraNetWare, and GroupWise 5. The CNA in NetWare 3 and GroupWise 4 will be retired at the end of 2001. If you are administering a GroupWise 5.5 environment (GroupWise is Novell's e-mail system), you also can earn the CNA.
The CNE is one of Novell's Premier certifications. Depending on the CNE track that you pursue, you will take either six or seven exams. The CNE is designed for networking professionals who are responsible for keeping their networks up and running. These are the folks charged with designing a TCP/IP internetwork and designing a Directory Services implementation. There are five tracks that are currently offered, two of which will be retired at the end of 2001. These tracks are NetWare 5, GroupWise 5 and IntraNetWare. (The NetWare 3 and GroupWise 4 tracks will be retired.) In order to earn the NetWare 5 CNE, you must pass six exams: a) NetWare 5.1 Administration; b) NetWare 5.1 Advanced Administration; c) NetWare 5.1 Design and Implementation; d) Networking Technologies; e) Service and Support; and f) one elective. The electives include a) Desktop Management with ZENworks; b) Desktop Management with ZENworks for Desktops 3; c) Internet Security Management with BorderManager; d) Network Management Using ManageWise 2.7; e) Network Management Using ManageWise 2.6; f) TCP/IP for Networking Professionals; g) Integrating NetWare and Windows NT; or h) GroupWise 5.5 Administration. IntraNetWare and GroupWise 5.5 CNEs have one test to take in addition to their earlier CNE requirements: either the NetWare 5.1 Advanced Administration test or the NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5.1 Update exam. This requirement is because Novell wants all legacy CNEs to upgrade their core knowledge to the NetWare 5.1 platform.
Novell has recently announced the requirements for the new NetWare 6 CNE track. As of this writing, NetWare 6 CNEs will have seven exams to pass: a) eDirectory Administration with NetWare 6; b) CompTIA's Network + exam; c) NetWare 6 Advanced Administration; d) NDS Design and Implementation; e) Service and Support; f) TCP/IP for Networking Professionals; and g) Desktop Management for ZENworks with Desktops 3. Novell is also planning other changes to the CNE certification that will revolve around the concept of Proficiency Certificates. Check Novell's Web site http://www.novell.com/education/certinfo/ for developing details.
One question that arises as Novell reveals the NetWare 6 CNE requirements is the following: If you are already pursuing the NetWare 5 CNE, should you finish it, or should you wait for the NetWare 6 track to roll out? Based on Novell's history, if you have made an investment of time and money in the NetWare 5 track, finish it. You can anticipate that both the NetWare 5 and NetWare 6 tracks will be available as certification options once the NetWare 6 track rolls out for a significant period. If you earn the NetWare 5 CNE, Novell's past record has shown that you will merely have to take a single update exam. I had to take a single update exam when IntranetWare came out in order to upgrade from NetWare 4.1 when NetWare 5.0 came out and when NetWare 5.1 rolled out. This is not Microsoft, for which you have to take another seven exams to upgrade from NT 3.51 to 4.0; then you have to take another seven exams when you upgrade from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000.
The MCNE is designed for those individuals who are responsible for integrating NDS with the platforms of other vendors. The MCNE track is undergoing a major overhaul. Up to July 31, 2001, Novell had six tracks that led to the MCNE. These tracks included Management, Connectivity, Messaging, Internet/Intranet Solutions, NetWare and UNIX Integration, and NetWare and Windows NT Integration. I was able to earn the MCNE in Management, Connectivity, Messaging, and NT Integration. Effective April 15, 2001, Novell streamlined the six tracks into a single MCNE track. To earn the MCNE now, candidates must have the NetWare 5 CNE and then must pass four exams: one core requirement and three electives. The core requirement is TCP/IP for Networking Professionals. The three electives can be any three of the following: a) GroupWise 6 Advanced Administration; b) GroupWise 5 Net Access and Connectivity version 2; c) Integrating NetWare and Windows NT; d) Integrating NDS eDirectory and Active Directory; e) Network Management Using Managewise 2.7; f) Internet Security Management with BorderManager; g) Desktop Management with ZENworks; h) Desktop Management with ZENworks for Desktops 3; or i) Managing NetScape Enterprise Server for NetWare. Novell also recently announced additional changes to the MCNE track when NetWare 6 rolls out. The changes will include two CompTIA exams. Master CNE candidates will be required to pass CompTIA's Server+ and IT Project+ exams. Master CNEs upgrading from NetWare 5 will be required to pass the IT Project+ exam as a continuing certification requirement. Check Novell's Web site http://www.novell.com/education/certinfo/ for the most up-to-date information.
The CDE, one of Novell's newest certifications, is designed for advanced support persons who need to know how to integrate and troubleshoot directory-service issues. The focus of this certification is the power of directory services, regardless of the parent platform: NetWare, UNIX, or W2K. NetWare 5 CNEs can earn the CDE by passing two exams: a) the Advanced NDS Tools and Diagnostics test; and b) the Directory Technologies test. The Advanced NDS Tools and Diagnostics test has a written and practical portion. Microsoft MCSEs, Cisco CCIEs and CCNPs, and IBM Certified Specialists can also earn the CDE. They need to pass the two previously mentioned tests and two additional exams. Those exams are: a) NDS Design and Implementation; and b) Microsoft's Designing Windows 2000 Directory Services or NetWare 5.1 Administration for Cisco and IBM folks. Microsoft folks can choose between Integrating NDS eDirectory and Windows NT or the Microsoft Designing Windows 2000 Directory Services test. I have not yet pursued or earned the CDE. Many who have sat through the ILTs and corresponding exams have told me that the CDE exams are a true test of your knowledge and practical skills. This is one of the few Novell certifications that I do not currently hold. It is my intent to pursue it sometime this year because I believe it will continue to boost my earning potential, and it will continue to validate my current skill set. I will let you know how it goes.
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2019| October-December | Volume 12 | Issue 4
Online since December 17, 2019
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Madhuri Patil
October-December 2019, 12(4):271-273
DOI:10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_165_19
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Female unexplained infertility: A disease with imbalanced adaptive immunity
Motahareh Ehsani, Mousa Mohammadnia-Afrouzi, Mohammad Mirzakhani, Sedighe Esmaeilzadeh, Mehdi Shahbazi
DOI:10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_30_19
Unexplained infertility (UI) among women consists of only 10-17% of infertile females. Unexplained or idiopathic infertility is a condition, in which couples are not able to conceive without any definite causes. The presence of the decidual immune system (innate or adaptive) is essential for a successful pregnancy and fertility that is mediated by T helper (Th) 1, Th2, Th17, T follicular helper, CD8+ CD28− T, and regulatory T cells, as well as autoantibodies such as antiphospholipid antibody, antithyroid antibody, antiovarian antibody, cytokines, and chemokines. Therefore, altered proportions or levels of the mentioned compartments of the adaptive immune system may cause pregnancy failure and infertility, especially in UI. Consequently, a deep understanding of immunological compartments in females with UI may help us to define the causes of this disease with regard to immunology. This review will discuss immunological factors, including cellular, molecular components, and transcription factors that are involved in the etiology of UI.
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Is it time to move toward freeze-all strategy? – A retrospective study comparing live birth rates between fresh and first frozen blastocyst transfer
Reeta Biliangady, Rubina Pandit, Nutan Kumari Tudu, Poornima Kinila, Uma Maheswari, Indu S. T Gopal, Ambika G Swamy
Background: Cryopreservation of all embryos followed by transfer in subsequent cycles has emerged as an effective alternative to fresh embryo transfer (ET) in order to overcome the negative effect of superovulation on endometrial receptivity. Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the reproductive outcomes between fresh ET and first frozen ET (FET) from “freeze-all” group of embryos. Setting: This study was conducted at a private in vitro fertilization center. Design: This was a retrospective study. Patients and Methods: A total of 503 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria between 2012 and 2017 were included. Of 503, 386 patients underwent fresh ET and 117 patients underwent FET following cryopreservation of all embryos. The results of only first FET were considered to eliminate the confounding factor of poor-quality embryos in subsequent transfer. Results: FET resulted in statistically significant higher live birth rate (44.44% vs. 33.41%), implantation rate (45.08% vs. 30.22%), and clinical pregnancy rate (57.26% vs. 38.6%) compared to fresh ETs. No difference was observed in the abortion rate between the two groups. Conclusion: Reproductive outcomes were significantly better in the freeze-all group compared to fresh ET suggesting that the altered hormone levels during controlled ovarian stimulation could mediate an asynchrony between the endometrium and the transferred embryos, leading to implantation failure.
Causes and prevalence of factors causing infertility in a public health facility
Priyanka Sanjay Deshpande, Alka ShantiPrakash Gupta
Background: Infertility causes change according to local demographics. There is thus the need to find the causes of infertility in context to local population to aid and direct management strategies accordingly. Aims: The aims were to study the causes of infertility and to calculate the proportion of the individual factors contributing to it in the population coming to a tertiary level public health facility. Setting and Design: This cross-sectional, observational study was done in an infertility clinic in a medical college and government hospital. Materials and Methods: The study comprised 120 couples who came for infertility evaluation and treatment. Cause of infertility in the couple was assigned on the basis of history and examination findings. The prevalence of each cause was evaluated. Statistical Analysis: Results were tabulated, and the prevalence of individual factors was calculated. Intratable analysis was done using SPSS 16.0. Results: Primary infertility (57.5%) was more prevalent than secondary infertility (42.5%). Female factor accounted for 46.6% of the cases with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) being the leading cause (46%). Infertility was seen equally in lean and obese PCOS cases. Infectious causes such as pelvic inflammatory disease and tuberculosis were significantly associated with tubal factor infertility (P = 0.001). Infertility causes changed as the age of marriage increased. In couples married for less than 5 years, PCOS was the main cause whereas later,male factor and unexplained infertility were the most common causes seen. Male factor contributed to 20% of the cases of infertility, and both tobacco and alcohol consumption were significantly associated with abnormal semen reports (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Causes of infertility vary according to the age of the couples and age of marriage. Although PCOS remains the main cause, infections are a major cause of tubal factor infertility, and tobacco and alcohol worsen the male factor. One-third of the cases still remain unexplained.
Does double dose of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin for final follicular maturation in in vitro fertilization cycles improve oocyte quality: A prospective randomized study
Neeta Singh, Bhavana Girish, Neena Malhotra, Reeta Mahey, Vanamail Perumal
Context: In in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles, the recommended dose of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (r-hCG), for triggering final follicular maturation is 250 μg, although there is some disagreement. Aims: The aim of our study was to assess the effect on the number of mature oocytes retrieved after triggering ovulation in IVF cycles using 250 μg or 500 μg of r-hCG. Settings and Design: Prospective, single-center, randomized study. Subjects and Methods: 100 women undergoing IVF with embryo transfer. The primary outcome measure was the total number of oocytes retrieved per follicle, number of mature oocytes, and number of embryos generated. The secondary outcomes included clinical and biochemical pregnancy rates and incidence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Results: Mean number of oocytes retrieved (6.5 ± 4.0 vs. 6.4 ± 3.9, P = 0.3) and mean number of mature oocytes (4.0 ± 2.3 vs. 3.2 ± 2.3, P = 0.09) were similar in the two groups; however, mean number of oocytes retrieved per follicle was found to be higher with 500 μg r-hCG (67.4 ± 23.9 vs. 77.5 ± 23.3, P = 0.04). In the subgroup of poor responder women, there was a significant increase in the number of mature oocytes retrieved with double dose of r-hCG (2.2 ± 1.8 vs. 3.7 ± 1.9, P = 0.06), leading to improvement in fertilization and clinical pregnancy rates. Conclusions: Double dose of r-hCG for final follicular maturation in IVF cycles resulted in improvement in mean number of oocytes per follicle but did not result in improved pregnancy rates in the women. In the subset of poor responders, 500 μg r-hCG seems to be more advantageous than the lower dose, although larger randomized trials are needed to generalize this strategy.
Sildenafil Citrate: Novel Therapy in the Management of Ovarian Torsion
Kedar N Ganla, Rana A Choudhary, Priyanka H Vora, Umesh V Athavale
Ovarian torsion is defined as partial or complete rotation of ovarian vascular pedicle, leading to the obstruction of venous outflow and arterial inflow. It is an emergency condition with an incidence of 2%–15% in patients with adnexal masses. The main risk in ovarian torsion is an ovarian mass or an enlarged ovary with a long pedicle. Due to the rotation of ovarian tissue axis on its vascular pedicle, there is compression of vessels followed by stromal edema, hemorrhagic infarction, and necrosis of adnexa. Expedient diagnosis poses a difficult challenge because clinical presentation is a variable and often misleading. We report a case of right ovarian torsion after oocyte retrieval for in vitro fertilization, where vaginal sildenafil citrate was successfully used to reduce ovarian edema by improving venous drainage. It also helped in maintaining ovarian tissue perfusion and preventing reperfusion injury and spontaneous detorsion of the ovary without any surgical intervention.
The effect of suboptimal semen parameters on male partner's ability to conceive. Is he really subfertile because the test says so?
Rubina Izhar, Zubaida Masood, Samia Husain, Suhaima Tahir, Mataa-E- Masood
Context: In many developing countries, subfertility treatment is not covered by government-funded institutions. It is observed that healthcare providers incriminate male factor for subfertility even when only a slight deviation from presumed normal criteria is observed. Aim: This study aims to provide scientific evidence that pregnancies are possible at semen parameters that are below the generally accepted lower limits of normal. Setting and Design: This was a retrospective cohort study conducted from January 2014 to December 2018. Materials and Methods: During the study period, couples who conceived without any treatment of male partner were included. The World Health Organization (WHO) reference values for semen analysis were utilized to assess the reports. The primary outcome measure was conception despite abnormal semen parameters. Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analyzed using the SPSS software program, version 15.0 (IBM, Armonk, USA). Results: Of the 332 couples included, 233 (70.1%) couples conceived despite suboptimal semen parameters, The most common criterion not satisfied was rapid linear motility –200 (85.8%), 87 (37.3%) men were oligozoospermic, 94 (40.3%) were asthenozoospermic, and 21 (9%) were teratozoospermic. The abnormalities were more common in men having primary subfertility (71.7% vs. 28.3%, P = 0.002). The abnormalities were most common in the age group 40–44 years (n = 91, 39.1%) and those who were overweight (n = 110, 47%). Conclusions: A consensus for defining poor semen criteria is the need of the hour so that these males can be counseled satisfactorily. WHO criteria are a standard commonly employed, but they do not necessarily predict the fertility potential.
India's first child using PGT-M, PGT-A and HLA matching for helping a sibling having β-thalassemia major
Jwal M Banker, Parul Arora, Rajni Khajuria, Manish Banker
β-thalassemia is a common single-gene disorder in India, with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) being the only cure. HSCT with matched unrelated donor is less successful, whereas finding a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related donor is difficult. Preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic diseases (PGT-M) with HLA matching is a novel option to have a matched sibling for HSCT for couples having an affected child. We present the first such case report in India. A couple, both carriers of β-thalassemia and having an affected son, underwent PGT-M with HLA matching combined with preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies of embryos to have a β - thalassemia-free child. This resulted in birth of a 10/10 HLA-matched sibling.
T-shaped uterus in the 21st century (Post DES era) – We need to know more!
Akanksha Sood, Muhammad Akhtar
T-Shaped uterus is a rare uterine malformation, and has classically been associated with “in-utero” exposure of DES (diethylstilbestrol). Surprisingly, the prevalence of T shaped uterus is significant even today. Hysteroscopic metroplasty is a simple procedure which can potentially improve outcomes in sub-fertile women, but the data is not robust. There is a need for centralised database for registration of women with T shaped uterine anomalies, which will help in defining clear diagnostic criteria, surgical indication & technique, and follow up of reproductive outcomes after the procedure.
What are the predictive factors for preeclampsia in oocyte recipients?
Celine Pimentel, Duros Solene, Jaffre Frédérique, Bouzille Guillaume, Leveque Jean, Le Lous Maëla
Objectives: Oocyte donation pregnancies are more frequently complicated by preeclampsia (PE), which cause significant fetal-maternal morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to determine risk factors for PE in oocyte recipients (OR). Our secondary objective was to describe the course of pregnancy and the neonatal outcome in this group. Methods: This was a historical-prospective study. One hundred and fifty OR who gave birth to children at over 22 weeks of amenorrhea between January 2010 and June 2018 were included in the study. Results: Risk factors for PE in OR found in univariate analysis were as follows: primiparity, primipaternity, body mass index (BMI), and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) of the OR and age and AMH of the oocyte donors (OD). In multivariate analysis, the BMI of the OR (odds ratio [OR]: 1.2, 95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.1–1.4], P = 0.0474) and the AMH of the OD (OR: 1.2, 95% CI: [1.2–1.4], P = 0.0481) were found to be statistically significant risk factors for PE. In addition, we observed an increase in the rate of prematurity in the OR that were not associated with fetal growth retardation, despite the occurrence of PE. Conclusion: In OR, the allogeneic nature of pregnancy induces an increased risk of PE, the pathophysiology of which seems different from that in other methods of conception. Thus, risk factors for PE should be reconsidered to take into account the impact of certain characteristics of OD such as age and AMH.
Predictors of metabolic syndrome among polycystic ovary syndrome sisters
Bindu Kulshreshtha, Neera Sharma, Shubhi Pant, Akhila Prasad, Anubhuti Chitkara, Bhawna Pahuja, Isha Pahuja
Aims: Metabolic syndrome among PCOS sisters may vary depending on the phenotype. The aim of the present study was to analyze the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among different phenotypes of PCOS sisters. Design: Case control study. Materials and Methods: Two hundred sisters of PCOS patients and 99 age matched healthy controls underwent history, clinical examination, biochemical parameters for metabolic syndrome and hormonal assessment. Results: Of 200 sisters, 85 were unaffected (UA group), 21 sisters had hyperandrogenemia (HA group), and 94 sisters had irregular periods or hyperandrogenemia. We observed that the frequency of metabolic syndrome among PCOS sisters was comparable to age and weight matched controls (30% vs 27%). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was higher in HA and AFFECTED sisters (around 30% in both) compared to UA sisters (20%). The presence of metabolic syndrome was significantly associated with age, BMI, HOMA-IR and free testosterone. After correction for age and BMI, metabolic syndrome was significantly associated with HOMA-IR (P - 0.05) and free testosterone (P - 0.03). Conclusion: Based on above findings, we conclude that affected sisters and those with higher age, BMI and hyperandrogenemia have a high risk of metabolic syndrome compared to unaffected sisters.
There is no association between premature ovarian insufficiency and levels of fetuin-A/α2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein
A Seval Ozgu-Erdinc, Zeynep Asli Oskovi Kaplan, Yaprak Engin-Ustun, Nafiye Yilmaz, Gulcin Yildirim, Aytekin Tokmak, Kudret Erkenekli, Salim Erkaya, Dilek Uygur
Objective: Fetuin-A is a well-known negative acute-phase protein and has been used liberally to predict vascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum human fetuin-A/alpha2-Heremans–Schmid glycoprotein levels and idiopathic premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). Methods: A total of 75 women were included in this case–control study between January 2013 and December 2013. Serum fetuin-A concentrations were measured in 36 women with idiopathic POI and 39 healthy women with regular cycles. Blood samples were drawn after a 12-h overnight fast and were kept at −80°C for subsequent assay. The serum levels of fetuin-A were assessed by commercial ELISA kits (BioVendor Laboratory Medicine Inc., Brno, Czech Republic) and serum concentration values were expressed as μg/ml. Results: The mean serum fetuin-A levels of idiopathic POI and control women were 229.02 ± 27.79 and 232.37 ± 65.56, respectively, with P = 0.771 (independent samples t-test). Our results showed no statistically significant difference between serum fetuin-A levels of idiopathic POI women and controls. Conclusion: The mean values of serum fetuin-A in idiopathic POI women were not significantly different from controls, which implies that there is no significant association between serum fetuin-A levels and idiopathic POI.
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Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome: Dilemmas for further management after gonadectomy
Pratibha Singh, Meenakshi Gothwal, Garima Yadav, Kuldeep Singh
Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome is a rare condition, wherein a genetic male is phenotypically female and is raised as a female. Treatement requires timely gonadectomy, need for long term hormonal replaceent therapy, psycological and genetic counseling. The type, dose, duration of hrt is not well studied. Reproductive issues also need to be addressed in these young woman. We report here a case of complete androgen insensitivity which posed a quandary for management of long term bone health. Review of literature for management is discussed. These cases are best managed by a multi-disciplenary team comprising of gynecologist, geneticist, endocrinologist and clinical psycologist or psychiatrist.
A multicenter phase IV study to investigate the immunogenicity of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone and its impact on clinical outcomes in females undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation
Abha Majumdar, Le Hoang, Ly T Loc, Padma Srivastava, Chitra Ramamurthy, Ratnabali Chakravorty, Yogeshwar S Nandanwar, MD Rashmi, Rahul V Mayekar, Jayashree Sridhar, Ganesh H Divekar, James John
Context: Therapeutic proteins can cause immune responses, which may have clinical implications. Aims: The aim of the study was to assess the immunogenicity of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (r-hFSH), when used for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). Settings and Design: Prospective, multicenter study conducted at reproductive medicine clinics in India and Vietnam. Materials and Methods: A total of 285 women, aged 20–40 years, undergoing 354 COS cycles for either intrauterine insemination (IUI) orin vitro fertilization (IVF) were studied. The primary outcome measure was the incidence of development of anti-drug antibodies (ADA) and their neutralization potential. Other outcome measures were follicle development, dose and duration of r-hFSH, positive serum pregnancy test, clinical pregnancy, cycle cancellation, and adverse events (AEs). Statistical Analysis Used: A sample size of 250 was planned. Descriptive statistics are presented. Results: Four patients tested positive for ADA after r-hFSH administration at different time points; all of them tested negative, subsequently. None were found to have neutralization potential. The mean dose and duration of r-hFSH were 816 IU and 8.1 days in IUI and 2183 IU and 9.5 days in IVF, respectively. The serum and clinical pregnancy rates were 12.4% and 11.6% in IUI and 32.7% and 29.9% in IVF cycles, respectively. Seven AEs were reported, including two cases of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; two AEs were judged to be serious. Conclusions: The tested r-hFSH has very low immunogenic potential and did not lead to the development of neutralizing antibodies. The overall efficacy and safety of the drug were in-line with existing literature data, and no specific clinical impact of immunogenicity could be identified.
Outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in infertile men with nontense vaginal hydrocele: A prospective cohort study
Adel E Elgergawy, Ayman S Dawood, Ahmed M Abbas, Salah A. M Nagla
Objective: To evaluate the effect of nontense vaginal hydrocele in male partner with oligoasthenospermia on the success rates of the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Patients and Methods: Enrolled patients (n = 60) were divided into two groups: Group I who have oligoasthenospermia with nontense vaginal hydrocele (study group) and Group II who have oligoasthenospermia with no hydrocele group (control group). The primary outcomes included the fertilization and pregnancy rates whereas the secondary outcomes included any complications occurred. Results: There were no differences in demographic characteristics between both groups. Semen parameters were poorer in the hydrocele group than in the nonhydrocele group regarding count and motility (P < 0.001). The volume of testis was reduced significantly in the hydrocele group (P < 0.001). The results of ICSI regarding fertilization rate, number and quality of developed embryos, and pregnancy rates are not statistically different between both groups. Conclusion: Hydrocele affects both sperm count and motility, but it has no effects on ICSI outcomes. Clinical pregnancy rate was comparable in patients with or without hydrocele. Hence, the surgical management of hydrocele before ICSI is not recommended.
Heterotopic cervical pregnancy: A rare case treated by transvaginal aspiration
Sindhu Bhairavi, Soumyaroop Dash, Sebanti Dash
Cervical pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy. Heterotopic cervical pregnancy is much more rare scenario. This is a case of Heterotopic cervical pregnancy treated successfully by transvaginal ultrasound guided aspiration.
Swyer syndrome with heterotopic adrenal cortical tissue in streak gonads: A rare case and review of literature
Manu Goyal, Shuchita Batra, Pratibha Singh, Shashank Shekhar, Poonam Elhence
Swyer syndrome is a 46 XY pure gonadal dysgenesis. Affected individuals are phenotypically female with external female genitalia, hypoplastic Mullerian structures, and the presence of streak gonads. Gonadectomy is indicated due to increased risk of development of malignancy in streak gonads. We hereby report a case of 15-year-old patient with Swyer syndrome who underwent laparoscopic gonadectomy. Histopathological examination showed streak gonads with the presence of accessory adrenal cortical tissue. The patient was put on hormonal replacement therapy postsurgery. Heterotopic adrenal rest may be an incidental finding in normal ovary and testis. Its presence in streak gonads has never been reported, and we propose a theory of increased risk of gonadal and adrenal tumors, possibly because of mutations in disorders of sex differentiation.
Comparative Study of Serum Progesterone Levels at the Time of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Trigger and Ovum Pickup in Predicting Outcome in Fresh in vitro Fertilization Cycles
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Sun Tzu — The Art of War: "It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
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GuocoLand wins tender for plum River Valley site after record $595.1m bid ~ 1 Jul 2016
http://business.asiaone.com/property/news/guocoland-wins-tender-plum-river-valley-site-after-record-5951m-bid
A plum housing site in River Valley has attracted strong interest from developers, with a GuocoLand unit submitting the top bid of S$595.1 million, URA data showed after the close of tender yesterday. The 99-year leasehold site, launched on Apr 28 from the Confirmed List of GLS programme for the first half of this year, sits on about 171,535 sqft and has a plot ratio of 2.8. The top bid from GuocoLand subsidiary First Bedok Land, which beat 12 others, translates to S$1,239 psf ppr. The River Valley land parcel, at the junction of River Valley Close and Martin Place, is located within a well-established residential area with condominiums such as Martin Place Residences, Rivergate and Martin 38, said URA.
Mr Nicholas Mak, head of research and consultancy at SLP Intl Property Consultants, estimated breakeven prices for the residential space in the new condominium to be developed on this site to range from S$1,850 psf to S$1,910 psf.
Sky Vue topped developer sales in December
By Tan Chee Yuen
January 15, 2016 4:00 PM MYT
Developers sold 384 private homes in December compared to 759 in November on the back of fewer launches. This brings the developer sales tally for the whole of 2015 to 7,529 units.
All of the new launches in December came from existing projects such as Lakeville (50 units), Kingsford Waterbay (50 units) and Coco Palms (44 units).
The top-sellers in December were The Poiz Residences (64 units at $1,430 psf median price), Sky Vue (20 units at $1,571 psf median price) and Botanique at Bartley (17 units at $1,302 psf median price).
Separately, developers sold 124 executive condominiums (EC) in November. The Brownstone topped the list with 20 units sold at $814 psf median price, followed by The Terrace with 15 units at $788 psf median price.
CBRE head of research Desmond Sim notes: "Looking to 2016, the Singapore economy is expected to slow down while interest rates rise. Fewer new projects will be offered as developers’ inventory is running low. About 60% of new sales will come from the 14,000 unsold units from launched projects, which will certainly help to clear the inventory. Overall home prices will moderate marginally by 1.0%-3.0%; some of the existing projects might see some discounts while a number of new launches have strong location attributes.”
Christine Li, head of research at Cushman & Wakefield, says, "On the supply front, the Government has also scaled back the number of residential units available for sale through the confirmed list, a move which could ease the supply pressure should the buying sentiment remains weak against the backdrop of a much uncertain marco-economic environment arising from higher interest rates, plunging stock market and oil prices and higher geopolitical risks," .
"Demand could be elastic depending on the market condition. Should there be a price cut of high single digits or even double digits with palatable quantum (particularly the smaller units up to two-bedders), there will be a uptick in the market activities as buyers waiting on the sideline are ready to come back to the market," adds Li.
99-year leasehold Sky Vue condo: 20 units sold in December @ $1,571 psf median price (Total 694 units - 591 units = Balance 103 units
Sky Vue condo against other 99-year leasehold projects near an MRT Interchange, but at different location ~ 16 Sep 2013
http://www.ongpohlin.com/sky-vue-condo.html
Sky Vue: New condo 3 minutes from Bishan MRT ~ 14 Sep 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3qRS7G70S8
CapitaLand tops record 19 bids for 99-year Bishan site ~ 25 Feb 2011
http://www.lushhomemedia.com/manage_posts/2011/02/25/capitaland-tops-record-19-bids-for-bishan-site/
The top bid of S$550.1 million (the “Tender Price”) went to CapitaLand’s subsidiary Bishan Residential Development Pte. Ltd, while the 2nd bid put in by Keppel Land Realty missed by almost $118 million.
Najib's position unscathed despite 1MDB probe, says think tank
By Victoria Brown
Sunday, 24 July 2016 | MYT 11:39 AM
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is under no political threat despite the United States declaring that it would be seizing assets the country believes were bought from money stolen from a state-owned fund by people close to the Prime Minister, reported Singapore's The Straits Times.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuits allegedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund will, however, likely not undermine Najib's secure grip on power, as he has a firm hold over the ruling Umno, and control over key Malaysian institutions, such as security agencies, it said.
The report on Saturday cited an opinion research firm as saying how the country's Opposition was fragmented.
"Najib's security is because the Opposition and Umno dissidents are not able to come together to present a coherent message and credible alternative," said Ibrahim Suffian of the Merdeka Centre polling outfit.
In the immediate term, Najib's focus will be to further consolidate his power at home, said the report, adding that he is expected to continue with his strategy of stubborn ignorance to the fallout from the 1MDB fiasco.
"It has been the strategy from the start and it has served him well. There is no reason to change," said a senior researcher with a local think-tank who requested anonymity.
Najib started 1MDB shortly after taking over the premiership in April 2009 to pursue strategic investments abroad.
But according to the DOJ, senior Government officials and businessmen close to the Prime Minister used the fund as a private piggy bank right from the start, the report said.
Najib has denied any wrongdoing. He has dismissed the intense international media coverage on financial mismanagement and alleged money laundering of 1MDB's finances as false and aimed at undermining his administration.
On Thursday, the Government said it would cooperate with the US in its investigations, but insisted that local regulatory agencies had cleared Najib of any wrongdoing in the 1MDB case.
The US Justice Department's civil lawsuits to seize more than US$1bil (RM4.02bil) in assets strikes very close to the Prime Minister.
The assets marked for seizure are held by Riza Aziz, his stepson, businessman Jho Low, and two former Abu Dhabi government representatives.
The Straits Times wrote that while Najib's grip on power was not in any serious trouble, the tarring of his political reputation could have repercussions for him personally.
Diplomats and analysts noted that the US move would make it uncomfortable for Najib to attend international events in the near term, said the report. Others argued that it could make it uncomfortable for foreign leaders to be seen interacting with him.
The report added that the move could also alter Malaysia's foreign policy.
The DOJ probe is likely to strain ties between Washington and Kuala Lumpur and could nudge the Najib government closer to China, which is pushing very hard to find allies in the region, it said.
"The latest twist in the 1MDB affair does play to China's advantage. The question is how far Malaysia will bend (towards Beijing)," a Western diplomat in Kuala Lumpur was quoted as saying.
In late 2015, two China state-owned corporations acquired 1MDB's Edra Global Energy, the country's second largest power producer, and a majority interest in the fund's property development arm for a combined price tag of US$4bil (RM16.3bil).
China’s investment in embattled 1MDB throw Malaysian Prime Minister a lifeline - but carry a hidden price tag
Purchase of multi-billion-dollar assets also buy China leverage in a country where race relations are in a delicate state
By Amy Chew
China’s investment forays into Southeast Asia, even as it presses on with its South China Sea reclamation works are well-known. But recent acquisitions in Malaysia have taken on an unusually high profile in a country with race relations in a delicate state, and where the Chinese are a significant minority.
In the space of less than two months, China has bought two multi-billion-dollar strategic assets from Malaysia’s debt-laden state-owned investment firm, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (IMDB), expanding its influence in the country while throwing a lifeline to embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak.
The investments, analysts said, have geopolitical implications - specifically, regarding territorial disputes in the South China Sea where Malaysia has an overlapping claim with China. “Najib’s, and Malaysia’s, ability to manoeuvre, vis-à-vis China, is going to be limited after this deal. How far we [Malaysia] will be able to pursue an independent foreign policy after this, is going to be one of the key questions,” said Dennis Ignatius, a former Malaysian diplomat who has served in Beijing, Washington and London.
Najib chairs the advisory board of 1MDB which racked up RM42 billion ringgit (US$9.6 billion) in debts in less than five years and almost defaulted on a loan. For months, 1MDB’s troubles weighed on Malaysia’s sovereign credit rating.
It led to calls for Najib’s resignation from former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and opposition parties, who accused Najib of mismanagement and corruption. 1MDB is currently under investigation by five domestic agencies and authorities in Switzerland. Najib has denied any wrongdoing.
“China’s successful bid for 1MDB’s power assets and property projects have helped 1MDB decrease its debt burden and resolve 1MDB indebtedness,” said Yeah Kim Leng, Dean of the School of Business at the Malaysia University of Science and Technology.
“The assets were sold to the highest bidder. 1MDB got a good price,” Yeah added.
In his 2016 New Year’s Day address, Najib said 1MDB’s debts have now been reduced by RM40.4 billion following the rationalisation of its assets.
China General Nuclear Power Corp, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, paid US$2.3 billion to acquire 1MDB’s Edra Global Energy Bhd last November.
Edra is the country’s second largest power producer, giving China a major foothold into the energy sector.
In December, China Railway Construction Corp teamed up with Malaysian Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn (IWH) to buy a 60 per cent stake in 1MDB’s property project known as Bandar Malaysia for US$1.7 billion in a 40:60 joint venture.
Bandar Malaysia is a mixed-property project on a 196.7-hectare site. The development will also host terminals for a planned Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail link.
Analysts said China was now in pole position to win the construction tender for the rail link, one of the country’s largest pending infrastructure projects, with an estimated cost of RM70 billion.
The 1MDB acquisitions made China Malaysia’s largest foreign investor in 2015, leapfrogging the US, Japan, EU and Singapore.
Ironically, China’s acquisitions come at a time when Najib’s ruling Umno party has ratcheted up anti-Chinese rhetoric, accusing the ethnic minority of trying to usurp political power from the Malay majority. The rhetoric surged after a rally for good governance last August drew tens of thousands of people, among whom the majority were Chinese.
UMNO supporters responded by holding an overtly anti-Chinese “red-shirt” protest that drew 35,000 people.
In a sign of its growing influence and confidence in its ability to withstand any blowback on bilateral relations, China’s ambassador to Kuala Lumpur, Huang Huikang waded into the controversy during a visit to the capital’s Chinatown after the red shirt rally. “China rejects any form of extremism and racism, and will not stand by if Chinese interests are at stake,” he said at the height of the tensions, in remarks that raised eyebrows in diplomatic circles.
UMNO’s youth division accused Huang of interfering in Malaysia’s domestic affairs, and Huang was summoned by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry to explain his remarks.
Given this backdrop, the response from the Malay majority to China’s purchase of the country’s strategic assets has been surprisingly muted.
“His [Najib’s] supporters hardly pay attention to geopolitical issues because that is too complicated for them. That is why China’s advances into this region hardly register in their radar and no one asks about the impacts of China’s investment into the country’s strategic assets,” said Wan Saiful Wan Jan, chief executive of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs.
According to Wan Saiful, the anti-Chinese rhetoric from Umno has been getting stronger lately as Najib feels compelled to shore up support from his core Malay voters.
“So he dangles the racial card and he does not care the repercussion to the country’s harmony. The more divided Malaysia is, the more likely that Najib will remain in power because Umno has always benefitted from a divide-and-rule strategy,” said Wan Saiful.
Ignatius, the former Malaysian diplomat, said China’s behaviour needed to be watched as its investments increased in the country.
“Malaysia is….very open to foreign investment so there’s no intrinsic problem with foreign investment, whether from China or elsewhere. Problems could arise, however, when countries seek to use their investments to exert undue influence over the direction of the country’s affairs,” Ignatius said.
Ignatius said it was also important for China to be mindful of race relations in Malaysia.
