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__label__wiki	0.672502	0.672502	Subject: agricultural settlements Resource type: Sites and monuments databases or inventories Dating: Medieval Sites and monuments databases or inventories 349 agricultural settlements 190 earthworks (engineering works) 57 fishponds 51 buildings (structures) 45 vessels (containers) 36 manor houses 34 deserted settlements 33 archaeological sites 33 houses 31 paths 233 Historic England 115 National Trust 1 Somerset Historic Environment Record 349 Archaeology Data Service Medieval 79 Post Medieval 45 Tudor 20 Iron Age 15 Early Medieval 15 20th Century 12 Georgian 12 Stuart 14 Late Iron Age 11 Roman 319 ENCLOSURE 186 EARTHWORK 87 SUB SURFACE DEPOSIT 62 MOAT 57 FISHPOND 55 FIND 51 BUILDING 45 VESSEL 39 RIDGE AND FURROW 36 MANOR HOUSE Order By Score Issued Title Type: Sites and monuments databases or inventories Publisher: Archaeology Data Service The remains of the deserted medieval village of East Tanfield, including the earthwork remains of building platforms, associated yards and enclosures and tracks and hollow ways. The monument is located on a river terrace 400 metres north of the River Ure. The medieval village was concentra... WINGHALE PRIORY Benedictine alien grange of Seez Abbey, founded in 1115, dissolved in 1400, seen as earthworks. Ditches containing Iron Age/Roman pottery and stray finds of human bone have been recovered during gravel extraction. The earthworks consist of an enclosure and probable fishponds. GODSTOW ABBEY Benedictine Nunnery founded circa 1133 dissolved 1539 surviving as the ruins of a 16th century chapel and enclosure with part of wall. Partly excavated, although no details of the layout had been revealed. Stone coffins have been discovered. Descriptions of the buildings shortly after the... WORMLEIGHTON The buried and earthwork remains of the medieval settlement of Wormleighton, including the remains of the moated site of the manor house, tofts, crofts, house platforms and allotments of the medieval village, with its associated hollow ways, field boundaries, enclosures, and medieval ridge... Enclosure and building platform on Novers Hill The monument will include the remains of a small enclosure and building platform situated below the summit of Novers Hill, most likely medieval or post-medieval in date. It lies on a gentle NE facing slope, set back from the hill edge and sheltered by the summit of the hill to the SW. The... ST ILLOGANS CHURCH The remains of a 14th or 15th century church tower now standing in isolation. The church was built at a new location in 1846. The tower is thought to stand in the remains of an enclosure or round. HASTINGS CASTLE Castle and Collegiate Church. Castle built circa 1170, ruined by 1399. The church was founded circa 1090, dissolved in 1547. Foundations of church, North and East curtain walls and East gate of the castle are visible. Probably built on an Iron Age enclosure. There is documentary evidence t... Earthwork enclosure sub-divided by regular arrangement of slight banks and ditches. Situated on the top bank of the Dale 90m SE of Rough Bridge. These overlie medieval ridge and furrow but are ignored by a line of oaks presumed to be an 18th century planting feature.Interpretations vary as... Ysbyty, Nant Serw: House or Hafod and Enclosure A house or possibly hafod situated not far from the N bank of the Afon Serw and beneath a low crag. It consists of a house with two, possibly three rooms and a large adjoining enclosure. The house consists of a larger room, rectangular in plan, about half of one end abutting the crag abo... OCHOLT MANOR Excavation of an enclosure uncovered the remains of a Medieval hall and associated buildings, possibly the site of the manor of Ocholt. The enclosure and associated field system have since been destroyed by development. A Roman, early 2nd century AD, pottery kiln was also uncovered.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line3
__label__cc	0.693936	0.306064	Sort by: .Newest BooksMost Popular Incurable Zika Virus May hit Nigeria as It Spreads Via Mosquitoes Symptoms About 1 in 5 people infected with Zika virus become ill (i.e., develop Zika). The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash,… Started by 9jabook.comLatest Reply Malaria Fact sheet N°94 Reviewed October 2015 - WHO Tweeterest.com Focus Health Key facts Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through th… Malaria Tweets - Alive & Still killing more People Every Year More than ISIS Boko Haram Combined Tweeterest.com is Prefixing Malaria on All our Social Media Tweets This Month in Our Efforts to Fight Against Malaria .The mosquito still… Started by 9jabook.com Faceoff - World's Ist Most extensive Face transplant a Success A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world's most extensive face trans… UCH, USA varsities discover cure for sickle cell anaemia Ibadan — OVER five million sickle cell patients in Nigeria and other African countries can now heave a sigh of relief as the University of… Started by 9jabook.com webmadam Top 10 Health Benefits of Lemongrass Lemongrass, also called fever grass, is a perennial plant with thin, long leaves that is indigenous to many Asian countries. As the name i… Cows Grass & Milk - If protein comes from cows and they only eat grass is Grass Protein ? Cellulose makes up the cell walls on grass. Cows can digest this (we can't). The amino acids that make up the protein in grass are digested… Reply by 9jabook.com Myth: Alcohol is a stimulant. Fact: Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. Although the initial effects of alcohol may be euphoric and seem stimulating, the cumulative effect of alcohol actua Myth: Alcohol is a stimulant.Fact: Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. Although the initial effects of alcohol may be euphoric… Coffee & Caffeine: The Good which is not so good, the Bad a Silent Killer of Success and the Very Ugly Lifelong Addiction The Good: Isn’t Really Good Most people start drinking caffeine because it makes them feel more alert and improves their mood. Many studies… Health Benefits Of Bitter-Leaf Bitter Kola Recently, considerable attention has been focused on dietary and medicinal phytochemicals that inhibit, reverse or retard diseases caused b…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line4
__label__cc	0.719062	0.280938	Thomas Novak, born in 1967, Master of computer engineering Thomas Novak has been executive manager since the foundation of the company in September 2001. After his master degree in computer engineering Thomas Novak worked for a company called Lan 2000, a subsidiary of Controlware GmbH, as system engineer. Afterwards, he was employed by Pan Dacom, a network integrator, as Post/Pre-Sales Consultant for another two years. This was followed by an employment as Managing Consultant and deputy director (database and network department) for Memorex Telex. After another two years at Memorex Thomas Novak worked as a freelancer on several national and international IT-projects. These manifold previous experiences Thomas Novak transferred into the foundation of his own company. As a result @one IT GmbH can today claim various international companies, mainly located in the Rhein/Main area, as its clients. Thomas Novak is an enthusiastic mountain bike rider who sometimes exchanges his mountain bike with his BMW motorbike which he likes a lot as well. He has been a local voluntary football coach in Friedberg for the last four years, working together with fantastic kids who like football more than anything else.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line12
__label__cc	0.611306	0.388694	Off and Running…Finally! (Better the Devils You Know; 10.17.19) NHLPhotos by Adesina O. Koiki on October 18, 2019 add comment New Jersey Devils New York Rangers NHL 688 views NEWARK, N.J. — If the adage that states previous records and results be thrown out before a match-up of sporting rivals has merit, every member of the New Jersey Devils might have run toward the nearest window before chucking the current NHL standings out of it in the lead-up to tonight’s get-together with New York City’s “big brother.” After six consecutive losses to begin the season, New Jersey finally righted the ship on Thursday as five different goal scorers tallied in a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers at the Prudential Center. Goalkeeper Mackenzie Blackwood made 29 saves in a first-star performance, one which also produced the Devils’ long-awaited first win of the 2019-2020 season – the last of the 31 NHL teams this campaign to register in the win column. The sight of the Blueshirts on the ice added extra motivation, and the Devils responded quickly after falling behind 1-0 on a Tony DeAngelo goal just 6:02 into the contest. Blake Coleman’s long-range shot trickled past the legs of Rangers goalkeeper Alexandar Georgiev at 12:58 to tie the score at 1-1. Just over two minutes in the second period elapsed before Kyle Palmieri roofed a shot over Georgiev on the power play – New Jersey’s first extra-man up tally this season – in giving New Jersey the lead for good. The Devils doubled their lead at 12:25 of the second, when a Matt Tennyson shot from the point was deflected by both Jack Hughes and Miles Wood before going into the net. Wood celebrated his first goal of the season, while Hughes, the No. 1 overall draft pick of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, earned his first-career NHL point. Jesper Fast’a goal at 2:22 in the third cut the lead to one, and the Rangers had a glorious chance to tie a few minutes afterward as Mika Zibanejad sent a wrist shot wide of Blackwood on a partial breakaway. The bounces that went against New Jersey in the first two weeks came back to benefit the Devils midway through the third, as Artemi Panarin’s stick breaking on his attempt to clear the puck in the defensive zone allowed Nikita Gusev to swoop in to take the pick and fire a wrist shot past Georgiev with 7:49 remaining to establish some breathing room once more. Subban’s length-of-the-ice empty-net goal with 48 seconds remaining calmed all nerves of those wearing red in the Prudential Center crowd that was split almost evenly with Rangers and Devils fans. *Editor’s note: Above the byline is the photo gallery from Thursday evening’s game, with all photos taken by ALOST senior photographer Robert Cole. After clicking on the first photo to enlarge the picture, make sure to press the left and right arrow buttons to scroll through the rest of the pictures. There are eight pictures in total. Tags : New Jersey DevilsNew York RangersNHL Deep Sixed…and in Deep Trouble (Better the Devils You Know; 10.14.19) Great Scott III (Snap Judgments: Indiana at Maryland; 10.19.19)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line14
__label__cc	0.683403	0.316597	You are here: Home / Automotive News / On the Horizon: A Front-Wheel Drive Chrysler 300? On the Horizon: A Front-Wheel Drive Chrysler 300? May 9, 2016 by admin 2 Comments What could this mean for the Dodge Charger and Challenger? The next-generation Chrysler 300 may switch to a FWD platform. The days for the current Chrysler 300 are numbered. Introduced in 2005, the second-generation 300 bowed in 2011, offering dimensions only slightly longer and wider than the first-generation model. Now in its sixth model year, the current Chrysler 300 is showing its age — plans for its replacement are underway. What may follow could stun enthusiasts, especially if parent Fiat Chrysler elects to place the large sedan on the same front-wheel drive platform underpinning the all-new Chrysler Pacifica minivan. If FCA utilizes Pacifica architecture to support the third-generation 300, it’ll offer optional all-wheel drive, just as it does today. News of the 300’s possible successor was shared by FCA Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne with reporters at the company’s manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, on Friday reports Reuters. Marchionne was on hand to thank workers for launching the Chrysler Pacifica, representing a $2.6 billion investment in its minivan line. That investment may never be recouped unless other models are derived from the platform. One of the models thought possible was a Dodge SUV variant — either to replace the current Durango or to supplement it. A replacement for the current Dodge Dart is still open. Front-Wheel Drive Architecture Moving to front-wheel drive architecture aligns with the approach Chrysler’s competitors have long taken, including the Ford Taurus, Chevrolet’s Impala, and the Toyota Avalon. Of the three, only the Taurus offers available all-wheel drive — the possible Chrysler approach is also one Audi takes, but the latter’s market is the luxury segment. Mention “Chrysler 300” and two other models come to mind: Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger. The current Dodge sedan and coupe share nearly everything with the Chrysler, including the platform and most major components. One difference is found in the Hellcat lines as these are unique to Dodge and have effectively placed a lucrative halo over each one. Marchionne’s pronouncements typically provide reporters with enough fodder to keep FCA in the news, while omitting some information about related products, brands, and production facilities. Chrysler and Dodge Separation? Although long tied at the hip, there is nothing written in the FCA playbook that the Chrysler 300 and its Dodge cohorts must continue on the same path. Indeed, Chrysler is now a mainstream brand, while Dodge represents its performance brand. Thus, the next-generation Dodge Charger and Challenger might continue as is or adopt an Alfa-based rear-wheel drive platform as reported by Automotive News last August. The new platform should yield a third Dodge model, Barracuda (‘Cuda), a sport coupe convertible. Rumors that FCA might eventually kill off Dodge seem like just that — although the Dart in its current form is doomed (as is the slightly large Chrysler 200), other models such as Viper, Charger, Challenger, ‘Cuda, Durango, and the eventual replacement for the Journey should keep this brand relevant. Chrysler 200 production is winding down. Other FCA Products and News The 300’s future isn’t the only FCA news of late. The next-generation Jeep Wrangler may get a twin-turbocharged, four-cylinder engine making 300 horsepower, supplementing the standard 3.6-liter, V-6. Further, production of the all-new Ram 1500 pickup truck will begin by Jan. 2018. Production of the Dodge Dart will cease by year’s end as the Belvidere, Illinois plant where it is produced is converted to build the Jeep Grand Cherokee, now built in Toledo, Ohio. Ohio production will focus primarily on the next Wrangler as well as a Jeep-based pickup truck. Also, just as the company’s Sterling Heights, Mich., plant loses the Chrysler 200 by early next year, it will be retooled to supplement future Ram 1500 capacity. As for the Dart and 200, Marchionne is still holding out hope that a partnership with another manufacturer to build replacement models will happen. Those models would be based entirely on a competitor’s technology. For example, Volkswagen Jetta and Passat models might be tapped and rebadged as the Dart and 200 respectively, although there has been no mention VW is even considering such a relationship. See Also — Chrysler, Google Project: Start of Something Big? Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: Chrysler 200, CHRYSLER 300, Chrysler Pacifica, DODGE BARRACUDA, DODGE CHALLENGER, Dodge Charger, DODGE DART, FCA, FIAT CHRYSLER, JEEP WRANGLER, RAM 1500, SERGIO MARCHIONNE Matt Keegan has maintained his love for cars ever since his father taught him kicking tires can be one way to uncover a problem with a vehicle’s suspension system. He since moved on to learn a few things about coefficient of drag, G-forces, toe-heel shifting, and how to work the crazy infotainment system in some random weekly driver. Matt is a member of the Washington Automotive Press Association and is a contributor to various print and online media sources. No New Buick Verano for US Market says: […] Recent — On the Horizon: A Front-Wheel Drive Chrysler 300? […] Chrysler 200S: Premium, Mainstream Sedan — Auto Trends Magazine says: […] See Also — On the Horizon: A Front-Wheel Drive Chrysler 300? […]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line20
__label__cc	0.504622	0.495378	Ford Investment Gives Donald Trump Something to Crow About…or Not April 28, 2016 by admin 1 Comment Ford gears up to produce new 10-speed automatic transmissions. Earlier this week, the Ford Motor Company announced a $1.6 billion investment in its Livonia Transmission (Michigan) and Ohio Assembly plants, representing just one part of a $9 billion expenditure in US facilities over the next four years. Ford’s immediate investment will retain or add jobs at the two plants with 8,500 jobs created or retained overall. Trump on Ford: Absolute Disgrace The news follows Ford’s announcement earlier this month when the automaker stated it would lay out $1.6 billion to build small cars in Mexico. That decision was lambasted by GOP presidential contender and business mogul, Donald Trump, who said Ford’s decision was an “absolute disgrace.” The Donald. Trump has been shedding light on American job loss since he announced his candidacy, a topic that attracts voter attention. And rightly so. Unfortunately, he doesn’t always provide a context in his criticism and panders to his constituency. Other candidates, including Hillary Clinton, do the same. But Trump is the only one who has had Ford in his crosshairs. The candidate also claimed he forced Ford’s hand last fall by saying he made Ford return some jobs to Ohio from Mexico. Trouble is, those jobs at its Avon Lake, Ohio, plant were scheduled to shift all the way back in 2011. Production of F-650/F-750 medium-duty commercial trucks began last August, but Ford says it hadn’t spoken with Mr. Trump and that its decision was announced nearly four years earlier. Earmarking Investment Funds As for the most recent $1.6 billion investment, Ford says $1.4 billion is earmarked for its Livonia Transmission Plant and the remaining $200 million will go to the Ohio Assembly Plant. These funds represent part of a $9 billion guarantee Ford made in the 2015 UAW-Ford collective bargaining contract to continue investing in its U.S. plants. The current four-year allocation follows a five-year, $12 billion investment in US plants, a move that created 28,000 US jobs. As for the future of American manufacturing, Joe Hinrichs, Ford president, The Americas said, “We are committed to manufacturing in the United States, as we have been for more than 100 years.” (See Also — President Trump’s SOTU Address Touts $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Investment) GM-Ford Collaboration Ford’s Michigan investment follows a special collaborative agreement it made a few years back with its arch-rival, the General Motors Company. In 2013, Ford and GM agreed to jointly develop an all-new generation of 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions. Designed to be built in both front- and rear-wheel drive variants, the arrangement provides hardware commonality and enables the two automakers to scale costs. And this wasn’t the first time to two companies have developed transmissions. In 2002, GM and Ford came together to build 6-speed automatic transmissions, used in numerous products and to this day. The first Ford product to get the 10-speed automatic will be the F-150 Raptor. The Livonia plant currently builds a 6-speed transmission for several Ford products and will begin production of the new transmission in June. The Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 will, by the way, become the first GM recipient of the new gearbox. Following the insourcing of jobs from Mexico last year, the Ohio Assembly Plant began building F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty chassis cab configurations earlier this year. The plant is also tasked with producing Ford E-Series cutaway vans and stripped chassis. Political Theater Extraordinaire As for Trump, he may find yet another reason to poke Ford as well as GM and Fiat Chrysler as the campaign attacks strengthen. No, I’m not playing favorites here (after all, I am a Libertarian). Instead, I’m doing my part to present some balance as well as sensibility into the often heated and exaggerated political process. Recent — Honda Wins Earth Day Accolades for 3 New Green Models Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: 10-SPEED TRANSMISSIONS, DONALD TRUMP, Ford, GM, LIVONIA, MEXICO, MICHIGAN, OHIO ASSEMBLY PLANT Painless at the Pump: Falling Gas Prices Thrill Consumers January 21, 2016 by admin 1 Comment Much lower fuel prices means “pain at the pump” is now a thing of the past. How low will gas prices go? Will prices stay low for the foreseeable future? SUVs such as this Ford Expedition are increasingly cheaper to refuel. Gas prices are tumbling and in some areas of the country are the lowest we’ve seen this century. As of this writing, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline sits at $1.861, according to Gas Buddy, the fuel price tracking website. Driving the lower prices has everything to do with supply and demand. Domestic production has nearly doubled over the past few years and countries such as Canada and Iraq are producing more oil year after year. And despite feeling the squeeze from the west, Russia continues to pump oil. Thus, with the US essentially not needing much fuel from abroad, its former suppliers are looking for new markets. Those markets aren’t as lucrative as North America and Europe, therefore prices have fallen accordingly. A Price War in Michigan The new, lower prices are still above the $1.592 average reached on December 29, 2008. However, prices in some areas of the country are much lower as gas price wars have erupted. Notably, one station in northern Michigan dropped its price to 47 cents per gallon for regular gasoline earlier this week. Prices around Houghton Lake later rebounded, but one station is still charging $1.30 per gallon this morning. Today’s fuel prices are part of a downward trend that began about 18 months ago when prices were averaging $3.58 per gallon. The international price for crude oil, once above $100 per barrel, is now below $30 per barrel and is expected to continue to fall. As a matter of fact, Iran is expected to produce upwards of 500,000 barrels of oil daily as economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic have been lifted. As long as supply outstrips demand, lower prices at the pump should continue. Demand for electrified vehicles such as this Toyota Camry Hybrid continues to fall. Consumers are, of course, elated with the lower prices. Refueling a large SUV once cost more than $125, a painful price point that had people avoiding models such as the Chevrolet Suburban and the Ford Expedition. That same Suburban with a 31-gallon fuel tank might now set the owner back by approximately $50 with the tank nearly empty. Greater Demand for SUVs Falling fuel prices continue to spark greater interest in pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. In 2015, US consumers purchased 17,470,499 new vehicles, setting an all-time record. Of that number, 9,729,587 were classified as light trucks, leaving 7,740,912 passenger cars, according to Motor Intelligence by Autodata Corp. Thus, 55.69 percent of all new consumer vehicles purchased last year were either SUVs or pickup trucks. A scan of fuel prices across the nation this morning reveals sharply divergent prices and those prices are not always dependent on the region. Oklahoma currently holds the distinction of offering the lowest gas prices, averaging $1.539 across the Sooner State. Prices are averaging even lower in the northeast corner of the state, reaching $1.392 per gallon this morning. On the other end of the pricing spectrum is California with prices averaging $2.72 per gallon or about a dime higher than the second most expensive state, Hawaii. For the most part, prices in the Golden State are tracking below $3 per gallon, although motorists in Mono County are still paying $3.502 per gallon on average. If you live in Yuba County, you’re saving more than a dollar per gallon as average prices there are coming in at $2.335 per gallon. >Pickups, such as this GMC Sierra 2500 Denali are in great demand. Fuel prices are not likely to rebound in the immediate future. Even as oil production is lowered, demand remains flat in many countries. As long as oil production outstrips consumption, we’ll see lower prices maintained. That also means consumers will continue to gravitate to larger and heavier vehicles with sedans and especially electric vehicles left in the dust. See Also — Production Reality: 2018 Lexus LC 500 Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: AUTODATA CORP., CALIFORNIA, GAS BUDDY, GAS PRICES, HOUGHTON LAKE, MICHIGAN, MOTOR INTELLIGENCE, OIL PRODUCTION, OKLAHOMA, PICKUP TRUCKS, SUVs Refreshed Nissan Altima Poised to Move Up Updated Jan. 14, 2016 to reflect IIHS crashworthiness results. Nissan Altima SL grade (photo copyright Christopher Brewer). These certainly are heady days for Nissan, Japan’s second largest car manufacturer. The automaker is poised to overtake Honda in the US, the lone major market where its smaller competitor maintains a sales advantage. To take Nissan to the next level, the manufacturer has been updating its product line at a stepped up pace by introducing such models as a new Murano crossover SUV in 2015 and the next generation Maxima sedan in 2016. Mid Product Cycle Update Just two years after replacing its most popular model, the midsize Altima sedan, Nissan has rolled out a substantial update, one that arrives ahead of schedule. Indeed, as far as product cycles go, this one achieves two important things: 1), It moves the customary fourth year mid product cycle update forward by one year. This effort keeps the Altima fresh as a new Chevrolet Malibu arrives on the market and as competing manufacturers make less substantial changes year after year, and 2), The update keeps the Nissan Altima on a trajectory to overtake the Honda Accord as the second best-selling midsize model in America. Through the first 10 months of 2015, Altima sales are up 1.0 percent, while the Accord’s sales are down by 3.1 percent. Although it doesn’t seem likely that Altima will close the current 11,500 unit gap between the two models before the year’s end, an updated model may do that in 2016. If so, only the Toyota Camry would remain in front of the Altima. New for 2016: Altima SR Edition Nissan entertained journalists in Michigan last week and another group in California this week to familiarize them with the refreshed model. I spent several hours driving a pair of models around the Michigan countryside — SL and SR editions, the latter bringing in the most significant changes to the model line. And those changes go beyond the typical nip/tuck common to such updates. Notably, the 2016 Altima brings in exterior changes to align the sedan with the brand’s “energetic flow” design language, including the v-motion grille seen on other products such as the Rogue, Murano, and Pathfinder SUVs as well as on the Maxima sedan. Other exterior refinements include LED projector headlamps, signature daytime running lights, changes to the front and rear fascia, a sculpted bumper, and both hood and front fender changes. The changes have helped in the coefficient of drag category as the new model measures 0.26 Cd, due largely to changes to the front and rear fascia, the windshield, and the inclusion of active grille shutters. Nissan Altima SR grade (photo copyright Nissan). Interior Design Changes Inside, the Altima gains what Nissan describes as an “information-centric” interior with a change to the layout of the center console. Specifically, Nissan applied its “gliding wing” design to the horizontal console and added a higher-end look with silver and satin black accents. All editions except for the base grade are equipped with a 5-inch color display. It doubles as a rear view monitor and also integrates with NissanConnect telematics to its Mobile Apps system. A USB port with iPod connectivity is included, and new for 2016 is Siri Eyes Free Voice Recognition — allowing for hands-free voice connection to Siri commands. Nissan Altima interior (photo copyright Nissan). Refined Transmission Introduced The 2016 Altima continues with the 2.5-liter, four-cylinder and optional 3.5-liter, V-6 engines as before and pairs these with a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Say “CVT” to some people and they’ll quickly head for the door. Such transmissions dispense with gears and use a pulley to move through an infinite number of gear ratios. While CVTs offer improved fuel economy and performance, the noise and feel contributed by such transmissions is simply unacceptable to some. For 2016, Nissan rectified its nagging CVT issue, essentially eliminating the long stretch feel such transmissions give during wide open throttle. Step on the accelerator and the engine revs push up, but then pull back just when the stretching sensation usually appears. Its a more natural feel and one that most CVTs don’t offer. Nissan engineered this feature in with the product update and also reduced the cabin noise by using new engine mounts and by adding noise mitigation materials such as an acoustic glass windshield and a high density mass barrier. That’s the area covering the floor pan and firewall, an important part in winning the NVH or noise, vibration, and harshness battle. Another benefit of the powertrain improvement is a corresponding increase in fuel economy. The 2016 edition now makes a segment-leading 39 mpg, up one mpg over last year. Importantly, as Nissan has made refinements to the car over the past decade, performance has increased slightly from 175 horsepower to 182 horsepower, while fuel economy has surged dramatically, up from 29 mpg 10 years earlier. Nissan Altima SR Grade For 2016, the all-new SR edition brings in a number of chassis upgrades that lead to better overall performance. To wit, the sedan receives its first-ever 18-inch wheel tire package on a 2.5 model. The uniquely styled wheels are shod within Dunlop tires, but they aren’t of the low rolling resistance variety — Nissan wanted to ensure excellent handling, something they’ve achieved with its latest Altima model. The SR edition also brings in new shocks, springs and stabilizer bars, including much stiffer front and rear stabilizer bars. Nissan says that the Altima benefits from more lateral grip and improved vehicle response. The SR’s chassis has been optimized — I detected none of the torque steer such models typically present. By the way, if you like the special blue finish seen in one of the pictures here, it is exclusive to the SR grade (edition). Nissan calls it Storm Blue and I think you might like it. Nissan also presented information about its latest safety technologies. Known as “safety shield technologies,” sensors detect the traffic in front of the car and maintain an even space between the vehicles. If you get too close, light braking is applied, warning beeps are emitted, and a notice appears on the dashboard. Nissan’s predictive forward collision can detect a possible collision up to two cars ahead. The system also includes rear cross traffic alert. The changes to the Nissan Altima also mean it has received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s top award — Top Safety Pick+. That’s the highest recognition given by the IIHS for safety. See Also — 2019 Nissan Altima Adds All-Wheel Drive Filed Under: New Models Tagged With: CVT, FASCIA, MICHIGAN, Midsize Sedan, MPG, Nissan Altima, SR GRADE, TRANSMISSION Mcity Provides a Testing Ground for Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous driving test facilities are few in number. The University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation have partnered to build Mcity, a facility where connected cars and autonomous driving can be put through the paces. MCity, where autonomous driving is put through the paces. It is understood that driverless vehicles will eventually become commonplace on America’s roads. What is not yet clear is when this will happen. Indeed, there are obstacles that may slow down the process, including state and federal regulations, insurance industry oversight, and consumer acceptance. The technology is there, but the barriers must be removed. On Monday, the University of Michigan launched Mcity, its 32-acre controlled environment designed to advance connected car and autonomous vehicle technologies. The city within the city of Ann Arbor will provide a unique environment for manufacturers, regulators, suppliers and insurance companies to help make autonomous driving a reality. State and Industry Cooperation Mcity was founded by the University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Together, the two invested more than $10 million in the test facility and 15 companies, including automotive manufacturers, insurance companies, technology companies and industry suppliers are contributing $1 million over the first three years. An additional 33 companies are contributing $150,000 over that span. “We believe that this transformation to connected and automated mobility will be a game changer for safety, for efficiency, for energy, and for accessibility,” said Peter Sweatman, director of the U-M Mobility Transformation Center. “Our cities will be much better to live in, our suburbs will be much better to live in. These technologies truly open the door to 21st century mobility.” Michigan remains the top state for producing cars as well as for research and development. The Wolverine State has also been at the forefront of connected vehicle technologies, something that Mcity is designed to advance. “We’ve been a world leader in innovation, especially in terms of mobility,” said Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. “We put the world on wheels. We transformed how the world moved. Michigan is uniquely positioned to continue to be a leader in mobility, and the University of Michigan’s new Mcity will play a critical role in that future.” Real World Surroundings Mcity was designed to mimic real world conditions. Thus, the environment includes a carefully designed network of roads along with traffic signs and signals, street lights, construction obstacles, sidewalks and, yes, building facades. The initiative was designed to provide surroundings that will allow emerging technologies to be tested in a controlled environment. “There are many challenges ahead as automated vehicles are increasingly deployed on real roadways,” Sweatman said. “Mcity is a safe, controlled, and realistic environment where we are going to figure out how the incredible potential of connected and automated vehicles can be realized quickly, efficiently and safely.” Mcity: Vehicle to Vehicle Communication Mcity will permit vehicles to talk with each other, even around blind corners, as well as to the infrastructure. The locale will help vehicles determine when a person crosses the road in front of a car as well as detecting when a dog does likewise. As important as Mcity is for building an autonomous vehicle network, it is only the first step that the University of Michigan, the UDOT and its partners will take. Real world deployment will expand to Ann Arbor proper where connected cars are already traversing the city’s streets. From there, the entire southeast region of the state will become the testing ground, simulating driving conditions throughout the country. Thus, from a controlled environment with just scores of vehicles at work, the deployment will expand to as many as 9,000 vehicles in Ann Arbor to 20,000 vehicles in the southeast Michigan region. Further, a 2,000-vehicle mobility service of connected and automated vehicles will be deployed in Ann Arbor. For more information, check out the U-M Mobility Transformation Center. Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: ANN ARBOR, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, CONNECTED CARS, DRIVERLESS CARS, INNOVATION, MCITY, MICHIGAN, TECHNOLOGIES, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Brembo Expands Michigan Plant, Seeks North American Leadership May 28, 2014 by admin 1 Comment Brembo seeks a boost in market share. If you are an automotive enthusiast, then you are familiar with the Brembo name. The Italian company is one of the world’s largest brake manufacturers, with its red, black or silver painted brake calipers supplying high-end OEMs including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Citroën. This Porsche Cayman S features cant miss Brembo brake calipers. Expanded Michigan Facility Brembo has a strong presence in the North American market and recently expanded its Homer, Michigan, facility in a bid to increase its market share. Indeed, the facility is known for its brake, disc, caliper and corner module manufacturing, what should help Brembo reach its ultimate goal of making North America its lead market by the end of 2014. With additional manufacturing facilities in Avenel, New Jersey, and Monterey, Mexico, the company says that it will be better positioned to serve its clients. Daniel Sandberg, president and CEO of Brembo North America said, “The investment in the Homer facility will allow us to expand our product offerings not only in North America, but also for customers across the globe.” The Michigan plant was acquired in 2007 when Brembo purchased the Hayes-Lemmerz brakes discs division that same year. Brembo immediately set out to expand the plant in 2008, completing the second phase of that expansion in 2012 and 2013. The company also built a separate caliper and corner module manufacturing facility next to its disc plant, now offering 47 processing lines and 12 painting lines. The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT relies on Brembo brakes. Acquisition and OEM Demand With added production capacity, Brembo expects to increase its discs output from 10 million discs in 2013 to 12.5 million in 2014. The company is also on track to boost calipers and corners modules production by one-third to 400,000 units this year. Brembo credits two changes in recent years that have expanded the company’s already strong presence in the North America. The first was its 2007 acquisition of the Hayes-Lemmerz Automotive Brake Component division. The second follows much stronger demand for the US-based OEMs that use Brembo products. Besides supplying the likes of Porsche and Mercedes-Benz, Fiat Chrysler is an important partner for Brembo too. Fiat Racing uses Brembo and Chrysler products, including its minivans and select Jeep products, are also outfitted with Brembo brakes. Brembo: Formula 1 and NASCAR Brembo is not, of course, the only supplier of high performance brake products. Earlier this year, Motor Trend provided an excellent overview of the company and its influence on the market. Brembo is also involved in Formula 1 racing, first getting involved in motorsports in 1975. The company operates a facility in Mooresville, North Carolina, conveniently located near the headquarters of several racing teams. The company has supplied brakes for many NASCAR winners and claims Jimmy Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday, Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Clint Boyer as champions that have relied on its products to race to the winner’s circle. Delayed: 2015 Honda Fit Dangerous by Design: A Look at Pedestrian Fatalities Happy Memorial Day! Except for the Stop-Sale Orders Arrived: 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: brakes, Brembo, CALIPERS, DISCS, FORMULA 1, JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT, Mercedes-Benz, MICHIGAN, NASCAR, Porsche GM Provides $449 Million for Next Chevrolet Volt April 11, 2014 by admin 2 Comments The second-generation Chevrolet Volt to debut for 2016 model year. 2013 Chevrolet Volt. Sales of the Chevrolet Volt fell by 1.6 percent in 2013 to 23,094 units, but that isn’t stopping General Motors from pressing forward with its plans to bring the second generation of its unique hybrid-electric car to the market. Sales of the Volt are far below the 45,000 annual units the automaker had initially projected for calendar year 2012, a model that has also spawned Opel/Vauxhall, Holden and Cadillac variants. Vehicle Electrification Investment This week, GM announced that it would invest $449 million to upgrade the processes at two of its manufacturing plants Detroit-Hamtramck ($384 million) and Brownstown Battery Assembly ($65 million) as it prepares to introduce its updated PHEV models. The investment made in Hamtramck since 2009 will now top $1 billion, part of a $2.8 billion technology expenditure the automaker has made over the past five years in Michigan alone. Detroit-Hamtramck will receive equipment upgrades, new body shop tooling, and other improvements to build the second generation Chevy Volt and two other products. Its Brownstown investment will support the next generation of lithium-ion battery production and other battery systems. The Chevrolet Volt and like models are known as extended-range vehicles, powered by an electric propulsion system. The current models run on electric-fed power for upwards of 38 miles before a 1.4-liter gasoline generator kicks in. That generator sends energy to the propulsion system to turn its wheels. At present, Detroit-Hamtramck produces PHEVs for markets in 33 countries; additional production capacity is reserved for building the midsize Chevrolet Malibu and large Chevrolet Impala sedans. Brownstown Battery is located south of Detroit and is the sole plant producing lithium-ion batteries for GMs PHEVs. GM says that it is a landfill-free plant, one made possible in part by a US Department of Energy grant. It is also the first high-volume battery plant of its kind operated by a major car manufacturer. Next Generation Chevrolet Volt What GM will do to improve upon its Voltec platform is not clear although the automaker would like to extend its electric-only range, perhaps to somewhere between 50 and 60 miles. The automaker may also produce a lower cost base edition with a smaller battery pack, one with a range somewhat closer to the current 11-mile range for the 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in. That would allow GM to cut the Volts base price, even pushing it below the $30,000 threshold. However, any reduction in range will also reduce the federal tax credit many customers receive, currently pegged at $7,500. The Prius PHEV is assisted by a $2,500 tax credit as per the EPA. Beyond the Chevrolet Volt and its current variant, GM may bring out a crossover version, possibly reserving that model for Buick or GMC. What GM also wants is a model better suited to take on the Tesla Model S, a long-range electric-only vehicle. If GM goes with such a model, it could replace the Cadillac ELR and compete wheel-to-wheel with Tesla. Full vehicle electrification and a 200-mile range? We’ll see. GM Recall Challenge GMs electrification news comes as the company is embroiled in an ignition safety recall for six retired vehicles 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5; 2003 to 2007 Saturn Ion; 2006 to 2011 Chevrolet HHR; 2006 to 2010 Pontiac Solstice; and 2007 to 2010 Saturn Sky. GM CEO Mary Barra has provided testimony before Congress and dealers have begun making repairs to the more than 2.6 million affected vehicles. See Also — The Second Chance Chevrolet Volt Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: Chevrolet Volt, Chevy, DETROIT-HAMTRAMCK, GM, LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, MICHIGAN, PHEV, VOLTEC Ford Recruiters on Hand at Detroit Auto Show Automaker is recruiting from the auto show floor. If you have still haven’t visited the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, there is still time to take in Detroit,s most significant event of the season. The weather outside may be frightful, but the models inside are certainly delightful. As are the Ford recruiters standing nearby to speak to you about a possible job opening. Public Display In an usual recruiting move, the Ford Motor Company has assigned recruiters to the auto show floor for the entire public display, which runs through Jan. 27. Earlier this month, Ford announced that it would hire 2,200 salaried employees this year as reported by Auto Trends on Jan. 11. A number of those opportunities will be in Michigan, not far from Cobo Hall, the venue for the 2013 NAIAS. The current recruiting effort builds on the 8,100 hourly and salaried positions that were added in 2012. Said Fords recruiting manager, Laura Kurtz, about the company’s unusual recruiter effort, We see this as an opportunity to find great people in unexpected places. Where Kurtz and her people are likely to find the bulk of prospective Ford people is right around the Ford Atlas display, a much talked about concept pickup truck that is giving us a strong indication where the F-Series line is heading. Then again, Ford brought its entire showroom to the NAIAS this year with vehicles ranging from the tiny Fiesta to largest SUVs and everything in between. Ford Career If you are looking for an opportunity to speak with a recruiter, just ask and you’ll be pointed in the right direction. Do not bring a copy of your resume with you as they’re not being accepted on site but do ask questions and if you’re someone that Ford is interested in speaking with further, you’ll be directed to the Ford corporate careers website to make application. You can also follow Ford Careers on Facebook and on Twitter. On Twitter, for example, @FordCareers has posted, Were hiring! From finance to product development, to manufacturing and more, check out Fords exciting career opportunities. Those tweets are being shared by Emilie Mecklenborg (@EmilieMeck) a communications and social media coordinator for the Ford Motor Company. The Ford Motor Company is one several Michigan-based employers looking to beef up their staffs this year. If you’re still in college, we shared a list of Michigan Automotive Engineering Internships this month too. Elsewhere, companies such as Nissan, Honda and Volkswagen have announced that they are hiring, but to our knowledge, no other company has taken to the auto show floor as Ford has done at this years Detroit auto show. See Also — Ford Focus, Fiesta Transmission Troubles Not Over Yet Filed Under: Auto Shows Tagged With: AUTO SHOW, DETROIT, Ford Motor Company, MICHIGAN, NAIAS, RECRUITERS Michigan Automotive Engineering Internships The state of Michigan remains a strong location for U.S. automotive industry jobs as the Great Lake State is home to General Motors, the Ford Motor Company and the Chrysler Group. Other OEMs have a presence in the state and numerous automotive suppliers have manufacturing facilities or offices in Michigan. Student Interns College students majoring in automotive engineering must gain hands-on experience before they finish their education. An automotive engineering internship can provide much experience with numerous opportunities available in Michigan. Please note that the following companies have posted information about internship opportunities, details that are correct as of publication. Visit the link provided for more information and to apply: Company: Chrysler Group LLC Position: Automotive Design Intern Job No. 1001004 Location: Auburn Hills, Mich. at the Design Office Studios Summary: College students pursuing a bachelors degree in automotive, product or industrial design, who have completed their sophomore year and have at least a 3.0 GPA are invited to apply. Students must be skilled in Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Alias or similar software programs and demonstrate leadership skills and initiative. Students will work in on-site design including clay sculpting, computer support, engineering and fabrication. Company: Nexteer Automotive Position: Summer Intern Location: Saginaw, Mich. Summary: Nexteer Automotive is a developer of steering and driveline systems. The company offers numerous internship and co-op opportunities for college students, with specific opportunities for students related to their area of study. Students pursuing a degree in computer, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering as well as computer science, supply chain management and business management are invited to apply. Applicants must be full-time students with a GPA of at least 3.0. Opportunities in various departments are available. Company: U.S. Steel Corporation Position: Intern Product Technology Location: Troy, Mich. Summary: Full-time college students majoring in mechanical engineering, metallurgy or material science are invited to apply. Students must be computer literate and possess excellent communication skills. This job entails working on various projects testing steel, lab operations and sample preparation. Students will also be introduced to sheet formality projects. Company: Nissan North America Position: Student Intern Virtual Garage Location: Farmington Hills, Mich. Summary: Interns will research current and future technologies to discover what digital technologies can benefit Nissan. This position is open to college students pursuing a degree in 3D design, architectural design, computer design, automotive design, mechanical engineering or other related field. Interns will work on projects involving upcoming models, make 3D models using applied technologies, and interact with vendors and Nissan departments. Company: Volkswagen Group of America Position: Environmental Materials Intern Job No. EEO000012 Location: Auburn Hills, Mich. Summary: College students possessing strong technical research skills and having knowledge of government agencies and rule-making, are desired for this position. Interns will identify current legal requirements and log upcoming laws and regulations pertaining to hazardous materials and other substances. Students will work within Volkswagen and with outside groups including Canadian and American government agencies and various non-governmental groups. Prospective interns should apply as soon as possible for available positions. Follow each company’s application process to apply. See Also — The Average Salary of Automotive Engineers Filed Under: Special Tagged With: CHRYSLER GROUP, COLLEGE INTERN, MICHIGAN, NEXTEER AUTOMOTIVE, NISSAN MOTORS, U.S. STEEL, VOLKSWAGEN GROUP	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line21
__label__cc	0.737885	0.262115	流年似水生活論壇 » 手機新寵 » NFL Jerseys Online have already sponsored two separate entertainment nights NFL Jerseys Online have already sponsored two separate entertainment nights This year’s GuyExpo,NFL Jerseys Store Cheap, Guyana’s premier trade fair and exposition will see the participation of a whopping 14 Chinese companies.This is according to Tourism Minister (ag) Irfaan Ali, who,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, during a media briefing last evening, defended that the companies will be here especially to buy, and lend technological support, while strengthening ties with Guyana.GuyExpo 2013 will see the largest international participation, with 12 countries confirmed to attend. Minister Ali made mention of only four entities from India and St. Lucia respectively.Flashback: One of the many companies that took part in the Guyexpo 2012He said that to date, 265 exhibitors have already finalized participation, with that number expected to soon go up.Delegations are also expected to come from Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, Nepal, and the United States of America. The Minister noted that Brazil will also be making a “special investment”, while evaluating further business opportunities.Under the theme ‘Advancing Productivity through Innovation, Modernisation, and Expansion’, the event will kick off on October 3rd and will run through October 6th at the Sophia Exhibition Site.GuyExpo 2013 is being held in collaboration with Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA),Cheap Jerseys From China, in commemoration of its 50th Anniversary.With the increase in international participation, there will be an increase in law enforcement presence, and significantly tightened security measures.Johnny Mortley,China Jerseys Cheap, GuyExpo’s Security and Safety Manager, disclosed that there will be additional entrance and exits, as well as the presence of private security personnel, and medical officials in the case of an emergency.At the beginning of next month, there will also be the launching of a 68-page magazine, with is intended to further sell GuyExpo.Ticket prices for Adults is $500, with Children $300, and cars $1000. It was noted that a set number of tickets will be printed for each day, and that after those are sold out,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, patrons will not be allowed inside the venue.As far as entertainment goes, GuyExpo’s Entertainment Manager, Lennox Canterbury, said that emphasis will be placed on local talent.Canterbury said that the issues of music being too loud will also be regularized to go well with both patrons and those living in close proximity to the site.He also disclosed that there will be a ‘kiddies park’ with bouncing castles, face painting, and merry-go-rounds.Canterbury noted too that beverage companies, Banks DIH and Ansa McAl, have already sponsored two separate entertainment nights, which are much anticipated by fans of GuyExpo.With close to 200 exhibitors, GuyExpo first started in 1995. Today, it is Guyana’s biggest exposition event, with over 460 businesses exhibiting their products.It became an annual event in 2004,Dirk Nowitzki Jersey, under the Chairmanship of Keith Burrowes, and is now the longest sustained exhibition in the Caribbean.The focus over the years has remained on the development of especially small and medium sized enterprises.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line31
__label__wiki	0.712067	0.712067	Alex Cockburn - Death of a Reactionary Radical Progress Was Back to the Past Counterpunch - A Mockery of his Communist father Claude Cockburn Cockburn - His radicalism deserted him I promised not to write any blogs on my vacation. Kids and all that plus lack of adequate facilities. This is a blog without graphics as the Gottenberg youth hostel's computers have only installed the Internet. The youthful Cockburn became increasingly attracted to fascism As Kipling remarked, when all around are losing their heads it's a good idea to keep one's own. In snatches of the Internet over the past few days I have been astonished that a reactionary and it would appear, corrupt buffoon, has been lauded by much of the Left. The internet magazine Cockburn founded became a test bed for what has been called the Brown-Red alliance The paper I am closest too, the Weekly Worker has it would appear abandoned its Marxist analysis (or at least its columnist Jim Creegan has) and comrades like Mick Hall, who authors the excellent Outrage blog, seem to lost their bearings. There is a whole genre of 'the left' who, having no confidence in the working class, mouth radical slogans. Gilad Atzmon is one such creature. Cockburn was another. Cockburn abandoned socialism for nationalism I must confess I was stunned by the Jim Creegan's Obituary of Alex Cockburn's 'A Radical for all Seasons'. He was described as an anti-Zionist no less. I accept that in American terms Cockburn took up what would be described as radical postures but he did it as a caricature of true progressive and socialist politics. Cockburn was never a Marxist Cockburn made common cause with the whole galaxy of Atzmonites and other fake progressives. He was a part of that reactionary gaggle of conspiracy theorists who, not understanding capitalism, reached back into the cesspit of pre-capitalist society. Instead of looking for the obvious, the control of the resources of this planet by a thin crust of the ruling class, their prostitute regimes and military, he reached for conspiracies as an all embracing answer. This put him on a par with the neo-fascist survivalists and idiot blogs like Veterans Today. The fruitcakes and loony tunes of the 9/11 conspiracy theorists. I have done a quick google search on the Counterpunch site and it lists no less than 304 articles by Gilad Atzmon, no doubt some of them are duplicates. What is worse is that this garbage site Cockburn set up, Counterpunch, has constantly reprinted the articles of the medieval anti-Semite Israel Shamir who believes that the Blood Libel, whereby Jews murdered non-Jewish children to use their blood to make matzot (unleavened bread) for Passover, is true. Countless Jews died the most horrible deaths, victims of Christian inspired pogroms at Easter because of this. Julius Streicher, editor of Der Sturmer and Gauleiter of Franconia, who was hanged at Nuremburg, revived this blasphemy in his pornographic paper. This was the extent of Cockburn's radicalism, reaching into the sewers of the most barbaric anti-semitism. Nor was this the only example. In the print edition of Counterpunch was an article by Shamir 'Dreyfuss Case Revisited' . 'Was he really a victim of anti-Semitism' Shamir asks about the royalist-military-clerical frame up of the Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfuss. It was precisely the defeat of these reactionaries that led, 40 years later to the resistance to the Nazis and the remarkable survival of 75% of French Jewry in the holocaust. I also have a personal-political axe to grind. When Mary Rizzo, Atzmon's collaborator (before she found out he was a mysoginist) printed a particular article attacking me and Jews Against Zionism. Roland Rance and myself replied. Cockburn not only refused to publish it but he, despite many emails and phone messages, refused to even acknowledge it. If his father, the redoubtable Claude Cockburn, had seen what and who his son had aided in the cause of 'anti-imperialism' he would have turned in his grave. That Alex Cockburn started off as a radical is not doubted but he died a reactionary racist who believed that conspiracies explained all. Posted by Tony Greenstein at 11:01 15 comments: Moshe Silman – Murdered by Netanyahu and the Jewish State The Tragedy of Moshe Silman Should Not Blind Us as to the Culpability of Zionism Moshe Silman It is more than a terrible tragedy, that a 57 year old son of holocaust survivors died after setting himself on fire in protest at the way the Israeli state treated him. There are lessons as well as reflections on what happened and why. Moshe Silman’s act of self-immolation will not become as well-known as that of the Tunisian man, Mohamed_Bouazizi, who set himself on fire last year. Bouzizi triggered the revolution in Tunisia which set off the Arab Spring – a veritable hurricane of protest. Not that it matters to either man, since they are both dead. Let us leave aside the desperation that leads someone to kill themselves in this manner. Silman sustained 94% third degree burns on his body and it must have been an agonizing way to go. Flames rising from the site where Moshe Silman set himself aflame. (Photo: Yuval Ben-Ami) But we should be clear in tribute to Silman. He was killed by Netanyahu and Barak and all those who use Zionism to pretend that a Jewish nation will not be an oppressive one – even to Jews. In Israel the poor go to the wall. The welfare state has been dismantled. The experiences of Moshe Silman are detailed below in a Ha'aretz article. Every death is tragic in some way but especially when someone is driven to kill themselves because they can see no light at the end of the tunnel. Moshe Silman was brought up in a society where racism is the norm. Zionism had no use for him any longer. Moshe Silman may not even have thought about many of these questions until poverty and desperation led him to become involved in the J14 protests last year. Zionist supporters in Britain and the USA talk about Israel as a refuge. But it is no more than a refuge against poverty than it is against racism. Instead we see what was termed the ‘poor white’ syndrome of the USA whereby those who live in poverty are told that at least they have a white skin and can lord it over the Blacks. It doesn’t feed you, or house you or clothe you – but apparently some people feel better because of it. In Germany it mean the loweliest tramp could feel superior to a Jewish doctor. In Israel the same is true for the Jewish working-class. Today Jewish workers and the unemployed are told to feel that if only the Palestinians suffer more then their situation will be better. When of course it is the corrupt oligarchy that runs Israel that benefits regardless of who suffers. Unity is strength, an old labour movement slogan, was never more apt. Moshe Silman at a social protest in Haifa. Photo by Hagai Frid Moshe Silman dies afterself-immolation at Israeli protest The Israeli social protester was suffering from second and third-degree burns on 94 percent of his body after he set himself on fire at a protest in Tel Aviv last week. By Revital Hovel and Dan Even \| Jul.20, 2012 \| 3:30 PM By Revital Hovel \| Jul.20,2012 \| 3:30 PM \| 23 Moshe Silman, the Israeli activist who set himself on fire during a social justice protest in Tel Aviv one week ago, succumbed to his wounds on Friday at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Silman was suffering from second and third-degree burns on 94 percent of his body. Protesters trying to extinguish the flames from Moshe Silman, after he set himself on fire during a social justice demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 14. From Friday morning, activists and close friends of Silman were informed by his family that he was in his last hours. His family wanted to be surrounded by close friends, and announced that they would sit Shiva, the seven-day mourning period of an immediate family member required by Judaism, in the house of his sister in Rishon Letzion, where a mourner's tent would be set up. The 57-year-old son of Holocaust survivors did not have an easy start. He lived alone and according to friends, tried to get ahead in life and live in dignity. But a small debt to the National Insurance Institute grew and sent him into an economic and bureaucratic tailspin that ended in self-immolation Saturday night on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street in front of the cameras. “Moshe was simply not willing for the State of Israel to run him over anymore,” a friend said. Silman’s friends were not surprised to hear what he did. The decision to set himself on fire because the state would not help him overcome his economic difficulties was in character for him, they said, especially considering his despair. “There was protest in his soul,” said a friend who went to rallies with Silman in Haifa. “He waited for it to break out and was glad when it did,” the friend added. Two years ago Silman moved from Bat Yam to Haifa. As his economic situation deteriorated he became more and more involved in the protests in Haifa. The activists he met at the protest tent on the Carmel last summer became his best friends. “He was a man of action. He said you have to be political and get elected anywhere possible,” said Yossi Baruch, a Haifa activist. According to friends, Silman lived in a neglected two-room apartment on the edge of the poor Wadi Salib area of the city. The refrigerator is empty. The neighbors do not know him at all. Friends said he believed in action and took his belief to the extreme. He was born in Israel, and has two sisters, Bat Zion Elul from Rishon Letzion and Naomi Angel, a member of Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael. Angel would visit him in Haifa from time to time, always bringing food. Elul said Thursday of her brother: “He was in despair. He was mired in debt. Until the last moment we helped him. But he didn’t want it. Since the day he lost everything, the day they took everything, the house, his trucks, the money, my parents’ house, he has been going downhill.” Silman never married and had no children and so his request for public housing was repeatedly denied. He worked at odd jobs and spent a few years in the United States. On his return, he established a messenger service and things finally began to look up. But then, toward the end of 2000, his business was hurt by the outbreak of the second intifada. He moved the business to a smaller warehouse and his office to his home in Jaffa. It later turned out that the National Insurance Institute’s debt notices never reached him, because they were sent to his former address. In 2002, the institute seized one of the four trucks he used for his company. The reason: a debt of NIS 15,000. Silman paid a third of the debt to reclaim his truck, but then he was asked to pay a further NIS 1,200 to cover towing expenses. Silman could not reclaim the truck due to a strike at the institute, and says that it led to the business’ collapse. Later, in 2005, he was forced to evacuate his apartment. A history of court battles Together with his mother, Sarah, Silman decided in 2008 to sue the National Insurance Institute. He and his mother claimed damages of NIS 8 million because of the seizure of his trucks that he said led to the loss of his business. But to file the suit he needed to pay a court fee, which he said he could not afford. The court turned down his request to waive the fee and the case was never heard. The court registrar called Silman’s claim “baseless.” Silman appealed the decision to the Tel Aviv District Court, but it was turned down in 2010. In a Facebook post last March, Silman urged his friends to organize protests against the institute: “I think that considering the upcoming appointment of a new director general of the NII, which is actually the Anti-Social National Insurance Institute, which has throughout the years caused the most cases of injustice by any governmental service to the weakest segments of society − and continues to do so daily − we should organize protests in front of NII offices,” he wrote. Silman began working as a taxi driver, but made very little money, according to an affidavit and documents, submitted with his damages claim against the institute. Meanwhile, as his financial situation worsened, his bank account was seized, and all his savings and insurance benefits were either seized or used to pay his debts, estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels. Silman’s mother, a guarantor of his debts, was also left without savings. In order to save her apartment, she legally transferred it to her daughters, free of charge. The court registrar who rejected Silman’s plea to be exempt from the court fee to file his damages suite wrote: “Someone who used this route of property smuggling cannot be heard afterward saying that he cannot pay the court fee.” After losing his driver’s license because of his debts, his health began to deteriorate. The NII assessed his loss of ability to work at 50 percent and gave him only a limited allowance. Avri Raviv, who went with Silman several times to the institute said: “Like the cliche says, the handwriting was on the wall. Silman threatened suicide more than once to them. The representative of the psychiatric committee told me that people who threaten, don’t do it.” But then, last summer’s social protest put wind in Silman’s sails. He began to participate regularly in rallies and became well known in Haifa’s small activist community. Idit Lev, who was one of the people closest to him, said: “He was always trying to turn over one stone and then another, to see if he could move ahead somehow.” He spent his days looking for work, in endless lines at the health maintenance organization and in attempts to fight the Housing Ministry for help with rent. He filed four such applications with attorney Becky Cohen-Keshet, all of which were rejected on the grounds that he once owned an apartment and had no children. A fellow activist said after Silman set fire to himself Saturday night: “Moshe chose to harm himself in protest. It’s terrible when a person has to commit an act like that to explain their situation to people.” See also this excellent article.Moshe Silman’s flames should not die with memorial candles http://972mag.com/silmans-flames-should-not-die-with-memorial-candles/51520/ This will be my last blog article for 2 weeks as I'm away!! Lotta Continua! - Tony Greenstein Posted by Tony Greenstein at 18:00 5 comments: Tammi Rossman-Benjamin – the ‘academic’ face of Zionist and American McCarthyism The racist cartoon heading the site of fellow racist Rabbi Fischer. Arabs are barbarians who hide behind their babies whereas Israeli soldiers defend them (whilst shackling Palestinian kids). trying to find the mike! Ross Benjamin's life mission is to prevent others speaking their minds. It is 'unlawful' to use state resources to host an academic's political webpage (unless you agree with it). They don’t like it up ‘em As Corporal Jones of Dad's Army fame used to say 'they don't like it up 'em'. In other words she can dish it out but can't take the flack. I refer to another Police State Academic Tammi Ross Benjamin, who spends most of her miserable life trying to censor the pages of fellow academics. I did a couple of features on this particularly grotesque parody of an ‘academic’. Ms Benjamin obviously didn’t like the criticism she regularly doles out, because she has replied, albeit in her normally dishonest, cut and paste fashion. In a letter she tells us that she and her fellow would-be censors ‘remain deeply dismayed that you have not responded to our letters to you, nor to the letters of numerous members of the Jewish community, urging you to remove Professor David Klein’s “Boycott Israel Resource Page” from the CSU Northridge server. Disappointingly, you have not even acknowledged our concerns.’ How impolite. Don't they know she is an important person and what's more, highly influential. There are no end of sleazy congressmen willing to take her shilling. But Ross-Benjaim is nothing if not resourceful. She wishes to inform her correspondents of ‘a more personal matter.’ With bated breath I read on. What is the personal matter in question? Perhaps she’s found out that David Klein has committed bigamy, abandoned his children, become a new Hannibal Lector, had sex with a reindeer ( made that one up!). Well actually the blighter has been found out ‘unlawfully’ using ‘University and taxpayer resources’. Ah - crime indeed. Let us forget the small matter of some $3 billion in taxpayer aid for the Israeli military. It's that wicked Mr Klein we are talking about. Clearly Mr Klein must have been using State resources to fund his own business, evade taxes? Err not quite. They have been using these resources, including the ‘prestige of the California State University; to tell the truth, sorry libel, Ms Benjamin. Question – is it possible to defame Ms Benjamin when she does such a good job herself? What has really got her (kosher) goat is that not only has David Klein supported a Boycott of Israel he has done this on his university pages! Free speech? Forget it. Ross-Benjamin is an important person. And Boycotts are unAmerican (unless it's Iran of course!). And holy of holies. She has linked to my article ‘Rossman-Benjamin: The Face of a Police State Academic.” What’s wrong you may ask with a Police state academic? Well for a start they are a bit of a contradiction and in any case she supports the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’. It may torture, steal and confiscate land, set fire to olive groves, impose hundreds of check points to detain and harass Arabs, it may Judaise the Negev and Galilee and Jerusalem, demolish Arab villages and a thousand more instances of discrimination reminiscent of Apartheid at its worst, but you can still vote in Israel! Even worse ‘The article to which his webpage is linked bears the same title and was written by British anti-Zionist Tony Greenstein, a leader of the international campaign to boycott Israel.’ Now I hate to point it out to such a distinguished academic but I am a mere footsoldier, not international leader! My real offences are bullet headed: I compares Ms Benjamin ‘to a Nazi collaborator.’ Well no I was being a bit more subtle, though clearly Rossman-Benjamin doesn’t do subtlety. I pointed out that in Germany in 1933 academics rushed to associate themselves with Nazism, shunning their fellow Jewish academics. Martin Heidigger was, of course, the most famous, elected Rector of Freiburg University in March 1933. Collaboration was what the Zionist Federation of Germany did and later people like Israel Kasztner. This was more a form of political prostitution. And even worse I had ‘accused her of “climbing into bed with Hitler supporters.” ’ Well it’s a pretty damaging accusation – if true. It would imply that Ross-Benjamin is a Nazi as opposed to a fool and a McCarthyist. But of course she doesn’t post the whole quote. She is one of those cut and paste merchants, i.e. a junk academic. My original quote was about her ‘climbing into bed with Hitler supporters such as Rev. John Hagee of CUFI.’ Which is a very different proposition. Pastor John Hagee was President of the Southern Baptist Congregation and is currently head of Christians United for Israel. It is a matter of fact that he has described Hitler as god’s messenger, sent to drive the Jews to Palestine. He has spoken about ‘Jewish half-breeds’ and used viciously anti-Semitic language. He is one of a number, people like Glenn Beck, who are both anti-Semitic and pro-Zionist. Indeed it is quite a normal thing for those who are anti-Semitic to wish Jews to leave their homelands. Apparently it is libellous to imply that the AMCHA Initiative is funded by the Israeli government. Well I'm inclined to agree with her! And Amcha? It is a locally based, indigenous struggle. And I’m batman! Apparently the Amcha Initiative, like Camera, Stand With Us and all those other non-Israeli funded ‘initiatives’ is solely concerned for the ‘safety and well-being of Jewish students on California campuses.’ So why is a boycott of Israel any problem for them then? We make a sharp distinction between Israel, its war crimes and being Jewish. Fact is, of course, that anti-Semitism is only a concern for Zionism when support for the Palestinians is on the agenda. Israel is the biggest single cause of anti-Semitism world wide. And Zionists like Ross Benjamin do their best to associate Jews in the diaspora with Israel's war crimes. But opposing anti-Semitism (the real kind I mean)? I can honestly say that in 30+ years of organising against fascist groups like the National Front I have never known a Zionist organisation to become involved with us. Well dear reader, ‘Professor Klein’s inclusion of a link to Tony Greenstein’s article on his CSUN-hosted webpage is further evidence of the misuse of university and taxpayer-funded resources.’ Perhaps the brilliant mind of Benjamin could enlighten us as to how much this ‘misuse of ….’ actually costs and isn’t free speech the most valuable of all commodities (to those like Ms Benjamin, education is yet another commodlity). Indeed it is a ‘case a vicious personal attack on Tammi and the AMCHA Initiative, among other things.’ Quite how you make a personal attack on an organisation I shall leave to the brilliant Ms Benjamin. But as regards herself I was simply painting another side to this, no doubt, charming woman. In another letter co-ordinated by Ross Benjaim, from 1800 gullible fools who probably don’t have a clue what it’s all about what is abundantly clear from some of the comments made, is their anti-Semitic character! This from a defender of those poor Jewish students. Mr Outraged writes that ‘I would advocate budget-cutting to cut out this cancer.’ Ah yes, nothing to do with free speech, its all a question of economics! According to another it is a ‘Jew-hating college.” Of course this particular idiot is long on descriptions but somewhat shorter on fact. And one fact is that the campaign to boycott Israel is driven in large part by Jewish people! Another has 3 children ‘all who might have considered CSU as an option. There is absolutely no way I would consider giving tuition funds, not to mention the considerable donation potential to any of these campuses under these conditions.” I think I’m getting the message. It’s about financial contributions and the threat of withdrawing them. Now where does this particular idea come from? Isn’t it one of the standard anti-Semitic tropes that Jews bribe their way through life and buy up any one who doesn’t agree with him/her. True to type Ross-Benjamin shows the anti-Semitism in her as is typical of Zionist supporters when the mask slips. And where Ross-Benjamin leads others follow. Rabbi Dov Fischer lends his support to her when arguing that Jews should refuse to support the Orange County Jewish Federation. And what is the Fed’s crime? Well they support the Olive Tree Initiative who harbour this strange idea that there is more than one side to a conflict. Note how ‘Palestine’ and ‘Palestinian’ are in inverted commas. It is common now on the American right to deny even the existence of the Palestinians. Martin Heidigger eat your heart out. And Dov Fischer has a nice line in racist cartoons. On the top of his blog is a cartoon explaining the differences between the Israeli army and Arab ‘terrorists’. The Israeli military defends a baby in a pram. The Arab uses the pram as cover. Well what do you expect of these barbarians? Fischer writes that 'Jewish funds should not be expended on paying for Jewish students to travel throughout “Palestinian” towns and villages to hear lectures by trained anti-Israel propagandists from “Palestine,” as part of an OTI mission to expose Jewish students to a “balanced” understanding of narratives:' Not only is Ross-Benjamin and friends interested in curtailing academic debate but she wants to suppress internal debate in the Jewish community. Dear Chancellor Reed, We remain deeply dismayed that you have not responded to our letters to you, nor to the letters of numerous members of the Jewish community, urging you to remove Professor David Klein’s “Boycott Israel Resource Page” from the CSU Northridge server. Disappointingly, you have not even acknowledged our concerns. Now, however, we are writing to inform you of a more personal matter. We believe that CSUN Professor David Klein and Interim President Harold Hellenbrand have been using University and taxpayer resources unlawfully and the name and prestige of the California State University to mount what we believe are defamatory attacks targeting one or both of us: 1) For the last several weeks, Professor Klein has included as the first item referenced on his Boycott Israel webpage a link entitled “Rossman-Benjamin: The Face of a Police State Academic.” The article to which his webpage is linked bears the same title and was written by British anti-Zionist Tony Greenstein, a leader of the international campaign to boycott Israel. Greenstein’s article includes the following verbal assault against Tammi Rossman-Benjamin and the AMCHA Initiative, a grassroots organization which we co-founded to promote the safety and well-being of Jewish students on California campuses:  Greenstein compares Tammi Rossman-Benjamin to a Nazi collaborator, writing: “Rossman-Benjamin reminds me of the court academics who prostituted themselves in 1933 when the Nazis came to power.” He has posted three photographs of Tammi next to a photograph of Martin Heidegger, whose caption reads: “famous philosopher who lent his talents to the cause of the 3rd Reich,” and he has accused her of “climbing into bed with Hitler supporters.”  Greenstein calls Tammi a “police state academic,” a “junk academic,” a “zombie,” a “fruit cake,” and a “McCarthyite apparatchick,” and he insinuates that she is part of the “racist right.”  Greenstein falsely implies that the AMCHA Initiative is funded by the Israeli government. Professor Klein’s inclusion of a link to Tony Greenstein’s article on his CSUN-hosted webpage is further evidence of the misuse of university and taxpayer-funded resources to promote Klein’s own partisan agenda, in this case a vicious personal attack on Tammi and the AMCHA Initiative, among other things. 2) CSU Northridge Interim President Harold Hellenbrand has recently issued an official statement entitled “J’ACCUSE! THE NEW ANTI-ANTI-SEMITISM,” which he posted as the April ’12 “Provost’s Message” on the Academic Affairs home page and circulated widely by email to all CSUN faculty and administrators. In his statement, President Hellenbrand demonizes and delegitimizes the AMCHA Initiative’s efforts to address the issue of anti-Jewish bigotry at CSUN. For example:  President Hellenbrand criticizes the recent policy articulated by the U.S. Department of Education affording civil rights protection to Jewish students, and he falsely accuses the AMCHA Initiative of capitalizing on the new policy “to denounce, with the fury of Jeremiah, dissent to policy as if it were apostasy.”  President Hellenbrand falsely accuses the AMCHA Initiative of being a Jewish messianic organization, which “fantasizes its inception as a Golden State recapitulation of the in-gathering of the Jews under the Word”.  President Hellenbrand falsely accuses the AMCHA Initiative of violating U.S. law through “entangling alliance with a foreign power [Israel]” and ignoring “the separation of church and state”.  Ironically, although President Hellenbrand accuses us of using University resources for engaging in political advocacy — by which he presumably means the occasional and legitimate use of our UC email accounts to send letters to university administrators urging them to ensure that Jewish students are protected on their campuses (hardly a use of University resources) — as we have noted in our previous letter to you, President Hellenbrand himself has used his administrative office and substantial taxpayer dollars to promote his own highly partisan and political agenda. President Hellenbrand’s statement contains false and wild charges and is unprofessional, politically-motivated, and highly unbecoming of the top CSUN administrator. Moreover, his astonishing lack of sensitivity to the issue of anti-Jewish bigotry is extremely offensive to a great many members of the Jewish community. We believe that Professor Klein’s and President Hellenbrand’s behavior is in clear violation of California state law, including California Government Code 8314, which prohibits any state employee from using public resources for personal benefit, and California Education Code 89005.5(a)(2)(C), which prohibits the use of the state-owned name CSU Northridge for the purpose of promoting personal or political activities including boycott. Moreover, we believe that Professor Klein and President Hellenbrand are using their University positions and privileged access to University internet and electronic services to silence the legitimate concerns we are raising about their misuse of University and taxpayer resources for promoting a political hatred of the Jewish state and its supporters. Indeed, we note that to the extent that Professor Klein and President Hellenbrand are violating our constitutionally-protected freedom of expression, their speech cannot be considered constitutionally protected. Finally, besides the potential violations of state and federal law that we have enumerated, we believe the behavior of Professor Klein and President Hellenbrand suggests an egregious failure of leadership at CSUN. We therefore urge you, as CSU Chancellor, to take the following actions immediately: 1) Remove Professor Klein’s offensive webpage from the CSUN server. 2) Remove President Hellenbrand’s “J’ACCUSE” statement from the Academic Affairs website and replace it with an apology to the AMCHA Initiative for misusing the CSUN Office of Academic Affairs to promote a highly partisan and political message. 3) Post on your Chancellor’s website and circulate widely among all CSU faculty and administrators a statement articulating the state and federal laws and University policies prohibiting the use of University resources for partisan or political purposes, and insist on the proper enforcement of these laws and policies by all CSU employees. We hope to hear from you soon regarding this matter, which is of great importance not only to us personally, but to the entire Jewish community. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin Co-founder the AMCHA Initiative Tammi@AMCHAinitiative.org Leila Beckwith Leila@AMCHAinitiative.org CSU Presidents CSU Board of Trustees CSU General Counsel Christine Helwick California Governor Jerry Brown California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom California Speaker of the Assembly John A. Perez California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson California Attorney General Kamala Harris Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles Carmen A. Trutanich Congressman Brad Sherman Congressman Howard Berman California State Senator Alex Padilla (Northridge) California State Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield (Northridge)Bcc: Members and supporter of the Jewish community Another Israeli Barbarian - MK Michael Ben-Ari MK Michael Ben-Ari tearing pages from the New Testament (photo: Itamar Ben-Gvir) An interesting little story. Whilst a lunatic American pastor insists on burning the Quoran, his counterpart in Israel – far-right religious party MK Michael Ben Ari, demonstrates the hatred of the religious Jews and Talmud for Christians. Here we have one particular Neanderthal demonstrating the subtlety of his arguments. It makes it even more absurd, on the surface, that US Christians support Israel in such numbers. But actually it doesn’t, because the theology and practice of US Baptism is above all political – US power is god given and it is irrelevant whether Israelis like Christians. What matters is that Israel is a willing guard dog of US interests in the Middle East. US fundamentalist Christianity is intensely political – it provides the ‘god cover’ for US imperialism. God is always on their side, and damn the consequences. Whether it is abortion, the death penalty or health care – US Christianity is a religion that worships the rich and promises ‘apple pie’ only in the next world. Just imagine the cries of 'anti-Semitism' is the Torah were subject to similar treatment. Tuesday, July 17 2012\|Ami Kaufman MK Michael Ben-Ari rips up New Testament, throws it in trash According to the Israeli website NRG, MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) tore the New Testament to pieces and then threw it in the trash after the Bible was sent to all 120 members of Knesset by a man named Victor Kalish, who according to NRG specializes in publishing Christian religious texts. In the article, Ben Ari is quoted as saying, “This abhorrent book promoted the murders of millions of Jews during the Inquisition and the autos da fé… this is an ugly missionary provocation by the Church, there’s no doubt that the book and its senders belong in the trash of history.” Black Prisons - The Secret United State's Places of Torture and Incarceration Court demands secret files on US 'black jails’ Abd al Rahim al Nashiri was detained at a Polish prison for six months Photo: GETTY Mihail Kogalniceanu air base. Romania. @ 44.36043300, 28.49149700 Black Site, Kabul, Afghanistan. Trevor Paglen: This site was brought to my attention by Afghan journalists and human rights activists in Kabul. The code name of this site remains unknown. Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean, United Kingdom Territory. Rendition Flights Refuelled on the Island in 2002. Khalid Shiekh Mohammed Kiejkuty Stare Exhibit I: Rendering of Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah's first cell in Afghanistan (based on Bashmilah's own drawings). Source: Salon.com In Afghanistan, the largest CIA covert prison was code-named the Salt Pit, at center left above. (Space Imaging Middle East). Source: Washington Post The Salt Pit, Shomali Plains Northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan. Trevor Paglen: The Salt Pit is located in an old brick factory a few miles northeast of Kabul, along an isolated back-road connecting Kabul to Bagram. The United States is facing fresh embarrassment over its use of 'black' detention sites after the European Court of Human Rights ordered Poland to hand over secret documents about its role in the War on Terror, The Daily Telegraph has learned. Judges in Strasbourg have requested documents that contain details of how the CIA set up its "extraordinary rendition" centre outside Warsaw in 2002 where it subjected al-Qaeda suspects to water-boarding and other extreme interrogation techniques. A month ago, a Polish whistle-blower alleged that a document existed which allowed the setting up of the prison – including procedures to adopt in the event of an inmate's death. It was said to have been signed by the head of Polish intelligence. According to the leak, American officials "laughed" and refused to sign the document. "They considered us amateurs and explained that this kind of business could not be dealt with by means of formal agreements," the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported. Polish officials have refused to confirm or deny the existence of the agreement, citing official secrets laws, as part of a four-year investigation into the jail. However, in a decision hailed by civil rights lawyers, the court has asked the Polish government to confirm the existence of the agreement and "if that document exists ... to supply a copy." Both Poland and the US have fought to keep operational details of the camp secret. Under European law Poland has until Sept 5 to comply with the court's request for information, a copy of which has been seen by this newspaper. The court demand was made after US civil rights lawyers filed a compensation claim at the court in Strasbourg on behalf of Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the man accused of masterminding the October 2000 suicide bomb attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors. Lawyers for al Nashiri, who was detained at the Polish prison for six months from December 2002 to June 2003, said the court order was a "significant step forward" in the ongoing battle to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the CIA's rendition programme. "It would be a significant step forward for relevant documents to be produced so that the truth can finally be aired," said Amrit Singh, of the New York-based Open Society Justice Initiative which filed the case. "Every single case brought by a rendition victim in the United States has been dismissed, until now no rendition victim has had their day in court. The US has never officially acknowledged any of its secret locations. "The US and Poland conducted this secret rendition and torture operation on European territory without any judicial review or oversight, and now a European court is showing that it takes these violations very seriously," she added. The European court's demand for information is potentially deeply embarrassing for the US government as it puts al Nashiri on trial at a war crimes tribunal in Guantánamo Bay, which began hearing pre-trial motions on Tuesday. The court questions could also circumvent US government attempts to block requests by the al Nashiri defence team for the release of official documents relating to his detention in Poland and other sites in Morocco and Thailand. Prosecution lawyers have urged the war crimes tribunal not to give up documents relating to the "arrest, detention and rendition" of al Nashiri, arguing they are "not material" to his defence and that the Guantánamo tribunal has no power to order foreign governments to hand them over. The CIA black site at the Stare Kijekuty army base 110 miles north of Warsaw has caused a major political scandal in Poland as details emerged about how al Nashiri was subjected to mock executions, kept hooded and naked and threatened with a power drill and the rape of his family members. In evidence given to an earlier Guantánamo Bay hearing in 2007, al Nashiri said his physical torture was so severe that "before I was arrested I used to be able to run about 10km. Now, I cannot walk for more than 10 minutes". The court has also demanded to know whether Poland knowingly allowed al Nashiri to be tortured and sent to a country – Morocco – that used the death penalty, which would be a serious breach of European law. As Zionism moves to the Right – so Progressive Zionist Organisations Are Seen as More Effective Opponents of BDS The answer of course is that J Street and Peace Now aren’t progressive. J-Street’s only claim to be progressive is that it isn’t as far to the Right as AIPAC – the main Zionist lobby group in the US. As for Peace Now. They barely exist in Israel and outside Israel function as one of the few remaining left-Zionist groups left and they function solely as a means of conveying the idea that Israel is a pluralist democracy. In fact peace activists who are Jewish in Israel are regularly reviled as ‘traitors’, physically attacked and threatened with assassination. I can remember after the horrific massacres in 1982 in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra & Chatilla, which Israel oversaw, Peace Now was trumpeted around campuses to show how vibrant Israeli democracy was. One of these hypocrites was put up against a motion at Sussex University in October 1982. I was also an invited speaker, though the Zionists tried to prevent me speaking on grounds of 'anti-Semitism'. A creature called Jeff Samuels, the Vice President Finance led the attack. To no avail. A massive Union General Meeting of 900 decided it wanted to hear from someone opposed to Zionism from a Jewish perspective. After the Peace Now propagandist was wheeled on I spoke. I say modestly that it brought the house down when I said, and I remember it still, that Jews above all, given the history of anti-Semitism, should be the last people to perpetrate racism. The Israeli state had allied with fascism - the Phalange. The meeting went on to vote overwhelmingly for a motion calling for a democratic, secular state in the whole of Palestine. Something like 75-80% of those present voted in favour. I was told late that I had 'intimidated' Jewish (they mean Zionist) students who were upset and in tears at having to listen to my arguments. Such precious, sensitive little souls these Zionists are. It brings tears to their eyes to have to listen to a description of their murderous activities. Indeed on this basis I was described as 'anti-Semitic'. Putting forward views that some Jewish students don't like is anti-Semitic. Why did progressive U.S. Jewish groups oppose divestment? Despite having an explicit anti-settlement position, J Street and Americans for Peace Now actively opposed the Presbyterian Church’s efforts to divest from companies that profit from the occupation. By doing so, they are standing in the way of the Palestinian stride for freedom. By Naftali Kaminski and Michael Zigmond Undoubtedly, when Peter Beinart wrote his groundbreaking essay in 2010, “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” he did not foresee the events around this year’s 220th General Assembly in Pittsburgh of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), but his analysis was proven right again. For months the entire Jewish establishment, both nationally and here in Pittsburgh, shifted their attention from the real concerns of American Jews and dedicated itself to a topic most American Jews were not even aware of – how to prevent the Presbyterians from following their ethical principles when making financial decisions. The issue of divestment was first raised by the Presbyterian Church in 2004, and at this year’s assembly, two resolutions on this matter were put up for a vote: the boycott of products produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the divestment from corporations whose products are used in the ongoing maintenance of occupation. Despite the campaign against divestment, virtually nobody at the General Assembly of PCUSA suggested that the occupation was justified or that Israeli settlements were not an obstacle to a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the end, the General Assembly approved a call to boycott products such as the popular Ahava cosmetics and a resolution to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions was defeated by only 2 votes out of 664 through a parliamentary motion that prevented a vote on the divestment proposal itself. Importantly, a resolution to create a personal divestment option for pension holders (reversed on a procedural technicality), received significant majority support suggesting that Church-wide divestment is likely to happen in the future, if there is no end to the occupation, perhaps as soon the next General Assembly in 2014. While the knee-jerk opposition to the Presbyterian resolutions and the usual kitchen sink assembly of implications of anti-Semitisms, recollection of Jewish suffering across the centuries, and a hint that these resolutions would support terrorism was predictable, what was new was the positioning of groups considered progressive or moderate at the forefront of the Jewish establishment campaign. In Pittsburgh, a local newspaper highlighted the role of “progressive” groups such as the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee and the local chapter of J Street in the opposition to the PCUSA resolutions. James Gibson, a Rabbi respected here for his progressive leadership, moderate views on Israel-Palestine and interfaith work, called on the Presbyterians not to “disinherit Israel.” And on the national level, one may argue that, despite the heavy-handed campaigning by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the groups that actually prevented approval of the divestment resolution were two prominent “pro-Israel, pro-peace” groups, J Street and Americans for Peace Now (APN) who instead of simply pointing out that they did not support targeted divestment and/or boycott, actively called on Presbyterian to reject the measures. Their opposition was particularly influential because, unlike the other anti-divestment lobbyists, both groups are known to be vociferous critics of the settlements. In what may be a telling analogy, much of the moderate Jewish establishment public pronouncements in Pittsburgh in 2012 bore an eerie resemblance to those of white ‘moderates’ in Alabama in 1963. In that year, eight white clergymen issued a public statement titled A Call for Unity in which they claimed nonviolent civil disobedience to segregation was “unwise and untimely” and suggested it would “incite to hatred and violence, however technically peaceful those actions may be.” They acknowledged the “natural impatience of people who feel that their hopes are slow in being realized,” but insisted that the only way forward “should be pressed in the courts and in negotiations” and “not in the streets.” As if inspired 49 years later by this letter, J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami, in an essay published just before the Presbyterian divestment vote, stated with regard to the Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance movement that “pursuit of these tactics has promoted little more than debate and division,” and that despite the fact that “frustration is rising over diplomatic stagnation,” the only way forward is through a full-on pursuit of diplomatic efforts. Yet, during 20 years of diplomatic efforts the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied territories has nearly doubled – and has risen 18 percent during Prime Minister Netanyahu’s three-plus years in office – and the Palestinians are still under Israeli control and no closer to an independent state that they were when talks began in fall 1991. It may be argued that J Street’s position is a logical extension of its position as a lobbying group seeking to impact lawmakers and a direct continuation of its realignment with Jewish Establishment policies as was evidenced by its support of a US veto on the Palestinian UN bid and the recent dismissal of the call by Peter Beinart, earlier celebrated as J Street’s Troubadour, for a boycott of settlement products. More striking was the response by Americans for Peace Now (APN), a group admired by many for its consistent anti-occupation stance and its support of boycotting goods made in illegal Israeli settlements. Widely misrepresenting the carefully crafted Presbyterian position which only focused on three companies profiting from the suppression of Palestinian human rights in the occupied territories, the APN President Debra DeLee, said that the proposal targeted “Israel rather than the occupation” and raised worries of “global anti-Semitism.” Oddly, in her rush to vilify the Presbyterian deliberations, she neglected to mention that the Presbyterians’ overture to boycott products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank perfectly echoed APN positions. In fact, her complete disregard for the actual text of the Presbyterian resolutions was disturbing, because it suggested a deep paternalistic attitude: As if Palestinians or their Presbyterian supporters had no say in the design of their nonviolent resistance strategy, as if they needed to defer to Ms. Delee for approval. Not unlike the moderate preachers in Alabama, She and APN seemingly consider Palestinian nonviolent resistance a distraction. In 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. responded to the white moderate preachers with his now famous Letter from Birmingham Jail: I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season. The Palestinians who have been living under a brutal occupation for 45 years, and who have only seen a deterioration of their conditions under negotiations, and are now asking for international support for a nonviolent strategy to finally change the status quo, must feel the same way - that moderate Jewish groups like J Street and APN have become the “largest stumbling block” in their stride for freedom and independent statehood. In their vocal opposition to the Presbyterian limited divestment and settlement boycott resolutions, J Street and APN challenged the legitimacy of Palestinian nonviolent resistance, an attitude reminiscent of the white moderate preachers who preached patience and obedience to the leaders of the Civil Rights movement. The white moderate preachers ended up on the wrong side of history. Where will J Street and Americans for Peace Now end up? Michael Zigmond is an American scientist and long-time member of the Pittsburgh Jewish community with strong ties to Israel. Naftali Kaminski is an Israeli Physician-Scientist now living in Pittsburgh. Both were past supporters of J Street and contributors to APN and are members of the Middle East Peace Forum of Pittsburgh.They blogged their impressions from the boycott and divestment deliberations at the Presbyterian General Assembly at the Pittsburgh Middle-East Peace Blog Posted by Tony Greenstein at 01:12 1 comment: The Shackling of Children – Another Innovation of the Middle East’s ‘Only Democracy’ The Treatment of Palestinian Children Says Everything about Zionist Racism Israeli soldiers stand guard over Palestinian children arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron. Photograph: Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA If there is one thing that demonstrates, beyond doubt or debate, that Israel is a racist society, then it is the shackling, abuse and torture of Palestinian children. Think what would happen if Jewish children anywhere in the world were treated in this way. The pictures of Jewish children putting their hands up as they are marched away by the Nazis is indelibly printed on peoples’ minds. Likewise the use of leg irons on Palestinian children by the Israeli military. No Jewish child in Israel would ever be handcuffed or chained. There would be an uproar. But for some reason (racism?) it is considered acceptable to detain without charge, without seeing a lawyer or their parents, Palestinian children. Thanks to the indefatiguable Dr Derek Summerfield for this. [27 June 2012] – On 26 June a new report on children held in Israeli military detention was published in London. The report - Children in military custody – was produced by a delegation of UK lawyers following their visit to the region. The delegation of nine lawyers, including Sir Stephen Sedley (formerly Lord Justice Sedley) and Baroness Scotland QC (former Shadow Attorney General and Attorney General of England, Wales and Northern Ireland) travelled to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in September 2011 to assess the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law. According to the delegation's website, the “objective of the group was to produce an independent report founded on the principles of the rule of law and children’s rights. A substantial and balanced body of relevant information was collated. The delegation met with a number of key parties, including Israeli Government departments and the military, Israeli and Palestinian NGOs, UN agencies, former Israeli soldiers and Palestinian children. They also visited the military courts at Ofer prison outside Jerusalem and observed proceedings involving children.” The delegation’s terms of reference were “to undertake an evaluative analysis of Israeli military law and practice as they affect Palestinian children in the West Bank by reference to the standards of international law and international children’s rights. The terms of reference did not include the legality of the occupation. Nor did the terms of reference include the impact of the occupation on the welfare and rights of children outside the legal process.” The question which concerned the delegation was “whether there is any justification for treating Israeli and Palestinian children differently in law or in practice”. The key findings of the report, based solely on legal differentials, include the following: Israel is in breach of article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits the transfer of Palestinian prisoners out of occupied territory. Israel is in breach of article 65 of the Fourth Geneva Convention for failing to translate relevant military orders into Arabic. Israel is in breach of articles 2 (discrimination), 3 (child’s best interests), 37(b) (premature resort to detention), 37(c) (non-separation from adults), 37(d) (prompt access to lawyers, and 40 (use of shackles) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “If the manner of arrest and detention is to any significant extent that which was described to us by the UN, Israeli and Palestinian NGOs and Palestinian children, Israel will be in breach of the prohibition on cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.” “We record our view that to hold children routinely and for substantial periods in solitary confinement would, if it occurred, be capable of amounting to torture in breach not only of article 37(a) but also of other well-known international instruments.” The report concludes by making 40 specific recommendations, including: Arrests of children should not be carried out at night save for in extreme and unusual circumstances. At the time of their arrest, all children should be informed, in their own language, of the reasons for their arrest, and their right to silence. Children should never be blindfolded or hooded. Methods of restraint should not be used unless strictly necessary. Single plastic ties should never be used. Children should not be transferred on the floor of vehicles. They should be properly seated and treated with dignity at all times. The prohibition on violent, threatening or coercive conduct towards children should be strictly observed throughout all stages. Children should have a parent or guardian present prior to and during their interrogation. Interrogations should be audio-visually recorded and the tapes should be made available to the child’s lawyer. Children should not be required to sign confessions and statements written in a language other than their own. All Palestinian children detained under Israeli military law should be held in facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and not in Israel, which constitutes a breach of article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. It is relevant to note in regards to breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention, that the UK Government has specific legal duties and obligations under article 1 of the Convention “to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances.” The full report is available on line. The Independent – UK ready to take on Israel over fate of children clapped in irons The Independent - Nothing resonates like the mistreatment of minors The Guardian – Israel subjecting Palestinian children to ‘spiral of injustice’ Channel 4 News report - Israel 'breaches rights of Palestinian children' The Jewish Chronicle – Israel ‘in breach of international law’ over child detainees DCI-Palestine - Bound, Blindfolded and Convicted B’Tselem – No Minor Matter Breaking the Silence – Video testimonies: Everything was filmed Boycott Dates for Ramadan - & the Rest of the Year Too! After having kept silent for fear of a racist backlash from the Israeli loving EDL and similar low-lifes, London shopkeepers, not least Muslim ones, have embraced a Boycott of Israeli Dates. Read a cross post from Inminds below. London Shopkeepers Embrace 'Boycott Israeli Dates Campaign' London Rhymes with Palestine Please us help distribute Boycott Israeli Dates leaflets this Ramadan. Its very simple, just tell us how many leaflets you can manage and give us a delivery address to send them to. For more information please see here To find out more about the campaign please visit Boycott Israeli Dates Campaign With Ramadan just a week away and this years 'Boycott Israeli Dates Campaign' in full flow, the capitals shopkeepers have wholeheartedly embraced the campaign with dozens of shops in London already displaying the campaign posters in their shop windows and stocking bundles of leaflets to give out to their customers. 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__label__cc	0.60005	0.39995	The 2014 Tony Awards Well theatre fans we are only a week away too the 2014 Tony Awards. I've been watching them practically every year since 1988 which was the year that The Phantom of the Opera won the top prize. Who would have thought that the show would not only still be running all these years later but would eventually become the longest running show in Broadway history. I thought for sure it would have been Cats. Just kidding. I didn't even see it. But enough about dancing felines and falling chandeliers. We have more important things to discuss. Like who is going to win a Tony on June 8. So let's get right too it. Like most years I will be picking who I think should win and who will probably win in all the major categories. Let's see if I am right. Enjoy! Best Musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Will Win: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Should Win: Tie- Bullets Over Broadway and The Bridges of Madison County (Oh wait. I forgot. They weren't even nominated. My bad.) Casa Valentina Mothers and Sons Outside Mullingar Will Win: All The Way Should Win: Act One Best Revival of A Play Will Win: The Glass Menagerie Should Win: The Glass Menagerie Best Revival of a Musical Will Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Should Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Best Book of a Musical Aladdin-Chad Beguelin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical-Douglas McGrath Bullets Over Broadway-Woody Allen A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder-Robert L. Freedman Will Win: A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder Should Win: A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder (Interesting note. Douglas McGrath who is nominated for Beautiful co-wrote the screenplay for Bullets Over Broadway with Woody Allen. Sadly neither won of them is probably going to take home a Tony on June 2.) 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Freedman and Steven Lutvak If/Then- Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Brian Yorkey Will Win: The Bridges of Madison County Should Win: The Bridges of Madison County Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Samuel Barnett- Twelfth Night Bryan Cranston-All The Way Chris O'Dowd-Of Mice and Men Mark Rylance-Twelfth Night Tony Shaloub- Act One Will Win- Bryan Cranston Should Win-Bryan Cranston Best Performance By A Leading Actress In A Play Tyne Daly-Mothers and Sons LaTanya Richardson-A Raisin In The Sun Cherry Jones- The Glass Menagerie Audra McDonald-Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Estelle Parsons-The Velocity of Autumn Will Win: Audra McDonald Should Win: Cherry Jones Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Neil Patrick Harris- Hedwig and the Angry Inch Ramin Karlmloo-Les Miserables Andy Karl-Rocky Jefferson Mays- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Bryce Pinkham-A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Will Win: Neil Patrick Harris Should Win: Neil Patrick Harris Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Mary Bridget Davis-A Night With Janis Joplin Sutton Foster-Violet Idina Menzel-If/Then Jessie Mueller-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Kelli O'Hara- The Bridges of Madison County Will Win: Jessie Mueller Should Win: Jessie Mueller Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Reed Birney: Casa Valentina Paul Chahidi-Twelfth Night Stephen Fry-Twelfth Night Brian J. 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__label__cc	0.699416	0.300584	Home » Music » Susanne Sundfør – Among Us Susanne Sundfør – Among Us Susanne Sundfør continues the expansion of her musical universe with her new album, The Silicone Veil (2012), a follow-up to the critically acclaimed, platinum-selling The Brothel (2010), which spent 30 weeks in the Norwegian album charts and sold more than 40 000 copies. Where The Brothel was seen to gravitate towards a dark, cold and closed musical expression, The Silicone Veil contains melodies that hint of warmth and fullness, bound in multifaceted and complex soundscapes. The album lyrics, however, point in a different direction: towards despondency and the loss of illusions, faith and hope. They explore our inability to understand the difficult times we find ourselves in and appreciate the consequences of the lives we are leading, rather than denying them. Thematically, The Silicone Veil centres on the blurred boundaries between one state of being and another, between life and death, between people, and between us and the Earth. As Sundfør summarises it: “Apocalypse, death, love and snow”. First single taken from the new album, White Foxes, was immediately well-received by critics, bloggers and tweeting fans across the world by release. The track is in many ways a musical bridge and a natural extension of the soundscape from The Brothel. Susanne Sundfør – Among Us Lyrics: There is a killer among us Looking for kisses, looking for jars He’s a desperate soul, and he collects heart in jars Ooooo, Save me from his face Ooooo, Save me from his finesse He claims the heavens He covets hell He dumps his bodies, Into wishing wells Ooo Save me from his finesse Oooo, Save me from his spell He peeled off every vein I had Until there was nothing left But a black bloodless heart Still beating for him I would die for him But I wouldn’t let him kill me I am a stone covered with moss A mauseoleum entangled in ivory He made my heart, He made my heart But he’ll never reach my bone. Category: Music Tag: Music, Susanne Sundfør Leave a comment Previous PostBody Parts – Desperation Next PostLucy Schwartz – Ghost In My House	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line46
__label__cc	0.553965	0.446035	4 years ago Eldest son of Dubai ruler dies from heart attack 5 years ago Award-winning academics collaborate on children’s book in Dubai 5 years ago 5 things productive entrepreneurs do each day 5 years ago Take control with the new Chevrolet Cruze 2016 5 years ago Giant KFC bucket soars the sky 5 years ago Top ten secondary schools in the UAE 5 years ago Study in Australia 5 years ago MBA scholarships 5 years ago Top UAE scholarships 5 years ago Top 7 career fields of the future SEARCH THE BRAINSTORMUAE 3 ways to transform yourself into the entrepreneur you want to be Just because that lightbulb went off in your head and you’ve started a business does not mean that you're 100 percent satisfied with who you are as an entrepreneur By John Rampton Just because that lightbulb went off in your head and you’ve started a business does not mean that you’re 100 percent satisfied with who you are as an entrepreneur. Indeed the life of entrepreneurs can be full of trial and error. If they try something and it doesn’t work, they often move on to the next project. When it comes to personality traits, entrepreneurs tend to be passionate, resilient and assertive. But even so, starting out they might sense they’re missing something and need reinforcement in critical areas to help them become the best they could be. If that sounds like your experience, here are three ways to transform yourself into the entrepreneur that you’ve always wanted to be: 1. Define what success means to you. Success means something different for every entrepreneur. For some, it means having a certain amount of money in a bank account. For others, it’s all about being able to pay the bills by working at a job that makes them happy. Entrepreneurs are the types of individuals who recognize when it’s time take advantage of an opportunity. They become passionate about an idea. Yet, an idea and passion can only take you so far. As you start putting the pieces together, sit back and ask yourself what you want the end game to be? How are you going to make this great idea a reality? Understand your skills and limitations — and find people to do the tasks you’re not familiar with. Set realistic goals and achieve them. Know what you want to do. If your goal is to take a startup public, write a timeline for doing so. When you define what success means to you and start noticing its early signs, you’ll be motivated to keep working toward the goals you’ve established. I’m careful to write down all my ideas and goals. “You really have to focus on removing the distractions,” my good friend Brent Csutoras always tells me. “If you’re an entrepreneur and have a desire to succeed, then your positive driving factors are already in place. It is the distractions, the bad habits, the doubts that cause you to falter, quit or fail.” Many people describe the process of envisioning success and believing in it, so that when they make decisions (in any aspect of their life), they’re guided toward their success. Look at yourself deeply and identify the excuses that you cling to, the bad habits that derail you and then really focus on removing them from your life. Define success in your own eyes. 2. Ask for help. Of course life would be easier if you were already familiar with the industry that you’re attempting to break into, the products, services, customers and even the business model. But what if you’re daring to enter a field or market for which you have no training or experience? There’s no shame in asking for help or posing many questions. It’s not a sign of weakness either. In fact, Richard Branson has said the Virgin Group became successful because in its early years managers kept asking questions. Figure out who you can turn to for advice and answers. One of the easiest places to look is at home. Branson asked his mother for advice. She told him to take advantage of every opportunity. You might not have to venture too far from your circle of personal contacts. Is there a friend, family member or spouse who can help you solve a problem? Seek out advice from people who have already gone through this journey. If you’re aware of someone in your industry who has already launched a successful business, his or her knowledge and experience can be priceless. Indeed, the founder of Laker Airways was thconvinced Branson to become the face of Virgin. Seek out experienced business professionals who can assist you with matters ranging from legal to investing concerns. Consult Angel List to find mentors. Search for people who advise many companies. 3. Surround yourself with allies. By now you’ve come to realize that you can’t do everything on your own. That’s why you have to surround yourself with a great team. These are the people who will fill in the gaps in specific knowledge areas. For example, you may be able to develop an app but have no idea ow to market it. That’s when you would need to bring in someone with marketing experience. More important, however, your team will keep you going when you need to catch a second breath. Because there will be long hours and many obstacles to clear, you’re going to need team members who are passionate and enthusiastic about your idea and business. The boost in morale also isn’t just good for team members. It can carry over to how staffers create a great customer experience. You’ll need individuals who can not only help you with your weak areas but also who can complement your strengths. These will be the people to pick you up when you’re down or celebrate with you when you’ve achieved a goal. 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__label__wiki	0.923234	0.923234	The Enemy of the World From BroaDWcast Story Code: PP / Season 5 UK Airdate: 23 Dec 1967 to 27 Jan 1968 Doctor: Patrick Troughton First airings by location UK Terrestrial and Satellite Repeats Previous Story / Next Story This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.) Taree Times, NSW; 15 October 1968 Australia Oct 68 b/w Hong Kong Jan 70 b/w Singapore May 70 b/w New Zealand May 71 b/w Gibraltar Jun 73 b/w Zambia Oct 73 b/w Nigeria 74 and 75? b/w The Hong Kong prints were sent to Singapore soon after transmission. Singapore sent the prints to BPTV in Nigeria by the end of 1974. The films were recovered and returned to the BBC in 2013. The sale to Gibraltar was actually "back-catalogue", as they had already started screening Jon Pertwee stories by this time. The New Zealand prints were likely disposed of by the end of 1974. (The NZBC's rights to screen the story had expired on 31 March 1974.) The ABC in Australia returned its prints to the BBC on 4 June 1975. The BBC retained its original 16mm telerecording negative of part 3. It also retained a print: was this a viewing print, or was it a copy that had been returned from overseas? (If so, it may have been the print from Australia, or Zambia.) A 16mm b/w print of episode 6 was apparently found in Taiwan in 2013. This could be the junked print from Australia or Zambia (see Taiwan Prints for more). See also the Troughton Junkings page. On 11 October 2013, the newly-discovered serial was made available to purchase as a download from iTunes. It was subsequently made available on other streaming sites. Broadcasts around the World BBC Records Patrick Troughton stories Retrieved from "http://broadwcast.com/index.php?title=The_Enemy_of_the_World&oldid=23943" Airdates External Sites / etc CONTACT/EMAIL BroaDWcast Forum (Gallifrey Base) Gallifrey Base (Index) Cuttings Archive Red White and Who This Week in DW Content is available under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported unless otherwise noted. About BroaDWcast	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line58
__label__cc	0.740083	0.259917	Commuters face blinding snow, slippery roads on Belt Parkway Thursday, January 4, 2018 4:52 AM EST Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:05 PM EST BELT PARKWAY - Commuters on the Belt Parkway faced blinding snow and slippery road conditions Thursday morning as a nor'easter intensified over the region. The storm began dropping snow over Brooklyn around 3:30 a.m. and continued throughout the day, according to News 12 meteorologists. The roadways were coated with snow, which made for a slippery and messy morning commute. Local officials advised residents to stay off of the roads so that workers could treat them with salt and sand. DOT officials say sent plow truck drivers out across the city when 2 inches of snow built up on the ground. All New York City public schools are closed today, according to officials. Those traveling outside are advised to wear multiple layers as temperatures are expected to tumble. The storm is expected to bring between 5 to 8 inches of snow and high winds to Brooklyn before tapering off around 4 p.m. MORE: Full forecast details from News 12 The Bronx \| Extended nor'easter forecast details SCHOOL CLOSINGS: List of closings Commuters face blinding snow, slippery roads on Belt ParkwayMore>> Your Brooklyn Weather Photos Share your weather photos with us on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #BKWeather.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line59
__label__cc	0.674565	0.325435	Physics could help financial traders by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In jzrugvnvd Optimal intermediate trading node locations small circles for all pairs of 52 major securities exchanges large circles. While some nodes are in regions with dense ﬁber-optic networks, many others are in the ocean or other sparsely connected regions. Image credit: APS, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056104 Relativistic trading: The speed of light isn’t fast enough for some market transactions This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. More information: Relativistic statistical arbitrage, A. D. Wissner-Gross and C. E. Freer, Phys. Rev. E 82, 056104 (2010) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056104 (PhysOrg.com) — While most people know that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, this concept is proving even truer in the world of stock trading. In a world where buying low and selling high means all the difference, racing the speed of light between to different financial markets can mean greater profit. With financial markets being located all over the world, stock trading has become reliant on the speed of fiber optic cables and their ability to process information. While fiber optic cables are currently operating at about 90 percent of the speed of light, Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross shares how companies might be able to exploit physics and position themselves in locations capable of more competitive speeds and transactions.In a paper first released in 2010 in the Physical Review E, Dr. Wissner-Gross determined locations that are at the most optimal sites to best compete with the current locations of financial markets. With the idea that the quickest route between two points is a straight line, he determined locations which would essentially be right in the center of that line. This location being ideal in the fact that you then had the shortest distance to cover for both markets, thus better setting your business up to buy low and sell high between the two markets.For example, should you be a trader working off the New York Stock Exchange and the exchanges in Europe, your ideal location would end up somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. However, while this information is valid, there are not many companies ready to construct a floating office.With this problem in mind, Dr. Wissner-Gross is now looking at determining land points which would approximate these mid-ocean locations. Using the above example of New York and Europe, he would now look at a location such as Nova Scotia.This physics trick may just be able to provide a very competitive edge to many companies, and over the years, we may just see many financial trading hubs popping up in the least likely locations. No more will they be dependent on buzzing cities and large markets, but they could be springing up in rural areas that provide the best locational advantage to cutting the distance needed to travel the world of fiber optic cables. Explore further © 2010 PhysOrg.com Citation: Physics could help financial traders (2011, March 24) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2011-03-physics-financial-traders.html read more Intel wants piece of TV biz via face time by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In sbtfcisga This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. Explore further (Phys.org) — Technology industry giants are extending their lines of business from PCs, tablets and phones into owning a piece of the action of TV sets and content services. Apple and Google have got a lot of press over designs on TV-playing devices in people’s homes. Now Intel is staking its claim, too. Intel has been working out a business plan to issue a set-top box with a subscription TV service. The key feature that Intel hopes will turn the profitability corner is facial recognition technology. Intel is thinking along the lines of a TV service using a set-top box employing facial recognition to tell who is watching so that the TV can deliver more targeted ads. Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV platform Citation: Intel wants piece of TV biz via face time (2012, June 10) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2012-06-intel-piece-tv-biz.html Facial recognition would be used to detect the gender and age group of the people viewing a TV set at any one time. The set-top box would check out each person watching in front of the TV to deliver more targeted ads that would be specifically chosen to cater for the TV-viewing audience.Targeted, demographically suited advertising is generally considered the ideal way of guaranteeing advertising success. As for privacy, nothing would be detected beyond age and gender. Other identifying data would not be made known. Intel’s plan also involves keeping costs down by featuring smaller packages of TV networks instead of the standard large bundles of many channels. Intel would be seeking to win over subscribers with attractive pricing while using facial recognition technology to deliver targeted advertising. So far, though, the news of such a service has not gone over well with the general public, based on comments on news sites and via Twitter. A story headline further reflected reaction: “Intel Wants To Sell Your Face To Advertisers.” That was the header from redOrbit. On the heels of the Intel TV story released by Reuters came a Reuters blog report that people, once reading about the plan, are annoyed. One reader said he would never allow a set-top box pointing a camera in the house. Another was upset over the idea of having kids exposed to targeted ads constantly, amounting to more brainwashing of young people. “So gross,” and “how creepy” were other comments about facial recognition technology planned.While nothing more than gender and age would be tracked, an emotional reaction to camera-tracking in viewers’ homes is evident and, as observers note, may be a hurdle to an extent that Intel has not yet realized. Intel hopes to launch its video service before the end of the year, according to sources in a report from Reuters. © 2012 Phys.Org read more Nematodes with five distinct forms found by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In cokewcfbt Two morphotypes (morphs I, II) of P. borbonicus, a symbiont of Ficus mauritiana. The beard-like labial morphology is a novelty known only from this species and P. sycomori. Scale bar, 10μm. Credit: Vladislav Susoy & Jürgen Berger Journal information: Science Advances As the team notes, it is not uncommon for a single species to have many forms, dogs are one good example—other animals have different coat colors or wing patterns, depending on where they live, etc. But it is unusual for a single species to exist in as many as five different forms where they are so different it is difficult to make them out as from the same species. In this case, the nematoads are of a type that live inside of figs—they are carried to their home when young, by wasps. As they grow, they can take on one of five different forms depending on the conditions they find inside the fig—most of the differences are in the way the mouth is structured. If there are other competing nematoads of another species in a single fig, for example, the worms grow a lot of teeth and survive by eating the other worms. Those that land in nematoad-free figs, on the other hand, instead grow mouths that are suitable for eating microbes.As to why the nematoads developed such diversification abilities, the team suggests it has to do with their isolated existence—they equate individual figs to islands, where a young nematoad is wholly at the mercy of its environment, which appears to be of five different major varieties. They note also that few nematoads actually manage to colonize new fruit, thus any species able to do so would naturally need to be able to take advantage of what is found once it arrives. They add that they have also found three related nematoad species that also have five phenotypes, which suggests the characteristic may not be as rare as was initially thought. They suggest there might be some species that are able to take on even more than five forms. Citation: Nematodes with five distinct forms found (2016, January 18) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2016-01-nematodes-distinct.html (Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found that at least one type of nematoad exhibits five distinct forms—each different enough that the microscopic worms were initially thought to be of different species. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the team describes their study of the worms that live in South Africa, Vietnam and on La Réunion Island and possible reasons for such diversity among a single species. Explore further More information: V. Susoy et al. Large-scale diversification without genetic isolation in nematode symbionts of figs, Science Advances (2016). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501031AbstractDiversification is commonly understood to be the divergence of phenotypes accompanying that of lineages. In contrast, alternative phenotypes arising from a single genotype are almost exclusively limited to dimorphism in nature. We report a remarkable case of macroevolutionary-scale diversification without genetic divergence. Upon colonizing the island-like microecosystem of individual figs, symbiotic nematodes of the genus Pristionchus accumulated a polyphenism with up to five discrete adult morphotypes per species. By integrating laboratory and field experiments with extensive genotyping of individuals, including the analysis of 49 genomes from a single species, we show that rapid filling of potential ecological niches is possible without diversifying selection on genotypes. This uncoupling of morphological diversification and speciation in fig-associated nematodes has resulted from a remarkable expansion of discontinuous developmental plasticity. This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. A worm with five faces © 2016 Phys.org read more Experiment shows that arrow of time is a relative concept not an by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In oluwcuqfg Schematic of the experimental setup. (A) Heat flows from the hot to the cold spin (at thermal contact) when both are initially uncorrelated. This corresponds to the standard thermodynamic arrow of time. For initially quantum correlated spins, heat is spontaneously transferred from the cold to the hot spin. The arrow of time is here reversed. (B) View of the magnetometer used in our NMR experiment. A superconducting magnet, producing a high intensity magnetic field (B0) in the longitudinal direction, is immersed in a thermally shielded vessel in liquid He, surrounded by liquid N in another vacuum separated chamber. The sample is placed at the center of the magnet within the radio frequency coil of the probe head inside a 5mm glass tube. (C) Experimental pulse sequence for the partial thermalization process. The blue (red) circle represents x (y) rotations by the indicated angle. The orange connections represents a free evolution under the scalar coupling, HJHC = (πh/2)JσzHσzC , between the 1H and 13C nuclear spins during the time indicated above the symbol. We have performed 22 samplings of the interaction time τ in the interval 0 to 2.32 ms. Credit: arXiv:1711.03323 [quant-ph] The second law of thermodynamics says that entropy, or disorder, tends to increase over time, which is why everything in the world around us appears to unfold forward in time. But it also explains why hot tea grows cold rather than hot. In this new effort, the researchers found an exception to this rule that works in a way that doesn’t violate the rules of physics as they have been defined.The idea of entangled particles has been in the news a lot lately as researchers around the world attempt to use it for various purposes—but there is another lesser-known property of particles that is similar in nature, but slightly different. It is when particles become correlated, which means they become linked in ways that do not happen in the larger world. Like entanglement, correlated particles share information, though it is not as strong of a bond. In this new experiment, the researchers used this property to change the direction of the arrow of time.The experiment consisted of changing the temperature of the nuclei in two of the atoms that exist in a molecule of trichloromethane—hydrogen and carbon—such that it was higher for the hydrogen nucleus than for the carbon nucleus, and then watching which way the heat flowed. The group found that when the nuclei of the two atoms were uncorrelated, heat flowed as expected, from the hotter hydrogen nucleus to the colder carbon nucleus. But when the two were correlated, the opposite occurred—heat flowed backward relative to what is normally observed. The hot nucleus grew hotter while the cold nucleus grew colder. This observation did not violate the second law of thermodynamics, the group explains, because the second law assumes there are no correlations between particles. © 2017 Phys.org (Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has conducted an experiment that shows that the arrow of time is a relative concept, not an absolute one. In a paper uploaded to the arXiv server, the team describe their experiment and its outcome, and also explain why their findings do not violate the second law of thermodynamics. Wallflowers become extroverts in a crowd More information: Reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time using quantum correlations, arXiv:1711.03323 [quant-ph] arxiv.org/abs/1711.03323AbstractThe second law permits the prediction of the direction of natural processes, thus defining a thermodynamic arrow of time. However, standard thermodynamics presupposes the absence of initial correlations between interacting systems. We here experimentally demonstrate the reversal of the arrow of time for two initially quantum correlated spins-1/2, prepared in local thermal states at different temperatures, employing a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance setup. We observe a spontaneous heat flow from the cold to the hot system. This process is enabled by a trade off between correlations and entropy that we quantify with information-theoretical quantities. Citation: Experiment shows that arrow of time is a relative concept, not an absolute one (2017, December 1) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2017-12-arrow-relative-concept-absolute.html Journal information: arXiv This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. Explore further read more A date with Life by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In tmlarhnrd In the clamour for Hauz Khas Village, that is being touted as Delhi’s new ‘the’ zone for foodies, we often miss out on the potential of Connaught Place. Yes that very same zone in Lutyen’s Delhi that has restaurants packed by officegoers during the day and families and friends occupying the chairs at night. But sadly, CP has remained underrated and under-used in the city’s food map, even though some really good restaurants call it home. The regret came back to haunt me when I visited Life Caffe in Inner Circle recently. Even in the extremely cold winter night, when I visited this restaurant which has been intriguingly named Life Caffe, I found a few tables occupied. They have a lovely outdoor seating area complete with an open private dining room, but the chill forced us inside. Also Read – ‘Playing Jojo was emotionally exhausting’The interiors are done up in loungy cafe style, with slogans and quotes framed on the walls and a giant projector showing a cricket match, this could be one of your regular watering holes, with good munchies to go along. Continental, Italian, Japanese are all thrown in for good measure and I hopped skipped and jumped from one cuisine to another through the course of my meal. The food is tasty and the portions good enough to be shared. I really enjoyed the Kolhapuri keema tarts (see recipe) which was delicious and went perfectly with the red Sula that I ordered. Ditto for the Koliwada fish fingers. The Fotomaki sushi platter though was nothing to write home about and the same goes for the New Zealand lamp chops which could be served anywhere. The Chilli prawns would get a thumbs up and so would the desserts. I gorged on the Hot magic chocolate souffle, totally throwing my diet plans away for a toss. Should be on your list next time you are eating out at CP. If only to get a life!DETAILAt: Life Caffe, B49, Inner Circle, Connaught PlaceTimings: Noon to 1am phone: 43652222Meal for two: Rs 700 without alcohol read more Planning for the Children by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In clpxishzg Plan India, the leading child-centered community development organisation, put together ‘National Workshop on Improving Quality of Life of Children’ in the Capital recently. The workshop was addressed by Govind Nihalani, Chairperson Plan India Board, along with other board of directors. The workshop aimed at sharing Plan India’s experiences and on improving quality of life of children primarily by implementing child centered community development approaches. These would be attended by field practitioners, policy makers, researchers, academicians, media and professionals from development agencies and corporate sectors that have been actively engaged in promoting child rights and reducing child poverty. Also Read – ‘Playing Jojo was emotionally exhausting’At the event in IHC, six key publications of Plan were released and a theatre performance was hosted on the theme of the workshop by Delhi’s acclaimed Ashmita Theatre Group. ‘Since last 30 years of working in India, Plan, through its CCCD approach, has improved the lives of over a million of children across the country and during this process; children and communities have provided insightful experiences on various facets of lives affecting them. A number of lessons have been learnt that have the potential of further creating better modules that will help in implementing value based programs in the communities,’ said Bhagyashri Dengle.Plan India is an NGO working to improve the lives of poor and needy children, their families and communities through an approach that puts children at the centre of community development. It encourages children to express their views and be actively involved in improving their communities. read more Staging myth on the rocks by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In kdzbqybid The Lord was so pleased with Mahishasura’s devotion, that he blessed him with eternal life, declaring that no man, beast, demon or deity would ever be able to kill him. Taking advantage of this boon he caused destruction and tried to take over Lord Indra’s throne. All the gods invoked lordess Durga to defeat Mahishasur. He lost the combat with Durga and she killed him to restore the balance of good and evil.Retelling the same mythological story, a Kathak dance drama called Mahishasur Mardini, will be presented on the Capital stage. The show curated by Asawri Pawar, will be inaugurated on Monday at ICCR. Wife boyfriend arrested for killing husband in Sonarpur by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In htkuonqzw Our correspondent Kolkata: A woman has killed her husband after conspiring with a person with whom she had an extra-marital affair. The incident has created sensation in South 24-Pargana’s Sonarpur.The matter came to light after the woman’s boyfriend admitted his guilt before the investigators. Both the accused have been arrested on Wednesday night in this connection. The victim, Samir Mistri, a local Trinamool Congress was shot dead by the accused Chandan Mondal. The victim’s wife Madhumita had developed an illicit relationship with Mondal. The woman used to work at a canteen in Jadavpur while the victim was a Taxi driver. Also Read – Heavy rain hits traffic, flightsThe incident took place on the night of April 9 when the victim was having his dinner. The front door of their room was kept open by the woman to help her boy friend carry out the crime. According to the investigation, police said there was a quarrel between the couple after the victim came to know about the relationship.Police suspect that the accused might have committed the crime as the victim had been opposing their relation. As investigation advanced, police suspected that his wife was also involved. Also Read – Speeding Jaguar crashes into Merc, 2 B’deshi bystanders killedThe accused woman also told the police that she had been tortured by her husband. Her boyfriend was also arrested by the police on Wednesday from his residence in Baguipara area. He admitted the crime and told the police how they hatched the plan of gruesome killing. The accused also told the police that he rented a firearm for carrying out the crime. On the day of incident, he shot at the victim from the front door which was laid open by the victim’s wife. Police is also probing if any other person was involved in the crime. read more Deploys more troops in Xinjiang to plug infiltration by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In inyuspsgt China arrested 27,164 criminal suspects last year in the volatile Xinjiang and authorities have beefed up security in the violence-prone region which borders PoK and Afghanistan by deploying more troops, making it the country’s largest provincial-level military region.The military reinforcement comes against a backdrop of the US troops pulling out of Afghanistan and extremists launching terrorist attacks on civilian targets, state-run China Daily reported. Also Read – Pro-Govt supporters rally as Hong Kong’s divisions deepenXinjiang, the province with majority of Uygur Muslims is experiencing most violent attacks in by East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an Al-Qaeda backed outfit which became active in the backdrop of unrest between Uygurs and Han migrants.Peng Yong, commander of the PLA Xinjiang military region, said troops will vigorously enforce border controls and carry out “realistic combat training”.The Xinjiang military region is a regional command that covers Xinjiang and the Ali area in the west of the Tibet not far from Indian border. read more Private tutor arrested after molesting minor student by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In ybgyuambk Kolkata: A private tutor, who allegedly molested a girl student, was badly beaten up by the victim’s family members and neighbours. He was later handed over to police.The incident took place in Mandalpara area of Avantipur in Shyamnagar on Tuesday morning. The family members of the victim alleged that the private tutor tried to rape the minor girl. The victim, a student of class V, used to go to his place at Mandalpara for nearly one year. The family members of the girl told police that like other days, she went to her tutor’s place at around 8 am on Tuesday. It was alleged that the tutor closed the door and attempted rape. Also Read – Heavy rain hits traffic, flightsLocals heard the screams of the minor girl. They rushed to the spot and forced the tutor to open the door. After being informed, the family members of the girl also came.Locals started interrogating the tutor as to why he had closed the door while giving private tuition to the girl. When he gave incoherent statements, the locals and the girl’s family members started beating him up. The victim also narrated the whole incident of how he had abused her. Also Read – Speeding Jaguar crashes into Merc, 2 B’deshi bystanders killedThe incident triggered tension in the locality on Monday evening. The private tutor fell ill after receiving several blows from the people. During interrogation by the locals, the tutor had admitted that he sexually molested the girl. The tutor was kept confined within his house for nearly one hour. Police reached and arrested the tutor. They are trying to know if he had committed similar crimes earlier. The family members of the victim have demanded stern actions against the private tutor. read more	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line62
__label__cc	0.687576	0.312424	Home Wisconsin County Histories 333 Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc. FROM EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT Armory E. Located on north side of East Second street, near Main. in 1888 and 1900. Full Roster of Company E. After Company E was ordered into service, it was recruited up to the maximum and left the state with full ranks. The service of the Company in the Spanish-American war may be found elsewhere in this work, but the following is the complete roster of the Company when it left the state: Edwin T. Markle, Captain. Emil C. Plonsky, First Lieut. Adolph E. Kliemchen, Second Lieut. Egelhoff, August C, pirst Sergt. Brugger, Carl H., Q. M. Sergt. Seeve, William J. H., Sergt. Jaffke, Herman C, Sergt. Bruett, William F., ^ergt. Lubitz, Frank J., Sergt. Trier, Adolph M., Corp. Lee, Jay L., Corp. DeSombre, William E,, Corp. Dittmar, James W., Corp. Wheeler, Frank J., Corp. Cleveland, Charles C, Corp. Langlois, Noah V., Corp. Crippen, George A., Corp. Skinner, Frank L., Corp. Krebs, Fred C, Corp. Hass, Albert, Corp. Bechaud, Rudolph A., Corp. Zinke, Carl R., Mus. Zinke, Alfred R., Mus. Clark, Edwin W., Art. Vandervort, Frank, Wag. Title Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc. Title of work Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc. Short title Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc. Author Glaze, A. T. Description This 1905 history of the city of Fond du Lac and Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, discusses business and industry, the legal and medical professions, military history, elections, and pioneers and prominent citizens of the county. Place of Publication (Original) Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Publisher (Original) P.B. Haber Printing Company Publication Date (Original) 1905 Format-Digital xml Rights We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Identifier-Digital Fond1905000 State Wisconsin; County Fond du Lac County; Decade 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1909; Page Number 333 Format-Digital jpeg Full Text FROM EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT 333 Armory E. Located on north side of East Second street, near Main. Built in 1888 and 1900. Full Roster of Company E. After Company E was ordered into service, it was recruited up to the maximum and left the state with full ranks. The service of the Company in the Spanish-American war may be found elsewhere in this work, but the following is the complete roster of the Company when it left the state: Edwin T. Markle, Captain. Emil C. Plonsky, First Lieut. Adolph E. Kliemchen, Second Lieut. Egelhoff, August C, pirst Sergt. Brugger, Carl H., Q. M. Sergt. Seeve, William J. H., Sergt. Jaffke, Herman C, Sergt. Bruett, William F., ^ergt. Lubitz, Frank J., Sergt. Trier, Adolph M., Corp. Lee, Jay L., Corp. DeSombre, William E,, Corp. Dittmar, James W., Corp. Wheeler, Frank J., Corp. Cleveland, Charles C, Corp. Langlois, Noah V., Corp. Crippen, George A., Corp. Skinner, Frank L., Corp. Krebs, Fred C, Corp. Hass, Albert, Corp. Bechaud, Rudolph A., Corp. Zinke, Carl R., Mus. Zinke, Alfred R., Mus. Clark, Edwin W., Art. Vandervort, Frank, Wag. Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of... - [blank] - Title Page - [plate] Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac Military History of Fond Du Lac Fountains and Water Works Lumber and Lumbermen Fond Du Lac Railroads Dealers in Dry Goods That Indian Scare The Hardware Trade Boot and Shoe Trade The Earliest Settler The Banks and Bankers The Fond Du Lac Post Office Printing and Printers Was a Talented Artist Genuine Missionary Spirit A Few of the Firsts First House in Fond Du Lac Was Not Many Years Ago History of Elections Two Remarkable Events Street Railway and Lighting Great Work of Bishop Grafton Pioneer Farmers and Settlers Early Days Flouring Mills Indians and Indian Payments Dentists and Dentistry The Bench and Bar Gas Works and Gas Men Dry Hop Yeast Business Clothing, Jewelry, Groceries, Etc. Free Public Library Pioneers in 1874 and 1904 E. A. Brown Post No. 130, G. A. R. A Few Murders The Literary Field A Very Exciting Day Birth of the Republican Party Navigation on the Lake Memories of the Past What Was Said and Done Happenings Here and There Thinking, Talking, Acting A Long Time Ago Experiences in Pioneer Days To and From Oakfield Address By H. E. Swett Tales of Pioneer Days Quaker Abolitionists The Printer Editor Helped to Make History Old Time Records Successful Effort Court House Talk Now Almost Unknown Paper Money Smells Bad Old Settlers in 1905 To Be Tried Again Was a Grand Bird Put Into the Box County Organization Aborigines from 1764 The Machine Shops The Fond Du Lac ''Home'' Solomon Juneau Occurred Some Time Ago Convent and Hospital Sudden and Startling The Honored Dead	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line74
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__label__wiki	0.892165	0.892165	Rise and Shine: Aug, 28, 2019 by CM \| Aug 28, 2019 \| 0 comments Good morning, CivMixers. It’s Wednesday already. We’re speeding toward that three-day, last-hurrah-for-summer weekend. It’s going to be cloudy this morning, with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. There’s a 60 percent chance we’ll see precipitation, according to The Weather Channel. It will be humid, with highs in the low 80s. As a major storm heads for Puerto Rico, the Department of Homeland Security and its Federal Emergency Management Agency said they will move $271 million in funds to support President Trump’s border enforcement efforts. Deutsche Bank AG confirmed that it has tax returns requested by U.S. lawmakers seeking financial information for Trump and his family. Whose returns are those? That’s still a secret. The Sackler family would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma, the company blamed for much of the opioid epidemic, and pay $3 billion of their own money under terms of a settlement proposal to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits. Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, who initially was to reject $20 million in immediate aid funding pledged by world leaders at the G7 summit to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, now says he’ll consider accepting aid if French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes. A former top Federal Reserve official implied that the central bank should consider allowing Trump’s trade war to hurt his 2020 election chances – an assertion that drew a firestorm of criticism and a rare pushback from the Fed itself. Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein escaped injury when he crashed his 2017 Jeep in Westchester County, law enforcement sources said. (He told cops he swerved to avoid hitting a deer). Eco-activist Greta Thunberg, 16, is expected to arrive in New York City today – two weeks after she set sail on a zero-carbon boat from the English coastline – as part of her campaign to pressure politicians to put climate change at the top of their agendas. Attorneys for both Jeffrey Epstein and his accusers implored a Manhattan judge to launch his own investigation into the late pedophile’s suicide death. Republican Rep. Tom Reed is asking U.S. Attorney General William Barr to investigate Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the state’s lack of action in repairing a crumbling three-mile stretch of the Thruway on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Erie and Chautauqua counties. Cuomo said he was as puzzled as anyone by Trump’s Saturday morning tweet pledging to help build the Second Avenue Subway — so he put in a call to US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. Details of their chat aren’t yet available. It doesn’t look like either of New York’s 2020 Democratic presidential contenders – NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand – will make the cut for the next primary debate. Democrat Adam Biggs has a 28-vote lead over Kathleen Donovan after yesterday’s special election for a City Council seat, the Albany Board of Elections said. (Absentee ballots will be counted this morning). The Scolite site won’t be used to ship gravel from South Troy after the city Zoning Board unanimously rejected a request by Mayor Patrick Madden’s administration for a zoning variance. The city insists the refurbished South Troy Pool will open this summer — even as Labor Day weekend looms and the first day of school for city kids arrives Sept. 5. “American Idol” finalist Madison VanDenburg will perform at an event today hosted by Jeff LaMountain, a Republican candidate for the Albany County Legislature. Both insist this has nothing to do with politics, but rather is to help kids. On Sept. 1, Hannaford Supermarkets will begin offering six weeks of fully paid parental leave to qualifying part-and full-time employees during the first 12 months following the birth, adoption or legal placement of a child. The priest who died by suicide after allegedly trying to prove former Bishop Howard Hubbard violated his vow of celibacy with other priests is among the nearly two dozen Albany diocese clergy members accused of sexual abuse. The burglar who bungled a break-in of a pizza parlor by getting stuck in an air duct in 2011 was convicted again for burglary in Schenectady County Court, County District Attorney Robert M. Carney said. Legislation introduced by GOP state Sen. Pam Helming would make school supplies tax-exempt for one week each year beginning the Tuesday before Labor Day. Cuomo showed off the new Kosciuszko Bridge, as officials revealed there will be a light show with a New York-themed soundtrack on the eve of its Thursday opening. New York State Troopers have released the results of their Operation Hardhat campaign, during which they issued 136 tickets. Some say the new rent laws are already starting to have a negative effect on the downstate real estate development market. Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi says he wants to know if Spectrum cable violated a consumer fraud settlement with New York with its move to block some customers from receiving the new ACC Network. Some 474 days after former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted — for the second time — of peddling his office’s influence in exchange for millions in kickbacks, he remains a free man. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple met with members of the St. Clare’s pensioner committee, offering assistance as they continue to fight for their pensions. An internal affairs’ captain for the Troy police force relied on the findings of a renowned crash reconstruction expert when he issued a report last year concluding that a patrol sergeant lied to investigators to conceal that he used his car to force a DWI suspect’s vehicle off the road before fatally shooting the man. The deadline for employers to provide anti-harassment training to New York State employees is coming up in October. Frajees Grill cut the ribbon on its new Lark Street Mediterranean restaurant that focuses on fresh, locally sources ingredients. It may look scarier than it actually is but the safety of parasailing, along with kayaking, has drawn the attention of Lake George Park Commission members who oversee activities on the lake. Officials are working to address traffic concerns over proposed new apartment buildings on Rapp Road next to Crossgates Mall in Guilderland. A Vanity Fair article on Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk paints a disturbing picture of the SolarCity deal with broken promises regarding job creation that extend to the factory in Buffalo. SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio has been chosen to co-chair economic development efforts in the Mohawk Valley region. She replaces another college president — Fulton Montgomery Community College’s Dustin Swanger, who is retiring. Fulton County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man from Broadalbin after he called dispatchers and told them he would “probably find a deputy, and kill them and take their gun, and go on a killing spree.” The Hyde Collection recently announced that Laura Bradigan, a Saratoga Springs resident, has been named director of development. Eric Garner’s relatives asked a court to force New York City’s mayor and police commissioner to answer questions under oath as the family seeks to pull back the curtain on the investigation into his 2014 chokehold death. An Uber drive picked up the teenager at a Sweet 16 party on Long Island and intended to sexually assault her, prosecutors said, but she escaped and he has been charged with two counts of felony kidnapping, as well as child endangerment and unlawful imprisonment. This story is getting a lot of attention. More here. Popeyes announced it had sold out of its supremely popular chicken sandwiches and will temporarily suspend production of the sandwich until further notice. (Is this just some sort of weird viral marketing strategy?) Mattel is honoring Rosa Parks and Sally Ride with their very own Barbie dolls. The toy company unveiled the new dolls for Women’s Equality Day, as part of its Inspiring Women Series. Photo credit: George Fazio. While You Were Out: Aug. 27, 2019 Travels With Sons Actor Kelsey Grammer coming to Schenectady to promote his Hudson Valley brewery	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line81
__label__wiki	0.67976	0.67976	Russell Westbrook & The AJ XXXII Air Jordans have seamlessly combined innovative performance and iconic style ever since they burst onto the scene in the ’80s. Perhaps no shoe better represented that idea than the Air Jordan 2, which borrowed inspiration from luxury dress shoes to create a sophisticated Italian vibe, while also introducing a groundbreaking sole unit. The result? A shoe that offered a legendary look and feel both on and off the court. The newest member of the iconic Air Jordan line, the AJ XXXII, takes inspiration from the AJ 2, striving for that same combination of performance and style. Our latest cover athlete, Russell Westbrook, is the perfect player to represent the AJ XXXII. Westbrook is coming off an MVP season where he made triple-doubles look like just another day at the office. Off the court, Westbrook is also notorious for his unique sense of fashion. He’s a rare athlete that makes headlines both for what he does on the court, as well as what he wears off it. Tate Kuerbis, the AJ XXXII’s designer, gave us the inside scoop on the design process behind the shoe, new tech features, why it’s the perfect shoe for Westbrook, and more. The AJ XXXII takes inspiration from the iconic Air Jordan 2. What was the design process like and can you highlight some of the more notable elements of the shoe? “The Air Jordan XXXII is inspired by the essence of the AJ II, which was the first luxury basketball shoe and was crafted in Italy. We took cues from the Italian craft of the AJ 2 plus MJ’s love of Italian sports cars and combined that inspiration with the latest performance innovations to bring the AJ XXXII to life. One of the standout features of the XXXII is the use of high-tenacity yarn within Flyknit technology. This takes the greatness of Nike Flyknit and makes it uniquely Jordan. In addition to providing athletes with the ultimate flexibility, support, and protection, it also allowed us to create a lacing system within it that is hidden. This gives it an “under the hood” feel, which people have come to expect from Air Jordans.” Jordan has always introduced innovative shoes focused of basketball performance. How is the AJ XXXII built for the modern age of basketball? Athlete insights are at the heart of everything we do. We gained valuable insights from the best players in the world to help create the XXXII. This includes Jordan Brand family members at every position, from young rising stars to seasoned veterans. What we heard from them is that they covet fit, form, and function, so we brought those insights into the XXXII to make it a shoe optimized for today’s game and athlete. Can you break down some of the tech features behind the shoe, from the Flyknit upper to the Flight Speed Technology, cushioning, and traction? How do all these features really help athletes excel? “The AJ XXXII introduces new, luxury-inspired performance innovations. It features an unmasked Flyknit upper with high-tenacity yarn that seamlessly combines stretch, support, and zonal lockdown. The laces integrate into Flyknit construction for distraction-free lockdown, creating an under-the-hood-type experience. Tuned-up Flight Speed technology unleashes the energy of Zoom Air units for an explosive step.” Russell Westbrook is on our cover wearing the AJ XXXII. How does this shoe fit the needs of Russell’s unique game? “The XXXII is a great combination of performance and style. The way Russell plays demands that he has the best performing sneaker on his feet, and style is something that is engrained in him as a person and player.” The AJ XXXI took after the AJ 1. Now the AJ XXXII is taking after the AJ 2. Can you talk about that idea of drawing back on historic Jordans and introducing refreshed versions of these classics to a younger generation of athletes? “Being able to draw inspiration from classic silhouettes is a tremendous benefit for our designers but not a mandatory formula the team leans on when designing the next Air Jordan. Our goal is to continue to celebrate the brand’s legacy while creating new classics for the next generation of athletes.” Jordan shoes are famous for combining style and performance. The AJ 2 definitely went after that idea. Can you explain how the team worked to make the AJ XXXII not only perform great, but also create a fresh look that can be rocked off the court? “The brand’s number one priority for every game shoe is to create the best performance shoe possible. Because of Michael Jordan’s culture-defining style, his shoes were adopted by fans off the court and have become staples in the fashion world. That legacy is engrained in the brand’s DNA which allows us to focus on performance while still incorporating style elements that people have grown to love.” Jordan shoes have some of the most iconic colorways of all time. Can you give us any teasers for colorways we might be seeing with the XXXII? “The “Bred” colorway will always have a special place in the brand’s heritage and be represented on Air Jordan silhouettes. For future colorways… stay tuned!” Author: Chris Wolff Tags: Air Jordan XXXII, aj 32, Basketball, Eastbay Cover, Jordan, Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook, Shoes, XXXII David Dalmida : Mens size 14 black do they come in my size. Jake Zipperer : November 20, 2017 \| 8:29 AM Hello! It looks like we do have them in your size! Here’s the link: https://www.eastbay.com/product/model:283192/sku:A1253001/jordan-aj-xxxii-mid-mens/black/red/ Omar : December 13, 2017 \| 11:28 PM Las deseo Lacrosse 101: With Pat Young and Taylor Cummings Learn from two of the game’s greats – Under Armour’s Pat Young and Taylor Cummings. Top Gifts for Athletes: Shorts, Hoodies, Leggings, T-Shirts Holiday shopping can be incredibly stressful. That's why we put together a list of the best casual apparel for athletes so they can look their best off the court. 5 Pieces of Advice from Davante Adams Through his words and actions Davante Adams wants to change the future. Learn to leave a legacy like him with these five pieces of advice. Dwayne Haskins Jr.: The Future King The hype is real. Dwayne Haskins has a reputation of exceeding expectations and plans to continue that trend on his way to becoming the future king of Washington. Darnell Savage Jr.: 3 tips to prepare yourself for success Eastbay's July cover athlete Darnell Savage Jr. gives insight on how to prepare yourself for success. The Freak 1: Giannis Antetokounmpo’s First Signature Shoe The Prince of Milwaukee finally has his own signature shoe, and we have a full breakdown for you. Julie Ertz: Attacking Adversity Julie Ertz is one of the fiercest competitors on the planet. Find out how she tackled the challenges and obstacles in her way to become an international soccer superstar. Stefon Diggs: Portrait of a Playmaker Stefon Diggs is a perfect portrait of the modern-day wide receiver. We sat down with the Minnesota star to see how he mastered his craft. Nike Training Shoes: Workout like the Pros Find the best football training shoe for your skill set. Read how Todd Gurley, Jarvis Landry, and Cam Jordan impact their workouts with Nike training gear. PREVIEWING THE BALLISLIFE ALL-AMERICAN GAME Get prepared for this year's Ballislife All-American game with Eastbay's pregame coverage. Guardians of the Gridiron Eastbay sat down with Todd Gurley, Jarvis Landry, and Cam Jordan to see what makes each of them a supernatural talent at their position.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line83
__label__cc	0.679031	0.320969	More about Life Amsterdam-based British writer and performer attempts to unravel life and culture. We Want Information (Christmas Travel and Technology 2014) In this modern era, technology gets information to us at a phenomenal rate. The main problem is that it gets correct information to us at exactly the same rate and in the same manner as incorrect information. In fact, nowadays, incorrect information can be beamed straight from the source of that misinformation direct to the phone sitting in your pocket. It's never been so easy to lie to or misinform so many people so convincingly. Believe me, smart phones will bring about more religions, not less. Notice that even the most fanatical religious people pray far less than most of us check our phones. We were running a little behind schedule. Partly because we had to leave super-detailed instructions for our cat sitter, who I assume is some sort of robot, as I have never seen her/him/it. So when my baapp, or whatever the British Airways app is called, gleefully told us that our flight was going to leave 90 minutes later than the sages had originally predicted, we took this as providence and proof that we should hold off from worry. We decided to take our time. If we hadn't been worried about meeting up with the cat sitter, who I guess must have laser eyes and would vaporise any non-cat creatures she might see upon entry, we would have hung about for an hour, but instead we just sauntered to the metro. Sitting leisurely on the train, we rechecked our compact guru who was eager to inform us that the flight was now on time. On time! We were in saunter mode, planning to roll up to the gate at our leisure, well in time for a very delayed flight, but now we were the ones running behind. I think the lesson here is always have a deep seated distrust of technology. As it happens, the plane did end up being delayed by 20 minutes, so our arrival was not as tight as we had feared. But we were worried most of the way. And because our original plan allowed plenty of extra time to allow for delays in reprogramming the cat sitter. Well I say 20 minutes delayed. They told us ten minutes but they started boarding 20ish minutes later. And once on board, we had to wait for a gap in the constant stream of planes and a let up in the wind that was causing all this chaos. We, in fact, got off lightly. There were flights delayed even more than we had been originally told. Planes from the morning were still waiting to leave 3 hours later. The whole board was lit up like a Christmas tree, with baubles replaced by a rubicated "Delayed." "Rubicated" is the dictionary word of the day and it means "marked or coloured with red." At least that's what my phone says and so it quite likely means something more like, "to be ridiculed and humiliated by a bunch of refined metals and micro-engineered plastics in what is increasingly looking like a concerted pre-takeover plot." Yes, I know that sounds paranoid, yes, I do believe it's all part of some technological conspiracy and, yes, I do think the cat sitter is in on it too. Posted by Peter More at 17:02 No comments: Links to this post Labels: Cats, Computers, Technology, Transport, Travel Ding Dong - The Horror of Christmas Music Christmas has descended upon us like a plague of tinselly locusts. At the airport, 3 young ladies in narrow, red dresses were harmonising closely the song Silent Night. (Or "Spent Might" as my phone suggested the song be spelled.) They were very good and Spent Might is one of the least awful Christmas songs, but still this whole endeavour was indicative of the fact that absolutely everything at this time of year has to be tinsellated or Christmasified or ensantanated or whatever it's called. Every shop becomes a shrine to glitter. Every TV show will have a Christmas special featuring expensive guest stars and more whimsy than a castle full of fairy princesses. Anything that can broadcast any form of sound is forced to transmit non-stop seasonal songs. And if there is enough space for it, people will be forced into herds and made to sing these songs. As witnessed with the red dressed trio at Schiphol. Many of them seem very happy to do it, but I presume they have family members being threatened and if they stop smiling, an uncle will be shot. I'm not generally a curmudgeon, but there are some things that really do bug me. And Christmas music really does bug me. In fact, the moment I first heard the Coldplay Christmas song (or "a" Coldplay Christmas song as there may be more than one), I very nearly went on a shooting spree. What's funny is that there are people out there who like Christmas songs. I've met them. People who otherwise seem to be rational, intelligent human beings. People who at other times of the year could be people I'd be more than happy to hang out with. But for several weeks of the year, a sort of mania sets in and they actively wish to hear these tunes. These songs so cheesy it's like Christmas is just one big, giant cracker; songs so cliched it's like the whole season is a direct-to-youtube action movie sequel; songs so joyful, they are clearly hiding some inner trauma. So, although these three red-bound women at Schiphol taken on their own, are a nice diversion, they are the shiny tip of the great, bloated, glistening corpse of a semi-musical whale that is dredged up every December. Well, that's a glimpse into my head this time of year. I wish all of you seasons greetings, but I do so in flat tone, with absolutely no musical accompaniment. Labels: Anthropology, Christmas, Music, Shopping, Travel, TV Acting Americas Anthropology Art Articles Asia Books Brexit Cats Children Christmas Comedy Computers Crime Drink Drugs Education Europe Fashion Fiction Food France Fun Games Health History Impro Inspiration Inventions Language Lists Love Me Movies Music Netherlands New Year Philosophy Photography Poetry Politics Religion Review Scandanavia Science Sex Shopping Sport Stand-up Sweden Technology Theatre Transport Travel TV UK US Voice War Wildlife Writing Peter More Peter is a British expat writer and performer who lives in the watery city of Amsterdam. He blogs about The Netherlands, travelling, improvised comedy and life in general. We Want Information (Christmas Travel and Technolo... 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__label__cc	0.619466	0.380534	Urban Action Academy News School Closed Due To Snow School is cancelled today, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 due to the anticipated snow storm. We will be monitoring the situation closely. Check back here or follow @NYCSchools on Twitter for updates. The SAT exam scheduled for 11th graders for today are postponed until Tuesday, April 24. Welcome Class of 2022! On Tuesday, August 28, Urban Action Academy welcomed incoming freshman for an orientation to high school life. After a brief ice breaker, students met some of the 9th Grade Team, including Ms. Smith, Mr. Nagy, and Mr. Faiella; as well as Guidance Counselor Ms. Desroches; APs Ms. Razak, Mr. Mento, and Dr. Isom; Dean Ms. Fagan; Parent Coordinator Ms. Bradford; and Principal Dr. Garcia. Students learned about some of the rigors of High School, some tips for success, and what they will need to get to graduation in 2022. Following that, Mr. Nagy, Mr. Mento, and upperclassmen volunteers took the new freshmen on a tour of the building and field. Everyone left with an Urban Action Academy shirt and other give-aways. Thank you to those students and parents who joined us. Thank you also to the staff who came out to show their support to the incoming class. Here's to a great 2018-2019 School Year! High School Fair @ John Dewey High School On Saturday, September 22, Principal Iris Garcia, Assistant Principal Ronda Razak, teacher Brian Nagy, and students Samiyah Brown and Chrislin Bradshaw proudly represented Urban Action Academy at the High School Fair held at John Dewey High School. The day was a success, with middle school students getting to meet staff and students from the school we hope they will call home starting next year. Parents and next year's freshman class got to learn about programs, classes, and supports available for UAA students. Many schools from around Brooklyn came out to Dewey's gymnasiums on this beautiful Saturday, including Canarsie's own IAM and HSMP. The next High School Fair will be held at Brooklyn Technical High School on October 13 from 10:00-3:00. From the DOE events page: "At all of the fairs, we'll have workshops on high school admissions at 10:15am and 12:30pm. These cover the same material as the summer workshops from July 2018. All of the fairs will also have a… Canarsie Educational Campus Hosts College Fair On Wednesday, September 27, Urban Action Academy joined the rest of Canarsie Educational Campus schools to welcome many colleges. Students had the opportunity to speak to representatives from many colleges, as well as military recruiters, and the FDNY. They were able to ask questions about undergraduate programs and campus life and walk away with more information. Many campuses asked students to sign up to be sent additional information. This was the first year the the fair was held during school hours and participation was significantly higher than after-hours fairs of the past. The students were enthusiastic and energized participants. The following schools/groups had tables set up for the event: Alfred State UniversityApple CorpsBerkley CollegeBMCCSUNY BrockportSUNY Buffalo State UniversityCollege of St. RoseFashion Institute of TechnologyFive Towns CollegeKingsborough Community CollegeManhattan CollegeMercy CollegeMonroe CollegeNYITSt. Francis CollegeSt. Joseph's CollegeSUNY R… AP Razak1 class of 20221 freshman orientation1 Honor Roll1 Principal Garcia2 SY 2017-20183 TED Talk Series2	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line88
__label__wiki	0.94852	0.94852	(John Glen . 1987) “Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals.” BOND 17 . THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Enter: the fourth 007 - the tallest Bond of them all at 6ft 2in. “Our 007,” decided Cubby Broccoli and step-son Michael Wilson, “hadto look young and virile enough to match Fleming's hero and the new ideas we had for the future.” MGM's new chief, Jerry Weintraub (producer of The Karate Kid, no less) pushed for Mel Gibson at $5m a pop for two outings. For Broccoli, the Gibbo moment had passed .Soon enough Weintraub was gone, too. 007 . David Warbeck wasback in the running (for the fourth and last time in 19 years), British Mark Greenstreet remained in TV, Michael Praed (succeeded as TV's Robin Hood by Jason Connery!) landed instead into Dynasty. The Broccoli children voted for Sam Neill, impressed with his Reilly, Ace of Spies. Yes, well, he gave good tuxedo but as the London Sunday Times TV critic AA Gill said in 2008, Neill was “about as far away from being an actor as it’s possible to be and appear on a screen at the same time.” John Glen looked towards France and ex-Tarzan Christophe Lambert. Cubby preferred the perfectly bilingual Frenchman Lambert Wilson. Again. He was never really interested. “That kind of typecasting can be fatal.” That sounded like someone warned offby Connery. And it was. They had sharedFive Days One Summer, 1982. Despite the Lazenby experience, Albert R Broccoli's daughter, Barbara, went walkabout down-under, auditioning many a Bruce... notably Bryan Brown (“keen on just one”) and model Finlay Light. Cubby rejected the former Australian balletdancer Antony Hamilton because he was blond. They both agreed that Antony's unhiddenhomosexuality would work against him. (He died before Cubby - from AIDS complications in 1995 at age 42). * Roger Moore had gone by now. And for some reason, Danjaq looked down-under for his successor: Bryan Brown, Mel Gibson, Finlay Light, Sam Neill, David Warbeck. Then, back home for a chat with beefy Sean Bean - finally cast eight years later as Pierce Brosnan's first foe in GoldenEye... the treacherous 008. [Photo: © Eon Productions, 1987] Sean Bean was another blond... He missed Dalton’s debut - but won Brosnan’s as his colleague 008, turning (as often happens to Bean’s characters) to the other side in GoldenEye. Bean later won his own TV franchise as the Napoleonic Wars hero Richard Sharpe, in 16 tele-films during 1993-200, joined Lord of the Rings as Borom and was another warlord, Ned Stark, in HBO’s Game of Thrones., 2011-2013. But he never really deserted Bond City… He ran Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit in an Ever So Clean Dozen called Age of Heroes, 2010 (James D’Arcy was Fleming), joined the UK Secret Service for Cleanskin, 2011, and by 2014, he was very Bondian in the mini-series, Legends, as a deep-cover operative transforming himself into a different people for each job. With the release of the SAS thriller, Who Dares Wins, speculation passed to its action-man star, Lewis Collins. The producer Euan Lloyd and director Ian Sharp agreed Collins would have made an excellent Bond were both surprised when he didn’t. (Chicago critic Roger Ebert didn’t rate him), Lloyd chose Collins because of his good work in TV’s The Professionals - and felt he could clean him up, the way Terence Young had re-booted Connery. However, lightning did not strike twice and Collins quickly disappared from view. (One of his co-stars in Wins, Edward Woodward, was apparently rung up the Eon flagpole for the new Q in The World Is Not Enough). Then, there was a certain Andrew Clarke... a definite Lazenby bis! Five years into his 17-year career that embraced top down-under series and an infamous affair with Steve Martin's wife, Victoria Tennant, the Adelaide actor survived to the final three.Then his ego blew the huge breakhe was offered. “I looked at the contract and said: ‘Double this and halve that.'It was still ridiculous. I wasinterested in playingBond... but they wouldn't accept my terms.” * Finally free of Remington Steele, Irish Pierce Brosnan signed on as the 004th 007 after tests with future Bond Girl Maryam d'Abo. And then with a bound, he was caught in the steel grip of Remington yet again... His time would come. And he'd be better suited when it did. [Photo: courtesy Daniel Bouteiller/Telé Ciné Documentation] Pierce Brosnan, Moore's long rumoured successor, was delighted with his terms. The Irish Pierce had first met Broccoli on the 1980 set of For Your Eyes Only, which featured Mrs Brosnan, the late Cassandra Harris. Now he did wardrobe tests and posed with Broccoli signing the contract...and then waited on MTM, makers of his Remington Steele series. MTM had a 60 day clause, allowing for time to sell the cancelled show to another channel (or Brosnan to Danjac for the highest possible compensation!). Or, as it turnedout, sell moreto NBC - impressed with theratings of the summer re-runs once the Brosnan-Bond news had broken. And at the eleventh hour, MTM won a new deal. Broccoli said they could have Brosnan for six episodes, “after that he's mine.” MTM insisted on a full 22 episodes. Cubby walked away. In fact, all MTM managed was six episodes before the show was cancelled anew. “My first reaction,” recalls Brosnan, “was to tell them to shove the Remington contract... It was a knife in the heart. And not just for me, for my family, because we moved our children back to England and got fucked over by very short people. They had me by the short and curlies and there was absolutely nothing I could do. They’d nailed me to the wall. I went out and played a lot of tennis - to get the anger out of my system. You get over it. It's just being an actor. Shit happens like that. As painful as it was then, I wasn’t ready.” If not Pierce, who...? Fiona Fullerton recalled helping test five different guys in a day. “I got to do a love scene with every single one - it was great!”As per Bond tradition, the test scenes derived from the Bond 2 script, From Russia With Love. Maryam d’Abo also played the Tatiana role - and would be rewarded for her diligence. Mrs Broccoli - the Dana of Danjac SA - said: “Have another look at Tim Dalton.” This time he was keen. And all signed up by August 6. Having by now read all the books, he wanted to return tothe way Ian Fleming had written him. Fine. Let’s go. Well, he was tied up forsix weeks... He finished Brenda Starr in Jacksonville, Florida,ona Saturday, flew to London on the Sunday and was playing 007 on Monday morning… “A transitional film,” felt Timothy Dalton. “A real and very valid responsibility to the past.” "But I couldn't see myself taking over and not doing it my own way... to try and capture Fleming's Bond.” He asked about this and Cubby told him: “You must bring your own interpretation to it.” Difficultwith script, written for Moore, slightly adjustedfor Brosnan... Kara Milovy . Maryam d’Abo, Brosnan’s co-star in his Bond tests, ran into Barbara Broccoli. “I’d cut my hair for another film, and she barely recognised me. I looked very Slavic. She asked me to meet Cubby and soon after they offered me the role of Kara - opposite Brosnan, when she signed. Her golden-haired cellist (“There was something almost indecent in the idea of that bulbous, ungainly instument splayed between her thighs”, Bond reflected in the book). was based on Ian Fleming’s cellist half-sister,Amaryllis Fleming - who would arrange, and play at his memorial service. Inevitably, Kara was more than a cellist. She was also a sniper. Amaryllis was not. As far as we know… Miss Moneypenny . Caroline Bliss succeeded60-year-old Lois Maxwellas Moneypennyafter 14 films in 23 years.“I realized it would be silly making goo-gooeyes at Timothy Dalton!” The last movie to use an original Fleming title until the Broccoli gang finally got around to Casino Royale almost 20 years later,Kill markedthe 25th year ofBond films. Dalton was certainly tougher than Moore. (Maryam d'Abo was tougher than Moore!). Cubby was delighted with Tim. “A vanishing breed:a gentleman actor with a highly tolerable ego.” Closer, added the Q man, Desmond Llewlyn, to Ian Fleming’s hero in the books than the previous three 007s. Andgood in the serious scenes, noted Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert. “But he never quite seems to understand that it’s all a joke.” Cue the Jaws music…Kevin McClory was back on the Bond scene… cheekily (what else?) offering Brosnan $1m to be 007 in Warhead, latest variation upon the Thunderball theme. Naturally, MGM and Eon/Danjaq could not countenance such a move and, eventually, McClory hung up his Walther PPK on August 21, 2001.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line90
__label__wiki	0.607024	0.607024	UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT – Tom Kilcourse MEMORIES OF EMPSON – Ron Horsefield MY LIFE IN PRINT CHAPTER 4 & 5 - Ray Blyde HAVE YOU EVER – Ray Blyde CULTURE SHOCK - Ken Clay DIANA AND THE ELDERS - Dave Birtwistle MAD MAX Maxime du Camp (tr Ron Horsefield) INTENSIVE CARE - John Royson THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY - Ralph Bundlethorpe A MUSICAL INTERLUDE - Bob Wild AN INCIDENT IN SAINSBURY’S - Gilbert Harrington THE AWAKENING – Steve Howorth TOM AND HARRY - Tom Kilcourse MYRTLE & REG - Rosemary Evans DOSTOIEVSKI IN SOUTHPORT - P. Myshkin BIGGLES PULLS IT OFF..Stefan Jaruzelski OIK MODES Some readers of previous prole lit mags complained they were mostly about blokes banging on about work. The Crazy Oik has avoided that snare up to now but, then again, work is an important part of oik life, almost a defining characteristic, so the Oik welcomes such excursions and makes no apology for leading this issue with Tom Kilcourse’s fine memoir of mining. Remember that when old Etonian George Orwell went prole hunting in Wigan he didn’t join the writers’ circle, he went down the pit. And surely if he hadn’t been distracted by the Spanish Civil War then offered a desk job at the BBC he’d have stayed down there. What larks they must have had in that dangerous darkness! Such illuminating accounts of real work could never arise from the desultory pecking at some professional writer’s keyboard. Anecdotal autobiography is another oik trope. Yes it can feel like being trapped in a corner by the pub bore if the narrator sticks to the facts and fills in the life history of every fleeting actor. But childhood is a rich lode since it’s here the young oik runs into authority and sex. Ray Blyde struggles with the arcane rituals of the print industry and courting while Steve Howarth renounces nooky on the advice of his priest. Bob Wild relives the wounding rejection of his music teacher and retaliates by desecrating some of our best loved hymns. All true no doubt and not without a certain grisly fascination. But the true crazy oik is contemptuous of facts – they’re for sociologists. Reality is just the starting point for his mad imaginings. He’s a deranged EA Poe (as if the actual one wasn’t deranged enough), a bogus Borges. This issue’s best example would be John Royson’s bizarre excursion up country with a Spanish chambermaid; written in matching style like something by Sir Thomas Browne on acid. I diffidently suggested he’d had recourse to Roget to which he riposted, unanswerably: “Yis! So what?” We have similar difficulties establishing terra firma with Horsefield’s account of a meeting with Empson (although the letter looks authentic) Likewise with Aquinas and the dustman – such a conjunction is surely preposterous. Bundlethorpe’s wrestle with the problem of identity manages to avoid the analytical aridities of AJ Ayer but seems, somehow, to be blind to the subtleties of the arguments put forward by his cousin’s distinguished tutor Ludwig Leavis. As for the frankly incredible events in An Incident at Sainsbury’s, verification is demanded. I think our readers should be told exactly where this branch of the superstore is. Translation can be problematic and it is with some diffidence we include an item by the well-known Polish plumber-poet Stefan Jaruzelski. He claims Biggles Pulls it Off was printed originally in Polish and dropped on the Lodz ghetto from a Lancaster in 1943 to boost morale. We can find no reference to this particular item in the WE Johns archive at the Bodleian library, but grudgingly concede that Stefan has transcended his normally fractured pidgin and produced a quite Johnsian rendering. With French we feel on firmer ground having ordered many café au laits in that country. Du Camp may well have been an anti-clerical but we are suspicious of this violent attack on monastic routine. A corroborative visit to the universite de Eurodisney is indicated. Finally P Myshkin is obviously a nom-de-plume but here at the Oik we don’t demand I.D. The poor devil may well be a regular at Southport’s excellent bookshop just off Lord Street and would certainly be persona non grata were he to be outed. Ken Clay July 2009 UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT Tom Kilcourse Nothing that he experienced on the training face adequately prepared Brendan Kelly for the Roger seam. The contrasts could hardly have been more stark. It took little time for Brendan to appreciate that the training face had been a playground, a well lit, cool, spacious area where he could pretend to be a miner. There, under the scornful, watchful eyes of Les Tobin, he heaved stones into the wall of the pack, set props, and learned to handle a spade without overloading it. When Tobin’s great bulk waddled off to some other part of the face, Brendan and his two fellow ‘packers’ rested, joking about the old deputy’s weight and his loud, foul mouth. Their banter, and rest, would be disturbed within minutes by roars of contempt for their idleness emanating from Tobin’s tobacco stained gorge. Between gasps for air, the fat deputy would apprise the young men of their chances of ever being miners. “You wait, you idle little bastards. Just wait until you get on a real face. You’ll wish your mother had kept her fucking legs crossed”. Brendan would have thought it bizarre then if told that he would shortly wish himself back in Tobin’s care. Yet, such were his thoughts before the end of his first shift on face number five. The day began well enough. Eager to lay claim to the collier label he climbed into the top deck of the four deck cage, to be dropped with seventy-nine others down the thousand yard shaft. This was no new experience for someone who had worked down the pit for two years as a haulage hand. Nor was the mile long walk to the brow. The training face was a roughly equal distance from the shaft bottom. Only upon reaching the brow did novelty intrude. There, with the collier to whom he was assigned for a short apprenticeship, he climbed aboard the trams, a line of low four-seater bogies attached to a steel rope. By this they were lowered down the brow, a thousand-yard long tunnel with a one-in-four slope. Dismounting from the trams the men walked in line for another half mile before reaching the top of the face. By then Brendan was dripping with sweat, his shirt and jeans wringing wet. The draught coming up the face was like a desert wind, warm and heavy. The young man followed his collier's example and shed his shirt and jeans. He stood for a moment, feeling ridiculous, his underdeveloped body appearing frailer than usual with the broad leather belt strapped round his waist and the heavy battery resting on his buttocks. The collier smiled, holding out a piece of ragged cloth. “Here son, stick this under your battery, or you'll end up with acid burns on your arse”. Brendan took the offering and tucked it under his belt to protect the threatened cheeks. Then, stooping, he followed the collier onto the oven of the face, descending the steep slope for forty yards to reach their stint. The older man probably found his apprentice more of a hindrance than a help, but he did not complain or chivvy the young man when he made a mistake. Old enough to be Brendan's father he probably had teenage children of his own, or so his patient manner suggested. He made few demands on the youth, other than asking him to help lift a bar or set a prop. Only once did he ask the lad to hammer home a wedge, but then took the tool from him when it became apparent that those thin arms lacked the power for such tasks. Nevertheless, when half way through the shift the pans stopped and the face fell silent as men squatted to eat their snap, Brendan was exhausted. He sat on the ground beside the stationary pans and opened the lunch tin his mother had filled with cheese sandwiches. Placed over a bar at the beginning of the shift, the tin had lain in the hot air for some three hours. After taking a couple of mouthfuls Brendan laid the food aside, finding the warm cheese inedible, and far too much in quantity. He must remember to ask his mother for a smaller pack tomorrow, and not cheese. The lad lay back on the rough stone floor, loose pieces of coal that had spilled from the pans digging into his naked back. Despite such discomfort, he drifted into sleep and failed to waken even when the pans again screeched and clanged into raucous motion. What returned him to consciousness was an insistent tapping close to his head. It was the deputy's stick, and the recumbent youth woke to see the supervisors scowling face. “Come on lad, this isn't a fucking dormitory.” As the deputy continued on his rounds Brendan jumped to his feet, banging his helmeted head against a bar. Picking up his spade, he joined the collier in shovelling coal onto the pans. The man patted his shoulder. “Sorry about that son. I left you to sleep for a bit and didn't see George coming.” As well as contrasting his new location with Tobin's kingdom Brendan compared it with the Oak, the pit in Oldham where he had been sent for his initial training. There the shaft was no more than 300 yards deep, yet it terrified him in the beginning. He recalled the first time he passed through the air lock at the pit-head to see the inch thick steel cable disappearing into the large round hole in the floor. That his life depended on that metal thread frightened him, and had there not been two other youths starting that day he would have turned back through the doors. Had one of the other lads funked it Brendan would probably have followed, but he was not prepared to be the only one to chicken out. But all that was history now. During the next couple of weeks Brendan became accustomed to the heat of the face and learned much from watching his collier. He quickly realised that sandwiches were not recommended fare in such conditions, and copied Norman in confining snap to an apple or orange. He learned also to conserve his water. On the first day he emptied his eight pint, metal canteen a good two hours before the end of the shift, gulping great drafts of the tepid water at each quenching. Norman showed him the wisdom of taking just a mouthful and swilling it round the gums before swallowing.. Having learned what he could about working a stint, Brendan was placed on the night shift to work under the supervision of one of the packers. Ivor, a small, wiry Welshman who moved like some demented mouse around his pack and in and out of the gob, that area between packs where the roof is left unsupported and allowed to collapse. Ivor took little interest in his trainee except as an extra pair of hands. His aim was to complete the pack as quickly as possible and leave the face for the coolness of the brow bottom. Packers built a wall, a three sided box that abutted the pack built the night before. They used stone that had fallen from the gob roof, and filled in the box with smaller stones to form a solid pack between floor and ceiling. The coalface was like a tunnel, a hundred and forty yards long, that moved sideways into the seam. On one shift colliers would load coal that had been cut, drilled and blasted beforehand, supporting the newly exposed roof with metal or timber bars held in place by pit-props. Later, fitters would dismantle the conveyor and reassemble the pans in the space left by the colliers. On the night shift, packers extended the packs into the space previously occupied by the conveyor. Packs were several yards long, with pack and gob alternating the length of the face. At the end of his period on packs, Brendan found himself working with a gang of rippers. As the coalface moves sideways the tunnels leading to it have to be extended. The tunnel along which the coal was taken from the face on a conveyor belt, and provided air to the face, was six feet higher than the face itself. Therefore, as the face moved forward large amounts of stone had to be 'ripped' so that steel arches that support the tunnel roof could be inserted. The ripped stone was used to build a pack in the sump, a few yards of face that ran beyond the tunnel. Building that pack was a particularly arduous task because the inflow of air from the tunnel turned up the face, leaving the sump hot and airless. It was the usual practice for the men to take turns at working in the sump, changing over every hour. Unaware of this, Brendan did not argue when, on his first day at the rip, he was sent into the sump for the whole shift. It was a cruel joke. A shift in the sump was a picnic though when contrasted with a later situation in which Brendan was placed. His training officially completed he continued working on the face while waiting to be given his own stint or pack. One week he volunteered to work overtime on Sunday night doing some work in the lower tunnel, when the face would not be running. On reaching the pit bottom the group was told that there was 'weight on face five'. This was a normal occurrence, though infrequent. As the face advances the packs cannot possibly provide support as firm as the removed coal did. Their purpose is to allow controlled collapse into the gobs while stabilising the rock strata above. Eventually though, the packs prove inadequate and yield to the weight above them. On these occasions the roof of the face begins to press down towards the floor. Brendan knew little of this as the group took to the trams and descended the brow. At the bottom they split up, Brendan and the deputy taking the upper tunnel to obtain tools, while the other three went to the lower tunnel where they were to work. At the tool-tub the deputy told Brendan what tools to bring, and carried on to inspect the face. When the young man followed his boss there was no sign of the deputy at the face. He could see metal props bending under the increasing pressure, and here and there were piles of fallen rock. Fearing that the deputy was trapped Brendan continued onto the face and started a crouching descent, calling out as he did so. After scrambling a few yards down the slope he could see that just ahead the roof had come down almost to the level of the pans. He stopped, squatting on his haunches to consider whether or not to continue. Just then, a nearby timber prop some eight inches thick broke like a matchstick with an enormous cracking sound. Moving with surprising speed on bent legs he raced back up the face to the safety of the tunnel. That breaking prop probably saved his life. When he eventually rejoined the group, having walked the long way round along the two tunnels, he learned that the deputy had descended the face safely. Through such incidents Brendan learned to look after himself down the pit, shedding his naiveté. Experience hardened him, so that eventually he not only endured the cruelty that can exist in pit humour, but was able to dish it out. About a year after he finished his training he put an end to the antics of Roy Stevens, a shot-firer. Stevens' job entailed moving around a great deal and he was noted for taking sly swigs from any unattended water bottle. He carried only a one-pint bottle on his belt, quite inadequate on the hotter faces. The men tended to hang their eight-pint bottles from a prop, and Stevens would take great gulps of their water when he thought them inattentive. As a result men occasionally found their bottle exhausted before the shift ended. Deciding to be a victim no longer, Brendan hung a water bottle where he knew Stevens would see it, but the water was heavily laced with laxative. Stevens must have gulped a good half pint before he noticed the unusual taste. He was not seen for the rest of the shift, for the rest of the week indeed. It is said that he had to travel to the surface alone as no other miner would get in the cage with him. Brendan won friends for that prank, which was talked about for some time. Another of Les Tobin's 'idle little bastards' had made it at last. Brendan worked for twenty years down the pit before it closed. Among those made redundant he was lucky in finding alternative employment. Later, earning his crust in the physically undemanding role of a security guard he heard it said that the closure of the pits was a good thing as men should not have to work in such conditions. Yet he remained filled with nostalgia for his years working with men whom he trusted and respected, cruel humour or not. BIGGLES PULLS IT OFF Stefan Jaruzelski Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth DSO, DFC and bar looked out of the window of his Douglas DC3 Dakota and saw an endless carpet of green unrolling 20,000 feet below. The forests of the Belgian Congo were an unexpected sight considering this was 1943 and that he was one of the best pilots in the RAF. His was a special mission to bring vital supplies from Angola to the beleaguered island of Malta. The mighty Pratt and Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp Radial engines droned reliably. He turned to his navigator Ginger Hebbelthwait. “What’s Algy up to back there?” he drawled languidly lighting a Woodbine. “Just checking the cargo sir” replied Ginger fingering a slide rule nervously. “Perhaps you’d better go and look.” said Biggles. Ginger disappeared into the rear of the plane. Half an hour passed. “What the devil are those two up to?” Biggles muttered angrily. “Better go and find out for myself”. The Dakota didn’t have an autopilot but Biggles had rigged up his own version by lashing the control column to a strut with a spare pair of braces. He pushed through the cabin door and saw an astonishing sight. Algernon Lacey had his trouser fly undone and was rubbing his erect member while gazing fixedly at something lying on the sack in the middle of the hold. Ginger, standing behind him was similarly occupied. Both were groaning loudly and seemed oblivious to Biggles’ presence. “What the blazes!!…” exploded Biggles. Suddenly they noticed him, turned red and became apologetically flaccid. “Sorry sir” said Algy, “Couldn’t help myself. I was leafing through this copy of the National Geographical magazine when I came across this picture of a Watutsi maiden suckling her baby. I mean sir - just look at her! She looks like a dead heat in a Zepplin race!” “And what about you Ginger? What have you got to say for yourself?” Ginger looked sheepish and then blurted out “I came up behind Algy sir and noticed, on the adjacent page, a picture of a young Masai warrior polishing his spear.” Biggles looked at the magazine closely. “That’s not a spear Ginger” he said. “No. Do you think they hang weights off it sir?” “Look” said Biggles decisively “I know these long haul freight operations can be tedious and that boredom inevitably leads to…erm…So let’s get this over with as efficiently as possible. Form a circle round the sack and reach round to grasp the todger of the man in front. Hence I’ll pull off Algy, Algy can deal with Ginger, and you Ginger can give me a good seeing to. Got that? Right ho! Trousers down”. Soon the three of them were grunting and groaning in ecstasy while the mighty Pratt and Whitney engines continued to drone reliably over the endless green of the Congo. After reaching a simultaneous climax and ejaculating noisily into the sack which comprised the cargo they fell back exhausted onto the floor. Suddenly a harsh voice boomed from the intercom. Biggles had inadvertently left the communication channel open. “Squadron Leader Bigglesworth” the voice rasped harshly “Are you receiving me! This is Air Commodore Foreskine-Knobworthy speaking from Valetta control tower. That sack of fresh coffee is required for the prime minister’s breakfast tomorrow. I trust you are still on schedule. From what I overheard on the radio it sounded like the lot of you were tossing off in the cargo hold.” “Bigglesworth, Foxtrot Alpha Golf, to Valetta Control. Everything in order sir. We had a slight problem with the seminal fluid pressure which was getting dangerously high. We’ve sorted it out now sir. E.T.A. Valetta is 1830 hours.” “Don’t try and bullshit me with that techno nonsense Bigglesworth. I’ve been on enough dreary cargo flights to know what goes on. How are your mighty Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Radials?” “Fine sir. Steady at 4000 revs.” “Good man. Look forward to your arrival. And close that radio channel. If Goebbels gets to listen in there’ll be hell to pay. Over and out.” Valetta was in turmoil because of the prime minister’s visit. Biggles landed the DC3 with his usual aplomb, feathered his props and parked in a far corner of the airfield. Two burly MPs in a jeep whisked the sack off to the senior staff quarters. Biggles awoke early next day, gazed fondly at the still sleeping forms of Ginger and Algy and then quietly left the Nissan hut with his goggles and flying helmet. Soon he was at 25000 feet over the blue Mediterranean. He managed to come out of the sun behind a Junkers 88 on its way to bomb the harbour and shot it down. Then he was ambushed by two Me 109s but with a quick climb and a tight turn in his borrowed Spitfire Mk VII he got behind them too and shot the pair of them down. Later that day, in the officers’ mess, he was approached by Air Commodore Foreskine-Knobworthy. “Damn fine show Bigglesworth. Winston was delighted with the coffee. Said he’d tasted nothing like it since 1933. Said it took him right back to his days at Harrow. There was a flavour he couldn’t quite identify but he finally decided it tasted just like a young boy’s cock. So well done. There’ll be a gong in this if I’ve got anything to do with it.” “Thank you sir. Perhaps the contributions of Hebbelthwaite and Lacey could be recognised too.” “Those two tosspots? I doubt it. By the way, somebody took off in a MkVII Spit early this morning. It came back with the guncovers shot away and later the navy reported three German planes in the sea. You wouldn’t know anything about that would you Bigglesworth?” “No sir. Sounds highly irregular” replied Biggles languidly lighting a Capstan. Two days later Biggles was back in London. Knobworthy was as good as his word. He was to report to the King at Buckingham Palace to receive a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross. The King was, as usual, looking grey and distracted. He stubbed a fag out on the arm of the throne as soon as his visitor appeared at the door. “B..b…b..b..igglesworth!! N..n..nice to s..s..ss..ee you again. And what is it th..this time? Another bar to your DFC?? I think you and M..m..att B..b.braddock could win the war on your own” He flipped open a small padded jewel case. Suddenly a speaker behind the throne rasped into life. It was the King’s direct channel to Radio Berlin. “Garmeny calling! Garmeny calling!” the familiar contorted accents of Lord Haw Haw filled the throne room. “So Englanders. How do you like working fourteen hours a day through the freezing winter and living on dried egg and spam while your beloved leader, the international gangster Churchill, is sunning himself on a deck chair in Malta and drinking fresh coffee? Fresh coffee, I add, brought specially by air ace Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth in a privately chartered DC3 which could have been better employed bringing food from America. But then who cares about a few thousand workers dying of cold and hunger – the prime minister must have his perquisites. Also something of a waste to have national hero Squadron Leader Bigglesworth kicking his heels over the endless green canopy of the Belgian Congo. This flawed hero is, however, not what he seems. He and his equally degenerate crew decided to have an orgy at 20,000 feet, pleasuring themselves with a kidnapped Watsutsi maiden and, to cater for the perverted tastes of Hebbelthwaite and Bigglesworth himself, a young Masai warrior. We end today’s broadcast with a recording of the proceedings on the plane picked up by our monitoring station in North Africa.” The sounds of grunts, groans and ejaculations resounded through the throne room. The King went even more pale, snapped shut the jewel case and said: “D..d..did I hear an air-raid s..s..siren? P…p…p…perhaps we’d b..b..better postpone this award to a m..m..more convenient time” Biggles strolled back down the Mall. “Who needs a DFC anyway” he thought “I’ve got two already” He lit a Navy Cut languidly and re-orientated himself. “I know” he said “I’ll go to the Charing Cross toilets. Might find Matt Braddock in there”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line91
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I’ll start by stating the obvious here – and that is by saying that a lot has already been written about Casey – and her alleged murder of her own daughter. It’s BS. It’s been BS right from day 1, and should never have even been tried as a capital murder case. Even to this day, the BS is still flowing freely because a lot of people WANT TO BELIEVE that “CASEY DID IT”. But at the end of the day, the jury delivered the right and proper verdict of Not Guilty. Thankfully their verdict decision wasn’t based on emotion, supposition, media bias or “public feelings” either. They couldn’t come to any other verdict based on the evidence (or rather lack of) and the cold hard facts that came out throughout the trial. The shoddy & disjointed prosecution, as expected, failed to prove ANYTHING during the trial – aside from their own blatant incompetence. All they came up with was lies, fantasy forensics and junk science. The fact is, Casey had nothing whatsoever to do with the death of her daughter. To still believe she did is like believing the moon is made of green cheese. It ain’t. The thing is – right from day 1, nobody ever stopped to consider for one moment that Casey Anthony DIDN’T murder her daughter. Oh no… everything right out of the gate was deliberately and unceremoniously geared up to frame Casey. There were no other options. Law Enforcement (LE) had it in for her. They never even looked at anyone else – instead they went out of their way to fit Casey up as a murderer – headed up by that corrupt piece of pure filth called Yuri Melich. Here’s what he told Casey @ Universal: “You’re painting yourself as a very bad person. Your family’s gonna suffer for this. Your friends are gonna suffer for this. And remember what I told you about all these people coming? They’re gonna crucify you for this.” — Yuri Melich interviewing Casey @ Universal, July 17th 2008 LE kept up this shameful behavior from July 17th right through the entire trial, and even after the trial. They never perceived an accident. They only saw a murder. They only saw Casey as the murderer and (in typical LE style) they went out of their way to try and make that fallacy stick. So, the first question is: Was Caylee Anthony murdered? I would say YES. So what happened to Caylee? How did she lose her life? What happened immediately after that event? Why didn’t anyone call 911? How did Caylee’s body end up in the woods off Suburban Drive? Who put her body there? Why did it take so long to find the remains? What happened during the 31 days? What was Casey’s involvement? – and what role did George, Cindy & Lee play? All of these questions (and more) I’ll attempt to answer in this post. Let’s get the real story started. “The Accident”: Here’s my theory on what happened: On the morning of June 16th 2008, between (6am-8am), George is in bed, and Caylee (having just woken and found her mom still sleeping and Cindy already left for work) she goes on her usual early morning walkabout – this time finishing up into bed with George. Nothing out of the ordinary with that in itself – but we’re dealing with George Anthony here. I’m not going into specifics now, but within a few minutes of Caylee climbing into his bed, he starts abusing her like he’s done many times before (and just like he’s done with Casey since she was 8 years old). Only on this occasion, for reasons only he knows, he gets a little too excited and forceful. Caylee is screaming out by this time, so in an effort to keep her quiet (and not wake Casey up) he pushes her face into the pillow and carries on oblivious. After “doing his thing” with Caylee for a while longer, he suddenly notices Caylee has stopped breathing. She’s suffocated. IT’S AT THIS POINT THAT A 911 CALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE. Now – had Caylee really drowned in the pool and had George NOT been abusing her that same morning, I firmly believe a 911 call would have been made… and there’s a possibility Caylee may have survived, and this whole unfortunate incident would have been finished with way back in June 2008. But you see… THAT couldn’t happen. George, not being able to keep his damn hands to himself with either Casey OR Caylee well & truly took that option out of the equation. Bear with me here. So, right after Caylee suffocated (in my theory of events)… right at that precise moment in time… George had 2 clear options open to him, but very little time to decide. His 2 options were as follows: Option #1: George CALLS 911 to try and SAVE his granddaughter, while at the same time knowing only too well that his molestation will be discovered, and he’ll therefore be duly ostracized by the local community, finish up in prison, and get to spend the rest of his days on the sex offenders register – BUT Caylee lives. Option #2: George DOES NOT call 911 – he decides that Option #1 isn’t so appealing after all – so instead he decides to SAVE HIS OWN SORRY ASS by carrying Caylee outside and slipping her into the pool, therefore making it LOOK like an accident OR an event caused by someone else’s negligence. In this option, unfortunately, Caylee dies. I believe George went for Option #2. Remember: This is only my own personal theory of events. I was obviously not there at the time… but nevertheless I believe Caylee tragically died while being molested by George Anthony. (Note: as Caylee’s death occurred during the commission of a felony (i.e. while GA was sexually abusing her), that’s classed as Murder (rather than aggravated manslaughter), regardless of the perpetrator’s intent). The “Discovery” of Caylee’s Body: Straight after George has put Caylee in the pool, he heads straight back to bed like nothing happened. At some point within the next couple of hours, Casey wakes up – but there’s no sign of Caylee. She goes into George’s bedroom, wakes him up and asks him “Where’s Caylee?” “How should I know? I thought she was with YOU!” he yells back at her. Even at this early stage he’s already distanced himself from having anything whatsoever to do with Caylee’s death. At this point they both decide to start frantically searching the house and garden, front and back and everywhere in-between. Shortly after that, George finds Caylee in the pool. He shouts Casey. She comes rushing out of the house and into the back garden. There she sees George… stood there… holding a lifeless Caylee in his arms. Just like a good actor, George has proved he can turn the waterworks on whenever he needs to (just like during the trial) – and he does that now. Casey goes hysterical as you’d expect. “Oh my God! Call 911!” she yells (or words to that effect). But George is having none of it. He fights back his crocodile tears and tells Casey: “NO! NO! It’s too late for that. It’s too late! She’s drowned! She’s gone!” What he really means is: “No, I can’t… because if they come they’ll find out I’ve been abusing her!” –– but he obviously doesn’t say that. This is where George Anthony is in his element. At the very moment Casey needs SUPPORT from her father, he takes the opposite route – the selfish uncaring old bastard that he is. “Look what you’ve done!” he yells at Casey. “Look what you’ve done! This is ALL YOUR FAULT for NOT BEING THERE for Caylee… for not watching her! YOU CAUSED THIS! YOU LET THIS HAPPEN! Oh my God, you have no fucking idea! Your mother will NEVER FORGIVE YOU for doing this, and you’re gonna GO TO JAIL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE FOR CHILD NEGLECT!” And with that, George Anthony’s big cover up (the “Immaculate Deception”) begins. They go back into the house, with George still holding Caylee… and George (more or less) REPEATS again everything he’s just yelled at Casey. But this time he finishes off by telling Casey – “BUT I CAN HELP YOU. I CAN HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS – BUT YOU HAVE TO DO EXACTLY AS I SAY, OK?” Casey (still hysterical at this point) asks him, as best she can: “Ok. So what do we do next?” George tells her: “You do nothing. Just go out… stay away for a few weeks… act as normal as you can… act like nothing happened… tell anyone that asks about Caylee that she’s with friends or with a nanny or something… I will handle this… TRUST ME… I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING… YOU GOTTA TRUST ME ON THIS, OK? Just DON’T let me down here because you KNOW what’ll happen if you do!” This is when “Zanny the Nanny” comes into the equation. It also explains Casey’s behavior during the next 31 days, as she followed George’s instructions to the letter and apparently DID carry on regardless of everything, like nothing had happened. Now you know why. Ultimately, George will recall (when questioned) that the last time he saw Caylee alive was when she left the house with Casey @ 12:50 pm that day – June 16th 2008. He’ll also recall, with military precision, exactly what Caylee (and Casey) was wearing – even though when initially questioned by LE on August 4th, he stated he last saw Caylee alive on June 6th 2008. Ahem. He may have been right about the time, but that’s when Casey left the house alone. The Big Cover-up Begins (The “31 Days”): Shortly after Casey leaves the house, George has some serious plotting & scheming to do. He’s ex-Law Enforcement, remember, so that’s never gonna be a problem for him. George’s next step is to hide Caylee’s body. The last thing he wants is Cindy (or anyone else) turning up unexpectedly and rumbling his plans. Next he decides to dress Caylee. He fumbles around in her room and grabs the first lot of clothes he can find, and ends up dressing Caylee in a t-shirt and the wrong size pants (“24 months”, Caylee is nearly 3). After that he wraps Caylee’s body in the well documented blanket, canvas bag (from the garage) & black trash bags, and finishes the job off by sticking the bag down with his infamous Henkel-brand duct tape. Just the same as he’s done for years after the family pets have died. The contents are different but the procedure is the same. He then hides Cayle e’s body in her playhouse (out in the back yard) while he cooks up the next stage of his plan. That plan has one objective – to keep HIM in the clear and implicate Casey. Various storage options were open to him (freezer, garage etc), but I’m going with this option as it could also explain the possible human scent the cadaver dogs picked up in the Anthony’s back garden on while they were there in July. This also goes some way to explaining the impromptu “landscaping project” that was hurriedly started on June 30th 2008. This is where George & Cindy suddenly decided to dig up & redo the backyard area of their home with new pavers & concrete. Was that a coincidence? At around 1.30pm, George, so as not to attract any suspicion, sets off to his 2nd day at work at Lexus. He tries calling Casey (to check on her) just after 3pm but her phone is engaged. That same evening, George returns home where Cindy is waiting, She of course asks about Casey & Caylee, and George tells her “all is well” and that they’ve “gone away” for a few days. Fast forward a couple of days and Cindy is now starting to get suspicious of things, and suspicious of George’s general shifty demeanor. She can tell something is wrong but doesn’t know what. She also relays to George that it looks like someone has been swimming in their pool over the past day or 2. Now, having had a few extra days to think about things, and under further pressure from Cindy – George decides to tell Cindy what happened a few mornings back on June 16th – although he conveniently & purposefully fails to mention what happened prior to Caylee being found in the pool (i.e. the molestation). Cindy is devastated by the news. She goes berserk. We know she can be a bad tempered bitch at the best of times, but this is the last straw. George tells Cindy it was an accident… and when he & Casey woke up that morning, Caylee was missing, the sliding patio doors were open and he found Caylee floating in the pool. It’s then that Cindy realizes she could be to blame for leaving the pool ladder up the night before. In the verbal (and physical) battle that ensues, George takes this opportunity to fuel Cindy’s guilt by telling her that SHE left the ladder up… SHE forgot to lock the patio door before SHE left for work… and that SHE should have woken him up before she left. “Don’t start blaming me for all this you bastard!” she yells. “Well WHO ELSE is there to blame?” George replies sarcastically. You gotta hand it to George. He never misses out on an opportunity to blame someone else whenever he can – even at a time like this when he knew only too well EXACTLY what had happened and EXACTLY what HE had done. Cindy also quickly comes to terms with the fact that it’s now WAY TOO LATE to report anything to anyone because of the time that’s already passed. It’s been over 2 days now since “the accident”. Reporting it is just not an option. Both George & Cindy know they can’t report the accident, but for very different reasons. She asks George about what they should do next. He then tells Cindy they have to dispose of the body. It’s also at this point that George tells her he’s already got Caylee hidden in the playhouse and that they need to act fast. Cindy is still grief stricken at this point as things have rapidly gone from bad to even worse – and she knows she’s now too far involved in this cover up to back out. She has no alternative but to go along with it – and with Capt. George at the helm of the ship. He also tries to calm Cindy by telling her about how he plans to have CASEY take the blame for everything that’s happened – and that’s why he sent her off to “carry on as normal” for a few weeks. Cindy goes along with this as it’ll also put her in the clear with regards to her having not secured the pool ladder. In other words, if George’s “Masterplan” works – and if he can pull it off – then it’ll put her AND George in the clear. So what the hell – she’s all for it. George knows (from his Law Enforcement days) that all they need do is “hold out” for 3 or 4 weeks, because under summer conditions in Florida the remains would only take around 2 weeks to skeletonize — by which time all the evidence will have gone (in theory) and Casey will be the only one in the frame for Caylee’s death – maybe even for Caylee’s murder. He’ll say he saw them both leave the house together on June 16th and that was the last time he saw little Caylee alive. He figures that based on them leaving together… Casey’s apparent “carefree” activities during those few weeks… and with Caylee’s remains being discovered so close to home… the vast majority of people are quickly gonna point the finger at Casey for the murder of her own daughter – then George & Cindy can play the role of grieving grandparents and milk that for all it’s worth. To George, it sounds like the perfect plan IF he can pull it all off. With the way he’s planning on disposing of Caylee – and the location – George assumed that it wouldn’t take very long at all for the remains to be found… maybe a month or so maximum. He obviously never factored Roy Kronk into that equation (but we’ll come to that bit shortly). But first things first… The Disposal of Caylee’s Body: That evening – probably June 18th 2008 – George took Caylee out of the playhouse and put Caylee in the trunk of HIS car (The same trunk LE found & seized a handgun on September 6th 2008). This is why the “human decomposition” in Casey’s Sunfire trunk NEVER EXISTED. The “smell” in the trunk was due to the pizza box & associated rotting contents – again as specifically highlighted during the trial by Jose Baez. Caylee was never in the trunk of Casey’s car at any time. Period. How could she have been? So… with Caylee on the trunk, George then drives the short distance up Hopespring Drive, before turning on to Suburban Drive and parking up. He then dumps Caylee’s body in the woods before heading back home. He specifically placed the body there (instead of burying it), so in theory the body would be found. There are of course many ways George could have disposed of Caylee’s body so it would never have been found, but he chose this option instead so it would be found and to insure that Casey would ultimately take all the blame. The unmistakable smell of BULLSHIT: I don’t think George was “holding out” for a 31 day period specifically. It just happened that way. More to the point I think Cindy had basically had enough by July 15th and they BOTH decided this would be a really good time to put the next piece of the Masterplan into effect – that being throwing Casey under the bus and shopping her to Law Enforcement. July 15th 2008: This is the day George & Cindy finally decide to get their fat asses down to the tow yard to pick up Casey’s Pontiac Sunfire. After all, they’ve had the official notice letter for 4 days and the car has been sat there for the best part of a week (after Casey had abandoned it at Amscot over 2 weeks earlier). It’s also at this time that the smell of trash & rotting pizza makes an appearance – hence “the unmistakable smell of human decomposition” that George spoke of to Simon Birch (the tow yard guy). More like “the unmistakable smell of BULLSHIT from George Anthony” if you ask me. If you want to know THE REAL REASON for the smell in the Pontiac trunk – and how Law Enforcement intentionally dried it out to destroy the evidence – let Jose Baez explain it to you here – from his Opening Statements, May 24 2011: Defense Opening Statements - May 24th 2011 - Part 6 George also thought, just before opening the trunk that Casey and/or Caylee could be in there. That was a strange thought to have really, seeing as he’d packed Casey off month earlier and put Caylee’s body in the woods a few days after that. Anyways, after settling up with the tow yard guy, George drives off “to work” with the car still reeking. He doesn’t call Law Enforcement… and he doesn’t try calling Casey to see if she’s ok either. That same afternoon after coming home from work – and after duly “Febreze-ing” the Pontiac to get rid of the smell (and at the same time leaving traces of chloroform in there), Cindy calls 911 to report her daughter for stealing her car. Not exactly grand theft auto by any means. Later that evening, Cindy has Amy Huizenga take her to where Casey is staying and brings her back home to Hopespring Drive. Under the intense grilling that followed, Casey tells Cindy she’s not seen Caylee for the past 31 days. (This is the story George has told her to stick to – and she is doing). In the next 911 call, an overly-hysterical Cindy tells the operator her granddaughter has been missing for a month and plays the decomp-card again by saying: “It smells like there’s been a dead body in the damn car!” Cindy basically does all she can to implicate Casey and insure they come out to arrest her (which they do the next day, July 16th 2008). Again, this is all part of the plan. George is present during this call. Cindy turns and yells at him: “Casey says Zanny took the baby a month ago! The baby’s missing!” –– but there’s dead silence. George doesn’t say a word. This was also picked up on by Jose Baez during the trial (see the video a few paragraphs above @ the 12:00 mark). And WHY does George stay silent? Here’s what Jose Baez said: “He (George) doesn’t say a word… and that’s because he knows where’s she’s at. He knows what happened (to Caylee). This is no surprise – but he will distance himself from it, and in fact in one sworn statement he says he wasn’t even there when Cindy called 911. ‘I was at work. I didn’t have any part of this. I’m just George. Just your average grandfather. Casey’s the wild one. Casey’s the one with all the stories!’ He’s saying this while he’s with his mistress who’s paying him money and he’s pretending he’s working. Cindy thought he was working. But you’re only here about Casey’s fake job – not about George’s fake job.” It’s during this same 911 call that Casey finally realizes that she has been offered up as the lamb to the slaughter. She knows she has nobody to prove her story. She’s up the proverbial creek with no sign of a paddle. She now knows that her father, who back on June 16th 2008 – while he stood there in their back yard with Caylee lifeless in his arms – and who said he’d protect her, has now betrayed her. We all know what happened half an hour after this call. The 3 year circus started. Just as an interesting side note to Cindy’s amazing acting skills during those calls – this is a 41 second clip from WESH.com They’re just about to go to one of their reporters outside the Anthony’s home, when Cindy strolls over to the reporter – writing pad in hand. When asked about the recordings of the 911 calls just being released, Cindy nonchalantly replies: “Oh, I’m not worried about the 911 calls. I made em’!” and brushes the question aside. She even sounds like she’s practiced reeling that answer off. Cindy Anthony Explains Panicked_911 Calls Only 8 days previous she was supposedly hysterical. Like I say, amazing acting skills. George Anthony – “Business As Usual”: Throughout the months that follow, and even though George Anthony was fully aware of everything that had happened, HE had to keep flying the flag for Caylee… setting up Command Centers… doing paid-TV interviews… churning out new “Help Find Caylee” T-shirts, flyers, wristbands & badges… starting FUNDS for Caylee… making everyone keep believing Caylee was still alive and/or missing… that she was still “out there”. When all the time HE DAMN WELL KNEW she was out there. Caylee was out there in a bag in the woods off Suburban Drive where he’d dumped her months previously. Even with his numerous & well publicized jailhouse video visits with Casey, did you notice how he always made a point of reminding Casey that she was “the boss”… the she was “in charge”… like she was the “CEO” of her own company? Remember that? Well, that was his way of telling her to keep on doing what she’s been doing, i.e. to stick to THE PLAN he told her to stick to, and not to be intimidated. At this point, let me back track a little to the one part of the equation that George Anthony never factored in. Roy Kronk. Cometh The Hour – Cometh The Kronk: This is the dim meter reader guy that spotted Caylee’s skull back on August 11th 2008, while randomly urinating in the bushes. It’s the same guy that came back to the exact same spot numerous times after that (even when he wasn’t working) to urinate and see the skull again. On one occasion he also mentioned his findings to a few workmates, who subsequently showed more interest in a nearby dead snake. Here where I think Roy Kronk fits into all this: The first 3 times Roy reported what he’d seen (August 11th, 12th & 13th 2008) I believe were genuine calls – even though the 911 operators could not have sounded any less interested. It was probably after the 3rd call that Roy became aware of the $255,000 Caylee Reward money that was on offer. I mean – can you imagine the morally bankrupt Roy Kronk sat there at home – broke & disillusioned – while at the same time visualizing $255,000 in his bank account? I certainly can. And all he had to do to manifest that was FIND the remains. The remains that he’d already found! This is why Roy decided he’d keep his discovery to himself for a while. Maybe he thought if he was reported as “the guy that found Caylee’s remains”, he could become a prime suspect in the case. This also explains his reluctance to call Crimeline. Furthermore, it would explain why Roy Kronk kept a very low profile throughout September, October and November. Only to resurface again after he found the remains in December. It was when nobody followed up on Roy’s 3 initial calls that he concocted his plan. He physically MOVED the remains to a “safe place” AT LEAST TWICE so he could go back there at some convenient later date. Think about it for a second. Anyone driving past that exact spot on Suburban Drive and seeing a meter reader guy in the woods (with a trash bag) wouldn’t have thought anything of it. The area was one huge dump-it site. I think this is how Roy Kronk managed to move the remains while he hatched his big reward plan. By the time early November came around, Roy was starting to get a bit twitchy – but he’d kept quiet for too long and had to spill the good news to someone. He bestowed that honor on his son, Brandon Sparks (who also happened to be the only one of his children that would talk to him): November 2008: Roy Kronk calls Brandon Sparks and tells him; “I found Caylee’s remains. Watch for me on TV cos’ I’m gonna be rich & famous!” (This is 1 month before Caylee’s remains were discovered). Then on December 11th 2008: After “the big discovery”, Roy asks Law Enforcement: “Will my ex-wife find out about the reward if I get it?”… “Do I still get the reward even though she’s dead?” and “Roy’s gotta eat too!” Same day, he tells his Boss (at the scene): “Alex, I just won the lottery!” Those comments speak volumes about Roy Kronk’s actions (and inactions) during the previous 4 months leading up to December 11th 2008. Not forgetting the time Roy met up with Sgt. Richard Cain who couldn’t see anything, slipped, cursed Roy out, and promptly left. He was later fired. Tim Miller, LE & 32 Texas Equusearch Volunteers also allegedly searched this same area in early September 2008 and found nothing. Deputy Jason Forgey (and his cadaver dog) did the same at different times too. Zilch. By all accounts, the reason nobody could find Caylee’s body (in the same spot it was “found” by Roy Kronk on December 11th 2008) was probably down to the strange but true fact that it simply was not there when they searched. Here’s a segment from FOX News featuring Judge Napolitano. This aired on the day “the remains” were found, but they had not yet been identified as Caylee’s – hence the continual “bag of bones” references. Here, Judge Napolitano covers the highly probable movement of the remains prior to their ultimate discovery: judge napolitano - search for caylee Dec-11-08 I also believe George indirectly arranged his own search for Caylee’s remains, by giving James Hoover & Dominic Casey a false tip. George was getting worried due to the fact that so many people had searched that area and found nothing. That was NOT part of his plan. This explains James & Dominic’s well documented & video-taped 2 day search on Suburban Drive on November 15th and 16th 2008 — following up on George’s false tip/lead, which led them straight to the exact spot where the remains should have been found – but weren’t. On the 2ND day of the search, James Hoover actually parked his car on Suburban Drive just a few car lengths past the end of the red privacy fence, right opposite the exact spot where ONE MONTH LATER Roy Kronk would find Caylee’s remains, 15-20 feet into the woods. Are you starting to see how all of this is now beginning to fall into place? I hope so. In finishing off this Kronk-related section, let’s also take these facts into account: After his “discovery”, the OCSO asked Roy to “keep quiet” and hired him a lawyer. Roy Kronk (unlike his Son, Brandon) refused to allow a search of his phone records. Roy Kronk’s PC was never confiscated or examined. Roy Kronk was never investigated. Should we not find those 4 facts strange? Can you even start to imagine what OCSO would have found if they’d searched his phone records, examined his PC and investigated him further? You can bet your bottom dollar that a search of his PC alone would have made any other Google search findings pale into insignificance. Could that have been the very reason they DIDN’T fully investigate him? Maybe they agreed that “deal” with him, in return for him not spilling the beans on their inaction in relation to his 3 previous calls in August 2008? Maybe we’ll never know, but it’s possible. If you want to see both Roy Kronk testimonies (opens in a new window), here are the links: Roy Kronk Testimony #1 – Roy Kronk Testimony #2 Here’s Part 1 of Brandon Sparks’ trial testimony from June 29th 2011: Brandon Sparks, June 29th 2011, part 1 To see his testimony in full (opens in a new window), click here. Sadly for Roy, all his months of plotting & scheming were to no avail. He even blew any chance of getting the usual $5k reward due to him calling his Supervisor instead of directly calling the Crimeline – although he did make up for it by the payments he received from all his TV show appearances after the event, by talking about dead snakes and skulls. I’m not saying Roy Kronk was involved in the death of Caylee Anthony for one moment (I covered that event earlier), but I DO believe he played a pivotal role in the events & shenanigans that unfolded afterwards. Chloroform & Duct Tape Revisited: So how does this theory of mine fit in to my earlier posts in this series, regarding the chloroform & duct tape for example? Well, all that still stands. Chloroform – Never existed as alleged. Never proven to have been used by anyone. Certainly never used as a “murder weapon”. Duct tape – Also never used as a “murder weapon” but found at the scene, due to George using the tape to SEAL the bag that held Caylee’s remains. How he thought the duct tape would never be traced back to him I have no idea – seeing as he was not only using it to stick flyers up, but also did a TV interview (@ Publix) with the roll of duct tape clearly visible in a tray in one of his “Command Center” stations. Here’s a clip from George Anthony’s 6th trial testimony (June 30th 2011: The first minute of the video (no sound) shows George in his “Command Center” at his local Publix, together with his roll of duct tape. Watch also how he tries to intimidate Jose Baez as he struts right up to him and past him on his way to the witness stand @ 1:42. Testimony starts @ 2:07. Straight away George is on the defensive, denying any knowledge of where he was during the video he just saw OR whether or not the duct tape in his possession in the video was actually his. From 5:00 onwards there’s a side bar – and JB’s questioning resumes at the 8:00 mark. This is where JB starts to tie in the way George used to bury the family’s pets by using a blanket, trash bags and Henkel-brand duct tape, to the way he also disposed of Caylee’s body using the very same items. The Trial – Opening Statements: I believe the Opening Statements Jose Baez made at the trial were reasonably accurate… although I do NOT believe it was ‘an accident that snowballed out of control” — as George put it to his secret sex-partner & mistress (at the time) Krystal Holloway. Jose also highlighted Casey’s lying and denial fueled by the after effects of George’s molestation…. and the “31 days” where Casey followed George’s instructions and carried on like nothing ever happened. He forced her into a corner – just like he’d done (in the literal sense) many times before while he molested her. He made her believe she’d “go to jail for a very long time” for child neglect, i.e. for “letting it happen” and for “not being there” for Caylee and “letting her drown“. Like I said earlier – had anyone called 911 after the event, George’s time would have been well & truly up. I don’t think too many people would be impressed by a grandfather serially abusing, molesting and murdering his toddler granddaughter, do you? George also knew for a fact that he wouldn’t last 5 minutes in prison, what with being a child molester AND being ex-Law Enforcement. OMG. What a combination! One could only hope (in that scenario) that the pain George would have suffered while being knocked senseless in prison every day would have been FAR GREATER than the pain little Caylee felt while she was being abused & suffocated by George on the morning of June 16th 2008. By the way – I know I’m certainly not on my own when it comes to my theory on George Anthony’s involvement & BIG COVER-UP of Caylee’s death. Below is a segment from “On the Record” w/Greta Van Susteren (aired mid-July), where Greta interviewed The Foreman from Casey’s trial, aka “Juror #11”. It’s interesting to hear again exactly what The Foreman (and the rest of the Jury members) actually thought about George Anthony… including his selective memory… the infamous gas can testimonies… his endless cover ups… his tow yard performance… their suspicions of him being the murderer… and his overall demeanor throughout the trial. To see the 4-part interview in full, click here. Casey Anthony Trial Juror Speaks Out, On The Record Fox News, Part 2 When this first aired I think way too many people were still way too hung up on the Verdict – and they weren’t particularly bothered about anything else… but since then, there’s certainly been what you could call an upsurge of interest in the role George Anthony actually played throughout this whole tragic story. What Was Cindy’s Role During This Time? I believe Cindy knew all along what’d happened to Caylee – but she nevertheless decided to go along with George’s Masterplan to save both their asses. Cindy also knew about George’s years of molestation of Casey but she chose not to do a damn thing about it. She was in denial – big time. Whether she knew of George’s molestation of Caylee I have no idea. What role or knowledge of events Lee had in all of this, again, I have no idea on that either. But put basically, George AND Cindy literally rode roughshod over Casey – just like she never existed. Trying to lay claim to Caylee’s bedspread, doll, toys, blankets and many other items – none of which are legally theirs to claim. Their attempted trade-marking of “Caylee Anthony” and “Justice for Caylee”) – to be used on T-shirts, promo items and underwear. Their cremation of Caylee’s remains, specifically against Casey’s wishes. Read my earlier post for further details – “The Battle For Caylee Anthony” (opens in a new window). Following on from the abuse issues I just mentioned, let me now elaborate a little further on the subject: The Abuse: As for the abuse Casey suffered – this is something many people have been very quick to dismiss and label as a lie. Not so. I believe Casey was a victim of abuse by her father. All the classic indicators of abuse are there: Incessant Lying Inability to Form Close Relationships Coming Forward in Bits and Pieces Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Other Mental Illness Preoccupation with Self For a detailed explanation of all the above points, click here to read the article by Linda M. Fossen – “Why I Believe Casey Anthony Was Sexually Abused”. Also take into account that it very rare that molestation within a family becomes public knowledge. Current estimates say around 1 in 4 children is molested. Most times, the molester is a friend or family member. This is why it’s so odd that some people are crying out for “proof” and “evidence” of Casey’s molestation. I do not know what evidence they’re looking for. I can tell you now that most victims remain silent. They don’t go screaming to the neighbors about it because they are afraid and ashamed. And the molester is certainly not gonna hold their hands up & admit it. So before anyone starts insisting that Casey has “no evidence of molestation” – go look up some statistics and do a little research to find out what you should be looking for. Even Casey’s grade school teacher stated there were signs of sexual abuse, and that if anyone looks at Casey’s school records they would see that it’s true. As for Casey’s telling Jesse Grund about her brother Lee molesting her, we’ll that’s certainly another possibility. Here’s forensic psychiatrist Dr Keith Ablow’s overall perspective on George Anthony’s attempted suicide hoax and his serial molestation of his (then) 8 year old daughter, Casey: Is George Anthony Hiding Something with Dr Keith Ablow And here’s Dr Keith Ablow again, commenting on Casey’s behavior during the “31 days”: Dr Keith Ablow\'s Theory on Casey Anthony\'s 31 days behavior Also remember that Casey mentioned to several friends about the abuse long before this tragedy unfolded, so it wasn’t just “made up” for her defense. The statements weren’t allowed into the trial because they were considered hearsay. Pat McKenna: Do you remember Pat McKenna? Maybe not. This particular brief interview was never really widely covered by the media, as it didn’t “fit in” with their ongoing witch-hunt style coverage of the case. Pat was the lead investigator (defense side) in the OJ Simpson trial – and he got a phone call from Casey’s defense team on the day Caylee Anthony’s remains were found, December 11th 2008. Having not followed the press reports and knowing very little about the case, Pat’s first move was a visit to the Anthony house where he met George and Cindy, and spent time in the bedroom Casey and Caylee shared. Here’s what he had to say: “The room was a shrine of pictures to Caylee, hundreds of loving photographs. I was stunned by the neatness and organization of the room and all the photos. It was this lovely room, like a young kid that has a baby she loves. It was the opposite of what was being portrayed in the media…” But his first impressions of George and Cindy Anthony were not as favorable… “I walked out of that house and thought to myself, ‘I don’t think this kid committed first degree murder. There is something really disturbing about this family. I was shocked by their lack of emotion. There was no sense of loss or despondency. Their granddaughter’s remains had just been found and they’re sitting around booking television interviews and talking about how much money their foundation is making.” He also says George and Cindy Anthony were not cooperative with him at first, even though he was there to help their daughter. “George was bizarre. He would go around and around for hours and he wouldn’t answer a question directly. And he is a former detective, so he knows the drill. There was something off with this guy. After I read the discovery and George’s interviews, I thought, “This guy is way too eager to throw his daughter under the bus.” His theory of what happened to Caylee Anthony mirrors Jose Baez’s court defense of Casey Anthony. Pat finished off by saying this: “It was an accident that spun out of control and George disposed of the body, but I can’t say exactly how. If Casey wanted to be free, she would have dropped Caylee in the pool, called 911 and been a grieving mother.” To read Pat McKenna’s full interview with ABC News, click here. In this penultimate section, let’s now take a look at one avenue which Cindy Anthony might be exploring in an attempt to finally get the TRUTH out about what really happened on June 16th 2008, and the role George played. “The Roula & Ryan Show”: Back on July 6th 2011, Cindy’s Anthony’s 2nd cousin Dana McCain called into a Houston Texas radio show – 104.1 KRBE (“The Roula & Ryan Show”). She stated Cindy is already planning to write & release a book, within which she’ll explain how the defense claims about George Anthony in the opening statements are true. During the call Dana states how they had a conference call with Cindy’s side of the family, where specific details were discussed confirming George’s participation – just as the Defense claimed. Listen to the call in full below: Dana Radio Interview 7-6 2011. In the call, Dana states: “It sounds like just ridiculous that she [Casey] was found not guilty. I promise it will all come out, and yes, she did some things wrong… there were major mistakes made, but it will play itself out… it… it was a true verdict.” Dana is asked: “Do you think Casey killed Caylee?” Dana: “…The entire family expected a guilty verdict. Only after a conference call with our entire family last night about 11 o’clock, where we found out things that, err, we’ve all been asking this entire time, since they got up there and changed the entire story… so yes, before last night I would say absolutely, it was a travesty that the verdict was not guilty – till last night.” Dana is asked: You think he [George] may have had something to do with it? Dana: “The story that you heard, that was presented by Jose Baez, was absolutely what happened… and, umm… I’m speaking for our side of the family… and that’s only because of the call that we received and the proof that we received last night…” Click here for further info and to read additional excerpts from Dana’s call. I know I’ve gone around the houses a little in this post, but I had little choice with there being so much to cover and so many direct & indirectly related players and events. So in closing, let me say this: There is ONE PERSON and ONE PERSON ONLY that orchestrated this whole event which resulted in the unfortunate death of Caylee Anthony. Without his perverted intervention, Caylee might still be alive today. That person is George Anthony. This is why he testified AGAINST HIS OWN DAUGHTER in her murder trial. He basically decided it’d be in his best interests to let Caylee die (on the morning of June 16th 2008) in order to save his own ass. Now, how that translates into a death sentence for Casey I will never know. If anyone reading this far still cannot see that George is some seriously creepy guy who has clearly been lying from the start – then maybe they should let him babysit their little girls. Yeah, right. The guy that was so guilt-ridden over his role in Caylee’s death and cover up – and the serial molesting of his own daughter and granddaughter – that he pulled his famous failed suicide attempt. But not before calling family & friends… sending text messages, and writing a 5-page BS letter to go with it. That was one month after Caylee’s remains were found – all to try and gain pity for himself and his situation as the “grieving grandfather”. Bollocks. And who could forget the truly priceless looks on George and Cindy’s faces straight after the Not Guilty verdict was announced. They were well & truly pissed off. Why? Because they WANTED Casey to be found guilty of murdering Caylee. That was all part of their Masterplan. That would finally put them in the clear. They KNEW right at that point that attention would soon turn to them and their very own can of worms would at some stage be opened. Spot the difference? Personally, and as you might have already guessed, I cannot wait for the REAL truth to come out about what really happened to Caylee on that fateful day of June 16th 2008 – and the instrumental role George played in it all. That could also be the same day George Anthony starts writing his 2nd suicide note. We shall see. I’m not into hating and I do not wish harm on him (or anyone else for that matter) – but everything happens for a reason. This is not over yet by a long, long way. Remember the quote right at the start of this post from our resident piece of filth Yuri Melich? Well, those very words he said to Casey @ Universal may well come back to haunt George Anthony, because if this case ever gets reopened, and George gets his sorry ass hauled in by Law Enforcement, here’s what they’re gonna tell him: — Law Enforcement to George Anthony, (Date Unknown). So folks – that just about wraps up my own personal theory on the events and aftermath of June 16th 2008. It is only my personal theory of course – but let me be the first to say this right here & now: If Casey’s own story ever does get turned into a book or movie – as it may well do at some point – then the story itself may not be an exact mirror image of my theory… but it’ll be darn close to it. After all that, if there’s anyone out there that still wants to keep believing that Casey Anthony is guilty, and that she murdered Caylee with duct tape & chloroform before dumping her in the woods — then there really is no hope for you. All you can do is carry on thinking that… carry on hating… carry on drinking Jeff Ashton’s urine from your very own BS-encrusted chalice of denial – and good luck to you. Your last 3 years worth of anger and vitriol was all for nothing, and you have nobody to blame for that but yourself. How do you feel now? As Jose Baez stated during and right after the trial: “Casey did not kill Caylee” That still holds firm, and it always will. CAYLEE MARIE ANTHONY – FOREVER AND ALWAYS. PS. Message to Casey: If you’re reading this… always remember, you ARE awesome. Never let anyone tell you any different. No person or power in the outside world can compare to the power you have within you. You have a lot of supporters out here. Stay strong. Keep on believing… and keep the faith. Support Casey --- Let the Waters Rise video PPS. George Anthony: if you’re reading this – and I sure hope you will at some point – I ask you to do the decent thing here. Give it up. Quit bullshitting. Quit blaming Casey for everything you did. Quit playing games. Quit profiting from Caylee Anthony. Hand yourself in to LE. Confess to what you actually did on June 16th and afterwards. Take your punishment like a man. More importantly, CLEAR YOUR OWN DAUGHTERS NAME so she can at least TRY to get her life back. You took Caylee’s life, for GOD’S SAKE DO NOT TAKE CASEY’S LIFE TOO – you lying piece of trash and no good worthless turd of a father (and grandfather). UPDATE: During the writing this post, I also posted a report from Geraldo Rivera in relation to George & Cindy’s Dr Phil interview. In this interview Cindy apparently attempts to attribute Casey’s “mental health problems” and Grand Mal Seizures as being the reason Caylee drowned in the “pool accident”. She obviously thinks everyone is stupid. Even at this stage neither of them are willing to clear Casey’s name OR (more importantly) admit to what really happened. Instead they come up with even more lies & BS. I can’t say I’m surprised in the least. But if there’s anyone’s mental health that needs investigating, it should be George & Cindy’s. I’ll leave you with these words, which probably sum up Casey’s current position quite nicely… Thought I couldn’t breathe without you, (I’m inhalin’), You thought I couldn’t see without you, (Perfect vision), You thought I couldn’t last without ya, (But I’m lastin’), You thought that I would die without ya, (But I’m livin’), Thought that I would fail without ya, (But I’m on top), Thought it would be over by now, (But it won’t stop), Thought that I would self-destruct, (But I’m still here), Even in my years to come, (I’m still gon’ be here.)