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Fleeced: Unloading the truck and shearing sheep
I’d gotten an email from a woman named Sherri Aymes a couple weeks after we got home. Sherri worked for Hamburg Sud, the shipping company that owned the boat on which our truck was taking a two week long Pacific Coast cruise. There was no text in the email (or pictures of the Xterra sunning itself on the Lido deck or pigging out on shrimp at the midnight buffet) but amidst the abbreviated port names and long container numbers in the PDF documents attached, I was able to determine that our truck was to arrive into the Port of Oakland on Thursday, May 5th. It also appeared that from Colon the ship had sailed south to Cartegena, Columbia before returning back through the Panama Canal to the Pacific. Bizarre.
On Thursday morning, I called the 800 number in Sherri’s email signature for Hamburg-Sud North America and was surprised when it went straight to her. I explained that I’d gotten the email and needed to know how to get the truck. I like to think that my quip about this being a little more complicated than picking up a package at FedEx broke the ice, but either way, she was very friendly. And in a friendly way explained to me that I needed to overnight a cashier’s check to her for $400 to cover the “destination fees” at the Port of Oakland, to secure a customs broker and to get the truck off the port within four days or I would be charged storage fees. Yeah, that *is* a little more complicated.
Our shipping agent in Panama, Julio, had actually told me about the destination fee which I’d always assumed was akin to the undercoating charge on the invoice for a new car, so the only problem was the original “Bill of Lading” she also needed. Before disappearing off the bus and into the rain after returning from the port of Colon, Julio had hurriedly given me a stack of papers, but that seemed like months ago, and I hadn’t looked at any of the papers until now. Some of them referred to “loading,” but what the hell was “lading?” Just as I was considering whiting-out the extra “o,” I got an email back from Julio who confirmed that I did not need the original Bill of Lading because he’d filed some sort of release with Hamburg Sud which Sherri later confirmed. Okay, one problem solved.
On Friday, I called five or six numbers I found under a Google search on “customs broker port of oakland,” imagining dusty rotary phones ringing on solitary metal desks at the end of a rows of shelves towering into infinity. Most were answered in broken English with a promise of a call back. Others were just completely confused about what I needed; Had I bought a car in Panama? It would have to be registered. Where was the car manufactured? There will be taxes because it wasn’t made in the US. How long had I worked in Panama? What?! When I hadn’t heard back from anyone who seemed to know what I needed by the end of the day on Monday, I called Julio and Sherri in a panic, imagining $1000 a day storage charges due to a cigar smoking guy in a barred cashier’s cage under a freeway overpass somewhere. They put me in touch with someone from American International Transport who sent me about 10 customs forms to fill out including inventories of everything in the truck and something called an “ISF.” A quick search revealed that since January of 2010, any container loaded on a vessel without previously filling out an ISF could be fined $5000. Nice, I’ll fill that out right away then.
Two weeks later, after countless calls and emails between the customs broker, the shipping agent, the shipper and me, a date was set to pick up the truck. While we had somehow avoided storage fees, American International Transport emailed me an invoice for $3,000 for customs inspection fees, their time to “attend” the inspections (which I had told them repeatedly I would like to do myself), transportation of the container to a loading dock, $500 for “unblocking” and another $400 for destination fees. Why did this feel more corrupt than Panama? While I was able to prove to them that I had already paid the destination fees to Hamburg Sud, no amount of whining could convince them all I needed was the container on the ground, a crowbar to remove the blocks securing the truck and a couple two by fours as steps to drive it out. I reluctantly paid about $2,500 to release the truck, the same amount we had already paid for the entire shipping.
On May 23rd, 46 days after we had loaded the truck into the container in Colon, we drove to the Port of Oakland to retrieve it.
By then, our container had probably been moved five or six times and was now on a truck across the parking lot from a loading dock high enough for it to be offloaded. Never mind that it had been driven straight into the container on the ground in Panama.
The first attempts at removing the blocking, pieces of wood nailed into the wooden floor of the container to secure the wheels, with a sledgehammer and crowbar weren’t successful. The forklift driver, who also owned the huge warehouse, managed to jam a fork of the powerful hydraulic beast underneath the wood and pry it up.
While everyone assured me that the gas tank would have been drained and the battery disconnected for safety, I squeezed into the narrow container alongside the truck and barely wiggled in via the driver’s door. I put the key in the ignition, and she started right up.
The inside was pretty much trashed. Completely turned upside down. Padlocks cut, everything out on the seats. Corrupt dock workers in Panama? Nope, US Customs. I added a mound of colorful expletives to the pile of trash in the back seats, cursing the customs broker we used for not allowing me to attend the inspections at which I would have had all the keys. And yes, if we’d been allowed to put the truck in the container ourselves in Panama and seal it using the very special secure plastic dongle that I’d almost left the port with, I wouldn’t have felt like I needed to lock everything. No one there in the warehouse with us had anything to do with any of this and looked genuinely concerned when the mild-mannered newlyweds started cussing wildly.
In the end, nothing was missing and they’d actually been careful to cut as few locks as possible. They just could have put stuff generally back where they found it. After 7 borders and largely good experiences, we decided to just chalk it up to the cost of doing business.
Back at the farm – note that I don’t really feel comfortable calling it a “farm” since I know there are real, hardworking people who run very productive farms and we don’t actually grow anything here yet but we do have pastures and a garden in development and that’s what everyone else calls it so… – we had scheduled an appointment with a sheep shearer. The two Suffolk sheep we’d acquired with the property had thick matted wool that made them look like cotton balls with black heads. On every low hanging branch or bit of barbed wire around the lower pasture, bits of wool dangled like tinsel on a discarded Christmas tree.
We’d been told that the previous owner had never sheared them because he couldn’t catch them. And in fact, despite their portly appearance, they could still get up a head of steam and charge around the pasture, reminding you that they were powerful animals. But the shearer, a guy we’d found through a reference from the agent who represented the previous owners, sounded confident that it wouldn’t be a problem. While we were concerned that the thick layer of insulation would be a problem for the sheep in the summer heat, he explained that the real problem is them getting wet or muddy during the winter and not being able to stand up under the weight.
The shearer pulled through our front gate like he owned the place, swung his white Ford Taurus around and backed up to the pasture gate. On a trailer hitch was a wooden A-frame contraption which he’d unloaded and secured to a fence post before even acknowledging us. To the frame he attached a small electric motor and to that a long articulated arm that looked like it'd belong to lanky pre-pubescent robot. On the end was a vintage shaver with alternating comb-like teeth which he oiled meticulously from a can that looked like a prop from “The Wizard of Oz.” His whole set up had a sort of frantic mad scientist feel, but that contrasted sharply with his scruffy facial hair and bulging biceps. I began to wonder if he’d concocted some potion in his basement laboratory that was slowly turning him into a wolf. The determination with which he stomped off into our pasture towards the petrified sheep only supported my hypothesis.
Each time they charged powerfully around the edges of the pasture to evade their predator, he’d adjust his course and continue pursuit, never breaking from an insistent plodding march that showed no doubt that success was inevitable. He explained later that in most domesticated breeds of sheep, including the Suffolk’s we had, the fight had pretty much been bred out. Any animals that were too difficult to catch for shearing were instead chosen for “processing,” the preferred euphemism for slaughter, and thus removed from the gene pool. In fact, some animals were now so devoid of instinct that they’d simply lay down and allow themselves to be eaten by a coyote.
Finally he got one into a corner where, sure enough, it just collapsed and awaited its fate. Only problem was, the shearer needed the sheep over near his shears. To get it back on its feet, he rolled it onto its back and then all the way over the other direction. When its feet touched the ground on the other side, it instinctively stood up and started to run. Grabbing two handfuls of wool, the shearer could run beside it and steer it where he wanted. It reminded me of an old-timey cop grabbing a guy wearing black and white stripes by the collar and running him to the “hoosgow.”
Once in position by the shears, the sheep was rolled onto its back and then propped up onto its butt.
Then, moving methodically from the hind legs towards the front along one side, the shearer freed the thick wool from the sheep like he was taking off a jacket.
The sheep definitely had to be restrained during the process but seemed fine other than some heavy breathing from the earlier attempts at escape.
Turns out the first sheep he’d grabbed, the bigger one, was actually a wether, a neutered male. When he was let up, he ran to find his companion but now looked tiny in comparison. When the second was caught, we learned that it was a female. Maybe brother and sister?
Check out the whole process with the second sheep.
We asked the shearer what he thought we should do with the wool. We knew that Suffolk wool was not particularly sought after, especially when matted with… well, let’s call it “mud.” He said we could probably put it on CraigsList and someone who didn’t know what they were doing might pick it up before realizing they now had a useless, stinking mess on their hands. He mentioned a couple other uses – as insulation in outbuildings and as weed cloth in the garden - but we decided we’d bring this batch to the county compost and get crafty with the next.
As the shearer was packing up, we realized we hadn’t asked him how much it would cost. I think we pay like $45 to get 25 lb Gorilla’s toenails cut at the vet and this was a much bigger animal, a lot more work and a house call. I was really prepared for just about anything up to a couple hundred bucks. His response? $20 for the trip and $2 per animal. What a deal. I’d never paid so little for sheep shearing in my life! Never mind that I’d never had sheep.
At the Port of Oakland, we’d felt a little like a sheep chased into a corner; Our only choice, it seemed, was to lie down and roll over. But at the same time, getting the truck back felt like a weight had been lifted, and we could make a fresh start. On the farm, we were making the place our own and having a positive effect on it. 0ne chapter officially over and a new one well underway.
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(SPOILER) "The Spike Conundrum" - an IDW editor speaks. IDW's Mariah Huehner (current Editor of the Angel line) blogs about the current Angel arc.
angeliclestat | AtS | 15:05 CET | 19 comments total | tags: angel, spike, idw
It's nice that she took the time to address things.I'm usually on the wait and see mode anyway and I really enjoyed today's new issue of Angel as well.
Buffyfantic | April 28, 15:29 CET
I like her. Can we keep her around? She's pretty cool in my book. ;) Alright, I'll give him a chance.
Zelikman | April 28, 15:43 CET
It's a great article from her as usual, but I can't help but feel it's just a reaction to the (almost) universal dislike of Willingham's handle on the characters. The way Spike (and other characters) have been acting lately can't just be completely chalked up to post-traumatic fall syndrome, it's more of a case of just bad writing.
Matt7325 | April 28, 20:48 CET
Close to universal or close universal on this board?
Willingham's arc was DOA when he chose to open his mouth about the Angel reveal. To be honest, I think he did have a legitimate gripe about it, but I was watching half this board threaten to boycott the Angel series months before his first issue came out.
So, no offense to anyone intended, but I'll reserve judgement on Willingham's treatment of the charecter's until I've read the entire arc. Everyone is free to throw eggs after a few issues if they consider that fair. I give Joss that much latitude, so I'm not going to give Willingham anything less. If I did, then it would be rather hypocritical to tell friends to give Joss' shows time to develop, 'eh?
[ edited by azzers on 2010-04-29 06:52 ]
azzers | April 28, 21:49 CET
That all sounds nice and it kinda makes me wish, she would write the comic, but it doesn't really correspond with my impression of the comics.
My problem wasn't any tarnishing of Spike's hero status. Like Mariah, I think flaws make the character. It's just that what was displayed here are not Spike's flaws. They don't fit with the character, some never did and some did maybe back in S4 but even back then there was not just that one side to him.
And that comes in addition to a charactervoice that just doesn't sound like him.
I'm in fandom, I'll hear if that supposed turn around occurs and if t pays off. If that happens I can buy the collective volumes, but at the moment I don't trust them to make a good story about the characters I like.
[ edited by Changeling on 2010-04-29 08:00 ]
| April 28, 22:26 CET
Sooo.... we're meant to hate the comic because it's all part of the plan? Yeah, that makes sense.
And how much can I state that not everything is about Spike? A lot of people who have a problem with the book, have a problem with pretty much every aspect of it's writing and character portrayals.
That's such a cop-out at this point. The fact is this is a Whedon board and somebody attacked Whedon so people got upset. That's how the internet works. But was there a precipitous drop off in sales for Angel after that? No.
People are upset with the book because of poor characterization, and now we're being told that it's intentional? How is that a good way to tell story? Have character's go completely OOC without any context and then when people get upset say to them, "no, no, no, this is part of the plan. Even though you aren't getting any satisfaction from the story keep reading(buying) because it will all make sense."
One could argue the same thing has happened with Twangel, the difference being that in the Buffy comic you have one character obviously acting weird, whereas in Angel nearly everyone is and the story hasn't informed the audience that this is a plot point. So much so that the editor of the book has felt the need to step outside the story to explain what is going on.
Kaan | April 28, 23:07 CET
Yup, copletely agree. I mean to Spike's fans, Spike probably sticks out the most, but it's not like Illyria for example is written any more in character.
And I also object to putting this one the "repugnant" conundrum. I'm a big time Fables fan, I defended BW through that thing, but the writing makes it or breakes it for me.
Mariah's post helps a bit. At least she tell us that they know what they're doing and they acknowledged fans reaction.
But conundrum? Another "plot twist" ala Twilight bad but Angel good?
[ edited by anca on 2010-04-29 10:29 ]
anca | April 29, 00:09 CET
So Spike will stick around until issue 35 and beyond? I wonder when he'll have time for his own series? Not a complaint mind you, just wondering how it'll fit together.
Skytteflickan88 | April 29, 00:14 CET
Sky-I think this is truly turing into a comicbook in the sense that characters can seemingly be in several places at once. A character like Wolverine or Deadpool in the Marvel Universe has like 6 books. I'm sure that they won't all be taking place at the "same time" in order to keep some sort of continuity.
Oh, and whaddup Z-Man?
[ edited by Jelly on 2010-04-29 14:45 ]
Jelly | April 29, 05:45 CET
Somebody needs to tell Ms. Huehner and/or Willingham and IDW that taking an solid, established character and making them act extremely OOC without explaination doesn't go over very well with this fandom. Joss Whedon & Mutant Enemy tried it in season 4 of Angel with the character of Cordelia Chase and we all know how that worked out.
[ edited by menomegirl on 2010-04-29 15:56 ]
menomegirl | April 29, 06:54 CET
Joss Whedon & Mutant Enemy tried it in season 4 of Angel with the character of Cordelia Chase and we all know how that worked out.
Worked out quite well for me. It was a hell of a payoff to find out that Cordelia was behind all that was going wrong for Angel.
Simon | April 29, 08:26 CET
Perhaps it was but the payoff was at the expense of her character.
IMO, of course.
No offense, but the character of Cordelia was never OCC in season 4. Because she wasn't trully Cordelia anymore. Let's not forget that she was either A)Possessed or B)Under a spell. Maybe both.
About Spike possibly appearing in two comic books at once, around the same time: I hate the idea.
It won't work unless the writers work together closely. Even if the stories take place at different times, the possibility to screw up will be big, but at the same time, nu uh. Can't have Spike acting one way in one comic, and another way in a second comic. What happens in one comic also have to affect that happens in the other, facts shouldn't clash, not in series like these, who seem to be equally canon-y.
So, rant over. I'll just see how it goes. I'll always have the "Neither is canon"-card to play, in case I don't like it.
[ edited by Skytteflickan88 on 2010-04-29 21:18 ]
Skytteflickan88, I haven't forgotten anything. I meant what I said about season 4. There's an essay somewhere that explains better than I could: The assassination of Cordelia Chase.
Okay, then I guess we just disagree about the OCC stuff (I'm too lazy to read the essay).
You really ought to. It's written very well. I don't agree with all of it but the essay makes a valid point.
Regarding Cordy, honestly I'm with Simon in that the explanation was a great reveal. I think the problem with it was, the rest of the payoff wasn't really that great.
If Cordy had been brought back and actually had to DEAL with the aftermath, S4 would probably be thought of differently. But as it stood, to many it just felt cheap. I was sitting there thinking, "if you wanted to kill her, it would have been better to do it in one episode."
But to your point, you CAN backsell changes in charecter. OOC is only OOC without explanation. Yes, we might find out that Willingham really doesn't get the charecters. But we might also find out that he knows them so well, he knows what would make them react in a way we're not accustomed to seeing.
azzers, that last paragraph is gold. I really hope that's what's going on. I haven't read his arc yet, I am kind of afraid to because of what I've heard, but that sounds like a great explanation. Or fanwank. I'll see when I read.
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GlobalMedia: International Journalism: Being a Journalist in a Foreign Place (W12-P3) Sp17
Imagine being a journalist in a far off land.
Wouldn't be easy, would it?
First, you may, depending on where you are and what you are covering, be physically harmed or killed. See Anderson Cooper clip below, for just one example.
And, if you are curious, check out some recent news about about foreign journalists being hurt or killed in the past year month.
It is also not easy being a foreign journalist because you may misread/misunderstand what you are covering in that foreign land. It is a challenge.
P. Eric Louw, in his chapter "Journalist Reporting from Foreign Places" in Global Journalism: Topical Issues and Media Systems (4th Edition), writes about the challenges of being a foreign journalist.
Thesis of chapter:
“Journalist coverage of foreign places increasingly influences the governance of those places.” (e.g., CNN effect.)
“The emergence of international governance based on foreign news-driven mediated realities has inherent dangers."
“Double Misreadings”?
“Relying on the news media to understand distant places inherently produces a double misreading because…”
Journalist can misread the news event and
We (the audience) can misread what the journalist is saying.
“journalists generally are not equipped to read distant contexts, and neither are their audiences."
Journalist misread for several reasons.
“First, journalists arriving in a new context are foreigners [who don’t know the history, the religions, etc.]
“Misreadings also occur because journalists carry their cultural biases with them when reporting in a foreign context.”
e.g. American values/ways of doing things being seen as normal. Seeing foreign ways as “incomprehensible” or “despicable”.
“…the journalistic practice of deploying simplistic labels.”
Taking a complex, sometimes chaotic situation/place and putting into 20 words or less and putting it in a way that U.S. audience will relate to. “ethnic cleansing” label “white supremacy” label used in coverage of S.A.
“…journalists routinely use binary oppositions when describing foreign contexts” Related to #3
Common characters in a news story: “good guys” vs. “bad guys” Other characters? Common plot? Again, oversimplification.
“…when sent to report on foreign contexts, journalists tend to (subconsciously) select contacts with whom they feel comfortable working…”
“…foreign issues are read in terms of ‘home’ understandings and agendas.”
e.g., S.A. anti-apartheid struggle = U.S. civil rights struggle. Similar to # 3
What if we took these ways of misreading and applied them to Andersen Cooper's work?
Any misreading in his reporting?
Video comes from the DVD which accompanies Cooper's book Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival,
Labels/Tags: Anderson Cooper, bias, CNN, double, Eygpt, foreign, global, global communication, GlobalMedia, Hart, International, journalism, journalist, Louw, misreading, press, simplification, Sp17, teaching
GlobalMedia: International Journalism: The CNN Effect & the Social Media Effect [VID] (W12-P2) Sp17
In his book, Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends , Thomas McPhail defines the CNN effect as "the process by which the coverage of a foreign event by CNN causes that event to be a primary concern for its audience, which in turn forces the federal government to act." One could add to the U.S. government, then as part of its foreign policy, may influence foreign governments/peoples through direct action (e.g., war) or through sanctions. See video clip below.
Does CNN still have this influence on foreign policy? Any other news networks, U.S. or otherwise, have this influence? Any other form of media now has this influence? Think: Arab Spring (see first 2 minutes). Think: Kony2012 (see short clip). What role does social media play in shaping foreign policy? How's that process work?
The "social media effect" is defined here as the process by which the coverage of an event on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc. causes that event to be a primary concern for its audiences around the world, which in turn forces foreign governments to act, thus further influencing the event.
See clip below for more the idea of social media effect.
Labels/Tags: CNN, CNN effect, global, global communication, GlobalMedia, Hart, International, journalism, press, social media effect, Sp17, teaching
GlobalMedia: International Journalism: North Korea & Theories of the Press (W12-P1) Sp17
North Korea: An Example
What type of press system does North Korea have? See What is the North Korean media like?
What are the different types of press systems around the world?
In the late 1950s Siebert, Peterson and Schramm (aka Uncle Wilbur) identified four types of press systems that existed in countries up until the 1950s.
They published their findings in their book titled Four Theories of the Press: The Authoritarian, Libertarian, Social Responsibility and Soviet Communist Concepts of What the Press Should Be and Do (Illini Books)
In the book they highlight the relationship between the form of government that a nation has and the press that operates within it.
The four theories:
Purpose of the Press: To serve and promote the government/rulers
Ownership of Press: private or public
Notes/Examples: England/Western European countries 19th century and before; Afghanistan under the Taliban
Soviet-Communist
Purpose of the Press: To serve and promote the government or the Communist party
Ownership of Press: public
Notes/Examples: Soviet Union and other communist countries
Purpose of the Press: To inform (i.e., present the facts) and monitor the government
Ownership of Press: Mostly private
Notes/Examples: England
Purpose: To monitor the government. While another purpose is to inform (i.e., present the facts to) the citizens, this press system goes beyond just presenting the facts to promoting understanding and discussion/debate related to those facts.
Ownership of Press: Private
Notes/Examples: U.S., Canada
What would it be like being a journalism student or a journalist working in these different press systems?
Do you think that these four theories still adequately describe the types of press systems that operate in the countries of today? Does, for example, the introduction of social media, require modifications to the four theories?
The work of Siebert, Peterson and Schramm has received criticism and updating. If you are interested, see for example the following books.
Last Rights: Revisting Four Theories of the Press (History of Communication)
Normative Theories of the Media: Journalism in Democratic Societies (History of Communication)
Labels/Tags: 4, four, global, global communication, GlobalMedia, Hart, International, journalism, press, Schramm, social responsibility, Sp17, teaching, theories
GlobalMedia: Development Communication (cont'd): Entertainment Education (W11-P1) Sp17
The idea of presenting a development message within a fictional program is the type of development communication that is called entertainment education. The World Bank is a multinational organization that uses entertainment education in their work. See the video below for examples and background information.
Below is another example of entertainment education. Tim Reid, noted Norfolk State University alumnus and actor/director/producer, and NSU students (Maryna Kariuk and Shimira Cole) were involved in the making of "Hear My Son". How exactly is this an example of entertainment education?
Hear My Son from Legacy Media Institute on Vimeo.
Interested in learning more about entertainment education, I'd recommend starting with a book edited by Arvind Singhal, Michael J. Cody, Everett M. Rogers and Miguel Sabido called
Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research, and Practice (Routledge Communication Series)
Labels/Tags: characteristics, Communication, development, education, entertainment, entertainment education, global, global communication, GlobalMedia, Hart, International, Rogers, Sp17, teaching
MyFavMusic: Just listened to the "All Night Long" album by Junior Kimbrough. Added a FAV track to my "BLUES FAVS - 1000 Recordings" playlist on Spotify
Fav track from album: All Night Long
By Junior Kimbrough
From the album All Night Long
Added to BLUES FAVS - 1000 Recordings playlist by William Hart on March 21, 2017 at 06:41PM
See info on 1000 Recordings
My musical interests on Tumblr
Labels/Tags: music, mymusic, Tumblr
MyFavMusic: Just listened to the "The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album" album by Johnny Adams. Added a FAV track to my "BLUES FAVS - 1000 Recordings" playlist on Spotify
Fav track from album: Room With A View
By Johnny Adams
From the album The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album
More Secrets of Academic Success: Mnemonics and How to Use Them - Sp17
Earlier I shared a variety of secrets to academic success (methods of studying, etc.) and I suggested learning tools like Quizlet.
Below is a continuation of that same conversation.
A mnemonic is "any learning technique that aids in information retention" (Wikipedia).
Mnemonic is pronounced like 'knee-monic' (think: a demon with really big knee caps).
There are several mnemonics or memory tricks that can help when learning new material. The first video below defines and explains six tricks (acronyms, acrostics, the PEG system, image mnemonics, chunking and memory maps).
So, according to the video:
acronyms: "word or term is created from the first letter of each item to be remembered."
acrostics: "a complete sentence or series of words in which the first letter of each word stands for something to be remembered."
PEG system: "is useful for remembering numbers - uses key words which are represented by numbers."
image mnemonics: "the information to be recalled is constructed in the form of a picture that enhances memory."
chunking: "involves grouping individual pieces of information together in a way that makes them easier to remember."
mind map: "a visual pattern that can create a framework for improved recall."
Now, the last video covers the memory palace technique (my favorite).
How could you use the above memory tricks to learn course material or anything else you need to learn?
Study smarter, not harder.
If you are curious, you can find more information about mnemonics on YouTube and Google.
I'd especially suggest these two YouTube videos:
Memory Champion Teaches You How to Memorize Anything
How To Study Better - Best Study Techniques
Labels/Tags: GlobalMedia, pedagogy, Sp17, teaching, The Secrets
MyFavMusic: Just listened to the "Living With The Law" album by Chris Whitley. Added a FAV track to my "BLUES FAVS - 1000 Recordings" playlist on Spotify
Fav track from album: Living with the Law
By Chris Whitley
From the album Living With The Law
Added to BLUES FAVS - 1000 Recordings playlist by William Hart on March 3, 2017 at 07:18PM
GlobalMedia: Development Communication: Diffusion of Innovations (W8-P3) Sp17
Previously, development communication was defined as: "the use of communication technology and principles to aid in the development of a society."
Below is an example of a set of communication principles (or a theory) that has a long history of being applied to aid in development.
Everett Rogers
Diffusion of Innovations as an Approach to Development.
Everett Rogers wrote Diffusion of Innovations (1962, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2003).
What is an innovation?
An idea, object or practice...
Perceived as new...
By an individual or organization.
What is the diffusion of innovations?
An innovation ...
Communicated via channels...
Over time...
Among the members of a social system.
CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATIONS
The characteristics (or attributes) of innovations, as perceived by individuals, help to explain their rate of adoption. Characteristics of innovations are one important set of variables influencing the rate of adoption.
Relative Advantage
Relative advantage is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as being better than the idea it supersedes
e.g. economic profitability, decrease in discomfort, savings in time and effort, immediacy of reward
Compatibility is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as consistent with existing values, past experiences, and needs of potential adopters.
Example: rap music and the role of MTV in making rap accessible and acceptable for all youth (Black & White).
Complexity is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as relatively difficult to understand and use.
Example: DOS vs. Windows
Trialability
Trialability is the degree to which an innovation may be experimented with on a limited basis.
Observability is the degree to which the results of an innovation are visible to others.
Examples: solar panels & DBS, PrimeStar, DISH and the like
Given the above, how could diffusion of innovations (a communication theory) be used in development work? How could diffusion of innovations be used to fight a health issue in a community or developing nation? How could you use the characteristics of innovations to better fight a health issue in a community or developing nation?
Labels/Tags: characteristics, Communication, development, diffusion of innovations, DOI, global, global communication, GlobalMedia, Hart, International, Rogers, Sp17, teaching
GlobalMedia: Development Communication: A History (Marshall Plan, etc.) (W8-P2) Sp17
"Uncle" Wilbur
A Historical Sketch of Development Communication
First a quick overview...
Dr. Wilbur Schramm
Founder of the social science study of communication (late 40s-50s) and key founder of development communication.
1950s:
Post-WWII & Cold War -- Newly independent nations struggling (the “terrible ascent”)
Schramm: How to help them? His answer: w/ mass media - “the great multiplier.” Need to bring in mass media technology.
Many countries implemented mass media programs.
1) Concern with “Neo-imperialism”
Hamid Mowlana
2) Mowlana: users of mass media blind to the importance of traditional forms of communication in some societies/cultures. “Technology vs. Tradition” (Mowlana)
Use of mass media to aid in development, but w/ caution regarding culture. Example: AIDS/HIV education in radio program in Tanzania & TV soap opera in China (Rogers)
New issues and use of new communication technologies
(Sources: based on Mowlana, 1996, 1997, Stevenson, 1993, Rogers, 1997)
Now back to the 40s and 50s...
Coming out of World War II the U.S. was in good shape (economically, politically, etc.), but many of the nations of Europe faced problems.
To get a sense of the problem faces see CNN Perspectives Presents Cold War . (See also background info on this CNN series.)
Some of the series is available online. As you watch the clips below pay close attention to the Marshall Plan. What relationship does it have to development communication?
U.S. provided $$ and expertise in "reconstructing" Europe. U.S. foreign policy (lead by Truman) changed isolationism to “active leadership.” The U.S. offered the Marshall Plan* (more on Marshall Plan from CNN).
See the clips 0:00 to 1:50 and from about 20:30 to 28:00
Why should the U.S. help European countries after WWII?
humanitarian concerns (White Man’s Burden again?)
stop spread of communism!
Truman Doctrine: to defend freedom & democracy worldwide.
Edward T. Hall
After reconstructing Europe Truman offered the world “the benefits of our [U.S.] scientific advances and industrial progress… for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas.”
This was called the Point Four Program. (Director, Edward Hall)
One of the key tasks taken on by Hall was teaching U.S. diplomats intercultural communication skills. The formal study of intercultural communication can be traced back to Hall and this program. Hall has been called the founding father of intercultural communication study.
The government lacked knowledge on how to develop nations, so they turned to academia. Development theories were developed in economics, psychology, political science, sociology, and communication. For example, Wilbur Schramm offered his theory/approach to development. By the mid-70s, development programs were recognized an ineffective. Schramm, Rogers and others recognized the faults.
Everett M. Rogers
What was wrong? According to Rogers (1976)
The old way of doing development programs had the following errors:
They assume infinite economic growth, ignore problems like population growth, pollution, etc., and do not take into account the "quality of life."
They emphasize technology and capital rather than labor, thus encouraging economic dependence on advanced countries. Low priority to agriculture.
It blames the developing countries for their failings, ignoring external factors beyond their control.
It takes an ethnocentric (Western) bias by emphasizing the modernization of "traditional" individuals.
(Sources: International Encyclopedia of Communication, "Development Communication," 1989; "Marshall Plan" Britannica Online.].).
NOTE: Three of the scholars mentioned above (Mowlana, Hall and Rogers) were professors of mine. They are part of my intellectual family. And, now you are part of this intellectual family too. As for Schramm, it actually turns out that I might be biologically related to "Uncle Wilbur." Born in the same small city, graduated from same undergrad college, same family tree roots, etc.
Labels/Tags: Communication, development, global, global communication, GlobalMedia, Hall, Hart, history, International, Marshall Plan, Mowlana, Rogers, Schramm, Sp17, teaching
GlobalMedia: Development Communication: Some Key Terms (W8-P1) Sp17
Define/explain the terms development, development communication and development journalism.
Development: "purposive changes undertaken in a society to achieve what may be regarded generally as a different ('improved') state of social and economic affairs"(Hernández-Ramos & Schramm, 1989).
Development projects typically focus on certain areas/issue of a society (e.g. agriculture, health, nutrition, family planning, women's empowerment, etc.)
See United Nations Development Programme
Check out especially info on NETAID concert
See also United Nations: Economic and Social Development
Development communication: the use of communication technology and principles to aid in the development of a society.
Development journalism: a 'branch' of development communication in which news media are used.
Journalism: "the collection and editing of news for presentation through the media"(M-W Dictionary)
If you had lots of money (through a grant, etc.) and you wanted to do good in the world, what would you do? If you wanted to help with some health issue in another country, what would you do?
If you wanted to help and you wanted to put your media knowledge and media skills to use, what would you do?
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Updates From The Court Of Appeal: The PDP And Atiku/Obi Called Witness Number 179
by AIT / 6 months ago / Politics
The PDP and Atiku/Obi called witness number 179 on the witness list: Yalwe Yusuf. He was asked if he voted on Election Day and he said yes.
He was asked if he was intimidated and he said yes.
He was asked if the intimidated did not stop him from voting and he said the intimidated did not stop him from voting but altered the results of the elections.
He was referred to paragraph 11 of his witness statement.
He read that the results were changed by agents of the APC and reproduced by APC agents.
He was asked if the manipulated results were with him and he said no.
He was asked when his party appointed him as agents, what did he submit to the party and he said he gave his party his name.
He was asked if his party submitted his name to INEC office and he said yes that his name was submitted to INEC as PDP LGA agent.
He was asked if those that harassed him at the election were a party to the case and he said yes, that they were acting on behalf of their principal.
He was asked to if those that trashed the results were convicted and he said that is not his duty, that he only made his report.
Buhari counsel: He was asked if he was the LGA polling unit agent of the PDP and he said yes.
He was asked if he voted and said yes. He was asked where did he go to after voting and he said he went round to supervise other agents.
He was asked if his duty ends at his LGA and where he voted and no, as the LGA agent he is supposed to move around and returned to his collation center by 8 pm.
He was asked if as PDP LGA agents, he is supposed to confine himself to the collation center but he said no, that it’s his duty to move around within his LGA.
He was asked if he is a polling unit agent and he said yes but an LGA agent.
He was asked if he was a ward collation agent and he said no.
He was asked if he was part of the process of transmitting results from polling unit to the ward and he said not directly but indirectly.
He was asked if anyone forced him to sign Form EC8C and he said no, but he signed only to use it as a reference.
He was asked if those agents that were intimidated were the ones that told him about the intimidation and he said no.
APC counsel: He was asked if he monitored the distribution of materials and he said yes.
He was asked if he went through full accreditation before voting and he said yes.
He was asked if at the end of voting if his agents at the polling units and ward brought their result sheets to him and he said yes.
He was asked if he signed the form EC8C based on the reports from polling unit and ward agents reports and he said yes.
He was asked if all party agents were present at the collation center and he said yes.
He was asked if he submitted a report to INEC and his Party and he said yes and that the reports are with his party.
He was asked how many polling units in LGA and he said 116 and he said he visited most of them, minimum of three in each ward and that he has 10 wards.
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Alien 4:not dead
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Categories: Aliens and Justin Bieber
“Ow” I said as I woke up, “holy cow, I’m falling towards Earth!” I yelled as I was waking up. “This should be in the worlds records book” I said, then I realized that I hadn’t burned up because of the armour. “Oh now you work!” I yelled while skydiving next to some people, “hey can I borrow this for a second” I asked them as I took off their parachute. When I landed, I kissed the ground, then I teleported back to the ship, “oh come on” I yelled. “You see, you can’t escape me, but yo-” he didn’t get to finish from that explosion. “oh, what happened” he asked me “glad that your yourself again” I said to him. I headed for the escape pods, when I was about to escape, I heard someone say “wait.” I looked behind me and saw Justin trying to run to me, but he kept on falling down from him sagging, “come on Justin, just pull up your pants or ditch the pants.” He was about to make it when I closed the door on him, “open up” he said, I launched the pod and went FAR from the ship! When I landed, I looked at the town to see if anything happened, places were on fire, people were running yelling “help”, and people tried to evacuate or commit suicide. “Nothing went wrong” I said as I headed to town.
Alien 3: Return of Justin Bieber
*3 weeks after incident*. Ever since I saved Earth, nothing has been going on, I was walking to lunch when I found a cube on the ground. It was green and black, their was a button on it, when I pressed the button, the cube stuck to me. “Sweet” I said as I took it off and walked to my locker. All of a sudden, I teleported to this HUGE ship! “What the, where am I?” I said while looking around and then saw Justin Bieber looking at me. “So, you still lived after the explosion?” I asked him “well why yes, I did” he told me, “but I can’t believe that you saved your planet from millions of aliens” he said to me. “Well hey, I saved my planet like James Bond did in the 2011 cowboys vs. aliens movie” I said to him and did 3 snaps. “Well I’m getting so sick of you, so, let’s dance” he said, “you got it” I said as I put on some of the popular 80’s songs. “No, I mean fighting” he told me, “oh, well you just killed music, and you make music, so wow!” I said, he quickly pressed a button and a huge iron cage fell on me. “ha ha, I have you trapped” he said to me “you can’t get out”. “oh ya, how much you wanna bet” I said to him “what do you mean” he said. I put on that armour that I found earlier and broke open the cage, “guards, destroy him” Justin said as he ran out the door and then the door closed. Aliens started shooting their blasters at me, I found a statch of bombs and threw them at the aliens, they went flying everywhere! “I wonder if this armour can destroy this door here” I said to myself, I ran and face planted the wall. “oh wow, this armour sucks!” I said, I spent 3 hours trying to break out, then I yelled “open sesame!” And then the door opened up “oh come on!” I yelled as I started to run, I started to hallucinate of hunger. “Oh look, at donut remover, I need some donuts” I said when really the sign said do not remove. A piece of wall opened up and I started to go flying in space and that button started to let pieces of the ship fly away, meanwhile, I was heading towards Earth.
“Alright class, can someone tell me what 1 + 1 is” Mrs. Dooklberry said, our sub. “Ya, it equals window, like you” a kid said, other kids started to laugh. Her face turned red ” well then go to a window” she said as she picked him up and threw him out a window “I will make sure to give you flowers for your marriage you and the glass” she said. All of a sudden, she took off her face which was a mask of a alien, but this time, they were bigger. “One of my leaders is here” he said as doors opened up to one of the leaders, when they walked through, it was a human! ‘Wait a minute, I know you” I said ” it’s big bird!” I yelled ” well, your dangerous” he said to me “take them to the dungeon” he told some aliens. I knew I had to do something, I grabbed an aliens blaster, shot the aliens, and pointed my blaster at big bird. “Well that small blaster won’t stop you from this” he said pointing a spoon at me ” uh dude thats a spoon” I said to him. “oh, I mean this” he said pointing a bigger blaster at me “your defenseless against …” he didn’t get to finish from the shot of my blast. “Hey, I didn’t get to finish” he said “well guess what I uh, you know what, I don’t have a good comeback” I said to him, then I shot him. I looked up, “that’s where I’m going” I said looking at a huge ship. I was running to the ship when I got tired, I went into an abandoned house to rest “ding dong” went the doorbell I opened it up and it was one of the leaders, Elmo, “Your de-“He didn’t get to finish because I slammed the door on him, he got stuck in it . All of a sudden, I teleported, ‘what the, creepy, but cool at the same time” I said. ” So, your the one that destroyed my leaders, eh” he said “ya” I said to him “well you’ll never find out who I am” he said. “Oh ya” I said to him, I blasted his cape off ” it’s, Justin Bieber!” I said “ya that’s right, its me” “I’m not surprised” I said to him. “Well you’ll never defeat this ship it’s impossible nothing can…” he said “unless its the self destruct button right next to me” I said to him. “Well you will never get out of here because theres only 1 parachute and-” he said I jumped out with it, the ship exploded with him. I landed on the ground safely and then I went to my house to rest.
Alien:the beginning
“Beep beep beep beep beep beep!” was my annoying alarm clock beeping,I hit my hand on it to make it be quiet. I put on my close and then realized that it was my little brothers clothes on. I put my clothes on and was going down stairs when I tripped and fell down them. ‘Well that’s how you go down the stairs a quicker way” I said when I got up, I grabbed an apple and Headed out to the school bus. My best friend, Billy Bob, saved me a seat, “hey dude, another boring day at school, huh” he said to me “ya” I said back to him. But today was going to be a little bit different. When I was walking to class, I felt something moving in my backpack, I opened it up and found a small green alien in my backpack! “I’m here with the others, my master sent leaders to guide us” he said I quickly grabbed a crowbar (which was just randomly on the ground) and whacked the alien, and he fell in an opened sewer ( which is again randomly opened, how bad is that for the community?) “Bring” went the bell “gotta go” I said as I rushed to class not knowing what was about to happen.
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California Will Delay Toxic Chemical Warnings on Canned Foods to Avoid Scaring Poor Consumers
California and the Nation
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available — canned ones, officials said Thursday.
Instead, the state on May 11 will require stores to post general warnings at checkout counters about the dangers of BPA and note that some canned and bottled products being sold have liners with the toxic chemical.
The decision and rationale of the California Environmental Protection Agency are angering some community and public-health groups.
It's "ridiculous. It's paternalistic," said Martha Dina Arguello, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles. "I just can't imagine that it's a better idea not to let us know what's in our food."
The warnings are coming on line in California under the state's Proposition 65, a measure approved by voters in 1986 that requires businesses to notify the public about high levels of chemicals in products or places.
California officials decided last year to add BPA, or bisphenol A, to the list of about 800 other chemicals requiring Proposition 65 notices. Manufacturers use BPA in epoxy liners of some cans, bottles and jars.
Some studies have determined the chemical was an estrogen-like substance that at high levels could harm the female reproductive system.
That 2015 decision by California is controversial. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned BPA from baby bottles and sippy cups in 2012, but it says the level of BPA that leeches into food is safe otherwise. The federal agency also is awaiting the results of more studies.
Ordinarily, the state would either require manufacturers to put those warnings on the cans, or make grocers post signs on canned-goods shelves specifically warning that "Brand X tomato sauce, Brand Y green beans" have the targeted chemical in the can, said Allan Hirsch, chief deputy director of the state EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
For BPA, though, "we think that would be kind of chaotic," the state official said. "Retailers might react ... by just pulling canned and bottled foods off their shelves entirely," which would be bad news in neighborhoods without good grocery stores.
"We would want to make sure that people, especially in low-income communities, still have access to canned fruits and vegetables. That's certainly better than not having access to them," the state official said.
Hirsch also acknowledged hearing "some concern from retailers" about how the warning is going to work.
Kathleen Roberts, executive director of the can industry's North American Metal Packaging Alliance, said Thursday that confusion "from these warning signs could further limit healthy choices, particularly for low-income families in inner-city neighborhoods and rural communities."
Rather than require warnings for specific cans and other goods when the warning-requirement kicks in in May, the state plans to make merchants place general notices saying some cans for sale in the store have BPA.
State officials foresee requiring more specific notices after perhaps a year. That would give can manufacturers more time to label their cans and to see what ongoing medical studies find regarding safe and unsafe levels of the chemicals, Hirsch said.
It's the state's arguments about BPA and canned vegetables in so-called food deserts — neighborhoods too poor to attract top grocery chains — that offend the community groups.
"California is willingly putting out the language ... excluding a whole sub-population of people from protection," said Jose T. Bravo, executive director of Just Transition Alliance, an environmental health and labor coalition in San Diego.
The community representatives say they plan to file protests before a final decision by another state agency that approves such regulatory changes.
FDA Bans BPA in Baby Bottles, after Chemical Industry Follows California’s Lead (by Noel Brinkerhoff and Ken Broder, AllGov California)
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In 2015 Tania Czajka, a French friend, invited me to join a project she was pulling together to develop a full production of her French language learning work with her company Le Petit Monde.
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THE DATA LISTED HERE WILL BE MOSTLY FOR THE RYDE AREA, EXTRACTED FROM THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. A succession of dots…… denotes more to the article.
25 July 1874 .. BLONDINETTE MELODISTS – This celebrated company of “young ladies with golden locks” (11 in number) are advertised to appear in their vocal and instrumental entertainment at the Town-hall on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next, July 30th and 31st, and August 1st. This attractive troupe have visited Ryde before; and we have no doubt that they will attract large audiences during their present visit by their refined and pleasing entertainment. The press are unanimous in its approval of their performances. (IW Observer)
08 Aug 1874 .. MRS. SCOTT-SIDDONS – As will be seen by reference to advertisement, this talented lady will give one of her histrionic readings in the new Town-hall this (Saturday) afternoon, at 3’oclock. She will be accompanied by the youthful prodigy, “Seraphael,” the celebrated boy pianist who has won bronze and silver medals in the Royal Academy of Music. (IW Observer)
31 July 1875 .. It is with great pleasure we announce that the theatre has been taken from the 7th of August, by Miss Lotti WILMOT, of the Globe Theatre, Strand, London, with a really first-class company, Mr. Fred HUGHES is the acting manager. (IW Observer)
30 Sept 1876 .. DE VERE’S MODERN MARVELS – M. De VERE, the talented conjurer, who has been performing in London for some time, will shortly again submit his clever entertainment to a Ryde audience for the second time. M. De VERE, for feats of sleight of hand, stands unrivalled…… (IW Observer)
18 Dec 1876 .. GODWIN FOWLES GRAND ANNUAL CONCERT – We are pleased to learn, is fixed to take place tomorrow (Friday) evening, in the Portland Hall, Southsea, when, assisted by his pupils, Mr. G. FOWLES, F.C.O., son of the eminent marine artist of the same name in this town, will discourse some of the first productions of the classical and popular composers, with several of his own authorship. The programme contains a piano solo, “When we went a gleaning” (Gauz), which is set down to be performed by Master E. FOWLES, a child aged six years, who, we should think must be a juvenile prodigy, of whom his happy parents must be justly proud. (IW Times)
15 Sept 1877 .. TWO-HEADED NIGHTINGALE – We must again refer our readers to the advertisement respecting Miss Millie CHRISTINS, the wonderful two-headed nightingale, who will appear at the Town Hall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next. (IW Observer)
27 July 1878 .. RYDE PIER – The head of our Pier is now a very pleasant spot to spend an evening, for every night the Volunteer and Mr. TOLLERVEY’s Band
play there. The bandmaster of the former has been so frequently complimented on the improvement he has effected that there is hardly any occasion for us to say more than that our Volunteer band supply a great want, and furnishes a great attraction to the Pier. TOLLERVEY’s band is also greatly improved and plays a number of excellent selections, which sound well on the pier. We shall soon have the additional attraction of a military band from over the water. (IW Observer)
28 Jan 1893 .. Music lovers from all parts of the Island filled the Town Halls to overflowing on Wednesday, the attraction being the great Spanish violinist, Senor SARASATE, and the renowned pianiste, Madame Berthe MARX. These far-famed artistes appeared together and held the audience spell-bound. They were brought back many times to bow their acknowledgments…… (IW County Press)
04 Feb 1893.. MISS KATE STAINER – sang recently at a concert at Surbiton, and a notice of her singing says that she gave evidence of vocal powers of a rare order. Her beautiful contralto voice was heard to advantage in “Beauty’s eyes” and “The gift.” (IW County Press)
27 Jan 1894 .. For the first time during the last 12 months playgoers will, on Monday next, have an opportunity of witnessing at the Ryde Theatre that merry form of entertainment known as burlesque. Mr. G. B. PHILLIPS’s popular company in the successful “Bonny Boy Blue” burlesque is announced by Mr. Ellis MILLER, and we have every reason to believe that there is in store for its patrons an exceedingly pretty, bright, and humorous performance, with songs and dances quite up to date. (IW County Press)
28 July 1894 .. Such names as Lionel BROUGH, Charles GROVES, Sydney BROUGH, Barrington FOOTE, Miss Vane FEATHERSTON, and Miss Lizzie WEBSTER generally appear only on the bills of West-end theatres but they compose the cast next week at the Ryde Theatre. We are not therefore surprised to hear that seats are being rapidly booked. (IW County Press)
04 May 1895 .. EDWARD TERRY AT THE THEATRE – A large house assembled at the Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to see this popular comedian and clever London company, and all present enjoyed a hearty laugh at the actor’s escapades as T Pilkington in “An Innocent Abroad.” Needless to say, Mr. TERRY was supported by his colleagues to perfection. (IW County Press)
04 May 1895 .. The bright and sparkling comedy “Dorcas” has, thanks to Mr. Ellis MILLER’s spirited management, been secured for the pleasure of the patrons of the Theatre next week. Good singing, comedy, and, in fact, bright all-round acting are characteristics of Mr. Charles FISHER’s London company. (IW County Press)
21 Mar 1903 .. At a concert in the Pavilion on Thursday Mr. L. V. D. MOORE, the clever young violinist, was rapturously encored for his splendid performance of a new work by Mr. J. C. BEAZLEY, R. A. M. of Ryde, entitled “Romance and Humoresque.” There was a large attendance. (IW County Press)
00 Apr 1903 .. Miss F. STAINER gave a very good rendering of Muriel Mannering and Miss Evelyn MARSH gained great credit for her very fine acting as Norah Vining. Miss Rhoda DRAKE was Lady Harburgh and gave a very creditable performance of that character…… (IW Times)
19 Mar 1904 .. PACHMANN RECITAL – Islanders had another opportunity of hearing the renown pianist, M. Vladimir de PACHMANN, at Ryde, on Monday, thanks to the enterprise of Messrs. GODFREY and Co., and a large number availed themselves of it. There was a splendid programme, played with charming brilliancy throughout. (IW County Press)
27 Jan 1906 .. Mark HAMBOURG, the great Russian pianist, and Jan HAMBOURG, the violinist and pupil of YSAYE, assisted by Miss Martha CUNNINGHAM and Miss Daisy BUCKPROUT, will give a recital at the Town Hall, on Saturday afternoon, February 10th. (IW Observer)
26 May 1906 .. The play “Home, Sweet Home” is to be presented at the Theatre next week by Mr. Frank LINDO and Company. It is said to vie in popularity with “The Silver King.” Mr. LINDO has twice appeared before the King and Royal Family and he is to be supported by a strong company, including Miss Marion WAKEFORD, lately leading lady in the Drury Lane dramas. (IW County Press)
21 Dec 1907 .. The Earl and the Girl – Mr. J. Bannister HOWARD’s company appears on Boxing Day at the Theatre Royal, Ryde, in the “Earl and the Girl.” As is well known, the play was written by Seymour HICKS, composed by Ivan CARYLL, and the lyrics by Percy GREENBANK. All the scenery and dresses are an exact replica of those used at the Adelphi and Lyric Theatres, London. Unlike many musical comedies, “The Earl and the Girl” possesses a good plot, for that versatile actor-author, Mr. Seymour HICKS, has contrived a coherent story which runs throughout the play…… (IW Observer)
14 Mar 1908 .. A crowded audience attended a delightful concert, organised by Messrs. GODFREY and Co., given at the Town Hall, Ryde, yesterday afternoon, when Madame Ada CROSSLEY was the principal attraction. The world famous contralto sang magnificently first “Caro Mio Ben,” and then a new song cycle of three songs, composed for her by Mr. S. LIDDLE, and entitled “On the way home.” She was encored both times, and on the second occasion gave “The banks of Allan Water” with charming sympathy and feeling. She was supported by other talented artistes. (IW County Press)
27 Nov 1909 .. The daily Illustrated journals on Wednesday published portraits of Miss Dolly PARNELL, who was married on Tuesday to His Highness Prince Nasir Ali KHAN, an Indian Prince living in this country. Miss PARNELL is not unknown in Ryde, as she is a cousin of Mr. PARNELL, the genial proprietor of the King Lud Hotel, and while staying with Mr. and Mrs. PARNELL, she became acquainted with many Ryde people. Miss PARNELL is an actress, and a charming one, but she will leave the boards for good now that she has married Prince Ali KHAN. It is stated that Prince KHAN’s wedding gift to his bride was jewellery to the value of £20,000.
13 Aug 1910 .. The Follies paid a popular visit to Ryde on Wednesday evening, when the Town Hall was packed to its almost capacity. The talented artistes received a great reception, more especially M. H.G. PELLISSIER and Miss Gwennie MARS, who is especially well-known and liked in Ryde. The others taking part in the programme were Messrs. Morriss HARVEY, Dan EVERARD, Douglas MACLARAN, Lewis SYDNEY, and Misses Muriel GEORGE, Effie COOK, and Ethel ALLANDALE. (IW County Press)
29 Oct 1910 .. Another cinematograph theatre is to be opened in Ryde. The Temperance Hall in High-street has been acquired for that purpose and is being fitted up with tip-up chairs etc. (IW Observer)
12 Nov 1910 .. Advert – The new Cinema De Luxe in Ryde will be opened on November 14th 1910. (IW Observer)
1 July 1911 .. “The Mollusc” at the Theatre – Miss Nella Powys is presenting to Ryde playgoers on Monday next, for three nights and a matinee, perhaps one of the most billiantly written comedies of modern times. “The Mollusc” is without doubt Mr. Herbert Ham Davies’ masterpiece its sparkling wit and biting irony secured for in a very long run at the Criterion Theatre with Sir Charles Wyndham and Miss Mary Moore in the cast. The company engaged by Mrs. Powys is a really representative West End one, and the play has had the unusual advantage of rehearsals being supervised by the author himself. This added to the reputation and ability of the artists themselves should secure a fine performance of this clever comedy. (IW Observer)
22 Nov 1913 .. At the Theatre Royal during the week there have been excellent films representing the dancing of Miss Ellaline TERRISS and Mr. Seymour HICKS, with other popular pictures. (IW County Press)
8 Mar 1919 .. A Great Dancer – Mr. Terry WOOD the enterprising lessee and manager of the Theatre has made the arrangements for the week after next of the visit of Mdlle. Lydia KYASHT, the famous dancer. This talented lady prior to her great success in London, was premiere danseuse in all the principal cities of Europe. In 1917 she visited Petrograd to see her husband who was a captain in the Russian army and after many exciting and adventurous experiences was eventually able to leave Russia and return to England by way of Sweden and Norway. Later, her husband, Captain RAGOSIN, who by the way is the proud possessor of the Cross of St. George (the Russian V.C.,) which he won in 1914 for the capture of four heavy guns from the Germans with his company of 50 men, after having recovered from wounds he had received followed her to England in the company of Kerenski’s secretary. He is now a captain in the British Army. Mdlle. KYASHT, whose delightful artistic dancing has charmed so many is exceedingly pretty and has great personality and is in herself a combination of beauty and grace that makes it a positive delight to watch her at work. Her dances are all by great personality and is in herself a combination of beauty and grace that makes it a positive delight to watch her at work. Her dances are all by great composers including La Cygne (the Swan) by SAINT SAENS, Valse and Mazurka by CHOPIN and Dance by Sir Frederick COWAN. Our readers are requested to book their seats early. (IW Observer)
24 Aug 1929 .. The Bijou Orchestra whose playing has given so much pleasure throughout the season was augmented this week and by means of a special apparatus their performances have been broadcast to the Canoe-lake, the effect being very pleasing. (IW County Press)14 Mar 1931 .. The visit of the famous violinist KUBELIK, to the Theatre Royal on Monday, when he gave a matinee performance, attracted a large gathering from all parts of the Island, who were captivated by the dominating personality of the great master. KUBELICK played with his wonted brilliant technique and his hearers enjoyed to the full the superb artistry of his genius. At the piano, a Bechstein grand, was Otto HUSA, who provided a very fine object lesson in the art of accompanist. (IW County Press)
27 Aug 1936 .. A little bird has whispered that George ROBEY is coming to the Commodore Theatre. On enquiry at the manager’s office, we find this to be correct. Teddy BROWN appears on September 6th and his many friends in Ryde are sure to turn up in force. (IW Times)
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Cinema Speaks for the Dead: Movie Lines as Epitaphs
Posted by Whit Denton | Apr 6, 2016 | Lists | 0 |
Like it or not, most of what exists of a person after death is merely what is said about that person. Someone could be immensely intelligent and complex in life, but if they were boring or something of an asshole, they will not be remembered as intelligent or complex after they pass, but rather, as a bore and an asshole. This an unfortunate but undeniably true fact of life. Regardless of what several mediums and psychics would like to think, you cannot speak from beyond the grave to defend yourself. The closest to this medium-psychic-communication from the dead the human race has, as archaic as it may sound, is the epitaph. That inscription cobbled together to give a person some kind of ultimate meaning is the one manner by which the dead are able to talk back. It is the true last testament–a tagline for someone’s entire life. You cannot change your reputation of boring assholery after death. However, if you have a good epitaph, the funeral goers might think twice before commencing disparagement.
Today is Plan Your Epitaph Day. So, for those out there in need of an impressive final statement, here are ten quotes from famous films that would serve as excellent epitaphs. After all, what better to speak for the dead than films? Movies are timeless; people, however, are not.
“You don’t make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. The rest is bullshit and you know it.” -Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets
Martin Scorsese is no outsider to the strange intricacies of death, and his 1973 film Mean Streets is proof of this. Harvey Kettle’s character, Charlie, struggles with his faith, his life of crime, and a lingering fear of mortality, as is perfectly summed up in this quote. One can’t make up for wrongs just by praying. Real redemption is only found in action. The rest, indeed, is bullshit. The quote exemplifies a cool, austere, very Scorsesian approach to life that would look great on any tombstone.
“I’m a star, I’m a star, I’m a star. I am a big, bright, shining star.” -Dirk Diggler, Boogie Nights
This line probably works a lot better as an epitaph if people are familiar with its context within the film. To remind anyone who’s forgotten, this is the last line of Boogie Nights, delivered by Mark Wahlberg’s Dirk Diggler as he looks at himself naked in a dressing room mirror. It’s kind of absurd and oddly profound, just like all great epitaphs should be. Also, if Mark Wahlberg naked doesn’t scream “end-of-life statement,” I don’t know what does.
“Nobody’s perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you.” -Linda, Days of Heaven
Few people sum up life in all its flawed, melancholy glory quite like Terrence Malick does. This particular quote seems one of the best from the philosopher/moviemaker for an epitaph. For those who want something more austere inscribed on their tombstone, they can’t really do much better than Terrence Malick. Everyone commits their fair share of transgressions and failures in life, but “there was never a perfect person around.”
“Gee, he thought…I don’t know.” -Sortilege, Inherent Vice
Most people go through life in a state of dazed bewilderment. It’s only fitting that the epitaph matches (“He died as he lived, etc, etc…”).
“But I tried, didn’t I? Goddamnit, at least give me that.” -R.P. McMurphy, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Rebellious, swaggering, cocky, funny, and insane, Jack Nicholson’s incarnation of Randall P. McMurphy seems the very best person to represent someone after death. He’s a man without pretensions and cuts straight to the heart of things. Often it seems the best anyone can do in life is just try, and goddamn it, that’s almost just as impressive as success. The Nurse Ratcheds in your life often seem intent on beating you down, but through not taking things too seriously but still giving a shit, you might be able to survive, if at least for a while.
“And here ya are, and it’s a beautiful day.” -Marge Gunderson, Fargo
There’s something so plainly poetic about Frances McDormand’s uber-pregnant police officer. The Coen Brothers worked in something so simple yet complex into her character–a real truth. It would seem sacrilege to make this list without a quote from Marge. She seems so kind and understanding, but she’s much more than the Midwestern caricature some have mistaken her for. There are few movie characters who seem to just get it the way Marge does. Life’s more than money and greed. People are born and people die, but why worry about all that; it’s a beautiful day.
“Well, fuck everybody. Amen.” -Minister, Synecdoche, New York
This one more or less speaks for itself.
“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you.” -Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction
There’s nothing like a Tarantino-altered bible verse for a gravestone. Beyond this quote’s value as a wonderful movie reference, it possesses a sort of faux sagacity that’s perfect for an epitaph. Is the deceased the shepherd, guiding the weak, or is he the Lord, laying vengeance against those who deserve it? It’s ambiguous, and that’s the brilliance of it. Plus, it just sounds damn cool, and that should really be the first thing you worry about when choosing an epitaph.
“Yippee-kay-yay, motherfucker.” -John McClane, Die Hard
When faced with the 1980s-era Alan Rickman-looking face of death, there is only one way to respond. Why go out with a graven faced solemnity when you can go out with machine gun-blazing, profanity-laced ‘80s action movie majesty? Bruce Willis is the man we all want to speak for us beyond the grave.
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Australian economy under pressure and Boris attempts to suspend parliament
August 29, 2019 Australian Dollar Forecast
The Pound to Australian Dollar exchange rate has been moving in a positive direction recently.
The Australian economy has been struggling as of late owing to a fall in house prices, rising unemployment levels and a cut in interest rates to their lowest level on record at 1%.
The ongoing US China trade war is causing problems for the Australian economy and this is causing an issue for the Australian Dollar.
The Australian economy is heavily reliant on what happens in China as as China is such a large importer of natural resources from down under this can negatively affect the value of the Australian Dollar.
China is growing at its slowest level in over thirty years and the Chinese Yuan is now at a 11 year low.
The ongoing issues surrounding the Chinese economy and its drop in demand for Australian goods has allowed the Pound to push above 1.80 vs the Australian Dollar recently.
There are also rumours that the Reserve Bank of Australia are under pressure to cut interest rates even further from their current levels.
Westpac is calling for an interest rate cut to 0.5% whilst Deutsche Bank has predicted that we may even see rates as low as 0.25% by the end of the year.
However, RBA governor Philip Lowe has suggested that they may even consider Quantitative Easing as a form of monetary easing.
Indeed, he spoke out recently claiming ‘we are prepared to do unconventional things if the economy warranted it.’
In the meantime things are up in the air politically with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson having moved to suspend parliament.
His aim is to remove the chances of MPs trying to legislate against a no deal Brexit. This has caused a lot of movement for GBPAUD exchange and I fully expect this to cause even further moves this week.
If you are in the process of buying or selling Australian Dollars and would like a free quote then contact me directly and I look forward to hearing from you.
Tom Holian teh@currencies.co.uk
Australian Dollar under pressure against the Pound owing to Chinese data
August 14, 2019 Australian Dollar Forecast, Australian Dollar Weakness
The Australian Dollar has experienced a problem in recent times vs the Pound owing to a number of different factors.
The Australian economy is currently under pressure domestically caused by the cost of living in high wage growth areas.
This is causing Australian citizens to limit their spending but I think the main issue is that of the uncertainty caused by what is happening with the ongoing US China Trade wars.
Australia is heavily reliant on what happens in the world’s second leading economy so any negative effects on Chinese growth can cause problems for the Australian economy.
US President Donald Trump has recently imposed another tariff, this time totaling 10% on US$300bn worth of Chinese goods. This has caused the Chinese to retaliate by attempting to stop Chinese companies from buying agricultural products in the US.
In the meantime Goldman Sachs have suggested that the trade war could continue to rumble on which does not bode well for the Australian economy and therefore this could continue to negatively impact the Australian Dollar vs the Pound.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates a couple of times already this year and I think we could see more rate cuts coming in the future especially if economic data continues to see a slow down in Australia.
On Thursday, Australia will release it latest unemployment figures. Expectations are for a figure of 5.2% in July so anything different could cause movement for GBPAUD exchange rates. Therefore, if you’re planning a currency transfer involving Australian Dollars in the near future make sure you pay close attention to the data.
If you would like to save money on exchange rates compared to using your own bank then contact me directly for a free quote and I look forward to hearing from you.
Australian Dollar highest against the Pound since January 2019
July 16, 2019 Australian Dollar Forecast
Last night the Reserve Bank of Australia published their latest set of minutes. The focus was aimed at the labour market as well as monitoring economic growth.
Earlier this month the RBA cut interest rates to just 1% which is now the lowest rate in history for Australia.
The general feeling is that the RBA will keep interest rates on hold but are ready to cut further if necessary.
One problem that the central bank faces is that as interest rates are at record lows this leaves them little room to cut even further.
On Thursday of this week the latest set of Australian unemployment data is due to be released.
Depending on the announcement, this could cause some movement for GBPAUD exchange rates so if you’re in the process of transferring Australian Dollars pay close attention to what impact this may have on exchange rates.
Over the weekend Chinese GDP data was published. The growth figures showed 6.2% which was similar to what was forecast.
The data was the lowest level since 1992 so although it is falling it is still extremely high compared to other Western economies.
GBPAUD exchange rates are now trading at their lowest level since January 2019 creating some excellent opportunities to sell Australian Dollars to buy Pounds.
Early next week the UK leadership election should be concluded.
The likely winner is Boris Johnson but whilst there is still some uncertainty as to who will become the next Prime Minister the Pound is facing some uncertainty.
Therefore, once we have a new leader in place could this provide the Pound with a small boost against a number of different currencies including vs the Australian Dollar?
I have worked for one of the UK’s leading currency brokers since 2003 and I’m confident that I can save you money on exchange rates compared to using your own bank so please contact me directly for a free quote.
Will further interest rate cuts result in a drop for the Australian Dollar this year?
June 21, 2019 AUD to GBP, Best Rates, GBP to AUD
The Australian Dollar has continued to come under pressure recently which has helped the Pound recoup some of its recent losses against the currency. One of the reasons for the downturn for AUD is due to the interest rate cut that took place earlier this month, which has pushed Australian interest rates down to record lows. There are now predictions of further rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia with some financial institutions predicting two further cuts this year, which would push the rate down to 0.75% and likely have a negative impact on the Aussie Dollars value.
Aside from these forecasts of rate cuts due to the slowing economy, another reason for Aussie Dollar weakness is due to the ongoing US-China trade war saga, which has caused concerns for the Australian economy moving forward. I would expect to see AUD exchange rates continue to struggle whilst this continues, owing to the fact that China is the countries main trading partner.
From the UK side the Conservative leadership contest is likely to remain the key driver, with Boris Johnson remaining the front runner. This leadership contest along with any Brexit related updates remain the key driver for GBP exchange rates so do keep on top of this if you’re following the Pound’s value due to an upcoming currency requirement.
If you have a large currency exchange to carry out in the coming days, weeks or months then you are more than welcome to speak with me directly as I will be more than happy to help you both with trying to time a transaction and getting you the top market rate when you do come to buy your currency. A small improvement in a rate of exchange can make a huge difference so for the sake of taking two minutes to email me you may find you save yourself hundreds if not thousands of Pounds. You can email me (Joseph Wright) on jxw@currencies.co.uk and I will endeavour to get back to you as soon as I can.
Will more disappointing data for the UK today result in further falls for the Pound?
June 5, 2019 AUD to GBP, Australian Dollar Forecast, Best Rates, GBP to AUD
It’s been a disappointing week for UK economic data releases so far, which has come at a bad time for the Pound as the currency is already trading at the lower end of it’s recent trading ranges. The Pound to Aussie Dollar pair in particular is trading in the early 1.80’s, and at the time of writing it’s trading at 1.8150 which is towards the lower levels of the day.
1.80 could act as a support level for the Pound, but those of our clients and readers monitoring the pair should be weary of potential further falls for the Pound as not only is the currency under pressure owing to political uncertainty, but economic data is now starting to disappoint which could cause further falls.
So far this week both manufacturing and construction data has shown a slowdown from the previous figures. At 9.30am this morning there will be the release of Services PMI which is arguably more important as the services sector covers around 80% of the UK economy. I think a drop in these figures could result in a sharper sell-off than we’ve seen this week due to the importance of the sector to the UK economy.
Data aside, the leadership contest for the Conservative Party could be the next potential market mover, as the victor’s attitude to Brexit is likely to impact markets. Down under we have seen the Australian economy pick up slightly but there are still expectations of further interest rate cuts later this year after the recent cut, so this is a potential downside for the Aussie Dollar moving forward.
GBP to Australian Dollar Forecast – UK politics and Australian interest rates
June 3, 2019 Australian Dollar Forecast, GBP to AUD
The Pound fell by 5 cents against the Australian Dollar during last month after what has been a very uncertain time politically in the UK.