“Given Malaysia’s ethnic mix, China will also have to be wary not to get drawn into the whole complex and contentious area of race relations. If China is perceived as showing favouritism to Malaysian Chinese, it would certainly create resentment among the Malays. It would, therefore, have to carefully balance its relations with both communities,” said Ignatius.
“As well…if China is seen to be using its economic and political clout to buttress a government that is increasingly unpopular, which it now seems to be doing for its own reasons, that also won’t go down well with those of us who want to see more democratic space in Malaysia,” Ignatius said.
China’s investments reflected Malaysia’s importance as a linkage point for China’s One Road, One Belt (Obor) initiative, according to Alexious Lee, Head of Industrial Research, China, CLSA Ltd.
“When we talk about Obor, we usually look at two regions, Southeast Asia and Central Asia,” said Lee.
“Southeast Asia is more important for commercially inclined projects. And within them, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are three of the most important markets.”
According to Lee, Malaysia was important as a point which connects Thailand with Singapore, given its position between the two countries.
The current volatility in China, amid wild swings in the stock market and an economic slowdown, only serves to accelerate the country’s overseas investments.
“The domestic business volatility could in fact accelerate the Chinese government’s focus to develop their overseas partnerships…building foundations for overseas investments to grow in the next five to 10 years,” said Lee
“And Malaysia is one of the overseas countries.”
Fortunes of Singapore's richest up just 2.4% amid sluggish economy, Brexit: Forbes ~ 11 Aug 2016
http://www.straitstimes.com/business/fortunes-of-singapores-richest-up-just-24-amid-sluggish-economy-brexit-forbes
Singapore rich list 2016: Top 50 fortunes stay steady amid slowdown ~ 3 Aug 2016
http://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2016/08/03/singapore-rich-list-2016-top-50-fortunes-stay-steady-amid-slowdown/
'Singin' in the rain: Ho Bee avoids Singapore's property market slump ~ 3 Aug 2016
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2016/08/03/singin-in-the-rain-ho-bee-land-avoids-singapores-property-market-slump/
Demand for high-end homes near Orchard road remains strong ~ 23 Sep 2016
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/demand-high-end-homes-near-002200298.html
Simei leasehold condo fetches profit of almost $1 million ~ 23 Sep 2016
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/simei-leasehold-condo-fetches-profit-014018428.html
Pinnacle@Duxton flat goes for $1.12 million ~ 22 Sep 2016
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/pinnacleduxton-flat-goes-for-112-million
How to invest in Singapore properties (regardless of cooling measures) ~ 17 Aug 2016
http://www.aceprofitsacademy.com/invest-singapore-properties-regardless-cooling-measures/
HDB flat in Clementi fetches over $1 million ~ 11 Aug 2016
http://business.asiaone.com/news/hdb-flat-clementi-fetches-over-1-million
City View DBSS flat fetches $1.1 million ~ 11 Aug 2016
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/city-view-dbss-flat-fetches-11m
Million-dollar public housing in Singapore: A look at recent developments ~ 10 Aug 2016
http://www.empire-empire.com/empire-special/million-dollar-public-housing-in-singapore/
Two HDB flats sold for almost a million dollars ~ 13 Jun 2016
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/two-hdb-flats-sold-almost-million-dollars-023017039--sector.html
City View@Boon Keng unit fetches over $1 million ~ 1 Mar 2016
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/city-view-boon-keng-unit-fetches-over-1m
Tycoons: The men who rule Hong Kong ~ 4 Oct 2016
https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/blog/tycoons-the-men-who-rule-hong-kong-100416
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Quote from: zuolun on October 06, 2016, 11:50:23 AM
malimalimaliongongongnotongchefbutishua thuatong
Indonesia gets ambitious with tax amnesty plan ~ 12 Oct 2016
https://www.thestreet.com/story/13850655/1/indonesia-gets-ambitious-with-tax-amnesty-plan.html
Sentiment in Indonesia is on the up ~ 12 Oct 2016
http://www.property-report.com/sentiment-in-indonesia-is-on-the-up/
The economy of Indonesia more promising in 2017 ~ 10 Oct 2016
http://www.indonesia-investments.com/news/todays-headlines/the-economy-of-indonesia-more-promising-in-2017/item7255
Indonesian economy becomes a 'standout' among emerging markets ~ 1 Oct 2016
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/30/indonesian-economy-becomes-a-standout-among-emerging-markets.html
借力使力，團結力量大。
平凡人埋怨：世界太不公平了..要讓富人也窮！
有個平凡人，因為吃不飽穿不暖， 而在佛祖面前痛哭流涕，訴說生活的艱苦， 天天幹活累的半死卻掙不來幾個錢。 「要怎樣妳才覺得公平哪?」 平凡人急忙說著： 「要讓富人和我一樣窮，幹一樣的活，如果富人還是富人我就不再埋怨了。」 佛祖點頭道：「好吧!」 說完 佛祖把一位富人變成了和平凡人一樣窮的人。 並各給了他們各一座山，每天挖出來的煤當天可以賣掉買食物， 限期一個月之內挖光煤山。 平凡人和富人一起開挖， 平凡人平常幹慣了粗活， 挖煤這活對他就是小菜一碟，很快他挖了一車煤， 拉去集市上賣了錢，用這些錢他全買了好吃的， 拿回家給老婆孩子解饞。 富人平時沒幹過重活，挖一會停一會， 還累的滿頭大汗。 到了傍晚才勉強挖了壹車拉到集市上買， 換來的錢他只買了幾個硬饅頭， 其餘的錢都留了起來。 第二天平凡人早早起來開始挖煤， 富人卻去逛集市。 不一會帶回倆個人來，這兩個人膀大腰圓， 他們二話沒說就開始給富人挖煤， 而富人站在壹邊指手畫腳的監督著。 只一上午的功夫 富人就指揮兩個窮人挖出了幾車煤去， 富人把煤賣了又雇了幾個苦力，一天下來， 他除了給工人開工錢，剩下的錢還比窮人賺的錢多幾倍。 一個月很快過去了，窮人只挖了煤山的一角， 每天賺來的錢都買了好吃好喝，基本沒有剩餘。 而富人早就指揮工人挖光了煤山，賺了不少的錢， 他用這些錢投資做起了買賣，很快又成了富人。 窮人再也不抱怨了。
成功的關鍵在於... 成功，不在於妳能做多少事， 而在於妳能借用 多少人的力去做多少事!
蒋介石三次借力打力，使自己在那场大厮杀中，获得了全胜
http://bbs.tiexue.net/post2_11615050_1.html
Private home sales triple in February as demand increases ~ 16 Mar 2017
http://www.todayonline.com/business/private-home-sales-triple-february-demand-increases
The number of private residential units sold by developers in Singapore has tripled year-on-year.
Brisk sales at iNz Residence, interest brewing at Park Place Residences
By Romesh Navaratnarajah
A large crowd turned up for the preview of Park Place Residences over the weekend.
Qingjian Realty’s 497-unit iNz Residence, the first executive condominium (EC) to launch in Singapore this year, sold around 170 units on the first day of booking last Saturday (11 March).
“Sales at iNz Residence is off to a brisk start,” said Li Jun, Executive Director at Qingjian Realty.
In particular, the five-bedroom maisonettes were fully sold, while 70 percent of the four-bedders were taken up. This indicates strong demand for bigger living spaces, with both unit types accounting for more than 60 percent of sales. In addition, over 80 percent of the buyers opted for the smart home packages.
Prices of the five-bedders range from $1,188,000 to $1,321,000, while the four-bedroom and two-bedroom units start from $818,000 and $490,000 respectively.
First-time buyers Dominic Siew and Jade Lim, who are in their early 30s, were among the first to choose their unit. “The price is definitely reasonable, given the location of iNz Residence, the quality of the home fixtures, and the smart lifestyle.”
“We especially like the video intercom system, which will really enhance our home security,” said the couple, who purchased a three-bedroom unit with the deluxe smart home package.
Meanwhile, the 429-unit Park Place Residences at Paya Lebar Quarter (PLQ) saw an influx of potential buyers following the opening of its showflat over the weekend.
“The response to our showsuite this past weekend has been overwhelming… It confirms the quality attributes and value of the location and development,” said Tony Lombardo, CEO for Lendlease in Asia, the project’s developer.
Among the prospective buyers is Debbie Lam, 31, who is considering to invest in a one-bedroom unit following the easing of the property cooling measures.
“Park Place Residences at PLQ’s attractive features stand out to me. It looks like a very nice project,” she said.
Separately, 45-year-old Kelvin Suen deposited his cheque for a unit. “The latest announcement on the property cooling measures was a very good deciding factor for me to go ahead with my purchase. I think the condominium’s strategic location, and the fact that it is part of an integrated development, make for good investment potential,” he said.
Potential buyers can still submit their expressions of interest for Park Place Residences as the showflat will remain open until 20 March, with the official launch set for 25 March.
The Story of Colonel Sanders, a man who started at 65 and failed 1009 times before succeeding
By Madalsa Singh
Whether you like KFC or not, the story of Colonel Harland Sanders is truly amazing. This story is inspirational because it’s an example of how perseverance, dedication, and ambition along with hard work can create success; regardless of your age.
Colonel Harland Sanders has become a world-known figure by marketing his “finger *’ good” Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The spectacled Colonel Sanders could easily be identified by his clean, crsip white suite, black string tie, and walking cane. A statue of this man can be seen as far away as on Nathan Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong, for one place.
One of the most amazing aspects of his life is the fact that when he reached the age of sixty-five, after running a restaurant for several years, Harland Sanders found himself penniless. He retired and received his first social security check which was for one hundred and five dollars. And that was just the beginning of his international fame and financial success story...
Col. Sanders was a fellow who really loved to share his fried chicken recipe. He had a lot of positive influence from those who tasted the chicken. Now, the Colonel was retired and up in age and while most people believed in the sanctimony of retirement, the Colonel opted to sell the world on his cool new chicken recipe. With little in terms of means at his disposal, Colonel Sanders traveled door to door to houses and restaurants all over his local area. He wanted to partner with someone to help promote his chicken recipe. Needless to say, he was met with little enthusiasm.
He started travelling by car to different restaurants and cooked his fried chicken on the spot for restaurant owners. If the owner liked the chicken, they would enter into a handshake agreement to sell the Colonel's chicken. Legend has it that Colonel Sanders heard 1009 "no"s before he heard his first "yes".
Ok, let me repeat that.
He was turned down one-thousand and nine times before his chicken was accepted once!
Colonel in front of his first KFC store. The deal was that for each piece of chicken the restaurant sold, Sanders would receive a nickel. The restaurant would receive packets of Colonel's secret herbs and spices in order to avoid them knowing the recipe. By 1964, Colonel Sanders had 600 franchises selling his trademark chicken. At this time, he sold his company for $2 million dollars but remained as a spokesperson. In 1976, the Colonel was ranked as the world's second most recognizable celebrity.
It's amazing how the man started at the age of 65, when most retire, and built a global empire out of fried chicken.
"Believe. Dream. Try. Succeed. Age, no bar!"
Now... I'm hungry.
The illegal deliveryman who became one of China's richest men ~ 29 Mar 2017
http://news.asiaone.com/news/business/illegal-deliveryman-who-became-one-chinas-richest-men
From making illegal cross-border deliveries to China in a minivan to buying a fleet of Boeing aircraft, the boss of SF Express, Wang Wei has ridden a wave of online shopping to become one of the country's richest men.
Six Chinese billionaires spring up with delivery fortunes worth $47 billion ~ 2 Mar 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-28/a-delivery-man-just-became-one-of-the-richest-people-in-china
One of China’s richest men presides over an army of 80,000 couriers and 30 planes ~ 2 Mar 2017
https://qz.com/921749/sf-express-founder-wang-wei-started-off-lugging-suitcases-and-now-presides-over-an-army-of-80000-couriers-and-is-one-of-chinas-richest-billionaires/
Down by the Sally Gardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE1OQAoSWAU
“Down by the Salley Gardens” by William Butler Yeats
https://stuffjeffreads.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/down-by-the-salley-gardens-by-william-butler-yeats/
人生若只如初見
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgKbhUAhp7I
人生若只如初見，我拿歲月換你沉魚落雁
https://kknews.cc/news/ezzp9y.html
似是故人來
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnFJxvvIWdc
古琴曲《凤求凰》
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp6MVm2Caso
你是我心內的一首歌
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOacfFq2fU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTCfQ6Bb8QE
Making love out of nothing at all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=qEd6QUbK2Mw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRuDQ6aYeD0
「行到水穷处，坐看云起时。」
刘晓庆香港书展谈人生：唯一能救自己的是才华和努力 ~ 21 Jul 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2017/07-21/8284555.shtml
渡紅塵 古箏演奏
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnQUUwgBn20
Same Auld Lang Syne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtAwmcrWbC4
漫步人生路
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wC6oEpdYz0
人生无回程，漫步人生路！
http://www.jianshu.com/p/ecf2d2292a87
"When there is movement, there is life; if you are fit, it is easier to master life." ~ Johanna Quaas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnqhP-ZayOU
卡農(Canon) - 鋼琴版
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwVKHP27wG8
這個大叔堪稱凍齡帥哥， 50岁拥有二十几岁的肉体，颜值身材秒杀小鲜肉！ ~ 25 July 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfGpMoEPc7w
This 50-year old Singaporean model-turned-photographer Chuando Tan has the body of a 20-year old ~ 25 July 2017
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2017/07/25/hes-50-singapore-model-turned-photographer-chuando-tan-wows-social-media-with-youthful-looks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjpXflQx18o
Technical Analysis: History repeats itself. The future is but a repetition of the past.
"What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun."
“已有的事，后必再有。已行的事，后必再行。日光之下并无新事。”
Quote from: zuolun on August 01, 2017, 09:05:58 AM
In technical analysis, history repeats itself. The theory behind chart pattern is based on this assumption. The idea is that certain patterns repeat many times, and that these patterns signal a certain high probability move in a stock. Based on the historic trend of a chart pattern setting up a certain price movement, look for these patterns to identify trading opportunities. Follow the smart money; they sell, you follow sell, not buy.
SembCorp Marine ~ Trading in a downward sloping channel, downside biased
SembCorp Marine closed with a spinning top @ S$1.685 (-0.01, -0.6%) with 3.15m shares done on 31 Jul 2017.
Immediate support @ S$1.66, immediate resistance @ S$1.73.
The gaps created on 9 Mar 2017 and 28 Jul 2017 are strong sell signals.
"In real life, when one falls from grace; it is very difficult to get back on track."
《凉州词》王翰
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjxOIBelV0o
Quote from: zuolun on August 07, 2017, 12:29:08 PM
"A hero is nothing but a product of his time."
Tat Hong and COSCO have similar chart patterns.
Tat Hong peaked @ S$2.80 and hit a last low of S$0.33.
COSCO peaked @ S$8.06 and hit a last low of S$0.255.
Tat Hong ~ Racing to the bottom
COSCO ~ Racing to the bottom
"In any stock market, it's all about supply and demand; buy stocks with good momentum and volume which can reward you a good profit."
滄海一聲笑
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmbxge3rxgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev4pwFMaZQc
Jimmy Ng: 5 key takeaways that I picked up from reviewing my Noble trade ~ 25 May 2017
"To make a profit you need to BUY and SELL at the right time."
http://aspire.sharesinv.com/47620/jimmy-ng-5-key-takeaways-that-i-picked-up-from-reviewing-my-noble-trade/
In 2011, I longed Keppel Corp shares at S$7.70 per share and set my SL @ S$7.30. When that price was triggered, I realized a total loss of S$6,000 for that trade.
Back then, my 师姐 was also trying to pick-bottom on Keppel Corp with 3 times higher volume than me. She started higher @ S$8.00 per share and had a tight SL of 2% per trade. Every trade she did was a loss; each failed attempt was a 2% cut loss. Her trading style was an eye-opening to me because after several failed attempts and finally @ S$7.00 (at the KRD), she increased her long positions substantially whenever the share price shot higher. “行到水穷处，坐看云起时。”
jjwong
Companion of Honour
this is THE chart/blueprint that many stocks in KLSE. Beware direction is down and manys stock are due for more loses.
"The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves" Quote from Napolean Bonaparte
Politicians like to rally the masses to stage conquest against "the enemy", the real intent is actually...$ $
https://img7.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/25313/253139475ded8aed16f341b6ffe6b9400a78efbc.png
Quote from: jjwong on August 10, 2017, 12:44:32 PM
内忧外患，四面楚歌。
Pressure piles up as IRB raids companies of Mahathir’s 3 sons ~ 10 Aug 2017
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/08/10/pressure-piles-up-as-irb-raids-companies-of-mahathirs-3-sons/
The Malaysian currency lost a third of its value against the greenback from 2013 to last year, although it has recovered slightly in recent months. The ringgit is also down by 23% against the Singapore dollar in the past four years.
Can the strength of the ringgit be sustained? ~ 9 May 2017
http://fifthperson.com/can-the-strength-of-the-ringgit-be-sustained/
微風細雨
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8jJfxfwjQ
成功的人不是赢在起点，而是赢在转折点。"A hero is nothing but a product of his time."
Drown in my own tears - Hayley Westenra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3FyW8a28Xk
白鷺鷥 - 黃品源
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6XdSb_Q2fE
陪我看日出 - 蔡淳佳
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWlYgKLEWDI
淚そうそう - 夏川りみ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeRIWoVkgyk
"Life is a gamble, at terrible odds — if it was a bet, you wouldn't take it." - Tom Stoppard
人生如棋，落子无悔，一招不慎，满盘皆输。
Mix with people whose foreheads are shining like the monks, not people whose foreheads are dark with faces looking very haggard.
鹅蛋脸
椭圆脸又称鹅蛋脸，是最中国人标准的脸型。鹅蛋脸和长脸的区别在于鹅蛋脸横向是以眼睛的比例刚好是脸颊宽度的五分之一，纵向是额头、鼻子、到下巴也刚好是相等的鹅蛋脸。
脸型特征：
1、线条弧度流畅，整体轮廓均匀。
2、额头宽窄适中，与下半部平衡均匀。
3、颧骨中部最宽，下巴成圆弧形。
"I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race." ~ Louis Zamperini
Many years ago; my late-mum had stage 4 breast cancer and after surgery with expensive and extensive follow-up treatments, she had happily outlived an extra 24 months (6+24=30 months). It was a miracle to everyone, including the respective doctors and the surgeons who had treated her then. (We were told to prepare for the worst and hope for the best as her chance of survival was extremely impossible; at most only 10% and at best only have 6 months to live.)
愛中不懼怕 The power of love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOkGnWae8XM
在对的时间，遇见对的人，是一生幸福。
在对的时间，遇见错的人，是一场心伤。
在错的时间，遇见错的人，是一段荒唐。
在错的时间，遇见对的人，是一声叹息。
相遇又如何？白云早过万重山！昔日的你在哪？
深深的恋情
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTSOiOZoeyA
愿得一人心 (钢琴版)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQdhrJGvq0o
《願得一人心》 - 李行亮
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgfpBK0HCxs
每一个选择都要负出代价：“选择了面包，可能就要放弃爱情；选择了财富，可能就要放弃健康；选择了事业，可能就要放弃自由；所有的选择，都只能由自己买单。”
最新人生格言，值得每個人珍藏！
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr49bSGg4_E
水浒传 ~《天时地利人和》
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkY_gkPjGVk
有利的气候条件不如有利的地理条件，有利的地理条件不如人的齐心协力。
《傳奇》 李健 （原唱、作曲）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwrT4A_Oh6g
Fairy Tale (傳奇英文版)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vgLcZrI-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZG-NwQTJo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_1Pehz5Mts
言多必失，沉默是金。(Silence is gold) : 沉默是一种气质，沉默是一种风度，受挫时要学会沉默 — 在沉默中镇定，在沉默中反省，在沉默中坚强，在沉默中撞击新的火花。
沉默是一种气质
http://www.gzhphb.com/article/6/66645.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTvjNvMIl0g
Never fall in love with a stock
http://www.financial-spread-betting.com/course/Losing-traders.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXRq4L4BcbQ
有一种爱叫做放手
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVxa8_yz8c
为了自己想过的生活，要勇于放弃一些东西。
这个世界没有公正之处，你也永远得不到两全之计。
若要自由，就得牺牲安全。
若要闲散，就不能获得别人评价中的成就。
若要愉悦，就无需计较身边的人给予的态度。
若要前行，就得离开你现在停留的地方。
"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time." Nietzsche
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w17kpYT1wI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko_FpYRVtFQ
ongchef
Marquess
.........when Lionind was at loss with steel price low,come lar pn17,this lar that lar,WHATSnot!!!
Before,manyak panlai anna-* naked on beach eatiing grapes,...now die die must swim with underwear,not to miss the $hip !!
吻別
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edfSGBW3FhI
Take me to your heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKn3GGCbh_0
今生最愛的人
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-OY_FhFz6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWIoyFgF3OY
你知道我在等你嗎?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-_K8ynDb0
Confessions of an S-Chip CEO…
http://fifthperson.com/confessions-of-an-s-chip-ceo/
Rubbish stocks : Learn this to avoid all the crap!
By MrWealthy4321
Rubbish stocks are low quality stocks in the stock market. They are also called crappy stocks, inferior stocks and lousy stocks. Many people would think that people who invest in the stock market would stay as far away as possible from rubbish stocks but information from brokers show the opposite to be true – that many stock investors actually own a lot of rubbish stocks.
I am sure you are wondering why on earth do people want to own rubbish socks? Don’t they know these rubbish stocks are high risk investments? Some really don’t but the majority of investors do know these stocks are high risk investments. Yet they will buy them because they are cheap and have the potential for extraordinary returns (if) they go up!
15 Characteristics of Rubbish Stocks
1. Rubbish stocks are loss-making companies and mostly companies in a bad shape.
2. They are usually cheap penny stocks; stocks that trade below RM1.00 in the stock market. Initially, they could be trading higher than RM1.00, but because of the high losses they incurred in the business, many investors sold and the stock price dropped below RM1.00.
3. These stocks are companies having low NTA (Net Tangible Assets) per share. And the remaining assets they still own are usually poor quality assets that have little value and do not generate much income.
4. These stocks usually have high gearing and high debts. They are at high risk to close shop because of the high chance they could not service the mountain of debts they have piled up with the banks.
5. When the stock market goes up, rubbish stocks stay flat or goes down. Their price movements depends solely on the stock operators!
6. The management team of these stocks get rewarded with generous director fees, allowances and bonuses irrespective of the mounting losses of the company.
7. These stocks does not pay any dividends irrespective of profit/(loss) of the company.
8. Rubbish stocks are usually the target of stock market syndicates who love holding and playing these type of stocks.
9. Rubbish stocks are stocks with juicy stories and the focus of incredible stock market rumours. They are usually created by the stock syndicates to entice retail investors to purchase the stocks from them at a higher price later.
10. They are usually speculative stocks; they can go very high up within a short time frame. It is this factor which makes these stocks the darlings of retail investors wanting to get rich quick. Unfortunately, more people become poorer after dabbling in such stocks.
11. Rubbish stocks are usually the last stocks to move in a stock market rally. After the good stocks have moved and become expensive, stock operators will start moving their cash into these stocks for quick capital gains.
12. Rubbish stocks are stocks that are always asking investors for money. Every few years there is a rights issue or placing out shares (private placements) to new investors with no corresponding increasing in earnings.
13. Rubbish stocks are run by rubbish management. They prefer playing their company stocks for profit rather than running the company for a profit. They also engage in questionable tactics like selling their assets to the company at high valuations and approving stock options to themselves.
14. Rubbish stocks are stocks heavily promoted in stock market forums, stock market magazines, newspapers and even Facebook stock groups. Usually a sexy angle or a good story is attached to the stock to make it enticing enough to buy.
15. Rubbish stocks are stocks with poor earnings but trading at high valuations. A measure to gauge the stock price is to look at the PE (Price to Earnings) Ratio of the stock. Usually these stocks have high PE Ratio in excess of 50 or more.
So now you know rubbish stocks. I could go on ...but just knowing these 15 characteristics of rubbish stocks should be enough for someone to avoid them. They are guaranteed to make you poorer in the long-term. Invest in fundamentally good stocks that can still be found in abundance in the stock market.
Itoshigo Yo 愛し子よ(Beloved child 亲爱的宝贝)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YKO4FOBFM4
就是爱你
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFm8bK9n4Y
我曾经爱过你 ~ 普希金 (Alexander Pushkin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXVFSAcUzQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ9PLCXYFyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1XHAsIueYw
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Monthly archive January, 2007
“Attend Legislature Meeting Re Independent Safety Assessment of Indian Point” by Judy Allen
by Site Admin on Jan 30, 2007 • No Comments
To the Editor: I appreciate Margaret Sternberg’s excellent front page coverage of the Putnam County Legislature’s Health, Social, Educational and Environmental Committee’s forwarding to the Legislature a resolution to require Entergy to perform an Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) of Indian Point. The resolution will go before the full Legislature at its next regular meeting on...
“NRC says nuke plants not responsible to defend air attacks” by Greg Clary
“Indian Point and the rest of the nation’s nuclear power plants should not be expected to stop terrorists from flying airplanes into a reactor, federal regulators said yesterday, adding that such a security effort is best handled by others, such as the U.S. military. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said plant operators should focus on limiting...
“ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREW CUOMO SLAMS NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION’S RULING ON ATOMIC PLANT SECURITY”
Highlights potential threat to millions of New Yorkers by a terrorist attack on Indian Point and condemns Indian Point’s flawed evacuation plan BUFFALO, New York (January 30, 2007) — Yesterday the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) refused to endorse a petition to require U.S. nuclear plants to erect a barrier to protect against a direct attack...
“INDIAN POINT: How safe? Westchester board to vote on independent review” by Abby Luby
“A small but vocal contingent at Westchester County’s Environment and Energy Committee meeting this week urged support for an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power plants. If county legislators adopt the resolution next month, Westchester will join Rockland County and municipalities such as Croton, Ossining, Beacon, Putnam Valley, Ramapo and Cortlandt, who...
“County Legislature Health Committee Supports Congressional Resolution for Independent Safety Assessment of Indian Point” by Margaret Sternberg
“Legislators upset with County Executive over slow responses to document requests At its January 9, 2007 meeting, the Putnam County Legislature’s Health, Social Educational & Environmental Committee focused on concerns over Indian Point and the support of a resolution supporting legislation arising from those concerns. Environmental activist Judy Allen discussed legislation introduced in both Houses...
“Westchester lawmakers to take up Indian Point safety debate” by Greg Clary
“WHITE PLAINS – As the debate over safety at Indian Point escalates, a Westchester County committee yesterday approved a resolution asking Congress to require an in-depth review of the nuclear plants. Members of the Board of Legislators’ Environment and Energy Committee voted 5-0 to send the legislation to the floor for the Feb. 12 meeting...
“Initial findings cause for concern” by Phillip Musegaas
“Your Jan. 17 article, “State regulators: Radiation found in Hudson River fish for decades,” reported that strontium-90 was found in fish taken near Indian Point and 15 miles upriver near Newburgh. Entergy’s attempt to blame strontium levels entirely on global fallout from Cold War weapons testing is premature and misleading, since there is no scientific...
“Indian Point assessment may not be that independent” by Greg Clary
“Westchester County lawmakers on Monday will begin debating whether they want to join others calling for a special safety inspection at Indian Point. The nuclear plant has had its share of difficulties in recent times and there’s a growing chorus asking for an independent look at its operation. There have been unexpected shutdowns at the...
“Hudson River fish found to contain radioactive isotope” by Greg Clary
“BUCHANAN – In what could be the region’s next environmental controversy or simply just a laboratory mistake, fish in the Hudson River have been found to contain traces of strontium 90. The radioactive isotope was discovered leaking almost a year ago at the Indian Point nuclear plants, and tests on 12 fish show four with...
“Nuke plant delays new sirens”
“BUCHANAN – The owners of Indian Point applied this afternoon for an extra 75 days to install emergency sirens across the four counties surrounding the nuclear plant, citing engineering and permit delays that will prevent them from meeting their Jan. 30 deadline. Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s said it’s too soon to say whether...
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State petitions Supreme Court against rape and murder discharge
06 Sep 2017 15:50pm
WINDHOEK, 06 SEP (NAMPA) - The prosecution has petitioned the Supreme Court against the dismissal of an application for leave to appeal a High Court judgement that cleared a man of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl in 2013.
Fransiscus Dimitri Narimab, 24, was on 16 March 2017 set free in a ruling handed down by Acting High Court Judge Boas Usiku, following a successful application for discharge brought before court by his State-funded defence lawyer, Mbanga Siyomuinji.
Following this discharge, State Advocate Ethel Ndlovu on 09 May 2017 approached the High Court with an urgent application, asking the court to be allowed leave to appeal against the judges decision for discharge on charges of rape and murder.
This application was dismissed in a ruling handed down by the same judge on 01 August 2017, after which the State decided to send a petition to Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Shivute in the hope to be allowed leave to appeal against the discharge of the young man.
Ndlovu, during a pre-trial conference of case management review on Wednesday before Acting Judge Usiku, informed the court that the prosecution had already filed papers in respect of the petition on 20 August 2017 and are only awaiting a response by the Supreme Court.
The matter was, thereafter, remanded until 18 October 2017 for the Supreme Court to respond to the petition.
Narimab was on trial alongside Ruben Fritz, 21, for the rape and murder of Alwina Uri-Khos, whose body was found in the bushes between Windhoeks Shandumbala neighbourhood and the Western Bypass between 28 and 29 March 2013.
Narimab was discharged on a charge of murder, two counts of rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances and defeating or obstructing or attempting to defeat the course of justice at the closing of the State's case.
Uri-Khos was in the company of Narimab and Fritz and they were seen socialising at different shebeens in Shandumbala.
The victim was allegedly strangled to death after she was hit on the head with rocks and died on the spot.
Fritz, who remains in police custody, returns to court on 06 September 2017 for the continuation of his trial.
Lawyer Sampson Enkali is representing Fritz, who did not bring an application for discharge at the close of the State's case.
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Ride on the Wings of a Butterfly
There are wonderful details throughout Walt Disney World, little nuggets that tie into Disney’s history in film, animation, and theme parks. Few areas, however, may be as rich in these types of details as Frontierland. And perhaps the one spot with an embarrassment of riches, when it comes to story driven details, is Big Thunder Mountain. Since it’s refurbishment in 2012 that added in more of the mining story and the history of Barnabus T. Bullion, there have been layer after layer to uncover about the second Magic Kingdom mountain.
This poster entices those seeking to travel west to do so with the Butterfly Stage Line. It is a gorgeous example of posters that would entice travelers with daring calls and reasonable fares. Of course, the more stops a stagecoach could make, and the quicker they could make the trip, the more passengers could utilize the line for travel. In this case, the Butterfly Stage Line guarantees passage between St. Louis and San Francisco in just a matter of three weeks, not a bad deal in those early Frontierland days. For me, however, the real attention grabber is the stops the line will make along the way.
This section reads: Stages of BUTTERFLY STAGE LINE leave St. Louis daily at 6 A.M. for San Francisco, via Fort Smith, El Paso, Thunder Mesa, Fort Concho, Rainbow Ridge, Quake City, and Tumbleweed, connecting at Tumbleweed with the San Francisco and Carolwood-Pacific Railroad Company.
The above listing bookends the journey with several real life locations. St. Louis, Fort Smith, El Paso, and San Francisco are all places that really exist and could be visited, most of which are not intricately tied to Disney lore. The remaining stops are where things get a little interesting.
The good portion of the Butterfly Stage Line’s destinations has a tie to the Apple Dumpling Gang. This shouldn’t be too surprising, considering the bottom of the poster tells us that the line’s founder and president is Colonel T. R. Clydesdale, Dusty’s father from the original Apple Dumpling Gang film. This film just happens to take place in Quake City, the first to last stop along the stagecoach’s route. Moving on to The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, we find a film that opens with Amos and Theodore arriving in one of our other destinations, Fort Concho. While Fort Concho is a real location with a fascinating history, it is the fact that was a setting utilized by the Apple Dumpling Gang that lands it on the route.
Jumping back a ways, we see Thunder Mesa, and this is where we’ll begin our adventure into Frontierlands from around the globe. Thunder Mesa is the clapboard and sagebrush setting for Disneyland Paris’ Frontierland. The town was a boomtown just like all of the fabled Frontierlands, with the Ravenswood family being the top billing in a town that prided itself on its availability of gold, silver, and copper.
Moving further along, we find a stopover in Rainbow Ridge, the original Frontierland. The name Rainbow Ridge dates back to the earliest days of Disney theme parks, when it was part of Disneyland’s 1956 attraction Rainbow Caverns Mine Train. While the mining town known as Rainbow Ridge has undergone many facelifts and relocations over the years, it can still be found alongside Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in the original park.
The end of the Butterfly Stage Line route leaves us in Tumbleweed, the home of Big Thunder Mountain in the Magic Kingdom, and coincidentally where we find ourselves examining this poster. This is where the line meets up with the railroad. Listing the Carolwood-Pacific isn’t as subtle a nod as it used to be, but it is still a worthy name in Disney canon. The Carolwood-Pacific was Walt Disney’s backyard scale railroad, it is the name given these days to anything that showcases Walt’s love of the railroad. It is mentioned as part of the Walt Disney World Railroad at multiple stops, and more of its history can be uncovered in both One Man’s Dream over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and at the Wilderness Lodge.
No matter where you get on or jump off of the Butterfly Stage Line, there are stories abound to discover that run between parks, film, and even some of Walt Disney’s own life. The only question is, how far will you be moseying on down the line?
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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2: Why Now Is the Time to Upgrade
on 5/29/19 10:30 AM By | Mike Williams | 1 Comment | Oracle JDE Enterprise One JD Edwards
Oracle first introduced the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2 Release almost four years ago. Yet, more than 50% of users still have not upgraded their JD Edwards instance to Enterprise 9.2. Those who have upgraded are reporting significant benefits from its transformational new business capabilities including increased security, mobility, and improved real-time insights. So, what are you waiting for? Some companies have delayed this important upgrade because of a lack of IT resources. Others have put it off in fear of the process. If you fall into either category, you aren’t alone — but this is where the benefits of a managed service provider can come into play to help you check the upgrade off your list. Want quick answers to your upgrade Q’s? Click here.
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on 12/4/18 4:31 PM By | Grant McIver | 1 Comment | Oracle JDE Enterprise One Cloud JD Edwards ERP
One of the most important topics of system improvement that we always look to improve with JD Edwards ERP solutions is overall usability. The IT team can optimize and personalize your JDE ERP system to a T, but if the end user isn’t happy, nobody is happy.
How to Avoid an Accidental DBA Pitfall
on 11/29/18 11:10 AM By | Sean Harmon | 0 Comments | Oracle Managed Services Database Database Management Database Administration MySQL SQL Server
The “Accidental DBA” is a database management pitfall we’ve covered before, but it’s one we see all too often and bears repeating. The name itself speaks to less-than-ideal database management circumstances. Picture this: An under-qualified IT team member (through no fault of their own) is left with the charge of managing the company’s most critical data, simply because they have the most bandwidth (probably not enough) and a “good enough” database management knowledge base (but far from being an expert). While this solution may keep things running for the most part, your databases deserve (and need) more than “good enough.”
Is it Time to Rethink Your Database Management?
on 11/16/18 12:15 PM By | ManageForce | 0 Comments | Oracle Managed Services Database Database Management MySQL SQL Server
Modern organizations are leveraging cloud-based database solutions more and more for increased accessibility and flexibility. However, even with the improved efficiencies of the cloud, databases still need consistent monitoring and support to optimize performance and handle any situation that may arise. As database solutions evolve and improve, so too do the demands and requirements of managing them.
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on 11/8/18 12:02 PM By | ManageForce | 0 Comments | Oracle Cloud ERP NetSuite
Since Oracle acquired NetSuite two years ago, it’s brought nothing but positive change and incremental growth over the course of the 24 months. Shortly following, NetSuite shared its plans to leverage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to continue its growth and success. OCI is the next generation of service delivery for NetSuite services, allowing dynamic provisioning of resources, storage, and databases. OCI focuses on Oracle’s largest customers and database or Java-driven applications on a global basis.
ERP Myths Busted
on 10/1/18 9:07 AM By | ManageForce | 0 Comments | Oracle ERP NetSuite
If you’re a smaller sized business that doesn’t have an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implemented, it can be difficult to fully comprehend all the advantages of a successfully deployed ERP system.