… I’m a survivor……. [c] SJ & CaseyAnthonyIsInnocent.com – All rights reserved. You may link to this post, but post contents may not be published, broadcasted, rewritten or redistributed in any format. SPECIAL DIRECT LINK: www.TheUntoldStoryOfCayleeMarieAnthony.com Hi SJ. This is my first time posting but I have read everything on your site. I have a question that has been bothering me for some time. Maybe you can answer it. It’s about George’s employment. In reading some discovery I came across his resume and he had listed the last job he had ended in March 2008. Then I run across an application he filled out for Andrews International on June 17, 2008 in which he states he is not presently employed . Then in his depo in August 2009 he stated the job he was going to in June 2008 was doing security at Orlando Utilities Commission. And I have seen the Lexus dealership thrown around too but have never read anything where he says that’s where he worked. Help! Did he even work and if so where? Also, do you think LE will ever look into George’s involvement? Probably not, it will make them look bad. Hi Karen! Thanks for posting. As far as I know – GA “retired” from LE in Ohio to work in his father’s car lot in Niles, Ohio. But after GA threw him through a plate glass window, he was asked to leave. He then took out a 2nd mortgage and started his own car lot – but when that went under they lost their home in Ohio, and moved to FL in 1989. There was also talk of him having received a work related “settlement” at some point as does he appear to be accident prone (and allergic to work). What his actual employment record has been since then is anyone’s guess. Night security was mentioned, as was car sales. He also allegedly tried calling Casey on the 2nd day of his “new job” at Lexus, June 16th 2008. Anyway, having just raked in $500k from Dr Phil for his new “fund”, GA doesn’t really need to go job hunting any time soon – if at all. If anyone can shed any more light on the subject of GA’s employment, let me know. As for LE ever looking into GA’s involvement – well – there’s always that possibility taking everything into account. There may also be someone out there that knows more than they should know, and they may come forward at some point too. Bottom line: GA needs to be brought to justice for the aggravated manslaughter of Caylee. SJ fredagales says: I am in awww… this is so detailed and makes perfect sense of what might have actually happened that day. It is difficult to prove, but it is a much more intelligent explanation, with evidence available as to what really happened to this little girl and her poor mother… being wrongfully accused of something so awful is more than most people in her position could withstand… and the public scrutiny has been pathetic to say the least… Casey, one day, what goes around will come around… hang in there pretty little lady… you WILL PREVAIL! God bless you… you have many supporters! PM says: Freda, well said! Still supporting you Casey Anthony. You are in my prayers everyday. In THIS ‘theory’, Caylee died because GEORGE was sexually abusing CAYLEE. My theory has been that George was again abusing CASEY and had allowed Caylee to go out to the pool alone, where she drowned during the incest. I figure Casey wanted to GET IT OVER WITH so she could check on her daughter, and we agree about the drowning. As far as calling 911-GEORGE is in control, Casey was in shock!-Cindy HollysGmom says: Good theory & one that is shared by a few of my friends over at The JB Mission For the most part, I agree with almost everything you stated… it’s also possible that Caylee overdosed on some medication left out by Cindy that morning. As you stated, Caylee was up before George and Casey. He found her dead and put her in the pool to protect Cindy and of course, himself. He could never allow the family secrets to come out. I firmly believe Casey thinks Caylee died in the pool… I concur with the rest of your timeline. M Kenn says: Though I find your ideas very informative and plausible, I can’t fully accept the climbing into bed with george theory. Pushing her face into pillow to quiet her and accidentally suffocating her, i dunno, just doesn’t sound right. I think it’s much more likely caylee went out that doorwall and into the pool on her own. For whatever reason, george and casey preoccupied with something else. The rest probably very likely happened, or something similar to it. Just my opinion of course, who really knows besides george and casey. What you are saying is exactly what I thought when Baez accuse George of sexual abuse. I have posted many time this scenario and some people say I am out of my mind. The only thing I am not sure of is the pillow/soffocation. I do think he molested Caylee but went to far, then he on purpose let Caylee go into the pool and drowned and did not call 911 because like you said he they would have seen the molestation..Caylee would have been examined by the medical examiner. George is a dog and Cindy is George’s puppy. I am going to start prayiing that he goes to jail and that Casey will be declared innocent. Of course Casey’s haters and the media will never let Casey to live her life. I am so happy that you see what I’ve suspected from day one….. I was molested by my brother in-law when I was a child but never told anyone including my sister and my mother went to the grave without knowing. I was afraid no one would believe plus it took years for me to come to grips of what happened that’s why I believe Casey, Marilyn C says: Hi SJ GREAT work you did on this!!!! I think we ALL are so THANKFUL for everything you do to raise awareness of the REAL TRUTH!! I see we have another” Marilyn” on here now! Hey I welcome everybody who finally sees the LIGHT!! I want everone to come to this site to read the truth.I can’t wait to see what kind of CRAP LIAR George & Cindy try to put down the throat of all of us tomorrow.I have spent the last couple of days re-watching Casey’s pre trial hearings & have found some things very interesting,especially concerning Melich & LIES he told.I will comment more later.Thanks again for all your work on here! SJ — Thank you for your 4-part series. It’s simply outstanding! I totally agree that George was molesting Caylee when she died, although I thought the molestation itself killed little Caylee when George became ‘over-zealous’. I think your scenario is absolutely plausible. And I agree with you about how the rest played out with George taking control of Casey that day. I never considered that George brought Cindy into the plan, though. THAT is serious food for thought for me. I’m definitely going to think that part through. I can’t deny the possibility. It’s difficult to think that Cindy would be able to so easily send her own child to death row. But, your theory has me considering it. Again, thank you, SJ. I am so glad to know that so many people support Casey — I can only imagine what she has been through and continues to go through. I never believed that Casey killed Caylee — not for even a second. I can’t explain it, but my initial reaction back in July 2008 was that whatever happened to Caylee, Casey was not responsible. My gut told me that Casey loved her child and did not harm her in any way, and although I never scrutinized any evidence prior to trial, my instinctual feelings never wavered. I am also relieved to see that my own theory about George and this whole situation isn’t way out in left field — you and others clearly see it pretty much the same way. I hope that Casey comes through this ordeal strong and healthy. I truly, truly hope that this young woman, who is innocent, is afforded the ability to get on with and have the bright future that her father and ‘the system’ tried to steal from her. God Bless you! You are so right about George Anthony. He is a very sinister man. He is a conman, and a hater and abuser of women and family. As a grifter he stole from his wife, probably his father, he stole from River Cruz, and he is stealing from the public with “donations, foundations” , stealing from the media with fees paid for his acting part as grieving grandfather. He rules the roost with a high unholy level of manipulation. This isn’t hard for him to do, because his every waking hour is spent scheming for ways to get more money, and to save his own a*. His thought process is always one step ahead of us, because we don’t constantly scheme and connive as he does. He probably is a molestor. But I am not convinced yet of this. Most likely he is, but I am studying this, and want to come to my own conclusions. The level of hatred / indifference it took to scapegoat(from the very beginning) Casey to the damn death penaly is itself an astonishing level of evil. I am so happy that you have done this website and your research. You have brought a bright light in this dark saga. JA Kalskett says: Sherry…could you imagine Geo squirreling the large amounts of money from Cindy’s accounts? Knowing he and Cindy would need financial support while this situation ‘unfolded’ We saw all sorts of proof Casey spent other peoples money during the weeks between “early-to-mid June” and mid-July, but NOT thousands of dollars! IMO had she been guilty of intentionally harming Caylee, she, like anyone with that kind of resource WOULD HAVE been ‘long gone’ before Father’s Day. There is a very good chance that Geo was getting a lot of money from his girl-friend. $4,000; $800. and several smaller amounts of a couple hundred each. The amounts were substantial, really. Her sister mentions some in her deposition: Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale[z]…very similar to the C. Zenaida F-Gonzale[z] on that Sawgrass interest card. A link has been posted here, by Suzy http://files.realitychatter.com/CA/Docs/Cecelia%20Sky%20Benhaida%20021810_14041-14084.pdf Hi folks! THANKS for the all positive emails & feedback on my post… all 8,500 words of it. I think we’re all in agreement (more or less) as to what really happened on June 16th 2008 and afterwards – or more importantly George Anthony’s pivotal role & shameful cover-up since then. In the meantime, we plough onwards with our mission. Let’s try and get this information out to as many people as possible via this direct link: http://www.TheUntoldStoryOfCayleeMarieAnthony.com Thanks again for all the positive feedback! SJ Thanks for being brave enough to post a much more plausible theory than the ones that are rampant with the ugly copers. I don’t think Casey knows what happened. I think the drowning is the most plausible but then the question that remains is why the cover-up? It seems an autopsy was to be avoided at all costs, regardless of how the victim died. I agree Sam…it was ‘absolutely crucial’ to the whole A-Family to make Caylee’s accidental death LOOK like the accident it was…not like the homicide that it would have looked like if Caylee’s body was recovered from the trunk area of G and C’s Pontiac, by Father’s Day…mid-June. The heinous-murder story WAS THE COVER-UP of the most important FACT…Caylee’s body began to decompose befere the video that attested ‘Caylee was alive in mid-June…tho science, after Dec ’08, determined her death occurred earlier than mid-June. Is there anyway to get georges dna to see if he’s. Caylees dad?? I feel that maybe he is her dad. I have visited forum after forum, visited facebook page after facebook page both the support and hate Casey Anthony. I was so angered at the verdict that on Caylee’s birthday I posted a blog of my own to release all my hurt, anger, feelings of injustice toward the infamously termed “tot mom”. I have been obsessed with this case as apparently at least 75% of Americans have been most since day one. They say that there’s always a little bit of truth to the multiple lies told in this case. By far, I have to say this is the most reasonable argument against her guilt. I never could believe or have any respect for anyone that thought she was innocent because of what seemed to be insurmountable evidence against her. However, the comical thing is that a group I belong to on facebook told me to keep drinking the poisoned kool-aid because I made mention that why did everybody feel so sorry for the grandparents. My actual thought was that it may have been an accident that happened the night of June 15th, 2008 when the supposed physical altercation occurred between Cindy and Casey that wasn’t brought out at trial and that poor Caylee somehow got caught in the cross fire. i left the group for awhile after that because although I felt Casey murdered that baby, I also felt I had a right to share my opinions freely and be respected as I had respected so many of the other asinine theories. I also couldn’t participate in the Support Casey sites because the people there were only interested in what a hot momma she was and basically their posts were vulgar and they couldn’t logically explain any of the questions the “doubters” had. However, today I was killing some time before work and on one of the support groups, I found the link to this site. I haven’t read everything yet, but I did read the 4 theories. While I don’t agree 100% with all the theories presented here, I found this one too logical to pass up a comment. If we are to believe the child abuse theory and yes, it does happen, I’ve experienced it first hand not as a victim of child abuse but a victim of a spouse that enjoyed younger children, then this is the most plausible theory to date. I have to give you credit for your obviously well-thought out, theory the extensive work that was obviously proven (I’m convinced you’ve followed this from day one or at least didn’t miss a minute of trial and maybe watched certain parts multiple times) and lastly sharing however controversial it may seem with the rest of the world who are just looking for answers to what DID happen to that beautiful baby girl that stole all our hearts? Thank you for the time you have taken to entertain my comment and I truly appreciate your involvement to share intelligently why there are people that do believe in her innocence. WOW! This theory truly pulls the whole thing together for me. I had followed this case in England since 2008 and intuitively felt KC was innocent, and sensed there was so much more to this than what was being pushed onto public consciousness. Seems the grief tourists have been sadly hoodwinked by the sadistic Nancy Grace, who’s role has NOTHING to do with seeking justice, but merely to sensationalize and profit from anothers misery. There are many issues raised here that need answering, including the LE’s obvious cover up with Kronk ( now we know why Burdick raised so many objections) and their reluctance to investigate anyone else. These are the questions that should be asked, for the sake of justice and the constitution itself. Thank goodness the jury were intelligent enough to smell a rat and it did not end up like the WM3! thankyou for such an insight, i will now have to watch the whole trial again in light of this as the bits i rewatched here point out the now obvious. Love and light to kc, stay strong, the truth will out! For so long I actually believed Casey did in fact kill Caylee. But after reading all this, it makes much more sense that George is the murderer. One thing I dont understand is if in fact George was molesting Caylee or had molested Casey why did she allow her little girl to live in the house with that monster? I honestly believe in my heart now that George did infact kill caylee.. but what doesnt make sense is why didnt casey call the police…. When Casey got the verdicts of not guilty the reaction was that of an innocent person.. Also, I havent seen casey trying to make any money off of Caylee… only George and Cindy.. its quite sickening.. Also one last thing i forgot, moderator if you want to add this to my last post as well… who in their right mind GOES AND HAS SEXUAL RELATIONS OR AN AFFAIR OF ANY SORT DURING AN INVESTIGATION IN THE DEATH OF YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH? I dont understand how George can sit there and boo hoo over caylee, try and kill himself cause he is soo upset but can go mess around with a woman.. seems like this guy cant keep his weiner in his pants. Obviously Cindy wasnt doing it for him, i could definitely see him taking advantage of casey or caylee.. CMeancnkiss says: Wouldn’t they have been able to tell by Caylee’s remains whether or not she was sexually abused? Has George ever submitted to a polygraph? Cindy~ “I want that body cremated, NOW!” Cindy had the body cremated AGAINST Casey’s wishes. Both Cindy and George refused polygraphs. Kimberly Ballman says: Wonder if this was because Cindy was hiding something she knew about the body that was found. That was probably when Cindy realized she had been ‘led into the LION’S DEN’ and that things she was telling LE had been intentionally altered by ‘input of mis-information’ from Geo. Half of the time, Cindy din’t even realize she was framing Casey…Geo was thorough! And how SICK IS GEO to send Casey on ‘scavenger-hunt shopping-sprees’ to unknowingly buy the very things HE needed to frame her for Caylee’s situation after Caylee was decomposing already in June and July (tho, her whereabouts and condition wasn’t released or confirmed until ‘mid-to-late Dec’) Caylee’s remains were missing two bones that are used in determining if a deceased child had been sexually abused. The hyoid bone, the bone which secures one’s tongue to the throat. It is small and commonly broken in strangulation deaths. It can also be broken & strangulation results if there is extreme oral penetration. SHe also was missing half of her pubic bone(s). I say multiple because at her young age the bones have not yet fused and are still in 2 pieces. I have photos that document what I am describing. I have meant to do some articles based upon this topic specifically but have not as yet gotten around to it. I also have documentation of how the autopsy photos do not match the report, especially the skull. The crime scene photos do not match & there is question about the supposed skull/pixelized areas partly due to the discrepancies in the color ofthe skull within the reports. Sorry SJ, I had only read the first part and then ran down here to offer some info & didn’t even make it to the bottom. ANyway, the timeline, IMO is off and it makes a HUGE difference. It alone proves George’s guilt. Please check my linked blog for the post entitled “Casey Anthony:Who’s Story More Closely Matches The Electronic Records” It is my belief that Caylee did die in the early morning hours as you have described above. Exactly. I feel that the digital documentation proves this. Casey is like many, a creature of habit. She spent much time online, on her cell phone, texting, etc. We all know we have plenty of “pings” to prove her digital timeline. I also have a few other articles there: Did Casey Tell The Sexual Abuse Story To Authorities In 2008? How Does The State’s Decisions On Seeking The Death Penalty Fit Into The Sexual Abuse Allegations Timeline? The Casey Anthony Boyfriend Timeline In addition to the skull/pixel discrepancy article I am also working on: A conprehensive list of all of the times George sold Casey out (extensive, need help lol) including the Aug 13, 2008 jail visit where he told Casey “She’s close, I know she’s close then immediately went out to Fox News and told them Casey said “I know she’s close, Dad, I know she’s close”. This was the last familial contact Casey had. I also have some interesting insights into the conversation between them during that visit. Remember when the FBI asked Casey “What 1 person would you want to meet with alone to clear this up?” GEORGE. During that jail visit George asks Casey the same question and at first she’s like “huh?” cuz HE IS THE ONE PERSON. A comparison of the Caylee Remains Autposy ReportVs. Dr G’s Special & statements made that directly disagree with the SAO’s case. I’m sure there’s more to cover as well. I also have a good friend who did some great work on the whole playhouse/Cement factor of this peculiar tale. Who buys 18 bags of cement on an impulse during a weekend that it’s RAINING? 😉 Check out Catoutloud for all the details. Us support sites need to network all of this information. It might be needed one day. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp6.pdf Chloroform is stored in fat but leaves the body in Urine. There’s no reliable test for chloroform in body or bones. How do you explain the car smelling like decomposition. A cop would know how to hide a body. A 20 year old would not. Disagree completely. I don’t understand how, if she knew Caylee was dead but had been told instructed by George to go away for a few weeks and stay quiet, Casey could party the way she did and get her bella vita tattoo? However poor Caylee met her end it hardly seems like behaviour befitting a mother in mourning… Any offers? Hi Michelle. For further insight, please read my post below covering “The 31 days”. SJ http://caseyanthonyisinnocent.com/exposing-the-myths-lies-and-bs-and-uncovering-the-truth-about-the-casey-anthony-trial/exposing-the-31-days-of-partying-myth I have to say, while I am not convinced of your theory, it makes way more sense than the one the prosecution put out there. I do have a question. In court the prosecution said maybe Casey did this because caylee was getting old enough to talk and could deny the nanny story. Do you suppose it’s possible that, being so spoiled by her mother and grandmother, caylee threatened to tell that “Jo Jo” hurt her. Of course he knew Casey would know what that really meant and probably Cindy too. Do you think it possible George molested her that morning, caylee cried and said she would tell, and George intentionally killed her, then it goes back to your story of him putting her in the pool. I would love to hear what others think. Becca, since you mentioned the prosecution’s theory of Caylee becoming old enough to deny the nanny story, here’s something that I noticed: in George’s testimony, he claimed that when Casey and Caylee left the house, Caylee said to him “I am going to see Zanny!” 1) Obviously Caylee was already quite verbal, which makes the prosecution’s theory ridiculous. 2) There was NO Zanny in actuality, so why would Caylee say that to George? He was basically caught in a lie right there. I believe he made an intentional “white lie” that seemed to support and lead to a heinous image that would later develope as the murder story progressed. (or unfolded….hoping EVERYone would notice) [IMO, It is that murderous image, that created the initial mistrust, in the minds of everyone, that Casey will carry until the truth can come out.] What if Nan was the dolls name?…the one that was in the car, and he carefully ‘confused zanny’ with Nan or Nanny, the babydoll, maybe? …to my embarrassment, it would seem, it makes more sense that the car was ‘Nan’s place’! The Pontiac, after all, was registered in her name…LOL but Caylee’s babydoll was the toy she want to go to sleep with, where ever they were after ‘moving out’ of Hopesprings. [no wonder Cindy cleaned and Fabreezed the ‘damn car’, otherwise Geo would have blackmailed her, and SHE would be ‘donating’ to the Anthony charities, too! Albatross234 was right…Geo always followed the money…more likely, he was like the pied piper and the money follows him. With the authority he assumed, HE holds the only proof to the event, but would have destroyed anyone who deviated from the way he said this story ‘had’ to unfold. Look what he has put Casey through… one day there will be a pic of her decomposing body in the trunk (with the date and the white sunglasses) before he wrapped and hid the body to allow the HMStory to unfold. Hi Becca, Yes, it’s also possible that Caylee was getting close to telling people about George’s antics. I do not think it was unintentional though. Caylee’s death occurred during the commission of a felony (GA’s abuse) – and that is classed as murder, regardless of the intent. Casey also stated the same in her psych reports to Dr Danziger & Dr Weiss. The only connection to the pool is that George dunked Caylee in there to make it look like an accident. If she had drowned there would have been water in her lungs, right? And anyone in that family would have lied, if it hadn’t been accidental! There would have never even been much of an investigation, if there were no signs of foul-play in the place where the child’s death occurred; it’s rather easy when 911 is called, EMT arrive quickly, attempt resuscitation, transport the victim to the hospital, where they are determined DOA or recover. That happens almost everyday in Florida, and on tv. That’s the reason I don’t believe Caylee drowned. Instead, she was ‘kidnapped’ [if that’s what you’d call moving a dead child’s body]… I call it destroying evidence to cover one’s involvement, or more simply, deliberate deception. [tho i’m not a psychiatrist or LE] Because I believe there is a law against withholding evidence, and moving evidence from the scene…where the death of a child was the result, that moving the child’s body, without authority to do so, is a felony offense. She had planned to get that tattoo long before we bumped into Lee at the bar. She had shown the idea/sketch to me during the day, when we were talking. The photo of Casey and Caylee was taken shortly after when the kids were playing. Her feeling was that the tattoo represented a new life for her and Caylee, one with out the hard life they had lived at home. One without George. So, Caylee was alive at this time. I just don’t know what to think…but I do know that she did not kill her. I think Geo convinced Casey that he had taken Caylee to visit his parents for 2 weeks…until probably about the time the car ended-up at Amscot. Had he truely been in possession of a cell phone obtained in NY, one from his hometown and a local one (used between Casey and the nanny) and when he took Casey’s away……that would account for 4 phones; coincidentally Crystal Holloway mentioned (under oath, I think, or maybe in an interview, after trial) I want to know then, why in your story, is there no menion of Casey borrowing the shovel? Hi Brigitte. No, I didn’t include reference to Casey borrowing the shovel in my post as I didn’t see it relevant at all. It came back clean according to Brian Burner. Why Casey borrowed it I have no idea, but it certainly wasn’t to dig a hole & bury Caylee in the back yard or anywhere else for that matter. The only digging going down in the Anthony’s back yard was during the impromptu “landscaping project” G&C hurriedly started on June 30th 2008. SJ CATOUTLOUD.wordpress.com Details that highly improbable & ill-advised cemement slabbing on a rainy weekend. I also have 3 reciepts of Cindy’s from documents that show she/they went to 3 different stores on 2 different days to buy supplies. …that was for SUPPORT…Support for the “heinous murderer image” that continues to prevent the truth from view. It painted Casey as responsible for what happened to Caylee AFTER Father’s Day… Everything necessary to the “Heinous-Murder Story” that ‘unfolded” was designed to be proven “inconclusive” by forensic science after Dec, for the murder trial that would follow the child’s disappearance; from which the jury derived the NOT Guilty verdict…it is the HMStory that protects the A-family members from responsibility in the child’s death. The Father’s Day video was made in mid-to -late June; but science proved Caylee was decomposing already: ‘early-to-mid June’. Does the “date of the search” and the “act of borrowing the shovel” occur on the same day, or was the search first? IMO, by having Casey ‘borrow the shovel’ from the neighbor, Casey provided an “eye-witness” to the H-MStory…this interaction verified she was at the Hopesprings address on that day…hopefully, the neighbor will recall this incident when the time comes to “unfold” the “heinous-murder story”. Also, yes, even if following the instructions of George to act normal as if nothing had ever happened, a grieving mother, Still would have grieved. I lost a child, and I know, no matter what, nobody could have talked me into, forced me,or held me back from grieving. I forgot how to smile & Laugh. There is no possible way that Casey Anthony is this innocent victom as you portray her to be. I am not caling her a murderer, I will keep my opinions aside about that. However, I do feel that you left out any facts that you could not “blame” on George in anyway.. What I want to know is, why has there not been anyone ask George & Cindy to take a lie detector, or go under hypnosis? I know that a lie detector cannot be used in court, but court is over, and she cannot be tried agian, So I just dont understand why if people think George is fully to blame here, why is he not being asked to do a lie detector or go under hypnosis? At least then, everyone will either know the truth, or, everyone will then know that George is Not guilty! If he did it, he would spill it all under hypnosis! Hi Brigitte. Yes, GA probably would spill it all under hypnosis or with a polygraph test, which is why it’s never gonna happen. It’s a shame Dr Phil didn’t have them both do a polygraph test on his show – but then again it’s not surprising really seeing as he was flying the “grieving grandparents” flag for them. SJ Hello all! This is my first post here. Regarding hypnosis. Hypnosis isn’t considered acceptable evidence in court, nor is it considered a reliable means for detecting deception. People are in much more control when hypnotized than movies and tv shows depict. In addition, many people can’t be hypnotized, even if they want to be. Then there are some who can slip into a hypnotized state but can’t maintain it for long. However, one can fake being in a hypnotic state. Scientist are exploring the use of fMRIs (measures brain activation) to detect deception, but the use of such science in the courtroom is years away. Currently, there is no reliable methodology to detect deception. Certainly, lie detectors provide interesting info, but lie detectors are easy to fool. The scientific reliability of lie detectors is moderate, which is why lie detector results aren’t used in court cases. Body language experts study deception extensively. I personally find such methods questionable, but it would be interesting to study the use of lie detectors and body language analysis used together. I don’t believe that body language analysis is accepted in court cases. I’m not at all addressing this specific case; I am simply addressing the science of detecting deception. G and C made a deal with LE in the first days after July 15/16… they declined the polygraph for their COMPLETE cooperation. Baez found it necessary to file that letter of cooperation with LE on July 21, for Casey’s protection. IMO The cement pouring on July 4th weekend, was EXPECTED to look suspicious; they provided so much chaos and misinformation to keep certain secrets from being focused-on. “Casey’s truth” on June 14th…was ignored and discredited as the murder story unfolded and delivered the deception that Caylee was not dead until after June 15th (but the child WAS NOT alive when that video was made… she was already decomposing. Hi Bridgett, you asked “There is no possible way that Casey Anthony is this innocent victim as you portray her to be.” I hope you won’t mind if I post an answer for you to think on. What part of an ACCIDENT would she have to defend herself against? Jenne' Andrews says: SJ– the problem I have with your theory is that however unfortunately there’s no proof of a history of sexual abuse here. Secondly, what about the calls on June 16 Casey made to her mother? Why don’t you think, since she wrote it in jailhouse letter, that Zanny was Zanax and that other young mothers have been known to sedate their kids in order to have some time to themselves? How can you rule out an accidental O.D.? Casey is a compulsive liar– and stole from her parents. Why wouldn’t she have had no problem drugging Caylee? I do not believe as many do that she is a psychopath and cold-hearted killer but I believe that nearly everything points to having accidentally o.d.’d Caylee. The drowning scenario is also plausible to me. I don’t know where your perceptions of George Anthony are coming from. He convinced many that he is a grieving grandfather who would have never harmed that child. xj Hi Jenne’! Great to hear from you. The thing is – any OD (Xanax related or otherwise) would have shown up in the bone & toxicology reports, which as far as I’m aware came back clean. Had it been evident, then it would surely have been brought up at the trial. As for “proof” of the sexual abuse, what proof are you wanting? I doubt any of it was caught on tape, even though GA has over 1,400 pics of Casey on his laptop – so asking for “proof” is not an option. The signs are there – just as the signs of GA’s abuse on Caylee would have been there if a 911 call had been made. My perception of GA has been built up having seen his performances over the past 3+ years, and (more recently) on Dr Phil. Having said all that, I still stick by my theory as to GA’s murder of Caylee and his cover up. SJ IIRC, toxicology reports came back clean; no drugs were present in Caylee’s bone marrow when it was tested. I don’t believe that drug-hair analysis was performed. WHY DID’NT CASEY TESTIFY IN COURT AND WHY WAS THERE NOT AN INVESTIGATION INTO GEORGE, CINDY AND LEE? By trial, Casey realized she didn’t have to tell what really happened, or challenge the lies about the Heinous-murderer story. Accepting the murderous image was the fastest route to freedom for her. She wouldn’t be any more equipped with proof than she was in July ’08, to expose how Caylee died, or how her accidental death was made to appear murder…The truth disappeared with the decomposing body, before the Father’s Day video was made. There were no loose ends, or evidence, by July 15th/16th…of 2008, not until after experts studied the child’s remains for the trial. to the question, point about whether or not Casey was molested by George… that Casey was almost eight months pregnant n upon attending Cindy’s brother’s wedding, her brother commented, others did, about Casey obviously being pregnant (very pregnant), George n Cindy denied this, vehemently denied this, stating, oh, Casey has just gained weight; Casey has been working out… while certainly this is not scientific, it screams dysfunction of the worst kind… not hiding, but, denying Casey’s pregnancy, in essence, denying Casey… to me this screams dysfunction; sexual abuse, incest; rampant sickness within the Casey’s family If G and C had ever suspected Caylee was ‘drugged or abused” they would have petitioned for custody of their “baby”. Well, while you might be right on, for some of this.. The dates do not fit the truth. Look into the date that Lee said he went looking for his sister to find Caylee. On this date.. Caylee was alive and happy, and as cute as can be. She went to sleep on my sofa, in the apartment we were staying in, she was being babysat, while we went out this night. We went to a house party, there are in photos from Caseys camera, and then we went to the bar, where we used a disposable camera, and met Lee, celebrated Casey’s birthday, since he had missed it, and snuck out the back so he could not follow us. The truth is in the photos on the Internet everywhere. You even have one photo that my little son took on your site. It is the photo with Casey and Caylee carrying my sons Eagles football, with his small fabric orange with black lines basketball in the grass. If you look into these photos and find the places that they were taken, and look for the friends, you will find me. I do not know ALL the truth..like I said..but I do know that Casey did not kill Caylee and that she was alive and not drowned in a pool and she was not missing. What happened after the night at the bar.. Well Caylee went with her mother and her boyfriend back to their apartment. Kimberly, from your posts I take it you’re a friend of Casey’s? I’d like to hear what you have to say if so. How do you know her? And what do you mean she (Caylee) wasn’t missing? Kay…Don’t believe everything you think…that’s what got Casey in trouble in the first place… Someone wants people here to think they have answers, tho all they have is an opinion…but I believe what they are implying is wrong, no matter how much authority or insight they claim to have…So, Kay, just be careful what you are led to believe. Tricia Beyer says: Even if Casey did not directly kill Caylee, i think she knows what happened. It would make some sence that she is “protecting her abuser”, as some victims do. If in fact she was abused, which I personally think she was, then she might do that. It does seem crazy that even through her trial, she did not break down and “tell the truth”. But in investigating sexual abuse victims, they sometimes “block” things out, and it IS possible that she just can not recall the truth.. It is a very sad story that has broken lots of hearts of people who did not even know this little girl. And instilled lots of hate for people they dont even know. Astonishing how quick people are to judge. And as for the media, well I know first hand how they can destroy someone who is totally innocent. The American public believe anything they see on TV….I do feel for Casey even though I think she is a liar, I’m not convinced that she (psychologically) has any choice. Her parents aren’t or do not appear to be role models themselves. Nobody is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. But the only conclusion to all the confliction is that what has been told is not what actually happened. I appreciated reading this “theory” of yours. I agree that if the truth does come out, this will have a crazy resemblance to it! You have done a lot of homework SJ. Too bad you don’t have your own TV show, maybe we could have gotten more answers out to people instead of hyped up insignificant BS that we have all been told!! And my thoughts on anybody making money off a book…..It will be a cold, cold day before they make any money off me, and the publishers will have to answer to their creator for that one. As will the killer/killers of Caylee…………….RIP Caylee My theory has been the same all along. However, the reason that Casey did not “hear” Caylee being molested that morning is because she was not home … yet. Casey’s cell phone records show that she called the Anthony home, on the 16th, before 8am. Cindy left early that morning. I have always believed that George was molesting Caylee as he did Casey. I also believe that George and Cindy had Caylee involved in other illicit activities. I believe that the illicit activities had been going on in Casey and Lee’s childhood as well. I do not like or trust George or Cindy Anthony and in my opinion, they are both abusers, sexual and otherwise and it is my opinion that they exploited their children and granddaughter. Casey is innocent in my opinion, I never once doubted her innocence. For those who do not know, those pictures of Casey at the Fusion nightclub were taken BEFORE anything ever happened to Caylee … this is a fact. MiMi of 3 says: “I believe that the illicit activities had been going on in Casey and Lee’s childhood as well. I do not like or trust George or Cindy Anthony and in my opinion, they are both abusers, sexual and otherwise and it is my opinion that they exploited their children and granddaughter” Tami: I just happen to agree with every word here. I too, believe they are both abusers, sexual and otherwise and it is also my opinion they exploited their children and grandaughter. I also believe G&C had Caylee involved in other illicit activities. Both, IMO, are evil! I also believe there is a HUGE cover-up going on here due to higher-ups being involved! JMHO Molestation and incest accusation were the emotional element that kept the public interested. Do you realize how powerful an accusation that is? True or not, it affected other followers/survivors to believe the heinousness within their family…true or NOT! Darn right it’s powerful especially because nobody believed Casey! I did though. Casey presents as a classic victim of father daughter incest. Classic. And George, the family presents as a typical family of incest. I believe with the depth of the family ‘dysfunction’, it has always been impossible to find truth within the forces at work…the power struggle within their home in early June, put Caylee’s life at risk, though none of them would have ever harmed Caylee intentionally. IMO If there was ever ANY indication Caylee was not safe, missing while alive or that she was in any particular danger, they would have ALL called LE; as any family would protect their smallest member, by using every resource available (even stolen money from family) to find her. madchatter says: Who took the disturbing video of little Caylee in her high chair eating a piece of toast? First of all, she was babbling, but whoever was behind the camera did not engage her in conversation, like one would with a small child. Secondly, they seemed to place the camera in a untoward manner, pointing it inappropriately between her legs! Who did this? It was so strange and creepy! Seen that on youtube, apparently it was George. I want to hear what Casey’s friends have to say. Like Kimberly, who has made a few comments here, seems to know her. If you read this, Kimberly, tell us. What do her FRIENDS think/know happened??? I truly thought, like 90 percent of Americans that heard only what the media was portraying, that she’d killed her child. When I actually watched the trial, though, I couldn’t swallow it. I was struck how her friends said she loved her child very much and she was a good mom. I think these are probably the people who know her best- not her family… my friends certainly know me better than anyone else, especially better then my mom, dad and brother! Actually the person who convinced me beyond a shadow that she couldn’t have killed that baby girl was her ex-fiancee. Right after the verdict, he seemed furious that she’d been found not guilty, but was adamant that no way would she EVER harm her daughter. The guy seemed to hate her, but was still defending her, at least in regards to that. So where are her friends, why haven’t they spoken up? Are they just trying to distance themselves from the whole thing, or do they think she did something wrong? I’d be interested to read anything her friends have said, or do say, if anyone has links. thinker says: Some time ago, and I do not recall where, I read some news articles about a murdered woman, whose body was found in Blanchard Park. As I recall, the woman was a therapist/counselor, and the article speculated that Cindy Anthony had been seeing this therapist (allegedly). Does anyone out there recall reading the same information? I wonder if there was a connection between Cindy A. and this murdered therapist? Did Cindy see her? Did Cindy tell some of the Anthony household secrets? What, if any connections can one make between the murdered woman and Cindy ( well, any of the Anthonys)? Is there a connection(allegedly)? Anyone recall reading any of what I am referring to? Will the public ever know what items/information were sealed? There appears to be many unknowns… Are there photos never seen, except by the subject(s) and the photographer? Is there concrete information pertinent to this tragedy which should have come to light? What information could have been gleaned by opening the curtains and windows, so to speak? Why is there such secrecy related to some things taken/discovered during the early stages of this investigation? Who would want to keep the curtains and windows closed? I do recall reading about this murdered woman ~ just don’t have a link at this time. Also, Casey had apparently given names of three young men as possible biological fathers. All three young men, have died in car crashes……coincidence, I don’t know, but I wish LE would do some invesgtigation of this. (IMO, GA was jealous of any possible suitors of Casey….just think about it~!) I believe there is a reason for all of us to be ‘obsessed’ with this tragedy ~ trying to pinpoint facts, etc., I personally cannot let this go by the wayside until I can see some Justice for Caylee and also for Casey! As I have repeatedly stated for the past three-plus years “something’s just not right here”! You said it! I believe “THAT something” is the earliest PIECE of mis-information that ‘led away from Casey’s account’ of Caylee’s whereabouts after midnight on Friday the 13th. THE DATE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT… Caylee died on June 15/16. b/c nothing disputed the video…and after seeing that video in the news, many people at Mt Dora recalled (even after 45 days) their momentary contact with Caylee WAS on June 15th; THEY “unwittingly” substantiated the false date. IMO If everything that follows, is incorrect b/c the date is wrong; the truth still has not been found. Where did all the misinformation come from? IMO it was from a heinous murder story that was about to unfold over the next 149 days…image Casey painted of herself…the 500 piece puzzle…an accident that snowballed into a (heinous) murder story that “luckily” affected the outcome of a DP case/trial…I don’t think so. I no longer believe everything I think…just cuz it is what I’m led to believe! In this case, nothing is as it should have been, right down to that June 16th, date. IMO when looking back to the place in time when Caylee’s body began to decompose [early to mid-June ’08] there is an obvious “mis-information snow-ball” that affected everything that followed afterward: I say, “misinformation fell like snow” once the child began to decompose…The very first piece of mis-information Casey received was provided in the Father’s Day video. Casey was the FIRST victim of “misinformation” beginning June 14th until Aug 9th, Caylee’s birthday. During the investigation process by LE, more than 31 days after Caylee was seen last (Casey “lost sight of Caylee”, June 14th) that video was all Casey, Cindy or LE “could’ve found” to determine Caylee’s condition on Father’s Day; in LIEU OF EYE-WITNESS testimony [outside of the A-Family] that Caylee was alive on June 15th [mid-June]. IMO the June 16th date is critical b/c it is ‘mid-to-late-June, so IT IS LIKELY that the June 16th date is as much as 24 to 36 hours after Caylee’s death occurred; b/c in truth, she had already begun to decompose. This makes complete sense to me! Even George admitted in his interview with Dr. Phil that Casey was ANGRY when George came back to live with them & she did not want him back in that house. (When George/Cindy separated). Out of all the many speculations regarding what really happened, your theory makes the most sense to me. I think another possibility for the separation of George and Cindy was not just the gambling, I think Cindy found out he was abusing Caylee & kicked him out for that 8 months, then said he’d “never do it again” and Cindy let him back in. If GA was caught abusing Caylee Cindy should have never let him back in the house. What kind of mother would do this? Once is enough. Respectfully, the idea of sex abuse is just more of the accusations that interfered with the truth being uncovered at trial. When looking at what things the trial actually accomplished, there should have been a second story with another suspect to test the evidence against. You know George’s overblown Granddaughter worship makes me wonder. One thing I know is he is deceitful and his emotions are hugely exaggerated and manipulative. What they actually mean, I am not sure. Sometimes the “ex-cop”, sometimes he announces which character he is… “just simply Grandpa, JoJo…or Papa Joe: there may be many faces of George…but the personality that knew Caylee’s secret, died at Caylee’s wake/his suicide attempt, burying her secret with the memory of how she looked when he found her already dead and decomposing in the trunk of the Pontiac. [GA appears ANY WAY he “needs to appear” at any given time] IMO there was NO ONE who wished the little girl dead. I believe everything after June 14th while she was missing…RESULTED b/c she was already decomposing when her whereabouts was discovered, most likely after midnight on June 14th. [her condition PREVENTED a 911 call on or before Father’s Day] The ‘absence of the body’ prevented Casey and Cindy from alerting LE that Caylee was ‘missing’ after Friday the 13th and during the 31 days after they both “lost track of Caylee” IMO The common link was George…he kept Cindy and Casey at odds to allow as much time as possible before LE would become involved. Caylee’s body and all facts were manipulated in the first moments after Caylee was found dead. Everything was designed to lead the (heinous) murder story, as it unfolded. Evidence melted away as Casey’s image WAS painted by the story she couldn’t tell LE. b/c she DIDN’T know where Caylee was between the June 14th and Dec 11th…but IMO from what Casey saw on Dec 11, she knew WHO had the “missing child” during the 180 days, the purpose of the HMStory and ‘why she had to be portrayed as a murderess’ was crucial to the trial. [the trial was a dispute over the evidence, not determining guilt for the child’s death…the trial did nothing but declare “murder was not evident” as it was not determined who’s care the child was under when her death occurred…Leaving all questions about Caylee’s death, unanswered. She was confident that science would prevent a connection between false evidence, the HopeSprings address on June 14/15/16 and the lies that she alone knew Caylee’s whereabouts, after death had occurred, b/c she was intentionally “out of the loop” since June 17th; except of course the mis-information she was being given after June 15/16; once she repeated to police, set- her-up as a liar and murderer, and responsible for all the civil actions that continue, today. IMO to execute the ‘heinous murderer story, the LE investigations and the trial verdict, the child’s body had to decompose a full 180 days to conceal the WAY SHE DIED…even tho the place and manner disappeared from all view within hours of her death, no water in her lungs would ring of foul-play. DebC says: I really wish that I had experience with movie making because if I did i would follow your theory of how this whole thing happened and create a “fictional” movie about George.. I would also add in 3 car accident/murders of his daughters boy friends and add in the murder of his wife’s therapist. I would make the movie so that anyone familiar with the Anthony case would recognize the story, but make sure to change names,etc so as not to get sued. I cant think of a better way to get the story out and get people thinking that maybe, just maybe they have been fed a whole bunch of BS thu-out this whole mess… A nice portion of the profits would secretly go toward helping Casey get back on her feet, and an even bigger portion towards hiring a private investigation team to do some much needed research on George’s background. Of course it would be hard to disguise the one-of-a-kind Nancy Grace.. (Whoever called her sadistic was making an understatement.). I think she should be taken off the air along with HLN’s court coverage of trials. Anyway, that’s my dream for the day. KatM says: You put this together very well! I always knew from the start that things just did not add up. I feel so sorry for them both casey and caylee! Its just a messed up situation and I really hope the truth comes out and they lock his @ss up! I can relate to the whole abuse from a father! You dont want to talk about it…and its just much simpler to keep things quite and keep on like nothing is wrong…i mean its your dad..ya know…and its like eventhough you know things are wrong…you just kinda keep going on day after day….untill you finally make up your mind and not go back around him and just tell the truth about it all….. I dont know…its hard to explan! But i pray Casey finds peace where ever she is in this world..and just know that there are so many that support her and wish her nothing but the best! 🙂 I am glad to see someone besides me truly thinks this woman has been through hell and that she is innocent! Casey did not put Caylee in the woods: When Caylee was pronounced as missing Cindy said that Caylle weight 40 pounds and was 32/or 3 feet tall. Once you are dead they say you are dead weight as the person becomes rigged so they are very hard to carry. In Caylee’s case besides all of that she was placed in a blanket and then inside a canvass laundry bag and in 3 plastic bags. Casey according to J. Baez weight close to 100 pounds as he said soaking wet and she was about 5 feet tall.How could Casey carry Caylee through the woods with trres and limbs on the floor, bushes and other plants, garbage. TV they showed how thick the brush was. Casey had no scratches or anything visible that anyone talk about. George Anthony was the only one that could carry Caylee. This man belongs in jail for sexual child abuse and murder. Casey can still charge George A. with molestation and I think it was also rape as the is no Statute of limitation when the child is 12 and under years old. I wish she did charge him. Jaylyn says: I have to say I have always thought that George Anthony has had something to do with what happened to Caylee, however I don’t actually think he murdered her. I believe that that Caylee did in fact drown in the pool, however George Anthony knew that he could never allow Caylee’s body to be autopsied because her little body would most definitely show the signs of his sexual abuse. He knew that his daughter would straight away point the finger at him because he had done the same to her. He knew very well that the best thing would be to make Caylee disappear. By the time her remains were found there was not enough left for them to find any signs of sexual abuse, therefore George could breath again and start to point the finger directly at his daughter. Every time I have heard George Anthony deny the sexual abuse allegations I have never been able to believe him and I really do think that sexual abuse really lies at the center of the mystery, of what happened to Caylee Anthony. Hi SJ .. I have been reading your blog with much interest and saying hmmmm lol. I had come to the conclusion after reading all of the discovery that little Caylee had drowned on June 16th after Cindy had gone after Casey for stealing money from her grandmother the night before. I figured she was so angry with Casey, that she inadvertently left the ladder up in the pool and just wasn’t thinking properly. I did however notice that during the trial, Baez asked Cindy if she had ever taken Casey to a gynecologist for “female problems” she was supposed to have had. Cindy told him she had not, so even if she doesn’t want to believe that George molested Casey over the years there is no real proof he had not. Cindy was the main supporter of the household, she went to work early in the morning, leaving George with ample time to do what ever he wanted to his children. They would never tell if he had. No wife wants to believe that her husband molested their child or children ever. On another note, what about all the gambling George had done without CIndy’s knowledge? I really do not think that man is to be trusted in any way shape or form. I believe that George was home when Caylee died because he remembers exactly what she was wearing the last time he saw her and the only way he would remember that is if he knew it would be the last time he saw her. If Casey had left with Caylee at 12:50 PM as he had stated, then who was on the computer from one until three pm when he stated he left for work at 2:30? Too many of his statements do not add up at all. I am interested to see others; thoughts/interpretations of Cindy A’s bizarre (well, one of many) statement during the final chapters of the trial: I stopped looking for Zanny 6 weeks ago… Was this a parting shot to Casey? You have gone too far now, you didn’t stick w/ the story… you are on your own? This statement seemed to be said directly to Casey, and as I recall, was meant to cut her to the quick… Yes. I agree but not just in the final chapters of the trial. In one of the 911 calls – I believe it is the first one – it always sounds like she is threatening Casey or giving Casey messages that she has no power here. She will go down – fast and hard. She is giving Casey the message that Cindy has the police on her side. Casey has nobody. Hi Sam: What are your thoughts on these, shall we call them oddities?: The stranger than strange Caylee “funeral services” put on by the Anthonys… Caylee referred to Cindy as “Nan”. Caylee even sang “please don’t take Nan’s sunshine away…” Was Caylee using Nan as short for Nana (common short for Grandma) or was this short for Nanny? Maybe Caylee heard others ref. to Cindy as nanny…Maybe Cindy herself, refd. to herself as “the nanny”… Early on, George stated ( and I am paraphrasing here): that was not my granddaughter’s body in the trunk…? I hadn’t heard those oddities yet! I’m still reeling over all the others (heart shaped sticker, duct tape, crackling maggots, FBI investigators saying they suspected corruption but not being allowed to let the jury know, George’s gun, multiple cell-phones, sealed evidence, the very mysterious ‘experts’ for the prosecution, the fabricated chloroform searches, Roy Kronk, and the total lack of ability to connect-the-dots). As far as the oddities you mention, it makes a whole lot more sense than the other nonsense that gets mentioned. I call my grandma Nanny. She wants that because she says Grandma sounds too old. The body was never in the trunk. I think George may have difficulty with language. He often doesn’t say what he means. George feels betrayed by Casey so now he will entertain whatever anyone says about her to throw her under the bus. The wet garbage was why the car smelled. Cindy’s car, btw. The car is in her name. Funny how nobody could figure out that the car tested for chloroform because she had cleaned and Febreezed it. I believe that is why Casey abandoned the car. It was never hers to take. He changed his testimony once Casey told the truth. His love affair with his daughter was over then. He does not think he abused her. He thinks he loved her. What are your thoughts on the chloroform? I think George mentioned it somewhere along the line so then LE started searching for it. They found it in the car and in computer searches that were later found to be incorrect. Cindy may have actually told the truth about searching for chlorophyll. …IMO…her body was ‘no longer in the trunk; and it was only a small piece of decomposing matter that was placed in the car before it was towed…maybe even hidden in the purse that was located in the front seat. (Casey lost it when she ‘lost sight of Caylee’ on Friday the 13th…her worst of worst days. from the POV I’m trying to reference another adaptation of the facts we’ve been convinced was an indication of murder, that I call the heinous-murderer story, that last year, at the trial, science ‘dis-proved. That’s proof of the power struggle within their family that led to Caylee’s tragic disappearance….G and C are the authority figures in the household on Hopesprings. Casey (with Caylee) left their home June 9th, with their belongings in the Pontiac; they avoided outward contact with C and G afterwards…until AFTER Casey could not find Caylee on June 14th, WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED. What was the story Casey WOULD’VE told LE on June 14th (early -to-mid June) when she lost Caylee’s whereabouts… IMO WITHOUT the video, Casey wouldn’t have believed Caylee was nearby and safe “while she conducted her own stupid search for her daughter for 31 days”, she would’ve reported Caylee missing after 24 hours…on Father’s Day. I say she would have also reported Caylee’s death, had she known that Caylee was already decomposing when the video appeared to have been made; mid-day, June 15th (mid-June) IMO It was a “heinous-murder story” [carried in the media during180 days that Casey believed Caylee was missing] and its unrelated evidence that unfolded over time. It was the only STORY that science tested and the jury weighed (not directly connected to Caylee’s death event) but quickly resulted in the UN-expected murder trial verdict. IMO WHAT Casey BELIEVED “mid-June” regarding Caylee’s whereabouts and condition was INFLUENCED by the Father’s Day video and ‘what information she could find’ before July 15th…Keep in mind, Caylee’s body began to decompose “early-to-mid June” Hmmm!” when she said “I stopped looking for Zanny 6 weeks ago”, please, what was the date? I believe Cindy was already looking for proof of ‘the nanny’ (George’s g-friend) between May 30 and June 9th (Cindy’s vacation days). She spent 2 days with Shirley in Mt Dora, possibly using her computer to make searches and secure her banking accounts. IMO the hairbrush she gave to LE on July 23 had the g-friend/ nanny’s hair…but the pic Cindy was shown July 24 was of Crystal. For months, Cindy couldn’t find ANY truth in what ever George or Casey was telling her…about anything! By late May, Cindy knew money was missing from her online banking accounts, but couldn’t tell who was taking it; Casey OR George? She spent 2 vacation days at MtDora with Shirley. [Shirley’s advice was to kick ‘someone’ out] Casey and George shared the home computer and were equally suspicious…secretive and manipulative.. Cindy had never seen the outfit Caylee’s remains were recovered with. But Casey could tell when she saw the news on Dec 11, that Caylee had died in the clothes she was wearing the last time Casey saw Caylee alive; face-to-face….which Casey remembered as “31 days since I saw my daughter” and IS June 14th…’early-to-mid June. The fact the body was recovered without shoes, says she was either sleeping or napping, or swimming: IMO no swimsuit…no drowning…that simple. Hi there: I felt that KC is innocent from day # 1, just intuitively, as many of us: but here is the problem: Casey has been given to LE (by G &C – from one side, and by NG and other media- from another) “on the plate”: grilled, salted, peppered, etc…- just ready to eat. And they “ate her. YM and other “excellent”, “hard working” detectives were unable or unwilling to think “out of box”. Now – even when the trial is over, and Casey is out of jail – she is NOT FREE. My question is: G&C are liars, – obviously,but they never took the polygraph – just refused. Why doesn’t the state to go ahead and to RE-OPEN this case? I believe they MUST put G &C trough the polygraph (and it’s doesn’t matter if they like it or not: too many questions needs to be answered here). Otherwise, the endless “I hate Casey – lynch her!” festival will continue, as we all can see now. It’s a great and brave thing SJ is doing by supporting Casey trough this website, prayers, etc …, but (in real life) it’s will not help her to walk freely on the streets and live without fear. So, what to do? Any thoughts? I think the State needs to be investigated. The case cannot be re-opened by the same corrupt people who charged her. Pure speculation, but maybe, just maybe, Geo. knew that Casey looked up choloroform after she recd. that “funny” email from her boyfriend, something about win her over with chloroform… Maybe Casey even asked Geo. what that meant…or maybe Geo. had encountered something similar during his police force years… Yes, many cleaning products can create some nasty byproducts… I still wonder though about George’s comment ( I didn’t paraphrase it too well, so let’s try it again) something like, ” …that body that was in the car was not my granddaughter…” The first time I heard it, I thought to myself, how strange? Does this comment mean there was a body in the car it just not his granddaughter? Could it be that the deceased person was NOT related to him by a Grand anything relationship but by something much closer. It almost seemed he was saying, oh yeah, there was a body in the car, she isn’t my Granddaughter though… Almost like he was spinning the body in the trunk story, but a kernel of reality came out: she’s not my Granddaughter… Find it on youtube and see if it doesn’t seem to have some weird meaning… And why did The A’s originally say they had not seen Caylee nor Casey since June 9/10? And I am beginning to think the 30 days Cindy A. told Casey she had already given her, when calling LE, was originally a harmless 30 days that the A’s agreed to keep Caylee while Casey searched for and moved into a new home, after the big fight, which I believe really happened on June 9/10. Maybe Casey was told you can no longer live here, you have 30 days to get a new place, secure it, and move your belongings to, then come back and get Caylee. I think originally the 30 days were inocuous and Casey was seeing apts., hoping to gather her things, her child and go once and for all. It later spun into something not so harmless… Hi Sam. You are right…these people make statements with odd sentence structure; which complicates clear understanding of their purpose. The whole family speaks English, but often it seems, when they voluntarily want to ‘give mis-information’, it usually screws-up the sentance structure. Like Freudian slips…they occur when the mind is processing something besides what is being said from their mouth. Not always, but often it is the result of ‘lying or speculation’ …not my granddaughter…That IS A MIND-TRICK many LE officers use to ‘detach their personal feelings’ from crime scenes and accidents like car wrecks, (where the sight of mangled people might otherwise affect them personally, especially in cases involving children)…in this case, it was his ‘gr-child…he was ‘good’ at lying and hiding the truth…but not perfect. Personally, I think Goe’s forte is “intimidation” I don’t believe that the case can be reopened without further evidence and Casey can never be charged again for the same thing. She has been acquitted so unless they find further evidence to support someone else doing what happened, the case will remained closed. Here is a thought SJ that is in line with your thinking of Casey and possibly Caylee also being molested by George. Jesse Grund had stated he and Casey were engaged and she broke it off because he loved Caylee more than he loved her. Perhaps his affection towards Caylee sent up red flags to Casey as she knew behaviour like that from her own father and associated it with molestation rather than just plain love. She had told him that her brother had molested her but had not mentioned her father doing it. This would also be in line with her all of a sudden being best pals with her mom after her father moved out. George and Cindy stated in the interview with Dr. Phil that he had moved out in early 2006 I believe it was, and Jesse had stated they split up in 2006 when Casey became best friends with her mother. Until that time, after Casey had Caylee, she had spent most of her time that she was not at work with the Grund family. I believe she had major trust issues. She had a friend whom she trusted babysitting little Caylee. When that friend found another job, Casey lost her job and became her own nanny. She let on that she was still working at universal studios, which we all know was not the truth, and spent all of her time with Caylee. Why would she do this? I would hazard a guess here and say that it was because her mother expected her to work as she had done all of Casey’s life, but Casey feared for her little girl and what her working could possibly mean. People will do strange things when they feel the need to protect their children. justI says: Hi you know i do remember baez stating in opening that either the job/the nanny was was also an excuse to avoid her dad. One of those lies and i agree casey became the nanny, she was with her everyday and nothing had happened. The baby was going to have a b-day in 2 months time and would be missed regardless of where they lived so what ever happened was not planned. though i believe it was an accident(possible drowning) and casey didnt know what to do, she feared her mother would blame her for the rest of her life and made it worse for herself. I dont think she did anything to the baby though if she did put her in the woods she should take responsibility for it bc the baby didnt deserve that and if she didnt, but knows she should go to the police and say everything. to at least ease all this hate. I do feel that if it ever comes out with proof that someone else is the true culprit, haters are gonna hate and say “still didnt say anything for 31 days…” This was so well thought out and well written and presented. I believe and surmised on my own some of what you also believe and have posted here for us all. I was an abused child and it is possible for the abuser to manipulate the abused and for one parent to do so with the other parent never knowing what is going on. Each time when I saw Casey crying while her father testified and I saw her tears and felt her pain. I felt how she was crying for the little girl that used to be her as a child. I cry from my own memories of my childhood and it is not selfish tears. The tears are for the child in us that never got to live that normal, beautiful, happy life of childhood. We who have been abused are the only ones who can understand how we survive in abusive, dysfunctional families. We still love our abuser why we fear the abuse. We still love the abuser while we do not understand the abuse and we cry for the child in us that will never be able to let go of that pain. Casey exhibited that in the courtroom and I believe her claims. I also believe that was more going on with that little girl Caylee than we the public will ever know. Thanks for your well written and surmised article. I just finished again watching and listening to the first jailhouse visit by Cindy and George A.. I believe I now have seen and listened to those 6-7 times, yet they still fascinate me. For those who have never watched the first jailhouse visits between Casey and her parents, you must… Geo. never allows Casey to “spill the beans”, or finish a sentence, when it appears that the sentence may incriminate any one other than Casey. Instead he talks over her, barely breathes from talking so loudly and quickly, anything to prevent Casey from revealing any truths or asking any questions which may point to her innocence. Casey seems totally in the dark and her responses seem honest and without hesitation. She even tells Cindy, I don’t have anything to add, I am totally out of the loop… She even says something like: this is the first time in any of this that I have been angry…why am I still here…as if she cannot comprehend nor fully knows what all has happened to her daughter, or maybe she believes Caylee will be returned if only she complies, sticks with the story, and remains in jail… These tapes will cause you to ask many questions re. to this tragedy,and just who knew what when, and what Casey had been told… When Cindy begins to “cry,” Casey asks her dad, “why is she crying already?” And Casey then laughs for about 5 seconds, not a laugh of hahahaha we are getting over on everybody, but a laugh like, oh my goodness, I am gonna crack up at your bull@#$% crying, and Casey even says(paraphrasing), while trying to keep from cracking up, Boy, I almost lost it there…like she had to keep up the game to save her daughter and any possibility of being released. The entire lot of tapes, but particularly the first visit is telling. I do not think Casey had yet realized what was going on, what her parents were doing, had done or were planning to do… She appears angry and frustrated that she agreed to get locked up for a short period of time ( per her parents) and that all would be well. Also, I earlier asked if anyone remembered Geo’s odd remark early on: “the body in the trunk was not my granddaughter…” What is he saying here? There was a body, it just was not his granddaughter’s? or that Caylee is not his granddaughter? I believe this remark has powerful meaning… For those that wish to see the videotape of said remark, visit youtube and search for “where was George Anthony on July 15, 2008?” I believe this site contains the first jailhouse visits between Casey and her parents, if not search youtube, using Casey and The Anthonys first jailhouse visits. As posted on youtube, pt. 1 is particularly fascinating! HI! There is also Cindy’s FBI interview available on youtube. Check it out please (if you have not already). There Cindy says that probably Amy (Casey’s friend) is that infamous nanny, who kidnapped Caylee. And that is strange, as Cindy also gives the description of the nanny and tells the investigator that the nanny has BLONDE HAIR. This is odd, as it always has been considered that Zanny the nanny is some hispanic woman…If i’m wrong than enlighten me please) have a nice day… Help us all! Hi Victoria. Good point! Hmmm, it seems that the nanny, a nanny, some nanny was what was needed…let’s just throw something out and hope it fits! Also, in the jailhouse letters ( offered at this site), Cindy is writing Casey and writes (paraphrasing here) oh yes, I found the Nanny’s hairdryer in your room… maybe there is a hair on it… Whose hairdryer is this? Where did it come from? Why would Cindy write Casey and ask her about this mystery hairdryer belonging to who knows who? Who did it belong to? and whose hair was on it? If you have not, please read the jailhouse letters… Fas-ci-nating! Hi! I’ve not read them yet, but I will… Why would Cindy do that I have no idea… It’s just weird and even scary… Why they supported this story about the nanny, though it had already been proven that there was no nanny… Something is terribly wrong with these people… And btw, I’ve heard that Cindy babysits for another girl (about Caylee’s age)… nonsense… SJ’s theory is very very plausible, but I’m not sure about an occasion of abuse on that fateful day… my theory is that Caylee drowned and GEORGE was just afraid of autopsy, as his abuse would have been discovered (I’m not sure about the rules in your country, and I’m from Russia), and in our country if the drowning occurs than the autopsy of the body must be performed right away). So he covered it up in order to destroy the evidence… Cindy said that about Amy b/c Amy told LE that Casey was following instructions from someone after mid June. @Thinker: I have from the beginning believed that George is/was the biological father of Caylee. I’ve debated this subject for three years now and with all of the opposition to it, not ONE individual has been able to produce the actual DNA Test Results for George. I heard ASShton state (more like mumble) under his breath that paternity tests were done on George & Lee ~ both being negative. Everyone seems to take this as gospel, but i WANT to see the actual test result, with my own two eyes ~ then I just ‘might’ believe it. With all of the absurdities/lies we, the public has been spoon fed, why should we believe ASShton? IMO, I will always believe this little tidbit has been kept from us! Anyone beside myself believe it to be just a little strange that a DNA test from the brother and father was even requested? i have also wondered why George was not given a Dna test. I have also wondered if George, Cindy, And Casey thought George was the father and that is why they lied to the family, and even lee, about Casey being pregnant. Just a thought but so much about this family is weird. I’ve been watching this case unfold since the beginning, and in 2008 I did believe Casey had something to do with the death of her daughter. After watching the trial and seeing George and Cindy on the stand, I started to have doubts as to how “loving” these grandparents really were. Your theory seems like it could hold some truth. I think people forget how young Casey was when this all happened and how easily she could have been manipulated by her father. Anyway, I hope one day Casey does decide to tell us the events that went down that day, after all she doesn’t need to “protect” her father anymore. I really think hearing the truth from her could change the opinion of the “Casey-haters”. Oh, and SJ.. nice work on the site. Yes, one could spend one’s entire day searching online documents and video/audio tapes… I find so many inconsistencies! Yesterday. while on youtube, I saw a clip of the “Find Caylee” command post. Behind the volunteers, I noted a posted with all the particulars re. to Caylee: her DOB, weight, height, age, etc. And also, the date she went missing: June 9th, not June 16th, when Geo.. claims he saw both Caylee and Casey leaving, even describing both outfits with astonishing detail, right down to their backpacks and the color of their outfits… How can one remember mundane details like color of shorts/skirts, but not the date? The 9th was one full week earlier… I may not remember what my grandchild had on any particular day last week, but I would certainly remember spending Father’s Day ( June 15th) with him, especially if we went and visited an aging relative… and altho’ I may have to look at a calendar to determine the date, I would know I had last seen him on Father’s Day, not some 7 days earlier, which was not a holiday nor a day we ventured together to a nursing home!Those types of “SPECIAL” events stick in one’s mind… something like, yes, that’s right, we drove the hr. there and back, we visited with my aged father, Caylee sat on his lap and was adored by all who saw her. She sang and was sooo cute; what a special day we had. Yes, Father’s Day was certainly special and my father so appreciated seeing sweet lil Caylee…I videotaped the whole thing…Yes, I am sure it was Father’s Day and that was not the 9th, let me look at a calendar, yes, it was the 15th of June that Father’s Day fell on! What is this about? Why the 9th? and why was this date used in the poster at the search post? Did someone later realize: oh my gosh, there are people who saw us at the nursing home, omg there is a video of us there on that date at that time? uh-oh, let’s rethink this…it really wasn’t the 9th??? This seems odd indeed… why the 9th originally? G and C had returned from taking Caylee to the beach, a theme park and water park during the first week of Cindy’s vacation days May 29th thru June 9th. That was the day of the big fight between Cindy and Casey; after which Casey and Caylee spent the next week avoiding going to Hopesprings Dr and G and C. The next weekend was Friday the 13th, Flag Day, and Father’s Day. Caylee was with Casey on Friday the 13th and with G and C on June 15th thru the 16th. Who knew where Caylee was on the 14th? No one outside the A-Family witnessed Caylee after Friday the 13th, but forensic science experts say ‘she was decomposing already’ before mid-June. Short of a confession, wouldn’t LE efforts to arrest and convict George be fruitless given that the state spent so much effort to convict Casey, for Reasonable Doubt, all he’d have to do would be to point to the fact that the State doesn’t know what they are doing. Or am I missing something? Randy, I think it would have to be some competent people who arrest George. Jeff Ashton has already resigned before being fired. If the corruption was cleaned up, it would be pretty easy to show that George Anthony wanted to make sure the remains were decomposed enough not to show the sexual abuse. Maybe the skies will open up and truth will rain down like little, silver orbs, absorbed by those it touches… Maybe someone will offer the importance of the original, claimed date of gone missing: June 9th… Maybe someone will set the record straight … Maybe someone can gather up the truth and begin the healing process for those who have lost and can never find… Maybe the truth can still set one free… Secrets and sorrow ruin… Offer your prayers for those who are hurt and still hurting. The struggle within the home had been ongoing for months, if not years; but went out of control after Casey turned 21. …or at least long enough that it would be impossible for forensics to detect water in her lungs or NOT…since she was decomposing before mid-June…she was not alive when that Mt Dora video was recorded b/c if she had died with water in her lungs, 911 would have been called… With the Penn State scandal, we are seeing once again how the world covers up for molestors. Just like they cover for ‘ole George. Sherry ~ my thoughts exactly! This Penn State thing with the pervert Sandusky has only just begun to unravel. I honestly pray daily for George AND Cindy to be exposed for WHO and WHAT they truly are! I agree with many others that there is definitely corruption in Orlando, Florida! I am constantly writing to Linda D-Burdick, asking for further investigation into GA. So far, no response. I attempt to appeal to her ‘motherly’ side ~ we’ll see! After watching Cindy testify during trial, there was one statement she made, concerning Caylee being naked in the pool ~ how she loved to feel the jetts on her back and her bottom! I find this disturbing and I’ve been unable to forget it for some reason. (Please, don’t bombard me w/your negative comments on this subject ~ IOMO). During Cindy’s MEmorial, listening to George speak about “smelling her sweet sweat” made my skin crawl…. IMO, there was a LOT more going on in this house (not a home) then we will ever know! Cindy originally began her nursing career as a pediatric nurse! Wonder why she didn’t continue in that field? I’ve been thinking that maybe, just maybe, Lee suffered from a similar type of abuse and he & Casey will tell their story ~ together. This may be the ONLY way we’ll ever know the truth! I think there is a sibling bond between Casey & Lee ~ who knows, stranger things have happened in this case. Yes, Sandusky’s strange behavior and that sickening interview made me realize they are the same brand, different style. I was on the fence, but not now. Okay, so I am a skeptic….so help me understand. Is there any proof that George molested Casey? I never heard it mention until Opening Statements. Did I miss the proof or is everyone going on Casey’s word alone?? Also, I did follow this case very closely. But did not see the video of the Memorial Service. Could someone tell me more about the comment George made about “smelling her sweet sweat”? That seems sick….although the whole family is very messed up. Is there any proof that Geoge was involved in the murder or is that alone on Casey’s word. I just feel I followed this very closely and it still bothers me to this day. It’s going to be like JonBenet Ramsey….never be solved. I don’t trust anyone in the family but seeing George and Cindy’s grief makes it hard for me to believe either had anything to do with it. Sandy: What proof do you expect? No, I personally don’t have ‘proof’ yet, but I know things eventually will prove me correct. I base MO on her psychological behavior, signs & symptoms. I also closely observed George’s illusive & defensive manner in which he responded to questions at trial. May I suggest you read up on sexual abuse and see for yourself if it doesn’t all fit together? Have you ever asked yourself ‘what father would be in the DELIVERY room, observing the birth of his grandchild?’ IMO, this in itself is a RED flag of sexual abuse! As for SINdy’s MEmorial, you can watch it on YouTube. If you haven’t viewed it yet, suggest you do so. Re: your comment of this tragedy being like JonBenet Ramsey’s ~ never to be solved, I pray you’re wrong. Re: George & SINdy’s ‘grieving grandparents’ routine is IMO, a bunch of BS! What grandparents of murdered and/or missing children do you know that setup ‘Funds and ‘Foundations’ and use the money to support themselves? Can you give me ONE constructive, charitable thing they’ve done for anyone besides themselves? I don’t think so. Have they used the $30,000 Rescue Boat to help find ONE missing child? Has SINdy ever offered up a thank you to Tim Miller of TES or offered to reimburse him for HER request for him to search for a ‘live’ Caylee ~ ummmm, NO! George, the Sponge, & SINdy say they are unable to work, therefore they MUST draw salaries from the latest ‘fraudation’! WHY are they unable to work? Might I mention, their many flights to NY, CA & the Bahamas (to swim w/the dolphins), They don’t appear disabled to me! What grieving grandparents do you know that obtain tattoos, take cruises and buy jewelry and diamond stud earrings? What grieving grandfather that is so depressed, supposedly out searching for his beloved granddaughter, has a romantic liason, right in the middle of all of this? Instead of George, the Sponge & SINdy remaining silent after their daughter is found NOT GUILTY, why do they decide to go onto the Phil show and accept a $500,000 donation and two new jeeps (listed as property of the foundation BTW)? I only heard more of the same BS as always ~ except the Sponge getting one last dig in on Casey by saying “I blame my daughter for Caylee’s death” ~ me thinks he doest protest too much! Poor guy ~ this is the most work he’s ever done ~ trying to convince the world of his DAUGHTER’S GUILT! What normal father does this? WHY does a ‘grieving grandmother’ give the wrong hairbrush to the FBI? There are so many more things to dissuade me from EVER believing that they even loved Caylee. You have to decide for yourself…..meanwhile, I DON’T BUY the ‘grieving grandparent’ routine. Hopefully this link will help you to reach a conclusion in regards to the sexual abuse Casey endured: http://lindafossen.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-i-believe-casey-anthony-was.html MiMi…thanks for that link!! Loved the blog post…so right on!! However, it didn’t work when I copied and pasted it…there is an extra html at the beginning…it should be Again thanks…your comments are ALWAYS so informative. I also believe Casey’s behavior exhibits signs of sexual abuse…years of abuse. I thought that prior to the allegations ever being made. Jill ~ thank you for the correct link. I feel if we as a group can post reliable links and factual information, it just might open the eyes of a few, if not many. I’ve noticed a few more that seem to be coming over to the ‘awakened’ side ~ lol. There seems to be a haze over the ‘haters’ ~ where they REFUSE to listen to the FACTS and have on blinders when it comes to Casey. I have never witnessed anything like it! They seem to be hell-bent on praising ASShton and ripping Casey, Jose’ and Mason to shreds. Some of them seem almost demonic and diabolical. (We need to pray for them ~ it’s never good to have hatred in your heart for ANYONE). Okay, so maybe I didn’t follow this case as close as I thought….George was in the Delivery Room?? I don’t trust Cindy or George and who knows what went on behind closed doors….sickness is everywhere!! I will watch the video of the Memorial just havent’ got the time at the moment…..work and my own daughter. She’s 22 trying to get through Med. Lab. School and helping her out all I can at the moment. Hope I can watch it this weekend. My daughter is one of the reasons I get so hooked on these cases…..I still get that sick feeling in my stomach if I feel something is wrong or she is in danger. Just happened to me this week. I am so sick of parents, grandparents, boyfriends, girlfriends etc. killing/abusing these innocent children. Just had a case where I live – a 27 year old raped a 7 year old……father just killed his 2 year old…..I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND!! We are supposed to take care and protect our children…..what’s going on?? Yep, George was in the delivery room. He also stated he went with her to office visits and viewed the sonograms. I don’t find the latter offensive, but the way he describes being in the delivery room, watching the actual birth….left me with a sick feeling. I think a perpetrator would probably want to be ‘right there’ just in case the victim started to tell doctor and/or anyone else about the abuse. To me, this is just another form of control the pepetrator uses to instill their silence. Cindy also testified she had never taken Casey to a gynecologist until about seven months along. No visits prior to that! You having a daughter, I’m sure you can agree that the age of 19 and seven months pregnant is just a ‘little’ odd! I couldn’t agree with you more about the way things are happening in this world…..too sad for words. I hope you have time to watch the MEmorial and keep me posted on how your feelings change for the ‘grieving grandparents’. Mimi: I do plan on watching it this weekend. I do agree this is one screwed up family…and Yes, if my daughter came up pregnant today…tomorrow I would be getting her an appointment with a dr. Her well being has always been top of the list. I do agree that George and Cindy have done some crazy weird things. I can tell you my father….who I love with all my heart…would have never come in the delivery room with me. I would have been grossed out and so would he….he would have sent everyone in that hospital in before he would have come in. I do believe George and Lee did molest Casey but wonder why she waited so long to spill the beans on George? Maybe lawyer advise…..sad thing is who do you believe in this case they all are liars. MiMiof3, you ask…WHY does a ‘grieving grandmother’ give the wrong hairbrush to the FBI? Cindy gave THAT brush to FBI b/c she hoped THEY would find proof of the “other woman” that Casey told her ‘Geo was seeing for the previous year and a half’…the one who sometimes watched Caylee; [the #10 w/ black curly hair, arm tattoos, straight teeth and worked for LE] Casey couldn’t locate her after June 14th, or her ‘look-alike’ / twin sister, Crystal Holloway Remember? Cindy was shown a pic of Crystal and she commented; Sorry lady, but you’re NOT A #10! Neither Casey or Cindy was shown a pic of Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z). 1. [Gonzale(z) was dropped after her divorce] 2. Cecelia was ‘undercover’ for the corrections facility, so Casey never saw her in a line-up. 3. Crystal (AKA River Cruz) and her sister; Cecelia (AKA Skye ?) and George AKA (Papa Jo) were the authors of the HeinousMurderStory who manipulated the truth from June 14th until Casey was incarcerated. Cindy suspected, but Casey couldn’t prove her story. Ironically, Padilla found info on C.Benaida-Gonzale(z) b-4 he was ‘dismissed’ by Cindy, Casey and Geo) SJ: Thanks so much for allowing me to vent last night. I know I got a ‘little’ carried away, but I feel we ‘owe’ Casey that much. 🙂 Feel free to delete anything I wrote if needed. I get so frustrated at times ~ just feel the need to speak up for Casey and little Caylee. Hi MiMi! No probs. Any time. You covered everything. I couldn’t have said it better myself. I know it can be frustrating at times when some people refuse to see sense and insist on beleiving the BS fed to them daily for 3+ years… but we plough on regardless. I also updated the link to Linda’s page in your earlier post. Make it a great day! FAA / SJ SJ: I thought you and the others would like to see the ‘lovely’ photo-op of George Anthony. Make it a great day! 🙂 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quinco-Electrical-Inc/150683628315771#!/photo.php?fbid=267938303256969&set=pu.150683628315771&type=1&theater MiMi…There is a picture of Georgie and $indy in that facebook album…it says that 10 employees and their wives made chili for the chili cookoff. Georgie doesn’t have a job at Quinco Electrical, does he? I mean…isn’t he allergic to work or something like that? I’m telling you, that man gives me the creeps! ugh!! Jill: ROFLMBO ~ I don’t know if George is employed there ~ however, he does have on a lanyard with an i.d. and has on a Quinco t-shirt. I think the man that owns Quinco is David Deese ~ the one who flew G&C to the Bahamas in his private jet for the week of swimming with the Dolphins…lol. Must be nice, $500K in the fraudation account, two new jeeps, a good job AND a healthy looking wife who is drawing disability! I was told last night that Lee is also working there but I haven’t verified that as of yet…..lol He gives me the heebie jeebies too….that grin on his face is, well, priceless…lmbo! If he IS employed there, it’s just a matter of time before he injures himself and files a worker’s comp case! lol Who said crime doesn’t pay?? FOOL! 🙂 MiMi…is this picture of Lee…looks like him to me, but I’m not sure. If so, he too was at the chili cookoff. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=267938303256969&set=pu.150683628315771&type=1&theater#!/photo.php?fbid=257045101012956&set=pu.150683628315771&type=1&theater WHY is Cindy on disability? She could work!! Yeah, the two of them are real winners…I sure hope Casey stays far far away from them. There are plenty of others who would take her in as their own…she certainly doesn’t need them. I hope she is getting better and healing her life since she is not in contact with them and not under their control. Yeppers, that’s Lee! I really don’t know what to think about him….kinda, sorta under the impression that he may have a possibility of having a relationship with Casey. I actually felt kinda sorry for him during the trial. But, yes, I hope & pray Casey is getting stronger and better daily and I think she’s much better off if she rules out G&C from her life. Jill: Cindy stated during the trial that she’s been on disability every since this tragedy began. I too think she looks healthy enough to work. JMHO MiMi…agree with you about Lee. He too has probably suffered as a child of G and C. I think his behavior is bizarre in that while he was being questioned by police he giggled and laughed quite a bit. I have experience with that and used to do it too…smile when I really wanted to cry. It’s just a way to hide your feelings, hide yourself. I believe both Casey and Lee have had to deny who they really are to make their parents happy and to feel accepted by them. Such a shame. Jill ~ I so enjoy reading your comments~! Just now finished reading Dr Ablow’s book. Have you read it yet? I found it very informative and learned a lot from it. You hit the nail on the head re: Lee & Casey suffering at the hands of George & Cindy. Would love to hear what you thought about the book….I loved it, although I didn’t want to read his last opinion! I can only pray to God he’s wrong. This entire tragedy is just so sad, makes me feel like crying again…..I did that a lot from the very beginning. MiMi…I love reading your comments as well. I think we are pretty much on the same wavelength as far as how we feel about this case and who is responsible…and it’s not Casey. I’ve lived with a controlling man…who once I was out of the marriage I came to believe was a sociopath. He was very controlling but in a very insidious way. To everyone else he was a “great guy.” But he was VERY manipulative and was a user of people. He could use people without them ever knowing they were used. He really cared for no one but himself…even his kids were “props” to make him look better and to give him joy. He was never abusive in the physical way, but he sure knew how to play mind games. I literally thought I was going crazy! I also was sexually abused in my teen years…which I feel is why I settled for the guy I married. I had no self esteem. So…I say all this to say that I have some experience with these types of people. I believe the “haters” who are out there calling Casey names and ripping her apart have no clue…they just want something to hate. It breaks my heart that Casey reached out to people saying she thought she was going crazy and wanted help but no one did anything to help. As a mom, when your kids says that…you get them help!!! That feeling is so, so scarey…I know!!! When you live with controlling, manipulative people, they have a way to make you feel like your crazy, not them. You second guess everything. I believe Casey really needed help, but if she went to get that help, the dysfunction in the home would have been exposed and Cindy could have none of that! It really just breaks my heart! I did read Keith Ablow’s book and it made SO much sense! Like you, I don’t agree with all the theories…but he states what I believed all along. I totally believe she was sexually abused since 8 years of age and I think perhaps Lee was too. Casey didn’t just start lying about the nanny and her job after Caylee “went missing”…she had told these lies for years! WHY??? Why didn’t police dig into that deeper. They only went to the surface, but I believe the answers lie below the surface. I would love to discuss the book in depth. I too REALLY hope Casey proves his last chapter wrong. She has to be strong to already have gone through what she’s gone through…I think with treatment and unconditional love from people who really know how to love she can be alright and thrive. My hope is that one day she will be able to help other girls and women who struggle because they have been abused. If you would like to discuss the book in depth ask SJ to give you my email address. SJ…you have my permission to give it to Mimi. Jill ~ WOW! You and I must be sisters from a different mother ~ lol. Everything you wrote, I have gond thru the exact same things, except no sexual abuse. Mine was psycological, verbal and physical abuse. I too was married to the ‘great guy’ who to this day still has almost everyone in town convinced he’s Mr. Wonderful ~ roflmbo! I would love to discuss the book and so much more with you and yes, SJ, will you be so kind as to give us one-another’s email? I also believe/KNOW that Casey is strong ~ she has to be, to have dealt with and coped with everything in her life, not to mention three long years in a cage. I cannot even begin to imagine the tortured feelings she must have endured. Every night when I showered, I would think about Casey not having the privacy to even do that! I pray for her daily, that God gives her strength, courage, stamina, endurance and FAITH to see this through to fruition. I want Casey to KNOW we are here for her and that we truly care for her~:) I look forward to her book and hopefully Justice for Caylee (oh, bite me SINdy)! Sam, I totally agree ~ this case needs to be re-opened. Perhaps we should ALL bombard Pam Bondi’s office with emails. It probably wouldn’t hurt to send email to Linda Drane-Burdick, John Allen and Appie Wells. (I personally would NOT appeal to Yuri Melich)! I just KNOW someone down there in Florida agrees with us and maybe they just need a little push in that direction. I just don’t understand how they can say “this case is closed and we’ve moved on” ~! Is noone EVER going to be held accountable for this child’s death ~ let alone her disposal like garbage? I need your input on a question. Casey distinctly said: “I haven’t seen my daughter in 31 days”~ (we all know that statement). There are 30 days in June. 16JUN thru 30JUN08 = 14 days. (George says he last saw Casey & Caylee) 15JUL08 = 15 days ~ (Date Cindy located Casey) TOTAL#DAYS = 29 days ~ (Not 31 days as ORIGINALLY stated) QUESTION; Do you think this would show that Casey wasn’t even with Caylee AT ALL? Do you think George could have been ‘caring’ for Caylee all along? 15JUN08 George’s START DATE at new job (I don’t think GA had been working for many months) On one of the first news videos, GA states that Casey had moved out as of 09JUN08. (I will locate and post the link) Is it possible they, G&C had kicked out Casey and kept Caylee as of 09JUN08 and ‘fed’ Casey the story that Caylee had been kidnapped and Casey had no idea what had happened at all? I have always said there’s something ‘just not right here’! CORRECTION: 15JUL08 ~ GA’s START DATE at new job. Link to interview w/George Anthony stating Casey had moved out of their home as of 09JUN008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao8Z2L8KN-I&feature=related CORRECTION: (again, sorry) 🙂 GA’s date of employment application: 17Jun08 GA’s date of availability for emplyment: 01Jul08 what say you re. the original “missing” date of June 9th? posted on the original fliers? what say you re. the “anonymous” phone call made to investigators, in which, the caller states emphatically that she saw both Casey and Caylee at the Anthony’s home on June 12th ( can be found at youtube: Cindy Anthony’s anonymous call)? Yes, it is entitled that because many believe it is Cindy A. herself… and what is your opinion of the jailhouse visit between Lee and Casey, during which, Lee basically tells Casey that the 9th could not be correct…she follows that lead and say something like, oh yes, now that i have had time to remember…” I am beginning to think the 30 (or 31) days were originally given to Casey to get a job, get a place, and then come back for Caylee; the A’s would provide 24/7 care for Caylee until that time… Of course Casey would not report her daughter missing then; she either wasn’t “missing” yet, or Casey was led to believe all was well, via calls/other. It just seems soooooo odd that the dates have changed during the course of the original missing child posters, initial jailhouse visits, and subsequent… I wonder if Caylee was fine/not missing actually much later than June 16th, and this is why Casey appears “fine” in the Blockbuster surveillance and other photos taken during mid-late June: there was no “missing” Caylee at that time??? Casey is behaving like any young person, out enjoying herself, renting movies, dancing, being with peers. Could it be that Casey had nothing to be concerned about because all was well???? Also, what say you about the jailhouse visit between the A’s and Casey (see youtube) jailhouse visit part 1 of 4? (have you seen this?) I would be very interested in your take on that conversation ( in particular). The dates, neither June 9th nor June 16th seem logical; did something happen later much closer to the July 2 Myspace posting? Hope to hear your thoughts… Thinker: I’m going to work on every one of your questions tonight, and will try to respond by tomorrow evening. I think you and I are on the same page ~ thinking that Casey was given that 30-31 days to find employment, leaving Caylee with the ‘unemployed’ grandfather? and Sindy. Why report your child missing if you’re under the impression she’s fine? As to the mix-up on the dates: IMO, it was Cindy’s ‘idea’ to establish the date(s) with Casey – getting their (G&C’s) stories straight! (Keep in mind Casey didn’t know about Caylee being ‘missing’ until July 15!) Ooops, Cindy had forgotten about the Father’s Day visit on June 15! I think she would have stuck w/this date (June 9), if LE hadn’t discovered the video of their visit to the nursing home. (I currently believe Cindy probably KNEW of Caylee’s death all the time – from the beginning.) Somewhere around the July 15th, G&C somehow convinced Casey that Caylee had been kidnapped, telling her to do everything they told her and Caylee would be safely returned. After all, dad is a retired ‘LE Officer’ and he knows ‘a lot about a lot of things’! The anonymous phone call: Yes, I do believe that was/is Cindy. Casey was NOT at home on June 12th – the desktop computer in the Anthony’s home had been logged on, to one of Caseys sites. I think the call was made simply to establish Casey as being on the computer. G&C KNEW that LE would obtain PC records, hence, they needed a ‘record’ to prove Casey WAS as home on June 12. Phone visit between Lee and Casey: Lee was told by Cindy to ‘confirm’ their dates. We have to remember, they were scrambling to do so, and Lee being the ever vigilant PI, he was going to do whatever Cindy & the grieving grandfather told him. I agree with you reference the 30-31 day period where videos show Casey being a 22 year old, having a good time, without a care in the world (before she was told of the alleged kidnapping!) Seems as though all of ‘haters’ have forgotten what it was like to be 22! I do believe they had ‘kicked out’ Casey on June 9th – giving her a month to find employment, place to live, etc..with the belief she could pick up Caylee at that time. George was NOT employed during this time and Cindy ‘volunteered’ him as the nanny/caregiver for Caylee, while Casey established herself. After all, the ‘nurse of decomposition’ had always been the bread-winner of the family…someone had to support George! I am now beginning to think Caylee didn’t go ‘missing’ until the first week of July 2008. Cindy stated in one of her interviews with LE that she had taken an unscheduled week off because she was unable to carry-over(?) vacation hours, so she decided to take the week of July 4th. This is when all of the spur-of-moment, extensive backyard work took place. IMO, not a coincidence, but an attempt to cover/remove any and all traces of decomposition. The Anthonys jailhouse visit #1: If you saw Cindy’s ‘performance’ during the trial, you’ll understand when I say I don’t believe for one minute she was truly crying in this video. When George was speaking, he was practically gasping for air from talking over Casey – IMO, making SURE Casey didn’t have a chance to say anything that might implicate him! Note how Casey says “no one will give me a chance to speak”! During this visit, bear in mind, Casey’s attorney (Jose) was out of town and had no knowledge of this meeting. Also, Casey had NOT been read her Miranda Rights. I think this was part of George’s, Cindy’s and LE’s plan to get Casey to implicate herself. C&G were scared to death that Casey was so angry, that she might deviate from ‘the script’ they had given her! I am in agreement with SJ, of his theory given in The “Immaculate Deception”, about the way Caylee died. I have always believed George is the biological father of Caylee and he couldn’t risk Casey EVER revealing his dirty little secret. This was the reason he wanted Casey GONE ~ even to the extent of the DEATH PENALTY! I reserve the right to change my opinion at any given time. Yes, yes, and more yes, Mimi… That jailhouse visit (pt.1) is int-er-esting, to say the least.Yes, talking over her, out of breath, handing the phone back and forth, anything to keep Casey quiet… Also, at 1 time, a version of a visit (which I can no longer find) shows Casey picking up her phone and immediately saying, “don’t worry, I didn’t say anything…” Yes, fake crying, fake many things… Yes, July 2nd (approx.) is a major date… Do you know anything about the alleged late-night plumbing emergency (which reqd. a plumber)? Saw a cancelled check somewhere ( blog), but have lost site in all my notes/research… Do you know anything about the alleged purchase of a new washer, dryer, and freezer by the Anthonys? (much written about this in other blogs) Also, what say you about Casey’s very first jail visitor: Patrick Beaugois? I find this very odd. Wouldn’t Casey have had to agree to see any/all visitors? I know in my state, the prisoner must consent to any/all visitors (one does not just “show up” and see a prisoner)…who is this person? ( he staes he is an old classmate, but Casey does not recognize him initially and only later knows him by the associates he mentions). Odd! Yes, something happened on/about July 2nd: landscaping, plumbing issue, Myspace, Lee sent to get Casey… And thanks for your reply; you seem to have done a great deal of research into all the information available, alleged actions/other, and formulated reasonable thoughts re. to this perplexing and disturbing tragedy. SS in TX says: Regarding the jailhouse video where Casey says to her mom, “don’t worry, I didn’t say anything…” I came across it when I watched the video “Where was George Anthony on July 15 2008” on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EewSc9fEKQ -at 1:39 Cindy says “We forgive anything that you’ve said….or done” – then there’s an audio feedback problem & Casey asks someone to turn down the volume & at 1:53 Casey responds to Cindy by saying “I haven’t said anything, don’t worry…” It’s not the entire video – just a sound-bite, but could Casey have perhaps been referring to the incest? Why she took so long to tell about the incest? I survived that sort of abuse myself & it wrecks your entire inner person. It is a HUGE gamble to tell someone & have it go badly – I was terrified that if I told & no one did anything (such as put him jail or protect me from him), then by telling, I might have gone & made the situation 10x worse. When a crime is committed against you – over & over & over – and the perpetrator never faces the authorities – it is HORRIBLE thing to have to endure. I endured this criminal injustice throughout my entire childhood. There is no one to come to your defense. During the trial, I’d see Casey sitting there flanked by her defenders (defense team) & think, “I’m so glad that Casey is no longer defenseless”. I think that as long as she thought there was a possibility that she’d be let out of jail &/or the case would be dropped or some other magical scenario, she HAD to “make nice” with the family – and it DOES feel like you HAVE to – it’s illogical – but when you’re still enmeshed with the abusers – it seems like the only logical thing to do. Don’t rock the boat until & unless you ABSOLUTELY have to – because once you do, you may be ostracized forever. But, sometimes that’s not such a bad price to pay… im starting to think that is why the 9th of june(kc kicked out?) trumped fathers day in their memories. The neighbor thought it was strange casey asked for shovel(if he was correct on date) bc he thought she had moved out. Well he had just got back from vaca the night of june 16th, if that was the move out day, it was only 1 or 2 days she hadnt lived there and since they were not friends with the A’s why would he come to that conclusion after only a day or 2? The 9th makes more sense bc she did stay with rico into the 10th starting sunday the 8thjune? so she stayed the 8th and 9th then left the 10th right? how is it even known caylee was home when casey(if she did) returned? i know this could be a stretch, but i say this bc the night of june 15th is a mystery. Most are under the assumption that casey was last with the baby just because GA said, but there really was never proof he was saying the truth. No one seeing casey with the baby out somewhere, that tech guy obviously wasnt worthy to the state to use him as proof the defense time is a lie. And i just dont by the speculation that casey left, waited for GA to leave and came back. Makes no senses bc she didnt even work and could make up any hrs. Also she never had plans with TL, he said that. I may be wrong, but these are just my thoughts… On June 16th, Cindy goes to work at 7:30 a.m. At 7:45 a.m. there is a call from the Anthony home phone to Casey’s cell phone. Why would anyone need to call her if she was there until 12:50 p.m. according to George? Something to think about. My thought exactly ! I have wondered about that call, of what it was for. I know it simply could have been Casey calling her cell to check Voicemail since she was on it all night looking at the records, but phones are usable when charging anyway so why call herself? and if it was from the house and cindy left 15min(if time is correct) then that leaves GA. So either she wasnt home, or they didnt know if she was and called her cell. Also thought what if it was her looking for it, but she just looking at the records always was on it so i dont think she forgot it anywhere, but again idk could be wrong. That morning when it concerns casey its very vague imo. Cindy says she heard her breathing through the door or wall and that’s why she knew, bs. Why couldn’t she just say she didnt remember it would be believable and maybe even the truth? Ga only gave general accounts of a typical morning nothing specific except the clothes. Again if he could remember that, what was casey doing before she “left”? or what was she wearing on the day of the gas cans since it was closer in time. I just want to say that I have a teenage daughter who practically lives in her room, in the lower part of our split level house, and I call her cell phone from my kitchen many times a day to ask her something, so I find the phone call nothing out of the ordinary. However, I do believe the parents are covering up something really terrible, and am so glad that Casey was found NOT guilty. There is definitely more to this story than we will ever know…..Porno, incest, who knows, but I truly believe George could have been selling photo’s or videos of child pornography and was making some kind of living by it. That creepy video of the baby eating breakfast made my skin crawl. I find this interview of George w/LE downright chilling. Listen carefully to everything this creep says. At approx 3:08 he starts to say “i played with…..then makes a sickening sound….and quickly changes what he was about to say. GA also states that Cindy watched Caylee 90% of the time….how could she, she was working from 7:30AM til around 6PM ~ Mon thru Fri. He slips up when he says they usually had Caylee with them, that his work schedule was always 3-11PM. IMO, this simply shows that GA was always ‘watching’ Caylee. He tries his darndest to convince LE that he wasn’t able to watch Caylee because of HIS work schedule??? He also states he was off every Friday and Saturday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y6dAQ9KXCU Another little tidbit i came across. GA was only working from 102707 thru 020108. (written, I assume by one of the LE officers.) He marked as unemployed at that time. Hmmmmm, wonder why LE didn’t tell us about THAT little tidbit and oh, maybe just investigate as to George being at home with Caylee on a daily basis, until he started his new job on 01JUL08? in GA’s first LE interview he states he was working that period of time – LIE # 3,338! In other words, he was home, more than likely babysitting for Caylee! Why again, was this ‘man’ not ever investigated? I think George working during the time in question is a big lie. I don’t know where he was going “from 3 – 11” but it wasn’t work. He filled out an application on June 17, 2008 (the day after the day in question!) at Andrews International and on the app where it aks if presently employed he replied “no”. Plus where was he coming from on July 15th when you can hear Cindy yelling to him that Caylee is missing (on the 911 call)? It was between 9 – 10 pm, and if he worked until 11 pm why was he coming home earlier? At first, I didn’t believe a word of this, but now when I go back and think about it, it really does all add up and explain pretty much everything that comes up in that trial. I always thought something was off with George Anthony, and this really seems to explain it. Maddie: Yep, In the beginning, I admit, I was becoming brainwashed by the media! Until something clicked and I sat back and just watched and listened to Nancy Grace, Vinnie Politan and JVM. It was at that time I became suspicious of everything they were saying…..then I took to the internet and read everything I could. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, was what they were stating each night. As I said in one of my previous posts, about seven months before trial began, It was as if I was being told to pray for Casey! THIS, was NOT something I wanted to do, but I did! The flood gates were opened for me. I began to pray the jury would not base their findings on ‘false, make-believe evidence’ – and thank God, they did just that! I’ll have to admit, when they reached their verdict, I had to sit down, I said a little prayer, then looked at my son and said “I think this is bad – it’s too soon for a good verdict”! I was one happy camper when I watched the results!! If I had been one of the investigators in this so-called case, I would hang my head in shame — hear that Yuri Melich? Oh yes, good ole boy Yuri, you should be fired! I also would like to publically say ‘thank you’ to each one of the jury – wonderful job! IMO, Casey Anthony has had the screws put to her (literally) and someone needs to pay for what she has endured and of which she continues to suffer. I hope she sues the state of Florida and wins BIG! George & Cindy should be the next in line for a humongous suit – every dime they have ‘made’ from the death of little Caylee — she was their granddaughter, CASEY was and will always be her MOTHER! These dimwits have stolen from both Caylee and Casey. They have NO SHAME! Casey – I sincerely hope you are able to stay strong and live a good healthy & happy life….you so deserve it! Thought you guys would get a kick out of this link (Yuri)! http://beaconhell.com/blog/2011/06/01/2526/ The initial reported missing date, which was posted on the original missing person fliers was June 9th. Many of the original video footage shows photographic evidence of that date used. During one of the jailhouse visits between Lee and Casey, Lee expresses “the issues” w/ this date, and Casey agrees that she has now recalled this June 9th date is incorrect. Then there is the “anonymous” call made to investigators, which offers the callers statement that Casey and Caylee were seen together on June 12th at the Anthony’s home…many bloggers have commented how very much the “anonymous” caller sounds like Cindy Anthony. You can check it out for yourself at youtube. Just type in Cindy’s anonymous call… I have long wondered why all this confusion by all in the inner circle, re. to dates… And I have read the postings by Kimberly Bellman ( at this site), in which she offers that she was w/ both Casey and Caylee during a timframe much later than any dates offered as THE date Caylee was missing, June 9th, June 16th… And I have also wondered if Caylee wasn’t really “missing” much later than the June 16th date offered by George. This aligns w/ K. Bellman’s post… Also, can anyone offer some evidence of a washer, dryer, and freezer purchase made by GEo./Cindy in June/July? I have read blogs re. to the purchases… can anyone offer some evidence of these purchases? And any speculation re. the July 2nd late-night plumbing emergency at the Anthony’s home? Coincidental? WOW! Looks as though I now have my homework cut out for me tonight, lol. I do recall the sale of the washer. dryer & also the freezer. If memory serves me, Leonard Padilla was on NG show talking about just that! Guess this means I have to go into ‘the pits’, view NG videos (ughhhh), but I will locate it. I recall in one of Cindy’s jailhouse letters to Casey telling her of the plumbing problem. I’ll see if I can find it and paste it when I do. Who is Kimberly Bellman? If you’re reading this, please fill us in on the dates you mentioned in your post. We need your help – please. Have a great day everyone. Thinker: I also recall, very well, the video where Casey states “don’t worry, I haven’t said anything”. I think I have this ‘somewhere’ in my many files….just give me some time and I will find it. lol Have a beautiful day. 