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced her resignation and we are now in the midst of a leadership election within the Tory party.
The likelihood is that the battle for the next Prime Minister will continue until late July, which means more political uncertainty and this could cause ongoing problems for Sterling exchange rates.
The other problem for the Pound is that the next Prime Minister will likely be more of a Brexiteer and this could increase the risks of a no-deal Brexit.
Personally speaking I don’t think a no-deal Brexit will happen which means that we’re likely to have to extend the October deadline, have a second referendum or even potentially have another general election. All of these options care likely to cause problems for the Pound.
However, in the very near future the Reserve Bank of Australia will be announcing their latest monetary policy overnight. The strong likelihood is that we’ll see the central bank cut interest rates to their lowest level on record of just 1.25%.
If after the interest rate cut they announce that there could be further rate cuts coming then I think this could see GBPAUD exchange rates move in an upwards direction which is good news for anyone looking to buy Australian Dollars at the moment.
The Australian economy has been showing signs of problems recently with employment, economic growth and inflation so I think the RBA will signal that there are further rate cuts to be made but depending on the timelines offered this could cause a lot of movement on GBPAUD exchange rates overnight.
Therefore, if you’re in the process of looking to convert Australian Dollars then pay close attention to the decision made as well as the RBA’s accompanying statement.
I have personally worked for one of the UK’s leading currency brokers for 16 years and I’m confident of being able to save you money on exchange rates compared to using your own bank. If you would like a free quote then send me an email with an outline of your particular requirement and I look forward to hearing from you.
Will the RBA cut interest rates and the impact on the Pound vs the Australian Dollar?
May 31, 2019 Australian Dollar Forecast
The Pound has really been struggling against the Australian Dollar in recent weeks owing to the ongoing political uncertainty in the UK.
The Pound is now trading at its lowest level against the Australian Dollar in a few weeks and I think we could see further losses ahead for Sterling exchange rates.
Next week the Reserve Bank of Australia will once again meet to decide the future of monetary policy down under.
With the Australian economy coming under more and more pressure recently there is a strong likelihood that we’ll see a cut in interest rates on Tuesday morning.
As this is widely anticipated it may not have the impact on exchange rates that you may think so if you’re banking on a big movement for GBPAUD exchange rates it may not happen.
The main thing to look out for will be the statement from the RBA as if they hint that there are more interest rate cuts planned for the future then this could weaken the Australian Dollar so make sure you pay close attention to the announcement.
Indeed, some analysts think that the RBA should cut interest rates by 0.5% but I think that would be too aggressive for the time being.
We also have the release of Australian retail sales due out on Tuesday morning. Retail sales are a good indicator as to the health of an economy so any further signs of a slowdown will provide the RBA with further justification to cut interest rates.
Then on Wednesday we have another big data release for Australia with the latest GDP data for the first quarter. The expectations are for growth of 2.5% which would be an improvement from the previous quarter of 2.3% for year on year so we could see some volatility for GBPAUD exchange rates during the middle part of next week.
If you have a currency transfer to make and would like to save money when buying Australian Dollars then contact me directly for a free quote and I look forward to hearing from you. I have worked for one of the UK’s leading currency brokers since 2003 and I’m confident that I can also help you with the timing of the trade.
Tom Holian
teh@currencies.co.uk
Australian dollar forecast – Increased volatility set to continue…
May 15, 2019 AUD to GBP, Australian Dollar Forecast, Australian Dollar Weakness
The Aussie dollar is being pulled in many different directions at present, as the market is encouraged to consider and take onboard many factors in its assessment of the value of the currency. Domestic economic and political concerns are high ahead of the Australian election this weekend, as are global concerns over trade wars and the impact on the Chinese economy. The Aussie dollar is softer this May under the pressure of such events, and I think may well lose further ground.
The elections this weekend could well see the Labour Party winning the election as their messages on climate change and improving health and education spending appear to hit the right notes with voters. This might well see the Australian dollar weaker after the weekend, since it is expected the increase in spending, might lead to worse economic performance and increase pressure on the Australian central bank, the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia), to cut interest rates.
Looking forward, investors with a position to buy or sell Australian dollars might wish to be making some plans ahead of the election this weekend to try and protect or manage their position. You can email myself Jonathan Watson on jmw@currencies.co.uk to learn more about this if you wish.
Will the Australian dollar weaken further?
Another concern for me would be the escalating trade wars which so far has seen the US and China, both raise tariffs on each other’s good. Trump has now levied 25% tariffs on US$200 bn worth of Chinese goods, whilst China has retaliated with between 5-25% tariffs on US$60bn worth of goods.
This just adds to the uncertain picture ahead for the global economy and I would expect will lead to a weaker AUD. Whilst the immediate sell off on stock markets and currencies seen earlier this week has been stemmed, with such investments staging a small comeback yesterday, the longer term outlook does not appear rosy.
The Australian dollar is very much supported by a strong global economy, in particular by China and its demand for raw materials. The increased uncertainty globally has seen the Australian economy struggle with inflation at a 16-year low, thereby putting pressure on the RBA to cut rates.
May is presenting much potential for the Australian dollar to come under some pressure, clients with a position to buy or sell Australian dollars might benefit from a quick review with us to discuss the best strategy moving forward. Please feel free to contact myself Jonathan Watson on jmw@currencies.co.uk to discuss more about what might suit you best in this market.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
Pound to Australian Dollar Forecast and the impact of low inflation and the election
April 27, 2019 Australian Dollar Forecast, Australian Dollar Weakness
The Pound has had a relatively strong week against the Australian Dollar after we saw inflation figures in Australia drop compared to the expectation.
Figures were predicted to come out at 1.8% but they fell to 1.5% and this is likely to add further pressure to the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider cutting interest rates sooner than they may have previously considered.
The RBA are under pressure to look at cutting interest rates in an attempt to help the ailing property market as well as trying to control falling inflation so this week’s data is likely to bring an interest rate cut forward and this could happen as early as 7th May when the RBA holds its next monetary policy meeting.
The general expectation for interest rates in Australia is for two cuts this year bringing interest rates to their lowest level on record at just 1%.
However, as Australia goes to the polls next month to vote in the next election on 18th May the RBA may just hold fire from changing monetary policy as to change things now could cause a lot of volatility for the markets if the central bank intervenes too soon.
Current Prime Minister Scott Morrison has tried to defend his economic record during his tenure but with GDP figures slowing down during the last year he is facing questions as to how he can turn the economy round under his stewardship.
As we move into next week the key data release of the week could be Thursday’s Chinese Manufacturing PMI data. As China is such a huge trading partner with Australia this can often have a large bearing on the value of GBPAUD exchange rates so make sure you’re well prepared for what could be a busy end to the week.
I have worked for one of the UK’s leading currency brokers since 2003 and I’m confident not only of being able to save you money when exchanging Australian Dollars but also to provide you with further information as to how the market is moving.
For a free quote then contact me directly and I look forward to hearing from you.
Aussie Dollar weakens as rate cuts look likely, how could this impact the Aussie Dollar?
April 26, 2019 AUD to GBP, Best Rates, GBP to AUD
The Australian dollar has had a bad week after hitting the lowest levels of the month against the Pound, and also the lowest levels in 2-months against the US Dollar.
Those of our readers planning on making Pound to Australian Dollar exchanges should be aware that the current levels are within 4-cents from the annual highs, which are also the highest levels seen since June of 2016 making this years annual high the highest levels seen in 34 months.
We’ve witnessed a sell-off in the AUD’s value this week after some disappointing inflation data was released on Wednesday, demonstrating that inflation levels down under are running at a 16 year low. Many economists now believe that there will be at least one interest rate cut this year and that there will be one in June in order to try and stem the weak inflation levels. Up until this point the Reserve Bank of Australia has been loath to hike rates so as to not impact the already overheating property market, especially on the East coast but this week’s data may have been the nail in the coffin.
Moving forward I’m expecting to see AUD continue to soften proving cuts take place, as should they occur the base rate of interest will be at another record low.
If you are planning to make a currency exchange involving the Pound and another foreign currency, it’s well worth your time getting in contact with me on jxw@currencies.co.uk in order to ensure you make a well informed decision on when to make that particular transfer, as well as benefiting from highly competitive exchange rates from one of the UK’s leading foreign currency brokerages. Just provide me with a basic outline of your currency requirement and I will be back in touch with you as soon as possible.
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Stories tagged with: marriage
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Taiwan votes to keep marriage laws traditional
by Angela Lu Fulton/WORLD , posted Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (one year ago)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BP) -- Three referendums supporting marriage between one man and one woman passed overwhelmingly in Saturday (Nov. 24) elections in Taiwan. The votes appeared to show that most citizens may still hold traditional values even though the country's highest court moved toward legalizing same-sex marriage in 2017.
The question of whether Taiwan Civil Code should continue to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman received more than 7.6 million yes votes compared to 2.9 million voting no. Referendums need 4.94 million votes -- a quarter of eligible voters -- to be considered by the government. Read More
Marriage 'sacred' in God's sight, ERLC audience told
by Tom Strode, posted Friday, October 12, 2018 (one year ago)
Photo by Karen McCutcheon
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) -- Even a troubled marriage is a profound picture pointing toward the Gospel of Jesus, pastor Ray Ortlund said on the first day of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's 2018 national conference.
Ortlund, lead pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, and more than 15 other speakers addressed an audience of about 950 people gathered Thursday (Oct. 11) for "The Cross-shaped Family" at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The three-day event will end ... Read More
Freedom of conscience wins in 2 European high courts
by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, October 11, 2018 (one year ago)
Coalition For Marriage photo
EUROPE (BP) -- Freedom of conscience won against charges of discrimination in two European high courts yesterday and today (Oct. 10 and 11), affirming the rights of a pro-life physician and a baker opposed to gay marriage.
The latest case today set a Norwegian legal precedent on freedom for conscientious objection in the medical profession, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International said. The high court in Oslo, Norway affirmed the right of Christian physician Katarzyna Jackimowicz to refuse to implant in a patient an intrauterine birth control device (IUD) because of its abortifacient capabilities. Read More
Case against Army chaplain called 'anti-religious'
by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, August 13, 2018 (one year ago)
BP file photo.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (BP) -- A U.S. Army investigator ignored key evidence in saying a Southern Baptist chaplain was derelict in his duties for rescheduling a marriage retreat to accommodate a lesbian couple, the chaplain's attorney said.
Army Chaplain Jerry Scott Squires refused to conduct a Strong Bonds marriage retreat because a lesbian officer planned to attend, the investigating officer identified as Major Ford said at the close of an extended investigation.
Squires is endorsed by the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board ... Read More
FIRST-PERSON: My first years of marriage
by Melody Schmidt, posted Friday, August 03, 2018 (one year ago)
Melody Schmidt recounts practices that have helped her "do my part in making the early years of our marriage great." Read More
FIRST-PERSON: A page in our history can be turned
by Andrew T. Walker, posted Tuesday, July 10, 2018 (one year ago)
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, Andrew Walker writes, is an opportunity "to reverse historic wrongs and injustices overseen by Supreme Court justices who acted as Philosopher-Kings instead of dispassionate interpreters of the Constitution." Read More
Calif. bill already impacting religious expression
by Bonnie Pritchett/WORLD, posted Wednesday, May 09, 2018 (one year ago)
Photo courtesy of world.wng.org.
LOS ANGELES Calif. (BP) -- The California state legislature's latest effort to outlaw biblical views on sex, marriage and gender identity appears to have claimed its first casualty. Citing concerns over possible legal repercussions from a pending bill, Colorado-based Summit Ministries has canceled a summer conference at Biola University in the Los Angeles area.
"The vagueness of the bill has opened up threats to religious communities that the author did not intend," Biola communications director Brenda Velasco said. Read More
Del. bill first to outlaw child marriage in U.S.
by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, May 08, 2018 (one year ago)
Screen capture from "Unchained at Last" video
DOVER, Del. (BP) -- A bill awaiting Del. Gov. John Carney's signature is America's first to outlaw marriage before age 18, the latest measure in a nationwide effort to rein in child marriage.
Delaware's measure is the strictest to date, surpassing a Florida law passed in March to allow marriage as early as 17 when the partner is no more than two years older. Carney is expected to sign the bill as early as this week, his office has told the media, after conducting a legal review.
Democratic Rep. Kim Williams, the bill's sponsor, is encouraging other states to follow suit. Read More
Domestic violence: Ministry advice for pastors
by David Roach, posted Tuesday, May 08, 2018 (one year ago)
NASHVILLE (BP) -- As discussion of domestic violence persists among evangelicals, seasoned pastors and others who minister to families are advising their ministry colleagues on what to do when they encounter physical abuse in a marriage.
At issue in evangelicals' discussions are controversial comments by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson regarding women, divorce and domestic abuse. See Baptist Press' reports here, here and here. Read More
SWBTS trustees, SBC entity presidents address abuse
by David Roach, posted Wednesday, May 02, 2018 (one year ago)
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Amid ongoing discussion of statements by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson on domestic violence, Patterson and the executive committee of the seminary trustees have issued a statement affirming "the importance of protecting victims of abuse."
Meanwhile, at least five Southern Baptist Convention entity presidents have made statements on domestic violence since April 29. Three referenced Patterson by name but did not offer an opinion specifically on his comments. The others commented on domestic violence generally without naming Patterson. Read More
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Tragic by Devney Perry
Kaine Reynolds wants nothing more than solitude. After an unthinkable tragedy destroys his family, he’s cut off all ties to his former life so he can battle his grief the only way he knows how.
So when Piper Campbell knocks on his door, rambling on about being his new neighbor, he slams the door in her face.
But Kaine’s gruff demeanor doesn’t scare her. She’s set on living in Montana and starting over after a terrible divorce. And she wouldn’t mind having a fling to chase away the pain of her husband’s betrayal. Her handsome, albeit rude, neighbor is the perfect candidate.
Yet what neither of them suspect is that their no-strings affair will result in the surprise of Piper’s lifetime—and Kaine’s worst fear.
4.5 Star Review by Ashley
Is there anything Devney Perry can't write? I mean seriously- while Tragic is different from the other books in the Lark Cove series (as in there isn't the heart stopping suspense) it still sucker punched me right in the feels.
I LOVED Piper. She was eccentric and kind and even though she's had her heartbroken, she was living life on her terms. Which included a cross-country move to go with her fresh start. And a neighbor hiding from his pain with his woods and brood.
Goodness me did I LOVE Kaine. His brokenness. His guilt. His anger. His talent. His fire. And how he couldn't stay away from Piper even when he wanted to. Their first meeting was nothing short of explosive. In fact, I liked how they worked backwards. Fire then friendship. It was the in between that struck me the most. Those calm, quiet moments when both Piper and Kaine got to just be that spoke the loudest.
Until they weren't. Holy smokes. Talk about unexpected. Piper had no clue how to handle the news and Kaine was thrown for an even bigger loop. This one thing stilted all the progress they had made. But it also forced them both to make some very hard choices. Forgiveness the biggest of them all.
Tragic was just that, centered around tragedy but what was more, was how Piper and Kaine allowed that to change the course of their life. I enjoyed that there was more than one sighting of the rest of the Lark Cove crew in this book. And how they rallied around Piper and even the reclusive Kaine. Devney Perry took these two beautifully broken characters and gave them what they never dared to dream they could have, magic.
Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers! Connect with her on social media.
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Bihar to approach Sri Lanka for Bodhi tree sapling
IANS, Jun 28, 2010
Patna, India -- The Bihar government will approach Sri Lanka for another sapling of the Bodhi tree after the first one planted by Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama here wilted due to negligence, triggering anger in the Buddhist community.
Bihar Art and Culture Minister Renu Devi told IANS Monday over telephone that the state government will approach the Sri Lankan government for another sapling of the Bodhi tree.
“It appears that the sapling of the Bodhi tree wilted due to extreme weather this summer,” she said.
“We will try to plant another sapling,” she said.
The sapling that wilted was brought from Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, which is home to one of the oldest Bodhi trees, planted in 288 B.C.
Buddhist monks are shocked and angry after the sapling planted by the Dalai Lama at the Buddha Smriti Park here about a month ago, wilted.
It is under the Bodhi tree that the Lord Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya about 2,500 years ago.
“The state has failed to protect and nurse the sapling of the Bodhi tree, sacred to millions across the World,” Bhante Priyasheel, a monk at Bodh Gaya, said.
Another Buddhist monk, Bhante Anand, said the failure to protect the sapling has exposed the Bihar government’s claims to promote Buddhist culture.
Vineet Singh, an environment activist here, said: “If a sapling of the Bodhi tree planted by the Dalai Lama has wilted, one can imagine the concern the state government has for the environment.”
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Home Community Mavis takes lead role in WI
Mavis takes lead role in WI
Jude Vaughan presents Mavis Wilkins with her 50-year pin.
By Toni Williams
For five decades Lowcliffe woman Mavis Wilkins has been a member of the Women’s Institute (WI).
It’s given her life skills, an understanding of co-operation, confidence and lifelong friendship.
And the skills she learned from when she was 15 years old were still relevant to women today, despite a difference in lifestyles.
“The WI is a way of meeting people and learning new skills. Today there are still a lot of lonely people out there that need something but haven’t found it.”
Mavis has just taken over as the Mid Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institutes president but, at their recent annual general meeting, was given her 50 year pin as recognition for her time with WI.
It started when Mavis, then 15, was taken to the Rangitata WI by her mother, the late Betty Mahan, who was also a life-long member.
It was 1967.
Mavis was already familiar with the workings of the WI, as she, along with her three siblings, had spent their childhood in and around the WI, hanging with the children of other WI members.
She learned life skills including handiwork, cooking and social skills which held her in good stead.
She eventually went into nursing but kept attending WI meetings when she could.
By late 1973 she had married and moved to Lowcliffe.
“WI was something all country women seemed to go to. It was part of each district’s culture. Everybody participated,” she said.
Especially as then most women stayed at home, raised the family and were often used as the extra pair of hands on farm when needed, which was “more often than not”.
She said women were happy to gather with other rural women through the WI, who were in similar situations.
A noticeable change over the years was more women were working, whether for necessity or for career advancement.
But Mavis said the skills learned through the WI were still relevant today, with friendship, sharing of ideas and knowledge always needed.
She noted an increasing number of migrant workers settling in the district who could benefit from local insight and friendship offered through WI, especially if they were unable to drive or language was a barrier.
Mavis Wilkins
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Papabear on the "Furry Lifestyle"
Hello, Everyfur,
Papabear's inbox is once more running on empty, so I thought I'd chat about something important to me. Recently, I received an email from Chion Wolf, producer of "The Colin McEnroe" show, which is broadcast on WNPR in Connecticut. They are doing a show about the "furry lifestyle" before FurFright. As she writes:
I'm a producer for the Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR in Connecticut, and we're doing a radio show on Furry culture before a Furry event at the end of October - We'd love to get some more voices on the show to tell our audience about the Furry lifestyle. There was a library here in Connecticut that recently said that Furries aren't welcome! We wanted to take that opportunity to do a show and educate some folks. Are you available to call in? Or know of someone else, or anyone in Connecticut? We're still waiting to hear back from the people organizing FurFright 2012.
I wrote back that I would be happy to talk on the show because I strongly believe that we should not hide from the media. Principally, what I wish to emphasize to Ms. Wolf (with a name like that, she should be a furry!) is that there is no such thing as a "furry lifestyle." That furries are a diverse group and do not share a "lifestyle" of any sort. You know and I know what Ms. Wolf is referring to when she labels the community this way, and I find it offensive.
No two furries are alike. The only thing we ALL share is our interest in anthropomorphic characters. After that, we are a mixed bag--young, greymuzzle, gay, straight, religious, atheist, male, female, fursuiters, nonfursuiters, artists, nonartists, etc. etc.
Of course, we'll have to address the whole furporn thing to which my response is that the furry community is comprised of sexually active people who enjoy sex like anyone else. Next question.
I'm really sick of the outside community--mundanes, if you will--always try to label us and pigeonhole us into something that will be titillating so that they can have a story that gets them viewers or listeners.
I'm not sure if Ms. Wolf will still invite me to her panel or not, but if she does, let me know what things you would like me to talk about with her. Write me at zoobear863@yahoo.com.
--Papabear
It looks as if I'll be making an in-studio appearance for the recording of the show. I encourage longtime fans such as Papabear to call in; I gently encourage brand new furries not to. Speaking with the media can be a tricky thing; I've been in the fandom for 20 years, convention staff for over a dozen, I'm glib and full of fandom-positive quotes and figures-- and I'm still going to be nervous about making myself and the fandom look poor on the radio.
--Chiaroscuro
Good luck! I agree that, if you don't know what you're talking about because you are new to the fandom, you probably shouldn't talk to the media about it. You should also strive to paint the fandom in the positive light it deserves.
Diamond Man
Some furries seem to believe that there "Furry Lives" are life styles, honestly, if they want to believe that, it's great and maybe true..
But what sucks is that even the Furry Fandom these days often use the word "Life style" on everyone else, that means to people who believe that there life style isn't a life style. And yet, freak out if anyone says it's not a life style. Flayrah (The website I seem to hate now), Furrynewsnetwork, random furry groups on websites, etc may seem to be doing the same forcing issue. :/
Unless I'm talking about the wrong word here. :P
If not, then good luck, hope you get welcomed. ;)
I think you are correct that some furries get so caught up in this that they believe they are living a unique lifestyle. But the thing is that there is no single "furry lifestyle" because furries are so diverse: from hobbyists and literature enthusiasts to otherkin and therians and everything in between, there is not a consistent single all-encompassing lifestyle. I'm not sure what this might even be. Is the lifestyle about fursuiting? That doesn't work because most furries don't have a fursuit. Is it about playing furry games or being on Second Life? Again, not everyone does that. So, I just don't get it.
Not so sure if therians and otherkin is a lifestyle. To some, some believe they were born with it in Spirit or something. And I may have that belief my self. ;)
But yeah, this has probably been an issue for the whole fandom for a while now I think.
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Representing the Philippines, Ateneo Senior High School student Jian Bautista (11-Nakaura/HUMSS) won a gold medal in the individual men’s epee of the Asian Cadet Epee tournament last July 22, 2017. The competition was part of the Asian Cadet Circuit 2017 and was held in Brisbane, Australia from July 22-23, 2017.
A week before he grabbed gold in Australia, Jian won a silver medal in the boys’ team epee and a bronze medal in the junior boys’ team epee in the 2017 Southeast Asia Pacific Fencing Championships, where he also competed under the banner of Team Philippines. The SEAP fencing tournament was concluded on July 17, 2017 at the Philsports/Ultra Multi Purpose Hall.
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Round 2 Models: Wonderfest USA 2018 and K’t’inga update
posted by JamieH 12:40 PM
We had a wonderful time at Wonderfest USA last weekend. It is always great to see everyone and see the reaction to our new kits and news. Rather than posting a bunch of pics here and linking this post to our Facebook page, I’m going to do the opposite. I’ve posted two albums there. One of the show in general and the other specific to the K’t’inga. (click the colored underlined words to go to look at the pics)
Our biggest “NEWS” announcement of the show was that we have obtained the license to STAR TREK DISCOVERY. We realize opinions are very mixed on the show and the ship designs, but we feel that there needs to be product in the market for those for whom this will be their introduction to Star Trek. Our first kit will be a 1:2500 scale U.S.S. Discovery which will measure just short of 12″ long. It will include a few clear parts which is a feature our other 1:2500 scale kits lack. We were polling attendees to get feedback on what to do next.
Which larger kit size would you prefer? 1:1000 OR 1:1400 (look at the poster to see the difference)
After the 1:2500 scale U.S.S. Discovery, which would you rather see next? 1:1000/ 1:1400 U.S.S. Discovery OR 1:2500 U.S.S. Shenzhou and U.S.S. Enterprise (essentially, in 2019 we can either do a big Discovery next OR do the other two ships in the same scale as our first Discovery kit)
Which ship design do you prefer? U.S.S. Shenzhou OR U.S.S Enterprise (Both have merit, but which should we do first?)
This seems to have caused no small amount of confusion with some people online interpreting this as us doing all three ships in all three scales. Oh well. these things happen these days. Here is a closer look at our board. Feel free to let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment.
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161 Responses to “Round 2 Models: Wonderfest USA 2018 and K’t’inga update”
Mark Belsom says:
1/1000 would be nice for the Star Trek Discovery kits to match the others.
david horvath says:
1/1400 Scale is a nice size for display space and detail.
George W Belknap says:
1/1000 or 1/1400, that’s a tough one. 1/1400 would result in a slightly cheaper model but 1/1000 has already been established as PL’s smaller scale starships. If pressed I would say go for the 1/1000 scale kits.
Gregory Watters says:
1:1000 scale is great! The bigger, the better. Too much detail lost in the smaller scales, plus we old guys like the bigger models (easier to see!)
I’d prefer to see the Discovery in a medium size. Almost 30 inches seems a bit much.
So my vote is for 1/1400 for both Discovery and Shenzhou.
I would love to see the Enterprise in either 1000 or 1400. My first preference would be at 1/1000 though. If you only do 2500 after the Discovery, my choice again would be Enterprise over the Shenzou.
Mike Dudek says:
1/1400 is really a ‘dead’ scale. While I realize it is significantly more expensive to do this in 1/1000, that is a better choice to fit with more of the current line. And likely future releases, too. How many other 1/1400 kits will there ever be?
But my vote goes to all three in 1/2500 for now. If it goes well, then let’s see a bigger kit in 2020+.
Paul Pratt says:
This. There are no other arguments.
Marcus Stock says:
Do all 3 in 1/1000.
spock62 says:
Glad to see you guys are doing Discovery kits, though my main interest is in the redesigned Enterprise for the most part. To answer your questions:
1) 1:1000 or 1:1400: depends on cost. I wouldn’t have the cash (or display space) for a 1:1000 Discovery and even a 1:1400 is pushing it. So, since the Enterprise is what interests me the most, it comes down to cost. I’d love to see it in 1:1000, but not if it costs over $50.
2) I’d rather see you do the other two ships in 1:2500, since your doing the Discovery in that scale. I’m assuming that if all goes well the ships can be done in either of the other two scales at a later date anyway.
3) U.S.S. Enterprise, hands down.
Herman Schol IV says:
I love the idea of up scaling the original series starships, I would say if the new discovery USS Enterprise in 1/2500 is around 7 inches long Round 2 could reissue the other current 1/2500 ships in that new scaled size. Including clear parts lighting ships in that size would be awesome. You could do the same thing with the other scales listed for folks that want a bigger kit, but maybe without the 1/250 price tag.
David E. says:
I don’t think you quite grasp the concept of scale.
As to which kits to do after the 1/2500 Discovery, I would suggest doing the other 2 ships in 1/2500. The larger kits can come later. You can also gauge how well the bigger kits might sell by charting the sales of the 1/2500 kits.
Now personally, I’d like to see the 1/2500 scale Enterprise after the Discovery. Just my opinion.
It’s amazing that the length of the 2500 model is almost a foot, due to Discovery’s odd proportion. Personally I love larger size models, 18″ long plus (537 scale Refit, 1400 scale Enterprise D). However I also find great value in displaying models together in the same scale. I think you guys have done a lot of great work in the 1000 scale range and would make the most sense to continue that here. While the Shenzhou would be a great new model, I think a lot of people would jump at an all new 18″ Enterprise model from this era.
Eric Petersen says:
I would love a 1/1000 of the Enterprise from Discovery. Don’t know what it is but that thing is a nice blending of styles. and 1/1000 is your size so it goes with other ships you make.
Maybe good for kitbashing also.
So it seems by the info and scale in the photos that the Discovery version of the Enterprise is considerably bigger in length than the TOS version. Anyone have any info on how long she is in meters or feet?
Tchail says:
If the 1/1000 kit would be 18.9 inches, that translates to 480.06 mm, making the size of the Discovery-E 480.06 meters.
Given the accepted size of the TOS-E of 289 m, the Discovery Enterprise is approximately 66% bigger.
James E Cook says:
I like the 1/1000 scale, but will settle for 1/1400 if it comes to that. After the Discovery, I would take Shenzuo, then Enterprise.
I am not a fan of the smaller ships. I won’t be interested in the 1:2500 at all. The 1:1000 would be my preference for all these kits. The Discovery’s length is deceptive simply because the nacelles are way too long, so it’s not as large as people might think. I’m excited to see the Discovery kits being produced by Round 2!
mooslug says:
I would value having all three new ships in the same scale – meaning 1/2500 all the way. The larger ships can come later, as others said.
I can’t buy everything in large scale but anything 1/2500 is an insta-buy for me. Perhaps even some day down the line you could redo the Refit/A and Excelsior/B with the corrected lengths in 1/2500? People have argued for a long time that the accepted (but never “official” as I was surprised to learn) lengths of the A and Excelsior seemed too small. It would be great to be able to update the likely too-small A and B in my 1/2500 Enterprise lineage as well! 🙂
1) I agree that 1/1400 is a dead scale. 1/1000 if you’re doing a big ship.
2) 1/2500 Enterprise and Shenzhou please
3) If this question is about the larger scale, I would say an Enterprise first, but wouldn’t say no to a Shenzhou either.
BatToys says:
I realize you won’t make Discovery in 1/350 scale but out of curiosity how big would that kit be? 85″?
Otherwise 1/1000 because bigger is better.
JamieH says:
Look at the math skills on you! It would be precisely 84.4″. That is longer than the Enterprise-E at that scale which would be 76.5″… oddly enough we still get requests for that…
First I have to ask for a scale recount. Focusing on the Enterprise in the scale poster and the bridge in particular, I see nothing that indicates a major size difference than the Enterprise from TOS. The proposed sizes don’t seem right. I don’t think the scales are correct. By everything I’ve seen, the Enterprise D is 2108 feet long converted to inches making it 25,296 inches. Making it 25,3 inch long in 1/1000 scale. I don’t see the Discovery being as big as the “D”. Just saying.
All that said I would like them in 1/1000, along with the C, D, E.
Please make a big discovery!
1400 Enterprise for me….I’m glad your doing all 3.
Brian B says:
I would prefer the 1/1000 scale for the U.S.S Enterprise and the U.S.S. Shenzhou.(In that order.) I have less interest in the Discovery so it can be 1/2500000 or what ever.
Fleetyard says:
I hope for the 1/1400 scale. I would immediately buy the ships in 1/1400 because that is a nice size for details and to display it!
None of the above. Aside from the 1/350 K’Tinga, Until the NCC-1701-D and NCC-1701-E are made in 1/1000, I have no interest in seeing Round 2 produce any other Trek kits.
Spock says:
I would want the ships in 1/1400, because I think that in 1/1000 they are too expensive and in 1/2500 they will have low details.
Brando says:
In the case of these ships 0/0 would be ideal. Not a fan!! Sorry. However, if forced to choose, 1/1000.
David Paul says:
I purchase nothing but your 1:350 scale ships . So spending $160 for a model and $130 for a lighting kit and weathering decals and so on while lighting them up to ohhhh and ahhhh people don’t bother me . I’m glad to see a verity of new star trek kits coming out . But bigger in my opinion is always better . If I could get all your models in 350 scale I would but I’ll have to say your previous 1:1000 scale was only 3 inches long ….. So I’m puzzled ???? . So if I’m going by the measurements your giving on your poster then I would only purchase the 1:1000 scale when offered.
The 1:1000 scale TOS and Refit Enterprises are closer to 12″ long than 3″.
Holt says:
I’d do all three in 1/2500 first just to see how they sell before I’d do anything bigger! Plus I would rather see three different ship models out then a small one and a big one of the same ship and to be honest Discovery doesn’t interest me enough to buy the bigger version of it either 1/1400 or 1/1000 but I would pick up the 1/2500 kits. So my vote is Discovery this year then Enterprise and Shenzou in 2019.
I would love them in 1/1000 or 1/1400. Especially the Enterprise and Shinzou. 1/1000 fits with most of R2’s kits for the TOS era and 1/1400 fits with the TNG ship scales and gives a nice sized model.
Sean Kneeland says:
Definitely want a 1/1000th Discovery! I’m a scale hound and want all my favorite “early” ships in the same scale! 🙂
I would love to see the 1/2500 U.S.S. Shenzhou and U.S.S. Enterprise after the 1/2500 Discovery, THEN do a 1/1000 Discovery down the road!
I definitely prefer the U.S.S. Shenzhou. The redesigned U.S.S Enterprise is nice, but considering some of the fan backlash over the design, I’d have to say do the Shenzhou first and get it out there. I believe even the anti-redesign people will eventually warm up to the new E-design after the Discovery and Shenzhou are out.
BOB LITTLEPAGE says:
None of the above. The designs don’t fit the period, and the sizes are completely out of whack for any pre-VOY period.
How about a 1/1000 E-D instead?
Daniel Broadway says:
I vote 1:1000 for all large kit sizes. It goes well with the previous Polar Lights scales and the Excelsior. 1:1400 is just the odd man out. And I always like bigger kits. I’ll buy all 3 ships.
1400 discovery and shenzhou
Griffworks says:
I’d prefer 1/1000, Shenzhou, Enterprise, and Disco, in that order, please.
Many thanks for asking us questions and listening to us, regardless.
Well, for consistency with the more recent PL stuff I’ve purchased, I’d much prefer 1/1000. I’d especially like to see the Discovery Enterprise in 1/1000!
Ray Fontanilla says:
1:2500 Enterprise, then 1:2500 Shinzu. Bigger ones later
Rocketfin says:
I haven’t seen the new show yet but all those ships illustrated look cool. I prefer the larger models myself. Whichever one you do.
While the classic Enterprise will always be the most popular (it’s an icon after all), I really liked the NX-01 class design. I always thought that ship looked more realistic than any of them, and these designs fit in with that style to me.
I’m also hoping the 1:350 NX01 will be reissued again someday, I would like to build another one. (hint) 🙂
Robert Taylor says:
I’m pleased to see you’ve got the Discovery licence, it’ll be great to get the new “old” Trek produced in model form. As for my views:
1. You’ve established 1:1000 as a recognised scale for Star Trek ships, please carry on!
2. I would prefer to see both 1:2500 scale kits produced next to continue the theme. People may choose to buy one size version of Discovery over the other which could harm sales, 3 ships equals three revenue streams.
3. It has to be the Enterprise/
My only other hope is that your UK importer can get hold of these as well!
For the record, I’d buy them all in 1/1000 and likely won’t buy any in 1/2500. Just my preference.
logan payne says:
I really love your larger scale star trek kits. There very well done and im looking forward to the new 1/350 k’t’inga kit. As to discovery, no smaller than 1/1000. The bigger the better! It’s what you guys do best!
Ronald Lambert says:
I would like to see the 1:1000 Enterprise. In my opinion it is one of the best looking ships ever designed for Star Trek. Perfect blend of the classic design and the refit.
I would LOVE to have the USS Discovery and the USS Enterprise in 1/1000 scale to match my 1/1000 fleet.
Marquis Williams says:
I would prefer 1:1000 size myself. 1:2500 is just to small. I’ve built mostly in 1:1400 but in the last 6 years I’ve moved to 1:1000 for the detail.
Jin says:
I would like to have 1/1400 because its a nice size and i have many other ships in this scale.
I’d like to see the discovery, Shenzhou and Enterprise in 1/1400 as I think they would fit better with the 1/1000 “fleet” at thats size.
All in 1/2500 gets my vote. For the bigger scales, 1/1000 makes the most sense to me.
Charly says:
The new Polar Lights 1/1000 Defiant is only 5.9″ long and $25. I like larner models but how much is a 29.5″ Discovery??? Too expensive I think. I would vote for 1/1400 scale.
I agree. The 1/1400 line is perfect to display. That’s affordable too.
Definitely 1/1400! My whole model collection is in that scale. First the Shenzhou than Enterprise.
My collection is also only 1/1400. I would vote for this scale.
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Jamie said once that 1/1000 Ent D is NOT his next project. And there are all Federations ships in 1400 scale are available: even Revell/Monogramm, or AMT/ERTL/Roumd2/Platz or Nova, Starcrafts, Warp or whatever…
Absolutely my point! I would only buy 1/1400 ships.
Gregory says:
I’m with Michael. There is so much Aftermarket for 1/1400. I want it in only 1/1400.
I would also love to complete my Star Trek collection with the 1/1400 line.
1/2500 –is fine. The ships are to damn big anyway. So the 2500 scale will work for me.
Jamie, has R2 added an interior to the runabout??
Also I vote for 1/1000 scale as well.
Please stick with the established 1/2500 and 1/1000 scales.
Although I understand the economics of wanting to produce 1/1400 kits, I agree that this should be considered to be a “dead” scale.
Please don’t give up on the Cadet Series scale kits – There’s still so many subjects that haven’t been done yet.
Congo says:
1/1000 Discovery and Enterprise makes the most business sense, Shen can come later. But whatever scale, don’t do snap kits, I have all the 1/1000 snaps currently and the 1/2500s, snap sucks, flat out.
I would love to see the 1/1000 of all three ships eventually, but since we’re limited I would go for the 1/2500 of the Shenzhou and Enterprise before scaling up. Anything to get a Shenzhou I love the look of that design – the Enterprise is the classic light to which all others are held, but how many variations can you have on the same theme (don’t hate me for the sacrilege!)
I have to throw in another vote for a re-issue of the 1/350 NX-01 – missed that on the last go around would absolutely love to give it a shot!
Karloski says:
Echoing many above, 1:1000-scale kits are Polar Lights’ Star Trek standard; steady as she goes… Differing scales, particularly with MPC’s Star Wars line in the 70s and 80s drove me bonkers. Kudos to the current licensee keeping the preponderance of their kits in 1:72, and Polar Lights should keep to 1:1000. Thanks for soliciting our feedback!
I would love to sea all three ships in 1/1400.
Please please 1/1400.
I would love to see a Enterprise in 1/1400. In my opinion a good scale for details and it fits to my other Star Trek models.
I’m looking forward to continue my 1/1400 fleet.
I’d like to see a 1/1000, Shenzhou, Enterprise, and Disco, in that order.
I would love to buy brand new model kits. I hope for the 1/1400 scale because the new Enterprise would fit with my other ERTL Enterprise-C, -D, and -E kits.
I would buy them in 1/1400. Enterprise first please.
Jason902 says:
I am not a fan of the Discovery designs and I don’t plan on buying any of the Discovery kits, but if I did I would buy a 1/1400 Shenzhou, its the best looking ship in the show. Now what I would really like to see is a 1/1400 Nebula Class kit, I think it would be a very good seller as there are multiple versions of this class, half of the mold work is already done as you can reuse the Galaxy saucer and nacelles. I know there are garage kits available to build the Nebula, but they are pricey and very hard to find.
Brian Drumm says:
Very glad somebody mentioned the Nebula. This is Next Generation’s version of Reliant and I think it’s a big oversight in the Round 2 line. Please consider it. I’m not really a fan of 1:2500, but would make an exception for a Nebula.
Not sure I really agree, though, that “half the mold work is already done.” If you study closely, the back end of the saucer needs quite a bit of work to match Nebula. And the nacelles are not simply inverted but also have changes to the area where they attach to the “pylons.”
Much better kits result if we have patience and let Round 2 master them from the ground up.
I would vote for the 1/1400 line.
I love the design of the USS Shenzhou. I’d like to see it in 1/1400. And then the Enterprise in 1/1400.
I hope for the 1/1400 line because I want to continue my Enterprise collection.
I think the scale 1/1400 is best because I can present the models well. If they get too long you can only display them on the long side. That’s the problem of all models that are too big. This looks boring. I like to present my models “looking in the room”.
Shenzhou first please.
Frank Wire says:
I’ve debated this back and forth a bit and I finally settled on 1:1400 scale Enterprise and Shenzou… Although if they were done in 1:1000 I’d likely still get them.
The Reason is that these ships even at a smaller scale are still large enough to have a lot of detail… and a comparably sized discovery isn’t too crazy large…
Order of interest – in case you are listening:
Shenzou
Thanks for asking our opinion 🙂
I like the 1/1400 scale idea. 1/1000 seems too big and unwieldy for most displays, but 1/2500 seems too small to be properly impressive. I think 1/1400 would still give the impressive size for the kit without getting too big. I think a larger scale Discovery should come first, then do the Shenzhou, and leave the Enterprise for later since it has had the least screen time in the series at this point.
Fernando Rodriguez says:
Please continue the 1/1400 scale! That fits to my other models.
I would be happy to buy the models in 1/1400 as they would fit in with my collection. Shenzhou first please.
Debra Apple says:
I know there are garage kits available to build the Nebula.
Great. Finally new Star Trek models. I want the models in 1/1400.
Jeff Highs says:
I would like to build the models in 1/1400.
How about an actual HMS Enterprise?
Hi Jamie! I think that was you I talked to in Louisville, nice to see you up there, Please continue to attend, its great to see whats comming up!
1400 is a dead scale. Except for re issues there hasn’t been a 1400 ship in .. 20 years? since the Ent C? Most of the garage kitters are also producing 1000 scale conversions and the like.
So I would say ( and I did write it down at the booth) do all in 2500 first. then if demand is enough, so the Discoprise, then the shinzou, then disco. I belive that coresponds to the interest level of the ships from what i’ve been reading.
I would like to say Thanks for doing the Disco ships! Except for star trek and star wars there hasn’t been any plastic models of other sci fi stuff.. Expanse, even marvel stuff.. sad.
I think it’s great that new models are being planned. When there’s finally going to be a new Enterprise (from Discovery) I really want it to fit in with my other Enterprise in 1/1400.
1/1000 Enterprise go go along with all the others.
It is great your creating the ships of Discovery and Thank You for reaching out to us !
I would love to get my hands on 1:1000 scale models not only for the nice large size with all the cool details, but also to go along with all your other 1000 scale releases.
As for your second question, I guess to have all 3 ships in 1:2500 scale would make the most sense to me, then at least we have a start of a Disco Fleet all in one scale, as opposed to 2 Discoverys in 2019
I would like both ships, but I would vote to have the new Enterprise over the Shenzhou.
It’s great to get new models from Star Trek. I would like to build them all in 1/1400. Please release the Enterprise first.
Quick question, why is the 1:1000 enterprise length listed here different from the previous 1:1000 scale enterprise?
Because that is the length we were told. We were surprised too.
Jamie, just to revisit this after more thought, I’d like to see all these ships in 1/1000. First, I’d like the Enterprise, then either Shenzhou, or Discovery, with a slight preference for Shenzhou.
For me, only 1/1400 makes sense. Shenzhou first please.
I think the models are too expensive in the largest size. Therefore, I hope for the appearance in 1/1400. In addition, then the new Enterprise fits to the other ERTL models!
Freddy says:
For my collection, I wish the models in 1/1400. Then they would also have a nice length to present them in a showcase.
Matt Jackson says:
That’s a point that shouldn’t be ignored. in 1/1400 the models can be beautifully presented with the saucer looking into the room (because of their length – USS Discovery 21.1″!). On a larger scale, this doesn’t work anymore. Then you have to stand them with the long side to the wall. I only buy the models in 1/1400.
Whilliam says:
Please bring out the models in 1/1400. My whole Star Trek collection consists of this scale.
I hope the models are produced in 1/1400. The Enterprise first please.
Please, please please release the models in 1/1400! 1/1000 is ok for the Kirk-movie ship line. The other big ships are also in 1/1400 and I would like to continue this scale. Then all the Enterprise will fit together.
I don’t think that 1/1400 is a dead scale. On the one hand, the “old” models in 1/1400 are reissued and bought (!) and on the other hand in 1/1400 there is the most to buy. In addition, many here have already announced that they want to have the models in 1/1400. Therefore, it only makes sense for me, if the Discovery models appear in 1/1400. Otherwise I would not buy them.
Jonny Walker says:
I would buy the models in 1/1400. If you release the Shenzhou first, I would be very happy.
I want the models in 1/1400. Then they fit into my collection.
Nicolas Albright says:
I love Star Trek Discovery. I hope the models appear in 1/1400. I can hardly decide which one I would have first. After the USS Discovery certainly the USS Shenzhou.
Piere says:
Finally new Star Trek models. I only buy them in 1/1400. Then they fit in my collection. I hope the Enterprise comes first.
Josh Wheeler says:
I discovered Star Trek through ST Discovery and my dad taught me modeling. I really like the new Star Trek series and would love to have models of it. The scale 1/1400 would be my favorite, because the new Enterprise then fits the other “Picard”-Enterprise-D and -E which I recently built.
I want to continue my 1/1400 fleet. USS Shenzhou first please.
Jared Demes says:
I would prefer and love to see that Enterprise in 1:1000 scale.As it would fit the rest of the 1:1000 scale ships I’ve been collecting.
My favorite is the 1/1400 Enterprise.
I would like the models in 1/1400.
Noel Bing says:
My favorite is the scale 1/1400, because I bought the other Star Trek models in this scale. The USS Shenzhou first please.
Logan Anderson says:
I would buy the ships in 1/1400 only because the detail richness would be very good.
Hank says:
I have about 60 different canon Star Trek ships in 1/1400 in my fleet and will therefore only buy ships in 1/1400.
Hubert says:
For my collection, only the 1/1400 scale makes sense.
Owen Lincoln says:
I will buy the models in 1/1400. In this size, they are very nice to present. I hope for a quick release of the USS Discovery, then the USS Shenzhou and finally the USS Enterprise.
I’m really looking forward to a 1/1400 Discovery. After that I would like to have the Shenzhou, then the Enterprise.
I would buy them in 1/1400!
Berry says:
My choice would be the USS Discovery in 1/1400, then the Shenzhou and then the Enterprise.
I liked the Discovery in 1/1400, then the Enterprise.
Henry Grey says:
Please continue the 1/1400 series. I would then buy all three ships for the expansion of my collection.
Sandro says:
I vote for 1/1400. All the big Enterprise ships are in this scale.
I buy the models only in 1/1400. It would be nice if all the Enterprise would be available in one scale! A larger scale (on the length of the USS Discovery) simply takes up too much space. And on a smaller scale I miss the details.
Aaron Barley says:
I became a fan through Star Trek Discovery and would buy the models in 1/1400 to start my collection. Why 1/1400? If I feel like expanding my collection to more ships, I’d like Picard’s “big” Enterprise-D and -E to fit into my collection as well. After the USS Discovery I would like to see the USS Shenzhou than the USS Enterprise.
I hope the models will appear in 1/1400 because of appropriate detailing.
I would love to see the Discovery in 1/1400.
Umberto says:
Finally new Star Trek models! And then from the current series. I’m totally happy about it. I would buy the Discovery in 1/1400. The other ships as well, of course.
1/1000 Shenzhou for sure. No interest in anything at 1/1400, but would vote for a Shenzhou in any scale, followed by an Enterprise in 1/1000.
Allen Boyce says:
Please 1/1400. I would like to enlarge my fleet around the Discovery Universe.
I hope the models will be produced in 1/1400.
I vote for a 1/1400 Discovery. That fits perfect in my collection. Next I would buy the Shenzhou then the Enterprise.
Ean says:
I would only be interested in the 1/1400 models.
I would like to buy the modells in 1/1400.
Taibeen Khandaker says:
I’d be interested in all ships at the 1400 scale.
Can you please ask the producers/the people at CBS what changing the Enterprise model size does to the Miranda, Excelsior, Oberth class as well as the enemy ships? I don’t really have a problem with the larger size… it makes sense if they’re doing full deck plans and blueprints in CG for the new show.
But if this is the new Official size for the Constitution class I’d say you guys should also make a new 1966 Constitution class and 1701-A in this scale as well.
Hubert Justus says:
A Discovery in 1/1400 is perfect to me. Next I would buy the Shenzhou then the Enterprise.
Martin James says:
Wow Discovery modells. Please continue the 1/1400 scale. I realy want a Discovery in 1/1400, then the Enterprise and Shenzhou.
Michael Lattanzi says:
I prefer the 1/1400 scale. The 1/1000 scale would be great but many modelers simply don’t have the room to display something that large.
That’s the point! I also prefer 1/1400 because of the room to display the modells.
Aiden Jackson says:
I would be very happy about the 1/1400 Discovery. I would like to buy all three ships at the same time. But if I had to decide, I would want Shenzhou first.
Please continue the 1/400 scale. I want that the Discovery fits to my Enterprise-E.
In 1/1400 I would buy the Discovery. Next please the Enterprise then Shenzhou.
Xaver Robinson says:
I would like to build the Discovery in 1/1400. First Shenzhou then Enterprise please.
I like the 1/1400 scale. After the USS Discovery I would buy the USS Shenzhou then the USS Enterprise.
Paul James says:
I vote for the 1/1400 line. After Discovery Shenzhou first please.
Please do all 3 modells in 1/1400.
Kenneth McGyr says:
Please start directly with the production of the Discovery in 1/1400. The 1/2500 kits are detailless and bad.
Jonathan Reich says:
1. 1/1000th scale
2. 1/1000th Discovery
3. Enterprise
I vote for the 1/1400 Discovery. I don’t like the small scale.
Andrew McDowell says:
I hope for a 1/1400 Discovery because my whole collection is in 1/1400. Shenzhou first please.
We have noted that nearly all of the last 30 requests for these ships in 1/1400 scale has been coming from the same IP address.
Paulo Cabral says:
The USS Shenzhou is beautiful! my 1st choice! 2nd Uss enterprise all in scale 1:1000
If you had the 1:500 scale option …
I would vote for a 1/1400 Discovery.
I would like to buy the Shenzhou in 1/1400.
Benjamin Becker says:
I want to buy the Discovery Shenzhou and Enterprise in 1/1400.
Sandro Friebe says:
My wish is to get Discovery models Enterprise in 1/1400.
DragoMuseweni says:
I want the Discovery in 1:1000 an the Shenzhou too…
Or all models in 1:1400 an some ultimate version from Discovery and Shenzhou in 1:700 ;-)+ 1701-D
Craig Carey says:
Just wondering has the decision been made yet on which Star Trek models are going to be coming 1n 2019?
Also my choice would be the Enterprise in any scale.
I wouldn’t mind a model of the “Enterprise” in 1/1000 and a Shenzhou in 2500 or 1/1000.
I can’t believe that no-one has mentioned a request for a 1:350 USS Reliant (Wrath of Khan version) to go with the 350 Refit Enterprise. The Starship Modeller forum which has many tens of thousands of members goes nuts whenever this is even mentioned. It would be a great seller like the 350 K’t’inga. 350 is where it’s at for many modellers due to love of the size / exceptional detail / ability to really properly light etc. Please Jamie / Round 2 / Polar Lights, can this be considered? A reply would be awesome, thanks.
Mindgames says:
Please do all 3 in 1/1000.
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Public–private partnerships: The road ahead
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Just Shared Some New Photos From Their 2017 Africa Trip
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have a deep connection to Botswana. They spent five days camping there together early on in their relationship, a period that Prince Harry has referred to in the past as “crucial.” Even the diamonds from her engagement ring were sourced from the country.
They’ve returned to Botswana a few times since then, including a trip in 2017 that made it onto their joint Instagram account this week. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared photos of themselves providing aid at one of Botswana’s elephant conservation centers in honor of World Elephant Day, and offered fans an update about their work with the nonprofit organization Elephants Without Borders. In a caption, the royals explained that outreach efforts supported by the Ellen Fund have helped Elephants Without Borders outfit 25 elephants with satellite navigation collars.
“These collars allow the team at EWB to track the elephants, as well as to learn their essential migratory patterns to keep their corridors safe and open so future generations of elephants can roam freely. In honour of this amazing support, EWB have named their most recently collared Elephant…ELLEN! We can’t wait to see where she will go!” they wrote.
This isn’t the first time they’ve shared photos from their Botswana trips. In April, ahead of the premiere of David Attenborough’s nature documentary series Our Planet, they posted another image of the two of them putting one of the collars on an elephant together.
“As president of @africanparksnetwork, The Duke of Sussex continues to advocate for the communities and wildlife that coexist in some of the most vulnerable environments around the world,” the Instagram caption reads. “Be it human wildlife conflict or natural disasters, these communities (park rangers, school children, families) are on the front line of conservation and we must do more to help them as we also work to safeguard the animals and landscapes that are in critical danger.”
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The Giffords Staff
As Representative Gabrielle Giffords works to recover from her wound, her staff keeps her office going. Jonathan Allen writes at Politico:
At the center of the entire Giffords operation is her 30-year-old chief of staff, Pia Carusone, who has been running Giffords’s Tucson and Washington offices from spartan side rooms at Houston’s TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital with her BlackBerry, a Mac computer and a tiny, 3-by-5-inch reporter’s notebook containing four weeks’ worth of daily to-do lists. She cadged the notebook from an FBI agent in Arizona when she realized she needed to keep track of all her tasks.
What’s most remarkable about Carusone’s uncommon resolve and dedication to service is how common those traits are in Giffords’s world.
[Staff member Gabe] Zimmerman [who died in the shooting], for example, shared Giffords's passion for public service, his colleagues say, setting the example for how to close cases for constituents who needed help navigating a bureaucracy.
"He was everything you could want in a supervisor, friend, and congressional staffer. Kind, smart, thoughtful, thorough and so many more wonderful attributes. A beautiful man," said Amanda Sapir, a case worker in Giffords’ office. "We all continue a deep commitment to helping people in his honor and to fulfill the Congresswoman’s charge to care for one another and help as many of her constituents as possible."
By the morning of Jan. 10, the district office in a small complex here was open for business.
“Of course,” office manager Joni Jones said in an interview in a district office conference room Tuesday, “Gabby would want us to open.”
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After Samsung Galaxy SII, the competition between smartphones in the market is growing day by day. There is no possibility of stopping from its advancements. There had been a time when we used simple GSM handsets and felt proud of it. Now, time has changed, and we prefer latest functions and unique applications.
So, a company has to build unique and latest technologies to keep up the new generation phone with many minds. Samsung Galaxy III has created a good hype within the market already.
This handset supports 2G, 3G & 4G networks. Nowadays, the most demandable network option is of course 4G LTE.This is only found in a few handsets & telecommunication companies so far.
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The design has met the expectation of the people & has impressed the android lovers except for some people who do not like large display screens for smartphones. Samsung galaxy S3 weighs 133g only.
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen has been used in Samsung Galaxy S2 with 16M colors. The size of the screen is 4.8 inches and the resolution is 720 x 1280 pixels. One of the best features is multi-touch system which is rare in latest sets.
Like other smartphones, it supports almost all sorts of audio files, vibration system and also loudspeaker. The most important portion of this handset is the 3.5 mm jack which is installed in Samsung Galaxy S3.
Samsung galaxy S3 contains three different internal memories available in 16, 32 and 64 GB internal space. You can also find Micro SD card slot which can support up to 64 GB In order to support 1.4 GHz quad core processor 1 GB RAM is installed in it.
With a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels along with LED flash light 8 MP AUTO Focus rear camera is present in it. You can see front camera to capture HD videos and quality pictures.
You will find the latest Android OS, v4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed in the device. The CPU contains Quad –core 1.4 GHz and the processor is Cortex –A9.
The battery life for the smartphones has been our concern all the time. The new Samsung Galaxy S3 can stay up to 790 hours and talk time is around 11h 40 mins which is impressive.
Samsung Galaxy S3 has undoubtedly the best smartphone ever, till now no other smartphones could come up with better Android options and devices. Samsung Galaxy S3 proved to be the best smartphones in the market with increasing demand among people day by day.
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THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS The Official Companion Album
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“The natural way of the cultural wave: we generally experience that musical and cultural trends shift from an outstanding position within public opinion to near utter rejection, refusal and ridicule, through an ever-shortening period of time. However, if that period of time is extended, to often several decades, we can witness a renovation, a new heightened recognition – the rebirth of the wave. Through today’s global reach, powered by the internet, cultural waves and fascinations can resurface and manifest themselves, with an even much bigger fan impact than the original source.”
And so The Synths rise, to combat the ordinary, to get ahead, to prove that this isn’t a mere revival; it’s a continuation of the trend started a long time ago, a trend which has been bubbling away in the hearts and minds of many, the army of the underground, which is now unleashing its machines to show the world their supremacy.
‘The Rise Of The Synths’ is the definitive documentary about the electronic music of its mainstream heyday, the nostalgia of those years and the memorable atmosphere created by the likes of GIORGIO MORODER, EDGAR FROESE and JOHN CARPENTER.
The project, backed up by hundreds of modern synth music composers, alongside the daddies of electronica, is a journey in time from its origins, through to the most successful time for synth, into its grunge fuelled denial and the big comeback thanks to the newly discovered social media and its important role in propagating of new music.
Anyone can be an artist these days, the day job is one thing – but why not tinkle on your synths and computers in your spare time? And with the digital outlets sprouting up like mushrooms, anyone can have a chance to hear your music. nostalgia lives through, be it with the lovers of vintage games, computers, equipment, or clothing, to those who just can’t forget the musical excitement upon hearing what synthesisers could do.
JOHN CARPENTER loved the fact that “when synthesisers were first introduced into music, (he) could get a big sound with them, (…) like an orchestra.” And that’s why many got inspired into making fresh sounds which would be impossible to achieve otherwise.
The machines never sleep and 2011 saw ‘Drive’, with its magnificent synthy soundtrack, win the festival’s Best Director Award for Nicolas Winding Refn at the Cannes Film Festival. The movement continues with the superb Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’; not only showcasing the life in provincial America in the Reagan-era, but also a deliciously electronic score, full of analogue goodness straight from the onset intro, which is impossible to skip.
‘The Rise of the Synths’ continues that trend, with numerous lovers of analogue and digital from all around the globe, joining forces to stand against the ordinary and to prove that machines rule. They rule big…
Kicking off with the perfect arpeggios by CHROME CANYON on ‘Deckard Returns’, the compilation promises a perfect listening experience from the onset.
GUNSHIP with ‘The Vale Of Shadows’ takes the reigns next, presenting the London trio of Dan Haigh, Alex Westaway and Alex Gingell; the group have had a very successful release under their belt with the 2015 eponymous album.
POWER GLOVE are best known for writing the soundtrack to the retro-futuristic video game ‘Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon’; here, the two Australians plate up ‘Fatal Affair’; a futuristic flick with a twist. ‘Makita’ by GENO LENARDO imagines the machines picking up their weapons and marching against the enemy, all with industrial elements of fear inducing qualities.
Naming his project after the ‘Top Gun’ icon, COM TRUISE aka New Yorker Seth Haley has gathered a substantial following with his “mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk” and here he presents his quirky ‘Idle Withdrawal’.
While DANIEL DAVIS is ‘Lost In Love’ with a melodious pop song, ROBERT PARKER is chasing his ‘Silver Shadow’, and WAVESHAPER are on a ‘Mission To Remember’. If it ever rains for CODE ELEKTRO, it has to be ‘Black Rain’. The drops of arpeggiated downfall descend upon the simple melody, creating an atmosphere of suspense and dread.
But there’s nothing like GERMAN ENGINEERING on ‘The Osbourne Effect’, an experimental Kraftwerkian with the elements of the glorious instrumentals DEPECHE MODE used to provide in the day. The magnificent ‘Triage’ by GIORGIO MORODER, who is joined by RANEY SHOCKNE, passes almost too quickly, before the heavy ‘Night Stalker’ by CARPENTER BRUT appears; the Frenchman wrote music for video games ‘Hotline Miami 2 : Wrong Number’ and ‘The Crew’.
JOHN BERGIN introduces his guitar heavy ‘Crash & Burn’ and calming ‘Fleshman’, both as if taken from a video game. ‘Dead Of Night’ by LA based DANCE WITH THE DEAD could have easily been used in the likes of ‘Footloose’ and is very ‘Eye Of The Tiger’.
LAZERHAWK takes over on ‘A Hero’s Journey’ with filigree synths and cinematic landscapes; Garrett Hays is a founding member of ROSSO CORSA and a very successful electronic producer with a considerable success during the days of MySpace.
OGRE ushers in the era of ‘Rebar (Prologue)’, from Exeter, UK, Robin Ogden is a composer, producer and sound designer. MEGA DRIVE open the ‘Stargate’, a cleverly put together track of sci-fi design, while VOYAG3R closes the album with ‘Appearance Of The Mysterious Traveler’.
Many other artists were involved in the production; music makers from Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Canada joined numerous composers from the US and UK, all to aid the cause and strengthen the position of synth worldwide.
It seems like the trend is catching. The mighty synth has risen and it’s hitting with revenge and its revenge is sweet.
‘The Rise of the Synths’ is released by Lakeshore Records, available as a download or cassette from https://lakeshorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-rise-of-the-synths-official-companion-album-2
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Black Deer 2018
Unfest 2018
It was nice having a break from professional Unfest duties this year so I could just follow where the amazing music, great conversation and fabulous company took me and my camera. As ever with Unfest, there’s always more terrific bands than it’s possible to see and Unfest2018 was no exception.( Just stop and think for a moment – how many festivals can boast that sort of thing, especially one that’s free???) You’re always guaranteed a great experience – whether it’s enjoying a band you’ve followed for years or finding yourself exposed to music you’ve never heard before in your life.
I barely scratched the surface of what was available but thoroughly enjoyed every moment (apart from the build up to my own set which still leaves me feeling nervous despite playing for almost two decades). From a photography perspective it reminded me of why I love shooting live music so much, and how much I enjoy it! In addition to dealing with lighting that can hugely vary in seconds, both artificial and natural, there’s the compositional challenges posed by microphone stands and spectators that inconveniently get in the way of your otherwise perfectly framed shot (said tongue in cheek!) as well as performers who have the cheek to move just when you have everything focused (also said tongue in cheek!!). Last but not least there’s the ultimate challenge – ensuring you’re at just the right place at the right time to capture the moment that encapsulates the performance, the split second catches the magic and makes the memory. Sometimes it’s almost intuitive – you become so in tune with the performance that you can anticipate what’s going to happen and when, other times it’s pure luck and being able to react quickly enough to the unexpected.
The featured photograph here is a mixture of both. I’d set myself in a position to get some great shots of the bassist in Suncharmer and it didn’t take long to see he loved making maximum use of his hair during his performance. There were also times, depending on when he did this, that he helpfully stood right in front of a spotlight. However, hair that long is unpredictable and after several good shots of his hair doing interesting things, suddenly everything came together in the most amazing way that showed the intensity and passion of the music and moment. Finishing the photograph in black and white (I know, it’s a favourite things of mine) further adds to the dynamism and movement, especially the contrast between the hair in/out the spotlight. Love it.
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Vampire Diaries, Season 7, Episode 3: Age of Innocence
Flashforward to 3 years in the future with Stefan wanting to get in touch with Caroline because his “scar opened up.” He contacts Tyler (this guy just can’t escape this show it keeps dragging him back in) who isn’t thrilled to get involved in whatever drama Stefan and Caroline have. He wants to warn Caroline – and run. Running involves torching his car and saving his journal at the last minute.
To the present with more journaling from Bonnie who keeps having horrific visions from the Phoenix Stone which cause black outs.
Damon in a towel! Ah, Vampire Diaries belatedly remembers why we watch this show. He’s camping with Alaric. Who isn’t that much of a fan of the arrangement. Bonnie arrives for the eye-candy (and that phoenix stone thing). Alaric continues to lie about it. Damon is still focusing on kidnapping Donavon, the missing Heretic witchpire he intends to kidnap for a prisoner exchange.
So on to plan to kidnap Oscar and the plan has now extended to using his power to siphon off Bonnie’s visions since they can’t think of another way to remove them since Alaric keeps lying. Turns out Oscar knows Damon and sent him to check on Damon in the past. Oscar is currently merrily partying (don’t mind the bodies, it’s Vampire Diaries no-one cares) and happy to be out of Lily’s eternally watchful eye
They ask Oscar to siphon Bonnie’s visions – he tries – but then asks where the phoenix stone is and promptly disables them all with magic. When they wake up Oscar is gone, so is the stone and Bonnie is pissed to learn Alaric didn’t destroy it. She blames Damon for not telling her – he happily steps aside, this is so between bonnie and Alaric. They argue and Bonnie is clearly not happy though Alaric points out that bonnie and he have both died a few times and came back though now the Otherside is gone they don’t have that option. Alaric is still focused on raising Joe no matter what happens
Anyway Damon catches Oscar and admits he does know him – but he doesn’t talk about that time when he was a Confederate soldier and very ashamed of that. He claims Oscar saved him by compelling him to desert but Oscar says he couldn’t compel, he just convinced him. And now Oscar wants to be free of Lily’s rules. Damon then attacks Oscar so they an trade him in – which doesn’t go well because Heretics are super powerful but Bonnie and Alaric arrive to back him up, taking down Oscar. Bonnie then takes the stone from Alaric.
They then research it – Bonnie’s on side despite this being an epicly awful idea. Alaric tries to convince her by showing her Joe’s body and his epic inability to let go.
Posted by Sparky at 12:00 PM
Labels: 3 Fangs, CW, television, Vampire Diaries, vampires, Witches
Sleepy Hollow, Season 3, Episode 4: The Sisters Mills
We open with kids plotting evil (what I assume kids are doing all the time) and a nasty monster apparently sucking ghosty stuff from one of them. Soul? Life Essence? The vital spark of evil that powers all small sticky creatures? (I’ve had to deal with my cousin’s kids, there will be vengeance snark).
Now to Ichabod who has discovered games consoles, tinned drinks but not coasters (much to Abbie’s disapproval) and he isn’t studying for his American citizenship test (also to Abbie’s disapproval). He smugly thinks he doesn’t have to study history since he lived it – so absolutely nothing happened in the centuries when he was sleeping in a cave? She naturally picks him up on this and when he becomes smug she then tests him – and further adds that what he remembers is not necessarily what has been written down and recorded. After all, history isn’t 100% accurate
Ichabod is duly outraged. Abbie’s expression says it all.
She also pokes him about all the texts he’s sharing with historical society lady Zoe – he meanly pokes back about her still not telling Jenny about finding their dad. She’s not happy to rock the boat, her dad has a whole over life and why distract her and Jenny’s life to chase after a man who may not care?
To the plot! Joe Corbin (the sheriff’s kid, an EMT) calls her about the little girl who was all monsterised and is now in a coma (a quiet child! – Victory!). Pandora is also in the hospital being all ominous.
A trip to the hospital only allows Jenny to reassure the surviving kid since she remembers being a kid who no-one believed when she talked about monsters. Abbie also has to make a quick call to Reynolds about why she’s involved in a non-FBI case (I wonder how often this will be a thing and whether he will be brought into the loop).
Labels: 3.5 Fangs, Demons, fox, Sleepy Hollow, television
American Horror Story (Hotel), Season 5, Episode 3: Mommy
Tristan is now going looking for James March, the ghost/reborn/undead serial killer – only now he’s totally a fan since he now really loves killing people. James March, in addition to being bemused by Tristan’s modern language is all about showing off his fun murder palace.