8 Quick Tips to Elevate Your JD Edwards Support
on 8/29/18 9:38 AM By | Grant McIver | 1 Comment | Oracle JD Edwards JD Edwards Upgrade
It seems that no matter what system we’re on for JD Edwards, there are certain things that we check for and enable/disable. For those of us who work with JD Edwards day in and day out these are “no brainers,” also known as processes/best practices we follow that are second nature to us, but less obvious to those less immersed or experienced with the technology.
What You Need to Know About NetSuite's 18.1 Release
on 3/8/18 8:33 AM By | ManageForce | 3 Comments | Oracle NetSuite
Earlier this week, NetSuite announced Version 2018 Release 1 (commonly referred to as 18.1) of its business management suite. Although the announcement on the NetSuite website was just a sneak preview of what's to come, it has NetSuite users across all industries excited for a multitude of reasons. We've unpacked the full list of feature highlights in the NetSuite 18.1 update and outlined the details that we think are worth getting excited about.
NetSuite 17.2: The Top Updates You Need To Know
on 10/13/17 9:16 AM By | ManageForce | 0 Comments | Oracle NetSuite
In today’s age of digital transformation, upgrades are a constant, and it can be difficult to stay in tune with each one as they come about. Case and point, NetSuite has its second update of 2017—NetSuite 17.2—and there’s a lot to unpack. We’ve reviewed the full list of upgrades included in the NetSuite 17.2 release and highlighted the most important details so that you can take advantage of all it has to offer.
Oracle OpenWorld: The Ultimate Cloud Experience Recap
on 10/11/17 10:02 AM By | ManageForce | 0 Comments | Oracle
Last week’s Oracle OpenWorld brought the usual pomp and circumstance with a few hyperbolic claims that ruffled a few feathers in the tech sector. It was easy to be distracted. Hidden beneath the spectacle were updates that will transform the day-to-day workings of corporations building their businesses on Oracle’s many pieces of technology.
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Tete-e-tete with film director Ramesh Katheria
Ramesh Katheria is a new entrant to the Hindi film firmament as a director. Hailing from Kanpur (UP) he migrated to the Mecca of Hindi films Mumbai in 2014 to make his mark as a director. I had the privilege of meeting him at the office of Leo Media Publications for this write-up. He is a simple down to earth man with high ambitions and aspirations to soar high in the Hindi film industry and earn name and fame and win universal recognition as a director to reckon with. He runs a training institute for aspiring actors and many students from his institute have today become big actors in Bollywood. Interestingly Ramesh is a Law Graduate (BA.LLB) from Kanpur.
What aspired him to enter the Indian film industry?
‘In my childhood I had the aspiration for Dance. But did not have the sources and had to continue my studios. Somehow I did matriculation. To make both ends meet owing to paucity of funds, started giving tuitions to the 10th standard students to earn and to keep the bonfire of my house burning. My aspiration to become something in my chosen career in the film industry took me to Delhi where I had the opportunity to meet a known film director Mr. A.K.Sharma and was lucky to get a break as a Choreographer.
Later met Ms.Raman Cheema, the Makeup artist, who took me to Chandigarh to meet Mr. Rajesh Sharma a film director who gave me a break as an Assistant Director in his Punjabi film. In the year 2005 floated my own film production house as J.K.Films India and released 2500 Music Videos. “U.P. to Bihar” was my first album as a director, second was “Aye Shama Tu Chale” and my third Album was “Deewana” for which I had entrusted the Music composing of a song to today’s highly popular Music Director Ankit Tiwari, the “Aashique 2”, “Singham Returns” and “Mr X” fame. With pride I wish to state I was the person to give the 1st break to Ankit Tiwari who was a mere keyboard player for his own Jagran programmes in Kanpur U.P. and today he is the most popular and sought after Music Director.
Which is your first assignment in Mumbai?
I was given the opportunity by producer Aaradhana Gupta to direct her horror film “HARRAA” The Revenge of Death. Which is the first of its kind Bhojpuri film in the Bhojpuri Film Industry. It has been a long struggle from 2000 in Kanpur to 2014 Miumbai to make my mark and fulfill my aspirations and ambitions as a director.It give me pride that during the making of HARRAA The Revenge of that I also choreographed all the songs myself since it was my childhood aspiration for dance.
I feel proud that my first assignment as a Horror film director has found an entry in 50 International Film Festivals – The New York City International Film Festival, United States, International Film Award Berlin, Germany, Sydney Film Festival, Australia, Toronto Film Festival, Canada, The Los Angeles Horror Film Festival, United States, Warsaw Film Festival Poland and Moscow Film Festival, Russia.
When the writer met Aradhana Gupta, producer of the Horror film HARRAA The Revenge of Death, she gave me to understand that while she gave Ramesh the first break as a director she felt sure that he will make it as an Independent director, but surprisingly, according to Ramesh Katheria who gave the 1st break to Ankit Tiwari he was not sure that Ankit will conquer the hearts of the film fraternity as a Music Director to reckon with.
HARRAA The Revenge of Death is scheduled for 2015 end release and it is the hopes of Aradhana Gupta, the producer and Ramesh Katheria, director that the film will be received well and the audience will acceptit as a good horror film. This is Ramesh Katheria who has directed the Bhojpuri horror film and in one word it will not be out of ;place to stress he is Ramsay of Bhojpuri.
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Ballybeg Youth Resource Centre rises from the ashes
Published on Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 at 1:05 pm
Kerry Anne Mylett cutting the ribbon at the re-located Ballybeg Youth Resource Centre at Clonard Park on Saturday last. | Photo: Mick Wall
Just like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the Ballybeg Youth Resource (BYR) Centre is back in action at a new location in Waterford.
The much loved service was targeted in an arson attack in January along with Saint Saviour’s GAA Boxing Clubs.
However, last Saturday, the centre moved to a new location at 61 Clonard Park, which previously operated as the local Neighbourhood Office.
Local children gathered at the new temporary location along with those involved in providing the valued services of Ballybeg Youth Resource.
“We would like to send a huge thank you to all who have helped and supported us in recent difficult times,” said a BYR spokesperson.
“This includes local parents and children, local agencies, clubs and services, St Saviour’s primary school and other schools in Waterford, the City Council, Waterford Area Partnership and businesses in and around Waterford City. We would not have been able to be up and running so quickly without all your help.”
Two youth projects operate from the Youth Resource Centre: the Ballybeg Community Youth Project which runs services Monday to Friday with occasional weekend work and is staffed by Lil Quinn and Jen Hannon; and the Axis Community Youth Project which is specifically for weekend services and is staffed by Ciara Jacob and Pat Murphy.
All young people aged 10 to 21 years living in Ballybeg and the surrounding areas are welcome to join the Youth Resource Centre which offers activities and programmes to suit all ages and interests.
The centre is also actively seeking additional volunteers. Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Services (WSTCYS) has said it is committed to supporting the Youth Centre and all those who avail of its services.
Leah Moran with a message that roundly resonated around Ballybeg on Saturday last. | Photo: Mick Wall
In a statement, WSTCYS said: “The Board of the Youth Service is particularly concerned at what happened at the Ballybeg Youth Resource Centre and its impact on the young people, volunteers and staff who have used the centre.
“The incident has hurt the young people in terms of the loss of their space and facilities that meant so much to them and which they had worked so hard to build up over the years. The board, staff and volunteers are committed to continuing to deliver a worthwhile and valuable service for the young people of Ballybeg. The board acknowledges the support of the Ballybeg community and thanks them for their generosity.”
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Nils Henrik Asheim (NO)
The 2018 Nordic Council Music Prize goes to a piece of music that is at once acutely contemporary yet conscious of its history. Our very first instrument, the human voice, is central to the piece whose sound world cautiously integrates language. Listeners are invited into a different experience of time, into a series of atmospheres or states which sometimes engender a sense of risk and unease. The piece is in 18 sections, each inspired by a word in the Sámi language related to snow, as described in Inger Marie Gaup Eira’s PhD thesis “Muohttaga jávohis giella - The Silent Language of Snow”. Some words describe snow directly, others its impact on everyday human life – for example, ulahat means “an over-snowed winter trail which is barely visible”. Nils Henrik Asheim’s Muohta, for choir and string orchestra, depicts slow changes that are barely visible or perceptible to human senses. When the piece was performed for the first time – along with Joseph Haydn’s The Seasons in Oslo in 2017 – the composer noted that the context had inspired him to attempt a step away from concepts of progress based on controlling nature, and instead engage with an indigenous experience of living with nature.
Throughout his career as a composer, organist and curator, Asheim (born 1960) has shown a remarkable ability to open up art music to a range of other genres and potential new audiences.
Muohta for choir and string orchestra was composed as a response to Joseph Haydn’s The Seasons from 1801, and immediately followed the classical Summer at its premiere in the autumn of 2017. Inherent in the work are uncomfortable undertones: while the nature of the seasons is changing slowly but worryingly in our times, the optimistic faith in science was peaking in the time of Haydn. Some of this is typical for the music of Nils Henrik Asheim: while reflecting a conscience about being situated in historical traditions and contexts, it also alludes to the past through contemporary soundscapes.
In Muohta, indigenous people are given a voice: the work takes its name from a Sami word for snow, and utilises 18 different words relating to snow. For a great part, it is a quiet piece, as if resembling a frozen landscape. But under the surface it is alive and vibrant, in slow, almost imperceptible changes, and at times in unexpected turns and contrasts – as when the choir is allowed to sing with full warmth towards the end. It demonstrates the composer’s original ways of creating attentive dialogues and connections between instrumental and vocal elements, sounds, words, and different timbre effects.
Throughout his whole career, Asheim (born 1960) has combined working as a composer, organ player, organiser, and curator with a remarkable ability to open art music to a range of genres and potential new listeners. As a composer and musician he moves freely between written scores, folk music, and free improvisation, collaborating with performers within art music, pop/jazz, noise, and electronica.
First performance: The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir and Ensemble Allegria, conductor Grete Pedersen. University aula, Oslo. 28 October 2017.
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RNTP - Research Network for Transcultural Practices in the Arts and Humanities
Research Network for Transcultural Practices in the Arts and Humanities
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The “Research Network for Transcultural Practices in the Arts and Humanities (RNTP)" is conceived as a critical, interdisciplinary and international association of researchers, who study processes of transcultural exchange and negotiation that are constitutive for multiple entangled art practices, agents, and institutions across various historical moments and locales.
Key questions to the network’s discussion:
What are the epistemological, historical, and socio-political conditions of transcultural artistic and aesthetic knowledge production?
Who are the agents and institutions embedded in and mediating these transcultural exchanges, how do they acquire, exert or loose affiliated power positions, and how do they shape, control or contest and change the knowledge produced?
How do transcultural practices and research perspectives alike allow us to deconstruct, de-center, re-think and transform Eurocentric apparatuses and discursive formations that have been constituting concepts and practices of art in modern times and across academic disciplines?
When addressing these questions the members of the network follow a two-fold methodological approach that relates the analysis of entangled histories and their institutional, discursive and practical effects with a self-critical reflection that takes into account our own discursive and historical situatedness. We are convinced that the continuous critical practice of examining naturalized regimes of truth opens up new perspectives allowing for constructive interdisciplinary exchange.
Membership structure and aims
RNTP provides an open communicative platform enhancing peer-to-peer dialogue and horizontal academic exchanges among its members. Its aim is to intensify research discussions and to grant innovative transcultural approaches greater visibility within the academic community as well as in public reception and relevant cultural institutions such as museums, universities and archives among others. Overcoming the institutional confines of projects, departments and universities, the network provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for open and critical debate on how to identify and cope with common pressing, often methodological problems of this research perspective.
Members in the network encompass artists from various fields such as the visual arts and choreography, curators and scholars working in multiple academic fields such as art history, aesthetics, cultural studies, film studies, literature, musicology, theatre studies and visual anthropology. The pronounced interdisciplinary set-up of the international network, which is guaranteed by the various scholarly and institutional backgrounds as well as multifold thematic projects of the network’s members constitutes a collective platform of diverse voices that are joint in their interest in transcultural studies.
Read more about how to become a member.
The conference “Present’s disjunctive unity. Constructing and deconstructing histories of contemporary cultural and aesthetic practices” at the House of World Cultures Berlin in November 2016 served as kick-off event for the network, bringing together network members from across Asia, Europe and the Americas. Individuals gave keynote presentations on their research, interspersed with small, round-table discussions on methodological questions. The conference also served as a platform for discussing the framework, goals and funding structure of the network.
Read more about past and up-coming activities.
The research network will sustain regular biennial gatherings organized by one or more members and hosted in changing research institutes chaired by senior members. Stay informed by visiting our website presenting its members and documenting the network’s activities. It is planned to establish smaller working groups, which elaborate on specific sub-topics and questions of transcultural research that will lead to separate conferences and/or joint publications.
The network’s start-up phase is generously funded by the DFG Research Unit 1703 “Transcultural Negotiations in the Ambits of Art” allowing the hosting of the present website and the initial administrative co-ordination.
Clara Giacalone (Network Coordination): transcultural@geschkult.fu-berlin.de
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Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu considers renaming street named after man who refused land sales to Jewish people
globalnews.ca 14 Jan 2020 at 16:16
The City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is considering changing the name of a street and park in the area, which is currently named after a former resident who forbade selling or renting properties on a specific stretch of land to members of the Jewish community.
The late Alphonse Waegener owned part of the land in the Saint-Luc neighbourhood. He included the condition when he divided his assets and sold the plot to two buyers in the 1960s.
As a result, the city is considering changing the name of the street and park. He explained it was common for parts of the city to be named after land owners, but that he does not support Waegener’s values.
“That contractual clause is totally unacceptable,” said Laplante.
“The clause is illegal and it is discriminatory.”
The revelation came to light after a Quebec Superior Court justice revoked the conditions, after they were discovered during proceedings involving a developer’s request to build on the land. Judge Claude Dallaire deemed the conditions were “contrary to public policy” and must be repealed.
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) in Quebec is calling on the city to remove Waegener’s name from signs in the area. Rabbi Reuben Poupko said it is a stain on the community in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
“One positive that can come from this is that people learn a bit of history of anti-semitism and what it meant,” he said.
While he wasn’t surprised when he learned about it, Poupko said it is a reminder that anti-Semisitism is a “remarkably resilient form of hatred” in places around the world.
“One way to teach a community about its values — the values of tolerance, respect and diversity — is to do the right thing and to change the name of the park and the street,” he said.
Residents in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu said they were shocked to learn that Waegener included a condition that targeted the Jewish community.
“I don’t find it right,” she said. “Whomever lives in our homes — it doesn’t bother me.”
Megan St-Louis, who lives in the area, said that while she finds the condition to be unjust, changing the name of the street would be a hassle for residents.
As the city mulls over what to do next, Laplante said he will consult with city councillors and citizens before making any changes to the names.
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Artificial intelligence can also create art
Contemporary Art Fair Zurich
31.08.2018 10:12:04 - Artificial intelligence can also be art - to experience at the 20th ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH art fair (20-23 September 2018 / Puls 5, Zurich)
(live-PR.com) - Art Zurich exhibitors in focus: Net art through artificial intelligence using neural networks. The DeepDream algorithm by Alex Mordvintsev and Jana Sam creates amazing works of art.
Zurich, Switzerland - September 2018
Art Me Association (CH) presents the artist duo Alex Mordvintsev and Jana Sam at the art fair ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH 2018 in Zurich.
Alex Mordvintsev has worked for almost 10 years
with various industrial and research applications of image processing and computer vision. In 2014 he started working at Google Zurich on artificial intelligence (AI) and neural networks (machine learning and deep neural networks).
In 2015, Alex developed the DeepDream algorithm, the models of which aroused great public interest in artificial intelligence. Jana Sam, his wife and source of inspiration, supports him in the artistic aspects of his research.
Like most people, the artist couple want information technology to be useful and accessible to all. Artificial intelligence and neural networks are currently among the most exciting topics in the digital world. The artists operate with overwhelming amounts of data in multidimensional spaces where human intuition does not work.
Using the DeepDream algorithm, both artists create a connection between abstract mathematical spaces and the visual language of visual art. The pictures find surprising resonance with our own visions, are perceived as strange but at the same time beautiful. Alex Mordvintsev and Jana Sam have neural networks create images that can hardly be distinguished from human psychedelic art (Psychedelic Art / Psychedelia).
The two artists have great expertise in contemporary artificial intelligence and are continuously developing new techniques. Her pictures show the human subconscious, wishes and emotions, spirituality, memories and fantasies. This makes the viewer pensive, surprises with colours, positive and cheerful emotions and ideas and repeatedly gives the feeling that the characteristics and peculiarities of impressionism of the past are transformed into elements of inceptionism (psychedelic image recognition or pattern recognition of neural networks) of the future.
For more details see: Art Me Association / Horgen, Switzerland / www.artme.ch
About the fair:
The 20th edition of the International Art Fair in Zurich.
The ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH art fair, rich in tradition, will be held from September 20-23, 2018, in the heart of the trendy district of Zurich West.
ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH is not only an art marketplace, but also a forum for lively exchange. Since 1999, the art fair has established itself with quality and internationality as a public trade and public fair in Zurich. The fair has developed into an institution on the Swiss art market that art-loving people can no longer ignore. Modern and young art is presented here in a refreshingly relaxed way, including new discoveries!
ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH 2018
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Puls 5, Zurich
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List of exhibitors: art-zurich.com/files/2018/exhibitors/index.html
Exhibition catalogue: art-zurich.com/files/2018/catalogue/index.html
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Cop shot dead in Rollington Town, East Kingston
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The entrance to the Rollington Town Police Station in East Kingston.
A policeman was shot and killed by unknown assailants in Rollington Town, Kingston in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.
Police reports are that sometime after 1:00 a.m., the lawman who was from the Mobile Reserve, went to a bar close by the Rollington Town Police Station in the Kingston Eastern Police Division to pick up someone, and was attacked and shot by two gunmen.
The injured cop reportedly ran towards the police station, but collapsed before getting there.
The police were called to the scene, and the injured officer was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The name of the deceased policeman has been withheld to give the authorities time to notify his family of the development.
The last cop killing locally also occurred in the Kingston Eastern Police Division. On April 14 this year, the body of District Constable Michael Alladice, who was attached to the neighbouring Kingston Central Police Division, was found by residents slumped over the wheels of his private Toyota Probox motorcar that was parked along Windward Road in the Rockfort area. He had been shot in the head.
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Northern College President Dr. Fred Gibbons Announces Retirement in June 2020
Northern College November 27, 2019 News and Events, Presidential Search
TIMMINS, ON: Northern College’s Board of Governors, Administration, Faculty and Staff announce with mixed emotions the coming retirement of longstanding President & CEO Dr. Fred Gibbons.
Appointed as President in June 2009, Dr. Gibbons has been a dedicated, passionate and energetic leader for Northern College. President Gibbons has been instrumental in positioning Northern as a college of choice for students, industry and community partners. He spearheaded various initiatives to improve and expand campus facilities and has forged partnerships and collaborations that have moved the college forward while benefiting communities within the College’s catchment area.
Under his leadership, the college has seen major construction projects completed with the opening of the Centre of Excellence for Trades in Technology in 2010; the addition of the East End Family Health Team’s new facilities in 2010; and most recently the opening of the Integrated Emergency Services Complex in 2018. Northern College’s expansion does not stop there with the anticipated opening of a newly created Mining Innovation Hub, expected to open in the spring of 2020. With these expanded research and innovation facilities, Northern College will continue to assist small and medium businesses innovate and develop new products and process efficiencies, while providing experiential learning opportunities for students.
During his tenure President Gibbons focused on creating learning environments across its four campuses that allowed staff to excel in their profession and for learners to receive an exceptional education, preparing them for entry into the workforce.
“There is something very special about working for a community college because you are at the heart of transforming the lives of your students whether young or mature. Students come to us with dreams and ambitions and our role is to prepare them for success and to realize those aspirations,” stated Gibbons. “As part of that process I have had the privilege of working with some very special people and a very dedicated group of staff who put students first, the results of which saw Northern College ranked number one provincially for employer satisfaction with its graduates.”
“On behalf of the Board of Governors and the entire Northern College community, I offer our sincere congratulations and heartfelt thanks to Dr. Gibbons for his tireless dedication over the past 10 years as President and CEO. Under President Gibbons’ leadership, we have seen the college expand and thrive” said George Pirie, Chair of Northern College’s Board of Governors. “We have also seen the creation of foundational partnerships with school boards, and Indigenous organizations and communities.”
Over his tenure as President, the College has sustained its domestic student enrolment despite declining demographics and has seen international student enrolment grow exponentially both at its local campuses and with its partner in Toronto.
Along with its presence in Haileybury, Kirkland Lake, Moosonee and Timmins, the College is also a leader in international education with partnerships in Toronto and China.
Over his 25-year career at Northern College, Fred has not only been dedicated to the College’s success but also to the region’s social and economic development, serving as a member and President of the Timmins Chamber of Commerce, as Director on the Timmins & District Hospital Board, and as Chair of the Timmins Economic Development Corporation. Through his participation on other various local, provincial and national committees, including Chair of Colleges Ontario and Chair of the Committee of Presidents representing 24 Ontario colleges, Fred has been a strong advocate for the north and contributed to advancing postsecondary education and training, for the benefit of learners and all of the communities within our college catchment area and beyond.
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Measure For Measure: Novel Summary: Act 1, Scene 1
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The Duke of Vienna talks to one of his advisors, Escalus, about having to leave the city. He decides that he will leave Lord Angelo to rule in his place. Escalus agrees it's a good idea, and the Duke summons Angelo. When he comes he is flattered by the offer and accepts readily. Escalus talks to him about advising him, and Angelo agrees to follow his advice.
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The process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition
Triage station at the Pentagon after the impact of American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition. This rations patient treatment efficiently when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately; influencing the order and priority of emergency treatment, emergency transport, or transport destination for the patient.
This article covers the various types of triage systems as it occurs in medical emergencies, including the prehospital setting, disasters, and emergency department treatment, along with their limitations and ethical considerations.
The term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to separate, sort, shift or select.[1]
Triage station, Suippes, France, World War I
Modern medical triage was invented by Dominique Jean Larrey, a surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars, who "treat[ed] the wounded according to the observed gravity of their injuries and the urgency for medical care, regardless of their rank or nationality",[2] though the general concept of prioritizing by prognosis is foreshadowed in a 17th-century BCE Egyptian document.[3] Triage was used further during World War I by French doctors treating the battlefield wounded at the aid stations behind the front. Those responsible for the removal of the wounded from a battlefield or their care afterwards would divide the victims into three categories:[4][5]
Those who are likely to live, regardless of what care they receive;
Those who are unlikely to live, regardless of what care they receive;
Those for whom immediate care might make a positive difference in outcome.
For many emergency medical services (EMS) systems, a similar model may sometimes still be applied. In the earliest stages of an incident, such as when one or two paramedics exist to twenty or more patients, practicality demands that the above, more "primitive" model will be used. However, once a full response has occurred and many hands are available, paramedics will usually use the model included in their service policy and standing orders.
As medical technology has advanced, so have modern approaches to triage, which are increasingly based on scientific models. The categorizations of the victims are frequently the result of triage scores based on specific physiological assessment findings. Some models, such as the START model may be algorithm-based. As triage concepts become more sophisticated, triage guidance is also evolving into both software and hardware decision support products for use by caregivers in both hospitals and the field.[6]
Vital signs defining the color-coded triage. RR: respiratory rate; SpO2: saturation of peripheral oxygen (pulse oxymetry); HR: heart rate; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; Tp: temperature. Abnormal vital signs are strong predictors for intensive care unit admission and in-hospital mortality in adults triaged in the emergency department.
This section is for concepts in triage. See other sections for specific triage tools, methods, and systems
Simple triage
Simple triage is usually used in a scene of an accident or "mass-casualty incident" (MCI), in order to sort patients into those who need critical attention and immediate transport to the hospital and those with less serious injuries. This step can be started before transportation becomes available.
Upon completion of the initial assessment by physicians, nurses or paramedical personnel, each patient may be labelled which may identify the patient, display assessment findings, and identify the priority of the patient's need for medical treatment and transport from the emergency scene. At its most primitive, patients may be simply marked with coloured flagging tape or with marker pens. Pre-printed cards for this purpose are known as a triage tags.[7]
Many triage systems use triage tags with specific formats
Emergency Triage (E/T) Lights - particularly useful at night or under adverse conditions
A triage tag is a prefabricated label placed on each patient that serves to accomplish several objectives:
identify the patient.
bear record of assessment findings.
identify the priority of the patient's need for medical treatment and transport from the emergency scene.
track the patients' progress through the triage process.
identify additional hazards such as contamination.
Triage tags may take a variety of forms. Some countries use a nationally standardized triage tag,[8] while in other countries commercially available triage tags are used, and these will vary by jurisdictional choice.[9] The most commonly used commercial systems include the METTAG,[10] the SMARTTAG,[11] E/T LIGHT tm[12] and the CRUCIFORM systems.[13] More advanced tagging systems incorporate special markers to indicate whether or not patients have been contaminated by hazardous materials, and also tear off strips for tracking the movement of patients through the process. Some of these tracking systems are beginning to incorporate the use of handheld computers, and in some cases, bar code scanners.
Advanced triage
For classifications, see the specific section for that topic.
In advanced triage, specially trained doctors, nurses and paramedics may decide that some seriously injured people should not receive advanced care because they are unlikely to survive. It is used to divert scarce resources away from patients with little chance of survival in order to increase the chances for others with higher likelihoods.
The use of advanced triage may become necessary when medical professionals decide that the medical resources available are not sufficient to treat all the people who need help. The treatment being prioritized can include the time spent on medical care, or drugs or other limited resources. This has happened in disasters such as terrorist attacks, mass shootings, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, and rail accidents. In these cases some percentage of patients will die regardless of medical care because of the severity of their injuries. Others would live if given immediate medical care, but would die without it.
In these extreme situations, any medical care given to people who will die anyway can be considered to be care withdrawn from others who might have survived (or perhaps suffered less severe disability from their injuries) had they been treated instead. It becomes the task of the disaster medical authorities to set aside some victims as hopeless, to avoid trying to save one life at the expense of several others.
If immediate treatment is successful, the patient may improve (although this may be temporary) and this improvement may allow the patient to be categorized to a lower priority in the short term. Triage should be a continuous process and categories should be checked regularly to ensure that the priority remains correct given the patient's condition. A trauma score is invariably taken when the victim first comes into hospital and subsequent trauma scores are taken to account for any changes in the victim's physiological parameters. If a record is maintained, the receiving hospital doctor can see a trauma score time series from the start of the incident, which may allow definitive treatment earlier.
Reverse triage
Usually, triage refers to prioritizing admission. A similar process can be applied to discharging patients early when the medical system is stressed. This process has been called "reverse triage".[14] When a major wave of patients arrive to a hospital, such as immediately after a natural disaster, many hospital beds will be already occupied by regular non-critical patients. To accommodate a greater number of the new critical patients, the existing patients may be triaged, and those who will not need immediate care can be discharged until the surge has dissipated, for example through the establishment of temporary medical facilities in the region.
Undertriage and overtriage
Undertriage is underestimating the severity of an illness or injury. An example of this would be categorizing a Priority 1 (Immediate) patient as a Priority 2 (Delayed) or Priority 3 (Minimal). Historically, acceptable undertriage rates have been deemed 5% or less.
Overtriage is the overestimating of the severity of an illness or injury. An example of this would be categorizing a Priority 3 (Minimal) patient as a Priority 2 (Delayed) or Priority 1 (Immediate). Acceptable overtriage rates have been typically up to 50% in an effort to avoid undertriage. Some studies suggest that overtriage is less likely to occur when triaging is performed by hospital medical teams, rather than paramedics or EMTs.[15]
Telephone triage
In telephone triage, decision makers over the phone must effectively assess the patient's symptoms and provide directives based on the urgency. This should be done in a timely fashion while meeting standard guidelines in order to prevent symptoms from worsening.[16]
This section is for general concepts in triage-based treatment options and outcomes. For specific triage systems and methods see the sections dedicated to that topic.
For patients that have a poor prognosis and are expected to die regardless of the medical treatment available, palliative care such as painkillers may be given to ease suffering before they die.
In the field, triage sets priorities for evacuation or relocation to other care facilities.[17]
Alternative care facilities
Alternative care facilities are places that are set up for the care of large numbers of patients, or are places that could be so set up. Examples include schools, sports stadiums, and large camps that can be prepared and used for the care, feeding, and holding of large numbers of victims of a mass casualty or other type of event.[18] Such improvised facilities are generally developed in cooperation with the local hospital, which sees them as a strategy for creating surge capacity. While hospitals remain the preferred destination for all patients, during a mass casualty event such improvised facilities may be required in order to divert low-acuity patients away from hospitals in order to prevent the hospitals becoming overwhelmed.
Secondary (in-hospital) triage
In advanced triage systems, secondary triage is typically implemented by emergency nurses, skilled paramedics, or battlefield medical personnel within the emergency departments of hospitals during disasters, injured people are sorted into five categories.[19]
Some crippling injuries, even if not life-threatening, may be elevated in priority based on the available capabilities. During peacetime, most amputation injuries may be triaged "Red" because surgical reattachment must take place within minutes, even though in all probability the person will not die without a thumb or hand.
Specific systems
A triage sign at a Mexican emergency department indicating the waiting time for patients based on the severity of their condition
This section is for examples of specific triage systems and methods. For general triage concepts, see the sections for types of triage, treatment options, and outcomes.
Practical applied triage
During the early stages of an incident, first responders may be overwhelmed by the scope of patients and injuries. One valuable technique is the Patient Assist Method (PAM). The responders quickly establish a casualty collection point (CCP) and advise, either by yelling, or over a loudspeaker, that "anyone requiring assistance should move to the selected area (CCP)". This does several things at once, it identifies patients that are not so severely injured, that they need immediate help, it physically clears the scene, and provides possible assistants to the responders. As those who can move, do so, the responders then ask, "anyone who still needs assistance, yell out or raise your hands"; this further identifies patients who are responsive, yet maybe unable to move. Now the responders can rapidly assess the remaining patients who are either expectant, or are in need of immediate aid. From that point the first responder is quickly able to identify those in need of immediate attention, while not being distracted or overwhelmed by the magnitude of the situation. Using this method assumes the ability to hear. Deaf, partially deaf, or victims of a large blast injury may not be able to hear these instructions.
Scoring systems
Examples of scoring systems used:
In Western Europe the Triage Revised Trauma Score (TRTS) is sometimes used and integrated into triage cards.[20]
The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is another example of a trauma scoring system. This assigns a score from 0 to 75 based on severity of injury to the human body divided into three categories: A (face/neck/head), B(thorax/abdomen), C(extremities/external/skin). Each category is scored from 0 to 5 using the Abbreviated Injury Scale, from uninjured to critically injured, which is then squared and summed to create the ISS. A score of 6, for "unsurvivable", can also be used for any of the three categories, and automatically sets the score to 75 regardless of other scores. Depending on the triage situation, this may indicate either that the patient is a first priority for care, or that he or she will not receive care owing to the need to conserve care for more likely survivors.
S.T.A.R.T. model
S.T.A.R.T. (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment) is a simple triage system that can be performed by lightly trained lay and emergency personnel in emergencies.[21] It is not intended to supersede or instruct medical personnel or techniques. It has been taught to California emergency workers for use in earthquakes. It was developed at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, California for use by emergency services. It has been field-proven in mass casualty incidents such as train wrecks and bus accidents. Though it was developed by community emergency response teams (CERTs) and firefighters after earthquakes.
Triage separates the injured into four groups:
The expectant who are beyond help
The injured who can be helped by immediate transportation
The injured whose transport can be delayed
Those with minor injuries, who need help less urgently
Triage also sets priorities for evacuation and transport as follows:
Deceased are left where they fell. These include those who aren't breathing and repositioning their airway efforts were unsuccessful.
Immediate or Priority 1 (red) evacuation by MEDEVAC if available or ambulance as they need advanced medical care at once or within 1 hour. These people are in critical condition and would die without immediate assistance.
Delayed or Priority 2 (yellow) can have their medical evacuation delayed until all immediate people have been transported. These people are in stable condition but require medical assistance.
Minor or Priority 3 (green) are not evacuated until all immediate and delayed persons have been evacuated. These will not need advanced medical care for at least several hours. Continue to re-triage in case their condition worsens. These people are able to walk, and may only need bandages and antiseptic.
JumpSTART triage
The JumpSTART pediatric triage MCI triage tool is a variation of the S.T.A.R.T. model. Both systems are used to sort patients into categories at mass casualty incidents (MCIs). However, JumpSTART was designed specifically for triaging children in disaster settings. Though JumpSTART was developed for use in children from infancy to age 8, where age is not immediately obvious, it is used in any patient who appears to be a child (patients who appear to be young adults are triaged using START).[22]
Hospital systems
Within the hospital system, the first stage on arrival at the emergency department is assessment by the hospital triage nurse. This nurse will evaluate the patient's condition, as well as any changes, and will determine their priority for admission to the emergency department and also for treatment.[23] Once emergency assessment and treatment are complete, the patient may need to be referred to the hospital's internal triage system.
For a typical inpatient hospital triage system, a triage nurse or physician will either field requests for admission from the ER physician on patients needing admission or from physicians taking care of patients from other floors who can be transferred because they no longer need that level of care (i.e. intensive care unit patient is stable for the medical floor). This helps patient flow more efficient in the hospital.
This triage position is often done by a hospitalist. A major factor contributing to the triage decision is available hospital bed space. The triage hospitalist must determine, in conjunction with a hospital's "bed control" and admitting team, what beds are available for optimal utilization of resources in order to provide safe care to all patients. A typical surgical team will have their own system of triage for trauma and general surgery patients. This is also true for neurology and neurosurgical services. The overall goal of triage, in this system, is to both determine if a patient is appropriate for a given level of care and to ensure that hospital resources are utilized effectively.
Conventional classifications
In an advanced triage process injured people are sorted into categories. Conventionally there are five classifications with corresponding colors and numbers although this may vary by region.[19]
Black / Expectant: They are so severely injured that they will die of their injuries, possibly in hours or days (large-area burns, severe trauma, lethal radiation dose), or in life-threatening medical crisis that they are unlikely to survive given the care available (cardiac arrest, septic shock, severe head or chest wounds); their treatment is usually palliative, such as being given painkillers, to reduce suffering.
Red / Immediate: They require immediate surgery or other life-saving intervention, and have first priority for surgical teams or transport to advanced facilities; they "cannot wait" but are likely to survive with immediate treatment.
Yellow / Observation: Their condition is stable for the moment but requires watching by trained persons and frequent re-triage, will need hospital care (and would receive immediate priority care under "normal" circumstances).
Green / Wait (walking wounded): They will require a doctor's care in several hours or days but not immediately, may wait for a number of hours or be told to go home and come back the next day (broken bones without compound fractures, many soft tissue injuries).
White / Dismiss (walking wounded): They have minor injuries; first aid and home care are sufficient, a doctor's care is not required. Injuries are along the lines of cuts and scrapes, or minor burns.
The Australasian Triage Scale (abbreviated ATS and formally known as the National Triage Scale) is a triage system that is implemented in both Australia and New Zealand.[24][25] The scale has been in use since 1994.[26] The scale consists of 5 levels, with 1 being the most critical (resuscitation), and 5 being the least critical (nonurgent).[24]
Australasian Triage Scale
Should be seen by provider within
1 Resuscitation 0 minutes
2 Emergency 10 minutes
3 Urgent 30 minutes
4 Semi-Urgent 60 minutes
5 Nonurgent 120 minutes
In the mid-1980s, The Victoria General Hospital, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, introduced paramedic triage in its Emergency Department. Unlike all other centres in North America that employ physician and primarily nurse triage models, this hospital began the practice of employing Primary Care level paramedics to perform triage upon entry to the Emergency Department. In 1997, following the amalgamation of two of the city's largest hospitals, the Emergency Department at the Victoria General closed. The paramedic triage system was moved to the city's only remaining adult emergency department, located at the New Halifax Infirmary. In 2006, a triage protocol on whom to exclude from treatment during a flu pandemic was written by a team of critical-care doctors at the behest of the Ontario government.