😆 Hi MiMi: I will search this site for the Kimberly Bellman posts, and will copy/paste for you; give me a lil time… Yes, Cindy made mention of the July2, 2008 plumbing emergency in one of her letters to Casey, long after the fact… One of the sites offered a cancelled check signed by Cindy and dated July 2 ( I believe it was the 2nd), 2008. Phone records also showed 2 callls made to that particular plumber: back to back. Apparently, the first call went unanswered because it was after “normal” working hrs. ,and was probably forwarded to after hrs. assistance/gave Cindy a 2nd number to call. Yes, i found it odd that Cindy would mention the plumbing issues to Casey while sooooo many issues would seem to have been more pressing…After all, one’s daughter is in jail, and your granddaughter is gone, and your daughter is facing the possibility of an awful fate… If memory serves, that particular letter went into quite the detail, and in it, the water leak/other, accdg. to Cindy, was related to Caylee’s room… hmmm? could a water line have been broken while doing the landscape project? hhmmm???? Hi MiMI: I have pasted the Kim Bellman post… Hopefully the author (or someone who knows her) will see it again, and anyone who can offer more/exact dates/other will reply. As originally posted: I believe the photo referred to in the above Kim Bellman post is: photo number 19, as posted at this site, under Casey and Caylee photos… Sorry it’s taken me so long to find the video you requested. While this isn’t the original one you were speaking of, it does include the section where Casey states “don’t worry, I didn’t tell them anything”! Also, just prior to that, Cindy states “we forgive you for anything you’ve said”! I’ve always found this suspicious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=1EewSc9fEKQ Food for thought. I found this on another blog site and decided it may be of interest to all. Are these really good reasons to file murder charges against someone AND request the DEATH PENALTY? No Cause of Death No Witnesses No Video Tape No Confession No Motive No History of violence or child abuse No Fingerprints No Fiber match No Soil match No DNA (Except that of a Stranger) No Drug evidence An “Air Test?” The testimony of a Police dog? A dead snake? Irrelevant photos taken BEFORE Caylee was missing? A body mysteriously “discovered” by Mr. Duct Tape in an area that had been thoroughly searched? An unaccounted for Father? A jealous boyfriend who was dumped by Casey? Judgment of a Frightened and Traumatized Young Mother’s actions? Mis-interpretation of a frantic 911 call? Jail house snitches looking to cut a deal? The testimony of a witness implicating someone other than Casey. The opinions of a media crazed, red neck bounty hunter? A drunk wandering through the woods looking for whiskey bottles? Untrained women galloping through the woods trampling on evidence? Reams of Junk Science? Reasonable doubt? What blog did you get this from? There are so many Casey-bashing websites, it’s hard to find sites that want to actually look at the WHOLE picture !! Thank you so much for this detailed and intelligent theory of what could have actually happened! The febreeze and chloroform is brilliant! I never even thought about it that way! The people that believe that she hurt Caylee have only listened to what they hear on the news. Which is ALWAYS sensationalized. I find it absolutely amazing that the jury was shielded from the media and managed to come up with the not guilty verdict. I hope Casey reads these comments and knows that there are people who still care about her and want to see her succeed, even complete strangers! I wish that I could just talk to her about regular stuff girls our age talk about! Like music and movies and books because let’s face it, she could use some time spent doing normal girly things! I hope that this website becomes more popular as the search for the truth about Caylee’s story continues. Thank you for making it because I really felt like I was the only one that felt that that’s exactly the way things went down that day. George really needs to come clean and do at least one loving thing for his daughter in this lifetime. I am not a religious person by any means but I think Caylee made sure her loving mother was set free for a reason. She didn’t do it! Audra says: BRAVO!!! Well said SJ. I have to admit, I flip flopped a few times over the last 3 or so years. At first I thought she did it, then I said NO WAY! But then after hearing of all this “so called evidence” I thought back to yep she did it. Now after reading this I am convinced you are correct and Casey is innocent. This site needs more exposure. Please try to do that. Casey- you are an amazing person- most if not all people would have killed themselves by now- good for you for being so strong! I believe the truth will come out, but even if it never does just know that there ARE people that feel you’re innocent and you are!!! By the way so many things now make sense for example how Casey kept saying during the jail phone visits that she is the victim because she IS, and how quiet George was at every visit and how he has let the family down in so many ways in his suicide letter- because HE HAS! I have visited the remains site and there is an over-pouring amount of tears, and love and sense of peace because everyone is focusing on Caylee and that’s the way it should be. I have always believed that Casey is innocent. I find your theory to be very plausible. I have to admit I never watched the court hearings.. I only read brief stories in various articles. I instantly believed Casey killed her daughter. Just by how the media portrayed it. Now looking at the court hearings and the way her dad testified, I believe that this whole thing was an accident gone out of control. I have been a victim of abuse and George Anthony gave off that feeling.. the creepy feeling of a man with mental problems. I think more people should take their time and actually look at the hearing and testimony instead of jumping on the “burn the witch” bandwagon. Thanks for your theory.. it does make more sense. The media really distorted this case, especially Nancy DisGrace. After hearing all of the evidence and everything else in this case, and keeping an open mind while listening to the media state their outrageous opinions, I formed my own conclusion that there was way more to this case than people realize. Most people will be too stubborn to take other opinions into consideration, but this story makes perfect sense to me, outside of the molesting Caylee part. I think that George did have something to do with it, but I’m not sure if it was due to his molestation of Caylee. Does anyone Remember The Diary of Days? There are similar cryptic messages within it… MiMiof 3 was on the right track… Jan 14 MiMiof3 posted: While this isn’t the original one you were speaking of, it does include the section where Casey states “don’t worry, I didn’t tell them anything”! Also, just prior to that, Cindy states “we forgive you for anything you’ve said”! I’ve always found this suspicious. The ‘anything’ Casey was talking about might have been the video, might have been about ‘nanny’s place’ in the trunk…about Cecelia and Crystal…but between themselves and within the family, there WAS an understanding. And the ‘anything’ Cindy spoke, was regarding the DATE and location (where Casey KNEW Caylee was [on June 14th: at ‘nanny’s place=in the hatchback/trunk of the Pontiac] BUT ALSO That she ‘lost sight of her daughter’ before Father’s Day… NOT AFTER. Edd Mexican says: Sorry about my english: When i read this story, i thought it was Casey who killed her daughter, but after reading, and watching the court’s videos, specifictially the George video, i would agree with the theory that it was George. He seems very nervous and scared. Thanks for this website, and again sorry about my english i hope you understand. HI. I am curious about the jailhouse tape when Cindy tells Casey that the new rumer is that Caylee died in the pool ,.. and Casey says SURPRISE SURPRISE., like its just another theory? I dont think s cindy would have mentioned the pool drowning if she knew thats what really happened. CASEY also tells her parents they are the best grandparents.. If Casey was molested why would she let Caylee with George..? HI, I am verrry confused. You said you do not think caylee was murdered but you said George threw her in the pool after he ‘ so called ‘ molested her to cover it up.. that makes it murder, RIGHT??? carol gast says: excuse me, but what you just described is MURDER! pushing a childs face into a pillow to quiet her during a rape is not an ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!!!! Audra Blinn says: @ Colleen- maybe Cindy doesn’t know what’s going on- but it’s pretty clear George does in all these jail videos- he’s very nervous and uncomfortable and doesn’t let Casey speak sometimes and even hand the phone off to Cindy when he isn’t getting his way and even walk out of few times like he’s bored out of his mind with Cindy asking Casey tons of questions to get more info about where Caylee may be. You’d think he’d be more interested in the tips Casey may give on where to find his grand-daughter. But no- he already knows where his grand-daughter is. Also, statistics say abused children as adults will let their abuser around their child, especially an immediate family member. I don’t know why I’m not a shrink. Also, I have been told that denial can make anyone believe anything. maybe Casey was in denial that her father abused her because she loved her father, naturally. Awhile before this circus George and Cindy separated and George left the home and Casey was adamant about him not coming back. She didn’t want him back the home…wonder why?! Also, I haven’t seen many pictures or heard of many instances when George was with Caylee alone. It SEEMS as if someone was always there, Cindy, Lee or Casey. @Carol- Pushing a pillow into a child’s face and killing the child in the heat of the moment is not capitol murder. The difference lies with the perpetrator’s intent. If he intended to silence her or intended to kill her right then and there. I believe if he was truly out to cold blooded kill Caylee he would have waited until a more appropriate time, perhaps a time when no one was around. My gut feeling is that Cindy didn’t know what was going on, at least at the time of the jailhouse visits. Look at George’s body language when he hears the words “drowned in the pool” – he’s waiting nervously to hear what Casey will say. He relaxes after he hears “Surprise, surprise”. I think Casey said “Surprise, surprise” because it’s an ambiguous response. Cindy would take it to mean “Yeah, another one of the media’s bullshit theories” while George would read it as Casey saying “Big surprise, Dad, people are already on to your scheme”. Cindy (like Casey) was clueless about Caylee’s whereabouts until after Aug 9th also. Geo kept Cindy an Casey at odds, to keep Caylee’s condition secret until either Casey or Cindy called 911. He already knew Caylee was decomposing; he hid the body b/c where she died (and the manner) would never look accidental. I completly concur with your theory. In those pictures of George and Cindy before and after the verdict, in the one before it’s like Cindy (with her finger on her chin) is saying well George we got away with this one. and in the second, George looks at Cindy and says aww shit we were wrong. And the only thing I would add to the blog is about the tatoo, when you get a chance look at it and you will notice that there are three starbursts around it and two have dots inside of them, I think it was done like that in honor of Caylee by being two. Also if you recall in one of the jailhouse tapes Casey tells Cindy that she is just trying to protect the family. Geo’s deposition on April 9, 2009 (#1 of 14) @ 8:39 confirms Casey had Caylee whenever the babysitters didn’t. There were 3 people who babysat Caylee; himself, Cindy and the nanny (that he had know of since mid-summer the year Casey worked at “the Universal Complex”) IMO he knew the ‘nanny he described’ as the one with straight teeth and was a #10…Cindy believed there was a hair in the brush she gave LE on July 23/24 that would support the theory that Casey had been leaving Caylee with George’s mistress/girlfriend for more than a year…. I say it was because there was a ‘look-alike or twin’ sister that worked undercover in the corrections facility, Casey and Cindy were unable to locate info about Cecelia Benaida (or Crystal Holloway) although Cindy knew Crystal’s pic was not the nanny…b/c she was NOT the #10 Geo had described. During the depo as he became uncomfortable answering questions, his agitation showed wanted to end questions along those lines. He is the shrewd manipulator of facts. Hello. I’m finding your theory interesting. So you think the person who murdered Caylee was GA’s girlfriend and that it occurred before the 16th? But you also say that George didn’t mean for this to happen? I’m confused about the Crystal statement and the lookalike person you are talking about. Do you think Crystal was the girlfriend or it was someone who looked like her? And do you think the girlfriend murdered Caylee? Is that what you are saying? Sorry, I’m a little unclear in following your comments but I do agree that the date of 15/16 has always been a bit suspicious to me. In the beginning, the family said it was the 9nth. So what are saying was going on with Caylee, George and the girlfriend? What is your theory exactly? I understand how confusing my posts must seem, the concept is different than people expect from this case. But since you are interested enough to ask, I’ll do my best to explain. First, ‘leave the pieces (even the ones you believe) on the floor”. (sound familiar?) To move-on, you must start at the beginning. Start with the last day Caylee was witnessed alive with her mother which was Friday the 13th…well, technically Casey would agree, after midnight, so it was already June 14th (does that sound familiar?) anything that originated within the remaining A-family members… was to support the Heinous murder story(even from GGrammaShirley and her sister) AFTER that day, nothing WAS as it appeared to be because the child’s body was already decomposing. The story of heinous murder was to cover-up an accident that would never be explained as accidental. The reason Casey has never told her side of what happened in those days and nights was b/c she could find no tangible proof to support her claim. All proof that Caylee was in the trunk, or that harm had come to her, had disappeared and was replaced by the Father’s Day video. Casey looked everywhere to find Caylee, so did Cindy…but Cindy suspected there was another woman…and Casey knew her. No murder…that was for the purpose of the trial, to keep from disputing or defining the facts and dates. The way the trial went, it was never about defining the way Caylee died, merely a challenge between which form of heinous murder had actually taken place: trial only proved there was NO MURDER. Hi JA, Are you saying Cecilia Benhaida is Crystal? I thought it was her sister Sky? Also about the nanny being a #10 (Cindy was not referring to Crystal) she was referring to Zenaida. If you see Cindy’s depo on Zenaida with M&M…she tells Zenaida something about her not being a 10. Thanks Suzy, I never knew whose pic was shown to Cindy when she made that statement…I just figured it was Cecelia because they were supposed to be ‘look alikes or twins’ But Crystal isn’t the #10; neither is the ‘civil-suit Z-G’, but the under-cover sister has never been shown. Sorry…I don’t believe Holloway or civil-suit-Zenaida are the ‘lookers’ that would attract George. Holloway was a decoy for the real woman he was involved with. WOW, reading this just changed my media guided blame on Casey. The facts are just that. As a juror on a murder trial before – you really learn to look at evidence, circumstantial evidence in a different light. “Proof beyond a reasonable doubt” is the standard of evidence required to validate a criminal conviction. There is NO real proof. The jurors saw that. However, I feel Cindy didn’t know as much as you think she did. I think all her story changing was just her motherly instinct to try to side with her daughter and not completely break the bond – to protect her as much as possible since the damage was already done in all other aspects. I always felt the visitation tapes of George and Casey were a little out of sorts for a family of a missing child… something just never seemed right in those conversations. And all the pictures of her and Caylee, the smiles and fun – those are not of a mother viewing her child as a ‘problem’. She had a controlling mother and father who babysat, fed and clothed Caylee. She was not held back by her. Casey had enough covering for George, and bus rolled his ass. Thank you for this page, and making me see the truth and revealing the truth! Casey, stay strong girl….. Rest In Paradise Caylee….. Okay, now Im going back and fourth on this – one of Caseys friends posted here? So, she wasn’t missing on those days? She left with Casey and her boyfriend? Ahh! Hi Jennifer: In response to your above comment, I am reposting the K. Ballman post as it originally appeared at this site: The photos Ms. Ballman is referring to may be found at this site’s Caylee and Casey Pics page. It is the 19th photo (photos are not numbered, but count them, and at 19, you will see the above-mentioned photo). Yes, this post has piqued my curiousity for some time also! Who is this person? Is she really a friend of Casey’s? Was the photo she refers to really taken after June 16th, as she claims? If Kim really had a pic of Caylee on June 16th, it would show Caylee in a state of decomposition…at least two full days after her death occurred. Momof2 says: I think any questions any of us have about Casey’s strange behavior can be answered in a few words : Victim of Abuse. They do strange things – they lie (yes, she had a hard time keeping her facts straight and fabricated so many things….), they will take orders from their perpetrators without question, they are easily manipulated by those in power (in this case, her twisted father and her passive-agressive mother), they live on an emotional rollercoaster, can love deeply but at the same time be distant, will cover up their pain with drugs and alcohol, be very flighty, can basically be a puppet for their abuser. I have been mixed about the verdict. I have been 50/50 all along, but now I am leaning toward 75/25 in favor of Casey. I was wondering after reading the evaluation deposition, do you think that George used chloroform on Casey and that was why he had to shake her to wake her up? Let me know what you think. Hi Jodi! Hard to say really, but I wouldn’t rule anything out where GA is concernced. Hopefully the release of these docs will take us a step nearer and re-open some doors that had previously been closed. We can but hope. Thanks for posting! SJ Some have supposed that George used it on Caylee himself. Chloroform, duct tape, murder… these are all support for the Heinous-Murderer Story (that would unfold once Casey was incarcerated, July 16th) After the child died, but before the Father’s Day video…the HMStory emerged where there had been NO CLUES to Caylee’s whereabouts for at least one day. IMO Plenty of time for the child to have died and begun to decompose…out of the sight of anyone. It was Caylee’s appearance in the video that caused people and LE to believe Caylee was alive in mid-to-late June. b/c there was no evidence or proof to anything to the contrary. Even Casey’s account of what she “knew” on July 15th, appeared to be lies as the false evidence began to come to light within the 180 days Caylee was missing. I have a question. How did you know about this George theory? I read this page a few months ago about the “George theory”. How he molested Caylee and drowned her to cover it up. And just yesterday the news came out that Casey told that same story to her doctors. How did you know that? Are you Casey Anthony or someone very close to her? Hi Clara! No, I’m not Casey nor am I very close to Casey (in that sense). I’ve been studying the case & trial (and everyone* involved in it) from the very early stages. My theory (as detailed here in this page) is based on having watched the trial and studied all the relevant documents. I stated at the time of writing, last September, that if and when the truth finally comes out… maybe in video, audio or written format… then it’ll be really close to my therory. That still holds strong. The day that George Anthony is arrested for the murder of Caylee will hopefully come — at some stage. It’ll be very interesting to see how the mainstream media handle that story for sure. Until then we’ll continue to stand should to shoulder in our mission and keep on flying the flag for Casey. Thanks for posting! SJ Thanks for replying to me. Noone else has come up with this theory and you practically said word for word what Casey told her doctors, I just found that to be a bit odd. Anyhow, thanks for the response. I personally want to thank you for everything you have done and continue to do on this site! THANK YOU, for all the time, energy and tremendous effort – you truly have done a wonderful job. As others have stated, this site is like a breath of fresh air. Just maybe, we are beginning to see light at the end of this very dark tunnel. Why would Casey spend all that time in jail…..and not say “hey, here is the true story……it was an accident! my dad was involved and yes, we covered up the crime”. Why not say it was a totally accident and we panicked. It just doesn’t make sense to me. Why come up with a story with a nanny?? George being in law enforcement would know they would find out that was a lie. You see what I’m saying if your going to cover it up why do such a sloppy job. There’s only ONE common denominator for the answers to all of your questions! George! 😆 Think about it. I think Casey was brainwashed by George. He controlled her. She did stand up against him in court and accused him of molesting her. She was very brave to do that. I am glad she did not take the stand because Ashton would of destroyed her emotionally. She loved Caylee so much and tried to protect her from George the best she could. George and Lee were given paternity tests because they might be the father of Caylee. Both of them were accused of molesting her. She told the same story to doctors too when she was arrested. I think all along since July ’08, Casey knows that if her case goes “out of sight’ of the public, the system will hide HOW SHE WAS FRAMED, and that LE has ways of convicting people even without evidence of their guilt… In my opinion, authority and corruption are happy bedfellows. She spent that much time in jail b/c she finally realized that the HMStory would be DIS-proven by forensic science. Which it was! The jury and the trial verdict were justifiably correct! There WAS NO heinous-murder, nor was Casey a murderess!…There was only a child’s decomposing body in the trunk of Cindy’s Pontiac in “early-to-mid June” that NO ONE could admit to knowing about. The open trunk WAS ‘nanny’s place’…cryptic to the Anthonys as the place Caylee sometimes napped while not at home, the trunk with her blanket, books and toys…and her babydoll. (a safer choice than the ground; full of burrs, ants, and flying fist-size roaches) After June 14th, Casey’s whole life WAS taken away…you just need to shift the perspective slightly to see how this situation made Casey look heinous b/c of things she could no longer prove by the time the Father’s Day video came out. Casey’s first REAL clues after June 14th, came on Dec 11, when she witnessed the news report while waiting at the dispensary in jail…remember the set-up? …cuz there WAS no drowning accident…they just WANT the final word about Caylee’s death to appear to have been anaccident…and drowning would be the only scenario where Caylee’s death might even be considered ‘accidental’….I say she disappeared because there would have been no water in her lungs if she died in the trunk…even if she died accidentally while being 24-36 hours ‘out of Casey’s sight’ That is the only way Casey could have been so confused by July 15th as to Caylee’s whereabouts. The language of crazy. That’s why that’s how. Casey was raised to lie and coverup for that scum sorry as excuse for a father.. George has been a a piece of shit since the beginning of time.. Nobody wanted to air his dirty laundry all over the news. How anyone’s could believe a word that comes out of his mouth. Except at the memorial where he said he could smell little caylee sweat. I bet he can.. Who in the #$% world says that about his 2yr old granddaughter I could go on all night. I just hope casey knows that there are people out here who are with her in thought and prayer. I pray she goes on and lives the life God intended for her and I do hope Jeff Ashton has a huge plate of rotten decomposed crow to eat while he writes perfect justice the destruction of George anthony and the journey to death row. For the love of God she was fighting for her life. Casey said she talked to Caylee on the phone on July 15th, the day she was arrested. She said the call came from the nanny’s phone, and when Casey asked for Caylee to put “a big person” on the phone, or put an adult on the phone, it went dead and the call ended. She honestly believed she rec’d a call from Caylee. When Cindy was questioned about this, she claimed that she did have the phone records to prove a call DID come into Casey’s phone from nanny’s alleged number at the time Casey said, so Cindy claimed the records SUPPORTED Casey. Fast forward to trial. The state has the burden to prove the defendant is guilty of the crime she was accused of. The state also brings out all their big guns in court because it’s show time. If you want to convict someone, anything they say can and will be used against them in a court of law, right? So, why didn’t Ashton address the phone records? I mean, if they showed that Casey LIED, why wouldn’t the state use that against her? Why leave that out? They were nailing her ass to the wall and wanted to give her the DEATH PENALTY. Why would they NOT used those records to show she lied about getting a call? Because those records SUPPORTED Casey’s claim of getting that call. The state could NOT use it; it would make her look truthful, so they didn’t use it at all. UNBELIEVABLE. So, how would Cindy KNOW the call came in? Because the call was placed by either Cindy or George & they KNEW it was true. The voice on the other end of the line that spoke to Casey was really Caylee, just not a LIVE Caylee. The caller played a recording of Caylee’s voice to further convince Casey that Caylee was alive, but that she had been kidnapped so she would go along with the story. And she did go along with that because I believe that’s what she was told by her parents. I think they had Caylee when she died, not Casey. They fabricated a story to tell Casey, making her think they were trying to get her back…but G & C told Casey she couldn’t call police or Caylee would die. (Cindy blamed the media for “killing” Caylee by failing to make the story MORE public and not pushing Caylee’s picture 24/7. She did this to go along with the lie told to Casey, which was that the nanny stole her and maybe the more publicity it got, the better their chances of getting her back. Bullshit Cindy fed to Casey.) Also, if you will recall, Cindy’s alleged mother, Shirley P., stated that she TOO got a call from Caylee during this “missing” time period, but she found it very suspicous. She said she suspected it was a recording of Caylee’s voice because she got more than one call and the sound of each call was IDENTICAL. She found that odd that Caylee would say the same thing, make the same noise, so Shirley thought the call was also a recording. Isn’t that interesting and would SUPPORT Casey being SET UP. Casey, the media reports you are in contact with your mother. Dear, if this is true, I believe your life is in danger and you risk being viewed as crazier than I thought you were if you talk to that woman. She does not love you and whatever you hear from her is not genuine. She’s as much of a liar and con artist as George. Cindy and George are your enemies. They are not your friends. Also, I find a strange resemblance between your mother and a missing woman from the 80’s from Ohio. And I find an equally strange resemblance between your father and a fugitive from the law, wanted for money laundering, fraud, conversion, etc.. Casey, I do wonder if you know secrets and these two awful excuses for parents set you up to keep from exposing them for what they are. I never felt you were guilty of murdering or hurting your child, but the wicked shady vibes from G & C are not so guilt free. Perhaps you broke free from a house of horrors and lost your child while trying to gain your freedom, but your life is not over. It’s in danger from nutcases who are media puppets, but not over. Please don’t communicate with those enemies who smiled in your face while stabbing you in your back. This is what could end your life, I’m afraid. You hold some keys that unlock a lot and I believe you are always going to be at risk. I support a witness protection program for you after you testify against the killer and abuser of your child because if both parents don’t go down for it, one of them may double bag you and not think twice about it, in keeping with the family tradition of tossing away their troubles so easily. I wanted to add to my post that it’s my opinion about everything I posted: The missing ohio woman does resemble C and the fugitive does resemble G, so I wondered if this could be the family secret and Casey knew about it, got pissed, threatened to expose? Lee did tell “someone” at the memorial something to the effect of how he would never forget his promise, and Cindy rubbed his back, as if he’s talking about her. I hope he made a promise to Casey to help her expose the nut cases for what I truly believe they are. ITA with your theory. Could you please give me a link to the missing Ohio woman? Hi MiMi: Thanks for the link (posted earlier) re. to, shall we call them, interesting comments… My attention was particularly piqued by Geo’s jailhouse comment (at 2:31 in the vid) to Casey: don’t say too much more, we’ve got to get you outta here or everything could come out and hurt more of us (paraphrasing here)…what does this mean????? Also, has anyone heard from K. Ballman (Casey’s friend) who has posted at this site, several times, but not recently, re. to the photos posted at this site, which K. Ballman indicates were taken well after June 16th? If memory serves, I believe Ms. Ballman’s writings indicated that she spent time w/ both Casey and Caylee in July. She recalls it because Lee came looking for Casey, and they avoided him. From my sleuthing, Lee went looking for Casey on the day Cindy posted her Myspace, Caylee is missing…on/about July 2nd… I din’t follow the case much until the verdict was announced and I started noticing all the outrage. Now, I generally support a jury’s verdict unless there is clear evidence of tampering or extreme bias. But as I read up on the case I started thinking it was more likely that she really was guilty. Now I have discovered this site and have read a lot, but not all the material. Where has this analysis been in our so-called “news media”? I can absolutey see no reason now to doubt the jury’s verdict and I am fairly confident, beyond that, that Casey is innocent. Thank you for all the work you have done on this site. Does anyone out there have info on Casey’s very first jailhouse visitor? Per the video recording of same, the visitor says his name is Patrick Bourgeois… I have more questions than answers when I watch this bizarre visit. May be found at youtube under Casey’s first jailhouse visit. Casey seems uncertain who he is until he mentions another man’s name (from high school, he tells her). In my state/local area, when one is in jail, one is told who is seeking to see them, and it is normally prearranged, agreed to. And not some random, last minute visit, which this appears to be. Did he not have to sign-in, and then, only after Casey agreed to see him, would he be allowed to visit w/ her??? Who is this person? Why did he feel the need to see Casey during this time, when, according to his own words, he had not seen her since high school, and indicates he only knew her through a mutual friend: no real relationship between he and Casey. Their conversation did not indicate that he was a good friend, devastated by her incarceration, coming to lend a hand, because they had that type of relationship. He seemed like a practical stranger to Casey. Anyone know who this Patrick person is or why he would be there? I have a lot of info on Patrick. I call him the Musical Chairs named guy. He goes by 3 different names & has since Jr high (1 is birth name, 1 is step-adopted name, 1 is made up name) I’ll have to look through my files for the complete info. YancyFaith and I were talking about the Jacksonville connections back in early 2011 and his name came up. I did some “investigating” and found that he has known casey since childhood. His friend that he mentions “Mike” is a college ball player now. They BOTH knew Jesus Ortiz. Patrick, Mike, & Casey have the Athlete connection. They were ball players and she ran track. IMO he really was there to offer Casey support and to let her know that her REAL friends were there for her. I’ll try to find the info and post it. Hi HollysGMom: Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question re. Patrick. Do you have any insight re. to the person, who occasionally posts here, under the name K. Bellman… She has given indication that she saw both Casey and Caylee on/about July 2, 2008, writing it was the “day that Lee came looking for Casey” and they ditched him. She also writes to look at the photos of Casey and Caylee posted at this site: “Casey/Caylee Pics”. Home page, photo 19, indicating this photo is after June 16th… Again thank you, Thinker Sandra A. says: For those interested in theories and the psychology of this case check out a very well piece by Psychotherapist, Cathy DeBuono. “Gray Matters: Thoughts Inspired By Casey Anthony. A Psychologically Driven Theory of What Could Have Happened” in two parts, here: http://www.shewired.com/lifestyle/2012/02/02/gray-matters-thoughts-inspired-casey-anthony-op-ed-part-2 Could you please make an area of your website listing everything that you have on Mr. Anthony’s behavior and life prior to the case. I believe with enough social and media pressure we can finally take the burden off Casey and put it on the DEVIL himself. I believe this will all turn out much differentely than we’ve expected. Casey will be free from the media’s judgement as soon as enough gets out about her nasty demon father and enabling sick Mother. I know all about abusers and people this guy is definitely one. From the first moment I saw him I got a sick feeling. He’s BAD I ain’t talking about any kind of bad that normal people understand….we are talking about unbelivable bad!!! Casey doesn’t know any better this is how she was raised by a MONSTER that thinks his daughter killed his Granddaughter yet sits and calls her Sweetie hundreds of times on tape. Could it be any clearer or are the media just the dumbest humans on earth…UMMMMM YES!!! This is the closest to the ideas that I have had from the very beginning of this case, However, I have read and watched mountains of content, autopsy, every single minute of court, FBI ect. Call me obsessed, I will never let go until justice is for that little angel. With all these comments and talk, No one is surmising or telling how or why George is not being surveillanced or investigated. Or anyone who can say if Casey will press charges. Casey must be brave, this will happen again! I survived this whole similar story and put the bastard in prison when I was nine, I was choked, raped, locked in closet and bathrooms ect. and crawled out a window after years of violent rape and sodomy. Snakes like George slither out and in on their belly and everyone thinks they are the ones to blame because of the mind control, It takes years of therapy and healing to work through the “rage of the innocence” and if you continue to heal, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And nothing above or below this Earth excuses the behavior of a pedophile, who takes away souls and wallks away with the heart pieces that will never be replaced. I am here to say God is a just Lord and what is done in the dark will always come into the light, because to our creator, nothing is hidden, and the light always triumphs, Darkness obscures it self in shadows and lurks away to the rays that will surely find a way to the truth. I will certainly sign a petition to have this cased reopened if there is ever something I can do, anyone can contact me by leaving me a message here. albatross234 says: On the night June 16th, Casey, w/o Caylee, spent the night with Tony (Blockbuster) same for 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th.–none of Caylee’s stuff with her. It was a “hot” weekend, with Tony skipping class to be with Casey. George Anthony is lying. Something’s wrong with the dates. http://caseyanthonyisinnocent.com/casey-anthony-trial-witness-videos/anthony-tony-lazzaro-may-26th-2011/ I understood Casey stayed at Tony’s for the first time on Friday the 13th. Saturday the 14th (early-to-mid June) Casey believed Caylee was merely out of her sight for a few hours [6 to 36 hours], tho a video assured her Caylee was in the care of a trusted person on Father’s Day (mid June). IMO it is the Father’s Day video that is in conflict with the INDISPUTABLE FACT: Caylee’s body was already decomposing…hours before the video. Hi albatross234, I had read early-on, that Casey (with Caylee) had spent all ‘week after Cindy’s vacation (May 26th thru June 9th) sleeping at Ricardo Morales’ on the couch. Her first sleep-over with Tony was Friday the 13th. But where was she sleeping on the 14th, 15th, and 16th? It did appear that she was avoiding Hopesprings, until after she began to suspect Caylee’s whereabouts MUST NOT have been with her mom and dad…as she was convinced by the Father’s Day video. SJ – I find your version of what really happened to be quite interesting and very plausible. I think most people believe Casey killed Caylee based solely on her unusual behavior (as perceived by the average person) after she ‘disappeared.’ Anyone that has even moderate knowledge of what sexual molestation does to a small child would recognize the almost classic behavior of Casey as that of a victim. Especially since she is still living at home under the control of her father. I have little doubt that George is responsible for Caylee’s death. My only question really is that a couple of times you referenced “Aggravated Manslaughter of a Child.” In most jurisdictions I am familiar with when a death occurs during the commission of a felony that is considered murder not aggravated manslaughter regardless of the perpetrator’s intent. Is the law different in Florida or is that based on the difficulty of proving George was molesting Caylee when her death occurred barring a full confession? Hi Jerry, Good point. I’m no legal expert by any means, but I’m sure the specifics of the charge against GA would be argued out at length in court. Aggravated Manslaughter or murder of a child… either way he’d be going away for a very long time. Proving it won’t be easy though, as he’s already done away with the car and the evidence & exhibits they had returned to them after the trial, plus some other stuff that hasn’t yet been disclosed (but will be). This is why I still believe that when GA finally gets that knock at the door, he’ll pull another one of his infamous “suicide attempts”, and hopefully fail again so justice can finally be done. This is another reason why Jose’s book will be well worth reading in a few weeks time, and may well create a paradigm shift with this whole case. The clueless & wholly misdirected Casey-hating has gone on for way too long. Harry N says: I hope you’re right about Jose’s book because it seems Casey’s situation is not healthy. From what Cheney Mason described she’s essentially a prisoner in her own home and can’t have the normal life of any 26-year old. We all need human contact and she’s obviously a very social person, yet the media and Internet lynch mob deprives her of this basic right. It’s am incredible injustice against a woman who had her day in court and was found not guilty. Can you blame her for being depressed? Maybe things will get better when she’s off probation and can leave Florida, but I still worry and hope that something breaks in her favor soon. I don’t think Casey is a prisoner in her own home. The media just thinks they can say and print anything on her because they know they can get away with it, They make stuff up like Casey got Fat and Casey is depressed. Don’t believe everything you read. The Orlando Sentinel is worse than the National Enquirer trash. I don’t believe anything the media says about Casey Anthony. Supposedly respectable outlets like HLN, which is owned by CNN, are responsible for creating the injustice that is beiing perpetrated against her. For the Sentinel, Casey is a cash cow, and the hatred that its readers have for her is a source of revenue a fading newspaper needs. Now they have George Zimmerman and a new lynch mob to rile up. But it was Cheney Mason who in an interview described Casey as prisoner in her home, whose primary source of human contact is the telephone and computer. I know she has friends and has reconnected with her mother and brother, but for safety reasons can’t go out much. That to me is terribly unfair, and undoubtedly weighs on her. How could it not? What about her personal videos? In the second one she says she spent an amazing weekend with her boyfriend and is happy to be home with her smooch (her dog). She likes the way things are going and where they are going. What has changed? Baez says they keep in touch and she is doing ok. Ashton and Linda ignored a case of child molestation. How could anyone not have seen this? They were only doing their job is no excuse at all. They should be ashamed. I think those videos were part of her therapy, and reflected how she felt at the time they were made, which I think was October or November. I don’t believe she’s clinically depresssed now and that People magazine story about her gaining weight was probably BS designed to make the haters happy. She’s obviously a strong girl who faced down death row and survived years in solitary at the jail. Not to mention years of sexual abuse and the death of a daughter she obviously loved deeply. But as Keith Ablow has written, I think the piece is on this site,she has some deep psychological wounds that cannot heal in the environment she’s now in. Why do you think Cheney Mason accepted the subpoena instead of risking letting Morgan have her address? Why do you think the Florida authorities keep her address from the public? Her life is in danger because of all the hatred directed at her, and as a human being that has to affect her state of mind. I don’t doubt Baez when he says she’s OK in the sense that she’s physically healthy and being kept safe, but she won’t be happy, I think, until she can walk free like any American has the right to do. She only has 3 months of her probation left. That’s really not that long. Then, she can get out of Florida and start a new life. People have to forget about her though. As long as she is in the media she won’t be forgotten and won’t be able to live a normal life. This is what she needs. I wish her the best wherever her life leads her and whatever she chooses to do. She will never be able to live a normal life. Have you seen celebrity rehab with Dr. Drew a few years ago with Amy Fischer? People still crack jokes to her face and bring up things that happened almost 20 years ago. I hope people forget about her enough to be able to leave her alone – but I don’t have much hope in humanity anymore. GasCanGeorge says: I think she needs to bring her father up on charges and quite possibly her mother also then she can think about regaining the respect she deserves Yes, they BOTH interfered with ANY investigation (remember Padilla was sent ‘packing when he suggested Geo was hiding the identity of a women Cindy was ‘looking for’? I say Cecelia Benaida-(Gonzale or Gonzalez) It’s likely she was the undercover agent (in a different department) whose name is strikingly similar to the Zenaida ; and her sister Crystal “not a #10” Holloway…both having AKAs who could change residences frequently, under LE protection of their identity… Nothing suspicious there? RIGHT! Sorry I jumped in here because I couldn’t comment under you. So you are saying that George was with an undercover cop that was River Cruz? I’m sorry, this is going over my head. Please explain;-) Crystal Holloway AKA River Cruz and her sister Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z) AKA Skye ?(the #10 with straight teeth and curly hair) were ‘twins or merely look-alike” sisters that were behind the scenes players in this case against Casey… I say it was Cecelia that George was seeing…since 2006 when Geo and Cindy separated for a few months. CollaredPrinzes says: :::::Applauds:::::: Hope you’re doing well, Casey!!! ~~CP Voss80 says: After all this time I had thought that Casey killed her own child, but GEORGE?!?!? If he knew he was responsible for Caylee’s death, why then would he be pinning this murder-crime on Casey?!? How stupid and perposterous could he get?! And now he stated that he didn’t want Casey to come back home. I can imagine how hurtful and painful Casey went through having to deal with an evil father of hers, especially that twisted-minded mother, Cindy of hers. This is pitiful. George should be the one need life in prison for murdering his grandchild, Caylee. I think all the signs were intentionally pointed at Casey to support a heinous murderer image… IMO Casey’s ‘worst of worst days’ began on Friday June 13th; until after midnight… but she had very little involvement in her daughter’s disappearance. Casey learned in Dec ’08, that Caylee had died…from the outfit found with the child’s remains that was indicative of the date Caylee actually died. That she had no shoes on when she died, tells that she was sleeping or napping, and the fact she disappeared for 180 days was b/c she wasn’t wearing a swimsuit, nor would she have had water in her lungs had a 911 call been made to alert LE to a child’s drowning. After that point in time Dec 11, ’08…and for the next 2.5 years before trial, Casey put the pieces together and realized the best result to the situation she is in, would be to agree with the heinous murder story… What if he knew the scene would look like “HE caused Caylee’s death” if a 911 call HAD been made on June 14th before her body disappeared? IMO George found Caylee decomposing in the trunk; after avoiding Casey’s calls all day at work. No matter how she got there, and despite the fact no one would’ve thought the little girl was in the trunk, he had to act immediately to save the rest of his family. The importance of the Father’s Day video to distract from the fact Caylee was in the trunk, and her death occurred there; held his whole family in the balance. Congratulations on your freedom, I know it’s been a long time coming and I know it’s going to be hard on you to get on with your life… but remember, not everyone out there hates you.. to me you were a wonderful mother, I can tell it in all of the pictures that have been posted. My husband and I were in your corner from day one… So, if you ever find yourself in Nashville, TN, please email me, you will always, always have a place to stay with us, if it’s for a day, a week or a month, however long you need… you are more than welcome here. Trust me, no haters will be able to cross the barrier that we would put up. Good Luck on your travels!! We love you!! Rhonda B says: Casey, I’m glad you have moved passed a milestone of getting off probabtion, I hope you see this so you can Google “Truth Contest”, you should read the God Memorandum especially, I read it for the first time yesterday and it honestly changed my life. You deserve to receive that information, it will change your perspective. I’m a single mom and I identified with you from the first of hearing about your missing baby. I can’t imagine how you felt and feel about the tragedy, I know if anything happened to my son I would never be the same. My family was dysfunctional growing up and I am now in my 30’s and finally realizing so many things about life and finally feel like I can release the people who harmed me growing up (mostly my mother, but I hold my step father and father accountable for letting her abuse go on to the point that it was “normal” for me to be in fear of being beaten everyday which is just as bad as the actual beatings). My son is 7 now and I have been an awful mother for years, maybe not AWFUL but I had a drinking and substances problem for much of his life. I can’t say I’m cured because that’s not something that goes away but I have an understanding of my triggers now and I use binaural beats and meditation to calm that tortured, angry, depressed little girl that I was trying to supress by being intoxicated. None of us knows what really happened except you and maybe your father but I believe you. I saw your parents in the K-Mart on Curry Ford and 436 probably about a year ago and I really got just an evil vibe from him, not your mother so much but I don’t understand how she is still with him but who knows, she had her reasons so I can’t really comment on her. Anyway, keep your head up, remember there is balance in the universe and those that did you wrong will receive their appropriate punishment even if it’s not in this life or for us to see and one day you will embrace your little girl again! Hugs and best of luck to you! justiceforcma says: I am so excited to have found this site! This is great stuff on here! I have felt everything that has been written on here to be so true! Great Job! I think this is a great way of getting her story out there. I also agree with hoping that justice will be served the day George Anthony is convicted and put away! I hope the best for Casey! I also think of Caylee as an angel. I hope Caylee soon will RIP with the justice she deserves! Keep up the good work!! Maxine Flores says: Only just heard about this case travelling will do that. I have a couple of questions if thats ok. Firstly did the autopsy report say the child was breathing when she entered the water, i.e was there water in her lungs and signs of drowning? and secondly if the child shared a bedroom with her mother, her apparently abused mother then can someone tell me why Casey didnt lock her bedroom door every night so preventing Caylee leaving the room in the morning, or her father entering her room for that matter. Thus never leaving the child alone with him? I just find it all a little bit odd that an abused woman remains in a home with a baby daughter when her abuser is still there, is this normal behaviour for an abused woman? I dont know and I am not accusing her but it just seems like she didnt take any precautions to protect her baby from this man or am I missing something?? An autopsy was never done since the body was too decomposed. Caylee slept with Casey at night and Casey locked the door but she forgot to lock it one night. Casey tried to protect Caylee the best she could that’s why she created the fake job and the nanny she didn’t want to leave Caylee alone with George. AnaMae Johnston says: That’s right. That’s why she stayed away with Caylee when her mom went to Mt. Dora for 2 days about a week before that Father’s Day weekend. I always thought it strange when Mom got on one of the news media shows and blatantly said Caylee was only missing from Casey on June 14th. We know what happened the day after…So….? I still think the whole fear factor centered around poor old plain just a dad? GA. BTW, Can I put in here a HUGE Kudos to at least 2 posters from here who I have been following on a certain review site? Sorry, since I’m new here I don’t who is who yet, but I see familiar names and I just want to say Thank You!!!! You have never been more right about another certain website-No need to name names ;). Samadian says: If you research this topic, you won’t find it strange at all. There is a wealth of literature about ‘breaking the cycle’. It really is a cycle when abuse occurs in a family. She did her best to protect her daughter but she also was in denial that her father was a predator. Blaming her for not ‘protecting her daughter’ is what allows abusers to escape blame. I always thought it strange when Mom got on one of the news media shows and blatantly said Caylee was only missing from Casey on June 14th. IMO based on when Caylee’s body began to decompose [Forensic experts determined she began to decompose ‘in early to mid-June’. THAT tiny piece of evidence IS CRUCIAL EVIDENCE to the perspective of the events from June 14th that IS CONTRARY to the HEINOUS MURDERER IMAGE and the H-M-Story that unfolded and created … the illusion that Caylee was alive AFTER the 14th…I know that thought is not easy to follow, but bare with me… IMO it is LIKELY that by defining ‘mid-month’ of a 30 day month as the 24 hour period between 12:am and 11:59pm on the 15th to the16th day of the month, forensic science determined the child’s body was already decomposing before the video…right? On June 14th Casey ‘lost sight of Caylee’; there were eye-witnesses to the fact Casey and Caylee were together on Friday, June 13th; before midnight. There was no other eye-witness who positively admitted to seeing the little girl face-to-face on June 14th…(15th, 16th or 17th, either, except from within the Anthony family) That was because the impression left by the Father’s Day video, on every person who EVER saw it, confirmed Caylee’s whereabouts and condition AFTER she was already decomposing….how’d they do that? IMO THAT was the moment that the heinous-murder story replaced Casey’s When viewed from a larger vantage point, it becomes clearer that there was a deliberate purpose behind the child’s disappearance. IMO Caylee’s ‘body disappeared’ on June 14th not to hide a murder, but to keep Caylee’s death from being known, TO PREVENT the results of an investigation b/c she was likely found dead and decomposing in a place and manner that would NEVER be explained as accidental. [IMO there was no water in her lungs; no accidental drowning] I say; Casey ‘lost sight and possession’ of Caylee after midnight on Friday 13th to wee hours on the 14th (early-to-mid June). Cindy and George created the Father’s Day video that was recorded 12 to 15 hours AFTER science determined the child was already decomposing. This distinction allows the separation of the 2 stories. Now, name the story that unfolded in the media… “A Heinous-Murderer Story” Tony L. was at the Anthony home on Friday June 13th. Tony and Casey were headed to the mall to pass out flyers and took Caylee with them. Where was Caylee when Tony and Casey went to Fusion that night? Sorry Carol…I think Tony said he was at the Anthony home on June 12th. The day they went to the mall…later, Casey went to see if Christina Chester would babysit on the night of the big Fusion event ; Friday the 13th. (That is why Christina Chester was so distraught when she talked to Casey from jail on July 16th….she was worried b/c she declined and NO ONE could find Caylee, alive or dead, after that, until her body was placed for re-covery in the woods after full decomposition (that could prove Caylee DID NOT die by accidental drowning)…therefore all evidence would have pointed to foul-play, and one of the A-Family members would have faced the DP charges. IMO…Casey was the only one ‘in the family’ that COULD be accused of foul-play b/c SHE DIDNT kill Caylee., and she never knew where Caylee was until Dec 11th… [Remember the early jail tape Casey was aggitated when she told Cindy “i wasn’t supposed to take this”… the blame was what she was cryptically referring to. ] The truth of the matter is distorted when you consider “what Casey was led to believe” during the 31 days she had not seen her daughter face to face Right off the bat, that makes 3. #1. ended after Friday the 13th, [the story leading up to a point in time] Casey no longer knew Caylee’s whereabouts…telling Lee “between 9 and 1” [likely=11:30 to midnight…so] after midnight made it June 14th. [in early-to-mid June] #2. ended Aug 9th (Caylee’s b-day) the story Casey WAS LED TO BELIEVE during the 31 days before July 15th [and she continued to behave accordingly] until Dec. 11. Casey saw the answers she needed on Dec 11, in the “news coverage set-up” in jail; the outfit Caylee was wearing, the fact of no shoes, and recovered from THAT location…no one would EVER believe Caylee died as the result of an accident…she support the drowning story through the trial; she had to trust forensic science to prove her NOT GUILTY of murder. #3. ended with the trial verdict. [Although, it originated the minute Caylee was discovered already decomposing] this story (unfolded before our eyes) of a heinous murderer, duct tape, chloroform, the lies and premeditation…that Casey had NO INVOLVEMENT IN…except to keep her story quiet. The heinous murder story was INTENDED to deceive right from the very first moment the little girl was found dead/decomposing which it did* without Casey having to tell what she “knows now OR thought then”. The trial verdict proved the truth didn’t matter in Caylee’s case, the trial wasn’t about Caylee’s death, it was about how to beat a false murder rap. This is idiotic. No child would willingly climb into bed with a sexual abuser, even at 2yrs old! Well, we are indeed truly blessed that you chose to bring your wealth of knowledge & expertise on the subject to our site Hello JA Kalskett, How you do you believe Caylee died? accidentally in the trunk…on June 14th. I believe that Geo (or someone with access to his Pontiac keys) took the car from Tony’s apartment parking lot, not aware that Caylee was asleep there. Hiding the vehicle until Geo was off work on the 14th, she was found already decomposing in the trunk by George, who then created the whole heinous-murder story before returning the Pontiac to Tony’s apartment parking lot minus Caylee. That was how Casey became the victim, she believed Geo and the video of a visit to MtDora on Father’s Day…she never knew anything to the contrary. What I think, can’t be explained very quickly, but it is contrary to the story of murder and heinous intentions, that unfolded after mid July,’08. I say it was the “heinous murder story” that successfully affected the murder trial verdict b/c it was the ONLY story with ANY evidence found after June 14, when Casey lost track of Caylee. Forensic science experts KNOW her body began to decompose “early-to-mid” June…according to the heinous murder story, Caylee died after the Father’s Day video was made, “mid-to-late” June. Caylee’s body was already decomposing when the Father’s Day video was made… In this case, you must look into the past behaviors of the characters with the most to lose. Casey had already lost sight of Caylee before Father’s Day…and later forensic experts determined the child’s body had already begun to decompose (as much as 2 days/or 12 to 36 hours) prior to that…Her image in the video looked pretty good, considering THAT FACT. So you are saying caylee ended up in the trunk and George covered all this up to hide the manner in which she died? But did she die while being watched by George and the girlfriend? I can understand your contention about the father’s day video because I’ve always had trouble with the 16th being the day but went with it because that was the day agreed upon by the defense and prosecution. Do you think Caylee accidentally wandered into the trunk without casey knowing? Because if that were the case, why would George cover for Casey when he repeatedly went behind Casey’s back to implicate her in the HM theory? Thank you for taking the time to reply:-) IMO It was likely that Casey and Caylee were waiting in the parking lot of Tony’s apartments on Friday the 13th, for Geo to pick-up Caylee after work, so Casey could go to Fusion. After dark, Casey put Caylee on her blanket with her books, toys and babydoll “nanny’s place”; safe, nearby” (cryptic within the family) in the open trunk. No one would ever believe a decomposing child’s dead body was the result of an accident. IMO that’s why Caylee’s dead body was hidden for 180 days. But wasn’t George’s work hours 3 pm – midnight? Not that I believe he even had a job, but if he did that is the hours he always said he worked. Even Cindy didn’t know where, when or if Geo worked. LOL personally, I got the impression he was a part-time security cop with a varying schedule, likely for the same company (at least) since mid March ’08: He worked 9:00am to 6:50pm on 3-19-08, then he worked 7:00am to 5:00pm on 3-21-08. Who knows for sure? IMO Cindy spent 2 days at Mt Dora trying to figure out who was taking money from her banking accounts (using Shirley’s computer) while on vacation from work between May 29 and June 9. She couldn’t tell who was taking funds; the home computer was not private. Her searches were likely for Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z) not chlorophyll or chloroform. C.(Cecelia) Benaida-Gonzalez: IMO It was not a coincidence the handwritten name on the Sawgrass card was C. Zenaida-Gonzale(z) I have seen the card signature both with and without the z, and noticed how easily a signature “B” can look like a “Z”, as well. I thought I had read he worked 3 to 11…either way, Casey knew Caylee left her sight after midnight…the date was then June 14th, IMO even Cindy agreed Caylee was ‘gone from Casey on the 14th’ IMO She still couldn’t understand how the ‘other woman’ tied in with ‘the nanny’ or why that woman would take (kidnap) Caylee. In the month from June 14th to July 15th, Casey hadn’t been able to provide any proof that Geo had a g-friend; only the name C.Benaida…the rest came later, in the heinous murder plot [that spared the Anthony family the loss of another member] CJ, you ask; why would George cover for Casey when he repeatedly went behind Casey’s back to implicate her in the HM theory? He never covered for her, he set her up b/c he was the only person alive that knows Caylee DID DIE as the result of an accident. Caylee was accidentally “out of Casey’s sight”. And no one else knew her whereabouts… It was HER DISAPPEARANCE that was DELIBERATE, and the crime was that no one called 911 on June 14th, for Caylee. What I don’t know is… WITHOUT legal authority to do so, isn’t it ILLEGAL to move a dead body without reporting to authorities? (especially a child) AND withhold ALL evidence from the scene to conceal one’s identity and involvement in that person’s death event; for which another person is being accused, charged and tried? IMO That would be the crime that George could be found guilty of, in all this. NO? [Adultery, mental abuse, accounts fraud and interference with justice, all aside] It simply RINGS TRUE that this whole family ADORED Caylee, all 4 of them felt she was ‘theirs’. We just can’t imagine that someone isn’t responsible for her life being cut short…but there was NO INTENTION by anyone to end this little girl’s life… That is why I say, It was BECAUSE she was found dead and already decomposing, that her BODY DISAPPEARED; creating the illusion she was still alive on Father’s Day…but forensics proved her body was decomposing probably 18-48 hours PRIOR. I say the video was the first piece of MIS-INFORMATION that changed everything that followed. I said that because I thought you thought Casey put caylee in the trunk and that George hid what happened thereafter? Yes… I think Casey put Caylee in the open trunk (hatchback-style) while waiting for Geo to get off work at 11pm or midnight, so Casey could go to that Fusion Lounge event on Friday the 13th. Tony and friends had to lock-up the apartment befere they left, but Casey had to wait for a ‘sitter’. Casey and Caylee waited by the pool and some in the parking lot. Once it became dark, Calyee’s shoes off and was laid on her blanket with toys and books…and Nan, the babydoll. ‘Nan’s place was in the trunk, whenever Caylee needed a safe, clean ‘playpen’ setting, and it was always ‘nearby’ Casey was a good mom… Well, CJ that does pretty much sum it up…Casey didn’t know where Caylee was on Father’s Day, but Caylee’s body did get moved from the last place Casey left her…She would’ve called 911 but there was no sign of Caylee after June 14th…in the car or anywhere she knew to look for Crystal and her sister. There were phone records that would’ve shown her un-answered calls to Goerge if she still had her phone. However, I believe her phone was in her purse when the car was moved by whoever had George’s Pontiac keys…they may not have known where “Nan’s place” was, or that Caylee was sleeping there. WOW! After my last post, I watched the video on this page (top right) under the heading “this is the reason we do what we do…” And I have to repeat myself…It simply RINGS TRUE that this whole family ADORED Caylee, all 4 of them felt she was ‘theirs’. But Casey’s first and foremost. There was no ‘GOOD REASON’ WHY this lovely child died…only, that as the result, “IT WOULD TAKE a “Circus event of epic proportions’ to make this accident appear ‘accidental’ any other way. JA – so you are saying Casey left Caylee alone in an open trunk on a blanket to go party with Tony? Maybe, I’m missing something. I don’t think Casey would do that. If she did it would make her at fault. Jon, JA I agree although I do find it interesting that Skye was in jail with Casey and that she was also River’s sister – maybe they were working for the cops…. But I don’t see Casey leaving Caylee in the trunk because if we go by your theory, that would mean GA would have to know that Casey left Caylee in the trunk in order to pick her up which you are saying he didn’t know that and drove away? I respect diverse opinion though and find your theory interesting; I just don’t see, based on what we know about Casey, that she would leave Caylee in the trunk even if she made it a nice place for her. It was hot in florida even at night. She would have suffocated and Casey would have known that prior to putting her the trunk. Unless I’m missing something? Thank-you for the good questions…I’ve been on JQ since Sept. and feel like I’ve been beating my head against the wall! Does it work best if each question is answered in order, here? I’ll do that. Jynnxter at JQ…I’m off the island, now for disrupting the status quo, there, by being arrogant and not conforming to their way of thinking. My signature WAS Don’t believe everything you think…though, not too many (actually 0) agreed with those words of wisdom, LOL Yes, did you miss that the trunk lid was open? In bright daylight or sun. the trunk lid works like an umbrella…at night it keeps a little light on, too… Geo would have known to look for Caylee there, had he actually talked to Casey that night. IMO the night went something like this: Caylee and Casey were waiting for Geo. When it got dark, Casey took Caylee’s shoes off and laid her on her blanket to wait. Toys, books and Caylee’s favorite babydoll, Nan, was there. no, she waited…I think Nan was Caylee’s babydoll’s name…Nanny’s place was in the hatchback-type trunk…not like it sounds; more like a playpen setting. Geo and Casey may have been the only 2 people who understood the expression. OH I see now. Do you see how that ONE FACTprevented Casey from telling ‘where Nanny’s place was’ and anything in her own defense? Yes but am still questioning why she would leave her daughter their in the night alone when she could be kidnapped or hurt no matter how nice the place was. Can i ask, how did you arrive at your theory? Was it the evidence in the trunk, something about her toys, books ect? Something you read that a friend said that I over looked? What first led you to believe this happened? CJ, this is the best question b/c it is so simple. Dr G’s expert opinion, remember the ‘seemingly vague’ determination of when Caylee’s body began to decompose? …IMO Dr.G defined the single piece of testimony that IS CONTRARY to the heinous-murder story, by her statement “decomposition began EARLY-to-mid June”. She actually confirms when Caylee’s death occurred; in hours PRIOR to decomposition EARLY-to-mid June!…Caylee’s death MUST HAVE occurred before June 15/16th…by reason of definition. * technically, the term ‘mid-‘ (of a 30-day month) refers to is mid-night between the 15th and 16th day, When you focus on the Father’s Day video, Caylee ‘appears to be alive’ on the 15th and not decomposing; mid June…tells me the video IS THE “FALSE WITNESS” that introduced the H-MStory. does that make sense? LOL Try this: A False witness for a false story, on the wrong day, by a false murderer with a heinous image…and No murder! Once that heinous-murder story was presented to the media, it took on a life of it’s own. By July 15th Casey was prevented from defending herself against it. Now, after the trial verdict, it has protected Casey from being forced into telling ‘what she knew happened’. IMO there came a time when she gave-up on the truth, and fell silent, adding to the heinous image that she carries yet today. From that, it became clearer, there was a purpose for the H-MStory that has kept America captivated for years…IT has protected their family, and still shrouds the truth. Do you think I mean Casey left Caylee in there intentionally? NO! She would never deliberately do that…It wasn’t Casey’s fault George went to his ‘friend’s condo” and left the Pontiac parked while he went to work, on the 14th. George couldn’t have known Casey’s whole life was in the car…as well as Caylee accidentally in the trunk. So her death wasn’t his fault either… Say George had found caylee in the trunk, based on what we know about his feelings toward casey, he would have called LE. LE would have believed him because Tony L would have been the last person to see Caylee, placing Caylee in Casey’s care. Unless there is something I’m missing. Regardless of how it has ever looked, the Anthony family would do anything for Caylee. Even if it meant throwing each other under the bus; liars, abusers, thieves, kidnappers and murders…ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, the HMStory prevented Casey from defending herself against a world of haters…Casey had her story…the one with the truth, but NO ANSWERS; and the trial verdict proved the H-MStory had ALL THE ANSWERS…just NOT THE TRUE ONES. So do you reject the idea that GA molested Casey? Because the research out the proves that an adult child would lie and even sitting in jail to hide that family secret. And if you, then what do you make of the shrink’s opinions? I’m sorry you were treated poorly at a sleuth forum but I’m not surprised. Least justice quest didn’t invent computer history after Baez book claiming we “heard it through them first” that Casey did GA’s computer searches! LOL Many families have secrets that they don’t really want to share with the community or the world. Some ARE heinous, some are simply poor judgement. IMO if there had been secret sexual activities, it wouldn’t have taken so long for it to have been exposed. IMO all of the truth disappeared on June 14th with Caylee (who was alive when Casey last saw her, but was decomposing when she was located in the trunk, as much as a day later. No one could know what happened to Caylee, or someone in the A-Family would have been exposed and held responsible for her death. That video of Father’s Day was shown on the news as early as July 16th…so, 45 days after the little girl was missing, all of the witnesses from MtDora began being questioned by LE on July 22nd (co-incidently, Casey’s “full cooperation letter” was filed with the court, on the 21st) To me, if the date is wrong, the truth has still not been uncovered. I CAN identify the purpose and importance for the Heinous-Murder-Story that prevented Casey from receiving a guilty of murder verdict, tho, it WAS FOR CAYLEE’S SAKE CJ…you asked “So do you reject the idea that GA molested Casey” my answer goes against the presumption that there was sexual improprieties within the home, but I easily could be wrong. The number of survivors who believe that accusation (or allegation)attest to how rampant that sort of thing is…I, too am a survivor, so, IMO it is not impossible, If it was, their family, like many families (for their own reasons), swept it under the rug. Do I think Caylee was molested….no. (but I don’t have proof to support my opinion…either) I don’t think Casey would ever leave Caylee in the trunk. Especially in that kind of weather. Plus her friends always said Casey was a good mom and always attended to Caylee. Casey made sure Caylee wouldn’t run to the pool. yep Suz your right. On the ground there are burrs, ants, cig butts, and roaches the size of a fist…When Tony and all the friends and roommates went to Fusion, Casey and Caylee waited in the parking lot. Casey would have known it was after midnight when she last saw Caylee and the car…leaving the parking lot…that was Sat June 14th. Geo got off work that night (if he worked) at 11:pm or midnight. No one has asked what time HE got home…if he made it, or went straight to work from his “friend’s” IMO Geo took the car, (or a friend with access to his keys may have…Raine or Skye?) Expecting Casey and Caylee were IN Tony’s apartment, Geo saw the car, and took it without directly talking to Casey…hoping to spoil Casey’s plan by leaving Caylee and just taking the car… [tough love, maybe straight-up control] he simply took the car and parked it while visiting his friend, and left it where Casey wouldn’t find it. Her phone and purse and their belongings (taken June 9 when they ‘moved out’ were likely in the car; another reason the trunk would have made a good porta-crib. And, where was Caylee when George took the car? Casey left Caylee alone in a open trunk on a blanket in the middle of the night in a parking lot. Casey would never be that reckless with Caylee. Casey was a good mom and loved Caylee with all her heart. She just would never do anything like that. I believe Caylee was asleep when the car left the parking lot. Probably slept until the sun came up, and she couldn’t get out of the trunk, b/c the lid had latched when the car was moved. Geo worked on the 14th, so Caylee and Nan had to wait for him to find them after work; meaning they had accidentally been at Nanny’s Place all day. Casey may have had a physical confrontation with the person who later took the car…the night of July 15th, Casey DID try to tell LE about what happened on the 14th, but she, too had been given so much misinformation through that month, she was left to ‘speculate’ what was the truth, by that point in time. Everywhere she had looked during late June and early July, for Caylee (and the ‘sisters’) turned-up dead-ends. I love a good theory but what I can’t see is a mother leaving a child in an open trunk and leaving to go anywhere no matter how nice the trunk was inside. Casey would have been leaving Caylee open to predators human and animal ie roaming dogs etc. It would have been reckless abandonment and Casey was the one who put safety locks on all the doors in the house, carried an extra key in case she was locked out of her car. Casey did a better job than I did at safety proofing the home if what they say is correct. So it doesn’t seem reasonable that she would suspend safety issues in this case to go out with Tony L. Were her friends okay with this? Because had I a friend who did that, even at 20 I would have thinked they bumped their head! LOL I would have intervened surely. If my girlfriend was going to leave her kid in an open trunk to party with me. I Would say something like your her mother you can’t just leave her here all alone. What if something happened to her? I wouldn’t want a girlfriend who would do this to her child. I wouldn’t support Casey if she did something like that. Oh, yes…I agree, whole-heartedly! He is manipulative and sly, he thinks on his feet, and he controls others by what he knows about them. Me neither Jon. I’m glad you said it aloud. If Tony knew Casey was leaving Caylee like that, he would have told LE right off the bat. He was very well cooperating with LE. Tony was not there, he was at Fusion. As was his roommates, who would have ‘locked-up’ before going to the club. It gets dark very late in the summed in Florida, so it was likely after 10 pm before Casey took Caylee’s shoes off. Here may be where her poor judgement may have been an issue. I have NEVER said Casey left Caylee unattended in a closed trunk of the car…nor that it is a “good choice”, merely that the child could be “lost” while in the trunk…and that in Florida in the summer, the child would’ve accidentally died… It is simply the thought of the child sleeping in a clean trunk with toys and books and a favorite doll seems to pizs people-off… everyone lies…everyone dies; what a threat! I believe Geo warned everyone he could tie into the event of June 14th. He showed the video around, and planted evidence of the HMS where ever he could. If he expected LE to investigate, he would know how to hide what they would be looking for. But IMO the purpose of that Diary of Days…it was a warning to whomever was not willing to let this case unfold the way it “had to, to affect the DP murder trial verdict. Was it not ‘odd’ that Casey was charged with murder when there had been no indication that she had been harmed; missing and at large, with an unidentified culprit. for the murder story to achieve it’s goal, Casey had to be accused of murder…because Caylee wasn’t murdered…it would have only looked like murder had she been reported decomposing in the Pontiac trunk, no matter how she got there or why I do believe Ga stalked Casey and took that car whenever he pleased though JA. He knew more about what Casey did then Casey’s friends did. Oh, YES! He took Caylee without permission whenever her wanted, too. That is what prevented Caylee from alerting the police when she couldn’t find Caylee on June 14th, 15th, 16th, …all the way through the 31 days… Actually, Casey said it best “my whole life”…her purse, her phone, her wheels and her babygirl. George was the only person whose involvement / and lack of it, led the Heinous-Murder Story from start to finish. When he and C stood and left the courtroom after the verdict, it was to conceal their relief that the verdict spared their family. ..sorry. That should read That is what prevented Casey from alerting the police when she couldn’t find Caylee on June 14th, 15th, 16th, or 17th (the day I think she first saw the video) …all the way through the 31 days… also in the list of things that comprised her “whole life” was the car-full of their belongings (she believed were hers and Caylees) that filled the car still, on the 14th. These things were missing from her car when she got the car back, minus Caylee. Has anyone read this before? I”m still in the middle of it. Interesting, huh? That’s why it was easy for me to see, that a huge effort was made to distance himself from the sisters. Cecelia and Crystal: the mysterious twins or look-alikes? IDK cuz I’ve not seen a picture of Cecelia…her face was blurred in the only one I saw of George and “his g-friend” I believe Cindy did…remember the pic she was shown? She announced “Sorry lady, you’re NOT A #10! (when Casey told Cindy she had not seen any ‘line-up” or the any pic of ZF-G). Leonard Padilla was sent away as soon as he mentioned discovering a connection between Geo and another woman with the OSCO. His reputation took a whooping for his involvement…as did anyone who did not heed the cryptic message / threat in the diary of days. “everyone lies…or…everyone dies”. I don’t remember that doc being 50 pages long…but I read it after the trial when the trial verdict seemed to scream “whatever had been seen after the child died, was NOT what really happened’ and the little discrepancies became more obvious…Since then, the purpose for the H-MStory was to establish Caylee was alive, after her body began to decompose, concealing June14th from scrutiny while destroying Casey’s story, believability, and chance to dispute the heinous murderer image. Do you think GA is a perv and a child molester? I’m married to that because of Casey’s reactions, lies, the way George acted and the shrinks assessment of her. I believe ANYTHING that has come forth since June 14th, has been specifically intentional to affect the DP murder trial verdict…none of what really happened has come to light…the world is looking for the truth within the HMStory…beginning with that video…mid-June. Science tells us that whatever happened to Caylee caused her body to decompose in early-to-mid-June. She should have not been alive in mid-to late June as the HMStory is based on….it is all mis-information…and Casey IS the victim! maybe I’m not a good person to ask…I think all men and women have the potential to be pervs. And these days, there is less protection from it! But I don’t think everyone IS. See, right now, I’m convinced ALL REPUBLICANS want to control/force women into sex…that idea of “legitimate rape” is surely a male dominance concept and mind-set. Beyond that,… the idea that if a child is the result of rape, the woman is legally bound to give birth and honor that man’s fatherhood rights..ABSOLUTELY ABSURD! IMO that is like “Open Season” for rape (and servitude) of women; not to mention the vulnerable men, children or animals. But, I won’t go there…ok? All Republicans want to force women into Sex? That just Ridiculus. That’s only one nutcase who is running . I’m sure all Republicans don’t think anything like that. That’s Very unfair to say all Republicans think like that one nut. A Kalskett says: Jon responded: JAKalskett : Yeah, but he wants to “run the free world”…be the Commander and Chief…You are right…LOL not all Republican think like that, I just hope they see the risk to women if that “nutcase” accidentally wins the election. I know JA really got everyone going about these two sisters ha! Thanks JA! My entire opinion has changed in that area after reading Skye’s statement. I didn’t even know anything about her before. I think there was an earlier depo by Cecelia…before Jan 2010. She still used her married name Gonzales…with a z or without…C. Benaida Gonzale rings very similar to the Zenaida Gonzale, to me. I can only speak for myself and try to explain why I have my own POV. SO she did have the name Gonzalez? I’m going to look for that depo and why wasn’t that name mentioned in the next depo when the cops go over the how many names a person has part? Hmmm. So do you think that Skye/Behaida was put up to going to Sawgrass that day? and if so, how does ZG fit in with the lawsuit? A lot of ppl think ZG was a merely a pawn and was used for the purpose of convincing people there never was a nanny, when there was. ( meaning there was a nanny, not saying the nanny kidnapped Caylee but people believe that there was a nanny) CJ: why wasn’t that name mentioned in the next depo when the cops go over the how many names a person has part? Hmmm. JAK: Would they ask (or expect an answer) from an agent ‘undercover’? To what length is LE allowed to go to protect the identity of uc agents? CJ: So do you think that Skye/Behaida was put up to going to Sawgrass that day? and if so, how does ZG fit in with the lawsuit? JAK: I think she did that to protect Crystal, who was already ‘giving money to Geo’. IMO all the civil static is punishment…Not the DP; b/c it was not deliberate; but it is the price Casey has to pay for her poor judgement that put Caylee in a dangerous situation; that resulted in Caylee’s death. CJ: A lot of ppl think ZG was a merely a pawn and was used for the purpose of convincing people there never was a nanny, when there was. ( meaning there was a nanny, not saying the nanny kidnapped Caylee but people believe that there was a nanny) JAK: IMO As Cindy was home most nights, there was SOME PLACE Geo would take Caylee when he watched her nights or weekends….Call her any name you like… there is one person in all this that said ‘no one knows my real name. Another supporter summed it up for me. 1.) Who were these women working for and for what purpose because I dont think it was for OCSO. 2.) If they weren’t working UC, how did they get the money to give to GA so he could pretend to have a job? The money was given in small increments of 300.00 400.00 etc over time? Skye came out owing money to the state for stealing so money had to be in issue. 3.) Kindfinders owners’ sherry and whatever Milstead were river’s friends and very dupicitious con artist IMO who had been in trouble with the law. Perhaps LE was investigating the Milsteads and River inadvertently because caught up with GA. 4.) Or maybe the FBI was delving into pedo rights and this is why this story is so scattered with strange coincidences. 5.) Her statement proved Casey was sad when Caylee died and suprised. 6.) I don’t know about her name being that similiar to ZG? But I’m doubtful that a ZG ever walked into sawgrass that day and if so, I think M&M SOUGHT HER OUT as they did Vasco whomever his name was, the kidnapper GA was calling who was added at the last minute during the trial. 3. LOL I haven’t come across the info you mention about KidFinders…But I’m not surprised! Birds of a feather… 4. IMO [everything including the multiples and the frivolous chaos that appeared after early-to-mid June WAS the heinous-murder story…ANYTHING believed after June 14th ‘belonged to the HMS…NOT what happened while Caylee was out of Casey’s sight after midnight Friday the 13th…the Anthony’s ‘worst of worst days’ Casey and Cindy were both looking for Caylee and Cecelia until Caylee’s birthday. Casey could no longer find anything regarding the sisters, by mid-to-late June, Cindy was being misled by Geo and so was Casey…he pitted them against each other; divide and conquer OK…here’s how your questions would be answered according to my POV. Some curious info was found within Cecelia Benaidas’ depo / transcript. First, although there are the correct words within her testimony, the speech pattern is often erratic and makes no true statements or answers to questions, except by implication…beating the interrigation to establish her involvement in the events surrounding Caylee’s death. She convincingly avoids straight information. 1. One sister was emotionally unstable and SHE was the one that had seizures.. that was Crystal; her ‘roomate’ was a Jeff Allen, who also gave Crystal money. The other sister appeared to be protected by LE whether it was OSCO, IDK. There hasn’t been a photo of this sister, that I have found. [She makes reference to “under(cover?)” page 8; beginning with line 10.] Crystal didn’t give him just small increments…there was first a large sum of $4K..and than, when she could get her hands on it, another payment of $800..I think he was black-mailing Crystal…she WAS INVOLVED, and he was shaking her-down….but SHE sincerely felt the child had died by accident…one that SHE could look responsible for happening…if she drove the car, or didn’t pay. She KNEW the situation had snowballed out of control, first hand! Had the scene appeared accidental, a 911 call would have been made, (even if the truth was not told to EMTs as the result) it is ultimately impossible to prove ‘intent’ when there ARE no clues. [IMO, b/c Caylee was decomposing when her body was moved the first time: requiring the tape, bags and canvas bag to contain the drainage] IMO her body disappeared 180 days b/c there was NO WATER in her lungs confirming where ever her death occurred, it would NEVER have appeared to have been accidental; and full decomposition was the only way to keep the cause from being exposed by science. 5. Yes, Casey was devastated like anyone who misses their last chance to ‘see’ a loved one, before their death occurs. The difference is that Casey was behind bars and out of the view of others while she grieved and adjusted to the fact. Answer: C. Benaida-Gonzalez was her married name…still..when she wrote it on the Sawgrass Apts interest card. She dropped the Gonzale(z) when she got her divorce… [see her depo/testimony Page 8, midway down the page] I’m sure there is another depo by her…closer to when Padilla was involved, back in the time when she still used her married name…that was where i first made that connection with the nanny’s name, and the ‘anonymous-twin’ The interest card that was filled out at the SawGrass apt, was that mid-June or July? Well, the pros claims it was filled out on June 17 but I read on a forum that Ashton’s book said March 17. I think he made a mistake. My calendar indicated St Pat’s Day…USUALLY March 17th…(but for religious observance conflicts in 2008; St Pat’s was celebrated on the 15th) But beside the fact a ZF-G got a seatbelt ticket, she did not connect to this case at all, except by opportunity. That was the weekend Casey turned 21. A very special EVENT for Casey. …correction that was the weekend before her birthday…on the 19th. The seatbelt ticket in March was given to Zenaida Gonzales (civil suit Zenaida). The Sawgrass card was filled out June 17th by C.Benhaida-Gonzale(z), the undercover cop at the jail where Casey was being held…(Cecelia Benaida, sister of Crystal Holloway) I would like to know your thoughts about other things I’ve thought about when reading things about this case. Have you looked at the spreadsheet of computer searches? There were searches done, 10 days after caylee was born for paternity testing companies online EXCEPT the searches were for familial paternity testing and comparing DNA profiles. Did you see that? GA and LEE moved out shortly after caylee was born which is strange. Usually the birth of a child doesn’r cause the grandfather to move out. G said in a police statement when he was being secretly taped, that he moved out because he was having “issues” with having a grandchild. Wasn’t Jesse G tested at the hospital after Caylee’s birth? Also, did you know that missing children sites were viewed in March of 08? What do you make of GA’s involvement in kidfinders which is known for not being upstanding. Both owners are ex-felons. I believe money donated to help find caylee was used to purchase a spendy boat for Mr. Milstead and GA was seen in the boat. I wonder how much money G received. I’m alluding to that there may have been other scenarios not looked at when trying to understand the dynamics of that family in the middle of a missing child search that last for months. At minimum, G and C profited off the searches knowing Caylee was never missing. But with Cindy, I’m still not sure she knew until much later… I believe Casey and Cindy were ‘out of the loop’ until Caylee didn’t come home for her birthday Cindy may have known Caylee had died as early as the ‘comment in the jailhouse tape about drowning in the [family]pool. (..to which Casey commented Surprise, surprise!!) Cindy’s ‘break-down’ may have been caused by the new knowledge. Or she appeared to know something ‘terrible had happened’ in the jailhouse tape wher Casey asked “why is she crying, already?” Does anyone else remember that? (or the date?) I must be doing something wrong, here…my replies are not staying with the posts I am answering…Sorry, I’ll try to figure out why that is happening. You know, I don’t believe everything I think, because my opinion is ever changing, based on what new info has come before me. No one has to follow me, I am lost, here, too. I’ve never even bee to Florida…. But I resist conforming to pressure of public opinion. I am happy to share what I have found to base my opinion on, but other do not have to agree. Thanks for entertaining my POV here. Yeah I think we all entertain other ideas at times about this case because there are so many coincidences, omissions, inept and corrupt LE, the case lends in itself to thinking of different scenarios at times. CJ that is exactly why I have to accept there are 2 separate stories at play in this case…the story Casey can’t prove, and the heinous-murder story which is all that has come forth but is NOT what happened. (trial verdict indicated ‘not murder’) If you can imagine that the many coincidences, omissions, inept and limited LE investigations to be integral part of the heinous-murder story; Casey’s story is easier to invision, if you look at what she believed after Friday the 13th, and on June 14th, you can see how her involvement after Father’s Day appeared to validate the H-M story as time passed, while she was incarcerated. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/caylee-anthony/os-casey-anthony-zenaida-gonzalez-motion-20121105,0,7784514.story OH good. Looks like ZG never had a job to lose! You don’t seem to see the simplicity that recognizing the heinous-murder story brings to this case. Anything and everything that related to the “STORY” of LIES, deliberate and premeditated murder, duct tape, sex abuse, chloroform…that was the story that was designed to protect the A-Family. The truth and Casey’s story in early-June, were “1 and the same”. JA K.. Have you read Jose Baez’s book? Have you read any of the books on this case? What’s your opinion? I have a question on what you wrote here: Are you trying to say that Casey was “actually” looking for Caylee? Casey admitted to LE that she lied about looking for Caylee. She served time for it. This makes Casey look like she’s lying about admitting to lying to LE. (I hope this makes sense). CJ: Have you read Jose Baez’s book? (JAK) No. CJ: Are you trying to say that Casey was “actually” looking for Caylee? Casey admitted to LE that she lied about looking for Caylee. She served time for it. This makes Casey look like she’s lying about admitting to lying to LE. (I hope this makes sense). JAK: Yes Casey was looking for Caylee, ever since June 14th…even tho for weeks, she was convinced Caylee was safe, nearby, with Nan(her doll) after she saw the June 15th Father’s Day video. explaining why, from mid-June to mid-July, Casey was observed acting like a 20-something Mother on vacation [during the few days to maybe 2 weeks] Geo told her Caylee was visiting his folks (maybe in Tampa) IMO : After the Pontiac was towed from Amscot, Casey had enlisted Cindy, but couldn’t find any sign (or proof) of the ‘sisters, causing her to suspect they were part of Geo “taking her whole life away”. By July 5th….she had told Cindy the g-friend’s name: to the best she knew Cecelia Benaidas Gonzale(z)…and described “all she could tell Cindy: there was a sister with mental issues, supported by family living in NY, she has curly hair, works in LE, arm tattoos, is a #10 … Sorry, Suzy…that was your post that I answered. Hi Suzy: You asked: Are you trying to say that Casey was “actually” looking for Caylee? Casey admitted to LE that she lied about looking for Caylee. She served time for it. This makes Casey look like she’s lying about admitting to lying to LE. (I hope this makes sense). Step away from the pieces and look from a larger perspective…FMPOV, there are only two separate stories. The Heinous-Murderer Story…ALL that emerged after ‘mid June’ [B/C, while out of her mother’s sight, Caylee was already decomposing, for half a day or more.] The H-MStory unfolded in 180 days; included multiple ‘reasonably-believable scenarios’ of pre-meditation, duct tape, chloroform, sex abuse and heinous murder. It’s sole purpose was to provide the reasonably-believable lies and false evidence, perjury and character assassinations, to affect the DP murder trial verdict. The other one simply ended when Casey lost sight of Caylee (early-to-mid June). She was confused for 31 days, as to Caylee’s whereabouts b/c of mis-information in a video and the disappearance of sister’s who had answers to Caylee’s whereabouts ON June 14th. Sorry, to answer the real question, Suzy : Anything that was even spoken after ‘early-to-mid June’ technically was affected by the little girl’s absence. Casey’s involvement in the heinous murder story was minimal to non-existent. By the time she was charged with murder, she knew the HMS had a life of it’s own. omg Suzy….sorry I just saw my mistake in my post nearly a month ago… If I may correct it: “JA Kalskett says: Casey may have had a physical confrontation with the person who later took the car…the night of Friday, JUNE 13th (NOT as I posted; July 15th) Casey DID try to tell LE about what happened on the 14th, but she, too had SEEN THE VIDEO and been given so much misinformation through that month, she was left to ‘ONLY speculations’ as to what was the truth, by that point in time. Everywhere she had looked for Caylee (OR the ‘sisters’) turned-up dead-ends.”(after mid-to-late June and through early-to-mid July) CJ: Have you looked at the spreadsheet of computer searches? Did you see that? JAK; No, after the trial verdict, I spent a few months scratching my head, then remembered w-o-w from MY SISTER; “don’t believe everything you think…” It was much easier to sort truth from the heinous murder story once I kept 2-2008 calendars and noted the chaos separate from Casey’s account/perspective; By Aug ’12, it appeared that Casey “behaved” according to HER PERCEPTION, during the 31 days she ‘did not see Caylee’. That was clearly a red-flag…she didn’t understand HOW, but she was attesting that she was convinced by the June 15th video, also…BUT she hadn’t seen her face to face since the 14th. CJ: GA and LEE moved out shortly after caylee was born which is strange. Usually the birth of a child doesn’r cause the grandfather to move out. G said in a police statement when he was being secretly taped, that he moved out because he was having “issues” with having a grandchild. JAK: I know nothing about that. CJ: Wasn’t Jesse G tested at the hospital after Caylee’s birth? JAK: I thought when Mr Grund insisted on a paternity test, THAT caused their falling-out, in 2007. [which could be wrong] CJ: Also, did you know that missing children sites were viewed in March of 08? What do you make of GA’s involvement in Kidfinders which is known for not being upstanding. Both owners are ex-felons. I believe money donated to help find caylee was used to purchase a spendy boat for Mr. Milstead and GA was seen in the boat. I wonder how much money G received. JAK: IDK…this info about Kidfinders was outside the realm that I scoured for insight…sorry CJ: I’m alluding to that there may have been other scenarios not looked at when trying to understand the dynamics of that family in the middle of a missing child search that last for months. At minimum, G and C profited off the searches knowing Caylee was never missing. But with Cindy, I’m still not sure she knew until much later… JAK: I agree…IMO Cindy WAS out of the loop after June 9, ’08; at least until Aug 9th [regarding Caylee] But for months before that, Geo was keeping Cindy ‘out-of-the loop’ regarding ‘another woman’. IMO It would seem that Casey knew a lot more about Geo’s friends, than Cindy ever did. And that, IMO during the days between June 15th and July 15th, Casey and Cindy were both looking for Caylee AND the ‘other woman’ at the same time. I think Geo wanted to see how much leverage Gr-Parents have in locating and petitioning for custody of their grandchildren. Since Casey had begun to keep Caylee away from the Hopesprings home, He and Cindy hated the fact that Casey is the full custodial parent, so they hired Dominick Casey (the private investigator) to follow and document Casey to provide harmful information against Casey when they would later petition for custody of Caylee… Now, after reading more about KidFinders, it would not be a surprise if the multiple foundations in Caylee’s name, were deliberately set-up to ‘cover’ for ‘monetary donations’ from people like Tony Lazzaro, Crystal Holloway, her sister C.B(-G), Ashton and others Geo could’ve made look ‘suspect’ or ‘accessories to the murder story’, in one of the 3 events that happened over the second weekend in June. The questions listed here by SJ, would’ve been answered differently from Casey’s perspective, according to how much dis-information she had received. 1.) So what happened to Caylee? Casey didn’t know, she had not seen Caylee after she went to the Fusion eventon Fri the 13th. 2.) How did she lose her life? Un-noticed in the Pontiac, in the Florida June heat. 3.) What happened immediately after that event? nothing, for maybe 24hours…not until June 15th when Geo ‘noticed’ her condition and whereabouts. 4.) Why didn’t anyone call 911? b/c the WAY she died would never be explained as accidental. 5.) How did Caylee’s body end up in the woods off Suburban Drive? , placed it there for re-covery…exactly 180 days (and 180 degrees) from the truth on Father’s Day. 6.) Who put her body there? The person who needed the HMS to protect their family, had the opportunity, skills and experience; ex-cop George…the person of authority and maybe ‘great consequence’ 7.) Why did it take so long to find the remains? For ease of recollection of the false facts. 8.) What happened during the 31 days? Casey was convinced Caylee was safe, nearby, and at Geo’s folks’ for vacation after Father’s day; and likely received voice snips from Caylee on the phone. 9.) What was Casey’s involvement? To shut her mouth…she finally understood the power of being silent…to appear involvement in the HMS a.) and what role did George…He moved the body of the child from the scene where her death occurred, to hide his involvement in the event of her death. b.) Cindy … reacted publicly to disinformation c.) Lee … pup chasing tail…got outta Dodge asap to keep from saying too much …didn’t anyone notice that there are exactly 180 days between Father’s Day and the Dec 11 date when Caylee’s remains were removed from the woods? Or that the HMStory is 180 degrees from the TRUTH? Jessica Davies says: I just read all this just now. I have been following the case since the first it broke out. I didn’t know whether Casey did it or her family covered it up. What really got to me was that she was partying during the 31 days, and she seemed like she was on top of the world. That moment i believe she had no idea or knowledge her daughter was murdered. I don’t believe Casey would be happy or smiling after she discovers her daughter is dead. My theory is that Caylee was alive and Casey left her with George ALIVE AND WELL that day. George may have killed Caylee AFTER Casey left, then he must of contacted Casey and told her to not return home. That explains the partying and the tattoo. You may agree or not and feel free to post of your theories. Have a wonderful day We DO agree, the truth still alludes exposure. IMO the first point that needs to be defined is “DID Caylee die before or after her body began to decompose “in early-to-mid June” as agreed by forensic experts. Clearly, that means Caylee was decomposing prior to the Father’s Day video (and the ‘unfolding’ of the murder story that insists Caylee died ‘mid-to-late June’, based on the testimony of a video…I call the Father’s Day video the “false witness” did that make sense? I think the date Caylee died has been changed by the ‘heinous-murder story’; that we’ve all look for the truth ‘within’ it…but Caylee ‘wasn’t there’ on Father’s Day…just her ‘image’ in a video. You could be right, Jessica, I’m only pointing out that my POV merely reflects a possibility that Caylee was not intentionally harmed by anyone, and that Caylee disappeared because ‘she was already dead and decomposing in early-to-mid June. And possibly expose the identity of the person who created and orchestrated the heinous-murder story, to hide their involvement in making Caylee’s accidental death event ‘appear to have been an accidental drowning’..tho IMO Caylee wouldn’t have had water in her lungs, in June ’08. Before this family went under the magnifying glass, there were signs of major trouble; the power struggle between the 3 adults within the home, put the child’s safety in jeopardy. It isn’t reasonable to believe that any one of them would intentionally or deliberately harm Caylee. IMO Caylee MUST have been decomposing already, when she disappeared, but I don’t believe she could’ve been alive on June 15th at Mt Dora or after. Her disappearance, btw, prevented science from determining there was no water in her lungs, On this page are two pictures of G and C on the day of the verdict…the one with the caption; Spot the difference? G displays a fake smile, appearing as though the trial is going the way they want…C is displaying the sign language letters…OK Then their sullen faces and the way they stood and left the courtroom,…appearing dis-satisfied with the verdict. IMO this behavior was intentionally projected to disguise their relief, that through careful planning and manipulation of the way this story unfolded, the result WAS worth all that they went through. And the truth will never have to be exposed. Elizabeth Loftus says: We now believe she is innocent because we found it was George Anthony who did the computer-search, as in a statement to Local 6 on Monday, the Sheriff’s Office stood by Osborne and echoed her defense: “The Firefox record which contains the Google search for ‘suffication’ was neither extracted nor examined. A search for the keyword ‘suffocation’ was never requested from any OCSO investigator or the prosecutor’s office at any time during the investigation; therefore, this Internet record was inadvertently not discovered by Detective Osborne. … The agency has confidence in her knowledge and expertise in this very complicated field of computer forensics.” When it comes to blame, the prosecution notes it requested the information from the Sheriff’s Office; the Sheriff’s Office states it was never asked to search for “fool-proof-suffocation.” And, to support that theory to discredit the times logged in the browser’s software, “concrete proof” it was George Anthony and not Casey Anthony doing the foolproof suffocation computer-search on google.com that afternoon, Baez notes correctly it was immediately preceded by a login to an AOL Instan-Messenger account; “right after someone logged in to instant messenger,” Baez writes in his book, “the first search was to Google” for foolproof suffocation at 1:51 p.m, and not at 2:51 p.m., and that the times on the browser history extracted from the sheriff’s copy of the hard drive failed to take into account the beginning of daylight saving time in March 2008. 10.) How many of George’s acquaintances have ‘roles’ in the way things unfolded into a heinous murder story, after July 15th? a.) Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z)…Holloway’s sister; under cover cop/corrections ‘inmate’, Kronk’s friend, in 2010 went to Cindy at Hopesprings to make Geo stop taking money from Crystal. b.) Kronk…documented body was NOT in woods in Aug nor Nov but WAS, in Dec…exactly 180 days after Father’s Day. c.) Ashton… 11.) How many of these players will donate annually to the Caylee Anthony Foundation? (whose purpose is to support her family) a.) Holloway (b/c she may have taken the Pontiac, not expecting Caylee was asleep in the back) b.) Kronk (if he can ever get a reward) c.) Ashton (b/c he didn’t lose face, just the case) *** After the trial verdict, most people (with even minimal involvement) were let off the hook with Geo, once they avoided mentioning (or giving to LE) anything ‘contrary to the HMS’ (Amy was one example of what could happen after she told LE ‘Casey was following instructions from someone’: Cindy accused in depo ‘Amy could be ‘the nanny’.) mookie says: http://www.myspace.com/aquarious_fairy kimberly ballman pretending again catnip says: Did you check your theory against the phone calls and texts she made in the morning as she busy in the am on calls I was a Casey Anthony hater for a very long time, and I only found this site because I was looking up information on the Jodi Arias case, and I found your website about her (who I believe is innocent also!), and I saw a link to this site. Out of curiousity I decided to read all the information and FACTS you have listed here. I capitalize facts because I am a firm believer in facts! You cannot try a case on hearsay or opinions, you must have facts. You have strongly listed all these facts. I am completly blown away. I vaguely watched the Casey Anthony trial when it began and ended, but apparently there was so much I didn’t know about the case. George Anthony deserves to rot in a prison cell for the rest of his worthless life. I still don’t know what I believe about Caylee’s death, but I do know now that Casey had nothing to do with it. Unfortunately in this country, people are very judgemental, and will judge someone for their past actions, and Casey is going to be judged for the rest of her life. Hopefully one day she can find peace and move past this horrible injustice. One final question I have, not that is matters much anymore in law enforcement, but has George Anthony ever been subjected to a polygraph test? And Cindy? Both George and Cindy have refused a polygraph test. Disneygirl says: I apologize that I have not had time to read through your entire site. I have believed that Casey is innocent since day one, however, I have a theory that is much different from yours. I just have a couple of questions for you and I do apologize if the answers are somewhere on your site. Does Casey like your site? Does anyone know who Caylee’s father actually is (possibly George or Lee)? I am so glad to have found this blog. I fully agree with your theory. You may have some things wrong, but the way you back up the important parts is what matters to me. I never believed from day one that Casey killed her daughter, I just couldn’t form a theory of my own. This fits. StaceyTaylor says: Here’s a much more plausible scenario that doesn’t require brain twisting unless you’re just hell bent on the notion there has to be a murder involved 🙂 http://www.coffeecraftsandclues.com/the-death-of-caylee-anthony/ Excellent! I appreciate how you theorize on Roy Kronk. Makes perfect sense to me now. I’d always wondered about him. The way you explain it – it seems so obvious. I SUPPORT CASEY! says: I think that GA was forcing Casey to have sex with him AND cindy, then at other times watching different variations of lee, cindy, and Casey. GA was DEF in control over the entire family since cindy had fallen prey to a form of Stockholm Syndrome after the kids were born. It is obvious that GA was abusive to his wife from the day they were married and cindy was RELIEVED when her kids were born so they could take the attention off her! Without doubt GA was forcing Casey to have sex while poor little Caylee watched so that Caylee would find it normal when GA went after her. IMO, GA was abusing Casey that morning and had slipped Caylee enough Xanax to keep her asleep so he could have more time alone with Casey, then he planned to turn his attention to little Caylee later in the day. It is obvious he overdosed poor little Caylee and only realized it after he had finished abusing Casey. Since Casey was already emotionally numb from the abuse, and terrified of GA, she allowed GA to take Caylee’s body away so they could not find evidence of abuse on her. Something inside Casey snapped and that’s why she left for the next few weeks. She simply could not bear the fact that Caylee was gone. Danny Leonard says: I posted my comments in a different section within this site mentioning your innocense, and my suspicion of GA being a pedophile, then I read SJ’s information & videos, and mind you I did watch a good majority of the trial. After finshing SJ’s section, I am 100% convinced of; 1. Casey is a victim of child sexual abuse by her father 2. GA’s body language on the stand, during interviews, facial expressions verify exactly what has been written here 3. Very recently the Anthonys are outside selling, selling their late grandhchilds belongings! This action further verifies what the truth is about here that has been written 4. All I ask of Casey is; To one day find that inner strength & report information to her councilors & her attorneys so as to begin the arrest & conviction of GA for all the counts Casey can recall of sexual child abuse, and including her brother Lee if involved & also CA for her knowlingly covering up the truth of her knowledge under oath, lying to investigators etc etc just as GA has done. P..S. – SJ you have done an excellent job putting forth the truth here. I shall continue to hope & pray that Casey will one day find it within to report to you everything so as to clear her own name, seems GA brainwashed Casey into fear so bad it may take some real deep courage on her part for the fear she has. How I know this is because I am also a victim of child sexual abuse & I denied it all, got into trouble, then after over 5 decades I stood & admitted the truth to everything to my councilor, I am now finally living my life in peace. May Casey always be blessed for she truely is a victim as am I. Dan Eljay says: I suspected that George did it quite early. Ok, wait, I first heard of it at the trial after Baez told the jury what actually happened. I first was amazed but then very soon thought it was true. What I noticed on the video of Cindy talking to Casey on the phone in prison, was that George was sitting there motionless while Cindy and Casey were talking UNTIL Cindy asks Casey if Casey thinks they’ll ever find Caylee. At that exact moment George looks down at his fingernails. Check out the video if you know which one I mean. It’s presented as evidence during the trial. On several occasions he has similar body language at similar situations on that specific video. There is only one thing that DID irritate me. Why was Casey extremely happy to see George? As soon as he talks to her on the phone, she seems extremely happy and it does seem sincere. You would expect her to be a bit more reserved. That is one thing I couldn’t really figure out yet. K.L says: Simple: The creep is her daddy. Not unusual behavior at all, tragically. The loathesome, poisonous creature who ‘fathered’ Casey was the only daddy she had. Jak says: While doing some research for something I am writing, I came to this. Always wondered how you pick up the pieces after something like this happens in your family. When this whole thing went down on TV the first go round, my girlfriend who has a pocket of solutions for everything. Basically said, “its the (grand)father”. If she see a single young mother with a child, “she says, father issues” If she sees a girl pole dancing and dressing skant, she says, “Abused, molested”. I often disagree with her on these kinds of hasty generalizations. During the trial my daughter was born prematurely and I spent 3 months in the NICU watching the trial in the waiting room and in the cafeteria. We sat there and thought out loud, “how could a mother do this to her little girl,” ? Out final thought was it had to be someone else. Can’t be the mother. Couldn’t directly be the grandmother. Much that everyone has said here makes sense. It took how long for the Memphis 3 to be found innocent. I am thinking about that long from things to surface. Part of me believes that there is still and investigation going on that we don’t know about. A sting operation. Where is GA these days? I live in Canada and accidentally became drawn into this Court case, Why I don’t know, I guess I have some psychic abilities and have a good feeling about Casey’s innocence and can feel the negative vibes GA gives off each time I listen to him talk. I believe GA murdered CA sometime prior to the “real” day, and taught Casey how to act and lie through experiences he has as a retired police officer while Casey hide from NA (Time to come up with a place to hide the body and get Casey’s story right). The death was kept from Cindy until Casey turned on her father when she herself discovered she was scammed by him. Cindy then had to protect her husbands actions and save her daughter at the same time. I believe then they all worked together to come up with a plan that would end in Casey getting off, and the rest of the secrets kept a secrete in the end. MTF later on the money after the case. Casey I support you and I wish we could meet some day, I would take you away from all this and tell you how this all happened, then kick your Dad’s ass! Just got done reading Jose Baez’s book. There’s a question that pops up in my mind constantly that’s never addressed–why did law enforcement appear so eager to help George throw Casey under the bus, if George is the guilty one? If the scenario described is true (or if something very similar happened), my opinion is that Cindy went along with it out of jealousy over George and Casey’s “relationship.” Could be a motive. According to Baez, Casey never wanted to give up Caylee. Other sources say otherwise. I do believe that if Casey did want to place Caylee for adoption, it would have been to protect Caylee. Because, Casey was the scapegoat. She was the easiest one to pin it on and Cops take care of their own. George was once a cop so he was one of them. Cindy could have been jealous of Casey too. Cindy could have thought that Casey stole George from her. Casey would do anything to protect Caylee even give her up. Casey was the first and only suspect charged…George immediately sought immunity. Anyone and everyone in the way of the snowball, appeared involved in a ‘sinister plot to harm Caylee’ or deny her justice. When in fact it is ‘what happened to Casey in 2004’ that WAS the secret Baez spoke of when he said “the Anthony family has a secret that ‘must be kept'” and that ONE secret is where George’s involvement in Caylee’s whereabouts on FlagDay, changed everything that followed. I think there was never a death of a child in all ‘that snowballed’…only the ‘absence of the beloved child’ that both Cindy and Casey would’ve reported missing on Father’s Day, had they known Geo was involved (covertly) with Caylee’s disappearance. [it’s not too difficult to see, with detective skills and so much free time, he may have been involved with Holoway’s sister as ongoing OCSO investigation of the whereabouts of the boys connected to a drugged assault on Casey in 2004; from which Caylee resulted.] I fully believe that Casey is innocent of the murder charges and that you have the right idea here. Have you looked into Rev. Grund at all? He was also heavily involved in the Haileigh Cummings case and based on what I have read and heard in recorded interviews, the cases of Caylee and Haileigh are connected. Check out this website. You have to scoll to he very beginning to get the full picture of the connection but it is compelling. http://haleighcummingsdotme.wordpress.com/2013/04/ Well, what a difference time can make Now, at the end of 2014, it is pretty clear that my POV has evolved. …the only motive anyone in the Anthony family had for being involved in “how things appeared under the microscope” was because of their commitment to keeping the secret of how “Caylee mysteriously came to them”. While everyone remains focused on the dis-information and evidence that proved Casey had no connection to the body in the woods, they will never be able to see that child had gone missing, as much as 2 days before a video from a memorystick appears to prove she’s alive…but NOT where. First, before anything else, Cindy and Casey’s 911 recordings indicate the child’s whereabouts is their concern…and what days they last saw their beloved little girl, face to face…no matter what they ‘thought’ during the days in between. [because they were in separate ‘loops’ and George was the common ‘totally trusted’ person] It’s possible that Caylee did climb into the pool that morning…but she might have been molested by George in the past, like a few days or a week prior. Either way an autopsy would have shown that abuse took place. What it comes down to is someone had something to hide and that’s why 911 wasn’t called. Throwing Casey under the bus would also be a way to keep someone from finding out about any incest. “Look what she did–you really think she’s telling the truth here?” I read the book by Jose Baez and it was a really good read. I’m very conservative, I’m for the death penalty…but if you’re going to sentence someone to death you make very sure that they are guilty! Her body was so badly decomposed that an autopsy would not be reliable. It was always obvious to me that Casey was telling the truth about her sexual abuse by her father. Her mother, Cindy, obviously also knew it to be true. How are they both obvious? It can be seen in Cindy’s twisted hatred of her daughter, which is borne of her twisted jealousy of her own poor daughter, whom she sees as a sexual rival. It’s sick, but not uncommon, sadly. That would also explain even 7 years after Caylee’s death no potential father(s?) have come forward. Allegations of sexual abuse, hidden pregnancy, unnamed father…you fill in the blanks. George fathered Caylee and Cindy knew. Suzi McMullen says: I also am a survivor of molestation from 3 different adults in my life, including my father. I agree that GA is guilty of whatever actually happened to Caylee. IF he’s never brought up on charges or convicted here, he will be in the next life. Denise Geary says: I didn’t know about any of this and saw a pic of Casey and one of George and Cindy with a headline above and a small post comment and the link to here added in the comments. I totally agree with you. I could see the evil and untrustworthyness in George and straight away knew it was him that murdered little Caylee. I don’t know if it is because as a child and teenager I was subjected to severe sexual, mental and physical abuse then pimped by peodophilles throughout my teens. It’s a Knowing feeling that I seem to automatically sense Peodophilles and dangerous men. My heart goes out to Casey and poor little Caylee. 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__label__wiki	0.783123	0.783123	Privacy Policy for Castle Brewery At Castle Brewery, accessible from www.castlebrewery.co.uk, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Castle Brewery and how we use it. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through email at mail@richardbeno.co.uk Castle Brewery legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information: Castle Brewery needs to perform a contract with you You have given Castle Brewery permission to do so Processing your personal information is in Castle Brewery legitimate interests Castle Brewery needs to comply with the law Castle Brewery will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. Our Privacy Policy was generated with the help of GDPR Privacy Policy Generator and the GDPR Privacy Policy Template. Castle Brewery follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. Like any other website, Castle Brewery uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information. You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Castle Brewery. Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Castle Brewery, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit. Note that Castle Brewery has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. Castle Brewery's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links. Castle Brewery does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records. Copyright Castle Brewery 2020 All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Website by RichardBeno	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line105