Of course, new owner Will arrives (and James vanishes so I’m going with ghost) and is put out that his plans to massively renovate are interrupted by Tristan, an apparent squatter - though he’s recognised quickly as a model – and both he and Claudia (from Vogue I think) are impressed by how quickly his face healed.
Ghostly James and the Laundress are most displeased with the plans to alter the building
Claudia in true horror story clichés, strips to her underwear before being murdered by the guy sewn into the mattress.
Tristan goes to Will who has found that the plans for the hotel don’t actually match the hotel itself while Tristan does his best to seduce him. He kisses him – and almost stabs him – but the Countess stops him – he leaves, leaving a very confused Will behind
She takes Will to her own apartment where he makes it clear he’s gay and not interested. And how he has lost his inspiration to create (he’s a fashion designer). And she seduces him anyway because let’s not the pesky fact of a character being gay get in the way of some heterosexual sexing
They’re interrupted by Tristan who is all jealous after knowing the Countess for one day and protests “all he has is money.” The countess is basically “yes… and? Your point would be?” See the Countess isn’t a rich as she was thanks to Bernie Madoff. She intends to marry Will and take all his cash.
John has another murder to investigate with Detective Hahn. A mass killing of people from a gossip site, all of them with their tongues mutilated. It’s another 10 commandment killing which is less a homage to Seven and more a blatant copy
He returns to his hotel and runs right into blood-covered-mattress guy.
John takes him to the hospital where he doesn’t look good and hears him both confessing to murder and that Sally is the one who left him in this state – he calls her a “junkie whore”. John returns to the hotel looking for Sally.
Labels: 3 Fangs, American Horror Story, FX, horror, television, vampires
Supernatural, Season 11, Episode 3: The Bad Seed
Rowena is trying to form a coven. The Mega Coven, her way of trumping the Grand Coven. No, no-one likes the name, it’s certainly not helping her recruit anyone. Also they’re not fools – she may have killed the head of the last coven (which she won’t admit) but they know she has made lots of enemies including the Winchesters and have no wish to sign up to play Rowena’s bodyguards. She tries to claim she killed the King of Hell to impress them – only to learn he’s still alive.
Losing her temper, Rowena uses her shiny new evil book to nuke her recruits.
Dean is still all spacing out about the Darkness woman and, probably because of this, is not so quick to see Amarra the why-didn’t-you-burn-her-child as all evil. They also get a bit snarky about god not being around to take care of the darkness (even Castiel is a little… edgy about god’s ongoing absence). Sam suggests that the best alternative to god is… Metatron. Bad Moose! Bad idea.
They’re dealing with the spell Rowena put on Castiel by chaining him up. He’s still out of control and they need Rowena to lift it. Which means Dean tries to call Crowley who isn’t answer. Metatron is also elusive (and can we have a d’awwwww for Castiel who seems quite sad that Sam and Dean don’t like his car). Castiel also can’t really help them with where Metatron might be beyond ”he likes waffles”
The spell hits again when Castiel has a seizure (+10 points for responding to Dean’s “do you know where/when you are” with “Earth. Several billion years since the beginning.”). He’s also hearing voices (yet more bonus points for Dean’s quick step back) of all the angels looking for him and Metatron.
While Crowley has taken in the evil soulless child and educating her on how to be super duper evil. All Amarra wants is to be saved from god. He’s also dispatched demons to hunt down his mother.
Which completely interrupts her latest recruitment attempt. Being Rowena she leaves with class and grace (and an awesome furniture barrier spell).
Amarra has been looking through pictures of the Earth and is impressed by what god made which she tells Darkness Lady, communicating through a mirror (and here I thought she was Darkness Lady but since she says “I am what you are becoming” she may be). Darkness Lady wants to make sure she stays on message and even if god has made pretty pretty things.
Labels: 3.5 Fangs, Angels, CW, Demons, Supernatural, television
Mystery Shows - Madlibs as Plot
A number of the shows we’ve been following defy genre. When we start watching them we can’t be sure if they’re sci-fi, urban fantasy, horror or even something completely different.
Is this because they are so nuanced, so complex or so groundbreaking that they can’t be so easily categorised?
Usually no - they’re just so lacking in information or definition that there’s no way of knowing what genre they are. Ultimately they are tagged as “Mystery” because that becomes their sole defining feature, mystery. Lots of questions with few if any answers and little real coherent world building - and this will go on for episode after episode, season after season.
Of course, a mystery isn’t necessarily a bad - but all too often this “mystery” is an excuse for some horrendously lazy writing. Sometimes I think the writers just paste story ideas on a board and then throw darts at them at random to see what plot line they’re going to pull out of nowhere next. We end up with a long string of “monster of the week” episodes, without even the excuse of monsters to justify it!
This is a different trope from shows which use random ill-explained and completely unjustified decisions or events within a show to drive the plot forward (for example, Falling Skies) because those shows do have a plot - it’s just a terribly executed plot that the writers should be forever shame for inflicting on the public. No, a Mystery doesn’t even have that - Something happens for Reasons and now everyone needs to deal with the Something and next week something else completely random will happen, also without explanation
As the mystery drags without any kind of answers the plot grows steadily more irritatingly empty and pointless - but always teasing the possibility of answers to try and keep fans engaged. Eventually when the writers finally do get round to providing answers they’ve written themselves into a corner - their episodes have been so random and so lacking in coherence that their big reveal can’t possibly answer all of the mysteries they’ve raised
Lost really started the trend of writers including mysteries into a series with viewers watching each week desperately looking for hidden clues. Lost was so popular in part because they convinced viewers that they had a grand narrative which would play out over time and have a spectacular end. From the moment we found that the survivors landed on an island and were not alone, the mystery began. Writers included: Hurley’s obsession with the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42, polar bears on a tropical island, a plane filled with drugs crash landed on the island. Who was Jacob and what was his purpose? Who could forget the Dharma Initiative? Both the flashbacks and the flashforwards were absolutely meant to give the viewer a sense that the writers were falling a strict plan. Viewers made excuses for the slow pace of the show claiming that the authors were forced to keep drawing it out because they had no end date. What started as a very popular show found that it steadily lost viewership for the simple fact that the writers kept asking questions. In fact questions inside of questions would be a more accurate statement. In the end, it turned out just as viewers had always feared, the writers were making it up as they went along. As a viewer I can think of no greater slap in the face. Just throwing things against a wall for funsies while having people spend hours contemplating the meaning of your supposedly deep and detailed show is just plain and simple an asshole thing to do. Well done Lost.
Labels: haven, lost, mystery, the Friday discussion, the leftovers, under the dome
Veiled Magic by Deborah Blake
Donata Santori is a witch working for the police – one of the future supernaturals that are publicly known to the general population. But even with her useful ability to speak to the dead doesn’t make her very popular with her fellows.
Just when she’s starting to get out of the basement and be trusted one of those ghosts comes to her with a mission that not only risks that newfound trust – but also her life. There’s a painting that holds not just all the secrets of the paranormal races (which the Inquisition Cabal would love to get their hands on to push their crusade) but also a lost race… which may be even more destructive than a renewed inquisition.
This book is a very classic Urban Fantasy – very much in line with all the classic points and elements of a basic Urban Fantasy
And that sounds like a bad thing – but I like Urban Fantasy. I like classic Urban Fantasy. If I didn’t like all the hallmarks of a basic Urban Fantasy then I wouldn’t be a fan of that genre. The key is both what is added to that template and how well done that template is addressed
I do like Donata, the protagonist. Again she is a very classic Urban Fantasy protagonist who ticks a lot of boxes but does it well. She’s a witch, which in this world means lots of ritual magic and utility spells but not much in the way of throwing lightning. She’s also a cop (therefore involve in investigation) and knows enough martial arts to be useful in a fight and not be a damsel. She’s active and dangerous without being super-powerful and story breaking. I really like how she asserts herself when defying both the authority of the Council and her disapproving family (and certainly her two male cohorts) but does so without the classic suicidal sass that is so common to the genre (Honestly, I am tired of raging protagonist raging at authority which should squish them so many times over but never ever does). And she has conflicts with her family but does love them and seems to be blessedly free of the almost compulsory tragic past. I also quite like that the romance was only briefly the cause of men fighting each other
I mentioned that she can hold her own in a fight though it is slightly frustrating that her two male cohorts are so much more physically dangerous than she is – it’s such a trope and when the supernatural are involved it’s so unnecessary. Why can’t the woman be the one with physical super powers and the man be the one with support magic?
Labels: 3.5 Fangs, Deborah Blake, dragons, magic, wereanimals, Witches
iZombie, Season 2, Episode 3: Real Dead Housewife of Seattle
We have a wealthy lady, Taylor, in an impressive house who is attacked by a man pretending to be trying to buy her house for a whole lot of cash. She fights back impressively – dragging them both over her clifftop view
But it seems to be only her on the autopsy table with Ravi commenting on her breast implants – he’s alive but comatose. Clive has investigated and concluded that the fake estate agent was actually a hitman (whose day job is installing car stereos). Liv would also like to have a nice social get together – but both Ravi (who is immensely cute) and Clive say no. Now it’s time for Liv to have lunch on “a lady who lunches”
This includes fashion and style knowledge and focus during interviews and loving over pretty houses. She upgrades her wardrobe and nails as well. Liv is completely focused on Vaughn, head of Max Rager because there’s some links there – while Clive is going for more traditional policing and looking at the husband, Terrence.
That means both of them end up interviewing Vaughn with Liv continuing to wear her picky, fashion-conscious, vain, entitled persona. She also gets a vision of Taylor having sex with Vaughn. Not a visual Liv wanted. She confronts him and he gets creepy so she throws water at him.
She also sees Major when leaving; she’s not happy. She confronts him working for Max Rager with her full over dramatic brain and slaps him. They leave but Clive and Liv discuss her vision – and are overheard by Gilda.
They check the hitman’s work and only learn he had a client he visited (they visit people willing to pay not to come in) which was, presumably, his chance to meet either Terrence or Vaughn and be hired to kill Taylor. Of course they don’t know who the client was and the boss is away. Liv is also wearing “sitting shoes” which, as I tell Renee repeatedly, defeats the whole point of footwear
They go to interview Terrence who has a lawyer who consults on everything and a personal assistant who removes his need to remember anything. Clive rather tastelessly refers to his wife’s affair with Vaughn and Terrence goes on a violent rampage – showing he’s both violent and surprised.
Back at Max Rager Gilda scolds Vaughn for sleeping with Taylor – she’s not impressed at all. He does say that she wouldn’t exist if he didn’t sleep with other men’s wives so I take it she’s his daughter. She’s still not impressed – but she does tell them that Liv knew, somehow
On to interview Terrence’s stylist (who is his alibi) and more of Liv’s opulent house wife persona and talks a lot about shoes (those would be the sitting shoes which are still a terrible idea Renee). We also learn about Camille and Deborah, Taylor’s friends who are “awful people.”
Labels: 3 Fangs, CW, iZombie, television, Zombies
The Journeyman (The Commons #1) by Michael Alan Peck
Paul, Anna and Zach all died in a tragic accident
But the afterlife is not all good. Once the Commons where all people gathered to complete their Journey and find out where they’re going next. But now Mr. Brill controls the Essence of life and creation, their power, the potential of their journeys all trapped and enslaved to increase his power and control and create his corporate empire.
These three have the potential, together, of finally loosening Mr. Brill’s stifling grip and restoring things to their natural balance.
In some ways we have a classic adventure story – with a normal boy, Paul Reid, discovering that he is so much more special. He enters the Commons as a normal person and discovers how very very special he is as he goes along, gains new powers and collects companions who are super loyal to him
It’s classic – but things are classic for a reason; it’s the every man adventure story that is often fun when done well – and this is definitely done well. What makes it special is the world.
This huge world that is made up of the imaginations of everyone who has ever passed through is so random. In a wonderful way. Whether it’s the ferret whisperer or the Mososaurs or the hippie soldiers (I LOVED the hippie soldiers in their peace symbol uniforms) and the humbolt squid and so many other random images and creations. It works because The Commons is created from the minds of so many people, everyone who has died and passed on to the next journey
It is fascinating and rich and incredibly fun and zany and the sheer vastness of it makes it an excellent read. It also combines with the complex, multi-faceted plot with three different figures all doing seemingly very different things to bring about the end result – all their missions are connected but in a world that is so outside of normal rules that the connections are almost impossible to see until the end.
I’m torn on this. On the one side it’s amazing, it looks amazing, it’s fun, it’s wildly imaginative and incredibly vivid. At the same time it feels almost like a cheat – but having a world with no parameters, no logical connections, where literally anything mankind can imagine all exists then you also don’t particularly have any onus to create a coherent world. In fact, a coherent world is quite the opposite of what is – because we have all these remnants of imagine smooshed together, all these disparate sources of Essence striving to communicate and fight against the repression of all their infinite potential. This is what makes the book so much fun and so different – because it’s so vivid and bright and random. But it also means that you have infinite supplies of Deus Ex Machinae. There comes a point when you don’t even try to follow the logic of the plot any more, just watch, enjoy and run with it because no-one ever said it had to make sense
Labels: 4 Fangs, Afterlife, death, michael alan peck, the commons series
The Leftovers, Season 2, Episode 3: Off Ramp
This episode we’re with Laurie and Tom who clearly have the Guilty Remnant in their sites. Tom infiltrating them and trying to get clearly upset doubting members out and Laurie stockpiling Nicorette.
Yes, they’re running an ex-Guilty Remnant support group/safehouse and they’ve managed to get a lady called Susan out – and giving her a phone which can’t text which forces her to talk.
Tom and Laurie are seeking out the Guilty Remnant bases (which Tom dubs “hives”). Infiltrating the Remnant is taking a toll on Tom as well (and it wasn’t like he was in a great place since leaving Wayne either).
There are mundane problems as well – money is tight. And he Guilty Remnant do find them in the middle of one of their circles (which was excellent) but Laurie doesn’t bend or let them write.
They keep fighting, Laurie supporting Susan returning to her family (which is really well done) while Tom brings in another ex-Guilty Remnant, Howard.
There’s still some strain between Laurie and Tom (he is definitely a little frayed) and Tom arranges the meeting with Jill we saw last episode – Laurie wants to go along but Tom warns her that Jill really isn’t ready to see her mother who left them to join the Guilty Remnant in the first season.
Either money troubles or the angry Guilty Remnant get them evicted – and Laurie’s laptop with the book she’s writing goes “missing.” She also has no backup. When her landlord denies having her lap top she decides to sneak into his house and snatch it from his child
Her decision making may be slightly impaired.
Speaking of impaired decision making – some Guilty Remnant members decide to play chicken with her car. She runs them down and rinses off her car afterwards. From attempted murder, she goes back to counselling ex-members and their families: making sure the blame rests heavily on the Remnant not the ex-members.
Labels: 3 Fangs, HBO, mystery, the leftovers
The Last Man on Earth, Season Two, Episode Four: C to the T
Tandy is now locked up in a pillory and crying out for water to quench his thirst. Melissa complies and brings him a glass of water but because Tandy is in a pillory, he cannot bring his hand to his mouth to drink. In desperation, Tandy tosses the water at his face hoping to be able to at least get a little bit and then dropping the glass on the ground. Phil comes out and places a gun to Tandy's head, asking Tandy if he likes playing with guns. Phil fires in the gun into the air as Tandy protests that his gun was not loaded. Carol rushes out at the sound of the gunshot but returns to the house when Phil assures her that this is just boys being boys. Tandy tries to tell Phil that he has changed but Phil turns and fires at a plant, telling Tandy that he hopes so for his sake. When Phil leaves, Tandy calls out that he needs a change of pants, shoes and underwear.
Carol redresses Tandy and she asks the group if Tandy can be released now because what they are doing is medieval and cruel. Erica is quick to point out that Phil held them all at gun point but Carol argues back that the gun was not loaded. Todd is still extremely angry and Phil argues that Tandy did the crime and must now do the time. Finally, Phil proposes 1 week of solitary confinement in the workout room but Carol argues that it's going overboard. Tandy then suggests how about 3 or 4 or five. Carol asks Tandy what he is doing and Tandy explains that this is his time to prove that he has changed. Phil agrees to the situation.
Tandy has locked himself away and when Carol comes to see him, she finds the door locked. He explains that it wouldn't be a punishment if he were allowed to fraternize. Carol again asks why Tandy agreed to extend his solitary confinement and he explains that he has always taken the easy way out and doesn't want to do it anymore. Tandy tells Carol to go and have fun and not worry about him.
Carol sits down to eat with Melissa and Todd and they discuss the fact that all of their canned foods are expiring, which means the cow will be their main food source. Melissa says that they have to treat the cow like a queen. Todd leaves to get wine and Carol feasts on the cheese. Carol asks how things are going with Melissa and Todd and she explains that things have been weird and that Todd has been cold and distant.
From his confinement, Tandy spies the cheese. Long after Melissa, Carol and Todd have left, Tandy sneaks out of his jail. He crawls over to the table and puts a hunk of cheese in his mouth. Tandy changes his mind and spits out the cheese and tells himself that he is better than this. Tandy then stuffs his face again, only to spit it out again. Melissa's back is to Tandy as he backs away but when he bumps into the windmill, Melissa calls out to the group that Tandy is out.
The next day, Tandy is taken out to the field and the shock caller that the group uses to keep the cow from wandering is placed around his neck. Carol once again argues that this is barbaric and Tandy claims that this is just what he needs. Tandy again says that this is what he deserves because he did the crime. In trying to prove his point, Tandy gets too close to the perimeter and is shocked. The group walks away except for Carol, who asks if Tandy would like a pillow. Tandy responds that if he had a pillow it wouldn't be a punishment. Carol kisses Tandy calling him strong and backs away.
That night, Tandy is sleeping when Todd sneaks out. The next morning, Erica comes outside and Tandy starts to compliment her in a fake Australian accent. Next to head outside is Gail, who Tandy asks if she has Benjamin Button disease. The women sit at the pool and ignore Tandy but when Tandy doesn't stop, Gail calls out that he is to shut the hell up. When Melissa exits, Tandy starts to sing the Miss America theme, causing Melissa to inform Tandy that they are adding total silence to his punishment. Tandy claims that he is tying to spread good cheer and letting people know that he cares about them. When next we see Tandy, he is meeting with the group. It seems that Tandy had Carol procure a new collar which will spray citronella into his face whenever he speaks. Phil takes the honour of putting the new collar on Tandy and Tandy tests it by speaking and gets sprayed immediately. In fact he is sprayed several times.
Tandy sits by himself when Carol approaches to tell him that he has made it five days. Tandy whispers that this sucks and asks if anyone is talking about him. Carol tells him that no one is talking about him, even though she keeps talking about his sacrifice. Tandy says that he would like a little acknowledgement and Carol replies that he needs a little walk. Arm in arm, Tandy and Carol walk to the perimeter. Carol passes Melissa on her way in, who claims to bringing Tandy some beer. Melissa walks up to the perimeter and places the cold beers just out of reach. Melissa then reaches into the bucket and drinks down a beer in front of Tandy. Tandy claps and tells Melissa that what she has done is funny. Tandy gets down flat on his stomach and tries to reach the beers with his feet, only to be shocked.
Later, Tandy tries to get the attention of the group by clapping and when no one responds, he throws plants on the patio. This inflames Todd's anger and he calls Tandy a real piece of work. Melissa has to tell Todd to be calm down. Tandy claps again and Carol comes to his side. Tandy whispers to Carol that he is sorry he threw the plants and adds that he just wanted the groups attention because he has something he wants to say. The group tells Tandy that they cannot hear him and so he engages in charades to try and get his point across. Tandy manages to convey that he hates the collar and Phil tells him that it's too bad. Melissa translates Tandy's message which is that since the collar was his idea, he should be able to take it off whenever he wants. Todd yells no and adds that it's about trust and that Tandy lost theirs. Erica calls out that if Tandy is going to act like an animal, he is going to be treated like an animal. Phil grabs Tandy by the ear and drags him to a small storage area outside, locking him in.
Tandy is curled in a ball inside his little enclosure but he wakes to a fire on the patio. Tandy screams but each time he does so, he gets sprayed by the Citronella. Tandy manages to get out and then is shocked repeatedly as he gets water out of the pool to put out the fire. After being shocked several times and putting the fire out, Tandy crawls back into his enclosure.
The next morning the group sees the results of the fire and wonder who must have put it out. Todd claims that he slept right through it but his eyes are hella shifty. Carol says that she thinks she knows and the group confronts Tandy. Using hand signals, Tandy explains what happened the night before and Carol translates for him. Phil steps forward and takes both collars off of Tandy. The minute Tandy starts thanking the group and saying how much he has changed, they turn and walk away in unison.
That night, Todd is sneaking around by flashlight. He calls out that daddy's home and enters another building.
This episode was all about Tandy's redemption and he spent most of them digging bigger and bigger holes for himself. It's official, not only does the manchild have no morals, he absolutely has zero people skills.
What I am curious about is Todd's sudden rage. Several times during this episode, Melissa had to put her hand on Todd's shoulder to calm him down. Who is this person? He's certainly not the easy going Todd we have gotten to know. Clearly something has changed since the move.
There's also the issue of Todd being all shifty. Is he somehow responsible for the fire? We also know that Todd is sneaking away from the group. I swear that if they have him sneaking away to eat food, I am going to lose my shit. I know that it's something serious because of his rage about Tandy's deceptions. It really had an air of thou dost protest too much.
Labels: 2 fangs, comedy, dystopian, television, the last man on earth
The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen by R.T. Lowe
Some DNF reviews are the hardest to write. The problem is that there’s an impression that our “DNF” books are the worst we’ve read – after all, what could be worse than a book we couldn’t manage to finish? Well it’s certainly true for some of our DNFs, but most of our absolutely terrible books are so bad that I feel almost compelled to keep reading either to fully describe all their awfulness or in an almost train-wreck like ghoulish inability to look away
This book is not awful. It is not terrible. But, at over 500 pages, it is long – and by the time I got to page 210, I, sadly, lost interest. At this point the only supernatural things we’d had were a nifty prologue and then lots of hints.
The prologue, set in classical times, was promising – we had magic and prophecy and different factions and choices and clear challenges and conflict and lots of nifty well written action. That prologue managed to keep me going for pages.
But after that we focus on Felix, a fairly ordinary teenaged boy who is clearly going to become the protagonist special one with lots of power. And there’s a lot of good things about this character – he has recently lost his parents in a terrible accident (which totally won’t be an accident) and he is an excellent depiction of someone suffering trauma. His guilt, his grief, his pain is all very realistic – it’s really well done and built into his character
What isn’t built into the character is the actual plot. And for 200 pages I’ve been following Felix around waiting for something to happen beyond him pining after a beautiful girl, playing football, drinking coffee and portraying his excellently depicted trauma.
We do get lots of fake outs. Like he’ll apparently be attacked and there’ll be action and a possibility of plot… but it’s a dream (it so wasn’t a dream. No it’s not a dream. Damnation don’t just let this lie as a dream!). And then he’ll see a woman in odd clothes on campus who runs… so he chases her. Who does that? It’s the middle of the night and he sees a strange woman and just decides to chase her?! But anyway he decides she’s a vampire or a ghost (this is NOT a magical incorporated world) and ends up exploring tunnels and crypts and then… going home.
Oh how I seethed.
Labels: book review, DNF, felix chronicles, magic, RT Lowe
Once Upon a Time, Season 5, episode 4: The Broken Kingdom
Flashback time – to Camelot (a very silly place) many years ago when it was just a village and a child Arthur tells child Guinevere how he’s totally going to be king because a tree told him so. Local bullies, of course, disagree so it falls to Guinevere to be inspiration.
He does find his sword – well half of it – and they carefully hide that it’s broken to the people.
We get flashbacks showing Arthur becoming increasingly obsessed with putting the sword back together – neglecting his kingdom and Guinevere even her birthday party. Which is when she and Lancelot get close.
Arthur decides to go looking for dagger, while Guinevere decides to go herself to find the dagger, using the magic gauntlet of weakness finding which Arthur hasn’t found yet because he’s too busy looking for the dagger to look for things that can help him find it. They enter the Dark One’s tomb and Guinevere is kind of action-y and nifty and in a life-or-death moment she kisses Lancelot.
They do find the dagger, but Rumplestiltskin would rather keep it, thanks all the same. He does, however, trade them something that will make it LOOK like Excalibur is complete in exchange for the Gauntlet - in between warning her about the dangers of true love (Lancelot doesn’t like the deal but Guinevere goes for it)
They return home and Arthur is both jealous and rather worryingly angry and desperate for the dagger. She doesn’t give him the illusion sand because she’s tired of the lies and obsession – she tells him he’ll lose her and the kingdom if he keeps obsessing over the damn sword. He refuses to give up – and refuses to lose Guinevere to Lancelot and uses magic dust to compel her. He also uses her sand-of-making-broken-things-seem-whole on the kingdom of Camelot (hey, it is only a model!)
To a slightly-more-modern-flashback, Arthur reveals the truth to David about the broken sword – and how he needs the Dagger of the Dark One to finish the sword. Arthur also thinks that with it he can totally skip the whole freeing Merlin part of the mission if they just have the dagger
Emma is still fighting her inner Dark One and nearly fries Killian. She all upset and losing the battle with her inner evil when David suggests Arthur’s plan – but Mary Margaret, newly warned by Lancelot, isn’t willing to trust Arthur. But David doesn’t trust Arthur – and the two argue. It’s like watching a duel between a lettuce and a cucumber. So very sad and dull and soggy. She accuses David of becoming a knight et al to feel like a hero again
“Again”? Wouldn’t that require him to have been a hero already?
Labels: 3.5 Fangs, ABC, arthurian legends, fairy tales, magic, Once Upon A Time, television
The Walking Dead, Season Six, Episode Two: JSS
This episode begins with Enid standing by the roadside waiting for her parents to fix their car. When Enid sees the walkers, she calls out for her parents to hurry but they tell her they are almost done fixing the fuse. The next time we see Enid, she sits in the car alone and the windows are covered in blood. When Enid looks out the window, she sees a walker happily munching down on mom and dad. Enid wanders aimlessly through the woods. As she hides behind a tree she draws JSS in the mud. Enid kills her first walker when she finds it hanging out of a car and again writes JSS but this time on the dirty window. Later, Enid comes across turtle and actually eats it raw. It's gruesome but speaks to her desperation. Enid lays the bones on the ground to form JSS. Enid is now at the Alexandrian fence and she can the sound of people inside.
Carol is in the pantry and she is busy playing happy home maker. I think she's even scarier like this. Carol grabs the celery soup and says that since they are running low on staples, she will make something with the things now one wants. Carol adds that she used to make her husband Ed spring cleaning casseroles. Shelly takes the opportunity to whine about not having a pasta maker. I don't know how Carol didn't scream at her about getting some bloody perspective. Carol calmly tells Shelly that she can teach her how to make pasta with her own two hands but adds that Shelly would have to stop smoking in the house because it is a disgusting habit which will kill her. Carol points out that there are too many things trying to kill her already before leaving.
Sam sits on the stairs and Carol bluntly tells him that his father used to beat him and now he's dead. Carol simply states that it happened and now it's done. Carol tells Sam that he can either live with it or it will eat him up before sending him home. Notice how Carol's warm and sunny ways always seem to disappear around Sam?
Jessie calls out for Ron, who comes to his mother's call. It seems that Jessie wants to cut Ron's hair and he calls it bullshit saying that this is his mother's excuse to talk to him. Jessie is adamant that there are things they need to talk about and that there are things he needs to learn. Jessie questions if Ron blames her and asks him to lift his left arm above his head. Ron cannot do this, so Jessie points out that Porch Dick was dangerous. Ron however counters with the fact that Rick is dangerous but Jessie answers that Rick doesn't have anything to do with this. Ron storms off in a huff when Jessie admits to being friends with Rick.
Maggie talks with Deanna about the fence. Maggie hands Deanna some packets of seeds and suggest that they can plant them here after they finish the expansion. Maggie then reminds Deanna that Reg wanted this community to grow and that she wanted it to as well. Maggie tells Deanna that she needs to show the people she is still here and hand her a shovel. Maggie learned from Hershel because this is just what her father would have done. Remember when Rick had his farmer days?
Eugene is arguing with Tara about the fact that the community is building a church and Eugene says walled in space is at a premium. Tara suggests sharing the church. What they don't know is that Denise has heard the whole conversation. Denise says that she is nervous because she went to med school but after panic attacks got interested psychology. Eugene asks if Denise can do this and she answers that she is all this town has and Pete didn't want her here. Tara explains that she is there for aspirin because she gets headaches. Denise says that Tara is her first patient and with that symptom, she is positive that she cannot kill Tara. Eugene being Eugene, points out that it is possible if Denise misses a hematoma . Both women turn and give Eugene some side eye. Yup Eugene had it coming and then some.
Carl walks down the street, pushing Judith in a pram. Carl stops when he is called by Gabriel, who immediately brings up what he said to Deanna about the group. Gabriel explains that he was talking about himself and not the group and that he knows that now. Gabriel claims that he wants to help and that he is ready to learn now. Carl suggests that Gabriel tell everybody and Gabriel agrees. Carl tells Gabriel to come by around three and they can start with the machete. Carl is far more forgiving of that spineless bastard than I am. As Carl continues to walk, he watches as Enid embraces Ron. Mmmmm jealousy?
Carol is cooking in her kitchen and when she looks out the window, she sees Shelly outside smoking. Suddenly an armed men charges Shelly, knocks her to the ground and then bludgeons her. Do you get the feeling that if that W hadn't of shown up that Carol would be taking Shelly out for smoking when she told her to stop? Deanna and Maggie are digging when they hear the screams. Deanna calls out to Richard, who is on guard to ask what is going on but he bursts into flames after molotov cocktails get tossed into Alexandria. Oooh this is going to be another action episode. Strap in everyone. Maggie pulls out her gun and starts moving with Deanna hot on her heels. The women stumble through the smoke and Maggie stops when she sees Richard's burning body, causing Maggie to have to urge her on.
Carl tells Carol that the invaders are coming from all over and Carol heads out after telling him to keep Judith safe. Sam desperately holds onto his mother but Jessie promises Sam that he will be fine, adding that she has to go and find his brother. Jessie tells Sam to hide in a closet and to close the latch. Before Jessie can leave, there's the sound of breaking glass downstairs, so both mother and son hide in the closet and close the latch. Jessie pulls her gun and we hear more breaking glass.
Carl walks through the house with a rifle. Enid lets herself in with her keys and Carl almost shoots her. Enid says that she is there to say goodbye and Carl is adamant that she is not going anywhere and that the invaders are not getting inside this house. Carl asks if Enid saw the invaders and Enid answers that they are just people and that Alexandria is to big to protect because it has too many blind spots. Carl is adamant that all of the invaders are going to die. Carl tells Enid not to tell him goodbye. The two sit back to back on the floor and Enid agrees. Clearly Enid wants to say goodbye to Carl because she didn't get a chance to say goodbye to Carl. It's also interesting how Enid noted the weak spots in Alexandria. Clearly when she was outside of the walls she was looking for escape routes and checking on how secure she is.
Carol sneaks around the bushes and watches as the citizens are either slaughtered or dragged through the streets in chains. One invader marks the letter W on his head with blood. Carol comes across Erin being attacked and manages to kill the invader. Carol wraps her arms around the wounded Erin and when Erin does not stop crying, Carol slips her blade into Erin's skull, dropping her body on the ground. Carol pauses to grieve. Damn Carol is stone cold.
Spencer looks out on Alexandria with his sniper rifle. He tries to take out a W and misses. Yep, another Alexandrian fails. If it weren't so dangerous I bet Rick would be hiding behind a tree laughing about how right he is about them. Spencer then turns his attention to a tractor trailer speeding towards the fence of Alexandria and opens fire. This is when we hear the horn which is what threw the zombies off course in last week's episode. Tara brings injured people into the medical area. Aaron tells his boyfriend that he needs to help and takes off. Tara and Aaron decide that they are going to do something and Eugene suggests that he would be best off in the medical area. Yep, he's being the cowardly lion again.
Outside the fence, Morgan kills the zombie which fell on the horn. Morgan learns that Alexandria is under attack. He asks an Alexandrian to go with him to fight but the man stands still, causing Morgan to amend his instructions, telling him to go and hide. Morgan enters the town and is immediately confronted by a wolf with an axe. Morgan tells the man to leave please and is informed that he will have a slow death. Before he can attack Morgan, Carol stabs him in the ribs. Carol is draped in a covering that even hides her face. The get up looks oddly like a burka. Morgan tells Carol that he could have handled the W. Carol paints a W on her head using the dead man's blood. Morgan continues to talk about how he could have dealt with the W, but Carol is fixated on getting to the armory after noting that the attackers do not have guns. Morgan tells Carol that she doesn't have to kill people but Carol won't be distracted from the armory.
Labels: 4 Fangs, apocalypse, television, The Walking Dead, Zombies
Doctor Who, Season Nine, Episode Five: The Girl Who Died
Clara is floating in space and she is in conversation with Doctor, who is taking fire on the Tardis. The Doctor tells her that she is next on the priority list. Clara reports that there's something in her suit and the Doctor tells her that it is probably a love sprite from spending too much time in the mines. The Doctor tells Clara not to worry and that the sprite is just hungry. The Doctor asks Clara about the stars and nebulae that she can see and Clara answers but adds that she can feel the sprite on the back of her neck. The Tardis materializes around Clara and the Doctor pulls off her helmet before the sprite can asphyxiate her. The Doctor stomps on the creature and Clara questions if the aliens they were trying to save came through okay. The Doctor heads outside to wipe the sprite guts off his foot and explains that the invasion was stopped for now and that the next time, the species they were trying to help will be ready for an attack. Clara is not pleased with his answer but the Doctor explains that this was the best that he can do.
The Doctor snarks that he's not actually the police and it only says so on the box. Clara says that he is always telling her what he can and cannot do but never tells her the rules. Whoa....hold up a sec....Clara is the longest serving companion in NuWho and she has never had a conversation with the Doctor about the rules? Okay, I guess better late then never. The Doctor tells Clara that they can make ripples in time but not waves.
Their conversation is cut short when they are surrounded much to the Doctor's lament by Vikings. When the leader declares that the Doctor and Clara are coming with them, the Doctor puts on his wretched sonic sunglasses, claiming that he is wearing technology which is better than humanity will manage over the next nine million years. Giving the Doctor a lesson in shooting off his mouth, the viking simply takes the glasses off the Doctor's face and breaks them in two. Thank goodness! Good riddance to the sonic glasses and may they never ever be rebuilt. I am know I am not the only one celebrating their destruction. The Doctor turns to Clara and informs her that they are going with the vikings.
The Doctor and Clara are taken to a viking settlement where Ashildr happily awaits the return of the warriors. It seems that Ashildr had a dream that they had all died. Clara tells the Doctor that he can do something anytime soon and the two bicker about whether or not the Doctor has a plan. The Doctor stares at Ashildr when they go by, causing Clara to question if he knows her. The Doctor answers that he has never seen Ashildr before and that it's a case of too much time travel. The Doctor explains that premonition is simply remembering in the wrong direction.
The Doctor's big plan is to pretend to be Odin because to the primitive mind, advanced technology can seem like magic. The Doctor pulls a yo-yo out of his pocket and hits the leader in the forehead with it. The warriors pull their swords as the Doctor tells the vikings that he is very cross and disappointed with them. The Doctor then claims that the yo-yo is the sign of Odin. The vikings don't believe him, so the Doctor questions if they have met Odin and know what Odin looks like. Right on cue, Odin appears in the sky and tells the vikings that their day of reward has finally arrived. The Doctor screams that the vikings are not to believe what they are seeing. Odin tells the vikings that their mightiest warriors will feast with him in Valhalla tonight.
Big steel warriors suddenly appear on the ground and the Doctor orders Clara to stay very still. Clara questions if they are really dealing with Odin and the Doctor points out that Odin doesn't even have a yo-yo. Clara realises that what they are dealing with is an invasion. The warriors form a fighting circle as the invading forces advance. The Doctor tells Clara that what they are watching is a harvest and that the invading force will leave behind the sick, young, and old. The warriors are beamed on board, as the Doctor tells Clara that they cannot get chosen. Clara runs to Ashildr and tries to teach her how to use the remnant of the sonic sunglasses but this catches the attention of the invading force and Ashildr and Clara are beamed up as the Doctor watches. Odin then disappears from the sky. Smooth going Clara and now the Doctor will be expected to clean up her mess.
When Clara and Ashildr appear on the ship, the vikings welcome the women to Valhalla. A brave viking steps into a corridor and is instantly varpouized by an electric shock leaving behind his sword and his horn helmet. Yeah just for the record, vikings didn't have horns on their helmets. The walls begin to close in, pushing the vikings, Ashildr and Clara into the same corridor. Clara tries to get the vikings to jam the wall with their swords and when that doesn't work, Clara and Ashildr run to the other side of the corridor and try to open the doors. Despite their best efforts, the vikings are pushed into the corridor and vapourized.
On the ground the remaining vikings are astounded at the loss of the soldiers. Some think that their warriors went willingly to Valhalla. The Doctor is not impressed with their conversation and announces that not only did he lie about being Odin but so did the face that appeared in the sky because Gods don't actually show up. The Doctor tells the remaining village members that they got raided and he lost someone who matters to him.
Clara and Ashildr are the only two surviving people who were beamed aboard the ship. Ashildr questions why they are still alive and they are confronted by the false Odin holding onto half of the sonic sunglasses. Clara tells the fake Odin that she didn't mean to make him afraid. Odin is incredulous and claims that he has no reason to fear but Clara points out that he has already scanned the sonic sunglasses and knows that it is from a society vastly more advanced than his. Clara then points out her space suit and adds that it is highly unlikely she didn't come alone. Clara surmises that Odin didn't kill them because he is unwilling to start a fight that he is not sure he can win. Odin then drinks down the testosterone which was extracted from the warriors calling it nectar. Clara calls Odin a thief caught in the act and tells the alien to go and find vikings on other planets promising not to follow him. I love when she points out how annoying all of the testosterone in the galaxy is. The fake Odin claims that war is the way of his people, so Clara asks him to consider if this is a war he really wants. Ashildr however steps forward and tells the fake Odin that they will pay for what they have done today. It's clear that Ashildir has the soul of a viking as she calls for blood even as Clara tries to shush her. Odin says that they almost had them talking and then agrees to a battle against ten of the villages warriors. Odin sends Ashildr and Clara back so that she can inform her people of their impending destruction.
Labels: 12th Doctor, 4 Fangs, aliens, BBC, Doctor Who, Vikings
Z Nation, Season Two, Episode Six: Zombie Baby Daddy
In Springfield Illinois, the group is fighting off zombies. 10K, it seems has traded in his sniper rifle for a sling shot of all things. Murphy holds baby Lucy, as zombies move closer and closer to them. After his zombie voodoo fails, in desperation Murphy tosses the baby to Doc, who takes off running. Doc boards a school bus, closing the door behind him only to find that the bus is filled with zombies dressed up like Abraham Lincoln. The zombies wake up and Doc backs up against the closed door in a panic, screaming to be released. Addy and Warren manage to open the door and Doc jumps off the bus followed by the Abraham Lincoln zombies. Doc tosses the baby to Addy, who tosses it Warren. The group manages to finish killing off the zombie Lincolns.
Baby Lucy cries and Murphy comes rushing over to reclaim his daughter calling her Daddy's precious little angel. Warren is shocked by Murphy's sudden nurturing nature. With a stovepipe hat on his head, Doc walks through the woods. Doc asks about Lucy and Murphy says that she finished all of her sugar water. Cassandra and Murphy make their way to a quiet area.
Doc asks the rest of the group if anyone else is worried about Lucy and Warren answers that she doesn't know whether to be worried about Lucy or afraid of her. Warren points out the way that Lucy seems to attract zombies. Vasquez suggests that the baby is going to get them all killed and Addy suggests that Vasquez relax because Lucy is just a baby. Warren determines that Lucy is not just a baby and is something else because apparently, Lucy could grow up to the saviour of the human race or the queen of destruction. Warren determines that they have to find out which. Vasquez takes the opportunity to disappear into the woods.
Murphy talks about how fatherhood has made him a better man before tossing off his boots and asking Cassandra to rub his feet.
10K does some fishing and notices Vasquez making his way through the woods. 10K then returns to their impromtu camp with the trout he has caught. Doc is anxious to get cooking but 10K only has eyes for Cassandra. Warren calls out to Addy that they need to get a look at Lucy but Addy points out that Murphy will not allow anyone close to Lucy because he is probably afraid that they are going to leave her behind. Addy questions if this is something they are considering doing and Warren responds that Lucy will probably outlive them all. Warren notices that once again Vasquez is missing, so 10K reports that he saw Vasquez heading into town. Warren decides to go and see where Vasquez keeps disappearing to and orders the rest of the group to try and get the baby away from Murphy.
Cassandra is still rubbing Murphy's feet when he notices Addy, Doc and 10K staring at him.
Vasquez is making his way through the woods and he stops and says something in Spanish into the radio. Warren is tight on Vasquez's heels and she uses the scope from a gun to spy on him from a distance. Vasquez makes his way into town and Warren hides behind a building and watches as he approaches men in skeleton masks.
Doc approaches Murphy and asks about holding Lucy for a little while but is told by Murphy that they're fine. Doc notices that Lucy is chewing on something and upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a finger. Murphy takes the finger away and the baby starts to cry. Doc tries to pacify Murphy by saying that he's not a bad father and that they want to give the baby a little check up. Murphy is adamant that there's nothing wrong with Lucy and points out that Doc is not a pediatrician. Addy asks Murphy to let the Doc have a look at Lucy but Murphy stands and says that the group is afraid of Lucy and what she might become. When Murphy snarks that he knows how the group treats babies, 10K counters saying that they have seen how Murphy treats humans. Murphy orders Cassandra to make sure no one leaves and then takes off into the woods.
The masked men start to beat and attack Vasquez as Warren watches.
Murphy makes his way through the woods with a crying Lucy in his arms. Murphy stops for a rest cradling the baby promising to protect her but zombie wildlife make their appearance, forcing him to keep moving.
Vasquz is down on his knees and being held at gunpoint. Warren sneaks closer and watches as Vasquez is hit in the side. Warren whistles to warn Vasquez and starts shooting. Vasquez crawls to a gun and shoots as well. Warren sneaks forward and grabs Vasquez. As they walk away from the the masked men, they note that they have both been wounded.
Zombies continue too sneak closer to Lucy and Murphy as he tries to get her to stop crying.
Warren and Vasquez crouch outside of a rundown hospital and Warren notes that they won't make it back to camp this way. Warren does agree that the hospital will probably be pretty picked over but adds that it will be better than outside.
10K, Addy and Doc talk about going after Murphy. Doc wants to wait for Warren and Vasquez but Addy points out that Murphy left without food for the baby and they don't know what he is capable of.
Lucy continues to cry and Murphy begs her to be quiet. At this point, they have picked up a trail of zombies.
Vasquez and Warren make their way inside the hospital through the ambulance bay. They walk cautiously through the building looking for supplies. Warren and Vasquez quickly realise that not only are there zombies in the hospital, they are out of bullets. The two grab anything they can lay their hands on and start killing zombies.
Cassandra is crouched down and growling menacingly at the group. 10K suggests that they all take off in different directions but Doc is unsure given how strong Cassandra is. Addy is adamant that Cassandra would not hurt them. Doc however is not certain. The group takes off running in different directions with Cassandra hot on their heels. Cassandra manages to catch up with Addy and knock her to the ground. Cassandra bends Addy's arm behind her back as Addy begs for her to stop. Hearing Addy's screams, 10K and Doc come back to camp. Doc asks Cassandra what she is doing and in a gravelly voice, Cassandra answers, "nobody leaves." 10K asserts once again that Cassandra is not herself.
Posted by Renee at 11:56 AM
Labels: 3.5 Fangs, dystopian, television, z nation, Zombies
Haven, Season 5, Episode 16: The Trial of Nathan Wuornos
Everyone’s all excited and upset about Kira’s death. Her fiancé Tony has decided to blame Nathan and rile up the crowd by claiming that Kira was the only one whose Trouble could protect them from the lethal darkness. Tony wants to banish Nathan and Dwight won’t because favouritism
I can see why Tony thinks that because he’s all emotional – but the rest of the crowd?
When Nathan explains to Dwight and Audrey it turns out that Kira isn’t dead – she’s trapped under ground (when they went to get the Aether) and is only alive in the darkness because of her electricity Trouble. And Nathan’s not telling everyone that because anyone going to rescue her would also find the Aether which they need to keep secret from people grabbing it hoping for miracles (when did Aether become common knowledge). Nathan needs a second person to come with him to help save Kira.
With all the panic and lots of confusion over what to do (not say, for example, “hey Kira is trapped, it takes two people, me and Audrey will go see you soon.” Which, y’know, would solve EVERYTHING?!) Audrey decides they need to have a trial for Nathan to buy time – giving the rest of them chance to free Kira (how they’ll then explain that she’s not dead to the angry crowd I don’t know)
Dwight also likes the idea because it takes their justice system out of his hands – doubly important since he may die at any time. Vince and Teague quickly guess exactly what it is for because they’re clever and still bicker. And Tony pushes to execute Nathan rather than banishing him – claiming he has a huge long history of Nathan hurting the town (pointing out most recently that he stopped Duke from leaving the town before he could unleash the Trouble Bomb inside him). This means that a) he has an informant feeding him information he shouldn’t know and b) that he’s kind of got a point.
At the trial Tony begins reciting Nathan’s last few seasons of terrible decisions. This could take a while. Nathan also speaks in his defence
Audrey has to solve the Darkness Trouble which means trying to track down who the Troubled guy is. She hears that there’s a guy who survived the darkness and she goes to see Faber who may have seen them – he and his goons are throwing people into a cupboard for the darkness to chomp on. Thankfully she has a useful deaf man with a debilitating deafness Trouble to help her bring down the guy and his minions. She recruits him to help her. And by help she means unleash his Trouble on the whole school to stop them convicting Nathan
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<h3>Adoption of a markup language</h3> The first step in developing standards for computational chemistry data requires specification of the concepts that need to be considered. In the current context, these would include concepts such as molecular structures, atomic basis sets and molecular orbitals. The eCCP1 project had been involved in number of meetings that have been held to consult with the international quantum chemistry community and gather these requirements (Towards a Common Data and Command Representation for Quantum Chemistry, http://www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=394<nolink>)</nolink>; a summary can be found in the TWiki document [[ECCP.Data-typeRequirements][Data-type requirements]]. The simplest, and most straightforward, level of data standardisation is that of the data syntax; this can bring quick advantages for little effort. In particular, use of an agreed syntax reduces the burden on application code developers that wish to make use of the data. A syntactic standard can be achieved through the adoption of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). This provides a standard, specified by the W3C (http://www.w3c.org), for describing and hierarchically structuring data. The advent of XML has made a big impact on areas such as publishing, data sharing, database access and distributed computing. Its growing importance in a number of domains has lead to the development of mature tools that can be utilised by computational code developers to read and manipulate XML documents. Question: XML imposes a hierarchical structure on the data, and this is not always suitable. Is there a technology, other than XML, that is more appropriate for quantum chemistry data (such as the Resource Description Framework)? -- Main.PhilipCouch - 08 Nov 2004
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Lessons of International Political Relations for the Catholic University of Kabgayi
The Syllabus entails a short introductory note about the lecture’s objectives and it summarizes lectures’ content and documents’ references. Most of the readings can be dowloaded in the following posts.
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Introduction to International Political Relations
This lecture introduces students to a general framework for understanding international politics, that is to say the study of human organization at its highest and most complex level. The main purpose of this lecture is to introduce students to the notion of war and to show its evolution, to familiarize students with the process of theorization and with key notions regarding international relations (state, nation, power, war, civil war, International Political Relations). Furthermore, the lecture will give a general introduction to the history of international relations
Summary of Charles Tilly theory on war occurence
Sun Tzu_ The art of War
Joseph Nye_Soft Power
Realism, Neo-Liberalism, Constructivism and Post-Marxism
This lecture describes the main school of thoughts to explain how world politics work and which tenets shape its most visible outcomes, such as war, international crises, and revolutions.
At the end of the 5 hours lecture, students should be able to understand the interpretative framework of international relations and to formulate different interpretation to current events.
Presentation of Realism theories: Classical Realism (T. Hobbes, E. H. Carr), Structural realism (K. Waltz), Offensive and Defensive Realism (Mearsheimer), Joseph Grieco (Theory of alliances)
Description of Liberalism: The Kantian perspective, Democratic Peace (W. Wilson), Institutional theory (Keohane, Ikenberry)
The constructivist approach of international relations: The social construction of power (Alexander Wendt), critical theory
The English School: Hedley Bull and Martin Wight
Post Marxism: the school of Frankfurt (Jurgen Habermas)
Realism/Neo-realism
Guillaume Nicaise, What is war ? By Clausewitz (Summary), 2011
Stephen Walt, The Renaissance of Security Studies, 1991
Kenneth Waltz, Structural Realism after the Cold War, 2000
John I. Mearsheimer, The False Promise of International Institutions, 1995
Resumé du cours_Réalisme
Liberalism/Neo-Liberalism
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch, 1795
Governance in a Partially Globalized World, 2000
Keohane, . Power and interdependence revisited, 1997 + summary
Keohane, . Power and interdependence (summary), 1997
Résumé du cours_liberalisme
the Ennglish school
Stanley Hoffman, Hedley Bull and His Contribution to International Relations, 1986
The international political thought of Martin Wight
Résumé du cours_Ecole Anglaise
Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Politics, 1999
Martha Finnemore, National Interests in International Society, 1996
Peter Haas, Learning to learn_Improving international gouvernance, 1995
Résumé du cours_constructivisme
The Role and Evolution of Diplomacy
The conduct of diplomacy has changed significantly over the past sixty years. Prior to World War II, diplomacy was essentially a government-to-government relationship. Since the war, it has broadened to include as it is the diplomacy of the global economic system, cultural centers, international organizations, civil society organizations, etc. This lecture will try to explain the evolution of diplomacy, from the Westfalia treaty (1648) to contemporary diplomacy, identifying its key developments.
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Alex De Waal, Darfur and the failure of the responsibility to protect,
Jan Melissen, Wielding soft power: the new public diplomacy, 2005
Laurence-Camille Richard, Diplomacy in the Twenty-First century: Change and Evolution, 2011
Ingrid D’hoogue, The rise of China’s public diplomacy, 2005
Mark Leonard_Public Diplomacy
Presentation of Intergovernmental Institutions
Intergovernmental Institutions are organizations composed primarily of sovereign states and established by treaty which provides to these institutions an international legal personality. This lecture aims at presenting the role of those intergovernmental institutions, in particular in the security sector, and to present the most important of them, that is to say the United Nations, the OSCE, the European Union, NATO, the African Union, the ASEAN, the Arab League, NAFTA.
David M. Law, Intergovernmental Organizations and Their Role in Security Sector Reform
The Most Important International Treaties
The lecture intends to give insights on the process to achieve binding treaties, as well as the goals and impacts of the most important treaties framing international relations.
Treaties making process
The law of war
UN Charter
Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations
North Atlantic Treaty
International Treaties: Features and Importance
The Rome Statute instituting the International Criminal Court
The Role of NGOs: Track 2 Diplomacy
Track II diplomacy generally involves informal interaction with influential unofficial actors from civil society, business or religious communities, and local leaders. It generally seeks to supplement Track I diplomacy by working with middle and lower levels of society and often involves non-traditional methods, such as facilitating dialogue mechanisms and meetings that include participants from both government and non-government institutions. This lecture gives insights on the role of Non-Governmental Organizations and Institutional Organization as well as the limits of their influence to influencing and framing international issues.
Herman Joseph Kraft, The Autonomy Dilemma of Track Two Diplomacy in Southeast Asia. Kraft, 2000
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Rethinking Track Two Diplomacy: The Middle East and South Asia, 2005
Oliver P. Richmond, Rethinking Conflict Resolution: The Linkage Problematic Between "Track I" and "Track II", 2001
World Geopolitics
Geopolitics traditionally studies the links between political power and geographic space, and examines strategic prescriptions based on the relative importance of land power and sea power in world history. This lecture will try to give a broad picture on who has got power in the world today and why, from a global to a regional perspective, trying to show how this notion of power has evolved with the evolution of technology and perceptions.
Halford Mackinder, The Geographical Pivot of History
Samuel Huntington, Clash of civilizations, 1993
Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Chessboard : American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives, 1953
2 Major International Issues: terrorism and natural resources
The lecture will first try to define terrorism (and explain this phenomenon) as an international threat (and to explain why states didn’t succeed to find a common definition for it) before to clarify its roots in local grievances. Secondly, the lecturer will try to map the key natural resources in the world and their impact on international relations. Finally, the lecturer will analyze the correlation between the existence of natural resources and weak institutions in a country.
Paul R. Ehrlich, Jianguo Liu, Some Roots of Terrorism
Carlos Pascual, The Geopolitics of Energy: From Security to Survival, 2008
William F. Shughart II, An Analytical History of Terrorism, 1945-2000, 2006
Bryan Caplan, Terrorism: The Relevance of the Rational Choice Model, 2006
James D. Fearon, Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War
Understanding International Relations Negotiation
Understanding international negotiation is fundamental to appreciate the capacity of decision makers to ratify international treaties or to defend their national interest abroad. However, the complexity of international negotiations limits rationality of behaviors and the amount of information available for actors. Without trying to give a clear cut “formula” for successful negotiations (as there is not), the lecture aims at giving a broad picture of factors which may positively influence the outcome of a negotiation. In particular, this lecture focuses on Putnam and the two level game analysis, the game theory and the negotiation theory.
Putnam_Two level Game Theory
Druckman_Turning Points in International Negotiation: A Comparative Analysis
Daniel Lieberfeld, Evaluating the Contributions of Track-Two Diplomacy to Conflict Termination in South
Africa, 2002
Christian Downie, Managing Complexity in International Negotiations: Is there a role for treaty secretariats?, 2008
Media and War
This lecture emphasized the role of the media in war coverage and in determining policies and outcomes of significant events (known as the CNN effect). In particular, it will emphasize the role of online media and new “propaganda” (or storytelling) to influence the perception on conflicts. Furthermore, the lecture questions the neutrality and objectivity of journalists, presenting the propaganda model and its opponents to explain current media behavior.
Eytan Gilboa, The CNN Effect: The Search for a Communication Theory of International Relations, 2005
Edward S. Herman, The Propaganda Model: a retrospective, 2000
Jenny Pickerill, Frank Webster, The Anti-War/Peace Movement in Britain and the Conditions of Information War, 2006
Thomas M. Cioppa, Operation Iraqi Freedom strategic communication analysis and assessment, 2006
Matt Mc Donald, Securitization and the Construction of Security, 2008
Christian Christensen, Uploading dissonance: YouTube and the US occupation of Iraq, 2008
New wars?
Since the middle of the 1990s, numerous analysts have argued that qualitative changes have occurred in the nature of violent conflict and that it is now possible to think in terms of ‘new wars’ that are distinct in significant ways from earlier forms of conflict. This new pattern focuses on ethnic competition as a source of conflict and distinguishing “new” civil wars as criminal, rather than political phenomena. The lecture’s intent is to explain the categorization of war and its consequences and to help students make their own opinion on this phenomenon. A brief focus will highlight the privatization of war and the use of private security companies.
Deborah Avant, From Mercenary to Citizen Armies: Explaining Change in the Practice of War, 2000
Caroline Holmqvist, Private Security Companies: The Case for Regulation, 2005
Christina Hellmich, Al-Qaeda—terrorists, hypocrites, fundamentalists? The view from within, 2005
Mats Berdal, David M. Malone, Greed and Grievance, Economic Agendas in Civil Wars, 2000
Country Risk Analysis Methodology
This lecture gives insights on the process and difficulties to forecast crisis, presenting the main methodologies and indicators used by international institutions and private companies to determine country risks.
Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, Strategic Early Warning and Criminal Intelligence, 2007
Michael D. Ward, Nils W. Metternich, Christopher Carrington, Cassy Dorff, Max Gallop, Florian M. Hollenbach, Anna Schultz, Simon Weschle, Stepping into the future: the next generation of crisis forecasting models, 2012
Guillaume Nicaise, Horizon Scanning Methodologies, 2012
Conflict Analysis: Israel/Palestine
The lecture aims at giving a general understanding of the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the impact of international political relations on its current development.
Historic development of the peace process
The empricial situation
An international law approach: strengths and weaknesses
The regional dynamic: war in Syria, turmoils in Egypt, Lebanese threat and Jordan’s alliance
The International recognition of the State of Palestine and its economic and political prospectives
Country Report Intelligence Economist Unit_ Israel_September 2013
International Crisis Group Report_Israel_May 2013
UNGA Resolution 181 (1947)
Camp David Agreement
Conflict Analysis: Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan is a very complex and multidimensional issue. Current war started in 2001 and has known several phases before partial withdrawal from the coalition of countries which invaded the country. Analyzing war in Afghanistan is an excellent exercise to understand the securitization process to go at war, current terrorism issues and the difficulties to build a strong and stable state. This analysis will specifically focus on:
? Recent history of the country (from the soviet invasion until today)
? 09/11 attacks and the legitimacy to attack Afghanistan
? The protracted war and the failure to create stable institutions and to fight against terrorism
Intelligence Economist Unit Report_Afghanistan_3rd Quarter 2013
International Crisis Group Report_Afghanistan_June 2013
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Descendants reject 'Rumah Besar Sedomon' as heritage
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Descendants of former State native leader OKK Sedomon OKK Gunsanad on Wednesday said they have rejected the State Government's proposal to turn their ancestral home in Bingkor, "Rumah Besar Sedomon", into a cultural heritage of the State.
Led by Nilakrisna James, Sedomon's granddaughter, they said it was wrong for the Government not to consult the landowners.
Nilakrisna said she received a letter from the Director of the Sabah Museum Department on July 22 stating the Government's interest to turn the Rumah Besar Sedomon into a cultural heritage.
She, however, said the family or rather 17 descendants of her grandfather did not agree to the proposal.
"My grandfather had wanted the house to remain a pusaka (heritage) for his descendants and it is our wish the house continues to be our communal home," she said in a press conference at TNGC Clubhouse.
She said there is a special condition in the land title where the Rumah Besar is located, that is the "land cannot be transferred to aliens."
Rumah Besar Sedomon
The pusaka (heritage) inheritance provision states that the landowners could only effectively pass their title to a direct bloodline of Sedomon, she said.
The title, she said, was issued to Sedomon on May 10, 1940 for a period of 999 years after the completion of the house.
"Upon Sedomon's death, the land was declared by the Registrar to vest upon Sedomon's 10 children and bypassed his wives, whom at that time, were considered 'alien' to the bloodline and therefore not entitled to inherit the land," she said.
Despite no one staying in the big house, she said family members have been using it regularly for celebrations such as weddings, Kaamatan Festival and also for funeral ceremony.
To this, Nilakrisna said the law was not created to arbitrarily bypass the terms and conditions of land titles and deprive private owners of their right to use, to have and to hold their property and homes in peace without government interference and intervention.
She said if the Government used the Cultural Heritage (Conservation) Enactment 1997 to bypass specific terms and conditions and allowed the "alien" Council under the enactment to simply bulldoze its way into private properties on the pretext that their homes looked architecturally historical, then owners in this State might as well demolish and build their homes every 10 years or design space age homes.
She said they have a right to live in their homes and all present owners should have the priority to decide how they wish to maintain, decorate, renovate and develop their own homes and land.
Moreover, she said, the Rumah Besar Sedomon is not the only old home in Sabah that survived the war and nor is it architecturally unique.
There are houses with similar design such as in Tuaran, she said.
"Since 1963 until today, neither the State Government nor the Federal Government nor any of the State leaders, past or present, has bothered to fight for the Sedomon name to have any historical relevance in the history books, the museums or anywhere else," she said.
Sedomon's name, she said, has almost been obliterated.
"He was never important enough to this country to even be accorded any State award, let alone the title 'Datuk', which many have wrongly been reported in the media," she said.
The booklet "OKK Sedomon Bin OKK Gunsanad and His Rumah Besar" she co-wrote with Sedomon's ninth daughter, in June 1997, is the only one dedicated by way of a biography.
Therefore, the sudden interest in the Rumah Besar and the lucrative 12 acres in Bingkor clearly has nothing to do with Sedomon's incredible leadership or the ordinary architecture, and any excuse by the Council to that effect would just be an act of hypocrisy, she said.
She said in the next 928 years, the land property shall be vested in Sedomon's bloodline and not be vested in or controlled by or monitored by alien persons, alien companies, alien councils or alien committees or anything alien from anywhere.
It is unconscionable that an Act passed in 1997 should undo the noble intentions of the North Borneo Government under the British for Sedomon, who was awarded the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the British Empire.
"If the people in this country choose to ignore his illustrious life, I am sure Sedomon would not be bothered.
"But he would have vomited blood if he knew that his direct descendants will be in any way challenged or limited in the way they choose to live in his house or his land by the decision of aliens in an alien Council appointed by the State Government," she said.
To this, she said the State Government should respect and prioritise the decisions and rights of private landowners.
There are many hundred-year-old houses in Britain and Australia and the governments there, she said, do not interfere with private ownership that makes private investors confident that buying an ancient home is a good investment.
The Government should look into how Britain does it with the National Trust, which is not run by the government of Britain.
She also expressed the family's apology to the Prime Minister and his family for a report that quoted her uncle, Justine Sedomon, which has not been authorised by any other members of the Sedomon family.
The opinions and statements made in the report, she said, belong exclusively to Justine Sedomon and do not reflect the family's views.
Also present at the press conference were Sedomon's four daughters, Doreen, Irene, Susie and June, who also represented their children, and his granddaughter, Nelly Sedomon, who represented both her father, Peter Sedomon, and Sedomon's eldest daughter, Catherine Sedomon.
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Army of Waiters #1: The Maitre D is Mad
The Maitre-D is mad at me, I can tell when he talks. I’m in the back with my carrots and tea and he’s up front at the debriefing podium, recapping for formality’s sake all of last night’s accomplishments to a group of agents trying mostly to keep the samosa grease off of their notes and the pride off of their faces. They know already because they were there or they were there just before or they got the call right after. Now all of them want a good, yes, thanks, fine job, but not a one will show it until or unless I lift my little finger and say okay.
It’s six in the morning and clearly not a time for customers, but joggers keep peering in the windows, wondering why the Indian place is open for breakfast is there some sort of new curry they are not aware of? Finally I flip over a placemat and write “Closed for a Private Event,” going over my letters a few times with a bright pink mini-Sharpie from a Christmas back awhile. It’s hard to read but The Little One takes it gratefully and tapes it to the door.
“The target Cleveland was reached at 18:00 and put down by Agent Orton of the Fast Food Chains. Fast Food Brigades five and six were backed with special agents from Theatrical Event Cuisine–”
The agents in front of me are sitting up the straightest, taking notes to impress me while I sit there just thinking the one sentence, I know the Maitre-D is mad at me but he can’t say so right now and I don’t want to talk about it. I am thinking I can slip out the back when this is all over but who am I kidding, because, only one of us is in charge of the Army of Waiters and as a matter of fact that one happens to be me. It’s important to remember that.
He breaks up the meeting with a wave of his fountain pen and the ranks begin to clear their own tables. I gather my poise like scaffolding around me so as he sorts his way through the crowd all I need to do is smile.
“Commander,” he says.
“Maitre-D,” I say.
“You were there last night,” he says.
“Why did the bus crash?” I say.
He closes his eyes as though to gain strength from a higher authority. It’s tough rocks for him, though, because at this moment, all he can do is,
“Answer me,” I say.
“There were complications,” he says.
I bite down on a carrot and wing it around in my fingers like it’s a pointer or a cigarette.
“Unacceptable,” I say.
“You don’t–” he says but that’s too loud and a handful of the Bistro Agents look over and I look as stern as an unwashed girl of twenty-two really can. They snap their looks right away from me and back to each other which is just the most endlessly satisfying part of being a commander.
“Is there somewhere we can go?” says the Maitre-D.
“Oh, you’re doing that thing,” I say. “Like you’re going to put me at a bad table.”
I shouldn’t torture him, though, so I stand and of course all the leaders around me stand too, and the Big One opens the door for me as I pass. We walk around the block and up the hill and across the threshold and onto the elevator that works only if you push button 1 then button 3 then button 5, for fifth, that’s my floor. The Maitre-D stands his ground on the far side of the elevator and I wonder if he’s thinking what I’m thinking, which is what I’m always thinking in the elevator with him. Someday it’ll come around again.
In my kitchen I pour him a drink.
“It’s just water,” I say.
“I know,” he says. “Water’s fine.”
“I know,” I say.
I’ve given him the mug with the real estate logo on the side.
“At ease,” I say.
He sips with his eyes peering over the mug. I think about the elevator again. If he weren’t British it would make it easier. I can’t explain it except everyone has their weaknesses. We’re not supposed to talk about that, as crimefighters, but I fully believe that if you really wanted to take down my truth and justice empire you could probably do it with just say a pub full of ruddy Brits offering to buy me a pint and spot me a few points in a game of darts or billiards or clubs. You could have my wrists split and the army of waiters disbanded just that quickly. So don’t go spreading the knowledge. Plus it might be racist, that Achilles heel of mine.
“Why did you do it?” he says.
“I wanted to watch,” I say. “Occasionally when a girl masterminds a fucking brilliant plan to take down a complicated and malicious mind-shambling crime ring, she wants to see the fucking brilliant denouement.”
“You could have been hurt, killed, kidnapped–”
“No,” I say.
“Yes,” he says.
“I masterminded not having all that happen to me,” I say.
“You could have been killed,” he repeats. “And on top of that, you didn’t keep us informed. We didn’t know you were there.”
“You knew,” I say. “How’d you know?”
“You weren’t fully hidden,” he says.
“Bullshit I wasn’t,” I say, because I know I’m right about that. If I can command the command I command I can certainly and capably hide myself on a series of rooftops as the action unfolds near the dead-end warehouse section of Eastern Old Queens.
“Something could have happened,” he says.
“Speaking of somethings that could have, you could have done it all without crashing the bus into that gym,” I say.
He shakes his head.
“Agent Orton didn’t get to target Cleveland in time,” he says.
“Refresh my memory,” I say.