For routine emergencies, many locales in Canada now employ the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) for all incoming patients.[27] The system categorizes patients by both injury and physiological findings, and ranks them by severity from 1-5 (1 being highest). The model is used by both paramedics and E/R nurses, and also for pre-arrival notifications in some cases. The model provides a common frame of reference for both nurses and paramedics, although the two groups do not always agree on scoring. It also provides a method, in some communities, for benchmarking the accuracy of pre-triage of calls using AMPDS (What percentage of emergency calls have return priorities of CTAS 1,2,3, etc.) and these findings are reported as part of a municipal performance benchmarking initiative in Ontario. Curiously enough the model is not currently used for mass casualty triage, and is replaced by the START protocol and METTAG triage tags.[28]
Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS)
4 Less Urgent 60 minutes
5 Non Urgent 120 minutes
Triage at an accident scene is performed by a paramedic or an emergency physician, using the four-level scale of Can wait, Has to wait, Cannot wait, and Lost.
In France, the Prehospital triage in case of a disaster uses a four-level scale:
DCD: décédé (deceased), or urgence dépassée (beyond urgency)
UA: urgence absolue (absolute urgency)
UR: urgence relative (relative urgency)
UMP: urgence médico-psychologique (medical-psychological urgency) or impliqué (implied, i.e. lightly wounded or just psychologically shocked).
This triage is performed by a physician called médecin trieur (sorting medic).[29] This triage is usually performed at the field hospital (PMA-poste médical avancé, i.e. forward medical post). The absolute urgencies are usually treated onsite (the PMA has an operating room) or evacuated to a hospital. The relative urgencies are just placed under watch, waiting for an evacuation. The involved are addressed to another structure called the CUMP-Cellule d'urgence médico-psychologique (medical-psychological urgency cell); this is a resting zone, with food and possibly temporary lodging, and a psychologist to take care of the brief reactive psychosis and avoid post-traumatic stress disorder.
In the emergency department of a hospital, the triage is performed by a physician called MAO-médecin d'accueil et d'orientation (reception and orientation physician), and a nurse called IOA- infirmière d'organisation et d'accueil (organisation and reception nurse). Some hospitals and SAMU organisations now use the "Cruciform" card referred to elsewhere.
France has also a Phone Triage system for Medical Emergencies Phone Demands in its Samu Medical Regulation Centers through the 15 medical free national hot line. "Medical Doctor Regulator" decides what is to be the most efficient solution = Emergency Telemedecine or dispatch of an Ambulance, a General Practitioner or a Physician+ Nurse + Ambulance Man, Hospital based MICU (Mobile Intensive Care Unit).
Preliminary assessment of injuries is usually done by the first ambulance crew on scene, with this role being assumed by the first doctor arriving at the scene. As a rule, there will be no cardiopulmonary resuscitation, so patients who do not breathe on their own or develop circulation after their airways are cleared will be tagged "deceased". Also, not every major injury automatically qualifies for a red tag. A patient with a traumatic amputation of the forearm might just be tagged yellow, have the bleeding stopped, and then be sent to a hospital when possible. After the preliminary assessment, a more specific and definite triage will follow, as soon as patients are brought to a field treatment facility. There, they will be disrobed and fully examined by an emergency physician. This will take approximately 90 seconds per patient.[30]
The German triage system also uses four, sometimes five colour codes to denote the urgency of treatment.[31] Typically, every ambulance is equipped with a folder or bag with coloured ribbons or triage tags. The urgency is denoted as follows:
T1 (I) Acute danger for life Immediate treatment, transport as soon as possible Arterial lesions, internal haemorrhage, major amputations
T2 (II) Severe injury Constant observation and rapid treatment, transport as soon as practical Minor amputations, flesh wounds, fractures and dislocations
T3 (III) Minor injury or no injury Treatment when practical, transport and/or discharge when possible Minor lacerations, sprains, abrasions
T4 (IV) No or small chance of survival Observation and if possible administration of analgesics Severe injuries, uncompensated blood loss, negative neurological assessment
Deceased Collection and guarding of bodies, identification when possible Injuries not compatible with life, no spontaneous breathing after clearing of airway, downgraded from T1-4
In Hong Kong, triage in Accident & Emergency Departments is performed by experienced registered nurses, patients are divided into five triage categories: Critical, Emergency, Urgent, Semi-urgent and Non-urgent.[32]
In Japan, the triage system is mainly used by health professionals. The categories of triage, in corresponding color codes, are:
Category I: Used for viable victims with potentially life-threatening conditions.
Category II: Used for victims with non-life-threatening injuries, but who urgently require treatment.
Category III: Used for victims with minor injuries that do not require ambulance transport.
Category 0: Used for victims who are dead, or whose injuries make survival unlikely.
All public hospitals in Singapore use the Patient Acuity Category Scale (PACS) to triage patient in Emergency Departement. PACS is a symptom-based differential diagnosis approach that triages patients according to their presenting complaints and objective assessments such as vital signs and Glasgow Coma Scale, allowing acute patients to be identified quickly for treatment. PACS classifies patients into four main categories: P1, P2, P3, and P4.[33]
Patient Acuity Category Scale
Category (Priority Level)
P1 Critically ill and requires resuscitation State of cardiovascular collapse or in imminent danger of collapse and require immediate medical attention. Multiple major trauma, head injury with loss of consciousness, shortness of breath, unconsciousness from any cause
P2 Major emergency unable to walk and are in some form of distress, appear stable on initial examination, and are not in imminent danger of collapse, requires very early attention Chest pain, major limb fractures, major joint dislocations, spinal cord injury, trunk injury with stable vital signs
P3 Minor emergency able to walk, have mild to moderate symptoms and require early treatment All sprains, mild constant abdominal pain, fever with cough for several days, insect stings or animal bites (not in severe distress), superficial injuries with or without mild bleeding, minor head injury (alert, no vomiting), foreign object in ear, nose, or throat, urinary tract infections, headaches.
P4 Nonemergency Old injury or condition that has been present for a long time. Chronic lower back pain, high cholesterol, acne.
In Spain, there are 2 models which are the most common found in hospitals around the country:
The Sistema Estructurado de Triaje (SET), which is an adaptation of the Model Andorrà de Triatge (MAT). The system uses 650 reasons for medical appointment in 32 symptomatic categories, that together with some patient information and basic exploratory data, classifies the emergency within 5 levels of urgency.
The "Manchester", based on the system with the same name in the UK,[34] use 51 reasons for consultation. Through some yes/no questions, addressed in a diagram, it classifies the emergency in 5 severities.
Some autonomous communities in Spain, like Navarre and the Valencian Community, have created their own systems for the community own hospitals.
In the UK, the commonly used triage system is the Smart Incident Command System,[35] taught on the MIMMS (Major Incident Medical Management (and) Support) training program.[36] The UK Armed Forces use this system on operations. This grades casualties from Priority 1 (needs immediate treatment) to Priority 3 (can wait for delayed treatment). There is an additional Priority 4 (expectant, likely to die even with treatment) but the use of this category requires senior medical authority.
In the UK and Europe, the triage process used is sometimes similar to that of the United States (see below), but the categories are different:[37]
Dead - patients who have a trauma score of 0 to 2 and are beyond help
Priority 1 - patients who have a trauma score of 3 to 10 (RTS) and need immediate attention
Priority 2 - patients who have a trauma score of 10 or 11 and can wait for a short time before transport to definitive medical attention
Priority 3 - patients who have a trauma score of 12 (maximum score) and can be delayed before transport from the scene
Triage in a multi-scale destruction, disaster, catastrophic, casualty event, such as following a tornado or an explosion in a populated area, first responders follow a similar triage category scale as the US military. The civilian medical industry uses a similar system for triage. Normally medical personnel aren't immediately available on scene. First responders are usually the first to arrive on scene. They could be police, fire rescue, paramedics, or community individuals with disaster training (CERT certified). They are trained to perform first aid, basic life saving and rescue techniques while performing the greatest good, for the greatest number of people. They will rapidly classify victims and sort them into 4 categories, treating quickly as they go. This system is intended to rapidly identify and classify victims for arriving transport or advanced care medical personnel such as doctors and nurses. The local National Guard and other military units responding would be using the military system of triage rather than civilian. The triage categories are general and the names may vary by region of the nation:
Minimal: Known as walking wounded or uninjured, green classified individuals typically require very little medical aid if any. Their injuries are minor, usually scrapes, cuts, and bruising with normal capillary refill. They can walk, function freely without assistance, are cognizant, and able to respond accurately to questioning. These individuals will sometimes be asked to assist the responder with transport and applying direct aid to other victims. They will afterwards be staged in an area to be checked more thoroughly later.
Injured - Moderate: Yellow individuals require medical attention but it is not needed immediately. Individuals in this category may have cuts, bruises, lacerations, some confusion, minor fractures, and a capillary refill between 4 and 7 seconds (sometimes longer in cold environments). Field dressing of the wounds is usually applied quickly. Fractures are stabilized and individuals listed as green will be asked to assist with collection of yellow individuals for transport to the medical staging area.
Immediate - Severe: Red requires immediate medical attention and will not survive if not seen soon. A person with a severe head injury, multiple fractures to the skeletal system, fractures in delicate areas such as the spinal cord, massive confusion, in-cohesive, unable to answer simple questions, unresponsive but with vital signs, arterial bleeding, internal bleeding, or capillary refill exceeding 7 seconds is classified red. Immediate aid is applied to stop external arterial bleeding and airways are adjusted to ensure un-obstruction as they are carefully moved to a medical staging area, usually with the aid of those marked green or unable to provide medical assistance.
Presumed Deceased: Individuals listed as black have died. The person's pulse and breathing is checked to confirm no vitals present. In low scale disaster with few victims involved, immediate CPR is started in attempt to revive the vital signs. In larger events with more victims, the head is positioned to open the airway, the body is rolled onto its side and the responder will move on to the next victim. The positioning is done so if the body's vitals return, vomiting will not be as likely to choke the victim. The bodies will not be collected until all surviving individuals have been removed from the immediate disaster area. There will be a body collection staging area set up away from any medical staging areas. Usually this will begin the recovery phase.
United States military
A battlefield situation, however, requires medics and corpsmen to rank casualties for precedence in MEDEVAC or CASEVAC. The casualties are then transported to a higher level of care, either a Forward Surgical Team or Combat Support Hospital and re-triaged by a nurse or doctor. In a combat situation, the triage system is based solely on resources and ability to save the maximum number of lives within the means of the hospital supplies and personnel.
The triage categories (with corresponding color codes), in precedence, are:
Immediate: The casualty requires immediate medical attention and will not survive if not treated soon. Any compromise to the casualty's respiration, hemorrhage control, or shock control could be fatal.
Delayed: The casualty requires medical attention within 6 hours. Injuries are potentially life-threatening, but can wait until the Immediate casualties are stabilized and evacuated.
Minimal: "Walking wounded," the casualty requires medical attention when all higher priority patients have been evacuated, and may not require stabilization or monitoring.
Expectant: The casualty is expected not to reach higher medical support alive without compromising the treatment of higher priority patients. Care should not be abandoned, spare any remaining time and resources after Immediate and Delayed patients have been treated.[38]
Afterwards, casualties are given an evacuation priority based on need:
Urgent: evacuation is required within two hours to save life or limb.
Priority: evacuation is necessary within four hours or the casualty will deteriorate to "Urgent".
Routine: evacuate within 24 hours to complete treatment.
In a "naval combat situation", the triage officer must weigh the tactical situation with supplies on hand and the realistic capacity of the medical personnel. This process can be ever-changing, dependent upon the situation and must attempt to do the maximum good for the maximum number of casualties.[39]
Field assessments are made by two methods: primary survey (used to detect & treat life-threatening injuries) and secondary survey (used to treat non-life-threatening injuries) with the following categories:
Class I: Patients who require minor treatment and can return to duty in a short period of time.
Class II: Patients whose injuries require immediate life sustaining measures.
Class III: Patients for whom definitive treatment can be delayed without loss of life or limb.
Class IV: Patients requiring such extensive care beyond medical personnel capability and time.
Limitations of current practices
Notions of mass casualty triage as an efficient rationing process of determining priority based upon injury severity are not supported by research, evaluation and testing of current triage practices, which lack scientific and methodological bases. START and START-like (START) triage that use color-coded categories to prioritize provide poor assessments of injury severity and then leave it to providers to subjectively order and allocate resources within flawed categories.[40] Some of these limitations include:
lacking the clear goal of maximizing the number of lives saved, as well as the focus, design and objective methodology to accomplish that goal (a protocol of taking the worst Immediate - lowest chances for survival - first can be statistically invalid and dangerous)[40][41]
using trauma measures that are problematic (e.g., capillary refill)[41] and grouping into broad color-coded categories that are not in accordance with injury severities, medical evidence and needs. Categories do not differentiate among injury severities and survival probabilities, and are invalid based on categorical definitions and evacuation priorities
ordering (prioritization) and allocating resources subjectively within Immediate and Delayed categories, which are neither reproducible nor scalable, with little chance of being optimal[40]
not considering/addressing size of incident, resources, and injury severities and prioritization within its categories[40][41] - e.g., protocol does not change whether 3, 30 or 3,000 casualties require its use, and regardless of available resources to be rationed
not considering differences in injury severities and survival probabilities between types of trauma (blunt versus penetrating, etc.) and ages
resulting in inconsistent tagging and prioritizing/ordering of casualties and substantial overtriage
Research indicates there are wide ranges and overlaps of survival probabilities of the Immediate and Delayed categories, and other START limitations. The same physiologic measures can have markedly different survival probabilities for blunt and penetrating injuries. For example, a START Delayed (second priority) can have a survival probability of 63% for blunt trauma and a survival probability of 32% for penetrating trauma with the same physiological measures - both with expected rapid deterioration, while a START Immediate (first priority) can have survival probabilities that extend to above 95% with expected slow deterioration. Age categories exacerbate this. For example, a geriatric patient with a penetrating injury in the Delayed category can have an 8% survival probability, and a pediatric patient in the Immediate category can have a 98% survival probability. Issues with the other START categories have also been noted.[41] In this context, color-coded tagging accuracy metrics are not scientifically meaningful.
Poor assessments, invalid categories, no objective methodology and tools for prioritizing casualties and allocating resources, and a protocol of worst first triage provide some challenges for emergency and disaster preparedness and response. These are clear obstacles for efficient triage and resource rationing, for maximizing savings of lives, for best practices and National Incident Management System (NIMS) compatibilities,[42][43][44] and for effective response planning and training.
Inefficient triage also provides challenges in containing health care costs and waste. Field triage is based upon the notion of up to 50% overtriage as being acceptable. There have been no cost-benefit analyses of the costs and mitigation of triage inefficiencies embedded in the healthcare system. Such analyses are often required for healthcare grants funded by taxpayers, and represent normal engineering and management science practice. These inefficiencies relate to the following cost areas:
tremendous investment in time and money since 9/11 to develop and improve responders' triage skills[41]
cited benefits from standardization of triage methodology, reproducibility and interoperability,[41] and NIMS compatibilities
avoided capital costs for taxpayer investment in additional EMS and trauma infrastructure[45]
wasteful daily resource utilization and increased operating costs from acceptance of substantial levels of overtriage
prescribed values of a statistical life[46] and estimated savings in human lives that could reasonably be expected using evidence-based triage practices
ongoing performance improvements[42] that could reasonably be expected from a more objective optimization-based triage system and practices
Because treatment is intentionally delayed or withheld from patients, triage has ethical implications that complicates the decision-making process.
Since ethical implications vary between different settings and the type of triage system employed, there is often no single gold-standard approach to triage. Once triage decisions have been made, it may be difficult to evaluate afterwards whether the decisions were ethically justified and the appropriate course of action.[47] This can be especially stressful for triage responders who lack experience or support from peers.[48]
It is advised for emergency departments to preemptively plan strategies in attempts to mitigate the emotional burden on these triage responders.[49] While doing so, standards of care must be maintained to preserve the safety of both patients and providers.
Utilitarian approach
Under the utilitarian model, triage decisions are aimed to maximize the most benefits to the most people possible.
During disaster scenarios, this approach is further complicated and may not be entirely possible. Using this approach implies that some individuals may likely suffer or perish in order for the majority to survive. Triage officers must allocate limited resources and weigh an individual's needs with the population as a whole.[50]
Special population groups
There is wide discussion regarding how VIPs and celebrities should be cared for in the emergency department. It is generally argued that giving special considerations or deviating from the standard medical protocol for VIPs or celebrities is unethical due to the cost of others. However, others argue that it may be morally justifiable as long as their treatment does not hinder the needs of others after assessing overall fairness, quality of care, privacy, and other ethical implications.[51]
Combat stress reaction
Hospital emergency codes
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Mental health triage - overview of the Australian concept for dealing with psychiatric emergencies, similar to physical triage
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Slush Pile: Po Pi Po
I’m addicted to this song. Apparently it from a Japanese commercial.
Congratulations marketers!
Mon 28 Mar 2011
The Rain Comes Down
Frigid and I had a long talk before I wrote this post, and I ran the final draft past her before I put it up. She’s still more than a little irritated with me, but she said there’s enough rumors floating around about why things went down they way they did that an accurate explanation won’t upset her more than the rumors.
We wrapped up Project Cut Flowers last week, and it didn’t end as most of you expected. My apologies for that, but operation security required keeping this one close until I was ready to implement it.
As Suncloud personnel massed to attack our skyship, the Dimension Projector began its final countdown. The Projector is an ugly piece of business. It takes everything in its field of fire, disconnects it from its home universe, and throws it away. At the range we were at, it would take out the entire Suncloud and anything attached to it and turn them into a bit of flotsam bobbing in the reality streams between the universes.
I clapped Pipewrench on the back to get his attention as he gave orders to repulse the Suncloud’s assault. He turned on me in irritation then collapsed as the Incapacity Restraint I had slapped on him coursed through his body. It’s a useful little gadget if you don’t have to worry about your prisoner walking on their own feet or answering questions. With Pipewrench safely out of the command loop, I issued my own orders for Technefarious staff to teleport away, starting with those attending to the Projector and finishing with those holding off the Suncloud’s forces.
I stayed behind, waiting for the countdown to get closer to zero. I wasn’t really expecting anyone from the floating island to get to the command center in time to shut it down, but I also didn’t want to take that chance. We have enough enemies on this planet without squaring away an opportunity to get some of them off of it.
That’s when Pipewrench surprised me by talking. I’m still impressed by that. The Incapacity Restraint is pretty hefty piece of technology, and he had started to work around it in just minutes with no tools handy. He was curious about what I was up to. Well, curious understates his intensity. Sufficient to say, despite the effort it took him to gasp his words, he still took the time to pepper his questions with cursing. He couched his question in the form of an accusation, but I felt he deserved an answer.
I told him I had offered the Positronic Ghost a part in Project Cut Flower in exchange for money. The Ghost declined, citing Pipewrench’s involvement with the project. This struck me as curious. Certainly, Technefarious has its share of bad blood among its former employees, but it’s at rate far lower than most villainous organizations, even after factoring in the number that have personally died by my hands. It seems sometime before I joined the organization, Pipewrench had decided the personal limits of Frigid’s chosen moniker. This was unwise, as Frigid’s powers are well balanced between offense and defense. Pipewrench survived the experience, but there were rumors about it even back then. The Positronic Ghost’s vices include recreational snooping, and he happened to catch the event firsthand. When I asked about his distaste for Pipewrench, he shared this bit of history with me.
Although it was before my time, I still frown strongly on criminal activity practiced on fellow members of Technefarious. I have, in fact, slain henchmen for the inability to get along with their fellows. Nevertheless, I am not a hasty man, so I approached Frigid to discuss the matter. She was not pleased with me for bringing up her past with Pipewrench, but as my second-in-command, she has a significant say in our organization. Unaware of their history, I had agreed to set up Project Cut Flowers for him without consulting her. She saw through my soft selling and told me that if she wanted Pipewrench dead, she would have done herself. Furthermore, she then forbade me to kill Pipewrench on her behalf.
My hands tied, I proceeded with Project Cut Flowers as quickly as I could. Despite how irritating I found working with Pipewrench, he never presented an excuse to dispose of him. His use of Technefarious would even ensure he’d succeed in his efforts to send his former countrymen of the Suncloud adrift in the multiverse. Our contract, however, did not say whether or not Pipewrench would accompany them on the journey. After modifying his designs in our drive to save time, my staff had pointed out to me that if certain safeguards were removed, the Dimension Projector would end up traveling with its target, lost among the worlds. Before we had launched the attack, I had made sure those safeguards were removed.
In pain-filled grunts, Pipewrench told me he’d kill me himself. The countdown was almost complete by then, but I took a moment to answer him with some satisfaction that I certainly hope he tried as I was fairly certain Frigid would forgive me for self-defense. Then I allowed our teleportation teams to rescue me from the doomed vessel.
Satellite imagery indicates the skyship with the Dimension Projector disappeared from the Earth the same time as the Suncloud.
Slush Pile: Politics Across the Pond
Something for the Americans today to help expand their political horizons: The sheer awesomeness of Dutch politics.
I love a good parliamentary system.
Making Attack Run
We’re running Operation Cloudburst as I write this. This is the final stage of Project Cut Flowers, where Pipewrench pursues his revenge against his fellow countrymen of the Suncloud by firing his Dimension Projector at their sky-flying island. We didn’t dig too much into the reasons he wants revenge, but he is a villain and this is his response, so I’m guessing it isn’t actually proportional to severity of the harm he received.
Pipewrench is giving the orders to the Technefarious personnel onboard his skyship while I act as the admiral to his captain. As an admiral with only one ship, I’m mostly tracking reports and waiting for my special talents to be needed. So far I’ve plenty of time to type this and have a nice cup of tea.
We got pretty close before we were detected. The invisibility mist cloaking our skyship worked flawlessly right until one of the natives of the Suncloud out on a Sunday flight slammed into us. Unfortunately, she was the fairly sturdy sort, so the collision didn’t knock her out of the sky, nor did the gunfire from our machine/laser/plasma guns.
Our craft is a fairly ugly thing if you could actually see it. It’s basically a big floating platform the size of three warehouses with the Dimension Projector and defensive structures strapped to it. It’s not pretty and takes more people to run than it would have otherwise, but we were hurrying to get this done with. Throw in the Assault teams on board to repel borders, and it’s pretty crowded. We’re basically going to have to moor ourselves to the Suncloud to ensure the Dimension Projector catches it all, so it’s not like we could leave them behind. Teleporting everyone out if something happens to our skyship could get dicey. Good thing we have all those Transportation teams standing by, isn’t it?
Initial contact with the Suncloud’s defenses was fun. They couldn’t see us, so they covered our part of the sky with flak. Theoretically, it either should have hit us or revealed our location by the lack of explosions. Except our force fields shrugged off their shots, and our magicians cast illusions of fake explosions to match the rest of the sky. I’m so glad Dr. Occultomancer built a decent Occult department for Technefarious before I took over.
It’s been easier for the Suncloud’s forces to find us since we’ve made physical contact with the island. Their laser-shooting spider automatons were pretty much useless. Lasers go right through invisible things. We probably would have ignored them, but they started coming onto our skyship. Pipewrench had the Assault teams use them for target practice, which attracted the attention of the Suncloud’s catapults. Catapults are not something I would normally consider a threat, but they’re using grey-goo nanobot shots sheathed in a counter-force field field. Remind me to have the science department steal the latter technology and come up with a better name for it. The goo eats about two feet of material before it burns out. It’s been messy, but with their personal force fields only direct hits are dangerous to our personnel. If the Suncloud keeps it up for much longer, the entire front deck will nothing but dead goo, which the Assault teams are already starting to shovel into foxholes. Remember kids, don’t fire weapons at your enemies that they can build a defense out of.
The human troops from the Suncloud are beginning to assemble behind the automatons now. I expect we’ll see them in direct combat soon.
And there’s a matter that requires my personal attention. Hitting send!
Slush Pile: The History of Earth 616
Bully fills us in on the entire history of the Marvel comics universe.
Eventually he contracted ninjavitus. It was all downhill from there.
It Flies!
Welcome back from your weekend to everyone.
This week we’re doing a test run on Pipewrench’s Dimension Projector. We’ve had to modify it from his original design. The destruction of his earlier build and my desire to wrap up this project means we’ve reduced the amount of automation needed to run the machine. However, that also means we’ll need more personnel to run the equipment. Throw in the assault and extraction teams I intend to bring along, and that calls for making a few shakedown flights before our attack.
I also want to take a moment to remind everyone that although this is Pipewrench’s project, I’m the one in charge. I would also like to remind Pipewrench that while I don’t arbitrarily kill my staff, I still find myself having to execute individual Technefarious employees on a regular basis.
Its overeager creator aside, the Dimension Projector is a slick piece of work. At its core is a Galaticguard Wrist Armory wired to the cutting from the Suncloud’s floating vine and enough Travel Apples to filled a garbage can. Flowing through that unnatural heart are arteries flowing with Cosmic Kinetic Fluid and Essence of the Southern Lights. It should have quite a kick when fired. I certainly wouldn’t want to be standing in front of it when it goes off. Once we have it in the air, we’re going to fire it on its lowest charge to see what happens.
We’ll also be testing the cloaking capabilities of the invisibility mist we collected. If it works against Technefarious sensors, it should hold up against those our target deploys.
For those of you not involved in Project Cut Flower, Frigid is going around this week collecting updates on the progress of some of our other projects. When we have this wrapped up, I have to make a decision on what we’re going to concentrate on next.
This week our propaganda department has decided to inflict culture on us. There will be a performance by some opera singers in Auditorium A on Wednesday if you’re interested. I’m not sure why they’re bothering. There hasn’t been a decent opera riot in ages.
Listen, nobody tell Green Needle about the opera singers, all right? She’d probably make me wear a tux.
In any event, I thought you all might like to know that another package arrived from our enemies at the Golden Web. It was an electronic pocket calculator from the 1970’s. It is still in its original packaging. Nine-volt battery sold separately. I’m going to have to consider our response.
Slush Pile: Bit of Games
A couple of games to look at today. Here’s a taste of the second one first.
I’m getting too old for dungeon crawling.
The first is an iPhone/iPad game called Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP. Superbrothers is apparently the name of the developers. I have no idea what the EP is about. It isn’t out yet, but just look at it.
I love pretty.
Who are you calling pretty?
The second game, Desktop Dungeons, isn’t pretty, but it is fun. Even better, it’s already out and free for Windows and Macs.
FEATURING BOTH HACK AND SLASH!
A roguelike, it takes maybe twenties minutes to play a complete game. Pick your race and class and fight your way through a single level. There’s just enough resources on the map to kill the final boss, assuming you’re smart and lucky.
Muscle Man!
Me, I die a lot.
You unlock new classes and new monsters as you play, so lots of replayability.
Did I say it wasn’t pretty? I lied. The default graphics aren’t as pretty as S:S&S EP, but they look great. Except for the Barbarian. He looks like a baby.
Give me my bottle!
There you go. Something to play, and something to look forward to you. What else could you want?
I Can’t See What I’m Doing
Welcome back to the base for everyone that attended Operation Invisible Distillation and a welcome back from your weekend to everyone else.
I’m writing this with tissues stuffed up my nostrils to deal with my bloody nose. I suppose I could go the medical department for something more dignified, but this is hardly the first time I’ve leaked the red stuff. It will stop soon enough.
This particular op took us to the mythical Caves of Oblivion, which aren’t as unappealing as they sound. Somewhere in prehistory, one of the lost pantheons of gods got into a fight with giant centipedes that were carved out of a mountain range. The Mountain Centipedes turned out to be terribly hard to kill but wouldn’t attack anything they couldn’t see. The gods dealt with them by filling a set of caverns with a mist that turned everything it touched invisible, tricking the bugs in the caves, and sealing the entrance behind them. Since no one else seems to have ever said, “Let’s go to that place where all those invisible monsters are stomping around. That seems like a good idea,” they’ve remained there unmolested for millennium.
We have no particular interest in the Mountain Centipedes, but that invisible mist they live in turns out to be perfect for part of Project Cut Flowers. Working together, the science and occult departments cobbled together some mist collectors, and I teleported into the caves with two of the extraction teams to deploy them.
I was going to have Frigid lead the teams, but Pipewrench insisted on coming along. Since he’s paying the bills on this one, I asked Frigid to mind the store while I kept him from getting killed. Upon reflection, this may have been a mistake, since we could have just stolen all of his stuff if he’d died. Oh well. Live and learn.
The deployment was a delicate business, since we couldn’t actually see anything inside the caves. Oh, we brought our sonar display goggles, but they turned invisible in the mist, seriously hampering their effectiveness. The caves are pretty big, but the bugs are still stomping around down there. Unfortunately, we lost Henchman 41L-9I (Sid) when he got stepped on. The occult department was unable to recover his soul. The divine nature of the Mountain Centipedes should have just destroyed it outright when they killed him, but the occult department tells me the enhancements of the soul catchers kept his intact. However, they could not reel it in before one of Death’s guides escorted him to the afterlife.
I earned the bloody nose at the end of the operation. We had siphoned off enough of the mist that contents of the cave were starting to emerge as faint shadows. I’d love to be able to blame Pipewrench for the injury, but it wasn’t his fault. In addition to our sonar goggles, we were also wearing personal cloaks so we would stay invisible as the mist faded. Unfortunately, the cloak for Henchman 38E-5J (Yuri) failed. One of the giant bugs noticed him within moments. I got smacked in the face knocking him out of the way of the bug’s strike. Once we were clear, a heavy weapons team pumped rockets into the Mountain Centipede, crippling it. Apparently, the problem they had with the bugs in the past was a lack of firepower.
By then we were teleporting collectors and personnel out of the caves, so I came back to my office to tend to my bloody nose and type up this memo. I think I’m going to goof off for a while now. Try not to tear down our organization for the next couple of hours. Remember, the world is already ours – it just doesn’t realize it yet.
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Paul Davis On Crime
News and commentary on organized crime, street crime, white collar crime, cyber crime, sex crime, crime fiction, crime prevention, espionage and terrorism.
Force Protection Level Boosted at DoD Facilities Nationwide
Cheryl Pellerin at the DoD News offers the below report:
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2015 - The commander of U.S. Northern Command has elevated the force protection level for all Defense Department facilities in the continental United States, but not because of a specific threat, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said here today.
Force protection condition levels, or FPCON levels, range from Alpha, which applies when an increased general and unpredictable terrorist threat exists against personnel or facilities, to Delta, which applies in an immediate area where a terrorist attack has occurred or is imminent.
Today, Northcom raised the force protection level at all DoD facilities nationwide from Alpha to Bravo. Bravo applies when an increased or more predictable threat of terrorist activity exists.
"I won't go into the specifics of what that means because it is information that a potential adversary could use against us," Warren said.
But in general, he added, at DoD posts, camps and stations, the elevated FPCON level means more comprehensive checking of those entering the facilities, heightened awareness of personnel at the facilities, and in some circumstances, more security personnel on duty at the facilities.
Increased Vigilance
"As far as what the American public can expect to see," Warren said, "broadly speaking there won't be a change, but in specific areas there could be longer lines as personnel enter posts, camps and stations around the nation, [and this] could have traffic implications."
At Northcom in Colorado Springs, Colorado, spokesman Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh said that raising the baseline force protection condition "was a prudent measure to remind installation commanders at all levels within our area of responsibility to ensure increased vigilance in safeguarding our DoD personnel, installations and facilities."
The raised FPCON level is in addition to random drills or exercises performed at all DoD facilities, Marsh added, "and they're all a means to insure that we effectively execute our force protection mission."
The FPCON level was raised at this time because of a general environment of heightened threats, he said.
"This is the new normal," Marsh said, "so we're going to be doing random security [protection] measures ... to be able to best execute the safety and security of our people and our facilities."
According to Northcom, the commander last raised the FPCON level from Alpha to Bravo in 2011 in preparation for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
At the Pentagon, Warren said, the FPCON level has been at Alpha but "with selected measures from Bravo in effect. Now it's Bravo."
Threat Level 'Has Increased'
This is an acknowledgement, Warren added, that "right now we believe the threat level nationwide has increased."
According to Northcom, the potential for another attack is always possible and implementing random force protection measures is one way to minimize the likelihood of an attack on an installation or service members.
"Some of you can see for yourselves -- you can look at Twitter or at other social media sites and see threats," Warren said.
"We have a little bit more capability than you do so we see a little bit more than you do. Some of [the threats] are international, some are domestic ... but it's an overall increase in the environment," he said.
Warren added, "It's as if the temperature of the water has gone up a degree or two."
Note: In the In the above photo by Mike Kucharek, members of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command monitor systems and networks in the NORAD and Northcom Command Center on Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 29, 2014.
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Apple and the FBI – straight from the horse’s mouth
Posted on February 22, 2016 February 22, 2016 by Peter
Apple has been in the news a lot this past week for its refusal to comply with a court order demanding it to unlock an iPhone used by one of the perpetrators of the San Bernardino massacre. There’s been a lot of ink spilled but there’s still a lot of confusion about what, exactly, the government is ordering Apple to do and why Apple is refusing to do it.
To help explain its position Apple has posted a public FAQ with more details. Among some of the major points:
Apple says the government request would require it to engineer “an entirely new operating system” compromised with flawed security.
Apple admits that it’s possible to do so, but fears that it would eventually end up in the wrong peoples’ hands, and all iPhone users would suffer as a result.
Apple says that it has not unlocked phones for law enforcement in the past.
Our country has always been strongest when we come together. We feel the best way forward would be for the government to withdraw its demands under the All Writs Act and, as some in Congress have proposed, form a commission or other panel of experts on intelligence, technology, and civil liberties to discuss the implications for law enforcement, national security, privacy, and personal freedoms. Apple would gladly participate in such an effort.
It makes for interesting reading. I hope you’ll check it out and come to your own conclusion if Apple’s doing the right thing.
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Hey Peter. This is such a tough issue and it is really sad that the FBI would use the emotional imagery of the victims and terrorism to sway public sentiment in this issue. Its even more sad that people involved such as the prosecution and the judge are either too dumb or too short sighted to believe that this is a one time situation that Apple with be called to do. Finally, the scariest thing of all is that I firmly believe that Apple is fighting a loosing battle on this. I want them to fight to the bitter end and I support them fully but frankly, the legal entities involved understand the law but not technology or the long term ramifications of forcing Apple to unlock a phone “just this once.” Or, maybe they just drink the Koolaid that the US Government is always right and benign in its actions. I am glad that most of the tech world stands united including everyone from tech CEO’s to journalists and enthusiasts such as yourself. I classify myself as an enthusiast but I also have a criminal justice degree (not a law degree), both of which tell me this is very bad. I hate to be a pessimist but I hope to God that Apple pulls through on this one. “It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” -Sir William Blackstone
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The Chloroplast Calcium Sensor CAS Is Required for Photoacclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Dimitris Petroutsos, Andreas Busch, Ingrid Janßen, Kerstin Trompelt, Sonja Verena Bergner, Stefan Weinl, Michael Holtkamp, Uwe Karst, Jörg Kudla, Michael Hippler
Dimitris Petroutsos
Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, 48143 Muenster, Germany
Andreas Busch
Ingrid Janßen
Kerstin Trompelt
Sonja Verena Bergner
Stefan Weinl
Michael Holtkamp
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, 48149 Muenster, Germany
Uwe Karst
Jörg Kudla
Michael Hippler
For correspondence: mhippler@uni-muenster.de
Published August 2011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.111.087973
© 2011 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.
The plant-specific calcium binding protein CAS (calcium sensor) has been localized in chloroplast thylakoid membranes of vascular plants and green algae. To elucidate the function of CAS in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, we generated and analyzed eight independent CAS knockdown C. reinhardtii lines (cas-kd). Upon transfer to high-light (HL) growth conditions, cas-kd lines were unable to properly induce the expression of LHCSR3 protein that is crucial for nonphotochemical quenching. Prolonged exposure to HL revealed a severe light sensitivity of cas-kd lines and caused diminished activity and recovery of photosystem II (PSII). Remarkably, the induction of LHCSR3, the growth of cas-kd lines under HL, and the performance of PSII were fully rescued by increasing the calcium concentration in the growth media. Moreover, perturbing cellular Ca2+ homeostasis by application of the calmodulin antagonist W7 or the G-protein activator mastoparan impaired the induction of LHCSR3 expression in a concentration-dependent manner. Our findings demonstrate that CAS and Ca2+ are critically involved in the regulation of the HL response and particularly in the control of LHCSR3 expression.