__label__cc	0.67325	0.32675	Definition of "lowliest" [] Superlative form of lowly: most lowly. (adjective) www.Collinsdictionary.com (c) HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2016 Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License Use "lowliest" in a sentence "Walla-Walla, on the lower Columbia, 18 Nov., 1838, and immediately applied himself to the care of the lowliest, that is the Indian tribes, which were then very numerous and not any too meek." "As pride was the source of human sin, Christ must needs provide an antidote in His absolute humility -- a humility which could not grow beneath these skies, but must be brought from the world where the lowliest are the greatest, and the most childlike reign as kings." "FRANKEN: Well, everybody at this base, from the highest commander to -- the brigadier general we've dealt with an awful lot -- to the lowliest private -- I use the word "lowliest" in quotes -- everybody was just thrilled to death."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line107
__label__cc	0.651708	0.348292	Playing It Forward: 50 Years of Women and Sport in Canada This new book edited by Guylaine Demers, Lorraine Greaves, Sandra Kirby and Marion Lay, takes us inside the world of sport in Canada. Published by the Feminist History Society, Playing It Forward shines a light on the efforts of a wide range of... National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol – new website! CWHN has been working closely with Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of "Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol", on the new website National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol. In particular (at the YouTube icon at the bottom of the... HPV vaccine: No easy answers A recent editorial in the British Medical Journal asks some provocative questions about whether or not a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program is worthwhile. The editorial discusses a study in India in which more than 23... NEW! CRIAW FACT SHEET: Violence Against Women in Canada Despite decades of research, education, lobbying and activism, violence against women and girls continues to be widely tolerated in Canada. In recent years, Canada has seen dramatic cuts in funding to organizations that support victims of violence... Shedding light on medical research studies Health News Review recently reviewed Basics for Evaluating Medical Research Studies: A Simplified Approach by Sheri Ann Strite and Michael E. Stuart, MD. This new book - of only 112 pages - may help lay readers of medical research studies... New! Rights of the Child posters with an Aboriginal focus Healthy Aboriginal Network has created a new series of 42 brilliantly illustrated posters. Each of these posters portrays an article of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child with an Aboriginal youth focus. Preview these... Fight gender oppression! The Centre for Gender Advocacy in Montreal invites you to attend, participate, and tell all your friends! Unless otherwise specified, events take place at 1500 de Maisonneuve West #404. Monday September 23rd 2PM-4PM, Open House Come visit and get... Breast cancer and clear science – new website Breast Cancer Fund has launched an exciting new website that presents the science about breast cancer in clear, accessible language. They’ve also integrated practical tips on how to reduce your risk, and offer many ways to take action to prevent breast... Prevention Precaution: SSRI’s and Pregnancy In a recent post on the RxISK website, Harriet Rosenberg discusses concerns about prescribing selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a class of antidepressants, during pregnancy. She notes “there is a patient safety and... New! Growing Up in a New Land - A Guide for Newcomer Parents The Best Start Resource Centre has published this new booklet for parents of children 0-6. It contains information on: Supports for parents Parenting in Canada Helping your child learn Helping your child talk Keeping your child healthy and safe Taking... #GENERATIONFLUX: Understanding the seismic shifts that are shaking Canada's youth This new report from Community Foundations of Canada identifies trends across the country in the issues facing today's youth. While the report lacks a gender lens on many topics, it does compare girls and boys with respect to health issues such as... Qouleur: Montreal Festival Tackles Race & Sexuality Through Art & Conversation 16-23 August 2013 Qouleur celebrates racialized queer identities and experiences with an action packed week-long festival of art exhibitions, performances, workshops, music and love. Find out more on their website. Call for Abstracts: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies conference New Research and Best Practice Perinatal Conference 2014 Deadline September 30, 2013 This inaugural conference for Perinatal Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, will be an opportunity for health care professionals who are... New research: The Canada Social Transfer and the Social Determinants of Health This paper investigates the adequacy of government provision and accountability in delivering social services through an in-depth exploration of income security funding at the national, provincial, and local level in Canada. Read the report by Ashley... Are you a trainee who brings a focus on sex and gender to your health research? The CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) is interested in training and sustaining a strong and diverse foundation of health researchers who integrate sex and gender considerations in their work. The purpose of IGH’s Institute... Prescription painkiller death: A growing epidemic among women The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US have published some alarming statistics on how many women are dying from overdosing on prescription painkillers. About 18 women die every day of a prescription painkiller overdose in the US, more... Girls imagining their futures! Girls Action is launching National Career Day, a new pilot project in partnership with 15 organizations and schools across the country. For the last six years, Girls Action Foundation has inspired girls to start imagining their future during interactive... Sexual and reproductive health and rights crucial for world development The High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development is urging governments and the international community to take much bolder action to meet and build on commitments they made at the International Conference on... CWHN cited in hormone replacement debate story Whether or not menopausal women should replace the naturally diminished hormones in their bodies was being debated in the Toronto Star recently. CWHN’s Executive Director Anne Rochon Ford said on the issue, “Menopause is not a disease. Menopause is... New report - The Gap in the Gender Gap: Violence Against Women in Canada This new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent national policy and consistent information about the levels of that violence. The study...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line110
__label__cc	0.687014	0.312986	Nubia Z18S and ZTE Blade X2 Max get certified with specs and images xda developers Idrees Patel Sep 26, 2018 xda developers Sep 26, 2018 Idrees Patel Sep 26, 2018 Read Source ZTE is an interesting position right now. After concluding a lengthy legal saga, the company can now operate and sell smartphones. It re-entered the Android flagship smartphone space by launching the ZTE Axon 9 Pro at IFA last month. While the Axon 9 Pro is a fairly standard 2018 Android flagship, it’s not the only smartphone in ZTE’s device portfolio. The company has a broad device portfolio, ranging from the Axon flagship series to the Blade series of budget phones. ZTE also has a subsidiary, Nubia, that sells its own Nubia-branded phones. Now, the Nubia Z18S has received TENAA certification, while the ZTE Blade X2 Max has been certified on the FCC. The Nubia Z18S will be a Nubia-branded flagship smartphone. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, just like the ZTE Axon 9 Pro and the Nubia Z18 (which was announced earlier this month). It will have two RAM options: 6GB/8GB, paired with 64GB/128GB storage. Interestingly, it will have dual displays. The primary display will be a 6.26-inch Full HD+ (2280×1080) LCD, while there is a secondary 5.1-inch (1520×720) OLED display. It seems the secondary display will be placed on the back, reminiscent of the YotaPhone. Unlike the YotaPhone, however, the Nubia Z18S will have a full color OLED display instead of using an E-Ink display. The Nubia Z18S will have a 24MP + 16MP rear cameras. The phone does not seem to have a front-facing camera. It will be powered by a 3,800mAh battery, and it will run Android 8.1 Oreo. Its dimensions will be 154.1 x 73.3 x 8.65 mm, and it will weigh 176 grams. On the other hand, the ZTE Blade X2 Max is a budget phone. It will be the successor of the ZTE Blade X Max, which is sold by Cricket Wireless in the US. The ZTE Blade X2 Max was in the rumors since February, but this is the first time live photos of the phone have been released thanks to the certification. The phone will have a 6.0-inch Full HD (1920×1080) display with a 16:9 aspect ratio, which means that it will have more screen area than 6-inch 18:9 displays. The rest of the specifications aren’t that great as the phone will have only 2GB of RAM and 32GB storage. The Blade X2 Max will have 16MP + 2MP rear cameras, and an 8MP front-facing camera. It will be powered by a 4,080mAh battery, and it will run Android 8.0 Oreo. The Nubia Z18S and the ZTE Blade X2 Max will likely be launched in the coming weeks. Via 1: SlashleaksVia 2: Slashleaks	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line120
__label__cc	0.7468	0.2532	Classes With Carlo Gebler Oct 22, 2014 fermanaghwriters Uncategorized No Comments Carlo Gebler, critiquing, Fermanagh writers Back row L-R: Mary McElroy, Dianne Trimble (Sec.), Dermot Maguire, Gordon Williams, Frankie McPhillips, John Monaghan (Vice Chair) Front row L-R: John Kelly, John Llewellyn James, Marie Treacy, Ken Ramsey, Carlo Gebler, Teresa Kane, Jennie Brien, Tony Brady (Chair) This photo, taken by Bob Baird on the last evening of our classes with Carlo Gebler, captures the members who attended the final critiquing class – of the six led by Carlo Gebler – bridging the last three weeks of September and the first three weeks of October 2014. Our Chair, Tony Brady, tells us a little more about the classes: Tony Brady This autumn Fermanagh Writers received tuition, in a series of six classes, by esteemed writer, Carlo Gebler. Carlo fostered an atmosphere of collective participation in the classes. A measure of his challenging and attractive approach to critiquing prose fiction, prose poetry drama and poems was the consistent attendance of most Fermanagh Writers members who commenced and completed the six week course Carlo conducted in Blakes. In total, eighteen written contributions were considered and the criteria Carlo applied were broadly based on their content, interest, readability, imagination and presentation. More specifically, the contributions were subjected to analysis for their originality, inspiration, meaning, structure, reader stimulation, comprehension, style and publishing potential. Areas for improvement were suggested: Carlo compared and contrasted the examples members presented, with the work of established writers and poets, citing specific reference to their published titles. He demonstrated principal writing techniques by his own reading from a selection of personally chosen authors. Notes of the content of each class were taken and they were circulated weekly to those members unable to attend: they will be collated and made available as a Fermanagh Writers’ resource to members. Expressions of appreciation and plaudits, received in messages from participants during the series, will be included. Thank you Carlo, on behalf of everyone involved: you conducted your assignments with energy, enthusiasm and wholesale commitment. It does not end there, as your guidance and insights will continue to influence our own weekly practice and application to critiquing. It is fitting to complete this brief Appreciation with you own words from your final class: “When you read, it’s private, it alters you. At the end you are not the same as when you started. There are two distinct experiences: the personal and awareness of the other. They are united in a relationship of the writer and the reader.” As a token of Fermanagh Writers’ appreciation, John Monaghan presented Carlo with a book: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. « Dermot Maguires new book » CAP poetry workshop. A short report.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line122
__label__cc	0.608387	0.391613	MSU research finds home on North and South Farms The information presented on this page was originally released on January 19, 2012. It may not be outdated, but please search our site for more current information. If you plan to quote or reference this information in a publication, please check with the Extension specialist or author before proceeding. Agriculture, Crops, Forages, Livestock Ms. Bonnie A. Coblentz MISSISSIPPI STATE – Untrained eyes see Mississippi State University’s extensive North and South Farm as typical farmland, but to researchers, these acres are their laboratories. MSU has more than 2,200 acres of crop and pasture land adjacent to the Starkville campus. While commonly referred to as North and South Farms, these parcels of land are actually the R.R. Foil Research Center and the Leveck Animal Research Center, respectively. North Farm cropland is divided into a variety of plot sizes so researchers can manipulate variables such as seed variety, fertilizer or herbicide application rates, irrigation, and disease and insect pressure. Plots are meticulously labeled and tracked, and some plants are individually labeled, making it possible for researchers to gather specific details. Careful records are kept on livestock and horses on the South Farm. Special conditions can be created to allow animals to be managed and bred for highest performance and health. “It is unusual for a land-grant institution to have research land this close to campus,” said Reuben Moore, associate director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. “Some forward-thinking previous administrators purchased this property. Many of our researchers also have teaching and Extension responsibilities, and these locations give them ready access from campus, making it easier to keep up with all their responsibilities.” Work done at test plots on North and South Farm support MSU research in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, and the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. Keith Daniels, superintendent of the two farms, said the land is dedicated completely to research. “We have the largest land reserve adjacent to campus of any land-grant university in the country,” Daniels said. “We work with our researchers to provide the exact conditions they need to carry out projects. They state the land resource they need and what they’ll be doing, and we follow their protocols to accommodate their needs.” North Farm is about 725 acres of row-crop land located north of Highway 182 on the northeast side of Starkville. It is a triangular-shaped piece of land bordered on the north by Highway 82 and the west by the Thad Cochran Research Park. This highly visible stretch of farmland has about 400 acres of row crops, 180 acres of turf and ornamental plants, 75 acres of forest and about 190 miscellaneous acres dedicated to greenhouses, field labs and some outbuildings. “About 25 percent of our operating budget each year is derived from row crop proceeds off North Farm,” Daniels said. North Farm grows energy feed stocks, such as switch grasses, giant miscanthus and energy canes, to support a significant amount of bioenergy research. South Farm is larger, encompassing about 1,500 acres on the southwest side of Starkville. Spring Street forms the east boundary of the land by the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the farm extends south to Poorhouse Road near the Starkville Country Club and west to residential areas along South Montgomery Street. About 840 acres of this land are used for animal grazing and pasture projects, and 165 acres are used for hay. There are about 18 acres of aquaculture ponds and 500 acres of land in miscellaneous uses, including U.S. Department of Agriculture research and poultry science facilities. While researchers set the conditions and stipulate each year what crops will be planted, how they will be managed, where animals will be grazed and what test conditions will be created, Daniels and his crew of eight make it happen. “We have a few more workers than normal farms of this size have, but the work we do is labor intensive,” Daniels said. “The researchers tend to be very hands-on and do a lot of their own work with the help of graduate students and student labor, but there is a lot of work to be done on these acres.” When researchers need more land than North and South Farm offers, research spills over to the Black Belt Experiment Station, about 25 miles away in Brooksville. Moore said the research plots support projects funded by MSU, private industry contracts, USDA grants and other sources. “For every dollar we get from state funds, we get about $1.30 from other sources,” Moore said. One of those sources of funding is royalties from the ownership of intellectual property. Much of MSU’s research is in basic science, making discoveries about the composition of plants and animals, proteomics, genomics and genetics. “We can look at positive characteristics, such as marbeling in beef or handling heat stress in livestock, and discover what genes are responsible for these desirable characteristics,” Moore said. “Or we can look for negative characteristics that are manifested, such as disease susceptibility, and try to determine what genes are responsible.” Basic science forms the building blocks on which other, often commercially valuable, research is based. When a significant discovery is made or an important process developed, that knowledge can be legally protected as intellectual property. Rights to use this intellectual property are licensed to commercial interests, providing income for MSU that is put back into more research. “One of our biggest recent research accomplishments on North Farm is the development of some highly successful, commercially available varieties of turfgrass,” Moore said. “We also were the first place in the world where there was field-sized testing of transgenic, or genetically engineered, cotton.” Dr. Brett Rushing Asst Ext/Res Prof & Fac Coord Native grasses, forages, grazing management, conservation crops, biofuel crops First ag leadership class graduates Reduced acreage, shaky start challenged soybeans Parker named Mississippi Farmer of the Year Extension hosts learning sessions on Farm Bill Experts to offer advice at post-flood recovery event Calibrating Poultry Litter Spreading Equipment Fan Selection for Poultry Housing Wildflower Trails of Mississippi Publication Number: IS1950 Why the Rapid Growth Rate in Today's Chickens? Minimum Ventilation Can Challenge Broilers Forage News Cool-season Annual Grasses: Seed Cost, Productivity, and Return 4H Animal Lines Newsletters August 2019 - 4-H Animal Lines Mississippi MarketMaker Vol. 9 No. 7 / Commercial Blue Crab Harvesting Mississippi Vaccinium Journal Dawg Tracks Safety Talk http://extension.msstate.edu/news/feature-story/2012/msu-research-finds-home-north-and-south-farms	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line127
__label__cc	0.702022	0.297978	WHS Alumni Update: May 11, 2012 Submitted by Washington Humane Society, Washington Humane Society Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 11:05am Giuliana Rancic Joins Trendsetters at LuxeYard Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, 10:28am LuxeYard, has announced that E! entertainment journalist and beauty expert Giuliana Rancic has joined their group of Trendsetters. The Trendsetters at the flash sale site make their picks on what is hot, helping to offer up weekly high-fashion merchandise at rock-bottom prices. “We are thrilled to have Giuliana on board as one of our Trendsetters,” explains Braden Richter, the chief executive officer of LuxeYard (www.LuxeYard.com), an online member site that offers discounts on home furnishings and more. “We look forward to seeing her picks and enjoying the style that she brings to the table. We know that our site members will like following her picks, as well.” LuxeYard Launches LuxeStyle, Offering Discounted Designer Apparel Monday, April 2nd, 2012, 11:54am LuxeYard (OTCBB: LUXR), announces the launch of LuxeStyle, a division of the company that will focuses on offering consumers high-end designer apparel for 70 percent off the retail price. The move aims to help people dress stylishly for less money, as they take advantage of flash-sale opportunities and group-buy discounts. “People love designer clothing, but the truth of the matter is that it can be a little too expensive for most budgets,” explains Braden Richter, the chief executive officer of LuxeYard (www.LuxeYard.com), an online member site that offers discounts on housewares. “Our LuxeStyle division will help enable people to wear the clothing they want, without having to break their budget to do it.” LuxeStyle offers the discounts to all site members, and membership is free. Those who sign up will receive a number of benefits: Attn NoVA/DC/MD High School Students + Parents :: Prom Confidence Event + Giveaway on March 24th Thursday, March 15th, 2012, 10:38am On Saturday, March 24, local merchants and activists for young people will come together to make some prom dreams come true for teenagers in Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. The group previously hosted makeovers with local teens, including the one featured in the video above of Nailah Phillips, a sophomore at Heritage HIgh School in Leesburg. Perhaps the best part about these makeovers is that the team bases its prom and homecoming events not only on making over the outside, but on reminding teens first, to see and appreciate their strengths, and second, to know that each is truly special. 5 Reasons Spray-On Tans are Better Tuesday, March 13th, 2012, 8:45am According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the country. Furthermore, around 90 percent of all skin cancer cases are associated with exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Even indoor tanning beds, which 30 million people use per year, pose health risks. Because of this, many people are in search of a healthier option. Today, the spray-on tan option is increasingly offering many benefits over other forms of tanning. “Many people are not familiar with the type of spray-on tan that we offer,” explains Meghan Farrar, owner of Golden Glow Mobile Spray Tan (www.goldenglowtansva.com), located in NoVa. “Those who do know and opt for it find out just what a great-looking tan they can get, and how much better it is than sunbathing or being exposed to UV tanning booths.” Spray-on tans provide many benefits, compared to other forms of tanning, including: A Shelter Animal’s Perspective Monday, March 5th, 2012, 4:20pm The following information was sent to us by Katherine Zenzano: I wanted to share with you a one-day “volunteer recruitment” project that was so personally profound and striking, it brought tears to my eyes and to the eyes of many of our staff. It gave me deep insight into the experience of our shelter animals from their perspective. Images from these videos cross my mind often. Even daily. In the first video you see the dark silhouette of a cat as she sits in her cage. She takes a moment to eat from her bowl, then surveys the outside of her cage, and then as if she suspects she is being watched she glances back towards her litter box. She stands to reveal a stub of a tail and looks around as seconds go by…slowly. She hears the faint sound of simulated birds chirping in the background along with the occasional faint tease of human chatter and movement. Click here for the video. West Potomac Academy Fashion Design Students to Participate in Crystal Couture Fashion Event Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, 3:44pm From Fairfax County Public Schools:	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line129
__label__wiki	0.505366	0.505366	Playing GM for the 2009-2010 Season By Canes-Fan-In-Montreal, May 27, 2009 in Hurricanes Talk I just want to look at the D here. Everyone agrees we need a stay at home defenseman with size that can actually shut down top forwards. Right now we have too many offensive ones trying to fill the defensive role. We have Pitkanen, Corvo, Babchuk, Seidenberg, Kaberle and McBain as our offensive defenseman. Defensive ones are Gleason Wallin and maybe Rodney. Seidenberg had a decent offensive post season, but still was lost in his own end, just like during the regular season. Yes every once in a while he throws a big hit, but his value is on the PP. We have enough of that, younger and bigger talent too. Let Seidenberg walk. Go ahead and lock up Babchuk for 3 years at a cheap deal. He's a RFA and has no arbitration rights. Very little negotiating room, also he didn't show up in the playoffs. I expect JR to get a good deal with him. Even though Babchuk is not good in his own end, he has size and he's still very young. He's been a great asset on the PP as we all know, and I fully expect him back next year. Something has to be done with Kaberle, realistically the only thing is buying him out. That only saves us about 730k, but it's better than paying his full salary. Wallin is okay as a bottom pairing defenseman and doesn't make that much, 1.7. However JR decides to do it, the next thing to do is pick up a true stay at home defenseman with size. We can't go to Europe taking the NHL rejects and expect them to fill in a top 4 shutdown role. Throw Rodney in the mix, and we should be set for the start of the year. You can't expect for the team to do too much more with all of the forwards we have to sign. One thing to throw out is possibly trading Corvo at the deadline. He is getting older and his contract is up after next season. We have McBain waiting in Albany, and I'm sure he'll be playing on the team in the next 2 years. Corvo could get us some good return, wether it's a big forward or another defenseman. Next Year, 09-10 Pitkanen-Gleason Corvo-Shut Down Wallin-Babchuk Year After, 10-11 Babchuk-Shut Down McBain-Rodney? hctimo787 Second question, and I can only imagine the replies this will get -- If Eric Staal were traded, what kind of return do you think the Canes could get -- be specific as to players and positions thinking about the needs the team has. Staal would never get traded, and JR has pretty much said that verbatim multiple times in the past. We locked him up to a long term deal and I believe he will be getting a NTC too. I won't put my two cents in regarding the entire team because I hate trying to crunch in the cap hits but here's what I would like to see: Cole either walks or takes a ginormous home discount not to exceed 2/year. Sign Rosey to a 3 year, 1.8/2/2.2 deal. Sign Jussi to a one year with a very small raise Sign Ruutu with a decent raise. Try to package some combo of Kabs/Bayda/Eaves for picks if nothing else As much as Staal needs a legit scoring winger, we also need another young shutdown Dman for the second pairing. Babchuk can stay if he takes the same deal he had this year, I'm still not sold on him. Keep Mo It's gonna be interesting to see what JR does. Bayda is a free agent, so he won't be traded. I don't think Kabs will either as he's been through waivers and all a few times. Babchuk will also get at least a 10% raise for a qualifying offer. Agree with you on Cole/stay at home defenseman. Caniac007-ch1 So the board and media consensus is that the Canes need a top line winger and a top pair defenseman. I had been of a mind that they can only afford one or the other, but I'm not so sure now that the team profited around $5 mil this season with playoff revenues included. I would love to see Jay Bo in a Canes sweater to go along with Cam and Staal as a dynamic core for many years to come, but if JR does that it means no $$ for a winger. So, I'll say no to this for now. If PK will put some of the profits back into the team, maybe the spending limit goes up $2 mil to about $53 million total. I would let Cole and Seids walk. Resign Rosey (1.6), Ruu (2.8), Jokinen (2.1), and Babs (1.5) ($8 mil total). UFA signings: Komisarek ($3.25) and D. Sedin or Camalleri ($4.25) ($7.5 total) Trade Kaberle and Eaves for later picks frees $3.6 mil. The following team sets up for approx. $52.9 mil Sedin-Staal-Ruu Whit-Cullen-LaRose Samsonov-Brindy-Bowman Walker-Boychuk-Jokinen Conboy Komisarek-Pitkanen Gleason-Corvo Wallin-Babs One of: Carson/Rodney/Borer/McBain Leights If making all of the above re-signings and UFA signings happens to run over $15.5 total to say $16.5, then package Kabs and Samsonov (instead of Eaves) to free the $. (I would say Walker instead of Sammy but that would be too far fetched even for this thread). Only changes to the line-up above would be Eaves on the 4th line then and Jokinen on 3rd. JR has to see where this team is at. He knows that Conference Finals was a small overachievement. Now, he knows being a Cup contender is just a couple of moves away and he may have more cash. It will be an interesting off-season. Next season Walker, Corvo, Whitney, Wallin, and Cullen (and Kabs who I've already traded) are in contract years which will give room for JR to make moves at the trade deadline to fill holes for a Cup run or to make adjustments for the future if the season is not going well. (and no I do not think Wallin will ever waive his NTC.) It should be a fun off-season and 09-10 season! GO CANES!!! Canes-Fan-In-Montreal It is interesting how people are putting Boychuk and even Bowman into the starting line-ups. Is that really far-fetched? I am not saying yes or no. Looks like Sutter is going to have to wait until Brindy is done to crack the NHL again though. It also looks like people aren't building a 'shut down' line. Are we happy to try and go 3 lines like this year, or try for 4 lines that can score? Just some ways to look at the line-ups we are forming fallen_apostle All Staaled up! LocationCary My Offseason Agenda. As another poster said it's hard because we don't know the Salary Cap or Karmanos' budget. -Resign Chad LaRose -Resign RFA's Jokinen, Ruutu, Babchuk -Try to Resign Seidenberg. but I don't think he'll stay, or someone will offer more -Trade Joe Corvo and 4th Round Pick to Minnesota for Pierre-Marc Bouchard -Buyout Frank Kaberle -Sign Steve Montador (Impressed me in CAR/BOS Series) -If any leftover money try to lock up Cam Ward Bold=New Player Red=Resigned LINE 1 Bouchard-Staal-Ruutu LINE 2 Whitney-Cullen-LaRose LINE 3 Samsonov-Jokinen-Eaves LINE 4 Boychuk-Brind'Amour-Walker DPAIR1 Pitkanen-Gleason DPAIR2 Babchuk-Montador DPAIR3 Rodney/Carson-Wallin GOALTENDERS 1.Ward 2.Leighton SCRATCHES Conboy-Rodney/Carson-Sutter -Start Drayson Bowman the year in the AHL, going from Juniors straight to the NHL is rough, ask Brandon Sutter. Good God almighty; no way to Montador or Bouchard. Boston fans COULD NOT stand Montador, and simply put he is/was nothing in that series. What a joke. And Bouchard? One of the smallest players in the league, who without Gaborik this season could not maintain his 60+ scoring pace? Hell flippin' no. EDIT: Oh, and another thing, you've got Babchuck on the second D-pairing...LOL. Yes, we all know you love him, but give me a break. It's third line for him or back to Russia, and that's it. So try again. For Cole, I agree with somebody else who said that Cole should be kept, for a lower price and short contract. Cole is a solid 45-55 point guy in the regular season; the playoffs of course are a different story, where he's never really had success (not in 2002, injured in 2006, and again not this year.) So I mean JR and company need to weigh that; Cole is great for Staal and team chemistry, and can definitely chip in for the regular season, but playoffs he may not be able to be counted on. Thus, I say we keep him, but again like so many have said not at a top winger price. tray-ch1 Boychuk on 4th line don't make sense. Give him time in AHL or bring on top 9 at least. IceFrog999 http://www.nhlnumbers.com/freeagents.php Just thought I'd post this here. Many players aren't going to be taking a discount to play here, and most will probably expect a bigger raise here than they would expect to play elsewhere. For instance, one of the Sedin brothers was suggested in this topic. Playing together at Vancouver, they took a discount to play with each other. If they're separated, they're rumored to want up to 6 million a piece. A shut down line could be to put together Walker-Brindy-Ruu (or possibly Eaves). Then adjust other lines as chemistry allows. Lines 2-4 as I put them together could all play similar minutes in the 11-14 range. Getting 12 minutes a night in the NHL is not bad for development. Playing similar minutes across these lines has been used by Mo and I think JR likes the idea as well. I know management would like to see at the NHL level next year. http://www.nhlnumbers.com/freeagents.php''>http://www.nhlnumbers.com/freeagents.php' target="_blank">http://www.nhlnumbers.com/freeagents.php[/post] Yep, but I'd still prefer him of all the wingers available if he can't get $6 mil elsewhere. The Canes can spend about $8.5 mil total for top D-man and 1st line winger if they trade both Kabs and Sammy for picks and do not return Cole or Seids. Maybe they go after Camalleri if he is a bit less than D. Sedin and that allows them to bring in a shutdown D-man. The concept remains the same. jeromeo87 Chill out, dude. This was just this guys opinion, which is what these message boards are about. I'm not saying you can't give your opinion, I'm just saying try to less of a jerk about it. This team will never go after top free agents. I doubt Samsonov or Kaberle is traded. Well, Sedin is one of the better wingers available, but I really don't expect us to even make a push for him. Him and his brother are either going to re-sign in Vancouver, or Carolina would just be outbid. Camalleri could work. He'd be an improvement on the powerplay, that's for sure. And after attempting to trade Kaberle throughout the season and then eventually putting him on waivers and still being unclaimed, I think the only option remaining is buyout. No one wants that contract for the play that Kaberle brings. hockeybaby I think Leighton could turn out to be a VERY good backup goalie. Problem? Well, it looks like Mo is the kind of coach who plays his #1 goalie until he is flogged. maybe Leighton would want to be on a team where he gets to play more than 10 games a season? I love it. While I understand and realize, and know we need a shutdown d-man.... the last 2 offseasons ( or maybe it was this past one) "We need that offensive minded d-man" "We need a QB for the PP" etc etc... 1 season we need the top O-Dman.... next season it's the top D-Dman... I love it. Seriously, we could do without Seids. I like him, and always felt no one gave him a chance. But we have here, for a full season and then some. Let's see what else we can get/do. We're stuck with Wallin and Kaberle. Both have their moments (OK, Wallin more so than Kaberle) But Wallin is grit, and I think he does a fine job as a dman for his price tag. Kabs, not so much. I don't think we're going to nab the top winger we'd like, so be prepared to have our core back. I would so love to eat crow, and if JR wants to do it, I'd love it, but I don't think realistically much is going to happen. Red_Storm Is Tampa Bay still in disarray where they could be taken advantage of? They've got a little winger that would be a nice scoring partner for Mr. Staal in Martin St.Louis. He's only making $4m per year for the next two years, so that salary would fit well in the Canes salary structure. If Tampa still feels they're in a rebuilding phase, could a boat load of picks be tempting for them? I was thinking about St. Louis too, but it seems farfetched that Tampa would give him up. But, if they are going into a rebuilding phase, who knows? I too think St. Louis would be a great winger for Staal. During the season, there were all these rumors that they wanted to move Vincent Lecavalier. But Vinny, I think has an NTC, and really wants to end his career in Tampa. He's got deep charity foundation roots there and is the team captain. I don't know if Marty would object to going elsewhere (assuming he has an NTC). We need size, not another small winger who is getting up there in age. We also should be holding on to our picks, no reason to trade them away. And even though he's making 4 mil the next two years, his cap hit is still 5.25. In the off-season with one season remaining there is more hope that someone would show interest in Kabs. Putting him in a package with Sammy might also draw interest because Sammy is reasonably paid and when he's in a groove can still score some beautiful goals for a team. However, this does seem to be a point the board agrees on that I missed before, the Canes need to move some bad contracts such as Kabs, Walker, or Brindy. But there is great doubt that it can/will be accomplished, leaving the $$ crunch for who will JR or won't JR be able to go after. You've got to remember though, Samsonov's still got that reputation for being the "Come and Go" player he was before coming to Carolina. When he didn't succeed in Montreal, and then in Chicago, that hurts a player's reputation. He'll need to have another great season at least if he wants to break that. Unless I'm missing something, the 'cap hit' is irrelevant for the Canes as they will be no where near the cap. The 'out of pocket' cost is what matters most. That's why for this team, as an odd example, having somebody hire Laviolette as a coach is important. The Canes are still paying his contract for the next two years, I think. But if someone else hires him, doesn't the other team pick up his contract which would free up some Canes bucks for players (or a coach!)? hopper915 LocationClayton, NC What the Canes need: Physical Defenseman- Don't re-sign Seidenberg and maybe go after a Rob Scuderi(UFA-Penguins) or a Johnny Oduya(UFA-Devils) or a Steve Montador(UFA-Bruins). Jay Bouwmeester(UFA-Panthers) I think would be too expensive. I agree with the re-signing of LaRose, Ruutu, Bayda, Babchuk and Cole at a discount. Winger to match up with Staal- Gaborik is too fragile and not a good risk. I'd rather stay with Cole (at a hometown discount) than have an injury prone Gaborik. Tanguay(Canadiens) is a UFA, but might be too expensive. Daniel Sedin(Canucks) is also available. Kris Versteeg(Blackhawks) is a young RFA. Plays with a nasty side. Hossa(Wings) or Brian Gionta(Devils) are UFA, but again, too expensive. Here is a list of free-agents http://www.nhlnumbers.com/freeagents.php?t...e&type=none tcarver Well if history repeats itself the Canes will sign alot of the existing players and will then miss the playoffs for the next 2 years. Just sayin. yeah....We would really like to avoid that clementnorman oduya and scuderi both will make some big money next year. montador sucked in our series. hope bayda is gone, we have the ahl for that. iamafirehazrd On the Kaberle issue, a trade isn't going to happen before the trading deadline without giving up some assets to get someone to take the salary. That means if he is going to be elsewhere at the beginning of the year it will have to be a buyout, which only makes sense if you fill his spot with a guy from the AHL, in other words someone making less than $700k. So maybe it happens but I think we're going to be graced with another year of Frankie before he hits the road for good. That being said I think he is movable as the season goes along to a contender who wants an experienced 7th defenseman for the playoffs in case of injury, since he will be a UFA at the end of the year. In that case the canes wouldn't get much back but you never know. On roster moves as a whole I'd love to know what the budget will actually be but I doubt we'll hear that until JR's done making moves since it could hamper his dealings if it is know by players, agents, other GM's etc. Assuming it stays around where it was this year the canes have 8 million to spend. Which means there is no way that there will be a big addition without a trade to dump some salary, or a surprise Brind'Amour retirement. On the whole I think that budget, plus the teams salary position in '10-'11 (about 24 million committed before this summers moves) and the cap possibly falling in the future means it will be another year of trying to augment this core with mid-level trades or bargain finds. If those moves don't work we could very well see the team blown up next spring assuming JR doesn't unexpectedly go long on and big with some of the FA's. I have a sneaking feeling we will see virtually this same team again next year unless someone has some bloated salary demands. Given this team's deficiencies there is no easy way to fix them with the budget put in place and remain in contention for the playoffs. With that in mind I will be shocked if there is a move to bring in a #1 winger, #2 center, or shutdown defenseman. Maybe next summer but not now.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line131
__label__wiki	0.890886	0.890886	Lili’s Lili's neon circa 1979 (Photo from the Detroit Free Press) Address: 2930 Jacob St, Hamtramck, MI 48212 August 10th, 1979 - The Pigs & The Tse-Tse Flies September 21st & 22nd, 1979 February 22nd & 23rd, 1980 April 11th & 12th, 1980 November 21st & 22nd, 1980 June 1982 Calendar Flyer April 15th, 1980 – Detroit Free Press Opened by Maria Lidia “Lili” Karwowski in 1974, Lili’s started in a very honest way. Art Lyzak, vocalist for The Mutants and Lili’s son, says she got a job as a barmaid a few years before in Hamtramck because her second husband wasn’t good at keeping up the child support payments. When Lili bought her own bar she continued to keep it simple as a shot & a beer joint catering to Hamtramck’s blue collar and Polish immigrant community. As an immigrant herself, who spent some time in a concentration camp, she understood her patrons and, eventually, became well-known for her friendliness and wild fashion. Lyzak says after The Mutants played in New York in the mid-1970s, before the Bookie’s scene got going, he tried to convince Lili on opening the place to bands, but she was against the idea at the time. A few years later, Lyzak says he took Lili to Bookie’s so she could get an idea of the scene that was developing. By August 1979, Lili agreed to letting bands in her place. The April 15th, 1980 Detroit Free Press highlighted the bar with a story headlined “Punk and polka at home at Lili’s”. Art Lyzak - Lili's Story Art Lyzak - Lili Loved Her Polka Records Art Lyzak - I Took Lili to Bookie's Art Lyzak - First Show at Lili's Art Lyzak - Lili's Started with a Bang Art Lyzak - Why They Came to Lili's Art Lyzak - Booking Bands at Lili's Chris Panackia on Lili's Glenn Barr - Living at Lili's, One Wild Time Gary Reichel - Jerry Vile Banned from Lili's Glenn Barr - Lili's Had the Best Jukebox Art Lyzak - Hamtramck More Bars Than Anywhere Art Lyzak - Amazed I'm Still Alive Notable visitors to the bar including The Clash, Iggy Pop, and Kelsey Grammer. Bruce Springsteen tried to get in on a busy night but got turned away at the door because, Lyzak says, Lili didn’t know who he was. Lyzak and his Mutants bandmate John Amore hosted a show called “Hamtramck Nightlife” from Lili’s in 1982 which also featured a “performance” by the band. Lili passed away in 1999. The family closed the bar in 2002 and sold it. It reopened not too long after as The Painted Lady which still operates today. Have a story or information to share about Lili’s? You can do that here.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line133
__label__wiki	0.910602	0.910602	An alternative DFI: FinnChurchAid kicks off new investment firm In a pioneering move, the Helsinki-based NGO FinnChurchAid (FCA) has launched an investment company that will manage a EUR 16 million loan from the Finnish government to be invested in small businesses in African and Asian countries, the first of its kind in the Nordic countries. Norway supports new indigenous rights centre, but restricts funding to projects in India The world’s first centre for promoting indigenous people’s land and forest rights is balancing the interests of its major donors. Sweden’s focus is rights. Norway’s is carbon. One result is that Norway supports the centre’s work on promoting tenure in countries like Colombia and Indonesia, but restricts the use of Norwegian money for projects in India, Burkina Faso and Mali. Collier attacks ‘ideological NGOs’ for hampering development in Africa The British economist Paul Collier delivered a frontal attack on Western NGOs at a conference in Oslo this week. “Africa needs our firms, but got … our NGOs,” he told the audience. In an interview with Development Today he nuanced his perspective. Some NGOs are “the latest manifestation of imperialism,” others are doing a great job, he said. Yet another lean year, but light in the tunnel for Finnish aid The Finnish government proposes EUR 994 million in aid next year, marking the fourth lean aid budget in a row since the historic aid cuts announced in the summer of 2015. Nevertheless, the Finnish aid community sees a light in the tunnel. UN watchdog scrutinises UNEP boss Erik Solheim’s travelling expenses In an on-going review, auditors at the UN have called for Erik Solheim, head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to refund part of his travelling costs. A devastating auditor’s report, cited by the Oslo-based daily Aftenposten, charges that Solheim was on the road for 529 days over the last two years and racked up a bill of NOK 4 million (USD 490,000). Tommy Thomsen leaves IFU, Huss to act as new CEO Torben Huss will become acting chief of the Danish aid-financed risk capital fund IFU when the current CEO Tommy Thomsen leaves the organisation to take up a new assignment in the private sector. Finnfund invests in multiple tree plantations in Africa and Latin America Finnfund has committed USD 10 million to a new forestry fund, the Arbaro Fund, that will invest in industrial tree plantations in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America over the next 15 years. Three Nordics top donor ranking. Norway penalised for ‘low quality of aid’ Sweden has the best migration policies among donors and Denmark gets top marks for contributing to international peacekeeping, according to the Center for Global Development’s CDI index for 2018. Norway, which topped the UNDP index announced last week, ranks nr 12 on the CDI because of high oil and gas production, heavy agricultural subsidies and the “low quality” of its aid. USD 2 billion replenishment target for newest global health initiative GFF A World Bank mechanism established in 2014 to expand funding for health and nutrition is gearing up for its first replenishment meeting in November where it hopes to raise USD 2 billion from donors. The Global Financing Facility (GFF) differs from traditional health aid, its Director Mariam Claeson tells Development Today, because it links up to billions of additional dollars. How much of this money is actually new remains unclear.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line134
__label__wiki	0.558103	0.558103	SML Board Meeting Minutes Home SML Board Meeting Minutes RandC_1953a_002 RandC_1953a_002 Title RandC_1953a_002 Subject Libraries; Caddo; Board Meeting Minutes; Transcript; Building; City Branches; Financial Description Library Commission Board Meeting Notes: October 29, 1953, page 1 Format Image Transcript SHREVE MEMORIAL LIBRARY BOARD. October 1953. The Shreve Memorial Library Board met in the office of the Librarian at 11 A.M., on Friday, October 29th, with the following members present: Mr. J.C. Hamilton, Chairman, Mayor Clyde E. Fant, Mr. F. Leonard Hargrove, Mr. Hardy A. O'Neal, Mr. George A. Meadows, Mrs. T.B. Lanford, and Mr. Thomas P. Fitzgerald. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with since copies had been mailed with notices of the present meeting. Adoption of the minutes as reported was unanimous. Mayor Fant reporting on needed repairs at the main library said that the city building and electrical inspectors had looked the building over and their minimum recommendations would reqquire the expenditure of several thousand dollars for extensive repairs; and that the money is not now available. The Librarian pointed out that the plate glass windows at Parkview are in such condition that they should be replaced as quickly as possible; that the Pittsburgh Plate Glass estimated that with salvaging some of the old glass the substitution could be done for a possible minimum of $ 140.00. Mr. Hargrove suggested that a standing committee should be appointed to assist the Librarian in looking after the buildings and needed repairs. After some discussion, Mr.Hargrove moved that such a committee be appointed and the Board gave unanimous approval. The Librarian was directed to await the committee's inspection before taking any action in regard to the plate glass windows. Mr. Hargrove in speaking of the expense involved in keeping the buildings in repair, said tha the would be interested in knowing how much the library and ist service cost per capita, per circulation, etc. The Librarian said that given a little time she could figure those percentages for the year to date and that she could give at the present time some of those figures for the year 1952. She was directed to mail the figures for 1952 and 1953 to each Board member. The Librarian read a letter from the Executive Secretary of the Citizens Library Movement concerning the need for a new building for the State Library and urging that Library Boards all over the state lend their support to a proposal for a new building to be presented at the next session of the legislature. The Librarian was directed to secure for the Board members' consideration, copies of resolutions endorsing the proposal. Should they agree to its endorsement, the matter would then be taken up with the Governor and with the local members of the legislature. A letter from Mr. Jamison in regard to renewing the lease at Werner Park was presented to the Board. Mr. Jamison suggested that if the lease were renewed that the Library pay half or all of the telephone bill which amounts to $ 15.00 per month. After some discussion the Board decided that ti would be better to increase the rental from $ 65.00 to $ 72.50 per month, leaving the telephone in Mr. Jamison's name and the responsibility for the bill in his hands. Add tags for RandC_1953a_002 Post a Comment for RandC_1953a_002 SML Home Journal of Ida Boggs Pots, Pans, and Patrons SML's 25th Anniversary Scrapbook SML Newsletters	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line137
__label__cc	0.617609	0.382391	My Music and More ← STR Mixtape – Party Pooper On XTC’s Reissue of Skylarking. The Reissue of the Year. → [Guest Post] Be Kind, Rewind, And Tell Us About Your Influences. Issar Tennenbaum on Ringo Starr Posted on November 21, 2010 by Yair Yona Another post in the tradition that began last month, where Issar Tennenbaum, legendary drummer of Rockfour, writes about this influences. This time, on his second post, Issar writes about the most famous and rich clown in the world – Ringo Starr. A Drummer that’s always being treated as the lucky bastard, and less as a drummer. Issar – the microphone is yours. I’m doubted if we ever heard of Ringo Starr if he kept his original name and of his former in the Beatles drummer position, Pete Best, wouldn’t leave the band on the verge of success. John, Paul and George chose a new drummer during their Hamburg 1962 period. Since then, Ringo also took the clown position of the world’s most famous band. I learned a lot about Ringo, through the eyes of another rocker-joker – Keith Moon (The Who). In the Moon biography, written by Tony Fletcher, he describes just how much Moon was inspired by Ringo, in his drums playing (at least until mid-sixties) and in general, as a persona. Moon didn’t just see Ringo as a drummer who sits in the back, but learned his behavior and was inspired by it. The fact that in 60’s live shows, they mostly amplified the snare drum, left a lot of place for imagination in creative drummers like Moon and Ringo. A decade later, Moon joined Ringo (who meanwhile became a Hollywood star thanks to his natural playing skills and his marriage to actress Barbara Bach), for a wild Hollywood life in mid seventies. Only thanks to the connected, focused, Ringo – they managed to finish their joint project – Moon’s first and only solo album. But beyond the crazy lifestyle of most drummers in his heyday, Ringo attracted me thanks to his musicianship (and also because he survived everything and he still creates). Allegedly it was Ringo that only held the beat to the songs written by others in the band, allegedly the talent ones. Allegedly, because his talent didn’t provide him with the credit and respect like the rest of the guys in the band, but still, it was Ringo who sang some monumental tunes like Octopus’s Garden, Good Night, Yellow Submarine, With A Little Help, in such a charisma didn’t fall back behind the others. Ringo was a Beatles brand on his own rights, his style and character had contributed a lot to the Beatles’ image and his position in the band was crucial to the shape and brand of the fab four. In today’s terms and values, Ringo’s style is considered simple. That’s maybe because he’s technically limited, as he was playing as a left drummer, on a right drum kit. And maybe it’s because of the plain reason, that his style was the common back then, when Ringo first started. When Rocknroll started. The famous Shuffle beat that Elvis adopted into the rocknroll world in the fifties, was the common beat also in the 60’s rocknroll hits (Help, My Generation). It was a Light, naive beat, that suited the times but Ringo brought the wild, savage style into it – and invented a style. So the so-called simplicity of Ringo – was not simple at all. It’s maybe even harder then to play prog, metal or alternative. Because the drumming style of the old rocknorll, which I call ‘the impassioned naive” – is almost nowhere to be seen, and Ringo was one of the style’s masters. Beyond the drive, he was creative in the way he matched drum parts to songs without being technically virtuous. Parts, that received for the first time, an equal status in the composition of a band. Ringo is 70 today. He became a paternal storyteller in the part of the original conductor in Thomas The Tank Engine, still releases humble solo albums and enjoys his elderly grace, such a unique figure. And a word about the All Starr Band – Ringo has been running this band for couple of years now, and everyone’s a star on that stage – all is equal. One day he heard the Peter Frampton is unemployed, depressed and unsuccessful, and they thought he’ll commit suicide. Ringo asked him to join the All Starr Band and ever since, Frampton is doing well. Ringo, you’re a king. [Older posts by Issar] On Buddy Rich On Ami Treibetch (The Churchills) This entry was posted in Guest posts and tagged Drums, Issar Tennenbaum, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr. Bookmark the permalink. Hi, welcome to my blog. I'm a musician from Tel Aviv and I sometimes write about the music that inspires me in some way, cross genre. Stick around and please do visit my Soundcloud page to listen. Enjoy, Yair Yona. Stay updated on new posts	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line148
__label__cc	0.655603	0.344397	Es \| Eng El Diario Vasco Founded on 27 November 1934, El Diario Vasco is the oldest newspaper in Guipúzcoa and a model for modern, locally committed journalism. The newspaper was acquired by Grupo Correo in 1948 and is based in San Sebastián, from where it runs offices and reports across the province and the rest of the Basque Country. The newspaper publishes a series of editions: Guipúzcoa-San Sebastián, Alto Deba, Alto Urola, Bajo Deba, Bidasoa-Baztán, Costa-Urola, Buruntzaldea, Oarsoaldea and Tolosa-Goierri. Its multimedia presence includes a local portal and the DVbus project. EGM 3º AC 2019 OJD 2018 + 1,4 MM UNIQUE USERS comScore multiplataform November 2019 eldiariovasco.com comercial solutions READ IN KIOSKO Y MÁS La Voz de Cádiz Colpisa MAGAZINES AND SUPPLEMENTS Corazón Tve COPE alianza editorial con ABC Veralia Shows On Demand Music Has No Limits Local Digital Kit Bookitit Media Digital Ventures Gelt San Sebastian Gastronomika © VOCENTO 2018. All rights reserved. Isabel Gómez Cagigas Degree in Computer Science from the University of Deusto, MBA from EOI and PDD from IESE. Currently General Manager of the Global Business Services division of IBM for Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel. Throughout his professional career at IBM, he has held various executive positions, being General Manager of the Global Technology Services division in the Middle East and Africa (2016-2018), IBM Country Manager in Turkey (2013-2015), and previously as Director of the Telco & Media sector for Central & Eastern Europe, and as Public Sector Manager for Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel. In addition, Isabel has extensive experience in transformation projects acquired in different sectors such as Telco & Media, Government, Health and Banking, in clients in different geographies. Koro Usarraga Unsain A graduate in Company Management and Administration from ESADE, with a PADE from IESE. Also a certified Chartered Accountant. Since 2016, she has been Independent Director at Caixabank, Chairwoman of the Audit and Control Committee and a member of the Risks Committee. From 2015 to 2017, she was Independent Director at NH Hotel Group, Chairwoman of the Audit and Control Committee and member of the Appointments, Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee. She began her career at Arthur Andersen, where she worked for 20 years and where in 1993 she was appointed partner in the audit division. In 2001 she assumed the responsibility for the General Corporate Management of Occidental Hotels & Resorts, an international hospitality group, where she was in charge of finance, administration, management control, information systems and human resources. She was Director General of Renta Corporación, a real estate company specialising in the acquisition, renovation and sale of properties. Since 2005 she has been a shareholder and director of 2005 KP Inversiones, S.L., which is dedicated to corporate investment and management consultancy.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line149
__label__wiki	0.576765	0.576765	Asian film facebook fan group interview with... JACK J Yeah, the KWAIDAN KLUB fan group on facebook has started a series of monthly interviews and the first one is with yours truly. Interview and intro by Nom Pauo. Nom Pauo With blessings from Sharon and Hope, KK will be doing a monthly member profile. Why? (Entering suck up mode) Because you are all beautiful people that are more than merely a screen name or obnoxious profile photos. You're more than weirdos who finds joy in seeing an innocent Japanese girl turn into a psychopath and make her victim eat puke, you're flesh and blood. You have interest and you have a story to tell. If this attempt at sucking up doesn't hold up...then i will say, we're doing it because we felt like it lmao! Enjoy or endure :) *Interview with Jack Jenson* Every now and then the world comes in contact with greatness. Basketball had Michael Jordan. Boxing had Muhammad Ali. Rock had Freddie Mercury. In this age of Facebook interest groups we have Nom Pauo. But that’s not to say the subject of this month’s interview isn’t an awesome person either :) How awesome? How awesome?! How dare u ask you heathens! Well for one the guy’s name is a fuckin alliteration! You wished ur name had poetic device! but thats not all folks. Jack is a connoisseur of obscure cinema - the kind that nobody would know about if it wasn’t for people like him. To top it off, the guy’s a published writer as well as established blogger. And the big cherry on top, he’s a ladies man. Observe as he breaks down the science of relationship :) So without further adieu, the talented the handsome...Mr. Jack Jenson! (oh and take notes cause you'll want to write down a few film suggestions ha!) whats up, jack? Hey there, hello, G'day mate! Lets cut the crap and gettothe meat of the matter. Word on the street is, you're a popular with the ladies! Whats ur secret?? Suck it in. Agree with the ladies. It may be hard on your manhood to spend 3 hours with them on shopping but it pays off. And don't talk about the footy or your mates all the time. Oh, and it's okay to show a weak side (just don't overdo it, you don't wanna become "one of the gals" if ya catch my drift). I concur with that last part. Get i tried getting in touch with my feminine side and was told "you're making me uncomfortable" can u believe that?!? Weeell, as I said you don't wanna overdo it. If you start being as "feminine" as one of their gay friends you're overdoing it, LOL (oh, and to quote an entire episode of SEINFELD: "Not that there's anything wrong with being gay, of course") Hmm...maybe i shouldnt have tried it on... so anyways. Now that the important stuff is out of the way, why dont u tell us a little bit about urself. Whatever you fancy is fine by me, just don't expect me to take part. lmao!! Noted. Hmm, about myself, eh. I'm located in the north of Europe, in Denmark. I spent a few years in the UK and a while in OZ (i.e. Australia) due to a 10 year relationship. I usually say I'm 90% Danish and 10% Aussie. I'm way too old and I always wanna go somewhere else. LOL. I've always been a collector, comic books, crime novels, records, films. I've written for fanzines the past 20 years, I think I did my first piece in 1993 and published my own zine in 1994, entitled "Banned in Britain". Already back then I had got into Asian films and issue #1 had reviews of Hong Kong films (and one Japanese splatter anime) in it. Nowadays I run a handful of blogs, two of them on obscure Asian films. But they're kinda different to what most fans of Asian cinema is into these days. If you belong to a counter-culture by watching Asian films then I'm the counter-culture to the counter-culture. LOL. Ha, "Banned in Britain"! What was that all about? Well, the plan was that it was going to only deal with splatter films. You know, a lot of those films were banned in the UK. The whole "video nasty" scare of the 1980s is well documented now. I lived there at the time and it was difficult to get hold of films like TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE or just about any uncut Dario Argento film. The gore films that DID get a vhs release were usually cut by the censor-board (the BBFC). I had to have tapes sent in from Europe to be able to watch them. You could go to jail if they caught you with a copy of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST!! I wanted the title of my zine to be a comment on that. When I said that was the plan it's because I kinda failed in doing that. Haha. I began to review other cult films that weren't necessarily straight gore films. Later I also did a zine called "STAY SICK!" which was more about all kinds of various films. Yea i saw that in ur profile description saying ur the Editor-in-Chief. Talk a little about Stay Sick Magazine. What was the inspiration? Where do u hope to go with it? Uhh, if I had ambitions of grandeur then I think I'm probably doing what I do all wrong. LOL. I've been publishing my mag since 1999 and all I have managed to put out is 6 issues! I'm working on a new one though. The inspiration clearly came from the alternative US film magazine "Psychotronic Video" which I began buying in London when #3 came out. I wanted to cover "psychotronic" films (i.e. films that somehow belong to the "fantastic" genres). My old zine "Banned in Britain" (BIB) was entirely in English but when I started doing "STAY SICK!" in 1999 there was only one other fanzines in Denmark and I wanted to give the Scandinavians a proper alternative film zine. So I decided to write SS entirely in Danish. Of course, nowadays everything is online but I still wish to put out more print issues. It's more fun to do print mags. So you were actually one of the earlier e-zine publisher? Thats pretty cool man! No. I never published e-zines, only print ones. I do a few blogs though but that's not what I'd call e-zines. Ah, gotcha. Thats still pretty cool dude even if only 6 issues were published. So lets chat asian cinema. I should add I also printed 2 issues of BIB and I've written for a bunch of other zines published by other people. Ever since #0 "Weng's Chop" has wanted me to take part and hopefully I'll get some stuff done for their next ish. Weng Chop? Thats Brian's publication right? Pretty awesome dude! (Shoutout to Brian btw) You mentioned earlier u were exposed to asian cinema early. I remember in one of the discussion in KK u mentioned that The Green Hornet was the first asian film u saw. Was that the film that sparked ur appreciation for asian cinema? I reckon that was the very first "Asian" film I saw yes. Asian because it has Bruce Lee in it but needless to say it was made in the USA and it's in reality a few episodes of the 1960s tv series that were edited into a film. It ran in the European cinema and I watched it in 1979 or '80 with my dad and my cousin. But my real interest in Asian cinema came much later, in around 1989 and it kinda takes us back to the video nasties in the UK again. I bough a couple of issues of a UK fanzine called "In the Flesh" and they would write about the usual stuff, ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, DAWN OF THE DEAD, RE-ANIMATOR, etc. but in addition to all that they also had a section on Hong Kong cinema. This was around 1990 and it's important to remember that nobody, and I do mean nobody, in the West knew anything about Hong Kong genre cinema. So this was the time when the very first few fans began to discover HK horror and gangster films; the new wave of HK cinema so to speak. The gangster films were soon dubbed "Heroic Bloodshed" films and in those pre-dvd days there were no legal ways to get these films. To be a fan of Asian or HK cinema is easy. You get any film you want from Amazon, eBay or download. But then there was no Amazon, no (illegal) torrents, not even video tapes. I remember the only HK films that were released in the UK back then were THE KILLER and A BETTER TOMORROR and a few fullscreen, English dubbed kung fu films. You simply had to rely on tape-trading. I'm not sure if I have to explain this to, uhh, our younger readers (yes, I feel THAT old now). What you'd do is you'd write up a list of the films you had on vhs and then send it to your friends. Friends that you might have got in touch with thru classifieds in fanzines, and then they'd send you a list and you would make vhs dupes of your films and send them. You'd swap so to speak. My god, I haven't thought about this for so long. Haha. But back to your question; Well, I read those early HK reviews in "In the Flesh" and some of the other small fanzines, and in 1991 I was fortunate to catch HARD-BOILED at the 40th Film Festival in Melbourne and when I was staying there (on and off betweeen 1991 thru to '96) I would go to the Chinese cinemas and catch as many HK films as I could. Later in the '90s there were a couple of cool video labels that popped up in the UK, "Made in Hong Kong" and "Eastern Heroes", that put out heaps of these films so it definitely became easier to get them. Ha surprisingly i just recently saw Hard-Boiled, lol!! I was always more into the fantasy kung fu stuff lol. Being around asian cinema for as long as you have, what's your thought on the current state of Asian Cinema? Well, the funny thing is even though I've been around for so long I'm not even all that good at asking. I discovered the new wave of HK cinema and kinda like Robin Williams in JUMANJI I got stuck in the past! I STILL try and track down every 1980s and 1990s HK film ever made. But I couldn't tell you about the state of new Korean or Thai cinema. Sure, I've watched a pile of those films, and Japanese ones as well but most of them were random viewings. I don't follow the current state of those countries. Ask me about an old Taiwan film about a flying head with its intestines dangling underneath and I can tell you, but new cinema not so much. I'm sure there's heaps of cool new horror films (as most members of the fb page keeps mentioning) but I'm not the right one to ask. On the other hand... sometimes I'm thinking I'm actually the ONLY one who does actually watch old dark HK or Taiwan horror films. LOL. We're back to the "counter-culture to the counter-culture". I love Godzilla films and Japanese horror films like KAÏRO but I'm by no means an expert on those. There's still films being made in Hong Kong but it's nothing like in the "good old days" (the '80s/90s). And I fear the freedom and wanting to do wild films may very well be over due to Mainland censorship. What are some of the recent ones you found yourself impressed with? (Recent as in after 2000 lol) I thought Jonnie To's VENGEANCE was great. A kinda return to A BETTER TOMORROW style films kinda. KAÏRO was great. One of the few films that have scared me for many years. And the early new wave of Japanese horror films like RINGU etc. (end) Oh, and GONG TAU was great too. My mind is blank. LOL. Lol. Kairo, from many discussions ive had was one of them love/hate film. I rather enjoyed the allegory presented in that film! South Korea has been on a tear the last couple years. Whats ur thought on their outputs? Well, like I mentioned earlier I'm really the wrong person to ask about most Asian cinema. I'm a Hongkongese! (film wise). I've seen a fair share of Japanese monster films as well, and I love the LONE WOLF films but I've only watched a handful of S-Korean films films, one was H which I quite liked. I've watched a ton of films from the Philippines that no-one else regards as "Asian" (but they are). In the 80s and 90s they filmed heaps of lowbudget Vietnam War movies in the Philippines and I quite like those. A lot of fans of Asian cinema follow what's happening currently. I'm more someone who seeks out forgotten stuff that nobody else knows about. The obscure stuff. Old horror films from HK, Taiwan or even Thailand about flying heads and stuff like that. Or gangster films that totally bombed when they came out because they tried to imitate John Woo and failed miserable. I track down those films and enjoy them. Ha, well as a connoisseur of older hong kong flicks recommend a few Jack Jenson's essential. The more rare and obscure the better ha! Haha. Well, one genre that I always try and persuade fans of new Asian horror to track down is a genre I like to call the "Dark and Nasty Hong Kong Horror Films of the 70s & 80s" LOL. These films were wild and gory to say the least. They often dealt with black magic and they were set in the "backyard" of Asia. Some of them were: Black Magic 1 &2, Black Magic With Buddha, Boxer's Omen, Brutal Sorcery, Centipede Horror, Calamity of Snakes, Curse of Evil, Dead Curse, Devil Fetus, Her Vengeance, Killer Snakes, Lewd Lizard, Seeding of a Ghost, Red Spell Spells Red. Some of them are on dvd in the US or HK, but unfortunately quite a few were only released on vhs and/or vcd - but I highly recommend that fans of Asian horror track them all down. Even if you have to sit thru fullscreen prints from vhs (I'm sure most of them are on torrent sites or you can get a dvdr from a friend). Niiiice!! (Sam jot down list of title later) Lets go with a more cliche question. Whats ur favorite asian movie of all time and why? Now that's a touch one! (and an unfair request, I mean how do you even start to pick just ONE!!). It's a close call between THE KILLER, PEKING OPERA BLUES, ROUGE, A CHINESE GHOST STORY, and A BETTER TOMORROW. Well, right now I think I would have to go with A BETTER TOMORROW. It's got a ton of cool John Woo style gun violence (always good!) but in addition to that it's also got a good story about friendship, honour, loyalty, and doing the right thing for a friend when it's needed. And I love the sentimentality of the film. It's emotional in a way you never see in films from the West. If you had asked me tomorrow I might have said CHICKEN AND DUCK TAL K! Haha. I love Ricky Hui and that's probably the funniest film I can think of. (alright, either you have ONE more question and that's it - or we continue later) I need to get going. sorry. Lol!! definitely an unfair question but unfair is my grandma's maiden name. "A Better Tomorrow" is classic Woo so i dont think anybody will argue that pick, lol!! Well we're approaching the end of the interview and I’d like for you to list your 5 favorite Asian flick of all time. Jack Jenson A PEKING OPERA BLUES BLACK MAGIC II LADY TERMINATOR Thank you Jack for this awesome interview! And if you havent yet, check out his blog yet: http://backyard-asia.blogspot.dk/ Lots of awesome interesting stuff! PS: and no worries about the "Jack Jenson" spelling, I quite like it actually, it almost sounds like Jack Jetson. Haha /Jack Posted by Jack J at 8:31 PM No comments: Links to this post Labels: cult of jack Asian film facebook fan group interview with... JA...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line151
__label__cc	0.627153	0.372847	Game offers Спецальные предложения Feature ListExploit the economic opportunities of the United States in an extensive campaign, working your way step by step from coast to coast across this great continent.Lead your Railway Empire to success by establishing a comprehensive rail network and optimizing transportation of passengers and goods.Master challenges and objectives through a range of scenarios, or create your perfect railway network in construction mode without any financial pressure.Over 40 historically accurate locomotives and more than 30 different wagons can be acquired over the course of the game, and must be put to use in the best way in order to take advantage of their strengths and weaknesses.Invest in over 300 new technologies across five different eras to progress and maximize the potential of your rail network.Compete with up to three rival companies, and even sabotage their efforts with the use of bandits and spies.Ride Along feature allows you to explore your rail network and beautiful scenery from the drivers cab in a first person perspective.Update NotesAbout the GameUnited States, 1830: The New World is in its ascendancy. Industry is booming, and the race is on to establish the most dominant and powerful rail empire in all of North America. Its time to outthink and outmaneuver your competitors as you lead your company into the 20th century!In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. Youll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations. However, you cant just build and research your way to the top the competition never sleeps, and to keep your business on track youll have to survive against up to three rival tycoons. To get to the top you may have to resort to more cutthroat tactics as you attack and sabotage your opponents through raids and industrial espionage. 68 - оценка Gog 65 - оценка Metacritic Все товарные знаки являются собственностью соответствующих владельцев. © Game offers 2020 ВКонтакте	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line153
__label__cc	0.692626	0.307374	Board index ‹ Islam ‹ Islam: Questioned, Defended, & Explained ‹ Islam vs. Other Religions Ahmadi beliefs Debate how Islam compares to other faiths and religions. Re: Ahmadi beliefs by paarsurrey » Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:17 am Trojan wrote: paarsurrey :...will never stop as long as he is ...believing that there is actually goodwill towards mankind in Islam I am quite certain that there is a lot of goodwill for Islam in the West. Islam spread peacefully in the world in times of Muhammad. Later the radical and extremist did not present Quran/Islam/Muhammad in its true peaceful form as it truly was. With the advent of the Promised Messiah 1835-1908; coming as a subordinate successor under the Seal of Prophets- Muhammad , all the religions stand revived; especially the peaceful Islam. I am confident that the peaceful ,bright , rational, reasonable and logical arguments of Quran/Islam/Muhammad will convice the heart of the West. I love Jesus and Mary as mentioned in Quran. I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim;bridging gaps between faiths/denominations/sects/religions Atheists/Agnostics/Humanists and working for their unity and brotherhood. http://paarsurrey.wordpress.com/ paarsurrey by diotima64 » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:16 pm paarsurrey wrote: Islam spread PEACEFULLY in the times of mohammed?? LOOOL! Methinks you know even less about mohammedan history, than you do about Christianity. diotima64 by yeezevee » Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:51 pm Islam spread peacefully in the world in times of Muhammad dear paarsurrey either you are COMPLETELY INNOCENT or you are a thoroughly brain washed SILLY GUY.. please read Islamic history at this link.. http://forum.faithfreedom.org/forum/vie ... hp?t=15311 let me post a bit of it here right from the day Khadija(Ra) Prophet Muhammad's wife died and My man became Mr. PBUH(SODOM) Chronological History of violent expansion of Islam Starting From Mr. Mohammad first wife Khadija's death.. 7th Century (600-699) C.E. ISLAM 605: The Holy Prophet arbitrates in a dispute among the Quraish about the placing of the Black Stone in the Kaaba. 610: The first revelation in the cave at Mt. Hira. The Holy Prophet is commissioned as the Messenger of God. 613: Declaration at Mt. Sara inviting the general public to Islam. 614: Invitation to the Hashimites to accept Islam. 615: Persecution of the Muslims by the Quraish. A party of Muslims leaves for Abyssinia. 616: Second Hijrah to Abysinnia. 617: Social boycott of the Hashimites and the Holy Prophet by the Quraish. The Hashimites are shut up in a glen outside Makkah. 619: Lifting of the boycott. Deaths of Abu Talib and Hadrat Khadija. Year of sorrow. We must realize until this time Mr. Mohammad and his Islam is nothing but a local feudal class fighting with each other for power with in couple of towns. Hardly couple of 100 people fit for nothing bums followed this man. His REAL ISLAM started after the death of his first wife Khadija. 620: Journey to Taif. Ascension to the heavens. 621: First pledge at Aqaba. 622: Second pledge at Aqaba. The Holy Prophet and the Muslims migrate to Yathrib. 623: Nakhla expedition. 624: Battle of Badr. Expulsion of the Bani Qainuqa Jews from Madina. 625: Battle of Uhud. Massacre of 70 Muslims at Bir Mauna. Expulsion of Banu Nadir Jews from Madina. Second expedition of Badr. 626: Expedition of Banu Mustaliq. 627: Battle of the Trench. Expulsion of Banu Quraiza Jews. 628: Truce of Hudaibiya. Expedition to Khyber. The Holy Prophet addresses letters to various heads of states. 629: The Holy Prophet performs the pilgrimage at Makkah. Expedition to Muta (Romans). 630: Conquest of Makkah. Battles of Hunsin, Auras, and Taif. 631: Expedition to Tabuk. Year of Deputations. 632: Farewell pilgrimage at Makkah. 632: Death of the Holy Prophet.Election of Hadrat Abu Bakr as the Caliph. Usamah leads expedition to Syria. Battles of Zu Qissa and Abraq. Battles of Buzakha, Zafar and Naqra. Campaigns against Bani Tamim and Musailima, the Liar. so dear paarsurrey all the above Expeditions, wars, raids were carried by Mr. Muhammad and his Bedouin Baboon buddies in the last 13 years of his Islam and the Surahs that are reveled in these last 13 years are NOTHING BUT BRUTAL & CRIMINAL .. The Surahs you have in Quran in the first 10 years of his life are nothing but stories from Pagan/Christian/Jewish religious theology that was there around Mecca So please don't fool people with stupid statements in FFI., you can do that in Islamic forums.. Indeed people like you FOOL THEMSELVES AND FOOL OTHERS you should read some books other than Ahamadiyya silly Islam here read him http://islam-watch.org/Assets/Anwar.JPG http://islam-watch.org/AnwarSheikh/index.html Quran, Sunnah and Hadith by paarsurrey » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:49 am Hi friends The Muslims have three sources for establishing themselves on Islamic guidance. 1. First, the Holy Quran which is the Book of God than which we have no more conclusive and certain statement. It is the Word of God and is free from all doubt and speculation. 2. Secondly, the practice of the Holy Prophet, which is called Sunnah.We do not regard hadeeth and sunnah as one. They are distinct, hadeeth is one thing and sunnah is another. By sunnah we mean the practice of the Holy Prophet, to which he adhered and which appeared along with the Holy Quran and will accompany it. In other words, the Holy Quran is the Word of God Almighty and the sunnah is the action of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him. It has ever been the way of God that the Prophets bring the Word of God for the guidance of people and illustrate it in practice with their conduct so that no doubt should remain in the minds of people with regard to the Divine Word. They act upon it and urge others to do the same. 3. The third source of guidance is hadeeth, by which we mean those traditions which were compiled from the statements of diverse narrators a century and a half after the Holy Prophet. by ThereIs1Adonai » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:22 am Paarsurrey, Your first post premise in this thread concerning the preaching of the Gospel to all nations is false. Even Christian missionary organizations recognize several nations/areas that have not yet been reached with the Gospel message. And some of those are because people like oh.... Muslims (although not the only ones) kill, imprison, torture and/or deport Christians who preach the Gospel. We in Christendom do expect that before Christ returns every nation must be fully reached with the Gospel. And to that end, organizations work very hard to make that happen. It is interesting that you speak of the 2nd coming of the Christ, and not the first. If the prophecies of the first coming were indeed fulfilled in Jesus Christ, there may be a problem with belief in Islam. It strikes me that when you "researched" the prophecies you chose one that did not contradict Islam and did not give fair evaluation to others because they contradict Islam. Since you are willing to research some of these things, may I recommend an excellent scholarly work that is well referenced with both Biblical and secular history concerning Jesus Christ: Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell. There is more than one volume, and it is a lengthy read but well worth an honest look. Peace, Shalom <------ but not at all cost. ThereIs1Adonai Location: Heart of America by John Monash » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:13 am Adopting the inimitable style of Paarsurrey (lover of "Jesus and Mary as mentioned in the Qu'ran, thanks"), permit me to start with Paarsurrey's typical soft shoe shuffle, Hi Friends. Nothing personal, dear amiable Paarsurrey the literary rambler and veritable master in avoiding direct questions, but why haven't you informed the long-suffering forum members of FFI that your most beloved messiah, Ghulam Ahmad is also the reincarnation of several historical notables and at least one mythological non-entity. Hi friends, and Paarsurrey (lover of "Jesus and Mary as mentioned in the Qu'ran, thanks"), please read the following extract from Encyclopaedia Britannica. (emphasis mine) Ahmadiyah a modern Islamic sect and the generic name for various Sufi (Muslim mystic) orders. The sect was founded in Qadian, the Punjab, India, in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (c. 1839-1908), who claimed to be the mahdi (a figure expected by some Muslims at the end of the world), the Christian Messiah, an incarnation of the Hindu god Krishna, and a reappearance (buruz) of Muhammad. The sect's doctrine, in some aspects, is unorthodox: for example, it is believed that Jesus feigned death and resurrection but in actuality escaped to India, where he died at the age of 120; also, jihad ("holy war") is reinterpreted as a battle against unbelievers to be waged by peaceful methods rather than by violent military means. On the death of the founder, Mawlawi Nur-ad-Din was elected by the community as khalifah ("successor"). In 1914, when he died, the Ahmadiyah split, the original, Qadiani, group recognizing Ghulam Ahmad as prophet (nabi) and his son Hadrat Mirza Bashir-ad-Din Mahmud Ahmad (b. 1889) as the second caliph, the new Lahore society accepting Ghulam Ahmad only as a reformer (mujaddid). Copyright © 1994-2001 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Ghulam Ahmad claimed not only that he was the mahdi (a promised Muslim "saviour") and a reappearance (buruz) of the Prophet Muhammad but also that he was Jesus Christ and the Hindu god Krishna returned to Earth[/color]. A number of his rather unorthodox teachings were incorporated into the beliefs of the Ahmadiyah. While he made an attempt to copy the centralized missionary organizations and schools of the Christians, he had little interest in reconciling Christian and Muslim religious doctrine and evidently wanted only to be more effective in his struggle to supplant Western influences. Despite the vagueness of his purpose, he was an effective leader and gathered a cohesive body of disciples. After his death, his followers disputed whether he really claimed to be a prophet and if so what he meant by his prophethood. Nonetheless, his devotees formed a community of believers and elected a khalifah (caliph) to lead them. Copyright © 1994-2001 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.[/ Hi friends, as you can see, beloved Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be the reincarnation Lord Jesus Christ, as well the Hindu Krishna. So dear Paasurrey (lover of "Jesus and Mary as mentioned in the Qu'ran, thanks"), who are you kidding with your Ahmadiyah claptrap. First convince the Muslims before trying to convince the Kaffir. Even your "intelligent" comments are barely tolerable, in small doses Give us a break, please, PaarSurrey: Naturally it's too much to ask, and I don't expect you to reply, but where is your frequently-touted term "Jehovah" mentioned in the Qu'ran? Remember, only Allah ("the best of deceivers" = Satan) is mentioned in this decrepit little book. John Monash John Monash wrote: beloved Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be the reincarnation Lord Jesus Christ, as well the Hindu Krishna. Hi friend John Monash The Promised Messiah, Second Coming 1835-1908 never claimed to be the rebirth/reincarnation of anybody. Please quote from him if he has claimed to be reincarnation of anybody. by yeezevee » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:38 am forget what has been said about Promised Messiah in FFI forum but dear paarsurrey But ACCORDING TO YOU, what did my man Promised Messiah claimed dear paarsurrey?? Did Mr. Promised Messiah claim this?? The advent of The Holy Prophet sa is described metaphorically as the appearance of God Almighty. The Holy Prophet sa became the mirror reflecting Divine Attributes. He was Al- Abd. The Holy Quran calls him Abdullah (72:20) -- The Servant of Allah. For the latter days God in His Mercy sent us the servant of The Servant --- Ghulam Ahmad as. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as (Ahmad as ) claimed to be The Promised Messiah and Mahdi. Ahmad as claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of Jesus as of Nazareth and the divine guide, whose advent was foretold by the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad sa. why don't you read these links http://www.you_got_to_be_kidding/library/books/Es ... df#page=44 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_of_ ... ulam_Ahmad and tell us what that Mr. PM( Promised Messiah) claimed dear paarsurrey? But it is true., Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani Muslim sect followers are indeed peaceful folks in comparison with Mr. Muhammad Prophet of Islam followers.. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) is a dynamic, fast growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, AMC spans over 195 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. Its current headquarters are in the United Kingdom. AMC is the only Islamic organization to believe that the long-awaited Messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) (1835-1908) of Qadian. Ahmad (as) claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of Jesus (as) of Nazareth and the divine guide, whose advent was foretold by the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (sa). AMC believes that God sent Ahmad (as), like Jesus (as), to end religious wars, condemn bloodshed and reinstitute morality, justice and peace. Ahmad’s (as) advent has brought about an unprecedented era of Islamic revival. He divested Islam of fanatical beliefs and practices by vigorously championing Islam’s true and essential teachings. He also recognized the noble teachings of the great religious founders and saints, including Zoroaster (as), Abraham (as), Moses (as), Jesus (as), Krishna (as), Buddha (as), Confucius (as), Lao Tzu and Guru Nanak, and explained how such teachings converged into the one true Islam. AMC is the leading Islamic organization to categorically reject terrorism in any form. Over a century ago, Ahmad (as) emphatically declared that an aggressive “jihad by the sword” has no place in Islam. In its place, he taught his followers to wage a bloodless, intellectual “jihad of the pen” to defend Islam. To this end, Ahmad (as) penned over 80 books and tens of thousands of letters, delivered hundreds of lectures, and engaged in scores of public debates. His rigorous and rational defenses of Islam unsettled conventional Muslim thinking. As part of its effort to revive Islam, AMC continues to spread Ahmad’s (as) teachings of moderation and restraint in the face of bitter opposition from parts of the Muslim world. Similarly, AMC is the only Islamic organization to endorse a separation of mosque and state. Over a century ago, Ahmad (as) taught his followers to protect the sanctity of both religion and government by becoming righteous souls as well as loyal citizens. He cautioned against irrational interpretations of Quranic pronouncements and misapplications of Islamic law. He continually voiced his concerns over protecting the rights of God’s creatures. Today, AMC continues to be an advocate for universal human rights and protections for religious and other minorities. It champions the empowerment and education of women. Its members are among the most law-abiding, educated, and engaged Muslims in the world. AMC is the foremost Islamic organization with a central spiritual leader. Over a century ago, Ahmad (as) reminded his followers of God’s promise to safeguard the message of Islam through khilafat(the spiritual institution of successorship to prophethood). AMC believes that only spiritual successorship can uphold the true values of Islam and unite humanity. Five spiritual leaders have succeeded Ahmad (as) since his demise in 1908. AMC’s fifth and current spiritual head, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, resides in the United Kingdom. Under the leadership of its spiritual successors, AMC has now built over 10,000 mosques, over 500 schools, and over 30 hospitals. It has translated the Holy Quran into over 60 languages. It propagates the true teachings of Islam and the message of peace and tolerance through a twenty-four hour satellite television channel (MTA), the Internet (you_got_to_be_kidding) and print (Islam International Publications). It has been at the forefront of worldwide disaster relief through an independent charitable organization, Humanity First. yes.. Humanity First Good job., keep it up and tell your AMC guys to move all Muslims in to AMC in a peaceful manner Last edited by yeezevee on Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:51 pm, edited 1 time in total. by John Monash » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:31 pm Alas, Paarsurrey, here you state that your messiah Ghulam Ahmad never claimed any reincarnation status paarsurrey wrote: The Promised Messiah, Second Coming 1835-1908 never claimed to be the rebirth/reincarnation of anybody. On the other hand, I have already given you a reliable source that contradicts your claim Please read the salient point in the article again, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. wrote: Ghulam Ahmad claimed not only that he was the mahdi (a promised Muslim "saviour") and a reappearance (buruz) of the Prophet Muhammad but also that he was Jesus Christ and the Hindu god Krishna returned to Earth. Well, good chum Paarso, (a) do you agree with Encyclopaedia Britannica's claim that your messiah was the reincarnation of both Jesus Christ and the Hindu Krishna? (b) do you belive the assertion made in Encyclopaedia Britannica is incorrect? In plain English, either you, or the Encyclopaedia Britannica, is not telling the truth. Simple choice Paarsurrey: which is it, (a) or (b)? As usual, I don't expect a direct response, afterall, "Allah is the best of deceivers" by paarsurrey » Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:47 am Do you agree with Encyclopaedia Britannica's claim that your messiah was the reincarnation of both Jesus Christ and the Hindu Krishna? Hi friend/s If the Promised Messiah 1835-1908 never claimed to be reincarnation of Jesus Christ or the Krishna; then nobody can make him such.Encyclopaedia Britannica should quote the words where he claimed to be a reincarnation; otherwise the renowned Encyclopedia could revised its article. I think it is a reasonable position. by John Monash » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:24 am G'day Paarsurrey, what's it like in Morden, Surrey, these days?. Please pay attention Paarso, our vocal, yokel, (Morden local?) peaceful Ahmedi and lover of "Jesus and Mary as mentioned in the Qu'ran, thanks", you are becoming a true pain in the neck. paarsurrey wrote: If the Promised Messiah 1835-1908 never claimed to be reincarnation of Jesus Christ or the Krishna; then nobody can make him such. Are you sure your promised messiah Mirza Ghulam Ahmad never claimed to be Jesus Christ? And how about this piece of misinformation unashamedly paarsurrey also wrote: Encyclopaedia Britannica should quote the words where he claimed to be a reincarnation; otherwise the renowned Encyclopedia could revised its article. Read this article of faith from the Official Website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and see where your long-dead messiah Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (died 1908) did in fact claim to be Jesus Christ, exactly as indicated in Encyclopaedia Britannica source (page 230 of 524) http://www.alislam.org/books/ahmadiyyat/WelcomeBook2ndEd.pdf Claims of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi made the following three major claims: 1. The "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahd−i " of the Muslims were the same person, and that he himself was that person. 2. He is the Promised Messiah and Mahd−i (Guided Leader) mentioned in the prophecies of the Holy Prophet and of sa Jesus in the Bible. 3. Jesus of Nazareth did not die on the cross, rather he died a asnatural death and would not return. Enough Paarso, stop evading the issue. Like the false prophet and sinner Mahomet (Mr.20%), your fake messiah and sinner Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is another deluded charlatan. Ahmadiyya theology, with all it's peaceful veneer, is nothing but a fake cult buried in the fake sect of Mohammadism. History is replete with false messiahs like Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who died in 1908. But there is only one Jesus Christ - the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end -- and He didn't die in 1908. by paarsurrey » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:06 pm I don’t say that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1835-1908 did not claim to be the Promised Messiah or Imam Mahdi; in fact he had claimed these titles; so how could I deny that? I rather confirm these titles/names to him. The Promised Messiah and Mahdi writes: "The holy and pure revelation of God Almighty has informed me that I have been sent by Him as the Promised Messiah and the Mahd−i , and the arbiter for the internal and external differences. The names Messiah and Mahdi which have been given to me; the Holy Prophet also has mentioned me by these names. Furthermore, God Almighty through direct revelation has given me these names. Moreover, the conditions of the world in this age demanded that this must be my name. So, there are three witnesses to my names. My God who, is the Lord of the Universe (Creator and Sustainer of the Universe), I make Him as my witness and declare that I have been appointed by Him." (Arba'−i n, No. 1, page 3) The above quote is from page 230 of the book our friend John Monash has referenced, written by one of his followers, who was also a grandson of the Promised Messiah; and it is all correctly written. The thing I denied was that the Promised Messiah was a re-incarnationof anybody; he never claimed to be as such. Please quote a passage from him where he has used the word reincarnation for him. You will never find any such word written in his writings and he was prolific writer in Urdu, Persian and Arabic. Now the ball is in your court, anybody among you who could prove that he used these words for him. by Muhammad bin Lyin » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:12 pm Why do you love Jesus and Mary? What is your favorite action or saying of Jesus? Islam spread peacefully in the world in times of Muhammad. Who tells you these blatant lies? Muhammad commanded on his deathbed for his followers to expel all pagans from the Arabian Penninsula. Do you think his followers merely asked the pagans to leave and they did? Come on. Isl;am was indeed spread by the sword. Muhammad himself said "I have been made victorious through terror". How do you just blatantly ignore this? How do you lie to yourself like this? paarsurrey wrote: I am confident that the peaceful ,bright , rational, reasonable and logical arguments of Quran/Islam/Muhammad will convice the heart of the West. OK, let's talk rationally, reasonably and logically. Please explain to me why the Quran mistakenly thought that Christians take Mary as a God besides Jesus and the Father. Christians believe the Trinity is Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Father, but the Quran says Christians take Jesus and Mary as Gods besides the Father (or Allah). So how could Allah have made such a mistake? Promised Messiah Imam Mahdi - explained I give below to more quotes from Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1835-1908 regarding his claims: When God Almighty, observing the condition of the world and finding the earth filled with every type of disobedience, sin and misguidance, appointed me for the propagation of the truth and the reform of people and the time was…..the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth century, then I—in obedience to this command—sent forth the call through written announcements and speeches, that I am that person, who was to come from God at the turn of the century for revival of the faith. The purpose was that I should re-establish the faith which had disappeared from the earth, and pull mankind towards reform and righteousness and truthfulness through the power and strength that God had bestowed upon me and through the magnetic power of His hand. I was also destined to correct their doctrinal errors and to reform their conduct. Messiah and Mahdi A few years thereafter, it was made quite clear to me through Divine revelation that the Messiah, whose advent among the Muslims had been promised from the beginning, and the last Mahdi whose advent had been Divinely decreed to take place at the time of the decline of Islam and the spread of error, and who was to be guided directly by God, and who was to invite people to partake of the heavenly banquet, and whose advent had been foretold by the Holy Prophet (sa) thirteen hundred years in advance, was none other than myself. Divine revelation was vouchsafed to me so clearly and so continuously that it left no room for doubt. Every word of such revelations found its firm place in my heart like an iron nail. These revelations were replete with grand prophecies which were most clearly fulfilled. Their regularity, number and miraculous power compelled me to affirm that they were the words of the One God Who is without associate and Who revealed the Holy Qur’an. I do not mention the Torah and the Gospels in this context because the Torah and the Gospels have been so corrupted at the hands of their followers that they can no longer be described as the Word of God. In short, the revelation of God that descended upon me is so certain and absolute that through it I found my God. That revelation not only carried with it full certainty through heavenly signs contained therein but every portion of it—when put before the Word of God Almighty contained in the Holy Qur’an—proved to be in full accord with it. Heavenly signs came down like rain to confirm its [Tadhkirat-us-Shahadatain, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 20, pp. 3-4] I think the matter is now clear to everybody that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad never claimed to be any reincarnation of anybody. Hi friend Muhammad bin Lyin I love Jesus and Mary as I love Moses and his mother, just because the Creator- God Allah YHWH selected them for His Word of Revelation. Moses' mother was a firm believer in God Allah YHWH; when God Allah YHWH told her to put her baby Moses in a basket and make it afloat in the river; He would not only save the baby but would return him for her care. I think no mother would dare do that unless she is a firm believer in God Allah YHWH. And that is what actually happened later. One has to love persons whom God Allah YHWH loves. I give hereunder my favorite quote from Jesus; please see it in pink : [5:117] And when Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, ‘Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?’”, he will answer, “Holy art Thou. I could never say that to which I had no right. If I had said it, Thou wouldst have surely known it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy mind. It is only Thou Who art the Knower of hidden things. [5:118] “I said nothing to them except that which Thou didst command me — ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.’ And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou hast been the Watcher over them; and Thou art Witness over all things. [5:119] “If Thou punish them, they are Thy servants; and if Thou forgive them, Thou surely art the Mighty, the Wise.” [5:120] Allah will say, ‘This is a day when only the truthful shall profit by their truthfulness. For them are Gardens beneath which streams flow; therein shall they abide for ever. Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him; that indeed is the great triumph.’ [5:121] To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them; and He has power over all things. Translation by Moulvi Sher Ali; one may google Ahmadiyya official website to access it Please quote the text of the verse from Quran with the usual short context of five preceding and five following verses where what you say has been mentioned. Then prove from the context the correctness of your claim. by yeezevee » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:31 pm right... take WHOLE CHAPTER why only five preceding and five following verses? here read it.. chapter Al-Tahrim http://www.free-islam.com/modules.php?n ... opic&t=894 and here are few verses and its underlying tafsir for you O prophet! Why do you prohibit that which Allah has made lawful for you; seeking the pleasure your wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. [Al Quran ; 66:1] yes..yes.. seek the pleasure... 13 women in 13 years one was child and other was adopted son's wife.. What is this Allah appears to be Mr. PBUH's PIMP 066.003: And when the prophet secretly communicated a piece of information to one of his wives-- but when she informed (others) of it, and Allah made him to know it, he made known part of it and avoided part; so when he informed her of it, she said: Who informed you of this? He said: The Knowing, the one Aware, informed me. There you go.. What information was that? How to sleep with a slave of a wife??.. Ha!.. Allah knows the best. What a rubbish.. Zee. atleast IF THIS STUPID THING WAS IN Hadith., I would have out rightly rejected the DAMN THING but IDIOTS put it in Q'uran.. Hey Allah.. help me out.. 066.004: If you both turn to Allah, then indeed your hearts are already inclined (to this); and if you back up each other against him, then surely Allah it is Who is his Guardian, and Jibreel and -the believers that do good, and the angels after that are the aiders. WHO BOTH?. two wives bitching at each other?? It happens man.. take it easy.. don't go to Allah.. Even Allah would have been in trouble with so many wives.. lol.. and so many concubines in those 13 years 066.005: Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins. There you go.. what a RASCAL., if you don't listen to me ALLAH SAYS' HE GETS ME BETTER WIFE" A SUBMISSIVE obedient adoring wife.. YOU WOMEN SHUT UP..other wise I will not sleep with you.. Allah said that to me.. WHAT A CROAK.. what a revelations .. Help me Allah.. help me.. Foolish book silly people.. You love Jesus for stating a false belief about Christians in the Quran? The Trinity is Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Father, not Jesus, Mary and the Father. This was a blatant error that God could not make, and you use this as your reason to love Jesus?? Here's a reason that I have to love Jesus. I have the New Testament where Jesus actually says things of value and about love, which is nowhere to be found in the Quran. 43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor[h] and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[i] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. You have no reason to love Jesus, it's merely lip service. You say you love him simply because you are told that you must, but the Quran doesn't tell you anything good that he did. It doesn't really tell you anything about what he preached and the Quran is quite contradictory to what was preached above. Muhammad hijacked Jesus and altered him to bring him down to his level. Return to Islam vs. Other Religions	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line166
__label__wiki	0.854062	0.854062	Tribal Class Destroyers Part 5; the hard War of HMS Somali 20th Century, Alex Clarke, Arctic Convoys, Operation Claymore, Operation Pedestal, Royal Navy, Second World War, Tribal Class Destroyers Another month, and hopefully another interesting Tribal ‘short’ from Dr Alex Clarke that you’ll find enjoyable, this is the 5th of the series. HMS Somali didn’t survive World War II, but she definitely fought it. Taking on missions in some of the hardest most inhospitable climates and operating circumstances imaginable – she would push her luck time and time again, surviving operations Claymour and Pedestal only to fall in the Arctic during a Russian Convoy. Somali was a ship which never really got the fame of some of her sisters, like Afridi though she was a leader, she set the tone for her flotilla, and the example she set was high. HMS Somali was the eighth of the Tribal class to be commissioned, and the first to be commissioned to the Home Fleet Tribal Destroyer Flotilla; the flotilla that HMS Ashanti and HMS Tartar started their career with.[I] As such it was Somali which set the standard and the culture for this flotilla, for these ships and the rest that would serve with her. With such a duty, and the responsibility of being the Flotilla Leader, it is unsurprising that even pre-WWII, Somali enjoyed an eventful life. On the 3rd of February, 1939, she, along with the submarines HMS Porpoise & HMS Starfish, and the Town class cruisers HMS Southampton & HMS Sheffield, visited Lisbon.[ii] With the aim of supporting the traditional alliance, but also giving a show of strength to their neighbours Spain – this was a successful mission, as Portugal maintained what could be argued a beneficial neutrality throughout the course of WWII, including allowing the British to establish airbases on the Azores. Unfortunately for HMS Somali much of her war service was in decidedly colder climates, and included a raid, which to this day is a textbook perfect example of how to carry out a long range independent amphibious operation. HMS Somali escorting a Russian bound convoy… Figure 1. HMS Somali escorting a Russia bound convoy The Lofoten Raid, Operation Claymour, on the 4th of March 1941.[iii] The purpose of the raid was the damaging of the supply of fish oil and glycerine which the German war economy was dependent upon – something it succeeded at in a most spectacular fashion.[iv] It was an also an operation which generated a lot of benefits for not much fighting; the Germans were faced with the same problem as the French during the Napoleonic wars – a long enough coastline cannot be guarded against a strategically aggressive amphibious force, meaning anything that made them try to do so would be a waste of their resources.[v] There were again four Tribals involved, HMS Somali led the operation, with Bedouin, Eskimo and Tartar, supplemented by a “L” class post-treaty era destroyer(launched in December 1939, commissioned December 1940), HMS Legion, and two Landing Ship Infantry (LSI), HMS Princess Beatrix and HMS Queen Emma loaded with 3rd and 4th Army Commandos.[vi] This was another operation though where the Tribals were ideally suited, due primarily to their increased gun armament in comparison to other destroyers, but thanks also to their larger size. At 04:30hrs, on the 4th February, the force arrived off the Lofoten Islands and split up: Eskimo and Legion took Princess Beatrix to Vest Vargo, where the LSI lowered her landing craft, with one wave being led to Henningsvaer by Eskimo, and the other being led by Legion to Stamsund; as this was taking place on, Somali, Bedouin and Tartar led Queen Emma to Holen, from where some of the LSI’s landing craft were escorted by Tartar to Svolvaer, before the force moved to Lille Molla from where Bedouin escorted the remained of the landing craft to Brettesnes; with this all in progress, Somali, which as well as Captain Caslon’s Flotilla staff aboard, also carried Brigadier J.C. Haydon and his staff, commenced a ‘tour of inspection’.[vii] It was during this tour, that at 06:20hrs, Somali met the 300 ton German Trawler Krebs.[viii] Armed with just a single gun in the bow the trawler fired just three rounds before Somali silenced her with three 4.7in shells; hitting the Krebs wheelhouse, boiler room, and ready-use locker, while killing her Captain and 13 of her crew.[ix] After this Krebs ran aground, at which point 5 crew jumped overboard and were retrieved by Somali.[x] Other actions were even more one sided as in the case of Tartar which, much to the distress of the Naval Demolition Party (that had planned to sail it home, but unfortunately not told anyone of such plans) sank the 9,780ton refrigerated fish-factory ship, the Hamburg.[xi] Tartar managed to make it up to the NDP by finishing off the Persajes and Felix Heumann after they had failed to do so with their charges.[xii] There was slightly more excitement for Bedouin, she chased the Norwegian coastal steamer the Mira. She fired a warning shot but the Mira didn’t stop as a German officer was holding a pistol to the Captain’s head.[xiii] Bedouin’s next two shells hit Mira’s bow and boiler room, stopping and sinking her; at this point Bedouin rescued the survivors.[xiv] For Bedouin though the excitement still wasn’t over, as the commandos and ships were withdrawing a German reconnaissance aircraft spotted the force. While it was out of range of their guns, Bedouin managed to jam the aircraft’s sighting radio signal, buying precious time for the force to get away.[xv] A little less than a year later, still in cold waters Somali would again find herself in a close run thing. It was in January 1942, HMS Somali and her sister ship HMS Matabele were part of the escort of Arctic convoy PQ8, the convoy had almost reached safety, when the merchant ship SS Harmatris was torpedoed by a U-Boat, Kapitanleutnant Hacklander’s U454.[xvi] The SS Harmatris was then taken in tow by HMS Speedwell, a Halcyon-class minesweeper, and as the rest of the convoy was sent ahead to reach port, the two Tribal class vessels were left to escort the tow.[xvii] They were the vessels judged most capable of getting the SS Harmatris and most importantly her cargo to destination. They succeeded but at a loss, in the night HMS Matabele was sunk by another torpedo from U454, and unfortunately only two crew survived.[xviii] Unfortunately this proved to be an omen of things to come in another convoy, taking place in warmer water later that year, success but at a cost. This convoy was Operation Pedestal, the August 1942 resupply of Malta, which involved not only HMS Somali to represent the Tribal class. In fact the heavy covering group, Force Z, included also HMS Tartar and HMS Eskimo, whilst the primary escort group included HMS Ashanti.[xix] Coincidentally by that time, the last four ships remaining from the pre-war Home Fleet Tribal Flotilla – all four of them would play their parts in the battle, both individually and collectively, for its entire span.[xx] Conceived out of the failure of Operation Harpoon, Pedestal was the largest convoy operation ever undertaken by the RN; involving a force built around four aircraft carriers, and arguably the service’s two most powerful battleships, the sisters HMS Nelson & Rodney.[xxi] The four carriers though were the real key, and the largest concentration of those vessels the RN had till that point achieved. HMS Furious was transporting spitfires for Malta, but the other three, the still relatively new ‘armoured’ carriers HMS Indomitable & Victorious, and the smaller venerable, but proven, HMS Eagle were loaded to the brim. Between these three ships, they carried a total of forty-six Sea Hurricane fighters, sixteen Fulmar fighters, and ten Martlet MkII (modified F4F-3 Wildcats – the newest, and arguably best fighter the RN were operating at this time), along with a complement of Albacores for torpedo strike.[xxii] This was a significant capability, which would (in theory) provide when coupled with radar interdiction, deterrence, maybe even destruction or disruption of enemy air attacks.[xxiii] The RN were not placing all their ‘eggs in the fighter basket’ though, and the force in addition to the four Trbals, also contained no less than thirty destroyers, seven cruisers, four corvettes and four minesweepers.[xxiv] It was a huge proportion of the RN’s available forces at the time; a level of commitment commensurate not only with the importance of the mission, but also the level of opposition expected. They would not be disappointed in terms of the opposition; Pedestal would feel the full might of the European theatre Axis powers air arms, along with the debut of some very potent new weaponry. Critically though, thanks to a wider operation, a maskirovka for want of a better phrase, perpetuated by the RN the Italian naval surface units were deterred from interfering.[xxv] This was convoy was therefore a battle which would truly test the ideas of Douhet and the claims of Trenchard.[xxvi] The force would endure two days of constant harassment, threat of battle and all-out attack (see figure 2); but before this even began a stroke of fate, meant that a German submarine, U73, was in the right place, at the right time, and manage to sink HMS Eagle – at a stroke removing a critical unit from the force along with twelve of the sixteen essential Hurricanes she carried.[xxvii] The force carried on though, and soon the real battle began. Operation Pedestal, from the map shown on pages 164 & 165 of Britannia Naval Histories of World War II (2013) work ‘Between Hostile Shores’ Figure 2. Operation Pedestal, from the map shown on pages 164 & 165 of Britannia Naval Histories of World War II (2013) work ‘Between Hostile Shores’ The first enemy attack was launched from Sardinia, and arrived just before night fall on the 11th. By this time the convoy was formed up rather like the pre-war exercises had envisaged a battle group; with the merchantmen ships in the middle, replacing battleships, with the latter instead reinforcing the cruisers providing an inner layer of defence, the carriers behind to allow them the freedom of manoeuvre needed to launch or recover aircraft, the destroyers arrayed outside of this providing an anti-submarine/anti-aircraft screen around the whole thing, the only thing missing was the line of scout cruisers.[xxviii] The scout cruisers were in theory to be replaced by aircraft from the carriers and from Malta, as well as a warning line of submarines, in practice the commanders were always unsure what would be over the horizon. This of course had its own impact on the operational thinking, as in terms of surface threats it in effect turned the force into a heavily armed box that could only react to what the enemy threw at it, having not the ability to really interdict and adapt. By doing this though, it freed up the forces aviation component to interdict and react, with a solid base of fire at their back the fighters were able to be that much more aggressive in their engagements. This had the benefit that even though there were few fighters in the Fleet Air Arm’s inventory that really matched the performance of the aircraft they were to be pitted against, they could do their best to put themselves into the most advantageous positions for any engagements.[xxix] The destroyers were the key for this, their manoeuvrability combined with their firepower and numbers were what gave the force its resilience to try all this. The fighting was fierce, and just kept getting harder, the destroyers fulfilling their role in the thick of it. HMS Somali was fully engaged, but her time to shine in the operation came when she was detached from Force Z (the covering force, which by then were heading back) late on the 12th, along with her sister Eskimo and the Dido class cruiser HMS Charybdis to join the escort force which was running the remaining merchant ships into Malta.[xxx] Both before and after they arrived the convoy was hit hard by E-Boats carrying out a pincer movement.[xxxi] It was during the first attack of the night that HMS Manchester, a Town class cruiser, was damaged – in the second the by then three Tribal class destroyers, Ashanti (by this point Admiral Borough’s flagship), Eskimo and Somali acquitted themselves well[xxxii]. The two Tribal sisters that joined from Force Z were dispatched at dawn to find her, judged the most viable vessels to succeed; unfortunately she was already sunk, but they picked up the survivors from her, as well as from the merchant vessels Almeria Lykes and Wairangi.[xxxiii] Then made their way to Gibraltar independently, surviving an attack by a single Ju.88 which managed to get pretty close to Somali.[xxxiv] The lessons of Pedestal are many, but perhaps surprisingly correlate strongly with the lessons of Claymour; these operations couldn’t be more different in aim or in resourcing – one being stuffed with as many units as available, the other being kept light and fast. For both though the flexible capabilities of the Tribal class destroyers, as exemplified by HMS Somali, were key force enablers – their general purpose nature allowing them to both be effective solo, as a small group acting independently or as part of a larger task force. For Claymour at Lofoten it meant they could provide the numbers and capability which gave the ground forces the strength (both in terms of design and crew) to make it to the target, the fire support to succeed and the speed to withdraw afterwards. For Pedestal that strength meant they could keep on fighting, their fire power meant they could take on air and sea threats with an almost equal footing; although it can be argued the 4in mount that had replaced the original 4.7in in the X position had boosted anti-air capability at the expense of anti-surface, but these guns were still used against the torpedo boats effectively. Furthermore, it was their speed, their manoeuvrability, which gave them the edge when it came to being redeployed from force to force, positioned where the commanders needed them to be. This was what the Tribal’s had been built for, they were general purpose ships that enabled others to be specialists; the ships commanders could send in when they weren’t sure what the threat would be, or when the threat would be everything. They did this well, for Claymour, for Pedestal, for countless other battles, operations, and engagements which would never be named but were vitally important while they were being fought. [i] HMS Sikh / HMS Ashanti / HMS Tartar [ii] Brice, The Tribals, Biography of a Destroyer Class, 1971, p [iii] (TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; TNA – PREM 3/328/7, 1941; TNA – CAB 121/447, 1941; TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941) [iv] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941) [v] (Rodger, The Command of the Ocean, 2004; TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941) [vi] Smith, Fighting Flotilla; RN Laforey Class Destroyer in World War II, 2010, pp. 49-70 & 222: and, TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5 [vii] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [viii] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [ix] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [x] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [xi] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [xii] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [xiii] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [xiv] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [xv] (TNA – DEFE 2/140, 1941; TNA – ADM 1/20611, 1947; Brice, 1971, pp. 94-5) [xvi] Wadsworth (2009), pp.71-9, Brice (1971), pp.168-70, Evans (2010), pp.88-9, and Woodman (2007), pp.56-9 [xvii] Woodman, 2007, pp. 56-9: The Halycon class were built on very similar lines to the Grimsby class sloop, of which today, HMS Wellington survives on moored the river Thames in London, as the HQS Wellington, she’s painted white and serving as the Headquarters of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners now, but a strong feel of the WWII classes which shared this design still survives (The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, 2016). [xviii] (Pearson, 2007, p. 22) [xix] (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 158-82 & 229-40), HMS Ashanti / HMS Tartar [xx] (Brice, 1971, pp. 52-4, 118, 234 & 238) [xxi] (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 229-40) [xxii] (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 229-40) [xxiii] (Friedman, 2016, p. 114) [xxiv] (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 229-40) [xxv] (Vian, 1960, p. 98) [xxvi] (Douhet, 1998; Churchill Archives – Roskill: 7/193, 1968; Churchill Archives – Roskill: 7/197, 1973; TNA – ADM 116/3615, 1933; TNA – Air Ministry: 20/379, 1921-40; TNA – T 161/243 (25613f), 1924/25) [xxvii] (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 166 & 229) [xxviii] (Churchill Archives – Roskill: 7/163, 1964; TNA – ADM 1/17590, 1937-45; TNA – ADM 1/9942, 1939; TNA – ADM 116/3872, 1933-38; TNA – ADM 116/3873, 1937-39; TNA – ADM 186/145, 1929; TNA – ADM 203/84, 1924; TNA – ADM 203/90, 1929; Brice, 1971, p. 53) [xxix] (Friedman, 2016, p. 114) [xxx] (Brice, 1971, p. 54; Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 174-5) [xxxi] (Brice, 1971, p. 54; Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 174-5) [xxxii] HMS Ashanti & (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, p. 175) [xxxiii] (Osborne, 2015, p. 103; Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, pp. 174-5 & 180-1) [xxxiv] (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II, 2013, p. 181)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line173
__label__wiki	0.796991	0.796991	hunter-mott.com Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter Books/fanzines Tour archive Mick Ralphs CD: "Take This!" Sleeve and track listing Angel Air SJPCD037 (76:15). All It Takes Take This Give You My Love Fast Travelling Man Rock Fever Rock n Roller (previously unreleased) All Across The Nile (previously unreleased) All It Takes (working mix) Give Youy My Love (working mix) On The Run (working mix) Last Chance Saloon (working mix) When The Revolution Comes (working mix) Another Lonely Day (demo) Rock n Roller (working mix) All Across The Nile (working mix) Sleeve variations Original sleeve Mick Ralphs, founder member of Mott The Hoople, founder member of Bad Company. Two of the best and influential bands to come out of the UK in the 70's. The man responsible for writing Rock 'n' Roll Queen, Thunderbuck Ram (both for Mott), Can't Get Enough (for Bad Company) and Ready For Love (recorded by both Mott and Bad Company). A tasteful and tuneful guitarist who isn't afraid to handle vocal duties as well. So a solo album by this guitarist should be something any rock fan worth his salt should be drooling over. Originally recorded and released in the mid-80's it didn't receive any promotion from a record company wanting (for want of a better term) a Bad Company record, and it sank without trace. US label Griffin subsequently issued it on CD in the mid-90's, but it was difficult to find. Now Angel Air have picked up the cudgels and reissued it with no fewer than ten bonus tracks. You also get an excellent 12-page booklet written by Campbell Devine, which include track-by-track notes by Mick and a comprehensive Mick Ralphs discography. The bonus tracks are good and should really be regarded as "alternative mixes" rather than demos or works-in-progress. When I first listed to this album, I was quite surprised (not knowing what to expect). On subsequent listening I have to admit to feelings of disappointment. I get the impression Mick had little better to do at the time (feeling bored, must do something - recording an album is something - so I'll record an album). The sleeve-notes confirm this: Mick says he had all these songs ready but Bad Co were'nt functioning any more, so he booked the studio and recorded them himself. Simon Kirke plays drums and Mickey Feat played bass, and Mick did everything else, including the arrangements and production. I think the album suffers because of this; there is no balls to Mick's playing and ultimately the songs are just not memorable. But then I'm not a musician. I've heard some of Steve Vai's solo work which left me cold - yet friends of mine (much more musically talented than I) have raved about it. On this basis I'll give this CD a "strictly for die-hards" tag. Copyright © 1998-2020 Adrian Perkins	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line177
__label__cc	0.558386	0.441614	The Library of Congress > Linked Data Service > LC Name Authority File (LCNAF) Mifsud Bonnici, Ugo, 1932- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009014575 MADS/RDF PersonalName Library of Congress Name Authority File Names Collection - Authorized Headings LC Names Collection - General Collection Bonnici, Ugo Mifsud, 1932- http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2009014575 Has Affiliation Affiliation Start: 2002 Organization: (naf) European Commission for Democracy through Law Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno2009014575#skos:Concept Ugo Mifsud Bonnici Label from public data source Wikidata found: An introduction to cultural heritage law, 2008:t.p. (Ugo Mifsud Bonnici) found: LC database, Jan. 30, 2009:hdg. (Bonnici, Ugo Mifsud, 1932- ) found: Wikipedia, Jan. 30, 2009:article (b. Nov. 8, 1932 ; president of Malta from 1994 to 1999) found: An introduction to the law of education, 2013:title page (Ugo Mifsud Bonnici) page 4 of cover (read law at the University of Malta (LL.D., 1955); practised in the Courts of Malta (1956-1987); has served on the Venice Commission (Democracy through Law) of the Council of Europe since November 2002) 2015-03-06: revised	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line179
__label__wiki	0.540387	0.540387	Sneak Peek: SECRET OF THE LABYRINTH by Brian Harmon \| Jul 11, 2012 \| Uncategorized \| 0 comments Book 5 of The Temple of the Blind is nearly here! Secret of the Labyrinth picks up where book 3 left off, a short while after Albert, Brandy and Nicole leave the City of the Blind, and it takes place during and after the events of book 4. (So you’ll find out what happens next to Wayne, too.) For all my readers here at Dark Things Rising, I have a very special sneak peek of the entire first chapter of Secret of the Labyrinth! Enjoy! (And remember to tell everyone you know about The Temple of the Blind. Even if they act like they don’t care.) Nicole stopped and looked back the way she’d come. She was beginning to wonder whether this tunnel would ever end. It had been well over an hour since she, Brandy and Albert stepped through the north gate of the hive-like City of the Blind and yet the walls of this passage continued to unfold from the darkness before them, threatening to go on forever. Her feet hurt. Her legs were sore. She could feel the cool air upon her naked skin, but the sheer exertion of pushing ever forward was adequate to fend off the chill. “Tired,” Brandy sighed as she stopped walking and leaned against the wall of the tunnel. It was the first thing any of them had said in a while. Nicole turned and looked forward again, her eyes washing over her friends. All three of them were still filthy from entering that awful, mud-filled chamber. The drying, putrid sludge had hardened into a malodorous crust that covered their flesh and hair. The stench of it still filled her nostrils, refusing to fade away and let her forget that it was there. She could even taste it on her lips. It was foul. And it was a constant reminder of what she and her friends had already endured within this strange labyrinth, this “Temple of the Blind,” as Albert called it. And it was not done with them yet. They had only begun to explore the corridors beyond the city. How much longer would they have to endure? And what unpleasant things still remained in store for them? Brandy pressed her back to the wall and then let herself slide down the cool stone until she was sitting on the floor and resting her aching feet and legs in front of her. Albert had gone several steps farther before stopping. Now he stood silently in the beam of Nicole’s flashlight, staring into the endless darkness that constantly filled the passage ahead. She stared at his bare back, wondering what he was thinking. There was no lack of troubling things to weigh on his mind. So much had happened in such a short amount of time. It seemed like days ago that she stood in the bathroom at Albert and Brandy’s apartment, listening to the ringing phone that no one wanted to answer. It seemed almost silly now, after all they’d been through, that those silent messages had filled them with such dread. They had no way of knowing then that the real nightmares were waiting for them in the dark corridors of Gilbert House and this temple. Was he contemplating the numbing reality of Beverly Bridger’s horrific death? The disturbing memory of that moment was still vividly fresh in Nicole’s mind, and unlike her, Albert actually saw what became of the poor woman. He had actually seen her body. She was sure that it must weigh even greater on him. And now that she thought about it, she remembered that Albert was also the only one who saw the bodies in Gilbert House… She did not envy the things his eyes had seen. Or was it instead the heavy words of the Sentinel Queen that occupied his thoughts? She had burdened them with a mysterious task, a quest vital to the very future of humanity, if she could be believed, and yet she refused to tell them how to get there or even what it was that they sought. She had mentioned only a doorway of some sort. However, she’d had no problem thrusting that whole psychic thing onto Albert and Brandy. Nicole had no idea how she would feel if she were in their place, but she suspected it would bother her considerably. Or maybe Albert was merely worrying about Wayne, all alone in some other ungodly passageway, trying to rescue poor Olivia from that nightmare forest. Nicole stared at Albert, her light illuminating his dirty back, tiredly admiring his build, barely aware of her eyes lingering on his mud-caked buttocks. “I’ve got to rest for a while,” Brandy said. “My feet are killing me.” Albert stood where he was for a moment longer, still staring into the darkness ahead, not speaking. Then, finally, he slowly turned and faced them. Nicole looked away from him, embarrassed, and stared back the way they came. She had become perfectly comfortable with her own nudity by now, accepting that Albert was her friend and that it was okay if he saw her naked. In fact, it was much easier to stand naked in front of him than she would ever have imagined. But it still made her feel strange to look at him like that. It felt so wrong. She envied Brandy. As his girlfriend, Brandy had no need to feel embarrassed by the sight of him unclothed. But then again, she rather envied Brandy for a lot of reasons… “I think that’s a good idea,” Albert agreed. He walked back to where Brandy had stopped and sat down beside her. Immediately, she seized his left arm and pressed herself against him, resting her head on his shoulder. “You’re stinky,” she told him. Brandy smiled tiredly and closed her eyes. Nicole lingered for another moment, looking back and forth into the looming darkness that filled the passage on either side of them, and then she joined them, sitting down on Brandy’s other side and scooting close to her. “How much farther?” Brandy asked, not opening her eyes. Albert did not respond. He merely shook his head wearily. “We haven’t even got to the labyrinth yet, have we?” Albert kissed her head. The lovely, apple scent of her shampoo was gone. A deep, vulgar stench clung about her from the crust of stagnant mud that clung to every surface of her body. “I don’t think so,” he admitted. There were no branches in the road, no decisions, no wrong ways. There were not even any turns in the path. There was nothing here that even remotely resembled a labyrinth. This was all merely one single passage. Immediately after they passed through the north gate, they found a set of steps leading up a short distance, exactly like those leading away from the south gate, except that there was only one flight. At the top was a small, oval-shaped room with two sentinels. Albert had stopped at the top of the steps and studied these statues for a moment. They seemed different than the others, warmer somehow. The one on the right was reaching toward them with its long left arm, its deformed hand open and inviting. Its right arm was stretched out in the other direction, its freakishly long index finger pointing the way forward. The blank surface where its face should have been was fixed on them. There were no eyes or mouth or other features to suggest emotions of any kind, but it was clearly urging them forward. The statue on the left was identical, but facing the other way, as if inviting someone coming from the other direction to venture forward into the Sentinel Queen’s city. Albert passed between the statues and turned to view them from the opposite side of the room. It was eerie to see the same view from both sides. It was easy to imagine forgetting which way was out. But of course, there was nowhere to go but back to the north gate should they get so turned around. Brandy had stood between the two sentinels for a moment, looking at them. She commented that they were contradicting each other, but Albert knew better. “Don’t forget what the Sentinel Queen said,” he reminded her. “She was talking about fourteen women who entered the city from the north gate.” “Could that be true?” Nicole asked. She found it very difficult to imagine that humanity somehow migrated into the world through this very room. “I don’t know if it is or not,” Albert replied. “But it doesn’t matter. If anyone ever came through here, from wherever this leads, these guys would have greeted them exactly like they greeted us just now. It’s a two-way door, of sorts. A welcome mat that points both ways.” He stared up at the statues for a moment, wondering. “If it istrue, if those women were real…we could be standing in a very important place. It’s like a crossroads in time. Thousands of years apart, but seeing it exactly the same way they did… Even if those women weren’t all the Sentinel Queen said they were, even if they weren’t carrying the entire human race in their wombs, they might still be significantly important to our history.” They said no more about it. Silently, thoughtfully, the three of them moved on past the room with the two welcoming sentinels, ready to get started on their long (and likely very unpleasant) journey into the labyrinth. But there had been nothing beyond that room but these same four stone surfaces. The passage had merely stretched on and on. The three of them sat together for a while, listening to the eerily empty silence, thinking about all the things they had seen and done in the hours that led them to this quiet moment. “Do you think we’ll ever see him again?” Nicole asked. Albert and Brandy both lifted their faces and looked at her. It was a question that had troubled them all since the Sentinel Queen tore Wayne away from them. It seemed so cruel after all they’d been through. They faced the monster in Gilbert House with him. They suffered together. They journeyed together into this insane temple. He became their friend in the midst of all the horror and wonder. And then he was simply taken away, as suddenly as Beverly Bridger, if not as gruesomely. But they had to let him go. They had to believe that Olivia might really still be out there. They had to believe that death was not the only inevitability of this insane adventure. Brandy wanted to say yes. Of course they would see him again. He was big and strong and brave. He would certainly endure whatever silly trials awaited him in his quest to find Olivia. But she didn’t know that. Not really. For all she knew, he was already dead. After all, what did they really know about the Sentinel Queen? What reason did they have to trust her? For all they knew, she could have lied to them and led him away simply to shove him into another pit of spikes or feed him to a pack of hounds. And even if he did survive, even if he did manage to rescue Olivia and find his way home, who was to say they would ever cross paths with him again? Either way, they may never know what became of him after the Sentinel Queen took him from them. She simply didn’t know. “I think we will,” Albert said after a moment. Brandy and Nicole both looked up at him, their eyes hopeful. “Everything that’s happened down here… It’s so far beyond ordinary. It has to mean something, right? It can’t all just be cruel chance. Whatever the reason for us all being down here, I’m sure he’s as much a part of it as we are.” “You really think so?” Brandy asked. “Is that your psychic sense telling you that?” Nicole wondered. Albert smiled. “I have no idea. Maybe.” It was still so weird to imagine that he was actually psychic. He was still getting over the shock of such a profound idea. He certainly didn’t know how to use it. “I just feel like we’ll see him again sometime.” Brandy squeezed his arm a little tighter and rested her head against his shoulder again. “I hope so,” said Nicole. She watched them for a moment, her two closest friends in the world, then lowered her eyes to her flashlight and wondered what Wayne was doing at that very moment. It was embarrassing to think about, but she’d actually been nurturing a little bit of a crush for Wayne. After all, he had appeared out of nowhere, seemingly for no other reason than to keep them safe as they wandered blindly into the dangerous hallways of Gilbert House. It was not so very unlike the way Brandy and Albert were brought together. And she couldn’t help but feel a small pang of jealousy whenever she thought about Brandy’s amazing story of how she fell in love with the man of her dreams. She’d give anything to have made such a powerful connection with someone half as wonderful as Albert. All she’d had was Earl… Of course, Wayne hadn’t really been quite as impressive as Albert. He was handsome, sure, and brave. He was bigger than Albert. Stronger. But it was clear that he didn’t have nearly the patience or the even-temperedness that Albert possessed. The anger he displayed toward Beverly certainly didn’t win her affection, even if she was sympathetic of the emotions beneath his temper. Wayne also hadn’t seemed to be as keenly intelligent as Albert, either, but that had since proven to be a gross misperception. Wayne may not have been the impressive mystery-solver that Albert was, but he was definitely very smart. He was full of surprises. Just like Albert… But Wayne wasn’t bravely charging into that terrifying forest to rescue Nicole. He was doing it for Olivia. She looked again at Albert, who was tiredly staring past her into the darkness that led back to the City of the Blind and the mysterious Sentinel Queen. She considered asking him if he really thought they could do this, if he really believed they had what it took to survive down here. She considered asking him how they expected to navigate a labyrinth this size when they didn’t even know what they were looking for. She considered asking him how long he thought they could continue to keep away from the hounds. But she didn’t get to ask him anything. The tired thoughtfulness on his face suddenly vanished. He sat up and aimed his flashlight into the darkness where he’d been staring. Startled, Brandy and Nicole both swung their flashlights in the same direction. There was nothing there. “What is it?” asked Brandy. There was an unmistakable edge to her voice. Albert continued to stare into the darkness, his expression puzzled. Finally, after a moment, he shook his head. “Nothing, I guess. Imagining things.” “I’m sorry, Sweetie,” Brandy retorted nervously, still searching the empty tunnel for whatever compelled him to shine his light toward it, “but you’re not the most imaginative person I know.” Albert glanced at her, amused. “Maybe.” Again his eyes returned to the empty passageway. “But there’s nothing there.” But something did seem to be there a moment ago, some indefinite shape in the darkness, something that was gone now. “Maybe it was that blind guy,” Nicole suggested. “The Sentinel Queen’s son. Maybe he was checking up on us.” “Maybe,” Albert agreed. Although the last time they saw the man with no eyes, he didn’t seem to be in the best condition for stalking. Nicole hugged herself tightly and shivered as a sudden chill gripped her. She wished this place had lights. It was unnerving to see nothing but darkness at the end of these tunnels for so very long. “We’ll rest a little longer,” Albert decided. “Then we’ll move on.” Brandy squeezed his arm again and nuzzled a little closer. Nicole rested her head on Brandy’s shoulder and stared back into the darkness, watching. Keep checking back here for more updates. And if you’re not caught up on the series, you can find books 1-4 at most ebook retailers and in paperback at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Check out my author pages at http://www.amazon.com/Brian-Harmon/e/B004YYT16W and https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/brianharmon/?ref=brianharmon. Thanks for reading!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line189
__label__cc	0.705803	0.294197	Proteasome Inhibition and ER Stress McConkey, David J. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States See 44 grants from David McConkey See grants from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Share this grant: : : Recent in Grantomics: University of Virginia vs. funders. Who wins? Read more... How should you pick the next fundable research topic? Read more... Recently viewed grants: Machine learning of physiological variables to predict diagnose and treat cardiorespiratory instability Mechanisms of autoimmune thyroid disease and the role of interferon-alpha Role of DYRK1A/MNB in Synaptic growth and function The biology of striae of Retzius in human tooth enamel Progesterone and Sleep in Older Women Recently added grants: Off-the-shelf engineered NK cells for the treatment of AML A Phase 2 clinical trial of topical uracil for the prevention of capecitabine induced hand-foot syndrome Regulation of Metastatic Development by Heritable Variants in the Tumor Microenvironment A novel regulator of triple negative breast cancer and breast cancer stem cell phenotype Developing a novel therapeutic strategy for overcoming TKI resistance in ALL Proteasome inhibitor (PI)-based combination chemotherapy is currently being evaluated for the treatment of pancreatic cancer and other solid malignancies. Our hypothesis is that PIs cause endoplasmic reticular (ER) stress in cancer cells and this stress mediates cell killing. Furthermore, we have obtained preliminary evidence that the effects of PIs on cell death are highly heterogeneous and are linked to whether or not they induce phosphorylation of eIF2?, a component of the unfolded protein response (UPR) that mediates suppression of global protein synthesis. Specifically, PIs promote strong phosphorylation of eIF2? phosphorylation in the cell lines that are relatively resistant to PI-induced apoptosis, but they fail to do so (or attenuate translation) in the cell lines that are most sensitive. Identifying the biochemical basis for this heterogeneity could enable the prospective identification of tumors that are most likely to respond to PI-based combination chemotherapy and should yield new targets for therapeutic intervention. We also wish to better define the molecular mechanisms involved in the apoptosis that is induced by one of the most promising PI-based combination regimens, namely, the combination of bortezomib plus histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. We have obtained good preliminary evidence that HDAC inhibitors promote proteasome inhibitor-mediated apoptosis by disrupting cytoprotective structures known as aggresomes that appear to function to alleviate ER stress. Gene silencing studies have demonstrated that the HDAC responsible for aggresome disruption is HDAC6, and it is possible that more selective HDAC6 inhibitors will yield comparable or better tumor cell killing than pan HDAC inhibitors (like SAHA) with less toxicity. To directly test our hypotheses we propose the following Specific Aims. (1) Define the molecular mechanisms that control bortezomib-induced phosphorylation of eIF2?. We will test the hypothesis that PIs inhibit PERK activation by inducing the expression of a molecular chaparone (HSP70?) that blocks PERK homoaggregation in drug-sensitive cells;(2) Determine role of ER stress in PI-induced apoptosis. Here we will assess the contributions of ROS, Ca2+, JNK, Noxa, and caspase-4 ot PI-induced apoptosis;(3): Determine the toxicity and anti-tumor efficacy of combination therapy with PIs and HDAC inhibitors in xenografts. We will compare the effects of combination therapy with PIs plus SAHA (a pan HDAC inhibitor), tubacin (HDAC6-selective), or SNDX-275 (type I HDAC-specific) in vitro and in orthotopic tumors derived from sensitive and resistant cell lines. We will also investigate whether or not pharmacodynamic markers of drug-target interaction and biological response can be measured in the peripheral blood of these animals and apply these methods to measure the effects of therapy with bortezomib plus SAHA within the context of a Phase II clinical trial in patients with pancreatic cancer. Public Health Relevance /RELEVANCE Clinical trials have demonstrated that the effects of conventional and investigational cancer therapies are remarkably heterogeneous, and efforts are currently underway to match therapies to the specific molecular features associated with responsiveness to them in an effort to better exploit their effects (personalized medicine). The overall goal of the research proposed here is to better understand the mechanisms involved in cell killing induced by two promising classes of investigational cancer therapies (proteasome inhibitors and histone deacetylase inhibitors) so that the promising effects of these drugs that have been noted in preclinical models can be best exploited in patients. We will be directly comparing the effects of two proteasome inhibitors and three HDAC inhibitors that are either already FDA-approved, being evaluated in clinical trials, or being developed for clinical application in humans, and in our third Specific Aim we will develop and apply pharmacodynamic assays to measure drug-target interactions and the biological consequences of effective drug targeting within the context of a Phase II clinical trial in patients. National Institute of Health (NIH) Research Project (R01) Project # 5R01CA127494-04 Application # Study Section Basic Mechanisms of Cancer Therapeutics Study Section (BMCT) Program Officer Salnikow, Konstantin Project Start Project End Budget Start Budget End Support Year University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Other Domestic Higher Education DUNS # NIH 2013 R01 CA Proteasome Inhibition and ER Stress McConkey, David J. / University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center $233,093 White, Matthew C; Schroeder, Rebecca D; Zhu, Keyi et al. (2018) HRI-mediated translational repression reduces proteotoxicity and sensitivity to bortezomib in human pancreatic cancer cells. Oncogene 37:4413-4427 McConkey, David J (2017) The integrated stress response and proteotoxicity in cancer therapy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 482:450-453 Qi, Wei; White, Matthew C; Choi, Woonyoung et al. (2013) Inhibition of inducible heat shock protein-70 (hsp72) enhances bortezomib-induced cell death in human bladder cancer cells. PLoS One 8:e69509 McConkey, David J (2011) RAIDDing ER stress for oncolytic viral therapy. Cancer Cell 20:416-8 McConkey, David (2010) Proteasome and HDAC: who's zooming who? Blood 116:308-9 Zhu, K; Dunner Jr, K; McConkey, D J (2010) Proteasome inhibitors activate autophagy as a cytoprotective response in human prostate cancer cells. Oncogene 29:451-62 Be the first to comment on David McConkey's grant © 2015 Grantome : Privacy policy : Terms & Conditions Follow us on: : :	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line194
__label__cc	0.639079	0.360921	Where to listen to Grape Encounters & Uncorked - Where to listen to Grape Encounters & Uncorked That Wine Whiff is Worthless! September 17, 2018 Grape Encounters The server opens the bottle and hands the cork to someone at the table. The recipient sniffs the cork and gives a tumbs up! How to look silly without really trying, after this! It’s kind of like what you might do if you were suddenly face to face with the Pope… Do you bow? Curtsey? Oh, I know, kiss his ring. It’s fun to observe someone who has just been handed a cork that’s been freed from the bottle—and was caught off guard. I’m not sure why most people do it, but the temptation to sniff that cork seems to be the strongest instinct. Unfortunately, the truth is, that whiff provides no information, unless perhaps you feel the need to verify that the beverage being served really is wine. There are, however, two important things you CAN learn from examining the cork. First, the insignia on the cork serves as identification and authentication that the wine in the bottle is what it says on the label. Second, the bottom of the cork should be moist and discolored by the wine, indicating that the bottle was stored horizontally. Doing so keeps the cork moist and swollen, preventing air from seeping in and oxidizing the wine. None of this requires you to put your nose where it doesn’t belong. But I have to admit, I do love the smell of cork. Beats sniffing glue! Grape Encounters Episode Archives	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line195
__label__wiki	0.988604	0.988604	Electric bike-sharing startup Wheels raises $50 million in latest funding round Electric bike-sharing startup Wheels said it has raised more than $50 million in its latest funding round led by venture capital firm DBL partners, as the company looks to expand into the U.S. and international markets. DBL Partners’ founder and managing partner Ira Ehrenpreis, who is also a board member at Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), will join Wheels’ board, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. © Copyright 2020 Karbo Communications	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line202
__label__cc	0.597195	0.402805	← The Mermaid and Her Conman Settle into the Seoul Narrative as Legend of the Blue Sea Episode 4 Ratings Hits 17.1% Kim Eun Sook Reveals that She Courted Gong Yoo for 5 Years to Star in Her Drama Before Finally Landing Him for Goblin → Jeon Ji Hyun Latest C-ban on Hallyu Casualty as Her Recent Oppo Ad Switched Out for Angelababy The Chinese noose tightening on Hallyu continues and the latest high profile casualty is K-actress Jeon Ji Hyun losing her endorsement campaign for Chinese cellphone brand Oppo‘s newest handset the R9. Jeon Ji Hyun landed the campaign just one month ago in October and Oppo is reportedly paying a hefty price for her to be the R9 spokeswoman, much like Song Joong Ki was paid an astronomical sum by Chinese cellphone brand Vivo to be the face of the brand in China. To be clear, the Chinese companies are reportedly frustrated by the government’s pressure on them to swap out Korean star endorsements, which require paying termination fees on top of not being able to get already paid fees back. Jeon Ji Hyun’s R9 ads have been put up only a few weeks ago and will now all be taken down and stepping in as the new Chinese face of the R9 handset is C-actress Angelababy. Angelababy is no stranger to cellphone endorsements – she was the face of Chinese cellphone brand Meitu’s M4 phone. Her Oppo ad campaign will reportedly launch next month. Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged Angelababy, Jeon Ji Hyun permalink Jeon Ji Hyun Latest C-ban on Hallyu Casualty as Her Recent Oppo Ad Switched Out for Angelababy — 26 Comments Lololo on November 25, 2016 at 5:31 AM said: JJH’s add slays Angelababy’s. This is basically going to create a culture of comparing C-celebs and K-celebs. eva on November 25, 2016 at 5:40 AM said: JJH’s ad is way more classy. Suk Bin on November 25, 2016 at 5:57 AM said: JJH advert feel more high fashion as she did not pull a pose to convey the feel. Something like more editorial. Vini on November 25, 2016 at 6:04 AM said: I think the picture above is not Angelababy’s ad for Oppo. It’s her past ad picture for Meitu’s phone. So it’s not right to start comparing their ad for difference company. Wait for her new ads from Oppo come our instead. Tho I don’t think the new ads would be as good considering the company alr lost so much money over this deal. Darl on November 25, 2016 at 7:51 AM said: The hallyu world has truly lost China. the most profitbale and generous market for Hallyu has withdrawn its support and in fact they pay the money for most of the big budget dramas such as Heirs, MLFTS, DOTS etc etc. SJK started making good money from DOTS on while JJH have been in the chinese commercial market for a very long time together with LMH and KSH. these 3 have been longest in the chinese commercial market which is one of the most lucrative CF markets in the world. I saw some stats indicting that they made ridiculously amount of money Anna on November 25, 2016 at 8:03 AM said: These were the days of Hallyu peak. I remember it was 13-14 and funny enough it was in the same time they were all trending in china and everyone of them had like 30+ chinese endorsement deals and everywhere in China you would find LMH, JJH and KSH. I also recall JJH and KSH was in a controvers over a water mountain CF. Honestly speaking these days were the peak of Hallyu and never will we see Hallyu bigger then these days. The absolutely peak of Hallyu. Loosing china is a big blow imho and the new generation may never experience china which is the place to be at period Abc on November 25, 2016 at 8:47 AM said: For someone who is impartial to both actresses, I really don’t mind who is on the billboard. It truly makes sense to have Chinese actors/actresses on their own advertisements. However, it would make more sense to improve the quality of dramas/films coming out of China rather then trying to suppress a country that has successfully transported its own culture. moviefanatic on November 25, 2016 at 11:54 AM said: Well said! I grew up watching Chinese martial arts movies as a kid, bear in mind I’m not Chinese. It is a bit hypocritical of China to be doing something like this. In a time of supposed free flow of information such restrictions does sound a bit harsh. jkfan on November 25, 2016 at 1:50 PM said: @abc – Not sure where you are getting that the quality of China dramas/films are not better quality. In fact, there are some really great dramas/films.China already has a big population to view them, so there is no need for them to export as much as S.Korea. Don’t get me wrong, I watch S. Korea dramas and films and like them too, but there is always something missing in the S.Korea films. China has always had Female strong dramas, unlike S.Korea. Either way, let’s not put down a country’s drama or Entertainment and boost up another country entertainment value. There is space for both countries. As far as culture goes, Most of K culture are a blend from China, with China having the most influence. Abc on November 25, 2016 at 3:55 PM said: You said it, China has enough of its own viewers mainland so it produces things their people watch and I don’t like any of them for example they film many period dramas – which I find difficultly connecting. When is it going to produce a modern piece that I can watch? You can try some of the Hong Kong dramas, since they were more westernized. There are some good Modern Time Chinese drama, such as Ode to Joy where it is about Women dealing with work, love etc. There aren’t many that are subtitled in English unfortunately, so perhaps that is why you are missing out on a lot of the wonderful dramas from China. Or the one with Yang Yang in Love O20 if you are into Romance. There is also another drama called “The best of us” that is youthful romance which is cute and a throwback to the 90’s. Either way, just because you are missing out due to language barrier, you shouldn’t say one country Entertainment is better than the other. Since, most Chinese dramas are hard to find in countries other than China. Perhaps, you can’t fully understand the Chinese culture, that is why you don’t get the ancient dramas. rch311 on November 25, 2016 at 4:53 PM said: @jkfan. You are absolutely correct. kerri on November 25, 2016 at 6:23 PM said: truly agreed that china has more strong female-centric dramas, which I love. Wish S. Korea will have more female-centric dramas. I think China has improved their dramas and I’m actually looking forward to C-dramas now than ever. Kelli321 on November 26, 2016 at 10:36 AM said: Not really agreeing about the idea that China makes less quality dramas. They can be less in persue of trying to be visually appealing, pretty or idol-esque but their themes, plots, ideas and acting can run much deeper. They can be harder to watch perhaps compared to kdramas but that doesn’t mean they’re all less quality. Miranda on November 25, 2016 at 1:26 PM said: Excuse me, what is the reason Hallyu are ban in China?? bree on November 25, 2016 at 3:52 PM said: SK has agreed to deploy the US THAAD anti-missile system to protect itself from NK missile attacks. China thinks the deployment threatens the security of the countries in the region. The Hallyu ban is a direct consequence of the Chinese government’s disapproval, some sort of a retaliation. Scar99 on November 25, 2016 at 5:00 PM said: Chinese government stated that the Hallyu male image is too weak and not manly, they do not want that to influence the male generation in China. Jenny on November 25, 2016 at 3:15 PM said: I’m pretty indifferent about this ban. It’s not like South Korea put Chinese actresses in their dramas or major commercials. Deb on November 25, 2016 at 4:04 PM said: I know Chinese and Taiwanese actors and actresses are celebrating this news. 5ngela on November 25, 2016 at 10:14 PM said: If I were them, I will celebrate these news too. Hyo8rim on November 25, 2016 at 9:24 PM said: Btw, Angelababy is so beautiful. Is she a natural beauty? Drama2016 on November 26, 2016 at 4:01 AM said: C business likes to pay Hallyu stars for endorsing their products b/c these Korean celebrities are not only well known in Chinese market, but also popular in other parts of Asia and the west. Certainly they want to expand business to other markets, not just C regions. Is Angelababy or Eddie Peng is as famous as JJH or SJK? Be realistic! Those C businessmen of big corps have certainly calculated how much return they are gonna profit from their investment in the endorsement from these hallyu stars. Of course they are frustrated. Not only do they have to pay big chunks of $$$ for breaching CF contracts, but also they won’t have equally powerful spokesmen/women to advertise their products outside China. Don’t be naive thinking the ban is no big deal to the Chinese business and instead the Hallyu stars are the only losers. Just to the opposite from business perspectives, the ban hurts both Chinese business and the future hallyu stars. But I don’t think the ban will last long since the Chinese authority isn’t all stupid either. They want Chinese business to expand too. The ban will be only tempotary and symbolic. The ban will be lifted soon and business as usual. In othed words, it is just some drama that C authority put on the political show. LOL. Lee on November 26, 2016 at 11:25 AM said: azn_sky on January 19, 2017 at 11:33 PM said: The ban in imposed is stupid. It’s actually an open secret in the K-industry but Jun Ji Hyun is actually a “hwa-gyo” (Chinese ethic). Her parents have Taiwanese citizenship but she was born and raised in South Korea. I guess since she’s a hallyu star, she is seen as a “foreigner” but I still find it ironic. Bit&#&#&#&#&& on January 27, 2017 at 10:48 PM said: But she looks more korean than kth and shk ahahahha… anyways she’s always a beauty no matter what ethnicity… She definitely looks Chinese and I knew it from the moment I watched her in My Sassy Girl. She definitely looks like she can be from Northern China. Her real name is Wang Ji-Hyun. Her parents names written in Hangul are from translated names in Chinese. There’s her phone cloning scandal back in 09 and JJH admitted in a hearing that she is ethically Chinese. She denies this in public because there would be huge backlash from the Koreans that are nationalistic but most fans do know about her but she’s still very Korean since she’s born and raised in South Korea. 49 Days Unveils its First Teaser Trailer New K-ent Couple Yoon Hyun Min and Jeon So Min Step Out as Film Festival Honorary Ambassadors The Leads of Angry Mom Show Off Their Different Classroom Styles Fan Video of the Engagement Party Kiss in The King 2 Hearts Bolin Chen Charms in New Winter Pictorials to Promote Rom-com Movie Campus Confidential Park Shin Hye and Kim Rae Won Confirmed as Neurosurgeons for SBS Mon-Tues Drama Doctors Namgong Min Brings the Seasoned Intensity in First Stills for SBS Drama Stove League May Queen Ups the Stakes with a Rain Kiss and Long Overdue Boating	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line204
__label__wiki	0.528737	0.528737	Morat's Blog Remember Your First Time { April 8, 2011 @ 10:20 pm } · { Flashback, Musicals } { Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Hicksville High School, The Phantom of the Opera } Yes, I very fondly remember my first time seeing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. It was on a Saturday afternoon in October 1990 at the Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University (ok… so I had to check the Stagebill for the official venue name) in Chicago the day after our marching band performed it’s halftime show featuring the music of the phenomenon…. complete with Phantom masks and capes. Tonight, as the family gathered at one of the first high school productions ever produced, I was taken back to that day 20 years ago. In the row in front of me sat a woman who turned around and asked it I was one of Emily Curtis’ students. I very proudly stated that indeed I was and still am. The woman (who was a dear friend) told me that Ma2 spoke very highly of me on several occasions. We both told how much we dearly miss her. I knew that I was in for a memorable, magical evening. I do not believe that I have ever seen a professional production of any show before I saw a high school production of the same. It has been many years since I have seen Phantom on stage (the movie does not do the musical justice AT ALL) so there were some things that I did not remember. But everything about tonight’s production was shockingly gorgeous. The set design was phenomenal. My favorite piece was the bridge used during the “Don Juan Triumphant” scene. It honestly looked like it could have been used as the barricade in Les Miserables. The graveyard scene (“Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”) was dark and mysterious with just a faint glow of moonlight (but no fireballs thrown by the Phantom 😉 ). I was also impressed with the illusion of the Phantom and Christine’s journey to the lair beyond the lake. The young thespians on stage when PHENOMENAL. The leads both began taking voice lessons a year ago in preparation for auditions and it certainly showed. The title character had an extraordinary range. I was on stage with the young man in my first Village Players production (Meet Me in St. Louis) and he has come A LONG WAY since then. Every time I have seen Phantom, I measure the quality of the production on one thing: the amount of goosebumps I get when he sings his signature song “Music of the Night.” Needless to say, the high school JUNIOR nailed it! The actress playing the role of Christine in ANY show must have a wickedly outrageous voice. The runs in tonight’s delivery of “Think of Me” were crazy good. I must say that my least favorite character in the show is the third leg of the triangle: Raoul, Vicomte de Changy. He always seems to me to be a whiner. But again, a fine performance. NOW for the real stars of the show: Msrs. Firmin and Andre, the theatre owners. They are the comic relief that holds the show together and their timing as well as their voices were impeccable. The outrageous “Notes” and “Prima Donna” pieces in which there are like 50 melodies at one time (ok… not THAT many) were handled very nicely. In younger days, I would have so gone out for the big two roles; however, after a little high school show that I was in (not a post about my on stage experiences), I definitely know which roles I am so suited for. If I had one complaint, it is what could not be done in this production. Do not go to be blown away by HUGE theatrical spectacle. Some of the big stage pieces simply are not possible on a stage and budget of a small school and most are there (just no fireballs). Yet, if any school in my little corner of the world could pull it off, it was this one at the most glorious setting we have to offer. My 6 year old nephew’s favorite scene: “the dummy who dropped from the ceiling on the noose.” Ok, that was enough for him who slept through the last 10 minutes. Yes, a small school CAN produce extraordinary things. Thank you to the lady in front of me for taking me back 20 years and making me remember how special my own “Angel of Music” is to me. Emily would have been ecstatic! Taylhis Said: Sounds like a good show! This is Edgerton? I’m surprised that a small school had the resources to attempt a show of this magnitude, let alone to do it well. Congrats to those who worked hard to do it! jamiahsh Said: Nope, not Edgerton… Hicksville. But I was really impressed just the same. The major leads were all JUNIORS. And Carlotta the “Prima Donna” was a Sophomore. As I said, the only thing I had to nit-pick were the things which could not possibly be done given safety issues and such. Everyone should see it. 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__label__cc	0.692173	0.307827	Would you like to find out more about becoming a foster carer in Northern Ireland? Call 028 90 020 247 or register your interest here Carer Area NFA World Understanding the fostering placement matching process Placement social worker Melissa provides an introductory explanation of how foster placement matching works. When you’re approved to become a foster parent, it’s an exciting time — you’re a step closer to changing not just your life but those of vulnerable children. But to ensure your placement is as positive an experience as possible for you, your family — and each young person — the matching process is an important step. What happens after my panel assessment? After panel, an Agency Decision Maker (ADM) will use the minutes and recommendations from the panel meeting to make the final call on approval. Once a positive decision has been made, we’ll check again their availability to start accepting placements. For sibling groups particularly, the shortage of suitable homes means that ‘the sooner the better’ applies for new carers. But the best placement is more important than the fastest one — and holidays, notice periods and other domestic changes can all delay a carer’s start date. Once you’re ready to welcome a young person into your home, referrals from the local authority will be assessed for the most appropriate match. You’ll also be introduced to your supervising social worker (SSW), who will complete a comprehensive and helpful induction with you. And you’ll typically be given a ‘buddy’ — a more experienced carer who can offer help and advice during your introduction to fostering. How are foster placement matches decided? Successful matching will always depend on good assessments, high levels of information sharing and careful decision making. Ultimately, the strongest potential matches will be based on whether the skills and experience of the carer meet the assessed developmental needs of the child. Huge importance is placed on understanding each young person’s situation before matching, so information gathering about them is vital. We find out as much possible — both from a positive and potentially negative point-of-view — to help inform the matching process, such as: Pre-care history Ethnicity and cultural needs Details of previous placements (number, duration, reasons for ending) Developmental needs (health, education, emotional and behavioural) Special needs due to disability (physical or learning) Any behaviours displayed, triggers and potential risks All of these aspects will be discussed with the foster parent prior to a placement starting, so they’re fully aware and better prepared. Some carers will have been exposed to the realities and rewards of helping young people, through close friends and relatives who foster. When the referrals team comes to assess a new foster parent, important factors considered during the fostering matching process will typically include: Household dynamics (pets, other family members — particularly birth children or grandchildren) Carer attributes and temperament Transferrable skills Capacity for empathy Potential for further development and training Transport capabilities Location and travel can play a big part in matching, as logistics are important — especially for school runs with younger children. Often, it’s a requirement that a child continues at their current education provision and maintains any contact agreements they may have. Although the team can specify a distance radius, carers can feed into this themselves, as their knowledge of local traffic and transport is more accurate. Any wishes and circumstances you express during the matching process will also be taken into account. Provided you agree with the match once you’re satisfied you’ve been given the relevant information you need, your SSW will be informed of the decision. An offer will be sent to the child’s local authority and their social worker will ultimately make the final decision over the matching process. Do children have any say in placement matching? Ideally, a young person will have the opportunity to visit their potential new home beforehand but some emergency placements mean this isn’t always achievable. Most importantly, we’ll always conduct any fostering placement in line with the National Minimum Standards (NMS) for Fostering Services. The ‘wishes and feelings’ section states that any fostered children must: ‘…know that their views, wishes and feelings are taken into account in all aspects of their care; are helped to understand why it may not be possible to act upon their wishes in all cases; and know how to obtain support and make a complaint.’ But regardless of NMS legislation, our priority is to ensure young people aren’t ignored or marginalised during fostering placement matching. Throughout any placement, you’ll receive unrivalled support and your feedback will help shape the matching process for your next placement if required. If your preferences as a foster parent change based on your experience and confidence gained, these will all be taken into account. Hopefully this has made the fostering matching process clearer but if you’ve any questions, please contact our helpful team online or call 028 90 020 247. Author Aimee DyblePosted on February 25, 2019 February 27, 2019 Categories FosteringTags FosteringLeave a comment on Understanding the fostering placement matching process So glad we kept sisters together \| How fostering siblings works for us To mark Fostering February, we asked Michael to tell his story of 12 months since fostering siblings. It’s just over a year since we welcomed sisters M__ and E__ into our home — in the early hours of one winter morning. Coming from an inner city environment, the girls were understandably unsure at first about our countryside location. Today, they’re perfectly happy outdoors or playing with our ‘pack’ of four pugs — and are now living with us as a permanent placement. But we didn’t get to this point as a family overnight — once me and my wife Louise decided we wanted to foster, we had a lot of research to do. Starting our fostering siblings journey One of our oldest friends has been a foster parent for years, so we knew what a difference it could make to vulnerable children. When we started looking into it, we spoke to a number of IFA’s — but it wasn’t until we got in touch with our current agency that it felt ‘right’. They gave the impression of a ‘family’ environment — friendly contact, helpful information and a lovely initial visit. It’s been a learning curve — we were apprehensive about our final panel meeting but needn’t have been. Same with the first LAC meeting we went to — lots of new people, plenty to take in — but not scary at all once you’re there. And we quickly revised our initial aim not to foster anyone older than our sons, R__ and M__, instead deciding to assess placements on their own merits. We’re glad we did, as the girls are benefitting from having brothers — and vice versa — plus the age gaps aren’t that big anyway. Although neither of the girls were in education when they came to us, we got to work enrolling them in local schools. While waiting for their places to be confirmed, I was able to spend time with them — I’m self employed and mainly work from home. And although time with the dogs and enjoying various craft activities was great, it was a relief when the girls were able to join their new schools. Both sisters have flourished — especially considering how much school they’ve missed out on — and E__ is predicted top grades in every subject. Making new memories – keeping siblings together It’s not all work though, we’re a very ‘doing’ family — all of the kids have had a go at steering our canal boat during trips away. And you’ll often find me up above the treetops — I’ve got a microlight aircraft and also fly powered parachutes. Louise and I both qualified as pilots years ago in the US and we love getting up high and enjoying the views of Rutland Water and the surrounding countryside. E__ has already been up for a flight — and we’re even working on persuading our social worker to strap in when she visits during warmer weather! And now we’ve sorted out the girls’ passports, we can’t wait for our first family holiday abroad — Sri Lanka this Easter. Giving more children a chance This last year has been fantastic — the girls are as good as gold and we love them to bits — I would recommend fostering to anyone. The training has been excellent, we’ve been given all the support we’ve needed and everyone we’ve met has been a huge help. And our social worker Paula is great — nothing is ever too much trouble for her — but she’s also the one who told us the most heartbreaking thing. At the ‘Skills to Foster’ course we attended, we found out not only how many kids need help — but also how many a month unfortunately can’t be placed. Louise and I were lucky to have the childhoods we did — and we’ve done what we can to make sure the girls have the best we can give them. But it’s important to share our experience — so other people will see how much the girls have enriched our family by coming to live with us. And hopefully someone will be inspired to change a vulnerable young person’s life — and change their own at the same time. There’s no better time than now, during Fostering February. If you’d like to know more about how you could help brothers and sisters who need each other stay together, please contact us online or ring 028 90 020 247. Author Aimee DyblePosted on February 19, 2019 February 27, 2019 Categories FosteringTags Children, FosteringLeave a comment on So glad we kept sisters together \| How fostering siblings works for us Foster Child’s Great Achievement Ramadan and Eid Festival Explained: Information for Carers NFA Group Collaborate with Children and Foster Carers to Record Song Raising Awareness of Need for Additional 8,000 Carers Chris Naughton Kindercare is an amazing agency who promote, enable and support to bring the best out in their carers. Nothing is too small or too big for any of the social workers to deal with, every child matters whether it be looked after children or birth children. At Kindercare we are part of a big family … Continue reading "Testimonial 5" At Kindercare NI Fostering you are very much part of the team, with great support from everyone. Kindercare NI is a fantastic agency and I have been very proud to be associated with it. I couldn’t have asked for nicer, skilled, professional individuals to work with. We pride ourselves on working with Health and Social Care Trusts and foster carers alike in... Ramadan is observed by Muslims worldwide and is regarded as a blessed month, which is observed on... We’re excited to announce that NFA Group has collaborated with children and foster carers on the... If you would like more information or have a question about who you can care for, whether you are suitable to foster, or whether fostering is right for you, pop your details in below and we will give you a call. From time to time, we would like to stay in touch with you about fostering. By providing your contact details you are agreeing to be contacted by Kindercare Fostering to provide you with information about fostering and events in your area. You will also be able to opt out should your interest change. 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__label__cc	0.505877	0.494123	FacebookTwitterSoundCloud Inside The Pylon Know Football, Love Football Breaking the Plane Pylon U Join ITP NFL Draft Profile: Alabama OG Arie Kouandjio February 19, 2015 Leave a comment2015 NFL Draft, Alabama Crimson Tide, NFL OffenseBy Brian Filipiak Depending on where you look and who you ask, Alabama OG Arie Kouandjio is either a sure-fire second rounder or, at best, an end of Day 3 pick in the 2015 NFL Draft in May. Brian Filipiak analyzes this prospect’s skill sets for guarding the line, protecting the passer, and run blocking. A two-year starter for the Crimson Tide, the wide-bodied offensive lineman suffered multiple knee injuries early in his collegiate career, but managed to stay healthy over his final two seasons, starting all 27 games at left guard. The Cameroon-born Kouandjio is the older brother and former teammate of offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio, who was selected in the second round by the Buffalo Bills in last year’s draft. Arie received first team All-SEC honors as well as second team AP All-America accolades following the completion of his redshirt senior year. Looking to follow in his brother’s footsteps, Kouandjio’s impressive size, physicality and surprising agility make him one of the more intriguing draft prospects at a position that appears weak depth-wise this year. At nearly 6’5” and 318 pounds, the soon-to-be 23-year-old Kouandjio (pronounced kwan-jo) participated in the 2015 Senior Bowl. According to Dane Brugler of NFLDraftScout.com, the offensive guard possesses a seven-foot wingspan and recorded a 40-yard dash time of 5.43 seconds. What He Does Well Kouandjio’s mountainous build and short-area quickness proved very effective in head coach Nick Saban’s predominantly zone-blocking running scheme. Quick First Step A common element to Alabama’s ground attack is the outside zone run, such as these stretch plays, in which the left guard demonstrates power, lateral agility, and consistency in working to the second level: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/QuickFirstStepVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/QuickFirstStepStill.jpg”] Instead of engaging a defender right at the snap, offensive linemen in an outside zone run are coached to take an immediate step to the play-side in an effort to gain leverage and drive the target back inside, or toward the sideline depending on the angle. As shown in the cutups above, Kouandjio exhibits a steady ability to achieve proper positioning by executing a technically sound stretch, or first step, on reach blocks to the front side of runs as well as on cut-off blocks on the backside. He works angles to his advantage, adeptly positioning his hands while tracking to the linebacker level with authority. He also displays the strength to get movement at the point of attack and generally stays as square to defender as possible when fitting into the block. Pull Blocking In addition to his experience within a zone-blocking scheme, Kouandjio also has experience in power run concepts that pull the left guard on trap and lead blocks: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PullBlockingVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PullBlockingStill.jpg”] Similar to the outside zone blocking concepts, Kouandjio’s quick first step to the play side is vital to the timing of the power and counter runs shown above. But while accelerating to the point of attack shows off the lineman’s lateral agility, Kouandjio also displays good use of technique with his hands, maintaining tight elbows to stay inside the shoulders of the defender in order to prevent separation. By utilizing proper hand placement to stay close to his target, the lineman is able to sustain blocks for a longer period of time. Showing a strong anchor and active hands on contact, Kouandjio rarely gives up ground against power-based pass rushers: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PassBlockingVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PassBlockingStill.jpg”] When facing bull rushes and similar power moves, Kouandjio uses a mix of sheer strength and decent lateral movement to control and steer defenders away from the QB. The lineman possesses a strong initial punch and shuffles his feet well enough to keep defenders in front of him. Kouandjio can be a wall in pass protection, particularly eating up defenders with average burst and a limited repertoire of moves. The able-bodied left guard also demonstrates solid awareness against line stunts and blitzes: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/RecognitionVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/RecognitionStill.jpg”] Displaying good instincts, Kouandjio understands when to pass off blocks, anticipating stunts and blitzes well ‒ a sign that the lineman puts plenty of time in the film room. Since he is likely to see even more exotic pressure schemes at the NFL level, the lineman has a good foundation to build upon in terms of his recognition and response skills to stunts and twists. Once the big left guard can get his mitts on the defender, it usually results in a win for Kouandjio. Second and Third Effort When run blocking, and even in pass protection, Kouandjio shows a willingness to keep working blocks beyond the first level and past the whistle: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EffortVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EffortStill.jpg”] Combining solid technique with a nastiness factor, Kouandjio aims to punish any and all in his way even after finishing off his initial block. Among his fellow offensive linemen, the left guard was the one blocker consistently found well beyond the line of scrimmage, looking to make second- and sometimes even third-effort blocks as shown above. Although his overall body of work in the run game remains a positive, Kouandjio still exhibits some lapses in technique from time to time. Missteps The lineman has a tendency to get ahead of himself and does not always contact his target at the appropriate aiming point, leading to improper fits when finishing blocks: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MisstepsVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MisstepsStill.jpg”] In both examples shown above, Kouandjio tangles himself up and positions his hands poorly, allowing the defender to slide off him, unable to fit the target and properly work the angle. In similar instances of poor technique, Kouandjio will sometimes play too high, misstep (like above), and play with a high center of gravity, making him susceptible to speedier defenders. His aggressive style of play can also lead him to whiffing on blocks, an area that will quickly need to be coached out of him through more repetition in practice at the next level. As the help (uncovered) blocker in pass protection, Kouandjio will occasionally stop moving his feet when not directly engaged with a target: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FlatFeetVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FlatFeetStill.jpg”] Although neither instance shown above leads to a sack, flat feet generally cause trouble for offensive linemen. In order to be better equipped to handle pass rushers from all angles, Kouandjio needs to do a better job of shuffling his feet and keeping his head on a swivel. Speed rushers coming off twists at the NFL level will be able to take advantage of a lineman reacting from his heels. Oversetting Against speedier pass rushers, Kouandjio has a tendency to overset, giving up position early as he tries to compensate for the physical attributes of the defender: [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/OversettingVideo.mp4″ image=”http://cdn.insidethepylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/OversettingStill.jpg”] In the plays above, the lineman is caught anticipating a move instead of quickly reacting to the defender’s penetration. By firing out so quickly upfield, Kouandjio lunges forward, loses power from his base, and becomes far too reliant on his initial punch. By giving up position (oversetting), Kouandjio can open up the gate into the backfield for a defender. While infrequent, it’s an area that needs to be corrected at the next level – free shots at the QB will land an offensive lineman on the bench, if not out of the league. Though largely beyond his control, one of the more significant question marks surrounding Kouandjio will likely come during medical evaluations at the NFL Combine. While he remained healthy in his final two years for Alabama, concerns regarding his durability may deter some teams from assigning him a second-day grade. The lineman had multiple knee surgeries early on at Alabama. Comparable Player: Rodger Saffold Kouandjio, who played against high level competition in the SEC, has the ideal size and strength to handle NFL interior defensive linemen at the point of attack. Although not always the most fluid-looking athlete on film, he does display enough agility to get by at the guard position. In the running game, he has both short-burst quickness to get to the second level to clear out room, as well as the lateral movement to be an effective pull blocker in a power run scheme. In pass protection, Kouandjio excels against bull rush moves where he can anchor and stay strong on the spot, but he did reveal a bad habit of oversetting against speedier rushers, leaving him and the QB he’s protecting vulnerable. Still somewhat raw and inconsistent in his technique and occasionally aggressive to a fault, Kouandjio may not be “plug and play” draft pick. However, the combination of his physical tools and willingness to play past the whistle make him a short-term project that the right coaching staff can mold into a starting-caliber NFL lineman for a number of years. Follow Brian on Twitter @Brian_Filipiak. Brian Filipiak knows about proper blocking technique, the basics of run defense, how to defeat an overload, and the point-of-attack. 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__label__cc	0.739306	0.260694	Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; parseString has a deprecated constructor in /home/institut/public_html/components/com_jshopping/lib/parse_string.php on line 2 Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /home/institut/public_html/libraries/rokcommon/RokCommon/Service/ContainerImpl.php on line 460 Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/institut/public_html/libraries/cms/application/cms.php on line 471 Institute for Jedi Realist Studies - Fictional Terminology Main FAQ Fictional Terminology Today I want to revisit the idea of terminology (yep, more of that boring stuff). SMILE During lecture 8 I spent some time talking about the terms we have created for Jedi Realism. For this lecture I want to focus on those that we borrow from Star Wars. Keep in mind that while the JEDI Database does have a complete encyclopedia of fictional terms, there has really been a push in the past few years to get away from using them. The two most-used fictional terms are, of course, Jedi and the Force. Relan once said of them, The first word is the name that depicts our group. The second word depicts what we stand for, what we believe in. Of course we borrowed lightsabers from Star Wars. While lightsabers don't yet exist in our technology, they have become a symbol of the Jedi. As you know, a lightsaber is made from a fixed, concentrated light beam. Jedi who use their weapons effectively must be highly in tune with the Force. Jedi also use the lightsaber as a symbol precisely because of this connection. The Force has been divided into two aspects the two main ways that fictional Jedi used the Force. These are known as the Living Force and the Unifying Force. We can especially begin to see how these are used in the prequel movies. (For those of you in Force 1, I apologize. You have already seen these definitions, though reading through them again certainly won't hurt!) The Living Force is the most heard-of and used. It is basically the study of the Force in relation to life and how it functions, how it can be used to preserve and maintain life. It is a very personal belief in the sense that it tends to focus on the individual before the group as a while. It focuses heavily on feeling and senses the here and now. The Unifying Force is the study of the Force in terms of an energy that connects all things, binding everything together. The Unifying Force takes on a macro approach and focuses on theory and philosophy. It is the spirit that binds everyone and everything together the future. There are others that we use, such as Jedi Academy, Jedi Council, and Padawan. However, you should have a pretty good idea of what these mean, so I'm not going to go into them here. Along with your regular response to the lecture, I would like you to list and define three terms that you have heard since coming to JEDI. They can come from any source, including the Database, as long as they are fictional terms. How do you feel about each term? Do you think it is used correctly in Jedi Realism or should it remain in the real of Star Wars? Copyright © 2020 Institute for Jedi Realist Studies. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line216
__label__cc	0.593253	0.406747	Skip to the navigation. Skip to the content. Register \| Login http://www.ishtari.co.uk/consequences/Schedule.php?action=25&EventId=86&RunId=199 All's Well That Ends Nov. 22, 2013 @ 8 p.m. Gothic Consequences Naish Holiday Village, Christchurch, Dorset, UK Plague stalks the streets of Elizabethan London. The Swan Theatre has been closed, and tonight's performance of Kit Marlowe's well-received Doctor Faustus has been cancelled. Disgrunted patrons and theatre folk alike are crammed into a low tavern, The Final Curtain - the very place that Marlowe's corpse was discovered just hours previously. © Stacy M. Haponik, 2010 \| Contact Us \| Development Blog	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line221
__label__wiki	0.721278	0.721278	The International Building Quality Centre – Launch On 13 November 2019, Kim Lovegrove MSE, RML, FAIB attended and addressed the launch of the International Building Quality Centre at the University of Canberra, Australia, which will host the centre within their Faculty of Arts & Design. The centre will be a hub for law reformers, policymakers and stakeholders intent on designing building regulation that provides the greatest opportunity for the realisation of best practice codes and laws. In his inaugural speech as Chairman, Kim thanked and acknowledged his fellow board members. The following an excerpt from his address at the launch. It is my honour to be afforded the opportunity to officially launch the first phase of the International Building Quality Centre. This initiative may well be a world first. The IBQC initiative is hosted by the outstanding academic institution, the University of Canberra, Australia. From an international optics point of view, it was very important that the chosen University be a capital city University and Professor Charles Lemckert is to be congratulated for the speed by which the journey from concept to fruition passed. Such alacrity bodes well when one considers that technological advances in the building environment take place within an ever-accelerating time frame. The rate of acceleration is so ‘fleet of foot’, recent history has shown that, it has been very difficult for building regulation to adapt with sufficient haste. And the timing for the first launch could not have been better in light of the great challenges that, right now, are confronting the built environment in many jurisdictions. The IBQC will gain ascendancy at a time when building regulation and codes are being redesigned in light of the tumultuous aftershocks that are still reverberating in the aftermath of Grenfell. Fractures in the pillars of building control are emerging that are challenging some of the assumptions that have underpinned modern day building regulatory architecture. Alas the worn out lament, “it takes crises to generate change”, yet again assumes currency. The risk landscape in the built environment has been dynamically destabilising in recent times. In some countries state remediation funds have being established to rectify compromised construction outcomes. There is also a departure of professional indemnity underwriters from the built environment in the antipodes and the UK, in light of the ‘unsustainability’ of the professional indemnity underwriting environment in the construction sector. In certain parts of the globe, a rapidly changing paradigm has led to a frantic yet reactive rethinking of the design of building regulatory ecology. Hence, the birth of the IBQC; the remit of which is to become a beacon for the fashioning of enlightened and altruistic building control with the view of making the currency of ‘crises-inspired law reform’ obsolete. The IBQC is on a mission to change the game which will be abetted by a new pre-emptive way of thinking that can anticipate the ominous and provide access to solutions enabling the warding off of worst case scenarios. The focus will be identifying regulation for the ‘now’ and the future. Homage will be paid to best international thinking and global best practice regimes. There will, however, be no reinventing of the wheel; rather, the Centre will serve as a conduit that provides access to the best intellectual knowledge on point. With the above end in mind, an inaugural board has been carefully assembled. The criteria for selection were exacting. The multi-national board is populated by those whom enjoy pre-eminence in terms of expertise. Expertise regarding best practice law reform that is adorned with the garnishing of an intimate understanding of the most important intricacies and machinations of the processes and systems that culminate a healthy, utilitarian built environment. My Fellow Board members are:- Professor Charles Lemckert, the Deputy Chair of the IBQC, and a leading Australian academic in the disciplines of engineering and the built environment; Mr Neil Savery, CEO Australian Building Codes Board and Chairman of the International Cross Jurisdictional Regulatory Collaborative, a preeminent expert on best practice building regulation and a very dedicated senior civil servant; Ms Bronwyn Weir, a preeminent antipodean construction law reformer, and an exemplar in terms her involvement in the architecture of progressive and enlightened building control; Mr Alejandro Espinosa-Wang of the World Bank, a leading international expert on best practice building permit systems and someone whom I feel honoured to work with in respect of the fashioning of international best practice law reform systems; Mr Michael De Lint a preeminent Canadian law reformer who has a wealth of expertise in best practice comparative analyses of progressive building control; and Professor Robert Whittacker AM, one of the most influential altruists in the building industry in Australia. In February 2019 the Centre will more comprehensively launch the vision and the road map for the next twelve months. I am delighted to announce that we have ‘lift off’. The IBQC Website To read more about the International Building Quality Centre, click here to access the University of Canberra’s website. The international building qua... Latent conditions, building wo... Can a builder be sued twice fo... How cladding exclusions may ch... Negligence claims in building ... Fire engineers, models and hig... Ideas on how to solve the buil... Non-compliant cladding, fire s... How to respond to cladding rec...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line224
__label__wiki	0.941499	0.941499	Anna C. Perry New Bedford The dragger Anna C. Perry left New Bedford on March 6, 1952, to fish near the Nantucket Lightship. With 8,000 pounds of fish on board, she set out for home on March 11. At 11 a.m. the vessel reported that she was "running good," but at 3 p.m. an attempt to radio the ship failed. On March 13, she was reported overdue, and the Coast Guard began a search. Four planes and the cutter Acushnet searched an area of 12,000 square miles centered 65 miles southeast of Nantucket. One plane spotted some floating debris, but it was unidentifiable. The search was discontinued on March 15. On May 6, an amateur diver found a mast, its stays fouled in a winch, with a life raft belonging to the Anna C. Perry attached. The Marine Board of Investigation noted that on March 11 the ship would have encountered rough seas, high winds, and snow. They concluded that the ship had foundered in heavy weather. All six members of the crew perished: Captain Alexander Mitchell, Herbert T. Barron, James E. Codner, Lawrence Hayes, Edward Kearley, and George Kouscouros. They were survived by 15 children. Lawrence Hayes 41 James Codner 33 George Kouscouros 37 Herbert Barron Alexander Mitchell 44 Edward Kearley 52 Hull Material: wood Ship Builder: Thomaston, ME Owner: Catherine Flanagan Nantucket, MA IMO Number: 225023 Length (ft): 64.5 ft Hull Depth (ft): 7.7 ft	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line226
__label__wiki	0.714742	0.714742	ALOHA MAI Lana'iDiningLodgingTransportationContact Us Spirit of PlaceCulture CenterEventsLana'i LocalMuseum DiscoveryArchery • ShootingBiking • HikingDiving • SnorkelingGolf • TennisGolfHelicopter TourHorseback RidingOff-RoadingSailing • FishingTennisWeddings LegacyAgricultureConservancyEnergyWater How do we live within a bio-cultural environment that connects us to our past, while leaving a legacy for our future? Our Lanaʻi forefathers understood that healthy land makes healthy people. Before western contact, more than 6,000 people lived—sustainably, growing and catching all they needed from the land and ocean—on Lanaʻi. Now, it’s our kuleana (responsibility) to continue their thoughtful stewardship, taking their teachings and putting them back into practice by building an informed community, culturally sensitive and compassionate leadership and a strong workforce for the future. Our holistic vision brings Lanaʻi full circle in realizing that these were the correct ways to respect and care for our island home. Now, new investment, innovation and a long-term commitment are creating a viable future for new generations. By turning Lanaʻi into a model for sustainable high-tech enterprise and supporting the locals in building small-scale eco-businesses, the island serves as a source of pride for our people—and a beacon of stewardship for others to emulate. On Lanaʻi, Tutu Papa taught us, Maika‘i ka hana a ka lima, ‘ono no ka ‘ai ka waha. When the hands do good work, the mouth has good food to eat. FARMING TRANSFORMED The roots of Lanaʻi's agricultural heritage run deep. By working with local farmers and reintroducing organic farming methods, supported by drip irrigation and aquaponics, Lana'i aims to once again become a fully self-sustaining island. OUR ECOSYSTEM RESTORED When Axis deer were given as a gift to Hawaii’s King Kamehameha V from Hong Kong back in the 1860’s, no one foretold the devastating effects. Honoring the heritage of our people who hunt and fish for sustenance, we’re carefully restoring Lana’i’s delicate ecosystem with sensitivity. HARNESSING NATURE’S POWER By exploring the use of solar power generation, we’re harnessing what nature provides to fulfill the energy needs of the island—today and for the future. By exploring the use of solar and hydroelectric power generation, we’re harnessing what nature provides to fulfill the energy needs of the island—today and for the future. With no rivers, streams or lakes, Lanaʻi requires ingenuity in generating water—our most precious resource. By using a combination of rain catchment, recycling and efficiency initiatives, Lanaʻi is well on her way to providing a dependable water supply to the island that will benefit future generations. Through the Waiaopae Fishpond Restoration Project, we’re restoring a vital piece of our sustainable heritage built by Hawaiian hands. LET’S TALK STORY	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line228
__label__cc	0.715673	0.284327	National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) (14) Consolidated Health Info Initiative (1) National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS). Computer-based Patient Record Work Group (1) U.S. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) (1) allauthors = "National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)" Personal Health Records and Personal Health Record Systems Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Functional Requirements Needed for the Initial Definition of a Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Enhancing Protections for Uses of Health Data: a Stewardship Framework. Summary for Policy Makers Letter to the Secretary: Recommendations regarding Privacy and Confidentiality in the Nationwide Health Information Network Enhanced Protections for Uses of Health Data: a Stewardship Framework for ‘Secondary Uses’ of Electronically Collected and Transmitted Health Data Letter to the Secretary: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Administrative Simplification: Health Plan Identifier Individual Control of Sensitive Health Information Accessible via the Nationwide Health Information Network for Purposes of Treatment Source: U.S. National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics Quality Measurement and Public Reporting in the Current Health Care Environment Core Health Data Elements: Report of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Update to Privacy Laws and Regulations Required to Accomodate NHIN Data Sharing Practices	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line231
__label__cc	0.553043	0.446957	Freshmen lose to professors Students faced off against professors Benjamin Scharff, Ph.D., of the History department, LisaMarie Malischke, Ph.D., of the Anthropology/ Archaeology department, and Victoria Rickard, Ph.D., of the Political Science department to see who is smarter. The professors won. Rebecca Dunphy, Staff writer On April 9, students tested their knowledge against Mercyhurst professors to answer the question “Are You Smarter Than a Professor?” The annual trivia night put on by the Honors Council featured a “Jeopardy” game with a diverse set of questions — Mercyhurst Trivia, Sports, Pop Culture, Slogans, History, Science, Literature, and Wild Card. Teams were comprised of four students — both honors and non-honors — who answered questions against a panel of professors. This year’s professors were Benjamin Scharff, Ph.D., from the History department, LisaMarie Malischke, Ph.D., from the Anthropology/Archaeology department, and Victoria Rickard, Ph.D., from the Political Science department. After five teams of students competed, a group of freshmen with the highest points qualified to move onto the final round. Mackenzie Ryan, Carolyn Lloyd, Meg Lynn and Emily Morabetto demonstrated their immense trivia knowledge throughout the game, but unfortunately lost to the team of professors in the final round. The final question came from the Wild Card category — chosen by the audience — and asked competitors to name the location of the Kellogg Brand headquarters: Battle Creek, Michigan. With this question, the professors once again won the competition, with Malischke coming in first place in the group. Both the students and professors walked away with prizes at the end of the night, and lots of fun was had by all. “It was super entertaining,” said Honors Council member Casey Dillon. Fellow Council member Ethan Wagner shared similar sentiments. “It was fun to watch our professors duke it out with our peers in some friendly competition,” he said. Lauren Abbott, Editor in Chief MEPP, SafeNet and MU Counseling host ‘Relationship Dance’ Erie Police Academy utilizes VR Hospitality seniors judge ‘Chopped Challenge’ Strategic Intelligence class briefs projects to U.S. decision makers ‘Lake of Betrayal’ stirs discussion ‘The Merciad’ Then and Now: Celebrating 90 Years Artists give Erie a little more color CPA shares experience at Business Club event November is Epilepsy Awareness Month Students explore service	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line237
__label__cc	0.609353	0.390647	Home »LiveSupport »Companies »NUST (National University of Sciences & Technology) NUST (NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY) FAQs & Live Support The foundation of National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) was to promote the higher educational system in Pakistan, by providing an environment for learning and research which would be applicable to the national requirements. In 1991, the university was established but it was not until 1993 that the National University of Sciences and Technology was granted with its charter. Since its start NUST has been offering higher academic engineering' information technology (IT)' medical and management sciences and has excelled in prospering these academies. Today the National University of Sciences and Technology is one of the top engineering universities in the country. It is a multi-campus university spread all over Pakistan with its campuses is in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Risalpur and Karachi. The central campus of the university is located in Sector H-12, Islamabad which is a technologically advanced campus of science and technology. NUST has also developed linkages with international universities and organizations for programs at PhD level in these countries: Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, UK, USA, Turkey, and Ukraine. If you are looking for answers related to National University of Sciences and Technology or about its admission procedure, results and examination schedules, study courses, fee structure, accommodation, , forms downloading, teaching faculty, financial support, loans and scholarships, you can ask them all from the expert guides and professional specialists from all over the world. We offer authentic answers and satisfactory guidelines for all your queries and if you want instant answers, you can also find them at the answered questions section solved by our experts. Ask a Question about NUST (National Univ.. NUST (National University of Scien... Under Graduate pro.. Solutions: 34 Ask Now! Post Graduate prog.. Solutions: 44 Ask Now! PhD program at NUST Solutions: 20 Ask Now! NUST (National University of Sciences & Technology)'s LATEST ANSWERS could not appear in NUST test, Can I take the Test on some other day? Due to some family problem I was unable to take NUST test, can I take this test on some other date. Product: Under Graduate program at NUST \| Answers: 2 What documents are required to be submitted for admission in NUST? If I want to take admission in NUST than which documents I have to submit for online admission application. How many students get admission in medicine and in engineering on an average per year? Can you tell me that how many students get admission in medicine and in engineering on an average per year. What is the eligibility criteria for applying in Business Studies / Social Sciences? I want to take admission in Business Studies / Social Sciences program of NUST University and want to know that wha... How can I apply Online for admission to NUST? I heard that NUST university provides the facility to apply for online admission, how can I apply for online admiss... What are the timings to contact at the helpline of NUST University? I want to know that what are the timings to call on the helpline of NUST University for admission in PhD program be... Product: PhD program at NUST \| Answers: 3 WHAT YOU CAN GET? Build strong relationships with your potential customers. Get noticed in the market place where people can find you through other search engines. Get visible to more than 1 million visitors weekly. The Education ExpertPoints: 8853 \| Discussions: 1596 NUST (National University of Sciences & Technology)'s LATEST QUESTIONS We are the best producers of quality documents,With over 12million of ou... Post Graduate program at NUST \| Posted: 6 years, 5 month(s) ago what type of engineering todays are needed Under Graduate program at NUST \| Posted: 8 years, 3 month(s) ago Hello, everybody, the good shoping place, the new season approaching, cl... How i get admission in ms structure in the nust university requirements for admission to medicine Under Graduate program at NUST \| Posted: 9 years ago	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line247
__label__cc	0.697998	0.302002	MOVIES: Zombie Dawn receives R-rating By Press Release on April 17, 2012 0 Comments Eagle One Media and iFN today announced that its action horror film ZOMBIE DAWN has received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. In addition, a number of new photos from the film have been released showing some in front of the camera as well as some ZOMBIE DAWN, which is set to begin its US theatrical run April 20, was given an R rating by the MPAA due to its “bloody violence, a rape, brief nudity and pervasive language”. In a special arrangement with theaters, cinema ticket buyers attending the Spanish language horror film shall receive a free limited edition copy of the ZOMBIE DAWN: Safehouse comic book that contains a prequel tie-in story to the feature film. The highly praised micro budget film is set to open in Fort Worth, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Birmingham. AL; Aurora, CO the weekend of April 20th with additional theater locations to be added shortly in the coming weeks. Film premise: In 2006 a mysterious incident at a remote mining facility unleashes a zombie horde with an appetite for human flesh. It decimates large portions of the cities and countryside. The only course of action is to rapidly enclose the infected areas and seal them off from the rest of the remaining, living population. Now, 15 years later the tattered remains of the government and the mining corporation responsible where the initial event took place commit themselves to finding out what may have happened at the mining complex. The solution is to covertly send in a group of mercenaries led by a cynical but no-nonsense Colonel and investigative scientists into the quarantined zone to find answers. Fans of ZOMBIE DAWN can find theater locations and dates at the official website www.zombiedawnmovie.com or facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zombie-Dawn-motion-picture/301892726492796 via Eagle One Media Movies Press Release zombie dawn Previous ArticleC2E2’12: Art Masters – Drawing DC Panel Next Article WEBCOMIC: Dwarves invade the Webcomic Factory Geek History Lesson #293 – Guy Gardner (Green Lantern)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line249
__label__wiki	0.713838	0.713838	Emma Scott, founder and CEO, Beano... 3rd August 2018 by M&M Global Staff 80 is an impressive landmark and this week M&M Global sat down with Beano Studios CEO and founder Emma Scott to find out what has ensured the brand has not only survived, but thrived over the last eight decades. 80 years is a pretty impressive feat, what do you think is the key to a comic surviving that long? Our mission is to make the world ‘Think More Kid’. That’s what Beano still does and has always done; empowering kids and making them laugh, being inspired by them and helping them develop, which is even more relevant now than ever. Beano has an irresistible, rebellious spirit – making kids laugh (and parents secretly snigger) for four generations. The introduction of Dennis the Menace in 1951 made Beano one of the first publishers to really show children behaving like children in popular culture, a version that was anything but the beautifully behaved, seen-but-not-heard childhood portrayed in the post war years. Beano embraces that wholeheartedly today in our TV and digital developments on beano.com – our characters are still joyously, riotously imperfect and we think that’s both timeless and particularly pertinent for today’s kids who are often subject to pressure and anxiety at school, online and even geo-politically (Trump is the famous figure our Trendspotter kids panel mention most, ahead of the likes of Taylor Swift or Cristiano Ronaldo. The reality is, the media industry doesn’t Think Kid enough, so children aren’t always getting the entertainment experiences they deserve in both broadcast and digital environments, not to mention the tremendously exciting blurred space in between. And the digital world where older kids (6-12) now spend most of their time isn’t made for them. Gaming, YouTube and social media are largely designed for 13 and over and yet children now spend more time online than on TV. Why aren’t there more places made for them, with content they love and environments that are safe? What have been the biggest challenges to ensuring the success of The Beano? Beano Studios was set up to figure out how to take a loved heritage children’s print title and make it relevant for today’s switched on, charged up and logged on kids – and bring the original fanbase – their parents – along for the ride. We have created and continue to build a new entertainment entity focused on taking the 80-year-old weekly comic and reimagining it as a mischievous multichannel force for 6-12 year olds, led by the cheeky digital network beano.com and reboots of its characters in video form across digital and TV, alongside a refreshed comic of course. And it’s worked. We’re hugely proud to have good news stories developing in every part of our business: Beano is also going global. At this point, Dennis and Gnasher; Unleashed has sold in over 15 international markets including major European PSBs like Super RTL, and there are plenty more to come. We’re also co-producing our live action re-imagination of Minnie with the Emmy award winning Lime Pictures (producers of Netflix’s Free Rein) And we’re also seeing a dramatic uptick in traffic to beano.com in the USA in particular, driven by our ever more sophisticated content creation processes, and we expect to see much more throughout the year and beyond. We’ve also recently collaborated with global British brands like Ted Baker, Stella McCartney, V&A, as well as Apple and Amazon. We’ve got major partnerships with the UK Libraries Summer Reading Challenge, and YoungMinds – the UKs leading young people’s mental health charity – initiatives which empower kids which we simply want to grow and grow. To last for such a long time you must have been doing something quite special, but there must have been one or two concepts that didn’t take off and what lessons did you learn from such failures? Beano celebrates imperfection, so I’m proud to announce that we fail every single day. We’re creating new things that seek to break and remake industry conventions and outdated engagement model and to strike out on our own in the wild west of the digital landscape to make brilliant, safe content and experiences for kids where none currently exist. We’ve changed the design and UX of beano.com several times since the launch in September 2016, We’ve similarly changed the mix, tone and balance of content on the site several times. How do we know we get things wrong? Our readers and viewers tell us. We FaceTime with our panel of Trendspotters (26 kids around the UK) every single week and they don’t hold back when we’re off the mark. We also constantly battle TV ideas which feel too conventional or too familiar – people’s perception of Beano is sometimes as something old-fashioned and creative ideas can often go in that direction, which is absolutely the opposite of our mission, so we have to fight that every day. How does a comic like The Beano compete with the likes of Marvel and DC Comics who have stepped successfully into movies and Hollywood and created a new fanbase? We are not really in competition with them, we co-exist very happily and are very proud to be part of the global comic-inspired entertainment community. We’re really inspired by many of the things they are doing, and of course there are similarities as we have a universe of characters too, who are equally funny looking and oddly dressed as theirs. So of course we look at what they are doing and think how we might learn from their successes and the way they have captured the imagination of kids (and big kids) all over the globe. How do you continue to generate a new audience? Everything I’ve described so far builds our audiences, our awareness and our digital reach. It’s underpinned by a clear red thread of Beano that runs through everything – big laughs, unlimited creativity and everyday rebellion. Specifically, in the digital space our growth is made by synthesising daily contact with our audience with the digital smarts of the team. Our insight and analytics loop, what we call the Beano Brain, allows us to create daily content which drives growth. Unlike with adults where trends spread like wildfire online and are immediately visible and trackable, with kids they often travel offline, through the playground, before they get manifested online – so we’ve build a unique blend of offline ethnography, digital analytics (and lots in between!) and use it to fire our content machine, which is reaping serious rewards in the UK and in the US. What are you most proud of in your time at the company? There are so many things that I’m proud of, it’s hard to pick one. We’re really proud to have won a bucket load of awards this year, and particularly relevant is that we’ve won in different industries which shows the unique offer that is Beano today. Beating BBC Three and Channel 4 to win Best Original Web Channel last month was a big moment for the whole team. Something which I think makes me especially proud is the fact that, whilst the brand awareness in general has shot from 50% in our target audience to 75% since the launch of Beano Studios in 2016, awareness amongst girls specifically has risen from 43%-70%, which is fantastic for a supposedly “boy” brand. This is being encouraged even more with a lot of focus being placed on strong female characters, such as Minnie’s new live action show and the creation of Mandi – a character that we have developed with YoungMinds who, whenever she appears, will experience the everyday issues that affect kids today, to help kids understand and deal with the stresses and anxieties than can be caused by them. She had her debut in our 80th birthday issue, which was guest edited by David Walliams, where she was given her first mobile phone – something a lot of children will be experiencing this summer. As the media landscape evolves are you finding you are now going direct to clients more, or do you still go primarily through media agencies? It can work either way. Obviously direct relations with clients are excellent, but we love working with agencies too. We work with a range of clients – many of whom are obviously in the kids space, gaming, film, music, publishing, toy, electronics and so on – all seeking content-led ways to engage digitally with their audience. We are also working with a number of more family driven brands in sectors like banking, retail, travel and telecoms – who are all interested in how Beano can bring families together and/or how to light the imagination of their future consumers today with digitally led content that is 100% plugged into their world. What is the key to success as a media owner in today’s media landscape? How does an established brand like The Beano compete against new digital players? By being a new digital player and one that, unlike others, is 100% committed to supercharging the power of kids wherever we go. The digital world where older kids (6-12s) now spend most of their time isn’t made for them. Gaming, YouTube and social media are largely designed for 13 and over – and yet children now spend more time online than on TV. We have deliberately set up with the freedom to follow kids behaviour, and as such, we’re not trying to crowbar old business models in today’s media landscape, we work across many platforms, and even our characters are not subject to the straight-jacket that is applied by other IP owners, something which can really work for brands who work in partnership with us. Tags: advertising, advertising agencies, Beano Studio, beano.com, Emma Scott, International media, slider M&M Global Staff	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line251
__label__wiki	0.742396	0.742396	Page 111 of 113← First < 1 ... 108 109 110 111 112 113 > Last → Go Down Person Man said, October 16, 2019, 11:55:04 pm one already said mob is superior to tatsumaki. so there's no point. Long John Killer said, October 17, 2019, 12:20:58 am Sure, Din made a planet, and the Triforce of Power supposedly contains all her powers, but... Ganondorf's never come even remotely close to displaying anything like that level of power, ever. It's probably safe to say that no mortal, not even an unkillable incarnation of a demon's hate, is capable of wielding the full power of the Triforce. But even if one were to assume that Ganon is capable of outputting enough energy to create a planet, as the Death Battle guys did, Dracula's got him trumped because his theoretical max power output (that he also has never come close to displaying in any of his apperances) is universal level. All in all, I think it was a pretty reasonable analysis (aside from the implication that Link and various Belmonts/Soma have reaction speeds approaching the speed of light, which is... wild); I didn't know that Demonic Meggido is supposed to be a holy attack (I do wonder if that description of that is a super faithful translation, cuz that seems odd), but if it is, that seems like it'd make this matchup a slam dunk in Drac's favor. What I want to know is what do they mean in their end of battle breakdown they say the Triforce of Power has been overpowered in the original Legend of Zelda and Twilight Princess? I don't think beating Ganon via sword swings should count as overpowering someone with more strength, that's like saying a bullet is stronger than a heavyweight lifter. And Twilight Princess? Ganondorf mopped the floor with Midna's Fused Shadow. It's why there was a final battle in the field set ablaze at all, because the game seemed all wrapped up and finished having Midna go final form on him then it did nothing. I have admittingly not played either the original in 100% full in a good long while nor Twilight Princess since the HD rerelease a few years back, so maybe I'm just blanking on something, but in a battle of raw power I can not recall anything in Zelda defeating the literal source of power. What is that Demonic Meggido description quote from anyways, I evidently am not familiar with this game and that seems rather contradictory to Dracula's, well, whole deal with how his powers work. So XvX has joined up with Hyun's Dojo Nothing in the world of Zelda may have overpowered it, but that doesn't at all mean its power is thus unlimited. Ganon has never shown any feats that come even remotely close to wielding enough power to create a planet. In addition to being used by Drac, It's also an attack usable by one of the demon helpers in Curse of Darkness, and the description comes from there. As far as overpowering Dorf's triforce, the argument could also be made that Power is routinely defeated by superior Courage and Wisdom, on both of which Dracula arguably has the edge over Ganon. :EDIT: Mafia Last Edit: October 23, 2019, 11:58:52 pm by Person Man Vampire fight time. Senpukyaku well, the author of OPM and Mob did stated who is stronger a while ago Way to go SA, announcing the winner 3 week earlier Really weird animation in this one. It looks like they had four or five different animators working on this but no unified style guide for any of them. Made it look super weird when it kept jumping between pixel art and hand-drawn animation. Last Edit: November 07, 2019, 12:07:39 am by Person Man Yeah, ok, the next fight feels oddly like a vendetta. Which don't get me wrong, I don't particularly like Deadpool much either, but in just the initial reveal setting it up as a match made for him to lose? Now the particulars about that, it's been a long while since I've needed to think about Big Head, but yeah, he probably could pull it off. If not through a fair fight just completely obliterating Deadpool beyond his broken healing factor, immortal soul and all, then can't he just, like, do something similar to Dreadpool in the "Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe" series and step outside their reality to ours and kill the animators or something? Very Gwenpool-esque. I'd imagine Deadpool would realize Big Head's cartoon physics and realize he would need something like The Dip from Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, but it's not exactly like it's something he carries with him or can acquire. And he can't just remove the mask merged with the person and with his Looney Toons form he can't cause any harm to Big Head. Well, guess we'll see soon enough. Spoiler: As for this fight (click to see content) Not being a fight I'm too familiar with, thought it was nice having bare minimum knowledge of Tatsumaki and just having nothing to do with Mob and coming to a similar conclusion to theirs through their breakdown. But that whole spin cycle fracturing every bone in the body thing then just....unspinning it back to normal, that's not a thing in OPM, is it? I really don't recall that being a thing in season 1, and unless it's from something newer than that, that REALLY doesn't seem like something you should just shrug off. Unexpected for the twist ending, but....I also wouldn't really expect them to shapeshift into snowmen with lightsabers, wouldn't call that a good fake out either. Last Edit: November 07, 2019, 12:58:02 am by Long John Killer I don't remember the first movie too much, but I do remember seeing Son of the Mask (terrible sequel, by the way), and I do remember the dog (who was wearing the mask at the time) being beat by the baby (because it had the powers too). Enough damage to the host would separate them from the Mask. But, it is a powerful character, ending in a stalemate with Loki, who I believe was the creator of the Mask. Well....damned if I remember WHICH, I do recall the Mask being brought up in a past Death Battle Cast from a while ago, where he was used as an example where outside canon sources would be exempt, and Son of the Mask was the key example as to what they would ignore. Because yeah, who would willingly want to cite Son of the Mask? And besides being just terrible on all fronts, it doesn't much line up with the comics. Or the previous movie. With the last battle, I had a hunch that Tatsumaki would win... but my thought process was always about "She could easily prevent Mob from reaching 100% with her psychic abilities" and not so much the fact that she had better training, better use of her skills and being able to switch from offense to defense on the fly. Now, this next battle... All I know of The Mask is the first movie. It's a great movie and all, but my biggest issue here is this: What does the Mask have that can effectively kill off Deadpool? Cartoon physics, effectively. The Mask operates at a Looney Tunes/Tom and Jerry level of over the top violence, but with the level of actual, real world damage that violence would cause in real life. Also functional immortality/invulnerability because he takes hits like a cartoon character does, if I’m not mistaken. Basically he gets to operate on cartoon logic while those around him don’t. Basically if Big Head decides that Wade reminds him of a burger patty, then he's on a bun and that's all she wrote The conceit of the Mask however, and this is as true in the comics as it was everywhere else, is that if the wearer decides to remove it themselves then it's over for them And they ALWAYS get tricked or decide to remove it without fail because becoming Big Head is a strain on the psyche "Deadpool won't leave Death Battle" Truer words hath naught been stated Last Edit: November 14, 2019, 01:13:54 am by Speedpreacher You technecally had it true before the edit too, a death stroke is often at the end of these. I somewhat want them to keep Deadpool's breakdown equally as short in the full video as well, to keep with the ongoing joke that yeah, we all already know what his deal is, move on to something new. But I doubt it, it wouldn't be fair to those who missed the last two and they've said in DBC plenty of times how even returning characters are restudied from the ground up. Speaking of which, last week's DBC hinted at them considering redoing Link vs Cloud. Which yes please, that's one of my favorite match-ups as well as one of my least favorite videos from them, they straight-up admitted in DBC it was unfairly made to be Smash Bros. Link versus Dissidia Cloud, and Dissidia is a terribly poor source to base these characters off of, they're way too different and certainly nerfed versions of them, to say nothing of the non-canon fest that is Smash Bros. Plus the whole video was very....I dunno, mean spirited to people liking either Link, Cloud or both. It was very dismissive of both for some reason. But I shouldn't hype myself on a possible maybe someday sort of statement. I just do hope they do so once VII Remake comes out. Mask☆DeMasque Page 111 of 113← First < 1 ... 108 109 110 111 112 113 > Last → Go Up	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line259
__label__cc	0.643175	0.356825	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec Date Transaction 6/29/08 Signed OF Rob Mackowiak to a Minor League contract. 6/26/08 Reinstated IF/OF Jerry Hairston from the 15-day disabled list; Optioned IF Paul Janish to Triple-A Louisville. 6/22/08 Returned INF Jeff Keppinger from a rehabilitation assignment and reinstated him from the 15-day disabled list; Designated INF Andy Phillips for assignment. 6/21/08 Placed INF Jolbert Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list with a compound dislocation of his left index finger; Recalled RHP Daryl Thompson from Triple-A Louisville. 6/18/08 Activated OF Norris Hopper from the 15-day disabled list; Optioned RHP Homer Bailey to Triple-A Louisville. 6/14/08 Reinstated RHP Gary Majewski from the bereavement list; Optioned LHP Danny Herrera to Triple-A Louisville. 6/13/08 Acquired nonroster RHP Henry Arias from the Royals as the PTBN to complete the March 19 trade. 6/10/08 Purchased the contract of INF Jolbert Cabrera from Triple-A Louisville; Placed INF Jerry Hairston on the 15-day disabled list with a broken left thumb; Placed RHP Gary Majewski on the bereavement list; Recalled LHP Danny Herrera from Triple-A Louisville. 6/5/08 Recalled from RHP Homer Bailey from Triple-A Louisville; Optioned LHP Danny Herrera to Triple-A Louisville. 6/4/08 Placed INF/OF Ryan Freel on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring; Recalled OF Corey Patterson from Triple-A Louisville; Released INF Scott Hatteberg; Sent OF Drew T. Anderson outright to Triple-A Louisville. 6/3/08 Placed LHP Kent Mercker on the 60-day disabled list; Selected the contract of LHP Danny Herrera from Triple-A Louisville. 6/1/08 Placed RHP Josh Fogg on the 15-day disabled list with lumbar back spasms; Recalled RHP Gary Majewski from Triple-A Louisville.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line268
__label__cc	0.703037	0.296963	Monarch Dunes Butterfly Habitat Volunteer Committee About Monarchs Butterfly Town USA Film Butterfly Town USA is a film by Dorothy Fadiman and Marlo McKenzie. It follows a community in Pacific Grove, California, working to protect the Monarch Grove Sanctuary, an urban preserve located near the city center. Internal disagreements about how to best take care of this beautiful habitat are escalating at a time when climate change, deforestation, and pesticides are decimating the milkweed plants that Monarchs need to survive and impacting the Monarch population in general. The film shows that change happens one person, one community at a time. The citizens of Pacific Grove inspire us with their activism, which is motivated by their love for Monarch Butterflies. The Monarch Butterfly Habitat Volunteer Committee is pleased to present a screening of Butterfly Town USA at Trilogy Monarch Dunes in Nipomo on Thursday evening, November 12. Film makers Dorothy Fadiman and Marlo McKenzie will join us at this event to share their insights into the making of this chronicle of one California community’s efforts to save the monarchs. Click here to see an invitation to this screening. Click here to watch the film trailer. Click here to see shorts about the film which include interviews with Dr. Kingston Leong and Judy Richards, MBHVC Chair. Last updated 28 Sep 2015.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line272
__label__wiki	0.552662	0.552662	By Kamil Kuczyński\|2018-01-08T06:54:05+00:00January 7th, 2018\|Categories: Relationships\|Tags: man, Well-being, women\| Mixed-sex interactions may harm thinking. By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-04-28T07:36:07+00:00April 28th, 2017\|Categories: Productivity, Relationships\|Tags: cognitive performance, intelligence, sex\| Researchers performed two studies. In the first, participants interacted either with a same-sex or opposite-sex partner. Results showed that men’s cognitive performance declined from a mixed-sex encounter, but this wasn’t true for women. Interacting with women can impair men’s cognitive functioning; Johan C. Karremans; Journal of Experimental Social Psychology; Volume 45, Issue 4, July 2009, Pages 1041–1044 Holding a warm (versus cold) cup leads people to see others as friendlier. By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-04-25T08:28:43+00:00April 25th, 2017\|Categories: Relationships\|Tags: friendly\| It is connected with metaphors linking social and physical warmth. Williams, L. E., & Bargh, J. A. (2008). Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth. Science, 322, 606-607. Researchers recorded a fragment of speech from middle-aged women with rheumatoid arthritis and breast cancer. By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-04-11T13:23:08+00:00April 11th, 2017\|Categories: Healthy, Relationships\|Tags: cursing, women\| They found that those who swore in the company of other people had increased depression. What more, those same people also lost social support. The study has its limitations, as the sample. Swearing by women has an adverse effect on their social support. Particularly, societal norms dictate that women shouldn’t swear. The same study performed with young men may produce another result. Robbins, M., Focella, E., Kasle, S., López, A., Weihs, K., and Mehl, M. (2011). Naturalistically observed swearing, emotional support, and depressive symptoms in women coping with illness. Health Psychology DOI: 10.1037/a0023431 Intelligent men are always attractive By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-04-08T05:21:44+00:00April 8th, 2017\|Categories: Relationships\|Tags: attractiveness, intelligence\| A group of 204 women were evaluated based on the long- and short-term appeal of videos of 15 men. They had a known level of intelligence and physical features. Findings say that women look for geniuses for both one-night stands and for long-term relationships. However, other studies suggest that women don’t care about the brain for short-term relationships. Prokosch, Mark D. et al.; Intelligence and mate choice: intelligent men are always appealing; Evolution and Human Behavior , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , 11 – 20 An experiment confirmed the assumption by a psychologist that children learn aggression from adults. By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-03-31T09:09:43+00:00March 31st, 2017\|Categories: Relationships\|Tags: children\| One group of children watched an adult model physical and verbal aggressive behavior. The second group watched a “peaceful” model. And a third group didn’t watch anybody. The study found that children in the “aggressive” group often imitated aggressiveness when they played with a doll, more so than the other groups. The aggressive behavior of an adult had a greater impact on boys than girls. Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, S. A. (1961). Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582. A study has found how we may have difficulty judging our own abilities. By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-03-25T11:58:04+00:00March 25th, 2017\|Categories: Relationships\|Tags: judging, psycho\| The study used a set of mini-games to test a person’s skill. They played with a pair of other researches, with or against them. The researchers were not actually playing. The games they played had predetermined endings. Some of the games the researchers won. Some of them the test players won. When we’re competing with a strong player, we tend to downgrade our own ability. But when that player is on our team, we see ourselves as better than we really are. Marco K. Wittmann, Nils Kolling, Nadira S. Faber, Jacqueline Scholl, Natalie Nelissen, Matthew F. S. Rushworth “Self-Other Mergence in the Frontal Cortex during Cooperation and Competition” Neuron, Volume 91, July 2016 Good story-tellers are more attractive for women By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-03-24T13:01:40+00:00March 24th, 2017\|Categories: Relationships\| Surveys found that the story itself didn’t matter all that much. How you present the story is what matters most. Women were more interested in talented male story-tellers as long-term partners. They considered storytellers to have higher status than non-storytellers. The mental effort of a person near you will intensify your concentration levels. John K. Donahue, Melanie C. Green, “A good story: Men’s storytelling ability affects their attractiveness and perceived status“, Personal Relationships Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2016, Pages 199–213 It turns out that your feelings toward your phone show your feelings toward people. By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-03-19T01:55:12+00:00March 19th, 2017\|Categories: Relationships\|Tags: phone\| Attached people also described using their phones more for accessing social networking sites. They also used them more for smart phone functions. Veronika Konok, Dora Gigler, Boroka Maria Bereczky, Adam Miklosi “Humans’ attachment to their mobile phones and its relationship with interpersonal attachment style” Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 61, August 2016 There are a few things that help to overcome depression. By Kamil Kuczyński\|2017-03-18T01:51:37+00:00March 18th, 2017\|Categories: Healthy, Relationships\|Tags: better mood, depression, good mood, Well-being\| The thing that helped people the most was relationships. A person who has a strong relationship is more likely to get out of depression. The next thing is to have a good income. That may be hard to do, but if you can manage it then you have a better chance of getting out of depression. High income and having religious faith helped with recovery from depression. People who earn more than $80,000 per year are more likely to recover than those earning less than $20,000 per year. The next thing you can control is to get enough exercise. Older people and women are also more likely to fully recover. From another side, people who experienced abuse or anxiety disorders in the past were less likely to recover. Esme Fuller-Thomson, Senyo Agbeyaka, Deborah M. LaFond, Mercedes Bern-Klug “Flourishing after depression: Factors associated with achieving complete mental health among those with a history of depression” Psychiatry Research, Volume 242, August 2016	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line275
__label__cc	0.598425	0.401575	Late Nights in Front of the TV Parents may think time in front of the TV before bed helps kids settle down. But it really just robs them of sleep. Sleep deprivation can start very early in life. Between televisions, tablets, computers and cell phones, most kids have a screen in their rooms. And watching those screens can interfere with sleep. “Parents assumed that TV was helping their kids wind down,” said Rebecca Spencer, the co-author of a study on the role TV plays in young children's sleep. “But it didn't work. Those kids weren't getting good sleep, and it wasn't helping them fall asleep better.” Spencer has been studying the effects of sleep, including the importance of naps for young children, for more than a decade. Children who had a TV in their bedroom watched TV later at night, watched more adult TV programs and displayed more negative emotions. The University of Massachusetts, Amherst researchers found that children who watched more TV got significantly less and lower quality sleep. On average, young children without a TV in their bedrooms slept 30 minutes more at night than those with a TV in their bedroom — three and a half hours more each week. Kids with a television in their room did try to make up for lost sleep by napping more during the day, but this amounted to less than half of the sleep time they had lost at night. The study involved a diverse group of 470 preschoolers from Western Massachusetts. Each child wore a wrist monitor for 16 days. Parents tend to overestimate how long their children sleep, so the use of wrist monitors is one of this study's strengths, according to Spencer. Previous research has mostly relied on self-reported information on sleep length and quality. Children who had a TV in their bedroom watched TV later at night, watched more adult TV programs and displayed more negative affect — more negative emotions and poorer self-concept — than children who slept in a TV-free bedroom. Over a third of the children had a bedroom TV, and a third of this group fell asleep with the TV on, often watching adult programming. Teens' sleep problems are well-documented, including a school day that many think starts too early. “The good news is, this is addressable,” says Spencer, but it’s up to the parents to confront the problem. The current study focused on televison, but Spencer has plans for more studies that will examine the impact of hand-held digital devices, such as iPads and smartphones on children's sleep. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that daily screen time for 2- to 5-year-olds be limited to one hour of “high-quality programs,” and that parents should watch the programs with their children. The study appears in Sleep Health. Getting Fat o On Advertising Raising Children On Digital Devices Back Away From The Remote	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line279
__label__wiki	0.986902	0.986902	Last Updated: Wednesday, 28 May, 2003, 09:04 GMT 10:04 UK Email this to a friend Printable version Jackson 'close to bankruptcy' Jackson has been ill recently Singer Michael Jackson is on the verge of bankruptcy, his former financial advisers are claiming in a US lawsuit. Jackson, who was once said to have been worth £350m, is a "ticking financial time bomb waiting to explode at any moment," according to papers filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court. Union Finance and Investment Corporation says the 44-year-old owes the company £7.2m in fees and expenses, plus interest. Company lawyer Pierce O'Donnell said: "For whatever reason, Michael Jackson is not paying his debts. He has little or no means of income. "He lives off a line of credit. The day of reckoning is near." But Jackson's lawyer Brian Oxman said he did not believe the singer's finances were in trouble. "I see no signs of this impending disaster," he said. "I cannot say it for 100% sure because nobody knows his financial statements. But I can say it for a reasonable certainty." Union Finance alleges that when the company agreed to work for Jackson in 1998, "there was no clue that his extravagant lifestyle had all but bankrupted him". The company says it discovered Jackson only had two months' worth of available funds. Union Finance's case will be heard oN 18 June. Fading star Legal strains: Jackson in court last year Two decades ago Jackson was the world's biggest pop star, with his 1982 album Thriller selling 47 million copies, and 1987 follow-up Bad meeting with similar success. He was reported to be earning £30m a year at the height of his popularity. In 1985 he bought ATV Music, the company which owns the rights to the Beatles' back catalogue, and he also owns his Neverland ranch near Santa Barbara as well as other homes in California and Las Vegas. But unforgiving press coverage of both his private life and his music have seen Jackson's popularity tumble. Most recently, Jackson was outraged by a TV documentary on him by British journalist Martin Bashir, in which the singer admitted sharing his bedroom with children. Now Jackson faces over 1,000 lawsuits, including a £15m claim by a producer over cancelled concerts, and a former manager who claims he is owed millions in back pay. The legal pressures on the singer now appear to be affecting his health. He was admitted to hospital with a mystery illness last week on the day he was due to appear in an Indianapolis court on a matter relating to the Jackson Five. "He can become very concerned and nervous at depositions. He doesn't like lawsuits, and it makes him ill to have to cope with litigation that people seem to heap on him," Mr Oxman said at the time. Jackson suffers sudden illness 22 May 03 \| Entertainment Jackson loses $5m court case 14 Mar 03 \| Entertainment Jackson sues Motown Jackson compares himself to Disney 05 Dec 02 \| Entertainment Jackson paintings lawsuit settled Jackson's growing pains 28 Feb 03 \| Entertainment Los Angeles Superior Court MJ News International TOP ENTERTAINMENT STORIES U2 reschedule US and Canada dates Cheryl 'on the mend' says Simon Cowell Zsa Zsa Gabor taken to hospital	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line280
__label__wiki	0.911697	0.911697	K-Pop Herald The Investor The Herald Business The Herald POP Real Foods Diplomatic Circuit English Eye Go to 한국어판 /app/herald/koreaherald/version02/www [Feature] We saw helicopters firing in Gwangju: US missionary By Kim Bo-gyung Published : May 15, 2019 - 16:59 Updated : May 15, 2019 - 21:37 ◀ Back to List More article by this Writer GWANGJU -- Gwangju streets at this time of the year are full of banners on events related to the May 1980 Democratic Uprising as the city remembers the brutal military crackdown on protesting citizens under former President Chun Doo-hwan, with exhibitions, forums, music contests and food sharing. The deadly military crackdown left an estimated 160 dead and some 5,000 injured in the course of 10 days from May 18, 1980. Experts say the figure is expected to be higher given that many of the dead were secretly buried and many went missing. As Chun, who was the defense security commander then, continues to deny accusations of a brutal military suppression and as credible, conclusive facts continue to be elusive, South Korea will commemorate the 39th anniversary of the Democratic Uprising on Saturday with key questions still unanswered. One of the key questions is whether Chun ordered military forces to open fire from helicopters on civilians protesting in front of the former South Jeolla Provincial Government building on May 21. The three-story building was used as a base for Gwangju citizens during the uprising. Gwangju citizens gather around a fountain in front of the former South Jeolla Provincial Government building. The Gwangju government has preserved the fountain, which has become a symbol of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising. (The May 18 Memorial Foundation) “The first thing I think about (Gwangju) is the shooting on the crowd in downtown Gwangju from helicopters. I could not believe that an army would shoot and kill its own citizens. It was totally unthinkable to me,” US Baptist missionary Barbara Peterson told The Korea Herald. Baptist missionaries Barbara Peterson and her husband, late Arnold Peterson, worked in Gwangju from 1975 to 1982. They also worked with pastors who graduated from seminaries in starting new churches in Gwangju and on Jeju Island. “We heard heavy artillery gunfire and put our two sons (aged 5 and 8) with our ajumeoni in the basement of our house. … My husband and I then ran up to our rooftop deck to see what was happening. We saw the helicopters shooting down at people and could hear screams,” Peterson said. She added that her husband took pictures of the scene, which were later presented as key evidence in Chun’s trial. In his memoir published in April 2017, Chun called late activist priest Cho Chul-hyun a “liar” and late Arnold a “satan” for their testimonies on helicopter shootings, unleashing a hailstorm of criticism. Chun, who seized power in a military coup in December 1979, was elected president in August 1980 after tightening his grip on the country through the May 18-27, 1980 crackdown in Gwangju. A helicopter hovers in front of the 10-story Jeon Il building located across the street from the former South Jeolla Provincial Government building during the Gwangju Democratic Uprising in May 1980. (The May 18 Memorial Foundation) Despite numerous testimonies and evidence -- bullet marks found in the 10-story Jeon Il building located across the street from the provincial government office -- Chun repudiates the helicopter shootings. “Chun denies that martial law forces shot civilians from helicopters because it is not a form of self-defense, rather a planned massacre of civilians,” Lee Gi-bong, secretary-general of the May 18 Memorial Foundation, told The Korea Herald. Acknowledging the helicopter shooting would mean admitting to a “systematic crime against humanity,” he added. Further buttressing allegations that Chun was responsible for the mass shooting, earlier this week, former US military intelligence officer Kim Yong-chang, who was on a mission in Gwangju during the uprising, testified he was informed of Chun’s arrival in Gwangju at noon on May 21, 1980, by a credible informer. It was widely presumed among his informers that Chun ordered the helicopter shootings that began at around 1 p.m. in front of the former provincial government building. Military forces’ power abuse The special fact-finding committee on the May Democratic Uprising, whose formation has been delayed for several months, is charged with investigating details of the incident, including: person or persons accountable for the incident; the exact number of people killed, missing and injured; where the military buried the dead; and sexual harassment by the military. “As I looked down (from the hotel), the soldiers made a group of either middle school or high school students kneel on the ground on the street. The soldiers were going down the line and kicking each student on the buttocks with the heel of their boots. This was so uncalled for because the students had no weapons,” said Peterson. The Petersons witnessed the scene at a hotel in downtown Gwangju, where they went to check up on four Baptist pastors from Florida after the South Korea-US Crusade initially scheduled to start on May 18, 1980 was canceled. According to Peterson the event was put off due to strict curfew imposed following the declaration of an emergency martial law nationwide on May 17 and could pose a danger for people attending evening services part of the Christian revival meeting. “What struck me is the arrogance. There was no concern for the people, it was utter arrogance that they were the ones calling the shots,” Paul Courtright told The Korea Herald, adding that he witnessed soldiers kill a young man at a bus station in Gwangju on May 19,1980. Courtright treated Hansen’s disease patients in villages near Gwangju in May 1979-September 1980 as a member of the 48th Peace Corps Korea group. US turns a blind eye With lawmakers and experts on the uprising increasingly calling on the US to return core evidence of the incident to Korea, questions are rising whether Washington gave the martial law junta the green light to proceed with the crackdown. “The US’ priority is its own national interest. It was notified of the atrocities in Gwangju by Chun beforehand and condoned it afterward,” said former US military intelligence specialist Kim Yong-chang who now lives in Fiji. “Due to the lessons it learned in Iran, the Jimmy Carter administration ultimately ended up taking the new martial law junta’s side. For the US, the illegitimate presidency of Chun was more convenient, because it could control him as it wished.” Kim, who was with the US military’s 501st Military Intelligence Brigade in Gwangju, claims he sent 40 reports to US authorities during the uprising of which three were read by then-US President Carter. The aloofness of the US government was echoed at its embassy in Seoul, where Courtright visited to inform them of the severity of the situation in Gwangju. “I sat there (on May 26 around 8 p.m.) for two hours and nobody took my story seriously. … It was really disappointing, because I expected my government to want to know what was going on. … For whatever reason, they did not try to find out,” he said. At the heart of the grief and agony of citizens who lived through the bloody crackdown and the bereaved families whose loved ones died in the uprising is the absence of a heartfelt apology. Chun and former President Roh Tae-woo were sentenced to life in prison and 17 years in prison, respectively, in 1996 but were released in December 1997 in presidential pardons by then-President Kim Young-sam after serving 250 days. “We forgave them too easily and the punishments were too vague. If we had forgiven after a sincere apology from those responsible for the military crackdown, we would not be dealing with distortion of history today,” Kim Tae-jong, head of research at the Gwangju Metropolitan City 5.18 Archives, told The Korea Herald. Kim, who was a senior at Chonnam National University, participated in the uprising, writing notes for public announcements and speaking in front of crowds. “Facts concerning the victims of the uprising have been revealed somewhat. But the truth about the perpetrators at the peak of the crackdown have not yet been revealed. It is an uncomfortable truth of state violence that some may not want to admit to,” Kim added. “They -- Chun and Roh -- have to kneel before history and citizens. For our society to move forward, we have to address the past, covering up will only exacerbate the situation.” By Kim Bo-gyung (lisakim425@heraldcorp.com) ‘Former President Chun Doo-hwan was present in Gwangju on May 21, 1980’ Social affairs13 May, 2019 [News Focus] International marriages increasing after lull in 2010s [Herald Interview] Halsey says working with BTS one of best experiences in life Why Chen’s engagement is dividing EXO fans [Newsmaker] 8,093 foreigners here illegally voluntarily leave Korea Anti-piracy unit’s mission expanded to include Hormuz Strait near Iran [Feature] Love without borders, or nuclear threats? S. 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__label__wiki	0.840575	0.840575	Top Ten Films of 1949: World Premieres The Best Actress Race 1. The Third Man Dir. Carol Reed. With Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles A 2. Criss Cross Dir. Robert Siodmak. With Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea A– 3. Adam's Rib Dir. George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday A– 4. A Letter to Three Wives Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern A– 5. All the King's Men Dir. Robert Rossen. With John Ireland, Broderick Crawford B+ 6. The Heiress Dir. William Wyler. With Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift B+ 7. Puce Moment Dir. Kenneth Anger. With Yvonne Marquis B+ 8. The Reckless Moment Dir. Max Ophüls. With Joan Bennett, James Mason B+ Reviews from 1949 ★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★ = Blog Review (New Window) ★ Adam's Rib Dir. George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday A– ★ The Fountainhead Dir. King Vidor. With Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey B ★ The Third Man Dir. Carol Reed. With Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles A More Grades from 1949 Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade The Barkleys of Broadway Dir. Charles Walters. With Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire B– Caught Dir. Max Ophüls. With Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, James Mason B– Come to the Stable Dir. Henry Koster. With Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe C+ Edward, My Son Dir. George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter B– My Foolish Heart Dir. Mark Robson. With Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, Lois Wheeler C– On the Town Dirs. Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen. With Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra C+ Pinky Dir. Elia Kazan. With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Waters, Ethel Barrymore C+ Still to Come from 1949 Ten Most Enticing Prospects: Battleground Dir. William Wellman. With Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban Border Incident Dir. Anthony Mann. With Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy Knock on Any Door Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready Late Spring Dir. Yasujiro Ozu. With Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimara She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Dir. John Ford. With John Wayne, John Agar, Joanne Dru They Live by Night Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger Thieves' Highway Dir. Jules Dassin. With Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb Under Capricorn Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten White Heat Dir. Raoul Walsh. With James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien A Woman's Secret Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame Further Research: 12 O'Clock High Dir. Henry King. With Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad Dirs. James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, et al. Beyond the Forest Dir. King Vidor. With Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian The Big Steal Dir. Don Siegel. With Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix Bitter Rice Dir. Giuseppe De Santis. With Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano Champion Dir. Mark Robson. With Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy Colorado Territory Dir. Raoul Walsh. With Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone The Devil's Wanton Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning East Side, West Side Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. With Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin Flamingo Road Dir. Michael Curtiz. With Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet The Hasty Heart Dir. Vincent Sherman. With Richard Todd, Patricia Neal, Ronald Reagan House of Strangers Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward I Shot Jesse James Dir. Sam Fuller. With Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland I Was a Male War Bride Dir. Howard Hawks. With Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan In the Good Old Summertime Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. With Judy Garland, Van Johnson Intruder in the Dust Dir. Clarence Brown. With David Brian, Claude Jarman, Jr. It Happens Every Spring Dir. Lloyd Bacon. With Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas Jour de fête Dir. Jacques Tati. With Guy Decomble, Jacques Tati, Paul Frankeur Kind Hearts and Coronets Dir. Robert Hamer. With Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson Little Women Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. With June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien Lost Boundaries Dir. Alfred L. Werker. With Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Canada Lee Madame Bovary Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Jennifer Jones, Louis Jourdan, James Mason Mighty Joe Young Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack. With Terry Moore, Ben Johnson Neptune's Daughter Dir. Edward Buzzell. With Esther Williams, Red Skelton The Passionate Friends Dir. David Lean. With Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard Passport to Pimlico Dir. Henry Cornelius. With Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren Prince of Foxes Dir. Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix The Queen of Spades Dir. Thorold Dickinson. With Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans The Red Pony Dir. Lewis Milestone. With Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern The Rocking Horse Winner Dir. Anthony Pelissier. With Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies Samson and Delilah Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. With Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr Sands of Iwo Jima Dir. Allan Dwan. With John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker The Secret Garden Dir. Fred McLeod Wilcox. With Margaret O'Brien, Dean Stockwell The Set-Up Dir. Robert Wise. With Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter Le Silence de la mer Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville. With Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane The Stratton Story Dir. Sam Wood. With James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan Stray Dog Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji That Forsyte Woman Dir. Compton Bennett. With Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon Thirst Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth Too Late for Tears Dir. Byron Haskin. With Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea Whirlpool Dir. Otto Preminger. With Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer Whisky Galore! Dir. Alexander Mackendrick. With Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey The Window Dir. Ted Tetzlaff. With Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy Trackbacks: Permalink 1949 Home Blog E-Mail	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line288
__label__wiki	0.934456	0.934456	Bernie Sanders 'sickened' by congressional shooter, who allegedly was campaign volunteer Christy Curtis \| 16 June, 2017, 05:47 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA -A gunman who has been identified as James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of IL, opened fire on Republican legislators Wednesday morning as they were holding a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, according to FOX News. The suspected shooter who opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game had been in Alexandria, Va. since March and is believed to have been living in a white cargo van, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday evening. The alleged gunman who shot and wounded several people Wednesday morning at a GOP congressional baseball practice near Washington D.C. has ties to the Quad Cities. Let me be as clear as I can be. "Real change can only come about through nonviolent action and anything else runs against our most deeply held American values", the Vermont senator continued in his statement. As we continue to gather information, Tracy and I would like to send our prayers to my friend and colleague, Steve Scalise, as well as members of the security detail and congressional staff who were injured. Alexandria Police Chief Michael Brown said the suspect, who was shot by two of his officers, is in custody. Pakistan win toss, opt to field against England Hitting boundaries proved hard , however, and a clearly frustrated Hales, on 13, spooned Rumman Raees to cover with a loose drive. Pakistan booked their place in the Champions Trophy final with a crushing eight-wicket win over England in Cardiff yesterday. Alexandria police officers and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents have swept Hodgkinson's vehicle, Slater said. Hodgkinson, 66, was killed in a shootout with police after firing on the practice, authorities said. Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, had surgery and is in stable condition at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, his office said. But Hodgkinson's strong anti-Republican stances and background as a former volunteer on Bernie Sanders campaign only added to suggestions that the shooting was politically motivated. Scalise is also a key Trump ally and is known for his conservative political outlook. Hodgkinson had a history of violence, news.com.au notes. A total of five people were wounded. The Daily Beast is reporting that Hodgkinson called Republicans "racist & sexist" on his Facebook page."Trump is a Traitor", Hodgkinson wrote in a May 22 Facebook post. "He was always happy-go-lucky", said Dale Walsh, who grew up with Hodgkinson in Belleville. President Donald Trump later said Hodgkinson was dead. 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Bill Cosby jury drills down on his deposition testimony Camille Cosby sat stoically in the first row behind her husband of 53 years at the defence table, about 30 feet from Constand. Cosby has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated indecent assault, a charge that carries up to 10 years in prison. Senate GOP, Dems agree on new sanctions on Russia During the presidential campaign, Trump said that he was open to revisiting sanctions imposed by the Obama administration . Top Democrats and Republicans announced the deal as an attachment to an Iran sanctions bill already under consideration. Turmoil for IndyCar with the pack back at repaved Texas Kiwi Scott Dixon has been involved in another IndyCar crash, this time at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday (NZ time). James Hinchcliffe got loose after making contact with Tony Kanaan , who appeared to move up the track into him. Sessions to face sharp questions on Russia contacts Trump's personal lawyer also challenged Comey's account, saying the president never asked for the investigation to be dropped. On March 1, The Washington Post reported that Sessions met twice with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the campaign. Green Bay defense preparing for multiple Cowboys weapons Some Republicans open to banning "bump stocks" after Las Vegas shooting Sasikala out of jail but can't have political meetings, media interactions Isis claims Las Vegas shooting: What have they said? Tillerson calls NBC News report on his resignation 'erroneous' Saudi Arabia's King Salman Arrives Russia for First Visit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line290
__label__cc	0.525239	0.474761	The First Amendment and Criminalized Speech on Campus by Justin Katz on February 20, 2019 in Civil Rights, Culture & Family - Longer Twitter Something just isn’t adding up with reports about a “racial incident” at Bryant University: On Super Bowl Sunday, Quinton Law walked past a party in a townhouse on the Bryant University campus, and a young woman screamed at him: She said five words: “I f—ing hate these n—–s.” He answered: “That’s racist as hell.” Her response: “I don’t care if I sound racist.” At least, that’s what he posted the next day on Facebook. When he quoted her over the phone last week, the sentence was more like she didn’t give a (vulgarity) if she sounded racist. Since then, the reports appear to be that people living in the townhouse have received threats and the university asked Law to take the post down. On one hand, the university found that “a bias incident” had occurred, but on the other hand, somebody apparently advised Law to find a lawyer in case the woman’s housemates sue him. Given the contrast with how one would expect this story to go, there’s clearly not enough information available to the public in order to make any judgment about the substance. One thing remains interesting, though, in a particular statement from Law: “This is past racism,” he said. It is a First Amendment violation of free speech, he said. And yet, here’s the characterization of how the “bias incident” was handled, per a statement from Bryant: The University has an established process for responding to bias incidents and this process was followed. The University immediately opened a thorough investigation of the alleged bias incident which included interviews with multiple students and a review of security camera footage. The Bryant University Bias Incident Committee reviewed the results of the investigation and concluded that a bias incident had occurred. This official and comprehensive investigation was conducted over something that a student said. The “incident” was that “a Bryant student stated a racial epithet in a public setting.” Quinton Law isn’t to blame for the state of affairs on American campuses, and again, something seems odd about how this story has played out. Still, one can’t help but wonder whether it is the initial attempt to criminalize speech as “bias incidents” that creates this strange environment. Featured image: A statue that was the subject of an episode of Last Impressions, regarding how we see and respond to racial issues. ← Parks and Beaches: Another Investment We’re Already Making Upcoming Pro-Life Day of Action at R.I. State House → Rhett Hardwick This seems so unlikely, it begs explanation. Are we to believe that the woman was simply in the mood to scream? Who were ””n—–s” she screamed about? Was she provoked Many would say that the whole concept of “Hate Speech” is a First Amendment violation. Spend a little time and look at the number of people who went to jail for “speech” under the 1918 “Sedition Act” “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me” Energy & Environment, Governor Executive Order of Priorities Changing Gears, 1/18/20 Education, Musings & Announcements Free School Choice Movie and Event	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line291
__label__wiki	0.985188	0.985188	Familiar Faces Join Presidential Campaign By COMBINED REPORTS Jan. 18 2000 00:00 Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov and liberal Grigory Yavlinsky officially joined Russia's presidential race over the weekend, challenging acting President Vladimir Putin in the March poll. The Communists backed Zyuganov for another run at the presidency after his failed 1996 bid to beat then-President Boris Yeltsin, while Yabloko supported its party head, Yavlinsky, for another try. Zyuganov said he hoped to build a center-left coalition to oppose Putin, who has a big lead over the Communist leader in opinion polls. "Putin has so far only clearly expressed himself on Chechnya," Zyuganov told reporters, adding that the government's 2000 budget was miserly in terms of payments for pensions and wages for doctors and teachers. He said Russia was still being run along the lines of policies formulated under Yeltsin, which he called "bankrupt." "Putin has not answered a single serious question. ... While the old political course continues, the situation will not get better, it will get worse," he said. Zyuganov is set to be Putin's main rival in the election as his party enjoys strong regional organization and remains the largest in the State Duma. Yavlinsky, who was fourth in 1996, said he wanted to make sure the voters had a choice. "My participation is absolutely necessary as today a situation has been created when we could have a vote with no alternatives," he told NTV television. "A lot in Putin's policies remain unclear," he added. A question mark remained over the participation of former Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov in the election. Each nominee must gather 500,000 signatures to be registered with the Central Election Commission as an official candidate. CEC chairman Alexander Veshnyakov said Monday that he foresees a total of 26 candidates in the presidential race. St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev's drive to move the gubernatorial elections forward to March 26 - to coincide with the national presidential vote - foundered definitively over the weekend. The Legislative Assembly, the city council, sets the date for elections. Federal law requires at least 10 weeks' notice for a vote, so the last possible day a March 26 election could have been pushed through the assembly was Saturday. On Friday and Saturday, however, last-minute efforts to move the vote forward were torpedoed by lawmaker Sergei Mironov and his six-member Legality faction - who kept enough lawmakers away both days to prevent a quorum in the 50-seat assembly. Gubernatorial elections will now be held in May. Yakovlev last week had sought and received Putin's public blessing for his March 26 election project. This would have allowed Yakovlev to go the polls the same day as Putin and try to ride his coattails to another four years of running St. Petersburg. Following this same coattails logic, Yakovlev linked up last fall with Fatherland-All Russia, Primakov's the political machine. Yakovlev's allies in the Legislative Assembly tried to move gubernatorial elections forward to Dec. 19 to coincide with the parliamentary vote, but the Supreme Court ultimately blocked the move.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line292
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__label__wiki	0.98531	0.98531	Pearl jam support active Slimstar i220 genius pill Netherspite drops netherwing eggs Christian volquartz mccartney multimedia Duty belt key clips Are cpa ninja notes helpful Stefano casiraghi matrimonio elisa Diario vanguardia liberal de valledupar hoyts Racing club de avellaneda results of super Polos with pockets on sleeves Uplay steam far cry 3 Nigore 28.10.2019 1 comments The band's album, Pearl Jamwas cited as a return to their early sound. Retrieved June 23, We have to get a new administration in. The band took Ticketmaster to the Justice Department for unfair business practices; while fighting Ticketmaster, they recorded a new album during the spring and summer of Krusen left the band shortly after the release of Ten ; he was replaced by Dave Abbruzzese. Ten didn't begin selling in significant numbers until earlyafter Nirvana made mainstream rock radio receptive to alternative rock acts. April On their spring American tour, the band decided not to play the conventional stadiums, choosing to play smaller arenas, including several shows on college campuses. InRolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame. Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder and The Who Pearl Jam Biography & History AllMusic 27 years later with two Home Shows, Pearl Jam is still the band that cares Music Beats Cancer Pearl Jam Pearl Jam EDDIE VEDDER ANNOUNCES US TOUR Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in in Seattle, Washington. The band's current Alternative rock · grunge · hard rock. Years active, –present. Pearl Jam toured relentlessly in support of Ten. Ament stated that "essentially. Eddie Jerome Vedder is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter . Vedder and Pearl Jam have consistently supported abortion rights and performed at Rock for Choice in During In his spare time, Vedder is a surfer and active in surf-related conservation efforts, most notably The Surfrider. Pearl Jam is playing the first show in Seattle in five years -- in fact. Pearl Jam has long supported voter rights, as active participants in Rock. Alternative rock grunge hard rock. Following the short tour for No Codethe band went into the studio in to record its follow-up. The group returned in with the Tchad Blake -produced Binaural. The Australian. The United States Department of Justice was investigating the company's practices at the time and asked the band to create a memorandum of its experiences with the company. Anne sofie bruno pedersen September 27, December 22, January 22, It is now our turn to give back and help our dear friend. A month after the European tour concluded, the band embarked on its two-leg North American tour. TLC — " Waterfalls ". 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December 15, The band had been open in the past about allowing fans to make amateur recordings, [78] and these "official bootlegs" were an attempt to provide a more affordable and better quality product for fans. SeattleWashingtonU. E PORTFOLIOS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS The band's album, Pearl Jamwas cited as a return to their early sound. McCready said, "The band was blown up pretty big and everything was pretty crazy. Cambridge: Da Capo, Neil Young — " This Note's for You ". Video: Pearl jam support active Pearl Jam: The Making of Vitalogy Pearl Jam reached a deal with Target to be the exclusive big-box store retailer for the album in the United States. Retrieved April 29, Archived from the original on February 28, In support of his forthcoming solo album, Ukulele Songs, Eddie Vedder will members active as of Thursday, March 24th at pm Pacific. that Eddie Vedder will be performing in London supporting The Who at Ten Club Members active as of Sunday, January 27th are eligible. Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in in Seattle, Washington. took the name Mookie Blaylock, in reference to the then-active basketball player. joined the group and played the rest of Pearl Jam's live shows supporting Ten. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Gossard stated that there was "a lot of stress associated with trying to tour at that time" and that "it was growing more and more difficult to be excited about being part of the band. Temple of the Dog. Retrieved March 3, When asked about Pearl Jam's legacy in a interview, Vedder said, "I think at some point along the way we began feeling we wanted to give people something to believe in because we all had bands that gave that to us when we needed something to believe in. Krusen left the band shortly after the release of Ten ; he was replaced by Dave Abbruzzese. Sherman alexie poem about indian stereotypes Ament and McCready explained that Ament came up with "pearl", and that the band later settled on "Pearl Jam" after attending a concert by Neil Youngin which he extended his songs as improvisations of 15—20 minutes in length. Archived from the original on May 4, Sign up for our newsletter. Archived from the original on March 15, Retrieved April 27, Brad vs Satchel. Author: Mujinn 1 thoughts on “Pearl jam support active” Nikoshura: SeattleWashingtonU. Copyright © 2018 Pearl jam support active	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line297