“Target Cleveland was the driver–”
“I know who target Cleveland was,” I say. “I mean, refresh my memory back about twenty minutes ago when I could solemnly swear a man fitting your rank and description told an assembled group of agents and officers that target Cleveland was reached at the appropriate moment.”
“It was need to know,” he says.
I truly hate this sort of thing.
“We fixed it,” he says.
I’m so mad I can’t think of a thing to do except to snatch his mug of water straight away from him and drink it all down myself.
“Off ease,” I say, and he stands ramrod and quick.
“Permission,” he says.
“Oh hell no,” I say. “You were what, you were going to maybe cover this gigantic hole with your paternalistic bull crap? You were not going to go over this with me at all, is that it?”
“Oh hell no!” I say. “We have gone awful far from permission.”
The Maitre-D is probably about six foot four. He is thirty-three years old and he was born overseas, like we discussed. He is balding and so he shaves his head and his hands are large, his fingernails flat. When I met him a lot of things were different about my life, and a lot more things were different about this city, and even more things than that were different about me, and different about my command. For instance I didn’t have one, and I didn’t know about all of this, about standing in my kitchen holding his mug of water with my boots just tall enough to bring me to his chin. He’s my second but as a fighter he can’t hold a candle to our best, and yet, his chin to my eyes I feel his entire advantage. His hands, my hands. There’s never a bit of damage I could do, not a punch that would stick or a slap that would land. I am five foot one inch and three quarters, old for my age, and born nearby.
“The bus crash. What happened?” I ask.
“Agent Orton was delayed, so I boarded the bus during the route,” he says. “Target Cleveland was put aside as soon as possible. No one was injured.”
“The crash is in the papers,” I say.
“Ma’am,” he says.
I hate him for speaking and step closer. He flinches, freezes. It’s just a moment, a brush of hairs on his neck quivering and his skin plucked taut, but it’s enough then to rush the blood through my heart and head. This isn’t the only-thing, the cliff-edge, the last-resort. This isn’t my height and his. This isn’t even the elevator. My command is our reason and there’s warmth in my hands as I put my mouth by his ear and say,
“Pull this kind of nonsense again and you’re out.”
He swallows.
And we’re both dismissed.
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Hee hee hee serving the waiter water. A+ would subscribe to reading next installment.
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To Charge or Not to Charge?
Author Topic: To Charge or Not to Charge? (Read 5784 times)
Stregheria
I read somewhere (might have even been on this forum) that some writers give the .pdfs of their games away for free with a view to making money if people buy the proper book version. Is this a good idea, or financial suicide? My game's being released soon and I'm toying with the idea of just giving the .pdfs away for free to increase my customer base and the game's awareness with the hope that they'll then go and buy the books
Thoughts and experiences?
Stregoneria RPG
Eero Tuovinen
Acts of Evil Playtesters
Re: To Charge or Not to Charge?
I do this, sort of: you can read the HTML versions of Solar System and the World of Near in the Internet, download and distribute them, or even reuse them for your own game design or other projects according to the Creative Commons licensing terms. This tradition of openness for Solar System was started by Clinton R. Nixon, the designer of the original Shadow of Yesterday; I'm just following his lead out of respect.
This sort of thing is not a commercial suicide for an unknown game; far from it, in fact, as you're benefiting more from the lowered threshold of checking the game out than you're losing in sales to people who wouldn't have bought a no-name game anyway. As much as the designer would like, the audience won't know an unknown game from a banana tree, which means that your game will only gain in reknown slowly at first unless you find a way to attract larger numbers of people to your game. Giving the game out for free is not a bad way to start gathering a fan base when you remember that the greatest enemy of the unknown artist is obscurity.
The above assumes that you know what you're getting into in terms of publishing plan, though. I don't recommend going free out of a random whim. Better to think through the short and long term effects of the decision and how it affects the other facets of your publishing plan.
Blogging at Game Design is about Structure.
Publishing Zombie Cinema and Solar System at Arkenstone Publishing.
How about just giving the core rulebook .pdf away for free and charging for everything else (including the hard copy of that book)? I read that WOTC were stopping selling .pdf versions of their books because it was hurting sales of their hard copies. Someone on this forum said though that no matter what you do, your game will have its .pdf copied anyway, or the actual book will be scanned in and turned into a .pdf and get distributed around the net, so you may as well give it away for free in the first place.
This is a big decision for me to make. On the one hand, distributing a free core rulebook .pdf could gain my game a wide audience that might go on to buy hard copies and future supplements that get released. On the other hand, it might mean that nobody bothers buying the hard copy because they're just happy to have the free .pdf.
The thing about your game ending up pirated anyway is true for the really big productions. It is not true for a small press game simply because it's actually quite a bit of work to scan and distill a distributable file out of a paper book, and somebody needs to care enough to do it if there's no pdf version in existence in the first place. Of course if you're selling a pdf version of the game, then the threshold is much lower for somebody to start pirating it. I'd say - remembering what I know about your operation - that if your game faces the sort of success that inspires somebody to pirate your book, then that piracy is going to be the last thing on your mind. In general this piracy thing tends to work in a way that makes it a commercial problem only for the most insanely successful culture industry outfits: the rest of us won't see much piracy of our stuff due to that obscurity factor, and the piracy we see might very realistically be seen as free marketing for our thing instead of lost sales.
For the sake of argument, go ahead and try to find a pirated version of some suitable small press roleplaying game in the Internet. Some game where we have a sense of the sales record and that is not available as a commercial pdf... how about Elfs, it's the first thing that springs to mind that might be fairly comparable. It's been available for ages and it's sold several hundred copies (no humongous commercial success), I think, so it should be reasonably comparable to your game in many ways.
One observation I have on this is that complex games of traditional heft are rarely played out of pdf files due to usability issues. This means that giving out a pdf of your game should not ultimately impact your sales negatively if you have a game like that: some rare individuals might be stingy enough to get by on the electronic file, but most anybody else will spring for the real book if they decide that they want to actually spend time playing the game. If this was the only issue here, of course, then more publishers would be doing the free content thing; the balance of the matter is in the fact that many games rely on the curiousity factor for their sales - the game's idea is not to sell you on the experience of playing it, but rather on the experience of reading it. If your game is like this, that it's mostly about satisfying customer curiousity, then it might take a heavy impact when people get to satisfy that curiousity for free. As publisher you might well ask yourself: will the average customer be more inclined to buy the book unread than he is to play it after reading it? If you think that you're selling only to people who'll want to play, too, then free distribution should be profitable; if you think the opposite, that people mostly won't want to play the game once they've read it (a truly sorry thing if you ask me, but who knows), then it makes no sense at all for you to allow them to read the book without paying for it.
This is a complex enough issue for there to be no right answer to it. The choice influences your entire market strategy and is influenced in turn, so we can't tell you the right answer without being inside your head and knowing your goals and expectations in intimate detail.
Thanks for the really informative reply. I guess the fact of the matter is it could go either way. The sensible thing to do would probably be to initially charge for the .pdf and if that ended up being a dead end, then give it away for free.
I need to give it some serious thought.
Callan S.
Don't forget the option of making a quick start set of rules, which are your main rules stripped down. Capes does this and so did riddle of steel (which probably helped push me toward buying TROS). Since it's not a full version of the rules, it gives that teaser taste of them. How much it's stripped down - whether it's got 80% of the rules (I think capes has this) or far less, is up to you. I think it's probably a little better than giving out the entire game as a pdf.
Philosopher Gamer
My WIP browser game: Driftwurld
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Chris_Chinn
Two things to take into consideration are:
1. PDFs have no "per unit" cost- any money you make from a PDF is money you get right then.
2. Overseas customers may have no desire to pay for shipping for your books- PDFs might be the only thing they'll deal with, period.
There's three models I've seen people use successfully:
-Low Cost-
John Wick charges $5 for both Houses of the Blooded and Blood & Honor, this was a small enough fee that people had no problem paying for it, and brought a lot of interest. I don't know the numbers on his hardcopy sales, but it did give him both the benefit of direct PDF sales money and still had a wide reach.
Granted, John Wick has also a lot of fame as a designer from his Legend of the Five Rings days, so he can roll on name status in a lot of ways.
-Bundled with Hardcopy-
A lot of folks will send you the PDF at no extra charge if you buy the book. This helps initial players spread the word and share rules with the rest of their group or potential players. Obviously, this doesn't have the same immediate interest building factor, but does make use of the natural tendency of players in spreading info along their own networks of friends.
-Full Price-
A lot of publishers here on the Forge charge full prices for PDFs. "Full" meaning either a price that is sizable but not necessarily the cost of a book, up to the full cost of a book. Because there's no price for printing or shipping on PDFs, this is actually a sizeable source of profit for many folks.
There's a lot of unexplored territory and possibilities with PDFs, but the above methods have worked in general.
For the larger issue of getting interest, the #1 consistently good method we've seen is having a good game that consistently gets good play reviews over time. Everything else tends to flash and fade. Make sure your game is strong, reliably produces whatever experience it's supposed to, and sooner or later you end up with "advocates" - fans who promote your game for you. This has worked much more than any PDF/advertising/quick interest method.
Thanks for another great reply. You raised points that I hadn't even thought of. I'm weighing up all the pros and cons in peoples comments and when the game is released , I'll make a final decision based on what I've read.
Thanks guys, you've been a great help. :)
greyorm
My name is Raven.
I suggest that all discussion of and concerns about piracy are a huge red-herring you should waste no time on nor concern yourself with.
The claimed "impact" of piracy has been vastly overblown in the commercial media sector for really boring economic reasons (ie: piracy was a great way to get government kickbacks and a great tax break, so studios over-reported losses with a lot of clever juggling in accounting or outright lies about amounts of loss). When during the past decade it became very easy to distribute files electronically, those same companies saw a great way to multiply their reported losses to record levels without actually suffering from those losses*.
The spill-over effect of which is now everyone else is terrified that "pirates" are going to destroy their ability to make money on their products, producing a situation where there is now a lot of money to be made on that fear (as in "You'll lose THIS MUCH money! I can help you stop this...if you pay me."), which simply perpetuates the whole thing.
* Note the exact same occurred in the early days of radio, then when personal tape recorders became available, and then during the era of video tapes -- in no case, despite reported losses, despite claiming the opposite, did the affected industries actually shrink or lose money. Even government experts and economists have argued for years, and again this year, there is no evidence for these losses.
But the actual impact of piracy in the gaming and independent sectors is simply negligible. You may as well be worrying yourself over how many of your readers are going to peruse the text under a 45-watt bulb for all the harm such a concern would prevent and all the good such a concern would do.
Rev. Ravenscrye Grey Daegmorgan
Wild Hunt Studio
Another side to a fascinating subject; thanks a lot. :)
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By Gizmo
By Rough Soldiers
By The Partycrushers
By Stains N Eddie C
Voltura a raw-hardstyle DJ / producer who has been in the music buisness for many years. This man was born in 1983, and started making music at the age of 6.
In the year 2008 in the hardstyle scene as The Partycrushers. Soon they were picked up by Elusive Agency and became residents of Pure Hardstyle events. At that time they came up with their first release “FEAR/YOUR NIGHTMARE” on the label Spider Records by Major Brice and hit the No. 1 on the dance charts in France followed by many CD compilations like Magic Belgium, Tuning Beats, Gary D precents D Techno, La Bush Summer and Explosive Car Tuning . Shortly thereafter they signed to the label Bazz Implant a sub-label of IMP Recordings many releases are produced on this label. In 2014 came Michael the founder of The Partycrushers in contact with Ferry Salee (DJ Gizmo) and talked about a new formation and the transfer of Gizmania Records by TPC Music to strike back and let the world know again with there new music productions and collaborations with other artists. Mike started in July 2018 a new project with Alexander called “Rough Soldiers” and released their first music production “Blood upon the rose” on Gizmania Records. Michael and Alex have a lot more (out of the box) ideas.
In 2019 Mike started the name Voltura for his solo act and productions for the raw sounds of hardstyle.
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>Ian Dawson
Publisher: Wunderkammer Press (19 July 2016)
Artist Boss presents a series of interviews with Anthony Caro's (1924-2013) studio assistants and critical essays that explore the role of artists' assistants to raise questions concerning the status of production, originality, authenticity, and authorship within the tradition of twentieth-century British sculpture. From varied backgrounds, the assistants' responses illustrate the different ways in which the evolution of sculptural language has been negotiated. They provide immediate access to artists' thought processes and an insight into the complexity of changing roles. Collectively they reflect and offer a range of perspectives on the frequently contentious and widely discussed role of the artist s assistant and modes of sculptural production. Contributors include: Anthony Caro, Guy Martin, James Wolfe (US), Willard Boepple (US), Andre Fauteux (Canada), John Gibbons, Jon Isherwood (US), Shaun Cassidy (US), Ian Dawson, Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Gavin Morris, Tim Peacock, Hywel Livingstone, Jonathan Gilderleeves, William Fausset, Patrick Cunningham, Olivia Bax, Neil Ayling & John Wallbank. Forewords by Tim Marlow and Karen Wilkin Essays by Jenny Dunseath and Mark Wilsher, Dr Michael Petry, Prof K P Cross and Sam Cornish
>Artist Boss by Jenny Dunseath (Author, Editor), Dr Mark Wilsher (Author, Editor)
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Interface module with on-board power-consumption monitoring
An interface module for interfacing an external device with a host computer is physically and electrically connected to the host computer. The module monitors its own power consumption and reports its power consumption to the host computer. This information can be used to determine the total power consumed by multiple modules, to indicate a problem with the interface module, or to detect a leakage current associated with the external device when main power is off.
Schumacher, Derek Steven (Auburn, CA, US)
Martinez, Idis Ramona (Auburn, CA, US)
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX, US)
713/300, 713/320
G06F1/00; G06F1/26; G06F1/32
713/320, 713/300, 713/323
7404071 Memory modules having accurate operating current values stored thereon and methods for fabricating and implementing such devices 2008-07-22 Janzen et al. 713/1
7254075 Integrated circuit memory system having dynamic memory bank count and page size 2007-08-07 Woo et al. 365/207
20050283635 System and method for promoting effective service to computer users 2005-12-22 Benson et al. 714/1
20050102539 Computer-component power-consumption monitoring and control 2005-05-12 Hepner et al. 713/300
20040260853 Computer system and method of setting an interface card therein 2004-12-23 Cho
20040225802 Supporting non-hotswap 64-bit CPCI cards in a HA system 2004-11-11 Krishnamurthy et al.
20040225801 Hot swap compact PCI power supply 2004-11-11 Scordalakes et al.
20040034749 Programmable embedded dram current monitor 2004-02-19 Jeddeloh
6577500 Wireless PC card 2003-06-10 Paredes et al. 361/686
20030056126 System and method for strategic power reduction in a computer system 2003-03-20 O'Connor et al. 713/300
6389544 Power monitoring method for a printer or other peripheral device, power monitoring apparatus, software program and information recording medium 2002-05-14 Katagiri 713/300
4667289 Battery-powered computer interface with manual and automatic battery disconnect circuit 1987-05-19 Yoshida et al. 713/340
BROWN, MICHAEL J
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (3404 E. Harmony Road Mail Stop 79, Fort Collins, CO, 80528, US)
1. An interface module comprising: a host-computer connector for physically and electrically connecting to a host computer; an external-device connector for electrical communication with an external device; interface circuitry to manage communications between said host computer and said external device via said connectors; a power sensor for providing digital data indicating power consumed by said interface module and detects power consumption due to leakage current associated with a load associated with said external device when a main power is not provided; and a power tracker for time stamping said digital data to yield time-stamped data and for storing said time-stamped digital data.
2. An interface module as recited in claim 1 wherein said host-computer connector provides said main power, standby power, and ground to said interface module.
3. An interface module as recited in claim 2 wherein said power sensor provides said digital data while said standby power is provided even when said main power is not provided.
4. An interface module as recited in claim 1 wherein: said host-computer connector provides main power and standby power to said interface module; and said power sensor provides digital data to said interface circuitry indicating power consumed by said interface module, said digital data representing said main power consumed by said interface module while said main power is supplied via said host-computer connector, and representing leakage current associated with said external device when said standby power but not said main power is provided to said interface module.
5. A method comprising: generating digital data representing power consumption by an interface module for interfacing an external device with a host computer; wherein said digital data represents power consumption associated with leakage associated with said external device while a main power is off; time-stamping said digital data to yield time-stamped data; and transferring said time-stamped data to said host computer.
6. A method as recited in claim 5 wherein said power consumption includes power associated with said main power, said generating occurring even when said main power is off.
7. A method as recited in claim 5 further comprising storing said time-stamped data before transferring it to said host computer.
8. A method as recited in claim 5 comprising: generating digital data representing power consumption by an interface module for interfacing an external device with a host computer via a host-computer connector of said interface module, said digital data representing consumption of power from a main power source while said main power source is coupled to said interface module via said host-computer connector, said digital data representing leakage current associated with an external device coupled to said interface module via an external-device connector of said interface module while said main power source is uncoupled from said interface module and a standby source is coupled to said interface module; and transferring said digital data to said host computer.
9. A method comprising: supplying main power to an interface module of a computer; monitoring power consumption by said interface module after said main power is withheld from said interface module to determine whether or not a leakage current is present; in the event said leakage current is not detected, performing a hot swap of said interface module; and in the event said leakage current is detected, performing a cold swap of said interface module.
10. A method as recited in claim 9 wherein said monitoring step involves using a power sensor located on said interface module.
11. A method as recited in claim 10 wherein said power sensor is powered by standby power while said main power is withheld.
The present invention relates to computers and, more particularly, to interface modules for computers. In this specification, related art labeled “prior art” is admitted prior art; related art not labeled “prior art” is not admitted prior art.
Computers are often built using interface modules, such as external disk interfaces that are inserted into peripheral connect interface (PCI) slots and PCI express slots. The modular nature makes it easy to repair and upgrade systems by swapping interface modules.
The present invention as defined in the claims provides for tracking power consumption by interface modules. For example, an interface module within a computer system (such as a server) can actively monitor its own power consumption. The interface module can then report or maintain power-consumption data that may be accessed as needed by the computer system itself. “Module” herein refers to a device, such as a PCI card, a PMCIA Card, or a USB flash card adapter, that can be inserted and removed from a computer. “Interface module” refers to such modules that provide for communication between a computer and an external device.
The invention allows accurate monitoring of conditions that could otherwise lead to failure and provides a source of diagnostic data in the event of system failure related to excessive power consumption. Modules that self-monitor power consumption can provide highly accurate data to the user and/or the system, which has significant advantages over error-prone theoretical measurements or estimations. In addition, certain embodiments of the invention provide for monitoring leakage currents, thereby providing for more reliable “hot-swapping” of interface modules. These and other features and advantages of the invention are apparent from the description below with reference to the following drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one of many interface modules within the scope of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of one of many methods within the scope of the invention.
Of the many possible interface modules provided by the invention, FIG. 1 schematically represents an interface module AP1 comprising a printed circuit board 11, a plug 13, a connector 15 for an external device 17, interface circuitry 19, a power sensor 21, and a power tracker 23. Plug 13 provides for physical and electrical connection with an incorporating host computer system 25, e.g., via a socket fixed to motherboard thereof. Host computer system 25 can be a server, but the invention applies as well to other types of computers with modular interface devices.
The electrical connections include power, ground, and signal lines, e.g., address, data, and control lines. Both main power 27 and a standby power 29 are supplied, as is ground 31. More generally, several power lines at different voltage levels can be provided. A device data bus 33 provides various signal lines for interfacing with external device 17. In addition, a power data bus 35 provides for communication between power tracker 23 and host system 25.
A method M1 of the invention can be practiced in the context of interface module AP1, as well as in alternative modular interfaces. At process segment S11, interface module AP1 is activated. Activation of module AP1 can be the result of a power-on of host system 25, or the supply of main power 27 to interface module AP1, e.g., after a hot swap.
During process segment S12, power sensor 21 tracks power usage, e.g., by monitoring electrical parameters associated with main power 27 and ground 31. Optionally, standby power 29 can be monitored. More generally, multiple power and ground sources can be monitored using sensor 21. Sensor 21 converts analog sensor readings to digital form for transmission to power tracker 23.
At process segment S13, power tracker 23 analyzes and manipulates digital sensor data generated at process segment S12. For example, the data can be time-stamped and associated with other data, such as operating modes. If the data indicates a problematic condition, power tracker 23 can issue a warning along power data bus 35 to host computer system 25 at process step S14.
At process segment S15, the modified power data can be stored in on-board non-volatile memory for future access by software running on host system 25. To avoid overflowing the non-volatile memory, host computer software can read the contents at a process segment S16 and, if appropriate, store it in more capacious memory, e.g., a hard disk. Alternatively, the modified power data can be streamed to host system 25.
Occasionally, a need may arise to remove interface module AP1. For example, interface module AP1 may need to be reallocated to another server or may need to be removed to make room for a newer or better interface module. Host system 25 permits interface modules to be “hot swapped”, in other words replaced without shutting down the entire system. To this end, main power 27 can be withheld from interface module AP1 at a process segment S21. Process segments S12, S13, S15 and S16 continue until host system 25 has determined (by accessing data from the power monitor) that the card has powered down correctly and that no current leakage exists from the external card that might present an unsafe condition for the user hot swapping the interface card. Once these conditions are met, standby power is also isolated from the card (effectively turning off the power monitoring capabilities of the interface card while data that has been stored in possible aforementioned storage locations remains intact) and the card may be safely removed.
Normally, all external device and interconnecting cables are removed from interface card AP1 prior to the withholding of main power 27 at method segment S21. Generally, if this is done, the power consumption associated with main power 27 should be zero once main power 27 is withheld. However, if external device 17 remains connected (e.g., due to a forgetful user), current leakage associated with a load represented by an external device 17 can result in continued power consumption. In this case, monitoring at method segment S22 (a continuation of process segment S12 beyond process segment S12) and analysis at process segment S23 (a continuation of process segment S13 beyond method segment 21) can result in a detection of a leakage current. This detection can trigger a process segment S24 in which a warning is issued. In a continuation of process segment S15, the manipulated data can be stored locally at process segment S25. In a continuation of process segment S16, the stored power data can be accessed by host computer software at step S26, which can also lead to a warning being issued.
Whether a warning is issued as a result of process segment S24 or process segment S26, removal of interface module AP1 can be contraindicated. Instead, host computer 25 can be shut down, and interface module AP1 removed or exchanged with all power off. This cold swap can prevent damage to the interface module AP1, external device 17, and/or host computer 25 when interface module AP1 is removed.
The advantages of the invention are not limited to preventing problematic hot swaps. For example, process segment 14 can be used to warn when an interface module is operating beyond specifications, e.g., drawing more power than it is designed to handle. Also, the invention can be used to assist host computer 25 in determining precisely the amount of power used by all interface modules and other devices, e.g., memory modules, installed therein. Even if each module is operating within its specification, the total may exceed that permitted by the host system. Thus, tracking total power consumption can diagnose or forewarn of problems.
While the invention is described in the context of a hot swap of an interface module for a server, it can also be applied to hot swaps of modular interfaces in different form factors and contexts. For example, it can be applied to PC Card (PMCIA Card) interfaces as well. In addition, the invention can be applied even where hot swapping is not provided for. For example, the invention can be used simply to monitor the condition of an interface module and to help determine a total power consumption for an incorporating system. These and other variations upon and modifications to the present invention are provided for by the present invention as defined by the following claims.
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Aleks: The War Continues« »Big Match Build-Up
Inside Selhurst Park
Friday 1 February 2019 13:30
Crystal Palace fan Lauren Roffey discusses Michy Batshuayi's arrival, Wilfried Zaha's absence, and what we can expect at Selhurst Park on Saturday.
How would you rate Palace’s season so far?
Disappointing. We finished last season strongly and came away thinking that this season we would finally push on, but here we are in a relegation scrap. I think we have enough to stay up, but it's frustrating to be looking at the league table and sweating yet again.
Roy Hodgson holds legendary status at Fulham – how’s he thought of in SE25?
At the end of last season, we would have agreed with you. However, football fans are a fickle lot and Roy has recently come under a bit of pressure. Before Christmas we went on a bad run which included a shambolic defeat at Brighton; this in itself is enough to put any manager in the firing line. A shock win at Man City came just at the right time for Roy. My personal feeling is that Roy is doing a solid job overall.
Who have been your standout performers so far?
Aaron Wan-Bissaka, our young full-back. I remember fearing the worst when Joel Ward got injured and AWB was thrown into the starting XI against Spurs, but he has been fantastic. He's only 20 but has adjusted to first team football remarkably. Andros Townsend is another who rarely lets us down and pops up with some fantastic goals.
How big a loss will Wilfried Zaha be through suspension?
Zaha will be a massive loss. He's our talisman and, even though his form has dipped a little lately, he has so much talent and ability. Unfortunately, he also has a temper. I share his frustrations where fouls are concerned - he's routinely kicked to pieces and referees don't always respond accordingly. But the behaviour that got him banned for tomorrow let himself and his teammates down.
What are your thoughts on the arrival of Michy Batshuayi?
We wanted to sign Batshuayi when Big Sam was manager, I believe, and I'm really pleased he's made the move now. We need more options up front and he's clearly a talented player. I'm sure he'll feel he has a point to prove given his move to Chelsea and subsequent loan spells haven't really worked out. I hope he can hit the ground running as we are desperate for goals, especially at home. In fact, I've almost forgotten what it's like to celebrate one.
Where do you think you can end up this season?
Mid-table. We're typically a second half of the season team, so I hope and expect we can pull further away from the relegation zone and the 'squeaky bum time' can lessen a bit.
How does Hodgson have you set up these days?
Roy sets the team up defensively and is largely successful in doing so - the pairing of Sakho and Tomkins at the back is strong. With Zaha and Townsend regulars in the team, however, we do create a lot of chances going forward. If only we had a decent striker to finish them – hopefully Batshuayi can be just that.
Have you seen much of Fulham at all?
Not a lot I'm afraid. I only watch Match of the Day when we win, so I haven't seen it much this season! I did see the defeat against Spurs on TV, and I was gutted for you lot. It's just such a horrible way to lose.
Any Fulham players you think could cause you problems?
Absolutely – Mitrović is obviously a good player and Sessegnon could cause problems with his pace.
Where’s a good spot for away fans to get a pre-match drink?
As much as I'm fond of our stadium, it's not a good area for drinking in. The options are even more limited for away fans these days. I would suggest having a drink at Boxpark by East Croydon station and then making the short journey (by train) to the ground.
What sort of match are you anticipating?
Both teams will be desperate to get more points on the board so I'm expecting a tight, scrappy game. I look forward to hopefully watching a good battle on the wing between Sessegnon and Wan-Bissaka!
What score prediction are you going for?
1-1. We don't score many at home, and as mentioned before, I think the game will be tight.
Aleks: The War Continues Friday 1 February 2019, 12:06
For Aleksandar Mitrović, attentions immediately turned from celebration to preparation this week, ahead of “another 90 minutes of war” at Selhurst Park.
Crystal Palace Flashback Friday 1 February 2019, 11:29
We go back to the entertaining 4-1 victory for Fulham at Selhurst Park in 2013, a night when the Whites certainly put on a goalscoring exhibition.
Claudio's Palace Preview Thursday 31 January 2019, 15:10
Claudio Ranieri wants the unity & positivity displayed vs Brighton to carry through to our London derby against Crystal Palace this weekend.
The Tony Gale Column Thursday 31 January 2019, 11:30
Tony Gale highlights the efforts of Aleksandar Mitrović and Tom Cairney against Brighton, and provides some Crystal Palace insight after commentating on their draw in Southampton.
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Talking Points: Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 8 October 2019 12:09
Ivan Cavaleiro's strongest foot and Scott Parker's tactical changes are just two of the Talking Points we address this week.
1. Cav’s ambidextrous feet
One could be forgiven for assuming Ivan Cavaleiro was right-footed, considering his first three Fulham goals all came from that boot. But he showed on Saturday that he’s equally as devastating on his left peg, cutting in from the right and firing an effort into the top bins that was too hot for the goalkeeper to keep out.
2. Rooting for Bobby
Bobby Decordova-Reid rightly claimed the Man of the Match award, and he’s surely so close now to opening the goal scoring floodgates. The Fulham faithful were trying to suck the ball into the goal at the Hammy End, with Decordova-Reid one of those players that everyone is desperate to see score.
3. Classic London derby
Although both Fulham and Charlton would have been a bit narked to only take a point from the game, neutrals will definitely have enjoyed the football on display. With both teams giving it a real go, the woodwork being hit twice, and plenty of hustle and bustle, it was a superb advert for the Sky Bet Championship.
4. Parker acting fast
With the first half only yielding four efforts on goal for Fulham, Head Coach Scott Parker did not hesitate in ringing the changes at half-time. Bobby Decordova-Reid and Harrison Reed each entered the action, and both played a major role in swinging the momentum in the Whites’ favour.
5. Foundation success
Saturday was the annual Foundation matchday, and was a roaring success in promoting the work of Fulham's charitable arm. In addition to the Foundation logo adorning the players’ shirts (which are now available to bid on), half-time saw participants from the blind & partially sighted football programme take to the pitch.
Charlton: Extended Highlights Sunday 6 October 2019, 01:24
Watch some lengthy highlights from Craven Cottage as Fulham faced London rivals Charlton for the lunchtime kick-off.
Beyond The Mic: Charlton Monday 7 October 2019, 12:07
Jim & Jamie give their thoughts and opinion on Fulham's exhilirating 2-2 draw with Charlton.
Man of the Match Result Monday 7 October 2019, 11:30
Bobby Decordova-Reid’s tide-turning performance has seen him rewarded with a first Man of the Match award.
Foundation Shirt Auction Monday 7 October 2019, 10:30
The Foundation shirts worn in our 2-2 draw with Charlton have been signed by the players and are now available for fans to bid on.
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Sherman City Council Revisits Drilling Permit, Parking Issues - KTEN.com - Texoma news, weather and sports
Sherman City Council Revisits Drilling Permit, Parking Issues
Monday, March 1, 2010 12:16 AM EST
SHERMAN, TX - Plans to put an oil and gas well inside the Sherman city limits go back before city leaders Monday night.
EOG Resources, Inc. is asking to drill on property that's near West Shepherd Road, just south of MEMC. The council tabled the issue at the last city council meeting after neighbors living near the proposed site showed up, opposing the plan.
Neighbors say they are concerned about the potential environmental risks and are worried that the city council will approve the plan Monday night.
The city council agenda shows city officials conducted "due diligence" on the matter and believe there is "no cause for concern", so they will be recommending the council approve the drilling permit.
The city council will also look at prohibiting drivers from backing in to angled parking spaces on city streets.
The proposal states drivers have been backing into the angled spaces in downtown Sherman and say the maneuvering in and out of spaces is creating a danger for other drivers.
The meeting starts at 5 p.m. at the Sherman City Hall.
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Sunday 3 December 2017 Walthamstow Marsh Coppicing horseshoe thicket
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The July conservation task is on Sunday 2 July 2017, in the Waterworks Nature Reserve, where we will be removing invasive species.
Waterworks Nature Reserve Gates
The task will help to control goat’s rue in the meadow areas and remove the need for herbicides to be used.
Why is goat’s rue classed as invasive ? It is a non-native hardy perennial that forms dense crowns, each plant can produce over 15,000 seeds that remain viable for 10 to possibly 26 years.
Goat’s rue is so-called as it was given to nanny goats to increase their milk yield, but it was found to be toxic to ruminants with the potential to induce a build-up of excess fluid in the lungs, low blood pressure, paralysis and death.
June 2015’s Invasive species pickings
As always everybody is welcome to volunteer with LBCV. No experience is required. Please wear sturdy footwear and appropriate clothing for the work and weather. We will be working in long grass meadows.
We can provide wellington boots in the morning. So please arrive in plenty of time to select your pair.
LBCV will provide tools, training, gloves, coffee, tea and biscuits. Please bring some lunch.
Please arrive from 9:30am onwards at the Waterworks Centre Lammas Road, off Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, London E10 7QT, for a 10am departure. The meeting place is the foyer of former golf centre across from the former Greyhound Public House on Lea Bridge Road.
Please lock bicycles to the stands in front of the Waterworks Centre. There is ample free car parking. Dogs are not allowed on the Nature Reserve so please do not cross the bridge with dogs or ride bicycles in the nature reserve. Dogs are still welcome on some tasks, but not this one. Please read this article if you think we are being draconian http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6978272.stm
Volunteering and doing a conservation task with LBCV in North East London, is great way to meet new people, learn new skills, use old skills, be more active, get closer to nature, make a difference and have some fun with like-minded people in the Lea Valley Regional Park.
If you want to be sent LBCV invites to our tasks via Facebook then like us at www.facebook.com/lbcv.org.uk or https://www.facebook.com/groups/119714882254/
LBCV is now on Twitter too https://twitter.com/LBCV_London.
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On Sunday 4 June 2017, LBCV will be doing invasive species management on Walthamstow Marshes(SSSI). We will be removing Goat’s Rue from the North Marsh.
Goat’s Rue is an invasive plant that for several years, until 2013, LBCV, was devoting a summer task to pulling goat’s rue on South Marsh. This year’s pulling of Goat’s Rues will be on North Marsh. Goat’s rue is so called as it was given to nanny goats to increase their milk yield but it was found to be toxic to ruminants with the potential to induce a build-up of excess fluid in the lungs, low blood pressure, paralysis and death.
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Task Report Sunny day to remove a patch of reed and grass that could over shadow any creeping marshwort in the scrape.
Creeping marshwort on Walthamstow Marsh May 2017
On Sunday 7 May 2017, LBCV will be doing a practical conservation task on Walthamstow Marshes(SSSI) to help the nationally rare Creeping Marshwort, Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag., Apiaceae. It is classified as Critically Endangered in the UK and classified as Vulnerable in Europe.
Creeping Marshwort, Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag., Apiaceae, is a small, creeping perennial that is listed under the Habitats Directive because of its scarcity and decline in Europe.
Creeping marshwort, Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag., Apiaceae, is known in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and in the Canaries. In Europe it is widely scattered, being found at sites in the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium and Holland. It grows in a wide range of habitats from mown graves in Austria, riverside gravel banks in Slovenia, under water in Italy, to slightly saline pasture and dune slacks in Holland.
Creeping marshwort has always been rare in England and Scotland with sites in Essex, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Fife and Argyle. During the 1960s it was only known at three sites in Oxfordshire and by the 1970s it was only observed at one site in the whole country. In 2002 it was discovered growing on Walthamstow Marsh, by botanist Brian Wuzzell, near a ditch created by former LVRPA Ranger Dave Miller to help the dragonfly populations. The same ditch is now also supporting a colony of Water Voles. This North East London site is often referred to as Essex in the Oxford Meadows SPAC writings.
The one site known in the UK in 1995 is now designated part of the Oxford Meadows Special Area for Conservation. A Species Action Plan was drawn up in 1995 and the Rare Plants Group of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire was funded to carry out fieldwork under the Species Recovery Programme. The task LBCV is doing on Sunday is drawn from this work and is following a management plan from Natural England.
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Letter VII. If you are LDS (Mormon) and haven't read Oliver Cowdery's Letter VII, you need to read it during 2018 to understand Church history and the Book of Mormon. This blog discusses the role the letter has played in our understanding of Church history.
Letter VII inoculation and the two departments in the New York Cumorah
I need to post something about Letter VII that has been overlooked, but it's important to provide the context for the issue for those new to this site.
Some LDS scholars and educators are still trying to persuade people that the "real" Cumorah is in Mexico. They advocate the "two-Cumorahs" and "Mesoamerican" theories that claim Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were ignorant speculators who misled the Church with a false tradition about Cumorah being in New York.
[Some people don't believe our LDS scholars and educators teach these things, but anyone who teaches the limited Mesoamerican geography models teaches exactly what I wrote in the preceding paragraph. You'll see it in BYU Studies, the Interpreter, Mesomania Meridian Magazine, FairMormon, the old FARMS stuff, everything published by the Maxwell Institute, BMAF, Book of Mormon Central (America), etc.]
Those who have read Letter VII are inoculated against these theories. That's why you won't see Letter VII being taught at BYU, CES, or in anything published by the citation cartel.*
Here's a simple example.
Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, Heber C. Kimball and others explained that Mormon's repository (Mormon 6:6) was in the same Hill Cumorah in New York from which Joseph obtained the plates from Moroni. There were two departments in the hill. Moroni's stone box was in one location, while the repository of Nephite records was in another location. I've provided the references plenty of times.
Letter VII explained this first, though.
Mormon, "by divine appointment, abridged from those records, in his own style and language, a short account of the more important and prominent items, from the days of Lehi to his own time, after which he deposited, as he says, on the 529th page, all the records in this same hill, Cumorah and after gave his small record to his son Moroni, who, as appears from the same, finished, after witnessing the extinction of his people as a nation."
Here's the link from Joseph Smith's own history: http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1834-1836/91
Bonus clue. Those who are familiar with the two sets of plates scenario will recognize that Oliver is telling us about that here as well. Oliver says Mormon gave "his small record" to Moroni. Mormon's "small record" consisted of the abridgment, "in his own style and language." Mormon deposited all of the original records in the hill Cumorah in New York. The abridged records are the ones Joseph took to Harmony, where he translated them all (except the sealed portion), through the last leaf (the Title Page).
But in D&C 10, the Lord tells Joseph he has to translate the plates of Nephi to replace the lost 116 pages.
The plates of Nephi were not abridged. They were original records. Consequently, it is not only the title page and all the other evidence that informs us that Joseph did not have the plates of Nephi in Harmony, but here, Oliver tells us the same thing.
Mormon did not give any original plates to Moroni.
Joseph did not get the plates of Nephi from Moroni's stone box. He never had them in Harmony. He didn't get them until he arrived in Fayette.
We just have to pay close attention to understand what Oliver is saying, but it's as clear as words can be.
*The sole exception of which I am aware is Book of Mormon Central, which, to their credit, did put the first edition of my short book titled Letter VII: Oliver Cowdery's Message to the World about the Hill Cumorah, into their database. But then they added critical articles without giving me a chance to respond or even including my responses that they know about. Unsuspecting readers who go to Book of Mormon Central think they are getting both sides of the issue of Letter VII, but instead they are getting a false, incomplete presentation of the issues with the editorial thumb firmly on the Mesomania side of the scale.
For this reason, I no longer even try to work with Book of Mormon Central. They are unabashed advocates of the two-Cumorahs and Mesoamerican theories, exactly as I described in the first paragraph.
Posted by jonathan3d at 1:00 PM
Original Letter VII
The earliest version of Letter VII available today is in the July 1835 Messenger and Advocate, published in Kirtland. You can see it by clicking here. Go to issue 10, JULY 1835, and scroll to Letter VII.
Or read Letter VII in the Joseph Smith Papers by clicking here. The section on the hill Cumorah starts here: http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1834-1836/90
You can also read it in Benjamin Winchester's Gospel Reflector here: https://archive.org/details/GospelReflector1841/page/n161
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The valley west of Cumorah, looking east at Moroni's statue (above the l in battles). I think we should have a "This is the Place" monument there to match the one in Salt Lake.
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Global financial system needs a major shake-up
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Global financial system needs a major shake-up By MOHAMED H. ZAKARIA Published in Arab News: Aug 14, 2011 23:37 The sinking US dollar and the euro crisis are threatening the world financial system. The US Federal Reserve’s recent decision to keep dollar interest rates near to zero at least for two more years was an unprecedented step, according to some economists. It is also being suggested that the US might be starting to ...
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Pakistan, a land of lost opportunities
By MOHAMED H. ZAKARIA, published in Arab News - Aug 1st, 2011 Pakistan, a land of lost opportunities We are fighting a war on terror; this has been the slogan of successive Pakistani leaders since Gen. Zia-ul-Haq dragged Pakistan into the Afghan war against the Russians. The present Pakistani government is using the same slogan despite the fact that the world knows the reality of the war on terror. If fighting a few thugs w...
Saudi-Pakistan Relations
By MOHAMED H. ZAKARIA, published in Arab News - July 20th, 2011 Saudi-Pakistan relations THE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula, and Pakistan, the second largest Muslim state after Indonesia, the world’s two leading Islamic countries, enjoy excellent relations. Saudi Arabia has always served as the solid foundation for eternal, unflinching and pure bondage of brotherhood and Pakistan is pr...
Mohammed H. Zakaria, Jeddah published in Arab News on 20 March 2006 Stock Market King Abdullah’s recent statement on the possibility of allowing foreign residents to invest in the Kingdom’s stock market, though widely welcomed, does not mean immediate opening of the door. There is a long way to go before the proposal becomes a reality. It needs a detailed technical and legal debate and complete revision of residency and sponso...
Energy Concerns
Mohamed H. Zakaria, Jeddah, published in Arab News on 31 March 2006 Energy Concerns The recent visit of President Bush to India, his first, is expected to consolidate the newly emerging friendship between the world’s two largest so-called democracies and concluded a landmark civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement. It is sad that Pakistani politicians and leaders failed to understand that the real motive of this gener...
Gold as Refuge
Mohamed H. Zakaria, Jeddah published 4 February 2006 Gold as Refuge The report “Global Liquidity Bolsters Gold”(Jan.16) needs some elucidation. Gold has been undisputed king of assets. For 6,000 years, it has been the safest way of storing wealth. Signs are that it will continue to be so. Global gold demand is rising rapidly, recognized, as it is, as the ultimate refuge in financial and political storms. As history has taught us over an...
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Mohamed H. Zakaria, published in Arab News, Jeddah on 1 February 2006 Automobile Industry This has reference to a letter “Automobile Industry” (Jan. 25) wondering why the Kingdom is not manufacturing cars. There have been similar letters earlier too. The fact is that the automobile industry is extremely competitive and capital-intensive and is neither feasible nor viable in a country such as the Kingdom. A car industry which m...
Internet Control
Mohamed H. Zakaria, published in Arab News, Jeddah on 30 November 2005 Internet Control This has reference to the reports regarding the control of the Internet. The US administration has asserted on several occasions that it would maintain its control of the Internet and will continue to regulate it. The US Department of Commerce controls the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the agency that regulate...
Citibank Culture
By Mohamed H. Zakaria, published on 28 December 2005 Citibank Culture Perhaps because he decided that Pakistan’s fiscal policies needed a new culture, President Musharraf imported a veteran banker supposedly of international repute and expertise and imposed him on the nation to bring the culture of Citibank into the nation. He probably didn’t know that Citibank represents American interests around the globe, in the same way Ba...
Graffiti Rules
By Mohamed H. Zakaria, Jeddah published 27 Oct 2006 (Friday 04 Shawal 1427H) Graffiti Rules Graffiti has come to rule the walls of even the Kingdom. In Pakistan, it is one of the most powerful means of information dissemination and individuals as well as organizations have staked their claim to the walls simply because they are absolutely free and the law of the land doesn’t forbid people from destroying others’ property. It i...
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A Sprinter’s Charger
American culture is broad and far-reaching, touching lives across the globe. Growing up in Slovokia, Peter Sagan’s early encounter with America’s car culture was the T.V. show The Dukes of Hazzard. Imagine seeing the General Lee on television, a larger-than-life anachronism compared to the hatchbacks and compact cars typically found on the streets of Europe. The menacing Charger with its bellowing V8, power slides, and aerial acrobatics left an indelible impression.
Now an up-and-coming star in the top rungs of competitive cycling, Peter Sagan finally had the means to build the Charger that captivated him as a kid. He commissioned Scott Tedro and Ken Maisano, co-owner’s of MASCAR Modern & Classic Autobody & Paint Repair in Costa Mesa, California, to build him a Charger. Not long after his initial contact with Scott and Ken, Peter saw The Fast and The Furious, a visual extravaganza that also starred a Dodge Charger. Smitten with the blower, hood scoop, and big, fat rear tires, Peter wanted one just like it. Scott and Ken commissioned famed artist Steve Stanford to create a rendering that incorporated the elements Peter had to have, as well as some other touches that showed the metal working skills of Ken’s team at MASCAR, led by head fabricator Adam Stankus. The result is the car you see here. It represents more than two years of work and thousands of man-hours.
The car delivers on it’s promising looks with a blown 572 wedge engine that delivers power and devastating looks like a punch to the gut. Airbag suspension allows a show-low ride height, but easily raises itself to clear steep driveways or speed bumps. The massive rolling stock gives Peter the steamroller wheels wrapped in modern, low profile Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires.
They began with a locally sourced and reasonably clean-looking 1970 Charger. Media blasting uncovered some hidden rust and rot. The car was completely disassembled and treated to a rotisserie restoration. Though restoration is not quite an accurate description of the job, because it doesn’t come close to communicating the amount of custom work that went into this build. Every panel on the car has some fab work, and all the body modifications are all done in steel.
The interior was treated to the same amount of customization as the exterior. From the Procar bucket seats, hand-built console, and modified dashboard, nothing was left stock. Everything is wrapped in premium leather or swathed in high quality cloth or carpet… READ MORE HERE
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The Over-Soul
But souls that of his own good life partake,
He loves as his own self; dear as his eye
They are to Him: He'll never them forsake:
When they shall die, then God himself shall die:
They live, they live in blest eternity.
—Henry More
Space is ample, east and west,
But two cannot go abreast,
Cannot travel in it two:
Yonder masterful cuckoo
Crowds every egg out of the nest,
Quick or dead, except its own;
A spell is laid on sod and stone,
Night and Day 've been tampered with,
Every quality and pith
Surcharged and sultry with a power
That works its will on age and hour.
There is a difference between one and another hour of life, in their authority and subsequent effect. Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual. Yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences. For this reason, the argument which is always forthcoming to silence those who conceive extraordinary hopes of man, namely, the appeal to experience, is for ever invalid and vain. We give up the past to the objector, and yet we hope. He must explain this hope. We grant that human life is mean; but how did we find out that it was mean? What is the ground of this uneasiness of ours; of this old discontent? What is the universal sense of want and ignorance, but the fine innuendo by which the soul makes its enormous claim? Why do men feel that the natural history of man has never been written, but he is always leaving behind what you have said of him, and it becomes old, and books of metaphysics worthless? The philosophy of six thousand years has not searched the chambers and magazines of the soul. In its experiments there has always remained, in the last analysis, a residuum it could not resolve. Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence. The most exact calculator has no prescience that somewhat incalculable may not balk the very next moment. I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.
As with events, so is it with thoughts. When I watch that flowing river, which, out of regions I see not, pours for a season its streams into me, I see that I am a pensioner; not a cause, but a surprised spectator of this ethereal water; that I desire and look up, and put myself in the attitude of reception, but from some alien energy the visions come.
The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet of that which must be, is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other; that common heart, of which all sincere conversation is the worship, to which all right action is submission; that overpowering reality which confutes our tricks and talents, and constrains every one to pass for what he is, and to speak from his character, and not from his tongue, and which evermore tends to pass into our thought and hand, and become wisdom, and virtue, and power, and beauty. We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE. And this deep power in which we exist, and whose beatitude is all accessible to us, is not only self-sufficing and perfect in every hour, but the act of seeing and the thing seen, the seer and the spectacle, the subject and the object, are one. We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are the shining parts, is the soul. Only by the vision of that Wisdom can the horoscope of the ages be read, and by falling back on our better thoughts, by yielding to the spirit of prophecy which is innate in every man, we can know what it saith. Every man's words, who speaks from that life, must sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense; they fall short and cold. Only itself can inspire whom it will, and behold! their speech shall be lyrical, and sweet, and universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if I may not use sacred, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report what hints I have collected of the transcendent simplicity and energy of the Highest Law.
If we consider what happens in conversation, in reveries, in remorse, in times of passion, in surprises, in the instructions of dreams, wherein often we see ourselves in masquerade—the droll disguises only magnifying and enhancing a real element, and forcing it on our distinct notice—we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison, but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will; is the background of our being, in which they lie—an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed. From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all. A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide. What we commonly call man, the eating, drinking, planting, counting man, does not, as we know him, represent himself, but misrepresents himself. Him we do not respect, but the soul, whose organ he is, would he let it appear through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue; when it flows through his affection, it is love. And the blindness of the intellect begins, when it would be something of itself. The weakness of the will begins, when the individual would be something of himself. All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us; in other words, to engage us to obey.
Of this pure nature every man is at some time sensible. Language cannot paint it with his colors. It is too subtle. It is undefinable, unmeasurable, but we know that it pervades and contains us. We know that all spiritual being is in man. A wise old proverb says, "God comes to see us without bell"; that is, as there is no screen or ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens, so is there no bar or wall in the soul where man, the effect, ceases, and God, the cause, begins. The walls are taken away. We lie open on one side to the deeps of spiritual nature, to the attributes of God. Justice we see and know, Love, Freedom, Power. These natures no man ever got above, but they tower over us, and most in the moment when our interests tempt us to wound them.
The sovereignty of this nature whereof we speak is made known by its independency of those limitations which circumscribe us on every hand. The soul circumscribes all things. As I have said, it contradicts all experience. In like manner it abolishes time and space. The influence of the senses has, in most men, overpowered the mind to that degree, that the walls of time and space have come to look real and insurmountable; and to speak with levity of these limits is, in the world, the sign of insanity. Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the force of the soul. The spirit sports with time—
"Can crowd eternity into an hour,
Or stretch an hour to eternity."
We are often made to feel that there is another youth and age than that which is measured from the year of our natural birth. Some thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty. Every man parts from that contemplation with the feeling that it rather belongs to ages than to mortal life. The least activity of the intellectual powers redeems us in a degree from the conditions of time. In sickness, in languor, give us a strain of poetry, or a profound sentence, and we are refreshed; or produce a volume of Plato, or Shakespeare, or remind us of their names, and instantly we come into a feeling of longevity. See how the deep, divine thought reduces centuries, and millenniums, and makes itself present through all ages. Is the teaching of Christ less effective now than it was when first his mouth was opened? The emphasis of facts and persons in my thought has nothing to do with time. And so, always, the soul's scale is one; the scale of the senses and the understanding is another. Before the revelations of the soul, Time, Space, and Nature shrink away. In common speech, we refer all things to time, as we habitually refer the immensely sundered stars to one concave sphere. And so we say that the Judgment is distant or near, that the Millennium approaches, that a day of certain political, moral, social reforms is at hand, and the like, when we mean, that, in the nature of things, one of the facts we contemplate is external and fugitive, and the other is permanent and connate with the soul. The things we now esteem fixed shall, one by one, detach themselves, like ripe fruit, from our experience, and fall. The wind shall blow them none knows whither. The landscape, the figures, Boston, London, are facts as fugitive as any institution past, or any whiff of mist or smoke, and so is society, and so is the world. The soul looketh steadily forwards, creating a world before her, leaving worlds behind her. She has no dates, nor rites, nor persons, nor specialties, nor men. The soul knows only the soul; the web of events is the flowing robe in which she is clothed.
After its own law and not by arithmetic is the rate of its progress to be computed. The soul's advances are not made by gradation, such as can be represented by motion in a straight line; but rather by ascension of state, such as can be represented by metamorphosis—from the egg to the worm, from the worm to the fly. The growths of genius are of a certain total character, that does not advance the elect individual first over John, then Adam, then Richard, and give to each the pain of discovered inferiority, but by every throe of growth the man expands there where he works, passing, at each pulsation, classes, populations, of men. With each divine impulse the mind rends the thin rinds of the visible and finite, and comes out into eternity, and inspires and expires its air. It converses with truths that have always been spoken in the world, and becomes conscious of a closer sympathy with Zeno and Arrian, than with persons in the house.
This is the law of moral and of mental gain. The simple rise as by specific levity, not into a particular virtue, but into the region of all the virtues. They are in the spirit which contains them all. The soul requires purity, but purity is not it; requires justice, but justice is not that; requires beneficence, but is somewhat better; so that there is a kind of descent and accommodation felt when we leave speaking of moral nature, to urge a virtue which it enjoins. To the well-born child, all the virtues are natural, and not painfully acquired. Speak to his heart, and the man becomes suddenly virtuous.
Within the same sentiment is the germ of intellectual growth, which obeys the same law. Those who are capable of humility, of justice, of love, of aspiration, stand already on a platform that commands the sciences and arts, speech and poetry, action and grace. For whoso dwells in this moral beatitude already anticipates those special powers which men prize so highly. The lover has no talent, no skill, which passes for quite nothing with his enamored maiden, however little she may possess of related faculty; and the heart which abandons itself to the Supreme Mind finds itself related to all its works, and will travel a royal road to particular knowledges and powers. In ascending to this primary and aboriginal sentiment, we have come from our remote station on the circumference instantaneously to the center of the world, where, as in the closet of God, we see causes, and anticipate the universe, which is but a slow effect.
One mode of the divine teaching is the incarnation of the spirit in a form—in forms, like my own. I live in society; with persons who answer to thoughts in my own mind, or express a certain obedience to the great instincts to which I live. I see its presence to them. I am certified of a common nature; and these other souls, these separated selves, draw me as nothing else can. They stir in me the new emotions we call passion; of love, hatred, fear, admiration, pity; thence comes conversation, competition, persuasion, cities, and war. Persons are supplementary to the primary teaching of the soul. In youth we are mad for persons. Childhood and youth see all the world in them. But the larger experience of man discovers the identical nature appearing through them all. Persons themselves acquaint us with the impersonal. In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not social; it is impersonal; is God. And so in groups where debate is earnest, and especially on high questions, the company become aware that the thought rises to an equal level in all bosoms, that all have a spiritual property in what was said, as well as the sayer. They all become wiser than they were. It arches over them like a temple, this unity of thought, in which every heart beats with nobler sense of power and duty, and thinks and acts with unusual solemnity. All are conscious of attaining to a higher self-possession. It shines for all. There is a certain wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest men with the lowest, and which our ordinary education often labors to silence and obstruct. The mind is one, and the best minds, who love truth for its own sake, think much less of property in truth. They accept it thankfully everywhere, and do not label or stamp it with any man's name, for it is theirs long beforehand, and from eternity. The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly. We owe many valuable observations to people who are not very acute or profound, and who say the thing without effort, which we want and have long been hunting in vain. The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid, than in that which is said in any conversation. It broods over every society, and they unconsciously seek for it in each other. We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more. I feel the same truth how often in my trivial conversation with my neighbors, that somewhat higher in each of us overlooks this byplay, and Jove nods to Jove from behind each of us.
Men descend to meet. In their habitual and mean service to the world, for which they forsake their native nobleness, they resemble those Arabian sheiks, who dwell in mean houses, and affect an external poverty, to escape the rapacity of the Pacha, and reserve all their display of wealth for their interior and guarded retirements.
As it is present in all persons, so it is in every period of life. It is adult already in the infant man. In my dealing with my child, my Latin and Greek, my accomplishments and my money stead me nothing; but as much soul as I have avails. If I am willful, he sets his will against mine, one for one, and leaves me, if I please, the degradation of beating him by my superiority of strength. But if I renounce my will, and act for the soul, setting that up as umpire between us two, out of his young eyes looks the same soul; he reveres and loves with me.
The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, 'How do you know it is truth, and not an error of your own?' We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake. It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception—"It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence." In the book I read, the good thought returns to me, as every truth will, the image of the whole soul. To the bad thought which I find in it, the same soul becomes a discerning, separating sword, and lops it away. We are wiser than we know. If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular thing, and every thing, and every man. For the Maker of all things and all persons stands behind us, and casts his dread omniscience through us over things.
But beyond this recognition of its own in particular passages of the individual's experience, it also reveals truth. And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence, and to speak with a worthier, loftier strain of that advent. For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature, since it then does not give somewhat from itself, but it gives itself, or passes into and becomes that man whom it enlightens; or, in proportion to that truth he receives, it takes him to itself.
We distinguish the announcements of the soul, its manifestations of its own nature, by the term Revelation. These are always attended by the emotion of the sublime. For this communication is an influx of the Divine mind into our mind. It is an ebb of the individual rivulet before the flowing surges of the sea of life. Every distinct apprehension of this central commandment agitates men with awe and delight. A thrill passes through all men at the reception of new truth, or at the performance of a great action, which comes out of the heart of nature. In these communications, the power to see is not separated from the will to do, but the insight proceeds from obedience, and the obedience proceeds from a joyful perception. Every moment when the individual feels himself invaded by it is memorable. By the necessity of our constitution, a certain enthusiasm attends the individual's consciousness of that divine presence. The character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration—which is its rarer appearance—to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which form it warms, like our household fires, all the families and associations of men, and makes society possible. A certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been "blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the "union" of Plotinus, the vision of Porphyry, the conversion of Paul, the aurora of Behmen, the convulsions of George Fox and his Quakers, the illumination of Swedenborg, are of this kind. What was in the case of these remarkable persons a ravishment has, in innumerable instances in common life, been exhibited in less striking manner. Everywhere the history of religion betrays a tendency to enthusiasm. The rapture of the Moravian and Quietist; the opening of the internal sense of the Word, in the language of the New Jerusalem Church; the revival of the Calvinistic churches; the experiences of the Methodists, are varying forms of that shudder of awe and delight with which the individual soul always mingles with the universal soul.
The nature of these revelations is the same; they are perceptions of the absolute law. They are solutions of the soul's own questions. They do not answer the questions which the understanding asks. The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after.
Revelation is the disclosure of the soul. The popular notion of a revelation is, that it is a telling of fortunes. In past oracles of the soul, the understanding seeks to find answers to sensual questions, and undertakes to tell from God how long men shall exist, what their hands shall do, and who shall be their company, adding names, and dates, and places. But we must pick no locks. We must check this low curiosity. An answer in words is delusive; it is really no answer to the questions you ask. Do not require a description of the countries towards which you sail. The description does not describe them to you, and tomorrow you arrive there, and know them by inhabiting them. Men ask concerning the immortality of the soul, the employments of heaven, the state of the sinner, and so forth. They even dream that Jesus has left replies to precisely these interrogatories. Never a moment did that sublime spirit speak in their patois. To truth, justice, love, the attributes of the soul, the idea of immutableness is essentially associated. Jesus, living in these moral sentiments, heedless of sensual fortunes, heeding only the manifestations of these, never made the separation of the idea of duration from the essence of these attributes, nor uttered a syllable concerning the duration of the soul. It was left to his disciples to sever duration from the moral elements, and to teach the immortality of the soul as a doctrine, and maintain it by evidences. The moment the doctrine of the immortality is separately taught, man is already fallen. In the flowing of love, in the adoration of humility, there is no question of continuance. No inspired man ever asks this question, or condescends to these evidences. For the soul is true to itself, and the man in whom it is shed abroad cannot wander from the present, which is infinite, to a future which would be finite.
These questions which we lust to ask about the future are a confession of sin. God has no answer for them. No answer in words can reply to a question of things. It is not in an arbitrary "decree of God," but in the nature of man, that a veil shuts down on the facts of tomorrow; for the soul will not have us read any other cipher than that of cause and effect. By this veil, which curtains events, it instructs the children of men to live in today. The only mode of obtaining an answer to these questions of the senses is to forego all low curiosity, and, accepting the tide of being which floats us into the secret of nature, work and live, work and live, and all unawares the advancing soul has built and forged for itself a new condition, and the question and the answer are one.
By the same fire, vital, consecrating, celestial, which burns until it shall dissolve all things into the waves and surges of an ocean of light, we see and know each other, and what spirit each is of. Who can tell the grounds of his knowledge of the character of the several individuals in his circle of friends? No man. Yet their acts and words do not disappoint him. In that man, though he knew no ill of him, he put no trust. In that other, though they had seldom met, authentic signs had yet passed, to signify that he might be trusted as one who had an interest in his own character. We know each other very well—which of us has been just to himself, and whether that which we teach or behold is only an aspiration, or is our honest effort also.
We are all discerners of spirits. That diagnosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power. The intercourse of society—its trade, its religion, its friendships, its quarrels,— is one wide, judicial investigation of character. In full court, or in small committee, or confronted face to face, accuser and accused, men offer themselves to be judged. Against their will they exhibit those decisive trifles by which character is read. But who judges? and what? Not our understanding. We do not read them by learning or craft. No; the wisdom of the wise man consists herein, that he does not judge them; he lets them judge themselves, and merely reads and records their own verdict.
By virtue of this inevitable nature, private will is overpowered, and, maugre our efforts or our imperfections, your genius will speak from you, and mine from me. That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened. Character teaches over our head. The infallible index of true progress is found in the tone the man takes. Neither his age, nor his breeding, nor company, nor books, nor actions, nor talents, nor all together, can hinder him from being deferential to a higher spirit than his own. If he have not found his home in God, his manners, his forms of speech, the turn of his sentences, the build, shall I say, of all his opinions, will involuntarily confess it, let him brave it out how he will. If he have found his center, the Deity will shine through him, through all the disguises of ignorance, of ungenial temperament, of unfavorable circumstance. The tone of seeking is one, and the tone of having is another.
The great distinction between teachers sacred or literary—between poets like Herbert, and poets like Pope—between philosophers like Spinoza, Kant, and Coleridge, and philosophers like Locke, Paley, Mackintosh, and Stewart—between men of the world, who are reckoned accomplished talkers, and here and there a fervent mystic, prophesying, half insane under the infinitude of his thought—is, that one class speak from within, or from experience, as parties and possessors of the fact; and the other class, from without, as spectators merely, or perhaps as acquainted with the fact on the evidence of third persons. It is of no use to preach to me from without. I can do that too easily myself. Jesus speaks always from within, and in a degree that transcends all others. In that is the miracle. I believe beforehand that it ought so to be. All men stand continually in the expectation of the appearance of such a teacher. But if a man do not speak from within the veil, where the word is one with that it tells of, let him lowly confess it.
The same Omniscience flows into the intellect, and makes what we call genius. Much of the wisdom of the world is not wisdom, and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame, and are not writers. Among the multitude of scholars and authors, we feel no hallowing presence; we are sensible of a knack and skill rather than of inspiration; they have a light, and know not whence it comes, and call it their own; their talent is some exaggerated faculty, some overgrown member, so that their strength is a disease. In these instances the intellectual gifts do not make the impression of virtue, but almost of vice; and we feel that a man's talents stand in the way of his advancement in truth. But genius is religious. It is a larger imbibing of the common heart. It is not anomalous, but more like, and not less like other men. There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise. The author, the wit, the partisan, the fine gentleman, does not take place of the man. Humanity shines in Homer, in Chaucer, in Spenser, in Shakespeare, in Milton. They are content with truth. They use the positive degree. They seem frigid and phlegmatic to those who have been spiced with the frantic passion and violent coloring of inferior, but popular writers. For they are poets by the free course which they allow to the informing soul, which through their eyes beholds again, and blesses the things which it hath made. The soul is superior to its knowledge; wiser than any of its works. The great poet makes us feel our own wealth, and then we think less of his compositions. His best communication to our mind is to teach us to despise all he has done. Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we then feel that the splendid works which he has created, and which in other hours we extol as a sort of self-existent poetry, take no stronger hold of real nature than the shadow of a passing traveler on the rock. The inspiration which uttered itself in Hamlet and Lear could utter things as good from day to day, for ever. Why, then, should I make account of Hamlet and Lear, as if we had not the soul from which they fell as syllables from the tongue?
This energy does not descend into individual life on any other condition than entire possession. It comes to the lowly and simple; it comes to whomsoever will put off what is foreign and proud; it comes as insight; it comes as serenity and grandeur. When we see those whom it inhabits, we are apprized of new degrees of greatness. From that inspiration the man comes back with a changed tone. He does not talk with men with an eye to their opinion. He tries them. It requires of us to be plain and true. The vain traveler attempts to embellish his life by quoting my lord, and the prince, and the countess, who thus said or did to him. The ambitious vulgar show you their spoons, and brooches, and rings, and preserve their cards and compliments. The more cultivated, in their account of their own experience, cull out the pleasing, poetic circumstance—the visit to Rome, the man of genius they saw, the brilliant friend they know; still further on, perhaps, the gorgeous landscape, the mountain lights, the mountain thoughts, they enjoyed yesterday—and so seek to throw a romantic color over their life. But the soul that ascends to worship the great God is plain and true; has no rose-color, no fine friends, no chivalry, no adventures; does not want admiration; dwells in the hour that now is, in the earnest experience of the common day—by reason of the present moment and the mere trifle having become porous to thought, and bibulous of the sea of light.
Converse with a mind that is grandly simple, and literature looks like word-catching. The simplest utterances are worthiest to be written, yet are they so cheap, and so things of course, that, in the infinite riches of the soul, it is like gathering a few pebbles off the ground, or bottling a little air in a phial, when the whole earth and the whole atmosphere are ours. Nothing can pass there, or make you one of the circle, but the casting aside your trappings, and dealing man to man in naked truth, plain confession, and omniscient affirmation.
Souls such as these treat you as gods would; walk as gods in the earth, accepting without any admiration your wit, your bounty, your virtue even—say rather your act of duty, for your virtue they own as their proper blood, royal as themselves, and over-royal, and the father of the gods. But what rebuke their plain fraternal bearing casts on the mutual flattery with which authors solace each other and wound themselves! These flatter not. I do not wonder that these men go to see Cromwell, and Christina, and Charles the Second, and James the First, and the Grand Turk. For they are, in their own elevation, the fellows of kings, and must feel the servile tone of conversation in the world. They must always be a godsend to princes, for they confront them, a king to a king, without ducking or concession, and give a high nature the refreshment and satisfaction of resistance, of plain humanity, of even companionship, and of new ideas. They leave them wiser and superior men. Souls like these make us feel that sincerity is more excellent than flattery. Deal so plainly with man and woman, as to constrain the utmost sincerity, and destroy all hope of trifling with you. It is the highest compliment you can pay. Their "highest praising," said Milton, "is not flattery, and their plainest advice is a kind of praising."
Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul. The simplest person, who in his integrity worships God, becomes God; yet for ever and ever the influx of this better and universal self is new and unsearchable. It inspires awe and astonishment. How dear, how soothing to man, arises the idea of God, peopling the lonely place, effacing the scars of our mistakes and disappointments! When we have broken our god of tradition, and ceased from our god of rhetoric, then may God fire the heart with his presence. It is the doubling of the heart itself, nay, the infinite enlargement of the heart with a power of growth to a new infinity on every side. It inspires in man an infallible trust. He has not the conviction, but the sight, that the best is the true, and may in that thought easily dismiss all particular uncertainties and fears, and adjourn to the sure revelation of time, the solution of his private riddles. He is sure that his welfare is dear to the heart of being. In the presence of law to his mind, he is overflowed with a reliance so universal, that it sweeps away all cherished hopes and the most stable projects of mortal condition in its flood. He believes that he cannot escape from his good. The things that are really for thee gravitate to thee. You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not. If you do not find him, will you not acquiesce that it is best you should not find him? for there is a power, which, as it is in you, is in him also, and could therefore very well bring you together, if it were for the best. You are preparing with eagerness to go and render a service to which your talent and your taste invite you, the love of men and the hope of fame. Has it not occurred to you, that you have no right to go, unless you are equally willing to be prevented from going? O, believe, as thou livest, that every sound that is spoken over the round world, which thou oughtest to hear, will vibrate on thine ear! Every proverb, every book, every byword that belongs to thee for aid or comfort, shall surely come home through open or winding passages. Every friend whom not thy fantastic will, but the great and tender heart in thee craveth, shall lock thee in his embrace. And this, because the heart in thee is the heart of all; not a valve, not a wall, not an intersection is there anywhere in nature, but one blood rolls uninterruptedly an endless circulation through all men, as the water of the globe is all one sea, and, truly seen, its tide is one.
Let man, then, learn the revelation of all nature and all thought to his heart; this, namely; that the Highest dwells with him; that the sources of nature are in his own mind, if the sentiment of duty is there. But if he would know what the great God speaketh, he must 'go into his closet and shut the door,' as Jesus said. God will not make himself manifest to cowards. He must greatly listen to himself, withdrawing himself from all the accents of other men's devotion. Even their prayers are hurtful to him, until he have made his own. Our religion vulgarly stands on numbers of believers. Whenever the appeal is made — no matter how indirectly — to numbers, proclamation is then and there made, that religion is not. He that finds God a sweet, enveloping thought to him never counts his company. When I sit in that presence, who shall dare to come in? When I rest in perfect humility, when I burn with pure love, what can Calvin or Swedenborg say?
It makes no difference whether the appeal is to numbers or to one. The faith that stands on authority is not faith. The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul. The position men have given to Jesus, now for many centuries of history, is a position of authority. It characterizes themselves. It cannot alter the eternal facts. Great is the soul, and plain. It is no flatterer, it is no follower; it never appeals from itself. It believes in itself. Before the immense possibilities of man, all mere experience, all past biography, however spotless and sainted, shrinks away. Before that heaven which our presentiments foreshow us, we cannot easily praise any form of life we have seen or read of. We not only affirm that we have few great men, but, absolutely speaking, that we have none; that we have no history, no record of any character or mode of living, that entirely contents us. The saints and demigods whom history worships we are constrained to accept with a grain of allowance. Though in our lonely hours we draw a new strength out of their memory, yet, pressed on our attention, as they are by the thoughtless and customary, they fatigue and invade. The soul gives itself, alone, original, and pure, to the Lonely, Original, and Pure, who, on that condition, gladly inhabits, leads, and speaks through it. Then is it glad, young, and nimble. It is not wise, but it sees through all things. It is not called religious, but it is innocent. It calls the light its own, and feels that the grass grows and the stone falls by a law inferior to, and dependent on, its nature. Behold, it saith, I am born into the great, the universal mind. I, the imperfect, adore my own Perfect. I am somehow receptive of the great soul, and thereby I do overlook the sun and the stars, and feel them to be the fair accidents and effects which change and pass. More and more the surges of everlasting nature enter into me, and I become public and human in my regards and actions. So come I to live in thoughts, and act with energies, which are immortal. Thus revering the soul, and learning, as the ancient said, that "its beauty is immense," man will come to see that the world is the perennial miracle which the soul worketh, and be less astonished at particular wonders; he will learn that there is no profane history; that all history is sacred; that the universe is represented in an atom, in a moment of time. He will weave no longer a spotted life of shreds and patches, but he will live with a divine unity. He will cease from what is base and frivolous in his life, and be content with all places and with any service he can render. He will calmly front the morrow in the negligency of that trust which carries God with it, and so hath already the whole future in the bottom of the heart.
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A rare day indeed, is that which is comprised of not one, but TWO holidays. Yet, such is the case today… and for some reason, I’m still at work. This is a borderline outrage but, when considering that everyone else is also at work, the sting is somewhat lessened, I suppose.
Further lessening the sting is the fact that I didn't even know either holiday existed until I checked my Inbox this morning. It was there that the good folks at Mental Floss sent their random update informing me that today was both Albert Einstein’s birthday (OK… not a holiday, but maybe it should be) and International Pi Day (Get it? Pi=3.14blahblahblah? Today is 3/14? How cool is that?)
(Note: I have subscribed to many magazines over the years, but Mental Floss is the only one I have read consistently since subscribing. Other magazines would often sit on the coffee table until I “had time to read them” which, of course, never came. I make time to read Mental Floss. It’s ridiculously addictive, despite being a magazine which contains tons of trivia facts and detailed articles on subjects you’d never think to bother reading about on your own (such as Gary Larson, the Louvre museum, various art movements, etc…) I have often been accused of having a mind full of nothing but facts that are only useful when playing Trivial Pursuit or watching Jeopardy. Mental Floss is a big reason why. So are Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers and any music related website I can find.)
Anyway, math and physics have NEVER been my forte. In fact, I flat out sucked in both subjects in high school. However, there are others I know who both love and adore them, and it is to those people that I raise my mug of tea and say, “Happy Pi Day, chum… oh, and Happy Birthday, Albert!” And, if I may be so bold as to copy and paste from my Mental Floss newsletter (I really can’t believe I’m this much of a geek) I offer you some pie to digest in celebration. What better way to celebrate? Yummy stuff. Scarf it down.
HUMBLE PIE - While it's now an idiom for a humiliating apology, humble pie was actually eaten at one time. It was originally called "umble pie" - "umbles" being organ meat.
AMERICAN PIE - A Don McLean song. He said the title was simply a combination of "Miss America" and the phrase "as American as apple pie." Some sources say that American Pie was the name of the plane in which Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper perished, but that's an urban legend. The plane had no name.
COW PIE - Sounds cute, but it's really a name for a pile of cow dung. Icky.
CHRISTMAS PIE - Mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner." According to a likely untrue legend that surfaced about 300 years after the supposed event, the Abbot of Glastonbury, in an effort to gain favor with Henry VIII, sent a messenger named Horner with some property deeds hidden in a pie. (They were placed there to foil would-be thieves.)
BOSTON CREAM PIE – It's not really pie, but cake. Back when the recipe was first devised, cake pans were unheard of. So instead, the dessert was baked in two pie tins. The contents were then stacked and filled with custard or cream.
SHEPHERD'S PIE - Made of diced meat, mixed with vegetables and gravy, and covered on top with mashed potatoes. When baked in the oven, the potatoes turn hard and brown, but the pie itself doesn't have a real "crust." Why shepherd's pie? It was originally made with lamb.
ESKIMO PIE - Devised in 1920 by confectionary store owner Christian Nelson. A youngster came into his shop to buy an ice cream, then changed his mind and purchased a chocolate bar instead. Asked why he didn't get both, the youngster said, "I only got a nickel!" Nelson worked to find ways to make chocolate stick to ice cream, and his invention, first called the "I-Scream Bar," was later renamed Eskimo Pie.
PORKPIE HATS - Named because they physically resemble pork pie, a traditional British dish. It's made of pork and pork jelly baked inside a crust. Porkpie hats became common in America after vaudeville actors began wearing them. Jazz musicians further popularized them, as did actor Buster Keaton.
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Nancy Calzaretta Watt and Mark Manocchio and Robert Brasier Winter 2003-04, Volume 13, No. 2
We, who were longtime docents for the Palm Springs Desert Museum, helped ourselves to the farewell potluck lunch that the Palm Springs Adult School students had prepared tor us. It was the last day of our art appreciation class and we felt regret at its ending and exhilaration about its results. This, tor us, had been a teaching experience far beyond any we had known in our two decades as docents.
The series of eleven morning classes we presented had been developed for adults using as its basis an outreach program that the Museum presents to fourth and fifth-grade students in the Palm Springs Unified School District. That program focuses on the basic elements of art and introduces students to painting and sculpture, both historic and contemporary.
Adapted for an adult audience, the concept was introduced to the Adult School principal. Dr. Virginia Eberhard, and teacher, Gerry Johnson. They were receptive and interested in expanding the Adult School’s involvement with the Museum. For the last seven years they participated in a writing project called Mitos, Imageries, e Idioma (Myth, Images, and Language). In this program, students created a work of art and wrote a poem or short essay based on their experience. Their past experience with us had taught the Adult School that they could count on us to take curriculum requirements seriously and focus our efforts on verbal and writing skills learned through exposure to works of art. The content for the new program was then cleared by the Museum’s education department and a schedule set that included a series of slide presentations, a visiting artist demonstration, hands-on exercises, and a morning at the Museum with tours conducted by experienced docents.
The students at the Adult School ranged in age from their late teens to sixty-plus and all were working toward their high school or general equivalency diplomas. Some of them struggled with English as their second language while others had difficulty expressing themselves effectively on the written page. And, while a high school diploma requires units in art appreciation, ironically, stringent budget cuts have eliminated art from the curriculum of most California public schools. Few of the students had any past exposure to art appreciation. Here, then, was the ideal opportunity as well as challenge for the Museum and the Adult School to join their strengths for the students’ benefit.
For us, this was a unique opportunity. The students were there because they wanted to learn and were eager to give us a try. Throughout the class we had included personal facts and anecdotes about the artists and also about ourselves, and the students responded in kind.
For instance, at one point Fredy, a man from Guatemala, jumped up from his seat and rushed to the screen, pointed to the rim of a Mesoamerican pot, and said, “I know this! These are Mayan glyphs!” For him, we weren’t talking just about art, we were talking about home. Another such moment occurred when Angelina brought in an impressive stack of nine books to share with her class. They were a series on masterworks of art and the class examined them in intense little groups looking for images they might recognize, looking for color, looking for nudes, looking for oddities . . . looking! When we asked how she happened to have the books, Angelina said that her grandmother had willed them to her, “but, I’ve never looked at them before.”
In short, the chemistry for all involved changed over the eleven weeks. We and they were more relaxed, had more fun with the information, and felt as if we had really learned something — not only about art, but about each other as well.
It also must be said that the involvement of Gerry Johnson, the classroom teacher, was crucial to the success we all felt. She sat in on all of our presentations, followed through with assignments we left for the students, and added greatly to their enthusiasm. She even initiated a collage project that resulted in an exhibition throughout the halls of the school.
We attended their graduation ceremony, which was especially moving. Dr. Eberhard spoke about our program to the audience of proud students, their relatives, and members of the Board of Palm Springs Unified School District. We could not help but feel this formal recognition, not to mention the potluck earlier, was somehow reversed. The students had already given us so much. Our hope is to give them back something more this year with an expanded program, an evening class for GED students with day jobs, fresh content, and as much enthusiasm as we can muster. They deserve no less.
Nancy Calzaretta Watt and Mark Manocchio have both been docents at the Palm Springs Desert Museum, in Palm Springs, CA for about 20 years. Robert Brasier recently became the museum ‘s docent program manager.
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Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 7 in E minor (1905)
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer
rec. 2015, Palace of Arts, Budapest
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This is my second encounter with Iván Fischer’s Mahler cycle. I bought his recording of the Third, inspired by Dan Morgan’s laudatory review. I admired the reading very much and the magnificent playing of the Budapest Festival Orchestra was conveyed in exemplary sound. I was eager, therefore, for a second opportunity to hear Fischer and his orchestra in Mahler. Interestingly, although the aforementioned Third was released nearly two years ago I see that it was set down a full year after the present account of the Seventh, which has been ‘in the can’ for quite some time.
Years ago, when I was discovering Mahler, the Seventh was the symphony that initially caused me the most difficulty. I was unsure about the extrovert finale and I failed to grasp the huge first movement. But I persevered and gradually, through experiencing a number of first-rate performances, I came to see it as one of Mahler’s most daring and inventive scores and to regard that first movement, with which I struggled for quite a time, as magnificent.
The very first recording of the work that I bought – on LP – was Bernard Haitink’s 1969 Philips account with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. By a happy chance, while I was evaluating this Fischer recording Decca reissued, in celebration of Haitink’s 90th birthday, all of his Mahler recordings with the RCO, set down between 1962 and 1975. These come in a box of 12 CDs together with a single Blu-ray Audio disc containing all the recordings (Decca 483 4643). Because I long since abandoned LPs, it’s ages since I heard Haitink’s Seventh so I broke off my work on the Fischer recording to hear it again in its BD-A reincarnation. I must say that in that format the recording sounds very fine and I was struck by how cogent a guide to the symphony Haitink is. By the time I reacquainted myself with the Haitink recording I’d already formed a pretty strong view of the Fischer version and I gave it one more audition after Haitink.
I was interested to note that Haitink is quite a bit slower than Fischer in the opening funeral march-like music of the first movement. His performance of this section also seems somewhat darker in tone. There’s much to be said for Haitink’s approach. I like Fischer’s way, though; he adopts a steady but forward-moving pace and his tenor horn calls out balefully. In this movement Mahler covers a wide musical trajectory and it seems to me that Fischer doesn’t put a foot wrong. The playing of the BFO is superb and so, too, is the recording; in particular I appreciate the excellent perspectives – both left-to-right and front-to-back - that the engineers have achieved. One episode that particularly caught my attention is the extended slow section with its soaring strings and washes of harp sound; this is simply gorgeous in the Fischer performance. One thing that has struck me while listening to Fischer in this symphony is that his unforced attention to detail makes one appreciate how frequently, at least in the first three movements, Mahler self-quotes, weaving in melodic fragments from his previous six symphonies. This first movement is packed with incident and interest and Fischer lays out everything before us with consummate skill. This is a terrific account of the first movement.
The first time I listened to this recording I thought that the recording lit up the music of Nachtmusik I just a bit too much. I’ve now changed my mind about that and I only mention it in case other listeners have a similar initial reaction. I referred to the sense of perspective in the recording. That’s a trait that very much comes into its own in this movement; the echo effects in which this movement abounds are most successfully conveyed. One other detail of the recording is that the cowbells (from 5:14) are ideally balanced. Fischer points the march rhythms very acutely and, indeed, I think that he leads the listener through this music really well, making the movement seamless. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays this movement very well on the Haitink recording but I believe the BFO produces an even greater variety of colours.
The central Scherzo is an astonishing piece of musical imagination. The music is really strange and phantasmagorical – it’s rather like a Totentanz. Fischer and his players not only bring out all the detail but also convey the weird spirit of the music. One detail that I relished was the use of portamento by the strings: it’s really in style. The RCO are far less generous with the portamenti on the Haitink set. Indeed, I have to say that, for all I esteem Haitink, he seems too cautious in this movement, especially when compared with Fischer. The Hungarian conductor gives us the wild imagination of Mahler’s writing. His performance is strongly characterised – every accent, every dynamic marking is made to count, not in a pedantic way but so as to bring the music vividly to life. It’s a really exciting performance and I loved it.
After all the gothic strangeness of the Scherzo, what a contrast Mahler offers in Nachtmusik II. The music is warmly affectionate and Fischer responds marvellously to it. There are lots of important solo contributions in this movement and without exception the BFO principals distinguish themselves. In the first movement Mahler introduced a novel timbre, that of the tenor horn. Here he adds two more instruments rarely found in a symphony orchestra – at least, not in those days: mandolin and guitar. Both instruments make their presence gently felt here as part of a performance by the BFO that is delicately pointed.
The Rondo finale opens in a blaze of light. This is an ebullient movement and Fischer ensures that what we hear is a joyous celebration amid what Mahler often makes into a riot of orchestral colour. He handles the various episodes of the Rondo extremely well, both individually and as a collective whole, making the movement cohesive, which is something that eludes some conductors. I found myself swept along as I listened: this is one of the most convincing accounts of this allegedly problematic movement that I can recall hearing. When we reach the last couple of minutes the orchestral panoply, including festive bells, is superbly delivered, making this a glorious culmination of Mahler’s Seventh.
This is a tremendous performance of the Seventh, magnificently played and recorded. It’s one of the best accounts of the symphony that I’ve heard. I believe this is the last instalment of Iván Fischer’s Mahler series: he’s gone out on a very high note indeed.
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A Paradox or Two on Election Day
As promised, a reflection on Prop 8.
The San Francisco Chronicle (and just about every other news outlet) reported today that the opposition to Prop 8 (read: the good guys who were trying to defeat a ban on gay marriage in the state of California) conceded defeat today, with the executive director of Equality California stating, "While we think the margin will close, we are convinced we will not be able to overcome the small deficit we are in and that Proposition 8 will pass." With 3 million votes uncounted, the "Yes" (yes = ban) votes are up 52.5%-47.5%. Voters in Arizona and Florida also voted to ban gay marriage in their respective states this November 4th. Arkansas voted to ban adoption by "single people and unmarried couples" (read: gay)... I will point out here that California voted overwhelmingly for Obama, and Florida also went blue, albeit by a much smaller margin. (Arizona, predictably, went red, but by a smaller margin than was expected a few weeks out, even being "too close to call" for quite awhile after the polls closed there. Arkansas was red as well.) So, what's going on California and Florida voters? What is it that makes you comfortable with, even inspired by, our new president-elect Barack Obama, supporting him 61%-37% in California, 51%-48% in Florida (a significant margin in the Sunshine State!), obviously comfortable with and ready for a more liberal White House and a more progressive direction for the country... but still willing to take away basic human rights from your neighbors who have done absolutely nothing... i repeat absolutely nothing... to hurt you? As Rachel (we're on a first-name basis) noted tonight, 9 of 10 measures relating to relaxing laws on marijuana possession passed. "So, smoking weed is getting more respect from our citizens while gay people are getting less respect. I'm not quite sure where that means we are on the tolerance meter," she said of the apparant contradictory (might we say paradoxical? Hmm?) results of ballot propositions in juxtaposition with the leftward swing of the country on the presidential election. Here's Rachel:
And here's what I am wondering. Remember 2004? Of course you do. Remember how gay marriage was one of the top issues that turned people out to vote? Remember how it brought out all the loony far-right wingers who didn't mind watching our economy collapse, our troops fight and die in unwinnable wars, and our public infrastructure literally crumble, but somehow couldn't stand the thought of two people in love uniting in matrimony and receiving the same inalienable rights that the rest of the country receives without question just because those two people might share the same internal (or external) plumbing? Well, those loonybin far-right conservatives (and, surprisingly, a large majority of the African American community... this may be revisited in another post) did come out to vote in 2004, and they elected George W. Bush to a 2nd undeserved term as the president of our great nation. So here's what I think: while the Mormons pushed millions (and millions) of dollars into supporting the ban on gay marriage in California, maybe our mostly good liberal representatives with a good amount of political capital today did not do as much as they could to encourage a defeat of the ban. They did not want a repeat of 2004 - if the Dems made it an issue, you can bet your bottom dollar the Republicans would push back hard and it could have hurt the rest of the Democratic ticket. This came to me today, and is completely unsupported by anything other than the whim of my fancy. So please, dear readers (I know I have some...) prove me wrong... Find me a Democratic candidate or elected official who campaigned against Prop 8. I know the ground game against it was good, I saw plenty of "NO ON PROP 8" gifts on Facebook among my California friends. But what high profile, popular progressives devoted time, and even more importantly, money, to defeating the ban? I can't say whether this strategy (if it truly was a strategy - again, this is just what I think might have been partly responsible for the confusing support of Prop 8) was ultimately good or bad. We did elect some outstanding individuals to the House, Senate, and of course, to the Presidency. Those people can presumably do more good in office than out of it. But we, as progressives devoted to holding our representatives accountable, should demand attention paid to this issue. California, Florida, I have faith in you!
This post became an essay, my apologies. I will have to save my look at Rahm Emanuel (who did, today, accept the post of White House Chief of Staff!) for another post.
As a goodnight gift, this video of Barney the White House Dog going rogue on a Reuters reporter today ;-)
Labels: gay rights, liberals, politics, progressives, prop 8
FlyRyan said...
Wow.... The Reuters guy is a lame ass. Who goes the the doctor and takes antibiotics for a little bite on the finger?
Whereas I can't disprove your theory, I can say that I am shocked at the outcome partially because I heard and saw so many things against prop 8. On every radio station that I listen to there was a commercial very frequently aired, with a testimonial given by the superintendant of schools that nothing about marriage was taught in schools and that it was shameful for the opposition to use children to try and get their way. There was also a very touching commercial on for months trying to reach out to people to understand what it would feel like not to be able to marry the one that you love. Not to mention there being loads of No on 8 signs everywhere. I can't say for the rest of California if these things were invested in, but it certainly seems, at least in the LA area that sufficient funds went toward making people aware of how prop 8 denies people basic rights. Maybe that's different from having a politician stand up for the cause, but here is at least some info for you.
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Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Georg Anderhub, Luzern (2005).
Father Karl Stadler was born on March 7, 1921 and was raised in Rorschacherberg, Switzerland near Lake Constance. He began high school at the Stiftschule Engelberg in 1934 and joined the Benedictine order at the Engelberg Abbey in 1942. After studying theology, he attended the School of Applied Arts in Basel before returning to Engelberg in 1951, where he taught drawing and aesthetics at the Stiftschule Engelberg until 1996. Throughout his life at the Engelberg Abbey, he maintained an art practice based in his attic atelier.
Father Karl is best known for his sacral works, and examples of his paintings, murals, and stain glass windows are on view all across Switzerland. His public commissions include the ceiling mural and cross in the Schwand chapel near Engelberg (1951), the stained-glass windows in the convent church of the Benedictine nuns in Niederrickenbach (1961), as well as in the Holy Cross Chapel in Grafenort (1971) and the chapel of the retirement and nursing home in Engelberg. Father Karl sustained a practice across the mediums of painting, sculpture, stained glass, printmaking, lithography, murals, and photography for over sixty years.
Born Paul Stadler, on March 7, 1921 in Rorschacherberg, St. Gallen near Lake Constance in Switzerland.
Primary school.
High school at the Stiftschule Engelberg.
Graduation and mandatory 17-week military training.
Entry into monastic life at Engelberg Abbey (Oct. 6).
Novitiate at Engelberg Abbey.
Studies in theology.
Temporary vows with acceptance of the monastic name Karl (Oct. 5, 1943).
Perpetual vows (Oct. 7).
Ordination and first mass.
Studies at School of Applied Arts Basel (Department of Art Teacher Training).Concurrent introduction to the creation of sculptural figures with sculptor Albert Schilling in Arlesheim.
Called back to the Engelberg Abbey school for teaching service, and takes on drawing and aesthetics as his main teaching assignments until 1996.Maintains an ongoing art practice throughout this period.
Travels to Algeria, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Palestine and Turkey.
Editor and regular contributor to the Titlisgrüsse, the quarterly publication of the Engelberg Abbey.
Works from Four Decades, a monograph of Father Karl’s work, is published. Exhibition in museum.
Died on June 17, 2012 at Engelberg Abbey.
Various exhibitions in Swiss galleries (e. g. Valley Museum Engelberg, 1991/2014; Gluri Suter Huus, Wettingen, 2000; Gallery Schwanensee, Engelberg, 1975/1976/1978/1979/1989; Gallery Spöring, Engelberg, 1987-88;Fischingen Monastery, 1984; Gallery at Kronenplatz, Affoltern a. A., 1976; Bürgli-Gallery, Gossau SG, 1974; Maihof Gallery, Schwyz, 1971; Glass Painting Engeler, Andwil, 1970).
Photos for several editions of Engelberg – Wanderbuch Zentralschweiz, Beckt, Hugo; Suter, Werner.
Public lectures in Engelberg, Hotel Trübsee and Stans (e. g. Christian Architecture: Four Lectures with Slides, Nov.-Dec. 1956)
Black and white photography exhibition «The Beauty of Simplicity» Valley Museum Engelberg (14.12.2013 to 27.4.2014), featured on arttv.ch.
Repository of Sacred Art
Repository of Secular Art
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This website was sponsored by Dr. Eva Voigt. It is maintained by Bea Stadler Pires, niece of Pater Karl Stadler OSB. Inquiries should be directed to: bea.pires6@gmail.com
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Reel Rhino Review: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
I have become less forgiving of film and television that presents its yuks and laughs at the expense of others. Bullying. It is a pervasive problem in schools across America and it is a sickening concept. We walked out of Norbit several years ago, not because it was a terrible movie, which it was, but because it was a brutal portrayal of the bullying of a young child. Perhaps in drama, on-screen bullying is more forgiving as it adds to the drama of the event; but when presented for the sake of comedy, it is not for my taste.
In Dinner for Schmucks, we are given a film that I feel is much different that what the crowds will be expecting. The entire tone and flow of the film is not really demonstrated in the trailer and I think people will be surprised at how events play out.
The film is a remake of the 1998 French film, Le Diner de Cons, and Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell play our leads, with Rudd as Tim, a businessman who is trying to claw his way up the corporate ladder. Carrell plays Barry, the Schmuck to Rudd's straight man. Barry has an interesting hobby in that he practices amateur taxidermy and stuffs and dresses dead mice into dioramas that he builds. His hobby is one of the most fascinating aspects of the film, and while it plays for laughs, his creations are quite beautiful and fascinating.
You have probably guessed that I didn't love this film. In fact, I give it my just better than mediocre 3 horns of 5. I think the trailer looked much funnier than the film actually is, and I think we may have the Director, Jay Roach, to blame.
Roach brought us such favorites as Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Meet the Parents. With each sequel in these series, the movies have gotten progressively worse, up to and including the awful looking trailer for Little Fockers, the third movie in the the Meet the Parents series. The trailer for Little Fockers disheartens me especially because MEET THE PARENTS has always been a family favorite and creating sub par sequels waters down the whole package. His role as producer in the cluster bomb of a flick, Bruno, tells me that he will sacrifice anything in the name of funny, and I think that is what we have here. Too much of this movie is about the making fun of others, and not enough about the catharsis that comes about when the underdogs actually pull it off, and "save the day".
There is a great supporting cast in this flick, and while each has their moments, the entire flick plays better when thinking about it as a series of skits, rather as a full flow-through movie.
Zach Galifianakis plays Barry's boss Thurman and he plays this role differently than Alan from THE HANGOVER Alan, but funny in a unique way. To this end, I think I enjoyed Thurman the most as a character, becasue this was a new perspective to a fresh actor who we have only started to enjoy. I actually am not crazy about the early look at DUE DATE which pits Galifianakis with Robert Downey Jr., in a film directed by The Hangover's Todd Phillips....why, you may ask? Because his character in Due Date looks like a similar role to Alan. I enjoy seeing actors I like, spreading their wings a bit and expanding their talent base.
Jermaine Clement also was funny in the brief scenes he is in as the artist Kieran, but again, these are a sequence of skits that play individually decent but do little to help the movie as a whole flow.
I liked bits of this film. Carrell and Rudd each had shining moments, but given their track record, their bars are set pretty high. This movie does not come close to the enjoyment level of Anchorman, 40-Year Old Virgin, or even I Love You, Man or Get Smart. I think the "villains" of this flick, the corporate leaders at the financial firm where Rudd works, the group of guys who host the "Dinner for Schmucks," aren't punished enough for mistreating people as they do, nor the complete disregard for the feelings of others. The catharsis isn't sufficient, so rather than leave feeling that just desserts have been served, you just feel like these guys are a bunch of A-holes.
What a shining spot in this mess, Stephanie Szostak, who plays Julie, Tim's girlfriend. She is French (I think) and she is lovely. She has a pretty short resume and I think that although she has fairly brief screen time, that she will take the best in show in most people's opinions for this flick.
Kristen Schaal and Lucy Punch are both hilarious in their roles, Schaal as Susana, Tim's assistant and Punch as Darla, a stalker who just won't give up on Tim. Both are hilarious and highlights of this otherwise disjointed presentation.
I think sitting here, thinking about the movie, it seems funnier than it was. In fact, I don't know if a second viewing will give me a greater appreciation. I will tell you, that I stand by that as a series of skits, it may pass as acceptable. As a whole feature, it doesn't succeed. The relationship between Barry and Tim is unbelievable and that lack of believability kept me caring less about everything. If only Barry would have been just a little more believable and less cartoonish, I would have felt better about it all, I think.
3 out of 5 horns from the Reel Rhino. See it if you like...you'll get a few laughs, but it falls short of being a wholly enjoyable picture. I am going to see THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT tonight and I hope that it brings more satisfaction than DINNER WITH SCHMUCKS.
Until later, take care!
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01967, by Bertrand Russell
Last Essay: "1967" This is Bertrand Russell's last manuscript. Untitled, it was annotated "1967" by Russell, at the age of 95, two or three years before he died. Ray Monk published it first in The Independent of London on the 25th anniversary of the Russell Archives. The essay's politics are uncannily prescient. The time has come to review my life as a whole, and to ask whether it has served any useful purpose or has been wholly concerned in futility. Unfortunately, no answer is possible for anyone who does not know the future. Modern weapons make it practically certain that the next serious war will exterminate the human race. This is admitted by all competent authorities, and I shall not waste time in proving it. Any man who cares what th... (From : mcmaster.ca.)
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ABC of the Revolutionary Anarc..., by Nestor Makhno
Anarchism means man living free and working constructively. It means the destruction of everything that is directed against man's natural, healthy aspirations. Anarchism is not exclusively a theoretical teaching emanating from programs artificially conceived with an eye to the regulation of life: it is a teaching derived from life across all its wholesome manifestations, skipping over all artificial criteria. The social and political visage of anarchism is a free, anti-authoritarian society, one that enshrines freedom, equality and solidarity between all its members. In anarchism, Right means the responsibility of the individual, the sort of responsibility that brings with it an authentic guarantee of freedom and social justice for each and... (From : NestorMakhno.info.)
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Action as Propaganda, by Johann Most
From: Freiheit, July 25, 1885 Action as Propaganda by Johann Most We have said a hundred times or more that when modern revolutionaries carry out actions, what is important is not solely these actions themselves but also the propagandistic effect they are able to achieve. Hence, we preach not only action in and for itself, but also action as propaganda. It is a phenomenally simple matter, yet over and over again we meet people, even people close to the center of our party, who either do not, or do not wish, to understand. We have recently had a clear enough illustration of this over the Lieske affair... So our question is this: what is the purpose of the anarchists' threats -- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth -- if they are not follow... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Freedom: March 1893, p14 Advice to Those About to Emigrate In these days when Home Colonization is seriously discussed, and is even tried, in England as an outlet for the populations of our congested towns, the following letters will be of much interest to our readers. A comrade in New South Wales, writing to Kropotkin for suggestions and advice, says: "As you are probably aware, the Labor movement in Australia has advanced tremendously during the last four or five years. The reason, I believe, lies in the increased agitation in the minds of the people through the late strikes here and also in England and America. The Labor Party here got the worst of it in the last three big strikes, yet the importance of those strikes as factors in educat... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Alexander Berkman's Last Days, by Emma Goldman
Published Essays and Pamphlets Alexander Berkman's Last Days by Emma Goldman [Published in The Vanguard (New York), Aug.-Sept. 1936.] St. Tropez July 12th, 1936 It is only two weeks since our beloved comrade Alexander Berkman passed away. Yet it seems an eternity to me. The blow his untimely death has struck me has left me completely shattered. I find it difficult to collect my thoughts. But I feel sure you will want to know all about Sasha's end. For have you not loved him all through the years? Sasha left a note which we found after we returned from his last resting place. It reads: "I don't want to live a sick man. Dependent. Forgive me Emmie darling. And you too Emma. Love to All. Help Emmie." signed, Sasha. I have two letters from comr... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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All in All, by Charlotte Wilson
When all the night is horrible with clamor Of voiceless curses darker than the night, When light of sun there is not, neither star-shine Nor any beacon on the hill of right Shine, O thou light of life, upon our pathway, Freedom, be thou our light! Since all life's ways are difficult and dreary And false steps echo through eternity, And there is naught to lean on as we journey By paths not smooth ac downward ways would be We have no other help, we need no other Freedom, we lean on thee. The slaves' base murmur and the threats of tyrants, The voice of cowards who cringe and cry "Retreat!" The whisper of the world, "Come where power calls thee!" The whisper of the flesh, "Let life be sweet!" Silence all these with thy divine commanding Guide t... (From : AnarchyArchives.)
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America and the Soviets, by Alexander Berkman
This manuscript is part of the International Institute for Social History's Alexander Berkman archive and appears in Anarchy Archives with ISSH's permission. AMERICA AND THE SOVIETS. A great deal is being written now in the Soviet Press about the new American law against convict or forced labor. The United States has recently passed a statute according to which no goods can enter the country that are the product of unfree, forced or convict labor. The new law went into effect in January and there is much discussion in Russia, as well as in the United States, as to what effect the new legislation will [have] on Russian industrial conditions and on its foreign trade. The unusual feature of the law is that the burden of proof is laid upon the ... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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American Crisis, The, by Murray Bookchin
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Anarchism (Voltairine de Cleyr..., by Voltairine De Cleyre
There are two spirits abroad in the world,the spirit of Caution, the spirit of Dare, the spirit of Quiescence, the spirit of Unrest; the spirit of Immobility, the spirit of Change; the spirit of Hold-fast-to-that-which-you-have, the spirit of Let-go-and-fly-to-that-which-you-have-not; the spirit of the slow and steady builder, careful of its labors, loathe to part with any of its achievements, wishful to keep, and unable to discriminate between what is worth keeping and what is better cast aside, and the spirit of the inspirational destroyer, fertile in creative fancies, volatile, careless in its luxuriance of effort, inclined to cast away the good together with the bad. Society is a quivering balance, eternally struck afresh, between these... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
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The Washdyke by Bill Goodhand
In this article Bill Goodhand describes the process of washing sheep before shearing, and how this process took place in Welbourn in the area known as the Washdyke.
Prior to World War II, most farmers who were about to clip their flock would have first washed their sheep in a local stream in order that the fleece could be sold in a better condition and for a higher price. Normally this arduous and repetitive task would be carried out about a fortnight before shearing (not to be confused with sheep dipping to prevent parasites and sheep scab) in order to allow the natural grease to return to the wool and for the fleece to frizz out and assume its normal texture. Indeed sheep washing has been a long standing practice in English agriculture as is recorded by Thomas Tusser who wrote a treatise on agriculture in Elizabethan times. His ‘June Husbandrie’ aptly sums up the business of sheep washing: –
Wash sheep – for the better – where water doth run,
And let him go cleanly and dry in the sun;
Then shear him. And spare not, at two days an end,
The sooner the better his corps will amend.[1]
In the past Welbourn was a notable location for washing sheep given that there was a constant supply of pure spring water in streams leaving The Beck. During the early summer flocks of sheep were brought along the local lanes into the village from all outlying farms including many in the neighbouring parishes for this purpose. In the area known as the Washdyke, close by the former White Horse Public House, the water was led off the dyke into a large pit with a wooden shoot[2] at one end. Either side of the shoot were two barrels anchored to the stream bed by stout stakes, each with a man in place. As the sheep were thrown into the pool, long poles were used to then push the sheep towards the barrels where the two operatives would grab each animal in turn and hold it under the torrent of water. It was essential that each sheep was first ‘breasted’, that is, its underside was washed thoroughly before being turned on its back to complete the process: a wet, cold, and smelly experience both for man and beast. The flocks of sheep awaiting their turn were placed in permanent pens which ran up to the wall of the White Horse Pub where the drovers could also put up for the night before walking the flocks back to their farms.
This colourful and noisy burst of seasonal farming activity within the village was particularly popular with the local children early in the 2oth century. The late Fred Bird remembers that the village lads would rush home from school at midday, gobble their dinners and then tear back to ‘help’ throw the sheep into the washing pit. The reluctant return to afternoon school by a crowd of damp, smelly children was far from popular with the head teacher, Mr Tommy Taylor. In truth, Mr Taylor would also have been concerned about the danger to his young charges of playing near the Washdyke, as evidenced by his sad entry of 16th June, 1923, in the school logbook.
“Herbert Whydle aged five was drowned in the Washdyke after he had been seen playing on the bank. Half an hour later he was taken from the water apparently dead and did not respond to artificial respiration.”
The Washdyke was immediately declared out of bounds to the school children.
At the outbreak of World War II, the Musson family who owned the land and the equipment for operating the sheep wash, sold the property ot Stanley Overton who filled in the Washdyke pit and used the site to repair tractors and grass cutting machinery to maintain the neighbouring RAF airfields. Later, Harold Overton had the premises for his popular lawnmower sales and servicing business. More recently, the site was developed for housing. So ended a longstanding farming tradition in Welbourn dating back in all probability to at least the 17th Century when the parish records frequently list the related occupations of shepherd, weaver and tailor in the village. Even within living memory, large numbers of sheep were being raised on local farms, for example in 1910 there were almost 15,000 sheep in the cliff villages between Boothby and Leadenham, including 2,300 in Welbourn parish. Notably, each of these parishes contains a large area of the limestone heathland once regarded as prime sheep country. Small wonder that Joseph Patchett of Welbourn could record his occupations as butcher and sheep dipper in the 1901 census, which also records an ‘A.Drover’ staying at staying at The White Horse! By 1938 the numbers of sheep in Welbourn parish had fallen sharply to 850, this decline continuing as a result of the remaining grassland going under the plough during World War II in order to grow more crops to feed the nation.
Today there are no permanent flocks of sheep in the parish and in any case no farmer bothers to wash the sheep before shearing.
n.b. Early in the 20th Century many of the flocks would have been of the once popular Lincolnshire Longwool sheep, highly regarded for their thick, heavy fleeces. Sadly this breed is now a rarity on our farms.
Thanks to Jack Harmston and the later Fred Bird for their personal memories of the old Welbourn sheep wash and Washdyke.
Map taken from OS 1:2500. 1887
David Hopkins’ illustration of an old sheepwash fom the Newsletter of the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, Spring 2006.
Welbourn Washdyke by Bill Goodhand was first published in Two Villages magazine
[1] Thomas Tusser’s poem was taken from ‘Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay’ by Gavin Ewart Evans.
[2] Older English spelling of chute
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By Damir Beciri
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The following article was posted on February 8th, 2017, in the Santa Maria Sun - Volume 17, Issue 49 [ Submit a Story ]
Get your mahjong on at the Elwin Mussel Senior Center in Santa Maria
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Donna Eschen, moderator of American mahjong at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria, received her first mahjong set as an inheritance from her mother.
“I would watch my mom play mahjong as a kid, but I never understood it,” Eschen told the Sun. “I didn’t learn how to play myself until after she passed away. I thought to myself, ‘If my mother could do it, so can I.’”
But learning how to play mahjong is no easy task, Eschen said.
MAHJONG AMERICA
Mahjong originated in China, and includes Chinese characters, numbers, and symbols on tiles or cards. The regular Elwin Mussell Senior Center program focuses on American mahjong, which is a unique form of the game.
PHOTO BY CALEB WISEBLOOD
Beginners are welcome to attend mahjong at the senior center, but Eschen doesn’t suggest coming in blind.
“If you’ve never played before, it’s going to feel like learning calculus,” Eschen said. “But once you get it down, it becomes second nature.”
American mahjong—not to be confused with Asian mahjong or mahjong solitaire—is played with four players, representing the four winds (north, south, east, west). The table acts as a compass, with north sitting across from south, and east sitting across from west. Mahjong uses 152 tiles, which are either kept or discarded throughout the game. The goal is to be the first player to match one’s tiles to a specific hand on the mahjong scorecard. Rounds go by fast and usually only last about 10 minutes.
What keeps the game fresh, Eschen said, is that the hands change every year. The American Mah-Jongg Association distributes scorecards annually with different tile patterns to strive for. The association is currently in its 79th year.
“Mahjong keeps your brain alive,” Diane McDonald said.
PLAYING FOUR WINDS
The players in mahjong represent the four winds: north, south, east, and west, even in American mahjong, which is played at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center each week.
McDonald is a regular player at the senior center, which has been hosting the game weekly since 2014.
“It can be fun and brutally challenging at the same time,” she added.
Although mahjong requires skill, luck plays a part in the game as well. Another player at the senior center, Jean Jacobs, once scored a “heavenly hand,” which can only occur when you’re the dealer (east), and your first 14 tiles are already a perfect pattern.
“Heavenly hands never happen! If Jean would have scored that at a tournament, she would have made big bucks,” Eschen said. “Here, the most anyone ever wins is still barely enough to buy something at Starbucks.”
But attendees at the regular mahjong sessions and tournaments aren’t there for the fabulous prizes, but the camaraderie, the game, and of course the possibility of a “heavenly hand.” But they do put some money down in tournaments.
Get your jong on
American mahjong takes place every Friday and on the first and third Wednesday of every month from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Audrey Silva Assembly Room of the Elwin Mussell Senior Center, located at 510 Park Ave., Santa Maria. For more information, call 922-2993.
The most valuable hand on the scorecard can win 75 cents from each opponent at the senior center. Those stakes aren’t nearly as high as those at the annual mahjong tournament in Las Vegas—which Eschen is attending this year along with a few other players from the senior center.
“This will be my second mahjong tournament,” Eschen said. “I know my mother is up there smiling down at me.”
Intern Caleb Wiseblood is sticking with Candyland. Contact him through Managing Editor Joe Payne at jpayne@santamariasun.com.
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Strip-Till With SoilWarrior Helps David Hula Set New Corn Yield World Record and Win NCGA Yield Contest
David Hula is no stranger to breaking yield records. The Virginia farmer has topped the NCGA National Corn Yield Contest five times since 2003 in the strip, min, mulch, ridge-till irrigated category. The previous world record of 542 bushels per acre, set by Hula in 2017, has been shattered by his 2019 yield of 616.1953 on ground he strip-tills with the SoilWarrior.
“Our best emergence was where we ran the SoilWarrior,” says Hula. “We also had our best yields this year where we were running the strip-till equipment.”
While growing high yields obviously requires more than the right piece of equipment, precision placement of fertilizer, and a new tillage method, he is impressed with how much value these changes have added to his operation so quickly.
Fueling ROI with Fertilizer Placement
An avid no-tiller since 1986, Hula is always on the lookout for ways to push the envelope with yields. He ran across the SoilWarrior by Environmental Tillage Systems at the Ag PhD Field Day in Baltic, S.D. a few years ago, and it got his mind turning.
Switching to strip-till offered him the opportunity to increase yield potential without jeopardizing return on investment (ROI) or soil health. The ability to precisely place fertilizer and create an optimal seedbed in one pass were two key reasons Hula decided to give the system a try.
“We're only tilling about a 7-inch band of our soil, leaving the rest of it on our 30-inch rows in a no-till environment. Then adding a little bit of fertilizer, some humic acid and other micronutrients as we go,” says Hula. “Our ride is so much smoother. Our seed placement is even better, and we're getting that uniform emergence.”
By using variable-rate technology for precise fertilizer placement and only applying fertilizer in the tilled area of the field, Hula is able to feed the crop exactly where it is growing. This doesn’t necessarily mean he uses less; it just helps ensure efficiency. This way, every dollar he spends on crop nutrition precisely fuels performance.
“Growers can't afford to over fertilize, and we sure don't want to,” says Hula, who knows he has a good crop by the way it comes out of the ground. “If corn comes up within six, seven days and so many GDUs from the time we plant with even emergence, then we know we have an opportunity to do something special. We got that picket row fence stand on strip-till acres.”
Less Maintenance, More In-Field Efficiency
In addition to its agronomic benefits, the SoilWarrior offers Hula peace of mind. The system is durable, easily rolling over rocks in his sandy loam soil at speeds of 8-10 miles per hour. It requires little maintenance throughout the season, which means fewer stops and more efficiency in the field.
“The thing we're seeing with this machine is there's not a whole lot of daily maintenance to it. We've run it on some coarse sandy loam soils, and the life of the blades is much better than I expected,” says Hula. “I've seen a lot of other strip-till equipment out there and none are nearly as well built as the SoilWarrior.”
Environmental and Economic Advantages
The land Hula farms is some of the oldest in the nation, dating back to the early 1600s. He’s proud of its history and takes responsibility for protecting it for his son and grandson to farm someday. However, the other side of sustaining the business is ensuring it remains profitable. Strip-tillage offers him the opportunity to do both.
“We're environmentalists and can't afford to let our soil leave the farm. Erosion control is extremely important to everybody because the soil is our resource. We sure don't want to jeopardize it, but we still need to remain profitable,” says Hula. “It’s great when there’s harmony between doing good things environmentally that also have an economic advantage. SoilWarrior is one of the things we're going to continue in 2020.”
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The Red Fort is a 17th century fort complex constructed by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. Also known as Lal Qila, it served Mughal Emperors as their residence. In the walled city of Old Delhi (in present day Delhi) the fort was the palace for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad. Red fort lies along the Yamuna River, which surround most of the walls. Red Fort’s significant phases of development were under Aurangzeb and later Mughal rulers. This monument was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. Red fort stands as a testimony to enormous power and pomp of Mughal emperors
A Bahá'í House of Worship and made in a flower-like shape, Lotus temple is a prominent attraction in Delhi. Completed in 1986, it has won numerous architectural awards and been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. Like all other Bahá'í Houses of Worship, the Lotus Temple is too open to all religion. The Bahá'í’ emphasize that the holy scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith and other religions can be read or chanted inside in any language. Since its inauguration to public worship, the Bahá'í House of Worship in Delhi has attracted millions visitors, making it one of the most visited buildings in the world.
Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Built in 1931, it commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the Indian Empire, or more correctly the British Raj, in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. The India Gate hexagon complex with a diameter of about 625m covers approximately 306000m² in area, surrounded by most important roads of national capital. Due to its breath-taking beauty, the lawns around Rajpath get crowded in the evening, when the India Gate is lit up.
One of the major tourist attractions in Delhi, Birla temple has been built by BD Birla. Dedicated to Laxmi (Goddess of wealth) and Shiv (The preserver), Birla temple was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi with the belief that it should be opened to all castes and all faiths. This three-storied temple is built in Nagara style of Hindu temple architecture. The entire temple is adorned with carvings depicting the scenes from Hindu mythology, which has been carved by more than hundred skilled artisans. The main temple houses statues of Lord Narayan and Goddess Lakshmi along with other small shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesha and Hanuman.
Indira Gandi Memorial
Placed near Safdarjung Road, Indira Gandhi Memorial was initially the residence of Late Shri. Indira Gandhi. Now being converted into a museum, the photos and newspaper clippings, as well as Indira Gandhi personal belongings are displayed here. One can also see the collection of the personal moments of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Some of the rooms of memorials are preserved as they are an interesting window to her life. Another section is devoted to her son Rajiv, who was assassinated in 1991 by a suicide bomber. Fragments of the clothes that he was wearing are on display here. On the way out, visitors will pass an enclosed crystal pathway that marks Indira Gandhi’s final footsteps before her murder.
Raj Ghat is a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, which was originally the name of a historic ghat of Old Delhi on the banks of river Yamuna. The memorial has been designed by Vanu G. Bhuta, reflecting the simplicity of Mahatma Gandhi's life. The design of Raj Ghat consists of a simple square platform made of black marble. The memorial has gone through a number of design changes in recent years. As a sign of respect the visitors are required to remove footwear before approaching the memorial. A commemorative ceremony is held here every Friday while Prayer sessions are held on each of Gandhi's birth and death anniversaries.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delhi, Qutub Minar has been constructed with red sandstone and marble. It is the tallest minaret in India with a height of 72.5 metres (237.8 ft). The Construction was commenced by Qutub-ud-din Aibak in 1192 but was completed by Iltutmish. During the rule of Firoz Shah, the minar's top two floors were damaged, but were repaired by Firoz Shah himself. Qutub Minar has a tilt of 25 inches to the southwest, which is considered to be 'within safe limits', but experts have stated that the monument needs regular monitoring in case rainwater seepage further weakens the foundation.
Sri Balaji Temple
Sri Balaji Temple or Sri Venkateswara Temple constructed in 1.17 acres in Udyan Marg, New Delhi. At the pre-designated ‘Sumuhurtham’, the temple priests performed ‘Prana Pratista’ to the idols of Lord Venkateswara, Goddess Lakshmi and Goda Devi, and Garudalwar. This was followed by Vedic recitation and Sathumurai among other religious formalities.The daily rituals to be performed are Suprabhatam, Tomala Seva, Archana, Nivedana and Vishesha Pooja from 6.45 AM to 10.15 AM. Veedhotsavam (taking out of the Lord in a procession) is also organised daily in the evening. Special services to be performed are Sudarshana Homam, Vasantotsavam, Ashtadasa Pada Padmaradhana, Sahasra kalasabhishekham, Tiruppavada, Abhishekam, Sriniavasa Kalyanam and Pushpa Yagam. These services will be performed once a day in that order. Till now, only three places in Andhra Pradesh have witnessed these rituals outside the Tirumala temple. Delhi is the fourth and first city outside Andhra Pradesh to witness it.
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Family {the ordinary moments}
Tiny chatterings
When Kitty was a littler person I used to write down all the funny things she said. It’s one of those moments as a parent when you look down at this tiny little person that you made and gave birth to and nurtured and nourished and watched over, who can speak. Actual genuine words, in roughly the right order, and so beautifully back to front in their logic that we’d struggle to keep a straight face.
But alas for Elma and Pip, I’ve had less chance to keep the same notes for them. Partly it’s just that life is busier now; I look back now on the days when I blogged every single day and wondered how on earth I was doing it, I’m not aiming half so high now and even then I don’t write nearly as many posts in me as I would like. And part I’ll admit is that they are the second and third children in the family, and I’m afraid that their sister will always have the novelty value; it’s the flip side of the coin that means that she is also the guinea pig so I don’t think they’re missing out too much.
But in my week at home I got to spend so much time with all three of them (and John), and to really hear how both Elma and Pip see the world. During most week days I only see them first thing in the morning when they’ve just woken up, and last thing before supper story and bedtime, and it’s not exactly their finest hour, so there tends to be less chatter and more “Mummeeeeee”.
Elma is trying her hand at jokes, probably because Kitty is also experimenting with jokes, largely of the “why did the chicken cross the road” variety, but Elma’s are just wonderfully factual:
Why did the caterpillar climb the tree?
Because he wanted to get some leaves.
Shortly followed by:
Why did the witch get the caterpillar?
Because she wanted to put him in the soup
And my personal favourite:
Why did the elephant wear glasses?
Because he wanted to see properly without blinking.
She falls off her chair laughing at them; the only thing funnier in her world is her Daddy saying “I want some chicken and a can of coke” in a fake scouse accent, which all three kids think is screamingly funny, to the point that they try to trick John into saying it, which is quite hard to do, given that his usual accent is Yorkshire.
Pip’s thoughts have, for the most part, been running along a protective streak; it’s as if he learns things during the day and then wants to make sure that I know them too. It’s usually just as he’s about to go to bed, a big bundle of bright eyes and soft cotton sleeping bag, curled up in my arms for the final cuddle of the day, and he’ll suddenly look up at me:
Mama! You shouldn’t eat buses, should you!
He also heard us talking about Bake Off Creme de la Creme and thinks that Mummy and Daddy watch a program on Cranky the Crane after he’s gone to bed – and he wasn’t very impressed with it!.
But the best comes via John, when he and Pip were turning into our road earlier in the week and spotted our neighbours’ cat sat on our drive. It’s a very silly cat and it likes to think it can take on cars so you quite often have to nudge the car gently onto the drive, beep the horn and wait for it to stop prancing about before you can park.
Mama went beep beep!
Mummy beeped the horn did she?
Yes, at the idjot. Beep horn at idjot Daddy!
Oh Mummy beeped at the cat!
after a small pause
Did we run over the cat Daddy?
No, we didn’t run over the cat.
We don’t run over cats do we Daddy?
No, that’s right, we don’t.
It’s OK, we can run over cat on Monday!
Well that’s going to make for an eventful start to the week!
Joining Katie at Mummy Daddy Me and Donna at What the Redhead Said for The Ordinary Moments
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Legends are rare. Many get an honorary title, no doubt stars in their own right at one time long ago or a pioneer of some description. However, to be a true legend, an icon, it takes a lot to make the grade. In NASCAR, David Pearson was an undisputed legendary driver, one of the best all-time, a true giant of the sport.
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I had such high hopes for NASCAR, at least since July. That is when NBC came on board, and presented the long sought after broadcast crew that could keep fans glued to the track simply by the strength of their commentary. We have waited years for that to happen, and it is crucial for a sport that has yet to solve some on-track competitive issues and more than a few off it. If the racing is not spell binding, then the commentary damn well better be if you hope to have anyone watching.
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Driving the 2014 Cascadia Evolution
When it’s available early next year (ordering is open now), the 2014 model-year Cascadia Evolution from Freightliner will offer revisions to Cascadia’s already extraordinary aerodynamics, changes to the common-rail fuel system and a simpler turbocharger setup, which should deliver a 7% fuel savings for the “new” Cascadia. Another significant option is the soon-to-be-available Detroit DT12 automated transmission.
This demonstration unit had more available fuel economy technologies to achieve a test-track 10.67 mpg. To further demonstrate available fuel efficiency, the same truck was employed in an over-the-highway Evolution of Economy Tour, a real-world highway run from San Diego, Calif., to Gastonia, N.C. That truck and driver combo scored 9.31 mpg to prove the updates to the Cascadia could push fuel economy close to the magical 10 mpg.
Changes to the Cascadia to boost aerodynamic efficiency were developed in Freightliner’s own wind tunnel in Portland, Ore. Many of the detail improvements are around the front fascia, with hood and bumper closings to keep air flowing around to the sides and there’s a change to the air dam under the front. A smaller radiator allows less air through, saving some weight as well. Other aerodynamic improvements include subtle change to the windshield seal, a sleeker elliptical shape for the mirrors and an integrated antenna. New chassis fairings and longer side extenders contribute to the lowered drag.
The resized radiator is a result of the switch to selective catalytic reduction, which requires less cooling for the still-present EGR on the 2010 DD engines. But at the same time, the new radiator has a revised baffling system for greater efficiency and a new mounting for increased durability.
Those are the basic Evolution changes. But the truck I drove was the ultimate Evolution, with 6x2 drive, ultra-low profile single tires, wheel covers and a trailer with aerodynamic aids created in the Freightliner wind-tunnel but representative of commercially available products. It also had the new Detroit DT12 transmission. Suffice it to say, the electronic controls and the way the transmission talks to the engine make this the ultimate in optimization, for performance and economy.
In this Evolution, the direct transmission is backed up by a Meritor final drive of 2.50:1 in the single drive axle. The tandem is the available Meritor 6x2 setup with a forward drive axle. A loading valve and anti-spin logic provide added traction when needed. It is gaining increasing attention with the 400-pound weight savings and the additional fuel economy from only one set of gears driving.
The ultra-low profile singles on tractor and trailer are by Michelin. They’ve been in the marketplace for 10 years, with more than a million produced. That should be enough to convince anyone they work. And not one went flat on this truck’s coast to coast run. They are as likely as not a major contributor to the outstanding coast-to-coast mileage. Fleets that use them consistently turn in leading fuel economy numbers, and there’s no question that they contribute to fuel economy.
Another fuel economy feature on the evaluation unit is the wheel cover. Developed by Jon Fleck, they really do the job. Easy to fit and work around, they actually deliver a modicum of fuel savings. A modicum here, and a modicum there, and you have a nearly 10 mpg truck.
In the cab
It’s great to climb aboard a really nicely spec’ed cab and sleeper, and this one truly is, though for the sort of application likely for this truck, the dinette sleeper would be my taste. Be that as it may, the 2014 model is little different from the tuck we tested earlier this year, except in dash and controls.
The dash now includes a new instrument cluster with gauges in the speedometer and tachometer, making use of otherwise underutilized real estate. It puts the coolant temperature and oil pressure gauges right there where you want to see them along with a repositioned fuel/DEF gauge. There are in-wheel switches for engine brake and cruise control, and marker light interrupter and flasher. And there’s the new shifter control on the steering column for the Detroit DT12 transmission.
A new switch sets the soft cruise setting the driver feels is most appropriate to his driving style.
We were fully loaded sitting in a turnout at Yountville facing southbound through the Napa Valley on state 29. It was hot outside but the 2014 Cascadia Evolution was nicely cool in the cab. The main reason for the drive was to explore the features of the new transmission while negotiating I-80, some divided highway and then some two-lane through the town of Napa and back through the vineyards of the region.
Starting out, with a foot planted on the service brake I rolled the direction selector to Drive and leaned on the air valves to release the brakes. All there remained to do was to move the right foot and squeeze down on the throttle. There's no danger of rolling back as there is a creep and crawl feature that will give a slow forward motion even without touching the accelerator. For steeper hill starts a hill-hold feature commanded by the transmission keeps service brakes applied until a torque sensor tells the air brakes to release.
For medium to heavy pedal demand, the transmission responds well, choosing the right gear for the conditions – including the truck weight, which for us was 76,000 pounds – and skip shifting for the quickest or the most economical acceleration. For instance, in one sequence in Economy mode and moderate throttle, the transmission shifted 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 within about 50 yards.
In the upshifts, there is interaction between the transmission and the engine retarder. The advantage is to punch the shift through as quickly as possible and also to minimize the torque break during the shift. Thus the truck slows less during the shift. Since there is less roll-off of speed, the feature actually saves some fuel – minute maybe, but still a savings. From a driver’s perspective, it enhances the performance – and remember we are still in Economy mode – to get up to speed faster.
Driving in Economy mode, where there is a need for additional performance, there is a kick-down feature at the throttle pedal. You can feel it in action as there is a detent that the driver has to push through, which produces a down shift followed by rapid acceleration from the 455-hp DD15.
In Economy mode, I noticed shifts for the most part between 1425 and 1450 rpms, putting the revs in the next gear precisely on 1000 rpm to make use of the flat 1,550 pound-feet from the 455-hp DD15 of the evaluation truck. In the performance mode, revs drift up to 1600 to 1700 and after an upshift the engine is at 1,300 rpm, where it can make best use of the horsepower curve.
This outbound stretch of highway has regular traffic lights, all seeming to turning red as we approached. But that was no problem: pulling down a notch or two on the shift lever for the retarder. As a bonus, the system is sensitive to how much braking is demanded. In the third (Maximum) demand position, an aggressive downshifting regime brings downshifts to make the retarder work at its peak efficiency.
But even without this feature, as you slow for a light or a corner, the transmission downshifts to be ready for the next acceleration demand.
One of the coolest features is the e-Coast, where the transmission goes to a neutral and the rpms fall to idle when cruise detects no throttle to retain road speed. Truly remarkable is how frequently this feature comes into use. On the rolling highway of I-80 West and East bound, I was astounded to be in and out of e-Coast all the time. On the coast-to-coast Tour early in the year, when this truck scored 9.3 mpg for the trip, the e-Coast mode accounted for around 25% of the total running mileage.
New for the 2014 is an asymmetric, waste-gated turbocharger for "fleet" horsepower ratings like this 455. By dispensing with the turbo-compounding on these lower rated engines, there is an economy gain and a savings of around 100 pounds. Despite this, there is plenty of performance on tap, helped in part by the efficiency of the transmission. Higher power ratings 15-liter and DD 16s will still feature the turbocharger
It was hard to imagine how the Cascadia could be improved, it was such a game-changer when it was introduced. But put the new transmission in the Evolution, spice it up with some added aerodynamic aids for the trailer, and you’ve got a package that delivers near magical 10 mpg fuel numbers with the ease and repeatability of the automatic shifting. It’s a combination that’ll be very hard to beat.
Posted by Steve Sturgess at 10:41 AM
guarantepass September 27, 2012 at 2:31 AM
Upshifts, there is interaction between the transmission and engine inhibitor. The advantage is to punch through the transition as soon as possible, and also to reduce the interruption of torque during the shift.
Detroit's New Automatic is a Fuel Saver
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SIMENON SIMENON. MAIGRET AND THE ENGLISH /2
The English abroad. Mon ami Maigret (My friend Maigret)
SIMENON SIMENON. MAIGRET E GLI INGLESE /2
Gli inglesi all'estero. Il mio amico Maigret
SIMENON SIMENON. MAIGRET ET LES ANGLAIS /2
Les Anglais à l'étranger. Mon ami Maigret
In Le Charretier de la ‘Providence’, Maigret’s investigation brings him into contact with Sir Walter Lampson, a retired colonel in the British army in India, ‘ruddy-faced, well-groomed, and phlegmatic […] very much the English gentleman as depicted in nineteenth century prints.’ In the course of his enquiry, the commissaire learns more not only about the personality which lies behind this surface appearance but also about the social norms of the colonel’s milieu and the social forces which have shaped a particular kind of “typical Englishman”.
In Mon ami Maigret, published eighteen years later, Maigret is being professionally shadowed in Paris by Inspector Pyke of Scotland Yard, when he is called to investigate a murder on the small Mediterranean island of Porquerolles and where the two men meet, among other residents, the wealthy Mrs. Wilcox and the retired army major Teddy Bellam. The commissaire encounters, therefore, not one English character but three, thereby providing him with the opportunity to study a broader cross section of the English in terms of age, professional background and gender.
Mrs. Wilcox and the Major, as he is known, both share important, but not identical, similarities with Sir Walter Lampson. Like Lampson, Mrs. Wilcox is a heavy drinker who enjoys intimate relations with younger members of the opposite sex (in her case, her “secretary”, Philippe de Moricourt) and who pursues a chaotic lifestyle on her yacht. The Major is another heavy drinker whose professional background matches that of Colonel Lampson and who shares the physical appearance of a caricature English gentleman, ‘so perfect that he looked like a drawing in Punch with his silvery grey hair, his rosy complexion, large clear eyes swimming in liquid, and the huge cigar which never left his lips.’
Inspector Pyke, on the other hand, although he shares what appear to be for Simenon the essential English characteristics of a fondness for alcohol and inscrutability, and is also a product of the upper-classes, is an Englishman of a fundamentally different kind, his age and professional activity setting him apart from his compatriots. The nationality and social class Pyke shares with Mrs. Wilcox and the Major and his common occupation with Maigret give him a foot in both camps and, as such, his insights into his fellow countrymen are a valuable source of information for Maigret and the reader alike.
There is another sense in which Pyke differs significantly not only from the other English characters encountered so far but also from Maigret – his willingness and ability to adapt to different national contexts. Just as Colonel Lampson relies heavily on the bilingual Willy Marco in his interactions with French-speakers, so Mrs. Wilcox depends to a considerable extent on her secretary and lover de Moricourt; and just as the colonel’s French is hindered by basic anglicisms such as ‘mon femme’, so the Major pronounces normally silentword-final consonants when he addresses the commissaire as ‘Monsieur Maigrette’. Pyke, on the other hand, speaks French very well and, although he is deeply traditional in the “Englishness” of much of his behaviour, habits and attitudes, he is able to adapt with comparative ease to different surroundings. Indeed, in many ways, the Englishman Pyke is less disconcerted by the differences between Paris and Mediterranean France than is Maigret, with his origins in the landlocked centre of France and his adult life spent in Paris.
In solving the case, Maigret discovers a further dimension to the characters of Mrs. Wilcox and the major, how their current behaviour has its origins in the social milieu from which they originate and the way in which these factors come together in a series of similarities and contrasts. Both come from traditional upper-class families – Mrs. Wilcox has inherited a major whisky manufacturing business and the Major is the younger brother of a member of the House of Lords – but their privileged origins have become a double-edged sword. As a woman, Mrs. Wilcox’s drinking and sexual proclivities, which might be acceptable in a man of her social background, put her beyond the pale of polite upper-class society, to the extent that her son-in-law and daughter have effectively banished her from England. Her wealth enables her to live her chosen lifestyle but only at the cost of voluntary exile. Under British law, the eldest son alone inherited all landed property, leaving younger brothers with little option but to seek their fortune elsewhere, often in the colonial armies, in which officer status guaranteed a privileged lifestyle. But on retirement, it would be impossible to maintain such a life in England with only an officer’s pension, hence the decision of the Major and, according to Pyke, many others like him, to live as expatriates, often behaving in a manner which would be considered unacceptable in the social circles from which they originate.
Herein lies a similarity between Mrs. Wilcox and the Major, a parallelism which paradoxically leads to each being unwilling to socially acknowledge the other. Maigret learns from Pyke that ‘they studiously avoid speaking to one another, and each looks at the other as though they didn’t exist’ and he realises that ‘after all it was understandable. They both had the same background. […] The major must have been very embarrassed becoming drunk under the eye of Mrs. Wilcox, for in his country, gentlemen do that among themselves, behind closed doors. As for her, in front of the retired Indian Army officer, she cannot have been very proud of her Moricourt.’ Each judges the other for having failed the standards of behaviour expected of their social class, yet each is also deeply aware of their own failing, which has made their expatriation necessary as much as voluntary.
In Le Charretier de la ‘Providence’, Maigret’s criminal investigation goes hand-in-glove with his growing understanding of Sir Walter Lampson; in Mon ami Maigret, his study of the English upper classes is broadened by the presence of more English characters and deepened by the insights that one of them, Pyke, is able to share with him.
William Alder
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The 51 Yard Line
A Little About My New Writing Job...
Credit: Covers.com
On Wednesday of this week, I had the pleasure of announcing my new hockey and, occasionally NBA, writing job for Cappers Picks, a sports betting advice and news site. The site has a staff of writers dedicated to game previews, tips and picks for sportsbooks, advice, and online sportsbook reviews.
Being pretty knowledgeable on both hockey and sports betting, I was able to parlay my knowledge into a position with this site. My main focus is writing nightly NHL (and some NBA, college ball) previews, discussing trends among teams, statistical analysis, injuries, and anything else that could have an effect on how you as a gambler would bet on that game.
Along with that, I give my personal picks based on Vegas betting lines. Basically, I ask myself how I would bet a particular game and then put my pick and reasoning behind the pick into the written preview.
It’s a pretty big opportunity for me and one that I was able to get because of this blog. The editors saw my work and enjoyed it and hired me based on that. That being said, I love my site and the content I’ve been churning out over the past couple of months. That will definitely continue, although it may focus slightly less on hockey since I’ll be doing so much hockey writing for Cappers Picks.
I hope anyone who reads my stuff here will check out what I’ve got going on over at the other site. You can find all my work under the “NHL Free Picks” or “NBA Free Picks” sections. Whether you’re a gambler or not, I try to make the game previews interesting and informative for everyone.
I don’t say it enough but thanks to everyone who supports me and reads The 51 Yard Line. This site means the world to me and has led me to the next step in my writing career.
P.S. I promise there will be more NFL and NBA content. Check out the Cleveland Browns piece I put up this week!