Photosynthetic organisms must acclimate to their light environment to optimize photosynthesis and minimize photooxidative damage. In low light (LL), excitation energy is collected to fuel photochemical work, while in high light (HL), excess photons have to be quenched to avoid photodamage. The most rapid response to excess light is provided by a mechanism called nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ). NPQ can be divided in three components: qE, qT, and qI. qT and qI are linked to state transitions and photoinhibitory processes, respectively. The most important constituent of NPQ is qE, which regulates the thermal dissipation of excess absorbed light energy and operates at a time scale of seconds to minutes, allowing for effective photoprotection.
In vascular plants, the photosystem II (PSII) protein PSBS is essential for qE (Li et al., 2000), whereas qE induction in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is mediated by LHCSR3, an ancient light-harvesting protein that is missing in vascular plants (Peers et al., 2009). Interestingly, the moss Physcomitrella patens, which possesses genes encoding for PSBS and LHCSR proteins, uses both types of regulatory proteins to operate qE (Alboresi et al., 2010). This suggests that land plants evolved a novel PSBS-dependent qE mechanism before losing the ancestral LHCSR-dependent qE found in algae. While qE is constitutive in vascular plants, it is induced upon acclimation to HL in green algae (Peers et al., 2009). Despite mechanistic description of qE-dependent processes, the signal transduction processes that drive light acclimation in algae, in particular those that control the expression of LHCSR proteins, are poorly understood (Li et al., 2009). In addition to protective mechanisms that are directly related to incident light and the capacity of photosynthesis, fast phototactic movements contribute to photoprotection by avoiding excess exposure to light. Phototaxis involves both light-induced H+ and Ca2+ signaling events that are associated with the eyespot region of Chlamydomonas and mediate the regulation of flagellar bending and appropriate swimming direction (Nagel et al., 2002; Berthold et al., 2008). In C. reinhardtii, many aspects of flagellar function are Ca2+ dependent (Smith, 2002; Patel-King et al., 2004; DiPetrillo and Smith, 2010). In general, defined changes in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration are a common biological response to various abiotic and biotic stresses, and such calcium signatures trigger downstream signal transduction and changes in gene expression (Dodd et al., 2010). Stimulus-specific Ca2+ signatures are decoded by Ca2+ binding proteins that function as Ca2+ sensors (Kudla et al., 2010). Upon Ca2+ binding, these proteins change their conformation and interact with their respective target proteins and regulate their biological activity.
The CAS (Ca2+-sensing receptor) protein from Arabidopsis thaliana has initially been described as a cell surface receptor residing in the plasma membrane that mediates extracellular Ca2+ sensing in guard cells (Han et al., 2003). However, functional proteomics approaches revealed the presence of CAS in thylakoid membranes from Arabidopsis (Peltier et al., 2004) and C. reinhardtii (Allmer et al., 2006; Terashima et al., 2010), and recent studies established that CAS is exclusively localized in the thylakoid membrane (Nomura et al., 2008; Vainonen et al., 2008; Weinl et al., 2008). Here, CAS exerts crucial functions for proper stomatal regulation in response to elevations of external Ca2+ through the modulation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ dynamics (Nomura et al., 2008; Weinl et al., 2008). Moreover, dark-induced increases of stromal Ca2+ levels precede the generation of cytosolic Ca2+ transients in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaf cells (Sai and Johnson, 2002), further suggesting that the chloroplast represents an element of the cellular Ca2+ network and contributes to the cytosolic Ca2+ signaling (Bussemer et al., 2009; McAinsh and Pittman, 2009; Murchie et al., 2009; Kudla et al., 2010).
Besides its role in signal transduction, Ca2+ is an essential cofactor in PSII-driven oxygenic photosynthesis (Boussac et al., 1989; Krieger et al., 1993). Crystal structures of PSII from Thermosynechococcus elongatus obtained at 3.5- and 3.0-Å resolution indeed showed calcium and manganese as integral components of the water-splitting complex (Ferreira et al., 2004). The PSII subunits PSBP and PSBO are capable of Ca2+ binding, but molecular details about Ca2+ delivery into PSII are unknown (Suorsa and Aro, 2007).
Here, we employed reverse genetics approaches to investigate the function of CAS in the unicellular green alga C. reinhardtii. We report that Ca2+ and CAS are essential for induction of HL-dependent expression of LHCSR3 and correspondingly efficient qE quenching to dissipate excess energy. Moreover, the data indicate that the presence of CAS is required for efficient PSII activity and recovery after light stress. These findings identify Ca2+ and CAS as crucial components of acclimation and adaptation to HL. Taken together, our work reveals that HL acclimation and control of LHCSR3 expression require the proper function of CAS and its interconnection with the cellular Ca2+ network.
CAS Protein Expression Is Enhanced in HL
Recent proteomic data revealed that CAS protein expression is induced threefold under iron deficiency compared with iron-replete conditions (Naumann et al., 2007). To investigate whether CAS protein expression is influenced by light and/or calcium, wild-type C. reinhardtii cells were grown in photoautotrophic medium (high-salt medium) containing either 0.34 or 3.06 mM Ca2+ under LL (60 μE m−2 s−1) and HL (200 μE m−2 s−1). Isolated thylakoid membranes were fractionated by SDS-PAGE, and CAS and PSAD protein amounts were analyzed by immunoblotting, using anti-CAS and anti-PSAD antibodies. The data presented in Figure 1 reveal that the CAS protein is twofold induced in HL compared with LL, while PSAD amounts remained unchanged. Moreover, the results of these experiments indicated that CAS protein expression is not altered by a 10-fold increase in Ca2+ concentration in the growth medium.
CAS Protein Expression Is Enhanced in HL.
Quantification of CAS amounts in thylakoids isolated from LL- and HL-treated wild-type (CC-124) cells upon SDS-PAGE fractionation and immunoblot analysis (5 μg of chlorophyll per lane; PSAD served as the loading control). Cells were grown in HSM and LL and were shifted to HL for 24 h in HSM medium containing the indicated amount of Ca2+ in the form of its chloride salt. Starting cell density of the cultures was 1 × 106 cells/mL. Densitometric analyses of the CAS and PSAD signals showed that CAS is twofold upregulated in HL.
Reduction of CAS Protein Accumulation Renders C. reinhardtii HL Sensitive and Impairs HL-Induced LHCSR3 Expression
To assess the function of the CAS protein in C. reinhardtii, artificial microRNA (amiRNA) and RNA interference (RNAi) approaches were employed. We isolated several amiRNA and RNAi transformants in which the accumulation of the CAS protein in comparison to the wild type was reduced to different degrees. The reduction in CAS protein amounts ranged from twofold up to more than 20-fold (Figures 2A,3A, and 8A; see Supplemental Figures 1A and 5A online).
A twofold reduction in CAS levels, as observed in the amiRNA-cas-27 and RNAi-cas-9 strains grown photoheterotrophically (Tris-Acetate-Phosphate [TAP] medium, 17.4 mM acetate) in LL, did not impact the abundance of PSII nor of the CF1 ATPase subcomplex as assessed by immunoblot analyses (Figure 2B; see Supplemental Figure 1B online). Immunoblotting further revealed that photosystem I (PSI) polypeptides remained unaltered in amiRNA-cas-27 (Figure 2B), while in RNAi-cas-9, LHCA3 is slightly downregulated while LHCA4 and LHCA9 were induced (see Supplemental Figure 1B online). For RNAi-cas-9, quantitative RT-PCR confirmed that cas mRNA abundance was likewise downregulated as observed for protein amounts.
Knockdown of CAS Leads to Light Sensitivity and to Decreased NPQ Induction and LHCSR3 Expression.
(A) Quantification of CAS amounts in thylakoids isolated from the wild type (WT; cw15-arg7) and amiRNA-cas-27. Cells were grown in TAP under LL upon SDS-PAGE fractionation and immunoblot analysis (100% equals 4 μg of chlorophyll per lane; CF1 served as the loading control).
(B) Quantification of PSI and PSII subunits in the wild type (cw15-arg7) and amiRNA-cas-27 grown in TAP under LL. Four micrograms of chlorophyll of whole-cell extracts was fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE, and several protein abundance were analyzed by immunoblots. PSI-related proteins: PSAD, LHCA3, LHCA9, and PGRL1; PSII-related proteins: PSBA and LHCBM6; loading control: CF1.
(C) Growth phenotype of the wild type (cw15-arg7) and cas-kd strain amiRNA-cas-27 after 18 h under HL. Cells were grown in 80% HSM containing the indicated amount of Ca2+ in the form of its chloride salt. Starting cell density of the cultures was 1 × 106 cells/mL. The picture shows the bottom of Erlenmeyer flasks containing the cell cultures.
(D) Irradiance dependence of quantum yield of PSII (YII) and of NPQ in the wild type (cw15arg7) and amiRNA-cas-27. Cells were grown in TAP under LL and then exposed for 2 h under HL in 80% HSM. Values plotted are the means of three samples ± sd.
(E) Quantification of LHCSR3 amounts in the wild type (cw15-arg7) and amiRNA-cas-27. Cells were grown in TAP under LL and then shifted for 2 h to HL (200 μE m−2 s−1) in 80% HSM containing 0.34 or 3.06 mM CaCl2 concentration. Five micrograms of chlorophyll of whole-cell extracts was fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE, and LHCSR3 abundance was analyzed by immunoblots. CF1 signal served as a loading control.
However, downregulation of CAS in these lines led to severe light sensitivity when cells were shifted from photoheterotrophic growth in LL (TAP medium) to HL and to a medium where the need for photosynthetic activity was enforced by lowering the acetate concentration to 20% (HSM/TAP 80/20 [v/v]) (Figure 2C; see Supplemental Figure 1C online). The light-sensitive phenotype could be rescued by a 10-fold increase in the Ca2+ concentration from 0.34 to 3.06 mM in the growth medium. To evaluate the photosynthetic performance of the amiRNA-cas-27 and RNAi-cas-9 strains in comparison to the wild type, cells were shifted for 2 h to HL and from photoheterotrophic growth conditions to primarily photoautotrophic growth conditions (HSM/TAP 80/20 [v/v]). The decrease in CAS amount diminished the PSII-dependent quantum efficiency Y(II) by ~20%. This decrease was independent of the Ca2+ concentration in the medium. By contrast, NPQ was found to be threefold lower in ami-RNA-cas-27 compared with the wild type (Figure 2D; see Supplemental Table 1 online) but could be rescued by a 10-fold increase of Ca2+ in the growth medium.
In an independent experiment, the RNAi-cas-9 strain was challenged for 16 h in HL in the same medium as described above. In line with the results found for the ami-RNA strain, the NPQ levels in the RNAi-cas-9 strain were twofold lower than in the wild type (see Supplemental Figure 1D online). Here, the quantum efficiency of PSII was slightly diminished in the RNAi-cas-9 strain in regard to the wild type. However, NPQ and quantum efficiency of PSII could be rescued by a 10-fold increase in the Ca2+ concentration (see Supplemental Figure 1D online). Immunoblot analyses revealed that the impact in NPQ coincided with significantly diminished levels of the light-dependent induction of LHSCR3 protein in the mutant strains after the shifting of cells into HL for 2 or 24 h (Figure 2E; see Supplemental Figure 1E online). Most remarkably, increasing the Ca2+ concentration in the growth medium from 0.34 to 3.06 mM restored the NPQ capabilities and reconstituted proper induction of LHCSR3 (Figures 2D and 2E; see Supplemental Figures 1D and 1E online). Since NPQ is dependent on the presence of LHCSR3 (Peers et al., 2009), these data imply that the restored induction of LHCSR3 upon additional supply of Ca2+ is responsible for the rescued NPQ phenotype. Taken together, these results indicate that already a reduction of CAS protein accumulation by 50% impairs NPQ and the corresponding LHSCR3 expression induction, identifying CAS as critical factor in these processes.
Severe Downregulation of CAS Enhances HL Phenotypes and Reveals Impaired PSII Recovery
To further investigate the HL-induced expression of LHCSR3 and its dependence on the presence of CAS, three additional amiRNA-cas strains that possessed 10% or less of the wild-type CAS protein levels (Figure 3A) were investigated. Strong downregulation of CAS caused a growth phenotype in the amiRNA-cas strains already under LL conditions (Figure 3B), which was dramatically increased after an 18-h shift into HL. This phenotype again could be rescued by an increased Ca2+ concentration in the growth medium from 0.34 to 3.06 mM Ca2+ (Figure 3B). It should be pointed out that in contrast with the amiRNA-cas strains, the addition of 3.06 mM Ca2+ to the wild type had an adverse effect on its growth (Figure 3B).
Three Additional CAS Knockdown Lines Confirm the amiRNA-cas-27 HL Growth Phenotype and the Impact on LHCSR3 Expression.
(A) Quantification of CAS amounts in thylakoids isolated from the wild type (WT; CC-124) and amiRNA-cas-9, -15, and -17. Cells were grown in TAP under LL and analyzed by SDS-PAGE fractionation and immunoblotting (100% equals 10 μg of chlorophyll per lane; CF1 signal served as loading control).
(B) Growth phenotype of wild-type (CC-124) and cas knockdown strains (amiRNA-cas-9, -15, and -17) after an 18-h shift from LL TAP to LL or HL 80% HSM containing 0.34 or 3.06 mM CaCl2. Starting cell density of the cultures was 1 × 106 cells/mL. The picture shows the bottom of Erlenmeyer flasks containing the cell cultures.
(C) Quantification of LHCSR3 in wild-type (CC-124) and cas knockdown strains. Five micrograms of chlorophyll of whole-cell extracts derived from the experiment of Figure 3B were fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE and PSAD, and LHCSR3 and CF1 abundance was analyzed by immunoblots. CF1 signal served as a loading control.
(D) Growth phenotype of the wild type (CC-124) and amiRNA-cas-9 24 and 48 h after being shifted from LL TAP to HL 80% HSM with the addition either of the indicated ions in their chloride salt form (final concentration 3.06 mM) or of EGTA (2 mM). Control contained 0.34 mM Ca2+, 0.41 mM Mg2+, and 0.27 mM Na+. Starting cell density of the cultures was 1 × 106 cells/mL.
(E) Recovery of PSII activity in wild-type and amiRNA-cas-9 cells. amiRNA-cas-9 cells were grown for 16 h under LL in HSM medium containing the indicated amounts of Ca2+. Cells were then dark adapted for 20 min, and the recovery of their PSII activity was recorded during a short dark period (black bar), which followed a 5-min light period of 800 μE m−2 s−1 (white bar). Values plotted are the means of three measurements ± sd of single biological samples of a representative experiment.
Growing the amiRNA-cas strains at 0.34 mM Ca2+ in HL for 18 h did not induce a strong increase of LHCSR3 in contrast with the wild type (Figure 3C). This phenotype was particularly evident in strain amiRNA-cas-17, which had the most severe reduction of CAS protein levels and was completely unable to induce LHCSR3 after HL treatment (Figure 3C). It should be noted that C. reinhardtii cells that were precultivated in TAP and LL did not express LHCSR3, as revealed by immunoblotting using specific anti-LHCSR3 antibodies with anti-PsaD and anti-CF1 antibodies for loading controls. Intriguingly, the diminished light-dependent induction of LHCSR3 in all three amiRNA-cas strains could be rescued by increasing the Ca2+ concentration from 0.34 to 3.06 mM in the growth medium (Figure 3C), confirming our data from amiRNA-cas-27 strain.
Remarkably, in the 3.06 mM Ca2+ growth medium after 18 h in HL, the amount of LHCSR3 in the amiRNA-cas-9 and amiRNA-cas-15 strains was higher than in the wild type, also pointing to lack of regulation in LHCSR3 expression in the cas-kd strains.
To address the possibility that the differences in LHCSR3 expression between wild-type and cas-kd strains in 0.34 and 3.06 mM Ca2+ were due to altered growth, the cell densities of the wild type and amiRNA-cas-9 were monitored at 0, 2, and 4 h after the shift to HL. Supplemental Figure 2 online clearly showed that diminished LHCSR3 expression in the cas-kd line cannot be attributed to a slower growth compared with the wild type and that addition of calcium to the growth medium selectively impacts on LHCSR3 expression and not cellular growth.
Addition of Sr2+ also protected amiRNA-cas-9 from HL sensitivity, Mg2+ had only a minimal potential for rescue, whereas Na+ had no effect at all. The Ca2+ chelator EGTA did not render amiRNAcas-9 nor wild-type strains more sensitive to HL (Figure 3D). The Fv/Fm of the amiRNA-cas-9 was found to be 35% less compared with the wild type, when cells were shifted for 16 h from TAP to HSM medium in LL (Figure 3E; see Supplemental Table 2 online). The PSII quantum efficiency of the wild type and amiRNA-cas-9 was recorded during a 5-min exposure to HL (800 μE m−2 s−1) followed by a short (2 min) dark recovery phase. At the end of this dark phase, the PSII quantum efficiency of the wild type recovered to almost 80%, whereas amiRNA-cas-9 recovered only to 30% of its maximal PSII efficiency. It is noteworthy that the presence of a 10-fold higher Ca2+ concentration in the culture medium (16 h in HSM LL) restored both Fv/Fm and recovery of PSII quantum efficiency in the dark of amiRNA-cas-9 to wild-type levels. Taken together, these data support the notion that addition of Ca2+ to the growth media rescued PSII activity and recovery in cas-kd lines.
Measurements of calcium content in the wild type (CC-124), amiRNA-cas-9, and RNAi-cas-9 using atomic absorption spectroscopy revealed that the cellular calcium content was not diminished in cas-kd in regard to wild-type lines (Figure 4). This finding was confirmed by comparing the cellular calcium content in the wild type (cw15-arg7), amiRNA-cas-11, and amiRNA-cas-27 by ion chromatography (see Supplemental Figure 3 online).
Downregulation of CAS Does Not Lead to Decrease in Cellular Calcium Content.
Calcium content of the cas-kd strains RNAi-cas-9 (gray bar) and amiRNA-cas-9 (white bar) compared with their wild-type background CC-124 (black bar) as assessed by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Data are presented on a per cell basis. The values are the means ± sd of three biological samples. The asterisk indicates statistically significant difference from wild-type levels (paired t test, 95% confidence level).
Nevertheless, it is apparent that an increase in Ca2+ concentration in the growth medium restored the light-dependent induction of LHCSR3 in the cas-kd strains. In this context, we addressed whether this restoration occurs in a cas-kd strain with severely downregulated CAS levels after a short shift into HL. To this end, the amiRNA-cas-9 strain was shifted for 2 h into HL using three different growth conditions (0.34 mM Ca2+, 0.34 mM Ca2+ plus 2 mM EGTA, and 3.06 mM Ca2+), and the induction of LHCSR3 was investigated by immunoblotting using anti-LHCSR3 antibodies together with anti-PSAD and anti-CF1 antibodies for loading control (Figure 5A). The experiment clearly showed that the wild type induced LHCSR3 at 0.34 and 3.06 mM Ca2+ as well as in the presence of EGTA in the growth medium. By contrast, the amiRNA-cas-9 strain was capable of inducing LHCSR3 to wild-type levels only in the presence of 3.06 mM Ca2+ in the growth medium, whereas at normal Ca2+ concentration or in the presence of EGTA, induction of LHCSR3 was abolished (Figure 5A). Subsequently, we investigated whether in the amiRNA-cas-9 strain PSII stability was affected after a 2-h HL treatment and whether this provoked the reduction of LHCSR3 accumulation. Immunoblot analyses of whole-cell extracts from wild-type and amiRNA-cas-9 strains demonstrated (Figure 5B) that in the cas-kd strain, the levels of PSBA remained stable under conditions where LHCSR3 failed to accumulate (0.34 mM Ca2+).
LHCSR3 Induction Is Strongly Reduced in amiRNA-cas-9, While Photosystem Levels Remain Unaltered.
(A) Immunoblot quantitation of LHCSR3. Five micrograms of chlorophyll of whole-cell extracts of wild-type (WT; CC-124) and amiRNA-cas-9 cells were fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE gel. LHCSR3, PSAD, and CF1 abundances were analyzed by immunoblots. CF1 signal served as a loading control. The cells were initially grown in LL TAP and were then shifted for 2 h to HL 80% HSM, containing the indicated amount of CaCl2 or EGTA.
(B) Immunoblot analysis of PSBA abundance in whole-cell extracts of the wild type (CC-124) and amiRNA-cas-9 exposed to HL for 2 h in 80% HSM. Five micrograms of chlorophyll were loaded per lane of the SDS-PAGE gel. CF1 signal was used as loading control.
(C) Amounts of CAS, LHCSR3, subunits of PSI and PSII, and ATPase from the wild type (CC-124) and amiRNA-cas-9 exposed to HL for 2 h in 80% HSM were analyzed by a quantitative comparative proteomics approach. In this graph, the ratios of 14N-labeled (amiRNA-cas-9) and 15N-labeled (wild-type CC-124) are presented (mean values and their respective sd).
Quantitative Proteomics Confirms Downregulation of CAS and LHCSR3 in the amiRNA-cas-9 Strain
To further corroborate our protein expression studies and to extend the analysis to other proteins, we performed a quantitative proteomic experiment taking advantage of metabolic 14N/15N labeling. Wild-type cells were labeled with 15N, and amiRNA-cas-9 cells were labeled with 14N. The differentially labeled cells were shifted for 2 h to HL, harvested, mixed based on equal chlorophyll content, and fractionated by SDS-PAGE. After fractionation, the SDS-PAGE bands were excised, digested with trypsin, and analyzed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. The ratio mean 14N/15N (amiRNA-cas-9/wild type) for selected proteins is shown in Figure 5C. As expected, CAS and LHCSR3 were found at low ratios of 0.24 ± 0.02 and 0.3 ± 0.00, respectively, whereas the ratios of PSI and PSII subunits and of ATPase components remained rather unchanged with values between 0.8 and 1.0 (except PsbQ, which was found at a ratio of ~0.5). The downregulation of PSBQ is most likely not of significant functional importance, since in the presence of PSBP and PSBO, PSBQ depletion has no impact on the activity of PSII in Arabidopsis grown under normal light conditions (Yi et al., 2006). It should be noted that LHCA2 and LHCA9 appeared to be slightly upregulated in the mutant versus the wild type, which was also reflected in the immunoblot data of RNAi-cas-9 cells (see Supplemental Figure 1B online). Overall, with respect to CAS, LHCSR3, PSII, and the PSI complex proteins, the quantitative proteomics data confirmed the immunoblot analyses presented in Figures 2, 3, 5, and Supplemental Figure 1 online.
Calcium and Calmodulin Signaling Are Crucial for Appropriate LHCSR3 Induction
To obtain mechanistic insights into the calcium signaling mechanisms involved in the light-induced expression of LHCSR3, we conducted experiments with a calmodulin antagonist N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthelene-sulfonamid-hydrochloride (W7) (Hidaka et al., 1981). We also used the biological inactive analog W5 [N-(6-aminohexyl)-1-naphthelene-sulfonamid-hydrochloride], which represents a negative control for W7-dependent calmodulin inhibition experiments. Wild-type cells grown in LL and TAP were shifted for 2 h to HL in 80% HSM (HSM/TAP 80/20 [v/v]) medium in the presence or absence of W7 or W5. Figure 6A depicts the impact of W7 and W5 on light-dependent induction of LHCSR3 in the wild type, as assessed by immunoblot analyses. At a concentration of 25 μM W7, a clear decrease in induction of LHCSR3 was observed, whereas at 50 μM W7, LHCSR3 levels were barely detectable. At 75 μM W7, no PSII activity nor any NPQ was measureable (Figures 6B and 6C; see Supplemental Table 3 online). In sharp contrast, the W5 control did not show such an impact, even at concentrations as high as 100 μM. Moreover, at 50 μM W7, the PSII quantum efficiency Y(II) was only slightly diminished in the wild type (Figure 6B). Together, these results indicate that the impaired induction of LHCSR3 expression that was also reflected in the absence NPQ induction (Figure 6C), specifically results from the effects of W7, suggesting that calmodulin and/or calmodulin-affected Ca2+ transients (Kaplan et al., 2006) play a role in the signal transduction involved in the light-dependent regulation of LHCSR3 expression.
W7 and Mastoparan Drug Studies Point to the Involvement of Calcium and Calmodulin in the Light-Dependent Regulation of LHCSR3 Expression.
(A) Wild-type cells (CC-124) were shifted for 2 h from LL TAP to HL 80% HSM containing the indicated concentrations of the calmodulin antagonist W7 and its inactive analog W5 (which served as negative control). Chlorophyll (2.5 μg) of whole-cell extracts was fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE, and LHCSR3 abundance was analyzed by immunoblots. CF1 signal served as a loading control.
(B) and (C) Irradiance dependence of quantum yield of PSII (B) and NPQ induction (C) in the wild-type (CC-124) cells of the experiment described in (A). The white bar indicates irradiation with white light at 890 μE m−2 s−1, and the black bar indicates darkness. Values plotted are the means of three measurements ± sd.
(D) As described in (A) with the difference that wild-type cells were grown in HL and TAP for 12 h before their 2-h HL treatment in 80% HSM.
(E) and (F) As described in (B) and (C) but referring to the experiment of (D).
(G) Wild-type cells (CC-124) grown in LL and TAP were exposed to HL for 2 h in 80% HSM containing the indicated concentrations of mastoparan and its inactive analog mas-17 (which served as negative control). Whole-cell extracts (2.5 μg of chlorophyll) were fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE, and LHCSR3 abundance was analyzed by immunoblots. CF1 signal served as a loading control.
(H) and (I) Irradiance dependence of quantum yield of PSII (H) and NPQ induction (I) of the wild-type (CC-124) cells of the experiment described in (G). The white bar indicates irradiation with light at 890 μE m−2 s−1, and the black bar indicates darkness. Values plotted are the means of three samples ± sd.
The experiment was repeated with a preculture that had been exposed to HL for 12 h, which led to full induction of LHCSR3 (Figure 6D). In contrast with the effects observed after preculture in LL (Figures 6B and 6C), the addition of 75 μM W7 to the culture for 2 h under HL did not eradicate the photosynthetic performance [measured as Y(II)] nor abolish their capability to induce NPQ at wild-type levels (Figures 6E and 6F; see Supplemental Table 4 online). This differential effect of W7 to HL-treated (LHCSR3 induced) and LL-treated (LHCSR3 not induced) wild-type cells indicates that the priming of cells by growth in HL diminished the impact of W7, pointing to the fact that calmodulin-dependent functions might be particularly important for the transition from LL to HL adaptation. As a result, gene expression due to a LL-to-HL shift could be altered as exemplified by the impact of W7 on LHCSR3 expression. In a related experiment, we treated wild-type C. reinhardtii cells with mastoparan, a wasp venom tetradecapeptide that is a potent activator of G proteins (Higashijima et al., 1990). In Chlamydomonas, mastoparan causes accumulation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) (Quarmby et al., 1992), causing an artificial rise in intracellular-free Ca+2 (Berridge and Irvine, 1989). Mastoparan inhibited the accumulation of LHCSR3 (Figure 6G) and the induction of NPQ by more than 50% at the concentration of 1 μM with a PSII quantum efficiency Y(II) being largely unaffected (Figures 6H and 6I; see Supplemental Table 5 online). By contrast, mas-17 (an inactivated analog of mastoparan) at the concentration of 2 μΜ did neither affect LHCSR3 expression nor the photosynthetic performance (Figures 6G and 6H).
Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Is Crucially Involved in the Regulation of the Light-Dependent Expression of LHCSR3
In the course of experiments with the PSII-deficient mutant nac2, we noticed that LHCSR3 was barely expressed after 18 h exposure of the mutant cells to HL (Figure 7A). The same was observed with a PSI-deficient mutant strain (ΔpsaB). Moreover, we found that DCMU (at 20 μM) and DBMIB (20 μM) inhibited LHCSR3 expression in wild-type cells exposed to HL for 2 h. DCMU blocks photosynthetic electron transfer at the Qb site of PSII, whereas DBMIB inhibits electron transfer at the Qo site of the cytochrome b6f complex (Trebst, 2007). In consequence, both inhibitors will hinder light-driven NADPH production, decreasing the redox poise of the chloroplast stroma. Similarly, deletion of PSI or PSII components impairs light-driven NADPH production and reduces stroma redox poise. Interestingly, application of the proton gradient uncoupler nigericin that repressed NPQ by ~80%, but not the electron transfer processes (see Supplemental Figure 4 and Supplemental Table 8 online), did not affect LHCSR3 induction after a 2-h HL exposure (Figure 7B), supporting the notion that despite the presence of LHCSR3, a proton gradient is required for efficient qE (Niyogi et al., 1997). These data indicate that the ΔpH can be significantly diminished without affecting the induction of LHCSR3 expression. Consequently, induction of LHCSR3 expression does also depend on active photosynthetic electron transfer.
Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Is Involved in the Regulation of LHCSR3 Expression.
(A) Expression of LHCSR3 requires active photosynthetic electron transfer. Wild-type cells (WT; cw15-arg7) in the presence and absence of DCMU (20 μM) or DBMIB (20 μM) as well as nac2 (PSII-deficient mutant; Kuchka et al., 1989) and Δpsab (PSI-deficient mutant; Redding et al., 1998) mutant cells were exposed in HL for 2 h in 80% HSM. Subsequently, whole-cell extracts (2.5 μg of chlorophyll) were fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE gel, and LHCSR3 abundance was analyzed by immunoblots. CF1 signal served as a loading control.
(B) Impact of nigericin (0.25 to 1.0 μM) in LHCSR3 expression in wild-type cells (CC-124) during a 2-h HL shift experiment in 80% HSM. Protein analyses were performed as described in (A).
The Low LHCSR3 Expression in cas-kd Lines Cannot Be Attributed to a Diminished Electron Transfer but Rather to a Ca2+/CAS-Dependent Signaling Defect
LHCSR3 expression depends on the efficiency of photosynthetic electron transfer (Figure 7A). CAS depletion also has a slight impact on the quantum efficiency of PSII as revealed by the diminished Fv/Fm values of the cas-kd strains (Figures 2D and 3E; see Supplemental Figure 1D online). To address whether the impact on LHCSR3 expression is due to impaired signaling or efficiency of photosynthetic electron transfer, we took advantage of an inducible amiRNA expression system (Schmollinger et al., 2010). This inducible amiRNA expression system is under control of the NIT1 promoter and thus is repressed in the presence of ammonium and activated in the presence of nitrate. Four inducible amiRNA-cas lines were generated using the cw15-325 wild-type background (nit1+ nit2+ arg7). When shifted for 40 h from LL TAP-NH4 (amiRNA repressed) to LL TAP-NO3 (amiRNA activated), both amiRNA-cas-1 and amiRNA-cas-6 displayed an about 10-fold reduction of CAS quantities compared with the wild type grown in TAP-NO3 (Figure 8A; see Supplemental Figure 5A online).
amiRNA-cas-1 and -6 Show Unaltered Fv/Fm Compared with the Wild Type but Diminished NPQ Induction and PSII Recovery, Which Can Be Rescued by Calcium.
(A) Quantification of CAS amounts in thylakoids isolated from the wild type (cw15-325) and amiRNA-cas-6 grown under LL in TAP-NH4 (amiRNA expression repressed) or TAP-NO3 (amiRNA expression activated) upon SDS-PAGE fractionation and immunoblot analysis (100% equals 70 μg of protein per lane; CF1 signal served as loading control). Densitometric analyses showed that CAS levels in amiRNA-cas-6 are reduced by 40% compared with the wild-type levels (in NO3).
(B) and (C) Determination of PSII quantum yield and recovery and NPQ. The wild type, amiRNA-cas-1, and amiRNA-cas-6 were initially shifted from LL TAP-NH4 to LL TAP-NO3 for 40 h to activate the amiRNA expression and subsequently shifted to HL in either HSM-NH4 or HSM-NO3 containing 0.34 or 3.06 mM Ca2+ for 24 h. After 20 min of dark adaptation, the quantum yields of PSII (B) and NPQ (C) were recorded during 5.2 min of illumination at 800 μE m−2 s−1 (white bar) followed by 4.3 min of darkness (black bar), during which recovery of PSII and relaxation of NPQ could be followed. Values plotted are the means of three measurements ± sd.
(D) Quantification of LHCSR3 amounts in the wild type (cw15-325) and amiRNA-cas-6. Cells were initially shifted from LL TAP-NH4 to LL TAP-NO3 for 40 h to activate the amiRNA expression and subsequently shifted to HL in either HSM-NH4 or HSM-NO3 containing 0.34 or 3.06 mM Ca2+ for 24 h. Before exposure to HL, the cultures were set to 2.5 μg chlorophyll/mL. Whole-cell extracts (2.5 μg of chlorophyll) were fractionated on a 13% SDS-PAGE, and LHCSR3 abundance was analyzed by immunoblots. CF1 signal served as a loading control.
The lowered amount of CAS in the two mutant strains did not cause significant differences in their Fv/Fm values after 24 h in HL HSM-NO3 in comparison to the PSII quantum efficiency measured for the transformants in HSM-NH4 and for the wild type in HSM-NH4 and HSM-NO3 (Figure 8B; see Supplemental Table 6 online). However, the NPQ levels of amiRNA-cas-1 and amiRNA-cas-6 in HSM-NO3 were significantly diminished and could be rescued by the addition of calcium to a final concentration of 3.06 mM (Figure 8C). In line with the diminished NPQ induction, accumulation of LHCSR3 in NO3 amiRNA-cas-6 and amiRNA-cas-1 cells were lower compared with NH4 and wild type (NH4 and NO3) and could be rescued by calcium (Figure 8D; see Supplemental Figure 5B online). These results clearly indicate that despite the additional layer of regulation of LHCSR3 expression by photosynthetic electron transfer, the impact in induction of LHCSR3 in response to HL in cas-kd lines is due to altered/defective Ca2+/CAS-dependent signaling caused by the downregulation of CAS.
The Diminished Expression of LHCSR3 Accounts for the HL Phenotype of cas-kd Cells
According to the data obtained for the npq4 mutant (LHCSR3 knockout), the diminished levels of expression of LHCSR3 are not sufficient to explain the HL phenotype of the cas-kd lines since the npq4 totally devoid of LHCSR3 had no pronounced sensitivity to HL after a 24-h treatment (see Supplemental Figure 6A online). To reinvestigate the light sensitivity caused by the depletion of LHCSR3, we generated six LHCSR3 knockdown lines using the inducible amiRNA expression system described above (Schmollinger et al., 2010) and analyzed two of them, amiRNA-lhcsr3-2 and amiRNA-lhcsr3-3 in detail. To quantify the amounts of LHCSR3 in these two amiRNA lines, we shifted cells from LL TAP-NH4 to LL TAP-NO3 for 40 h and applied a 2-h HL treatment in HSM-NH4 and HSM-NO3 containing 0.34 and 3.06 mM calcium. As shown in Figure 9A and Supplemental Figure 5C online, LHCSR3 is significantly reduced in amiRNA-lhcsr3-2 and amiRNA-lhcsr3-3 (in HSM-NO3) compared with LHCSR3 quantities in HSM-NO3 wild type, in both 0.34 and 3.06 mM Ca2+. Interestingly this LHCSR3 downregulation also has an impact to Fv/Fm values and recovery of PSII after HL treatment, correlating with the degree of LHCSR3 downregulation in the two mutant lines (Figure 9B; see Supplemental Table 7 online).
lhcsr3-kd Lines Show an HL Phenotype Similar to the cas-kd Lines and This Cannot Be Rescued by Calcium.
(A) Quantification of LHCSR3, LHCBM6, and LHCII amounts in whole-cell extracts of the wild type (cw15-325) and amiRNA-lhcsr3-2 upon SDS-PAGE fractionation and immunoblot analysis (100% equals 2.5 μg of chlorophyll per lane; CF1 signal served as loading control). The wild type and amiRNA-lhcsr3-2 were initially shifted from LL TAP-NH4 to LL TAP-NO3 for 40 h to activate the amiRNA expression and subsequently shifted for 2 h to HL in either HSM-NH4 or HSM-NO3 containing 0.34 or 3.06 mM Ca2+. Before exposure to HL, the cultures were set to 2.5 μg chlorophyll/mL.