__label__cc	0.745721	0.254279	Alex Jones Sends Emergency Transmission Elder Patriot – Alex Jones has been vilified by the mainstream media for refusing to join them in defense of the Clinton-Obama-Deep State criminal syndicate. Jones has endured much and made many sacrifices for exposing their corruption in his defense of freedom and humanity. This has not gone unnoticed by patriots seeded deep inside of government and they have systematically fed Jones key evidence to share with his fellow Americans to keep the fires of freedom burning. So, with the wheels coming off the Global-Marxist express following the firing of Andrew McCabe late last night, Jones can read the tea leaves as well as anyone can. That, and his sources buried deep inside of our country’s intelligence community, led him to make an emergency transmission late this afternoon in which he laid down the gauntlet to his, and President Trump’s tormentors, and to declare to his followers that we are now winning the war against the imperial forces of Clinton and Obama. Breaking Trump Preparing Mass Criminal Indictments Of Clinton Crime Network Following McCabe Firing Posted by Alex Jones on Saturday, March 17, 2018 If it sounds like Jones may be gloating, well he deserves to. Like our president he is a gruff and tough street fighter who has risked everything to expose their plan to sell us out to the globalists before anyone even realized what was happening to them and he has been punished accordingly for it. Men like Trump and Jones are willing to walk alone in search of truth and righteousness. For that they deserve our respect even when we may disagree with them or believe them to be wrong. Don Lemon Walks Off CNN Set After Guest Calls Him Out for Fake News! ELDER PATRIOT – CNN’s Don Lemon’s inability to engage in debate has once again led him to shut down dialogue with a guest and walk off the stage. With hosts like Lemon it’s no wonder I Am Proud to Say That I Have a Place in Trump’s Basket of Deplorables! How About You? ELDER PATRIOT – Hillary Clinton’s declaration that half of Donald Trump’s supporters are a basket of deplorables deserves further scrutiny. What do we know about these despicable people who support Trump? Let’s examine the most Arrogant Anarchistic Democrats Finally Being Held to Justice But it Isn’t Republicans Who are Doing it ELDER PATRIOT – While feckless Republicans pay little more than lip service to the unlawful and anarchist ways of their Democrat colleagues a number of true conservatives working independently and using the courts are seeking Another One Bites the Dust: High-level Pro-Iran Terrorist/Militia Commander Is Shot Dead. This Time By Unknown Gunmen In Karbala (Geller Report) Despite the Democrats and the jihad caucus, the terror regime is losing. (Daily Mail) HIGH-LEVEL PRO-IRAN MILITIA COMMANDER IS ASSASSINATED IN IRAQ BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN PMF leader Taleb Abbas Ali al-Saedi was Huh? U.S. Experiences Massive Job, Wage, GDP Growth in 2018 But DOW Loses 9.6% Elder Patriot – Over the past 12 months two economic indicators have emerged that expose the Obama administration’s reliance on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) as the definitive measure of America’s financial well-being as Donald Trump Uses Press Conference to Take Down America’s Greatest Enemy – The Biased Mainstream Media ELDER PATRIOT – The mainstream media has spent decades creating the narrative that Republican candidates were forced to answer to. Only Ronald Reagan successfully carried his message to the people by sidestepping their biased reporting, President Trump is Looking For A New Chief of Staff ELDER PATRIOT – If President Trump determines that Reince Priebus has been the source of the numerous leaks that are plaguing his White House then Priebus will be given his pink slip very soon. And, BREAKING: Antifa Coordinating With ISIS and Al Qaeda For Bomb Making Equipment and Toxic Chemicals and Gasses Prior to November 4th Riots. Elder Patriot – Remember when President Trump caught unrelenting flack from the mainstream media, Congressional Democrats and Republicans, and even from some members of his own cabinet for refusing to distinguish Antifa from the KKK Hillary Vows to End Free Speech Rights U.S. Constitution Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the This Chicago Democrat Thinks Our Flag Is “Toilet Paper” … So Let’s Make Her Famous Elder Patriot – The Chicago Tribune reported that School District U46 board member Traci O’Neal Ellis wrote, “That flag means nothing more than toilet paper to me.” When pressed to retract her analogy O’Neal Ellis wouldn’t. Instead Obama Appointed Judge Bars Citizenship Question From Census Giving as Much Weight to an Illegal Immigrant as it Does to You Elder Patriot – When the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, claimed there weren’t Obama judges and Trump judges, he inserted himself into a political debate he was destined to lose. Justice Roberts The Bill Clinton-Loretta Lynch Meeting Raises Serious Concerns About an Offer She Couldn’t Refuse ELDER PATRIOT – The New York Times reported that: “Ms. Lynch said that the meeting with Mr. Clinton was unplanned, largely social and did not touch on the email investigation. 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__label__wiki	0.908014	0.908014	Thursdays 9:00 PM on NBC Law & Order: SVU News Law & Order: SVU Reviews Law & Order: SVU Spoilers Law & Order: SVU Watch Online Law & Order: SVU Episode Guide Law & Order: SVU Quotes Law & Order: SVU Pictures Law & Order: SVU Videos Follow Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Facebook Watch Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8 Online We Dream of Machine Elves Air Date: 11/14/19 Watch on Amazon Instant Video On Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8, Rollins has trouble believing a psychiatrist she used to admire has been drugging and raping young girls. Watch Similar Shows FREE Amazon Watch Now iTunes Watch Now Vudu Watch Now YouTube Purchase Watch Now Google Play Watch Now Hulu Plus Watch Now NBC Watch Now Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8 revolves around a potential cult that is drugging and raping young girls. A girl named Meghan gets lost on the street and is befriended by a young woman, who takes her to some sort of group home. Meghan is out of it and has scary hallucinations while tied to a bed. Later, she is found in the park and rambles about machine men and elves. At the hospital, she is found to have high levels of DMT and ketamine in her system. The doctor tells Benson that another victim is in Bellevue with the same tox screen. The cops' investigation leads them to Julius Adler, a psychiatrist who claims not to have seen the girls. Rollins studied with him in Atlanta and is sure he is innocent. She goes to his class and gets herself invited to an open house, where he tries to get her to take drugs before the rest of SVU raids the house. Rollins claims not to have taken the drugs, but suffers hallucinations anyway. Adler's daughter is loyal to him and the victims' testimony is tainted by their hallucinations. But there may be one way to break the case: Adler claimed his wife died 15 years ago, but there's evidence she's still alive. To find out what happens, watch Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8 online. On Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8, Rollins goes undercover to find a suspect drugging tourists, while Benson helps the victims sort out their memories. Rating: 2.8 / 5.0 (11 Votes) Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Continue to Amazon to Purchase the Episode Watch Thousands of Other Titles On Amazon Prime Instant Video Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8 Quotes Fin: What was she doing in New York? Kat: Bachelorette party. Fin: And her friends didn't report her missing? Kat: Some friends. Permalink: Some friends. Fin: She give you anything? Rollins: She started going on about machine elves. Fin: She's tripping out. Rollins: Drugs or psychotic break or both. Benson: [over radio]: I may have something. [At grave site] Fin: They buried her alive. Rollins: They got her to do it. Told her to dig her own grave. Fin: What the hell did they do to this girl? Permalink: What the hell did they do to this girl? Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8 Watch Law & Order: SVU Online: Season 21 Episode 8 Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8 Review: We Dream of Machine Elves Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Episode 8 Photos Watch Law & Order: SVU Online Watch Law & Order: SVU Season 21 Online	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line309
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__label__wiki	0.786972	0.786972	New Hampshire Lottery partners with NeoPollard to spread Holiday Cheer LANSING, Michigan, December 11, 2019 /CNW/ -- NeoPollard Interactive LLC (“NeoPollard Interactive” or “NPi”) congratulates the New Hampshire Lottery Commission (“New Hampshire Lottery” or “the Lottery”) on the release of its first omnichannel game, Holiday Cheer. This unique game is available as both a scratch ticket and an iLottery game, encouraging players to engage with the Lottery at retail and online. The Holiday Cheer is a milestone game for NPi, marking the first time that one of NPi’s iLottery game titles has been replicated as a retail scratch game. The Holiday Cheer iLottery game was first introduced by the New Hampshire Lottery in 2018 for the holiday season. Due to the success of the iLottery game, the Lottery sought to expand the value of the game by launching a complementary scratch ticket game that is designed to introduce retail players to the online channel and inspire omnichannel engagement. The scratch ticket “gifts” players the chance to win instantly up to 10 times through a key number match playstyle, with a grand prize of $20,000. A prominent callout lets players know that the fun continues online, with an offer of free iLottery games via a promotional code included on the back of the ticket. With the scratch ticket, players that are new to the New Hampshire Lottery’s iLottery program have the opportunity to receive 25 free games after completing the registration process and entering the code online. The strategic combination of an instant ticket holiday game and promotional code for online bonus play creates an ideal opportunity for the Lottery to not only acquire new players, but to introduce these players to the Lottery’s products across multiple channels. “We are excited to introduce the Holiday Cheer instant game in conjunction with NPi’s Holiday Cheer digital game. Our iLottery program is an important part of our goal to deliver revenue-generating products to support education in New Hampshire,” said Charlie McIntyre, Executive Director, New Hampshire Education Lottery. “We look forward to the results of our first omnichannel promotion as we strive to deliver new opportunities for retailers and players alike.” NPi shares the Lottery’s excitement for this engaging new product. “As an omnichannel company ourselves, coming from both the retail and online worlds, NPi commends the New Hampshire Lottery on its commitment to creating player experiences that promote the retail network, while also offering players the added value of entertaining digital games available through the iLottery program,” said Liz Siver, General Manager, NPi. NPi is proud to partner with the New Hampshire Lottery by providing our iLottery 360° solution, including NPi’s technology, a full suite of services, and industry-leading games. Having recently celebrated a successful first year in operation, NPi applauds the Lottery on its impressive entry into the iLottery space. With total net revenue surpassing $8.2 million since September 2018, iLottery has played a significant role in the New Hampshire Lottery’s record-breaking year of revenue contributions, which totaled $106.5 million in FY 2019. About NeoPollard Interactive NeoPollard Interactive LLC (“NeoPollard Interactive”) is jointly owned by two of the world’s most trusted and reputable companies in lottery and Internet gaming – Pollard Banknote Limited (“Pollard Banknote”) and NeoGames S.A.R.L. (“NeoGames”). Established in 2014, NeoPollard Interactive combines the marketing expertise and extensive worldwide lottery experience of Pollard Banknote with the proven leadership and technology of NeoGames in launching new online and mobile gaming products and services suited to an ever-evolving marketplace. The company leverages the strengths of each partner company to develop, implement, operate and maintain innovative online gaming services that enable regulated lottery clients to generate revenues for good causes. Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking” statements and information, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this document, such statements include such words as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “plan,” and other similar terminology. These statements reflect management’s current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this document. There should not be an expectation that such information will in all circumstances be updated, supplemented, or revised whether as a result of new information, changing circumstances, future events, or otherwise. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEOPOLLARD INTERACTIVE, CONTACT: Doug Pollard Co-Chief Executive Officer E-mail: doug.pollard@neopollard.com Moti Malul E-mail: moti.malul@neopollard.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line311
__label__wiki	0.870703	0.870703	Tuesday January 21, 2020 All \| Back to the Lab \| Contact \| DVD \| FAQ \| History \| Home \| Links \| New Reviews \| News \| The Nines \| Special Editorial: The New Day Matters (Even If You Don't Watch WWE) Posted by Steve Juon at Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 at 12:00AM :: Email this article :: Print this article Editorial courtesy of Steve 'Flash' Juon. "It's a New Day! Yes it is!!" Those three words ring out every time the WWE tag team champions make their entrance at a live show. Big E, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston were initially conceived as pro wrestling's version of a gospel music parody, something that's still evident from the verbiage and sound of their entrance music, complete with a church organ and harmonized choir. Make no mistake about it -- the original gimmick for this threesome was not only awful but patently offensive. It's not hard to find their original promos online -- WWE rolls out so much content on YouTube that their debut was just a four word search away. Everything about this screamed that it was a mockery of the black church, black pastors, and black religious life in general. It made me cringe. As a wrestling fan I'm used to cringe-worthy WWE gimmicks. This is the same company that once implied legendary announcer Jim Ross (who they later inducted into their own Hall of Fame) had his head up his own posterior during an ill-conceived skit mocking his surgery for diverticulitis. You'll think I'm making this up unless you're a wrestling fan and/or look it up yourself. If you like professional wrestling you learn to suffer through the bad times and bad gimmicks and hope for (ironically enough) a new day when things will get better. While most bad gimmicks will eventually die out due to a lack of crowd response (and the subsequent lack of merchandise sales promoters crave), The New Day did what seemed impossible at the time -- THEY EVOLVED. At first they preached the power of positivity in a cartoonish manner while encouraging fans to clap their hands to the phrase "New, Day rocks." The audiences at live events had other ideas and chanted "New, Day sucks." Instead of pretending the idea hadn't backfired (a common WWE mistake) the threesome improvised and incorporated it into their story. From that day forward The New Day were reborn as heels (wrestling parlance for "bad guys") who would insult their opponents, insult the local sports team in whatever city they were in, and goof off at all opportunities for their own amusement. What really made The New Day take off though is that instead of "sticking to the script" the threesome were suddenly allowed to showcase their own personalities. Example - Xavier Woods (a/k/a Austin Creed) is a hardcore video game player who would go on to launch his own YouTube channel called UpUpDownDown, named after a famous code you could enter into video games made by Konami. Xavier would annoy The New Day's opponents and the crowd by playing a trombone during matches, but he also used the opportunity to sneak in a reference to Final Fantasy! (It comes at 32 seconds into the clip below.) In what may seem entirely backward to a casual viewer, The New Day goofing off, messing around, and being obnoxious actually turned them into fan favorites. Now instead of chanting "New, Day sucks" the fans genuinely chanted "New, DAY ROCKS" because they were entertained by the group's antics. The reason The New Day matters (even if you don't watch WWE) is that the company they work for (and so many other wrestling companies) seem completely clueless and brazenly ignorant when it comes the roles they have black wrestlers portray, but for once and almost entirely by accident WWE got it RIGHT. It's fun to watch The New Day make a mockery of their opponents, such as their current feud with an ill-conceived international group called the League of Nations (not kidding) and it has the same natural feel as emcees laying down their funniest comebacks and diss lines during a battle. Some outlets and pundits have called the success of The New Day (and the success of Xavier Woods) surprising, but the only reason it's a surprise is we expect so little from wrestling. I can't even count on both hands (no pun intended) that Mark Henry, legitimately able to be called "The World's Strongest Man," was made the butt of a joke for the amusement of Vince McMahon. The point is not that The New Day is now getting even for a litany of buffoonery like "Sexual Chocolate," it's that they are getting over (i.e. well liked) by being THEMSELVES instead of a cartoon caricature. It may be too early to say this is a trend that will hold in wrestling, but it's a lesson that should have been learned long ago in the 1990's when The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) did THE SAME THING. Somehow WWE forgot that the best wrestling characters are real life people with the volume turned up. The New Day have served notice - just go out there and be yourself and people will love it. It really is a new day for professional wrestling and hopefully WWE won't forget this time. The bottom line? No matter what field of "sports" or "entertainment" you're in, no parody of black life or hip-hop culture is ever greater than innate talent being allowed to rise to its fullest potential to shine. 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__label__cc	0.716011	0.283989	Reviews from the Heart Read to escape. Escpae to read. Sales and Freebies AppleBooks Kobo/Walmart Static by S.K. Anthony Review Blitz By kimberlyanne 4 years ago Title: Static (The Luminaries, Book Two) Author: S K Anthony Genre: Urban Fantasy (with a hint of NA) Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR Kevin Pierce is a teleporter, a ladies’ man, and a loyal friend . . . or so he thought. As a genetically altered Luminary, he helps the government bring down some of the most dangerous criminals. Not very challenging if you have his special abilities. But when a group of rebel Luminaries attacks his Organization the fight for survival begins. One shattering event after another tests the depth of his relationships, his sanity, and his powers. Emotionally torn, Kevin must choose carefully where his loyalty lies. In the middle of all the unexpected chaos he gets the biggest shock of his life when he’s faced by a betrayal he never saw coming. Angry, injured, and ready to even the score, Kevin goes Static . . . Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26118589-static Being strong is one thing. Being an unlimited source of power is quite another. Genetically altered by the Organization, Annie Fox takes down criminals CIA-style with her luminary strength. With nothing to mend but her broken heart, she is relentlessly pursued by her boss Derek Lake. Just when Annie is about to give him a chance, her ex-husband unexpectedly comes out of hiding. A wanted man, Nick Logan is a cold-hearted murderer who is considered enemy number one, and orders are clear: kill on contact. He is more powerful than ever and threatens the lives of those she holds most dear. His plan? Get his hands on Annie and use her Kinetic energy to destroy them all. When Annie finds herself with an opportunity to end him, she pauses, horrified by the scars covering the face she once loved. A split second that will cost her everything… Goodreads: K. Anthony is a writer, a reader and a make-stuff-up-er who lives in New York with her husband and toddler twins. She is a wine connoisseur, which just really means she knows she loves it, and a caffeine addict. When she isn’t busy with her family, she finds herself being transported into the world of imagination. Well, either that or running away from spiders . . . she is convinced they are out to get her! Website: www.skanthony.com Twitter – Facebook – Goodreads – Google + – Amazon Amazon ~ Barnes and Noble ~ Createspace ~ Amazon CA ~ Amazon UK Later that night I met with Chris and Ryan at a bar for an update. We were nowhere closer to finding Gabby’s dad or the rebels’ location. We agreed I should join them soon for some fun out in the field. “Wow, did you notice her legs, man?” Chris snapped me out from my thoughts. “That Gabby is hot, the way that little dress fit her the other day.” “A pain in the ass is what she is,” I said. “But yeah, she’s hot.” Chris and I smiled and Ryan rolled her eyes. “Of course you two would go for beauty over brains.” “She doesn’t seem dumb to me,” I said. “Immature when vengeful, maybe, but not dumb.” “No, I guess not. But it’s typical of you two to drool over any girl who shows some skin.” “If they don’t grab our attention, Ry, how are we supposed to give them any of our time?” I asked. “Especially time to find out how smart they might be under their clothes?” Chris laughed and gave me a fist bump. “So that’s how a girl gets attention? That’s what makes you two care who they are as a person?” Chris and I nodded. “Pretty much, yeah,” I said, still laughing. “Jerks,” Ryan said, and narrowed her eyes. “I think Kevin here will find out just what she has going on in her brain and other parts soon though,” Chris said. “Me? Nah. She can’t stand me.” “You said yourself she’s being nice.” Ryan got up. “I’m heading home. You two stop plotting to sleep with Gabby. She’s under our protection. No messing around.” “You’re too hung up on rules, Ry. Go out and live a little,” Chris said, smiling. He then turned to me. “And you, just kiss her and shut her up next time she starts bitching.” I watched Ryan leave, then nodded to Chris. “If she goes without sleeping for a while again and I get desperate, I just might.” Title: Static Author: S.K. Anthony This is the second book in the Luminaries series and this is even better than the first! Everything in this book is amped up to another level. There’s more danger, more suspense and more twists and turns that will leave your head spinning even after you’re done reading this! I thought my need to find out what was going to happen next was enough to drive me crazy in the first book, but this one was off the charts insane and I loved every second of reading this! This is Kevin’s story and while we meet him in the first book, we didn’t know a whole lot about him and his life story and I love that the author chose to let him shine here. I highly recommend reading the first book in this series before this one in order to better understand the characters and exactly what’s going on here. I will warn that this story ends on one heck of a cliffhanger and I am absolutely dying to find out what is going to happen next! I cannot believe the direction this story went in and am literally floored by where this series is headed. I need the next book right this very second and this is going to drive me nuts! My heart and head were both confused and torn over which direction this story would go and while I saw Kevin’s relationship with Gabby as sweet and a fresh new start for him, to be honest I wanted him to end up with Ryan from the second I saw how well the two of them understood each other. While I totally get that a guy and a girl can be best friends and not ever take it beyond a platonic relationship, this never seemed to be the case at all when it came to Kevin and Ryan’s relationship for me. From the very beginning I got the sense that there was more than that between them and felt that they were perfect for each other. I actually kind of saw Gabby as an interloper and wanted more than anything for her to quit interfering and just go find herself another boyfriend to latch onto. What Kevin and Ryan have isn’t something that people find often and it broke my heart when things happened the way that they did. My heart absolutely broke for Ryan and for how lost and alone she felt and I wanted nothing more than for Kevin to step in and make everything better for her. The whole situation just sucked all the way around for all of them. So much happens within the pages of this one book that I was left reeling long after I finished reading this. Every time I turned around something else was happening or the story was taking yet another turn and I loved every second of reading this! I loved how even though this book focuses on Kevin, all of the characters that were introduced in the first book are all present here and play an integral part of this story as well. I can only begin to imagine what is going to take place in the next story in this series and I literally cannot wait to find out. I am a huge new fan of this author for sure and highly recommend reading this entire series to anyone. kimberlyanne Next Second Chances by Rebecca Brooke Jessica on THE CARELESS BOYFRIEND by Erika Kelly maria on The One & Only by Maria La Serra Claudia Burgoa on Maybe Later by Claudia Burgoa Jessica on EVERMORE by Corinne Michaels Lily on Changed By You by Kristin Mayer The Fight for Forever by Meghan March Exposed by Willow Aster Focused by Karla Sorensen Then You Happened by K. Bromberg Regretting Gabriel by Anna Brooks Reviews from the Heart PO Box 3752 Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Copyright © All rights reserved. \| Magazine 7 by AF themes.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line315
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__label__wiki	0.536217	0.536217	Dillinger Escape Plan support Ephel Duath + Poison The Well author PP date 09/12/04 venue Forum, London, UK This was probably the heaviest gig I've ever been to. Three screaming/growling-only metal bands for a total of 3 hours. I'm glad I survived from all the circle pits formed around the standing room. The show as kicked off by Ephel Duath. Their sound was weird as f*ck. They have metal-like guitars and screaming combined Spel Drathwith jazz. They actually have a trombino as a big part of all songs by them. Imagine Converge/Hatebreed style riffs and screaming. Done? Okay now imagine a jazz/lounge session in the middle of one of those songs. That's how Ephel Duath sound like. Strange? Indeed. Next on line we had Poison The Well. They were known by nearly everyone on the crowd, so the half-empty Forum (1,500-2000 people present) was singing (well, screaming really) along to their songs. They played a great live show. The best part was when their vocalist jumped on the crowd to do some crowd surfing while screaming to his mic. I'd like to see Chester (from Linkin Park) do that after him hahah! Anyway, Poison The Well lit up the crowd, and everyone was moshing already during their second song. In fact, this could've just as well been a co-headline show because Poison The Well played at least 45 minutes on stage. Now to the actual headlining act, namely Dillinger Escape Plan. Here's a one word description of their music: Chaos. And their stage show: Chaos. And a two word description for the crowd-area: Circle Pit. I'm not exaggerating a single bit. That was probably the biggest circle pit I have ever seen during a gig. It's diametre must have been at least 15 metres if not more, and it covered more than half of the stalls-area! To add some intensity into this - they aren't just your ordinary circle pits from gigs like Papa Roach, they are hardcore boxing areas. I mean it. People were twisting around with their fists ready and beating each other up in the circle. Whenever someone joined in the circle he went through it looking like a wannabe karate/kung-fu professional, trying to cause as much damage as possible. Personally I've never enjoyed that but I guess people have better things to do than to listen to the actual gig! Their stage show was chaotic. Their vocalist wasn't just jumping or walking around, he was nearly flying across the stage from one end to another, similar to the pinballs in arcade caves. He jumped on speakers, climbed on the sets, ran across right in front of the stalls and most importantly, screamed senselessly throughout the whole gig. But it wasn't just their vocalist that was crazy. The guitarist did something I didn't believe I'd ever see - jumped into the crowd with his knees to play a guitar solo while being thrown around in the air by the crowd. It was incredible. I'd give them a 10'er if I just judged them on their stage show. But unfortunately that's not the only factor that counts in. You see, I don't think I understood a word of what the vocalist sang in a single song. That's okay though, you can do that in a nice way. But their sound is just too chaotic to be experienced live for me. At the very rare times the vocalist actually used his voice cleanly, it sounded pretty good. It's a shame he doesn't use his voice more often as he clearly has a great voice for cleaner singing, too. It would sound better, in my opinion, over the mathematic riffs and the chords that grind into your brain. They finished the show without an encore. In the end the vocalist took out a torch, put some alcohol into his mouth and blew into the torch to give Rammstein-like pyro effects. They finished off the gig in a wannabe Kurt Cobain style by bashing and breaking all of their instruments into pieces (poor guitars). All in all, an average gig (way above Hoobastank for example) which was near a grade 8 just due to it's stage show but I think that'd be over crediting them. Don't get me wrong here, they don't sound bad. They just sound a lot better on the album than live.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line348
__label__wiki	0.815523	0.815523	KISS – Psycho Circus Album cover: This particular sleeve is interesting as it is a hologram; where when you shift it sideways, a curtain image either opens or closes. When closed, the curtain has a large KISS logo on it. But when opened you see the side of a circus wagon, with the KISS members faces on it along with a large face of a clown. (Unfortunately I can’t represent that accurately here!) Overall album: KISS has a varied fan base and many point to different records as being their best. But for me, this is the album that truly encapsulates their sound with a number of twists in turns in the music and instrumentation. Plus, Psycho Circus has 10 songs that are more like 10 individual hits. In short no fillers here at all. Psycho Circus: It begins with a distorted circus tune and explodes into a heavy track that is truly memorable. The whole song has a dark menacing vibe to it but is able to balance all the elements really well. Within: A menacing track with a very loud and distorted riff, which has Gene singing in a deep and brooding voice. I Pledge Allegiance To The State Of Rock & Roll: A very catchy tune with a big chorus. A very typical KISS rock anthem that has a strong feel good vibe to it. Into The Void: Perhaps the most quirky song on the album, Ace does some great work on his solos and vocals on this track. We Are One: The first things that come to mind, when you hear this, is friendship. This is a very powerful ballad type of song that has a ton of energy and charisma infused in it. You Wanted The Best: A bold and very strong track. This is the only song on the album that has all four KISS members singing on it. More so, it feels more like a statement is being made by the band about themselves and the lives shows they perform in. Raise Your Glasses: A feel good song that is very neat and follows a simple structure. Another rock anthem or sorts. I Finally Found My Way: The full blown ballad track that has Peter Criss handling vocals duties for it. It reminds the listener of his famous song Beth from the album Destroyer. While this is a good song, there are few elements like the trumpet that don’t quite gel here. However, that being said, it is still a great ballad by the band. Dreamin: Wow! Paul really goes over the top with this one and the solo he let’s fly in the middle is legendary. This song feels so deep, almost like you’ve stepped into a river and are getting pulled suddenly by the undertow. Journey Of 1,000 Years: This is an epic musical piece and Gene really demonstrates his musical chops here. The added orchestra and string arrangements make the listener feel that they are being transported to an undisclosed destination. Ultimate Album Song: Psycho Circus The Band: Paul Stanley (Vocals/ Guitar), Peter Criss (Vocals/ Drums), Ace Frehley (Vocals/ Guitars), Gene Simmons (Vocals/ Bass) Image source: images.sodahead.com Judas Priest – Painkiller Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line349
__label__cc	0.526188	0.473812	Movie Musing: An Auteur in Blockbusters It is the man, the myth, the legend. Each time a film by Christopher Nolan is released there is tremendous buzz among the internet's film fan community. There are some serious(ly) (rabid) fan(boy)s out there. They proclaim that everything Mr. Nolan does is a gift from the cinema gods to all us little folk. If you say that you think Nolan's latest film is only OK, or god forbid you don't like it - the reaction is explosive and visceral. Such is the state of fandom. I haven't written much about Nolan's films, and I figured that since he is such a major part of the film making world I really should throw in my two cents. Nolan fanboys, you can go somewhere else, unless you really want to get angry at me for my opinion. Anyone left? Ok. Space according to Nolan. Nolan is one of those directors that I admire, but I don't love. All of his films fall into the same category for me (as of this writing I haven't seen Dunkirk yet). He has a great eye for presenting his films visually. His scripts are well thought out and usually work very well. His casting choices and directing of their acting is usually spot on. Even if you pull yourself away from the hype-train that cruises into town whenever composer Hans Zimmer and Nolan combine forces, you'll find the composer's scores to work very well within the film. All the pieces are in place to make excellent films. And there lies my main problem with Nolan's films. They feel very much like finely crafted, ice sculptures. They are beautiful to look at and impressive in execution. But they are so very very cold. Cat Woman: Nolan style. I'm sure it is a conscious choice by Nolan to go in this direction, but his movies are very dower for the most part. Tonally, they have a grim muted feel to them. It is part of Nolan's visual style and for many of his films it works well. It is hard to imagine The Dark Knight in any other visual style except for the grim muted one Nolan developed over the three films. I can even see it working in something like Dunkirk where he is going for an ultra realistic feel. But I think this style hurt Interstellar and especially Inception. But this approach goes beyond the visuals and actually moves into the characters. As they are written, most of Nolan's scripts feel very mechanical, each piece moving perfectly to achieve its overall effect. But this creates characters that also feel very distant to me. Interstellar is the only film of his where I was actually feeling for some of the characters, and even that wasn't nearly as involving as something like Apollo 13 or even Gravity which pulled me into the films to a great degree. I hate to be "that guy" but I wonder how much of Interstellar's character work came from the script when Spielberg was still attached to the project. Dreams as presented by Nolan. The thing is, I watch Nolan's films. I admire them, maybe even enjoy them on some level, but I find it really difficult to get into the mood to watch any of them again. I've had Interstellar sitting on my shelf for a couple years now, and haven't broken the plastic on it. I think part of this has to do with a personal bit of rebellion too. You see after Batman Begins and especially The Dark Knight were mega hits, every Hollywood studio decided that everyone wanted to see grim, gritty cheerless blockbusters. We had a whole rash of them, and with each one I was less and less interested in revisiting Nolan's work. Granted, his films are better made than a great many of the films that tried to ape his style (Clash of the Titans remake is a great example of taking a fun concept and turning it joyless). "You want to name an automobile after me?" These days things are turning around thanks to Marvel and Star Wars showing that people want to have fun in the theater. Nolan's dower films are now one of many flavors you can enjoy, and that is the way it should be. Give me another year or two and I might rematch one of his Batman films again. In any case, I don't think Nolan is a film making god, or a genius of cinema. I think he is a director who has a very distinct style and way to telling a story. It works for a lot of people, but I don't find the majority of his films delivering the impact they try to. I like his films. I don't love them. Labels: art film, Christopher Nolan Avalanche (1978) – MST3K Review David Shelby (Rock Hudson) has created the ultimate 1970s winter resort, and he is getting ready to show it off to the world. His ex-wife Caroline (Mia Farrow) arrives to congratulate him on his accomplishment, and he takes it as a sign that she wants to get back together with him. Talk about reading the room wrong. But David’s hot temper and impetuous ways still annoy Caroline. David’s attitude also get’s in the way when Nick Thorne (Robert Forster) shows up to tell him that all the land development has made conditions ripe for a massive avalanche that will destroy the resort! But David tells Thorne to go suck some eggs and proceeds to party like it is 1978! Well sure enough, heavy snowfall meets out of control airplane and boom you have an avalanche. Who will survive? Who will meet a frozen fate? And who will end up hurtling to the bottom of a gorge and exploding on impact? No, I’m not making this up. Produced by Roger Corman… well that should tell you enough right there. The title character makes his big entrance. Ah, that Roger Corman. He just doesn’t miss a trick does he? Disaster movies like The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and Earthquake were all the rage 70s. So why not make your own, for a smaller budget of course. Get a couple big name stars to get butts in the seats and make a profit. Well, the disaster movie craze hit its peak around 1975 or so. By 1978 we were really dredging the bottom of the barrel with this genre when movies like The Swarm bombed in the box office. Avalanche came out the same year, and even with the one-two punch of Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow as your main stars, I doubt this movie did very well at all. I don’t think anyone was clamoring for snow based disaster thrills in the post Star Wars world. That said, just because the movie wasn’t a hit in its time doesn’t mean it’s a bad film, right? Yeah, this is a bad film. Sorry folks. "If it ever stops being the '70s, we'll all be in trouble." What is sad is that you can see Avalanche following the disaster movie tropes with religious fervor. You have your two leads having relationship problems. You spend way too long developing them and a host of other minor characters. This way when the disaster hits, you’ll be involved in their fate and thrill to see if they live or die. The main problem here is that none of the characters are engaging enough to care about. Sometimes it is the acting. Sometimes it is the writing. Sometimes it is a combination of the two. But I only liked one character in the entire film. The rest were just fodder for the snow and ice to take out. Now we know what happened to Danny after the end of Time Travelers! What lucky character appealed to me? That would be Henry McDade, because I think the character got a raw deal. He spends the bulk of the movie following David’s mother (played with verve by Jeanette Nolan) and trying to keep her out of trouble and from drinking herself into a stupor. That is her main character trait, she drinks a lot and yells “Aloha!” Anyway, McDade is stuck with this woman because David is his boss and David says he has to. I just feel bad for the poor guy. But when the snow hits the fan, McDade actually stays with the old lady and does his best to save her. He shows more compassion than almost anyone else in the movie. And SPOILER ALERT – he survives. Good for him! Maybe I’m also partial to the character because he is played by Steve Franken. We just saw Franken in The Time Travelers as the lab fanboy Danny. Anyway, this simple character is the only one I cared about in Avalanche This movie came out four months before Ice Castles. That's Corman for ya! The rest of them… jeez. There is a jaded skier who hits on underage girls. His “love interest”, I think, is a Dorothy Hamill look alike, who has an obvious skate double. She’s bland. There is another skater who is nervous and keeps botching her routines. Her coach gives her motivational speeches. The meaningful music tells me I’m supposed to care about them. Bland performances and little screen time makes sure I don’t. There is the Television Host who seems like a nice guy for the two minutes we see him. He ends up trapped with small boy on a ski lift. It almost works, but the peril gets neutralized because of obvious stunt doubles and silly camera work. You end up chuckling instead of gasping in horror. He's even sincere about McDade's goofy hat. Then there are our three lead characters in Avalanche. The best performance is given by Robert Forester, who is one of those actors who always delivers solid work in just about anything I’ve seen him in (including The Black Hole). The role of Nick Thorne is cliché-ridden and not terribly interesting, but Forester makes the most of it. He is sincere in his conviction that an avalanche in immanent. He is sincere in his attraction to Mia Farrow. He is sincere in his wiliness to help people when the avalanche hits. But he is such a one-note character, it is hard to care about him. Forester does the best he can with a poorly written role. "You are never going to stop shouting, are you David?" Mia Farrow on the other hand does not much of anything with a poorly written role. Much like Forster’s character, Caroline doesn’t really have an arc. She shows up at the resort annoyed with David, but she still loves him. It ends with her annoyed with David, but she still loves him. Along the way she says she’s interested in Thorne, but her acting doesn’t show it. She says she may be willing to give David another chance, but her performance says otherwise. Well, that’s not right, her performance is just kinda there. It is tempting to say that Farrow is just there for the paycheck. But I think the role was so boring that she decided not to give too much effort. She has no chemistry with anyone in the “love triangle” and while she has a couple of good moments yelling at David, she doesn’t do much of anything in the story either. She’s just there because we needed a woman in the “love triangle” that goes nowhere. David in a rare moment of not shouting. Rock Hudson takes the opposite approach. I get the feeling that Hudson read the script to Avalanche and liked that he wasn’t playing the nice guy for once. David is an egotistical jerk, who places his desires over everyone’s safety. He even endangers his own (drunken) mother. I can see Hudson liking that aspect of the role. I can also see him reading it and realizing how stupid the whole thing was. So instead of just playing low key, he goes big and broad. Hudson rants and raves. He snarls and barks. He is a complete asshole to just about everyone else in the film. He does it so well that you pretty much want him to suffer a humiliating death by snow boulder. I’ve never seen Hudson play this kind of role this broadly before. On the one hand it is fun to watch. But in the service to the film, it just doesn’t work. I think we are supposed to feel some kind of catharsis that he gets what he deserves at the end. He does seem a little subdued at the end, but the crushing reality that his actions have killed his mother, dozens of people and destroyed his dream for the resort just seem to be given a “oh well, that sucks” feel from the tone of the ending. Much like this review, Avalanche spends way too much time going on and on about these flat characters before any hint of disaster appears. But when the avalanche arrives, about 55 minutes into the movie, it delivers some thrills, right? Well, kinda sorta. For the budget and knowing this is a Corman production it works out Ok. Lots of scenes feature super imposed ice/snow visuals over people flailing about. That provides some unintentional laughs. The disaster on the ice rink and the whole thing that happens in the kitchen are laugh out loud ridiculous looking. Um, should we be watching this? The most thrilling sequences of disaster are the ski lift rescue and unearthing David’s mother and McDade from the encased dining room. The ski lift has a pretty good build up to the final rescue. The whole thing gets more and more unstable as the news anchor and the kid hang on for dear life. There is electricity in play, and the fire department has trouble getting to them. It’s edited a bit clumsily, but it gets the job done. And since I actually liked McDade (and I admit the drunken mother was kind of likable too) I wanted to know what would happen to them. Avalanche also tries to have a message about the media not caring about people, but doing anything for the story. The camera crew doesn’t try to help the news anchor and the child. They just stand there and film it, wanting to catch the moment they fall or get electrocuted. There is also a message about harming the environment, and letting greed and ego get in the way of compassion. It is all heavy handed, and doesn’t really go anywhere. I guess it is supposed to add some kind of depth to the film, but it just feels like padding to a movie that feels way too long already. And then 1978 smacks you right upside the head! For me that is the biggest crime Avalanche commits. The movie drags. Not just because of the slower 1970s pacing, but because it wastes over half of its running time on the flat uninteresting characters. They are written and executed so poorly it makes for an uninteresting film. You can’t wait for the snow to start falling. The movie picks up when the disaster finally hits, but so much of the entertainment comes from the hilariously bad special effects and over the top acting that you are laughing at the movie, not thrilling to it. Yes, Avalanche is a disaster of a movie. But is it a disaster that Jonah and the Bots are ready to take on? Looks refreshing. I don’t think Mystery Science Theater 3000 ever tackled a straight up disaster film before. The closest we got was the wonderfully hilarious San Francisco International, which was a 1970s television pilot filled to bursting with past their prime actors spouting out over-ripe dialogue and providing thrills on the tarmac. The movie was a perfect fit for riffing and it remains one of my favorite episodes of the entire series. So Avalanche has a lot to live up to. Unfortunately, things just don’t work out so well this time around. That doesn’t mean that Jonah and the bots aren’t giving it their all, because they really are. "Old man Peabody used to own all this..." For those first 55 minutes or so, they riff away at the movie as best as they are able too. So much of the film deals with silly melodrama and talky scenes with Rock Hudson shouting at everyone that it was a bit of a struggle to keep things fresh. Jonah and the bots focus on the ripe dialogue and over baked performances. And don’t worry they don’t go for any overly nasty pokes at Rock Hudson. There are a couple of subtle riffs playing off his lifestyle, but they focus more on his ranting and 70’s outfits. I will admit that MST3K has gone for the nasty jokes about celebrities in the past. Bela Lugosi’s drug problems played into quite a few riffs in Bride of the Monster and in the Rifftrax commentary for Plan 9 From Outer Space they went overboard (and Lugosi is hardly in the film). So it is nice to see Jonah and the crew not taking that tactic this time out. Keep it classy guys. Jonah and the bots get their groove on too! Since Avalanche falls smack dab in the midst of the disco era, and we have a party scene you get some of the best riffing during that sequence. As the scene starts Jonah say, “1978 you have so many crimes to answer for.” Tom adds, “We have an avalanche of polyester on the dance floor tonight.” As the Baked Alaska desserts are brought out the boys throw several funny quips at the oddity of the whole scene. Crow says, “Not that I’m complaining, but by this time Gene Hackman was half way through the Poseidon.” And you are really starting to agree with him, when the avalanche hits. You get some unusual POV shots from the avalanche to which Crow comments “The Avalanche has a Go Pro on.” The disaster provides so much fodder for Jonah and the bots that they go into overdrive. "You see when a man loves a tree very much..." Seriously the quips come so fast and furious that you do end up missing quite a few of them. There is some great material in there from the kitchen cheerleader to the observation from Tom that “He fell in slow motion and they still couldn’t catch him?” It is a shame the riffing goes so quickly that it gets tangled up in itself. Luckily this is the last episode to really have this problem. From The Beast of Hollow Mountain forward, the riffing hits the perfect pace. One more thing to look for at the end of Avalanche is a hilarious series of quips from Jonah and the bots as they pretend to write up reviews for David’s resort in Trip Advisor. These are all very funny, and the boys do a great job delivering them as the meaningful music plays in the finale. If Neil Simon wrote the next Fast and Furious film. The host segments are OK, with one stand out sequence. For the invention exchange the bots create a cool new Dustbuster that uses the human mouth as it’s suction device. Jonah gets a bunch of stuff caught in his “filter”. The Mads create a program that will create an instant font and look for your movie poster. All you have to do is say the title. The system is super sensitive, so it starts to pick up the Mad’s conversation with amusing results. At the first break the bots are convinced that the loud and pushy Rock Hudson is cool, so they try to emulate him. Jonah talks them down. Then it is time for our special guest as Neil Patrick Harris shows up as Kinga’s online boyfriend. The two sing a duet about how they are in love but don’t want to actually touch each other. Patton Oswald as Max steals the show as he pines for Kinga with his own little interlude. I think I would pay to see Rabbitoxicity. But my favorite of the host segments is inspired by a riff during the film. The boys come up with Syfy channel original movie title and realize that those ridiculous MegaShark versus Crocosquid movies need to stop. So they create a whole bevy of titles and trademark all of them so Syfy channel can’t make them. These are hilarious, and the amount of titles they come up with is impressive. Kinga and Max try their hand at a few too. When the movie ends Gypsy comes down to provide some songs and entertainment inspired by the boozy performance of David’s mom in the film. Her music touches everyone, even Kinga. Like the previous episodes in Season 11, this one is entertaining, but it just doesn’t go much further than that. The movie’s first half is so dull, and the guys do the best job they can. The second half overwhelmed with the rapid-fire riffs that you get lost in all the jokes. With some pruning of the riffs in the second half this could have risen a full grade. But as it stands I can only give it three kitchen cheerleaders out of five. "Dear Trip Advisor, I found a cheerleader in my salad and the dressing was not on the side. 1 1/2 stars." Labels: 1978, adventure, disaster, MST3K, Season 11 And Then This Happened... Avalanche Winter sports can be fun for just about everyone. Of course you need the right equipment for them. Luckily the gent in this picture is one of the best skiers in the country (at least according to the film). So that means he not only possesses the right equipment (sponsored by Schlitz of all things), but he is also very skilled. That must also go along with his ability to escape deadly ice and snow from avalanches! This picture comes from the Roger Corman disaster epic, Avalanche. Time to give our olympic hopeful the caption he deserves. Labels: 1978, MST3K, Season 11 Anime Juke Box - No Need for Promises - The Vision of Escaflowne Been a while since the old Anime Juke Box has spun some j-pop for you. I was going through some of my older anime soundtracks and ran into all three of the wonderful CDs for Vision of Escaflowne. The music was co-composed by wonder woman Yoko Kanno and her husband at the time Hajime Mizoguchi. The score is one of her most bombastic orchestral powerhouses, with amazing action cues, sweeping romance and gothic horror. It works well in the series and is always a treat to listen to. But Kanno's skills go well beyond her ability to compose for orchestra. She almost always writes the opening and ending pop/rock songs for the anime series she works on. Vision of Escaflowne is no exception. She gets the series started with this cheerful number called No Need for Promises. Like most J-pop of the 90s it is perky, happy, and well produced. Kanno has a thing for using bagpipes in her 90s scores and songs, so you get an interlude with them here too. Perhaps the biggest thing about this song is that Kanno got the voice actress playing the main role of Hitomi to sing the song. The actress's name is Maaya Sakamoto, and this song launched her successful singing career at the tender age of 16. Kanno and Sakamoto worked on many projects afterward, with Kanno even writing the songs for an entire album of Sakamoto's songs. Both women are still hard at work in the world of film and anime music to this day. So here is where it all began with No Need for Promises from Vision of Escaflowne, written by Yoko Kanno and sung by Maaya Sakamoto. Labels: 1996, Anime, J-pop, Movie Music, Yoko Kanno I’ll admit, I’ve lost track of all the Marvel movies lately. But the concept of Doctor Strange sounded like a good one. It goes into an angle of mysticism you don’t see explored in too many big budget movies. I heard the fantastic score by Michael Giacchino. Oh and let’s face it, my wife is a big fan of Benedict Cumberbatch, so we were going to see this movie no matter what. Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is an egotistical but very skilled surgeon. When he ends up in a car accident he loses all steadiness in his hands. Feeling like his life is pretty much over unless he can heal his digits, Strange embarks on a journey to Nepal where he meets The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), who says she can help him, help himself. Little does Strange know that his keen mind allows him to access and adapt to the mystical secrets of the universe – becoming a true master of magic. Just n time too, because Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen) is looking to use a key relic to unleash hell on earth. Now it is up to Doctor Strange to use his newfound powers, magic cape and quick wits to save the world. Some very impressive visual effects that really help develop the key concepts Creates an intriguing world and conflict at the heart of the film Solid acting by the entire cast The character arc for Doctor Strange is overly familiar – see Iron Man You’ve got Mads Mikkelsen – why aren’t you using him better? Fans of Inception may cry foul at some of the visual effects Like most of the Marvel movies this one is a lot of fun. Visually it is stunning with some of the best visual effects I’ve seen in a long time. The film also creates a very strong concept of magic and mysticism and uses it to flesh out an interesting conflict among the characters. Sad to say the story arc for Doctor Strange himself is a well traveled one. Cumberbatch’s charisma and acting keep it interesting. But then you have Mikkelsen, a very strong actor, who is given a very flat antagonist role. I enjoyed the film, but it felt like it had the potential to be something a bit better. Enjoying the content? Click and ad before you go and support this blog. Labels: 2016, action, adventure, fantasy, Marvel Chopping Mall (1986) Ok, it is called Chopping Mall, it was made in the 80s and the VHS box cover art had a severed head in a shopping bag. How the heck was I supposed to resist that? Well, I never did get around to watching it back in the day. But when I saw it available for streaming I knew my quest for a cheesy movie to watch that weekend was at an end. But was I going to regret this little trip to the mall? Mall security could use an upgrade and why not look to some A.I. to help out. Sounds good until a freak storm causes the programming for the three robotic mall cops to go on a killing spree. These guys are bullet proof, have the ability to electrocute victims and shoot sleeping darts. Oh, and since this is the 80s they can also shoot multi-colored energy beams from their eyes. If you happen to be a topless teen this will make your head explode. No, I’m not kidding. Speaking of teens, some employees at a furniture store decide to stay after hours and have a sex party. There are the goody goody ones that don’t even kiss, so you know they will live. But the rest are all fodder for the rampaging robots. Keep your eyes open for scream queen Barbara Crampton and everyman Dick Miller as they try to survive a night in the Chopping Mall. Packed the brim with 80s clothing, lingo, hair and robots – 80s ROBOTS! Starts with an interesting premise and some hints at amusing parody Some of the kills are pretty graphic and entertaining Never commits to scares or laughs and ends up doing neither Runs out of steam about halfway through due to the uninteresting characters Didn’t use the mall to the full advantage (probably for budget reasons) This could have been better all the way around. It isn’t scary. It isn’t all that funny. But it hints at trying to do both. The characters are paper-thin and do some really stupid things (par the course for this type of movie). And while it was neat to see the same mall from Commando again, they just didn’t do too much with it, probably for fear of property damage. That said the 80s robots are fun in a retro way, and some of the kills and strategies to stop the robots are clever. Fans of cheesy films will get a kick out of the all out 80s onslaught. But this is more of a rental than a hidden gem. Labels: 1986, Comedy, Horror It wasn't just animation, it was motion capture based animation, so that made it even more expensive than a typical animated feature. Add to that the simple fact that whenever someone talks about these types of animated films like The Polar Express or Beowulf or the 2009 version of The Christmas Carol, they usually use the world "creepy looking" in there somewhere. I'm not sure that a budget of 150 million was ever going to see any profit. But Robert Zemeckis was obsessed with getting this motion capture animation to take off. Mars Needs Moms was such a bomb it pretty much ended that idea. The film came out before Spielberg's Adventures of Tin Tin, but that superior film got tainted and that seems to be last of that odd animation experiment. Most motion capture animation remains in the realm of video games. All that said, Mars Needs Moms may have been a bomb (and a half) but the score isn't. John Powell composed a fun and exciting score. It is what he does best and animation really seems to ignite his creative powers. His scores for the two How to Train Your Dragon films are some of the best of the decade. Mars Needs Moms is right behind them, with lots of orchestral color and energy. So enjoy the end credits suite to Mars Needs Moms by John Powell. No creepy dead eyed characters shown here. :) Labels: 2011, Movie Music Anime Juke Box - No Need for Promises - The Vision...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line350
__label__cc	0.617829	0.382171	Sex and Sensibility About Deborah Roffman In the News (2015- ) In the News (2010 – 2014) Vintage Roffman Articles by Deborah Roffman Many consider Deborah Roffman’s articles during 2001 through 2009 to be classics in the field. This is a selection. What Does ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Really Mean? Deborah Roffman in The Washington Post, February 5, 2006 “We need to let boys know that, in the sexual and social arenas, we’ve been shortchanging them by setting the bar so low. We need to explain why the notion that “boys will be boys” embodies a bogus and ultimately corrupting set of expectations that are unacceptable.” They’ll Abstain If They’re Given Good Reasons Debbie Roffman in The Washington Post, December 12, 2004 “If 30 years of experience in this field has taught me one thing, it is that when talking with our children about sex, we need to make sure that we educate rather than dictate and that our approach is based on scientific evidence.” “Separation of Church and School” Debbie Roffman, Education Week, February 24, 2004 Click here for complete article Or retrieve from Education Week (Registration required) ” The issue of homosexuality and schooling is potentially a huge win-win for any community bold enough to tackle it head-on. A successful journey begins with clarity about the role of schools in children’s lives and the principles on which effective schools can, and cannot, base their policy and practice decisions. “Way Too Much Fantasy With That Dream House” Debbie Roffman in the Washington Post, Sunday, December 22, 2002 (Registration required) “Ultimately, we’ll need to create a society where our children’s first and most important reference points about sexuality are families and schools, not their peers, the media or the Mattel company.” “What Our Kids Know About Sex: All Mechanics, No Meaning” Debbie Roffman in the Washington Post, June 9, 2002 (Registration required) “We have never done the collective headwork required to figure out what our new contextual, moral yardsticks should be. How are we to think — to make our subjective judgments about what is right and wrong sexually — without them? ” Debbie Roffman, on ABC News’ 20/20: “Sex in Middle School: “Just Say No” Doesn’t Cut It in Keeping Kids from Sex” A Report by John Stossel on Teens and Sex featuring expert advice from Deborah Roffman. Debbie Roffman, in the Washington Post “Abstain, Yes. But With Your Eyes Wide Open” September 2, 2001; Washington Post “Pitching comprehensive sex education as the enemy, of abstinence is false, misleading and counterproductive, and that as long as we in the United States continue to polarize this issue, we’re kidding ourselves if we think we’re doing well by our kids.” Debbie Roffman, in the Los Angeles Times: “This [The Report of the Surgeon General of the U.S., Dr. David Satcher, “A Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior”] is the most important thing that has happened in the 30 years I have been working in this field. It is the first time government in any form has come out with a statement of support for various p rinciples of human sexuality and scientifically supported findings about sexuality education.” Read the entire article: “Sex-Ed Report Pleasantly Surprises Some,” by Kathleen Kelleher. L.A. Times, 7/3/01. Read Dr. Satcher’s complete report online. “Freak Dancing’ Craze Generates Friction, Fears,” By Catherine Gewertz. Education Week, Feb 28 2001. Read the article. (Subscription required) An excerpt: To Deborah Roffman, a Baltimore-area sex educator, freak dancing illustrates how adults fall woefully short in teaching young people about sexuality. In most homes and classrooms, she said, teenagers learn that sex equals intercourse, which enables them to view other sexual acts as unimportant. “If you think of sex as recreational, like bowling, then it is meaningless,” Ms. Roffman said. “Freak dancing is an outgrowth of that attitude. What they are doing is engaging in sexual behavior without taking responsibility for it.” Teachers and parents need to help young people understand that all expressions of sexuality exist along a continuum, that all must be viewed as intimate, and that they must be handled with the appropriate care and responsibility, Ms. Roffman said. Even parents of today’s adolescents, who lived through—and perhaps partook heartily of—the sexually permissive 1960s and 1970s, find themselves unable to discuss sexuality in the open and comprehensive way their children need, Ms. Roffman said. Permanent link to this article: http://sexandsensibility.net/vintage-roffman/ Join the conversation! Leave a Comment. Independent School Sexuality Education Consortium Deborah Roffman's Resume Deborah Roffman's LinkedIn Page Helpful Websites: Parents Talking to Kids About Sexuality Advocates for Youth: www.advocatesforyouth.org Answer: www.answer.rutgers.edu Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: www.pflag.org Planned Parenthood: www.plannedparenthood.org Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States: www.siecus.org Websites for High School-Age Children SexEtc sexetc.org Scarleteen www.scarleteen.com Helpful Websites: Internet Safety Childnet International: www.childnet-int.org Connect Safely: www.connectsafely.org CyberSMART: www.cybersmart.org Family Online Safety Institute: www.fosi.org FilterReview: www.filterreview.com SafeKids: www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm © 2020 Sex and Sensibility.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line354
__label__cc	0.72765	0.27235	Ardor (El Ardor) \| Review By Don Simpson \| July 18, 2015 Director: Pablo Fendrik Writer: Pablo Fendrik Starring: Alice Braga, Gael García Bernal, Claudio Tolcachir, Chico Díaz, Julián Tello, Jorge Sesán, Lautaro Vilo, Iván Steinhardt When the shirtless Kai (Gael García Bernal) emerges from the dense forrest, we can only assume that he is here to protect one of the few remaining tobacco farms alongside Argentina’s Rio Parana. This farm represents the final showdown against a ruthless band of mercenaries who have been violently uprooting farmers from their homes in the name of a maniacal corporation that specializes in deforestation. Kai is one of those strong, silent types; his mysterious air suggests that he might be one of the protective spirits of the Rio Parana mentioned in the opening title page. Adding to his enigmatic allure, Kai opts to hide during the first attack against the farm, watching the bad guys murder the farmer and kidnap the farmer’s beautiful daughter, Vania (Alice Braga). Perhaps Kai assumes that any retaliation during this pivotal moment would be a lose-lose scenario, or maybe Kai just wants to be Vania’s knight in shining armor, rescuing her from the villains just as they are ready to rape their bounty. Pablo Fendrik’s Ardor slyly inserts elements of magic realism into a highly referential Neo-Western, yet the purposefully cryptic characterization of Kai really convolutes the story. Though the perpetually shirtless Gael García Bernal is certainly mesmerizing, he is no Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson — but that is not Bernal’s fault, it is the disorienting setup of his character. So let’s blame the screenplay, because you can only be so unforthcoming about a character before their persona begins to fade away into sheer translucency. Stoically shot by Julián Apezteguia, Ardor basks in the lush, green landscape of the Argentinian forrest. The intention of the film is undeniably a treatise on the significance of the environment. Kai is the noble savage who shares a primordial connection with the natural world, showcased by him meditating in the forrest alongside a jaguar. Channeling Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke, Kai’s goal is to restore a balance between humans and nature, rarely resorting to violence in order to do so. Very noble indeed. Topics: Film Reviews, News \| No Comments »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line363
__label__cc	0.708824	0.291176	The Smoke Break You want some brie with that whine? Truth In Reporting Hypocritical Politicians Eroding Freedoms Stoopid People Wash, Rinse, Repeat September 3, 2012 By Joan of Snark Obviously, we didn’t understand him the first time. This deserves to go viral. Filed Under: Hypocritical Politicians Tagged With: 2012 election, Democrats, Obama, obama incompetent The Smell Of Desperation June 17, 2012 By Joan of Snark “If you don’t have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.” (Barack Obama, DNC Convention, 2008) As summer draws near and temperatures begin to soar, the stench of desperate Democrats begins to waft across America’s political landscape. Three and a half years into this most unfortunate presidential term, the average American has come to the realization the hope and change promised by a rank unknown in 2008 smacks too much of the socialism that more astute eyes and ears caught from the beginning of his meteoric takeover of the election spotlight. Put simply, President Lame Duck’s snarky presumption of great intelligence and endless finger-pointing campaigning have now begun to bear fruit and the taste is far from sweet. Instead of realizing that leadership is something requiring more effort than bowing to foreign rulers in the Middle East and sucking up to Islamic extremists, playing golf, appearing on late-night television shows and Hollywood fundraisers or checking off names on a kill list, The Abonimable One has doubled-down and alternately continues to blame his predecessor for the results of his failed policies while attempting to rule by executive fiat. Obligingly, his poll numbers drop correspondingly. This doesn’t bode well for someone who wants to rule the world…errrr…serve another term in office so word on the street is that the Chicago machine is frantically sharpening its claws in preparation for what they hope will be an early takedown of the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. The following quote was given to John Heilemann by an Obama campaign advisor on how they plan to win over racists. You know, those “bitter clingers”, “teabaggers” and others who believe the Constitution is not equal to Charmin, live responsibly and expect others to do the same. “[Romney is] not likable. He’s not trustworthy. He’s not on your side. You live in Pittsburgh and you’ve got dirt under your fingernails, who do you want to have a beer with? It ain’t f*ing Mitt Romney. You’re like, ‘St, I’d rather have a beer with the black guy than him!’” Yes, indeed. They intend on putting the finest of their crude, inner-city Chicago on full display; the same kind of low-class divisive act that cost the Democrat-backed unions Wisconsin and California earlier this month. Americans aren’t as stupid as Herr Barry thinks. Filed Under: Hypocritical Politicians Tagged With: 2012 election, Democrats, Obama campaign, obama hypocrisy, racism It Would Be Funny If Not True May 26, 2012 By Joan of Snark Filed Under: Truth In Reporting Tagged With: Democrats, obama hypocrisy, voter fraud Harry The Hypocrite January 5, 2010 By Joan of Snark Harry does another Washington show-and-tell about how to win friends and influence people and properly represent your constituents. This one is titled: It’s only wrong when someone else does it. “Of course, nobody can see the managers’ amendment. It is composed of over 40 amendments. How could anyone vote for a piece of legislation such as that — a managers’ amendment with 42 separate amendments? “Now, these amendments were not put in in a conference committee. People complain about that. But at least in a conference committee, you have people working together, sticking things in. Sometimes Democrats complain and sometimes Republicans complain — whoever is in the minority here. Well, we didn’t get enough consultation; you cut us out of the process. But at least you had a group of Democrats and Republicans in the process. Here, you have one person making a decision as to what is going to be in the managers’ amendment. There is no way to know what is in it. How could anyone say: ‘OK’? You have taken care of me, but I don’t want to see the other 40 amendments — -because with this legislation, similar to all legislation, you put something in one spot, and you have to take something out someplace else.” (Senator Harry Reid, 2/9/06) Flash forward to October 2009: But now, as a Senate vote on health-care legislation nears, those negotiations are occurring in a setting that is anything but revolutionary in Washington: Three senators are working on the bill behind closed doors. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) sits at the head of a wooden table at his office as he and Sens. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) work to merge two competing versions of health-care legislation into one bill. The three men will be joined by top aides as well as by members of President Obama’s health-care team, led by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. …after weeks of Senate Finance Committee public hearings, the Senate negotiations are now an invitation-only affair in Reid’s office. The majority leader is unlikely to expand his group, even as some senators unhappy with parts of the legislation, such as John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), have asked to be in the room. “Neither I nor any other senator has the luxury of passing a perfect bill — I wish we could — that conforms exactly to his or her beliefs. But we must act.” (Harry Reid) And again in December 2009: Sen. Dick Durbin’s job as majority whip is to count votes, but don’t ask him for the current tally on the health care bill. “I don’t know,” Durbin said earlier this week. “Sen. Reid is the one who has been keeping it pretty close.” Early on in the process — when Reid was still trying to reconcile bills moving through two different Senate committees — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asked him about the progress he was making. Reid pointed both of his index fingers to his head and said: “I got it all figured out how we’re going to do this.” And then he walked away. Filed Under: Hypocritical Politicians Tagged With: Democrats, Harry Reid, health care reform, Hypocritical Politicians Bribes Beat Facts December 24, 2009 By Joan of Snark He who controls the purse strings makes the rules. At least that’s how the Senate has handled their version of American health care “reform”. In the end, it was billions of dollars of taxpayer money handed out as early Christmas presents behind closed doors in the middle of a snowstorm in the middle of the night by Majority Leader Harry Reid that bought the crucial 60 votes the Demons…errr…the Democrats needed for the Senate to pass the bloody bastard. ‘Tis truly a sad, sad day for America. Those words can’t even begin to do justice to the wrenching ache deep in my gut as it is demonstrated yet again and with such blatant obviousness that this administration will do anything to turn what was once a beautiful beacon of light for the world into just another banana republic where freedom is but a dream and business is conducted through bribes in dark alleyways. At this moment, I can naught but allow myself to be human and feel absolute loathing towards every Democrat in the Senate. While truly I wish no one harm, if I could have my way every single one of them would be run out of town on a rail and the only job they would ever again hold would be prefaced with “You want fries with that?” For such an entry level, real world job is barely all for which they have proven themselves qualified. They have shown once again that they don’t have a clue about how things work in the real world, the real world that is the source of the wealth they accumulate and toy with like so many cat turds in their little phantom sandbox in Washington. This morning, they break their arms patting themselves on the back, proudly telling America it’s raining when they’re still just peeing on our leg. It is all beyond disgraceful, it is all beyond shameful. Reid said afterwards that “facts beat fears” but the reality this Christmas Eve is that bribes beat facts. It has been noted that despite all the campaign promises, Obama’s legacy will be seen as that of the great divider. Senate Democrats have now struck a solid blow to really break this country in half, pitting honest, tax-paying, jobs-creating Americans against those standing in line for their Obama-promised handout. Rock The Vote’s latest stupidity that passses for advertising telling young people to withhold sex from those who are against the Democrat version of health care reform is but a prelude to the prejudice this farce of a Senate has just set in motion. At least as I write this piece Americans still have choices and I expect the more savvy will be voting with their dollars against businesses run by Democrats. I know that I will. And therein lies America’s last hope. That this morning’s vote will be historic only by its fatal shattering of the Democratic party. That it will be a wake-up call to the GOP about the beliefs of the majority of Americans and our expectations of those we send to Washington to represent us; that it will allow true, constitutional conservatives a greater voice and thereby educate the immature in this society that it our Constitutional freedoms that have allowed them to stand here today with their hands out instead of shouldering their fair share. That our Constitutional freedoms are the only thing that will allow themselves to better their lot in life; for unlike the foundation of freedom given to us by the Founding Fathers, in a progressive, liberal Democratic regime, it is handouts, not opportunity, that are guaranteed to be rationed. Filed Under: Eroding Freedoms Tagged With: Democrats, H.R. 3590, Harry Reid, health care reform, Hypocritical Politicians, S.Amdt. 2786, US Senate “…Mother Nature delivered her verdict with yesterday’s blizzard in Washington. I am cheered by the thought that finally, hell has frozen over.” (Michael Goodwin, 12/21/09) Filed Under: Hypocritical Politicians Tagged With: Congress, Democrats, Hypocritical Politicians, liberals They OWN This Now The Senate’s Demon-crats continued to steamroll their plans to enslave the American people via their pork-filled “health care reform” bill today. Three key scenes played out on the Senate floor and they are extremely telling. First, every single Democrats voted AGAINST examining the constitutionality of the individual mandate. It is their learned opinion that requiring every American to purchase a product is not an infringement of their freedom to choose and therefore debate is not necessary. They then refused to consider whether their legislation infringes upon the states’ rights with regard to regulation of insurance companies. Just as a reminder, here is the list of those who are putting the chains on you: Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Begich (D-AK) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burris (D-IL) Byrd (D-WV) Cardin (D-MD) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaufman (D-DE) Kerry (D-MA) Kirk (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCaskill (D-MO) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Specter (D-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) And, at the last, they voted to INCLUDE ALL THE BILL’S EARMARKS. Though in this vote, the Republicans found themselves joined by a handful of Democrats who apparently felt it was ok to vote for the bill until someone else had the cajones to publicly bring up the fact it contains billions of dollars of pork. YEAs —53 Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) NAYs —46 Barrasso (R-WY) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Kyl (R-AZ) LeMieux (R-FL) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Merkley (D-OR) Murkowski (R-AK) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Snowe (R-ME) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Wicker (R-MS) Not Voting – 1 Bunning (R-KY) The final vote to move this bastard bill out of the Senate is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. EST. By all rights, every Democratic Senator who voted to remove the pork from the bill should now vote against its final passage since they have gone on record as saying the bill, as is, is wrong. We won’t even go into the fact that the CBO has now gone on record as saying the Democrats have been arguing financial “benefits” of the bill by double-counting Medicare “savings” and the truth is that is really IS a budget-buster: The key point is that the savings to the HI (Medicare Hospital Insurance) trust fund under the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) would be received by the government only once, so they cannot be set aside to pay for future Medicare spending and, at the same time, pay for current spending on other parts of the legislation or on other programs. Trust fund accounting shows the magnitude of the savings within the trust fund, and those savings indeed improve the solvency of that fund; however, that accounting ignores the burden that would be faced by the rest of the government later in redeeming the bonds held by the trust fund. Unified budget accounting shows that the majority of the HI trust fund savings would be used to pay for other spending under the PPACA and would not enhance the ability of the government to redeem the bonds credited to the trust fund to pay for future Medicare benefits. To describe the full amount of HI trust fund savings as both improving the government’s ability to pay future Medicare benefits and financing new spending outside of Medicare would essentially double-count a large share of those savings and thus overstate the improvement in the government’s fiscal position. But I doubt they have enough conscience left inside of them to avoid the temptation of the billions of dollars of taxpayer money that will eventually be dangled in front of them by Harry (the Grinch Who Stole Christmas) Reid; that seems to be worth more to them than the thought their constituents are planning to figurately roast their nuts over an open fire for selling generations of Americans into slavery. Perhaps because their nuts are too small to be of any concern? November 6, 2009 By Joan of Snark This was included in one of today’s emails: “Calling an illegal alien an ‘undocumented immigrant’ is like calling a drug dealer an ‘unlicensed pharmacist’.” Or like calling the people we elect to send to Washington “representatives”. Filed Under: Hypocritical Politicians Tagged With: Democrats, liberals, Obama administration, quote of the day Progressive Pigs September 14, 2009 By Joan of Snark This is but one example of the difference between the left-wing entitlement derangement syndrome types and conservatives. The D.C. Mall after Obama’s inauguration: The D.C. Mall after an “angry mob” of over a million Americans protested on 9/12: Any more questions? Filed Under: Truth In Reporting Tagged With: 9/12, 9/12 D.C. Rally, conservatives, Democrats, liberals, progressives Donkeys, Dictators, and Democracy July 11, 2009 By Joan of Snark It’s a given that the vast majority of Democrats, particularly those in government, can be counted on to be little more than your basic hairball. Traditionally unable to keep their hands where they belong – reaching into someone else’s pockets to take their money or reaching into someone else’s pants to have a little illicit fun – no one pays them very much attention because as a group they are as interchangeable as dandelion puffs waving in the prevailing wind of wants. The word Democrat brings to mind at best the picture of a spoiled teenager; at worst stereotypical trailer trash living off of someone else’s hard-earned money in their double-wide, a beer belly sticking out from below a grubby tank top, guffawing between belches or through smeared lipstick while the neighbor’s kid ties firecrackers to the dog’s tail. Republicans, on the other hand, have balanced the sociopolitical scales by assuming the role of “responsible adult”. Steady, conservative, practical. The businessman whose word is his bond and to whom you can turn for a job or a loan; the father who teaches you how to fix your car or the family doctor who knows you inside and out – literally – but keeps your deepest secrets a secret. Truth is that the hands of Republicans today are just as dirty and they stink just as bad as their trashy Democratic counterparts. (Witness the outing of the infamous 8 GOP “cap & traitors”.) With few exceptions, politicians have become quite a useless lot, spouting whatever they think someone wants to hear just to keep their cushy job and perceptions of power and control. As long as they bring home the pork they continue to be reelected, but this has become a dangerous game. President Obama campaigned on and took office determined to force an ambitious and incredibly naive agenda on Americans. In direct contrast to the vow taken to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution, he and his administration are setting forth the systematic destruction of our most fundamental rights, twisting the ideas of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as he pushes America towards what is essentially a state of dictatorial tyranny. And you can’t even give him credit for these ambitions, he is merely carrying forward the progressive ideology that took hold in America early in the last century. You’d think Americans would be smarter now and would be resisting with all their might. Everyone knows you don’t get something for nothing and that you get what you pay for, yet every day we watch bloated and ineffective government programs continue to expand in number and size. Well, at least some of us watch. And there remains a small chorus of voices in Washington who seem to be attempting to pull back on the reigns, but reading through the daily Congressional session records one sees each attempt is met with a wall of resistence and summarily executed. (Amusing when you remember the MSM has labelled the GOP as the “party of no”.) We’ve got little more than giddy kiddie Democrats running what they see as the candy store; the current gang mentality has criminals coming out of the woodwork like ants attracted to the sweet fruits of hard-working American taxpayers and, as is so often seen with any group of lawless like-minds, one can only hope their infighting over turf and spoils will be their downfall. But without taking down the entire country with them. Some people are still saying we should give the President a chance, even as our economy continues to tank (responsibility for which, by the way, now belongs solely to Barack Obama and his administration). But it seems to me that the elected leader of a free nation would not be ignoring the calls of the people for democracy elsewhere in the world, and they would certainly not stand up and give their visible support to someone like legally-ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya. That particular stance should give anyone with a modicum of common sense pause for it explains, in large part, why we are seeing proven ineffective policy after proven ineffective policy being forced down American’s throats. The case of events in Honduras is particularly telling, for it is a beautiful example of a people’s willingness to cling to democratic ideals and uphold their constitution. Yet Obama unequivocably tells the world he believes – as do dictators like Venezuela’s Chavez – that someone who would wish to subvert them deserves America’s backing. If Obama’s silence on the Iranian election fallout didn’t make it clear, this should be the transparency he so lovingly promised. 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__label__wiki	0.864743	0.864743	Who is the president? EDITORIAL 01/18/2011 Who is the president? One truly wonders just who is the President of the Republic since apparently, Noynoy Aquino does not appoint any candidate to a high ranking and sensitive post without first having a non-elected individual vet the presidential choices. Incredibly, because unheard of, we appear to have a defeated vice presidential candidate vetting presidential appointments. From recent reports, Noynoy’s choice for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairmanship, Noynoy’s election lawyer, Sixto Brillantes, had to be approved first by defeated VP bet Mar Roxas, before Noynoy signed his appointment papers. It will be recalled that it was Brillantes, and not the Palace, that had announced he had been picked by Noynoy to be the Comelec chairman. No one in the Palace confirmed this Friday..... MORE Posted by Jesusa Bernardo at 11:46 PM 0 comments Links to this post Hypocrisy 101 FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/18/2011 Hypocrisy 101 Truth and transparency are non-existent under the Noynoy administration, despite these being mouthed as mantras almost daily, as though it is trying hard to convince the general public that it is indeed a clean and honest government. Just recently, Noynoy Aquino was caught in another lie — and about his new toy — the German sportscar, Porsche, which he said was “third hand” and only cost him P4.5 million. About the only truth on this is perhaps that the car is white. It is said to be a 2007 model 997, Porsche 911 Turbo. Apparently, Noynoy’s Porsche is hardly “entry level,” apart from which, sportscar owners said that the car, described as the 3.6-liter, twin turbo, six-cylinder Boxer engine and an 480 horsepower, the market price is at least P7 million to P9 million. One can’t get it for P4.5 million..... MORE Haunted by violence, Iraqi Christians flee to Turkey FEATURE 01/18/2011 Haunted by violence, Iraqi Christians flee to Turkey ISTANBUL — Terrorized by mounting extremist attacks, more and more Iraqi Christians are fleeing in panic to neighboring Muslim-majority Turkey, among them lone minors sent away by desperate parents. In Istanbul, a tiny Chaldean Catholic community has embraced the refugees, serving as their first point of shelter before the United Nations or local civic groups extend a helping hand. The number of arrivals, available statistics show, has sharply increased since October 31 when gunmen stormed a Baghdad church, killing 44 worshippers, two priests and seven security guards, in an attack claimed by al-Qaeda’s local affiliate. “We saw many newcomers after the attack. We saw they had made no preparation and had no savings,” said Gizem Demirci, an activist at the Association for Solidarity with Asylum-Seekers and Migrants..... MORE The heavens are angry NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 01/18/2011 The heavens are angry Armida Siguion-Reyna How to forget “Ondoy” and “Pepeng,” two super-typhoons that came close to each other in the last quarter of 2009, isn’t possible. Close to a thousand dead according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), damage to property put at P16-plus billion, to infrastructure at P4-plus billion, to agriculture at P11-plus billion — figures like these stay in your mind. Around that time we found out that much earlier in 2008, there had been Typhoon “Frank,” which hit mostly Iloilo province, where some 500 were said to have perished, thousands injured, hundreds of thousands evacuated, 2 million others affected by damages to houses, infrastructure and livelihood. It was belated information that filtered out only in the thick of Ondoy and Pepeng; Typhoon Frank when it was ravaging Iloilo to put the city 80 percent underwater didn’t register much in Metro Manila’s chismis scale. It made an impression only when pictures were let out in the Internet to match against those taken of Ondoy’s and Pepeng’s, and the partying set went, “Ay, grabe, how come we didn’t know?”.... MORE Murder and madness AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 01/18/2011 Murder and madness AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller The news from Arizona on Jan. 8 was appalling. Six persons, including a nine-year-old girl and a federal judge, lay dead, and a dozen or so were wounded – including the apparent prime target, Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Gibbons, who was shot in the head — as a lone gunman walked into the venue where Gibbons was meeting her constituents and opened up with a semi-automatic pistol. I caught the news on BBC World on the Sunday morning Philippine time, just as Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was heading a press conference. Visibly struggling with his anger, Dupnik pointed the finger at the “vitriol” which had poured from the mouths of some media practitioners in recent times, contributing to a climate of intolerance in which a young man with a history of mental problems might be pushed over the edge. Most directly, Dupnik’s remarks concerned the acrimonious atmosphere in which last year Arizona passed an immigration act which most liberal opinion considered would encourage the abuse of the civil rights of Hispanics, and legislation banning ethnic studies in the state’s schools..... MORE Killings of newborn babies on the rise in Pakistan FEATURES 01/18/2011 Killings of newborn babies on the rise in Pakistan KARACHI — The lifeless bodies of two tiny babies are being given their final bath before burial in Karachi, after they were left to die in the southern Pakistani city’s garbage dumps. “They can only have been one or two days old,” says volunteer worker Mohammad Saleem, pointing at the two small corpses being gently washed by his colleagues at a charity’s morgue. In the conservative Muslim nation, where the birth of children outside of marriage is condemned and adultery is a crime punishable by death under strict interpretations of Islamic law, infanticide is a crime on the rise. More than 1,000 infants — most of them girls — were killed or abandoned to die in Pakistan last year according to conservative estimates by the Edhi Foundation, a charity working to reverse the grim trend..... MORE Gasoline: A child’s drug of choice in Angola focus 01/18/2011 Gasoline: A child’s drug of choice in Angola LUANDA — An intoxicated boy shuffles along a teeming street in Luanda casually gulping vapors from a plastic bottle that contains gasoline, children’s drug of choice in Africa’s top oil-producing country. Earth’s “black gold” has fast-tracked Angola from the ravages of war to the heights of an emerging regional economy but in this capital city its main derivative has become a gateway drug that brings misery to poor communities. Easy access to gasoline, typically sold from homes in lemonade bottles, has given rise to substance abuse — with addicts as young as 10-years-old, in a country where rehabilitation resources are scarce. Users are mainly homeless children and delinquents, whose families bore the brunt of Angola’s nearly three-decade civil war which ended in 2002..... MORE Cha-cha pushed in Senate; hearings next month By Angie M. Rosales 01/18/2011 Cha-cha pushed in Senate; hearings next month By Angie M. Rosales 01/18/2011 Despite the odds, with President Aquino and the Senate leadership thumbing down discussions on Charter change (Cha-cha) at this time, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has set the ball rolling on the matter Cha-cha on the Senate, insisting on the need the determine the public pulse and the necessity, if there is indeed any, of amending the 24-year-old Constitution. Santiago announced this move yesterday, the first day of the resumption of Congress’ regular sessions after the Christmas break. Santiago, chairman of the committee on constitutional amendments, revision of codes and laws, emphasized that there is nothing to prevent her, whether in the existing laws or the Rules of the Senate from conducting public hearings on Cha-cha even if the Senate leadership already declared that a change in the Constitution is not among the upper chamber’s priority agenda, although Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is for Cha-cha and believes the 1987 Charter must be changed. Santiago dismissed opposition to Chacha aired by Aquino saying that “although he already said it is not one of the priorities of his administration, we must remember that he belongs to the Executive branch. His statements do not tie the legislative branch and the legislative branch always constitutes the majority of the senators and majority of the congressmen. So we will not know unless we have heard from the public. That’s precisely the nature of public hearings, to allow all stakeholders to give their piece on the matter,” she told reporters in a press conference..... MORE Posted by Jesusa Bernardo at 11:27 AM 1 comment Links to this post Palace: Show proof ex-AFP, DND chiefs plundered funds By Mario J. Mallari, 01/18/2011 Palace: Show proof ex-AFP, DND chiefs plundered funds By Mario J. Mallari, 01/18/2011 Malacañang yesterday took to defending former Armed Forces and other ex-AFP chiefs, along with the past defense secretaries challenging those who tag them as having been involved in the plunder of military funds in the case against retired Maj Gen. Carlos Garcia, by showing evidence on their partici-pation of the plunder. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said these matters are up to the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to consider whether there is evidence to link the officials concerned. “The Sandiganbayan can only rule based on the evidence presented in court. So we’ll see whether the Office of the Special Prosecutor would even consider that or if there is any evidence (leading) to that effect,” Lacierda said in a post-briefing interview. Lacierda deferred com-menting on the statements recently issued by Para-ñaque Rep. Roilo Golez who said former AFP Chief of Staff and Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes could be held liable since it was during his time that Garcia allegedly was able to plunder millions from AFP’s bank accounts..... MORE Mar or no, Noynoy expected to fail at solving gov’t problems By Charlie V. Manalo 01/18/2011 Mar or no, Noynoy expected to fail at solving gov’t problems By Charlie V. Manalo 01/18/2011 Even with defeated vice presidential candidate and former Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas’ appointment as President Aquino’s chief troubleshooter, both are likely to fail in solving the administration’s problems, members of the House minority yesterday said. While acknowledging that it is the prerogative and right of Aquino to appoint whoever he feels will help him govern the country better, opposition lawmakers yesterday said the appointment of Roxas as Aquino’s chief helper is doomed to fail, just like his benefactor. In a text message, Zambales Rep. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay said that although Aquino’s appointment of Roxas was a prior commitment wherein the President would be giving a larger chunk of presidential responsibilities, she was not certain that Roxas would do well as the designated troubleshooter of the administration. “It’s probably a prior arrangement they made during the campaign period. I’m not sure if Mar will be effective as the first thing he has to troubleshoot is the infighting within the Cabinet, the jockeying for juicy positions of each faction (Balay and Samar), the political payback that has to be paid to Aquino supporters, the vested interests that have to be protected and the influence peddling on all sides,” said Magsaysay..... MORE Posted by Jesusa Bernardo at 11:22 AM 0 comments Links to this post Troubleshooter makes trouble over Comelec head’s posting By Gerry Baldo 01/18/2011 Troubleshooter makes trouble over Comelec head’s posting By Gerry Baldo 01/18/2011 Troubleshooter Manuel Roxas II appeared to have launched his new role in the Palace by making trouble through meddling in the recent appointment of veteran election lawyer Sixto Brillantes as Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman by meeting with him personally after telling President Aquino he is against the posting because Brillantes was the lawyer of his potential rivals for the 2016 presidential race, Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sen. Francis Escudero. Roxas’ animosity toward Brillantes immediately elicited reactions from legislators saying that the Liberal Party (LP) president has no reason to object to Brillantes’ appointment. “I think he will be objective. Given his vast experience as election lawyer, his challenge is how to introduce electoral reforms to make Comelec credible,” Roxas partymate Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone said..... MORE Noy warned on ‘lavish spending’ 01/18/2011 Noy warned on ‘lavish spending’ Can President Aquino be accused of conspicuous consumption? Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago yesterday posed this question when sought for a reaction on the reported latest acquisition of the Chief Executive, a P4.5-million 2007 Porsche, said to have a market value of P7 to P9 million even if pre-owned. “You know we have a provision in the Civil Code, that if the country is facing a national emergency, you can go to court and prohibit a rich person from flaunting his wealth. So I don’t know if other people might want to avail themselves of this remedy under the Civil Code,” she said. The lawmaker, however, steered clear from issuing her opinion on the matter, being a former trial court judge, on mere speculation..... MORE 5 ex-DoH chiefs ask SC to order warnings on cigarette packs By Benjamin B. Pulta 01/18/2011 5 ex-DoH chiefs ask SC to order warnings on cigarette packs By Benjamin B. Pulta 01/18/2011 Five former health officials are asking the Supreme Court (SC) to order the insertion of warnings on cigarettes as well as all other tobacco products. The five are Drs. Esperanza Cabral, Francisco Duque III, Alberto Romualdez Jr., Jaime Galvez-Tan and Alfredo Bengzon.They filed with the high court a motion seeking to intervene in the case of tobacco firm Mighty Corp. against Administrative Order (AO) 2010-0013 issued by Cabral in May last year. AO 2010-0013 requires tobacco manufacturers to replace the written warnings currently featured on their cigarette packs with picture warnings to show terrifying images of the damage smoking can cause. It also prohibits manufacturers from using misleading words on cigarette packs like “mild,” “light,” “ultra-light,” and “low tar.” Tobacco-related diseases — stroke, cancer, heart attacks, tuberculosis, among other diseases — comprise seven out of the 10 primary causes of mortality in the country, the proponents said..... MORE URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110118nat1.html Trillanes attends 1st Senate session 01/18/2011 Trillanes attends 1st Senate session After spending seven years in prison on coup d’etat charges, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was sworn into office by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and was finally able to attend his first Senate session yesterday. Trillanes, who was granted provisional liberty pending the approval of his amnesty for participating in the 2003 “Oakwood” mutiny and the 2007 Peninsula Hotel siege, is currently under the custody of the Senate. He was accompanied to the podium by Senators Tito Sotto, Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla, who witnessed his reaffirmation of oath-taking before Enrile. Trillanes took his oath of office when he won the election in 2007. “Of course I’m excited,” Trillanes said when asked if he was excited about his first Senate session. “I’m just going to observe the first few weeks. I will be coming in as a student, actually and I won’t pretend to be an expert on these things.”.... MORE Hypocrisy 101 FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/1... Haunted by violence, Iraqi Christians flee to Turk... The heavens are angry NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Sigui... Murder and madness AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 0... Killings of newborn babies on the rise in Pakistan... Gasoline: A child’s drug of choice in Angola focus... Cha-cha pushed in Senate; hearings next month By A... Palace: Show proof ex-AFP, DND chiefs plundered fu... Mar or no, Noynoy expected to fail at solving gov’... 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__label__wiki	0.54144	0.54144	Teaching Cleveland Digital www.teachingcleveland.org Deferring Dreams: Racial and Religious Covenants in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, 1925 to 1970 By Marian Morton The pdf is here Deferring Dreams: Racial and Religious Covenants in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, 1925 to 1970 By Marian Morton Suburbia is mostly about dreams – of more gracious homes and more spacious lawns, dreams of leaving behind the old neighborhood for greener pastures, better schools, and nicer neighbors. Two realtors – the legendary Van Sweringen brothers and Abeyton Realty, created by the son of the legendary John D. Rockefeller – sold those dreams. “As you drive through Shaker Village and marvel at the consistent beauty of its development, remember this: it is a HOME SANCTUARY,” boasted the Van Sweringen Company’s advertisement in August 1925. “Protection attracts the finest homes.” 1 Five years later, Abeyton Realty, developer of the Forest Hill allotment in Cleveland Heights, promised “surroundings … where your neighbors are inevitably people of tastes in common with yours …. The careful restrictions placed on Forest Hill today will never be lowered.”2 That “protection” and those “restrictions” referred to the racial covenants embedded in Shaker Heights and the Rockefeller’s Forest Hill property deeds that for four decades deferred but did not defeat the suburban dreams of Jews and African Americans. Before cities and suburbs imposed zoning restrictions, developers of residential allotments customarily included in deeds covenants that mandated home prices and sizes, setbacks and sometimes landscaping. The assumption was that a factory or store or some other undesirable land use lowered property values. Racial covenants were based on the assumption that undesirable racial groups lowered property values. Municipal efforts to impose racial restrictions on property ownership were declared unconstitutional in 1917 by the U.S. Supreme Court. However, in 1926 in Corrigan v. Buckley, the court affirmed the right of private individuals or corporations to Impose through covenants restrictions on home sales by race or other criteria. These covenants prevented property owners from selling to specific groups or selling without the permission of the developer. 3(In the same year, the court affirmed the right of cities to impose zoning restrictions on private property in Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty; zoning would often have the same effect as racial covenants.) These decisions reflected two simultaneous trends: the rampant anti-Semitism and racism that found open expression in the (short- lived) rise of the Ku Klux Klan, tightened federal immigration restrictions, and the enormous suburban boom of the 1920s. Although there have always been other strategies for keeping undesirable persons out of a community – for example, realtors could simply refuse to show them homes-, racial covenants came into common use in much of the United States from the mid-1920s through the 1940s. Most covenants targeted specific racial groups that appeared to be a threat at that time and place: African Americans in many places but Asians on the West Coast; some covenants mentioned “Hebrews.”4 The covenants in Shaker Heights and Forest Hill did not mention any specific racial group but required that a property could not be re-sold without the consent of the developer and/or the surrounding neighbors. This vagueness meant that any undesirable neighbor could be excluded – for his occupation or politics, for example. The context in which those covenants were created in Shaker Heights and Forest Hill, however, make it clear that the real targets, as elsewhere, were Jews and African Americans. 5 Shaker Heights began as a planned community. Inspired by their success at selling distinguished homes in the Cleveland Heights’ neighborhood now referred to Shaker Farm, along Fairmount Boulevard east of Coventry Road to Lee Road, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen (the Vans) purchased 1,200 acres of the former community of Shakers (the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing) from a Buffalo real estate syndicate in 1906. The Vans’ Shaker Heights Village separated from Cleveland Heights in 1911 and was officially recognized as an independent village by the state of Ohio in 1912. The Vans quickly delivered on the suburban dream and laid out grand boulevards, green parks, curving streets, handsome public schools, two exclusive country clubs, two new lakes in addition to the two built by the Shakers, and tasteful commercial districts – and also built a rapid transit to carry their homeowners to and from downtown Cleveland. The early property deeds placed strict restrictions on the homes and property use, specifying architectural styles, colors, landscaping, locations of homes, driveways, garages, allowing the growing of flowers but not vegetables, prohibiting “weeds, underbrush, or other unsightly objects.” 6 “No spirituous, vinous, or fermented liquors” and no “barns, stables, or water closets” were permitted. 7 Shaker Heights quickly became a smashing success; its 1911 population of 200 soared to 1,600 in 1920. 8 Although prices of the homes varied, the initial assumption was that even moderately priced homes would be beyond the reach of undesirable buyers. Right next door, however, on Shaker’s southwestern boundary was the Kinsman-Mount Pleasant neighborhood, which stretched along Kinsman Road from E. 116th to E. 154th Streets. In the 1920s this became a working–class Jewish community. Its streets were lined with two-family homes, clothing stores, confectionaries, groceries, and delicatessens that catered to the Jewish clientele who also built the Kinsman Jewish Center (Congregation B’nai Jacob Kol Israel) and the Jewish Carpenters Hall.9 Most were not Reform or Conservative Jews, who had become more or less assimilated into American life, but Orthodox Jews, recent immigrants from Eastern Europe, who had moved east from the Jewish neighborhood around Woodland Avenue. (Kinsman Road within the Shaker boundaries was re-named Chagrin Boulevard in 1959.) In early 1925, the Vans began to add to their property deeds the covenants that restricted re- sale of properties: “No sublot of the property … shall be occupied, leased, rented, conveyed, or otherwise alienated … without the written consent of the Van Sweringen Company.” This consent could be granted, however, if the company was presented with a written request from the majority of neighbors within five sublots of the home in question. If the company was not available to provide the consent, it could be provided by the majority of those same neighbors. 10 In late September 1925, a crowd of 500 angry residents united “to bar undesirables … aroused by the fact that two colored persons have purchased property in their neighborhood. “11 In October 1925, the Shaker Protective Association attempted to get pre-1925 home owners to sign re-sale covenants, warning them of an “ever-present menace to every resident of Shaker Village and throughout Cleveland…. Unless a street is 100% signed up for restrictions, … the danger of an undesirable neighbor is an ever-present one.”12 Two ugly racial incidents had also taken place that fall; the first, in the Wade allotment in University Circle where a black doctor’s home was bombed. The second happened in Shaker in September when the Huntington Road home of another black doctor, Dr. Edward A. Bailey, was attacked. Shaker police stood guard outside the home, but Bailey regarded this as harassment and threatened to sue Mayor W.J. Van Aken. 13 The immediate impetus for the Shaker Protective Association was the fear of African American neighbors. The newly restrictive covenants, however, pre-dated these incidents by some months. Possibly the Vans were as prescient about blacks’ desire for suburban life as they were about whites.’ But most blacks, newly arrived in Cleveland from the South, were concentrated in the Central and Woodland neighborhoods, not close enough to be an imminent threat yet. Regardless, whether compelled by a Jewish neighborhood nearby or by a few blacks in their midst, three-quarters of Shaker residents had agreed to extend their deed restrictions for 99 years by 1927.14 Cleveland Heights developed piecemeal and haphazardly. Developers had started carving suburban allotments out of the farms and vineyards of East Cleveland Township in the 1890s. Cleveland Heights became independent of East Cleveland Township in 1901. The village early included middle-class allotments such as Cedar Heights (Bellfield and Grandview Avenues south of Cedar Road) and Mayfield Heights, just east of Coventry. But in the first two decades of the twentieth century, Cleveland Heights was just as socially ambitious as Shaker Heights; Cleveland Heights too had its curving boulevards, grand homes, green parks, and handsome schools. In addition, it included a portion of John D. Rockefeller’s estate and the Severance family mansions and was home to dozens of families listed in the Cleveland Blue Book. 15 They lived in the elegant allotments of Euclid Heights, Ambler Heights, Euclid Golf, and the Vans’ Shaker Farm. Deed restrictions on these properties mandated only single-family residential use and specified sizes and prices of homes. Advertisements often described these allotments as “exclusive,” but deeds did not restrict sales. 16 As in Shaker Heights, developers and homeowners assumed that the high cost of the properties would limit sales to desirable neighbors. Much of Cleveland Heights was already built out by the time the Rockefellers’ Forest Hill allotment got underway in late 1929. John D. Rockefeller had made his legal residence in New York City in 1884 but kept a summer home and working farm on his estate, Forest Hill, with a golf course, riding trails, and scenic pond and boat house, until 1917 when the house burned down. In 1923, he sold the property, bounded roughly by Glynn Road (in East Cleveland) on the north, Taylor Road on the east, Mayfield Road on the south, and Superior Road on the east, to his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., to develop. The local press was ecstatic: the development would improve “the whole tone … in the entire eastern end of Cleveland Heights and [check] certain isolated tendencies toward inferior development.” 17 After some years of bickering with Cleveland Heights over roadways and sewers, Rockefeller Jr., with the help of architect Andrew J. Thomas, began building homes along the northern boundary of the allotment. Six hundred homes, all in the French Norman style, were planned; these elegant homes in East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights were not Shaker Heights mansions, but they were definitely designed for a middle-class clientele who knew elegance when they saw – or bought – it. In imitation of the Vans’, Rockefeller properties had stringent restrictions on land use, mandating the price of the homes, placement of the garage, home, and driveway, and landscaping. From the very beginning of the development, however, deeds also included covenants that limited re- sale. Abeyton Realty and prospective Forest Hill homeowners had far better reason than the Van Sweringens to worry about Jewish neighbors, for there was already a significant Jewish presence in northern Cleveland Heights: the Mayfield Cemetery, just west of Coventry; the Montefiore Home on Mayfield, just east of the Heights Rockefeller Building; Jewish-owned shops on Coventry Road, and across Mayfield from the Montefiore Home, the congregation B’nai Jeshurun’s Temple on the Heights. The Rockefeller interests in 1924 had tried to persuade the congregation to exchange that location for a larger parcel on Superior Road; the congregation actually halted the construction of its new building, but the land swap fell through. 18 These were Conservative, not Orthodox, Jewish institutions, but hardly more welcome in the neighborhood. Rockefeller’s timing was dreadful. The first advertisements for the Forest Hill allotment appeared in 1930, only months after the bottom fell out of the American economy and the Great Depression began. Only 81 of the French Norman homes, most in East Cleveland, and the Heights Rockefeller building, at Lee Boulevard and Mayfield in Cleveland Heights, were completed in the early 1930s. The ads for Forest Hill always stressed the prestige that homeowners would gain just by living on or near the Rockefeller estate, but in the early years of the Depression, ads also emphasized that these homes were a great bargain (which was undoubtedly the case) and a good financial investment. Nevertheless, home-building and buying slowed to a crawl in the mid-1930s. In 1938, after his father’s death, John D. Rockefeller Jr. gave much of the original estate to East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights for a public park. When the economy began to recover in the late thirties, the exclusivity of the allotment once again became a key selling point: “Its high residential standards are carefully guarded by well chosen restrictions intelligently administered.”19 This Rumson Road deed, dated 1939, required that the Grantor (the developer) had to give permission for the owner to re-sell the property; if the Grantor was not available , permission “shall be deemed to be sufficiently obtained if obtained from a majority of the owners of the ten (10) nearest sublots,” who also had the right to enforce the restrictions.20 In early 1946, Rockefeller re-issued deeds to hundreds of Forest Hill residents that extended this restrictive covenant from ten to 20 years. When Rockefeller sold the remaining parcels to George Roose in 1950, the covenants were included in the deed of sale. 21 Roose also included the covenants in property deeds until at least 1959. They were not included when he sold the remaining parcels to Vinewood Incorporated in 1962. In 1948 the Supreme Court had ruled that restrictive covenants could not be legally enforced. The court decision did not preclude informal or extra-legal means of enforcing covenants, however, and the vagueness of the Shaker Heights and Forest Hill covenants meant that any group considered undesirable could still be excluded. By the early 1950s, African Americans presented a much more likely threat to suburban exclusivity than they had in the 1920s. In 1950, they constituted 16 percent of Cleveland’s population (up from 14 percent in 1940),22 and like other Americans in the prosperous postwar period, they dreamed of green lawns, fine homes, and social acceptance. They became the targets not only of racial covenants but of racial violence. In 1954, the home in the Ludlow neighborhood of a prominent black attorney, John Peggs, was bombed. There were several racial bombings and a racially inspired murder in Cleveland Heights in the late 1960s.23 But a seismic change in racial attitudes, reflecting the strengthening civil rights movement, was underway. In 1968, Congress passed the Housing Rights Act that made illegal racial or religious discrimination by housing providers and home-owners. Shaker citizens, energized by the 1954 bombing, had already begun to work for peaceful racial integration, forming citizens’ groups in the Ludlow, Moreland, and Lomond neighborhoods. These organizations welcomed black neighbors and at the same time, tried to halt blockbusting and white flight. In 1965, the city’s Shaker Heights Housing Office assumed these responsibilities.24 Cleveland Heights residents followed a similar path. Led by members of St. Ann Church (now Communion of Saints), residents formed the Heights Community Congress to achieve a racially integrated community. Cleveland Heights City Council passed fair housing legislation and in 1976 established a city housing service. 25 Both cities still maintain fair housing programs. It is difficult to assess the impact of restrictive covenants during the decades when they were legally viable. Memories of those who were made unwelcome remained vivid and sometimes bitter decades later. In the 1980s, Manny Rocker, then Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge, remembered his unsuccessful efforts to buy a house on Lomond Boulevard forty years earlier; when his realtor offered to evade the restrictions against Jews, Rocker refused: “I considered the whole business a slap in the face.” He bought a house in another Shaker neighborhood, apparently without difficulty.26 Bernard Isaacs described the Van Sweringen covenants (probably incorrectly) this way: “as absolute and as restrictive as any in the nation … The covenant was used to deter Jewish families from settling in certain parts of Shaker.” 