Tyler Berry's Sports-Watching Drinks of Choice
Photo Cred: Fansided
Two things I love dearly in this crazy messed up world of ours are alcohol and watching sports. A third thing I love is talking — or writing, in this case — about alcohol and sports. So, fresh off a liquor store run on this cold, blustery day in Central Indiana, I thought “Hey, why not write about what I like to drink while watching specific sports.” Because it’s my blog and I’ll project my ever-so-slight alcoholism and my not-so-slight obsession with sports on anyone who will take the seven minutes to read it.
Hockey (NHL, AHL, NCAA)
For me, watching a hockey game is a damn good time. I don’t need to get crazy liquored up to enjoy the fastest game on ice. But, I do enjoy a tasty beverage while I watch people six or seven years my junior do things that I’ll never ever be able to do.
So what’s my beverage of choice? Well, I am watching hockey, so naturally I usually choose the most Canadian drink known to man: Molson’s, the official beer of the NHL. Look, I know you’re thinking that Molson’s is “bad,” or “piss water,” or “what the fuck is Molson’s,” but it’s really not bad as far as those mass-produced lagers go.
At 5.0% ABV, it’s easy to drink two or three during a two-hour NHL game and still be sober enough to follow the puck and remember what icing is.
Premier League Soccer (or World Cup, Euro, etc)
As a huge Premier League and European soccer fan, I’ve oft woken up at the crack of dawn on chilly days to root for an Arsenal win or an Arsenal rival loss. Being that most of those games take place between the hours of 4-10 AM PST, I’m not usually in the mood to get black out drunk. Also, chances are it’s still semi cold out even in LA at 4 AM, so I’m not ready for a liquor-based drink like a Jack and Coke or a lighter beer like Corona.
My go-to drink, actually drink combination, at these early hours of the morning is a shot of chilled Fireball cinnamon whiskey and an ice-cold Newcastle brown ale.
This honestly started as a tradition for me back in 2014 when Arsenal played a 9 AM PST FA Cup Final match. With a Newcastle in hand, I plopped down on the couch in my LA studio apartment and began to watch what should have been a gimme game against a far less superior Hull City side. Well, Hull City quickly went up 2-0. So, that’s when I brought out the Fireball from my freezer.
A shot of that, and then another shot, and another, along with a couple more Newcastles and I was waking up the entire apartment complex with my cheers and shouts. Arsenal came back to win the final 3-2, and I forever gained a new drinking tradition.
Football Sundays have been a staple in my life for the past few years. Thanks to the kind bartenders and servers that I have grown close to over the years, I have developed a good drinking combination for the long 11-hour day that is NFL Sunday.
First, I always start off with a Bloody Mary. Chances are, I went drinking the night before and need a delicious hair-of-the-dog to get my mind and body right. From there, it’s all about the Corona.
For me, Corona Light is the ideal beer to drink consistently over the course of an entire day. It’s lower in calories, less filling, a 4.5% ABV, which all lead to a good time and a decent buzz, while still leaving you without a bloated feeling.
Corona Lights are my thing for football, no question about it.
NBA Basketball (College, too)
For any game outside of a Pacers game, give me a delicious craft beer. Something like a Modern Times brewed beer if I’m in California, or a Sun King if I’m in Indiana. You know, a great-tasting beer that has a higher ABV, one that I can drink two or three of while enjoying watching the Warriors destroy everyone.
For a Pacers game, it all depends on how the game is going. If the Pacers look good, I’ll probably still stick to a nice craft beer. If the ‘Cers are getting their asses kicked, bring out the Jack Daniels. Jack and Coke is my favorite “I need a stiff drink because my team looks like shit” drink.
The White Sox are terrible. So, liquor. Just any liquor I can throw in a cup and drown my sorrows in. Hell, just give me the bottle.
What are your drinks of choice depending on the sport you’re watching? What’s that? You’re not a borderline alcoholic so you don’t think about these things? That’s fair…I’ll just be over here.
*Sips beer*
Photo Cred: Rosamund Press
If You Love Hockey and You’re Not Listening to "Puck Soup", You’re Doing It Wrong
Photo Cred: Nerdist
When I started reading Puck Daddy, Yahoo Sports’ hockey-centric blog, I knew nothing about its founder Greg Wyshynski. As big of a hockey fan as I am, I admittedly turned to ESPN.com for most of my hockey news and analysis. I know, I know. ESPN really just does not care about hockey and it shows. That’s why I went out searching for a new hockey site to dive into, and Puck Daddy was what I found.
Not weeks later, Wyshynski announced the start of his brand new hockey podcast, Puck Soup, co-hosted by his buddy and avid Internet hockey presence Dave Lozo. Their immediate rapport and hilarious banter, their obsessive use of movie and pop culture reference, the fact that they often talk little-to-no serious hockey, all of this hooked me in right away.
NOTE: I’m mostly joking about the little-to-no hockey thing. They get to it eventually. Usually 40 minutes into the 90 minute episode.
What separates their podcast from most other hockey shows out there is Lozo and Wyshynski’s unabashed criticisms. They aren’t afraid to call out nonsensical rules and regulations, irrational hockey fans, players, and even the Commissioner. More members of the hockey media need to be calling out Commissioner Bettman on a regular basis like these two do.
They have no fear. Or if they do, they just ignore it for an hour and a half every week. It makes for an authentic, fun, and unpredictable show. But that’s only part of why I listen to every episode.
Most weeks, Puck Soup has a guest. It’s usually a celebrity, musician, or personality who is an avid hockey fan and it usually makes for some very interesting conversation. Lozo and Wysh joke that they’ve never had a major celebrity guest — you’ll get Margot Robbie one day, boys — but I think that’s part of what makes their guest segments work so well. You’re not going to hear your obvious celeb hockey fans like Vince Vaughn, but you’ll hear from much more interesting fans like John C. McGinley, complete with his stories about palling around with John Cusack and Chris Chelios in the 90s.
Or you’ll get Kelen Capener, the bassist from one of my favorite bands The Story So Far. An avid San Jose Sharks fan, Capener had a great segment talking about his hockey upbringing and fandom, even cracking jokes at Lozo and Wysh’s expense. Every guest just seems very relaxed when talking to two of the more influential hockey bloggers and podcasters out there. It all seems so natural and its a credit to the hosts being loose, funny, and engaging throughout it all.
I won’t name names but I’m used to hockey podcasts with the old guys, the same guys who have been doing hockey analysis for decades. And they’re great for analysis, for writing, but they’re just not that fun to listen to in a podcast format. Greg and Dave have taken the concept of a hockey podcast and flipped it upside down, focusing on the comedy in hockey and in life.
If you’re a hockey fan, do yourself a favor and check out Puck Soup. And also check out Greg’s other hockey podcast Marek vs. Wyshynski, which has a similarly loose style and an awesome cohost in Jeff Marek of Sportsnet.
Grand Tour: Top Gear with No Speed Limit
First off, yes this isn’t typically what you’d see on my sports blog. It’s a review of a show about cars. But, hey, have you have heard the term “motorsport?” Also, you don’t run my life. This is my blog and I’ll write what I want to write. Don’t hold me down. Gattaca! Gattaca!
Um…where was I?
Oh right. So the first episode of The Grand Tour, the new car-adventure-nonsense-review show from former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond, premiered on Amazon Prime this week. As a huge fan of these three middle-aged gear heads (petrol heads, if you’re from the other side of the pond), I couldn’t wait to dive right in and absorb every second that Grand Tour had to offer.
Right off the bat, the first sequence is actually pretty heartwarming, as it shows a lonely Jeremy Clarkson getting off a plane alone in the States and hopping in a Mustang. Eventually, while driving down a lonely road, Clarkson is met by two other Mustangs, one with May behind the wheel and the other featuring Hammond. It’s a feel good sequence that makes you understand that, through all Clarkson’s issues that led to the end of their Top Gear era, it was clear to the three of them that they would stick together and continue doing what they love to do.
From then on, the episode plays a lot like Top Gear, complete with some less-than-subtle jokes about how similar the formats are. As their new track is introduced midway through the episode, so is their new racing driver. No, it’s not the Stig. He’s called The American, and he’s not as anonymous as the Stig. Although, unless you’re a big NASCAR fan, you probably don’t know much about Mike Skinner. He provides some added humor, including a in-car review of the BMW M2. “This car wouldn’t pull a greasy string out of a dog’s ass,” he quips.
The back-and-forth banter that made Top Gear so popular is still in full force. A revelation that Captain Slow himself wound up getting a speeding ticket, followed by the punchline that he was clocked at 37 MPH, was a high point for that segment.
And of course, I can’t forget about the cars. The focus of this first episode was on a trio of stunning hybrid “hypercars.” The McClaren P1, Ferrari LaFerrari, and Porsche 918 Spyder were put through multiple tests by the hosts, culminating in the ever-important timed lap test. After an ill-conceived bet by Clarkson and his McClaren P1, the P1 was revealed to be the slowest of the three hypercars, and now his house is going to be demolished by May and Hammond. Classic.
The only major difference with The Grand Tour’s format is the lack of a “celebrity in a reasonably priced car” segment, another staple of Top Gear. While it’s clear, and refreshing, that the trio didn’t want to copy every single thing from their old stomping grounds, it was great to see them poke fun at the situation. Without giving the entire joke away, Clarkson introduces a new celebrity-based segment and it results in three celebrity deaths.
As Clarkson, May, and Hammond fans, I think I speak for us all when I say that we were sad to see the end of their Top Gear Era. However, if episode 1 of Grand Tour is any indication, we’re going to get an even wackier, more over-the-top version of Top Gear, complete with larger budgets and better production values. Count me in.
The Grand Tour has a 36-episode order. Based on the premiere episode, you can bet I’ll be along for the entire ride.
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Daily Fantasy Basketball: FanDuel Values for March 7th
If you play daily fantasy sports (and who doesn't these days?!), you know that one of the keys to success is uncovering undervalued players to allow you to load up on studs elsewhere.
In case you've never played daily fantasy basketball, every player has a salary and your roster cannot exceed the game's salary-cap maximum.
For FanDuel leagues, rosters consist of nine players and the salary cap is $60,000, which averages to roughly $6,667 per player. To give you an idea of the range for Friday's games, Timberwolves PF Kevin Love ($11,600) has the contest's highest salary while many are tied for the lowest at the game-minimum salary ($3,500).
There are a number of benefits compared to traditional full-season re-draft leagues, such as:
you don't have to worry about being saddled by players sidelined by injury;
having a late pick doesn't rule out owning studs like Kevin Durant or LeBron James;
you get the instant gratification of winning your league(s) that night.
And you know that enthusiasm you have after drafting your fantasy team(s)? Well, you get to experience that feeling on a nightly basis with daily fantasy basketball.
OK, with the preliminary stuff out of the way, here are some value plays to consider for Friday (March 7th) FanDuel leagues:
PG - Brandon Jennings, Detroit Pistons (at MIN), $6,600: Jennings has been inconsistent and it's hard to trust him, but he has scored 21-plus fantasy points in three consecutive games and has a favorable matchup tonight. The T'Wolves have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to opposing point guards this season. In fact, Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson, who returned from a long absence to drop 56.3 fantasy points on the T'Wolves on Monday, will be in all of my lineups as he faces the Lakers, who lost by 48 points to the Clippers last night.
PG - Jose Calderon, Dallas Mavericks (vs. POR), $5,100: More likely than not, I'll pair Calderon or another stud point guard with Lawson instead of Jennings. Calderon ended a four-game streak of 20-plus fantasy points, but he should bounce back with a favorable matchup tonight against Portland. The Blazers have allowed the second-most fantasy points to opposing point guards this season.
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SG - Randy Foye, Denver Nuggets (vs. LAL), $6,600: In the Lakers 48-point loss, they gave up 142 points to the Clippers. No team has allowed more fantasy points to opposing shooting guards this season than the Lakers. In his past nine games, Foye has scored at least 21 fantasy points every game and has averaged 26.84 during that span.
SG - Gordon Hayward, Utah Jazz (at NYK), $6,600: In his past five games, Hayward has scored at least 26.3 fantasy points every night, 30-plus in four games and 40-plus in two games. During that five-game stretch, Hayward has averaged an excellent all-around line of 17.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Only three teams have allowed more fantasy points to shooting guards this season than the Knicks.
SF - Wilson Chandler, Denver Nuggets (vs. LAL), $5,600: In his three games back since a one-game absence, Chandler has scored 21.1, 39.0 and 30.5 fantasy points, respectively. In his past two games, he is averaging 23.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. As you probably know or imagined, the Lakers are not good at defending small forwards as only the Sixers are worse.
SF - Kyle Singler, Detroit Pistons (at MIN), $4,600: While he lacks the upside of a monster night, Singler is a low-priced option that provides a steady source of solid production. In his past 10 games, he has scored at least 20 fantasy points in eight games. During that stretch, he is averaging 21.82 fantasy points per game. The T'Wolves have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to opposing small forwards this season.
PF - Kenneth Faried, Denver Nuggets (vs. LAL), $5,900: The Lakers are dead last at limiting fantasy points to three different positions and power forward is one of those three. Over his past three games, The Manimal has averaged 17.67 points, 8.67 boards and 1.0 steals to average 33.07 fantasy points per contest.
PF - Amir Johnson, Toronto Raptors (vs. SAC), $5,300: Since returning from a two-game absence, Johnson has scored a minimum of 22 fantasy points in seven consecutive games. During that span, he has averaged 10.43 points, 6.71 rebounds, 3.00 assists, 1.14 blocks and 0.86 steals per game. The Kings have allowed the eighth-most fantasy points to opposing power forwards this season.
C - J.J. Hickson, Denver Nuggets (vs. LAL), $5,600: Considering there is only one roster spot for centers in FanDuel games and guys like Al Jefferson, Joakim Noah, Andre Drummond, etc. have been so dominant lately, it may be hard to pass up one of the studs at the position. Against the Mavs on March 5th, Hickson had 16 points, five rebounds, five blocks and three assists for 36.5 fantasy points. No team has allowed more fantasy points to opposing centers this season than the Lakers.
C - Kelly Olynyk, Boston Celtics (vs. BKN), $4,200: An even cheaper option is Olynyk although his matchup against the Nets isn't great. Olynyk has been scored 29.5 and 38.6 fantasy points in his past two games played. In those two games, he has averaged 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists.
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Posted by Kevin Hanson at 6:27 AM
Labels: Amir Johnson, Brandon Jennings, Daily Fantasy Basketball, FanDuel, Fantasy NBA, Gordon Hayward, J.J. Hickson, Jose Calderon, Kelly Olynyk, Kenneth Faried, Kyle Singler, Randy Foye, Wilson Chandler
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The New Rough Guide to Ethiopian Music
Published by Tadias Magazine September 29th, 2012 in Art and Featured. Closed
The World Music Network label has a new CD out called Rough Guide to Ethiopia , which provides samples of everything from Ethio-jazz to contemporary fusion sounds, including classics from Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete as well as a new Krar Collective. (World Music Network, 2012)
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Ethiopian music continues to be a source of fascination and listening pleasure. Buda Musique’s Ethiopiques series, 27 volumes strong and full of vintage rediscoveries and new revelations, has certainly had a lot to do with leading the charge. It’s safe to say, though, that the Ethiopian fascination has taken on a life of its own. And it just so happens there’s an ever-increasing supply of releases to satisfy the also rising number of devotees.
It makes perfect sense that World Music Network would put out a second edition of The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia.
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Age Concern Mijas. 25 May, 7.45pm. Hotel Tamisa Golf. 25EUR. Age Concern is holding a charity dinner with entertainment by A Touch Of Class. The performance starts at 9pm but there are welcome drinks at 7.45pm followed by dinner at 8.15pm. Ticke
Art Gaucín Open Studios Gaucín. 25 - 27 May, 1 - 3 June, Gaucín village. The event will showcase new work by Art Gaucin's member artists as well as by guest artists Javier Machimbarrena from Spain and Gerrit Oppelland-Hampel from Germany. Rob
The Malaga Gastronomy Festival 2018 focuses on Basque cuisine
This year will be the fifth year of the Malaga Gastronomy Festival which is one of the biggest foodie events on the city's calendar. It started on Thursday and runs until Sunday 27 May with the main events taking place in the Plaza de la Marina. The
Music, dance and flamenco
The Wall Bar Malaga. Hotel Vincci Posada del Patio, 11pm, entry free. 25 May.Judith Font. 26 May. Daphne & Nicky Trio. Jazz and bossanova. Elena Mikhailova Malaga. 26 May, 6pm. Malaga Russian Museum. Free. A violin recital by Spa
San Isidro Almuñécar. 20 May,. The VII Romería de San Isidro takes place this Sunday. The procession will leave the centre of the town after 9am mass in the San Salvador church and head towards the Vega via the Río Verde. Día de Caracol, Río
Art Gaucín Open Studios Gaucín. 25 - 27 May, 1 - 3 June, Gaucín village. The event will showcase new work by Art Gaucín's member artists as well as by guest artists Javier Machimbarrena from Spain and Gerrit Oppelland-Hampel from Germany.
Phygelius x. rectus
Also called Cape Fuchsia or Cape figwort, Phygelius x. rectus is a hardy perennial shrub native to South Africa. It forms an upright mound of bright green foliage 60 cm to one metre tall by about 1.20 metres wide and once established, is drought hard
Spellbinding Boneset
MARIA HILLEN Although a wild flower, Eupatorium serotinum or Late Flowering Boneset as it is commonly called, has become popular for use in garden planting schemes to encourage bees and also to provide late season nectar for the Monarch Butterfly. It
The Violet Bush
The genus Barleria was named after Jacques Barrelier (1606-1673), a French physician, botanist, plant collector and Dominican monk. There are about 200 species in the genus of which around 60 are native to South Africa and the rest are from Asia.
It's slug and snail season
The copious rainfall of the last few months and the arrival of the warmer, more spring-like, weather has boosted lots of tender, new plant growth and slugs and snails are seriously busy taking advantage of all that lush greenery. Great for the sna
Rayless golden rod
Bigelowia is a small genus of plants native to Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and Florida in the US. It is a member of the daisy family (Asteraceaea) and although commonly called Rayless goldenrod it is not related to the similar-looking Solid
Taking softwood cuttings
Softwood cuttings are probably the most successful way to propagate perennials, deciduous shrubs and some trees. The 'softwood' is literally the flexible, new growth and they are the easiest to get to root. Softwood cuttings should be taken first thi
Palisot's Giant Sage
Brillantaisia is a genus of about twenty species native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. It is commonly called Giant Sage and although it is not related to the Salvia family, it is certainly a giant. From a spring sowing it can quickly reach 8 to 1
Toughening plants up
If you brought plants indoors over winter, or wrapped them up against the cold, then they can now slowly be hardened off. To do this the plant will need to be moved outside or uncovered, during the day and then moved back or wrapped up again at night
The scaredy-cat plant
The common names for this plant include, Painted nettle, Scaredy Cat plant and Piss off plant; botanically it can be found as Plectranthus caninus or Coleus canina. Like most members of the mint family Plectranthus caninus is aromatic, mainly when
Fascinating facts about plant names, part 1
All plants have binominal names which are usually Latin but can also be based on other languages. The first part identifies the genus and the second (the specific name) the species. The genus is always written with a capital letter and the specific n
Fascinating facts about atomic gardening
After WWII, there was an initiative to develop alternative uses for fission energy. It was called Atoms for Peace and part of it included atomic gardening. Gamma gardens, as they are known, were created in the US, India, Japan, Europe and Russia to s
Classic Marvel Comics Estepona. Until 31 March. Auditorio Felipe VI. This exhibition will focus on the most popular characters from Marvel comics in the 1960s-1980s, including Spiderman, X Men, The Fantastic Four, Thor and Iron Man. Juan Anto
Although the common name is Apple of Sodom, Calotropis is a poisonous plant. Other common names include Rubber bush and King's crown, and sometimes it is known by the synonym Asclepias procera. The genus Calotropis is part of the Apocynaceae famil
Sweet Parma violets
The genus viola has around 600 species which includes dog violets (commonly called Johnny Jump-Ups because they self-seed and spread everywhere), wild pansies and sweet violets. Some of them are perennial, others annuals. Pansies are a cross between
Spiraea nipponica
Spiraea is a member of the Rosaceae family and is a genus of around 80 to 100 species. It has narrow, oval leaves (lanceolate) which are usually toothed. The tiny white or pink flowers appear from late spring and through the summer and either form in
Holocaust Remembrance Day Marbella. Until 3 March. Galería Yusto /Giner, C/Madera 9. Daniel Solomons' 'Olam haba / The World to Come' is an exhibtion to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance and Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity Day
Zaluzianskya capensis
Exquisitely fragrant in the evening, Zaluzianskya capensis, commonly known as Midnight Candy or Nightscented Phlox, is native to South Africa and can be used as a container plant or for ground cover. It is a member of the Scrophulariaceae family (f
Show stopping Cymbidium
This amazing Cymbidium orchid belongs to Tom McClenaghan who says he has had it for seven years and apart from watering it occasionally and repotting it, he hasn't paid it much attention. It produced some long stems before Christmas and has been fl
A fragrant winter 'gardenia'
Luculia is a genus with just five species. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the Himalayas in China, Nepal, India and Bhutan. It is a member of the Rubiaceae family which includes gardenia, hamelia and coffee. Luculia can reach six m
Fascinating facts about the Fabaceae family
Fabaceae is commonly called the pea / bean family. It is the third biggest plant family after Orchidaceae (orchids) and Asteraceae (daisies) with approximately 700 genera and 18,000 species. There are three sub families within Fabaceae, Papilionaceae
Fuchsia paniculata
The Fuchsia genus is native to Tahiti, New Zealand and the West Indies as well as Central and South America. Millions of years ago these countries were all part of the land mass known as Gondwana and when it started to divide into continents and drif
'Tis the season to celebrate in Malaga province
Andalucía started celebrating the festive season over a month ago, and throughout the month of December not a day has gone by without an event happening somewhere in the region. The festivities are still continuing with the most recent being the Fies
Nerja town hall welcomes suggestions on how to improve area
Residents of Nerja are being encouraged to take part in the town hall's new initiative 'Nerja Decide' which runs until 14 January. The council is hoping that residents will put forward suggestions on how to improve the town. A form can be downloade
Christmas at the Cervantes theatre
The Cervantes Theatre in Malaga has some spectacular shows planned over the Christmas period. CONCERTS uWhere: Teatro Cervantes, C/Ramos Marín, Malaga. uTickets: www.unientradas.es or from the box office. Today, Friday 22 December, is a concer
African hemp
African hemp, also called Cape stock rose, Cape hollyhock, House Lime and African linden, is native to South Africa. Its botanical name is Sparmannia africana after the Swedish botanist Dr Anders Sparmann who travelled with Captain Cook on his second
Safe to prune
There's always something that needs doing in the garden and now that the colder weather is here it's safe to cut back acers, vines and mid to late-summer flowering clematis without them 'bleeding' excessively. Hardwood cuttings can be taken now and a
Begonia luxurians
Begoniaceae is the fifth largest angiosperm (seed producing, flowering plants) genus with nearly 2,000 species. It's not surprising then there are many species of Begonia that are not as well known as others. All gardeners will be familiar with the b
"Love them tender"
The nights are getting colder and if you live inland you should start lifting tender perennial plants such as cannas and dahlias. They should be dug up and placed in a box of just-damp compost in a cool, airy place. Nearer the coast it should be s
Siberian bugloss
Siberian bugloss or Brunnera macrophylla, is a woodland plant and member of the Boraginaceae family. It is equally valued for its attractive foliage as for its pretty little blue flowers which appear in spring and it is often grown in borders among s
A Spanish 'blue-stocking'
This vine is native to Mexico and is also known as Asarina barclaiana, Mexican Viper, Climbing Snapdragon and, misleadingly, since there are several plants that share this name, Angel's Trumpet. Maurandya barclayana is a twining, woody based peren
If you are lucky enough to have some tropical plants in pots you may be thinking about bringing them indoors or at least somewhere where they will be protected from the wintry weather. It's not enough to carry or drag the pot into the corner of a
Pruning roses
Light pruning of roses now will help to prevent wind damage in the interim before the hard pruning in winter. The warm autumn has meant that many roses have continued to grow unchecked and have developed long, whippy stems. In high winds these can
Canary Island Foxglove
The Canary Island foxglove, botanical name Isoplexis or Digitalis canariensis, is a perennial, woody shrub up to 1.5 metres tall with glossy green, serrated leaves and spikes of apricot or orange flowers with reddish anthers. Common names include
Preventing water-logging
It may still seem like summer but the rains can't be far away now and prevention is always better than cure, especially when waterlogging is involved. Plant roots need air to survive although only in tiny amounts. If the soil gets very wet, the plant
Calling all gardeners
We know that many of our readers have lovely gardens, or enjoy growing plants on their terraces or balconies, so why not share them with others? Email your photos to english@diariosur.es or send them to SUR in English, Avda Dr Marañón 48, 29009 Ma
The Bugle Lily
The Bugle lily, also called Beatrice watsonia, is an evergreen perennial, unlike montbretia which dies back to the ground in the winter. It is native to South Africa and is not drought or frost resistant but makes a stunning addition to a mixed borde
Autumn is creeping in at last although daytime temperatures are still quite high. Those two days (if you were lucky) of rain last week was perfect for softening the dry, hard earth and makes planting bulbs a lot easier. Now is a good time to get spri
Chinese dregea
Dregea sinensis, common names Chinese Dregea and Watakaka, is native to Africa and Southern Asia. It is climber that can reach approximately three metres high by the same width once it is mature, which can take up to ten years. It can be slow to get
Get decomposing
While it's still warm think about making or buying a compost bin, somewhere to throw all those vegetable scraps, egg shells, tea bags and coffee grounds from the kitchen and an invaluable source of lovely friable compost in ten months to a year's tim
Wild Rhea
Debregeasia or Wild Rhea is native to East Asia, China and the Himalayas. In its native habitat it grows on the banks of streams in forests and mountain valleys. It forms an evergreen shrub reaching up to five metres tall and was traditionally an imp
A giant among daisies
The Mountain Daisy, also commonly called the Cotton plant or Horse Daisy, belongs to the Celmisia genus of which the majority are native to New Zealand. The genus is in the Asteraceae family and consists of perennials and sub-shrubs often with silver
Ponds need a little bit of attention in the autumn. The main problem is with falling leaves, so remove those already in the water and place a net over the whole pond to prevent anymore falling in. This is especially important if you have fish in the
Silver Spear
Astelia is a genus of around twenty-five species of evergreen perennial rhizatomous plants native to New Zealand. One of the most interesting of the species is A. chathamica, commonly called Silver Spear, which forms large clumps 1.2 metres tall of n
A cure for baldness
The extremely hot and long summer has been hard for grass. September is the best month to tackle dead patches of the lawn and take steps to make sure that it comes back gleaming green for the spring. The first step is to scarify; it's easiest to do
The Velvet Bean
Common names for Macuna pruriens include Mauritius velvet bean, Pica-Pica, Bengal bean, Cowage and Itchy bean among others. It is an annual or short-lived perennial with pubescent (hairy) leaves and seed pods that can cause extreme skin irritation. T
Asiatic yellow wood
Maakia amurensis, common names Amur maackia and Asiatic yellow wood, is a deciduous tree and one of 16 species in the genus Maackia. It is a member of the Fabaceae family and has the characteristic flower shape of the rest of the pea family. It is qu
Marbella Benezra Gallery Until end of September. La Quinta, between Marbella and San Pedro. An exhibition of unique sculptures by six, internationally acclaimed artists. info@art-investments.com or benezragallery.com Andy Warhol Until 3 S
Gomphrena globosa is native to Brazil, Panama and Guatemala but is cultivated in many countries around the world. It is prized in Hawaii for making leis, in Nepal for making garlands to celebrate 'Brother's Day' and in Trinidad the flowers are valued
Silphium perfoliatum
The Virginia cup plant or Silphium perfoliatum, also commonly called Roisin Weed, will reach about two metres tall once fully grown. It has a habit of sprawling through the border with the flowers peering over the top of other plants unless is it ade
Carthamus tinctorius
Commonly called Safflower or false saffron, Carthamus (Cártamo in Spanish) is an attractive addition to the garden. It is also highly valued commercially for the oil from its seeds which is richer in unsaturated fats than olive oil. The flowers ha
Wavy leaf privet
Ligustrum japonicum 'Recurvifolium', or wavy leaf privet, is a hardy shrub or small tree. It is an evergreen with glossy, dark-green leaves which have wavy edges. The curled leaves are slightly lighter underneath and give the effect of movement, a fa
Cladastris kentuckea
Cladastris is a genus of nine trees, eight which are native to Asia and one to America. Cladastris kentuckea from the US is a small to medium sized deciduous tree, 10 to 12 metres tall when fully grown, and with a rounded crown between 8 to 10 metres
Malaga Peter Doig Malaga. Until 25 June, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo. 'Studiofilmclub' is an exhibition by Scottish artist Peter Doig. It consists of posters created by the artist advertising films for his cineclub in Trinidad and Tobago. P
Music, dance and charity
Malaga The Wall Bar Malaga. Hotel Vincci Posada del Patio, 11pm, entry free. 23 June. Susan Valery and Adrian Lombardi. Jazz and vocals. 24 June. Eva Jimenez and Joan Masana. 30 June. Son de Oro. Modern neo jazz pop with vocals from Estíba
Fuchsia care
Fuchsias should be showing lots of new growth if you remembered to cut them back hard this spring. To keep the new growth bushy and to encourage lots of flowers, trim back the stems to three or four sets of leaves. If you didn't cut them back earlier
All the pink ladies
Oenothera is a member of the Onagraceaea family, commonly known as Evening Primrose. The most well-known evening primroses have yellow flowers but O. speciosa has delicate pale pink blooms which attract lots of pollinating insects. The blooms of most
The rosy rice flower
Pimelea ferruginea, or the rosy rice flower, is native to Australia and New Zealand. Pimelea is a genus with around 80 species in the Thymelaeaceae family; a group that includes the heavily scented shrub Daphne. Unfortunately the Pimelea is hardly sc
More gardening tricks
1) Use nappies to line flower pots; apparently the adult ones are best as they contain tiny beads that absorb liquid and turn it into a gel, thus conserving water for the plant to take up as it needs it. 2) Mix potting compost with cat litter (this
Myrtle-leaf milk wort
Polygala myrtifolia, commonly called the myrtle-leaf milkwort or September bush (La Lechera del Cabo in Spanish), is native to South Africa. It is a member of the Polygalaceae family (milkworts) which has 17 genera and approximately 950 species. P
The sunset foxglove
Digitalis obscura, commonly known as the sunset foxglove or willow leaved foxglove, is native to southern and eastern Spain and Morocco. In Spanish it is known as 'brugía', 'dedalera negra' and 'hierba de las úlceras'. The flowers are unmistakably
Creeping Boobialla
Myoporum parvifolium is also known as Creeping Boobialla, a name given to a similar-looking plant by the aboriginal people of Australia but adopted for this dwarf shrub. It is a member of the Scrophulariaceae family (figworts) which includes around 6
Gardening Hints for May
Last week I mentioned using an insecticide called Bt spray. It contains Bacillus thuringiensis which is toxic to pests but won't harm bees; they're immune according to planetbee.org. Most shop-bought chemical sprays, even some of the ones purporting
Exhibitions in and around Malaga
Marbella / Estepona Mercedes López Charro Marbella. Until 31 May. Kasser Rassu Art Gallery, Blvd Príncipe Alfonso de Hohenloe Mercedes works as a freelance illustrator drawing a wide range of lifestyle, fashion and food illustrations, using tec
Events around the province
Charity fundraising Chamber of Secrets Torremolinos. 13 May, 8pm. Montemar Theatre. 32.95EUR An evening of magic, mind reading, comedy and music. Ticket price includes Sangria, beer or refreshments. 15EUR of each ticket goes to Cudeca Hospice. Limi
Marbella / Estepona Concert at the dolmens Estepona. 6 May, 8pm. Parque San Isidro Labrador. Los Pedregales. 12EUR. The cello and sax duo 'Electro Experience' (TIN Fernández and Karol Marin) will be performing at the dolmens. Bookings: 675942975
Exhibitions around the province
Marbella / Estepona Pedro Rodríguez Marbella. Permanent exhibition, Kempinski Hotel Bahía. Pedro Rodríguez 'Pedrín', a Malaga sculptor, has an exhibition of his works in the Galería de Arte de Pedrín in the Kempinski. One of his works 'Olly',
Gardening hints for April
When to feed a plant isn't a direct science and is really down to a gardener's instincts backed up by a bit of basic knowledge. Container grown plants benefit from being repotted in fresh compost every year. However, even fresh potting compost has a
The Boxleaf azara
The Boxleaf azara or Azara microphylla is a graceful perennial with downward arching branches. Once mature it can reach up to eight metres tall in ideal situations but is more likely to be around four to five metres if left to grow unchecked. It is n
What's on around the galleries
Marbella and surrounding area Paco Vivar Brinkmann Gaucín. Until 22 April, El Cuartito, C/Nueva. An exhibition of photos by Spanish photographer Paco Vivar. La Plazoleta Gaucín. Until 30 April, La Plazoleta. La Plazoleta, Gaucín
Malaga Ernst Kraft Malaga. Botanical gardens 'La Concepción'. A sculpture 'The Tree of Life' by Ernst Kraft will be on permanent display in the gardens on the lawns next to the pond. The minimalist structure of iron rods is five metres tall a
The Fringe Tree
Chionanthus virginicus is a large, deciduous shrub or small tree in the Oleaceae family (olive) and is native to the US. It has glossy, dark green, pinnate leaves that turn golden in autumn and long clusters of fragrant white flowers from spring, jus
Pruning Forsythia
The bright yellow flowers of the Forsythia have faded heralding the time to prune. It is when the leaves start to appear that the buds for next year's flowers start to form under the bark so the time to get the secateurs out is now. Forsythia is very
Costa welcomes visitors for a week of sunshine and processions
There's no other time of year when visitors and foreign residents have their eyes opened as much to the pomp and ceremony of religious tradition in Spain than Semana Santa (Holy Week). Across the country finishing touches are being made to this year'
Costa ready to welcome visitors for a week of sunshine and processions
Marbella / Estepona Roger Cummiskey Marbella. Until 31 March, The Golfer Sports Bar Abstract oil paintings in an exhibition entitled 'Potpourri'. Benezra Gallery Marbella. Until 30 April. La Quinta, between Marbella and San Pedro.
Resolute London Pride
Common names for this member of the Saxifraga genus includes St Patrick's Cabbage, Whimsey, Prattling Parnell, Look Up And Kiss Me and London Pride, the latter being the most popular. Although 'true' London Pride (Saxifraga x urbium) is a hybrid betw
Music, charity and culture
Charity events Animal shelter visit Benalmádena. Benalmádena Animal Rescue Shelter. First Sunday of every month, 12pm-3pm. The animal rescue centre will host visitors to see the shelter. Includes a visit by a dog trainer and vet to answer que
The Spanish wallflower
Erysimum linifolium is commonly called the Spanish wallflower. It is a genus in the Barssicaceae (cabbage) family which has over 180 species. The genus is also known as Cheiranthus. Erysimum linifolium (Alhelí de invierno in Spanish), is native to Sp
Music The Wall Bar Malaga. Hotel Vincci Posada del Patio, 11pm, entry free. 10 March. Daphne & Nicky. Jazz and bossanova. 11 March. Twin Room. Sonia Veravocals and Josu Jungutu on piano. Vintage swing. Guy Braunstein and friends Malaga.
Malaga Museum Jorge Rando Malaga. Cruz del Molinillo, 12 The works of contemporary artist Jorge Rando are on permanent display. The museum also holds poetry and musical events. Rando y Ciriza Museum Jorge Rando. Malaga. Until 30 April. Cruz
If you know that some of your plants are going to need supporting or they'll be flopping onto neighbouring plants once summer comes, then now is a the time to put in stakes. Use twiggy sticks left over from pruning, bamboo canes or metal stakes but b
The mist flower
Fast growing, the mist flower is an evergreen perennial shrub reaching up to three metres high by about the same width in just a couple of years. This plant is known by two genus names; the most recent is Bartlettina sordida although it was previousl
The Persian Buttercup
There are approximately 600 species in the Ranunculaceae family which includes buttercups and spearworts. One of the species that has become a popular garden plant is Ranunculus asiaticus or the Persian buttercup. As the name suggests, they origina
Mijas / Fuengirola Artistas Eclécticos Mijas Pueblo. Until 17 March. Clínica Veterinaria, Avd México 21. Works by Sinikka Ahokas-Gröhn, Elaine Carlton and Richard Wood. www.artistaseclecticos.com Mercedes Llamazares Los Bolichos. Until 23
What to do: music and events
Music and dance The Wall Bar Malaga. Hotel Vincci Posada del Patio, 11pm, entry free. 17 February. Susan Valery and Adrian Lombardi. Jazz and vocals. Mäbu Malaga. 17 February, 10pm. Sala Velvet Club, C/de las Comedias. Mábu is an indie b
Saint Valentine, patron saint of epilepsy
February 14th, Valentine's Day, is traditionally known as a day for lovers with cards, chocolates and red roses exchanged. Less well known is that St Valentine is also the patron saint of epilepsy sufferers. In ancient times, when there was very
This week in the galleries
Marbella / Estepona Emmanuel Janvier Estepona. From 18 February until 5 March, New Longman's, Plaza de Manilva, 6. An exhibition of acrylic and watercolour paintings by Emmanuel Janvier. The inauguration evening on 18th starts at 7pm and wil
Silver Loosestrife
Lysimachia ephemerum, also called Willow-leaved or Silver Loosestrife, is a member of the Primulaceae family and native to Southwest Europe. It grows wild in some parts of Spain, usually on banks of streams. Unlike Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum clethro
If you haven't felt like getting out in the garden due to the cold winds (and even snow in some areas) then the return of the sunshine should give you the motivation to get out there and start preparing beds for the spring. Digging is the best way to
Malaga Ortega Bru Malaga. Until 28 January, ArsMálaga Palacio Episcopal Around 100 religious paintings, sculptures and drawings in tribute to sculptor Luis Ortega Bru. Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich Malaga. Until 29 January, La Térmica,
Music, film and more
Charity events Concert for Mutiplesclerosis Rincón de la Victoria. 28 January, 8pm. Sala las Musas. A concert in aid of the Esclerosis Múltiple charity features Naiala Narciso, Eduardo Díaz, Aires de Torremolinos and Esperanza Márquez. Char
Snow on the Mountain
The plant genus Breynia includes around 35 species of evergreen shrubs. The most popular of which are the colourful variegated forms as the tiny greenish flowers are virtually invisible. The oval leaves form in flattened, frond-like sprays on pink or
Music and culture, something for everyone
Flamenco 'Quebranto' Nerja. 21 January, 9pm. Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja. 12EUR The dance company Antonio de Verónica trace a path through the different rythms of flamenco. 'Con Temple' Vélez-Málaga. 22 January, 9pm. Teatro del Carmen. 5EUR
Marbella / Estepona Magpie International Gallery. Marbella. Until 23 January. C/Virgen del Pilar. 200m from port. An exhibition of art work entitled 'Relaciones' (Relations) by Austrian artist Dana Nowak. Cecilia Noriega-Bozovich Marbell
Million Bells petunia
Calibrachoa is a relatively new genus of plants to many gardeners; the first cultivars weren't available until 1992 and there are still only about a dozen named varieties available in a wide range of vivid colours including soft pinks, bright fuchsia
Exhibitions and galleries
Malaga Gerald Brenan Museum Churriana. Until 1 February. Casa de Gerald Brenan, C/Torremolinos. A collection of photographs of Brenan, his wife and the many friends, among them writers, aristocrats and beatniks, that visited the house in Ch
A week of music and culture
Music and dance Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra Auditorium of Museo Picasso. Malaga. 17 January 8pm The Cuarteto Fucco formed by violinists Nicolás Ciocan and Raúl Baixaili, viola Razuan Cociodar and cellist Carlos González, all teachers from th
Hare's Foot Fern
Davallia canariensis (synonym Trichomanes canariensis) is an epiphyte fern native to the west Mediterranean region, the Canary Islands and Madeira. Common names include the Hare's Foot Fern and Shinobu Fern although they tend to be used for the genus
Cider vinegar, the cure-all
For centuries apple cider vinegar (ACV) has been used as a folk remedy for all sorts of health problems and recently there has been a renewed interest in its benefits, although there aren't many scientific studies to back up the claims. These claims
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How to carry Steve Jobs’ spirit & vision forward with us
“He helped show us what beauty can be found at the heart of even our most technologically advanced offerings if we can just *imagine* the possibilities.”
I mourn Steve’s passing and feel the tremendous void of his absence. At the same time I rejoice and revel in his accomplishments, his amazing impact on this world and the people around him.
Steve and the people he inspired have had a tremendous direct impact on the quality of my professional life as a software engineer and tinkerer. He helped provide and inspire the creation of amazing tools that are a joy to use and work with. He helped show us what beauty can be found at the heart of even our most technologically advanced offerings if we can just imagine the possibilities.
If we wish to preserve the spirit of his vision and carry his way of looking at the world and technology products forward, we should also look at the people who came before that inspired Steve himself. An individual who was a great inspiration to Steve was a man named Edwin H. Land, a scientist and inventor of instant photography as well as co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. Edwin H. Land came about as close as the equivalent of being a rock star to the general public as any scientist has for his time. There is a great article discussing the impact Edwin Land had on Steve Jobs that is well worth a read.
There is a great presentation called 12 Lessons Steve Jobs Taught Guy Kawasaki by Guy Kawasaki, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, bestselling author, and one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. He outlines the principles that guided Steve’s outlook in regard to business and product development that can be applied to all of our efforts.
If we wish to preserve Steve Jobs’ spirit and way of thinking in our world despite his absence, we would do well to look closely at his life, those who inspired him and the people he inspired and surrounded himself with. No innovator succeeds purely on their own, and while Steve Jobs is no exception, his vision, tenacity and leadership clearly has had broad and long reaching impact on our world.
Thank you for your contributions to our world Steve, you will be greatly missed.
-Michael McIntosh, VP of Search Technologies, TNR Global, LLC
Author tg_adminPosted on October 11, 2011 Categories Corp Blog, NewsTags Edwin H. Land, Guy Kawasaki, Macintosh computer, Polaroid, product development, software engineer, Steve Jobs, technology, Vision
Chris Miles Joins TNR Global as Senior Software Engineer
HADLEY, MA–July 18, 2011—TNR Global is pleased to welcome Chris Miles in the role of Senior Software Engineer on TNR’s Search Team. Miles will be responsible for designing and implementing custom enterprise search software for TNR’s clients. Among other projects, Chris will also develop solutions for one of TNR’s largest clients, a publisher of manufacturing parts and vendors. He is proficient in software languages Java, C++, C, Ruby, PHP, and CSS.
Prior to joining TNR Global, Miles was a Senior Systems Analyst at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He has held consulting roles for CarePaths Inc., and was a Senior Developer for Miller Samuel Inc.
“We’re excited about the addition of Chris to TNR. He brings a wealth software development expertise to our team” said Michael McIntosh, VP of Search Technologies of TNR Global, LLC.
Join us as we extend Chris a warm welcome to the TNR team!
Author tg_adminPosted on July 18, 2011 Categories Corp Blog, News, search, staffTags announcement, Enterprise search, job, Michael McIntosh, Search solutions, search technologies, software engineer, TNR Global
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Hands-On: Iron Man VR
by Lou Balzani October 5, 2019
Let’s face it – we all want to be Iron Man. It’s hard to think of the character and not imagine what it would be like to fly through the air at incredible speed and obliterate foes with blasts of energy. Now, thanks to Seattle-based developer Camouflaj, Marvel’s Iron Man VR gives you the opportunity to see the world through Stark’s mask and get a taste of what that experience might feel like. Though not without its rough spots, the game does an excellent job of putting you in the suit and letting you live out those fantasies, and for some, that’ll be all they need to hear.
On the surface, the controls seem simple; you fly, shoot, and punch just like Iron Man does. The game uses the PlayStation Move controllers and your palm positioning to simulate the thrusters in the suit’s hands. You activate the thrusters with the triggers, and where you fly depends on where your palms are pointing. Angle them toward the ground, and you’ll gain altitude. Hold them out in front of you, and you’ll stop moving forward. When flying, you can also tilt your palms to redirect your thrusters and turn a little bit. Holding the big Move button with your palm extended outward lets you aim and fire at a target, which is very intuitive and feels great to pull off. Holding either of the bottom two buttons lets you charge up a homing punch, which you unleash by actually punching the air in front of you. This setup works remarkably well, and cliché as it may be to say that the game makes you “feel” like Iron Man, it’s genuinely true to a certain degree.
For as fun as the core controls are, one aspect that does feel clunky is turning. While the bottom two face buttons control punching, pressing the top two buttons will turn your character about 45 degrees. This is a controller-specific action, so only pressing the buttons on the left-hand controller will turn you to the left. Same goes for the right-hand controller. It’s not ideal, but there’s no easy solution to this problem; you can’t physically turn or rotate very far, for example, without blocking the PlayStation’s view of the controllers, but since the rest of the navigation controls are movement-based, using buttons does create a bit of a logical disconnect.
Ready or not, the demo plunges you into a flying and shooting tutorial set over the ocean near Stark’s California home. Players get to take full control of the suit, and it’s rather thrilling to soar and plummet through the air with seemingly nothing to confine you but invisible walls. Though the presentation on the VR headset was a bit pixelated and unrefined, watching the ocean surface rush up to greet me genuinely made me feel like I was falling, however briefly. Shooting targets, flying through checkpoints, and pummeling waves of drones all felt as natural as could be – that is, of course, once I wrapped my head around the control scheme enough to perform more than one action at a time. The whole setup definitely takes some getting used to, and fun as it was, I still didn’t feel like I could confidently control it by demo’s end. I have no doubt that the controls will feel much more natural with time and experience, but know that there is a learning curve in the beginning.
In the demo’s pre-alpha state, however, it’s clear there’s more work to be done. While gameplay worked well, the game would occasionally lose track of the controllers and negate an attack or motion I was preparing. Some of this, in fairness, may have been the result of the physical setup of the PlayStation booth and the game hardware, but it was a problem nonetheless. Bystanders also commented that some of the presentation elements, such the model used for Pepper in the HUD, were of noticeably low quality, and some environmental elements needed work as well. For what it’s worth, PlayStation reps were quick to point out that the demo on display was an old build of the game, and I hardly noticed such things while playing.
I have to admit, this is a really cool idea and a really cool game. This is as close to “being” Iron Man as any interactive experience has pulled off to date. The concept lends itself to the PlayStation VR setup very naturally, and it’s pretty striking to see it all in motion. This is one of those projects that almost seems to make too much sense, and fans of the character will undoubtably love what it lets you do. Now, you too can be Iron Man – if you have enough Stark-like money to afford the hardware you need.
Marvel’s Iron Man VR takes to the skies on February 28th as a PlayStation VR exclusive.
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Psychology CSS Paper I 2002
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2002
Psychology, Paper I
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Note: Attempt Five questions in all, including question No. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
How did behaviorism differ from earlier schools of psychology? What were the main objections of Gestalt Psychologists about behaviorism?
What is the endocrine system? Discuss the role of various hormones in regulating normal human development.
How is “Shaping” used to condition a new response? In what ways principles of operant conditioning can be used for improving educational techniques?
Elucidate the differences between biogenic and sociogenic motives. How does Maslow’s hierarchy of Motives explain the relative standing of these motives? Give examples.
What are the main determinants of perception? Explain the effects of learning and motivation on perception.
Critically evaluate Freud’s theory of personality development.
Write short notes on any TWO of the following.
(a) Formation of opinions and attitudes (b) Prejudice (c) International tension (d) Group norms
COMPULSORY QUESTIONS
8. Write only the correct answer in your Answer Book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
1) The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the:
(a) Reuptake site (b) Receptor site (c) Synapse (d) Axon terminal (e) None of these
2) The autonomic nervous system differs from the somatic nervous system in that its operation is largely:
(a) Involuntary (b) Voluntary (c) Controlled by the brain (d) Controlled by the spinal chord (e) None of these
3) The most fundamental principle of perceptual organization is called the:
(a) Figure-ground relationship (b) Volley principle (c) Dark adaptation phenomenon (d) Law of closure (e) None of these
4) Which of the following phenomena was studied by parlor?
(a) Maturation (b) Animal cognition (c) Operant conditioning (d) Classical conditioning (e) None of these
5) What can occur if a person believes that a connection exists between an act and its consequences when there is no relationship between the two?
(a) Classical conditioning (b) Superstitious behavior (c) Shaping (d) Sequential learning (e) None of these
6) Advertisers place beautiful people or likeable places and objects with the products they are trying to sell because these items:
(a) Distract from the disadvantages of the products (b) Cause pleasant feelings to be evoked (c) Are part of the products’ basic qualities (d) Are just elements of scenery (e) None of these
7) The body’s natural tendency to maintain a state of internal balance or equilibrium is called:
(a) Arousal (b) Opponent process (c) Homeostasis (d) Instinct (e) None of these
8) Concerns with meeting standards of excellence and accomplishing difficult tasks refer to need for:
(a) Affiliation (b) Achievement (c) Power (d) Apperception (e) None of these
9) Which of the following condition is not associated with prolonged sensory deprivation?
(a) Inability to concentrate (b) A satisfying-relaxed feeling (c) Hallucinations (d) Confusion (e) None of these
10) Presence of others may interfere with performance due to:
(a) Social inhabitation (b) Social loafing (c) Distraction (d) All of these (e) None of these
11) Psychology has been defined by psychologists as:
(a) The study of behavior (b) The study of mental activity (c) The science that studies behavior and mental process (d) None of these (e) All of these
12) When we look at a distant object, we usually judge its size by:
(a) Object size (b) Perspective size (c) A compromise between object size and perspective size (d) Retinal size (e) None of these
13) The view that we are born with the ability to perceive the way we do it held by:
(a) Sensory psychologists (b) Nativists (c) Empiricists (d) Contemporary psychologists (e) None of these
14) The ability to focus on stimuli in which we are interested while resisting distracting stimuli is called:
(a) Concentrated attending (b) Stimulus focusing (c) Selective attention (d) Structured perceiving (e) None of these
15) In Freud’s theory of personality:
(a) The ego obeys the reality principle (b) The id operates by secondary process thinking (c) The super-ego obeys the pleasure principle (d) The ego operates by primary process thinking (e) None of these
16) Trail theory has been criticized on the ground that:
(a) Traits may be highly dependent on the situation (b) Moderator variable are often very influential (c) They often do not specify how traits are organized within the personality (d) All of the ((a), ((b) and ((c) (e) None of the ((a), ((b) and ((c)
17) When we receive mixed information about a person, we tend to base our impression on the information that is:
(a) Favorable (b) Unfavorable (c) Received first (d) Received last (e) None of these
18) Most of the social psychological research on attitude change has been generated by theories concerning:
(a) Consistency in attitudes and behavior (b) Cognitive dissonance (c) Self-perception (d) Attribution (e) None of these
19) The public opinion survey is:
(a) A passive record of opinion (b) Limited to what the public believes at one moment in time (c) Generally ignored by successful politicians (d) Increasingly helping to shape opinion as well as measure it (e) None of these
20) The objectivity of science lies in:
(a) The capability of scientists to avoid the prejudices of their society (b) The choice of question studied (c) Its methodology (d) All of these (e) None of these
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Many people think that a quality, Catholic education is financially out of reach for their children, but that is just not true. Venango Catholic High School has many ways to offset the cost of your child’s education – payment of tuition should never be a reason for a student not to attend Venango Catholic High School.
It is important to realize that, while all families pay a standard and equal tuition amount, that tuition can be paid in several different ways. Tuition can be reached through cash payments, in financial assistance through the diocese or school, or through work-study programs.
It should also be noted that tuition only makes up about 35% of the actual cost of your child’s education. The balance is made up from our supporting parishes, from the Diocese of Erie, and from fundraising and gifts to the school.
Tuition for the 2018 – 2019 school year
Total Tuition: $6,550.00
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Venango Catholic families have the option to pay tuition by installments. To make this process easier for families, Venango Catholic High School uses FACTS Tuition Management to take advantage of scheduled automatic payments from a checking or savings account on date(s) chosen by the family. Other than “Plan A,” families must maintain a FACTS account and are responsible for the FACTS management fee, currently $42.00 per year.
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Venango Catholic High School’s most important financial aid policy is that the ability to pay tuition does not influence a student’s admission to the school. In cases of financial hardship, the school will work with families to develop a manageable and equitable tuition arrangements.
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SCRIP is a tuition rebate program. With SCRIP fundraising, members purchase gift cards from some of America’s favorite retailers at regular face value through SCRIP. A percentage of each gift card purchase comes back to Venango Catholic High School, which passes the percentage on to the families directly in the form of a tuition reduction. Extended family and friends can help too – all they need to do is indicate which VC family should receive the credit. For additional information and to see a list of participating retailers and the rebate percentages, consult the Great Lakes SCRIP Center website
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Tall Tales and Bedtime Stories
This new collection of work is loosely based on familiar children’s stories and tales that I had heard and have told to my children. These images are not intended to present the viewer with a “complete image” but leaves details of information to allow the viewer to complete the story for themselves.
As an artist and illustrator Drew is interested in creating a connection with the viewer using the traditional elements of art to convey an emotional story as well as a literal. Best known for his watercolor work for Wizards of the coast this new series of work is similar stylistically though the medium has changed to oil. One can find the familiar use of shape, color and texture and abstractions meant to help guide the viewer on a subconscious level. The aim as an artist is to bring emotional quality of fine art to the commercialized aspects of illustration.
Born is St. Louis Mo. to a supportive family Drew showed an interest in Art at an early age. He has been an artist his entire life. Drew graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA and later with a MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from School of Visual Arts NY,NY.
Drew lives with his wife and children in Southern Illinois He may be found online for commissions, or on Facebook as well as teaching at John A Logan College in Carterville, Illinois.
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"Birdhouse" Original Artwork by Drew Tucker
"The Deer Queen of Sutherland" Original Artwork by Drew Tucker
"Frog Prince" Original Artwork by Drew Tucker
"Averydale Farms" Original Artwork by Drew Tucker
"Twains bend" Original Artwork by Drew Tucker
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Ad from PLAYTHINGS magazine January 1950. (Thanx to Billy Holcomb.)
A Wheaties breakfast for Roy Rogers. (Thanx to Jerry Whittington.)
Roy Rogers enjoys a Tootsie Roll.
Roy had his own chain of restaurants...many are still open in the Eastern
part of the country.
Gene Autry, Gail “Annie Oakley” Davis and five year old Mark Ryan help promote C.A.R.E. in 1956 Chicago. (Thanx to Roy Bonario.)
Like Roy, Gene Autry enjoyed his Wheaties also. (Thanx to Jerry Whittington.)
Curtiss Candy of Chicago sponsored “Tales of the Texas Rangers” starring Willard Parker as Jace Pearson and Harry Lauter as Clay Morgan.
Cameron Mitchell of “High Chaparral” touts Helbros Watches in 1957. (Thanx to Marianne Ritner-Holmes.)
In the ‘50s Hoppy Savings Clubs were a staple at many banks and Savings and Loan associations. This 9/16/52 ad is from a Kenosha, WI newspaper.
Hopalong Cassidy was tied in with hundreds of products in the ‘50s including
Chicken of the Sea tuna.
RCA gave us a color “Bonanza” in 1959.
“The Lone Ranger” and Cheerios were synonymous in the ‘50s.
Without a doubt the biggest TV Western star of them all, Clint “Cheyenne” Walker endorses Acme Boots in this montage. (Thanx to Lonnie Chapman.)
G-E was one of the sponsors of “Cheyenne”.
Canada Dry didn’t use her name but that’s Gail Davis as Annie Oakley.
Lovely Virginia Grey endorses Hollywood Bread in this 2/19/50 ad. The oft times Western actress co-starred in “Secret Valley” (‘37) w/Richard Arlen, “Bells of Capistrano” (‘42) w/Gene Autry, “Idaho” (‘43) w/Roy Rogers, “Wyoming” (‘47) w/Bill Elliott, “Desert Pursuit” (‘52), “Fighting Lawman” (‘53), “Forty-Niners” (‘54) all with Wayne Morris, “No Name on the Bullet” (‘59) w/Audie Murphy and TV Westerns such as “Trackdown”, “Yancy Derringer”, “Wagon Train”, “Stagecoach West”, “Virginian” and “Bonanza”.
Here’s Jimmy Wakely, one of the many B-Western stars Bazooka used to sell
their bubble gum.
Gary Cooper for Chesterfield on 7/15/40.
Ken Curtis as Festus in 1983.
Ken Curtis wears Tony Lama boots.
The way the ad reads, “photo courtesy of United Artists”, I wonder if Leo Carrillo even knew he was endorsing guitars for Sears, Roebuck and Co. This ad dated 12/2/36.
Wonder how many silver dollars Bat’s hat held. This ad from 1/8/61.
This Tom Mix endorsement for Buck Skein jackets is from September 1928.
Viceroy Cigarettes sponsored “Wanted Dead or Alive” as well as “The Texan”. This ad from July 1959.
Steve McQueen’s gun and holster set advertised here in December 1960 is one TV
Western collectible I've never seen for sale in later years.
You could have gotten your free Wyatt Earp Buntline Special at this Albuquerque, NM Fedway store in March 1959.
Jock Mahoney was the Range Rider with Dick Jones as Dick West.
Kelloggs sponsored “Wild Bill Hickok” on radio and TV. This ad with Howdy Doody
is from 1953.
Jingles talks to the PurOlator man in 1952.
Andy Devine was appearing with Bill Elliott in “The Last Bandit” in 1949 when he endorsed Coleman Folding Camp Stoves.
I wonder if anyone ever really won a part in one of Duke’s movies by saving
Dr. Pepper bottle caps. (Thanx to John Bickler.)
Sadly, this ad speaks for itself. (Thanx to Jerry Whittington.)
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ANNE BANCROFT COLLECTION, THE (8 DISC SET / 1952-87) (BLU-RAY)
Starring: Patty Duke, Peter Finch, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman
FEATURING A WEALTH OF BONUS FEATURES AND A 20-PAGE BOOKLET
Celebrate the extraordinary film career of Anne Bancroft in this first-ever collection of some of her most iconic performances. From Annie Sullivan to Mrs. Robinson, and from Helen Hanff to Anna Bronski, this Oscar®-winning (1962: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Miracle Worker) and profoundly versatile actress delivered some of the most poignant and sharply comic characters in modern film. The Anne Bancroft Collection pays homage to one of the greatest talents of her generation.
DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK (1952)
Pilot Jed Towers (Richard Widmark) encounters the beautiful Nell Forbes (Marilyn Monroe) while staying at a hotel in New York City. Jed pursues Nell, initially thinking she's a woman of means, but comes to learn that she is actually a babysitter when her child charge, Bunny Jones (Donna Corcoran), interrupts a conversation between the two. Soon Jed becomes worried about Nell's mental stability when it appears the woman is physically threatening Bunny.
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THE PUMPKIN EATER (1964)
Jo (Anne Bancroft) leaves the banality of her marriage to second husband Giles (Richard Johnson) to wed her screenwriter lover, Jake Armitage (Peter Finch), but insists her new husband adhere to her strict marital ideals. Though their relationship is passionate, Jo, now a mother of six, begins to feel stifled in her role as a doting homemaker -- and increasingly isolated from Peter, who is filming on location in Morocco. Jo's sanity is shaken when it seems Peter is not being faithful.
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has just finished college and, back at his parents' house, he's trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking: What does he want to do with his life? An unexpected diversion crops up when he is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a bored housewife and friend of his parents. But what begins as a fun tryst turns complicated when Benjamin falls for the one woman Mrs. Robinson demanded he stay away from, her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross).
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Dominick DiNapoli (Dom DeLuise) is a man who loves food and is overweight as a result. After an obese cousin dies due to health problems, Dominick's sister, Antoinette (Anne Bancroft), sets out on a mission to help him lose weight. Although he has a hard time trying to slim down, Dominick finds inspiration when he meets and falls for shop owner Lydia (Candice Azzara). Can he get up the courage to ask her out, or will he go back to the comfort of overeating?
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1983)
Frederick Bronski (Mel Brooks) and his adulterous wife, Anna (Anne Bancroft), are a pair of hammy actors running a low-rent theater in Warsaw, Poland. When the Nazis invade, the Bronskis find their theater becoming a makeshift refuge for local Jews and a gateway to the Polish underground. Using their limited acting skills, the members of the theater troupe attempt to deceive the Nazis and lead an escape. Meanwhile, a Polish pilot (Tim Matheson) thinks he has found a spy in England.
AGNES OF GOD (1985)
Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) is a court-appointed psychiatrist sent to evaluate Sister Agnes (Meg Tilly), a young nun whose infant has been found strangled. With Agnes claiming a virgin conception and having no memory of giving birth, Livingston must distinguish between the lies and the nun's perception-altering faith. Complicating her investigation, Livingston continually clashes with the overbearing Mother Miriam Ruth (Anne Bancroft), who insists that Livingston leave Agnes alone.
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84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (1987)
New York City bibliophile Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) writes to the London bookshop Marks & Co in search of some titles she has not been able to turn up locally. Store manager Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins) responds politely to her chatty letter, and over the course of two decades, a deep, long-distance friendship evolves. Based on Hanff's epistolary memoir and its later two-person stage adaptation, the film version incorporates new characters, including Doel's wife, Nora (Judi Dench).
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Dole Institute tries to instill knowledge about former senator early
Giles Bruce
Children from the Boys and Girls Club work on a scavenger hunt at the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University on Monday. The institute was celebrating Bob Dole's 90th birthday with cake and kid-friendly activities.
A group of children from the Boys and Girls Club start off on a scavenger hunt at the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University during a celebration for Bob Dole's 90th birthday Monday. Cake was served and kid-friendly activities were hosted by the institute.
Audrey Coleman, senior archivist at the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University, sometimes meets high school and college students who haven’t heard of Bob Dole. So why not start educating them about the former U.S. senator from Kansas earlier?
That was the idea behind the institute’s celebration of Dole’s 90th birthday Monday, which, judging by the crowd, closer resembled a party for a 9-year-old. Youngsters from the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence played mini-golf, participated in a scavenger hunt and decorated birthday cards for Dole, all to learn more about the long-serving Republican leader.
“For the senator’s 90th birthday, we wanted to teach a younger generation about the senator and his many contributions to the country and the world,” Coleman explained.
Kids donned party hats, colored cutouts of Leader (the Dole family dog), and decorated cards with sunflower stickers and birthday greetings.
“We’re going to take these to the senator and he’s going to read your messages,” organizer Linda Clay told the assembled children, pointing to a sign at the table. “This is how you spell, ‘Happy Birthday, Senator Dole.’ Make sure you write your name on there so Senator Dole can read it.”
Outside, a few kids from the group sat down to have cupcakes. So, what did they learn?
“We found out it was was Bob Dole’s birthday. He’s 90,” said 6-year-old Cayden Dittmer. “I have a grandma that’s turning 90.”
“I have a great-great grandma who’s 90,” added Aiden Jones, 6.
Had they ever heard of Dole before?
The Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University celebrated Bob Dole's 90th birthday on Monday with cake and kid-friendly activities.
“My mom and my grandma told me that he was in the newspaper,” Cayden said, before correctly guessing a political question — Who is the current president? — asked by his teacher.
The discussion quickly turned to Big Jay, the Kansas Jayhawk mascot they had met earlier in the day: Was that a costume? Is he real? They were, after all, kindergarteners.
“You’ve got to start early,” Coleman added.
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Dead Heroes - FULL METAL PUNKRAWK!
By Jens Hellroute
You want no-frills hardcore punkrock that goes for the jugular? Well, look no further cuz this fast-as-fuck Detroit monster trio is more than able to satisfy your speedcrazed r'n'r cravings. My sinister Rockford connection, Dr. Mality, informed me that The Dead Heroes was right up my alley and since the reliable Doctor has yet to tell a lie, I got the Sin Klub label of Ohio to send me "Let It Ride" CD (distr. by Cargo). Mixing old school 80s punkcore with newer outfits like Zeke, these 18 ragin' tracks totally blew whats left of my mind.
Dead Heroes personnel: Kirk Morrison (vocals, guitar), Tom Hardy (bass, vocals) and Doug on drums and backing vocals.
WORMWOOD CHRONICLES: When did you guys formed Dead Heroes? Line-up changes?
Kirk: The Dead Heroes became a band in the Fall of 1998. Tom and I had been playing around a bit in another project and the stuff we were writing just kept getting faster and faster. That drummer was more of a rock guy than a punk player so we stumbled across a new one. The result didn't really sound like the other band anymore so we changed the name to the Dead Heroes. The first drummer quit in the fall of 2001. We decided to continue the band and that's when I called Doug.
Doug: Kirk first called me about trying out for the band in December of 2001 around the holidays. I had known the both of them for like a year and a half by that time. I think I was officially inducted into the band a couple weeks later, January 2002. Damn, am I glad I answered that phone call!
WC: Inspirations? I can hear bands like Motörhead, Zeke, GBH and Agnostic Front in your music.
Kirk: Yeah I found bands like the Ramones and the Clash when I was about 12, I was a teenager during the eighties. I'm basically just playing what I grew up listening to, a lot of Brit-Punk and American hardcore. Discharge, GBH, Varukers, Blitz, One Way System, Abrasive Wheels, Motorhead, Black Flag. ZEKE is the best thing out of Seattle ever.
WC: How's the punk scene in Detroit? It's mostly garagerock like Dirtbombs and White Stripes that gets noticed at the moment.
Doug: Well there are some kick ass Detroit punk outfits currently active right now. A lot of these bands are doing it all on their own, totally DIY which is really cool and down to Earth. I think that's the best way to represent and portray a hard working city like Detroit.
Kirk: Detroit is a tough city to get attention, there's just so much diversity in the music scene here that a lot of great bands never get any attention. If it's not the garage bands it's Kid Rock or Eminem or the electronic music scene that get all the attention. What's so great about the Detroit punk scene is it's always there regardless of the press they don't get. It's never gone away and it never will. There always seems to be another band ready to grab the flag when the others fall.
WC: Your lyrics are pretty pissed off stuff about everyday life. Are songs like "13th Floor" and "Riding On Fumes" on based personal experiences?
Kirk: Yeah, that's the only way to write. If it was fake then we may as well be a cover band!
WC: Dead Heroes has two leadsingers (Kirk and Tom), aint that sometimes a problem of who the fans should consider the lead screamer?