(B) and (C) Determination of PSII quantum yield and recovery and NPQ. The wild type, amiRNA-lhcsr3-2, and amiRNA-lhcsr3-3 were initially shifted from LL TAP-NH4 to LL TAP-NO3 for 40 h to activate the amiRNA expression and subsequently shifted for 2 h to HL in either HSM-NH4 or HSM-NO3 containing 0.34 or 3.06 mM CaCl2. After 20 min of dark adaptation, the quantum yield of PSII (B) and NPQ (C) were recorded during 5.2 min of illumination at 800 μE m−2 s−1 (white bar) followed by 4.3 min of darkness (black bar), during which recovery of PSII and relaxation of NPQ could be followed. Values plotted are the means of three measurements ± sd.
This phenotype cannot be attributed to altered LHCII quantity in the lhcsr3-kd lines, as evidenced by the very similar levels of LHCBM6 and of the major LHCII proteins in lhcsr3-kd and wild-type strains (Figure 9A; see Supplemental Figure 5C online). As expected, NPQ induction was lower in both amiRNA-lhcsr3-2 and amiRNA-lhcsr3-3 in HSM-NO3 (Figure 9C). It is crucial to note that the HL phenotype of the lhcsr3-kd lines (low Fv/Fm and PSII recovery), also apparent from the growth phenotype of amiRNA-lhcsr3-3 after 24 h in HL HSM-NO3 (see Supplemental Figure 6C online), could not be rescued by addition of calcium in the culture medium. Importantly, the induction of NPQ could not be rescued by a 10-fold higher calcium concentration in the growth medium. This is in stark contrast with the cas-kd phenotype and strengthens the conclusion that a direct link between Ca2+, CAS, and LHCSR3 exists. This supports the notion that the diminishment of LHCSR3 in cas-kd causes the HL phenotype.
In this work, we addressed the function of the chloroplast localized calcium sensor CAS in the green alga C. reinhardtii. To study the functional consequences of the downregulation of CAS expression, we took advantage of both amiRNA and RNAi approaches. The different cas-kd lines generated and characterized in this study exhibited a pronounced light sensitivity, a severe impact in LHCSR3 expression, and a prominent defect in PSII recovery compared with wild-type C. reinhardtii cells. The fact that these phenotypes were rescued by a 10-fold increase in Ca2+ concentration in the growth medium (Figures 2, 3, and 8; see Supplemental Figure 1 online) further suggests an involvement of CAS in chloroplast-dependent Ca2+ homeostasis and signaling as it has also been suggested by studies in Arabidopsis (Nomura et al., 2008; Weinl et al., 2008).
The Role of CAS and Ca2+ in Cellular Signaling in Chlamydomonas
How could CAS and Ca2+ function in retrograde signaling? Recent data demonstrated that rapid spatiotemporal patterning of cytosolic Ca2+ transients was functionally interrelated to flagellar excision in C. reinhardtii (Wheeler et al., 2008). Thus, such fast cytosolic Ca2+ transients may rely on CAS function and a CAS-dependent release of Ca2+ from the chloroplast contributing to cellular signaling. Ca2+ signaling across the inner envelope of the chloroplast requires import and export activities for Ca2+. In Pisum sativum, it was shown that Ca2+ transport across the inner plastid envelope membrane occurs and is driven by ATP- and pH-dependent pathways during different light conditions (Roh et al., 1998). Moreover, a Cu+-ATPase, AtHMA1, that is essential for plant survival under HL conditions, is present at the chloroplast envelope membrane (Seigneurin-Berny et al., 2006). Interestingly, AtHMA1 also contributes to high-affinity Ca2+ transport activity and is sensitive to the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin (Moreno et al., 2008). C. reinhardtii possesses an ortholog of AtHMA1 (C. reinhardtii protein ID 195998), although the protein localization is currently unclear. Besides fluxes across the inner envelope, there is also evidence for the presence of an active Ca2+/H+ antiport system in the thylakoid membrane (Ettinger et al., 1999), suggesting that the activity of the Ca2+/H+ antiporter facilitates the light-dependent uptake of Ca2+ by chloroplasts and reduces stromal Ca2+ levels. Overall, these data substantiate the notion that chloroplast membranes display Ca2+ transporting activity and thereby support a role of chloroplasts in cellular Ca2+ signaling that is brought about by Ca2+ fluxes across the inner envelope and/or the thylakoid membrane. However, it remains to be solved how exactly CAS-dependent Ca2+ binding and release or signaling is mechanistically interconnected to chloroplast Ca2+ import/export activities.
Experiments with a calmodulin antagonist W7 (Figure 6) indicated that calmodulin and/or calmodulin-affected Ca2+ transients (Kaplan et al., 2006) may play a role in the signal transduction involved in the light-dependent regulation of LHCSR3 expression. In regard to signaling, calmodulin proteins are known to interact with calmodulin-dependent kinases (CCaMK) or calmodulin binding transcription activators (CAMTAs), for example. The later CAMTAs appear to be involved in various stress responses (Bouché et al., 2002) and are implicated, for example, in cold regulation and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis (Doherty et al., 2009). The kinases have important roles in symbiotic root responses where CCaMK converts Ca2+ oscillation signals into a protein phosphorylation readout, leading to changes in nuclear gene expression and modulation of the symbiotic response (Gleason et al., 2006; Tirichine et al., 2006). Momentarily it is unknown whether CAMTAs or CCaMKs are involved in the HL-mediated regulation of LHCSR3 expression. Besides the function of calmodulin in signal transduction, it has been shown that the import of nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins is regulated via Ca2+ and in particularly via TIC32, a calmodulin binding protein of the TIC translocon (Chigri et al., 2005, 2006). In this regard it might be possible that W7 simply blocks the HL-induced import of LHCSR3, so that LHCSR3 accumulation in the chloroplast fails.
Several important facets of cellular Ca2+ signaling appear to be fundamentally different in C. reinhardtii than in higher plants. Recent biochemical and genomic studies revealed that certain classes of Ca2+ release channels, such as four-domain voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, transient receptor potential channels, and IP3 receptors, which play central roles in animal physiology, are absent from vascular plants but are present in the C. reinhardtii (Wheeler and Brownlee, 2008). This strongly suggests that Ca2+ signaling via cytosolic Ca2+ transients in C. reinhardtii possibly involves other components and underlies different mechanistic principles that Ca2+ signaling in vascular plants. The observed sensitivity of light-dependent induction of LHCSR3 to mastoparan in Chlamydomonas, which affects IP3 accumulation and IP3 receptor function, leading to a rise in intracellular-free Ca+2 in animal cells (Berridge and Irvine, 1989), further supports the function of a non-plant-like Ca2+ signaling system in this algae. Therefore, it is not surprising that loss of CAS function results in distinct phenotypes in Arabidopsis and C. reinhardtii.
CAS and Ca2+ Function in Acclimation of Photosynthesis to HL
The light sensitivity and the diminished efficiency in PSII recovery represent phenotypes that were not observed in CAS-deficient Arabidopsis (Vainonen et al., 2008). It is very likely that the impact in PSII recovery is due to the lack in the induction of LHCSR3 in cas-kd lines since a strong decrease in PSII recovery and NPQ induction is also observed in amiRNA-lhcsr3 lines in HSM-NO3 using the inducible amiRNA expression system (Figures 8 and 9). In contrast with amiRNA-lhcsr3 lines, however, PSII recovery and NPQ induction in amiRNA-cas strains, harboring the amiRNA-cas construct under the control of the NIT1 promoter, are rescued by the addition of a 10-fold higher Ca2+ concentration to the nitrate-containing medium.
Given the fact that PSII recovery and NPQ induction observed in the wild type and the nitrate-inducible amiRNA-lhcsr3 lines are comparable in HSM-NH4, it appears that the described phenotypes under nitrate are due to the impact in LHCSR3 expression. This leads to the important question: How could the difference and severity in HL phenotype between the nqp4 knockout (see Supplemental Figure 6A online) and knockdown LHCSR3 lines (see Supplemental Figure 6C online) be explained? It is possible that in the knockout strain, because of the complete absence of LHCSR3, alternative routes for photoprotection have been switched on compared with the knockdown lines where the residual LHCSR3 levels are not sufficient to efficiently photoprotect the cells. It is also possible that different genetic backgrounds are responsible for the difference in phenotype. Targeted gene knockouts in mice are known to reveal strain-dependent phenotypes as evidenced, for example, for targeted disruption of the EGF receptor, which was lethal in some laboratory strains but viable in others (Threadgill et al., 1995). This aspect has certainly to be addressed in further studies.
On the other hand, it has to be noted that the npq4 strain, lacking the genes encoding for LHCSR3, is also more light sensitive compared with wild type when exposed for several days to HL (Peers et al., 2009). Notably, the impact in PSII protection and recovery is also observed in P. patens (Alboresi et al., 2010), pointing to an important role of LHCSR3 in photoprotection. The PSII-deficient mutant nac2 (Kuchka et al., 1989) did not show an obvious phenotype after 24 h of growth in HL (see Supplemental Figure 6B online), indicating that a lack of photoprotection is more deleterious than the absence of PSII in the presence of a carbon source.
As already discussed above, we provide unambiguous evidence that adding a 10-fold higher Ca2+ concentration to the growth medium (Figures 2, 3, 5, and 8; see Supplemental Figures 1 and 5B online) rescues qE and the light-dependent induction of LHCSR3 in the cas-kd lines, suggesting an involvement of CAS and Ca2+ in the regulation of the nuclear encoded LHCSR3 gene expression. It is of note that besides increased Ca2+ concentration, only elevation of Sr2+ content in the growth media resulted in a rescue of the CAS-dependent growth phenotypes. It is known that Sr2+ can functionally replace Ca2+ in the water-splitting complex of PSII (Ghanotakis et al., 1984), thereby underpinning the Ca2+ specificity of the CAS-dependent response in C. reinhardtii. Notably, Sr2+ can bind to the EF hand of apo-calmodulin (Shirran and Barran, 2009) and could thereby functionally rescue the calmodulin-dependent signal transduction pathway leading to expression of LHCSR3. Nevertheless, we cannot exclude that CAS might also have an additional functional role for efficient recovery of PSII activity via the repair cycle or by balancing degradation and regeneration of PSII via Ca2+.
However, our data supports the conclusion that the delay in LHCSR3 expression in the CAS depletion lines can explain the impact in PSII repair and the pronounced light sensitivity of these strains, since these phenotypes were observed in the ami-lhcsr3 lines (Figure 9). Therefore, we propose, as already mentioned above, that LHCSR3 is also important for photoprotection of PSII. It is clear that novel mechanistic data are required to elucidate the precise role of LHCSR3 in PSII photoprotection. Our data also indicate that active photosynthetic electron transfer is required for light-driven induction of LHCSR3 (Figure 7A). We hypothesize that reducing equivalents produced by PSI function as a retrograde signal (Li et al., 2009) linking the redox poise of the stroma to the control of nuclear gene expression.
These findings raise the question whether an impact in PSII quantum efficiency in the CAS depletion lines is responsible for the delay in light-dependent induction of LHCSR3 expression. Differences in NPQ induction and LHCSR3 expression became apparent in the amiRNA-cas-27 strain grown for 2 h in HL at 0.34 or 3.06 mM Ca2+ (Figure 2D). Yet, the PSII quantum efficiency for amiRNA-cas-27 at the two different Ca2+ concentrations remained almost the same (Figure 2D). Moreover, the PSII quantum efficiency in the nitrate-inducible amiRNA-cas lines under a nitrate growth regime was unchanged after a 2-h HL shift in wild-type and amiRNA-cas lines, although NPQ induction was significantly impaired (Figures 8B and 8C; see Supplemental Table 6 online). Thus, differences in the induction of NPQ and of LHCSR3 expression are clearly linked to CAS and Ca2+.
The results presented in this study indicate that CAS function in C. reinhardtii is crucial for light-induced expression of LHCSR3 and, therefore, important for HL acclimation. Our data also indicate that active downregulation of LHCSR3 under HL is deleterious for C. reinhardtii and can explain the HL phenotypes observed in amiRNA-cas lines. The algal-specific responses in respect to CAS and LHCSR3 may be interconnected to the Ca2+ dependent and light-dependent phototactic movements of this organism, which require the chloroplast-localized eyespot. We propose that coordinated modulation of chloroplast-dependent Ca2+ signaling provides an important signaling convergence point, allowing for coordinating gene expression, maintaining PSII activity, recovery, and/or turnover, as well as driving HL acclimation.
Strains and Culture Conditions
Wild-type Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strain CC-124, the Arg auxotrophic wall-deficient strains cw15-arg7 and cw15-325 (mt+ arg7 nit1+ nit2+; kindly provided by Michael Schroda Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany), the ΔpsaB (Redding et al., 1998) and nac2 (Kuchka et al., 1989) mutant strains, as well as the CAS knockdown strains were maintained photoheterotrophically in Tris-Acetate-Phosphate (TAP) medium (Harris, 1989), at 25°C, with 120 rpm shaking and 60 μE m-2s−1 continuous white light if not indicated otherwise. For cultivation on plates, media was supplemented with 1.5% agar. For growth of cw15-arg7 and cw15-325, the medium was supplemented with 100 μg/mL Arg. The ΔpsaB and nac2 mutant strains were kind gifts from K. Redding (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ) and J. Nickelsen (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munchen, Germany), respectively, and cw15-arg7 was a kind gift of T. Happe (Ruhr Universtity, Bochum, Germany). HL growth experiments were performed as follows: Precultures were cultivated in TAP at LL (60 μE m−2 s−1) to the early exponential phase, and the cell density was determined using a Fuchs-Rosenthal chamber. Cells were washed one time with HSM/TAP (80/20) medium, resuspended in HSM/TAP (80/20) at a starting cell density of 1 × 106 cells/mL, and supplemented with the indicated salts. Cultures were then exposed to HL (200 μE m−2 s−1) for the indicated time. For metabolic labeling, NH4Cl in solid and liquid media was substituted with 15N-NH4Cl (Cambridge Isotope Laboratories). For the activation of the inducible amiRNA expression system, cells were shifted from TAP to TAP-NO3 medium for 40 h before the onset of further experimental procedures. In TAP-NO3 medium, NH4 was replaced by 4 mM KNO3.
It is of note that the described phenotypes in the amiRNA and RNAi mutant strains were lost after some time (between 2 and 12 months) and that the loss of phenotype correlated with the restoration of CAS protein expression, strongly pointing to the fact that the observed phenotypes are closely linked to CAS expression levels.
Plasmid Construction and Generation of RNAi Lines
Total RNA of Chlamydomonas cells was isolated with TRI reagent (Sigma-Aldrich), and cDNA synthesis was performed with the reverse transcription system (Promega) using the manufacturer’s protocols. A 1478-bp fragment, which includes the coding region of CAS, was amplified from cDNA using the following primers with added restriction sites: FORS-RHO-B (5′-CGGGATCCAGAGCGGTGTGAAGATCCTG-3′, underlined BamHI site) and REV-RHO-X/E (5′-GCTCTAGACGGAATTCACATACACCTTGCC-3′, underlined XbaI and EcoRI sites, respectively). A longer 1729-bp fragment that contained an additional 251 bp of adjacent sequence to function as a spacer in the inverted repeat construct was amplified using the primer FORL-RHO-B (5′-CGGGATCCGAAAATGCAGCTTGCTAACG-3′, underlined BamHI) and REV-RHO-X/E. Both fragments were cloned in antisense orientation into pBluescript SK− (Stratagene) using the added restriction sites. The resulting inverted repeat cassette was excised with EcoRI and cloned into the unique EcoRI site of the RNAi vector pNE537 (Rohr et al., 2004). Biolistic transformation of the RNAi construct into a wild-type strain (CC-124) and the subsequent screening were performed as described (Naumann et al., 2005). Transformed cells were selected and maintained on media containing 7 μM 5-fluoro-indole and 10 μg/mL paromomycin. Liquid cultures of the RNAi strains were supplemented with 10 μg/mL paromomycin.
Generation of amiRNA plasmids was done as described by Molnar et al. (2009). Target gene-specific oligonucleotide sequences were designed using the Web MicroRNA Designer platform (WMD2; http://wmd2.weigelworld.org/cgi-bin/mirnatools.pl; Ossowski et al., 2008). The resulting oligonucleotides amiFor_CAS_3UTR, 5′-ctagtCGCGTAGTGTATATCTCTTTAtctcgctgatcggcaccatgggggtggtggtgatcagcgctaTAAACAGATATACACTACGCGg-3′, and amiRev_CAS_3UTR, 5′-ctagcCGCGTAGTGTATATCTGTTTAtagcgctgatcaccaccacccccatggtgccgatcagcgagaTAAAGAGATATACACTACGCGa-3′ (uppercase letters indicate amiRNA*/amiRNA sequences), that target the 3′ untranslated region of CAS were annealed and ligated into pChlamiRNA3 (SpeI digested). The generated plasmid was transformed into the cell wall–deficient cw15-arg7 strain using glass beads as described (Kindle et al., 1989).
Based on the inducible amiRNA system (Schmollinger et al., 2010), knockdown strains of Chlamydomonas CAS and LHCSR3 protein were generated, respectively. Oligonucleotide sequences were as follows: amiFor_TEF2, 5′-ctagtGAGCCAGTACATGTACCTTAAtctcgctgatcggcaccatgggggtggtggtgatcagcgctaTTAACGTACATGTACTGGCTCg-3′, and amiRev_TEF2 5′-ctagcGAGCCAGTACATGTACGTTAAtagcgctgatcaccaccacccccatggtgccgatcagcgagaTTAAGGTACATGTACTGGCTCa-3′; amiFor_SR3CDS, 5′-ctagtACGGCTCCCTTTGAGGCTGTAtctcgctgatcggcaccatgggggtggtggtgatcagcgctaTACACCCTCAAAGGGAGCCGTg-3′, and amiRev_SR3CDS, 5′-ctagcACGGCTCCCTTTGAGGGTGTAtagcgctgatcaccaccacccccatggtgccgatcagcgagaTACAGCCTCAAAGGGAGCCGTa-3′, targeting the 3′ untranslated region of CAS and the CDS of LHCSR3, respectively.
amiRNA strains were created as described above using the vector pMS539 (Schmollinger et al., 2010) and cw15-325 as recipient strain for glass bead transformation.
Whole cells were analyzed by SDS-PAGE according to Laemmli (1970) and stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue or blotted on nitrocellulose membrane. After incubation with specific antibodies, the signal was detected by enhanced chemical luminescence. Antibodies against PSAD (Naumann et al., 2005), LHCSR3 (Naumann et al., 2007), LHCA3 (Moseley et al., 2002), LHCBM6 (Hippler et al., 2001), and PGRL1 (Naumann et al., 2007) were used in a 1:1000 dilution. The antibody against CF1 (Moseley et al., 2002) was used in 1:10,000 dilution. Antibodies against PSBA (obtained from Agrisera) and LHCII (P25K; Hippler et al., 2001) were used in a 1:2500 dilution. Antibodies against CAS, LHCA4, and LHCA9 were generated by Eurogentec using the following peptides for immunization of rabbits: CAS (ARADELDSTVESVVG), LHCA4 (AVPENVKEREWIDAWC), and LHCA9 (ARPWLPGLNPPAHLKC). Densitometric analyses of the blots were performed using the software UN-SCAN-IT (Silk Scientific).
Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Proteins
Sample preparation and subsequent mass spectrometry analyses were conducted as described by Terashima et al. (2010). Comparative quantitative analyses took advantage of stable isotopic labeling of C. reinhardtii using 15N. The appropriate mass shifts depending on the number of 15N atoms in the respective peptides and the quantitative evaluation of 14N/15N ratios of unlabeled and labeled sister peptides was employed by the quantitation algorithm qTRACE (Terashima et al., 2010).
Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Fluorescence was measured using a Maxi-Imaging PAM chlorophyll fluorometer (Heinz Walz). Samples were dark adapted for 20 min before each measurement. The effective photochemical quantum yield of PSII was measured as PSII yield [Y(II) = (Fm' − F)/Fm'], whereas total NPQ was calculated as (Fm − F’m)/Fm’. The variable fluorescence Fv was calculated as Fv = Fm − Fo, and Fv/Fm was used to evaluate the maximum fluorescence in the dark-adapted state; Fm’ is the maximum fluorescence in any light-adapted state; Fo is the minimal fluorescence in the dark-adapted state.
Measurement of Calcium Content
Cells were grown in TAP under LL, harvested in the exponential phase by centrifugation at 3000g, and washed twice with double-distilled water. The pellet was resuspended in a small volume of double-distilled water, and the cells were broken by passing them through a self-made bionebulizer at a pressure of ~35 p.s.i.
The cell lysates were boiled for 20 min, centrifuged for 20 min at 12,000g, and filtered through a 0.22-μm filter (Millipore). Extracts were measured with an ICS-1000 (Dionex) using a CS12 cation exchange column and AS40 autosampler (Dionex). For each sample, 500 μL extract was applied to rinse the injection loop (25 μL) and ensure complete equilibration. For all measurements, 20 mM methanesulfonic acid was used as eluent and the Chromeleon 6.80 software (Dionex) for data analysis. Calibration line was obtained by dilution of Dionex Six Cation-I standard.
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
To determine the total calcium amount, a Shimadzu AA-6200 atomic absorption spectrophotometer with a double beam optical system, running in flame atomic absorption spectrometry mode, was used for validating the samples. Background correction was performed using a deuterium lamp (190- to 430-nm wavelength range).
Digestion/Determination
The samples were directly digested in a 10-mL volumetric flask. A volume of 2 mL of the homogenized samples, 4 mL nitric acid (65%), and 1 mL sulfuric acid (95%) were transferred into the flask and heated in a water bath at 70°C for 2 h under frequent shaking. The samples had to be diluted by a factor of 10, and an aqueous solution of lanthanum (III) chloride (2% [w/v]) was added as modifier. To determine the total analyte concentration, an external calibration was used, in which the acid concentrations were simulated. The limit of detection was determined as 0.01 μg/mL for calcium according to the method of Boumans (Boumans, 1991; Boumans et al., 1991).
W7 and Mastoparan Drug Studies
The calmodulin antagonist W7, its inactive analog W5, the G-protein activator mastoparan, and its inactive analog mas-17 were all purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and Enzo Life Sciences. Stock solutions of the drugs were prepared in water (in the appropriate concentrations). Cells were exposed to the drugs for 10 min in LL before the onset of the HL experiments.
Sequence data from this article can be found in the GenBank/EMBL data libraries under the following accession numbers: TEF2 (CAS), EDO96984.1; LHCSR3.1, EDP01013.1; and LHCSR3.2, EDP01087.1.
The following materials are available in the online version of this article.
Supplemental Figure 1. Analysis of the HL Response of the cas-kd Line RNAi-cas-9.
Supplemental Figure 2. The Differences in LHCSR3 Expression between Wild-Type and cas-kd Strains in 0.34 and 3.06 mM Ca2+ Are Not Due to Altered Growth.
Supplemental Figure 3. Downregulation of CAS Does Not Lead to a Decrease in Cellular Calcium Content in amiRNA-cas-11 and amiRNA-cas-27.
Supplemental Figure 4. Nigericin at 1 μM Selectively Impacts NPQ but Not Photosynthetic Electron Transfer in Wild-Type Cells (CC-124).
Supplemental Figure 5. Characterization of amiRNA-cas-1 and amiRNA-lhcsr3-3 Strains.
Supplemental Figure 6. Growth Phenotypes of npq4, nac2, and amiRNA-lhcsr3-3 after 24 h in HL.
Supplemental Table 1. Fm, Fo, and Fv/Fm Values of Figure 2D.
Supplemental Table 2. Fm, Fo, and Fv/Fm Values of Figure 3E.
Supplemental Table 3. Fm, Fo, and Fv/Fm Values of Figures 6B and 6C.
Supplemental Table 4. Fm, Fo, and Fv/Fm Values of Figures 6E and 6F.
Supplemental Table 5. Fm, Fo, and Fv/Fm Values of Figures 6H and 6I.
Supplemental Table 8. Fm, Fo, and Fv/Fm Values of Supplemental Figure 4 Online.
M.H. and J.K. acknowledge support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft. M.H. also acknowledges support from the FP7-funded Sunbiopath Project (GA245070). We thank G. Finazzi and C. Fufezan for fruitful discussions and for valuable comments on the manuscript and Mia Terashima for critically reading the manuscript. We thank Jan Offenborn for help with the ion chromatography measurements.
D.P., A.B., and M. Hippler designed the research. D.P., A.B., I.J., K.T., S.V.B., M. Holtkamp, and S.W. performed research. U.K. and J.K. contributed analytical tools. D.P., A.B., S.W., and M. Hippler analyzed data. D.P., A.B., J.K., and M. Hippler wrote the article.
The author responsible for distribution of materials integral to the findings presented in this article in accordance with the policy described in the Instructions for Authors (www.plantcell.org) is: Michael Hippler (mhippler{at}uni-muenster.de).
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We can also run a MINI FILM FESTIVAL style event which involves a series of very short films chosen for your expected audience.
Part of facilitating a film screening involves holding a pre-film talk and conducting a Q & A discussion after the film. We will also have a display table of solutions and tips for people to reduce their plastic consumption.
We would require your school to provide adequate AV & PA equipment and for promotion. Please contact us to discuss which film will best fit the needs and resources of your community.This can be held either during school hours or in the evening with parents and community members invited along if so desired.
(Some of these films are for a general audience and some are only suitable for 12 years and over - we recommend that teaching staff and parents watch the trailer and consult with us before choosing the film.)
Recommended films include:
Tapped
(76 mins)
Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. The documentary is well structured and presents an overwhelming amount of evidence which will change the way anyone thinks about bottled and municipal water. Both the "manufacture" of the water itself, and also where the bottles come from, where they go after use and how they influence our lives while they're with us. The willful absence of major companies such as Coke, Pepsi and Nestle is extremely telling in light of all the material presented.
Baykeepers
After hearing about expansive amounts of plastic in every major ocean, Port Phillip Baykeeper Neil Blake finds the sands of his local beaches are turning into a kind of micro-plastic confetti. In his journey to measure how far the age of plastics has invaded the bay, Neil discovers a growing community striving to protect Port Phillip's health for generations to come.
Blue
BLUE is the story our generation need to hear. The industrialization that has occurred in the oceans over the last century, mirrors the events that triggered mass extinctions on land. Industrial scale fishing, habitat destruction, species loss and pollution have placed the ocean in peril. The very nature of the sea is being irretrievably altered. BLUE is a provocative journey into the ocean realm, witnessing this critical moment in time when the marine world is on a precipice.
On our second trip to Midway, the project's focus began to evolve, as we met the live albatrosses singing and dancing by the hundreds of thousands all over the island. Returning to Midway a total of eight times over four years, we experienced the birds' beauty, grace, and sentience more and more vividly with each trip. They allowed us to witness their most tender moments at astonishingly close range, as the mated pairs snuggled and built their nests together, their babies hatched from their eggs, and the fluffy chicks waited alone for their parents to return from their foraging trips to sea. The poetry of the albatross revealed itself layer by layer with intimate footage of every stage of their cycles of life, death, and birth.
Bag It
Bag It follows “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world. Jeb is not a radical environmentalist, but an average American who decides to take a closer look at our cultural love affair with plastics. Jeb’s journey in this documentary film starts with simple questions: Are plastic bags really necessary? What are plastic bags made from? What happens to plastic bags after they are discarded? What he learns quickly grows far beyond plastic bags.
A Plastic Ocean
(101 mins)
In the center of the Pacific Ocean gyre our researchers found more plastic than plankton. A Plastic Ocean documents the newest science, proving how plastics, once they enter the oceans, break up into small particulates that enter the food chain where they attract toxins like a magnet. These toxins are stored in seafood’s fatty tissues, and eventually consumed by us.
Plastic Paradise
Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined.
The Clean Bin Project
Is it possible to live completely waste free? In this multi-award winning, festival favourite, partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least garbage Their light-hearted competition is set against a darker examination of the problem waste. Even as Grant and Jen start to garner interest in their project, they struggle to find meaning in their minuscule influence on the large-scale environmental impacts of our “throw-away society”. Described as An Inconvenient Truth meets Super Size Me, The Clean Bin Project features laugh out loud moments, stop motion animations, and unforgettable imagery. Captivating interviews with renowned artist, Chris Jordan and Captain Charles Moore, make this film a fun and inspiring call to individual action that speaks to crowds of all ages.
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#236: "When the Saints Go Marching Out" by Roland Goity
~This story originally appeared in Talking River Review (2006).
August 24, 2005: Ivan boasted a warm, alcohol-fueled grin from his window seat as he and Katrina descended upon Louis Armstrong Airport. It had already been a long day; they rose before sun-up to catch their flight from San Jose, and had a long layover in St Louis (two Lynchburg Lemonades) before catching their connection to The Big Easy, Crescent City, The City that Care Forgot, N’Awlins. Katrina napped beside him with her mouth open, and Ivan nudged her awake. “There it is, baby: a place with class, with history, with style,” he said. “Get out your beads and get ready to party!”
August 29, 2005: Sheryl and her six-year-old daughter Markeesha sat on the lumpy, sunflower-patterned couch in their Garden District apartment and sang one song after another. By the time they got to When the Saints Go Marching In, they were on their feet and tapping beats on the hardwood floor. When they finished, Sheryl hugged Markeesha whose eyes pooled with tears. Torrential rainfall and triple-digit winds rapped at the boarded-up windows and Sheryl did her best to hide the sinking feeling she had. “You sure Nana’s okay?” Markeesha asked again. Sheryl nodded and sighed with relief. Through fate, her mother was spending the week with friends in Shreveport.
August 25: After a night of Hurricanes at Pat O’Brien’s and making boisterous fools of themselves at Preservation Hall, Ivan and Katrina were at it again. They were on Day Two of their planned tour to hit every nook and cranny of New Orleans’ famed French Quarter. And Ivan could hardly believe it. Only two days before he was in Silicon Valley pushing e-commerce solutions to anyone who’d listen; now he was strolling about cobblestone pathways and wrought-iron gates on Royal Street, taking drunken horse-drawn carriage rides in the shadows of stately mansions on St. Charles Avenue. Jazz music drifted along the street, from bars and clubs and sometimes the sidewalks themselves. The street musicians were so good, in fact, Ivan guessed they’d probably command top dollar in most cities. This was Ivan’s utopia; this was “Disneyland for adults.” Indeed, it wasn’t long until he and Katrina arrived at a bar on Bourbon Street and were coaxed onstage by the long beckoning finger of the bass player in a ZZ Top-style trio: a rangy black man with an old-style ‘fro and instrumental chops not unlike Stanley Clarke, the king of Ivan’s self-congratulatory musical hierarchy. As they danced alongside the band, it seemed somehow natural to Ivan that he and Katrina were now improv entertainers of the Old Absinthe House. Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory himself, often celebrated there back in the day, and at that moment Ivan felt he’d forged a spiritual bond with the great general and president. This marvelous southern city satiated his ego, and as he danced the “po’ fool white boy” before the lively crowd, Ivan wondered what might someday be his own claim to fame.
August 30: They were without power for 24 hours and counting. Each had a flashlight full of batteries—Sheryl the large one with the nine-volt, Markeesha the penlight with the AA-cells. During the night they’d lined up candles in every room, and burned them for endless hours. Sheryl had told her daughter that it would only be one hectic night and then things would get back to normal. Sheryl hadn’t believed her own words even then, but she had no idea how far from the truth they really were until now. Water had flooded the downstairs apartments, and residents below migrated through the streets or climbed the stairs to the balcony, where they either stayed put, climbed to the roof of the complex, or doubled up in a few units. There was no way of communicating: no television or radio reception, no phone service or cell phone coverage, no emergency vehicles or signs of help on the way. Sheryl had invited the Handlerys in—all six of them—to have some juice and slices of bread with peanut butter. They didn’t refuse; the kids ate like ravenous dogs and afterward Sheryl somewhat regretted her crisis hospitality, especially when Mrs. Handlery followed her into the kitchen and seemed to take an inventory of what food items remained. But the powerless refrigerator was practically bare, so were the cupboards. The textile mill doled out paychecks on the 31st, and that’s when Sheryl had planned to go grocery shopping. Mr. and Mrs Handlery appeared ready to remain with them through the long haul, while their kids carried on inside and out—yelling, screaming, cryin’. At times even laughing. Markeesha circled about with rivulets constantly streaming down her cute, milk-chocolaty face, and—since they now had no electricity to power the fans and the temperature and humidity soared inside and out—Sheryl couldn’t tell if it was sweat from exhaustion or a child’s tears of fear and frustration. She guessed it was probably both.
August 26: “You sho don’ wanna go there…not in the daytime.” The puzzling advice given by the hefty Caribbean woman wearing some sort of muumuu left Ivan and Katrina giggly and nervous for hours that morning. They racked up a hundred dollar lunch at Antoine’s, indulging in crawfish etouffe, duck confit salad, and Napoleons for dessert; the obligatory Hurricanes and a fancy bottle of wine to wash it all down. Before the check came they decided to go for it. What better place to wile away a hot and lazy afternoon than the St. Louis Cemetery, the set of the Easy Rider acid trip? The famous locale where Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper (Captain America and Billy) took Karen Black and that other chick, and spent an eerie twenty minutes or so of film time frightening pretty much all of America. Ivan loved that scene. He’d seen it at least a dozen times. And so he and Katrina brushed aside the voodoo woman’s advice, crossed the quarter’s edge (Rampart Street, dead crawfish littered up and down the sidewalk and plugging the storm grates) and spent hours meandering through a maze of above-ground tombs—some the size of SUV’s—in sheer amazement and utter awe. The names and dates. The design and sculpture. The human remains inside those tombs. It spoke to the great history of one of the world’s finest cities. There were spirits everywhere. Ivan could feel it. Katrina said she could, too. They stepped into each other’s arms and kissed, tongues swirling. Then they practically got down right there next to the plot of Charles Joseph Dominique Bouligny: 1773-1833. But when another couple came by to pay their respects out of kinship or just out of curiosity, Katrina gave Ivan the wide eyes and they happily made a beeline for the next trolley back to the Marriott.
August 31: “Mama, I can’t do this…I caaaan’t.” What could Sheryl tell her sweet child? The Big Easy was becoming a lawless shithole, and, with no help in sight and the crackle of gunshots and booming explosions throughout the night, Sheryl couldn’t take it anymore. So when someone knocked on the door that morning and said they were tending to people at the Superdome and shuttling them to safety, well, there really wasn’t anything more she needed to hear. She grabbed her daughter and a few belongings and within minutes they said adieu to the Handlerys and other remaining neighbors and began a waist-high slog (shoulder high for Markeesha) through a river of oily, rust-colored soup that stank to high heaven, each hoisting Hefty bags full of clothes for knapsacks. Somehow, they’d made it a half-mile down Magazine, passing dozens of antique shops and blighted housing, as they fought their way through the river of sludge, past an unspeakable assortment of flotsam and jetsam (used bandages, syringes, and condoms; gasoline, fecal matter, dead dogs and cats). Then, some poor angel, an almost toothless man yelled from the top of a building and slid an inflated pool mattress off the roof to their waving arms below. Sheryl shouted: “God bless!” and the man replied with a checker-toothed grin. He would likely become a casualty of the storm’s aftermath, Sheryl thought; if help didn’t come soon he’d dry up like a raisin. He’d end up like one of the floating corpses they kept encountering as they continued down Magazine. Sheryl still slogged through the sewage, but her daughter was now aboard the raft, adrift in body and mind. To Sheryl it was obvious that Markeesha was shell-shocked by what she was seeing. She only hoped her daughter wouldn’t be unduly affected by the harrowing experience and its lasting images. It was enough to scar a person for life.