27 Winston Ritchie recalled that in 1966, already a resident of Shaker although he was African American, he applied for but did not get the “Van Sweringen consent” to buy a lot on Green Road; he finally did get the consent of five people on either side of the lot and ten across the street, but not before he was turned down by one of his Jewish neighbors. Ritchie was later elected to the Shaker Heights City Council.28 Forest Hill residents had similar memories. “The Rockefeller area was very restricted, especially at the beginning …. [T]hey did not want either Catholics or Jewish people, or blacks or anybody who wasn’t WASP to be a part of the area. … When we moved back in [19]65, we were interviewed and asked many questions to see whether they were willing to accept us;” Catherine Ballew was herself a former Forest Hill resident. 29 Dr. Herbert Jakob had lived in Cleveland Heights almost all his life. When he and his family moved to Forest Hill in 1967, “Forest Hill was totally segregated and to get in there you had to pass an inspection by a person who was very arrogant whose name I can’t recall. But in a very subtle manner he would determine whether or not you were eligible. To the best of my knowledge I was the first Jew that moved in there.”30 Yet the racial covenants did not cover all homes in Forest Hill and Shaker Heights all the time. Twenty-five percent of Shaker residents apparently resisted the 1925 plea by the Shaker Protective Association. The covenants of the first Forest Hill residents expired after ten years, which would have allowed them to resell without permissions. (This may explain the 1946 efforts by the Rockefeller interests to extend the covenants.) Clearly, covenants were difficult for developers to enforce, placing the burden on home-owners. But home-owners, anxious to sell and/or opposed to racial covenants in principle, may have ignored them; home-buyers, anxious to buy or opposed in principle, may have evaded them. Consequently, demographic data tells a slightly different story than the personal recollections. In 1937, demographer Howard Whipple Green located Jewish children in all of Shaker’s public schools, most clustered near the border of Kinsman-Mount Pleasant in what is now the Lomond neighborhood; he estimated that there were already 873 Jewish families in Shaker.31 The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland estimated that Jewish children constituted 9.3% of Shaker’s school population in 1944, 16 percent in 1951, and 18.4 percent in 1968. The federation also estimated that there were 14,700 Jews in Shaker Heights in 1970, slightly more than 40 percent of Shaker’s population. 32 Shaker was home to only two Jewish institutions, however. Beth-El Synagogue was built on Kinsman just within the Shaker boundaries in 1954, leaving in 1998 to join the congregation that is now Beth El-Heights Synagogue in Cleveland Heights. Only one other Jewish congregation established a synagogue in Shaker Heights, Shaker Lee Synagogue, completed in 1961; this Orthodox congregation left in 1971 to join the Warrensville Center Synagogue. Green’s data on Cleveland Heights in 1937 shows a heavy concentration of Jews along Mayfield and Coventry Roads and Jewish children in all public schools, but especially those in northern Cleveland Heights. Dr.Jakob’s recollections notwithstanding, Green counted more than 70 Jewish families in the census tracts that included the still almost undeveloped Forest Hill in 1937.33 A post-war influx of Orthodox Jews swelled Cleveland Heights’ Jewish population to an estimated 27,000 in 1944, perhaps half of the city’s population. 34 The Jewish Community Federation estimated that Jewish children constituted 33.6 percent of Cleveland Heights public school children in 1944, 47.3 percent in 1951, and 19.8 percent in 1968. The federation also estimated that there were 15,300 Jews in Cleveland Heights in 1970, about 25 percent of the total population. 35 There are no precise figures on a Jewish population in Forest Hill, but in 1970, there were two large Conservative congregations on Mayfield Road, and several small Orthodox congregations and the Jewish Community Center on Taylor Road on the southern and western boundaries of the allotment. The black migration to suburbia, prior to the 1968 federal legislation, was slower, impeded not just by covenants but by real and threatened violence in both suburbs, as well as by economic barriers. Nevertheless, in 1970, blacks constituted two percent of Cleveland Heights’ population (25 percent a decade later) and 14.5 percent of Shaker’s. 36 Despite the 40 years of racial covenants, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights (and University Heights) in 2011 have retained the largest share of Cuyahoga County’s Jewish population: 27 percent, an estimated 22,200 people and a decline of four percent from 1996 as the Jewish community continues to move east and south.37 Shaker Heights’ 2010 population was 28,448; 55 percent were white, 37 percent were black, and the rest were American Indian or Asian. Cleveland Heights’ population in 2010 was 46,121; 49.8 percent were white; 42.5 percent were black, and the rest were American Indian or Asian; African Americans lived in all neighborhoods, including Forest Hill. 38 Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights today pride themselves on their racial, religious and economic diversity, diversity that their founders never imagined. Suburbia is still about dreams – same dreams, different dreamers. 1 Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 15, 1925:17. 2 Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 9, 1930: 74. 3 Robert M. Fogelson. Bourgeois Nightmares. Suburbia, 1870-1930. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005), 95-105. 4 http://www.bostonfairhousing.org; http://washington.edu/civilr/covenants.htm 5 There may have been efforts to keep Catholics out of these communities as well. However, documentation is scant because individual Catholics are difficult for real estate agents and neighbors (and later historians) to identify. There are suggestions that the Shaker Heights Zoning Board made it difficult for St. Dominic’s, the only Catholic congregation in Shaker, to build its church, completed in 1948. The congregation was a spinoff from St. Cecelia’s Church in Mount Pleasant and may have had African American members. ((http://www.stdominicchurch,net). St. Louis Church (now closed) was denied permission to build in Forest Hill – Forest Hill Church Presbyterian had already bought property there – but did complete its building across the street on Taylor Road in 1951. (Marian J. Morton, Cleveland Heights Congregations (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 81. 6 Cuyahoga County Recorders Office, #1812714, Volume 3379, 101 8 David G. Molyneaux and Sue Sackman. 75 Years: An Informal History of Shaker Heights (Shaker Heights: Shaker Heights Public Library, 1987), 24. 9 Lloyd P. Gartner,History of the Jews of Cleveland (Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1978), 183. Judah Rubinstein and Jane Avner. Merging Traditions: Jewish Life in Cleveland. Revised edition (Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 2004), 161-184. 10 Cuyahoga County Recorders Office, #1715174, Volume 3204, 557. 11 Heights Dispatch, October 1, 1925: 1. 12 Molyneaux and Sackman, 85. 13 Kenneth L. Kusmer, A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930 (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 168-169; Heights Dispatch, October 15, 1925: 1. 15 Marian J. Morton. Cleveland Heights: The Making of an Urban Suburb (Charleston, S.C.: 2002), 39. 16 Morton, 56-57. 17 Heights Press, April 17, 1925: 1. 18 Morton, 110. 19 Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 23, 1939: 51. 20 Cuyahoga County Recorders Office, #2734469, Vol. 5020, 514. 21 Cuyahoga County Recorders Office, #207187 Vol. 6646, 524. 22 Carol Poh Miller and Robert A. Wheeler. Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1996 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997), 157. 23 Molyneux and Sackman, 81; Morton, 126-130. 24 W. Dennis Keating, The Suburban Racial Dilemma: Housing and Neighborhoods (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994), 96-106. 25 Morton, 126-130. 26 Molyneux and Sackman, 92. 27 Molyneux and Sackman, 81, 28 Molyneux and Sackman, 84. . 29 Oral History, Catherine Ballew, July 27, 2002. 30 Oral History, Dr. Herbert Jakob, January 18, 2002. 31 Howard Whipple Green. Jewish Families in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland: Cleveland Health Council, 1939), 6, 64. 32 Judah Rubinstein, Estimating Cleveland’s Jewish Population (Cleveland: Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland), 6, 9, Appendix C. 33 Green, 6, 64. 35 Rubinstein, 6,9, Appendix C. 36 Keating, 135, 101. 37 http://issuu.com/jcfcleve. 38 http://quickfacts.census.govt; Keating, 137. Teaching Cleveland Digital is a repository of writing, pictures and videos to support the teaching of Cleveland, Northeast Ohio and Ohio @ www.teachingcleveland.org. 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__label__cc	0.668837	0.331163	Home › Books Get sample for free Her Father's Daughter Newcastle Books Comic Fiction, Satire, Mainstream Buy and download By proceeding I confirm and acknowledge that I understand that the content will be delivered and thus you will fully perform the contract. I expressly agree that I will lose my right to withdraw from the contract. This book is presented in an Adobe DRM protected format. Instruction for reading the book in this format. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ● From the bestselling author of The Sisterhood, a riveting novel about the daughter of author Leo Tolstoy, based on original letters and diary entries ● A treat for lovers of historical fiction1909, Russia. 39-year-old Tatiana has all the reasons to be happy: her father is possibly the world's greatest living author; her financial future is secure, and she is in love. Yet her father, 70-year-old Leo Tolstoy, opposes the marriage. This is not the first time−he had scared away four of Tatiana's suitors. In fact, her father does not see why she should marry and enslave herself to a man. Yet Tatiana knows that she is not getting any younger. Having dedicated her life to her father's career and to the raising of her ten siblings, she feels now is her time to spread her wings. The only question is whether she has any? With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Her Father's Daughter captures the epic panorama of pre-revolution Russia and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the daughter's struggle. A heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. “Caroline Dubois skillfully weaves Tolstoy's daughter's tale with the correspondence of a yet-to-be-known shy Indian lawyer, Mahatma Gandhi. Through Gandhi's eyes, the daughter is to learn a valuable lesson in forgiveness.“−The New Yorker "A gem... Entirely original, Innocence is a book you set aside like a fine wine and wait for the chance to reopen and savor it."−BookPage“Historical fiction at its best."−Bustle* * * BOOK EXCERPT © All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission:CHAPTER ONEROME, DECEMBER 1931 Tatiana Tolstoy-Sukhotin stood near the window, waiting.The 67-year-old countess stared at the street below thinking, ‘When will he arrive? The telegram said he’d arrive at three…’She sat down on the couch in her little apartment. A moment later she got up and walked back to the window, thinking wistfully of the snow she loved in her childhood. She missed the snow.The newspaper on her coffee table showed his photograph on the front page: those odd round spectacles, the brown skin, the smile with several teeth missing.She wanted to be upset with this man for not arriving on time, but she found herself instead smiling back at the face covering the newspaper’s front page.She leaned forward and looked at the article again: “Gandhi Arrivando questa mattina a Roma.”She read the title again. Though she had only lived in Italy for a few years, she could understand Italian fairly well. It was very similar to Latin, of which she had an adequate knowledge. Her father had taught her well.“Gandhi Arriving in Rome This Morning,” she translated to herself, “The Indian leader to visit Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in the evening. In the morning he will be greeted by the naval cadets, and then taken to meet with government officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Dino Grandi. In the afternoon, prior to visiting Il Duce, Gandhi will be visiting the Tolstoy Museum in Rome.”She was glad the address was not mentioned. The last thing she wanted was a throng of people and the hideous reporters with their cameras. She had suffered because of them throughout her life, always chasing her father. * * *END OF EXCERPT (To read further click on the book cover, where you can read more using the Look Inside Feature!) Comics, Graphic Novels	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line377
__label__wiki	0.545766	0.545766	The Counterfeit Spirit The religious spirit has plagued the thrust of God’s people from the beginning. Since the first century church, its counterfeit antics have perverted the household of faith’s quest for more of God. Its modus operandi is subtle, seductive and entangling. At its root is the perversion, the misapplication of the glory and blessing. At its gates even the elect stumble trying to do the right thing for the wrong reason. Its undermining tactics are why, for so many, that the power is either anemic or it backfires. Combined with mammon, the potential of the religious spirit is magnified with an influence bleeding into the infrastructures of culture, economies and seats of power. The core application of the glory and blessing was labeled by Paul as the law or the principle of Christ (Gal 6:2), which he described as “bearing one another’s burdens.” This core application should be a banner we uphold. The long-standing foundation of this dynamic is outlined in Isaiah 53:4 and Matthew 8:17: “Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows.” Paul wrote Timothy (2 Tim 3:5) to be cautious in dealing with those who are caught up in themselves with a form of godliness, but whose lives are a denial of God’s power. The psalmist (Ps 40) describes those who have turned to the proud or lapsed into falsehood. When combined with those who are ever learning without coming to a knowledge of the truth (2 Tim 3:7), you have a snapshot of those caught in the grip of the religious spirit. The Stumbling The churches in Revelation 2 and 3 demonstrate how communities and institutions of believers can “get it” partially, yet still significantly be blind-sided. Only two of the seven churches noted garnered the Lord’s approval: the persecuted churches in Philadelphia and Smyrna. Their path was through the fire. Part of the church at Thyatira had kept their focus and wasn’t seduced and waylaid, like their brethren, by religious falsehoods and devices. The rest were clearly instructed to repent, corporately. The pathways into their spiritual slippage included: the presumption of living on past exploits, having lost their original zeal and purpose, along with being encumbered with the conditions of the world and straying into becoming compromising and lukewarm. At the core of these revealing judgments against the churches missing the mark was a religious spirit, the counterfeit which distorts and misapplies the glory and blessing. It illustrates the intensity of the battleground within institutions where replacement of the vibrancy and direction of the move of the Spirit has taken root. It punctuates the importance of upholding the mantle and standard that defines true biblical leadership. It is humbling that the churches judged in Revelation were within the generation of communities birthed by those who had walked with Jesus. Since its inception, one of the most subtle deceptions operating against the church has been in accurately assessing the enemy’s actions. Evaluating the enemy’s capabilities by using the same yardstick used to measure ourselves has been the soft-spot in the tactical underbelly for God’s people over the centuries. The lure has been in “being like everyone else.” From the beginning God has had His own playbook for His people. In selecting leaders, Moses’ father-in-law advised him to choose from those exhibiting not only competence and the fear of God, but those who were truly trustworthy and who had a track record of avoiding covetousness (Ex 18:21). Jesus advanced the secrets from this playbook. They are the principles of the Kingdom. On an individual basis, there are several key factors by which the religious spirit erodes one’s purity of heart. It begins with pride and fear, but simultaneous taps covetousness (greed), deceit, division and confusion. It is about knowing Him and walking in harmony together with Him. “Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, and has not turned to the proud nor to those who lapse into falsehood.” Ps 40:4 Paul’s prescient response to this fine-line issue is a key Kingdom principle: that in our weakness, God’s strength would be manifested. So it was with the two churches gaining the Lord’s approval in Revelation. The others in need of correction, in one way or another had aligned themselves to operate using the same standard and criterion, the counterfeit spirit, as the world around them. The Issue Compounded Christian groups, from churches, to ministries, to marketplace organizations seeking to overcome the world, too often measure their success — and approach their goals as an issue driven by money. In the Kingdom, that is the cart before the horse. In reality it is a matter of stewardship. The loss of this focus leads to the influence of mammon, whereby the love or quest of money rules. Jesus said: “he who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much” (Luke 16:10). Good stewardship will prevail in its mastery over whatever resource is truly managed. However, when the religious spirit is compounded with the love or quest of money, then the gates are opened for disorder, division, critical distrust and an array of controlling, manipulating spirits. Given free reign it digresses into sorcery and the misuse of the anointing by deceit and high-levels of manipulation. Many years ago, the Lord spoke a most unique word to me concerning the business I was operating. He instructed me that: “whatever sphere of influence you walk into, to immediately begin looking beyond it, lest it overwhelm you.” While I recognized the wisdom this pointed to in applying the dynamic of faith, this word yielded even greater insight into avoiding the breakdown of stewardship in which either mammon or a religious spirit or both could gain access. Illustrating this point of stumbling within Christian organizations was a prayer initiative that was birthed when George W. Bush became president. Designed to mobilize and provide the prayer support needed for the national task of wielding righteous power in corrupt settings, it initially blossomed. The realities of supporting this effort required fund-raising. However, as the initiative evolved, the fund-raising began morphing the focus on prayer until the initiative stalled and then fizzled. The means became the end. It was clearly the right thing done in a wrong way. Curbing the subtle power of mammon begins with the awareness of its devices, even within the context of good stewardship. The ability to make or raise money is not the answer. However, those with a true Romans 12 gift of giving hold the most potential in its mastery. The antidote to this alliance between the religious spirit and mammon begins with unity among those over finances wrapped into a foundation of godly maturity, humility/trust and leadership. The Maturity Factor In His relationship with His disciples there came a time when Jesus told them that He no longer considered them servants, but friends. Jesus was raising the bar. He said that servants don’t understand what their master is doing, but that He had made known to them ALL that the Father had shown Him. With that, He extended trust and imparted the essential dividing line for Kingdom maturity. It was the point at which their calling and their lives were no longer about them. “He who loves his life will lose it, but he who hates his life in this world will gain it eternally.” John 12:25 Jesus penetrated the spiritual veil (Heb 6:19-20) to embrace the pure power that scatters darkness. This is the process restored. It is the demonstration of the fullness actuated by Jesus’ victory over death. This mantle has been passed to those anointed leaders willing to pay the cost and persevere to access the veil and fulfill the law of Christ by destroying the works of the devil. Unfortunately, far too many short-circuit the process and succumb to making an idol out of the calling. Those genuinely anointed to lead, whether as priests, prophets or modern-day Josephs will wield the glory and blessing, often walking into the face of darkness with a purity and authority that risks everything, but makes darkness flee. “Build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God’s love; …be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear–hating even the clothing stained by defiled flesh.” Jude 20-23 NIV The Humility and Trust Factor The anointing to lead can result in overcompensating for the enormity of the calling. Cindy Jacobs once told me that many true modern-day apostles, which include today’s Josephs, operate with a false humility. Godly humility cannot be contrived. It is forged in the fire and carries with it a recognizable authority. Godly humility is devoid of arrogance and deceit as those who recognize true authority serve as pure God-pleasers. “Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority with solders under me and I say to this one ‘go’ and he goes and to another ‘come’ and he comes.” Matt 8:8-9 Stripped of position, Joseph the Patriarch had very little he could depend on, other than the Lord’s daily guidance and the authority that came from the mantle of God’s blessing that he wielded. Joseph was groomed in a fire of humility to where it became a part of his nature. With the brandmark of humility was the integrity of heart and trust that he could always be counted on to do what he said he would do. With his chief advantage being the guidance and wisdom God was giving him, there was little to no room for pride or scheming. That is the combination needed for true spiritual maturity and the foundation for biblical leadership. The Leadership Factor Understanding the significance God had for Joseph the Patriarch lends a glimmer into understanding the long and very arduous wait-times being endured by many modern-day Josephs. In raising the bar, Jesus described the criteria for true friendship and love, as the willingness to sacrifice for those counted as friends (John 15:13). He defined friends as those who could be trusted with the details of God’s strategies and purposes. That dynamic is the foundation for His standard for love — and with that the real foundation of humility. Without trust, the mantle falls short and is prey to the scheming and selfish ambition provoked by the counterfeit, the religious spirit. Weathering the devices of the enemy’s onslaughts against Christian organizations takes both maturity and leadership. Mature, godly, sacrificial leadership will have no other foundation apart from humility and trust. Against such, the enemy cannot stand. “This is my instruction, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:12-13 God’s preparation time for Joseph galvanized him against the religious spirits and sorcery that prevailed in Egypt. That inoculation gave him mastery over mammon in his role as chief administrator of resources in averting tragedy for those under his charge during the famine. Joseph became the model of a true prophetic steward. His example is the counterpoint to those succumbing to religious spirits who have deviated from the narrow path in their time of preparation. Entrance into entertaining religious spirits is too often triggered by short-cuts to lighten the pressures of the pathway. It takes discipline and resolve to hold the course. Joseph’s path into maturity and leadership was enriched by humility and the trustworthiness he exhibited in the years of abiding in God’s presence. As it was for Joseph, there are no short-cuts. This path into abiding with the Lord involves a fine line described in Hebrews as the “dividing asunder between soul and spirit.” Perseverance and waiting on the Lord and His established times are not options. They are in fact the crucible that weeds out the many who are called from the few who are chosen. “The way of the righteous is level and smooth. O Upright One, make the path of the righteous straight. While following the way of your judgments, we have eagerly waited for You. At night my soul longs for You. Indeed my spirit seeks you diligently. For when the earth experiences Your judgments, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.” Isa 26:7-10 This message was updated from a chapter in “The Mantle of Fire” by Morris Ruddick. Morris Ruddick has been a forerunner and spokesman for the higher dimensions of business leadership since the mid-90s. As founder of Global Initiatives Foundation and designer of the God’s Economy Entrepreneurial Equippers Program, Mr. Ruddick imparts hope and equips economic community builders to be blessed to be a blessing where God’s light is dim in diverse regions around the globe. He is author of “The Joseph-Daniel Calling;” “Gods Economy, Israel and the Nations;” “The Heart of a King;” “Something More;” “Righteous Power in a Corrupt World;” “Leadership by Anointing;” and “Mantle of Fire,” which address the mobilization of business and governmental leaders with destinies to impact their communities. They are available in print and e-versions from www.Amazon.com, www.apple.com/ibooks and www.BarnesandNoble.com. Global Initiatives Foundation (www.strategic-initiatives.org) is a tax-exempt 501 (c) 3 non-profit whose efforts are enabled by the generosity of a remnant of faithful friends and contributors whose vision aligns with God’s heart to mobilize economic community builders imparting influence and the blessings of God. Checks on US banks should be made out to Global Initiatives and mailed to PO Box 370291, Denver CO 80237 or by credit card at http://strategicintercession.org/support/ Likewise, email us to schedule a seminar for your group’s gathering on the Joseph-Daniel Calling or on anointing the creative in business. 2017 Copyright Morris Ruddick — info@strategic-initiatives.org Reproduction is prohibited unless permission is given by a SIGN advisor. Since early 1996, the Strategic Intercession Global Network (SIGN) has mobilized prophetic intercessors and leaders committed to targeting strategic-level issues impacting the Body on a global basis. 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But not everyone would like to be a true participant… From my childhood movies, I have memories of Indians hunting for scalps, treasures in caves, hard conquests of the Andes, raging rivers, and poisonous snakes. But my wish will not come true just because I want it. The Divine Ones have their own view on that. Contact sacred parts of the world, fill up the energy, receive information from the thin world are the tasks They set for me. And one of the major objectives during my trips is to discover clean souls in people. August 5, 2008. Lima, the national capital of Peru. A great and very clean city, founded in 1535. The city is located on the Pacific shore. The history of Peru is excellently described in history books. I would like to tell about my unusual meetings only. Frankly, I did not read anything about the history of Peru. But I had very knowledgeable guides, and their information about the country's history was comprehensive. Day One – meeting the city. The government building is surrounded with military vehicles on the alert. Little time had passed after riots in the country – military coups, robbery and murder. The government building. I was there just in time to see the changing of the guard. Santo Domingo, an ancient Roman Catholic church which decorates the central square with its unique architecture. I liked Lima by night much better. It looked mysterious. There were the "other" in the room, they were kind and gave me the energy of love. We went to the Larco Herrera Museum, a rather large one. I was met by a weird dog at the entrance to the building. We have "bald" cats called sphinxes – but I have never seen dogs like that. It is a Peruvian breed – very funny dogs! The museum has a lot of earthenware reflecting the life of the ancient Incas. There are also a lot of erotic items. Watching a movie about the Inca emperor is one things and seeing their clothes and decorations is another. Walking on the earth trodden by them is an unrealistic sensation. In one of the museum section, I was approached by the spirit of the dead and engaged me in the conversation between the guide and himself. There were many different contacts. But those contacts were for the guide rather than me. There were three guides in total. Excellent people. That is why information was related to them. I was waiting for something unusual happen to me – things I had not seen. The time has probably not come yet. August 7, 2008. I flew to Chiclayo. I was met by a young charming girl. It was her eyes that struck me. They were irradiating an interior light, so shyly as if afraid to open up to the world. On the same day, we went to Sipán (Huaca Rajada). I had some funny contacts in the museum. When the guide was telling something, the Other came to explain things in detail – things unknown to modern people. The guide would just shrug his shoulders and I had fun. I learned a lot about the Inca history from the guide's and the Other's tours – the history of the people I loved. This people would get up in my memory, from some deep subconsciousness, flashing out in various situations. We went to Túcume, the valley of cursed pyramids. First, I was surprised by the name. But when we got on top of the tallest mountain, the guide and the Divine Ones told a lot about the valley. The pyramid was built to praise gods so they saved people from floods and droughts. And bloody human victims were offered. If the pyramid did not help, another one would be built. And so, a good number of them were eventually built. It's a pity they were built from clay, and so their initial shape did not last long. August 8, 2008. We arrived in Trujillo. We visited the Huaca de la Luna, while the Huaca del Sol was closed. But even there, I had contacts. And again, the information was for the guide rather than me. In the Temple of the Dragon, the Divine Ones told information absolutely opposite to what people had thought. I may be confused with the names of the temples as they are too numerous. But I assure you, being in an ancient land is an indelible impression! We went to the Pacific Ocean to wash our feet in the biggest and greatest ocean on the earth. After that, I headed to the airport. August 9, 2008. I came to Lima again. The guide who met and saw me off three times was a very responsive and gifted person. Meeting her made a very good impression on me as she was sincere and friendly. August 10, 2008. I am going to Cuzco, a magnificent Inca-Catholic city. The Divine Ones provided information about temples – but again for the guide. Looks like I am being ignored again! A terrific Inca temple! It's a pity it has been built into a catholic temple. It is now like two cultures in one place. The Indians are tall, and due to that feature can be differentiated by tribes: Tall and short Incas. The short ones are hardly 1.5 metres tall, and their kids are just tiny. The Incas and Mayans are known to be well-versed in astronomy. This knowledge could have been given to them by the Divine Ones. The cathedral. Cuzco. As we were touring the city, the guide took me to a shaman who treated people, performed rites and gave different amulets for protection. I should have told that the walls in Catholic cathedrals feature great pieces of art. You can go to cathedrals just as you go to galleries, and enjoy the ineffable beauty! My guide. A true historian with extensive knowledge and a wonderful storyteller. I was about to go up many pyramids. Those pyramids were built from huge stones and still look intact. Sacsayhuamán was often shown on TV. And I put my feet on its steps, transfixed. The joyful Inca. Ollantaytambo – you can't run the steps fast. They are built on a hill, and the building is huge, too. August 10, 2008. In the evening, we agreed to pay a visit to an Inca known to all Peruvians. We had agreed to have a meeting with him long before my arrival. But unexpectedly, he had a backache, and the Inca invited us over to his place. We decided to have dinner and then go visit him. We came to a small vegetarian restaurant and ordered dinner. We had to wait for quite a long time. Some time later, I felt bad. Now I would go pale, then green, then red, sweating profusely. I was as bad as in Tibet, when I for the first time was approached by Ishwara. I refused dinner, paid the bill and rushed to the hotel. I did not have any strength left to take off my clothes, so I just dropped on my bed. Crazy, unbearable headache and pain in my chest. I felt my neck swell and cheekbones turn inside out. I was approached by the aliens who occupied the whole room. Black-and-grey skin, and their faces are all speckled with some signs, lines and images. They are very short, 50 to 70 cm – just like kids. They have big black horizontal eyes shaped like a peach pit, but without pupils. Their hands are small, and palms like those of one-year-olds, with five fingers. I must have felt so bad because of their presence. I felt so bad I could hardly think or speak a word, or move. I was just gazing at them like a fish with bulging eyes, wantonly. I did not feel any sign of kindness. I had strange feelings – alien, savage feelings. I began regaining my ability to think. The only thing I could think of was call Amun-Ra for help. I called him using his cosmic name, Yuoni. I was yelling and calling for help, but my pain dissipated only by the morning, after injections in my head. In the morning, when I came up to the mirror, I saw bloody ellipse-shaped brands on both cheeks, with inscriptions inside the ellipses. They were changing fast like captions. I was looking into my face and did not believe my eyes. My only wish was to have nothing left on my face. The captions disappeared from my face, and the ellipses stayed on. The guide saw them. When I told what had happened to me, the guide was shocked. The brands stayed in my cheeks for quite a while. August 11, 2008. We visited the Pisac Valley. On the way there, the Inca women were selling their hand-made items. We then headed for the llama farm. A llama came up to me putting its head on my shoulder and trying to wrap me with its neck. It was so funny! Having gone farther ahead, we were among the locals whose business is dyeing the wool. Llama wool is very soft, and they dye it with natural dyestuff. We went to a local bazaar. Almost all Incas wear long hair. So exotic! We stopped for lunch, and the Incas were playing wonderful ethnic music. Man, it was so hard to get up the top of the magnificent pyramid. When I was going up, I felt presence of the Other, and the photos confirm this. The people are small, and the ball is rather big. One can see a person inside it in the camera – but none in the picture. When I was going down the pyramid, the Other were accompanying me. The cactuses are inhabited by some black bugs. The bugs are picked up, crushed, and their red juice is added to the fabric to get the natural red colour. I stopped for the night in this picturesque hotel before going on the next tour. August 12, 2008. We took a train to the sacred mountain of Machu Picchu. As soon as we came there, we went to the top of the mountain – the other one, not Machu Picchu. On the way, the Divine Ones were talking with my guide. The way up was not difficult but influenced by the altitude, so I took frequent rests sitting on ancient rocks and admiring the majestic beauty of the Andes. I decided to "nose" into those openings. In one of them, I felt energy, took a photo – and I was right. Somebody pushed me hard into the opening, and my head had a painful contact with the rock. We were passing by a strange stony structure. I took the guide along. We went up the seven steps and entered a place. The sun was beaming through the foliage, and an isoscales triangle was lit on the ground. This was the minute when the sun was lighting up the way the reflection was seen on the earth. If I came there earlier or later, I wouldn't see any reflection. The triangle had some signs. But there was nothing around apart from the thick foliage and these strange rocks. We went up and into the temple for meditation. The view from the top is just excellent! I really liked this flower, bruminia. I wanted to bring it home and try growing it in our climate. But they grow on rocks and in the tree bark, high up the mountains. When we came up to the meditation temple, I had a rest and rushed into the jungle to find the flower. I was not afraid of spiders or snakes. I did find the flower, and it had lived in the pot for five months, and then died. It's a pity it could not strike root… There is an ancient Inca town not far from Machu Picchu. It is not inhabited but is rather a remnant of the great civilisation. We walked building by building, and near the industrial area, the Divine Ones made three injections on top of the left side on my head. Very painful. I felt like every hair bulb was covered with furuncles. Blood streaked out of the injection spots and dried into small volcano-shaped spots. The guide saw me suffer but could only offer sympathy. The Other visited me at night. An invisible body was breathing fire and pulsing in front of me. First, I thought it was my breath bouncing against something and returning fire in my face. You know, like people breathing into their palms to sniff their breath. I held my breath as long as I could. But no, the fiery breathing went on – breathe in, breathe out – a dragon breathing and pulsing violently, or as if a huge heart was beating hard – boom, boom, boom. There seemed to be a creature near me, with high fever. This breathing and beating continued all night long. I felt as if I was being observed. When the guide and I were having a walk in the ancient town, something told me I should go up Machu Picchu. The guide said it was a very difficult way up. But I had to go – and I did. The mountain is 2,400 metres high. Indeed, the way up was hard. Good steps changed into boulders far apart from each other. The narrow pathways bordered the abyss on one side and rocks on the other. Going up is half the trouble, because I had to back down clutching the steps and vegetation with my fingers. And it was scary to look down into the abyss. But when you face the steps, it's not that terrible at all! The vista on top is majestic. The Incas used to grow food on those cascades. August 13, 2008. I have already written that I had an agreement to meet a famous Inca. But the meeting was postponed due to his illness and the unexpected contact with the Other. But upon return to Cuzco, I managed to meet him. We decided to meet each other in the middle of an old stone-paved yard. As soon as we saw each other, we hugged and remained so for quite a while as if reading the history of our former lives. Then he performed a rite for the four Gods. I told me a lot about myself. We sat down, and the Inca laid out coca leaves. This mild narcotic plant is considered to be sacred. He read the coca leaves. It was weird to hear the words meaning the same as the Divine Ones said. He also said he was surrounded by a force that he could not describe. He asked me to tell more about myself. Of course, the Inca was speaking Quechua, and the guide was interpreting and taking photos. The Divine Ones then decided to render the words through me to the Inca. When I touched him, energy was reflected on the photo of my hands. All photos the guide had taken were clear, but this one looked as if surrounded by some energy. I, too, felt strong movement around, but this did not hurt me. When I was telling the Inca about himself, he said he had seen it in flashes. And now, many more things became understandable for him. It was cold outside, and the priest was sweating. His body was swept in fever. He told me that when he came to the hotel. We then went out to take a photo at the sacred stone. The Inca was feeling bad, and had kidney ache. I offered to treat him. We went into a room, and I was treating him for 30 minutes. The Inca then said that when I applied my hands to his kidneys, a fire flew into his body, and he was short of breath but felt much better right away. In the morning, when we called him to ask about his condition, he was all right. I was missing the Inca terribly. At night, the Inca dropped by the hotel to thank me, and gave me a gift. This stone is considered to be sacred by the Incas. It had been held by his ancestors, and given from a son to a son. I tried to refuse the gift but he insisted saying I deserved it. I felt embarrassed because it was a holy relic of his people. After the meeting with the Inca, I don't ask the Divines Ones about myself any more. All answers are just too similar, no matter whether I hear them in my head from an invisible companion or from a living person. While walking in Cuzco by night, I took a photo of a being, up in the left. On our way, we went to a Catholic cathedral with pictures of the holy family. My guide explained it was the cross of the victor. We are at 4,335 metres above sea level. The temple of the sun. The Catholic cathedral can be seen not far, with St. Mary dressed like this. Having travelled a lot of kilometres, we came to Lake Titicaca, the city of Puno. The long way influenced me, and I was very tired. I went to bed at 7:00 PM, not willing to go anywhere. On our way, there were flashed in my eyes, and various fiery signs and eyes were seen. After that, I had a feeling of sparkling eyes as if I had been watching someone weld without a mask. I stretched my tired legs on the bed and heard conversations in Spanish, many voices and different tones. At the same time, I felt some energy – kind energy rather than aggressive. I began staring in the dark of the room but saw no one. The conversations went on. I had listened to the conversations in Spanish for quite a while and then said I did not understand anything. Some time later, I heard a man's voice speaking broken Russian, quite clearly. I never saw the one who was talking. In the morning, my guide picked me up to get to Lake Titicaca. A wonderful lake! People live on floating islands. They tie them up to huge boulders – very romantic, and no civilisation. And they use boats like these. August 14, 2008. We went to the Uros islands. The Incas were buried in such tombs. At last, I am going back to Lima. My charming guide spends the last hours with me to complete the task and send me on to Chile. Farewell, the beautiful ancient country! Farewell, the country of the Incas! Странички эзотерического дневника Один из путей воспитания духа 2009-2010 © UFO-HOTEYA.COM	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line383
__label__wiki	0.843458	0.843458	Tim Kaine’s son arrested after violently disrupting pro-Trump rally written by Chad Ochocinco March 8, 2017 #PARENTING_FAIL. Sen. Kaine has a stand up, clean-Marine son serving on active duty. And then there’s this one, Linwood “Woody” Kaine, who had a violent altercation with police in Minnesota when he and his buddies attempted to disrupt a “March 4 Trump” rally Saturday. He was arrested on suspicion of Second Degree Riot. No condemnation of violent or riotous behavior from the Senator, though. “We love that our three children have their own views and concerns about current political issues,” he said. Linwood Kaine, 24-year-old son of Sen. Time Kaine (D-Virginia). Tim Kaine’s son arrested after violently disrupting pro-Trump rally was last modified: March 8th, 2017 by Chad Ochocinco Chad Ochocinco is the pseudonym for a lucky husband and proud father from Stafford, Virginia. I am a Father “There’s no hope anymore” Redskins fan organizes... Everclear soon to be legal in Virginia Timeline of Obama’s Shadow Government Governor McAuliffe vetoes the Tebow Bill for... Speaker of the House of Delegates Bill... House defeats Frank Wagner’s transportation tax increase David Duke endorses Keith Ellison for DNC... Puneet Ahluwalia withdraws from race in 34th... Where to buy Ivanka Trump’s clothing line	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line387
__label__cc	0.616434	0.383566	Five Comics Worth Reading - November 2011 There’s a longer post to be written about this, I’m sure, but while I recognize that pound-for-pound Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a stronger TV series than Angel was, I always had a soft spot for the latter, often over the former, probably in large part because I watched both when I was in college, so supernatural aspects aside the “brooding young man with an old soul striking out in the world” motif resonated more with me at the time than “young girl and her friends finding themselves post-high school” for whatever reason (don’t get me wrong, I loved both). Now, once again, while I dig the Buffy Season Nine comic, I think I’m enjoying Angel & Faith that much more, not just because one has a prominent male protagonist though, it’s just well-done and exploring fresh ground. Aside from his Angelus periods, Angel has always been the stoic mentor, from his earliest appearance on Buffy guiding her into the world she’s embracing to leading his team on his own show, only really losing that control when he goes full evil. Conversely, Faith has always been the protégé in need of redemption, whether from Buffy, Giles or Angel himself. Here, Christos Gage is establishing a new dynamic where a reluctantly responsible Faith must look out not only for a band of neophyte slayers, but a penitent Angel, who is not just heaping his usual self guilt on for recent actions, but getting reckless without turning bad in his desperation to make things right. The plot is tight, but it’s getting to see both leads so out of their comfort zones and the characterization gold Gage is skillfully mining that makes this book tick. Rebekah Isaacs is also doing a slick job on art, walking that line between depicting characters with real life counterparts and finding ways to still own them yourselves. This is probably the most dense comic I pick up, and I mean that as a total compliment. Some books I breeze through, but not Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman, which I need to really pore over to appreciate every detail and development. The fact is, Batman has been around going on seven or eight decades now, and I don’t have much interest in most stories directly tackling his mindset or stuff of that nature because they’ve all been done to some extent. What does get me going is what Snyder is doing, and that’s focusing on the mythology of Gotham City or the Wayne legacy, making Batman the explorer rather than the discovery and in the process adding layers to the character as he builds the world around him. Snyder’s enthusiasm for the minutiae of detective work, forensics, or even architecture make the stories pop as it really is an almost interactive adventure you can follow rather than just having to be a passive observer of guys in spandex kicking and punching (though there is that too). He’s doing a nice job integrating the various generations of supporting cast as well as adding his own creations, again making Gotham feel like a living and evolving organism. I was a big mark for Capullo’s X-Force as a kid, so it’s cool to see him back with quite a few years experience and refinement under his belt knocking out dark, beautiful work that also has some nice bounce to it. I may have to rethink my top five Flash artists, because honestly, few people have ever captured the pure energy of the concept in my mind like Francis Manapul has. Other guys may have conveyed speed better or drawn better figures and fight scenes, but I can’t think of anybody whose work at its essence feels like it is the burst of light, movement and pure joy I think of better than Manapul and Steve Buccalleto’s. The innovation and verve they bring to the visual aspect of The Flash undeniable, but as anybody who has read this blog for a little while knows, the real challenge is getting me to even tolerate Barry Allen; well, I’m still not the guy’s biggest supporter and can argue why he shouldn’t be wearing the red and yellow with the best of them, but I’m slowly coming around to some degree. I believe few characters have benefitted from the DC re-launch quite like Barry, as the removal of his Crisis sacrifice status as well as the Silver Age albatross of moral boredom goes a ways toward giving him a shot at being a likable protagonist. Right now, Manapul and Buccaletto’s art is so strong and their story hooks have enough pop that I’m going to try to like Barry Allen—I can give few higher compliments. MAGNETO: NOT A HERO There are few characters in comics more interesting and complex than Magneto. His actions make him an ostensible villain, but it’s hard to argue with his justification. At his best, he invokes conflict in readers where you’re torn between rooting against his evil plots but for his gaining vengeance for past atrocities. At his best he is also more charismatic than brutal as far as “bad guys” go; you perhaps want him to reform—and are disappointed when he ultimately can’t—but there’s also that part of you that enjoys his wicked streak. Skottie Young—best known for his exquisite art but rocking his writing muscles here—captures all of this, every last bit, in this series. He gives you Magneto the philosopher, arguing his case for why any means really are necessary, but also throws enough cold inhumanity behind those words that you question your support almost immediately. He plays with the idea of the character’s reformation, both how possible it is and even if it’s necessarily right or needed. He explores all sides of Magneto, from the ruthless and violent crusader who tears through human lives to the eyebrow-raising rogue who mocks Iron Man’s rubber suit of armor. It’s a fascinating character study from start to finish just in issue one, but there’s also great action, an intriguing mystery and skillful use of continuity and the concept of the shared universe; again, for a guy who has made most of his name drawing beautiful pictures, Skottie Young has incredible skill and finesse as a writer. He also doesn’t need to fret over the visuals for this book, as Clay Mann turns in his finest work to date; as my friend and co-worker Ryan noted, the level of detail he puts just into one of Magneto’s boots blows you away to the point where when you get the full figure it’s just something else. SIX GUNS Whereas once upon a time young Ben Morse could not stand for any other genres to get mixed in with his super hero comics the same way he freaked out if a mushroom found its way into his soup, I’ve matured and reversed my position on both, allowing me to enjoy my wife’s delicious fried mushrooms as well as a great books like Six Guns. This series isn’t just a Western done in modern times or within a world with guys who can fly, it’s a mash-up of a noir story, a crime procedural, a mystery and straight action with the sensibilities of cowboy lore driving it. It reminds me a little bit of 100 Bullets in some regards—high praise—but with its own distinctive flavor to be sure. Andy Diggle is a master of taking tropes like sci fi or Western and knowing not only where to take a sharp turn in a new direction but also where to not fix what ain’t broke; Six Guns delivers fun stuff you’d expect from a story about cowboys, bikers and other thugs trying to out-tough one another, but it’s also smart in where it diverges. There are only the most tangential ties to the Marvel Universe in the form of the female Tarantula being a player and somebody who would seem to be a modern Two-Gun Kid showing up at the end of issue #2, but it’s enough to give a cool edge for a fan. Davide Gianfelice is in the zone on art and this certainly seems like the stuff he was born to draw. He’s seamless when it comes to bad looking dudes, hot ladies, nice bikes and dirty action—everything a book like this needs. 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__label__cc	0.596929	0.403071	second year 00-01 > Timeline > Dictionary > 8th Member... houze guide A magical mystery tour around the 'houze'!... Timeline of the House : It happened! Not one of the 31,536,000 seconds (figure it out) that were spent in the house were wasted. Well, apart from when we had to work and sleep. So, to bring you the full story of events of the time misspent between 30th June 2000 and 30th June 2001, we have made a timeline for you to peruse. From the first ever house party to the messiest day in the house, it's all here in concise form. To fully understand some of the horrors in this page, maybe you should take a look at the Houze Guide and the Ladz Guide before we start. If you already have the knowledge, then get cracking! Remember, trying to replicate this behaviour is dangerous and should only be carried out by immature people like us. The Big Move: So, this was the day it all began. It started with the seven of us, minus one (Richard), getting our gear from Wentworth College B Block over to 54, Heslington Road via parents'/friends'/friends of friends' cars. As soon as we'd get there, the mission was to find the landlord and get the keys. This was the first time that Zaf would refer to us as the ladz. Keys in hand, it was now time to enter the house (as soon as the previous tenants got their arses in to gear and got out)! Our first year of University was well and truly over. The First Impression: The first couple of hours were spent looking around the house. There were bags of rubbish in the living room, piles of washing up in the kitchen and worrying cracks in the walls that ran right up the side of the house. A worringly foisty odour hung in the air around the kitchen and living room, along with a distinctive smell in the bathroom which can only be described as 'pissfart'. Each of us went to our individual bedroom to discover yet more hidden joys. Toby didn't have a bed, Dan's room had some sort of cocoons hanging from his curtain rail, Ian had a deathtrap for a wardrobe and Mike had a door that could be opened easily with a credit card when locked (this would come in handy later on). Should I stay or should I go? Having dicovered our rooms, it was time for some of us to depart for a summer away from York. Ian was the first to leave to spend an entire summer at home. The rest of us got together at 5pm in the living room to decide what we should do for the rest of the day. Hmmm, we needed food... The Big Steal: Not only did we need food, we needed to stock up the kitchen with pans, cutlery and other shit like salt, oil etc. Then, inspiration! Since it was the last day of the University year and that no-one can return to the same college the next year, anything left in the halls was up for grabs! We knew that the place couldn't have been cleaned becuase the cleaners left at 2pm! Wahey! Plus, we still new the code for the doors to get in. After some hesitation, the remaining five set off back to Wentworth B Block, bin bags in hand ready for loot. There was no stopping us as we got inside the halls. Kitchens were ransacked for all manner of stuff including pans, woks, cutlery, pizza cutters, graters, herbs, oils, as well as frozen food, tins and booze. Even a radio did not escape our marauding hands. We didn't feel guilty though - the cleaners would get all this shit when they come to clean it the following day, anyway. Even the bedrooms were infiltrated to steal pillows and bedding for the house. There was no stopping us. Finally, with our bin bags full of swag, we comandeered a nearby trolley and used it to get our stuff back home. Keeping an eye out for college porters and the police, we made it back safely! The kitchen was now looking better already. Now what? The first night was probably uncomfortable for all five of us, especially Al who had the lumpiest bed in the whole of York. Only 364 days to go!... Back oop top I'm off: In the next couple of days, Dan and Toby followed Ian, and went to spend the remainder of the summer holidays back home. This left Al, Mike and Robin to spend the summer in York. Gulp. The Big Clean-up: The house was not in the greatest shape and so in a fit of energy, Al, Mike and Robin spent four hours cleaning the kitchen. Before the clean-up, the kitchen was in the following state: Plug sockets so covered in grease they were black The cupboards so covered in grease, they were yellow There was a fridge so rotten inside, it made Robin gag. Hehe! Plumbing so dodgy that every time the sink was empied, a foul smell filled the house. An oven that couldn't have been cleaned in at least 3 years. The cleanup operation required 2 bottles of bleach, 2 bottles of Domestos spray, 3 pairs of rubber gloves, 10 scouring pads and 3 stupid idiots. Work!: Oh dear. We couldn't very well sit on our arses for 3 months, so we had to go out and find jobs. 2 weeks into the holiday, Al and Mike settled on KFC and Robin on the Odeon. The Odeon was just across the road from KFC so we pretty much dominated that part of York! Robin let us in for free to see such delights as Scary Movie (erk!) while Mike and Al provided free grubular items courtesy of the Colonel. Pants throwing: Further investiagation of the inner workings of the house led to Dan's bed being lifted up (since he left his room open for us to use the internet) and the discovery of a pair of green underpants. After throwing them around at each other for a while, we decided to throw them out of the window. Robin took up the challenge so we scampered up to Ian's room at the top of the house and waited for a convenient time to throw the pants out. Getting impatient, Robin decided to lob them out of the window anyway, narrowly missing an elderly woman! Oh, we knew how to have fun! Infestation: Having jobs that required work into the night, the house was only mainly alive after 11pm. However, thanks to this and the summer climate, we got to see some of the biggest freaking spiders in the history of our lives. It wasn't rare to see a 3 inch big spider zip across the bedroom or living room and scare the shit out of you. Funnily enough, they pretty much disappeared after Al dropped a big heavy movie guide on top of one particular beast. Porn: On one particularly boring day in the house (and on a rare day off for both Al and Robin), it was decied that we took advantage of the local corner shop (the Mars shop, the corner shop of champions) and its extensive selection of bliff mags. Out of such titles as Teachers Shagging, Over 65, Smut and Lesbo, we decided upon Hot Summer Nights, Over 18s and another one that we can't remember. Anyway, not only did Hot Summer Nights introduce us to the reader's wife Sue from Leeds (brrrrr), it had a special offer that we couldn't turn down - �40 worth of porn for �3! Reluctantly, Al sent off for it and got it a month later. What a load of shit it was! And still, to this day, Al gets porn offers sent to him. Argh. Resits: Out of the house, Al and Ian had resits thanks to their slacker ways during the first year. This resulted in Ian paying another visit to the house to stay for a while. Resits came and went and we all passed so it worked out all right. Phew! Spitball Frenzy: After a not unusual visit to MacDonald's, Robin brought back a load of straws for some reason. The opportunity to cause mess was taken up quickly as we formed spitballs and fired at the telly continuously for two whole hours. The fact that Predator was on at the same time made it more exciting as we aimed for Arnie, Apollo Creed and Preddy himself. Wicked! Took ages to clean up the next day though. Bugger. Everyone's Back! The summertime passed extraordinarily quickly and pretty soon, over the course of one weekend, the house was full for the first time. We were on the verge of living in a student house for the first time in our lives. What could we expect?... The Unknown: It was the beginning of Week Zero of the second year of our degrees when the first night of madness in the house began. At a loose end because many of us did not have any lectures that week, we decided to have quiet night out and go on a bar crawl across campus. Not only did we all end up blind drunk, Al and Dan managed to steal some lovely deck chairs and run back home with them without attracting the attention of the police. To be honest, they looked lovely in the front garden! The First House Party: The original and best. It was now the end of the week and we needed to give the house a good introduction to our friends and any other stupid bastard who happened to wander in off the streets. The evening was well-stocked after a trip to Netto, which resulted in us spending �90 on Chekov Vodka, MacArthurs Cream, Stella, and of course, The Baron. The night started innocently enough; we had a few friends around from the first year, chatting and making merry when all of a sudden at about 10pm, the house erupted with no end of stragglers, ruffians and shitkickers. Every single room was overflowing with pissheads, including us lot. People who we hardly knew were convincing us to drink 'Sex Tea' (never to be confused with sex wee), Al was being harassed about his Scotland shirt, Robin was convinced someone had stole his MiniDisc player and Mike almost pulled an 'ugly bird'. Snark! Furthermore, we got our first glimpse of our neighbour who asked us to turn the music down. The night finished at around 4am and Al had to be up at 8 for KFC (why was he still there? Mike had left ages ago!). He made it by the way. Ian's Poo: We were now a week into the first term proper, and the night seemed to be quiet when all of a sudden, Richard shouted us upstairs to converge around the grim loo for some unknown reason. It became clear why, when a peek into the toilet revealed a turd that an elephant would have been proud of. It had also been there for some time as shown by the brewing of the water. After intense interrogation of the housemates (as in, 'Who the fuck did THAT?!?!?!'), Ian owned up to this gargantuan poo. To this day, we still do not know how he did it. Respect. Richard's Dressing Gown: Still at the phase of getting used to people's habits, one particular habit of Richard's was to sit in the living room in the middle of the afternoon in a highly offensive dressing gown. Although we quickly came accustomed to it, we still couldn't quite figure out the mysterious stains on the front of it. Hmmm. Magazine Steal: Dan, being the scoundrel he is, came back from a drunknen night out mysteriously clutching a big pile of magazines. It turned out that the Mars shop had left a delivery of magazines outside unattended and Dan seized the opportunity. The haul included puzzle magazines, a gardening magazine, three identical Pokemon colouring in magazines and, criminally, only one bliff mag. Mabel: Mabel was the woman of the house for a good two weeks thank to Robin's pulling techniques. By the way, she was made of rubber, required constant blowing up and had no orifices whatsoever. However, she became very dear to our hearts until a fateful night of passion led to her face being ripped off and her body massacred. Oh well. Al's Proper Rant: For some strange reason (maybe excess consumption of alcohol), Al decided to make his opinions known on curries to the whole house. He shouted loudly at everyone in the room how 'proper' curries should be dark brown, with caramalised onions and 'stringy' chicken for a whole hour before everyone gave up on him and he went to bed. To this day, Al has never lived it down, although it should be known that Thornaby is the only place to get a proper curry. Oki's: Truly the king of burger vans, Oki's was discovered about three weeks into the term after a night out at the local night club. Oki will forever be remembered as the vendor of the best special burgers around, and also as Richard's honorary father. Oki is now believed to be in jail for killing a rival burger van owner or for putting cats in the doner meat. Pils: NOT pills - Pils. 6.2% to be precise. Discovered at the Hansom Cab pub in York one night before going on to a night club at only �1.92 a pint no less. A night out in York is not complete without either an Oki burger or a pint of Pils to see you on your way. Consumption of more than four pints is dangerous and can lead to blindness or the belief that you are not socially retarded. And ugly. Homosexuality dawns on the housemates (part one): Living in a house of seven men was beginning to have effects on some people in the house as we reached the halfway point of the first term. The first big event to occur was the shaving of Robin's pubic hair by Mike in the bathroom. The evidence was clear-cut - big tufts of pubic hair in the bathtub - eeewww. Mike and Robin admitted to this drunken outburst of homosexuality and we promised never to bring up the subject again until now. Haha. Hello? Hello? You cunts!: The benefits of having a house phone is that it can be abused when you live with other people, so we came up with a phantom caller game that you too can try at home! Robin's 'arrest': 'Twas a night when only Robin and Mike had decided to go out and get pissed. However, rather than come back unbelievably happy and staggery as usual, Mike came back quite concerned (but still staggery), claiming that Robin had been arrested. He and Mike had stolen some bar stools from a college bar but got stopped by the police on the way back. Mike got out of it somehow and came back to leave Robin to face the police. Suddenly, the phone rang and it was Robin, asking if anyone knew a good lawyer as he had been arrested. Concerned, we tried to think how to help when the bastard came through the door on his mobile phone. Goddammit!! End of the first term: Pretty unspectacular to be honest. But the first term was nothing compared to the second term!... We all went home. That's it. No really. We're back!: First term under our belts and no serious illnesses (somehow) we all came back to a lovely clean house thanks to Al, Mike and Robin AGAIN! However, it got messed up within three days pretty easily. Nothing could have prepared us for the tomfoolery of that second term... The House Party 2: After the raging success of the first house party, and the fact that Al didn't have to be up for KFC anymore (he had left at last), it was decided a second house party was in need and that it should eclipse the first one by a mile. Let's just say that it took a while to get going. So much so, that Al, Richard and Toby buggered off to the pub at 10 o' clock. When they got back, however, the party had started - and in some style. Already, someone had chucked up in the grim loo and refused to come out. The door had to be kicked in the get the unnamed person out and to this day the lock has not been fixed. The best was yet to come when at three in the morning, the neighbour who we had first seen at the previous house party, decided enough was enough and had a full-blown scream at Mike who was unfortunate enough to answer the door. It was Dan's fault as well! The party was therefore another raging success! And we hardly ever talked to our neighbour again (apart from Richard who she told that she was psychic. Uhoh). The Condom Family: Since Wednesday afternoons were free and we were too bone-idle to actually partake of any wholesome activities, we decided to find out new and exciting ways of passing the time. After nabbing a load of free condoms from a campus bar and then finding out we had no use for them (d'oh), we decided to test the water holding capacity of a condom. This led to experiments of filling the condoms in the sink and then the bath. Having filled around three or four condoms in the bathtub, we decided that they should be the condom family - Big Daddy, Vaginia and Little Jonny Condom. Oh dear. Try it out for yourself! Alas poor chair: In the living room we had one three seat settee and two one seat chairs. The gradual destruction of one of the chairs begin when Al rather enthusiastically parked his big fat ass down and bust a few springs under the seat. The damage was compounded as Richard would sit on the chair by crouching on it and pushing the seat lower and lower down. We finally decided to throw the chair out when we found out that there were some quite sharp rusty old springs under the seat which could cause a lot of damage to the anal and testicular region. RIP crappy old chair. Burglar Alarm Game: Another product of Wednesday afternoon boredom (now the fourth Wednesday of the term). See the games to play at home section. Fake come day: Al and Richard must have gone stir crazy on this day. With flour, water, toothpaste and empty washing up liquid bottles reaidly available, the two ragamuffins decided to see what mixture would make up the best fake come. It turned out that one requires: Water: To provide the base of the come. Flour: For the colour and texture. Washing Up liquid: For extra stickiness and some foam. Washing up liquid bottle (or other squeezable bottle): For firing the come. With the fake come ready, Al and Richard then proceeded to spray the whole house (particularly the kitchen and bathroom) with the foul concoction. It made a satisfying sizzling sound when it struck the ceiling lights mind you. Die Bannister!: Halfway through the second term, we had perfected slacking and made it into an art form. However, for one to be a true slacker, one must also take part in meaningless destruction of their rented accomodation. Anyway, one afternoon Al was particuarly curious about the strength of the bannister considering the house must have been at least sixty years old. Ever willing to help his friends out, Robin promptly kicked through one of the struts to demonstrate the weakness of the bannister. 'Well,' thought Al. Homosexuality dawns on the housemates (part two): Approaching the end of the second term, truly a night to remember. The night started innocently enough - a typical night out to the local night club, preceded by a visit to the Hansom Cab. However, the crucial factor in this night was the somewhat excessive consumption of four or five pints of Pils. The journey back from the night club at 2:30am will go down in history. Having consumed an Oki special burger, Al, Dan, Ian and Richard made their way back home. However, since it had been snowing that night, we decided to make snow angels in the middle of the road. This wasn't enough and we were soon pissing our names in the snow. This still wasn't enough - we needed more. The opportunity then presented itself: the locked city walls! Climbing the locked gate that led to the walls was surprisingly easy given the state we were in. Al, Dan and Richard made it over, but Ian couldn't be arsed and continued on home. However, the rest of us were undeterred and begin to moon from the top of the city walls every passing car and unfortunate passers by. The night was still not over. We jumped down from the walls, only to half-streak our way home along busy main roads. Miraculously having avoided the police and anybody who could beat us up, we made it back to Heslington Road. Still heavily inebriated, the three of us still managed to streak up and down the road several times before drawing comedy penises and 'Fuck you's' in the snow laying on top of car windscreens. Now inside, we decided that we enjoyed streaking so much that the three of us sat in the living room in only our pants, discussing the events of that night. Reality finally dawned upon us, and at around half four, we all retired to our rooms and collapsed, not before Dan almost went outside in his pants to get a pint of milk from the milkman. Destruction of the Lightshade: Now at the very end of the second term, our gradual destruction of the house was still not over. Having managed to get their hands on a replica sword (thanks to a charity thing Robin, Richard, Ian and Mike were doing), Al and Richard proceeded to prod the big paper lightshade in the living room. This wasn't enough and so Al began to lunge at it. Richard had a go too until one fateful swing sent the big paper ball crashing to the floor. 'Oh well,' they thought, 'didn't like it much anyway.' Bannister fire spectacular: Kids, do not try this at home, unless your parents are away. Everyone knows that deodorants and lighters make wicked flamethrowers. However, we wanted to take it to the next step and began spraying smiley faces on the walls and setting them alight to try and form smiley faces in fire. However, they weren't that spectacular, so we decided to make a big fire trail go up the bannister - that would look wicked! Having doused the bannister in almost a quarter of a can of deodorant, we set fire to it. The effect was impressive and is worth trying! However, note that the house will stink of deodorant for about a day afterwards and your house will almost go up in flames if you have washing hanging near the bannister (oops). Oh my God: Freaking hell! We'd been living in the house for nine months now! Roll on Easter... Zzzz: After such a riotous second term, the Easter holidays could only be quieter. The first couple of weeks of the holiday were a welcome respite. Although the house wasn't finished with us quite yet. Uhoh. Omar: Oh dear oh dear. We knew Richard had returned from his Easter holidays when he brought back Omar. Omar's Gym Sex Adventure on VHS to be precise. Possessing probably the largest wanger you'll ever see, the video itself is painful to watch as he virtually kills three or four quite unattractive girls. Curiously enough the tape is worn in three or four key places. Hmmm. The Webpage: Needing a distraction from imminent examinations and assessments, Al decided to create a webshite. He needed to do something remotely linked to his course so he decided to make a crappy website about the house. And here it is! Great isn't it? No? Then, FUCK YOU! So there. Richard's Birthday: Let's face it, this is Richard we're talking about so there is no way that this birthday was going to be a sedate affair. Anyways, the house was fuller than ever what with Robin's, Dan's and Richard's friends staying over for the night. The night quickly descended into insanity with Al dancing by himself (I wonder why) in The Gallery nightclub in the middle of an empty dancefloor. Funnily enough, the normally jovial DJ's told Al to fuck off the dancefloor and Dan's friends even thought he was on some sort of hallucinogenic. Oh dear. Later that night, Richard's friends decided to leave the club early only to return to an alarmed house. They managed to get in but set off the alarm to which they didn't know the code. Subsequently, the police and Zaf got involved, with none of the house members present. Shiiiiit! The rest of the night was a blur to say the least. The Final Stretch: At last, we had made it to the final term of the year (and the final two and half months of living in the house - boohoo). It was now the middle of April and at last the Sun was making reluctant appearances. The house was in the worst shape it had been in for some time, not only in terms of untidiness, but also in terms of property destruction and overdue bills requiring payment. We had ten weeks to sort it all out. Gulp. Thumb breakage: Ever wondered how long you can put off paying a phone bill? Well, we didn't but it turns out you can leave it a good three weeks after you get a letter threatening you with people coming round to break your thumbs if you don't pay up. We eventually got round to paying it after a huge energy outburst, which also encompassed cleaning up the living room and kitchen. Didn't last long though... Omar strikes back: It had to happen. The video was already playing up when one fateful evening, an unnamed house member decided to partake of some Omar viewing. It turns out that when you combine a dodgy pirate copy of a dodgy porn film with a crappy rented video player, you get... YES! A knackered video player. For the remaining two or three weeks of the term, the player could only play sound but no picture. When viewing Omar, the effect was like watching a blocked porn channel on Sky but infinitely more disturbing. Hope Radio Rentals don't notice it's fucked. Haha! Woodstock: An outdoor University of York version of Woodstock with generally awful bands (apart from a couple at the end), terrible 'burgers' and overpriced beer. But this didn't stop some members of the house from making complete tits of themselves, especially Mike and Al. The two managed to get their hands on an old-fashioned horn and honk it at inappropriate times, whilst loudly exclaiming 'Honk if you're horny', 'I've got the horn', and of course, 'I give you the horn, don't I?' Later on in the night, Al had given up with the outdoor scene and went inside where he drunkenly took on all-comers at pool. And won! So there. The Final Night Out: We were now into the final week of term and therefore the final week of living in the house. We had to celebrate appropriately. It was unlikely we could all be there on the final night so we decided that Tuesday night's final campus event would be the night. All seven us got suited up and proceeded to get completely wankered. It was one of only three or four nights in the whole year that all seven of us got our arses into gear and all went out together. The night started pretty steadily, what with the bar being packed to the rafters and the booze flowing like mud. However, it only took a couple of hours to get properly soused, as the queues died down, and we could therefore act the goat for at least one last time! It must be said that Al and Richard waltzed beautifully on the dance floor, until Richard decided to jump on Al. At which point, Al had the crazy idea of spinning him round only to slip up on the lager covered floor and cause the two to come crashing down like a pair of bastards. Oh well. Undeterred, Al still managed to slip up a further three times and also get blitzed late in the night for dancing on the stage where the live bands had been playing earlier. Richard also refused to leave the event by lying outside and not letting anyone help him up. The night had went well. Moving Out (30th June 2001) So, this was it. The final day. The house was still in quite a state, despite a late night clean up by Al, Robin and Richard a couple of days earlier. A final review of the damage reveals the destruction of: A bannister Richard's door (from breaking it down when he locked himself out) The grim loo lock A lightshade (now replaced) A rented video player Several pieces of wallpaper (peeled off in boredom) A telephone (unknown) A grill Items thrown out by Al, including several plates, glasses, a sieve (yes I admit it now!) and a wok. Ian and Mike left on Friday, leaving Toby, Dan, Richard and Al to leave on Saturday (the 30th). Robin left all on his own on Sunday! The 365 days spent in the house had been wasted, true, but we can safely say it was an experience to say the least. Hopefully, we will never have to live in such a shithole again, but still it would be great to live in a house with the same sort of guys. Sniffle. Oh well. Roll on third year chaps!!!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line389
__label__cc	0.705213	0.294787	William Bell1 M, #517411, b. 11 April 1779, d. 16 December 1856 Last Edited=3 Jan 2015 William Bell was born on 11 April 1779.1 He was the son of William Bell and Jane Kirsopp.2 He married Mary Wilhelmina Morrison, daughter of John Morrison, on 20 May 1828.1 He died on 16 December 1856 at age 77, an eldest son:.1 He held the office of Vice-Admiral of County Durham.1 He was Paymaster of the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert between 1843 and 1856.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)1 He lived at Ford Hall, Sunderland, County Durham, England.1 Child of William Bell and Mary Wilhelmina Morrison Sir Charles William Morrison-Bell, 1st Bt.+2 b. 18 Mar 1833, d. 21 Oct 1914 Mary Wilhelmina Morrison1 F, #517412, d. 26 May 1850 Mary Wilhelmina Morrison was the daughter of John Morrison.2 She married William Bell, son of William Bell and Jane Kirsopp, on 20 May 1828.1 She died on 26 May 1850.1 From 20 May 1828, her married name became Bell. Child of Mary Wilhelmina Morrison and William Bell [S7384] Colin Harrison, "re: Baring Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 2 January 2015. Hereinafter cited as "re: Baring Family." Eleanor Mary Ferguson1 Last Edited=5 Nov 2011 Eleanor Mary Ferguson married George Hector Clothier.1 Her married name became Clothier.1 Child of Eleanor Mary Ferguson and George Hector Clothier Betty Clothier1 b. c 1932 [S3504] Fred Olsen, "re: Olsen Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 15 January 2009 - 13 May 2011. Hereinafter cited as "re: Olsen Family." William Henry Dawes1 William Henry Dawes lived at The Hall, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)1 Child of William Henry Dawes Louisa Maria Dawes+2 d. 15 Dec 1920 Margaret E. Tubb1 Margaret E. Tubb was born in 1883 at Bicester, Oxfordshire, EnglandG.1 She was the daughter of Henry Tubb and Margaret Stratton.1 Daniel Haigh Hesselgrave1 Daniel Haigh Hesselgrave was born in 1855 at Marsden in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, EnglandG.1 He was the son of Joseph Hesselgrave and Alice Hill Wood.1 Evelyn Margesson1 Evelyn Margesson was born in 1866 at IndiaG.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. William George Margesson and Lucy Matilda Beaumont.1 Maud Margesson1 Maud Margesson was born in 1867 at Sussex, EnglandG.1 She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. William George Margesson and Lucy Matilda Beaumont.1 Rosamund Margesson1 Rosamund Margesson was born in 1869 at Sussex, EnglandG.1 She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. William George Margesson and Lucy Matilda Beaumont.1 William Arthur Moore1 William Arthur Moore lived at New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A.1 Child of William Arthur Moore William Cooper Moore+2	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line403
__label__wiki	0.54424	0.54424	David Devant at The 100 Club with Simon Love The 100 Club on Oxford street is my favourite music venue and David Devant & His Spirit Wife are my favourite live act. My favourite new album of 2018 was by Simon Love. Last night I saw Devant at the 100 club supported by Simon Love and surprise, surprise I had a fantastic evening. Devant have featured in The Rebel before. If you want a bit of background info on these chaps then have a look here. Last night Devant opened with Pimlico. They played great versions of oldies such as, Gentleman Jim, and Everything Fits Into Place. They possibly peaked with an epic version of One Track Mind but the most pleasant surprise of the evening was their new material! He's A Bit Of A Rake, Here I Am (a.k.a "I Remember"), Data Streams, were all totally FAB and, as you'd expect, the crowd went wild. On Wednesday the 11th of December, Devant are playing like at The Water Rats, near King's Cross. According to fliers being handed out last night - a new Devant album entitled, "Cut Out and Keep Me" will be available to buy on the night. I know what I want for Christmas :) It was great to hear Simon Love play a couple of songs from his well received album (see above) and his new songs were sounding great too. Simon also played a delightful cover version of a song by The Purple Mountains called, 'That's Just The Way I Feel'. The song was written by musician and poet, David Berman, who sadly committed suicide in August of this year. Have a listen to Berman's track here. One of my favourite musicians of all time is Alex Chilton. I remember once a journalist asked him if it bothered him that his records didn't sell in their millions and trouble the charts. Chilton replied with a shrug and a smile and then said, "Ah well, they all sound like hits to me!" I feel I must say that Simon Love and David Devant are both making brilliant new music at the moment, they are exciting to be around and their songs definitely sound like hits to me. Posted by The Rebel Magazine at 11:06 Making Light Work at the Oxo Tower Last Chance to see The National Original Print Exh... Stretched 2019 Introducing Micko and The Mellotronics 30 years of collaborations between Harry Pye and R...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line405
__label__wiki	0.699139	0.699139	Desmond has officially moved back into his bedroom! We moved him out of the “burgundy room” fairly early because it reeked of cat pee. I started painting it in September, and then it sat untouched for awhile through early pregnancy discomforts and a-fib episodes. I worked on it here and there, ripping out trim, sanding, retexturing, pulling out carpet, and sealing the subfloor. Last week we finally got our new carpet installed and Davin put in the trim (we just have the closet and window trim left to do). Today I finished up touch ups, and Desmond helped me move in the furniture. He was so excited! I was, too. With this transition back into the “blue room” we are struck with how big Desmond is getting. He’s such a little boy and no longer a baby. Getting a new baby in a few weeks will change so much in our family dynamics. We’re phasing out the things baby will use such as the gliding rocker that will go in the nursery, but it was sad not to rock Desmond tonight. Our little boy is growing up! What a mix of sadness and joy all at once. Cute Sayings Desmond hiding behind the curtain: "I'm a Jertain!" While reviewing our phone number with Desmond, Davin says it and Desmond replys, "Good job, Daddy." The next time Davin says it Desmond says, "Good job, Daddy, again." The third time Davin prompts him to repeat it, Desmond says, "Good job, Daddy, again and again." At Sweet Tomatoes Desmond was playing around rather than eating. Davin was trying to get him to finish his dinner and rather than saying it verbally again, he simply pointed to Desmond's food. Desmond then turned with a smile and pointed to Davin's food. We got a good laugh at his imitation. While making dinner Desmond was helping me roll out the dough and he said, "Dough. Doe a deer!" He's always making new associations. I'm not sure where he picked up this word because it's not like we're saying it all the time but in the car Desmond all of a sudden blurts out, "Husband." I told him that Daddy was my husband so he repeated, "Daddy is my husband." Later at dinner I was telling Davin about it and Desmond said again, "Daddy is my husband." We corrected him and told him that Davin was not his husband but his daddy and he was only my husband. Desmond was about to cry because he wanted Daddy to be his husband. We kept explaining about family relationships: daddy, mommy, son, husband, wife, brother, sister. Desmond just ended up confused but at least we avoided tears. Our Not-So-Little Desmond It’s hard to believe that very soon we will have two children! I am looking forward to lightening my load and getting this body back in shape again. Desmond likes to give baby sister kisses. I think she’ll need to get used to getting lots of love. I’ve been struck with how big Desmond is getting lately. Not only has he grown half an inch in the last 6 weeks (making him 38.5 inches tall), but he continues to surprise me with the things he says and his growing skills. He can dress and undress himself, count to 29, and recognizes numbers 0-10 which is handy when we tell him he can’t get up until his clock says 7. He knows all his letters including some letter sounds and can spell his name. He also just learned our phone number. Recently a car honked it’s horn and Desmond said, “Somebody pushed the trumpet button.” He also reminds me to take smaller bites and made a joke the other day by saying “cheese” instead of “please.” He makes us laugh on a regular basis. I should be better at writing these things down because I forget most of it. Last weekend we went down to Albany to celebrate the Boydston March birthdays: Dad – March 1, Grandpa – March 4, Daniel – March 6, and me – March 15. We had gifts and dinner at the Sizzler. Here’s Desmond giving Nana an eskimo kiss. He has a routine: hug, kiss, eskimo kiss, high five, knuckles, thumbs up. We’re getting everyone trained in that.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line406
__label__cc	0.719404	0.280596	T.J. Burgin The Official Site for T.J. Burgin Sorry for the Apocalypse Half-Blind Read the First Chapter Abel’s Legacy Spoilers…. Searching for Stardust The First Tail The Second Tail The Last Tail First Chapter: The Last Tail November 29, 2016 BooksBooks, TLTTJB “You’re going to have push now honey, come on, push!” Myrrdin’s voice was loud in my ears, but not as loud as the screams that filtered through my tired brain. What was going on? Someone should tell that person to be quiet so I could hear my mother. “Alice? Alice! Come on, open your eyes.” Matt sounded so worried. Why was he so worried? There wasn’t anything to worry about, was there? “She’s not opening her eyes Myrrdin, why won’t she open them?” I didn’t want to open my eyes; clearly whatever was happening was horrible, or whoever was screaming wouldn’t be making such a fuss. “I remember this process well Matthew dear, opening one’s eyes is not the first instinct of the mother at this point.” Myrrdin’s voice sounded stressed and tired, but there was a bit of pride there too. What had I done that would make her sound like that? Something niggled at the corner of my mind and I tried to conjure it into a thought, but it eluded me. “But she looks like it hurts so much. There’s nothing I can do to help?” “Matthew dear, you should go wait outside with Darrian and Blake and the others. I think I can be of more help than you can at this point. Off you go. Shoo!” I could imagine the hand gesture that went along with that word, and in thinking about the dismissive wrist-flick I must have reconnected with something on the surface. My body came rushing through me and the pain hit me like a big red bus. My throat ached, everything below my ribs was on fire. My teeth hurt. How do teeth hurt? Had I been beaten up? I was just coming back, why did it hurt so much? I’d done this before and it had been confusing and bizarre and so many other things, but blindingly painful had never been one of them. “Alice, you’re back. I know this is all very confusing but it seems something rather strange happened when your experiments backfired; I didn’t want to tell Matthew before I told you.” Her words meant absolutely nothing. I was panting for air and it didn’t seem to be there. “Though, on the topic of Matthew, he’s a lovely lad. Very kind and caring, he won’t leave your side. It really scared him when you died. He seems like he really really wants to help, but he can’t.” I couldn’t respond. Where was the air? And why did I care that Matthew was nice? “Breathe Alice.”Myrrdin’s voice was suddenly sharp and the shock seemed to shove air into my lungs. I gasped and rocked forwards, my whole body spasming. What was going on? I was lying down but I was so far from comfortable. Why was the hard ground the most comfortable thing about this moment? I released a strangled sound from my throat and Mum’s hand smoothed my hair off of my face. “You’re nearly there Alice. There’s a spiky bit coming up next, but you should be fine, come on, let your aura do all the work.” A spiky bit? What did she…. Oh. Whatever was going on, the ‘spiky bit’- an exceptionally apt name – was pure agony. Rising from my thighs and stomach, kicking my heart and lungs and knocking all my wind away. It was wrenching pain, like nothing I had ever experienced. I screamed and my throat produced a rough scratchy sound that really sounded like a pathetic baby magpie crying for food. My aura was doing all sorts of crazy things; it was tracing over my skin healing me as injuries appeared. It was helping something out of me. Nothing was supposed to come out of me. What was this? Why was I going through this? What had that stupid picture frame done to me? And then there was… Peace. Sort of anyway. A small prickly object began a slow slithery march up my stomach under my clothes, tiny pin pricks scattered across my body and I felt something hot touch my chin. I reached up gingerly and touched it. It was hard, bony and sharp but with two large gummy orbs on the front. A sound came from the thing and I retracted my hands. “Oh Alice, I think it wants a hug.” What wants a hug? I looked down and nearly shrieked. The spiny hard sharp thing was a small head, no longer that my thumb. It was a little dragon, A little red dragon, with big green watery eyes and a curious flickering tongue. She looked like me, just really small and, obviously, not me. Hello mummy. She was speaking to me. I’m sorry I couldn’t save you mum. I tried. She was trying to save me. Of course. Because that made perfect sense. “I know you did darling.” I reached up and stroked the crest behind her left eye, scratching lightly and watching my little baby’s eyes close in bliss. I had a little baby. How bizarre. “You can talk to it?” Myrrdin sounded surprised. I looked up at her and I frowned a little. That was unusual? “She’s a she Mum.” I didn’t feel like talking to Myrrdin right now; my little baby was so much better. “What should I call you? Do you have a name?” Myrrdin interrupted me. “Alice, the point is that you name your own children.” I ignored her. What do you want to call me? I was thinking about something beginning with an mmmmm noise, but I don’t know. What do you like? “I like that kind of sound. Maybe we can work on thinking up the best possible name. In the meantime, this here is Myrrdin. She’s my mother and your grandmother.” I pointed up at the woman standing over us and my little dragonet stretched her neck its full eight inches to peer up, blinking hard. Hello Grandmother. Myrrdin didn’t respond and my little one looked at me. Her mental tone was worried. Does she hate me? “No, I guess she can’t hear you, that’s all lovely.” “I can’t hear what Alice?” Myrrdin sounded more than a little miffed. “You can’t hear her talk, can you?” Myrrdin looked mystified. That answered my question. “Maybe it’s an acquired skill.” I looked down at myself and was horrified to see the mess; my aura had fixed whatever damage my dragonet had caused but that hadn’t removed the traces of the injuries. I washed it away with a wave of power and adjusted my clothes, changing them into my normal robes. I clambered up off the floor, one hand holding the little baby tight to my chest. “You shouldn’t get up yet, it will take a while to recover Alice.” Myrrdin sounded like a frustrated teacher. “I feel fine Mum, really.” I actually felt almost normal; there was something a little bit wrong maybe, at the fringes of my mind, but my body felt better than fine, and my sura felt alive and anxious to get to work. “Where’s Matt and Blake and everyone?” “Arthur found something outside; whales or fish or flying pigs, I haven’t the faintest idea. The boys are all very excited about it. I think we need to talk about how we’re going to handle the Last Descendants issue now you’re a mother.” Boring, but a very valid point. On one hand, a young anything is at more risk than an adult of the same species. On the other hand, my newly birthed spawn was a dragon. She didn’t feel very fragile; in fact, she felt robust and powerful. Her chest was full of fire and her eyes were bright and intelligent. “I think it might be wise to hide away, and I think Matthew might be a good candidate as a sort of offsider. You will need someone who can handle everyday human stuff if you’re to hide away in a human abode. Darrian told me about City and Hollow Earth, and as safe and insulated as that sounds it really wouldn’t be as safe as just pretending to be human.” She was making a lot of sense. I didn’t mind spending time with Matt and the idea of playing house was like a bit of fun. On the other hand, how do you hide a dragon in a suburb? They get big, and even small they make sounds and damage things in a way most mortal creatures don’t. Matt could be really helpful in that respect; he might be able to hide her existence while keeping our cover strong. “I think that’s a good idea Mum. I think it would be a good way to get away from the influence and work out how she factors in the prophecy. She’s red, if that means I’m no longer the last red dragon, then maybe that throws the whole thing into the water.” “You have a good point Alice. I think I will send you and Matt on your way without out telling Arthur or Blake. Darrian is proving surprisingly useful, and seems happy to follow my orders rather than yours, if that’s okay with you?” “I like both those ideas. Darrian gets on my nerves, he never sounds sincere. And I think it would be safer if fewer people knew where we were.” “I was thinking one step further; I don’t want to tell Arthur about the little one at all. He’s been out the whole time and hasn’t been in since you reappeared. He didn’t realise you were giving birth and neither did Blake or Darrian. With Matthew in your presence, only you, he and I will be in the possession of the knowledge relating to her birth.” “And he would never betray us, so we should be safe.” “I don’t know why you characterise the chances as ‘never’, but I will trust your judgement there, on that count. I think you should leave in haste. I will clean up here;” I looked down and saw the mess I had made. The blood looked sticky and altogether unpleasant. I could smell it too and it made my stomach feel funny, like a mixture of raw egg and fresh meat. “And you will leave with your new companion; use the Library and let him pick the place. Go somewhere you’ve never been before and try and keep your profile low.” “I think I should leave straight away. Could you go fetch Matt? I’ll wait here.” Myrrdin nodded and left. I stood cradling my newborn against my chest. She poked her head out and licked the underside of chin. What’s going on? Are we going somewhere? “Yes lovely, we will go with a man named Matt – and now, be careful, he’s not like either of us, his mother was completely mortal – and he will help hide us. Matt is like your dad, he would probably like it if you called him that.” What if he can’t hear me? Like grandma? “I don’t know love, we will work it out. I thought of a name for you too. A couple of really strong ones. Do you want me to list them then you tell me what you like?” I would love to hear ideas. “Well you like the mmmm sound, so maybe Maple? That suits your colouring. Or maybe Mab? That’s a very powerful name. Magnus? I know it’s more of a male name, but the name really reminds me of something grand; like the name you might give a storm or a natural disaster.” I would like to be a natural disaster. That sounded odd to my ear. She wanted to be a disaster? “I think you’re too lovely and sweet to be a disaster.” Well whatever you think, I think Magnus is a lovely name. I want that one. Magnus. “Okay Magnus. You’re my little Magnus.” She preened against me and the hum of her purrs were strong enough to make my ribs vibrate. “Alice? Alice, you’re okay? Oh thank the… What is going on? I don’t know much about this whole childbirth thing but I’m pretty sure there’s at least a week of bed rest involved.” I opened my mouth to correct his assumption but my mother beat me to it. “Matthew, that might be the case for human women, but spook females are surprisingly repairable. I feel the need to point out that she will be tired for a few days and you will both have a very new routine. Alice, I explained to Matthew everything he needs to know, I’ll leave you to make introductions, but I think we really ought to get moving.” I nodded. Matt did too; he looked really eager to get started on our witness protection-style scheme. “I think the best way will be for you three to come through my Library, don’t you Alice?” Why would it matter? “That sounds fine, but Matt gets to pick the place we go to, and you’re not to know.” “Agreed.” Matt sounded very firm and self assured. I wasn’t surprised to hear the tone, but aimed at my mother was a bit less than expected. How long had he known her? Long enough to be comfortable talking to her like she was somewhere between an acquaintance and a sibling? “That’s settled then. Matt, I’ll introduce you to my little bundle of joy when we get there. First off, let’s go Mum.” “Right, follow me then you three.” Myrrdin sounded a bit exasperated but she withdrew her key from the folds of her robes and walked to where someone had carved a doorway into the icy wall and made a slit that operated as a keyhole. Magnus stirred but I placed my hand over her head, keeping her secure and safe. We followed her to the door and she opened it, letting first Magnus and I then Matt through before shutting it behind her. She led us to a tall mirror about four feet wide and lightly let her fingers rest on the knob; I knew what it was, it would let us go wherever we wanted, and we didn’t need a key. It was like the portal I had shoved Sophie through, except I didn’t need a key to do it this time, and I wouldn’t be shoving anyone through. “Just open this and step through, Matthew first as he will pick the destination. You know how this works Alice, don’t you?” I nodded and relayed the story of Sophie falling through mine. She smiled and chuckled. “That does sound amusing. A little worrying that she didn’t realise that the key wouldn’t help. She’s a spook, she should know about the mirrors.” “You would think so.” I looked at Matt and smiled politely. He smiled back and I watched his eyes flicker between my face and the lump on my chest. I could tell he was curious about my child, but I wasn’t sure how he was going react when he saw her little scaley demonic face. “Do you know where we are going Matt?” That was essential, I didn’t know what would happen if he went through the frame without having a clear idea of what was on the other side. Would we end up in the middle of nowhere? “I’ve got a lovely little place in mind. Ready to follow me into the unknown?” “Ready as ever.” I smiled and Myrrdin gave me a strange look, cocking her head and narrowing her eyes slightly as if trying to figure something out. What was so odd about what I had said? Was it too much for me to say that? Was I acting like a girlfriend or something? Was that the wrong thing to do? “Good, so I just open this and step through?” “Yes Matthew, just step through. I would hold his hand Alice, the door can shut pretty easily and you don’t want to end up in two different places. I could do that. I reached out and grasped Matt’s hand. He smiled at me and squeezed my fingers together in what I think was meant to be a reassuring gesture. It might have worked too, assuming I had needed reassuring. We stepped through the darkness and I felt my feet leave any solid surface for a moment. I tried to focus on the pressure on my hand but it seemed to fade into nothing. Then I was standing in the bright sunshine on a little garden path running between a quaint hedged lane and a beautiful cottage with climbing roses around the doorframe and potted carnations and violets in under the eaves. It was like the cottage Red Riding Hood’s grandmother lived in, only hopefully without the wolf in human clothing. The yard seemed nicely enclosed and the trees looked like something Magnus might like climbing in and flying between. “Do you like it?” Matt sounded very hopeful. “I love it, honestly it kind of reminds me of the place I grew up. How did you know where it was? Where are we anyway?” I craned my neck, searching for any landmarks. “It was my mum’s house, after she moved away from the monastery. We’re in the middle of the north of England, I’m not sure what the village is called, I didn’t ever pay attention as a kid, but I guess we could find that out when we go for a walk later to see the sights.” “Oh that would be nice. Would you like to meet Magnus now?” Magnus wriggled excitedly and automatically my hand clamped down on the back of her head, holding her still and keeping her safe against my skin. “That’s the name she chose from the selection I gave her. She seemed to like it. I’m fairly sure it’s a boy’s name, but she really likes the sound it makes so she’s keeping it.” “That’s very well then. Should you really be smothering her under all those layers?” “I’ll introduce you two inside the house.” I ushered him down the path and he quickly took the lead, unlocking the door by tracing particular shapes on the brassy doorknob. He then held the door wide open and let me step across the threshold. I was temporarily distracted by the feeling of crossing into the house; I could sense the power coming through the runes on the door and it surprised me that a half-blood with no aura could control that kind of potential. I shook my head and properly paid attention to the house in front of me. I studied the inside of the room; it was warm, with a smooth off-white finish to the walls and a warm wooden mantle hugging a tall narrow fireplace. It felt immediately like home. What a perfect little place. “Do you want to sit down? Babies’ heads are very heavy you know, their necks need all the support they can get.” He was adorable, lecturing me on the care of children. As if he assumed that a child I produced without actually sleeping with anyone would be ‘normal’. “I wouldn’t say her neck needs help of any kind Matt. Come on Magnus, out you get.” I let my hand loosen and the little dragon slithered up to my collarbone, hauling herself onto my shoulder and wrapping around the back of my neck. She reared her head back and, after touching the rim of my ear with her tongue, she turned her cool eyes on Matt. I expected Matt to scream, to yell, something, but his silence was solid. His eyes roved over me and my daughter, the whites of his eyes were visible all around his irises. His pupils had become so big that they appeared to be trying to suck us both in; I could see Magnus’ enquiring eyes reflected in them. She was concerned, I could feel it through our link, and she was getting more and more worried that her dad was going to say he didn’t like her. I didn’t really know where she got the concept of ‘dad’ from but I didn’t feel the need to correct her. Her worry was all consuming and my heart rate started to rise as her fears touched me deeply. I didn’t want her to feel rejected; I never wanted my little baby to feel like she didn’t belong. When the silence had stretched for too long I reached up and cupped her head, pulling it gently to my cheek so I could feel the cool but warm scales rub the skin there. She felt so good, and her little tongue was rough like a cat’s, but dry. It touched the side of my nose and I turned away from our stunned companion to examine the furnishings. Magnus showed keen interest in the curtains and when I got within a foot of them she reached out, her talons extended to their fullest extent in a bid to reach for the lacey fabric. She probably wanted to climb them, so I pulled her away from them and began to wander towards the stairs in the corner. I could hear Matt following us but I ignored him. I climbed the stairs and Magnus flapped a bit on my shoulders, catching herself and maintaining her balance as my weight shifted from stair to stair. He’s following us. Do we want him following us? What an astute little critter she was. What a good question. “I don’t know, I’ll ask. Matt, why are you following us?” I stopped midway up the stairs, two steps from the landing, and looked down at him. He was following at a distance. He looked at me like a deer caught in the headlights again and for a second I appreciated what a scary vision we must have been; a tall young woman garbed in robes of a forgotten era and a small but still frightening visage straight out of every seminal mythology. And Matt was just… Just him. He wasn’t any more interesting than when I’d first seen him; if anything he had gotten more ordinary looking. How could that be? I cocked my head and examined him more closely. Maybe he was dressed too much like a human. Maybe I was just too focussed on Magnus. I was a mother ultimately, right? I had a little one and she was wrapped around my shoulders and making rude faces at Matt down the stairs. “Magnus, stop it, it’s not polite.” She ignored me so I wrapped one hand around her snout and held it still until she calmed down. She stopped whining after a few seconds and lay still. I let her go. “Now. Behave. Maybe go check out upstairs. Avoid windows little one.” I lifted her awkwardly off my shoulders and placed her on the floor. She paused, looking up over her shoulder like a puppy seeking permission. I smiled and nodded and she scampered up the stairs, disappearing around the corner. “There’s nothing she could hurt herself on up there is there?” I began to walk back down towards Matt as I spoke. He backed down, his heels catching on each stair on the way. “She’s a dragon what could possibly hurt her?” “I don’t know, large boxes falling on her head? Particularly vicious owls? Let’s go down stairs. You didn’t exactly handle the big reveal the way I would have expected you to.” My voice was dismissive and a little cold but I didn’t care enough to apologise or soften my tone. I passed him and he hurried to follow me down into the living room. Matt sounded winded when he responded. “It’s not like it was an expected surprise. My baby is a dragon, how on earth did that happen?” “Your baby?” What was he talking about? He couldn’t lay any claim on Magnus, she was my dragon, my inner beast. “Well after what, uh, happened, in the monastery, and then you died and then you were giving birth I just made assumptions that the baby was mine, but it can’t possibly be can it? I mean, there’s no dragon blood in me.” “The dragon is a manifestation of my powers, you know the big scary caley thing I turn into from time to time? Well that is it. In a small, albeit weak form. She’s always existed, whatever he frame did just gave her physical form outside of me. And what do you mean? Nothing happened at the monastery. ” “You seem to have a very good grip on this, and I distinctly remember you and I doing something. Well, at least, I think I do. ” “I feel like I should, considering the circumstances. I’m not sure how I know, I just do. Magnus feels so familiar, and I can remember her calling me her mother and trying to fend off the power of the frame just before I died. She was doing a pretty good job but there didn’t seem to be much fighting it; the strength and intensity of it was too much for anything.” “So the frame didn’t harm her? It just killed you?” What an odd way to think about it. It hadn’t harmed Magnus in the slightest. It had forced us apart and made her into her own being, but apart from that she had fared a lot better than I had from the whole experiment. I wasn’t sure how to respond to his allegations surrounding the monastery incident; I wasn’t totally naive in the terms of intercourse and I knew sort of what he was talking about but I did not remember anything untoward occurring in the bedroom department at the monastery. We’d shared a hug of relief, and then he’d gone to sleep. Nothing that would have made a child most definitely. I decided to just drop it and maybe bring it up later when I thought it might be a better move to make. Or at least at a time that I had the energy to approach this clearly complicated subject. I was no longer a nanny, why did I need to have a ‘bird and bees’ talk with someone I was not babysitting? “Apparently. Maybe me dying dispersed the energy or something, I don’t know.” “I had this whole ruse planned in which we pretended to be a newlywed couple with a new baby and interacted with our neighbours and made friends and did all those normal human things. That’s not going to work if our newborn breathes fire in the creche and kills all the other toddlers.” “I guess we need to come up with a new ruse then.” He was not wrong; and even if Magnus did not kill her creche mates, she was far from a human child. “How big is she going to get? You were huge when you shifted but right now she could fit in a large handbag. And how fast is she going to reach that kind of size? It might be completely unsustainable to do anything at all to pretend to be normal if in a few weeks we’re going to have to explain a dragon the size of a house in our backyard.” He sure found the real questions. Unfortunately, I didn’t know how to answer them. I stood in silence, pondering those gravest of questions, and suddenly there was a giant crash upstairs. I turned and ran as fast as I could up the stairs, my arms spread wide and my hands balancing me between the wall and the railing to maintain my balance and speed. I flew down the corridor at the top and finally came to an old and dusty room with a distinct odour of ash and soot emanating from it. I braced myself for carnage and entered. What did I google today? November 19, 2016 BlogTFT, TLT, TSTTJB So as a writer I have found myself googling some pretty weird things over the last couple of years; I have spent the last four years working toward a real interest in forensic anthropology and have googled some really really creepy stuff (child abuse, signs of child abuse, textbook fracture patterns in child abuse, textbook fracture patterns in non-accidental deaths) but somehow the range of googling I do for the sake of literary art is more astounding. “What is the decibel range of human speech?” “Popular eastern European first names” “Glenn or Glen?” “Cities in USA with high eastern european populations” Those five searches were in the last hour or so and all for the same first chapter of a book with barely a rough outline for the rest of it. The first chapter is barely an embryo, less than three pages long, and already I am hitting stumbling block after stumbling block. How do I find a place that fits the people I need to make the story work? If I can’t, do I just make a place up? I like the idea of the second option but that throws up a whole heap of difficult issues; where do I put it? I have found the problem before when writing The First Tail and The Second Tail, and now while tackling The Last Tail. Like names, places provide a sense of attachment to the story and allow the reader to anchor themselves in some level of reality so that the surreality of the fantasy can be more readily accepted. The whole concept of acceptance is really quite important; today I made the decision to use a town that actually exists, but in TST I have gone the other way for the sake of simplicity. Just thinking about whether or not to use a real town has got me thinking and I think that maybe in this small way writing is like a magic show. Unless you’re five years old you probably don’t believe in magic; you know that the man in the cape and top hat isn’t actually performing the miraculous feats he claims to be but if you accept it then the show can be incredibly entertaining. In the same way, readers most likely know that the dragon flying about on the page isn’t real and won’t fly out to eat you but if you accept enough information the author gives you then you can still be scared of that dragon. It’s about the emotional engagement and the ability to actually make the reader love and hate your characters is so important. How does my string of googling link to this concept? Well it’s all about research. I’m not saying that research is the key to writing a good book, but it sure goes a long way… even if it’s about dragons, witches and the elves in the wood… Naming the characters – is there power in a name? November 17, 2016 BlogBooks, TFT, The Wisdom of JackTJB I always have problems naming characters; anyone who has read The First Tail knows that the spooks have a particular strength in their names. Their last names define something about them and that makes those particular names very revealing and therefore insanely important. Choosing those names brought me a great deal of internal struggle and as much as I hate cliches (I literally created the spooks so that I didn’t have to revert to any of the classic sci fi or fantasy character tropes) they are sometimes pretty necessary. Pooling cool names form ancient cultures, or using words with latin derivatives, is all very well but how relatable is a kid named ‘Nova’ in comparison to someone named ‘Emily’. Both are perfectly legitimate names but one of them has a greater chance of a little girl seeing the name in my book’s blurb and thinking ‘oh wow, that book could be about me’ and the other… well. I’ve never met anyone named Nova before. I would love to. I think it’s a beautiful name. That reliability is an important feature and strangely enough more important in fantasy and science fiction than in any other genre. When one is creating a story about goblins and warlords or a school of wizarding children there needs to be some fundamentals that the readers can relate strongly to and keep them bonded to the characters. I once saw Jack Heath speak at the University of Canberra, and he spoke at length about the choice we have to make about whether or not to read is so important that we don’t have to be choosey about what we read, especially when it comes to selecting books for children. As a YA author this was obviously his forte and main interest, but he did say something that struck me as rather powerful; It regarded such work as Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight and popular books of that ilk, that might not be famed for their great originality or story telling, but still somehow manage to make a huge splash and be very successful. Personally, I have nothing against Twilight, or Edward and Bella and the whole vampire and werewolves trend. I however have never really considered why I liked the books so much and why, despite liking the books, I didn’t really enjoy the movies. The movies aren’t that bad a portrayal of the books (it was no Eragon repeat), but somehow they lack something. And that was the point that Jack brought up; emotion is something that Meyer portrayed spectacularly. That emotion was real enough that any other shortcomings. Winding and weaving back to the topic of the power of naming; none of the characters Meyer created really had names that were overtly exotic EXCEPT where it made sense. Vampires from the Amazon rainforest didn’t come along with names like Phillip and Elizabeth, and Italian Vampires thousands of years old didn’t have names like Sam and Dean. Their names made sense. Which brings me to another great power of names; names can give a character personality before you even get to know them. Sometimes you meet someone and when they introduce themselves as ‘Thelma’ or ‘Tabitha’ the first thought you might have is – “Well, you certainly don’t look like a Tabitha.” Whether this is because in most of our head Tabitha is a ninety year old woman or maybe a cat, or because the name somehow inherits its own unique personality from history and our own personal context, it really cannot be ignored as a source of information for a writer. Maybe, in a way, if a picture can say a thousand words, and names can have such powerful context behind them, then surely names are a huge resource. Why have to explain every aspect of a characters background, family history and personality when a name can give it all in broad brushstrokes and then you only need to fill in the details as they become important? Like many character building exercises this obviously relies on a certain level of stereotype and personal experience on the part of the reader but that’s why stereotypes are so useful to us writers – you don’t have to be entirely original. You can stress yourself until you’re blue in the face and have blood pouring from your nose trying to create something completely original, but really total originality can be hard for readers to accept; it requires more effort on their part. And we don’t want to make our readers work too terribly hard do we? Tim Minchin feels sorry for Pell (and how that has made me feel better) #happyinpineapple Pole dancing, burlesque, & sexy chair #NaNoWriMo2018 #writersblock #gentlenudge	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line408
__label__wiki	0.910652	0.910652	Louis Philippe Cup 2012 Mithun Perera’s 65 powers Navratna Ahmedabad to top position Take Chennai, Puravankara Bangalore & Dev-Ellora Chandigarh complete semi-final line-up Bangalore, March 8, 2012: Navratna Ahmedabad finished as the highest-ranked team after day two of the Louis Philippe Cup 2012 at the KGA golf course in Bangalore. Mithun Perera’s sublime seven under 65 and Vikrant Chopra’s four under 68 powered the Ahmedabad team to a total of 273 for the first two rounds. The other three teams to enter the semi-final stage along with Navratna Ahmedabad were Take Chennai (274), Puravankara Bangalore (276) and Dev-Ellora Chandigarh (278). Navratna Ahmedabad, the top-ranked team after round two, will now take on Dev-Ellora Chandigarh which was ranked fourth, in one of the semi-final clashes on Friday. Second-placed Take Chennai will play third-ranked Puravankara Bangalore in the other semi-final. The teams outside the top-4 will play for fifth to 10th position. The semi-finals and other clashes on Friday will be played in the match-play format with three singles matches comprising each encounter. Navratna Ahmedabad (140-133) sealed the top spot on Thursday after firing 11 under 133 for the day. Mithun Perera posted a 65 while Vikrant Chopra shot a 68 to propel their team into the semis. Perera made eight birdies against a bogey in his extraordinary round. The Sri Lankan landed shots within three feet from over 100 yards on three occasions to set up birdies on the fifth, 12th and 16th. Perera said, “I hit some good tee shots and approach shots today. I hit it very close to the pin through the day. I’m really enjoying the conditions over here. The only disappointment was missing a few putts from four to five feet. I’d like to continue playing like this over the next two days. “The camaraderie in the team has helped us perform to our potential. I’m looking forward to the match-play format over the next two rounds as I have done well in match-play in the past.” Anura Rohana, the other Sri Lankan in the tournament, continued his golden run with a bogey-free 65 to guide Take Chennai (138-136) to second position. SSP Chowrasia’s 71 meant the team finished with a second round score of 136. Rohana, who had the best individual score (68) in round one, was in tremendous chipping form as he chipped-in from the edge for birdie on the seventh and narrowly missed eagles on two occasions when his chip shots from the edge landed within one foot of the pin. The home team Puravankara Bangalore (139-137) shot a 137 on day two to be placed third. Anirban Lahiri with seven birdies and a bogey in his round of 66 was the star performer for Bangalore. Manav Jaini’s 71 also contributed towards the team total. Dev-Ellora Chandigarh (139-139) edged out Ansal API Lucknow (140-138) for the fourth and last semi-final spot in dramatic fashion. Chandigarh’s Gaganjeet Bhullar (70) made a tricky chip-putt for par on the final hole while his team-mate Harendra Gupta (69) holed a 10-footer for birdie on the same hole to equal Lucknow’s two-day tally of 278. Chandigarh made it through to the last four on account of a better score by their third player Sujjan Singh (72) as compared to Lucknow’s third player Sanjay Kumar (74). The top two scores for Lucknow were posted by Md Siddikur Rahman (67) and Vijay Kumar (71). One of the most exciting clashes slated for Friday is the match-up between two of India’s all-time golfing greats Jeev Milkha Singh (Shubhkamana Noida) and Jyoti Randhawa (DLF Gurgaon). These two giants of Indian golf go head-to-head in a singles match-play encounter for the first time ever as their respective teams fight it out for ninth and 10th positions. In the Intercity Pro-Am competition, DLF Gurgaon emerged winners with a score of 566. DLF Gurgaon comprised of professionals (with their respective scores in brackets) – Jyoti Randhawa (72), Himmat Singh Rai (72), Digvijay Singh (72) and amateurs – Mr. Gurmehar Singh Sethi (70), Mr. Kanwaljit Singh Cheema (71) and Mr. Manmohan Chopra (78). Navratna Ahmedabad was placed second at 570. at March 08, 2012 No comments: Lucknow ruler enjoy national status UP being the landscape of Indian politics has its own advantage of being the most populous state.With largest number of parliamentarian constituency, the mega assembly with 403 members has its pivotal path of Upper house members the chunk of Rajya Sabha members.UP State in pathetic state where development needs to be taken on priority finds snail pace,therefore the dynamic of politics remain in shell of community. Muslims,Dalits has rare opportunity of appropriate education,health,employment are cause of impoverish state and poverty.Congress and BJP do not take advantage of party workers their leadership qualities and mass appeal in the selection of candidates.Party worker and leaders have the same complaints about the national leaders.But silver lining is that Uttar Pradesh elected more than 15% of its muslim community strength with equal record 63 Muslim legislators to the 403-member state assembly in the just-concluded elections out of which. 40 Muslim candidates of the Samajwadi Party and 14 are of BSP Congress has three and three Muslim candidates of the Peace Party and two of the Kaumi Ekta Dal were elected, as was one Independent. Amazingly BSP dedicated works and leaders raised the same rhythm of Maya being inaccessible and sparingly meets its dedicated comrades of their community. Mayawati former Chief Minister showered blame at the Muslims not falling in line on her election debacle. Maya's claim that over 70 per cent of Muslims voted for the SP could be tenable as she has failed to please her insider so the rumour mill that she is not helpful for the lower community which follow sheep mentality alienated from the BSP and fell like bursting cloud on SP rostrum. SP with its Prince Akhilesh Yadav with discipline vocabulary and diction being his maiden election has given the people of UP the hope of development along with sense of belonging to their caste and the higher caste parties talking walking and behaving like super humans with pinch of arrogance cased their fortune in UP election in month of July followed with election of Vice President in August. Congress rule is under gloom,their continued arrogance can bring Mamata, Maya,DMK Jaylalitha,SP with consensus candidate for the top post can overturn the government at the centre.Three important political events has to take place, Election Commission of India, notification to be issued March 12 for 58 Rajya Sabha members retiring across 15 states, the election of Rajya Sabha members, second ensuing election in state of Karnataka Gujarat, and Himachal and finally the election of President of India,the key to all appointments. Upper house members due to retire include: Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi (Rajasthan), BSP's Naresh Chandra Aggarwal (Uttar Pradesh) and union minister Mukul Roy of Trinamool Congress (West Bengal), and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Rajniti Prasad (Bihar),BJP's Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley (Gujarat), Ravi Shankar Prasad (Bihar), Hema Malini (Karnataka), Kalraj Mishra, Vinay Katiyar (both Uttar Pradesh), Congress' Raashid Alvi (Andhra Pradesh) and Rajya Sabha deputy chairman K. Rahman Khan (Karnataka), UP politics is the breeding ground of Indian leadership but with dynastic parties culture the new parties may emerge but retain the inner core structure is always tied with tenterhooks and thus smash into pieces in the local to national elections. Wild weather due to solar storm heading for Earth Geomagnetic storm is racing from the Sun toward Earth, and its expected arrival on Thursday could affect power grids, airplane routes and space-based satellite navigation systems and plane routes. storm was triggered by a pair of massive solar flares earlier this week which means there is a good chance of seeing the northern lights at higher latitudes, as the skies are clear. "It's hitting us right in the nose," said Joseph Kunches, an expert at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).He described the storm as the Sun's version of Super Tuesday - in a reference to the US Republican primaries and caucuses in 10 states. "Space weather has gotten very interesting over the past 24 hours," Mr Kunches added. The charged particles are expected to hit Earth at 4,000,000 mph (6,400,000 km/h), and Noaa predicts the storm will last until Friday morning.Images of from the Sun's region where the flares happened show a complex network of sunspots indicating a large amount of stored magnetic energy.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0049.json.gz/line409

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