Doug: Well it should be quite obvious that Kirk is the lead crooner, he does sing like 95% of the songs. Although I think both Kirk & Tommy sound great. Their voices compliment each other really well and are both of use at certain times. Both voices are instrumental in achieving our sound.
Tom: No, this just keeps the crowd on their toes on who's singing.
Kirk: I don't want to sing Toms' songs!, that shit is way too personal!
WC:I can see you've played with legends like Circle Jerks, UK Subs and GBH ? are they some of your (not dead) heroes?
Kirk: Yes, Yes and Yes!
Doug: Of course! Where would Punk Rock be without bands like those!? They totally upped the ante and pushed things to that extreme point that many people didn't think existed. So here we are playing faster, louder and more pissed off because of bands like them.
WC: You hate fake punk bands like Good Charlotte. What do you think of Rancid working with MTV people like Pink?
Doug: I dig Rancid. They can do whatever they want as long as they keep putting out good records. They came from honest hard working punk roots. They toured in shitty vans across country and sometimes played for meager crowds. But it's all those one hit wonder "Punk Boy Bands" that just come out of the middle of nowhere that really bother me. It just makes me question how much hard work and sacrifice they really put forth in order to get where they are now.
Kirk: I think Punk is the "hot topic" trend and that Rancid and Pink are trying to sell more CDs! It's the nature of the business. It always gets diluted.
WC: Craziest incident on the road?
Doug: With Tommy around, ya never fuckin' know what's gonna happen. It kind of changes on a daily basis. There's certainly some stories about all of us in the vaults already though.
Tom: The time in Kalamazoo when I dropped my pants in the bar then crashed into two parked cars going to the motel. Picked up two hookers for the night and the next morning their pimp was banging on our door looking for his girls who were missing and we were the last ones seen with them.
WC: Fave album and movie?
Doug: Album; Ramones "Rocket To Russia", Movie; Tie between "The Graduate"(1968) and "Kentucky Fried Movie" (1977)
Kirk: Album; Too many to name one, Clash- "Give 'em Enough Rope", Ramones- "It's Alive", Cock Sparrer- "Shock Troops", Discharge- "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing".. That's a start. Movie? Anything by Kubrick but especially "A Clockwork Orange" and "Full Metal Jacket."
WC: Anything to add about your future plans, Euro tour etc.?
Doug: We would like to continue playing and touring heavily in an effort to support the release of "Let It Ride" and to branch out to new audiences everywhere we possibly can. National, US, European and Canadian tours would kick ass! We definitely have stuff like that in our sights. And of course we can't wait to lay down some of these new songs we've been sitting on the past year. They're some of the best stuff yet!
Kirk: Get in, Shut up and Hold on!!
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“starting from fem” notes
This weekend I was honored to premiere a section of “Starting from Fem”, a work-in-progress exploring the construction of femme identity US working class bars of the 40s-50s. The piece will eventually become a full length solo performance. I am so grateful to everyone who has supported me on the 2+ year journey to this piece.
In the introduction to the landmark butch-fem anthology The Persistent Desire, fem* author and activist Joan Nestle dedicates the book to Jeanie Meurer, a fem friend who passed away in 1991 before ever sitting down to record an oral history for Joan’s Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Joan laments “I realized that I had spent many long hours listening to butch women tell their stories, but I had put off listening to Jeanie. My own femme self-hatred had made me a careless listener.”
If even Fem Superstar Joan Nestle admits to overlooking fem history and stories, imagine all the many ways in which misogyny and self-hatred affect the stories we know and tell. I love studying history to help my understand my queer community. But I suspect we are not getting the full story of fems in this community, just as I know we are often not hearing the full story when it comes to the stories of people of color, enslaved people, transgender people and Native people.
Much of my research for this piece relies on The Buffalo Women’s Oral History project and Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold, a history of butch-fem community from the 1930s-1960s in Buffalo, New York. Despite the efforts of authors Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis to interview fems, the narrative is skewed decidedly towards the butch side. Fems are referred to as “not around any more” or as having “gone off and gotten married.”
I’ve spent over a decade in the queer community talking, writing, and performing about fem. I believe that some of the roots of fem-phobia in the queer community can be traced back to the beginning of modern LGBT history.
This section of “Starting from Fem” is a coming-out and coming-of-age story about a fictional young woman finding a lesbian community in the 1940’s. Because the voices of fems are so obscured by history, I have created a story based on facts while using fiction to explore the emotional landscape of a fem’s journey. I know there are anachronisms, that my character might be articulating thoughts and feelings that would be foreign to someone at the time. But I’m not trying to create a perfectly accurate portrait.
I invite you to imagine with me a fem-friendlier world, one where fems were able and welcome to articulate their feelings, needs and desires, where they valued themselves as a central part of their communities.
A note on music – All three songs with lyrics I chose for this piece were popular songs prized by gay women at the time for their double meanings. The word “gay” had long been used to mean same-gender loving. “Secret Love” comes from Calamity Jane, a movie with a very butchy-seeming main character and some decidedly Sapphic overtones.
*I’ve recently decided to reclaim the older spelling of fem after seeing use of “femme” by straight cisgendered people explode in the past year. I am all about an expansive definition of femme/fem across all kinds of people and bodies, but I am not here for straight women appropriating a term with very specific queer meanings.
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ISLAND BRIDGE NOT ON STATE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA
- Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney
Despite overtures and debate promoted by Member for Redlands, Peter Dowling, a bridge to Russell Island is not on the agenda of the Newman Queensland State Government.
Clarification on the matter was sought by Redland City Council Division 5 representative, Cr Mark Edwards.
"I was concerned following comments by Peter Dowling, and had been asked about the issue by many island residents.
"As a result, I wrote to Minister Seeney stating that the council would support a bridge if it were to become State policy.
"His letter is self explanatory and a bridge is not on the agenda with the LNP," Cr Edwards said.
Speaking on behalf of Deputy Premier the Hon Jeff Seeney, his chief of staff, Mary Sharp, said: "I can advise the Newman Government is not currently considering building a bridge to Stradbroke or Russell Island.
"Rather, we will continue to work towards making public transport options, such as ferries, accessible and affordable for the community.
"I appreciate this is not the outcome the Russell Island community are hoping for, however, with the State Government's current financial position, we are unable to consider such a proposal at this time."
Cr Edwards believes before the issue of a bridge is broached again, "a wider discussion needs to evolve about State responsibility to contribute to a wider range of infrastructure needs on the islands which would also deliberate on a bridge and short haul barges.
"That discussion would centre around forward planning and ensure that the community is involved in a process to discuss what infrastructure is wanted by the community and when that needs to be delivered.
"As a community, if a bridge is the accepted eventual outcome, we need to think about at what population level on the islands is the trigger to deliver a bridge or is it something that is set as a timeline instead?
"What other infrastructure is required before then and after? How, as a community, can we ensure the 'islands feel' is retained as the housing density increases?
"What is the trigger to sewer the islands; when does a high school need to be considered; how do we fund the sealing of all roads by a certain date?
"There are many other services and improvements to consider that need long-term planning, community involvement and the commitment from the State and Federal governments to join with Council for delivery of projects over an agreed timeframe.
"It makes sense to have a co-ordinated approach with a commitment to delivering a community focused outcome," Cr Edwards said.
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Even Samurais Write Poetry by Sydney Solis
My six-and-a-half-year-old son wanted to be a policeman for Halloween. But the monster-sized Halloween costume outlet store that I took him to was out of policeman costumes except for one that was missing the hat yet still cost twenty-five bucks. His second choice was the U.S. Army soldier fatigues. I thought back to the 5:30 p.m. newscasts about Iraq in which he said his favorite part was the fallen heroes. Young faces and life stories in thirty-seconds. The face of death this fall as we notice how so many old movie stars are dying this time of year, how much faster the yellow and red falling leaves are raining down upon us and the cooling earth as we pick out masks to laugh at death and gut the pumpkin into our own disguise. The fruits of summer off the withering vine to ease the tension of the decline, of our own death.
I was aghast about the uniform, considering that after his business went bankrupt last year, my son’s father committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart in front of a fireman. But I remembered America’s wars and I didn’t want to dampen my son’s self-esteem with my disapproval lest he become depressed as a teenager and become homicidal rather than military.
He picked out a gun. He picked the Uzi police gun. The salesman commented that he didn’t know police used Uzis and I said, I didn’t know that the Army used Tommy guns like the packaging illustrated. Then the saleslady at the checkout accidentally dropped the Uzi on the floor and broke its rat-a-tat-tat sound that would’ve made me insane eventually and thrown it across the room at some point, breaking it to stop the noise. Like my Aunt Ruthie did with my cousin Suzy’s pull-string Tom and Jerry doll that was given to me as a broken hand-me-down when I was a child visiting family in St. Louis one summer. Turns out it was the last Uzi, so the saleslady gave it to us for free and we bought the Tommy gun too.
At home my son watches the Tom and Jerry’s best chase scenes DVD that his father’s brother gave him and he laughs and laughs at teeth being smashed out of Tom like keys on a piano. Later he imitates Jerry who had dropped light bulbs that smashed like bombs on the kitchen floor and scared Tom to death. I worry, then reflect that the Bhagavad Gita was written for the warrior class, and samurais wrote poetry. I love poetry. I also love to stab Caesar in the silent safety of backstage. The tension released. Darkness assuaged. My drama complete as I surrender and exhale, shrinking toward the tomb.
During the school day, my little boy lays his costume out on the floor of his bedroom, feet facing the doorway. Like a soldier was melted by X-ray eyes. Only the shape of the cloth pants and shirt topped with the plastic meshed helmet reminds me a boy was once there. At night, my little boy wears the costume to sleep, and I lie beside him. Like the mother on the AOL news today who died of a broken heart after her son was killed in Iraq. I wonder if it’s me. I wonder if it’s me.
Sydney Solis is a performing, literary and visual artist, activist and teacher of yoga. Her pioneering kids yoga program Storytime Yoga® and its award-winning media are known world-wide.
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American Cars: Made in China
Chris Floyd points out that the humanitarian disaster in Somalia is even worse than that in Darfur, and that the Somalia disaster is caused by the kind of American intervention and ‘regime change’ that the Zionists are screaming for in Sudan. Of course, the Somalia regime change was yet another Israeli-inspired replacement of a government which was considered to be too Islamist. Floyd concludes by making the same big mistake that has become commonplace: alleging that the United States is in an energy war in East Africa with the Chinese. It is certainly true that the Zionist infiltrators in the American government we know as neocons have always hated China, and to the extent they still control American foreign policy they are doing whatever they can to cause conflict with China. However, as the American Establishment slowly retakes control of the American government, we will be seeing American foreign policy again reflect the real interests of the Establishment.
Since mathematicians started working on perfecting manufacturing as part of the American war effort in the 1940s, it has taken decades for the utopian dream of the capitalists – manufacturing anything, anywhere, including where labor costs are the lowest – to be realized. There have been many false attempts at dropping factories in the middle of nowhere, but no matter how many Western managers and techniques have been applied, they all ended in financial disaster. It was only in the 1980s that computer control mechanisms were perfected to the extent that capital was completely mobile. Since, both for legal and personal reasons, labor isn’t mobile, an immediate arbitrage situation appeared whereby capital could take even a larger slice of the pie from labor. Thus, the sudden renewed interest in ‘free trade’. China quickly became the obvious choice for manufacturing, with its combination of extremely low wages, totalitarian police state discipline, and welcoming government policies intending to use factories to modernize the country.
Just about everything that can be manufactured for the American market is now manufactured in China. There is no debate in the American Establishment: their wealth, and the financial health of the United States, is dependent on Chinese manufacturing. Since Chinese manufacturing is itself dependent on a reliable source of energy, there is no real conflict between the United States and China over oil (although there may be phony conflicts caused by the continuing malign influence of the Zionists in the American government). This fact has huge repercussion on American policy in the Middle East (more on this to come).
The one industry where manufacturing is still largely done in the United States is the automobile industry. The huge size of the industry, together with the iconic symbolism of the automobile in American life, meant that it was politically impossible to make the obvious move to manufacture automobiles in China. Now that the big three American automobile manufacturers are effectively insolvent, the time has come to make the move to China. Why was the incompetently managed, and serially insolvent, Chrysler attractive to Cerberus? Chrysler is the first American automobile manufacturer to set up manufacturing in China for the American market. Keith Naughton writes:
“Now the new owners at Chrysler promise to rethink what it means to be a car company. Cerberus Capital Management, the Wall Street private-equity firm named for the three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hell, has Motown rabid with speculation this week about the fallout from its $7.4 billion buyout of beleaguered Chrysler. A skilled and secretive turnaround outfit, Cerberus is expected to overhaul Chrysler in a way that could create a new model for Detroit, which badly needs a tuneup. Last year, GM, Ford and Chrysler combined to lose more than $16 billion, as the remnants of Henry Ford’s old model finally ran out of gas. Detroit insiders say they expect Cerberus to shake up the moribund American auto industry by asking this simple question: does a car company have to build all its own cars?
It could prove to be a transformative question. Rather than each Detroit automaker building every kind of car and truck – and losing their shirt on most of them – they could be design and brand houses that build only the things that make them money. After all, the thinking goes, customers only care about the product, the brand and the price. Why not focus on designing a car, marketing it and selling it, rather than manufacturing it?”
Cerberus will want to make Chrysler attractive so it can resell it in a few years at a big profit. There is no way to do that by continuing to manufacture in the United States. Despite some questions, the China deal is still on. Once the profits start rolling in, it is inevitable that all American automobile manufacturers will follow. The television industry disappeared in the United States with nary a whimper, and the automobile industry is sure to follow.
The messy ways of power
Neocon update
WWF Smackdown
Dicksplanation?
The ‘Catch-22’ model of Zionism
On a Learjet to hell
Parliamentary hearing coverup in Ottawa
Elliott Abrams and the sham
The tomb, or something, of somebody or other
'Suicide' prevention hotline
Wednesday May 8, 2007
Naming names and 'suicide'
Iraq/Sudan
Melamine conspiracy theories
Physics revisionism
Freeway fires
Oakland overpass/WTC
Yet another Holocaust museum
Panopticon news
Venezuela leads the rush to the exits
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Eve Reborn as the Phoenix
The feeling of original sin (the devil), of an innate "wrongness" or badness, or just of inadequacy--covered with masks of poise or crazy-making, depending on personality, or even mood. But even the furniture is bored with that story. "The truth will out," as they say.
So, I posted this rather sparse description on Flickr, and zapatil2000 left this fascinating comment:
Some details here make my mind wander towards Gnostic cosmology. The scene reminds me of a prison tower, so maybe it depicts how the Demiurge has captured the self-created earth (the fallen Sophia or cosmic Eve) in the inorganic realm of celestial mechanics where we, according to the Gnostics, are continually fooled by appearances?
Sophia was however able to generate a daughter in her own image, the flame-born timeless life-force, who escaped to unite with the sun to nourish humanity with imagination and vitality from a distance.
As the Phoenix bird! So instead of using perceptual errors in evil or deceptive ways, we can use them for magic, creativity and surrealism, she seems to say.
True or not, that´s the story I saw here.
(And I hope my telling it didn´t bore the furniture! ; ))
Far from boring the furniture, it felt like the precise meaning I've been circling with all my drawings-- and these are details of the story of Sophia and Eve that I had never come across.
Don't miss the link to his Flickr page, as he has fantastic work there...
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Labels: adam and eve, original art work, phoenix, zoe jordan
Photo by Edward Steichen; ca. 1926
Marion Morehouse (Cummings' common-law wife);dress designed by Louiseboulanger
Image by © Condé Nast Archive/CORBIS
Today is the birthday of E.E.Cummings. He wrote his first poem when he was three:
"Oh,the pretty birdie,O;/with his little toe,toe,toe!"
He served in the ambulance corps in World War I, and for his dislike of war and his lack of dislike for the German population, he was detained in a concentration camp for 3 1/2 months before his father managed his release by writing the president. For the first part of his imprisonment, his family was led to believe he had drowned in a submarine mishap. About that experience, Cummings wrote a novel called The Enormous Room. In the novel, he describes imprisonment:
It is like a vast grey box in which are laid helter-skelter a great many toys, each of which is itself completely significant apart from the always unchanging temporal dimension which merely contains it along with the rest. I make this point clear for the benefit of any of my readers who have not had the distinguished privilege of being in jail. To those who have been in jail my meaning is at once apparent; particularly if they have had the highly enlightening experience of being in jail with a perfectly indefinite sentence. How, in such a case, could events occur and be remembered otherwise than as individualities distinct from Time Itself? Or, since one day and the next are the same to such a prisoner, where does Time come in at all? Obviously, once the prisoner is habituated to his environment, once he accepts the fact that speculation as to when he will regain his liberty cannot possibly shorten the hours of his incarceration and may very well drive him into a state of unhappiness (not to say morbidity), events can no longer succeed each other: whatever happens, while it may happen in connection with some other perfectly distinct happenings, does not happen in a scale of temporal priorities--each happening is self-sufficient, irrespective of minutes, months and the other treasures of freedom.
This sort of claustrophobia, this imprisonment inside a sameness of possibly endless time-space, instead of driving him mad, seemed to provide him with an incredible sense of this moment, right here, right now. This moment as the only moment that will exist. And then any memories were thus moments in themselves, taken out of time, like the toys in the enormous room he describes. In the following poem, we see that child-like understanding of time most of us lose along the way:
in time of daffodils (who know
the goal of living is to grow)
forgetting why, remembering how
in time of lilacs who proclaim
the aim of waking is to dream,
remember so (forgetting seem)
in time of roses (who amaze
our now and here with praise)
forgetting if, remember yes
in time of all sweet things beyond
whatever mind may comprehend,
remember seek (forgetting find)
and in a mystery to be
(when time from time shall set us free)
forgetting me, remember me
His syntax adds to the sensation of "now," "now," and "now:" every word and every line are to be savored separately and then together, in various permutations--think of pausing, with the line break after " in time of all sweet things beyond...." and then, come back, and emphasize beyond with "whatever mind may comprehend," but also that line leads to the next, saying whatever your mind may think it has found (comprehended), "remember seek (forgetting find)."
In one section of the autobiography, he begins a description of a fellow prisoner thus:
He is, of all the indescribables I have known, definitely the most completely or entirely indescribable. Then (quoth my reader) you will not attempt to describe him, I trust.--Alas, in the medium which I am now using a certain amount or at least quality of description is disgustingly necessary. Were I free with a canvas and some colours ... but I am not free. And so I will buck the impossible to the best of my ability. Which, after all, is one way of wasting your time.
But I think he means, one way of making the most of your time. As that is what he and most artists do:"buck the impossible." Create the impossible, making not a poem or a painting or a dance, but an event, a moment outside of time, one of those amazing, astonishing "toys" which holds a child's (our) attention outside the stream of his/her/our life, a moment of glimmering truth, of total possibility, when nothing yet is, because everything could be.
After all, prison is a waste of time (read that both ways). What he does here is turn prison, that enormous room, into a collection of "toys" which can be enjoyed by us, we who are outside that prison and even outside that time. He thus bends time and space. He bucks the impossible. He turns a waste of time into art.
Despite his imprisonment at the hands of the French military, he remained a lifelong lover of Paris, and stayed there many times throughout his life. There, he befriended Picasso, for whom he wrote a poem which ends with the line "you hew form truly," and in which he describes his art:
"presents always
shut in the sumptuous screech of
simplicity"
a line which could easily be used to describe his own poetry.
He himself painted, for example this Self-Portrait with Sketchpad:
as well as this portrait of fashion model Marion Morehouse, with whom he lived from 1934 until his death in 1962:
my love is building a building
around you, a frail slippery
house, a strong fragile house
(beginning at the singular beginning
of your smile)a skilful uncouth
prison, a precise clumsy
prison(building thatandthis into Thus,
Around the reckless magic of your mouth)
my love is building a magic, a discrete
tower of magic and(as i guess)
when Farmer Death(whom fairies hate)shall
crumble the mouth-flower fleet
He'll not my tower,
laborious, casual
where the surrounded smile
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Labels: e.e.cummings, edward steichen, marion morehouse, perception and reality, the enormous room
Ruzi
Theater of Memory, by Steve Cieslawski
(This is one of a series of stories I am working on that center around a certain, as-yet-unnamed luxury hotel and its inhabitants, both living and haunting. The first segment is here.)
All artwork in this post by painter Steve Cieslawski.)
Like Derrick’s small family unit, others also lived in various suites in his mother’s grand hotel. Ruzi, the surgeon, lived just below them and took dinner every evening at the same time in the restaurant at ground level.
No bones about it, little Derrick liked to stare. When he was curious, he found a way to climb onto or get around or dig into whatever it was he was curious about, and in this case, he stood not politely close to the table of the surgeon and stared unabashedly until the man decided to pull out a chair for him.
It was the carp-shaped, gloriously orange silk tie that grasped the boy and refused to let go. And it was Ruzi who took the boy with him into the world of tie-and-hat boutiques to start his own collection. Ruzi did not, however, wear such ties when he met with patients. And these are patients and meetings we might look to for more information about the man, as he was the only surgeon I have heard of that could take dinner at the same time every night.
Ruzi’s story began, as most stories do, with a monster.
Ruzi was an exceptionally talented surgeon, able to keep a primary presence in general surgeries and also dabble in a specialization of neurological procedures. The monster was not so talented. But it was large, and hairy, and sort of specially ugly, if that counts. It lived under Ruzi’s bed, and, as a result, Ruzi liked to avoid the bed as much as possible. So he stayed in his office, meeting with patients, reading the latest literature on the latest procedures, and communicating with other doctors.
When he had to sleep, the monster would be there to interfere all night, whispering in his ear the nasty stories of his childhood, roaring fire against his tightly closed eyelids, jumping over him and onto him and twisting up all the sheets. And Ruzi would give up early and go into the office.
And so he was, in terms of his livelihood, very successful.
And then came the suicide.
It was a woman that had come to him, because of his reputation, to have her stomach stapled. She had tried many things, in her quest to lose weight, many diets and many pills, including a short and quite illegal dance with amphetamines, tendered by a neighborhood teenager whom she had caught trying to steal pieces from her Tiffany Glass collection. When she came upon Ruzi, he had been unable to focus on her, and she had not succeeded in deciding whether it was his own personal demons or hers that kept his eyes averted.
The surgery was not a strange one, he had performed it many times, and being overweight was almost a cliché in this country which he had adopted as his own. He only half-attentively reassured her as he organized his schedule to fit her in and pulled together recommendations for post-surgery exercise coaches and nutrition counselors. He showed her lots of charts and many before and after pictures, and in general droned.
Patients still considered themselves lucky, because he spent all that time in the room with them. But not this one. Not Lola. Because Lola was used to the people who were forced into communications with her talking at her like this, all trying to avoid something (her grotesque fatness) by running their mouths on and on about something else, sort of distractedly. This type of communication was, in her mind, intimately tied to her shame. It was, in this case, an unrelated issue-- Ruzi was distracted by his own monsters-- but no matter.
So she decided that she could not put her unconscious, humiliated, humiliating body into his care. And she quit. Her violently bleeding body was admitted at the correct hour of the correct day to an unexpected and unexpectant floor of the hospital. And it died.
Myths and Examples, by Steve Cieslawski
Ruzi had sat in the scheduled recovery room with the door shut and locked, staring at the walls. The clean, tightly tucked white sheets, the stainless steel rack for clipboards, the stainless steel counter, the bright white shades over the afternoon glare of the window, the white polished concrete floor. Sometimes he clutched his head between his hands and squeezed. And he wept, some. But mostly, he just sat, staring at the glaring lie of this clean, bright, well-organized room.
He thought about the blood, the ugly scene he had witnessed downstairs, the ugly thing that had happened inside of her, the ugly thing he had been about to do to her. The ugly thing that digging into a person’s flesh and organs, sawing and squeezing and scraping, actually was.
Ruzi stayed in the room long enough to be charged for it. He refused counsel, he refused company, he refused food. He stayed there, with the lights on, through the night, until his mind was completely empty. Into that empty mind, a single sentence fell. It was a sentence remembered from a neurobiology class from his student days. A professor there had told him: “One thought can change the way every cell in your body behaves.” He sat with that thought into the early hours of the morning, an idea formulating in the cells of his body.
And then he returned to his office.
Unknowingly, he had begun training in an ancient Japanese art called Shinyo. This was the art of empty listening. Of mirroring. Of action through non-action. He learned, in his meetings with patients, to listen as a nonentity, to forget everything he knew and know only what he was being told. More than that, he learned to become the person facing him, to master his or her vocal and gestural inflections, and mirror them. In this way his patients became supremely comfortable with him. It was like talking to themselves, it was as if there were now some chance of being understood by a person outside of their own mind.
And once they were totally at ease, once they were perfectly matched, he reversed affairs. The mirror became the guide. He changed their mannerisms, slowly but surely, changed their thinking, their unconscious patterns, their chemistry’s habits, until the problem they had come to him as a result of disappeared.
He greatly reduced his number of patients, but his reputation soared. Strangely, it struck no one as important that he no longer performed surgeries at all. He never even went to the hospital.
Portrait of the Day Before, by Steve Cieslawski
By the time that Ruzi met Derrick, he preferred to think of himself as a beautician. Every day, he met with ugly, unhealthy people and their monsters, and he sat quietly and stared attentively; he mirrored everything that he saw until he recognized the thing that would, if shifted slightly, make the whole beautiful again. And when he came home to the hotel that he had begun to come to on that ugly, bloody day when he had simply not been able to face his own home, he would change his socks and his tie from silent work colors to outrageous, suggestive, vivid show colors, and he would ride the elevator down to dinner.
Labels: original fiction, shinyo, Steve Cieslawski, the hotel, zoe jordan
The Dreams of Saints and Children
If you're lucky enough to be in Wales, there is a fantastic show at Y Tabernacl: MoMA Wales called Art for Children.
(Monoprint by Charles Shearer, Asleep in your Wake.
Mari Lwyd,pottery by Meri Wells, whose work is also in the show.
also by Meri Wells
An artist I've written about here before, Clive Hicks-Jenkins, has a huge, gorgeous piece in the show called "My Dream Farm," a stretch of magical land in vivid reds and blues, complete with a windmill for those who wish to tilt. On his artlog, Clive showed glimpses of the image as he worked and talked about the process:
"I'm having a lot of fun with this. Flocks of sheep, horses, cattle, chickens and geese will add life once the environment has been completed. It's a landscape with plenty of routes that can be travelled in imagination, with roads winding through forests and over distant hills, bridges arching over water and a jetty with a little boat tethered ready for a rowing trip. It's just the kind of landscape I'd have enjoyed as a child, and it's been a delight to plan it."
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, My Dream Farm
(This is a "panorama" painting. I will show it in three segments below, because of the woeful 400px restriction here).
Clive often flattens his landscapes, bringing everything to the fore, giving what some leave as mere background scenery just as much immediacy and importance in his paintings as the figures, and his paintings always hold stories within. On his dream farm, he has also done this with the landscape, tilting it forward, pushing it towards you, reminding you that the point is for you to enter and begin your own travels within.
(left detail)
(middle detail)
(right detail)
It is not just a story you enter when you view one of his paintings; it's a life, a motion of high emotion, an experience which leaves you a different person. There are many examples to choose from, which you can see on his website, but one in particular struck me powerfully today, so I'll share it here.
Clive has painted several versions of St. Kevin and the Blackbird, a series to accompany the poem of the same name by Seamus Heaney:
Saint Kevin and the Blackbird
And then there was St Kevin and the blackbird.
The saint is kneeling, arms stretched out, inside
His cell, but the cell is narrow, so
One turned-up palm is out the window, stiff
As a crossbeam, when a blackbird lands
and Lays in it and settles down to nest.
Kevin feels the warm eggs, the small breast, the tucked
Neat head and claws and, finding himself linked
Into the network of eternal life,
Is moved to pity: now he must hold his hand
Like a branch out in the sun and rain for weeks
Until the young are hatched and fledged and flown.
And since the whole thing’s imagined anyhow,
Imagine being Kevin. Which is he?
Self-forgetful or in agony all the time
From the neck on out down through his hurting forearms?
Are his fingers sleeping? Does he still feel his knees?
Or has the shut-eyed blank of underearth
Crept up through him? Is there distance in his head?
Alone and mirrored clear in Love’s deep river,
‘To labour and not to seek reward,’ he prays,
A prayer his body makes entirely
For he has forgotten self, forgotten bird
And on the riverbank forgotten the river’s name.
--Seamus Heaney
Clive Hicks-Jenkins Tender Blackbird
In all of the images, he emphasizes the cramped conditions, the physical discomfort of the saint as he remains, still as a tree, for the bird to complete the nest for its eggs, and then for the eggs to hatch. Either by rendering the wall of his hermitage invisible, so that we can see the contrast between the small quarters and the landscape outside, or by "cropping" the image so that, again, the saint overfills his space, all elbows, and twisting his head to fit, Clive makes the difficulties of the saint's predicament clear. But when I looked back through his preparatory drawings today, something else stood out.
In all of the studies, you can see the strong build of his saint. He is tall and muscular, and yet, despite that, he has ended up in this completely cramped, tiny space, unable to move. Yet he is patient and shows no anger. More than that, if we think of birds as symbolic of the soul and of transcendence, we see that despite the saint's cramped condition, his patience and love for his own soul means that this is not a time of compression, but rather a time of gestation. His stillness, his inward focus and peace gives the bird the stability and security it needs to give birth, to transcend. And in the end, the eggs hatch, and the baby birds give flight as well. And so his soul is even greater, even more. The quarters and lifestyle are not about denial or self-denial. They are about love, and focus, and flight...
Clive Hicks-Jenkins St. Kevin and the Blackbird
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Umami Burger in NYC Misses the Point
Reviews of burgers at chain restaurants.
Noah Arenstein
Published: October 15, 2013 Last Updated: August 9, 2018
[Photographs: Robyn Lee]
432 6th Ave., New York, NY 10011 (map); 212-677-8626; umami.com
Cooking method: CVAP oven and finished on a griddle
Short Order: The Original is not worth the hype; try the Manly Burger instead
Want Fries With That? Not bad by any means, but skippable
Price: The Original, $12; Manly Burger, $12; fries: $3.50
Here it comes. A beloved, cult burger chain from the West Coast announces the imminent opening of its first New York City location. Anticipation builds. Food blogs speculate endlessly, poring over every minute construction detail. It's an In-N-Out Burger, right? We should be so lucky! No, it's that other West Coast cult burger spot, Umami Burger, which opened its first location (of many many more planned) this summer on the lower reaches of Sixth Avenue in the West Village. Maybe we're lucky, though. If this were an In-N-Out, I doubt we'd ever fully recover.
New Yorkers can be territorial bunch, and its a rare outsider who can come to town and dodge the sharpened knives of local eaters. So Umami chief Adam Fleischman may have stepped on his sword when, as part of a fawning New York magazine article, he said, "NY has some OK burgers," and threw down the gauntlet. This is simply not done. (Imagine a woman fainting and my monocle falling to the ground.)
In that same article, Fleischman described how he developed his umami-rich burger:
Fleischman spent two months in his home kitchen, obsessively mixing and remixing seaweeds, cheeses, and stinky dried fish. He discovered that umami-rich ingredients don't work when you blend them into the beef, so he developed natural flavorings (Umami Master Sauce and Umami Dust), which he used to umamify the patty after it was gently precooked in the CVap oven.
It appears that in Fleischman's myopic quest to ensure that every classic American fast food is umamified, he has—to borrow a phrase I heard too often in law school— lost the seaweed forest for the kelp.
If the Original ($12) is the pinnacle of umamification, then we've got problems. While it more than succeeds in terms of advertised "umami" flavor, with a deeply flavored shiitake mushroom, overly sweet, roasted tomato, caramelized onions, house ketchup, and Parmesan crisp that quickly softens, the burger has little else to offer. Lacking anything to balance the toppings, like mustard or a pickle, the burger was boring and one-note. Surprisingly, I did not hate the sweet bun (almost like a Hawaiian roll) stamped with a distinct "U" (in case you were wondering, it does not stand for "underwhelming").
Let's talk about this patty. The sear is an admirable deep brown, but ultimately lacks depth. Though formed in a ring mold, the thin, pre-formed six-ounce patty barely holds together. While this is fine for a steak or a roast, it does ground beef no favors. It's hard to ignore when as soon as I picked my burger up for a first taste, half the patty escaped from the bun and landed on my plate.
Update (10/18/13): Since this review was posted, a representative from Umami Burger reached out and informed me that, despite the legend as published in the New York Magazine article I cited, Umami Burger has not used a CVAP oven since "at least 2011." Instead, they now use a custom plancha to cook the burgers. I'm not sure why the burgers have the texture issues I encountered, but the patties have fallen apart on multiple visits.
Once (if) you can get past these issues, the Manly Burger ($12) is your best option. Served with beer-cheddar cheese, bacon lardons, smoked-salt onion strings, house ketchup, and mustard spread, it has the traditional elements of a burger, and is far better for it. Though the same issues plague the patty, overall it's better balanced and far more satisfying than Umami's namesake.
Sides are a mixed bag. Under no circumstances should you order the "artisan crafted" fried pickle spears ($4) with jalapeño ranch. Having lived in the South, I've been on the fried pickle beat for a long time, and there's no legitimate argument for spears above chips. All you get is underseasoned batter and a big bite of hot pickle. As a chip, fried pickles are divine; as a spear, they're useless. Likewise, the smashed potatoes ($4.50) with roasted garlic aioli, have been done better elsewhere (try them with the burger at Roberta's).
Thin fries ($3.50) evoke a classic fast food fry, but the four dipping sauces arriving in fussy spoonfuls are forgettable.
I know I'm in the minority on Umami Burger, but after multiple visits it just doesn't hold up against similar burgers in its price range (hello again Brindle Room) or even the far superior, and slightly cheaper Shake Shack. Ultimately, umami is a component of a whole rather than an end in itself. It doesn't succeed as the entire vision. Like someone overloading a dish with bacon or fiery chilies, the end result is one-note and, frankly, misses the point.
Noah Arenstein chiefhdb
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The U.S. Needs to Protect the Iranian Opposition in Iraq — and Counter Tehran in the Region
On the night of Oct. 29, Camp Liberty, which houses some 2,250 Iranian exiles, was the target of a rocket attack that killed 23 people. En route to the Vienna Talks on Syria, Secretary John Kerry quickly condemned the attack and offered the United States’ condolences “to the families of the victims, and we hope for the swift recovery of those injured.” He added, “We also urge the Government of Iraq to provide additional security for the camp’s residents and to find the perpetrators and hold them accountable for the attack, consistent with its obligations under the Dec. 25, 2011 agreement with the United Nations.”
The Associated Press and the Washington Times both covered the attack. Agence France Presse and the conservative news service CNS, reported bipartisan congressional calls for action. Digital Journal included a link to detailed video footage. Another clip shows the scene shortly after the attack. The calls included two Republicans, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Ed Royce and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, as well as a Democrat Rep. Judy Chu.
Critics of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) might say that the media coverage is really not independent because each one merely quotes what the Iranian dissidents said. But I say that when the mainstream media gives so much ink to a story, it is some evidence that they take the allegations seriously.
Critics might also say that members of Congress supportive of the MEK are acting in the interest of campaign contributions. But I say that the burden is on the naysayers to provide the evidence linking Royce, Ros-Lehtinen, and Chu as being “bought off” by the MEK. I am personally aquatinted with each of them, and I am impressed with their integrity and commitment to the MEK especially on humanitarian grounds. The attack is the epitome of a humanitarian tragedy.
Why is Iran targeting its opposition? Dissidents are trying to block Tehran’s aspirations to control Baghdad and Damascus, where the United States is fighting the Islamic State. Washington’s evolving strategy is dead on arrival on the Hill unless the Obama administration reaches out to the opposition and sees Iran as a threat across the porous border.
So how can it counter the threat from Iran? Align with others opposing Tehran and the bipartisan congressional coalition sharing that view.
Saudi Arabia’s alignment against Iran includes Israel as a silent partner. Saudis view Tehran and Damascus unfavorably. A potential partner for Riyadh and Washington is the Iranian resistance that rejects clerical rule in Tehran. All define the threat as Islamist.
On Oct. 5, 2015 Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir asked whether Iran is a “state or a revolution,” If it wants to export its 1979 revolution and revive the Persian Empire, “we cannot deal with it,” said Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in his speech before the U.N. on Oct. 1. Shifting alliances in the Middle East are drawing Arab countries like Saudi Arabia closer to Israel in confronting Iran and the Islamic State. Netanyahu’s Mar. 3 speech before the Congress stated that, “Iran’s regime poses a grave threat, not only to Israel, but also the peace of the entire world.”
Both Adel al-Jubeir and Netanyahu have previously distanced themselves from the MEK on different grounds. On one hand, Saudis attribute too much power to the MEK because of their role in bringing down the Shah — if their supporters can topple the Shah, perhaps they will side with those who wish to bring down the Kingdom. On the other hand, Netanyahu believes that the MEK is of too little consequence to cause even further trouble with the State Department, which fails to reach out to the MEK. Both assessments are based on my interviews with high level Saudis and Israelis.
My take is that the MEK is neither strong nor weak based on indicators like the following. According to my research, reported in my book Arab Rebels and Iranian Dissidents, during mid-2000, the Iranian regime paid more attention to the MEK than to all other groups combined, created expositions in every major city of Iran to warn the youths of the pro-democracy views of the organization, and paroled Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani’s daughter from prison because she was learning too many subversive ideas from MEK prisoners. In the expositions and the early release, Tehran’s tactics against the MEK backfired.
On Apr. 29, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing, “ISIS: Defining the Enemy.” Maryam Rajavi is President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the coalition of which the MEK is the largest unit; she testified from Paris. Her written testimony showed how Tehran is an Islamist epicenter of terrorism to establish an Empire without borders and called for empowering the democratic tolerant Islam she represented.
Critics might argue that it is easy to promise democracy and criticize the regime as being an Islamist epicenter. There is “evidence” the MEK is an intolerant cult, which forces its members to drink the proverbial Kool-Aid. I have interviewed family members of a young girl who committed suicide when Maryam Rajavi was in a Paris jail. The parents told me they did not believe their daughter had done so because of pressure from the MEK. Indeed, when the jailers informed Rajavi of the suicide, she immediately issued a statement saying that she neither sanctions such behavior nor wishes anyone else to do so in the future — not the words of a cult leader.
I grant the jury is out whether the MEK will be as tolerant when the regime falls as Tehran has been intolerant towards the MEK. Think of a soft landing when the regime falls as in the disintegration of communism in Europe or a hard landing like the one in Libya. If soft, then I expect a tolerant MEK.
To continue reading please go to: http://atfp.co/1HxuCfN
By Iran Policy Committee Publishing • Posted in In the News Now • Tagged Camp Liberty, Iranian, Iraq, Islamic State, MeK, Syria, Theran
Bipartisan consensus: Stop Iran and its missile attacks on Iranian dissidents
Fox News reports a missile attack occurred on Camp Liberty Iraq on October 29; residents include 2,400 members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK). About 80 missiles made holes as deep as 7 feet and wide as 8 feet—including 122 mm Katyushas and those Tehran produced—the NB24 Russian missiles.
Why is Iran targeting its opposition? Dissidents block the goal of Tehran—to control Baghdad and Damascus where we are fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Washington’s evolving strategy is DOA on the Hill unless the administration reaches out to the opposition and sees Iran as a threat across the porous border.
How to counter the threat from Iran? Align with others opposing Tehran and the bipartisan congressional coalition sharing that view.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir asked, Is Iran a “state or a revolution?” If it wants to export its 1979 revolution and revive the Persian Empire “we cannot deal with it.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his UN speech on October 1 that shifting alliances in the Middle East drew Arab countries like Saudi Arabia closer to Israel in confronting Iran and ISIL. His speech before the Congress stated that, “Iran’s regime poses a grave threat…to the peace.”
On April 29, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing, “ISIS: Defining the Enemy.” Maryam Rajavi is President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the coalition of which the MEK is the largest unit; she testified from Paris. Her written testimony showed how Tehran is an Islamist epicenter of terrorism to establish an Empire without borders and called for empowering the democratic tolerant Islam she represented.
To continue reading please go to: https://t.co/4Vs8tHBCTM
By Iran Policy Committee Publishing • Posted in In the News Now • Tagged Camp Liberty, Dissidents, Iran, Iranian, ISIS, middle-east, NCRI, Saudi Arabia
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Flying Food
Still from a Minute Maid orange juice commercial
Of all the ads you see on TV or on billboards or the sides of buses, an overwhelming number of them seem to be for food: icy cokes in frosted glasses; fajitas sizzling on the grill; a guy biting into the perfect hamburger on a sesame seed bun. But of course, you know: in real life, these foods do not look like they do in the ads.
In 2012, McDonald’s Canada put out this video about the process they go through to photograph one of their burgers. The audience is introduced to Noah, a food stylist, who painstakingly selects the perfect slices of onion and pickle. He places them on the burger with tweezers, and then precisely melts the cheese. He picks up a plastic syringe filled with ketchup and applies it with surgical precision. At the end of the video, they place a picture of a real burger just ordered at McDonald’s next to the image of this burger, styled to perfection. And the difference is striking.
The last hundred years or so of food advertising have been shaped by this one simple fact: real food usually looks pretty unappetizing on camera. It’s static and boring to look at, and it tends to wilt under the glare of hot studio lights. So advertisers have had to walk a fine line between enhancement and fakery, trying all kinds of tricks to get food to look good.
For a long time, despite the availability of photography, ads in magazines and newspapers relied on illustration, which allowed complete control. Then, with the rise of the television in the 1950s and 1960s, advertisers faced a whole new set of challenges. A lot of them hadn’t figured out how to shoot food in a visually compelling way. In the ad above, the burger just sits there while the ingredients piled on top. Many ads relied heavily on voiceovers, descriptions, and testimonials.
These early ads featured relatively static shots with wide-angle lenses mounted on cameras that didn’t move much. They might zoom and pan a little bit, but that was about it. There were many shots of boxes and labels. The style was pretty conventional, and it wasn’t very dynamic.
Making matters more complicated for food advertisers, the Federal Trade Commission was keeping a close eye on TV ads, following the now-infamous Campbell’s Soup incident of 1968. The company had put marbles in the bottom of a soup bowl in one of their ads to lift sunken vegetables to the surface. When the FTC found out, it accused the company of misleading consumers and threatened Campbell’s with legal action. The event led to a new push for truth-in-advertising and constrained an industry already struggling with how to make their food look appetizing.
Then, in the 1970s, food advertising took a radical turn. Food started moving, which opened the door to all the fancy tricks we see in advertising today: shrimp executing acrobatic flips, lobster claws cracking open in slow-motion, french fries bouncing across a table. An ad director named Elbert Budin developed this new aesthetic:
Take the “prep shot,” which tells the backstory of the product as the ingredients are sliced, diced, chopped, and prepared. Or the “crave shot,” where the camera zooms in to linger on some tantalizing bite. Or the “hero shot,” a stylized look at the food on a plate, ready to eat, usually in the final seconds of an ad. Budin’s breakthrough was that he didn’t just describe the food and promise viewers it tasted good. He made them feel actual hunger with his images.
Budin was originally a potter, who learned photography so he could document his own work. That lead him to commercials. He used a variety of tools to realize his vision, like high-speed cameras that burned through thousands of feet of film in seconds. Originally designed for the military to film rocket tests, these cameras let Budin achieve extreme slow-motion effects, like oranges flying through sheets of water or droplets of condensation dripping down the sides of bottles.
But shooting at such a high-speed made it hard to get a perfect take. So Budin began to create Rube Goldberg-worthy rigs to help drop, chop, twirl, and fling food across the screen.
Chutes, spouts, and catapults would move food in precise sequences, leaving little to chance. The same could be done by hand, but the rig gave repeatable results. Fewer mistakes meant less time and money spent on each sequence and greater precision. Today’s tabletop reels, like the one shown above, reflect those same approaches, just taken to the next level.
Companies like MacGuffin Films, which shoots commercials for Red Lobster (above), Olive Garden, Starbucks, and other restaurants, still use higher-tech versions of the same machines and strategies. Even with newer technologies, it might take them days to film a single sandwich or shoot a dynamic sequence for a Seafood Trio.
Air pressure and soda bottle rigs used by MacGuffin, images by Daniel Lewis
Riggers today use lasers, sensors, and pre-programmed motors. And depending on the shot or the rig, there can be some intense physics to take into account — for instance if you’re trying to slice an onion in two while it’s flying through the air. Everything is computer-controlled, achieving incredible precision.
While Budin may have issued in a new age of technology and motion in food commercials, some directors today are trying to move away from his fantastical dreamscapes of flying shrimp and oranges. Now food is often shown in real spaces and places, like in restaurants or at barbecues, and in more realistic ways, dripping some sauce and looking less than perfect:
This “natural” look, of course, does not mean the situation is any less orchestrated or contrived. A 30-second TV spot shot by a firm like MacGuffin Films can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, so the ads still have to serve their purpose by selling a whole lot of food. The same rules still apply: advertisers want their audience to salivate.
Reporter Danny Lewis spoke with Terry O’Reilly, veteran ad man and host of the CBC’s “Under the Influence”; Harry Drennan and Jackie Canto, who worked with Elbert Budin; and Anthony DiRobertis and Nick Fugelstad of MacGuffin Films.
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I am so hungry after watching all those commercials, I could eat a horse. Great insight into the amount of effort it takes to get the perfect take.
A college friend did a Coca-cola commercial in the mid-80s. He had to guzzle a glistening bottle of Coke, take after take. The outside of the bottle glistened with Vaseline, and the busy bubbles inside were enhanced with added salt. Yuck.
Thanks for another great episode of my favorite podcast!
Michael Tavares
I find the opening to “Dexter” to be a disturbing take on this movement in food styled ad composition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8-Rqo-VT4
David Root
I abhor the perfect, stylized photos in ads and on menu boards. Even though I know this is the case, I am supremely disappointed to order a taco, pictured fairly overflowing with their meat-like filling, only to find a scant tablespoon of “beef” filling, and a quarter pound of shredded lettuce stuffed into a broken tortilla shell.
I’m always tempted to return it and complain, but I know the staffers have no say in such matters, and that I would be told that the pictures are only a suggestion.
Typically cooked food looks like vomit.
Hal O'Brien
What this piece doesn’t get to is, Flying food may well have generated the taking of pictures in restaurants with smartphones of what you’re served, as a backlash.
I know there have been theories about such restaurant photos as being artifacts of conspicuous consumption. But as someone who does this often, I don’t see it that way. I see it more as a truth in advertising service. “You know those glossy pictures you see in the ads and the menus of this stuff? Yeah, forget all that… here’s what it really looks like when it’s served to you on the table.”
I don’t think I’m alone.
I also don’t think taking photos of food in the “wild” is all that difficult. Here are two sets of my own attempts:
http://obrien.photography/?cat=6
https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?userid=n63DuYF4_hw9bWz3KHi53g
I’m sure there are people who’ll disagree. That’s what the internet is for, after all. But I’ll bet they are fewer than those who are taking pictures, even as I write this.
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Nancy Pelosi leads 'somber' Trump impeachment on day of vote
WASHINGTON -- The House's center of power took a seat toward the back of the chamber Wednesday. Her golden mace brooch, symbol of the House and the speaker's authority, glinted.
And when it was time to vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ascended the speaker's chair and presided over President Donald Trump's impeachment, shooting jubilant Democrats a forbidding look to stop them from clapping.
Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, ended the day with uncharacteristic uncertainty, repeatedly refusing to say when - or whether - the House will send the articles to the Senate for trial. "We'll see" whether the Senate announces terms she considers fair, she told reporters.
Like it or not, Pelosi's role leading Trump's impeachment will dramatically shape her legacy after more than 30 years in Congress. The House voted mostly along party lines Wednesday night, making Trump only the third president formally charged in American history.
That is Pelosi's to keep.
"Today, as speaker of the House, I solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States," Pelosi said.
She spent much of the day within a few steps of the cloakroom door, away from better-lit seats where the managers and members were debating impeachment.
It was a show of confidence in a town where body language and proximity often convey power. She sat for long stretches flipping through other work, checking her phone and keeping an eye on the debate.
Being remembered for impeachment is not something she relishes after a career spanning six presidents, several wars, passage of the Affordable Care Act and her own debut as speaker. But she said Trump had left the Democrats with "no choice" other than to act.
Pelosi arrived in the chamber with Democrats largely unified, thanks to a careful balancing act that played out over several months. The House was impeaching Trump, as liberals had long demanded. The impeachment articles centered on Trump's pressure on Ukraine, as moderates wanted. And a slate of other legislation was wrapped, giving all the Democrats achievements to show off at home.
Pelosi's hold on the caucus made it possible for her to lead just by being there, rather than openly twisting arms as she had during passage of the health care law. Democrats lost the House the next year, and with it, Pelosi lost the speaker's post.
Back in possession of the gavel this year, Pelosi resisted impeachment until a whistleblower's report revealed Trump's pressure on Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. That, she said, the House could not ignore. But neither would they celebrate it.
"He gave us no choice," Pelosi, clad in black, said from the well of the House.
Trump, a lifelong businessman now face-to-face with an equivalent branch of government, insists he is the victim of Democrats who have wanted to impeach him from the start.
He weighed in on Pelosi's legacy, too, predicting on Twitter she'll go down as history's "worst speaker." In a letter released on the eve of voting, he said Pelosi "is after the entire Republican Party."
Pelosi's ultimate power moment Wednesday was a stark departure from where she was a year ago, after the 2018 elections ushered in a new generation of lawmakers. Some newcomers, such as Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger, did not vote for Pelosi to return to the speakership.
But many more, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ultimately helped put Pelosi back on top.
What unfolded since then has been a study in Pelosi's ability to play the power game against Trump. Earlier this year, she forced him to retreat and reopen the government without the border wall he demanded. She then invited him to deliver his State of the Union speech from the House chamber - but during the event threw her particular brand of shade his way with a smirk and clap from behind him.
She did it again during a White House meeting in October. In an image released by the White House, Pelosi can be seen standing and pointing a finger across a table at him, while the president says something back. The men on Trump's side are looking away. Pelosi walked out of the meeting immediately afterward.
All along, even as she derided Trump's "manhood" in a private meeting, Pelosi resisted impeaching Trump. It was too divisive, and the country was already too divided, she said.
But in September, a group of new lawmakers from Trump-won districts, including Spanberger, gave Pelosi the cover to proceed with an impeachment inquiry. They wrote an op-ed published in The Washington Post supporting impeachment over Trump's conduct toward Ukraine.
"A solemn moment" has been Pelosi's message to Democrats throughout the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committee hearings that followed. No more boasts that "we're going to impeach the motherf--ker," as freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan declared on her first day in office. Democrats, Pelosi made clear in public and private, were not to celebrate when the House approves the articles of impeachment.
Pelosi could have spent the entire day Wednesday in the speaker's chair, gavel in hand, though that would have been unusual, an aide said. She could have camped out in the television frame, closer to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, who was managing the debate. She might have sat in the front row, as several new members did.
But there was no need. By the time she entered the chamber Wednesday morning, nearly all the Democrats stood together to vote for impeachment.
In the well of the House, Pelosi said that nothing short of the future of democracy was at stake.
"If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty," she said.
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A brand new storm will be moving into Northern California and Southern Oregon later today with heavy rain all the way down to the San Francisco Bay area and heavy snow in the mountains.
Storm alerts have been issued from Oregon to California this morning.
Heavy rain will move into the northern San Francisco Bay area Friday evening to finish off the rush hour. Flash flooding is possible and there is a threat of mudslides.
Friday night through Saturday night, heavy rain will begin to spread through most of the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego -- but these areas will not see a flooding threat like Northern California.
In the mountains, very heavy snow is expected, especially in the Sierra Nevada range where 4 feet of snow is expected.
By Sunday, the storm system will cross the Rockies bringing a chance of heavy snow from Colorado to Montana, where more than a foot is possible.
By Sunday night and into Monday, this storm system will redevelop in the Plains and join another system coming from Canada to produce several inches of snow in the Upper Midwest and the Great Lakes, just in time for the Monday morning commute.
Further south, rain -- heavy at times -- is expected from Chicago to Atlanta and eventually into Washington, D.C. and New York City by Monday late morning into the afternoon.
Behind this cross-country storm system, the coldest air of the season will invade the northern Plains and the Midwest with wind chills well below zero and actual temperatures falling below zero as well.
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Bobby Ray delivers an outstanding performance of the song "Elvira." The Line Dancers had a great time and really enjoyed his show.
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Fighting My Way Back Home Official Video
Bobby Ray sings an original song he wrote and recorded in 2003 called "Fighting My Way Back Home." It is dedicated to the men an women who serve/served this country all over the world. Your sacrifice is so appreciated and honored! Thanks also to Curtis Smith for his contribution in the making of this song. RIP my friend.
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Channel 4 introduces Viktoria Modesta, the world’s first amputee pop artist. Make sure you stick around for the amazing spike dance at the end.
Created by 4creative, directed by Saam Farahmand.
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Technology aimed at easing disabled people's burden is emerging into an ever-growing marketplace. As part of the "Swipe" programme, Sky News journalist Max Preston - himself a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy - visited the Naidex trade show in Birmingham to try some of them.
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Clery Report & Crime Statistics
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law that requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.
Anderson University Campus Safety is dedicated to maintaining a safe and secure environment for learning and working. AU Campus Safety wants students, faculty, and staff to be aware of crime on campus. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to disclose annual information about campus crime. Each year the University files a report with the United States Department of Education stating the incidences of crime on campus.
The following tables reflect the number of incidents for the crimes of murder, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, larceny/theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson that occur on or near campus for the previous three calendar years. Also included in the tables are arrests/disciplinary referrals for drug law violations, liquor violations, and weapon violations. AU had no reported bias-related crimes for the previous three calendar years. Professional mental health and religious counselors are exempt from reporting requirements.
For additional information on the Clery Act please visit: http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/campus.html.
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– Campus Other: All non-residential facilities.
– Public Property: There is no public property within the campus boundaries.
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The Anderson Police Department provides information on crimes that occurred on public property, streets, and roads contiguous to campus property.
The information in this publication is in compliance with requirements set forth under the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Title II – Public Law 101-542 Nov.1990).
These reports are updated on an annual basis and is available for all students, faculty and staff, applicants for enrollment, and applicants for employment.
View 2018 Clery Report & Crime Statistics
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5.166.1. RHBA-2012:1595 — libvirt bug fix update
Updated libvirt packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems.
The AMD FX series processors contain "modules" which are reported by the kernel as both threads and cores. Previously, the processor topology detection code in libvirt was unable to detect these modules. Consequently, libvirt reported twice the actual number of processors. With this update, topologies that add up to the total number of processors reported by the system are properly reported even though the actual topology has to be checked in the output of the virCapabilities() function.
Note that the capability output for topology detection purposes should be used due to performance reasons. The NUMA topology has high impact on performance but the impact of the physical topology can differ from that.
Whenever the virDomainGetXMLDesc() function was executed on a domain that was unresponsive, the call also became unresponsive. With this update, QEMU sends the BALLOON_CHANGE event when memory usage on a domain changes so that virDomainGetXMLDesc() no longer has to query an unresponsive domain. As a result, virDomainGetXMLDesc() calls no longer hang in the described scenario.
All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.
5.166.2. RHSA-2013:0199 — Important: libvirt security update
Updated libvirt packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link(s) associated with each description below.
A flaw was found in the way libvirtd handled connection cleanup (when a connection was being closed) under certain error conditions. A remote attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to crash libvirtd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the root user.
This issue was discovered by Tingting Zheng of Red Hat.
All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd will be restarted automatically.
5.166.3. RHSA-2012:1359 — Moderate: libvirt security and bug fix update
Updated libvirt packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) associated with each description below.
A flaw was found in libvirtd's RPC call handling. An attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to crash libvirtd by sending an RPC message that has an event as the RPC number, or an RPC number that falls into a gap in the RPC dispatch table.
This issue was discovered by Wenlong Huang of the Red Hat Virtualization QE Team.
When the host_uuid option was present in the libvirtd.conf file, the augeas libvirt lens was unable to parse the file. This bug has been fixed and the augeas libvirt lens now parses libvirtd.conf as expected in the described scenario.
Disk hot plug is a two-part action: the qemuMonitorAddDrive() call is followed by the qemuMonitorAddDevice() call. When the first part succeeded but the second one failed, libvirt failed to roll back the first part and the device remained in use even though the disk hot plug failed. With this update, the rollback for the drive addition is properly performed in the described scenario and disk hot plug now works as expected.
When a virtual machine was started with an image chain using block devices and a block rebase operation was issued, the operation failed on completion in the blockJobAbort() function. This update relabels and configures cgroups for the backing files and the rebase operation now succeeds.
All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd will be restarted automatically.
Updated libvirt packages that fix one security issue and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
A flaw was found in libvirtd's RPC call handling. An attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could trigger this flaw with a specially-crafted RPC command that has the number of parameters set to 0, causing libvirtd to access invalid memory and crash.
Previously, repeatedly migrating a guest between two machines while using the tunnelled migration could cause the libvirt daemon to lock up unexpectedly. The bug in the code for locking remote drivers has been fixed and repeated tunnelled migrations of domains now work as expected.
Previously, when certain system locales were used by the system, libvirt could issue incorrect commands to the hypervisor. This bug has been fixed and the libvirt library and daemon are no longer affected by the choice of the user locale.
When libvirt could not find a suitable CPU model for a host CPU, it would not provide the CPU topology in host capabilities even though the topology was detected correctly. Consequently, applications that work with the host CPU topology but not with the CPU model could not see the topology in host capabilities. With this update, the host capabilities XML description contains the host CPU topology even if the host CPU model is unknown.
Previously, the fixed limit for the maximum size of an RPC message that could be supplied to the libvirtd daemon (65536 bytes) was not always sufficient. Consequently, messages that were longer than that could be dropped, leaving a client unable to fetch important data. With this update, the buffer for incoming messages has been made dynamic and libvirtd now allocates as much memory as is needed for a given message, thus allowing to send much bigger messages.
Prior to this update, libvirt used an unsuitable detection procedure to detect NUMA and processor topology of a system. Consequently, topology of some advanced multi-processor systems was detected incorrectly and management applications could not utilize the full potential of the system. Now, the detection has been improved and the topology is properly recognized even on modern systems.
Under certain circumstances, the iohelper process failed to write data to disk while saving a domain and kernel did not report an out-of-space error (ENOSPC). With this update, libvirt calls the fdatasync() function in the described scenario to force the data to be written to disk or catch a write error. As a result, if a write error occurs, it is now properly caught and reported.
Certain operations in libvirt can be done only when a domain is paused to prevent data corruption. However, if a resuming operation failed, the management application was not notified since no event was sent. This update introduces the VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_API_ERROR event and management applications can now keep closer track of domain states and act accordingly.
Libvirt allows users to cancel an ongoing migration. Previously, if an attempt to cancel the migration was made in the migration preparation phase, qemu missed the request and the migration was not canceled. With this update, the virDomainAbortJob() function sets a flag when a cancel request is made and this flag is checked before the main phase of the migration starts. As a result, a migration can now be properly canceled even in the preparation phase.
When a qemu process is being destroyed by libvirt, a clean-up operation frees some internal structures and locks. However, since users can destroy qemu processes at the same time, libvirt holds the qemu driver lock to protect the list of domains and their states, among other things. Previously, a function tried to set up the qemu driver lock when it was already up, creating a deadlock. The code has been modified to always check if the lock is free before attempting to set it up, thus fixing this bug.
Updated libvirt packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Previously, repeatedly attaching and detaching a PCI device to a guest domain could cause the libvirt daemon to terminate unexpectedly. The erroneous structure free operation at the root of this bug has been fixed and repeated attach and detach actions of a PCI device now work as expected.
On certain NUMA architectures, libvirt was failing to process and expose the NUMA topology, possibly leading to performance degradation. These updated packages now correctly parse and expose the NUMA topology on such machines and make the correct CPU placement, thus avoiding the performance degradation.
When using the sanlock daemon for locking resources used by a domain, if such a resource was read-only, the locking attempt failed. Consequently, it was impossible to start a domain with a CD-ROM drive. This bug has been fixed and sanlock can now be properly used with read-only devices.
Closing a file descriptor multiple times could, under certain circumstances, lead to a failure to execute the qemu-kvm binary. As a consequence, a guest failed to start. A patch has been applied to address this issue, so that the guest now starts successfully.
Libvirt 0.9.10 has added support for keepalive checking to detect broken connections between the client and the server. However, due to bugs in the implementation this could have caused a failure of service and disconnection, for example, during parallel migrations. The keepalive support is now disabled by default and random disconnections no longer occur.
5.166.8. RHSA-2012:0748 — libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Updated libvirt packages that fix one security issue, multiple bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link associated with the description below.
The libvirt packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.9.10, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#752433)
Bus and device IDs were ignored when attempting to attach multiple USB devices with identical vendor or product IDs to a guest. This could result in the wrong device being attached to a guest, giving that guest root access to the device.
Previously, libvirt incorrectly released resources in the macvtap network driver in the underlying code for QEMU. As a consequence, after an attempt to create a virtual machine failed, a macvtap device that was created for the machine could not be deleted from the system. Any virtual machine using the same MAC address could not be created in such a case. With this update, an incorrect function call has been removed, and macvtap devices are properly removed from the system in the scenario described.
Under certain circumstances, a race condition between asynchronous jobs and query jobs could occur in the QEMU monitor. Consequently, after the QEMU guest was stopped, it failed to start again with the following error message:
error: Failed to start domain [domain name]
error: Timed out during operation cannot acquire state change lock
With this update, libvirt handles this situation properly, and guests now start as expected.
Previously, libvirt defined a hard limit for the maximum number of virtual machines (500) in Python bindings. As a consequence, the vdsmd daemon was unable to properly discover all virtual machines on a system with more than 500 guests. With this update, the number of virtual machines is now determined dynamically and vdsmd correctly discovers all virtual machines.
Previously, it was not possible to cancel all migration-family commands (for example, it was possible to cancel the "virsh migration" command, but not the "virsh dump" command). This update implements a mechanism used for "virsh migration" also for the other commands, so it is now possible to cancel these commands.
Previously, libvirt was unable to verify if there were multiple active PCI devices on the same I/O bus. As a consequence, the "virsh attach-device" command failed even if such a device had already been detached from the host. With this update, libvirt properly checks for active devices on the same PCI I/O bus. Users can now attach devices to a guest successfully if the devices on the same bus are detached from the host.
When the libvirt's virDomainDestroy API is shutting down the qemu process, the API first sends the SIGTERM signal, then waits for 1.6 seconds and, if the process is still running, the API sends the SIGKILL signal. Previously, this could lead to data loss because the guest running in QEMU did not have time to flush its disk cache buffers before it was unexpectedly killed. This update provides a new flag, "VIR_DOMAIN_DESTROY_GRACEFUL". If this flag is set in the call to virDomainDestroyFlags, SIGKILL is not sent to the qemu process; instead, if the timeout is reached and the qemu process still exists, virDomainDestroy returns an error. It is recommended that management applications always first call virDomainDestroyFlags with VIR_DOMAIN_DESTROY_GRACEFUL. If that fails, then the application can decide if and when to call virDomainDestroyFlags again without VIR_DOMAIN_DESTROY_GRACEFUL.
The localtime_r() function used in the libvirt code was not async-signal safe, which caused child processes to enter a deadlock when attempting to generate a log message. As a consequence, the virsh utility became unresponsive. This update applies backported patches and adds a new API for generating log time stamps in an async-signal safe manner. The virsh utility no longer hangs under these circumstances.
Previously, if the libvirt package was built with Avahi support, libvirt required the avahi package to be installed on the system as a prerequisite for its own installation. If the avahi package could not be installed on the system due to security concerns, installation of libvirt failed. This update modifies the libvirt.spec file to require only the avahi-libs package. The libvirt package is now successfully installed and libvirtd starts as expected.
The schema for the XML files contained stricter rules than those that were actually enforced by libvirt. As a consequence, validation tools failed to validate guest XML files that contained special characters in the guest's name even if libvirt accepted the XML file. With this update, the XML schema now allows arbitrary strings with no limitation, leaving the enforcement of rules to the hypervisor driver. As a result, users are now able to validate these XML files.
Previously, the libxml2 tool did not parse IPv6 URIs as expected. As a consequence, attempting to establish an IPv6 connection through SSH failed, because an invalid IPv6 address was used. A patch has been applied to address this problem and IPv6 connections can now be established successfully in this scenario.
Previously, the libvirt-guests init script executed operations on guests serially. Consequently, on machines with many guests, the shutdown process took a long time because guests were waiting for other guests to be shut down. The libvirt-guests init script was modified to enable parallel operation on domains, which reduces the time of the shutdown process of the host. Now, guests start and shut down in parallel, and utilize the host system's resources more efficiently.
When migrating a QEMU virtual machine and using SPICE for a remote display, the migration was failing and the display was erratic under certain circumstances. This was happening because with the incoming migration connection open, QEMU was unable to accept any other connections on the target host. With this update, the underlying code has been modified to delay the migration connection until the SPICE client is connected to the target destination. The guest virtual machines can now be successfully migrated without disrupting the display during the migration.
Previously, migration of a virtual machine failed if the machine had an ISO image attached as a CD-ROM drive and the ISO domain was inactive. With this update, libvirt introduces the new startupPolicy attribute for removable devices, which allows marking CD-ROM and diskette drives as optional. With this option, virtual machines can now be started or migrated without a removable drive if the source image is inaccessible.
When a destination host lost network connectivity while a domain was being migrated to it, the migration process could not be canceled. This update implements an internal keep-alive protocol, which is able to detect broken connections or blocked libvirt daemons. When such a situation is detected during migration, libvirt now automatically cancels the process.
With certain combinations of IDE and VirtIO disks, a guest operating system did not boot after the installation process. This happened because the order of disks in which they were presented to the guest during the installation was different from the order used after the installation. As a result, the system could have been installed on a disk which was not used as the primary bootable disk. With this update, libvirt makes sure that the order in which disks are presented to a guest operating system during the installation is the correct order that will be used later once the guest operating system is installed.
Previously, libvirt did not provide any way to prevent multiple clients from accessing a console device. When two clients connected to a single console of a guest, the connections entered a race condition on reading data from the console device. Each of the connections only got a fragment of the data and that fragment was not copied to the other connection. This rendered the terminal unusable to all the simultaneous connections. With this update, when opening a console, a check is performed to ensure that only one client is connected to it at a given point in time. If such a session is locked, a new connection has the ability to disconnect previous console sessions. Users are now able to safely access the console and disconnect inactive sessions to take control of a guest in case the console is accidentally left connected.