August 27: Over coffee and beignets at Café du Monde, just off Jackson Square, Ivan explained to Katrina that he had phoned the airline that morning and rescheduled their return flight for that evening: “It’s ‘cause of that hurricane they named after you, baby. It’s bearing down on New Orleans and I don’t want to take any chances.” She agreed, but not before ribbing him about his hurricane namesake the year before. All that hurricane talk took them once again to Pat O’Brien’s where they downed a couple each before a lunch of po-boys in a dimly lit little dive not far from the hotel. A couple of hours later they had packed their hotel bags and caught the airport shuttle. Passing by the Superdome, Ivan told Katrina that “the greatest game in football history was played there. The Super Bowl where the 49ers beat the Broncos, fifty-fuckin-five to ten!” She was tuning him out, but Ivan was too enthralled to notice her uninterest. He imagined himself inside at kickoff, after a week of Super-Bowl hype and pre-game partying up and down Bourbon Street. Damn, that would be sweet! The past four days Ivan had had the time of his life, and he was sorry to leave. But he’d be back. Oh, yeah, he’d be back.
September 1: They’d barely slept for days on end and Sheryl thought perhaps she was enduring the world’s longest nightmare or had taken a turn into hell. If it wasn’t for Markeesha, she probably would’ve given up by now, just done up and died. She’d sprained her ankles numerous times: on the sidewalk’s edge, on potted plants and other unseen objects in the filthy muck below. And she’d cut her leg—badly. She wasn’t sure how, but thought it might have been from a rusty bolt sticking out from a sidewalk bench or something, maybe from the jagged edge of a car bumper or the derailleur of abandoned bicycle. It was impossible to tell what lay behind or before them. When they crossed the intersection with the Rite Aid, Sheryl and Markeesha did as dozens of others did: went inside and took what they needed to survive. A policeman shouted halfheartedly: “Whachoo chirren doin’?” at a group of kids hopping around behind the counter of the pharmacy where the prescriptions were filled. But he didn’t do anything; he watched them like an innocent bystander. Sheryl took gauze bandages and disinfectant for her wound, disposable surgical masks to ease their breathing, cans of food (chili, tuna, corned-beef hash), and a can opener, and stuffed them inside her bag. Markeesha grabbed a case of plastic bottled water and held it in her tiny arms, her sack of clothes resting on top. When they returned outside the raft was gone, and things had gotten even uglier. There were fights on both sides of the flooded street and then someone pulled a gun and shot at the cop. Markeesha screamed and Sheryl felt herself going faint. But she couldn’t let herself lose consciousness. She grabbed her daughter by the arm, not caring about the bags of clothes, food and other supplies they each dropped in the process. The humid stench around them played on Sheryl’s decision making—she was acting on instinct; it was telling her to move, and move quickly. People were hooting and hollering, smashing windows, and sometimes firing shots in the air. Fires burned buildings every few blocks, even with the rivers of water navigating the district’s streets. This was what people meant when they spoke of Armageddon. Sheryl and Markeesha moved forward in the direction of the Superdome, but at the rate they were going Sheryl knew they’d be lucky to ever get there. She shielded her daughter from the crazed eyes and shocking behavior of others out on the street. It was the stress of the situation that turned otherwise fine citizens savage-like; especially the young men who cut through the waist-high waters in clusters, like schools of deadly sharks. The way they looked at her and Markeesha made Sheryl’s stomach turn. As the nausea swept over her again, she felt her skin go clammy and heard Markeesha yell: “No mama, nooooo.” The last thing Sheryl saw before everything went black was a shining vision of the Superdome.
Elsewhere, September 1: Ivan and Katrina quietly stared at the wide-screen television in their den, occasionally uttering remarks of disbelief. It had been going on for days, chaos and despair in the great city they’d just visited—tens of thousands displaced, hundreds upon hundreds dead. Every network carried the same footage: as if they all passed around a dusted-off B-roll montage. Ivan and Katrina had seen the same frightened residents waiting for miracle rescues from the precariousness of their rooftops. They’d seen the same poor man babble almost incoherently as he retold how the storm separated him from his wife, from his kid. And they’d seen the masses holed up at the convention center and at the Superdome. Poor blacks mostly, who hadn’t the wherewithal to leave the city, or who trusted the authorities who called on them to gather there. They were packed in, spending days with little food, water or sanitation; with little care or protection. They lived in conditions unbefitting a prison camp. The same shots repeated themselves, over and over, no matter which station played. Finally, after a particularly disturbing close up, Katrina shuddered and told Ivan she’d seen enough, that she was going to change into her workout clothes and go for a run. Ivan flicked off the set before she made it up the stairs. “Me, too, babe,” he said. “I’ll join you.”
This was the second story I ever published. I wrote it as Hurricane Katrina was happening, the weekend before the start my final year in the MFA program at San Diego State University. I’d always had the fondest memories from the time I visited New Orleans and to see what was taking place there, and all the people being neglected amid the devastation was heart wrenching and shocking. It drove an energy through me that kept me writing and thinking for days on end. It was a rare moment where I felt compelled by some inner force to write and document what was happening. It was the only way I could really grapple with the emotions I felt then. Visitors like myself may tend to romanticize the city, and for good reason. But hundreds of thousands of people live there, and don’t all share in les bon temps. This story tries to capture that.
ABOUT ROLAND GOITY
Roland Goity is a writer and editor living in Ashland, Oregon. He has published dozens of stories in print and online. He co-edited the anthology Experienced: Rock Music Tales of Fact & Fiction (Vagabondage Press), was the editor of Works (of Fiction) in Progress (WIPs), and edited fiction for the online journal LITnIMAGE.
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Not only did this smaller scaled convention give fans a chance to interact with toy creators, artists, writers but it also gave them a chance to look for some exclusives, get items signed by comic and toy professionals, check out some amazing original art on display and peruse back issue vendors. On top of that, the outdoor area of the convention featured a half dozen food trucks and a selection of craft beers available for attendees over twenty-one. Hey, convention going ...
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Despite all the cosplay, movie stars, TV stars, toys, video games and other assorted stuff, comic books are what started all of this and comic books remain, for some of us at least, the most important part of an event like NYCC. As such, we’ve saved the best for last. All the big publishers are, as per the norm, setup in the main hall. Marvel had a lot going on this year, like they always do, promoting Black Panther and Doctor Strange in a big way this year.
Also in the main hall? Dark Horse, Dynamite, Oni, IDW, Image, 2000 A.D., and Archie! There was a lot of great stuff going on at the Archie booth, including a signing for the Archie Meets Ramones comic that came out a few weeks ago, complete with the requisite NYCC variant cover on sale! Alex Ross had a booth set up too, selling prints and other expensive but awesome paintings.
R!S!P! At NYCC 2016 – Toys!
Everyone likes toys, right? Another big part of what makes NYCC such a rad event to go to are, yeah, the toys! While there are some dealers who peddle vintage stuff but a large part of the focus is on ‘the new stuff’ and the ‘stuff you want but can’t buy yet.’ There was a lot of that this year, probably more than last year, with big players like Sideshow, NECA and Previews Select displaying some really impressive sculpts, prototypes and finished products. And of course, there were plenty of show exclusives on hand, often requiring the more dedicated collectors out there to stand in some pretty long lines for a shot at getting their hands on some of the more limited runs for sale.
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And the conventions, NYCC in particular, encourage this. Given that some of the costumes ...
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And then there’s Wonder Woman – everywhere! With the movie coming out soon, DC has the hype machine moving full steam ahead. Not only where there an awesome tribute booth set up on the main floor showing off some great original art (including an awesome piece from the late Darwyn Cooke) from throughout the decades as well as some props for the film, but near the main entrance by the DC Comics booth, there were a bunch of costumes on display. Most of these were from the new movie, but hey, check out the old Lynda Carter duds from the TV show – she was even represented in Jelly Bean form!
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Ash Vs. The Evil Dead At NYCC 2015
People,
Ok, so at the New York Comic Con this weekend, Staz had a big promotional thing going on to hype the debut of Ash Verus The Evil Dead later this month. It was kind of neat the way they did it - they setup a life size replica of 'Ash's Trailer' outside on the inner road way. Basically you got to stand in line for the chance to wander through.... a trailer. But it was still fun. Some pictures from that.
NYCC 2015 Part Four - Comics!
Let’s start in the main hall – here’s where most of the bigger publishers setup shop – they’ll sell you exclusives and hold signings and sometimes Q&A sessions too. There are also a bunch of comic vendors selling back issues, variants, supplies and more.
Check out the displays from Valiant, Dark Horse, IDW, Archie, Oni and Avatar (selling CGC graded perfect ‘10’ copies of some of their own books?)…
…along with booths for Image, Titan and Dynamite.
J. Scott Campbell even sets up his own booth at the con!
The vendors are always interesting to see – a lot of the same guys and gals exhibit here every year but there are sometimes some new ones too. Original artwork, vintage comics from ...
NYCC 2015 Part Three - Toys!
Another big part of what makes NYCC such a rad event to go to? Toys! Yeah, there are some dealers who peddle vintage stuff but a large part of the focus is on ‘the new stuff’ and the ‘stuff you want but can’t buy yet.’ There was a lot of that this year, probably more than last year, with big players like Sideshow and Previews Select displaying some really impressive sculpts, prototypes and finished products. And of course, there were plenty of show exclusives on hand, often requiring the more dedicated collectors out there to stand in some pretty long lines for a shot at getting their hands on some of the more limited runs for sale.
Not surprisingly, most of what you’ll see on display is licensed stuff – seen below are a prototype for a pretty neat Link figure and some absolutely jaw droppingly detailed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figures alongside some anime and video game pieces.
Back in The Block area, you’ll find some weird stuff along with some ‘bad girl’ figures like Shi and Lady Death, a King Zombie Deadworld figure, a huge American Werewolf In London piece and even a nice Caroline Munroe figure!
Moving right along, dig this complete set of Sailor Moon character figures, a giant monster thing and some Frazetta-inspired ...
NYCC 2015 Part Two - Cosplay-A-Go-Go!
Following yesterday’s gallery of the show, today we take a look at the cosplay element of the 2015 edition of the New York City Comic Con. Love it or hate it, cosplay has become a HUGE part of what makes conventions like this so popular and it has managed to draw in a whole new crowd of convention goers who attend to show off their work and admire that of others.
And the conventions, NYCC in particular, encourage this. Given that some of the costumes can and do get a little risqué, the people at ReedPOP (the company that organizes the convention) have rightfully instituted a zero tolerance policy in regards to harassment ...
NYCC 2015 Part One - Walking The Floor Show
Last week New York City once again played host to the biggest pop culture gathering on the East Coast if not the entire country. From Thursday through Sunday fans of movies, TV, gaming, toy collecting, anime, movies and yes, comic books, gathered en masse to celebrate geek culture in all its many forms.
R!S!P! was there and over the next few days we’ll be posting a few different Comic Con galleries – this one is the first, and it’s basically a look at the size and scope of the show, the different vendors and displays that were set up across the entirety of the massive Jacob Javitz Convention Center and just a general overview of what goes on at NYCC and in turn, why it is such an insanely popular event.
Before the show itself opened, you could clearly see from inside the hall just how many people were waiting (with admirable patience and good cheer) to get inside once the doors opened at 10am. Kind of reminds you of something out of Dawn Of The Dead…
Moving around the venue, the main entrance was done up like the gates ...
R!S!P! At Special Edition NYC 2015
Comic Books,
This weekend saw the second installment of ReedPOP’s Special Edition NYC. For those not in the know, this is basically a comic show getting back to its roots. If the massive New York City Comic Convention is the new norm, you can think of SENYC as that con’s younger, more innocent brother as of yet not corrupted by movie star appearances, Walking Dead cast panels or video game announcements. No, SENYC is a comic book convention in the truest sense of the word, the kind you used to go to back in the eighties and nineties, a pre Big Bang Theory universe. The kind you go to…. gasp… for comic books.
Now to be fair, the show this year, held at Pier 94 and not at the Javitz Center as it was in 2014, was bigger. There were a few toy vendors set up and a clothing vendor selling themed socks for some reason. But ...
Rock! Shock! Pop! At The New York City Comic Con - Part Four- Hey Kids! Comics!
So we did the floor walk, we covered the toys and we posted a bunch of pictures of cosplayers – but what about the comic book presence at NYCC 2014? Shouldn’t that be what it’s all about? Well, it’s easy sometimes for the ‘heart’ of the event to get overshadowed by celebrity appearances, video games, cosplayers and everything else that goes on at a show as big as this one (and for the record, NYCC eclipsed San Diego for the first time, officially making this the biggest con in the country) but yeah, comics are still going strong.
Living legend Neal Adams had a pretty huge booth set up in the main hall area, selling prints and books and commissioned sketches and photos…
…while the Kirby Museum was set up nearby, showing off a few original art pieces penciled for Marvel by the King himself during their Silver Age reign of terror.
Marvel was nearby and not surprisingly, they probably had the biggest presence, at least on the main floor, of any of the publishers in attendance. A lot of what was going on at their booth was related ...
Rock! Shock! Pop! At The New York City Comic Con - Part Three - Cosplay-A-Go-Go!
Love it or hate it, cosplay has exploded at conventions over the last few years and it’s now just as much a reason for some people to attend as the vendors and guests are. In fact, there are even ‘celebrity cosplayers’ showing up at cons these days, putting in special appearances and doing booth signings. So yeah, even if you don’t want to dress up for the day, you can’t ignore the fact that a whole lot of people do. High fives to Reed Pop for creating a safe and friendly environment for anyone and everyone to do their thing and have fun.
Here’s a few shots that show off the variety of costumes that were making the rounds at NYCC 2014. ...
Rock! Shock! Pop! At The New York City Comic Con - Part Two - TOY TOUR!
Following up on yesterday’s post in which we basically just walked the floor, this second installment of our four part coverage of the 2014 New York Comic Con is going to focus on one thing and one thing only… TOYS! And hot damn are there a lot of them at the show this year, some of which are being shown for the first time, some of which are show exclusives and some of which are still being worked on. As you’ll see as you scroll through, there are toys of all kinds – licensed properties, original properties, new, vintage, some meant for kids and some for adult collectors. It’s all here. So let’s get to it…
Starting from The Block entrance, here we find some of the more esoteric ‘boutique’ toy makers. Are you in the market for some stuffed organs? That plush blue testicle you’ve always wanted is now ready for you to take him home!
NYC shop Toy Tokyo had their booth set up along the back wall, it was packed all weekend.
Plenty of other oddball vendors and distributors were set up here too…
Spanish toy maker SD Toys had a booth set up displaying some of their licensed stuff, like this ridiculously realistic looking Stan Lee figure!
They were also showing off Bettie Page and Blues Brothers figures alongside Steve McQueen, Charlie Chaplin and Marlon Brando from The Godfather!
Heading into the main hall from the back, there were some vintage toy vendors set up, offering up everything ...
Rock! Shock! Pop! At The New York City Comic Con - Part One - Walking The Floor
It’s October in New York City again and for thousands upon thousands of pop culture junkies, comic book fans, gamers, toy freaks, cosplayers and movie addicts that means one thing – New York City Comic Con. The annual event, put on by the folks at Reed Pop, is by far the biggest event of its kind on the East Coast and the second biggest convention of its kind in the country. Once again held at (and completely filling) the massive Jacob Javitz Convention Center in Manhattan, the even began Thursday, October 9th, and it continues through tomorrow, October 12th.
Below is the first of four photo galleries highlighting some of the events, dealers, guests and ‘everything else’ that makes this convention worth going to time and time again. Yes, it’s hectic. Yes, there are long lines and ridiculous crowds and YES, someone will inevitably step on your foot every five minutes, but New Yorkers are used to that. More important than that is that the convention, just like last year, remains a positive, friendly and inspiring experience for scores of attendees. Reed Pop does a very good job with crowd control and with keeping things organized and running smoothly and for a convention as big as this one is, NYCC runs pretty damn smoothly.
But enough about that, let’s get down to it. Upon entering the main convention hall, if you look to your left you can’t help but notice the MASSIVE Batman logo hanging over top of the suit display that DC Comics was sponsoring. More on that in a bit but here’s the hanging logo…
…and then when you turn to the other ...
Rock! Shock! Pop! Visits The New York City Comic Con 2013
A few days ago, just over this past weekend as a matter of fact, pop culture blew a massive load across New York City for the four day New York Comic Con which took place in Manhattan at the Javitz Center from October 10th through the 13th. While these days, big comic conventions like this one and the annual San Diego event focus as much (sometimes more) on movies, toys, television shows and other things that aren’t printed and bound, there was still plenty of four color action to go around.
Panels and discussions were held celebrating everything from cartoons like The Venture Brothers and Bob’s Burgers to the 25th Anniversary of Chucky but so too were there panels on self-publishing, digital comics and the advent of social media. Of course, heavy hitters like Batman and The X-Men got their own forums as well. The show was sold out long in advance this year, which meant that once you stood in line outside to get in you got to stand in line some more to do… well, pretty much anything. But that’s part and parcel with an event like this, it just comes with the territory. Thankfully the staff was generally both polite and helpful and with information booths set up all over the place, it was reasonably easy to find what you wanted to find without too much trouble. This was a well-run show.
There were scores of cosplayers on hand this year, many sporting some pretty ornate costumes, and of course there were vendors and exhibitors as far as the eye could see, selling pretty much everything under the sun. But enough talk, if a picture ...
Rock! Shock! Pop! Visits The Vinegar Syndrome Archives!
Vinegar Syndrome is, in a sense, the new kid on the block. They haven’t even existed for an entire year yet but have made a splash in exploitation film circles with Blu-ray releases like The Lost Films of H.G. Lewis, Massage Parlor Murders and recently The Telephone Book. They’ve also been issuing double features of horror, drive-in and adult oddities on DVD to the masses hungry for cinematic oddities. In a day and age where many are predicting the death of physical media, it’s refreshing to see a ‘young’ company take chances in a market that is shaky at best.
But there’s more to Vinegar Syndrome than just what makes it to the shelves of your local DVD retailer (if you have one) or to your favorite e-tailer’s site. In the Connecticut based headquarters that they share with sister company Process Blue (a film scanning and restoration facility that has done work for plenty of more established companies like Synapse Films, Troma, Distribpix and Drafthouse Films) there exists an archive, a veritable treasure chest of celluloid. Now, a lot of the titles in the archive are not properties that Vinegar Syndrome will likely ever be able to release, but quite a few of them are. So as we go through this tour, keep in mind that just because you see elements here for a certain title, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re putting it out on a nice, shiny disc any time soon.
So with that out of the way, let’s journey through the hulking warehouse that keeps some of these legitimate cinematic treasures safe and sound, preserved for posterity much ...
Rock! Shock! Pop! Visits The Distribpix Archives
So on a bright, sunny April day, Distribpix president and all around nice guy Steven Morowitz was kind enough to have a couple of R!S!P!’s nosiest over to ‘the archive’ for a tour. Before we get to that, a bit of background on the company and just what exactly it is we were about to see and are about to share with you, courtesy of the Distribpix Blog:
“Our company has been around since 1965 and during that time DISTRIBPIX was mainly a film broker and small time production company for the NYC theatres and grindhouses. As time went on, Distribpix became a major player and producer of sexploitation films, and then went on to produce some very successful XXX features for the big screen throughout the 70′s and 80′s. Now branded Video-X-Pix, to reflect the Video Age (VHS and BETA) the company became a major video distribution house, representing some of the best producers and directors of that time period. During the 90′s the company was mothballed and sat basically untouched, with some light distribution only.
In 2002, the son of the original founder of Video-X-Pix, decided it was time to re-open its doors, and with a renewed approach and vigor. Basically a 3 tiered plan. First, to continue to preserve and re-issue our amazing library of classics onto DVD. Secondly, to begin to issue, re-mastered versions of our films, from the 35 negatives, as well as add liner notes and director/actor interviews and commentary and other extras (PLATINUM ELITE COLLECTION). Third, we are going to be finally releasing the soft core sexploitation films from the DISTRIBPIX vault.”
Their most recent release was the Blu-ray special ...
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Archaic Firearms
…Archaic‚ firearms are a catch-all term for weapons using obsolete technology (such as muskets). They are typically fairly inaccurate, heavy, and require lengthy reload times. All weapons in this chapter have rate of fire …Single‚ and a magazine of “1 Muzzle.” Muzzle-loading firearms take at least 30 seconds to reload, though certain types of mechanisms have additional steps.
Damage Type
Range inc.
Ammo Mass
Reload Time
Pistol, Matchlock
1d6+8
5g ea.
30s*
Musket, Matchlock
1d6+10
10g ea.
Arquebus, Matchlock
Pistol , Wheellock
Musket, Wheellock
Pistol, Flintlock
Musket, Flintlock
Rifle, Flintlock
* Reloading a matchlock weapon also involves lighting the match. See the description for details.
Matchlock Weapons: Matchlock pistols, muskets, and arquebuses are very early firearms which use a lit match to spark the powder. Pulling the trigger plunges the lit match into the powder, thus firing the weapon. This method of firing is prone to several problems, the main one being the difficulty in keeping the match lit. On a natural 1 when rolling, roll another d6. If that d6 is also a 1, the weapon misfires. In wet or windy weather, the weapon misfires on a natural 1 without needing to reroll. A misfired matchlock weapon must be disassembled and cleaned, a process taking several minutes. For safety reasons, the match must be put out before firing the weapon. Lighting the match takes a 4 SA with a reliable fire-starting mechanism (such as a lighter or good match) or ten seconds with flint and steel. Matchlock weapons used a special kind of match, known as a slow match, which burns at around 30cm per hour. Matches used in matchlock weapons are usually around 2cm long, and as such can burn for 4 minutes before needing to be replaced (a 4SA).
Matchlock Pistol:
Modifications: Crude, Muzzle-loader, Smoothbore, Oversized
Matchlock Musket:
Matchlock Arquebus:
Modifications: Crude, Muzzle-loader, Smoothbore
Wheellock Weapons: Wheellock weapons work by spinning a spring-loaded wheel of steel against pyrite. Pulling the trigger releases the spring-loaded wheel, causing the pyrite to spark and igniting the weapon ƒ much like a modern cigarette lighter. Wheellock weapons do not suffer from many of the major inconveniences of the matchlock firearms (there is no match necessary to light, and they are far more reliable in inclement weather: roll a second die, and the weapon misfires on a 1,2, or 3) but the heavy and complicated mechanism drastically increases the cost. Wheellock weapons quadruple the base cost of the firearm and increase their mass by +2 kg. The weight and cost meant they were never adopted for standard-issue military use, and instead carried by members of the nobility. They were frequently elaborately decorated. Wheellock weapons presented here are otherwise identical to their matchlock cousins.
Flintlock Firearms: Flintlock weapons are significantly simpler than the earlier wheellock weapons they replace. Pulling the trigger strikes a piece of flint against, steel, thus igniting the powder and firing the weapon. Flintlock weapons otherwise work like wheellock weapons, except without the increase in cost or mass. Flintlock weapons are in use until the invention of the Percussion-Cap weapon in the 1800s (identical to flintlock weapons save that weather is no longer an issue). In the 1850s, breech-loading cartridge-firearms are introduced, which are essentially identical to modern weapons.
Blunderbuss: The blunderbuss was the precursor to the modern shotgun, firing a group of lead shot. Blunderbusses can be identified by their signature fluted barrels.
Modifications: Crude, Muzzle-loader, Smoothbore, Oversized, Shotgun
Flintlock Rifle: Improvements in gunsmithing allow weapons to be rifled, thus greatly increasing the range. However, these are never very popular due to the difficulty in reloading a muzzle-loading rifle. They are generally used by sharpshooters.
Modifications: Crude, Oversized, Muzzle-loader
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Shwe Ingyinn Hotel, SIG Hotel, 3-star hotel in Mandalay
Shwe Ingyinn Hotel
SIG Hotel
3-star hotel in Mandalay
0.0 km from Mandalay city center
opposite of Mandalay Railway Station
lowest rate for spacious hotel rooms
best for business and leisure travelers
conference and meeting rooms for the event
A street address that reads 66th, 26/27, means a location on 66th Street between 26th and 27th Streets. Corner addresses are given in the form of 26th at 82nd. The ‘downtown’ area runs roughly from 21st Street to 35th Street, between 80th and 88th Streets. Across the railway tracks, 78th Street, 33/34, has the main new shopping malls, while 30th, 35th and 73rd Streets are all developing as busy commercial streets.
Midrange places dominate the Mandalay accommodation scene, although there are a few hostels and budget options, as well as some posh choices. Unless otherwise stated, rates include breakfast. Many hotels offer large discounts if you book direct on their own websites or through a third-party engine.
Central Mandalay
You can find many affordable hotels in a three-block area around the Central Railway Station. These are ordinary-looking streets where several cheaper hotels are licensed for foreigners. You might need to book ahead to get the hotel you want, especially November to January when prices can rise considerably.
There is also a growing range of high-rise midrange hotels between 79th Street and 84th Street that offer clean, comfortable, similar rooms aimed at travelling businesspeople and backpackers who don't feel like staring at cigarette burns on the walls.
There is no main restaurant area; many better choices require cycling down dark roads, such as 27th Street, south of the moat. But if you persist for a few minutes in any direction you're likely to find good street food. For inexpensive barbecue snacks and K800 draught beers, visit one of the countless beer stations. Many restaurants will close early if business is slow, or stay open later if they're busy.
Street Dining
Along with beer-station barbecues, the best-value dining is usually at street stalls, many of which plonk down their plastic stools for only a few hours a day. Certain corners or street sections have culinary specialties, but knowing which takes some insider info.
Try Mohinga (fish noodle soup) for your breakfast at the three-wheeled street-trolley stall at the corner of 32nd Street and 81st Street, from 6.30am to 9.30am. There is another fantastic mohinga station with similar hours just to the left as you pass the entrance gate to Mahamuni Paya. In the daytime, point-and-pick multicurries – several inexpensive family snack outlets are dotted along an unnamed lane between 74th and 75th Streets. Chinese food stalls are available during night-time only at the corner of 34th Street and 76th Street, with a night market (vegetables) stretching along 34th Street.
Drinking & Nightlife
The drinking scene in Mandalay is roughly divided into three camps: high-end bars for the city's young elites, loud, bare-bones beer stations serving cheap frosty brews for the working man (and it is mostly men), and drinks at more upscale Western-fusion-style restaurants.
Mandalay has no real nightclubs. You'll find a couple of fun amateur-hour-like karaoke shows at the beer garden. Foreigners are treated with bemused hospitality, although women may get heavy attention. Several more places, plus cafes and restaurants, form an alternative entertainment district that's strung out along Kandawgyi Pat Road, the causeway road across the northern side of Kandawgyi Lake.
A-nyeint
A-nyeint is a form of vaudeville folk opera with dance, music, jokes and silly walks. Typically it is performed on temporary street stages during local community festivals (especially November and December).
Dance, Music & Puppet Shows
Evening shows, professionally performed, have helped rekindle interest in traditional dance and puppetry. The most authentic performances are set to a six-piece ‘orchestra’ led by a distinctively wailing hneh (an oboe-like instrument). The other musicians are percussionists notably playing gamelan-style arrangements on gongs and tuned circles of mini-drums known as hsaing-waing. You can see a selection of performances during dinner shows at several upmarket hotels.
Yoke thé, or Burmese marionette puppetry, has been a performing art since at least the late 18th century. The skill of yoke thé masters, and the beauty of their handcrafted puppets, is the stuff of folklore. Characters ranging from nagas to princes, and from ogres to magicians caper dance on a raised stage. The entire affair is buoyed by an energetic orchestra (hsaing-waing) that adds clashing cymbals, tinkly percussion, and plenty of good-natured back and forth banter with the puppet handlers. To enjoy a show try Mandalay Marionettes.
Several of Mandalay's top attractions are covered by a K10,000 Archaeological Zone ('combo') ticket valid for one week from first purchase. Currently the ticket is checked (and sold) at Mandalay Palace and Shwenandaw Kyaung. It is also sold in Inwa.
Traditional festivals, big and small, happen often, blocking streets or jazzing up pagoda precincts with all-night music and lively street stalls. Cycle around enough and you'll likely stumble into one.
Mandalay is a major arts-and-crafts centre. It's probably the best place in Myanmar for traditional puppets and hand-woven tapestries. Items may be deliberately scuffed or weathered to look older than they are. Handicraft places generally have to pay commissions to drivers or guides, so prices may prove better if you visit alone.
There are numerous silk workshops and handicraft emporia along the main Sagaing road in Amarapura. Good-value souvenirs can be found in the approach passages to Mahamuni Paya and from peddlers around Inwa. Mingun has numerous 'art' galleries, mostly inexpensive.
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Mandalay is the economic centre of Upper Burma and considered the centre of Burmese culture. A continuing influx of Chinese immigrants, mostly from Yunnan, in the past twenty years, has reshaped the city's ethnic makeup and increased commerce with China. Despite Naypyidaw's recent rise, Mandalay remains Upper Burma's main commercial, educational and health center.
Orientation of Mandalay City
Central Mandalay city streets are laid out on a grid system. East–west streets are numbered from 1st to 49th, with 12th/26th the northern/southern edges of the fortress moat. North–south streets are numbered above 50th, starting from the main Pyin Oo Lwin road in the east but becoming slightly confused west of diagonal 86th, where some roads are more crooked and unnumbered.
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Nintendo DS (DS)
Nintendo: 6 million DSs sold in US
Gamespot - December 11, 2007
Submitted by cube84 (2506) at 5:26PM PST on December 12, 2007
Mario Factory claims its double-screen handheld was the best-selling domestic gaming platform of 2007.
DS Sales Have Now Reached 10 million In Americas As Well
Joystiq - January 25, 2007
Submitted by Joe80 (8) at 3:40PM PST on January 25, 2007
653K DS systems sold in US over Thanksgiving week
Nintendo Press - November 27, 2007
Submitted by ErikAston (23) at 5:19PM PST on November 27, 2007
Nintendo claims that the 653K systems sold over the week of "Black Friday" is the biggest ever for that week.
DFC: DS may be best selling video game console ever
GameDaily Biz - March 21, 2007
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The Number One Gaming System of 2007? Nintendo DS.
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Submitted by Bleezy (381) at 2:11PM PST on December 11, 2007
The Nintendo DS System will be coming out of the 2007 console race as the top gaming system. Yes, it beat out the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii and PSP. Nintendo is proclaiming the win, and rightfully so. According to 2007's DS sales, one DS is sold every 5 seconds. More than 6 million DS systems have sold in the US from January to November 30, 2007. A few DS games have broken the 2 million unit sales mark, which include New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Pokémon Diamond...
European DS sales top 10m
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Sales of Nintendo DS top 3 million in UK
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Has the DS Situation Normalized in Japan?
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Earlier this year, Japan was DS crazy. Getting your hands on a DS was hard at best, requiring customers to line-up for the latest shipments. And last year? Last year, Japan was BANANAS for the DS.
More than One DS Sold Every Five Seconds in U.S.
Kotaku - December 11, 2007
Submitted by Ohnodonho (172) at 1:23PM PST on December 12, 2007
Nintendo hit us, and likely the rest of the gaming planet, with a release today pointing out that the DS does indeed print money. But just how much money Nintendo?
8 Reasons Why The PSP Won't Overtake DS
gizmodo.com - December 2, 2007
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A response article to "8 Reasons Why The PSP Might Overtake the DS" outlining 8 reasons why DS will continue to dominate the market.
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Corning, better known for its Gorilla Glass which is today virtually used in every high-end smartphone, today announced the next generation of its glass development which is called "Corning Willow Glass". Willow Glass is an ultra-slim flexible glass, which could, according to Corning, revolutionize the shape and form of next-generation consumer electronic technologies. It will support thinner backplanes and color filters for both organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and liquid crystal displays (LCD) in high-performance, portable devices such as smartphones, tablets, and notebook computers. This new, ultra-slim flexible glass will also help develop conformable (curved) displays for immersive viewing or mounting on non-flat surfaces.
Corning Willow Glass will help enable thin, light and cost-efficient applications including today's slim displays and the smart surfaces of the future. The thinness, strength, and flexibility of the glass has the potential to enable displays to be "wrapped" around a device or structure. As well, Corning Willow Glass can be processed at temperatures up to 500° C. High temperature processing capability is essential for today's high-end displays, and is a processing condition that cannot be supported with polymer films. Corning Willow Glass will enable the industry to pursue high-temperature, continuous "roll-to-roll" processes – similar to how newsprint is produced – that have been impossible until now.
Corning Willow Glass is formulated to perform exceptionally well for electronic components such as touch sensors, as well as leveraging glass's natural hermetic properties as a seal for OLED displays and other moisture and oxygen-sensitive technologies.
Like Corning's other leading-edge glass substrates, including EAGLE XG Slim and Corning Lotus Glass, Corning Willow Glass is produced using the company's proprietary fusion process. Advances in fusion forming have made it possible to produce glass that is 100 microns thick – about the thickness of a sheet of copy paper. Even at that thickness, it provides hermetic sealing to sensitive components, while also providing excellent optical, thermal, and surface properties.
Corning is currently shipping samples of its Willow Glass to customers developing new display and touch applications. The company is also collaborating with research institutions, customers, and equipment makers to develop an ecosystem of compatible process equipment, including optimized process design.
No word yet if Corning's Willow Glass will be as strong as the company's Gorilla Glass which is today's benchmark for smartphones - after mineral glass which is even stronger but thicker, heavier and more expensive or when we can really expect the first smartphones featuring Willow Glass.
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On The Rocks: A Look At The Brash New Album From Bash And Pop (Tommy Stinson Of The Replacements)
I simply cannot resist sharing a Tommy Stinson anecdote on the occasion of the release of the fab new Bash and Pop album, the sharp and blistering Anything Could Happen, out tomorrow on Fat Possum.
In a story I’ve shared here at least once, Throwing Muses and The Replacements were both separately playing D.C. one April night in 1989. Everyone else I worked with at the Record Co-Op at the University of Maryland was going to see The Replacements while I went to see Throwing Muses. I didn’t, that night, regret my decision as I loved the Muses (and still do) and, oddly, I had a closer encounter with one of the ‘Mats than any of my coworkers did at the other concert when I saw Tommy Stinson pop up in the back of the old 9:30 Club with local hero Tommy Keene in tow. Fittingly, he was wearing the same outfit he wore in the “I’ll Be You” video which he had presumably been sporting at the band’s concert earlier that evening across town. He was very gracious and funny as he signed my autograph.
Seeing him in that outfit, like he had stepped right out of that then-current video for that college rock hit from Don’t Tell A Soul (1989), made him seem larger than life. And for a band with such chaos and hoopla around them at every moment, The Replacements were certainly larger than life. And yet no member of the band, Westerberg included, has even come close to releasing something subsequently that captured some of the fun and glory of the best Replacements records. Thankfully, at least in some ways, the new one from Stinson’s Bash and Pop does. Anything Could Happen isn’t going to change the world but it’s going to warm a lot of hearts out there, especially for those of us who held the music of the ‘Mats so close at such important moments of our lives.
From the sharp, punchy opener “Not This Time” and on to the woozy-boozy lurch of “On The Rocks”, it’s immediately clear that Bash and Pop are on fire. It’s been a few decades since the band’s last album but, dammit, we should have been missing them more. The title cut rocks with a sense of abandon reminiscent of early Seventies Rolling Stones singles, while the mid-tempo “Anybody Else” brings the vibe of “Talent Show” into this century. Similarly, there’s something deliciously world-weary about “Bad News” that gives the tune the sort of swaggering poignancy that so many of the best Replacements cut had even while the bright and sharp “Never Wanted To Know” suggests nothing so much as a more-rough-around-the-edges Cheap Trick. The brash “Jesus Loves You” brings a bit of boogie-woogie attitude to the record even as Stinson wails over the strutting melody, while the gentle “Anytime Soon” adds some slide guitar-inflected balladry to the album. Anything Could Happen ends with the beautiful and relatively mellow “Shortcut”, a gem that’s every bit as good as lots of solo Westerberg material.
Comparing Tommy Stinson to the main ‘Mat seems appropriate given the fact that, based on what’s on this record, Stinson clearly deserves more attention as a songwriter. The cuts here are uniformly energetic and affecting and one can’t help but be a little surprised at just how good this record is; I don’t think anyone was thinking that we needed Bash and Pop to come back after so many years away but, hey, thank God they did ’cause the results are a blast from start to finish.