Virtualization hosts can have thousands of CPUs and run a thousand guests, and libvirt should be capable of controlling all of them. However, libvirt was not able to do so, and the limit was below 1000, and users were therefore unable to fully utilize their hardware. With this update, the array of file descriptors which is passed to the child process is now allocated dynamically and can handle as many file descriptors as possible. Moreover, init and startup scripts have been changed so that the maximum limit of open files can be overridden for the libvirtd daemon. Users can now fully utilize their hardware and run as many guests as they require.
Due to several problems with security labeling, libvirtd became unresponsive when destroying multiple guest domains with disks on an unreachable NFS storage device. This update fixes the security labeling problems and libvirtd no longer hangs under these circumstances.
When live migration of a guest was terminated abruptly (using the Ctrl+C key combination), the libvirt daemon could have failed to accept any future migration request of that guest with the following error message:
error: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock
This update adds support for registering cleanup callbacks which are called for a domain when a connection is closed. The migration API is more robust to failures, and if a migration process is terminated, it can be restarted with a subsequent command.
Previously, libvirt's implementation of nwfilter attempted to execute a temporary file generated directly in the /tmp/ directory, which failed if /tmp/ was mounted with the "noexec" options for security reasons. The implementation of nwfilter has been improved to avoid the need for a temporary file altogether, so it is no longer necessary for libvirt to modify or use files in the /tmp/ directory.
Prior to this update, QEMU did not provide a notify mechanism when a block device tray status was changed. As a consequence, libvirt was unable to determine if the block data medium was ejected or was not present inside a guest. If the medium was ejected inside a guest, libvirt started the guest with the media being still present when migrating, saving and restoring the guest. This update introduces a new XML attribute for removable disk devices to represent and update the tray status.
Under certain circumstances, a rare race condition between the poll() event handler and the dmidecode utility could occur. This race could result in dmidecode waiting indefinitely to perform a read operation on the already closed file descriptor. As a consequence, it was impossible to perform any tasks for virtualized guests using the libvirtd management daemon, or perform certain tasks using the virt-manager utility, such as creating a new virtual machine. This update modifies the underlying code so that the race condition no longer occurs and libvirtd and virt-manager work as expected.
The libvirtd daemon could become unresponsive when starting the QEMU driver because the dmidecode tool needed a lot of time to process a large amount of data. It was consequently impossible to connect to the QEMU driver. The underlying source code has been modified to properly handle the POLLHUP event, so that users can now connect to the QEMU driver successfully in this scenario.
The management application can request a guest to shut down or reboot. However, this was previously implemented by issuing Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) events to a guest which could have ignored them. Consequently, the management application was unable to reboot such a guest. This update implements support for the guest-agent application that runs on a guest and calls the "shutdown" or "reboot" command when required. This means that a guest can be shut down or rebooted even when the guest ignores the ACPI events.
When shutting down, a virtual machine changed its status from the "Up" state to the "Paused" state before it was shutdown. The "Paused" state represented the state when the guest had been already stopped, but QEMU was flushing its internal buffers and was waiting for libvirt to kill it. This state change confused users so this update adds respective events and modifies libvirt to use the "shutdown" state. A virtual machine now moves from "Up" to "Powering Down" and then to the "Down" state.
If a domain failed to start, the host device for the domain was re-attached to the host regardless of whether the device was used by another domain. The underlying source code has been modified so that the device that is being used by another domain is not re-attached.
Differences between the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Debian implementations of the "nc" command, such as the presence or absence of the "-q" option, could lead to various problems. For example attempting to use a remote connection from a client expecting certain behavior to a server providing another behavior could fail on reconnection. With this update, libvirt probes capabilities of the "nc" command, and uses the appropriate options of the server even if the options differ from the "nc" on the client, which allows for successful interaction between either type of operating system.
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, libvirt unconditionally reserved PCI address 0:0:2.0 for a VGA adapter. Any domain that was created using an earlier version of libvirt with no VGA adapter and had another PCI device attached at this address could not be started. With this update, libvirt does not automatically use this PCI address for any device except for a VGA adapter. However, other devices can be attached at this address explicitly (either by the user or by using an older version of libvirt) and libvirt does not forbid to start domains with such devices. Thus, domains that could not be migrated from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 to 6.2 can be migrated from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 to 6.3.
Previously, QEMU only offered the ability to perform a live snapshot of one disk at a time, but with no rollback functionality if the snapshot process failed. With this update, libvirt has been enhanced to take advantage of QEMU improvements that guarantee that either all disks have a successful snapshot, or that the failure is detected before any change which cannot be rolled back is made. This is easier for management applications performing a live disk snapshot of a guest with multiple disks.
Parsing an XML file containing an incorrect root element caused an incorrect and confusing error to be displayed. The error message has been modified to display proper and detailed information about the problem when the user provides an incorrect XML file.
If the umask used when starting init services was set to mask the executable or the search bit for other users, KVM virtual machines that were explicitly configured to use the "hugepages" mechanism could fail to start because the QEMU user was unable to access the directory that libvirt had created for QEMU in the hugetlbfs file system. This was because while the directory itself was owned by QEMU, its parent directory was not searchable by QEMU. To prevent this problem, when creating the parent directory, libvirt now makes sure that the parent directory is searchable by anyone regardless of umask settings.
Previously, libvirt returned guest memory values in kibibytes (multiples of 1024), but with no indication of the scale. Furthermore, the libvirt documentation referred to kilobytes (multiples of 1000). Also, QEMU used mebibytes (multiples of 1024*1024) and these differences in scale could result in users making mistakes, such as giving a guest 1000 times less memory than planned, with a failure mode that was not easy to diagnose. Now the output is clear on the unit used, and the input allows users to use other units that can be more convenient.
Previously, the qemu monitor command "query-migrate" did not return any error message when a problem occurred. Consequently, libvirt produced the "Migration unexpectedly failed" error message, which did not provide the proper information about the problem. The "fd:" protocol is now used to retrieve and produce the exact error message when a problem occurs.
In some configurations, log messages similar to the following could be reported to libvirt or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization users:
warning : virDomainDiskDefForeachPath:7654 : Ignoring open failure on xxx.xxx
These messages were harmless and could be safely ignored. With this update, the messages are no longer reported unless a problem occurs.
Previously, libvirt and virsh ignored any script file given in the specification for a network interface of a type that did not actually use script files. To avoid confusion, this is now explicitly prohibited, an error is logged, and attempting to specify a script file for an interface type that does not support script files fails.
This update provides improvements in reporting errors in XML file parsing, which makes identifying of errors easier.
The libvirt package was missing a dependency on the avahi-libs package. The dependency is required due to libvirt linking in libavahi-client for mDNS support. As a consequence, the libvirtd daemon failed to start if the libvirt package was installed on the system without the avahi-libs package. With this update, the dependency on avahi-libs is now defined in the libvirt.spec file, and avahi-libs is installed along with libvirt.
In previous versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, a "hostdev" device could be hot plugged to a guest, but making that device persistent across restarts of the guest required separately editing the guest configuration. This update adds support for persistent hot plug of "hostdev" devices, both to the libvirt API and to the virsh utility.
Previously, attempting to migrate a server from a bridge network to direct network could fail when using libvirt with a virtio network interface. With this update, if a virtual guest created using the tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 or earlier is started on a host running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 with the vhost-net driver module loaded, and if that guest has a virtio network interface that uses macvtap, the "merge receive buffers" feature of the virtio driver is disabled. Compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 hosts is preserved and migration no longer fails under these circumstances.
With this update, libvirt now supports for the latest Intel processors and new features these processors include.
With this update, libvirt now supports family 15h microarchitecture AMD processors.
Now, libvirt is capable of controlling the state (up or down) of a link of the guest virtual network interfaces. This allows users to perform testing and simulation as though plugging and unplugging the network cable from the interface. This feature also lets users isolate guests in case any issues arise.
This update adds the ability to assign an SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) network device Virtual Functions (VF) to a guest using the "interface" element rather than the "hostdev" element. This gives the user the opportunity to specify a known or fixed MAC address (<mac address='xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'/>).
Previously, the only way to perform storage migration was to stop a guest, edit the XML configuration file, and restart the guest. This led to a downtime that could have lasted several minutes. With this update, it is now possible to perform live storage migration with minimal guest downtime. This is ensured by new libvirt API flags to the virDomainStorageRebase() function, which map to new QEMU features.
Previously, libvirt was able to notify a switch capable of the 802.1Qbg standard about changes in the guest network interface configuration, but there was no way for the switch to notify libvirt. This update provides extended support for libvirt synchronization with the lldpad daemon. As a result, if there are changes in the network infrastructure that require libvirt to re-associate the guest's interface, libvirt is informed and can take the proper action.
With this update, libvirt supports a new model for the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) controller, virtio-scsi.
With this update, "fabric_name" of the "fc_host" class is exposed, so that users can see which fabric the virtual host bus adapter (vHBA) is connected to.
This update introduces a new API, which allows the management system to query the disk latency using libvirt.
It is sometimes required not only to delete a domain's storage but also overwrite the data to make sure sensitive data are no longer readable. This update introduces a new API, that allows users to erase the storage and use various wiping patterns.
With this update, libvirt supports dynamic NUMA tuning, so that significant processes can be pre-bound to nodes with sufficient available resources.
Previously, when doing disk snapshots, the guest had to be paused in order to avoid writing of data. Otherwise, the data could be corrupted. A new utility, guest-agent, has been introduced, and allows to freeze disks or file systems from inside the guest. It is no longer needed to pause the guest. However, disk write operations are delayed until the snapshot is completed.
Previously, no mappings were specified for the "cpu64-rhel*" CPU models found in QEMU and therefore they could not be used. These mappings have been added with this update.
Previously, it was not possible to see the memory used by the qemu-kvm process using only the virsh utility. The API call that reports the domain memory statistics has been modified to show this value. The value is now displayed when running the "virsh dommemstat" command.
This update adds support for hot plugging and unplugging processors. It is now possible to add CPUs to guests and remove them as needed, without shutting down the guest.
This update introduces a new virsh command, "change-media", which makes it easier to frequently insert and eject media from CD-ROM or floppy devices.
The libvirt-guests init script attempted to make calls to the libvirtd daemon even if the daemon was inaccessible. As a consequence, the init script printed superfluous error messages that could be confusing. With this update, the script checks for a working connection, and skips calls on that connection if it is not working.
This update introduces a new virsh command, "domiflist" to display detailed network interfaces information, and two new field for the "domblklist" command.
Along with the "rombar" option that controls whether or not a boot ROM is made visible to the guest, QEMU also has the "romfile" option that allows specifying a binary file to present as the ROM BIOS of any emulated or pass-through PCI device. This update adds support for specifying "romfile" to both pass-through PCI devices, and emulated network devices that attach to the guest's PCI bus.
Previously, libvirt did not provide means to add and display host metadata while listing guests. It was therefore impossible to store additional information about guests. A new element has been added to the libvirt XML configuration file, which allows users to store a description along with the API that allows modifications of guest metadata. The "virsh list" command has been updated to allow printing of the short description. As a result, identification of guests is now easier.
This update adds a new virsh command, "iface-virsh", that allows users to "bridge" one of the host's Ethernet devices so that virtual guests can be connected directly to the physical network, rather than through a libvirt virtual network. The "iface-unbridge" command can be used to revert the interface to its previous state.
All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements.
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Posted on December 24, 2018 by accordingtohoyt
I no longer cry when I listen to The Little Drummer Boy. But no matter how silly the rendition, the family does shut up, because they know I’m listening.
Kind of like everything stops and we stand up for the anthem.
So, why cry? And why have I stopped crying?
You could say I’ve stopped crying because I’ve gotten used to the idea. Inured, maybe? though that’s a terrible word.
You see at some point in my twenties I realized what the whole thing was about talents, and about if you save your life, you will lose it. I saw enough friends and relatives so afraid of not doing the one perfect thing they wanted to do that they never did anything. Unwilling to engage themselves in doing or making anything imperfect, they saved their life/time so as to keep it free for that perfect thing: the perfect marriage, the perfect child, the perfect career. And thereby, mostly, achieved none of these things.
Long before twenty, I realized I’d never be perfect. Or “gifted.”
The effortless talent to do something and do it perfectly, I’ve seen it, and I don’t have it. It’s most evident in adolescence because none of us has much training. But some people can pick up a pencil and draw effortlessly, they can write movingly, they can solve the most difficult equations in their heads. I’ve never seen anyone play an instrument first time they see it, though my parents were absolutely convinced this could happen. But I’ve seen people who teach themselves an instrument and learn to play it. Older son did that at six. Yeah, I don’t have that either.
Sure, I was always “best writer” in whatever class, particularly for fiction, but that’s a really tiny pond.
In the real world?
It took me 13 years of concerted effort and practice to sell my first short story. In art, without the rendering computer (which should be fixed by tomorrow, hopefully) I am stuck at “talented amateur.”
So I had a perfect excuse to sit down and do nothing, right?
Well, no. First because a lifetime is a long time to just waste waiting for it to end. Second because I’d have become steeped in envy and malice, as I looked at everyone who accomplished SOMETHING while I did nothing. You know I would. It’s only natural.
So I chose to use bullheadeness and vast amounts of work to make up for the lack of gifts.
How is it working? I don’t know. There’s a lot of things in the way of a trad career, and I’ve seen gifted people flounder and sink worse than I’ve ever done.
But now there’s indie, and lacking gifts I have an enormous amount of learning and experience.
Think about it: just because you weren’t given a strong voice, should you stay silent?
“I have no gift to bring that’s fit to give a king.” But sometimes, rarely, for a moment, He smiles on me and my drum. And that’s enough.
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149 thoughts on “Drumming”
Jeff Greason says:
Not for the first time, Sarah, I wonder if you’re some kind of unknown relation; we strike so many of the same emotional chords.
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
That’s fit to give the King, pa rum pum pum pum,
Read about a teacher who was telling about a day the kids brought gifts, and one didn’t have anything.
But…she got Lucky Charms for a school breakfast. So she pulled all the marshmallows out of it, and gave those.
….makes me think of what Himself might feel like, when folks give up chocolate for Lent or whatever. I remember how great those were.
And then I got a comment update–
here’s the post, story is at the end.
https://statelymcdanielmanor.wordpress.com/2018/12/23/this-is-how-civilization-is-lost/
I read that story, and was moved to tears. That child, I pray, will keep her heart and spirit, for the rest of her life.
Yes. As long as you are content with distant relation. 0:)
There’s an element in some faiths that speaks of one’s job as a Vocation as well as a vocation. I wish it were emphasized more these days.
You might not be the best, and it might take very hard work to reach the top of your field. You may never reach the heights, but if you do the best you can, you and those around you will be blessed. It might be laying tiles, it could be repairing roads, or writing books, or wiping noses in the toddler room at the church/temple nursery on Mothers’ Day Out. Take satisfaction in doing what you can do and improving it as best you can. And the king smiles.
Christopher M Chupik says:
All we need now is for the ox and lamb to keep time.
Calling Orvan, calling Orvan . . .
If you think about it: the ox and lamb. Hard work and sacrifice kept time. About right.
Stuart the Viking says:
Now that you’ve said it, it seems obvious. So why did I never notice that?
But isn’t “lamb” a modern change to appease ‘American’ distaste for that other name for “donkey”?
Of course, I could be wrong.
It appears to be from’41, was originally called the Carol of the Drum, and I can’t find one with that lyrics. Maybe another carol?
Yeah. It’s lamb.
Czech version?
Possibly, but almost impossible to verify these days as nobody caches Czechs.
O Christmas Carp, O Christmas Carp . . .
Donald Stephens says:
… how lovely is thy plummet.
Cardshark says:
And then there is this version of Carol of the Bells:
And apparently there is this version of the Little Drummer Boy around also:
Forgot to mention, its a “Cthulhu Carol”
Seems to be a matter of tweakage. It was “ox and ass” when I learned it in the ’50s and ’60s. Searching on “ox and ass kept time” brings up a few hits, but I found this short essay to the point:
http://scriptoriumdaily.com/ox-and-ass-at-christs-manger/
“O Come All Ye Faithful” also has seen some PC alteration. I learned it with “Sing all ye citizens of heaven above”, but there’s a fair number of versions that don’t invoke that terrible ‘c’ word.
The furthest afield goes: “Sing all that hear in heaven God ‘s holy word.”
The first time I ran into the PC version, I was thrown out of the song for a verse or two.
Latin! Doesn’t anyone learn Christmas songs in Latin anymore? That is how I first learned O Come All Ye Faithful, also O Come, O Come Emmanuel.
The PC line cited is not at all elegant nor does it scan comfortably. I suspect that this doesn’t matter to some people who are most concerned that the message is correct and does not step on the toes of any of the presently protected classes.
Sorry, my furrin’ language was German. Not sure I ever tried “Stille Nacht”, although my singing of “Joyful, Joyful we Adore Thee” tends to sound suspiciously like “Freude, Shoener Gotterfunken”.
GWB says:
I don’t sing it much above a whisper, but every Christmas Eve Candlelight Service I sing the German lyrics while everyone else sings the English.
It seems appropriate.
I personally prefer the Latin versions. I’ve been running into PC alterations in the English versions and they are often clumsy, do not translate to song and offend in their attempts to be inoffensive to everyone.
I confess a long-standing preference for the traditional English lyrics whenever possible.
Hark the Herald Angels sing,
Beecham’s Pills are just the thing!
Peace on Earth and Mercy mild,
Two for Man and one for Child!
How about American:
Hark the Herald Tribune Sings,
Advertising wonderous things!
God rest ye merry merchants,
may ye make the Yuletide pay!
–T. Lehrer
Hehehe! My husband sang a handful of words that were various medical conditions to the tune of ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ when I showed him the PCfication of the song. He said that it scanned better than the crap that was the line, and since the meaning of the song was being chucked out anyway…
Even this Congregationalist/Evangelical learned Adeste Fideles in Latin first in the 60’s. The line with citizens in english is the second of these in latin
Cantet nunc io, chorus angelorum;
Cantet nunc aula cælestium,
Which is basically “sing now something of heaven” Google translate gives nonsense for aula (class?) although turns
aula celestium into palace or palaces. My Latin is 35+ years gone so I’m not much help.
No clue why citizens triggers people. Both hymnals I have access to (“The Pilgrim Hymnal “copyright 1952, “The Worshipping Church” copyright 1990) have citizens of heaven on that line as do many online hymnals (LDS, Methodist Hymnal) so who knows who decided to change it.
Oddly this has a vague relationship to our hostess as the traditionally cited author for the original Latin lyrics of Adeste Fidelis is John IV of Portugal.
“No clue why citizens triggers people. ”
You assume a degree of reason to the reason.
Up until recently, I always heard it as “Denizens of heaven above.” IE, saints.
“Aula” usually means “hall,” or “church” by extension. In this case, it’s talking about the heavenly court, or by poetic extension, its denizens.
Now let the chorus of angels sing, “Io!” *
Now let the heavenly court sing
“Glory, glory in the highest.”
[A pagan exclamation used to praise the gods, and particularly Bacchus.]
Cantet is 3rd person singular, present tense, subjunctive mood.
It now occurs to me that “heavenly court” could be a reference to the angelic connection with stars, and especially Job 38:7 — “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.”
Tim Nichols says:
The typology works with either lyric; oxen were also sacrificial animals, and donkeys were beasts of burden.
Fr. Hunwicke recently pointed out that “ox and ass” were once regarded as yet another typology of Jew and Gentile (which makes sense, since it’s from Isaiah).
The explanation is a tad indelicate, though probably not offensive to Orvan!
Same reason so many folks (even trained ones!) don’t realize that when Christ said “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,” in modern times He would’ve been saying “Psalms 22.”
We just know it, it’s the way it is, so we don’t poke at it hardly ever.
The same with Lincoln’s 1858 speech A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. Of those who are even aware of the speech most no longer recognize the reference to Mark 3:24.
Orvan, yep, but who would be the lamb? Well, as I was born in April my horoscope sign is ram, but I’m a bit old for a lamb. And don’t usually feel particularly ram like either. Not the leader type like they are supposed to be. 🙂
Yeah, Beloved Spouse frequently asks me to “Be a lamb …” but I was never into role play and have nightmares* about Gene Wilder.
*No explanatory Youtube video proffered in recognition of the holiday season.
You don’t have to be a sheep; sheep-ish is close enough.
Raspberries!
snelson134 says:
https://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/eddies_service.html
“Eddi, priest of St. Wilfrid
In his chapel at Manhood End,
Ordered a midnight service
For such as cared to attend.
But the Saxons were keeping Christmas,
And the night was stormy as well.
Nobody came to service,
Though Eddi rang the bell.
“‘Wicked weather for walking,”
Said Eddi of Manhood End.
“But I must go on with the service
For such as care to attend.”
The altar-lamps were lighted, —
An old marsh-donkey came,
Bold as a guest invited,
And stared at the guttering flame.
The storm beat on at the windows,
The water splashed on the floor,
And a wet, yoke-weary bullock
Pushed in through the open door.
“How do I know what is greatest,
How do I know what is least?
That is My Father’s business,”
Said Eddi, Wilfrid’s priest.
“But — three are gathered together —
Listen to me and attend.
I bring good news, my brethren!”
And he told the Ox of a Manger
And a Stall in Bethlehem,
And he spoke to the Ass of a Rider,
That rode to Jerusalem.
They steamed and dripped in the chancel,
They listened and never stirred,
While, just as though they were Bishops,
Eddi preached them The Word,
Till the gale blew off on the marshes
And the windows showed the day,
And the Ox and the Ass together
Wheeled and clattered away.
And when the Saxons mocked him,
Said Eddi of Manhood End,
“I dare not shut His chapel
On such as care to attend.””
AesopFan says:
Thank you for the poem – Merry Christmas!
I am not a metronome, but I can try.
Or be trying.
One of those.
I just listened to the Bing Crosby and David Bowie duet Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth and it remains a auditory treat. Sadly, on paying attention to the words of the latter song I was … unimpressed by the particular brand of warm fuzziness it invokes.
Anyway a quote from the introduction to the duet:
‘Right or wrong, I sing either way.’ Bing Crosby
And a more straightforward Little Drummer Boy:
Pa rump pa pa pum
You call that a cover of Little Drummer Boy?
Now, this is a cover of Little Drummer Boy!
I like the Bob Seger version:
Another take I really like is the Cranberries version (with vocals by the sadly late Dolores O’Riordan)
Blond_Engineer says:
Adore this version by King & Country
The reminder of the Bowie/Bing presentation let me recognize it on the way home from Mass, and greatly impressed my husband. ^.^
Mark White says:
I saw a few people in art school who were gifted and talented. I also saw a few of them fall behind the rest of us because they thought that would carry them through while the rest of us worked our asses off to get better.
Point is that yes, there are quite a few people in the world that are naturally gifted, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t as good as they are. You may very well be better because you worked for all that skill and maybe they didn’t work as hard.
Mike M. says:
Raw talent is good, but hard work and dogged persistence count, too. Never neglect the power of old-fashioned grit.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Yes. 42 years of dogged persistence put a gold medal around my neck. It’s a Very Good Thing.
Those who keep “doing their best”, get better.
My Grandfather was one of those musicians. He was basically born blind (there is a long story about it, not needed here). At 3, he was playing piano. He supported himself, and a family with music. When my mother was in high school, he got a job teaching music/band/orchestra at a private school. The story goes, students would bring their instruments to him, many of which he had never “seen” before, and he would mess around with them for a few minutes, then he would play the piece they were working on and tell the student what he/she was doing wrong.
Many years later, I got to see some of this in action as a kid although by that time, I can’t imagine there wasn’t an instrument that I could come up with that he hadn’t seen before. I even remember him playing “toy” instruments as if they were real instruments and making them sound good.
I wish he was still around, I would love to hand him an Otamatone and see what he did with it.
My dad is like that. One Christmas a very good friend of his sent him a banjo with the note on it “Play this you SOB”
A week later dad was playing Dueling Banjos.
And since this is the Christmas Eve thread, I’m going to hijack it for a moment…
The Bible tells us that Christ was born in a stable, because there was no room at the inn. And for all of my life, I’ve heard the poor innkeeper excoriated. How dare he! A stable!
But think about it from the perspective of that innkeeper. Bethlehem is packed, his inn is full. There’s a knock at the door – it’s Joseph, with Mary in tow (and possibly in labor). Maybe a midwife. And he needs a room. Not merely a room, but one big enough to serve as a maternity ward.
What to do? Turn another paying customer out into that cold night? That would merely move the problem from one person to another, not solve it. Tell Joseph he’s out of luck? That’s the easiest option, but that night is awfully cold…again, not a solution.
So the innkeeper thought, and had an idea. The stables had room. They were warm. It wasn’t the best solution, but it WAS a solution. One that worked.
Maybe that innkeeper wasn’t the villain he’s so often made out to be these days.
Joel Salomon says:
The other problem was that AirBNB had just cancelled all Jewish-owned rooms in Judea.
I don’t know how Joseph rated financially, but in most times inns were for rich people. If you were some ordinary schmuck, you slept in the barn with the livestock. Even in America up into the 20th century.
And sheep and cows were warm, quiet, and didn’t try to steal your stuff.
“Stable” meant they were at least paying customers and not indigent; Motel 6 vs. Holiday Inn, not “OMFG how horrible!”
Basically, Dolly Parton at Motel 6 turned up to 11, not “only beasts are there.”
We ARE talking about the King of Kings, here.
I think Joseph was about as close to being middle-class as you got in those days.
Skilled tradesman.
Which was really offensive to those strains of thought that held that labor was beneath the dignity of the REALLY high falutin’.
And equally offensive to those who thought that only unskilled labor was the mark of a REAL man.
Everybody hates the middle class.
Oh boy, ain’t that the truth! The Japanese, in particular, hate the middle crass!
The minimal set of tools to be a carpenter probably exceeded the net worth of most of the population. You’re looking at the equivalent of the guy at the car dealership with the big Snap-On toolboxes worth more than your car. Not to mention the skill set involved… things were a little more difficult back then, with no power tools or local lumber mills.
Oh gads, yes. Even if you ignore the disabled who couldn’t do anything.
Thinking about it, “skilled tradesman” described most of the Apostles as well.
CCO says:
I have heard that Joseph wasn’t a carpenter in the sense of a guy who builds house since houses were basically mud walled. Instead, he made furniture—-so not Carpenter, but Joyner.
I’ve seen arguments that there were frequently no divisions between “guy who works on houses” and “guy who makes furniture,” which goes well with the “guy who makes Stuff out of wood” meaning for carpenter.
I’ve heard that the word translated as “carpenter” may have included men who worked with stone. IE Stone masons.
*considers buildings at the time*
Makes sense, the same way that “carpenter” for construction means they do brick-work and such.
Ok I had to look it was killing me.The word in Koine greek is τέκτων (tekton roughly with that O long). It’s used twice in the Greek new testament once in Mark, once in Matthew. Treating it as carpenter (vs mason or craftsman) is based I think on usage from the Septuagint a greek translation of the Torah and the rest of the Hebrew Old Testament from 200-300 BCE. We don’t have a heck of a lot of first century koine greek (other than the scriptures) to compare with. The Vulgate (early latin translation) uses faber (maker?) so craftsman (non specific) seems better. Joseph makes stuff but whether with wood, stone or even adobe the text is silent. I suspect carpenter is somewhere from the various traditions about Joseph.
And the precise word let me find this:
The word means both mechanic in general and carpenter in particular; St. Justin vouches for the latter sense (Dial, cum Tryph., lxxxviii, in P.G., VI, 688), and tradition has accepted this interpretation, which is followed in the English Bible.
https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/joseph-saint
So that’s ~150AD.
It’s also kind of a joke. The Creator was also a tekton, so Jesus was a tekton and the son of the tekton, either way!
In one respect, Herod and Augustus Caesar were not middle-class, in that you couldn’t run their homes as a homeless shelter nowadays. . . .
Relative position, yeah.
A stable is hardly the worst place to stay for the night, as long as you do some, uh, tidying beforehand.
drloss says:
I hate to rain on everyone’s conceptions of the inn and the stable, but when you go back to the original Greek and the culture of the area at the time, a very different interpretation emerges:
https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/jesus-wasnt-born-in-a-stable/
1) The word translated “Inn” was more likely a “large house” where travelers could stay in a strange city. Likely, it was a “large house” associated with the House Of David.
2) Thanks to the Roman Emperor, every member of the House of David living outside of Bethlehem was likely needing to stay there.
3) The “stable” was likely a part of the “large house” where animals were normally kept.
4) Whoever was in charge of the “large house” likely had problems “fitting” everybody who had the right to be there in. It is very likely that Joseph & Mary weren’t the only people staying in the stable area.
5) It is extremely likely that the “inn-keeper” made sure the local midwives knew about Mary’s condition.
Minor note, we’ve all seen the pictures of Mary & Joseph traveling to Bethlehem. Just the two of them with Mary on a donkey. It is very likely that they were the only people traveling to Bethlehem at that time. So they likely weren’t traveling alone. 😀
Given that the family reunion type trips were busy enough that Joseph and Mary had a “Home Alone” setup with Jesus staying back at the Temple, you’re quite right.
I want to tell all those who are using the Nativity story to push their agenda regarding unwed mothers, the poor and/or refugees I want to tell them:
The reason for Mary and Joseph’s trip to Bethlehem at that time was to comply with a government order that required everyone to register in the territory of their family. Joseph, being a descendant of David, had to register in Bethlehem. There were very likely a lot of people traveling, more than usual. This would overload the available hospitality space.
Something of which the officials should have been aware, if they had cared to be.
The the problem of displaced persons and insufficient housing were both the fault of a government mandate. Could it be that less, not more, government is the answer?
(YES!)
“Could it be that less, not more, government is the answer?”
Nawwwww, that’s just crazy talk. Everybody knows that more* government is always the answer.
*More precisely, more of my government, less of yours.
As you noted Joseph (and perhaps Mary ?) was a descendant of King David of the tribe of Judah. He was returning to his ancestral home as Cacs noted to comply with the occupying powers requirements for taxation. Not refugees (yet). Fleeing Herod the Great’s Slaughter of the innocents to Egypt THEN they were refugees (and legitimate ones). Stupid press/demoncrats are so ignorant of the New Testament that the story they want isn’t one they have a clue exists.
Or perhaps his current home — having being in Nazareth for some reason. albeit prolonged, giving a chance for the betrothal and marriage — they were, after all, easily able to stick around Bethlehem for two years after the birth.
Some people think from contextual clues that it was their house and they went to the stable to leave the house to guests. At least one scholar who was a friend of my childhood priest explained it to us at length. Eh.
I’ve previously seen (and it seems to make sense) that the “inn” is more accurately “upper/guest rooms” and they wound up in the main downstairs room, like sleeping on the couch in the den if the den also had the family livestock in it. I actually only ran into the idea that it was their actual house this year.
…Either one raises a weirdly adorable albeit wildly noncanonical vision in which the little drummer boy is a poor cousin whose family arrived earlier and wasn’t necessarily supposed to be wandering downstairs.
People back then often brought their livestock into the house during winter, especially at night. Protected the animals from the cold and helped warm the house far more cheaply than keeping a fire.
Just ’cause half the family lives out in Nazareth, doesn’t mean you don’t have a homeplace in Bethlehem. And maybe they need a lot of carpenters in Bethlehem, so you end up staying at the homeplace longer than you expected, hanging out with the aunts and cousins who live in Bethlehem and are happy to help with the baby.
Once everybody else left, there was probably plenty of room.
Even there, they weren’t Illegal refugees.
They left the area controlled by a Roman “ally” to another area controlled by Rome.
Rome didn’t care if somebody left an area controlled by one of their allies to move to an area directly controlled by Rome (Egypt).
Since there was a Jewish community in Egypt, Joseph would likely be able to find work there.
IIRC, neither the Egyptians nor Romans had Welfare nor government-provided universal healthcare, so why would they care where a skilled worker chose to sell his labor? Judea to Egypt is akin to moving from Louisiana to Texas.
“katalymati” is the word in Luke 2:7. It literally means something like “guest room” or “rented room”. The Last Supper was also held in a “katalyma,” (Lk. 22:11, Mk. 14:14) which would be more like “rented banquet room” in context.
This stuff can get kinda complicated, because sometimes you paid money, sometimes you were family, and sometimes families had reciprocating guest friend arrangements. (Whenever I go to Athens, I stay with Grampa Bob’s friend’s family, and they stay with my family whenever one of them travels to Corinth. A big thing in the Mediterranean; relationships could last centuries.)
In Bethlehem, there might have been a katalyma for visiting members of the House of David, or for certain branches. But not everybody in the clan could fit there at once, I’m sure!
The Good Samaritan in Lk. 10:34 takes the wounded Jew to a “pandocheion,” which was a roadside hotel for business travelers, or at least for those who didn’t have a reciprocation relationship with anybody in town. It means something like “takes everybody.” They were a lot more convenient and useful to more people, so they pretty much took over the hospitality market in the Roman Empire.
I never actually specified that “katalyma” and “katalymati” are just different grammatical forms of “katalyma.”
Oh, and in the Vulgate, St. Jerome uses “diversorium” for both the Nativity and the Last Supper passages, and “stabulum” for the Good Samaritan one.
“Diversorium” or “deversorium” was a place that sold lodgings or a tavern, and really the Western Romans tended to assume drinking, gambling, eating, and a brothel were more important activities than renting a place to stay. There isn’t really a city of Rome version of “katalyma,” so let’s not be harsh on Jerome here. But yeah, he’s probably why we think of the place as an inn.
“Stabulum” was the stable attached to an inn, and the Samaritan paid the “stabularius” to take care of the wounded Jew. This makes sense, because the stablekeeper was also the horse doctor, whereas a nasty Roman roadside tavern run by a glorified pimp was no place for a sick guy to receive care.
The Greek has the Good Samaritan making arrangements with the “pandochei,” so he really was a hotelier in the modern sense.
It also occurs to me that Jerome having the wounded Jew in the “stabulum” at an inn, might be part of why we think of the Holy Family as also staying in a stable, instead of in the animal feeding area of a private house.
I don’t know what the Peshitta has, or the Old Latin versions.
“took over the hospitality market in the Roman Empire” in the East. Different road setup than in the West.
Of course, the other way to go was staying at a “statio,” a Roman waystation for troops or the Imperial mail. A lot of people seem to gotten some kind of authorization or invitation to stay at a statio, like Egeria/Etheria on her pilgrimage through Egypt and the Holy Land and out to Constantinople.If you were rich and had Imperial connections like Etheria, it could be a very nice and safe option.
There was a scene in the Iliad where two warriors realized their ancestors had been host and guest, so they not only did not fight, they exchanged armor so that they could be sure of not accidentally coming to fight to the other.
If you are going to insist on referring to the original texts rather than employing the Classic Illustrated versions familiar to everybody, there’s no point trying to reason with you!
Launches very large whale at the Wallaby. 😈
Hmm.. guess it’s different perspectives from different places. The way I always remember it being told/talked about growing up was that the Inn keeper didn’t have to give them anywhere to stay, and let them use the stable out of kindness and pity for a so obviously pregnant woman.
John C. Wright has a story about this. Republished a few days ago on his blog:
http://www.scifiwright.com/2018/12/nativity-2/
KAries says:
I am reminded that we are instructed to make a joyful noise, not necessarily a beautiful one.
The instructions in the United Methodist Hymnal (dates back to the late 1700s) say that it doesn’t matter how well you sing, but all are to join their voices, none greater than the others: “do not bawl immodestly.”
Even really bad singers can sound good if they’re trying to sing together; even really good singers sound bad if they’re trying to be soloists all at once.
Years ago, in my group of friends was a woman who just plain couldn’t sing. Then one night, we were singing something (can’t remember what or why, but singing wasn’t uncommon for that group) and she got stuck on the perfectly right note, and it worked! She didn’t change pitch an entire song, but with the rest of us singing, she was like the perfect steady pitch right there where it needed to be (in music, that’s called a Drone).
“I saw enough friends and relatives so afraid of not doing the one perfect thing they wanted to do that they never did anything.” This is a very important point.
A relevant story:
“The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the “quantity” group: fifty pound of pots rated an “A”, forty pounds a “B”, and so on. Those being graded on “quality”, however, needed to produce only one pot -albeit a perfect one – to get an “A”. Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the “quantity” group was busily churning out piles of work – and learning from their mistakes – the “quality” group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.”
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We used to have a couple of high-end auto paint and body shops. You could take your car in, pay several thousand dollars, and they’d prep your car and the shop artiste would wave his magic spray gun and paint it.
Meanwhile, there was the place that would paint your car for $125. No, you didn’t get the level of prep work the fancy shops did, but the paint part was always perfect. The artiste might paint four or five cars a week. Elmer at Jiffy Paint shot paint forty hours a week, every week.
Practice doesn’t always make perfect, but if you’re willing to learn from your mistakes, it can make you a whole lot better…
Sarah, darling girl, we certainly are related in spirit.
Both sickly children. I required several operations before a year old. You, often confined to your bedroom for extended periods.
Both more often than not found ourselves the smartest person in the room. Not a brag as we are both former Mensans, but then so are several other of the regulars here.
Being that smart is a very mixed blessing as it typically allows one to see both sides of an argument, thus letting your mind weaken its own convictions.
In any case, wishing all here a very merry Christmas eve and remainder of the Holiday season.
Not bragging, but when I first heard of Mensa I determined that I qualified and started looking up some of the local members to see what I thought about the organization. I quickly determined that I’d rather hang out with a bunch of farmers at the feed store than at a Mensa gathering. Man, maybe my experience was atypical, but those folks were both arrogant and boring, perhaps from the over-inflated self opinions so many of them had. It seemed to me that you had to check your sense of humor at the door if you wanted to be part of their self-selected high intelligence club. No thanks.
Smart folks are more fun to be around if they have something to define themselves by besides being smart– same as folks with any other extreme quality, that’s where the “pretty but evil” stereotype comes from, along with “jocks are evil.”
The farmers are defining themselves by what they do, so you’re more likely to get a good selection of folks, and thus have more fun.
(Theory based in part on folks’ reaction to me “being smart” and how it changed after exposure to me being me, when in my head I’m not smart at all. I just sometimes see stuff that other people didn’t, same way they see stuff I don’t. I’m not smart, I’m a different height and not standing on their feet!)
I’m right there with you on that. Hanging with folks who do interesting stuff and are good at it is always more fun than hanging with folks who are good at scoring high on some tests. Besides, “intelligence” isn’t really defined by “ability to get high scores on standardized tests.” And it isn’t even a unitary thing–there are many different types of intelligence, only a very few of which are measured by those tests.
I’ve always said that everyone is interesting if you can get them talking about something they’re passionate about and are willing to listen to them non-judgmentally. I must admit though, it what they’re passionate about is how smart they are, moreso than everyone else, this hypothesis can be very difficult not to discard.
“intelligence” isn’t really defined by “ability to get high scores on standardized tests.”
No kidding. My brother and I are (mostly) opposites. I’m supposed to be the “smart” one. BUT, he kicks my ass when it comes to actually DOING things all the time. I’m often too caught up in what I don’t know, while he doesn’t bother thinking about stuff and just DOES things. I’m left with “You can’t do…. wait… you did what?”
“Ignorance can be a powerful tool…”
– E.J. Potter, “The Michigan Madman”
https://thekneeslider.com/e-j-potter-the-michigan-madman-r-i-p/
Love is contagious.
But it’s got to be love, with the joy that goes with that.
> they’re passionate about
The BBC found a guy named Fred Dibnah, who was a steam engine fanatic. He eventually wound up doing at least four different steam technology series for them.
Short fat little guy with a sweater and Coke-bottle glasses, with some oddball accent so thick even the British could barely understand him. But he was *seriously* into steam engines and the early Industrial Revolution, and he was having the freakin’ time of his life telling people about them.
Even if you can’t understand what he’s talking about half the time, it’s fun watching him having fun. Some of his BBC episodes are on the place of tubes if you’re so inclined.
Huh. Sounds like the local bunch.
When I went to my only meeting, lo and long ago, they had already decided to buy printed T-shirts. The meeting I attended, they were trying to decide what they would have printed on them.
My suggestion was, “If we’re all so smart, why aren’t we all rich?”
Their reaction indicated they were yet another group that was a bad fit…
One of the Sunday papers had an article on Mensa. I figured I qualified, but at that time I was almost terminally shy, and the article didn’t make the participants all that attractive to me. (Not sure if it was deliberately slanted, or just Silicon Valley/San Francisco oddness in the 1970s.)
I figured it would be full of nerds and Odds. But from that meeting (I only attended one; I worked nights, and that was the only one where I was able to) and the newsletter i got for a year, their main problem was that they didn’t *do* anything. They might as well have created a club for people with blond hair or freckles. There are lodges and orders and clubs for drinking, supporting charities, knitting, or flying model airplanes; they at least have a purpose.
[limited local sample size, didn’t make an extended effort, Your Mileage May Vary]
We joined in a good chapter. It was fun, and consisted of beer and bad jokes. Then we moved…. yeah. What you said.
Ha! I would have busted a gut if you had suggested something like that!
I agree that Mensa is a group that tends to encourage one to leave it. There are some good chapters out there, mostly focusing on puzzle fans.
thephantom182 says:
Words of the Ancient Sage: “There is no talent, only practice.”
Words of Bubba The Younger: “Jesus loves you, but He ain’t gonna come and fix your car.”
Words of Nammu Chen, the cranky ten-thousand-year-old AI: “Monkeys!” [with full eye-roll and despairing tone]
Merry Christmas all. Cheer up, it’ll be Boxing Day soon. ~:D
And we might get rain! (Don’t laugh, we’re seven inches below average for the calendar year, worse for the water year.)
Here in the North Carolina Triad we’ve “enjoyed” record rain. Although we oughtn’t brag about it as pretty much ALL of NC has seen rainfall records set. Wilmington, at the mouth of the Cape Fear river basin, has seen a hundred inches fall, making all that we elsewhere in the state have shipped downstream seem superfluous.
As for being seven inches shy, how is that in percentage rainfall? Seven under the customary hundred is no biggie, whereas seven under the usual twelve is mighty dry indeed.
Seven under a nineteen-inch average yearly rainfall. We got good rains in early October, so things are “uncomfortably dry” but not “watch plants wither and critters die as we stand here” desiccated. Yet.
Seven shy of nineteen? That means you’re only getting sixty-three percent of an already sparse drizzle? Ouch. That could drive a body straight to drink.
Average rainfall is supposedly 50 inches here. But the local water table is less than five feet down, and the back yard is still squelchy from the rain las week.
I’ll drink to that! It’d be nice to have a non-drought year.
Well, of course not. Fixing your car falls under putting the Lord your God to the test.
From whom much has been given, much is expected. Few burdens are heavier than those of high expectations.
Being recognized as “gifted” can be crippling. It begets unrealistically high expectations, it discourages working hard to develop one’s skills and perfect one’s craft. And one’s admirers often take one’s achievements for granted, not recognizing how much work has gone into developing that talent. As Mr. Monk was wont to say, “It’s a blessing, and a curse.”
Too often we see the intellectually “gifted” fall into the trap of facile thinking, of shallow thought, becoming enamoured of bright shiny ideas and failing to think as profoundly as they believe themselves to be doing. Capable of taking a quick grasp of ideas and to make connections with glittering speed they too often fail to think things through to their ultimate conclusion. When one can spin a web of words one often neglects to build sound foundations.
> Capable of taking a quick grasp of ideas and to make connections with glittering speed they too often fail to think things through to their ultimate conclusion.
[waves hand and dances in seat] I used to have a really bad case of that… fortunately, that’s one of the few things age and cynicism have been a cure for.
Me too…nothing like having to live with your own results to take the shine right out of The Beauty Of Ideas.
Not classified as a brilliant programmer, but recognized, every place I worked, as a programmer who got things done, that work, & are what the end user needed (beyond what they asked for, because they didn’t know they needed it in the context of their request) … I’ll take that.
Yes. I worked at it. Programming, not so much. Learning to L I S T E N to what was needed definitely.
“Programming, not so much. Learning to L I S T E N to what was needed definitely.”
That’s ridiculous. If everybody did that we’d all be in danger of getting what we want rather than what we need.
BTW: this is one of the primary criticisms of Regulators and Courts taking it into their hands to “fix” laws. Apply the laws as written; if the results are “unfortunate” that ought encourage lawmakers to be more careful about what they enact. If that means fewer laws and less regulatory power ceded to bureaucrats and courts then that is a cross burden we will simply have to bear. I know, I know: people with power to enact laws also bearing the responsibility for them? What if such a thing became standard!!!
And that’s why I have issue about those passing laws that do not apply to themselves. Laws should be laws, not “Laws, but…” Any exception would be to have the lawmaking body subject to such laws first, as a test-run — although that might risk creative abuses.
“Apply the laws as written; if the results are “unfortunate” that ought encourage lawmakers to be more careful about what they enact. ”
Constitutional Amendment: Congress members shall never be exempt from any law they make applying to the populace in genera.
> didn’t know what they needed
Ah, yes. They don’t know what they want, but they instantly know what they *don’t* want when you show it to them.
A very good reason as any for decoupling the user interface from the functional innards of a program…
Still, not the worst type of programming. A couple of iterations, and you can nail down a spec, fill it, and declare victory.
The bad ones are when management keeps moving the goalposts before you get done, then complains because you’re not progressing fast enough. “All we wanted was click a button to compare inventory from three different warehouses using different product codes, automatically order replacement stock from forty different vendors, except when prices vary X amount or Janice in Purchasing doesn’t like Vendor Y this week. It’s just one button, what’s taking so long?”
“The customer never knows what he wants until sees what he gets.”
And they don’t understand that that “one button” is on elevator that now has to go the middle three floors of the two-story building originally specified – with the original top floor still being on top.
Not saying in my career I didn’t run into unreasonable exceptions on delivery timing, because I did. Just not in the context specified. First & last full time jobs, there were no delivery deadlines, period; except those I put on myself. Which were a WAG * 3 or 4 😉 with a warning that if XYZ & ABC came up, then it was going to be delayed. AND got away with it. Still delivered.
Second full time job had deadlines, but in concert with a hardware release. Not a specific software tweak to in isolation. Only release where beat the Marketing deadline was the last one because I’d finally gotten the product so I could do that*. Notice “Marketing” deadline. Not “Engineering” deadline … You know the true deadline that was reasonable. I even had to figure out how to support 3 variants of Chinese & Japanese double byte character sets, along with standard English, French, German, & Spanish, without the user being forced to change their PC code page (this was early ’00). Took me a week to code it. Took me 6 weeks to dig through the Microsoft library to find the not documented foundation functions that the OS actually uses when the OS code page is changed.
*I was not the original programmer on the product, but was brought in to take over weeks before the first release. It took 2 more releases before I could force a major rewrite to fix code organization issues. Essentially marketing said they wanted X & I said no, they can’t have X without me doing Y first. Paid dividends later releases. Unfortunately also made me redundant & more expendable once the bankruptcy/breakup started occurring … darn it. Should have learned my lesson then, but nooooo. Had to keep doing the right thing 😉 … write code so that anyone coming behind me could understand it …
Old joke we used to tell: software is what makes the hardware do what the marketers sold.
Another old joke:
Q: What’s the difference between a car salesman and a computer salesman?
A: The car salesman knows when he’s lying…
Not exactly. Computer software developers just know that “shit-if-I-know-I-just-know-you-want-it-faster-than-it-can-be-done” isn’t an acceptable answer that you will hear no matter how often it is repeated.
Wait! What! That was a joke? 😉 😉 😉 😉
God gave you a voice to sign with. So stand up and SING! Either he’ll be pleased with the sound, or you’ll give him the opportunity to change his mind.
If you cover up your light, nobody will ever see it; and you’ll be left in darkness, unable to see your way. Even a flickering, guttering candle is better than no light at all.
A voice to sign with. Heh.
Feather Blade says:
…and a face for radio. ^_^
Burying one’s talent in the dirt is contraindicated. In the parable of the talents, the one who did so was cast out.
Thomas Monaghan says:
Another wonderful song about how Christ doesn’t look at our gifts the same way we do.
(Turtle Creek Chorale men’s choir)
The Jesus Gift by Gilbert Martin
“Shall we gather emeralds? Shall we bring Him gold?
Shall we shower diamonds white-hard, bright-cold?
Shall we spangle jewels like stars above?
Give Him laughter, bring peace-filled laughter
Offer Him warm laughter and love
Simplest of gifts, gentlest of hearts
Kindness He’ll use as He leads
So, give Him these gifts, hand Him your hearts
Honour His birth and you’ll need no…
Emeralds nor rubies, silver nor gold
Neither bring diamonds white-hard, bright-cold
Spangle not rich jewels like stars above
You’ll have laughter, simple warm laughter
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Hundreds of barrels shipped from Philadelphia to London by nervous crew in 1860.
When the U.S. petroleum industry began in 1859, it launched many new industries for producing, refining and transporting the highly sought after resource. With demand growing worldwide, America for the first time exported oil (and kerosene) during the Civil War when a small Union brig sailed from the Port of Philadelphia to London.
Soon after Edwin L. Drake drilled the first American oil well along Oil Creek in northwestern Pennsylvania, entrepreneurs swept in and wooden cable-tool derricks sprang up in Venango and Crawford counties. As demand for oil-refined kerosene for lamps grew, oilfield discoveries created famous (and notorious) petroleum boom towns like one at Pithole. Moving oil out the oil regions also brought the beginning of a new industry’s transportation infrastructure.
Launched in 1847 by the shipbuilding firm of J. & C.C. Morton of Thomaston, Maine, the Elizabeth Watts was about 96 feet long with a draft of 11 feet. The 224-ton brig made petroleum history during the Civil War.
“Doubt and distrust that preceded Drake’s successful venture suddenly fled before the common conviction that an oil well was the ‘open sesame’ to wealth,” reported Harpers New Monthly Magazine. Soon after his historic discovery near Titusville, Drake bought up all the 40-gallon whiskey barrels he could find to transport his oil on barges down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh refineries.
In January 1860, oil sold for $20 a barrel and brought jubilant investors huge profits, including Drake’s investors at the Seneca Oil Company of New Haven, Connecticut. By May of 1861, more than 130 producing wells were crammed into the area, yielding 1,288 barrels of oil a day.
New cooperages joined the oil boom and stripped the Pennsylvania hillside forests to sell barrels at up to $3.25 each while teamsters charged up to $4 each to haul them. But with an oversupply of oil came plummeting prices and instability that would bring ruin to many fledgling petroleum companies.
About this time, the veteran cargo brig Elizabeth Watts was chartered by the successful Philadelphia import-export firm of Peter Wright & Sons. “She was a two masted, square-rigged ship well suited for the Atlantic cargo trade of the day,” noted J. & C.C. Morton, the Maine shipbuilding firm that constructed the 224-ton brig in 1847.
Since its founding in 1818, Peter Wright & Sons had grown and prospered, transporting “China, glass, and Queensware” among other commodities. At the prompting of new partner Clement Acton Griscom, the firm secured the Elizabeth Watts and her Captain, Charles Bryant, for the novel purpose of transporting crude oil from Philadelphia to London. The three British consignees awaiting the cargo were G. Crowshaw & Company, Coates & Company, and Herzog & Company.
Barrels of vinegar – “Vinegar Bitters” – at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1870 would be similar to the 1861 loading of oil and kerosene barrels aboard the Elizabeth Watts prior to departing the Port of Philadelphia for England. Photo courtesy New Bedford Whaling Museum.
To reach Philadelphia docks, the oil would have to travel overland across Pennsylvania. The nearest railroad to Oil Creek’s prolific fields was a grueling trek on muddy roads clogged with teamsters’ wagons. The preferred rail head, owing to primitive road conditions, was the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad station at Miles Mills (now Union City), 20 miles north of Titusville.
From Miles, railroad flatcars laboriously stacked with barrels and pulled by a steam locomotive could make their way eastward to Philadelphia. Along the route, saltwater residue would eat at the barrels’ glue and cause leakage. The risk of fire or explosion would be constant.
Despite the hazards and difficulty, 901 barrels of Pennsylvania crude and 428 barrels of refined kerosene made the trip. Each 40-gallon barrel weighed over 60 pounds empty and 360 pounds to 400 pounds when full. The region’s oilmen agreed to adopt a standard 42-gallon oil barrel in 1866 – see History of the 42-Gallon Oil Barrel.
At the Port of Philadelphia it took dockside stevedores 10 days to load the oily cargo aboard the moored Elizabeth Watts. Sailors were not anxious to sign on with a ship that could explode and burn even before casting off and sailing down the Delaware River toward the open sea. The story goes that Capt. Bryant had to “shanghai” his crew of seven.
The fumes were noxious, lurking, and explosive. No ship had ever crossed the Atlantic bearing such cargo. Whether by persuasion or chicanery, Capt. Bryant secured his crew, and the Elizabeth Watts departed the Philadelphia docks on November 19, 1861.
Forty-five days later, on January 9, 1862, the Elizabeth Watts sailed down the Thames River to arrive at London’s Victoria Dock. It took twelve days to unload the 1,329 barrels.
Success breeds success, and only a year later, Philadelphia exported 239,000 barrels of oil – still without the technology of railroad tank cars or “tanker” ships designed for the purpose. As with many stories of America’s petroleum heritage, these early deficits in technology were overcome by stalwart and tenacious men who risked their lives and fortunes in pursuit of oil.
Editors Note – The American Oil & Gas Historical Society is indebted to noted maritime author William Flayhart III for his research and documentation on the Port of Philadelphia and its contributions to the growth of the U.S. petroleum industry. Flayhart published Perils of the Atlantic among several other books including, The American Line, QE2, and Majesty at Sea. Also see these other AOGHS articles about petroleum transportation.
Citation Information – Article Title: “America exports Oil.” Author: Aoghs.org Editors. Website Name: American Oil & Gas Historical Society. URL: https://aoghs.org/transportation/america-exports-oil. Last Updated: January 6, 2020. Original Published Date: December 1, 2005.
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PERKINS ST
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Thursday, October 18, 2018 Thursday, October 18, 2018
NEW CONSTRUCTION TOWN-HOUSE like CONDO!
Adriana Sassoon Design & Team at Franklin St Development LLC
Showcasing the highest attention to detail inside and out the units.
Mature professional landscaping frames the home.
You will love the architectural detailing throughout. Coffered ceilings and wainscoting extends from the living area into the well-equipped kitchen.
The kitchen features custom cabinetry, a granite waterfall island, and Jenn Air stainless steel appliances.
The floor plan is excellently laid out for entertaining and perfectly suits a family with its 4 levels of living and storage spaces.
You’ll love the plentiful closet space, including multiple walk-in closets.
Nestled on a corner lot, conveniently located with easy access to all major routes, .5 miles to Sullivan T and more! WELCOME HOME!
Sold By Santana Properties Team with Keller Williams Realty
SIENA BOSTON
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Thursday, November 30, 2017 Thursday, November 30, 2017
The eight-story building has a black-and-white exterior and interior design details modeled after the Duomo di Siena’s bell tower in Italy and inspired by the location’s newsprint heritage. Maisonettes—first-floor residences with separate entrances, high ceilings, and patios—add a neighborly touch.
With luxe amenities and prices to match (junior one-bedrooms start at $650,000 for roughly 600 square feet; three-bedrooms run more than 2,000 square feet and start at more than $2 million), the Siena will herald a new era indeed.
Siena, 300 Harrison Ave., Boston, 617-357-8500, sienaboston.com.
NO BOARDERS FOR DESIGN
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Thursday, September 28, 2017
No Borders For Design (NBFD) is a furniture and décor accessories showroom of luxury Brazilian design manufacturers. It’s a multidisciplinary team in Sao Paulo and Miami that only select brands that meet the requirements of the international market. Some of the exclusive, high-end brands available in our US showroom include Empório Beraldin, Luhome, Mac Móveis, Santa Monica Rugs, Silvia Heringer, Vermeil, Oliver and Effyis Design.
These are high-end brands that are sought after world-wide in upscale markets. No borders for design is prepared to thrill and energize the US Market.
The showroom is located in the Moore Building, at the Miami Design District. There you will find the most sophisticated, contemporary, and boldly designed products made in Brazil.
http://www.nbfdesign.com/
BOSCO VERTICALE
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Monday, July 17, 2017 Monday, July 17, 2017
Vertical Forest Residential Towers in Milan
Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a pair of residential towers in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy, between Via Gaetano de Castillia and Via Federico Confalonieri near Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station. They have a height of 111 metres (364 ft) and 76 metres (249 ft) and will host more than 900 trees (approximately 550 and 350 trees in the first and second towers respectively) on 8,900 square metres (96,000 sq ft) of terraces. Within the complex is also an 11-story office building; its facade does not host plants.
NANJING GREEN TOWERS
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Sunday, July 16, 2017 Monday, July 17, 2017
First Vertical Forests to Be Planted in Nanjing
A group of Italian architects is set to construct the first vertical forest in Nanjing.
Images courtesy of Stefano Boeri Architetti
The vertical forest design was an innovation of an Italian architecture firm, Stefano Boeri Architetti. The Nanjing Green Towers are two multi-rise buildings that will be constructed in the Pukuo District.
Boeri made similar designs in Milan, Italy, and Lausanne, Switzerland.
Vertical forests are buildings that are designed to house thousands of trees and shrubs on the structures’ exterior. The design that was made for the Nanjing Green Towers will have trees on the buildings’ uppermost deck.
The Nanjing Green Towers will be completed by 2018. Future projects will be implemented in other Chinese cities such as Shijiazhuang, Liuzhou, Guizhou, Shanghai and Chongqing.
The eco-friendly project set in Guizhou will be a forest hotel located in 400 acres of rolling hills. The hotel will have a gym, a lounge, bar, a restaurant and a VIP area.
Stefano Boeri Architetti is bringing the vertical forest concept popularized in Milan to Nanjing, China with the Nanjing Towers. The two green towers could provide the city with a breath of fresh air, producing around 132 pounds of oxygen every day as they absorb carbon dioxide. They’ll accomplish this air-cleaning feat with 1,100 flourishing trees from 23 local species and 2,500 cascading shrubs and plants.
The two towers at 656 feet and 354 feet tall will rise above the Nanjing Pukou District, which Stefano Boeri Architetti’s press release describes as an area that will likely lead modernization efforts in the south of China’s Jiangsu province and help develop a Yangtze River economic zone. Nanjing Yang Zi State-owned Investment Group Company Limited is promoting the towers and is listed by Stefano Boeri Architetti as an investor in the project.
The taller tower will hold offices, a museum, a green architecture school, and a rooftop club. The second tower will host a 247-room Hyatt hotel and rooftop swimming pool. A podium 65 feet high will include shops, restaurants, and a conference hall. Balconies on the buildings will allow inhabitants to get up close to the nature thriving on the building facades.
600 tall trees and 500 medium-sized trees will grow on the towers, and Stefano Boeri Architetti says the trees and cascading plants will help regenerate biodiversity in the area.
ASTON MARTIN MIAMI
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Friday, June 23, 2017 Friday, June 23, 2017
Aston Martin Residences has released a new set of renderings for their building whose design was inspired by an Aston Martin DB11. They are making it clear that this partnership is in fact a complete partnership, not just a licensing agreement.
The interiors of the building will have the same lighting scheme, design and feel of the interiors of their signature hand-made car.
The same jeweler who places the Aston Martin logo on the hood of the cars will be the jeweler who places the unit numbers on the residence doors.
G&G purchased the Vulcan, one of 24 in the world, and will keep it in the three-story sales center. Other features include a custom-made carbon fiber desk, leather door handles and Eames chairs. Aston Martin will have its hands on everything from the leather stitching to “how we design the ramp that goes up to the parking,” Marek Reichman, executive vice president and chief creative officer of Aston Martin, said. The development team declined to provide a buildout cost for the sales center.
Units range from $600,000 to $50 million for the penthouse, and from 700 square feet to 19,000 square feet.
About the Vulcan Fastest Car ever Built by Aston Martin
* I have to confess Aston Martin is my Ultimame dream car of all time! 🚗❤️💃🏻🌹
Deposit Payment Schedule
10% at the time of Contract
10% at Groundbreaking – Fall 2017
10% at the time of Completion of Foundation – Fall 2018
10% Pedestal Complete – Spring 2019
10% Top off – Fall 2020
50% Balance at the time of closing – 2022
The Address: 300 Biscayne Boulevard Way,Miami, FL 33131
The Prices: Residences from $500,000 to $7,000,000 Penthouses from $14,000,000 to $35,000,000 Triplex PH with private pools
The Maintanence: $0.85 per sq.ft.
The Delivery: Early 2022
The Floors: 66Total apartments: 391
Residences:1-5 bedroom Residences, Duplexes, and Penthouses: Sizes: 700 – 19,000 sq.ft. / 65 – 1,770 M2
Architect: BMA & Revuelta Architecture
Developer: G & G Business Developments LLC
Interior Designer: BMA
The Manor, built in 1988 by entertainment royalty Aaron and Candy Spelling, is the grandest private residence in Los Angeles. Proudly positioned, its nearly five acres of rare flat land borders the LA Country Club. The Manor blends visionary design, bespoke attention to detail, and classical elegance. A winding driveway leads to a circular motor court, fountain and space for 100 cars. The entry’s double staircase with dramatic 30-foot ceilings is reminiscent of Old Hollywood. Italian limestone enwraps the sumptuous living spaces. In addition to 7 BR suites and 7 staff bedrooms, there is a grand formal living room, projection room, bar, family room, library, office, service wing, billiards room, game room, two lane bowling alley, wine cellar and tasting room, catering kitchen, gym and a fully equipped beauty salon including masseuse and tanning rooms. The current owners spared no expense in 2011 to renovate and update the estate. This is a rare property, and beckons a discerning buyer.
Adriana Sassoon Design & Team !
One of our New Units on the Market! Building Dreams One Step at a Time.
This sun-filled 2 bed, 3 bath condo is jaw-dropping. The architectural details throughout this condo really make it a signature Brickstone Development home. The stylish kitchen features custom cabinetry, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, and a wine cooler with a built-in wine rack. The exquisite details continue with coffered ceilings and wainscoting throughout the kitchen and living area. The living area extends into the large finished basement complete with a full bathroom and a wet bar, including a 2nd wine cooler! The unit has 2 zones of Central Air and Heat controlled by a programable thermostats, new electrical, new plumbing, a huge PRIVATE YARD with a patio. There’s even 2 parking spaces! Located on the edge of Magoun Square, this condo is a dream! YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS IT!
#adrianasassoon #sassoonconstruction #realestate #millennials #homebuilder #sassoon #sassoondesign
ARLINGTON ST
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Friday, February 3, 2017 Friday, February 3, 2017
Another Project SOLD in Less than One Month! Unit #2
The last one of our 5 units at Arlington St, #Boston
Built by ADRIANA SASSOON & Team SPACIOUS LUXURY CONDO Filled with architectural detailing and luxury features, this sun-filled 2 bed, 2 bath condo has it all! The gourmet kitchen is a chef’s dream featuring custom cabinetry, quartz countertops, KitchenAid stainless steel appliances, a large island and a wine cooler.
Wainscoting and coffered ceilings contribute to this unit’s sophisticated feel. Have peace of mind by purchasing a beautiful condo that has been completely updated. The unit has Central Air and Heat, new electrical, new plumbing, new siding and a new roof a complete gut renovation from top to bottom.
There’s even 673 sq.ft. of additional living space in the finished basement. The unit comes with one parking space, and is conveniently located with easy access to major highways, Assembly Square, and just .5 miles to the Sullivan Square T-Stop.
Thanks to My Amazing Boston Team we broke a record from $699,000,00 to $725,000,00⭐️We had many people interested. 🙏🏼
Adriana Sassoon is capable to Design for all levels of construction budgets without sacrificing the quality of the finished product.
A Home is Where your ❤️Heart is.
#millennials #Boston #firsttimebuyers #interiordesign #homedesign #homebuilder #interiordecor #adrianasassoondesign
252 FRANKLIN ST NEWTON
by ADRIANA SASSOON on Friday, December 30, 2016 Friday, December 30, 2016
Twiggy by Leonard (hair cut pixie cut circa 1966 source: Getty collage by Adriana Sassoon)
Tribute to two Hairdressers that help shape the industry:
The 1966 hair appointment made by Twiggy’s agent at the House of Leonard salon in Mayfair was to become one of the most iconic cuts ever.
Mr Leonard himself, who at the time had Vidal Sassoon and his signature five-point cut hot on his hairdressing heels, wanted to practice a new shorter, extreme crop on this new model, offering to pay for the model’s next shoot in return.
Leonard took eight hours, first dying the teenager’s hair blonde and then cutting the crop into Twiggy’s hair. It made her doe eyes bigger, her doll face more heart shaped – it also made her career.
Mia Farrow receiving her iconic pixie hair cut from Vidal Sassoon for “Rosemary’s Baby. Vidal Sassoon flew in from London in 1967 to give long, blond haired waifish star Mia Farrow her pixie cut for Roman Polanski’s big movie, Rosemary’s Baby. In the film, when asked about her short-short cut, Farrow’s character said, “It’s Vidal Sassoon.
Exceptional renovation and restoration of a Victorian.
252 Franklin St, Newton, MA
7 Beds 8 Baths 1 Partial Bath 8,025 Sq. Ft.
Thoughtfully planned constructed e decorated by Sassoon Development and designed by Adriana Sassoon.
This 14 room home offers the ease of modern living with classic details and over the top features and finishes.
Grand parlor with fireplace, Music room, living room, formal dining room w/ butlers pantry w/ floor to ceiling cabinetry.
The heart of the home is the kitchen/ family room which is a “WOW”.
Highlighted by a gas fireplace surrounded by stone, custom cabinetry, cesaer stone countertops, bakers pantry w/ Miele expresso machine, 2nd dishwasher and 2nd oven.
The 2nd floor has 4 en suite bedrooms including the dreamy master suite complete with 2 walk-in closets, luxurious 4 piece master bath and a Juliet balcony.
The bonus 3rd floor includes: an in-law suite and 2 additional en-suite bedrooms.
Lower level media room and playroom.
Level grassy yard for playing shielded by mature trees with stone fire pit.
Fabulous mudroom attached to a 2 car garage.
http://m.realestatelistings.nytimes.com/listing/1994-4465049
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