Anything Could Happen from Bash and Pop is out tomorrow via Fat Possum. Details on Tommy Stinson and the Bash and Pop tour in 2017 are there too.
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We Weren't Really Arguing About Data Anyway
One of the things that frustrates me anytime some guy writes a company memo about how women are biologically inferior for some tasks, some new author shows up to explain that men or boys don't read because too many of the books out there have girl cooties, or to ask if black romance authors even exist and write great things at rates similar to their non-black counterparts, is that then we spend a lot of time going for the data.
Like, actually, back when we thought coding was boring secretarial work, the field was almost entirely women. So, actually, women and girls read more by a lot, but books about boys and men are still over-represented when it comes to awards. And maybe, just like we kept arguing that girls and women can read about boys and men, maybe the reverse should be just as true. And yeah, there are black romance authors and yes they write books worthy of awards.
We aren't really talking about data. The dude who wrote that corporate memo, I swear to you has no data to back this up. And when you listen to TV show making folks say, well, now some networks really want you to try to cast diversely and it's super hard because their just aren't good non-white actors, that's BS too. I'm sure there are crappy non-white actors. But I've seen plenty of crappy or mediocre white actors get roles and no one blames the depth of the casting pool on that. So, again, these are pretend arguments. I don't want to say don't show up with data. Because there is someone who didn't know that coding used to be predominately female. There is someone who didn't know that girls, especially black girls, read more, if we really want to talk about representation. There are people who maybe didn't know some romance was written by black people. But remember it isn't really about facts.
The patriarchy and white supremacy are big strong systems that have only survived this long by convincing people there must be some biological differences that also affect the brain. There must be some reason. The fact that the first tool in their bag is bigotry isn't really a surprised. We are all surrounded by this. It takes work to unpack it. Because let's face it, there's no way that this is the first sexist thing that memo dude did. The women he worked with were, I'm guessing, only shocked by the overtness of the memo. They already knew he thought they were inferior. Just like John McEnroe can look at everything Serena Williams has done and still, be certain, that he played better, harder, and faster than she did. The data does not support this on any level. But that wasn't a discussion about data. That was really about McEnroe and his feelings. Even good old NPR did a piece on the lack of black writers winning RITAs and interviewed...a non-black writer to talk about it.
And that gets me to the final part of this. If you want to play the mountain molehill game and pretend that memo dude just wrote down some thoughts. That every male author who swears they are saving some portion of books for the poor boys who can't find books about boys to read. That every guy who swears it's ridiculous for him to be fired if he maybe accidentally grabbed someone's ass at a professional event one time. It's never one time. It isn't. (We could also argue that making your co-workers feel unsafe one time is enough, but that is a whole other discussion.) You get to a place where you feel cool saying and doing these things because lots of time when you do, others nod. They smile. And you may miss that half of them were gritting their teeth, or sucking it up, because the landscape is littered with people who reported these things to the powers that be and watched nothing happen. Or were retaliated against. You get to a place where you feel like you've addressed the diversity problem because you talked to an author of color, even though they weren't of the group you supposedly wanted to talk about the discrimination of. Close enough. That's not a data problem. It's a basic societal problem.
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Evidence Against Accused Child Molester Rabbi Steve Karro Released
October 7, 2015 /0 Comments/in Jewish Sex crimes /by Joe Levin
MIAMI – While Rabbi Steve Karro prepares for trial, CBS4 has learned exactly what an 11-year-old girl says happened to her inside his Miami Beach art gallery in April.
According to the state’s evidence, the girl, referred to as “JM,” told investigators Karro took her to the back room and said, “You look so beautiful. Your hair is so pretty. You’ve gotten so big.”
The investigator wrote that the girl said Karro “made her sit on his lap, he got up, and then he gave her more hugs which escalated to kisses.
JM told me that the subject kissed her cheeks then he went down to her neck and it appeared that the subject was trying to go down to her lips but she turned her head away so he wouldn’t and his lips made union with her nose.
“JM then explained that the subject grabbed her butt when he hugged her with both of his hands.”
The girl says she told Karro she had to leave. She says he told her not to tell her mother, and gave her a Fendi bag full of candy.
Shortly after bonding out of jail in May, Karro maintained he only touched the girl to heal her.
“Very simple. Love, harmony, cleansing. Nothing else. There was nothing there inappropriate, nothing that I violated anybody’s rights,” Karro said.
The discovery documents also include text messages, apparently exchanged between the Rabbi and the victim’s mother.
They also show the lengths the rabbi took to communicate with her after the alleged incident.
Karro sent at least seven texts asking to meet with the mother.
In one text he wrote, “Shalom, please let me know how are your girls doing, if there is anything I can help, please you know me how much I care, I’ll be there for both of you in clean kosher hard (sic) and mined (sic) please call me good night and only good wishes Amen.”
Another read, “I miss your smile and laugh I have to make sure that you girls are doing well…”
During that timeframe, Karro was seen on video at the mother’s restaurant job, giving her an envelope.
She turned it into police who noted there was $500 in cash inside. The girl’s mother has previously spoken out about the entire ordeal.
“I was shocked, hurt, disgusted, betrayed,” she said, choosing to remain unidentified to protect the identity of her daughter.
Rabbi Karro’s ankle monitor will be re-activated starting tomorrow. It was deactivated for the high holy days. His trial is set for next month.
CBS4’s Natalia Zea tried to reach Karro and his attorney for comment on the court case discovery, but they did not return calls.
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The most recent news is that we have received further Arts Council funding for the development of OIL & TROUBLE. We have also confirmed the involvement of Lisa Goldman as Writer/Director, Ben Duke as Choreographer and John Avery as Composer. The project is continuing to be produced by Robin in association with Sarah Shead of Spin Arts.
The next R&D will take place during October/November this year and we will be focussing on the subject of FRACKING. If you want to have your say - get in touch info@tremers.co.uk.
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We have launched POLITICAL PAGEANTRY! This brand new series of creative evenings at the Old Red Lion will explore the theatricality of politics. We have been accepting submissions for the past month and have chosen some fantastic performances for the evenings which begin on 20th October at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington. Use the hashtag #POLITICALPAGEANTRY
The next R&D for Oil & Trouble starts on Monday! If anyone has any thoughts, opinions, experiences of the subject of FRACKING please get in touch: info@tremers.co.uk.
POLITICAL PAGEANTRY
We have begun a very exciting brand new one-woman play development with writer Abi Zakarian, director Tom O'Brien and actress Nancy Sullivan (The Fastest Clock in the Universe). Currently we are workshopping initial ideas and concept of the play at the Jerwood Space. More news on this project soon..
Oil & Trouble had a successful first week of R&D and we are now about to begin the second week at RADA Studios 1 - 5 December with performers Lucy Ellinson, Denise Black, Joan Cleville and Marta Masiero.
The Dogs of War by Tim Foley is a new play that we are planning to produce in 2015. On 25th November we held a reading of the play at the Jerwood Space with actors Tom Machell, Nancy Sullivan, Matthew Carter and Marianne Adams.
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THE DOGS OF WAR WINS
Tim Foley WON the Off West End Awards for Most Promising Playwright! We are so pleased for both Tim and everyone who worked on the production. It is also a testament to Tom O'Brien and the cast who brought this brilliant play to life.
We are now moving swiftly on to our next new piece of writing - FABRIC, which opens in Tonbridge this June.
FABRIC HITS THE FRINGE
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Lyn Gardner gave us a glowing review when she picked us as her Pick of the Fringe about 2 weeks in. This was followed by The Scotsman announcing that FABRIC had been awarded a prestigious Fringe First Award! This was such wonderful news and we are very proud to have developed the play and driven it all the way to this point. Congratu;ations to everyone who has worked so hard in bringing this brave & honest play to fruition. Special thanks to Abi Zakarian!
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Results of 2011 Lithuanian Census Published
Lithuanian department of statistics published the main results of the decennial census of 2011.
The census highlighted the truly epic scale of Lithuanian emigration. In 2001-2011 decade Lithuania lost 12% of its population (440 600 people). Some three-quarters of this number (9%) left the country (mainly for the Western European labour markets, open to Lithuanians since the country joined the European Union). The remaining decrease (3%) is attributed to low birth rates.
Most of the emigrants are of working age therefore further reducing the birth rate and increasing the strain on economy put by old-age pensioners as their share of the population went from 20% to 21%, an all-time high. At the same time, only 16% of the population is aged under 15, down from 21% in 2001. The average age of Lithuanians increased from 37 to 41 years.
Ethnic composition of Lithuania changed slightly. The share of ethnic Lithuanians increased from 84,2% to 85% of those responding. This increase is likely to be party caused by assimilation as some children of non-Lithuanian parents declare Lithuanian ethnicity. Disproportionately large emigration of some minorities is another reason.
The share of most larger minorities declined with the populations of Soviet era minorities suffering the heaviest setbacks, likely due to emigration to titular homelands (share of Russians went from 6,4% to 5,9%, Ukrainians 0,7% to 0,5%, Belarusians 1,24% to 1,2%). The traditional (i.e. pre-1940) minorities decreased less (Poles from 6,8% to 6,7% and the share of Karaims even increased).
Small minorities saw the largest increase (from 0,1% to 0,15%). They largely consist of new immigrant communities with no pre-1990 populations, e.g. Turks and Chinese. It is likely that their true numbers are even larger due to illegal migration. 154 ethnicities are represented in Lithuania in total (up from 115 in 2001).
In absolute numbers, all the major ethnic communities contracted (most pre-1940 communities by 11% to 15%, primarily Soviet communities by 15% to 30%; the number of ethnic Lithuanians dropped by 12%).
This is in marked contrast to 1989-2001 period (which included the collapse of the Soviet Union). In that era the population of Lithuania declined by 190 000 (5%) but this drop had been mostly fueled by the 1990-1995 departure of Soviet personnel (Soviet ethnic communities declined by some 30% that decade). The numbers of most pre-1940 communities (Lithuanians, Poles), on the other hand, changed only slightly in the 1989-2001 period. In the 1989-2001 economical migration had been relatively minor and it only surged after Lithuania joined the European Union in 2004. Compared to the 1989-2001 the ethnic composition of Lithuania was relatively stable in 2001-2011.
Religion statistics are harder to discern as the number of those not answering the question increased sharply from 6% to 10% (at the same time the option "irreligious" was chosen by 6% of population instead of the previous 10%). The percentage replying "Roman Catholic" decreased from 79% to 77%, the share of Russian Orthodox and Old Believers decreased less while the Protestants gained influence as did the less popular faiths. The total number of religious groups represented increased from 28 in 2001 to 59.
Migration trends meant a decrease of population by 10% to 20% in most municipalities. One exception is Vilnius which declined only by 3% as its emigrants have been replaced by new internal migrants from smaller cities and towns (most of whom prefer to remain in the capital after getting their university or college degrees there).
A trend of suburbanization continued with the population of municipalities around Vilnius, Kaunas, and Klaipėda actually even increasing by 6%-11%. This goes on as more and more Lithuanians leave their cramped Soviet apartments to build their own houses (their availability was limited in 1940-1990 despite the significance of detached family homes in Lithuanian psyche). Some of these suburbs are considered rural for statistical purposes leading to a slight decrease of the total urban population from 66,9% to 66,7%. Villages and towns far from the main cities suffer depopulation, however.
Learning foreign languages took a sharp curve upwards as various multinational companies started working in Lithuania and incoming tourism increased in the 2001-2011. In 2001 25,6% of the population did not speak any non-native language, in 2011 this number was reduced to mere 16,4%; at the same time, the share of those knowing more than one foreign language increased from 29% to 37%. Spoken nearly universally by those over 30 Russian remains the most popular foreign language. However, less than 50% of those between ages 15 and 19 know it while 80% speak English in this age group, demonstrating a major shift in foreign language learning. English have also been eagerly learned by previous generations for better job opportunities and the total share of its speakers nearly doubled from 16,9% in 2001 to 30,4% in 2011.
2011 census results on correlation between age and what foreign languages a person can speak. Native languages are excluded (therefore total numbers of Russian and Polish speakers are larger by 6%-8% than shown here). Diagram by Lithuanian department of statistics.
Marriage is becoming less common due to increasing age of marriage, switch to informal cohabitation, increasing divorce rates and aging population (leading to more widows). The number of married people decreased by 17,3% while the number of those divorced increased by 11,9%, never married by 4,1% and widowed by 0,6% (despite a general decrease in population). In 2001 over 50% of the population above the age of 15 was married (60,7% men and 51,6% women). In 2011 these shares decreased to 54,9% men and 45,9% women.
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when was this published?
~2013. There was no newer census though. The next one should be in 2021 and the results would then likely be published at ~2023.
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Praxis is the customary use of knowledge or skills, distinct from theoretical knowledge. The term is used in Eastern Orthodox theology to refer to the practice of the faith, especially to askesis and liturgical life. Praxis is key to Eastern Orthodox understanding because it is the basis of faith and works and the understanding of not separating the two. "Theology without action (praxis) is the theology of demons." —Maximus the Confessor
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Union with God, to which Christians hold that Jesus invited man, requires not just faith, but correct practice of faith. This idea is found in the Scriptures (1 Cor 11:2, 2 Thes 2:15) and the Church Fathers, and is linked with the term praxis in Orthodox theology and vocabulary.[1] In the context of Orthodoxy, praxis is mentioned opposite theology, in the sense of 'theory and practice'.[2] Rather, it is a word that means, globally, all that Orthodox do.[3] Praxis is 'living Orthodoxy'.[4]
Praxis is perhaps most strongly associated with worship. "Orthopraxis" is said to mean "right glory" or "right worship"[5]; only correct (or proper) practice, particularly correct worship, is understood as establishing the fulness glory given to God. This is one of the primary purposes of liturgy (divine labor), the work of the people. Some Orthodox sources maintain that in the West, Christianity has been reduced "to intellectual, ethical or social categories," whereas right worship is fundamentally important in our relationship to God, forming the faithful into the Body of Christ and providing the path to "true religious education."[6] A "symbiosis of worship and work" is considered to be inherent in Orthodox praxis.[7]
Fasting, another key part of the practice of the Christian faith, is mentioned as part of Orthodox praxis, in connection with the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 6),[8] and in comparison with the history and commemorations of Lenten fasts.[9]
Praxis may also refer to proper religious etiquette.[10]
In both the Latin and Eastern Catholic churches, parallel ideas of worship exist and are given expression, in recent decades by Dietrich von Hildebrand, who emphasizes that the "primary intention [of the Liturgy] is to praise and glorify God, to respond fittingly to Him." 1 It is not customary in the western traditions to use one word to refer to so many facets of faithful Christian life, but one can easily speak of practicing or living one's faith, and can refer to the various aspects of being faithful, such as worship, prayer, or fasting. In comparing the practice of faith between East and West, one must recall that not all western Catholics are identical; many traditionalist Catholics, for example, practice fasting much more extensively than do Novus Ordo Catholics. In practice, Christianity in the East and West can sometimes quite different, due mainly to divergences in belief and practice introduced before the 1054 mutual excommunications by the Bishop of Rome (whom the Catholics refer to as the "Pope") and the patriarch of Constantinople but also to the differing development between Eastern and Western Christianity after that time.
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Catherine Maria Blakeney1
Catherine Maria Blakeney was the daughter of Thomas Blakeney and Emma Jones.1 She married Frederick Oliver Martin, son of Colonel unknown Martin, they had five sons and two daughters.1
Her married name became Martin.1
[S47] BIFR1976 Blakeney, page 126. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
Frederick Oliver Martin1
Frederick Oliver Martin was the son of Colonel unknown Martin.1 He married Catherine Maria Blakeney, daughter of Thomas Blakeney and Emma Jones, they had five sons and two daughters.1
Edward Blakeney1
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Edward Blakeney was baptised on 26 May 1805.1 He was the son of Reverend Thomas Blakeney and Alicia Newcome.1 He married Anne Garvey, daughter of Dermot Garvey, on 10 August 1842.1 He died on 27 March 1857 at age 51.1
He was a practising Solicitor.1 He lived at Sallymount, County Roscommon, IrelandG.1
Children of Edward Blakeney and Anne Garvey
Frances Blakeney1 d. 1874
Anne Blakeney1
Alicia Blakeney1 b. 23 Oct 1843
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Richard Henry Blakeney+1 b. 18 Sep 1851, d. Nov 1927
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Anne Garvey1
Anne Garvey was the daughter of Dermot Garvey.1 She married Edward Blakeney, son of Reverend Thomas Blakeney and Alicia Newcome, on 10 August 1842.1
From 10 August 1842, her married name became Blakeney.1
Children of Anne Garvey and Edward Blakeney
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Edward Thomas Blakeney was born on 10 June 1849.1 He was the son of Edward Blakeney and Anne Garvey.1 He married, firstly, Caroline Belinda Irwin, daughter of Andrew Irwin, in 1881 in a childless marriage.1 He married, secondly, Josephine Mangan on 5 November 1912.1 He died on 7 September 1933 at age 84.1
He was registered as a Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland (L.R.C.S.I.)1 He lived at Roscommon, County Roscommon, IrelandG.1
Children of Edward Thomas Blakeney and Josephine Mangan
Edward St. Leger Blakeney1
Joan Blakeney1
Caroline Belinda Irwin1
Caroline Belinda Irwin was the daughter of Andrew Irwin.1 She married Edward Thomas Blakeney, son of Edward Blakeney and Anne Garvey, in 1881 in a childless marriage.1
From 1881, her married name became Blakeney.1
Andrew Irwin1
Andrew Irwin lived at Ballymoe, County Roscommon, IrelandG.1
Child of Andrew Irwin
Josephine Mangan1
F, #276559, d. 13 August 1936
Josephine Mangan married Edward Thomas Blakeney, son of Edward Blakeney and Anne Garvey, on 5 November 1912.1 She died on 13 August 1936.1
From 5 November 1912, her married name became Blakeney.1
Children of Josephine Mangan and Edward Thomas Blakeney
Edward St. Leger Blakeney is the son of Edward Thomas Blakeney and Josephine Mangan.1
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WASHINGTON (October 29, 2010) — The U.S. bishops will elect their president and vice president at their annual Fall General Assembly, November 15-18, in Baltimore.
The new president will succeed Cardinal Francis George, OMI, of Chicago, who completes his three-year term at the meeting. His successor assumes the presidency at the end of the meeting. Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona completes his term as vice president at the November meeting.
The slate of candidates for president and vice president follows:
Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Cap., of Denver
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky
Bishop George Murry, SJ, of Youngstown, Ohio
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of Baltimore
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit
Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City
Conference by-laws provide that the election of the president will take place first from among the list of 10 candidates. Following the election of the president with at least 50 percent of the vote, the vice president is elected from the remaining nine candidates. In either election, if a candidate fails to win over 50 percent of the vote, a second vote is taken. If a third vote is necessary, only two names appear on the ballot.
The bishops will also vote for a new treasurer-elect and the chairmen-elect of six committees at the November meeting, as well as a new general secretary, the priest who oversees the day-to-day operations of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
For more information about the election of the treasurer-elect and chairmen-elect, visit www.usccb.org/news/2010/10-160.cfm. For more information about the election of the general secretary, visit www.usccb.org/news/2010/10-167.cfm.
Coverage of the Fall General Assembly of the USCCB is open to credentialed media. The meeting is at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott. Sessions open to the media will be Monday, November 15, and Tuesday, November 16. Media conferences will follow all open sessions. Reporters seeking to cover the meeting can download a credential application form and submit it by November 5, by fax (202-541-3173) or mail to:
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, gestures at a district court from behind bars in Zubova Polyana, 240 miles southeast of Moscow in Russia's province of Mordovia, Friday.
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Russia urged Germany to punish a group of women who staged a bare-breasted protest against President Vladimir Putin on Monday during a visit to a trade fair in Hanover with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Three members of the women's rights group Femen, which has staged protests against Russia's detention of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot around Europe, disrupted a visit by Putin and Merkel...
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A Russian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the two-year jail sentences for two members of punk band Pussy Riot for a protest in a cathedral but freed a third member by suspending her sentence.
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[The Luton Reporter: Tuesday, July 8th, 1919]
Saturday was a red-letter day in the ten years history of the Boy Scouts movement in Luton and Bedfordshire generally, some 800 Scouts and Wolf Cubs drawn from all parts of the county gathering at Luton Hoo Park to show appreciation of the first visit paid to Bedfordshire Scouts by the Chief Scout and founder of this brotherhood of boys, Lieut-Gen Sir Robert S. S. Baden-Powell KCB.
Thanks to the kindness afforded by Lady Wernher, who entertained the famous B-P during his stay, the occasion was made a representative county camp in which 23 Bedfordshire troops and five packs of Wolf Cubs took part.
All the Luton troops were there – the 1st Luton (Scoutmaster J. H. H. Downes and J. L. Tansley, ASMs R. Hutson and F. Halstead); St Saviour's Blue Foxes (SM Rev E. Scott, ASM A. A. Gorbold); St Peter's (SM Rev G. W. Russell, ASM E. Silvester); St Mary's (SM Rev W. C. M. Winter, ASM L. J. Merchant); Stopsley and Round Green (SM Capt S. Bennett CA, ASM Lee).
Wolf Cubs of the 1st Luton (Cubmaster J. H. H. Downes, instructor F. A. Allen); St Saviour's (Cubmaster A. A. Gorbold); St Peter's (Rev G. W. Russell) and Stopsley and Round Green (Nurse Shorthouse).
The Scouts were accommodated in two large marquees and such tents as the visiting troops could muster just inside the Park Street entrance to the Hoo Park, and no pains were spared to make their stay under canvas enjoyable. Food difficulties made it necessary for the lads to bring their food with them, but there was a canteen at which they could make purchases during specified hours.
The Luton troops went into camp on Friday evening for the purpose of getting things ship-shape, but visiting troops did not arrive until Saturday, when the great event was the county rally in the afternoon.
The rally was something entirely new to Luton, and it was therefore most unfortunate that unfavourable weather should have marred a really picturesque and imposing ceremonial and one which, despite the conditions, aroused considerable local interest.
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The arrival of the Chief Scout was denoted by the breaking of the Union Jack on a flagstaff in the centre of the rally ground, and after he had been received by the Commissioners and Scoutmasters acting on the rally staff a shout of “Pack, pack, pack” brought out the Cubs in one long single line. They were in the charge of SM Russell and ASM Gorbold, and led by Sixers S. G. Smith and P. Hunt, two Dunstable lads who were among the first boys in the county to join the Cubs.
Forming up in a circle, they faced the Chief Scout and, squatting down, gave the Grand Howl “Akela (old wolf) we'll do our best,” and they doubled off to the respective plots of ground allotted to them.
As soon as the Cubs were clear the massed colour parties, in the charge of District Scoutmaster Lee, marched on, headed by the Dunstable band under ASM A. Pratt and with the 1st Lutons, winners of the Roff county challenge flag, carrying their trophy. Followed by their troop officers, they were drawn up in line facing the Chief Scout, and the General Salute was given.
With the retirement of the colour parties came the entrance of the Scouts in a special rally, led by the 1st Lutons and in the charge of DSM Wilson, SM Tansley and ASM Halstead. Moving at a slow trot with staves at the trail, they brought their staves to the shoulder and gave their salute as their passed the Chief, and as the spiral unwound each troop made for its display ground and a whole series of displays was at once commenced.
The 1st Lutons did knotting and general scouting; St Saviour's laundryman badge work; St Peter's camp life; St Mary's bridge building; Stopsley and Round Green hut building; Dunstable uses of the Scout staff.
It was all very interesting, and as Sir Robert walked round and watched the lads, he was evidently much impressed with the skill and adaptability displayed. When the displays had finished, the Wolf Cubs came on the scene again and, after their had squatted outside the staff circle, the troops formed up the circular rally.
After this the Chief Scout addressed them and presented warrants of appointment to commissioners and assistant commissioners.
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London-based photographer Jonnie Craig (born July 13th,1988) started shooting photographs at age nineteen. He has produced three volumes of personal work since his career as a photographer. His last published book: “I’ll Kick You In The Head With My Energy Legs” documented the comradery between skateboarders, and contributed editorial content to Dazed & Confused, Vice, Bad Day Magazine and exhibited in multiple shows. Relying almost entirely on the quickness and versatility of the Nikon F5, the thematic trend in his work is an intimate study of how the reactions of light on film capture humanistic moments.
Written by Michael Cook
Copy Editor Tina Shabani
Photography by Arianna Lago
Michael Cook: Your skateboard photography seems totally spontaneous… You’re not trying to capture tricks.
Jonnie Craig: It’s definitely more about the lifestyle and in-between moments that interest me. I think skateboarding and various other subjects like this can be alienating to most people. I think the interesting part is what being involved with skateboarding enables a lucky few; travelling the world and doing what you love. It breeds a very particular type of person.
People don’t want to be hassled all the time to get tricks on film.
Yeah, it’s a fucking nightmare trying to shoot tricks.
And then I guess it really helps if you have a side job. Like photography, right? Is that why there are so many skateboarders who are also photographers?
Yeah, I think a lot of skateboarders think about their escape route from skateboarding. It’s very rare that they’ll go further than mid to late twenties, so a lot of them will pick up a camera and start shooting.
Are you still shooting on film?
Yeah, I’ve had these Nikon F5s that I’ve used for everything. I used to mess around with snapshot cameras and stuff, but they just break, and you can’t really control them. I have two F5 bodies. One is a 50mm, and the other is the 85mm. Ultimately it’s just one set up I use for everything. I’d been through maybe ten different sorts of cameras before. And that one as soon as I used it I knew that everything about it was exactly what I wanted. You can see the picture. It’s a really quick camera. The quality is excellent. The metering is amazing. It’s one of the best cameras I’ve ever used, and they’re cheap. They’re maybe two hundred quid. But they stopped making them a long time ago.
I read this editorial in the Guardian a little while ago. This terrible art writer talking about how you shouldn’t put photography on a gallery wall.
He really had no argument.
There is no argument. There’s no reason to say that. It’s a stupid thing to say.
He said it was because it was so much easier than a painting. That argument didn’t make sense a hundred years ago.
Something being easy is completely irrelevant. It’s the finished product and how that communicates to people. That’s the complication. Something physically being difficult or easy is irrelevant. Art is about complex thoughts, not having the ability to necessarily make something that’s technically complicated.
I mean that’s completely obvious. I feel silly even explaining.
I’m also asking because I wonder how interested you are in exhibiting in galleries. Or have you done?
Yeah, I have done in the past. I am interested in it. But I get quite a bit more excited about the books. I have a massive collection of photo books and I’m obsessed with flipping through books. The experience of flipping through a book and the gallery are similar. They’re both good environments for looking at a series of photographs. I love looking at photos in galleries, as well as paintings and sculptures. I don’t see any reason to say any of them shouldn’t be there.
No. I was surprised at that level of quality in art writing from a publication as big as the Guardian… You and some of the other Vice photographers. The subject matter of some of your photographs and some of your peers’ is sort of coincidentally reminiscent of Larry Clark.
I think most of the photographers who have come up through Vice would cite Larry as an influence but I think it’s got more to do with the way we have grown up and how we’ve experienced culture. It’s more the DIY aspect, observing the world around us and shooting it as it is. I think ultimately we’re all interested in various aspects of youth and are all, in a sense, contributing to one big pool of work. This obsession with ownership of styles and subjects seems strange to me. It’s not the way I think at all. Why would one person be responsible for shooting and communicating one idea and everyone else’s viewpoint be irrelevant or plagiarized? People need to chill out.
How far in the future are you looking with your photography? Do you think you’re going to keep shooting youth and skateboarding?
Into your old age? Or are you not thinking that far?
I never thought about photography as a long career path. I had small goals like getting a cover, shooting for this magazine or that. I really don’t know what I’ll be doing. Maybe I’ll run out of ideas.
But your portrait photography seems like something that will always be a good idea. Just shoot someone with good ideas.
I’ve been fortunate with that. Obviously that style is completely different. It’s very formal. I’ve always liked formal portraiture like that. There’s three things I like to capture: their face, a three-quarter length, and them doing something. The magazines I buy are more Fantastic Man and Man of the World, formally shot menswear sort of things. But there’s other influences I take from it. The way those photographers work with light is incredible.
Your focus on light, the way it works. It’s more tangible with film. The light is physically interacting with your medium.
It makes me a lot more specific with my intentions.
Jonnie is currently working on a portrait project with fellow photographer Kimi Hammerstroem called ‘That Face’
See our selection of Jonnie’s personal, commercial and portraiture here.
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This Car Color Insurance Myth Is Getting Busted Once and for All
Your car’s color can be a practical choice, an expression of your individuality, or even a chromatic extension of your personal brand. But can it be an indicator of your driving behavior?
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Nearly 40% of respondents in a car-color survey reported primarily driving a silver or black car
Black and silver were statistically rarer color choices for vans and trucks, respectively
Black vehicles were 1.8 times more likely to be classified as “luxury”
Less than half of silver vehicles came from American brands
Demystifying the car-color insurance myth once and for all, the survey found no correlation between car color and driver behavior
For a while now, the age-old insurance myth that “drivers of red cars have to pay higher premiums” has been busted by industry pros and novitiate content writers alike. Citing officials from the Insurance Information Institute, CNBC has reported in the past that there’s no causal or correlative relationship between car color and insurance premiums. As the myth persists, though, the number of surveys and think pieces trying to invalidate it increases. But do any of these naysayers have the data to back up this debunking?
The data scientists at Insurify can put this rumor to rest once and for all. They recently conducted a survey of insurance shoppers asking them about the color of the primary car on their policy, and analyzed their driving records to quell the rumors once and for all. To boot, they also found some fascinating insights regarding car color and other features of car ownership.
Here’s what they found.
The data scientists at Insurify, a car insurance quotes comparison website, collected data from their database of over 1.5 million car insurance applications, which ask questions about driving history, vehicle type, and other personal data from the past seven years. Some shoppers were also surveyed at random about the color of the primary car covered in their policy. From the response data, Insurify’s data team was able to determine the significant differences in reported driver behavior (and other data) between respondents.
Car Color Craziness: Do Drivers Diverge?
1. Color me neutral.
Here were the official results of the survey:
Silver: 19.9%
Black: 19.4%
White: 17.9%
Blue: 11.6%
Red: 10.2%
Green: 3.9%
For once, silver takes the gold, with nearly one fifth of respondents having reported primarily driving a silver car. Neutral, achromatic tones seemed to dominate here.
Looking at the data more closely, it becomes clear that silver cars were chosen by consumers at a statistically significant rate. For motor vehicles classified as cars (not vans or trucks), silver was 1.1 times more likely to be reported as a primary car color than any other color on the list. It may seem like a thin margin, but the numbers really do reaffirm silver’s supremacy.
2. Monochrome monoliths.
Car color might also correlate with vehicle body type when it comes to heavy-duty makes. For instance, a mere 1.7% of black vehicles could be classified as vans. (The mental image is a bit disturbing, so perhaps this stat checks out.) Vehicles of any color other than black were 2.9 times more likely to be classified as a van than black vehicles. Of note is that green vehicles, in particular, were 4 times more likely to be a van than black ones. It begs the question: could the VW Type 2 panel van be making a green-colored comeback?
As for pickups, although red is a less popular car color overall, 15.4% of red-vehicle drivers were also truckers. This means that red vehicles were likely to be classified as trucks at a rate 1.7 times higher than all other colors. And while silver remained the popular choice for smaller vehicles, only 6.3% of all “silver” respondents reported owning a truck.
3. Lap of luxury.
For those who can afford them, so-called luxury vehicles offer cutting-edge technological add-ons, superior horsepower, sleek aesthetics, and often the comfiest seats. But besides their swanky interiors, these ravishing rides might also possess certain paint jobs at significantly higher rates.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, luxury cars were more often found in neutral tones, such as black (13.7% of all reported vehicles of this color) and silver (8.6%). In fact, black vehicles were 1.8 times more likely to be considered “luxury” than their silver or colored counterparts. And while we’d never consider red cars to be anything but the epitome of class, they did underperform here—they’re roughly 2 times less likely to be a luxury vehicle than any other color represented in the survey.
4. Bringin’ it home.
Call America what you want, but you can’t deny its cars are colorful. When it came to domestic vehicle ownership, 62.1% of red vehicles were American makes. That means red vehicles were 1.2 times more likely to be from domestic brands than vehicles of all other colors. The majority of white, blue, and black cars also came from stateside brands, while only 47.6% of silver cars were American-born. When it comes to foreign vehicle production, it seems that silver has that international edge.
For a bit of patriotic whimsy, let’s explore how the colors of Old Glory fared for this category of car:
Red: 62.1% domestic
White: 56.3% domestic
Blue: 53.1% domestic
5. Colorblind?
Let’s add one more drop to the myth-busting bucket: no, car color won’t affect your insurance rates.
Perhaps that’s because our data supports the fact that car color and driving behaviors do not correlate at statistically significant rates. What about for speeding tickets? Surely drivers of red cars are singled out more than their more nondescript blue or black counterparts! Nope, no correlation. DUIs? Nada. Accidents? Zilch.
As it happens, however, one statistically significant stat that bucked this overall trend (or lack thereof) did prove interesting: drivers of red vehicles were 2.1 times more likely to have received a speeding ticket in the last seven years than drivers of green vehicles.
But for lack of any real evidence behind the red-car insurance myth, let’s just chalk it up to paranoid hot-rod drivers convinced that traffic cops have it out for them. It’s the only explanation.
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In Tuesday's Edmonton Journal Graham Thompson complains about 3rd place success for Ted Morton. This is the most positive news the Morton camp could possibly have. They should be running ads every few days with the slogan "Premier Ted Morton will piss off Graham Thompson at least once every 48 hours of his reign".
That is why Morton just might be the No. 3 guy in the leadership race -- if he can tap into enough of the grumpy old Reformers and get enough social conservatives, such as church groups, to join the Tories and vote. Being No. 3 is important -- the top three names from the first ballot on November 25 move on to the second ballot on December 2 (if nobody wins outright on the first ballot).
But I'm not surprised he oversold his argument. Part of Morton's leadership campaign shtick is to present Alberta as under threat from Ottawa and himself as the only one who will stand up against the federal government, even if a Calgary Conservative is prime minister.
Morton might lose votes because Stephen Harper is Prime Minister, but not many. First, barring some sudden inexplicable set of circumstances (the opposition rallying together to defeat the Conservatives, and then having every opposition party including the Greens suddenly turning up responsible for a series of brutal murders around the country, for example) when the votes come in for PC leader, Harper is only going to be the PM in a minority government, which every half-baked voter knows is a tenuous position which could easily fall. Secondly, policies enacted by Morton are unlikely to be in place to stop any illegal or unconstitutional or just plain undesirable Ottawa actions over the next 2-3 years, and probably not even 3-5 years. But over the next 5-15 years, any Ottawa action brought forth would come toe to toe with the policies and procedures and laws created by a Ted Morton government. Does Thompson really think that nobody in the (recently unacceptably expanded) Tory tent expects a Liberal (or Liberal-NDP coalition) government to come for the next two decades? I just don't see it.
In other liberal-biased Journal news, can clever readers spot the problem with this headline of a news article?
Tory bill would 'let pollution get worse'
Naturally they're just quoting somebody. What's the harm in that? Well, the context of the story is opposition to the Clean Air Act. It's really no better than this headline:
The Clean Air Act is not about cleaner air or action
Except that the article linked above is an opinion piece (though a half-baked one) by Green Party bitch Elizabeth May, not something passing as actual news. Here are a few other headlines being used to talk about the proposed Act (which has not officially been released yet):
Tories to table Clean Air Act next week
Group obtains leaked draft of Clean Air Act
Environmental group slams leaked draft of Clean Air Act
Harper presses forward with Clean Air Act despite opposition
Environmentalists Blast Conservatives' Clean Air Act
Tories To Unveil Clean Air Act To Reduce Smog, But Many Still Nervous
Clean-air law is vulnerable, critics warn
Bill could face years of legal challenges from private sector, environmentalists say
Tory Clean Air Act causes turbulence
Clean Air Act will face a rough ride in the Commons
Notice that most of the articles are still critical about the Act, but at least the headline doesn't tell the reader what his opinion should be before he's even checked to see who's doing the opposin'
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